TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2025, 9:00 A.M.
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9:03:19AM >> MY NAME IS SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES, CITY CLERK FOR THE CITY
9:03:22AM OF TAMPA.
9:03:22AM ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
9:03:26AM >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
9:03:26AM >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE.
9:03:28AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE.
9:03:29AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT.
9:03:30AM >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
9:03:31AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
9:03:32AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
9:03:33AM >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
9:03:35AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THANK YOU.
9:03:37AM WE WILL NOW CONDUCT THE ELECTIONS FOR CHAIRMAN AND CHAIRMAN
9:03:40AM PRO TEM FOR THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
9:03:45AM HERE ARE THE ELECTION GUIDELINES.
9:03:47AM THE ELECTION OF THE CHAIR WILL BE HELD FIRST.
9:03:50AM NOMINATIONS DO NOT REQUIRE A SECOND.
9:03:54AM PLEASE WAIT TO BE RECOGNIZED BEFORE NOMINATING A CANDIDATE.
9:03:59AM I WILL OPEN THE NOMINATIONS AND CLOSE THEM AFTER ALL
9:04:03AM NOMINATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE.
9:04:05AM VOTES WILL BE COUNTED BY RAISING THE HAND.
9:04:08AM THE VOTE WILL BE TAKEN IN THE ORDER OF THE NOMINATIONS,
9:04:13AM BEGINNING WITH THE FIRST NAME NOMINATED.
9:04:16AM THE VOTE WILL CEASE AS SOON AS THERE IS A MAJORITY, WHICH
9:04:20AM REQUIRES FOUR VOTES.
9:04:21AM HAVING SAID THAT, NOMINATIONS ARE NOW IN ORDER FOR CHAIRMAN.
9:04:27AM MR. VIERA.
9:04:34AM >>LUIS VIERA: I NOMINATE ALAN CLENDENIN.
9:04:38AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: ALAN CLENDENIN HAS BEEN NOMINATED.
9:04:42AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I NOMINATE GUIDO MANISCALCO.
9:04:46AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: GUIDO MANISCALCO HAS BEEN NOMINATED.
9:04:50AM IS THERE ANOTHER NOMINATION?
9:04:52AM ALL IN FAVOR OF COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN, PLEASE RAISE YOUR
9:04:59AM HAND.
9:05:00AM ALL IN FAVOR OF COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, PLEASE RAISE YOUR
9:05:08AM HAND.
9:05:09AM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO HAS BEEN NOMINATED AND HAS WON.
9:05:21AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:05:25AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS?
9:05:27AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO.
9:05:28AM THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND FOR
9:05:31AM BELIEVING IN ME.
9:05:32AM IT'S AN HONOR SERVING WITH ALL OF YOU.
9:05:34AM THANK YOU.
9:05:36AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THANK YOU.
9:05:36AM NOMINATIONS ARE NOW IN ORDER FOR THE CHAIRMAN PRO TEM.
9:05:42AM IS THERE A NOMINATION?
9:05:44AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I NOMINATE MR. CLENDENIN.
9:05:47AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: MR. CLENDENIN HAS BEEN NOMINATED.
9:05:49AM IS THERE ANOTHER -- OH, YES.
9:05:53AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CARLSON.
9:05:54AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: MR. CARLSON HAS BEEN NOMINATED.
9:05:58AM >>BILL CARLSON: I'LL WITHDRAW MY NAME.
9:05:59AM THANK YOU.
9:06:00AM I WITHDRAW MY NAME.
9:06:02AM THANK YOU.
9:06:06AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: OKAY.
9:06:06AM ALL IN FAVOR OF MR. CLENDENIN, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
9:06:11AM OKAY.
9:06:12AM MR. CLENDENIN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS?
9:06:17AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NO.
9:06:17AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:06:18AM I LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER YEAR WORKING WITH COUNCIL AND
9:06:21AM CHAIRMAN GUIDO MANISCALCO.
9:06:23AM THANK YOU.
9:06:24AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: OKAY.
9:06:25AM WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE CRA.
9:06:34AM YES, SIR.
9:06:35AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
9:06:39AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON HAS BEEN
9:06:42AM NOMINATED.
9:06:43AM IS THERE ANOTHER NOMINATION?
9:06:45AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:06:47AM AYE.
9:06:50AM ALL RIGHT.
9:06:50AM THANK YOU.
9:06:50AM IS THERE A NOMINATION FOR VICE-CHAIR OF THE CRA?
9:07:01AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CLENDENIN.
9:07:06AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WOULD DECLINE THAT NOMINATION.
9:07:12AM THANK YOU.
9:07:14AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: YOU DECLINE.
9:07:15AM IS THERE ANOTHER NOMINATION?
9:07:19AM >>BILL CARLSON: I NOMINATE LYNN HURTAK.
9:07:22AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I APPRECIATE IT, BUT I DECLINE.
9:07:28AM >>LUIS VIERA: I DON'T CARE.
9:07:29AM I'LL TAKE IT.
9:07:30AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: LUIS VIERA.
9:07:32AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: LUIS VIERA HAS BEEN NOMINATED.
9:07:35AM IS THERE ANOTHER NOMINATION?
9:07:42AM MS. HENDERSON.
9:07:48AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:07:50AM I REALLY LOVED SERVING AS CHAIR OF THE CRA.
9:07:53AM I APPRECIATE THE VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN ME AGAIN.
9:07:56AM ALMOST ALL OF THE CRAs ARE IN MY DISTRICT EXCEPT ONE.
9:08:00AM I LEARNED SO MUCH AND REALLY A GREAT ROLE TO BE IN AND I AM
9:08:05AM HONORED TO SERVE AGAIN.
9:08:07AM I APPRECIATE IT.
9:08:08AM THANK YOU.
9:08:09AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS.
9:08:10AM MR. VIERA.
9:08:11AM >>LUIS VIERA: I AM, AGAIN, PREPARED TO ASSUME THE HEAVY
9:08:14AM BURDENS OF THIS OFFICE.
9:08:15AM THANK YOU.
9:08:15AM [ LAUGHTER ]
9:08:17AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: ALL RIGHT.
9:08:18AM THANK YOU.
9:08:19AM CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE.
9:08:22AM IT WILL BE A GOOD YEAR.
9:08:24AM I WOULD LIKE TO TURN THE MEETING BACK OVER TO MR.
9:08:31AM MANISCALCO.
9:08:33AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO
9:08:34AM ORDER OFFICIALLY.
9:08:36AM WE'VE ALREADY DONE ROLL CALL.
9:08:38AM DO WE NEED TO DO IT AGAIN?
9:08:39AM OKAY.
9:08:41AM ROLL CALL.
9:08:41AM I'M SORRY.
9:08:43AM IF WE COULD STAND FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND THEN KEEP
9:08:48AM STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
9:08:51AM [MOMENT OF SILENCE]
9:09:08AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:09:08AM [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
9:09:16AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ROLL CALL.
9:09:18AM >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
9:09:19AM >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE.
9:09:20AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE.
9:09:21AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT.
9:09:22AM >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
9:09:23AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
9:09:24AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
9:09:25AM >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
9:09:26AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:09:27AM CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES FROM APRIL 17, 2025
9:09:30AM AND THE WORKSHOP AND EVENING SESSIONS HELD ON APRIL 24,
9:09:33AM 2025?
9:09:33AM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
9:09:35AM DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
9:09:35AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
9:09:37AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:09:37AM AYE.
9:09:38AM ANY OPPOSED?
9:09:39AM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, YOU HAVE POLICE OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
9:09:42AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, I DO.
9:09:43AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, SIR.
9:09:44AM BEFORE YOU BEGIN, CAN I GET AN APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AND
9:09:56AM THE ADDENDUM?
9:09:57AM SORRY.
9:10:05AM JUST A MOMENT.
9:10:06AM THERE'S AN ADDENDUM ITEM.
9:10:13AM THE ITEM ON THE ADDENDUM IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING,
9:10:18AM RATIFYING, CONFIRMING THE APPOINTMENTS OF THE EQUAL BUSINESS
9:10:21AM OPPORTUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL.
9:10:23AM LET'S GO THROUGH THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
9:10:28AM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO PULL?
9:10:31AM >>LYNN HURTAK: NO.
9:10:32AM I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 7 TO TAKE THAT OFF
9:10:37AM BECAUSE THE F.D.O.T. DOESN'T HAVE AN UPDATE FOR THIS
9:10:39AM QUARTER.
9:10:40AM BUT I WOULD REQUEST THAT NEXT QUARTER THEY UPDATE US ON SOME
9:10:45AM OF THE BIKE PATHS GOING ALONG OLA, CENTRAL.
9:10:51AM THEY ARE DOING A BUNCH OF WORK.
9:10:53AM GETTING A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKING ABOUT NORTH HIGHLAND IN MY
9:10:56AM AREA.
9:10:56AM IF FOLKS -- IF THEY COULD COME AND GIVE US AN UPDATE ON SOME
9:11:00AM OF THE EXTRA MOBILITY ITEMS, WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
9:11:06AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COULD WE ASK FOR ALSO AN UPDATE ON THE 275
9:11:10AM PROJECT?
9:11:11AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YEAH.
9:11:12AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IS THAT IN THE FORM OF A MOTION TO ADD TO
9:11:15AM THE AGENDA?
9:11:16AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN REQUIRE F.D.O.T. TO
9:11:20AM COME, BUT I THINK WE'RE JUST REQUESTING.
9:11:22AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: YOU WANT THE SUBJECTS INCLUDED IN YOUR
9:11:24AM REQUEST.
9:11:24AM >>LYNN HURTAK: SURE.
9:11:25AM THEN I WILL MAKE A MOTION.
9:11:27AM I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ASK MR. BHIDE TO COME AND SPEAK ABOUT
9:11:35AM MULTIMODAL WORK THAT F.D.O.T. IS DOING.
9:11:38AM AND ADDITIONALLY UPDATES ON 275.
9:11:42AM I'M ASSUMING THE MALFUNCTION JUNCTION AREA.
9:11:45AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: [INAUDIBLE]
9:11:46AM >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY.
9:11:47AM GREAT.
9:11:47AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND
9:11:49AM FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, CORRECT?
9:11:52AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:11:53AM MOTION TO REMOVE ITEM 7?
9:11:57AM YES, SIR.
9:11:58AM >>BILL CARLSON: THIS UPDATE IS FROM A PREVIOUS MOTION
9:12:00AM SOMEONE ELSE MADE, BUT MY NAME IS ON THIS MOTION.
9:12:03AM I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE APPRECIATE D.O.T.
9:12:06AM THEY REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE STATE, NOT TO US, AND WE
9:12:08AM APPRECIATE THEM COMING AND GIVING US UPDATES, EVEN THOUGH
9:12:12AM THE PUBLIC AND WE MAY NOT AGREE WITH THEM ALL THE TIME, WE
9:12:15AM APPRECIATE THEM GIVING UPDATES.
9:12:17AM THANK YOU.
9:12:17AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CAN I GET A MOTION TO REMOVE ITEM 7?
9:12:20AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
9:12:21AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
9:12:22AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:12:23AM AYE.
9:12:23AM ALL RIGHT.
9:12:26AM WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL 1:30 TO DO IT, BUT THERE IS A HEARING
9:12:29AM AT 1:30 ASKING FOR A CONTINUANCE.
9:12:31AM BUT WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL 1:30.
9:12:33AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, WHAT NUMBER IS THAT?
9:12:35AM IF WE CAN GO TO 61.
9:12:40AM MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
9:12:42AM COUNCIL, THIS IS A MISNOTICE.
9:12:45AM IT CANNOT BE HEARD.
9:12:47AM IT WILL NOT BE HEARD.
9:12:48AM THERE IS NO NEED TO WAIT UNTIL 1:30 BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING
9:12:51AM TO BE A CONTINUANCE.
9:12:52AM IF COUNCIL WISHES TO ADDRESS YOUR 1:30 PUBLIC HEARING AT
9:12:55AM THIS TIME, YOU CAN DO SO BY REMOVING NUMBER 61.
9:12:58AM AND YOU CAN ALSO, IF YOU'D LIKE, SET THE DATE FOR
9:13:01AM RESCHEDULING SO THE STAFF CAN NOTIFY THE APPLICANT.
9:13:04AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO REMOVE ITEM 61 FROM
9:13:07AM THE AGENDA FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
9:13:09AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
9:13:10AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:13:10AM AYE.
9:13:12AM THEN IF WE CAN SET THE PUBLIC HEARING BY REQUEST OF THE
9:13:15AM APPLICANT FOR JUNE 6, 2025, 1:30 P.M., RIGHT HERE AT 315
9:13:20AM EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, 33602.
9:13:24AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
9:13:26AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
9:13:28AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:13:28AM AYE.
9:13:29AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:13:30AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
9:13:31AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL GO TO STAFF REPORTS.
9:13:32AM IS THERE AN ADMINISTRATION UPDATE, CHIEF?
9:13:35AM NO.
9:13:36AM NO ADMINISTRATION UPDATE.
9:13:37AM COUNCIL MEMBERS, ITEM 64 HAS A MEMO WITH ADDITIONAL
9:13:41AM INFORMATION.
9:13:41AM $12.8 MILLION CONTRACT, DO YOU NEED ANYBODY PRESENT?
9:13:44AM NO.
9:13:47AM ALL RIGHT.
9:13:47AM HOW ABOUT ITEM 65?
9:13:49AM THERE IS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM MS. COLINA.
9:13:53AM YES.
9:13:53AM >>LYNN HURTAK: WELL, THIS HAS TO COME IN FRONT OF US TWICE,
9:13:57AM SO, YEAH, WE SHOULD PROBABLY HEAR ABOUT IT.
9:13:59AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, AND IT'S $40 MILLION.
9:14:01AM ALL RIGHT.
9:14:01AM ITEM 66, STAFF TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE.
9:14:05AM YES, SIR.
9:14:07AM >>LUIS VIERA: SORRY.
9:14:08AM IT IS THE NEXT ONE.
9:14:09AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WOULD YOU LIKE FOLKS PRESENT FOR 66?
9:14:11AM ALL RIGHT.
9:14:12AM ADMINISTRATION TO APPEAR.
9:14:13AM COUNCILMAN VIERA IS ASKING THAT ITEM 67 BE CONTINUED TO JUNE
9:14:17AM 26.
9:14:17AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
9:14:18AM SO MOVED.
9:14:18AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO CONTINUE 67 TO JUNE 26, 2025.
9:14:22AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
9:14:23AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:14:24AM AYE.
9:14:24AM WE HAVE A MOBILITY DEPARTMENT REGARDING THE 2023 MOBILITY
9:14:29AM FEE STUDY.
9:14:29AM WE HAVE A MEMO FROM BRANDON CAMPBELL, COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
9:14:32AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
9:14:33AM BASICALLY THE MEMO JUST SAYS THAT WE APPROVED A CONTRACT AND
9:14:39AM THEY ARE LOOKING INTO IT.
9:14:41AM THEY SHOULD HAVE SOME ANSWERS FOR US BY EARLY 2026.
9:14:43AM I DON'T NEED PEOPLE HERE FOR THAT.
9:14:45AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE MEMO IS SUFFICIENT.
9:14:47AM NO ON 68.
9:14:49AM ITEM 69, THERE IS A WRITTEN REPORT FROM MR. BHIDE.
9:14:52AM DO YOU WANT SOMEBODY IN PERSON?
9:14:54AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YEAH.
9:14:55AM I THINK WE STILL NEED FOLKS TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
9:14:59AM WE'RE GETTING SO MANY E-MAILS AND PHONE CALLS, PEOPLE ARE
9:15:02AM REALLY WORRIED.
9:15:03AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
9:15:03AM ALL RIGHT.
9:15:04AM ITEM NUMBER 70, IS THAT A YES?
9:15:06AM THERE IS A WRITTEN RESPONSE.
9:15:09AM AGAIN, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF E-MAILS WITH 70.
9:15:12AM ITEM 71?
9:15:13AM ABBYE FEELEY WILL BE PRESENT TO PROVIDE A VERBAL UPDATE, SO
9:15:19AM THAT IS A YES.
9:15:20AM ITEM 72, EVAN JOHNSON IS ASKING THIS ITEM BE CONTINUED TO
9:15:24AM AUGUST 28, 2025.
9:15:25AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, SECOND FROM COUNCIL
9:15:28AM MEMBER MIRANDA.
9:15:29AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:15:30AM AYE.
9:15:31AM CAN I GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE WRITTEN STAFF
9:15:34AM REPORTS?
9:15:34AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
9:15:36AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
9:15:37AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:15:38AM AYE.
9:15:39AM NOW, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION TO
9:15:43AM APPROVE THE AGENDA AND ADDENDUM.
9:15:45AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
9:15:46AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
9:15:47AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:15:47AM AYE.
9:15:48AM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, FOR REAL THIS TIME.
9:15:51AM THANK YOU.
9:16:12AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
9:16:13AM GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY HERE THIS MORNING.
9:16:15AM IT'S MY GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE HERE DR. CHIEF BERCAW TO
9:16:20AM TALK ABOUT OUR OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
9:16:22AM WE'RE GOING TO BE HONORING OFFICER CHRISTOPHER MILLER AND WE
9:16:25AM WILL BE HEARING ABOUT THE GREAT WORK HE DOES IN PREVENTING
9:16:28AM RETAIL THEFT.
9:16:29AM SOMETHING VERY, VERY IMPORTANT ON SO MANY LEVELS.
9:16:33AM SETTING THE FOLKS WHO DO THE ACT ON THE RIGHT WAY AS WELL AS
9:16:36AM HELPING OUT SMALL BUSINESSES AND TO TALK ABOUT THIS
9:16:38AM INDIVIDUAL, WE HAVE DR. CHIEF BERCAW.
9:16:41AM >>CHIEF BERCAW: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN VIERA.
9:16:44AM GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:16:45AM BEFORE I DO HIGHLIGHT OUR OFFICER OF THE MONTH, I WOULD LIKE
9:16:47AM TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS EVENING WE ARE HAVING OUR ANNUAL
9:16:50AM MEMORIAL SERVICE WHERE WE HONOR THE 32 OFFICERS THAT GAVE
9:16:53AM THEIR LIVES FOR THE CITY.
9:16:54AM WE'RE ALSO HONORING THEIR FAMILIES.
9:16:57AM WE JUST WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THEY WILL NEVER BE
9:17:00AM FORGOTTEN THE SACRIFICE THEY MADE.
9:17:02AM THE INVITATION IS OPEN TO OBVIOUSLY ALL OF YOU BUT ANYBODY
9:17:05AM IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WISHES TO BE THERE.
9:17:07AM IN FRONT OF POLICE HEADQUARTERS TONIGHT AT 7:00.
9:17:10AM YES, YOU DID SAY RETAIL THEFT.
9:17:13AM RETAIL THEFT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT AND
9:17:16AM NOT ONLY PREVENTING IT, BUT I'LL READ YOU A STORY ABOUT OUR
9:17:19AM OFFICER OF THE MONTH, CHRIS MILLER, WHO ACTUALLY HOLDS THOSE
9:17:23AM ACCOUNTABLE.
9:17:24AM YOU SEE ACROSS THE NATION WHERE SOME RETAIL THEFT SUSPECTS
9:17:27AM ARE NOT BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
9:17:29AM FORTUNATELY, WE HAVE OFFICERS LIKE CHRIS MILLER THAT YOU'LL
9:17:33AM HEAR TODAY.
9:17:34AM MASTER POLICE OFFICER CHRIS MILLER IS BEING HONORED FOR HIS
9:17:37AM EXCEPTIONAL INVESTIGATIVE WORK AND LEADERSHIP IN COMBATING
9:17:40AM ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT.
9:17:42AM NOT THE ONE-OFFS, BUT THE ORGANIZED.
9:17:44AM ON MARCH 21st OF THIS YEAR, HE LED A SUCCESSFUL
9:17:48AM INVESTIGATION INTO A COORDINATED CRIMINAL GROUP OF SUSPECTS
9:17:51AM RESPONSIBLE FOR STEALING MORE THAN $8400 IN MERCHANDISE FROM
9:17:55AM LOCAL SHOPS.
9:17:56AM THIS CASE WAS INITIATED BY A SILENT ALERT GENERATED GPS
9:18:01AM TRACKING DEVICE WHICH IS PART OF A PILOT PROGRAM THAT MPO
9:18:05AM MILLER WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN LAUNCHING WITH PARTNERSHIP WITH
9:18:08AM ONE OF THE COMPANIES.
9:18:09AM UPON RECEIVING ALERT, HE QUICKLY TRACKED THE SUSPECTS,
9:18:12AM CONFIRMING THEIR IDENTITIES USING REAL-TIME GPS DATA AND
9:18:16AM SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE, COORDINATED THROUGH MULTIAGENCY
9:18:20AM RESPONSE IN THE LAKELAND POLICE DEPARTMENT.
9:18:22AM IN THIS ATTEMPT, THEY WERE ABLE TO APPREHEND THE SUSPECTS
9:18:26AM AND ABLE TO RECOVER 82 STOLEN ITEMS.
9:18:30AM OVER THE PAST YEAR, MPO MILLER'S INVESTIGATIVE EFFORTS HAVE
9:18:33AM RESULTED IN OVER 162 PROBABLE CAUSE FINDINGS AND CONTRIBUTED
9:18:38AM TO A 71% REDUCTION IN RETAIL THEFT WITHIN HIS OWN PATROL
9:18:44AM DISTRICT.
9:18:44AM AS THE DEPARTMENT'S LIAISON TO THE WESTSHORE ALLIANCE AND A
9:18:47AM KEY CONTRIBUTOR TO OUR TAMPA BAY REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE
9:18:52AM CENTER RETAIL THEFT INITIATIVE, HE HAS PLAYED A CRITICAL
9:18:55AM ROLE IN ADVANCING TAMPA'S CITYWIDE CRIME PREVENTION
9:18:59AM STRATEGIES.
9:19:00AM MPO MILLER EXEMPLIFIES THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF
9:19:03AM PROFESSIONALISM, INITIATIVE AND SERVICE.
9:19:05AM HIS DEDICATION REFLECTS THE VERY BEST OF THE TAMPA POLICE
9:19:09AM DEPARTMENT.
9:19:09AM IT IS WITH GREAT PRIDE AND GRATITUDE THAT WE RECOGNIZE HIS
9:19:13AM EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE TODAY, WHICH IS WHY HE IS ALSO BEING
9:19:16AM RECOGNIZED AS OUR MAY OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
9:19:21AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:19:21AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:19:24AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, CHIEF.
9:19:26AM NOW, BEFORE WE FORMALLY HONOR YOU, SIR, WE HAVE A LOT OF
9:19:29AM FOLKS FROM THE COMMUNITY, STARTING WITH THE PBA.
9:19:35AM >> BRANDON BARCLAY, TAMPA PBA, PRESENT YOU WITH THIS PLAQUE.
9:19:42AM JOB WELL DONE.
9:19:48AM >> GOOD MORNING, OFFICER MILLER.
9:19:49AM MY NAME IS MARYBETH WILLIAMS.
9:19:51AM I'M HERE WITH THE FRIENDS OF THE TAMPA RIVERWALK.
9:19:53AM ON BEHALF OF OUR ORGANIZATION, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU
9:19:55AM FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND PRESENT YOU WITH A
9:19:59AM PERSONALIZED ENGRAVED ALONG THE TAMPA RIVERWALK.
9:20:04AM THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CORPORATE ORGANIZATIONS WHO SUPPORT
9:20:06AM FRIENDS OF THE RIVERWALK WHO COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.
9:20:08AM ON THEIR BEHALF I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH A FEW
9:20:11AM TOKENS OF THEIR APPRECIATION.
9:20:12AM SPLITSVILLE ADULT PARTY, $200 IN GIFT CERTIFICATES TO
9:20:16AM FLORIDA AVENUE BREWING.
9:20:17AM $200 AT THE EPICUREAN GIFT CERTIFICATE.
9:20:21AM STARSHIP DINNER FOR TWO, PIRATE WATER TAXI.
9:20:25AM TAMPA RIVERWALK, TWO COMPLIMENTARY ONE-HOUR RENTALS.
9:20:38AM AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
9:20:40AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:20:41AM >> MARY DILLON, STRAZ CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS.
9:20:45AM BEHALF OF THE STRAZ, PLEASE ACCEPT TWO TICKETS TO UPCOMING
9:20:47AM BROADWAY SERIES.
9:20:49AM 25-26 SERIES.
9:20:50AM BEVERAGE TICKETS AND MY BUSINESS CARD IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY
9:20:56AM QUESTIONS.
9:20:57AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
9:21:00AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:21:02AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:21:03AM BRIAN FORD WITH THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS.
9:21:06AM CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS MORNING'S ELECTIONS AND THANKS FOR
9:21:09AM ALL THAT YOU DO EACH AND EVERY DAY FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
9:21:12AM THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR TONIGHT'S MEMORIAL SERVICE.
9:21:15AM DO IT BETTER THAN ANY CITY I'VE BEEN IN.
9:21:19AM MAKES US PROUD TO BE IN TAMPA.
9:21:21AM SIR, THANK YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FOR YOUR SACRIFICE.
9:21:25AM WE HAD A TALK AND WE HAD A FUMBLE.
9:21:29AM I'LL GIVE YOU THIS TEMPORARY BALL.
9:21:31AM I'LL GIVE YOU MY CONTACT INFORMATION.
9:21:33AM THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO EACH AND EVERY DAY AND THE
9:21:36AM SACRIFICE YOU MAKE.
9:21:37AM I LOOK FORWARD TO GIVING YOUR FAMILY THAT TOUR AT ONE
9:21:41AM BUCCANEER PLACE.
9:21:41AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:21:42AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:21:45AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL, CHIEF, JEFF, VICE PRESIDENT OF
9:21:48AM MARKETING FOR THE FAMILY OF RESTAURANTS, COLUMBIA, ULELE,
9:21:55AM CHA CHA COCONUTS.
9:21:57AM WE'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND ALL YOU DO
9:22:00AM FOR THE COMMUNITY BY OFFERING THIS GIFT CARD THAT YOU CAN
9:22:03AM PLEASE BRING YOUR FAMILY AND ENJOY AT ANY OF OUR LOCATIONS.
9:22:06AM THE GONZMART FAMILY IS AN INCREDIBLE SUPPORTER OF LAW
9:22:14AM ENFORCEMENT, FIRST RESPONDERS, AND THIS IS A SMALL TOKEN TO
9:22:18AM SAY THANK YOU.
9:22:20AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:22:22AM >> GOOD MORNING, SIR.
9:22:23AM CATCH THOSE GUYS, WOULD YOU?
9:22:26AM >> DEFINITELY.
9:22:26AM >> KEEP THEM UNDER CONTROL.
9:22:28AM I'LL PUT THOSE THERE SO YOU NEED TO TAKE THOSE WITH YOU.
9:22:31AM THERE IS A SPECIAL INVOCATION DEVELOPED FOR THE POLICE AND
9:22:36AM FIRE AND FIRST RESPONDERS.
9:22:37AM THAT'S FOR YOU TO KEEP.
9:22:38AM ON BEHALF OF MEAT MARKET AND OLD HYDE PARK, WE'RE PROVIDING
9:22:43AM WITH YOU A GIFT CERTIFICATE ON BEHALF OF THE YUMMY HOUSE
9:22:48AM CHINA BISTRO, I ALWAYS SAY THIS, THE CHIEF LIKES TO GO
9:22:52AM THERE.
9:22:54AM SO JACKSON'S BISTRO ON HARBOUR ISLAND.
9:22:58AM CICCIO'S RESTAURANT GROUP.
9:23:01AM SO THAT BRINGS IT ALL UP.
9:23:04AM BELLABRAVA, YOU'VE GOT THAT OVER IN THE MIDTOWN SECTION.
9:23:09AM I HOPE YOU ENJOY YOURSELF AND GO WORK OUT.
9:23:13AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:23:16AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:23:19AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
9:23:21AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
9:23:22AM THANK YOU, SIR.
9:23:23AM SIR, ON BEHALF OF A REALLY GRATEFUL CITY --
9:23:28AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AND ONE MORE ON BEHALF OF THE TAMPA
9:23:30AM THEATRE.
9:23:31AM THEY HAD TO LEAVE EARLY.
9:23:33AM THIS IS A ONE-YEAR MEMBERSHIP FOR TWO.
9:23:35AM YOU GET $3 OFF REGULAR PRICE MOVIE TICKETS AND THIS BUCKET
9:23:41AM OF GOODIES.
9:23:43AM IT'S NOT COMING FROM ME.
9:23:44AM IT'S COMING FROM THEM.
9:23:46AM ENJOY.
9:23:47AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:23:51AM >>LUIS VIERA: ON BEHALF OF A REALLY GRATEFUL CITY OF TAMPA,
9:23:54AM SIR, FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, I SAW YOUR FAMILY HERE
9:23:58AM INCLUDING THE GENTLEMAN -- THAT'S AWESOME.
9:24:02AM WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK AND YOUR SERVICE.
9:24:04AM THANK YOU, SIR.
9:24:05AM I MEAN THAT.
9:24:07AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:24:12AM >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR HAVING ME TODAY.
9:24:14AM IT'S A GREAT HONOR BEING RECOGNIZED.
9:24:16AM THANK YOU, CHIEF BERCAW, FOR YOUR SUPPORT, ALL THE COMMAND
9:24:20AM STAFF.
9:24:20AM MOST IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU TO MY WIFE SHANNON, DAUGHTER
9:24:23AM KATE AND ALL THE FAMILY FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT
9:24:26AM THROUGHOUT 23 YEARS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
9:24:27AM I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IT WITHOUT THEM.
9:24:30AM THANK YOU.
9:24:30AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:24:32AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:24:35AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO AND THE POLICE
9:24:37AM FORCE ON A DAILY BASIS.
9:24:39AM IT'S 365 DAYS A YEAR.
9:24:40AM HOWEVER, WE SOMETIMES FORGET A CRIME LIKE WHAT THEY ARE
9:24:44AM COMMITTING, THEY CALL IT SMALL CRIME, BUT REALLY A
9:24:47AM MULTIBILLION DOLLAR CRIME WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WHOLE
9:24:50AM COUNTRY.
9:24:50AM THE ONES PAYING THE PRICE ARE THE ONES BUYING THE PRODUCTS
9:24:53AM AND PAYING FOR THEM.
9:24:55AM I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU, THE WHOLE STAFF, THE CHIEF AND
9:24:58AM DEPARTMENT FOR THE FINE WORK YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY OF
9:25:00AM TAMPA, NOT YESTERDAY, NOT TODAY, BUT FOREVER.
9:25:04AM APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
9:25:05AM >> THANK YOU.
9:25:06AM >>BILL CARLSON: WE AGREED AS A COUNCIL NOT TO TALK DURING
9:25:11AM COMMENDATIONS, SO I APOLOGIZE TO MY COLLEAGUES.
9:25:13AM ONE OF THE BIGGEST FEARS I GET FROM MY CONSTITUENTS IS THAT
9:25:17AM WE'LL BECOME LIKE NEW YORK OR L.A. OR SAN FRANCISCO WHERE
9:25:21AM PEOPLE AREN'T SAFE IN RETAIL STORES.
9:25:24AM LIKE THE STREETS OF NEW YORK, YOU GO INTO A WALGREENS AND
9:25:28AM GET AN ATTENDANT TO HELP YOU UNLOCK THE SHAMPOO RACK OR
9:25:32AM SIMPLE THINGS THAT DON'T COST THAT MUCH RELATIVELY.
9:25:35AM PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF TAMPA BECOMING LIKE THAT.
9:25:37AM I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES FOR KEEPING US SAFE
9:25:40AM EVERY DAY AND PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT
9:25:43AM KIND OF PROGRAM AND WE CAN SAY WE'RE NOT LIKE THAT.
9:25:45AM THANK YOU.
9:25:46AM >> APPRECIATE IT, SIR.
9:25:48AM THANK YOU.
9:25:48AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CONGRATULATIONS.
9:25:49AM THANK YOU.
9:25:49AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:26:56AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:26:58AM SO IT'S FUNNY.
9:26:59AM I WANTED TO HONOR PAUL GUZZO FOR A WHILE.
9:27:01AM HE IS SUCH A REMARKABLE TAMPANIA AND GREAT GUY BUT NEVER
9:27:06AM THOUGHT IT WAS PROPER TO HONOR HIM WHILE ACTIVELY A
9:27:09AM JOURNALIST.
9:27:10AM HE'S GOTTEN SO MANY AWARDS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA,
9:27:12AM NAACP, THE DELTAS AND SO MANY DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.
9:27:16AM NOW THAT HE'S NO LONGER AN ACTIVE JOURNALIST, I THOUGHT IT
9:27:19AM WAS A GOOD TIME TO DO THIS FOR THIS GREAT GUY.
9:27:22AM WHENEVER I THINK ABOUT THE WORK THAT PAUL GUZZO DOES, I
9:27:26AM THINK OF GARY MOORE WHO WAS A REPORTER FOR THE THEN
9:27:29AM ST. PETERSBURG TIMES WHO WOULD UNCOVER SOMETHING VERY FEW
9:27:32AM PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT, THE ROSEWOOD MASSACRE IN 1923, LITTLE
9:27:36AM OVER TWO DOZEN AFRICAN AMERICANS MURDERED OUT OF A TOWN OF A
9:27:40AM HUNDRED AFRICAN AMERICANS IN FLORIDA.
9:27:41AM ONE OF THE MANY INSTANCES OF RACIAL INJUSTICE AND VIOLENCE
9:27:45AM UNKNOWN.
9:27:45AM FOR ME, PAUL GUZZO IS THAT KIND OF JOURNALIST WHO UNCOVERS
9:27:49AM THINGS THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT BUT PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW
9:27:52AM ABOUT.
9:27:53AM THE WORK HE HAS DONE HAS BEEN AMAZING, NOT JUST IN TALKING
9:27:56AM ABOUT ISSUES OF IGNORED RACIAL VIOLENCE AND THINGS LIKE
9:28:01AM THAT, AS WE'LL TALK ABOUT, BUT TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF OTHER
9:28:04AM -- I MEAN, PAUL ALWAYS DID UNIQUE STORIES THAT MEANT A LOT
9:28:08AM TO THE COMMUNITY.
9:28:09AM I FIRST GOT TO KNOW PAUL TEN YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS DOING AN
9:28:14AM EVENT AT THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE ON THE BAY OF PIGS INVASION,
9:28:17AM AND HE COVERED IT.
9:28:18AM WE GOT TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER.
9:28:20AM WE WERE SHARING SOME FUNNY STORIES IN THAT REGARD.
9:28:25AM BUT THE MAIN THING WE'RE HONORING MR. GUZZO FOR IS HIS WORK
9:28:28AM WITH ABANDONED HISTORICALLY AFRICAN AMERICAN CEMETERIES.
9:28:32AM THIS GOES AGAIN TO THE HEART OF THE UGLY, PAINFUL RACIAL
9:28:36AM FLORIDA HISTORY OF INJUSTICE, OF VIOLENCE OR BRUTALITY AND
9:28:39AM LYNCHING THAT NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT OR PUBLICLY
9:28:43AM ACKNOWLEDGE.
9:28:44AM PAUL HAS DONE MONUMENTAL WORK THAT HAS REACHED TALLAHASSEE
9:28:48AM THROUGH HIS ADVOCACY.
9:28:49AM THIS ULTIMATELY FIRST STARTED WITH HIS WORK ON THE LOST
9:28:53AM MOUNT ZION CEMETERY THROUGH THE TAMPA BAY TIMES THAT WAS
9:28:56AM PUBLISHED IN 2019 WHICH LITERALLY MOVED MOUNTAINS.
9:29:00AM OUT OF THIS GREW NOT JUST A RECKONING AND HISTORICAL
9:29:05AM DISCOVERY, BUT A MOVEMENT THAT WE FEEL HERE IN TAMPA ON LOST
9:29:10AM CEMETERIES.
9:29:11AM OUT OF THIS WOULD GROW THE FOUNDING -- STRIKE THAT, THE
9:29:14AM REDISCOVERY OF RIDGEWOOD CEMETERY NEAR 56th STREET WHERE
9:29:19AM ALMOST 300 SOULS WERE BURIED AND LOST.
9:29:22AM CLEARWATER HEIGHTS, COLLEGE HILL CEMETERY WITH THE ITALIAN
9:29:25AM CLUB, PORT TAMPA CEMETERY, MAY STRINGER HOUSE CEMETERY.
9:29:29AM KEYSTONE PARK MEMORIAL CEMETERY.
9:29:32AM THANKS TO THE LEADERSHIP OF MANY PEOPLE IN TALLAHASSEE,
9:29:34AM INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVE DRISKELL, WE GOT LEGISLATION SIGNED
9:29:41AM BY THE GOVERNOR TO HELP FUND LOCAL COMMUNITIES WHO WANT TO
9:29:45AM HELP OUT WITH LOCAL ABANDONED AFRICAN AMERICAN CEMETERIES
9:29:47AM AND SO MANY OTHER STORIES.
9:29:48AM I REMEMBER A GREAT STORY THAT MR. GUZZO DID ON AFRICAN
9:29:52AM AMERICANS DURING WORLD WAR II AT MacDILL AND THE GREAT
9:29:56AM DISRESPECT THAT THEY HAD.
9:29:57AM GREAT STORIES ON MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY.
9:30:00AM STORY AFTER STORY.
9:30:02AM HE'S ALSO A GREAT WRITER WHO HAS DONE MANY, MANY BOOKS.
9:30:06AM ONE VERY SPECIAL TO ME IS THE BOOK RECENTLY FOR CUBAN, FOR
9:30:13AM FREEDOM, WHICH HE DID ON RAUL AND RHONDA.
9:30:18AM WHEN I READ IT, HE ACTUALLY MENTIONS DR. JUAN, MY GREAT
9:30:25AM GRANDFATHER WHO WAS MENTIONED IN THAT BOOK.
9:30:28AM PAUL IS A VERY REMARKABLE GUY.
9:30:31AM HIS WORK IN JOURNALISM REALLY, REALLY MOVED MOUNTAINS.
9:30:34AM I KNOW WE APPRECIATE HIS WORK.
9:30:36AM MAYBE FOR NOW FINISHED OR MAYBE FOREVER FINISHED WITH THE
9:30:40AM ROLE OF JOURNALIST, I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HONOR HIM.
9:30:43AM FOR THAT, PAUL AND SO MUCH MORE, YOU ARE A GOOD GUY.
9:30:46AM WE'RE PROUD TO HONOR YOU, SIR.
9:30:48AM HERE YOU GO, BUDDY.
9:30:51AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:30:56AM >> THANK YOU.
9:30:57AM WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, MY GOAL WAS NEVER HAVE TO WEAR A TIE
9:31:00AM TO WORK.
9:31:01AM OVER THAT WAS A SUCCESS.
9:31:04AM I WOULD SAY THIS IS GREAT ON TOP OF THAT.
9:31:06AM I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REMIND A CEMETERY ONLY STOPS BEING
9:31:12AM ERASED WHEN IT'S UNCOVERED.
9:31:14AM UNTIL THEN, THEY ARE STILL BEING ERASED.
9:31:17AM WE DISCOVERED 11 POSSIBLE SITES OF ERASED CEMETERIES.
9:31:22AM SIX OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE DONE THE WORK TO DISCOVER
9:31:25AM GRAVES STILL THERE.
9:31:26AM FIVE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE YET TO DO THAT.
9:31:28AM FOUR OF THE CEMETERIES ARE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
9:31:31AM RIGHT NOW, FOUR CEMETERIES ARE STILL BEING ERASED ON YOUR
9:31:35AM WATCH.
9:31:36AM I KNOW IT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY, BUT I JUST WANT TO THINK
9:31:39AM THERE'S SOMETHING MORE WE CAN DO.
9:31:42AM THANK YOU.
9:31:43AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:31:47AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: QUICK STORY, FIRST, YOU DESERVED A
9:31:51AM PULITZER FOR YOUR WORK.
9:31:52AM THE LEVEL OF YOUR WORK, THE MAGNITUDE AND IMPACT, YOU TRULY
9:31:56AM DESERVE IT.
9:31:56AM SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
9:31:58AM NUMBER TWO, JUST A SHORT STORY OF HOW LONG I'VE BEEN A PAUL
9:32:03AM GUZZO FAN.
9:32:04AM THE NIGHT THAT I TOLD MY PARENTS I DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO LAW
9:32:07AM SCHOOL AND I WANT TO RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL, I WAS ON THE WAY
9:32:12AM TO SEE THE CHARLIE WALL MOVIE.
9:32:14AM THE GUZZO BROTHERS, PETER AND PAUL, STARRING THE GREAT GENE.
9:32:23AM I HAVE YOUR BOOK IN MY OFFICE, THE DARK SIDE OF SUNSHINE.
9:32:27AM WENT TO ONE OF THE BOOK SIGNINGS, HAD IT SIGNED THERE.
9:32:30AM YOU TALK ABOUT STORIES OF YBOR CITY, OF TAMPA THAT YOU CAN'T
9:32:33AM FIND ANYWHERE.
9:32:34AM WHETHER IT WAS PUBLISHED IN CIGAR CITY MAGAZINE OR JUST IN
9:32:37AM THE BOOK.
9:32:38AM I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM YOUR WRITING AND I APPRECIATE IT
9:32:42AM VERY MUCH.
9:32:42AM BUT GOING BACK TO YOUR WORK AS A JOURNALIST, THE IMPACT THAT
9:32:46AM YOU'VE HAD ON THIS COMMUNITY, THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE
9:32:48AM AUDIENCE TODAY THAT WILL BE PROBABLY BRINGING UP ALL YOUR
9:32:53AM WORK.
9:32:53AM IT'S INVALUABLE.
9:32:56AM JUST KNOW THAT YOU ARE APPRECIATED.
9:32:57AM YOU'RE TURNING THE TIDE OF HISTORY.
9:33:03AM BUT AS YOU SAID, ON OUR WATCH.
9:33:05AM IT'S UP TO US TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD.
9:33:06AM I KNOW WE'VE DONE SOME.
9:33:08AM WE NEED TO DO MORE.
9:33:11AM BUT IF IT WASN'T FOR YOUR WORK, SOME OF THE LOTS MAY HAVE
9:33:16AM BEEN LOST UNTIL WHO KNOWS WHEN.
9:33:18AM JUST KNOW THAT YOU ARE APPRECIATED AND THIS IS THE LEAST WE
9:33:23AM CAN DO TO HONOR YOU.
9:33:24AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:33:25AM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
9:33:27AM >>BILL CARLSON: I JUST WANT TO SAY I'VE KNOWN PAUL SINCE HE
9:33:29AM WAS WITH THE TRIBUNE.
9:33:31AM I DON'T THINK I KNEW YOU AT LA GACETA OR CREATIVE LOAFING.
9:33:35AM YOU'VE BEEN IN ESSENCE AN HISTORIAN OF TAMPA FOR A LONG
9:33:41AM TIME.
9:33:41AM YOU WERE INVALUABLE AT THE TIMES IN CAPTURING ALL DIFFERENT
9:33:44AM STORIES ABOUT THE CULTURE OF TAMPA.
9:33:47AM I REMEMBER EVERY TIME I INTRODUCED YOU, I'D GET IT SLIGHTLY
9:33:51AM OFF.
9:33:52AM BUT LIKE YOU AND GENE DROVE DOWN FROM EXIT 7A.
9:33:57AM YOU DIDN'T GROW UP HERE BUT YOU KNOW MORE HISTORY OF TAMPA
9:34:00AM THAN ALMOST ANYBODY.
9:34:01AM ONE TIME I WAS DRIVING NORTH THROUGH NEW JERSEY AND I CALLED
9:34:04AM HIM AND SAID PASSING EXIT 7.
9:34:06AM HE SAID, NO, I'M FROM 7A.
9:34:08AM I DIDN'T DRIVE OFF TO SEE WHAT THE DIFFERENCE WAS.
9:34:12AM ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR LEARNING OUR CULTURE AND CAPTURING IT
9:34:15AM AND PUTTING IT IN THE HISTORY.
9:34:17AM YOU'VE WRITTEN SO MANY IMPORTANT STORIES FROM EVERYTHING
9:34:21AM FROM MUSIC, HISTORY, CULTURE, TIES WITH CUBA.
9:34:24AM EVERYTHING.
9:34:24AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AS
9:34:27AM A JOURNALIST.
9:34:29AM THAT IS SO IMPORTANT NOW MORE THAN EVER AS TRULY THAT'S
9:34:34AM BEING HAMPERED IN THIS COUNTRY.
9:34:37AM I DID WANT TO ASK, WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW?
9:34:40AM >> I WORK FOR USF.
9:34:42AM >>LYNN HURTAK: CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.
9:34:44AM WE WILL MISS YOUR REPORTING AND THE IMPORTANCE YOU BROUGHT
9:34:52AM TO THE ISSUES.
9:34:59AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: BEING A JOURNALIST IS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST
9:35:04AM THINGS TO DO.
9:35:05AM WHERE ARE THE FACTS?
9:35:06AM HIDDEN OR REAL FACTS?
9:35:08AM TO DO THOSE THINGS, YOU HAVE TO BE INNOVATIVE.
9:35:12AM YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SMELL FOR THINGS THAT ARE NOT GOING WELL,
9:35:15AM AND YOU HAVE TO WRITE IT THE WAY YOU SEE IT.
9:35:18AM ALL THOSE THINGS IN THE COMPOSITION OF A WRITING, IT TAKES A
9:35:23AM SPECIAL INDIVIDUAL TO PUT IT ON PAPER SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND
9:35:26AM WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND HOW YOU DID IT AND YOU DID QUITE WELL.
9:35:29AM I LIKE YOUR HAIR CUT, THAT'S NUMBER ONE.
9:35:34AM >> GOD'S HAIR CUT.
9:35:36AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT IT UP.
9:35:38AM I WANTED TO SEE YOUR REACTION TO IT.
9:35:40AM THANK YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE, WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND WHAT YOU
9:35:42AM CONTINUE DOING.
9:35:43AM WITHOUT PRESS, WITHOUT MEDIA, WE HAVE A COUNTRY THAT'S
9:35:46AM DIVIDED AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIVIDE MORE.
9:35:50AM THAT'S MY OPINION.
9:35:52AM I'M A MEMBER, EVERY TIME I HAVE A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN
9:35:54AM BUYING A NEWSPAPER, I BUY IT ON A YEARLY BASIS BECAUSE IT IS
9:36:01AM WRITTEN BY INDIVIDUALS LIKE YOURSELF, ALL OF THEM THAT ARE
9:36:04AM BEING FORGOTTEN IN THIS COUNTRY.
9:36:06AM SEE MORE AND MORE IN MEDIA OUTLETS, ESPECIALLY NEWSPRINT
9:36:10AM MEDIA GOING OUT OF BUSINESS, THIS COUNTRY IS HEADED FOR
9:36:13AM DISASTER.
9:36:13AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:36:13AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
9:36:15AM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
9:36:15AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: CONGRATULATIONS, MR. GUZZO.
9:36:17AM ONCE A JOURNALIST, ALWAYS A JOURNALIST.
9:36:20AM IT WON'T GO AWAY.
9:36:21AM IT WON'T LEAVE YOUR BODY, THAT'S FOR SURE, OR YOUR MIND.
9:36:25AM I APPRECIATE YOUR LEVEL OF WORK, ESPECIALLY YOUR CARE FOR
9:36:28AM BLACK SPACES THAT ARE FORGOTTEN.
9:36:31AM IT IS VERY EVIDENT BY NOT ONLY THE ACCOLADES YOU RECEIVED IN
9:36:34AM THE PAST BUT EVEN YOUR STATEMENTS TODAY.
9:36:36AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE.
9:36:38AM OF COURSE, WE WISH YOU WELL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH
9:36:39AM FLORIDA.
9:36:41AM I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN THERE A MINUTE, RIGHT?
9:36:44AM CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.
9:36:45AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
9:36:46AM >>BILL CARLSON: ONE LAST THING, WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF
9:36:49AM DIFFERENT AREAS THAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN HISTORY ABOUT.
9:36:51AM ONE IS CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING.
9:36:53AM YOU ARE LIKE THE LOCAL EXPERT ON CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING.
9:36:57AM YOU HAVE WRITTEN HISTORIES ABOUT THAT AND PLEASE CONTINUE
9:37:00AM BECAUSE IT IS REALLY INTERESTING THE TIES TO TAMPA.
9:37:03AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COME TO THINK OF IT, I HAVE A BOX OF
9:37:05AM PAUL GUZZO ARTICLES.
9:37:08AM I'M A FAN.
9:37:10AM I LOVE YOUR WRITING.
9:37:12AM ANYWAYS, THIS IS, AGAIN, A SMALL TOKEN OF APPRECIATION
9:37:16AM BECAUSE YOU DESERVE A WHOLE LOT MORE.
9:37:18AM >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE ADAM SMITH WHO
9:37:22AM IS HERE I'M SURE.
9:37:29AM >> I'M ADAM SMITH, COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, FORMER COLLEAGUE
9:37:32AM OF PAUL'S.
9:37:33AM IT'S GREAT THAT YOU ARE HONORING HIM BECAUSE HE DOES
9:37:35AM PHENOMENAL WORK.
9:37:36AM WE MISS HIM A TON IN THE COMMUNITY AS A JOURNALIST.
9:37:41AM I CALL HIM GRAVEYARD GUZZO.
9:37:44AM HE WAS A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH.
9:37:45AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:37:46AM CONGRATULATIONS, SIR.
9:37:47AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:37:48AM WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:37:56AM MR. SHELBY, IF YOU COULD READ THE RULES.
9:37:58AM WE'LL START WITH MICHAEL RANDOLPH WHO IS OUR SOLE VIRTUAL
9:38:01AM SPEAKER.
9:38:02AM MR. SHELBY.
9:38:10AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
9:38:11AM MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
9:38:13AM HERE TO BRIEFLY DISCUSS THE RULES OF DECORUM FOR TODAY'S
9:38:17AM MEETING OF THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
9:38:18AM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALLOWED A REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY
9:38:21AM AT THE BEGINNING OF TODAY'S MEETING TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM ON
9:38:23AM THE AGENDA BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL TAKES OFFICIAL ACTION ON
9:38:26AM THE ITEM.
9:38:26AM THE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO COMPLETE A SPEAKER CARD THAT IS
9:38:30AM LOCATED OUTSIDE THE CHAMBERS, PLACE IT IN THE BOX AND THEN
9:38:34AM WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS YOUR NAME WILL BE CALLED BY THE CHAIR TO
9:38:39AM COME UP AND A THREE-MINUTE TIME LIMIT APPLIES TO ALL
9:38:42AM SPEAKERS PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:38:44AM SPEAKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE PLEASE REMINDED TO
9:38:46AM REFRAIN FROM DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING MAKING VULGAR OR
9:38:50AM THREATENING REMARKS OR MAKING OR CAUSING DISRUPTIVE NOISES
9:38:53AM OR SOUNDS OR DISPLAYING SIGNS OR GRAPHICS.
9:38:56AM SPEAKERS ARE ALSO REMINDED TO REFRAIN FROM LAUNCHING
9:38:59AM PERSONAL ATTACKS AGAINST ANY CITY OFFICIAL, STAFF MEMBER OR
9:39:02AM ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC.
9:39:03AM THE CHAIR WILL RULE OUT OF ORDER ANY PERSON WHO SPEAKS
9:39:06AM WITHOUT BEING RECOGNIZED OR ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS THE CITY
9:39:09AM COUNCIL FROM OUTSIDE THE SPEAKER AREA AT THE PODIUM.
9:39:12AM PERSONS FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE COUNCIL RULES MAY ALSO BE
9:39:15AM RULED OUT OF ORDER AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR MAY BE
9:39:19AM REMOVED FROM THE CHAMBERS FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY'S
9:39:22AM MEETING.
9:39:22AM IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT IS SET ON THE
9:39:25AM AGENDA AS A PUBLIC HEARING AND IT'S NOTED AS A PUBLIC
9:39:28AM HEARING, YOU WILL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK NOT AT
9:39:31AM PUBLIC COMMENT BUT LATER WHEN IT IS HEARD ON THE AGENDA.
9:39:34AM NO PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN LATER DURING STAFF REPORTS,
9:39:38AM SO IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT STAFF REPORTS OR ITEMS ON
9:39:42AM THE CONSENT AGENDA, THE TIME IS NOW DURING GENERAL PUBLIC
9:39:46AM COMMENT.
9:39:46AM FINALLY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD
9:39:50AM REFRAIN FROM ENGAGING A SPEAKER UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT, AND
9:39:53AM THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT
9:39:56AM TAKE QUESTIONS OR HAVE A DIALOGUE DURING GENERAL PUBLIC
9:39:59AM COMMENT.
9:39:59AM THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS YOUR POSITION.
9:40:02AM THANK YOU.
9:40:02AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:40:03AM MR. MICHAEL RANDOLPH IS OUR LONE REGISTERED SPEAKER AND THEN
9:40:09AM TO THE IN-PERSON.
9:40:10AM YES, MR. RANDOLPH.
9:40:12AM GOOD MORNING, SIR.
9:40:13AM >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:40:14AM MY NAME IS MICHAEL RANDOLPH.
9:40:16AM I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING DO NOT FORGET ABOUT ZION
9:40:21AM CEMETERY.
9:40:22AM TODAY I'M HERE TO DISCUSS A PRESSING ISSUE FACING OUR
9:40:28AM POCKETS.
9:40:28AM WHAT HAS COME TO BE KNOWN AS THE SAFETY NET CRISIS.
9:40:35AM LAST NIGHT, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF POSTING -- HOSTING THE --
9:40:41AM PROJECT DESIGN FOR NONPROFIT AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISE WORKSHOP,
9:40:46AM WHICH BROUGHT TOGETHER REPRESENTATIVES FROM OVER 35 CITIES.
9:40:51AM ATTENDEES RANGE FROM COMMUNITY ADVOCATES TO SEASONED
9:40:56AM PROFESSIONALS AND DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES HIGHLIGHTED COMMON
9:41:02AM CHALLENGES.
9:41:03AM THERE MAY BE CONCERN BROUGHT UP GOING INTO DISCUSSION WAS
9:41:09AM THE REDUCTION IN FUNDING AND UNCERTAINTY.
9:41:14AM AS YOU KNOW, THE FEDERAL BUDGET HAS CUT SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
9:41:19AM IN EXISTING.
9:41:21AM MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES.
9:41:26AM THE CHALLENGE IS SEVERE FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN NONPROFITS
9:41:29AM WHICH PLACE SYSTEMIC EQUALITY AND FUNDING. TO ADDRESS THE
9:41:37AM CHALLENGES, NONPROFITS MUST DEPLOY STRATEGIES IN -- FUNDS
9:41:43AM BUILDING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS AND FOSTERING PARTNERSHIPS
9:41:51AM MOVING FORWARD.
9:41:51AM THE SAME WORKSHOP WILL BE DELIVERED TO NONPROFITS IN WEST
9:41:55AM TAMPA AND WILL FOCUS STRUGGLING WITH ORGANIZATIONS WITH THE
9:42:00AM SKILLS AND STRATEGIES NEEDED TO WEATHER THESE CHALLENGES AND
9:42:06AM BUILD ADAPTABILITY.
9:42:07AM WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE FOR PROFIT SECTOR.
9:42:11AM AS YOU KNOW, OUR WORKSHOPS COMING UP INCLUDE UNDERSTANDING
9:42:16AM INVESTORS, LENDERS, CREATING A BUSINESS PLAN, SALES, AND
9:42:20AM MARKETING 101, OF COURSE, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND
9:42:24AM HOME-BASED BUSINESSES.
9:42:28AM IF YOU ARE A NONPROFIT OR FOR PROFIT IN WEST TAMPA, WE HEAR
9:42:34AM YOU AND WE'RE COMING.
9:42:36AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:42:36AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. RANDOLPH.
9:42:38AM WE'LL NOW GO TO THE IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:42:41AM MR. MICHELINI.
9:42:44AM MS. AILEEN HENDERSON.
9:42:46AM SHE MAY HAVE STEPPED OUT.
9:42:47AM MR. MICHELINI, MS. HENDERSON AND MARTY GREENE.
9:42:55AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:42:57AM STEVE MICHELINI HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 70.
9:43:00AM THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT THE SOHO
9:43:04AM BUSINESS ALLIANCE SUPPORTS AND DOESN'T SUPPORT REGARDING THE
9:43:08AM STORMWATER PROJECT BEING PROPOSED FOR SOUTH HOWARD.
9:43:12AM IT WILL NOT SUPPORT ANYTHING GOING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS
9:43:14AM OR DISRUPTS THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN ANY WAY.
9:43:16AM WE HAVE PROPOSED AN ALTERNATE ROUTE WHICH INCLUDES GOING
9:43:21AM DOWN AND USING CITY OF RIGHT-OF-WAY AND CSX RIGHT-OF-WAY.
9:43:25AM WHICH SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED THOROUGHLY BEFORE ANY DECISIONS
9:43:28AM ARE MADE REGARDING THIS PROJECT.
9:43:30AM IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY WITHOUT
9:43:33AM INVESTIGATING AND LOOKING AT SOME ADDITIONAL ALTERNATIVES,
9:43:37AM INCLUDING THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE PARK THAT EXISTS ALONG
9:43:41AM SWANN AND THE RAILROAD TRACKS, WHICH IS A VERY LARGE TRACT
9:43:46AM OF LAND.
9:43:46AM WE RECOMMEND IT BE LOOKED AT FOR POTENTIAL UNDERGROUND
9:43:50AM STORMWATER RETENTION BEFORE ANY OF THE WATER IS TRANSFERRED
9:43:54AM DOWN THE OTHER ROUTES.
9:43:56AM SOUTH HOWARD IS THE LIFEBLOOD OF THAT BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
9:44:02AM DISRUPTING IT, DESTROYING THAT WOULD BE A TRAVESTY.
9:44:05AM ALSO, IT WOULD BE EQUALLY DEVASTATING FOR THOSE NEIGHBORS,
9:44:11AM EITHER PARKLAND ESTATES OR NEW SUBURB BEAUTIFUL TO BE
9:44:14AM DISRUPTED.
9:44:15AM THERE ARE ALTERNATE ROUTES.
9:44:17AM WE URGE THE CITY STAFF TO LOOK AT THEM VERY CAREFULLY.
9:44:21AM I HAVE A PREPARED STATEMENT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A
9:44:23AM COPY.
9:44:23AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SURE.
9:44:25AM IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE IT TO THE ATTORNEY.
9:44:34AM >> IT IS FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG TO HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS BEING
9:44:38AM PITTED AGAINST EACH OTHER AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
9:44:41AM WE'VE ASKED THAT THEY JOIN TOGETHER WITH THE BUSINESS
9:44:44AM ALLIANCE, INCLUDING PARKLAND AND NEW SUBURB BEAUTIFUL AND
9:44:48AM EXAMINING ALTERNATE ROUTES THAT DON'T DISTURB AND DISRUPT
9:44:53AM EITHER OF THE THREE AREAS.
9:44:56AM I WOULD BE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PRESENTATION LATER.
9:44:58AM THE CONTRACT CURRENTLY CALLS FOR KIMMINS TO LOOK AT BRISTOL
9:45:02AM TO HOWARD, MORRIS TO HOWARD AND SWANN TO HOWARD.
9:45:06AM I ALSO WOULD URGE THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER LOOKING AT THAT
9:45:10AM CONTRACT AND URGING THE ADMINISTRATION TO REVISE IT TO
9:45:12AM INCLUDE OTHER ALTERNATE ROUTES.
9:45:14AM I UNDERSTAND FROM ARE THE MEMORANDUM CITY STAFF SAID THEY
9:45:18AM ARE LOOKING AT IT.
9:45:19AM HOWEVER, THE CONTRACT IS NOT PROVIDING FOR THAT OTHER
9:45:23AM OPTION.
9:45:24AM ANYWAY, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION.
9:45:26AM THIS IS AN EXTREMELY LARGE PROJECT.
9:45:29AM IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT FOR ALL OF THOSE INVOLVED.
9:45:32AM AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN ALTERNATIVE THAT DOES NOT
9:45:35AM DISRUPT THE NEIGHBORHOODS OR THE BUSINESSES.
9:45:37AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:45:38AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:45:38AM OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AILEEN HENDERSON, MARTY GREENE, REVA.
9:45:44AM AND MENTESNOT.
9:45:46AM >> THANK YOU.
9:45:46AM GOOD MORNING.
9:45:47AM AILEEN HENDERSON.
9:45:48AM I'M HERE FOR PAUL GUZZO.
9:45:52AM TODAY IS A HAPPY DAY.
9:45:53AM IT IS WONDERFUL WHEN WE SEE PEOPLE LIKE PAUL GUZZO
9:45:57AM CELEBRATED.
9:45:57AM WE DON'T SEE ENOUGH OF IT.
9:45:59AM THAT'S WHY I'M HERE BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE I MAKE A
9:46:02AM POINT TO THANK ALL OF YOU PERSONALLY FOR LOOKING OUT FOR
9:46:05AM PAUL AND MAKING SURE HE IS RECOGNIZED.
9:46:07AM I HAVE TO TELL YOU, WHEN I STARTED THE CEMETERY SOCIETY, I
9:46:09AM REMEMBER MY FIRST MEETING WITH PAUL.
9:46:12AM HE WAS VERY INTENSE AND WAS VERY, LET'S JUST GET TO THE
9:46:15AM TRUTH AND CUT TO THE CHASE KIND OF PERSON, WHICH IS VERY
9:46:19AM MUCH HOW I AM.
9:46:20AM I COULD DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT.
9:46:22AM BUT HE DID AN AWESOME JOB.
9:46:24AM WHAT I'VE ALWAYS SAID ABOUT THE WORK THAT THE CEMETERY
9:46:27AM SOCIETY DOES IS WE ARE NOT WITHOUT THOSE JOURNALISTS AND THE
9:46:31AM MEDIA.
9:46:32AM WE REALLY ARE NOTHING.
9:46:33AM NOT EVEN SOCIAL MEDIA CAN TOUCH WHAT JOURNALISTS IN THE
9:46:37AM MEDIA CAN DO FOR US.
9:46:39AM WHAT PAUL GUZZO HAS DONE FOR TAMPA'S HISTORIC CEMETERIES
9:46:42AM DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE APPLAUDED.
9:46:43AM I'M SAD HE'S NOT A JOURNALIST ANYMORE BECAUSE I WOULD RELY
9:46:47AM ON HIM WHEN WE HAD STORIES TO GET OUT THERE.
9:46:50AM HE'S BEEN DOING WONDERFUL WORK WITH USF.
9:46:52AM I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE STUFF HE'S DONE OVER THERE.
9:46:56AM I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
9:46:57AM TODAY IS A GOOD DAY AND I APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF
9:47:00AM YOU.
9:47:00AM THANK YOU.
9:47:01AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
9:47:01AM MARTY GREENE, REVA, MENTESNOT.
9:47:04AM GOOD MORNING, SIR.
9:47:06AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:47:07AM MY NAME IS MARTY GREENE.
9:47:08AM I WORK FOR THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT, TRANSPORTATION.
9:47:10AM I HAVE PICTURES TO SHOW YOU.
9:47:15AM THIS IS IN SOUTH TAMPA THAT WE PAVED.
9:47:18AM THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS LOST A TACK CONTRACT.
9:47:23AM THIS IS WATER BASED TACK.
9:47:24AM IT'S MESSING UP ALL THE BUBBLES IN THE STREET.
9:47:27AM IT'S MESSING UP EVERYTHING IN SOUTH TAMPA.
9:47:29AM WE BROUGHT IT TO THE SUPERVISOR'S ATTENTION, MICHAEL BROWN
9:47:33AM AND VIK BHIDE.
9:47:35AM WE'RE DEALING WITH RACISM.
9:47:37AM I WENT TO VIK BHIDE IN SEPTEMBER AND I EXPLAINED TO HIM
9:47:40AM ABOUT THE SITUATION WHICH SUPERVISORS CALLING EMPLOYEES
9:47:46AM MONKEYS.
9:47:46AM NOTHING WAS DONE TO THEM.
9:47:47AM WE WENT TO HR, NOTHING WAS DONE.
9:47:50AM I SPOKE TO HR ABOUT OTHER SITUATIONS ABOUT HOW RETALIATION,
9:47:55AM HOW I'M BEING TREATED.
9:47:57AM THEY DID NOTHING ABOUT IT.
9:47:59AM THEY TOLD ME I NEED TO SHUT UP AND MIND MY BUSINESS.
9:48:02AM AS OF RIGHT NOW, I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH WE GET FIVE TONS OF
9:48:07AM ASPHALT.
9:48:10AM WE TOLD HIM WE'RE NOT GOING TO USE IT.
9:48:13AM WE ONLY USE TWO TONS OF ASPHALT.
9:48:16AM WE DUMPED THE REST ON 9th AVENUE AND ORANGE ROAD.
9:48:19AM 63rd AND BROADWAY AND 48th AND BROADWAY.
9:48:22AM WE WERE DUMPING MIX.
9:48:23AM FOR THE PEOPLE SPENDING THEIR MONEY, ME AS A TAXPAYER,
9:48:26AM DUMPING ASPHALT AND DUMPING THE MIX IS NOT CALLED FOR.
9:48:29AM WE TOLD THEM WE ARE NOT ABLE TO USE IT.
9:48:33AM WE WERE TOLD IF WE DON'T DO IT, WE WOULD GET WRITTEN UP.
9:48:38AM I KNOW AFTER I DO THIS, I MAY LOSE MY JOB AND GET FIRED.
9:48:42AM THE CITY OF TAMPA MOBILITY DEPARTMENT IS BEING RUN LIKE A
9:48:45AM DOG AND PONY SHOW UNDER A DICTATOR OF MICHAEL BROWN.
9:48:49AM MICHAEL BROWN ASKED ME TO BORROW $10,000.
9:48:52AM HR, REFUSED TO DO IT.
9:48:56AM I WANT TO PROVE WHO I AM AS A MAN.
9:49:00AM CAN I TAKE THE TEST.
9:49:01AM THEY REFUSED TO DO IT.
9:49:05AM EVERYTHING UNDER THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT, THE MORALE OF THE
9:49:07AM DEPARTMENT HAS GONE DOWN SINCE A BECOME CHIEF OPERATOR.
9:49:11AM I TOLD HIM ABOUT, NO DISRESPECT TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
9:49:15AM WE HAVE HAITIANS THAT WORK AT THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT UNDER
9:49:18AM SUBCONTRACTOR.
9:49:19AM I BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION ABOUT A D.O.T. STANDARDS.
9:49:25AM YOU CANNOT TOUCH ANY OF THE MOT PRODUCT.
9:49:29AM THEY TOLD ME, OH, WE'LL LOOK INTO IT.
9:49:31AM WHEN I WENT AGAIN, THEY TOLD ME, OH, MIND YOUR BUSINESS.
9:49:35AM WE'RE LOOKING INTO IT.
9:49:37AM IT IS A $300,000 TEMP BUDGET.
9:49:41AM MOBILITY DEPARTMENT NEED TO BE AUDITED.
9:49:44AM AUDIT NEEDS TO GO ON.
9:49:47AM RIGHT NOW, MACHINES BOUGHT THAT CITY COUNCIL DID NOT APPROVE
9:49:50AM OF AND RIGHT NOW, SUPERVISORS ARE STEALING TIME FROM THE
9:50:00AM CITY.
9:50:01AM YOU'RE PUT IN POSITION, EMPLOYEES THAT DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE
9:50:04AM JOB, PUTTING THEM IN THAT POSITION.
9:50:06AM RIGHT NOW, THAT NEED TO BE LOOKED INTO.
9:50:08AM THANK YOU.
9:50:18AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: REVA IMAN.
9:50:21AM >> I'M REVA IMAN, VICE-CHAIR OF THE ZION PRESBYTERIAN.
9:50:26AM IT WAS COINCIDENT THAT I CHOOSE TODAY TO COME TO THIS
9:50:29AM MEETING AND YOU ALL ARE PRAISING PAUL GUZZO.
9:50:32AM ZION CEMETERY, THE STORY HE WROTE ON THE ZION CEMETERY AND
9:50:42AM ALSO SOME OTHER CEMETERIES.
9:50:43AM BUT TO HEAR YOU ALL PRAISE IT TODAY, PUT A DIFFERENT TO ME
9:50:54AM MIND-WISE.
9:50:54AM OVER FIVE YEARS, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO THINGS WITH ZION
9:50:57AM CEMETERY AND IT'S YET TO HAVE BEEN DONE.
9:50:59AM BUT I LISTENED TO YOU ALL TODAY.
9:51:03AM THANK YOU FOR THE STORIES.
9:51:04AM THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS OUT.
9:51:06AM LET'S DO A STORY WITH YOU ALL.
9:51:10AM LET'S LET YOU MAKE HISTORY TOO.
9:51:13AM LET'S MAKE ZION HISTORY.
9:51:14AM LET'S SEE WHAT THIS ADMINISTRATION TODAY COULD FULFILL WHAT
9:51:18AM WE NEED DONE FOR ZION THAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE YET.
9:51:23AM WE HAVE BEEN SITTING BACK WAITING FOR THE CITY TO MAKE SOME
9:51:28AM THINGS HAPPEN.
9:51:28AM AND IT'S YET TO BE DONE TODAY.
9:51:31AM I ASK OF YOU TO SET UP A MEETING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY WHO
9:51:39AM HAS BEEN DEALING WITH ZION AND CITY OFFICIALS WHO HAVE BEEN
9:51:42AM TALKING AMONG THEMSELVES TO BE A PART, TO SEE SOME OF OUR
9:51:46AM BOARD MEMBERS.
9:51:47AM I'M THE VICE-CHAIR.
9:51:49AM FRED HEARNS IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE NONPROFIT.
9:51:54AM WE ASK TO HAVE A MEETING WITH YOU ALL.
9:51:56AM LET'S SEE WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON.
9:52:01AM HISTORY IS IN THE MAKING.
9:52:02AM THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE SO FAR.
9:52:05AM THANK YOU ALL FOR HOW YOU PRAISED PAUL.
9:52:07AM THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO FOR PAUL, MYSELF, THOSE
9:52:10AM INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE LAYING THERE RESTING IS TO BRING SOME
9:52:14AM PEACE.
9:52:14AM IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GET THE FUNDING TO DO
9:52:18AM IT BECAUSE OF THREE PARCELS, THREE DIFFERENT OWNERS THAT WE
9:52:21AM HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET YOU ALL TO GIVE THEM SOME LAND SO WE
9:52:25AM CAN GET SOME FUNDING.
9:52:26AM WE CANNOT GET FUNDING -- WE CANNOT MOVE FORWARD.
9:52:33AM IT'S BEEN OVER FIVE YEARS.
9:52:35AM THERE IS ANOTHER ASK.
9:52:36AM IF YOU COULD GIVE US $15 MILLION, GUESS WHAT, WE DON'T HAVE
9:52:39AM TO WORRY ABOUT THE THREE OWNERS.
9:52:41AM YOU HAVE THAT IN YOUR BUDGET TO GIVE US.
9:52:43AM THERE ARE THINGS WE WANT TO DO TO EDUCATE THE CITY, STUDENTS
9:52:46AM HERE, FAMILIES, IT'S FOR EVERYONE.
9:52:51AM HISTORY IS IN THE MAKING, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE THIS DONE
9:52:56AM FAST.
9:52:57AM MS. HENDERSON, PLEASE, AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE, WE
9:53:00AM WOULD LIKE TO SET THAT UP WITH THE ATTORNEY DEALING WITH THE
9:53:04AM TWO OTHER OWNERS, YOURSELF AND WHOEVER CITY OFFICIALS.
9:53:08AM LET'S SIT DOWN AT THE TABLE AND MAKE IT HAPPEN.
9:53:10AM THANK YOU.
9:53:10AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:53:11AM PLEASE ADDRESS THE COUNCIL BODY AS A WHOLE, JUST FOR ANYBODY
9:53:16AM SPEAKING.
9:53:17AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.
9:53:17AM >> THANK YOU.
9:53:18AM I'M SORRY.
9:53:19AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MENTESNOT, YVONNE FERRELLI.
9:53:26AM >> MENTESNOT, UHURU.
9:53:28AM TAMPA, FLORIDA.
9:53:29AM UHURU MEANS FREEDOM IN SWAHILI.
9:53:32AM WE AS AFRICAN PEOPLE SHOULD ALWAYS BE THINKING ABOUT OUR
9:53:35AM FREEDOM.
9:53:36AM FOR 825 YEARS WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT FREEDOM.
9:53:38AM NO SELF-DETERMINATION, NO INDEPENDENCE, NO ANY OF THOSE
9:53:41AM THINGS, NO LIBERTY, NO JUSTICE.
9:53:44AM I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT CHILD SUPPORT.
9:53:48AM YOU SAY YOU'VE GOT TO TALK ABOUT THE CITY COUNCIL AS A WHOLE
9:53:50AM OR WANT THEM TO COLLECTIVELY GET ON THE PHONE AND CALL THE
9:53:55AM CHIEF JUDGE AND TELL THEM CHILD SUPPORT IS ILLEGAL AND
9:53:59AM UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
9:54:00AM IT IS THE FOURTH BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT.
9:54:04AM IT IS A BIG GENOCIDE PROGRAM.
9:54:06AM IT IS AN ETHNIC CLEANSING PROGRAM AND IT IS A SLOW NEGRO
9:54:11AM GENOCIDE PROGRAM.
9:54:13AM IT HAS ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GREAT REPLACEMENT
9:54:18AM THEORY.
9:54:19AM IT HAVE ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS OF EUGENICS PROGRAM, AND IT
9:54:25AM HAS SOME NASTY HEARING OFFICERS OVER THERE.
9:54:28AM ARABELLA CAMPBELL, CHARLES DENTON, SABRINA FRYE, KU KLUX
9:54:36AM KLAN, DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY, GOING ON A FEW BLOCKS
9:54:41AM FROM HERE.
9:54:42AM AS NASTY AS EVER.
9:54:46AM BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THEY SUSPEND TENS OF THOUSANDS
9:54:50AM OF AFRICAN PEOPLE'S DRIVER'S LICENSES.
9:54:54AM TENS OF THOUSANDS DRIVER'S LICENSES.
9:55:00AM SUSPEND MY DRIVER'S LICENSE BECAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD TO SEND A
9:55:03AM CHECK TO MY CHILD SO YOU SUSPEND MY DRIVER'S LICENSE.
9:55:06AM YOU PUT ME IN DEBTOR PRISON THAT WHITE PEOPLE SAY ILLEGAL
9:55:11AM SINCE THE 1200s AND THE U.S. LAW SAID WAS ILLEGAL SINCE
9:55:16AM 1833 AND THE U.S. CONSTITUTION SAYS ILLEGAL.
9:55:20AM BUT THEY STILL PUTTING BLACK PEOPLE IN PRISON FOR DEBT,
9:55:23AM CALLING IT CIVIL CONTEMPT OF COURT.
9:55:26AM YEAH, ALL KIND OF TRICKS.
9:55:29AM THIS CITY COUNCIL NEED TO ON THAT.
9:55:32AM IT'S RUINING MANY AFRICAN PEOPLE'S LIVES THAT THEY CAN'T
9:55:38AM EVEN RECOVER.
9:55:39AM YOU CAN'T RECOVER FROM IT.
9:55:40AM AND THEY HAVE A BIG TRICK DOWN THERE.
9:55:43AM SO MANY BLACK MEN WALKING AROUND THE HOOD, 40, 50, 60, 70,
9:55:48AM 80, 100, 150 THOUSAND DOLLARS BACK CHILD SUPPORT.
9:55:55AM WHERE IS THAT TAKING PLACE?
9:55:56AM HOW IS THAT GOING TO GET PAID?
9:55:59AM RUINING AFRICAN PEOPLE'S LIVES.
9:56:03AM RUIN AFRICAN FAMILIES' LIVES.
9:56:06AM I WANT THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE A MOVE AND DO SOMETHING
9:56:08AM ABOUT CHILD SUPPORT.
9:56:09AM TIME TO HAVE A MORATORIUM ON CHILD SUPPORT.
9:56:12AM IT'S HURTING TOO MANY AFRICAN PEOPLE.
9:56:15AM PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
9:56:16AM THANK YOU.
9:56:16AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
9:56:17AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:56:17AM YVONNE FERRELLI, MARILYN SAMAHA, AND ELLSWORTH WILLIAMS.
9:56:26AM >> YVONNE FERRELLI ON BEHALF OF PARKLAND ESTATES CIVIC CLUB.
9:56:30AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY.
9:56:35AM I WANT TO ADDRESS THAT THIS COUNCIL HAD UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO
9:56:45AM SUPPORT BYPASSING PARKLAND ESTATES AND THE SOUTH HOWARD
9:56:50AM FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT, RESOLUTION CM 24-6831.
9:56:55AM RECENTLY, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE STORMWATER MANAGER
9:57:02AM AND SHE HAD SAID THAT THE PROPOSED PROJECTS WOULD BE HEADING
9:57:10AM DOWN THE THREE PROPOSED PROJECTS IN PARKLAND ESTATES.
9:57:12AM TWO DOWN LAKEVIEW AVENUE AND ONE SWANN TO HOWARD.
9:57:15AM I WOULD LIKE TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT WHEN
9:57:19AM YOU UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO KEEP PARKLAND ESTATES FREE OF BOX
9:57:25AM CULVERTS, THE SIZE OF THE BOX CULVERT WAS 10 BY 5.
9:57:29AM THIS PROJECT HAS ELEVATED AND PROGRESSED TO A BOX CULVERT
9:57:34AM PROPOSED TO BE 10 BY 12.
9:57:37AM IN ORDER FOR MR. ZEMINA TO INSTALL SUCH A LARGE BOX, HE
9:57:46AM WOULD NEED 36 FEET ACROSS THE STREET OF LAKEVIEW.
9:57:50AM LAKEVIEW IS ONLY 21 FEET ACROSS.
9:57:56AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, WE CAN SEE IT.
9:57:58AM >> SO IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THE 36 FEET OF WORK SPACE, HE
9:58:03AM WOULD BE INTRUDING ON TO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND DESTROYING
9:58:06AM THAT TREE-LINED RIGHT-OF-WAY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.
9:58:11AM THE CONES ARE MARKED AT 36 FEET.
9:58:20AM THE CURB IS 21 FEET AND THE TRENCH BOX FOR THIS BOX CULVERT
9:58:26AM IS 20 FEET.
9:58:27AM AND MR. ZEMINA ALSO SAYS HE NEEDS ANOTHER FOUR AND A HALF
9:58:31AM FEET TO DIG THE HOLE.
9:58:32AM SO THE HOLE WOULD BE ABOUT 25 FEET ACROSS.
9:58:35AM THAT'S GONE BEYOND THE CURBS OF THE STREET.
9:58:38AM AND IT WOULD BE GOING DOWN APPROXIMATELY 16 TO 23 FEET INTO
9:58:48AM THE GROUND.
9:58:49AM THE WATER TABLE IS AT 6 FEET.
9:58:51AM HE WILL HAVE TO BE PUMPING OUT A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF
9:58:55AM GROUNDWATER THROUGH THE LENGTH OF LAKEVIEW TO INSTALL THESE
9:58:58AM BOX CULVERTS.
9:58:59AM I AGAIN WANT TO ADDRESS COUNCIL AND ASK THEM FOR THE SUPPORT
9:59:04AM TO KEEP THESE BOX CULVERTS OUT OF PARKLAND ESTATES.
9:59:08AM THEY WERE TOO LARGE AT 10 BY 5, AND THEY ARE EXTREMELY TOO
9:59:12AM LARGE AT 10 BY 12.
9:59:14AM THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
9:59:15AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
9:59:16AM MARILYN SAMAHA.
9:59:19AM YES, MA'AM.
9:59:20AM GO AHEAD.
9:59:21AM YES, MA'AM.
9:59:35AM GO AHEAD.
9:59:35AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
9:59:36AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:59:36AM MY NAME IS MARILYN SAMAHA.
9:59:39AM I'M HERE AS VICE PRESIDENT OF PARKLAND ESTATES CIVIC CLUB.
9:59:45AM WE SENT YOU THIS LETTER ON APRIL 27.
9:59:49AM WE ALSO HAD A MEETING WITH THE MAYOR ON MARCH THE 5th
9:59:54AM WHICH BASICALLY STATES OUR POSITION HERE.
9:59:57AM WE ARE THE SOLE PEOPLE OF PARKLAND ESTATES, THE OFFICIAL
10:00:07AM COMMUNITY CIVIC CLUB.
10:00:08AM YOU WILL HEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE USING OUR NAMES IN A LOT OF
10:00:11AM DIFFERENT WAYS.
10:00:13AM ON BEHALF OF PARKLAND ESTATES, WE ARE WRITING YOU TO URGE
10:00:16AM YOU TO CONTINUE SUPPORT AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RESOLUTION
10:00:20AM FILE CM 24-6831 WHICH IS RIGHT THERE, REGARDING THE PROPOSED
10:00:26AM SOUTH HOWARD FLOOD RELIEF PROJECT ROUTES.
10:00:29AM THIS RECEIVED UNANIMOUS APPROVAL.
10:00:32AM SPECIFICALLY, THIS MOTION DIRECTS STAFF TO ELIMINATE THE USE
10:00:35AM OF BRISTOL AVENUE FOR VAULTS AND TO BYPASS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
10:00:40AM PARKLAND ESTATES BY UTILIZING COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS TO
10:00:44AM RESERVE FLOODING ISSUE.
10:00:45AM IT FURTHER STIPULATES REFUSAL TO FUND OR APPROVE THE PROJECT
10:00:50AM OTHERWISE.
10:00:50AM THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS A CLEAR RESPONSIBILITY TO ADHERE TO
10:00:53AM THIS DIRECTIVE.
10:00:55AM FORTUNATELY, VIABLE COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS EXIST THAT WOULD
10:00:59AM ALLOW THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT WITHOUT IMPACTING THE
10:01:02AM PARKLAND ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:01:04AM THE PROPOSED ROUTE OUTLINED IN THE JMT PROPOSAL FOLLOWING
10:01:10AM SWANN AVENUE TO HOWARD AVENUE AND THEN TO BAYSHORE BOULEVARD
10:01:14AM ALIGNS WITH YOUR UNANIMOUS RESOLUTION OF CM 24-6831.
10:01:20AM WE THE RESIDENTS OF PARKLAND ESTATES FIRMLY SUPPORT THE
10:01:24AM IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CITY PROPOSED ROUTE BYPASSING OUR
10:01:28AM NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:01:28AM IN CONTRAST, THE OTHER TWO JMT PROPOSAL ROUTES GO DOWN
10:01:33AM LAKEVIEW AVENUE TO BRISTOL, LAKEVIEW AVENUE TO MORRISON, AND
10:01:38AM WE SHOWED YOU THE DEVASTATION THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN
10:01:41AM THESE SMALL INTERIOR RESIDENTIAL ROADS.
10:01:45AM ACCORDING TO JOHN ZEMINA, VP OF KIMMINS, THIS WOULD
10:01:49AM NECESSITATE TRENCHES 36 FEET WIDE, WHICH REALLY ARE SIDEWALK
10:01:54AM TO SIDEWALK WITH A LITTLE BIT IN.
10:01:56AM GIVEN THAT LAKEWOOD AVENUE IS ONLY 21 FEET FROM CURB TO
10:02:00AM CURB, ACHIEVING THIS WIDTH WOULD RESULT IN THE DESTRUCTION
10:02:03AM OF NEARLY THE ENTIRE TREE-LINED RIGHT-OF-WAY ON BOTH SIDES
10:02:07AM OF THE STREET, LEADING TO THE LOSS OF OVER 180 MATURE TREES.
10:02:13AM THEREFORE, PARKLAND ESTATES UNEQUIVOCALLY SUPPORTS THE CITY
10:02:18AM PROPOSED JMT ROUTE OF SWANN AVENUE, HOWARD AVENUE, BAYSHORE
10:02:22AM BOULEVARD AS IT IS THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR RESIDENTS.
10:02:26AM WE REQUEST YOU ENFORCE YOUR UNANIMOUS RESOLUTION OF CM
10:02:31AM 24-6831, AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
10:02:35AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:02:36AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:02:37AM ALL RIGHT.
10:02:44AM MR. WILLIAMS.
10:02:46AM REVEREND ASTUDILLO.
10:02:48AM THOMAS SPAULDING.
10:02:49AM BEFORE YOU SPEAK, SIR, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE BISHOP TOM
10:02:54AM SCOTT IN THE AUDIENCE.
10:02:55AM FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND COUNTY COMMISSIONER AND CHAIR
10:02:57AM OF BOTH, I BELIEVE.
10:02:59AM HE IS HERE WITH US.
10:03:00AM GOOD MORNING, SIR.
10:03:01AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:03:02AM >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
10:03:03AM ELLSWORTH WILLIAMS.
10:03:05AM I GO BY TONY.
10:03:06AM CEO AND PRESIDENT OF VETERANS COUNSELING VETERANS.
10:03:10AM ONE TRICK PONY.
10:03:11AM WHEN YOU SEE ME UP HERE, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE VETERANS.
10:03:14AM I'M HERE THERE TO MAKE SURE A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF THE VETERAN
10:03:18AM POPULATION IS NOT FORGOTTEN.
10:03:20AM HONOR MY FELLOW VETERANS, BROTHERS AND SISTERS ON MEMORIAL
10:03:23AM DAY.
10:03:24AM SOME OF THESE BROTHERS DON'T GET THE SAME HONOR OR
10:03:28AM RECOGNITION DURING MEMORIAL DAY.
10:03:30AM WHO ARE THESE VETERANS?
10:03:31AM THE VETERANS I'M TALKING ABOUT ARE VETERANS AND FIRST
10:03:34AM RESPONDERS WHO DIE BY SUICIDE.
10:03:37AM IN FACT, FLORIDA HAS OVER -- VETERANS OVER 65.
10:03:46AM SUICIDE CONTINUES TO RISE.
10:03:48AM YES, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, SUICIDE STILL CONTINUES IN OUR
10:03:52AM COMMUNITY.
10:03:52AM WE JUST LOST A HERO, RETIRED LIEUTENANT COLONEL.
10:03:58AM HE WAS A SPECIAL OPERATOR.
10:03:59AM ANYBODY IN THE MILITARY, WHEN WE SAY SPECIAL OPERATORS,
10:04:02AM EXCUSE MY FRENCH, MEANS BADASS.
10:04:06AM HE DIED BY SUICIDE.
10:04:07AM LEFT BEHIND A SON AND A FAMILY.
10:04:10AM I TOLD MYSELF HE WOULD NOT BE FORGOTTEN.
10:04:13AM VETERANS COUNSELING VETERANS SO WE MAKE SURE VETERANS AND
10:04:17AM FAMILIES ARE NOT FORGOTTEN, WE HAVE A SPECIAL CEREMONY GOING
10:04:20AM ON, OUR 11th ONE, FAMILIES OF VETERANS AND THEIR FRIENDS
10:04:27AM AND RESPONDERS WHO DIE BY SUICIDE.
10:04:31AM I ADDED FIRST RESPONDERS BECAUSE IT IS PERSONAL.
10:04:33AM MY WIFE SERVED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR 25 YEARS.
10:04:36AM WHENEVER A LAW ENFORCEMENT DIED BY SUICIDE, IT AFFECTS HER.
10:04:40AM IF IT AFFECTS HER, IT AFFECTS ME.
10:04:42AM THAT'S WHY I MADE SURE TO INCLUDE THEM IN THIS MEMORIAL.
10:04:45AM I'M INVITING THE COUNCIL AS USUAL.
10:04:51AM COUNCILMAN LUIS VIERA HAS BEEN A GUEST SPEAKER MANY, MANY
10:04:55AM TIMES.
10:04:56AM I INVITE HIM AGAIN.
10:04:57AM WE'RE BUSY DURING MEMORIAL.
10:05:00AM WE HAD THIS PARTICULAR MEMORIAL BECAUSE IT REALLY IS A TIME
10:05:04AM OF A SAFE SPACE.
10:05:05AM OFTENTIMES, A SPECIAL OPERATOR GIVING HIS LIFE COUNTLESS
10:05:10AM TIMES AND ASK HIS SON OR WIFE HOW DID HE DIE, IMAGINE WHAT
10:05:14AM THEY HAVE TO SAY.
10:05:15AM THERE IS THE STIGMA.
10:05:16AM WE GIVE THEM A SAFE SPACE TO COME THERE, HONOR THE VETERAN.
10:05:21AM THEY NEED THAT.
10:05:22AM THEY WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN.
10:05:26AM I'M ASKING YOU, THE COUNCIL, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY INVITED.
10:05:29AM ON THE 24th OF MAY, 11:30 TO 12:30 AT AMERICAN LEGION POST
10:05:36AM 5, 3810 WEST KENNEDY BOULEVARD.
10:05:37AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:05:38AM REVEREND ASTUDILLO AND MR. SPAULDING.
10:05:50AM AFTER THAT, MR. BOBBY KRADEN.
10:05:52AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
10:05:55AM I COORDINATE CLIMATE AND JUSTICE FAITH PROGRAM AT A LUTHERAN
10:05:59AM SEMINARY.
10:06:00AM LAST NIGHT WE INVITED TWO PSYCHIATRISTS TO THE CLASS.
10:06:03AM PEOPLE SHARE TRAUMA ABOUT RECENT HURRICANES, THE LOSS OF
10:06:07AM NEIGHBORS, HOMES, TREE.
10:06:08AM ONE OF THE THINGS THE PSYCHIATRIST RECOMMENDED TO HEAL FROM
10:06:12AM TRAUMA WAS FIRST TO NAME WHAT WE'RE FEELING, BUILD RESILIENT
10:06:16AM COMMUNITIES AND A CHANCE TO CHANGE HOPELESSNESS WITH ACTION.
10:06:20AM SO HERE I AM.
10:06:21AM I'M SADDENED AND DISGUSTED.
10:06:24AM THERE IS A DESERT IN THE MAKING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:06:28AM MOST OF US FEEL AS IF WE ARE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF
10:06:30AM HURRICANE SEASON, THE SENSE OF THREAT, DESTRUCTION AND LOSS
10:06:34AM CONTINUES.
10:06:34AM WHAT CODE NOT UNEARTHED.
10:06:42AM KEEP FALLING ON DEAF EARS.
10:06:44AM WHO IS RESPONSIBLE TO GUIDE US?
10:06:45AM WE ARE GREATLY DISTRESSED TO SEE THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA
10:06:50AM YESTERDAY ISSUED A PERMIT TO A PRIVATE DEVELOPER TO REMOVE A
10:06:55AM GRAND CAMPHOR IN THE CITY'S RIGHT-OF-WAY AT THE ENTRANCE OF
10:07:02AM ITS PARK.
10:07:02AM MANY RESIDENTS SENT PETITIONS TO THE CITY TO PREVENT THAT
10:07:05AM THIS HEALTHY AND NON-HAZARDOUS TREES BE CUT DOWN, INCLUDING
10:07:08AM THIS GRAND CAMPHOR WITHOUT RATIONALE BY THE DEVELOPER.
10:07:15AM WE ASK, ONE, WHY WASN'T THIS GRAND TREE REMOVAL REQUEST
10:07:20AM REFERRED TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AS THE CITY CODE SAYS?
10:07:22AM THE CITY'S WEBSITE OFFERS A DOCUMENT ENTITLED CHAPTER 13
10:07:26AM CODE REVISIONS, WHAT IT STATES, IF TREE REMOVAL IS FOR A
10:07:30AM TREE LOCATED IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, IT IS REFERRED TO THE
10:07:33AM PARKS DEPARTMENT.
10:07:35AM NOTHING IN ACCELA SHOWS THAT THE TREE REMOVAL REQUEST WAS
10:07:39AM REFERRED TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
10:07:40AM TWO, WHY NO MITIGATION REQUIRED FOR THE GRAND CAMPHOR TREE
10:07:44AM AS CODE SAYS?
10:07:45AM ANOTHER CITY OF TAMPA SECTION OF THE CODE READS, THE CAMPHOR
10:07:48AM TREE SHALL BE DEEMED PROTECTED FOR PURPOSES OF MITIGATION,
10:07:52AM REPLACEMENT CALCULATION.
10:07:53AM THERE IS NOTHING IN ACCELA THAT DOCUMENTS ANY MITIGATION WAS
10:07:58AM CONSIDERED OR REQUIRED.
10:08:00AM THREE, WILL THE PARK DEVELOPMENT INTERVENE TO STOP THE
10:08:03AM REMOVAL OF THE TWO TREES IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY ENTRANCE OF THE
10:08:06AM PARK?
10:08:07AM BASED ON ARBORIST 2024 TREE SURVEY OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT,
10:08:15AM DEVELOPMENT OR PERSONS UNKNOWN REMOVE WITH OR WITHOUT
10:08:18AM PERMITS, INCLUDING TREES IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY NEXT TO THE
10:08:21AM PARK.
10:08:21AM WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DEVELOPER'S FIVE LOTS TODAY, WHAT YOU
10:08:24AM SEE IS BARE LAND.
10:08:26AM WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:08:32AM HAS TO BE A LIMIT HOW MANY TREES THEY ARE ALLOWED TO CUT IN
10:08:34AM PUBLIC LANDS.
10:08:35AM TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.
10:08:37AM PLEASE HELP US PROTECT THE REMAINING TREES.
10:08:39AM HELP NOT JUST DEVELOPERS BUT ALSO THE FRIENDS OF THE PARK.
10:08:44AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:08:45AM MR. SPAULDING, YOU ARE THE NEXT SPEAKER.
10:08:47AM WOULD YOU LIKE TO USE YOUR THREE MINUTES?
10:08:49AM GO AHEAD AND MR. BOBBY KRADEN AND RACIAL RECONCILIATION
10:08:53AM COMMITTEE.
10:08:54AM I DON'T KNOW IF THE COMMITTEE IS COMING UP ALL TOGETHER.
10:08:57AM WE'LL ADDRESS THAT AT THAT TIME.
10:09:02AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:09:03AM THOMAS SPAULDING HERE TODAY AS A REPRESENTATIVE ALSO WITH
10:09:06AM FRIENDS OF EPPS PARK.
10:09:10AM FORMED BY HUNDREDS OF SEMINOLE HEIGHTS NEIGHBORS THAT SEEK
10:09:13AM TO PROTECT THE PARK, RIVER AND NATURAL RESOURCES IN RESPONSE
10:09:16AM TO THE TRAUMA THAT WE ALL EXPERIENCED DURING THOSE STORMS IN
10:09:21AM 2024 AND BECAUSE OF THIS DEVELOPER'S PROPOSAL FOR MULTI-LOT
10:09:25AM HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND ROAD IN EPPS ADJACENT FLOODPLAIN.
10:09:29AM I'M BACK HERE TODAY REPRESENTING FRIENDS OF EPPS PARK
10:09:33AM BECAUSE THE DEVELOPER IS SAVVY.
10:09:35AM HE KNOWS HOW TO REMOVE HIMSELF FROM THE LEGITIMATE AUTHORITY
10:09:38AM OF THIS BODY TO HAVE NO SCRUTINY, NO PUBLIC INPUT INTO A
10:09:41AM MULTI-LOT DEVELOPMENT.
10:09:42AM HE'S GOING IN ONE LOT AT A TIME.
10:09:44AM THE FIRST TWO LOTS HAVE HIT THE PERMIT PROCESS.
10:09:47AM AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SPEAK TO, BECAUSE IT SPEAKS TO
10:09:49AM THIS ORDINANCE ABOUT FILL.
10:09:51AM OUR TECHNICAL COMMITTEE OF FRIENDS OF EPPS PARK HAS
10:09:56AM VOLUNTEERED ENGINEERS WITH MORE THAN 60 YEARS OF COMBINED
10:10:00AM EXPERIENCE.
10:10:00AM WE'VE REVIEWED THE PLANS.
10:10:02AM IT SHOWS A CEMENT WALL CONSTRUCTED IN THE FLOODPLAIN AND
10:10:07AM SIGNIFICANT VOLUMES OF FILL BEING BROUGHT IN TO PUT BEHIND
10:10:11AM THAT WALL IN THE FLOODPLAIN, AE 12, BELOW THE BASE FLOOD
10:10:15AM ELEVATION LEVEL OF 12 FEET.
10:10:17AM THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS PASSED THESE ORDINANCES CALLED FLOOD
10:10:20AM RESISTANT DEVELOPMENT TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY FROM
10:10:23AM FLOODING.
10:10:24AM SPECIFICALLY, SECTION 5, 12122 ADDRESSES THE USE OF FILL IN
10:10:28AM THE FLOODPLAIN.
10:10:29AM IT SAYS, FILL IS NOT ALLOWED WITHOUT COMPENSATORY EXCAVATION
10:10:35AM UNLESS PROPER ENGINEERING STUDY SHOWING NO ADVERSE EFFECTS.
10:10:40AM NO FILL IN THE FLOODPLAIN UNLESS YOU COMPENSATE WITH TAKING
10:10:42AM FILL OUT.
10:10:43AM THIS BRINGS ME TO OUR REQUEST FOR ALL OF YOU, WHICH IS,
10:10:47AM WE'VE BEEN ASKING THE CITY STAFF AND DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH
10:10:51AM MANAGEMENT IF AND WHEN THEY WILL APPLY THIS CODE TO THESE
10:10:55AM PERMITS.
10:10:56AM WE'VE BEEN TOLD OR MISLEADING STATEMENTS AND THERE ARE THREE
10:11:02AM THINGS I WANT TO RAISE.
10:11:03AM I'M ASKING FOR CITY COUNCIL TO INTERVENE AND SPEAK WITH THEM
10:11:07AM THEMSELVES AND CLARIFY IF AND WHEN THIS CODE WILL BE
10:11:10AM APPLIED.
10:11:11AM FIRST, WE'RE NOT GETTING DIRECT ANSWERS.
10:11:13AM WE'VE REPEATEDLY ASKED FOR THAT INFORMATION.
10:11:15AM THEY HAVE NOT PROVIDED DIRECT ANSWER TO OUR QUESTION.
10:11:18AM THE SECOND REASON WE'RE ALERTING YOU TO THIS IS ON ITS FACE,
10:11:22AM IT APPEARS THE CITY MAY NOT BE FOLLOWING ITS OWN CODE.
10:11:25AM WE FOUND OUT IT'S NOT JUST THIS PROJECT BUT MULTIPLE PROJECT
10:11:28AM WHERE FILL IS BEING ALLOWED WITHOUT ANY KIND OF EXCAVATION
10:11:32AM TO COMPENSATE IN THE FLOODPLAIN.
10:11:39AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU STILL HAVE 30 SECONDS.
10:11:41AM >> THANK YOU.
10:11:41AM THE THIRD REASON I'M IN FRONT OF YOU, FEMA ENCOURAGES THIS
10:11:46AM BECAUSE THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:11:48AM IT IS ABOUT THE WHOLE CITY.
10:11:49AM OUR DISCOUNTS IN THE FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM RELY ON US
10:11:53AM COMPLYING WITH OUR OWN CODE AROUND FLOOD RESISTANT
10:11:56AM DEVELOPMENT.
10:11:56AM WE GET A 5% BUMP IN DISCOUNTS IF WE COMPLY.
10:12:00AM EACH TIME WE LOSE A -- EACH TIME WE DON'T COMPLY AND GO
10:12:04AM BELOW THRESHOLD, WE LOSE $2.2 MILLION IN PREMIUM DISCOUNTS
10:12:09AM FOR CITIZENS OF THIS CITY.
10:12:12AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:12:13AM I APPRECIATE YOUR INTERVENTION ON THIS.
10:12:14AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
10:12:15AM OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. BOBBY KRADEN AND THEN THE RACIAL
10:12:19AM RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE.
10:12:22AM ROBIN LOCKETT AND STEPHANIE POYNOR.
10:12:25AM GOOD MORNING, SIR.
10:12:26AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:12:27AM >> BOBBY KRADEN.
10:12:29AM YOU ALL HAVE AN UNENVIABLE JOB.
10:12:33AM YOU HAVE MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THE CITY FROM STORMWATER, FLOOD
10:12:39AM RELIEF, TRANSPORTATION, THINGS THAT DIRECTLY AFFECT THE
10:12:42AM SAFETY AND RESILIENCY OF THE PEOPLE OF OUR CITY.
10:12:46AM BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO DIVE INTO SMALLER ISSUES THAT ARE FULL
10:12:50AM OF MINUTIA, SUCH AS NOISE ORDINANCES OR THE SIZE OF DIGITAL
10:12:55AM SIGNS.
10:12:55AM I WOULD ASK YOU TO TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO ONE OF THOSE
10:13:00AM ISSUES, ONE OF THE MINUTIA ISSUES.
10:13:03AM IT'S ONE I'VE BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT FOR A WHILE, WHICH IS HOW
10:13:07AM THE CITY MIGHT BE ABLE TO MANAGE VACANT SPACES TO FIND A
10:13:10AM BETTER BALANCE BETWEEN PROPERTY RIGHTS AND RESPECTING
10:13:13AM PEOPLE'S SPACE WHILE ALSO ACHIEVING EQUITABLE OUTCOMES FOR
10:13:18AM VULNERABLE NEIGHBORHOODS.
10:13:20AM I'VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THIS.
10:13:22AM I FIGURED I WOULD PUT IT OUT THERE FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE.
10:13:25AM I CREATED A WEBSITE WITH ALL OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE LOOKED
10:13:29AM AT FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.
10:13:31AM I TYPED EVERY WORD OF WHAT'S WRITTEN THERE.
10:13:34AM THERE IS AN E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR PEOPLE WHO MIGHT WANT TO
10:13:36AM LEARN MORE.
10:13:37AM SOME OF THE THINGS WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO ARE FAIRLY COMMON
10:13:43AM SENSE, I WOULD SAY.
10:13:44AM DO WE HAVE CAPABLE DATA MANAGEMENT PRACTICES TO BE ABLE TO
10:13:48AM HAVE A STRATEGIC APPROACH TO THIS PROBLEM FOR PROPERTY
10:13:53AM OWNERS WITH HISTORIC STRUCTURES ALMOST DISINTEGRATING.
10:13:58AM IS THERE A WAY TO HAVE A TIMELINE OR STEPWISE PROCESS WHERE
10:14:01AM THEY ARE NOT SLAMMED WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT ALL THE TIME?
10:14:03AM ARE THERE ALTERNATIVE BOARDING MATERIALS THAT ALLOW GREATER
10:14:07AM VISIBILITY INTO STRUCTURES FOR INSPECTION?
10:14:10AM ARE THE HARDSHIP ALLOWANCE CRITERIA ACTUALLY HELPING PEOPLE
10:14:14AM THAT ARE IN NEED?
10:14:15AM THE LIST GOES ON AND ON AND ON.
10:14:19AM I'LL CUT IT SHORT.
10:14:20AM THE POINT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE TODAY IS THE CITY IS IN AN
10:14:24AM ECOSYSTEM FULL OF RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM.
10:14:27AM THERE IS THE FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT AT USF.
10:14:29AM THEY PARTNER WITH THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF CODE
10:14:32AM ENFORCEMENT.
10:14:33AM THERE ARE VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS THAT OFFER TECHNICAL
10:14:37AM ASSISTANCE AND EXPERTISE ON THIS ISSUE.
10:14:39AM IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE DEPARTMENT ALREADY LOOKS AT.
10:14:44AM THEY ARE CONTINUALLY CONSIDERING AND EVALUATING BEST
10:14:47AM PRACTICES OF SIMILAR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THROUGHOUT FLORIDA.
10:14:50AM THIS IS FROM THEIR REPORT IN FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR.
10:14:53AM MAYBE A FIRST STEP SINCE WE CAN KIND OF EXPLORE THIS AT A
10:14:58AM LOW LEVEL.
10:14:59AM IT MIGHT BE COULD WE GET A WRITTEN REPORT ABOUT WHAT ARE
10:15:02AM SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MIGHT BE CONSIDERED AS BEST
10:15:06AM PRACTICES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT?
10:15:07AM WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT?
10:15:08AM THINGS THEY ARE LOOKING AT?
10:15:10AM ARE WE BEING STRATEGIC ABOUT THE VARIOUS ISSUES THAT THE
10:15:13AM DEPARTMENT CONFRONTS AND JUST GO FROM THERE WITH A WRITTEN
10:15:16AM REPORT.
10:15:17AM IT MIGHT BE AN EASY WAY TO WALK OURSELVES INTO PROGRESS ON
10:15:20AM THIS ISSUE.
10:15:21AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:15:21AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:15:22AM NEXT UP, WE'LL HAVE THE RACIAL RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE.
10:15:27AM IS THERE A MAIN SPEAKER FOR THE GROUP?
10:15:29AM I WANT TO WELCOME, FIRST THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR BEING HERE,
10:15:34AM ESPECIALLY MY FRIEND, DR. JEFFREY JOHNSON WHO IS MY
10:15:37AM APPOINTEE TO THE BOARD.
10:15:38AM ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU.
10:15:39AM GOOD MORNING, SIR.
10:15:40AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:15:41AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:15:42AM CHRISTOPHER HARRIS.
10:15:42AM AS YOU CAN SEE I HAVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE HERE WITH ME,
10:15:45AM SOME THAT ARE NOT HERE THIS MORNING.
10:15:48AM I'LL READ A PREPARED STATEMENT, IF I MAY.
10:15:50AM TIME IS A NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCE.
10:15:56AM ONCE IT IS SPENT, CAN'T GET IT BACK.
10:15:59AM 2023, GROUP OF COMMUNITY AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERS WERE
10:16:01AM DESIGNATED TO SERVE AS MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA'S RACIAL
10:16:04AM RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE.
10:16:05AM THE VISION, AGENDA, AND WORK FOR THIS COMMITTEE SEEMED
10:16:09AM EXCITING AND EMPOWERING AND MANY SELECTED FOR THE COMMITTEE
10:16:12AM AS WELL AS MANY ONLOOKERS EAGER TO NOT ONLY GET THE
10:16:15AM COMMITTEE TO WORK AND GET STARTED BUT TO SEE THE RESULTS OF
10:16:17AM THAT WORK.
10:16:18AM EVERY MEMBER OF THE CURRENT CITY COUNCIL AND MANY MEMBERS OF
10:16:21AM THE CITY STAFF WERE EXCITED TO SEE THIS TRAIN MOVING
10:16:24AM FORWARD.
10:16:24AM TO BE FRANK, WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE TO MAKE OF WHAT THE
10:16:27AM MAYOR'S RESPONSE OR EXCITEMENT WAS TO THE COMMITTEE.
10:16:30AM WHILE ACKNOWLEDGING THE REALITY, WE WILL NOT GO INTO DETAIL
10:16:33AM ON THE NUMBER OF MATTERS, DISCUSSIONS, RESOLUTIONS,
10:16:36AM COMMITTEES, PROMISES CHANNELED THROUGH THE CITY REGARDING
10:16:39AM THE ADVANCEMENT OF ISSUES THAT DIRECTLY PERTAIN TO THE
10:16:41AM CITY'S AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
10:16:43AM HISTORY HAS RECORDED THE REALITIES AND CURRENT DYNAMIC HAS
10:16:45AM REVEALED THE FRUIT FROM THOSE ACTIONS AND SOMETIMES
10:16:48AM INACTION.
10:16:48AM THIS EDITORIAL IS TO SPECIFICALLY SPEAK TO THE LACK OF
10:16:52AM ENGAGEMENT, RESPONSIVENESS AND COMMITMENT TO THE WORK OF
10:16:55AM THIS COMMITTEE BY THE CITY'S MAYOR, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND
10:16:58AM STAFF, THIS COMMITTEE IS REAPING THE HARVEST FROM A DIVIDED
10:17:02AM CITY LEADERSHIP.
10:17:02AM IT IS NOT A STRETCH FOR ANY OBSERVER OF THE ACTIVITY OF BOTH
10:17:06AM THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES OF OUR CITY
10:17:08AM GOVERNMENT TO NOTICE QUICKLY THAT WHILE THEY ARE CORDIAL
10:17:11AM WITH ONE ANOTHER, THEY ARE NOT COLLABORATIVE NOR ARE THEY
10:17:13AM PROACTIVELY INNOVATIVE IN MOVING CERTAIN ISSUES
10:17:16AM PROGRESSIVELY FORWARD.
10:17:17AM THEIR ACTIVITY IS MORE LIKE TEENAGE SIBLINGS WHO ARE
10:17:21AM ENMESHED IN THE BLAME GAME WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG.
10:17:25AM IN NO WAY ARE WE SUGGESTING THAT OUR COMMITTEE OR THE
10:17:27AM PARENTS ATTEMPTING TO CHECK THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE
10:17:30AM BRANCHES.
10:17:30AM WE ARE, HOWEVER, THE VISITING COUSIN SITTING IN THE FAMILY
10:17:33AM ROOM WATCHING THE TWO ARGUE OVER WHAT WE'RE GOING TO EAT AND
10:17:35AM WHO WILL EAT FIRST.
10:17:36AM IT IS DISHEARTENING TO DEDICATE ENERGY, TALENT, EXPERTISE
10:17:40AM AND TIME TO A PROJECT TO NOT HAVE WHAT YOU NEED TO BE
10:17:43AM SUCCESSFUL.
10:17:44AM TO DATE, WE HAVE ASKED THE MAYOR'S STAFF ON NUMEROUS
10:17:46AM OCCASIONS FOR A COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT THAT WOULD INCLUDE
10:17:49AM DATA, GAPS IN THE DATA, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, DEPARTMENTAL
10:17:52AM LEADS, A SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS AND PROGRESS REPORT OF THE
10:17:55AM MAYOR'S AGENDA ON THE ISSUES SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THIS
10:17:58AM COMMITTEE TO HELP DRIVE OUR DISCUSSIONS AND ULTIMATELY OUR
10:18:00AM RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY ON HOW TO AMICABLY MOVE FORWARD
10:18:04AM ON CERTAIN ISSUES.
10:18:05AM THERE HAS BEEN STATIC ON THE PHONE LINE.
10:18:08AM ALL OF THIS WOULD BE A BASIC PARTNERSHIP THAT WOULD ALLOW
10:18:11AM THIS COMMITTEE TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND TO ALLOW US TO MAKE
10:18:14AM RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WOULD BE WELL-ROUNDED, TESTED AND WISE.
10:18:19AM WHILE WE HAVE -- ON THE EMPHASIS OF NOT WASTING TIME, ALSO
10:18:22AM SHOULD BE NOTED THERE IS A CONSIDERABLE BUDGET DEDICATED TO
10:18:25AM THIS COMMITTEE'S WORK AND WE WANT TO ALSO NOTE WE SHOULD ALL
10:18:28AM BE WANTING TO WORK TO BE GREAT STEWARDS OVER THE CITY'S
10:18:31AM ECONOMIC RESOURCES AND HUMAN RESOURCES.
10:18:33AM WHY SHARING THIS PUBLICLY?
10:18:34AM SIMPLY PUT, WE ARE SHARING THIS LACK OF RESPONSE PUBLICLY
10:18:37AM BECAUSE WE BELIEVE WE MUST BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE CITY, TO
10:18:40AM THE CITIZENS THAT WE REPRESENT AND TO ANSWER FOR THE
10:18:42AM INFLUENCE THAT WE'VE BEEN AFFORDED.
10:18:43AM SECONDLY IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THERE ARE CONCERNED LEADERS
10:18:46AM WHO ARE WILLINGLY VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME TO PARTNER WITH
10:18:50AM THE CITY TO PROVIDE SOLUTIONS AND TO DO SO, THE CITY HAS NOT
10:18:53AM BEEN AS RESPONSIVE AS NEEDED.
10:18:55AM FINAL EDITING OF THE EDITORIAL, SHOULD BE NOTED THE MAYOR'S
10:18:58AM CHIEF OF STAFF INITIATED A CONVERSATION.
10:19:01AM WE'LL SEE WHERE IT LANDS THIS COMMITTEE.
10:19:03AM ALSO TAKE A MOMENT NOW AND WELCOME ANY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE
10:19:05AM COMMUNITY TO OUR LAST TWO MEETINGS AND TO BE IN THE ROOM AS
10:19:07AM WE FINALIZE OUR FORMAL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL BE
10:19:10AM DELIVERED TO BOTH THE MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION AND TO THE CITY
10:19:12AM COUNCIL.
10:19:12AM THANK YOU.
10:19:13AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:19:15AM THANK YOU TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
10:19:16AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:19:16AM WE HAVE A COPY OF THE EDITORIAL.
10:19:21AM IT WAS PASSED OUT TO ALL OF US.
10:19:23AM WE HAVE THE COMPLETE STATEMENT.
10:19:25AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:19:25AM MS. ROBIN LOCKETT, DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK?
10:19:28AM YOU ARE SIGNED UP.
10:19:29AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:19:31AM >> ROBIN LOCKETT.
10:19:33AM JUST TO REITERATE REGARDING THE RACIAL RECONCILIATION
10:19:39AM COMMITTEE, WE DIDN'T JOIN THIS COMMITTEE FOR IT TO FAIL.
10:19:43AM WE JOINED THIS COMMITTEE AND WE AGREED TO BE ON THIS
10:19:46AM COMMITTEE TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.
10:19:50AM THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF HOW THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS HANDLED THE
10:19:55AM BLACK COMMUNITY AS NOTED BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE RESOLUTION.
10:19:59AM SO WE NEED PARTNERSHIP, THAT'S WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, YOU
10:20:05AM GUYS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:20:07AM BUT WE NEED PARTNERSHIP.
10:20:11AM THERE IS A BUDGET THAT'S OUTLINED THAT I THINK PERSONALLY
10:20:15AM THAT WE NEED AN ADDITIONAL MEETING BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE ARE
10:20:21AM TRYING TO FIGURE THINGS OUT WITH LESS RESOURCES.
10:20:25AM BUT I THANK YOU GUYS FOR HEARING US TODAY.
10:20:29AM WE HAVE, LIKE I SAID, JOINED THIS COMMITTEE NOT TO FAIL BUT
10:20:32AM TO MOVE FORWARD AND MAKE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES OR DO SOMETHING
10:20:36AM ABOUT ZION CEMETERY ALSO.
10:20:39AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
10:20:39AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:20:40AM MRS. STEPHANIE POYNOR, JOSE VASQUEZ AND LAST SPEAKER IS
10:20:46AM KELLA McCASKILL.
10:20:48AM >> TODAY IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE.
10:20:50AM STEPHANIE POYNOR.
10:20:51AM TODAY IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE WHY I LIKE TO GO TOWARDS THE
10:20:55AM END BECAUSE THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA HAVE A LOT TO SAY AND
10:20:59AM SOMETIMES I REALLY WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT.
10:21:01AM IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, I SAID BEFORE THE RACIAL
10:21:08AM RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE WAS SET UP, YOU NEEDED TO MAKE SURE
10:21:10AM THEY HAD A CARETAKER.
10:21:11AM IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS THEY DIDN'T GET ONE OR AT LEAST ONE
10:21:15AM DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB.
10:21:18AM I WANT TO POINT THAT OUT, WE AS THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, THE
10:21:21AM ONLY OTHER COMMITTEE YOU GUYS HAVE INDEPENDENT OF THE
10:21:24AM MAYOR'S OFFICE, WE STRUGGLED FOR A LONG TIME AND WE HAD SOME
10:21:30AM PROBLEMS GETTING OUR FEET ON THE GROUND AND WE'RE GLAD TO
10:21:33AM HAVE SUPPORT NOW.
10:21:37AM YOU CAN'T LET THAT GO.
10:21:40AM I WANT TO SAY THIS.
10:21:44AM WE'VE GOT THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE IN PROCESS.
10:21:47AM WE'VE GOT THE COMP PLAN IN PROCESS.
10:21:49AM I DON'T WANT YOU ALL TO GIVE AWAY A LICK OF YOUR POWER.
10:21:53AM YOU MAKE LAND DEVELOPMENT CHANGES.
10:21:58AM YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.
10:21:59AM DON'T GIVE IT AWAY.
10:22:00AM I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS IN THE OVEN RIGHT NOW THAT WHEN
10:22:03AM THEY COME OUT, THEY ARE, I MEAN, THERE ARE SERIOUS ETHICAL
10:22:09AM ISSUES GOING ON AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE TAKEN CARE
10:22:11AM OF.
10:22:12AM I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT CAMPHOR TREES ARE NOT
10:22:17AM PROTECTED TREES.
10:22:18AM THE DEVELOPER THEY ARE SPEAKING ABOUT IS NOT DEVELOPING A
10:22:22AM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.
10:22:23AM HE IS BUILDING WHAT HE HAS THE RIGHTS TO BUILD UNDER OUR
10:22:26AM CODE.
10:22:27AM HE IS BUILDING WITHIN HIS RIGHTS AS A PROPERTY OWNER AND
10:22:31AM LANDOWNER.
10:22:31AM IT SEEMS LIKE WE ARE MOVING PAST THAT AND BRINGING IT BEFORE
10:22:38AM COUNCIL AND IT'S NOT A COUNCIL ISSUE.
10:22:39AM IT'S A YOU CAN BUILD WHAT YOU NEED TO BUILD FOR YOUR
10:22:43AM CHILDREN.
10:22:45AM THE HOUSES ARE FOR HIS CHILDREN.
10:22:48AM IT'S NOT A DEVELOPMENT.
10:22:49AM LET'S MAKE SURE THAT IS STRAIGHT.
10:22:50AM I WANT TO POINT OUT TO YOU THAT THERE ARE THINGS COMING UP
10:22:53AM IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT I DO NOT LIKE.
10:22:55AM THIS, IF YOU READ ALL OF THE STUFF ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE
10:22:59AM PLAN, THE CHHA, THERE ARE FIVE, SIX, TEN, WHATEVER, THINGS
10:23:06AM IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT ALL SAY THE SAME THING.
10:23:11AM THE RIVER IS FLOWING THIS WAY.
10:23:13AM 7.1.4, ALLOWING DEVELOPERS TO PUT MORE DENSITY IN THE CHHA
10:23:21AM IF THEY DO THIS.
10:23:22AM WELL, IF YOU READ THE REST OF IT, THIS PERSON IS SWIMMING
10:23:26AM UPSTREAM.
10:23:27AM I'D ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE ECONOMIC ENGINES IN
10:23:31AM THE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:23:32AM ONE OF OUR THREE LARGEST IS MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE.
10:23:35AM THEY EMPLOY JUST AS MANY PEOPLE AS THE PORT DOES.
10:23:38AM THEY EMPLOY JUST AS MANY PEOPLE AS THE PORT DOES.
10:23:41AM BUT THEY ARE AT THE END OF A DEAD END.
10:23:45AM THE PORT, YOU CAN GET THERE FROM ALL SIDES.
10:23:48AM IT SAYS -- OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SAYS TO SUPPORT AND
10:23:52AM STRENGTHEN MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE AND REQUIRING SURROUNDING
10:23:55AM DEVELOPMENT TO BE COMPATIBLE AS IT'S RELATED.
10:24:02AM WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE GIVING MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE
10:24:04AM THE RESPECT THEY DESERVE WHEN DOING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
10:24:07AM CHANGES.
10:24:08AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT SPEAKER IS JOSE VASQUEZ.
10:24:10AM KELLA McCASKILL IS OUR FINAL SPEAKER.
10:24:13AM GOOD MORNING, SIR.
10:24:14AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:24:15AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:24:15AM JOSE VASQUEZ, RESIDENT OF 2222 NORTH 64th STREET.
10:24:20AM THIS IS A CONTINUANCE OF THE PROBLEM I BRING TO THIS COUNCIL
10:24:29AM SINCE JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.
10:24:31AM AGAIN, WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR TRANSPORTATION, MOBILITY, AND
10:24:37AM OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO COME IN TO DO THE JOB ON YOUR LAND.
10:24:45AM I WANT TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION, MY NEIGHBOR, HE PLANTED THE
10:24:50AM PALM TREES IN YOUR PROPERTY.
10:24:52AM CODE ENFORCEMENT NEEDS TO CLEAN THE AREA OF THE IMPROVED
10:24:58AM ROAD.
10:24:59AM BY LEGAL RIGHT.
10:25:00AM IT'S NOT BEING CLEANED.
10:25:01AM I WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION WHAT I HAVE TO DO FOR THE
10:25:04AM LAST THREE DAYS, PUT ME IN THE HOSPITAL, CLEANING THE AREA.
10:25:09AM NOW HE DECIDE TO CONTINUE PLANTING TREES.
10:25:12AM BAMBOO TREES IN FRONT OF MY LEGAL ENTRANCE.
10:25:15AM I HAVE TO BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION BECAUSE THIS
10:25:19AM GENTLEMAN -- HE'S PLANTING TREES OUTSIDE OF HIS PROPERTY
10:25:23AM LOCATED ON 5819 EAST -- AVENUE TO MAKE HIM PROFIT.
10:25:29AM BLOCKING THE IMPROVED ROAD OF THE CITY OF TAMPA AND MAKE A
10:25:36AM PROFIT.
10:25:37AM THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
10:25:38AM I TRY TO DO A LIVING.
10:25:41AM I RENT A PROPERTY.
10:25:43AM YOU BUY PART OF THE LAND IN 1973 FOR LEGAL ACCESS.
10:25:46AM CALL DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO FIND OUT BECAUSE THE CITY OF
10:25:50AM TAMPA OWNS 75 FEET WIDE BY 320 FEET DOWN, ALL THE WAY DOWN
10:25:56AM TO THE RIVER.
10:25:58AM YOU DECIDE THAT WILL BE 59th STREET AND MY RIGHT-OF-WAY
10:26:02AM ACCESS TO MY BUSINESS.
10:26:03AM HAVE TO BE HARASSED.
10:26:07AM CALLED NAMES.
10:26:09AM CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DEFEND MYSELF.
10:26:12AM THIS IS THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT, TO STOP ME, TO TRY TO DO THE
10:26:19AM RIGHT THING TO HELP THE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:26:20AM THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
10:26:22AM THE INSPECTOR OF CODE ENFORCEMENT, THE GENTLEMAN DO HIS JOB,
10:26:27AM TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY AND REAL ESTATE NOT DO THEIR PART,
10:26:33AM I'LL BE A VICTIM.
10:26:34AM I LOST ONE TRUCK.
10:26:38AM THAT WAS MY BREAD AND BUTTER TRUCK FOR OVER A YEAR NOW.
10:26:41AM I CANNOT WORK.
10:26:43AM PAY THE CITY OF TAMPA TAXES, BUT YOU GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY
10:26:48AM TO PARK 25 CARS, I CANNOT DO IT.
10:26:51AM I'M HERE AGAIN TODAY TO PLEASE TRY TO FIND OUT WHY THE
10:26:55AM DEPARTMENTS CONTINUE TO DELAY OUR PROCESS, WHILE CONTINUING
10:27:01AM -- THAT ROAD BELONGS TO YOU AND IS MY RIGHT-OF-WAY.
10:27:04AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:27:05AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:27:06AM MS. McCASKILL, YOU ARE THE LAST SPEAKER.
10:27:10AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:27:11AM GOOD MORNING.
10:27:12AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:27:12AM KELLA McCASKILL, NATIVE HERE IN TAMPA.
10:27:15AM THERE REALLY NEEDS TO BE A RESET.
10:27:18AM HAS TO BE.
10:27:19AM REALLY NEEDS TO BE A RESET ON HOW THE ADMINISTRATION AND HOW
10:27:22AM YOU AS A BODY DEAL WITH PEOPLE OF COLOR.
10:27:26AM IT IS DOWN-RIGHT EMBARRASSING FOR A GROUP OF PEOPLE YOU
10:27:30AM PICK, YOU PUT THOSE PEOPLE ON THAT BOARD FOR THE 568
10:27:35AM RESOLUTION, MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO MAKE IT CONVENIENT FOR
10:27:38AM THE ADMINISTRATION IS WHAT I BELIEVE.
10:27:40AM NOW THEY ARE COMING DOWN HERE AND SAYING THEY ARE NOT
10:27:42AM GETTING THE SUPPORT THEY NEED.
10:27:43AM IT IS EMBARRASSING.
10:27:44AM I SAID TO YOU PREVIOUSLY THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A DIFFERENT
10:27:47AM TYPE OF ENGAGEMENT.
10:27:48AM WE ALREADY KNOW HISTORICALLY THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS BEEN
10:27:51AM DOWN-RIGHT DISRESPECTFUL AS IT RELATES TO PEOPLE OF COLOR.
10:27:56AM I'M THINKING ABOUT MADAM FORTUNE TAYLOR, HOW SHE HAD ACRES
10:28:00AM OF REAL ESTATE IN ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT AREAS OF THE
10:28:03AM CITY AND THE MAYOR TURNED DEVELOPER AFTER THEY TOOK IT FROM
10:28:06AM HER.
10:28:06AM ALL WE HAVE LEFT IS A BRIDGE THAT SOMEBODY HAD TO BEG TO PUT
10:28:09AM HER NAME ON.
10:28:10AM TAMPA PARK, WHEN THAT WOMAN SITS IN THE MIDDLE OF A CRA,
10:28:13AM COULDN'T GET ONE CENT FROM THE CRA TO ASSIST THEM.
10:28:17AM YET WHEN THE NEW DEVELOPER CAME ALONG AND I LIKED THAT
10:28:20AM DEVELOPER.
10:28:20AM WHEN THEY CAME ALONG, ALL KIND OF RESOURCES WERE OFFERED.
10:28:23AM WAS HE ABLE TO DO IT BETTER THAN SHE WAS?
10:28:25AM I DON'T KNOW.
10:28:26AM BUT SHE COULD NOT RECEIVE ASSISTANCE FROM THE CRA THAT SHE
10:28:29AM WAS SITTING IN.
10:28:31AM GO ON TO NO SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN EAST TAMPA FOR OVER 21
10:28:36AM YEARS.
10:28:36AM MAY 17, 2004, CHANNELSIDE RECEIVED THEIR CRP AND SO DID EAST
10:28:41AM TAMPA.
10:28:42AM DO THEY LOOK ANYTHING ALIKE?
10:28:44AM ANYTHING ALIKE?
10:28:45AM THEY RECEIVED THEIR MARCHING ORDERS ON THE SAME DAY, SAME
10:28:49AM MONTH.
10:28:49AM LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE.
10:28:50AM NONE OF YOU CAN BE THAT DUMB, DEAF OR BLIND TO SEE THERE'S
10:28:55AM NOT AN ISSUE.
10:28:56AM AND THEN THIS GROUP COMES FORWARD.
10:28:58AM YOU PUT THEM THERE.
10:28:59AM THEY ARE COMING UP HERE ALMOST DOWN RIGHT DEMANDING
10:29:02AM RESOURCES.
10:29:03AM WHAT'S SAT ABOUT IT, THE ADMINISTRATION HAS AT LEAST THREE
10:29:06AM THINGS THEY COULD SHARE WITH THE GROUP THAT COULD BE
10:29:09AM BENEFICIAL.
10:29:09AM THE MAYOR STARTED BUSINESS NAVIGATOR ROLE TO HELP SMALL
10:29:13AM BUSINESSES NAVIGATE THROUGH THE CITY OF TAMPA, GIVING THEM
10:29:16AM SOME RESOURCES.
10:29:17AM THE ROLE IS AMAZING.
10:29:19AM THEY HAVE A GENIUS IN THE ROLE.
10:29:21AM I DON'T SEE WHY THEY COULDN'T COME TO THIS GROUP AND SAY,
10:29:23AM HEY, THIS IS HOW WE CAN HELP.
10:29:25AM SHE HAS BERTHA OVER IN PROCUREMENT WHO CAN HELP PEOPLE GET
10:29:29AM QUALIFIED TO RECEIVE CONTRACTS, ASSISTANCE, LEARN HOW TO
10:29:32AM BECOME QUALIFIED SO THAT THESE SMALL BUSINESSES IN OUR
10:29:35AM COMMUNITY CAN BENEFIT FROM SOME OF THE CONTRACTS.
10:29:38AM SHE ALSO HAS BRIDGES TO BUSINESS, AND THE PEOPLE IN BRIDGES
10:29:41AM TO BUSINESS ARE EXTREMELY HELPFUL TO INDIVIDUALS LIKE MYSELF
10:29:44AM WHICH MEANS I WILL FALL IN THAT GROUP.
10:29:46AM I SUGGEST A DIFFERENT ENGAGEMENT FROM YOU ALL AS IT RELATES
10:29:49AM TO DEALING WITH US.
10:29:51AM CHANGE THE MINDSET.
10:29:52AM I SAW A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHEN THE MAYOR DID HER STATE OF THE
10:29:54AM CITY AND SHE LAUNCHED FAIR OAKS AS THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT
10:29:59AM INVESTMENT NOW IN EAST TAMPA.
10:30:00AM WE WANT MORE THAN THAT.
10:30:01AM WE NEED HOUSING.
10:30:02AM YOU CLAP BEING A PARK WHEN YOUR KIDS HAVE NOWHERE TO LIVE IN
10:30:06AM EAST TAMPA.
10:30:07AM ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY DIFFERENTLY.
10:30:09AM LISTEN TO WHAT WE'RE SAYING AND NOT JUST THE STAFF.
10:30:12AM ENCOURAGE COMMUNICATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION TO COME
10:30:15AM FORWARD TO THE GROUP AND SHARE THOSE THREE DEPARTMENTS.
10:30:19AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
10:30:20AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:30:20AM THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:30:22AM AT THIS TIME, WE'LL GO TO BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION
10:30:24AM APPOINTMENTS.
10:30:28AM THESE ARE APPOINTMENTS TO A VARIETY OF BOARDS.
10:30:30AM CAN WE MOVE THEM ALL AS A SELECTIVE GROUP?
10:30:33AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: YEAH.
10:30:34AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GET A MOTION TO MOVE 8, 9, 10, 11.
10:30:38AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
10:30:40AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
10:30:41AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:30:42AM AYE.
10:30:42AM MR. SHELBY, YOU'LL COME BACK WITH A RESOLUTION?
10:30:45AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: ACTUALLY 8, 9, 10, 11 ALL HAVE RESOLUTIONS
10:30:48AM PREPARED.
10:30:49AM NOW WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE TIME FOR YOU TO MOVE THE ITEM
10:30:53AM THAT'S ON THE ADDENDUM BECAUSE IT ALSO PERTAINS TO THE EBOA
10:30:58AM ACT.
10:30:58AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: RATIFY EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY,
10:31:02AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK WITH A SECOND FROM VIERA.
10:31:06AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:31:07AM AYE.
10:31:08AM THIS IS ON THE ADDENDUM.
10:31:10AM THANK YOU, MR. SHELBY.
10:31:11AM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, YOU ARE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
10:31:13AM >>LUIS VIERA: I MOVE ITEMS 12 THROUGH 18.
10:31:16AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A SUBSTITUTE ON 15, CORRECT?
10:31:19AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
10:31:21AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
10:31:24AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:31:24AM AYE.
10:31:24AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I MOVE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
10:31:27AM COMMITTEE 19 THROUGH 24.
10:31:29AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:31:30AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
10:31:31AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
10:31:32AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:31:33AM AYE.
10:31:33AM ANY OPPOSED?
10:31:34AM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
10:31:37AM >>BILL CARLSON: POINT OF ORDER.
10:31:39AM I AM GOING TO CHOOSE TO RECUSE MYSELF ON 26.
10:31:42AM MY FIRM DOES NOT WORK WITH THIS ORGANIZATION AND PROBABLY
10:31:45AM DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS, BUT IN AN ABUNDANCE
10:31:47AM OF CAUTION, I'LL RECUSE MYSELF BECAUSE WE WORK WITH THE
10:31:51AM RELATED ORGANIZATION.
10:31:52AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE 25 AND THEN 27
10:31:56AM THROUGH 32, IS THAT CORRECT, COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK?
10:31:58AM >>LYNN HURTAK: WELL, I HAVEN'T MADE IT, BUT YES.
10:32:01AM I MOVE ITEM 25 AND 27 THROUGH 32.
10:32:06AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
10:32:07AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:32:08AM AYE.
10:32:09AM ANY OPPOSED?
10:32:09AM SEPARATE MOTION FOR 26 WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON
10:32:12AM ABSTAINING.
10:32:13AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WILL MOVE ITEM NUMBER 26.
10:32:16AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
10:32:17AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
10:32:19AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:32:19AM AYE.
10:32:20AM IF YOU COULD READ THAT SO THE RECORD --
10:32:23AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON
10:32:25AM ABSTAINING.
10:32:25AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, FINANCE COMMITTEE.
10:32:27AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE ITEMS 33 AND 34.
10:32:30AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA AND
10:32:35AM -- IS THERE A SECOND?
10:32:36AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
10:32:37AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:32:38AM AYE.
10:32:39AM ANY OPPOSED?
10:32:39AM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, 35 THROUGH 47.
10:32:42AM >>BILL CARLSON: SAME THING ON 36 AND 47.
10:32:45AM MY COMPANY DOESN'T WORK ON THESE ISSUES OR NECESSARILY WITH
10:32:48AM THESE COMPANIES, BUT IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION BECAUSE WE
10:32:51AM WORK WITH THE RELATED COMPANIES, I'M GOING TO RECUSE MYSELF
10:32:54AM ON 36 AND 47.
10:32:57AM JUST A REMINDER TO THE ADMINISTRATION THAT THE ETHICS
10:32:59AM COMMISSION ASKED US THAT EVEN IF WE'RE NOT SURE IF WE HAVE A
10:33:03AM CONFLICT, IT'S BETTER TO AVOID A CONFLICT AND ASKING FOR A
10:33:08AM RECUSAL IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO AND THE ETHICAL THING TO
10:33:13AM DO.
10:33:14AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE THE ITEMS FROM YOUR COMMITTEE MINUS
10:33:16AM THE ONES --
10:33:17AM >>BILL CARLSON: YES, 35 -- I MOVE 35, 37 THROUGH 46.
10:33:22AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
10:33:25AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:33:28AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:33:29AM AYE.
10:33:30AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MOVE ITEM 36 AND 47.
10:33:35AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN FOR
10:33:39AM 36 AND 47.
10:33:41AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
10:33:42AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:33:43AM AYE.
10:33:44AM READ IT OUT FOR THE RECORD.
10:33:47AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON
10:33:49AM ABSTAINING.
10:33:56AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN MOVING ITEM 48,
10:33:58AM SECONDED BY HURTAK.
10:33:59AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:34:00AM AYE.
10:34:00AM ITEM 47 IS A REVIEW HEARING TO BE SCHEDULED ON JUNE 26, 2025
10:34:05AM AT 1:30 P.M.
10:34:06AM 49, I'M SORRY.
10:34:10AM 49 TO BE SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 26, 2025, AT 1:30 P.M.
10:34:17AM DO WE HAVE A MOTION?
10:34:18AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
10:34:20AM SECOND FROM MIRANDA.
10:34:21AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:34:22AM ANY OPPOSED?
10:34:23AM IT IS PAST 10:00.
10:34:26AM I NEED A MOTION TO OPEN THE 10 A.M. AND 10:30 PUBLIC
10:34:31AM HEARINGS.
10:34:31AM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
10:34:34AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
10:34:35AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:34:36AM AYE.
10:34:37AM THESE ARE QUASI-JUDICIAL.
10:34:38AM WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE FOR ITEM 56.
10:34:46AM CHRIS VALIENTE AND SUSAN SOLOMON.
10:34:48AM I'LL GET TO THEM JUST IN CASE, IF WE DON'T SWEAR THEM IN
10:34:52AM NOW.
10:34:52AM IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS,
10:34:55AM PLEASE STAND, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE'LL SWEAR YOU IN,
10:34:59AM ON ANY ITEM FROM 50 ALL THE WAY TO 60.
10:35:05AM [OATH ADMINISTERED]
10:35:17AM FOR CLARIFICATION, 59 AND 60 ARE NOT QUASI-JUDICIAL.
10:35:21AM THAT IS THE INTRO MUSIC FOR ITEM NUMBER 50.
10:35:31AM WHO WISHES TO COME UP ON ITEM NUMBER 50?
10:35:39AM >> CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
10:35:42AM ITEM 50 IS ORDINANCE FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION
10:35:45AM REGARDING THE REMOVAL OF A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 206 WEST
10:35:49AM COLUMBUS DRIVE.
10:35:50AM STAFF GAVE A PRESENTATION DURING FIRST READING.
10:35:52AM I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS HERE AS WELL.
10:35:54AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I REVIEWED THE RECORD FOR ITEM 50 FROM
10:35:57AM THE APRIL 3rd MEETING.
10:35:58AM I'M READY TO VOTE.
10:35:59AM YES, SIR.
10:36:09AM >> ELAINE LUND, HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
10:36:11AM I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR
10:36:13AM ME.
10:36:13AM THANK YOU.
10:36:14AM >> STEVE MICHELINI, REPRESENTING THE PETITIONER.
10:36:18AM YOU MAY RECALL THIS MAN'S PROPERTY WAS SPLIT WHEN PART OF IT
10:36:22AM WAS IN THE DESIGNATED DISTRICT.
10:36:24AM PART OF IT WAS NOT.
10:36:25AM WE WENT TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD AND IT RECEIVED
10:36:30AM UNANIMOUS SUPPORT THERE AND BEING FORWARDED TO YOU FOR
10:36:34AM COUNCIL'S ADOPTION AND FOR THE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE MAP.
10:36:38AM WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL.
10:36:41AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?
10:36:42AM ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 50?
10:36:45AM I SEE NO ONE.
10:36:46AM MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:36:48AM DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
10:36:49AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:36:51AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:36:55AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ITEM 50, FILE HPC-24-39-C, ORDINANCE
10:37:01AM BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN
10:37:03AM ORDINANCE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, REMOVING THE
10:37:05AM PROPERTY LOCATED AT 206 WEST COLUMBUS DRIVE, TAMPA, FLORIDA,
10:37:09AM MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 3 HEREOF, FROM THE
10:37:12AM TAMPA HEIGHTS HISTORIC DISTRICT, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL
10:37:17AM ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY,
10:37:21AM PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:37:22AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:37:23AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:37:24AM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
10:37:35AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:37:36AM >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
10:37:40AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT IS ITEM 51.
10:37:44AM >> LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
10:37:47AM ITEM 51 IS REZ-24-15.
10:37:50AM IT IS FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2007 DAVIS STREET.
10:37:53AM THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM RM 16 RESIDENTIAL
10:37:57AM MULTIFAMILY TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL
10:38:00AM SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI DETACHED USE.
10:38:02AM THIS ITEM IS BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING FOR SECOND READING AND
10:38:05AM ADOPTION.
10:38:06AM SITE PLAN MODIFICATIONS WERE REQUIRED TO BE MADE.
10:38:09AM THOSE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE SITE PLAN.
10:38:11AM THE PLAN HAS BEEN CERTIFIED AND PROVIDED TO THE CLERK.
10:38:15AM I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
10:38:16AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. DOCK?
10:38:18AM I SEE NONE.
10:38:20AM DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT FOR ITEM 51 ANYBODY HERE FOR 51?
10:38:25AM ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK FOR 51 OR ON 51?
10:38:31AM I SEE NO ONE.
10:38:32AM MOTION TO CLOSE FROM MIRANDA AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
10:38:36AM VIERA.
10:38:36AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:38:36AM AYE.
10:38:37AM ANY OPPOSED?
10:38:37AM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
10:38:38AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR, MR. CHAIR.
10:38:40AM I MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND
10:38:43AM ADOPTION.
10:38:43AM AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF
10:38:46AM 2007 DAVIS STREET, CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY
10:38:50AM DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION
10:38:53AM RM RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY, TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
10:38:55AM RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, SEMI DETACHED, PROVIDING AN
10:38:58AM EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:38:58AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:39:00AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:39:03AM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
10:39:06AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH HURTAK BEING
10:39:09AM ABSENT AT VOTE.
10:39:10AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
10:39:11AM ITEM NUMBER 52.
10:39:13AM >>LaCHONE DOCK: THANK YOU AGAIN, CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL.
10:39:15AM LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
10:39:17AM ITEM 52 IS REZ-24-82.
10:39:21AM FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1503 AND 1505 NORTH FLORIDA
10:39:25AM AVENUE, 1601, 1604, 1605, 1607, 1613, AND 1615 NORTH MARION
10:39:32AM STREET, 1602, 1604, 1606 AND 1608 NORTH MORGAN STREET.
10:39:37AM THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM PD PLANNED
10:39:41AM DEVELOPMENT, WHICH CURRENTLY ALLOWS FOR RESIDENTIAL
10:39:44AM MULTIFAMILY STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL CG USES TO PD, PLANNED
10:39:48AM DEVELOPMENT FOR STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL, CG USES, RESIDENTIAL
10:39:52AM SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED AND COMMERCIAL PARKING USES ON-SITE.
10:39:56AM SITE PLAN MODIFICATIONS WERE REQUIRED TO BE MADE BETWEEN
10:39:59AM FIRST AND SECOND READING.
10:40:00AM THOSE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE SITE PLAN.
10:40:03AM THE SITE PLAN HAS BEEN CERTIFIED AND PROVIDED TO THE CLERK.
10:40:07AM I DID WANT TO READ ON THE RECORD SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT
10:40:09AM WERE REQUIRED TO BE MADE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.
10:40:14AM CHANGES, OF COURSE, INCLUDED ON THE STAFF REPORT, BUT ALSO
10:40:17AM CHANGES AGREED UPON DURING THE HEARING, AND THEY WERE THE
10:40:20AM THREE CHANGES WERE TO SHOW THE COVERED AND PROTECTED BACK
10:40:24AM STORAGE FOR THE COMMERCIAL AND TO PROVIDE AND SHOW THE
10:40:27AM SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE BACK STORAGE AREA FOR THE RESIDENTIAL
10:40:30AM ON THE WESTERN BLOCK, AND ALSO TO MODIFY WAIVER NUMBER 3 ON
10:40:34AM THE SITE PLAN FROM 28% TO 27%.
10:40:38AM AND ALL THREE OF THOSE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE ON THAT
10:40:41AM CERTIFIED SITE PLAN.
10:40:42AM I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
10:40:44AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
10:40:45AM DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT FOR THIS ITEM 52?
10:40:49AM YES, MA'AM.
10:40:50AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:40:51AM >> ALEX SCHALER, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE.
10:40:54AM REVISIONS WERE MADE TO THE SITE PLAN AND WE ADDED INTERNAL
10:40:57AM BIKE STORAGE FOR COMMERCIAL USES AND 500 SQUARE FEET FOR THE
10:41:00AM RESIDENTIAL USES WHICH IS INDUSTRY STANDARD.
10:41:02AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:41:02AM ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER
10:41:05AM 52?
10:41:05AM WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE, NOBODY REGISTERED.
10:41:08AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
10:41:10AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:41:11AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:41:12AM ANY OPPOSED?
10:41:13AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:41:15AM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
10:41:20AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES, CHAIR, ABSOLUTELY.
10:41:21AM I MOVE FILE REZ-24-82, AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR
10:41:26AM SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY
10:41:28AM IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 1503 AND 1505 NORTH FLORIDA
10:41:34AM AVENUE, 1601, 1604, 1605, 1607, 1613 AND 1615 NORTH MARION
10:41:44AM STREET, AND 1602, 1604, 1606 AND 1608 NORTH MORGAN AVENUE IN
10:41:52AM THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED
10:41:55AM IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION PD PLANNED
10:41:59AM DEVELOPMENT TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, STOREFRONT
10:42:01AM RESIDENTIAL, ALL COMMERCIAL GENERAL USES, COMMERCIAL PARKING
10:42:04AM AND RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED, PROVIDING AN
10:42:07AM EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:42:09AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.
10:42:11AM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
10:42:14AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: RESOLUTION FOR SECOND READING.
10:42:15AM I MOVE THE RESOLUTION --
10:42:16AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AFTER SHE ANNOUNCES IT.
10:42:18AM YES, MA'AM.
10:42:21AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:42:23AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:42:24AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MOTION TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
10:42:26AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'RE MOVING THE RESOLUTION.
10:42:28AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
10:42:30AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:42:31AM AYE.
10:42:31AM THAT WAS UNANIMOUS.
10:42:33AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:42:33AM NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER 53.
10:42:37AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:42:38AM FOR THE RECORD, CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE WITH DEVELOPMENT
10:42:40AM COORDINATION.
10:42:41AM ITEM 53 IS REZ-24-89.
10:42:45AM THIS IS AN ITEM, REZONING REQUEST FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT
10:42:48AM 2705 EAST 19th AVENUE.
10:42:51AM THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY 50
10:42:54AM TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, SEMI
10:42:57AM DETACHED USES.
10:42:58AM SITE PLAN REVISIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS
10:43:01AM HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
10:43:03AM I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
10:43:05AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN?
10:43:06AM I SEE NONE.
10:43:08AM DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT FOR ITEM 53?
10:43:11AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO CLOSE.
10:43:12AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY REGISTERED.
10:43:14AM MOTION TO CLOSE -- OH, ANYBODY HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON
10:43:18AM 53?
10:43:19AM MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
10:43:22AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
10:43:23AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:43:24AM AYE.
10:43:25AM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, 53.
10:43:26AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOVE FILE REZ-24-89, ORDINANCE BEING
10:43:31AM PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
10:43:33AM AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF
10:43:35AM 2705 EAST 19th AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND
10:43:38AM MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING
10:43:40AM DISTRICT CLASSIFICATIONS RS-50, RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY,
10:43:43AM TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, SEMI
10:43:47AM DETACHED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:43:48AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM
10:43:51AM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
10:43:51AM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
10:43:59AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:44:00AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
10:44:01AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THE
10:44:02AM CONSULTATION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
10:44:04AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
10:44:05AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:44:06AM ANY OPPOSED?
10:44:09AM UNANIMOUS YES.
10:44:10AM ITEM NUMBER 54.
10:44:13AM >> CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE WITH DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
10:44:16AM ITEM 54, REZ-24-111.
10:44:22AM REZONING REQUEST FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2403 WEST FIG
10:44:26AM STREET.
10:44:27AM RM 16 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY TO RM 18 RESIDENTIAL
10:44:30AM MULTIFAMILY.
10:44:30AM THIS IS A EUCLIDEAN REZONING.
10:44:33AM NO SITE PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REQUEST.
10:44:35AM I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
10:44:37AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
10:44:38AM I SEE NONE.
10:44:40AM >> STEVE MICHELINI REPRESENTING THE PETITIONER.
10:44:42AM WE COMPLIED.
10:44:44AM BASICALLY IT IS A EUCLIDEAN REZONING.
10:44:47AM WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL.
10:44:49AM IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
10:44:52AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN?
10:44:53AM I SEE NONE.
10:44:54AM ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON 54?
10:44:57AM MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
10:44:59AM DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
10:44:59AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
10:45:02AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:45:02AM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK, 54.
10:45:05AM >>LYNN HURTAK: FILE REZ-24-111, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED
10:45:11AM FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING
10:45:13AM PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 2403 WEST FIG STREET IN
10:45:16AM THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED
10:45:19AM IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RM-16,
10:45:22AM RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY, TO RM 18, RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY,
10:45:27AM PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:45:28AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
10:45:30AM HURTAK.
10:45:30AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, PLEASE RECORD YOUR
10:45:33AM VOTE.
10:45:37AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:45:38AM >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
10:45:40AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:45:41AM ITEM 55.
10:45:44AM >> CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE WITH DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION FOR
10:45:45AM THE RECORD.
10:45:47AM ITEM 55 IS REZ-25-07, THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR
10:45:52AM PROPERTY LOCATED AT 405 WEST AMELIA AVENUE.
10:45:55AM REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY 16 TO
10:45:58AM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED.
10:46:01AM SITE PLAN REVISIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
10:46:04AM CERTIFIED PLANS SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
10:46:06AM I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
10:46:07AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
10:46:09AM YES, SIR.
10:46:11AM GO AHEAD.
10:46:12AM APPLICANT.
10:46:13AM >> STEVE MICHELINI, REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT.
10:46:15AM WE MADE THE REVISIONS THAT WERE REQUESTED BY COUNCIL AND
10:46:20AM STAFF.
10:46:20AM THEY HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND CERTIFIED.
10:46:22AM WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL.
10:46:23AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?
10:46:25AM ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 55?
10:46:28AM I SEE NONE.
10:46:29AM CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE?
10:46:31AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
10:46:32AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
10:46:33AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:46:34AM AYE.
10:46:35AM ANY OPPOSED?
10:46:35AM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, 55.
10:46:37AM >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ITEM 55, FILE REZ
10:46:42AM 25-07, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND
10:46:45AM ADOPTION, ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL
10:46:47AM VICINITY OF 405 WEST AMELIA AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA,
10:46:50AM FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM
10:46:52AM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RM 16, RESIDENTIAL,
10:46:55AM MULTIFAMILY, TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL,
10:46:57AM SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:47:00AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
10:47:03AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
10:47:04AM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
10:47:11AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:47:13AM >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
10:47:13AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:47:14AM ITEM 56.
10:47:16AM ON 56, WE HAVE TWO REGISTERED INDIVIDUALS.
10:47:18AM YES, MA'AM.
10:47:20AM MS. DOCK, GO AHEAD.
10:47:22AM >>LaCHONE DOCK: THANK YOU AGAIN, CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL.
10:47:24AM LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
10:47:26AM ITEM 56 IS REZ 25-16.
10:47:29AM THIS IS FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 103 SOUTH HALE AVENUE.
10:47:33AM REQUEST IS TO REZONE PROPERTY FROM RS 60, RESIDENTIAL
10:47:37AM SINGLE-FAMILY, TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL
10:47:40AM SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI DETACHED USE.
10:47:42AM THE SITE PLAN CHANGES WERE REQUIRED TO BE MADE BETWEEN FIRST
10:47:45AM AND SECOND READING.
10:47:46AM THOSE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE.
10:47:47AM THE PLAN HAS BEEN CERTIFIED AND PROVIDED TO THE CLERK.
10:47:50AM THIS ITEM IS BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING FOR SECOND READING.
10:47:52AM I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
10:47:55AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
10:47:56AM IT SAYS THAT THE APPLICANT OWNER IS CHRIS VALIENTE.
10:48:00AM IS HE ONLINE?
10:48:11AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE TO SEE YOU ON VIDEO.
10:48:13AM >> I'M TRYING TO TURN MY CAMERA ON.
10:48:15AM IT DOESN'T ALLOW ME.
10:48:16AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE YOU OVER INTO OUR DIGITAL WORLD.
10:48:24AM >> IT SAYS THE SESSION DOES NOT INCLUDE CAMERA SHARING.
10:48:27AM IS THERE A WAY THE ORGANIZER CAN TURN ON THE CAMERA?
10:48:30AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO YOU WANT TO SKIP IT TO THE NEXT ITEM
10:48:32AM AND THEN COME BACK?
10:48:33AM >>THE CLERK: YES.
10:48:34AM IF YOU COULD ANSWER THE CALL FROM T AND I SO THEY CAN ASSIST
10:48:38AM YOU.
10:48:39AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THEY ARE CALLING YOU.
10:48:41AM TALK TO THEM AND SEE HOW WE FIGURE THIS OUT.
10:48:45AM HOLD 56 AND GO TO 57.
10:48:53AM >> FOR THE RECORD, CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE, DEVELOPMENT
10:48:56AM COORDINATION.
10:48:56AM ITEM 57 IS REZ-25-18.
10:49:00AM REZONING REQUEST FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2315 WEST SPRUCE
10:49:04AM STREET.
10:49:05AM REZONE FROM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR
10:49:08AM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED USES.
10:49:11AM SITE PLAN REVISIONS COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS SUBMITTED
10:49:14AM TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
10:49:16AM I AM AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
10:49:20AM >> DOMAIN HOMES.
10:49:22AM I'VE BEEN SWORN.
10:49:23AM ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
10:49:26AM I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
10:49:27AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. HENRY?
10:49:29AM NO.
10:49:29AM ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON 57?
10:49:31AM WE HAVE NO ONE REGISTERED.
10:49:37AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, SECOND FROM VIERA.
10:49:40AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:49:40AM AYE.
10:49:42AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR, MY PLEASURE.
10:49:45AM MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND
10:49:48AM ADOPTION.
10:49:48AM ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 2315
10:49:52AM WEST SPRUCE STREET IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE
10:49:55AM PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT
10:49:57AM CLASSIFICATION PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, TO PD PLANNED
10:50:00AM DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, DETACHED, PROVIDING
10:50:02AM AN EFFECTIVE DATE AS PROPOSED BY A GENTLEMAN WITH VERY GOOD
10:50:05AM MUSIC TASTE.
10:50:06AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
10:50:08AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
10:50:10AM VIERA, SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
10:50:12AM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
10:50:13AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:50:23AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHAT IS THE GOOD MUSIC TASTE?
10:50:26AM >>LUIS VIERA: HE IS A ROCKER.
10:50:35AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:50:38AM ITEM -- IT IS A LONG WAY TO THE TOP.
10:50:46AM >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:50:48AM FOR THE RECORD, CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE, DEVELOPMENT
10:50:50AM COORDINATION.
10:50:50AM APPLE 58 IS REZ-25-28.
10:50:53AM THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 8413
10:50:57AM NORTH ORANGEVIEW AVENUE.
10:50:58AM THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY 60
10:51:02AM TO RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY 50.
10:51:04AM THIS IS A EUCLIDEAN REZONING.
10:51:06AM THERE'S NO SITE PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH THE REQUEST.
10:51:08AM I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
10:51:09AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE
10:51:11AM GENTLEMAN?
10:51:12AM DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT FOR 58?
10:51:14AM YES, MA'AM.
10:51:14AM COME ON UP AND STATE YOUR NAME.
10:51:18AM >> AILEEN ROSARIO, I'VE BEEN SWORN IN.
10:51:21AM I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION ON THIS
10:51:23AM APPROVAL.
10:51:24AM I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
10:51:25AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK ON 58? I
10:51:29AM SEE NO ONE.
10:51:30AM CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE?
10:51:31AM MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
10:51:34AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
10:51:37AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:51:38AM AYE.
10:51:39AM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON, WOULD YOU MIND READING 58?
10:51:43AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES, SIR.
10:51:43AM AN ORDINANCE -- FILE -- I MOVE FILE REZ-25-28, AN ORDINANCE
10:51:49AM BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN
10:51:51AM ORDINANCE REZONING THE PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF
10:51:53AM 8413 NORTH ORANGEVIEW AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA,
10:51:57AM AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1, FROM ZONING
10:52:01AM DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-60, RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY,
10:52:05AM TO RS-50, RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
10:52:11AM DATE.
10:52:12AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.
10:52:14AM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
10:52:21AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:52:22AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:52:23AM IS THE GENTLEMAN FOR 56 -- THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE?
10:52:35AM DO WE HAVE SUSAN SOLOMON ONLINE?
10:52:38AM SHOULD WE TAKE UP 56 IF THE GENTLEMAN HAS NOTHING ELSE TO
10:52:48AM ADD?
10:52:50AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF HE WANTS TO SPEAK -- WE CAN CONTINUE IT.
10:52:54AM >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES TO ALLOW
10:52:57AM HIM TO SPEAK.
10:52:59AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU HAVE TO SEE HIS FACE.
10:53:01AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE THING IS, THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THAT
10:53:06AM SUFFICES FROM A DUE PROCESS STANDPOINT FOR ALL INTERESTED
10:53:09AM PARTIES WHO MAY BE ABLE TO RAISE AN OBJECTION.
10:53:14AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S WAIT.
10:53:15AM WE'LL GO INTO 59 AND 60 AND HOPEFULLY IT GETS SQUARED AWAY
10:53:22AM BY THEN.
10:53:23AM >> I'M WITH CHRIS ON 56.
10:53:25AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ARE YOU ALLOWED TO SPEAK ON HIS BEHALF?
10:53:27AM >> YES, I AM THE OWNER TOO.
10:53:29AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: WHO IS THE GENTLEMAN YOU ARE SPEAKING ON
10:53:31AM BEHALF OF?
10:53:33AM >> CHRIS VALIENTE.
10:53:36AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IS CHRIS VALIENTE ONLINE?
10:53:38AM >>THE CLERK: [INAUDIBLE]
10:53:41AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: AND YOU ARE UNDER OATH?
10:53:43AM >> YES.
10:53:44AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HE WAS SWORN IN, I SAW HIM.
10:53:46AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF YOU CAN ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT YOU ARE
10:53:49AM AUTHORIZED TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT IN THIS CASE.
10:53:53AM >> YES.
10:53:53AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: YOU ARE THE OWNER.
10:53:55AM >> YES.
10:53:57AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:53:57AM WELL, WE GO TO ITEM 56.
10:54:02AM IN-PERSON GENTLEMAN AND SUSAN SOLOMON FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
10:54:05AM ONLINE.
10:54:05AM MS. DOCK, YOU PRESENT FIRST AND THEN WE'LL GO TO YOU.
10:54:09AM MS. DOCK.
10:54:09AM >>LaCHONE DOCK: THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL.
10:54:12AM ITEM 56, REZ-25-16 FOR THE PROPERTY AT 103 SOUTH HALE
10:54:18AM AVENUE.
10:54:18AM THIS REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RS 60, RESIDENTIAL
10:54:22AM SINGLE-FAMILY, TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL,
10:54:25AM SINGLE-FAMILY, SEMI DETACHED USE.
10:54:27AM SITE PLAN CHANGES WERE REQUIRED TO BE MADE BETWEEN FIRST AND
10:54:30AM SECOND READING.
10:54:30AM THOSE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE.
10:54:32AM THE PLAN HAS BEEN CERTIFIED AND PROVIDED TO THE CLERK.
10:54:35AM I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
10:54:36AM THIS ITEM IS BEFORE YOU FOR SECOND READING.
10:54:38AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
10:54:39AM ANY QUESTIONS?
10:54:39AM ALL RIGHT, SIR.
10:54:40AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:54:42AM >> CARLOS VALIENTE.
10:54:43AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, SIR.
10:54:45AM DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO PRESENT?
10:54:48AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:54:48AM I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR APPROVING THE SITE IN THE FIRST
10:54:51AM MEETING.
10:54:52AM I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
10:54:53AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN?
10:54:55AM ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 56?
10:54:58AM I SEE NO ONE, SO WE HAVE A REGISTERED SPEAKER, WAS SUSAN
10:55:03AM SOLOMON SWORN IN, MADAM CLERK?
10:55:06AM >>THE CLERK: [INAUDIBLE]
10:55:07AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SUSAN SOLOMON, THIS IS YOUR TIME TO
10:55:09AM SPEAK.
10:55:10AM PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND STATE YOUR NAME.
10:55:12AM >> MY NAME IS SUSAN SOLOMON.
10:55:14AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
10:55:15AM GO AHEAD.
10:55:18AM >> THE FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY IS BEYOND THE
10:55:20AM INFRASTRUCTURE CONCERNS, THE OWNER IS UNDER NO LEGAL
10:55:26AM REQUIREMENT TO BUILD A STRUCTURE AS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD,
10:55:31AM WHICH PARTY IS NOT OBLIGATED TO BUILD WHAT IT PROMISED.
10:55:35AM ONCE YOU REZONE, ONCE YOU CHANGE THE ZONING, HE IS UNDER NO
10:55:40AM LEGAL OBLIGATION TO BUILD THE HOUSE AS REPRESENTED.
10:55:44AM HE CAN ALSO SELL IT ONCE IT IS REZONED TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
10:55:49AM AND I'D LIKE TO SAY WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE IS CALLED SPOT
10:55:53AM ZONING.
10:55:54AM SPOT ZONING IN FLORIDA FACES STRICT JUDICIAL SCRUTINY AND IT
10:56:01AM IS PRESUMED INVALID UNLESS IT SERVES A LEGITIMATE PUBLIC
10:56:07AM PURPOSE AND ALIGNS WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
10:56:08AM FLORIDA COURTS -- OFTEN INVALIDATE IT IF IT APPEARS TO
10:56:15AM BENEFIT SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT FLORIDA PUBLIC
10:56:21AM JUSTIFICATION.
10:56:21AM AND THIS IS NOT CONFORM TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT CODE
10:56:26AM CRITERIA.
10:56:27AM ALSO, IN ADDITION TO THAT, SOUTH TAMPA IS EXPERIENCING NEW
10:56:34AM PRESSURE, SLOW POPULATION INFLUX POST COVID, ESCALATING
10:56:38AM HURRICANE THREATS, SKYROCKETING INSURANCE COSTS AND A
10:56:41AM STALLED HOUSING MARKET.
10:56:43AM -- [CUTTING OUT] -- HOMES ALREADY FOR SALE AND CONSTRUCTION
10:56:50AM ON VACANT LOTS HAS STALLED.
10:56:52AM IN THE FIRST MEETING, I SUBMITTED 12 SIGNED PETITIONS OF
10:57:00AM CONCERNED NEIGHBORS WHO ALSO OPPOSE THIS CHANGE.
10:57:03AM THIS IS NOT THE STANCE OF A SINGLE HOMEOWNER.
10:57:05AM IT IS A UNITED VOICE FROM THE COMMUNITY.
10:57:07AM LASTLY, MANY RESIDENTS FEARED THAT THIS PROJECT WILL ERODE
10:57:12AM PROPERTY VALUES AND LIMIT RESALE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXISTING
10:57:17AM HOMEOWNERS WHICH IS A LOSS OUR COMMUNITY CANNOT AFFORD.
10:57:20AM FOR ALL THESE REASONS, I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO DENY THE
10:57:24AM PROPOSED REZONING AND PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE
10:57:28AM NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:57:28AM THIS PROJECT IS NOT A FITTING ADDITION TO OUR COMMUNITY.
10:57:33AM THE END.
10:57:35AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.
10:57:37AM YES, SIR.
10:57:41AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MS. SOLOMON DISCUSSED THE POTENTIAL OF THE
10:57:44AM REDEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROPERTY.
10:57:46AM IS SOMEBODY FROM STAFF AVAILABLE TO BRIEF US, SINCE SHE
10:57:50AM PROVIDED TESTIMONY THAT THE APPLICANT COULD BUILD ANYTHING,
10:57:53AM THIS IS A PD, ABOUT THIS BEING SITE PLANNED CONTROLLED.
10:57:56AM >>LaCHONE DOCK: YES, COUNCIL.
10:57:57AM LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
10:57:59AM SO THIS PD REQUEST WOULD ALLOW FOR THE TWO UNITS ON-SITE,
10:58:04AM WHICH IS THE SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI DETACHED.
10:58:07AM SO THIS IS WHAT'S ALLOWED ON THE SITE UNTIL IT IS REZONED
10:58:11AM AGAIN TO ANOTHER PD FOR ANOTHER USE.
10:58:17AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: FOR THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC LISTENING
10:58:19AM TO THIS, IF APPROVED, THE APPLICANT IS RESTRICTED TO BUILD
10:58:22AM EXACTLY WHAT HE'S PROVIDED TO STAFF TO BUILD AND NOTHING
10:58:25AM MORE AND NOTHING LESS, CORRECT?
10:58:28AM >>LaCHONE DOCK: CORRECT.
10:58:29AM THE USE ITSELF CANNOT CHANGE.
10:58:31AM YOU CAN HAVE MINOR MODIFICATIONS MADE AND ADJUSTMENT OF A
10:58:35AM PLACEMENT OF A STAIRWELL, THINGS LIKE THAT, ENTRY.
10:58:40AM BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THE USE OF THE TWO UNITS IS THE ONLY
10:58:43AM USE ALLOWED ON THE SITE, EVEN IF OWNERSHIP CHANGES HANDS, IF
10:58:47AM THIS PD IS APPROVED, THAT IS THE ZONING AND THE PERMITTED
10:58:50AM ENTITLEMENT ON THE SITE.
10:58:52AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
10:58:53AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:58:53AM ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
10:58:54AM THERE WAS NOBODY ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT?
10:58:59AM ANY REBUTTAL?
10:59:01AM >> NO, THANK YOU AGAIN.
10:59:02AM THE SITE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, IT NOT CHANGE.
10:59:05AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:59:06AM CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE?
10:59:07AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
10:59:09AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
10:59:10AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:59:11AM AYE.
10:59:12AM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THIS?
10:59:18AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MOVE FILE REZ-25-16, AN ORDINANCE
10:59:23AM REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 103 SOUTH HALE
10:59:26AM AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY
10:59:29AM DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION
10:59:32AM RS-60, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY, TO PD, PLANNED
10:59:36AM DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, SEMI DETACHED,
10:59:38AM PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:59:40AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN AND
10:59:41AM SECOND FROM VIERA.
10:59:42AM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
10:59:46AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON AND MIRANDA VOTING
10:59:48AM NO.
10:59:49AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:59:51AM >> THANK YOU.
10:59:52AM NOW WE GO TO ITEMS 59 AND 60.
10:59:57AM MR. SHELBY, DO WE READ THE RESOLUTION AFTER THE SECOND
11:00:03AM PUBLIC HEARING MAY 15th?
11:00:04AM IS THAT CORRECT?
11:00:07AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: [INAUDIBLE]
11:00:09AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:00:10AM BUT IT IS A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD ON MAY 15.
11:00:13AM WE DON'T VOTE ON ANYTHING TODAY, IS THAT CORRECT?
11:00:16AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: [INAUDIBLE]
11:00:17AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
11:00:18AM ITEM 59, MS. SUSAN JOHNSON VELEZ.
11:00:20AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:00:22AM >> SUSAN JOHNSON VELEZ, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
11:00:25AM THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
11:00:26AM YES, THIS IS A FIRST OF TWO REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR
11:00:29AM THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THE RESOLUTION WILL BE READ
11:00:32AM AT THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON MAY 15.
11:00:35AM AND THE DEVELOPER'S REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE.
11:00:37AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. HUDSON, COME ON UP.
11:00:40AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:00:41AM >> TYLER HUDSON, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE.
11:00:44AM FOR THE RECORD, WE'LL DISPENSE WITH OUR USUAL PowerPoint
11:00:46AM FOR THIS AND HEAR STRAIGHT FROM THE SOURCE.
11:00:48AM ARNOLD WITH DDA DEVELOPMENT IS THE DEVELOPER.
11:00:51AM ARCHITECT SAM CLEMONS WITH PLACE ARCHITECTURE IS HERE WHO
11:00:54AM CAN RUN THROUGH THE SITE PLAN IF YOU ALL WISH.
11:00:57AM WITH THAT, BOWEN.
11:00:58AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. ARNOLD, PLEASE COME UP AND STATE
11:01:00AM YOUR NAME.
11:01:00AM >> BOWEN ARNOLD, DDA DEVELOPMENT.
11:01:03AM I'VE BEEN SWORN IN.
11:01:04AM I THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW US.
11:01:07AM WE'RE APARTMENT DEVELOPERS HERE IN TOWN BASED IN TAMPA.
11:01:12AM WE'VE DONE BOTH AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND WE'VE DONE MARKET
11:01:14AM RATE HOUSING.
11:01:15AM THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WILL GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO
11:01:18AM DO 192 UNITS, 10% OF WHICH ARE AFFORDABLE.
11:01:22AM A COUPLE OF THINGS ON THE SITE PLAN, AS TYLER MENTIONED, TIM
11:01:27AM CLEMONS, THE ARCHITECT IS HERE IF YOU NEED TO SEE HIM.
11:01:31AM WE HAVE A SMALL GROUND FLOOR RETAIL COMMERCIAL COMPONENT.
11:01:34AM WE HAVE PERIMETER SIDEWALKS IN ALL THE RIGHT-OF-WAYS.
11:01:38AM WE HAVE AVERAGE PARKING OF 1.4 SPACES PER RESIDENTIAL UNIT.
11:01:42AM AND WE HAVE 20% GREENSPACE REQUIREMENT.
11:01:45AM WE'RE DOING 50.
11:01:47AM THERE ARE FIVE GRANT OAKS ON THE SITE.
11:01:50AM WE'RE PRESERVING ALL OF THEM.
11:01:52AM AND WE HAVE A LETTER OF SUPPORT, WHICH I THINK HAS BEEN
11:01:56AM TRANSMITTED TO ALL OF YOU THIS MORNING FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD
11:02:00AM ASSOCIATION.
11:02:03AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
11:02:08AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THIS IS GOING TO BE A ROLLING RECORD FOR ME.
11:02:11AM CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR BIKE PARKING?
11:02:14AM >> TIM, TO DO YOU WANT TO --
11:02:16AM >>LYNN HURTAK: SPECIFICALLY I'M LOOKING FOR PROTECTED BIKE
11:02:19AM PARKING FOR RESIDENTS.
11:02:20AM AND THEN I'M LOOKING FOR COVERED, SECURE, WELL LIT PARKING
11:02:25AM IN FRONT OF DOORS FOR YOUR COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS.
11:02:32AM >> FOR THE RESIDENTIAL PARKING, THE SITE PLAN HAS A
11:02:35AM FIVE-LEVEL PARKING GARAGE THAT'S PARALLEL AND ADJACENT TO
11:02:38AM THE INTERSTATE ACTING SORT OF AS A BUFFER FOR NOT ONLY OUR
11:02:42AM PROJECT BUT A LITTLE BIT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD FURTHER TO THE
11:02:45AM SOUTH.
11:02:45AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOUR NAME, SIR.
11:02:47AM >> TIM CLEMONS.
11:02:48AM I AM THE ARCHITECT WITH PLACE ARCHITECTURE.
11:02:50AM I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.
11:02:51AM SO THE STRUCTURED PARKING, THERE IS A RAMP FROM THE FIRST TO
11:02:59AM SECOND FLOOR THAT WE'RE NOT PARKING UNDER, SO A PORTION OF
11:03:03AM THAT, ONCE WE GET ABOVE SEVEN FOOT HEAD HEIGHT WILL BE FOR
11:03:06AM THE INTERIOR BICYCLE PARKING.
11:03:08AM THE COMMERCIAL SPACES ALONG 35th STREET, BECAUSE THERE ARE
11:03:21AM A COUPLE OF GRAND TREES THERE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A 20-FOOT
11:03:25AM SETBACK ON THE COMMERCIAL SPACE.
11:03:27AM SO ADJACENT TO THE SIDEWALK WE'LL HAVE BICYCLE PARKING
11:03:29AM DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE COMMERCIAL SPACE ON 35th STREET.
11:03:34AM >>LYNN HURTAK: WILL IT BE COVERED?
11:03:36AM >> THE COMMERCIAL BICYCLE?
11:03:37AM WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE THAT SHOWN AS COVERED.
11:03:41AM BUT WE CAN MAKE THAT COVERED.
11:03:42AM >>LYNN HURTAK: AGAIN, WHY I KEEP BRINGING THIS UP, E-BIKES
11:03:47AM AND REGULAR BIKES VERY EXPENSIVE.
11:03:49AM IT'S HOT.
11:03:50AM IT'S RAINY IN FLORIDA.
11:03:52AM IF YOU WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO USE A BIKE, YOU NEED TO
11:03:55AM MAKE SURE IT IS COMFORTABLE AND WELCOMING.
11:03:58AM I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE THAT TO BE A PART OF YOUR AGREEMENT.
11:04:02AM >> I RIDE MY BIKE TO WORK MYSELF.
11:04:04AM I PUT IN BETWEEN 2 AND 3 THOUSAND MILES A YEAR ON MY
11:04:08AM BICYCLE.
11:04:09AM I UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING YOU'RE SAYING.
11:04:10AM WE DID NOT CURRENTLY HAVE COVERED PARKING FOR THE COMMERCIAL
11:04:13AM SPACE, BUT THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE CAN ADD.
11:04:20AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: AT THIS POINT -- IS THIS RELATED TO THE
11:04:22AM DEVELOPMENT ORDER?
11:04:28AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT DOESN'T NEED A REZONING.
11:04:31AM >>LYNN HURTAK: NO.
11:04:32AM THIS IS THE FIRST HEARING.
11:04:33AM THIS IS WHY THEY ARE DOING THIS.
11:04:35AM THEY ARE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE'S FEEDBACK.
11:04:36AM THIS IS MY FEEDBACK.
11:04:37AM AGAIN, THIS WILL BE COMING IN FRONT OF EVERY TIME PEOPLE DO
11:04:40AM REDEVELOPMENT, ESPECIALLY IN THE URBAN CORE, WE REALLY NEED
11:04:44AM TO FOCUS ON THIS.
11:04:45AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: I SUSPECT MY QUESTION IS, HOW IS THIS
11:04:49AM RELATED TO THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND DOES IT REQUIRE
11:04:53AM CHANGING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND IS IT ENFORCEABLE OR
11:04:56AM IS THIS JUST A REPRESENTATION THAT COUNCIL CANNOT ENFORCE
11:04:59AM BECAUSE IT IS ON A HAND SHAKE?
11:05:02AM >> I'M HAPPY TO TAKE A STAB AT THAT.
11:05:04AM IF I'M WRONG, MS. JOHNSON VELEZ CAN CORRECT ME.
11:05:07AM GOOD MORNING AGAIN.
11:05:07AM TYLER HUDSON, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE.
11:05:11AM THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT'S APPROVING SOMETHING
11:05:13AM THAT CAN THEN GET BUILDING PERMITS.
11:05:15AM THIS IS NOT A REZONING.
11:05:16AM THIS IS HOUSE BILL 1339 PROJECT.
11:05:19AM SO THERE IS A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, A SITE PLAN AND
11:05:22AM AFFIRMATIVE STATEMENTS OF COMPLIANCE THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE
11:05:27AM CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL.
11:05:29AM SO WE HEAR YOU ON PERHAPS SOME TYPE OF INTERIOR LIKE 500
11:05:33AM SQUARE FEET.
11:05:34AM THAT'S WHAT WE DID ON THE PRIOR DEAL.
11:05:36AM THAT IS A CHANGE THAT CAN BE MADE BETWEEN THE FIRST AND
11:05:38AM SECOND READING OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
11:05:41AM THAT'S IN THE SITE PLAN.
11:05:42AM I DON'T SEE ANY LEGAL PROHIBITION TO THAT.
11:05:44AM IT'S VERY MINOR.
11:05:45AM IT'S NONCONTROVERSIAL.
11:05:47AM WE'RE MINDFUL OF THE CONSIDERATION.
11:05:49AM IT'S DRAWN TO PD STANDARDS-ISH.
11:05:53AM DOESN'T HAVE AS MANY BOXES TO CHECK AS A PD NECESSARILY.
11:05:56AM SOME THINGS LIKE THAT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE ON THERE.
11:05:59AM WE HEAR YOU AND I THINK THAT IS A CHANGE WE CAN MAKE SUBJECT
11:06:02AM TO ZONING APPROVAL, ERIC'S APPROVAL BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND
11:06:05AM READING BECAUSE THERE IS A SECOND READING FOR THIS.
11:06:07AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU FOR BEING COOPERATIVE LIKE THAT.
11:06:10AM COMING BEFORE COUNCIL AND THESE TYPE OF PROJECTS THAT ARE
11:06:14AM TRANSFORMATIONAL, IT'S IN SEARCH OF THE MORE PERFECT
11:06:17AM PROJECT.
11:06:18AM RECEIVING THE FEEDBACK AND I THINK COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK'S
11:06:21AM POSITION IS WELL TAKEN.
11:06:22AM AS WE'RE REINVENTING THE CITY AND INVESTING HEAVILY IN THE
11:06:26AM INFRASTRUCTURE, BOTH THE GOVERNMENT SIDE AND PRIVATE SIDE
11:06:29AM HAS TO BELLY UP TO THE TABLE AND SERVE IT UP.
11:06:33AM APPRECIATE YOU BEING COOPERATIVE ON THAT.
11:06:35AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ABBYE FEELEY, ERIC COTTON, YOU ARE ON.
11:06:38AM DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD?
11:06:42AM >>ABBYE FEELEY: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
11:06:44AM I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THIS IS HOUSE BILL 1339 AGREEMENT.
11:06:48AM THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE AGREEMENT YOU WORKED ON ON FOWLER
11:06:52AM AVENUE, WHICH THE SITE PLAN IS AN EXHIBIT TO THE AGREEMENT.
11:06:58AM THE MODIFICATIONS, THE DESIRE OF COUNCIL TO HAVE THOSE
11:07:02AM MODIFICATIONS MADE, THAT COULD BE MADE AND THE SITE PLAN
11:07:05AM COULD BE UPDATED WITHIN THE EXHIBIT TO COME BACK TO YOU FOR
11:07:09AM THAT SECOND READING.
11:07:11AM ERIC, DID YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT?
11:07:14AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, MS. FEELEY.
11:07:16AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
11:07:20AM ABBYE FEELEY, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
11:07:24AM >>ABBYE FEELEY: ABBYE FEELEY, ADMINISTRATOR OF DEVELOPMENT
11:07:26AM AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
11:07:27AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. COTTON, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AS
11:07:30AM WELL BEFORE YOU BEGIN.
11:07:31AM >>ERIC COTTON: ERIC COTTON, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
11:07:33AM I REALLY HAVE NOTHING TO ADD.
11:07:35AM ABBYE COVERED WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.
11:07:37AM I'M GOOD.
11:07:37AM THANK YOU.
11:07:41AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
11:07:43AM MS. JOHNSON VELEZ.
11:07:44AM >>SUSAN JOHNSON-VELEZ: I KEEP HEARING TWO, SECOND READING
11:07:47AM AND WE CAN MODIFY THIS, BUT THERE ARE NOT TWO READINGS.
11:07:52AM COUNCIL WILL ADOPT A RESOLUTION.
11:07:54AM AFTER THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING IF YOU DECIDE TO PROCEED.
11:07:56AM IT IS A CHANGE THAT CAN BE MADE AND THEN WOULD YOU ADOPT THE
11:08:00AM RESOLUTION.
11:08:01AM THERE WILL ONLY BE THE ONE ACTION ON THE RESOLUTION.
11:08:04AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
11:08:05AM >>LYNN HURTAK: DO YOU RECOMMEND I PUT THIS IN THE FORM OF A
11:08:09AM MOTION OR IS THIS JUST ENOUGH?
11:08:11AM >>SUSAN JOHNSON-VELEZ: I THINK IT WOULD BE ENOUGH TO DIRECT
11:08:14AM THE DEVELOPER TO MODIFY THE AGREEMENT.
11:08:16AM >> WE UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN AND WHEN IT COMES BACK, WE'LL
11:08:19AM SHOW HOW IT WAS DEPICTED.
11:08:20AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
11:08:22AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MS. McCASKILL, YOU WERE FIRST --
11:08:24AM YOU'LL SWITCH?
11:08:25AM OKAY.
11:08:26AM NOW IT'S TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
11:08:28AM FRAN TATE.
11:08:32AM LINE UP AGAINST THE WALL.
11:08:35AM MS. POYNOR, MS. McCASKILL, AND THE GENTLEMAN AND MS. TATE.
11:08:40AM >> GOOD MORNING.
11:08:41AM STEPHANIE POYNOR.
11:08:44AM I READ THROUGH THE DOCUMENTS IN OnBase AND I DIDN'T SEE
11:08:47AM THE PERCENTAGE OF AMI THESE WILL PRODUCE.
11:08:51AM 30, 50, 80?
11:08:52AM 100, 120?
11:08:54AM I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT THIS 10% IS DISTRIBUTED, ESPECIALLY
11:09:02AM AMONG THE LOWER END.
11:09:05AM WE TEND TO AS A SOCIETY WANT TO CLUMP THE LOWER BRACKETS
11:09:16AM TOGETHER.
11:09:17AM REALITY IS, JUST LIKE IN EDUCATION, IF YOU DISTRIBUTE THEM
11:09:22AM EQUALLY AROUND THE HIGHER AS WELL, YOU'LL SEE MORE
11:09:28AM PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS.
11:09:29AM AND WE REALLY NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT.
11:09:31AM I DID NOT SEE THAT ANYWHERE IN THE OnBase PAPER WORK.
11:09:34AM I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THE AGREEMENT.
11:09:36AM I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT THESE ARE HUNDRED
11:09:39AM PERCENT AND BELOW AND DISTRIBUTED, EVEN IF IT'S 10%, ONLY 10
11:09:46AM UNITS, YOU MAKE ONE, TWO -- YOU MAKE ONE OR TWO OF EACH AND
11:09:50AM YOU SPREAD THEM OUT.
11:09:51AM SO THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
11:09:54AM I THINK THE BICYCLE IDEA IS GREAT AND THAT'S MY POSITION.
11:10:01AM THANK YOU.
11:10:02AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MS. TATE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:10:05AM >> GOOD MORNING.
11:10:06AM FRAN TATE, PRESIDENT OF THE JACKSON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD
11:10:09AM ASSOCIATION.
11:10:10AM I REALLY APPRECIATE NOW THAT DEVELOPERS ARE COMING BEFORE
11:10:16AM THE JACKSON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
11:10:19AM WE'VE BEEN LEFT OUT, FORGOTTEN EVERYTHING.
11:10:23AM IT IS AN EDUCATION PIECE FOR US.
11:10:26AM SO FAR TWO DEVELOPERS TO PRESENT TO US.
11:10:27AM WE HAVEN'T HAD THIS DEVELOPER, BUT THESE ARE OUR BOUNDARIES,
11:10:33AM 35th, I-4 BECAUSE WE HAVE A HUGE BOUNDARY.
11:10:39AM THE CITY ASSIGNED DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING ON THE NORTH
11:10:44AM BOUNDARY, NORTH 29th STREET ON THE WEST BOUNDARY.
11:10:50AM COLUMBUS DRIVE ON THE SOUTH.
11:10:53AM THEN BACK UP 40th STREET.
11:10:55AM THEN DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING AGAIN.
11:10:57AM JACKSON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HAS A HUGE BOUNDARY
11:11:01AM THAT THE CITY ASSIGNED US SO MANY YEARS AGO.
11:11:03AM WE WOULD APPRECIATE MORE OF THE DEVELOPERS COMING BEFORE US.
11:11:08AM I DON'T REMEMBER THE FRIENDLY NEIGHBOR NOTICE.
11:11:11AM I COULD HAVE MY SECRETARY CHECK AGAIN BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A
11:11:15AM P.O. BOX AT THE YBOR POST OFFICE.
11:11:19AM I'LL HAVE HER CHECK AGAIN FOR THE FRIENDLY NEIGHBOR NOTICE.
11:11:22AM BUT WE APPRECIATE, AND WE WANT TO BE MORE INVOLVED NOW WITH
11:11:28AM ALL OF THESE DEVELOPING BUILDINGS AND LET'S SEE WHAT WE'VE
11:11:40AM GOT HERE, COMMERCIAL AND YOU SAID 10%, WAS IT OFFICE SPACE
11:11:46AM OR 10% APARTMENT SPACE?
11:11:51AM SUPPOSED TO BE AFFORDABLE.
11:11:52AM WE'LL BE LOOKING INTO THAT.
11:11:54AM BUT THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
11:11:56AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
11:11:57AM YES, SIR, COME ON UP.
11:11:58AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:11:59AM >> MY NAME IS COREY NORRIS.
11:12:02AM 3505 EAST 12th AVENUE.
11:12:04AM THIS PROJECT IS LITERALLY IN MY BACKYARD.
11:12:07AM IT TAKES UP THE ENTIRE BLOCK FROM 34th, 12th, TO 35th
11:12:12AM WHICH ISN'T A THRU STREET.
11:12:15AM IT IS A COUPLE OF 50 FEET.
11:12:17AM AND THEN THREE HOUSES THAT THE ENTIRE BACK STRIP IS THIS
11:12:22AM PROJECT.
11:12:23AM NOW, I AM A YIMBY.
11:12:28AM YES IN MY BACKYARD.
11:12:30AM I FULLY WANT DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA.
11:12:32AM I WAS WAITING TO SEE WHAT THEY WOULD DO SINCE THE
11:12:34AM DEMOLITION, NOT CHRISTMAS, BUT THE CHRISTMAS BEFORE THAT.
11:12:37AM IT'S BEEN AN EYESORE, I LOVE IT.
11:12:40AM THERE ARE FACTORS TO THIS THAT I THINK NEED TO BE TAKEN INTO
11:12:45AM ACCOUNT FIRST AND FOREMOST.
11:12:48AM THOSE THREE HOUSES, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF THEM,
11:12:51AM THOSE THREE HOUSES SEWER SYSTEMS RUN INTO THAT INDUSTRIAL
11:12:56AM LOT.
11:12:56AM SO WE BACK UP INTO THEIR LOT.
11:12:59AM AND WHENEVER THEY COME BY AND SUCK OUT THE SEWERS, IT BLOWS
11:13:03AM UP ALL OF THE PLUMBING IN OUR AREA.
11:13:06AM NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING 192 MORE UNITS, WHICH, BY
11:13:10AM THE WAY, IS TWICE WHAT THIS LITTLE CUTOFF NEIGHBORHOOD HAS
11:13:12AM FOR UNITS TOTAL ON THAT LINE.
11:13:16AM AND THAT WORRIES ME VERY, VERY MUCH.
11:13:20AM SO THERE IS INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THAT.
11:13:24AM THE ROADWAYS, NONE OF THESE ROADWAYS IN THE LITTLE AREA.
11:13:28AM WE'RE CUT OFF.
11:13:29AM 36 IS A DEAD END.
11:13:30AM 7 IS MORE OR LESS A DEAD END BECAUSE IT'S ALL JUST FRONTAGE
11:13:34AM FOR RETAIL PROPERTIES.
11:13:36AM 34th, WHILE NOT A DEAD END, THE OTHER SIDE DEAD ENDS INTO
11:13:39AM THE I-4 CONNECTOR NOW.
11:13:41AM SO OUR LITTLE 34, 36 AND 7th NEIGHBORHOOD IS DISCRETE.
11:13:47AM THERE IS NO IN AND OUT.
11:13:49AM THERE ARE NO LARGE ROADS, WHATEVER.
11:13:53AM THAT IS -- THAT AREA ABSOLUTELY CANNOT HANDLE TWICE AS MANY
11:13:58AM NEW CONSTRUCTION UNITS WITH THE PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT OF
11:14:01AM IT.
11:14:01AM SPECIFICALLY 12th AVENUE CANNOT HANDLE IT.
11:14:06AM NOW, IF THE ENTIRE THING DUMPS ONTO 34th STREET AND ALL OF
11:14:09AM THE IN AND OUT TRAFFIC IS FROM THERE, NO PROBLEM.
11:14:12AM I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH THAT WHATSOEVER.
11:14:15AM IT'S FOUR LANES ACROSS.
11:14:16AM I SEE THAT AS PERFECTLY REASONABLE.
11:14:18AM 12th AVENUE, WE HAVE MORE THAN A DOZEN KIDS THAT RUN
11:14:22AM AROUND ON THESE STREETS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
11:14:24AM I'VE BEEN THERE FOR FIVE YEARS.
11:14:26AM THEY HAVE BEEN THERE LONGER THAN ME.
11:14:27AM IT IS NOT GOING TO BE TO DUMP THAT MUCH TRAFFIC ONTO THESE
11:14:35AM LITTLE TEENY STREETS THAT DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS.
11:14:38AM AGAIN, I LIKE WHAT THEY SAY.
11:14:42AM THAT'S THE THING.
11:14:43AM DRAINAGE IS ANOTHER THING.
11:14:44AM WE ALREADY HAVE ISSUES WITH THAT AS WELL.
11:14:47AM I'LL MOVE FORWARD QUICKER.
11:14:49AM THE LAST THING BESIDES THE INFRASTRUCTURE COMPONENT TO THIS
11:14:54AM WHICH IS GOING TO IMPACT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD GREATLY IS THE --
11:14:58AM I DON'T THINK 10% IS EVEN REMOTELY ENOUGH AFFORDABLE
11:15:01AM HOUSING, SPECIFICALLY IN A NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE THIS.
11:15:04AM AND THAT NUMBER NEEDS TO GO UP DRASTICALLY.
11:15:08AM THANK YOU.
11:15:08AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
11:15:09AM MS. McCASKILL.
11:15:11AM >> KELLA McCASKILL.
11:15:13AM I WASN'T GOING TO SPEAK.
11:15:14AM I WAS MOVING CLOSER SO I COULD HEAR WHAT TYLER HAD TO SAY.
11:15:17AM NOW THAT MS. FRAN TATE SPOKE, I WANT TO SHARE I'M TOTALLY
11:15:22AM CONFIDENT IN THE PROJECT AND THE TEAM WORKING ON THIS.
11:15:24AM I BELIEVE IT WILL SET A TREND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S TO
11:15:27AM COME.
11:15:28AM WE NEED DENSITY IN THE AREA.
11:15:29AM I DO BELIEVE THEY'LL TAKE CARE OF THE ISSUES THAT THE
11:15:31AM GENTLEMAN JUST EXPRESSED.
11:15:33AM I SUPPORT THE PROJECT.
11:15:34AM THANK YOU.
11:15:34AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
11:15:35AM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:15:37AM -- COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
11:15:39AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WAS WONDERING IF ANYBODY FROM THE
11:15:40AM DEVELOPMENT COULD SPEAK TO SOME OF THE ISSUES?
11:15:42AM MAYBE PUT UP A SITE PLAN TO TAKE A LOOK?
11:15:45AM >> WE'LL DO THAT.
11:15:46AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALSO, THE AMI PERCENTAGE WAS BROUGHT.
11:15:50AM >> I THINK IT'S 120%.
11:15:52AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 120 YOU SAY?
11:15:55AM >> YES.
11:15:55AM LOOK, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
11:15:57AM THIS IS A TEN-YEAR ENTITLEMENT.
11:15:59AM PART OF WHY WE WANTED TO DO THIS IS BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE
11:16:02AM ABLE TO APPLY FOR SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGH FLORIDA
11:16:05AM HOUSING.
11:16:05AM TAX CREDIT PROGRAM, I THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT
11:16:09AM TAKES TWO, THREE, FOUR YEARS OF APPLICATIONS TO GET FUNDED
11:16:12AM BECAUSE IT IS SO COMPETITIVE.
11:16:13AM THIS WILL GIVE US AND WE CAN'T APPLY TO FLORIDA HOUSING
11:16:17AM WITHOUT ZONING IN PLACE.
11:16:19AM THIS KEEPS ZONING IN PLACE.
11:16:21AM ENTIRELY LIKELY THIS COULD BE 100% AFFORDABLE AT 60% OF
11:16:25AM MEDIAN, BUT WE DON'T KNOW.
11:16:27AM IT JUST GIVES US FLEXIBILITY, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT
11:16:29AM RIGHT NOW.
11:16:30AM RIGHT NOW, THE COMMITMENT IS 10% AT 120.
11:16:34AM >> TYLER HUDSON, FOR THE RECORD, THAT'S WHAT THE STATUTE
11:16:37AM REQUIRES IS THE 10% IS AFFORDABLE UNDER CHAPTER 400.
11:16:40AM WHAT BOWEN JUST SAID I WANT TO REALLY EMPHASIZE, DOING TRUE
11:16:43AM AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS WE CALL IT, 80% AMI AND BELOW IS
11:16:48AM INCREDIBLY COMPLICATED AND IT RELIES ON A WHOLE MYRIAD OF
11:16:51AM EXTERNAL FUNDING SOURCES, SOME OF WHICH ARE IN A CHALLENGING
11:16:55AM STATE TO PUT IT MILDLY.
11:16:57AM THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU NEED TO GET THE TAX CREDITS
11:16:59AM FROM TALLAHASSEE WHICH FLOW THROUGH FROM WASHINGTON, ERIC
11:17:01AM COTTON'S SIGNATURE SAYING THAT THE ZONING IS IN PLACE.
11:17:04AM THAT'S WHERE THE HOPE FOR THE 1339 BILLS IS, WE CAN MORE
11:17:08AM QUICKLY GET THE ZONING IN PLACE AND AVOID A CUMBERSOME PD
11:17:11AM PROCESS.
11:17:11AM THE 10% IS THE MINIMUM.
11:17:13AM AS BOWEN ALLUDED TO AND GIVEN HIS EXPERTISE IN TAX CREDIT
11:17:17AM DEALS, THEY ARE GOING TO BE APPLYING FOR THOSE.
11:17:19AM YOU GET THOSE, MAYBE YOU CAN SHARE WHAT THOSE AFFORDABILITY
11:17:23AM REQUIREMENTS WILL BE.
11:17:26AM >> THOSE ARE 60% OF MEDIAN AND BELOW.
11:17:28AM THAT'S KIND OF THE GOLD STANDARD FOR AFFORDABILITY.
11:17:32AM AGAIN, IT IS A VERY COMPETITIVE PROGRAM.
11:17:35AM WE HAVE TO APPLY MULTIPLE YEARS.
11:17:37AM YEARS AGO, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR THE FIRST PROJECT OVER
11:17:39AM AT ENCORE, THEY PROBABLY APPLIED FIVE OR SIX YEARS IN A ROW
11:17:43AM TO GET FUNDED.
11:17:44AM IT'S VERY COMPETITIVE.
11:17:45AM OUR GOAL IS ULTIMATELY TO APPLY FOR SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING
11:17:49AM AND THIS GIVES US THAT FLEXIBILITY.
11:17:52AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:17:53AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
11:17:54AM WHAT I'M HEARING IS YOU ALL ARE MAKING -- YOU NEED THIS AS A
11:17:59AM PLATFORM TO GO TO THE NEXT STEP.
11:18:00AM THAT NEXT STEP IS GOING TO INCLUDE NOT JUST AFFORDABLE BUT
11:18:04AM THE POTENTIAL OF WORKFORCE HOUSING, WHICH IS VERY, VERY
11:18:08AM IMPORTANT, OBVIOUSLY.
11:18:08AM YOU'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT THINGS THAT ARE AFFORDABLE UNDER
11:18:13AM THE SYSTEM BY WHICH TO QUANTIFY THAT BUT ALSO FOR THE MIDDLE
11:18:16AM OF THE MIDDLE CLASS AND WORKING CLASS PEOPLE THAT WE CAN'T
11:18:19AM FORGET ABOUT.
11:18:20AM >> WE AGREE.
11:18:21AM >>LUIS VIERA: THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING.
11:18:23AM I LIKE WHAT I'M HEARING IN THAT REGARD.
11:18:25AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:18:25AM IS THERE ANYTHING FURTHER?
11:18:27AM MR. SHELBY -- OH, THE SITE PLAN.
11:18:31AM DO YOU HAVE THE SITE PLAN UP ON THE OVERHEAD?
11:18:33AM DO WE TAKE ACTION TODAY OR --
11:18:38AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: NOT UNLESS COUNCIL WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION
11:18:41AM WITH REGARD TO THE DISCUSSION THAT YOU'VE HAD.
11:18:44AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
11:18:45AM THE COVERED BICYCLE PARKING, AS COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK
11:18:57AM BROUGHT UP, I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT.
11:18:59AM THE WEATHER, THE RAIN, THE EV.
11:19:03AM THERE ARE SO MANY REASONS AS TO WHY YOU'RE PUTTING A
11:19:05AM DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF PEOPLE.
11:19:08AM AND IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THE GOAL OF IN THE FUTURE WORKFORCE
11:19:11AM AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SHOULD THEY NOT HAVE A CAR, I THINK
11:19:15AM IT MAKES SENSE TO ADD THAT BECAUSE IT WILL CERTAINLY BE
11:19:19AM USED.
11:19:20AM YOU AS A BICYCLIST, TAMPA IS NOT THE EASIEST AND THE
11:19:24AM WEATHER.
11:19:27AM >> IN TERMS OF THE GENERAL SITE PLAN, THE CONSTRAINTS -- MY
11:19:33AM DOCUMENT WENT AWAY.
11:19:34AM IN TERMS OF THE GENERAL SITE PLAN, AS MENTIONED EARLIER,
11:19:41AM WE'VE GOT A STRUCTURED PARKING GARAGE AT THE NORTH END OF
11:19:46AM THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE INTERSTATE AND PARALLEL TO THE
11:19:49AM INTERSTATE ACTING AS A LITTLE BIT OF A BUFFER FOR THE
11:19:51AM GREENSPACE AND THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING.
11:19:53AM THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING, THE CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAD WITH
11:19:56AM THE PROPERTY, THE FIVE GRAND OAK TREES THAT HAVE BEEN
11:20:00AM PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED.
11:20:01AM THERE WAS ALSO THE 35th STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY, WHICH DOESN'T
11:20:07AM HAVE A STREET ON IT BUT DOES HAVE UTILITIES ON IT.
11:20:10AM UTILITY EASEMENT THROUGH THE 50-FOOT RIGHT-OF-WAY.
11:20:13AM WE ARE UTILIZING THAT AS THE ENTRY DRIVE TO THE PROJECT.
11:20:19AM IT'S SORT OF CENTRAL TO THE SITE.
11:20:21AM WE'VE LOCATED THE COMMERCIAL SPACE AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER
11:20:26AM OF THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO 36.
11:20:30AM WE LIKE THAT LOCATION.
11:20:32AM BECAUSE THAT WAS KIND OF THE MAJOR STREET, AND IT ALSO
11:20:35AM CONNECTED THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE SO
11:20:38AM THAT THE COMMERCIAL CAN SERVE BOTH THE NEIGHBORHOOD SOUTH
11:20:40AM AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD NORTH, TO THE NORTH.
11:20:45AM IN TERMS OF BICYCLE PARKING SPECIFICALLY, THE PARKING GARAGE
11:20:51AM IS ENTERED FROM THE EAST SIDE OFF OF THE DRIVE OFF OF 12th
11:20:56AM AND THE RAMP, WHEN YOU ENTER, THE RAMP IS DIRECTLY IN FRONT
11:21:00AM OF YOU, GOING UP.
11:21:02AM AT THE WEST END OF THE PARKING GARAGE, SORT OF WHERE THIS
11:21:05AM DASHED LINE IS, IS WHERE THE GARAGE IS HIGH ENOUGH THAT
11:21:08AM CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWO PARKING SPACES THERE, BUT WE CAN
11:21:11AM REMOVE THOSE TWO PARKING SPACES AND WE CAN PROVIDE SHELTERED
11:21:15AM BICYCLE PARKING FOR THE RESIDENTS UNDER THE HIGH PART OF THE
11:21:20AM RAMP.
11:21:20AM THAT WOULD MEAN THAT WE WOULD ADD, BECAUSE TWO MORE PARKING
11:21:24AM SPACES ON THE SURFACE PARKING LOT TO THE EAST, BUT THAT'S AN
11:21:28AM EASY CHANGE TO MAKE.
11:21:30AM IN TERMS OF COMMERCIAL SPACE, WHAT WE WOULD DO, I THINK, WE
11:21:34AM NEED TO DETERMINE WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER OF BICYCLE
11:21:38AM PARKING SPACES FOR 2800 SQUARE FEET.
11:21:40AM THAT'S PROBABLY FOUR OR SIX.
11:21:43AM SO WHAT WE WOULD DO IS CARVE THAT INTO A SMALL PORTION OF
11:21:47AM THE COMMERCIAL SPACE.
11:21:50AM COMMERCIAL SPACE BACK TO NOT LOSE ANY EFFECTIVE SQUARE
11:21:54AM FOOTAGE FOR THE COMMERCIAL SPACE.
11:21:57AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BEFORE COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK MAKES THAT
11:21:58AM MOTION -- YES, MA'AM, COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
11:22:01AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, CHAIR.
11:22:02AM I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL SPACE.
11:22:04AM DID YOU SAY IT WAS 2800 SQUARE FEET?
11:22:06AM >> YES, MA'AM.
11:22:07AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: IS THAT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ONE BUSINESS OR
11:22:10AM SEVERAL?
11:22:13AM >> IF YOU CAN SEE THE SITE PLAN AGAIN, THE STAIRWELL, ONE OF
11:22:18AM THE EXIT STAIRS FOR THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING ABOVE COMES
11:22:22AM DOWN SORT OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SPACE.
11:22:23AM WHAT THAT ALLOWS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO POTENTIALLY SPLIT IT
11:22:27AM INTO TWO SMALLER SPACES.
11:22:29AM THE AVERAGE SIZE WOULD BE 1400 SQUARE FEET OR ONE LARGER
11:22:33AM SPACE.
11:22:35AM BUT -- SO IT'S DESIGNED IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS IT TO BE EITHER
11:22:38AM ONE SPACE OROLOGICAL TWO.
11:22:39AM BUT PROBABLY NOT REALISTICALLY MORE THAN TWO.
11:22:47AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
11:22:49AM I APPRECIATE THE ANSWER.
11:22:50AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
11:22:51AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:22:51AM I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROJECT.
11:22:53AM I'LL TELL YOU WHY.
11:22:54AM WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WORKFORCE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND I
11:22:56AM KNOW YOU HAVE FUTURE GOALS AND THIS IS THE FIRST STEP TO
11:22:59AM ALLOW YOU TO DO THAT.
11:23:01AM BUT IN EAST TAMPA, WE HEARD IT THIS MORNING, CHANNELSIDE'S
11:23:06AM PLAN WAS PUT IN PLACE 20 PLUS YEARS AGO WHEN EAST TAMPA'S
11:23:10AM WAS, BUT LOOK AT WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE, WHAT CHANNEL LOOKS
11:23:13AM LIKE AND LOOK AT EAST TAMPA.
11:23:16AM THIS IS NOT GENTRIFICATION.
11:23:18AM WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WORKFORCE, TALKING ABOUT
11:23:21AM AFFORDABLE, TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
11:23:23AM STAYING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUT INVESTING IN THE
11:23:24AM NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:23:25AM IT'S PROJECTS LIKE THESE THAT I THINK ARE WORTHY.
11:23:30AM I THINK THE FOCUS SHOULD SHIFT TO THESE PARTS OF THE
11:23:34AM COMMUNITY THAT ARE FORGOTTEN.
11:23:35AM WE TALK ABOUT SULPHUR SPRINGS, THAT COMES UP A LOT.
11:23:38AM BUT IN EAST TAMPA, THERE'S SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY.
11:23:41AM BUT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT.
11:23:43AM THE COMMUNITY TALKS ABOUT IT, BUT DEVELOPERS AND PEOPLE WITH
11:23:47AM MONEY NEED TO LOOK AT THIS AREA AND INVEST IN IT FOR
11:23:51AM EVERYONE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
11:23:52AM SO COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO
11:23:55AM PUT IN THE RECORD REGARDING THE BICYCLE?
11:23:58AM >>LYNN HURTAK: SURE.
11:23:59AM I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING
11:24:04AM COVERED, SECURE BIKE PARKING FOR RESIDENTS AND COVERED
11:24:10AM ACCESSIBLE BIKE PARKING FOR COMMERCIAL.
11:24:12AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
11:24:14AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:24:14AM AYE.
11:24:15AM SO WE HAVE THAT ON RECORD.
11:24:18AM MR. SHELBY, DO WE TAKE ANY ACTION TODAY OR DO WE EVEN CLOSE
11:24:22AM THE PUBLIC HEARING?
11:24:23AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: YOU CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ANNOUNCE
11:24:24AM THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING DATE, TIME AND LOCATION.
11:24:27AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING?
11:24:28AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:24:29AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
11:24:31AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:24:31AM AYE.
11:24:32AM THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD HERE AT 315 EAST
11:24:35AM KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602 AT OLD
11:24:39AM CITY HALL ON MAY 15, 2025, AT 10:30 A.M.
11:24:44AM ITEM 60.
11:24:49AM AND FROM HERE, IT'S ALMOST 11:30.
11:24:51AM AFTER THIS ITEM, DEPENDING ON HOW LONG IT TAKES, WOULD
11:24:55AM COUNCIL LIKE TO BREAK FOR LUNCH?
11:24:56AM OKAY.
11:24:57AM YES, SIR.
11:24:57AM >>ROSS SAMONS: ROSS SAMONS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
11:25:00AM CLERK TO SHARE THE ELMO SCREEN.
11:25:05AM ROSS SAMONS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION, PRESENTING FILE
11:25:11AM VAC-25-06.
11:25:14AM THE APPLICANT IS STEVE YERRID, REPRESENTATIVE IS GARNER
11:25:17AM BREWER HUDSON.
11:25:18AM PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 5001 WEST SAN GABLE COURT.
11:25:24AM THIS IS A PROPOSED VACATING REQUEST TO VACATE A PORTION OF
11:25:27AM WEST DRYAD STREET RIGHT OF WAY LOCATED NORTH OF SAN GABLE
11:25:33AM COURT, SOUTH OF SAN MIGUEL STREET, EAST OF OLD TAMPA BAY AND
11:25:38AM WEST OF DUNDEE STREET.
11:25:39AM THIS APPLICATION WAS FILED FEBRUARY 5, 2025.
11:25:42AM THE RIGHT-OF-WAY IS CURRENTLY UNIMPROVED.
11:25:43AM THE RIGHT OF WAY WAS CREATED BY SUBDIVISION PLAT.
11:25:45AM THE EXISTING RIGHT-OF-WAY APPROXIMATELY 2,923 SQUARE FEET.
11:25:50AM HERE IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPOSED VACATING REQUEST IN
11:25:55AM YELLOW.
11:25:56AM HERE IS THE ORIGINAL PLAT OF THE AREA REQUESTED TO BE
11:26:07AM VACATED.
11:26:08AM LOOKING WEST FROM NORTH DUNDEE STREET.
11:26:16AM STAFF HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO THIS VACATING REQUEST.
11:26:23AM EASEMENT RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED BY STORMWATER AND TECO.
11:26:27AM SPECIAL CONDITIONS, NATURAL RESOURCES MUST COMPLY WITH
11:26:30AM CHAPTER 27, AS REGARDS TO TREE PRESERVATION AND SITE DESIGN
11:26:35AM FOR ANY IMPROVEMENTS PLACED TO ADJACENT TO TREES IN A
11:26:38AM VACATED AREA.
11:26:39AM THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
11:26:39AM I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
11:26:41AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
11:26:41AM NO.
11:26:42AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:26:43AM WHO IS THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR ITEM 60?
11:26:46AM MR. HUDSON.
11:26:50AM >> TYLER HUDSON, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE FOR THE RECORD.
11:26:53AM DO YOU HAVE A POWERPOINT ON THIS ONE?
11:26:56AM PICK UP WHERE ROSS LEFT OFF, TWO DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE
11:27:21AM RIGHT-OF-WAY.
11:27:21AM ON THE LEFT, YOU'LL SEE THE AERIAL.
11:27:23AM YOU'LL NOTE TWO IMPORTANT THINGS THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT A
11:27:26AM LITTLE BIT LATER.
11:27:26AM THE FIRST IS THAT THIS RIGHT-OF-WAY AREA DOES FALL SHORT OF
11:27:30AM THE SHORELINE.
11:27:31AM THE LAND THAT IS WESTWARD OF THIS RIGHT-OF-WAY AREA IS UP
11:27:35AM LAND THAT WAS FORMED BY ACCRETION, WHICH I LEARNED A FEW
11:27:40AM WEEKS AGO IS THE OPPOSITE OF EROSION.
11:27:41AM SHORELINE CHANGED SINCE 1919.
11:27:44AM THE LAND THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THE AREA OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY IS
11:27:47AM OWNED BY THE PORT AUTHORITY OF TAMPA.
11:27:50AM ALSO NOTICE ON THE RIGHT, THE CLOSED CAPTIONING CONCEALS IT
11:27:53AM A LITTLE BIT BUT TWO STORMWATER INLETS OFF OF DUNDEE STREET
11:27:55AM THERE.
11:27:56AM LET'S GO BACK TO 1919.
11:28:02AM THIS IS ADVERTISED AS A UNIT OF LAND CALLED SUNSET CAMP.
11:28:05AM IT HAD 96 LOTS RANGING IN PRICE FROM 200 TO 300 DOLLARS,
11:28:10AM DEPENDING ON LOCATION, IT WAS OWNED BY THE ESTATE OF POTTER
11:28:14AM PALMER, A CHICAGO BUSINESSMAN.
11:28:16AM YOU CAN SEE HERE WHAT IS ON THE PLAT DOESN'T LOOK EXACTLY
11:28:19AM LIKE REALITY TODAY, BUT THERE ARE SOME SIMILARITIES, FOR
11:28:22AM EXAMPLE, DRYAD STREET DOES EXIST.
11:28:24AM NEPTUNE STREET WHICH IT RUNS INTO IS NOW DUNDEE.
11:28:28AM THE AREA OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY TALKING ABOUT WAS THE TERMINUS
11:28:31AM OF DRYAD STREET.
11:28:32AM END OF DRYAD STREET TO WHAT WAS THEN THE SHORELINE.
11:28:35AM DRYAD STREET WAS NEVER BUILT PAST DUNDEE, WHAT WAS CALLED
11:28:39AM NEPTUNE ON THE PLAT.
11:28:41AM IT STOPPED.
11:28:42AM IT WAS A DEAD END AND FOR A CENTURY AND SIX YEARS ITS
11:28:45AM REMAINED A DEAD END, ALBEIT ONE NO LONGER ON THE SHORELINE.
11:28:49AM FIRST THING I WANT TO MAKE VERY CLEAR HERE, THIS LAND IS
11:28:54AM PRIVATELY OWNED.
11:28:55AM SINCE 1919, THE FOLKS ON EITHER SIDE OF THIS DEAD END HAVE
11:29:01AM OWNED THIS LAND IN FEE SIMPLE.
11:29:04AM SO THEY OWNED THE LAND FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE EARTH UP TO
11:29:08AM SOME CELESTIAL POINT ABOVE, BUT THIS IS PRIVATE LAND.
11:29:12AM WE HAVE A TITLE COMMITMENT FROM OLD REPUBLIC TITLE INSURANCE
11:29:16AM COMPANY.
11:29:16AM WE HAVE RESEARCHED THIS EXHAUSTIVELY.
11:29:19AM THIS LITTLE STUB OF RIGHT-OF-WAY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, WHILE
11:29:21AM THERE IS A PUBLIC EASEMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN
11:29:24AM DEPTH, I WANT TO MAKE VERY CLEAR THIS IS PRIVATELY OWNED
11:29:27AM LAND THAT IN 1919 WAS DEDICATED BY THE THEN OWNER FOR A ROAD
11:29:33AM THAT HASN'T BEEN BUILT IN 106 YEARS AND IS NOT GOING TO BE
11:29:37AM BUILT.
11:29:37AM NEXT POINT, THIS LAND IS NOT BEING USED FOR ITS DEDICATED
11:29:43AM PURPOSE.
11:29:43AM DON'T NEED A ROAD HERE.
11:29:45AM A LOT OF ROADS IN SOUTH TAMPA.
11:29:46AM 50-FOOT WIDE ROAD.
11:29:48AM ENTIRE PLAT LIKE A LOT OF PORTIONS OF SOUTH TAMPA, ROADWAYS
11:29:53AM ARE QUITE RIDE, THEY ARE 50 FEET WIDE.
11:29:55AM ON THE PLAT ON PAPER, BUT IN REALITY, THESE ROADS ARE MAYBE
11:29:58AM 18, 19 FEET.
11:30:00AM SO NEARLY EVERY PERSON IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A NICE BONUS
11:30:03AM OF PROBABLY 16 AND A HALF FOOT PORTIONS OF THEIR LOTS THAT
11:30:07AM ARE TECHNICALLY IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY BUT CERTAINLY NOT USED
11:30:10AM THAT WAY AND NO ONE REALLY WANTS TO CHANGE THAT.
11:30:13AM SIMILARLY HERE, THIS PIECE OF LAND ON THE RIGHT IN RED,
11:30:16AM THAT'S WHERE THE END, THE TERMINUS POINT OF DRYAD IS.
11:30:20AM IT'S NOT USED FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY.
11:30:21AM NOT NEEDED FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY BECAUSE THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO
11:30:23AM THE NORTH AND SOUTH ACCESS THEIR PROPERTY DIFFERENTLY.
11:30:26AM LOT TWO OF BLOCK SEVEN, THAT IS ACCESSED DIRECTLY OFF
11:30:32AM DUNDEE.
11:30:33AM AND THEN THE PROPERTIES TO THE SOUTH OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY ARE
11:30:35AM ACCESSED OFF OF SAN GABLE COURT, A PLAT CREATED IN 1988 TO
11:30:42AM REPLAT LOTS ONE AND TWO OF BLOCK EIGHT OF SUNSET CAMP PLAT.
11:30:47AM THERE'S BEEN SOME OPINION ABOUT THIS, WHICH IS IN YOUR
11:30:51AM IN-BOXES AND I BELIEVE IS HERE.
11:30:53AM WE UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE ARE UPSET ABOUT THIS.
11:30:57AM WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
11:30:59AM WE THINK A LOT OF THE DISSATISFACTION WITH THIS PROPOSAL IS
11:31:03AM REALLY BASED ON MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT WHAT THIS LAND IS AND
11:31:06AM WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE SEEKING TO DO AND WHY WE ARE FILING
11:31:10AM THIS.
11:31:10AM I'LL TAKE THOSE IN ORDER.
11:31:12AM FIRST, THIS MOTION THAT THIS IS ON THE WATER, NOT TRUE.
11:31:16AM THIS RIGHT-OF-WAY STOPS SHORT OF THE WATER.
11:31:19AM AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S NECESSARILY OBVIOUS, I WANT
11:31:22AM TO BE CLEAR.
11:31:23AM THERE IS A SHORELINE FENCE.
11:31:25AM IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE TO THINK THAT BIG PIECE OF GRASS
11:31:28AM ACTUALLY GOES TO THE WATER IN TERMS OF THE CITY'S OWNERSHIP
11:31:31AM INTEREST, IT DOES NOT.
11:31:32AM THIS IS MY BEST ATTEMPT AT SCALING IT.
11:31:35AM IT STOPS SHORT OF THAT.
11:31:36AM AT MINIMUM, THERE'S 20 FEET BETWEEN THE EDGE OF THIS
11:31:39AM RIGHT-OF-WAY AND THE SHORELINE AT THE TOP TO THE RIGHT,
11:31:43AM WHICH IS THE NORTH, ANGLES OUT SO EVEN FARTHER AWAY THERE.
11:31:46AM THE GENERAL PUBLIC HAS NO RIGHT TO ACCESS THE WATER HERE.
11:31:51AM THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THAT'S EVER BEEN DONE.
11:31:54AM IF YOU WANT TO SEE PICTURES OF WHAT THE CURRENT SHORELINE
11:31:57AM LOOKS LIKE, I CAN SHOW THEM TO YOU.
11:31:59AM I WAS THERE YESTERDAY.
11:32:00AM NO WAY THAT ANYONE IS GOING THERE WITH A KAYAK OR
11:32:03AM PADDLEBOARD, NOT ONLY TRESPASSING UPON PORT PROPERTY, GOING
11:32:08AM RIGHT AFTER AN ACTIVE STORMWATER FACILITY.
11:32:10AM THAT IS NOT A PLACE THAT'S IDEAL FOR RECREATIONAL WATERFRONT
11:32:13AM USES.
11:32:14AM YOU'D HAVE TO GET THE COURT'S PERMISSION TO DO THAT, WHICH
11:32:17AM THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE.
11:32:20AM REALLY WANT TO PUT THIS TO REST.
11:32:22AM WE FEEL THIS IS SOMETHING NOT IN OUR VIEW OPEN TO DEBATE.
11:32:26AM THERE IS NO WATERFRONT ACCESS HERE.
11:32:27AM THE SECOND IS STORMWATER.
11:32:29AM THIS IS WHERE THERE MIGHT BE A MISCONCEPTION.
11:32:32AM WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BUILD SOMETHING HERE.
11:32:34AM WHEN WE'RE HERE DOING VACATE, TALKING ABOUT RELIEVING IT,
11:32:37AM DENSITY, PUT IN AN APARTMENT BUILDING, NO ONE IS BUILDING
11:32:40AM ANYTHING HERE.
11:32:41AM THE ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU FOR APPROVAL HAS A STORMWATER
11:32:44AM EASEMENT PROPOSED OVER THE ENTIRETY OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
11:32:47AM THAT WOULD HAVE TO GET RELEASED WITH THE APPROVAL OF
11:32:50AM STORMWATER WHICH WOULD NEVER HAPPEN, AND BY THE CITY
11:32:53AM COUNCIL, WHICH, LIKEWISE, WILL NEVER HAPPEN.
11:32:55AM NO ONE IS BUILDING ANYTHING HERE.
11:32:57AM THE HOUSES HERE ARE FINE.
11:32:59AM NO ATTEMPT TO BUILD ANYTHING.
11:33:01AM HERE IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
11:33:03AM TWO INLETS WHICH I SHOWED YOU EARLIER ON, THE SEWER HOLES.
11:33:07AM A MANHOLE JUST AT THE EDGE OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
11:33:09AM THAT'S A LITTLE BIT BURIED AND THEN A STORM DISCHARGE POINT
11:33:14AM THAT GOES INTO OLD TAMPA BAY.
11:33:15AM ACTIVE STORMWATER FACILITY.
11:33:17AM STORMWATER GOT COMFORTABLE WITH RETAINING AN EASEMENT.
11:33:19AM I WOULD SAY THAT -- I CAN'T PUT A PERCENTAGE BUT SOME OF THE
11:33:23AM LARGEST PROJECTS THIS COUNCIL HAS APPROVED AND AWARE OF HAS
11:33:26AM VITAL CITY INFRASTRUCTURE THAT LIES IN AN EASEMENT.
11:33:28AM ALL OF YBOR CITY DRAINS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF YBOR HARBOR,
11:33:32AM BARELY EVEN HAS AN EASEMENT.
11:33:34AM ONE OF THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL FOR THAT PROJECT.
11:33:36AM EASEMENT FOR STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE IS VERY COMMON.
11:33:40AM THE REASON WE'RE OPEN TO GETTING THIS APPROVED IN ITS
11:33:43AM CURRENT STATE IS BECAUSE WE HAVE ZERO INTENT TO BUILD HERE.
11:33:47AM PRIVATE LAND GRAB, OVERDEVELOPMENT, THOSE ARE LEGITIMATE
11:33:52AM CONCERNS, NOT FOR THESE FACTS, NOT FOR THIS APPLICATION.
11:33:56AM THIRD IS ABOUT THE PARK.
11:33:59AM THIS IS NOT A PARK.
11:34:01AM RIGHT-OF-WAY IS NOT A PARK.
11:34:03AM THE NICE THING ABOUT REAL ESTATE LAW, HASN'T CHANGED MUCH,
11:34:07AM HASN'T CHANGED IN A FEW CENTURIES.
11:34:09AM CAN'T EXPAND THE NATURE OF AN EASEMENT BEYOND THE SCOPE IT
11:34:12AM WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED.
11:34:14AM DEDICATION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR DRYAD STREET WAS NOT A PARK,
11:34:17AM WASN'T A WHARF, WASN'T DOCKAGE.
11:34:20AM LOOKED AT A LOT OF PLATS AS HAS ROSS.
11:34:23AM THERE ARE PLACES WHERE THE PREDECESSORS SAID THAT IS A PARK,
11:34:26AM PARKLAND, FOREST, WHARFAGE, DOCK.
11:34:31AM THIS DOESN'T SAY ANY OF THAT.
11:34:32AM THIS IS THE END OF DRYAD STREET, AND IT HASN'T BEEN BUILT IN
11:34:35AM 106 YEARS, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE BUILT.
11:34:38AM BECAUSE THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER, MR. YERRID, HAS PAID TO
11:34:40AM MAINTAIN IT, MOW IT, YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS DOES LOOK
11:34:44AM INVITING, BUT THIS IS NOT A PARK.
11:34:46AM THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT LIABILITY ISSUES BOTH FOR THE CITY AND
11:34:48AM FOR THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARISE FROM HAVING THIS
11:34:52AM WHAT CAN BE -- SOUNDS LIKE A BAD WORD -- ATTRACTIVE
11:34:56AM NUISANCE.
11:34:57AM THIS IS NOT A PARK.
11:34:58AM IT HAS NO INSURANCE.
11:34:59AM NO CITY MAINTENANCE OPPORTUNITIES.
11:35:01AM THIS IS A DEAD END THAT HAPPENS TO LOOK GREEN.
11:35:04AM BUT I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NOT A PARK
11:35:08AM AND NOTHING LEGALLY THAT ALLOWS THE EASEMENT TO BE EXPANDED
11:35:11AM BEYOND THE SCOPE IN WHICH IT WAS GRANTED.
11:35:14AM GOOD NEWS FOR THE NEIGHBORS, THERE ARE PARKS NEARBY.
11:35:17AM THERE IS SUNSET PARK.
11:35:19AM TWO-MINUTE BIKE RIDE.
11:35:20AM TO BE CLEAR, TWO AND A HALF ACRES.
11:35:22AM A LOT OF THAT IS STORMWATER FUTURE.
11:35:25AM SIGNIFICANT GRASSY AREA CLOSE BY.
11:35:27AM BLUE STAR IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
11:35:29AM MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE CITY HAS BEEN SPENDING HUNDREDS OF
11:35:32AM THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO OPEN A BRAND-NEW PARK, A
11:35:34AM THREE-MINUTE BIKE RIDE AWAY AT BAY TO BAY.
11:35:37AM WE HELD OFF ON FILING THIS APPLICATION SO THAT IF THIS GETS
11:35:41AM APPROVED, WE WOULD HOLD OFF ON FENCING IT.
11:35:46AM FENCE THIS OFF UNTIL THIS NEW PARK IS OPENED.
11:35:49AM THAT'S A PARK.
11:35:50AM THAT'S WHAT A PARK LOOKS LIKE FOR THESE FOLKS WHO ABSOLUTELY
11:35:55AM DESERVE TO HAVE PARK.
11:35:59AM HEARD FROM THE CITY, OPEN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
11:36:02AM CONSIDERABLE RESOURCES WENT INTO IT.
11:36:04AM ANOTHER VIEW OF IT, THAT'S A PARK.
11:36:07AM FENCE, MAINTAINED, SIDEWALKS, THAT'S WHAT A PARK LOOKS LIKE.
11:36:11AM PARK DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THE DEAD END OF A ROAD THAT'S 106
11:36:15AM YEARS IN THE NOT MAKING.
11:36:16AM THESE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HEAVILY SCRUTINIZED, VACATING
11:36:20AM APPLICATIONS.
11:36:21AM MEDIA ATTENTION GOING BACK A COUPLE OF YEARS.
11:36:23AM LIKE A RENEGADE DOG PARK.
11:36:26AM I THINK THIS COUNCIL HAS TAKEN -- SCRUTINIZES THESE VACATING
11:36:32AM REQUESTS HEAVILY.
11:36:32AM I THINK THAT HAS BEEN TRANSLATED, STAFF'S TREATMENT OF THEM.
11:36:36AM WE DON'T HAVE A SINGLE OBJECTION.
11:36:38AM A LOT OF BITES AT THE APPLE WITH THE VACATINGS.
11:36:41AM A LOT OF PEOPLE GET TO COMMENT.
11:36:42AM AND THERE WASN'T A SINGLE OBJECTION.
11:36:45AM NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR IN OPPOSITION SOME OF THE REBUTTALS
11:36:48AM TO THE THINGS I TRIED TO PREEMPT, BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO
11:36:53AM IT, THIS IS A ROAD, THIS IS A PRIVATE PIECE OF LAND THAT WAS
11:36:57AM DEDICATED, WHERE AN EASEMENT WAS GIVEN TO THE CITY FOR A
11:37:01AM SINGULAR PURPOSE, TO FINISH DRYAD STREET.
11:37:05AM THAT WAS NOT DONE FOR 106 YEARS, THAT IS IN THE PUBLIC
11:37:09AM INTEREST FIRST TO PROTECT PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS.
11:37:12AM MIGHT NOT ALWAYS BE IN THE PUBLIC FAVOR, BUT IT IS IN THE
11:37:15AM PUBLIC INTEREST TO PRESERVE PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS, AND
11:37:17AM THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY.
11:37:19AM SECOND, IT'S IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST TO MINIMIZE LIABILITY
11:37:23AM RISKS FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE LIABILITY RISKS THAT CAN
11:37:26AM EMANATE TO ADJACENT OWNERS FROM HAVING THIS UNCLEAR VOID IN
11:37:31AM THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD, EVEN IF IT IS A NICE PLACE TO
11:37:34AM LET YOUR DOG GO TO THE RESTROOM OR KIDS THROW A BALL.
11:37:37AM WE GET THAT.
11:37:38AM YOU HAVE TO BALANCE THAT AGAINST THE RIGHTS THE PROPERTY
11:37:40AM OWNER HAS OF HAVING AN ACCIDENTAL PARK FIVE FEET FROM THEIR
11:37:43AM HOME WHEN RAISING TWO SMALL CHILDREN.
11:37:45AM THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS RIGHTS, TOO.
11:37:47AM FINALLY, THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS TO THIS REQUEST.
11:37:49AM THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS THE CITY HAS HERE IS NOT
11:37:52AM IMPERILED IN ANY WAY AND ARGUABLY WOULD BE BETTER PROTECTED
11:37:55AM BY BEING FENCED RATHER THAN AN OPEN DEAD END FIELD.
11:37:58AM WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
11:38:00AM I KNOW THERE ARE COMMENTS.
11:38:02AM APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION OF THIS REQUEST.
11:38:05AM THANK YOU.
11:38:05AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
11:38:06AM PRESENTATION.
11:38:06AM IF NOTHING IS GOING TO BE BUILT ON IT, WHAT IS THE NEXT
11:38:10AM STEP, TO FENCE IT IN AND CLOSE IT OFF OR LEAVE IT WIDE OPEN?
11:38:14AM >> THE DESIRE WOULD BE TO FENCE IT.
11:38:15AM THIS HAS BEEN OPEN FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
11:38:19AM WE DON'T WANT THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO HAVE ACCESS TO THIS
11:38:23AM BECAUSE THE ONLY CIRCUMSTANCE IN WHICH THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS
11:38:26AM INTENDED TO HAVE ACCESS TO THIS IS IF IT IS A ROAD.
11:38:30AM IT'S NOT A ROAD AND NOT GOING TO BE A ROAD.
11:38:32AM THIS COUNCIL IS NOT GOING TO SUPPORT.
11:38:34AM IF YOU WANT TO SEE THIS ROOM GET REALLY FULL, PROPOSE A
11:38:37AM 50-FOOT ROAD IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS.
11:38:40AM THAT'S WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY WAS INTENDED.
11:38:43AM NO STRUCTURE PROPOSED.
11:38:45AM I THINK A PERMIT FOR THE FENCE GIVEN THE STORMWATER
11:38:47AM INFRASTRUCTURE AND SIZE.
11:38:48AM THERE WOULD BE SOME CITY OVERSIGHT OF THAT.
11:38:51AM WE'RE NOT BUILDING ANYTHING.
11:38:52AM WE'RE NOT PUTTING A HOUSE ON IT.
11:38:54AM THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT HAPPENING.
11:38:55AM IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
11:38:56AM THE STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE IS ALREADY THERE AND IT'S
11:39:00AM NECESSARY.
11:39:00AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:39:01AM MR. MALLOY, ARE YOU WITH MR. HUDSON OR THE OPPOSITE SIDE?
11:39:06AM >> HE'S THE OTHER SIDE.
11:39:07AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MY CONCERN WOULD BE DEFINITION OF A FENCE,
11:39:13AM BECAUSE OF THE CRITICAL NATURE OF THIS BEING POTENTIALLY, AS
11:39:18AM WE SAW WITH HURRICANE HELENE FLOODING, WHERE IS THE WATER
11:39:21AM GOING TO GO, CLEARLY THIS IS AN AREA WATER FLOWS THROUGH TO
11:39:27AM GET TO THE BAY.
11:39:28AM >> YEAH.
11:39:29AM THIS IS IN THE VELOCITY ZONE, I BELIEVE.
11:39:33AM IT WILL HAVE TO GET COMMENTED ON BY NUMEROUS CITY AGENCIES.
11:39:36AM IF THE NATURE OF THE FENCE IS SOMETHING THAT --
11:39:40AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IF WE APPROVE THIS, IT WOULD BE OUT OF OUR
11:39:43AM HANDS AND THEN THEY PUT UP AN IMPERMEABLE WALL.
11:39:46AM >> WELL, YOU CAN PUT CONDITIONS, ANY FENCE ERECTED THEREON
11:39:51AM HAS TO BE WITHIN THE STORMWATER EASEMENT, STORMWATER MUST
11:39:54AM CONSENT TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON.
11:39:57AM I THINK THAT LANGUAGE MIGHT ALREADY BE IN THERE.
11:40:00AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I HAVE DOUBTS ON STORMWATER BECAUSE THEY
11:40:02AM ALREADY SAID NO OBJECTION.
11:40:03AM I HAVE DOUBTS WITH STORMWATER --
11:40:05AM >> THEY HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THE CITY'S INTEREST IN THIS
11:40:08AM BEING A ROAD.
11:40:09AM THE CITY HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO ANY POSSIBLE FENCE CONSTRUCTED
11:40:13AM THEREON.
11:40:14AM WE'RE NOT THERE YET.
11:40:15AM WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR IS TO TRADE AN EASEMENT FOR A ROAD,
11:40:20AM WHICH WILL NEVER GET BUILT BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN BUILT IN
11:40:24AM THE LAST 106 YEARS FOR AN EASEMENT TAILORED TO WHAT IS
11:40:27AM ACTUALLY THERE, WHICH IS STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE.
11:40:30AM THAT'S WHAT THE IMPROVEMENT OF THIS IS.
11:40:33AM IF INCIDENTALLY FOLKS HAVE GROWN ACCUSTOM TO USING THE GRASS
11:40:39AM AS IF IT WERE A PUBLIC PARK ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, IT WILL BE
11:40:42AM INTERRUPTED AND PEOPLE WON'T BE HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
11:40:45AM THAT IS A DISPUTE THAT THIS COUNCIL, THAT YOU HAVE TO
11:40:48AM RESOLVE.
11:40:49AM IN OUR VIEW, IT IS NOT A CLOSE CALL.
11:40:53AM THANKS.
11:40:53AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:40:54AM MR. MALLOY, YOU WILL THEN BE, JUST FOR PROCEDURAL PURPOSES,
11:41:00AM PART OF PUBLIC COMMENT, THREE MINUTES?
11:41:02AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, UNLESS COUNCIL DECIDES OTHERWISE, IF
11:41:05AM THERE IS A REQUEST.
11:41:06AM NO, USUALLY THREE MINUTES AT THIS POINT.
11:41:08AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'RE NOW AT PUBLIC COMMENT.
11:41:10AM MR. MALLOY, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE IN
11:41:12AM THE ROOM AND THEN REBUTTAL.
11:41:15AM >> WILLIAM MALLOY, 325 SOUTH BOULEVARD.
11:41:17AM I'M SPEAKING GENERALLY FOR THE FOLKS WHO SIGNED THE PETITION
11:41:20AM IN OPPOSITION HERE.
11:41:21AM IT SHOULD BE IN ALL YOUR IN-BOXES.
11:41:23AM THERE ARE 53 SIGNATURES ON IT.
11:41:26AM I HOPE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO CONSIDER THAT.
11:41:28AM IT'S NOT INSIGNIFICANT.
11:41:29AM THERE ARE ALSO SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT DON'T BELONG TO THE HOA
11:41:32AM THAT CHIMED IN, SIGNED IT AS WELL.
11:41:35AM I BELIEVE SOME ARE HERE TO SPEAK.
11:41:37AM FOR MY OWN CREDIBILITY, FULL DISCLOSURE, I AM A RESIDENT OF
11:41:40AM SPANISH TOWN CREEK, OTHER SIDE OF THE PENINSULA.
11:41:44AM IF THIS WAS HAPPENING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, I WOULD BE HERE AS
11:41:46AM A CITIZEN SAYING EXACTLY WHAT I AM.
11:41:49AM IF THIS WERE PRIVATE PROPERTY UP FOR DEVELOPMENT, I WOULDN'T
11:41:51AM BE HERE.
11:41:52AM BUT THIS IS, DESPITE THE WORDSMITHING HERE, THE CITY HAS AN
11:41:57AM INTEREST IN THIS PROPERTY.
11:41:59AM NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.
11:42:00AM WHO OWNS FEE TO IT, I'M NOT ABLE TO SPEAK TO AT THIS POINT.
11:42:04AM I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SPIN THROUGH MY CLIENT'S CONCERNS AND
11:42:07AM WHAT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO ME IN THE TIME I'VE HAD TO REVIEW
11:42:11AM THIS.
11:42:11AM THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THIS AND WHAT WAS PROVIDED TO THE
11:42:13AM PUBLIC WAS THE APPLICANT HAS SECURITY CONCERNS.
11:42:17AM I'M STRUGGLING -- I TRUST MY COLLEAGUE VERY MUCH, BUT I'M
11:42:20AM STRUGGLING TO FIND THE NEXUS BETWEEN SECURITY CONCERNS AND
11:42:23AM GIVE ME CONTROL OF THE DIRT.
11:42:25AM SECURITY CONCERNS CAN BE ADDRESSED IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
11:42:30AM I'D ASK FOR SUBSTANTIATION OF THE SECURITY CONCERNS.
11:42:33AM IS TPD INVOLVED IN THIS?
11:42:35AM IS CODE ENFORCEMENT?
11:42:36AM HAS THIS BEEN BROUGHT TO NUISANCE AND ABATEMENT?
11:42:39AM IS THERE ANYTHING THAT VALIDATES THIS ASSERTION THAT IT IS A
11:42:43AM SECURITY PROBLEM?
11:42:43AM AGAIN, I STRUGGLE TO FIND THAT NEXUS, BUT MOVING ON, WE
11:42:49AM UNDERSTAND AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT TECO AND STORMWATER
11:42:52AM HAVE RETAINED OR ASKED TO RETAIN PERMANENT EASEMENTS OVER
11:42:56AM THIS PROPERTY.
11:42:57AM PERMANENT IS NOT PERPETUAL.
11:42:59AM THOSE EASEMENTS CAN BE VACATED OR OTHERWISE NULLIFIED.
11:43:03AM AGAIN, IT WOULD TAKE SOME PERMISSIONS AND AN ASK, BUT IT CAN
11:43:07AM HAPPEN.
11:43:08AM THIS DIRT IS PRICELESS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND FOR THE
11:43:11AM CITY.
11:43:11AM THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FLOODED BADLY LAST FALL.
11:43:15AM I'M TOLD, CAN'T SUBSTANTIATE THIS MYSELF, THAT 30% OF THE
11:43:18AM NEIGHBORHOOD, PLUS OR MINUS, IS STILL DISPLACED IN SOME WAY
11:43:22AM OR ANOTHER.
11:43:23AM YOU CAN'T GIVE UP THIS DIRECT AVENUE, WHETHER IT TOUCHES THE
11:43:25AM WATER OR THE PORT AUTHORITY OR NOT, TO OLD TAMPA BAY AND
11:43:29AM HAVE THE CHANCE THAT ANY KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE STORMWATER
11:43:34AM IS COMPROMISED.
11:43:35AM YOU HAVE TO KEEP CONTROL OF THIS PIECE.
11:43:37AM I HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE OTHERWISE THAT THEY DON'T INTEND
11:43:41AM TO BUILD HERE, BUT YOU CAN SEE IN MY CLIENT'S MIND, MY MIND
11:43:44AM AND YOU'VE SEEN IT BEFORE, THE INSTANT VISION IS AN ADU
11:43:49AM POPPING UP IF THIS IS APPROVED.
11:43:50AM FINALLY, TEN MORE SECONDS.
11:43:51AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS.
11:43:53AM >> THE ASSOCIATION IS MORE THAN WILLING TO WORK WITH THE
11:43:54AM APPLICANT TO ADDRESS SECURITY CONCERNS.
11:43:58AM INSTALL LIGHTING, FENCING, COOPERATE IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE.
11:44:02AM I'VE GOT LETTERS TO THAT EFFECT.
11:44:03AM I THINK THEY ARE IN YOUR IN-BOX AS WELL.
11:44:05AM I THINK THAT'S TREMENDOUS.
11:44:06AM THIS IS NOT AN INSTANCE OF NOT IN MY BACKYARD AS YOU HEARD
11:44:09AM BEFORE.
11:44:09AM THEY WOULD LIKE TO HELP.
11:44:11AM THEY WANT TO KEEP THIS GREEN AND OPEN.
11:44:13AM THEY WANT TO HAVE THE CITY RETAIN ITS STEWARDSHIP.
11:44:15AM THANK YOU.
11:44:15AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:44:19AM NEXT SPEAKER.
11:44:19AM THIS IS THE TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
11:44:21AM IF YOU WANT TO COME UP AND SPEAK, LINE UP AGAINST THE WALL
11:44:24AM AND WE'LL START GOING ONE BY ONE.
11:44:27AM >> MICHAEL RICH, NEIGHBOR IN THIS COMMUNITY.
11:44:30AM THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.
11:44:32AM I REALLY APPRECIATE IT, TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION TO THE
11:44:34AM REQUEST TO VACATE THIS RIGHT-OF-WAY.
11:44:37AM HOPEFULLY YOU ALSO GOT A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE PETITION
11:44:39AM WHICH WE HAVE 45 DIFFERENT HOUSEHOLDS IN SUNSET PARK THAT
11:44:42AM OPPOSE THIS MEASURE.
11:44:43AM MICHAEL RICH.
11:44:44AM I LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, WEST DRYAD STREET, LESS THAN
11:44:46AM ONE BLOCK AWAY FROM THE RIGHT-OF-WAY IN QUESTION.
11:44:48AM MY PRIMARY INTEREST RELIES IN PRESERVING THIS IMPORTANT
11:44:51AM GREENSPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
11:44:52AM I'VE LIVED ON WEST DRYAD STREET ALMOST 12 YEARS.
11:44:56AM TWO YOUNG CHILDREN, 6 AND 2.
11:44:58AM WE USE THE OPEN SPACE REGULARLY TO KICK A SOCCER BALL AROUND
11:45:03AM -- MANY FAMILIES USE THE GREENSPACE AS A PLACE TO PLAY AND
11:45:08AM RESIDENTS CAN ENJOY THE OUTDOORS.
11:45:11AM WE KNOW IT IS NOT A PARK.
11:45:13AM NOT HOLDING ORGANIZED SPORTS OR PARTIES, SUCH GREENSPACE IS
11:45:18AM AN ESSENTIAL FOR THE WELL-BEING AND OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE
11:45:20AM FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND ASHAMED TO TAKE IT AWAY.
11:45:23AM THE NEW PARK THAT THE ATTORNEY SHOWED MOMENTS AGO IS MORE
11:45:26AM THAN HALF A MILE AWAY.
11:45:27AM I HAVE A TWO-YEAR-OLD AND SIX-YEAR-OLD AND NOT REALISTIC FOR
11:45:31AM ME TO MAKE THEM RIDE THEIR LITTLE TRICYCLES HALF A MILE TO
11:45:36AM GET TO A PARK LITTERED WITH PALM TREES.
11:45:39AM I ALSO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT FENCING IN THIS PIECE OF LAND FOR
11:45:42AM STORMWATER PURPOSES, BUT I'LL SKIP THAT BECAUSE HE ALREADY
11:45:45AM ADDRESSED IT.
11:45:46AM THERE WAS BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE APPLICANT.
11:45:49AM I KNOW IT SAYS NO OPPOSITION BUT CLEARLY WAS BACK AND FORTH
11:45:51AM AND SOME LEVEL OF CONCERN.
11:45:53AM REGARDING PRIVATE ACCESS, I'M NOT PRIVY TO WHAT THE
11:45:56AM APPLICANT'S TRUE INTENTIONS ARE.
11:45:58AM I KNOW THEY SAID THEY WILL FENCE IT IN AND KEEP ANYONE FROM
11:46:01AM USING IT.
11:46:01AM MY UNDERSTANDING IS VACATING WOULD -- IT WOULD ELIMINATE
11:46:07AM PUBLIC ACCESS FOR ANYONE ELSE.
11:46:09AM FRANKLY, THIS DID NOT SEEM RIGHT.
11:46:11AM I'M ALSO FRUSTRATED BY THE FACT THAT SOME OF THE OWNERSHIP
11:46:13AM DOCUMENTS POSTED TODAY WERE NOT POSTED TO THE CITY SITE, AT
11:46:16AM LEAST NOT IN THE LAST THREE DAYS.
11:46:18AM I HAVE GONE THROUGH THE OWNERSHIP DOCUMENTS, ONE IN
11:46:20AM PARTICULAR SHOWING MR. ITALIANO HAVING OWNERSHIP WAS NOT ON
11:46:24AM THERE AT LEAST IN THE PRIOR LAST TWO DAYS, EXTREMELY
11:46:28AM FRUSTRATING.
11:46:29AM ALSO FRUSTRATED THAT THIS APPLICATION WAS POSTED
11:46:32AM APPROXIMATELY 25% OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ARE
11:46:34AM DISPLACED FOLLOWING THE STORMS OF LAST YEAR.
11:46:37AM REGARDING SAFETY, THE VAGUE COMMENTS ON THE APPLICATION,
11:46:41AM QUOTE, UNQUOTE, SAFETY CONCERNS.
11:46:43AM AS IT STANDS TODAY THIS GREENSPACE POSES NO SAFETY THREAT TO
11:46:46AM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I CAN THINK OF NO LEGITIMATE REASONS
11:46:49AM WHY IT SHOULD BE SHUT OFF.
11:46:51AM IN CLOSING, I THINK SIGNIFICANTLY BENEFITS THIS RIGHT-OF-WAY
11:46:54AM PROVIDES TO THE COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY THE GREENSPACE
11:46:57AM OUTWEIGH THE DESIRE FOR PRIVATE EXPANSION OR PLAIN FENCING
11:47:00AM IT OFF WHICH I DON'T GET.
11:47:02AM URGE CITY COUNCIL TO PRIORITIZE THE PUBLIC GOOD AND DENY
11:47:04AM THIS REQUEST TO VACATE.
11:47:06AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
11:47:07AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
11:47:08AM YES, MA'AM.
11:47:09AM COME ON UP.
11:47:09AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:47:13AM >> NATALIE RIENHART.
11:47:15AM I ALSO LIVE IN SUNSET PARK.
11:47:17AM I WAS ALSO RAISED IN SUNSET PARK.
11:47:19AM SO THIS PARK TO ME HAS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART.
11:47:22AM I WOULD LIKE TO CORRECT MYSELF.
11:47:24AM IT IS A GREENSPACE.
11:47:26AM I LIVE THERE WITH MY HUSBAND AND TWO SONS.
11:47:28AM WE LIVE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND WE FREQUENTLY WALK BY
11:47:31AM THIS GREENSPACE WITH OUR DOG MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY.
11:47:35AM IT'S SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL TO LOOK AT AND WE'VE ALWAYS REALLY
11:47:38AM ADMIRED THIS AREA.
11:47:40AM IF A FENCE WERE TO BE CREATED ALONG DUNDEE STREET, I THINK
11:47:44AM NOT ONLY WOULD IT BE AN EYESORE FOR A WHOLE COMMUNITY BUT A
11:47:48AM REDUCTION OF GREEN AREA FOR OUR CHILDREN TO GROW UP WITH AND
11:47:51AM I THINK TAMPA HAS ALWAYS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF MAKING
11:47:54AM SURE WE HAVE AMPLE PARKS AND GREENSPACES TO ENJOY.
11:47:58AM SO TAKING THIS AWAY IS OF ABSOLUTELY NO RESOURCE TO OUR
11:48:01AM ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
11:48:03AM IT'S SOMETHING THAT I GREW UP WALKING BY AS A CHILD AND I
11:48:06AM WOULD LOVE TO AFFORD THAT OPPORTUNITY TO MY CHILDREN AS
11:48:09AM WELL.
11:48:09AM ALSO AS SOMEBODY WHO HAS HAD SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO OUR HOME
11:48:13AM AND OUR GARAGE FROM THE STORMS LAST YEAR, WE'RE STILL
11:48:17AM DEALING WITH THE FALLOUT SEVEN MONTHS LATER.
11:48:19AM SO CREATING ANY TYPE OF FENCING ALONG DUNDEE STREET, WE
11:48:23AM DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT COULD IMPLICATE FOR ONCOMING STORMS IN
11:48:28AM THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
11:48:29AM WHAT TYPE OF FENCE THAT WOULD BE, IF IT WOULD CREATE A
11:48:33AM COLLECTION OF DEBRIS ALONG THAT FENCE LINE, THAT WOULD NOT
11:48:36AM LET WATERS GO THROUGH, I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE.
11:48:39AM IT MAKES ME FEEL SICK TO EVEN IMAGINE IF THAT WOULD MAKE
11:48:43AM STORMWATER CONCERNS AN EVEN GREATER CONCERN FOR ONCOMING
11:48:47AM YEARS.
11:48:47AM I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, TO HAVE MY VOICE HEARD ON THIS
11:48:51AM ISSUE.
11:48:51AM THIS GREENSPACE IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY, THAT
11:48:55AM WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF GREENSPACES IN.
11:48:57AM I JUST REALLY, REALLY URGE YOU TO CONSIDER OUR STAUNCH
11:49:02AM OPPOSITION TO THIS.
11:49:03AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
11:49:04AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:49:05AM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:49:06AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
11:49:08AM COME ON UP.
11:49:08AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:49:09AM IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK?
11:49:11AM NO, NO, THAT'S NOT STANDING UP.
11:49:15AM YES, MA'AM.
11:49:15AM GO AHEAD.
11:49:16AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:49:16AM >> LESLEY FARRELL.
11:49:18AM I LIVE A FEW BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE GREENSPACE.
11:49:23AM I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT AREA TO HAVE, SHE WAS SAYING, TO
11:49:28AM HAVE MORE SPACES FOR NATURE.
11:49:30AM WHEN I MOVED THERE ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO, THERE WERE MORE
11:49:33AM PUBLIC ACCESS PLACES, AND NOW THEY SEEM TO BE -- HAVE BEEN
11:49:37AM TAKEN AWAY.
11:49:38AM IT'S REALLY A NICE SPACE, EVEN THOUGH LIKE A SMALL LOT, BUT
11:49:43AM REALLY NICE ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNGER KIDS BECAUSE IT IS A
11:49:46AM PROTECTED KIND OF AREA FOR THEM TO PLAY BALL AND THOSE KINDS
11:49:48AM OF THINGS AS OPPOSED TO A BIGGER PARK.
11:49:51AM IT IS THE ONLY LITTLE GREENSPACE WE HAVE IN THIS AREA.
11:49:55AM MY GRANDSON VISITS, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE HIM THERE AND
11:49:58AM KICK THE BALL AROUND.
11:49:59AM A LOT OF THE HOUSES, THEY ARE BUILDING BIG HOUSES AND THEY
11:50:02AM HAVE VERY SMALL YARDS.
11:50:03AM I THINK THE HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY THE HURRICANES
11:50:06AM AND REBUILT, THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE NEED FOR THAT AS WELL.
11:50:10AM A LOT OF OUR STREETS DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS.
11:50:12AM IT'S A NICE PLACE ALSO TO TALK TO NEIGHBORS.
11:50:15AM I'VE MET A LOT OF NEIGHBORS OVER THERE THAT I WOULD NOT HAVE
11:50:18AM EVEN KNOWN.
11:50:19AM IT IS GREAT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
11:50:23AM YEAH.
11:50:23AM I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT LITTLE AREA.
11:50:28AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
11:50:29AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:50:30AM COME ON UP, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:50:31AM >> MY NAME IS MICHAEL ROBY.
11:50:35AM I'VE BEEN SWORN IN.
11:50:37AM I'LL TAKE THE THREE MINUTES TO READ MY E-MAIL I SUBMITTED TO
11:50:40AM THE CITY OF TAMPA.
11:50:41AM COUNCIL CHAIR AND MEMBERS, I HAVE LIVED IN SUNSET PARK 17
11:50:44AM YEARS RAISING MY FAMILY ON THE QUIET STREET AND DAILY
11:50:47AM CELEBRATING THE SUNSETS THAT GIVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ITS NAME.
11:50:49AM THE SLIVER OF CITY RIGHT-OF-WAY, YOU ARE BEING ASKED TO
11:50:53AM ABANDON IS THE LAST REMAINING PUBLIC GREENSPACE WE HAVE IN
11:50:55AM OUR CORNER OF SOUTH TAMPA THAT IS CONTINUOUSLY BEING
11:50:57AM OVERDEVELOPED.
11:50:58AM WE ARE ASKING YOU TO RESPECTFULLY DENY THE VAC 25, A LOT OF
11:51:04AM ZEROS AND SIX.
11:51:05AM WHY THIS PARCEL MATTERS, COMMUNITY HEART, EACH EVENING,
11:51:09AM DOZENS OF OUR NEIGHBORS WALK DOGS, PUSH STROLLERS AND LET
11:51:13AM THE CHILDREN ENJOY THIS LITTLE SAFETY PATCH OF GRASS.
11:51:17AM DURING HEAVY STORMS, AS WE'VE KNOWN IN THIS PARTICULAR
11:51:21AM SITUATION, A LOT OF HOMES, INCLUDING MINE, WERE AFFECTED BY
11:51:24AM HELENE WITH THE FLOODING.
11:51:25AM I JUST MOVED BACK IN IN JANUARY.
11:51:28AM AS WE NOW MORE AND MORE -- I'LL GO OFF THE DOCUMENT HERE,
11:51:33AM BUT AS WE NOW GO MORE AND MORE INTO THE PROCESS OF
11:51:37AM OVERDEVELOPING SOUTH TAMPA AS IT IS, ESPECIALLY SUNSET PARK,
11:51:41AM WHEN I CAME HERE ORIGINALLY 17 YEARS AGO FROM GEORGIA, IT
11:51:45AM WAS THE CHARACTER THAT DREW ME INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE
11:51:47AM OAK TREES, THE CHARACTER OF NOT ONE BIG WHITE BOX AFTER ONE
11:51:52AM BIG WHITE BOX.
11:51:53AM I GET IT, PROPERTY TAXES ARE A HECK OF A DEAL.
11:51:57AM WITH THAT SAID, YOU AND I BOTH KNOW IT WON'T STOP WITH A
11:52:01AM FENCE.
11:52:02AM THIS GUY NEXT TO IT, WE ALREADY KNOW.
11:52:04AM I'VE LIVED THERE 17 YEARS AND WE USE THIS GREENSPACE AS A
11:52:08AM COMMUNITY AND AS A NEIGHBORHOOD TO SIMPLY HAVE THIS SPACE
11:52:12AM AND HAVE A VIEW OF THE SUNSET BLOCKED OUT FROM EVERYTHING
11:52:15AM ELSE AS IT IS.
11:52:15AM IT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:52:16AM I CHALLENGE ANYONE ON THIS COUNCIL, PLEASE COME AROUND OUR
11:52:19AM AREA 5:30, 6:00 AT NIGHT AND LOOK AT THE FAMILY MEMBERS
11:52:23AM WALKING THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WALKING THE STREET.
11:52:25AM THIS LITTLE PIECE OF GREENSPACE IS ALL WE HAVE LEFT.
11:52:28AM WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE TEST IN CHAPTER 27 FOR A VACATION
11:52:32AM THAT IS PUBLIC WILL NOT BE MATERIALLY INJURED.
11:52:35AM LOSING OUR ONLY GREENSPACE, OUR SUNSET VIEW AND A MODEST
11:52:40AM FLOOD BUFFER IS NOT ONLY A MINOR INJURY, IT'S PERMANENT.
11:52:43AM ONCE THIS IS DONE, THERE IS NO TAKING IT BACK.
11:52:45AM WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TYPE OF FENCE, DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'LL
11:52:48AM DO.
11:52:49AM THAT'S JUST IT.
11:52:50AM IT IS THE LAST SLIVER OF HOPE WE HAVE.
11:52:52AM WITH THAT SAID, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND
11:52:55AM ALLOWING US TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THAT.
11:52:58AM JUST HOPEFULLY WE GET A NO ON VOTING FOR THIS.
11:53:02AM THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL AND CHAIR.
11:53:04AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
11:53:05AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:53:06AM ANYBODY ELSE?
11:53:07AM IF NOT, STEPHANIE POYNOR WILL BE OUR LAST SPEAKER AND THEN
11:53:10AM WE'LL GO TO REBUTTAL.
11:53:12AM >> STEPHANIE POYNOR.
11:53:14AM YOU KNOW, WE ALMOST NEVER HAVE THIS MANY FOLKS SHOW UP FOR A
11:53:19AM VACATION, ALMOST NEVER.
11:53:20AM BUT THIS IS TAKING STORMWATER IN.
11:53:29AM WHY ARE WE GIVING AWAY CITY PROPERTY?
11:53:31AM WHY SHOULD WE GIVE IT AWAY?
11:53:33AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S GET THE OVERHEAD.
11:53:36AM >> I MEAN, SERIOUSLY, WHY WOULD WE GIVE THIS AWAY?
11:53:39AM THERE'S NO REASON TO GIVE IT AWAY EXCEPT FOR SOMEBODY WANTS
11:53:43AM TO BE GREEDY.
11:53:44AM I DON'T KNOW WHO IT IS.
11:53:45AM I HAVE NO IDEA WHO THE APPLICANT IS.
11:53:47AM I REALLY DON'T CARE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
11:53:49AM BUT IF THIS IS CITY PROPERTY AND WE HAVE TWO STORMWATER
11:53:53AM DRAINS AND THE SEWER DRAIN, AND WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE'S NOT
11:53:57AM ENOUGH GREENSPACE IN THE WORLD ANYMORE IN SOUTH TAMPA, AND
11:54:01AM WE'VE GOT ALL THESE NEIGHBORS.
11:54:03AM GUESS WHAT, THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY RIGHT HERE, GUESS WHO IT
11:54:06AM BELONGS TO, ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SITTING HERE.
11:54:09AM IT DOESN'T BELONG TO ONE PERSON.
11:54:11AM IT BELONGS TO THE WHOLE CITY OF TAMPA.
11:54:14AM IT BELONGS TO THE ENTIRE CITY.
11:54:16AM WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT AN ALLEYWAY.
11:54:18AM AS A MATTER OF FACT, I BET YOU MOST OF THE NEIGHBORS DIDN'T
11:54:20AM KNOW THAT WAS A CITY PROPERTY THAT THEY COULD GO ON THERE
11:54:23AM AND SIT DOWN IF THEY WANTED TO OR TAKE A NAP IF THEY WANTED
11:54:26AM TO.
11:54:27AM NOW WE'RE SITTING HERE AND YOU'VE GOT PLENTY OF NEIGHBORS
11:54:32AM WHO HAVE SHOWN UP.
11:54:33AM PLENTY OF NEIGHBORS, AND I'M SORRY, BUT THIS AREA OF TOWN,
11:54:39AM WHY WOULD WE GIVE AWAY ANYTHING?
11:54:41AM WHY WOULD WE GIVE IT AWAY?
11:54:43AM HOW MUCH IS IT WORTH?
11:54:45AM HOW MUCH DOES IT ENHANCE THAT PERSONAL PROPERTY?
11:54:48AM MUST BE A LOT BECAUSE THEY PAID THE $573.
11:54:53AM IT'S 57 -- THEY ARE GOING TO GET THIS LOT FOR $573.
11:54:58AM DON'T DO IT.
11:54:59AM THIS BELONGS TO THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA.
11:55:03AM YOU SHOULD NOT BE GIVING IT AWAY FOR $573.
11:55:06AM THIS GUY RIGHT HERE JUST CONFIRMED I'M RIGHT.
11:55:13AM IT'S STILL $573 THAT HE'S PAYING FOR THIS HUGE LOT IN SUNSET
11:55:17AM PARK.
11:55:18AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WISHES TO
11:55:20AM SPEAK?
11:55:21AM ANYBODY ELSE THAT IS THINKING ABOUT CONSIDERING SPEAKING?
11:55:25AM CARROLL ANN BENNETT IS THE LAST SPEAKER BEFORE WE GO TO
11:55:29AM REBUTTAL.
11:55:32AM >> CARROLL ANN BENNETT.
11:55:33AM WE CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHERE TO PLANT LIVE OAKS, OH, I JUST
11:55:37AM FOUND A SPOT.
11:55:38AM BEAUTIFUL.
11:55:39AM PLANT A LIVE OAK.
11:55:41AM I BET THE NEIGHBORS WOULD ACTUALLY PAY FOR A BEAUTIFUL
11:55:44AM BENCH.
11:55:45AM THANK YOU.
11:55:46AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
11:55:47AM THAT'S IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
11:55:49AM REBUTTAL.
11:55:50AM MR. HUDSON, YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
11:55:52AM >> TYLER HUDSON, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE.
11:55:55AM A LOT OF IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO USE SOMEONE ELSE'S PROPERTY.
11:55:59AM A LOT OF IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO USE SOMEONE ELSE'S PROPERTY.
11:56:02AM AS I SAID AT THE BEGINNING, IT HAS BEEN UNCONTESTED, THIS IS
11:56:06AM PRIVATE PROPERTY.
11:56:08AM 106 YEARS AGO THEY GAVE AN EASEMENT, IF A ROAD WAS EVER
11:56:12AM BUILT, IT WASN'T.
11:56:13AM IT WON'T.
11:56:13AM THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY.
11:56:16AM IF I GIVE YOU A DICTIONARY AND I SAY, YOU HAVE THIS
11:56:20AM DICTIONARY AS LONG AS YOU NEED IT, AND TEN YEARS LATER I
11:56:22AM COME TO YOUR HOUSE AND THE DOOR IS OPEN, THE DICTIONARY IS A
11:56:26AM DOORSTOP.
11:56:27AM OH, YOU'RE DONE WITH THE DICTIONARY?
11:56:28AM WELL, NO, NO, IT'S A DOORSTOP, YOU SAY.
11:56:31AM WELL, THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU'RE USING IT FOR.
11:56:34AM I GAVE IT TO YOU TO BE A DICTIONARY.
11:56:36AM NOW YOU'RE USING IT AS A DOORSTOP.
11:56:38AM THIS ISN'T A GIVEAWAY.
11:56:39AM THIS IS RETURNING WHAT'S BEEN OWNED FOR 106 YEARS BECAUSE
11:56:42AM IT'S NOT BEING USED BY THE CITY IN THE ONLY MANNER IN WHICH
11:56:46AM IT WAS DEDICATED, RIGHT-OF-WAY.
11:56:48AM TWO SETS OF PEOPLE THAT CAN USE THE LAND -- THE OWNERS AND
11:56:52AM THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHEN IT'S RIGHT-OF-WAY.
11:56:54AM IT'S NOT RIGHT-OF-WAY.
11:56:56AM IT IS NOT RIGHT-OF-WAY.
11:56:57AM WE GET THAT IT HURTS TO LOSE THINGS, EVEN IF THEY DID NOT
11:57:05AM BELONG TO YOU IN THE FIRST PLACE.
11:57:07AM WE UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE WHO HAVE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO USING
11:57:10AM THIS, EVEN IN A MANNER -- DON'T WANT TO SAY INAPPROPRIATE AS
11:57:14AM IF ANYONE DID ANYTHING WRONG, FOLKS ACCUSTOMED TO USE IT IN
11:57:18AM A AMERICAN NOT INTENDED, I GET THAT IT DOESN'T MAKE IT STING
11:57:23AM ANY LESS WHEN IT'S TAKEN AWAY.
11:57:24AM BUT SOMEBODY LIVES HERE.
11:57:26AM A LOT OF FOLKS WHO USE THIS, HAVE ALL THE BENEFITS OF USING
11:57:29AM THE PROPERTY BUT NONE OF THE BURDENS.
11:57:30AM THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER IS RAISING TWO SMALL KIDS.
11:57:33AM GOT AN EIGHT WEEK OLD KID.
11:57:35AM THAT'S WHY THIS IS GETTING FILED.
11:57:37AM TWO-YEAR-OLD AND EIGHT WEEK OLD FIVE FEET FROM WHAT'S TURNED
11:57:43AM INTO A COMMUNITY PARK ON PRIVATE LAND.
11:57:45AM THAT'S NOT RIGHT.
11:57:46AM NO AMOUNT OF OPPOSITION OR -- IT'S NOT RIGHT.
11:57:52AM THIS IS ABOUT PROPERTY RIGHTS AND THAT DOES STILL MATTER.
11:57:55AM I WAS A PHILOSOPHY MAJOR.
11:57:58AM THERE IS THIS IDEA THAT JUSTICE IS GETTING WHAT YOU'RE DUE.
11:58:02AM THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A BRAND-NEW PARK.
11:58:05AM MAYBE IT'S NOT AS CLOSE AS IT COULD BE, MAYBE NOT A DEAD END
11:58:08AM IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PARK.
11:58:11AM IF YOU ALL WANT TO BUY THE LAND, THE CITY CAN MAKE AN OFFER
11:58:15AM TO BUY THE LAND FROM THE OWNERS, IF YOU WANT TO PUT EVEN
11:58:17AM MORE PARKS IN THE AREA IN THE CITY THAT YOU KNOW HAS A LOT
11:58:21AM OF DEMAND FOR PARKS IN THE CITY.
11:58:22AM THAT'S ONE OUTCOME.
11:58:23AM BUILD A ROAD, BUY THE LAND OR ALLOW THIS LAND TO GO BACK TO
11:58:27AM ITS ORIGINAL OWNER BECAUSE YOU'RE USING THE DICTIONARY AS A
11:58:30AM DOOR STOP.
11:58:31AM YOU'RE NOT USING THIS LAND AS A ROAD AND YOU'RE NOT GOING
11:58:34AM TO.
11:58:35AM WITH THAT, ONE OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD LIKE TO
11:58:38AM SHARE A COUPLE OF WORDS.
11:58:40AM THANKS.
11:58:41AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
11:58:42AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:58:44AM >> STEVE YERRID.
11:58:45AM 5005 SAN GABLE COURT.
11:58:48AM FIRST, LET ME THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATE TIME IN LOOKING
11:58:51AM AT THIS ISSUE.
11:58:52AM I WANT TO DISPEL CERTAIN NOTIONS MADE ABOUT THEM.
11:58:57AM I GUESS I'M THEM WITH REGARD TO GREED, I'LL STAND ON MY
11:59:02AM REPUTATION.
11:59:02AM I DON'T DISPUTE WHAT THE LADY SAID ABOUT THE FIVE HUNDRED
11:59:06AM AND SOME DOLLARS.
11:59:07AM I'VE LIVED IN SUNSET PARK SINCE 1966.
11:59:10AM I HAVE MOWED THAT YARD, THAT GRASS THAT LOT WHICH IS GOING
11:59:14AM TO CONTINUE TO BE A LOT AND HOPEFULLY PUT IRRIGATION AND GET
11:59:17AM GOOD GRASS IN THERE SINCE I GUESS ABOUT 38 YEARS, SOMETHING
11:59:23AM LIKE THAT.
11:59:23AM PEOPLE TALK VERY EASILY ABOUT SAFETY CONCERNS.
11:59:26AM WELL, YOU CAN PUT UP SIGNS, LET ME BE VERY CLEAR.
11:59:30AM I THINK COUNCILMAN MIRANDA KNOWS ME QUITE WELL, I'VE NOW
11:59:33AM BECOME A GRANDFATHER.
11:59:33AM I'VE A THREE-YEAR-OLD GRANDSON AND A SEVEN WEEK OLD
11:59:37AM GRANDDAUGHTER.
11:59:40AM THERE'S ABOUT THAT HIGH OF CONCRETE WALL SEPARATING MY SON'S
11:59:45AM HOUSE AND HIS FAMILY FROM THAT LOT.
11:59:47AM I DON'T KNOW WHERE THESE PEOPLE GO AT NIGHT, BUT I CAN TELL
11:59:50AM YOU 1:00, 2:00 IN THE MORNING, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A
11:59:53AM SIGN THAT WILL ALLEVIATE MY SECURITY CONCERNS.
11:59:57AM HAD THAT LOT BEEN USED BY ANYBODY, I HOPE I'M UNDER OATH,
12:00:01PM I'VE NEVER SEEN A KAYAKER, NEVER SEEN A FISHERMAN.
12:00:06PM ALL I'VE SEEN IS PEOPLE USING THAT FOR DOG -- WELL, TO DO
12:00:11PM THE BUSINESS OF DOGS.
12:00:12PM DO KIDS PASS BALL THERE?
12:00:15PM I HOPE SO.
12:00:16PM THAT'S WHY I URGED THE CITY TO BUILD THE PARK DOWN BY
12:00:19PM WESTSHORE AND DUNDEE.
12:00:21PM I PLEADED WITH THE CITY.
12:00:23PM WE NEEDED THAT PARK.
12:00:25PM THAT PARK IS HALF A MILE AWAY IS FOUR BLOCKS AWAY.
12:00:29PM IF YOU HAVE ANY STAMINA AT ALL, YOU CAN MAKE THE LONG WALK
12:00:32PM AND ENTER A BEAUTIFUL PARK THAT IS SECURE AND SAFE.
12:00:35PM I DON'T WANT ANYTHING FOR NOTHING.
12:00:36PM AND THAT'S WHAT IT SEEMS LIKE SOME PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE THIS
12:00:38PM OUT TO BE.
12:00:39PM I WANT SECURITY AND PEACE OF MIND OVER A LOT THAT IS NO USE
12:00:45PM TO ANYBODY EXCEPT OUR SECURITY AND NOMINATE.
12:00:48PM WON'T BUILD A HIGH-RISE THERE.
12:00:50PM YOU HAVE MY WORD ON THAT.
12:00:52PM ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER THEM.
12:00:56PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:00:56PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
12:00:58PM THAT CONCLUDES THE HEARING.
12:01:02PM ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS?
12:01:06PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR ATTORNEY.
12:01:12PM CAN YOU GIVE ME THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN AN EASEMENT AND A
12:01:17PM RIGHT-OF-WAY?
12:01:20PM >>RON WIGGINTON: RON WIGGINTON, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
12:01:22PM A RIGHT-OF-WAY IS LIKE A SUPER EASEMENT.
12:01:24PM IT CAN BE USED FOR MULTIPLE PURPOSES SUCH AS MOBILITY AND
12:01:27PM UTILITIES.
12:01:28PM AN EASEMENT IS MUCH MORE LIMITED TO A SPECIFIC PURPOSE FOR
12:01:31PM WHICH IT HAS GIVEN THE EASEMENT, SUCH AS A WATER EASEMENT OR
12:01:35PM STORMWATER EASEMENT.
12:01:36PM BUT IT'S JUST LIMITED TO THAT PURPOSE.
12:01:38PM A RIGHT-OF-WAY CAN BE USED FOR MULTIPLE PURPOSES, BUT NOT A
12:01:41PM PARK.
12:01:42PM NOT INTENDED TO BE USED AS A PARK.
12:01:49PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
12:01:50PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ELSE?
12:01:51PM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
12:01:53PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OUR ATTORNEY DISTRIBUTED A MEMO FROM A
12:01:59PM SENIOR ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY DATED APRIL 5, 2011,
12:02:05PM REFERENCING THAT SUPER EASEMENT YOU JUST SPOKE OF.
12:02:08PM ONE OF THE CLARIFICATIONS WAS THAT IT IS A SUPER EASEMENT
12:02:12PM AND USED FOR A VARIETY OF PUBLIC PURPOSES AND THEN IT USES
12:02:16PM DIFFERENT EXAMPLES.
12:02:16PM THEN IT SAYS OR OTHER SIMILAR USES FOR THE PUBLIC WELFARE.
12:02:28PM >>RON WIGGINTON: A RIGHT-OF-WAY IS MOSTLY INTENDED FOR
12:02:30PM MOBILITY PURPOSES FOR SIDEWALK --
12:02:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS SAYS AND THIS IS FROM
12:02:36PM CITY STAFF.
12:02:37PM >>RON WIGGINTON: I KNOW THE MEMO YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.
12:02:39PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: APRIL 5, 2011.
12:02:43PM >>RON WIGGINTON: I DEFINITELY HAVE IT.
12:02:44PM BEAR WITH ME.
12:02:45PM FOR OTHER SIMILAR USES FOR THE PUBLIC WELFARE, WHAT I HAVE
12:02:52PM SEEN IN MY EXPERIENCE IS THAT PARKS ARE VERY SPECIFICALLY
12:02:57PM IDENTIFIED FOR THAT SPECIFIC PURPOSE.
12:02:59PM YOU CAN'T REALLY PLAY IN A PARK WHEN IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A
12:03:03PM RIGHT-OF-WAY.
12:03:04PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THINK YOU CAN THROW OUT THE WORD PARK.
12:03:06PM WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC USE.
12:03:08PM >>RON WIGGINTON: GREENSPACE THEN.
12:03:10PM RIGHT-OF-WAY.
12:03:11PM YOU DO HAVE MEDIANS.
12:03:12PM WOULD YOU CONSIDER THAT A GREENSPACE POSSIBLY?
12:03:14PM AGAIN, A RIGHT-OF-WAY IS NOT REALLY INTENDED FOR
12:03:18PM RECREATIONAL USE.
12:03:19PM IT'S USED FOR MOBILITY AND UTILITIES.
12:03:21PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHAT WOULD YOU DEFINE PUBLIC WELFARE?
12:03:24PM >>RON WIGGINTON: I DID NOT WRITE THIS MEMO.
12:03:29PM I CANNOT MAKE HER ARGUMENT FOR HER.
12:03:31PM IT IS A GOOD MEMO.
12:03:33PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: GOOD ANSWER YOU GAVE.
12:03:34PM I JUST WANT TO CLEAR UP MY MIND.
12:03:37PM YOU HAVE A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT IS OWNED BY SOMEONE OTHER
12:03:41PM THAN THE CITY, AM I CORRECT?
12:03:44PM >> YES.
12:03:46PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THEN WE HAVE A RIGHT-OF-WAY THROUGH THE
12:03:47PM PROPERTY, AM I CORRECT?
12:03:49PM >>RON WIGGINTON: YES.
12:03:50PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HOW BIG IS THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND HOW MUCH
12:03:52PM LAND ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY?
12:03:56PM >>RON WIGGINTON: THE RIGHT-OF-WAY IS TYPICALLY DELINEATED BY
12:03:58PM THE PLAT AND SHOWS THE DIMENSION OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, THE
12:04:00PM WIDTH, LENGTH, AND WHERE IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE POSITIONS.
12:04:03PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I DON'T THINK I HAVE THE PLAT.
12:04:04PM I JUST WANT TO SEE.
12:04:13PM >> THE RIGHT-OF-WAY IS 50 FEET.
12:04:17PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I ONLY CAN REMEMBER ONE ITEM THAT WE DID
12:04:20PM BACK IN THE '70s OR '80s.
12:04:22PM I WASN'T HERE IN THE '80s AND EARLY '90s.
12:04:25PM IT WAS A RIGHT-OF-WAY THAT WAS USED AND IT CAME TO AN
12:04:29PM AGREEMENT, THE PEOPLE WHO OWN THE LAND, BUT UNDER THAT
12:04:35PM OWNERSHIP, THERE WAS A BIG SEWER LINE THAT RAN ACROSS THE
12:04:40PM PROPERTY.
12:04:40PM UNBEKNOWNST TO ANYONE, THEY GAVE THEM A PERMIT TO BUILD, AND
12:04:45PM HE BUILT.
12:04:46PM AND THEN REALIZED THAT UNDER THAT LINE WAS A CITY BIG THING.
12:04:52PM SO YOU HAVE A BUILDING THAT'S BUILT ON HIS PROPERTY, BUT
12:04:57PM UNDER THE CENTER OF THAT BUILDING WAS A RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR THE
12:05:00PM CITY.
12:05:01PM I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO SPECIFICS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO
12:05:04PM START ANOTHER DEBATE.
12:05:05PM THAT WAS SOLVED THAT THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY SAID AT ANY
12:05:12PM TIME AGREED WITH THE CITY THAT AT ANY TIME THERE WAS A
12:05:15PM BLOCKAGE THERE -- I'M NOT USING THAT TO -- THIS CASE.
12:05:20PM THINGS DO HAPPEN UNDER THE CONTROL OF NO ONE.
12:05:23PM THAT RIGHT-OF-WAY WAS GIVEN.
12:05:24PM THE OWNER AGREED TO ANYTIME THE CITY HAD TO GO AND DO ANY
12:05:28PM WORK ON THAT LINE AT THAT TIME, HE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
12:05:32PM OPENING AND CLOSING THE LINE IF THE CITY DID THE WORK.
12:05:35PM TO STOP WHATEVER IT WAS, THE DRAINAGE OR WHATEVER HAPPENED
12:05:39PM OR THE PIPE BROKE OR WHATEVER.
12:05:41PM THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
12:05:43PM THIS IS A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT HAS BEEN USED, NOT BEEN
12:05:46PM USED BY THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
12:05:48PM I CAN TELL BY THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES THAT I GOT, BUT THE
12:05:52PM PROPERTY IS NOT OWNED BY THE CITY TOTALLY.
12:05:54PM UNDER THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, AM I CORRECT?
12:05:56PM >> THE CITY HAS A RIGHT-OF-WAY INTEREST WHICH IS WHAT I SAID
12:05:59PM IS A SUPER EASEMENT.
12:06:00PM WE DO NOT OWN THE UNDERLYING --
12:06:04PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU JUST HAVE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY UNDER IT.
12:06:07PM >>RON WIGGINTON: RIGHT-OF-WAY INTEREST.
12:06:08PM SOMEONE ELSE OWNS THE FEE.
12:06:10PM I CAN'T MAKE A REPRESENTATION AS TO WHO ACTUALLY OWNS THE
12:06:15PM FEE.
12:06:17PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THE CITY DOESN'T OWN ANY PART OF THAT
12:06:19PM PROPERTY?
12:06:19PM >>RON WIGGINTON: SOMETIMES THEY DO OWN THE UNDERLYING FEE
12:06:22PM BECAUSE THEY GET A DEED.
12:06:23PM MOST CASES WE DO NOT OWN THE UNDERLYING FEE.
12:06:26PM WE HAVE A RIGHT-OF-WAY INTEREST ON TOP OF THE FEE WHICH IS
12:06:30PM MORE BUSINESS --
12:06:32PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: DO WE OWN THAT LAND OR NOT?
12:06:35PM >>RON WIGGINTON: WE DO NOT OWN IT IN FEE, NO, SIR.
12:06:38PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NOT ONE INCH OF IT?
12:06:40PM >>RON WIGGINTON: I HAVE NO INFORMATION TO INDICATE THAT AT
12:06:42PM ALL.
12:06:43PM IN FACT, MR. HUDSON HAS MENTIONED THAT HE HAS TITLE WORK ON
12:06:49PM THIS AND IT CLEARLY ESTABLISHES THAT THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE
12:06:53PM ANY FEE SIMPLE INTEREST IN THIS.
12:06:55PM I'M NOT SURE IF I'M ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION RIGHT.
12:07:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
12:07:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THINK FOR CLARIFICATION, I THINK WHAT
12:07:07PM WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT-OF-WAY, WHICH
12:07:12PM IS ACCESS.
12:07:13PM A SUPER EASEMENT, INCLUDING THE GRASS, ABOVE AND BELOW
12:07:18PM GROUND.
12:07:18PM UTILITY EASEMENTS BELOW THE GROUND AND THE PUBLIC HAS VIA
12:07:23PM THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS AN INTEREST TO HAVE A RIGHT-OF-WAY TO
12:07:26PM BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THIS PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC PURPOSE AS IT
12:07:30PM PRESENTLY STANDS, CORRECT?
12:07:31PM >>RON WIGGINTON: CORRECT.
12:07:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THINK THAT IS THE ISSUE.
12:07:35PM BECAUSE THE PUBLIC HAS USED THIS, ISN'T THERE SOMETHING
12:07:41PM ABOUT PUBLIC USE FOR SO MANY YEARS -- INTEREST TO THAT
12:07:47PM PROPERTY BECOMES KIND OF LOCKED IN BECAUSE THE PROPERTY HAS
12:07:50PM BEEN USED IN SUCH A WAY FOR SO MANY DECADES OR SO MANY
12:07:53PM YEARS?
12:07:56PM >> ABSOLUTELY.
12:07:56PM ABSOLUTELY NOT.
12:07:58PM THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO LEGAL PRECEDENT FOR THE NOTION THAT
12:08:02PM NO MATTER HOW LONG THAT DECADES OF USE -- INCONSISTENT WITH
12:08:07PM THAT EASEMENT CHANGES THE NATURE OF IT.
12:08:10PM REAL ESTATE LAW DOES NOT CHANGE VERY MUCH AND THAT IS A
12:08:13PM BEDROCK COMPONENT OF REAL ESTATE COMMON LAW.
12:08:16PM YOU MIGHT BE REFERRING TO THE NOTION OF ADVERSE POSSESSION,
12:08:20PM WHICH IS SORT OF THE IDEA OF SQUATTER RIGHTS.
12:08:23PM FAIRLY USELESS PIECE OF LAW SCHOOL ALTERNATIVE I CAN'T.
12:08:27PM IF YOU ASK ME, YOU DON'T SEE THAT VERY OFTEN.
12:08:30PM THAT REQUIRES PROPERTY TAXES, OPEN AND NOTORIOUS POSSESSION.
12:08:34PM NONE OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PAYING PROPERTY TAXES ON IT.
12:08:39PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: FOR THE APPLICANT, WHAT IS THE TAX
12:08:41PM STRUCTURE?
12:08:41PM EDUCATE ME.
12:08:43PM I'M NOT FAMILIAR.
12:08:44PM WHAT IS THE TAX STRUCTURE FOR THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL WE ARE
12:08:47PM TALKING ABOUT?
12:08:48PM >> I DON'T BELIEVE IT IS TAXED AT ALL.
12:08:50PM IF THE COUNCIL APPROVES THE VACATING, AUTOMATICALLY THAT
12:08:52PM RIGHT-OF-WAY IS CUT IN HALF TO A NORTHERN HEMISPHERE AND
12:08:56PM SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, EACH BEARING 25 FEET OF WIDTH.
12:09:00PM AUTOMATICALLY GET JOINED TO THE LOTS ADJACENT.
12:09:03PM JANUARY 1st OF 2026 CHANGE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE
12:09:08PM PARCELS AND THEN IT WOULD BE ON THE ROLLS.
12:09:11PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE INTEREST THAT YOUR APPLICANT HAS ON
12:09:13PM THIS -- HE HAS NOT BEEN PAYING TAXES ON IT.
12:09:19PM HISTORICALLY, THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN
12:09:23PM THE PROPERTY LIKE ALLEYS.
12:09:25PM BUT NOT PAYING PROPERTY TAXES ON IT.
12:09:31PM >> HE HAS BEEN BEARING THE BURDEN OF MAINTENANCE AND
12:09:34PM ENORMOUS RISK OF LIABILITY AND THAT'S JUST BEEN --
12:09:38PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I LOVE WHAT THE HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION
12:09:41PM ATTORNEY SAID THAT DIRT IS PRICELESS, ESPECIALLY IN THIS
12:09:44PM PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD.
12:09:46PM WHAT IS THE COST OF DIRT IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD?
12:09:48PM IT'S GOT TO BE AN EXPENSIVE PIECE OF PROPERTY.
12:09:52PM >> IT'S EXPENSIVE.
12:09:53PM THERE IS A LOT OF TRAGIC CHANGE HAPPENING IN THE
12:09:55PM NEIGHBORHOOD AND A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND TAMPA BECAUSE
12:09:58PM OF THE STORMS.
12:09:59PM THAT IS SOMETHING, BUT, AGAIN, IF YOU'RE GOING IN THE
12:10:02PM DIRECTION THAT THERE'S COMPENSATION DUE, THIS IS PRIVATE
12:10:06PM LAND.
12:10:06PM THIS IS PRIVATE LAND.
12:10:08PM IMPOSING SOME TYPE OF COST ON THE PROPERTY OWNER TO GET
12:10:12PM THEIR LAND BACK, TO FREE THEM OF AN EASEMENT NO ONE IS
12:10:16PM USING, THAT IS ILLEGAL EXACTION.
12:10:18PM IF THE CITY OWNED FEE SIMPLE TO THE LAND, TOTAL DIFFERENT
12:10:22PM STORY AND THEN APPRAISAL TIME.
12:10:24PM SOMETHING THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN VIGILANT ABOUT IN DIFFERENT
12:10:27PM CIRCUMSTANCES, I.E., WHERE THE CITY OWNS LAND.
12:10:29PM THE CITY DOES NOT OWN THIS LAND.
12:10:31PM THE CITY DOES HAVE A RIGHT AS ESSENTIALLY TRUSTEE OF THE
12:10:35PM GENERAL PUBLIC TO CONSTRUCT A ROAD HERE.
12:10:38PM CONSTRUCT RIGHT-OF-WAY HERE.
12:10:39PM THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.
12:10:41PM THE TERMINUS OF DRYAD STREET.
12:10:43PM IF THIS WAS GOING TO BE A PARK OR GREENSPACE, THEY HAD THE
12:10:48PM WORD PARK IN 1919 AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SO LABELED.
12:10:51PM JUST LIKE DOCKS LABELED IN THE 1900s, WHARFS IN THE
12:10:56PM 1880s.
12:10:59PM THIS IS THE END OF THE ROAD AND LIKE THIS FOR 106 YEARS.
12:11:02PM WE NEED TO BRING THIS TO A CLOSE.
12:11:05PM THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.
12:11:06PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:11:08PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IS THIS LAND BUILDABLE IN ANY WAY?
12:11:11PM >> NOT BECAUSE OF THE STORMWATER EASEMENT.
12:11:13PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU CANNOT ENCROACH FROM EITHER SIDE TO
12:11:15PM BUILD SOMETHING.
12:11:20PM >> I'LL SHOW YOU THE EASEMENT TERMS.
12:11:23PM GET MOBILITY'S PERMISSION TO DO ANY TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT
12:11:29PM STRUCTURE.
12:11:29PM WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.
12:11:31PM THIS IS NOT QUASI-JUDICIAL.
12:11:35PM SWORE IN EARLIER.
12:11:37PM THERE'S NOT BEEN A SINGLE WORD ABOUT PUTTING A STRUCTURE
12:11:41PM HERE.
12:11:41PM NO ONE WANTS TO PUT A STRUCTURE.
12:11:42PM WANT TO PUT A FENCE BECAUSE IT IS PRIVATE LAND AND DON'T
12:11:45PM WANT IT TO BE A COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACE.
12:11:47PM I REALIZE THAT'S UNPOPULAR WITH THE COMMUNITY, BUT NOT GOING
12:11:51PM TO BE OBTUSE WITH YOU.
12:11:53PM WE DON'T WANT THE COMMUNITY TO USE THE LAND.
12:11:55PM IT'S PRIVATE AND NOT USING AS RIGHT-OF-WAY.
12:11:58PM ANY SUGGESTION ON LANGUAGE, COUNCIL'S PLEASURE, HAPPY TO
12:12:01PM ENTERTAIN THAT.
12:12:02PM TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS AN EASEMENT NOT JUST OVER THE GRAVITY
12:12:08PM MAIN THAT EMPTIES OUT BELOW DUNDEE STREET INTO OLD TAMPA
12:12:11PM BAY, IT'S OVER THE WHOLE LAND.
12:12:15PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU CAN'T EVEN BUILD A WALL ACROSS THE
12:12:17PM FRONT OF IT, EVEN THOUGH LINES UNDER YOU.
12:12:20PM >> NO.
12:12:20PM NO PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY STRUCTURES.
12:12:22PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: LAND DOESN'T CHANGE AT ALL.
12:12:24PM STAYS THE WAY IT IS.
12:12:25PM >> STAYS THE WAY IT IS, JUST A FENCE INSTALLED IN SOME WAY
12:12:28PM THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO CONSENT TO.
12:12:30PM IT IS A PERMANENT OR TEMPORARILY STRUCTURE.
12:12:32PM COUNCIL'S PLEASURE, WE CAN ADD FENCE.
12:12:34PM THE CITY WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS.
12:12:36PM THE STORY THAT YOU SHARED ABOUT SOMEONE BUILDING A HOUSE
12:12:39PM OVER A STORMWATER EASEMENT, THAT'S WILD.
12:12:41PM THAT'S INCOMPREHENSIBLE IN THIS DAY AND AGE.
12:12:45PM THIS IS A GRAVITY MAIN.
12:12:50PM NOT LIKE A THREE INCH WATER PIPE.
12:12:52PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PUBLIC COMMENT IS OVER.
12:12:55PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT CASE.
12:12:57PM I NEVER HEARD ONE LIKE THIS.
12:12:59PM IS THERE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE WORKED OUT BETWEEN YOURSELF,
12:13:02PM THE CLIENT AND THE CITY THAT IT REMAINS THE SAME.
12:13:04PM THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT AND WE'LL MOW AND CLEAN THE
12:13:09PM PLACE.
12:13:10PM >> THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SOME TIME.
12:13:14PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: TRYING TO FIND A REMEDY.
12:13:15PM >> APPRECIATE IT.
12:13:16PM I DON'T LIKE TO COME HERE.
12:13:17PM I DON'T THINK MY CLIENTS LIKE TO COME HERE AND BE ADVERSE TO
12:13:20PM YOUR NEIGHBORS.
12:13:21PM NO ONE LIKES THAT.
12:13:22PM UNFORTUNATELY, YOU'RE SEEING MORE OF THAT BECAUSE YOU HAVE
12:13:24PM THE ROLE OF ARBITRATING PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS.
12:13:32PM ESPECIALLY IN A CITY GROWING.
12:13:33PM OUR POSITION IS BASED ON WHAT THE LAW SAYS.
12:13:36PM AND THE LAW SAYS THIS IS PRIVATE LAND.
12:13:40PM IT IS SUBJECT TO AN EASEMENT THAT THE CITY IS NOT USING, AND
12:13:43PM WE ARE WILLING TO ESSENTIALLY EXCHANGE THAT EASEMENT FOR
12:13:47PM RIGHT-OF-WAY, WHICH THE CITY IS NOT USING FOR AN EASEMENT
12:13:49PM FOR STORMWATER, WHICH THE CITY ABSOLUTELY DOES NEED.
12:13:53PM AND WE HAVE NO QUALM WITH THAT.
12:13:54PM BUT WE DO NOT WANT THIS TO BE A COMMUNITY PARK BECAUSE IT IS
12:13:58PM PRIVATE PROPERTY.
12:14:00PM I THINK THAT IS AN UNREASONABLE REQUEST TO PLACE UPON ANY
12:14:02PM CITIZEN OF TAMPA AND THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY.
12:14:05PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:14:06PM ANYTHING FURTHER?
12:14:07PM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
12:14:12PM >>RON WIGGINTON: LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
12:14:14PM I BELIEVE IT WAS COUNCILMAN MIRANDA THAT WAS ASKING ABOUT
12:14:16PM WHAT CAN BE BUILT THERE.
12:14:18PM AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE ELMO THAT THE ORDINANCE PROVIDES THAT
12:14:22PM NO PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY STRUCTURES OTHER THAN PAVEMENT AND
12:14:26PM CURBING SHALL BE ALLOWED TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON OR OVER OR
12:14:29PM UNDER THE VACATED RIGHT-OF-WAY AND NO LANDSCAPING OTHER THAN
12:14:32PM GRASS OR SMALL SHRUBBERY SHALL BE ALLOWED TO BE PLANTED
12:14:35PM WITHIN THE VACATED RIGHT-OF-WAY WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN
12:14:38PM CONSENT OF THE CITY'S MOBILITY DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR.
12:14:41PM SO IF AND WHEN THEY DECIDE TO REQUEST THE INSTALLATION OF A
12:14:45PM FENCE, THEY WILL NEED TO GO TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE
12:14:48PM STORMWATER DEPARTMENT OR DIVISION, RATHER, AND GET THEIR
12:14:51PM WRITTEN PERMISSION.
12:14:54PM THAT DOESN'T, OF COURSE, HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH WHETHER
12:14:56PM THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE A PERMIT OR NOT.
12:14:59PM BUT THE DIRECTOR IS GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS AMPLE
12:15:02PM OPPORTUNITY AND ACCESS TO THE EASEMENT AREA, BOTH IN TIMES
12:15:06PM OF EMERGENCY OR REGULAR MAINTENANCE.
12:15:09PM SO THERE WILL BE PROBABLY A GATE THERE.
12:15:11PM COULD BE A LOCK BOX, COULD BE A LOT OF THINGS THAT THE
12:15:14PM DIRECTOR WOULD CONSIDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS OPEN
12:15:17PM ACCESS FOR OUR STAFF TO MAINTAIN THE EASEMENT AREA, AS FAR
12:15:23PM AS OUR FACILITIES ARE LOCATED IN THAT AREA.
12:15:25PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON AND CLENDENIN AND
12:15:27PM HURTAK.
12:15:29PM >>BILL CARLSON: I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT
12:15:36PM TITLE.
12:15:37PM ISN'T IT UNUSUAL THAT THE CITY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CONFIRM
12:15:42PM OFFICIALLY WHO HAS TITLE OF A PROPERTY?
12:15:43PM I KNOW YOU SAID THE APPLICANT HAS PUT UP TITLE WORK, BUT IF
12:15:48PM THE CITY DOESN'T CONFIRM, WHAT LEGAL AUTHORITY DOES CONFIRM
12:15:52PM WHO HAS, IF THERE'S SOME DISPUTE AFTER WE MAKE THIS
12:15:55PM DECISION, WHO WOULD BE THE FINAL WORD ON WHO HAS TITLE?
12:16:00PM >>RON WIGGINTON: ULTIMATELY IT WOULD BE A COURT OF LAW THAT
12:16:02PM WOULD MAKE THAT DETERMINATION AS TO WHO OWNS THE UNDERLYING
12:16:05PM FEE.
12:16:06PM POSSIBLY COULD BE THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S OFFICE, BUT I
12:16:09PM CAN'T CONFIRM OR BE SURE OF THAT.
12:16:12PM THE CITY IS NOT IN A POSITION TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.
12:16:15PM IT BECOMES IN ESSENCE A PRIVATE PROPERTY MATTER THAT IS UP
12:16:19PM TO THEM TO RESOLVE LEGALLY.
12:16:22PM AGAIN, WITH THIS ORDINANCE, WE'RE NOT TOUCHING THE
12:16:24PM UNDERLYING FEE.
12:16:25PM WHATEVER THAT IS TODAY WILL BE THE SAME WAY TOMORROW.
12:16:31PM >> SECTION 92 OF THIS EASEMENT SAYS THAT IF THE CITY OWNS
12:16:35PM THE TITLE THAN WE OUGHT TO BUY IT.
12:16:39PM ALWAYS SET UP THAT WAY.
12:16:40PM HUNDRED PERCENT CONFIDENT WE OWN IT, BUT THERE IS A BACKSTOP
12:16:44PM IN THERE.
12:16:44PM IT'S NOT LIKE THE APPROVAL OF THIS CHANGES THE TITLE.
12:16:47PM IT RELEASES OR RELINQUISHES AN EASEMENT AREN'T USING.
12:16:52PM THE ORDINANCE DOES ADDRESS THAT.
12:16:55PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
12:16:57PM >>LYNN HURTAK: MR. WIGGINTON, WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO VACATE
12:17:02PM STORMWATER?
12:17:03PM SAY ANY PROPERTY, THERE IS A STORMWATER --
12:17:10PM >> EASEMENT.
12:17:11PM >>LYNN HURTAK: ON IT BUT SOMEBODY FILES TO VACATE THE
12:17:15PM STORMWATER.
12:17:15PM >> THEY WOULD GO THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT GROWTH MANAGEMENT
12:17:18PM DEPARTMENT AND FILE AN APPLICATION TO RELEASE THE EASEMENT.
12:17:20PM YOU CAN RELEASE THE ENTIRE EASEMENT OR RELEASE A PORTION OF
12:17:23PM THE EASEMENT BUT ONLY IF YOU CAN ESTABLISH THAT EASEMENT IS
12:17:26PM NO LONGER BEING USED TODAY AND NO FUTURE NEED FOR THE
12:17:29PM EASEMENT.
12:17:29PM >>LYNN HURTAK: BUT THAT IS SOLELY ADMINISTRATIVE.
12:17:32PM >>RON WIGGINTON: NO, IT GOES BEFORE YOU TYPICALLY ON YOUR
12:17:35PM CONSENT AGENDA.
12:17:35PM YOU'LL SEE A RELEASE OF EASEMENTS.
12:17:37PM PROBABLY HAVE SEEN THOSE MANY TIMES.
12:17:40PM >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY.
12:17:41PM THANK YOU.
12:17:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, DID YOU WANT
12:17:43PM TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE?
12:17:44PM MR. SHELBY.
12:17:46PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I'D ASK IF
12:17:49PM MR. HUDSON HAS ANY FINAL COMMENTS BECAUSE THERE WAS NOR
12:17:53PM TESTIMONY TAKEN.
12:17:55PM HE HAD BEEN ADDRESSING IT, BUT IF YOU WANT TO MAKE ANY
12:17:58PM CLOSING STATEMENTS, PLEASE DO SO NOW.
12:18:00PM >> TYLER HUDSON, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE.
12:18:04PM HOPEFULLY NOT PAST THE POINT OF HUMOR.
12:18:06PM THIS IS THE END OF THE ROAD.
12:18:08PM WE HAVE NOTHING MORE TO SAY.
12:18:09PM WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AND PATIENT CONSIDERATION.
12:18:13PM THANK YOU.
12:18:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO CLOSE FOR THE PURPOSE OF
12:18:18PM DISCUSSION ABOUT THE OBSERVATIONS.
12:18:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
12:18:23PM VIERA TO CLOSE.
12:18:24PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:18:25PM AYE.
12:18:26PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THIS IS A TOUGH ONE BECAUSE I'M A BIG
12:18:29PM PROPERTY RIGHTS GUY, BUT I FIND THAT THE PUBLIC INTEREST,
12:18:33PM AND ESPECIALLY GIVEN IN LIGHT OF THIS MEMORANDUM THAT WAS
12:18:38PM ISSUED BY OUR SENIOR ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY ON APRIL 5,
12:18:43PM 2011, ON THE REVIEW OF APPLICANTS FOR VACATION OF
12:18:46PM RIGHT-OF-WAY, IT'S PRETTY COMPELLING.
12:18:50PM AGAIN, LOOKING AT, ONE, THE TESTIMONY THAT THE PUBLIC HAS
12:18:56PM PROVIDED ABOUT THE PUBLIC USE AND THE DEFINITIONS OF WHAT
12:18:59PM THE RIGHT-OF-WAY IS FOR PUBLIC USE, I MEAN, IT SEEMS CLEAR
12:19:03PM THAT THE PUBLIC IS USING THE PROPERTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH
12:19:07PM WHAT THE INTENT OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY IS.
12:19:09PM AND IN THIS MEMO, IF YOU ALL HAVEN'T READ IT, SAYS CITY
12:19:12PM COUNCIL SHOULD CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA WHEN DECIDING
12:19:14PM ON AN APPLICATION TO VACATE A RIGHT-OF-WAY BASED ON THE
12:19:17PM REPORTS AND EVIDENCE PRESENTED, IS IN THE INTEREST OF THE
12:19:20PM GENERAL WELFARE TO VACATE THE SUBJECT STREET OR ALLEY, I
12:19:23PM THINK THAT'S PRETTY INTERESTING.
12:19:25PM ALSO, LIKE I SAID EARLIER IN OUR CONVERSATIONS, THIS IS
12:19:28PM CONSIDERED A SUPER EASEMENT AND THAT A SUPER EASEMENT IS --
12:19:35PM ONE OF THE USES IS PUBLIC WELFARE.
12:19:37PM I THINK IT WAS CLEARLY ESTABLISHED IN THE TESTIMONY BY THE
12:19:40PM FOLKS THAT CAME BEFORE US TODAY THAT PUBLIC WELFARE IS AN
12:19:44PM INTEREST IN THIS PROPERTY, WHICH IS COMPLETELY ALIGNED WITH
12:19:49PM WHAT THE PURPOSE OF A RIGHT-OF-WAY IS.
12:19:51PM I'M NOT -- AGAIN, I'M A BIG PERSONAL PROPERTY GUY.
12:19:55PM I DO BELIEVE THERE ARE PERSONAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, BUT I'M NOT
12:20:00PM ALSO SEEING THE INTEREST -- THERE WAS TESTIMONY ABOUT PUBLIC
12:20:04PM SAFETY AND ALL.
12:20:05PM I'M NOT GETTING IT.
12:20:06PM IF THEY COULD SECURE THEIR OWN PROPERTY AND WE HAVE THE
12:20:10PM POLICE DEPARTMENT, IF THERE'S EVIDENCE THAT THERE WAS
12:20:13PM SOMETHING THERE, I KNOW WE MADE EXCEPTIONS FOR PROPERTIES
12:20:15PM WITH FENCE HEIGHTS IN THE PAST, BUT I DON'T THINK ANY
12:20:19PM COMPETENT, SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE PRESENTED TODAY ABOUT PUBLIC
12:20:23PM SAFETY CONCERNS.
12:20:25PM I'M GOING TO VOTE AGAINST THIS VACATION FOR THAT PURPOSE.
12:20:28PM BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THE OPPOSITION, AND THE FOLKS FROM
12:20:33PM THE NEIGHBORHOOD MADE A COMPELLING CASE.
12:20:37PM I'LL VOTE AGAINST IT.
12:20:38PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
12:20:41PM IT'S FUNNY.
12:20:42PM A LOT OF TIMES IN CASES I ALWAYS SAY THERE'S BLACK AND WHITE
12:20:44PM AND THEN GRAY, THE THINGS IN THE MIDDLE.
12:20:46PM ON THIS, I'LL BE HONEST, COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, I SEE IT
12:20:49PM A DIFFERENT WAY, WHICH IS THAT, LISTENED TO THE PUBLIC AND I
12:20:54PM UNDERSTAND A LOT OF THE ISSUES COMING, BUT ULTIMATELY THE
12:20:56PM RELIEF PROPOSED TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS WHICH IS MORE
12:21:00PM INCREMENTAL IN NATURE I DON'T THINK DOES ENOUGH TO OVERCOME
12:21:02PM THE VERY REASONABLE COMPLAINTS THAT WE'RE SEEING HERE WITH
12:21:06PM REGARDS TO PRIVACY LAWS, LIABILITY ISSUES, SECURITY ISSUES
12:21:11PM AND SO FORTH.
12:21:12PM THIS IS ONE THAT I THINK FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER HITS FAR TOO
12:21:16PM CLOSE TO HOME.
12:21:17PM THE IDEA THAT THIS IS -- A PARK, OBVIOUSLY, I DON'T THINK
12:21:20PM ANYONE IS PROPOSING THAT IN TERMS OF THIS BEING SEEN AS A
12:21:24PM PARK, EVEN A GREENSPACE WITH PUBLIC BENEFIT, I RESPECTFULLY
12:21:30PM DON'T SEE THAT, GIVEN THE DETRIMENT BY THE PROPERTY OWNER
12:21:34PM ULTIMATELY.
12:21:35PM FOR ME, AGAIN, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, WELL, WE CAN HAVE
12:21:38PM INCREMENTAL MEASURES THAT WILL HELP THE PROPERTY OWNER WITH
12:21:40PM THEIR CONCERNS, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE
12:21:43PM INCREMENTALLY TO OVERCOME THE VERY LEGITIMATE AND REASONABLE
12:21:47PM COMPLAINTS OF THE PROPERTY OWNER HERE.
12:21:50PM THAT'S HOW I'LL BE PROPOSING HERE TODAY.
12:21:55PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:21:56PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ONE OTHER THING.
12:21:58PM I WOULD ASSUME, WHICHEVER WAY THIS GOES, THAT THE PROPERTY
12:22:02PM OWNER STILL HAS THE RIGHT TO PUT A WALL IN FRONT OF THE
12:22:05PM INGRESS, NO?
12:22:06PM SO IT STAYS THE WAY IT IS.
12:22:10PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING.
12:22:15PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO, I DON'T WANT TO OPEN THE HEARING
12:22:17PM AGAIN.
12:22:17PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
12:22:20PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I KIND OF DEFERRED IT BECAUSE COUNCILMAN
12:22:23PM VIERA IS AN ATTORNEY AND I AM NOT.
12:22:25PM QUERYING ABOUT YOUR -- THE STATEMENT OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY
12:22:29PM ISSUE, I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT PRIVACY, BUT PUBLIC
12:22:31PM SAFETY.
12:22:32PM OTHER THAN STATEMENT OF THE APPLICANT THAT HE HAD CONCERNS,
12:22:35PM THERE WASN'T REALLY ANY EVIDENCE SUGGESTING THAT THERE WAS
12:22:37PM ANYTHING THERE OTHER THAN JUST A STATEMENT THAT HE'S
12:22:40PM CONCERNED THAT PEOPLE ARE STANDING NEXT TO HIS PROPERTY.
12:22:43PM >>LUIS VIERA: YEAH.
12:22:44PM AGAIN, IN RISK MANAGEMENT AND LIABILITY, THERE'S ALWAYS THE
12:22:48PM POSSIBILITY THAT SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN WITH SO MANY PEOPLE
12:22:51PM GOING NEAR THE HOME.
12:22:52PM I DO THINK THAT IS A REASONABLE CONCERN.
12:22:56PM THERE IS A REASONABLE CONCERN.
12:22:58PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ONLY REASONABLE CONCERN BECAUSE SOUTH
12:23:01PM TAMPA AND NOT EAST TAMPA?
12:23:02PM >>LUIS VIERA: NO, NO, NO.
12:23:04PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IT SEEMS LIKE A SOUTH TAMPA THING.
12:23:08PM >>LUIS VIERA: LOOK, MY VOTES, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT
12:23:13PM TONS OF DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS THAT HAVE COME BEFORE CITY
12:23:17PM COUNCIL, I WON'T CITE THEM BECAUSE SOME ARE IN LITIGATION, I
12:23:20PM GO ACCORDING TO WHAT I THINK THE LAW IS.
12:23:24PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU'RE AN ATTORNEY --
12:23:26PM >>LUIS VIERA: I'M NOT A LAND USE ATTORNEY.
12:23:28PM I'M NOT A LAND USE ATTORNEY AT ALL.
12:23:31PM IN FACT, THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF 6-1 VOTES WHERE I DO
12:23:37PM THINGS THAT SOUTH TAMPA PROBABLY DOESN'T LIKE BECAUSE AS I
12:23:41PM ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE, I DON'T WRITE POLITICAL -- STRIKE THAT I
12:23:45PM DON'T WRITE CHECKS THAT I THINK WILL BOUNCE LATER WHEN TAKEN
12:23:48PM TO CIRCUIT COURT THROUGH APPEAL.
12:23:51PM THAT'S BEEN MY POSITION.
12:23:52PM IT'S NOT BECAUSE IT'S SOUTH TAMPA.
12:23:53PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I CAN FOR THE SAKE OF COUNCIL, REMINDING
12:24:01PM YOU THAT THIS IS A LEGISLATIVE MATTER AND IT IS NOT
12:24:06PM QUASI-JUDICIAL.
12:24:08PM IT IS A FAIRLY DEBATABLE STANDARD AND DOES NOT REQUIRE A
12:24:12PM FINDING OF COMPETENT AND SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE IN A CASE.
12:24:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: AS SOON AS I SAID THAT, I REALIZED THAT.
12:24:19PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE COUNCIL GAVE IT
12:24:21PM THE PROPER REVIEW.
12:24:25PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL?
12:24:26PM THE HEARING IS CLOSED.
12:24:28PM I BELIEVE EVERYBODY HAS SPOKEN.
12:24:30PM GO AHEAD, SIR.
12:24:30PM >>LUIS VIERA: I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT
12:24:33PM PERSON TO SEE IF THEY'LL READ IT.
12:24:35PM I'M GLAD TO READ IT.
12:24:36PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE NEXT PERSON WAS HURTAK.
12:24:43PM NO, IT GOES BACK TO MIRANDA BECAUSE THERE WERE A COUPLE OF
12:24:46PM NO VOTES AND I SWITCHED OVER.
12:24:48PM DO YOU WISH TO READ IT, COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA?
12:24:51PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'LL PASS.
12:24:52PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
12:24:53PM >>LUIS VIERA: I MOVE AN ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR FIRST
12:24:57PM READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA,
12:24:58PM FLORIDA, VACATING, CLOSING, DISCONTINUING AND ABANDONING A
12:25:01PM PORTION OF WEST DRYAD STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY LOCATED NORTH OF
12:25:05PM SAN GABLE COURT, SOUTH OF SAN MIGUEL STREET, EAST OF OLD
12:25:10PM TAMPA BAY AND WEST OF DUNDEE STREET WITHIN THE PLAT OF
12:25:13PM SUNSET CAMP SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH
12:25:16PM COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2
12:25:21PM HEREOF, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND
12:25:24PM RESTRICTIONS AS MORE PARTICULARLY SET FORTH HEREIN,
12:25:26PM PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS,
12:25:28PM PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATIONS AND REPEALING
12:25:31PM CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN
12:25:33PM EFFECTIVE DATE.
12:25:34PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
12:25:35PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: SECOND.
12:25:35PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A SECOND.
12:25:37PM LET'S DO A ROLL CALL.
12:25:39PM >>BILL CARLSON: NO.
12:25:40PM >>LYNN HURTAK: NO.
12:25:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NO.
12:25:43PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
12:25:45PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:25:46PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:25:48PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO.
12:25:49PM >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION FAILED WITH CARLSON, HURTAK,
12:25:52PM CLENDENIN, AND MANISCALCO VOTING NO.
12:25:55PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO YOU NEED A MOTION OF DENIAL OR IS
12:25:57PM THAT SUFFICIENT, MR. SHELBY?
12:25:59PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THIS BEING A REQUEST FOR SOMETHING RELATED
12:26:03PM TO PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS, I WOULD SUSPECT -- MS. JOHNSON
12:26:07PM VELEZ, WE SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO DENY?
12:26:09PM TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS APPLICATION REQUIRES BY YOUR CHARTER
12:26:14PM AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF 4.
12:26:16PM MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE A MOTION TO DENY WOULD GIVE YOU THAT
12:26:19PM IF IT PASSES.
12:26:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS THERE A MOTION TO DENY FILE
12:26:22PM VAC-25-06?
12:26:32PM >>BILL CARLSON: MAKE A MOTION TO DENY.
12:26:33PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO DENY FILE VAC-25-06.
12:26:37PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
12:26:38PM ROLL CALL VOTE.
12:26:39PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO.
12:26:41PM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:26:42PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
12:26:43PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES.
12:26:45PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: NO.
12:26:46PM >>LUIS VIERA: NO.
12:26:47PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:26:48PM >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED WITH MIRANDA, HENDERSON, AND
12:26:51PM VIERA VOTING NO.
12:26:52PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
12:26:53PM BEFORE WE BREAK FOR LUNCH, ITEM 62 WHICH SHOULD NOT BE VERY
12:27:00PM LONG REGARDING THE ENCORE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
12:27:02PM WHO IS PRESENTING ON 62?
12:27:04PM IF THERE'S NO ONE HERE, WE'LL WAIT UNTIL LATER.
12:27:07PM YES, MA'AM.
12:27:12PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
12:27:13PM EMMA GREGORY, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
12:27:15PM THIS IS A PROPOSED FIRST READING FOR AN ORDINANCE --
12:27:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IF WE COULD PLEASE LEAVE QUIETLY, WE ARE
12:27:21PM STILL IN THE MEETING.
12:27:25PM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
12:27:25PM YES, MA'AM.
12:27:28PM GO AHEAD.
12:27:29PM >> GOOD MORNING.
12:27:29PM EMMA GREGORY, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
12:27:31PM THIS IS AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING TO AMEND THE
12:27:36PM BOUNDARIES OF THE ENCORE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
12:27:41PM WE HAVE THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE HERE, SARAH, SHOULD
12:27:47PM YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
12:27:47PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
12:27:48PM DOES THE APPLICANT HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD?
12:27:51PM YOU HAVE TO COME UP AND SPEAK IF YOU DO BECAUSE OF THE
12:27:55PM MICROPHONE AND THE CLOSED CAPTIONING.
12:27:57PM YES, MA'AM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
12:27:59PM >> HI.
12:28:00PM SARAH SANDY, KUTAK ROCK, 107 WEST COLLEGE AVENUE IN
12:28:05PM TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA, REPRESENTING THE ENCORE COMMUNITY
12:28:07PM DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
12:28:08PM I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL TO PRESENT, BUT HAPPY TO
12:28:11PM ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY.
12:28:13PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
12:28:14PM ANY QUESTIONS?
12:28:14PM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
12:28:17PM >>LUIS VIERA: STUPID QUESTION.
12:28:18PM WHAT LAW FIRM DO YOU WORK FOR?
12:28:21PM >> KUTAK ROCK.
12:28:26PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
12:28:27PM ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON 62?
12:28:31PM NO, MA'AM.
12:28:32PM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
12:28:33PM >>LYNN HURTAK: JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, DO YOU HAVE A MAP THAT
12:28:36PM SHOWS THIS?
12:28:43PM >> I THINK I DO.
12:28:44PM IT WAS PART OF OUR PETITION.
12:28:51PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES, AGAIN, JUST FOR THE PUBLIC SEEING.
12:29:00PM >> I DON'T KNOW IF THIS ONE IS NOT IN COLOR, LITTLE HARDER
12:29:04PM TO SEE.
12:29:04PM YOU CAN SEE VERY SMALL, THE AREA BEING ADDED.
12:29:12PM THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL AREAS ADDED TO THE BOUNDARY
12:29:16PM AS WELL.
12:29:16PM PART OF CORRECTING THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WHICH WAS UPDATED
12:29:21PM IN 2014 AFTER THE CDD WAS ESTABLISHED BACK IN 2010.
12:29:26PM IT'S BRINGING THOSE TWO BOUNDARIES INTO ALIGNMENT.
12:29:31PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
12:29:32PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:29:32PM DO WE NEED A MOTION TO CLOSE?
12:29:36PM LET'S DO A MOTION TO CLOSE --
12:29:38PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: ACTUALLY.
12:29:39PM YOU HAD A REQUEST -- COUNCIL'S REQUEST IS TO ASK IF ANYBODY
12:29:43PM WANTED TO SPEAK TO IT?
12:29:45PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I DID.
12:29:45PM ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK ON 62?
12:29:47PM MOTION TO CLOSE?
12:29:49PM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:29:51PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
12:29:52PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:29:53PM AYE.
12:29:54PM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ 62?
12:29:57PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES, SIR.
12:29:58PM I MOVE FILE E2010-8 CHAPTER 27, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED
12:30:04PM FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY
12:30:07PM COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AMENDING ORDINANCE
12:30:12PM NUMBER 2010-129 WHICH ESTABLISHED THE ENCORE COMMUNITY
12:30:16PM DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, PROVIDING FOR AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE
12:30:20PM GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT PURSUANT TO SECTION
12:30:23PM 190.046, PROVIDING FOR ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS TO
12:30:29PM REMAIN UNCHANGED, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT AND SEVERABILITY,
12:30:33PM AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
12:30:35PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
12:30:37PM VIERA.
12:30:37PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:30:38PM AYE.
12:30:38PM ANY OPPOSED?
12:30:39PM CONGRATULATIONS.
12:30:40PM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
12:30:42PM SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 5, 2025, AT
12:30:46PM 10 A.M. IN OLD CITY HALL, 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD
12:30:51PM FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
12:30:55PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. SHELBY.
12:30:57PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
12:31:01PM [INAUDIBLE]
12:31:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I NEED YOUR MICROPHONE ON, SIR.
12:31:04PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT WOULD HELP.
12:31:05PM THANK YOU.
12:31:06PM ITEM 61 TO RECALL TO CORRECT THE DATE, PLEASE.
12:31:10PM A MOTION TO AMEND COUNCIL'S MOTION TO SET THE CORRECT DATE
12:31:14PM OF JUNE 26, 2025.
12:31:18PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION.
12:31:20PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
12:31:21PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:31:21PM AYE.
12:31:22PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:31:23PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL, HOW MUCH TIME WOULD YOU LIKE
12:31:25PM FOR LUNCH.
12:31:26PM IT'S 12:31.
12:31:29PM DO YOU WANT TO COME BACK AT 2:00 OR 1:45?
12:31:31PM 1:45.
12:31:34PM 2:00.
12:31:38PM 2:00 WE'LL BE BACK.
12:31:40PM WE'RE IN RECESS UNTIL 2.
12:31:42PM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
02:06:03PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CALL THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO
02:06:06PM ORDER.
02:06:07PM AT THIS TIME, ROLL CALL.
02:06:08PM >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
02:06:10PM >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE.
02:06:11PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE.
02:06:12PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT.
02:06:13PM >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
02:06:15PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
02:06:15PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
02:06:17PM >>CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
02:06:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM 64.
02:06:20PM NO STAFF WAS REQUESTED.
02:06:25PM THERE WAS A -- IS THERE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TRANSMITTED BY
02:06:32PM BRAD BAIRD?
02:06:33PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
02:06:34PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WILL MOVE 64 AND 68.
02:06:40PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION FOR 64 AND 68.
02:06:44PM WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
02:06:47PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
02:06:47PM ANY OPPOSED?
02:06:50PM ALL RIGHT, ITEM NUMBER 65.
02:06:52PM YES, WE ASKED STAFF TO BE PRESENT.
02:06:54PM WE HAD A MEMO FROM ADRI COLINA TRANSMITTING ADDITIONAL
02:07:01PM INFORMATION FOR SAID AGENDA ITEM.
02:07:03PM IS SHE ONLINE OR NO?
02:07:05PM THERE SHE IS.
02:07:05PM ITEM NUMBER 65.
02:07:07PM >>ADRIANA COLINA: YES, GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL
02:07:12PM MEMBERS.
02:07:12PM ADRI COLINA, DIRECTOR OF ASSET MANAGEMENT.
02:07:16PM HERE ON ITEM 65 WHICH IS REQUESTING APPROVAL FOR -- WELL,
02:07:20PM FIRST DISCUSSING AND REQUESTING APPROVAL FOR A $40 MILLION
02:07:25PM AGREEMENT WITH A CONTRACT WITH PARKS.
02:07:31PM A FOUR-YEAR CONTRACT WHICH SPANS FIVE YEAR.
02:07:35PM I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
02:07:38PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER?
02:07:41PM I SEE NONE.
02:07:42PM YES, SIR?
02:07:43PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THINK PROBABLY ALL OF US PROBABLY
02:07:45PM INCLUDING YOURSELF WHEN YOU SEE THAT FOR AUTO PARTS, YOU
02:07:48PM THINK, MY GOODNESS.
02:07:49PM IS IT POSSIBLE THAT YOU CAN GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE
02:07:53PM INFORMATION.
02:07:53PM WHY THAT -- IS THAT IN LINE WITH PAST USAGE AND
02:07:59PM PREDICTABILITY?
02:08:00PM OR BECAUSE OF OUR AGING FLEET?
02:08:02PM WHY ARE WE SPENDING SO MUCH MONEY?
02:08:04PM >>ADRIANA COLINA: THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
02:08:05PM IT IS ACTUALLY ALL OF THE ABOVE.
02:08:07PM WE ARE TRENDING AT ABOUT 7.5 MILLION IN PARTS PER YEAR.
02:08:12PM AND WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR IN THE $10 MILLION IN THE
02:08:16PM CONTRACT IS SIMPLY TO ALLOW FOR INFLATION AND ANY IMPACTS
02:08:20PM THAT TARIFFS MAY HAVE.
02:08:22PM IT ALSO DOES TAKE INTO ACCOUNT OUR AGING FLEET, BUT I WANT
02:08:26PM TO MAKE COUNCIL VERY, VERY COMFORTABLE KNOWING THIS IS NOT A
02:08:29PM GUARANTEED $10 MILLION A YEAR.
02:08:31PM IT IS SIMPLY BASED ON WHAT WE SPENT.
02:08:33PM SO WE ARE ALLOWING THE EXPENDITURE IN THE CONTRACT, BUT NOT
02:08:40PM GUARANTEEING THAT AMOUNT.
02:08:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: EXCELLENT.
02:08:43PM THANK YOU AS ALWAYS.
02:08:44PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ELSE?
02:08:46PM YES?
02:08:48PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU,
02:08:49PM AGAIN, JUST FOR PUBLIC BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS PRIOR.
02:08:52PM >> THIS CAN ONLY BE USED ON AUTO PARTS?
02:08:55PM >>ADRIANA COLINA: THAT'S CORRECT.
02:08:56PM AND MARINE FLEET AS WELL.
02:08:58PM ANYTHING THAT HANDLES -- BECAUSE WE DO THE MAINTENANCE AND
02:09:04PM REPAIR FOR FIRE, POLICE, THAT INCLUDES THEIR MARINE VESSELS.
02:09:08PM >>LYNN HURTAK: SO, YES.
02:09:09PM NOT JUST CARS BUT FIRE TRUCKS, AMBULANCES, BOATS.
02:09:13PM YES, THANK YOU.
02:09:14PM GOOD REMINDER.
02:09:15PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
02:09:17PM >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I ASK MR. ROGERO A QUESTION REAL FAST
02:09:22PM SINCE YOU POPPED IN.
02:09:22PM SHE WAS JUST SAYING -- MISS COLINA WAS SAYING $7 MILLION
02:09:27PM TO $8 MILLION A YEAR AND BUDGETED $10 MILLION BECAUSE OF
02:09:31PM INFLATION AND TARIFFS MAYBE.
02:09:32PM JUST FOR THE PUBLIC AND OUR PURPOSES, IF INTERESTED, SEVEN
02:09:38PM INSTEAD OF 10.
02:09:38PM WHAT HAPPENS TO THE 20 MILLION?
02:09:42PM IT CAN BE ALLOCATED OR MOVED SOMEWHERE ELSE?
02:09:47PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: IT CAN GO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
02:09:49PM IF WE SEE IT EARLIER ENOUGH, WE CAN REAPPROPRIATE IT TO
02:09:53PM ANOTHER PURPOSE.
02:09:53PM IF WE DON'T AND THE TIMING IS RIGHT, THE FUND BALANCE WHERE
02:09:56PM WE COME AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND DISCUSS IT.
02:09:58PM >>BILL CARLSON: JUST TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE PUBLIC IS ASKING
02:10:04PM US.
02:10:04PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYTHING ELSE?
02:10:06PM WE ARE NOT VOTING ON THIS TODAY.
02:10:09PM MAY 15, 2025 IS WHEN WE TAKE OFFICIAL ACTION.
02:10:13PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
02:10:16PM ITEM NUMBER 66, MR. ROGERO, YOU ARE HERE TO DISCUSS FEDERAL
02:10:21PM GRANT FUNDING.
02:10:22PM GO AHEAD, SIR.
02:10:23PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, SIR.
02:10:26PM THANK YOU.
02:10:26PM DENNIS ROGERO, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
02:10:29PM IF I CAN PASS SOME HANDOUTS TO YOU.
02:10:34PM FIRST LET ME APOLOGIZE FOR GIVING YOU THIS INFORMATION SO
02:10:54PM LATE.
02:10:54PM ON BASE OR EARLIER.
02:10:59PM AND THIS IS A VERY DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT RIGHT NOW NOT ONLY
02:11:03PM FROM THIS PARTICULAR GRANT PERSPECTIVE, AND I WILL SHARE
02:11:08PM MORE ABOUT THAT.
02:11:09PM AND THIS FUNDING ORIGINATES WITH THE HOUSING AND URBAN
02:11:19PM DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.
02:11:19PM AND THEY ARE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR CHANGES TO OTHER PORTIONS
02:11:24PM OF THE FEDERAL WORK FORCE THAT WE ALL READ ABOUT.
02:11:30PM BUT I -- THIS IS IMPORTANT INFORMATION, AND I DIDN'T WANT TO
02:11:33PM WAIT ANY LONGER FOR MORE CONCRETE INFORMATION BECAUSE IT IS
02:11:38PM IMPORTANT US TO THAT YOU ARE NOT WALKING AROUND -- WALKING
02:11:40PM AROUND WITH, LIKE, A KNOWLEDGE VOLUME AS TO WHAT THIS
02:11:43PM FUNDING IS ALL ABOUT.
02:11:44PM WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS COME BACK BEFORE COUNCIL WITH A
02:11:48PM MORE COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW.
02:11:51PM ONCE WE HAVE MORE CONCRETE INFORMING WHICH INCLUDES THE
02:11:54PM ACTION PLAN BEING SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY
02:12:00PM COMMISSIONERS, FOR INSTANCE, WHICH CAN INCLUDE THE
02:12:02PM ANTICIPATED THREE COMMUNITY MEETINGS OVER THE SUMMER.
02:12:04PM SO IT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS.
02:12:07PM IT IS MOVING VERY FAST FROM A FEDERAL PERSPECTIVE.
02:12:10PM AND THAT IS -- THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS.
02:12:12PM I DON'T WANT TO SAY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BUILDING A PLANE
02:12:17PM WHILE YOU ARE FLYING IT, BUT IT IS MOVING VERY FAST.
02:12:20PM A GRANT FUNDING SOURCE THAT WE HAVE NEVER BEEN ALLOCATED NOR
02:12:24PM HAS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
02:12:25PM YOU HAVE THE HANDOUTS AND MAKE SURE THE INFORMATION GETS ON
02:12:32PM THE WEB SITE ALSO.
02:12:33PM WHAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REITERATE IS THAT THIS IS A
02:12:37PM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ALLOCATION.
02:12:39PM THEY ARE THE GRANTEE WORKING WITH HUD.
02:12:47PM HAVING SAID THAT, WE WANT TO COMPLIMENT THEM.
02:12:51PM PLEASED WITH THEIR PRODUCTIVITY AND GUIDANCE.
02:12:55PM I APPRECIATE THAT, AND I HAVE NO REASON TO THINK THAT IS NOT
02:12:57PM GOING TO CONTINUE GOING FORWARD.
02:12:59PM I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ALL UNDERSTAND BY NO MEANS A CERTAINTY
02:13:11PM THAT WE WILL GET THIS FUNDING THAT I WILL SHARE WITH YOU.
02:13:14PM OVER $400 MILLION.
02:13:16PM TOTAL ALLOCATION TO THE COUNTY IS $700 MILLION.
02:13:18PM AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, PLANT CITY AND TEMPLE TERRACE.
02:13:27PM WHERE WE ARE SHARING ALL KIND OF INFORMING AND ALL KIND OF
02:13:37PM NEEDS.
02:13:37PM PLEASE DON'T GET FIXATED ON A PARTICULAR DOLLAR AMOUNT.
02:13:40PM >> THIS PLAN WILL CHANGE AND WILL CHANGE AND THAT IS THE
02:13:43PM ONLY THING I CAN GUARANTEE TO YOU AT THIS TIME.
02:13:45PM WHAT IS IT CALLED?
02:13:53PM THE WOLF.
02:13:54PM IF I CAN HAVE THE WOLF UP, PLEASE.
02:13:59PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:14:00PM SO WHAT IS THE CDBG.
02:14:06PM THE COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM THAT WE WORKED WITH FOR
02:14:11PM YEAR AND WE HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF EXPERIENCE WITH.
02:14:13PM THIS IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ANIMAL THAT JUST HAPPENS TO
02:14:17PM SHARE THE FOUR LETTERS, CDBG.
02:14:21PM YOU CAN SEE FUNDING FOR LONG-TERM RECOVERY NEEDS THAT HAVE
02:14:24PM NOT BEEN ADDRESSED THROUGH OTHER SOURCES.
02:14:27PM AND I HAVE INCLUDED A QUOTATION HERE NECESSARY EXPENSES,
02:14:31PM ETC., DISASTER RELIEF.
02:14:32PM LONG TERM RECOVERY.
02:14:34PM INFRASTRUCTURE HOUSING AND ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION.
02:14:38PM AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FUNDING FROM OTHER SOURCES, PROBABLY
02:14:43PM THE PRIMARY EXAMPLE FOR THE CITY IS THE FEMA REIMBURSEMENT
02:14:48PM THAT WE GET FOR DAMAGES.
02:14:49PM IT IS A VERY, VERY SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF FUNDING.
02:14:52PM AND I AM NOT DOWN PLAYING IT.
02:14:55PM A 250-YEAR STORMS.
02:15:08PM THEY CERTAINLY HAVE A GREAT MANY NEEDS AS FOR THE COUNTY AND
02:15:12PM THE OTHER CITIES.
02:15:20PM THIS WHAT THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED FOR FROM A FEDERAL
02:15:23PM PERSPECTIVE.
02:15:23PM WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, COUNCIL, IS THE ACTION PLAN STAGE.
02:15:26PM AND YOU SEE IT AS VERY, VERY BROAD VIEW.
02:15:29PM WE ARE GOING TO GET MUCH MORE DETAILED LATER ON DOWN THE
02:15:32PM LINE AND BROAD OVERVIEW AND WHAT IS WORKING FOR US IS THE
02:15:39PM EMPHASIS ON THE PART OF HUD TO GET FUNDING AWAY FROM THEM
02:15:42PM VERY, VERY QUICKLY INTO US.
02:15:44PM THE COUNTY GIVE ESPECIALLY THAT BROAD ACTION PLAN WITH MAJOR
02:15:58PM CRITERIA AND THEY SAY YES OR NO.
02:16:00PM WE HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE THEY WILL SAY YES.
02:16:03PM AND THEY WILL GO INTO THE DETAILS OF PARTICULAR PROJECT,
02:16:07PM PARTICULAR LOCATIONS, PROJECT BUDGETS AND THING LIKE THAT.
02:16:11PM WE SEE AN EMPHASIS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE AND NOT
02:16:14PM SPECIFIC PROJECTS YET.
02:16:15PM ONCE WE GET THERE, COUNCIL WILL HAVE A GREAT DEAL MORE
02:16:19PM INVOLVEMENT IN OUR PLANS GOING FORWARD WITH THE ALLOCATION.
02:16:22PM AND THESE ARE THE PRIMARY USES OF THE FUNDING.
02:16:34PM THERE ARE SUB CATEGORIES.
02:16:35PM AND MANY OF THESE CATEGORY CROSS-POLLINATE, FOR INSTANCE.
02:16:40PM MANY OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS WILL ALSO BE MITIGATION
02:16:43PM PROJECTS.
02:16:43PM AND VICE VERSA.
02:16:46PM MANY OF YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS MAY ENABLE OR IMPROVE
02:16:51PM ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION.
02:16:52PM SO THERE IS A LOT OF CROSS-POLLINATION HERE.
02:16:55PM AND WE WILL GET DOWN INTO SEGREGATION OF THOSE FUNDING
02:16:58PM SOURCES AND USES LATER ON DOWN THE LINE AND HOW MUCH MONEY
02:17:17PM ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?
02:17:18PM I DON'T WANT TO SAYS IT CONVOLUTED, BUT I WANT TO WALK YOU
02:17:23PM THROUGH THESE CALCULATIONS JUST SO YOU HAVE SOME INSIGHT
02:17:26PM INTO THE MACRO VIEW OF THIS FUNDING.
02:17:29PM THIS IS THE PRIMARY AMOUNT WE ARE WORKING WITH RIGHT HERE.
02:17:32PM 709.3 MILLION.
02:17:36PM GREAT DEAL OF MONEY.
02:17:37PM FROM THERE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TAKE AN AMOUNT FOR
02:17:44PM MITIGATION AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS MIT.
02:17:51PM I WILL TRY NOT INTO TOO FAR GONE AT 15%.
02:17:56PM IT IS NOT BASED ON THE TOTAL BUT THE BASE THERE.
02:17:59PM AND YOU ADD IT TOGETHER AND HOW YOU GET TO THE $709 MILLION.
02:18:02PM A LITTLE REVERSE OF MY TYPICAL THINKING, BUT HERE WE ARE.
02:18:06PM AND THE GOOD NEWS WITH THAT PARTICULAR SEGMENT IS YOU HAVE A
02:18:10PM GREAT DEAL OF FUNDING.
02:18:11PM ALMOST $100 MILLION JUST FOR MITIGATION PURPOSES AND WE
02:18:15PM CERTAINLY CAN USE THAT IN THIS AREA.
02:18:19PM MOVING DOWN, YOU TAKE 35, ALMOST $36 MILLION, AND FOR LACK OF
02:18:24PM A BETTER TERM, SET IT ASIDE FOR ADMINISTRATION.
02:18:29PM ADMINISTRATION CAN COVER A GREAT DEAL OF PURPOSES.
02:18:31PM FOR INSTANCE, OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS, EXPERT CONSULTANTS.
02:18:36PM THE COUNTY HAS BROUGHT ON OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS.
02:18:39PM WE ARE USING OUR STORM OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS.
02:18:45PM INDEL, I BELIEVE, I THINK, ARE THE NAME.
02:18:47PM BOTH OF THE CONSULTANT ORGANIZATIONS HAVE EXPERIENCE
02:18:52PM ADMINISTERING THIS PARTICULAR GRANT, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT
02:18:55PM FOR US.
02:18:55PM WE ARE ALL VERY SMART.
02:18:56PM WE ARE ALL VERY CAPABLE, BUT HARD TO BEAT EXPERIENCE
02:18:59PM SUCCESSFULLY ADMINISTERING THESE GRANT.
02:19:02PM THAT NUMBER FOR ADMINISTRATION MAY CHANGE.
02:19:05PM IN FACT, IT IS LIKELY TO CHANGE BECAUSE $35 MILLION IS A LOT
02:19:08PM OF MONEY FOR JUST ADMINISTRATION.
02:19:10PM BUT AT THIS STAGE OF THE GRANT, YOU SET THAT ASIDE.
02:19:15PM YOU KNOW YOU GOT IT.
02:19:16PM AND THEN AS WE GET FURTHER INTO THIS GRANT PROCESS, AGAIN,
02:19:20PM IT IS -- IT IS ABSOLUTELY GOING TO CHANGE -- AND PART OF
02:19:24PM THAT CHANGE MAY BE REALLOCATION OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF
02:19:28PM FUNDING INCLUDING THE ADMINISTRATION FUNDING THAT YOU SEE
02:19:31PM RIGHT THERE.
02:19:32PM MOVING FURTHER DOWN, YOU SEE THAT 70% -- YOU WILL NOTICE
02:19:38PM THAT ASTERISK AT THE BOTTOM.
02:19:40PM 70% OF THE FUNDING OR A LITTLE OVER $470 MILLION IS REQUIRED
02:19:48PM TO BE SPENT ON LOW AND MODERATE INCOME PERSONS AND
02:19:52PM HOUSEHOLDS.
02:19:52PM AND I WILL GET INTO THAT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE WHEN WE HIT
02:19:57PM THE SPREADSHEET THAT YOU GOT AT THE END OF YOUR
02:20:00PM PRESENTATION.
02:20:00PM SO A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT HAS TO BENEFIT THAT
02:20:04PM PARTICULAR POPULATION.
02:20:05PM WHICH LEAVES -- 30% OR LITTLE OVER 200 MILLION FOR PROJECT
02:20:12PM THAT DON'T NECESSARILY DIRECTLY IMPACT LOW AND MEDIUM INCOME
02:20:18PM HOUSEHOLDS AND PERSONS, BUT FURTHER OUR NEEDS ASSOCIATED
02:20:22PM WITH PREVENTING AND MITIGATING FUTURE STORM DAMAGE.
02:20:25PM AND YOU SEE THOSE TWO TOTAL THE $673 WHICH GET BACK UP HERE
02:20:32PM TO THE NUMBER I PREVIOUSLY REFERENCED AFTER ADMINISTRATION.
02:20:34PM AND MITIGATION.
02:20:36PM SO A LOT TO TAKE IN.
02:20:38PM AND I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS.
02:20:39PM BUT REALLY THE MEAT OF WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU
02:20:43PM TODAY IS THAT SPREADSHEET THAT YOU HAVE AT THE END OF YOUR
02:20:48PM PRESENTATION.
02:20:49PM DIFFICULT TO SEE FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE, BUT I HAVE GOT IT IN
02:20:53PM SMALLER APPORTIONMENTS.
02:20:55PM BUT EVERYBODY HAS IT IN FRONT OF THEM.
02:20:59PM YOU CAN SEE -- OKAY.
02:21:00PM I NEED TO PUT ON MY GLASSES TO MAKE SURE I SEE THE HEAD
02:21:05PM NODDING.
02:21:05PM SO YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS HERE, AND YOU SEE TOTALING
02:21:09PM OVER $450 MILLION.
02:21:12PM AGAIN THAT IS WELL OVER HALF OF THE ENTIRE GRANT.
02:21:15PM SO WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET ALL THAT, BUT THIS IS THE STAGE
02:21:18PM WHERE EVERYBODY PUTS THEIR BEST FOOT FORWARD.
02:21:21PM AND WE PRIORITIZE THE USE OF THIS FUNDING FOR THE GOOD OF
02:21:24PM THE GREATER COMMUNITY.
02:21:25PM WHAT I LIKE TO POINT OUT AT THE BOTTOM THAT 93% OF THE
02:21:33PM CITY'S SUBMISSION IS FOR LOW AND MEDIUM INCOME PERSONS.
02:21:37PM AND THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THAT IN LIGHT BLUE IS
02:21:47PM HOUSING PROJECTS.
02:21:48PM NOT A SURPRISE.
02:21:49PM ADMINISTERED BY THE HOUSING AND YOU CAN BEEN A DEVELOPMENT
02:21:54PM OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND A HEAVY, HEAVY EMPHASIS OF
02:21:57PM RECEIVING ALL SORT OF HOUSING.
02:21:58PM AND YOU SEE 7% AND A LITTLE OVER $30 MILLION DO NOT MEET THE
02:22:07PM PARTICULAR CRITERIA OF LOW AND MIDDLE -- MEDIUM-INCOME
02:22:11PM PERSONS.
02:22:11PM IF I CAN HAVE A BETTER VIEW.
02:22:22PM THESE ARE THE PROJECTS AGAIN -- $420 MILLION THAT EITHER
02:22:27PM BENEFIT A LOCAL AND MEDIUM-INCOME AREA, OR BENEFIT LOCAL AND
02:22:33PM MEDIUM-INCOME PERSONS -- OR LMC, CLIENTS.
02:22:37PM WHAT THAT MEANS -- AND IT MAY BE OBVIOUS, BUT I THINK IT IS
02:22:41PM WORTH THE REITERATING THAT WE CAN DO A PROJECT THAT IS NOT
02:22:44PM NECESSARILY IN A LOW AND MEDIUM-INCOME AREA, AS LONG AS WE
02:22:50PM CAN PROVE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT IT IS BENEFITING
02:22:52PM PEOPLE WITH LOW AND MEDIUM INCOMES.
02:22:55PM AND YOU SEE ACROSS -- ACROSS THE BOARD HERE, WE HAVE
02:22:59PM IDENTIFIED -- THIS WAS PART OF THE REQUIREMENT.
02:23:02PM WHAT DO WE ANTICIPATE THESE PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS WILL DO
02:23:06PM AND WHO WILL THEY BENEFIT.
02:23:07PM YOU SAY, AGAIN, THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY.
02:23:11PM WE ENVISION BENEFITING THE LOW AND MEDIUM INCOME PERSONS.
02:23:15PM DIVING INTO JUST THE HOUSING.
02:23:22PM AGAIN, SO -- SO THE VIEWERS AT HOME CAN GET A BETTER VIEW.
02:23:26PM AGAIN, THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THAT FUNDING FOR HOUSING
02:23:30PM RELATED PURPOSES, AND YOU SEE THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT,
02:23:33PM SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS.
02:23:34PM ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THERE IT IS.
02:23:48PM ONLY BECAUSE WE MENTION IT LAST WEEK WHEN WE WERE TALKING OF
02:23:51PM FUND BALANCE.
02:23:52PM YOU WILL RECALL THE STORMWATER PUMP STATION RESILIENCY
02:23:56PM PROGRAM FOR $12 MILLION THAT I HAD REFERENCED THAT WE WERE
02:24:01PM LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS FUNDING FOR THAT PURPOSE.
02:24:03PM SO A GREAT DEAL OF FUNDING FOR WHAT WE THINK DESPITE MY
02:24:11PM EXPERIENCE WITH FEDERAL FUNDING, A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY.
02:24:14PM YOU KNOW THEY GOT THEIR BUMPER RAILS.
02:24:17PM THEY DECIDE WHAT THEY -- OR WHAT WASHINGTON WANTs TO SEE IT
02:24:21PM SPENT ON, BUT I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED TO SEE THE
02:24:25PM FLEXIBILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ALLOCATION.
02:24:28PM I WILL JUST LEAVE THAT UP THERE FOR NOW.
02:24:31PM SO -- AND THAT IS REALLY THE ONLY -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY
02:24:37PM CONCRETE.
02:24:38PM REALLY NOT CONCRETE.
02:24:39PM WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW WITH THIS ALLOCATION AND OUR
02:24:42PM RELATIONSHIPS AND DISCUSSION WITH THE OTHER LOCALITIES AND
02:24:45PM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
02:24:46PM AGAIN, PUBLIC MEETINGS ARE FORTHCOMING THIS SUMMER.
02:24:51PM THE OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS WORKING ON A DRAFT ACTION PLAN FOR
02:24:57PM US TO REVIEW.
02:24:58PM FOR THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
02:25:00PM AND THEN A SUBMISSION TO HUD FOR APPROVAL OF THE ACTION
02:25:05PM PLAN, WHICH IS, AS I AM SURE YOU GATHERED, WHICH IS REALLY
02:25:08PM OWN THE INITIAL STEP, BUT IN MY EXPERIENCE FROM A FEDERAL
02:25:12PM PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS MOVING VERY, VERY FAST, WHICH IS WHAT
02:25:16PM WE WANT.
02:25:17PM BECAUSE WE LOVE TO HAVE THE FUNDING FAST.
02:25:19PM AND I CAN ANSWER OR ATTEMPT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
02:25:23PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
02:25:28PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
02:25:28PM THESE ARE KIND OF QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE WILL WANT TO ASK.
02:25:32PM I APPRECIATE IT.
02:25:33PM >> THIS CHART IS EXCELLENT.
02:25:35PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: OH, GOOD, THANK YOU.
02:25:36PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WILL THIS ONLY FUND NEW PROJECT OR ONLY
02:25:41PM PROJECTS WE HAVE IN THE PLANNING CYCLE OR --
02:25:46PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: THAT IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
02:25:47PM THAT IS ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS WE ASK OURSELVES BECAUSE
02:25:51PM YOU HEARD THE BOOGIE MAN WORD "SUPPLANTING."
02:25:55PM YOU DON'T WANT TO SUPPLANT GRANT FUNDING.
02:25:58PM INTENT IS TO FUND NEW PROJECTS; HOWEVER, THERE IS A NEXUS IF
02:26:04PM WE HAVE THE FILL IN THE BLANK PROJECT THAT MEETS THE
02:26:06PM MITIGATION NEED.
02:26:07PM A FILL IN THE BLANK PROJECT THAT WE THINK WILL BUTTRESS OUR
02:26:11PM ABLE TO MITIGATE OR RESPOND TO STORM OR MITIGATE THE DAMAGE
02:26:16PM ASSOCIATED WITH STORM.
02:26:17PM IF WE HAVEN'T FUND IT YET.
02:26:19PM WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
02:26:20PM WE THINK IT IS A GREAT IDEA.
02:26:21PM WE THINK WE HAVE AN AVENUE TO FUND IT.
02:26:23PM >>LYNN HURTAK: REALLY WE ARE TALKING OF THE PUMPING
02:26:26PM STATIONS, THE THINGS THAT ARE NOT ON THEM.
02:26:32PM BY AND LARGE, THIS COULD HELP US FUND THE BUMP REPLACEMENTS
02:26:40PM THAT WE NEED.
02:26:41PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES.
02:26:42PM >>LYNN HURTAK: GREAT.
02:26:43PM THAT IS ONE QUESTION.
02:26:44PM AND THE SECOND QUESTION, BECAUSE I ALREADY GOT PEOPLE ASKING
02:26:48PM ME ABOUT THIS.
02:26:48PM AND I DON'T SEE IT LINE ITEM, BUT IT MIGHT BE IN ONE OF
02:26:52PM THESE IS, DOES THIS HELP WITH HOMEOWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB FOR
02:27:00PM HOUSES THAT MAY HAVE HAD STORM DAMAGE?
02:27:03PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: THIS -- AGAIN, A VERY GOOD QUESTION AND
02:27:06PM ONCE AGAIN, I WILL HEDGE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IF YOU ARE A
02:27:10PM HOMEOWNER AND A PROPERTY OWNER AND YOU HAVE DAMAGE, THE
02:27:13PM TYPICAL AVENUE IS FEMA ASSISTANCE.
02:27:15PM >>LYNN HURTAK: SURE.
02:27:16PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: PREPARE FOR DAMAGE.
02:27:21PM A NEXUS IS GOING FORWARD GOING FORWARD OPPOSED TO -- AND
02:27:25PM HOPEFULLY, I AM NOT BEING TOO WINDY IN MY EXPLANATION AS
02:27:30PM OPPOSED TO FIXING THE DAMAGE THAT ALREADY OCCURRED.
02:27:33PM SPENDING MONEY TO PREVENT THAT SAME DAMAGE OCCURRING, FOR
02:27:37PM INSTANCE, OR -- AND I WILL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF A
02:27:40PM PROPERTY, FOR INSTANCE, THAT MAY HAVE FLOODED DUE TO
02:27:42PM ELEVATION, OKAY.
02:27:44PM THAT WILL BE COMPARED WITH FEMA ASSISTANCE AND ELEVATED.
02:27:52PM YOU CAN TAKE TWO ROADS, IF YOU WILL.
02:27:54PM AND IF YOU CAN ESTABLISH THE FRAMEWORK OF THIS GRANT.
02:28:00PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WHAT ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE TREE MAINTENANCE.
02:28:03PM A LOT OF WHAT I AM HEARING THAT PEOPLE HAVE TREES IN THEIR
02:28:06PM YARDS THAT CAUSED DAMAGE AND NOW NEED TO BE TAKEN DOWN, BUT
02:28:09PM THEY DON'T HAVE THE FUND TO DO SO.
02:28:11PM WE HAVE THIS PROGRAM IN THE EAST TAMPA CRA, BUT I THINK IT
02:28:15PM GOT EXPANDED TO THE OTHER CRAs, AND PEOPLE TRIM TREES
02:28:24PM OR TAKE DANGEROUS TREES DOWN WOULD BE A BENEFICIAL USE OF
02:28:28PM THIS MONEY IN TERM OF PREPARATION FOR THE FUTURE STORM.
02:28:32PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: WELL-FRAMED.
02:28:34PM AND I WILL CONFIRM THIS, BUT IT DOES SEEM TO FOLLOW A
02:28:39PM LOGICAL NEXUS TO PREVENT DAMAGE FROM FUTURE STORMS.
02:28:45PM >>LYNN HURTAK: ONE I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS WILL BE VERY
02:28:48PM WORRIED ABOUT.
02:28:48PM SO I WOULD LOVE -- THAT IS ONE I WOULD HAVE A LOT OF
02:28:52PM INTEREST IN.
02:28:52PM BUT ALSO, LIKE I SAID, THE NEW PROJECTS.
02:28:54PM I APPRECIATE THIS.
02:28:55PM >> THIS IS GREAT INFORMATION.
02:28:56PM AND I AM SURE THE PUBLIC ENJOYS SEEING THIS TOO.
02:28:59PM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
02:29:01PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: YOU ARE WELCOME.
02:29:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
02:29:04PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, AS ALWAYS, MR. ROGERO FOR YOUR
02:29:09PM COMPREHENSIVE REPORT.
02:29:09PM THIS IS VERY GOOD NEWS ESPECIALLY WITH -- I DON'T KNOW IF
02:29:12PM IT WAS RUMORS INITIALLY -- OF THE INSTABILITY OF THE FUNDS.
02:29:18PM THE WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, THE FEDERAL CHAOS WHATEVER
02:29:22PM IT IS.
02:29:23PM THIS IS VERY, VERY GOOD NEWS ESPECIALLY ON SOME
02:29:26PM OF THOSE LONG-TERM PROJECTS.
02:29:27PM WHAT THE PEOPLE AND PLACES LIKE TAMPA ARE LOOKING FOR ARE
02:29:30PM REALLY, REALLY ROBUST INVESTMENT IN STORMWATER AND JUST
02:29:35PM RESILIENCY KIND OF PROGRAMS.
02:29:37PM STAR WARS STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIAL THINK OF, SDI TYPE
02:29:43PM MEASURES ON STORMWATER AND WASTEWATER.
02:29:45PM BECAUSE AFTER WHAT WE SAW THIS PAST YEAR, PEOPLE ARE
02:29:48PM TRAUMATIZED, AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO EVERYTHING
02:29:52PM IN THAT RECORD.
02:29:53PM HOUSING ISSUE IS INTERESTING.
02:29:55PM I TALKED TO PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY EVERY WEEK IN MY DISTRICT ON
02:30:00PM THIS ISSUE.
02:30:00PM AND PEOPLE ARE VERY ANGRY OUT THERE RIGHT NOW JUST BECAUSE
02:30:09PM OF WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM.
02:30:09PM AND I REMEMBER -- I ALWAYS SAY THIS BEFORE EVERY STORM
02:30:14PM SEASON.
02:30:15PM I THINK TO MYSELF.
02:30:17PM WITH SANDBAGS AND HELPING MY FRIENDS IN SOUTH TAMPA TO
02:30:21PM PREPARE BECAUSE DISTRICT 7 IS NOT ON THE MAP FOR TRAGEDIES
02:30:27PM LIKE THIS.
02:30:27PM OBVIOUSLY, IT CAUGHT A LOT OF PEOPLE BY SURPRISE, AND A LOT OF
02:30:31PM PEOPLE ARE VERY, VERY SCARED WHAT WILL HAPPEN THIS YEAR.
02:30:35PM IT IS VERY NATURAL.
02:30:37PM PTSD, THE FEAR OF THE ANXIETY AND TRAUMA AND SO FORTH AND I
02:30:42PM HOPE THAT OBVIOUSLY THIS CITY FIRST WITH THE 3.2 MILLION
02:30:45PM THAT WE PASS NOW.
02:30:50PM $1.8 MILLION.
02:30:52PM SHOUT OUT TO COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
02:30:55PM I WAS GOING TO ASK A MILLION AND SHE DOUBLED IT.
02:30:58PM THAT WAS AWESOME.
02:31:00PM GOES A LONG WAY AND WHAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN SIMILAR
02:31:05PM SITUATIONS ARE DOING.
02:31:06PM ONE OF COMPLAINT WE HEAR, FIRST $3.2 MILLION BY FLORIDA
02:31:13PM REGULATIONS, MIDDLE-INCOME AND WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE CAN BE
02:31:18PM DENIED THE FUND.
02:31:19PM I THINK FOR THE MONEY WE CAN BE MORE INCLUSIVE WITH MIDDLE
02:31:23PM INCOME AND WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE ALL OVER THE CITY.
02:31:25PM SOUTH TAMPA, NORTH TAMPA, WHATEVER IT MAY BE SING IT IS
02:31:37PM IMPORTANT FOR THE FAIR INTERPRETATION OF THESE DOLLARS TO
02:31:43PM MAKE SURE IT GOES TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT.
02:31:45PM YOU MENTIONED FEMA -- YOU ALWAYS READ ABOUT IT IN THE NEWS
02:31:48PM WHERE FEMA GET POLITICIZED IN THE BUDGET IN CONGRESS AND
02:31:52PM FOLKS HOLD IT UP OVER A DEMAND ON SOMETHING ELSE HAPPEN TO
02:31:59PM OTHER STATE AND IT HAPPENS TO US.
02:32:01PM FEMA IS HERE TO HELP EVERYTHING.
02:32:03PM AND FEMA'S BIG CHALLENGE IT IS NOT FUNDED LONG ENOUGH.
02:32:08PM IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT SUFFER $150,000 LOSS AND UNINSURED
02:32:13PM AND EARNING $95,000 AND GET A CHECK OF $12,000 FROM FEMA, AT
02:32:19PM THAT DOESN'T GIVE YOU A LOT OF CONFIDENCE OF WHAT GOVERNMENT
02:32:21PM IS DOING TO HAVE YOUR BACK AND GOES TO THE IDEA THAT
02:32:24PM ESPECIALLY SINCE OCTOBER WHEN I AM TALKING TO PEOPLE, AND I
02:32:27PM ALWAYS BELIEVED THIS, THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE
02:32:29PM WORKING CLASS AND THE MIDDLE CLASS AND WORKING HARD TO GET
02:32:32PM TO THE MIDDLE CLASS DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT GOVERNMENT HAS
02:32:35PM THEIR BACK.
02:32:35PM STUFF THAT WE HAVE SEEN DOESN'T HELP SUPPORT THAT -- DOWN
02:32:40PM THE HELP TO OPPOSE THAT, I SHOULD SAY.
02:32:41PM I THINK OUR JOB IN THIS IS TO FIGHT THAT SENTIMENT OF BEING
02:32:48PM AS INCLUSIVE AS WE CAN ON THESE HOUSING DOLLARS.
02:32:51PM PEOPLE ARE HURTING AND PEOPLE ARE MAD AS WELL AND WE NEED TO
02:32:56PM CONTINUE DOING THAT FOR THEM.
02:32:57PM AND WE HAVE DONE A JOB OF TRYING OUR BEST UNDER THESE TRAGIC
02:33:02PM CIRCUMSTANCES.
02:33:03PM GOOD NEWS AND DENNIS.
02:33:05PM I ALWAYS SAY THIS THAT YOUR PROFESSIONALISM IS STELLAR AND
02:33:10PM DO YOU A GREAT JOB.
02:33:12PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU.
02:33:13PM THAT IS VERY KIND.
02:33:14PM THANK YOU FOR REITERATING -- NOT YOUR WORDS, BUT THIS A GAME
02:33:18PM CHANGER.
02:33:19PM >> THIS IS A SERIOUS AMOUNT OF FUNDING.
02:33:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I AM SORT OF CONFUSED.
02:33:31PM MAYBE I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.
02:33:34PM WHY AM I NOT SEEING THINGS LIKE POND STORMWATER IMPROVEMENT
02:33:40PM EVEN LAND ACQUISITION FOR FLOOD PREVENTION.
02:33:43PM I AM NOT SEEING CHANGING OUR OPEN DITCHES TO VAULT.
02:33:46PM YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPE OF MITIGATION EFFORTS IN THIS.
02:33:50PM I MEAN OTHER THAN SHORING UP OUR PUMP STATIONS AND I DON'T
02:33:59PM KNOW BUT SEEMS TO ME THAT THESE THINGS ARE MISSING FROM THAT.
02:34:05PM A REASON?
02:34:06PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, A COUPLE OF REASONS AND ONE OF THE THINGS
02:34:08PM I SHOULD SAY UNDER THE CLASSIFICATION, TWO CLASSIFICATION,
02:34:13PM INFRASTRUCTURE AND MITIGATION.
02:34:14PM AND I NEED TO UNDERSTAND IT BETTER MYSELF TO BE HONEST YOU
02:34:18PM WITH.
02:34:18PM TWO PRIMARY CLASSIFICATIONS.
02:34:20PM WITHIN THOSE, THE SUBCLASSIFICATION.
02:34:23PM THE ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION THAT I MENTIONED THAT IS NOT
02:34:27PM SEEN ON THIS SPREADSHEET AND CONTAINED WITHIN THOSE --
02:34:30PM WITHIN THOSE MACRO CATEGORIZATIONS, IF YOU WILL.
02:34:33PM OTHER PART -- THE VAULTS, FOR INSTANCE, ONCE -- ONE WE GET
02:34:39PM INTO THIS SPECIFIC PROJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GRANT, MY
02:34:44PM UNDERSTANDING IS THAT'S THE OPPORTUNITY TO REFINE THESE
02:34:48PM PARTICULAR CATEGORY TO INCLUDE THING LIKE JUST WHAT YOU
02:34:51PM REFERENCE.
02:34:51PM AND IT IS EXPECTED.
02:34:52PM AGAIN, WE ARE MOVING VERY, VERY FAST.
02:34:58PM AND FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S PERSPECTIVE, THEY WANT A
02:35:02PM SOUND, BROAD PLAN THAT MEET THEIR REQUIREMENT AND THEN
02:35:07PM THE EXPECTATION IS TO CONTINUE TO REFINE AND CHANGE
02:35:13PM THESE AT THE PROJECT LEVEL.
02:35:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THINK, AT THE TOP, I SEE SEVERAL
02:35:19PM PROBLEMATIC AREAS.
02:35:20PM GOOD THING WE TALK ABOUT ARE THE OPEN DITCHES THAT ARE
02:35:23PM CREATING FLOODING HAZARDS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH BECOMES
02:35:27PM AN ISSUE WITH SIDEWALK INSTALLATIONS.
02:35:29PM IF WE ARE ABLE TO CLOSE THE DITCHES UP.
02:35:31PM PUT PIPES IN.
02:35:33PM WE WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITY FOR SIDEWALKS AND REALLY EFFECT OUR
02:35:40PM AREAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED AREAS, LIKE
02:35:44PM THE SULPHUR SPRINGS, SOME THE AREAS IN EAST TAMPA, AND SOME
02:35:48PM OF THE AREAS THAT ARE NOT AS THRIVING AS OTHERS.
02:35:51PM WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA HAS EXPERIENCED IN DISTRICT 7 IN
02:35:57PM THE FOREST HILLS WORKING-CLASS -- LOWER WORKING-CLASS
02:36:00PM NEIGHBORHOOD STORMWATER MONTHS WITH IMPROVEMENT AND
02:36:08PM WORKING CLASS AND LOWER WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE.
02:36:10PM AND I DON'T NECESSARILY SEE ANY OF THAT IN THIS MASSIVE
02:36:13PM AMOUNT OF MONEY.
02:36:14PM I DON'T SEE THE IMPROVEMENT.
02:36:15PM GRANTED, THE PUMPS THEMSELVES ARE EXCELLENT, BUT I SEE OTHER
02:36:20PM LARGE CHUNK OF MONEY THAT AREN'T PERCOLATING DOWN -- SOME OF
02:36:25PM THE GREATEST NEEDS ARE IN THE CITY AND TALK ABOUT ALLOCATING
02:36:27PM THE EXCESS MONEY FOR THE PAST FISCAL YEAR.
02:36:30PM AND THAT IS PAVING, BECAUSE PAVING HAS A DIFFICULT ELEMENT
02:36:34PM IN OUR WASTEWATER FLOW AS WELL AND HOW IS THAT REFLECTED IN
02:36:37PM HERE.
02:36:37PM AND I AM NOT EVEN SEEING CATEGORIES THAT YOU CAN EVEN SUB IT
02:36:41PM OUT, BECAUSE, AGAIN, THAT IS SUCH A CRITICAL NEED FOR THE
02:36:44PM CITY, AND IF WE CAN GET THAT ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF THESE
02:36:49PM AREAS.
02:36:49PM OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE PAVING ON TOP OF PAVING ON TOP OF PAVING,
02:36:55PM AND THE STORMWATER CONNECTIONS ARE NOT WHERE THEY SHOULD BE
02:37:01PM IN MODERN TIME.
02:37:01PM SEEING A BUNCH OF MISSING ELEMENTS.
02:37:04PM I AM NOT TRYING TO MICROMANAGE WITH A COMPLICATED PROGRAM
02:37:10PM AND TO DISSEMINATE THIS INFORMATION IN 15 MINUTES AND YOU
02:37:14PM ARE POURING OVER IT HUNDREDS OF HOURS.
02:37:16PM ON THE SURFACE, THESE ARE THE AREAS I AM SEEING THAT I HAVE
02:37:20PM ISSUES WITH.
02:37:21PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: I APPRECIATE THAT AND VERY GOOD POINT.
02:37:23PM HERE IS HOW I SEE IT.
02:37:25PM VIK IS HERE AND HE CAN ADD MORE DETAIL.
02:37:28PM FOR THE PUBLIC MEETINGS, FORECAST, THEY ARE GOING TO COME
02:37:31PM THIS SUMMER ADDITIONAL INPUT THAT COUNCIL IS GOING TO BRING
02:37:38PM TO THIS PROCESS, AGAIN, THIS A COUPLE OF MONTH.
02:37:41PM >> THIS IS BY NO MEANS WRITTEN THIS STONE, BUT THE VERY GOOD
02:37:46PM POINT.
02:37:46PM AND, AGAIN, I WANT TO REITERATE.
02:37:49PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ONCE SOMETHING GET WRITTEN.
02:37:52PM IT MOVES ALONG.
02:37:53PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: ONE OF THE THINGS -- TWO THINGS THAT I
02:37:56PM WOULD HIGHLIGHT.
02:37:59PM PART OF THE EMPHASIS IS TAILORING IT TO THE HOUSING AND
02:38:08PM URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
02:38:08PM WHAT SOME OF THESE CONSULTANTS -- WHAT THE CONSULTANT HAVE
02:38:14PM FOUND IN SOME LOCALITY THAT WILL GET THIS MONEY START OFF
02:38:18PM OVERWHELMINGLY IN THE HOUSING AREA AND YOU GET INTO
02:38:20PM LOGISTIC.
02:38:21PM CAN YOU SPEND THAT MONEY WITHIN THE APPORTIONED TIME OF THIS
02:38:25PM GRANT.
02:38:25PM AND THEN DURING -- IT IS A SIX-YEAR SPAN.
02:38:33PM AND DURING THAT SIX YEARS, AND DURING THAT YOU WILL SEE MANY
02:38:37PM ITERATIONS OF THAT FUNDING.
02:38:38PM YOU HAVE THE GRANT TIME PERIOD AND MANY MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR
02:38:42PM COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE THEIR INPUT.
02:38:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IN LIGHT OF THE POLITICAL REALITY THAT WE
02:38:48PM ARE LIVING IN TODAY, SOMETIMES WORD MATTER AND HOW WE
02:38:49PM CATEGORIZE THINGS.
02:38:53PM AND I UNDERSTAND HOW YOU CATEGORIZE THESE THINGS, AND I
02:38:57PM APPRECIATE AND SUPPORT THE INTENT, BUT I THINK IT MAY BE
02:39:00PM BETTER WORDSMITHING AS YOU TRY TO PUT THESE THINGS INTO
02:39:04PM CATEGORY TO MAKE SURE WE PROTECT THAT FUNDING AS THINGS GET
02:39:07PM PULLED BACK TO D.C.
02:39:10PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: COPY.
02:39:10PM AND WE WOULD BE APPRECIATIVE AND VERY INTERESTED IN SUGGESTS
02:39:15PM OF WORDSMITH IN ORDER TO DEFEND THAT FUNDING.
02:39:19PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: EXACTLY.
02:39:20PM AI WILL BE SCOURING EVERYTHING WE SUBMIT.
02:39:24PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, THERE HAVE -- MAYBE YOU READ ABOUT
02:39:31PM ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA HAS A DIRECT APPORTIONMENT.
02:39:34PM WE DON'T GET A DIRECT APPORTIONMENT.
02:39:36PM ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA HAD A DIRECT APPORTIONMENT.
02:39:39PM I THINK A QUARTER OF A BILLION DOLLARS AND NARRATIVE WITHIN
02:39:42PM THEIR JUSTIFICATION AND THE GRANT WAS PULLED.
02:39:47PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT THAT.
02:39:49PM AND WORDS MATTER NOW.
02:39:51PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: I APPRECIATE YOU REITERATING THAT
02:39:56PM SENSITIVITY.
02:39:56PM TELL ME IF I SAID ANYTHING WRONG, VIK.
02:39:59PM >>VIK BHIDE: YOU NEVER SAY ANYTHING WRONG.
02:40:01PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MAYBE HE SAID SOMETHING WRONG.
02:40:04PM >>VIK BHIDE: VIK BHIDE, MOBILITY DEPARTMENT.
02:40:06PM I WANT TO CLARIFY OR AUGMENT WHAT DENNIS MENTIONED OF THE
02:40:10PM INFRASTRUCTURE ASPECT OF THIS PROGRAM.
02:40:12PM SO HE IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
02:40:14PM THERE ARE CATEGORIES OF THE AMOUNTS AVAILABLE OF WHICH THE
02:40:19PM REAL NUMBER REALLY ARE AVAILABLE FOR LOW TO MEDIUM-INCOME,
02:40:24PM THE LMI CATEGORY.
02:40:26PM FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, FOR THE WHOLE POT, THE COUNTY AND THE
02:40:29PM CITY, $199 MILLION ARE AVAILABLE.
02:40:34PM BUT THEY BREAK IN THE SAME PROPORTIONS THAT -- THAT -- THAT
02:40:39PM DENNIS BROUGHT THE LARGER NUMBER.
02:40:42PM SO NOT A LOT OF MONEY, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY.
02:40:45PM I MEAN, TO HIS POINT, THIS WILL BE REVISITED.
02:40:49PM RIGHT NOW WE ARE WORKING ON THAT PLAN -- OR DENNIS'S OFFICE
02:40:51PM IS WORKING ON THAT PLAN.
02:40:55PM I WANTED THAT ONE PROJECT BECAUSE COUNCILMEMBER HURTAK
02:40:59PM MENTIONED IT.
02:41:00PM WHEN WE ARE MEETING WITH THE HUD.
02:41:03PM I SPECIFICALLY ASKED IF WE ALREADY HAVE A FEDERAL GRANT FOR
02:41:06PM A PROJECT AND IF WE WANT TO AUGMENT THAT WITH A SCOPE THAT
02:41:14PM FITS WITHIN THAT CATEGORY, THE PROGRAM'S CATEGORY, CAN WE
02:41:19PM REQUEST HUD FUNDING TO AUGMENT THAT FEDERAL GRANT.
02:41:22PM NOT SUPPLANTING BUT ADDING SCOPE.
02:41:24PM WHAT WE WERE THINKING, AND WHAT WE ARE THINKING ABOUT, IS
02:41:27PM PATHWAYS TO PALMETTO.
02:41:30PM BECAUSE IT HAS AN INCREASED STORMWATER SCOPE WITH THE HEIGHT
02:41:33PM OF THE SEAWALL NOW GOING UP A BIT SINCE HELENE OR LEARNING
02:41:38PM FROM HELENE.
02:41:39PM AND THAT WILL BE ADDED TO THE LIST.
02:41:41PM IT IS NOT THERE TODAY, BUT IT WAS PARTLY BECAUSE AFTER
02:41:44PM MEETING WITH THE COUNTY, BOTH COUNTY STAFF AND CITY STAFF
02:41:48PM FELT LIKE IF WE HAD KNOWN SOME OF THIS CRITERIA OR SOME OF
02:41:52PM THE GUARDRAILS IN ADVANCE, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER
02:41:55PM PREPARED.
02:41:56PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: IF I CAN POSTSCRIPT THAT.
02:41:59PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH, VIK.
02:42:01PM EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF ALL THE SMART PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THIS
02:42:04PM WITH THE CITY.
02:42:04PM AND THANK THEM RIGHT NOW.
02:42:08PM THANK YOU.
02:42:08PM VERY QUALITY INFORMATION AND THANK THE COUNTY AND THE OTHER
02:42:11PM CITIES.
02:42:11PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
02:42:13PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
02:42:14PM SO I APPRECIATE THIS, BUT I AM LOOKING NOW WHAT YOU WE ARE
02:42:18PM TALKING ABOUT THIS.
02:42:19PM AND YOU MENTIONED THE SUMMER PUBLIC MEETING MULTIPLE TIME.
02:42:23PM WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
02:42:25PM DO THEY -- DO THEY GIVE US A MONETARY AMOUNT FIRST?
02:42:29PM OR ARE THEY DOING PUBLIC MEETING FIRST?
02:42:31PM WHEN CAN WE EXPECT TO SEE THIS MONEY?
02:42:34PM LIKE, WHAT -- WHAT KIND OF TIME LINES CAN YOU SHARE WITH US
02:42:38PM SO THE PUBLIC DOESN'T GET TOO EXCITED.
02:42:41PM IF IT IS SUMMER, I AM SEEING WE ARE NOT GETTING THIS UNTIL
02:42:44PM FALL WHICH IS STILL FAST FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
02:42:46PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: IT IS FAST FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT
02:42:50PM NOT SO FAST FOR THOSE LIVING IN DAMAGED HOME.
02:42:53PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: I APPRECIATE THAT AND I WANT TO MANAGE
02:42:55PM EXPECTATIONS.
02:42:56PM YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF STEPS.
02:42:57PM THE COUNTY IS SCHEDULING -- AND ALREADY SCHEDULED A PUBLIC
02:43:04PM MEETING WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
02:43:05PM THAT IS HAPPENING.
02:43:07PM WE WILL DRAW CITY COUNCIL INTO THE SPECIFICITY ALSO.
02:43:10PM THE OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS ARE DRAFTING AN ACTION PLAN FOR BOARD
02:43:17PM OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' REVIEW.
02:43:19PM THE COUNTY PERSONNEL DOESN'T HAVE IT YET EITHER.
02:43:23PM CAN'T GIVE YOU HARD AND FAST TIMELINES BUT THAT APPEARS TO
02:43:27PM BE MAYBE NEXT MONTH.
02:43:27PM AND THEN THE PUBLIC MEETING.
02:43:29PM AND THEN APPROVAL BY THE COUNTY COMMISSION AGAIN.
02:43:35PM THEY GOT TO APPROVE IT BEFORE IT GOES WASHINGTON AND VERY,
02:43:40PM VERY TENTATIVELY THAT APPEARS TO BE JULY.
02:43:43PM AND, AGAIN, IT DOESN'T SOUND FAST BUT AS YOU KNOW AND MANY
02:43:48PM OF US KNOW, THAT IS LIGHTNING SPEED.
02:43:49PM >>LYNN HURTAK: A LOT FASTER THAN I WAS ANTICIPATING.
02:43:52PM WONDERFUL NEWS.
02:43:53PM I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
02:43:54PM I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US EXPECTATIONS.
02:43:57PM STILL FASTER THAN I THOUGHT.
02:43:58PM THAT IS WONDERFUL.
02:43:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHERE YOU ARE
02:44:01PM PRESENTATION AND THE BACK-UP DOCUMENTATION, SIR.
02:44:05PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
02:44:06PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: VIK BHIDE, 69 AND 70.
02:44:10PM FIRST TO DISCUSS AN IN-PERSON REPORT REGARDING THIRD-PARTY
02:44:13PM MAINTENANCE AND EQUIPMENT PAPER BY THE STORMWATER SERVICE
02:44:16PM ASSESSMENT.
02:44:17PM SO BEFORE YOU BEGIN -- IT IS HURTAK'S MOTION.
02:44:25PM GO AHEAD, MA'AM.
02:44:26PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
02:44:28PM SO THIS REPORT DETAILED PERSONNEL, THIRD-PARTY MAINTENANCE
02:44:36PM CONTRACTS AND EQUIPMENT.
02:44:37PM SO I -- I GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE -- THE -- THE WRITTEN REPORT
02:44:44PM WAS GOOD, BUT I STILL HAD SOME QUESTIONS FROM IT.
02:44:47PM SO I SHARED THOSE QUESTIONS ALREADY.
02:44:49PM SO I BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE PREPARED TO TALK TO THEM.
02:44:52PM >>VIK BHIDE: SURE.
02:44:53PM >>LYNN HURTAK: ONE OF THE BIG QUESTIONS THAT I SAW AND THAT
02:44:56PM I KNOW THE PUBLIC WILL WANT TO KNOW IS, IN THIS REPORT, IT
02:45:00PM SAYS THAT 11 POSITIONS HAVE BEEN REASSIGNED FROM THE
02:45:03PM STORMWATER DIVISION TO THE TRANSPORTATION DIVISION.
02:45:06PM AND THAT SEEM COUNTER INTUITIVE.
02:45:09PM SO IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO THAT SO THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS
02:45:12PM WHAT IS GOING ON, I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.
02:45:15PM >>VIK BHIDE: OF COURSE.
02:45:20PM THIS WAS KIND OF A CONTINUATION OF THE DISCUSSION FROM
02:45:23PM LAST YEAR WHERE SOME STORMWATER -- SOME TRANSPORTATION
02:45:26PM POSITIONS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED THAT WERE BEING FUNDED BY THE
02:45:29PM STORMWATER ASSESSMENT ALSO.
02:45:30PM SO WE RECONCILED THAT LIST.
02:45:33PM OF THAT, 11 POSITIONS WERE IDENTIFIED TO BE FUNDED NOT BY
02:45:40PM THE STORMWATER ASSESSMENT.
02:45:42PM SO GIVEN THAT WE ARE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS RIGHT NOW THAT IS
02:45:45PM HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AND DENNIS AND HIS TEAM ARE WORKING ON
02:45:52PM THAT AS WE SPEAK.
02:45:54PM >>LYNN HURTAK: SO THE MONEY USED TO PAY FOR FTEs THAT ENDED
02:45:59PM UP DOING MOBILITY WORK.
02:46:01PM WILL THAT MONEY BE PAID BACK TO THE STORMWATER FUND.
02:46:07PM >>VIK BHIDE: I AM NOT AWARE THAT IT WILL.
02:46:09PM THE REASON THOSE POSITIONS ARE BEING MOVED OUT OF THE
02:46:13PM STORMWATER OPERATIONS ITSELF WAS BECAUSE OF THE CONCERNS
02:46:16PM EXPRESS LAST YEAR.
02:46:17PM BUT PAVE SOMETHING A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF STORMWATER
02:46:23PM MOVEMENT ANYWAY.
02:46:23PM >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY.
02:46:25PM AND I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT WE, AS A COUNCIL, APPROVED
02:46:35PM HALF MILLION DOLLARS RIGHT AFTER THE STORM TO GO TOWARD
02:46:39PM CONTRACT WORK.
02:46:39PM AND THEN LAST WEEK, WE ALLOCATED $3 MILLION.
02:46:45PM SO I JUST WANTED TO -- I WANTED TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE
02:46:49PM SOMEBODY ASKED ME IF THAT MEANT IT WAS ONLY GOING TO BE $2.5
02:46:54PM MILLION.
02:46:54PM BECAUSE I SAID, NO, I BELIEVE OUR IDEA IT WAS $3.5
02:47:00PM MILLION GOING TO STORMWATER.
02:47:05PM >>VIK BHIDE: HALF A MILLION SPECIFICALLY FOR DITCH GRADING.
02:47:08PM >>LYNN HURTAK: CORRECT.
02:47:09PM AND I KNOW YOU LISTENED OR YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN GONE BUT YOU
02:47:15PM LISTENED TO HEAR THE KINDS OF THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE
02:47:18PM DONE WITH THE $3 MILLION INCLUDING BUYING MORE EQUIPMENT.
02:47:20PM GETTING FTEs IF NECESSARY.
02:47:24PM AND -- IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND JUST TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
02:47:31PM -- I HAVE AN E-MAIL FROM EARLIER TODAY ABOUT WHAT A KIND OF
02:47:38PM CONTRACT WORK YOU HAVE BEEN DOING, THE ORDERS THAT ARE IN
02:47:41PM PLACE JUST, AGAIN, TO GIVE THE PUBLIC A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE,
02:47:47PM REASSURANCE OF WHAT WE ARE DOING TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
02:47:51PM >>VIK BHIDE: ABSOLUTELY.
02:47:52PM SO ONE, OUR TEAM IN-HOUSE IS WORKING SIX DAYS A WEEK RIGHT
02:47:58PM NOW ON STORMWATER MAINTENANCE.
02:48:00PM WE ARE GOING IN THE ORDER THAT WE PUBLISH ON A MONTHLY
02:48:05PM BASIS.
02:48:06PM JUST TODAY, WE UPDATED BOTH THE PAVING AND STORMWATER REPORT
02:48:11PM ON TAMPA.GOV/MOBILITY.
02:48:15PM WE ISSUED TWO EMERGENCY AFFIDAVITS FOR STORMWATER WORK.
02:48:20PM ONE IS A $2.5 MILLION AFFIDAVIT FOR KIMMINS FOR CATCHING UP
02:48:24PM ON CAVE-INS.
02:48:25PM LIKE WASTEWATER, A LARGE BACKLOG OF CAVE-INS AND TAKES A LOT
02:48:31PM OF STAFF TIME AND FREES US UP TO DO OTHER THING AS WELL.
02:48:35PM THE OTHER $1 MILLION IS FOR JET LINING AND TV INSPECTING OF
02:48:41PM OUR PIPE, CULVERT ENFORCEMENT.
02:48:44PM ALL OF THOSE ARE BEING PUT TO USE RIGHT NOW.
02:48:48PM WORK ORDERS HAVE BEEN ISSUED AND THEY ARE GETTING THAT WORK
02:48:53PM DONE.
02:48:55PM >>LYNN HURTAK: GREAT.
02:48:56PM BECAUSE WE HEAR A LOT OF THE CLEANING AND TVING OF PIPES.
02:49:00PM A LOT OF FOLK ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
02:49:02PM WANTED MISS SHARP TO COME UP SUPER FAST.
02:49:05PM BECAUSE WE GET THIS REPORT AND IT IS WRITTEN, IT IS NOT, NOT
02:49:10PM SOMETHING WE TALK ABOUT BUT YOUR STORMWATER QUARTERLY REPORT
02:49:16PM AND YOU CAN GO THROUGH THEM QUICKLY.
02:49:17PM THROW A FEW OF THEM ON THE SCREEN.
02:49:19PM BUT SHE WENT THROUGH AND FOUND OUT ALL OF THE WORK THAT IS
02:49:23PM ACTUALLY BEING DONE -- YOU MAY WANT TO ZOOM OUT JUST A
02:49:26PM LITTLE BIT.
02:49:27PM THE WHEEL ON THE TOP.
02:49:28PM I DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY IT GOES.
02:49:30PM OH, WOW.
02:49:31PM >> IS THAT GOOD?
02:49:32PM >>LYNN HURTAK: PERFECT, EVERYBODY GOES THE OTHER WAY FIRST.
02:49:35PM BUT THIS IS THE WATERSHED MASTER PLAN AND THE THINGS
02:49:41PM HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW.
02:49:41PM YOU CAN KEEP THROWING THEM ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.
02:49:44PM >> THAT WILL BENEFIT THE ENTIRE CITY.
02:49:46PM >>LYNN HURTAK: SOME IN EACH NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT THE TYPE OF
02:49:49PM PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HAPPENING THIS YEAR AND
02:49:54PM CONTINUOUS WORK.
02:49:55PM >> THIS IS A NEW UPDATED FORM OF THIS REPORT.
02:50:01PM AND PEOPLE HAVE NOT SEEN IT AND THIS IS GREAT.
02:50:04PM AT THE VERY END, MISS SHARP HAS A WEB SITE WHERE THIS IS A
02:50:08PM PUBLIC REPORT.
02:50:09PM PUBLISHED EVERY QUARTER.
02:50:13PM WHERE YOU CAN FIND THAT REPORT, TAMPA.GOV/TSSSTORMWATER AND
02:50:22PM YOU CAN SEE THE QUARTERLY REPORT AND SEE WHAT IS GOING ON IN
02:50:26PM YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
02:50:26PM AND I THINK THIS IS CRITICAL AND THE MAP ARE VERY USEFUL.
02:50:29PM I APPRECIATE THE DATES.
02:50:30PM I WANTED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT THAT.
02:50:33PM WE HAVE A LOT OF STUFF COMING FORWARD AT THE END OF THIS
02:50:36PM MONTH, BUT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A REPORT THIS WEEK ON WHAT
02:50:41PM WAS ACCOMPLISHED LAST MONTH AND WHAT IS COMING, I DID NOT
02:50:45PM WANT THIS TIME TO ESCAPE WITHOUT US BEING ABLE TO TALK ABOUT
02:50:49PM THE WORK YOU ARE DOING, THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE AND WHAT
02:50:53PM WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT MORE ON MAY 22.
02:50:56PM >>VIK BHIDE: THANK YOU.
02:50:58PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:51:00PM I AM WAITING FOR 70.
02:51:03PM ITEM NUMBER 70, SIR. THIS IS COUNCILMAN CARLSON'S MOTION.
02:51:07PM GO AHEAD, SIR.
02:51:09PM >>BILL CARLSON: TWO OR THREE WEEKS AGO, I THINK IT WAS, I
02:51:13PM STARTED GETTING A CALL FROM VERY ANGRY AND WORRIED PEOPLE OF
02:51:17PM NEW SUBURB BEAUTIFUL OF POSSIBILITY OF THE SOUTH HOWARD
02:51:20PM CULVERT GOING THROUGH THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, ESPECIALLY THE
02:51:23PM SMALL STREETS.
02:51:23PM AS I STARTED TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT IT.
02:51:25PM I ASKED, WHERE DID YOU HEAR THIS?
02:51:27PM THEY SAID ONE OF THE ENGINEERS ON THE PROJECT TOLD THEM THAT
02:51:31PM THAT ROUTE WAS IN PLAY AS A RESPONSE OF THAT AND SOME OF
02:51:38PM MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY I ASKED YOU ALL TO AGREE TO PUT
02:51:41PM THIS ON THE AGENDA AND SINCE THEN THE CITY STAFF HAVE SAID
02:51:50PM TO MY AIDE AND TO THE NEW SUBURB BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE THAT THEY
02:51:54PM ARE NOT GOING THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD AND REMEMBER AS WAS SAID
02:51:59PM IN PUBLIC COMMENT THIS MORNING, WE PREVIOUSLY PASSED A
02:52:01PM RESOLUTION TO NOT GO THROUGH THE STREET OF PARK LAND
02:52:08PM ESTATES.
02:52:08PM THAT IS WHERE WE STAND NOW.
02:52:10PM THE REASON THERE IS NOT A ROOM FULL OF NEW SUBURB BEAUTIFUL
02:52:15PM TODAY, BECAUSE THEY BASED ON DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF, THAT
02:52:18PM THE STAFF WILL NOT ALLOW THE CONSULTANTS TO GO THROUGH THEIR
02:52:22PM NEIGHBORHOOD.
02:52:22PM IF THAT CHANGES THEY WILL SHOW UP JUNE 4.
02:52:26PM NOW OVER TO STAFF.
02:52:28PM >>VIK BHIDE: WE SUBMITTED A MEMO TO THAT EFFECT.
02:52:30PM IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
02:52:32PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS?
02:52:38PM >>BILL CARLSON: CAN YOU JUST CONFIRM FOR THE PUBLIC --
02:52:41PM PROBABLY SOME PEOPLE FROM NEW SUBURB BEAUTIFUL IS WATCHING
02:52:44PM AND MR. MICHELINI IS ON THE BOARD NOW.
02:52:46PM CAN YOU JUST CONFIRM THAT THE -- THAT THERE IS NO
02:52:50PM ALTERNATIVE THAT WILL BE PRESENTED ON JUNE 4 THAT WILL GO
02:52:53PM THROUGHOUT INTERNAL ROADS OF NEW SUBURB BEAUTIFUL AND
02:52:58PM PARKLAND ESTATES?
02:52:58PM >>VIK BHIDE: ON JUNE 4, WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC MEETING -- OR IS
02:53:04PM IT JUNE 5?
02:53:05PM >> JUNE 5.
02:53:06PM >>VIK BHIDE: JUNE 5, WE HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING WHERE WE WILL
02:53:11PM HAVE OUR FINDINGS OF THE ROUTE THAT OUR CONSULTANT IS DOING
02:53:15PM AND WHAT THE BUSINESS ALLIANCE ASKED US TO LOOK AT.
02:53:19PM >> THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE ROUTES, GEORGIA THROUGH NEW SUBURB
02:53:22PM BEAUTIFUL, WHICH WE ALREADY EVALUATED PREVIOUSLY AS PART OF
02:53:25PM THE JMT STUDY, AND IT WASN'T FOUND TO BE FEASIBLE.
02:53:31PM WE ARE GOING TO GIVE IT ANOTHER LOOK AND THIS IS HAPPENING
02:53:34PM RIGHT NOW ONLY BECAUSE IT WAS SPECIFICALLY ASKED OF US TO DO
02:53:39PM SO.
02:53:39PM WE DO NOT BELIEVE, AS STAFF MENTIONED, THAT GIVING JUST
02:53:45PM KNOWING WHAT WE KNOW OF THE GEOGRAPHY, THE COST AND TIME IT
02:53:48PM WILL TAKE, THAT IT WILL BE A RECOMMENDED OPTION AND THE
02:53:52PM CONTRACT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW DOES NOT GO THROUGH THAT AREA
02:53:56PM ANYWAY.
02:53:57PM IT IS FOR HOWARD AND THE THREE OPTIONS TO LOOK AT.
02:54:02PM THAT IS WHY STAFF IT YOU NOT BELIEVE THAT WILL BE A VIABLE
02:54:07PM ROUTE.
02:54:07PM WE HAVE DONE SOME AMOUNT OF DISCOVERY BUT WE WILL SHARE ALL
02:54:10PM OF THE INFORMATION ON JUNE 3.
02:54:14PM >>BILL CARLSON: SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY -- AGAIN, THIS
02:54:16PM IS COMING FROM THEM, NOT BY ME.
02:54:18PM TOLD BY SOMEONE, CITY STAFF OR CONSULTANTS THAT THE ROUTE --
02:54:24PM THE PROPOSED ROUTE THROUGH NEW SUBURB BEAUTIFUL IS
02:54:32PM BECAUSE BERN'S HAD PARTICULARLY ASKED TO BYPASS BERN'S.
02:54:37PM BERN'S SAID THAT IS NOT TRUE.
02:54:40PM WOULD ANYBODY ON THE CITY SAID THAT.
02:54:43PM >>VIK BHIDE: I WOULD HAVE SAID THAT.
02:54:44PM WE MET WITH THE BUSINESS ALLIANCE, THIS IS ONE OF THE FIVE
02:54:47PM OPTIONS THEY ASKED US TO LOOK AT.
02:54:50PM WHAT WE TOLD THEM IS WE WOULD LOOK AT IT AGAIN.
02:54:52PM IT HAS BEEN LOOKED AT.
02:54:53PM WE WILL LOOK AT IT AGAIN AND HOLD A PUBLIC MEET WHERE WE
02:54:57PM WILL SHOW ALL OF OUR FINDINGS.
02:54:58PM >>BILL CARLSON: THE PERCEPTION OF THE COMMUNITY -- YOU KNOW
02:55:01PM THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN FRAUGHT WITH DIRTY POLITICS.
02:55:07PM I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH CAME FROM ONE OR TWO PEOPLE IN
02:55:10PM PARKLAND ESTATE OR FROM THE STAFF, BEFORE BUT IT -- IT HAS
02:55:14PM BEEN SUCH YOU A DIRTY THING.
02:55:16PM BUT YOU SEE THAT PEOPLE -- SCARING PEOPLE IN NEW SUBURB
02:55:23PM BOULEVARD AND BLAMING BERN'S CAUSED A POLITICAL PROBLEM AND
02:55:27PM PERCEPTION OF THE CITY THAT SOMEHOW IT IS RETALIATION BY
02:55:30PM STAFF BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T LIKE IT THAT THE HOWARD AVENUE
02:55:34PM PEOPLE LOOKED AT OTHER AREAS.
02:55:35PM I WILL ASK YOU AGAIN AND STAFF TO LEAVE THE DIRTY POLITIC
02:55:41PM OUT OF IT AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO LEAVE THE DIRTY POLITIC
02:55:44PM OUT OF IT.
02:55:45PM DESPITE WHAT WAS SAID EARLIER A LOT OF PLACE SOUTH TAMPA
02:55:49PM WERE FLOODED.
02:55:49PM SCARED PEOPLE IN SOUTH TAMPA, NORTH TAMPA AND OTHER PLACE
02:55:53PM TOO.
02:55:53PM BUT SOUTH TAMPA, A LOT OF PEOPLE FLOODED.
02:55:56PM THEY DON'T WANT POLITICS.
02:55:59PM THEY WANT SOLUTIONS.
02:56:00PM REAL SOLUTIONS.
02:56:01PM THE COMMUNITY SHOULD TRUST CONSULTANTS AND STAFF WHEN THEY
02:56:06PM COME BEFORE THEM WITHOUT TRYING TO STIR UP TROUBLE.
02:56:08PM CAN I ASK YOU -- WE PREVIOUSLY PASSED A MOTION CITY COUNCIL
02:56:11PM TO NOT GO DOWN BRISTOL.
02:56:14PM CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT GOING DOWN LAKEVIEW TO BRISTOL.
02:56:17PM ONLY THREE OPTIONS THAT YOU SAY ARE BEING LOOKED AT.
02:56:22PM CAN YOU TELL US BECAUSE NOW OF THE RESOLUTION IS STAFF
02:56:27PM LISTENING TO US OR REVIEWING OUR REQUEST?
02:56:31PM >>VIK BHIDE: OUR CONSULTANT IS LOOKING AT THOSE THREE
02:56:34PM OPTIONS AND WILL HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING ON JUNE 5 WHERE WE
02:56:39PM WILL DISCLOSE.
02:56:40PM I MET WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUC BOARD WITH OUR ANTICIPATE IT.
02:56:44PM WE COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERN AND ARE DOING
02:56:49PM EVERYTHING WE CAN TO CONSIDER THAT AND ACCOMMODATE THEM.
02:56:51PM BUT THIS IS NOT A MATTER OF JUST OPINION, A MATTER OF
02:56:56PM ANALYSIS AND BENEFIT OVER COST.
02:56:58PM OUR CONSULTANT IS DOING THAT AND CONSISTENT WITH THAT
02:57:04PM MESSAGING.
02:57:05PM WE WILL KNOW FOR SURE OUR PUBLIC MEETING ON JUNE 5 AND HOPE
02:57:08PM TO SHARE POSITIVE INFORMATION.
02:57:12PM >>BILL CARLSON: CITY COUNCIL WILL NOT GET A BRIEFING IN
02:57:15PM ADVANCE?
02:57:16PM >>VIK BHIDE: YES, YOU WILL.
02:57:17PM 100%.
02:57:20PM >>BILL CARLSON: WE WON'T GET BLINDSIDED?
02:57:24PM >>VIK BHIDE: WE WILL REACH OUT IF YOU WANT NOTIFICATION.
02:57:29PM >>BILL CARLSON: WE HEARD THIS MORNING THE SIZE OF THE
02:57:31PM CULVERTS HAVE INCREASE.
02:57:33PM ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS THAT THE CAPACITY OF THIS PROJECT
02:57:35PM WILL NOT HANDLE THE VOLUME OF WATER COMING THROUGH.
02:57:37PM THE WAY I OBSERVED IN ADMINISTRATION, THEY NEVER LIKE TO SAY
02:57:43PM THAT WE WEREN'T DOING SOMETHING AND DOING SOMETHING WRONG.
02:57:48PM THEY DID THIS THROUGH THE WHOLE GEORGE FLOYD THING --
02:57:52PM PROTESTS.
02:57:53PM THE ISSUE IS, THE -- ON -- IT APPEARS THAT THE -- THAT THE
02:58:00PM SCOPE SOMEHOW HAS BEEN CHANGED TO INCREASE THE VOLUME.
02:58:03PM AND NOW WE ARE ALSO HEARING THIRD HAND EVEN THOUGH STAFF
02:58:07PM EARLIER SAID THERE WOULD BE NO INFRASTRUCTURE IN PALMA CEIA
02:58:11PM PINES.
02:58:12PM WE ARE HEARING THERE MAY BE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PALMA CEIA
02:58:15PM PINES.
02:58:15PM HAS THE SCOPE INCREASED FOR THOSE AREAS OR STICKING TO THE
02:58:19PM ORIGINAL THREE ROUTES.
02:58:21PM >> THE CONCEPT AND THE COULD ESPECIALLY IS THE SAME.
02:58:23PM THREE ROUTES AND HOWARD AVENUE.
02:58:26PM >>BILL CARLSON: THE SCOPE IS NOT BEING INCREASED TO PROVIDE
02:58:29PM INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY?
02:58:32PM >>VIK BHIDE: THE SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT IS NOT CHANGING
02:58:34PM ANYWAY.
02:58:35PM WHAT THE DESIGNS INFORMS US BASED THE MODELING.
02:58:39PM I DON'T KNOW YET AND CONSISTENT THAT LET THE ANALYSIS AND
02:58:44PM DESIGN HAPPEN AND LET US KNOW WHAT THE SCOPE IS.
02:58:47PM >>BILL CARLSON: I SAID ALL ALONG WE SHOULD DO THE ANALYSIS
02:58:50PM AND THEN RECOMMEND THE DESIGN.
02:58:53PM INSTEAD OF PRESENTING THREE ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS FIRST.
02:58:56PM UNNECESSARILY CAUSED A LOT OF FIGHTING AND CONFUSION AND I
02:59:00PM HOPE THAT WILL END BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY DESERVES BETTER
02:59:04PM THAN THIS.
02:59:05PM PEOPLE WHOSE HOUSES FLOODED DESERVE BETTER THAN RUMOR AND
02:59:09PM FIGHTING.
02:59:10PM THEY SOLUTIONS.
02:59:12PM THANK YOU.
02:59:12PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
02:59:14PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU.
02:59:15PM WE ARE POLICYMAKERS.
02:59:17PM WE LEAVE IT UP TO THE PROFESSIONAL TO DO THE JOB.
02:59:21PM YOU HIRED CONTRACTORS AND OTHER INDIVIDUAL WHO ARE REVIEWING
02:59:24PM EVERYTHING THAT IS POSSIBLE.
02:59:25PM ONE OUT OF SEVEN, I CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT NOTHING IS GOING
02:59:29PM TO FLOOD.
02:59:29PM BECAUSE I DON'T TELL YOU -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS COMING.
02:59:34PM WE MAY BUILD SOMETHING THAT HANDLES A FOUR AND A FIVE ONE
02:59:37PM TIME.
02:59:37PM WHAT IF YOU GET FOUR OR A FIVE TWICE, OR THREE TIME.
02:59:41PM YOU CAN'T HANDLE IT.
02:59:46PM NO ONE CAN.
02:59:46PM I AM OBJECTIVE TO WHAT I CAN SEE AND DO.
02:59:50PM AND I FEEL LIKE WE ARE DOING WHAT WE CAN, HOW WE CAN WITH
02:59:53PM WHAT WE HAVE THAT WE CAN I AM NOT KICKING THE CAN BUT
03:00:02PM TELLING THE FACT.
03:00:02PM WHAT I AM LOOKING AT TODAY, YESTERDAY AND TWO MONTH AGO AND
03:00:08PM FOUR MONTH AGO AND FIVE MONTH AGO NOW.
03:00:10PM THE BAY.
03:00:11PM IT HAS BEEN HOTTER BY THREE DEGREES THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR AT
03:00:16PM THIS TIME.
03:00:16PM SO I'M NOT A WEATHERMAN OR WEATHER LADY.
03:00:20PM I AM TELLING YOU WHAT I HAVE SEEN AND HEARD.
03:00:22PM WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
03:00:23PM I HOPE THAT IS GOES NOWHERE, ANY PART OF AMERICA AND TO THE
03:00:31PM CARIBBEAN OR ANYWHERE.
03:00:32PM BUT HOPE SOMETHING NOT GOOD ENOUGH DEFENDS HOW THE WIND ARE
03:00:38PM BLOWING FROM WEST TO EAST.
03:00:41PM AND THE CURRENT FROM THE NORTHERN AREA IS COMING DOWN AND
03:00:47PM MOVES THE HURRICANE TOWARD WHAT?
03:00:50PM A PLACE CALLED FLORIDA.
03:00:52PM AND THE WHOLE COAST EXPOSED.
03:00:56PM WHERE IT GOES, NOBODY KNOWS.
03:00:59PM HURRICANES ARE THERE.
03:01:00PM IF THERE ARE SMALL ONES, YES, IT WILL HANDLE THEM.
03:01:03PM WE HAVE TO REMEMBER ONE THING, THAT BAY HAS HUNDREDS OF
03:01:06PM TRILLIONS OF GALLONS EVERY SINGLE DAY HERE.
03:01:10PM WE DON'T HAVE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF GALLONS PUSHING THE
03:01:13PM BAY OUT.
03:01:13PM WE WERE LUCKY IN A WAY THE HURRICANE, THE SPENDING OF IT
03:01:17PM BROUGHT THE BAY OFF AND NOT IN.
03:01:19PM IF IT WOULD HAVE BROUGHT THE BAY IN, IT WOULDN'T BE HERE
03:01:22PM TODAY.
03:01:22PM DOWNTOWN WOULD BE GONE.
03:01:26PM SO AGAIN, I AM NOT WEATHER PERSON OR A GENIUS, AND I AM NOT
03:01:30PM AS SMART AS ANYBODY ELSE.
03:01:32PM I CAN ONLY TELL YOU WHAT I ASSUME FROM THE FACT I HAVE SEEN.
03:01:36PM AND THEY ARE NOT MY CALCULATIONS, THEY ARE OTHERS.
03:01:39PM SO AS LONG AS WE TRY THE BEST WE CAN AND CERTAINLY -- YOUR
03:01:46PM DEPARTMENT ARE POLICYMAKERS WE DON'T DIRECT TO YOU DO
03:01:50PM ANYTHING AND THE DECISION BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR
03:01:53PM ADMINISTRATION.
03:01:53PM WE HAVE A RIGHT TO BRING YOU UP, TALK TO YOU AND ADVISE YOU,
03:01:57PM BUT AT THE END A POLICY DECISION GIVEN BY THIS COUNCIL TO
03:02:00PM SOMEONE ELSE.
03:02:01PM I AM NOT HERE THROWING IT OFF OR FLUFFING IT OFF.
03:02:03PM BUT WHAT I SEE, I AM NOT READY TO PUT A BAND-AID OR
03:02:08PM SOMETHING THAT IS NOT BLEEDING YET, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW
03:02:11PM IT IS GOING TO COME OUT.
03:02:14PM IT MIGHT NEED STITCHES.
03:02:16PM I AM TRYING TO BE AS PRACTICAL AS I HAVE BEEN LIKE I ALWAYS
03:02:20PM HAVE BEEN IN MY OWN LIFE ,AND I CAN'T MAKE DECISIONS THAT I
03:02:23PM DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RESULT ARE GOING TO BE.
03:02:25PM WE ARE TRYING TO YEARS AGO.
03:02:27PM I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN THIS
03:02:31PM YEAR WHERE IT COMING IN.
03:02:37PM I HOPE IT DOESN'T HIT FLORIDA AT ALL.
03:02:39PM BUT WE HAVE TO CHANGE DIFFERENT THINGS, IN MY OPINION.
03:02:41PM YOU CAN NOT REBUILD LIKE WHAT WE BUILD NOW.
03:02:45PM BECAUSE THE SECOND FLOOR IS WOOD.
03:02:49PM INSIDE DRY WALL.
03:02:51PM WET FOUR, FIVE FEET YOU HAVE TO KNOCK THAT WHOLE HOUSE DOWN.
03:02:55PM WE HAVE GOT TO CHANGE.
03:02:57PM AND I SAID EVERY WEEK, YOU GOT TO THE BUILD DIFFERENTLY
03:03:02PM WHERE NOTHING CAN REALLY GO DOWN AND THE WATER CAN'T GET IN.
03:03:08PM THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
03:03:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ELSE.
03:03:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES.
03:03:11PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
03:03:13PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A FEW THINGS.
03:03:14PM ONE, CLEARLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS.
03:03:17PM WE PASS THE CONTRACT FOR DESIGN-BUILD.
03:03:22PM BUT WE DEFINITELY HAD SOME ADDENDUM AND COUNCIL INTENT WITH
03:03:26PM THAT CONTRACT PASSING.
03:03:27PM A COUPLE OF THOSE WERE BRISTOL IS OUT OF THE QUESTION WHICH
03:03:32PM I UNDERSTAND ISSUE AT THE END OF BRISTOL AND HOWARD WHICH
03:03:35PM ARE PROBABLY LOGISTICALLY TAKEN OFF THE TABLE.
03:03:42PM >>VIK BHIDE: I AM NOT AWARE OF THAT.
03:03:44PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SECONDLY --
03:03:46PM >>VIK BHIDE: I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY I AM NOT AWARE OF THE
03:03:48PM ISSUES YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.
03:03:50PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHAT IS IT GOING ON WITH THE BOX CULVERT
03:03:53PM SIZE CHANGES?
03:03:54PM IS THAT TRUE?
03:03:55PM >>VIK BHIDE: I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON.
03:03:57PM WHAT HAPPENS IS THEY MODEL WHATEVER SIZE IS NEEDED AND THAT
03:04:01PM SIZE IS SCOPE.
03:04:02PM WELL WITHIN THE CONTRACT SCOPE ITSELF.
03:04:05PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MAKES A REALLY SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT ON THE
03:04:12PM INSTALLATION OF THOSE BOX CULVERTs, NOT NECESSARILY IF WE
03:04:17PM STICK TO THE COMMERCIAL STREETS BUT THE GRAND TREE-LINED
03:04:21PM NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOUSE, DOUBLING THE SIZE OF THOSE BOX
03:04:24PM CULVERT WILL BE -- REALLY IMPACTFUL.
03:04:27PM >>VIK BHIDE: I DON'T KNOW ABOUT DOUBLING SIZE OF THE BOX
03:04:30PM CULVERTS EITHER.
03:04:31PM BUT I WILL REITERATE WE ARE AWARE, EMPATHETIC AND SENSITIVE
03:04:37PM WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS TOLD US.
03:04:40PM WE MET THEM A FEW TIMES.
03:04:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SECONDLY GOING TO THE ROUTES.
03:04:45PM THE SWANN -- THE SWANN, HOWARD AND -- POSSIBLY CULVERT
03:04:50PM UNDERNEATH THE PART AND USING THE RIGHT-OF-WAY ALONGSIDE
03:04:56PM THE EXPRESSWAY.
03:04:58PM THAT STILL BEING EXPLORED.
03:05:02PM >>VIK BHIDE: WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT AS ONE OF THE OPTIONS
03:05:05PM AND SHARE OUR FINDINGS ON JUNE 5.
03:05:08PM >> THE OTHER THING IS, WE HAVE AND I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE
03:05:15PM TALKED TO YOU OFFLINE AND I WILL THROW THIS OUT HERE.
03:05:17PM PART OF THE PROCESS.
03:05:19PM TALKING OF THE RE-CREATION OF HOWARD HOW YOU ARE GOING TO
03:05:23PM UNDERGROUND THE UTILITY.
03:05:24PM I ACTUALLY WAS IN THE ROOM WITH TECO PEOPLE.
03:05:26PM AND THEY SAID THAT IS NOT HAPPENING.
03:05:28PM SO I KIND OF FEEL MISLED ON THAT.
03:05:35PM I WAS TOLD THAT UNDERGROUND UTILITY IS PART OF HOWARD AND
03:05:39PM RE-CREATION OF HOWARD AND PART OF STREETSCAPE, WIDENING,
03:05:44PM UNDERGROUND UTILITY.
03:05:45PM TECO SAID, NO, TOO COST PROHIBITIVE.
03:05:49PM >>VIK BHIDE: YOU CAN SHARE WHO YOU SPOKE WITH.
03:05:53PM TECO HAS NOT TOLD ME THAT IS HAPPENING.
03:05:56PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: JOEL.
03:05:58PM >>VIK BHIDE: I AM HAVING COFFEE WITH HIM, I THINK, TOMORROW.
03:06:01PM SO I WILL TALK TO HIM.
03:06:02PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT IS SUBSTANTIAL, BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT
03:06:05PM COMPONENT, I MEAN, YOU REALLY LOSE MOST OF ADVANTAGES.
03:06:09PM WHEN WE FIRST TALKED ABOUT THIS, GOSH, A YEAR AND A HALF
03:06:12PM AGO, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SUBSIDIARY IMPACT AND BENEFIT
03:06:20PM OF THE CITY TO RECREATE SOUTH HOWARD WITH SIDEWALK AND MAKE
03:06:25PM IT A PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY ZONE.
03:06:29PM IF YOU TAKE THAT OFF THE TABLE SHIFTS THE DYNAMICS
03:06:34PM FINANCIALLY.
03:06:34PM I HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.
03:06:37PM I DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE LOOKING AT THOSE
03:06:40PM ALTERNATIVE ROUTES.
03:06:41PM BECAUSE I THINK THAT WAS CLEAR WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND
03:06:45PM I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT WE ARE MEANINGFULLY LOOK AT
03:06:51PM THOSE ROUTES.
03:06:52PM THEA IS PUTTING UNDER BAY TO BAY AND CREATING THAT AS WELL,
03:07:01PM CORRECT?
03:07:02PM >>VIK BHIDE: THEY ARE WORKING ON A VAULT.
03:07:03PM BUT I AM NOT SURE WHAT THE RELEVANCE IS.
03:07:06PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WAS TALKING TO THE THEA FOLKS AND
03:07:09PM TALKING THE STORM SHEDDING WATER OFF OF THE EXPANSION AND
03:07:12PM TIEING IT INTO OUR SYSTEM.
03:07:13PM USING THE VAULT SYSTEM UNDERNEATH THAT BAY-TO-BAY AREA.
03:07:18PM >> WORKING WITH THEM ON THE PROJECT.
03:07:20PM MET WITH GREG -- I WANT TO SAY LAST WEEK.
03:07:23PM MIDDLE OF LAST WEEK.
03:07:25PM S.W.F.W.M.D. IS IN TOUCH WITH THEM.
03:07:28PM WE ARE IN TOUCH WITH THEM.
03:07:30PM THEY ARE AWARE OF WHAT IS NEEDED.
03:07:33PM REGULAR MEETINGS WITH THEIR MODELERS.
03:07:37PM AND WE HAVE EARLY PLANS PHASES.
03:07:41PM I THINK THEY RECOGNIZED WHAT THEIR STANDARDS ARE AND
03:07:45PM WHAT THEY NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO MITIGATE THAT FOOTPRINT AND
03:07:55PM WORK WITH OUR SYSTEM.
03:07:55PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: PUTTING IN A VAULT, IS THERE OPPORTUNITY FOR US
03:07:58PM AS WELL FOR THIS WATERSHED?
03:08:00PM >>VIK BHIDE: THAT IS WHAT WE LOOK FOR ALWAYS AS PARTNERSHIP
03:08:03PM OPPORTUNITY.
03:08:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BECAUSE IF IT IS GOING IN, WHY NOT.
03:08:05PM OKAY, VERY GOOD.
03:08:07PM THANK YOU.
03:08:07PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
03:08:08PM YES?
03:08:10PM >>BILL CARLSON: I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT ON
03:08:12PM FLOODING AND FLOOD VICTIMS.
03:08:13PM YOU KNOW IN SOUTH TAMPA, THERE IS PORT TAMPA AND
03:08:20PM WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE THAT WORK PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK AND THEY
03:08:25PM LOST EVERYTHING.
03:08:25PM PEOPLE ALONG THE COAST CULVERT BAYOU THAT LOST EVERYTHING
03:08:31PM JUST LIKE THEY WERE IN NORTH TAMPA AND EAST TAMPA THE OTHER
03:08:38PM ISSUE AND I AM MAKING UP THESE NUMBER.
03:08:40PM LET'S SAY YOU HAVE A HOUSE THAT IS $2 MILLION.
03:08:43PM AND THE INSURANCE PAYING YOU 200,000 AND FEMA GIVE YOU
03:08:50PM $10,000.
03:08:51PM OWN A MILLION OR MORE.
03:08:53PM AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE.
03:08:56PM I AM GETTING E-MAILS AND QUALITIES FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE
03:08:59PM CRYING ON THE PHONE -- EITHER CRYING OR MAD BECAUSE THEY
03:09:01PM WANT HELP.
03:09:02PM AND THERE IS MILLIONS OR MORE DOLLARS GAP.
03:09:06PM THEY STILL OWN THEIR MORTGAGE AND HAVE TO PAY AND NOT FOR
03:09:10PM GIVEN ON IT.
03:09:11PM MOVE OUT OF THEIR HOUSE.
03:09:12PM PAY FOR ANOTHER PLACE.
03:09:13PM FIGURE OUT HOW TO REBUILD THEIR HOUSE.
03:09:15PM WHERE TO GET MONEY BECAUSE NO EQUITY IN THEIR HOUSE.
03:09:18PM MOST PEOPLE THEIR BIGGEST ASSET IS THEIR HOUSE.
03:09:20PM EVEN THOSE PEOPLE BEFORE THE STORM MAY HAVE BEEN WORTH A
03:09:23PM COUPLE OF MILLION DOLLARS ON PAPER AND CLOSE TO BANKRUPTCY
03:09:28PM AND LOST EVERYTHING IN THE STORM BECAUSE DIDN'T HAVE THE
03:09:31PM RIGHT INSURANCE OR WHATEVER.
03:09:33PM I WILL ASK EVERYBODY TO KEEP IN MIND THAT SO MANY OF OUR
03:09:36PM FAMILIES AND FRIENDS HAVE BEEN DISPLACED AND ARE SUFFERING
03:09:41PM THROUGH THIS AND COULD END UP BANKRUPT WILLING PEOPLE RICH
03:09:46PM OR POOR THAT ARE TRYING TO SURVIVE.
03:09:48PM OUR FUNDS TO HELP SUBSIDIZE PEOPLE WON'T WORK.
03:09:50PM THE THING WE CAN TRY TO DO IS MAKE SURE THEY DON'T GET
03:09:53PM FLOODED AND NEW PEOPLE DON'T GET FLOODED AGAIN THIS YEAR.
03:09:56PM THANK YOU.
03:09:57PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
03:09:58PM WE WILL SEE YOU JUNE 5.
03:10:00PM LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
03:10:02PM ITEM 71.
03:10:04PM ABBYE FEELEY ONLINE?
03:10:11PM >>ABBYE FEELEY: GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL, I AM.
03:10:13PM ABBYE FEELEY, ADMINISTRATOR FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
03:10:18PM I WANT TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE AS I HAVE BEEN DOING ON A
03:10:21PM DAILY BASIS, SLATED TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE WITH
03:10:27PM PARTNERSHIP WITH CLARION ASSOCIATES.
03:10:29PM THEY HAVE THE DRAFTING OF THE CODE.
03:10:31PM >> THIS IS ONE OF ASSOCIATIONS AT THAT TAKE LONGEST AMOUNT
03:10:35PM OF TIME.
03:10:35PM APPROXIMATELY FIVE MONTH.
03:10:38PM I AM MEETING WITH THEM TOMORROW TO GO OVER A MORE DETAILED
03:10:42PM SCHEDULE.
03:10:42PM THE CODE WILL COME IN THREE INSTALLMENTS.
03:10:45PM FIRST INSTALLMENT WILL COME IN TWO PART.
03:10:48PM NEXT MONTH WHEN I REPORT, I WILL HAVE MORE DETAILED
03:10:52PM SCHEDULE WHAT TO EXPECT AS WE GO INTO THIS NEXT PHASE OF
03:10:55PM THIS UPDATE.
03:10:57PM IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I AM AVAILABLE.
03:11:00PM AS ALWAYS, WE ARE HERE TO WORK THROUGH THIS WITH YOU, AS
03:11:07PM WELL AS THE PUBLIC.
03:11:07PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
03:11:09PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, CHAIR.
03:11:11PM I ASKED AT THE LAST UPDATE MEETING THAT THE CLARION STAFF
03:11:14PM CIRCLE BACK TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND I WAS HOPING THAT
03:11:17PM WOULD HAPPEN BEFORE THE NEXT ITERATION.
03:11:20PM CAN YOU TELL ME IF -- IF, YOU KNOW, THAT'S POSSIBLE?
03:11:24PM DID YOU -- BECAUSE THEY WERE HERE WHEN I SAID THAT TOO.
03:11:30PM >>ABBYE FEELEY: THAT IS ON MY AGENDA TO DISCUSS THAT AND GET
03:11:33PM THE TIME FRAME AND LOOK AT THAT IN THE CONCEPT OF COUNCIL'S
03:11:38PM SUMMER AGENDA.
03:11:38PM YES, MA'AM, THAT IS ON THE AGENDA AND STILL THE INTENT.
03:11:41PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY, THANK YOU.
03:11:43PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ELSE?
03:11:46PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MISS FEELEY.
03:11:48PM >>ABBYE FEELEY: THANK YOU.
03:11:49PM HAVE A GOOD DAY.
03:11:50PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA.
03:11:53PM COUNCILMAN CARLSON, DO YOU HAVE NEW BUSINESS?
03:11:55PM >>BILL CARLSON: YES, SIR, I HAVE THREE FORM -- FORM -- WHAT
03:12:02PM IT CALLED, AB?
03:12:05PM THREE ABs FROM 36, 46 AND 47.
03:12:10PM ASK TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
03:12:12PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
03:12:14PM SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
03:12:17PM MOTION CARRIES.
03:12:21PM ANYTHING ELSE?
03:12:23PM >>BILL CARLSON: IF COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN WILL MAKE
03:12:25PM THIS MOTION, AND I WILL CONCEDE TO HIM.
03:12:28PM YOU GOT A BUNCH OF CALLS WHEN HE HAD A TOWN HALL IN JACKSON PARK.
03:12:35PM BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP WAS DAVIS ISLAND PEOPLE
03:12:38PM SAYING WHAT ABOUT THE DAVIS ISLAND STORMWATER ANALYSIS.
03:12:42PM WHAT OF IT ARE YOU GOING TO IMPLEMENT.
03:12:44PM AND MANY PEOPLE ON DAVE ISLAND HAVE NOT SEEN IT.
03:12:48PM TO MY KNOWLEDGE IT HAVEN'T BEEN PRESENTED BEEN COUNSEL AND
03:12:51PM THE DAVIS ISLAND FOLKS WOULD LIKE THIS PRESENTED BEFORE
03:12:54PM COUNCIL.
03:12:54PM DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB SITE AND NOT PUBLICLY
03:12:58PM PRESENTED.
03:12:59PM SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR STAFF AND APPLIED
03:13:02PM SCIENCES, THE CONSULTANT TO RETURN ON JUNE 5 TO PRESENT THE
03:13:05PM DAVIS ISLAND STORMWATER ANALYSIS AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF
03:13:11PM WHICH WILL BE IMPLEMENTED AHEAD OF THE 2025 HURRICANE
03:13:15PM SEASON.
03:13:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I SECOND THAT.
03:13:17PM AND A NOTE THAT WE HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS REPORT.
03:13:19PM SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS OF THAT GROUP WERE THAT -- UNDER THE
03:13:22PM UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAD SEEN THAT REPORT.
03:13:24PM SO I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT IT IS DISCLOSED SO EVERYBODY
03:13:30PM -- I WAS ABLE TO GET A COPY, AND I DID READ IT.
03:13:33PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE FTP REPORT REGARDING THE DAVIS
03:13:38PM ISLAND ANALYSIS.
03:13:39PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A PRIVATE FIRM THAT THEY CONTRACTED WITH.
03:13:42PM >>BILL CARLSON: THIS IDEALLY.
03:13:44PM DAVIS ISLAND IS ONE OF THE AREAS HARDEST HIT, AND IDEALLY,
03:13:49PM SHOULD HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO US A LONG TIME AGO AS IT WAS
03:13:53PM DONE.
03:13:53PM I HEARD THIRD HAND -- I DIDN'T GO TO THE MEETING BUT HEARD
03:14:01PM FROM THE NEIGHBORS.
03:14:02PM NOBODY HAD PRESENT IT BEFORE AND THE PUBLIC WAS ANGRY
03:14:05PM BECAUSE IT WASN'T PRESENTED, AND PEOPLE CALLED ME TO SAY MAKE
03:14:08PM SURE IT IS PRESENTED, AND WE HAVE A PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF IT.
03:14:11PM A LOT OFNEIGHBORHOOD THAT I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON BILATERALLY
03:14:17PM AND TO LOOK AT SOLUTIONS, BUT DAVIS ISLAND IS A HUGE PLACE
03:14:23PM AND NOT FUNDAMENTALLY ADDRESSED ON HOW WE WOULD HELP THEM.
03:14:28PM >>THE REPORT I DID SEE IT AFTER THE TOWN MALL MEETING FROM
03:14:32PM APPLIED CONSULTING.
03:14:35PM BUT I DID GO THROUGH IT.
03:14:36PM BECAUSE I AM SURE WE ALL GOT CONTACTED AFTER THE TOWN HALL
03:14:39PM WITH CONCERNS AND WHATNOT.
03:14:41PM MOWING AND A SECOND.
03:14:42PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
03:14:43PM DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING?
03:14:45PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WE HAVE SEVEN STAFF REPORTS THAT WEEK AND
03:14:49PM SUPER BUSY.
03:14:50PM IS THE 26TH THAT DAY?
03:14:52PM TWO REVIEW HEARINGS EVERY SINGLE -- EVERY SINGLE PERSON OF
03:14:56PM THE MONTH OR QUARTER.
03:14:58PM >>BILL CARLSON: ANYTHING.
03:15:02PM ANYTHING THAT I HAVE THAT I CAN MOVE.
03:15:05PM >>LYNN HURTAK: INDIAN ROCKS ON SHORT-TERM RENTAL.
03:15:09PM >>BILL CARLSON: MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE THE INDIAN ROCKS
03:15:14PM BEACH TO SEPTEMBER --
03:15:15PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SEPTEMBER -- THE WEEK BEFORE THE 25th.
03:15:21PM >>LYNN HURTAK: HOW ABOUT THE 4th.
03:15:24PM >>BILL CARLSON: SEPTEMBER 4.
03:15:26PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: FROM JUNE 26 TO SEPTEMBER 4 UNDER STAFF
03:15:29PM REPORT AS SOON AS OKAY.
03:15:30PM A MOTION AND A SECOND.
03:15:31PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
03:15:32PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
03:15:33PM NOW YOU ARE GOING TO PUT ON JUNE 26 UNDER STAFF REPORT.
03:15:39PM >>BILL CARLSON: JUNE 5.
03:15:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JUNE 5 AFTER STAFF REPORT YOU WILL MOVE
03:15:44PM THAT ITEM.
03:15:44PM YOUR MOTION THE MOTION THAT HE STATED.
03:15:50PM >>BILL CARLSON: TO PUT A PRESENTATION OF THAT REPORT ON JUNE
03:15:52PM 5.
03:15:52PM REPORT IS ALREADY DONE.
03:15:54PM JUST A PRESENTATION.
03:15:55PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION AND A SECOND.
03:15:56PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
03:15:57PM THE SECOND WAS FROM CLENDENIN.
03:16:00PM ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?
03:16:02PM >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH, ONE OTHER THING.
03:16:03PM A COUPLE COMMENT IN PUBLIC COMMENT.
03:16:05PM ONE WAS THE RACIAL RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE.
03:16:08PM AND I -- AND I WAS REALLY SADDENED BY WHAT THEY PRESENTED.
03:16:12PM I THINK I TOLD YOU ALL WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THIS THAT
03:16:15PM FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO AFTER I PRESENTED TAMPA'S SCORECARD, I
03:16:20PM PROPOSED A ECONOMIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
03:16:22PM SET UP AND 24 PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY.
03:16:25PM ADMINISTRATION DECIDED TO RUN IT THEMSELVES INSTEAD OF
03:16:30PM LETTING COUNCIL RUN IT.
03:16:32PM AND A WHOLE SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS HOW TO FIX SYSTEMIC
03:16:35PM POLICIES AND OTHER ISSUES WITH US PRO BONO WITH DATA AND
03:16:41PM DATA ANALYTICS AND THE MAYOR HAD A PRESS CONFERENCE THE
03:16:45PM SAME TIME I WAS PRESENTING THE SECOND ROUND OF TAMPA'S
03:16:50PM SCORECARD TO SAY -- YOU CAN LOOK IT UP ON CHANNEL 10.
03:16:53PM A FEW ISSUES WE TO NEED ADDRESS IN TAMPA AND EVERYTHING IS
03:16:56PM GOOD AND EVERYTHING IS GOING WELL.
03:16:57PM AN ITEM OF LEADERSHIP IS YOU DON'T JUST HAVE PRESS
03:17:01PM CONFERENCE -- YOU CAN'T MANAGE BY A PRESS CONFERENCE, YOU
03:17:05PM HAVE TO ADDRESS SERIOUS ISSUES AND TRY TO RESOLVE THEM AND
03:17:09PM THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING EVERY WEEK HERE.
03:17:10PM WE NEED AN ORGANIZATION IN PARTNER WITH US.
03:17:12PM ULTIMATELY THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ECONOMIC ADVISORY
03:17:17PM COMMITTEE.
03:17:17PM 24 SMART PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUND IN THE CITY WERE
03:17:21PM COMPLETELY IGNORED AND RESULT OF FIVE YEARS FROM TAMPA
03:17:26PM SCORECARD HAS BEEN COMPLETELY IGNORED BECAUSE ADMINISTERING
03:17:29PM DOESN'T WANT TO FACE THE FACT THAT ADMINISTRATION IS
03:17:32PM PERFECT.
03:17:33PM IF YOU HAVE FIVE As AND Cs.
03:17:37PM COMPLIMENT THEM.
03:17:40PM AND THE SAME FOR THE ISSUE.
03:17:43PM ANOTHER EMPLOYEE PUT HIS JOB ON THE LINE THIS MORNING TO
03:17:46PM SPEAK AND I HAD PROBABLY 100 OR MORE PEOPLE REACH OUT
03:17:51PM DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY AND I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE TO SOME OF
03:17:54PM THEM THAT I HAVEN'T RETURNED THEIR CALLS YET.
03:17:58PM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT SAID DON'T TALK TO THEM AND TELL THEM
03:18:00PM THE ONLY THING I CAN TELL THEM IS TO CALL AN ATTORNEY.
03:18:03PM WHEN I TELL AN EMPLOYEE OR TO FORMER EMPLOYEE TO CALL AN
03:18:08PM ATTORNEY.
03:18:08PM DON'T LIKE TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT SETS UP THE CITY TO BE
03:18:11PM SUED.
03:18:12PM AND ALSO THE EMPLOYEES COME BACK AND SAY NOW I HAVE TO SPEND
03:18:15PM $45,000, $50,000 TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY AND COST A LOT MORE AND
03:18:22PM THE CITY WILL DRAG IT OUT A COUPLE OF YEARS.
03:18:26PM TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CANCELLED THE CIVIL RIGHTS
03:18:29PM INVESTIGATION OF RENTING WHILE BLACK.
03:18:31PM WE HAVE A SERIOUS CULTURAL ISSUE IN THIS CITY AND I HAD -- I
03:18:34PM CAN LET YOU LISTEN TO VOICEMAILS.
03:18:38PM SO MANY PHONE CALLS AND E-MAILS FROM EMPLOYEES THAT REACH
03:18:41PM OUT ME.
03:18:42PM SO ADMINISTRATION, 2% HAVE ANY INTERACTION WITH CITY
03:18:46PM COUNCIL AND YOU CAN'T BLAME IT ON US.
03:18:48PM WE HAVE TO REALIZE AND ADMIT THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM THAT
03:18:52PM PEOPLE ARE MAKING RACIAL COMMENT.
03:18:56PM THAT THERE IS RETALIATION -- RETALIATION FROM THE
03:18:59PM ADMINISTRATION IS THE ONE THING I HEAR FROM EMPLOYEES.
03:19:03PM AFRAID OF RETALIATION FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND A SAD
03:19:07PM SITUATION.
03:19:07PM LAST E-MAIL I SENT ANDREA ZELMAN ON THIS.
03:19:11PM AND SAID BUTT OUT OF THIS BECAUSE BY CHARTER WE HAVE NO
03:19:14PM INFLUENCE.
03:19:15PM THE EMPLOYEE WANT US TO TRY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM -- FORMER
03:19:18PM EMPLOYEES WANT US TO FIX THIS PROBLEM.
03:19:19PM WORKED AS AN CONSULTANT WITH 20 ORGANIZATIONS 20 OR 30
03:19:25PM COUNTRIES.
03:19:25PM I HAVE BEEN DEEP INSIDE AN ORGANIZATION, AND I NEVER SEEN A
03:19:29PM CULTURE THAT HAS THIS MANY PROBLEMS AND NEVER SEEN A
03:19:33PM LEADERSHIP WHO STICKS THEIR HEAD IN THE SAND AND NEVER WANT
03:19:37PM TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS.
03:19:39PM ONLY RESPONSE TO BLAME CITY COUNCIL OR ME, WHATEVER.
03:19:43PM THIS IS A SYSTEMIC ISSUE WHERE PEOPLE ARE AFRAID.
03:19:46PM YOU HEARD THE PERSON THIS MORNING AND TWO A FEW MONTH AGO.
03:19:48PM GOT AN ISSUE THAT WE CONTINUED FOR A FEW MORE MONTH.
03:19:55PM PLEASE SHOW SOME LEADERSHIP.
03:19:56PM MEET WITH ME.
03:19:57PM COME UP WITH SOLUTION.
03:19:59PM THE EMPLOYEES OF THIS CITY DESERVE TO BE TREATED BETTER.
03:20:03PM THEY DESERVE TO HAVE A POSITIVE CULTURE WHERE THEY CAN
03:20:06PM THRIVE AND HAVE A CAREER.
03:20:07PM NOT WHERE THEY ARE A FRAYED OF GETTING RETALIATION.
03:20:10PM RETALIATION, I HEARD HUNDREDS OF TIMES FROM CURRENT
03:20:16PM EMPLOYEES.
03:20:16PM IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
03:20:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU, SIR.
03:20:20PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, ANY NEW BUSINESS?
03:20:22PM >>LYNN HURTAK: NO.
03:20:23PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
03:20:25PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NO NEW BUSINESS, BUT TO TALK ABOUT THE TOWN
03:20:28PM HALL, I HAD AT KATE JACKSON THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON SAID
03:20:31PM EARLIER.
03:20:32PM THAT WAS ISSUE, THE OTHER ABOUT ISSUE FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION
03:20:37PM AND CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT PERSONALLY OR PRIVATELY AND THE BIG
03:20:42PM ISSUE PARKING ON HYDE PARK AND COUNCILMAN CARLSON'S OFFICE
03:20:45PM HAS BEEN TOP OF THAT FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
03:20:47PM THE POPULARITY OF THESE EVENTS IN HYDE PARK IS STRESSING OUT
03:20:52PM AND SOME OF THE OTHER ADJACENT STREETS.
03:20:55PM AND PROBABLY OTHER THAN FLOODING THE HOTTEST TOPIC OF THE
03:21:00PM TOWN HALL WERE THE CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE HAVE OF GETTING
03:21:03PM BLOCKED IN, EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS PARKING IN HYDE PARK
03:21:11PM VILLAGE.
03:21:11PM I ASSURED THEM I WOULD BRING IT TO COUNCIL.
03:21:14PM A WORK GROUP BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND IT IS
03:21:17PM OKAY IF COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON WANTS TO TAKE IT ON BECAUSE
03:21:20PM YOU GUYS WORKED ON IT A LOT.
03:21:24PM A COMPLEX ISSUE.
03:21:25PM I PERSONALLY OBSERVE IT AND SEE PROBLEMS THAT ARE THERE.
03:21:29PM THE VILLAGE IS NO LONGER A SLEEPY PLACE.
03:21:33PM MORE AND MORE POPULAR AND EVENTS FOR THE WEEKEND.
03:21:36PM DEFINITELY STRESSING OUT THOSE FOLKS.
03:21:38PM I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WANT TO DEAL WITH IT, BUT I PROMISED
03:21:41PM THAT I WILL BRING IT UP IN COUNCIL.
03:21:43PM IN.
03:21:44PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
03:21:45PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WELL, WE PASSED A BRAND-NEW PARKING SECTION
03:21:48PM OF THE ORDINANCES AND ACTUALLY RELIEF FOR RESIDENTS NOW IN
03:21:52PM THAT.
03:21:52PM ONE OF THE THINGS HE CAN DO IS DO PARKING PERMIT FOR THAT
03:21:57PM AREA.
03:21:57PM PERMIT ONLY.
03:21:59PM WE CAN ALSO -- IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS IN SOME AREAS THEY HAVE
03:22:06PM GONE TO ONE SIDE OF THE STREET PARKING ONLY DUE TO THAT VERY
03:22:10PM THING.
03:22:10PM NARROW STREETS.
03:22:12PM ABSOLUTELY THING THAT CAN BE DONE.
03:22:13PM I AM WORKING WITH ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD NOW ON THAT VERY
03:22:18PM ISSUE.
03:22:20PM SO ABSOLUTELY -- WE CAN ABSOLUTELY GET THING DONE.
03:22:22PM BUT I WILL GO THROUGH THE NEW ORDINANCE.
03:22:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BECAUSE IT IS SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT.
03:22:29PM I DIDN'T WANT TO OVERSTEP I HAVE JUST SHARING INFORMATION
03:22:34PM THAT I GOT.
03:22:35PM I AM WILLING TO BRING THAT FORWARD AND GET TIM ON IT,
03:22:37PM BUT I ALSO WAS TOLD BY -- BY HOW HALLWAYS THAT WHISPERS
03:22:44PM THAT MAYBE COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON'S OFFICE ALREADY
03:22:47PM WORKED ON THE ISSUE.
03:22:48PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
03:22:49PM >>BILL CARLSON: I WORKED AT PARKING IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF
03:22:52PM HYDE PARK.
03:22:52PM NOT THAT PARTICULAR ONE.
03:22:53PM IF YOU WANT TO WORK ON IT, I DON'T CARE.
03:22:55PM WE CAN PARTNER WITH IT OR IF YOU TALK WITH STAFF MAYBE ASK
03:23:00PM THEM TO UPDATE ME ON IT.
03:23:02PM I USED TO LIVE IN HISTORIC HYDE PARK.
03:23:05PM AND I WAS ALWAYS AGAINST RESIDENTIAL PARKING BECAUSE I HAD
03:23:09PM PLENTY -- THE SPACE IN FRONT OF A HOUSE IS NOT OWNED BY A
03:23:12PM HOMEOWNER.
03:23:13PM SOMEHOW WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
03:23:14PM IF I HAVE AN EVENT WHERE FAMILY COME OVER, I WANT MY FAMILY
03:23:18PM TO PARK WHEREVER THEY CAN.
03:23:22PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, BY THE WAY.
03:23:24PM >>BILL CARLSON: SAME THING WITH OTHER PEOPLE, AND IF I AM NOT
03:23:28PM USING, WHY DO I CARE WHO WORK IN FRONT OF ME.
03:23:31PM CERTAIN EVENTS AND NIGHTS THAT MAYBE IF THEY ARE BIG EVENTS
03:23:37PM SHUT DOWN ONE LANE.
03:23:39PM AND SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
03:23:40PM IF WE KEEP WANTING TO INVESTIGATE PARKING, WE CAN COME UP WITH IT.
03:23:44PM I'M FACING ANOTHER ISSUE PROVIDED RESIDENTIAL PARKING NEAR
03:23:49PM PLANT HIGH FOR COUPLE OF BLOCK AND PUSHED THE STUDENT IN
03:23:54PM DIFFERENT AREAS AND MADE PARKING WORKS.
03:23:56PM SOME WANT RESIDENTIAL PARK.
03:23:58PM SOME PEOPLE DON'T.
03:23:59PM YESTERDAY, A REPORT THAT A FEMALE STUDENT WAS THREATENED BY A
03:24:02PM HOMEOWNER WHO SAID IF YOU COME BACK WITH TIRES AT THE END
03:24:08PM OF DAY.
03:24:11PM NOT ACCEPTABLE.
03:24:12PM YOU DON'T OWN THE SPACE IN FRONT OF JUSTICE HOUR AND YOU
03:24:17PM CAN'T THREATEN KIDS.
03:24:18PM WE NEED TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS THAT WILL RESOLVE THE
03:24:22PISSUE FOR EVERYONE.
03:24:22PM EVERYBODY NEEDS TO LIVE TOGETHER AND WE NEED TO PUT INTEREST
03:24:27PM ON BICYCLES AND OTHER TRANSPORTATION.
03:24:30PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE RIDE SHARING PROGRAM AND BICYCLES MAY
03:24:33PM COME IN HANDY.
03:24:34PM IT IS GETTING THERE.
03:24:35PM I UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE WITH EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND PEOPLE
03:24:38PM WHO PARK ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD.
03:24:39PM IT WAS THE ONE THAT BROUGHT UP THE ISSUE IF YOU HAVE
03:24:44PM VISITORS AND RESIDENTIAL PERMIT.
03:24:45PM YOU HAVE A PARTY AND PEOPLE CAN'T PARK.
03:24:48PM THERE IS NOWHERE TO PARK.
03:24:50PM >>BILL CARLSON: ANOTHER THING, IF I MAY, NEIGHBORHOODS I HAVE
03:24:54PM LOOKED AT, THEY STARTED LOOKING AT IT.
03:24:56PM ONCE YOU DESIGNATE SPACES AND SAY THOSE ARE RESIDENTIAL
03:25:01PM ONLY, THAT USUALLY REDUCES THE CAPACITY BY HALF.
03:25:05PM BECAUSE THE NEIGHBORS THEMSELVES.
03:25:10PM THE NEIGHBORHOODS THEMSELVES PARK CLOSE TO THEIR OWN
03:25:13PM DRIVEWAY AND PARK CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION AND PARK TOO
03:25:15PM CLOSE TO CERTAIN PLACES.
03:25:17PM AND THEY SOMETIME PARK OPPOSITE DRIVEWAY.
03:25:20PM ONCE YOU PUT UP ANOTHER SIGNS, HALF OR MORE OF PARKING
03:25:24PM SPACES ARE GONE.
03:25:25PM ONCE THEY REALIZE THEY ARE GOING TO LOST LOSE SPACES DON'T
03:25:28PM LIKE THE IDEA OF RESIDENTIAL SPACES.
03:25:30PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: PART OF THE DISCUSSION ON THE TEN-FOOT
03:25:33PM RULE.
03:25:33PM DAMNED IF YOU DO OR DAMNED IF YOU DON'T.
03:25:36PM IF YOU ENFORCE THAT, YOU LOSE THE PARKING SPOTS, ESPECIALLY
03:25:41PM IN THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD WITH ONE DRIVEWAY AND VERY
03:25:43PM NARROW LOTS.
03:25:44PM THERE IS ONE SPOT.
03:25:45PM BUT THAT ONE SPOT MAY BE LESS THAN 10 FEET IN THE DRIVEWAY.
03:25:50PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
03:25:53PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WHICH IS WHY I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT RULE.
03:25:56PM I LIVED IN CITY IN URBAN CORE WHERE IS YOU PARK RIGHT UP TO
03:25:59PM THE DRIVEWAY.
03:26:00PM AID DRIVEWAY LIKE THAT.
03:26:01PM IT COULD FIT FOUR CARS.
03:26:03PM WE NEVER HAD FOUR CARS.
03:26:04PM WHEN WE HAD PEOPLE, EVERYBODY HAD TO BACK OUT NARROWLY.
03:26:08PM BUT THAT IS LIVING IN A CITY.
03:26:10PM IF WE WANT -- I MEAN, I WOULD WHOLEHEARTEDLY HAVE THE
03:26:14PM DISCUSSING ABOUT REDUCING THE AMOUNT NECK TO A DRIVEWAY
03:26:21PM MULTIPLE THINGS WE CAN DO.
03:26:23PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DO A WORKSHOP.
03:26:26PM >>LYNN HURTAK: MAYBE.
03:26:26PM FLESH IT OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND EVERYBODY COME UP WITH
03:26:30PM IDEAS AND BRING IT BACK.
03:26:31PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THIS IS AN IOU TO THE GROUP.
03:26:35PM LET'S FLESH IT OUT, BUT I MAY POTENTIALLY BRING IT UP FOR A
03:26:41PM WORKSHOP.
03:26:42PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA.
03:26:45PM WE HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM AND WE CAN'T PARK LIKE A SUBURB
03:26:49PM ANYMORE.
03:26:49PM YOU ARE RIGHT.
03:26:50PM ON-STREET PARKING IS PUBLIC.
03:26:52PM WHAT THEY DID IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS BEHIND THE SEA HOUSE.
03:26:57PM THE POPULAR FOR THE STREET BEHIND.
03:27:00PM NOT RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMITS.
03:27:02PM PARKING ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET ONLY.
03:27:04PM AND I SWEAR TO YOU NOT THREE WEEK LATER, SOMEONE HAD A
03:27:07PM GARAGE FIRE, A WOOD -- OVER 100-YEAR-OLD HOUSE AND THEIR
03:27:14PM SEPARATE GARAGE CAUGHT FIRE.
03:27:16PM I NEVER SEEN FLAMES LIKE THAT.
03:27:17PM HAPPENED TO BE WALKING WITH A FRIEND.
03:27:19PM AND WE SAW THE SMOKE AND WALKED UP TO IT.
03:27:23PM IF THEY HAD NOT GONE TO ONE-SIDE-OF-THE-STREET PARKING, NO
03:27:28PM WAY THE FIRE ENGINE SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE.
03:27:30PM IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE LUCK THAT HAD STARTED.
03:27:33PM THEY HAD A HARD TYPE MAKING PUSHES.
03:27:35PM BUT THAT IS A WHOLE ANOTHER STORY.
03:27:37PM EITHER WAY IF WE CAN DO NOTHING ELSE, WE CAN ABSOLUTELY
03:27:40PM START LOOKING AT ONE SIDE OF THE STREET PARKING.
03:27:43PM I RECOMMEND THAT 100% EVEN BEFORE WE START HAVING THIS
03:27:47PM CONVERSATION ABOUT.
03:27:47PM AND HIS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL WITH THAT.
03:27:52PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANKS.
03:27:53PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
03:27:54PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, CHAIR.
03:27:56PM I WANT TO ADDRESS THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT CAME BEFORE US
03:27:59PM THIS MORNING REGARDING THE CITY OF TAMPA'S RACIAL
03:28:04PM RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE.
03:28:05PM MAYBE I AM DOING A LITTLE BIT OF TEACHING AND A LITTLE BIT
03:28:08PM OF REMINDING WHEN WE UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED THIS COMMITTEE.
03:28:13PM IT CLEARLY STATE -- AND THIS IS ONLINE FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT
03:28:17PM TO READ IT UNDER RACIAL RECONCILIATION.
03:28:20PM WE CREATED THIS COMMITTEE TO REVIEW, STUDY AND MAKE
03:28:23PM RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL, TO US, AND TO THE CITY
03:28:28PM OF TAMPA.
03:28:28PM NOW THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO US AND TO
03:28:33PM THE CITY, CITY OF TAMPA AND CITY COUNCIL.
03:28:39PM THE PEOPLE WE SELECTED, IN MY OPINION, WERE ALL ABLE TO PICK
03:28:43PM AND CHOSE EXPERT IN A VARIETY OF AREAS.
03:28:46PM THE CDC, THE BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, FEEDING TAMPA BAY,
03:28:52PM THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, MY PICK, AFRICAN STUDY
03:28:57PM AND ANTHROPOLOGY.
03:29:00PM CHURCH MEMBER, THE HIT CENTER, A. BROWN MINISTRY AND FLORIDA
03:29:08PM RISING.
03:29:08PM THESE PEOPLE ARE EXPERTS IN THEIR AREAS AND THEY ALREADY
03:29:13PM HAVE ANSWERS ON DAY ONE, BASED ON THE CATEGORIES THAT THEY
03:29:16PM ARE ASSIGNED TO IN TERMS OF THIS COMMITTEE, AFFORDABLE
03:29:20PM HOUSING, ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT, YOUTH UNIT, ETC., THEY CAN
03:29:24PM PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO US.
03:29:27PM THAT WAS WHAT WAS ASKED WHEN WE CREATED THIS COMMITTEE.
03:29:30PM THE DISAPPOINTMENT FOR ME FOR ME TO HEAR THE EDITORIAL THAT
03:29:36PM BE DID SOMETHING WRONG.
03:29:38PM PROVIDED THE RESOURCES AND THE FUNDING TO PUT IN PLACE WITH
03:29:41PM THE -- PARTNERED WITH THE JOHN SCOTT FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF
03:29:48PM GOVERNMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA TO PROVIDE THE
03:29:51PM FACILITY TAKE TO THE COMMITTEE.
03:29:53PM WE USED THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA COLLABORATION OF
03:29:58PM GOVERNMENT TO PARTNER WITH AND SUBJECT AREA EXPERT, ALL OF
03:30:03PM THAT STUFF.
03:30:05PM AT THIS POINT, SEVERAL MEETING THAT TOOK PLACE IN DECEMBER,
03:30:09PM FEBRUARY, AND MARCH.
03:30:10PM APRIL 22.
03:30:11PM AND NOW HERE WE ARE TODAY ON APRIL 30, AND WE GET THIS
03:30:15PM EDITORIAL AS THOUGH WE ARE NOT DOING SOMETHING.
03:30:18PM RECOMMENDATIONS IN MY OPINION SHOULD OCCUR THROUGH THE
03:30:22PM COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT WE PICKED WITH THE EXPERTS IN THE
03:30:28PM FIELDS THAT CURRENTLY EXIST.
03:30:29PM ALSO, I DO RECOGNIZE -- I KNOW THAT THEY DID ASK THE CITY
03:30:35PM FOR A LOT OF INFORMING FOR THE CITY EMPLOYEES TO FILL OUT
03:30:38PM QUESTIONNAIRES.
03:30:39PM NOW ,I AM GOING TO ADDRESS THIS FROM A PERSONAL STANDPOINT
03:30:47PM WHEN I RAN FOR OFFICE.
03:30:49PM I GOT OVERWHELMED BY THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONNAIRES THAT CAME
03:30:52PM IN FROM THESE ORGANIZATIONS.
03:30:54PM EVERY NIGHT SPENDING AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF TIME FILLING OUT
03:30:57PM THESE QUESTIONS AND I GOT TO THE POINT SAYING, STOP.
03:31:01PM I CAN'T DO THIS.
03:31:02PM TAKING UP AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF TIME AND PLUS I HAD TO GO
03:31:05PM MEET WITH THE PUBLIC AND ANSWER QUESTIONS AND HAVE ALL THE
03:31:08PM FORM.
03:31:08PM THINK OF THAT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF YOU SENDING OUT THIS
03:31:13PM HUGE DOCUMENT THAT WE WANT OUR STAFF TO ANSWER WHEN WE
03:31:16PM ALREADY KNOW THEY ARE OVERWHELMED.
03:31:18PM THE RACIAL CONSIDERING COMMITTEE.
03:31:21PM VALUABLE QUESTIONS BUT WE DO NOT NEED TO RELY ON CITY STAFF
03:31:25PM TO GET THE DATA BUT ON EXPERT OF THE ORGANIZE ALL OF THE
03:31:30PM ORGANIZES THAT EXIST THAT MAKE UP THAT RACIAL RECONCILIATION
03:31:33PM COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE THOSE RESPONSES EACH AND EVERY MEETING.
03:31:37PM EACH AND EVERY MEET WHERE THEY HAD THE WORKSHOP.
03:31:40PM I AM JUST SAYING THAT FROM THE STANDPOINT WHAT IS ACTUALLY
03:31:44PM DOCUMENTED IN TERMS OF WHAT WE ARE EXPECTING.
03:31:48PM I WAS A LITTLE BLINDSIDEDED TO WHEN THEY GOT UP AND
03:31:51PM PRESENTED THEIR POSITION.
03:31:53PM WHEN IT CLEARLY STATES INLINE WITH THE PUBLIC THAT IT IS THE
03:31:58PM COMMITTEE THAT WILL BE MAKING THE REPRESENTATIONS TO COUNSEL
03:32:03PM AND TO THE CITY OF TAMPA.
03:32:04PM NOT FOR US TO BE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS, BUT TO MAKE IT
03:32:09PM EVEN FAIR.
03:32:10PM NOT TO INFLUENCE THE PROCESS.
03:32:11PM BY GIVING OUR INPUT.
03:32:15PM THAT IS WHY THE COMMITTEE WAS ESTABLISHED.
03:32:18PM I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE, AND I AM SAYING THAT
03:32:20PM PUBLICLY BECAUSE I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO DO SO.
03:32:23PM THE OTHER THING, TOO, IS AND I LEARNED THIS BECAUSE I HAVE
03:32:28PM GOTTEN IN THE WEEDS PIVOTING WITH ANOTHER CONVERSATION WITH
03:32:31PM AN EMPLOYEE THAT CAME BEFORE US TODAY.
03:32:34PM HAPPEN A LOT FOR ME DEPENDING ON WHEN I AM WITH THE CITY
03:32:41PM WHERE THE EMPLOYEES WANT TO TALK TO ME OF SOMETHING, AND I
03:32:44PM LEARNED THIS FROM HART AND THE CITY ATTORNEY AND HART.
03:32:49PM NOT CITY COUNCIL'S ABILITY TO GET INTO EMPLOYEE MATTERS
03:32:54PM BECAUSE ONE THING FOR SURE WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WE ARE ONLY
03:32:56PM HEARING ONE SIDE OF THE SITUATION.
03:32:58PM AND IT MAY PLUG AN INTEREST.
03:33:00PM FOR EXAMPLE, AS WE FOUGHT WAS DROPPED INTO THOSE THREE PLACES,
03:33:05PM IT WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTING IF WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON
03:33:08PM ASPHALT THAT WE COULD NOT USE AND IT WAS DUMPED.
03:33:15PM WE HEARD IT AND THE STAFF HEARD IT TOO AND URGE STAFF TO
03:33:20PM FOLLOW UP ON WHAT IS BEING SAID.
03:33:22PM BUT A COUNCIL, IT IS NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO GET INVOLVED
03:33:26PM IN EMPLOYEE MATTERS THAT WAY.
03:33:27PM THAT IS DEFINITELY TRUE, BECAUSE YOU REMEMBER I HAD TO
03:33:32PM RECUSE MYSELF WITH A VOTE INVOLVING A PREVIOUS MEMBER OF
03:33:37PM THIS COUNCIL.
03:33:37PM THAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY.
03:33:39PM EVEN THOUGH WE CAN EMPATHIZE WITH SITUATIONS, I WANT TO SAY
03:33:43PM THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE TO MAKE A
03:33:48PM LOT OF DECISION AND SOME MATTERS THAT WE CAN ENGAGE IN A WAY
03:33:52PM THAT, YOU KNOW, PUTS US IN A POSITION WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE TO
03:33:55PM VOTE ON IT DOWN ROAD.
03:33:57PM SOMETHING WHERE WE ARE INVOLVED FROM THE STANDPOINT OF
03:34:01PM MAKING A DECISION.
03:34:02PM THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.
03:34:05PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CARLSON AND CLENDENIN.
03:34:07PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I JUST WANT TO RESPOND.
03:34:11PM >>BILL CARLSON: I WAS BLINDSIDED BY THE COMMENT OF THE
03:34:15PM COMMITTEE THIS MORNING.
03:34:15PM WE DON'T GET TO APPOINT PEOPLE INDIVIDUALLY TO TOO MANY
03:34:18PM COMMITTEE.
03:34:19PM WHEN I DO IT, I DON'T TALK TO THEM AT ALL.
03:34:21PM NOT CARRYING WATER FOR ME.
03:34:23PM THEY ARE CARRYING WATER FOR THEMSELVES.
03:34:25PM SO I -- MY APPOINTEE, I NEVER SPOKEN TO HER ABOUT THAT
03:34:29PM COMMITTEE.
03:34:29PM I DON'T KNOW FROM HER POINT OF VIEW WHAT IS HAPPENING.
03:34:32PM BUT SIMILAR TO OTHER THING LIKE WHEN EAST TAMPA CAC CAME TO US
03:34:41PM WITH PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS WHO MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE
03:34:43PM WITH EACH OTHER BUT THEY AGREE TO COME BEFORE YOU AND STAY
03:34:49PM THERE WAS AN ISSUE.
03:34:49PM WHAT I GLEAM IS THAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR INFORMING FROM OUR
03:34:55PM CITY AND THEY DIDN'T GET IT.
03:34:56PM BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE -- I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG AGO.
03:35:00PM BUT THEY COMPLAINED THAT THE CITY WAS NOT COOPERATING AND
03:35:06PM NOT BEING TRANSPARENT.
03:35:08PM SO WITH THAT GROUP, A VERY POWERFUL AND INFLUENTIAL GROUP
03:35:15PM THIS MORNING AND I WAS SURPRISED THEY SAID THAT. .
03:35:18PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ARE YOU REALLY?
03:35:19PM WHEN THE CITY DECIDED UP FRONT THEY WOULD NOT PICK ANYONE TO
03:35:22PM SIT ON THE RACIAL RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE.
03:35:24PM ARE YOU REALLY THAT SURPRISED?
03:35:26PM >>BILL CARLSON: SEEMS THAT THEY DIDN'T FIGHT PUTTING US
03:35:30PM TOGETHER.
03:35:30PM AND SO ANYWAY, I AGREE YOU WITH, PEOPLE WITH DEEP
03:35:37PM BACKGROUNDS AND GIVE US ADVICE.
03:35:40PM USF MAY BE GIVING DAY-TO-AND ASK THE ADMINISTERING TO
03:35:47PM COOPERATE WITH THEM.
03:35:48PM EVIDENTLY AS I SAID BEFORE, IF YOUR KID HAS FIVE As AND
03:35:53PM A C.
03:35:55PM DON'T HIDE THE C BECAUSE WE GOT FIVE As AND C.
03:36:00PM YOU SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON THE FIVE As, LET'S FIX THE C.
03:36:05PM WE ACKNOWLEDGED WE HAVE ISSUE AND FIX THEM.
03:36:08PM MY MESSAGE TO EMPLOYEES THAT WE REALLY CAN'T HELP YOU.
03:36:12PM I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT WE CAN'T HAVE LONG CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM
03:36:17PM BECAUSE THE ARGUMENT MAY BE IN LITIGATION.
03:36:19PM ALL WE CAN REALLY SAY IS GO TALK TO HR OR TALK TO A LAWYER.
03:36:25PM ALL WE CAN DAY.
03:36:26PM AND VERY FRUSTRATING.
03:36:28PM BUT FRUSTRATING TO KNOW THAT THE ADMINISTRATION APPEAR TO
03:36:33PM NOT ENGAGE THIS IN A POSITIVE WAY.
03:36:36PM FIVE ADVISING FROM A PR PERSPECTIVE.
03:36:39PM ADVISING THIS ADMINISTRATION.
03:36:41PM YOU NEED TO ALLOW MORE TRANSPARENCY TO THIS AND ALLOW A
03:36:45PM PROCESS YOU DON'T CONTROL TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE ISSUES ARE
03:36:48PM AND RESOLVE THEM.
03:36:49PM THIS MAYOR CAN TAKE CREDIT OF RESOLVE AGRICULTURAL ISSUE
03:36:53PM THAT MAY HAPPENED UNDER THIS ADMINISTRATION.
03:36:56PM FIRST YOU CAN ACKNOWLEDGE A PROBLEM AND KEEP COMING FORWARD
03:37:02PM AS YOU GET CLOSER TO THE DEADLINE THIS MAYOR'S TIMELINE GET
03:37:07PM SHORTER AND SHORTER.
03:37:08PM MORE THE FOLK COME UP AND TALK ABOUT IT PUBLICALLY BECAUSE THIS
03:37:12PM IS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
03:37:13PM EVEN PAM IORIO, THE MOST POWERFUL MAYOR IN 30 PEOPLE CAME
03:37:21PM OUT OF THE WOODWORK TALKING OF HER.
03:37:24PM PEOPLE ARE NOT AFRAID.
03:37:26PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THAT IS TRUE.
03:37:27PM BUT THEY TALK ABOUT US AS WELL.
03:37:28PM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MENTION IS ONE
03:37:31PM OF THE CONSTITUENTS -- SHE IS NOT ON THE COMMITTEE.
03:37:35PM I AM NOT AFRAID TO SAY HER NAME.
03:37:38PM KEELA McCASKILL.
03:37:40PM EVERYTHING SHE SAID IS A GREAT RECOMMENDATION THAT THE
03:37:44PM RACIAL RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE CAN ACTUALLY REQUEST.
03:37:48PM THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO SAY.
03:37:50PM THAT THE ANSWERS ULTIMATELY DON'T HAVE TO COME FROM THE CITY
03:37:55PM THROUGH THE RACIAL RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE TO BE PRESENTED
03:37:58PM BACK US TO AND THE CITY.
03:38:00PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
03:38:01PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: TO SAY I HAVE BEEN UNEASY ALL DAY SINCE
03:38:05PM THE ONE GENTLEMAN STOOD BEFORE US TODAY AND PUT ALL THOSE
03:38:11PM THINS OUT WILL BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT, AND I WILL TRULY DIGEST IT
03:38:14PM AND UNDERSTAND OUR ROLE.
03:38:16PM WE HAD THE PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS, AND MY BACKGROUND ON HUMAN
03:38:21PM LABOR RELATIONS, I KNOW MOST OF TIME WHAT MY ROLE IS AND HOW
03:38:26PM TO PERFORM IN THESE SITUATIONS.
03:38:27PM I AM UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE OF THE TYPES -- WHEN THAT
03:38:31PM DISCUSSING HAPPENED, IT WAS A LOT THING THAT CAME OVER THAT
03:38:34PM CROSSED A LEGAL LINE.
03:38:37PM I AM WONDERING IF IT IS OUR LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY AS A LEGISLATIVE
03:38:44PM OVERSIGHT BODY WITH INVESTIGATION POWER FOR THESE ALLEGATIONS
03:38:51PM THAT WILL BE TRULY ILLEGAL, ARE WE NOT -- ARE WE NOT
03:38:53PM FULFILLING OUR LEGISLATIVE RESPONSIBILITY WITH AN
03:38:58PM INVESTIGATION TO PURSUE THOSE.
03:39:00PM I AM NOT GOING TO PUT OUR ATTORNEY ON THE SPOT.
03:39:03PM BUT MR. SHELBY, WILL YOU REPORT BACK TO US MAYBE NEXT WEEK
03:39:06PM OF WHAT OUR RESPONSIBILITY ARE WHEN AN LIKE THAT IS MADE
03:39:11PM PUBLIC THAT BE MAY BE ILLEGAL WHETHER WE ARE OBLIGATED TO DO
03:39:15PM THAT INVESTIGATION?
03:39:17PM [ INAUDIBLE ]
03:39:22PM I THINK IT IS A GOOD PUBLIC DISCUSSION.
03:39:24PM >>BILL CARLSON: TWO DIFFERENT -- MAY I?
03:39:27PM TWO DIFFERENT PIECES.
03:39:28PM WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE HR ISSUE.
03:39:30PM IF THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THERE IS FRAUD OR MISUSE OF
03:39:33PM RESOURCES.
03:39:34PM THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IN OUR DOMAIN.
03:39:36PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT'S WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT, COUNCILMAN
03:39:40PM CARLSON.
03:39:40PM >>BILL CARLSON: WHY WE NEED TO GET THAT ANSWER.
03:39:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: PUT IT TO BED IF NOTHING IS THERE.
03:39:46PM YOU GO TO A POLICE OFFICER AND TELL THEM SOMETHING AND YOU
03:39:48PM CAN'T TAKE IT BACK, THE PERSON HAS TO INVESTIGATE IT.
03:39:52PM DID THAT CROSS THAT LINE FOR US.
03:39:54PM DID THEY SAY SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO INVESTIGATE BUT A IT
03:39:57PM IS ILLEGAL.
03:39:59PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I CAN SHARE WITH COUNCIL.
03:40:01PM AN E-MAIL WAS COPIED TO ME BY JOHN BENNETT WHO SENT IT TO
03:40:08PM CHRISTINE GLOVER, THE INTERNAL AUDITOR AND COPIED ME AND
03:40:13PM ANDREA ZELMAN, REGARDING THE -- THE DISCUSSING AT PUBLIC
03:40:17PM COMMENT THIS MORNING.
03:40:17PM AND IF IT COUNCIL'S PLEASURE, I CAN FORWARD THAT TO YOU SO
03:40:23PM THAT YOU CAN BE APPRISED OF IT AS WELL I WANT NOW KNOW DATED
03:40:28PM 10:05 FROM THE CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE INTERNAL AUDITOR.
03:40:32PM MR. BENNETT WAS THERE DURING PUBLIC COMMENT AND I WILL
03:40:36PM FORWARD THEIR TO YOU.
03:40:37PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
03:40:38PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
03:40:40PM WE MADE SOME COMMENT.
03:40:41PM I WILL SAY THIS ON THE HR ISSUE AND I HAVE PERSONAL
03:40:45PM EXPERIENCE FROM THIS THAT I CAN TALK ABOUT NOW BECAUSE IT IS
03:40:47PM ALL DONE.
03:40:47PM THAT WHEN YOU GET INVOLVED IN A POTENTIAL LEGAL ISSUE, YOU
03:40:51PM BECOME A PERSON WITH KNOWLEDGE, OKAY.
03:40:54PM AND YOU BECOME A POTENTIAL WITNESS.
03:40:57PM IF IT GOES INTO LITIGATION.
03:40:59PM SUBJECT TO SUBPOENA AND POTENTIAL DEPOSITION.
03:41:02PM I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I WAS INVOLVED IN SOMETHING THAT, BY THE
03:41:04PM WAY, I DID THE RIGHT THING CONSISTENT WITH MY VALUES AND HOW
03:41:07PM MY MOTHER AND FATHER.
03:41:09PM AND I HAD A TEXT THAT WAS PUT IN A LAWSUIT IN A COMPLAINT.
03:41:12PM IF YOU EVER WANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT FEEL LIKE, IT SUCKS.
03:41:16PM IT DOES.
03:41:16PM BUT I DID THE RIGHT THING.
03:41:18PM HOW MY MOTHER AND FATHER RAISED ME.
03:41:21PM NO PROBLEMS, BUT YOU GOT TO BE SMART AND DEFER TO LAWYERS --
03:41:25PM NOT ME OBVIOUSLY, BUT, YEAH, JUST MY THOUGHTS.
03:41:30PM A COUPLE OF THING IF I MAY WITH REGARDS TO THE RACIAL
03:41:35PM RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE.
03:41:36PM HEARD THE MEMBERS AND WE APPRECIATE THEIR WORK.
03:41:39PM AND A COUPLE OF THING TO BALANCE.
03:41:41PM FIRST, YOU KNOW, START -- REMARKS TENDED TO BE TOWARD THE
03:41:46PM EXECUTIVE.
03:41:47PM STRAIGHTFORWARD THE ADMINISTRATION.
03:41:50PM START OF THE IDEAL.
03:41:51PM CALLED IT A MISSED OPPORTUNITY WHEN THIS COMMITTEE WAS
03:41:53PM PROPOSED AND I STAND BY THAT, LACK OF FORMAL INVOLVEMENT
03:41:59PM FROM THE ADMINISTRATION WITH REGARD TO APPOINTEES.
03:42:03PM I THINK THAT SEND THE WRONG MESSAGE.
03:42:06PM I WENT TO MOST OF MEETINGS EXCEPT FOR ONE, THE VERY FIRST
03:42:10PM ONE, THAT POINT GET BROUGHT UP.
03:42:12PM FRANKLY, IF IT STRUCK A CORD THAT IT CONTINUES TO GIVE A
03:42:19PM WRONG IMPRESSION, IF YOU WILL.
03:42:20PM NEGATIVE IMPRESSION.
03:42:21PM IT IS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY MITIGATION.
03:42:28PM I WAS AT MEETING WITH PASTOR HARRIS AND CHIEF JOHN BENNETT.
03:42:32PM I THINK THE DECISION BY THE ADMINISTRATION WAS A MISSED
03:42:35PM OPPORTUNITY, TERRIBLE.
03:42:37PM IF WE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT CHIEF BENNETT WITH ENGAGEMENT AND
03:42:40PM A COMMON GROUND.
03:42:42PM AND I KNOW SOMETHING ELSE BEING SET UP FOR THAT.
03:42:44PM SO THERE IS ENGAGEMENT IN THAT REGARD, BUT, AGAIN, THAT LACK
03:42:48PM OF FORMAL INVOLVEMENT THROUGH MEMBER PARTICIPATING AND
03:42:51PM APPOINTEES BY THE ADMINISTRATION.
03:42:52PM WHEN I HEARD THEY WEREN'T GOING TO DO IT.
03:42:54PM I THOUGHT THAT SENT A BAD MESSAGE.
03:42:57PM AND ONE THAT CONTINUES TO GIVE, I THINK, A BAD UP PREGNANCY.
03:42:59PM THERE ARE MITIGATION POINTS, POINTS.
03:43:03PM THE TWO BIG ISSUES ARE -- AND COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON SAID
03:43:08PM THIS CORRECTLY -- THESE ARE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AND
03:43:12PM RELYING ON THEM TO GIVE US IDEAS AND THEY ARE GOING FORWARD
03:43:16PM WITH THAT.
03:43:16PM OUR ATTORNEY, MR. SHELBY, HAS BEEN IN AT EVERY SINGLE MEETING.
03:43:20PM MY AIDE, BRANDON, HAS BEEN TO EVERY SINGLE MEETING.
03:43:24PM I HAVE BEEN TO THE MAJORITY OF THE MEETINGS AND SOME OF YOU
03:43:27PM STAFF MEMBERS HAVE BEEN THERE AS WELL AND THIS COUNCIL
03:43:30PM STRONGLY SUPPORTED IT, FUND IT, AND SO FORTH.
03:43:33PM I THINK THAT IS A GOOD THING.
03:43:34PM AND BIG THING I WANT TO EMPHASIZE, AND I SAID IT TO THE
03:43:39PM COMMITTEE IN PUBLIC COMMENT, THAT THEY REALLY HAVE AN
03:43:42PM OPPORTUNITY.
03:43:42PM WE HAVE A MAYOR'S SELECTION AND A CITY COUNCIL'S SELECTION
03:43:47PM WHAT THEY PROPOSE CAN BE TALKED ABOUT WITH FOUR CANDIDATES.
03:43:51PM THAT IS THE BIG THING.
03:43:52PM IF YOU WANT TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE ON ISSUE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
03:43:57PM AND EQUITY, THIS COMMITTEE IS A GOOD WAY TO DO THAT FOR THIS
03:44:01PM COUNCIL FOR THE TIME REMAINING AND CHALLENGE CANDIDATES TO
03:44:04PM TELL THE COMMUNITY WHERE YOU STAND ON THESE ISSUE.
03:44:07PM THAT, TO ME, SHOULD BE THE FOCUS.
03:44:09PM AGAIN, WHEN IT COME TO CRITICISM OF THE ADMINISTRATION ON
03:44:12PM THIS COMMITTEE, I HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR IN THAT REGARD FROM
03:44:15PM THE BEGINNING ON THAT MISSED OPPORTUNITY.
03:44:17PM BUT THERE HAS BEEN MITIGATION AND THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS ON
03:44:25PM THAT.
03:44:25PM I HAVE A COUPLE QUICK MOTIONS.
03:44:29PM AND HER MOTHER IS TURNING 100.
03:44:35PM A MOTION -- WHO IS ORIGINALLY FROM HARLEM.
03:44:38PM BORN IN 1925, IMAGINE THAT, HARLEM DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE
03:44:43PM GREAT MIGRATION.
03:44:44PM UNIQUE WOMAN OF HISTORY.
03:44:46PM WE ARE GOING TO SET THAT UP FROM WHENEVER THAT HAPPEN.
03:44:49PM ALL OF COUNCIL.
03:44:51PM AND I WILL MAKE A MOTION.
03:44:52PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
03:44:55PM MIRANDA.
03:44:55PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
03:44:56PM >>LUIS VIERA: NEXT, I WILL DO A STAFF REPORT AND STRIKE THAT,
03:45:00PM A WRITTEN REPORT AROUND K-BAR RANCH PRIDE ELEMENTARY.
03:45:04PM BIG TRAFFIC PROBLEM AND ALWAYS HAVE.
03:45:07PM CITY STAFF AND MOBILITY TO REACH OUT TO OUR FRIENDS IN K-BAR
03:45:11PM RANCH, CONNECT WITH THE WAYS MOBILITY TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC
03:45:17PM SAFETY, ESPECIALLY FOR KIDS, TO REPORT US TO IN WRITING THE
03:45:20PM THIRD WEEK OF JULY ON THE SUBSTANCE OF THE ROUTE REACHED, TO
03:45:25PM WHOM THEY SPOKE AND THE PLAN OF ACTION GOING FORWARD AND IF
03:45:27PM THEY NEED MORE TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE IT.
03:45:29PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS THAT A MOTION.
03:45:32PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, A MOTION.
03:45:35PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER
03:45:37PM CLENDENIN.
03:45:38PM >>LUIS VIERA: ON THE THIRD, A DISABILITY INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
03:45:42PM THAT I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT
03:45:45PM ARE HELPING OUT WITH IT.
03:45:46PM THERE IS A LOT CONCERN.
03:45:47PM I WANT TO TALK -- I WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION BEFORE CITY
03:45:50PM COUNCIL ON.
03:45:51PM APPEARS THAT JULY 23, 2025, WE HAVE ROOM FOR A WRITTEN --
03:45:57PM STRIKE THAT, A STAFF REPORT.
03:45:58PM PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I SAW THAT INCORRECTLY.
03:46:04PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JULY 23.
03:46:09PM >>LUIS VIERA: 31st.
03:46:10PM IN PERSON.
03:46:11PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LIMIT TO FOUR STAFF REPORTS AND NO
03:46:16PM COMMENDATIONS OR PRESENTATIONS.
03:46:17PM >> THIS WILL BE THE LAST ONE.
03:46:18PM THERE ARE THREE.
03:46:19PM >>LUIS VIERA: I WILL TAKE IT.
03:46:21PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA HAS A MOTION FOR
03:46:23PM JULY 31 UNDER STAFF REPORTS.
03:46:25PM >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, MR. CHAIR, AN IN-PERSON REPORT OF
03:46:29PM HOW THE PROGRAM OPERATES.
03:46:31PM AND I WOULD LIKE FOR A REPORT ON THE FOLLOWING.
03:46:33PM WHAT DEPARTMENT ARE ACCEPTING INTERNS WITH -- WITH SPECIAL
03:46:39PM NEEDS AND WHICH ARE NOT AND WHY.
03:46:40PM AND THEN TO ASK PROVIDERS TO COME AND TO GIVE INPUT.
03:46:46PM EITHER IN WRITING NOR PERSON DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.
03:46:51PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
03:46:54PM CLENDENIN.
03:46:55PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
03:46:56PM ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?
03:46:58PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
03:46:58PM A COUPLE -- THIS IS NOT A MOTION WE HAD PAUL GUZA HERE
03:47:04PM TODAY.
03:47:04PM I AM GOING TO MAKE A MOTION AND IN TERM OF HOW THIS WORD IT.
03:47:10PM ON THE BURIAL PLOTS AND THE ITALIAN CLUB AND SOMETHING THAT
03:47:14PM MR. GUZA WAS TALKING ABOUT OR ISSUES THAT THE STATE OF
03:47:19PM FLORIDA.
03:47:19PM THE CFO WILL MANAGE THAT AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE
03:47:23PM BEFORE I MAKE THE MOTION.
03:47:24PM TWO QUICK THING AND NOT MOTIONS.
03:47:26PM I WANTED TO SAY, I SAW COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN'S TOWN HALL.
03:47:29PM AND THAT WENT GREAT AND EVERYTHING.
03:47:31PM I ALWAYS INVITE -- ESPECIALLY CITY RIDES IF YOU EVER WANT TO
03:47:35PM HAVE TOWN HALL IN NEW TAMPA.
03:47:38PM I WOULD LOVE TO INTRODUCE YOU AND GET THE HELL OUT SO I
03:47:42PM DON'T VIOLATE SUNSHINE.
03:47:43PM I KNOW, RIGHT.
03:47:45PM AND THEN LASTLY, IF I MAY.
03:47:48PM ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT -- MAKE A MOTION.
03:47:52PM WITH PUBLIC COMMENT, THAT CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS CANNOT BE
03:47:56PM CALLED OUT BY NAME.
03:47:57PM I WAS CALLED OUT BY TONY ELLSWORTH AND A GOOD CALLOUT.
03:48:01PM SAID LUIS VIERA IS A GREAT GUY.
03:48:04PM LOVES VETERANS.
03:48:05PM MY NAME WAS CALLED AND VIOLATED THE RULE.
03:48:09PM CLENDENIN CLEAN WASN'T DECEPTIVE.
03:48:11PM >>LUIS VIERA: I KNOW, VIOLATES THE RULE THAT YOU CAN'T CALL
03:48:13PM OUT A MEMBER NAME, CORRECT.
03:48:16PM IF SOMEBODY GOES LUIS VIERA IS A GREAT GUY, I AM NOT GOING
03:48:19PM TO GO, RIGHT, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
03:48:20PM IF LUIS VIERA IS NOT A TERRIBLE PERSON.
03:48:24PM THAT RULE IS NOT CONTENT NEUTRAL.
03:48:28PM AND WE GOT TO GET RID OF IT.
03:48:31PM I WILL BE MAKING A MOTION OF THAT.
03:48:32PM EITHER WE ENFORCE IT AND THE NECK TIME TONY SAYS LUIS VIERA
03:48:36PM IS AWESOME.
03:48:36PM LET'S STOP HIM FROM SAYING THAT OR GET RID OF THE RULE.
03:48:39PM BECAUSE I THINK THAT PRECLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
03:48:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ASSUME THAT TONY DANIELS WILL NEVER COME
03:48:44PM UP AND TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE --
03:48:48PM >>LUIS VIERA: TONY WILLIAMS, NOT FOR ELLSWORTH.
03:48:51PM I AM ALL FOR CHILD SUPPORT.
03:48:52PM THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
03:48:53PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
03:48:56PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IF I SPEAK LONGER THAN MY COLLEAGUES --
03:49:00PM ONE LITTLE SENTENCE.
03:49:02PM YOU KNOW I WAS LISTENING EVERYTHING ABOUT THE PARKING AND
03:49:04PM THE DRIVEWAY AND THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER.
03:49:06PM AND THE TIME FROM ONE STATION TO A CALL.
03:49:10PM AND KIND OF ERRATIC IN THIS CITY WHEN I WAS MUCH YOUNGER ARE
03:49:18PM STAGE OR SO, THERE WAS NO AIR CONDITIONING IN NONE OF THOSE
03:49:21PM CARS.
03:49:21PM THE AMBULANCES WERE HALF THE SIZE AND DIDN'T HAVE THE
03:49:28PM EQUIPMENT.
03:49:28PM NOW YOU HAVE TO HAVE A 350 CHASSIS IN THE BOTTOM.
03:49:31PM CERTAINLY THE FIRE ENGINES THAT WERE THERE.
03:49:34PM SOMEBODY RING THE BELL.
03:49:35PM AND NOW YOU HAVE ALL THE AQUATIC EQUIPMENT AND SOMETHING
03:49:41PM $800,000 AND 900,000 AND MAYBE $10,000, $20,000 FOR FIRE
03:49:46PM ENGINES AND THE STREETS HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY WIDER.
03:49:50PM AND GOTTEN TO THE POINT THAT THROUGH SUCCESS FROM 3:30 UNTIL
03:49:56PM 6:30 LEAVING DOWNTOWN, IT IS TERRIBLE.
03:49:59PM AND IF YOU GET ON THE EXPRESSWAY WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT, IT
03:50:03PM WILL TAKE YOU 30 MINUTES TO GO FROM DOWNTOWN AROUND IF YOU
03:50:06PM ARE IN THE EXPRESSWAY TO GET OFF.
03:50:08PM SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE DELAYS AND I THINK NO MATTER HOW MANY
03:50:13PM STATIONS FOR FIRE AND POLICE WILL TAKE TIME BECAUSE WE DO
03:50:16PM NOT HAVE WHAT WE HAD BEFORE THAT WAS SMALLER VEHICLE ON THE
03:50:20PM SAME SIZED ROADS THAT DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN HEAR
03:50:23PM THING OUTSIDE.
03:50:24PM YOU CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING A CAR.
03:50:26PM YOU GOT TO LOOK TO SEE IF YOU SEE THE RED LIGHT AND THAT'S
03:50:29PM HOW YOU SEE IT.
03:50:30PM MIRACULOUSLY THEY GO THROUGH.
03:50:33PM I DON'T SEE HOW.
03:50:34PM THEY DESERVE A HOOT AND A HOLLER OF SAYING DON'T RUN OVER
03:50:38PM ANY CARS AND VEHICLE BECAUSE WHAT I SEE THERE IS NOTHING BUT
03:50:42PM DANGER.
03:50:42PM AS FAR PARKING ANOTHER A DRIVEWAY, THE CLOSER YOU GET, THE
03:50:46PM MORE OFTEN YOU WILL BE GET HIT.
03:50:48PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
03:50:51PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE FROM
03:50:53PM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
03:50:53PM SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
03:50:57PM WE ARE ADJOURNED.
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