TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2025, 9:00 A.M.
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9:00:35AM >> -- MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.
9:00:36AM WE'RE GOING TO START WITH AN INVOCATION AND A MOMENT OF
9:00:41AM SILENCE.
9:00:41AM EVERYBODY STAND, PLEASE.
9:00:46AM [MOMENT OF SILENCE]
9:00:59AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE'LL DO THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.
9:01:01AM I WOULD LIKE TO ASK DISHA, A JUNIOR FROM HILLSBOROUGH HIGH
9:01:03AM SCHOOL, TO COME TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE, AND LEAD US OFF IN
9:01:08AM THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
9:01:08AM FACE FORWARD TO THE MICROPHONES SO THEY PICK UP YOUR VOICE.
9:01:12AM >> PERFECT.
9:01:13AM [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
9:01:28AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, DISHA.
9:01:30AM CLERK, ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
9:01:34AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
9:01:35AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
9:01:35AM >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE.
9:01:37AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT.
9:01:38AM >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
9:01:39AM >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
9:01:41AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE.
9:01:42AM >>THE CLERK: YOU HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
9:01:44AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
9:01:47AM CLERK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE NEW FACE SITTING NEXT
9:01:50AM TO YOU.
9:01:51AM >> ABSOLUTELY.
9:01:51AM GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:01:51AM THIS IS OUR NEW ASSISTANT DEPUTY CITY CLERK, RAMSAY.
9:01:56AM GOES BY Q.
9:02:00AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: GOOD MORNING.
9:02:01AM WELCOME TO THE TEAM.
9:02:02AM WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE
9:02:07AM MINUTES FROM THE SPECIAL CALL SESSION ON MAY 8, REGULAR
9:02:09AM SESSION ON MAY 15, AND WORKSHOP AND EVENING SESSIONS ON
9:02:13AM MAY 22.
9:02:14AM MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
9:02:15AM A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
9:02:19AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.
9:02:21AM OPPOSED?
9:02:21AM AYES HAVE IT.
9:02:22AM THANK YOU.
9:02:22AM WE'LL GO THROUGH AGENDA APPROVAL, PLEASE.
9:02:25AM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK FOR ITEM 59 TO
9:02:31AM CONTINUE TO JUNE 26.
9:02:33AM DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
9:02:35AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
9:02:36AM WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT.
9:02:39AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WORKING ON?
9:02:41AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THE ORDINANCE.
9:02:41AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE REASON IS BECAUSE IT'S STILL A WORK IN
9:02:44AM PROGRESS.
9:02:44AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
9:02:45AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE ITEM 59 TO JUNE
9:02:48AM 26 FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
9:02:49AM A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
9:02:51AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
9:02:53AM OPPOSED?
9:02:53AM AYES HAVE IT.
9:02:54AM ANY OTHER CHANGES TO THE AGENDA?
9:03:02AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I CAN SPEAK TO ITEM 59, IF I MAY.
9:03:05AM THERE MAY BE PEOPLE HERE WHO WANT TO ADDRESS THAT.
9:03:08AM SOMETIMES COUNCIL WOULD HAVE ALLOWED IT DURING FIRST READING
9:03:10AM CONSIDERATION.
9:03:11AM SINCE THAT IS BEING CONTINUED, THE TIME FOR THEM TO SPEAK TO
9:03:14AM IT WOULD BE AT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:03:16AM I WANTED TO LET THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT.
9:03:19AM IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 59, IT IS BEING CONTINUED
9:03:22AM TO JUNE 26.
9:03:22AM BUT YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY IF YOU WISH TODAY TO SPEAK AT
9:03:25AM GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:03:26AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
9:03:30AM >>LYNN HURTAK: COUNCILMAN CARLSON HAD SOMETHING ELSE AS
9:03:32AM WELL.
9:03:32AM I WANTED TO PULL ITEM 10 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE.
9:03:38AM >>BILL CARLSON: SAME HERE.
9:03:39AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IS THAT WHAT YOU WANTED, COUNCILMAN
9:03:41AM CARLSON?
9:03:42AM >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH, SEPARATE VOTE.
9:03:43AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE'LL PULL ITEM 10 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE.
9:03:46AM WE DON'T NEED A MOTION FOR THAT ONE.
9:03:51AM ANYTHING ELSE?
9:03:51AM LET'S MOVE ON -- STAFF REPORTS.
9:03:57AM YOU'RE RIGHT.
9:03:58AM WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE STAFF HEAR?
9:04:05AM I UNDERSTAND FROM MR. BENNETT, YOU DO NOT HAVE AN
9:04:20AM ADMINISTRATION UPDATE, CORRECT?
9:04:21AM OKAY.
9:04:22AM VERY GOOD.
9:04:22AM DO WE NEED STAFF FOR 62?
9:04:26AM MEMORANDUM FROM MIKE PERRY.
9:04:28AM NO STAFF FOR 62.
9:04:35AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES STAFF.
9:04:35AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES, STAFF.
9:04:38AM YES FOR 62 AND 63.
9:04:40AM 64?
9:04:41AM NO STAFF FOR 64.
9:04:45AM 65?
9:04:46AM 66?
9:04:49AM NO STAFF.
9:04:53AM 67?
9:04:53AM NO STAFF.
9:04:56AM 68?
9:04:58AM NO STAFF FOR 68.
9:05:03AM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO 69?
9:05:10AM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
9:05:11AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:05:13AM FOR 69, I WOULD LIKE TO -- OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
9:05:16AM STAFF HERE.
9:05:17AM I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE SINCE IT IS THE CHIEF OF POLICE
9:05:20AM THAT WE HAVE, I DON'T KNOW, RELATIVELY TIME CERTAIN BECAUSE
9:05:27AM LAST TIME THEY HAD TO WAIT FOR A WHILE.
9:05:29AM AGAIN, I'LL LEAVE IT TO THE CHAIR AND COUNCIL.
9:05:31AM COULD BE FIRST ITEM AFTER LUNCH.
9:05:35AM WHATEVER.
9:05:35AM BUT THAT'S A RECOMMENDATION I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST.
9:05:39AM I SEE FOR 70, THE CHIEF OR STAFF WILL BE APPEARING VIRTUALLY
9:05:45AM OR IN PERSON.
9:05:46AM IF IT IS IN PERSON, SAME THING, RELATIVELY, JUST SO THEY
9:05:50AM DON'T HAVE TO WAIT AROUND FOR A WHILE.
9:05:53AM WHATEVER IS THE PLEASURE OF THE CHAIR.
9:05:54AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DID I HEAR A MOTION TO HAVE ITEM 69 AND 70
9:06:00AM HEARD FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS AFTER LUNCH?
9:06:02AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I MAY, MR. CHAIRMAN, WOULD COUNCIL
9:06:05AM CONSIDER MAKING THOSE THE FIRST UNDER STAFF REPORTS?
9:06:08AM OR DO YOU WANT TO HAVE THE 1:30 AFTERNOON HEARINGS HELD TILL
9:06:13AM AFTER THESE STAFF REPORTS?
9:06:14AM >>LUIS VIERA: I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT FIRST, IF I MAY,
9:06:17AM BECAUSE IT IS EASIER THAT WAY.
9:06:19AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
9:06:20AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WON'T GET TO THAT BEFORE
9:06:25AM LUNCH.
9:06:28AM >>LUIS VIERA: EVEN BETTER.
9:06:30AM THE CHIEF IS HERE.
9:06:33AM I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS GOING INTO A RABBIT HOLE.
9:06:37AM SO LONG AS IT'S NOT -- WE CAN EITHER HAVE IT PROBABLY FIRST
9:06:42AM -- WELL, THEN IT WILL MESS UP THE AGENDA.
9:06:45AM >>LYNN HURTAK: WE CAN DO IT FIRST UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:06:49AM I WOULD BE FINE WITH THAT.
9:06:50AM LIKE MR. SHELBY SAID, WE HAVE TWO REVIEW HEARINGS.
9:06:55AM AND THOSE, WHO KNOWS HOW LONG THEY WILL BE.
9:06:58AM AND WE DON'T -- YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.
9:07:03AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: -- MOTION TO SAY AFTER LUNCH AND SEE HOW
9:07:06AM IT RUNS.
9:07:06AM MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA FOR ITEM 69 AND 70 HEARD AFTER
9:07:10AM COUNCIL'S LUNCH BREAK.
9:07:11AM WE HAD A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
9:07:14AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
9:07:16AM OPPOSED?
9:07:17AM >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, MR. CHAIR, WANTED TO MAKE SURE FOR
9:07:20AM ITEM 10 I ASSUME WE'LL ALLOW STAFF TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER
9:07:24AM 10.
9:07:24AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST WANTED A SEPARATE VOTE.
9:07:27AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT WAS THE ONLY MOTION TO HAVE IT AS A
9:07:30AM SEPARATE VOTE.
9:07:30AM >>LUIS VIERA: WE CAN DEAL WITH THAT LATER.
9:07:32AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ITEM 71, DO WE NEED STAFF?
9:07:35AM THERE WAS A PowerPoint PRESENTATION.
9:07:38AM I THINK IT MIGHT BE INTERESTING.
9:07:39AM SO YES.
9:07:41AM 72?
9:07:43AM YES.
9:07:44AM 73?
9:07:50AM >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE
9:07:52AM THIS UNTIL AUGUST 28.
9:07:53AM I'LL TALK TO STAFF.
9:07:55AM I'VE ALREADY GOT A MEETING SET UP WITH MS. DUNCAN TO DISCUSS
9:07:59AM IT FURTHER.
9:07:59AM THE POINT IN THIS ONE IS THAT THERE WERE HOUSES A HUNDRED
9:08:03AM YEARS AGO AND MORE RECENTLY THAT WERE BUILT IN WHAT USED TO
9:08:06AM BE RETENTION PONDS.
9:08:08AM IT APPEARS THE ONLY WAY TO RESOLVE THE ISSUES IS TO REALLY,
9:08:11AM REALLY GO HIGH OR TO MOVE THEM OUT OF THE RETENTION POND.
9:08:16AM WE'LL HAVE MORE ROBUST DISCUSSION AND COME BACK IN AUGUST,
9:08:19AM IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU ALL.
9:08:21AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VERY GOOD.
9:08:22AM MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON TO MOVE THIS TO ITEM 73 TO
9:08:25AM AUGUST 28, 2025.
9:08:27AM WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
9:08:28AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
9:08:30AM OPPOSED?
9:08:30AM AYES HAVE IT.
9:08:34AM ITEM 74?
9:08:35AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
9:08:39AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CAN WE GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE
9:08:41AM THE WRITTEN --
9:08:45AM >>LUIS VIERA: WHAT I WOULD REQUEST IS ON ITEM NUMBER 10, IF
9:08:49AM IT'S JUST A SEPARATE VOTE, YEA OR NAY, THAT'S FINE.
9:08:53AM BUT IF THERE IS ANY SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSION, I DO THINK IT
9:08:56AM WOULD BE WISE TO HAVE STAFF HERE POTENTIALLY AVAILABLE IF
9:08:58AM THERE IS A DISCUSSION.
9:09:01AM I JUST MAKE THAT SUGGESTION.
9:09:03AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I AGREE.
9:09:06AM I HAVE THE MAJOR HERE TO DISCUSS IT IF WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT
9:09:09AM IT.
9:09:09AM IF IT IS JUST A SEPARATE VOTE, THAT'S FINE.
9:09:12AM >>BILL CARLSON: THAT'S WHAT I PLAN TO DO, JUST VOTE NO.
9:09:15AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MR. SHELBY.
9:09:16AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I CAN RAISE THE ISSUE, COUNCIL.
9:09:20AM IF IT'S A SEPARATE VOTE, THAT'S VERY CLEARLY DONE.
9:09:24AM IF IT IS A DISCUSSION OR EXPLAINING WHY YOU ARE GOING TO
9:09:26AM VOTE, THEN I GUESS YOU WANT STAFF HERE.
9:09:35AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THERE'S SOMEONE HERE IF IT NEEDS TO BE
9:09:38AM DISCUSSED.
9:09:38AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BE READY TO SPEAK TO ITEM 10 IF NEEDED.
9:09:42AM I WOULD LIKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE FOR THE WRITTEN
9:09:44AM STAFF REPORTS.
9:09:45AM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, 75 THROUGH 81.
9:09:49AM MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
9:09:50AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:09:52AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
9:09:54AM OPPOSED?
9:09:54AM AYES HAVE IT.
9:09:56AM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO TO APPROVE THE
9:10:00AM AGENDA AND THE ADDENDUM.
9:10:01AM SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
9:10:03AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
9:10:05AM OPPOSED?
9:10:05AM AYES HAVE IT.
9:10:06AM NOW WE GO TO CEREMONIAL.
9:10:12AM WE'LL START OFF WITH THE POLICE OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
9:10:16AM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
9:10:17AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
9:10:19AM IT'S MY GREAT PLEASURE, SIR, TO BE HERE FOR THE POLICE
9:10:22AM OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
9:10:23AM WE'RE HERE TO HONOR OFFICER BRYAN STEVENS AS OUR POLICE
9:10:29AM OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
9:10:30AM WE DO THIS AS A COUNCIL FOR BOTH POLICE AND FIRE BECAUSE OF
9:10:33AM THE TREMENDOUS SUPPORT WE ALL HAVE AS COUNCIL OF FIRST
9:10:36AM RESPONDERS AND ALSO REFLECT THE VALUES OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT
9:10:38AM SUPPORTS THESE MEN AND WOMEN.
9:10:40AM I'LL LEAVE IT HERE TO DR. CHIEF BERCAW TO TALK ABOUT THIS
9:10:44AM HONOREE AND THE GREAT WORK HE DOES.
9:10:49AM >>CHIEF BERCAW: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:10:52AM I'M HERE TO HONOR MASTER POLICE OFFICER BRYAN STEVENS.
9:10:56AM HE IS BEING HONORED FOR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE,
9:10:58AM PROFESSIONALISM AND DEDICATION TO DUTY WHICH CONTINUE TO
9:11:02AM ELEVATE THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ENHANCE OUR PUBLIC
9:11:04AM SAFETY THROUGH THE COMMUNITY.
9:11:07AM MAY NOT BE ABLE TO TELL NOW BUT HE IS A MEMBER OF THE BIKE
9:11:10AM UNIT.
9:11:10AM YOU CAN SEE THE REST OF THE SQUAD READY TO GO ON THE BIKES.
9:11:14AM HE IS A KEY MEMBER OF OUR BIKE UNIT PATROLLING THE
9:11:17AM RIVERWALK, DOWNTOWN AREA.
9:11:19AM PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN CITYWIDE SPECIAL EVENTS.
9:11:22AM AS YOU RECALL WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR ON NEW YEAR'S EVE WITH
9:11:25AM THE ADDITIONAL MERIDIAN BARRIERS THAT PLACED A TOLL ON SOME
9:11:29AM OF OUR OFFICERS AND OFFICER BRYAN STEVENS WAS INSTRUMENTAL
9:11:33AM IN DEPLOYING ADDITIONAL BARRIERS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS ENSURING
9:11:38AM THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND ATTENDEES.
9:11:40AM BEYOND HIS PATROL RESPONSIBILITIES, STEVENS IS A CERTIFIED
9:11:44AM INTERNATIONAL POLICE MOUNTAIN BIKE ASSOCIATION INSTRUCTOR
9:11:49AM AND A MECHANIC.
9:11:51AM HE EXPERTLY MANAGES THE MAINTENANCE OF THE DEPARTMENT'S
9:11:54AM ENTIRE BICYCLE FLEET SERVING MORE THAN A HUNDRED BIKES.
9:11:57AM HIS SKILLFUL MANAGEMENT OF PURCHASE ORDERS FOR THE POLICE
9:12:01AM BIKE PROGRAM ENSURES THE TEAM REMAINS HIGHLY FUNCTIONAL FOR
9:12:04AM ANY RESPONSE AND HE IS A TESTAMENT FOR HIS EXPERIENCE AND
9:12:08AM ATTENTION TO DETAIL FOR THIS UNIT TAKING IT FORWARD.
9:12:11AM HE'S RESPECTED FOR HIS PRECISION, HIS SPEED, AND HIS
9:12:15AM DEPENDABILITY.
9:12:16AM MPO STEVENS HAS BEEN A CRITICAL ACCESS IN THE CITY'S
9:12:20AM RECOVERY EFFORTS FOLLOWING THE HURRICANES OF LAST YEAR.
9:12:23AM HE TOOK EXTRA RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDING RECOGNIZING THE
9:12:26AM NEED FOR MORE OFFICER TRAINING AND DESIGNED A TRAINING
9:12:30AM COURSE.
9:12:30AM HE ALSO TEACHES BIKE SAFETY TO COMMUNITY GROUPS AND HAS BEEN
9:12:35AM -- HAS RECEIVED PRAISE FOR HIS EFFORTS.
9:12:37AM HE CONSTANTLY GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND EMBODYING THE CORE
9:12:41AM VALUES OF THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
9:12:43AM HIS COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE SETS A POWERFUL EXAMPLE FOR
9:12:46AM FELLOW OFFICERS AND REFLECTS THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF THE
9:12:49AM TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
9:12:51AM SO IT'S WITH GREAT PRIDE AND GRATITUDE THAT WE RECOGNIZE MPO
9:12:56AM STEVENS AS OUR OFFICER OF THE MONTH FOR JUNE.
9:12:59AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:12:59AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:13:04AM >>LUIS VIERA: BEFORE WE FORMALLY HONOR YOU, THERE ARE GOOD
9:13:08AM MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WANT TO SHOW THEIR
9:13:11AM APPRECIATION.
9:13:15AM >> BEHALF OF PBA, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
9:13:18AM DEDICATION TO THE CITIZENS AND TO THE DEPARTMENT.
9:13:20AM ALSO ON BEHALF OF BUSCH GARDENS, I'M REPRESENTING THEM
9:13:25AM TODAY, THEY WOULD LIKE TO OFFER YOU TICKETS TO ENJOY A DAY
9:13:28AM AT THE PARK FOR YOUR DEDICATION.
9:13:36AM >> MARK HANEY WITH ZOO TAMPA.
9:13:39AM ON BEHALF OF OUR BOARD, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT WITH YOU A
9:13:42AM YEAR MEMBERSHIP TO THE ZOO FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
9:13:44AM WE HAVE A RED WOLF HERE, WHICH IS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES.
9:13:51AM WE'RE BREEDING WOLVES NOW AND REPOPULATING THEM IN THE WILD.
9:13:56AM >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:13:56AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:14:04AM >> WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT WITH YOU DINNER AT HOTEL HAYA IN
9:14:08AM YBOR CITY.
9:14:09AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
9:14:10AM WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
9:14:12AM OUR GRATITUDE IS ENDLESS.
9:14:14AM >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:14:15AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:14:17AM >> BRIAN FORD WITH THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS.
9:14:21AM WE HAVE A LITTLE TRADITION AT ONE BUC.
9:14:23AM ANYBODY THAT GOES OVER AND ABOVE, HEARING YOUR STORY, YOU
9:14:27AM FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY, GETS A GAME BALL.
9:14:30AM NEW PERSONALIZED GAME BALL.
9:14:32AM LIKE TO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE GLAZER FAMILY, THE ENTIRE
9:14:35AM ORGANIZATION FOR WHAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY DO FOR THE
9:14:37AM COMMUNITY.
9:14:38AM >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:14:40AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:14:41AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BRIAN FORD.
9:14:44AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL, MIKE McARTHUR, STEPP'S TOWING
9:14:51AM SERVICE.
9:14:51AM CONGRATULATIONS ON A JOB WELL DONE.
9:14:52AM WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
9:14:52AM LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH A GIFT CARD FOR DINNER FOR YOU AND
9:14:56AM YOUR WIFE.
9:14:56AM GO OUT AND ENJOY TIME OFF.
9:14:58AM THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
9:15:03AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:15:04AM JILL WITECKI WITH TAMPA THEATRE.
9:15:06AM OFFICER STEVENS, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
9:15:08AM WE SEE YOU ON YOUR BICYCLES OUTSIDE OF THE THEATER.
9:15:11AM WE APPRECIATE ALL THE HELP WITH OUR EVENTS.
9:15:14AM THIS IS AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO COME
9:15:20AM SEE US THIS YEAR.
9:15:22AM >> OXFORD COMMONS.
9:15:24AM LOVE FOR YOU GUYS TO COME TO ONE OF OUR RESTAURANTS.
9:15:30AM THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOU DO.
9:15:33AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:15:37AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:15:38AM CONGRATULATIONS, OFFICER STEVENS.
9:15:40AM MY NAME IS LORI OSBORNE.
9:15:42AM I'M WITH THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA.
9:15:44AM ON BEHALF OF THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
9:15:47AM YOUR SAFETY AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL.
9:15:48AM I USE BAYSHORE BOULEVARD AND I SEE YOU GUYS OUT THERE ALL
9:15:52AM THE TIME.
9:15:53AM I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
9:15:56AM PLEASE ACCEPT TICKETS TO UPCOMING SHOW IN THE NEW SEASON FOR
9:16:00AM YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
9:16:02AM THANKS AGAIN.
9:16:03AM >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:16:04AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:16:07AM >> GOOD MORNING, OFFICER.
9:16:08AM MARY DILLON, REPRESENT STRAZ CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS.
9:16:12AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
9:16:14AM PLEASE ACCEPT TICKETS TO THE NEXT SEASON OF UPCOMING
9:16:17AM BROADWAY SHOWS FOR YOU AND A GUEST.
9:16:19AM APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK.
9:16:24AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:16:26AM >> LEO GEARY FROM BILL CURRIE FORD.
9:16:30AM BRYAN, CONGRATULATIONS.
9:16:32AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
9:16:36AM THANK ALL THE OFFICERS HERE BECAUSE WITHOUT YOU GUYS, THIS
9:16:41AM PLACE IS NOT A SAFE PLACE.
9:16:43AM I RESPECT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT
9:16:46AM PUTS THAT UNIFORM ON THAT MAKES A SACRIFICE FOR ALL OF US IN
9:16:49AM THIS ROOM.
9:16:50AM I TOTALLY APPRECIATE EVERY ONE OF YOU.
9:16:53AM ON BEHALF OF BILL CURRIE FORD, A LETTER FROM JENNIFER CURRY
9:16:59AM HERSELF WITH A GIFT CARD AND FREE FULL MAINTENANCE ON YOUR
9:17:02AM PERSONAL VEHICLE.
9:17:11AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:17:15AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:17:17AM GOOD MORNING, OFFICER STEVENS.
9:17:19AM GRACE GONZALEZ, HERE ON BEHALF OF THE GONZMART FAMILY AND
9:17:23AM 1905 FAMILY OF RESTAURANTS.
9:17:25AM PLEASE ENJOY YOURSELF ON THE RIVERWALK AT THE COLUMBIA CAFE,
9:17:29AM ULELE.
9:17:31AM JUST RELAX.
9:17:33AM THANK YOU SO MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
9:17:38AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:17:40AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:17:41AM OFFICER STEVENS, MARYBETH WILLIAMS.
9:17:44AM I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FRIENDS OF THE RIVERWALK.
9:17:47AM WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOU KEEPING US SAFE ON THE RIVERWALK
9:17:51AM AND TAKING CARE OF US DURING OUR SPECIAL EVENTS.
9:17:54AM IN YOUR HONOR WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE YOU WITH A
9:17:57AM PERSONALIZED PAVER ALONG THE RIVERWALK.
9:17:59AM WHEN YOU BIKE ALONG THE RIVERWALK, YOU'LL HAVE TO LOOK FOR
9:18:02AM IT AS WELL AS A FEW GIFT CERTIFICATES FROM MEMBER
9:18:05AM ORGANIZATIONS, SPLITSVILLE, FLORIDA AVENUE BREWING, YACHT
9:18:07AM STARSHIP, RIVERWALK RENTALS AND PIRATE WATER TAXI.
9:18:13AM THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
9:18:15AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:18:19AM >> GOT ENOUGH STUFF?
9:18:20AM YOU WANT SOME MORE?
9:18:22AM >> IT'S A GOOD DAY.
9:18:25AM >> SHOULD I GIVE THIS TO THE CHIEF OR YOUR WIFE?
9:18:27AM STEVE MICHELINI, HERE ON BEHALF OF A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT
9:18:33AM FOLKS.
9:18:33AM YOU GET A CHOICE.
9:18:34AM I'LL HAND IT TO YOU AND THEN YOU CAN DECIDE WHERE IT GOES.
9:18:38AM THERE IS A LITTLE SPECIAL INVOCATION HERE FOR YOU AND YOUR
9:18:46AM FAMILY.
9:18:47AM ON BEHALF OF JACKSON'S BISTRO ON HARBOUR ISLAND, GIFT
9:18:53AM CERTIFICATE FOR A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
9:18:54AM ON BEHALF OF THE CICCIO RESTAURANT GROUP, GIFT CERTIFICATE,
9:18:59AM YOUR CHOICE OF THEIR RESTAURANTS, BREAKFAST, LUNCH OR
9:19:01AM DINNER.
9:19:02AM BEHALF OF MEAT MARKET IN OLD HYDE PARK, GIFT CERTIFICATE,
9:19:07AM LUNCH OR DINNER.
9:19:09AM ON BEHALF OF THE YUMMY HOUSE CHINA BISTRO, YOUR CHOICE,
9:19:14AM LUNCH OR DINNER.
9:19:15AM TAKE THESE LETTERS WITH YOU, SO THERE'S NO QUESTION.
9:19:19AM MY NAME AND NUMBER IS ON THERE IN CASE YOU HAVE A PROBLEM.
9:19:24AM THE BICYCLE PATROLS ARE VERY EFFECTIVE.
9:19:26AM THEY HELP US DETER CRIME, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM IN
9:19:31AM ALL OF THESE CONCENTRATED COMMERCIAL AREAS WHERE WE HAVE
9:19:33AM LOTS OF VISITORS.
9:19:34AM YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB OUT THERE.
9:19:36AM THANK YOU.
9:19:37AM >> THANK YOU.
9:19:37AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:19:38AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:19:42AM >>LUIS VIERA: OFFICER, ON BEHALF OF A REALLY GRATEFUL CITY
9:19:45AM OF TAMPA, TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, CITY, MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT AND
9:19:48AM EVERYONE, IT IS OUR GREAT PLEASURE AND HONOR TO RECOGNIZE
9:19:51AM YOU, SIR, AS OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
9:19:53AM GOD BLESS YOU, MAN.
9:19:55AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:19:55AM IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING.
9:20:00AM >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
9:20:01AM I'VE BEEN WITH THIS BIKE UNIT FOR A LITTLE OVER A DECADE
9:20:06AM WHEN IT WENT FULL-TIME.
9:20:09AM I PUT MY HEART AND SOUL INTO IT A LOT.
9:20:14AM EVERYTHING THAT I'VE HEARD IS A LITTLE OVERWHELMING, BUT THE
9:20:19AM PARTNERSHIPS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED THROUGH THIS UNIT EXTEND
9:20:22AM THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THE ADJOINING COUNTIES, THROUGHOUT THE
9:20:26AM STATE AND EVEN OUT OF THE STATE.
9:20:28AM WE HAVE EXCELLENT LEADERSHIP AND WE REALLY DID SET THE GOLD
9:20:35AM STAR WITH HOW A BIKE UNIT SHOULD BE RUN AND OPERATED.
9:20:39AM WE'VE HAD SO MANY OTHER AGENCIES COME TO US FOR INFORMATION.
9:20:42AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT.
9:20:45AM APPRECIATE IT.
9:20:47AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:20:54AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU
9:20:56AM DO.
9:20:57AM I IMAGINE WHEN YOU STARTED WITH THE FORCE, YOU HAD
9:20:59AM TRICYCLES.
9:21:01AM >> DID, YES.
9:21:02AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, THE CHIEF, MR. FORD, MR.
9:21:04AM CLENDENIN AND MYSELF FOR JOINING THE BALD CLUB.
9:21:09AM MR. FORD, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID, ON TV, HELPING PEOPLE
9:21:14AM WHO NEED HELP.
9:21:15AM FOR WHAT YOU DO, SIR, IT'S WHAT YOU DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
9:21:18AM JUST THE PRESENCE OF YOU ON THE STREET IS A DETERRENT FOR
9:21:22AM SOMEONE THINKING ABOUT DOING SOMETHING WRONG.
9:21:25AM THANK YOU FOR YOU, YOUR CREW, THE PEOPLE YOU WORK WITH FROM
9:21:29AM THE CHIEF DOWN BECAUSE TAMPA IS ONE OF THE BEST POLICE
9:21:31AM FORCES.
9:21:32AM CITY OF TAMPA IS ALWAYS RANKED IN THE TOP AND LOWER CRIMES
9:21:36AM IN THE COUNTRY.
9:21:36AM THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
9:21:37AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
9:21:38AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
9:21:39AM I HEARD YOU FIX BIKES.
9:21:43AM I HAVE MY ALL CITY IN THE OFFICE.
9:21:48AM I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, I DID A TOUR OF HEADQUARTERS NOT
9:21:50AM TOO LONG AGO, WAY, WAY DOWN IN THE BASEMENT.
9:21:53AM IT WAS REALLY NICE TO TALK TO YOU ALL, SEE WHAT YOU ALL ARE
9:21:56AM UP TO.
9:21:57AM I CANNOT WAIT TO JOIN YOU ON A TOUR OF THE CITY.
9:22:02AM THE BIKE OFFICERS AND ONE OF THE THINGS EVERYBODY TALKED
9:22:05AM ABOUT AND I KNOW IS TRUE IS YOU REALLY, REALLY GET TO
9:22:08AM INTERACT WITH THE PUBLIC IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WAY
9:22:12AM BECAUSE YOU ARE JUST RIGHT THERE.
9:22:15AM I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO AND REALLY LOOK
9:22:18AM FORWARD TO SEEING YOU MORE OUT AND ABOUT.
9:22:24AM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
9:22:25AM THANK YOU FOR KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
9:22:27AM NOTHING IN THE CITY WILL WORK IF WE'RE NOT SAFE.
9:22:29AM AS COUNCILMAN MIRANDA SAID, WE'RE ONE OF THE BEST CITIES IN
9:22:33AM THE COUNTRY WITH A LOW VIOLENT CRIME RATE.
9:22:35AM THANKS TO YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES FOR DOING THAT AND THANKS
9:22:38AM TO YOUR FAMILY FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
9:22:40AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:22:40AM WE APPRECIATE IT.
9:22:41AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:22:54AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
9:22:55AM WE'LL WAIT.
9:22:56AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
9:22:58AM >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
9:22:58AM GO AHEAD AND PROCEED, SIR.
9:23:00AM WE'RE HERE NOW WITH OUR FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER.
9:23:03AM CHIEF TRIPP IS HERE TO HONOR OUR HONOREE, LIEUTENANT JOSHUA
9:23:06AM WIMBERLY WHO IS HERE.
9:23:12AM WE DO THIS TO REFLECT OUR SUPPORT AS A COUNCIL, ALL OF US
9:23:14AM FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AS WELL AS THE VALUES OF THE COMMUNITY WE
9:23:19AM SERVE.
9:23:19AM CHIEF, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD.
9:23:28AM >>CHIEF TRIPP: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:23:30AM CHIEF TRIPP, FIRE CHIEF FOR TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
9:23:34AM GOOD MORNING.
9:23:34AM TODAY WE'LL HONOR LIEUTENANT JOSHUA WIMBERLY FOR THE
9:23:38AM FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER FOR THE SECOND QUARTER.
9:23:40AM JOSHUA HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA NOW 17 YEARS.
9:23:44AM HE'S ALSO ACTING CAPTAIN AS WELL AS A PARAMEDIC AS PART OF
9:23:49AM THE HAZARDOUS MATERIAL TEAM AS WELL.
9:23:52AM HE HAS DEDICATED THESE YEARS TO TAMPA FIRE RESCUE BUT ON A
9:23:56AM PARTICULAR DAY HE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND HIS SCOPE AS WELL AS
9:24:00AM HIS TRAINING.
9:24:01AM JANUARY 24, 2025, AROUND 8 P.M., LIEUTENANT WIMBERLY WAS OFF
9:24:06AM DUTY AND DRIVING HOME WHEN HE CAME ACROSS A SERIOUS ACCIDENT
9:24:10AM ON THE HOWARD FRANKLAND BRIDGE.
9:24:11AM HE SAW A MAN LYING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND A WOMAN
9:24:14AM WAVING HER ARM TRYING TO GET HELP.
9:24:18AM NO OTHER CARS WERE STOPPING SO THE LIEUTENANT DECIDED TO
9:24:21AM HAVE THE COURAGE, RISK HIS LIFE AND STOP.
9:24:24AM HE PULLED OVER RIGHT AWAY.
9:24:26AM HE QUICKLY REALIZED UNCONSCIOUS MAN ON THE ROADWAY HIT BY A
9:24:32AM CAR WHILE CHANGING A TIRE RESULTING IN AMPUTATION OF HIS
9:24:35AM RIGHT LEG.
9:24:36AM THE CAR THAT HIT HIM DROVE OFF WITHOUT HESITATION.
9:24:41AM LIEUTENANT WIMBERLY PULLED THE MAN OUT OF THE ROAD RISKING
9:24:44AM HIS OWN LIFE WITH CARS SPEEDING BY HIM, HE USED HIS BELT AS
9:24:49AM A TOURNIQUET TO STOP THE BLEEDING AND STAYED WITH THE MAN
9:24:53AM UNTIL HELP CAME FROM ST. PETE FIRE RESCUE.
9:24:56AM EVEN AFTER THEY GOT THERE, HE CONTINUED TO ASSIST WITH THE
9:24:58AM TREATMENT AND CARE OF THIS INDIVIDUAL.
9:25:01AM THE LIEUTENANT'S ACTION WAS A REMARKABLE DISPLAY OF COURAGE
9:25:09AM AND SELFLESSNESS.
9:25:10AM HE PUT HIS OWN SAFETY ASIDE TO HELP A STRANGER IN NEED.
9:25:14AM FOR HIS ACTION THAT NIGHT, HIS DEDICATION TO THE DEPARTMENT
9:25:17AM AND THE CITY OF TAMPA, LIEUTENANT WIMBERLY WAS NOMINATED AS
9:25:20AM FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER.
9:25:22AM HIS BRAVERY, QUICK THINKING AND SELFLESSNESS ARE A TRUE
9:25:26AM REFLECTION OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A FIREFIGHTER AND
9:25:29AM REPRESENT THE CORE VALUE WE UPHOLD AT TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
9:25:32AM CONGRATULATIONS, LIEUTENANT.
9:25:35AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:25:43AM >>LUIS VIERA: LIEUTENANT, BEFORE WE FORMALLY HONOR YOU AND
9:25:47AM SPEAK, WE HAVE FOLKS FROM THE COMMUNITY WHO WOULD LIKE TO
9:25:49AM COME FORWARD AND HONOR YOU.
9:25:57AM >> I'M REPRESENTING BUSCH GARDENS.
9:25:59AM CHRISTINA DURREN.
9:26:00AM THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE.
9:26:02AM ON BEHALF OF BUSCH GARDENS THEY HAVE TICKETS FOR YOU TO
9:26:04AM ENJOY WITH THEIR FAMILY AND THE PARK FOR THE DAY.
9:26:07AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:26:08AM THANK YOU.
9:26:12AM >> CONGRATULATIONS.
9:26:13AM MARK HANEY WITH ZOO TAMPA.
9:26:14AM WE HAVE A YEAR MEMBERSHIP FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
9:26:17AM HERE IS AN AFRICAN PAINTED DOG WHICH IS THE BEST PREDATOR IN
9:26:23AM ALL OF AFRICA.
9:26:25AM THEY GET THEIR PREY 80% OF THE TIME.
9:26:27AM THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL.
9:26:28AM HIGHLY ENDANGERED, SO ENJOY IT.
9:26:33AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:26:37AM >> DINNER AT HOTEL HAYA IN YBOR CITY.
9:26:41AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
9:26:44AM WE CANNOT EXPRESS DEEP ENOUGH GRATITUDE FOR EVERYTHING YOU
9:26:47AM GUYS ARE DOING.
9:26:48AM WHAT A STORY.
9:26:49AM AMAZING.
9:26:51AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:26:53AM >> GOOD MORNING AGAIN, COUNCIL.
9:26:55AM WHAT A STORY.
9:26:58AM WE SHOULD ALL BE SO LUCKY IN HOUR OF NEED TO HAVE A GUARDIAN
9:27:02AM ANGEL LIKE YOU DRIVING BY.
9:27:03AM BEHALF OF TAMPA THEATRE, INVITE BOTH OF YOU FOR YEAR LONG
9:27:07AM MEMBERSHIP TO SEE US FOR OUR FILM SHOWS AND EVERYTHING GOING
9:27:10AM ON.
9:27:12AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:27:14AM >> GOOD MORNING, CHIEF.
9:27:16AM WHAT A STORY.
9:27:19AM THANK YOU.
9:27:20AM THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO EACH AND EVERY DAY.
9:27:23AM THAT STORY IS REMARKABLE.
9:27:27AM BEHALF OF THE GLAZER FAMILY, WE HAVE A TRADITION, ANYBODY
9:27:29AM THAT GOES OVER AND ABOVE AND HEARING THAT STORY, WE'RE LUCKY
9:27:32AM TO HAVE YOU AND THE SUPPORT YOU GIVE HIM.
9:27:35AM THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY.
9:27:38AM GOD BLESS.
9:27:39AM THANK YOU.
9:27:39AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:27:43AM >> MIKE McARTHUR, STEPP'S TOWING SERVICE.
9:27:50AM I HAVE A FEELING WE'LL BE HEARING THE STORY AT THE BANQUET
9:27:53AM COMING SOON.
9:27:53AM THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT STORY TO TELL AND THANKFUL THAT
9:27:59AM YOU WERE THERE AT THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.
9:28:02AM BEHALF OF TODD STEPP'S AND STEPP'S TOWING, GIFT CARD AND
9:28:05AM HAVE DINNER ON US.
9:28:07AM THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY AND
9:28:09AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:28:17AM >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:28:19AM [INAUDIBLE]
9:28:25AM >> THANK YOU.
9:28:25AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:28:30AM >> GRACE GONZALEZ HERE ON BEHALF OF THE GONZMART FAMILY AND
9:28:34AM 1905 FAMILY OF RESTAURANTS.
9:28:35AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE IN TAMPA AND BEING SO
9:28:38AM DEDICATED TO THIS COMMUNITY.
9:28:39AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR BRAVERY.
9:28:40AM WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU WITH A GIFT CARD AND INVITE TO
9:28:42AM YOU THE COLUMBIA RESTAURANT, ULELE, WHEREVER YOU LIKE,
9:28:49AM CELEBRATE AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.
9:28:51AM THANK YOU.
9:28:52AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:28:54AM >> GOOD MORNING AND CONGRATULATIONS.
9:28:57AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR BRAVERY.
9:28:59AM YOU ARE A HERO.
9:29:00AM WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE YOU AS PART OF OUR CITY AND
9:29:04AM PROTECTING US.
9:29:05AM THAT IS TRULY AN INCREDIBLE STORY AND VERY POWERFUL.
9:29:09AM BEHALF OF THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA, LIKE TO INVITE YOU AND YOUR
9:29:11AM FAMILY TO UPCOMING PERFORMANCE AT OUR NEW SEASON.
9:29:14AM AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:29:17AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:29:21AM >> MARY DILLON, REPRESENTING STRAZ CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING
9:29:25AM ARTS.
9:29:25AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:29:26AM AGAIN, IT'S HARD TO REPEAT EVERYONE ELSE, BUT IT'S AN
9:29:34AM AMAZING STORY.
9:29:35AM WE HAVE TICKETS FOR UPCOMING BROADWAY SEASON.
9:29:39AM START NEXT SEASON IN OCTOBER BECAUSE THE SEASON ENDS NOW.
9:29:42AM THESE ARE TICKETS FOR YOURSELF AND A GUEST.
9:29:44AM ENJOY YOURSELF.
9:29:45AM THANK YOU.
9:29:49AM >> CONGRATULATIONS.
9:29:50AM IT'S HEROIC TO SEE YOU GUYS DO WHAT YOU DO.
9:29:55AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA.
9:29:58AM ON BEHALF OF BILL CURRIE FORD, PRESENT YOU HANDWRITTEN
9:30:01AM LETTER FROM JENNIFER CURRIE HERSELF WITH A GIFT CARD AND
9:30:05AM FULL FREE MAINTENANCE ON YOUR PERSONAL VEHICLE.
9:30:08AM OTHER GOODIES IN THE BAG.
9:30:09AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:30:11AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:30:16AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:30:17AM MARYBETH WILLIAMS.
9:30:18AM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FRIENDS OF THE RIVERWALK.
9:30:20AM LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR BRAVERY AND YOUR SERVICE TO OUR
9:30:24AM COMMUNITY, TO HONOR YOUR SACRIFICE, WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE
9:30:28AM YOU A PERSONALIZED PAVER ALONG THE TAMPA RIVERWALK.
9:30:31AM WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL ENJOY THAT FOR YEARS TO COME.
9:30:35AM SEVERAL CORPORATE MEMBERS HAVE GRACIOUSLY GIVEN VARIOUS GIFT
9:30:39AM CERTIFICATES FOR YOU.
9:30:39AM INCLUDED IN THOSE ARE FLORIDA AVENUE BREWING, YACHT
9:30:43AM STARSHIP, RIVERWALK RENTALS, LOST PEARL, PIRATE WATER TAXI.
9:30:48AM ADDITIONALLY, HOSTING A GIANT BOAT PARADE FOR THE 4th OF
9:30:51AM JULY WHERE WE ARE HONORING OUR MILITARY AND FIRST
9:30:53AM RESPONDERS.
9:30:54AM WE HOPE ALL OF YOU WILL COME OUT.
9:30:56AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
9:31:00AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:31:05AM >> STEVE MICHELINI HERE ON BEHALF OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT
9:31:09AM FOLKS.
9:31:10AM LIKE TO CONGRATULATE AND HONOR YOU.
9:31:13AM LET ME READ ONE LINE TO YOU THAT'S FROM THE INVOCATION
9:31:16AM THAT'S DEDICATED TO POLICE AND FIRE.
9:31:19AM IT IS, WHEN THE BELL RINGS, WHO WILL ANSWER?
9:31:22AM THESE MEN AND WOMEN WILL ANSWER AND THE GOOD LORD WILL
9:31:25AM SHIELD THEM AND KEEP THEM IN HIS LOVING ARMS.
9:31:28AM I'LL GIVE THAT TO YOU.
9:31:31AM I'LL TELL YOU THAT TAMPA FIRE RESCUE IS THE BEST.
9:31:34AM WE APPRECIATE YOU.
9:31:35AM WE LOVE YOU, AND YOU'RE ALWAYS THERE FOR US.
9:31:38AM ON BEHALF OF MEAT MARKET IN OLD HYDE PARK, WE'RE PROVIDING
9:31:43AM YOU WITH A GIFT CERTIFICATE.
9:31:45AM HAVE YOURSELF LUNCH OR DINNER.
9:31:47AM BEHALF OF YUMMY HOUSE CHINA BISTRO, LUNCH OR DINNER.
9:31:51AM ON BEHALF OF CICCIO RESTAURANT GROUP, BREAKFAST, LUNCH, OR
9:31:56AM DINNER.
9:31:56AM AND JACKSON'S BISTRO, LUNCH OR DINNER.
9:32:00AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:32:01AM WE DO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO.
9:32:03AM THANK YOU.
9:32:04AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:32:15AM >> STEVE WHITE.
9:32:16AM I AM THE CO-CHAIR OF THE AWARDS REVIEW COMMITTEE.
9:32:19AM I JUST WANT TO SAY IT WAS AN EASY DECISION FOR US THIS TIME.
9:32:23AM HE'S SUCH A GREAT GUY.
9:32:25AM AFTER ALL THE GREAT ACCOLADES, ONE THING I WANT TO SAY ABOUT
9:32:29AM HIM, TRULY LOVE ABOUT HIM, ALL THESE THINGS ARE WONDERFUL
9:32:32AM WHAT HE DOES FOR THE JOB BUT HE IS A MAN OF FAITH AND HE
9:32:34AM WALKS AND LIVES HIS FAITH EVERY DAY.
9:32:36AM I'M MORE IMPRESSED BY THAT THAN ANYTHING HE CAN DO.
9:32:40AM EXUDES IT IN EVERYTHING HE DOES AND HOW HE TREATS OTHERS.
9:32:43AM THAT'S MUCH MORE IMPORTANT IN THE LONG RUN.
9:32:45AM I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT ABOUT HIM.
9:32:50AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:32:59AM >>LUIS VIERA: ON BEHALF OF A GRATEFUL CITY OF TAMPA,
9:33:02AM PLEASURE TO HONOR YOU.
9:33:03AM YOU TALK ABOUT FAITH, AND I THINK IT'S FROM PROVERBS.
9:33:10AM UNLESS THE LORD BUILDS THIS HOUSE, THOSE WHO BUILD IT LABOR
9:33:10AM IN VAIN.
9:33:10AM YOU ALL OBVIOUSLY HAVE A GOOD HOUSE OF STRENGTH AND COURAGE
9:33:13AM ON THE JOB.
9:33:13AM THANK YOU.
9:33:15AM GOD BLESS YOU.
9:33:15AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:33:16AM >> COUNCIL WOMEN AND COUNCILMEN, I WORK FOR I BELIEVE THE
9:33:28AM GREATEST FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY, IN THE STATE, PERHAPS
9:33:32AM IN THE NATION.
9:33:32AM AND WHILE THIS IS WONDERFUL, I REALLY NEED NOT BE CONSIDERED
9:33:41AM WHAT IS BEING AWARDED HERE IS THE TRAINING THAT I'VE
9:33:45AM RECEIVED FROM TAMPA FIRE, THE DEDICATION IS REFLECTIVE OF
9:33:49AM THOSE MEN AND WOMEN THAT I WORK AROUND EVERY DAY.
9:33:52AM ULTIMATELY THE SELF-SACRIFICING SPIRIT THAT OUR LORD TEACHES
9:33:58AM US TO DISPLAY.
9:34:00AM SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE GIFTS AND ALL OF THAT, BUT
9:34:05AM ULTIMATELY, IT ALL GOES TO SOMEONE GREATER THAN ME.
9:34:09AM THANK YOU.
9:34:11AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:34:17AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ON BEHALF OF A GRATEFUL CITY, WE ARE VERY
9:34:20AM BLESSED TO HAVE INCREDIBLE FIRST RESPONDERS.
9:34:23AM OUR FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENT.
9:34:24AM OBVIOUSLY FROM THAT STORY, YOU WALK THE WALK AND TALK THE
9:34:29AM TALK.
9:34:29AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU BRING TO THE CITY OF TAMPA
9:34:32AM AND THANK YOU FOR THE FAMILY THAT SUPPORTS YOU AS WELL.
9:34:36AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND ENJOY ALL THOSE GREAT GOODIES.
9:34:42AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YOU CAN INTRODUCE HER.
9:34:43AM >> THIS IS MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE MEGAN WHO SUPPORTS ME EVERY
9:34:46AM DAY.
9:34:48AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VERY GOOD.
9:34:50AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:34:50AM WE ARE GOING TO LET THE FIRE AND POLICE MOVE ON THEIR WAY.
9:35:02AM IN THE MEANTIME, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING BRIAN FORD BACK UP TO
9:35:06AM THE PODIUM.
9:35:07AM WE NOTICED THAT WHEN BRIAN CAME UP, I THINK HE'S TRYING TO
9:35:11AM LOOK AS DASHING AS COUNCILMAN MIRANDA WITH HIS STYLISH NEW
9:35:17AM HAIR CUT, BUT I THINK THERE IS A STORY BEHIND IT.
9:35:21AM MR. FORD.
9:35:32AM >> YES, GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU.
9:35:34AM THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.
9:35:35AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: STATE YOUR NAME.
9:35:37AM >> I KNOW -- BRIAN FORD, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR THE
9:35:43AM TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS.
9:35:44AM THANK YOU, HUMBLED.
9:35:46AM THANK YOU FOR THE KIND WORDS.
9:35:48AM I KNOW I DON'T SPORT IT WELL, THE REASON BEHIND THIS, THE
9:35:53AM 11th YEAR THAT I PERSONALLY HAD A LITTLE BOY OR A LITTLE
9:35:57AM GIRL CUT MY HAIR.
9:35:59AM WE HAD 20 FAMILIES OUT.
9:36:01AM THE REAL PURPOSE BEHIND IT IS TO BRING AWARENESS TO THE
9:36:06AM EFFECTS OF PEDIATRIC CANCER.
9:36:08AM NO FAMILY SHOULD EVER HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHAT THESE FAMILIES
9:36:11AM GO THROUGH.
9:36:12AM EVERY DAY, 43 FAMILIES, PARENTS GET A CALL THAT THEIR CHILD
9:36:16AM HAS CANCER.
9:36:17AM WHEN I LEARNED THE FACTS 11 YEARS AGO, IT WAS A NO-BRAINER
9:36:21AM FOR ME.
9:36:22AM I DO IT EACH AND EVERY YEAR.
9:36:23AM I ENCOURAGE OUR ENTIRE ORGANIZATION.
9:36:25AM I HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE GLAZER FAMILY, HEAD COACH, GENERAL
9:36:29AM MANAGER, ALL OUR PLAYERS.
9:36:30AM REALLY, IT'S TO BRING AWARENESS.
9:36:33AM IT'S TO RAISE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.
9:36:35AM BUT THE REAL PURPOSE IS TO GIVE 20 FAMILIES -- SOME OF THE
9:36:38AM CHILDREN THAT CAME OUT ON TUESDAY ACTUALLY CAME STRAIGHT
9:36:42AM FROM THE HOSPITAL, RIGHT FROM RADIATION, RIGHT FROM
9:36:45AM CHEMOTHERAPY.
9:36:46AM AND IT GIVE THEM AND THEIR PARENTS A CHANCE TO SEE THEM
9:36:50AM LAUGH AND GIGGLE, THAT WAS PRICELESS.
9:36:53AM THEY KIND OF FORGOT ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH AND
9:36:56AM GOT TO SHAVE MY HEAD.
9:36:58AM THIS YEAR I DIDN'T PICK ONE LITTLE BOY OR LITTLE GIRL,
9:37:02AM UNFORTUNATELY WE CHANGED THE TERM OF THE EVENT FROM CUT FOR
9:37:06AM A CURE TO CUT AND COLOR.
9:37:07AM A LOT OF TODAY'S SOCIETY DIDN'T WANT TO SHAVE THEIR HEAD, SO
9:37:11AM THEY ACTUALLY PAINTED IT.
9:37:13AM I THINK THE KIDS HAD A LOT OF FUN.
9:37:16AM LITTLE BOY OR LITTLE GIRL THAT LOST THEIR HAIR TO SAY IT'S
9:37:22AM OKAY.
9:37:22AM COOL TO BE LIKE THIS.
9:37:24AM I DON'T LOOK GOOD BUT YOU DO.
9:37:26AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN
9:37:28AM IT.
9:37:29AM THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO EACH AND EVERY DAY.
9:37:31AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I HEARD THAT STORY AND I FOUND IT TO BE
9:37:33AM VERY INSPIRATIONAL.
9:37:35AM MY OFFICE, MY LEGISLATIVE AIDE EXPERIENCED SIMILAR WITH HIS
9:37:40AM FAMILY.
9:37:41AM BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF COMMITMENT AND BRING ATTENTION
9:37:45AM TO THE ISSUE SO MANY FAMILIES STRUGGLE WITH.
9:37:48AM >>BILL CARLSON: THE NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION, NATIONAL
9:37:51AM PEDIATRIC.
9:37:52AM >> IT'S BASED RIGHT HERE IN TAMPA.
9:37:55AM DAVID FRAZIER IS THE CEO AND PRESIDENT.
9:37:57AM WHAT THEY DO FOR THESE FAMILIES DAY IN AND DAY OUT IS
9:38:00AM REMARKABLE.
9:38:01AM WE DO IT ONCE A YEAR.
9:38:03AM IT'S AMAZING.
9:38:05AM >>BILL CARLSON: I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT,
9:38:07AM FOR EVERYONE ELSE WHO HAS DONE THAT.
9:38:09AM I'M FRIENDS WITH MELISSA DUNKEL, ONE OF THE FOUNDERS.
9:38:15AM TWO MOTHERS HAD KIDS WITH CANCER, GOT TOGETHER AND FOUNDED
9:38:18AM THIS.
9:38:19AM BROUGHT IN DAVID WHO IS FANTASTIC.
9:38:20AM MY SON HAS DONE A LOT OF PRO BONO WORK FOR THEM.
9:38:23AM GREAT ORGANIZATION.
9:38:24AM DON'T REALIZE, AS YOU STARTED TO SAY, THIS IS A NATIONAL,
9:38:28AM SOMEWHAT INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT'S FUNDING RESEARCH
9:38:30AM AND INNOVATIVE NEW CLINICAL TRIALS TO REALLY FIND CURES FOR
9:38:35AM KIDS.
9:38:36AM THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THEM.
9:38:38AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MR. FORD.
9:38:41AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:38:41AM NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE GET TO RECOGNIZE ATU EMPLOYEE OF THE
9:38:49AM MONTH.
9:38:49AM THAT WILL BE DONE BY COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
9:39:05AM >>LYNN HURTAK: WE ARE HERE TODAY TO HONOR OUR ATU EMPLOYEE
9:39:08AM OF THE MONTH.
9:39:09AM I'M GOING TO LET MR. SIMON START OFF.
9:39:16AM >> GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN.
9:39:19AM GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:39:21AM AND GOOD MORNING, CITY OF TAMPA.
9:39:22AM I'M STEVE SIMON, PRESIDENT OF THE AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION
9:39:28AM LOCAL 1464, AND WE KEEP THE CITY OF TAMPA RUNNING.
9:39:34AM I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE THIS MORNING TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE
9:39:34AM ATU EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, MS. THERESA HUGHES.
9:39:39AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:39:39AM WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THERESA HUGHES FOR HER
9:39:47AM EXCEPTIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS BROUGHT TO THE TEAM AND
9:39:50AM ORGANIZATION.
9:39:51AM TERESA'S DEDICATION, HARD WORK, AND INNOVATIVE SPIRIT HAS
9:39:55AM NOT GONE UNNOTICED.
9:39:58AM DATING BACK TO HER FIRST WEEK WITH WATER ENGINEERING,
9:40:00AM THERESA HAS ALWAYS STRIVEN FOR EXCELLENCY BY GIVING 110%.
9:40:06AM SHE CONSISTENTLY HAS GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND IN ANY ROLE SHE
9:40:11AM TAKES ON.
9:40:11AM THERESA HAS VOLUNTEERED FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S SAFETY
9:40:14AM COMMITTEE AS THE HANNA MOVE CHAMPION AND THE SUBJECT MATTER
9:40:18AM EXPERT FOR THE TAMPA CONNECT PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION.
9:40:22AM TERESA'S COMMITMENT TO DELIVERING THE BEST AT ALL TIMES IS
9:40:27AM SEEN THROUGH HER CONSISTENT, EXEMPLARY CUSTOMER SERVICE
9:40:31AM EXPERIENCE PROVIDED WITH NUMEROUS RECOGNITIONS BY THE
9:40:34AM PUBLIC, WATER DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP, AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
9:40:38AM WE THANK THERESA FOR HER UNWAVERING COMMITMENT AND EMBODYING
9:40:43AM OUR CORE VALUES.
9:40:44AM WE ARE THANKFUL TO HAVE HER AS PART OF OUR TEAM AND LOOK
9:40:50AM FORWARD TO SEEING HER CONTINUOUS GROWTH AND SUCCESS.
9:40:54AM AND WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU AS WELL ON BEHALF OF ATU
9:40:58AM LOCAL 1464.
9:41:00AM I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS AWARD.
9:41:05AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:41:05AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:41:09AM IF I MAY, I HAVE A LETTER FROM THE MAYOR.
9:41:13AM I WOULD LIKE TO READ A PORTION OF THAT.
9:41:15AM DEAR THERESA, CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING SELECTED AS THE
9:41:23AM AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION ATU EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR YOUR
9:41:28AM PROFESSIONALISM, STRONG WORK ETHICS, AND FOR GOING ABOVE AND
9:41:32AM BEYOND IN ALL ASPECTS OF YOUR ROLE AS A UTILITIES PERMITTING
9:41:36AM TECHNICIAN.
9:41:36AM YOU DEMONSTRATE A FIRM COMMITMENT TO THE WATER DEPARTMENT
9:41:40AM AND TO THE CITY, AND YOU SET A SHINING EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS TO
9:41:43AM FOLLOW.
9:41:44AM IT IS EMPLOYEES LIKE YOU, THERESA, THAT MAKE ME PROUD TO
9:41:47AM SERVE AS MAYOR.
9:41:48AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND SERVICE.
9:41:51AM SINCERELY MAYOR JANE.
9:41:53AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:42:00AM >>LYNN HURTAK: WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE THAT WANT TO HONOR YOU.
9:42:03AM WE'LL LET THAT HAPPEN FIRST.
9:42:10AM >> GRACE GONZALEZ HERE ON BEHALF OF THE GONZMART FAMILY AND
9:42:13AM 1905 FAMILY OF RESTAURANTS.
9:42:15AM THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE IN TAMPA.
9:42:16AM THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING TO BE HERE IN TAMPA.
9:42:18AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO OUR CITY.
9:42:20AM WE WANT YOU TO HELP CELEBRATE YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENT BY JOINING
9:42:24AM US AT THE COLUMBIA RESTAURANT, ULELE -- ANYWHERE YOU LIKE.
9:42:29AM THIS IS FOR YOU.
9:42:29AM CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO
9:42:32AM FOR US.
9:42:35AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:42:37AM >> MS. HUGHES, YOUR STORY IS REMARKABLE.
9:42:45AM AS I MENTIONED EARLIER THIS MORNING, WE HAVE A TRADITION.
9:42:47AM ANYBODY THAT GOES OVER AND ABOVE GETS A GAME BALL.
9:42:50AM THIS IS YOUR CUSTOM GAME BALL.
9:42:52AM ON BEHALF OF THE GLAZER FAMILY AND OUR ENTIRE ORGANIZATION,
9:42:55AM CONGRATULATIONS AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU.
9:42:57AM THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO.
9:43:00AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:43:03AM >> HI.
9:43:03AM MARK HANEY WITH ZOO TAMPA.
9:43:06AM HERE WE HAVE A FUN DAY AT THE ZOO.
9:43:08AM YOU HAVE SIX PASSES.
9:43:10AM WE WANT YOU TO COME AND ENJOY A FUN DAY AT THE ZOO.
9:43:13AM WE HAVE A WHITE RHINO.
9:43:15AM INTERESTING FACT ABOUT RHINOS, A GROUP OF RHINOS IS CALLED A
9:43:19AM CRASH BECAUSE THEY HAVE POOR EYESIGHT AND THEY CRASH INTO
9:43:24AM EACH OTHER.
9:43:24AM [ LAUGHTER ]
9:43:25AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:43:28AM >> REPRESENTING BUSCH GARDENS OF TAMPA.
9:43:31AM THEY WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO THE CITY
9:43:33AM WITH TICKETS TO TAKE YOUR FAMILY AND ENJOY A DAY AT BUSCH
9:43:37AM GARDENS.
9:43:38AM THANK YOU.
9:43:40AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:43:41AM JILL WITECKI WITH TAMPA THEATRE.
9:43:43AM THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR BUILDING OWNED BY
9:43:46AM THE CITY AND EVERYBODY ELSE.
9:43:48AM ON BEHALF OF THE THEATER, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH
9:43:50AM AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP SO YOU AND A GUEST CAN COME SEE MOVIES,
9:43:56AM SHOWS AND WHATEVER ELSE.
9:44:00AM >> MIKE McARTHUR, STEPP'S TOWING SERVICE.
9:44:06AM GREAT SUPPORTING STAFF YOU HAVE.
9:44:08AM THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR THE CITY.
9:44:10AM ON BEHALF OF STEPP'S TOWING SERVICE, ENJOY DINNER, TAKE SOME
9:44:15AM TIME OFF.
9:44:16AM YOU DESERVE IT.
9:44:17AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:44:20AM >> ON BEHALF OF BILL CURRIE FORD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
9:44:25AM EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA.
9:44:27AM I WANT TO PRESENT YOU A HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM JENNIFER
9:44:30AM CURRY HERSELF WITH A GIFT CARD AS WELL AND FULL FREE
9:44:33AM MAINTENANCE ON YOUR PERSONAL VEHICLE AND ALSO GOODIES IN
9:44:36AM THERE AS WELL.
9:44:38AM ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR DAY.
9:44:39AM >> THANK YOU.
9:44:39AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:44:43AM >> LORI OSBORNE.
9:44:44AM WITH THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA.
9:44:47AM CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ACHIEVEMENT.
9:44:48AM LOOK AT ALL THE PEOPLE BEHIND YOU.
9:44:51AM SO GREAT TO SEE YOU.
9:44:52AM ON BEHALF OF THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA, LOVE TO INVITE YOU AND
9:44:55AM YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO AN UPCOMING PERFORMANCE FOR OUR
9:45:00AM NEW SEASON.
9:45:01AM AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS.
9:45:02AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
9:45:04AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:45:11AM >> I THINK I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO CALL ON YOU YOUR
9:45:16AM FIRST WEEK ON THE JOB.
9:45:18AM REMEMBER THAT?
9:45:18AM IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
9:45:21AM THERESA IS WONDERFUL.
9:45:23AM I WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU THAT ONE OF MY CLIENTS
9:45:26AM CALLED ON THERESA RECENTLY.
9:45:28AM SHE WROTE THIS LETTER TO CHUCK WEBER.
9:45:32AM SHE SAYS, I'M A 67-YEAR-OLD TAMPA NATIVE AND WANT TO SHARE
9:45:36AM MY RECENT EXPERIENCE WITH THE TAMPA WATER DEPARTMENT.
9:45:39AM I'M EMBARKING ON RESTORING AN OLD BUILDING 100 YEARS OLD
9:45:43AM WHICH HAD UTILITIES THAT WERE QUESTIONABLE AT BEST.
9:45:45AM THE ORIGINAL PLANS WERE SUBMITTED FOR THE FOUNDATION AND
9:45:49AM WERE APPROVED.
9:45:50AM THEN I LEARNED THE UTILITY APPLICATION NEEDED TO BE
9:45:53AM SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL, WHICH WAS A BIG SURPRISE
9:45:56AM TO HER.
9:45:57AM I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COMPLETE THE UTILITY
9:46:00AM APPLICATION WITHOUT THE PATIENCE AND GUIDANCE OF TWO
9:46:02AM EXCEPTIONAL STAFF MEMBERS OF YOUR DEPARTMENT.
9:46:04AM DO YOU REMEMBER THIS?
9:46:06AM >> YES, I REMEMBER.
9:46:08AM >> THERESA AND SAM SHIVER, BOTH OF WHOM WERE SO HELPFUL TO
9:46:14AM ME AS I NAVIGATED THE WEBSITE AND LEARNED ABOUT HOW TO
9:46:17AM PROCESS THE APPLICATION.
9:46:18AM COMPLETING IT WAS A CHALLENGE BUT THERESA WAS WONDERFUL.
9:46:23AM IT IS DIFFICULT TO EXPRESS IN WORDS HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE,
9:46:27AM AND I AM TO THERESA FOR ALL OF HER WORK.
9:46:30AM BOTH OF THEM WERE PATIENT WITH ME AND THEY EXPLAINED THE
9:46:34AM UTILITY APPLICATION PROCESS, SO I GOT THROUGH IT AND WAS
9:46:38AM SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING MY PERMIT.
9:46:41AM I WANT TO TAKE MY TIME TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR THERESA
9:46:44AM AND SAM FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE.
9:46:47AM HOW ABOUT THAT?
9:46:48AM >> THAT WAS AMAZING.
9:46:51AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:46:54AM >> LITTLE INVOCATION HERE TO PROTECT YOU WHILE YOU WERE IN
9:46:59AM THE DILIGENCE OF YOUR DUTIES.
9:47:01AM WE HAVE PROVIDED YOU WITH A GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR CICCIO
9:47:05AM RESTAURANT GROUP.
9:47:05AM ENJOY YOURSELF OVER THERE.
9:47:07AM AND JACKSON'S BISTRO ON HARBOUR ISLAND.
9:47:13AM MEAT MARKET IN OLD HYDE PARK.
9:47:19AM AND YUMMY HOUSE OVER ON DALE MABRY.
9:47:26AM HERE IS YOUR GIFT CERTIFICATE.
9:47:28AM TAKE YOUR LETTERS WITH YOU.
9:47:29AM I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERESA IS CONSISTENTLY ASSISTING PEOPLE
9:47:34AM ALL THE TIME AND HAS THE PATIENCE OF JOB.
9:47:38AM BECAUSE THE PROCESS IS NOT EASY TO NAVIGATE AND SHE SPENDS
9:47:42AM THE TIME TO HELP YOU GET THROUGH IT.
9:47:44AM I TALKED TO MARGOT LAST NIGHT AND TOLD HER YOU WOULD BE
9:47:51AM HONORED.
9:47:52AM SHE SAID SHE WOULD SEND YOU A PERSONAL NOTE AS WELL.
9:47:54AM CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:47:57AM >> THANK YOU.
9:47:57AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:48:03AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:48:04AM WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER FOLKS WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME AND
9:48:11AM SPEAK.
9:48:11AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:48:12AM RORY JONES WITH THE WATER DEPARTMENT.
9:48:14AM THANK YOU, STEVEN, FOR GIVING US THIS PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO
9:48:18AM RECOGNIZE SUCH A GREAT EMPLOYEE IN THERESA.
9:48:21AM OBVIOUSLY, YOU HEARD, SHE'S BEEN RECOGNIZED BY DEVELOPERS,
9:48:25AM OWNERS, LETTERS TO THE MAYOR, LETTERS TO YOU GUYS, COUNCIL.
9:48:30AM SHE IS A STANDOUT EMPLOYEE IN EVERY SENSE.
9:48:32AM SHE'S MORE THAN JUST A UTILITY PERMIT TECHNICIAN.
9:48:38AM YOU REPRESENT AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT A PUBLIC SERVANT CAN AND
9:48:43AM SHOULD BE.
9:48:44AM WE'RE LUCKY TO WORK WITH YOU.
9:48:45AM WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE YOU AS A COWORKER.
9:48:47AM YOU DESERVE EVERYTHING YOU'RE GETTING TODAY.
9:48:50AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:48:51AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:48:57AM >>LYNN HURTAK: LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE A COMMENDATION
9:49:00AM FROM CITY COUNCIL.
9:49:02AM SO YOU HAVE BEEN SELECTED BY YOUR PEERS AND SUPERVISORS FOR
9:49:05AM THIS HONOR, YOUR DEDICATION, HARD WORK AND INNOVATIVE SPIRIT
9:49:08AM HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE WATER DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY OF
9:49:10AM TAMPA.
9:49:11AM TAMPA CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZES YOU FOR EXEMPLARY SERVICE AND
9:49:14AM THANKS YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO YOUR JOB, DEPARTMENT AND
9:49:16AM THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA.
9:49:19AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:49:19AM >> THANK YOU.
9:49:20AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:49:25AM >> SHE HOLDS A CLASS A LICENSURE REQUIREMENT FOR WATER
9:49:32AM TREATMENT.
9:49:33AM SHE WAS AN OPERATOR AT THE TIPPIN WATER TREATMENT FACILITY.
9:49:39AM >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:49:41AM I'M NOT REALLY GOOD WITH WORDS.
9:49:45AM THANK YOU.
9:49:46AM AND THIS MEANS THE WORLD TO ME.
9:49:47AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:49:48AM THIS MEANS A LOT.
9:49:50AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:49:55AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:49:56AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
9:49:58AM THANK YOU.
9:49:58AM MUST BE ALL-STAR DAY.
9:50:01AM POLICE DEPARTMENT ALL STAR, FIRE DEPARTMENT ALL STAR AND NOW
9:50:03AM THE ALL STAR FROM THE ATU FOR KEEPING THE CITY OPERATING AND
9:50:07AM RUNNING.
9:50:08AM IT'S A SPECIAL THING TO RECEIVE AN AWARD.
9:50:12AM WHEN YOU HAVE SEVEN COLLEAGUES THAT WORK IN A DEPARTMENT
9:50:14AM MORE THAN LIKELY THE NUMBER ONE IN WATER TASTING IN THE
9:50:17AM COUNTRY.
9:50:17AM I SAY THAT -- ONE OF THE LOWEST PRICED WATER IN THE AREA.
9:50:23AM WHAT YOU ALL DO IS UNBELIEVABLE.
9:50:25AM WE TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED.
9:50:26AM WE OPEN THE FAUCET, THE WATER IS THERE.
9:50:30AM WE HAVE NO WATER THERE, WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
9:50:32AM YOU ALL DO IT IN A WAY THAT IS DONE EVERY DAY, 24 HOURS A
9:50:35AM DAY, 365 DAYS A YEAR, YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT.
9:50:39AM YES, WE HAVE OUR BUMPS IN THE ROAD.
9:50:42AM YES, WE WERE WORKING ON THOSE THINGS.
9:50:44AM LIKE THE PIPES USED TO BREAK EVERY OTHER DAY.
9:50:47AM NOW THE PIPES PROGRAM GOING, GOING FINE.
9:50:50AM ANOTHER 18, 20 YEARS IT WILL BE COMPLETED.
9:50:53AM THAT'S HOW MANY MILES OF WATER LINES AND TERTIARY TREATED
9:50:57AM WATER LINES UNDER THE GROUND.
9:50:58AM TO BE HERE AND REPRESENT A DEPARTMENT RANKED WAY HIGH IN ANY
9:51:02AM AREA, IN FACT, YOUR DEPARTMENT, WATER DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY
9:51:04AM OF TAMPA IS ONE OF ONLY EIGHT DEPARTMENTS IN THE COUNTRY
9:51:07AM THAT HAS A TRIPLE A BOND RATING.
9:51:10AM WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT ALSO.
9:51:12AM THAT MEANS WE KEEP OUR INTEREST RATES LOWER THAN MOST PEOPLE
9:51:15AM THAT GO TO THE BOND MARKET.
9:51:17AM CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, YOUR UNION REPRESENTATIVE, ALL THE
9:51:19AM EMPLOYEES IN THE WATER DEPARTMENT AND THE TWO GENTLEMEN
9:51:22AM BEHIND YOU WHO ARE THE BOSS.
9:51:24AM THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH ALL OF YOU.
9:51:26AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:51:26AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
9:51:27AM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
9:51:28AM >>LUIS VIERA: JUST REALLY SHORT, JUST CONGRATULATIONS.
9:51:31AM YOU HAVE SO MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE HERE IN SUPPORT OF YOU.
9:51:35AM OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE HAPPY BECAUSE YOU ARE BEING HONORED.
9:51:39AM YOU ARE BEING HONORED BECAUSE YOU DO A GREAT JOB AND YOU
9:51:41AM SEEM LIKE A SINCERE, HARDWORKING PERSON WHO THANK GOD IS
9:51:45AM APPRECIATED.
9:51:46AM JUST CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SPECIAL DAY.
9:51:48AM I MEAN THAT.
9:51:49AM THANK YOU.
9:51:49AM >> THANK YOU.
9:51:50AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:51:50AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
9:51:52AM >>BILL CARLSON: I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AS WELL.
9:51:56AM I APPRECIATE YOUR EMOTION AND EMPATHY FOR CUSTOMERS OF THE
9:52:01AM CITY.
9:52:02AM ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE CAN DO IS SHOW THAT
9:52:04AM EMPATHY AND SHOW THE CUSTOMERS WE CARE AND WE WORK WITH
9:52:07AM THEM.
9:52:08AM NOT SURPRISINGLY, BECAUSE WE JUST HAD SOMEBODY FROM THE
9:52:10AM WATER DEPARTMENT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, I GET A LOT OF
9:52:13AM COMPLIMENTS ON STAFF AT THE WATER DEPARTMENT.
9:52:16AM THANKS TO ALL OF YOU AND THANKS TO RORY FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
9:52:19AM AND WHATEVER YOU ALL ARE DOING, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE DO
9:52:22AM MORE OF IT.
9:52:23AM THANK YOU.
9:52:25AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:52:27AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MORE THAN GETTING A LOT OF COMPLIMENTS, I
9:52:30AM DON'T THINK WE EVER GET ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE WATER
9:52:32AM DEPARTMENT.
9:52:33AM PEOPLE LIKE TO COMPLAIN JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING.
9:52:38AM [ LAUGHTER ]
9:52:38AM THAT SAYS A LOT.
9:52:41AM I DRINK TAMPA TAP.
9:52:44AM IT IS THE BEST WATER IN TOWN.
9:52:46AM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, YOU WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING?
9:52:49AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I THINK THIS IS A GOOD POINT TO MAKE TO SAY
9:52:53AM THAT IT'S NEVER TOO MUCH TO WRITE A NOTE OF THANK YOU.
9:52:57AM I THINK IT REALLY, REALLY GOES A LONG WAY AND SO EASY TO DO.
9:53:01AM I WANT TO THANK THOSE THAT DID, THAT HELPED START THIS OFF.
9:53:04AM CONGRATULATIONS FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE.
9:53:06AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:53:07AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:53:07AM GIVE THEM A SECOND TO GO OUT.
9:53:18AM NEXT, WE HAVE A GROUP -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU LOOKED AROUND,
9:53:21AM YOU SEE MUCH YOUNGER FACES THAN WE NORMALLY HAVE IN COUNCIL
9:53:25AM CHAMBERS.
9:53:25AM MOLLY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND INTRODUCE YOUR TROUPE
9:53:29AM HERE?
9:53:29AM THANK YOU, BRIAN.
9:53:42AM >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN AND CITY COUNCIL.
9:53:44AM I'M MOLLY BIEBEL.
9:53:46AM I AM THE COORDINATOR OF THE MAYOR'S YOUTH CORPS.
9:53:48AM I'M VERY HAPPY TO HAVE ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THE CLASS WITH ME
9:53:51AM TODAY.
9:53:52AM WE'LL BRING ANOTHER THIRD TO AN EVENING MEETING.
9:53:54AM I'LL HAVE THEM COME UP AND INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
9:53:57AM THEIR NAMES, WHERE THEY GO TO SCHOOL, WHAT GRADE THEY ARE
9:54:00AM IN.
9:54:01AM THANKS AGAIN FOR HAVING US.
9:54:03AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:54:04AM I'M PART OF THE MAYOR'S YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL.
9:54:06AM I'M A RISING JUNIOR AT HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.
9:54:12AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:54:13AM MY NAME IS SIDNEY ERICKSON.
9:54:15AM I AM A RISING JUNIOR AT PLANT HIGH SCHOOL.
9:54:19AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SPEAK LOUD AND PROUD WHEN YOU TALK INTO
9:54:21AM THE MIKE.
9:54:22AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:54:23AM GRACE.
9:54:23AM JUNIOR AT PLANT HIGH SCHOOL.
9:54:25AM THANK YOU.
9:54:26AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:54:28AM I'M A RISING SOPHOMORE.
9:54:32AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:54:33AM I'M LARKIN.
9:54:34AM I'M A RISING JUNIOR.
9:54:35AM I GO TO TAMPA PREP.
9:54:38AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:54:40AM BLAYLAND.
9:54:41AM RISING SOPHOMORE.
9:54:43AM ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL.
9:54:45AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:54:46AM MY NAME IS SOPHIE.
9:54:48AM I'M A RISING SENIOR AT ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL.
9:54:51AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:54:53AM SAMANTHA.
9:54:55AM I'M A RISING JUNIOR AT JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL.
9:54:59AM >> GO DRAGONS.
9:55:01AM >> GOOD MORNING, I'M STELLA McGHEE.
9:55:03AM I'M A RISING JUNIOR AT TAMPA PREP.
9:55:07AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:55:08AM MY NAME IS ALLEY.
9:55:10AM I'M A RISING JUNIOR AT PLANT HIGH SCHOOL.
9:55:13AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:55:16AM I'M DYLAN.
9:55:17AM I'M A RISING JUNIOR AT JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL.
9:55:21AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:55:22AM I'M A RISING SENIOR AT BROOKS DeBARTOLO COLLEGIATE HIGH
9:55:28AM SCHOOL.
9:55:28AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:55:29AM I'M A RISING SENIOR AT THE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL.
9:55:36AM >> NICE TO MEET YOU, COUNCIL.
9:55:38AM RISING SENIOR.
9:55:39AM I GO TO JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL.
9:55:40AM HI, MOM.
9:55:41AM LOVE YOU.
9:55:44AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:55:45AM SOPHIE.
9:55:46AM I'M A RISING SOPHOMORE AT TAMPA PREP.
9:55:50AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:55:53AM I'M A JUNIOR AT MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL.
9:55:57AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:55:58AM JOHN.
9:55:59AM I GO TO ARMWOOD HIGH SCHOOL.
9:56:02AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:56:05AM TOBIAS.
9:56:08AM I'M HOMESCHOOLED, SO YOU DON'T GET TO CHEER FOR ME.
9:56:12AM [ LAUGHTER ]
9:56:13AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:56:14AM MY NAME IS RYAN.
9:56:16AM RISING JUNIOR AT PLANT HIGH SCHOOL.
9:56:20AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:56:20AM MY NAME IS KATE ALEXANDER.
9:56:22AM RISING JUNIOR AT HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.
9:56:27AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:56:29AM GRANT HENDERSON.
9:56:30AM I AM A RISING JUNIOR AT JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL.
9:56:33AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:56:34AM MY NAME IS HUNTER ALLEN.
9:56:36AM I'M A RISING JUNIOR AT THE ACADEMY OF THE HOLY NAMES.
9:56:40AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:56:42AM MY NAME IS AUSTIN ALLEN.
9:56:44AM I'M A RISING SENIOR AT JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL.
9:56:47AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:56:49AM I'M A RISING JUNIOR AT THE ACADEMY OF HOLY NAMES.
9:56:53AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:56:54AM MY NAME IS HUGH.
9:56:57AM I AM A RISING JUNIOR AT JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL.
9:57:01AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:57:03AM I'M CHARLIE CARLO.
9:57:05AM RISING SENIOR AT PLANT HIGH SCHOOL.
9:57:08AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:57:11AM I'M A JUNIOR AT MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL.
9:57:15AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:57:18AM MY NAME IS JACOB.
9:57:19AM I'M A RISING JUNIOR AT MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL.
9:57:23AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:57:26AM I'M A RISING SENIOR AT BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL.
9:57:31AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
9:57:32AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YOU KNOW WHAT, CONGRATULATIONS.
9:57:36AM I AM SO EXCITED TO SEE YOU ALL THIS MORNING.
9:57:40AM I CAN CLEARLY SEE THE DIVERSITY FROM PUBLIC, PRIVATE, AND
9:57:44AM CHARTER SCHOOLS.
9:57:45AM I USED TO HAVE A COMPLAINT ABOUT THAT WITH THE MAYOR'S YOUTH
9:57:50AM CORPS THAT IT WASN'T DIVERSE ENOUGH.
9:57:52AM DIVERSITY IS ALWAYS BEING CHALLENGED.
9:57:54AM IT IS CLEAR YOU ARE A GROUP OF DIVERSE STUDENTS REPRESENTING
9:57:57AM SO MANY DIFFERENT LAYERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
9:58:00AM I REALLY ENJOYED SEEING YOU ALL THIS MORNING.
9:58:03AM NOT ONLY THE JEFFERSON DRAGONS, BUT THE FACT THAT YOU ALL
9:58:06AM ARE RISING JUNIORS AND SENIORS, THAT IS REALLY GREAT,
9:58:12AM OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO CONTINUE IN THIS LEADERSHIP ROLE
9:58:15AM SERVING THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE MAYOR'S YOUTH CORPS.
9:58:17AM THANK YOU FOR COMING AND JOINING US THIS MORNING.
9:58:21AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
9:58:22AM >>LUIS VIERA: I WANTED TO ECHO WHAT COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON
9:58:25AM SAID ON THE DIVERSITY, PLURALISM, ALL THE FOLKS THERE.
9:58:28AM I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T GIVE A SHOUT-OUT -- NOT GOING
9:58:31AM TO SAY WHO THEY ARE -- A GRANDCHILD FORMER TAMPA CITY
9:58:35AM COUNCIL MEMBER THAT IF YOU LOOK UP THE WORD BLEEDING HEART
9:58:39AM CATHOLIC IN THE DICTIONARY, FORMER COUNCILMAN AND DEACON
9:58:43AM SCOTT PAINE.
9:58:44AM THAT'S ALL I'LL SAY.
9:58:47AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU SHOULD INTRODUCE HIM.
9:58:50AM WE ALL KNOW SCOTT.
9:58:54AM >> THANK YOU TO SCOTT FOR HIS SERVICE.
9:58:57AM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU, BUT THANKS ALSO TO
9:59:01AM SCOTT, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER PAINE, FOR ALL OF HIS SERVICE.
9:59:04AM HI TO WHOEVER HIS GRANDCHILD IS OUT THERE.
9:59:08AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HI SCOTT PAINE'S GRANDCHILD.
9:59:10AM DID YOU WANT TO CALL YOURSELF OUT?
9:59:14AM [ LAUGHTER ]
9:59:14AM VERY GOOD.
9:59:15AM WE HAVE TWO SCHOOLTEACHERS.
9:59:20AM ONE TO MY RIGHT AND ONE TO MY LEFT.
9:59:22AM IT'S NICE TO HAVE THE STUDENT INVOLVEMENT AT YOUR AGE TO BE
9:59:28AM INVOLVED IN AN ORGANIZATION LIKE THIS AND SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE
9:59:31AM TO CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR COMMUNITY.
9:59:33AM HOPEFULLY YOU'LL TAKE WHAT YOU LEARNED IN THE MAYOR YOUTH
9:59:36AM CORPS AND BRING IT FORTH IN THE REST OF YOUR LIVES SO ONE
9:59:40AM DAY YOU WILL BE SERVING IN EITHER THIS TYPE OF ROLE OR OTHER
9:59:44AM LEADERSHIP ROLES IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
9:59:46AM THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
9:59:47AM WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
9:59:48AM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
9:59:51AM >>LYNN HURTAK: JUST TO ECHO THAT, LEADERSHIP COMES IN MANY,
9:59:55AM MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
9:59:56AM LEADERSHIP IS NOT JUST BEING UP HERE.
9:59:58AM LEADERSHIP IS LEADING IN YOUR COMMUNITY, JOINING YOUR
10:00:01AM NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, JOINING DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT
10:00:04AM YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT AND HELPING LEAD.
10:00:07AM IT COULD BE SOMETHING ENVIRONMENTAL.
10:00:09AM IT COULD BE A SPORT THAT YOU REALLY LOVE.
10:00:11AM LEADERSHIP IS EVERYWHERE.
10:00:13AM IT IS NOT JUST NECESSARILY HERE, BUT IT CAN LEAD TO BIGGER
10:00:17AM THINGS.
10:00:18AM IT CAN LEAD TO PLACES LIKE THIS.
10:00:20AM MOST OF US STARTED IN A LEADERSHIP POSITION IN SOMETHING
10:00:23AM COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
10:00:24AM I CONGRATULATE YOU ON BEING WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW,
10:00:27AM LEARNING THOSE LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND WHEREVER YOU GO AND
10:00:30AM WHATEVER YOU DO, THIS WILL ABSOLUTELY SERVE YOU.
10:00:35AM CONGRATULATIONS.
10:00:36AM >>BILL CARLSON: BESIDES SAYING HI, I ALSO WANT TO SAY WE
10:00:40AM NEED ALL OF YOU TO COME BACK.
10:00:41AM IF YOU GO AWAY TO SCHOOL, PLEASE COME BACK.
10:00:44AM WE NEED ALL THE GREAT LEADERS WE CAN GET.
10:00:47AM YOU ALL HAVE BEEN THROUGH A TRAINING PROGRAM.
10:00:50AM YOU'RE MEETING PEOPLE THAT WILL GUIDE YOUR FUTURE, BUT WE
10:00:53AM NEED YOU TO COME BACK AND TRY TO SHAPE TAMPA IN THE
10:00:56AM DIRECTION THAT YOU ALL WANT TO SHAPE.
10:00:58AM I THINK ALL OF US HERE SUCCEEDED TO WHATEVER SUCCESS WE'VE
10:01:02AM HAD BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE GAVE US A HAND UP ALONG THE WAY.
10:01:06AM IF YOU HAPPEN TO GO AWAY OR EVEN IF YOU STAY HERE, PLEASE
10:01:09AM LET US KNOW IF YOU NEED SOMETHING TO TRY TO STAY HERE IN THE
10:01:12AM FUTURE.
10:01:13AM MY SON GRADUATED FROM FSU A YEAR AGO.
10:01:16AM I FINALLY MADE A MOVE BACK A FEW MONTHS AGO.
10:01:21AM HE SAID, HOW WILL I GET A JOB IN TAMPA?
10:01:23AM I SAID WHY DON'T YOU START WITH YOUR CUB SCOUT LEADERS.
10:01:30AM THERE ARE PEOPLE YOU INTERFACE WITH ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS AS
10:01:35AM A KID, MANY TIMES VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THE COMMUNITY.
10:01:37AM HE GOT TWO JOBS JUST BY TALKING TO HIS CUB SCOUT DADS.
10:01:41AM YOU NEVER KNOW WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP IN THE FUTURE.
10:01:44AM THERE ARE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES HERE.
10:01:45AM IF YOU GO TO SCHOOL OUTSIDE, THEY WON'T HAVE JOBS IN TAMPA
10:01:49AM IN THEIR CAREER DATABASE.
10:01:50AM YOU'LL HAVE TO COME BACK HERE.
10:01:53AM WE'LL ALL HELP YOU BECAUSE WE NEED YOU TO BE LEADERS HERE.
10:01:56AM THANK YOU.
10:01:56AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENT
10:01:59AM PORTION OF OUR MEETING.
10:02:00AM MR. SHELBY.
10:02:01AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:02:03AM GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, MEMBERS OF THE
10:02:05AM PUBLIC, MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
10:02:08AM VERY BRIEFLY, THE RULES OF DECORUM FOR TODAY'S MEETING,
10:02:12AM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALLOWED A REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY
10:02:15AM AT THE BEGINNING OF TODAY'S MEETING TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM ON
10:02:18AM THE AGENDA BEFORE CITY COUNCIL TAKES OFFICIAL ACTION ON AN
10:02:21AM ITEM.
10:02:21AM A THREE-MINUTE TIME LIMIT APPLIES TO ALL SPEAKERS PROVIDING
10:02:25AM PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:02:26AM NOW, IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT,
10:02:29AM YOU'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AND
10:02:32AM PLACING IT IN THE BOX OUTSIDE THE CHAMBERS.
10:02:34AM ONE CARD PER SPEAKER.
10:02:36AM EACH PERSON SUBMITTING A CARD WILL BE RECOGNIZED BY NAME TO
10:02:39AM APPROACH AND SPEAK.
10:02:40AM PLEASE PRINT LEGIBLY.
10:02:42AM NAMES THAT CANNOT BE READ WILL NOT BE CALLED.
10:02:45AM NOW, IF THERE IS SOMETHING LABELED A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE
10:02:49AM AGENDA, YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WHEN THAT
10:02:53AM ITEM IS CALLED UP ON THE AGENDA.
10:02:54AM YOU DON'T FILL OUT A CARD FOR THAT.
10:02:56AM USE A SIGN-IN SHEET INSTEAD.
10:02:58AM IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE, PLEASE SEE THE CITY STAFF.
10:03:01AM SPEAKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALSO REMINDED THAT
10:03:04AM THEY ARE TO REFRAIN FROM DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING
10:03:07AM MAKING VULGAR OR THREATENING REMARKS OR MAKING OR CAUSING
10:03:10AM DISRUPTIVE NOISES OR SOUNDS OR DISPLAYING SIGNS OR GRAPHICS.
10:03:14AM SPEAKERS ARE ALSO REMINDED TO REFRAIN FROM LAUNCHING
10:03:18AM PERSONAL ATTACKS AGAINST ANY CITY OFFICIAL, STAFF MEMBER, OR
10:03:21AM ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC.
10:03:23AM NOW, THE CHAIR WILL RULE OUT OF ORDER ANY PERSON WHO SPEAKS
10:03:26AM WITHOUT BEING RECOGNIZED OR ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS THE CITY
10:03:29AM COUNCIL FROM OUTSIDE THE SPEAKER AREA AT THE PODIUM.
10:03:33AM PERSONS FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE COUNCIL'S RULES MAY ALSO
10:03:36AM BE RULED OUT OF ORDER AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR MAY
10:03:39AM BE REMOVED FROM THE CHAMBERS FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY'S
10:03:42AM MEETING.
10:03:42AM NOW, FINALLY, COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD REFRAIN FROM ENGAGING A
10:03:49AM SPEAKER DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THE PUBLIC SHOULD
10:03:51AM BE AWARE THAT CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT TAKE QUESTIONS OR HAVE A
10:03:55AM DIALOGUE DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:03:57AM THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS YOUR POSITION.
10:04:01AM NOW, IF YOU ALSO WISH TO SPEAK ON STAFF REPORTS, THE TIME TO
10:04:05AM DO THAT IS DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:04:07AM THANK YOU.
10:04:07AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MR. SHELBY.
10:04:10AM OUR FIRST SPEAKER SIGNED UP IS MICHELLE MASTROTOTARO.
10:04:18AM >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
10:04:19AM MY NAME IS MICHELLE MASTROTOTARO.
10:04:25AM I'M HERE JUST TO IN GENERAL TALK ABOUT THE STUFF THAT HAS
10:04:32AM NOT BEEN DONE.
10:04:35AM HURRICANE SEASON APPROACHED AGAIN, AND THIS HAS BEEN A FIGHT
10:04:40AM SINCE 2020 ABOUT THE FLOODING IN MY AREA.
10:04:44AM NOW, EVERYBODY ELSE IS STARTING TO FLOOD.
10:04:47AM THE MORE CONCRETE THAT'S GETTING BUILT, THE MORE THE WATER
10:04:50AM CAN'T GO NOWHERE BUT ELSE WHERE.
10:04:53AM I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING, TRYING TO EDUCATE PEOPLE, BUT NOW THEY
10:04:57AM ARE ALL MAD.
10:04:59AM THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ACTIVE THEN WHEN I SAID WE NEED MORE
10:05:06AM PEOPLE TO STEP UP.
10:05:07AM WHERE MY HEART IS, WE PAY TWO TAXES FOR SOUTH TAMPA FOR
10:05:13AM STORMWATER, AND I'VE NOT SEEN ONE TRUCK IN MY AREA.
10:05:17AM MY ROADS ARE COLLAPSING.
10:05:19AM THE PONDS, THE WHOLE STRUCTURES ARE CRACKED AND THERE'S
10:05:28AM NOTHING, NOTHING BEING DONE.
10:05:31AM I THINK THREE YEARS OF ME TRYING TO GET HELP AND THEN LOSING
10:05:36AM EVERYTHING WITH HURRICANE HELENE WAS ENOUGH TO SAY THERE IS
10:05:40AM A PROBLEM.
10:05:42AM I HEARD RECENTLY THAT WE ONLY HAVE ONE SPIDER TRUCK, AND
10:05:46AM THAT SPIDER TRUCK WAS BROKE FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND THAT
10:05:49AM WAS DETRIMENTAL TO THAT TIME FRAME BECAUSE NOW IT JUST GOT
10:05:53AM FIXED.
10:05:54AM AND NOW PEOPLE ARE RACING TO FIX THINGS.
10:06:00AM NOW I'M WORRIED ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS.
10:06:03AM I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE MORE THAN ONE SPIDER TRUCK.
10:06:06AM I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE MORE THAN ONE CAMERA TRUCK.
10:06:11AM AND I THINK THAT WE REALLY GOT TO UNDERSTAND -- NOW THE
10:06:18AM DIRECTOR OF MOBILITY STEPPED DOWN AND HE TOLD EVERYBODY HE
10:06:22AM NEVER HAD A BUSINESS PLAN.
10:06:23AM SO WHERE WAS ALL THAT MONEY GOING?
10:06:25AM WHERE WAS IT ALLOCATED TO?
10:06:29AM IT WAS NOT IN OUR AREA AT ALL, SOUTH OF GANDY.
10:06:33AM I'M WORRIED THAT ALL THIS OVERBUILDING IS GOING TO DESTROY
10:06:39AM EVERYBODY, NOT JUST MY AREA.
10:06:42AM I REALLY HOPE PEOPLE CAN REALLY HELP WITH THIS AND
10:06:49AM UNDERSTAND THIS IS VERY SEVERE.
10:06:53AM NEEDLESS TO SAY, THIS IS OFF THE RECORD, BUT I'M GOING
10:06:57AM THROUGH A LOT IN MY OWN PERSONAL LIFE.
10:06:59AM MY SON WAS JUST DIAGNOSED WITH HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA.
10:07:04AM AS SOON AS I LEAVE HERE, I HAVE TO GO TO A HOSPITAL AND HE'S
10:07:07AM GOT TO GET SURGERY.
10:07:08AM I DON'T KNOW WHEN I'M COMING HOME BECAUSE HE STARTS CHEMO ON
10:07:13AM FRIDAY.
10:07:14AM I DON'T WANT TO WORRY ABOUT MY HOME AND DON'T WANT TO WORRY
10:07:17AM THAT MY SON CAN'T GO HOME TO A SAFE HOME.
10:07:20AM I JUST WISH YOU GUYS CAN ALL UNDERSTAND THAT.
10:07:23AM IF YOU CAN HELP IN ANY WHICH WAY, I GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU
10:07:29AM ALL.
10:07:29AM THANK YOU.
10:07:29AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MICHELLE.
10:07:30AM THE NEXT SPEAKER IS EMILY BIEL.
10:07:37AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:07:38AM MY NAME IS EMILY BIEL.
10:07:40AM I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY.
10:07:42AM THIS IS REGARDING THE SECOND READING ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 47
10:07:46AM FOR THE HONOREE NAMING OF A PARK AFTER LISA MARIE CHESSER.
10:07:51AM I WOULD JUST LIKE TO AGAIN KIND OF REMIND YOU WHY SHE IS
10:07:56AM DESERVING OF THIS HONOR.
10:07:58AM LISA WAS A RESIDENT OF TAMPA SINCE 1972 AND A GRADUATE OF
10:08:02AM ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL.
10:08:03AM SHE MADE HER HOME IN SOUTH TAMPA AND RAISED HER FAMILY AS A
10:08:07AM SINGLE MOTHER.
10:08:08AM IN ADDITION TO STARTING HER OWN BUSINESS, SHE WORKED AS A
10:08:11AM GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND WORKED AS A CONCRETE TECHNICIAN FOR
10:08:15AM BOTH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND JACOBS CIVIL
10:08:17AM ENGINEERING.
10:08:18AM SHE WORKED ON SEVERAL TAMPA BASED PROJECTS.
10:08:20AM HER LAST PROJECT BEFORE HER DEATH WAS THE EXPANSION AT THE
10:08:24AM TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
10:08:24AM SHE WAS AND REMAINS VERY CONNECTED TO THE CITY.
10:08:28AM WHILE SHE SET AN EXAMPLE, EXCELLING IN A CAREER THAT WAS IN
10:08:34AM A VERY MALE DOMINATED INDUSTRY, SHE SET AN EXAMPLE BY
10:08:40AM DEMONSTRATING HER CARING EMPATHY, KINDNESS EVERY DAY TO THE
10:08:43AM PEOPLE IN TAMPA WHO ARE STRUGGLING, DISENFRANCHISED OR JUST
10:08:48AM NEEDED A LITTLE HELP IN MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIVES
10:08:51AM EVERY DAY.
10:08:52AM LISA HAD A BOOTS ON THE GROUND APPROACH TO HER OUTREACH.
10:08:58AM SHE WOULD TAKE FOOD INTO THE HOMELESS CAMPS SOUTH OF GANDY
10:09:02AM EVERY NIGHT OFFERING A MEAL AND A HANDOUT TO ANYONE WHO
10:09:06AM WOULD ACCEPT IT.
10:09:07AM AT THE SAME TIME, SHE WORKED TIRELESSLY WITH THE MARINE
10:09:09AM CORPS RESERVES IN SOUTH TAMPA TO HELP EXPAND THE TOYS FOR
10:09:13AM TOTS CAMPAIGN.
10:09:15AM SHE HOSTED SEVERAL CHRISTMAS PARTIES AND MADE IT POSSIBLE
10:09:19AM FOR CHILDREN TO HAVE TOYS ON CHRISTMAS MORNING AND A MEAL
10:09:22AM THAT DAY.
10:09:23AM IN AN EFFORT TO EXTEND HER OUTREACH, SHE ENLISTED MANY CORE
10:09:29AM SUPPORTERS TO HELP ESTABLISH HOPE ON THE HORIZON, NONPROFIT
10:09:32AM ORGANIZATION PROVIDING FOOD, CLOTHING, HOUSING, FURNITURE,
10:09:35AM AND HOME GOODS TO THE VETERANS, THE UNHOMED AND FOOD
10:09:38AM INSECURE IN SOUTH TAMPA.
10:09:39AM LISA'S CHARITABLE WORK TOUCHED THE LIVES OF HUNDREDS, MAYBE
10:09:43AM THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA AND HAS THE
10:09:46AM POTENTIAL TO IMPACT GENERATIONS.
10:09:48AM NAMING THIS PARK AFTER HER IS A FITTING TRIBUTE TO THE WORK
10:09:52AM SHE'S DONE AND HOPEFULLY HELPS PEOPLE REMEMBER THE
10:09:54AM DIFFERENCE SHE MADE AND INSPIRE THEM TO CONTINUE IT, PAY IT
10:09:58AM FORWARD AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO BE KIND AND REMEMBER THAT
10:10:02AM EVERY PERSON JUST DESERVES TO LIVE WITH DIGNITY.
10:10:05AM I TOUCHED ON A FEW THINGS AT THE FIRST READING OF THIS, WE
10:10:11AM TOUCHED ON A LOT OF HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:10:14AM I HOPE THAT THE IMPACTS SHE MADE WAS AN EXAMPLE, AND THIS
10:10:19AM PARK IS A FITTING TRIBUTE TO HER.
10:10:20AM I CERTAINLY HOPE YOU'LL AGREE AND AGAIN VOTE YES ON THIS
10:10:24AM ORDINANCE.
10:10:25AM THANK YOU.
10:10:25AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:10:26AM THE NEXT SPEAKER IS BISHOP MICHELLE B. PATTY.
10:10:35AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:10:37AM MY NAME IS BISHOP MICHELLE B. PATTY.
10:10:40AM I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO CONGRATULATE ALL THE RECIPIENTS THIS
10:10:42AM MORNING, ESPECIALLY THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL.
10:10:45AM I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE SHOOT SPOTTER.
10:10:48AM IT HAS SERVED AS A DETERRENT BECAUSE IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT
10:10:52AM IN PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY THEY HAVE THE NO SNITCH RULE.
10:10:55AM SO WHEN A CRIME HAS TAKEN PLACE, PEOPLE WON'T TELL WHAT HAS
10:10:59AM HAPPENED.
10:11:00AM BUT I HAVE NOT RECEIVED CALLS IN THE LAST YEAR FROM PEOPLE
10:11:05AM THAT HAS HAD A LOVED ONE MURDERED, A LOVED ONE SHOT AT.
10:11:09AM SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENED.
10:11:10AM SO THAT GIVES CREDENCE TO THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO KEEP THIS
10:11:14AM IN PLACE.
10:11:15AM I WANT TO REMIND THE COUNCIL OF A CHILD RIDING IN THE BACK
10:11:19AM SEAT OF A VEHICLE WITH HER PARENTS ON HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE.
10:11:22AM SHE WAS CAUGHT IN THE CROSS-FIRE.
10:11:25AM AND THIS CHILD WAS KILLED.
10:11:28AM THIS COUNCIL SHOULD NEVER, EVER PUT A PRICE TAG ON A LIFE.
10:11:34AM I'M ASKING THAT WE KEEP THIS IN PLACE BECAUSE IT IS A
10:11:38AM DETERRENCE.
10:11:39AM YOU DON'T HAVE THESE CROSS FIRES.
10:11:43AM I REMEMBER WE WERE HAVING PEOPLE MURDERED TWO AND THREE A
10:11:47AM DAY.
10:11:47AM THE SHOOTINGS HAD GONE TO BROAD DAYLIGHT AND INNOCENT PEOPLE
10:11:52AM JUST DRIVING, WALKING, RIDING THEIR BICYCLES, CAUGHT UP IN
10:11:58AM THE CROSS FIRE.
10:11:58AM NOW PEOPLE ARE ABLE, ESPECIALLY SENIORS, ARE ABLE TO GET OUT
10:12:02AM AND SIT ON THE POMP, RIDE THEIR BICYCLE, WALK IN THE
10:12:06AM NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:12:06AM THIS SHOULD NOT BE ABOUT POLITICS, BUT IT SHOULD BE ABOUT
10:12:09AM HUMAN LIVES AS TO WHETHER WE KEEP THIS OR NOT.
10:12:13AM AS I SAID, PEOPLE WILL NOT TELL ON THEIR NEIGHBORS, FRIEND.
10:12:18AM I KNOW PEOPLE WHO HAVE FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE OF THINGS THAT
10:12:22AM HAS HAPPENED IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEY WON'T COME FORWARD.
10:12:24AM THIS WAY, WE'RE NOT PUTTING ANYBODY AT HARM WHEN YOU HAVE
10:12:27AM THIS BECAUSE WHEN THE SHOTS GO OFF, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS
10:12:33AM ABLE TO GET THERE QUICKLY.
10:12:35AM BUT BETTER THAN THAT, IT HAS DETERRED THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR.
10:12:39AM AND THAT COUNTS FOR SOMETHING.
10:12:40AM IT SHOULD COUNT FOR THE LIVES THAT ARE BEING SAVED BY THIS.
10:12:44AM I KNOW IT'S NOT POPULAR ON SOME PEOPLE, BUT IT IS THE RIGHT
10:12:49AM THING TO DO.
10:12:50AM IT'S ABOUT SAVING LIVES.
10:12:53AM IF WE CAN SAVE ONE LIFE, THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO KEEP THIS
10:13:00AM IN PLACE.
10:13:01AM THINK ABOUT THE LIVES THAT WOULD BE SAVED IF THIS -- IF YOU
10:13:07AM KEEP THIS IN PLACE, NOT THE RHETORIC.
10:13:10AM NOT THE LOUD MOUTHS, NOT THE SHOW BOATS.
10:13:16AM BUT EVERY LIFE IS A LIFE WORTH LIVING.
10:13:18AM I'M ASKING YOU, PLEASE, KEEP THIS IN PLACE.
10:13:21AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:13:21AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
10:13:22AM THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JAMES ADAIR.
10:13:24AM Facebook VIDEO STAR.
10:13:29AM >> JAMES ADAIR, REALTOR, SOUTH OF GANDY RESIDENT 20, 25
10:13:32AM YEARS.
10:13:33AM I WAS OUT ON THE GOLF COURSE AND JUST CELEBRATING.
10:13:36AM WE RE-- THE WALLS OF OUR HOUSE THAT GOT FLOODED OUT.
10:13:42AM I SAW ON Facebook, MY --
10:14:08AM WENT ALL THE WAY OUT TO TYSON AND WESTSHORE.
10:14:11AM DID YOU KNOW THAT OVER A MILE AND A HALF OF PIPING, ALL THE
10:14:14AM COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL FEEDS INTO A CANAL SYSTEM.
10:14:17AM YOU PROBABLY KNOW THAT.
10:14:18AM DID YOU KNOW THERE IS A 24-INCH PIPE THAT LIMITS THE AMOUNT
10:14:21AM OF WATER OUT INTO THE BAY?
10:14:23AM SO THE 60-INCH PIPE ON THE OTHER SIDE THAT WESTSHORE YACHT
10:14:28AM CLUB HAS, WHICH I'M GRATEFUL THEY DID THE INFRASTRUCTURE, WE
10:14:31AM DON'T REALLY HAVE FULL ACCESS TO.
10:14:33AM ONLY 24 INCHES.
10:14:35AM PIPE LEADING FROM MY HOUSE IS 24 BY 36.
10:14:37AM CLEARLY UNDERSIZED ISSUE.
10:14:40AM WE HAVE TONS MORE PROBLEMS GOING ON AND I THINK WE SHOULD
10:14:43AM LOOK AT TACTICAL URBANISM SOLUTIONS WHERE WE CAN USE
10:14:46AM AFFORDABLE WAYS TO START ATTACKING SOME OF THESE THINGS TO
10:14:50AM SEE WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T.
10:14:52AM CLEARLY IN SOME OF THE MEETINGS WE LEARNED THAT WE CAN FIX
10:14:54AM ONE LITTLE THING AND THE OTHER STUFF DOESN'T GET FIXED.
10:14:57AM WE HAVE A GRAVITY ISSUE, HEIGHT ISSUE.
10:15:00AM I GET THAT.
10:15:01AM START THINKING ABOUT HYDRAULIC PRESSURE WHEN FORCING THE
10:15:05AM WATER OUT.
10:15:05AM NOBODY REALLY LOOKS AT THE MAPS.
10:15:07AM I GOT DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE.
10:15:08AM YEAH, YOU GUYS ARE RIGHT, THERE ARE A LOT OF PROBLEMS OUT
10:15:11AM THERE.
10:15:11AM WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO DO IT.
10:15:15AM COST ME ABOUT A HUNDRED GRAND WHEN I WAS FLOODED OUT.
10:15:18AM I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE IN BEFORE I LOSE IT AGAIN.
10:15:21AM FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
10:15:22AM THANK YOU.
10:15:23AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NEXT ONE I HAVE TO WING.
10:15:27AM IS THIS STEVE MICHELINI?
10:15:28AM STEVE, IS THIS YOUR NAME?
10:15:33AM >> MAYBE.
10:15:34AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE'LL HAVE TO SEND YOU TO WRITING SCHOOL.
10:15:40AM >> YOU NEED A BETTER DESK TO SIGN IN.
10:15:43AM GOT THAT LITTLE TINY DESK.
10:15:45AM IT'S KIND OF HARD TO MAKE EVERYTHING FIT.
10:15:49AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I'M GOING TO FRAME THIS.
10:15:53AM >> SEND IT TO MY TEACHER.
10:15:54AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: EXACTLY.
10:15:56AM >> I'M HERE, ALTHOUGH I APPRECIATE COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK
10:16:01AM CONTINUING THIS MATTER REGARDING THE TREE TRUST FUND, BUT
10:16:04AM LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY.
10:16:05AM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, THE BUILDERS AND THE HOMEOWNER
10:16:09AM ASSOCIATIONS GOT TOGETHER AND WORKED FOR TWO YEARS.
10:16:12AM WE MET AT ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS' HOMES WHO WAS A LEADER IN
10:16:15AM THIS, CHELSEA JOHNSON.
10:16:16AM YOU MAY RECALL CHELSEA.
10:16:20AM WE CRAFTED SOMETHING WE THOUGHT WAS FAIR.
10:16:22AM IT WAS FAIR BECAUSE THE CITY PREVIOUSLY UNDER THE OLD TREE
10:16:26AM TRUST FUND HAD LOST, MISPLACED OR COULDN'T ACCOUNT FOR
10:16:31AM $3.3 MILLION IN FUNDS THAT WERE PAID INTO THE ACCOUNT.
10:16:35AM AND THE BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY WAS BEING ACCUSED
10:16:37AM OF NOT DOING THEIR FAIR SHARE.
10:16:40AM SO WE RAISED OUR HANDS AND SAID, WAIT A MINUTE, WHERE IS ALL
10:16:43AM THIS MONEY GOING THAT WENT INTO THIS ACCOUNT?
10:16:45AM WELL, IT WENT INTO PUTTING FLOWERS ON BAYSHORE.
10:16:49AM IT WENT INTO DOING A LOT OF OTHER THINGS.
10:16:52AM WATERING PLANTS DOWNTOWN.
10:16:54AM AND EACH OF THE DISTRICTS, DOWNTOWN, YBOR CITY, WEST TAMPA,
10:17:00AM SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN CRAs, NOT SEMINOLE
10:17:03AM HEIGHTS.
10:17:04AM BUT THEY HAVE THEIR OWN CRAs.
10:17:06AM THEY SHOULDN'T BE TAPPING INTO ANOTHER FUND TO DO THE
10:17:09AM IMPROVEMENTS.
10:17:10AM AND THIS IS NOT A PIGGY BANK.
10:17:12AM I SENT YOU AN E-MAIL WHICH KIND OF OUTLINES THIS.
10:17:15AM YOUR AUTHORITY IS GOING TO BE REMOVED.
10:17:16AM THE REASON THE COUNCIL WANTED AUTHORITY OVER THIS MONEY WAS
10:17:19AM TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WENT OUT TO PLANT TREES.
10:17:22AM THAT IS THE PURPOSE.
10:17:25AM TAKING OUT A TREE, PUTTING MONEY INTO THE ACCOUNT, REPLACE
10:17:28AM THE TREES.
10:17:29AM AND NAVIGATING THAT PROCESS OF GETTING A TREE PLANTED IS
10:17:32AM DIFFICULT.
10:17:33AM IT REQUIRES AN AGREEMENT.
10:17:34AM IT REQUIRES A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HOMEOWNERS SAY
10:17:38AM FORGET IT.
10:17:38AM I'M GOING TO GO BUY MY OWN TREE AND PLANT IT INSTEAD OF
10:17:42AM MAKING IT EASIER, HERE IS A TREE, GO PLANT IT.
10:17:45AM IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE IT STAYS ALIVE.
10:17:48AM THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS.
10:17:52AM THIS IS NOT A PIGGY BANK TO GO RAIDING MONEY AND TAKING IT
10:17:57AM TO USE FOR ALL KINDS OF ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES IT WAS NEVER
10:18:01AM INTENDED FOR.
10:18:02AM IT WAS INTENDED TO REPLACE TREES.
10:18:04AM YOU HAVE REPORTS THAT SAY THE TREE CANOPY HAS BEEN REDUCED.
10:18:08AM LET'S GET THE MONEY OUT THERE FOR TREES AND MAKE IT EASIER
10:18:11AM FOR PEOPLE.
10:18:12AM THIS IS SORT OF A SIDE STEP.
10:18:16AM BUT THE BUILDERS ASSOCIATION HAD OFFERED TO WORK WITH THE
10:18:19AM CITY TO CREATE AN ARBOR DAY AND TO ENGAGE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM,
10:18:25AM PARTICULARLY THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FOR DESIGN PROJECTS, TO
10:18:30AM SHOW THEIR COOPERATION ON WHY TREES ARE IMPORTANT AND WHY
10:18:35AM YOU NEED TO PLANT THEM.
10:18:36AM IT WASN'T THE BUILDERS FAULT THE TREES WEREN'T GETTING OUT
10:18:42AM THERE, IT WAS THE CITY'S FAULT.
10:18:44AM WE DON'T REALLY SUPPORT ANYBODY TAKING THAT TRUST FUND AWAY
10:18:47AM FROM THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE OVERVIEW
10:18:50AM THAT ELIMINATED ALL THE DISTRICTS.
10:18:52AM THE DISTRICTS WERE THERE TO SHOW YOU HOW MUCH MONEY WAS
10:18:54AM COMING FROM A DISTRICT AND HOW MUCH MONEY SHOULD BE GOING
10:18:57AM INTO THAT DISTRICT TO REPLANT TREES.
10:19:01AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MR. MICHELINI.
10:19:02AM VALERIE BULLOCK.
10:19:03AM THE NEXT SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE CARROLL ANN BENNETT FOLLOWED
10:19:13AM BY MRS. POYNOR.
10:19:15AM >> HELLO.
10:19:16AM VALERIE BULLOCK FROM PONCE De LEON COLLEGE HILL.
10:19:20AM I WANT TO TALK ABOUT NUMBER 9, RENEWING THE AGREEMENT WITH
10:19:24AM THE SHELTER SERVICES WITH TPD AND THE SALVATION ARMY.
10:19:28AM I WAS ON 29th DOING A PHOTO SHOOT PROBABLY ABOUT THREE
10:19:33AM MONTHS AGO.
10:19:34AM EVERY TIME THE POLICE CAME BY THERE, WHICH WAS QUITE
10:19:37AM FREQUENTLY, THEY WERE TRYING TO HERD THE PEOPLE OFF OF THE
10:19:41AM STREETS.
10:19:45AM THEY WAS NEVER TALKING TO THE PEOPLE, LETTING THEM KNOW
10:19:48AM RESOURCES AVAILABLE, THAT WE HAVE A PLACE FOR YOU.
10:19:50AM IF TPD IS GOING TO BE A PART OF THE SALVATION ARMY, I WOULD
10:19:55AM SUGGEST THEY GET SOME TRAINING IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
10:19:59AM WHEN YOU GO ON 29th STREET, TREAT THE PEOPLE WITH DIGNITY
10:20:02AM AND RESPECT.
10:20:03AM I WAS AT GLORY DAYS IN MAPLEDALE, NORTH DALE LAST FRIDAY.
10:20:11AM FELT LIKE HARRIET TUBMAN JUST PUT ME ON THE UNDERGROUND
10:20:15AM RAILROAD.
10:20:16AM I DIDN'T SEE NO POLICE CARS, NO SHERIFFS OUT THERE.
10:20:20AM I MEAN, I WAS FREE.
10:20:22AM BUT IT'S NOT LIKE THAT OVER ON 29th STREET.
10:20:26AM I UNDERSTAND YOU WANT TO CLEAN UP THE NEIGHBORHOOD -- CLEAN
10:20:30AM UP THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE NEW RESIDENT MOVING IN, BUT
10:20:33AM SHOULD BE DONE WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT.
10:20:35AM IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PLACE FOR THE PEOPLE TO GO, OKAY, LEAVE
10:20:38AM THEM ALONE.
10:20:39AM DON'T COME DOWN THERE JUST TO BEAT THEM OVER THEIR HEAD.
10:20:43AM OFFER THEM SOME HOPE.
10:20:45AM BECAUSE IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS, THAT'S WHAT YOU DO.
10:20:47AM I HAD ANOTHER PROBLEM ON 29th STREET, THE OLD LILY WHITE
10:20:53AM HOSPITAL.
10:20:53AM TWO HOSPITALS THAT BLACK PEOPLE COULD GO TO.
10:20:56AM LILY WHITE AND CLARIFY UNTIL THEY OPEN UP AA GONZALEZ IN
10:21:00AM YBOR CITY AND THEY LET US GO THERE.
10:21:02AM NOW THE LILY WHITE HOSPITAL IS FENCED OFF AND THE CITY IS
10:21:07AM USING IT AS A PLACE TO STORE EQUIPMENT.
10:21:11AM IT SHOULDN'T BE LIKE THAT.
10:21:15AM IF IT WAS IN ANY OTHER DISTRICT, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DECLARED
10:21:18AM A HISTORICAL LANDMARK.
10:21:20AM AND WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
10:21:23AM THANK YOU.
10:21:25AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MS. BULLOCK.
10:21:26AM CARROLL ANN BENNETT.
10:21:30AM >> HI.
10:21:31AM MY NAME IS CARROLL ANN BENNETT.
10:21:34AM STEVE MICHELINI AND I ARE IN COMPLETE AGREEMENT ON THIS.
10:21:37AM GO BUY A LOTTERY TICKET.
10:21:42AM THIS $3 MILLION I RECENTLY SAW AN ACCOUNTING OF ONE MILLION.
10:21:47AM DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHER TWO MILLION.
10:21:50AM I WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT IT.
10:21:52AM A LOT OF STUFF ON IT FOR IRRIGATION AND LANDSCAPING.
10:21:56AM IF IT WAS FOR SHADE TREES, THEN FINE.
10:21:58AM BUT WE NEED INVOICES TO KNOW FOR SURE.
10:22:00AM ONE ITEM I SAW IN THERE WAS $5,000 FOR TREES AT THE VETERANS
10:22:06AM MEMORIAL IN PORT TAMPA, SO I DROVE DOWN THERE BECAUSE I
10:22:07AM COULD SEE.
10:22:07AM I DIDN'T NEED AN INVOICE, AND THIS IS WHAT I FOUND.
10:22:10AM CRAPE MYRTLE.
10:22:11AM $5,000 FOR SIX CRAPE MYRTLES.
10:22:16AM $5,000 FOR SIX CRAPE MYRTLES.
10:22:19AM HOW MANY LIVE OAKS COULD HAVE BEEN PLANTED AT FIRE STATIONS
10:22:22AM IN HONOR OF JOE CHILLURA WITH THAT $5,000 INSTEAD OF SIX
10:22:28AM CRAPE MYRTLES.
10:22:29AM THE TREE-MENDOUS PROGRAM, 85% IS TYPE THREE.
10:22:35AM THAT MEANS 15% ARE SHADE TREES.
10:22:38AM YOU WANT TO HELP FLOODING, THE FLOODING THAT HAPPENED ON
10:22:41AM MONDAY WAS BECAUSE THE RAIN CAME DOWN SO FAST.
10:22:44AM WHAT HAPPENS WHEN RAIN FALLS ON A GRAND LIVE OAK?
10:22:47AM IT HOLDS THAT WATER AND DRIPS IT DOWN SLOWLY SO THE
10:22:52AM STORMWATER CAN ABSORB IT.
10:22:54AM WE NEED THE TREES TO HELP THE FLOODING.
10:22:57AM THIS IS THE REPORT I GOT.
10:23:00AM JUST THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
10:23:02AM SO IT'S NOT THE WHOLE THING.
10:23:03AM JIM WALTERS PARK, 35,000.
10:23:07AM I TRIED TO DRIVE DOWN THERE.
10:23:09AM I COULDN'T GET SUPER CLOSE, BUT I SAW SIX NEWISH OAKS AND A
10:23:13AM WHOLE LOT OF PALM TREES.
10:23:15AM IS THAT WHAT THE 35,000 WAS SPENT ON?
10:23:17AM THE TREE-MENDOUS PROGRAM, HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, ONLY 15%
10:23:22AM ARE SHADE TREES.
10:23:23AM THE PURPOSE OF THE TREE FUND IS TO REPLACE THE SHADE TREES
10:23:27AM THAT ARE TAKEN OUT.
10:23:28AM $200,000 FOR CRAPE MYRTLES.
10:23:32AM IF PEOPLE WANT A CRAPE MYRTLE, THEY CAN GO TO LOWE'S AND BUY
10:23:39AM A CRAPE MYRTLE.
10:23:40AM WE SHOULD NOT BE SPENDING THE MONEY TO PLANT CRAPE MYRTLES
10:23:45AM IN PEOPLE'S YARDS.
10:23:46AM IT SAYS HERE THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO CHOOSE TYPE
10:23:50AM 3 CHAIRS LEADS TO A DECREASE IN THE CANOPY.
10:23:56AM THIS IS ALL THE OLD TREE CODE.
10:23:57AM THE NEW TREE CODE REQUIRES IN THE CODE AN ANNUAL REPORT FOR
10:24:00AM EVERY EXPENDITURE TO CITY COUNCIL.
10:24:03AM HAVE YOU GUYS SEEN THAT?
10:24:05AM HAVE YOU SEEN THAT SINCE 2019 WHEN THIS WAS ENACTED?
10:24:08AM WHERE IS THE REPORT?
10:24:09AM I WANT TO ALSO QUICKLY POINT OUT THAT A -- OVER A YEAR AGO,
10:24:15AM WHIT REMER AND JC HUDGISON SAID THEY WERE GOING TO START
10:24:21AM TICKETING TREE CUTTERS FOR ILLEGAL REMOVAL.
10:24:24AM I HAVE TRANSCRIPT SIX TIMES WHERE START TICKETING THEM.
10:24:27AM THERE IS A MISUNDERSTANDING.
10:24:28AM THEY SEEM TO THINK THEY SHOULD TICKET THE TREE OWNERS.
10:24:31AM IF THE TREE OWNER PAYS THE FINE IT IS NOW IN COMPLIANCE AND
10:24:36AM THEY ARE NOT CITING THE TREE CUTTERS.
10:24:39AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: STEPHANIE POYNOR.
10:24:40AM KELLA McCASKILL FOLLOWED BY CONNIE BURTON.
10:24:48AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:24:48AM I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING CARROLL ANN SAID.
10:24:52AM THAT LITTLE LIST, IT'S WEIRD, BECAUSE I'VE ONLY SEEN LIKE
10:24:56AM ONE OF THE TREE COMPANIES THAT WE BUY -- I MADE A BIG THING
10:25:00AM ABOUT HOW MANY TREES WE'RE PURCHASING AND WHERE DO THEY GO
10:25:04AM IN THE LAST MONTH OR SO.
10:25:05AM THE VENDORS ON THAT LIST ARE NOT VENDORS THAT I'M SEEING ON
10:25:10AM CITY COUNCIL AGENDAS.
10:25:11AM I WANT TO START OUT BY MAKING SURE THAT YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND,
10:25:16AM WE HAVE TWO PLANNING COMMISSION BOARD SEATS COMING VACANT IS
10:25:19AM MY UNDERSTANDING.
10:25:20AM I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT RICK KUGLER GET THE FIRST ONE.
10:25:26AM SECOND ONE, MATT SIENK.
10:25:28AM WE NEED SOME NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDLY AND LOGICAL PEOPLE OVER
10:25:32AM THERE AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION BOARD.
10:25:34AM CITY COUNCIL MAKING LAND USE DECISIONS.
10:25:39AM I HAVE ALREADY GIVEN YOU THE DATA.
10:25:41AM LAST TWO YEARS, YOU GUYS HAVE APPROVED 92% OF WHAT'S COME IN
10:25:44AM FRONT OF YOU.
10:25:45AM BUT YOU GUYS NEVER, EVER MAKE A DECISION ABOUT LAND USE THAT
10:25:49AM YOU DON'T HAVE A LAND USE ATTORNEY STANDING HERE ADVISING
10:25:52AM YOU.
10:25:52AM YOU DON'T HAVE MR. SHELBY STANDING HERE -- OR SITTING HERE
10:25:57AM ADVISING YOU.
10:25:57AM YOU MAKE THOSE DECISIONS WITHIN THE CONFINES OF OUR CODE AND
10:26:04AM OF OUR LAW.
10:26:06AM EVERY DECISION YOU MAKE HAS TO BE A LEGAL DECISION BECAUSE
10:26:09AM YOU HAVE ALL THESE ATTORNEYS HERE ADVISING YOU.
10:26:14AM I WOULD ARGUE THAT OUR STAFF DOESN'T HAVE THAT OVERSIGHT.
10:26:18AM I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE SHORT LIST.
10:26:20AM SANDY SANCHEZ, MY FRIEND SANDY SANCHEZ, HAS A LONG LIST OF
10:26:25AM WEST TAMPA OVERLAY VIOLATIONS THAT WERE DONE BY STAFF.
10:26:29AM I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT, WE HAVE PARIS STREET DEBACLE,
10:26:36AM STAFF APPROVED ISSUE.
10:26:38AM MANGO STREET -- SOME OF YOU GUYS MAY NOT REMEMBER --
10:26:39AM BUT THEY BUILT THE HOUSES WAY TOO CLOSE TO THE STREET AND NO
10:26:44AM SIDEWALKS AND NO PAYING INTO A FUND.
10:26:45AM AND THERE WAS AN SU-1 DONE AFTER THE FACT, EVEN AFTER THE
10:26:50AM HOMES WERE SOLD AND PEOPLE LIVED IN THEM.
10:26:55AM YOU RECEIVED AN E-MAIL AT 10:39 LAST NIGHT ABOUT A LIVE
10:27:00AM LOCAL THAT THEY HAVE TURNED AROUND AND GHOSTED US ON.
10:27:05AM IT'S IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE.
10:27:07AM IT'S IN VIOLATION OF STATE STATUTE.
10:27:10AM BOTH.
10:27:10AM THEY CALLED IT AN SNO.
10:27:13AM WHICH I HAVE LOVINGLY CALLED A SNOW JOB BECAUSE THAT'S
10:27:18AM EXACTLY WHAT THEY HAVE DONE.
10:27:19AM THEY HAVE VIOLATED MacDILL.
10:27:23AM THEY VIOLATED THE COMMUNITY.
10:27:25AM AND THERE WAS NO NOTICE SENT OUT FOR THIS.
10:27:28AM IT WAS ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVED WHEN STATE STATUTE SAYS
10:27:33AM WITHIN A QUARTER OF A MILE OF A MILITARY INSTALLATION, IT
10:27:36AM MUST BE -- IT MUST COME IN FRONT OF YOU.
10:27:40AM YOU CANNOT ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVE IT.
10:27:42AM WHEN DOES IT STOP?
10:27:43AM MY FRIEND SANDY SANCHEZ CALLS IT THE -- OH, I FORGOT.
10:27:51AM GANDY LAST WEEK.
10:27:52AM THAT ONE, FIVE DEPARTMENTS SAID NO, BUT IT WAS APPROVED.
10:27:57AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: KELLA McCASKILL.
10:28:01AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:28:02AM KELLA McCASKILL.
10:28:03AM I AGREE.
10:28:04AM YOU GUYS GOING TO HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB MONITORING THE
10:28:08AM STAFF.
10:28:08AM YOU CAN'T TRUST EVERYTHING THEY SAY.
10:28:11AM YOU DON'T SIGN THEIR CHECKS.
10:28:12AM THE MAYOR DOES.
10:28:13AM THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO DO WHAT YOU SAY BUT YOU DO
10:28:16AM HAVE OVERSIGHT IN THAT.
10:28:18AM ANOTHER I THINK YOU HAVE TO WATCH IS WHO COMES BEFORE YOU.
10:28:20AM THE REASON YOU'RE NOT HEARING MUCH ABOUT THINGS HAPPENING IN
10:28:23AM THE COMMUNITY AND THE SHOTSPOTTER IS NEEDED, SUGGEST DOING
10:28:28AM ITS JOB BUT ALSO GOOD POLICING.
10:28:30AM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY MORE
10:28:32AM AND THEY ARE GETTING INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
10:28:35AM YOU DON'T LIVE IN THE AREA, YOU DON'T KNOW THAT.
10:28:37AM THAT'S WHY YOU'RE NOT GETTING CALLS.
10:28:39AM I WOULD SUBMIT THEIR VOICE IS NOT RELEVANT.
10:28:41AM BE CAREFUL OF PEOPLE THAT DO NOT LIVE IN THIS DISTRICT.
10:28:44AM I KNOW THIS IS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TODAY.
10:28:46AM HOWEVER, YOU WEAR TWO HATS.
10:28:49AM MANY OF YOU HAVE WATCHED THE CITY IGNORE THE NEED OF QUALITY
10:28:53AM DEVELOPMENT AND ALSO YOU IGNORED THAT FOR 20 SOMETHING
10:28:57AM YEARS.
10:28:57AM WE'VE SEEN NO SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT IN EAST TAMPA.
10:29:00AM DON'T TELL ME ABOUT A SINGLE HOME BEING BUILT.
10:29:03AM I'M TALKING ABOUT SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT.
10:29:05AM YOU ALSO IGNORED THE PEOPLE AND YOU'VE ALLOWED THIS TO TAKE
10:29:08AM PLACE.
10:29:08AM RECENTLY YOU ALLOWED THE STAFF TO CONVINCE YOU TO STRIP THE
10:29:12AM VOICES OF THE COMMUNITY.
10:29:14AM REMOVED PEOPLE WHO WERE KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN COMMUNITIES AND
10:29:16AM YOU PLACED PEOPLE ON A BOARD, INEXPERIENCED, ILL EQUIPPED
10:29:20AM AND THEN YOU GET TO THE BOARD AND THEY ARE NOT EVEN BEING
10:29:23AM REPRESENTED.
10:29:24AM AND THIS COMMUNITY HAS HAD ABSOLUTELY ENOUGH OF THAT.
10:29:27AM WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW IS THIS NEW BOARD THAT YOU PLACED IN
10:29:30AM THE CAC, THEY ARE THERE.
10:29:33AM THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION AND THEY ARE ALLOWING
10:29:35AM WHAT WE WERE FEARFUL OF, THEY WOULD USE THE CRA DOLLARS
10:29:39AM IGNORED 21 YEARS FOR THE MOST PART.
10:29:41AM NOW BEING USED SOMEWHERE AS A SLUSH FUND.
10:29:44AM THAT SLUSH FUND ACTIVITY THAT'S LURKING IN EAST TAMPA IS
10:29:47AM UNACCEPTABLE.
10:29:48AM I'M ASKING YOU ALL TO DO MORE.
10:29:51AM I WANT TO REMIND YOU OF SOME OF YOUR ROLES BECAUSE I'M
10:29:55AM SEEING COMPLACENCY, DOWN RIGHT LAZINESS.
10:30:00AM NOT ENOUGH ENGAGEMENT WITH PEOPLE THAT SOME OF YOU ELECTED
10:30:02AM TO BE ON THIS BOARD.
10:30:03AM THIS BOARD HAS BEEN FORCED TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS WITH LACK
10:30:06AM OF EXPERIENCE, LACK OF INFORMATION.
10:30:08AM YOU HAVE A COLONEL WHO RECENTLY ON TUESDAY SAID I DON'T HAVE
10:30:12AM ENOUGH INFORMATION TO MAKE A DECISION ON A $9 MILLION
10:30:17AM PROJECT, EVEN YOU ALL REVIEW CERTAIN PROJECTS TWICE BEFORE
10:30:20AM YOU MAKE A DECISION.
10:30:21AM YOU HAVE A WOMAN THAT'S IN THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN THIS
10:30:24AM COUNTY, AND THEY ARE SAYING I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION
10:30:27AM TO MAKE A DECISION ON A $9 MILLION PROJECT.
10:30:29AM ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL, FIVE OF THEM SAID NO AND SIX OF THEM
10:30:32AM SAID YES.
10:30:33AM YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED?
10:30:34AM THEY APPROVED A $9 MILLION PROJECT WITH LACK OF INFORMATION.
10:30:39AM THEY FELT LIKE IT WOULD BE FISCALLY IRRESPONSIBLE IF THEY
10:30:43AM APPROVED THIS PROJECT AND EVEN THE STAFF WALKED AROUND
10:30:47AM INTIMIDATING INDIVIDUALS AT THE TABLE AND EVEN REQUESTED
10:30:49AM THAT THEY TELL A LIE.
10:30:51AM SAY THAT THEY CAME TO YOUR COMMUNITY, EVEN THOUGH THEY
10:30:54AM DIDN'T, STANDING OVER THEM, SAY THEY CAME TO YOUR COMMUNITY
10:30:57AM SO THIS PROJECT CAN MOVE FORWARD.
10:30:59AM IT'S UNACCEPTABLE.
10:31:00AM I NEED YOU TO DO MORE AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL AS
10:31:04AM MEMBERS OF THE CRA BOARD.
10:31:05AM THANK YOU.
10:31:05AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NEXT SPEAKER IS CONNIE BURTON FOLLOWED BY
10:31:09AM TARAH BLUMA.
10:31:10AM TARAH.
10:31:15AM >> GOOD MORNING, CONNIE BURTON.
10:31:19AM THERE WAS ONCE A STATE ATTORNEY THAT BRAGGED ABOUT HOW HE
10:31:26AM HAD BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL IN REDUCING CRIME, IN PARTICULAR THE
10:31:31AM CITY OF TAMPA, AND THAT WAS BY ADJUDICATING MORE JUVENILES
10:31:39AM -- PEOPLE SUCCESSFUL UNTIL THE PEOPLE HAD ENOUGH OF THAT.
10:31:42AM ALONG WITH THAT, WE HAD FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT IDENTIFIED
10:31:48AM JUST THE BLACK COMMUNITY AS A WEED AND SEED AREA THAT MEANT
10:31:53AM THAT BLACK PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR THAT LIVED IN THOSE AREAS
10:31:57AM SEEING MISDEMEANOR CRIMES TO FELONIES.
10:32:03AM NOW WE HAVE A WHOLE COMMUNITY THAT IS EITHER UNEMPLOYED OR
10:32:07AM UNDEREMPLOYED.
10:32:08AM SO IF YOU WANT TO SPEND 8 MILLION, 10 MILLION, $100,000 FOR
10:32:17AM INSTRUMENTS THAT YOU THINK IS GOING TO BE ON THE PREVENTIVE
10:32:20AM END INSTEAD OF MAKING AN INVESTMENT IN THE PEOPLE.
10:32:23AM IN 2010, THE EAST TAMPA CRA APPROVED FOR SOMETHING TO BE
10:32:31AM ANNUALLY ACCEPTED, AND THAT WAS THE HIRING OF YOUNG PEOPLE.
10:32:36AM AND THE CLEAN TEAM PROJECT.
10:32:38AM SO WE SAID, KEEP ON MAKING IT WORK.
10:32:41AM THAT WAS 36.
10:32:43AM IN 2020, WE SAID LET'S INCREASE THOSE NUMBERS.
10:32:46AM WE CAN'T GET THERE.
10:32:48AM WE WENT TO A COMMUNITY MEETING THE OTHER NIGHT, SPONSORED BY
10:32:51AM THE CITY, TO FIND OUT ONLY NINE YOUNG PEOPLE, NINE IS READY
10:32:56AM FOR THE SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT COME MONDAY.
10:33:00AM HOW THEY GOING TO GET THERE?
10:33:02AM I DON'T KNOW.
10:33:03AM IT'S ON THEM.
10:33:04AM AS IF THEY ARE NOW GOING TO BE GIVEN SOME TYPE OF SIX FIGURE
10:33:08AM EMPLOYMENT JOB.
10:33:09AM I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I'M HOPING FOR A PEACEFUL SUMMER,
10:33:15AM BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE ONE IT BELONGS TO YOU.
10:33:18AM IT BELONGS TO YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE ON THE
10:33:21AM FRONT END OF MAKING SURE OUR CHILDREN CAN MOVE FORWARD
10:33:26AM NEGATIVE BEHAVIOR, TOWARD MORE POSITIVE BEHAVIOR.
10:33:30AM WE BELIEVE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WHEN CHILDREN ATTACHED TO
10:33:37AM POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT THAT THEN IS PROVIDED WITH SOME TYPE
10:33:41AM OF ECONOMIC INCENTIVE, IT CAN STEER THEIR LIVES INTO A
10:33:46AM BETTER PLACE.
10:33:47AM RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE SEE, AND WE ASKED FOR THIS LAST MONTH,
10:33:50AM FOR US TO HEAR, FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HEAR WHAT WAS THE
10:33:54AM PROGRESSIVE REPORT FOR THE SUMMER JOB PLACEMENT, STAFF DID
10:33:58AM NOT SHOW UP.
10:33:59AM YOU RECEIVE THE REPORT AND IT WAS FILED.
10:34:01AM IF YOU ARE GOOD WITH THAT, YOU CONTINUE ON WITH THAT.
10:34:06AM I'M TELLING YOU THAT THE COMMUNITY IS PAYING CLOSE
10:34:08AM ATTENTION.
10:34:09AM WE UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY
10:34:14AM FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY, BUT IT IS REAL.
10:34:17AM WE HAVE BEEN PETITIONING FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
10:34:20AM WE EXPECT TO SEE THINGS DONE IN A MORE POSITIVE WAY.
10:34:23AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MS. BURTON.
10:34:25AM NEXT SPEAKER IS TARAH BLUMA.
10:34:27AM FOLLOWED WILL BE MARTY GREENE.
10:34:28AM GOOD MORNING.
10:34:32AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:34:32AM I'M TARAH BLUMA.
10:34:34AM I WANT TO TALK TODAY ABOUT THREE THINGS -- STORMWATER
10:34:39AM MAINTENANCE, THE TREE TRUST FUND, AND THE HOMELESS
10:34:42AM POPULATION.
10:34:42AM I LIVE SOUTH OF GANDY.
10:34:46AM I STILL HAVE NOT SEEN ANYONE WORKING ON OUR DITCHES SINCE I
10:34:50AM WAS HERE TWO MONTHS AGO ASKING ABOUT IT.
10:34:53AM I DID GET AN E-MAIL RIGHT AWAY SAYING THEY HAD JUST RECEIVED
10:34:57AM AN EMERGENCY AFFIDAVIT WITH MORE MONEY, AND THAT WE WERE
10:34:59AM FIRST ON THE LIST.
10:35:00AM AND WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANYONE.
10:35:03AM WE HAVE SHOPPING CARTS IN OUR DITCHES.
10:35:06AM TONS OF TRASH OBSTRUCTING THE FLOW OF WATER.
10:35:09AM IN SOME CASES, THERE'S HUGE PIECES OF BROKEN CONCRETE JUST
10:35:14AM COMPLETELY BLOCKING THE PIPE, WHICH I KNOW WERE THERE BEFORE
10:35:17AM THE HURRICANE.
10:35:19AM SO I'M NOT SURE WHY BASIC MAINTENANCE IS NOT BEING DONE.
10:35:26AM I KNOW FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS WE'VE HAD AN INFLUX OF
10:35:29AM RAIN, BUT I'M REALLY ONLY SYMPATHETIC TO THAT ARGUMENT WHEN
10:35:35AM THE BASIC MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN DONE.
10:35:38AM DON'T SAY, OH, IT WAS POURING DOWN RAIN, BUT OUR PIPES ARE
10:35:41AM BLOCKED BY CONCRETE, SO IT'S NOT JUST WE HAD A LOT OF RAIN.
10:35:45AM IT'S THAT THEY ARE NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY.
10:35:46AM NEXT WITH THE TREE TRUST FUND, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW MUCH
10:35:51AM MONEY IS BEING PUT INTO THE FUND BY DISTRICT AND HOW MANY
10:35:57AM TREES ARE BEING PLANTED AND WHERE.
10:36:01AM IN MY OPINION, THE REPLACEMENT TREES SHOULD BE PLANTED AS
10:36:04AM CLOSE AS POSSIBLE AS TO WHERE THE TREES WERE REMOVED.
10:36:09AM IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT WE REBUILD OUR SHADE CANOPY.
10:36:13AM I AGREE WITH CARROLL ANN THAT WE SHOULD ONLY BE ALLOWING
10:36:17AM PEOPLE TO PLANT TREES IN CATEGORIES ONE OR TWO.
10:36:21AM FINALLY, THE HOMELESS POPULATION.
10:36:24AM I HAVE WATCHED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOUR MEETINGS THE PAST
10:36:28AM TWO YEARS IN FULL, AND YOU ALMOST NEVER TALK ABOUT THIS
10:36:32AM ISSUE.
10:36:35AM I KNOW IT IS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.
10:36:39AM NOBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT IT.
10:36:41AM DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY.
10:36:42AM NO ONE KNOWS WHERE THEY SHOULD GO.
10:36:44AM THERE ARE SYSTEMIC ISSUES IN PLACE AND PEOPLE SOUND
10:36:49AM HEARTLESS WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT IT.
10:36:51AM BUT THEY DO HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE AND THEY APPARENTLY DECIDED
10:36:54AM TO BE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND ME.
10:36:56AM WE HAVE MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE CAMPING ALL AROUND OUR
10:37:01AM NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH IS ILLEGAL NOW.
10:37:04AM AND IT SHOULDN'T JUST BE THE PROBLEM OF AN INDIVIDUAL
10:37:11AM NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:37:11AM IT'S CREATING AN INCREASE IN CRIME, DRUG USE AND TRASH
10:37:15AM AROUND US.
10:37:18AM YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT SMOKING IN PARKS.
10:37:20AM I KNOW COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK ALL DAY LONG, EVERY DAY AT THE
10:37:25AM SPANISH AMERICAN WAR MEMORIAL, UP TO 20 PEOPLE SMOKING,
10:37:30AM DRINKING, DOING AND SELLING DRUGS.
10:37:32AM PROBABLY A THOUSAND CIGARETTE BUTTS ON THE GROUND THAT NO
10:37:36AM ONE SEEMS TO CARE TO CLEAN UP.
10:37:38AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:37:39AM >> THE AMOUNT OF TRASH IN STREETS, YARDS, RIGHT-OF-WAYS,
10:37:41AM DITCHES IS APPALLING AND ISN'T FAIR TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:37:43AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
10:37:44AM MARTY GREENE, PLEASE.
10:37:46AM FOLLOWED BY ELLSWORTH WILLIAMS.
10:37:49AM >> HI.
10:37:50AM MY NAME IS MARTY GREENE WITH THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT.
10:37:53AM THESE SIGNS HAVE BEEN DOWN SINCE THE HURRICANE.
10:37:57AM THE CITY OF TAMPA BEEN TAKING FEMA MONEY, AND THEY FORCED US
10:38:03AM TO SIGN THE PAPERS SAYING WE WAS WORKING.
10:38:05AM NOW THAT WE'VE BEEN TAKING THE FEMA MONEY SAYING THAT WE'VE
10:38:09AM BEEN WORKING AND WE GO BACK, THE MAYOR MADE AN EXECUTIVE
10:38:12AM ORDER FOR US TO WORK ALL HANDS ON DECK.
10:38:15AM BRIAN RODGERS -- TOLD US -- BRIAN RODGERS TOLD ME IT WOULD
10:38:23AM TAKE TWO YEARS FOR FEMA TO PAY THEM BACK.
10:38:25AM WE DIDN'T DO ANY WORK.
10:38:27AM THEY SHUT US DOWN.
10:38:28AM COULD HAVE GOTTEN MORE WORK DONE THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE.
10:38:31AM NOW THAT HURRICANE SEASON IS COMING BACK UP, THE SIGNS ARE
10:38:34AM STILL DOWN.
10:38:35AM ALL THE SIGNS SUPPOSED TO BE UP, STANDING UPRIGHT, THEY ARE
10:38:38AM DOWN.
10:38:38AM SECOND OF ALL, ON MAY 1st, I WAS CALLED INTO THE OFFICE,
10:38:47AM WORKING UNDER ANTHONY STAFFORD.
10:38:49AM CALLED ME IN ABOUT A COMPLAINT ABOUT AN EMPLOYEE.
10:38:52AM WHEN I COMPLAINED ABOUT IT, HE SAID HR TOLD HIM TO WRITE ME
10:38:56AM UP.
10:38:56AM IF I CALL HR, LOSE MY JOB THAT'S ON ME.
10:39:01AM STEVE SIMON, UNION PRESIDENT, THAT'S WHEN I REALLY FOUND OUT
10:39:05AM HE WAS WORKING WITH MANAGEMENT AND RUBBING ELBOWS WITH
10:39:09AM MANAGEMENT.
10:39:09AM NOW STEVE HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF STEALING FUNDS AND MISHANDLING
10:39:14AM FUNDS FROM THE UNION.
10:39:15AM WHO IS SUPPOSED TO BE INVESTIGATED, REBECCA CARR.
10:39:21AM NEVER HEARD NOTHING ELSE FROM HER ABOUT THAT WITH HR.
10:39:24AM MICHAEL BROWN, 2255, HE WAS OFF AND USING HIS OWN PERSONAL
10:39:31AM BUSINESS.
10:39:31AM NOT USING FOR CITY BUSINESS.
10:39:34AM HE WAS USING FOR OWN PERSONAL BUSINESS.
10:39:36AM I'M WILLING TO TAKE A TEST ON THIS.
10:39:42AM EVERYTHING I'M SAYING, MICHAEL BROWN IS CLOSE TO WHERE T PD,
10:39:49AM RIGHT NOW I'VE BEEN SEEING MYSTERIOUS CARS FOLLOWING ME
10:39:53AM BECAUSE HE WAS WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
10:39:55AM RIGHT NOW I'M SCARED.
10:39:56AM I FEAR FOR MY LIFE.
10:39:58AM RIGHT NOW NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT.
10:40:00AM THIS MAN GET AWAY WITH EVERYTHING.
10:40:01AM NOT MAKING IT PERSONAL.
10:40:02AM I'M TELLING YOU HOW I FEEL.
10:40:04AM AS A MAN, I FEEL LIKE SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO ME AND
10:40:07AM NOTHING IS GETTING DONE ABOUT IT.
10:40:09AM IF I ASK FOR TRAINING, THEY REFUSE ME TRAINING.
10:40:13AM WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE GET TRAINING.
10:40:15AM I'M ONE OF THE ONES BECAUSE I TALK BACK ABOUT MR. BROWN AND
10:40:21AM RODGERS, I GET NO TRAINING.
10:40:23AM HOW IS IT GOING RIGHT NOW?
10:40:24AM IT'S NOT GOING GOOD.
10:40:26AM THE SIMPLE FACT IS, I KEEP GETTING, OH, YOU BETTER WATCH
10:40:29AM YOUR BACK, WATCH YOUR BACK.
10:40:31AM RIGHT NOW I FEEL UNSAFE AT THIS JOB.
10:40:33AM RIGHT NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO GO ON WITH ME.
10:40:36AM I'M LETTING YOU ALL KNOW AND BEING AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON
10:40:40AM WITH THIS SITUATION.
10:40:41AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:40:43AM NEXT SPEAKER IS ELLSWORTH WILLIAMS FOLLOWED BY TONY DANIELS.
10:41:04AM >> ELLSWORTH WILLIAMS.
10:41:06AM CEO AND PRESIDENT FOR VETERANS COUNSELING VETERANS.
10:41:10AM HERE TWO PARTICULAR REASONS.
10:41:11AM FIRST OF ALL, JUNE IS PTSD MONTH.
10:41:22AM 24th OF MAY, I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN VIERA FOR BEING
10:41:29AM THERE.
10:41:30AM HOW ARE YOU DOING, SIR?
10:41:31AM MR. CARLSON, SAW YOU LAST WEEK I HAD SOMEBODY FROM PINELLAS
10:41:47AM THERE.
10:41:50AM REPRESENTATIVE DRISKELL.
10:41:55AM ELEVATING VETERANS SUICIDE AS A HIGH PRIORITY.
10:42:00AM GIVING THAT SAFE SPACE FOR VETERANS AND VETERANS LOST TO
10:42:07AM SUICIDE.
10:42:07AM MY SECOND REASON WHY I'M HERE, JUNE AND ALSO MAY IS
10:42:11AM ALZHEIMER'S MONTH.
10:42:12AM MAY WAS DEMENTIA MONTH.
10:42:15AM WHAT WE DON'T KNOW, OVER 13% OF VETERANS IN FLORIDA HAS
10:42:20AM ALZHEIMER'S OR DEMENTIA.
10:42:23AM THAT'S SOMETHING WE DON'T TALK ABOUT.
10:42:26AM WE HAVE AS A MOVEMENT, FORGOTTEN DEMOGRAPHICS, THE VETERANS.
10:42:31AM 719,000 ELDERLY VETERANS IN FLORIDA.
10:42:35AM LIKE TO KNOW HOW MANY ELDERLY VETERANS ARE IN TAMPA.
10:42:38AM SOME OF THE THINGS NOT COVERED BY THE VA.
10:42:46AM THIS CONFERENCE IS GOING TO ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.
10:42:50AM I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT.
10:42:51AM FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
10:42:54AM WE'LL HAVE THE VA IN FULL FORCE.
10:42:57AM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE.
10:43:00AM BAY AREA LEGAL TO TALK ABOUT ELDERLY.
10:43:03AM MORE IMPORTANT, COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY.
10:43:06AM WE NEED ALL OF THE ELEMENTS IN THE VILLAGE TO REALLY MAKE IT
10:43:10AM EFFECTIVE WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.
10:43:11AM THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONFERENCE IS TO BRING THE RESOURCES
10:43:14AM TOGETHER TO THE VETERANS' FAMILIES SO WE KNOW WHAT'S OUT
10:43:18AM THERE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY WHAT IS NOT OUT THERE.
10:43:21AM VETERANS COUNCIL, PREVENTING VETERAN SUICIDE.
10:43:24AM UNFORTUNATELY, THE DEMOGRAPHIC DYING BY SUICIDE IS ELDERLY.
10:43:27AM 55 AND OLDER.
10:43:29AM DON'T HEAR ABOUT IT, BUT IT IS A TRUE FACT.
10:43:31AM IT WILL GET MORE -- THIS CONFERENCE WOULD BE THE FIRST STEP.
10:43:35AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:43:36AM YOU ARE INVITED.
10:43:37AM PLEASE SHARE WITH YOUR NETWORK.
10:43:39AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:43:39AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: TONY DANIELS FOLLOWED BY NADIA ASKAR.
10:43:47AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:43:47AM IF THEY CAN HOLD THE TIME, MUCH APPRECIATED.
10:43:50AM THEY NEED A LIST AND THEY NEED A SYSTEM, A CHRONOLOGICAL
10:43:57AM TIME SYSTEM ON WHEN YOU SPEAK HERE.
10:43:59AM WHEN YOU SIGN UP, THAT'S WHEN YOU SPEAK.
10:44:01AM NEED A FORMAT, A PROCEDURE ON HOW THAT'S DONE.
10:44:04AM MENTESNOT, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
10:44:05AM I WAS OVER ON TWIGGS STREET YESTERDAY.
10:44:12AM HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE SECURITY AND THE SHERIFF'S
10:44:14AM DEPARTMENT, ENTERING THE BUILDING.
10:44:18AM THEY WANT TO ASK YOU WHERE YOU ARE GOING.
10:44:19AM AIN'T NONE OF THEIR BUSINESS AND THEN THEY HARASS YOU WHEN
10:44:23AM YOU DON'T TELL THEM.
10:44:24AM A GENTLEMAN SAID, HEY, THIS IS A RACE THING.
10:44:27AM HE TOLD ME, HE SAY, WELL, FIRST, LET ME LET YOU KNOW THAT
10:44:31AM I'M MIXED.
10:44:33AM THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.
10:44:34AM I'M MIXED.
10:44:35AM I SAY, MAN, I DON'T GIVE AN F ABOUT THAT.
10:44:38AM MY MOTHER IS WHITE.
10:44:40AM AND I DON'T CARE NOTHING ABOUT THAT NASTY HO.
10:44:43AM PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
10:44:45AM YEAH, YOU CAN THROW ALL THAT.
10:44:50AM SOMEBODY SAY TONY DANIEL.
10:44:52AM YOU DON'T SEE TONY DANIEL ON THE CARD.
10:44:55AM THAT'S A PROBLEM MUHAMMAD ALI FACED.
10:44:58AM DON'T SEE TONY DANIEL NOWHERE ON THE CARD.
10:45:02AM LEVEL OF DISRESPECT.
10:45:03AM STILL HOPE THEY ARE HOLDING MY TIME.
10:45:06AM LEVEL OF DISRESPECT FOR AFRICAN PEOPLE.
10:45:08AM WHITE FOLKS CALL US WHAT THEY WANT TO CALL US.
10:45:10AM BOY, SLAVE, JIGABOO, AUNTIE MAMA, BLACK SAM BOW, NAME IT.
10:45:18AM THEY GOT A NAME FOR US.
10:45:20AM CONVICTED FELON.
10:45:22AM CRIMINAL, ALL THOSE KIND OF NAMES.
10:45:24AM WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT IS CHILD SUPPORT.
10:45:26AM EUGENICS PROGRAM.
10:45:27AM WHAT ELSE I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT IS ANY PERSON IN THIS CITY
10:45:34AM VOTE FOR BOB BUCKHORN, ANY PERSON, NOT JUST ANY BLACK
10:45:37AM PERSON.
10:45:37AM I DON'T TELL MIGHT BE WHO TO VOTE FOR, BUT I TELL YOU WHO
10:45:40AM NOT TO VOTE FOR.
10:45:41AM I TELL YOU WHO NOT TO VOTE FOR.
10:45:45AM JANE CASTOR, BOB BUCKHORN, PAM IORIO, SANDY FREEDMAN, BOB
10:45:53AM MARTINEZ, DICK GRECO.
10:45:55AM A BUNCH OF RACIST, NASTY STINKIN' CLOWNS.
10:45:59AM ALL THIS TIME, ST. PETE HAS A BLACK MAYOR.
10:46:03AM SARASOTA HAD A BLACK MAYOR.
10:46:04AM PLANT CITY HAD A BLACK MAYOR.
10:46:05AM WHY CAN'T TAMPA, FLORIDA, HAVE A BLACK MAYOR.
10:46:09AM WHY CAN'T THEY GET BEHIND AND SUPPORT DIVERSITY.
10:46:12AM ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT MFING DIVERSITY.
10:46:14AM THIS WOMAN RIGHT HERE IS QUALIFIED TO BE THE MAYOR.
10:46:18AM THIS WOMAN RIGHT HERE IS QUALIFIED TO BE THE MAYOR.
10:46:22AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MR. DANIELS.
10:46:24AM MENTESNOT, PLEASE COME BACK TO ORDER.
10:46:27AM >> FOUR AFRICAN WOMEN I POINTED OUT IN ONE ROOM.
10:46:31AM OTHER PEOPLE, CHLOE CONEY, OTHER PEOPLE YOU CAN CALL OUT
10:46:35AM THAT WORKED HARD AND HAVE HUNDREDS OF COMBINED YEARS IN THIS
10:46:38AM CITY WHO CAN BE THE MAYOR.
10:46:39AM THE WOMAN SITTING UP THERE COULD BE THE MAYOR.
10:46:42AM BUT THEY WON'T SUPPORT A BLACK PERSON.
10:46:44AM THEY WON'T SUPPORT DIVERSITY.
10:46:46AM THEY JUST WANT US TO SUPPORT POLICE PROGRAMS AND NONSENSE
10:46:49AM AND BEG AND KEEP BEGGING AND BEGGING.
10:46:52AM THAT'S NOT THE CHARACTERISTIC OR THE INTENSITY OR THE
10:46:55AM INTENTION OF THE AFRICAN.
10:46:57AM CALL ME BY THE NAME YOU SEE ON THE CARD OR SOMEBODY CALL --
10:47:10AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:47:11AM NEXT SPEAKER IS NADIA ASKAR.
10:47:20AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:47:21AM NADIA ASKAR.
10:47:22AM I AM A MEMBER OF THE TAMPA COMMUNITY AND A PROUD PALESTINIAN
10:47:28AM AMERICAN.
10:47:29AM I'M HERE TODAY AS SOMEONE WHO REFUSES TO LOOK AWAY FROM
10:47:32AM WHAT'S HAPPENING IN GAZA.
10:47:34AM AND TO ASK WHY THE CITY COUNCIL HAS STAYED SILENT WHILE
10:47:39AM GENOCIDE UNFOLDS.
10:47:40AM OVER 36,000 PALESTINIANS MURDERED IN GAZA.
10:47:47AM 13,000 CHILDREN.
10:47:49AM FAMILIES ERASED, ENTIRE GENERATIONS BURIED AND THIS IS
10:47:52AM HAPPENING WITH AMERICAN MADE WEAPONS FUNDED BY OUR TAX
10:47:55AM DOLLARS.
10:47:56AM WE HAVE SEEN THE HOSPITALS BEING BOMBED.
10:47:59AM WATCHING CHILDREN BEING OPERATED ON WITHOUT ANESTHESIA.
10:48:03AM AID CONVOYS STRUCK AND PEOPLE KILLED WHILE WAITING IN LINE
10:48:06AM FOR BREAD.
10:48:07AM WE HAVE SEEN UNIVERSITIES BE FLATTENED.
10:48:10AM NOW GAZA TURNED INTO A GRAVEYARD.
10:48:12AM WHEN YOUR CONSTITUENTS ASK FOR A SIMPLE CEASE FIRE
10:48:15AM RESOLUTION, WHEN WE BEGGED YOU GUYS FOR ACKNOWLEDGMENT, YOU
10:48:19AM GUYS GAVE US SILENCE.
10:48:20AM YET EACH OF YOU CLAIM TO STAND FOR PUBLIC GOOD.
10:48:23AM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, YOU SPEAK ABOUT JUSTICE AND PUBLIC
10:48:26AM SERVICE.
10:48:27AM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK, YOU CENTER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
10:48:31AM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
10:48:31AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THERE IS A COUNCIL RULE THAT YOU'RE NOT
10:48:33AM ALLOWED TO SPEAK TO INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL PEOPLE DIRECTLY.
10:48:37AM >> EXCUSE ME.
10:48:37AM YOU LIKE TO STAND UP FOR TRANSPARENCY, EQUITY.
10:48:39AM YOU HAVE BUILT A LONG CAREER IN PUBLIC SERVICE AND YOU SAY
10:48:44AM YOU REPRESENT THE UNHEARD BUT IN HOPES THIS IS ALL TRUE, I
10:48:47AM CAN'T HELP BUT ASK WHERE ARE YOU NOW?
10:48:49AM WHAT ARE YOUR VALUES WORTH IF THEY DISAPPEAR IN THE FACE OF
10:48:54AM GENOCIDE.
10:48:56AM WE CAN'T HIDE BEHIND THE EXCUSE THIS IS NOT LOCAL BECAUSE
10:48:58AM THIS IS LOCAL.
10:48:59AM WE ARE DIRECTLY FUNDING THIS VIOLENCE AND WE ARE TRAINING
10:49:02AM THE -- WE ARE TRAINING WITH THE ISRAELI MILITARY, OUR COPS.
10:49:07AM WE ARE WATCHING AS TAX DOLLARS TURN INTO WEAPONS AND OUR
10:49:10AM SILENCE IS BECOMING COMPLICITY WITH WHAT IS GOING ON.
10:49:14AM WE MAY NOT HAVE THE POWER TO CONTROL FOREIGN POLICY BUT WE
10:49:19AM DO HAVE THE POWER HERE.
10:49:20AM YOU GUYS DO HAVE POWER.
10:49:22AM YOU CAN PASS A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR IMMEDIATE CEASE FIRE
10:49:24AM TO END THE U.S. FUNDING OF THE GENOCIDE.
10:49:27AM INVESTIGATE BETWEEN TAMPA PD AND THE ISRAELI MILITARY
10:49:31AM TRAINING PROGRAMS.
10:49:32AM WE CAN PUSH FOR CITY DIVESTMENT FOR WEAPONS MANUFACTURERS
10:49:35AM AND CORPORATIONS PROFITING OFF OF APARTHEID.
10:49:38AM VERY LEAST PUBLICLY AFFIRM THE RIGHT TO BOYCOTT GENOCIDE AND
10:49:43AM STOP CRIMINALIZING THOSE WHO SPEAK UP AGAINST IT.
10:49:46AM OTHER CITIES HAVE TAKEN STEPS, SAN DIEGO, DETROIT, SEATTLE,
10:49:52AM WAITING, FOR WHAT, DEATH TOLL TO RISE ABOVE WHAT?
10:49:55AM UNTIL WE FIND OUR MORAL BACKBONE.
10:49:59AM HISTORY WILL REMEMBER THOSE WHO SPOKE AND THOSE WHO DIDN'T
10:50:02AM AND REMEMBER WHICH LEADERS STOOD UP AGAINST GENOCIDE AND
10:50:05AM WHICH ONES TOO AFRAID TO RISK A HEADLINE.
10:50:08AM IF YOU DON'T USE YOUR PLATFORM NOW, I PROMISE THE PEOPLE
10:50:12AM WILL USE OURS.
10:50:13AM MAKE YOUR SILENCE LOUDER THAN WORDS EVER COULD BE.
10:50:16AM WE'RE RESPONSIBLE TO ONE ANOTHER.
10:50:18AM IF YOU CAN'T FIND THE COURAGE TO SPEAK UP NOW, HISTORY WILL
10:50:21AM REMEMBER THAT, IN THE FACE OF GENOCIDE YOU CHOSE COMFORT
10:50:25AM OVER CONSCIENCE.
10:50:26AM SILENCE IS NOT NEUTRAL.
10:50:28AM IT IS COMPLICITY.
10:50:30AM [ APPLAUSE ]
10:50:31AM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
10:50:31AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NO NOISE FROM THE AUDIENCE, PLEASE.
10:50:34AM THE NEXT SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE ALISON HEWITT FOLLOWED BY
10:50:39AM MATT.
10:50:52AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:50:53AM ALISON HEWITT, EAST TAMPA RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER,
10:50:58AM UNDERSTANDING THIS IS A CITY COUNCIL MEETING, I AM STILL
10:51:02AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT CRA BUSINESS BECAUSE OF COMPLETELY
10:51:07AM INSULTING ACTIONS THAT HAPPENED AT THE TUESDAY CAC MEETING.
10:51:12AM I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CLEAR.
10:51:15AM THE CITY OF TAMPA CRA, YOU ARE EITHER IGNORING OR YOU ARE
10:51:19AM COMPLICIT WITH THE ONGOING AND SYSTEMATIC MISTREATMENT OF
10:51:23AM EAST TAMPA CRA.
10:51:24AM WE HAVE ASKED AND ASKED TO SAY BASIC, JUST GIVE THEM THE
10:51:27AM INFORMATION AHEAD OF TIME.
10:51:28AM AFTER 5:30 ON FRIDAY, THEY RECEIVED THEIR AGENDA.
10:51:32AM ONE AGENDA ITEM HAD 131 PAGES IN IT.
10:51:35AM BUT THEY ARE EXPECTING TO COME ON TUESDAY, VOLUNTEERS, TO
10:51:38AM COME BACK WITH THEIR OPINION.
10:51:40AM ONE, YOU ALSO CHANGED THE PROCESS IN WHICH THE PEOPLE ARE
10:51:43AM REPRESENTING AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY.
10:51:45AM THAT IS NOT EVEN ENOUGH TIME TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE
10:51:48AM COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THEY SIT AT THE CAC, THEY
10:51:51AM CAN BRING THE OPINIONS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THEY
10:51:54AM REPRESENT BECAUSE YOU'RE STILL NOT MAKING THE CITY STAFF DO
10:51:58AM THEIR JOB.
10:52:00AM I ASK YOU, ENCOURAGE YOU, BEG YOU, DO NOT RENEW THE
10:52:03AM OPERATING AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY STAFF.
10:52:05AM PLEASE GET AN INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATION TO MANAGE THE CRAs
10:52:09AM ESPECIALLY IF ONLY IT IS EAST TAMPA BECAUSE THEY ARE --
10:52:15AM DISENGAGEMENT, SOME CASES, BLATANT OBSTRUCTION.
10:52:20AM FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE IN THE CRA, FRA, 2004 BEST BOOK, THEY
10:52:26AM HAVE OUTSIDE THE BOX THINKING FOR THE LEGACY AND FOR THE CRA
10:52:30AM GRANTS.
10:52:30AM BUT UNDERSTAND THE LEGACY CREDIT ONLY APPLIES IF YOU DO A
10:52:34AM $70,000 GRANT.
10:52:36AM IF YOU DO SOMETHING OF SIGNIFICANCE, YOUR LEGACY DOES NOT
10:52:39AM COUNT.
10:52:40AM JC NEWMAN, YOU HAVE THE FIVE MILLION DOLLARS, BUSINESS OWNER
10:52:44AM ON 40th STREET BEEN THERE FOR FOUR YEARS WHO WANTS TO HAVE
10:52:47AM SOMETHING OVER $70,000, THEIR LEGACY CREDIT DOES NOT COUNT.
10:52:51AM THEIR 40 YEARS DOES NOT COUNT.
10:52:53AM THEY ARE MISLEADING YOU.
10:52:55AM TELLING YOU ABOUT THE POLICIES AND APPLYING IT IN A WAY THAT
10:52:58AM IS OBSTRUCTING POLICY.
10:52:59AM YOU HAVE HERE THAT WE HAVE THE DIRECT PAYMENT TO PROVIDERS.
10:53:02AM BUT UNDERSTAND THE PREDEVELOPMENT HASN'T STARTED BECAUSE
10:53:05AM STILL TRYING TO CREATE A LIST.
10:53:07AM STILL GOING THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS.
10:53:09AM IT'S EIGHT MONTHS AND ANOTHER THREE MONTHS BEFORE START THE
10:53:12AM PREDEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
10:53:13AM AGAIN, IT IS NOT A PRIORITY FOR THEM.
10:53:15AM AGAIN, AS I SAID, WHEN YOU AGREED TO THE OPERATING
10:53:18AM AGREEMENT, IT IS A PERMISSIVE AGREEMENT.
10:53:21AM THEY MAY AND THEY SHALL.
10:53:23AM IT'S NOT THAT THEY HAVE TO.
10:53:24AM THEY WILL RESPOND WHEN THEY WANT TO RESPOND.
10:53:27AM SO YOU ARE NOW ABOUT TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
10:53:30AM GENTRIFICATION BECAUSE THERE IS NOT -- EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE
10:53:34AM GETTING ACCOLADES FOR THIS, THEY ARE NOT -- THE LEGACY DOES
10:53:37AM NOT APPLY.
10:53:38AM THE DIRECT PAYMENTS DO NOT APPLY.
10:53:41AM UNLESS YOU HAVE ALL YOUR MONEY, THEN YOU GET 50%.
10:53:44AM BLACK BUSINESS INVESTMENT FUND CREATED A CONSTRUCTION LOAN
10:53:47AM FUND THAT THEY WILL PAY 90 PERCENT.
10:53:50AM 90 PERCENT BUT STAFF STILL SAYS ONLY PAY 50 AFTER YOU PAY A
10:53:54AM HUNDRED.
10:53:56AM CLOSING AND SHUTTING DOWN OUR BUSINESSES.
10:53:57AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
10:53:59AM MATT CHERNOKOPH, FOLLOWED BY FRAN TATE.
10:54:09AM MATT IN THE ROOM?
10:54:10AM OKAY, FRAN.
10:54:12AM AFTER FRAN, IT WILL BE ROBIN LOCKETT.
10:54:19AM FRAN?
10:54:20AM YOU'RE UP.
10:54:31AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBERS,
10:54:35AM GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING.
10:54:36AM THE YOUNG STUDENTS HAVE GONE OUT, BUT I REALLY WANT TO
10:54:43AM COMMEND AND CONGRATULATE THEM.
10:54:44AM THEY ARE OUR FUTURE.
10:54:46AM I JUST LOVE SEEING THEIR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN LEADERSHIP,
10:54:53AM AND WE MUST CONTINUE TO KEEP THAT GOING.
10:54:59AM I'M HERE TODAY -- I'M SO SORRY.
10:55:01AM FRAN TATE, FOR THE RECORD.
10:55:03AM FRAN TATE.
10:55:04AM JACKSON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT, EAST
10:55:07AM TAMPA CRA, CAC BOARD MEMBER.
10:55:10AM I'M HERE TODAY AS MS. HEWITT STATED.
10:55:19AM I WANT TO TALK CRA.
10:55:22AM I APOLOGIZE.
10:55:22AM I WANT TO TALK CRA.
10:55:23AM WE ARE VOLUNTEERS.
10:55:28AM THERE'S ABOUT 13 OF US.
10:55:29AM WE'RE VOLUNTEERS.
10:55:31AM SIMPLY VOLUNTEERS.
10:55:32AM WE HAVE FAMILIES.
10:55:35AM WE HAVE JOBS.
10:55:39AM WE'RE CARETAKERS.
10:55:40AM WE'RE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS WANTING TO SERVE ON THE EAST
10:55:48AM TAMPA CRA CAC BOARD TO THE VERY BEST OF OUR ABILITY.
10:55:54AM BUT WE LACK THE SKILLS, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT.
10:55:57AM WE DON'T HAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRAINING.
10:56:01AM WE DON'T HAVE BUDGET TRAINING.
10:56:04AM SO WE'RE TRYING TO RECAPTURE UNDERSTANDING THE INFORMATION
10:56:09AM THE BEST WE CAN BECAUSE WE WANT TO GIVE OUR COMMUNITY, OUR
10:56:15AM CITIZENS WHO HAVE PAID INTO THE TIF, WE WANT TO GIVE THEM
10:56:18AM THE BEST WE HAVE AND BRING INFORMATION BACK TO THEM.
10:56:21AM TUESDAY'S MEETING WAS A NIGHTMARE FOR ME.
10:56:31AM A NIGHTMARE.
10:56:32AM AND I AM A SEASONED BOARD MEMBER.
10:56:34AM I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD I THINK FOUR YEARS NOW, SERVED AS
10:56:38AM CHAIR FOR TWO YEARS.
10:56:40AM WE WERE ASKED ON FRIDAY WHEN WE RECEIVED OUR E-MAIL PACKET
10:56:51AM FROM OUR DIRECTOR, THAT WAS FRIDAY.
10:56:55AM 5:32 P.M.
10:56:57AM WE RECEIVED THE PACKET.
10:56:59AM UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS TRAVELING.
10:57:04AM I HAD SOMETHING TO DO OUT OF TOWN.
10:57:06AM I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH THE PACKET.
10:57:09AM BUT IN THE PACKET WAS A PROJECT, A 131-PAGE READ.
10:57:19AM FIVE OF US DID NOT GET THROUGH THAT.
10:57:22AM MAYBE EVEN MORE DIDN'T GET THROUGH IT, DIDN'T ADMIT THEY
10:57:25AM DIDN'T GET THROUGH THE READ.
10:57:27AM BUT WE WERE ASKED TO GET THROUGH THE PACKET.
10:57:31AM COME IN, AND MAKE A DECISION ON A $9.7 MILLION ASK.
10:57:38AM THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
10:57:39AM WE ASKED FOR MORE INFORMATION.
10:57:41AM I'M SORRY.
10:57:42AM I'M SORRY.
10:57:42AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOUR TIME IS UP.
10:57:43AM SORRY.
10:57:44AM ROBIN LOCKETT.
10:57:45AM >> WE NEEDED MORE INFORMATION.
10:57:47AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
10:57:47AM ROBIN LOCKETT.
10:57:49AM >> DEMAND MORE INFORMATION.
10:57:50AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NEXT SPEAKER AFTER ROBIN IS GOING TO BE
10:57:53AM SURGRET DOSS.
10:57:57AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:57:58AM ROBIN LOCKETT.
10:57:59AM THIS IS JUST MORE OF AN INFORMATIONAL COMMENT.
10:58:05AM THE COUNTY IS RECEIVING $700 MILLION.
10:58:10AM CDBG DR FUNDS, COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT FUNDS FOR DISASTER
10:58:16AM RECOVERY, THEY ARE HOSTING THEIR MEETINGS.
10:58:18AM I ATTENDED THE MEETING AT PIERCE YESTERDAY.
10:58:22AM THE COMMISSIONER WASN'T THERE.
10:58:23AM I KNOW THIS IS THE CITY, BUT I IMPLORE YOU GUYS FOR THE
10:58:29AM COMMUNITY, ONE, TO COME OUT, BECAUSE THE IDEA AROUND THIS
10:58:32AM MONEY IS FOR THE COMMUNITY -- IT'S GOING TO BE HELD AT
10:58:36AM ANDREWS TONIGHT AT 6 P.M.
10:58:38AM THE IDEA ON THIS ONE IS THEY HAVE TO GET COMMUNITY INPUT.
10:58:42AM IF YOU WERE IMPACTED BY THE STORMS, COME OUT AND GIVE YOUR
10:58:45AM INPUT ON HOW THEY SHOULD SPEND THE MONEY.
10:58:47AM IF YOU ARE A CONCERNED CITIZEN AND WEREN'T IMPACTED BY THE
10:58:50AM STORMS, COME OUT.
10:58:51AM CITY COUNCIL, IF ONE OF THESE MEETINGS ARE IN YOUR DISTRICT,
10:58:54AM COME OUT AND HEAR HOW THEY PLAN TO SPEND THE MONEY AND HEAR
10:58:58AM WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS TO SAY IN REGARDS TO HOW THEY SHOULD
10:59:01AM SPEND THAT MONEY.
10:59:01AM TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE AN EDUCATIONAL PART OF IT AND THEY
10:59:05AM WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE FEEDBACK.
10:59:08AM I WANT TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.
10:59:09AM THANK YOU.
10:59:09AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, ROBIN.
10:59:13AM NEXT SPEAKER IS SURGRET DOSS.
10:59:20AM >> SURGRET DOSS.
10:59:21AM I DON'T KNOW WHEN WE HAVE A PROBLEM WHEN I'M LITIGATING WITH
10:59:26AM THE CITY.
10:59:27AM FAKE RUSE OF YOU NOT UNDERSTANDING.
10:59:32AM I WANT TO GET TO A COUPLE OF POINTS.
10:59:33AM LOOK AT THE HIGHLIGHT, YOU SEE SURGRET DOSS, SANDRA TUCKER,
10:59:38AM THE CASE NUMBERS, IT'S CALLED A STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES.
10:59:39AM I KNOW WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ATTORNEYS IN THE ROOM.
10:59:41AM I NEED YOU ALL TO PAY ATTENTION.
10:59:43AM COUPLE OF ATTORNEYS RIGHT HERE.
10:59:46AM MIKE ROE, JUST DESPICABLE.
10:59:56AM MIKE ROE, STEVE LEON.
10:59:59AM I DON'T KNOW HOW INVOLVED HE IS.
11:00:01AM JUDGE PEACOCK WAS THE PRESIDING JUDGE, EMILY PEACOCK,
11:00:05AM ANOTHER DESPICABLE PERSON.
11:00:06AM I'LL GET TO HER IN A LITTLE WHILE.
11:00:09AM ORDERING ME TO SIGN THIS STIPULATION OF THE PARTY.
11:00:12AM WE ALL REMEMBER WHEN SHE TOLD ME THAT A BLACK MAN CAN'T
11:00:16AM ARGUE WITH A WHITE MAN OUTSIDE OF THE COURTROOM.
11:00:18AM I ASKED HER TO DISQUALIFY HERSELF.
11:00:21AM SHE WOULDN'T DO THAT.
11:00:22AM THAT'S JUST WHO SHE IS.
11:00:23AM HERE IS THE RELEASE THEY MADE ME SIGN UNDER CONTEMPT.
11:00:27AM I HIGHLIGHTED THE PARTS.
11:00:29AM YOU CAN SEE IT.
11:00:29AM YOU HAVE AIDES FOR THESE REASONS.
11:00:31AM RIGHT HERE, EVEN ON HERE IT SAYS YOU VOLUNTARILY SIGNED THIS
11:00:37AM AGREEMENT -- UPSIDE DOWN AGAIN.
11:00:40AM MY FAULT AGAIN.
11:00:41AM VOLUNTARILY SIGNED THE AGREEMENT.
11:00:45AM I SIGNED IT UNDER DURESS.
11:00:47AM EVERY ONE OF THE ATTORNEYS I'M GETTING READY TO GO OVER, I'M
11:00:52AM NORMALLY CALIBRATED.
11:00:53AM YOU LOVE SOFT-STEPPING NEGROES AROUND HERE.
11:00:56AM I DIDN'T RUN MY ROUTES SOFT-STEPPING.
11:01:00AM I KNOW I CAN'T SAY IT IS ABOUT ALL WHITE FOLKS.
11:01:05AM I NEED SOME OF YOU WHITE PEOPLE TO GET CONTROL OF THE
11:01:09AM CRACKERS RUNNING AMOK THE TOWN OVER THERE.
11:01:13AM I'M TALKING ABOUT CITY GOVERNMENT, STATE GOVERNMENT.
11:01:15AM BOB BUCKHORN RUNNING FOR MAYOR AGAIN.
11:01:18AM ALREADY GOT A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF MY DAMN HOUSES.
11:01:22AM SOME OF YOU ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS TO DO YOUR DAMN JOB.
11:01:25AM DON'T NEED YOU TO DO NOTHING SPECIAL FOR ME.
11:01:28AM I AM A VETERAN, HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND DISABLED.
11:01:32AM BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS I'M TALKING ABOUT JUDGE EMILY
11:01:36AM PEACOCK.
11:01:37AM NEVER HEAR A CASE.
11:01:38AM PAUL HUEY, NEVER SHOULD HEAR A CASE FROM ME BECAUSE THEY
11:01:41AM WORK WITH GREGORY HOLDER, THE LYING WHITE BOY WHO TOLD
11:01:45AM MICHAEL VICTOR WHO STILL WORKS FOR YOU ALL TO FALSELY ACCUSE
11:01:49AM ME OF PERJURY.
11:01:50AM OF COURSE, I WHIPPED THEIR ASS IN COURT.
11:01:52AM DEALING WITH THIS IN THE 11th CIRCUIT.
11:01:54AM SURE WE'LL GET THE KIND OF OUTCOME WE NEED.
11:01:57AM BOTTOM LINE TO THIS IS, EVEN IN THAT BIBLE THAT SOME OF YOU
11:02:01AM ALL LOVE TO THUMP SO OFTEN, IF YOU GO TO LUKE, I THINK
11:02:05AM CHAPTER 11, I HEARD WE DON'T HAVE LAWYERS WHO WILL STAND UP
11:02:15AM FOR THE PEOPLE.
11:02:16AM BUT IN THE SAME SERIES OF STATEMENT, FOR THEY TAKE AWAY THE
11:02:24AM -- AND THOSE THEY TRY TO ENTER THEY HINDER.
11:02:28AM SHOUT OUT TO UNIVERSITY OF THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL.
11:02:31AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:02:32AM VICTOR DEMAIO WILL BE OUR LAST IN-PERSON PUBLIC SPEAKER.
11:02:36AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
11:02:37AM THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
11:02:39AM VICTOR DEMAIO.
11:02:41AM NORTH FRANKLIN STREET.
11:02:43AM SUITE 103.
11:02:44AM POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
11:02:48AM I JUST WANT TO WISH MY MOM MERCY, TODAY IS HER BIRTHDAY.
11:02:53AM I CANNOT TELL YOU HER AGE OR SHE WILL KILL ME WHEN I GET
11:02:57AM HOME.
11:02:58AM I WAS PROUD TO SEE THE LADY WHO GOT RECOGNIZED TODAY FROM
11:03:01AM THE UTILITY WATER DEPARTMENT, WHEN MY MOM WAS HERE RUNNING
11:03:06AM THE WATER AND UTILITY DEPARTMENT AT THE CITY OF TAMPA, SHE
11:03:08AM WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO EVER DO SO.
11:03:12AM SHE WAS CRITICIZED QUITE A BIT BECAUSE SHE WAS NOT JUST A
11:03:16AM WOMAN BUT ALSO HISPANIC.
11:03:17AM SHE ACTUALLY HIRED THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WATER METER IN
11:03:22AM THE HISTORY OF THE CITY AS WELL.
11:03:24AM GOT CRITICIZED FOR THAT.
11:03:26AM SHE GOT CRITICIZED BECAUSE SHE HIRED TOO MANY LATINS IN THE
11:03:30AM DEPARTMENT.
11:03:31AM HARD TO BELIEVE IN 1960 TAMPA WAS A WHOLE DIFFERENT WORLD
11:03:34AM THAN IT IS TODAY, BUT DISCRIMINATION STILL GOES ON TODAY.
11:03:36AM I'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THAT GOING ON.
11:03:38AM IT'S NOT REALLY DONE.
11:03:40AM WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
11:03:42AM I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT AS WELL.
11:03:44AM BESIDES BEING THE FIRST WOMAN IN HISTORY, RUN FOR OFFICE,
11:03:51AM HER AND BETTY CASTOR, YOU HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE AS A
11:03:54AM PIONEER.
11:03:54AM MY FAMILY WAS A PART OF THAT AS WELL.
11:03:56AM I WANTED TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, MOM, HAPPY
11:04:00AM BIRTHDAY.
11:04:01AM SECONDLY, I HAVE A QUESTION TO ASK.
11:04:04AM I CAME TODAY TO SPEAK ON THE SOUTH HOWARD STORMWATER
11:04:08AM PROJECT, I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE ON THE AGENDA.
11:04:10AM IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY THIS EVENING SOMEWHERE?
11:04:13AM IS THAT SUBJECT COMING UP, TONIGHT OR TODAY?
11:04:17AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY DURING THE PUBLIC
11:04:20AM SPEAKING.
11:04:21AM >> ALL RIGHT.
11:04:21AM I APPRECIATE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
11:04:24AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THERE IS A PUBLIC MEETING TONIGHT.
11:04:26AM NOT CITY COUNCIL.
11:04:27AM THERE IS A PUBLIC MEETING TONIGHT AT THE GARDEN CLUB.
11:04:30AM GARDEN CLUB ON BAYSHORE AT 6:30.
11:04:32AM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:04:33AM I APPRECIATE IT.
11:04:33AM HAVE A GOOD DAY.
11:04:35AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT IS THE LAST IN-PERSON PUBLIC SPEAKER.
11:04:38AM CLERK, WE HAVE FIVE FOLKS REGISTERED.
11:04:40AM THE FIRST IS ALEX STEIN, ARE THEY ONLINE?
11:04:43AM >> THEY ARE NOT ONLINE.
11:04:44AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MICHAEL RANDOLPH.
11:04:47AM MICHAEL RANDOLPH, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
11:04:49AM >> GOOD MORNING.
11:04:50AM MY NAME IS MICHAEL RANDOLPH.
11:04:54AM I'M WITH THE WEST TAMPA CDC.
11:04:56AM I WANT TO START OUT BY GIVING A SHOUT-OUT TO THE YOUNG
11:04:59AM PEOPLE -- PLEAD WITH THEM DON'T MESS IT UP LIKE THE ADULTS.
11:05:07AM TODAY'S CONVERSATION ON THE IMPACT OF ARTIFICIAL
11:05:10AM INTELLIGENCE AND POOR COMMUNITIES.
11:05:12AM THE TITLE IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
11:05:23AM LET'S TALK ABOUT THE JOB LOSSES SINCE BETWEEN 2023 AND 2025.
11:05:28AM IN 2023, THERE WERE 4,000 JOBS LOST.
11:05:36AM IN 2024, OVER 765,000 JOBS WAS LOST.
11:05:43AM THIS IS THE HIGHEST NUMBER IN 15 YEARS.
11:05:47AM IN 2025, IN FEBRUARY, 3.5 MILLION JOBS WAS LOST IN A SINGLE
11:05:55AM MONTH.
11:05:55AM NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE POSITIVES.
11:05:58AM ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND HOW TO EMPOWER THE BLACK
11:06:02AM COMMUNITIES.
11:06:02AM ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CAN REMOVE THE BURDENS BY CREATING
11:06:10AM ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES IN THE BLACK COMMUNITIES.
11:06:14AM CAN DO SO BY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, FINANCIAL INCLUSION, AND
11:06:17AM JOB CREATION.
11:06:19AM ALSO PLAYS A PART IN TERMS OF UPLIFTING THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
11:06:25AM DECENTRALIZED -- WHEN IT COMES TO JOBS.
11:06:35AM IT CAN REMOVE THE VALUES ENABLING BLACK BUSINESSES TO CREATE
11:06:41AM THEIR OWN OPPORTUNITIES.
11:06:43AM CREATE NEW REVENUES.
11:06:45AM THE NEXT MEETING JUNE 30.
11:06:52AM TALK ABOUT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AS WELL AS VIRTUAL
11:07:01AM REALITY.
11:07:02AM A.I. -- PRESENTS BOTH CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES.
11:07:23AM A.I. CAN MARKED INCREASE -- OR HELP MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES
11:07:34AM ENSURING TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS INCLUSION.
11:07:38AM SENIOR CITIZENS, THE DISABLED, THIS IS A WHOLE NEW WORLD
11:07:46AM WHEN IT COMES TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
11:07:48AM THANK YOU.
11:07:49AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MICHAEL.
11:07:50AM OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVID BAILEY.
11:07:56AM DAVID BAILEY, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
11:07:58AM DAVID, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
11:08:09AM >> CAN YOU HEAR ME.
11:08:10AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: LOUD AND CLEAR.
11:08:12AM >> MY APOLOGIES FOR BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
11:08:14AM I'M AT THE VET WITH MY DOGS.
11:08:15AM CAN YOU HEAR ME?
11:08:17AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES.
11:08:19AM >> GOOD MORNING, DAVID BAILEY, LIVING IN HISTORIC YBOR CITY.
11:08:23AM JUST A FEW THINGS TO POINT YOU TOWARDS ON AGENDA 74.
11:08:26AM FIRST OF ALL, AS OF YESTERDAY, I WAS TOLD THAT TAMPA CONNECT
11:08:32AM WAS NOT FUNCTIONING IN TERMS OF CONNECTING WITH CODE
11:08:36AM ENFORCEMENT.
11:08:36AM SO BASICALLY THEY ARE CLAIMING THEY ARE CAUSED WITHOUT
11:08:44AM COMMENT AND NO INFORMATION RELAYED TO CODE ENFORCEMENT WHICH
11:08:47AM IS A PROBLEM WHEN TALKING ABOUT COMPLIANCE AND THE REPORTS
11:08:50AM THAT YOU'LL HEAR ON AGENDA 74.
11:08:55AM RELATED TO THAT, PLEASE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THESE REPORTS
11:08:58AM IN TERMS OF COMPLIANCE BECAUSE BASICALLY HISTORIC
11:09:02AM PRESERVATION AND CODE ENFORCEMENT ARE TELLING YOU THERE'S
11:09:05AM NOTHING TO SEE HERE.
11:09:06AM EVERYTHING IS FINE, AND THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD SAY
11:09:10AM OTHERWISE.
11:09:11AM AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NOT BEEN SILENT IN TERMS OF
11:09:14AM HIGHLIGHTING CONCERNS AND INCONSISTENCIES.
11:09:18AM SO YOU'LL HEAR MORE FROM US IN THE FUTURE.
11:09:21AM ON A SEPARATE NOTE AND SOME OTHER FOLKS HAVE TOUCHED ON
11:09:27AM SHOTSPOTTER WHICH HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE IN YBOR CITY, ASK
11:09:33AM COUNCIL TO ASK CHIEF BERCAW WHEN WE'LL SEE A CRACKDOWN ON
11:09:36AM MODIFIED CAR EXHAUST BECAUSE THESE GUNSHOT SOUNDING EXHAUSTS
11:09:42AM HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO INTERFERE WITH THE SHOTSPOTTER
11:09:46AM TECHNOLOGY.
11:09:47AM COLLIER COUNTY IS LEADING BY EXAMPLE BY DOING MORE IN TERMS
11:09:51AM OF CRACKDOWNS.
11:09:53AM IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF RESOURCES, LIKE WE HEAR OFTEN.
11:09:58AM THIS IS A QUESTION OF -- WE ALL KNOW, WE HAVE ALL
11:10:02AM EXPERIENCED THESE SOUNDS WHERE YOU THINK IT'S A GUNSHOT.
11:10:06AM I REMEMBER TEN YEARS AGO, IF YOU HEARD SOMETHING THAT
11:10:09AM SOUNDED LIKE A GUNSHOT, YOU WERE CONCERNED.
11:10:12AM UNFORTUNATELY, NOW, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE ALL SO, I DON'T WANT
11:10:16AM TO SAY ACCUSTOMED TO THE EXHAUSTS, BUT THEY ARE DANGEROUS,
11:10:20AM AND THEY ARE GOING TO INTERFERE WITH YOUR $1 MILLION
11:10:24AM INVESTMENT IN SHOTSPOTTER.
11:10:25AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
11:10:26AM I YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME.
11:10:28AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MR. BAILEY.
11:10:29AM NEXT SPEAKER IS STEPHANIE HARRISON BAILEY.
11:10:32AM STEPHANIE HARRISON BAILEY, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
11:10:36AM GOOD MORNING.
11:10:42AM >> I TOO AM SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM 74, SPECIFICALLY
11:10:47AM REGARDING STAFF UPDATES FOR PARKING LOT CODE COMPLIANCE IN
11:10:53AM YBOR CITY.
11:10:54AM AS DAVID BAILEY MENTIONED, WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE LAST EIGHT
11:11:00AM MONTHS SINCE THE CODE WAS UPDATED, UNFORTUNATELY NOT A LOT
11:11:05AM OF REAL CHANGE HERE AS YBOR RESIDENTS LIVING ACROSS THE
11:11:11AM STREET, ADJACENT, IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD AS A LOT OF THE
11:11:15AM SURFACE PARKING LOTS.
11:11:16AM IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THE PARKING LOTS THAT HAVE RECEIVED
11:11:21AM BARRIO APPROVAL ACTUALLY TAKE A STEP BACK.
11:11:24AM ALL OF THESE LOTS, ALL OF THESE SURFACE LOTS WERE SUPPOSED
11:11:27AM TO HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY A DEADLINE AT THE END OF LAST YEAR.
11:11:32AM I'M BLANKING ON WHAT THE DATE WAS.
11:11:36AM PER CONVERSATIONS WITH MS. ABBYE FEELEY, AFTER THAT
11:11:40AM DEADLINE, PARKING LOTS, IF THEY HAD NOT COME INTO COMPLIANCE
11:11:43AM WITH THE BARRIO, WITH CODE, THEY HADN'T GOTTEN PERMITS, THEY
11:11:48AM WERE DEEMED TO BE NONCOMPLIANT.
11:11:49AM AND THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE END OF IT.
11:11:51AM IT SEEMS LIKE SOME OF THOSE PARKING LOTS ARE STILL KIND OF
11:11:56AM AT A GLACIAL PACE MOVING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF MAYBE
11:11:59AM DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO BE COMPLIANT AND THEN
11:12:03AM TAKING A LOOK AT MANY OF THE PARKING LOTS OWN DRAWINGS THAT
11:12:07AM ARE UPLOADED INTO ACCELA AND STAMPED APPROVED BY THE BARRIO.
11:12:11AM IT SEEMS LIKE THEY ARE NOT ADHERING TO THEIR OWN DRAWINGS.
11:12:14AM EVEN IF THE DRAWINGS ARE APPROVED, BARRIOS APPROVE THEM, THE
11:12:18AM PARKING LOTS DO NOT LOOK LIKE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO.
11:12:22AM THEY ARE STILL A VISUAL BLIGHT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALSO
11:12:26AM AN ECONOMIC BLIGHT.
11:12:28AM WHEN WE CONTINUE TO ALLOW THESE PARKING LOT OPERATORS TO
11:12:31AM DRAG THEIR FEET IN REGARD TO COMPLIANCE, WHEN WE SLAP THEIR
11:12:36AM HANDS LIGHTLY WHEN THEY DO GET CAUGHT DOING SOMETHING NOT IN
11:12:41AM COMPLIANCE, IS IT JUST CONTINUES TO ALLOW THEM TO DO THE
11:12:44AM SAME THING THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN DOING, AND IT CONTINUES TO
11:12:48AM BRING DOWN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:12:49AM THERE'S REALLY NO REASON FOR ANY OF THESE OPERATORS TO DO
11:12:52AM THE RIGHT THING WHEN WE'RE NOT HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
11:12:55AM WE WOULD JUST ASK CITY COUNCIL TO REALLY START TO HOLD STAFF
11:13:00AM ACCOUNTABLE TO HOLDING THESE PARKING LOT OPERATORS
11:13:05AM ACCOUNTABLE, AND WE ARE HAPPY AS NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS TO
11:13:08AM MEET WITH YOU ALL.
11:13:09AM WE'VE MET WITH SOME OF YOU AND KIND OF LAY OUT SPECIFIC
11:13:12AM ITEMS THAT ARE ISSUES FOR US.
11:13:16AM THAT'S IT.
11:13:17AM THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.
11:13:18AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:13:18AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MS. BAILEY.
11:13:20AM THE NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRIS CURRY.
11:13:22AM CHRIS CURRY IS NOT ONLINE.
11:13:23AM THAT ENDS OUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
11:13:26AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION TODAY.
11:13:27AM NOW WE HAVE SEVERAL BOARD -- CITY COUNCIL BOARD POSITIONS
11:13:31AM THAT WE NEED TO FILL.
11:13:32AM ITEM 4.
11:13:37AM SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES.
11:13:47AM ITEM NUMBER 4 IS APPOINTMENT TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
11:13:59AM COMMISSION.
11:13:59AM WE HAVE ONE OPEN POSITION, AND ONE APPLICANT.
11:14:02AM IS THE APPLICANT HERE?
11:14:04AM WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF?
11:14:10AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
11:14:12AM MY NAME IS JOHN PROKOP.
11:14:13AM I HAVE BEEN SERVING AS YOUR REPRESENTATIVE ON THE
11:14:16AM ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS.
11:14:19AM I'M HERE ASKING FOR YOUR NOMINATION TO SERVE A SUBSEQUENT
11:14:24AM THREE YEARS.
11:14:24AM I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOR THE PAST 42
11:14:28AM YEARS OF MY CAREER.
11:14:30AM MY FIRM IN TAMPA IS ARGUABLY THE FOREMOST HISTORIC
11:14:36AM PRESERVATION CONSULTANTS AND ARCHITECTURAL FIRM IN THE CITY.
11:14:41AM WE DO WORK AT PLANT HALL.
11:14:43AM I HAVE A DOZEN PROJECTS AT PLANT HALL AND AT THE J.C. NEWMAN
11:14:47AM CIGAR FACTORY RIGHT NOW.
11:14:48AM I'M A LIFETIME MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC
11:14:52AM PRESERVATION.
11:14:52AM AND I WOULD BE HONORED TO ACCEPT ANOTHER NOMINATION.
11:14:56AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
11:14:57AM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:14:59AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO THIS BOARD MEMBER DOES A VERY, VERY
11:15:02AM GOOD JOB.
11:15:04AM CERTAINLY DESERVES REAPPOINTMENT.
11:15:05AM I KNOW IT'S ONE POSITION, ONE REAPPOINTMENT.
11:15:10AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: UNANIMOUS CONSENT?
11:15:12AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I MAKE A MOTION TO REAPPOINT MR. PROKOP
11:15:15AM BY UNANIMOUS.
11:15:16AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TO REAPPOINT MR.
11:15:20AM PROKOP FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION BY UNANIMOUS
11:15:22AM CONSENT AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
11:15:25AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
11:15:29AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MY LIGHT IS ON, CHAIR.
11:15:30AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I'M SORRY.
11:15:31AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I JUST WANT TO ASK HIM A QUESTION.
11:15:34AM GOOD MORNING.
11:15:37AM I WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT A DECISION THAT COMES UP
11:15:42AM FOR ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW.
11:15:43AM IT IS REGARDING WOOD FRAME WINDOWS VERSUS CURRENT MODERN
11:15:48AM WINDOWS THAT LOOK WOOD FRAME.
11:15:50AM WE HAD SOMEBODY COME BEFORE US MONTHS AND MONTHS AGO
11:15:56AM ADDRESSING THIS VERY ISSUE.
11:15:57AM >> I RECALL THE CASE.
11:15:59AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WITH THE HURRICANE SEASON UNDERWAY, I
11:16:02AM STARTED THINKING ABOUT THAT, NOT JUST FOR MY 1901 HOME BUT
11:16:07AM FOR EVERYONE ELSE WHO HAS WINDOWS THAT, IN MY OPINION, COULD
11:16:11AM BE CONSIDERED FRAGILE BECAUSE OF HURRICANE SEASON, ALTHOUGH
11:16:14AM THE HOUSE HAS BEEN STANDING SINCE 1901.
11:16:18AM I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE
11:16:21AM ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE WOULD RECONSIDER OR EVEN TAKE
11:16:24AM INTO CONSIDERATION UNDER THE GUIDELINES THAT WE CURRENTLY
11:16:29AM HAVE.
11:16:30AM >> WE HAVE, AND SO HAS THE SECRETARY OF INTERIOR IN
11:16:33AM WASHINGTON, D.C. WHOSE STANDARDS ARE THE NATIONAL GUIDELINES
11:16:37AM FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
11:16:38AM ON ORIGINAL HISTORIC FABRIC HOUSES, THIS IS NOT CONSIDERING
11:16:45AM ADDITIONS OR OUT BUILDINGS OR ANYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT,
11:16:49AM ORIGINAL HISTORIC FABRIC, THE NATIONAL GUIDELINES STILL
11:16:55AM REQUIRES THAT THE REPLACEMENT ITEM BE REQUIRED TO BE OF
11:17:00AM SIMILAR MATERIALITY.
11:17:01AM AND CHANGING FROM A WOOD WINDOW TO AN ALUMINUM CLAD WINDOW
11:17:05AM IS NOT SIMILAR MATERIALITY.
11:17:09AM IT IS POSSIBLE, AND THERE ARE COMPANIES HERE IN TAMPA THAT
11:17:13AM DO IT, TO RETROFIT ORIGINAL HISTORIC FRAMES WITH IMPACT
11:17:18AM GLAZING.
11:17:20AM THAT DOES NOT MAKE THEM MEET, QUOTE, UNQUOTE, A HURRICANE
11:17:23AM WINDOW BECAUSE THE FRAME AND THE SASHES THEMSELVES WOULD
11:17:27AM HAVE TO BE REINFORCED TO A GREATER EXTENT.
11:17:31AM BUT OUR ARGUMENT AGAINST THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT
11:17:34AM WHEN YOU TEST FOR A HURRICANE WINDOW, THEY FIRE A TWO BY
11:17:39AM FOUR AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AT THE WINDOW.
11:17:41AM THAT'S HOW THEY TEST IT.
11:17:43AM IN MOST HISTORIC FRAME BUILDINGS IN PARTICULAR, YOU COULD
11:17:48AM PUT A HURRICANE WINDOW IN AND YET NONE OF YOUR ROOF JOISTS
11:17:55AM ARE STRAPPED TO THE WALLS.
11:17:58AM YOUR WALLS AREN'T STRAPPED TO YOUR FOUNDATIONS, AND YOUR
11:18:01AM WALLS THEMSELVES ARE NOT HURRICANE RESISTANT AND YOU CAN
11:18:05AM SHOOT A TWO BY FOUR RIGHT NEXT TO THE WINDOW AND IT WILL GO
11:18:09AM RIGHT THROUGH THE WALL.
11:18:11AM IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO CHANGE THE STANDARDS TO PUT A
11:18:15AM HURRICANE WINDOW IN AN OPENING AND THEN RIGHT HERE, THE TWO
11:18:20AM BY FOUR WOULD GO THROUGH THE WALL ANYWAY.
11:18:23AM THE BUILDING ITSELF ISN'T HURRICANE PROOF IN ORDER FOR THERE
11:18:26AM TO BE A HURRICANE-PROOF BUILDING, THE ENTIRE BUILDING HAS TO
11:18:29AM BE BROUGHT UP TO HURRICANE CODES.
11:18:31AM THAT'S WHY WE'RE STILL NOT ALLOWING ANY CHANGES OF WINDOWS
11:18:34AM FROM WOOD TO ANY OTHER MATERIAL.
11:18:37AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT EXPLANATION.
11:18:39AM IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TO BE ON
11:18:42AM THIS BOARD.
11:18:42AM I APPRECIATE THAT.
11:18:43AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAD A MOTION FOR UNANIMOUS CONSENT FROM
11:18:46AM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:18:47AM COUNCILMAN CARLSON, DID YOU HAVE YOUR MICROPHONE?
11:18:50AM WE HAVE THE MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:18:53AM SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
11:18:54AM UNANIMOUS CONSENT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
11:18:58AM OPPOSED?
11:18:58AM AYES HAVE IT.
11:18:59AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
11:19:01AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: I HAVE PREPARED A RESOLUTION.
11:19:03AM IF YOU CAN MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
11:19:05AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN
11:19:07AM HENDERSON.
11:19:07AM SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
11:19:10AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
11:19:10AM OPPOSED?
11:19:11AM MS. CLERK.
11:19:17AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: GOOD MORNING.
11:19:18AM SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES, CITY CLERK.
11:19:20AM WE HAVE DR. LAURA HARRISON THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED
11:19:32AM AS THE ARCHAEOLOGIST MEMBER ON THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION
11:19:36AM COMMISSION.
11:19:39AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DR. HARRISON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP
11:19:42AM AND SPEAK TO US?
11:19:45AM >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY.
11:19:48AM MY NAME IS DR. LAURA HARRISON.
11:19:51AM I AM A PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA WITH A
11:19:54AM BACKGROUND IN ARCHAEOLOGY.
11:19:55AM IT'S TAKEN ME ALL AROUND THE WORLD FROM BRONZE AGE SITES IN
11:19:59AM TURKEY TO HISTORIC SITES IN NEW YORK AND HERE IN FLORIDA.
11:20:02AM I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, SINCE 2016 WHERE I
11:20:06AM HAVE LED A LAB AT THE UNIVERSITY CALLED ACCESS 3D WHICH IS
11:20:11AM ALL ABOUT DIGITAL HERITAGE, UTILIZING ADVANCED DIGITAL TOOLS
11:20:15AM TO PRESERVE AND STEWARD HERITAGE SITES WITHIN FLORIDA AND
11:20:19AM ALSO AROUND THE WORLD.
11:20:20AM SO AS A RESULT OF THAT WORK, I'VE PARTNERED SEVERAL TIMES
11:20:24AM WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA ON HERITAGE PRESERVATION PROJECTS AT
11:20:28AM PLACES LIKE UNION STATION AND THE DE SOTO COMMUNITY CENTER
11:20:31AM AS WELL AS THE HART TECO STREETCARS.
11:20:34AM THIS IS WORK THAT'S REALLY CORE TO MY PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY.
11:20:38AM IT'S SOMETHING THAT I VALUE REALLY HIGHLY.
11:20:40AM I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THE LEADERSHIP THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA
11:20:43AM HAS SHOWN IN THIS REGARD, AND IT WOULD BE MY PLEASURE TO
11:20:46AM SERVE ON THIS COMMISSION.
11:20:47AM THANK YOU.
11:20:48AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, DR. HARRISON.
11:20:49AM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:20:50AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LIKE THE PREVIOUS APPLICANT, MR. PROKOP,
11:20:53AM A VALUABLE MEMBER OF THE BOARD AS AN EXISTING MEMBER, DR.
11:20:58AM HARRISON HAS AN AMAZING RESUM , AN AMAZING BACKGROUND AND
11:21:03AM WOULD BE PERFECT ADDITION TO THIS HISTORIC PRESERVATION
11:21:07AM COMMISSION.
11:21:10AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
11:21:11AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OFFICIAL MOTION.
11:21:12AM MOVE TO ACCEPT.
11:21:13AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: UNANIMOUS CONSENT FROM COUNCILMAN
11:21:16AM MANISCALCO.
11:21:16AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:21:18AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
11:21:19AM I'M SORRY, MIRANDA.
11:21:21AM YOU'RE RIGHT.
11:21:21AM AYES HAVE IT.
11:21:23AM WE WILL PREPARE A RESOLUTION TO MOVE IT AT A LATER DATE.
11:21:28AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:21:28AM CONGRATULATIONS.
11:21:29AM CLERK FOXX-KNOWLES.
11:21:35AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: GOOD MORNING AGAIN.
11:21:37AM SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES, CITY CLERK.
11:21:39AM MR. SHELBY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROVIDE SOME WORDS BEFORE WE
11:21:45AM GET STARTED?
11:21:46AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: NOT NECESSARY.
11:21:47AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: OH, OKAY.
11:21:49AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OH, MY GOSH, MR. SHELBY DOESN'T HAVE
11:21:51AM WORDS?
11:21:51AM MARK THIS CALENDAR.
11:21:57AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THERE ARE SIX INDIVIDUALS SEEKING
11:22:02AM THE POSITION OF PLANNER OR PLANNING COMMITTEE ON THE
11:22:09AM COUNTY-CITY-COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION.
11:22:15AM THE FIRST ONE, MR. NICHOLAS CARLONE IS UNDER THE WEATHER AND
11:22:24AM WILL NOT BE HERE.
11:22:25AM THE NEXT INDIVIDUAL IS BRAYDEN CURRY.
11:22:29AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE FIRST APPLICANT IS ACTUALLY ONLINE TO
11:22:32AM SPEAK.
11:22:32AM LET HIM GO FIRST?
11:22:34AM ARE YOU ONLINE?
11:22:39AM >> YES, SIR.
11:22:40AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VERY GOOD.
11:22:41AM YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
11:22:45AM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY.
11:22:46AM I APPRECIATE THAT.
11:22:47AM I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO COME IN TODAY.
11:22:50AM I ACTUALLY HAVE THE FLU.
11:22:53AM I DON'T WANT TO GET NOBODY SICK.
11:22:57AM I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD, SPEAK MY PART.
11:23:00AM I LOVE TAMPA BAY.
11:23:01AM I LIVED IN TAMPA LAST 15 YEARS AFTER MILITARY, AFTER
11:23:07AM COLLEGE.
11:23:07AM I KNOW I HAVE ALL THE TOOLS AND RECOGNITIONS THAT I WOULD
11:23:11AM NEED TO SUCCESSFULLY HOLD THIS POSITION.
11:23:14AM I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS KNOW THAT I'LL DO MY
11:23:19AM BEST.
11:23:20AM UPHOLD EVERYTHING THAT I CAN AND YOU'LL DEFINITELY HAVE MY
11:23:23AM WORD THAT I'LL DO WHATEVER I CAN, WHATEVER IT TAKES FOR AS
11:23:27AM LONG AS YOU GUYS WILL HAVE ME.
11:23:29AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:23:30AM WE HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER.
11:23:31AM NEXT IS BRAYDEN CURRY.
11:23:36AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: BRAYDEN CURRY.
11:23:47AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
11:23:48AM BRAYDEN CURRY.
11:23:49AM PRESIDENT OF CURCO CAPITAL.
11:23:51AM TODAY I COME BEFORE YOU BOTH AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND A
11:23:54AM RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
11:23:55AM WITH BOTH MY HOME AND OFFICE BEING LOCATED IN DISTRICT 4.
11:23:59AM I'M HERE TO RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN MY
11:24:02AM APPOINTMENT TO THE CITY-COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION.
11:24:04AM SINCE MOVING BACK TO TAMPA ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, I'VE
11:24:07AM BEEN FOCUSED ON FINDING MEANINGFUL WAYS TO GIVE BACK TO A
11:24:10AM CITY THAT HAS GIVEN SO MUCH TO MY FAMILY AND ME.
11:24:13AM MY WIFE AND I TRULY LOVE TAMPA BAY AND THE SURROUNDING
11:24:17AM DISTRICTS THAT ARE NESTLED THEREIN.
11:24:18AM WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS CITY'S GROWTH AND VIBRANCY HASN'T
11:24:22AM HAPPENED BY ACCIDENT.
11:24:23AM THEY HAVE BEEN SHAPED BY BOTH THOUGHTFUL PLANNING AND
11:24:25AM LONG-TERM VISION.
11:24:26AM THAT SAID, ALWAYS MORE WE CAN DO AND ALWAYS WAYS WE CAN DO
11:24:29AM BETTER.
11:24:30AM MY PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND IS ROOTED IN DEVELOPMENT, LAND
11:24:32AM USE, AND ENTITLEMENTS.
11:24:34AM I WORK DIRECTLY WITH MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS CENTRAL AND
11:24:36AM SOUTHWEST FLORIDA TO NAVIGATE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE,
11:24:40AM COMPREHENSIVE PLANS AND POLICY FRAMEWORKS THAT SUPPORT
11:24:44AM REASONABLE, WELL ALIGNED GROWTH.
11:24:46AM MOST IMPORTANTLY, I HELPED INTRODUCE NEW POLICY IN MANATEE
11:24:48AM COUNTY THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE CONCEPT OF NONBINDING
11:24:52AM HEARINGS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS AS AN INCENTIVE FOR
11:24:57AM AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
11:24:58AM THIS POLICY IS CURRENTLY BEING SUPPORTED BY THE AFFORDABLE
11:25:00AM HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND IS AN EFFORT AIMED AT
11:25:02AM CREATING A PATH FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS TO RECEIVE EARLY
11:25:04AM FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD BEFORE ENTERING FULL SUFFICIENCY
11:25:07AM REVIEWS AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS.
11:25:09AM WHILE THIS POLICY IS STILL TAKING SHAPE, IT REFLECTS MY
11:25:13AM BROADER APPROACH -- COLLABORATIVE, SOLUTIONS ORIENTED, AND
11:25:16AM ROOTED IN PROCESS.
11:25:17AM I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A POLICY I WOULD ENCOURAGE THIS
11:25:19AM COUNCIL TO LOOK AT FURTHER AS WELL.
11:25:20AM THIS EXPERIENCE HAS GIVEN ME A DEEP APPRECIATION FOR HOW
11:25:25AM LOCAL POLICY DECISIONS IMPACT REAL PEOPLE, HOW THEY SHAPE
11:25:28AM QUALITY OF LIFE, AFFORDABILITY, AND ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY.
11:25:32AM I SPEND MY TIME IN DETAILS REVIEWING COMP PLANS,
11:25:35AM INTERPRETING LAND DEVELOPMENT CODES AND TRACKING STATE
11:25:37AM LEGISLATION THAT AFFECTS THE FUTURE OF OUR CITIES.
11:25:39AM EXAMPLES OF THIS INCLUDE VARIOUS STATE BILLS RELATED TO
11:25:43AM AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND SOME OF THE NEWEST STATE BILLS SUCH
11:25:45AM AS STATE BILL 1730.
11:25:47AM THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY.
11:25:48AM I DO BELIEVE THAT TAMPA THRIVES WHEN PLANNING IS INTENTIONAL
11:25:51AM AND FORWARD THINKING.
11:25:52AM I BELIEVE THAT IS A PERSPECTIVE I WOULD BRING TO THIS
11:25:55AM PLANNING COMMISSION.
11:25:56AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
11:25:57AM I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
11:25:59AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANYBODY HAVE A QUESTION?
11:26:01AM I HAVE ONE.
11:26:04AM I SHOULD HAVE ASKED NICHOLAS AS WELL.
11:26:07AM AS AN APPOINTEE OF THIS BOARD, DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN
11:26:11AM YOU ARE SERVING ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WE SET THE
11:26:14AM POLICY, SO YOU ARE BRINGING OUR VOICE TO THE PLANNING
11:26:16AM COMMISSION BOARD?
11:26:18AM >> SURE, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
11:26:19AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VERY GOOD.
11:26:20AM THANK YOU.
11:26:20AM ANYBODY ELSE?
11:26:25AM >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:26:31AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THE NEXT APPLICANT IS MELONY
11:26:36AM WILLIAMS.
11:26:46AM >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
11:26:49AM MY NAME IS MELONY WILLIAMS, A TAMPA NATIVE AND GRADUATE OF
11:26:53AM HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.
11:26:54AM I'M HONORED TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A SEAT ON THE PLANNING
11:26:57AM COMMISSION.
11:26:57AM I WOULD LIKE TO BRIEFLY SHARE THREE KEY REASONS WHY MY
11:27:00AM BACKGROUND AS A RIDER ARMY LIEUTENANT COLONEL WITH 29 YEARS
11:27:04AM OF HONORABLE SERVICE ALIGNS WITH THE COMMISSION'S MISSION
11:27:07AM AND VISION.
11:27:07AM I BRING A HISTORY OF LEADING COLLABORATIVE TEAMS AND
11:27:11AM FOSTERING UNITY ACROSS DIVERSE GROUPS TO ACHIEVE COMMON
11:27:15AM GOALS.
11:27:16AM I POSSESS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN LONG-RANGE PLANNING
11:27:23AM BALANCING PRESENT NEEDS WITH FUTURE GROWTH.
11:27:24AM I HAVE A LIFELONG COMMITMENT TO SERVICE AND BUILDING STRONG,
11:27:27AM RESILIENT COMMUNITIES.
11:27:29AM DURING MY MILITARY CAREER, I LED OPERATIONS PLANNING EFFORTS
11:27:33AM IN BOTH COMBAT AND SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTS, INCLUDING
11:27:36AM DEPLOYMENTS TO THE MIDDLE EAST AND ASSIGNMENTS IN SOUTH
11:27:40AM KOREA.
11:27:41AM THESE ROLES REQUIRED MANAGING TRANSPORTATION, LOGISTICS,
11:27:44AM INTERAGENCY COORDINATION, INFRASTRUCTURE READINESS ACROSS
11:27:48AM REGIONAL LINES, ALL OF WHICH DIRECTLY RELATE TO THE
11:27:51AM COMMISSION'S RESPONSIBILITY TO PROMOTE AND COORDINATE
11:27:55AM LONG-TERM PLANNING THAT IMPROVES QUALITY OF LIFE AND
11:27:59AM SUPPORTS SUSTAINABLE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
11:28:01AM AS A COMPANY COMMANDER, I WAS ENTRUSTED NOT ONLY WITH
11:28:04AM MISSION SUCCESS, BUT WITH THE CARE AND WELL-BEING OF
11:28:07AM SOLDIERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
11:28:09AM I ENSURED THEY WERE INFORMED, SUPPORTED AND EQUIPPED TO
11:28:13AM THRIVE.
11:28:14AM PRINCIPLES THAT CONTINUE TO GUIDE HOW I SERVE OTHERS TODAY.
11:28:17AM I BELIEVE PLANNING IS NOT JUST ABOUT POLICY, IT'S ABOUT
11:28:22AM PEOPLE.
11:28:22AM HERE IN TAMPA, I AM PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE GROWTH
11:28:28AM AFFORDABILITY CRISIS.
11:28:29AM WITH THE INFLUX OF NEW RESIDENTS, RISING LIVING COSTS AND
11:28:33AM LIMITED HOUSING OPTIONS, MANY FAMILIES ARE BEING PUSHED
11:28:38AM BEYOND THEIR MEANS.
11:28:39AM HOMELESSNESS IS RISING.
11:28:42AM ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY IS A REALITY FOR MANY.
11:28:44AM THESE ISSUES ARE INTERCONNECTED AND REQUIRE THOUGHTFUL,
11:28:49AM FORWARD LOOKING SOLUTIONS THAT PRESERVE THE CHARACTER OF OUR
11:28:52AM NEIGHBORHOODS WHILE ADDRESSING THE EVOLVING NEEDS OF OUR
11:28:57AM RESIDENTS.
11:28:58AM MY BACKGROUND IS ROOTED IN SERVICE, STRATEGY, AND CIVIC
11:29:02AM RESPONSIBILITY.
11:29:02AM I HAVE LED HIGH-LEVEL PLANNING EFFORTS, PARTICIPATED IN
11:29:06AM COMMUNITY INITIATIVES, AND EVEN RAN FOR LOCAL OFFICE TO
11:29:09AM FURTHER MY COMMITMENT TO BUILD PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT.
11:29:13AM I UNDERSTAND HOW TO WORK IN COMMITTEE SETTINGS, FACILITATE
11:29:16AM MEANINGFUL DISCUSSIONS AND KEEP TEAMS FOCUSED ON SHARED
11:29:20AM OUTCOMES.
11:29:20AM I BELIEVE IN INCLUSIVE DECISION MAKING AND INFORMED
11:29:23AM COLLABORATION, PRINCIPLES ESSENTIAL TO WORK ON THIS
11:29:26AM COMMISSION.
11:29:26AM IN CLOSING, MY EXPERIENCE HAS TAUGHT ME THE VALUE OF
11:29:30AM LONG-TERM THINKING, ETHICAL LEADERSHIP, AND PEOPLE FIRST
11:29:33AM PLANNING.
11:29:34AM I BRING A DIVERSE BACKGROUND THAT IS WELL ALIGNED WITH THE
11:29:37AM PLANNING COMMISSION'S MISSION TO INFORM, INVOLVE, INVEST,
11:29:41AM INNOVATIVE, AND MAKING A LASTING IMPACT.
11:29:44AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
11:29:46AM I LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY
11:29:48AM AND CONTRIBUTE TO A FUTURE THAT REFLECTS THE VOICES OF NEEDS
11:29:51AM OF ALL WHO CALL TAMPA HOME.
11:29:53AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:29:54AM >> THANK YOU.
11:29:58AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BEFORE YOU LEAVE, SAME QUESTION.
11:29:59AM SO YOU UNDERSTAND SERVING ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, YOU
11:30:01AM ARE SERVING THIS BOARD AND YOU ARE BASICALLY THE VOICE OF
11:30:04AM THIS BOARD.
11:30:05AM YOU BRING THAT AS FAR AS POLICY DECISIONS TO THE BOARD.
11:30:09AM >> YES, SIR.
11:30:09AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
11:30:17AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THE NEXT APPLICANT IS MR. RICK
11:30:20AM KUGLER.
11:30:29AM >> GOOD MORNING.
11:30:29AM RICK KUGLER.
11:30:30AM NEW EAST TAMPA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
11:30:31AM THE CRA.
11:30:33AM EAST TAMPA CRA.
11:30:34AM FIRST, GOT TO SAY THAT OUR HOUSE HOLD IS A BIG FAN OF THE
11:30:43AM CURRENT TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
11:30:43AM I THINK I HAVE SEEN MANY OF YOUR RECORDED MEETINGS.
11:30:46AM DIANE I THINK HAS SEEN ALL OF THEM.
11:30:48AM WE REALLY, REALLY THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR US, FOR
11:30:51AM OUR FAMILY, AND FOR THE CITY.
11:30:53AM SECOND, I LOOKED OVER THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND I
11:30:56AM UNDERSTAND A LOT OF WHAT GOES ON THERE, IMPRESSED WITH THE
11:31:04AM SKILLS AND BACKGROUND AND PROCESS THEY GO THROUGH TO TRY TO
11:31:07AM MOVE THINGS FORWARD IN OUR CITY AND COUNTY.
11:31:08AM I AM NOT A BANKER OR DEVELOPER.
11:31:13AM I HAPPEN TO BE RESIDING IN EAST TAMPA AND LOVE IT THERE.
11:31:17AM IN EAST TAMPA, WE SPEND A LOT OF OUR TIME TO IMPROVE THE
11:31:29AM NEIGHBORHOOD, LIFT IT UP, WORK ON PARKS AND OTHER ISSUES
11:31:33AM THAT WE SEE IN THE CITY, ESPECIAL IN THE EAST TAMPA AREA.
11:31:37AM NO FINANCIAL OR SPECIFIC GOALS GOING INTO THE PLANNING
11:31:44AM COMMISSION.
11:31:45AM I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT OUR ISSUES ARE DEALT WITH SO
11:31:50AM THAT EAST TAMPA CAN BLOSSOM THE WAY WE BOTH IMAGINE IT CAN
11:31:54AM BE.
11:31:55AM I'M A RETIRED GUY BUT LIVE A VERY ACTIVE LIFE.
11:32:00AM WE ENJOY TAMPA WITH ITS CULTURE AND ITS BEAUTY.
11:32:04AM WE USE THE BIKE TRAILS.
11:32:06AM PILING TRAILS AND HIKING TRAILS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, AND
11:32:10AM REALLY DO APPRECIATE THIS FORESTED COUNTY THAT WE LIVE IN.
11:32:16AM WE BELIEVE THAT IF WE CAN TAKE CARE OF SOME BASIC THINGS,
11:32:22AM THE WAY TO MANAGE AND BENEFIT CITIES IS IF WE CAN FOCUS ON
11:32:30AM PROVIDING -- ARE YOU UPSIDE DOWN?
11:32:32AM WE BELIEVE THAT IF WE CAN CREATE THE CONDITIONS FOR AN
11:32:46AM ECOLOGY THAT CAN SUSTAIN US.
11:32:48AM AND WE ALSO PROVIDE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM THAT PROTECTS
11:32:53AM US.
11:32:54AM THE FRUIT OF THAT WILL BE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT CAN
11:32:58AM SUSTAIN THE REST OF OUR LIFE.
11:33:00AM WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE -- THE BUILDING OF THE ECONOMIC
11:33:13AM SYSTEM CAN THEN SUPPLY NEEDS IN TERMS OF MORE AFFORDABLE
11:33:17AM HOUSING, BETTER CONNECTIVITY, BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE, AND
11:33:23AM ALSO IMPROVED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
11:33:25AM WE'LL HAVE ACTUALLY MORE HOPE AND LESS DESPAIR WITH THAT
11:33:29AM KIND OF WAY OF APPROACHING THINGS.
11:33:34AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, RICK.
11:33:35AM >> PLEASE CONSIDER MY APPOINTMENT TO THE PLANNING
11:33:37AM COMMISSION.
11:33:38AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: LIKE I ASKED THE LAST COUPLE OF
11:33:40AM APPLICANTS, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE SERVING AT THE
11:33:43AM PLEASURE OF THE BOARD, THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE BOARD AND
11:33:45AM THAT THIS BOARD, THIS COUNCIL SETS THE LAND USE POLICIES,
11:33:51AM YOUR ROLE ON THE BOARD WOULD BE TO IMPLEMENT THOSE TYPES OF
11:33:55AM POLICIES ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
11:33:57AM >> YES, I UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP.
11:33:58AM CITY COUNCIL, AND THEN THE GO-BETWEEN TO OUR CITY-COUNTY
11:34:04AM COMMISSION.
11:34:04AM YES.
11:34:05AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VERY GOOD.
11:34:06AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:34:14AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THE NEXT APPLICANT WILL BE WILL
11:34:16AM FREEMAN.
11:34:21AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: GOOD MORNING.
11:34:22AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
11:34:22AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME HERE.
11:34:24AM MY NAME IS WILL FREEMAN.
11:34:26AM SOUTH TAMPA RESIDENT.
11:34:27AM BEEN HERE ABOUT FOUR YEARS.
11:34:28AM I KNOW YOU HAVE SEEN EVERYONE'S RESUM , BUT A BRIEF SUMMARY
11:34:32AM OF MY BACKGROUND SO IT TIES DIRECTLY TO WHERE I THINK I
11:34:35AM PROVIDE A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE TO CITY PLANNING.
11:34:37AM MY BACKGROUND, I KIND OF TRAVELED THROUGHOUT ALL THE COUNTRY
11:34:41AM AND EVEN THE WORLD, BUT STARTED OFF IN BIG TECH, WORKING AT
11:34:45AM COMPANIES LIKE LINKEDIN AND ORACLE.
11:34:47AM WENT ON AND STARTED TO GET MY FEET WET IN START-UP SPACE, SO
11:34:48AM WENT TO AN EARLY STAGE START-UP THAT WAS STARTING TO GET
11:34:52AM SIGNIFICANT FUNDING.
11:34:52AM ULTIMATELY GOT ACQUIRED FOR NINE FIGURES AND GREW THEIR
11:34:56AM SERVICES BUSINESS THERE.
11:34:57AM ULTIMATELY, WHILE WORKING REMOTE FOR THAT COMPANY, LIKE MANY
11:35:00AM OTHERS, I MADE THE TREK HERE TO TAMPA.
11:35:03AM I'VE BEEN HERE THE PAST FOUR YEARS.
11:35:05AM ULTIMATELY, I WENT AND STARTED TO DO ENTREPRENEURSHIP
11:35:08AM FULL-TIME AS OF ACTUALLY THE END OF LAST YEAR.
11:35:10AM ON THE SIDE OF CORPORATE LIFE, I WAS GROWING MY OWN START-UP
11:35:13AM ON THE SIDE, A CONSULTANCY FOR NONPROFITS, SPECIFICALLY
11:35:17AM RELATED TO MARKETING ANALYTICS.
11:35:19AM WE SOLD THAT COMPANY AND SUCCESSFUL EXIT EARLIER THIS YEAR
11:35:22AM IN FEBRUARY.
11:35:23AM NOW I DO ENTREPRENEURSHIP FULL-TIME FOCUSED ON BUSINESS
11:35:27AM ACQUISITIONS AND BUSINESS ADVISORY.
11:35:29AM WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE AREA, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO
11:35:32AM BUSINESS ACQUISITION, TRYING TO DEMOCRATIZE THE IDEA OF
11:35:35AM PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO SELL SMALL BUSINESSES.
11:35:39AM OFTENTIMES LEGACY BUSINESSES THAT ARE SHUT DOWN AND DON'T
11:35:42AM KNOW WHERE TO APPROACH IT, BUT CREATING ECONOMIC
11:35:45AM OPPORTUNITY.
11:35:45AM AND WORKING WITH PARTNERS TO ACQUIRE AND GIVE THE
11:35:48AM OPPORTUNITY TO EXIT BY DIRECTLY PROVIDING CAPITAL TO THEM.
11:35:51AM IN TERMS OF THE ADVISORY PIECE, ALSO ADVISING OTHERS IN THE
11:35:54AM SPACE TO MAKE SURE THEY GET THE SUPPORT THEY NEED, INCLUSIVE
11:35:57AM OF VARIOUS TAMPA BAY START-UPS AND ALSO ENTERPRISE
11:36:00AM COMPANIES.
11:36:01AM MY BACKGROUND, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF
11:36:04AM EVERYWHERE.
11:36:05AM IN ITS ESSENCE, TIES BACK TO THE REASON WHY I CAME TO TAMPA,
11:36:09AM THE SHIFT OF PEOPLE EITHER COMING HERE TO COME WORK FOR NEW
11:36:12AM COMPANIES THAT ARE MAKING A PRESENCE HERE.
11:36:15AM ACTUALLY STARTING COMPANIES THEMSELVES.
11:36:17AM I'VE BEEN HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THIS AREA TO GET INVOLVED IN
11:36:20AM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
11:36:21AM I SIT ON THE BOARD FOR USF, THEIR ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTER.
11:36:24AM I ACTUALLY HAD MY OWN NONPROFIT WHICH I DO A COMMUNITY EVENT
11:36:28AM FOR, SIT ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR SYNAPSE OF FLORIDA.
11:36:36AM VARIOUS OTHER ORGANIZATIONS HERE.
11:36:37AM REALLY HAVING A PULSE NOT ONLY IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC
11:36:40AM DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY AN INTEGRAL PART OF COMMUNITY
11:36:43AM PLANNING BUT ALSO MAKING SURE I HAVE A VOICE OF THE
11:36:46AM COMMUNITY, WHETHER THEY ARE BUILDERS COMING HERE TO START
11:36:49AM COMPANIES AND INCREASE WITH JOB OPPORTUNITIES OR OTHER
11:36:52AM OPPORTUNITIES THAT MIGHT PRESENT THEMSELVES BY HAVING THE
11:36:54AM VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE NOT ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN
11:36:57AM HERE FOR YEARS BUT ALSO NEW PEOPLE LOOKING TO BUILD HERE
11:37:01AM INCLUSIVE OF THE STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY THAT I WORKED WITH AT
11:37:03AM USF AND UT WHICH I THINK IS A BIG EMPHASIS THAT WE NEED TO
11:37:07AM KEEP IN MIND TO MAKE SURE THEY STAY HERE LONG TERM.
11:37:09AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:37:10AM HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS.
11:37:11AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SAME QUESTION FOR YOU.
11:37:13AM CITY COUNCIL APPOINTS YOU TO THE BOARD, THIS COUNCIL IS THE
11:37:16AM ONE THAT SETS THE POLICIES AND WE ASK YOU TO BE THE VOICE OF
11:37:21AM OUR POLICY TO THIS BOARD, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT ROLE?
11:37:25AM >> YES, I DO.
11:37:26AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:37:27AM >> THANK YOU, GUYS.
11:37:31AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: COUNCIL, THE LAST APPLICANT IS
11:37:34AM MATTHEW SIENK.
11:37:45AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
11:37:46AM IT'S GREAT TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS AGAIN.
11:37:50AM I LIKE BEING IN CHAMBER WITH YOU ALL.
11:37:52AM MY PRESENCE HERE TODAY IS TO CONTINUE MY COMMITMENT TO BEING
11:37:56AM IN SERVICE TO MY COMMUNITY.
11:37:57AM I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT IN TAMPA FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS.
11:38:01AM I'VE WORKED IN DEVELOPMENT, REAL ESTATE, HOME CONSTRUCTION,
11:38:05AM AND I'VE WORKED IN DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT TAMPA BAY.
11:38:08AM I COME HERE BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT THE GROWTH OF OUR CITY,
11:38:12AM ENSURING THAT GROWTH IS THOUGHTFUL, INCLUSIVE, AND BUILT
11:38:15AM WITH LONG TERM IN MIND.
11:38:17AM I HOLD A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN REAL ESTATE FROM FLORIDA STATE
11:38:20AM UNIVERSITY THAT KIND OF GAVE ME THE BASELINE OF REAL ESTATE.
11:38:24AM I WAS ABLE TO WORK IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR FOR ALMOST 15 YEARS
11:38:28AM TO KIND OF SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT IN REAL LIFE.
11:38:30AM I ALSO HOLD A MASTER'S DEGREE IN LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT
11:38:33AM FROM NOVA SOUTHEAST.
11:38:35AM THAT'S GIVEN ME THE SKILL SET TO TALK TO PEOPLE, UNDERSTAND
11:38:38AM LEADERSHIP, HOW TO INTERACT, HOW TO KEEP EVERYBODY ON THE
11:38:41AM SAME TRAIN WITHOUT FLYING OFF THE SIDES.
11:38:44AM PROFESSIONALLY, I WAS IN SERVICE WITH A NATIONAL HOME
11:38:49AM BUILDERS WHERE I DEVELOPED COMMUNITIES ACROSS HILLSBOROUGH,
11:38:52AM PINELLAS, PASCO, AND HERNANDO.
11:38:54AM THE RELEVANCE TO THAT IS HOW OTHER COUNTIES MOVE AND
11:38:57AM DEVELOPMENT IMPACT HOW WE MOVE AND DEVELOP HERE.
11:39:01AM WE'RE INHERITING PEOPLE ON OUR STREETS, IN OUR
11:39:05AM NEIGHBORHOODS, IN OUR HOUSING ISSUES.
11:39:07AM THOSE THINGS ALL TIE TOGETHER ON A BIG SCALE.
11:39:09AM UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND US ALSO HAS A BIG
11:39:13AM IMPACT ON HOW IT'S HANDLED WITHIN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND
11:39:16AM CITY OF TAMPA.
11:39:17AM OTHER THING THAT I'VE ALSO BEEN A PART OF, I'M AN APPOINTEE
11:39:23AM -- FOR THE TPO.
11:39:25AM I UNDERSTAND THE JOB OF APPOINTEE IS AND HOW TO CONVEY WHAT
11:39:28AM IS IMPORTANT TO THE APPOINTING MEMBER WHO PUTS ME IN THE
11:39:33AM ROOM.
11:39:33AM WITH THAT BEING SAID, I THINK THAT MY EXPERIENCE WITH MY
11:39:36AM REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE, PARTNER H REALTY AND URBAN DWELLINGS,
11:39:40AM I GET TO WORK ON THE GROUND IN TAMPA.
11:39:42AM I'VE DONE DEVELOPMENT, HISTORIC HOME RESTORATIONS, EVEN
11:39:47AM BUILDING NEW HOMES IN SOME RAPIDLY CHANGING NEIGHBORHOODS.
11:39:51AM I'VE SEEN HOW THE CITY MOVES AND HOW THE CITY LIKES TO PUSH
11:39:55AM THINGS.
11:39:55AM I'VE SEEN HOW THIS COUNCIL HAS PRIORITIZED THINGS SUCH AS
11:40:01AM AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WALKABILITY IN SOME AREAS, REDUCING
11:40:04AM DENSITY IN SOME AREAS.
11:40:05AM THE CITY OF TAMPA IS UNIQUE BECAUSE IT'S NOT A ONE SIZE FITS
11:40:08AM ALL AREA.
11:40:10AM THE NEEDS OF SOUTH TAMPA AND THE HIGH HAZARD FLOOD ZONES IS
11:40:14AM DIFFERENT FROM THE FLOODING THAT HAPPENS UP IN SEMINOLE
11:40:17AM HEIGHTS.
11:40:17AM THE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS OF NEW TAMPA IS VASTLY DIFFERENT
11:40:21AM FROM WEST TAMPA.
11:40:22AM THEY OPERATE IN COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WAYS.
11:40:24AM BUT HAVING EXPOSURE IN SELLING AND DEVELOPING IN THESE AREAS
11:40:28AM FOR SO LONG, KIND OF GIVES ME A BASELINE OF HOW THEY ARE
11:40:31AM DIFFERENT AND HOW MAYBE POLICY FOR LAND USE IMPACTS THE
11:40:37AM OVERALL FEEL AND LIVABILITY FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN
11:40:42AM THE AREAS.
11:40:43AM I ALSO HAD -- THANK YOU GUYS.
11:40:50AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ACTUALLY, HE ANSWERED MY QUESTION -- YOU
11:40:52AM ACTUALLY ANSWERED THE QUESTION DURING YOUR PRESENTATION.
11:40:55AM I THANK YOU.
11:40:56AM SAME QUESTION I WOULD HAVE ASKED.
11:41:00AM ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS?
11:41:04AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: I BELIEVE WE HAVE A BALLOT.
11:41:06AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THERE'S ONE POSITION, FYI.
11:41:16AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: MR. HEMANT SARIA'S TERM EXPIRES AT
11:41:22AM THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
11:41:23AM HE SUBMITTED A RESIGNATION LETTER AND HAS OFFERED TO SERVE
11:41:27AM UNTIL REPLACED.
11:42:04AM >>BILL CARLSON: WE HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE THAT KAREN
11:42:06AM KRESS WAS NOT GOING TO STAND FOR RE-ELECTION.
11:42:08AM SHE CONFIRMED THAT WITH ME THIS MORNING.
11:42:08AM HER TERM RUNS OUT, I THINK, IN SEPTEMBER.
11:42:11AM WHEN WOULD YOU COME BACK TO US --
11:42:14AM >> [INAUDIBLE]
11:42:18AM >>BILL CARLSON: WE TAKE A BREAK THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF JULY.
11:42:21AM BEFORE WE LEAVE OR AFTER?
11:42:22AM AFTER, OKAY.
11:42:23AM THE OTHER THING IS I DON'T KNOW, I THINK WE ASKED THIS
11:42:26AM SEVERAL TIMES, IS THERE A WAY WE CAN GET BETTER LINE OF
11:42:30AM SIGHT TO THESE APPOINTMENTS SO THAT WE'RE NOTIFIED ABOUT
11:42:35AM THEM BEFORE THE PEOPLE APPLY?
11:42:37AM I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO HELP RECRUIT PEOPLE TO
11:42:40AM RUN FOR THESE.
11:42:40AM WE TALKED ABOUT IT SEVERAL TIMES.
11:42:42AM FOR SOME REASON, AT LEAST IN MY IN-BOX, IT DOESN'T POP UP
11:42:46AM UNTIL WE'RE READY TO VOTE.
11:42:47AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
11:42:49AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I AGREE.
11:42:50AM I ACTUALLY HAD A CONSTITUENT E-MAIL, ASK FOR THAT
11:42:56AM INFORMATION AND GOT A WONDERFULLY DETAILED E-MAIL FROM
11:43:04AM KORENCIA ABOUT IT.
11:43:07AM IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE OPENINGS ARE.
11:43:10AM IT'S NOT A FAULT OF ANY OUR STAFF.
11:43:12AM WONDERFUL TO SEND IT.
11:43:13AM I DO BELIEVE WE NEED A SECONDARY PORTION BECAUSE THAT LIST
11:43:18AM OF OPENINGS DOES NOT CONTAIN A LIST OF OPENINGS.
11:43:22AM IT'S VERY CONFUSING TO FOLLOW.
11:43:25AM I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON THAT WE NEED -- THE NEW
11:43:31AM TRANSFORMATION IS NICE BUT NEEDS TO GO A LITTLE FURTHER, I
11:43:34AM AGREE SO WE CAN CLEARLY SEE WHAT ROLES ARE UP.
11:43:37AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MR. SHELBY.
11:43:38AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
11:43:40AM JUST SO YOU KNOW AS PART OF THE WRITTEN REPORT, I ALSO
11:43:45AM INCLUDED RULE 8 OF YOUR OWN RULES, FILLING VACANCIES TO
11:43:49AM VARIOUS BOARDS.
11:43:50AM I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH SULING ABOUT THIS.
11:43:54AM RULE A, AND THIS DATES BACK TO LAST YEAR WHEN WE IMPLEMENTED
11:43:59AM THE NEW RULE.
11:44:00AM IT SAYS CURRENT AND UPCOMING BOARD VACANCIES SHOULD BE NOTED
11:44:03AM ON EACH AGENDA SO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND DISTRICT OFFICES
11:44:06AM CAN SEEK CANDIDATES FOR APPOINTMENT.
11:44:10AM I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SULING AND SHE TELLS ME THAT IS IN
11:44:13AM PROCESS.
11:44:16AM CERTAINLY COUNCIL'S INTENTION THAT YOU WOULD ACTUALLY AND SO
11:44:18AM WOULD THE PUBLIC HAVE ACCESS TO KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT
11:44:21AM APPOINTMENTS ARE UPCOMING.
11:44:23AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WOULD THAT BE PUT ON THE CALENDAR?
11:44:27AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: ON THE AGENDA.
11:44:29AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE GET THAT SO LATE.
11:44:30AM >>LYNN HURTAK: NO, WE DON'T.
11:44:32AM THE FRIDAY BEFORE.
11:44:32AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: AS FAR AS RECRUITING CANDIDATES.
11:44:35AM >>LYNN HURTAK: EVERY WEEK.
11:44:36AM SO IT WOULDN'T BE FOR THAT NEXT WEEK.
11:44:39AM LITERALLY ANYTIME THEY ARE --
11:44:43AM >>BILL CARLSON: HOW SOON DO YOU THINK THEY WILL START?
11:44:47AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: [INAUDIBLE]
11:44:51AM [CELL PHONE BUZZING]
11:44:55AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CLERK FOXX-KNOWLES, YOU HAVE RESULTS?
11:44:59AM >> SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES, CITY CLERK.
11:45:01AM NO ONE RECEIVED THE MAJORITY FOUR VOTES.
11:45:07AM WE HAVE MR. KUGLER -- WELL, MELONY WILLIAMS RECEIVED TWO
11:45:14AM VOTES FROM HENDERSON AND VIERA.
11:45:16AM RICK KUGLER RECEIVED THREE VOTES FROM MIRANDA, MANISCALCO,
11:45:24AM AND CARLSON.
11:45:26AM AND MATTHEW SIENK RECEIVED TWO VOTES FROM HURTAK AND
11:45:33AM CLENDENIN.
11:45:34AM SO YOU CAN VOTE AGAIN.
11:46:17AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SHOULD WE START ON THE CONSENT AGENDA?
11:46:22AM PUBLIC SAFETY, COUNCILMAN VIERA, LIKE TO MOVE -- ALREADY GOT
11:46:31AM IT.
11:46:31AM YOU ARE SPEEDY GONZALES.
11:46:54AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES, CITY CLERK.
11:46:56AM MELONY WILLIAMS RECEIVED TWO VOTES FROM HENDERSON AND VIERA.
11:47:03AM MR. KUGLER RECEIVED FOUR VOTES FROM MIRANDA, MANISCALCO,
11:47:12AM HURTAK, AND CARLSON.
11:47:13AM AND MATTHEW SIENK RECEIVED ONE VOTE.
11:47:18AM SO YOU HAVE A WINNER.
11:47:21AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CONGRATULATIONS, MR. KUGLER.
11:47:23AM WE NEED A MOTION FOR LEGAL TO COME BACK WITH A RESOLUTION.
11:47:29AM THE NAME OF THE PERSON IS RICK KUGLER.
11:47:34AM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:47:37AM I HEARD A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:47:40AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.
11:47:41AM OPPOSED?
11:47:41AM AYES HAVE IT.
11:47:43AM WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
11:47:45AM CONGRATULATIONS, SIR.
11:47:46AM MR. VIERA, WOULD YOU MOVE ITEMS 7, 8, 9 AND 11?
11:47:53AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
11:47:54AM I MOVE ITEMS 7 THROUGH 9 AND THEN 11.
11:47:58AM AND WE'LL SET ASIDE 10.
11:48:00AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA AND
11:48:02AM A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:48:03AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
11:48:05AM OPPOSED?
11:48:06AM ITEM NUMBER 10, ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:48:09AM ITEM 10, ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.
11:48:13AM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO AND SECOND FROM
11:48:17AM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:48:20AM >>BILL CARLSON: [INAUDIBLE]
11:48:22AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:48:22AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:48:24AM >>LYNN HURTAK: NO.
11:48:26AM >> HENDERSON?
11:48:27AM VIERA?
11:48:28AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:48:28AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES.
11:48:30AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON AND HURTAK VOTING
11:48:33AM NO WITH HENDERSON BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
11:48:36AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SO WE HAVE --
11:48:39AM >>LYNN HURTAK: NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE,
11:48:43AM I MOVE ITEMS 12 THROUGH --
11:48:46AM >>BILL CARLSON: SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU.
11:48:49AM I NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEM 14.
11:48:54AM I HAVE AN ABSTENTION FORM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO
11:48:59AM RECEIVE AND FILE.
11:49:00AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE'RE GOING TO PULL ITEM 14 FOR A SEPARATE
11:49:03AM VOTE.
11:49:04AM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK TO MOVE 12, 13 --
11:49:08AM >>LYNN HURTAK: MOVE ITEMS 12, 13 AND 15 THROUGH 20.
11:49:12AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
11:49:13AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:49:15AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
11:49:16AM AYES HAVE IT.
11:49:18AM MR. SHELBY.
11:49:22AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: COUNCILMAN CARLSON, STATE LAW WOULD SAY YOU
11:49:24AM ANNOUNCE THE BASIS FOR YOUR RECUSAL.
11:49:27AM >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I MAKE THE MOTION AGAIN TO RECEIVE AND
11:49:29AM FILE MY FORM?
11:49:31AM THE COMPANY I WORK FOR HAS A RELATIONSHIP WITH COMPANIES
11:49:35AM THAT COULD POSSIBLY BENEFIT FROM THIS.
11:49:37AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON AND A
11:49:39AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE RECUSAL
11:49:42AM FOR ITEM 14.
11:49:43AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE.
11:49:45AM OPPOSED?
11:49:45AM AYES HAVE IT.
11:49:46AM NOW WE'LL MOVE ITEM 14.
11:49:49AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MOVED.
11:49:51AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE NEED TO YOU MOVE 14.
11:50:03AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ITEM 14.
11:50:08AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
11:50:09AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:50:10AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
11:50:12AM OPPOSED?
11:50:13AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON ABSTAINING.
11:50:15AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
11:50:16AM WE ARE TO INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, MR. MANISCALCO.
11:50:20AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I MOVE ITEMS 21 THROUGH 25.
11:50:24AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:50:26AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:50:27AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.
11:50:29AM OPPOSED?
11:50:29AM AYES HAVE IT.
11:50:31AM >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIR, I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN ALSO FROM
11:50:33AM 26.
11:50:34AM I HAD LONG CONVERSATION WITH MARTY.
11:50:36AM I THINK BECAUSE MY FIRM HAS A RELATIONSHIP WITH ONE OR MORE
11:50:39AM OF THESE LAW FIRMS THAT IT'S A BETTER IDEA TO RECUSE MYSELF.
11:50:45AM RECUSE MYSELF.
11:50:50AM CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE MY FORM, PLEASE?
11:50:53AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A --
11:50:59AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: 26.
11:51:00AM I HAVE A RELATIVE WHO WORKS IN ONE OF THE LAW FIRMS
11:51:03AM MENTIONED.
11:51:04AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE TWO RECUSAL FORMS.
11:51:06AM ONE FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON AND ANOTHER FROM COUNCILMAN
11:51:09AM MANISCALCO --
11:51:10AM >> MIRANDA.
11:51:10AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I'M SORRY, MIRANDA.
11:51:11AM SECOND TIME I HAVE DONE THAT.
11:51:15AM ITEM 26.
11:51:16AM SECOND TO ACCEPT THOSE?
11:51:18AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:51:20AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.
11:51:22AM OPPOSED?
11:51:22AM AYES HAVE IT.
11:51:23AM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, WOULD YOU MOVE ITEMS 27 THROUGH 31.
11:51:31AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: 27 THROUGH 31.
11:51:33AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:51:35AM SECOND WITH COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:51:37AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
11:51:38AM OPPOSED?
11:51:39AM AYES HAVE IT.
11:51:41AM MR. VIERA, CAN YOU MOVE ITEM 26?
11:51:44AM >>LUIS VIERA: I MOVE ITEM 26.
11:51:45AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:51:48AM A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON FOR ITEM 26.
11:51:51AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE.
11:51:52AM OPPOSED?
11:51:52AM AYES HAVE IT.
11:51:53AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON AND
11:51:56AM MIRANDA ABSTAINING.
11:51:57AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY,
11:52:00AM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:52:01AM 32 THROUGH 37.
11:52:05AM >>BILL CARLSON: SO MOVED.
11:52:06AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:52:08AM A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:52:10AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
11:52:12AM OPPOSED?
11:52:13AM AYES HAVE IT.
11:52:14AM MOBILITY.
11:52:14AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I MOVE ITEMS 38 THROUGH 42.
11:52:18AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
11:52:19AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:52:22AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
11:52:23AM OPPOSED?
11:52:24AM AYES HAVE IT.
11:52:25AM WE NEED TO SET PUBLIC HEARINGS ON ITEM 43.
11:52:34AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DOES THE ATTORNEY NEED TO EXPLAIN?
11:52:37AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THEY SENT US AN EXPLANATION --
11:52:39AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO SET 43, PH 25-14870 FOR JULY
11:52:45AM 17, 2025 AT 10:30 A.M. OR AS SOON THEREAFTER IN CITY COUNCIL
11:52:51AM CHAMBERS, 315 E KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR?
11:52:55AM WE HAVE A MOTION.
11:52:56AM ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
11:52:58AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE ITEM 44.
11:53:00AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO MOVE ITEM 44, SECOND FROM
11:53:03AM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:53:05AM SECOND FROM ALSO MIRANDA.
11:53:06AM ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
11:53:06AM OPPOSED, NAY.
11:53:07AM VERY GOOD.
11:53:08AM IT IS 11:53.
11:53:15AM IF WE DID LUNCH NOW, WE HAVE THE ONE ITEM FROM POLICE AND
11:53:21AM FIRE COMING BACK IMMEDIATELY AFTER LUNCH.
11:53:23AM IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY LONG AFTERNOON.
11:53:25AM CAN WE DO A SHORTER LUNCH LIKE COME BACK AT 1:00?
11:53:29AM 1:15?
11:53:34AM WE'RE GOING TO BE AT LUNCH UNTIL 1:15.
11:53:37AM AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND HEAR FROM POLICE AND FIRE AND
11:53:42AM PUBLIC HEARINGS.
11:53:42AM SO BE PREPARED TO BE SWORN IN.
11:53:48AM [LUNCH RECESS]
01:18:38PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT'S RIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
01:18:40PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
01:18:41PM I WANTED TO INTRODUCE ,MY INTERIM AIDE, DARSH VAUGHNA.
01:18:47PM SHE IS A USF RISING SENIOR AND NAVARRO RISING SENIOR.
01:18:54PM IF YOU WANT TO COME UP AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
01:18:56PM BRANDON, MY WONDERFUL AIDE, WILL BE OUT FOR A MONTH SPENDING
01:19:01PM TIME WITH HIS WONDERFUL FAMILY, AND DARSH WILL BE COVERING.
01:19:05PM AND I'LL INTRODUCE HER.
01:19:08PM >> HELLO, EVERYONE, MY NAME IS DARSH.
01:19:11PM I USE THEY/THEM PRONOUNS AND HONOR TO SERVE AS TEMPORARY
01:19:17PM AIDE TO COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, AND IT'S MY FIRST TIME WORKING IN
01:19:21PM GOVERNMENT AND EXCITED TO HAVE YOU GUYS BE THE FIRST TO KICK
01:19:25PM START MY CAREER IN PUBLIC POLICY.
01:19:27PM I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:19:28PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WHAT ARE YOU MAJORING IN?
01:19:33PM >> ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND FOOD SOVEREIGNTY AND WORK IN
01:19:38PM FOREIGN GOVERNMENT.
01:19:38PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WELCOME.
01:19:39PM >> THANK YOU.
01:19:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NOW REST THIS MOMENT.
01:19:43PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
01:19:46PM THANK YOU.
01:19:46PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THIS ITEM NUMBER 69.
01:19:49PM CHIEF.
01:19:51PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
01:19:53PM THANK YOU FOR OPPORTUNITY AND THE TIME CERTAIN.
01:19:55PM WE APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL.
01:19:57PM I AM PROUD TO PRESENT THE OUTCOMES AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES
01:20:00PM GUIDED BY OUR PUBLIC SAFETY MASTER PLAN, A BLUEPRINT AND
01:20:04PM PROGRESS THAT ENSURES THAT WE DON'T JUST RESPOND TO THE
01:20:07PM PRESENT, BUT WE CONTINUE TO ACTIVELY SHAPE THE FUTURE OF
01:20:10PM PUBLIC SAFETY IN TAMPA AND ACROSS THE NATION.
01:20:13PM SO REAL QUICK TODAY.
01:20:14PM I WILL HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS.
01:20:16PM WE WILL SEE HOW WE ACHIEVE HISTORIC WITH NONCRIME.
01:20:24PM AND HOW OUR AGENCY IS THE FIRST BIG-SIZED NATION TO PILOT AI
01:20:30PM INCLUDING POLICY CHAT, WHICH I WILL GO INTO LATER, AND LANGUAGE
01:20:35PM ASSISTANCE TRANSLATION.
01:20:36PM WE WILL LOOK INTO OUR FUTURE TRAINING WITH OUR VIRTUAL
01:20:39PM REALITY TRAINING.
01:20:40PM AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE EXPANSION OF OUR COMMUNITY
01:20:44PM INITIATIVES, OUR P.A.L. TPD GRANT AND OUR COMMUNITY CHUTES
01:20:50PM PROJECT.
01:20:50PM AND WE WILL ALSO ANNOUNCE HERE TODAY A NEW RECRUITMENT BONUS
01:20:53PM WE ARE DOING FOR OUT-OF-STATE OFFICERS AND AN INCREASE IN
01:20:57PM OUR POLICE RECRUIT SCHOLARSHIP PAY.
01:20:59PM AND, ALSO, OUR COMPREHENSIVE WELLNESS PROGRAM.
01:21:03PM SO WITH THE STRONG PUBLIC SUPPORT AND CITY LEADERSHIP, TAMPA
01:21:08PM POLICE HAVE SHOWN THAT WE ARE NOT ONLY ONE OF THE SAFEST
01:21:10PM MAJOR CITIES OUR SIZE, WE ARE ONE OF THE MOST
01:21:13PM FORWARD-THINKING AND COMMUNITY-CONNECTED AS WELL.
01:21:20PM THIS REPORT WILL CELEBRATE THE HISTORIC EFFORTS OF OUR
01:21:24PM OFFICERS, OUR PROGRESS, AND OUR VISION LOOKING FORWARD.
01:21:27PM SO MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
01:21:29PM AS YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR WAS A YEAR OF RESILIENCY FOR OUR
01:21:34PM ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND OUR OFFICERS AS WELL.
01:21:36PM WE HAD ANSWERED OVER 15,000 CALLS AND PERFORMED OVER 150
01:21:41PM RESCUES AND DISTRIBUTED THOUSANDS OF MEALS AND WATER
01:21:45PM BOTTLES.
01:21:46PM AND THAT'S WHILE OUR OFFICERS WERE IMPACTED THEMSELVES
01:21:49PM DIRECTLY.
01:21:50PM YOU MAY BE AWARE AFTER THE FIRST STORM, WE HAD 11 OFFICERS
01:21:53PM TO LOSE THEIR HOMES, BUT YET STILL CAME IN HERE TO ANSWER
01:21:58PM THE CALL FOR THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT
01:22:01PM EASY TO DO.
01:22:02PM PEOPLE ACROSS THE NATION DON'T HAVE OFFICERS THAT HAVE THE
01:22:06PM DEDICATION AND PERSEVERANCE AND COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY
01:22:10PM LIKE TAMPA DOES.
01:22:10PM IN ADDITION, IN OUR ANNUAL REPORT, WE ALSO HIGHLIGHTED OUR
01:22:16PM RESILIENCY HERE IN OUR CRIME REDUCTION.
01:22:19PM YOU MAY RECALL FROM LAST YEAR, WE TALKED OF A NEW PROGRAM WE
01:22:22PM GOT CALLED "SPIDER TECH" AND SENT SURVEYS OUT TO OFFICERS TO
01:22:27PM THE CALLS THAT THE OFFICERS GO TO.
01:22:28PM AND WE WERE PROUD TO GET A 4.5 RATING OUT OF FIVE STARS,
01:22:32PM WHICH IS, TO ME, UNBELIEVABLE.
01:22:35PM I MEAN SOMETIMES WHEN I SEE THESE, I AM JUST AMAZED AT
01:22:38PM PEOPLE TAKING THE TIME OUT TO WRITE POSITIVE THINGS ABOUT
01:22:42PM OUR OFFICERS AND THE THINGS THEY TO DO HELP.
01:22:44PM SO MOVING INTO THE NEXT SLIDE IS CRIME REDUCTION.
01:22:49PM THE CLIENT IN TOTAL CRIME WAS 14.8%.
01:22:53PM OUR VIOLENT CRIME LAST YEAR WAS DOWN 8.4%, WHICH OUTPACED
01:22:57PM THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.
01:23:00PM TAMPA'S REDUCTION VIOLENT CRIME WAS DOUBLED THAT OF THE
01:23:05PM NATIONAL AVERAGE.
01:23:06PM NONFATAL SHOOTING DECREASED BY 27%.
01:23:11PM HOMICIDES LAST YEAR DROPPED BY 10%.
01:23:13PM FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR WAS DOWN 40%.
01:23:16PM IF YOU LOOK AT THE TWO YEARS COMBINED FROM '22-'24, 15%
01:23:23PM DECREASE IN OVERALL VIOLENT CRIME AND NEARLY A 30% DECREASE
01:23:27PM IN VIOLENT CRIME INVOLVING A FIREARM.
01:23:29PM THIS IS DUE TO THE RESULTS OF OUR HARD-WORKING OFFICERS OUT
01:23:32PM THERE.
01:23:33PM THEY HAVE AN UNPRECEDENTED SENSE OF URGENCY THAT YOU HAVE
01:23:36PM SEEN IN MANY OF OUR "OFFICER OF THE MONTH" CEREMONIES
01:23:40PM HIGHLIGHTING THAT AND OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND VALUABLE
01:23:43PM TOOLS THAT WAS DISCUSSED EARLIER.
01:23:48PM SHOT SPOTTER HELPS OUR OFFICERS TO REDUCE CRIME AND IMPROVE
01:23:54PM THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
01:23:55PM PROPERTY CRIME WAS ALSO DOWN LAST YEAR, ALMOST 17%, AND WE
01:24:02PM HAD ALMOST A 28% DROP IN AUTO BURGLARIES AND 25% OF
01:24:07PM REDUCTION OF FIREARMS STOLEN FROM VEHICLES AND THAT IS HUGE,
01:24:10PM BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LISTENING.
01:24:12PM WE ARE OUT THERE TALKING SAYING DON'T LEAVE YOUR GUN IN THE
01:24:15PM CAR.
01:24:15PM DON'T LEAVE YOUR CAR UNLOCKED.
01:24:17PM IT IS HAPPENING BECAUSE 25% LESS FIREARMS STOLEN LAST YEAR
01:24:22PM OUT YOU HAVE CARS COMPARED TO 2023.
01:24:24PM FIREARMS RECOVERED LAST YEAR.
01:24:27PM WE STILL DID RECOVER 1700 FIREARMS IN 2024.
01:24:31PM AND THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, I TALKED ABOUT OUR
01:24:35PM HOMICIDES BEING DOWN 40%.
01:24:36PM TOTAL VIOLENT CRIME WAS DOWN 22%.
01:24:40PM AND WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT A MAJOR CITY SURVEY FROM ACROSS
01:24:44PM THE NATION, THE FIRST QUARTER, AVERAGE WAS 14%.
01:24:48PM SO, AGAIN, WE ARE ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IN REDUCING OUR
01:24:51PM VIOLENT CRIME.
01:24:52PM ONE OF THE OTHER INITIATIVES THAT REALLY ASSIST US WITH OUR
01:24:58PM GUN CRIMES WAS PROJECT LOCKED AND UNLOADED.
01:25:01PM WE EXPANDED THIS PROGRAM LAST YEAR TO ADD IN FOUR LIBRARY
01:25:06PM LOCATION WHERE EVERYBODY CAN WALK UP AND GET A GUNLOCK
01:25:10PM FREE.
01:25:10PM NO QUESTIONS ASKED.
01:25:11PM THAT MADE A HUGE DIVIDENDS.
01:25:13PM WE GAVE OUT ALMOST 300 GUN LOCKS, WHICH WAS SOMETHING THAT
01:25:17PM EXCEEDED OUR EXPECTATIONS.
01:25:19PM AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAND THIS PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION
01:25:23PM OVER TO ASSISTANT CHIEF OWEN, WHO WILL GO INTO OUR COMMUNITY
01:25:29PM POLICING.
01:25:29PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
01:25:31PM AS YOU ALL KNOW, DEPUTY CHIEF JOHNSON RETIRED EARLIER THIS
01:25:34PM YEAR.
01:25:35PM AFTER HIS RETIREMENT, WE EXPANDED COMMUNITY OUTREACH UNDER
01:25:39PM MAYOR AND CAPTAIN HILL.
01:25:42PM DID AN AMAZING JOB OF IMPROVING VISION AND EXPANDING OUR
01:25:47PM PROGRAMS.
01:25:47PM COMMUNITY CHUTE CLOSET HANDED OUT 137 PAIRS OF SHOES TO
01:25:51PM FAMILIES IN NEED.
01:25:52PM ORIGINALLY STARTED WITH JUST THE RICH HOUSE AND P.A.L.
01:25:57PM THEY ARE NOW IN ALL THREE OF OUR DISTRICTS AS WELL.
01:25:59PM SO OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS, THE POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE.
01:26:06PM WE SERVED OVER 500 KIDS IN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS, SPORTS AND
01:26:10PM SUMMER PROGRAMS TO INCLUDE STEM AND READING.
01:26:11PM WE PARTNERED WITH THE TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING WITH FIELD HOCKEY.
01:26:17PM THEY LEFT EQUIPMENT SO WE CAN CARRY THAT PROGRAM ON IN THE
01:26:20PM FUTURE.
01:26:21PM BUCCANEERS AND BIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS DO MENTORING AND
01:26:27PM GATHER DONATIONS FOR US.
01:26:28PM DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE OFFERED GOLF FOR THE FIRST TIME
01:26:31PM AT FIRST TEE THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM.
01:26:33PM WE HAVE 100 KIDS SIGNED UP FOR A FISHING CLINIC THIS
01:26:36PM SATURDAY.
01:26:37PM THEY WILL RECEIVE FISHING POLES, TACKLE BOXES AND TRAINING
01:26:41PM FROM SEVERAL LOCAL FISHING GUIDES, FISH AND WILDLIFE AND TPD
01:26:45PM OFFICERS.
01:26:45PM STARTING THIS SUMMER, OFFER MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL LEAGUE,
01:26:49PM RECEIVE A GRANT THROUGH USA FOOTBALL THROUGH SUMMER
01:26:53PM TRAINING.
01:26:53PM WORKING ON PARTNERING WITH POP WARNER WITH THE 13U PROGRAM.
01:26:58PM MINECRAFT CODING.
01:26:59PM FIRST TIME OFFERED THIS SUMMER.
01:27:01PM AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE 180 KIDS SIGNED UP FOR OUR SUMMER
01:27:05PM PROGRAMS.
01:27:05PM IN ADDITION, WE PARTNER WITH PARKS AND REC FOR OUR STAY AND
01:27:10PM PLAY PROGRAM AND A GRANT OF $280,000 TO ASSIST WITH THAT AND
01:27:14PM THE SAFETY OUTREACH.
01:27:15PM THANKS TO THE SUGGESTION OF COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, WE OFFER
01:27:18PM MIDNIGHT BASKETBALL THE WEEK OF SPRING BREAK.
01:27:21PM WE ARE PLANNING TO CARRY THAT ON THIS SUMMER AS WELL.
01:27:24PM THE POLICE EXPLORERS PARTICIPATE IN 165 EVENTS ACROSS THE
01:27:29PM CITY AND PLACED FIFTH IN A STATEWIDE COMPETITION.
01:27:32PM WE HAD A THIRD-PLACE FINISH IN THE SHARPSHOOTER.
01:27:35PM FEMALE PHYSICAL AGILITY FENCING WAS FIRST-PLACE FINISH.
01:27:39PM BICYCLE OPERATIONS, FIRST AND SECOND PLACE.
01:27:42PM MAIL OPERATIONS, FIFTH AND THIRD.
01:27:46PM THIRD PLACE IN COLOR GUARD CRIME SCENE AND THIRD PLACE IN
01:27:51PM TRAFFIC STOP SCENARIOS.
01:27:56PM A GREAT JOB BY OUR YOUTH, SHIELDING OUR YOUTH, RESUME SKILLS
01:28:05PM AND CONCLUDES WITH A JOB FAIR.
01:28:05PM TPD CARES, $35,000 TO EIGHT ORGANIZATIONS.
01:28:10PM THIS YEAR, $145,000 AND TEN ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH FOR IF
01:28:15PM FUTURE FUNDS TAKEN THROUGH ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES.
01:28:19PM OUR RECRUITING.
01:28:23PM AS THE CHIEF MENTIONED, WE HAVE INCREASED OUR BASE PAY FOR
01:28:27PM POLICE RECRUITS FROM $19 TO $30 AN HOUR.
01:28:30PM HELPS US MAINTAIN OUR COMPETITIVE EDGE.
01:28:32PM WE PARTNERED WITH THE SKILLS BRIDGE PROGRAM THAT HELPS US TO
01:28:36PM RETAIN FOLKS COMING OUT OF MILITARY SERVICE.
01:28:39PM THEY ARE ALLOTTED THREE MONTHS OF TIME WHILE THEY ARE STILL
01:28:42PM ENGAGED IN THEIR MILITARY SERVICE CONTRACT TO COME OUT IN
01:28:46PM THE CIVIL WANT WORLD AND WORK WITH ORGANIZATIONS TO FIND THE
01:28:49PM JOB THEY WANT.
01:28:50PM WE PUT OUR FIRST RECRUITS THROUGH THE POLICE ACADEMY THROUGH
01:28:53PM THAT PROGRAM.
01:28:53PM WE HAVE -- SO WE HAVE 14 OFFICERS ENTERING FIELD TRAINING
01:29:01PM AND 24 NEW RECRUITS ENTERING ACADEMY THIS MONTH.
01:29:04PM WE RECENTLY SELECTED 36 NEW OFFICERS FOR HIRE JULY 7.
01:29:10PM PUTS TPD 5% VACANCY RATE WHEN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS
01:29:15PM 10% IN OUR RECENT CHIEF'S REPORT.
01:29:18PM SO OUR QUALITY ASSURANCES.
01:29:22PM I LOST A SLIDE.
01:29:28PM THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT PRIDES ITSELF IN RELATIONSHIPS
01:29:34PM AS IT HAS WITH THE COMMUNITY.
01:29:35PM ONE WAY WE PROVIDE THE BEST SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY TO
01:29:39PM ENSURE PROACTIVE WITH OUR COMMUNITY ASSURANCES.
01:29:42PM QUALITY STANDARDS AND EXPECTATIONS THAT OFFICERS ARE TO USE
01:29:45PM THE LEAST AMOUNT OF FORCE NECESSARY IN RESPONSE TO
01:29:47PM RESISTANCE THANKS TO CONTINUED AND UPDATING TRAINING WE HAD
01:29:50PM WITH 11% DECREASE IN THE USE OF FORCE AND 17.4% INCREASE IN
01:29:56PM DEESCALATION TECHNIQUES.
01:29:57PM THIS YEAR, OUR OFFICERS HAVE ALREADY RESPONDED TO 513,000
01:30:02PM CALLS FOR SERVICE, 1.6% INCREASE IN OVERALL COST OF SERVICE.
01:30:07PM AND 7% INCREASE ON SELF-INITIATED CALLS.
01:30:10PM ADDITIONAL AREA QUALITY ASSURANCE OUR EVIDENCE STORAGE AND
01:30:14PM PROCESSING.
01:30:14PM WE ARE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF PERMITTING FOR THE HOWARD
01:30:18PM AVENUE AN KNOWS REPLACE THE STORAGE AREA WE FORMALLY CALL
01:30:22PM THE IMPOUND LOT.
01:30:23PM HIGH VALUE AND VEHICLES NEEDED FOR EVIDENCE AT THE ANNEX,
01:30:27PM BUT THIS LOCATION IS BEING BUILT TO ENSURE A CHAIN OF
01:30:30PM CUSTODY AND SECURITY OF EVIDENCE.
01:30:31PM ONE MORE.
01:30:34PM OUR WELLNESS PROGRAMS.
01:30:36PM TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON WELLNESS INITIATIVES
01:30:40PM NOT ONLY FOR OUR EMPLOYEES BUT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
01:30:42PM ASSISTANCE OF A FEDERAL GRANT, CONNECT AND PROTECT PROGRAM
01:30:45PM WITH OUR CRISIS INTERVENTION DISPATCH PROGRAM.
01:30:48PM WE RECEIVED MORE THAN 450 CALLS THIS YEAR WERE HANDLED BY
01:30:52PM THE CRISIS DISPATCHERS RESULTING IN 216 PEOPLE RECEIVING
01:30:56PM DIVERSIONARY SERVICES AND 154 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES BEING
01:31:01PM DISPATCHED.
01:31:02PM THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT ALSO HAS A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
01:31:07PM UNIT THAT WORKS AS A CO-RESPONDER MODE
01:31:09PM ONE OFFICER AND ONE CLINICIAN WORKING AS PART OF A
01:31:13PM TWO-PERSON RESPONSE TEAM.
01:31:14PM 60,000 CALLS OF SERVICE AND ADDRESSED MENTAL HEALTH
01:31:17PM CONCERNS.
01:31:18PM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNITS OF 470 COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT
01:31:23PM GENERATED CALL FOR SERVICE OF BHU MANAGING SAFETY PLANS,
01:31:28PM ASSISTING IN MEDICATION AND ARRANGING TRANSPORTATION
01:31:31PM SERVICES.
01:31:32PM TPD HANDLED 101 FOLLOW-UP CALLS AND RESPONDED TO 84 LIVE
01:31:38PM CALLS.
01:31:39PM ACTIVE CALLS FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN DISTRESS.
01:31:42PM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNIT SUCCESSFULLY LOCATED 140 INDIVIDUALS.
01:31:49PM OTHERS ARE RECEIVING FOLLOW-UP SERVICE THAT ARE SUCCESSFULLY
01:31:53PM CLOSED OUT AND NOT RECEIVING POLICE INTERVENTION.
01:31:56PM PARTNERED FOR ADDITION ALLEGE WELLNESS RESOURCE FOR OUR
01:32:00PM OFFICERS INDIVIDUALLY AND WITH THEIR SIGNATURE OTHER.
01:32:05PM PROVIDES WELLNESS, SPIRITUAL WELLNESS TO SERVICES.
01:32:08PM THEY HAVE BEEN AN OVERWHELMING SUCCESS WITH OUR OFFICERS.
01:32:11PM AND OUR REQUEST FOR SERVICES CONTINUE TO INCREASE.
01:32:29PM >> SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, CRIME TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENT.
01:32:32PM THINGS WE ARE DOING IN TECHNOLOGY IS ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF
01:32:35PM HELPING OUR OFFICERS.
01:32:36PM AND SMARTPHONE IS SOMETHING WE RECEIVED A GRANT FOR LAST
01:32:40PM YEAR.
01:32:40PM THAT IS ACTUALLY BEING DEPLOYED NOW OUT INTO THE FIELD.
01:32:44PM AND THE TECHNOLOGY THAT IS ON THERE TO ASSIST THE OFFICERS
01:32:48PM IS PRETTY MUCH SHORT OF AMAZING.
01:32:49PM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE PILOTING SOMETHING CALLED
01:32:52PM "POLICY CHAT."
01:32:54PM BASICALLY USE AS SIMILAR FEATURE LIKE IF YOU WERE TO DO A
01:32:57PM GOOGLE SEARCH.
01:32:58PM AND THE GOOGLE SEARCH, WHEN YOU COME UP, COMES BACK WITH AN
01:33:02PM AI RESPONSE.
01:33:03PM WHAT THIS DOES IS COMES UP WITH AN AI RESPONSE JUST ON OUR
01:33:07PM POLICIES AND ON OUR SOPs, MORs AND LEGAL BULLETINS AND HELPS
01:33:14PM OUR OFFICERS TO SEARCH POLICIES AN GET RESPONSES MUCH
01:33:18PM QUICKER.
01:33:18PM AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE PILOTING OUT A GREAT TOOL
01:33:22PM OUT THERE TO ASSIST THEM IN.
01:33:23PM IN ADDITION TO THAT, LOOKING AT OTHER OPTIONS TO MAKE THEIR
01:33:26PM JOBS EASIER.
01:33:27PM ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO IS COMMUNITIES-ORIENTED POLICING SIGNAL,
01:33:32PM WHICH IS BASICALLY MEETINGS WHERE WE GET THE COMMUNITY
01:33:35PM TOGETHER AND WE HAD ONE OF THOSE LAST WEEK AND WE HAVE GREAT
01:33:39PM FEEDBACK ON THOSE MEETINGS IN THE COMMUNITY.
01:33:42PM I THINK COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON, YOU MIGHT HAVE COME TO THAT
01:33:45PM ONE AT THE REAGAN CENTER.
01:33:46PM YES, THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP.
01:33:48PM AND AS FAR AS QUALITY ASSURANCES, WE TALKED OF THE i-CAT
01:33:54PM TRAINING AND SOMETHING THAT WE ARE LEADING THE EDGE ON.
01:33:56PM SOMETHING THAT OUR AGENCY HAS BEEN DOING.
01:33:58PM BUT WE CONTINUE TO DO IT AS A REFRESHER USING THE CURRICULUM
01:34:03PM FROM THE POLICE EXECUTIVE RESEARCH FORUM.
01:34:05PM AND WE ARE ADDING IN VIRTUAL REALITY HEADSETS TO FURTHER
01:34:10PM AUGMENT THIS THROUGH -- THROUGH OUR AXON AGREEMENT.
01:34:16PM WE HAVE 41 HEADSETS.
01:34:17PM THOSE HEADSETS ARE FOR THE OFFICERS TO DO TASER TEN TRAINING
01:34:21PM AND ALSO DE-ESCALATION TRAINING.
01:34:23PM SO WE ARE ON THE CUTTING EDGE WITH THAT AS WELL.
01:34:26PM THE OTHER THING IS OUR WELLNESS AND PHYSICAL FITNESS
01:34:30PM TRAINING.
01:34:30PM THAT THIS SOMETHING THAT THEY TAKE NEAR AND DEAR.
01:34:34PM IF WE DON'T CARE OF OURSELVES, HOW DO WE TAKE CARE OF THE
01:34:38PM COMMUNITY.
01:34:38PM WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO EXPAND THOSE PROGRAMS.
01:34:40PM SO BASICALLY TO CLOSE THIS ALL OUT, I AM VERY PROUD TO BE
01:34:46PM THE CHIEF OF THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALL OF OUR OFFICERS.
01:34:49PM THE WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING IS MAKING A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN
01:34:52PM OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT IS BEING NOTICED ACROSS THE NATION.
01:34:55PM SO IT IS OUR HONOR TO PRESENT THIS, AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO
01:34:59PM ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
01:35:00PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, CHIEF.
01:35:01PM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, YOUR ITEM.
01:35:03PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
01:35:03PM THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
01:35:04PM THANK YOU FOR A GREAT PRESENTATION, AS ALWAYS.
01:35:07PM I ALWAYS -- I SAW A LOT OF PICTURES OF SHAREEF, ONE OFFICERS
01:35:12PM FROM NEW YORK CITY PD.
01:35:16PM AND A RISING STAR IN THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND A GOOD
01:35:21PM GUY AND GLAD TO SEE HE IS A BIG START OF TPD.
01:35:25PM THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
01:35:26PM ALL ABOUT A GROWING TAMPA AND MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO MEET
01:35:29PM THE NEEDS OF OUR GROWING TAMPA.
01:35:31PM WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC SAFETY WHICH IS ISSUE NUMBER ONE FOR
01:35:36PM TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT OR TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
01:35:38PM ALWAYS A BIG DEAL.
01:35:40PM WE ARE POST-COVID OF TAMPA, TAMPA BAY AREA, STATE OF FLORIDA
01:35:44PM HAS GROWN TREMENDOUSLY.
01:35:46PM WE DO THIS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE MEETING THOSE NEEDS AS WE
01:35:50PM CONTINUE TO GROW.
01:35:51PM YOU ALL HIGHLIGHTED ON, IN MY OPINION, ALL THE IMPORTANT
01:35:55PM POINTS AND ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS.
01:35:57PM WE NEED TO LOOK AT HIRING MORE POLICE OFFICERS.
01:35:59PM I THINK THAT IS OBVIOUS.
01:36:00PM I THINK EVERYBODY AGREES WITH THAT.
01:36:01PM MAKE SURE AS A CITY THAT WE WILL HAVE OFFICERS WHO ARE
01:36:07PM RESPONSIVE TO ALL THE NEEDS OF ALL PARTS OF THE CITY OF
01:36:10PM TAMPA.
01:36:10PM THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT.
01:36:13PM GLAD Y'ALL TALKED OF THAT.
01:36:14PM TREMENDOUS THING THAT OUR CITY DID AFTER THE 2020 MURDER OF
01:36:18PM GEORGE FLOYD WAS LOOKING AT THESE MENTAL HEALTH UNITS.
01:36:21PM I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEM GROW AND GROW AND GROW CONTINUALLY
01:36:25PM BECAUSE SO MANY -- AGAIN YOU KNOW BETTER THAN I DO.
01:36:28PM YOU WILL NOT HAVE THE A POLITICIAN OR LAWYER FOR POLICING.
01:36:30PM BUT SO MANY CRIMES AND CALLS DO DEAL WITH MENTAL HEALTH
01:36:36PM ISSUES.
01:36:36PM AND SO THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT.
01:36:40PM COMMUNITY POLICING.
01:36:41PM SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WAS REALLY BIG IN THE 1990s AND I
01:36:49PM SEE MORE RETURN TO.
01:36:50PM THAT MAKING SURE OFFICERS ARE PART OF THEIR COMMUNITY AND SO
01:36:53PM FORTH.
01:36:53PM I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE WITH THE CITY OF
01:36:55PM TAMPA.
01:36:55PM I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THIS, BUT -- IF WE CAN ENCOURAGE OUR
01:36:59PM POLICE OFFICERS THROUGH -- THROUGH CITY INCENTIVES AND MAYBE
01:37:02PM SOMETHING EXISTS.
01:37:03PM I DON'T KNOW TO LIVE WITHIN CITY LIMITS AS ENCOURAGEMENT.
01:37:07PM THE BIG ISSUE, OF COURSE, HOW WE PAY FOR ALL THESE THINGS.
01:37:13PM I SAY WE NEED MORE COPS.
01:37:14PM EXPAND THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT.
01:37:16PM DIFFERENT THINGS.
01:37:17PM COMMUNITY POLICING OBVIOUSLY COST A LOT OF MONEY.
01:37:20PM I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SEE A SUBSTATION ONE DAY IN NEW
01:37:22PM COMPANY.
01:37:23PM DISTRICT 2 SUPPORTS ALL OF DISTRICT 7.
01:37:27PM BUSCH GARDENS IS FAR FROM CORY LAKE.
01:37:33PM I SAY A GOOD THING, BUT HOW DO WE PAY FOR THESE THINGS.
01:37:38PM YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET AND I VOTED FOR IT TWO YEARS AGO
01:37:42PM AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN AND AGAIN, WE NEED A REVENUE SOURCE
01:37:47PM THAT GOES TO BUILDING NEW FIRE STATIONS, HIRING MORE
01:37:50PM OFFICERS AND BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE NEED IN THE
01:37:53PM STATE OF FLORIDA.
01:37:53PM I KNOW NOT A POPULAR THING TO SAY IN TERMS OF TAXES, BUT IT
01:37:57PM IS WHAT IT IS.
01:37:57PM I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT.
01:37:58PM I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION WITH REGARDS TO THE
01:38:01PM NEWS.
01:38:02PM I KNOW SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT
01:38:05PM MAKING EVERY TAMPANO, NO MATTER WHO WE ARE, OR WHAT GOD
01:38:12PM THEY WORSHIP FEELS SAFE.
01:38:13PM AFTER THE NEWS IN BOULDER, COLORADO.
01:38:16PM IT HAPPENED THAT WASHINGTON D.C. AT THE ATTACK OF -- IT WAS
01:38:19PM THE JEWISH MUSEUM -- THE JEWISH CAPITOL MUSEUM IN D.C.
01:38:23PM WE ARE HEARING A LOT FROM OUR AMERICAN JEWISH CONSTITUENTS
01:38:27PM ON BEING SAFE.
01:38:29PM AND I KNOW THERE IS GREAT AND TREMENDOUS TRUST IN WHAT THE
01:38:33PM TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES, BUT I WOULD BE REMISS IF I
01:38:36PM DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THAT AND THE DUTY WE ALL HAVE YOU THAT IN
01:38:40PM THIS TIME, WHEN IT COMES TO PREJUDICE AND HATE AND IN THIS
01:38:43PM INSTANCE WITH ANTI-SEMITISM THAT WE FEEL HURT, PROTECTED AND
01:38:48PM WHATNOT.
01:38:49PM THINGS YOU ALWAYS DO A GREAT JOB ON.
01:38:51PM LEAVE YOU GUYS ON VICTIM OF CRIMES AND OUTREACH.
01:38:55PM WE WILL BE VOTING ON RENAMING A PARK BY THE LATE HARRISON
01:39:01PM BOONSTOPPEL.
01:39:04PM POLICE OFFICERS WEAR MANY HATS AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
01:39:07PM POLICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFTEN WEAR IS A COUNSELOR, SECULAR
01:39:11PM MINISTER, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT IN DEALING WITH
01:39:14PM PEOPLE WHO ARE MOURNING AND GRIEVING AND YOU GUYS ALWAYS DO
01:39:17PM A GREAT JOB ON THAT.
01:39:19PM AND I THINK IT IS INCUMBENT ON ALL OF US.
01:39:22PM YOU KNOW, AGAIN THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO DO BECAUSE
01:39:29PM OUR CITY SUPPORTS LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WE DO AND WE WANT TO
01:39:32PM CONTINUE TO SEE THAT AS WE GROW AS A CITY WE HAVE THAT
01:39:35PM GROWTH IN LAW ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT
01:39:37PM PEOPLE WANT AND SUPPORT.
01:39:38PM SO I WILL STOP TALKING RIGHT NOW AND NOT RUN OUT YOU HAVE MY
01:39:42PM TIME.
01:39:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WAS GOING TO SAY, WE DON'T HAVE TO TALK
01:39:46PM UNTIL IT DINGS.
01:39:47PM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
01:39:48PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, CHAIR.
01:39:50PM I ADMIRE THE WORK BEING DONE BY OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
01:39:54PM I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
01:39:55PM IT IS BASICALLY WHAT I WANT TO SAY.
01:39:57PM ALSO THE RECRUITMENT LEVEL, THE ACTION PLAN IN TERMS OF
01:40:02PM INCREASING MINORITY POLICE OFFICERS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
01:40:07PM I AM GLAD TO SEE THERE IS A STRATEGY TO FOCUS ON THAT,
01:40:10PM PARTICULARLY AT HBCUs.
01:40:14PM I KNOW THAT CAN BE TOUGH DOWN THE LINE TRYING TO BRING
01:40:16PM PEOPLE INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT.
01:40:17PM THE OTHER THING THAT I RECOGNIZE IS OUR EXPLORER FROG.
01:40:21PM A LOT OF MY STUDENTS WHEN I SAW THEM AT MEMORIAL IN A POLICE
01:40:27PM UNIFORM, A REAL UNIFORM AND NOT A EXPLORER UNIFORM ALONG
01:40:27PM WITH WHO IS PICTURED TODAY.
01:40:35PM OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS, BEING CONNECTED TO THE SPORTS AND
01:40:39PM CONNECTED TO THE POLICE OFFICERS IN THAT WAY AND IN AN
01:40:41PM INFORMAL WAY CAN STILL BRING ABOUT RECRUITMENT.
01:40:44PM WE ARE ALWAYS RECRUITING AND KEEPING A FRESH EYE ON THOSE
01:40:47PM YOUNG PEOPLE.
01:40:48PM I SEE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES THERE BECAUSE THEY ARE TWO PEOPLE
01:40:54PM THAT DISPLAYED IN THE POWERPOINT THAT ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF
01:40:57PM OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS THAT ARE NOW SWORN POLICE OFFICERS.
01:41:00PM OTHER THAN THAT, I WILL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.
01:41:03PM PROUD TO SERVE OUR CITY AS A CHIEF.
01:41:07PM AND CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL THAT YOU ALL DO.
01:41:10PM THIS OUTWEIGHS THE SAD DAYS.
01:41:13PM BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE TOUGH DAYS AS WELL.
01:41:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
01:41:22PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
01:41:23PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
01:41:24PM I APPRECIATE THE FOCUS AND INTENSITY ON YOUTH, ON DIVERSION,
01:41:28PM ON HELPING WITH BEHAVIORAL UNIT.
01:41:31PM ALL OF THIS IS VERY EXCITING.
01:41:33PM CONGRATULATIONS.
01:41:34PM BUT WHAT WE ARE SEEING THE NUMBERS THAT IT WORKS.
01:41:37PM I LOVE THAT.
01:41:37PM WE HOPE WE WILL FIND MORE MONEY THROUGH THE BEHAVIORAL
01:41:42PM HEALTH UNITS AND THOSE NUMBERS ARE HIGH AND ONLY INTEREST
01:41:46PM THREE OR FOUR DEDICATED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS.
01:41:48PM SEEM LIKES WE MAY NEED SOME MORE IN THE FUTURE, AND I WANT TO
01:41:52PM REALLY CONTEND YOU, YOUR DEPARTMENT DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB
01:41:58PM WITH GRANTS, AND GETTING GRANTS TO FUND A LOT OF IS IT
01:42:01PM STUFF.
01:42:01PM AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.
01:42:03PM REALLY EXCITING WHAT A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION TODAY.
01:42:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
01:42:09PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, CHIEF.
01:42:11PM AND TO YOUR WHOLE STAFF UNDER YOU AND EVERY POLICE OFFICER
01:42:14PM AT THE CITY OF TAMPA.
01:42:15PM AN HONOR TO BE HERE AND SEE WHAT YOU FOLKS HAVE DONE.
01:42:18PM HOWEVER, WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND IN HAD THE WHY AND HOW AND WHO
01:42:22PM DOES IT, IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.
01:42:24PM BECAUSE NOWADAYS WHEN YOU LOOK AT ANY SCREEN ON EVERYTHING
01:42:29PM ON THE PHONE, ON TV, WHATEVER YOU ARE WATCHING, THERE IS
01:42:32PM ALWAYS VIOLENCE OF SOME SORT.
01:42:33PM AND THEY SHOW YOU THINGS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY NOT ONLY THE
01:42:36PM UNITED STATES BUT OTHER COUNTRIES THAT HAVE THE COPYCAT OR
01:42:39PM WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT THEY GET THEIR IDEALISM
01:42:42PM ABOUT DOING SOMETHING AND BLOWING UP SOMETHING TO HAVE THEIR
01:42:44PM NAME REFERENCED STILL SOMEWHERE.
01:42:47PM BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE.
01:42:49PM THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS -- LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
01:42:52PM OF THE FORCE HAVE REALLY LOOKED AFTER IT AND CONTINUED TO DO
01:42:55PM THAT.
01:42:56PM BECAUSE THE UNKNOWN IS ALSO THE UNEXPECTED.
01:42:58PM AND YOU CAN NEVER BE PREPARED ENOUGH.
01:43:00PM YOU FOLKS HAVE DONE A YEOMAN'S JOB TO BE AS PREPARED AS YOU CAN
01:43:05PM AND IT ALSO VERIFIES THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OFFICERS ARE
01:43:10PM RETIRING, BUT A LOT IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND YOU HAVE TO
01:43:15PM BE RECRUITING LIKE PLANNING FLOWERS MAKING THEM GROW AND
01:43:19PM PLANT ANOTHER ACRE OF FLOWERS BECAUSE THOSE HAVE LEFT
01:43:22PM ALREADY.
01:43:22PM A YEOMAN'S JOB THAT YOU HAVE TO YOU DO.
01:43:24PM YOU HAVE TO BE A PSYCHIATRIST, A POLICE OFFICER.
01:43:26PM YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE STREET KNOWLEDGE.
01:43:28PM YOU HAVE TO YOU HAVE THE BOOK KNOWLEDGE.
01:43:29PM YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE "DON'T TOUCH ME" KNOWLEDGE.
01:43:33PM SO MANY THINGS TODAY TO BE A POLICE OFFICER.
01:43:35PM I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND ALL THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY
01:43:39PM OF TAMPA FOR THE JOB YOU ARE DOING.
01:43:40PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
01:43:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
01:43:42PM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
01:43:44PM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU NOT WORKING MEN AND WOMEN IN
01:43:48PM POLICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
01:43:49PM INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT WHAT YOU ALL DO AS I SAID THIS MORNING,
01:43:54PM NOTHING IN OUR CITY CAN WORK IF WE HAVE A HIGH CRIME RATE.
01:43:58PM WHEN WE -- WHEN I STARTED -- SOME OF US STARTED AT DIFFERENT
01:44:03PM TIMES.
01:44:03PM WHEN I STARTED COUNCIL IN 2019 ALREADY A PERIOD FROM
01:44:07PM 2018-2021 WHERE THE VIOLENT CRIME RATE SPIKED.
01:44:10PM IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GO TO THE FBI CRIME STATISTICS WEB SITE.
01:44:16PM HATS OFF TO MAYOR CASTOR AND CHIEF OF STAFF BENNETT WHO --
01:44:21PM WHO CHANGED THE DIRECTION AND BROUGHT THAT VIOLENT CRIME
01:44:25PM RATE DOWN.
01:44:25PM WE HAVE HAD NOW THREE OR FOUR YEARS OF LOW VIOLENT CRIME
01:44:29PM RATES.
01:44:29PM AS YOU SAID ONE OF THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY.
01:44:31PM AND IT IS PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE POLICIES, DIRECTION,
01:44:35PM MANAGEMENT, CHIEF -- DR. CHIEF BERCAW BEING THERE AS WELL.
01:44:41PM AND HARD-WORKING MEN AND WOMEN OF THE TEAM AND SOME OF WHAT
01:44:45PM WAS MENTIONED WAS COLLABORATIVE.
01:44:54PM FEW YEARS AGO SOME DESPERATE POLITICIANS TRIED TO FOE LIGHT
01:45:00PM SIZE THE POLICE.
01:45:01PM I WAS AGAINST IT THEN.
01:45:02PM I THINK THAT WE SHOULD NEVER PUT POLICE OFFICERS IN THE WAY
01:45:06PM OF POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS AND POLITICAL FIGHTS.
01:45:08PM WE ALL WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO HELP THE POLICE --
01:45:14PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK AND I, IN PARTICULAR, ARE ALREADY SEEING
01:45:16PM THIS WAVE OF E-MAILS AND CAMPAIGN SAYING WE ARE ANTI-POLICE.
01:45:21PM AND COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK HAS RODE IN POLICE CARS MORE THAN
01:45:26PM ANY OF US.
01:45:26PM IF YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW WHAT YOU DO AND HOW YOU PUT YOUR
01:45:31PM LIVES ON THE LINE.
01:45:32PM WE WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE AND LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU
01:45:34PM DO.
01:45:35PM AND IT THE LAST THING I SAY -- I AM GOING TO SAY IS THAT
01:45:38PM WHATEVER ANY KIND OF CRAZY POLITICIAN SAY, I AM GOING TO
01:45:42PM MAKE SURE THAT I SUPPORT THE POLICE AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU
01:45:46PM ARE ABLE TO DO YOUR JOB.
01:45:47PM THANK YOU.
01:45:48PM >> THANK YOU.
01:45:49PM TO ADD ON TO THAT.
01:45:51PM ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT US, WE DO OUR CITIZENS
01:45:54PM ACADEMY IN THE FALL AND WILL BE ADVERTISING SOON.
01:45:59PM I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO SIGN UP FOR THE CITIZENS
01:46:02PM ACADEMY.
01:46:02PM POINT OF CLARIFICATION ON THE CRIME REDUCTION.
01:46:04PM LAST 22 YEARS, CITY OF TAMPA IS DOWN 76% IN CRIME.
01:46:09PM NATION SAW A SPIKE IN VIOLENT CRIME DURING COVID BECAUSE THE
01:46:12PM CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM SHUT DOWN, BUT SLIGHT LITTLE NUDGE
01:46:16PM IN TAMPA, BUT WAS NOWHERE NEAR THE REST OF THE NATION.
01:46:19PM WE ARE FORTUNATE BECAUSE OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE AND
01:46:23PM THE OFFICERS WE HAVE TO HAVE RECORD HISTORIC LOW CRIME.
01:46:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WOULD VOLUNTEER TO DO THAT IF I CAN HAVE
01:46:30PM TASE SOMEONE.
01:46:31PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I DON'T WANT TO GET TASED.
01:46:36PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WANT TO TASE SOMEBODY.
01:46:39PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE ACADEMY.
01:46:43PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER.
01:46:45PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
01:46:47PM FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, ENGAGEMENT WITH THE YOUTH.
01:46:52PM A LOT OF GOOD IN TAMPA.
01:46:54PM WE GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS AND HEAR A LOT FROM THE
01:46:56PM COMMUNITY, BUT NICE TO SEE THE POSITIVE IMPACT THAT IS BEING
01:46:59PM DONE.
01:47:00PM AND THANK YOU TO YOU, CHIEF.
01:47:03PM YOU ARE ALWAYS ACCESSIBLE.
01:47:04PM YOU ALWAYS ANSWER OR YOU CALL FIRST MANY TEAMS.
01:47:08PM YOU MENTION THE CITIZENS ACADEMY.
01:47:10PM IF ANYBODY WISHES TO DO THAT.
01:47:12PM IT IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY.
01:47:13PM I DID IT YEARS AGO.
01:47:15PM I DID NOT GET TASED.
01:47:16PM I CHOSE NOT TO.
01:47:17PM BUT IT IS -- IT IS A GREAT EXPERIENCE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS
01:47:21PM BEHIND THE SCENES.
01:47:22PM AND YOU GET A GREATER APPRECIATION.
01:47:24PM SO THANK YOU FOR THAT WONDERFUL REPORT.
01:47:26PM AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR WHOLE TEAM.
01:47:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
01:47:30PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YEAH, I JUST -- REMEMBER I WAS GOING TO
01:47:33PM RIDE ALONG YOU WITH, BUT IT WAS 2:00 IN THE MORNING AND YOU
01:47:36PM DIDN'T CALL TO WAKE ME UP, REMEMBER, AND I SLEPT THROUGH IT.
01:47:41PM CHIEF BERCAW.
01:47:42PM >> IF THAT THE WAY YOU SEE IT.
01:47:44PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: HE NEED TO GET BACK ON LIST.
01:47:47PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ONE, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING FOR
01:47:49PM THE CITY KEEPING US SAFE.
01:47:51PM EVERYBODY THAT WORKS AND WEARS THE EUROPE AS A FIRST
01:47:55PM RESPONDER.
01:47:56PM FIRST MEETING, WE TALKED OF P.A.L. POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE,
01:48:01PM AND OUR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE YOUTH.
01:48:03PM THANK YOU FOR WALKING THAT TALK WITH AND TALKING THAT TALK.
01:48:06PM AND IT BEING TRUE TO THE FIRST WORDS YOU EVER IT ERRED ME IN
01:48:10PM OUR VERY FIRST MEETING -- UTTERS TO KNEE IN OUR VERY FIRST
01:48:15PM MEETING.
01:48:16PM I THINK IT IS VALUABLE AND PEOPLE SITTING HERE 20 YEARS FROM
01:48:19PM NOW WITH LOWER CRIME RATES, A BECAUSE OF THOSE TYPE OF
01:48:22PM PROGRAMS.
01:48:23PM THEY WILL BE ABLE TO THANK YOU AND YOUR OFFICERS THAT ARE
01:48:26PM WORKING WITH THESE YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY FOR REDUCING FUTURE
01:48:30PM CRIMES.
01:48:30PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
01:48:31PM >>, THANK YOU.
01:48:33PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NEXT ITEM IS -- ITEM NUMBER 70.
01:48:48PM STAFF PROCEEDING AN UPDATE ON THE PROCESS FOR 2025 RIBBON
01:48:52PM CUTTING IN 2027 OF STATION 24.
01:48:55PM CHIEF TRIPP.
01:48:56PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
01:49:02PM CHIEF TRIPP HERE, TAMPA FIRE RESCUE CHIEF.
01:49:07PM AND I DO HAVE MY PROJECT MANAGER THAT SHOULD BE ONLINE.
01:49:10PM AND WE HAVE A LITTLE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY.
01:49:12PM SO, KEN, ARE YOU AVAILABLE?
01:49:18PM >> I'M HERE, CHIEF.
01:49:19PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: I WANT TO INTRODUCE THE INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS
01:49:22PM SELECTED TO BE THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS PROJECT, WHICH IS
01:49:27PM THE BUILDING OF FIRE STATION 24.
01:49:30PM AND, OF COURSE, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING EVERY WEEK.
01:49:33PM HE MEETS WITH US ON A WEEKLY BASIS.
01:49:35PM WE HAVE BEEN HAVING MULTIPLE MEETINGS.
01:49:37PM HE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
01:49:38PM WE HAVE BEEN REVIEWING THE SITE PLAN, AS WELL AS THE LAYOUT
01:49:43PM FOR THE PROJECT AS FAR AS THE BUILDING ITSELF AND HE WILL
01:49:47PM GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION AS FAR AS SOME OF THE YEARS WE ARE
01:49:50PM LOOKING INTO TO TRY TO SEE HOW WE CAN -- NOT DECREASE BUT
01:49:57PM INCREASE THE START DATE OPPOSED TO DECREASING THE TIME WE
01:50:01PM HAVE CURRENTLY.
01:50:01PM KEN, I WILL LET YOU START.
01:50:03PM >> SURE.
01:50:03PM THANKS, CHIEF AND THANKS, COUNCIl.
01:50:08PM GREAT TO BE HERE.
01:50:10PM AND THE STATUS OF PROJECT AS WE SIT.
01:50:13PM TODAY, SOME OF THE PROJECTS COMPLETED.
01:50:16PM PROJECT CONFIRMATION, EXISTING SITE, AND SURVEY AND ANALYSIS
01:50:21PM OF THE SITE HAS BEEN COMPLETE AS WELL.
01:50:23PM WE WORKED ON THE SPACE NEEDS ASSESSMENT WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY
01:50:26PM THE PROGRAMMING OF THE SPACE.
01:50:28PM THE NEEDS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WHAT WILL BE
01:50:31PM INCORPORATED INTO THE PLANS.
01:50:32PM WE HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE ARCHITECTS CONCEPTUAL FLOOR
01:50:37PM PLANS WITH REVIEW AND ONGOING.
01:50:39PM ANTICIPATING A PREDESIGN PACKAGE, CRITERIA PACKAGE TO BE
01:50:43PM COMPLETED ON OR ABOUT THE 30th OF JULY.
01:50:46PM CURRENTLY, THE SCHEDULE IS LOOKING AT CONSTRUCTION START
01:50:54PM DATE OF 25 SEPTEMBER OF 2026.
01:50:57PM WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON COMPRESSING THE DESIGN
01:51:00PM SCHEDULE TO ENSURE THAT WE GET AN EARLIER CONSTRUCTION START
01:51:04PM DATE, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.
01:51:05PM AND IN ADDITION, WE WILL BE MAKING SURE WE ARE WORKING
01:51:10PM WITH THE DESIGN-BUILD TEAM TO IDENTIFY ANY KIND OF
01:51:12PM BUILDING METHODS OR MATERIALS TILT WALL, PRECAST OR ANYTHING
01:51:16PM ELSE WE CAN TO DO COMPRESS THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE TO MOVE
01:51:21PM UP THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
01:51:28PM WE WANT TO GET THAT, AND THAT IS CURRENTLY WHERE WE STAND.
01:51:32PM AND WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
01:51:36PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, CHIEF TRIPP.
01:51:37PM I APPRECIATE THE FACT YOU HAVE A PROJECT MANAGER ON THIS.
01:51:40PM I AM SURE THAT WILL HELP PUSH THAT ALONG.
01:51:43PM CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.
01:51:47PM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
01:51:48PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
01:51:49PM BEFORE WE START, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT?
01:51:51PM BECAUSE LAST TIME I HEARD, IT WAS DOING A GROUNDBREAKING IN
01:51:55PM MARCH OF 2026, RIGHT.
01:51:58PM DID YOU SAY SEPTEMBER OF '25 WE ARE LOOKING AT GROUNDBREAKING.
01:52:02PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.
01:52:03PM >> THAT'S CORRECT.
01:52:05PM >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY, GREAT.
01:52:08PM >> SEPTEMBER OF 2026.
01:52:12PM CONSTRUCTION STARTING.
01:52:14PM >>LUIS VIERA: HOW IN THE WORLD CAN WE NOT START CONSTRUCTION
01:52:17PM ON THAT FOR ANOTHER YEAR AND FOUR MONTHS?
01:52:21PM >> WE ARE TRYING TO PUSH TO FIND OUT.
01:52:23PM AGAIN, WE HAVE ONLY BEEN INVOLVED IN A LITTLE LESS THAN A
01:52:27PM MONTH.
01:52:27PM AND WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE DESIGN TEAM.
01:52:31PM THERE WAS A CONTRACT ALREADY ESTABLISHED BEFORE WE CAME ON
01:52:33PM BOARD THAT ESTABLISHED DATES OF COMPLETION FOR DESIGN PHASE
01:52:36PM AND THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE.
01:52:38PM WE ARE WORKING AGAINST THAT CONTRACT TO TRY TO COMPRESS
01:52:40PM THOSE DATES AND PORTION OF THE DESIGN TEAM TO MOVE THE DATES
01:52:44PM UP OF THE DESIGN PHASE AND THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE.
01:52:47PM OUR ANTICIPATION WE WILL PULL THAT BACK AS QUICKLY AND AS
01:52:51PM MUCH AS WE CAN TO GET MORE IN LINE WITH THE MARCH OF 2025 --
01:52:56PM EXCUSE ME, IN MARCH OF '26 GROUNDBREAKING DATE.
01:52:59PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: I DON'T KNOW -- I WANT TO SAY ONE THING.
01:53:02PM I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE CONTRACT IS AT.
01:53:05PM ADMIN IS ON HERE.
01:53:07PM I DON'T KNOW IF RICHARD HAS ANY INPUT.
01:53:11PM BECAUSE COMING FROM CONTRACT ADMIN TO PUSH FOR MARCH OF 26.
01:53:16PM AS STATED FOR DESIGN-BUILD, AS FAR AS THAT CONTRACT AND, YOU
01:53:20PM KNOW, INDIVIDUAL -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
01:53:29PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, THANK YOU.
01:53:30PM I AM GOING TO BE BLUNT, I'M DISTRESSED TOLD MARCH '26 AND WE
01:53:36PM DID MOTIONS TO HURRY ON THAT.
01:53:37PM AND WE ARE BEING TOLD SEPTEMBER 2026 FOR GROUNDBREAKING.
01:53:41PM I DO NOT UNDERSTAND IT.
01:53:43PM I AM VERY, VERY FRUSTRATED OVER THIS.
01:53:46PM I WILL WITHHOLD MY WORDS FOR A DEGREE, BUT WE WERE TALK OF
01:53:50PM MARCH OF 2026.
01:53:51PM AND PLEASE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BECAUSE I AM GOING OFF OF
01:53:54PM RECOLLECTION FOR GROUNDBREAKING.
01:53:56PM PUSHING FOR OCTOBER OF 2025 FOR GROUNDBREAKING.
01:53:59PM WE PASSED A DESIGN IN 2023.
01:54:06PM AND WILL TAKE THREE I CAN'T HAVE NEARS TO GET TO
01:54:10PM GROUNDBREAKING?
01:54:11PM MY QUESTION IS TO EVERYBODY THERE, AND I -- THERE ARE
01:54:15PM CERTAIN THINGS IN THE PURVIEW OF THE CHIEF.
01:54:17PM CERTAIN THINGS IN THE PER VIEW OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION OR
01:54:21PM MR. -- PLEASE CORRECTED ME IF I'M MISPRONOUNCING YOUR NAME,
01:54:27PM MR. GUYETTE.
01:54:29PM TELL ME HOW THAT MAKES SENSE AND HOW IN THE WORLD WE GOT
01:54:32PM HERE.
01:54:32PM DEALING WITH A NORTH TAMPA COMMUNITY THAT HAD STATION 13
01:54:36PM THAT WAS THE BUSIEST STATION IN TAMPA, 54th BUSIEST STATION
01:54:40PM IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
01:54:41PM WE GIVE THEM SOME RELIEF THROUGH STATION 25 AND DONE
01:54:45PM QUICKLY.
01:54:45PM AND NOW TAKE US THREE AND A HALF YEARS TO GET FROM PASSING
01:54:49PM DESIGN TO DOING A GROUNDBREAKING.
01:54:51PM EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THAT MAKES SENSE.
01:54:54PM FROM THE WAY I SEE IT.
01:54:56PM THE SIMPLE THINKING PERSON HERE.
01:54:58PM I DON'T SEE HOW THAT MAKES SENSE.
01:55:01PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SOMEBODY FROM CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION
01:55:03PM ONLINE?
01:55:03PM NO?
01:55:04PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THEY SHOULD BE.
01:55:06PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANYBODY FROM CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION
01:55:10PM LISTENING, NOW IS YOUR TIME TO LOG IN.
01:55:13PM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
01:55:17PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION, COUNCIL
01:55:21PM MEMBER VIERA HAS, WHERE WE WERE TOLD.
01:55:25PM MR. VIERA WORKED SO HARD OF WORKING TO THAT GOAL.
01:55:27PM NOW THAT GOAL HAS SORT OF DISAPPEARED IN THE AIR.
01:55:30PM SO I THINK SOME EXPLANATION THAT IS DUE TO YOU MR. VIERA AND
01:55:34PM TO COUNCIL AS TO WHY.
01:55:35PM THAT'S WHAT HE IS ASKING.
01:55:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
01:55:42PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I AGREE.
01:55:43PM I WOULD GO SO FAR AS TO SAY THAT THAT -- THAT NOTHING ELSE
01:55:47PM SHOULD BREAK DOWN UNTIL THIS IS DONE.
01:55:49PM I AM NOT GOING TO APPROVE ANY MORE MONEY FOR ANYTHING,
01:55:54PM BUILDING-WISE UNTIL THIS GETS DONE.
01:55:56PM BECAUSE THIS IS -- THAT IS RIDICULOUS.
01:55:59PM IT IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS.
01:56:01PM NO REASON WE CAN'T START BUILDING A FIRE STATION FOR ANOTHER
01:56:05PM 16 MONTHS.
01:56:07PM THAT -- THAT -- THAT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE.
01:56:10PM I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
01:56:12PM SO I -- YEAH, I WON'T SUPPORT ANY TYPE OF BUILDING OF CITY
01:56:17PM FACILITIES UNTIL THIS IS DONE.
01:56:19PM I CAN'T DO IT.
01:56:20PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
01:56:22PM >>BILL CARLSON: AGREE.
01:56:24PM IT IS RIDICULOUS.
01:56:26PM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA PUSHED THIS FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO AND WE
01:56:30PM THOUGHT IT WAS ALL DONE.
01:56:30PM WE ALLOCATED THE MONEY.
01:56:32PM NOTHING HAPPENED.
01:56:33PM WE TALKED OF SLOW WALKING.
01:56:34PM THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.
01:56:35PM AND IT IS NOT A STAFF PERSON'S FAULT.
01:56:39PM ADMINISTRATION IS NOT SETTING THIS AS A PRIORITY.
01:56:42PM IT IS NOT ABOUT A STATION.
01:56:43PM IT IS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY.
01:56:45PM THEY NEED -- WE NEED FACILITIES TO PROTECT OUR FIRE FIGHTERS
01:56:49PM AND PUBLIC SAFETY PEOPLE.
01:56:51PM WE NEED RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC.
01:56:54PM IF YOU ALL MAKE AT THAT MOTION TO PUT A MORATORIUM ON NEW
01:56:59PM BUILDINGS, I AM HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT.
01:57:00PM I WILL DEFINITELY VOTE FOR IT.
01:57:02PM WE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH TAMPA UNION STATION.
01:57:04PM TOOK FIVE YEARS OF MAKING MOTIONS EVERY YEAR.
01:57:07PM AND NOW FINALLY IT IS STARTING.
01:57:08PM AND --
01:57:12PM >>LYNN HURTAK: IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION.
01:57:15PM >>BILL CARLSON: I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO SAY.
01:57:16PM WHAT KIND OF MOTION.
01:57:18PM THAT -- WELL, IF YOU ALL THINK OF THE LANGUAGE, I AM HAPPY
01:57:21PM TO MAKE THE MOTION OR SUPPORT IT.
01:57:23PM >>LUIS VIERA: WHAT IS THE MOTION?
01:57:25PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WAS JUST SAYING.
01:57:26PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HOLD ON A SECOND.
01:57:28PM STILL DISCUSSION.
01:57:29PM CAN I SUGGEST COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA TO SPEAK BEFORE WE DO
01:57:35PM THIS.
01:57:35PM CAN WE CONTINUE THIS ITEM FOR LIKE AN HOUR AND SEE IF WE
01:57:39PM CAN GET SOMEBODY FROM CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION ON TO GET THIS
01:57:41PM ANSWER?
01:57:42PM SO I AM GOING TO LET COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA HAVE THE LAST WORD
01:57:46PM OF THIS DISCUSSION.
01:57:46PM AND THEN I WILL MAKE A MOTION -- I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION
01:57:50PM FROM SOMEONE ON COUNCIL TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM FOR ONE HOUR.
01:57:55PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: UNTIL 2:30.
01:57:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I HEARD COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA SAY YES, A
01:58:04PM MOTION TO DEFER THIS UNTIL 2:00 -- LET'S SAY 3:00.
01:58:13PM SEASON SECOND WHICH BY COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
01:58:16PM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA DO YOU WANT TO CLOSE THIS OUT.
01:58:19PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, MR. CHAIR.
01:58:20PM FOR ME, I WILL GIVE YOU ALL OBJECTIVE FACTS.
01:58:23PM WE PASSED THIS IN 2023 FOR DESIGN.
01:58:26PM THEN WE DO A VOTE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT IN EARLY 2024 FOR
01:58:33PM PONDING FOR STATION 24 AS WELL AS FLEET MAINTENANCE.
01:58:38PM CITY COUNCIL PUTS FORTH THE FUNDING MECHANISM FOR THE
01:58:43PM CONSTRUCTION.
01:58:43PM THAT WAS IN EARLY 2024.
01:58:49PM HERE WE ARE A YEAR AND A HALF LATER AND JUST BEING TOLD WE
01:58:53PM HAVE ANOTHER YEAR AND A HALF TO BEGIN ON THIS PROJECT FOR
01:58:59PM GROUNDBREAKING.
01:59:00PM THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE.
01:59:02PM SO I DO WANT SOMEBODY FROM CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION HERE.
01:59:06PM THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE.
01:59:08PM AND I AM -- I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE FOLLOWING
01:59:11PM WEEK WHENEVER WE HAVE CITY COUNCIL TO ASK THE CHIEF OF STAFF
01:59:15PM AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM ADMINISTRATION TO COME AND TO GIVE
01:59:18PM US A EXPLANATION.
01:59:23PM THE MOTION SHOULD BE, WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?
01:59:26PM THAT IS WHAT THE MOTION SHOULD BE.
01:59:27PM WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED.
01:59:28PM BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT ANSWERS FOR THIS.
01:59:31PM AGAIN, WHEREVER IT FALLS, I WANT ANSWERS.
01:59:33PM BECAUSE THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
01:59:35PM UNACCEPTABLE.
01:59:36PM THANK YOU.
01:59:36PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE SAID THAT COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA WILL
01:59:39PM HAVE THE LAST WORD AND COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON AND COUNCIL
01:59:43PM MEMBER MIRANDA.
01:59:44PM >>BILL CARLSON: I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THAT.
01:59:46PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
01:59:48PM >>LYNN HURTAK: EASY ACCESS TO IT THE ELMO.
01:59:57PM [LAUGHTER]
01:59:58PM >>BILL CARLSON: THIS IS ON THE PRIOR -- I NEVER USED THIS.
02:00:01PM HOW I DO --
02:00:03PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YOU JUST LEAVE IT THERE AND IT SHOULD POP UP.
02:00:05PM >>BILL CARLSON: TALKING OF VIOLENT CRIME STATISTICS A MINUTE
02:00:10PM AGO ON THE BLESS SIDE.
02:00:11PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CAN WE GET THE WOLF UP PLEASE.
02:00:14PM WOLF.
02:00:15PM >>BILL CARLSON: I HAPPENED TO PRINT THIS OUT OR DO A SCREEN
02:00:19PM SHOT OF IT A FEW DAYS AGO.
02:00:21PM THIS IS THE -- IS IT BACK UP?
02:00:24PM THIS IS THE FBI -- ANYBODY CAN FIND THIS.
02:00:27PM GO TO THE FBI CRIME STATISTICS WEB SITE.
02:00:31PM AND JUST PULL UP CITY OF TAMPA.
02:00:34PM THIS IS DATA REPORT BY TPD.
02:00:37PM NOT BY -- NOT DONE INDEPENDENTLY BY THE FBI.
02:00:40PM BUT WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS THIS -- THIS BIG SPIKE.
02:00:43PM AND YOU SEE IT GO UP AND DOWN, BUT THE BIG SPIKE STARTED IN
02:00:48PM -- SOMETIME IN 2018.
02:00:49PM AND THEN ENDED ABOUT 2020-2021.
02:00:53PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, DOES THIS HAVE TO
02:00:57PM DO WITH THE FIRE STATION?
02:00:58PM BUT WE ARE TALKING OF THE FIRE STATION.
02:01:02PM >>BILL CARLSON: OKAY.
02:01:04PM I AM JUST GOING TO CIRCULATE.
02:01:06PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BRING THAT BACK TO NEW BUSINESS.
02:01:08PM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING?
02:01:15PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM NOT DISAPPROVING WHAT COUNCIL
02:01:18PM MEMBER VIERA.
02:01:18PM BUT I WANT TO TAKE THE WORD "HELL" OUT.
02:01:21PM USE ANOTHER WORD LIKE, WHAT HAPPENED.
02:01:23PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SO WE ARE GOING TO -- CHIEF TRIPP, IF YOU
02:01:29PM ARE STILL ON, WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM FOR 3:00
02:01:33PM AND HAVE THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER IS
02:01:36PM THOSE QUESTIONS.
02:01:36PM I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
02:01:38PM SEE YOU AT APPROXIMATELY 3:00 IN COUNCIL TIME, WHICH, YOU KNOW,
02:01:42PM CAN GIVE OR TAKE AN HOUR.
02:01:44PM OKAY, THAT BEING SAID, I DID NOT ASK IF THERE WAS ANYBODY IN
02:01:48PM THE PUBLIC THAT PUSHED TO HAVE THIS COUNCIL RECONSIDER
02:01:51PM LEGISLATIVE MATTERS.
02:01:52PM HEARING NONE.
02:01:53PM GONE.
02:01:54PM OKAY.
02:01:55PM WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON WITH THE AGENDA ONCE I FIND MY
02:02:04PM PLACE.
02:02:04PM OKAY.
02:02:06PM NOW AT OUR 10 A.M. PUBLIC HEARING.
02:02:09PM IT IS 2:00.
02:02:10PM ONLY FOUR HOURS BEHIND.
02:02:11PM WE ARE GOING TO START.
02:02:13PM THIS IS A NONQUASI JUDICIAL SO WE DON'T NEED TO SWEAR
02:02:17PM ANYBODY IN.
02:02:17PM ITEM NUMBER 45.
02:02:18PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO OPEN ON PUBLIC.
02:02:21PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN -- COUNCIL MEMBER
02:02:25PM MANISCALCO.
02:02:25PM MOTION TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARINGS.
02:02:27PM SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
02:02:28PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
02:02:29PM PROPOSED.
02:02:29PM AYES HAVE IT.
02:02:31PM ITEM NUMBER 45.
02:02:32PM WHO WILL PRESENT?
02:02:43PM THIS IS THE SECOND READINGS, BY THE WAY.
02:02:51PM >>EMMA GREGORY: EMMA GREGORY, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
02:02:53PM SECOND READING TO AMEND THE PETITION.
02:03:01PM MAY 1.
02:03:02PM APPLICANT REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
02:03:04PM THANK YOU.
02:03:05PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DOES THE APPLICANT HAVE ANYTHING THEY
02:03:08PM WOULD LIKE TO SAY?
02:03:16PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
02:03:18PM MY NAME IS SARAH SANDY REPRESENTING THE PETITIONER.
02:03:21PM ADDRESS IS 107 WEST COLLEGE AVENUE IN TALLAHASSEE,
02:03:28PM FLORIDA.
02:03:28PM I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
02:03:30PM I KNOW PREVIOUSLY THE COUNCIL WANTED TO SEE A MAP OF IT JUST
02:03:34PM TO GET AN IDEA.
02:03:35PM UNLESS THERE IS ANYTHING ADDITIONAL YOU WOULD LIKE TO ME TO
02:03:39PM ANSWER, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
02:03:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
02:03:43PM ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK?
02:03:46PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVED TO CLOSE.
02:03:47PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
02:03:48PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
02:03:49PM OPPOSED.
02:03:50PM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, READ ITEM 45.
02:03:52PM >>LUIS VIERA: SURE.
02:03:53PM I READ AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND
02:03:58PM ADOPTION, ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
02:04:01PM TAMPA, FLORIDA, AMENDING ORDINANCE 210-129 WHICH ESTABLISHED
02:04:05PM THE ENCORE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PROVIDING FOR
02:04:09PM AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES PURSUANT TO
02:04:13PM 190.046 PROVIDING FOR ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS TO
02:04:17PM REMAIN UNCHANGED, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS AND SEVERABILITY.
02:04:21PM PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
02:04:22PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
02:04:25PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: PLEASE ENTER YOUR VOTE.
02:04:28PM WHO IS MISSING?
02:04:36PM >>LYNN HURTAK: EVERYBODY PUSH FOR THEIR VOTE.
02:04:38PM PUSH IT AGAIN.
02:04:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHO ARE YOU MISSING?
02:04:45PM >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
02:04:48PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CONGRATULATIONS.
02:04:50PM ITEM 46.
02:04:51PM WHO WILL PRESENT.
02:04:53PM >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: MICHELLE VAN LOAN, REAL ESTATE.
02:04:56PM NUMBER 46 IS THE SECOND READING OF HONORARY NAMING OF THE
02:04:59PM NEW TAMPA ALL ABILITY PARK FOR YOUNG MR. HARRISON
02:05:10PM BOONSTOPPEL.
02:05:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, YOU READ THE LAST
02:05:15PM ONE BUT APPROPRIATE FOR TO YOU READ THIS ONE AS WELL.
02:05:18PM SORRY, A MOTION TO CLOSE?
02:05:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION.
02:05:22PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
02:05:22PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
02:05:24PM OPPOSED.
02:05:25PM AYES HAVE IT.
02:05:26PM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
02:05:27PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR, PROUD PLEASURE TO DO THIS FOR A
02:05:30PM YOUNG MAN WHO -- HIS LIFE AND JUST EVERYTHING REALLY
02:05:36PM SYMBOLIZES WHAT THAT PARK IS ALL ABOUT, THE LATE
02:05:41PM HARRISON BOONSTOPPEL.
02:05:42PM ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA APPROVING AND AFFIRMING OF
02:05:45PM THE NEW TAMPA ALL ABILITIES PLAYGROUND TO HONOR
02:05:49PM HARRISON BOONSTOPPEL PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
02:05:54PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
02:05:56PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
02:05:59PM >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
02:06:02PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ITEM NUMBER 47.
02:06:05PM >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: MICHELLE VAN LOAN, REAL ESTATE.
02:06:07PM SECOND READING OF PROPROSED PARK NAMING AT MARKUM AFTER LISA
02:06:15PM CHESSER.
02:06:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS
02:06:19PM ITEM.
02:06:19PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO CLOSE.
02:06:20PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON, STEPHANIE POYNOR.
02:06:30PM I THINK THIS IS A GRAND IDEA.
02:06:31PM I AM GLAD I HAD IT.
02:06:33PM THANK YOU.
02:06:33PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
02:06:36PM MIRANDA.
02:06:36PM SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
02:06:38PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
02:06:39PM OPPOSED.
02:06:39PM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, READ ITEM 47.
02:06:43PM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU, SIR.
02:06:45PM AND THANK YOU TO MISS POYNOR AND THE COMMUNITY FOR
02:06:48PM RECOMMENDING THIS.
02:06:49PM WE GAVE LISA AN COMMENDATION A COUPLE OF MONTHS BEFORE SHE
02:06:53PM PASSED AND SHE HAD A BIG IMPACT OF THE COMMUNITY MUCH SOUTH
02:06:57PM TAMPA, SOUTH OF GANDY AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY IN FACT.
02:06:59PM SO WITH PLEASURE REMOVE ITEM NUMBER 47, FILE NUMBER HN
02:07:08PM 25-14352.
02:07:08PM ORDINANCE SECOND READING, FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA APPROVING
02:07:12PM THE NAMING OF PROPOSE PARK AT MARKUM STREET AND PINEWOOD
02:07:16PM STREET IN TAMPA, FLORIDA, TO HONOR LISA MARIE CHESSER
02:07:20PM PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
02:07:22PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
02:07:23PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER
02:07:27PM MANISCALCO.
02:07:27PM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
02:07:29PM >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
02:07:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOVING ON TO ITEM 48.
02:07:34PM >> HEATHER BONDS, HISTORIC PRESERVATION SPECIALIST.
02:07:37PM 48 ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING FOR HISTORIC
02:07:42PM PRESERVATION TAX EXEMPTION FOR 1807 NORTH MORGAN STREET AND
02:07:47PM I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
02:07:48PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
02:07:49PM ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
02:07:52PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO CLOSE.
02:07:53PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
02:07:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON, READ ITEM 48.
02:07:58PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: HOW DO YOU SAY HARVEY'S LAST NAME.
02:08:01PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VOTE ON THAT.
02:08:02PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
02:08:03PM OPPOSED.
02:08:04PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: SCHONBRUN.
02:08:09PM IT'S OKAY.
02:08:11PM I DON'T MIND ASKING.
02:08:12PM HTX 25-13984 ORDINANCE SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
02:08:22PM TAX EXEMPTION RELATIVE TO THE RESTORATION, RENOVATION OR
02:08:27PM REHABILITATION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNED BY
02:08:33PM HARVEY SCHONBRUN, TRUSTEE, LOCATED AT 1807 NORTH MORGAN
02:08:37PM STREET, TAMPA, FLORIDA, IN THE TAMPA HEIGHTS HISTORIC
02:08:41PM DISTRICT PACED ON CERTAIN FINDINGS PROVIDING TO NOTICE TO
02:08:45PM THE PROPERTY APPRAISER OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
02:08:50PM PROVIDING SEVERABILITIES AND ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT,
02:08:54PM PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
02:08:55PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
02:08:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION AND A SECOND.
02:09:00PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THIS HOUSE IS BEAUTIFUL, BY THE WAY,
02:09:04PM EXTREMELY.
02:09:04PM ONE BLOCK FROM THE BOOK STORE.
02:09:06PM IT'S GORGEOUS.
02:09:07PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THEY HE DID A GREAT JOB.
02:09:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ONE MORE.
02:09:14PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I VOTED, AND MINE SAYS YES.
02:09:17PM I VOTED YES.
02:09:18PM >>CLERK: I CAN'T TELL WHOSE IT IS.
02:09:21PM MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
02:09:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:09:29PM NEXT ONE ITEM 49 YOU WILL PRESENT AS WELL?
02:09:33PM >>HEATHER BONDS: YES, SIR.
02:09:33PM HEATHER BONDS, HISTORIC PRESERVATION SPECIALIST.
02:09:36PM NUMBER 49.
02:09:37PM AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND
02:09:40PM ADAPTATION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION TAX EXEMPTION AT 1704
02:09:47PM WEST JETTON AVENUE.
02:09:48PM I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
02:09:49PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS?
02:09:51PM ANYBODY IN THE COUNCIL WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM?
02:09:55PM NO?
02:09:56PM MOTION TO CLOSE.
02:09:58PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MOVED.
02:09:59PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
02:10:00PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
02:10:01PM OPPOSED.
02:10:02PM MISS HURTAK.
02:10:03PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
02:10:05PM >>LYNN HURTAK: FILE NUMBER HTX 25-13986, ORDINANCE FOR
02:10:12PM SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
02:10:13PM HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION APPLICATION
02:10:17PM RELATIVE TO THE RESTORATION, RENOVATION OR REHABILITATION OF
02:10:20PM CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNED BY ANDREW M. NEMWMAN AND AERIAL
02:10:25PM PETERS LOCATED 1704 WEST JETTON AVENUE IN THE HYDE PARK
02:10:31PM HISTORIC DISTRICT BASED ON CERTAIN FINDINGS AND PROPERTY
02:10:36PM APPRAISER OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY
02:10:39PM AND ORDINANCES IN CONFLICTS AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
02:10:43PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
02:10:46PM MIRANDA.
02:10:46PM FAVOR.
02:10:48PM MOTION TO CLOSE.
02:10:51PM RECORD YOUR VOTE.
02:10:54PM SORRY.
02:10:55PM I AM ACTUALLY MOVING --
02:10:58PM >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
02:11:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VERY GOOD.
02:11:13PM MOVING ON TO THE 10:00 PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT ARE
02:11:16PM QUASI-JUDICIAL.
02:11:16PM YOU HAVE TO BE SWORN IN IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TESTIFY OR
02:11:19PM SPEAKING.
02:11:20PM STAND UP, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND LET OUR FINE CLERK SWEAR
02:11:24PM YOU IN.
02:11:24PM ANYBODY -- IF ANYBODY FOR THE REVIEW HEARING.
02:11:32PM STAND UP AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
02:11:36PM >>LYNN HURTAK: IF YOU WERE HERE TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING.
02:11:38PM ANYTHING AT ALL.
02:11:39PM >>CLERK: RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE
02:11:44PM TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT TO PROVIDE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING
02:11:46PM BUT THE TRUTH.
02:11:48PM >> I DO.
02:11:48PM >>CLERK: THANK YOU.
02:11:50PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE ARE ON ITEM NUMBER 50.
02:11:52PM I SEE SAM THOMAS THAT I CAN'T HEAR BECAUSE HE IS ON MUTE.
02:12:01PM STILL ON MUTE.
02:12:03PM MADAM CLERK.
02:12:06PM HE IS UNMUTED ON OUR END.
02:12:19PM >>SAM THOMAS: I HIT THE BUTTON.
02:12:20PM ITEM NUMBER 50, REZ 25-02.
02:12:24PM REZONING REQUEST FOR 2701 SNORT FREMONT AVENUE.
02:12:28PM REQUEST TO REZONE FROM RS-50 TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.
02:12:32PM REVISIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLAN HAVE BEEN
02:12:36PM COMMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
02:12:38PM AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
02:12:40PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
02:12:42PM IS THERE AN APPLICANT?
02:12:44PM DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT FOR ITEM 50?
02:12:46PM ANYBODY IN THE COUNCIL WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO ITEM 50?
02:12:49PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO CLOSE.
02:12:50PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
02:12:51PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN
02:12:55PM HURTAK.
02:12:55PM OPPOSED?
02:12:59PM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO, READ ITEM 50.
02:13:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:13:03PM FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, GENERAL VICINITY 2701
02:13:07PM NORTH FREMONT IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE
02:13:10PM PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED RS-50 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO DD
02:13:15PM SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
02:13:18PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
02:13:19PM SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
02:13:21PM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
02:13:23PM >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH VIERA BEING ABSENT
02:13:27PM AT VOTE.
02:13:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOVING ON TO ITEM 51.
02:13:30PM WHO WILL PRESENT?
02:13:35PM >>STEPHANIE POPE: GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL, STEPHANIE POPE,
02:13:39PM LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
02:13:39PM REZ-25-21.
02:13:43PM REZONING REQUEST FOR PROPERTY AT 3210 EAST YUKON STREET.
02:13:49PM FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY 60 TO RESIDENTIAL
02:13:53PM SINGLE-FAMILY 50.
02:13:54PM EUCLIDIAN ZONING AND NO SITE PLANS.
02:13:57PM I AM AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
02:13:59PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
02:14:01PM ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?
02:14:02PM IS THERE AN APPLICANT FOR 51?
02:14:05PM >>CLERK: MR. PHILLIPS IS ONLINE AND WE CAN NOT ELEVATE HIM
02:14:09PM DUE TO TECHNICAL ISSUES.
02:14:11PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: TECHNICAL ISSUES.
02:14:13PM HE CAN HEAR US.
02:14:14PM BUT CAN WE HEAR HIM AT ALL?
02:14:18PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WE HAVE TO SEE HIS FACE.
02:14:19PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SINCE WE ARE HAVING THE TECHNICAL ISSUE
02:14:25PM AND MOVE FORWARD.
02:14:25PM MR. SHELBY, SOMETHING WE MOVE FORWARD?
02:14:28PM OKAY, VERY GOOD.
02:14:29PM WE WOULD LIKE -- A MOTION TO CLOSE.
02:14:32PM ANYBODY IN PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 51.
02:14:36PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED TO CLOSE.
02:14:38PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA AND A
02:14:40PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
02:14:44PM START OFF WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
02:14:47PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ITEM NUMBER 51.
02:14:50PM 51, REZ-25-21.
02:14:53PM ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
02:14:56PM IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 3210 EAST YUKON STREET FROM
02:15:02PM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-60 RESIDENTIAL
02:15:07PM SINGLE-FAMILY TO RS-50, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY PROVIDING
02:15:11PM AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
02:15:12PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
02:15:13PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
02:15:15PM SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
02:15:17PM RECORD YOUR VOTE, PLEASE.
02:15:18PM >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIE WITH CLENDENIN AND HURTAK VOTE NOTHING
02:15:24PM AND VIERA BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
02:15:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ITEM 52.
02:15:29PM WHO WILL PRESENT FOR 52.
02:15:31PM >>STEPHANIE POPE: STEPHANIE POPE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
02:15:33PM ITEM NUMBER 352, REZ 25-23 THIS ITEM A REZONING REQUEST FOR
02:15:42PM PROPERTY 1905 WEST SLIGH AVENUE FOR RESIDENTIAL ATTACHED
02:15:50PM USES.
02:15:51PM REVISIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS BEEN
02:15:55PM SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
02:15:57PM I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
02:15:59PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS?
02:16:01PM AN APPLICANT FOR 52?
02:16:09PM >> JORGE COMATA ON BEHALF THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY.
02:16:16PM WE ARE JUST HERE FOR THIS HEARING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE
02:16:21PM -- WITH THE ADOPTION OF IT.
02:16:22PM IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE ARE ABLE TO ANSWER.
02:16:25PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
02:16:28PM ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO ITEM 52?
02:16:32PM MOTION TO CLOSE?
02:16:34PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
02:16:39PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
02:16:43PM >>BILL CARLSON: MOVE ITEM NUMBER 52.
02:16:46PM REZ 25-23.
02:16:48PM ORDINANCE SECOND READING AN ADOPTION REZONING PROPERTY
02:16:52PM GENERAL 1905 WEST SLIGH AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA,
02:16:55PM FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION ONE ZONING
02:16:59PM CLASSIFICATION RO-1 RESIDENTIAL OFFICE TO PD RESIDENTIAL
02:17:04PM OFFICE PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
02:17:08PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
02:17:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER
02:17:11PM MIRANDA.
02:17:11PM NOW PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
02:17:13PM >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH VIERA BEING ABSENT
02:17:18PM AT THAT TIME VOTE.
02:17:18PM >> THANK YOU.
02:17:20PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU ARE WELCOME.
02:17:22PM ITEM 53.
02:17:23PM WHO IS PRESENTING ITEM 53.
02:17:26PM >>STEPHANIE POPE: STEPHANIE POPE.
02:17:28PM REZ 25-25.
02:17:33PM 808 NORTH ARMENIA AVENUE AND 2402 WEST STATE STREET.
02:17:39PM REQUEST TO REZONE FROM PD OF PLACE OF RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY
02:17:44PM TO PD MEDICAL AND PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS OFFICE USE.
02:17:47PM REVISIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS HAVE BEEN
02:17:50PM SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
02:17:54PM AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
02:17:56PM CLENDENIN --
02:18:02PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
02:18:04PM NO APPLICANT.
02:18:05PM ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS SPEAK TO 53.
02:18:09PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
02:18:10PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
02:18:11PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
02:18:16PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I MOVE FILE NUMBER REZ 25-25, ORDINANCE
02:18:20PM PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
02:18:22PM ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 808
02:18:28PM N. ARMENIA AVENUE AND 2402 WEST STATE STREET IN THE CITY OF
02:18:32PM TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION ONE
02:18:36PM FROM ZONING CLASSIFICATION PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PD
02:18:40PM PLANNED MEDICAL AND BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL OFFICE PROVIDE
02:18:43PM AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
02:18:44PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
02:18:46PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
02:18:47PM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
02:18:51PM >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH VIERA BEING ABSENT
02:18:57PM AT VOTE.
02:19:00PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ITEM 54.
02:19:01PM >>SAM THOMAS: SAM THOMAS, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
02:19:04PM ITEM NUMBER 54, REZ-25-29.
02:19:08PM 240 AND 258 SOUTH PLANT AVENUE, 205, 207, 209 AND 211 WEST
02:19:19PM PLATT STREET.
02:19:19PM FOR PLANS FOR A SCHOOL.
02:19:23PM PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND I AM
02:19:26PM AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
02:19:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS FROM STAFF.
02:19:30PM APPLICANT.
02:19:30PM >> CHARLES DAVIS ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.
02:19:32PM 100 SOUTH ASHLEY DRIVE, SUITE 2000.
02:19:36PM WE JUST WANTED TO THANK THE CITY, STAFF, COMMUNITY AND
02:19:40PM ESPECIALLY THE APPLICANT'S NEIGHBOR, PUBLIX, FOR ALL THE
02:19:43PM SUPPORT AND WORK ON THIS PROJECT AND WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER
02:19:53PM I DIDN'T QUESTIONS.
02:19:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?
02:19:56PM PUBLIC COMMENT?
02:19:58PM ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK?
02:19:59PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO CLOSE.
02:20:00PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
02:20:01PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
02:20:02PM OPPOSED IN COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THIS
02:20:05PM ITEM.
02:20:05PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES, FILE NUMBER REZ-25-29.
02:20:10PM ORDINANCE FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION REZONING PROPERTY
02:20:13PM IN THE GENERAL VICINITY 240 AND 258 SOUTH PLANT 'AND
02:20:21PM 205, 207 AND 209 AND 211 WEST PLATT STREET IN THE CITY OF
02:20:28PM TAMPA, FLORIDA, ZONING CLASSIFICATION OP OFFICE PROFESSIONAL
02:20:33PM AND CG TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, SCHOOL.
02:20:38PM PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
02:20:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
02:20:45PM MANISCALCO.
02:20:45PM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
02:20:48PM >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
02:20:49PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ITEM 55.
02:20:52PM >>STEPHANIE POPE: STEPHANIE POPE, ITEM NUMBER 55
02:20:59PM IS REZ-25-32.
02:21:00PM REZONING REQUEST FOR 718 EAST 23rd AVENUE FROM RESIDENTIAL
02:21:08PM TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR SINGLE-FAMILY USES.
02:21:10PM REVISIONS HAVE BEEN SUPPLIED AND CERTIFIED PLANS HAVE BEEN
02:21:13PM SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
02:21:15PM I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS PETITION THAT.
02:21:22PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?
02:21:24PM >> STEVE MICHELINI REPRESENTING THE PETITIONER.
02:21:32PM PRESERVED SOME GRAND TREES AND WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR
02:21:40PM APPROVAL.
02:21:40PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?
02:21:43PM ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK TO ITEM 55.
02:21:46PM MOTION TO CLOSE.
02:21:47PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MOVED.
02:21:49PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
02:21:49PM ALL THAT FAVOR SAY AYE.
02:21:56PM OPPOSED.
02:21:57PM GO AHEAD AND READ IT.
02:21:59PM IF YOU MUST.
02:22:01PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PRESENT TODAY SECOND READING AND
02:22:03PM ADOPTION.
02:22:03PM 9128 EAST 23rd AVENUE IN SECTION ONE FROM ZONING
02:22:09PM CLASSIFICATION RS-50, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO ,D
02:22:14PM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE
02:22:17PM DATE.
02:22:17PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
02:22:18PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
02:22:22PM MIRANDA.
02:22:22PM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
02:22:24PM >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
02:22:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOVING ON TOO ITEM 56.
02:22:37PM >>SAM THOMAS: SAM THOMAS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
02:22:39PM A 56, REZ-25-13.
02:22:43PM PROPERTY REQUEST OF 4601 AND 4611 WEST NORTH A STREET
02:22:53PM FROM RO-1 TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
02:22:58PM ATTACHED.
02:22:59PM I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
02:23:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?
02:23:05PM APPLICANT IN THE AUDIENCE OR ONLINE.
02:23:09PM >> FLORIDA DESIGN CONSULTANTS FOR THE RECORD.
02:23:11PM I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
02:23:14PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU NEED TO SWEAR IN.
02:23:15PM RAISE THE RIGHT HAND AND LET THE CLERK SWEAR YOU IN.
02:23:18PM >> SURE.
02:23:21PM >>CLERK: DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE
02:23:25PM ABOUT TO PROVIDE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUT
02:23:28PM >> I DO.
02:23:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: START THE BEGINNING.
02:23:31PM >> ROB ROSNER WITH FLORIDA DESIGN CONSULTANT, AND I AM
02:23:35PM REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT.
02:23:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY BEFORE WE
02:23:39PM MOVE ON.
02:23:39PM >> APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S HELP OF GETTING THIS APPLICATION
02:23:43PM TOGETHER AND YOUR SUGGESTIONS TO MAKE THIS A GREAT PROJECT.
02:23:46PM TO I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR APPROVAL.
02:23:49PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK TO
02:23:51PM ITEM 56?
02:23:53PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO CLOSE.
02:23:54PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
02:23:56PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO CLOSE AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL
02:24:01PM MEMBER MANISCALCO.
02:24:01PM OPPOSED.
02:24:03PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ITEM NUMBER 56, ORDINANCE FOR SECOND
02:24:09PM READING AND ADOPTION.
02:24:10PM ORDINANCE 4601, 4611 WEST NORTH A STREET?THE CITY OF TAMPA,
02:24:18PM PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN CLASSIFICATION RO-1 RESIDENTIAL
02:24:22PM OFFICE AND PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PD PLANNED
02:24:26PM DEVELOPMENT RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED PROVIDING A
02:24:30PM EFFECTIVE DATE.
02:24:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
02:24:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION AND A SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
02:24:35PM MANISCALCO.
02:24:35PM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
02:24:37PM >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
02:24:49PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT CONCLUDES THOSE.
02:24:51PM NOW 1:30.
02:24:52PM >>CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE: GOOD AFTERNOON, CAMARIA
02:24:55PM PETTIS-MACKLE FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
02:24:57PM ITEM NUMBER 57, AS MR. CHAIR HAS STATED, IS REVIEW HEARING FOR
02:25:02PM CITY OF TAMPA SU 125-13-C FOR THE PROPERTY 2219 EAST
02:25:09PM COLUMBUS DRIVE.
02:25:10PM THE PETITIONER FOR THAT MATTER IS BRITTANY OSBORN FROM
02:25:16PM SILVER TUNA LCC.
02:25:19PM THE REQUEST MADE BY THE APPLICANT AND THE PETITIONER WAS FOR
02:25:22PM A DWELLING SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED.
02:25:25PM STAFF DENIED THE APPLICATION REQUEST ON FEBRUARY 25 OF 2025.
02:25:33PM IN YOUR POCKET PROVIDED COUNCIL 26-17 CODE SECTIONS.
02:25:38PM SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED THE LANGUAGE IN CODE SECTION 27-132
02:25:46PM WHERE THE TWO REQUIREMENTS FOR SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED AND
02:25:50PM PROVIDED YOU WITH COPIES OF CODE SECTION 27-29 AND 27-30.
02:25:56PM I PROVIDED SAMPLE MOTIONS IN THE RULE OF PROCEDURES FOR CITY
02:25:59PM COUNCIL TO USE IN ORDER TO CONDUCT THIS REVIEW HEARING.
02:26:02PM AS PROVIDED IN CODE SECTION 27-61, THIS IS A DE NOVO REVIEW
02:26:09PM HEARING WHICH MEANS CITY COUNCIL CAN TAKE NEW EVIDENCE.
02:26:11PM AFTER YOU CAN HEAR TESTIMONY FROM THE AUDIENCE OR ANYONE.
02:26:18PM AFTER YOU HEAR ALL THE EVIDENCE AND REVIEW EVERYTHING
02:26:21PM REGARDING THIS MATTER, CITY COUNCIL CAN TAKE TWO ACTIONS.
02:26:24PM CITY COUNCIL CAN AFFIRM THE DECISION OF THE ZONING
02:26:30PM ADMINISTRATOR WHO DECIDE THE APPLICATION, OR YOU CAN
02:26:33PM OVERTURN THE DECISION OF THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR AND
02:26:41PM THEREFORE GRANT THE REQUEST.
02:26:43PM STAFF -- DAVID HUNTER IS ONLINE TO GIVE A COMPLETE OVERVIEW
02:26:48PM OF THE APPLICATION WITH THE CITY.
02:26:49PM AND FOR THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO HIM.
02:26:52PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU WERE NOT SWORN.
02:26:58PM >> I WAS ON WHEN YOU DID IT SO, YES, I HAVE.
02:27:01PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANYBODY WHO HAS NOT YET BEEN WORN IN.
02:27:05PM >> GOOD.
02:27:06PM OKAY, DAVID.
02:27:07PM >> I WILL NEED TO SHARE MY SCREEN, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
02:27:09PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHILE YOU ARE DOING THIS, ANY EX-PARTE
02:27:22PM COMMUNICATIONS THAT NEED TO BE RECEIVED AND FILED?
02:27:25PM HEARING NONE.
02:27:26PM >> LET'S SEE.
02:27:27PM CAN YOU GUYS SEE MY SCREEN HERE?
02:27:29PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
02:27:30PM >>DAVID HUNTER: OKAY, GREAT.
02:27:39PM MY NAME IS DAVID HUNTER, PLANNING AND DESIGN MANAGER FOR
02:27:49PM THE CITY OF TAMPA.
02:27:50PM SU 1-13-C FOR EAST COLUMBUS DRIVE.
02:27:57PM PETITION OF REVIEW OF THE SPECIAL USE TO ALLOW SINGLE-FAMILY
02:28:00PM ATTACHED DWELLING UNITS IN THE CN, WHICH IS COMMERCIAL
02:28:04PM NEIGHBORHOOD ZONING DISTRICT.
02:28:06PM THE PETITIONER IS BRITTANY OSBORNE, REPRESENTING
02:28:10PM SILVER,000A -- SILVER TUNA LCC THAT OWNS THE PROPERTY.
02:28:17PM THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IN QUESTION.
02:28:19PM THE SITE PLAN.
02:28:29PM EAST COLUMBUS THAT REPRESENTS THE SITE --
02:28:33PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO SEE THE
02:28:36PM PRESENTATION.
02:28:36PM ARE YOU ABLE TO GO TO FULL SCREEN FOR PRESENTATION MODE SO
02:28:40PM WE CAN SEE THE SLIDES.
02:28:41PM >> I AM SORRY.
02:28:42PM WHICH SCREEN ARE YOU LOOKING AT?
02:28:46PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE LITTLE TELEVISION LOOKING SCREEN ON
02:28:48PM THE BOTTOM.
02:28:49PM THERE YOU GO.
02:28:50PM PERFECT.
02:28:50PM THANK YOU.
02:28:52PM >> SORRY.
02:28:53PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THAT'S OKAY.
02:28:55PM >> DO YOU WANT ME TO GO BACK?
02:28:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NO, WE ARE GOOD.
02:28:58PM >> OKAY.
02:28:59PM HERE IS THE SITE PLAN IN QUESTION.
02:29:01PM THIS IS THE SIDE TO THE NORTH ALONG EAST COLUMBUS.
02:29:05PM THE REAR WITH THE WEST SIDE TO THE SOUTH AND THE FRONT ALONG
02:29:14PM NORTH 23rd STREET.
02:29:15PM MINIMUM OF THREE AND A MAXIMUM OF EIGHT UNITS.
02:29:27PM ARE ATTACHED ON BOTH SIDE WALLS FROM GROUND TO ROOF AND NO
02:29:34PM CAN EXCEED 200 FEET.
02:29:35PM CODE REQUIRES DIRECT ACCESS TO AN ARTERIAL OR COLLECTOR
02:29:47PM ROAD.
02:29:47PM SUBJECT SITE IS ASSESSED FROM NORTH 23rd STREET CLASSIFIED
02:29:51PM AS LOCAL ROAD.
02:29:51PM NOT AN ARTERIAL OR COLLECTOR ROAD.
02:29:54PM DESIGN EXCEPTION TO WAS SUBMITTED ON FEBRUARY 21, 2024.
02:30:01PM THE REQUEST WAS APPROVED TO RE-ORIENT THE FRONT YARD TO THE
02:30:07PM NORTH -- TO THE FACE NORTH -- SORRY.
02:30:11PM RE-ORIENT THE FRONT YARD TO FACE NORTH 23rd STREET AND
02:30:15PM REDUCE THE REQUIRED SETBACK FROM SEVEN FEET TO FIVE FEET
02:30:19PM WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH EAST TAMPA OVERLAY STANDARDS.
02:30:23PM I WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
02:30:31PM DIRECT ACCESS TO HOMES AND BUSINESSES CARRYING TRAFFIC AT
02:30:36PM LOW SPEED.
02:30:37PM SOMETHING TO NOTE.
02:30:38PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?
02:30:41PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK?
02:30:42PM >>LYNN HURTAK: SO I JUST WANT -- THANK YOU FOR THE
02:30:44PM PRESENTATION.
02:30:45PM I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.
02:30:46PM WE ARE HERE BECAUSE THIS IS CONSIDERED MULTIFAMILY AND FACES
02:31:00PM AN ARTERIAL OR COLLECTOR?
02:31:02PM >> THE APPLICANT CAME IN RESIDENTIAL USE ON A LOT ZONED CN
02:31:13PM WHICH REQUIRES A SPECIAL USE.
02:31:14PM >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY, THIS IS --
02:31:17PM >> AS I MENTIONED, THE APPLICANT CAME IN FOR A DESIGN
02:31:21PM EXCEPTION TO RE-ORIENT THE SITE SO THE FRONT 23rd STREET.
02:31:25PM OTHER.
02:31:26PM WISE IT WOULD FRONT TYPICALLY EAST COLUMBUS.
02:31:30PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHAT IS THE BASIS OF DENIAL.
02:31:32PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT'S WHAT I AM TRYING TO GET AT.
02:31:35PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DAVID, WHAT WAS THE BASIS OF DENIAL FROM
02:31:39PM STAFF ON THIS?
02:31:52PM >> THE REQUEST FOR SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED WAS FOUND
02:31:56PM CONSISTENT WITH THE CONDITIONS THAT ACCESSED TO WEST
02:32:02PM OAKELLER.
02:32:02PM AND THAT IT DID NOT MEET THE CRITERIA FUNDS IN 27-132, THAT
02:32:08PM THE ACCESS IS PROVIDED FROM NORTH 23rd STREET WHICH IS A
02:32:12PM LOCAL ROAD.
02:32:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BASIS OF DENIAL THIS IS A LOCAL ROAD NOT
02:32:16PM AN ARTERIAL OR COLLECTOR ROAD.
02:32:18PM IS THAT THE BASIS OF STAFF'S DENIAL ON THIS?
02:32:27PM CAN WE GET A YES OR NO ANSWER TO THAT.
02:32:29PM >> I AM SORRY, YES.
02:32:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANYTHING ELSE FOR STAFF TO PRESENT ON
02:32:37PM THIS?
02:32:37PM ANYONE ELSE TO PRESENT ON THIS?
02:32:40PM AN APPLICANT -- A PETITIONER?
02:32:47PM >> JEFF SARDISCO ON BEHALF OF SILVER TUNA.
02:32:51PM I GUESS CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THANK YOU REGARDING THIS.
02:32:54PM IT IS ACTUALLY FOUR TOWN HOMES.
02:32:57PM WE ARE ASKING FOR THE ACCESS COMING OFF OF 23rd.
02:33:00PM THERE ARE ONLY FOUR OTHER HOUSE ON THAT ENTIRE STREET.
02:33:03PM NONE ON THE WEST SIDE.
02:33:05PM WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR OBVIOUSLY EXCESS FOR 23rd.
02:33:13PM DE-1 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
02:33:16PM EVERYTHING ELSE HAS BEEN APPROVED.
02:33:18PM TWO REASONS FOR DENIAL.
02:33:19PM ONE FOR THE LOCAL ROAD.
02:33:20PM SECOND ITEM HAS BEEN ADDRESSED.
02:33:22PM THAT WAS JUST MISSED ON THE INITIAL APPLICATION.
02:33:25PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
02:33:28PM >>LYNN HURTAK: CAN YOU PUT UP A SITE PLAN?
02:33:53PM >> WHICH IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT WITH YOU SEEING EAST TAMPA
02:33:55PM OVERLAY.
02:33:56PM WE COULDN'T HAVE THE GUEST PARKING SPOT IN FRONT OF ONE OF
02:33:59PM THE UNITS.
02:33:59PM WE LOST A UNIT ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
02:34:01PM AND SHIFTING A LITTLE BIT WE ARE ONLY INCREASING ONE OR TWO
02:34:10PM CAR AS DAY.
02:34:11PM >>LYNN HURTAK: ZOOM OUT A BIT.
02:34:15PM A WHEEL AT THE TOP, THE VERY TIPPY-TOP.
02:34:18PM THE OTHER WAY.
02:34:19PM PERFECT.
02:34:19PM THANK YOU.
02:34:20PM THE ONLY THING I WILL HAVE TO SAY IF WE CAN'T FIX THE FACT
02:34:38PM THAT WE CAN'T HAVE HOUSING IN THE CITY BECAUSE WE NEED SPACE
02:34:41PM FOR AN EXTRA PARKING SPACE FOR GUEST PARKING.
02:34:43PM THAT HAS TO BE IN THE LDC.
02:34:45PM THIS IS A WASTE OF -- AN ABSOLUTE WASTE OF LAND.
02:34:49PM >> I AGREE.
02:34:50PM I BROUGHT THAT UP TO MULTIPLE PEOPLE AND I WAS TOLD BEING IN
02:34:54PM EAST TAMPA OVERLAY THAT VARIANCE WOULD NEVER BE APPROVED.
02:34:57PM I ALREADY HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS NOW FOR -- I KNOW YOU
02:35:01PM GUYS WORKED, OLIVER RODRIGUEZ.
02:35:03PM HE HAS BEEN UP HERE MANY TIMES.
02:35:05PM WELL-RESPECTED.
02:35:05PM BEATS HIS HEAD AGAINST THE WALL TOO OF NOT BEING ABLE -- WE
02:35:10PM CAN ADD A SPACE.
02:35:11PM WE HAD DIFFERENT WAYS OF DOING IT.
02:35:13PM BUT NOW WE LOST AN ENTIRE UNIT.
02:35:14PM I BUILT TWO TOWN HOMES DIRECTLY NORTH OF THAT.
02:35:17PM THERE IS, I DON'T KNOW, 10, 12 ALWAYS EMPTY ON-STREET
02:35:24PM PARKING THAT PEOPLE CAN ALSO USE.
02:35:26PM THIS STREET IS -- JUST DIRECTLY TO THE SOUTH OF THIS IS
02:35:29PM PLENTY OF ROOM FOR PARKING.
02:35:31PM THE ADJACENT PROPERTY ON THE BACK SIDE OF FACING THE
02:35:37PM SOUTHERN STREET.
02:35:37PM I CAN'T THINK OF IT RIGHT NOW.
02:35:39PM BUT.
02:35:42PM >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY.
02:35:43PM BUY IS LOVE TO ADD A FIFTH ONE, TRUST ME.
02:35:46PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD.
02:35:48PM >> THAT'S IT.
02:35:49PM I APPRECIATE THE TIME.
02:35:50PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK
02:35:54PM TO THIS ITEM.
02:35:54PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO CLOSE.
02:35:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
02:35:58PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I DO WANT TO ASK STAFF.
02:36:01PM FOR THE FUTURE SO WE DON'T HAVE --
02:36:04PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: TAKE THAT OUTSIDE OF THE HEARING --
02:36:07PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THEN I WILL TAKE IT UP --
02:36:10PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: UNLESS IT IS RELEVANT TO YOUR DECISION.
02:36:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IT WILL NOT AFFECT --
02:36:14PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WILL NOT AFFECT THIS CASE BUT THAT IS
02:36:16PM ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE.
02:36:17PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I AGREE.
02:36:19PM I HEARD A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM --
02:36:22PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ME.
02:36:23PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
02:36:25PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
02:36:27PM OPPOSED.
02:36:28PM WHO WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ON THIS COMPLICATED TASK.
02:36:30PM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
02:36:32PM >>BILL CARLSON: I WILL JUST READ IT IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO ADD
02:36:35PM IN 57.
02:36:36PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT -- I DON'T HAVE THAT.
02:36:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WILL DO IT.
02:36:43PM >>LYNN HURTAK: LAST PAGE.
02:36:46PM >>BILL CARLSON: YOU WANT ME TO READ IT?
02:36:49PM OKAY.
02:36:49PM HANG ON -- COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO, ARE YOU READY TO GO
02:36:52PM WITH IT.
02:36:53PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IF HE HAS GOT IT, YEAH.
02:36:55PM >>BILL CARLSON: OVERTURN THE DENIAL.
02:36:58PM ITEM NUMBER 57.
02:36:59PM MOVE TO OVERTURN THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR'S DENIAL OF SU
02:37:05PM 1-25-13 FOR THE PROPERTY 2219 EAST COLUMBUS DRIVE BECAUSE
02:37:09PM THE PETITIONER PROVIDED COMPETENT AND SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
02:37:13PM THAT THEY MET THE SPECIFIC STANDARD IN CODE SECTIONS 27-1372
02:37:18PM AND 27-129.
02:37:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
02:37:26PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
02:37:28PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
02:37:34PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK?
02:37:35PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WILL ADD REASONING BECAUSE THIS LOCAL ROAD
02:37:37PM ABUTS OR AS CLOSE TO AN INTERSTATE AND QUIETER.
02:37:41PM SO IT IS NOT -- IT WILL NOT IMPEDE THE TRAFFIC IN THE
02:37:45PM SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.
02:37:47PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: FRIENDLY AMENDMENT FROM COUNCILWOMAN
02:37:49PM HURTAK.
02:37:49PM >>BILL CARLSON: ACCEPT.
02:37:52PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON AND
02:37:55PM SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
02:37:58PM ROLL CALL.
02:37:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
02:38:00PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
02:38:01PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: NO.
02:38:02PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
02:38:04PM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
02:38:05PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
02:38:06PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES.
02:38:07PM >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH HENDERSON VOTING NO.
02:38:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CONGRATULATIONS.
02:38:15PM ITEM NUMBER 58.
02:38:21PM >>DANA CROSBY COLLIER: YES, SIR, DANA CROSBY COLLIER WITH THE CITY
02:38:24PM ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
02:38:24PM ITEM 58 IS A REVIEW OF AN ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW DECISION MADE
02:38:30PM DURING ITS MEETING ON MARCH 3, 2025.
02:38:33PM MATTER ARC-25-55.
02:38:36PM RELATING TO PROPERTY LOCATED AT 099 SOUTH ROME AVENUE.
02:38:41PM IN THE INITIAL ACTION TO THE ARC, THE OWNERS REQUESTED TO
02:38:47PM REROOF A SPANISH ECLECTIC STYLE WITH SHINGLE ROOFING RATHER
02:38:51PM THAN REPLACING THE EXISTING TILE ROOF.
02:38:54PM BECAUSE THE ROOFING MATERIALS HAVE NOT BEEN APPROPRIATE FOR THE
02:38:57PM ARCHITECTURAL STYLE, APPROVAL WAS BEYOND THE SCOPE THAT THE
02:39:00PM ADMINISTRATOR CAN APPROVE AND TAKEN TO THE ARC BOARD.
02:39:08PM ARC DENIED THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TO REROOF WITH
02:39:14PM SHINGLES BECAUSE OF THE HYDE PARK GUIDELINES OF CITY OF
02:39:17PM TAMPA FINDING IT THE NOT PERMISSIBLE TO REPLACE WITH A
02:39:21PM MATERIAL THAT IS THE CHARACTERISTIC OF BUILDING'S
02:39:24PM ARCHITECTURAL STYLE.
02:39:26PM MARCH 14, 2025.
02:39:29PM APPEALED TO CITY COUNCIL AND SET FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TODAY
02:39:35PM AT YOUR MARCH 27 MEETING. I HAVE GIVEN YOU THE BACK-UP
02:39:39PM MATERIALS IN THE FILE THAT INCLUDE THE INITIAL APPLICATION,
02:39:42PM STAFF REPORT, STAFF'S PHOTO PRESENTATION AT THE ARC.
02:39:46PM PUBLIC COMMENT, ARC WRITTEN MINUTES, COMMENTS, AND OWNER'S
02:39:54PM AFFIDAVIT THAT THEY COMPLIED WITH OUR NOTICE REQUIREMENTS
02:39:57PM 27-149.
02:39:58PM I JUST CIRCULATED A PACKET THAT INCLUDES THE HEARING
02:40:02PM PROCEDURES FOR A TODAY'S REVIEW AS WELL AS SAMPLE MOTIONS 27-16
02:40:06PM OF THE CODE RELATING TO REVIEW HEARINGS.
02:40:08PM 27-115 OF THE CODE RELATING TO CERTIFICATE OF
02:40:15PM APPROPRIATENESS.
02:40:15PM 27-11 OF RELATED TO THE INTENT OF THE ARC AND WE WILL STRAND
02:40:22PM PAGES OF THE HYDE PARK DESIGN GUIDELINES OPINION PURSUANT
02:40:26PM 27-16-J-2, CITY COUNCIL WILL APPLY A DE NOVO STANDARD OF
02:40:32PM REVIEW IN THAT MATTER.
02:40:34PM NOT LIMITED TO THE RECORD CREATED AT ARC AND YOU MAY TAKE
02:40:38PM PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND ACCEPT NEW EVIDENCE.
02:40:40PM REMEMBER HOWEVER IN YOUR REVIEW THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS
02:40:43PM STANDING IN THE VIEWS OF THE ARC AND APPLY ALL APPLICABLE
02:40:48PM ORDINANCES TO THE FACTS BEFORE YOU ARRIVING TO THE DECISION.
02:40:51PM APPLICATION IF ARC FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TO
02:40:55PM REROOF THE SPANISH ECLECTIC-STYLE PROPERTY WITH SHINGLE
02:41:00PM ROOFING RATHER THAN THE BARREL TILE ROOF.
02:41:03PM DENIED BY A 5-0 VOTE.
02:41:05PM AFTER CONSIDERING ALL YOUR EVIDENCE, YOU CAN AFFIRM OR
02:41:12PM APPROVE THE ARC'S DECISION TO DENY THE SHINGLE ROOF.
02:41:15PM OVERTURN THE ARC'S DECISION AND GRANT THE CERTIFICATE OF
02:41:19PM APPROPRIATENESS TO ALLOW THE ROOF TO BE REROOF WITH SHINGLES
02:41:24PM OR REMAND BACK TO ARC WITH INSTRUCTIONS BASE ODD THAN
02:41:30PM REMAND.
02:41:30PM AND TURN IT OVER TO RON VILA WHO IS OUR STAFF ON THIS ITEM.
02:41:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
02:41:39PM >>RON VILA: GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL, RON VILA, STAFF WITH
02:41:41PM HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
02:41:43PM TO CONTINUE THE INTRODUCTION FROM LEGAL, THIS IS ARC
02:41:49PM 25-0000-55.
02:41:50PM THIS IS FOR THE ADDRESS OF 909 SOUTH ROME AVENUE.
02:41:54PM THIS IS PRESENTED AT A PUBLIC HEARING IN FRONT OF THE ARC
02:42:02PM MARCH 3, 2025.
02:42:03PM PRIOR TO GOING TO THE ARC, STAFF FOUND THAT THIS EXCEEDED
02:42:09PM THE ADMINISTRATIVE SHORT UNDER CHAPTER 27-118 PARENTHESES
02:42:19PM 2T.
02:42:20PM AND SO STAFF -- STAFF SAID THAT IT DIDN'T MEET OUR CRITERIA.
02:42:28PM THEREFORE IT GOES THE COMMISSION TO MAKE -- TO MAKE A MOTION
02:42:32PM TO SEE IF THEY ARE GOING TO APPROVE THE REQUEST OR DENY THE
02:42:35PM REQUEST MOVING FORWARD.
02:42:36PM AT THIS TIME, I WILL GO THROUGH THE PHOTO ASSAY TO BRING YOU
02:42:43PM CURRENT.
02:42:44PM THIS IS AN AERIAL.
02:42:52PM THIS IS ROME AVENUE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MAIN ARTERIES INTO
02:42:57PM HYDE PARK VILLAGE AND INTO BAYSHORE AND THE STREET TO THE
02:43:00PM SOUTH IS JETTON.
02:43:01PM PROPERTY IS QUESTION IN HERE.
02:43:03PM TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF PLACE, THIS IS OUR VICINITY MAP.
02:43:08PM ONCE AGAIN, YOU HAVE THE MAJOR ARTERY COMING IN, ROME
02:43:12PM AVENUE.
02:43:12PM YOU SEE HYDE PARK VILLAGE IS TO THE SOUTHWEST OF HYDE PARK
02:43:16PM VILLAGE.
02:43:17PM THIS IS ONE COUNTY BUILDINGS OF THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION.
02:43:28PM THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION THAT FACES ROME.
02:43:30PM THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION AND THE SOUTH ELEVATION.
02:43:32PM IF YOU BREAK DOWN THE VERNACULAR OF THE BUILDING, YOU LOOK
02:43:35PM AT THE CHARACTER-DEFINING FEATURES.
02:43:37PM YOU SEE THE STUCCO, YOU SEE THE ARCHED WINDOWS.
02:43:40PM YOU SEE THE BALCONIES HERE WITH THE IRON WORK.
02:43:43PM YOU SEE THE COURTYARDS THERE ARE VERY CHARACTERISTIC TO THE
02:43:47PM MEDITERRANEAN STYLE ARCHITECTURE.
02:43:50PM ONCE AGAIN, YOU SEE AN INTERIOR COURTYARD AND WHAT IN
02:43:55PM PRESENT DAY IS THE ROOF MATERIAL AND CURRENTLY IT HAS A
02:43:58PM BARREL TILE ROOF.
02:44:03PM SECONDARY STRUCTURE BEHIND TO THE WEST OF THE TWO MAIN
02:44:07PM BUILDINGS AND THE PARKING AREA.
02:44:09PM TO COMPLETE THE PHOTO ASSAY.
02:44:12PM ER TO STRUCTURES WITHIN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY PART OF THE
02:44:16PM PHOTO PRESENTATION AT THE ARC.
02:44:18PM THIS IS ON ROME.
02:44:19PM THIS IS ON ROME AS WELL.
02:44:21PM JUST TO CONCLUDE GOING BACK TO THE SUBJECT SITE.
02:44:26PM FRONT ELEVATION FACING ROME AND ALL THE CHARACTER DEFINING
02:44:30PM FEATURES OF THAT MEDITERRANEAN STYLE STRUCTURE.
02:44:33PM MOVING FORWARD, I WOULD LIKE TOCK PROVIDE YOU WITH THE HYDE
02:44:47PM PARK DESIGN GUIDELINES WHICH FROM STAFF.
02:44:52PM AND THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION GIVES THEIR
02:44:56PM INFORMATION TO POSE ON A MOTION.
02:44:59PM SO THIS IS ON PAGE 53 OF THE HYDE PARK DESIGN
02:45:07PM GUIDELINES.
02:45:07PM I WILL RAISE FROM THE GUIDELINES.
02:45:09PM I HAVE IT UNDERLINED HERE.
02:45:10PM EACH OF THESE ELEMENTS ARE IMPORTANT OF DEFINING THE
02:45:13PM CHARACTER OF THE HOUSE AND THE SURROUNDINGS.
02:45:14PM EVERY EFFORT SHOULD BE MADE TO RETAIN THESE FEATURES AND
02:45:18PM REPAIR THEM.
02:45:19PM WHERE REPAIR IS NOT PRACTICAL, SHOULD BE REPLACED WITH
02:45:22PM COMPATIBLE MATERIALS.
02:45:23PM FURTHER DOWN, IT SPEAKS ON CLAY TILE IS OFTEN USED ON
02:45:30PM MEDITERRANEAN-STYLE HOMES AND THIS BUILDING ALONG WITH OTHER
02:45:33PM ONES WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
02:45:35PM CONTINUING ON PAGE 54 OF THE HYDE PARK DESIGN GUIDELINES.
02:45:41PM THE MODIFICATION OR REPLACEMENT OF A ROOF OR ROOFING WILL
02:45:59PM CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATE OPINIONS.
02:46:02PM ADMINISTRATOR WILL REVIEW TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF THE
02:46:05PM ALTERATION.
02:46:06PM IF IT INVOLVES A MINOR ROOF REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT WITH
02:46:09PM APPROPRIATE MATERIALS, STAFF MAY ISSUE THE CERTIFICATE OF
02:46:14PM APPROPRIATENESS.
02:46:15PM IF THE APPLICATION INVOLVES ROOF REPAIRS THAT REACH BEYOND
02:46:18PM THE ROOF'S SURFACE WHERE THE ROOFING STERILE NOT SIMILAR TO
02:46:26PM THE EXISTING MATERIAL THAT THE ARC SHOULD REVIEW THE
02:46:29PM APPLICATION AT A REGULAR ARC PUBLIC HEARING.
02:46:32PM ON PAGE 55 OF THE HYDE PARK DESIGN GUIDELINES.
02:46:39PM TALK ABOUT WHAT IS PERMISSIBLE OR THE ORIGINAL ROOFING MATERIAL.
02:46:44PM REPAIR OR REPLACE THE ROOFING MATERIAL AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE
02:46:47PM IN SIZE, SHAPE, COLOR AND TEXTURE.
02:46:50PM NOT PERMISSIBLE TO REPLACE THE ROOF MATERIAL THAT IS NOT
02:46:53PM CHARACTERISTIC TO THE STYLE OF THE BUILDING.
02:46:55PM SO I KIND OF WROTE DOWN THE COMPOSITION OF THE BUILDING
02:47:01PM ITSELF.
02:47:02PM STAFF THOUGHT IT WAS INCONSISTENT WITH OUR CRITERIA.
02:47:05PM THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION ALSO DENIED THE REQUEST
02:47:09PM MOVING FORWARD.
02:47:10PM AND WE DO HAVE ONE MOTION ONE LETTER FROM HYDE PARK
02:47:19PM PRESERVATION IN C.
02:47:20PM AND THEY REVIEWED THIS AT ONE OF THEIR REGULAR MEETINGS AND
02:47:24PM THEY SAID THE REQUEST WAS INCONSISTENT WITH THE
02:47:27PM MEDITERRANEAN-STYLE ARCHITECTURE AND THE FINAL MOTION THAT
02:47:30PM THE BOARD IS OPPOSED TO THE REQUEST FOR THE CERTIFICATE OF
02:47:35PM APPROPRIATE AND SUPPORTS CITY STAFF INCONSISTENT ABOUT THE
02:47:39PM GUIDELINES GOVERNED BY THE LOCAL HYDE PARK HISTORIC
02:47:42PM DISTRICT.
02:47:42PM THAT CONCLUDES MY PORTION OF IT.
02:47:44PM AND I WILL HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
02:47:47PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
02:47:49PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:47:50PM FIRST, IT IS A BEAUTIFUL HOME.
02:47:52PM SECOND, I HAVE A QUESTION.
02:47:54PM THEY WANT TO REPLACE THE EXISTING CLAY TILE WITH MODERN
02:48:00PM SHINGLES?
02:48:01PM >>RON VILA: YES, SIR.
02:48:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I AM SEEING WHAT IS APPROPRIATE ROOFING
02:48:05PM MATERIAL, WOOD SHINGLES.
02:48:08PM I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS SOMETHING THEY ARE CONSIDERING OR
02:48:10PM THEY ARE GOING FOR THAT MODERN LOOK.
02:48:13PM MY QUESTION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN STYLES AND SURROUNDING
02:48:17PM STRUCTURES.
02:48:18PM I AM ASSUMING 1920 STRUCTURES ALL HAVE THAT CLAY TILE.
02:48:22PM ARE THERE STRUCTURES THAT ARE MEDITERRANEAN STYLE
02:48:27PM AND HAVE THE WOOD SHINGLES.
02:48:29PM I KNOW IT IS KIND OF A ODD QUESTION, BUT DEFEAT THE PURPOSE
02:48:33PM OF MEDITERRANEAN IF YOU GO WITH SHINGLES.
02:48:38PM >>RON VILA: GUIDELINES SHOW DIFFERENT MATERIALS FOR
02:48:40PM DIFFERENT KIND OF ARCHITECTURE.
02:48:42PM THE WOOD SHAKE SHINGLE WOULD BE MORE FOR A CRAFTSMAN-STYLE
02:48:47PM HOME.
02:48:47PM YOU HAVE TO HAVE COMPATIBLE ROOFING MATERIAL.
02:48:51PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: REALLY TOE KEEP IT MEDITERRANEAN STYLE,
02:48:55PM IT WOULD HAVE TO BE THAT CLAY TILE.
02:48:57PM >>RON VILA: YES, SIR.
02:48:58PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
02:48:59PM ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
02:49:01PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:49:01PM PETITIONER?
02:49:02PM YES, SIR.
02:49:02PM >> HI, COUNCIL.
02:49:07PM MY NAME IS JOHN SIROKI.
02:49:09PM MYSELF AND MY WIFE LISA MOVED IN TO 909 SOUTH ROME AVENUE
02:49:14PM TEN YEARS AGO.
02:49:15PM AND TODAY I HAVE A STATEMENT -- A STORY AND A STATEMENT.
02:49:19PM FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO STAY MY FIRST STATEMENT IS I'M HERE
02:49:24PM REQUESTING WHAT I FEEL IS RIGHT FOR THE BUILDING AT THIS
02:49:26PM TIME IN ITS LIFE CYCLE.
02:49:28PM AND I AM GOING TAKE A SECOND EXPLAIN WHY THAT IS FOR YOUR
02:49:35PM CONSIDERATION AND YOUR APPROVAL.
02:49:36PM OKAY.
02:49:38PM IT IS GOOD TO KNOW THE BACKSTORY WITH WHAT HAPPENED.
02:49:40PM APPROXIMATELY 15 YEARS AGO, THE RESIDENTS -- FIRST OF ALL, I
02:49:45PM AM ONE OF SIX CONDOMINIUM RESIDENTS IN 109 SOUTH ROME.
02:49:51PM PURCHASED A BRAND-NEW TILE ROOF FOR TWO OF THE BUILDINGS.
02:49:54PM THEY HAD A CONTRACTOR PUT THE ROOF ON FOR THEM.
02:49:57PM AND IT IS A CONCRETE S-SHAPED ROOF, NOT BARREL TILE AND NOT
02:50:02PM CLAY.
02:50:02PM IT IS CONCRETE.
02:50:03PM 15 YEARS AGO, THE ROOF THAT WAS PUT ON BY THE CONTRACTOR
02:50:08PM WAS APPROXIMATELY 14 OR 15 YEARS OLD.
02:50:11PM THEY WERE RESTORING IT WHEN THEY BUILT HOMES.
02:50:15PM SO IN ESSENCE WHAT WE HAVE ON THE BUILDING TODAY ARE
02:50:18PM CONCRETE TILES THAT ARE APPROXIMATELY 30 YEARS OLD.
02:50:21PM SO NOW I WILL TELL YOU THE STORY.
02:50:26PM THE STORMS IN 2023 -- STARTING IN 2023 -- NOT LAST YEAR'S,
02:50:33PM WHAT HAPPENED WAS THE AIR GOING UNDERNEATH THE TILES.
02:50:36PM IT IS CALLED "CHATTERING" I HAVE A ROOFING EXPERT JOHNNY
02:50:41PM GONZALEZ, SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. GONZALEZ.
02:50:45PM SHATTERING OF THE TILES THAT LIFT AND DROP.
02:50:47PM IT BREAKS THE CONNECTION POINTS ON THE TILES WHERE THEY
02:50:51PM ATTACH TO THE BATTENS, WHERE THEY ATTACH TO THE ROOF.
02:50:54PM WHAT HAPPENED AFTER WE HAD A SERIES OF STORMS IN 2023, WE
02:50:59PM HAD TILES THAT SLIPPED ALL OVER THE BUILDING.
02:51:01PM OUR FIRST THING WAS, WE HAD A ROOFER COME OUT, SPRAY SOME OF
02:51:04PM THE STICKY STUFF UNDERNEATH THEM AND PUT THEM BACK IN PLACE.
02:51:08PM LITTLE MORE TIME WENT ON AND MORE TILES CONTINUED TO SLIP
02:51:12PM FORWARD AND WHAT HAPPENED IS DURING THE MOM AND DAD SEASON
02:51:15PM FOR SQUIRRELS, THEY GOT IN AND THEY RAVAGED THE UNDERLAYMENT
02:51:21PM UNDER THE ROOF.
02:51:22PM ATE HOLES AT IT, DUG AT IT, CLAWED AT IT THROUGHOUT THE
02:51:28PM ENTIRE ROOF IN BOTH OF BUILDINGS.
02:51:31PM WE HAVE SIX AND SEVEN ACTIVE LEAKS IN THE BUILDING.
02:51:35PM THAT WAS THE STORMS OF 2023.
02:51:37PM MOVING INTO 2024, WE WERE GOING TO APPLY WITH -- FIRST OF
02:51:43PM ALL, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE STORY.
02:51:46PM BEFORE I KNEW THERE WAS AN ARC AND I WANT TO COMMEND THEM
02:51:49PM FOR THE JOB THAT THEY DO TAKING CARE OF OUR HISTORIC
02:51:54PM BUILDINGS IN HYDE PARK.
02:51:55PM THEY DONE AMAZING JOB.
02:51:57PM I LEARNED THROUGH THIS ADVENTURE THAT THEY ARE CALLED
02:52:01PM CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURES.
02:52:01PM WE ARE AN UNCONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE BUILT IN THE LATE '80s.
02:52:07PM NOT PART OF THE HISTORIC STRUCTURES.
02:52:13PM AND WE HAD OUR BOARD MEETING AND I WENT TO THEM SAYING THIS
02:52:17PM IS VERY PARTISAN BECAUSE WE ONLY HAD 14 YEARS TO COLLECT
02:52:21PM MONEY FOR REPLACEMENT OF A ROOF.
02:52:23PM NOWHERE CLOSE TO THE VALUE PEW OF A TILE ROOF TO REPLACE
02:52:26PM THIS.
02:52:26PM WE DO HAVE MONEY FOR A SHINGLE ROOF.
02:52:32PM WE LOOKED AT THE SHINGLE ROOFS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I
02:52:35PM HAVE A LITTLE TOUR HERE TO SHOW YOU AS WELL.
02:52:36PM WE ARE SAYING THAT THE BLACK AND WHITE OR GRAY OR SILVER
02:52:41PM SHINGLE ROOFS REALLY DOESN'T FIT THE STYLE OF OUR BUILDING,
02:52:45PM WHICH IS NOT -- IT IS MEDITERRANEAN BUT THE NAME OF OUR
02:52:53PM ASSOCIATION ARE THE CLOISTERS CONDOMINIUM OF HYDE PARK.
02:52:58PM CLOISTER AS YOU KNOW IS FRENCH.
02:53:03PM I HAD A COMPANY -- PERSON WHO WORKS FOR THE MAJOR FIRM HERE
02:53:07PM GIVE US A RECOMMENDATION OF WHAT STRUCTURE WE ACTUALLY WERE,
02:53:11PM AND IT WAS TOLD THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY FRENCH WHICH IS NOT
02:53:14PM SPANISH.
02:53:15PM WHAT REALLY MAKES US LOOK SPANISH IS THE RED ROOF ON THE
02:53:18PM BUILDING.
02:53:18PM BUT GOING BACK TO THIS, WE SAID WE REALLY CANNOT HAVE A
02:53:23PM BLACK ROOF AND A SILVER ROOF.
02:53:27PM WHEN YOU STAND ON OUR FRONT PORCH AND YOU LOOK DOWN THE
02:53:30PM STREET, THE CORNER OF JETTON AND ROME THERE ARE IS THE
02:53:34PM BUILDING THAT IS THERE.
02:53:35PM A CONDOMINIUM -- A THREE-UNIT CONDOMINIUM.
02:53:39PM I SAID WHATEVER THAT ROOF IS, THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE TO HAVE
02:53:41PM IN OUR BUILDING BECAUSE WE ARE IN HYDE PARK.
02:53:46PM AND HYDE PARK HAS A CERTAIN LOOK TO IT AND WE COULDN'T PUT A
02:53:55PM CERTAIN ROOF.
02:53:56PM WE CONTACTED RESIDENTS $8,000 ASSESSMENT TO GET TO THE
02:54:00PM $75,000 WE NEEDED TO GET THE ROOF THAT WE ARE PRESENTING TO
02:54:03PM YOU TODAY THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR.
02:54:05PM SO WE GOT THAT FAR ALONG.
02:54:08PM AND WE HIRED A ROOFING COMPANY.
02:54:13PM AND THEY WENT TO GET THE PERMIT AND WE LEARNED THAT THE ARC
02:54:16PM -- I LEARNED THAT THE ARC EXISTED AND WHAT ROLE THEY PLAYED
02:54:20PM IN APPROVING AND DISAPPROVING ROOFS.
02:54:23PM WE STARTED THAT PROCESS IN -- IN 2024.
02:54:28PM THE PERSON WHO STARTED THE PROCESS HAD TO MOVE AWAY TO GO TO
02:54:32PM SCHOOL ABROAD.
02:54:33PM THE PROPERTY RESUMED WITH A NUMBER MEMBERS OF OUR BOARD.
02:54:37PM AND THAT MEMBER WAS TOO BUSY TRYING TO DO THEIR JOB.
02:54:42PM BECAUSE THIS IS A LOT OF WORK TO GET IN FRONT OF YOU WITH
02:54:47PM ALL THE MAILINGS AND WHAT HAS TO BE DONE.
02:54:49PM I TOOK UP THE ISSUE OF GETTING THIS IN FRONT OF YOU.
02:54:54PM SO WE RAISED THE MONEY.
02:54:55PM WE LEARNED THAT THIS ROOF IS A STATE-OF-THE-ART ROOF FROM
02:55:03PM OWENS CORNING.
02:55:04PM THE ONE I BROUGHT SAMPLE IS A FIVE-COLOR ROOF.
02:55:10PM A TOP-OF-THE-LINE ROOF.
02:55:13PM THIS IS A BETTER VIEW OF OUR CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION.
02:55:16PM YOU CAN SEE THE OVERHANG OF THE TREES.
02:55:18PM THE CONCRETE ROOF THAT IS ON HERE IS NO LONGER MADE.
02:55:22PM SO IT IS NOT A MATTER OF GOING OUT AND BUYING MORE TILE TO
02:55:27PM FIX THIS ROOF, BECAUSE F DID YOU PUT YOU A DIFFERENT TILE ON
02:55:31PM THIS.
02:55:32PM A S-SHAPED TILE, NOT A BARRELL TILE.
02:55:38PM AND IT WOULDN'T MATCH HODGEPODGE AND DIRTY SPOTS AND CLEAN
02:55:42PM SPOTS.
02:55:43PM IF YOU REPLACE IT COMPLETELY WITH TILE BECAUSE OF THE TREE
02:55:46PM OVERHANG, IN ABOUT TWO YEARS, IT WILL BE FILTHY DIRTY WITH
02:55:56PM MILDEW.
02:55:56PM STATE-OF-THE-ART OWENS CORNING AND GUARANTEED OWENS CORNING
02:56:06PM TO LOOK BEAUTIFUL FOR THE NEXT 25 YEARS.
02:56:08PM 25-YEAR PROJECT.
02:56:10PM I AM 63 YEARS OF AGE AND HOPEFULLY, I WILL BE AROUND TO
02:56:14PM SEE THE NEXT ROOF THAT GOES ON.
02:56:15PM BUT WE ARE TALKING OF THE GOAL FOR EVERYTHING IS BUTTE AT
02:56:21PM THIS FACE OF HYDE PARK.
02:56:22PM THIS BUILDING AND A COUPLE OF THE NOTES FROM THE MEETING
02:56:26PM THAT TOOK PLACE WHEN THE COUNCIL.
02:56:29PM THE ARC COUNCIL THIS THEIR DISCUSSION.
02:56:33PM THEY DISCUSSED AMONG THEMSELVES AND SAID IF THIS BUILDING
02:56:36PM WAS PRESENTED TODAY AS A NEW BUILD, WOULD WE ALLOW IT.
02:56:39PM THEY SAID, YES, WE WOULD.
02:56:41PM WE WOULD ALLOW IT.
02:56:42PM THE SECOND BIT OF THAT CONVERSATION, IF THE BUILDING WAS
02:56:49PM PAINTED ALL WHITE.
02:56:50PM NO DISCERNIBLE FEATURES FOR THAT PARTICULAR STYLE AVAILABLE
02:56:54PM FOR THAT BUILDING.
02:56:56PM MEANING THAT THE ROOF STYLE -- LENNY, IF I CAN HAVE ONE OF
02:57:01PM THE SAMPLES TO SHOW TO A TILE THAT, ONCE AGAINST -- SORRY, A
02:57:05PM SHINGLE THAT LOOKS LIKE ACROSS THE STREET, WHAT IS THERE, IT
02:57:09PM IS GOING TO RESEMBLE YOUR WOOD SALT LAKE SHINGLES YOU ARE
02:57:16PM TALKING ABOUT.
02:57:16PM BECAUSE IN OUR -- MY FEELING IS THAT ITS BUILDING BECAUSE IT
02:57:23PM IS FRENCH AND FRENCH CLOISTER USES SHINGLES.
02:57:26PM SORRY, USE SLIGHT TILES AND CEDAR SHAKE SHINGLES.
02:57:32PM THE CLOSEST ANYTHING WE WILL COME TO IS A FIVE-COLOR SHINGLE
02:57:36PM AND DIFFERENT VARIATIONS OF COLORS IN THIS.
02:57:38PM I ALSO BROUGHT --
02:57:40PM >>LYNN HURTAK: LIFT IT UP.
02:57:41PM WE CAN'T SEE IT.
02:57:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: AS A MATTER OF FACT, BRING IT TO THE FRON
02:57:45PM OF THE PODIUM SO IS THE CAMERA CAPTURE IT WELL.
02:57:53PM >> WE WANT TO SHOW THE BACK OF THIS TO SHOW.
02:57:59PM I WILL FLIP AHEAD OF MYSELF AND PUT THIS UP ON THE BIG
02:58:02PM SCREEN.
02:58:02PM THIS IS IF YOU CAN -- IF WE GO BACK TO --
02:58:07PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: PUT IT DOWN THERE, IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY
02:58:10PM COME DOWN.
02:58:11PM >> IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY COME ON.
02:58:13PM GO BACK TO THIS PICTURE OF THE CONDOMINIUM.
02:58:16PM THIS IS WHAT I CAN FIND IN YELLOW FOR THAT YOU WILL SHOW
02:58:19PM WHAT THAT STEEL ROOF WILL RESEMBLE ON A MEDITERRANEAN.
02:58:25PM ONCE AGAIN A MEDITERRANEAN ASPHALT SHINGLE ROOF EXAMPLE
02:58:29PM SHOWING THE GOLDEN YELLOW -- HONEY GOLDEN YELLOW WITH THAT
02:58:33PM TYPE OF A LOOK.
02:58:34PM THIS IS WHAT THE OUTCOME WILL BE.
02:58:37PM NOW I BROUGHT TO YOU ANOTHER PICTURE OF A BRAND-NEW BUILD.
02:58:40PM AND IF YOU WERE FAMILIAR WITH HYDE PARK, THIS IS RIGHT NEXT
02:58:43PM TO FORBICI.
02:58:46PM THIS IS THE BUILDING THAT IS RIGHT NEXT TO FORBICI.
02:58:50PM IT IS A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL BUILDING.
02:58:51PM A TWO-COLOR ASPHALT THING CANCELLED ROOF ON IT.
02:58:56PM IT IS A GORGEOUS BUILDING.
02:58:58PM I WOULD BE PROUD OWNER OF THAT BUILDING.
02:59:00PM RIGHT BEHIND FORBICI, THERE IS A BRICK BUILDING.
02:59:04PM ONCE AGAIN, IT HAS A TWO-COLOR ASPHALT SHINGLE.
02:59:08PM DIFFERENCE IN PRICE, BLACK AND WHITE OR SILVER AND GRAY
02:59:12PM ROOF WOULD HAVE COST US $36,000.
02:59:15PM WE HAD $38,000 IN THE BANK.
02:59:17PM WE TOOK A $8,000 ASSESSMENT FOR EVERY UNIT TO COME UP TO THE
02:59:26PM $75,000 TO PUT ON THE STATE-OF-THE-ART ROOF WE JUST SHOWED
02:59:30PM YOU.
02:59:30PM AT THIS LIFE CYCLE OF THE BUILDING, WE FEEL THIS IS THE
02:59:33PM RIGHT THING TO DO.
02:59:34PM HERE IS THE OTHER REASONS FOR THAT.
02:59:35PM THIS ROOF IS A 812 PITCH.
02:59:38PM OKAY.
02:59:39PM DURING THE MEETING WITH THE ARC, ANOTHER THING THAT WAS SAID
02:59:43PM TO ASSUME TO IT THE PERSON WHO WAS A CONTRACTOR OR AN
02:59:47PM ARCHITECT.
02:59:48PM HE MADE THE COMMENT, I WOULDN'T WALK IT.
02:59:50PM IT IS NOT SAFE.
02:59:51PM EVERY PERSON WHO HAS COME OUT TO WORK ON THE ROOF HAS TOLD
02:59:55PM US WE HAVE TO CHARGE EXTRA FOR THIS.
02:59:57PM THIS ISN'T THE APPROPRIATE ROOF.
02:59:59PM IT IS TOO SLIPPERY.
03:00:00PM WE CAN'T COME OUT.
03:00:02PM THEY CAN ATTEST TO THIS FROM WESTFALL.
03:00:05PM THEY HAD TO COME OUT.
03:00:07PM HAD OUR CHIMNEY CAP REMOVED.
03:00:09PM YOU WILL SEE IN THE PICTURES, THERE ARE -- THERE ARE COVERS
03:00:12PM OVER THE CHIMNEYS.
03:00:14PM OKAY.
03:00:14PM THERE ARE COVERS OVER THE CHIMNEY WHERE THEY REMOVED THEM TO
03:00:18PM PUT BRAND-NEW CHIMNEY CAPS ON THEM.
03:00:20PM THE WORKERS THAT CAME OUT WERE SLIPPING AND SLIDING ALL OVER
03:00:23PM THIS ROOF WHEN IT WAS DAMP DURING THE HURRICANE.
03:00:27PM IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE.
03:00:28PM I THINK THE CUTOFF FOR A TILE ROOF IS A 912 PITCH, AND WE ARE
03:00:35PM AT A 812 PITCH.
03:00:37PM NOT SAFE AS WHAT CAME FROM THE ARC PERSON WHO MADE THAT
03:00:42PM COMMENT HIMSELF DURING THIS REVIEW.
03:00:43PM NOW, I WROTE A LOT ALONG THE WAY DURING THIS JOURNEY.
03:00:48PM THE ONE THING I SHARE -- FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THAT I
03:00:51PM UNDERSTAND THE ESSENCE OF THE ARC.
03:00:56PM UNDERSTAND WORKING WITH THE ARC WITH HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND
03:01:00PM THE AMAZING WORK THEY DO WITH THAT PRESERVATION.
03:01:03PM THE REASON WHY WE FEEL THIS IS THE RIGHT THING.
03:01:06PM THERE ARE SO MANY ISSUES.
03:01:08PM INSURANCE ISSUE OF HAVING A BARREL TILE ROOF.
03:01:12PM INSURANCE COMPANIES NO LONGER WANT TO TAKE CARE OF ANY
03:01:15PM DAMAGES TO THE ROOF.
03:01:16PM THEY REJECT IT.
03:01:17PM AND PEOPLE ARE TURNING TO SUING THE INSURANCE COMPANIES,
03:01:20PM GIVING IT TO THESE THIRD-PARTY PEOPLE THAT SPEND YEARS TO
03:01:24PM COLLECT THE MONEY AND THEY PUT ON A ROOF AFTER THEY HAVE
03:01:27PM COLLECTED LIKE TWO TIMES THE VALUE.
03:01:28PM IT IS A BIG THING THAT WAS ON MR. DeSANTIS IN THE STATE
03:01:37PM OF FLORIDA TO GET THIS TO STOP.
03:01:41PM ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS IN THE FIRST MEETING WITH THE ARC,
03:01:46PM IF WE WOULD CONSIDER PUTTING ON A ROOF FROM THIS PARTICULAR
03:01:50PM COMPANY WHICH WAS BLAVA, OKAY.
03:01:52PM THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER THIS PRODUCT WHICH.
03:01:56PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE CAN ONLY SEE ONE AT A TIME.
03:01:58PM >> THIS PRODUCT IS MADE OUT OF PLASTIC.
03:02:01PM THEY CALL IS SYNTHETIC, BUT REALLY RECYCLED COKE BOTTLES,
03:02:07PM OKAY, SODA BOTTLES.
03:02:08PM THEY ASKED US TO CONSIDER THIS.
03:02:10PM THIS MATERIAL IS NOT IN CONSIDERATION FOR US BECAUSE, A, IT
03:02:13PM WOULD BE SO WET AND SLIPPERY AT ANY GIVEN TIME BECAUSE IT IS
03:02:18PM PLASTIC.
03:02:18PM NOTHING FOR A WORKER TO WORK ON IT.
03:02:20PM WE ARE ACTUALLY DUE TO BE TENTED AGAIN.
03:02:22PM THIS IS -- WHEN YOU PAY FOR TENTING THEY CHARGE WAY MORE FOR
03:02:26PM 812 PITCH THAN IS A STANDARD PLACE.
03:02:28PM AND WE ARE DUE TO BE TENTED A SECOND TIME.
03:02:33PM I LEARNED ALONG THE WAY THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS ROOF AND IT
03:02:38PM APPROVED WITHOUT ANY OF THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT THIS WILL BE
03:02:40PM APPROVED THAT THERE IS DEFINITELY A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
03:02:42PM HISTORIC OR I SHOULD SAY THE CORRECT TERMINOLOGY IS
03:02:47PM NONCONTRIBUTING AND CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURES.
03:02:49PM BECAUSE IT WAS RECOMMENDED TO PUT PLASTIC ON A
03:02:53PM NONCONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE AND A CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE, YOU
03:02:56PM CAN'T DO THAT.
03:02:57PM YOU CAN CAN'T USE VINYL SIDING OR PLASTIC SOFFIT, SIDING OR
03:03:02PM ANYTHING IN THE FASCIA.
03:03:03PM IT HAS TO STAY SEPARATED.
03:03:05PM I LEARNED THROUGH THIS WHOLE JOURNEY, THERE IS A DISCERNIBLE
03:03:09PM DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CONTRIBUTING AND NONCONTRIBUTING.
03:03:11PM I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY ASKING YOU FOR CONSIDERATION FOR US
03:03:16PM TO SPEND TO SPEND THE MONEY HAVING A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING
03:03:20PM BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE NOTHING MORE THAN -- TO IT BE THE OWNER
03:03:25PM OF THIS BEAUTIFUL BUILDING WITH THIS ASPHALT ROOF THAT WAS
03:03:31PM TWO BLOCKS FROM US.
03:03:32PM WALKED FROM OUR PROPERTY TO THE MEAT MARKET AND BACK.
03:03:35PM OTHER EXISTING PROPERTY THAT I SHOWED YOU.
03:03:37PM I LOOKED ACROSS THE STREET.
03:03:39PM THAT WAS OUR ENTIRE INSPIRATION TO MAKE THE $8,000
03:03:43PM ASSESSMENT WAS BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE LOOK AT WHEN WE LOOK
03:03:48PM OUT OUR FRONT DOOR.
03:03:50PM YOU WALK THERE.
03:03:50PM YOU SEE THAT.
03:03:51PM YOU WALK DOWN THE STREET, YOU SEE THE BEAUTIFUL BUILDING
03:03:54PM THAT IS OUR GOVERNMENT BUILDING.
03:03:55PM I HAD A PICTURE OF IT HERE SOME PLACE AS WELL.
03:03:58PM OUR GOVERNMENT BUILDING.
03:03:59PM SO I AM DOWN TO MY TIME.
03:04:03PM BUT THIS IS THE ROOFING PRODUCT WE ARE ASKING FOR APPROVAL
03:04:11PM ON.
03:04:11PM WE WILL EVEN GO ONE STEP FURTHER.
03:04:13PM IF THE COUNCIL WILL DETERMINE THAT KEEPING WITHIN THE STYLE
03:04:17PM -- THEY CAN ACTUALLY PICK THE COLOR THAT YOU WANT.
03:04:19PM IF YOU FEEL WE NEED TO STAY WITH RED, WE ARE HAPPY TO DO
03:04:22PM THAT.
03:04:22PM BUT WE VERY MUCH LIKE THE -- THE ROOF THAT WE SHOWED.
03:04:26PM THIS IS THE RED.
03:04:27PM BUT WE VERY MUCH LIKE THE ROOF THAT WE SHOWED WHICH IS
03:04:31PM CONSISTENT WITH A -- A CEDAR SHAKE SHINGLE, IF YOU WILL.
03:04:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
03:04:34PM TIME IS UP FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
03:04:36PM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
03:04:37PM YOU HAD A QUESTION?
03:04:38PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
03:04:38PM SO LOOKING AT THE STYLE OF YOUR BUILDING, YOU HAVE BALCONIES
03:04:42PM AND YOU HAVE THE ARCHWAYS AT THE TOP OF THE WINDOWS.
03:04:45PM TO ME, THAT IS MEDITERRANEAN-STYLE.
03:04:48PM WHEN I THINK OF FRENCH CLOISTER, I THINK OF VERSAILLES.
03:04:52PM AND THEY HAVE OPEN ARCHWAYS -- THEY HAVE ARCHWAYS BUT LIKE
03:04:56PM OPEN COURTYARD.
03:04:58PM THIS IS, FROM MY KNOWLEDGE, EVERYTHING -- THE
03:05:02PM CHARACTERISTICS OF A MEDITERRANEAN-STYLE HOME AND
03:05:06PM MEDITERRANEAN STYLE HOME ALMOST ALWAYS HAS THE CLAY TILE.
03:05:12PM CURVED PIECES ON THE ROOF.
03:05:14PM GOING TO THE SHINGLES, AS WAS JUST SHOWN, JUST COMPLETELY,
03:05:19PM YOU KNOW, DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF THE DESIGN OF THIS HOUSE.
03:05:22PM AND THE ONES THAT YOU SHOWED WERE, LIKE, 1970s, 1980s, THE
03:05:28PM ONE WITH THE RED BRICK.
03:05:29PM THAT IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STYLE THAN THE ONE FARTHER DOWN
03:05:32PM LIKE THE GRAY COLOR.
03:05:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO, YOU HAVE ANY
03:05:38PM QUESTIONS OR IT MAY BE MORE APPROPRIATE --
03:05:42PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IN MY OPINION THE DESIGN IS
03:05:44PM MEDITERRANEAN AND NOT CLOISTER.
03:05:47PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PETITIONER,
03:05:48PM APPLICANT?
03:05:49PM THANK YOU.
03:05:49PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
03:05:50PM ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM?
03:05:55PM NOBODY IN THE PUBLIC.
03:05:56PM STAFF, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROVIDE SOME CLARIFICATION?
03:06:04PM >>RON VILA: JUST BRIEFLY.
03:06:05PM AGAIN, RON VILA, STAFF WITH HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
03:06:10PM THIS IS THE PROPERTY WHY IF HE.
03:06:11PM I WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON THIS.
03:06:13PM MANY EXAMPLES SHOWN.
03:06:14PM I DON'T THINK IT HAD ANY RELEVANCE TO WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT
03:06:17PM TODAY.
03:06:17PM THIS STRUCTURE WAS BUILT IN 1988.
03:06:20PM AND THE INSPIRATION OF THE DESIGNER HAS THESE COMPONENTS.
03:06:24PM HE HAS STATED THAT THAT ROOF HAS BEEN CHANGED ONE TIME.
03:06:27PM THAT IS TRUE, BUT THE ORIGINAL ROOF MATCHED IS HERE.
03:06:31PM THAT WAS THE INSPIRATION OF THE DESIGN ASPECT OF THE
03:06:35PM ARCHITECT OF RECORD.
03:06:36PM YOU KNOW, A LOT OF DIFFERENT ROOF MATERIALS THAT ARE OUT
03:06:44PM THERE THAT I THINK ARE COMPATIBILITY.
03:06:45PM I BELIEVE THAT THE SHINGLE ROOF THAT IS SHOWN IS NOT
03:06:50PM COMPATIBLE WITH THIS STYLE.
03:06:51PM HE USED SOME WORDS THAT IS BEAUTIFUL AND INSURANCE AND
03:06:55PM DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT GO INTO THE DECISION THAT YOU ARE
03:06:57PM GOING TO MAKE TODAY.
03:06:58PM THE DECISION THAT STAFF MADE AND THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
03:07:03PM COMMISSION IS ARCHITECTURALLY COMPATIBLE.
03:07:06PM THIS ROOF IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE STYLE OF HOUSE THAT IS
03:07:09PM SHOWN.
03:07:09PM IT WENT TO THE BOARD.
03:07:10PM IT WAS A 5-0 VOTE UNANIMOUSLY TO DENY THE APPLICATION AS
03:07:14PM PRESENTED.
03:07:15PM I CONCLUDE MY PORTION.
03:07:17PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MR. VILA.
03:07:20PM I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF -- LEGAL QUESTION.
03:07:23PM THIS CASE WAS PRESENTED TO ARC.
03:07:33PM ARC MADE ITS DETERMINATION BASED ON THE CODE.
03:07:37PM WHEN YOU GAVE US OUR GUIDANCE FOR THE CASE.
03:07:40PM YOU SAID WE ARE BASICALLY STANDING IN THE SAME SHOES THAT
03:07:44PM THE ARC, USING THE SAME CODE THAT THEY USE.
03:07:47PM WE CAN'T CHANGE THE CODE.
03:07:48PM WE ARE INTERPRETING WHAT THE CODE IS.
03:07:50PM >>DANA CROSBY COLLIER: YES, SIR.
03:07:51PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IF THE CODE STATES ONE, WE SHOULD
03:07:55PM INTERPRET WHAT THE CODE IT.
03:07:56PM >>DANA CROSBY COLLIER: THAT'S CORRECT.
03:07:59PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE DON'T HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY SAYINGS THAT
03:08:01PM IS NOT FAIR.
03:08:02PM WE HAVE TO INTERPRET WHAT THE CODE IS.
03:08:04PM DANA YOU HAVE TO READ THE CODE AND GO WITH WHAT THE CODE
03:08:07PM STATES.
03:08:07PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VERY GOOD.
03:08:10PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
03:08:11PM ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
03:08:13PM >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I ASK STAFF ONE QUESTION REAL FAST,
03:08:17PM PLEASE?
03:08:18PM WHEN BUILDINGS LIKE THIS ARE PURCHASED OR A UNIT LIKE THIS
03:08:22PM PURCHASED SOME KIND OF DISCLOSURE FROM THE SELLERS THAT
03:08:24PM DISCLOSE THAT THESE RULES ARE IN PLACE?
03:08:33PM >>RON VILA: UP TO THE REALTOR TO STATE ON RECORD WHAT IS,
03:08:36PM YOU KNOW, THE CRITERIA MOVING FORWARD.
03:08:39PM IF THERE IS AN HOA THAT HAS TO BE ADHERE TO, THAT IS PARTED
03:08:43PM IT.
03:08:44PM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU.
03:08:45PM >>DENNIS FERNANDEZ: DENNIS FERNANDEZ, ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW.
03:08:58PM I GOT THAT QUESTION A LOT.
03:09:01PM AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS STANDARDIZED THROUGH THE REAL
03:09:04PM ESTATE DISCLOSURE IF THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE HISTORIC
03:09:08PM DISTRICT AND WHAT ZONING APPLICATION ARE RELEVANT TO THAT
03:09:12PM PARTICULAR DISTRICT.
03:09:12PM SO IT IS DISCLOSED.
03:09:14PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
03:09:16PM NO OTHER COMMENTS, THE APPLICANT, YOU HAVE REBUTTAL
03:09:20PM OPPORTUNITY IF YOU WISH TO PROVIDE.
03:09:22PM I DO RESPECT EVERYBODY'S DECISION AND OPINIONS, BUT THE
03:09:33PM THING THAT -- THE BIGGEST QUESTION IN MY MIND IS THAT WE ARE
03:09:39PM BEING HELD TO THE SAME SET OF GUIDELINES BEING A
03:09:43PM NONCONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE, OKAY, AS CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURES
03:09:46PM ARE.
03:09:46PM AND WITH THE SAFETY ISSUE, WITH THE PITCH OF THE ROOF, IT IS
03:09:50PM ON THE VERGE OF, LIKE, THIS ROOF SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO BE
03:09:53PM MADE IN TODAY'S WORLD AT THE ANGLE THAT IT IS.
03:09:57PM IT IS HAVE I, VERY DANGEROUS.
03:09:59PM WE ARE TRYING TO DO SO MANY THINGS TO MAKE WITH SAFER AND
03:10:05PM BEING HELD TO THE NONCONTRIBUTING AND CONTRIBUTING
03:10:07PM STRUCTURES.
03:10:08PM AND IT IS LIKE -- I KNOW THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE
03:10:11PM TWO.
03:10:11PM AND ONCE AGAIN, I HAD NO IDEA THAT WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO
03:10:16PM CHANGE THE -- CHANGE THE BUILDING TYPE BECAUSE WE ARE NOT A
03:10:19PM HISTORIC BUILDING.
03:10:20PM YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE IN A HISTORIC SOCIETY.
03:10:23PM SAID IF IT WAS A BRAND-NEW BUILD TODAY, THEY WOULD ALLOW THE
03:10:28PM BUILD.
03:10:28PM AND STILL UP FOR DISCUSSION OF WHAT THE STRUCTURE REALLY IS.
03:10:31PM BECAUSE EVEN THE NAME OF OUR UNIT IS THE CLOISTERS OF HYDE
03:10:37PM PARK CONDOMINIUM.
03:10:38PM I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ORIGINAL COLOR WAS 38 YEARS WHEN IT
03:10:41PM WAS BUILT.
03:10:42PM T COULD HAVE BEEN WHITE.
03:10:43PM WE HAVE A COURTYARD IN THE MIDDLE.
03:10:45PM WHEN WE HAD THE PERSON WHO WROTE UP THE REVIEW THAT WE
03:10:49PM SUBMITTED TO THE ARC BREAKING DOWN THE DIFFERENT
03:10:53PM ARCHITECTURAL STYLES THEY PRESENTED THE FINDING WHY IS THEY
03:10:58PM SAID IT WAS AS FRENCH, OKAY, MEDITERRANEAN-STYLE VILLA.
03:11:02PM DEFINITELY THESE TYPE OF ROOFS ARE RELEVANT.
03:11:06PM THEY HAVE ALL THREE.
03:11:07PM BARREL, SLATE AND CEDAR SHAKE SHINGLES IN FRANCE.
03:11:13PM I SPENT A LOT OF NIGHT LOOKING AT THAT TIME PICTURES THOSE.
03:11:17PM I FEEL AESTHETICALLY THE ROOF PUT ON IF WE ARE ALLOWED TO
03:11:21PM PUT ON WILL BE BETTER FIT AND CLEANER, LONGER.
03:11:24PM GUARANTEED TO LOOK BRAND-NEW FOR 15 YEARS.
03:11:28PM IF WE PUT ON ANOTHER CONCRETE TILE ROOF, IT IS GOING TO BE
03:11:32PM DIRT IN A COUPLE OF YEARS AND TOO STEEP OF A PITCH TO BE
03:11:36PM PRESSURE WASHED AND CLEANED.
03:11:38PM YOU ARE TAKING A PERSON'S RISK.
03:11:40PM WHEN SAID THE RIGHT THINGS TO DO FOR THIS BUILDING AN ITS
03:11:44PM LIFETIME NOW IS DIFFERENT THAN 36 YEARS AGO.
03:11:47PM WE ARE ALL AT THE END OF THE DAY TRYING TO DO THE SAME
03:11:50PM THING.
03:11:51PM TRYING TO BEAUTIFY AND KEEP HYDE PARK BEAUTIFUL.
03:11:53PM I DON'T THINK WE ARE SETTING A TERRIBLE PRECEDENT BY
03:11:56PM ALLOWING A CHANGE OF MATERIAL IN THIS -- INTO THIS BUILDING
03:12:01PM BECAUSE IT IS SAFER.
03:12:02PM IT DOES -- IT IS BEAUTIFUL.
03:12:04PM AND IT ACTUALLY FITS THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
03:12:06PM I AM NOT ASKING FOR SOMETHING THAT IS NOT ALREADY ON THE
03:12:10PM BLOCK.
03:12:10PM I AM NOT ASKING TO COVER IT WITH SOLAR PANELS OR TO MAKE 3-D
03:12:16PM BUTTERFLY-SHAPED LASER CUT DESIGNS TO GO ON THE ROOF.
03:12:21PM WE ARE ASKING EVERYTHING PRESENT ALL THE WAY TOO HYDE PARK
03:12:23PM SHOPPING VILLAGE INCLUDING THE BRAND-NEW STRUCTURES BUILT.
03:12:28PM THAT IS THE CONSIDERATION WE ARE ASKING FOR.
03:12:29PM KEEP THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEAUTIFUL AND YES, CHANGE THE
03:12:32PM STYLE, BUT IT IS GOING TO LOOK APPROPRIATE AND LOOK
03:12:35PM BEAUTIFUL LIKE THE OTHER BUILDINGS THAT ARE THERE.
03:12:37PM THAT IS WHY I CAME IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL TO PRESENT THIS A
03:12:42PM SECOND TIME HOPING FOR YOUR POSITIVE CONSIDERATION.
03:12:45PM I THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO IT.
03:12:47PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
03:12:48PM ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE.
03:12:49PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MOVED.
03:12:51PM >>BILL CARLSON: SECOND.
03:12:53PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
03:12:55PM OPPOSED.
03:12:56PM COUNCIL LIKE TO DISCUSS IS THIS?
03:12:58PM ANY DISCUSSION?
03:13:01PM NO DISCUSSION?
03:13:03PM I GUESS.
03:13:03PM LET'S GO FOR A MOTION.
03:13:04PM WHO WANTS TO DO A MOTION.
03:13:06PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I MOVE TO AFFIRM THE ARC'S DECISION TO
03:13:10PM DENY FPR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE
03:13:14PM PROPERTY 2099 SOUTH ROME AVENUE BECAUSE THE REPLACEMENT OF
03:13:18PM THE EXISTING BARREL TILE ROOF WITH A SHINGLE ROOF IS
03:13:21PM INCONSISTENT WITH THE HYDE PARK DESIGN STANDARDS THAT STATES
03:13:28PM PERMISSIBLE TO REPLACE THE ROOF.
03:13:29PM SAID SPANISH ECLECTIC IN CHAPTER 27 OF THE CODE.
03:13:34PM DOCTOR SPANISH ECLECTIC IN CHAPTER 27 OF THE CODE.
03:13:40PM THE OTHER THING IS THAT THIS IS AN EXISTING BUILDING.
03:13:43PM MAY BE NOT ABOUT THE 1920s, BUILT IN 1988.
03:13:48PM ABOUT THE DESIGN, IT WAS MADE TO LOOK LIKE A CONTRIBUTING
03:13:52PM HISTORIC STRUCTURE.
03:13:53PM YOU HAVE SPECIFIC DETAILS LIKE THE BALCONIES.
03:13:56PM SPECIFIC DETAILS LIKE THE ARCHED WINDOWS AS SHOWN IN THE
03:14:04PM PHOTO AS BE MEANT TO LOOK WHAT IS IN HISTORIC HYDE PARK.
03:14:07PM THEREFORE THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION TO DENY THE CERTIFICATE OF
03:14:12PM APPROPRIATENESS.
03:14:12PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: SECOND.
03:14:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO AND
03:14:17PM IS A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
03:14:19PM ROLL CALL VOTE.
03:14:21PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
03:14:22PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
03:14:23PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
03:14:24PM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
03:14:25PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
03:14:26PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
03:14:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES.
03:14:28PM >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
03:14:31PM OKAY.
03:14:41PM SORRY, GUYS.
03:14:43PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: 60.
03:14:44PM ITEM NUMBER 60.
03:14:46PM ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION.
03:14:50PM DO WE HAVE STAFF TO PRESENT?
03:14:51PM THERE WE GO.
03:14:52PM >>CARL BRODY: GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL, CARL BRODY FROM THE LEGAL
03:14:58PM DEPARTMENT.
03:14:58PM CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE WE CONSIDERED -- ACTUALLY THAT
03:15:01PM YOU LOOKED AT BACK ON MAY 15 IT PROVIDES A CODE OF CONDUCT
03:15:10PM FOR CONTRACTORS.
03:15:11PM AT THE MAY 15 MEETING, EVERYBODY WAS VERY COMFORTABLE WITH
03:15:17PM THE ORDINANCE BUT WE WANTED TO LOOK CLOSER AT THE
03:15:21PM ENFORCEMENT.
03:15:21PM I TALKED TO COUPLE OF YOU SEPARATELY SO FOLKS KNOW WE ARE
03:15:25PM NOT BREACH ING ANY PUBLIC MEETINGS RULES.
03:15:30PM I STALKED TO YOU SEPARATELY, AND CAME UP WITH THE BEST
03:15:34PM MOVING FORWARD STEP TO PUT -- ENFORCE THE POSITIONS IN
03:15:39PM THE EBO POLICY THAT WAY WE CAN WATCH.
03:15:42PM SEE HOW THIS WORKS.
03:15:43PM IF WE NEED TO MAKE CHANGES, WE WILL MAKE CHANGES MORE
03:15:46PM DISCREETLY AND NOT HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU AND CHANGE THE
03:15:49PM WHOLE ORDINANCE AGAIN.
03:15:51PM THAT IS THE ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE AND
03:15:59PM COPIES OF THE EBO ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS.
03:16:02PM REQUEST THAT YOU MOVE THIS FORWARD FOR SECOND READING AND
03:16:06PM YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
03:16:07PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
03:16:08PM YOUR LIGHT WAS ON.
03:16:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, I AM SORRY.
03:16:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
03:16:14PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU FOR WORK TO ME AND WHOEVER ELSE YOU
03:16:17PM SPOKE TO.
03:16:17PM I THINK THIS A GREAT STEP FORWARD.
03:16:19PM SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ASKING FOR.
03:16:21PM WE SEE TO OURSELVES.
03:16:23PM I AM SURE YOU SEE IT YOURSELF.
03:16:25PM I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WE ARE GOING TO START THIS PATH
03:16:29PM FORWARD AND KNOWING WE CAN MODIFY AS NEEDED.
03:16:31PM SO JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS.
03:16:37PM NO ONE ELSE, I WILL READ THE ORDINANCE.
03:16:40PM FILE NUMBER E 2025-8 CHAPTER 26.5, ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR
03:16:49PM FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, ORDINANCE OF CITY OF TAMPA,
03:16:52PM FLORIDA, 26.5, ARM ARTICLE 1, OF THE CITY OF TAMPA CODE BY
03:16:57PM ADDING SECTION 26.5-4, CITY OF TAMPA CODE OF BUSINESS
03:17:01PM CONDUCT SAID AMENDMENT PROVIDING FOR A CODE OF BUSINESS
03:17:04PM CONDUCT FOR PARTIES CONTRACTING WITH THE CITY PROVIDING
03:17:07PM ENFORCEMENT THROUGH DIVISION OF EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY,
03:17:10PM PROVIDING FOR A DISPUTE RESOLUTION, PROVIDING FOR AN APPEAL
03:17:14PM PROCESS, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PART OF ORDINANCES
03:17:20PM CONFLICT THEREWITH.
03:17:22PM PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
03:17:25PM I FORGOT TO ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
03:17:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK
03:17:34PM TO THIS ITEM?
03:17:36PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO CLOSE.
03:17:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
03:17:41PM MIRANDA.
03:17:41PM SECONDED FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
03:17:42PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I RESTATE -- OR I -- I REPEAT MY MOTION.
03:17:49PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
03:17:52PM A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
03:17:54PM DO YOU HAVE THAT LOADED?
03:17:58PM FIRST READING.
03:17:58PM OKAY.
03:17:59PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
03:18:00PM OPPOSED?
03:18:02PM AYES HAVE IT.
03:18:03PM WE HAD ASKED FOR --
03:18:07PM >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
03:18:09PM SECOND READING AND ADOPTION AT OLD CITY HALL, 315 E.
03:18:17PM KENNEDY, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33612.
03:18:20PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
03:18:22PM >>LUIS VIERA: I HAD TO RUN OUTSIDE TO GET SOMETHING TO EAT
03:18:26PM REAL FAST.
03:18:26PM MR. BRODY, THANK YOU NOR YOUR WORK ON THIS AGAIN.
03:18:29PM THIS CAME ABOUT.
03:18:31PM AN INDIVIDUAL -- THEY CAN COME FORWARD IF THEY WANT.
03:18:34PM I WILL TELL THEM THIS IS ON READING CLAIM FORWARD ON A SAD
03:18:38PM STORY, AN INTERACTION HE WOULD HAVE THAT WOULD BREAK ALL OF
03:18:41PM OUR HEARTS WITH REGARDS TO THE ALLEGATIONS.
03:18:44PM SO THIS -- THIS HELPS, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS FUTURE CHALLENGES
03:18:48PM LIKE THAT.
03:18:48PM THANK YOU FOR YOUR WONDERFUL WORK.
03:18:49PM ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH.
03:18:51PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, SIR.
03:18:53PM WE HAD EARLIER TAKEN UP ITEM NUMBER -- WHAT WAS IT, THE FIRE
03:19:00PM STATION ONE.
03:19:00PM 70.
03:19:01PM ITEM 70 FOR FIRE STATION.
03:19:03PM I UNDERSTAND THAT CHIEF TRIPP IS ONLINE, AND WE HAVE SOMEBODY
03:19:07PM FROM PROCUREMENT MERE.
03:19:09PM CAN WE BRING CHIEF TRIPP UP?
03:19:12PM THERE WE GO.
03:19:12PM CHIEF TRIPP.
03:19:13PM START THIS AND STAFF AT THE PODIUM OR KICK IT RIGHT TO THEM.
03:19:19PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY?
03:19:21PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: LOUD AND CLEAR.
03:19:23PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: OKAY, ALL RIGHT, AND ONCE AGAIN, BARBARA
03:19:28PM TRIPP, FIRE CHIEF.
03:19:29PM I DO HAVE KEN, MY PROJECT MANAGER ON LINE AS WELL.
03:19:33PM AND, OF COURSE, LIKE I SAID, YOU ALL HAD QUESTIONS THAT I
03:19:36PM COULDN'T ANSWER.
03:19:37PM AND HOPEFULLY MR. RICHARD WILL BE THERE TO ANSWER THOSE
03:19:41PM QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
03:19:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
03:19:42PM WE WILL GO WITH PROCUREMENT HERE.
03:19:45PM >>RICHARD MUTTERBACK: CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION.
03:19:47PM RICHARD MUTTERBACK, DIRECTOR OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION.
03:19:53PM I WILL ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS --
03:19:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: KICK IT OFF TO COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA TO DO
03:20:00PM THE INQUISITION.
03:20:05PM OKAY.
03:20:05PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU FOR THAT.
03:20:07PM SO I CALLED UP THE CHIEF IN BETWEEN TO GET UP SOME
03:20:11PM BACKGROUND AND, CHIEF, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND SO FORTH
03:20:17PM SO I WILL GO THROUGH SOME FACTS AND HISTORY ON THIS.
03:20:20PM SOME STUFF THAT MAY PREDATE YOU BUT STUFF TO ME COMPELLING
03:20:29PM FACTS AND REQUIRE A CLEAR ANSWER OF WHY WE ARE HERE ON THIS.
03:20:33PM I AM SAYING THIS BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING OF A COMMUNITY THAT
03:20:37PM REALLY NEEDS THIS AND A COMMUNITY I FEEL IN THE CITY OF
03:20:40PM TAMPA OFTEN GETS IGNORED AND THAT IS NORTH TAMPA.
03:20:44PM AGAIN AS I INDICATED BEFORE, VERY BRIEFLY, 2021, '22, WE ARE
03:20:50PM LOOKING AT THIS LAND.
03:20:52PM A LONG STORY TO.
03:20:53PM THIS FIRST WE WILL DO 24 IN NEW TAMPA.
03:20:55PM WE DECIDED TO DO IT IN NORTH TAMPA OUTSIDE OF 33647.
03:21:01PM TO HELP WITH 13.
03:21:03PM STATION 25 WHICH IS THE DOWNPAYMENT.
03:21:05PM EASY WIN BECAUSE THE BUILDING WAS ALREADY THERE.
03:21:09PM WE GOT TO WORK ON 2023, TALKING OF '24 IN TERMS OF FUNDING
03:21:13PM IT.
03:21:13PM IT IS PART OF THE MILLAGE.
03:21:16PM IT DOESN'T GO THROUGH.
03:21:17PM I TRY DO A LIMITED TAX TO HELP FUND IT.
03:21:19PM AMONG OTHER THINGS.
03:21:21PM DOESN'T GO THROUGH.
03:21:22PM I SAY, OKAY, FINE.
03:21:24PM LET'S BOND IT.
03:21:25PM MY POINT IN TALKING OF THE TAXES THAT I BELIEVE IN THIS SO
03:21:28PM WERE THAT I SAID, I WANT TO RAISE TAXES FOR IT.
03:21:31PM SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT THIS.
03:21:35PM I HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME.
03:21:36PM A BIG DEAL OBVIOUSLY.
03:21:37PM 2024, WE DO THE BONDING THEN TO FUND THIS.
03:21:40PM THERE IS A FUNDING MECHANISM FOR THERE ARE, AS WELL AS FLEET
03:21:44PM NEAT NANCE.
03:21:45PM WE PASSED DESIGN IN THE BUDGET OF 2023.
03:21:50PM 2024 WE LEARNED -- AND WE ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THIS.
03:21:53PM WHICH IS THAT GROUNDBREAKING WILL BEGIN IN MARCH OF 2026.
03:22:03PM PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN IN
03:22:07PM MARCH '26 LET'S DO BETTER.
03:22:10PM WHOLE THING OF THIS COUNCIL LET'S DO BETTER.
03:22:13PM BUT WE FOUND OUT THAT GROUNDBREAKING WILL BE SIX MONTHS
03:22:16PM AFTER MARCH OF '26.
03:22:18PM INSTEAD FIRST TO THIRD TO FIRST TO SECOND, WE ARE TOLD WE
03:22:23PM ARE PRETTY MUCH BACK AT HOME.
03:22:25PM THAT IS THE FRUSTRATION.
03:22:26PM BIGGEST FRUSTRATION THIS IS BIGGER MICROCOSM ON I SHALL
03:22:34PM PEWS.
03:22:35PM IF YOU TAKE DOWNTOWN FIRE RESCUE, RIGHT.
03:22:37PM I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS YEAR SOMEBODY.
03:22:39PM I DON'T REPRESENT DOWNTOWN DIRECTLY.
03:22:41PM WE ALL DO IN A WAY, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMEONE PUT IN
03:22:46PM THE BUDGET DESIGN FOR A DOWNTOWN STATION LONG PAST DUE.
03:22:52PM WE HAVE TO KEEP PUSHING THESE THINGS.
03:22:55PM WHEN I SEE WHAT IS DONE AGAIN.
03:22:57PM THREE YEARS AFTER PASSING DESIGN, WE WILL HAVE
03:23:01PM GROUNDBREAKING AND DESIGN TOOK A VERY, VERY LONG TIME.
03:23:04PM THAT IS THE BIG, BIG CHALLENGE.
03:23:06PM MY BIG QUESTION IS, TO ANYBODY CAN ANSWER THIS WHAT IN THE
03:23:13PM WORLD HAPPENED TO DELAY IT ANOTHER SIX MONTHS ON TO HAVE THE
03:23:17PM DELAY THAT CITY COUNCIL THOUGHT WAS FAR TOO LONG.
03:23:23PM THAT IS THE QUESTION WE NEED ANSWERS AND THAT FRUSTRATES, I
03:23:26PM THINK, EVERYBODY HERE.
03:23:27PM IF YOU CAN ANSWER THAT, SIR, HAVE AT IT.
03:23:29PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: CAN I COUPLE ON TO HIS QUESTION REAL
03:23:33PM QUICK SO THAT IT BLENDS TOGETHER?
03:23:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
03:23:36PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: IF YOU CAN ANSWER COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA'S
03:23:40PM QUESTION IN RELATION TO THE FAIR OAKS PROJECT WHICH IS
03:23:43PM MOVING ALONG.
03:23:43PM IT IS AT PHASE WHERE IT IS ALMOST DONE.
03:23:48PM THAT THIS DOES NOT MAKE SENSE.
03:23:49PM SO PUT IT IN THE CONTEXT OF, FAIR OAKS HAS MOVED.
03:23:53PM AND THAT IS A PROJECT THAT I VOTED ON SINCE I AM ON COUNCIL
03:23:58PM SEND THIS STARTED BEFORE I WAS ON COUNCIL.
03:24:00PM >>LYNN HURTAK: BEFORE I WAS ON COUNCIL.
03:24:02PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BEFORE HURTAK WAS ON COUNCIL.
03:24:06PM AND THE QUICK QUESTION IS, HONESTLY, THIS APPEARS TO BE --
03:24:10PM NOT EVEN A QUESTION.
03:24:10PM IT IS A STATEMENT.
03:24:11PM THIS APPEARS TO BE A SLOW WALK.
03:24:13PM SOMEBODY IS SLOW WALKING THIS.
03:24:15PM AND WE ARE NOW HAVING YOU IN FRONT OF US BECAUSE WE KNOW
03:24:20PM THEY IS NOT CHIEF TRIPP.
03:24:21PM SHE HAS BEEN GIVING THE INFORMATION.
03:24:23PM I AM SURE HER FOLKS ARE GIVING HER HELL.
03:24:27PM AND SO THIS IS A CONTRACT -- WE HAVE NOW ISOLATED THIS
03:24:33PM PROBLEM TO YOUR DIVISION.
03:24:34PM AND THAT -- I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT.
03:24:38PM I WANT THE ANSWER COMPARED TO A FAIR OAKS.
03:24:40PM HOW IS THAT MOVING ALONG, BECAUSE I TOOK A TOUR TWO WEEKS
03:24:44PM AGO.
03:24:44PM IT IS ALMOST DONE.
03:24:47PM JUST IN COMPASSION TO THAT.
03:24:49PM GIVE YOU THESE QUESTIONS RATHER THAN GIVING A REPORT.
03:24:57PM >>RICHARD MUTTERBACK: RICHARD MUTTERBACK, DIRECTOR OF CONTRACT
03:24:59PM ADMINISTRATION.
03:25:01PM I DO NOT HAVE ALL THE DATES AND FACT FOR FAIR OAKS.
03:25:04PM SO I CAN'T -- I CAN'T DO AN APPLES TO APPLES THERE.
03:25:10PM IT IS MOVING ALONG EXCEPTIONALLY WELL SINCE IT IS IN
03:25:15PM CONSTRUCTION.
03:25:15PM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, YOU SAID DESIGN WAS APPROVED BY THE
03:25:19PM CITY COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 6 OF THIS YEAR.
03:25:21PM THAT WHEN THE ACTUAL AGREEMENT WAS -- WAS -- AS PART OF THAT
03:25:26PM AGREEMENT, IF I CAN -- AND AT YOUR PLEASURE BUT THE SAME
03:25:38PM SLIDES FROM FEBRUARY WHEN I WENT THROUGH -- DO I NEED TO GO
03:25:41PM THROUGH THOSE OR CAN WE START?
03:25:46PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YOU MAY PROCEED.
03:25:48PM >>RICHARD MUTTERBACK: AS FAR AS THE CURRENT DATES THE PERIOD OF SERVICE
03:25:57PM APPROVED ON FEBRUARY 6, 461 CALENDAR DAYS AFTER IDEAS TO
03:26:02PM PROCEED.
03:26:02PM NOTICE TO PROCEED WAS GIVEN ON MARCH 20 OF THIS YEAR.
03:26:08PM SO THEY HAD CONTRACTUALLY GAVE THIS FIRM 416 CALENDAR DAYS.
03:26:16PM SITTING HERE IN FEBRUARY I DID THE QUICK MATH IN MY HEAD 15
03:26:20PM MONTHS AND I PROBABLY SAID ABOUT MAY.
03:26:22PM IF I TOOK MARCH OR SOMEBODY ELSE SAID MARCH, I APOLOGIZE FOR
03:26:27PM THAT.
03:26:27PM I TRY TO SOLELY STICK TO THE FACTS THAT ARE IN THE CONTRACT.
03:26:31PM NOW I PULL UP -- AT THAT TIME, KEEP IN MIND WE DON'T HAVE
03:26:37PM ANNUAL SCHEDULE.
03:26:37PM WE ISSUE A NOTICE TO PROCEED, WE GET A SCHEDULED FROM THE
03:26:41PM TERM.
03:26:41PM THIS SCHEDULED FROM THE FIRM AS OF THREE DAYS AGO.
03:26:44PM ON THEIR SCHEDULE.
03:26:49PM I NEED TO MAKE THIS SMALLER.
03:26:51PM NOTICE TO PROCEED WAS GIVEN -- PETITION PUT MARCH 24 AND 461
03:27:00PM DAYS WOULD PUT US ON JUNE 24, 2026.
03:27:02PM WE LOOK AT THEIR SCHEDULE.
03:27:08PM COMPLETELY FINISH WHERE THEIR CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS JUNE 9,
03:27:19PM 2026.
03:27:19PM THOSE 461 DAYS CONTRACTUALLY, I MEAN, THAT IS WHAT WE AS A
03:27:23PM CITY BOTH COUNCIL AND ADMINISTRATION AGREED TO.
03:27:28PM AND NOW IF YOU LOOK FROM JUNE 26 ALL THE WAY DOWN WHAT YOU
03:27:35PM ARE CALLING GROUNDBREAKING OF SEPTEMBER, THAT IS ALL CITY.
03:27:38PM THAT -- THAT IS US APPROVING THE GMP.
03:27:41PM BRINGING IT TO COUNCIL TWICE BECAUSE OVER $20 MILLION.
03:27:45PM THOSE ARE THE STUFF WE CAN KIND OF CONTROL A LITTLE BIT AT
03:27:48PM THAT POINT, BUT THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED.
03:27:50PM I MEAN, THAT -- THAT IS ALL I CAN SPEAK ON AS FAR AS HOW WE
03:27:54PM GOT HERE AND WHAT THOSE DATES.
03:27:56PM NOT A LOT CHANGED SINCE FEBRUARY WHEN WE HAD THE SAME
03:27:59PM DISCUSSIONS.
03:28:00PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: REAL QUICK --
03:28:06PM >>LUIS VIERA: 45 SECONDS FOR THAT.
03:28:08PM ONE THING IS YOU CAN TRY TO EXPLAIN THINGS AS MUCH AS YOU
03:28:12PM WANT.
03:28:13PM BUT A FACT WHICH IS UNACCEPTABLE.
03:28:18PM NOT HAVE GROUNDBREAKING SINCE SEPTEMBER OF 2026.
03:28:23PM NOTHING CAN DIVORCE ME FROM THE STATEMENT THAT IS
03:28:27PM UNACCEPTABLE.
03:28:28PM MARCH -- OR MAY OF 2026, THE SAME PRESENTATION WAS DONE AS
03:28:33PM FAR AS GOING THROUGH THESE DATES AND SO ON.
03:28:35PM THE PUSH WAS TO SEE HOW WE COULD DO BEFORE THAT DATE, BEFORE
03:28:40PM MARCH OF 2026.
03:28:41PM NOW BEING TOLD A THIRD OF YEAR LATER AND ANOTHER ISSUE, IN
03:28:46PM THE WORLD DID IT TAKE THAT LONG TO GET TO CITY COUNCIL IF
03:28:50PM ONLY GOT US TO FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR.
03:28:51PM WHY DID IT TAKE THAT LONG TO GET TO CITY COUNCIL?
03:28:58PM NO AMOUNT OF DISCUSSION COUNTY HAVING THIS GROUNDBREAKING IN
03:29:06PM SEPTEMBER OF 2026 IS UNACCEPTABLE AND SHOWS QUITE FRANKLY
03:29:14PM NOT A COMMITMENT FROM THE ADMINISTRATION ON THIS PROJECT.
03:29:16PM SOMEBODY TRY TO CONVINCE OTHERWISE AND PICK UP A PHONE AND
03:29:23PM TELL ME.
03:29:24PM BECAUSE CERTAIN PLAIN FACTS THAT WILL NOT BE DIVORCED FROM
03:29:28PM REALITY.
03:29:36PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA HAS -- WE WILL MAKE
03:29:40PM THIS MAN DRIVE FROM TALLAHASSEE ESSENTIALLY TO COME DOWN FOR
03:29:46PM THIS.
03:29:46PM THERE IS WANTS AND NEEDS, AND WITH THE GROWTH WE ARE
03:29:52PM EXPERIENCING IN THE CITY.
03:29:53PM YOU KNOW, FIRE RESPONSE TIME, FIRE FIGHTERS, FIRE STATIONS,
03:29:58PM I MEAN SOMETHING THAT IS AN ABSOLUTE NEED.
03:30:00PM DOWNTOWN WAS MENTIONED.
03:30:01PM I CAN TALK OF OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING
03:30:04PM IS THAT -- I MEAN, BEFORE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE ELECTED
03:30:08PM AND CAME ON THIS BODY.
03:30:10PM THIS WAS DISCUSSED.
03:30:10PM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA TALKED ABOUT THIS NOR A LONG, LONG TIME
03:30:14PM IN RESPONSE TO THE UNION AND IN RESPONSE TO THE COMMUNITY
03:30:17PM AND WHAT THEY NEED.
03:30:18PM IT IS JUST DISAPPOINTING TO SEE THIS MOVING SO SLOWLY IN
03:30:22PM COMPASSION TO SO MANY OTHER CITY PROJECTS.
03:30:24PM I HAD A MEETING YESTERDAY MORNING AT HANNAH.
03:30:27PM HANNAH WENT UP VERY QUICK -- VERY QUICKLY AT A VERY BIG COST
03:30:34PM AND THAT WAS DONE.
03:30:35PM WE ARE ASKING FOR A SIMPLE FIRE STATION HERE.
03:30:37PM I AM NOT POINTING FINGERS AT YOU BECAUSE THIS IS PREDATING
03:30:41PM WHEN YOU CAME ON BOARD.
03:30:42PM YOU ARE JUST DOING YOUR JOB IN ANSWERING THE REQUEST.
03:30:46PM BUT I CAN TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE DISAPPOINTMENT FROM COUNCIL
03:30:51PM MEMBER VIERA BECAUSE HE FOUGHT SO HARD FOR YEARS.
03:30:53PM AS HAS THIS ENTIRE COUNCIL IN BEING SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.
03:30:56PM WE WANT TO SEE THIS DONE.
03:30:57PM IF WE ARE GOING TO GET A GROUNDBREAKING IN SEPTEMBER OF '26.
03:31:01PM HE HAS LESS THAN TWO MONTHS HERE.
03:31:03PM HE WORKED HARD AROUND HE DOESN'T EVEN GET TO ESSENTIALLY
03:31:07PM ENJOY THE FRUITS OF HIS HARD WORK.
03:31:09PM BUT IT IS NOT ABOUT HIM, IT IS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND THE
03:31:13PM NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE.
03:31:13PM THANK YOU.
03:31:14PM CONCURRENCY.
03:31:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON AND COUNCILWOMAN
03:31:19PM HURTAK.
03:31:19PM >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH, FIRST OF ALL, I SUPPORTED COUNCIL
03:31:24PM MEMBER VIERA FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO WITH THIS.
03:31:26PM IT IS NOT MY DISTRICT, BUT I WAS HOPING THAT -- THEIR THIS
03:31:31PM WILL HAD BEEN RESOLVED WITHIN A YEAR.
03:31:33PM AND THAT WAS LIKE 2021.
03:31:39PM AND THEN MORE TO OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
03:31:42PM SOUTH TAMPA NEEDS MORE STATIONS AND RESOURCES AS WELL.
03:31:47PM THERE ARE REQUESTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY BUT WE HAD TO THIS
03:31:50PM ONE FIRST.
03:31:50PM FIRST IN LINE AND FRUSTRATING IT HAS TAKEN THAT LONG TO DO
03:31:54PM THIS.
03:31:54PM MY COLLEAGUES AND BE EVERYBODY ELSE.
03:31:56PM NEXT WEEK, DON'T FORGET, IT IS ON THE AGENDA TO POTENTIALLY
03:32:02PM USE CRA MONEY WITH APPROVAL ON THE DOWNTOWN FIRE STATION.
03:32:06PM BUT WE HAD THE SAME ISSUE THAT -- YOU KNOW IN THE LAST FEW
03:32:09PM YEARS SINCE WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS.
03:32:11PM PRICES GO UP AND DOUBLED OR MORE.
03:32:13PM AND ALSO, SEVERAL FOLKS IN THE ADMINISTRATION HAVE TOLD ME
03:32:19PM THAT -- THAT THE MAYOR JUST DOESN'T WANT TO BUILD A FIRE
03:32:24PM STATION AT ALL.
03:32:24PM AND I WAS TOLD THAT AFTER THE LAST ELECTION THAT THE MAYOR
03:32:29PM WAS HIGH-FIVING IT SAYING WE MADE IT FOUR YEARS WITHOUT A
03:32:33PM FIRE STATION AND WE WILL MAKE IT ANOTHER FOUR.
03:32:34PM FIRST OF ALL, DISRESPECTFUL TO THE FIRE FIGHTERS, MEN AND
03:32:38PM WOMEN THAT PUNT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE EVERY DAY.
03:32:40PM DISRESPECTFUL TO THE PUBLIC WHO NEED RESOURCES WHEN HAVING A
03:32:45PM HEART ATTACK OR FIRE.
03:32:46PM THEY NEED RESOURCES.
03:32:47PM IF A MAYOR FEELS THEY WILL GO TO THE SYSTEM, WE HAVE
03:32:50PM AMBULANCES INSTEAD OF FIRE STATIONS.
03:32:52PM MAKE THAT ARGUMENT AND LET'S DECIDE IT.
03:32:54PM SLOW WALKING IT AND TRYING TO TELL THE PUBLIC GOING TO DO IT
03:32:59PM AND DELAYS IT.
03:33:01PM THAT IS DISINGENUOUS.
03:33:03PM I WOULD LIKE SOMEBODY TO COME FORWARD.
03:33:05PM CHIEF OF STAFF IS NOT HERE AND MAYOR IS NOT HERE.
03:33:08PM WHY IS THE MAYOR AGAINST FIRE STATION AS SOON AS IF SHE IS,
03:33:11PM WHY CAN'T SHE GIVE AN ALTERNATIVE PLAN WHAT SHE WANTS TO DO.
03:33:18PM THE FIRE CHIEF STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS AND FIRE FIGHTERS
03:33:24PM WHO WANT BETTER EQUIPMENT AND SAFER IS ENVIRONMENTS AND THE
03:33:27PM PUBLIC NEEDS TO BE TREATED BETTER AS WELL.
03:33:29PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
03:33:31PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
03:33:32PM CAN YOU PLEASE PUT UP THE FIRST PAGE OF THAT.
03:33:38PM >>RICHARD MUTTERBACK: OF WHICH ONE, THE SCHEDULE?
03:33:42PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES, PLEASE.
03:33:48PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THAT WASN'T THE FIRST PAGE.
03:33:50PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THIS IS WHAT I WANT.
03:33:52PM WE HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR SO LONG, BOUNDARY SURVEY,
03:33:59PM TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY.
03:34:00PM MY UNDERSTANDING THIS WAS BUILT AHEAD OF TIME.
03:34:04PM UNLESS WE BUILT THIS ON A CLIFF, I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE WE HAD
03:34:10PM THIS AHEAD OF TIME AND KNOWING WE WANTED TO GET THIS DONE.
03:34:13PM NOBODY TALKED ABOUT THIS.
03:34:14PM ON A CLIFF HAVING TWICE THE COST IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE JUST
03:34:19PM TELLS THUS IS A SLOW WALK.
03:34:20PM WE COULD HAVE BUILT ANOTHER -- I MEAN, THIS GOING TO BE THE
03:34:26PM COST OF ANOTHER RECREATION CENTER.
03:34:28PM AND THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME.
03:34:31PM HE TALKED TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER CITIES.
03:34:32PM NO ONE IS BUILDING A FIRE STATION THIS EXPENSIVE.
03:34:35PM I JUST -- I AM -- I AM FINE -- YOU KNOW WHAT, WE ARE GOING
03:34:42PM TO HAVE A CHANCE ON THIS VERY NEXT ITEM AFTER THIS TO TALK
03:34:46PM ABOUT WHERE WE WANT OUR MONEY TO GO TOWARD BUILDING
03:34:50PM SOMETHING.
03:34:50PM I AM TELLING YOU.
03:34:51PM I AM NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THE BUILDING OF CITY BUILDINGS
03:34:54PM UNTIL THIS IS DONE.
03:34:55PM THIS IS ENOUGH.
03:34:56PM I HAD ENOUGH OF THIS.
03:34:57PM THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO GET OUR VOICE
03:35:00PM HEARD.
03:35:00PM IT SIMPLY IT.
03:35:02PM IT IS DISAPPOINTING.
03:35:04PM IT IS FRUSTRATING.
03:35:05PM HE TALKED TO CHIEF TRIPP.
03:35:08PM AND, YOU KNOW, AS WELL, AND I AM -- I AM HEARING EXACT SAME
03:35:12PM FRUSTRATIONS THAT THE GENTLEMAN WHO HAS BEEN HIRED TO HELP
03:35:16PM HER MOVE THIS FORWARD JUST -- WE CAN'T GET IT DONE ANY
03:35:20PM FASTER AND I JUST DON'T KNOW WHY THIS BUILDING IS SO
03:35:23PM DIFFICULT COMPARED TO ANY OTHER BUILDING THAT WE HAVE BELT,
03:35:27PM INCLUDING HANNAH CITY CENTER.
03:35:29PM WHY IS THIS TAKING SO LONG COMPARED TO ANY OF THOSE OTHER
03:35:33PM BUILDINGS?
03:35:34PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: HE CAN'T ANSWER THAT.
03:35:36PM >>RICHARD MUTTERBACK: TO TAKE AS LONG TO CONSTRUCT?
03:35:40PM >>LYNN HURTAK: NOT TO CONSTRUCT, BUT JUST TO PLAN.
03:35:42PM >>RICHARD MUTTERBACK: SITE SELECTION WAS A BIG DEAL.
03:35:46PM NOT UNTIL MAY OF 2024 WHEN CONTRACT ADMIN ACTUALLY GOT
03:35:52PM INVOLVED IN ADVERTISING THIS TO SELECT A FIRM.
03:35:55PM I TOLD YOU NUMEROUS TIMES A THIS PODIUM, TAKES SIX MONTHS TO
03:35:59PM TO GET THROUGH THAT CCNA PROCESS TO GET SOMEONE SELECTED
03:36:06PM BETWEEN MAY AND WHEN IT WAS ACTUALLY SELECTED AUGUST AND --
03:36:10PM WE ARE IN THAT SIX MONTHS.
03:36:12PM ACTUALLY TOOK SEVEN AND A HALF MONTHS BUT WE HAD TWO STORMS
03:36:14PM IN THERE.
03:36:15PM AND THE FIRE CHIEF HEADS UP OUR. -- NOTHING SLOW WALKED.
03:36:20PM ALWAYS TAKES SIX MONTHS TO GET THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
03:36:23PM EVERY DESIGN TYPICALLY TAKES 12 TO 18 MONTHS.
03:36:26PM I SAID THAT NUMEROUS TIMES AT THIS PODIUM.
03:36:29PM NOT SLOW WALKED AT THIS POINT.
03:36:30PM SITE SELECTION AND EVERYBODY FINALLY AGREEING WHERE THIS WAS
03:36:34PM GOING TO GO TO ADVERTISE IT.
03:36:35PM THAT COULD -- THAT COULD TAKE -- PLAY A ROLE WHAT TOOK UP
03:36:42PM SOME OF THAT YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF.
03:36:43PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THAT IS FAIR.
03:36:45PM >>LYNN HURTAK: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT
03:36:47PM THIS.
03:36:47PM SO FOR ME, I WANT TO KNOW FROM YOU, THE TALK OF THIS.
03:36:55PM WE ALLOCATED MONEY IN 2021 FOR THIS?
03:36:58PM THIS WAS BEFORE ME.
03:36:59PM IF YOU DON'T MIND ANSWERING THAT.
03:37:04PM >>LUIS VIERA: I WILL SAY YES AND NO.
03:37:07PM IT IS COMPLICATED.
03:37:08PM '21, ALLOCATED FUNDS FOR NEW TAMPA UNION BRINGING NORTH
03:37:21PM TAMPA.
03:37:21PM 25 IN NORTH TAMPA OPPOSED TO K OPINION BAR RANCH.
03:37:26PM THE EARLY CONFUSION ON THAT.
03:37:27PM BUT, YES, THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
03:37:30PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THE MONEY FOR THIS WAS ALLOCATED IN --
03:37:35PM >>LUIS VIERA: DEPENDING ON WHAT THE MEANING OF "IS" IS.
03:37:39PM IN '23, WE TRIED TO USE SOME DOLLARS FOR FIRE STATIONS.
03:37:47PM 2024 ASIDE WE WILL TO THE PASS ANYTHING IN TERMS OF TAXES.
03:37:51PM WE DID THE BONDING FOR THIS AND FLEET MAINTENANCE IN '24.
03:37:56PM >>LYNN HURTAK: SORRY, I AM TRYING.
03:38:03PM I THINK THE THING THAT GETS ME.
03:38:05PM WE COULD HAVE STARTED THIS A LOT SOONER AND IT WAS JUST A
03:38:08PM CHOICE.
03:38:08PM I AM STILL GOING TO SETTLE WITH, IT WAS A CHOICE.
03:38:14PM THE ADMINISTERING'S CHOICE TO NOT FOCUS ON THIS WHEN WE HAVE
03:38:17PM SOMETHING DESIGNED AND BUILT, A PARK, IN THAT TIME.
03:38:21PM DESIGNED AND BUILT.
03:38:23PM IT IS ALMOST DONE.
03:38:24PM AND WHY THE PARK IS A WONDERFUL AMENITY, IT IS NOT ANYWHERE
03:38:31PM AS IMPORTANT AS PUBLIC SAFETY.
03:38:33PM >> IF I MAY.
03:38:35PM LIKE I SAID, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE DATES ON FAIR OAKS.
03:38:38PM BUT WHEN I STARTED JUNE 12, 2023, IT WAS FINISHING UP DESIGN
03:38:44PM AT THAT POINT.
03:38:44PM SO IT HAD ALREADY BEEN IN DESIGN.
03:38:48PM SEEMS LIKE IT IS GOING FAST NOW LOOKING AT CONSTRUCTION FROM
03:38:52PM GROUNDBREAKING UNTIL NOW.
03:38:53PM I CAN GET BACK TO EVERYONE AND I WILL E-MAIL YOU THOSE DATES
03:38:57PM TO TRY TO MAKE IT MORE APPLES-TO-APPLES WHAT THOSE DATES
03:39:03PM WERE.
03:39:03PM JUNE 2023, THAT WAS FINISHING UP DESIGN.
03:39:06PM >>LYNN HURTAK: BUT I THINK THAT IS KIND OF THE THING.
03:39:10PM ADMINISTRATION ON PROJECTS THEY WANT TO WORK ON HAVE GOTTEN
03:39:13PM THAT STUFF STARTED OF TIME.
03:39:15PM THAT IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
03:39:17PM THEY WILL GET THE PROJECT STARTED AN THEN COME TO US FOR
03:39:20PM SOME MONEY.
03:39:20PM THAT IS THE WAY I SEE IT.
03:39:21PM I AM SORRY -- I HAVE NODDING HEADS UP HERE.
03:39:28PM YOU ARE NOT GOING TO CONVINCE US OTHERWISE.
03:39:31PM I AM REALLY DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE CLEARLY SOMETHING THAT THE
03:39:34PM ADMINISTRATION DID NOT WANT, AND IT IS BEING SHOWN THIS WAY.
03:39:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
03:39:40PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S TAKE FAIR OAKS OUT
03:39:43PM OF IT AND PUT THE ACTUAL POLICE EVIDENCE SPACE.
03:39:45PM REMEMBER THAT WAS ACTUALLY BROUGHT UP IN THE NEW BUDGET
03:39:48PM INSTANCE YOU AND I HAVE BEEN HERE MUTTERBACK.
03:39:52PM YOU AND ME, AND THAT WAS FIRST PRESENTED BY DEPUTY -- I
03:39:58PM THINK DEPUTY CATE.
03:40:01PM SHE WAS SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THIS PROJECT.
03:40:05PM AND THAT WAS MUCH FURTHER ALONG THAN THIS.
03:40:07PM WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT?
03:40:10PM I MEAN THAT WAS AN EXISTING BUILDING.
03:40:12PM >> AND IT HAS BEEN -- I CAN ONLY SPEAK TO ONCE WE ACTUALLY
03:40:17PM GET A CONTRACT WITH SOMEONE TO DO A DESIGN.
03:40:20PM THAT'S ALL I CAN SPEAK TO.
03:40:21PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: CAN YOU PUT UP THE PAPER WHERE YOU PUT
03:40:25PM 461 DAYS --
03:40:26PM >> WHERE I HAND WROTE IT?
03:40:29PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: POINTED TO THE 461 DAYS THAT WE AGREED TO
03:40:33PM APPARENTLY IN AN ORDINANCE.
03:40:35PM IT WAS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.
03:40:38PM >> YES, MA'AM, THE PERIOD OF SERVICE.
03:40:42PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YEAH, RIGHT THERE.
03:40:43PM THAT S.O.P.
03:40:45PM STANDARD OPERATING PRACTICE OR PROCEDURE?
03:40:48PM >> EVERY ONE OF OUR CONTRACTS OR AGREEMENTS HAVE A PERIOD OF
03:40:51PM SERVICE.
03:40:52PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THAT AMOUNT OF DAYS?
03:40:54PM >> WE GET THAT -- THE TERM TELLS US HOW LONG THIS IS GOING
03:40:57PM TO TAKE.
03:40:57PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: AFTER WE PICK THEM.
03:40:59PM WE PICK THEM FIRST --
03:41:02PM >> YES, MA'AM.
03:41:02PM AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT DURING THE
03:41:08PM PRESENTATIONS FOR THIS, WHEN THE FOUR DIFFERENT FIRMS ALL
03:41:10PM STOOD IN FRONT OF US ARE, THEY ALL CAME WITH ROUGHLY THE
03:41:14PM SAME DOLLAR AMOUNT AND PERIOD OF SERVICE.
03:41:16PM ALL FOUR.
03:41:16PM SO NOW -- WHEN I WAS HERE IN FEBRUARY, I THINK I MADE THE
03:41:21PM MEANT TO COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
03:41:23PM TAKE YOU GO OF THE FIRST TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS, BUT I
03:41:26PM WANTED TO TALK ABOUT NOW.
03:41:27PM NOW IT IS GOING TO STARTS MOVING AND THAT IS WHAT A I AM
03:41:30PM SAYING.
03:41:30PM EVERY FIRM SAID TAKE THIS LONG AND COST THIS MUCH BASICALLY.
03:41:38PM THAT 461 DAYS NOT A SLOW WALK.
03:41:41PM COMING FROM A FIRM COMPARING IT TO TWO OR THREE OTHERS THAT
03:41:45PM THEY DID RECENTLY IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
03:41:47PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I AM A WOMAN THAT APPRECIATES PUSH BACK.
03:41:50PM I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING IT IS NOT A SLOW WALK.
03:41:53PM I AM STARTING TO ACCEPT THAT.
03:41:55PM BUT WE ARE QUESTIONING YOU AS WE SHOULD.
03:41:57PM AND APPARENTLY WE AGREED TO 461 DAYS.
03:42:02PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA FIRST.
03:42:05PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MR. MUTTERBACK, I AM NOT QUESTIONING
03:42:10PM ANYTHING FROM YOUR PART OR THE COUNCIL'S PART.
03:42:12PM YOU MENTIONED IT WAS PRIOR -- WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IN A
03:42:15PM PRIOR STATEMENT.
03:42:15PM I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU FOR A FAVOR, IF I MAY.
03:42:19PM >> YES, SIR.
03:42:20PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT THAT WAS?
03:42:25PM >> FEBRUARY 6.
03:42:26PM FEBRUARY 6 OF THIS YEAR.
03:42:28PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WHY DON'T WE LOOK AT THE TAPES OF THE
03:42:33PM CONVERSATION?
03:42:35PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THAT MAKES SENSE, CHARLIE.
03:42:37PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
03:42:40PM IT WASN'T BE BUILT.
03:42:42PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: IT IS CLEAR WE ARE DISAPPOINTED.
03:42:47PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
03:42:48PM ANYTHING THAT THIS COUNCIL CAN TO DO EXPEDITE THIS?
03:42:52PM TO MOVE THE SCHEDULE UP?
03:42:54PM ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF GOD, ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO --
03:42:59PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: FOLLOW THE CONTRACT.
03:43:00PM >> IF YOU REMEMBER, DURING THAT TIME PRESENTATION, CHIEF
03:43:03PM TRIPP AND I SAID THINGS WE ARE DOING INTERNALLY TO TRY TO
03:43:08PM EXPEDITE.
03:43:08PM INTRODUCED TO KING GUYETTE.
03:43:13PM THAT IS -- AND THAT WILL HELP.
03:43:15PM BECAUSE THAT IS ANOTHER SET OF EYES THAT -- HE IS LOOKING AT
03:43:18PM THIS THROUGH -- THROUGH THE FIRE STATION'S EYES.
03:43:21PM NOT LOOKING AT IT THE THROUGH CONTRACT ADMIN.
03:43:24PM WE ARE BLACK AND WHITE ENGINEERING.
03:43:25PM LOOK EXACTLY WHAT IS IT IN THE CONTRACT.
03:43:28PM HE IS LOOKING AT OPERATIONALLY WITH CHIEF TRIPP TO SEE HOW
03:43:31PM -- AND TO HELP HER DURING HER REVIEW PROCESS.
03:43:34PM SOME THAT IS ALREADY TAKING PLACE.
03:43:37PM I MEAN, WE HAVE A SIGNED CONTRACT.
03:43:39PM WE CAN TERMINATE THE CONTRACT AND START ALL OVER AGAIN AND
03:43:43PM WILL NOT SPEED ANYTHING UP.
03:43:44PM ONLY THING TO MAKE AT THAT FASTER IS TO PAY MORE MONEY.
03:43:48PM ALWAYS MONEY.
03:43:49PM SO -- AND I KNOW WE DON'T WANT TO PAY MORE MONEY BECAUSE YOU
03:43:52P.M HAVEN'T SEEN THE ACTUAL NUMBERS THAT ARE GOING TO COME OUT
03:43:56PM YET.
03:43:56PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
03:43:58PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU FOR THAT.
03:44:00PM COUPLE OF THINGS.
03:44:01PM SITE SELECTION OF THIS WAS DONE IN 2021.
03:44:04PM I KNOW THAT BECAUSE WHEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT STATION
03:44:10PM 24, THERE WAS SOME PUSH BACK FROM THE UNION FROM LOCAL 754
03:44:14PM ON ITS LOCATION.
03:44:15PM IT BEING AT WHITE WAY.
03:44:17PM AND MY MESSAGE TO THEM WAS, I LAUGHED, BECAUSE IT IS ALMOST
03:44:22PM -- SADLY COMICAL NOW, BUT ON WHITE WAY, CITY-OWNED PROPERTY.
03:44:28PM I SAID IT WILL TAKE YEARS TO GET PROPERTY.
03:44:30PM LET'S GET THE DOUBLE.
03:44:32PM AND MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT WE GOT.
03:44:34PM AGAIN THE PROPERTY ACQUISITION -- THERE WAS NO PROPERTY
03:44:39PM ACQUISITION, IT IS OURS.
03:44:40PM SITE SELECTION, THAT HAS BEEN THERE FOR A VERY, VERY LONG
03:44:45PM TIME.
03:44:45PM I REMEMBER AN ARTICLE IN THE "TAMPA BAY TIMES" OF
03:44:50PM ADMINISTRATION PREROGATIVES AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT
03:44:54PM WITH GOALS AND WHATNOT.
03:44:56PM ISSUE IS THIS.
03:44:57PM IF A PROMISE IS MADE ON A FIRE STATION, WE NEED NO MOVE
03:45:00PM WITH VIGOR IF THERE IS A NEED -- NOBODY BUILDS A FIRE
03:45:06PM STATION WITHOUT THERE BEING A NEED.
03:45:07PM A NEED AND CERTAIN STAPLES ARE MADE, WE SHOULD FOLLOW
03:45:10PM THROUGH WITH THAT.
03:45:11PM MY BIG, BIG DISAPPOINTMENT HERE TODAY THIS PENN WANT TO SAY
03:45:14PM THIS WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT AND COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO A
03:45:20PM NICE MAN WITH A VERY, VERY WONDERFUL HEART AND GOES WITHOUT
03:45:23PM SAYING.
03:45:23PM THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME.
03:45:24PM ABOUT IT BEING -- STARTING WHEN I'M HERE.
03:45:28PM ABSOLUTELY NOT.
03:45:29PM ABSOLUTELY NOT.
03:45:30PM I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT.
03:45:32PM I FULLY ANTICIPATE THIS WILL UP AND RUNNING LONG AFTER --
03:45:38PM NOT LONG, BUT SOMEWHAT AFTER I AM GONE.
03:45:41PM I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT.
03:45:42PM I JUST WANT TO GET THIS THING DONE.
03:45:44PM BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN ON THIS FOR SUCH A LONG TIME AND I WILL
03:45:48PM CLOSE WITH THIS.
03:45:48PM STATION 13, ONE OUT OF 23 STATIONS TOOK OUT ONE OUT YOU HAVE
03:45:54PM NINE CALLS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
03:45:55PM THE 54th BUSIEST STATION IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND
03:46:02PM THAT WAS ALLOWED TO HAPPEN FOR SO LONG.
03:46:04PM SO THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO FINISH THE JOB ON HERE.
03:46:07PM AND AGAIN MR. MUTTERBACK, I KNOW YOU ARE HERE ANSWERING
03:46:10PM QUESTIONS.
03:46:10PM AND THAT IS NOT EASY ON SUCH AT THAT CAUSTIC ISSUE.
03:46:13PM WE APPRECIATE YOUR PROFESSIONALISM IN DOING THAT, BUT AGAIN,
03:46:19PM I CANNOT BE DIVORCED FROM THE STATEMENT THAT WE NEEDED TO DO
03:46:23PM SO MUCH BETTER ON THIS, AS A CITY ON THIS.
03:46:25PM NOT ON YOU, SIR, WHATSOEVER, BUT SOMEWHERE ALONG LINE, WE
03:46:30PM WERE TALKING ABOUT MARCH OF 2026.
03:46:32PM NOW TALKING OF SEPTEMBER AFTER COUNCIL WAS MAKING A VERY BIG
03:46:36PM PUSH TO GET IT BEFORE THEN.
03:46:37PM THAT IS FRUSTRATING BECAUSE OF THE TOPIC WE ARE TALKING
03:46:41PM ABOUT.
03:46:41PM I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AND YOUR CALM PROFESSIONAL
03:46:45PM DEMEANOR UP THERE.
03:46:46PM THANK YOU.
03:46:47PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
03:46:48PM YOU WILL BE LAST SPEAKER ON THIS.
03:46:50PM CAN YOU BRING IT IN FOR A LANDING.
03:46:52PM >>BILL CARLSON: HE TOOK SOME OF WHAT I WANT TO SAY.
03:46:54PM WE MAY BE TRUST RATED WITH THE ISSUE AND THE ADMINISTRATION,
03:46:58PM BUT AT LEAST I AM NOT FRUSTRATED WITH YOU.
03:47:00PM I THINK HE JUST SAID THE SAME THING.
03:47:02PM I THINK A LOT OF THIS PROCEEDED.
03:47:04PM YOU ONLY STARTED A YEAR OR TWO AGO AND THIS GOES BACK FIVE
03:47:07PM OR SIX YEARS.
03:47:08PM BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU, MR. MUTTERBACK AND BRAD, ALSO, FOR
03:47:12PM BRINGING A NEW LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM TO CONTRACT
03:47:15PM ADMINISTRATION.
03:47:16PM WHAT YOU ALL DID IN JUST A FEW MONTHS TO CLEAN UP THINGS AND
03:47:20PM PUT A NEW PROCESS IN PLACE IS REMARKABLE AND YOU ARE TRYING
03:47:24PM TO STICK TO IT.
03:47:24PM ALONG WAY, LET US NO THEY IF WE CAN DO ANYTHING TO SPEED
03:47:28PM THINGS UP AND SET IT AS A PRIORITY.
03:47:29PM THANK YOU.
03:47:30PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: JUST TO REMIND COUNCIL THAT WE HAVEN'T --
03:47:34PM THERE IS NO PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS.
03:47:35PM NOTHING FOR THIS.
03:47:36PM THIS A PRESENTATION.
03:47:37PM AND THEY JUST TOLD US THAT WON'T BE DONE UNTIL THE FALL
03:47:41PM YOU'VE 26.
03:47:41PM >>LUIS VIERA: SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
03:47:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHERE WE ARE
03:47:47PM LEAVING THIS.
03:47:48PM PRESENTED A LOT OF INFORMATION BUT NOTHING ACTIONABLE OR
03:47:52PM FURTHER OWNER THIS.
03:47:53PM WOULD SOMEBODY LIKE TO MAKE SOMETHING ACTIONABLE.
03:47:56PM >>LUIS VIERA: I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST THIS.
03:47:59PM JUNE 26, CHIEF TRIPP WILL COME BACK WITH A PUBLIC SAFETY
03:48:03PM MASTER PLAN.
03:48:03PM WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TO HAVE SPECIFICALLY ON HERE,
03:48:07PM CHIEF BENNETT, SPECIFICALLY --
03:48:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU WANT TO STOP FOR A MOMENT.
03:48:14PM CHIEF BENNETT HERE BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE.
03:48:16PM CHIEF BENNETT, DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING OF THIS ISSUE.
03:48:20PM >>JOHN BENNETT: JOHN BENNETT, CHIEF OF STAFF.
03:48:23PM I HEARD MY NAME COME OVER.
03:48:25PM I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT MAY BE FROM WHAT HAS
03:48:30PM ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED ALREADY.
03:48:31PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WILL BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SPOKEN A
03:48:36PM LOT ON THIS AND LISTEN TO OTHERS SPEAK.
03:48:39PM A LOT OF FRUSTRATION THAT YOU WERE WATCHING EXPRESSED
03:48:43PM BECAUSE SITE SELECTION WAS MADE EARLY ON WITH THE CITY-OWNED
03:48:47PM PROPERTY AND THE EXPECTATION THAT WOULD BE DONE EARLY NEXT
03:48:51PM YEAR.
03:48:51PM AND THE COUNCIL -- COUNCIL WAS TRYING TO PUSH TO FIGURE OUT
03:48:54PM A WAY HOW WE COULD GET IT DONE EARLIER THAN THAT AND THEN WE
03:48:58PM WERE GOING TO TOLD SIX MONTHS LATER THAN WE ANTICIPATED.
03:49:01PM SO THE FRUSTRATION IS, LIKE, WHY IN THE WORLD HAS IT IS
03:49:05PM TAKEN SO LONG TO GET THIS PROCESS ROLLING.
03:49:08PM AND HE DID A VERY GOOD JOB PRESENTING THE CONTRACT THAT WAS
03:49:12PM PRESENTED IN FEBRUARY.
03:49:13PM BUT IT STILL IS FRUSTRATING, ESPECIALLY WHEN -- SOME OF THE
03:49:17PM OTHER EXAMPLES HAVE BEEN USED FOR CITY PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE
03:49:20PM SEEN START EITHER BE FINISHED QUICKLY IN THE PROCESS OR
03:49:26PM BEING FINISHED IN A MATCH SHORTER TIME FRAME.
03:49:28PM >>JOHN BENNETT: SURE, YEAH, AGAIN.
03:49:31PM I CAN UNDERSTAND COUNCIL AND EVEN THE PUBLIC'S PERSPECTIVE
03:49:36PM ON THAT.
03:49:36PM WHEN I WAS LISTENING TO THIS, I WAS COMBING THROUGH
03:49:40PM CONVERSATIONS BACK IN '23 TO KIND OF SEE ABOUT THE SITE
03:49:43PM SELECTION AND COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA IS CORRECT ABOUT THE
03:49:46PM UNION HAD A THOUGHT OF A DIFFERENT LOCATION.
03:49:50PM WE SAW MOMENTUM OF THIS SITE ACCORDING TO CHIEF TRIPP.
03:49:53PM I REMEMBER CHIEF TRIPP SPECIFICALLY SAYING THAT SHE THOUGHT
03:49:57PM THAT NORTH TAMPA SPOT WAS A GOOD LOCATION.
03:49:59PM AND IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD TIME, I REACHED OUT TO USF
03:50:04PM BECAUSE THEY WERE FLAG STADIUM BECAUSE STILL HAVEN'T LANDED
03:50:07PM ON THIS SITE TO SEE IF THEY ARE FOLLOWING HOUSE A STATION.
03:50:13PM AND ALLOW USES TO GO OUT THE FRONT DOOR TO NEW TAMPA AND OUT
03:50:16PM THE DOOR TO NEW COMPANY.
03:50:19PM GAVE US A SITE THAT WOULDN'T WORK BECAUSE IT WAS WAY NORTH
03:50:24PM ON FLETCHER.
03:50:24PM THIS SITE CAME UP.
03:50:26PM A QUICK TURN-AROUND
03:50:27PM ONE-MONTH E-MAIL QUESTION TO THEM.
03:50:30PM SO THEN WHEN I LOOK AT THIS TIMELINE FROM '23 TO THE RFQ
03:50:35PM POSTING IN MAY OF '24.
03:50:36PM SO APRIL OF '23 TO MAY OF '24, SEEMS LIKE THERE WAS -- JUST
03:50:42PM READING FROM THE BULLETS -- THAT THE SLIGHT FEASIBILITY WAS
03:50:45PM A BIG DEAL WITH ENVIRONMENTAL.
03:50:47PM AND THEN FROM THERE, THE PROCESS KICKED IN THAT RICHARD
03:50:51PM TALKS ABOUT.
03:50:51PM I GET THE PERCEPTION AND NO SLOW WALKING.
03:50:58PM THE MAYOR APPROVED 24 TO BE STAFFED IN SITE 13 ALREADY.
03:51:03PM SO STATION 24 IS OPERATING OUT OF 13.
03:51:06PM SO THE GROUND RESOURCE WHICH COST MORE RECURRING THAN IT
03:51:10PM DOES FOR THE CAPITAL HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FROM MY RECORDS AT
03:51:13PM LEAST THROUGH 2021.
03:51:15PM WHICH HELPED CUT -- BECAUSE THEY WERE RUNNING THE WHEELS OFF
03:51:18PM OF 13 WHEN WE GOT HERE.
03:51:20PM AND THEN THE MAYOR PUT IN WITH CHIEF TRIPP AND EVEN BEFORE
03:51:26PM CHIEF TRIPP WHAT WE CALL PEAK UNITS FOR A WHILE TO KNOCK
03:51:30PM DOWN THE CALLS AND MAKE SURE OUR RESPONSE TIME INCREASED.
03:51:33PM WHEN 25 CAME ONLINE AND CHIEF TRIPP AND BUDGET AND COUNCIL,
03:51:39PM OF COURSE, APPROVED ADDITIONAL MEDIC RESOURCES PLUGGED INTO
03:51:44PM THE STATIONS THAT DIDN'T HAVE.
03:51:45PM I CAN TELL YOU AND I HAVE MIKE PERRY RIGHT BEHIND ME, THAT
03:51:49PM THE MOST MONEY PUT INTO ANY DEPARTMENT SO FAR HAS BEEN THE
03:51:52PM FIRE DEPARTMENT.
03:51:52PM SO RESOURCES HAVE BEEN PUMPED ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
03:52:02PM RESOURCES, APPARATUS AND ETC.
03:52:04PM WE WANT THE STATION JUST AS BAD AS EVERYBODY ELSE DOES.
03:52:07PM I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE TIMELINE LIKE RICHARD DID, BUT I CAN
03:52:12PM TELL YOU NO SLOW WALKING.
03:52:14PM 24 IS IN OPERATION NOW, JUST NOT GEOGRAPHICALLY PERFECT
03:52:17PM WHEN.
03:52:17PM WHEN THE STATION OPENS UP, WE WILL GET BETTER DISTRIBUTION
03:52:22PM AND WHEN CAD COMES ONLINE, ALL WILL CULMINATE TO ONE OF THE
03:52:26PM BEST FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE COUNTRY.
03:52:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
03:52:30PM >>LUIS VIERA: I DON'T -- I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR -- I WAS GO
03:52:38PM TO MAKE A MOTION.
03:52:38PM MAY I.
03:52:39PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
03:52:40PM >>LUIS VIERA: AGAIN, THANK YOU.
03:52:42PM I APPRECIATE THOSE WORDS CHIEF AND APPRECIATE YOU COMING
03:52:45PM OUT.
03:52:45PM YOU ARE A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER.
03:52:46PM THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT.
03:52:48PM BUT FOR ME, THE BIGGER ISSUE IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE ITSELF OF
03:52:55PM THE BUILDING ITSELF, 24.
03:52:57PM WHEN WE HEAR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO IT WILL BE MARCH OF
03:53:01PM 2026.
03:53:02PM NOW BEING TOLD SIX MONTHS LATER ON THAT POSITIONED BUILDING
03:53:06PM THAT WAS POSITIONED THERE PURSUANT TO THE -- TO THE
03:53:10PM EXPERTISE OBVIOUSLY OF TFR, THAT AN ISSUE THAT REQUIRES A
03:53:16PM LOT OF SCRUTINY.
03:53:16PM CONSISTENT WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT ON
03:53:19PM JUNE 26, TAMPA FIRE RESCUE WILL BE PRESENTING ON THE PUBLIC
03:53:23PM SAFETY MASTER PLAN THAT SPECIFICALLY REPORTS BE GIVEN ON
03:53:28PM WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH STATION 24 AND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO
03:53:32PM EXPEDITE THIS.
03:53:33PM AND I WILL BE WORKING WITH CHIEF TRIPP AND THE OTHER
03:53:37PM INTERESTED PARTIES TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE, BECAUSE THIS IS
03:53:40PM MY FRUSTRATION IS THAT WE WERE ALREADY GOING THROUGH THIS
03:53:44PM PROCESS TO SEE HOW IT COULD BE MADE QUICKER NOW WE ARE TOLD
03:53:52PM IT WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY SLOWER.
03:53:53PM THAT IS THE FRUSTRATION.
03:53:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, I HEAR YOUR
03:53:58PM FRUSTRATION, BUT HOW IS THAT QUANTITATIVELY DIFFERENT THAN
03:54:03PM THE ITEM TODAY WE ARE DEALING WITH.
03:54:04PM THAT IS WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PRESENTED TODAY.
03:54:07PM >>LUIS VIERA: THE PUBLIC SAFETY MASTER PLAN THAT IS
03:54:13PM SUBMITTED THAT DAY CITYWIDE.
03:54:14PM SAY THAT TO KEEP THAT ON OUR RADAR.
03:54:17PM TRUST ME.
03:54:18PM I DON'T WANT IT TO BE LOST --
03:54:20PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BASICALLY A CONTINUATION OF THIS ITEM.
03:54:23PM >>LUIS VIERA: IN EFFECT.
03:54:25PM >>LYNN HURTAK: MAY I.
03:54:27PM ON JUNE 26, WE HAVE A MOTION TO STAFF TO PROVIDE AN IN
03:54:30PM PERSON ON THE STATUS OF 246 TO INCLUDE REPORT FROM CHIEF
03:54:36PM BARBARA TRIPP, AND DIRECTOR MUTTERBACK AND THE PROJECT
03:54:41PM MANAGER AND FOR UPDATE ON THE GROUNDBREAKING.
03:54:44PM SO YOU ARE ON IT.
03:54:45PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, MOTION
03:54:50PM CHEERFULLY WITHDRAWN.
03:54:52PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WITH THE CLARIFICATION THAT --
03:54:54PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WE WILL WANT MORE.
03:54:55PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CHIEF TRIPP AND MR. MUTTERBACK AND CHIEF
03:54:59PM BENNETT, FIND A WAY TO SHAVE TIME OFF OF THAT.
03:55:03PM YOU HEAR THE SENTIMENT OF COUNCIL AND PUBLIC, IF YOU CAN
03:55:07PM SHAVE TIME WILL BE APPRECIATED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HEAR
03:55:12PM FROM YOU ON JUNE 26.
03:55:13PM >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIR, I REALIZED WE NEVER GAVE CHIEF
03:55:17PM TRIPP A CHANCE TO SPEAK.
03:55:18PM IF SHE HAS ANYTHING TO DAY.
03:55:20PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I IMAGINE SHE IS PEDALLING BACKWARDS AS
03:55:24PM FAST AS SHE CAN TO GET RIGHT OF THIS.
03:55:27PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
03:55:28PM THANK YOU EVERYONE.
03:55:29PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU CHIEF FOR COMING BACK TO US.
03:55:32PM VERY GOOD.
03:55:33PM WE ARE GOING TO -- THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU TO YOU,
03:55:36PM GUYS.
03:55:37PM WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON.
03:55:40PM WE NEED TO MOVE SOME STAFF REPORT RESOLUTIONS.
03:55:43PM I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR A MOTION FROM SOMEONE TO MOVE 46, 56,
03:55:48PM 66, 67 AND 68.
03:55:51PM A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
03:55:55PM EYES HAVE IT.
03:55:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ITEM NUMBER 62.
03:56:05PM MR. PERRY.
03:56:09PM >> THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO --
03:56:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE WILL DELAY THIS FOR 8 P.M. THANK YOU
03:56:15PM THOUGHT YOU WOULD LIKE THAT BETTER.
03:56:18PM >>MIKE PERRY: WHATEVER IT TAKES.
03:56:19PM A FORMER INFANTRYMAN.
03:56:21PM WHATEVER THE MISSION, WE WILL BE THERE TO DO IT.
03:56:24PM MIKE PERRY, BUDGET OFFICER.
03:56:26PM BEFORE I BEGIN THIS PRESENTATION ON ITEM 62.
03:56:29PM AND THEN 63.
03:56:30PM I HAVE MEMBERS OF THE BOND ISSUING TEAM HERE.
03:56:33PM MOLLY CLARK AND MAX STANSBURY ARE FROM PUBLIC RESOURCE
03:56:39PM ADVISORY GROUP.
03:56:39PM AND THEY SERVE AS THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR, WHICH REALLY SERVES
03:56:43PM AS THE QUARTERBACK FOR THE BOND ISSUANCE.
03:56:45PM THEY COORDINATE ALL ACTIVITIES.
03:56:47PM PROVIDE ADVICE ON STRUCTURE GOING ENOUGH ANY QUESTIONS.
03:56:50PM STEVE MILLERS FROM NABORS GIBLIN IS OVER HERE SERVES AS BOND
03:56:59PM COUNSEL WRITING AND PREPARING ALL THE BOND DOCUMENTS AND
03:57:03PM RESOLUTIONS TO THAT.
03:57:04PM MOST IMPORTANTLY, HE MAKES THE IDEA THAT IT IS.
03:57:11PM MICHAEL BALDWIN FROM JEFFREYS SELECTED AS THE LEAD
03:57:15PM UNDERWRITER.
03:57:15PM AND, OF COURSE, THE UNDERWRITERS ARE THE PEOPLE WHO MARKET
03:57:19PM THE BONDS.
03:57:20PM AND AS YOU SAW WHO ENTERED SHORTLY -- A SHORT TIME AGO
03:57:24PM SOMETHING JUSTIN VASKE.
03:57:26PM THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER COUNCIL'S QUESTIONS.
03:57:29PM TO SET THE TABLE, I WANT TO DISCUSS THE DEBT SERVICE NOR
03:57:34PM NON-AD VALOREM.
03:57:35PM I WILL START AT THE END.
03:57:36PM WITHIN THE STAFF REPORT FOR THE BONDS IN ITEM NUMBER 63, I
03:57:41PM DO BELIEVE, THERE IS AN EXHIBIT B IN THE STAFF REPORT.
03:57:44PM I WANT TO START THERE.
03:57:45PM CAN HE EVERYBODY SEE THAT.
03:57:55PM 256, 26 AND 29.
03:58:04PM WHERE THE GENERAL FUND IS WITH THE DEBT SERVICE.
03:58:08PM PEAKING AT 20 MILLION IN 2029.
03:58:12PM BEYOND 2029, STARTING IN 2030, GENERAL FUND DEBT SERVICE
03:58:16PM GOES DOWN TO ABOUT $13.4 MILLION.
03:58:19PM AND SO I UNDERSTAND THOSE BAR CHARTS.
03:58:26PM IF WE HAVE CAPACITY IN THE FUTURE TO ISSUE NON-AD VALOREM
03:58:31PM DEBT.
03:58:32PM THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE ABILITY TO GO BEYOND
03:58:35PM THAT AND OUT THROUGH 2051 WHICH IS WHERE WE ARE TERMINATING
03:58:39PM THE SERIES 2021 BONDS AND WHERE CURRENTLY BASED ON THE
03:58:43PM STRUCTURE, WE WILL PAY OFF THIS BOND ISSUE IN 2051.
03:58:48PM AND ANY CONVERSATION OF THE GENERAL FUND TO PAY THE DEBT
03:58:55PM SERVICE GOING FURTHER.
03:58:56PM >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIR.
03:58:59PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
03:59:01PM >>BILL CARLSON: THERE IS A STATEMENT, A QUESTION.
03:59:05PM I APPRECIATE THE TRANSPARENCY OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
03:59:09PM BUT IN THE PAST THE SEVERAL DEBT WAS PRESENTED SEPARATELY
03:59:14PM AND TOTAL DEBT THAT INCLUDES THE EXTRA $70 MILLION IS $1.26
03:59:18PM BILLION.
03:59:18PM AND TOTAL INVEST EWES OF WAS $850 MILLION.
03:59:25PM AND ALTHOUGH THE CONSULTANTS MAY SAY WE HAVE DEBT CAPACITY
03:59:30PM AND KEEP GOING UP.
03:59:31PM THE QUESTION IS, IF I CAN HAVE FIVE CREDIT CARDS.
03:59:35PM ISN'T IT ENOUGH TO MAX OUT TWO OF THEM?
03:59:40PM WHY SHOULD I TAKE OUT THREE MORE.
03:59:43PM I HAVE CONCERNS AND COST OF INTEREST GOING INTO THE FUTURE
03:59:46PM AND YOU SAID YESTERDAY, THE COST OF INTEREST IS NOT 100% OF
03:59:49PM PRINCIPAL NOW BUT 80% WHICH IS A GREAT SAVINGS, BUT STILL
03:59:54PM AND COST OF INTEREST -- IF YOU SPEND $100 MILLION AND YOU
03:59:58PM GET $80 IN INTEREST.
04:00:00PM MONEY THAT WE CAN SPEND ON SOMEBODY ELSE.
04:00:03PM I HAVE A QUESTION REAL FAST ON PROCEDURE HERE.
04:00:06PM IS IT POSSIBLE -- THIS -- THIS RESOLUTION OR AT LEAST IN THE
04:00:11PM DOCUMENT SAYS THAT WE ARE CONFIRMING THE -- THE NEW ITEMS.
04:00:14PM AND THEN WE ARE PUTTING THEM INTO A POOL WITH THE OLD ITEMS.
04:00:18PM BUT THEN IT ALSO SAYS THAT WE ARE REAFFIRMING THE OLD ITEMS.
04:00:23PM I AM OKAY TO VOTING ADDING THE NEW ITEMS TO THE POOL OF THE
04:00:27PM OLD ITEMS, BUT I DON'T WANT TO RECONFIRM THE OLD ITEMS.
04:00:31PM IS THAT POSSIBLE TO DO THAT.
04:00:32PM >> UPON A MOTION OF CITY COUNCIL -- STEVE MILLER -- WE CAN
04:00:36PM PROBABLY DO THAT.
04:00:37PM >>BILL CARLSON: IF THAT POOL EXISTS ALREADY.
04:00:39PM I AM HAPPY TO MAKE THAT MOTION.
04:00:40PM BUT ALSO, CAN I -- CAN I ASK A COUPLE OF OTHER QUESTIONS
04:00:43PM REAL FAST OR DO YOU WANT US TO STOP HERE?
04:00:48PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CAN WE GET CLARIFICATION ON WHAT YOU JUST
04:00:50PM SAID.
04:00:50PM WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATION PHYSICIAN COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON
04:00:54PM WARS TO MAKE THE MOTION.
04:00:56PM >> CAN I HAVE THE PRESENTATION, PLEASE?
04:01:00PM PRESENTATION ONE.
04:01:00PM >>BILL CARLSON: APOLOGIES FOR JUMPING AHEAD.
04:01:06PM >> NO PROBLEM, SIR.
04:01:07PM GOT STARTED AND COUNCIL, SEVEN CREDIT RATING AGENCIES
04:01:12PM UPGRADE SINCE 2019.
04:01:14PM THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.
04:01:16PM MOODY'S AA 1 THE SECOND HIGHEST AND AAA FROM FITCH AND SNP.
04:01:24PM DEBT DECISION REPORTS.
04:01:26PM I WAS TRYING TO ANSWER SOME COMMENTS ON THE MAY 8 EVENING
04:01:29PM COUNCIL MEETING.
04:01:30PM YOU CAN SEE THAT COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED A FIVE-YEAR CIP IN
04:01:35PM SEPTEMBER OF 2024.
04:01:36PM FIRST YEAR OF THE CIP WITHIN THE 2025 BUDGET AND YEARS 4-5
04:01:43PM IS OUT IN THE FUTURE.
04:01:44PM DO YOU THAT DURING THE BUDGET ADOPTION.
04:01:46PM WE BRING YOU FINANCIAL RESOLUTIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
04:01:48PM THIS REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZE THE CITY TO SPEND
04:01:55PM INTERNAL FUNDS PRIOR TO BORROWING AND WHAT THE ITEM NUMBER
04:01:58PM 63 IS THE BOND RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING $70 MILLION.
04:02:03PM BASICALLY ALLOWS THE SIT TO REIMBURSE OURSELVES.
04:02:06PM CITY COUNCIL APPROVES ALL CONTRACTS, LINE ACQUISITIONS,
04:02:10PM DESIGN CONTRACTS, CONSTRUCTION COUNTIES, AND EVERY TIME WE
04:02:13PM BRING AN ITEM TO CITY COUNCIL, WE IDENTIFY THE FUNDING
04:02:16PM SOURCE ON THE AGENDA ITEM.
04:02:18PM BENEFITS OF THE REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION PRESERVES OPTIONS
04:02:23PM FOR THE CITY WITH RESPECT OF HOW CAPITOL PROJECTS.
04:02:29PM AND APRIL LOW US TO START PROJECTS BEFORE THE MONEY.
04:02:32PM AND THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WE APPROVED IN -- COUNCIL
04:02:38PM APPROVED IN 2022.
04:02:40PM AND THAT BE WE ARE -- WHAT WE ARE RECOMMEND SOMETHING BRING
04:02:44PM THE $80 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS INTO THE $50 MILLION
04:02:49PM PROJECTS THAT COUNCIL APPROVED IN 20247.
04:02:53PM KEEP THEM STAND ALONE IN THAT WE -- WE JUST 'ADOPT IN THE
04:02:59PM PAST A -- A REIMBURSE.
04:03:02PM RESOLUTION WITH THE TEN PROJECTS.
04:03:04PM IS THAT WHAT -- IS THAT WHAT YOUR MOTION OR QUESTION IS?
04:03:09PM >>BILL CARLSON: YOU SAID YESTERDAY FOR SIMPLICITY SAKE.
04:03:13PM ALL GOOD TO HAVE THEM IN ONE BUCKET.
04:03:16PM CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO ADD THESE TO THE OTHER LIST?
04:03:20PM AND RECONFIRM THE OTHER LIST.
04:03:22PM >> I WILL LET STEVE ANSWER THAT.
04:03:24PM >> FOR THE RECORD, STEVE MILLER OF NABORS GIBLIN AND
04:03:30PM NICKERSON.
04:03:31PM BOND COUNSEL TO THE CITY.
04:03:35PM ONE BECAUSE ADMINISTRATIVELY OF THE DIFFERENT RESOLUTIONS.
04:03:39PM THEY WANTS THEM IN ALL ONE REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION FOR RE.
04:03:44PM FOR EASE.
04:03:45PM THE OTHER REASON, MIKE, BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS WERE
04:03:49PM APPROVED A WHILE AGO IN THE REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION.
04:03:53PM COST OF THE PROJECTS HAVE GONE UP.
04:03:55PM UNDER THE REGULATORY RULES, THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE
04:03:59PM MAXIMUM AMOUNTS FOR THE PROJECTS AND NOT GO ABOVE THOSE WHEN
04:04:02PM YOU ACTUALLY ISSUE THE BONDS.
04:04:05PM WITH THE BUDGET WE LOOKED AT ALL OF THE PROJECTS
04:04:10PM ORIGINAL AND ADDITIONAL $230 MILLION THAT WILL SHOULD COVER
04:04:14PM ALL OF THESE PROJECTS AS A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT AND WANTED
04:04:17PM TO KEEP THOSE THERE.
04:04:18PM IF WE LEAVE THE TWO RESOLUTIONS ALONE WITH THE 80 AND THE
04:04:21PM 50, AND IT TURNS OUT AT THE TIME IF THE COUNCIL DECIDES TO
04:04:25PM APPROVE A BOND ISSUANCE OF FOR ANY OF THOSE PRIOR PROJECTS,
04:04:30PM WILL TAKE US MORE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF BONDS.
04:04:37PM >>BILL CARLSON: SHOW US THE CHART OF THE EXISTS PROJECTS
04:04:41PM PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.
04:04:42PM CAN YOU SHOW US CHART OF HOW MUCH HAS GONE UP IN PRICE.
04:04:47PM >> I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
04:04:49PM I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COST INCREASES HAVE BEEN.
04:04:51PM BUT I CAN ONLY TELL YOU WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY BUDGETED IN
04:04:54PM THOSE PROJECTS.
04:05:01PM >>BILL CARLSON: THE OVERALL BUDGET -- WE SAID SEVERAL TIMES.
04:05:04PM YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST STARTED.
04:05:07PM FOLKS SAID APPROVE THE CPP.
04:05:09PM YOU WILL HAVE SEVERAL MORE BITES AT IT.
04:05:12PM SIX MONTHS LATER RESAID YOU ALREADY APPROVED IT ONCE OR
04:05:17PM TWICE.
04:05:17PM AND I AM STARTING TO ASK A LOT MORE QUESTIONS AT THIS STAGE.
04:05:20PM I DON'T WANT -- FOR EXAMPLE, HE DON'T WANT TO VOTE FOR
04:05:23PM ANYTHING ON HANNAH AVENUE.
04:05:27PM AND COULD COST INCREASE.
04:05:29PM $10 -- HOW MUCH?
04:05:33PM >> IN THE BOND RESOLUTION, ABOUT $8.1 MILLION.
04:05:37PM >>BILL CARLSON: INCREASE.
04:05:38PM >> TWO AREAS, $4 MILLION FOR INCREASED COST AND ADDED SOLAR
04:05:43PM PANELS FOR THAT.
04:05:43PM THAT WAS COUNCIL --
04:05:45PM >>BILL CARLSON: IN THE 121.
04:05:47PM >> NOT THE SOLAR PANELS, NO, SIR, IT WAS NOT.
04:05:50PM >>BILL CARLSON: TOTAL IS $129.
04:05:53PM >> YES, SIR, ABOUT THERE.
04:05:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
04:05:58PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I HONESTLY THINK THIS WILL BE EASIER IF WE
04:06:01PM APPROVE THE BOND ISSUANCE FIRST AND THEN GO BACK AND LOOK AT
04:06:05PM WHAT WE ARE BEING ASKED TO MOVE INTO IT.
04:06:08PM BECAUSE I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE STUFF THAT WE ARE BEING
04:06:10PM ASKED TO MOVE INTO FUTURE REIMBURSEMENT, BECAUSE YOU ARE
04:06:15PM EXACTLY RIGHT.
04:06:15PM THIS IS ONE OF THOSE STOPPING POINTS, WHERE -- WHERE WE CAN
04:06:20PM POSTPONE SOME OF THE STUFFER.
04:06:23PM SO AT THE BOND, THE BOND ISSUANCE IS WHAT THEY REALLY NEED
04:06:28PM FOR US TO DO TODAY.
04:06:29PM >> YES, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO DO THAT.
04:06:37PM >>LYNN HURTAK: MONEY ALREADY SPENT.
04:06:39PM THAT TO ME -- I WOULD -- I WOULD PREFER TO APPROVE 63 FIRST.
04:06:44PM GET IT OUT OF THE WAY.
04:06:45PM AND THEN COME BACK AND LOOK AT 26.
04:06:47PM AND REALLY TALK ABOUT WHAT WE ARE.
04:06:51PM WHAT WE ARE AUTHORIZING BECAUSE THIS IS THIS POINT IN THE
04:06:55PM LINE IN THE SAND WHERE WE ARE SAYING WE ARE GOING TO SPEND
04:06:57PM THIS FIND OF MONEY ON THESE PROJECTS.
04:07:03PM >> THAT IS COUNCIL'S WILL, THAT IS FINE.
04:07:06PM BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW THAT ALL THESE
04:07:08PM PROJECTS ARE IN THE ADOPTED CIP.
04:07:10PM WE ARE NOT BRINGING IN ANY NEW PROJECTS.
04:07:13PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IT IS COUNCIL'S
04:07:15PM DECISION HOW FAR WE ARE WILLING TO GO IN THOSE PLANS.
04:07:18PM SO JUST BECAUSE IT IS IN THE CIP DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE TO
04:07:22PM APPROVE IT RIGHT NOW.
04:07:23PM AND THAT IS WHAT IS ALWAYS BROUGHT US TO IS, WELL, ALREADY
04:07:26PM IN THE CIP.
04:07:27PM BUT ALREADY SAID WE WOULD DO IT AND IT COMES TO US AND MORE
04:07:30PM EXPENSIVE THAN WE WANT IT TO BE.
04:07:32PM AND OH, WELL, YOU ALREADY APPROVED IT.
04:07:39PM GET MORE BITES TO THE APPLE.
04:07:42PM I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO APPROVE 63 AND THEN COME BACK AND
04:07:46PM TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE REIMBURSEMENTS THAT -- OR SOME OF THE
04:07:51PM MONEY THAT YOU WANT TO PUT INTO THIS NEW REIMBURSEMENT
04:07:55PM BUCKET.
04:07:56PM BECAUSE I AM NOT COMFORTABLE WITH ALL OF THIS.
04:08:00PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I HAVE A QUESTION AND CLARIFICATION THAT
04:08:05PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK SAID.
04:08:06PM $7 MILLION IN ITEM 63.
04:08:08PM MONEY THAT HAS BEEN SPENT?
04:08:10PM >> ABOUT 60% TO 70% HAS ALREADY BEEN SPENT.
04:08:14PM THE THING ABOUT THE $70 MILLION, WE ENTERED INTO CONTRACT
04:08:17PM FOR DESIGN.
04:08:18PM I HATE TO BRING THIS UP, FIRE STATION 24, $1.8 MILLION FOR
04:08:23PM THE DESIGN THAT IS PART OF THE BOND ISSUE THAT WE ARE
04:08:26PM TALKING ABOUT EAST TAMPA, $25 MILLION OF THE $38 MILLION.
04:08:34PM WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE US WHOLE.
04:08:36PM WE ARE NOT BORROWING ANY MONEY TO TAKE THE NEXT STEPS IN THE
04:08:39PM PROJECTS.
04:08:40PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
04:08:43PM >>BILL CARLSON: TO FINISH WHAT I WAS ASKING A FEW MINUTES
04:08:47PM AGO.
04:08:47PM MAYBE I MISSED A MEET, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE INCREASE OF
04:08:51PM $8.715 MILLION ON HANNA AVENUE.
04:08:55PM WHEN WAS THAT?
04:08:56PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WE DID THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES.
04:08:59PM >>BILL CARLSON: I REMEMBER GOING TO 121.
04:09:01PM PART OF THAT -- WHEN DINGFELDER WAS HERE.
04:09:08PM SOLAR PANELS.
04:09:09PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WE HAVEN'T PAID FOR THAT.
04:09:11PM THEY BONDED FOR THE INITIAL 120.
04:09:13PM THAT WAS AT THE POINT THAT THAT -- THAT THEY -- THAT THE
04:09:16PM THINGS THAT WE ADDED THEY COULDN'T ADD TO THE BONDS.
04:09:24PM >> MISS COLINA CAME BACK TWICE.
04:09:28PM TRUST ME, IT WAS REALLY PAINFUL ON STAFF TO COME BACK
04:09:33PM TO HANNA AVENUE.
04:09:34PM WE DO REMEMBER THAT.
04:09:35PM SHE CAME BACK TWICE.
04:09:37PM ONE FOR INFLATIONARY INCREASE.
04:09:46PM >>BILL CARLSON: I SAID BEFORE I WOULD MOST LIKELY VOTE
04:09:48PM AGAINST ANY NEW BONDING AND I REALIZE FROM MICHAEL BISHOP WE
04:09:53PM APPROVED VERSIONS IN THE PAST.
04:09:54PM BUT ONLY WITHIN THE LAST MONTH THAT I GOT CONFIRMED BECAUSE
04:09:57PM IT WAS PRESENTED DIFFERENT BUCKETS THE TOTAL DEBT IS $1.26
04:10:02PM BILLION AND THAT CONCERNS ME.
04:10:09PM WE NEED A LARGER DISCUSSION HOW OUR DAY IS SPENT.
04:10:12PM I WAS A DAVIS ISLAND MEETING WHERE ABOUT 270 PEOPLE AND
04:10:17PM STORM WATER DEPARTMENT SAYING THEY CAN'T AFFORD MORE THAN
04:10:20PM TWO TRUCKS AND THE SPIDER THEY USE TO CLEAN UP THE DITCHES
04:10:23PM IS BROKEN SOMETIMES AND THEY CAN'T AFFORD ANOTHER ONE AND
04:10:29PM OVER $8 MILLION ON HANNA AND OTHER THINGS.
04:10:34PM THESE MAY HAVE BEEN APPROVED SOMETIMES WHEN I WAS NOT HERE
04:10:37PM BUT I DON'T WANT IN ANY WAY APPROVE ANY NEW DEBT IN THIS.
04:10:45PM IN THE MAYOR'S CAMPAIGN RAISED MONEY TO RUN ADS AGAINST ME
04:10:51PM THAT I VOTED AGAINST THE TIRE BUDGET BECAUSE SHE REFUSED TO
04:10:55PM RAISE THE BUDGET FOR ROAD REPAIR AND CLAIMED I DIDN'T VOTE
04:10:58PM FOR THIS AND THAT -- I DON'T CARE.
04:10:59PM THOSE ADS DIDN'T WORK.
04:11:01PM YOU CAN CREATE WHATEVER MAILERS YOU LIKE.
04:11:03PM BUT I AM NOT VOTING FOR YOUR OVERAGES AND YOUR DEBT.
04:11:07PM THANK YOU.
04:11:07PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANYTHING FURTHER IN YOUR PRESENTATION?
04:11:12PM >> ITEM NUMBER 26.
04:11:13PM GIVE THE PRESENTATION OF THE BONDS SO I CAN GO AHEAD AND GO
04:11:16PM RIGHT INTO THAT.
04:11:24PM >>LYNN HURTAK: IF WE WANTED TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION, WE
04:11:27PM COULD, BUT 63 HAS TO GET DONE.
04:11:30PM MONEY WE ALREADY SPENT.
04:11:31PM REGARDLESS OF HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT, IT HAS ALREADY BEEN
04:11:34PM SPENT.
04:11:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: GO FORTH AND CONQUER.
04:11:39PM >> PRESENTATION NUMBER TWO, PLEASE.
04:11:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHEN THE MOON IS IN THE SUMMER SKY --
04:11:56PM >>LYNN HURTAK: GIANT RED ORBS.
04:12:01PM DIDN'T A PROJECT MANNER HAVE A SHIRT WITH STAR WARS
04:12:08PM CHARACTERS ON IT.
04:12:09PM >> JUST TO REPEAT.
04:12:11PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
04:12:11PM THESE ARE THE PROJECTS WE ARE HE SHALL EWING THE BONDS FOR
04:12:14PM IN THE 2025 SERIES.
04:12:16PM NONAD VALOREM.
04:12:25PM REIMBURSING THE CITY FOR MONIES ALREADY EXPENDED.
04:12:32PM ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PROJECTS?
04:12:38PM >>LYNN HURTAK: JUST A QUICK QUESTION, LOWER SHED PENINSULA
04:12:42PM PARK THE SAME THING AS THE MacDILL 48.
04:12:46PM >> I DO BELIEVE SO BUT DON'T QUOTE ME ON THIS.
04:12:49PM >>LYNN HURTAK: STAFF MEMBERS BEHIND ARE YOU SAYING YES.
04:12:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE SERIES
04:12:56PM 2025 OF NONAD VALOREM REVENUE BONDS?
04:13:00PM I SEE CARDINALS -- MIRANDA'S LIGHT.
04:13:03PM ANYTHING ELSE?
04:13:16PM ALL YOU NEED TO THE PRESENTATION, THAT IS ALL FROM MY
04:13:19PM PRESENTATION.
04:13:19PM >>BILL CARLSON: WHAT I WAS SAVING A WHILE AGO IS NOT
04:13:24PM DIRECTED AT YOU.
04:13:25PM >> I UNDERSTAND.
04:13:26PM NOTHING PERSONAL HERE.
04:13:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CAN WE DO THIS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.
04:13:32PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WILL DO IT.
04:13:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
04:13:35PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WILL MOVE THE RESOLUTION FOR ITEM NUMBER
04:13:38PM 63, FILE NUMBER F 514 --
04:13:43PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DO WE HAVE TO DO 656 FIRST?
04:13:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
04:13:47PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOVE ITEM 6 AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
04:13:53PM MANISCALCO.
04:13:53PM ROLL CALL VOTE.
04:13:56PM >>BILL CARLSON: NO.
04:13:57PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
04:13:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
04:14:00PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
04:14:02PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
04:14:03PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
04:14:05PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NO.
04:14:05PM >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON AND CLENDENIN VOTING
04:14:10PM NO.
04:14:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ITEM NUMBER 62.
04:14:18PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THE THING I DON'T REMEMBER FROM YOUR
04:14:20PM PRESENTATION THAT YOU SHARED YESTERDAY THAT ITEM 62.
04:14:23PM DO YOU HAVE A SIMILAR BREAK DOWN JUST LIKE THAT THAT YOU SHARED
04:14:26PM FOR 63 IN THE BONDING THAT YOU CAN SHARE WITH US TODAY?
04:14:35PM ALL I SAW WAS A LIST THE PROJECTS AND NOT THE AMOUNTS.
04:14:40PM >> WE CAN PROVIDE THE NEXT TIME WE COME BACK TO COUNCIL.
04:14:43PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I AM NOT COMFORTABLE MOVING A RESOLUTION.
04:14:46PM PERSONALLY.
04:14:48PM THIS MAY BE DIFFERENT.
04:14:49PM I AM NOT COMFORTABLE OF MOVING A RESOLUTION WITHOUT THE
04:14:52PM EXACT ITEMS AND THE EXACT AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE ARE
04:14:55PM TALKING ABOUT.
04:14:55PM BECAUSE THAT IS THAT LINE IN THE SAND WHERE WE CAN SAY WHAT
04:14:59PM WE DO AND DON'T WANT TO FUND GOING FORWARD.
04:15:02PM >> IF I MAY.
04:15:03PM I AM SORRY.
04:15:04PM PUT IT ON THE ELMO.
04:15:05PM I DID GET THIS BEFORE I LEFT.
04:15:07PM I APOLOGIZE.
04:15:09PM WE ARE ADDING ANOTHER $105 MILLION TO THE REIMBURSEMENT
04:15:12PM RESOLUTION.
04:15:13PM FIRE STATION 6 AND THIS ALLOWS US TO NOW GO INTO DESIGN AND
04:15:17PM CONSTRUCTION ON THE PROJECTS OF COURSE FIRE STATION NUMBER 6
04:15:23PM IS THE KEY TO FIRE STATION NUMBER 9 AND 10.
04:15:29PM AND THEN YOU HAVE FIVE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS ON THE RIGHT
04:15:35PM SIDE.
04:15:35PM FIRE STATION NUMBER SIX IS NOT THE KEY TO NINE AND TEN.
04:15:43PM >> I APOLOGIZE.
04:15:44PM >> THAT IS NOT ON HERE.
04:15:45PM AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE ARE PUTTING IN MONEY TO DO PLANS
04:15:50PM FOR STATION NINE AND THEN WHEN WE DON'T HAVE LAND POSITIVE
04:15:56PM YET.
04:15:56PM THAT IS WHAT CONCERNS ME OF THIS.
04:16:00PM WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH THE MONEY.
04:16:02PM AND LET'S JUST SEE IT HERE.
04:16:09PM >> YOU WANT TO STRIKE IT?
04:16:14PM >> I AM JUST SPEAKING IN THAT.
04:16:17PM I DON'T KNOW IF CHEAP TRIP IS AROUND.
04:16:21PM FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, NINE AND TEN CANNOT MOVE FORWARD.
04:16:25PM I DON'T THINK SHE IS STILL ONLINE.
04:16:27PM BUT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING NINE AND TEN CAN'T MOVE FORWARD
04:16:35PM UNTIL THEY ARE DONE AND MOVE IN.
04:16:37PM >> YOU CAN START THE DESIGN.
04:16:39PM >>LYNN HURTAK: BUT THE DESIGN IS NOT $19 MILLION OR $21
04:16:42PM MILLION.
04:16:43PM I BELIEVE WE CAN REDUCE THAT.
04:16:44PM I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE COST FOR JUST THE DESIGN OF
04:16:48PM NINE, TEN AND SIX WILL BE, BECAUSE WE CAN NOT START ANY OF
04:16:52PM THAT UNTIL WE CAN CAN'T UNTIL FLEET AND SUPPLY.
04:17:00PM TIMELINE.
04:17:01PM CAN YOU MOVE THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
04:17:03PM WE CAN'T SEE IT.
04:17:04PM THANKS.
04:17:04PM FOR WEST RIVERWALK MONEY, THE UNITE ASHLEY PROJECT.
04:17:16PM MY -- WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WITH UNITE ASHLEY IS -- I
04:17:21PM KNOW WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS UNTIL NEXT WEEK.
04:17:23PM WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH UNITE ASHLEY TO HAVE THE
04:17:30PM DOWNTOWN CRA FUND ALL OF IT, THE 17 MILLION INSTEAD OF 10.
04:17:36PM BRIDGE MONEY, $4.9 MILLION AND TAKING THAT AND PAY DOWN THE
04:17:41PM WEST RIVERWALK THAT WE JUST AGREED TO WHICH, BY THE WAY, I
04:17:45PM JUST FOUND OUT.
04:17:46PM WE ARE NOT GETTING PROTECTED BRICKWAYS THE WHOLE WAY.
04:17:49PM YOU WILL BE ON ROME AVENUE WITHOUT ANY PROTECTION.
04:17:51PM THAT IS NOT WHERE I WOULD WANT -- I FEEL EVEN MORE
04:17:55PM VINDICATED I DID NOT SUPPORT THAT PROJECTS, BECAUSE IT IS
04:17:58PM NOT GOING TO BE ACCESSIBLE FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE PUBLIC
04:18:00PM AND I AM REALLY UPSET TO HAVE FOUND THAT OUT EVEN MORE SO.
04:18:04PM BECAUSE I DECIDED TO TAKE COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON'S APPROACH
04:18:07PM AND SAY.
04:18:10PM AND WHAT I LEARNED THIS IS NOT PROTECTED.
04:18:13PM PEOPLE WILL BE BIKING ON PAINT.
04:18:15PM AND THAT IS NOT OKAY FOR THE MONEY THAT WE ARE OVERSPENDING
04:18:25PM ONLY 12 MILLION THAT WE HAVE TO FUND.
04:18:27PM MOVEMENT THAT WE CAN MAKE.
04:18:29PM AND I AM VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH MOVING THIS FIND OF MONEY
04:18:33PM FORWARD.
04:18:36PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MR. PERRY, THIS RESOLUTION SOMETHING WE
04:18:39PM CAN CONTINUE ON CREATE --
04:18:41PM >> WE CAN CONTINUE IT, SIR.
04:18:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO
04:18:44PM CONTINUE THIS.
04:18:45PM CAN SOMEBODY COME UP WITH A DATE.
04:18:47PM >>LYNN HURTAK: BUT CAN I TALK ABOUT THAT IDEA FIRST.
04:18:54PM IT IS COMING UP IN THE CRA NEXT WEEK TO TALK OF THE ASHLEY
04:18:59PM UNITE.
04:18:59PM AND THEN COME IN FRONT OF US RIGHT AFTER THAT.
04:19:01PM ASHLEY UNITE COMING UP JUNE 26.
04:19:04PM I WOULD SAY WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS SOME TIME IN JULY.
04:19:12PM >> IF I MAY, MAKE A DISCUSSION OF THE BUDGET WORKSHOPS IN
04:19:16PM AUGUST?
04:19:17PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YEAH, PROBABLY NOT A BAD IDEA.
04:19:19PM AGAIN, THE ONLY THING I WOULD ASK IS THAT IF WE CAN CONTINUE
04:19:22PM THIS TO THE SPECIAL CALLED WORKSHOP THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN
04:19:28PM IDENTIFIED FOR THE CAPITAL BUDGET, WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE
04:19:31PM TO PUT THIS UNDER CAPITAL BUDGET DISCUSSION?
04:19:41PM >> IT CAN BE MY ONLY REQUEST TO BRING THE LISTED ITEMS THE
04:19:51PM AMOUNTS OF MONEY TO COST THE FIRE STATIONS TO BE IT HE SEEN
04:19:54PM ONLY.
04:19:54PM AND THEN IF WE WERE TO CHANGE AND MAKING THE CHANGES TO THE
04:20:04PM ASHLEY UNITE.
04:20:05PM WHATEVER CHANGES WILL BE MADE.
04:20:06PM >> HOPEFULLY COUNCIL WOO HAVE TAKEN A MOTION ON THAT
04:20:10PM ALREADY.
04:20:11PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WE WILL IN JUNE AND JULY AND JUNE AND JUNE.
04:20:14PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
04:20:16PM >>LYNN HURTAK: DO I HAVE A SECOND?
04:20:18PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
04:20:20PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
04:20:23PM DISCUSSION.
04:20:24PM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
04:20:25PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THE ISSUE WITH HER AUGUST 4 DATE IS I
04:20:29PM DISCOVERED LAST NIGHT WE HAVE A HART BOARD MEETING ON AUGUST
04:20:32PM 4.
04:20:36PM I WAS GOING TO BRING IT UNDER NEW BUSINESS.
04:20:46PM START TIME OF 1 P.M.
04:20:48PM >>LYNN HURTAK: CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO TRAVEL WITH THE BUDGET
04:20:52PM WORKSHOP WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE.
04:20:55PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THAT'S FINE.
04:20:57PM >>LYNN HURTAK: ARE WE WILLING TO TALK ABOUT THAT THEN.
04:21:01PM >> COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
04:21:02PM >>BILL CARLSON: TWO THINGS RELATED TO THIS.
04:21:04PM COME BACK TO THE VOTE.
04:21:06PM I WOULD LIKE TO GO IT LINE FOR LINE BECAUSE I AM NOT VOTING
04:21:09PM FOR THE WEST RIVER WALK PEOPLE WANTED TO CLARIFY THE DITCHES
04:21:17PM AND OTHER THINGS TO PREVENT FLOODING.
04:21:21PM ALL IN ONE I HAVE TO VOTE KNOW.
04:21:34PM NOW CAN WE GUARANTEE.
04:21:36PM NOW CAN WE GUARANTEE THAT THEY CAN'T MOVE THINGS AROUND.
04:21:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MR. PERRY, ASK YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION?
04:21:51PM >> THE PART OF THE RESOLUTION ON THE BOND RESOLUTION
04:21:55PM ADDRESSES THE APPENDIX A.
04:22:00PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANOTHER RESOLUTION TO MOVE THIS FROM
04:22:04PM COUNCIL.
04:22:04PM >>BILL CARLSON: MY LAST QUESTION IS AND MULTIPLE NUMBERS
04:22:08PM HERE.
04:22:08PM AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE OLD TOTAL COST.
04:22:16PM AND THE NEW BOND ISSUANCE IS 70.
04:22:20PM IS DIFFERENCE.
04:22:21PM 70 MINUS 66.
04:22:24PM SOME SLUSH FUN WITH ALL YOU HAVE THAT $70 MILLION.
04:22:34PM >> YOU STRUCTURE THE BOND DEAL.
04:22:37PM BONDS CAN BE SOLD AT A PREMIUM THAT MEANS UNDER PAR, AT PAR
04:22:42PM OR AT A DISCOUNT THAT IS ABOVE PAR WHAT DRIVES THAT IS THE
04:22:50PM STRUCTURE AND MARKETED.
04:22:51PM TYPICALLY EXTREMELY LUCKY THAT WE SELL OUR BONDS BELOW PAR
04:22:56PM OR AT PREMIUM.
04:23:02PM SOME ISSUES WHERE WE HAVE TO DISCOUNT THE BOND AND ISSUE
04:23:06PM THEM BELOW PAR OR ABOVE PAR.
04:23:10PM YOU ADJUST THE RATE TO GET THE TOTAL INTEREST RATE.
04:23:13PM THE $70 MILLION ALLOWS FOR IS THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT ARE
04:23:18PM MARKET DRIVEN.
04:23:19PM AND WE HAVE TO PAY BOND CLOSING COSTS TO THE UNDERWRITERS
04:23:26PM AND TV AND MATT.
04:23:28PM >> ONE LAST QUESTION IF THERE IS A DELTA, YOU HAVE TO COME
04:23:30PM BACK TO COUNCIL TO ALLOCATE IT.
04:23:32PM >> ABOVE THE $70 MILLION.
04:23:33PM THAT IS THE MOST WE CAN DO.
04:23:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SO A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK --
04:23:44PM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
04:23:45PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR, THANK YOU.
04:23:47PM TWO QUICK THINGS.
04:23:48PM I WILL VOTE FOR THIS BUT THIS TERMS ISSUE OF FIRE STATION 9
04:23:52PM AND OTHER FIRE STATIONS.
04:23:53PM I WILL AND OTHER ALSO THINK.
04:23:55PM WE SHOULD INQUIRE WITH THE TFR AND LOCAL 754 WITH PLANS ON
04:23:59PM THIS.
04:24:00PM BECAUSE ALL OF US WANT TO MAKE SURE AS SPORES OF TFR THAT WE
04:24:05PM DON'T JEOPARDIZE ANY PLANS OR ANYTHING GOD FORBID.
04:24:09PM SINCE WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT OUTSIDE FOR THE PROTECTED BIKE
04:24:13PM LANES ON ITS RIVERWALK.
04:24:15PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
04:24:16PM MAKE A MOTION ON CRA TOOK HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING ON
04:24:20PM THAT EITHER WAY, I WILL SUPPORT THEIR.
04:24:23PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I AM EXPECTING IT TO BE PART.
04:24:25PM THAT IS A MASSIVELY EXPENSIVE PROJECT AND YOU ARE TELLING ME
04:24:28PM YOU WILL NOT PROTECT PEOPLE ON A BIKE LANE.
04:24:31PM >>LUIS VIERA: I WILL SUPPORT WHATEVER.
04:24:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ONE AT A TIME.
04:24:34PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
04:24:34PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WANTED TO LET YOU NO THAT HE KELLY
04:24:38PM WHISPERED IN MY EAR THAT CHIEF TRIPP DOES AGREE GOING LINE
04:24:42PM BY LINE, LOOKING AT THIS.
04:24:43PM JUST.
04:24:48PM JUST LOOKING AT PUTTING THE MONEY FOR THE DESIGN.
04:24:53PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE TIME BECAUSE IT WILL MOVE WITH THE
04:24:55PM CAPITAL BUDGET.
04:24:56PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WE WILL HAVE TIME TO TALK TO ALL THE PEOPLE
04:24:59PM TO MAKE SURE.
04:24:59PM I AGREE, WE DON'T WANT TO BE LEFT IN THE POSITION BEFORE.
04:25:02PM AT LEAST IF WE HAVE MONEY FOR DESIGN BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT
04:25:08PM WOULD SIT THERE.
04:25:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BEATEN THIS DEAD HORSE.
04:25:12PM THIS IS TO CONTINUE ITEM NUMBER 26 TO THE CAPITAL BUDGET
04:25:16PM DISCUSSION AND MOVE WITH IT.
04:25:18PM TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 4.
04:25:22PM TIME TO BE DETERMINED.
04:25:23PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
04:25:24PM OPPOSED.
04:25:25PM AYES HAVE IT.
04:25:30PM >> I WANT TO CONFIRM THAT THE BOND RESOLUTION DID GET
04:25:38PM PASSED.
04:25:39PM >> IT DID.
04:25:40PM >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
04:25:43PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I BELIEVE IF AM CORRECT, 71.
04:25:47PM ALL ABOUT THE CONVENTION CENTER.
04:25:49PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON, DAVID INGRAM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
04:25:52PM TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER.
04:25:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MORE PLEASANT CONVERSATION BECAUSE WE LOVE
04:25:56PM THE CONVENTION SPENT I LIKE COMING HERE BECAUSE BEFORE ME IS
04:25:59PM ALWAYS THIS HOT TOPIC AND I HAVE THAT NICE LITTLE -- GIVE
04:26:03PM YOU A BREAK IN THE DAY.
04:26:05PM LET'S HOPE TO.
04:26:06PM WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS THE MARKET FEASIBILITY STUDY OF
04:26:10PM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON'S REQUEST OF FIVE-MINUTE PRESENTATION
04:26:13PM OF FINDINGS.
04:26:14PM TODD WILL GIVE THE OVERVIEW.
04:26:17PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WHERE IS HE FROM.
04:26:20PM >> CSL.
04:26:22PM THE COMPANY THAT WE TIRED DO -- ON MOTION SAYS SPORTS AND
04:26:26PM LEISURE, THE C WAS MISSING.
04:26:30PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: LIKE A DEPARTMENT AT DILLARD'S.
04:26:34PM >> FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, COUNCIL.
04:26:37PM A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AND EXCITING TO BE A PART OF THIS.
04:26:40PM AND WE WILL CALL IT AN EARLY STUDY INTO TAMPA'S CONVENTION
04:26:44PM INDUSTRY AND WHERE THINGS STAND-TO-TODAY.
04:26:47PM WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND THE COUNTRY IN TERMS OF CONVENTION
04:26:47PM CENTERS.
04:26:51PM WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DOING WITH THE CONVENTION CENTERS
04:26:53PM AND CONVENTION DISTRICTS AND WHAT IS THE PERCEPTION OF THE
04:26:56PM TAMPA MARKET TODAY FROM EVENT PLANNERS AND OTHER END USERS
04:27:00PM AROUND THE COUNTRY.
04:27:04PM BEEN AROUND A SIX-MONTH EFFORT OF STUDY TASKS LOOKING AT 16
04:27:09PM DIFFERENT FACILITIES NATIONALLY, CONVENTION CENTERS AND
04:27:14PM DISTRICTS.
04:27:14PM WE LOOK AT THE OPERATION.
04:27:15PM THE EVENT MIX AND DID A SURVEY OF 100 EVENT
04:27:24PM PLANNERS WHAT KIND OF SPACE AND WHAT HOTEL ROOMS.
04:27:30PM ALL IN AN EFFORT TO DETERMINE, ARE WE CAPTURING THE MARKET
04:27:34PM THAT WE CAN CAPTURE AND IS THERE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW.
04:27:36PM TAMPA HAS CERTAINLY GROWN OVER THE LAST 10 TO 15 YEARS AND
04:27:41PM THE 17th LARGEST METRO AREA AND SEE IN A FEW SLIDES THAT THE
04:27:45PM CURRENT FACILITIES ARE SOMEWHAT UNDERSIZED.
04:27:47PM THIS IS A QUICK LOOK AT A NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES THAT ARE EITHER
04:27:50PM UNDERGOING CURRENT EXPANSIONS OR RECENTLY COMPLETED
04:27:54PM EXPANSIONS AND ARE PLANNING MAYOR DEVELOPMENTS AND
04:27:56PM REDEVELOPMENTS OF OUR CONVENTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
04:28:00PM HIGHLIGHT THE AUSTIN CONVENTION CENTER, FT. LAUDERDALE,
04:28:04PM RALEIGH.
04:28:05PM ALL ARE RANGE FROM $400 MILLION PROJECTS FOR EXPANSION IN
04:28:08PM RALEIGH TO A NEW HOTEL TO AUSTIN IT COMPLETELY REINVENTING
04:28:13PM THEIR BUILDING AND BUILDING AN ENTIRELY NEW CONVENTION
04:28:17PM CENTER WITH HOTELS FOR APPROXIMATELY OVER $1 BILLION.
04:28:21PM AND THIS IS THE SPECTRUM OF THE VARIOUS COMMITMENTS THAT
04:28:25PM COMMUNITIES ARE MAKING AND THIS IS A MOVING PROJECT AND
04:28:29PM UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNT OF PROBLEMS IN THE CONVENTION FOLLOWING
04:28:32PM THE PANDEMIC NOW THAT ATTENDANCE AND EVENT GROWTH HAS
04:28:36PM RESUMED AND GONE PAST WHERE IT HAS SINCE 2019.
04:28:39PM WHERE WE STAND IN TERMS OF EVENT SPACE, EXHIBIT SPACE, OUR
04:28:43PM EXHIBIT HALL IN THE SMALLEST IN THE PEER SET.
04:28:53PM VISIT.
04:28:54PM WE LOSE SOME VISITORS AROUND THE REGION AND THE COUNTRY.
04:28:58PM AND RIGHT NOW, WE ARE ONE OF THE SMALLER FACILITIES AND IN
04:29:01PM NUMBER OF THESE FACILITIES ARE ON THE LIST ON THE PREVIOUS
04:29:04PM PAGE WHICH ARE PLANNING EXPANSIONS THAT ARE PLANNING
04:29:07PM RENOVATIONS.
04:29:09PM ON A BIGGER ISSUE.
04:29:11PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I'M STILL LOOKING A IT --
04:29:15PM >> THERE WILL BE TIMES FOR QUESTIONS AT THE END.
04:29:17PM OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS OUR BALLROOM SPACE.
04:29:20PM BALLROOM.
04:29:21PM THE MULTITURN ROOM IS LESS THAN HALF THE SIZE OF A LOT OF
04:29:25PM OUR COMPETITORS IN SAN ANTONIO, FT. LAUDERDALE AND SEATTLE.
04:29:30PM EVENT PLANNERS TODAY.
04:29:32PM ONE OF THE THINGS THEY ARE NEEDING MORE AND MORE OF
04:29:35PM HIGH-FINISHED MULTIPURPOSE SPACE SHOWS THAT ARE HIGH VALUE.
04:29:43PM HIGH NORTH CAROLINA.
04:29:44PM DECISION-MAKERS AND SPENDING MONEY ON HOTELS AND
04:29:47PM RESTAURANTS.
04:29:48PM THEY ARE LOOKING PARTICULARLY FOR THESE CONVENTION CENTERS
04:29:51PM THAT HAVE A LARGE BALLROOM.
04:29:52PM LARGE MULTIPURPOSE HALL THAT CAN SERVE A VARIETY OF NEEDS
04:29:57PM INDOORS FESTIVALS.
04:29:58PM AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE FAIRLY DATED BALLROOM SPACE AT 36,000
04:30:02PM SQUARE FEET.
04:30:03PM WE HAVE LIMITATIONS AS FAR AS SIZE GOES.
04:30:06PM ON THE OTHER END, WE HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST IN EVENT
04:30:09PM PLANNERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
04:30:11PM 85% OF SURVEYED EVENT PLANNERS, MOST OF WHOM HAVE NOT BEEN
04:30:15PM TO TAMPA.
04:30:15PM 85% SAID THEY ARE INTERESTED IN COMING HERE IN THE FUTURE
04:30:22PM THIS IS TIED FOR HIGHEST RESPONSE RATE.
04:30:25PM AND WE HAVE DONE PROJECTS IN TORONTO, SAN ANTONIO, PHOENIX
04:30:30PM OVER THE SAME TIME AND TAMPA IS TIED WITH DALLAS ON SOME OF
04:30:35PM OUR SURVEY EFFORTS.
04:30:36PM A LOT OF COMMENTS THAT PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THE GROWTH THAT
04:30:39PM DOWNTOWN TAMPA HAS UNDERDONE SPARKMAN'S WHARF, RIVERWALK,
04:30:44PM WATER STREET.
04:30:44PM PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HERE AS ATTENDEES IN OTHER CONVENTIONS OR
04:30:48PM VISITED.
04:30:48PM TAMPA IS ON THEIR RADAR AS A PLACE TO GO TO.
04:30:55PM ONE OF THE QUESTIONS CAN WE BRING IN THE BUSINESS.
04:30:57PM WHAT IS OUR CAPACITY TO TAKE ON MORE BUSINESS.
04:31:00PM THIS IS A LOOK AT OUR OCCUPANCY LEVELS.
04:31:03PM EXHIBIT HALL AND THE BALLROOM GOING BACK TO 2014.
04:31:07PM LAST 11 YEARS EXCEEDED 70% OCCUPANCY AND OUR EXHIBIT HALL IS
04:31:13PM 65%.
04:31:14PM 70% IS WHERE WE SAY THE MAXIMUM PRACTICAL CAPACITY AND
04:31:18PM FACTOR IN MAINTENANCE, HOLIDAYS, THE NUMBER OF DAYS YOU NEED
04:31:22PM BETWEEN EVENTS AND YOU NEED FIVE OR SIX DAYS IN A ROW ON
04:31:25PM YOUR CALENDAR TO BRING IN A NEW CONVENTION.
04:31:27PM BY OUR COUNT, ONLY ROOM FOR TWO FULL-SIZED CONVENTIONS WE
04:31:38PM ARE NOT AT MARKET.
04:31:40PM WE ARE REVIEWING WHAT WE CAN ON THE CONVENTION SIDE AND WE
04:31:44PM ARE BUILT UP.
04:31:44PM WE ASKED EVENT PLANNERS TO TALK OF THEIR EVENT SPACE NEEDS.
04:31:48PM SAME EVENT PLANNERS INTERESTED IN US.
04:31:50PM THIS IS THEIR DATA LAID OUT BY 10 PERCENT THEME POINTS WHERE
04:31:55PM WE HAVE OUR EXHIBIT SPACE.
04:31:57PM OUR BALLROOM SPACE AND MEETING SPACE AND SHADED IN THE CELLS
04:32:03PM SHOWING WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE MARKET WE CAN ACCOMMODATE.
04:32:10PM BALLROOM OF 36,000-SQUARE-FOOT BALLROOM ACCOUNTS FOR HALF OF
04:32:15PM OUR INTERESTED MARKET.
04:32:16PM WE OFTENTIMES RECOMMEND TO OUR CLIENTS CREATING A TARGET OF
04:32:20PM 85 TO 90% MARKET CAPTURE.
04:32:25PM BUT THE BIGGEST PAIN POINT IS HOTEL ROOM INVENTORY AND
04:32:30PM COMMENDABLE HOTEL ROOM INVENTORY AND BEING A VICTIM OF OUR
04:32:34PM OWN SUCCESS.
04:32:35PM IN TERMS OCCUPANCY.
04:32:38PM CORPORATE TRANSIENTS GROWING.
04:32:40PM A LOT OF THE HOTELS LIKE THE JW AND THE MARRIOTT DO THEIR
04:32:44PM OWN GROUP BUSINESS AND THEIR BUSINESS CONTINUES TO GROW.
04:32:46PM FOR THE COMMUNITY, IT IS GREAT.
04:32:47PM BUT THEY CAN'T OFFER LARGE BLOCKS OF ROOM 200, 200 PLUS ROOMS
04:32:52PM AT A MOMENT NOTICE FOR INCOMING CONVENTIONS.
04:32:56PM SO DURING OUR PEAK SEASON WHEN AN EVENT COME HERE IN THE
04:33:00PM EARLY WINTER AND SPRING, YOU CAN ONLY ACCOMMODATE 30% OF THE
04:33:04PM MARKET.
04:33:04PM WE CAN WORK AROUND THAT AND VISIT.
04:33:06PM DOES THAT ALL THE TIME MAKING THINGS WORK WITH A NUMBER OF
04:33:09PM PROPERTIES, 15 PROPERTIES AROUND THE CITY BUT NOT AN IDEA
04:33:13PM PACKAGE FOR THE CONVENTIONS OUT THERE.
04:33:16PM ALL OF THIS DATA THINKING OF THE POSITIVE RECEPTION FROM THE
04:33:20PM EVENT PLANNERS AND HOW SHORT WITH EVENT SPACE AND HOTEL
04:33:24PM ROOMS.
04:33:24PM REASON TO BELIEVE THAT PRIORITIZE SOMETHING A REAL
04:33:30PM OPPORTUNITY FOR TAMPA WE HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR 40 YEARS INTO
04:33:36PM AND FACILITIES THAT WE SHOWED ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE.
04:33:39PM AND IN A LOT OF INSTANCES, WE TALK ABOUT THESE CENTERS
04:33:44PM REALLY NEED TO PROTECT THE MARKET AND EXPAND TO REMAIN
04:33:47PM COMPETITIVE.
04:33:47PM IN TAMPA'S CASE, A HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW INTO
04:33:52PM ANOTHER TIER OF BUSINESS AND COMPETE WITH THE LIKES OF
04:33:55PM NASHVILLE, SAN ANTONIO, OTHER DESTINATIONS THAT HAVE BIGGER
04:33:58PM BUILDINGS BUT OUR DESTINATION IS JUST AS APPEALING AS THEIRS
04:34:02PM FOR EVENT PLANNERS.
04:34:08PM WE ARE TALKING OF POE USUALLY DOUBLING A EXHIBIT HALL.
04:34:14PM A NEW BALLROOM.
04:34:16PM HIGH FINISHED MULT HI PURPOSE BALLROOM AT 50,000 TO 60,000
04:34:22PM SQUARE FEET AND A NEW HEADQUARTERS HOTEL WITH AT LEAST 800
04:34:26PM ROOMS WILL BE IDEA FOR THE HOTEL ROOM BLOCK PROGRAM TO GET
04:34:36PM 400 ROOMS.
04:34:41PM AND MEET SPACE, ADDITIONAL OUTDOOR SPACE AND WOULD LOVE TO
04:34:45PM SEE THE IT IS STRICT FURTHER DEVELOPED AGUILAR THE BUILDING
04:34:47PM GROWS.
04:34:47PM AND WITH WATER STREET PHASE TWO AND THREE AND OTHER PLANS
04:34:52PM WITH RIVER WALK.
04:34:53PM POTENTIAL MARINA IN THE FUTURE THINGS THAT CAN SUPPORT
04:34:57PM SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION DISTRICT ENVIRONMENT.
04:34:59PM WITH TAMPA AND WHAT WE HEARD IT FROM PLANNERS, THEY LOVE THE
04:35:03PM DESTINATION AND LOVE DOWNTOWN AND TAKING THE TROLLEY TO
04:35:06PM YBOR.
04:35:06PM WE SAW USING PLACER DATA HALF OF THEM ARE GOING TO YBOR THEY
04:35:15PM WISH WAS MORE FOR DO AROUND THE BUILDING.
04:35:20PM A LOT OF THINGS TO BE EXCITED ABOUT.
04:35:23PM AND IN FUTURE YEARS THINKING OF PLANNING OUT NOT JUST
04:35:26PM BUILDING EXPANSION BUT A WHOLE PLAN TO COMPETE WITH THE
04:35:30PM LIKES OF THE SAN ANTONIOS, THE AUSTINS, THE NASHVILLES IN
04:35:34PM CONTINUING TO INVEST.
04:35:36PM THIS A DRAFT REPORT THAT WE HAVE THAT IS 90% FINISHED.
04:35:44PM GOING INTO MORE DETAIL OF POSSIBLE SCENARIOS OF COST BENEFIT
04:35:48PM ANALYSIS.
04:35:49PM AND WE WANTED TO SHARE THE KEY MARKET FINDINGS AND WHAT THE
04:35:53PM OPPORTUNITIES HAVE LOOKING LIKE BASED ON THE DATA.
04:35:59PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
04:36:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT
04:36:04PM PRESENTATION.
04:36:04PM I USE THE RIVER WALK A LOT AND WALKING PAST THE CONVENTION
04:36:07PM CENTER AND ALWAYS SOMETHING HAPPENING.
04:36:09PM I GO INTO THE MOTEL TOO AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, THE HYATT
04:36:12PM PLACE ACROSS THE STREET, WHICH HAS GREAT BREAKFAST BUFFET.
04:36:16PM OR I WALK DOWN TO ONE OF THE OTHER HOTELS TO GET A CUP OF
04:36:21PM COFFEE OR WHATEVER IT IS.
04:36:22PM THEY ARE ALWAYS FULL.
04:36:23PM AND IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS MORNING.
04:36:27PM A REGULAR MONDAY.
04:36:28PM BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE CAPACITY OF THE CONVENTION CENTER.
04:36:36PM I HAVE BEEN THERE FOR LARGE VENUE EVENTS OR SMALLER BALL
04:36:41PM ROOMS.
04:36:41PM A COMPANY MIGHT HOST SOME RETREAT, WHATEVER IT IS, BUT
04:36:45PM ALWAYS SOMETHING HAPPENING THERE.
04:36:46PM STATEMENT, IN COMPASSION TO ONE OF THE EARLIER SLIDES, WE
04:36:49PM WANTED TO BE LIKE X CITY.
04:36:51PM WE CAN DO THAT.
04:36:52PM AND THE BENEFIT IS WE HAVE A STREETCAR THAT CONNECTS YBOR
04:36:58PM CITY TO HERE WITHOUT THE EXPANSION.
04:37:00PM I SUPPORT AN EXTENSION GOING NORTH.
04:37:04PM YOU CAN GO FROM THE HYATT MACE TO THE HILTON.
04:37:07PM HOP ON THE STREETCAR AND YOU ARE CONNECTED THE WHOLE WAY.
04:37:12PM TAKE THE RIVERWALK.
04:37:13PM I HAVE BEEN TO EVENTS FOR -- THE MOOSE LODGE ASSOCIATION.
04:37:20PM NATIONAL MOOSE OR ELKS OR WHATEVER.
04:37:24PM IT WAS HUGE GOING DOWN THE RIVERWALK.
04:37:26PM A FRATERNITY OR A SORORITY.
04:37:29PM A HUGE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE COMING DOWN HERE.
04:37:32PM WE HAVE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE EXPANSION OF CONVENTION
04:37:36PM CENTER.
04:37:36PM SHOULD MORE HOTELS COME TO THE AREA?
04:37:38PM I HOPE THEY WILL.
04:37:39PM WATER STREET EXPAND AND WHAT NOT.
04:37:43PM WILL HELP ACCOMMODATE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TO
04:37:45PM INDUSTRIES IT MAY UBER FROM THE AIRPORT SO THEY DON'T HAVE
04:37:56PM TO GET AROUND THE CENTRAL CORE AREA.
04:37:58PM GRATEFUL TO THOSE BEFORE US THAT SUPPORTED HAVING THE
04:38:01PM CONVENTION CENTER BELT AND EVERYTHING AROUND IT.
04:38:04PM BECAUSE WE ARE IN A PRIME POSITION TO FOR WITH OTHER CITIES.
04:38:13PM AS MORE HAPPENS, THE FURTHER EXPANSION OF WATER STREET IS AN
04:38:17PM APPROPRIATE EXAMPLE.
04:38:18PM WE WILL BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT GROWTH.
04:38:22PM THANKS.
04:38:23PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
04:38:25PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
04:38:26PM AND ROUTE ONE.
04:38:28PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ROUTE ONE, THEY CAN TAKES BUS.
04:38:31PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I HOPE THAT IS SEEN AS AN ISSUE.
04:38:34PM SO I JUST -- I APPRECIATE THE SNIPPET THAT WE GOT.
04:38:42PM WHEN IS THE REPORT, WHEN WILL IT BE DONE?
04:38:45PM >> WE ARE LOOKING AT.
04:38:46PM VERY CLOSE.
04:38:47PM PROBABLY ANOTHER MONTH.
04:38:48PM >> IF THAT.
04:38:49PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WOULD DEFINITELY LOVE TO READ IT WHEN IT IS
04:38:52PM DONE.
04:38:53PM I THINK ALL YOU HAVE US WOULD.
04:38:54PM I DEFINITELY WANT A COPY.
04:38:55PM >> PROMISE TO GIVE YOU SOME COPIES TO STAY AWAKE.
04:39:00PM A LOT OF NUMBERS.
04:39:02PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I LOVE THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
04:39:03PM THAT GIVES THE REAL -- YOU KIND OF GAVE US THE HIGHLIGHTS,
04:39:07PM BUT I AM INTERESTED IN.
04:39:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A NUMBERS GEEK.
04:39:12PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I AM.
04:39:13PM SO MUCH WE CAN DO WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER BECAUSE EVERY
04:39:16PM TIME I GO THERE.
04:39:17PM IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT KIND OF CONFERENCE OR EVENT, THERE IS
04:39:20PM JUST -- HATE TO SAY IT -- BUT A LOT OF OPEN WASTED SPACE
04:39:25PM THAT IS JUST -- I MEAN, THAT IS CRYING OUT TO BE NOR
04:39:33PM CONVENTION SPACE.
04:39:34PM DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN THERE BECAUSE SPACE
04:39:38PM THAT SIMPLY CAN'T BE USED BECAUSE OPEN GATHERING SPACE AN
04:39:42PM YOU CAN'T EVEN -- I WAS AT A CONVENTION THAT HAD MUSIC IN
04:39:45PM ONE OF THE LITTLE SPACES, BUT YOU COULDN'T REALLY BE VERY
04:39:48PM LOUD BECAUSE IT -- IT WAS JUST DEFINITE WAYS TO MAKE THE
04:39:56PM CONVENTION CENTER BETTER TO MAKE IT EVEN WITH THE FOOTPRINT
04:40:00PM THAT WE HAVE YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW I FEEL OF THE CUL-DE-SAC
04:40:08PM IN FRONT OF IT.
04:40:09PM ANYWAY, I AM EXCITED TO SEE MORE IDEAS AND DIVE INTO THE
04:40:13PM REPORT OF WHAT WE CAN DO, ESPECIALLY IN PHASES.
04:40:16PM AS YOU SEE, BUDGET BEING WHAT IT IS.
04:40:19PM WHAT CAN WE DO PHASED WISE WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE
04:40:23PM VERY INTERESTED IN.
04:40:23PM SO I -- BUT I, AGAIN, I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
04:40:27PM LIKE YOU SAID, WE HAVE SO MUCH DEVELOPMENT COMING UP AROUND
04:40:30PM US.
04:40:30PM I REALLY BELIEVE WE NEED TO GROW AND -- AND IMPROVE THE
04:40:34PM CONVENTION CENTER WITH IT.
04:40:35PM AND I WANT TO APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOU FOR DOING THAT.
04:40:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
04:40:38PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WHEN WAS --
04:40:41PM >> PART OF THE CHALLENGE THAT WE ARE HAVING.
04:40:43PM WE HAVE THE FACILITIES ASSESSMENT GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME.
04:40:46PM SO WE ARE TRYING TO PUT THOSE TWO REPORTS TOGETHER TO GET A
04:40:50PM CONSULTANT TO CREATE A MASTER PLAN WHICH CAN POTENTIALLY
04:40:54PM ALLOW TO YOU GET WHAT YOU ARE ASKING FOR A PHASED APPROACH
04:40:57PM TO IT.
04:40:57PM SO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME ON THAT AGAIN, YOU MAY SEE
04:41:06PM A CONSULTANT FOR A MASTER PLAN.
04:41:09PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WILL READ THIS WITH A LITTLE GRAIN OF SALT,
04:41:12PM NEXT REPORT AND THEN THE MASTER PLAN.
04:41:14PM A WONDERFUL THING.
04:41:15PM AND A GREAT GOING AHEAD BECAUSE I KNOW THE CONVENTION CENTER
04:41:19PM CAN USE SOME MAJOR, MAJOR RENOVATIONS.
04:41:22PM >> NOT DISAGREEING.
04:41:23PM >>LYNN HURTAK: HOW TO YOU DO THAT WILL BE THE QUESTION.
04:41:25PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
04:41:27PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WHEN THE CONVENTION CENTER WAS BUILT,
04:41:30PM BACK IN THE '90s, RIGHT?
04:41:33PM >> IN 1990.
04:41:34PM SO CONSTRUCTION IS --
04:41:37PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: DIDN'T HAVE A CONVENTION HOTEL AT ALL.
04:41:39PM IT WAS NOT EVEN HERE.
04:41:42PM SO WE WERE LOSING IN IT FOR YEARS.
04:41:45PM FOUR, FIVE OR SIX YEARS.
04:41:48PM AND IT WASN'T UNTIL MAYOR GRECO GOT THE MARRIOTT TO COME
04:41:53PM INTO TOWN NOTHING THERE BUT OLD BUILDINGS THAT HAD TO BE
04:42:01PM TORN DOWN.
04:42:01PM TELLING MARRIOTT TEARING DOWN A YEAR AFTER THEY BELT THE
04:42:06PM HOTEL.
04:42:07PM PROBLEM IT TOOK TWO YEARS TO KNOCK THE BUILDING DOWN IF I
04:42:13PM REMEMBER TALKING TO MAYOR GRECO.
04:42:16PM A BEACON CONVENTION WHICH -- THE SQUARE FOOT, CONVERSATION I
04:42:22PM HAD 25, 30 YEARS.
04:42:23PM I AM NOT HERE TO COMPETE WITH CHICAGO, WITH ORLANDO, AND
04:42:28PM WITH LAS VEGAS.
04:42:28PM YOU KNOW WHY?
04:42:30PM BECAUSE I CAN'T.
04:42:30PM IT IS LOGICAL.
04:42:32PM YES BRING MORE HOTELS.
04:42:40PM WHAT SIZE TO EXTEND IT TOO AND WHAT IS THE BENEFIT AND RATIO
04:42:44PM TO THE EXPENSES THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
04:42:46PM BECAUSE THE AREA IS CONGESTED ENOUGH FROM THE PAY SHORE AND
04:42:56PM SWANN.
04:42:56PM AND IT IS A BEAUTIFUL DRIVE.
04:42:58PM IN FACT ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS AND VERY SIMPLE
04:43:01PM UNDER THAT BYPASS THAT WE HAVE FROM THE STREET, TO THE
04:43:05PM CONVENTION CENTER TO THE PARKING GARAGE ON THE OTHER.
04:43:08PM LIGHTS AROUND MADE IT LOOK LIKE YOU WERE IN HEAVEN SOMETIMES
04:43:12PM AND REALLY INEXPENSIVE WHAT YOU ALL DID THERE SOME TIME
04:43:15PM BACK.
04:43:16PM AND LOOKS PLEASING TO THE EYE.
04:43:19PM CONVENTION CENTER WAS EXPANDED TWICE ONE UNDER MAYOR GRECO
04:43:24PM AND THE OTHER NOT TOO LONG AGO WHEN ADDED WHATEVER IT WAS TO
04:43:29PM THE WEST SIDE.
04:43:29PM AND MODIFICATION DID VERY WELL.
04:43:32PM AND.
04:43:34PM THIS MY OPINION WHAT VISIT TAMPA BAY.
04:43:41PM MORE PEOPLE TALK AND MORE PEOPLE WANT TO GO WHEN SOMEBODY
04:43:44PM ELSE TELL THEN THEY WENT TO.
04:43:45PM AND THAT IS HUMAN NATURE.
04:43:47PM YOU TELL ME HOW GREAT IT IS SOMEWHERE, SOMEWHERE IN THIS
04:43:50PM COUNCIL AND SOMEBODY LISTENING TO US WILL GO THERE AND SAY,
04:43:53PM I WONDER IF I GET THE SAME FEELING THEY DID.
04:43:55PM AND A THING THAT STARTED WITH BARELY NOTHING.
04:43:59PM AND IT HAS REALLY CRAWLED AND CRAWLED ITS WAY TO BEING ONE
04:44:03PM OF THE TOP AREAS OF THAT SIZE NARES RESIDUAL COMING IN.
04:44:13PM BOLLYWOOD COMES IN FROM INDIA TO HAVE A CONVENTION IN INDIA,
04:44:19PM IT IS LIKE THE AWARDS OF HOLLYWOOD.
04:44:21PM AND IT MEANS SO MUCH TO THE CITY NATIONWIDE, COUNTRY-WIDE,
04:44:27PM WORLD-WIDE WHEN THESE PEOPLE COME IN AN HELPS FACILITY TAIL.
04:44:31PM WHY TAMPA HAS -- I AM SURE YOU ALL KNOW THIS.
04:44:34PM LAST TIME I LOOKED, WE ARE THE NUMBER ONE RATED HOTEL
04:44:39PM OCCUPANCY IN THE COUNTRY.
04:44:39PM 87.8% I THINK IT WAS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
04:44:43PM MAYBE I AM HALF A PERCENT OFF.
04:44:45PM BUT IT IS RATED NUMBER ONE OVER NEW YORK OVER CHICAGO,
04:44:49PM PHILADELPHIA, OVER A LOT.
04:44:50PM SO WHEN YOU ARE RATED IN AM ONE IN HOTEL OCCUPANCY, TELLS US
04:44:55PM SOMETHING IS DRIVING THAT.
04:44:56PM WHAT THAT IS, MAYBE YOU GOOD TO IS CAN TELL US.
04:44:59PM AND NOT WHAT PEOPLE THINK.
04:45:01PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
04:45:02PM >>SPEAKER: THANK YOU.
04:45:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF POINTS OR QUESTIONS.
04:45:06PM I DON'T KNOW WHICH IS WHICH.
04:45:07PM BUT SO -- RIGHT NOW OUR CURRENT CONFIGURATION.
04:45:11PM I FIGURED INTUITIVELY THAT WE ARE PRETTY MUCH SOLD OUT MOST
04:45:15PM OF TIME FOR THE RESOURCES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
04:45:17PM WITH THE -- WITH PROPOSED OR PERCEIVED ADDITIONS AN ACTUAL
04:45:26PM FISCAL RETURN ON THAT INVESTMENT.
04:45:27PM ARE YOU ABLE TO CHARGE MORE OF A PREMIUM OR BASICALLY JUST
04:45:31PM GETTING THE SAME CUSTOMERS.
04:45:35PM PER SQUARE FOOT FOR THE ADDITION.
04:45:38PM DO YOU GET ADDITIONAL REVENUE.
04:45:39PM >> TYPICALLY, YEAH.
04:45:40PM AND I WILL START WITH THIS CENTER.
04:45:42PM AND IT IS UNIQUE, WHERE IT IS RUNNING OPERATIONALLY.
04:45:45PM JUST STAND-ALONE OPERATIONS AT A SURPLUS.
04:45:47PM WOULD BE EXPECTED WITH AN EXPANSION WITH MODERNIZATION AND
04:45:53PM ADDING MORE POINTS OF REVENUE LIKE OTHER BUILDINGS HAVE THAT
04:45:56PM REVENUE AND OVERALL SURPLUS WILL IMPROVE.
04:45:59PM NOT MATERIALLY BUT PROTECT IT AND GROW SLIGHTLY IN TERMS OF
04:46:07PM REVENUES VERSUS EXPENSES THE INDUSTRY PROFITS WE TALK IN OUR
04:46:15PM REPORTS WE HAVE NOSE NUMBER IN OUR REPORT AND ESTIMATED.
04:46:21PM AND TALK TO BEING THE REAL TOWARDS.
04:46:25PM AND THAT IS THE BIG RETURN.
04:46:27PM AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SIZE INCREASE, WE ARE NOT
04:46:31PM NECESSARILY EXPANDING TO GO AFTER THE EVENTS TO HIS POINT TO
04:46:34PM VEGAS, THEIR GO TO CHICAGO.
04:46:36PM NOT GOING AFTER BIGGER EVENTS.
04:46:38PM SOME OF THAT, BUT REALLY LOOKING AT OCCUPANCY AND LOOK WHAT
04:46:42PM WE HEARD FROM PLANNERS.
04:46:43PM ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE WORLD TO HOST TWO EVENTS --
04:46:46PM CURRENTLY HOST TWO OF THOSE AT THE SAME TIME.
04:46:48PM CONCURRENT EVENTS.
04:46:50PM BASICALLY DOUBLING YOUR ABILITY TO BRING IN CONVENTIONS.
04:46:53PM A LOT OF THE IMPROVEMENTS WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE REPORT ALSO
04:46:57PM SHOW THIS LARGE BALLROOM THAT WE HAVE.
04:46:58PM OUTDOOR SPACE.
04:46:59PM OTHER TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS MORE ABLE TO GO AFTER
04:47:07PM CORPORATE EVENTS.
04:47:08PM SALESFORCE, THE MICROSOFT CONVENTIONS.
04:47:11PM THEY DO GO TO MIAMI BEACH.
04:47:13PM THEY GO TO SOME OF THE OTHER CONVENTION CENTERS AROUND
04:47:15PM FLORIDA.
04:47:16PM WE GET A LITTLE BIT LESS OF THAT BECAUSE OF THE DATE AND
04:47:20PM NATURE OF THE BUILDING AND THE SIZE.
04:47:22PM WE EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO PULL IN AN EVENT THAT IS GIVING US
04:47:25PM MORE NET REVENUE.
04:47:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DO YOU SEE A SCENARIO WITH THE EXPANSION
04:47:32PM THAT -- SELF-SUFFICIENCY IS FLUID AND NOT DIRECT REVENUE.
04:47:42PM THAT THE TAXPAYERS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA WOULDN'T BE BURDENED
04:47:46PM BECAUSE ADDITIONAL REVENUE FOR BED TAX AND INCOME COMING IN
04:47:50PM WILL I CAN'T YOU HAVE SET WHATEVER THE EXPENDITURES OF
04:47:53PM CONVENTION CENTER WOULD BE.
04:47:54PM >> WE HAVE AND THOSE NUMBERS ARE IN THE REPORT THESE ARE
04:48:04PM PRETTY AND COSTLY INVESTMENTS FOR SURE IN THE REPORT WE TALK
04:48:17PM OF A NUMBER OF QUESTION SCENARIOS AND THE RETURN AND THE
04:48:20PM INDUSTRY PROFIT.
04:48:23PM WE TALK OF $14 MILLION A YEAR.
04:48:25PM AND $3 MILLION TO $4 MILLION FISCAL BENEFITS PER YEAR.
04:48:30PM NUMBERS YOU PUT ON THE PAPER IDEA OF $200 MILLION TO $300
04:48:35PM MILLION INVESTMENTS IN THE FUTURE AND THINKING OF A RETURN.
04:48:37PM SO FARCE AS GETTING, YOU RETURN PROFITING AS CITY MAYBE WE
04:48:52PM ARE NOT QUITE THERE.
04:48:53PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MAYBE THE LINES CROSS IN THE FUTURE.
04:48:55PM >> RIGHT.
04:48:56PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: GOING ON WHAT COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK SAID.
04:49:00PM WE LOOK AT THE DATED ASPECTS OF THE CONVENTION CENTER AND
04:49:04PM UNDERUTILIZED SPACE HOW IT WAS CONSTRUCTED.
04:49:08PM ATRIUM SPACE.
04:49:10PM DRIVEWAY.
04:49:10PM AND PROBLEMS WITH FRANKLIN WITH STREETS.
04:49:12PM AS WE LOOK AT THIS AS AN EXPANSION GOING ACROSS, A WAY TO
04:49:17PM RESOLVE SOME OF THAT PEDESTRIAN PROBLEM WE HAVE BY DECKING
04:49:26PM IT OVER ACHED NOT HAVE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC GOING BACK AND
04:49:30PM FORTH ACROSS FRANKLIN STREET.
04:49:32PM IF WE HAD A HOTEL ON THE OTHER SIDE.
04:49:35PM >> FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, YOU ARE THREE STEPS AHEAD OF WHERE
04:49:38PM WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
04:49:38PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OKAY.
04:49:40PM >> BUT, YES.
04:49:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BETTER THAN THREE STEPS BEHIND WHICH I
04:49:44PM USUALLY LIVE.
04:49:45PM >> ANY PROGRESS IS GOOD PROGRESS, RIGHT.
04:49:47PM AT THAT POINT IN TIME, YES, WE CAN LOOK HOW IT IS ADDRESSED
04:49:50PM WHETHER IT IS VERTICAL TRANSPORTATION MAXIMIZING.
04:49:56PM I ALWAYS SAY MAXIMIZING THE EXISTING PARKING.
04:50:00PM HOW TO GET THOSE FOLKS FROM THE PARKING LOT TO THE CENTER
04:50:04PM VERTICALLY.
04:50:04PM YOU CAN DO THAT.
04:50:05PM OBVIOUSLY NO SECRET IF YOU WANT TO GO VERTICAL ACROSS TO IT
04:50:14PM AND THE RESPONSIBILITY AS WE GO INTO THAT THIRD STEP DOWN
04:50:18PM THE ROAD, HAVING THAT STUDY FREE A MASTER PLAN PIECE.
04:50:21PM NOT FROM A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO REDO WHETHER IT IS FRANKLIN.
04:50:25PM MAXIMIZING THE DICK GRECO PLAZA AND PUTTING POTENTIALLY A
04:50:30PM VERTICAL LIFT THERE TO GET PEOPLE ACROSS THE STREET.
04:50:33PM PLENTY OF OPTIONS, BUT I AM VERY METHODICAL AND I DIDN'T
04:50:38PM WANT TO SAY, HERE IS THE PRETTY PICTURE.
04:50:40PM HERE IS WHERE I NEED TO GO.
04:50:43PM THAT IS GREAT, DAVID.
04:50:44PM DON'T WANT TO GIVE $2 BILLION OFF OF THAT.
04:50:47PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I DON'T WANT TO NOT SOLVE THE SYSTEMIC
04:50:52PM ISSUE LIKE HARBOUR ISLAND.
04:50:54PM I WANT TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE IT MORE
04:50:57PM PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY.
04:50:57PM AND IF THAT MEANS DOING KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE HAVE WITH THE
04:51:02PM BEER CAN BUILDING WITH THE ELEVATED PARK AREA.
04:51:05PM EGRESS FROM ON SECOND LEVEL ESPECIALLY WITH WATER FRONT.
04:51:15PM >> THERE ARE OPTIONS.
04:51:16PM WE HAVE A FIVE-POUND BAG AND TRYING TO PUT TEN POUNDS.
04:51:20PM AND WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS.
04:51:24PM WE MAY NEVER GET TO THE TWO POUNDS IN THE BAG.
04:51:27PM WE MAY GET TO FOUR POUNDS IN THE BAG WITH THE EXPANSION.
04:51:30PM BUT THAT PROGRESS, WE WILL ALWAYS KEEP THAT IN MIND NO
04:51:33PM MATTER WHAT WE DO OF MINIMIZING THE EXPERIENCE THAT IS A
04:51:36PM PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE AS WELL AS A VEHICULAR EXPERIENCE ON
04:51:40PM FRANKLIN.
04:51:40PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU KNOW YOU WILL HAVE AN AL LIE WITH ME
04:51:43PM WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO DO.
04:51:44PM BUT IT HAS GOT -- HAS TO INCORPORATE SOME KIND OF RELIEF FOR
04:51:48PM -- ESPECIALLY WE ARE LOOKING AT WATER STREET
04:51:52PM PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY.
04:51:53PM OTHER AREAS.
04:51:53PM THAT PARTICULAR AREA IS NOT PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY AND WE HAVE
04:51:56PM THAT CONFLICT THERE.
04:51:57PM AGAIN WITH HARBOUR ISLAND HAVING SUCH A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT
04:52:00PM THERE.
04:52:00PM WHATEVER WE DO, WE HAVE TO BE VERY TUNED IN TO MAKING SURE
04:52:05PM THAT THAT DEVELOPMENT REALLY BLEND IN WITH THE FUTURE LOOK
04:52:08PM AT THE REST OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
04:52:10PM >> I WILL SAY THE ONE COMPONENT IS IF YOU DO PUT A HOTEL
04:52:15PM THOSE PROPERTIES AND LAST TIME WE WERE HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER
04:52:18PM CARLSON ASKED OF THE EMBASSY HAVING ANOTHER TOWER ON THE
04:52:21PM BACK SIDE.
04:52:22PM IF DO YOU TWO HOTELS THERE, THAT AN IMMENSE RECEIVING ON
04:52:29PM VEHICULAR TRAFFIC IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOW 800 TO
04:52:34PM 1,000 ROOMS ALREADY IN THAT LOCATION THAT IS CONNECTED TO
04:52:37PM THE FACILITY WEATHER --
04:52:40PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MAKES SENSE TO ME.
04:52:41PM >> PIE IN THE SKY AND VERTICAL AND YOU ARE ON TOP OF THE
04:52:44PM CONVENTION CENTER.
04:52:45PM VERTICAL CONNECTIONS VIA BRIDGES.
04:52:48PM ALL THOSE THINGS THAT CAN BE COORDINATED PROVIDING THE WHO
04:52:52PM HE IT WILL AND THE CONVENTION CENTER.
04:52:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BEYOND THE BUSINESS OF CONVENTION CENTER
04:52:56PM BECAUSE SMACK THERE ON THE RIVERWALK.
04:52:58PM UP GOT TRANSIENT TRAFFIC GOING BACK AND FORTH FROM THE
04:53:04PM ISLANDS TO DOWNTOWN.
04:53:04PM NOT JUST YOU GUYS LIVING IN A BUBBLE, JUST THE CONVENTION
04:53:08PM CENTER BUSINESS.
04:53:08PM YOU HAVE TO THINK OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT YOU ARE LIVING
04:53:10PM IN.
04:53:11PM THAT'S WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT.
04:53:12PM THE EXPANSION AND DOWNTOWN HE ANY, YOU WILL HAVE AN AL LIE
04:53:15PM WITH ME IF YOU ARE ABLE TO INCORPORATE IT IN SPANNED MAKE IT
04:53:19PM PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
04:53:19PM ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
04:53:23PM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
04:53:25PM >> THANK YOU.
04:53:26PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SO WE ARE AT ITEM 72.
04:53:31PM THIS WILL BE FUN.
04:53:33PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCIL.
04:53:51PM WE ARE HERE TO GIVE YOU HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE
04:54:02PM STORMWATER ON DAVIS ISLAND.
04:54:05PM WING LITTLE BACKGROUND.
04:54:07PM IN MAY 2021, SENATE BILL WAS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE, SO
04:54:13PM THIS IS THE STATEWIDE FLOODING AND SEA LEVEL RISE AND
04:54:17PM RESILIENCY.
04:54:18PM AND ALSO THE FLORIDA -- RESILIENT FLORIDA PROGRAM WAS IN THE
04:54:27PM SAME YEAR.
04:54:28PM GOAL IS TO PREPARE COMMUNITIES IN THE STATE TO
04:54:32PM PREPARE FOR INCREASING FLOOD RISKS, ESPECIALLY DUE TO THE
04:54:38PM CLIMATE TREND AND SEA LEVEL REESE.
04:54:40PM OVER PAST FOUR YEARS, THE PROGRAM HAS SUPPORTED THE MORE
04:54:51PM THAN 300 PLANNING EFFORTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND THIS IS
04:54:55PM ONE OF THOSE.
04:54:56PM DATA COLLECTION AND ASSESSMENT EFFORT.
04:54:58PM AND I WOULD SAY THIS IS A PLANNING OF THE PLANNING -- 70ING
04:55:04PM THE FOUNDATION FOR NEXT STEP, DEVELOPMENT OF THE STRATEGY.
04:55:13PM WITH THAT I WILL HAND IT OVER.
04:55:15PM >> THANK YOU.
04:55:16PM APPLIED SCIENCES.
04:55:19PM THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION TO BE HERE TODAY.
04:55:21PM WE HAVE ACTUALLY A BRIEF PRESENTATION TO SHARE YOU WITH.
04:55:24PM KIND OF GO OVER SOME OF POINTS.
04:55:27PM SO WE ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE BACKGROUND.
04:55:31PM SOME BIG PICTURE ELEMENTS OF WHY WE DID THE STUDY.
04:55:34PM AND THEN SOME OF THE FINDINGS.
04:55:36PM AS SHE MENTIONED BACK IN TO BE 2021, STATE OF FLORIDA
04:55:43PM MADE RESILIENCE MONEY THROUGHOUT THE STATE TO APPLY AND LOOK
04:55:51PM AT VULNERABILITIES AND RESILIENCY CHALLENGES FROM SEA LEVEL
04:55:55PM RISE AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN GENERAL AND THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS
04:55:58PM APPLIED TO A NUMBER OF NOSE GRANTS AND SUCCESSFULLY GOT
04:56:02PM THEM.
04:56:03PM ONE OF THE ONE APPLIED TO LOOK SPECIFICALLY AT OUTFALLS IN
04:56:07PM THE CITY OF TAMPA.
04:56:08PM CITY HAS ABOUT 500 OUTFALLS THROUGH THE CITY AND WE PICKED
04:56:13PM DAVIS ISLAND AS ONE OF THE AREAS TO ACTUALLY DO THE STUDY.
04:56:16PM BACK IN 2019, THE CLIMATE SCIENCE ADVISORY PANEL.
04:56:20PM TAMPA.
04:56:22PM TAMPA'S CLIMATE SCIENCE ADVISORY PANEL LOOKED AT OR PROJECT
04:56:28PM IT WOULD BE AT ABOUT ONLY 6 INCHES OF SEA LEVEL RISE BY 2040
04:56:35PM AND AVERAGE OF TWO FEET BY 2070.
04:56:43PM AND NOAA UPDATED NUMBERS EVEN HIGHER.
04:56:49PM THOSE NUMBERS GOT HIGHER A LITTLE BIT AND NOW WE ARE LOOKING
04:56:53PM CLOSER TO 0.86 CLOSER TO 10 INCHES BY 2040 WHICH IS IN 15
04:56:59PM YEARS.
04:56:59PM IN 2070, OVER 2.62 FEET.
04:57:07PM THAT AN ADDITIVE.
04:57:08PM WE ARE ADDING THAT TO THE STILL WATER LEVEL.
04:57:11PM IF YOU WANT TO THINK OF DATA LIKE -- WE ARE LOOKING CLOSER
04:57:14PM TO 4.62 FEET IN AVD.
04:57:17PM KEEP THAT NUMBER IN MIND, BECAUSE MOST OF DAVIS ISLAND AND
04:57:23PM MOST OF THE COASTLINE IN THE CITY IS BELOW THAT ELEVATION.
04:57:26PM THERE IS ABOUT 500 OUTFALLS THROUGH THE CITY AND DAVIS
04:57:34PM ISLAND WAS ONE OF THE COASTAL AREAS IDENTIFIED.
04:57:36PM ALSO IDENTIFIED IN THE COASTAL AREA ACTION PLAN.
04:57:39PM ALSO IDENTIFIED IN THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
04:57:41PM THAT -- THAT THE CITY DID.
04:57:43PM AND ALSO IN THE -- IN THE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT.
04:57:47PM SO ON DAVIS ISLAND GIVEN THE CANALS AND COAST LINES, WE HAVE
04:57:55PM 80 OUTFALLS.
04:57:57PM SURVEY COMPANY SERVE TECH WAS THE LEAD ON THIS PROJECT.
04:58:01PM THEY WENT OUT AND WENT FROM WATER, FROM LAND, USING ALL THE
04:58:05PM TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY HAVE TO IF HE CAN OUT WHAT IS THE MOST
04:58:08PM EFFECTIVE WAY AND HOW MANY CREW MEMBERS WOULD IT TAKE TO DO
04:58:12PM THE SURVEY.
04:58:13PM THEY WENT OUT AND DID A GREAT JOB AND LOOKED AT LOW LYING
04:58:22PM AREAS.
04:58:23PM ABOUT FOUR, FOUR AND A HALF FEET ELEVATION.
04:58:32PM ADALIA WITH FLOODING ON THE ISLAND DURING THAT EVENT.
04:58:39PM SOME OF ITEMS THAT WERE LOOKED AT, OR THE TOOLS THAT WERE
04:58:42PM LOOKED AT TO DEAL WITH THIS IS THE TYPE OF GAUGE OR BLACK
04:58:45PM FLOW PREVENTERS.
04:58:47PM THE CITY ALREADY HAS SOME.
04:58:48PM >> IN PLACE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
04:58:51PM THIS PICTURE IS FROM THE CITY OF ST. PETE WITH AN
04:58:54PM APPLICATION IN SHORE ACRES.
04:58:56PM MOST OF PIPES THAT WERE FOUND IN THE CITY -- I MEAN ON DAVIS
04:59:01PM ISLAND WERE CLOSER TO 12-INCH AND 15-INCH AND 18-INCH THAT
04:59:06PM WOULD LEND ITSELF TO SUCH AN APPLICATION.
04:59:09PM I MENTIONED THE BACK FLOW PREVENTERS.
04:59:14PM WE ALSO LOOKED AND WE MADE THE RECOMMENDATION TO LOOK AT THE
04:59:18PM ELEVATION OF THE ROADWAYS.
04:59:20PM A LOT OF THE ROADWAYS ARE BELOW THE FOUR FEET THAT WE TALKED
04:59:24PM ABOUT.
04:59:24PM SOME OF THEM ARE TWO AND A HALF.
04:59:25PM SOME OF THEM ARE THREE.
04:59:26PM THE BACK FLOW WILL WORK WELL AGAINST RISING TIDES.
04:59:32PM AS SEA LEVEL RISES.
04:59:34PM IT WILL BY HAS IN AND BREAK UP THE PAYMENT AND THE ROADS
04:59:38PM THEMSELVES NEED TO BE ELEVATED AND SAME THING THAT MIAMI IS
04:59:44PM DEALING WITH.
04:59:44PM BROWARD COUNTY.
04:59:45PM OTHER FACILITIES IN THE CITY ARE HAPPY TO DISCUSS THAT AS
04:59:49PM WELL.
04:59:49PM ALSO ORDINANCES, RIGHT.
04:59:51PM WE HAVE ORDINANCES THAT ARE NEEDED TO DEAL WITH SEAWALLS.
04:59:54PM IF THE SEAWALL IS AT FOUR FEET IN A CERTAIN SPOT AND DROPS
05:00:00PM TO TWO FEET IN ANOTHER ONE, THAT WILL CREATE A
05:00:02PM VULNERABILITY.
05:00:02PM AND THAT ELEVATIONS AND LET ALONE HURRICANES AND OTHER MAJOR
05:00:09PM EVENTS WILL GO THROUGH THIS.
05:00:11PM SOMETHING WE RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY CAN LOOK AT.
05:00:13PM AND, OF COURSE, EDUCATION AND EXTENDING THE DIFFERENCE
05:00:17PM BETWEEN CIP, FLOODING VERSUS TIDAL FLOODING VERSUS
05:00:22PM HURRICANES.
05:00:22PM AND CONTINUED H&H MODELING.
05:00:28PM THAT THE HIGH-LEVEL PRESENTATION HERE.
05:00:30PM AND WE WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THANK YOU.
05:00:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
05:00:37PM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
05:00:38PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
05:00:40PM YOU KNOW DAVIS ISLAND IS INTERESTING, BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT
05:00:43PM THE HISTORY,S MAN-MADE.
05:00:44PM IT WAS LITTLE GRASSY KEY AND BIG GRASSY KEY.
05:00:48PM AND IT WAS MUD DREDGE FROM THE BOTTOM THE TAMPA BAY TO FILL
05:00:54PM IN, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HAVE TODAY IN THE 1920s WITH THE
05:00:57PM FLORIDA LAND BOOM.
05:01:02PM AND A RESORT COMMUNITY WITH RESIDENTIAL AND HOTELS AND WHAT
05:01:04PM NOT.
05:01:05PM HAVING SAID ALL THAT, THE ISLAND IS SEPARATED.
05:01:08PM ISLANDS ARE SEPARATED BY CANALS.
05:01:11PM AND THEY ARE NOT ORIGINAL, BECAUSE OF THE CREATION OF THE
05:01:15PM AIRPORT AT THE ENDS.
05:01:16PM I KNOW ONE OF THE CANALS WAS FILLED IN AND CLOSED OFF TO
05:01:19PM CREATE MORE LAND FOR A RUNWAY, WHICH BRINGS ME TO THIS
05:01:27PM POINT.
05:01:27PM DAVIS ISLAND IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOODS IN
05:01:30PM TAMPA, PERIOD.
05:01:32PM IF YOU TELL ME GO PICK A HOUSE THERE IS.
05:01:34PM 100 DIFFERENT HOUSES THAT I LOVE.
05:01:36PM BUT IT IS ALSO FRUSTRATING BECAUSE OF THE MANMADE DESIGN AND
05:01:42PM THE UNNATURAL HABITAT.
05:01:44PM YOU HAVE THE ISSUES WITH FLOODING.
05:01:46PM BECAUSE AS WE HAVE SEEN IN THE LAST HURRICANES WHICH WAS --
05:01:53PM IT WAS IT HELENE BEFORE WITH THE STORM SURGE.
05:01:56PM I MEAN THAT WHOLE ISLAND WAS FLOODED AND UNDER WATER AND I
05:02:01PM WAS ABLE TO GO CHECK IT OUT I THINK THE NEXT DAY WHEN ROADS
05:02:05PM WERE OPEN AND FORECAST AND DOCUMENT AND TALK TO PEOPLE.
05:02:08PM SOMETHING THAT I NEVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE.
05:02:10PM NOW WHAT YOU SHOWED ME HERE WITH REGARDS OF HOW THIS PUMP
05:02:16PM THE WATER OUT.
05:02:16PM KEEP IT FLOWING AND WHATNOT.
05:02:18PM WE CAN ONLY.
05:02:19PM TECHNOLOGY CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH.
05:02:21PM WHEN YOU HAVE THAT STORM SURGE, YOU KNOW, IT IS GOING TO
05:02:25PM OVERWHELM THE SYSTEM.
05:02:27PM IN THE MEANTIME WHEN IT RAINS, A SUMMER RAIN OR AFTERNOON
05:02:30PM RAIN, THE TECHNOLOGY YOU ARE SHOWING HERE ALREADY HELP IN
05:02:34PM KEEPING THE ROADS PASSABLE AND KEEPING THAT WATER OUT.
05:02:37PM BUT IT IS AN UNIQUE AND TRICKY SITUATION BECAUSE IT -- IT
05:02:41PM WAS MAN-MADE.
05:02:42PM YOU KNOW.
05:02:43PM IN THAT -- YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE OF THAT -- TO FIGHT MOTHER
05:02:46PM NATURE AS WEST BEST THAT YOU CAN.
05:02:48PM YOUR PRESENTATION SHOWED ME AND GAVE ME A BETTER
05:02:51PM UNDERSTANDING OF TECHNOLOGY USED IN KEEPING THAT -- THAT
05:02:54PM AREA AS DRY AS POSSIBLE.
05:02:56PM SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
05:02:57PM >>SPEAKER: YOU ARE WELCOME.
05:02:58PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
05:03:01PM >>BILL CARLSON: I WANT TO SAY AND SEPTEMBER UP THE GENESIS
05:03:03PM OF THIS REQUEST.
05:03:04PM I APPRECIATE YOU ALL RESPONDING SO QUICKLY.
05:03:07PM GENESIS OF THE REQUEST WAS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN WAS
05:03:10PM AT A MEETING IN --
05:03:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I REMEMBER IT WELL.
05:03:13PM >>BILL CARLSON: IN HYDE PARK.
05:03:17PM HE AND I CAN THE TALK ABOUT IT.
05:03:20PM A CONSTITUENT ASKED HIM WHAT HE KNEW ABOUT IT.
05:03:23PM AND WE DIDN'T HAVE IT.
05:03:26PM NOW WE HAVE IT.
05:03:32PM IT WILL BE GREAT IF WE GOT THAT KIND OF INFORMATION.
05:03:34PM THERE'S A MEETING A THE DAVIS ISLAND'S CIVIC ASSOCIATION
05:03:40PM A LE OF NIGHTS AGO.
05:03:43PM SHE WAS THERE AND OTHER CITY STAFF I HAVE BEEN TO A LOT OF
05:03:51PM MEETING WITH THE STORMWATER STAFF AND THEY ARE NOT EASY AND
05:03:54PM PEOPLE ASK TOUGH QUESTIONS.
05:03:55PM GREAT TO HAVE EXPERTS IN THE ROOM TO ANSWER QUESTIONS TO ITS
05:04:00PM PUBLIC.
05:04:01PM AND ALSO, DEBBIE ZAMERMAN IS THERE WHO IS HEAD OF THE DAVIS
05:04:07PM ISLAND CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
05:04:09PM AND I'M SURE SHE WILL BE ASKING YOU ALL SOME QUESTIONS AND
05:04:12PM MAY ASK YOU GO PRESENT SOME TIME.
05:04:15PM MY FINAL QUESTION AND THIS CAME FROM THE DISCUSSION THE
05:04:20PM OTHER NIGHT.
05:04:20PM BEN INEPT ONCE SAID THAT THE MONEY CAME FROM CLIMATE CHANGE
05:04:24PM FUNDS.
05:04:24PM YOU MENTIONED CLIMATE CHANGE A COUPLE OF TIMES IN HERE.
05:04:27PM WHEN I HEAR "CLIMATE CHANGE," I AM THINKING THERE ARE SOME
05:04:31PM THINGS HAPPENING NOW, BUT MANY OF THEM ARE HAPPENING IN THE
05:04:35PM FAR FUTURE.
05:04:35PM IF YOU WERE DOING A PLAN OR AN ANALYSIS FOR A CURRENT FRESH
05:04:39PM WATER FLOODING OR FOR SURGE NOW, WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
05:04:45PM DIFFERENT OF THIS ANALYSIS HAD IT BEEN FUNDED TO TRY TO
05:04:48PM AFFECT THE STORMS NOW.
05:04:49PM THE OTHER DAY WE HAD -- ONE OF THE TV STATIONS SAID --
05:04:54PM COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, THEY FIT THEIR 600-YEAR STORM WITHIN
05:04:59PM LAST YEAR.
05:04:59PM SINCE WE ARE GETTING THESE HEAVY STORMS, HOW APPLICABLE IS
05:05:04PM THIS TO WHAT WE NEED TO DO RIGHT NOW?
05:05:06PM >> SO I WILL TRY TO BE BRIEF IN MY ANSWER.
05:05:09PM THE SHORT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS, YES, WE ARE TRYING TO
05:05:16PM TAKE INTO THAT CONSIDERATION TODAY AS WE ARE DOING OUR
05:05:19PM STUDIES.
05:05:19PM AS I MENTIONED IN THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION, WHEN WE
05:05:23PM STARTED OUR STUDY IN 2019, THE PROJECTIONS FOR SEA LEVEL
05:05:28PM RISE WAS DIFFERENT THAN THE ONES WE WERE -- WE HAD TO USE IN
05:05:31PM 2022.
05:05:32PM AND THAT IS A MOVING TARGET FOR US, THE WHOLE SEA LEVEL RISE
05:05:37PM ITEM.
05:05:37PM WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW IS YOU CIP FLOODING AS
05:05:42PM YOU ALLUDED TO IN THE BEGINNING IS AFFECT BY HOW HIGH THE
05:05:47PM WATER IS WHERE WE ARE DISCHARGE TOO.
05:05:49PM AND THAT IS THE SEA LEVEL RISE ISSUE.
05:05:51PM SEA LEVEL RISE ISSUE ALSO COMES INTO PLAY WITH THE KING
05:05:54PM TIDES THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING.
05:05:55PM AND EVERYBODY THAT LIVES ON ITS COASTAL COMMUNITY WILL TELL
05:05:59PM YOU, THAT YEAR AFTER YEAR THE KING TIDES ARE GETTING HIGHER
05:06:04PM AND HIGHER WHERE THE BLACK FLOW PREVENTERS ARE AS A BAND-AID
05:06:08PM IN DEALING WITH THE FLOODING THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING IN OUR
05:06:12PM COASTAL AREAS.
05:06:13PM THEY ARE NOT THE SOLUTION, BUT JUST A SHORT-TERM BAND AID
05:06:17PM FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD.
05:06:18PM I HAVE A LITTLE PROTOTYPE HERE WITH ME OF A -- OF A BACK
05:06:23PM FLOW PREVENTER.
05:06:25PM EVERY STORMWATER ENGINEER SHOULD CARRY ONE WITH THEM, RIGHT,
05:06:29PM TO HAVE A PUBLIC EDUCATION.
05:06:31PM BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS AFTER A WHILE, AS THE SEA LEVEL RISES
05:06:35PM ARE IT IS GOING TO GO AROUND THESE BACK FLOW, AND SOAK UP
05:06:40PM THE GROUND AND FORCE US TO RAISE OUR ROADS WHICH IS
05:06:43PM HAPPENING IN MIAMI BEACH AND MIAMI, BILLIONS ARE BEING SPENT
05:06:47PM ON INFRASTRUCTURE, BUMPS AND OTHER ITEMS TO PROTECT THE AREA
05:06:50PM AND RAISE THIS.
05:06:51PM AND REASON IS TO DEAL WITH THE -- WITH THE FUTURE, RECEIPT.
05:06:54PM SO WE WILL WANT TO BUILD THESE STRUCTURES FOR 30 YEARS
05:06:58PM LIFESPAN.
05:06:58PM IF WE ARE GOING TO BUILD THEM FOR THERE ARE LIFESPAN OF 30
05:07:01PM YEARS, WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY WILL BE SERVICING IN 30
05:07:05PM YEARS.
05:07:05PM HARD TO MAKE THESE PROJECTIONS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
05:07:07PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
05:07:10PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
05:07:11PM I THINK WHAT A LOT OF FOLKS -- AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS.
05:07:14PM I AM GLAD THIS STUDY WAS DOWN.
05:07:22PM I REALLY LOVE THE VISUALS.
05:07:26PM HAVEN'T KNOWN OF THE BLACK FLOW.
05:07:28PM >> PREVENTERS.
05:07:30PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT WAS FASCINATING.
05:07:32PM IDEA -- I GUESS YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW.
05:07:36PM I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS.
05:07:40PM WE ARE NOT HAVING TO DIG UP.
05:07:43PM PUT DOWN.
05:07:44PM IN TERMS -- SO THE QUESTION FOR ME IS WHAT IS THE COST OF
05:07:49PM PUTTING ONE OF THOSE IN.
05:07:51PM LIKE THE AVERAGE COST.
05:07:52PM WHAT WOULD A TIMELINE LIKE -- DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE TO DO
05:07:55PM THIS WORK?
05:07:56PM OR SISTER HAD JUST A STUDY IN FROM THEM.
05:07:58PM DO THE CITY NEED TO PLAN THAT.
05:08:02PM FIRST ONE ABOUT AVERAGE FOR A PIPE THAT ALREADY EXISTS.
05:08:06PM EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, NORMAL, WHAT WOULD IT COST TO PUT ONE
05:08:10PM OF THOSE IN.
05:08:10PM >> THE CITY ALREADY HAS TEN OF THEM IN PLACE.
05:08:13PM >>LYNN HURTAK: OH.
05:08:14PM >> THEY COST ON AVERAGE BETWEEN -- ABOUT $50,000 TO ACTUALLY
05:08:19PM PUT IN PLACE.
05:08:20PM >>LYNN HURTAK: OH, WOW.
05:08:21PM ALL THINGS BEING SAID, THAT IS PRETTY CHEAP.
05:08:24PM SO THAT IS INTERESTING.
05:08:26PM OBVIOUSLY THE MUCH BIGGER EXPENSE IS THE ROAD.
05:08:32PM AND WHAT CONCERNS ME OF THE ROAD AND THIS IS WHAT I NEVER
05:08:35PM UNDERSTOOD ABOUT MIAMI BEACH IS YOU ARE ELEVATING THE ROAD
05:08:41PM AND DOESN'T HELP THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE'S HOMES THAT ARE
05:08:43PM BELOW THAT ELEVATION.
05:08:45PM SO AS THE WATER COMES UP, THAT WILL MESS WITH NOT ONLY OUR
05:08:51PM ROADS BUT DOES THAT IMPACT THE FOUNDATION OF HOMES?
05:08:56PM >> SORT OF, BUT YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, BECAUSE IT IS NOT
05:08:59PM JUST THE ROADS, BUT THE ACT SENSE FROM MIAMI BEACH HAS A LOT
05:09:09PM OF BUSINESSES ON THE ROAD AND SUMP PUMP THE WATER AND HAVE
05:09:12PM IT ACTIVATED FOR EVERY SINGLE RAIN EVENT.
05:09:16PM IT IS EXPENSIVE.
05:09:17PM PRETTY EXPENSIVE.
05:09:18PM THEY ARE ON THE FOREFRONT OF THIS.
05:09:20PM INTERESTING PART ABOUT THIS IS, AS THAT PROJECT EVOLVED,
05:09:26PM DESIGN TEAM AND THE CITY AND EVERYBODY LEARNED OF BETTER
05:09:29PM WAYS TO DO THIS.
05:09:30PM STILL EVOLVING.
05:09:31PM THERE IS MORE -- ACTUALLY A NEW LANGUAGE THAT CAME OUT.
05:09:34PM WE ARE TALKING OF HARMONIZING WITH THE BUSINESSES.
05:09:37PM HARMONIZING TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING FITS TOGETHER.
05:09:41PM SOMETHING THAT WE ALL NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THAT US IN
05:09:47PM GENERAL AS MUSEUMS WE HAVEN'T FACE IT BEFORE AND WE ARE
05:09:52PM FACING IT NOW AND TRYING TO DEAL WITH IT THE BEST WE CAN.
05:09:54PM ONE OTHER POINT,
05:09:55PM WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND WITH THE BACK FLOW PREVENTS, THEY
05:09:59PM ARE PREVENTING THE TIDE FROM COMING BACK, BUT THEY ARE
05:10:05PM MAKING THE FLOOD FROM STORMWATER A LITTLE BIT WORSE TO GET
05:10:09PM OUT BECAUSE THEY NEED TO HAVE A HEAD TO ACTUALLY DRIVE IT
05:10:12PM OUT.
05:10:12PM AND MOST PEOPLE FORGET ABOUT THAT IN THE PROCESS.
05:10:16PM SO WE NEED TO ALSO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE ARE LOOKING AT
05:10:20PM PLACES THAT DON'T USUALLY FLOOD FROM STORMWATER -- A
05:10:26PM EVERYDAY STORM AND PUT THESE FLOOD BLACK FLOW PREVENTERS AND
05:10:32PM AGGRAVATING STORMWATER WHILE STORM SURGE CONDITION.
05:10:36PM >>LYNN HURTAK: ONE MORE QUESTION AND AS YOU ARE TALKING
05:10:39PM ABOUT THIS AND SAYING MIAMI AND MIAMI BEACH SPECIFICALLY ARE
05:10:42PM THE ONES THAT HAVE TRULY ON THE FOREFRONT OF THIS AGAIN WE
05:10:46PM ARE THAT THE THAT FAR AWAY.
05:10:47PM A POSSIBILITY OF EITHER HAVING SOMEONE OPINION FROM THEIR
05:10:49PM STORMWATER TEAM COME AND TALK TO US?
05:10:52PM OR DO THEY ALREADY HAVE VIDEOS OUT?
05:10:55PM I AM SURE YOU KNOW THEM.
05:10:56PM AT THIS POINT IT IS A SMALL GROUP.
05:10:58PM AND IN THIS STATEMENT, IT IS DEALING WITH IT.
05:11:02PM I THINK IT WILL BE REALLY INTERESTING FOR US AND THE PUBLIC
05:11:07PM TO SORT OF LEARN WHAT MIAMI BEACH HAS DONE SOMETIMES IT IS
05:11:12PM BETTER NOT TO BE THE FIRST.
05:11:13PM WE DON'T EVER HAVE TO DO THIS BUT WE ARE THERE AND LEARNING
05:11:16PM FROM THEM.
05:11:16PM OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE BRINGING THIS INFORMATION THERE HEAR WHAT
05:11:25PM YOU ARE SAYING OF HARMONIZATION.
05:11:27PM HAVING A HARD TIME VISUALIZING IT.
05:11:30PM IF YOU KNOW OF ANY YOUTUBE VIDEO THAT YOU CAN POINT US TOO
05:11:34PM TO ARE IF THEY HAVE STUFF ON THEIR WEB SITE AND GET THEM TO
05:11:38PM COME AND GIVE A PRESENTATION, I THINK THAT WILL BE
05:11:41PM INCREDIBLY VALUABLE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS BECAUSE I,
05:11:45PM WHILE I HEAR YOU, I SIMPLY CANNOT PICTURE IT.
05:11:48PM HE WANT TO BE UNDERSTAND IT MORE PAZ WE DIVE INTO WHAT WE
05:11:51PM ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO NEXT.
05:11:53PM SO THANK YOU.
05:11:53PM >> SO APPLIED SCIENCE WAS FORTUNATE TO BE INVOLVED WITH THE
05:11:59PM MIAMI BEACH PROJECT.
05:12:00PM WE DID A LOT OF THE H&H MODELING WITH THE PROJECT AND WE
05:12:04PM CAN SHARE CAN STAFF AND THEY CAN SHARE WITH COUNCIL SOME OF
05:12:07PM THE INFORMATION WE HAVE GATHERED FROM THAT PROJECT.
05:12:10PM AND WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO PAIN QUESTIONS FOR YOU IN THE
05:12:12PM FUTURE ON IT IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
05:12:14PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
05:12:14PM I APPRECIATE THAT.
05:12:15PM ANYTHING YOU HAVE WILL ALLOW ME TO VISUALIZE IT WOULD BE
05:12:18PM AWESOME.
05:12:19PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
05:12:21PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT'S OKAY.
05:12:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
05:12:31PM >>BILL CARLSON: WE HAVE BEEN TALKING OF WATER FLOODING THE
05:12:36PM LAST MONTH SINCE THE STORMS.
05:12:37PM WE HAVEN'T TALKED A LOT ABOUT STORM SURGE.
05:12:39PM AT SOME POINT ESPECIALLY WITH DAVIS ISLAND WE WILL HAVE TO
05:12:44PM TALK ABOUT THAT.
05:12:44PM YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IF THE WATER HITS.
05:12:47PM WHAT ARE SOLUTIONS TO PREVENT THE WATER FROM HITTING.
05:12:54PM HAWAII AND JAPAN THAT ARE PRONE TO TSUNAMI.
05:12:58PM THEY PUT CONCRETE BARRIERS IN THE WATER.
05:13:02PM THIS IS A DIFFERENT PHENOMENON.
05:13:04PM I DON'T WANT TO GET TO OTHER PROPOSALS.
05:13:07PM OTHER PARTS OF WORLD HAVE DEALT WITH THIS.
05:13:09PM I KNOW IT IS EXPENSIVE.
05:13:11PM BUT AT SOME POINT WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT.
05:13:14PM WHOEVER ENDS UP HEADING THE DEPARTMENT.
05:13:18PM >> NETHERLANDS ARE ON THE FOREFRONT OF THAT GIVEN THEIR
05:13:24PM TOPOGRAPHY.
05:13:25PM AND THEY HAVE THAT TECHNOLOGY IN PLACE AND TESTED.
05:13:27PM LESSONS LEARNED.
05:13:29PM WHAT WORKS FOR THEM AND DIDN'T WORK AS WELL.
05:13:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I APPRECIATE THE FACT YOU BROUGHT FORTH
05:13:36PM THE ISSUE OF THE BLACK FLOW PREVENTERS THAT IT IS A
05:13:40PM DOUBLE-EDGED STORM.
05:13:41PM SOLVE ONE PROBLEM BUT MAY CREATE ANOTHER PROBLEM.
05:13:46PM I LIVE SO CLOSE BUT TO FAR FROM DAVIS ISLAND.
05:13:50PM DO WE HAVE FRESH WATER FLOOD CAN ISSUE WHERE YOU IT IS GOING
05:13:54PM INTO HOMES LIKE WE DO IN PARKLAND ESTATES AND OTHER PLACES.
05:13:58PM DAVIS ISLAND HAVE A FRESH WATER PROBLEM?
05:14:02PM >> THEY OBVIOUSLY HAD A LOT OF FLOODING FROM HELENE.
05:14:04PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: STORM SURGE.
05:14:08PM >> SOME FROM MILTON THEY DID.
05:14:10PM COMPARED TO OTHER PLACES IN THE CITY, I DON'T THINK --
05:14:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BECAUSE CANALS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
05:14:14PM AS LONG AS THE STORMWATER -- SEAWATER DOESN'T COME OUT.
05:14:19PM PLENTY OF ACCESS FOR THE WATER TO FLOW OUT THROUGH INSTEAD
05:14:23PM OF OTHER AREAS LIKE FOREST MILLS BOWLS WHERE IS FRESH WATER
05:14:27PM GETS TRAPPED.
05:14:28PM DAVIS ISLAND IS MORE VULNERABLE BECAUSE OF THE SALT WATER
05:14:33PM ISSUE WITH THE KING TIDES.
05:14:34PM I LIVE IN THE MOST VULNERABLE PLACES IN TAMPA BECAUSE
05:14:37PM SOMEBODY SNEEZES.
05:14:40PM I AM THE LOW POINT OF BAYSHORE.
05:14:42PM SO I GET IT.
05:14:43PM I WATCH IS IT EVERY TIME AND HOLD MY BREATH.
05:14:46PM VERY GOOD.
05:14:46PM ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS?
05:14:47PM THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
05:14:48PM I APPRECIATE IT.
05:14:49PM I THINK WE ARE DOWN TO ONE MORE.
05:14:52PM ITEM 74.
05:14:56PM >>LUIS VIERA: MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY.
05:15:01PM CAN I MAKE A -- CAN I MAKE A QUICK -- VERY, VERY QUICK
05:15:05PM MOTION WOULD THAT BE OKAY?
05:15:07PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY TO OBJECTION?
05:15:09PM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
05:15:10PM >>LUIS VIERA: IT WAS -- I WANT TO SPECIFICALLY REQUEST --
05:15:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU HAVE SOMETHING GOING ON TONIGHT.
05:15:17PM >>LUIS VIERA: I CAN'T SAME UP HERE, TRUST ME.
05:15:20PM I WANT TO SUGGEST FOR JUNE 26, THAT THE PROJECT MANAGER BE
05:15:25PM REQUESTED TO BE HERE WITH CHIEF TRIPP TO ADDITIONALLY TALK
05:15:29PM ABOUT FIRE STATION 24.
05:15:32PM I WATCHED SOME OF THE FEBRUARY 6, 2025 MEETING.
05:15:42PM IT BEGINS 11:30.
05:15:46PM I WOULD WATCH IT. IT WAS INDICATED THAT THE GROUNDBREAKING
05:15:51PM WOULD BE AROUND MARCH OF 2026.
05:15:52PM AND THEN STEPS WERE TAKEN AND STEPS WERE
05:15:55PM HIGHLIGHTED THAT WOULD EXPEDITE THAT INCLUDING THE
05:15:57PM HIRING OF THE PROJECT MANAGER TO HELP EXPEDITE THE PROCESS.
05:16:01PM AND -- AND IN DIFFERENT THINGS THAT GUILT THROUGH THERE.
05:16:05PM NOT TO TAKE PEOPLE'S TIMES.
05:16:07PM AGAIN THINGS WERE HIGHLIGHTED TO EX-PETITION DIET --
05:16:13PM EXPEDITE IT.
05:16:14PM NOW WE ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT.
05:16:15PM >>LYNN HURTAK: CAN YOU SAY THE DATE AND TIME.
05:16:17PM >>LUIS VIERA: FEBRUARY 62025 WAS ITS HEARING.
05:16:21PM AND AROUND 11:30 AROUND 11:40 WHEN FOLKS WERE TALKING ABOUT
05:16:26PM IT.
05:16:27PM 11:40 OR SORE.
05:16:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA TO ADD
05:16:32PM A REQUEST TO THE FIRE STATION 24 PROJECT WILL MANAGER TO HE
05:16:37PM A TENDS.
05:16:37PM IS THE PROJECT MANAGER ON THERE?
05:16:39PM >>LUIS VIERA: I GUESS I WANTED TO MAKE MY FINDING --
05:16:43PM DISREGARD.
05:16:44PM >>LYNN HURTAK: LITERALLY SAYS FIRE CHIEF, DIRECTOR OF
05:16:48PM CONTRACT ADMIN AND THE PROJECT MANAGER.
05:16:52PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: QUESTION HAS BEEN ASKED AND ANSWERED.
05:16:54PM >>LUIS VIERA: OBJECTION GRANTED.
05:16:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, YOU ARE EXCUSED.
05:17:01PM MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 74.
05:17:05PM >>DENNIS FERNANDEZ: GOOD EVENING, DENNIS FERNANDEZ.
05:17:08PM ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW AND PRESERVATION MANAGER.
05:17:11PM I PROVIDED A MEMO SUMMARIZING ACTIVITIES RELATING TO THE
05:17:18PM PARKING LOTS COMPLIANCE IN YBOR CITY.
05:17:23PM I WANTED TO COME BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN SOME ACTIVITY EVEN
05:17:26PM SINCE I SUBMITTED THE MEMO.
05:17:28PM THERE WAS A CODE HEARING YESTERDAY AND SOME OF THE NUMBERS
05:17:38PM ARE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WAS SUBMITTED ON MAY 23.
05:17:42PM JUST REAL BRIEFLY TO REMIND YOU OF THE MOTION WE ARE HERE TO
05:17:45PM DEAL WITH.
05:17:46PM I DID SPEAK WITH KEITH O'CONNOR WHO WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND
05:17:49PM TODAY.
05:17:50PM IN SUMMARIZING HIS ACTIVITIES WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT.
05:17:53PM HE DID CONFIRM THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT IS STILL CONDUCTING
05:17:59PM REOCCURRING INSPECTIONS OF PAID PARKING HOSPITAL EVERY TWO
05:18:02PM WEEK.
05:18:02PM THEY HAVE NOT OBSERVED ANY REPORTS ANY OF THE LOTS
05:18:09PM BEING OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITY ENVIRONMENTS OF
05:18:12PM THE CODE.
05:18:12PM SO WHEN THEY ARE ON SITE, THEY ARE INSPECTORS ARE ON-SITE.
05:18:17PM 27-178 ARE BEING MEANT.
05:18:21PM WITH RELATION TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF CERTIFICATES OF
05:18:28PM APPROPRIATENESS.
05:18:29PM WE BEGAN THIS PROCESS WITH DISCUSSION AND OUTREACH PRIOR TO
05:18:34PM THE CODE BEING ADOPTED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO SUMMER OF 2023.
05:18:43PM ENGAGED PARKING LOT OWNERS AT THAT TIME.
05:18:48PM WE WENT TO THE ENFORCEMENT TO GAIN COMPLIANCE.
05:18:51PM 24 CASES BACK IN APRIL OF 24.
05:18:55PM THOSE VARIOUS CASES WERE HEARD IN JULY AND SEPTEMBER OF
05:19:00PM 2024.
05:19:00PM THERE WAS 20 CASE AS THE THAT TIME.
05:19:02PM THREE WERE DISMISSED OR COMPLIED.
05:19:06PM ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE THE PARKING LOT OPERATORS CEASED
05:19:11PM OPERATION OF THOSE AS PAID PARKING LOTS.
05:19:13PM THAT WAS FOR VARIOUS REASONS EITHER THEY DID NOT WANT TO
05:19:19PM BRING ITS LOTS IN COMPLIANCE OR THERE WAS ACTUALLY NEW
05:19:23PM CONSTRUCTION PLANNED FOR ITS LOTS THAT WOULD NEGATE THAT
05:19:27PM USE.
05:19:27PM 17 OF THOSE LOTS WERE FOUND IN VIOLATION OF THE REQUIREMENTS
05:19:32PM FOR SPECIFICATIONS, I DID MENTION BUFFERS AND WHATNOT.
05:19:36PM AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THOSE STARTED IN FEBRUARY 2025.
05:19:40PM MOST OF THOSE LOTS RECEIVED A $100-A-DAY FINE.
05:19:48PM OF THOSE 17 LOTS IN VIOLATION AT THIS TIME, EIGHT HOSPITALS
05:19:55PM SUBSEQUENTLY BEEN ISSUED CERTIFICATES APPROPRIATENESS.
05:20:00PM ISSUED IS NOT THE MOST APPROPRIATE TERM.
05:20:04PM SOME HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED CERTIFICATE OF THE
05:20:08PM APPROPRIATENESS AND DEVIATED WHAT IS THE CONFIGURATION ON
05:20:12PM THOSE.
05:20:12PM AND ENFORCE TO GET THEM BACK TO THE PARAMETERS.
05:20:17PM SEVEN ESSENTIALLY RETURNED AFFIDAVITS NOT USING THE LOTS FOR
05:20:21PM PARKING ANYMORE AS JUST MENTIONED.
05:20:24PM TWO HOSPITALS REMAIN NONCOMPLIANT.
05:20:27PM ONE SOMEBODY ENGAGED IN A PROCESS SCHEDULED TO GO TO THE
05:20:31PM BARRIO LATINO COMMISSION IN JULY.
05:20:33PM IN ADDITION, UNDER THE CODE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE ADOPTED BY
05:20:39PM COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR AND WENT BE INTO EFFECT IN
05:20:43PM OCTOBER, EACH YEAR ON JANUARY 1, THE OPERATORS ARE REQUIRED
05:20:47PM TO SUBMIT PAN ANNUAL OPERATION AND SECURITY PLAN A NEW
05:20:59PM CAVEAT TO THE CODE THAT THE LOTS MEET THE DIMENSIONAL
05:21:02PM SPECIFICATIONS WITH THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS AND
05:21:06PM HAVE THE SECURITY PROGRAM IN PLACE SINCE THAT ORIGINAL
05:21:13PM NEGOTIATE I HAVE IT THIS PAST JANUARY, 21 REPORTS RECEIVED BY
05:21:17PM OUR DIVISION.
05:21:17PM 18 DETERMINED TO BE COMPLIANT.
05:21:20PM TWO DETERMINED INCOMPLIANT ONE WAS WITHDRAWN.
05:21:23PM MAINLY THAT OCCURS THROUGH THE AFFIDAVIT THAT THE
05:21:25PM INDIVIDUALS DETERMINE THEY ARE NOT GOING TO UTILIZE THAT FOR
05:21:28PM PRINCIPAL PARKING ANY LONGER.
05:21:29PM IN FEBRUARY, THERE WAS 13 CITATIONS ISSUED FOR THOSE THAT
05:21:35PM HAD STILL NOT FILED APPEAR REPORT OR WERE ENGAGED IN A
05:21:39PM PROCESS.
05:21:40PM IN MARCH, THERE WAS A PREHEARING INSPECTION AT WHICH TIME 11
05:21:43PM OF THOSE 13 FAILED.
05:21:45PM TWO ADDITIONAL FILED AFFIDAVITS FOR NONUSE OF PAID PARKING.
05:21:50PM WE HAD APPROXIMATELY EIGHT OPERATORS FILE THOSE AFFIDAVITS.
05:21:55PM JUST TO CLARIFY, A LOT CAN BE MORE THAN ONE PARCEL.
05:22:01PM SO YOU MAY HAVE ONE LOT -- ONE OPERATOR OPERATING TWO OR
05:22:06PM THREE PARCEL FOR PARKING.
05:22:07PM ON MAY 26, THERE WAS A FINAL PREHEARING INSPECTION WHICH OUR
05:22:14PM INSPECTOR GOES OUT AND ESSENTIALLY INSPECTS THE PROPERTIES
05:22:18PM AND SEE IF THEY HAVE GAINED COMPLIANCE.
05:22:19PM IN THIS CASE FOR THE REPORT, IT IS MORE OF US ALSO ENGAGING
05:22:23PM WITH ITS -- WITH THE PARKING LOT OPERATORS TO SEE IF THEY
05:22:28PM ARE ABLE TO SUBMIT THE REPORT.
05:22:30PM AT THAT TIME, WE DID HAVE ONE THAT SUBMITTED ANOTHER
05:22:35PM AFFIDAVIT THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO OPERATE PAID PARKING.
05:22:37PM OF TWO REMAINED IN VIOLATION.
05:22:41PM THAT WAS YESTERDAY.
05:22:41PM YESTERDAY AT THE CODE HEARING, THE MAGISTRATE FOUND THE TWO
05:22:47PM OPERATORS AND PROPERTY OWNERS VIOLATION CODE SECTION AND
05:22:54PM BEING FINED $100 A DAY.
05:22:57PM AS YOU SEE THIS HAS BEEN A VERY SUSTAINED PROCESS.
05:23:00PM APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS OF MY STAFF, PARTICULARLY HEATHER
05:23:04PM BONDS WHO IS HERE WITH ME, WHO HAS BEEN SORT OF THE POINT
05:23:07PM PERSON IN DEALING WITH A LOT OF THESE COMPLIANCE ISSUES IT
05:23:10PM IS VERY CHALLENGING AND TIME CONSUMING.
05:23:12PM AND IT IS GOING TO BE AN ONGOING EFFORT BECAUSE THIS REPORT
05:23:16PM IS DUE EVERY YEAR.
05:23:17PM AN EDUCATION PROCESS WITH PARKING LOT OPERATORS.
05:23:21PM AND PROCESS PARAMETERS THAT ARE BEING SUSTAINED EVER
05:23:25PM ESTABLISHED TO FACILITATE HOPEFULLY EASIER SUBMITTAL,
05:23:32PM EVALUATIONS AND DETERMINATIONS FOR COMPLIANCE IN SUBSEQUENT
05:23:35PM YEARS THAT WE ARE ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS.
05:23:37PM THAT INCLUDES MY SUMMARY AND I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
05:23:41PM QUESTIONS.
05:23:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
05:23:42PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
05:23:43PM I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOUR STAFF HAS GONE INTO DOING
05:23:46PM THIS.
05:23:46PM I KNOW IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET THINGS STARTED.
05:23:52PM BUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND QUITE FRANKLY WHEN I DRIVE THROUGH
05:23:56PM YBOR, I AM NOT SEEING IMPROVED LOOKING PARKING LOTS.
05:23:59PM THEY MAY BE COMPLYING WITH THE SECURITY, BUT NEIGHBORHOODS
05:24:04PM -- I AM HEARING FROM NEIGHBORHOOD PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE ONLY
05:24:08PM COMPLYING WITH SECURITY WHEN THEY KNOW THEY ARE COMING OUT
05:24:11PM AND INSPECTING.
05:24:12PM AND FOR THE OTHER NIGHTS, THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THEM.
05:24:15PM NOW WHETHER OR NOT -- AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT I AM HEARING.
05:24:19PM I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT FOR MYSELF, BUT I HAVE SEEN THAT
05:24:22PM PARKING LOTS STILL DON'T HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO FOR THE SITE
05:24:26PM PLANS THAT THEY HAVE.
05:24:26PM I AM WONDER AGENT WHAT POINT WHEN WE GO TONIGHT FINES, AT
05:24:33PM WHAT WON'T BECAUSE $100 A DAY IS WHAT, $3,000 A MONTH?
05:24:43PM THAT IS NOT THAT MUCH MONEY FOR SOMEBODY WHO IS MAKING A TON
05:24:46PM OF MONEY OFF OF PARKING.
05:24:47PM SO I AM CURIOUS AT WHAT POINT DO WE RACKING UP THESE FINES.
05:24:54PM YOU CAN'T RACK UP FINES ANY MORE.
05:24:56PM WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING MORE SERIOUS.
05:24:59PM DOES GET THOUGH THAT POINT BUT LEAPT RACK UP $100 A DAY.
05:25:05PM >> AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGED
05:25:08PM WITH THE FINE PROCESS FOR I GUESS GOING ON EIGHT MONTHS NOW.
05:25:14PM THAT IN RELATIVE TERMS OF BEING FINED IS NOW A LONG TIME.
05:25:18PM WE HAVE PROPERTIES THEIR GET FINE LONG THAN THAT.
05:25:23PM HAVEN'T BEEN A DISCUSSION OF TRYING TO ESCALATE IT BEYOND
05:25:27PM THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCESS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.
05:25:30PM THAT IS A DISCUSSION THAT WE CAN HAVE.
05:25:32PM BUT I THINK AS WE -- AS WE ARE SEEING FROM THE
05:25:35PM NONCONFORMITIES, WE ARE GAINING COMPLIANCE THROUGH THAT
05:25:38PM PROCESS.
05:25:38PM NOW IT IS NOT OUR GOAL TO HAVE INDIVIDUALS CEASE OPERATING
05:25:44PM THEIR BUSINESS.
05:25:44PM WE WANT THEM TO GAIN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE AND WHAT THE
05:25:51PM CODE REQUIRES.
05:25:52PM I AM NOT SURE OF THE SPECIFIC FEEDBACK FROM THE
05:25:56PM NEIGHBORHOOD. NOBODY HAS CALLED KNEE TO SAY THAT.
05:25:58PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WILL MAKE SURE -- WE HEARD FROM PUBLIC
05:26:04PM COMMENT THAT TAMPA CONNECTED IS DOWN.
05:26:06PM >>DENNIS FERNANDEZ: I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT.
05:26:07PM I WILL LOOK INTO THAT.
05:26:09PM I WILL BLOCK THAT FIRST THING TOMORROW.
05:26:10PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I APPRECIATE THAT.
05:26:12PM BUT ALSO -- DRIVING AROUND YBOR, YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF
05:26:17PM PARKING LOTS WHOSE FENCES ARE DILAPIDATED.
05:26:21PM PER NOT -- THEY JUST -- I MEAN THEY DON'T HAVE STOPS LIKE
05:26:25PM THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO IN -- FOR PARKING SPACES.
05:26:28PM THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO HAVE IT PAVED BUT THEY HAVE
05:26:31PM TO HAVE A DELINEATED PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO PARK.
05:26:36PM SOME AT WHAT POINT.
05:26:37PM OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS JUST WOULDN'T ACCEPT THAT?
05:26:41PM I THOUGHT THAT IS KIND OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO HERE
05:26:44PM IMPROVE THE LOOK OF THEM.
05:26:45PM ALSO, YOU CAN PASS PARKING LOTS THAT -- I HAVE SEEN THAT HAVE
05:26:49PM WAY MORE SIGNS THAN THEY ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE.
05:26:51PM SO I DON'T REAL LEGAL KNOW HOW THESE ARE CONSIDERED
05:26:57PM CERTIFICATES OF APPROPRIATENESS WHEN THE STOPS AREN'T THERE.
05:27:02PM THERE ARE TOO MANY SIGNS.
05:27:04PM HOW -- HOW CAN THEY BE N COMPLIANCE IF THEY STILL HAVE ALL
05:27:08PM THE STUFF?
05:27:10PM >>DENNIS FERNANDEZ: I WOULD NEED TO REALLY EVALUATE WHAT YOU
05:27:13PM ARE OBSERVING WITH SPECIFIC SITUATIONS.
05:27:15PM MY -- MY INSPECTOR IS GOING OUT AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY
05:27:21PM HAVE STOPS, IF THEY ARE MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS.
05:27:23PM THE SIGN SAGE A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGING AREA BECAUSE
05:27:28PM THEY ARE STATE REQUIREMENTS FOR SOME TYPES OF SIGNS.
05:27:31PM AND WE ARE STILL KIND OF COMING TO DETERMINES WITH HOW WE
05:27:35PM CAN BALANCE THAT.
05:27:36PM SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SORT OF HAVING PAN INITIATIVE ON
05:27:44PM SIGNAGE BECAUSE ITS OWN SPECIFIC ISSUE WITH PARKING LOTS.
05:27:48PM IN ADDITION, YOU KNOW, WE ARE OUT -- YEAH, IMPLEMENTING THE
05:27:55PM REQUIREMENTS OF THE CODE THAT HE ARE IN PLACE.
05:27:57PM IF SOMEONE HAD AN EXISTING CA.
05:28:00PM THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO MAKE SOME OF THAT
05:28:03PM ENHANCEMENTS THAT A NEW LOT WILL HAVE TO MAKE WITH THE
05:28:06PM INCREASED BUFFERING BUFFERING AND INCREASED LANDSCAPING
05:28:10PM REQUIREMENTS THAT WE INTRODUCED UNDER THE CODE.
05:28:24PM >>DENNIS FERNANDEZ: PICKET FENCES AND CAR ALSO INTERACT AND
05:28:28PM FENCE WILL LOSE.
05:28:29PM WE WILL KEEP GOING OUT AND ENFORCE THAT CONSTANTLY AS A
05:28:32PM STANDARD.
05:28:33PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I REACHED OUT TO DO A TOUR WITH ONE SPECIFIC
05:28:43PM PARK LOG TO THE SPEAK OF THESE ISSUE.
05:28:45PM AGAIN, THANK YOU AS WE KEEP THE ATTENTION ON THIS AND AS WE
05:28:48PM KEEP MOVING FORWARD, I DO APPRECIATE YOUR HELP WITH IT.
05:28:51PM AND LOOK FORWARD TO COMING AND DOING EVEN MORE.
05:28:54PM >>DENNIS FERNANDEZ: ABSOLUTELY, THANK YOU.
05:28:56PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MR. FERNANDEZ.
05:28:58PM THAT CONCLUDES THE BUSINESS.
05:28:59PM DID WE DO A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE STAFF REPORTS?
05:29:03PM I CAN'T REMEMBER IF WE DID OR NOT.
05:29:05PM WE DID?
05:29:06PM OKAY.
05:29:07PM SO WE HAVE CONCLUDED BUSINESS -- NEW BUSINESS FOR THE DAY.
05:29:13PM SO LET'S SEE.
05:29:14PM MR. CARLSON, ANY BUSINESS YOU WOULD LIKE --
05:29:18PM >>BILL CARLSON: JUST A FEW COMMENTS.
05:29:20PM NUMBER ONE, COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK WAS TALKING ABOUT
05:29:26PM UNPROTECTED BIKE LANES.
05:29:27PM I THINK WE OUGHT -- THIS IS NOT FOR ME TO DO.
05:29:30PM YOU CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING.
05:29:31PM BUT I THINK WE SHOULD SET SOME KIND OF CRITERIA INSTEAD OF
05:29:35PM PAINTING A WHOLE BUNCH OF LANES.
05:29:38PM WE SHOULD PROTECT -- SPEND THE MONEY AND PROTECT LANES.
05:29:41PM BECAUSE THE CYCLISTS I KNOW DON'T WANT TO RIDE ON THE
05:29:44PM PAINTED ONES.
05:29:45PM ALL THIS IS DOING IS ADDING TO SOMEONE'S CHECKLIST.
05:29:50PM I WILL SECOND IT IF YOU INTERESTED.
05:29:52PM ALSO, I SHOWED THIS CHART EARLIER OF THE FBI CRIME
05:29:57PM STATISTICS.
05:29:57PM I WANT TO PASS IT AROUND AND GIVE IT TO THE CLERK.
05:30:00PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GO TO THE MACHINE?
05:30:04PM >>BILL CARLSON: I DID THAT EARLIER.
05:30:06PM ANYBODY CAN GO TO THE FBI WEB SITE AND LOOK AT THE CRIME
05:30:09PM STATS.
05:30:09PM THERE WAS A SPIKE FROM 2018 AND 2021.
05:30:15PM THE GOOD NEWS IS THE MAYOR AND TEAM BROUGHT THAT DOWN.
05:30:18PM THAT IS A SUCCESS OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
05:30:21PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: CONGRATULATIONS.
05:30:24PM APPEAR COMPLIMENT FROM BILL CARLSON.
05:30:28PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 5:30 P.M.
05:30:31PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MAYOR, IF YOU WERE LISTENING.
05:30:34PM >>BILL CARLSON: COMMENTS ON STORMWATER.
05:30:36PM I AM NOT GOING TO MAKE A MOTION.
05:30:38PM BUT COMMENTS BECAUSE I CAN'T TALK TO YOU ALL OUTSIDE.
05:30:41PM MENTIONED SURGE JUST NOW.
05:30:43PM A LOT OF EFFORT HAS BEEN PUT INTO FRESH WATER FLOOD BUG WE
05:30:47PM NEED TO ADDRESS THE SURGE PROBLEM SOMEHOW.
05:30:50PM AND YOU KNOW WE ARE GETTING A NEW HEAD OF STORMWATER.
05:30:53PM AT SOME POINT THEY WILL ACCEPT RATE STORMWATER FROM MOBILITY
05:30:58PM BECAUSE A FULL-TIME JOB WITH STORMWATER.
05:31:00PM WHEN THE FULL-TIME PERMANENT PERSON IS PICKED, WE NEED TO BE
05:31:05PM ABLE TO FOCUS ON SOME OF THAT.
05:31:06PM VIK A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO NOT HAVING A BUSINESS PLAN OR NOT
05:31:12PM HAVING A PLAN.
05:31:12PM WHAT I REALIZED IN THE DAVIS ISLAND MEETING IN LISTENING TO
05:31:18PM FOLKS.
05:31:18PM SOMETIMES WHAT HAPPENS IS CALLED A PLAN IS A LIST OF
05:31:21PM PROJECTS.
05:31:21PM AND -- AND A LIST OF PROJECTS THAT WE KNOW IS NOT A PLAN.
05:31:24PM AND SO IT IS UP TO US TO TRY TO WORK WITH STAFF PROBABLY
05:31:30PM OFFLINE TO TRY TO RISE UP TO THE VISION OF CREATING THIS.
05:31:33PM AND, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A BIG PUBLIC HEARING ON THE HOWARD
05:31:38PM AVENUE PROJECT TONIGHT WHICH I THINK IS A WASTE OF MONEY AND
05:31:41PM SHOULDN'T GO FORWARD.
05:31:42PM THERE IS ALSO -- IN THIS THERE IS TALK OF CLIMATE CHANGE
05:31:48PM VERSUS WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY AND SOME OF THIS IS TIED
05:31:51PM TOGETHER AND WE NEED TO WATCH THE DIFFERENCES THERE IS.
05:31:53PM IF WE GET A GRANT TO STUDY CLIMATE CHANGE, THAT'S GREAT.
05:31:56PM BUT WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW AND TIE INTO
05:32:00PM MAINTENANCE IN THE DAVIS ISLAND MEETING.
05:32:04PM PEOPLE WERE THERE TALKING ABOUT NO MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT AND
05:32:08PM STAFF TALKED ABOUT HOW NO MONEY TO BUY MAINTENANCE
05:32:10PM EQUIPMENT.
05:32:11PM LAST MONTH, DRUMBEAT OF NOT HAVING ENOUGH MONEY IN
05:32:16PM STORMWATER BUT CITIZENS HAVE GONE BOTH OF BUDGETS UNDER
05:32:20PM FOUND WHAT THEY THINK IS WASTE.
05:32:23PM WHAT I EXPECT WILL HAPPEN BUDGET TIME, ADMINISTRATION WILL
05:32:26PM ASK US FOR AN INCREASE IN THE STORMWATER TAX.
05:32:29PM I CAN STILL TELL YOU THAT THE PUBLIC IS NOT IN FAVOR OF TAX
05:32:32PM INCREASES RIGHT NOW.
05:32:33PM WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS FIND EFFICIENCIES.
05:32:36PM WE HAVE 65 OR 85 OR WHATEVER MILLION PLUS INTEREST THAT WILL
05:32:41PM BE PUNT -- PUT POTENTIALLY IN THE SOUTH HOWARD PROJECT.
05:32:48PM TO PROTECT THOUSANDS OF HOUSES NOW INSTEAD HE HELPING 11
05:32:53PM HOUSES TO NOT GET FLOODED.
05:32:54PM LAST THING I WANT TO BRING UP -- I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE A
05:33:01PM MOTION ON THIS.
05:33:02PM A LADY SENT US AN E-MAIL A LITTLE WHILE AGO AND DEALING WELL
05:33:05PM A CONSTITUENT -- WE PASSED THE INCREASE IN THE -- IN THE
05:33:10PM SIDEWALK IN LIEU OF FEE.
05:33:13PM AND FOLKS IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO WHERE HE BUILD THEIR
05:33:16PM HOMES FROM THE HURRICANES, SOME OF THEM WERE DELAYED BY
05:33:19PM CONTRACTORS.
05:33:20PM SOME OF THEM DELAYED BY PER MINT.
05:33:23PM THEY HAVE GONE BACK AND TO GET THEIR PERMIT THEY ARE GO THEY
05:33:27PM GET $23,000 FEES BECAUSE WE INCREASED THIS REAL.
05:33:30PM I THINK WE NEED TO PASS SOME KIND OF EXCEPTION OR AT LEAST
05:33:36PM CLARIFY THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME KIND OF GRANDFATHERING IN
05:33:41PM -- NATIONAL STARTED BEFORE WE MADE THAT -- FROM PROJECTS
05:33:47PM THAT STARTED BEFORE THAT DECISION.
05:33:48PM AND I THINK STAFF IS LOOKING AT THAT UNLESS YOU HAVE SOME
05:33:52PM IDEAS.
05:33:53PM I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ASK STAFF TO GRANDFATHER IN
05:33:58PM ANY -- ANY PROJECT THAT IS RESULT OF LAST YEAR'S HURRICANE.
05:34:05PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: BEFORE WE VOTE WE SHOULD RUN THROUGH THE
05:34:08PM LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
05:34:09PM ONLY MY SUGGESTION.
05:34:10PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I AGREE.
05:34:11PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM WITH YOU, BUT TO CLEAR IT UP, YOU
05:34:15PM HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
05:34:17PM >>BILL CARLSON: I AGREE TOO.
05:34:18PM CRA NEXT WEEK AND THE NEXT MEETING WE HAVE IS THE 24th.
05:34:22PM AND PEOPLE RECENT NOW TRYING TO REBUILD AND GETTING HELD UP
05:34:26PM AND BREAKING THEIR BUDGET.
05:34:27PM WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND.
05:34:28PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: FOR ONE WEEK AND COME UP WITH A SOLUTION.
05:34:32PM ONE WEEK I DON'T THINK WILL HURT ANYTHING.
05:34:34PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WOULD RECOMMEND TALKING TO THEM AND SEEING,
05:34:37PM LIKE.
05:34:37PM WHAT YOU CAN DO.
05:34:38PM AND THEN ASK THEM WHAT THE SOLUTION IS.
05:34:41PM IF THE SOLUTION IS BRINGING AN ORDINANCE OR SOMETHING LIKE
05:34:43PM IS THAT, THEN BRINGING THAT BACK.
05:34:45PM BUT I WOULD ABSOLUTELY GOODBYE TO THEM FIRST AND SEE IF
05:34:49PM THERE ARE SMALL ONE-OFF WAYS TO FIX IT.
05:34:51PM >>BILL CARLSON: STAFF HAS BEEN MAKING EXCEPTIONS, BUT I
05:34:57PM THINK -- I WILL TALK TO THEM AGAIN.
05:34:59PM I DON'T KNOW HOW WE DO ANYTHING QUICKLY, BUT HOPEFULLY --
05:35:02PM I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I AM WORK ON THAT TOO
05:35:05PM BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO GET CALLS FROM PEOPLE BEING HIT BY
05:35:08PM THE SAME THING.
05:35:10PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I GENERALLY FIND OUT STAFF WRITES A MOTION.
05:35:15PM THEY WRITE THE WRITE MOTION.
05:35:17PM >>BILL CARLSON: THAT THEY PASS THEIR OWN ADMINISTER THINK OF
05:35:19PM POLICY.
05:35:20PM >>LYNN HURTAK: MAYBE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
05:35:22PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MAYBE THEY WILL COME BACK AND BLESS THE
05:35:25PM ADMINISTRATION.
05:35:25PM >>BILL CARLSON: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
05:35:27PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
05:35:30PM I SAID SECOND AND I WANT TO SUPPORT THIS.
05:35:32PM ONE PARTICULAR CASE.
05:35:33PM A COUPLE -- THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO REBUILD SINCE THE
05:35:37PM HURRICANE.
05:35:37PM THIS MIGHT BE THE SAME THING.
05:35:43PM I DON'T KNOW.
05:35:43PM MORE THAN ONE PERSON.
05:35:44PM HINT WITH ADDITIONAL $20,000 SIDEWALK IN LIEU FEE.
05:35:49PM AND THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO REBUILD THEIR HOUSE.
05:35:51PM THEY HAD MAJOR DESTRUCTION.
05:35:54PM AND, I MEAN, THEY ARE PATIENT.
05:35:56PM THEY HAVE BEEN IN THIS PROCESS SINCE OCTOBER, YOU KNOW.
05:35:59PM AND I GET WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.
05:36:02PM IT IS FAIR TO THEM IT SHOULD IT BE GRANDFATHERED IN AND
05:36:05PM WHATNOT.
05:36:05PM >>BILL CARLSON: REAL STORY, MICHELLE AND YOU HEARD HER SON
05:36:11PM IS -- HER SON IS DISABLED AND LOST THE USE OF HER HOUSE.
05:36:19PM COUPLE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT VOLUNTARILY EACH TWO YEARS GAVE
05:36:24PM THEIR KIDNEY TO STRANGERS AND THEY ARE KIDNEY DONORS THEY
05:36:28PM CAN'T GET FEMA TO HELP THEM.
05:36:30PM KATHY CASTOR'S OFFICE HAS HELPED.
05:36:33PM THEY CAN'T GET FEMA TO HELP AND WORK THROUGH OTHER CHANNELS.
05:36:37PM AND THE NEW POLL SEAL IN PLACE IS AT THE BREAKING POINT.
05:36:40PM I AM HOPING WE CAN HELP PEOPLE STAY IN THEIR HOMES.
05:36:43PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
05:36:46PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
05:36:49PM BUDGET MEETING WE HAVE ON AUGUST 4, I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION
05:36:54PM THAT WE START THAT SPECIAL CALLED WORKSHOP AT 1 P.M. DUE TO
05:36:58PM THE HART BOARD MEETING FOR COUNCILMAN IF VIERA AND MYSELF.
05:37:05PM >>LYNN HURTAK: SECOND.
05:37:06PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
05:37:07PM OPPOSED.
05:37:08PM AYES HAVE IT.
05:37:09PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OTHER IS, I WANT TO MAKE A CORRECTION ON
05:37:13PM SOCIAL ACTION FUNDS.
05:37:14PM I MO OF TO CORRECT THE SOCIAL ACTION FUNDING ALLOCATION FOR
05:37:17PM FISCAL YEAR 2025 BY REPLACING THE WORD "MINISTRIES" WITH THE
05:37:21PM WORD "KIDS" TO CONFIRM THE $5,000 FUNDING FOR CORNERSTONE
05:37:27PM KIDS.
05:37:27PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
05:37:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON AND
05:37:31PM SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
05:37:32PM KIND OF A SCRIVENER'S MOTION.
05:37:36PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
05:37:37PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: DID I DO SOMETHING WRONG?
05:37:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NOT SUBSTANTIVE.
05:37:42PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THEY WON'T FUND IT WITHOUT THE PROPER
05:37:45PM WORDING.
05:37:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
05:37:46PM OPPOSED NAY.
05:37:48PM THE AYES HAVE IT.
05:37:49PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YOU HIT ME IN PUBLIC.
05:37:55PM HAVE YOU HEARD THE VIOLATION?
05:37:58PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SHE HITS ME ALL THE TIME.
05:38:00PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: DARLENE AND I HOSTED THE HBCU SENDOFF
05:38:05PM PARTY FOR KIDS GRADUATING AND HEADED TO 24 DIFFERENT
05:38:08PM HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES .A LEGACY
05:38:11PM PROJECT OF MINE, BEING THERE ARE TWO WOMEN WHO WORK IN
05:38:15PM DISTRICT 5 WHO DAMAGE WAITED FROM HBCUs AND THE COMMUNITY
05:38:20PM SHOWED SO MUCH LOVE IN FUNDING THIS MAJOR EVENT.
05:38:23PM AND I AM JUST SO GRATEFUL THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PULL IT ALL
05:38:26PM OF.
05:38:26PM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT.
05:38:29PM AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY EMPLOYEES THAT
05:38:33PM SUPPORTED IT.
05:38:34PM INCLUDING THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THE CITY OF
05:38:39PM TAMPA BLACK HISTORY COMMITTEE, THE CITY OF TAMPA POLICE
05:38:42PM DEPARTMENT, BLACK HISTORY COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS THE
05:38:48PM SHERIFFS, BLACK COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMITTEE.
05:38:50PM JUST REALLY IMPORTANT AT THIS TIME IN OUR COMMUNITY
05:38:54PM ESPECIALLY WITH HBCUs AND OTHER UNIVERSITIES.
05:38:57PM IF YOU WERE READING THE PAPER TODAY WHAT HAPPENED WITH
05:38:59PM UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IS UNDER ATTACK.
05:39:01PM AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO SUPPORT KIDS MAKING DECISIONS
05:39:06PM REGARDING THE PLACE WHERE IS TO MATRICULATE FOR COLLEGE.
05:39:14PM I WANT TO SAY THAT PUBLICLY.
05:39:17PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT ATTENDING.
05:39:20PM I HAD A PLUMBING ISSUE AND A MY BEDROOM AND CLOSET FLOODED.
05:39:25PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I ASKED YOU MONTHS AND MONTHS AGO, DO YOU
05:39:28PM HAVE TO GO TO EVERYTHING.
05:39:29PM AND YOU HAVE SAID NO.
05:39:31PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WANTED TO BE THERE.
05:39:34PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THAT'S OKAY.
05:39:35PM I AM VERY PROUD OF IT AND IT WAS ACTUAL LEGAL -- IT WAS A
05:39:38PM PARTY, SO NO DIGNITARIES RUNNING THEIR MOUTHS, YOU KNOW.
05:39:41PM KIDS WERE DANCING AND ENJOYING THEMSELVES AND EATING AND
05:39:45PM TAKING PICTURES AND INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATIONS SAYING
05:39:48PM CONGRATULATIONS ON ENGAGING WITH THEM.
05:39:51PM OTHER THING EVIDENT ABOUT THE PARTY THAT I WILL SAY IS THAT
05:39:54PM COMMUNITY MEMBERS LIKE JUDGE LITTLE AND PEOPLE WHO GRADUATED
05:39:58PM FROM HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES WORE COLLEGE T-SHIRTS THAT
05:40:05PM SAID PARAPHERNALIA AND WERE NOT INVITED.
05:40:14PM ONE WOMAN CAME ONLY BECAUSE SHE WENT TO TENNESSEE STATE
05:40:18PM UNIVERSITY.
05:40:19PM AND THAT WAS VERY INTENTIONAL WITH THEM ENGAGING WITH ADULTS
05:40:24PM WHO HAVE GRADUATED FROM HBCUs TO SEE WHAT IS POSSIBLE.
05:40:29PM SO ANYWAY, THE PICTURE ARE --
05:40:32PM IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
05:40:33PM I AM JUST SO HONORED TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS
05:40:38PM THAT REAL LEGAL IS A CONTINUATION OF MY ROLE AS AN EDUCATOR.
05:40:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
05:40:44PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
05:40:45PM IT IS OKAY WE ALL DO OUR THINGS.
05:40:47PM Y'ALL DON'T COME BIKING WITH ME.
05:40:51PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I WAS JEALOUS THAT YOU INVITED EVERYBODY
05:40:53PM ON A SUNDAY.
05:40:54PM I DON'T HAVE A BIKE, BUT I WILL DO IT ONE DAY.
05:40:57PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THIS SUNDAY.
05:40:59PM THIS SUNDAY WE ARE GOING DOWN MORGAN STREET.
05:41:02PM WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THE DOUBLE BIKE LANE THAT WILL BE
05:41:06PM PROTECTED BY CONCRETE AND RIDE A LITTLE BIT THE SELMON
05:41:13PM GREENWAY.
05:41:13PM BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT IS VERY HARD TO BIKE.
05:41:16PM AND I DO APPRECIATE PEOPLE'S FOCUS ON BIKE LANES.
05:41:21PM THAT IS VERY NICE.
05:41:22PM AND I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT, BECAUSE IT IS A
05:41:25PM PERSONAL PROJECT.
05:41:26PM I THINK THAT IS GREAT.
05:41:27PM EACH OF US HAVE AN AREA WE CAN REALLY WORK ON.
05:41:31PM AND WONDERFUL HOWL WE SUPPORT EACH OTHER FOR THAT.
05:41:34PM IT IS REALLY NICE.
05:41:35PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: PASSION PROJECTS.
05:41:37PM >>LYNN HURTAK: ANYWAY, THIS COUNCIL DOES --
05:41:41PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: NOT THAT BAD.
05:41:42PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WE GET ALONG VERY WELL THIS STUFF.
05:41:45PM I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN ON THE OTHER
05:41:48PM SIDE.
05:41:49PM ACTUALLY I HAVE A MOTION I WOULD LIKE HAVE MISS COPESKY IN.
05:41:53PM WHEN WE WERE TALKING OF THE FINANCIALS FOR THE RESOLUTION.
05:41:57PM MY MOTION -- AND I AM -- MISS COPESKY MAY NEED TO HELP ME
05:42:03PM WITH THIS.
05:42:03PM I MOTION TO MAKE -- TO ASK MISS COPESKY TO WORK WITH THE
05:42:07PM FINANCIAL STAFF TO ITEMIZE REIMBURSEMENT OF THE CERTAIN
05:42:13PM COSTS RELATED TO THE ACQUISITION, OF VARIOUS CAPITAL
05:42:18PM IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE CITY.
05:42:19PM SOME WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR IS THAT LIST THAT MR. PERRY
05:42:23PM TALKED, TALKED ABOUT, BUT OTHER THINGS.
05:42:26PM WHAT ARE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE ENCUMBERED THAT AREN'T ON
05:42:30PM THAT LIST YET.
05:42:30PM WE REALLY NEED TO BE TALKING ABOUT THAT IN TERMS OF THE
05:42:33PM CAPITAL PROJECTS.
05:42:34PM IF YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS, I CAN TALK TO BUT IT, BUT I
05:42:37PM THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR ALL OF US TO GET THAT
05:42:40PM INFORMATION.
05:42:41PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
05:42:41PM >>LYNN HURTAK: IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OF MISS COPESKY THOSE
05:42:47PM THINGS.
05:42:47PM GO TO HER AND SHE CAN CIRCULATE THAT BEFORE US.
05:42:50PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
05:42:51PM SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
05:42:53PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
05:42:54PM AND NAY.
05:42:56PM THE AYES HAVE IT.
05:42:58PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT'S IT.
05:42:59PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
05:43:01PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
05:43:03PM I HAVE A MOTION.
05:43:03PM SO AT THE MAY 22 WORKSHOP, I TALKED ABOUT THE -- ASKING THE
05:43:10PM REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT AND ADMINISTRATION TO REACH OUT TO
05:43:12PM THE PROPERTY OWNER OF THE PROMPT THAT IS -- THAT IS ADJACENT
05:43:15PM TO WOODLAWN CEMETERY ON BOULEVARD WHICH HAS COME UP IN THE
05:43:20PM --
05:43:21PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
05:43:22PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THERE IS A REPORTER IN THE ROOM AND I
05:43:26PM WASN'T ABLE TO RESPOND TO COMMENT BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE ANY
05:43:29PM INFORMATION.
05:43:30PM SO TO CLARIFY, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT THE REAL
05:43:34PM ESTATE DEPARTMENT AND ADMINISTRATION REACH OUT TO THE
05:43:36PM PROPERTY OWNER OF THE PROPERTY THAT IS ADJACENT TO WOODLAWN
05:43:39PM CEMETERY ON N. BOULEVARD THAT HAS BEEN IN THE NEWS LATELY TO
05:43:43PM START A DIALOGUE OF HOW ITS CAN BE ALLOW TOPPED UTILIZE
05:43:48PM GROUND PENETRATION RADAR TO VERIFY THE COST AND PARTNER WITH
05:43:52PM THE OWNER TO PUT TO REPS ANY CONCERNS REGARDING GRAVES.
05:43:58PM I WOULD LIKE A WRITTEN REPORT JUNE 22 -- JUNE 26th.
05:44:02PM I ALREADY SPOKEN TO THE REAL ESTATE FOLKS.
05:44:05PM I DON'T NEED AN IN-PERSON.
05:44:07PM JUST FOR INFORMATION.
05:44:09PM KNOW THE MEDIA HAS ASKED, AND I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO RESPOND
05:44:14PM BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW.
05:44:15PM AT LEAST GET THE CONVERSATION GOING WHAT THE SITUATION IS.
05:44:18PM AND SHOULD THERE BE GRAVES THERE, INDIVIDUALS THERE, THEN WE
05:44:22PM CAN LOOK AT STEMS FORWARD.
05:44:23PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I JUST -- SECOND, I WANT TO COMPLIMENT
05:44:28PM THE MOTION.
05:44:29PM WHAT IT IS -- WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO ON PRIVATE
05:44:33PM PROPERTY.
05:44:34PM FOR ONE.
05:44:35PM TESTIMONY.
05:44:36PM NUMBER TWO, I THINK THE BURDEN COMES ON WHOEVER OWNS
05:44:40PM PROPERTY TO GET THE CITY OUT OF TAKING A DIALOGUE.
05:44:43PM THEY THE SELLER AND THE BUYER.
05:44:45PM WE ARE THE ONES OVERLOOKING LIKE A CROW OVERLOOKING SAYING
05:44:49PM WHAT IS GOING ON HERE.
05:44:50PM BECAUSE IT IS WHAT IT IS.
05:44:51PM AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
05:44:52PM THAT WILL CLEAR UP, IF POSSIBLE -- IF HE SAYS NO OR IS HE
05:44:56PM SAYS NO.
05:44:57PM I DON'T KNOW WHO OWN IT IS LIKE YOU DO.
05:44:59PM AND IF THEY SAY NO, THEN RIGHT THERE, THERE IS A QUESTION IN
05:45:02PM MY MIND ABOUT GUILT.
05:45:03PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A WRITTEN REPORT JUNE 26.
05:45:07PM AND I HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN TO --
05:45:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
05:45:12PM SECONDED FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON --
05:45:14PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MIRANDA SECONDED IT.
05:45:16PM I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT.
05:45:20PM THIS IS PROOF -- I KNOW THAT IS IN MY DISTRICT, RIGHT.
05:45:24PM ON THE LIST OF THINGS TO TRY TO ADDRESS.
05:45:26PM OUR PLATES ARE FULL.
05:45:27PM PEOPLE DON'T REALLY REALIZE THAT SOMETIMES.
05:45:29PM SO I AM THANKFUL THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN THE LEAD.
05:45:33PM BECAUSE IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD.
05:45:35PM I RESPONDED TO ONE OUR CONSTITUENTS ABOUT IT AND SHARED IT
05:45:39PM IS PRIVATE PROPERTY.
05:45:40PM AND WE NEED AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR, YOU KNOW.
05:45:43PM WHAT IS POSSIBLE.
05:45:43PM SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
05:45:45PM I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
05:45:47PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NOT ABOUT TAKING A LEAD, BUT A
05:45:49PM COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH ALL OF US.
05:45:51PM LIKE I SAID A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WE WANT THIS COUNCIL TO
05:45:55PM SUCK SEEPED.
05:45:56PM WE GET BOMBARDED BY A LOT OF REQUESTS AND ABOUT DOING THE
05:45:59PM RIGHT THING.
05:46:00PM AND ABOUT US AS COLLECTIVE BODY DOING THE RIGHT THING.
05:46:06PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WE ARE REALLY.
05:46:07PM THREE OF US ARE DISTRICT-SPECIFIC.
05:46:11PM BUT Y'ALL GET TO WORK TOO.
05:46:14PM THAT IS FAIR, YOU KNOW WHAT I AM SAYING.
05:46:16PM IT IS FAIR.
05:46:17PM WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THINGS PUBLICLY -- I MEAN WE IN PRIVATE
05:46:24PM ABOUT THINGS FOR IT TO BE PRESENTED -- WE CAN'T TELL YOUR
05:46:27PM OFFICE WHAT TO DO.
05:46:28PM THAT'S WHAT I AM TRYING TO SAY.
05:46:30PM I DON'T TELL YOU WHAT TO DO?
05:46:35PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
05:46:37PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
05:46:38PM OPPOSED?
05:46:40PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I HAVE TWO MOTIONS.
05:46:41PM ONE I WOULD LIKE THE CLERK TO REVIEW THE WHOLE MEETING TODAY
05:46:46PM SO WE CAN HEAR IT BEFORE WE LEAVE.
05:46:48PM [LAUGHTER]
05:46:50PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET A SECOND.
05:46:52PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NEED A TRANSCRIPT.
05:46:54PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: A FOR STAFF TO COME BACK ON JULY 17 FOR
05:46:59PM THE ANNUAL STREET NAMING FOR JAMES LEVY AND GEORGE LEVY AT
05:47:07PM RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM.
05:47:09PM AND PREFERABLY I WOULD THINK -- THINKING OFF THE TOP OF MY
05:47:12PM HEAD THE PERFECT PLACE FOR THAT THE CORNER OF TAMPA BAY
05:47:19PM BOULEVARD HEADED WEST TO DALE MABRY.
05:47:21PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THOM McEWEN BOULEVARD.
05:47:25PM >>LYNN HURTAK: UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T HAVE SPACE THAT DAY.
05:47:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHAT IS THE FIRST DAY WE HAVE SPACE.
05:47:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AUGUST?
05:47:32PM >>CLERK: AUGUST 7.
05:47:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: AUGUST 7.
05:47:38PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AUGUST 7 IS FINE WITH ME.
05:47:40PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA FOR
05:47:42PM AUGUST 7.
05:47:43PM A SECOND?
05:47:44PM >>BILL CARLSON: SECOND.
05:47:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
05:47:46PM OPPOSED?
05:47:47PM IT PASSES.
05:47:48PM YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO DO WELL.
05:47:52PM BECAUSE YOU HAD A MEMO YOU SENT TO US FOR A SPECIAL CALLED
05:47:55PM WORKSHOP FOR SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER.
05:47:57PM DID YOU FLESH THAT OUT FOR THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMISSION
05:48:02PM PROPOSALS?
05:48:03PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WE DID THAT.
05:48:04PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YEAH, WE DID THAT.
05:48:07PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THOUGHT THAT WAS NEW BUSINESS.
05:48:10PM >>BILL CARLSON: MAKE ONE QUICK COMMENT TO COUNCIL MEMBER
05:48:13PM MIRANDA.
05:48:13PM SOMETIMES WHEN THEY DO THESE HONORABLE NAMING THINGS, IT IS
05:48:17PM NOT PERMANENT.
05:48:18PM YOU KNOW SOMETIMES IT IS FOR THREE OR FOUR YEARS OR
05:48:21PM SOMETHING.
05:48:21PM MAKE SURE THAT ONE IS PERMANENT.
05:48:24PM THEY DID SO MUCH FOR -- FOR TAMPA THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
05:48:28PM THAT --
05:48:30PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WILL DO IT.
05:48:32PM THANK YOU.
05:48:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I JUST HAVE AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM.
05:48:35PM NEXT MEETING OF CRA.
05:48:37PM AFTER THAT MEETING, A PHOTOGRAPHER HERE TO TAKE THE COUNCIL
05:48:40PM PICTURE WITH THE NEW SEATING AN ALL.
05:48:43PM DRESS PRETTY.
05:48:44PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: DID YOU ASK ITS CHAIR OF CRA IF THAT IS
05:48:52PM OKAY?
05:48:52PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: TIM DID.
05:48:53PM HE ASKED YOUR OFFICE.
05:48:54PM TAKING COUNCIL PICTURE.
05:48:57PM IF YOU WANT AN INDIVIDUAL PICTURE, COULD YOU GET ONE.
05:48:59PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I -- THIS MORNING --
05:49:05PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THEY WERE GOING TO COME TODAY.
05:49:06PM YOU WANT TO DRESS THE WAY YOU WANT TO DRESS.
05:49:10PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WILL PUT MY HAIR ON.
05:49:13PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: JUST THIS PICTURE UP HERE.
05:49:15PM >>BILL CARLSON: ONE FROM A YEAR AGO OR TWO YEARS AGO POPPED
05:49:21PM UP IN MY TIMELINE.
05:49:22PM IT IS SITTING THERE.
05:49:24PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IF YOU WANT TO HAVE IT, YOU CAN GET A
05:49:26PM PORTRAIT.
05:49:27PM I THINK THAT IS IT.
05:49:30PM MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
05:49:32PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WILL RESCIND MY MOTION.
05:49:36PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YOU KNOW I LIKE DOING THAT.
05:49:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
05:49:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO RECEIVE.
05:49:43PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I SECOND IT.
05:49:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION, OPPOSED.
05:49:48PM AYES HAVE IT.
05:49:49PM OH, MY LORD.
05:49:50PM THIS IS EXHAUSTING.
05:49:53PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YOU WANTED IT.
05:49:54PM LET ME CUT OFF THE MICROPHONE.
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