TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2025, 9:00 A.M.

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9:00:35AM >> -- MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH AN INVOCATION AND A MOMENT OF
SILENCE.
EVERYBODY STAND, PLEASE.
[MOMENT OF SILENCE]
9:00:59AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE'LL DO THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK DISHA, A JUNIOR FROM HILLSBOROUGH HIGH
SCHOOL, TO COME TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE, AND LEAD US OFF IN
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
FACE FORWARD TO THE MICROPHONES SO THEY PICK UP YOUR VOICE.
9:01:12AM >> PERFECT.
[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
9:01:28AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, DISHA.
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.
CLERK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE NEW FACE SITTING NEXT
TO YOU.
9:01:51AM >> ABSOLUTELY.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
THIS IS OUR NEW ASSISTANT DEPUTY CITY CLERK, RAMSAY.
GOES BY Q.
9:02:00AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
GOOD MORNING.
WELCOME TO THE TEAM.
WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE
MINUTES FROM THE SPECIAL CALL SESSION ON MAY 8, REGULAR
SESSION ON MAY 15, AND WORKSHOP AND EVENING SESSIONS ON
MAY 22.
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
THANK YOU.
WE'LL GO THROUGH AGENDA APPROVAL, PLEASE.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK FOR ITEM 59 TO

CONTINUE TO JUNE 26.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
9:02:35AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
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
PROGRESS.
9:02:44AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
9:02:45AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE ITEM 59 TO JUNE
26 FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
ANY OTHER CHANGES TO THE AGENDA?
9:03:02AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IF I CAN SPEAK TO ITEM 59, IF I MAY.
THERE MAY BE PEOPLE HERE WHO WANT TO ADDRESS THAT.
SOMETIMES COUNCIL WOULD HAVE ALLOWED IT DURING FIRST READING
CONSIDERATION.
SINCE THAT IS BEING CONTINUED, THE TIME FOR THEM TO SPEAK TO
IT WOULD BE AT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WANTED TO LET THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT.
IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 59, IT IS BEING CONTINUED
TO JUNE 26.

BUT YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY IF YOU WISH TODAY TO SPEAK AT
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:03:26AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
9:03:30AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCILMAN CARLSON HAD SOMETHING ELSE AS
WELL.
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
CARLSON?
9:03:42AM >>BILL CARLSON:
YEAH, SEPARATE VOTE.
9:03:43AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE'LL PULL ITEM 10 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE.
WE DON'T NEED A MOTION FOR THAT ONE.
ANYTHING ELSE?
LET'S MOVE ON -- STAFF REPORTS.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE STAFF HEAR?
I UNDERSTAND FROM MR. BENNETT, YOU DO NOT HAVE AN
ADMINISTRATION UPDATE, CORRECT?
OKAY.
VERY GOOD.
DO WE NEED STAFF FOR 62?
MEMORANDUM FROM MIKE PERRY.
NO STAFF FOR 62.
9:04:35AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES STAFF.
9:04:35AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES, STAFF.

YES FOR 62 AND 63.
64?
NO STAFF FOR 64.
65?
66?
NO STAFF.
67?
NO STAFF.
68?
NO STAFF FOR 68.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO 69?
COUNCILMAN VIERA.
9:05:11AM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
FOR 69, I WOULD LIKE TO -- OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
STAFF HERE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE SINCE IT IS THE CHIEF OF POLICE
THAT WE HAVE, I DON'T KNOW, RELATIVELY TIME CERTAIN BECAUSE
LAST TIME THEY HAD TO WAIT FOR A WHILE.
AGAIN, I'LL LEAVE IT TO THE CHAIR AND COUNCIL.
COULD BE FIRST ITEM AFTER LUNCH.
WHATEVER.
BUT THAT'S A RECOMMENDATION I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST.
I SEE FOR 70, THE CHIEF OR STAFF WILL BE APPEARING VIRTUALLY
OR IN PERSON.
IF IT IS IN PERSON, SAME THING, RELATIVELY, JUST SO THEY

DON'T HAVE TO WAIT AROUND FOR A WHILE.
WHATEVER IS THE PLEASURE OF THE CHAIR.
9:05:54AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
DID I HEAR A MOTION TO HAVE ITEM 69 AND 70
HEARD FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS AFTER LUNCH?
9:06:02AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IF I MAY, MR. CHAIRMAN, WOULD COUNCIL
CONSIDER MAKING THOSE THE FIRST UNDER STAFF REPORTS?
OR DO YOU WANT TO HAVE THE 1:30 AFTERNOON HEARINGS HELD TILL
AFTER THESE STAFF REPORTS?
9:06:14AM >>LUIS VIERA:
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT FIRST, IF I MAY,
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
LUNCH.
9:06:28AM >>LUIS VIERA:
EVEN BETTER.
THE CHIEF IS HERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS GOING INTO A RABBIT HOLE.
SO LONG AS IT'S NOT -- WE CAN EITHER HAVE IT PROBABLY FIRST
-- WELL, THEN IT WILL MESS UP THE AGENDA.
9:06:45AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE CAN DO IT FIRST UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WOULD BE FINE WITH THAT.
LIKE MR. SHELBY SAID, WE HAVE TWO REVIEW HEARINGS.
AND THOSE, WHO KNOWS HOW LONG THEY WILL BE.
AND WE DON'T -- YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.
9:07:03AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
-- MOTION TO SAY AFTER LUNCH AND SEE HOW
IT RUNS.

MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA FOR ITEM 69 AND 70 HEARD AFTER
COUNCIL'S LUNCH BREAK.
WE HAD A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
9:07:17AM >>LUIS VIERA:
IF I MAY, MR. CHAIR, WANTED TO MAKE SURE FOR
ITEM 10 I ASSUME WE'LL ALLOW STAFF TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER
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
SEPARATE VOTE.
9:07:30AM >>LUIS VIERA:
WE CAN DEAL WITH THAT LATER.
9:07:32AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ITEM 71, DO WE NEED STAFF?
THERE WAS A PowerPoint PRESENTATION.
I THINK IT MIGHT BE INTERESTING.
SO YES.
72?
YES.
73?
9:07:50AM >>BILL CARLSON:
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE
THIS UNTIL AUGUST 28.
I'LL TALK TO STAFF.
I'VE ALREADY GOT A MEETING SET UP WITH MS. DUNCAN TO DISCUSS
IT FURTHER.
THE POINT IN THIS ONE IS THAT THERE WERE HOUSES A HUNDRED

YEARS AGO AND MORE RECENTLY THAT WERE BUILT IN WHAT USED TO
BE RETENTION PONDS.
IT APPEARS THE ONLY WAY TO RESOLVE THE ISSUES IS TO REALLY,
REALLY GO HIGH OR TO MOVE THEM OUT OF THE RETENTION POND.
WE'LL HAVE MORE ROBUST DISCUSSION AND COME BACK IN AUGUST,
IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU ALL.
9:08:21AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
VERY GOOD.
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON TO MOVE THIS TO ITEM 73 TO
AUGUST 28, 2025.
WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
ITEM 74?
9:08:35AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
9:08:39AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
CAN WE GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE
THE WRITTEN --
9:08:45AM >>LUIS VIERA:
WHAT I WOULD REQUEST IS ON ITEM NUMBER 10, IF
IT'S JUST A SEPARATE VOTE, YEA OR NAY, THAT'S FINE.
BUT IF THERE IS ANY SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSION, I DO THINK IT
WOULD BE WISE TO HAVE STAFF HERE POTENTIALLY AVAILABLE IF
THERE IS A DISCUSSION.
I JUST MAKE THAT SUGGESTION.
9:09:03AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
I AGREE.
I HAVE THE MAJOR HERE TO DISCUSS IT IF WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT

IT.
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.
IF IT'S A SEPARATE VOTE, THAT'S VERY CLEARLY DONE.
IF IT IS A DISCUSSION OR EXPLAINING WHY YOU ARE GOING TO
VOTE, THEN I GUESS YOU WANT STAFF HERE.
9:09:35AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
THERE'S SOMEONE HERE IF IT NEEDS TO BE
DISCUSSED.
9:09:38AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
BE READY TO SPEAK TO ITEM 10 IF NEEDED.
I WOULD LIKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE FOR THE WRITTEN
STAFF REPORTS.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, 75 THROUGH 81.
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO TO APPROVE THE
AGENDA AND THE ADDENDUM.
SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.

NOW WE GO TO CEREMONIAL.
WE'LL START OFF WITH THE POLICE OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
COUNCILMAN VIERA.
9:10:17AM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
IT'S MY GREAT PLEASURE, SIR, TO BE HERE FOR THE POLICE
OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
WE'RE HERE TO HONOR OFFICER BRYAN STEVENS AS OUR POLICE
OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
WE DO THIS AS A COUNCIL FOR BOTH POLICE AND FIRE BECAUSE OF
THE TREMENDOUS SUPPORT WE ALL HAVE AS COUNCIL OF FIRST
RESPONDERS AND ALSO REFLECT THE VALUES OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT
SUPPORTS THESE MEN AND WOMEN.
I'LL LEAVE IT HERE TO DR. CHIEF BERCAW TO TALK ABOUT THIS
HONOREE AND THE GREAT WORK HE DOES.
9:10:49AM >>CHIEF BERCAW:
GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
I'M HERE TO HONOR MASTER POLICE OFFICER BRYAN STEVENS.
HE IS BEING HONORED FOR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE,
PROFESSIONALISM AND DEDICATION TO DUTY WHICH CONTINUE TO
ELEVATE THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ENHANCE OUR PUBLIC
SAFETY THROUGH THE COMMUNITY.
MAY NOT BE ABLE TO TELL NOW BUT HE IS A MEMBER OF THE BIKE
UNIT.
YOU CAN SEE THE REST OF THE SQUAD READY TO GO ON THE BIKES.
HE IS A KEY MEMBER OF OUR BIKE UNIT PATROLLING THE
RIVERWALK, DOWNTOWN AREA.

PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN CITYWIDE SPECIAL EVENTS.
AS YOU RECALL WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR ON NEW YEAR'S EVE WITH
THE ADDITIONAL MERIDIAN BARRIERS THAT PLACED A TOLL ON SOME
OF OUR OFFICERS AND OFFICER BRYAN STEVENS WAS INSTRUMENTAL
IN DEPLOYING ADDITIONAL BARRIERS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS ENSURING
THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND ATTENDEES.
BEYOND HIS PATROL RESPONSIBILITIES, STEVENS IS A CERTIFIED
INTERNATIONAL POLICE MOUNTAIN BIKE ASSOCIATION INSTRUCTOR
AND A MECHANIC.
HE EXPERTLY MANAGES THE MAINTENANCE OF THE DEPARTMENT'S
ENTIRE BICYCLE FLEET SERVING MORE THAN A HUNDRED BIKES.
HIS SKILLFUL MANAGEMENT OF PURCHASE ORDERS FOR THE POLICE
BIKE PROGRAM ENSURES THE TEAM REMAINS HIGHLY FUNCTIONAL FOR
ANY RESPONSE AND HE IS A TESTAMENT FOR HIS EXPERIENCE AND
ATTENTION TO DETAIL FOR THIS UNIT TAKING IT FORWARD.
HE'S RESPECTED FOR HIS PRECISION, HIS SPEED, AND HIS
DEPENDABILITY.
MPO STEVENS HAS BEEN A CRITICAL ACCESS IN THE CITY'S
RECOVERY EFFORTS FOLLOWING THE HURRICANES OF LAST YEAR.
HE TOOK EXTRA RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDING RECOGNIZING THE
NEED FOR MORE OFFICER TRAINING AND DESIGNED A TRAINING
COURSE.
HE ALSO TEACHES BIKE SAFETY TO COMMUNITY GROUPS AND HAS BEEN
-- HAS RECEIVED PRAISE FOR HIS EFFORTS.
HE CONSTANTLY GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND EMBODYING THE CORE

VALUES OF THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
HIS COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE SETS A POWERFUL EXAMPLE FOR
FELLOW OFFICERS AND REFLECTS THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF THE
TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO IT'S WITH GREAT PRIDE AND GRATITUDE THAT WE RECOGNIZE MPO
STEVENS AS OUR OFFICER OF THE MONTH FOR JUNE.
CONGRATULATIONS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:13:04AM >>LUIS VIERA:
BEFORE WE FORMALLY HONOR YOU, THERE ARE GOOD
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WANT TO SHOW THEIR
APPRECIATION.
9:13:15AM >> BEHALF OF PBA, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
DEDICATION TO THE CITIZENS AND TO THE DEPARTMENT.
ALSO ON BEHALF OF BUSCH GARDENS, I'M REPRESENTING THEM
TODAY, THEY WOULD LIKE TO OFFER YOU TICKETS TO ENJOY A DAY
AT THE PARK FOR YOUR DEDICATION.
9:13:36AM >> MARK HANEY WITH ZOO TAMPA.
ON BEHALF OF OUR BOARD, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT WITH YOU A
YEAR MEMBERSHIP TO THE ZOO FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
WE HAVE A RED WOLF HERE, WHICH IS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES.
WE'RE BREEDING WOLVES NOW AND REPOPULATING THEM IN THE WILD.
9:13:56AM >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:14:04AM >> WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT WITH YOU DINNER AT HOTEL HAYA IN
YBOR CITY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
OUR GRATITUDE IS ENDLESS.
9:14:14AM >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:14:17AM >> BRIAN FORD WITH THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS.
WE HAVE A LITTLE TRADITION AT ONE BUC.
ANYBODY THAT GOES OVER AND ABOVE, HEARING YOUR STORY, YOU
FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY, GETS A GAME BALL.
NEW PERSONALIZED GAME BALL.
LIKE TO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE GLAZER FAMILY, THE ENTIRE
ORGANIZATION FOR WHAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY DO FOR THE
COMMUNITY.
9:14:38AM >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:14:41AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
BRIAN FORD.
9:14:44AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL, MIKE McARTHUR, STEPP'S TOWING
SERVICE.
CONGRATULATIONS ON A JOB WELL DONE.
WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH A GIFT CARD FOR DINNER FOR YOU AND
YOUR WIFE.
GO OUT AND ENJOY TIME OFF.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
9:15:03AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.

JILL WITECKI WITH TAMPA THEATRE.
OFFICER STEVENS, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
WE SEE YOU ON YOUR BICYCLES OUTSIDE OF THE THEATER.
WE APPRECIATE ALL THE HELP WITH OUR EVENTS.
THIS IS AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO COME
SEE US THIS YEAR.
9:15:22AM >> OXFORD COMMONS.
LOVE FOR YOU GUYS TO COME TO ONE OF OUR RESTAURANTS.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOU DO.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:15:37AM >> GOOD MORNING.
CONGRATULATIONS, OFFICER STEVENS.
MY NAME IS LORI OSBORNE.
I'M WITH THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA.
ON BEHALF OF THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
YOUR SAFETY AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL.
I USE BAYSHORE BOULEVARD AND I SEE YOU GUYS OUT THERE ALL
THE TIME.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
PLEASE ACCEPT TICKETS TO UPCOMING SHOW IN THE NEW SEASON FOR
YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
THANKS AGAIN.
9:16:03AM >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:16:07AM >> GOOD MORNING, OFFICER.

MARY DILLON, REPRESENT STRAZ CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
PLEASE ACCEPT TICKETS TO THE NEXT SEASON OF UPCOMING
BROADWAY SHOWS FOR YOU AND A GUEST.
APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:16:26AM >> LEO GEARY FROM BILL CURRIE FORD.
BRYAN, CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
THANK ALL THE OFFICERS HERE BECAUSE WITHOUT YOU GUYS, THIS
PLACE IS NOT A SAFE PLACE.
I RESPECT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT
PUTS THAT UNIFORM ON THAT MAKES A SACRIFICE FOR ALL OF US IN
THIS ROOM.
I TOTALLY APPRECIATE EVERY ONE OF YOU.
ON BEHALF OF BILL CURRIE FORD, A LETTER FROM JENNIFER CURRY
HERSELF WITH A GIFT CARD AND FREE FULL MAINTENANCE ON YOUR
PERSONAL VEHICLE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:17:15AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
GOOD MORNING, OFFICER STEVENS.
GRACE GONZALEZ, HERE ON BEHALF OF THE GONZMART FAMILY AND
1905 FAMILY OF RESTAURANTS.
PLEASE ENJOY YOURSELF ON THE RIVERWALK AT THE COLUMBIA CAFE,
ULELE.

JUST RELAX.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:17:40AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
OFFICER STEVENS, MARYBETH WILLIAMS.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FRIENDS OF THE RIVERWALK.
WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOU KEEPING US SAFE ON THE RIVERWALK
AND TAKING CARE OF US DURING OUR SPECIAL EVENTS.
IN YOUR HONOR WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE YOU WITH A
PERSONALIZED PAVER ALONG THE RIVERWALK.
WHEN YOU BIKE ALONG THE RIVERWALK, YOU'LL HAVE TO LOOK FOR
IT AS WELL AS A FEW GIFT CERTIFICATES FROM MEMBER
ORGANIZATIONS, SPLITSVILLE, FLORIDA AVENUE BREWING, YACHT
STARSHIP, RIVERWALK RENTALS AND PIRATE WATER TAXI.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:18:19AM >> GOT ENOUGH STUFF?
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?
STEVE MICHELINI, HERE ON BEHALF OF A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT
FOLKS.
YOU GET A CHOICE.
I'LL HAND IT TO YOU AND THEN YOU CAN DECIDE WHERE IT GOES.
THERE IS A LITTLE SPECIAL INVOCATION HERE FOR YOU AND YOUR

FAMILY.
ON BEHALF OF JACKSON'S BISTRO ON HARBOUR ISLAND, GIFT
CERTIFICATE FOR A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
ON BEHALF OF THE CICCIO RESTAURANT GROUP, GIFT CERTIFICATE,
YOUR CHOICE OF THEIR RESTAURANTS, BREAKFAST, LUNCH OR
DINNER.
BEHALF OF MEAT MARKET IN OLD HYDE PARK, GIFT CERTIFICATE,
LUNCH OR DINNER.
ON BEHALF OF THE YUMMY HOUSE CHINA BISTRO, YOUR CHOICE,
LUNCH OR DINNER.
TAKE THESE LETTERS WITH YOU, SO THERE'S NO QUESTION.
MY NAME AND NUMBER IS ON THERE IN CASE YOU HAVE A PROBLEM.
THE BICYCLE PATROLS ARE VERY EFFECTIVE.
THEY HELP US DETER CRIME, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM IN
ALL OF THESE CONCENTRATED COMMERCIAL AREAS WHERE WE HAVE
LOTS OF VISITORS.
YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB OUT THERE.
THANK YOU.
9:19:37AM >> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:19:42AM >>LUIS VIERA:
OFFICER, ON BEHALF OF A REALLY GRATEFUL CITY
OF TAMPA, TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, CITY, MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT AND
EVERYONE, IT IS OUR GREAT PLEASURE AND HONOR TO RECOGNIZE
YOU, SIR, AS OFFICER OF THE MONTH.

GOD BLESS YOU, MAN.
[ APPLAUSE ]
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING.
9:20:00AM >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
I'VE BEEN WITH THIS BIKE UNIT FOR A LITTLE OVER A DECADE
WHEN IT WENT FULL-TIME.
I PUT MY HEART AND SOUL INTO IT A LOT.
EVERYTHING THAT I'VE HEARD IS A LITTLE OVERWHELMING, BUT THE
PARTNERSHIPS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED THROUGH THIS UNIT EXTEND
THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THE ADJOINING COUNTIES, THROUGHOUT THE
STATE AND EVEN OUT OF THE STATE.
WE HAVE EXCELLENT LEADERSHIP AND WE REALLY DID SET THE GOLD
STAR WITH HOW A BIKE UNIT SHOULD BE RUN AND OPERATED.
WE'VE HAD SO MANY OTHER AGENCIES COME TO US FOR INFORMATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT.
APPRECIATE IT.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:20:54AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU
DO.
I IMAGINE WHEN YOU STARTED WITH THE FORCE, YOU HAD
TRICYCLES.
9:21:01AM >> DID, YES.
9:21:02AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THANK YOU, THE CHIEF, MR. FORD, MR.
CLENDENIN AND MYSELF FOR JOINING THE BALD CLUB.
MR. FORD, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID, ON TV, HELPING PEOPLE

WHO NEED HELP.
FOR WHAT YOU DO, SIR, IT'S WHAT YOU DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
JUST THE PRESENCE OF YOU ON THE STREET IS A DETERRENT FOR
SOMEONE THINKING ABOUT DOING SOMETHING WRONG.
THANK YOU FOR YOU, YOUR CREW, THE PEOPLE YOU WORK WITH FROM
THE CHIEF DOWN BECAUSE TAMPA IS ONE OF THE BEST POLICE
FORCES.
CITY OF TAMPA IS ALWAYS RANKED IN THE TOP AND LOWER CRIMES
IN THE COUNTRY.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
9:21:37AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
9:21:38AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
I HEARD YOU FIX BIKES.
I HAVE MY ALL CITY IN THE OFFICE.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, I DID A TOUR OF HEADQUARTERS NOT
TOO LONG AGO, WAY, WAY DOWN IN THE BASEMENT.
IT WAS REALLY NICE TO TALK TO YOU ALL, SEE WHAT YOU ALL ARE
UP TO.
I CANNOT WAIT TO JOIN YOU ON A TOUR OF THE CITY.
THE BIKE OFFICERS AND ONE OF THE THINGS EVERYBODY TALKED
ABOUT AND I KNOW IS TRUE IS YOU REALLY, REALLY GET TO
INTERACT WITH THE PUBLIC IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WAY
BECAUSE YOU ARE JUST RIGHT THERE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO AND REALLY LOOK
FORWARD TO SEEING YOU MORE OUT AND ABOUT.

9:22:24AM >>BILL CARLSON:
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THANK YOU FOR KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
NOTHING IN THE CITY WILL WORK IF WE'RE NOT SAFE.
AS COUNCILMAN MIRANDA SAID, WE'RE ONE OF THE BEST CITIES IN
THE COUNTRY WITH A LOW VIOLENT CRIME RATE.
THANKS TO YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES FOR DOING THAT AND THANKS
TO YOUR FAMILY FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
9:22:40AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:22:54AM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU.
WE'LL WAIT.
9:22:56AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILMAN VIERA.
9:22:58AM >>LUIS VIERA:
OKAY.
GO AHEAD AND PROCEED, SIR.
WE'RE HERE NOW WITH OUR FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER.
CHIEF TRIPP IS HERE TO HONOR OUR HONOREE, LIEUTENANT JOSHUA
WIMBERLY WHO IS HERE.
WE DO THIS TO REFLECT OUR SUPPORT AS A COUNCIL, ALL OF US
FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AS WELL AS THE VALUES OF THE COMMUNITY WE
SERVE.
CHIEF, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD.
9:23:28AM >>CHIEF TRIPP:
GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
CHIEF TRIPP, FIRE CHIEF FOR TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
GOOD MORNING.

TODAY WE'LL HONOR LIEUTENANT JOSHUA WIMBERLY FOR THE
FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER FOR THE SECOND QUARTER.
JOSHUA HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA NOW 17 YEARS.
HE'S ALSO ACTING CAPTAIN AS WELL AS A PARAMEDIC AS PART OF
THE HAZARDOUS MATERIAL TEAM AS WELL.
HE HAS DEDICATED THESE YEARS TO TAMPA FIRE RESCUE BUT ON A
PARTICULAR DAY HE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND HIS SCOPE AS WELL AS
HIS TRAINING.
JANUARY 24, 2025, AROUND 8 P.M., LIEUTENANT WIMBERLY WAS OFF
DUTY AND DRIVING HOME WHEN HE CAME ACROSS A SERIOUS ACCIDENT
ON THE HOWARD FRANKLAND BRIDGE.
HE SAW A MAN LYING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND A WOMAN
WAVING HER ARM TRYING TO GET HELP.
NO OTHER CARS WERE STOPPING SO THE LIEUTENANT DECIDED TO
HAVE THE COURAGE, RISK HIS LIFE AND STOP.
HE PULLED OVER RIGHT AWAY.
HE QUICKLY REALIZED UNCONSCIOUS MAN ON THE ROADWAY HIT BY A
CAR WHILE CHANGING A TIRE RESULTING IN AMPUTATION OF HIS
RIGHT LEG.
THE CAR THAT HIT HIM DROVE OFF WITHOUT HESITATION.
LIEUTENANT WIMBERLY PULLED THE MAN OUT OF THE ROAD RISKING
HIS OWN LIFE WITH CARS SPEEDING BY HIM, HE USED HIS BELT AS
A TOURNIQUET TO STOP THE BLEEDING AND STAYED WITH THE MAN
UNTIL HELP CAME FROM ST. PETE FIRE RESCUE.
EVEN AFTER THEY GOT THERE, HE CONTINUED TO ASSIST WITH THE

TREATMENT AND CARE OF THIS INDIVIDUAL.
THE LIEUTENANT'S ACTION WAS A REMARKABLE DISPLAY OF COURAGE
AND SELFLESSNESS.
HE PUT HIS OWN SAFETY ASIDE TO HELP A STRANGER IN NEED.
FOR HIS ACTION THAT NIGHT, HIS DEDICATION TO THE DEPARTMENT
AND THE CITY OF TAMPA, LIEUTENANT WIMBERLY WAS NOMINATED AS
FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER.
HIS BRAVERY, QUICK THINKING AND SELFLESSNESS ARE A TRUE
REFLECTION OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A FIREFIGHTER AND
REPRESENT THE CORE VALUE WE UPHOLD AT TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
CONGRATULATIONS, LIEUTENANT.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:25:43AM >>LUIS VIERA:
LIEUTENANT, BEFORE WE FORMALLY HONOR YOU AND
SPEAK, WE HAVE FOLKS FROM THE COMMUNITY WHO WOULD LIKE TO
COME FORWARD AND HONOR YOU.
9:25:57AM >> I'M REPRESENTING BUSCH GARDENS.
CHRISTINA DURREN.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE.
ON BEHALF OF BUSCH GARDENS THEY HAVE TICKETS FOR YOU TO
ENJOY WITH THEIR FAMILY AND THE PARK FOR THE DAY.
CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU.
9:26:12AM >> CONGRATULATIONS.
MARK HANEY WITH ZOO TAMPA.
WE HAVE A YEAR MEMBERSHIP FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

HERE IS AN AFRICAN PAINTED DOG WHICH IS THE BEST PREDATOR IN
ALL OF AFRICA.
THEY GET THEIR PREY 80% OF THE TIME.
THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL.
HIGHLY ENDANGERED, SO ENJOY IT.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:26:37AM >> DINNER AT HOTEL HAYA IN YBOR CITY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
WE CANNOT EXPRESS DEEP ENOUGH GRATITUDE FOR EVERYTHING YOU
GUYS ARE DOING.
WHAT A STORY.
AMAZING.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:26:53AM >> GOOD MORNING AGAIN, COUNCIL.
WHAT A STORY.
WE SHOULD ALL BE SO LUCKY IN HOUR OF NEED TO HAVE A GUARDIAN
ANGEL LIKE YOU DRIVING BY.
BEHALF OF TAMPA THEATRE, INVITE BOTH OF YOU FOR YEAR LONG
MEMBERSHIP TO SEE US FOR OUR FILM SHOWS AND EVERYTHING GOING
ON.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:27:14AM >> GOOD MORNING, CHIEF.
WHAT A STORY.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO EACH AND EVERY DAY.

THAT STORY IS REMARKABLE.
BEHALF OF THE GLAZER FAMILY, WE HAVE A TRADITION, ANYBODY
THAT GOES OVER AND ABOVE AND HEARING THAT STORY, WE'RE LUCKY
TO HAVE YOU AND THE SUPPORT YOU GIVE HIM.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY.
GOD BLESS.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:27:43AM >> MIKE McARTHUR, STEPP'S TOWING SERVICE.
I HAVE A FEELING WE'LL BE HEARING THE STORY AT THE BANQUET
COMING SOON.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT STORY TO TELL AND THANKFUL THAT
YOU WERE THERE AT THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.
BEHALF OF TODD STEPP'S AND STEPP'S TOWING, GIFT CARD AND
HAVE DINNER ON US.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY AND
CONGRATULATIONS.
9:28:17AM >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[INAUDIBLE]
9:28:25AM >> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:28:30AM >> GRACE GONZALEZ HERE ON BEHALF OF THE GONZMART FAMILY AND
1905 FAMILY OF RESTAURANTS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE IN TAMPA AND BEING SO
DEDICATED TO THIS COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR BRAVERY.
WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU WITH A GIFT CARD AND INVITE TO
YOU THE COLUMBIA RESTAURANT, ULELE, WHEREVER YOU LIKE,
CELEBRATE AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:28:54AM >> GOOD MORNING AND CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR BRAVERY.
YOU ARE A HERO.
WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE YOU AS PART OF OUR CITY AND
PROTECTING US.
THAT IS TRULY AN INCREDIBLE STORY AND VERY POWERFUL.
BEHALF OF THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA, LIKE TO INVITE YOU AND YOUR
FAMILY TO UPCOMING PERFORMANCE AT OUR NEW SEASON.
AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:29:21AM >> MARY DILLON, REPRESENTING STRAZ CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING
ARTS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AGAIN, IT'S HARD TO REPEAT EVERYONE ELSE, BUT IT'S AN
AMAZING STORY.
WE HAVE TICKETS FOR UPCOMING BROADWAY SEASON.
START NEXT SEASON IN OCTOBER BECAUSE THE SEASON ENDS NOW.
THESE ARE TICKETS FOR YOURSELF AND A GUEST.
ENJOY YOURSELF.

THANK YOU.
9:29:49AM >> CONGRATULATIONS.
IT'S HEROIC TO SEE YOU GUYS DO WHAT YOU DO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA.
ON BEHALF OF BILL CURRIE FORD, PRESENT YOU HANDWRITTEN
LETTER FROM JENNIFER CURRIE HERSELF WITH A GIFT CARD AND
FULL FREE MAINTENANCE ON YOUR PERSONAL VEHICLE.
OTHER GOODIES IN THE BAG.
CONGRATULATIONS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:30:16AM >> GOOD MORNING.
MARYBETH WILLIAMS.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FRIENDS OF THE RIVERWALK.
LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR BRAVERY AND YOUR SERVICE TO OUR
COMMUNITY, TO HONOR YOUR SACRIFICE, WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE
YOU A PERSONALIZED PAVER ALONG THE TAMPA RIVERWALK.
WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL ENJOY THAT FOR YEARS TO COME.
SEVERAL CORPORATE MEMBERS HAVE GRACIOUSLY GIVEN VARIOUS GIFT
CERTIFICATES FOR YOU.
INCLUDED IN THOSE ARE FLORIDA AVENUE BREWING, YACHT
STARSHIP, RIVERWALK RENTALS, LOST PEARL, PIRATE WATER TAXI.
ADDITIONALLY, HOSTING A GIANT BOAT PARADE FOR THE 4th OF
JULY WHERE WE ARE HONORING OUR MILITARY AND FIRST
RESPONDERS.
WE HOPE ALL OF YOU WILL COME OUT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:31:05AM >> STEVE MICHELINI HERE ON BEHALF OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT
FOLKS.
LIKE TO CONGRATULATE AND HONOR YOU.
LET ME READ ONE LINE TO YOU THAT'S FROM THE INVOCATION
THAT'S DEDICATED TO POLICE AND FIRE.
IT IS, WHEN THE BELL RINGS, WHO WILL ANSWER?
THESE MEN AND WOMEN WILL ANSWER AND THE GOOD LORD WILL
SHIELD THEM AND KEEP THEM IN HIS LOVING ARMS.
I'LL GIVE THAT TO YOU.
I'LL TELL YOU THAT TAMPA FIRE RESCUE IS THE BEST.
WE APPRECIATE YOU.
WE LOVE YOU, AND YOU'RE ALWAYS THERE FOR US.
ON BEHALF OF MEAT MARKET IN OLD HYDE PARK, WE'RE PROVIDING
YOU WITH A GIFT CERTIFICATE.
HAVE YOURSELF LUNCH OR DINNER.
BEHALF OF YUMMY HOUSE CHINA BISTRO, LUNCH OR DINNER.
ON BEHALF OF CICCIO RESTAURANT GROUP, BREAKFAST, LUNCH, OR
DINNER.
AND JACKSON'S BISTRO, LUNCH OR DINNER.
CONGRATULATIONS.
WE DO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]

9:32:15AM >> STEVE WHITE.
I AM THE CO-CHAIR OF THE AWARDS REVIEW COMMITTEE.
I JUST WANT TO SAY IT WAS AN EASY DECISION FOR US THIS TIME.
HE'S SUCH A GREAT GUY.
AFTER ALL THE GREAT ACCOLADES, ONE THING I WANT TO SAY ABOUT
HIM, TRULY LOVE ABOUT HIM, ALL THESE THINGS ARE WONDERFUL
WHAT HE DOES FOR THE JOB BUT HE IS A MAN OF FAITH AND HE
WALKS AND LIVES HIS FAITH EVERY DAY.
I'M MORE IMPRESSED BY THAT THAN ANYTHING HE CAN DO.
EXUDES IT IN EVERYTHING HE DOES AND HOW HE TREATS OTHERS.
THAT'S MUCH MORE IMPORTANT IN THE LONG RUN.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT ABOUT HIM.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:32:59AM >>LUIS VIERA:
ON BEHALF OF A GRATEFUL CITY OF TAMPA,
PLEASURE TO HONOR YOU.
YOU TALK ABOUT FAITH, AND I THINK IT'S FROM PROVERBS.
UNLESS THE LORD BUILDS THIS HOUSE, THOSE WHO BUILD IT LABOR
IN VAIN.
YOU ALL OBVIOUSLY HAVE A GOOD HOUSE OF STRENGTH AND COURAGE
ON THE JOB.
THANK YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:33:16AM >> COUNCIL WOMEN AND COUNCILMEN, I WORK FOR I BELIEVE THE
GREATEST FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY, IN THE STATE, PERHAPS

IN THE NATION.
AND WHILE THIS IS WONDERFUL, I REALLY NEED NOT BE CONSIDERED
WHAT IS BEING AWARDED HERE IS THE TRAINING THAT I'VE
RECEIVED FROM TAMPA FIRE, THE DEDICATION IS REFLECTIVE OF
THOSE MEN AND WOMEN THAT I WORK AROUND EVERY DAY.
ULTIMATELY THE SELF-SACRIFICING SPIRIT THAT OUR LORD TEACHES
US TO DISPLAY.
SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE GIFTS AND ALL OF THAT, BUT
ULTIMATELY, IT ALL GOES TO SOMEONE GREATER THAN ME.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:34:17AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ON BEHALF OF A GRATEFUL CITY, WE ARE VERY
BLESSED TO HAVE INCREDIBLE FIRST RESPONDERS.
OUR FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENT.
OBVIOUSLY FROM THAT STORY, YOU WALK THE WALK AND TALK THE
TALK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU BRING TO THE CITY OF TAMPA
AND THANK YOU FOR THE FAMILY THAT SUPPORTS YOU AS WELL.
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
DAY.
9:34:48AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
VERY GOOD.
[ APPLAUSE ]
WE ARE GOING TO LET THE FIRE AND POLICE MOVE ON THEIR WAY.

IN THE MEANTIME, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING BRIAN FORD BACK UP TO
THE PODIUM.
WE NOTICED THAT WHEN BRIAN CAME UP, I THINK HE'S TRYING TO
LOOK AS DASHING AS COUNCILMAN MIRANDA WITH HIS STYLISH NEW
HAIR CUT, BUT I THINK THERE IS A STORY BEHIND IT.
MR. FORD.
9:35:32AM >> YES, GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.
9:35:35AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
STATE YOUR NAME.
9:35:37AM >> I KNOW -- BRIAN FORD, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR THE
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS.
THANK YOU, HUMBLED.
THANK YOU FOR THE KIND WORDS.
I KNOW I DON'T SPORT IT WELL, THE REASON BEHIND THIS, THE
11th YEAR THAT I PERSONALLY HAD A LITTLE BOY OR A LITTLE
GIRL CUT MY HAIR.
WE HAD 20 FAMILIES OUT.
THE REAL PURPOSE BEHIND IT IS TO BRING AWARENESS TO THE
EFFECTS OF PEDIATRIC CANCER.
NO FAMILY SHOULD EVER HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHAT THESE FAMILIES
GO THROUGH.
EVERY DAY, 43 FAMILIES, PARENTS GET A CALL THAT THEIR CHILD
HAS CANCER.
WHEN I LEARNED THE FACTS 11 YEARS AGO, IT WAS A NO-BRAINER
FOR ME.

I DO IT EACH AND EVERY YEAR.
I ENCOURAGE OUR ENTIRE ORGANIZATION.
I HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE GLAZER FAMILY, HEAD COACH, GENERAL
MANAGER, ALL OUR PLAYERS.
REALLY, IT'S TO BRING AWARENESS.
IT'S TO RAISE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.
BUT THE REAL PURPOSE IS TO GIVE 20 FAMILIES -- SOME OF THE
CHILDREN THAT CAME OUT ON TUESDAY ACTUALLY CAME STRAIGHT
FROM THE HOSPITAL, RIGHT FROM RADIATION, RIGHT FROM
CHEMOTHERAPY.
AND IT GIVE THEM AND THEIR PARENTS A CHANCE TO SEE THEM
LAUGH AND GIGGLE, THAT WAS PRICELESS.
THEY KIND OF FORGOT ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH AND
GOT TO SHAVE MY HEAD.
THIS YEAR I DIDN'T PICK ONE LITTLE BOY OR LITTLE GIRL,
UNFORTUNATELY WE CHANGED THE TERM OF THE EVENT FROM CUT FOR
A CURE TO CUT AND COLOR.
A LOT OF TODAY'S SOCIETY DIDN'T WANT TO SHAVE THEIR HEAD, SO
THEY ACTUALLY PAINTED IT.
I THINK THE KIDS HAD A LOT OF FUN.
LITTLE BOY OR LITTLE GIRL THAT LOST THEIR HAIR TO SAY IT'S
OKAY.
COOL TO BE LIKE THIS.
I DON'T LOOK GOOD BUT YOU DO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN

IT.
THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO EACH AND EVERY DAY.
9:37:31AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I HEARD THAT STORY AND I FOUND IT TO BE
VERY INSPIRATIONAL.
MY OFFICE, MY LEGISLATIVE AIDE EXPERIENCED SIMILAR WITH HIS
FAMILY.
BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF COMMITMENT AND BRING ATTENTION
TO THE ISSUE SO MANY FAMILIES STRUGGLE WITH.
9:37:48AM >>BILL CARLSON:
THE NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION, NATIONAL
PEDIATRIC.
9:37:52AM >> IT'S BASED RIGHT HERE IN TAMPA.
DAVID FRAZIER IS THE CEO AND PRESIDENT.
WHAT THEY DO FOR THESE FAMILIES DAY IN AND DAY OUT IS
REMARKABLE.
WE DO IT ONCE A YEAR.
IT'S AMAZING.
9:38:05AM >>BILL CARLSON:
I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT,
FOR EVERYONE ELSE WHO HAS DONE THAT.
I'M FRIENDS WITH MELISSA DUNKEL, ONE OF THE FOUNDERS.
TWO MOTHERS HAD KIDS WITH CANCER, GOT TOGETHER AND FOUNDED
THIS.
BROUGHT IN DAVID WHO IS FANTASTIC.
MY SON HAS DONE A LOT OF PRO BONO WORK FOR THEM.
GREAT ORGANIZATION.
DON'T REALIZE, AS YOU STARTED TO SAY, THIS IS A NATIONAL,

SOMEWHAT INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT'S FUNDING RESEARCH
AND INNOVATIVE NEW CLINICAL TRIALS TO REALLY FIND CURES FOR
KIDS.
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THEM.
9:38:38AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, MR. FORD.
[ APPLAUSE ]
NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE GET TO RECOGNIZE ATU EMPLOYEE OF THE
MONTH.
THAT WILL BE DONE BY COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
9:39:05AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE ARE HERE TODAY TO HONOR OUR ATU EMPLOYEE
OF THE MONTH.
I'M GOING TO LET MR. SIMON START OFF.
9:39:16AM >> GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
AND GOOD MORNING, CITY OF TAMPA.
I'M STEVE SIMON, PRESIDENT OF THE AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION
LOCAL 1464, AND WE KEEP THE CITY OF TAMPA RUNNING.
I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE THIS MORNING TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE
ATU EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, MS. THERESA HUGHES.
[ APPLAUSE ]
WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THERESA HUGHES FOR HER
EXCEPTIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS BROUGHT TO THE TEAM AND
ORGANIZATION.
TERESA'S DEDICATION, HARD WORK, AND INNOVATIVE SPIRIT HAS
NOT GONE UNNOTICED.

DATING BACK TO HER FIRST WEEK WITH WATER ENGINEERING,
THERESA HAS ALWAYS STRIVEN FOR EXCELLENCY BY GIVING 110%.
SHE CONSISTENTLY HAS GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND IN ANY ROLE SHE
TAKES ON.
THERESA HAS VOLUNTEERED FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S SAFETY
COMMITTEE AS THE HANNA MOVE CHAMPION AND THE SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERT FOR THE TAMPA CONNECT PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION.
TERESA'S COMMITMENT TO DELIVERING THE BEST AT ALL TIMES IS
SEEN THROUGH HER CONSISTENT, EXEMPLARY CUSTOMER SERVICE
EXPERIENCE PROVIDED WITH NUMEROUS RECOGNITIONS BY THE
PUBLIC, WATER DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP, AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
WE THANK THERESA FOR HER UNWAVERING COMMITMENT AND EMBODYING
OUR CORE VALUES.
WE ARE THANKFUL TO HAVE HER AS PART OF OUR TEAM AND LOOK
FORWARD TO SEEING HER CONTINUOUS GROWTH AND SUCCESS.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU AS WELL ON BEHALF OF ATU
LOCAL 1464.
I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS AWARD.
[ APPLAUSE ]
CONGRATULATIONS.
IF I MAY, I HAVE A LETTER FROM THE MAYOR.
I WOULD LIKE TO READ A PORTION OF THAT.
DEAR THERESA, CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING SELECTED AS THE
AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION ATU EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR YOUR
PROFESSIONALISM, STRONG WORK ETHICS, AND FOR GOING ABOVE AND

BEYOND IN ALL ASPECTS OF YOUR ROLE AS A UTILITIES PERMITTING
TECHNICIAN.
YOU DEMONSTRATE A FIRM COMMITMENT TO THE WATER DEPARTMENT
AND TO THE CITY, AND YOU SET A SHINING EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS TO
FOLLOW.
IT IS EMPLOYEES LIKE YOU, THERESA, THAT MAKE ME PROUD TO
SERVE AS MAYOR.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND SERVICE.
SINCERELY MAYOR JANE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:42:00AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE THAT WANT TO HONOR YOU.
WE'LL LET THAT HAPPEN FIRST.
9:42:10AM >> GRACE GONZALEZ HERE ON BEHALF OF THE GONZMART FAMILY AND
1905 FAMILY OF RESTAURANTS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE IN TAMPA.
THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING TO BE HERE IN TAMPA.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO OUR CITY.
WE WANT YOU TO HELP CELEBRATE YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENT BY JOINING
US AT THE COLUMBIA RESTAURANT, ULELE -- ANYWHERE YOU LIKE.
THIS IS FOR YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO
FOR US.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:42:37AM >> MS. HUGHES, YOUR STORY IS REMARKABLE.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER THIS MORNING, WE HAVE A TRADITION.

ANYBODY THAT GOES OVER AND ABOVE GETS A GAME BALL.
THIS IS YOUR CUSTOM GAME BALL.
ON BEHALF OF THE GLAZER FAMILY AND OUR ENTIRE ORGANIZATION,
CONGRATULATIONS AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU.
THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:43:03AM >> HI.
MARK HANEY WITH ZOO TAMPA.
HERE WE HAVE A FUN DAY AT THE ZOO.
YOU HAVE SIX PASSES.
WE WANT YOU TO COME AND ENJOY A FUN DAY AT THE ZOO.
WE HAVE A WHITE RHINO.
INTERESTING FACT ABOUT RHINOS, A GROUP OF RHINOS IS CALLED A
CRASH BECAUSE THEY HAVE POOR EYESIGHT AND THEY CRASH INTO
EACH OTHER.
[ LAUGHTER ]
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:43:28AM >> REPRESENTING BUSCH GARDENS OF TAMPA.
THEY WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO THE CITY
WITH TICKETS TO TAKE YOUR FAMILY AND ENJOY A DAY AT BUSCH
GARDENS.
THANK YOU.
9:43:40AM >> GOOD MORNING.
JILL WITECKI WITH TAMPA THEATRE.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR BUILDING OWNED BY

THE CITY AND EVERYBODY ELSE.
ON BEHALF OF THE THEATER, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH
AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP SO YOU AND A GUEST CAN COME SEE MOVIES,
SHOWS AND WHATEVER ELSE.
9:44:00AM >> MIKE McARTHUR, STEPP'S TOWING SERVICE.
GREAT SUPPORTING STAFF YOU HAVE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR THE CITY.
ON BEHALF OF STEPP'S TOWING SERVICE, ENJOY DINNER, TAKE SOME
TIME OFF.
YOU DESERVE IT.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:44:20AM >> ON BEHALF OF BILL CURRIE FORD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA.
I WANT TO PRESENT YOU A HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM JENNIFER
CURRY HERSELF WITH A GIFT CARD AS WELL AND FULL FREE
MAINTENANCE ON YOUR PERSONAL VEHICLE AND ALSO GOODIES IN
THERE AS WELL.
ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR DAY.
9:44:39AM >> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:44:43AM >> LORI OSBORNE.
WITH THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ACHIEVEMENT.
LOOK AT ALL THE PEOPLE BEHIND YOU.
SO GREAT TO SEE YOU.

ON BEHALF OF THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA, LOVE TO INVITE YOU AND
YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO AN UPCOMING PERFORMANCE FOR OUR
NEW SEASON.
AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:45:11AM >> I THINK I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO CALL ON YOU YOUR
FIRST WEEK ON THE JOB.
REMEMBER THAT?
IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
THERESA IS WONDERFUL.
I WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU THAT ONE OF MY CLIENTS
CALLED ON THERESA RECENTLY.
SHE WROTE THIS LETTER TO CHUCK WEBER.
SHE SAYS, I'M A 67-YEAR-OLD TAMPA NATIVE AND WANT TO SHARE
MY RECENT EXPERIENCE WITH THE TAMPA WATER DEPARTMENT.
I'M EMBARKING ON RESTORING AN OLD BUILDING 100 YEARS OLD
WHICH HAD UTILITIES THAT WERE QUESTIONABLE AT BEST.
THE ORIGINAL PLANS WERE SUBMITTED FOR THE FOUNDATION AND
WERE APPROVED.
THEN I LEARNED THE UTILITY APPLICATION NEEDED TO BE
SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL, WHICH WAS A BIG SURPRISE
TO HER.
I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COMPLETE THE UTILITY
APPLICATION WITHOUT THE PATIENCE AND GUIDANCE OF TWO

EXCEPTIONAL STAFF MEMBERS OF YOUR DEPARTMENT.
DO YOU REMEMBER THIS?
9:46:06AM >> YES, I REMEMBER.
9:46:08AM >> THERESA AND SAM SHIVER, BOTH OF WHOM WERE SO HELPFUL TO
ME AS I NAVIGATED THE WEBSITE AND LEARNED ABOUT HOW TO
PROCESS THE APPLICATION.
COMPLETING IT WAS A CHALLENGE BUT THERESA WAS WONDERFUL.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO EXPRESS IN WORDS HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE,
AND I AM TO THERESA FOR ALL OF HER WORK.
BOTH OF THEM WERE PATIENT WITH ME AND THEY EXPLAINED THE
UTILITY APPLICATION PROCESS, SO I GOT THROUGH IT AND WAS
SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING MY PERMIT.
I WANT TO TAKE MY TIME TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR THERESA
AND SAM FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE.
HOW ABOUT THAT?
9:46:48AM >> THAT WAS AMAZING.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:46:54AM >> LITTLE INVOCATION HERE TO PROTECT YOU WHILE YOU WERE IN
THE DILIGENCE OF YOUR DUTIES.
WE HAVE PROVIDED YOU WITH A GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR CICCIO
RESTAURANT GROUP.
ENJOY YOURSELF OVER THERE.
AND JACKSON'S BISTRO ON HARBOUR ISLAND.
MEAT MARKET IN OLD HYDE PARK.
AND YUMMY HOUSE OVER ON DALE MABRY.

HERE IS YOUR GIFT CERTIFICATE.
TAKE YOUR LETTERS WITH YOU.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERESA IS CONSISTENTLY ASSISTING PEOPLE
ALL THE TIME AND HAS THE PATIENCE OF JOB.
BECAUSE THE PROCESS IS NOT EASY TO NAVIGATE AND SHE SPENDS
THE TIME TO HELP YOU GET THROUGH IT.
I TALKED TO MARGOT LAST NIGHT AND TOLD HER YOU WOULD BE
HONORED.
SHE SAID SHE WOULD SEND YOU A PERSONAL NOTE AS WELL.
CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:47:57AM >> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:48:03AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER FOLKS WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME AND
SPEAK.
9:48:11AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
RORY JONES WITH THE WATER DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU, STEVEN, FOR GIVING US THIS PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO
RECOGNIZE SUCH A GREAT EMPLOYEE IN THERESA.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU HEARD, SHE'S BEEN RECOGNIZED BY DEVELOPERS,
OWNERS, LETTERS TO THE MAYOR, LETTERS TO YOU GUYS, COUNCIL.
SHE IS A STANDOUT EMPLOYEE IN EVERY SENSE.
SHE'S MORE THAN JUST A UTILITY PERMIT TECHNICIAN.
YOU REPRESENT AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT A PUBLIC SERVANT CAN AND
SHOULD BE.

WE'RE LUCKY TO WORK WITH YOU.
WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE YOU AS A COWORKER.
YOU DESERVE EVERYTHING YOU'RE GETTING TODAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:48:57AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE A COMMENDATION
FROM CITY COUNCIL.
SO YOU HAVE BEEN SELECTED BY YOUR PEERS AND SUPERVISORS FOR
THIS HONOR, YOUR DEDICATION, HARD WORK AND INNOVATIVE SPIRIT
HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE WATER DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY OF
TAMPA.
TAMPA CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZES YOU FOR EXEMPLARY SERVICE AND
THANKS YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO YOUR JOB, DEPARTMENT AND
THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:49:19AM >> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:49:25AM >> SHE HOLDS A CLASS A LICENSURE REQUIREMENT FOR WATER
TREATMENT.
SHE WAS AN OPERATOR AT THE TIPPIN WATER TREATMENT FACILITY.
9:49:39AM >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M NOT REALLY GOOD WITH WORDS.
THANK YOU.
AND THIS MEANS THE WORLD TO ME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THIS MEANS A LOT.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:49:55AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:49:56AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
THANK YOU.
MUST BE ALL-STAR DAY.
POLICE DEPARTMENT ALL STAR, FIRE DEPARTMENT ALL STAR AND NOW
THE ALL STAR FROM THE ATU FOR KEEPING THE CITY OPERATING AND
RUNNING.
IT'S A SPECIAL THING TO RECEIVE AN AWARD.
WHEN YOU HAVE SEVEN COLLEAGUES THAT WORK IN A DEPARTMENT
MORE THAN LIKELY THE NUMBER ONE IN WATER TASTING IN THE
COUNTRY.
I SAY THAT -- ONE OF THE LOWEST PRICED WATER IN THE AREA.
WHAT YOU ALL DO IS UNBELIEVABLE.
WE TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED.
WE OPEN THE FAUCET, THE WATER IS THERE.
WE HAVE NO WATER THERE, WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
YOU ALL DO IT IN A WAY THAT IS DONE EVERY DAY, 24 HOURS A
DAY, 365 DAYS A YEAR, YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT.
YES, WE HAVE OUR BUMPS IN THE ROAD.
YES, WE WERE WORKING ON THOSE THINGS.
LIKE THE PIPES USED TO BREAK EVERY OTHER DAY.
NOW THE PIPES PROGRAM GOING, GOING FINE.
ANOTHER 18, 20 YEARS IT WILL BE COMPLETED.

THAT'S HOW MANY MILES OF WATER LINES AND TERTIARY TREATED
WATER LINES UNDER THE GROUND.
TO BE HERE AND REPRESENT A DEPARTMENT RANKED WAY HIGH IN ANY
AREA, IN FACT, YOUR DEPARTMENT, WATER DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY
OF TAMPA IS ONE OF ONLY EIGHT DEPARTMENTS IN THE COUNTRY
THAT HAS A TRIPLE A BOND RATING.
WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT ALSO.
THAT MEANS WE KEEP OUR INTEREST RATES LOWER THAN MOST PEOPLE
THAT GO TO THE BOND MARKET.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, YOUR UNION REPRESENTATIVE, ALL THE
EMPLOYEES IN THE WATER DEPARTMENT AND THE TWO GENTLEMEN
BEHIND YOU WHO ARE THE BOSS.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH ALL OF YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:51:26AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
COUNCILMAN VIERA.
9:51:28AM >>LUIS VIERA:
JUST REALLY SHORT, JUST CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU HAVE SO MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE HERE IN SUPPORT OF YOU.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE HAPPY BECAUSE YOU ARE BEING HONORED.
YOU ARE BEING HONORED BECAUSE YOU DO A GREAT JOB AND YOU
SEEM LIKE A SINCERE, HARDWORKING PERSON WHO THANK GOD IS
APPRECIATED.
JUST CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SPECIAL DAY.
I MEAN THAT.
THANK YOU.

9:51:49AM >> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:51:50AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
9:51:52AM >>BILL CARLSON:
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AS WELL.
I APPRECIATE YOUR EMOTION AND EMPATHY FOR CUSTOMERS OF THE
CITY.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE CAN DO IS SHOW THAT
EMPATHY AND SHOW THE CUSTOMERS WE CARE AND WE WORK WITH
THEM.
NOT SURPRISINGLY, BECAUSE WE JUST HAD SOMEBODY FROM THE
WATER DEPARTMENT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, I GET A LOT OF
COMPLIMENTS ON STAFF AT THE WATER DEPARTMENT.
THANKS TO ALL OF YOU AND THANKS TO RORY FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
AND WHATEVER YOU ALL ARE DOING, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE DO
MORE OF IT.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:52:27AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MORE THAN GETTING A LOT OF COMPLIMENTS, I
DON'T THINK WE EVER GET ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE WATER
DEPARTMENT.
PEOPLE LIKE TO COMPLAIN JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING.
[ LAUGHTER ]
THAT SAYS A LOT.
I DRINK TAMPA TAP.
IT IS THE BEST WATER IN TOWN.

COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, YOU WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING?
9:52:49AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I THINK THIS IS A GOOD POINT TO MAKE TO SAY
THAT IT'S NEVER TOO MUCH TO WRITE A NOTE OF THANK YOU.
I THINK IT REALLY, REALLY GOES A LONG WAY AND SO EASY TO DO.
I WANT TO THANK THOSE THAT DID, THAT HELPED START THIS OFF.
CONGRATULATIONS FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE.
9:53:06AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
GIVE THEM A SECOND TO GO OUT.
NEXT, WE HAVE A GROUP -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU LOOKED AROUND,
YOU SEE MUCH YOUNGER FACES THAN WE NORMALLY HAVE IN COUNCIL
CHAMBERS.
MOLLY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND INTRODUCE YOUR TROUPE
HERE?
THANK YOU, BRIAN.
9:53:42AM >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN AND CITY COUNCIL.
I'M MOLLY BIEBEL.
I AM THE COORDINATOR OF THE MAYOR'S YOUTH CORPS.
I'M VERY HAPPY TO HAVE ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THE CLASS WITH ME
TODAY.
WE'LL BRING ANOTHER THIRD TO AN EVENING MEETING.
I'LL HAVE THEM COME UP AND INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
THEIR NAMES, WHERE THEY GO TO SCHOOL, WHAT GRADE THEY ARE
IN.
THANKS AGAIN FOR HAVING US.

9:54:03AM >> GOOD MORNING.
I'M PART OF THE MAYOR'S YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL.
I'M A RISING JUNIOR AT HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.
9:54:12AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS SIDNEY ERICKSON.
I AM A RISING JUNIOR AT PLANT HIGH SCHOOL.
9:54:19AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SPEAK LOUD AND PROUD WHEN YOU TALK INTO
THE MIKE.
9:54:22AM >> GOOD MORNING.
GRACE.
JUNIOR AT PLANT HIGH SCHOOL.
THANK YOU.
9:54:26AM >> GOOD MORNING.
I'M A RISING SOPHOMORE.
9:54:32AM >> GOOD MORNING.
I'M LARKIN.
I'M A RISING JUNIOR.
I GO TO TAMPA PREP.
9:54:38AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
BLAYLAND.
RISING SOPHOMORE.
ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL.
9:54:45AM >> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS SOPHIE.
I'M A RISING SENIOR AT ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL.

9:54:51AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
SAMANTHA.
I'M A RISING JUNIOR AT JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL.
9:54:59AM >> GO DRAGONS.
9:55:01AM >> GOOD MORNING, I'M STELLA McGHEE.
I'M A RISING JUNIOR AT TAMPA PREP.
9:55:07AM >> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS ALLEY.
I'M A RISING JUNIOR AT PLANT HIGH SCHOOL.
9:55:13AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
I'M DYLAN.
I'M A RISING JUNIOR AT JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL.
9:55:21AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
I'M A RISING SENIOR AT BROOKS DeBARTOLO COLLEGIATE HIGH
SCHOOL.
9:55:28AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
I'M A RISING SENIOR AT THE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL.
9:55:36AM >> NICE TO MEET YOU, COUNCIL.
RISING SENIOR.
I GO TO JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL.
HI, MOM.
LOVE YOU.
9:55:44AM >> GOOD MORNING.
SOPHIE.
I'M A RISING SOPHOMORE AT TAMPA PREP.

9:55:50AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
I'M A JUNIOR AT MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL.
9:55:57AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
JOHN.
I GO TO ARMWOOD HIGH SCHOOL.
9:56:02AM >> GOOD MORNING.
TOBIAS.
I'M HOMESCHOOLED, SO YOU DON'T GET TO CHEER FOR ME.
[ LAUGHTER ]
9:56:13AM >> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS RYAN.
RISING JUNIOR AT PLANT HIGH SCHOOL.
9:56:20AM >> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS KATE ALEXANDER.
RISING JUNIOR AT HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.
9:56:27AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
GRANT HENDERSON.
I AM A RISING JUNIOR AT JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL.
9:56:33AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS HUNTER ALLEN.
I'M A RISING JUNIOR AT THE ACADEMY OF THE HOLY NAMES.
9:56:40AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS AUSTIN ALLEN.
I'M A RISING SENIOR AT JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL.
9:56:47AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.

I'M A RISING JUNIOR AT THE ACADEMY OF HOLY NAMES.
9:56:53AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS HUGH.
I AM A RISING JUNIOR AT JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL.
9:57:01AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
I'M CHARLIE CARLO.
RISING SENIOR AT PLANT HIGH SCHOOL.
9:57:08AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
I'M A JUNIOR AT MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL.
9:57:15AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS JACOB.
I'M A RISING JUNIOR AT MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL.
9:57:23AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
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.
I AM SO EXCITED TO SEE YOU ALL THIS MORNING.
I CAN CLEARLY SEE THE DIVERSITY FROM PUBLIC, PRIVATE, AND
CHARTER SCHOOLS.
I USED TO HAVE A COMPLAINT ABOUT THAT WITH THE MAYOR'S YOUTH
CORPS THAT IT WASN'T DIVERSE ENOUGH.
DIVERSITY IS ALWAYS BEING CHALLENGED.
IT IS CLEAR YOU ARE A GROUP OF DIVERSE STUDENTS REPRESENTING
SO MANY DIFFERENT LAYERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
I REALLY ENJOYED SEEING YOU ALL THIS MORNING.

NOT ONLY THE JEFFERSON DRAGONS, BUT THE FACT THAT YOU ALL
ARE RISING JUNIORS AND SENIORS, THAT IS REALLY GREAT,
OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO CONTINUE IN THIS LEADERSHIP ROLE
SERVING THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE MAYOR'S YOUTH CORPS.
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
SAID ON THE DIVERSITY, PLURALISM, ALL THE FOLKS THERE.
I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T GIVE A SHOUT-OUT -- NOT GOING
TO SAY WHO THEY ARE -- A GRANDCHILD FORMER TAMPA CITY
COUNCIL MEMBER THAT IF YOU LOOK UP THE WORD BLEEDING HEART
CATHOLIC IN THE DICTIONARY, FORMER COUNCILMAN AND DEACON
SCOTT PAINE.
THAT'S ALL I'LL SAY.
9:58:47AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YOU SHOULD INTRODUCE HIM.
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
SCOTT, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER PAINE, FOR ALL OF HIS SERVICE.
HI TO WHOEVER HIS GRANDCHILD IS OUT THERE.
9:59:08AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HI SCOTT PAINE'S GRANDCHILD.
DID YOU WANT TO CALL YOURSELF OUT?
[ LAUGHTER ]
VERY GOOD.
WE HAVE TWO SCHOOLTEACHERS.

ONE TO MY RIGHT AND ONE TO MY LEFT.
IT'S NICE TO HAVE THE STUDENT INVOLVEMENT AT YOUR AGE TO BE
INVOLVED IN AN ORGANIZATION LIKE THIS AND SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE
TO CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR COMMUNITY.
HOPEFULLY YOU'LL TAKE WHAT YOU LEARNED IN THE MAYOR YOUTH
CORPS AND BRING IT FORTH IN THE REST OF YOUR LIVES SO ONE
DAY YOU WILL BE SERVING IN EITHER THIS TYPE OF ROLE OR OTHER
LEADERSHIP ROLES IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
9:59:51AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
JUST TO ECHO THAT, LEADERSHIP COMES IN MANY,
MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
LEADERSHIP IS NOT JUST BEING UP HERE.
LEADERSHIP IS LEADING IN YOUR COMMUNITY, JOINING YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, JOINING DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT
YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT AND HELPING LEAD.
IT COULD BE SOMETHING ENVIRONMENTAL.
IT COULD BE A SPORT THAT YOU REALLY LOVE.
LEADERSHIP IS EVERYWHERE.
IT IS NOT JUST NECESSARILY HERE, BUT IT CAN LEAD TO BIGGER
THINGS.
IT CAN LEAD TO PLACES LIKE THIS.
MOST OF US STARTED IN A LEADERSHIP POSITION IN SOMETHING
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

I CONGRATULATE YOU ON BEING WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW,
LEARNING THOSE LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND WHEREVER YOU GO AND
WHATEVER YOU DO, THIS WILL ABSOLUTELY SERVE YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS.
10:00:36AM >>BILL CARLSON:
BESIDES SAYING HI, I ALSO WANT TO SAY WE
NEED ALL OF YOU TO COME BACK.
IF YOU GO AWAY TO SCHOOL, PLEASE COME BACK.
WE NEED ALL THE GREAT LEADERS WE CAN GET.
YOU ALL HAVE BEEN THROUGH A TRAINING PROGRAM.
YOU'RE MEETING PEOPLE THAT WILL GUIDE YOUR FUTURE, BUT WE
NEED YOU TO COME BACK AND TRY TO SHAPE TAMPA IN THE
DIRECTION THAT YOU ALL WANT TO SHAPE.
I THINK ALL OF US HERE SUCCEEDED TO WHATEVER SUCCESS WE'VE
HAD BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE GAVE US A HAND UP ALONG THE WAY.
IF YOU HAPPEN TO GO AWAY OR EVEN IF YOU STAY HERE, PLEASE
LET US KNOW IF YOU NEED SOMETHING TO TRY TO STAY HERE IN THE
FUTURE.
MY SON GRADUATED FROM FSU A YEAR AGO.
I FINALLY MADE A MOVE BACK A FEW MONTHS AGO.
HE SAID, HOW WILL I GET A JOB IN TAMPA?
I SAID WHY DON'T YOU START WITH YOUR CUB SCOUT LEADERS.
THERE ARE PEOPLE YOU INTERFACE WITH ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS AS
A KID, MANY TIMES VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THE COMMUNITY.
HE GOT TWO JOBS JUST BY TALKING TO HIS CUB SCOUT DADS.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP IN THE FUTURE.

THERE ARE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES HERE.
IF YOU GO TO SCHOOL OUTSIDE, THEY WON'T HAVE JOBS IN TAMPA
IN THEIR CAREER DATABASE.
YOU'LL HAVE TO COME BACK HERE.
WE'LL ALL HELP YOU BECAUSE WE NEED YOU TO BE LEADERS HERE.
THANK YOU.
10:01:56AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENT
PORTION OF OUR MEETING.
MR. SHELBY.
10:02:01AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
YES, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC, MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
VERY BRIEFLY, THE RULES OF DECORUM FOR TODAY'S MEETING,
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALLOWED A REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY
AT THE BEGINNING OF TODAY'S MEETING TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM ON
THE AGENDA BEFORE CITY COUNCIL TAKES OFFICIAL ACTION ON AN
ITEM.
A THREE-MINUTE TIME LIMIT APPLIES TO ALL SPEAKERS PROVIDING
PUBLIC COMMENT.
NOW, IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT,
YOU'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AND
PLACING IT IN THE BOX OUTSIDE THE CHAMBERS.
ONE CARD PER SPEAKER.
EACH PERSON SUBMITTING A CARD WILL BE RECOGNIZED BY NAME TO
APPROACH AND SPEAK.

PLEASE PRINT LEGIBLY.
NAMES THAT CANNOT BE READ WILL NOT BE CALLED.
NOW, IF THERE IS SOMETHING LABELED A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE
AGENDA, YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WHEN THAT
ITEM IS CALLED UP ON THE AGENDA.
YOU DON'T FILL OUT A CARD FOR THAT.
USE A SIGN-IN SHEET INSTEAD.
IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE, PLEASE SEE THE CITY STAFF.
SPEAKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALSO REMINDED THAT
THEY ARE TO REFRAIN FROM DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING
MAKING VULGAR OR THREATENING REMARKS OR MAKING OR CAUSING
DISRUPTIVE NOISES OR SOUNDS OR DISPLAYING SIGNS OR GRAPHICS.
SPEAKERS ARE ALSO REMINDED TO REFRAIN FROM LAUNCHING
PERSONAL ATTACKS AGAINST ANY CITY OFFICIAL, STAFF MEMBER, OR
ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC.
NOW, THE CHAIR WILL RULE OUT OF ORDER ANY PERSON WHO SPEAKS
WITHOUT BEING RECOGNIZED OR ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS THE CITY
COUNCIL FROM OUTSIDE THE SPEAKER AREA AT THE PODIUM.
PERSONS FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE COUNCIL'S RULES MAY ALSO
BE RULED OUT OF ORDER AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR MAY
BE REMOVED FROM THE CHAMBERS FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY'S
MEETING.
NOW, FINALLY, COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD REFRAIN FROM ENGAGING A
SPEAKER DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THE PUBLIC SHOULD
BE AWARE THAT CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT TAKE QUESTIONS OR HAVE A

DIALOGUE DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS YOUR POSITION.
NOW, IF YOU ALSO WISH TO SPEAK ON STAFF REPORTS, THE TIME TO
DO THAT IS DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
THANK YOU.
10:04:07AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, MR. SHELBY.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER SIGNED UP IS MICHELLE MASTROTOTARO.
10:04:18AM >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS MICHELLE MASTROTOTARO.
I'M HERE JUST TO IN GENERAL TALK ABOUT THE STUFF THAT HAS
NOT BEEN DONE.
HURRICANE SEASON APPROACHED AGAIN, AND THIS HAS BEEN A FIGHT
SINCE 2020 ABOUT THE FLOODING IN MY AREA.
NOW, EVERYBODY ELSE IS STARTING TO FLOOD.
THE MORE CONCRETE THAT'S GETTING BUILT, THE MORE THE WATER
CAN'T GO NOWHERE BUT ELSE WHERE.
I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING, TRYING TO EDUCATE PEOPLE, BUT NOW THEY
ARE ALL MAD.
THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ACTIVE THEN WHEN I SAID WE NEED MORE
PEOPLE TO STEP UP.
WHERE MY HEART IS, WE PAY TWO TAXES FOR SOUTH TAMPA FOR
STORMWATER, AND I'VE NOT SEEN ONE TRUCK IN MY AREA.
MY ROADS ARE COLLAPSING.
THE PONDS, THE WHOLE STRUCTURES ARE CRACKED AND THERE'S
NOTHING, NOTHING BEING DONE.

I THINK THREE YEARS OF ME TRYING TO GET HELP AND THEN LOSING
EVERYTHING WITH HURRICANE HELENE WAS ENOUGH TO SAY THERE IS
A PROBLEM.
I HEARD RECENTLY THAT WE ONLY HAVE ONE SPIDER TRUCK, AND
THAT SPIDER TRUCK WAS BROKE FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND THAT
WAS DETRIMENTAL TO THAT TIME FRAME BECAUSE NOW IT JUST GOT
FIXED.
AND NOW PEOPLE ARE RACING TO FIX THINGS.
NOW I'M WORRIED ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS.
I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE MORE THAN ONE SPIDER TRUCK.
I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE MORE THAN ONE CAMERA TRUCK.
AND I THINK THAT WE REALLY GOT TO UNDERSTAND -- NOW THE
DIRECTOR OF MOBILITY STEPPED DOWN AND HE TOLD EVERYBODY HE
NEVER HAD A BUSINESS PLAN.
SO WHERE WAS ALL THAT MONEY GOING?
WHERE WAS IT ALLOCATED TO?
IT WAS NOT IN OUR AREA AT ALL, SOUTH OF GANDY.
I'M WORRIED THAT ALL THIS OVERBUILDING IS GOING TO DESTROY
EVERYBODY, NOT JUST MY AREA.
I REALLY HOPE PEOPLE CAN REALLY HELP WITH THIS AND
UNDERSTAND THIS IS VERY SEVERE.
NEEDLESS TO SAY, THIS IS OFF THE RECORD, BUT I'M GOING
THROUGH A LOT IN MY OWN PERSONAL LIFE.
MY SON WAS JUST DIAGNOSED WITH HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA.
AS SOON AS I LEAVE HERE, I HAVE TO GO TO A HOSPITAL AND HE'S

GOT TO GET SURGERY.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN I'M COMING HOME BECAUSE HE STARTS CHEMO ON
FRIDAY.
I DON'T WANT TO WORRY ABOUT MY HOME AND DON'T WANT TO WORRY
THAT MY SON CAN'T GO HOME TO A SAFE HOME.
I JUST WISH YOU GUYS CAN ALL UNDERSTAND THAT.
IF YOU CAN HELP IN ANY WHICH WAY, I GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU
ALL.
THANK YOU.
10:07:29AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, MICHELLE.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS EMILY BIEL.
10:07:37AM >> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS EMILY BIEL.
I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY.
THIS IS REGARDING THE SECOND READING ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 47
FOR THE HONOREE NAMING OF A PARK AFTER LISA MARIE CHESSER.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO AGAIN KIND OF REMIND YOU WHY SHE IS
DESERVING OF THIS HONOR.
LISA WAS A RESIDENT OF TAMPA SINCE 1972 AND A GRADUATE OF
ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE MADE HER HOME IN SOUTH TAMPA AND RAISED HER FAMILY AS A
SINGLE MOTHER.
IN ADDITION TO STARTING HER OWN BUSINESS, SHE WORKED AS A
GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND WORKED AS A CONCRETE TECHNICIAN FOR
BOTH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND JACOBS CIVIL

ENGINEERING.
SHE WORKED ON SEVERAL TAMPA BASED PROJECTS.
HER LAST PROJECT BEFORE HER DEATH WAS THE EXPANSION AT THE
TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
SHE WAS AND REMAINS VERY CONNECTED TO THE CITY.
WHILE SHE SET AN EXAMPLE, EXCELLING IN A CAREER THAT WAS IN
A VERY MALE DOMINATED INDUSTRY, SHE SET AN EXAMPLE BY
DEMONSTRATING HER CARING EMPATHY, KINDNESS EVERY DAY TO THE
PEOPLE IN TAMPA WHO ARE STRUGGLING, DISENFRANCHISED OR JUST
NEEDED A LITTLE HELP IN MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIVES
EVERY DAY.
LISA HAD A BOOTS ON THE GROUND APPROACH TO HER OUTREACH.
SHE WOULD TAKE FOOD INTO THE HOMELESS CAMPS SOUTH OF GANDY
EVERY NIGHT OFFERING A MEAL AND A HANDOUT TO ANYONE WHO
WOULD ACCEPT IT.
AT THE SAME TIME, SHE WORKED TIRELESSLY WITH THE MARINE
CORPS RESERVES IN SOUTH TAMPA TO HELP EXPAND THE TOYS FOR
TOTS CAMPAIGN.
SHE HOSTED SEVERAL CHRISTMAS PARTIES AND MADE IT POSSIBLE
FOR CHILDREN TO HAVE TOYS ON CHRISTMAS MORNING AND A MEAL
THAT DAY.
IN AN EFFORT TO EXTEND HER OUTREACH, SHE ENLISTED MANY CORE
SUPPORTERS TO HELP ESTABLISH HOPE ON THE HORIZON, NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION PROVIDING FOOD, CLOTHING, HOUSING, FURNITURE,
AND HOME GOODS TO THE VETERANS, THE UNHOMED AND FOOD

INSECURE IN SOUTH TAMPA.
LISA'S CHARITABLE WORK TOUCHED THE LIVES OF HUNDREDS, MAYBE
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA AND HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO IMPACT GENERATIONS.
NAMING THIS PARK AFTER HER IS A FITTING TRIBUTE TO THE WORK
SHE'S DONE AND HOPEFULLY HELPS PEOPLE REMEMBER THE
DIFFERENCE SHE MADE AND INSPIRE THEM TO CONTINUE IT, PAY IT
FORWARD AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO BE KIND AND REMEMBER THAT
EVERY PERSON JUST DESERVES TO LIVE WITH DIGNITY.
I TOUCHED ON A FEW THINGS AT THE FIRST READING OF THIS, WE
TOUCHED ON A LOT OF HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY OF TAMPA.
I HOPE THAT THE IMPACTS SHE MADE WAS AN EXAMPLE, AND THIS
PARK IS A FITTING TRIBUTE TO HER.
I CERTAINLY HOPE YOU'LL AGREE AND AGAIN VOTE YES ON THIS
ORDINANCE.
THANK YOU.
10:10:25AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS BISHOP MICHELLE B. PATTY.
10:10:35AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS BISHOP MICHELLE B. PATTY.
I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO CONGRATULATE ALL THE RECIPIENTS THIS
MORNING, ESPECIALLY THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE SHOOT SPOTTER.
IT HAS SERVED AS A DETERRENT BECAUSE IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT
IN PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY THEY HAVE THE NO SNITCH RULE.

SO WHEN A CRIME HAS TAKEN PLACE, PEOPLE WON'T TELL WHAT HAS
HAPPENED.
BUT I HAVE NOT RECEIVED CALLS IN THE LAST YEAR FROM PEOPLE
THAT HAS HAD A LOVED ONE MURDERED, A LOVED ONE SHOT AT.
SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENED.
SO THAT GIVES CREDENCE TO THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO KEEP THIS
IN PLACE.
I WANT TO REMIND THE COUNCIL OF A CHILD RIDING IN THE BACK
SEAT OF A VEHICLE WITH HER PARENTS ON HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE.
SHE WAS CAUGHT IN THE CROSS-FIRE.
AND THIS CHILD WAS KILLED.
THIS COUNCIL SHOULD NEVER, EVER PUT A PRICE TAG ON A LIFE.
I'M ASKING THAT WE KEEP THIS IN PLACE BECAUSE IT IS A
DETERRENCE.
YOU DON'T HAVE THESE CROSS FIRES.
I REMEMBER WE WERE HAVING PEOPLE MURDERED TWO AND THREE A
DAY.
THE SHOOTINGS HAD GONE TO BROAD DAYLIGHT AND INNOCENT PEOPLE
JUST DRIVING, WALKING, RIDING THEIR BICYCLES, CAUGHT UP IN
THE CROSS FIRE.
NOW PEOPLE ARE ABLE, ESPECIALLY SENIORS, ARE ABLE TO GET OUT
AND SIT ON THE POMP, RIDE THEIR BICYCLE, WALK IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS SHOULD NOT BE ABOUT POLITICS, BUT IT SHOULD BE ABOUT
HUMAN LIVES AS TO WHETHER WE KEEP THIS OR NOT.

AS I SAID, PEOPLE WILL NOT TELL ON THEIR NEIGHBORS, FRIEND.
I KNOW PEOPLE WHO HAVE FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE OF THINGS THAT
HAS HAPPENED IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEY WON'T COME FORWARD.
THIS WAY, WE'RE NOT PUTTING ANYBODY AT HARM WHEN YOU HAVE
THIS BECAUSE WHEN THE SHOTS GO OFF, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS
ABLE TO GET THERE QUICKLY.
BUT BETTER THAN THAT, IT HAS DETERRED THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR.
AND THAT COUNTS FOR SOMETHING.
IT SHOULD COUNT FOR THE LIVES THAT ARE BEING SAVED BY THIS.
I KNOW IT'S NOT POPULAR ON SOME PEOPLE, BUT IT IS THE RIGHT
THING TO DO.
IT'S ABOUT SAVING LIVES.
IF WE CAN SAVE ONE LIFE, THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO KEEP THIS
IN PLACE.
THINK ABOUT THE LIVES THAT WOULD BE SAVED IF THIS -- IF YOU
KEEP THIS IN PLACE, NOT THE RHETORIC.
NOT THE LOUD MOUTHS, NOT THE SHOW BOATS.
BUT EVERY LIFE IS A LIFE WORTH LIVING.
I'M ASKING YOU, PLEASE, KEEP THIS IN PLACE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:13:21AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JAMES ADAIR.
Facebook VIDEO STAR.
10:13:29AM >> JAMES ADAIR, REALTOR, SOUTH OF GANDY RESIDENT 20, 25
YEARS.

I WAS OUT ON THE GOLF COURSE AND JUST CELEBRATING.
WE RE-- THE WALLS OF OUR HOUSE THAT GOT FLOODED OUT.
I SAW ON Facebook, MY --
WENT ALL THE WAY OUT TO TYSON AND WESTSHORE.
DID YOU KNOW THAT OVER A MILE AND A HALF OF PIPING, ALL THE
COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL FEEDS INTO A CANAL SYSTEM.
YOU PROBABLY KNOW THAT.
DID YOU KNOW THERE IS A 24-INCH PIPE THAT LIMITS THE AMOUNT
OF WATER OUT INTO THE BAY?
SO THE 60-INCH PIPE ON THE OTHER SIDE THAT WESTSHORE YACHT
CLUB HAS, WHICH I'M GRATEFUL THEY DID THE INFRASTRUCTURE, WE
DON'T REALLY HAVE FULL ACCESS TO.
ONLY 24 INCHES.
PIPE LEADING FROM MY HOUSE IS 24 BY 36.
CLEARLY UNDERSIZED ISSUE.
WE HAVE TONS MORE PROBLEMS GOING ON AND I THINK WE SHOULD
LOOK AT TACTICAL URBANISM SOLUTIONS WHERE WE CAN USE
AFFORDABLE WAYS TO START ATTACKING SOME OF THESE THINGS TO
SEE WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T.
CLEARLY IN SOME OF THE MEETINGS WE LEARNED THAT WE CAN FIX
ONE LITTLE THING AND THE OTHER STUFF DOESN'T GET FIXED.
WE HAVE A GRAVITY ISSUE, HEIGHT ISSUE.
I GET THAT.
START THINKING ABOUT HYDRAULIC PRESSURE WHEN FORCING THE
WATER OUT.

NOBODY REALLY LOOKS AT THE MAPS.
I GOT DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE.
YEAH, YOU GUYS ARE RIGHT, THERE ARE A LOT OF PROBLEMS OUT
THERE.
WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO DO IT.
COST ME ABOUT A HUNDRED GRAND WHEN I WAS FLOODED OUT.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE IN BEFORE I LOSE IT AGAIN.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
THANK YOU.
10:15:23AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
NEXT ONE I HAVE TO WING.
IS THIS STEVE MICHELINI?
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.
GOT THAT LITTLE TINY DESK.
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
CONTINUING THIS MATTER REGARDING THE TREE TRUST FUND, BUT
LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY.
THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, THE BUILDERS AND THE HOMEOWNER
ASSOCIATIONS GOT TOGETHER AND WORKED FOR TWO YEARS.

WE MET AT ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS' HOMES WHO WAS A LEADER IN
THIS, CHELSEA JOHNSON.
YOU MAY RECALL CHELSEA.
WE CRAFTED SOMETHING WE THOUGHT WAS FAIR.
IT WAS FAIR BECAUSE THE CITY PREVIOUSLY UNDER THE OLD TREE
TRUST FUND HAD LOST, MISPLACED OR COULDN'T ACCOUNT FOR
$3.3 MILLION IN FUNDS THAT WERE PAID INTO THE ACCOUNT.
AND THE BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY WAS BEING ACCUSED
OF NOT DOING THEIR FAIR SHARE.
SO WE RAISED OUR HANDS AND SAID, WAIT A MINUTE, WHERE IS ALL
THIS MONEY GOING THAT WENT INTO THIS ACCOUNT?
WELL, IT WENT INTO PUTTING FLOWERS ON BAYSHORE.
IT WENT INTO DOING A LOT OF OTHER THINGS.
WATERING PLANTS DOWNTOWN.
AND EACH OF THE DISTRICTS, DOWNTOWN, YBOR CITY, WEST TAMPA,
SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN CRAs, NOT SEMINOLE
HEIGHTS.
BUT THEY HAVE THEIR OWN CRAs.
THEY SHOULDN'T BE TAPPING INTO ANOTHER FUND TO DO THE
IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THIS IS NOT A PIGGY BANK.
I SENT YOU AN E-MAIL WHICH KIND OF OUTLINES THIS.
YOUR AUTHORITY IS GOING TO BE REMOVED.
THE REASON THE COUNCIL WANTED AUTHORITY OVER THIS MONEY WAS
TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WENT OUT TO PLANT TREES.

THAT IS THE PURPOSE.
TAKING OUT A TREE, PUTTING MONEY INTO THE ACCOUNT, REPLACE
THE TREES.
AND NAVIGATING THAT PROCESS OF GETTING A TREE PLANTED IS
DIFFICULT.
IT REQUIRES AN AGREEMENT.
IT REQUIRES A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HOMEOWNERS SAY
FORGET IT.
I'M GOING TO GO BUY MY OWN TREE AND PLANT IT INSTEAD OF
MAKING IT EASIER, HERE IS A TREE, GO PLANT IT.
IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE IT STAYS ALIVE.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS.
THIS IS NOT A PIGGY BANK TO GO RAIDING MONEY AND TAKING IT
TO USE FOR ALL KINDS OF ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES IT WAS NEVER
INTENDED FOR.
IT WAS INTENDED TO REPLACE TREES.
YOU HAVE REPORTS THAT SAY THE TREE CANOPY HAS BEEN REDUCED.
LET'S GET THE MONEY OUT THERE FOR TREES AND MAKE IT EASIER
FOR PEOPLE.
THIS IS SORT OF A SIDE STEP.
BUT THE BUILDERS ASSOCIATION HAD OFFERED TO WORK WITH THE
CITY TO CREATE AN ARBOR DAY AND TO ENGAGE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM,
PARTICULARLY THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FOR DESIGN PROJECTS, TO
SHOW THEIR COOPERATION ON WHY TREES ARE IMPORTANT AND WHY
YOU NEED TO PLANT THEM.

IT WASN'T THE BUILDERS FAULT THE TREES WEREN'T GETTING OUT
THERE, IT WAS THE CITY'S FAULT.
WE DON'T REALLY SUPPORT ANYBODY TAKING THAT TRUST FUND AWAY
FROM THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE OVERVIEW
THAT ELIMINATED ALL THE DISTRICTS.
THE DISTRICTS WERE THERE TO SHOW YOU HOW MUCH MONEY WAS
COMING FROM A DISTRICT AND HOW MUCH MONEY SHOULD BE GOING
INTO THAT DISTRICT TO REPLANT TREES.
10:19:01AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, MR. MICHELINI.
VALERIE BULLOCK.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE CARROLL ANN BENNETT FOLLOWED
BY MRS. POYNOR.
10:19:15AM >> HELLO.
VALERIE BULLOCK FROM PONCE De LEON COLLEGE HILL.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT NUMBER 9, RENEWING THE AGREEMENT WITH
THE SHELTER SERVICES WITH TPD AND THE SALVATION ARMY.
I WAS ON 29th DOING A PHOTO SHOOT PROBABLY ABOUT THREE
MONTHS AGO.
EVERY TIME THE POLICE CAME BY THERE, WHICH WAS QUITE
FREQUENTLY, THEY WERE TRYING TO HERD THE PEOPLE OFF OF THE
STREETS.
THEY WAS NEVER TALKING TO THE PEOPLE, LETTING THEM KNOW
RESOURCES AVAILABLE, THAT WE HAVE A PLACE FOR YOU.
IF TPD IS GOING TO BE A PART OF THE SALVATION ARMY, I WOULD
SUGGEST THEY GET SOME TRAINING IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

WHEN YOU GO ON 29th STREET, TREAT THE PEOPLE WITH DIGNITY
AND RESPECT.
I WAS AT GLORY DAYS IN MAPLEDALE, NORTH DALE LAST FRIDAY.
FELT LIKE HARRIET TUBMAN JUST PUT ME ON THE UNDERGROUND
RAILROAD.
I DIDN'T SEE NO POLICE CARS, NO SHERIFFS OUT THERE.
I MEAN, I WAS FREE.
BUT IT'S NOT LIKE THAT OVER ON 29th STREET.
I UNDERSTAND YOU WANT TO CLEAN UP THE NEIGHBORHOOD -- CLEAN
UP THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE NEW RESIDENT MOVING IN, BUT
SHOULD BE DONE WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PLACE FOR THE PEOPLE TO GO, OKAY, LEAVE
THEM ALONE.
DON'T COME DOWN THERE JUST TO BEAT THEM OVER THEIR HEAD.
OFFER THEM SOME HOPE.
BECAUSE IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS, THAT'S WHAT YOU DO.
I HAD ANOTHER PROBLEM ON 29th STREET, THE OLD LILY WHITE
HOSPITAL.
TWO HOSPITALS THAT BLACK PEOPLE COULD GO TO.
LILY WHITE AND CLARIFY UNTIL THEY OPEN UP AA GONZALEZ IN
YBOR CITY AND THEY LET US GO THERE.
NOW THE LILY WHITE HOSPITAL IS FENCED OFF AND THE CITY IS
USING IT AS A PLACE TO STORE EQUIPMENT.
IT SHOULDN'T BE LIKE THAT.
IF IT WAS IN ANY OTHER DISTRICT, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DECLARED

A HISTORICAL LANDMARK.
AND WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
THANK YOU.
10:21:25AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, MS. BULLOCK.
CARROLL ANN BENNETT.
10:21:30AM >> HI.
MY NAME IS CARROLL ANN BENNETT.
STEVE MICHELINI AND I ARE IN COMPLETE AGREEMENT ON THIS.
GO BUY A LOTTERY TICKET.
THIS $3 MILLION I RECENTLY SAW AN ACCOUNTING OF ONE MILLION.
DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHER TWO MILLION.
I WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT IT.
A LOT OF STUFF ON IT FOR IRRIGATION AND LANDSCAPING.
IF IT WAS FOR SHADE TREES, THEN FINE.
BUT WE NEED INVOICES TO KNOW FOR SURE.
ONE ITEM I SAW IN THERE WAS $5,000 FOR TREES AT THE VETERANS
MEMORIAL IN PORT TAMPA, SO I DROVE DOWN THERE BECAUSE I
COULD SEE.
I DIDN'T NEED AN INVOICE, AND THIS IS WHAT I FOUND.
CRAPE MYRTLE.
$5,000 FOR SIX CRAPE MYRTLES.
$5,000 FOR SIX CRAPE MYRTLES.
HOW MANY LIVE OAKS COULD HAVE BEEN PLANTED AT FIRE STATIONS
IN HONOR OF JOE CHILLURA WITH THAT $5,000 INSTEAD OF SIX
CRAPE MYRTLES.

THE TREE-MENDOUS PROGRAM, 85% IS TYPE THREE.
THAT MEANS 15% ARE SHADE TREES.
YOU WANT TO HELP FLOODING, THE FLOODING THAT HAPPENED ON
MONDAY WAS BECAUSE THE RAIN CAME DOWN SO FAST.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN RAIN FALLS ON A GRAND LIVE OAK?
IT HOLDS THAT WATER AND DRIPS IT DOWN SLOWLY SO THE
STORMWATER CAN ABSORB IT.
WE NEED THE TREES TO HELP THE FLOODING.
THIS IS THE REPORT I GOT.
JUST THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
SO IT'S NOT THE WHOLE THING.
JIM WALTERS PARK, 35,000.
I TRIED TO DRIVE DOWN THERE.
I COULDN'T GET SUPER CLOSE, BUT I SAW SIX NEWISH OAKS AND A
WHOLE LOT OF PALM TREES.
IS THAT WHAT THE 35,000 WAS SPENT ON?
THE TREE-MENDOUS PROGRAM, HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, ONLY 15%
ARE SHADE TREES.
THE PURPOSE OF THE TREE FUND IS TO REPLACE THE SHADE TREES
THAT ARE TAKEN OUT.
$200,000 FOR CRAPE MYRTLES.
IF PEOPLE WANT A CRAPE MYRTLE, THEY CAN GO TO LOWE'S AND BUY
A CRAPE MYRTLE.
WE SHOULD NOT BE SPENDING THE MONEY TO PLANT CRAPE MYRTLES
IN PEOPLE'S YARDS.

IT SAYS HERE THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO CHOOSE TYPE
3 CHAIRS LEADS TO A DECREASE IN THE CANOPY.
THIS IS ALL THE OLD TREE CODE.
THE NEW TREE CODE REQUIRES IN THE CODE AN ANNUAL REPORT FOR
EVERY EXPENDITURE TO CITY COUNCIL.
HAVE YOU GUYS SEEN THAT?
HAVE YOU SEEN THAT SINCE 2019 WHEN THIS WAS ENACTED?
WHERE IS THE REPORT?
I WANT TO ALSO QUICKLY POINT OUT THAT A -- OVER A YEAR AGO,
WHIT REMER AND JC HUDGISON SAID THEY WERE GOING TO START
TICKETING TREE CUTTERS FOR ILLEGAL REMOVAL.
I HAVE TRANSCRIPT SIX TIMES WHERE START TICKETING THEM.
THERE IS A MISUNDERSTANDING.
THEY SEEM TO THINK THEY SHOULD TICKET THE TREE OWNERS.
IF THE TREE OWNER PAYS THE FINE IT IS NOW IN COMPLIANCE AND
THEY ARE NOT CITING THE TREE CUTTERS.
10:24:39AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
STEPHANIE POYNOR.
KELLA McCASKILL FOLLOWED BY CONNIE BURTON.
10:24:48AM >> GOOD MORNING.
I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING CARROLL ANN SAID.
THAT LITTLE LIST, IT'S WEIRD, BECAUSE I'VE ONLY SEEN LIKE
ONE OF THE TREE COMPANIES THAT WE BUY -- I MADE A BIG THING
ABOUT HOW MANY TREES WE'RE PURCHASING AND WHERE DO THEY GO
IN THE LAST MONTH OR SO.
THE VENDORS ON THAT LIST ARE NOT VENDORS THAT I'M SEEING ON

CITY COUNCIL AGENDAS.
I WANT TO START OUT BY MAKING SURE THAT YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND,
WE HAVE TWO PLANNING COMMISSION BOARD SEATS COMING VACANT IS
MY UNDERSTANDING.
I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT RICK KUGLER GET THE FIRST ONE.
SECOND ONE, MATT SIENK.
WE NEED SOME NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDLY AND LOGICAL PEOPLE OVER
THERE AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION BOARD.
CITY COUNCIL MAKING LAND USE DECISIONS.
I HAVE ALREADY GIVEN YOU THE DATA.
LAST TWO YEARS, YOU GUYS HAVE APPROVED 92% OF WHAT'S COME IN
FRONT OF YOU.
BUT YOU GUYS NEVER, EVER MAKE A DECISION ABOUT LAND USE THAT
YOU DON'T HAVE A LAND USE ATTORNEY STANDING HERE ADVISING
YOU.
YOU DON'T HAVE MR. SHELBY STANDING HERE -- OR SITTING HERE
ADVISING YOU.
YOU MAKE THOSE DECISIONS WITHIN THE CONFINES OF OUR CODE AND
OF OUR LAW.
EVERY DECISION YOU MAKE HAS TO BE A LEGAL DECISION BECAUSE
YOU HAVE ALL THESE ATTORNEYS HERE ADVISING YOU.
I WOULD ARGUE THAT OUR STAFF DOESN'T HAVE THAT OVERSIGHT.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE SHORT LIST.
SANDY SANCHEZ, MY FRIEND SANDY SANCHEZ, HAS A LONG LIST OF
WEST TAMPA OVERLAY VIOLATIONS THAT WERE DONE BY STAFF.

I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT, WE HAVE PARIS STREET DEBACLE,
STAFF APPROVED ISSUE.
MANGO STREET -- SOME OF YOU GUYS MAY NOT REMEMBER --
BUT THEY BUILT THE HOUSES WAY TOO CLOSE TO THE STREET AND NO
SIDEWALKS AND NO PAYING INTO A FUND.
AND THERE WAS AN SU-1 DONE AFTER THE FACT, EVEN AFTER THE
HOMES WERE SOLD AND PEOPLE LIVED IN THEM.
YOU RECEIVED AN E-MAIL AT 10:39 LAST NIGHT ABOUT A LIVE
LOCAL THAT THEY HAVE TURNED AROUND AND GHOSTED US ON.
IT'S IN VIOLATION OF CITY CODE.
IT'S IN VIOLATION OF STATE STATUTE.
BOTH.
THEY CALLED IT AN SNO.
WHICH I HAVE LOVINGLY CALLED A SNOW JOB BECAUSE THAT'S
EXACTLY WHAT THEY HAVE DONE.
THEY HAVE VIOLATED MacDILL.
THEY VIOLATED THE COMMUNITY.
AND THERE WAS NO NOTICE SENT OUT FOR THIS.
IT WAS ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVED WHEN STATE STATUTE SAYS
WITHIN A QUARTER OF A MILE OF A MILITARY INSTALLATION, IT
MUST BE -- IT MUST COME IN FRONT OF YOU.
YOU CANNOT ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVE IT.
WHEN DOES IT STOP?
MY FRIEND SANDY SANCHEZ CALLS IT THE -- OH, I FORGOT.
GANDY LAST WEEK.

THAT ONE, FIVE DEPARTMENTS SAID NO, BUT IT WAS APPROVED.
10:27:57AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
KELLA McCASKILL.
10:28:01AM >> GOOD MORNING.
KELLA McCASKILL.
I AGREE.
YOU GUYS GOING TO HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB MONITORING THE
STAFF.
YOU CAN'T TRUST EVERYTHING THEY SAY.
YOU DON'T SIGN THEIR CHECKS.
THE MAYOR DOES.
THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO DO WHAT YOU SAY BUT YOU DO
HAVE OVERSIGHT IN THAT.
ANOTHER I THINK YOU HAVE TO WATCH IS WHO COMES BEFORE YOU.
THE REASON YOU'RE NOT HEARING MUCH ABOUT THINGS HAPPENING IN
THE COMMUNITY AND THE SHOTSPOTTER IS NEEDED, SUGGEST DOING
ITS JOB BUT ALSO GOOD POLICING.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY MORE
AND THEY ARE GETTING INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
YOU DON'T LIVE IN THE AREA, YOU DON'T KNOW THAT.
THAT'S WHY YOU'RE NOT GETTING CALLS.
I WOULD SUBMIT THEIR VOICE IS NOT RELEVANT.
BE CAREFUL OF PEOPLE THAT DO NOT LIVE IN THIS DISTRICT.
I KNOW THIS IS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TODAY.
HOWEVER, YOU WEAR TWO HATS.
MANY OF YOU HAVE WATCHED THE CITY IGNORE THE NEED OF QUALITY

DEVELOPMENT AND ALSO YOU IGNORED THAT FOR 20 SOMETHING
YEARS.
WE'VE SEEN NO SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT IN EAST TAMPA.
DON'T TELL ME ABOUT A SINGLE HOME BEING BUILT.
I'M TALKING ABOUT SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT.
YOU ALSO IGNORED THE PEOPLE AND YOU'VE ALLOWED THIS TO TAKE
PLACE.
RECENTLY YOU ALLOWED THE STAFF TO CONVINCE YOU TO STRIP THE
VOICES OF THE COMMUNITY.
REMOVED PEOPLE WHO WERE KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN COMMUNITIES AND
YOU PLACED PEOPLE ON A BOARD, INEXPERIENCED, ILL EQUIPPED
AND THEN YOU GET TO THE BOARD AND THEY ARE NOT EVEN BEING
REPRESENTED.
AND THIS COMMUNITY HAS HAD ABSOLUTELY ENOUGH OF THAT.
WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW IS THIS NEW BOARD THAT YOU PLACED IN
THE CAC, THEY ARE THERE.
THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION AND THEY ARE ALLOWING
WHAT WE WERE FEARFUL OF, THEY WOULD USE THE CRA DOLLARS
IGNORED 21 YEARS FOR THE MOST PART.
NOW BEING USED SOMEWHERE AS A SLUSH FUND.
THAT SLUSH FUND ACTIVITY THAT'S LURKING IN EAST TAMPA IS
UNACCEPTABLE.
I'M ASKING YOU ALL TO DO MORE.
I WANT TO REMIND YOU OF SOME OF YOUR ROLES BECAUSE I'M
SEEING COMPLACENCY, DOWN RIGHT LAZINESS.

NOT ENOUGH ENGAGEMENT WITH PEOPLE THAT SOME OF YOU ELECTED
TO BE ON THIS BOARD.
THIS BOARD HAS BEEN FORCED TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS WITH LACK
OF EXPERIENCE, LACK OF INFORMATION.
YOU HAVE A COLONEL WHO RECENTLY ON TUESDAY SAID I DON'T HAVE
ENOUGH INFORMATION TO MAKE A DECISION ON A $9 MILLION
PROJECT, EVEN YOU ALL REVIEW CERTAIN PROJECTS TWICE BEFORE
YOU MAKE A DECISION.
YOU HAVE A WOMAN THAT'S IN THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN THIS
COUNTY, AND THEY ARE SAYING I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION
TO MAKE A DECISION ON A $9 MILLION PROJECT.
ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL, FIVE OF THEM SAID NO AND SIX OF THEM
SAID YES.
YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED?
THEY APPROVED A $9 MILLION PROJECT WITH LACK OF INFORMATION.
THEY FELT LIKE IT WOULD BE FISCALLY IRRESPONSIBLE IF THEY
APPROVED THIS PROJECT AND EVEN THE STAFF WALKED AROUND
INTIMIDATING INDIVIDUALS AT THE TABLE AND EVEN REQUESTED
THAT THEY TELL A LIE.
SAY THAT THEY CAME TO YOUR COMMUNITY, EVEN THOUGH THEY
DIDN'T, STANDING OVER THEM, SAY THEY CAME TO YOUR COMMUNITY
SO THIS PROJECT CAN MOVE FORWARD.
IT'S UNACCEPTABLE.
I NEED YOU TO DO MORE AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL AS
MEMBERS OF THE CRA BOARD.

THANK YOU.
10:31:05AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
NEXT SPEAKER IS CONNIE BURTON FOLLOWED BY
TARAH BLUMA.
TARAH.
10:31:15AM >> GOOD MORNING, CONNIE BURTON.
THERE WAS ONCE A STATE ATTORNEY THAT BRAGGED ABOUT HOW HE
HAD BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL IN REDUCING CRIME, IN PARTICULAR THE
CITY OF TAMPA, AND THAT WAS BY ADJUDICATING MORE JUVENILES
-- PEOPLE SUCCESSFUL UNTIL THE PEOPLE HAD ENOUGH OF THAT.
ALONG WITH THAT, WE HAD FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT IDENTIFIED
JUST THE BLACK COMMUNITY AS A WEED AND SEED AREA THAT MEANT
THAT BLACK PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR THAT LIVED IN THOSE AREAS
SEEING MISDEMEANOR CRIMES TO FELONIES.
NOW WE HAVE A WHOLE COMMUNITY THAT IS EITHER UNEMPLOYED OR
UNDEREMPLOYED.
SO IF YOU WANT TO SPEND 8 MILLION, 10 MILLION, $100,000 FOR
INSTRUMENTS THAT YOU THINK IS GOING TO BE ON THE PREVENTIVE
END INSTEAD OF MAKING AN INVESTMENT IN THE PEOPLE.
IN 2010, THE EAST TAMPA CRA APPROVED FOR SOMETHING TO BE
ANNUALLY ACCEPTED, AND THAT WAS THE HIRING OF YOUNG PEOPLE.
AND THE CLEAN TEAM PROJECT.
SO WE SAID, KEEP ON MAKING IT WORK.
THAT WAS 36.
IN 2020, WE SAID LET'S INCREASE THOSE NUMBERS.
WE CAN'T GET THERE.

WE WENT TO A COMMUNITY MEETING THE OTHER NIGHT, SPONSORED BY
THE CITY, TO FIND OUT ONLY NINE YOUNG PEOPLE, NINE IS READY
FOR THE SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT COME MONDAY.
HOW THEY GOING TO GET THERE?
I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S ON THEM.
AS IF THEY ARE NOW GOING TO BE GIVEN SOME TYPE OF SIX FIGURE
EMPLOYMENT JOB.
I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I'M HOPING FOR A PEACEFUL SUMMER,
BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE ONE IT BELONGS TO YOU.
IT BELONGS TO YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE ON THE
FRONT END OF MAKING SURE OUR CHILDREN CAN MOVE FORWARD
NEGATIVE BEHAVIOR, TOWARD MORE POSITIVE BEHAVIOR.
WE BELIEVE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WHEN CHILDREN ATTACHED TO
POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT THAT THEN IS PROVIDED WITH SOME TYPE
OF ECONOMIC INCENTIVE, IT CAN STEER THEIR LIVES INTO A
BETTER PLACE.
RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE SEE, AND WE ASKED FOR THIS LAST MONTH,
FOR US TO HEAR, FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HEAR WHAT WAS THE
PROGRESSIVE REPORT FOR THE SUMMER JOB PLACEMENT, STAFF DID
NOT SHOW UP.
YOU RECEIVE THE REPORT AND IT WAS FILED.
IF YOU ARE GOOD WITH THAT, YOU CONTINUE ON WITH THAT.
I'M TELLING YOU THAT THE COMMUNITY IS PAYING CLOSE
ATTENTION.

WE UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY
FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY, BUT IT IS REAL.
WE HAVE BEEN PETITIONING FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
WE EXPECT TO SEE THINGS DONE IN A MORE POSITIVE WAY.
10:34:23AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, MS. BURTON.
NEXT SPEAKER IS TARAH BLUMA.
FOLLOWED WILL BE MARTY GREENE.
GOOD MORNING.
10:34:32AM >> GOOD MORNING.
I'M TARAH BLUMA.
I WANT TO TALK TODAY ABOUT THREE THINGS -- STORMWATER
MAINTENANCE, THE TREE TRUST FUND, AND THE HOMELESS
POPULATION.
I LIVE SOUTH OF GANDY.
I STILL HAVE NOT SEEN ANYONE WORKING ON OUR DITCHES SINCE I
WAS HERE TWO MONTHS AGO ASKING ABOUT IT.
I DID GET AN E-MAIL RIGHT AWAY SAYING THEY HAD JUST RECEIVED
AN EMERGENCY AFFIDAVIT WITH MORE MONEY, AND THAT WE WERE
FIRST ON THE LIST.
AND WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANYONE.
WE HAVE SHOPPING CARTS IN OUR DITCHES.
TONS OF TRASH OBSTRUCTING THE FLOW OF WATER.
IN SOME CASES, THERE'S HUGE PIECES OF BROKEN CONCRETE JUST
COMPLETELY BLOCKING THE PIPE, WHICH I KNOW WERE THERE BEFORE
THE HURRICANE.

SO I'M NOT SURE WHY BASIC MAINTENANCE IS NOT BEING DONE.
I KNOW FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS WE'VE HAD AN INFLUX OF
RAIN, BUT I'M REALLY ONLY SYMPATHETIC TO THAT ARGUMENT WHEN
THE BASIC MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN DONE.
DON'T SAY, OH, IT WAS POURING DOWN RAIN, BUT OUR PIPES ARE
BLOCKED BY CONCRETE, SO IT'S NOT JUST WE HAD A LOT OF RAIN.
IT'S THAT THEY ARE NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY.
NEXT WITH THE TREE TRUST FUND, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW MUCH
MONEY IS BEING PUT INTO THE FUND BY DISTRICT AND HOW MANY
TREES ARE BEING PLANTED AND WHERE.
IN MY OPINION, THE REPLACEMENT TREES SHOULD BE PLANTED AS
CLOSE AS POSSIBLE AS TO WHERE THE TREES WERE REMOVED.
IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT WE REBUILD OUR SHADE CANOPY.
I AGREE WITH CARROLL ANN THAT WE SHOULD ONLY BE ALLOWING
PEOPLE TO PLANT TREES IN CATEGORIES ONE OR TWO.
FINALLY, THE HOMELESS POPULATION.
I HAVE WATCHED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOUR MEETINGS THE PAST
TWO YEARS IN FULL, AND YOU ALMOST NEVER TALK ABOUT THIS
ISSUE.
I KNOW IT IS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.
NOBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT IT.
DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY.
NO ONE KNOWS WHERE THEY SHOULD GO.
THERE ARE SYSTEMIC ISSUES IN PLACE AND PEOPLE SOUND
HEARTLESS WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT IT.

BUT THEY DO HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE AND THEY APPARENTLY DECIDED
TO BE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND ME.
WE HAVE MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE CAMPING ALL AROUND OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH IS ILLEGAL NOW.
AND IT SHOULDN'T JUST BE THE PROBLEM OF AN INDIVIDUAL
NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S CREATING AN INCREASE IN CRIME, DRUG USE AND TRASH
AROUND US.
YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT SMOKING IN PARKS.
I KNOW COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK ALL DAY LONG, EVERY DAY AT THE
SPANISH AMERICAN WAR MEMORIAL, UP TO 20 PEOPLE SMOKING,
DRINKING, DOING AND SELLING DRUGS.
PROBABLY A THOUSAND CIGARETTE BUTTS ON THE GROUND THAT NO
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,
DITCHES IS APPALLING AND ISN'T FAIR TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:37:43AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
MARTY GREENE, PLEASE.
FOLLOWED BY ELLSWORTH WILLIAMS.
10:37:49AM >> HI.
MY NAME IS MARTY GREENE WITH THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT.
THESE SIGNS HAVE BEEN DOWN SINCE THE HURRICANE.
THE CITY OF TAMPA BEEN TAKING FEMA MONEY, AND THEY FORCED US
TO SIGN THE PAPERS SAYING WE WAS WORKING.

NOW THAT WE'VE BEEN TAKING THE FEMA MONEY SAYING THAT WE'VE
BEEN WORKING AND WE GO BACK, THE MAYOR MADE AN EXECUTIVE
ORDER FOR US TO WORK ALL HANDS ON DECK.
BRIAN RODGERS -- TOLD US -- BRIAN RODGERS TOLD ME IT WOULD
TAKE TWO YEARS FOR FEMA TO PAY THEM BACK.
WE DIDN'T DO ANY WORK.
THEY SHUT US DOWN.
COULD HAVE GOTTEN MORE WORK DONE THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE.
NOW THAT HURRICANE SEASON IS COMING BACK UP, THE SIGNS ARE
STILL DOWN.
ALL THE SIGNS SUPPOSED TO BE UP, STANDING UPRIGHT, THEY ARE
DOWN.
SECOND OF ALL, ON MAY 1st, I WAS CALLED INTO THE OFFICE,
WORKING UNDER ANTHONY STAFFORD.
CALLED ME IN ABOUT A COMPLAINT ABOUT AN EMPLOYEE.
WHEN I COMPLAINED ABOUT IT, HE SAID HR TOLD HIM TO WRITE ME
UP.
IF I CALL HR, LOSE MY JOB THAT'S ON ME.
STEVE SIMON, UNION PRESIDENT, THAT'S WHEN I REALLY FOUND OUT
HE WAS WORKING WITH MANAGEMENT AND RUBBING ELBOWS WITH
MANAGEMENT.
NOW STEVE HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF STEALING FUNDS AND MISHANDLING
FUNDS FROM THE UNION.
WHO IS SUPPOSED TO BE INVESTIGATED, REBECCA CARR.
NEVER HEARD NOTHING ELSE FROM HER ABOUT THAT WITH HR.

MICHAEL BROWN, 2255, HE WAS OFF AND USING HIS OWN PERSONAL
BUSINESS.
NOT USING FOR CITY BUSINESS.
HE WAS USING FOR OWN PERSONAL BUSINESS.
I'M WILLING TO TAKE A TEST ON THIS.
EVERYTHING I'M SAYING, MICHAEL BROWN IS CLOSE TO WHERE T PD,
RIGHT NOW I'VE BEEN SEEING MYSTERIOUS CARS FOLLOWING ME
BECAUSE HE WAS WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
RIGHT NOW I'M SCARED.
I FEAR FOR MY LIFE.
RIGHT NOW NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT.
THIS MAN GET AWAY WITH EVERYTHING.
NOT MAKING IT PERSONAL.
I'M TELLING YOU HOW I FEEL.
AS A MAN, I FEEL LIKE SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO ME AND
NOTHING IS GETTING DONE ABOUT IT.
IF I ASK FOR TRAINING, THEY REFUSE ME TRAINING.
WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE GET TRAINING.
I'M ONE OF THE ONES BECAUSE I TALK BACK ABOUT MR. BROWN AND
RODGERS, I GET NO TRAINING.
HOW IS IT GOING RIGHT NOW?
IT'S NOT GOING GOOD.
THE SIMPLE FACT IS, I KEEP GETTING, OH, YOU BETTER WATCH
YOUR BACK, WATCH YOUR BACK.
RIGHT NOW I FEEL UNSAFE AT THIS JOB.

RIGHT NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO GO ON WITH ME.
I'M LETTING YOU ALL KNOW AND BEING AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON
WITH THIS SITUATION.
10:40:41AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER IS ELLSWORTH WILLIAMS FOLLOWED BY TONY DANIELS.
10:41:04AM >> ELLSWORTH WILLIAMS.
CEO AND PRESIDENT FOR VETERANS COUNSELING VETERANS.
HERE TWO PARTICULAR REASONS.
FIRST OF ALL, JUNE IS PTSD MONTH.
24th OF MAY, I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN VIERA FOR BEING
THERE.
HOW ARE YOU DOING, SIR?
MR. CARLSON, SAW YOU LAST WEEK I HAD SOMEBODY FROM PINELLAS
THERE.
REPRESENTATIVE DRISKELL.
ELEVATING VETERANS SUICIDE AS A HIGH PRIORITY.
GIVING THAT SAFE SPACE FOR VETERANS AND VETERANS LOST TO
SUICIDE.
MY SECOND REASON WHY I'M HERE, JUNE AND ALSO MAY IS
ALZHEIMER'S MONTH.
MAY WAS DEMENTIA MONTH.
WHAT WE DON'T KNOW, OVER 13% OF VETERANS IN FLORIDA HAS
ALZHEIMER'S OR DEMENTIA.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE DON'T TALK ABOUT.
WE HAVE AS A MOVEMENT, FORGOTTEN DEMOGRAPHICS, THE VETERANS.

719,000 ELDERLY VETERANS IN FLORIDA.
LIKE TO KNOW HOW MANY ELDERLY VETERANS ARE IN TAMPA.
SOME OF THE THINGS NOT COVERED BY THE VA.
THIS CONFERENCE IS GOING TO ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT.
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
WE'LL HAVE THE VA IN FULL FORCE.
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE.
BAY AREA LEGAL TO TALK ABOUT ELDERLY.
MORE IMPORTANT, COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY.
WE NEED ALL OF THE ELEMENTS IN THE VILLAGE TO REALLY MAKE IT
EFFECTIVE WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONFERENCE IS TO BRING THE RESOURCES
TOGETHER TO THE VETERANS' FAMILIES SO WE KNOW WHAT'S OUT
THERE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY WHAT IS NOT OUT THERE.
VETERANS COUNCIL, PREVENTING VETERAN SUICIDE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE DEMOGRAPHIC DYING BY SUICIDE IS ELDERLY.
55 AND OLDER.
DON'T HEAR ABOUT IT, BUT IT IS A TRUE FACT.
IT WILL GET MORE -- THIS CONFERENCE WOULD BE THE FIRST STEP.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU ARE INVITED.
PLEASE SHARE WITH YOUR NETWORK.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:43:39AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
TONY DANIELS FOLLOWED BY NADIA ASKAR.

10:43:47AM >> GOOD MORNING.
IF THEY CAN HOLD THE TIME, MUCH APPRECIATED.
THEY NEED A LIST AND THEY NEED A SYSTEM, A CHRONOLOGICAL
TIME SYSTEM ON WHEN YOU SPEAK HERE.
WHEN YOU SIGN UP, THAT'S WHEN YOU SPEAK.
NEED A FORMAT, A PROCEDURE ON HOW THAT'S DONE.
MENTESNOT, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
I WAS OVER ON TWIGGS STREET YESTERDAY.
HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE SECURITY AND THE SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT, ENTERING THE BUILDING.
THEY WANT TO ASK YOU WHERE YOU ARE GOING.
AIN'T NONE OF THEIR BUSINESS AND THEN THEY HARASS YOU WHEN
YOU DON'T TELL THEM.
A GENTLEMAN SAID, HEY, THIS IS A RACE THING.
HE TOLD ME, HE SAY, WELL, FIRST, LET ME LET YOU KNOW THAT
I'M MIXED.
THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.
I'M MIXED.
I SAY, MAN, I DON'T GIVE AN F ABOUT THAT.
MY MOTHER IS WHITE.
AND I DON'T CARE NOTHING ABOUT THAT NASTY HO.
PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
YEAH, YOU CAN THROW ALL THAT.
SOMEBODY SAY TONY DANIEL.
YOU DON'T SEE TONY DANIEL ON THE CARD.

THAT'S A PROBLEM MUHAMMAD ALI FACED.
DON'T SEE TONY DANIEL NOWHERE ON THE CARD.
LEVEL OF DISRESPECT.
STILL HOPE THEY ARE HOLDING MY TIME.
LEVEL OF DISRESPECT FOR AFRICAN PEOPLE.
WHITE FOLKS CALL US WHAT THEY WANT TO CALL US.
BOY, SLAVE, JIGABOO, AUNTIE MAMA, BLACK SAM BOW, NAME IT.
THEY GOT A NAME FOR US.
CONVICTED FELON.
CRIMINAL, ALL THOSE KIND OF NAMES.
WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT IS CHILD SUPPORT.
EUGENICS PROGRAM.
WHAT ELSE I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT IS ANY PERSON IN THIS CITY
VOTE FOR BOB BUCKHORN, ANY PERSON, NOT JUST ANY BLACK
PERSON.
I DON'T TELL MIGHT BE WHO TO VOTE FOR, BUT I TELL YOU WHO
NOT TO VOTE FOR.
I TELL YOU WHO NOT TO VOTE FOR.
JANE CASTOR, BOB BUCKHORN, PAM IORIO, SANDY FREEDMAN, BOB
MARTINEZ, DICK GRECO.
A BUNCH OF RACIST, NASTY STINKIN' CLOWNS.
ALL THIS TIME, ST. PETE HAS A BLACK MAYOR.
SARASOTA HAD A BLACK MAYOR.
PLANT CITY HAD A BLACK MAYOR.
WHY CAN'T TAMPA, FLORIDA, HAVE A BLACK MAYOR.

WHY CAN'T THEY GET BEHIND AND SUPPORT DIVERSITY.
ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT MFING DIVERSITY.
THIS WOMAN RIGHT HERE IS QUALIFIED TO BE THE MAYOR.
THIS WOMAN RIGHT HERE IS QUALIFIED TO BE THE MAYOR.
10:46:22AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MR. DANIELS.
MENTESNOT, PLEASE COME BACK TO ORDER.
10:46:27AM >> FOUR AFRICAN WOMEN I POINTED OUT IN ONE ROOM.
OTHER PEOPLE, CHLOE CONEY, OTHER PEOPLE YOU CAN CALL OUT
THAT WORKED HARD AND HAVE HUNDREDS OF COMBINED YEARS IN THIS
CITY WHO CAN BE THE MAYOR.
THE WOMAN SITTING UP THERE COULD BE THE MAYOR.
BUT THEY WON'T SUPPORT A BLACK PERSON.
THEY WON'T SUPPORT DIVERSITY.
THEY JUST WANT US TO SUPPORT POLICE PROGRAMS AND NONSENSE
AND BEG AND KEEP BEGGING AND BEGGING.
THAT'S NOT THE CHARACTERISTIC OR THE INTENSITY OR THE
INTENTION OF THE AFRICAN.
CALL ME BY THE NAME YOU SEE ON THE CARD OR SOMEBODY CALL --
10:47:10AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER IS NADIA ASKAR.
10:47:20AM >> GOOD MORNING.
NADIA ASKAR.
I AM A MEMBER OF THE TAMPA COMMUNITY AND A PROUD PALESTINIAN
AMERICAN.
I'M HERE TODAY AS SOMEONE WHO REFUSES TO LOOK AWAY FROM

WHAT'S HAPPENING IN GAZA.
AND TO ASK WHY THE CITY COUNCIL HAS STAYED SILENT WHILE
GENOCIDE UNFOLDS.
OVER 36,000 PALESTINIANS MURDERED IN GAZA.
13,000 CHILDREN.
FAMILIES ERASED, ENTIRE GENERATIONS BURIED AND THIS IS
HAPPENING WITH AMERICAN MADE WEAPONS FUNDED BY OUR TAX
DOLLARS.
WE HAVE SEEN THE HOSPITALS BEING BOMBED.
WATCHING CHILDREN BEING OPERATED ON WITHOUT ANESTHESIA.
AID CONVOYS STRUCK AND PEOPLE KILLED WHILE WAITING IN LINE
FOR BREAD.
WE HAVE SEEN UNIVERSITIES BE FLATTENED.
NOW GAZA TURNED INTO A GRAVEYARD.
WHEN YOUR CONSTITUENTS ASK FOR A SIMPLE CEASE FIRE
RESOLUTION, WHEN WE BEGGED YOU GUYS FOR ACKNOWLEDGMENT, YOU
GUYS GAVE US SILENCE.
YET EACH OF YOU CLAIM TO STAND FOR PUBLIC GOOD.
COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, YOU SPEAK ABOUT JUSTICE AND PUBLIC
SERVICE.
COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK, YOU CENTER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
[ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
10:48:31AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THERE IS A COUNCIL RULE THAT YOU'RE NOT
ALLOWED TO SPEAK TO INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL PEOPLE DIRECTLY.
10:48:37AM >> EXCUSE ME.

YOU LIKE TO STAND UP FOR TRANSPARENCY, EQUITY.
YOU HAVE BUILT A LONG CAREER IN PUBLIC SERVICE AND YOU SAY
YOU REPRESENT THE UNHEARD BUT IN HOPES THIS IS ALL TRUE, I
CAN'T HELP BUT ASK WHERE ARE YOU NOW?
WHAT ARE YOUR VALUES WORTH IF THEY DISAPPEAR IN THE FACE OF
GENOCIDE.
WE CAN'T HIDE BEHIND THE EXCUSE THIS IS NOT LOCAL BECAUSE
THIS IS LOCAL.
WE ARE DIRECTLY FUNDING THIS VIOLENCE AND WE ARE TRAINING
THE -- WE ARE TRAINING WITH THE ISRAELI MILITARY, OUR COPS.
WE ARE WATCHING AS TAX DOLLARS TURN INTO WEAPONS AND OUR
SILENCE IS BECOMING COMPLICITY WITH WHAT IS GOING ON.
WE MAY NOT HAVE THE POWER TO CONTROL FOREIGN POLICY BUT WE
DO HAVE THE POWER HERE.
YOU GUYS DO HAVE POWER.
YOU CAN PASS A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR IMMEDIATE CEASE FIRE
TO END THE U.S. FUNDING OF THE GENOCIDE.
INVESTIGATE BETWEEN TAMPA PD AND THE ISRAELI MILITARY
TRAINING PROGRAMS.
WE CAN PUSH FOR CITY DIVESTMENT FOR WEAPONS MANUFACTURERS
AND CORPORATIONS PROFITING OFF OF APARTHEID.
VERY LEAST PUBLICLY AFFIRM THE RIGHT TO BOYCOTT GENOCIDE AND
STOP CRIMINALIZING THOSE WHO SPEAK UP AGAINST IT.
OTHER CITIES HAVE TAKEN STEPS, SAN DIEGO, DETROIT, SEATTLE,
WAITING, FOR WHAT, DEATH TOLL TO RISE ABOVE WHAT?

UNTIL WE FIND OUR MORAL BACKBONE.
HISTORY WILL REMEMBER THOSE WHO SPOKE AND THOSE WHO DIDN'T
AND REMEMBER WHICH LEADERS STOOD UP AGAINST GENOCIDE AND
WHICH ONES TOO AFRAID TO RISK A HEADLINE.
IF YOU DON'T USE YOUR PLATFORM NOW, I PROMISE THE PEOPLE
WILL USE OURS.
MAKE YOUR SILENCE LOUDER THAN WORDS EVER COULD BE.
WE'RE RESPONSIBLE TO ONE ANOTHER.
IF YOU CAN'T FIND THE COURAGE TO SPEAK UP NOW, HISTORY WILL
REMEMBER THAT, IN THE FACE OF GENOCIDE YOU CHOSE COMFORT
OVER CONSCIENCE.
SILENCE IS NOT NEUTRAL.
IT IS COMPLICITY.
[ APPLAUSE ]
[ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
10:50:31AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
NO NOISE FROM THE AUDIENCE, PLEASE.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE ALISON HEWITT FOLLOWED BY
MATT.
10:50:52AM >> GOOD MORNING.
ALISON HEWITT, EAST TAMPA RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER,
UNDERSTANDING THIS IS A CITY COUNCIL MEETING, I AM STILL
HERE TO TALK ABOUT CRA BUSINESS BECAUSE OF COMPLETELY
INSULTING ACTIONS THAT HAPPENED AT THE TUESDAY CAC MEETING.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CLEAR.
THE CITY OF TAMPA CRA, YOU ARE EITHER IGNORING OR YOU ARE

COMPLICIT WITH THE ONGOING AND SYSTEMATIC MISTREATMENT OF
EAST TAMPA CRA.
WE HAVE ASKED AND ASKED TO SAY BASIC, JUST GIVE THEM THE
INFORMATION AHEAD OF TIME.
AFTER 5:30 ON FRIDAY, THEY RECEIVED THEIR AGENDA.
ONE AGENDA ITEM HAD 131 PAGES IN IT.
BUT THEY ARE EXPECTING TO COME ON TUESDAY, VOLUNTEERS, TO
COME BACK WITH THEIR OPINION.
ONE, YOU ALSO CHANGED THE PROCESS IN WHICH THE PEOPLE ARE
REPRESENTING AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY.
THAT IS NOT EVEN ENOUGH TIME TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE
COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THEY SIT AT THE CAC, THEY
CAN BRING THE OPINIONS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THEY
REPRESENT BECAUSE YOU'RE STILL NOT MAKING THE CITY STAFF DO
THEIR JOB.
I ASK YOU, ENCOURAGE YOU, BEG YOU, DO NOT RENEW THE
OPERATING AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY STAFF.
PLEASE GET AN INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATION TO MANAGE THE CRAs
ESPECIALLY IF ONLY IT IS EAST TAMPA BECAUSE THEY ARE --
DISENGAGEMENT, SOME CASES, BLATANT OBSTRUCTION.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE IN THE CRA, FRA, 2004 BEST BOOK, THEY
HAVE OUTSIDE THE BOX THINKING FOR THE LEGACY AND FOR THE CRA
GRANTS.
BUT UNDERSTAND THE LEGACY CREDIT ONLY APPLIES IF YOU DO A
$70,000 GRANT.

IF YOU DO SOMETHING OF SIGNIFICANCE, YOUR LEGACY DOES NOT
COUNT.
JC NEWMAN, YOU HAVE THE FIVE MILLION DOLLARS, BUSINESS OWNER
ON 40th STREET BEEN THERE FOR FOUR YEARS WHO WANTS TO HAVE
SOMETHING OVER $70,000, THEIR LEGACY CREDIT DOES NOT COUNT.
THEIR 40 YEARS DOES NOT COUNT.
THEY ARE MISLEADING YOU.
TELLING YOU ABOUT THE POLICIES AND APPLYING IT IN A WAY THAT
IS OBSTRUCTING POLICY.
YOU HAVE HERE THAT WE HAVE THE DIRECT PAYMENT TO PROVIDERS.
BUT UNDERSTAND THE PREDEVELOPMENT HASN'T STARTED BECAUSE
STILL TRYING TO CREATE A LIST.
STILL GOING THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS.
IT'S EIGHT MONTHS AND ANOTHER THREE MONTHS BEFORE START THE
PREDEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
AGAIN, IT IS NOT A PRIORITY FOR THEM.
AGAIN, AS I SAID, WHEN YOU AGREED TO THE OPERATING
AGREEMENT, IT IS A PERMISSIVE AGREEMENT.
THEY MAY AND THEY SHALL.
IT'S NOT THAT THEY HAVE TO.
THEY WILL RESPOND WHEN THEY WANT TO RESPOND.
SO YOU ARE NOW ABOUT TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
GENTRIFICATION BECAUSE THERE IS NOT -- EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE
GETTING ACCOLADES FOR THIS, THEY ARE NOT -- THE LEGACY DOES
NOT APPLY.

THE DIRECT PAYMENTS DO NOT APPLY.
UNLESS YOU HAVE ALL YOUR MONEY, THEN YOU GET 50%.
BLACK BUSINESS INVESTMENT FUND CREATED A CONSTRUCTION LOAN
FUND THAT THEY WILL PAY 90 PERCENT.
90 PERCENT BUT STAFF STILL SAYS ONLY PAY 50 AFTER YOU PAY A
HUNDRED.
CLOSING AND SHUTTING DOWN OUR BUSINESSES.
10:53:57AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
MATT CHERNOKOPH, FOLLOWED BY FRAN TATE.
MATT IN THE ROOM?
OKAY, FRAN.
AFTER FRAN, IT WILL BE ROBIN LOCKETT.
FRAN?
YOU'RE UP.
10:54:31AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBERS,
GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING.
THE YOUNG STUDENTS HAVE GONE OUT, BUT I REALLY WANT TO
COMMEND AND CONGRATULATE THEM.
THEY ARE OUR FUTURE.
I JUST LOVE SEEING THEIR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN LEADERSHIP,
AND WE MUST CONTINUE TO KEEP THAT GOING.
I'M HERE TODAY -- I'M SO SORRY.
FRAN TATE, FOR THE RECORD.
FRAN TATE.
JACKSON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT, EAST

TAMPA CRA, CAC BOARD MEMBER.
I'M HERE TODAY AS MS. HEWITT STATED.
I WANT TO TALK CRA.
I APOLOGIZE.
I WANT TO TALK CRA.
WE ARE VOLUNTEERS.
THERE'S ABOUT 13 OF US.
WE'RE VOLUNTEERS.
SIMPLY VOLUNTEERS.
WE HAVE FAMILIES.
WE HAVE JOBS.
WE'RE CARETAKERS.
WE'RE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS WANTING TO SERVE ON THE EAST
TAMPA CRA CAC BOARD TO THE VERY BEST OF OUR ABILITY.
BUT WE LACK THE SKILLS, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT.
WE DON'T HAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRAINING.
WE DON'T HAVE BUDGET TRAINING.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO RECAPTURE UNDERSTANDING THE INFORMATION
THE BEST WE CAN BECAUSE WE WANT TO GIVE OUR COMMUNITY, OUR
CITIZENS WHO HAVE PAID INTO THE TIF, WE WANT TO GIVE THEM
THE BEST WE HAVE AND BRING INFORMATION BACK TO THEM.
TUESDAY'S MEETING WAS A NIGHTMARE FOR ME.
A NIGHTMARE.
AND I AM A SEASONED BOARD MEMBER.
I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD I THINK FOUR YEARS NOW, SERVED AS

CHAIR FOR TWO YEARS.
WE WERE ASKED ON FRIDAY WHEN WE RECEIVED OUR E-MAIL PACKET
FROM OUR DIRECTOR, THAT WAS FRIDAY.
5:32 P.M.
WE RECEIVED THE PACKET.
UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS TRAVELING.
I HAD SOMETHING TO DO OUT OF TOWN.
I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH THE PACKET.
BUT IN THE PACKET WAS A PROJECT, A 131-PAGE READ.
FIVE OF US DID NOT GET THROUGH THAT.
MAYBE EVEN MORE DIDN'T GET THROUGH IT, DIDN'T ADMIT THEY
DIDN'T GET THROUGH THE READ.
BUT WE WERE ASKED TO GET THROUGH THE PACKET.
COME IN, AND MAKE A DECISION ON A $9.7 MILLION ASK.
THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
WE ASKED FOR MORE INFORMATION.
I'M SORRY.
I'M SORRY.
10:57:42AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YOUR TIME IS UP.
SORRY.
ROBIN LOCKETT.
10:57:45AM >> WE NEEDED MORE INFORMATION.
10:57:47AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
ROBIN LOCKETT.
10:57:49AM >> DEMAND MORE INFORMATION.

10:57:50AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
NEXT SPEAKER AFTER ROBIN IS GOING TO BE
SURGRET DOSS.
10:57:57AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
ROBIN LOCKETT.
THIS IS JUST MORE OF AN INFORMATIONAL COMMENT.
THE COUNTY IS RECEIVING $700 MILLION.
CDBG DR FUNDS, COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT FUNDS FOR DISASTER
RECOVERY, THEY ARE HOSTING THEIR MEETINGS.
I ATTENDED THE MEETING AT PIERCE YESTERDAY.
THE COMMISSIONER WASN'T THERE.
I KNOW THIS IS THE CITY, BUT I IMPLORE YOU GUYS FOR THE
COMMUNITY, ONE, TO COME OUT, BECAUSE THE IDEA AROUND THIS
MONEY IS FOR THE COMMUNITY -- IT'S GOING TO BE HELD AT
ANDREWS TONIGHT AT 6 P.M.
THE IDEA ON THIS ONE IS THEY HAVE TO GET COMMUNITY INPUT.
IF YOU WERE IMPACTED BY THE STORMS, COME OUT AND GIVE YOUR
INPUT ON HOW THEY SHOULD SPEND THE MONEY.
IF YOU ARE A CONCERNED CITIZEN AND WEREN'T IMPACTED BY THE
STORMS, COME OUT.
CITY COUNCIL, IF ONE OF THESE MEETINGS ARE IN YOUR DISTRICT,
COME OUT AND HEAR HOW THEY PLAN TO SPEND THE MONEY AND HEAR
WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS TO SAY IN REGARDS TO HOW THEY SHOULD
SPEND THAT MONEY.
TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE AN EDUCATIONAL PART OF IT AND THEY
WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE FEEDBACK.

I WANT TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.
THANK YOU.
10:59:09AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, ROBIN.
NEXT SPEAKER IS SURGRET DOSS.
10:59:20AM >> SURGRET DOSS.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN WE HAVE A PROBLEM WHEN I'M LITIGATING WITH
THE CITY.
FAKE RUSE OF YOU NOT UNDERSTANDING.
I WANT TO GET TO A COUPLE OF POINTS.
LOOK AT THE HIGHLIGHT, YOU SEE SURGRET DOSS, SANDRA TUCKER,
THE CASE NUMBERS, IT'S CALLED A STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES.
I KNOW WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ATTORNEYS IN THE ROOM.
I NEED YOU ALL TO PAY ATTENTION.
COUPLE OF ATTORNEYS RIGHT HERE.
MIKE ROE, JUST DESPICABLE.
MIKE ROE, STEVE LEON.
I DON'T KNOW HOW INVOLVED HE IS.
JUDGE PEACOCK WAS THE PRESIDING JUDGE, EMILY PEACOCK,
ANOTHER DESPICABLE PERSON.
I'LL GET TO HER IN A LITTLE WHILE.
ORDERING ME TO SIGN THIS STIPULATION OF THE PARTY.
WE ALL REMEMBER WHEN SHE TOLD ME THAT A BLACK MAN CAN'T
ARGUE WITH A WHITE MAN OUTSIDE OF THE COURTROOM.
I ASKED HER TO DISQUALIFY HERSELF.
SHE WOULDN'T DO THAT.

THAT'S JUST WHO SHE IS.
HERE IS THE RELEASE THEY MADE ME SIGN UNDER CONTEMPT.
I HIGHLIGHTED THE PARTS.
YOU CAN SEE IT.
YOU HAVE AIDES FOR THESE REASONS.
RIGHT HERE, EVEN ON HERE IT SAYS YOU VOLUNTARILY SIGNED THIS
AGREEMENT -- UPSIDE DOWN AGAIN.
MY FAULT AGAIN.
VOLUNTARILY SIGNED THE AGREEMENT.
I SIGNED IT UNDER DURESS.
EVERY ONE OF THE ATTORNEYS I'M GETTING READY TO GO OVER, I'M
NORMALLY CALIBRATED.
YOU LOVE SOFT-STEPPING NEGROES AROUND HERE.
I DIDN'T RUN MY ROUTES SOFT-STEPPING.
I KNOW I CAN'T SAY IT IS ABOUT ALL WHITE FOLKS.
I NEED SOME OF YOU WHITE PEOPLE TO GET CONTROL OF THE
CRACKERS RUNNING AMOK THE TOWN OVER THERE.
I'M TALKING ABOUT CITY GOVERNMENT, STATE GOVERNMENT.
BOB BUCKHORN RUNNING FOR MAYOR AGAIN.
ALREADY GOT A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF MY DAMN HOUSES.
SOME OF YOU ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS TO DO YOUR DAMN JOB.
DON'T NEED YOU TO DO NOTHING SPECIAL FOR ME.
I AM A VETERAN, HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND DISABLED.
BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS I'M TALKING ABOUT JUDGE EMILY
PEACOCK.

NEVER HEAR A CASE.
PAUL HUEY, NEVER SHOULD HEAR A CASE FROM ME BECAUSE THEY
WORK WITH GREGORY HOLDER, THE LYING WHITE BOY WHO TOLD
MICHAEL VICTOR WHO STILL WORKS FOR YOU ALL TO FALSELY ACCUSE
ME OF PERJURY.
OF COURSE, I WHIPPED THEIR ASS IN COURT.
DEALING WITH THIS IN THE 11th CIRCUIT.
SURE WE'LL GET THE KIND OF OUTCOME WE NEED.
BOTTOM LINE TO THIS IS, EVEN IN THAT BIBLE THAT SOME OF YOU
ALL LOVE TO THUMP SO OFTEN, IF YOU GO TO LUKE, I THINK
CHAPTER 11, I HEARD WE DON'T HAVE LAWYERS WHO WILL STAND UP
FOR THE PEOPLE.
BUT IN THE SAME SERIES OF STATEMENT, FOR THEY TAKE AWAY THE
-- AND THOSE THEY TRY TO ENTER THEY HINDER.
SHOUT OUT TO UNIVERSITY OF THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL.
11:02:31AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
VICTOR DEMAIO WILL BE OUR LAST IN-PERSON PUBLIC SPEAKER.
11:02:36AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
VICTOR DEMAIO.
NORTH FRANKLIN STREET.
SUITE 103.
POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
I JUST WANT TO WISH MY MOM MERCY, TODAY IS HER BIRTHDAY.
I CANNOT TELL YOU HER AGE OR SHE WILL KILL ME WHEN I GET

HOME.
I WAS PROUD TO SEE THE LADY WHO GOT RECOGNIZED TODAY FROM
THE UTILITY WATER DEPARTMENT, WHEN MY MOM WAS HERE RUNNING
THE WATER AND UTILITY DEPARTMENT AT THE CITY OF TAMPA, SHE
WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO EVER DO SO.
SHE WAS CRITICIZED QUITE A BIT BECAUSE SHE WAS NOT JUST A
WOMAN BUT ALSO HISPANIC.
SHE ACTUALLY HIRED THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WATER METER IN
THE HISTORY OF THE CITY AS WELL.
GOT CRITICIZED FOR THAT.
SHE GOT CRITICIZED BECAUSE SHE HIRED TOO MANY LATINS IN THE
DEPARTMENT.
HARD TO BELIEVE IN 1960 TAMPA WAS A WHOLE DIFFERENT WORLD
THAN IT IS TODAY, BUT DISCRIMINATION STILL GOES ON TODAY.
I'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THAT GOING ON.
IT'S NOT REALLY DONE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT AS WELL.
BESIDES BEING THE FIRST WOMAN IN HISTORY, RUN FOR OFFICE,
HER AND BETTY CASTOR, YOU HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE AS A
PIONEER.
MY FAMILY WAS A PART OF THAT AS WELL.
I WANTED TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, MOM, HAPPY
BIRTHDAY.
SECONDLY, I HAVE A QUESTION TO ASK.

I CAME TODAY TO SPEAK ON THE SOUTH HOWARD STORMWATER
PROJECT, I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE ON THE AGENDA.
IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY THIS EVENING SOMEWHERE?
IS THAT SUBJECT COMING UP, TONIGHT OR TODAY?
11:04:17AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY DURING THE PUBLIC
SPEAKING.
11:04:21AM >> ALL RIGHT.
I APPRECIATE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
11:04:24AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THERE IS A PUBLIC MEETING TONIGHT.
NOT CITY COUNCIL.
THERE IS A PUBLIC MEETING TONIGHT AT THE GARDEN CLUB.
GARDEN CLUB ON BAYSHORE AT 6:30.
11:04:32AM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I APPRECIATE IT.
HAVE A GOOD DAY.
11:04:35AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THAT IS THE LAST IN-PERSON PUBLIC SPEAKER.
CLERK, WE HAVE FIVE FOLKS REGISTERED.
THE FIRST IS ALEX STEIN, ARE THEY ONLINE?
11:04:43AM >> THEY ARE NOT ONLINE.
11:04:44AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MICHAEL RANDOLPH.
MICHAEL RANDOLPH, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
11:04:49AM >> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS MICHAEL RANDOLPH.
I'M WITH THE WEST TAMPA CDC.
I WANT TO START OUT BY GIVING A SHOUT-OUT TO THE YOUNG

PEOPLE -- PLEAD WITH THEM DON'T MESS IT UP LIKE THE ADULTS.
TODAY'S CONVERSATION ON THE IMPACT OF ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE AND POOR COMMUNITIES.
THE TITLE IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE JOB LOSSES SINCE BETWEEN 2023 AND 2025.
IN 2023, THERE WERE 4,000 JOBS LOST.
IN 2024, OVER 765,000 JOBS WAS LOST.
THIS IS THE HIGHEST NUMBER IN 15 YEARS.
IN 2025, IN FEBRUARY, 3.5 MILLION JOBS WAS LOST IN A SINGLE
MONTH.
NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE POSITIVES.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND HOW TO EMPOWER THE BLACK
COMMUNITIES.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CAN REMOVE THE BURDENS BY CREATING
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES IN THE BLACK COMMUNITIES.
CAN DO SO BY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, FINANCIAL INCLUSION, AND
JOB CREATION.
ALSO PLAYS A PART IN TERMS OF UPLIFTING THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
DECENTRALIZED -- WHEN IT COMES TO JOBS.
IT CAN REMOVE THE VALUES ENABLING BLACK BUSINESSES TO CREATE
THEIR OWN OPPORTUNITIES.
CREATE NEW REVENUES.
THE NEXT MEETING JUNE 30.
TALK ABOUT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AS WELL AS VIRTUAL
REALITY.

A.I. -- PRESENTS BOTH CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES.
A.I. CAN MARKED INCREASE -- OR HELP MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES
ENSURING TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS INCLUSION.
SENIOR CITIZENS, THE DISABLED, THIS IS A WHOLE NEW WORLD
WHEN IT COMES TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
THANK YOU.
11:07:49AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, MICHAEL.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVID BAILEY.
DAVID BAILEY, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
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.
I'M AT THE VET WITH MY DOGS.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
11:08:17AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES.
11:08:19AM >> GOOD MORNING, DAVID BAILEY, LIVING IN HISTORIC YBOR CITY.
JUST A FEW THINGS TO POINT YOU TOWARDS ON AGENDA 74.
FIRST OF ALL, AS OF YESTERDAY, I WAS TOLD THAT TAMPA CONNECT
WAS NOT FUNCTIONING IN TERMS OF CONNECTING WITH CODE
ENFORCEMENT.
SO BASICALLY THEY ARE CLAIMING THEY ARE CAUSED WITHOUT
COMMENT AND NO INFORMATION RELAYED TO CODE ENFORCEMENT WHICH
IS A PROBLEM WHEN TALKING ABOUT COMPLIANCE AND THE REPORTS
THAT YOU'LL HEAR ON AGENDA 74.

RELATED TO THAT, PLEASE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THESE REPORTS
IN TERMS OF COMPLIANCE BECAUSE BASICALLY HISTORIC
PRESERVATION AND CODE ENFORCEMENT ARE TELLING YOU THERE'S
NOTHING TO SEE HERE.
EVERYTHING IS FINE, AND THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD SAY
OTHERWISE.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NOT BEEN SILENT IN TERMS OF
HIGHLIGHTING CONCERNS AND INCONSISTENCIES.
SO YOU'LL HEAR MORE FROM US IN THE FUTURE.
ON A SEPARATE NOTE AND SOME OTHER FOLKS HAVE TOUCHED ON
SHOTSPOTTER WHICH HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE IN YBOR CITY, ASK
COUNCIL TO ASK CHIEF BERCAW WHEN WE'LL SEE A CRACKDOWN ON
MODIFIED CAR EXHAUST BECAUSE THESE GUNSHOT SOUNDING EXHAUSTS
HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO INTERFERE WITH THE SHOTSPOTTER
TECHNOLOGY.
COLLIER COUNTY IS LEADING BY EXAMPLE BY DOING MORE IN TERMS
OF CRACKDOWNS.
IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF RESOURCES, LIKE WE HEAR OFTEN.
THIS IS A QUESTION OF -- WE ALL KNOW, WE HAVE ALL
EXPERIENCED THESE SOUNDS WHERE YOU THINK IT'S A GUNSHOT.
I REMEMBER TEN YEARS AGO, IF YOU HEARD SOMETHING THAT
SOUNDED LIKE A GUNSHOT, YOU WERE CONCERNED.
UNFORTUNATELY, NOW, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE ALL SO, I DON'T WANT
TO SAY ACCUSTOMED TO THE EXHAUSTS, BUT THEY ARE DANGEROUS,
AND THEY ARE GOING TO INTERFERE WITH YOUR $1 MILLION

INVESTMENT IN SHOTSPOTTER.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME.
11:10:28AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, MR. BAILEY.
NEXT SPEAKER IS STEPHANIE HARRISON BAILEY.
STEPHANIE HARRISON BAILEY, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
GOOD MORNING.
11:10:42AM >> I TOO AM SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM 74, SPECIFICALLY
REGARDING STAFF UPDATES FOR PARKING LOT CODE COMPLIANCE IN
YBOR CITY.
AS DAVID BAILEY MENTIONED, WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE LAST EIGHT
MONTHS SINCE THE CODE WAS UPDATED, UNFORTUNATELY NOT A LOT
OF REAL CHANGE HERE AS YBOR RESIDENTS LIVING ACROSS THE
STREET, ADJACENT, IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD AS A LOT OF THE
SURFACE PARKING LOTS.
IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THE PARKING LOTS THAT HAVE RECEIVED
BARRIO APPROVAL ACTUALLY TAKE A STEP BACK.
ALL OF THESE LOTS, ALL OF THESE SURFACE LOTS WERE SUPPOSED
TO HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY A DEADLINE AT THE END OF LAST YEAR.
I'M BLANKING ON WHAT THE DATE WAS.
PER CONVERSATIONS WITH MS. ABBYE FEELEY, AFTER THAT
DEADLINE, PARKING LOTS, IF THEY HAD NOT COME INTO COMPLIANCE
WITH THE BARRIO, WITH CODE, THEY HADN'T GOTTEN PERMITS, THEY
WERE DEEMED TO BE NONCOMPLIANT.
AND THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE END OF IT.

IT SEEMS LIKE SOME OF THOSE PARKING LOTS ARE STILL KIND OF
AT A GLACIAL PACE MOVING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF MAYBE
DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO BE COMPLIANT AND THEN
TAKING A LOOK AT MANY OF THE PARKING LOTS OWN DRAWINGS THAT
ARE UPLOADED INTO ACCELA AND STAMPED APPROVED BY THE BARRIO.
IT SEEMS LIKE THEY ARE NOT ADHERING TO THEIR OWN DRAWINGS.
EVEN IF THE DRAWINGS ARE APPROVED, BARRIOS APPROVE THEM, THE
PARKING LOTS DO NOT LOOK LIKE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO.
THEY ARE STILL A VISUAL BLIGHT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALSO
AN ECONOMIC BLIGHT.
WHEN WE CONTINUE TO ALLOW THESE PARKING LOT OPERATORS TO
DRAG THEIR FEET IN REGARD TO COMPLIANCE, WHEN WE SLAP THEIR
HANDS LIGHTLY WHEN THEY DO GET CAUGHT DOING SOMETHING NOT IN
COMPLIANCE, IS IT JUST CONTINUES TO ALLOW THEM TO DO THE
SAME THING THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN DOING, AND IT CONTINUES TO
BRING DOWN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE'S REALLY NO REASON FOR ANY OF THESE OPERATORS TO DO
THE RIGHT THING WHEN WE'RE NOT HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
WE WOULD JUST ASK CITY COUNCIL TO REALLY START TO HOLD STAFF
ACCOUNTABLE TO HOLDING THESE PARKING LOT OPERATORS
ACCOUNTABLE, AND WE ARE HAPPY AS NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS TO
MEET WITH YOU ALL.
WE'VE MET WITH SOME OF YOU AND KIND OF LAY OUT SPECIFIC
ITEMS THAT ARE ISSUES FOR US.
THAT'S IT.

THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:13:18AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, MS. BAILEY.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRIS CURRY.
CHRIS CURRY IS NOT ONLINE.
THAT ENDS OUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION TODAY.
NOW WE HAVE SEVERAL BOARD -- CITY COUNCIL BOARD POSITIONS
THAT WE NEED TO FILL.
ITEM 4.
SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES.
ITEM NUMBER 4 IS APPOINTMENT TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
COMMISSION.
WE HAVE ONE OPEN POSITION, AND ONE APPLICANT.
IS THE APPLICANT HERE?
WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF?
11:14:10AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS JOHN PROKOP.
I HAVE BEEN SERVING AS YOUR REPRESENTATIVE ON THE
ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS.
I'M HERE ASKING FOR YOUR NOMINATION TO SERVE A SUBSEQUENT
THREE YEARS.
I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOR THE PAST 42
YEARS OF MY CAREER.
MY FIRM IN TAMPA IS ARGUABLY THE FOREMOST HISTORIC

PRESERVATION CONSULTANTS AND ARCHITECTURAL FIRM IN THE CITY.
WE DO WORK AT PLANT HALL.
I HAVE A DOZEN PROJECTS AT PLANT HALL AND AT THE J.C. NEWMAN
CIGAR FACTORY RIGHT NOW.
I'M A LIFETIME MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC
PRESERVATION.
AND I WOULD BE HONORED TO ACCEPT ANOTHER NOMINATION.
11:14:56AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:14:59AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SO THIS BOARD MEMBER DOES A VERY, VERY
GOOD JOB.
CERTAINLY DESERVES REAPPOINTMENT.
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
BY UNANIMOUS.
11:15:16AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TO REAPPOINT MR.
PROKOP FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION BY UNANIMOUS
CONSENT AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
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.
GOOD MORNING.
I WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT A DECISION THAT COMES UP

FOR ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW.
IT IS REGARDING WOOD FRAME WINDOWS VERSUS CURRENT MODERN
WINDOWS THAT LOOK WOOD FRAME.
WE HAD SOMEBODY COME BEFORE US MONTHS AND MONTHS AGO
ADDRESSING THIS VERY ISSUE.
11:15:57AM >> I RECALL THE CASE.
11:15:59AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
WITH THE HURRICANE SEASON UNDERWAY, I
STARTED THINKING ABOUT THAT, NOT JUST FOR MY 1901 HOME BUT
FOR EVERYONE ELSE WHO HAS WINDOWS THAT, IN MY OPINION, COULD
BE CONSIDERED FRAGILE BECAUSE OF HURRICANE SEASON, ALTHOUGH
THE HOUSE HAS BEEN STANDING SINCE 1901.
I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE
ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE WOULD RECONSIDER OR EVEN TAKE
INTO CONSIDERATION UNDER THE GUIDELINES THAT WE CURRENTLY
HAVE.
11:16:30AM >> WE HAVE, AND SO HAS THE SECRETARY OF INTERIOR IN
WASHINGTON, D.C. WHOSE STANDARDS ARE THE NATIONAL GUIDELINES
FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
ON ORIGINAL HISTORIC FABRIC HOUSES, THIS IS NOT CONSIDERING
ADDITIONS OR OUT BUILDINGS OR ANYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT,
ORIGINAL HISTORIC FABRIC, THE NATIONAL GUIDELINES STILL
REQUIRES THAT THE REPLACEMENT ITEM BE REQUIRED TO BE OF
SIMILAR MATERIALITY.
AND CHANGING FROM A WOOD WINDOW TO AN ALUMINUM CLAD WINDOW
IS NOT SIMILAR MATERIALITY.

IT IS POSSIBLE, AND THERE ARE COMPANIES HERE IN TAMPA THAT
DO IT, TO RETROFIT ORIGINAL HISTORIC FRAMES WITH IMPACT
GLAZING.
THAT DOES NOT MAKE THEM MEET, QUOTE, UNQUOTE, A HURRICANE
WINDOW BECAUSE THE FRAME AND THE SASHES THEMSELVES WOULD
HAVE TO BE REINFORCED TO A GREATER EXTENT.
BUT OUR ARGUMENT AGAINST THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT
WHEN YOU TEST FOR A HURRICANE WINDOW, THEY FIRE A TWO BY
FOUR AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AT THE WINDOW.
THAT'S HOW THEY TEST IT.
IN MOST HISTORIC FRAME BUILDINGS IN PARTICULAR, YOU COULD
PUT A HURRICANE WINDOW IN AND YET NONE OF YOUR ROOF JOISTS
ARE STRAPPED TO THE WALLS.
YOUR WALLS AREN'T STRAPPED TO YOUR FOUNDATIONS, AND YOUR
WALLS THEMSELVES ARE NOT HURRICANE RESISTANT AND YOU CAN
SHOOT A TWO BY FOUR RIGHT NEXT TO THE WINDOW AND IT WILL GO
RIGHT THROUGH THE WALL.
IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO CHANGE THE STANDARDS TO PUT A
HURRICANE WINDOW IN AN OPENING AND THEN RIGHT HERE, THE TWO
BY FOUR WOULD GO THROUGH THE WALL ANYWAY.
THE BUILDING ITSELF ISN'T HURRICANE PROOF IN ORDER FOR THERE
TO BE A HURRICANE-PROOF BUILDING, THE ENTIRE BUILDING HAS TO
BE BROUGHT UP TO HURRICANE CODES.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE STILL NOT ALLOWING ANY CHANGES OF WINDOWS
FROM WOOD TO ANY OTHER MATERIAL.

11:18:37AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT EXPLANATION.
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TO BE ON
THIS BOARD.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
11:18:43AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE HAD A MOTION FOR UNANIMOUS CONSENT FROM
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
COUNCILMAN CARLSON, DID YOU HAVE YOUR MICROPHONE?
WE HAVE THE MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
UNANIMOUS CONSENT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
11:19:01AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
I HAVE PREPARED A RESOLUTION.
IF YOU CAN MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
11:19:05AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN
HENDERSON.
SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
OPPOSED?
MS. CLERK.
11:19:17AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES:
GOOD MORNING.
SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES, CITY CLERK.
WE HAVE DR. LAURA HARRISON THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED
AS THE ARCHAEOLOGIST MEMBER ON THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION

COMMISSION.
11:19:39AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
DR. HARRISON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP
AND SPEAK TO US?
11:19:45AM >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY.
MY NAME IS DR. LAURA HARRISON.
I AM A PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA WITH A
BACKGROUND IN ARCHAEOLOGY.
IT'S TAKEN ME ALL AROUND THE WORLD FROM BRONZE AGE SITES IN
TURKEY TO HISTORIC SITES IN NEW YORK AND HERE IN FLORIDA.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, SINCE 2016 WHERE I
HAVE LED A LAB AT THE UNIVERSITY CALLED ACCESS 3D WHICH IS
ALL ABOUT DIGITAL HERITAGE, UTILIZING ADVANCED DIGITAL TOOLS
TO PRESERVE AND STEWARD HERITAGE SITES WITHIN FLORIDA AND
ALSO AROUND THE WORLD.
SO AS A RESULT OF THAT WORK, I'VE PARTNERED SEVERAL TIMES
WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA ON HERITAGE PRESERVATION PROJECTS AT
PLACES LIKE UNION STATION AND THE DE SOTO COMMUNITY CENTER
AS WELL AS THE HART TECO STREETCARS.
THIS IS WORK THAT'S REALLY CORE TO MY PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I VALUE REALLY HIGHLY.
I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THE LEADERSHIP THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA
HAS SHOWN IN THIS REGARD, AND IT WOULD BE MY PLEASURE TO
SERVE ON THIS COMMISSION.
THANK YOU.
11:20:48AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, DR. HARRISON.

COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:20:50AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
LIKE THE PREVIOUS APPLICANT, MR. PROKOP,
A VALUABLE MEMBER OF THE BOARD AS AN EXISTING MEMBER, DR.
HARRISON HAS AN AMAZING RESUM , AN AMAZING BACKGROUND AND
WOULD BE PERFECT ADDITION TO THIS HISTORIC PRESERVATION
COMMISSION.
11:21:10AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND.
11:21:11AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
OFFICIAL MOTION.
MOVE TO ACCEPT.
11:21:13AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
UNANIMOUS CONSENT FROM COUNCILMAN
MANISCALCO.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
I'M SORRY, MIRANDA.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
AYES HAVE IT.
WE WILL PREPARE A RESOLUTION TO MOVE IT AT A LATER DATE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CONGRATULATIONS.
CLERK FOXX-KNOWLES.
11:21:35AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES:
GOOD MORNING AGAIN.
SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES, CITY CLERK.
MR. SHELBY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROVIDE SOME WORDS BEFORE WE
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
WORDS?
MARK THIS CALENDAR.
11:21:57AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES:
THERE ARE SIX INDIVIDUALS SEEKING
THE POSITION OF PLANNER OR PLANNING COMMITTEE ON THE
COUNTY-CITY-COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION.
THE FIRST ONE, MR. NICHOLAS CARLONE IS UNDER THE WEATHER AND
WILL NOT BE HERE.
THE NEXT INDIVIDUAL IS BRAYDEN CURRY.
11:22:29AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THE FIRST APPLICANT IS ACTUALLY ONLINE TO
SPEAK.
LET HIM GO FIRST?
ARE YOU ONLINE?
11:22:39AM >> YES, SIR.
11:22:40AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
VERY GOOD.
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
11:22:45AM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO COME IN TODAY.
I ACTUALLY HAVE THE FLU.
I DON'T WANT TO GET NOBODY SICK.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD, SPEAK MY PART.
I LOVE TAMPA BAY.
I LIVED IN TAMPA LAST 15 YEARS AFTER MILITARY, AFTER

COLLEGE.
I KNOW I HAVE ALL THE TOOLS AND RECOGNITIONS THAT I WOULD
NEED TO SUCCESSFULLY HOLD THIS POSITION.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS KNOW THAT I'LL DO MY
BEST.
UPHOLD EVERYTHING THAT I CAN AND YOU'LL DEFINITELY HAVE MY
WORD THAT I'LL DO WHATEVER I CAN, WHATEVER IT TAKES FOR AS
LONG AS YOU GUYS WILL HAVE ME.
11:23:29AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, SIR.
WE HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER.
NEXT IS BRAYDEN CURRY.
11:23:36AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES:
BRAYDEN CURRY.
11:23:47AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
BRAYDEN CURRY.
PRESIDENT OF CURCO CAPITAL.
TODAY I COME BEFORE YOU BOTH AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND A
RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
WITH BOTH MY HOME AND OFFICE BEING LOCATED IN DISTRICT 4.
I'M HERE TO RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN MY
APPOINTMENT TO THE CITY-COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION.
SINCE MOVING BACK TO TAMPA ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, I'VE
BEEN FOCUSED ON FINDING MEANINGFUL WAYS TO GIVE BACK TO A
CITY THAT HAS GIVEN SO MUCH TO MY FAMILY AND ME.
MY WIFE AND I TRULY LOVE TAMPA BAY AND THE SURROUNDING
DISTRICTS THAT ARE NESTLED THEREIN.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS CITY'S GROWTH AND VIBRANCY HASN'T
HAPPENED BY ACCIDENT.
THEY HAVE BEEN SHAPED BY BOTH THOUGHTFUL PLANNING AND
LONG-TERM VISION.
THAT SAID, ALWAYS MORE WE CAN DO AND ALWAYS WAYS WE CAN DO
BETTER.
MY PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND IS ROOTED IN DEVELOPMENT, LAND
USE, AND ENTITLEMENTS.
I WORK DIRECTLY WITH MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA TO NAVIGATE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE,
COMPREHENSIVE PLANS AND POLICY FRAMEWORKS THAT SUPPORT
REASONABLE, WELL ALIGNED GROWTH.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, I HELPED INTRODUCE NEW POLICY IN MANATEE
COUNTY THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE CONCEPT OF NONBINDING
HEARINGS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS AS AN INCENTIVE FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THIS POLICY IS CURRENTLY BEING SUPPORTED BY THE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND IS AN EFFORT AIMED AT
CREATING A PATH FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS TO RECEIVE EARLY
FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD BEFORE ENTERING FULL SUFFICIENCY
REVIEWS AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS.
WHILE THIS POLICY IS STILL TAKING SHAPE, IT REFLECTS MY
BROADER APPROACH -- COLLABORATIVE, SOLUTIONS ORIENTED, AND
ROOTED IN PROCESS.
I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A POLICY I WOULD ENCOURAGE THIS

COUNCIL TO LOOK AT FURTHER AS WELL.
THIS EXPERIENCE HAS GIVEN ME A DEEP APPRECIATION FOR HOW
LOCAL POLICY DECISIONS IMPACT REAL PEOPLE, HOW THEY SHAPE
QUALITY OF LIFE, AFFORDABILITY, AND ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY.
I SPEND MY TIME IN DETAILS REVIEWING COMP PLANS,
INTERPRETING LAND DEVELOPMENT CODES AND TRACKING STATE
LEGISLATION THAT AFFECTS THE FUTURE OF OUR CITIES.
EXAMPLES OF THIS INCLUDE VARIOUS STATE BILLS RELATED TO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND SOME OF THE NEWEST STATE BILLS SUCH
AS STATE BILL 1730.
THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY.
I DO BELIEVE THAT TAMPA THRIVES WHEN PLANNING IS INTENTIONAL
AND FORWARD THINKING.
I BELIEVE THAT IS A PERSPECTIVE I WOULD BRING TO THIS
PLANNING COMMISSION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
11:25:59AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANYBODY HAVE A QUESTION?
I HAVE ONE.
I SHOULD HAVE ASKED NICHOLAS AS WELL.
AS AN APPOINTEE OF THIS BOARD, DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN
YOU ARE SERVING ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WE SET THE
POLICY, SO YOU ARE BRINGING OUR VOICE TO THE PLANNING
COMMISSION BOARD?
11:26:18AM >> SURE, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

11:26:19AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU.
ANYBODY ELSE?
11:26:25AM >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:26:31AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES:
THE NEXT APPLICANT IS MELONY
WILLIAMS.
11:26:46AM >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS MELONY WILLIAMS, A TAMPA NATIVE AND GRADUATE OF
HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.
I'M HONORED TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A SEAT ON THE PLANNING
COMMISSION.
I WOULD LIKE TO BRIEFLY SHARE THREE KEY REASONS WHY MY
BACKGROUND AS A RIDER ARMY LIEUTENANT COLONEL WITH 29 YEARS
OF HONORABLE SERVICE ALIGNS WITH THE COMMISSION'S MISSION
AND VISION.
I BRING A HISTORY OF LEADING COLLABORATIVE TEAMS AND
FOSTERING UNITY ACROSS DIVERSE GROUPS TO ACHIEVE COMMON
GOALS.
I POSSESS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN LONG-RANGE PLANNING
BALANCING PRESENT NEEDS WITH FUTURE GROWTH.
I HAVE A LIFELONG COMMITMENT TO SERVICE AND BUILDING STRONG,
RESILIENT COMMUNITIES.
DURING MY MILITARY CAREER, I LED OPERATIONS PLANNING EFFORTS
IN BOTH COMBAT AND SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTS, INCLUDING
DEPLOYMENTS TO THE MIDDLE EAST AND ASSIGNMENTS IN SOUTH

KOREA.
THESE ROLES REQUIRED MANAGING TRANSPORTATION, LOGISTICS,
INTERAGENCY COORDINATION, INFRASTRUCTURE READINESS ACROSS
REGIONAL LINES, ALL OF WHICH DIRECTLY RELATE TO THE
COMMISSION'S RESPONSIBILITY TO PROMOTE AND COORDINATE
LONG-TERM PLANNING THAT IMPROVES QUALITY OF LIFE AND
SUPPORTS SUSTAINABLE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AS A COMPANY COMMANDER, I WAS ENTRUSTED NOT ONLY WITH
MISSION SUCCESS, BUT WITH THE CARE AND WELL-BEING OF
SOLDIERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
I ENSURED THEY WERE INFORMED, SUPPORTED AND EQUIPPED TO
THRIVE.
PRINCIPLES THAT CONTINUE TO GUIDE HOW I SERVE OTHERS TODAY.
I BELIEVE PLANNING IS NOT JUST ABOUT POLICY, IT'S ABOUT
PEOPLE.
HERE IN TAMPA, I AM PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE GROWTH
AFFORDABILITY CRISIS.
WITH THE INFLUX OF NEW RESIDENTS, RISING LIVING COSTS AND
LIMITED HOUSING OPTIONS, MANY FAMILIES ARE BEING PUSHED
BEYOND THEIR MEANS.
HOMELESSNESS IS RISING.
ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY IS A REALITY FOR MANY.
THESE ISSUES ARE INTERCONNECTED AND REQUIRE THOUGHTFUL,
FORWARD LOOKING SOLUTIONS THAT PRESERVE THE CHARACTER OF OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS WHILE ADDRESSING THE EVOLVING NEEDS OF OUR

RESIDENTS.
MY BACKGROUND IS ROOTED IN SERVICE, STRATEGY, AND CIVIC
RESPONSIBILITY.
I HAVE LED HIGH-LEVEL PLANNING EFFORTS, PARTICIPATED IN
COMMUNITY INITIATIVES, AND EVEN RAN FOR LOCAL OFFICE TO
FURTHER MY COMMITMENT TO BUILD PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT.
I UNDERSTAND HOW TO WORK IN COMMITTEE SETTINGS, FACILITATE
MEANINGFUL DISCUSSIONS AND KEEP TEAMS FOCUSED ON SHARED
OUTCOMES.
I BELIEVE IN INCLUSIVE DECISION MAKING AND INFORMED
COLLABORATION, PRINCIPLES ESSENTIAL TO WORK ON THIS
COMMISSION.
IN CLOSING, MY EXPERIENCE HAS TAUGHT ME THE VALUE OF
LONG-TERM THINKING, ETHICAL LEADERSHIP, AND PEOPLE FIRST
PLANNING.
I BRING A DIVERSE BACKGROUND THAT IS WELL ALIGNED WITH THE
PLANNING COMMISSION'S MISSION TO INFORM, INVOLVE, INVEST,
INNOVATIVE, AND MAKING A LASTING IMPACT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY
AND CONTRIBUTE TO A FUTURE THAT REFLECTS THE VOICES OF NEEDS
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.

SO YOU UNDERSTAND SERVING ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, YOU
ARE SERVING THIS BOARD AND YOU ARE BASICALLY THE VOICE OF
THIS BOARD.
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
KUGLER.
11:30:29AM >> GOOD MORNING.
RICK KUGLER.
NEW EAST TAMPA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THE CRA.
EAST TAMPA CRA.
FIRST, GOT TO SAY THAT OUR HOUSE HOLD IS A BIG FAN OF THE
CURRENT TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
I THINK I HAVE SEEN MANY OF YOUR RECORDED MEETINGS.
DIANE I THINK HAS SEEN ALL OF THEM.
WE REALLY, REALLY THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR US, FOR
OUR FAMILY, AND FOR THE CITY.
SECOND, I LOOKED OVER THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND I
UNDERSTAND A LOT OF WHAT GOES ON THERE, IMPRESSED WITH THE
SKILLS AND BACKGROUND AND PROCESS THEY GO THROUGH TO TRY TO
MOVE THINGS FORWARD IN OUR CITY AND COUNTY.
I AM NOT A BANKER OR DEVELOPER.
I HAPPEN TO BE RESIDING IN EAST TAMPA AND LOVE IT THERE.

IN EAST TAMPA, WE SPEND A LOT OF OUR TIME TO IMPROVE THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, LIFT IT UP, WORK ON PARKS AND OTHER ISSUES
THAT WE SEE IN THE CITY, ESPECIAL IN THE EAST TAMPA AREA.
NO FINANCIAL OR SPECIFIC GOALS GOING INTO THE PLANNING
COMMISSION.
I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT OUR ISSUES ARE DEALT WITH SO
THAT EAST TAMPA CAN BLOSSOM THE WAY WE BOTH IMAGINE IT CAN
BE.
I'M A RETIRED GUY BUT LIVE A VERY ACTIVE LIFE.
WE ENJOY TAMPA WITH ITS CULTURE AND ITS BEAUTY.
WE USE THE BIKE TRAILS.
PILING TRAILS AND HIKING TRAILS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, AND
REALLY DO APPRECIATE THIS FORESTED COUNTY THAT WE LIVE IN.
WE BELIEVE THAT IF WE CAN TAKE CARE OF SOME BASIC THINGS,
THE WAY TO MANAGE AND BENEFIT CITIES IS IF WE CAN FOCUS ON
PROVIDING -- ARE YOU UPSIDE DOWN?
WE BELIEVE THAT IF WE CAN CREATE THE CONDITIONS FOR AN
ECOLOGY THAT CAN SUSTAIN US.
AND WE ALSO PROVIDE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM THAT PROTECTS
US.
THE FRUIT OF THAT WILL BE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT CAN
SUSTAIN THE REST OF OUR LIFE.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE -- THE BUILDING OF THE ECONOMIC
SYSTEM CAN THEN SUPPLY NEEDS IN TERMS OF MORE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, BETTER CONNECTIVITY, BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE, AND

ALSO IMPROVED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
WE'LL HAVE ACTUALLY MORE HOPE AND LESS DESPAIR WITH THAT
KIND OF WAY OF APPROACHING THINGS.
11:33:34AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, RICK.
11:33:35AM >> PLEASE CONSIDER MY APPOINTMENT TO THE PLANNING
COMMISSION.
11:33:38AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
LIKE I ASKED THE LAST COUPLE OF
APPLICANTS, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE SERVING AT THE
PLEASURE OF THE BOARD, THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE BOARD AND
THAT THIS BOARD, THIS COUNCIL SETS THE LAND USE POLICIES,
YOUR ROLE ON THE BOARD WOULD BE TO IMPLEMENT THOSE TYPES OF
POLICIES ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
11:33:57AM >> YES, I UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP.
CITY COUNCIL, AND THEN THE GO-BETWEEN TO OUR CITY-COUNTY
COMMISSION.
YES.
11:34:05AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:34:14AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES:
THE NEXT APPLICANT WILL BE WILL
FREEMAN.
11:34:21AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
GOOD MORNING.
11:34:22AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME HERE.
MY NAME IS WILL FREEMAN.
SOUTH TAMPA RESIDENT.

BEEN HERE ABOUT FOUR YEARS.
I KNOW YOU HAVE SEEN EVERYONE'S RESUM , BUT A BRIEF SUMMARY
OF MY BACKGROUND SO IT TIES DIRECTLY TO WHERE I THINK I
PROVIDE A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE TO CITY PLANNING.
MY BACKGROUND, I KIND OF TRAVELED THROUGHOUT ALL THE COUNTRY
AND EVEN THE WORLD, BUT STARTED OFF IN BIG TECH, WORKING AT
COMPANIES LIKE LINKEDIN AND ORACLE.
WENT ON AND STARTED TO GET MY FEET WET IN START-UP SPACE, SO
WENT TO AN EARLY STAGE START-UP THAT WAS STARTING TO GET
SIGNIFICANT FUNDING.
ULTIMATELY GOT ACQUIRED FOR NINE FIGURES AND GREW THEIR
SERVICES BUSINESS THERE.
ULTIMATELY, WHILE WORKING REMOTE FOR THAT COMPANY, LIKE MANY
OTHERS, I MADE THE TREK HERE TO TAMPA.
I'VE BEEN HERE THE PAST FOUR YEARS.
ULTIMATELY, I WENT AND STARTED TO DO ENTREPRENEURSHIP
FULL-TIME AS OF ACTUALLY THE END OF LAST YEAR.
ON THE SIDE OF CORPORATE LIFE, I WAS GROWING MY OWN START-UP
ON THE SIDE, A CONSULTANCY FOR NONPROFITS, SPECIFICALLY
RELATED TO MARKETING ANALYTICS.
WE SOLD THAT COMPANY AND SUCCESSFUL EXIT EARLIER THIS YEAR
IN FEBRUARY.
NOW I DO ENTREPRENEURSHIP FULL-TIME FOCUSED ON BUSINESS
ACQUISITIONS AND BUSINESS ADVISORY.
WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE AREA, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO

BUSINESS ACQUISITION, TRYING TO DEMOCRATIZE THE IDEA OF
PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO SELL SMALL BUSINESSES.
OFTENTIMES LEGACY BUSINESSES THAT ARE SHUT DOWN AND DON'T
KNOW WHERE TO APPROACH IT, BUT CREATING ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITY.
AND WORKING WITH PARTNERS TO ACQUIRE AND GIVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO EXIT BY DIRECTLY PROVIDING CAPITAL TO THEM.
IN TERMS OF THE ADVISORY PIECE, ALSO ADVISING OTHERS IN THE
SPACE TO MAKE SURE THEY GET THE SUPPORT THEY NEED, INCLUSIVE
OF VARIOUS TAMPA BAY START-UPS AND ALSO ENTERPRISE
COMPANIES.
MY BACKGROUND, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF
EVERYWHERE.
IN ITS ESSENCE, TIES BACK TO THE REASON WHY I CAME TO TAMPA,
THE SHIFT OF PEOPLE EITHER COMING HERE TO COME WORK FOR NEW
COMPANIES THAT ARE MAKING A PRESENCE HERE.
ACTUALLY STARTING COMPANIES THEMSELVES.
I'VE BEEN HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THIS AREA TO GET INVOLVED IN
THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
I SIT ON THE BOARD FOR USF, THEIR ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTER.
I ACTUALLY HAD MY OWN NONPROFIT WHICH I DO A COMMUNITY EVENT
FOR, SIT ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR SYNAPSE OF FLORIDA.
VARIOUS OTHER ORGANIZATIONS HERE.
REALLY HAVING A PULSE NOT ONLY IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY AN INTEGRAL PART OF COMMUNITY

PLANNING BUT ALSO MAKING SURE I HAVE A VOICE OF THE
COMMUNITY, WHETHER THEY ARE BUILDERS COMING HERE TO START
COMPANIES AND INCREASE WITH JOB OPPORTUNITIES OR OTHER
OPPORTUNITIES THAT MIGHT PRESENT THEMSELVES BY HAVING THE
VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE NOT ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN
HERE FOR YEARS BUT ALSO NEW PEOPLE LOOKING TO BUILD HERE
INCLUSIVE OF THE STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY THAT I WORKED WITH AT
USF AND UT WHICH I THINK IS A BIG EMPHASIS THAT WE NEED TO
KEEP IN MIND TO MAKE SURE THEY STAY HERE LONG TERM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS.
11:37:11AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SAME QUESTION FOR YOU.
CITY COUNCIL APPOINTS YOU TO THE BOARD, THIS COUNCIL IS THE
ONE THAT SETS THE POLICIES AND WE ASK YOU TO BE THE VOICE OF
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
MATTHEW SIENK.
11:37:45AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
IT'S GREAT TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS AGAIN.
I LIKE BEING IN CHAMBER WITH YOU ALL.
MY PRESENCE HERE TODAY IS TO CONTINUE MY COMMITMENT TO BEING
IN SERVICE TO MY COMMUNITY.

I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT IN TAMPA FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS.
I'VE WORKED IN DEVELOPMENT, REAL ESTATE, HOME CONSTRUCTION,
AND I'VE WORKED IN DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT TAMPA BAY.
I COME HERE BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT THE GROWTH OF OUR CITY,
ENSURING THAT GROWTH IS THOUGHTFUL, INCLUSIVE, AND BUILT
WITH LONG TERM IN MIND.
I HOLD A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN REAL ESTATE FROM FLORIDA STATE
UNIVERSITY THAT KIND OF GAVE ME THE BASELINE OF REAL ESTATE.
I WAS ABLE TO WORK IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR FOR ALMOST 15 YEARS
TO KIND OF SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT IN REAL LIFE.
I ALSO HOLD A MASTER'S DEGREE IN LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT
FROM NOVA SOUTHEAST.
THAT'S GIVEN ME THE SKILL SET TO TALK TO PEOPLE, UNDERSTAND
LEADERSHIP, HOW TO INTERACT, HOW TO KEEP EVERYBODY ON THE
SAME TRAIN WITHOUT FLYING OFF THE SIDES.
PROFESSIONALLY, I WAS IN SERVICE WITH A NATIONAL HOME
BUILDERS WHERE I DEVELOPED COMMUNITIES ACROSS HILLSBOROUGH,
PINELLAS, PASCO, AND HERNANDO.
THE RELEVANCE TO THAT IS HOW OTHER COUNTIES MOVE AND
DEVELOPMENT IMPACT HOW WE MOVE AND DEVELOP HERE.
WE'RE INHERITING PEOPLE ON OUR STREETS, IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS, IN OUR HOUSING ISSUES.
THOSE THINGS ALL TIE TOGETHER ON A BIG SCALE.
UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND US ALSO HAS A BIG
IMPACT ON HOW IT'S HANDLED WITHIN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND

CITY OF TAMPA.
OTHER THING THAT I'VE ALSO BEEN A PART OF, I'M AN APPOINTEE
-- FOR THE TPO.
I UNDERSTAND THE JOB OF APPOINTEE IS AND HOW TO CONVEY WHAT
IS IMPORTANT TO THE APPOINTING MEMBER WHO PUTS ME IN THE
ROOM.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I THINK THAT MY EXPERIENCE WITH MY
REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE, PARTNER H REALTY AND URBAN DWELLINGS,
I GET TO WORK ON THE GROUND IN TAMPA.
I'VE DONE DEVELOPMENT, HISTORIC HOME RESTORATIONS, EVEN
BUILDING NEW HOMES IN SOME RAPIDLY CHANGING NEIGHBORHOODS.
I'VE SEEN HOW THE CITY MOVES AND HOW THE CITY LIKES TO PUSH
THINGS.
I'VE SEEN HOW THIS COUNCIL HAS PRIORITIZED THINGS SUCH AS
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WALKABILITY IN SOME AREAS, REDUCING
DENSITY IN SOME AREAS.
THE CITY OF TAMPA IS UNIQUE BECAUSE IT'S NOT A ONE SIZE FITS
ALL AREA.
THE NEEDS OF SOUTH TAMPA AND THE HIGH HAZARD FLOOD ZONES IS
DIFFERENT FROM THE FLOODING THAT HAPPENS UP IN SEMINOLE
HEIGHTS.
THE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS OF NEW TAMPA IS VASTLY DIFFERENT
FROM WEST TAMPA.
THEY OPERATE IN COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WAYS.
BUT HAVING EXPOSURE IN SELLING AND DEVELOPING IN THESE AREAS

FOR SO LONG, KIND OF GIVES ME A BASELINE OF HOW THEY ARE
DIFFERENT AND HOW MAYBE POLICY FOR LAND USE IMPACTS THE
OVERALL FEEL AND LIVABILITY FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN
THE AREAS.
I ALSO HAD -- THANK YOU GUYS.
11:40:50AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ACTUALLY, HE ANSWERED MY QUESTION -- YOU
ACTUALLY ANSWERED THE QUESTION DURING YOUR PRESENTATION.
I THANK YOU.
SAME QUESTION I WOULD HAVE ASKED.
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
THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
HE SUBMITTED A RESIGNATION LETTER AND HAS OFFERED TO SERVE
UNTIL REPLACED.
11:42:04AM >>BILL CARLSON:
WE HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE THAT KAREN
KRESS WAS NOT GOING TO STAND FOR RE-ELECTION.
SHE CONFIRMED THAT WITH ME THIS MORNING.
HER TERM RUNS OUT, I THINK, IN SEPTEMBER.
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.
BEFORE WE LEAVE OR AFTER?
AFTER, OKAY.

THE OTHER THING IS I DON'T KNOW, I THINK WE ASKED THIS
SEVERAL TIMES, IS THERE A WAY WE CAN GET BETTER LINE OF
SIGHT TO THESE APPOINTMENTS SO THAT WE'RE NOTIFIED ABOUT
THEM BEFORE THE PEOPLE APPLY?
I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO HELP RECRUIT PEOPLE TO
RUN FOR THESE.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT SEVERAL TIMES.
FOR SOME REASON, AT LEAST IN MY IN-BOX, IT DOESN'T POP UP
UNTIL WE'RE READY TO VOTE.
11:42:47AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
11:42:49AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I AGREE.
I ACTUALLY HAD A CONSTITUENT E-MAIL, ASK FOR THAT
INFORMATION AND GOT A WONDERFULLY DETAILED E-MAIL FROM
KORENCIA ABOUT IT.
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE OPENINGS ARE.
IT'S NOT A FAULT OF ANY OUR STAFF.
WONDERFUL TO SEND IT.
I DO BELIEVE WE NEED A SECONDARY PORTION BECAUSE THAT LIST
OF OPENINGS DOES NOT CONTAIN A LIST OF OPENINGS.
IT'S VERY CONFUSING TO FOLLOW.
I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON THAT WE NEED -- THE NEW
TRANSFORMATION IS NICE BUT NEEDS TO GO A LITTLE FURTHER, I
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.

JUST SO YOU KNOW AS PART OF THE WRITTEN REPORT, I ALSO
INCLUDED RULE 8 OF YOUR OWN RULES, FILLING VACANCIES TO
VARIOUS BOARDS.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH SULING ABOUT THIS.
RULE A, AND THIS DATES BACK TO LAST YEAR WHEN WE IMPLEMENTED
THE NEW RULE.
IT SAYS CURRENT AND UPCOMING BOARD VACANCIES SHOULD BE NOTED
ON EACH AGENDA SO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND DISTRICT OFFICES
CAN SEEK CANDIDATES FOR APPOINTMENT.
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SULING AND SHE TELLS ME THAT IS IN
PROCESS.
CERTAINLY COUNCIL'S INTENTION THAT YOU WOULD ACTUALLY AND SO
WOULD THE PUBLIC HAVE ACCESS TO KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT
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.
THE FRIDAY BEFORE.
11:44:32AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
AS FAR AS RECRUITING CANDIDATES.
11:44:35AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
EVERY WEEK.
SO IT WOULDN'T BE FOR THAT NEXT WEEK.
LITERALLY ANYTIME THEY ARE --
11:44:43AM >>BILL CARLSON:
HOW SOON DO YOU THINK THEY WILL START?
11:44:47AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES:
[INAUDIBLE]

[CELL PHONE BUZZING]
11:44:55AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
CLERK FOXX-KNOWLES, YOU HAVE RESULTS?
11:44:59AM >> SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES, CITY CLERK.
NO ONE RECEIVED THE MAJORITY FOUR VOTES.
WE HAVE MR. KUGLER -- WELL, MELONY WILLIAMS RECEIVED TWO
VOTES FROM HENDERSON AND VIERA.
RICK KUGLER RECEIVED THREE VOTES FROM MIRANDA, MANISCALCO,
AND CARLSON.
AND MATTHEW SIENK RECEIVED TWO VOTES FROM HURTAK AND
CLENDENIN.
SO YOU CAN VOTE AGAIN.
11:46:17AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SHOULD WE START ON THE CONSENT AGENDA?
PUBLIC SAFETY, COUNCILMAN VIERA, LIKE TO MOVE -- ALREADY GOT
IT.
YOU ARE SPEEDY GONZALES.
11:46:54AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES:
SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES, CITY CLERK.
MELONY WILLIAMS RECEIVED TWO VOTES FROM HENDERSON AND VIERA.
MR. KUGLER RECEIVED FOUR VOTES FROM MIRANDA, MANISCALCO,
HURTAK, AND CARLSON.
AND MATTHEW SIENK RECEIVED ONE VOTE.
SO YOU HAVE A WINNER.
11:47:21AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
CONGRATULATIONS, MR. KUGLER.
WE NEED A MOTION FOR LEGAL TO COME BACK WITH A RESOLUTION.
THE NAME OF THE PERSON IS RICK KUGLER.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.

I HEARD A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
CONGRATULATIONS, SIR.
MR. VIERA, WOULD YOU MOVE ITEMS 7, 8, 9 AND 11?
11:47:53AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES, SIR.
I MOVE ITEMS 7 THROUGH 9 AND THEN 11.
AND WE'LL SET ASIDE 10.
11:48:00AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA AND
A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
ITEM NUMBER 10, ROLL CALL VOTE.
ITEM 10, ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO AND SECOND FROM
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?
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
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,
I MOVE ITEMS 12 THROUGH --
11:48:46AM >>BILL CARLSON:
SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU.
I NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEM 14.
I HAVE AN ABSTENTION FORM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO
RECEIVE AND FILE.
11:49:00AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE'RE GOING TO PULL ITEM 14 FOR A SEPARATE
VOTE.
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.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYES HAVE IT.
MR. SHELBY.
11:49:22AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
COUNCILMAN CARLSON, STATE LAW WOULD SAY YOU
ANNOUNCE THE BASIS FOR YOUR RECUSAL.
11:49:27AM >>BILL CARLSON:
CAN I MAKE THE MOTION AGAIN TO RECEIVE AND
FILE MY FORM?
THE COMPANY I WORK FOR HAS A RELATIONSHIP WITH COMPANIES
THAT COULD POSSIBLY BENEFIT FROM THIS.

11:49:37AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON AND A
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE RECUSAL
FOR ITEM 14.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
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.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
11:50:13AM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON ABSTAINING.
11:50:15AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
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.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
11:50:31AM >>BILL CARLSON:
MR. CHAIR, I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN ALSO FROM
26.

I HAD LONG CONVERSATION WITH MARTY.
I THINK BECAUSE MY FIRM HAS A RELATIONSHIP WITH ONE OR MORE
OF THESE LAW FIRMS THAT IT'S A BETTER IDEA TO RECUSE MYSELF.
RECUSE MYSELF.
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.
I HAVE A RELATIVE WHO WORKS IN ONE OF THE LAW FIRMS
MENTIONED.
11:51:04AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE HAVE TWO RECUSAL FORMS.
ONE FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON AND ANOTHER FROM COUNCILMAN
MANISCALCO --
11:51:10AM >> MIRANDA.
11:51:10AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I'M SORRY, MIRANDA.
SECOND TIME I HAVE DONE THAT.
ITEM 26.
SECOND TO ACCEPT THOSE?
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
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.
SECOND WITH COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
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.
A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON FOR ITEM 26.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
11:51:53AM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON AND
MIRANDA ABSTAINING.
11:51:57AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY,
COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
32 THROUGH 37.
11:52:05AM >>BILL CARLSON:
SO MOVED.
11:52:06AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
MOBILITY.
11:52:14AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I MOVE ITEMS 38 THROUGH 42.
11:52:18AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
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
17, 2025 AT 10:30 A.M. OR AS SOON THEREAFTER IN CITY COUNCIL
CHAMBERS, 315 E KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR?
WE HAVE A MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
11:52:58AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOVE ITEM 44.
11:53:00AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION TO MOVE ITEM 44, SECOND FROM
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
SECOND FROM ALSO MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED, NAY.
VERY GOOD.
IT IS 11:53.
IF WE DID LUNCH NOW, WE HAVE THE ONE ITEM FROM POLICE AND
FIRE COMING BACK IMMEDIATELY AFTER LUNCH.
IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY LONG AFTERNOON.
CAN WE DO A SHORTER LUNCH LIKE COME BACK AT 1:00?
1:15?
WE'RE GOING TO BE AT LUNCH UNTIL 1:15.

AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND HEAR FROM POLICE AND FIRE AND
PUBLIC HEARINGS.
SO BE PREPARED TO BE SWORN IN.
[LUNCH RECESS]

01:18:38PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THAT'S RIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
01:18:40PM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES, SIR.
I WANTED TO INTRODUCE ,MY INTERIM AIDE, DARSH VAUGHNA.
SHE IS A USF RISING SENIOR AND NAVARRO RISING SENIOR.
IF YOU WANT TO COME UP AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
BRANDON, MY WONDERFUL AIDE, WILL BE OUT FOR A MONTH SPENDING
TIME WITH HIS WONDERFUL FAMILY, AND DARSH WILL BE COVERING.
AND I'LL INTRODUCE HER.
01:19:08PM >> HELLO, EVERYONE, MY NAME IS DARSH.
I USE THEY/THEM PRONOUNS AND HONOR TO SERVE AS TEMPORARY
AIDE TO COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, AND IT'S MY FIRST TIME WORKING IN
GOVERNMENT AND EXCITED TO HAVE YOU GUYS BE THE FIRST TO KICK
START MY CAREER IN PUBLIC POLICY.
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
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.
THANK YOU.
01:19:46PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THIS ITEM NUMBER 69.
CHIEF.
01:19:51PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR OPPORTUNITY AND THE TIME CERTAIN.
WE APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL.
I AM PROUD TO PRESENT THE OUTCOMES AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES
GUIDED BY OUR PUBLIC SAFETY MASTER PLAN, A BLUEPRINT AND
PROGRESS THAT ENSURES THAT WE DON'T JUST RESPOND TO THE
PRESENT, BUT WE CONTINUE TO ACTIVELY SHAPE THE FUTURE OF
PUBLIC SAFETY IN TAMPA AND ACROSS THE NATION.
SO REAL QUICK TODAY.
I WILL HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS.
WE WILL SEE HOW WE ACHIEVE HISTORIC WITH NONCRIME.
AND HOW OUR AGENCY IS THE FIRST BIG-SIZED NATION TO PILOT AI
INCLUDING POLICY CHAT, WHICH I WILL GO INTO LATER, AND LANGUAGE
ASSISTANCE TRANSLATION.
WE WILL LOOK INTO OUR FUTURE TRAINING WITH OUR VIRTUAL
REALITY TRAINING.
AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE EXPANSION OF OUR COMMUNITY
INITIATIVES, OUR P.A.L. TPD GRANT AND OUR COMMUNITY CHUTES
PROJECT.
AND WE WILL ALSO ANNOUNCE HERE TODAY A NEW RECRUITMENT BONUS
WE ARE DOING FOR OUT-OF-STATE OFFICERS AND AN INCREASE IN
OUR POLICE RECRUIT SCHOLARSHIP PAY.
AND, ALSO, OUR COMPREHENSIVE WELLNESS PROGRAM.
SO WITH THE STRONG PUBLIC SUPPORT AND CITY LEADERSHIP, TAMPA
POLICE HAVE SHOWN THAT WE ARE NOT ONLY ONE OF THE SAFEST
MAJOR CITIES OUR SIZE, WE ARE ONE OF THE MOST
FORWARD-THINKING AND COMMUNITY-CONNECTED AS WELL.
THIS REPORT WILL CELEBRATE THE HISTORIC EFFORTS OF OUR
OFFICERS, OUR PROGRESS, AND OUR VISION LOOKING FORWARD.
SO MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
AS YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR WAS A YEAR OF RESILIENCY FOR OUR
ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND OUR OFFICERS AS WELL.
WE HAD ANSWERED OVER 15,000 CALLS AND PERFORMED OVER 150
RESCUES AND DISTRIBUTED THOUSANDS OF MEALS AND WATER
BOTTLES.
AND THAT'S WHILE OUR OFFICERS WERE IMPACTED THEMSELVES
DIRECTLY.
YOU MAY BE AWARE AFTER THE FIRST STORM, WE HAD 11 OFFICERS
TO LOSE THEIR HOMES, BUT YET STILL CAME IN HERE TO ANSWER
THE CALL FOR THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT
EASY TO DO.
PEOPLE ACROSS THE NATION DON'T HAVE OFFICERS THAT HAVE THE
DEDICATION AND PERSEVERANCE AND COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY
LIKE TAMPA DOES.
IN ADDITION, IN OUR ANNUAL REPORT, WE ALSO HIGHLIGHTED OUR
RESILIENCY HERE IN OUR CRIME REDUCTION.
YOU MAY RECALL FROM LAST YEAR, WE TALKED OF A NEW PROGRAM WE
GOT CALLED "SPIDER TECH" AND SENT SURVEYS OUT TO OFFICERS TO
THE CALLS THAT THE OFFICERS GO TO.
AND WE WERE PROUD TO GET A 4.5 RATING OUT OF FIVE STARS,
WHICH IS, TO ME, UNBELIEVABLE.
I MEAN SOMETIMES WHEN I SEE THESE, I AM JUST AMAZED AT
PEOPLE TAKING THE TIME OUT TO WRITE POSITIVE THINGS ABOUT
OUR OFFICERS AND THE THINGS THEY TO DO HELP.
SO MOVING INTO THE NEXT SLIDE IS CRIME REDUCTION.
THE CLIENT IN TOTAL CRIME WAS 14.8%.
OUR VIOLENT CRIME LAST YEAR WAS DOWN 8.4%, WHICH OUTPACED
THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.
TAMPA'S REDUCTION VIOLENT CRIME WAS DOUBLED THAT OF THE
NATIONAL AVERAGE.
NONFATAL SHOOTING DECREASED BY 27%.
HOMICIDES LAST YEAR DROPPED BY 10%.
FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR WAS DOWN 40%.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE TWO YEARS COMBINED FROM '22-'24, 15%
DECREASE IN OVERALL VIOLENT CRIME AND NEARLY A 30% DECREASE
IN VIOLENT CRIME INVOLVING A FIREARM.
THIS IS DUE TO THE RESULTS OF OUR HARD-WORKING OFFICERS OUT
THERE.
THEY HAVE AN UNPRECEDENTED SENSE OF URGENCY THAT YOU HAVE
SEEN IN MANY OF OUR "OFFICER OF THE MONTH" CEREMONIES
HIGHLIGHTING THAT AND OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND VALUABLE
TOOLS THAT WAS DISCUSSED EARLIER.
SHOT SPOTTER HELPS OUR OFFICERS TO REDUCE CRIME AND IMPROVE
THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
PROPERTY CRIME WAS ALSO DOWN LAST YEAR, ALMOST 17%, AND WE
HAD ALMOST A 28% DROP IN AUTO BURGLARIES AND 25% OF
REDUCTION OF FIREARMS STOLEN FROM VEHICLES AND THAT IS HUGE,
BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LISTENING.
WE ARE OUT THERE TALKING SAYING DON'T LEAVE YOUR GUN IN THE
CAR.
DON'T LEAVE YOUR CAR UNLOCKED.
IT IS HAPPENING BECAUSE 25% LESS FIREARMS STOLEN LAST YEAR
OUT YOU HAVE CARS COMPARED TO 2023.
FIREARMS RECOVERED LAST YEAR.
WE STILL DID RECOVER 1700 FIREARMS IN 2024.
AND THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, I TALKED ABOUT OUR
HOMICIDES BEING DOWN 40%.
TOTAL VIOLENT CRIME WAS DOWN 22%.
AND WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT A MAJOR CITY SURVEY FROM ACROSS
THE NATION, THE FIRST QUARTER, AVERAGE WAS 14%.
SO, AGAIN, WE ARE ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IN REDUCING OUR
VIOLENT CRIME.
ONE OF THE OTHER INITIATIVES THAT REALLY ASSIST US WITH OUR
GUN CRIMES WAS PROJECT LOCKED AND UNLOADED.
WE EXPANDED THIS PROGRAM LAST YEAR TO ADD IN FOUR LIBRARY
LOCATION WHERE EVERYBODY CAN WALK UP AND GET A GUNLOCK
FREE.
NO QUESTIONS ASKED.
THAT MADE A HUGE DIVIDENDS.
WE GAVE OUT ALMOST 300 GUN LOCKS, WHICH WAS SOMETHING THAT
EXCEEDED OUR EXPECTATIONS.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAND THIS PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION
OVER TO ASSISTANT CHIEF OWEN, WHO WILL GO INTO OUR COMMUNITY
POLICING.
01:25:29PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, DEPUTY CHIEF JOHNSON RETIRED EARLIER THIS
YEAR.
AFTER HIS RETIREMENT, WE EXPANDED COMMUNITY OUTREACH UNDER
MAYOR AND CAPTAIN HILL.
DID AN AMAZING JOB OF IMPROVING VISION AND EXPANDING OUR
PROGRAMS.
COMMUNITY CHUTE CLOSET HANDED OUT 137 PAIRS OF SHOES TO
FAMILIES IN NEED.
ORIGINALLY STARTED WITH JUST THE RICH HOUSE AND P.A.L.
THEY ARE NOW IN ALL THREE OF OUR DISTRICTS AS WELL.
SO OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS, THE POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE.
WE SERVED OVER 500 KIDS IN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS, SPORTS AND
SUMMER PROGRAMS TO INCLUDE STEM AND READING.
WE PARTNERED WITH THE TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING WITH FIELD HOCKEY.
THEY LEFT EQUIPMENT SO WE CAN CARRY THAT PROGRAM ON IN THE
FUTURE.
BUCCANEERS AND BIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS DO MENTORING AND
GATHER DONATIONS FOR US.
DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE OFFERED GOLF FOR THE FIRST TIME
AT FIRST TEE THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM.
WE HAVE 100 KIDS SIGNED UP FOR A FISHING CLINIC THIS
SATURDAY.
THEY WILL RECEIVE FISHING POLES, TACKLE BOXES AND TRAINING
FROM SEVERAL LOCAL FISHING GUIDES, FISH AND WILDLIFE AND TPD
OFFICERS.
STARTING THIS SUMMER, OFFER MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL LEAGUE,
RECEIVE A GRANT THROUGH USA FOOTBALL THROUGH SUMMER
TRAINING.
WORKING ON PARTNERING WITH POP WARNER WITH THE 13U PROGRAM.
MINECRAFT CODING.
FIRST TIME OFFERED THIS SUMMER.
AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE 180 KIDS SIGNED UP FOR OUR SUMMER
PROGRAMS.
IN ADDITION, WE PARTNER WITH PARKS AND REC FOR OUR STAY AND
PLAY PROGRAM AND A GRANT OF $280,000 TO ASSIST WITH THAT AND
THE SAFETY OUTREACH.
THANKS TO THE SUGGESTION OF COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, WE OFFER
MIDNIGHT BASKETBALL THE WEEK OF SPRING BREAK.
WE ARE PLANNING TO CARRY THAT ON THIS SUMMER AS WELL.
THE POLICE EXPLORERS PARTICIPATE IN 165 EVENTS ACROSS THE
CITY AND PLACED FIFTH IN A STATEWIDE COMPETITION.
WE HAD A THIRD-PLACE FINISH IN THE SHARPSHOOTER.
FEMALE PHYSICAL AGILITY FENCING WAS FIRST-PLACE FINISH.
BICYCLE OPERATIONS, FIRST AND SECOND PLACE.
MAIL OPERATIONS, FIFTH AND THIRD.
THIRD PLACE IN COLOR GUARD CRIME SCENE AND THIRD PLACE IN
TRAFFIC STOP SCENARIOS.
A GREAT JOB BY OUR YOUTH, SHIELDING OUR YOUTH, RESUME SKILLS
AND CONCLUDES WITH A JOB FAIR.
TPD CARES, $35,000 TO EIGHT ORGANIZATIONS.
THIS YEAR, $145,000 AND TEN ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH FOR IF
FUTURE FUNDS TAKEN THROUGH ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES.
OUR RECRUITING.
AS THE CHIEF MENTIONED, WE HAVE INCREASED OUR BASE PAY FOR
POLICE RECRUITS FROM $19 TO $30 AN HOUR.
HELPS US MAINTAIN OUR COMPETITIVE EDGE.
WE PARTNERED WITH THE SKILLS BRIDGE PROGRAM THAT HELPS US TO
RETAIN FOLKS COMING OUT OF MILITARY SERVICE.
THEY ARE ALLOTTED THREE MONTHS OF TIME WHILE THEY ARE STILL
ENGAGED IN THEIR MILITARY SERVICE CONTRACT TO COME OUT IN
THE CIVIL WANT WORLD AND WORK WITH ORGANIZATIONS TO FIND THE
JOB THEY WANT.
WE PUT OUR FIRST RECRUITS THROUGH THE POLICE ACADEMY THROUGH
THAT PROGRAM.
WE HAVE -- SO WE HAVE 14 OFFICERS ENTERING FIELD TRAINING
AND 24 NEW RECRUITS ENTERING ACADEMY THIS MONTH.
WE RECENTLY SELECTED 36 NEW OFFICERS FOR HIRE JULY 7.
PUTS TPD 5% VACANCY RATE WHEN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS
10% IN OUR RECENT CHIEF'S REPORT.
SO OUR QUALITY ASSURANCES.
I LOST A SLIDE.
THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT PRIDES ITSELF IN RELATIONSHIPS
AS IT HAS WITH THE COMMUNITY.
ONE WAY WE PROVIDE THE BEST SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY TO
ENSURE PROACTIVE WITH OUR COMMUNITY ASSURANCES.
QUALITY STANDARDS AND EXPECTATIONS THAT OFFICERS ARE TO USE
THE LEAST AMOUNT OF FORCE NECESSARY IN RESPONSE TO
RESISTANCE THANKS TO CONTINUED AND UPDATING TRAINING WE HAD
WITH 11% DECREASE IN THE USE OF FORCE AND 17.4% INCREASE IN
DEESCALATION TECHNIQUES.
THIS YEAR, OUR OFFICERS HAVE ALREADY RESPONDED TO 513,000
CALLS FOR SERVICE, 1.6% INCREASE IN OVERALL COST OF SERVICE.
AND 7% INCREASE ON SELF-INITIATED CALLS.
ADDITIONAL AREA QUALITY ASSURANCE OUR EVIDENCE STORAGE AND
PROCESSING.
WE ARE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF PERMITTING FOR THE HOWARD
AVENUE AN KNOWS REPLACE THE STORAGE AREA WE FORMALLY CALL
THE IMPOUND LOT.
HIGH VALUE AND VEHICLES NEEDED FOR EVIDENCE AT THE ANNEX,
BUT THIS LOCATION IS BEING BUILT TO ENSURE A CHAIN OF
CUSTODY AND SECURITY OF EVIDENCE.
ONE MORE.
OUR WELLNESS PROGRAMS.
TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON WELLNESS INITIATIVES
NOT ONLY FOR OUR EMPLOYEES BUT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
ASSISTANCE OF A FEDERAL GRANT, CONNECT AND PROTECT PROGRAM
WITH OUR CRISIS INTERVENTION DISPATCH PROGRAM.
WE RECEIVED MORE THAN 450 CALLS THIS YEAR WERE HANDLED BY
THE CRISIS DISPATCHERS RESULTING IN 216 PEOPLE RECEIVING
DIVERSIONARY SERVICES AND 154 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES BEING
DISPATCHED.
THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT ALSO HAS A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
UNIT THAT WORKS AS A CO-RESPONDER MODE
ONE OFFICER AND ONE CLINICIAN WORKING AS PART OF A
TWO-PERSON RESPONSE TEAM.
60,000 CALLS OF SERVICE AND ADDRESSED MENTAL HEALTH
CONCERNS.
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNITS OF 470 COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT
GENERATED CALL FOR SERVICE OF BHU MANAGING SAFETY PLANS,
ASSISTING IN MEDICATION AND ARRANGING TRANSPORTATION
SERVICES.
TPD HANDLED 101 FOLLOW-UP CALLS AND RESPONDED TO 84 LIVE
CALLS.
ACTIVE CALLS FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN DISTRESS.
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNIT SUCCESSFULLY LOCATED 140 INDIVIDUALS.
OTHERS ARE RECEIVING FOLLOW-UP SERVICE THAT ARE SUCCESSFULLY
CLOSED OUT AND NOT RECEIVING POLICE INTERVENTION.
PARTNERED FOR ADDITION ALLEGE WELLNESS RESOURCE FOR OUR
OFFICERS INDIVIDUALLY AND WITH THEIR SIGNATURE OTHER.
PROVIDES WELLNESS, SPIRITUAL WELLNESS TO SERVICES.
THEY HAVE BEEN AN OVERWHELMING SUCCESS WITH OUR OFFICERS.
AND OUR REQUEST FOR SERVICES CONTINUE TO INCREASE.
01:32:29PM >> SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, CRIME TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENT.
THINGS WE ARE DOING IN TECHNOLOGY IS ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF
HELPING OUR OFFICERS.
AND SMARTPHONE IS SOMETHING WE RECEIVED A GRANT FOR LAST
YEAR.
THAT IS ACTUALLY BEING DEPLOYED NOW OUT INTO THE FIELD.
AND THE TECHNOLOGY THAT IS ON THERE TO ASSIST THE OFFICERS
IS PRETTY MUCH SHORT OF AMAZING.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE PILOTING SOMETHING CALLED
"POLICY CHAT."
BASICALLY USE AS SIMILAR FEATURE LIKE IF YOU WERE TO DO A
GOOGLE SEARCH.
AND THE GOOGLE SEARCH, WHEN YOU COME UP, COMES BACK WITH AN
AI RESPONSE.
WHAT THIS DOES IS COMES UP WITH AN AI RESPONSE JUST ON OUR
POLICIES AND ON OUR SOPs, MORs AND LEGAL BULLETINS AND HELPS
OUR OFFICERS TO SEARCH POLICIES AN GET RESPONSES MUCH
QUICKER.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE PILOTING OUT A GREAT TOOL
OUT THERE TO ASSIST THEM IN.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, LOOKING AT OTHER OPTIONS TO MAKE THEIR
JOBS EASIER.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO IS COMMUNITIES-ORIENTED POLICING SIGNAL,
WHICH IS BASICALLY MEETINGS WHERE WE GET THE COMMUNITY
TOGETHER AND WE HAD ONE OF THOSE LAST WEEK AND WE HAVE GREAT
FEEDBACK ON THOSE MEETINGS IN THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON, YOU MIGHT HAVE COME TO THAT
ONE AT THE REAGAN CENTER.
YES, THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP.
AND AS FAR AS QUALITY ASSURANCES, WE TALKED OF THE i-CAT
TRAINING AND SOMETHING THAT WE ARE LEADING THE EDGE ON.
SOMETHING THAT OUR AGENCY HAS BEEN DOING.
BUT WE CONTINUE TO DO IT AS A REFRESHER USING THE CURRICULUM
FROM THE POLICE EXECUTIVE RESEARCH FORUM.
AND WE ARE ADDING IN VIRTUAL REALITY HEADSETS TO FURTHER
AUGMENT THIS THROUGH -- THROUGH OUR AXON AGREEMENT.
WE HAVE 41 HEADSETS.
THOSE HEADSETS ARE FOR THE OFFICERS TO DO TASER TEN TRAINING
AND ALSO DE-ESCALATION TRAINING.
SO WE ARE ON THE CUTTING EDGE WITH THAT AS WELL.
THE OTHER THING IS OUR WELLNESS AND PHYSICAL FITNESS
TRAINING.
THAT THIS SOMETHING THAT THEY TAKE NEAR AND DEAR.
IF WE DON'T CARE OF OURSELVES, HOW DO WE TAKE CARE OF THE
COMMUNITY.
WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO EXPAND THOSE PROGRAMS.
SO BASICALLY TO CLOSE THIS ALL OUT, I AM VERY PROUD TO BE
THE CHIEF OF THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALL OF OUR OFFICERS.
THE WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING IS MAKING A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN
OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT IS BEING NOTICED ACROSS THE NATION.
SO IT IS OUR HONOR TO PRESENT THIS, AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
01:35:00PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, CHIEF.
COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, YOUR ITEM.
01:35:03PM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES, SIR.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
THANK YOU FOR A GREAT PRESENTATION, AS ALWAYS.
I ALWAYS -- I SAW A LOT OF PICTURES OF SHAREEF, ONE OFFICERS
FROM NEW YORK CITY PD.
AND A RISING STAR IN THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND A GOOD
GUY AND GLAD TO SEE HE IS A BIG START OF TPD.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
ALL ABOUT A GROWING TAMPA AND MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO MEET
THE NEEDS OF OUR GROWING TAMPA.
WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC SAFETY WHICH IS ISSUE NUMBER ONE FOR
TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT OR TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
ALWAYS A BIG DEAL.
WE ARE POST-COVID OF TAMPA, TAMPA BAY AREA, STATE OF FLORIDA
HAS GROWN TREMENDOUSLY.
WE DO THIS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE MEETING THOSE NEEDS AS WE
CONTINUE TO GROW.
YOU ALL HIGHLIGHTED ON, IN MY OPINION, ALL THE IMPORTANT
POINTS AND ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT HIRING MORE POLICE OFFICERS.
I THINK THAT IS OBVIOUS.
I THINK EVERYBODY AGREES WITH THAT.
MAKE SURE AS A CITY THAT WE WILL HAVE OFFICERS WHO ARE
RESPONSIVE TO ALL THE NEEDS OF ALL PARTS OF THE CITY OF
TAMPA.
THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT.
GLAD Y'ALL TALKED OF THAT.
TREMENDOUS THING THAT OUR CITY DID AFTER THE 2020 MURDER OF
GEORGE FLOYD WAS LOOKING AT THESE MENTAL HEALTH UNITS.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEM GROW AND GROW AND GROW CONTINUALLY
BECAUSE SO MANY -- AGAIN YOU KNOW BETTER THAN I DO.
YOU WILL NOT HAVE THE A POLITICIAN OR LAWYER FOR POLICING.
BUT SO MANY CRIMES AND CALLS DO DEAL WITH MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES.
AND SO THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT.
COMMUNITY POLICING.
SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WAS REALLY BIG IN THE 1990s AND I
SEE MORE RETURN TO.
THAT MAKING SURE OFFICERS ARE PART OF THEIR COMMUNITY AND SO
FORTH.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE WITH THE CITY OF
TAMPA.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THIS, BUT -- IF WE CAN ENCOURAGE OUR
POLICE OFFICERS THROUGH -- THROUGH CITY INCENTIVES AND MAYBE
SOMETHING EXISTS.
I DON'T KNOW TO LIVE WITHIN CITY LIMITS AS ENCOURAGEMENT.
THE BIG ISSUE, OF COURSE, HOW WE PAY FOR ALL THESE THINGS.
I SAY WE NEED MORE COPS.
EXPAND THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT.
DIFFERENT THINGS.
COMMUNITY POLICING OBVIOUSLY COST A LOT OF MONEY.
I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SEE A SUBSTATION ONE DAY IN NEW
COMPANY.
DISTRICT 2 SUPPORTS ALL OF DISTRICT 7.
BUSCH GARDENS IS FAR FROM CORY LAKE.
I SAY A GOOD THING, BUT HOW DO WE PAY FOR THESE THINGS.
YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET AND I VOTED FOR IT TWO YEARS AGO
AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN AND AGAIN, WE NEED A REVENUE SOURCE
THAT GOES TO BUILDING NEW FIRE STATIONS, HIRING MORE
OFFICERS AND BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE NEED IN THE
STATE OF FLORIDA.
I KNOW NOT A POPULAR THING TO SAY IN TERMS OF TAXES, BUT IT
IS WHAT IT IS.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT.
I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION WITH REGARDS TO THE
NEWS.
I KNOW SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT
MAKING EVERY TAMPANO, NO MATTER WHO WE ARE, OR WHAT GOD
THEY WORSHIP FEELS SAFE.
AFTER THE NEWS IN BOULDER, COLORADO.
IT HAPPENED THAT WASHINGTON D.C. AT THE ATTACK OF -- IT WAS
THE JEWISH MUSEUM -- THE JEWISH CAPITOL MUSEUM IN D.C.
WE ARE HEARING A LOT FROM OUR AMERICAN JEWISH CONSTITUENTS
ON BEING SAFE.
AND I KNOW THERE IS GREAT AND TREMENDOUS TRUST IN WHAT THE
TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES, BUT I WOULD BE REMISS IF I
DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THAT AND THE DUTY WE ALL HAVE YOU THAT IN
THIS TIME, WHEN IT COMES TO PREJUDICE AND HATE AND IN THIS
INSTANCE WITH ANTI-SEMITISM THAT WE FEEL HURT, PROTECTED AND
WHATNOT.
THINGS YOU ALWAYS DO A GREAT JOB ON.
LEAVE YOU GUYS ON VICTIM OF CRIMES AND OUTREACH.
WE WILL BE VOTING ON RENAMING A PARK BY THE LATE HARRISON
BOONSTOPPEL.
POLICE OFFICERS WEAR MANY HATS AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
POLICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFTEN WEAR IS A COUNSELOR, SECULAR
MINISTER, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT IN DEALING WITH
PEOPLE WHO ARE MOURNING AND GRIEVING AND YOU GUYS ALWAYS DO
A GREAT JOB ON THAT.
AND I THINK IT IS INCUMBENT ON ALL OF US.
YOU KNOW, AGAIN THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO DO BECAUSE
OUR CITY SUPPORTS LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WE DO AND WE WANT TO
CONTINUE TO SEE THAT AS WE GROW AS A CITY WE HAVE THAT
GROWTH IN LAW ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT
PEOPLE WANT AND SUPPORT.
SO I WILL STOP TALKING RIGHT NOW AND NOT RUN OUT YOU HAVE MY
TIME.
01:39:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I WAS GOING TO SAY, WE DON'T HAVE TO TALK
UNTIL IT DINGS.
COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
01:39:48PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
I ADMIRE THE WORK BEING DONE BY OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
IT IS BASICALLY WHAT I WANT TO SAY.
ALSO THE RECRUITMENT LEVEL, THE ACTION PLAN IN TERMS OF
INCREASING MINORITY POLICE OFFICERS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
I AM GLAD TO SEE THERE IS A STRATEGY TO FOCUS ON THAT,
PARTICULARLY AT HBCUs.
I KNOW THAT CAN BE TOUGH DOWN THE LINE TRYING TO BRING
PEOPLE INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THE OTHER THING THAT I RECOGNIZE IS OUR EXPLORER FROG.
A LOT OF MY STUDENTS WHEN I SAW THEM AT MEMORIAL IN A POLICE
UNIFORM, A REAL UNIFORM AND NOT A EXPLORER UNIFORM ALONG
WITH WHO IS PICTURED TODAY.
OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS, BEING CONNECTED TO THE SPORTS AND
CONNECTED TO THE POLICE OFFICERS IN THAT WAY AND IN AN
INFORMAL WAY CAN STILL BRING ABOUT RECRUITMENT.
WE ARE ALWAYS RECRUITING AND KEEPING A FRESH EYE ON THOSE
YOUNG PEOPLE.
I SEE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES THERE BECAUSE THEY ARE TWO PEOPLE
THAT DISPLAYED IN THE POWERPOINT THAT ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF
OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS THAT ARE NOW SWORN POLICE OFFICERS.
OTHER THAN THAT, I WILL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.
PROUD TO SERVE OUR CITY AS A CHIEF.
AND CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL THAT YOU ALL DO.
THIS OUTWEIGHS THE SAD DAYS.
BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE TOUGH DAYS AS WELL.
01:41:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
01:41:23PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THE FOCUS AND INTENSITY ON YOUTH, ON DIVERSION,
ON HELPING WITH BEHAVIORAL UNIT.
ALL OF THIS IS VERY EXCITING.
CONGRATULATIONS.
BUT WHAT WE ARE SEEING THE NUMBERS THAT IT WORKS.
I LOVE THAT.
WE HOPE WE WILL FIND MORE MONEY THROUGH THE BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH UNITS AND THOSE NUMBERS ARE HIGH AND ONLY INTEREST
THREE OR FOUR DEDICATED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS.
SEEM LIKES WE MAY NEED SOME MORE IN THE FUTURE, AND I WANT TO
REALLY CONTEND YOU, YOUR DEPARTMENT DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB
WITH GRANTS, AND GETTING GRANTS TO FUND A LOT OF IS IT
STUFF.
AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.
REALLY EXCITING WHAT A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION TODAY.
01:42:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
01:42:09PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THANK YOU, CHIEF.
AND TO YOUR WHOLE STAFF UNDER YOU AND EVERY POLICE OFFICER
AT THE CITY OF TAMPA.
AN HONOR TO BE HERE AND SEE WHAT YOU FOLKS HAVE DONE.
HOWEVER, WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND IN HAD THE WHY AND HOW AND WHO
DOES IT, IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.
BECAUSE NOWADAYS WHEN YOU LOOK AT ANY SCREEN ON EVERYTHING
ON THE PHONE, ON TV, WHATEVER YOU ARE WATCHING, THERE IS
ALWAYS VIOLENCE OF SOME SORT.
AND THEY SHOW YOU THINGS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY NOT ONLY THE
UNITED STATES BUT OTHER COUNTRIES THAT HAVE THE COPYCAT OR
WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT THEY GET THEIR IDEALISM
ABOUT DOING SOMETHING AND BLOWING UP SOMETHING TO HAVE THEIR
NAME REFERENCED STILL SOMEWHERE.
BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE.
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS -- LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
OF THE FORCE HAVE REALLY LOOKED AFTER IT AND CONTINUED TO DO
THAT.
BECAUSE THE UNKNOWN IS ALSO THE UNEXPECTED.
AND YOU CAN NEVER BE PREPARED ENOUGH.
YOU FOLKS HAVE DONE A YEOMAN'S JOB TO BE AS PREPARED AS YOU CAN
AND IT ALSO VERIFIES THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OFFICERS ARE
RETIRING, BUT A LOT IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND YOU HAVE TO
BE RECRUITING LIKE PLANNING FLOWERS MAKING THEM GROW AND
PLANT ANOTHER ACRE OF FLOWERS BECAUSE THOSE HAVE LEFT
ALREADY.
A YEOMAN'S JOB THAT YOU HAVE TO YOU DO.
YOU HAVE TO BE A PSYCHIATRIST, A POLICE OFFICER.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE STREET KNOWLEDGE.
YOU HAVE TO YOU HAVE THE BOOK KNOWLEDGE.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE "DON'T TOUCH ME" KNOWLEDGE.
SO MANY THINGS TODAY TO BE A POLICE OFFICER.
I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND ALL THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY
OF TAMPA FOR THE JOB YOU ARE DOING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
01:43:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
01:43:44PM >>BILL CARLSON:
THANK YOU NOT WORKING MEN AND WOMEN IN
POLICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT WHAT YOU ALL DO AS I SAID THIS MORNING,
NOTHING IN OUR CITY CAN WORK IF WE HAVE A HIGH CRIME RATE.
WHEN WE -- WHEN I STARTED -- SOME OF US STARTED AT DIFFERENT
TIMES.
WHEN I STARTED COUNCIL IN 2019 ALREADY A PERIOD FROM
2018-2021 WHERE THE VIOLENT CRIME RATE SPIKED.
IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GO TO THE FBI CRIME STATISTICS WEB SITE.
HATS OFF TO MAYOR CASTOR AND CHIEF OF STAFF BENNETT WHO --
WHO CHANGED THE DIRECTION AND BROUGHT THAT VIOLENT CRIME
RATE DOWN.
WE HAVE HAD NOW THREE OR FOUR YEARS OF LOW VIOLENT CRIME
RATES.
AS YOU SAID ONE OF THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY.
AND IT IS PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE POLICIES, DIRECTION,
MANAGEMENT, CHIEF -- DR. CHIEF BERCAW BEING THERE AS WELL.
AND HARD-WORKING MEN AND WOMEN OF THE TEAM AND SOME OF WHAT
WAS MENTIONED WAS COLLABORATIVE.
FEW YEARS AGO SOME DESPERATE POLITICIANS TRIED TO FOE LIGHT
SIZE THE POLICE.
I WAS AGAINST IT THEN.
I THINK THAT WE SHOULD NEVER PUT POLICE OFFICERS IN THE WAY
OF POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS AND POLITICAL FIGHTS.
WE ALL WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO HELP THE POLICE --
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK AND I, IN PARTICULAR, ARE ALREADY SEEING
THIS WAVE OF E-MAILS AND CAMPAIGN SAYING WE ARE ANTI-POLICE.
AND COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK HAS RODE IN POLICE CARS MORE THAN
ANY OF US.
IF YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW WHAT YOU DO AND HOW YOU PUT YOUR
LIVES ON THE LINE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE AND LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU
DO.
AND IT THE LAST THING I SAY -- I AM GOING TO SAY IS THAT
WHATEVER ANY KIND OF CRAZY POLITICIAN SAY, I AM GOING TO
MAKE SURE THAT I SUPPORT THE POLICE AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU
ARE ABLE TO DO YOUR JOB.
THANK YOU.
01:45:48PM >> THANK YOU.
TO ADD ON TO THAT.
ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT US, WE DO OUR CITIZENS
ACADEMY IN THE FALL AND WILL BE ADVERTISING SOON.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO SIGN UP FOR THE CITIZENS
ACADEMY.
POINT OF CLARIFICATION ON THE CRIME REDUCTION.
LAST 22 YEARS, CITY OF TAMPA IS DOWN 76% IN CRIME.
NATION SAW A SPIKE IN VIOLENT CRIME DURING COVID BECAUSE THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM SHUT DOWN, BUT SLIGHT LITTLE NUDGE
IN TAMPA, BUT WAS NOWHERE NEAR THE REST OF THE NATION.
WE ARE FORTUNATE BECAUSE OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE AND
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
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.
FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, ENGAGEMENT WITH THE YOUTH.
A LOT OF GOOD IN TAMPA.
WE GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS AND HEAR A LOT FROM THE
COMMUNITY, BUT NICE TO SEE THE POSITIVE IMPACT THAT IS BEING
DONE.
AND THANK YOU TO YOU, CHIEF.
YOU ARE ALWAYS ACCESSIBLE.
YOU ALWAYS ANSWER OR YOU CALL FIRST MANY TEAMS.
YOU MENTION THE CITIZENS ACADEMY.
IF ANYBODY WISHES TO DO THAT.
IT IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY.
I DID IT YEARS AGO.
I DID NOT GET TASED.
I CHOSE NOT TO.
BUT IT IS -- IT IS A GREAT EXPERIENCE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS
BEHIND THE SCENES.
AND YOU GET A GREATER APPRECIATION.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT WONDERFUL REPORT.
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
RIDE ALONG YOU WITH, BUT IT WAS 2:00 IN THE MORNING AND YOU
DIDN'T CALL TO WAKE ME UP, REMEMBER, AND I SLEPT THROUGH IT.
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
THE CITY KEEPING US SAFE.
EVERYBODY THAT WORKS AND WEARS THE EUROPE AS A FIRST
RESPONDER.
FIRST MEETING, WE TALKED OF P.A.L. POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE,
AND OUR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE YOUTH.
THANK YOU FOR WALKING THAT TALK WITH AND TALKING THAT TALK.
AND IT BEING TRUE TO THE FIRST WORDS YOU EVER IT ERRED ME IN
OUR VERY FIRST MEETING -- UTTERS TO KNEE IN OUR VERY FIRST
MEETING.
I THINK IT IS VALUABLE AND PEOPLE SITTING HERE 20 YEARS FROM
NOW WITH LOWER CRIME RATES, A BECAUSE OF THOSE TYPE OF
PROGRAMS.
THEY WILL BE ABLE TO THANK YOU AND YOUR OFFICERS THAT ARE
WORKING WITH THESE YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY FOR REDUCING FUTURE
CRIMES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
01:48:31PM >>, THANK YOU.
01:48:33PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
NEXT ITEM IS -- ITEM NUMBER 70.
STAFF PROCEEDING AN UPDATE ON THE PROCESS FOR 2025 RIBBON
CUTTING IN 2027 OF STATION 24.
CHIEF TRIPP.
01:48:56PM >>CHIEF TRIPP:
GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
CHIEF TRIPP HERE, TAMPA FIRE RESCUE CHIEF.
AND I DO HAVE MY PROJECT MANAGER THAT SHOULD BE ONLINE.
AND WE HAVE A LITTLE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY.
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
SELECTED TO BE THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS PROJECT, WHICH IS
THE BUILDING OF FIRE STATION 24.
AND, OF COURSE, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING EVERY WEEK.
HE MEETS WITH US ON A WEEKLY BASIS.
WE HAVE BEEN HAVING MULTIPLE MEETINGS.
HE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE BEEN REVIEWING THE SITE PLAN, AS WELL AS THE LAYOUT
FOR THE PROJECT AS FAR AS THE BUILDING ITSELF AND HE WILL
GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION AS FAR AS SOME OF THE YEARS WE ARE
LOOKING INTO TO TRY TO SEE HOW WE CAN -- NOT DECREASE BUT
INCREASE THE START DATE OPPOSED TO DECREASING THE TIME WE
HAVE CURRENTLY.
KEN, I WILL LET YOU START.
01:50:03PM >> SURE.
THANKS, CHIEF AND THANKS, COUNCIl.
GREAT TO BE HERE.
AND THE STATUS OF PROJECT AS WE SIT.
TODAY, SOME OF THE PROJECTS COMPLETED.
PROJECT CONFIRMATION, EXISTING SITE, AND SURVEY AND ANALYSIS
OF THE SITE HAS BEEN COMPLETE AS WELL.
WE WORKED ON THE SPACE NEEDS ASSESSMENT WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY
THE PROGRAMMING OF THE SPACE.
THE NEEDS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WHAT WILL BE
INCORPORATED INTO THE PLANS.
WE HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE ARCHITECTS CONCEPTUAL FLOOR
PLANS WITH REVIEW AND ONGOING.
ANTICIPATING A PREDESIGN PACKAGE, CRITERIA PACKAGE TO BE
COMPLETED ON OR ABOUT THE 30th OF JULY.
CURRENTLY, THE SCHEDULE IS LOOKING AT CONSTRUCTION START
DATE OF 25 SEPTEMBER OF 2026.
WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON COMPRESSING THE DESIGN
SCHEDULE TO ENSURE THAT WE GET AN EARLIER CONSTRUCTION START
DATE, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.
AND IN ADDITION, WE WILL BE MAKING SURE WE ARE WORKING
WITH THE DESIGN-BUILD TEAM TO IDENTIFY ANY KIND OF
BUILDING METHODS OR MATERIALS TILT WALL, PRECAST OR ANYTHING
ELSE WE CAN TO DO COMPRESS THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE TO MOVE
UP THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
WE WANT TO GET THAT, AND THAT IS CURRENTLY WHERE WE STAND.
AND WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
01:51:36PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, CHIEF TRIPP.
I APPRECIATE THE FACT YOU HAVE A PROJECT MANAGER ON THIS.
I AM SURE THAT WILL HELP PUSH THAT ALONG.
CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
01:51:48PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU.
BEFORE WE START, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT?
BECAUSE LAST TIME I HEARD, IT WAS DOING A GROUNDBREAKING IN
MARCH OF 2026, RIGHT.
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.
CONSTRUCTION STARTING.
01:52:14PM >>LUIS VIERA:
HOW IN THE WORLD CAN WE NOT START CONSTRUCTION
ON THAT FOR ANOTHER YEAR AND FOUR MONTHS?
01:52:21PM >> WE ARE TRYING TO PUSH TO FIND OUT.
AGAIN, WE HAVE ONLY BEEN INVOLVED IN A LITTLE LESS THAN A
MONTH.
AND WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE DESIGN TEAM.
THERE WAS A CONTRACT ALREADY ESTABLISHED BEFORE WE CAME ON
BOARD THAT ESTABLISHED DATES OF COMPLETION FOR DESIGN PHASE
AND THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE.
WE ARE WORKING AGAINST THAT CONTRACT TO TRY TO COMPRESS
THOSE DATES AND PORTION OF THE DESIGN TEAM TO MOVE THE DATES
UP OF THE DESIGN PHASE AND THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE.
OUR ANTICIPATION WE WILL PULL THAT BACK AS QUICKLY AND AS
MUCH AS WE CAN TO GET MORE IN LINE WITH THE MARCH OF 2025 --
EXCUSE ME, IN MARCH OF '26 GROUNDBREAKING DATE.
01:52:59PM >>CHIEF TRIPP:
I DON'T KNOW -- I WANT TO SAY ONE THING.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE CONTRACT IS AT.
ADMIN IS ON HERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF RICHARD HAS ANY INPUT.
BECAUSE COMING FROM CONTRACT ADMIN TO PUSH FOR MARCH OF 26.
AS STATED FOR DESIGN-BUILD, AS FAR AS THAT CONTRACT AND, YOU
KNOW, INDIVIDUAL -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
01:53:29PM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES, THANK YOU.
I AM GOING TO BE BLUNT, I'M DISTRESSED TOLD MARCH '26 AND WE
DID MOTIONS TO HURRY ON THAT.
AND WE ARE BEING TOLD SEPTEMBER 2026 FOR GROUNDBREAKING.
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND IT.
I AM VERY, VERY FRUSTRATED OVER THIS.
I WILL WITHHOLD MY WORDS FOR A DEGREE, BUT WE WERE TALK OF
MARCH OF 2026.
AND PLEASE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BECAUSE I AM GOING OFF OF
RECOLLECTION FOR GROUNDBREAKING.
PUSHING FOR OCTOBER OF 2025 FOR GROUNDBREAKING.
WE PASSED A DESIGN IN 2023.
AND WILL TAKE THREE I CAN'T HAVE NEARS TO GET TO
GROUNDBREAKING?
MY QUESTION IS TO EVERYBODY THERE, AND I -- THERE ARE
CERTAIN THINGS IN THE PURVIEW OF THE CHIEF.
CERTAIN THINGS IN THE PER VIEW OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION OR
MR. -- PLEASE CORRECTED ME IF I'M MISPRONOUNCING YOUR NAME,
MR. GUYETTE.
TELL ME HOW THAT MAKES SENSE AND HOW IN THE WORLD WE GOT
HERE.
DEALING WITH A NORTH TAMPA COMMUNITY THAT HAD STATION 13
THAT WAS THE BUSIEST STATION IN TAMPA, 54th BUSIEST STATION
IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
WE GIVE THEM SOME RELIEF THROUGH STATION 25 AND DONE
QUICKLY.
AND NOW TAKE US THREE AND A HALF YEARS TO GET FROM PASSING
DESIGN TO DOING A GROUNDBREAKING.
EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THAT MAKES SENSE.
FROM THE WAY I SEE IT.
THE SIMPLE THINKING PERSON HERE.
I DON'T SEE HOW THAT MAKES SENSE.
01:55:01PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SOMEBODY FROM CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION
ONLINE?
NO?
01:55:04PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
THEY SHOULD BE.
01:55:06PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANYBODY FROM CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION
LISTENING, NOW IS YOUR TIME TO LOG IN.
COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
01:55:17PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION, COUNCIL
MEMBER VIERA HAS, WHERE WE WERE TOLD.
MR. VIERA WORKED SO HARD OF WORKING TO THAT GOAL.
NOW THAT GOAL HAS SORT OF DISAPPEARED IN THE AIR.
SO I THINK SOME EXPLANATION THAT IS DUE TO YOU MR. VIERA AND
TO COUNCIL AS TO WHY.
THAT'S WHAT HE IS ASKING.
01:55:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
01:55:42PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I AGREE.
I WOULD GO SO FAR AS TO SAY THAT THAT -- THAT NOTHING ELSE
SHOULD BREAK DOWN UNTIL THIS IS DONE.
I AM NOT GOING TO APPROVE ANY MORE MONEY FOR ANYTHING,
BUILDING-WISE UNTIL THIS GETS DONE.
BECAUSE THIS IS -- THAT IS RIDICULOUS.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS.
NO REASON WE CAN'T START BUILDING A FIRE STATION FOR ANOTHER
16 MONTHS.
THAT -- THAT -- THAT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE.
I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
SO I -- YEAH, I WON'T SUPPORT ANY TYPE OF BUILDING OF CITY
FACILITIES UNTIL THIS IS DONE.
I CAN'T DO IT.
01:56:20PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
01:56:22PM >>BILL CARLSON:
AGREE.
IT IS RIDICULOUS.
COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA PUSHED THIS FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO AND WE
THOUGHT IT WAS ALL DONE.
WE ALLOCATED THE MONEY.
NOTHING HAPPENED.
WE TALKED OF SLOW WALKING.
THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.
AND IT IS NOT A STAFF PERSON'S FAULT.
ADMINISTRATION IS NOT SETTING THIS AS A PRIORITY.
IT IS NOT ABOUT A STATION.
IT IS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY.
THEY NEED -- WE NEED FACILITIES TO PROTECT OUR FIRE FIGHTERS
AND PUBLIC SAFETY PEOPLE.
WE NEED RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC.
IF YOU ALL MAKE AT THAT MOTION TO PUT A MORATORIUM ON NEW
BUILDINGS, I AM HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT.
I WILL DEFINITELY VOTE FOR IT.
WE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH TAMPA UNION STATION.
TOOK FIVE YEARS OF MAKING MOTIONS EVERY YEAR.
AND NOW FINALLY IT IS STARTING.
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.
WHAT KIND OF MOTION.
THAT -- WELL, IF YOU ALL THINK OF THE LANGUAGE, I AM HAPPY
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.
STILL DISCUSSION.
CAN I SUGGEST COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA TO SPEAK BEFORE WE DO
THIS.
CAN WE CONTINUE THIS ITEM FOR LIKE AN HOUR AND SEE IF WE
CAN GET SOMEBODY FROM CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION ON TO GET THIS
ANSWER?
SO I AM GOING TO LET COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA HAVE THE LAST WORD
OF THIS DISCUSSION.
AND THEN I WILL MAKE A MOTION -- I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION
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
MOTION TO DEFER THIS UNTIL 2:00 -- LET'S SAY 3:00.
SEASON SECOND WHICH BY COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA DO YOU WANT TO CLOSE THIS OUT.
01:58:19PM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES, MR. CHAIR.
FOR ME, I WILL GIVE YOU ALL OBJECTIVE FACTS.
WE PASSED THIS IN 2023 FOR DESIGN.
THEN WE DO A VOTE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT IN EARLY 2024 FOR
PONDING FOR STATION 24 AS WELL AS FLEET MAINTENANCE.
CITY COUNCIL PUTS FORTH THE FUNDING MECHANISM FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION.
THAT WAS IN EARLY 2024.
HERE WE ARE A YEAR AND A HALF LATER AND JUST BEING TOLD WE
HAVE ANOTHER YEAR AND A HALF TO BEGIN ON THIS PROJECT FOR
GROUNDBREAKING.
THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE.
SO I DO WANT SOMEBODY FROM CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION HERE.
THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE.
AND I AM -- I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE FOLLOWING
WEEK WHENEVER WE HAVE CITY COUNCIL TO ASK THE CHIEF OF STAFF
AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM ADMINISTRATION TO COME AND TO GIVE
US A EXPLANATION.
THE MOTION SHOULD BE, WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?
THAT IS WHAT THE MOTION SHOULD BE.
WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED.
BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT ANSWERS FOR THIS.
AGAIN, WHEREVER IT FALLS, I WANT ANSWERS.
BECAUSE THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
UNACCEPTABLE.
THANK YOU.
01:59:36PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE SAID THAT COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA WILL
HAVE THE LAST WORD AND COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON AND COUNCIL
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.
[LAUGHTER]
01:59:58PM >>BILL CARLSON:
THIS IS ON THE PRIOR -- I NEVER USED THIS.
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
AGO ON THE BLESS SIDE.
02:00:11PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
CAN WE GET THE WOLF UP PLEASE.
WOLF.
02:00:15PM >>BILL CARLSON:
I HAPPENED TO PRINT THIS OUT OR DO A SCREEN
SHOT OF IT A FEW DAYS AGO.
THIS IS THE -- IS IT BACK UP?
THIS IS THE FBI -- ANYBODY CAN FIND THIS.
GO TO THE FBI CRIME STATISTICS WEB SITE.
AND JUST PULL UP CITY OF TAMPA.
THIS IS DATA REPORT BY TPD.
NOT BY -- NOT DONE INDEPENDENTLY BY THE FBI.
BUT WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS THIS -- THIS BIG SPIKE.
AND YOU SEE IT GO UP AND DOWN, BUT THE BIG SPIKE STARTED IN
-- SOMETIME IN 2018.
AND THEN ENDED ABOUT 2020-2021.
02:00:53PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, DOES THIS HAVE TO
DO WITH THE FIRE STATION?
BUT WE ARE TALKING OF THE FIRE STATION.
02:01:02PM >>BILL CARLSON:
OKAY.
I AM JUST GOING TO CIRCULATE.
02:01:06PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
BRING THAT BACK TO NEW BUSINESS.
COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING?
02:01:15PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I AM NOT DISAPPROVING WHAT COUNCIL
MEMBER VIERA.
BUT I WANT TO TAKE THE WORD "HELL" OUT.
USE ANOTHER WORD LIKE, WHAT HAPPENED.
02:01:23PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SO WE ARE GOING TO -- CHIEF TRIPP, IF YOU
ARE STILL ON, WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM FOR 3:00
AND HAVE THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER IS
THOSE QUESTIONS.
I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
SEE YOU AT APPROXIMATELY 3:00 IN COUNCIL TIME, WHICH, YOU KNOW,
CAN GIVE OR TAKE AN HOUR.
OKAY, THAT BEING SAID, I DID NOT ASK IF THERE WAS ANYBODY IN
THE PUBLIC THAT PUSHED TO HAVE THIS COUNCIL RECONSIDER
LEGISLATIVE MATTERS.
HEARING NONE.
GONE.
OKAY.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON WITH THE AGENDA ONCE I FIND MY
PLACE.
OKAY.
NOW AT OUR 10 A.M. PUBLIC HEARING.
IT IS 2:00.
ONLY FOUR HOURS BEHIND.
WE ARE GOING TO START.
THIS IS A NONQUASI JUDICIAL SO WE DON'T NEED TO SWEAR
ANYBODY IN.
ITEM NUMBER 45.
02:02:18PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOVE TO OPEN ON PUBLIC.
02:02:21PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN -- COUNCIL MEMBER
MANISCALCO.
MOTION TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARINGS.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
PROPOSED.
AYES HAVE IT.
ITEM NUMBER 45.
WHO WILL PRESENT?
THIS IS THE SECOND READINGS, BY THE WAY.
02:02:51PM >>EMMA GREGORY:
EMMA GREGORY, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
SECOND READING TO AMEND THE PETITION.
MAY 1.
APPLICANT REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU.
02:03:05PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
DOES THE APPLICANT HAVE ANYTHING THEY
WOULD LIKE TO SAY?
02:03:16PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS SARAH SANDY REPRESENTING THE PETITIONER.
ADDRESS IS 107 WEST COLLEGE AVENUE IN TALLAHASSEE,
FLORIDA.
I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I KNOW PREVIOUSLY THE COUNCIL WANTED TO SEE A MAP OF IT JUST
TO GET AN IDEA.
UNLESS THERE IS ANYTHING ADDITIONAL YOU WOULD LIKE TO ME TO
ANSWER, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
02:03:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
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.
OPPOSED.
COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, READ ITEM 45.
02:03:52PM >>LUIS VIERA:
SURE.
I READ AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND
ADOPTION, ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TAMPA, FLORIDA, AMENDING ORDINANCE 210-129 WHICH ESTABLISHED
THE ENCORE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PROVIDING FOR
AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES PURSUANT TO
190.046 PROVIDING FOR ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS TO
REMAIN UNCHANGED, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS AND SEVERABILITY.
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
02:04:22PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SECOND.
02:04:25PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
PLEASE ENTER YOUR VOTE.
WHO IS MISSING?
02:04:36PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
EVERYBODY PUSH FOR THEIR VOTE.
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.
ITEM 46.
WHO WILL PRESENT.
02:04:53PM >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
MICHELLE VAN LOAN, REAL ESTATE.
NUMBER 46 IS THE SECOND READING OF HONORARY NAMING OF THE
NEW TAMPA ALL ABILITY PARK FOR YOUNG MR. HARRISON
BOONSTOPPEL.
02:05:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, YOU READ THE LAST
ONE BUT APPROPRIATE FOR TO YOU READ THIS ONE AS WELL.
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.
OPPOSED.
AYES HAVE IT.
COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
02:05:27PM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES, SIR, PROUD PLEASURE TO DO THIS FOR A
YOUNG MAN WHO -- HIS LIFE AND JUST EVERYTHING REALLY
SYMBOLIZES WHAT THAT PARK IS ALL ABOUT, THE LATE
HARRISON BOONSTOPPEL.
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA APPROVING AND AFFIRMING OF
THE NEW TAMPA ALL ABILITIES PLAYGROUND TO HONOR
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.
SECOND READING OF PROPROSED PARK NAMING AT MARKUM AFTER LISA
CHESSER.
02:06:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS
ITEM.
02:06:19PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
MOVE TO CLOSE.
02:06:20PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON, STEPHANIE POYNOR.
I THINK THIS IS A GRAND IDEA.
I AM GLAD I HAD IT.
THANK YOU.
02:06:33PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
MIRANDA.
SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
OPPOSED.
COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, READ ITEM 47.
02:06:43PM >>BILL CARLSON:
THANK YOU, SIR.
AND THANK YOU TO MISS POYNOR AND THE COMMUNITY FOR
RECOMMENDING THIS.
WE GAVE LISA AN COMMENDATION A COUPLE OF MONTHS BEFORE SHE
PASSED AND SHE HAD A BIG IMPACT OF THE COMMUNITY MUCH SOUTH
TAMPA, SOUTH OF GANDY AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY IN FACT.
SO WITH PLEASURE REMOVE ITEM NUMBER 47, FILE NUMBER HN
25-14352.
ORDINANCE SECOND READING, FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA APPROVING
THE NAMING OF PROPOSE PARK AT MARKUM STREET AND PINEWOOD
STREET IN TAMPA, FLORIDA, TO HONOR LISA MARIE CHESSER
PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
02:07:22PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SECOND.
02:07:23PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
A MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER
MANISCALCO.
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.
48 ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING FOR HISTORIC
PRESERVATION TAX EXEMPTION FOR 1807 NORTH MORGAN STREET AND
I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
02:07:48PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
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.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
OPPOSED.
02:08:04PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
SCHONBRUN.
IT'S OKAY.
I DON'T MIND ASKING.
HTX 25-13984 ORDINANCE SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
TAX EXEMPTION RELATIVE TO THE RESTORATION, RENOVATION OR
REHABILITATION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNED BY
HARVEY SCHONBRUN, TRUSTEE, LOCATED AT 1807 NORTH MORGAN
STREET, TAMPA, FLORIDA, IN THE TAMPA HEIGHTS HISTORIC
DISTRICT PACED ON CERTAIN FINDINGS PROVIDING TO NOTICE TO
THE PROPERTY APPRAISER OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
PROVIDING SEVERABILITIES AND ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT,
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,
EXTREMELY.
ONE BLOCK FROM THE BOOK STORE.
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.
I VOTED YES.
02:09:18PM >>CLERK:
I CAN'T TELL WHOSE IT IS.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
02:09:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT ONE ITEM 49 YOU WILL PRESENT AS WELL?
02:09:33PM >>HEATHER BONDS:
YES, SIR.
HEATHER BONDS, HISTORIC PRESERVATION SPECIALIST.
NUMBER 49.
AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND
ADAPTATION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION TAX EXEMPTION AT 1704
WEST JETTON AVENUE.
I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
02:09:49PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANY QUESTIONS?
ANYBODY IN THE COUNCIL WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM?
NO?
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.
OPPOSED.
MISS HURTAK.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
02:10:05PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
FILE NUMBER HTX 25-13986, ORDINANCE FOR
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION APPLICATION
RELATIVE TO THE RESTORATION, RENOVATION OR REHABILITATION OF
CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNED BY ANDREW M. NEMWMAN AND AERIAL
PETERS LOCATED 1704 WEST JETTON AVENUE IN THE HYDE PARK
HISTORIC DISTRICT BASED ON CERTAIN FINDINGS AND PROPERTY
APPRAISER OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY
AND ORDINANCES IN CONFLICTS AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
02:10:43PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
MIRANDA.
FAVOR.
MOTION TO CLOSE.
RECORD YOUR VOTE.
SORRY.
I AM ACTUALLY MOVING --
02:10:58PM >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
02:11:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
VERY GOOD.
MOVING ON TO THE 10:00 PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT ARE
QUASI-JUDICIAL.
YOU HAVE TO BE SWORN IN IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TESTIFY OR
SPEAKING.
STAND UP, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND LET OUR FINE CLERK SWEAR
YOU IN.
ANYBODY -- IF ANYBODY FOR THE REVIEW HEARING.
STAND UP AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
02:11:36PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IF YOU WERE HERE TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING.
ANYTHING AT ALL.
02:11:39PM >>CLERK:
RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE
TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT TO PROVIDE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING
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.
I SEE SAM THOMAS THAT I CAN'T HEAR BECAUSE HE IS ON MUTE.
STILL ON MUTE.
MADAM CLERK.
HE IS UNMUTED ON OUR END.
02:12:19PM >>SAM THOMAS:
I HIT THE BUTTON.
ITEM NUMBER 50, REZ 25-02.
REZONING REQUEST FOR 2701 SNORT FREMONT AVENUE.
REQUEST TO REZONE FROM RS-50 TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.
REVISIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLAN HAVE BEEN
COMMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
02:12:40PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
IS THERE AN APPLICANT?
DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT FOR ITEM 50?
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
HURTAK.
OPPOSED?
COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO, READ ITEM 50.
02:13:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, GENERAL VICINITY 2701
NORTH FREMONT IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED RS-50 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO DD
SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
02:13:18PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
02:13:23PM >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH VIERA BEING ABSENT
AT VOTE.
02:13:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOVING ON TO ITEM 51.
WHO WILL PRESENT?
02:13:35PM >>STEPHANIE POPE:
GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL, STEPHANIE POPE,
LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
REZ-25-21.
REZONING REQUEST FOR PROPERTY AT 3210 EAST YUKON STREET.
FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY 60 TO RESIDENTIAL
SINGLE-FAMILY 50.
EUCLIDIAN ZONING AND NO SITE PLANS.
I AM AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
02:13:59PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?
IS THERE AN APPLICANT FOR 51?
02:14:05PM >>CLERK:
MR. PHILLIPS IS ONLINE AND WE CAN NOT ELEVATE HIM
DUE TO TECHNICAL ISSUES.
02:14:11PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
TECHNICAL ISSUES.
HE CAN HEAR US.
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
AND MOVE FORWARD.
MR. SHELBY, SOMETHING WE MOVE FORWARD?
OKAY, VERY GOOD.
WE WOULD LIKE -- A MOTION TO CLOSE.
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
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
START OFF WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
02:14:47PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
ITEM NUMBER 51.
51, REZ-25-21.
ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 3210 EAST YUKON STREET FROM
ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-60 RESIDENTIAL
SINGLE-FAMILY TO RS-50, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
02:15:12PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SECOND.
02:15:13PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
RECORD YOUR VOTE, PLEASE.
02:15:18PM >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIE WITH CLENDENIN AND HURTAK VOTE NOTHING
AND VIERA BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
02:15:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ITEM 52.
WHO WILL PRESENT FOR 52.
02:15:31PM >>STEPHANIE POPE:
STEPHANIE POPE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
ITEM NUMBER 352, REZ 25-23 THIS ITEM A REZONING REQUEST FOR
PROPERTY 1905 WEST SLIGH AVENUE FOR RESIDENTIAL ATTACHED
USES.
REVISIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS BEEN
SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
02:15:59PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANY QUESTIONS?
AN APPLICANT FOR 52?
02:16:09PM >> JORGE COMATA ON BEHALF THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY.
WE ARE JUST HERE FOR THIS HEARING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE
-- WITH THE ADOPTION OF IT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE ARE ABLE TO ANSWER.
02:16:25PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO ITEM 52?
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.
REZ 25-23.
ORDINANCE SECOND READING AN ADOPTION REZONING PROPERTY
GENERAL 1905 WEST SLIGH AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA,
FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION ONE ZONING
CLASSIFICATION RO-1 RESIDENTIAL OFFICE TO PD RESIDENTIAL
OFFICE PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
02:17:08PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND.
02:17:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
A MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER
MIRANDA.
NOW PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
02:17:13PM >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH VIERA BEING ABSENT
AT THAT TIME VOTE.
02:17:18PM >> THANK YOU.
02:17:20PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YOU ARE WELCOME.
ITEM 53.
WHO IS PRESENTING ITEM 53.
02:17:26PM >>STEPHANIE POPE:
STEPHANIE POPE.
REZ 25-25.
808 NORTH ARMENIA AVENUE AND 2402 WEST STATE STREET.
REQUEST TO REZONE FROM PD OF PLACE OF RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY
TO PD MEDICAL AND PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS OFFICE USE.
REVISIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS HAVE BEEN
SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
CLENDENIN --
02:18:02PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
NO APPLICANT.
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
PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 808
N. ARMENIA AVENUE AND 2402 WEST STATE STREET IN THE CITY OF
TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION ONE
FROM ZONING CLASSIFICATION PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PD
PLANNED MEDICAL AND BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL OFFICE PROVIDE
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
02:18:44PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND.
02:18:46PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
02:18:51PM >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH VIERA BEING ABSENT
AT VOTE.
02:19:00PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ITEM 54.
02:19:01PM >>SAM THOMAS:
SAM THOMAS, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
ITEM NUMBER 54, REZ-25-29.
240 AND 258 SOUTH PLANT AVENUE, 205, 207, 209 AND 211 WEST
PLATT STREET.
FOR PLANS FOR A SCHOOL.
PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND I AM
AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
02:19:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANY QUESTIONS FROM STAFF.
APPLICANT.
02:19:30PM >> CHARLES DAVIS ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.
100 SOUTH ASHLEY DRIVE, SUITE 2000.
WE JUST WANTED TO THANK THE CITY, STAFF, COMMUNITY AND
ESPECIALLY THE APPLICANT'S NEIGHBOR, PUBLIX, FOR ALL THE
SUPPORT AND WORK ON THIS PROJECT AND WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER
I DIDN'T QUESTIONS.
02:19:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?
PUBLIC COMMENT?
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.
OPPOSED IN COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THIS
ITEM.
02:20:05PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES, FILE NUMBER REZ-25-29.
ORDINANCE FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION REZONING PROPERTY
IN THE GENERAL VICINITY 240 AND 258 SOUTH PLANT 'AND
205, 207 AND 209 AND 211 WEST PLATT STREET IN THE CITY OF
TAMPA, FLORIDA, ZONING CLASSIFICATION OP OFFICE PROFESSIONAL
AND CG TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, SCHOOL.
PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
02:20:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
MANISCALCO.
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
IS REZ-25-32.
REZONING REQUEST FOR 718 EAST 23rd AVENUE FROM RESIDENTIAL
TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR SINGLE-FAMILY USES.
REVISIONS HAVE BEEN SUPPLIED AND CERTIFIED PLANS HAVE BEEN
SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
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.
PRESERVED SOME GRAND TREES AND WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR
APPROVAL.
02:21:40PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK TO ITEM 55.
MOTION TO CLOSE.
02:21:47PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SO MOVED.
02:21:49PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND.
ALL THAT FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED.
GO AHEAD AND READ IT.
IF YOU MUST.
02:22:01PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
PRESENT TODAY SECOND READING AND
ADOPTION.
9128 EAST 23rd AVENUE IN SECTION ONE FROM ZONING
CLASSIFICATION RS-50, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO ,D
RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
02:22:17PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND.
02:22:18PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
MIRANDA.
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.
A 56, REZ-25-13.
PROPERTY REQUEST OF 4601 AND 4611 WEST NORTH A STREET
FROM RO-1 TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
ATTACHED.
I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
02:23:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?
APPLICANT IN THE AUDIENCE OR ONLINE.
02:23:09PM >> FLORIDA DESIGN CONSULTANTS FOR THE RECORD.
I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
02:23:14PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YOU NEED TO SWEAR IN.
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
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
REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT.
02:23:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY BEFORE WE
MOVE ON.
02:23:39PM >> APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S HELP OF GETTING THIS APPLICATION
TOGETHER AND YOUR SUGGESTIONS TO MAKE THIS A GREAT PROJECT.
TO I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR APPROVAL.
02:23:49PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK TO
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
MEMBER MANISCALCO.
OPPOSED.
02:24:03PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
ITEM NUMBER 56, ORDINANCE FOR SECOND
READING AND ADOPTION.
ORDINANCE 4601, 4611 WEST NORTH A STREET?THE CITY OF TAMPA,
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN CLASSIFICATION RO-1 RESIDENTIAL
OFFICE AND PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PD PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED PROVIDING A
EFFECTIVE DATE.
02:24:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SECOND.
02:24:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION AND A SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
MANISCALCO.
PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
02:24:37PM >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
02:24:49PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THAT CONCLUDES THOSE.
NOW 1:30.
02:24:52PM >>CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE:
GOOD AFTERNOON, CAMARIA
PETTIS-MACKLE FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
ITEM NUMBER 57, AS MR. CHAIR HAS STATED, IS REVIEW HEARING FOR
CITY OF TAMPA SU 125-13-C FOR THE PROPERTY 2219 EAST
COLUMBUS DRIVE.
THE PETITIONER FOR THAT MATTER IS BRITTANY OSBORN FROM
SILVER TUNA LCC.
THE REQUEST MADE BY THE APPLICANT AND THE PETITIONER WAS FOR
A DWELLING SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED.
STAFF DENIED THE APPLICATION REQUEST ON FEBRUARY 25 OF 2025.
IN YOUR POCKET PROVIDED COUNCIL 26-17 CODE SECTIONS.
SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED THE LANGUAGE IN CODE SECTION 27-132
WHERE THE TWO REQUIREMENTS FOR SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED AND
PROVIDED YOU WITH COPIES OF CODE SECTION 27-29 AND 27-30.
I PROVIDED SAMPLE MOTIONS IN THE RULE OF PROCEDURES FOR CITY
COUNCIL TO USE IN ORDER TO CONDUCT THIS REVIEW HEARING.
AS PROVIDED IN CODE SECTION 27-61, THIS IS A DE NOVO REVIEW
HEARING WHICH MEANS CITY COUNCIL CAN TAKE NEW EVIDENCE.
AFTER YOU CAN HEAR TESTIMONY FROM THE AUDIENCE OR ANYONE.
AFTER YOU HEAR ALL THE EVIDENCE AND REVIEW EVERYTHING
REGARDING THIS MATTER, CITY COUNCIL CAN TAKE TWO ACTIONS.
CITY COUNCIL CAN AFFIRM THE DECISION OF THE ZONING
ADMINISTRATOR WHO DECIDE THE APPLICATION, OR YOU CAN
OVERTURN THE DECISION OF THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR AND
THEREFORE GRANT THE REQUEST.
STAFF -- DAVID HUNTER IS ONLINE TO GIVE A COMPLETE OVERVIEW
OF THE APPLICATION WITH THE CITY.
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.
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
COMMUNICATIONS THAT NEED TO BE RECEIVED AND FILED?
HEARING NONE.
02:27:26PM >> LET'S SEE.
CAN YOU GUYS SEE MY SCREEN HERE?
02:27:29PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
YES.
02:27:30PM >>DAVID HUNTER:
OKAY, GREAT.
MY NAME IS DAVID HUNTER, PLANNING AND DESIGN MANAGER FOR
THE CITY OF TAMPA.
SU 1-13-C FOR EAST COLUMBUS DRIVE.
PETITION OF REVIEW OF THE SPECIAL USE TO ALLOW SINGLE-FAMILY
ATTACHED DWELLING UNITS IN THE CN, WHICH IS COMMERCIAL
NEIGHBORHOOD ZONING DISTRICT.
THE PETITIONER IS BRITTANY OSBORNE, REPRESENTING
SILVER,000A -- SILVER TUNA LCC THAT OWNS THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IN QUESTION.
THE SITE PLAN.
EAST COLUMBUS THAT REPRESENTS THE SITE --
02:28:33PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO SEE THE
PRESENTATION.
ARE YOU ABLE TO GO TO FULL SCREEN FOR PRESENTATION MODE SO
WE CAN SEE THE SLIDES.
02:28:41PM >> I AM SORRY.
WHICH SCREEN ARE YOU LOOKING AT?
02:28:46PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THE LITTLE TELEVISION LOOKING SCREEN ON
THE BOTTOM.
THERE YOU GO.
PERFECT.
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.
HERE IS THE SITE PLAN IN QUESTION.
THIS IS THE SIDE TO THE NORTH ALONG EAST COLUMBUS.
THE REAR WITH THE WEST SIDE TO THE SOUTH AND THE FRONT ALONG
NORTH 23rd STREET.
MINIMUM OF THREE AND A MAXIMUM OF EIGHT UNITS.
ARE ATTACHED ON BOTH SIDE WALLS FROM GROUND TO ROOF AND NO
CAN EXCEED 200 FEET.
CODE REQUIRES DIRECT ACCESS TO AN ARTERIAL OR COLLECTOR
ROAD.
SUBJECT SITE IS ASSESSED FROM NORTH 23rd STREET CLASSIFIED
AS LOCAL ROAD.
NOT AN ARTERIAL OR COLLECTOR ROAD.
DESIGN EXCEPTION TO WAS SUBMITTED ON FEBRUARY 21, 2024.
THE REQUEST WAS APPROVED TO RE-ORIENT THE FRONT YARD TO THE
NORTH -- TO THE FACE NORTH -- SORRY.
RE-ORIENT THE FRONT YARD TO FACE NORTH 23rd STREET AND
REDUCE THE REQUIRED SETBACK FROM SEVEN FEET TO FIVE FEET
WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH EAST TAMPA OVERLAY STANDARDS.
I WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
DIRECT ACCESS TO HOMES AND BUSINESSES CARRYING TRAFFIC AT
LOW SPEED.
SOMETHING TO NOTE.
02:30:38PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK?
02:30:42PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SO I JUST WANT -- THANK YOU FOR THE
PRESENTATION.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.
WE ARE HERE BECAUSE THIS IS CONSIDERED MULTIFAMILY AND FACES
AN ARTERIAL OR COLLECTOR?
02:31:02PM >> THE APPLICANT CAME IN RESIDENTIAL USE ON A LOT ZONED CN
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
EXCEPTION TO RE-ORIENT THE SITE SO THE FRONT 23rd STREET.
OTHER.
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
STAFF ON THIS?
02:31:52PM >> THE REQUEST FOR SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED WAS FOUND
CONSISTENT WITH THE CONDITIONS THAT ACCESSED TO WEST
OAKELLER.
AND THAT IT DID NOT MEET THE CRITERIA FUNDS IN 27-132, THAT
THE ACCESS IS PROVIDED FROM NORTH 23rd STREET WHICH IS A
LOCAL ROAD.
02:32:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
BASIS OF DENIAL THIS IS A LOCAL ROAD NOT
AN ARTERIAL OR COLLECTOR ROAD.
IS THAT THE BASIS OF STAFF'S DENIAL ON THIS?
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
THIS?
ANYONE ELSE TO PRESENT ON THIS?
AN APPLICANT -- A PETITIONER?
02:32:47PM >> JEFF SARDISCO ON BEHALF OF SILVER TUNA.
I GUESS CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THANK YOU REGARDING THIS.
IT IS ACTUALLY FOUR TOWN HOMES.
WE ARE ASKING FOR THE ACCESS COMING OFF OF 23rd.
THERE ARE ONLY FOUR OTHER HOUSE ON THAT ENTIRE STREET.
NONE ON THE WEST SIDE.
WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR OBVIOUSLY EXCESS FOR 23rd.
DE-1 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
EVERYTHING ELSE HAS BEEN APPROVED.
TWO REASONS FOR DENIAL.
ONE FOR THE LOCAL ROAD.
SECOND ITEM HAS BEEN ADDRESSED.
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
OVERLAY.
WE COULDN'T HAVE THE GUEST PARKING SPOT IN FRONT OF ONE OF
THE UNITS.
WE LOST A UNIT ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
AND SHIFTING A LITTLE BIT WE ARE ONLY INCREASING ONE OR TWO
CAR AS DAY.
02:34:11PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
ZOOM OUT A BIT.
A WHEEL AT THE TOP, THE VERY TIPPY-TOP.
THE OTHER WAY.
PERFECT.
THANK YOU.
THE ONLY THING I WILL HAVE TO SAY IF WE CAN'T FIX THE FACT
THAT WE CAN'T HAVE HOUSING IN THE CITY BECAUSE WE NEED SPACE
FOR AN EXTRA PARKING SPACE FOR GUEST PARKING.
THAT HAS TO BE IN THE LDC.
THIS IS A WASTE OF -- AN ABSOLUTE WASTE OF LAND.
02:34:49PM >> I AGREE.
I BROUGHT THAT UP TO MULTIPLE PEOPLE AND I WAS TOLD BEING IN
EAST TAMPA OVERLAY THAT VARIANCE WOULD NEVER BE APPROVED.
I ALREADY HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS NOW FOR -- I KNOW YOU
GUYS WORKED, OLIVER RODRIGUEZ.
HE HAS BEEN UP HERE MANY TIMES.
WELL-RESPECTED.
BEATS HIS HEAD AGAINST THE WALL TOO OF NOT BEING ABLE -- WE
CAN ADD A SPACE.
WE HAD DIFFERENT WAYS OF DOING IT.
BUT NOW WE LOST AN ENTIRE UNIT.
I BUILT TWO TOWN HOMES DIRECTLY NORTH OF THAT.
THERE IS, I DON'T KNOW, 10, 12 ALWAYS EMPTY ON-STREET
PARKING THAT PEOPLE CAN ALSO USE.
THIS STREET IS -- JUST DIRECTLY TO THE SOUTH OF THIS IS
PLENTY OF ROOM FOR PARKING.
THE ADJACENT PROPERTY ON THE BACK SIDE OF FACING THE
SOUTHERN STREET.
I CAN'T THINK OF IT RIGHT NOW.
BUT.
02:35:42PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
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.
I APPRECIATE THE TIME.
02:35:50PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK
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.
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
ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE.
02:36:17PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I AGREE.
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.
OPPOSED.
WHO WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ON THIS COMPLICATED TASK.
COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
02:36:32PM >>BILL CARLSON:
I WILL JUST READ IT IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO ADD
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?
OKAY.
HANG ON -- COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO, ARE YOU READY TO GO
WITH IT.
02:36:53PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
IF HE HAS GOT IT, YEAH.
02:36:55PM >>BILL CARLSON:
OVERTURN THE DENIAL.
ITEM NUMBER 57.
MOVE TO OVERTURN THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR'S DENIAL OF SU
1-25-13 FOR THE PROPERTY 2219 EAST COLUMBUS DRIVE BECAUSE
THE PETITIONER PROVIDED COMPETENT AND SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
THAT THEY MET THE SPECIFIC STANDARD IN CODE SECTIONS 27-1372
AND 27-129.
02:37:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SECOND.
02:37:26PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK?
02:37:35PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WILL ADD REASONING BECAUSE THIS LOCAL ROAD
ABUTS OR AS CLOSE TO AN INTERSTATE AND QUIETER.
SO IT IS NOT -- IT WILL NOT IMPEDE THE TRAFFIC IN THE
SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.
02:37:47PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
FRIENDLY AMENDMENT FROM COUNCILWOMAN
HURTAK.
02:37:49PM >>BILL CARLSON:
ACCEPT.
02:37:52PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON AND
SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
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.
ITEM NUMBER 58.
02:38:21PM >>DANA CROSBY COLLIER:
YES, SIR, DANA CROSBY COLLIER WITH THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
ITEM 58 IS A REVIEW OF AN ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW DECISION MADE
DURING ITS MEETING ON MARCH 3, 2025.
MATTER ARC-25-55.
RELATING TO PROPERTY LOCATED AT 099 SOUTH ROME AVENUE.
IN THE INITIAL ACTION TO THE ARC, THE OWNERS REQUESTED TO
REROOF A SPANISH ECLECTIC STYLE WITH SHINGLE ROOFING RATHER
THAN REPLACING THE EXISTING TILE ROOF.
BECAUSE THE ROOFING MATERIALS HAVE NOT BEEN APPROPRIATE FOR THE
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE, APPROVAL WAS BEYOND THE SCOPE THAT THE
ADMINISTRATOR CAN APPROVE AND TAKEN TO THE ARC BOARD.
ARC DENIED THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TO REROOF WITH
SHINGLES BECAUSE OF THE HYDE PARK GUIDELINES OF CITY OF
TAMPA FINDING IT THE NOT PERMISSIBLE TO REPLACE WITH A
MATERIAL THAT IS THE CHARACTERISTIC OF BUILDING'S
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE.
MARCH 14, 2025.
APPEALED TO CITY COUNCIL AND SET FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TODAY
AT YOUR MARCH 27 MEETING. I HAVE GIVEN YOU THE BACK-UP
MATERIALS IN THE FILE THAT INCLUDE THE INITIAL APPLICATION,
STAFF REPORT, STAFF'S PHOTO PRESENTATION AT THE ARC.
PUBLIC COMMENT, ARC WRITTEN MINUTES, COMMENTS, AND OWNER'S
AFFIDAVIT THAT THEY COMPLIED WITH OUR NOTICE REQUIREMENTS
27-149.
I JUST CIRCULATED A PACKET THAT INCLUDES THE HEARING
PROCEDURES FOR A TODAY'S REVIEW AS WELL AS SAMPLE MOTIONS 27-16
OF THE CODE RELATING TO REVIEW HEARINGS.
27-115 OF THE CODE RELATING TO CERTIFICATE OF
APPROPRIATENESS.
27-11 OF RELATED TO THE INTENT OF THE ARC AND WE WILL STRAND
PAGES OF THE HYDE PARK DESIGN GUIDELINES OPINION PURSUANT
27-16-J-2, CITY COUNCIL WILL APPLY A DE NOVO STANDARD OF
REVIEW IN THAT MATTER.
NOT LIMITED TO THE RECORD CREATED AT ARC AND YOU MAY TAKE
PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND ACCEPT NEW EVIDENCE.
REMEMBER HOWEVER IN YOUR REVIEW THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS
STANDING IN THE VIEWS OF THE ARC AND APPLY ALL APPLICABLE
ORDINANCES TO THE FACTS BEFORE YOU ARRIVING TO THE DECISION.
APPLICATION IF ARC FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TO
REROOF THE SPANISH ECLECTIC-STYLE PROPERTY WITH SHINGLE
ROOFING RATHER THAN THE BARREL TILE ROOF.
DENIED BY A 5-0 VOTE.
AFTER CONSIDERING ALL YOUR EVIDENCE, YOU CAN AFFIRM OR
APPROVE THE ARC'S DECISION TO DENY THE SHINGLE ROOF.
OVERTURN THE ARC'S DECISION AND GRANT THE CERTIFICATE OF
APPROPRIATENESS TO ALLOW THE ROOF TO BE REROOF WITH SHINGLES
OR REMAND BACK TO ARC WITH INSTRUCTIONS BASE ODD THAN
REMAND.
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
HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
TO CONTINUE THE INTRODUCTION FROM LEGAL, THIS IS ARC
25-0000-55.
THIS IS FOR THE ADDRESS OF 909 SOUTH ROME AVENUE.
THIS IS PRESENTED AT A PUBLIC HEARING IN FRONT OF THE ARC
MARCH 3, 2025.
PRIOR TO GOING TO THE ARC, STAFF FOUND THAT THIS EXCEEDED
THE ADMINISTRATIVE SHORT UNDER CHAPTER 27-118 PARENTHESES
2T.
AND SO STAFF -- STAFF SAID THAT IT DIDN'T MEET OUR CRITERIA.
THEREFORE IT GOES THE COMMISSION TO MAKE -- TO MAKE A MOTION
TO SEE IF THEY ARE GOING TO APPROVE THE REQUEST OR DENY THE
REQUEST MOVING FORWARD.
AT THIS TIME, I WILL GO THROUGH THE PHOTO ASSAY TO BRING YOU
CURRENT.
THIS IS AN AERIAL.
THIS IS ROME AVENUE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MAIN ARTERIES INTO
HYDE PARK VILLAGE AND INTO BAYSHORE AND THE STREET TO THE
SOUTH IS JETTON.
PROPERTY IS QUESTION IN HERE.
TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF PLACE, THIS IS OUR VICINITY MAP.
ONCE AGAIN, YOU HAVE THE MAJOR ARTERY COMING IN, ROME
AVENUE.
YOU SEE HYDE PARK VILLAGE IS TO THE SOUTHWEST OF HYDE PARK
VILLAGE.
THIS IS ONE COUNTY BUILDINGS OF THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION.
THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION THAT FACES ROME.
THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION AND THE SOUTH ELEVATION.
IF YOU BREAK DOWN THE VERNACULAR OF THE BUILDING, YOU LOOK
AT THE CHARACTER-DEFINING FEATURES.
YOU SEE THE STUCCO, YOU SEE THE ARCHED WINDOWS.
YOU SEE THE BALCONIES HERE WITH THE IRON WORK.
YOU SEE THE COURTYARDS THERE ARE VERY CHARACTERISTIC TO THE
MEDITERRANEAN STYLE ARCHITECTURE.
ONCE AGAIN, YOU SEE AN INTERIOR COURTYARD AND WHAT IN
PRESENT DAY IS THE ROOF MATERIAL AND CURRENTLY IT HAS A
BARREL TILE ROOF.
SECONDARY STRUCTURE BEHIND TO THE WEST OF THE TWO MAIN
BUILDINGS AND THE PARKING AREA.
TO COMPLETE THE PHOTO ASSAY.
ER TO STRUCTURES WITHIN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY PART OF THE
PHOTO PRESENTATION AT THE ARC.
THIS IS ON ROME.
THIS IS ON ROME AS WELL.
JUST TO CONCLUDE GOING BACK TO THE SUBJECT SITE.
FRONT ELEVATION FACING ROME AND ALL THE CHARACTER DEFINING
FEATURES OF THAT MEDITERRANEAN STYLE STRUCTURE.
MOVING FORWARD, I WOULD LIKE TOCK PROVIDE YOU WITH THE HYDE
PARK DESIGN GUIDELINES WHICH FROM STAFF.
AND THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION GIVES THEIR
INFORMATION TO POSE ON A MOTION.
SO THIS IS ON PAGE 53 OF THE HYDE PARK DESIGN
GUIDELINES.
I WILL RAISE FROM THE GUIDELINES.
I HAVE IT UNDERLINED HERE.
EACH OF THESE ELEMENTS ARE IMPORTANT OF DEFINING THE
CHARACTER OF THE HOUSE AND THE SURROUNDINGS.
EVERY EFFORT SHOULD BE MADE TO RETAIN THESE FEATURES AND
REPAIR THEM.
WHERE REPAIR IS NOT PRACTICAL, SHOULD BE REPLACED WITH
COMPATIBLE MATERIALS.
FURTHER DOWN, IT SPEAKS ON CLAY TILE IS OFTEN USED ON
MEDITERRANEAN-STYLE HOMES AND THIS BUILDING ALONG WITH OTHER
ONES WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
CONTINUING ON PAGE 54 OF THE HYDE PARK DESIGN GUIDELINES.
THE MODIFICATION OR REPLACEMENT OF A ROOF OR ROOFING WILL
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATE OPINIONS.
ADMINISTRATOR WILL REVIEW TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF THE
ALTERATION.
IF IT INVOLVES A MINOR ROOF REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT WITH
APPROPRIATE MATERIALS, STAFF MAY ISSUE THE CERTIFICATE OF
APPROPRIATENESS.
IF THE APPLICATION INVOLVES ROOF REPAIRS THAT REACH BEYOND
THE ROOF'S SURFACE WHERE THE ROOFING STERILE NOT SIMILAR TO
THE EXISTING MATERIAL THAT THE ARC SHOULD REVIEW THE
APPLICATION AT A REGULAR ARC PUBLIC HEARING.
ON PAGE 55 OF THE HYDE PARK DESIGN GUIDELINES.
TALK ABOUT WHAT IS PERMISSIBLE OR THE ORIGINAL ROOFING MATERIAL.
REPAIR OR REPLACE THE ROOFING MATERIAL AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE
IN SIZE, SHAPE, COLOR AND TEXTURE.
NOT PERMISSIBLE TO REPLACE THE ROOF MATERIAL THAT IS NOT
CHARACTERISTIC TO THE STYLE OF THE BUILDING.
SO I KIND OF WROTE DOWN THE COMPOSITION OF THE BUILDING
ITSELF.
STAFF THOUGHT IT WAS INCONSISTENT WITH OUR CRITERIA.
THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION ALSO DENIED THE REQUEST
MOVING FORWARD.
AND WE DO HAVE ONE MOTION ONE LETTER FROM HYDE PARK
PRESERVATION IN C.
AND THEY REVIEWED THIS AT ONE OF THEIR REGULAR MEETINGS AND
THEY SAID THE REQUEST WAS INCONSISTENT WITH THE
MEDITERRANEAN-STYLE ARCHITECTURE AND THE FINAL MOTION THAT
THE BOARD IS OPPOSED TO THE REQUEST FOR THE CERTIFICATE OF
APPROPRIATE AND SUPPORTS CITY STAFF INCONSISTENT ABOUT THE
GUIDELINES GOVERNED BY THE LOCAL HYDE PARK HISTORIC
DISTRICT.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PORTION OF IT.
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.
FIRST, IT IS A BEAUTIFUL HOME.
SECOND, I HAVE A QUESTION.
THEY WANT TO REPLACE THE EXISTING CLAY TILE WITH MODERN
SHINGLES?
02:48:01PM >>RON VILA:
YES, SIR.
02:48:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I AM SEEING WHAT IS APPROPRIATE ROOFING
MATERIAL, WOOD SHINGLES.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS SOMETHING THEY ARE CONSIDERING OR
THEY ARE GOING FOR THAT MODERN LOOK.
MY QUESTION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN STYLES AND SURROUNDING
STRUCTURES.
I AM ASSUMING 1920 STRUCTURES ALL HAVE THAT CLAY TILE.
ARE THERE STRUCTURES THAT ARE MEDITERRANEAN STYLE
AND HAVE THE WOOD SHINGLES.
I KNOW IT IS KIND OF A ODD QUESTION, BUT DEFEAT THE PURPOSE
OF MEDITERRANEAN IF YOU GO WITH SHINGLES.
02:48:38PM >>RON VILA:
GUIDELINES SHOW DIFFERENT MATERIALS FOR
DIFFERENT KIND OF ARCHITECTURE.
THE WOOD SHAKE SHINGLE WOULD BE MORE FOR A CRAFTSMAN-STYLE
HOME.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE COMPATIBLE ROOFING MATERIAL.
02:48:51PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
REALLY TOE KEEP IT MEDITERRANEAN STYLE,
IT WOULD HAVE TO BE THAT CLAY TILE.
02:48:57PM >>RON VILA:
YES, SIR.
02:48:58PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
PETITIONER?
YES, SIR.
02:49:02PM >> HI, COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS JOHN SIROKI.
MYSELF AND MY WIFE LISA MOVED IN TO 909 SOUTH ROME AVENUE
TEN YEARS AGO.
AND TODAY I HAVE A STATEMENT -- A STORY AND A STATEMENT.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO STAY MY FIRST STATEMENT IS I'M HERE
REQUESTING WHAT I FEEL IS RIGHT FOR THE BUILDING AT THIS
TIME IN ITS LIFE CYCLE.
AND I AM GOING TAKE A SECOND EXPLAIN WHY THAT IS FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION AND YOUR APPROVAL.
OKAY.
IT IS GOOD TO KNOW THE BACKSTORY WITH WHAT HAPPENED.
APPROXIMATELY 15 YEARS AGO, THE RESIDENTS -- FIRST OF ALL, I
AM ONE OF SIX CONDOMINIUM RESIDENTS IN 109 SOUTH ROME.
PURCHASED A BRAND-NEW TILE ROOF FOR TWO OF THE BUILDINGS.
THEY HAD A CONTRACTOR PUT THE ROOF ON FOR THEM.
AND IT IS A CONCRETE S-SHAPED ROOF, NOT BARREL TILE AND NOT
CLAY.
IT IS CONCRETE.
15 YEARS AGO, THE ROOF THAT WAS PUT ON BY THE CONTRACTOR
WAS APPROXIMATELY 14 OR 15 YEARS OLD.
THEY WERE RESTORING IT WHEN THEY BUILT HOMES.
SO IN ESSENCE WHAT WE HAVE ON THE BUILDING TODAY ARE
CONCRETE TILES THAT ARE APPROXIMATELY 30 YEARS OLD.
SO NOW I WILL TELL YOU THE STORY.
THE STORMS IN 2023 -- STARTING IN 2023 -- NOT LAST YEAR'S,
WHAT HAPPENED WAS THE AIR GOING UNDERNEATH THE TILES.
IT IS CALLED "CHATTERING" I HAVE A ROOFING EXPERT JOHNNY
GONZALEZ, SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. GONZALEZ.
SHATTERING OF THE TILES THAT LIFT AND DROP.
IT BREAKS THE CONNECTION POINTS ON THE TILES WHERE THEY
ATTACH TO THE BATTENS, WHERE THEY ATTACH TO THE ROOF.
WHAT HAPPENED AFTER WE HAD A SERIES OF STORMS IN 2023, WE
HAD TILES THAT SLIPPED ALL OVER THE BUILDING.
OUR FIRST THING WAS, WE HAD A ROOFER COME OUT, SPRAY SOME OF
THE STICKY STUFF UNDERNEATH THEM AND PUT THEM BACK IN PLACE.
LITTLE MORE TIME WENT ON AND MORE TILES CONTINUED TO SLIP
FORWARD AND WHAT HAPPENED IS DURING THE MOM AND DAD SEASON
FOR SQUIRRELS, THEY GOT IN AND THEY RAVAGED THE UNDERLAYMENT
UNDER THE ROOF.
ATE HOLES AT IT, DUG AT IT, CLAWED AT IT THROUGHOUT THE
ENTIRE ROOF IN BOTH OF BUILDINGS.
WE HAVE SIX AND SEVEN ACTIVE LEAKS IN THE BUILDING.
THAT WAS THE STORMS OF 2023.
MOVING INTO 2024, WE WERE GOING TO APPLY WITH -- FIRST OF
ALL, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE STORY.
BEFORE I KNEW THERE WAS AN ARC AND I WANT TO COMMEND THEM
FOR THE JOB THAT THEY DO TAKING CARE OF OUR HISTORIC
BUILDINGS IN HYDE PARK.
THEY DONE AMAZING JOB.
I LEARNED THROUGH THIS ADVENTURE THAT THEY ARE CALLED
CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURES.
WE ARE AN UNCONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE BUILT IN THE LATE '80s.
NOT PART OF THE HISTORIC STRUCTURES.
AND WE HAD OUR BOARD MEETING AND I WENT TO THEM SAYING THIS
IS VERY PARTISAN BECAUSE WE ONLY HAD 14 YEARS TO COLLECT
MONEY FOR REPLACEMENT OF A ROOF.
NOWHERE CLOSE TO THE VALUE PEW OF A TILE ROOF TO REPLACE
THIS.
WE DO HAVE MONEY FOR A SHINGLE ROOF.
WE LOOKED AT THE SHINGLE ROOFS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I
HAVE A LITTLE TOUR HERE TO SHOW YOU AS WELL.
WE ARE SAYING THAT THE BLACK AND WHITE OR GRAY OR SILVER
SHINGLE ROOFS REALLY DOESN'T FIT THE STYLE OF OUR BUILDING,
WHICH IS NOT -- IT IS MEDITERRANEAN BUT THE NAME OF OUR
ASSOCIATION ARE THE CLOISTERS CONDOMINIUM OF HYDE PARK.
CLOISTER AS YOU KNOW IS FRENCH.
I HAD A COMPANY -- PERSON WHO WORKS FOR THE MAJOR FIRM HERE
GIVE US A RECOMMENDATION OF WHAT STRUCTURE WE ACTUALLY WERE,
AND IT WAS TOLD THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY FRENCH WHICH IS NOT
SPANISH.
WHAT REALLY MAKES US LOOK SPANISH IS THE RED ROOF ON THE
BUILDING.
BUT GOING BACK TO THIS, WE SAID WE REALLY CANNOT HAVE A
BLACK ROOF AND A SILVER ROOF.
WHEN YOU STAND ON OUR FRONT PORCH AND YOU LOOK DOWN THE
STREET, THE CORNER OF JETTON AND ROME THERE ARE IS THE
BUILDING THAT IS THERE.
A CONDOMINIUM -- A THREE-UNIT CONDOMINIUM.
I SAID WHATEVER THAT ROOF IS, THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE TO HAVE
IN OUR BUILDING BECAUSE WE ARE IN HYDE PARK.
AND HYDE PARK HAS A CERTAIN LOOK TO IT AND WE COULDN'T PUT A
CERTAIN ROOF.
WE CONTACTED RESIDENTS $8,000 ASSESSMENT TO GET TO THE
$75,000 WE NEEDED TO GET THE ROOF THAT WE ARE PRESENTING TO
YOU TODAY THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR.
SO WE GOT THAT FAR ALONG.
AND WE HIRED A ROOFING COMPANY.
AND THEY WENT TO GET THE PERMIT AND WE LEARNED THAT THE ARC
-- I LEARNED THAT THE ARC EXISTED AND WHAT ROLE THEY PLAYED
IN APPROVING AND DISAPPROVING ROOFS.
WE STARTED THAT PROCESS IN -- IN 2024.
THE PERSON WHO STARTED THE PROCESS HAD TO MOVE AWAY TO GO TO
SCHOOL ABROAD.
THE PROPERTY RESUMED WITH A NUMBER MEMBERS OF OUR BOARD.
AND THAT MEMBER WAS TOO BUSY TRYING TO DO THEIR JOB.
BECAUSE THIS IS A LOT OF WORK TO GET IN FRONT OF YOU WITH
ALL THE MAILINGS AND WHAT HAS TO BE DONE.
I TOOK UP THE ISSUE OF GETTING THIS IN FRONT OF YOU.
SO WE RAISED THE MONEY.
WE LEARNED THAT THIS ROOF IS A STATE-OF-THE-ART ROOF FROM
OWENS CORNING.
THE ONE I BROUGHT SAMPLE IS A FIVE-COLOR ROOF.
A TOP-OF-THE-LINE ROOF.
THIS IS A BETTER VIEW OF OUR CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION.
YOU CAN SEE THE OVERHANG OF THE TREES.
THE CONCRETE ROOF THAT IS ON HERE IS NO LONGER MADE.
SO IT IS NOT A MATTER OF GOING OUT AND BUYING MORE TILE TO
FIX THIS ROOF, BECAUSE F DID YOU PUT YOU A DIFFERENT TILE ON
THIS.
A S-SHAPED TILE, NOT A BARRELL TILE.
AND IT WOULDN'T MATCH HODGEPODGE AND DIRTY SPOTS AND CLEAN
SPOTS.
IF YOU REPLACE IT COMPLETELY WITH TILE BECAUSE OF THE TREE
OVERHANG, IN ABOUT TWO YEARS, IT WILL BE FILTHY DIRTY WITH
MILDEW.
STATE-OF-THE-ART OWENS CORNING AND GUARANTEED OWENS CORNING
TO LOOK BEAUTIFUL FOR THE NEXT 25 YEARS.
25-YEAR PROJECT.
I AM 63 YEARS OF AGE AND HOPEFULLY, I WILL BE AROUND TO
SEE THE NEXT ROOF THAT GOES ON.
BUT WE ARE TALKING OF THE GOAL FOR EVERYTHING IS BUTTE AT
THIS FACE OF HYDE PARK.
THIS BUILDING AND A COUPLE OF THE NOTES FROM THE MEETING
THAT TOOK PLACE WHEN THE COUNCIL.
THE ARC COUNCIL THIS THEIR DISCUSSION.
THEY DISCUSSED AMONG THEMSELVES AND SAID IF THIS BUILDING
WAS PRESENTED TODAY AS A NEW BUILD, WOULD WE ALLOW IT.
THEY SAID, YES, WE WOULD.
WE WOULD ALLOW IT.
THE SECOND BIT OF THAT CONVERSATION, IF THE BUILDING WAS
PAINTED ALL WHITE.
NO DISCERNIBLE FEATURES FOR THAT PARTICULAR STYLE AVAILABLE
FOR THAT BUILDING.
MEANING THAT THE ROOF STYLE -- LENNY, IF I CAN HAVE ONE OF
THE SAMPLES TO SHOW TO A TILE THAT, ONCE AGAINST -- SORRY, A
SHINGLE THAT LOOKS LIKE ACROSS THE STREET, WHAT IS THERE, IT
IS GOING TO RESEMBLE YOUR WOOD SALT LAKE SHINGLES YOU ARE
TALKING ABOUT.
BECAUSE IN OUR -- MY FEELING IS THAT ITS BUILDING BECAUSE IT
IS FRENCH AND FRENCH CLOISTER USES SHINGLES.
SORRY, USE SLIGHT TILES AND CEDAR SHAKE SHINGLES.
THE CLOSEST ANYTHING WE WILL COME TO IS A FIVE-COLOR SHINGLE
AND DIFFERENT VARIATIONS OF COLORS IN THIS.
I ALSO BROUGHT --
02:57:40PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
LIFT IT UP.
WE CAN'T SEE IT.
02:57:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
AS A MATTER OF FACT, BRING IT TO THE FRON
OF THE PODIUM SO IS THE CAMERA CAPTURE IT WELL.
02:57:53PM >> WE WANT TO SHOW THE BACK OF THIS TO SHOW.
I WILL FLIP AHEAD OF MYSELF AND PUT THIS UP ON THE BIG
SCREEN.
THIS IS IF YOU CAN -- IF WE GO BACK TO --
02:58:07PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
PUT IT DOWN THERE, IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY
COME DOWN.
02:58:11PM >> IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY COME ON.
GO BACK TO THIS PICTURE OF THE CONDOMINIUM.
THIS IS WHAT I CAN FIND IN YELLOW FOR THAT YOU WILL SHOW
WHAT THAT STEEL ROOF WILL RESEMBLE ON A MEDITERRANEAN.
ONCE AGAIN A MEDITERRANEAN ASPHALT SHINGLE ROOF EXAMPLE
SHOWING THE GOLDEN YELLOW -- HONEY GOLDEN YELLOW WITH THAT
TYPE OF A LOOK.
THIS IS WHAT THE OUTCOME WILL BE.
NOW I BROUGHT TO YOU ANOTHER PICTURE OF A BRAND-NEW BUILD.
AND IF YOU WERE FAMILIAR WITH HYDE PARK, THIS IS RIGHT NEXT
TO FORBICI.
THIS IS THE BUILDING THAT IS RIGHT NEXT TO FORBICI.
IT IS A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL BUILDING.
A TWO-COLOR ASPHALT THING CANCELLED ROOF ON IT.
IT IS A GORGEOUS BUILDING.
I WOULD BE PROUD OWNER OF THAT BUILDING.
RIGHT BEHIND FORBICI, THERE IS A BRICK BUILDING.
ONCE AGAIN, IT HAS A TWO-COLOR ASPHALT SHINGLE.
DIFFERENCE IN PRICE, BLACK AND WHITE OR SILVER AND GRAY
ROOF WOULD HAVE COST US $36,000.
WE HAD $38,000 IN THE BANK.
WE TOOK A $8,000 ASSESSMENT FOR EVERY UNIT TO COME UP TO THE
$75,000 TO PUT ON THE STATE-OF-THE-ART ROOF WE JUST SHOWED
YOU.
AT THIS LIFE CYCLE OF THE BUILDING, WE FEEL THIS IS THE
RIGHT THING TO DO.
HERE IS THE OTHER REASONS FOR THAT.
THIS ROOF IS A 812 PITCH.
OKAY.
DURING THE MEETING WITH THE ARC, ANOTHER THING THAT WAS SAID
TO ASSUME TO IT THE PERSON WHO WAS A CONTRACTOR OR AN
ARCHITECT.
HE MADE THE COMMENT, I WOULDN'T WALK IT.
IT IS NOT SAFE.
EVERY PERSON WHO HAS COME OUT TO WORK ON THE ROOF HAS TOLD
US WE HAVE TO CHARGE EXTRA FOR THIS.
THIS ISN'T THE APPROPRIATE ROOF.
IT IS TOO SLIPPERY.
WE CAN'T COME OUT.
THEY CAN ATTEST TO THIS FROM WESTFALL.
THEY HAD TO COME OUT.
HAD OUR CHIMNEY CAP REMOVED.
YOU WILL SEE IN THE PICTURES, THERE ARE -- THERE ARE COVERS
OVER THE CHIMNEYS.
OKAY.
THERE ARE COVERS OVER THE CHIMNEY WHERE THEY REMOVED THEM TO
PUT BRAND-NEW CHIMNEY CAPS ON THEM.
THE WORKERS THAT CAME OUT WERE SLIPPING AND SLIDING ALL OVER
THIS ROOF WHEN IT WAS DAMP DURING THE HURRICANE.
IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE.
I THINK THE CUTOFF FOR A TILE ROOF IS A 912 PITCH, AND WE ARE
AT A 812 PITCH.
NOT SAFE AS WHAT CAME FROM THE ARC PERSON WHO MADE THAT
COMMENT HIMSELF DURING THIS REVIEW.
NOW, I WROTE A LOT ALONG THE WAY DURING THIS JOURNEY.
THE ONE THING I SHARE -- FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THAT I
UNDERSTAND THE ESSENCE OF THE ARC.
UNDERSTAND WORKING WITH THE ARC WITH HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND
THE AMAZING WORK THEY DO WITH THAT PRESERVATION.
THE REASON WHY WE FEEL THIS IS THE RIGHT THING.
THERE ARE SO MANY ISSUES.
INSURANCE ISSUE OF HAVING A BARREL TILE ROOF.
INSURANCE COMPANIES NO LONGER WANT TO TAKE CARE OF ANY
DAMAGES TO THE ROOF.
THEY REJECT IT.
AND PEOPLE ARE TURNING TO SUING THE INSURANCE COMPANIES,
GIVING IT TO THESE THIRD-PARTY PEOPLE THAT SPEND YEARS TO
COLLECT THE MONEY AND THEY PUT ON A ROOF AFTER THEY HAVE
COLLECTED LIKE TWO TIMES THE VALUE.
IT IS A BIG THING THAT WAS ON MR. DeSANTIS IN THE STATE
OF FLORIDA TO GET THIS TO STOP.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS IN THE FIRST MEETING WITH THE ARC,
IF WE WOULD CONSIDER PUTTING ON A ROOF FROM THIS PARTICULAR
COMPANY WHICH WAS BLAVA, OKAY.
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.
THEY CALL IS SYNTHETIC, BUT REALLY RECYCLED COKE BOTTLES,
OKAY, SODA BOTTLES.
THEY ASKED US TO CONSIDER THIS.
THIS MATERIAL IS NOT IN CONSIDERATION FOR US BECAUSE, A, IT
WOULD BE SO WET AND SLIPPERY AT ANY GIVEN TIME BECAUSE IT IS
PLASTIC.
NOTHING FOR A WORKER TO WORK ON IT.
WE ARE ACTUALLY DUE TO BE TENTED AGAIN.
THIS IS -- WHEN YOU PAY FOR TENTING THEY CHARGE WAY MORE FOR
812 PITCH THAN IS A STANDARD PLACE.
AND WE ARE DUE TO BE TENTED A SECOND TIME.
I LEARNED ALONG THE WAY THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS ROOF AND IT
APPROVED WITHOUT ANY OF THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT THIS WILL BE
APPROVED THAT THERE IS DEFINITELY A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
HISTORIC OR I SHOULD SAY THE CORRECT TERMINOLOGY IS
NONCONTRIBUTING AND CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURES.
BECAUSE IT WAS RECOMMENDED TO PUT PLASTIC ON A
NONCONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE AND A CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE, YOU
CAN'T DO THAT.
YOU CAN CAN'T USE VINYL SIDING OR PLASTIC SOFFIT, SIDING OR
ANYTHING IN THE FASCIA.
IT HAS TO STAY SEPARATED.
I LEARNED THROUGH THIS WHOLE JOURNEY, THERE IS A DISCERNIBLE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CONTRIBUTING AND NONCONTRIBUTING.
I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY ASKING YOU FOR CONSIDERATION FOR US
TO SPEND TO SPEND THE MONEY HAVING A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING
BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE NOTHING MORE THAN -- TO IT BE THE OWNER
OF THIS BEAUTIFUL BUILDING WITH THIS ASPHALT ROOF THAT WAS
TWO BLOCKS FROM US.
WALKED FROM OUR PROPERTY TO THE MEAT MARKET AND BACK.
OTHER EXISTING PROPERTY THAT I SHOWED YOU.
I LOOKED ACROSS THE STREET.
THAT WAS OUR ENTIRE INSPIRATION TO MAKE THE $8,000
ASSESSMENT WAS BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE LOOK AT WHEN WE LOOK
OUT OUR FRONT DOOR.
YOU WALK THERE.
YOU SEE THAT.
YOU WALK DOWN THE STREET, YOU SEE THE BEAUTIFUL BUILDING
THAT IS OUR GOVERNMENT BUILDING.
I HAD A PICTURE OF IT HERE SOME PLACE AS WELL.
OUR GOVERNMENT BUILDING.
SO I AM DOWN TO MY TIME.
BUT THIS IS THE ROOFING PRODUCT WE ARE ASKING FOR APPROVAL
ON.
WE WILL EVEN GO ONE STEP FURTHER.
IF THE COUNCIL WILL DETERMINE THAT KEEPING WITHIN THE STYLE
-- THEY CAN ACTUALLY PICK THE COLOR THAT YOU WANT.
IF YOU FEEL WE NEED TO STAY WITH RED, WE ARE HAPPY TO DO
THAT.
BUT WE VERY MUCH LIKE THE -- THE ROOF THAT WE SHOWED.
THIS IS THE RED.
BUT WE VERY MUCH LIKE THE ROOF THAT WE SHOWED WHICH IS
CONSISTENT WITH A -- A CEDAR SHAKE SHINGLE, IF YOU WILL.
03:04:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
TIME IS UP FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
YOU HAD A QUESTION?
03:04:38PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, SIR.
SO LOOKING AT THE STYLE OF YOUR BUILDING, YOU HAVE BALCONIES
AND YOU HAVE THE ARCHWAYS AT THE TOP OF THE WINDOWS.
TO ME, THAT IS MEDITERRANEAN-STYLE.
WHEN I THINK OF FRENCH CLOISTER, I THINK OF VERSAILLES.
AND THEY HAVE OPEN ARCHWAYS -- THEY HAVE ARCHWAYS BUT LIKE
OPEN COURTYARD.
THIS IS, FROM MY KNOWLEDGE, EVERYTHING -- THE
CHARACTERISTICS OF A MEDITERRANEAN-STYLE HOME AND
MEDITERRANEAN STYLE HOME ALMOST ALWAYS HAS THE CLAY TILE.
CURVED PIECES ON THE ROOF.
GOING TO THE SHINGLES, AS WAS JUST SHOWN, JUST COMPLETELY,
YOU KNOW, DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF THE DESIGN OF THIS HOUSE.
AND THE ONES THAT YOU SHOWED WERE, LIKE, 1970s, 1980s, THE
ONE WITH THE RED BRICK.
THAT IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STYLE THAN THE ONE FARTHER DOWN
LIKE THE GRAY COLOR.
03:05:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO, YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS OR IT MAY BE MORE APPROPRIATE --
03:05:42PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
IN MY OPINION THE DESIGN IS
MEDITERRANEAN AND NOT CLOISTER.
03:05:47PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PETITIONER,
APPLICANT?
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM?
NOBODY IN THE PUBLIC.
STAFF, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROVIDE SOME CLARIFICATION?
03:06:04PM >>RON VILA:
JUST BRIEFLY.
AGAIN, RON VILA, STAFF WITH HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
THIS IS THE PROPERTY WHY IF HE.
I WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON THIS.
MANY EXAMPLES SHOWN.
I DON'T THINK IT HAD ANY RELEVANCE TO WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT
TODAY.
THIS STRUCTURE WAS BUILT IN 1988.
AND THE INSPIRATION OF THE DESIGNER HAS THESE COMPONENTS.
HE HAS STATED THAT THAT ROOF HAS BEEN CHANGED ONE TIME.
THAT IS TRUE, BUT THE ORIGINAL ROOF MATCHED IS HERE.
THAT WAS THE INSPIRATION OF THE DESIGN ASPECT OF THE
ARCHITECT OF RECORD.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF DIFFERENT ROOF MATERIALS THAT ARE OUT
THERE THAT I THINK ARE COMPATIBILITY.
I BELIEVE THAT THE SHINGLE ROOF THAT IS SHOWN IS NOT
COMPATIBLE WITH THIS STYLE.
HE USED SOME WORDS THAT IS BEAUTIFUL AND INSURANCE AND
DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT GO INTO THE DECISION THAT YOU ARE
GOING TO MAKE TODAY.
THE DECISION THAT STAFF MADE AND THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
COMMISSION IS ARCHITECTURALLY COMPATIBLE.
THIS ROOF IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE STYLE OF HOUSE THAT IS
SHOWN.
IT WENT TO THE BOARD.
IT WAS A 5-0 VOTE UNANIMOUSLY TO DENY THE APPLICATION AS
PRESENTED.
I CONCLUDE MY PORTION.
03:07:17PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, MR. VILA.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF -- LEGAL QUESTION.
THIS CASE WAS PRESENTED TO ARC.
ARC MADE ITS DETERMINATION BASED ON THE CODE.
WHEN YOU GAVE US OUR GUIDANCE FOR THE CASE.
YOU SAID WE ARE BASICALLY STANDING IN THE SAME SHOES THAT
THE ARC, USING THE SAME CODE THAT THEY USE.
WE CAN'T CHANGE THE CODE.
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
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
IS NOT FAIR.
WE HAVE TO INTERPRET WHAT THE CODE IS.
DANA YOU HAVE TO READ THE CODE AND GO WITH WHAT THE CODE
STATES.
03:08:07PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
03:08:13PM >>BILL CARLSON:
CAN I ASK STAFF ONE QUESTION REAL FAST,
PLEASE?
WHEN BUILDINGS LIKE THIS ARE PURCHASED OR A UNIT LIKE THIS
PURCHASED SOME KIND OF DISCLOSURE FROM THE SELLERS THAT
DISCLOSE THAT THESE RULES ARE IN PLACE?
03:08:33PM >>RON VILA:
UP TO THE REALTOR TO STATE ON RECORD WHAT IS,
YOU KNOW, THE CRITERIA MOVING FORWARD.
IF THERE IS AN HOA THAT HAS TO BE ADHERE TO, THAT IS PARTED
IT.
03:08:44PM >>BILL CARLSON:
THANK YOU.
03:08:45PM >>DENNIS FERNANDEZ:
DENNIS FERNANDEZ, ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW.
I GOT THAT QUESTION A LOT.
AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS STANDARDIZED THROUGH THE REAL
ESTATE DISCLOSURE IF THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE HISTORIC
DISTRICT AND WHAT ZONING APPLICATION ARE RELEVANT TO THAT
PARTICULAR DISTRICT.
SO IT IS DISCLOSED.
03:09:14PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NO OTHER COMMENTS, THE APPLICANT, YOU HAVE REBUTTAL
OPPORTUNITY IF YOU WISH TO PROVIDE.
I DO RESPECT EVERYBODY'S DECISION AND OPINIONS, BUT THE
THING THAT -- THE BIGGEST QUESTION IN MY MIND IS THAT WE ARE
BEING HELD TO THE SAME SET OF GUIDELINES BEING A
NONCONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE, OKAY, AS CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURES
ARE.
AND WITH THE SAFETY ISSUE, WITH THE PITCH OF THE ROOF, IT IS
ON THE VERGE OF, LIKE, THIS ROOF SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO BE
MADE IN TODAY'S WORLD AT THE ANGLE THAT IT IS.
IT IS HAVE I, VERY DANGEROUS.
WE ARE TRYING TO DO SO MANY THINGS TO MAKE WITH SAFER AND
BEING HELD TO THE NONCONTRIBUTING AND CONTRIBUTING
STRUCTURES.
AND IT IS LIKE -- I KNOW THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE
TWO.
AND ONCE AGAIN, I HAD NO IDEA THAT WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO
CHANGE THE -- CHANGE THE BUILDING TYPE BECAUSE WE ARE NOT A
HISTORIC BUILDING.
YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE IN A HISTORIC SOCIETY.
SAID IF IT WAS A BRAND-NEW BUILD TODAY, THEY WOULD ALLOW THE
BUILD.
AND STILL UP FOR DISCUSSION OF WHAT THE STRUCTURE REALLY IS.
BECAUSE EVEN THE NAME OF OUR UNIT IS THE CLOISTERS OF HYDE
PARK CONDOMINIUM.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ORIGINAL COLOR WAS 38 YEARS WHEN IT
WAS BUILT.
T COULD HAVE BEEN WHITE.
WE HAVE A COURTYARD IN THE MIDDLE.
WHEN WE HAD THE PERSON WHO WROTE UP THE REVIEW THAT WE
SUBMITTED TO THE ARC BREAKING DOWN THE DIFFERENT
ARCHITECTURAL STYLES THEY PRESENTED THE FINDING WHY IS THEY
SAID IT WAS AS FRENCH, OKAY, MEDITERRANEAN-STYLE VILLA.
DEFINITELY THESE TYPE OF ROOFS ARE RELEVANT.
THEY HAVE ALL THREE.
BARREL, SLATE AND CEDAR SHAKE SHINGLES IN FRANCE.
I SPENT A LOT OF NIGHT LOOKING AT THAT TIME PICTURES THOSE.
I FEEL AESTHETICALLY THE ROOF PUT ON IF WE ARE ALLOWED TO
PUT ON WILL BE BETTER FIT AND CLEANER, LONGER.
GUARANTEED TO LOOK BRAND-NEW FOR 15 YEARS.
IF WE PUT ON ANOTHER CONCRETE TILE ROOF, IT IS GOING TO BE
DIRT IN A COUPLE OF YEARS AND TOO STEEP OF A PITCH TO BE
PRESSURE WASHED AND CLEANED.
YOU ARE TAKING A PERSON'S RISK.
WHEN SAID THE RIGHT THINGS TO DO FOR THIS BUILDING AN ITS
LIFETIME NOW IS DIFFERENT THAN 36 YEARS AGO.
WE ARE ALL AT THE END OF THE DAY TRYING TO DO THE SAME
THING.
TRYING TO BEAUTIFY AND KEEP HYDE PARK BEAUTIFUL.
I DON'T THINK WE ARE SETTING A TERRIBLE PRECEDENT BY
ALLOWING A CHANGE OF MATERIAL IN THIS -- INTO THIS BUILDING
BECAUSE IT IS SAFER.
IT DOES -- IT IS BEAUTIFUL.
AND IT ACTUALLY FITS THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I AM NOT ASKING FOR SOMETHING THAT IS NOT ALREADY ON THE
BLOCK.
I AM NOT ASKING TO COVER IT WITH SOLAR PANELS OR TO MAKE 3-D
BUTTERFLY-SHAPED LASER CUT DESIGNS TO GO ON THE ROOF.
WE ARE ASKING EVERYTHING PRESENT ALL THE WAY TOO HYDE PARK
SHOPPING VILLAGE INCLUDING THE BRAND-NEW STRUCTURES BUILT.
THAT IS THE CONSIDERATION WE ARE ASKING FOR.
KEEP THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEAUTIFUL AND YES, CHANGE THE
STYLE, BUT IT IS GOING TO LOOK APPROPRIATE AND LOOK
BEAUTIFUL LIKE THE OTHER BUILDINGS THAT ARE THERE.
THAT IS WHY I CAME IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL TO PRESENT THIS A
SECOND TIME HOPING FOR YOUR POSITIVE CONSIDERATION.
I THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO IT.
03:12:47PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
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.
OPPOSED.
COUNCIL LIKE TO DISCUSS IS THIS?
ANY DISCUSSION?
NO DISCUSSION?
I GUESS.
LET'S GO FOR A MOTION.
WHO WANTS TO DO A MOTION.
03:13:06PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I MOVE TO AFFIRM THE ARC'S DECISION TO
DENY FPR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE
PROPERTY 2099 SOUTH ROME AVENUE BECAUSE THE REPLACEMENT OF
THE EXISTING BARREL TILE ROOF WITH A SHINGLE ROOF IS
INCONSISTENT WITH THE HYDE PARK DESIGN STANDARDS THAT STATES
PERMISSIBLE TO REPLACE THE ROOF.
SAID SPANISH ECLECTIC IN CHAPTER 27 OF THE CODE.
DOCTOR SPANISH ECLECTIC IN CHAPTER 27 OF THE CODE.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT THIS IS AN EXISTING BUILDING.
MAY BE NOT ABOUT THE 1920s, BUILT IN 1988.
ABOUT THE DESIGN, IT WAS MADE TO LOOK LIKE A CONTRIBUTING
HISTORIC STRUCTURE.
YOU HAVE SPECIFIC DETAILS LIKE THE BALCONIES.
SPECIFIC DETAILS LIKE THE ARCHED WINDOWS AS SHOWN IN THE
PHOTO AS BE MEANT TO LOOK WHAT IS IN HISTORIC HYDE PARK.
THEREFORE THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION TO DENY THE CERTIFICATE OF
APPROPRIATENESS.
03:14:12PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
SECOND.
03:14:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO AND
IS A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
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.
OKAY.
SORRY, GUYS.
03:14:43PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
60.
ITEM NUMBER 60.
ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION.
DO WE HAVE STAFF TO PRESENT?
THERE WE GO.
03:14:52PM >>CARL BRODY:
GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL, CARL BRODY FROM THE LEGAL
DEPARTMENT.
CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE WE CONSIDERED -- ACTUALLY THAT
YOU LOOKED AT BACK ON MAY 15 IT PROVIDES A CODE OF CONDUCT
FOR CONTRACTORS.
AT THE MAY 15 MEETING, EVERYBODY WAS VERY COMFORTABLE WITH
THE ORDINANCE BUT WE WANTED TO LOOK CLOSER AT THE
ENFORCEMENT.
I TALKED TO COUPLE OF YOU SEPARATELY SO FOLKS KNOW WE ARE
NOT BREACH ING ANY PUBLIC MEETINGS RULES.
I STALKED TO YOU SEPARATELY, AND CAME UP WITH THE BEST
MOVING FORWARD STEP TO PUT -- ENFORCE THE POSITIONS IN
THE EBO POLICY THAT WAY WE CAN WATCH.
SEE HOW THIS WORKS.
IF WE NEED TO MAKE CHANGES, WE WILL MAKE CHANGES MORE
DISCREETLY AND NOT HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU AND CHANGE THE
WHOLE ORDINANCE AGAIN.
THAT IS THE ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE AND
COPIES OF THE EBO ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS.
REQUEST THAT YOU MOVE THIS FORWARD FOR SECOND READING AND
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
03:16:07PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
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
SPOKE TO.
I THINK THIS A GREAT STEP FORWARD.
SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ASKING FOR.
WE SEE TO OURSELVES.
I AM SURE YOU SEE IT YOURSELF.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WE ARE GOING TO START THIS PATH
FORWARD AND KNOWING WE CAN MODIFY AS NEEDED.
SO JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS.
NO ONE ELSE, I WILL READ THE ORDINANCE.
FILE NUMBER E 2025-8 CHAPTER 26.5, ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR
FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, ORDINANCE OF CITY OF TAMPA,
FLORIDA, 26.5, ARM ARTICLE 1, OF THE CITY OF TAMPA CODE BY
ADDING SECTION 26.5-4, CITY OF TAMPA CODE OF BUSINESS
CONDUCT SAID AMENDMENT PROVIDING FOR A CODE OF BUSINESS
CONDUCT FOR PARTIES CONTRACTING WITH THE CITY PROVIDING
ENFORCEMENT THROUGH DIVISION OF EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY,
PROVIDING FOR A DISPUTE RESOLUTION, PROVIDING FOR AN APPEAL
PROCESS, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PART OF ORDINANCES
CONFLICT THEREWITH.
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
I FORGOT TO ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
03:17:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK
TO THIS ITEM?
03:17:36PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
MOVE TO CLOSE.
03:17:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
MIRANDA.
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.
A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
DO YOU HAVE THAT LOADED?
FIRST READING.
OKAY.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
WE HAD ASKED FOR --
03:18:07PM >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION AT OLD CITY HALL, 315 E.
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
REAL FAST.
MR. BRODY, THANK YOU NOR YOUR WORK ON THIS AGAIN.
THIS CAME ABOUT.
AN INDIVIDUAL -- THEY CAN COME FORWARD IF THEY WANT.
I WILL TELL THEM THIS IS ON READING CLAIM FORWARD ON A SAD
STORY, AN INTERACTION HE WOULD HAVE THAT WOULD BREAK ALL OF
OUR HEARTS WITH REGARDS TO THE ALLEGATIONS.
SO THIS -- THIS HELPS, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS FUTURE CHALLENGES
LIKE THAT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WONDERFUL WORK.
ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH.
03:18:51PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, SIR.
WE HAD EARLIER TAKEN UP ITEM NUMBER -- WHAT WAS IT, THE FIRE
STATION ONE.
70.
ITEM 70 FOR FIRE STATION.
I UNDERSTAND THAT CHIEF TRIPP IS ONLINE, AND WE HAVE SOMEBODY
FROM PROCUREMENT MERE.
CAN WE BRING CHIEF TRIPP UP?
THERE WE GO.
CHIEF TRIPP.
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
TRIPP, FIRE CHIEF.
I DO HAVE KEN, MY PROJECT MANAGER ON LINE AS WELL.
AND, OF COURSE, LIKE I SAID, YOU ALL HAD QUESTIONS THAT I
COULDN'T ANSWER.
AND HOPEFULLY MR. RICHARD WILL BE THERE TO ANSWER THOSE
QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
03:19:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
WE WILL GO WITH PROCUREMENT HERE.
03:19:45PM >>RICHARD MUTTERBACK:
CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION.
RICHARD MUTTERBACK, DIRECTOR OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION.
I WILL ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS --
03:19:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
KICK IT OFF TO COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA TO DO
THE INQUISITION.
OKAY.
03:20:05PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
SO I CALLED UP THE CHIEF IN BETWEEN TO GET UP SOME
BACKGROUND AND, CHIEF, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND SO FORTH
SO I WILL GO THROUGH SOME FACTS AND HISTORY ON THIS.
SOME STUFF THAT MAY PREDATE YOU BUT STUFF TO ME COMPELLING
FACTS AND REQUIRE A CLEAR ANSWER OF WHY WE ARE HERE ON THIS.
I AM SAYING THIS BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING OF A COMMUNITY THAT
REALLY NEEDS THIS AND A COMMUNITY I FEEL IN THE CITY OF
TAMPA OFTEN GETS IGNORED AND THAT IS NORTH TAMPA.
AGAIN AS I INDICATED BEFORE, VERY BRIEFLY, 2021, '22, WE ARE
LOOKING AT THIS LAND.
A LONG STORY TO.
THIS FIRST WE WILL DO 24 IN NEW TAMPA.
WE DECIDED TO DO IT IN NORTH TAMPA OUTSIDE OF 33647.
TO HELP WITH 13.
STATION 25 WHICH IS THE DOWNPAYMENT.
EASY WIN BECAUSE THE BUILDING WAS ALREADY THERE.
WE GOT TO WORK ON 2023, TALKING OF '24 IN TERMS OF FUNDING
IT.
IT IS PART OF THE MILLAGE.
IT DOESN'T GO THROUGH.
I TRY DO A LIMITED TAX TO HELP FUND IT.
AMONG OTHER THINGS.
DOESN'T GO THROUGH.
I SAY, OKAY, FINE.
LET'S BOND IT.
MY POINT IN TALKING OF THE TAXES THAT I BELIEVE IN THIS SO
WERE THAT I SAID, I WANT TO RAISE TAXES FOR IT.
SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT THIS.
I HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME.
A BIG DEAL OBVIOUSLY.
2024, WE DO THE BONDING THEN TO FUND THIS.
THERE IS A FUNDING MECHANISM FOR THERE ARE, AS WELL AS FLEET
NEAT NANCE.
WE PASSED DESIGN IN THE BUDGET OF 2023.
2024 WE LEARNED -- AND WE ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THIS.
WHICH IS THAT GROUNDBREAKING WILL BEGIN IN MARCH OF 2026.
PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN IN
MARCH '26 LET'S DO BETTER.
WHOLE THING OF THIS COUNCIL LET'S DO BETTER.
BUT WE FOUND OUT THAT GROUNDBREAKING WILL BE SIX MONTHS
AFTER MARCH OF '26.
INSTEAD FIRST TO THIRD TO FIRST TO SECOND, WE ARE TOLD WE
ARE PRETTY MUCH BACK AT HOME.
THAT IS THE FRUSTRATION.
BIGGEST FRUSTRATION THIS IS BIGGER MICROCOSM ON I SHALL
PEWS.
IF YOU TAKE DOWNTOWN FIRE RESCUE, RIGHT.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS YEAR SOMEBODY.
I DON'T REPRESENT DOWNTOWN DIRECTLY.
WE ALL DO IN A WAY, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMEONE PUT IN
THE BUDGET DESIGN FOR A DOWNTOWN STATION LONG PAST DUE.
WE HAVE TO KEEP PUSHING THESE THINGS.
WHEN I SEE WHAT IS DONE AGAIN.
THREE YEARS AFTER PASSING DESIGN, WE WILL HAVE
GROUNDBREAKING AND DESIGN TOOK A VERY, VERY LONG TIME.
THAT IS THE BIG, BIG CHALLENGE.
MY BIG QUESTION IS, TO ANYBODY CAN ANSWER THIS WHAT IN THE
WORLD HAPPENED TO DELAY IT ANOTHER SIX MONTHS ON TO HAVE THE
DELAY THAT CITY COUNCIL THOUGHT WAS FAR TOO LONG.
THAT IS THE QUESTION WE NEED ANSWERS AND THAT FRUSTRATES, I
THINK, EVERYBODY HERE.
IF YOU CAN ANSWER THAT, SIR, HAVE AT IT.
03:23:29PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
CAN I COUPLE ON TO HIS QUESTION REAL
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
QUESTION IN RELATION TO THE FAIR OAKS PROJECT WHICH IS
MOVING ALONG.
IT IS AT PHASE WHERE IT IS ALMOST DONE.
THAT THIS DOES NOT MAKE SENSE.
SO PUT IT IN THE CONTEXT OF, FAIR OAKS HAS MOVED.
AND THAT IS A PROJECT THAT I VOTED ON SINCE I AM ON COUNCIL
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.
AND THE QUICK QUESTION IS, HONESTLY, THIS APPEARS TO BE --
NOT EVEN A QUESTION.
IT IS A STATEMENT.
THIS APPEARS TO BE A SLOW WALK.
SOMEBODY IS SLOW WALKING THIS.
AND WE ARE NOW HAVING YOU IN FRONT OF US BECAUSE WE KNOW
THEY IS NOT CHIEF TRIPP.
SHE HAS BEEN GIVING THE INFORMATION.
I AM SURE HER FOLKS ARE GIVING HER HELL.
AND SO THIS IS A CONTRACT -- WE HAVE NOW ISOLATED THIS
PROBLEM TO YOUR DIVISION.
AND THAT -- I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT.
I WANT THE ANSWER COMPARED TO A FAIR OAKS.
HOW IS THAT MOVING ALONG, BECAUSE I TOOK A TOUR TWO WEEKS
AGO.
IT IS ALMOST DONE.
JUST IN COMPASSION TO THAT.
GIVE YOU THESE QUESTIONS RATHER THAN GIVING A REPORT.
03:24:57PM >>RICHARD MUTTERBACK:
RICHARD MUTTERBACK, DIRECTOR OF CONTRACT
ADMINISTRATION.
I DO NOT HAVE ALL THE DATES AND FACT FOR FAIR OAKS.
SO I CAN'T -- I CAN'T DO AN APPLES TO APPLES THERE.
IT IS MOVING ALONG EXCEPTIONALLY WELL SINCE IT IS IN
CONSTRUCTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, YOU SAID DESIGN WAS APPROVED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 6 OF THIS YEAR.
THAT WHEN THE ACTUAL AGREEMENT WAS -- WAS -- AS PART OF THAT
AGREEMENT, IF I CAN -- AND AT YOUR PLEASURE BUT THE SAME
SLIDES FROM FEBRUARY WHEN I WENT THROUGH -- DO I NEED TO GO
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
APPROVED ON FEBRUARY 6, 461 CALENDAR DAYS AFTER IDEAS TO
PROCEED.
NOTICE TO PROCEED WAS GIVEN ON MARCH 20 OF THIS YEAR.
SO THEY HAD CONTRACTUALLY GAVE THIS FIRM 416 CALENDAR DAYS.
SITTING HERE IN FEBRUARY I DID THE QUICK MATH IN MY HEAD 15
MONTHS AND I PROBABLY SAID ABOUT MAY.
IF I TOOK MARCH OR SOMEBODY ELSE SAID MARCH, I APOLOGIZE FOR
THAT.
I TRY TO SOLELY STICK TO THE FACTS THAT ARE IN THE CONTRACT.
NOW I PULL UP -- AT THAT TIME, KEEP IN MIND WE DON'T HAVE
ANNUAL SCHEDULE.
WE ISSUE A NOTICE TO PROCEED, WE GET A SCHEDULED FROM THE
TERM.
THIS SCHEDULED FROM THE FIRM AS OF THREE DAYS AGO.
ON THEIR SCHEDULE.
I NEED TO MAKE THIS SMALLER.
NOTICE TO PROCEED WAS GIVEN -- PETITION PUT MARCH 24 AND 461
DAYS WOULD PUT US ON JUNE 24, 2026.
WE LOOK AT THEIR SCHEDULE.
COMPLETELY FINISH WHERE THEIR CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS JUNE 9,
2026.
THOSE 461 DAYS CONTRACTUALLY, I MEAN, THAT IS WHAT WE AS A
CITY BOTH COUNCIL AND ADMINISTRATION AGREED TO.
AND NOW IF YOU LOOK FROM JUNE 26 ALL THE WAY DOWN WHAT YOU
ARE CALLING GROUNDBREAKING OF SEPTEMBER, THAT IS ALL CITY.
THAT -- THAT IS US APPROVING THE GMP.
BRINGING IT TO COUNCIL TWICE BECAUSE OVER $20 MILLION.
THOSE ARE THE STUFF WE CAN KIND OF CONTROL A LITTLE BIT AT
THAT POINT, BUT THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED.
I MEAN, THAT -- THAT IS ALL I CAN SPEAK ON AS FAR AS HOW WE
GOT HERE AND WHAT THOSE DATES.
NOT A LOT CHANGED SINCE FEBRUARY WHEN WE HAD THE SAME
DISCUSSIONS.
03:28:00PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
REAL QUICK --
03:28:06PM >>LUIS VIERA:
45 SECONDS FOR THAT.
ONE THING IS YOU CAN TRY TO EXPLAIN THINGS AS MUCH AS YOU
WANT.
BUT A FACT WHICH IS UNACCEPTABLE.
NOT HAVE GROUNDBREAKING SINCE SEPTEMBER OF 2026.
NOTHING CAN DIVORCE ME FROM THE STATEMENT THAT IS
UNACCEPTABLE.
MARCH -- OR MAY OF 2026, THE SAME PRESENTATION WAS DONE AS
FAR AS GOING THROUGH THESE DATES AND SO ON.
THE PUSH WAS TO SEE HOW WE COULD DO BEFORE THAT DATE, BEFORE
MARCH OF 2026.
NOW BEING TOLD A THIRD OF YEAR LATER AND ANOTHER ISSUE, IN
THE WORLD DID IT TAKE THAT LONG TO GET TO CITY COUNCIL IF
ONLY GOT US TO FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR.
WHY DID IT TAKE THAT LONG TO GET TO CITY COUNCIL?
NO AMOUNT OF DISCUSSION COUNTY HAVING THIS GROUNDBREAKING IN
SEPTEMBER OF 2026 IS UNACCEPTABLE AND SHOWS QUITE FRANKLY
NOT A COMMITMENT FROM THE ADMINISTRATION ON THIS PROJECT.
SOMEBODY TRY TO CONVINCE OTHERWISE AND PICK UP A PHONE AND
TELL ME.
BECAUSE CERTAIN PLAIN FACTS THAT WILL NOT BE DIVORCED FROM
REALITY.
03:29:36PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA HAS -- WE WILL MAKE
THIS MAN DRIVE FROM TALLAHASSEE ESSENTIALLY TO COME DOWN FOR
THIS.
THERE IS WANTS AND NEEDS, AND WITH THE GROWTH WE ARE
EXPERIENCING IN THE CITY.
YOU KNOW, FIRE RESPONSE TIME, FIRE FIGHTERS, FIRE STATIONS,
I MEAN SOMETHING THAT IS AN ABSOLUTE NEED.
DOWNTOWN WAS MENTIONED.
I CAN TALK OF OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING
IS THAT -- I MEAN, BEFORE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE ELECTED
AND CAME ON THIS BODY.
THIS WAS DISCUSSED.
COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA TALKED ABOUT THIS NOR A LONG, LONG TIME
IN RESPONSE TO THE UNION AND IN RESPONSE TO THE COMMUNITY
AND WHAT THEY NEED.
IT IS JUST DISAPPOINTING TO SEE THIS MOVING SO SLOWLY IN
COMPASSION TO SO MANY OTHER CITY PROJECTS.
I HAD A MEETING YESTERDAY MORNING AT HANNAH.
HANNAH WENT UP VERY QUICK -- VERY QUICKLY AT A VERY BIG COST
AND THAT WAS DONE.
WE ARE ASKING FOR A SIMPLE FIRE STATION HERE.
I AM NOT POINTING FINGERS AT YOU BECAUSE THIS IS PREDATING
WHEN YOU CAME ON BOARD.
YOU ARE JUST DOING YOUR JOB IN ANSWERING THE REQUEST.
BUT I CAN TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE DISAPPOINTMENT FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER VIERA BECAUSE HE FOUGHT SO HARD FOR YEARS.
AS HAS THIS ENTIRE COUNCIL IN BEING SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.
WE WANT TO SEE THIS DONE.
IF WE ARE GOING TO GET A GROUNDBREAKING IN SEPTEMBER OF '26.
HE HAS LESS THAN TWO MONTHS HERE.
HE WORKED HARD AROUND HE DOESN'T EVEN GET TO ESSENTIALLY
ENJOY THE FRUITS OF HIS HARD WORK.
BUT IT IS NOT ABOUT HIM, IT IS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND THE
NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE.
THANK YOU.
CONCURRENCY.
03:31:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON AND COUNCILWOMAN
HURTAK.
03:31:19PM >>BILL CARLSON:
YEAH, FIRST OF ALL, I SUPPORTED COUNCIL
MEMBER VIERA FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO WITH THIS.
IT IS NOT MY DISTRICT, BUT I WAS HOPING THAT -- THEIR THIS
WILL HAD BEEN RESOLVED WITHIN A YEAR.
AND THAT WAS LIKE 2021.
AND THEN MORE TO OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
SOUTH TAMPA NEEDS MORE STATIONS AND RESOURCES AS WELL.
THERE ARE REQUESTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY BUT WE HAD TO THIS
ONE FIRST.
FIRST IN LINE AND FRUSTRATING IT HAS TAKEN THAT LONG TO DO
THIS.
MY COLLEAGUES AND BE EVERYBODY ELSE.
NEXT WEEK, DON'T FORGET, IT IS ON THE AGENDA TO POTENTIALLY
USE CRA MONEY WITH APPROVAL ON THE DOWNTOWN FIRE STATION.
BUT WE HAD THE SAME ISSUE THAT -- YOU KNOW IN THE LAST FEW
YEARS SINCE WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS.
PRICES GO UP AND DOUBLED OR MORE.
AND ALSO, SEVERAL FOLKS IN THE ADMINISTRATION HAVE TOLD ME
THAT -- THAT THE MAYOR JUST DOESN'T WANT TO BUILD A FIRE
STATION AT ALL.
AND I WAS TOLD THAT AFTER THE LAST ELECTION THAT THE MAYOR
WAS HIGH-FIVING IT SAYING WE MADE IT FOUR YEARS WITHOUT A
FIRE STATION AND WE WILL MAKE IT ANOTHER FOUR.
FIRST OF ALL, DISRESPECTFUL TO THE FIRE FIGHTERS, MEN AND
WOMEN THAT PUNT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE EVERY DAY.
DISRESPECTFUL TO THE PUBLIC WHO NEED RESOURCES WHEN HAVING A
HEART ATTACK OR FIRE.
THEY NEED RESOURCES.
IF A MAYOR FEELS THEY WILL GO TO THE SYSTEM, WE HAVE
AMBULANCES INSTEAD OF FIRE STATIONS.
MAKE THAT ARGUMENT AND LET'S DECIDE IT.
SLOW WALKING IT AND TRYING TO TELL THE PUBLIC GOING TO DO IT
AND DELAYS IT.
THAT IS DISINGENUOUS.
I WOULD LIKE SOMEBODY TO COME FORWARD.
CHIEF OF STAFF IS NOT HERE AND MAYOR IS NOT HERE.
WHY IS THE MAYOR AGAINST FIRE STATION AS SOON AS IF SHE IS,
WHY CAN'T SHE GIVE AN ALTERNATIVE PLAN WHAT SHE WANTS TO DO.
THE FIRE CHIEF STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS AND FIRE FIGHTERS
WHO WANT BETTER EQUIPMENT AND SAFER IS ENVIRONMENTS AND THE
PUBLIC NEEDS TO BE TREATED BETTER AS WELL.
03:33:29PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
03:33:31PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
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.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR SO LONG, BOUNDARY SURVEY,
TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY.
MY UNDERSTANDING THIS WAS BUILT AHEAD OF TIME.
UNLESS WE BUILT THIS ON A CLIFF, I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE WE HAD
THIS AHEAD OF TIME AND KNOWING WE WANTED TO GET THIS DONE.
NOBODY TALKED ABOUT THIS.
ON A CLIFF HAVING TWICE THE COST IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE JUST
TELLS THUS IS A SLOW WALK.
WE COULD HAVE BUILT ANOTHER -- I MEAN, THIS GOING TO BE THE
COST OF ANOTHER RECREATION CENTER.
AND THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME.
HE TALKED TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER CITIES.
NO ONE IS BUILDING A FIRE STATION THIS EXPENSIVE.
I JUST -- I AM -- I AM FINE -- YOU KNOW WHAT, WE ARE GOING
TO HAVE A CHANCE ON THIS VERY NEXT ITEM AFTER THIS TO TALK
ABOUT WHERE WE WANT OUR MONEY TO GO TOWARD BUILDING
SOMETHING.
I AM TELLING YOU.
I AM NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THE BUILDING OF CITY BUILDINGS
UNTIL THIS IS DONE.
THIS IS ENOUGH.
I HAD ENOUGH OF THIS.
THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO GET OUR VOICE
HEARD.
IT SIMPLY IT.
IT IS DISAPPOINTING.
IT IS FRUSTRATING.
HE TALKED TO CHIEF TRIPP.
AND, YOU KNOW, AS WELL, AND I AM -- I AM HEARING EXACT SAME
FRUSTRATIONS THAT THE GENTLEMAN WHO HAS BEEN HIRED TO HELP
HER MOVE THIS FORWARD JUST -- WE CAN'T GET IT DONE ANY
FASTER AND I JUST DON'T KNOW WHY THIS BUILDING IS SO
DIFFICULT COMPARED TO ANY OTHER BUILDING THAT WE HAVE BELT,
INCLUDING HANNAH CITY CENTER.
WHY IS THIS TAKING SO LONG COMPARED TO ANY OF THOSE OTHER
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.
NOT UNTIL MAY OF 2024 WHEN CONTRACT ADMIN ACTUALLY GOT
INVOLVED IN ADVERTISING THIS TO SELECT A FIRM.
I TOLD YOU NUMEROUS TIMES A THIS PODIUM, TAKES SIX MONTHS TO
TO GET THROUGH THAT CCNA PROCESS TO GET SOMEONE SELECTED
BETWEEN MAY AND WHEN IT WAS ACTUALLY SELECTED AUGUST AND --
WE ARE IN THAT SIX MONTHS.
ACTUALLY TOOK SEVEN AND A HALF MONTHS BUT WE HAD TWO STORMS
IN THERE.
AND THE FIRE CHIEF HEADS UP OUR. -- NOTHING SLOW WALKED.
ALWAYS TAKES SIX MONTHS TO GET THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
EVERY DESIGN TYPICALLY TAKES 12 TO 18 MONTHS.
I SAID THAT NUMEROUS TIMES AT THIS PODIUM.
NOT SLOW WALKED AT THIS POINT.
SITE SELECTION AND EVERYBODY FINALLY AGREEING WHERE THIS WAS
GOING TO GO TO ADVERTISE IT.
THAT COULD -- THAT COULD TAKE -- PLAY A ROLE WHAT TOOK UP
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
THIS.
SO FOR ME, I WANT TO KNOW FROM YOU, THE TALK OF THIS.
WE ALLOCATED MONEY IN 2021 FOR THIS?
THIS WAS BEFORE ME.
IF YOU DON'T MIND ANSWERING THAT.
03:37:04PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I WILL SAY YES AND NO.
IT IS COMPLICATED.
'21, ALLOCATED FUNDS FOR NEW TAMPA UNION BRINGING NORTH
TAMPA.
25 IN NORTH TAMPA OPPOSED TO K OPINION BAR RANCH.
THE EARLY CONFUSION ON THAT.
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.
IN '23, WE TRIED TO USE SOME DOLLARS FOR FIRE STATIONS.
2024 ASIDE WE WILL TO THE PASS ANYTHING IN TERMS OF TAXES.
WE DID THE BONDING FOR THIS AND FLEET MAINTENANCE IN '24.
03:37:56PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SORRY, I AM TRYING.
I THINK THE THING THAT GETS ME.
WE COULD HAVE STARTED THIS A LOT SOONER AND IT WAS JUST A
CHOICE.
I AM STILL GOING TO SETTLE WITH, IT WAS A CHOICE.
THE ADMINISTERING'S CHOICE TO NOT FOCUS ON THIS WHEN WE HAVE
SOMETHING DESIGNED AND BUILT, A PARK, IN THAT TIME.
DESIGNED AND BUILT.
IT IS ALMOST DONE.
AND WHY THE PARK IS A WONDERFUL AMENITY, IT IS NOT ANYWHERE
AS IMPORTANT AS PUBLIC SAFETY.
03:38:33PM >> IF I MAY.
LIKE I SAID, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE DATES ON FAIR OAKS.
BUT WHEN I STARTED JUNE 12, 2023, IT WAS FINISHING UP DESIGN
AT THAT POINT.
SO IT HAD ALREADY BEEN IN DESIGN.
SEEMS LIKE IT IS GOING FAST NOW LOOKING AT CONSTRUCTION FROM
GROUNDBREAKING UNTIL NOW.
I CAN GET BACK TO EVERYONE AND I WILL E-MAIL YOU THOSE DATES
TO TRY TO MAKE IT MORE APPLES-TO-APPLES WHAT THOSE DATES
WERE.
JUNE 2023, THAT WAS FINISHING UP DESIGN.
03:39:06PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
BUT I THINK THAT IS KIND OF THE THING.
ADMINISTRATION ON PROJECTS THEY WANT TO WORK ON HAVE GOTTEN
THAT STUFF STARTED OF TIME.
THAT IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
THEY WILL GET THE PROJECT STARTED AN THEN COME TO US FOR
SOME MONEY.
THAT IS THE WAY I SEE IT.
I AM SORRY -- I HAVE NODDING HEADS UP HERE.
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO CONVINCE US OTHERWISE.
I AM REALLY DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE CLEARLY SOMETHING THAT THE
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
OF IT AND PUT THE ACTUAL POLICE EVIDENCE SPACE.
REMEMBER THAT WAS ACTUALLY BROUGHT UP IN THE NEW BUDGET
INSTANCE YOU AND I HAVE BEEN HERE MUTTERBACK.
YOU AND ME, AND THAT WAS FIRST PRESENTED BY DEPUTY -- I
THINK DEPUTY CATE.
SHE WAS SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THIS PROJECT.
AND THAT WAS MUCH FURTHER ALONG THAN THIS.
WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT?
I MEAN THAT WAS AN EXISTING BUILDING.
03:40:12PM >> AND IT HAS BEEN -- I CAN ONLY SPEAK TO ONCE WE ACTUALLY
GET A CONTRACT WITH SOMEONE TO DO A DESIGN.
THAT'S ALL I CAN SPEAK TO.
03:40:21PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
CAN YOU PUT UP THE PAPER WHERE YOU PUT
461 DAYS --
03:40:26PM >> WHERE I HAND WROTE IT?
03:40:29PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
POINTED TO THE 461 DAYS THAT WE AGREED TO
APPARENTLY IN AN ORDINANCE.
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.
THAT S.O.P.
STANDARD OPERATING PRACTICE OR PROCEDURE?
03:40:48PM >> EVERY ONE OF OUR CONTRACTS OR AGREEMENTS HAVE A PERIOD OF
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
TO TAKE.
03:40:57PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
AFTER WE PICK THEM.
WE PICK THEM FIRST --
03:41:02PM >> YES, MA'AM.
AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT DURING THE
PRESENTATIONS FOR THIS, WHEN THE FOUR DIFFERENT FIRMS ALL
STOOD IN FRONT OF US ARE, THEY ALL CAME WITH ROUGHLY THE
SAME DOLLAR AMOUNT AND PERIOD OF SERVICE.
ALL FOUR.
SO NOW -- WHEN I WAS HERE IN FEBRUARY, I THINK I MADE THE
MEANT TO COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
TAKE YOU GO OF THE FIRST TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS, BUT I
WANTED TO TALK ABOUT NOW.
NOW IT IS GOING TO STARTS MOVING AND THAT IS WHAT A I AM
SAYING.
EVERY FIRM SAID TAKE THIS LONG AND COST THIS MUCH BASICALLY.
THAT 461 DAYS NOT A SLOW WALK.
COMING FROM A FIRM COMPARING IT TO TWO OR THREE OTHERS THAT
THEY DID RECENTLY IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
03:41:47PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
I AM A WOMAN THAT APPRECIATES PUSH BACK.
I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING IT IS NOT A SLOW WALK.
I AM STARTING TO ACCEPT THAT.
BUT WE ARE QUESTIONING YOU AS WE SHOULD.
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
ANYTHING FROM YOUR PART OR THE COUNCIL'S PART.
YOU MENTIONED IT WAS PRIOR -- WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IN A
PRIOR STATEMENT.
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.
FEBRUARY 6 OF THIS YEAR.
03:42:28PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
WHY DON'T WE LOOK AT THE TAPES OF THE
CONVERSATION?
03:42:35PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
THAT MAKES SENSE, CHARLIE.
03:42:37PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I WANT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
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.
ANYTHING THAT THIS COUNCIL CAN TO DO EXPEDITE THIS?
TO MOVE THE SCHEDULE UP?
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
TRIPP AND I SAID THINGS WE ARE DOING INTERNALLY TO TRY TO
EXPEDITE.
INTRODUCED TO KING GUYETTE.
THAT IS -- AND THAT WILL HELP.
BECAUSE THAT IS ANOTHER SET OF EYES THAT -- HE IS LOOKING AT
THIS THROUGH -- THROUGH THE FIRE STATION'S EYES.
NOT LOOKING AT IT THE THROUGH CONTRACT ADMIN.
WE ARE BLACK AND WHITE ENGINEERING.
LOOK EXACTLY WHAT IS IT IN THE CONTRACT.
HE IS LOOKING AT OPERATIONALLY WITH CHIEF TRIPP TO SEE HOW
-- AND TO HELP HER DURING HER REVIEW PROCESS.
SOME THAT IS ALREADY TAKING PLACE.
I MEAN, WE HAVE A SIGNED CONTRACT.
WE CAN TERMINATE THE CONTRACT AND START ALL OVER AGAIN AND
WILL NOT SPEED ANYTHING UP.
ONLY THING TO MAKE AT THAT FASTER IS TO PAY MORE MONEY.
ALWAYS MONEY.
SO -- AND I KNOW WE DON'T WANT TO PAY MORE MONEY BECAUSE YOU
P.M HAVEN'T SEEN THE ACTUAL NUMBERS THAT ARE GOING TO COME OUT
YET.
03:43:56PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
03:43:58PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
COUPLE OF THINGS.
SITE SELECTION OF THIS WAS DONE IN 2021.
I KNOW THAT BECAUSE WHEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT STATION
24, THERE WAS SOME PUSH BACK FROM THE UNION FROM LOCAL 754
ON ITS LOCATION.
IT BEING AT WHITE WAY.
AND MY MESSAGE TO THEM WAS, I LAUGHED, BECAUSE IT IS ALMOST
-- SADLY COMICAL NOW, BUT ON WHITE WAY, CITY-OWNED PROPERTY.
I SAID IT WILL TAKE YEARS TO GET PROPERTY.
LET'S GET THE DOUBLE.
AND MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT WE GOT.
AGAIN THE PROPERTY ACQUISITION -- THERE WAS NO PROPERTY
ACQUISITION, IT IS OURS.
SITE SELECTION, THAT HAS BEEN THERE FOR A VERY, VERY LONG
TIME.
I REMEMBER AN ARTICLE IN THE "TAMPA BAY TIMES" OF
ADMINISTRATION PREROGATIVES AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT
WITH GOALS AND WHATNOT.
ISSUE IS THIS.
IF A PROMISE IS MADE ON A FIRE STATION, WE NEED NO MOVE
WITH VIGOR IF THERE IS A NEED -- NOBODY BUILDS A FIRE
STATION WITHOUT THERE BEING A NEED.
A NEED AND CERTAIN STAPLES ARE MADE, WE SHOULD FOLLOW
THROUGH WITH THAT.
MY BIG, BIG DISAPPOINTMENT HERE TODAY THIS PENN WANT TO SAY
THIS WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT AND COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO A
NICE MAN WITH A VERY, VERY WONDERFUL HEART AND GOES WITHOUT
SAYING.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME.
ABOUT IT BEING -- STARTING WHEN I'M HERE.
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT.
I FULLY ANTICIPATE THIS WILL UP AND RUNNING LONG AFTER --
NOT LONG, BUT SOMEWHAT AFTER I AM GONE.
I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT.
I JUST WANT TO GET THIS THING DONE.
BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN ON THIS FOR SUCH A LONG TIME AND I WILL
CLOSE WITH THIS.
STATION 13, ONE OUT OF 23 STATIONS TOOK OUT ONE OUT YOU HAVE
NINE CALLS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
THE 54th BUSIEST STATION IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND
THAT WAS ALLOWED TO HAPPEN FOR SO LONG.
SO THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO FINISH THE JOB ON HERE.
AND AGAIN MR. MUTTERBACK, I KNOW YOU ARE HERE ANSWERING
QUESTIONS.
AND THAT IS NOT EASY ON SUCH AT THAT CAUSTIC ISSUE.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR PROFESSIONALISM IN DOING THAT, BUT AGAIN,
I CANNOT BE DIVORCED FROM THE STATEMENT THAT WE NEEDED TO DO
SO MUCH BETTER ON THIS, AS A CITY ON THIS.
NOT ON YOU, SIR, WHATSOEVER, BUT SOMEWHERE ALONG LINE, WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT MARCH OF 2026.
NOW TALKING OF SEPTEMBER AFTER COUNCIL WAS MAKING A VERY BIG
PUSH TO GET IT BEFORE THEN.
THAT IS FRUSTRATING BECAUSE OF THE TOPIC WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT.
I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AND YOUR CALM PROFESSIONAL
DEMEANOR UP THERE.
THANK YOU.
03:46:47PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
YOU WILL BE LAST SPEAKER ON THIS.
CAN YOU BRING IT IN FOR A LANDING.
03:46:52PM >>BILL CARLSON:
HE TOOK SOME OF WHAT I WANT TO SAY.
WE MAY BE TRUST RATED WITH THE ISSUE AND THE ADMINISTRATION,
BUT AT LEAST I AM NOT FRUSTRATED WITH YOU.
I THINK HE JUST SAID THE SAME THING.
I THINK A LOT OF THIS PROCEEDED.
YOU ONLY STARTED A YEAR OR TWO AGO AND THIS GOES BACK FIVE
OR SIX YEARS.
BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU, MR. MUTTERBACK AND BRAD, ALSO, FOR
BRINGING A NEW LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM TO CONTRACT
ADMINISTRATION.
WHAT YOU ALL DID IN JUST A FEW MONTHS TO CLEAN UP THINGS AND
PUT A NEW PROCESS IN PLACE IS REMARKABLE AND YOU ARE TRYING
TO STICK TO IT.
ALONG WAY, LET US NO THEY IF WE CAN DO ANYTHING TO SPEED
THINGS UP AND SET IT AS A PRIORITY.
THANK YOU.
03:47:30PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
JUST TO REMIND COUNCIL THAT WE HAVEN'T --
THERE IS NO PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS.
NOTHING FOR THIS.
THIS A PRESENTATION.
AND THEY JUST TOLD US THAT WON'T BE DONE UNTIL THE FALL
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
LEAVING THIS.
PRESENTED A LOT OF INFORMATION BUT NOTHING ACTIONABLE OR
FURTHER OWNER THIS.
WOULD SOMEBODY LIKE TO MAKE SOMETHING ACTIONABLE.
03:47:56PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST THIS.
JUNE 26, CHIEF TRIPP WILL COME BACK WITH A PUBLIC SAFETY
MASTER PLAN.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TO HAVE SPECIFICALLY ON HERE,
CHIEF BENNETT, SPECIFICALLY --
03:48:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YOU WANT TO STOP FOR A MOMENT.
CHIEF BENNETT HERE BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE.
CHIEF BENNETT, DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING OF THIS ISSUE.
03:48:20PM >>JOHN BENNETT:
JOHN BENNETT, CHIEF OF STAFF.
I HEARD MY NAME COME OVER.
I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT MAY BE FROM WHAT HAS
ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED ALREADY.
03:48:31PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I WILL BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SPOKEN A
LOT ON THIS AND LISTEN TO OTHERS SPEAK.
A LOT OF FRUSTRATION THAT YOU WERE WATCHING EXPRESSED
BECAUSE SITE SELECTION WAS MADE EARLY ON WITH THE CITY-OWNED
PROPERTY AND THE EXPECTATION THAT WOULD BE DONE EARLY NEXT
YEAR.
AND THE COUNCIL -- COUNCIL WAS TRYING TO PUSH TO FIGURE OUT
A WAY HOW WE COULD GET IT DONE EARLIER THAN THAT AND THEN WE
WERE GOING TO TOLD SIX MONTHS LATER THAN WE ANTICIPATED.
SO THE FRUSTRATION IS, LIKE, WHY IN THE WORLD HAS IT IS
TAKEN SO LONG TO GET THIS PROCESS ROLLING.
AND HE DID A VERY GOOD JOB PRESENTING THE CONTRACT THAT WAS
PRESENTED IN FEBRUARY.
BUT IT STILL IS FRUSTRATING, ESPECIALLY WHEN -- SOME OF THE
OTHER EXAMPLES HAVE BEEN USED FOR CITY PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE
SEEN START EITHER BE FINISHED QUICKLY IN THE PROCESS OR
BEING FINISHED IN A MATCH SHORTER TIME FRAME.
03:49:28PM >>JOHN BENNETT:
SURE, YEAH, AGAIN.
I CAN UNDERSTAND COUNCIL AND EVEN THE PUBLIC'S PERSPECTIVE
ON THAT.
WHEN I WAS LISTENING TO THIS, I WAS COMBING THROUGH
CONVERSATIONS BACK IN '23 TO KIND OF SEE ABOUT THE SITE
SELECTION AND COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA IS CORRECT ABOUT THE
UNION HAD A THOUGHT OF A DIFFERENT LOCATION.
WE SAW MOMENTUM OF THIS SITE ACCORDING TO CHIEF TRIPP.
I REMEMBER CHIEF TRIPP SPECIFICALLY SAYING THAT SHE THOUGHT
THAT NORTH TAMPA SPOT WAS A GOOD LOCATION.
AND IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD TIME, I REACHED OUT TO USF
BECAUSE THEY WERE FLAG STADIUM BECAUSE STILL HAVEN'T LANDED
ON THIS SITE TO SEE IF THEY ARE FOLLOWING HOUSE A STATION.
AND ALLOW USES TO GO OUT THE FRONT DOOR TO NEW TAMPA AND OUT
THE DOOR TO NEW COMPANY.
GAVE US A SITE THAT WOULDN'T WORK BECAUSE IT WAS WAY NORTH
ON FLETCHER.
THIS SITE CAME UP.
A QUICK TURN-AROUND
ONE-MONTH E-MAIL QUESTION TO THEM.
SO THEN WHEN I LOOK AT THIS TIMELINE FROM '23 TO THE RFQ
POSTING IN MAY OF '24.
SO APRIL OF '23 TO MAY OF '24, SEEMS LIKE THERE WAS -- JUST
READING FROM THE BULLETS -- THAT THE SLIGHT FEASIBILITY WAS
A BIG DEAL WITH ENVIRONMENTAL.
AND THEN FROM THERE, THE PROCESS KICKED IN THAT RICHARD
TALKS ABOUT.
I GET THE PERCEPTION AND NO SLOW WALKING.
THE MAYOR APPROVED 24 TO BE STAFFED IN SITE 13 ALREADY.
SO STATION 24 IS OPERATING OUT OF 13.
SO THE GROUND RESOURCE WHICH COST MORE RECURRING THAN IT
DOES FOR THE CAPITAL HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FROM MY RECORDS AT
LEAST THROUGH 2021.
WHICH HELPED CUT -- BECAUSE THEY WERE RUNNING THE WHEELS OFF
OF 13 WHEN WE GOT HERE.
AND THEN THE MAYOR PUT IN WITH CHIEF TRIPP AND EVEN BEFORE
CHIEF TRIPP WHAT WE CALL PEAK UNITS FOR A WHILE TO KNOCK
DOWN THE CALLS AND MAKE SURE OUR RESPONSE TIME INCREASED.
WHEN 25 CAME ONLINE AND CHIEF TRIPP AND BUDGET AND COUNCIL,
OF COURSE, APPROVED ADDITIONAL MEDIC RESOURCES PLUGGED INTO
THE STATIONS THAT DIDN'T HAVE.
I CAN TELL YOU AND I HAVE MIKE PERRY RIGHT BEHIND ME, THAT
THE MOST MONEY PUT INTO ANY DEPARTMENT SO FAR HAS BEEN THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO RESOURCES HAVE BEEN PUMPED ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
RESOURCES, APPARATUS AND ETC.
WE WANT THE STATION JUST AS BAD AS EVERYBODY ELSE DOES.
I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE TIMELINE LIKE RICHARD DID, BUT I CAN
TELL YOU NO SLOW WALKING.
24 IS IN OPERATION NOW, JUST NOT GEOGRAPHICALLY PERFECT
WHEN.
WHEN THE STATION OPENS UP, WE WILL GET BETTER DISTRIBUTION
AND WHEN CAD COMES ONLINE, ALL WILL CULMINATE TO ONE OF THE
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
TO MAKE A MOTION.
MAY I.
03:52:39PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
03:52:40PM >>LUIS VIERA:
AGAIN, THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THOSE WORDS CHIEF AND APPRECIATE YOU COMING
OUT.
YOU ARE A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER.
THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT.
BUT FOR ME, THE BIGGER ISSUE IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE ITSELF OF
THE BUILDING ITSELF, 24.
WHEN WE HEAR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO IT WILL BE MARCH OF
2026.
NOW BEING TOLD SIX MONTHS LATER ON THAT POSITIONED BUILDING
THAT WAS POSITIONED THERE PURSUANT TO THE -- TO THE
EXPERTISE OBVIOUSLY OF TFR, THAT AN ISSUE THAT REQUIRES A
LOT OF SCRUTINY.
CONSISTENT WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT ON
JUNE 26, TAMPA FIRE RESCUE WILL BE PRESENTING ON THE PUBLIC
SAFETY MASTER PLAN THAT SPECIFICALLY REPORTS BE GIVEN ON
WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH STATION 24 AND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO
EXPEDITE THIS.
AND I WILL BE WORKING WITH CHIEF TRIPP AND THE OTHER
INTERESTED PARTIES TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE, BECAUSE THIS IS
MY FRUSTRATION IS THAT WE WERE ALREADY GOING THROUGH THIS
PROCESS TO SEE HOW IT COULD BE MADE QUICKER NOW WE ARE TOLD
IT WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY SLOWER.
THAT IS THE FRUSTRATION.
03:53:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, I HEAR YOUR
FRUSTRATION, BUT HOW IS THAT QUANTITATIVELY DIFFERENT THAN
THE ITEM TODAY WE ARE DEALING WITH.
THAT IS WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PRESENTED TODAY.
03:54:07PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THE PUBLIC SAFETY MASTER PLAN THAT IS
SUBMITTED THAT DAY CITYWIDE.
SAY THAT TO KEEP THAT ON OUR RADAR.
TRUST ME.
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.
ON JUNE 26, WE HAVE A MOTION TO STAFF TO PROVIDE AN IN
PERSON ON THE STATUS OF 246 TO INCLUDE REPORT FROM CHIEF
BARBARA TRIPP, AND DIRECTOR MUTTERBACK AND THE PROJECT
MANAGER AND FOR UPDATE ON THE GROUNDBREAKING.
SO YOU ARE ON IT.
03:54:45PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, MOTION
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
BENNETT, FIND A WAY TO SHAVE TIME OFF OF THAT.
YOU HEAR THE SENTIMENT OF COUNCIL AND PUBLIC, IF YOU CAN
SHAVE TIME WILL BE APPRECIATED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HEAR
FROM YOU ON JUNE 26.
03:55:13PM >>BILL CARLSON:
MR. CHAIR, I REALIZED WE NEVER GAVE CHIEF
TRIPP A CHANCE TO SPEAK.
IF SHE HAS ANYTHING TO DAY.
03:55:20PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I IMAGINE SHE IS PEDALLING BACKWARDS AS
FAST AS SHE CAN TO GET RIGHT OF THIS.
03:55:27PM >>CHIEF TRIPP:
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
THANK YOU EVERYONE.
03:55:29PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU CHIEF FOR COMING BACK TO US.
VERY GOOD.
WE ARE GOING TO -- THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU TO YOU,
GUYS.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON.
WE NEED TO MOVE SOME STAFF REPORT RESOLUTIONS.
I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR A MOTION FROM SOMEONE TO MOVE 46, 56,
66, 67 AND 68.
A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
EYES HAVE IT.
03:55:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ITEM NUMBER 62.
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
THOUGHT YOU WOULD LIKE THAT BETTER.
03:56:18PM >>MIKE PERRY:
WHATEVER IT TAKES.
A FORMER INFANTRYMAN.
WHATEVER THE MISSION, WE WILL BE THERE TO DO IT.
MIKE PERRY, BUDGET OFFICER.
BEFORE I BEGIN THIS PRESENTATION ON ITEM 62.
AND THEN 63.
I HAVE MEMBERS OF THE BOND ISSUING TEAM HERE.
MOLLY CLARK AND MAX STANSBURY ARE FROM PUBLIC RESOURCE
ADVISORY GROUP.
AND THEY SERVE AS THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR, WHICH REALLY SERVES
AS THE QUARTERBACK FOR THE BOND ISSUANCE.
THEY COORDINATE ALL ACTIVITIES.
PROVIDE ADVICE ON STRUCTURE GOING ENOUGH ANY QUESTIONS.
STEVE MILLERS FROM NABORS GIBLIN IS OVER HERE SERVES AS BOND
COUNSEL WRITING AND PREPARING ALL THE BOND DOCUMENTS AND
RESOLUTIONS TO THAT.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, HE MAKES THE IDEA THAT IT IS.
MICHAEL BALDWIN FROM JEFFREYS SELECTED AS THE LEAD
UNDERWRITER.
AND, OF COURSE, THE UNDERWRITERS ARE THE PEOPLE WHO MARKET
THE BONDS.
AND AS YOU SAW WHO ENTERED SHORTLY -- A SHORT TIME AGO
SOMETHING JUSTIN VASKE.
THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER COUNCIL'S QUESTIONS.
TO SET THE TABLE, I WANT TO DISCUSS THE DEBT SERVICE NOR
NON-AD VALOREM.
I WILL START AT THE END.
WITHIN THE STAFF REPORT FOR THE BONDS IN ITEM NUMBER 63, I
DO BELIEVE, THERE IS AN EXHIBIT B IN THE STAFF REPORT.
I WANT TO START THERE.
CAN HE EVERYBODY SEE THAT.
256, 26 AND 29.
WHERE THE GENERAL FUND IS WITH THE DEBT SERVICE.
PEAKING AT 20 MILLION IN 2029.
BEYOND 2029, STARTING IN 2030, GENERAL FUND DEBT SERVICE
GOES DOWN TO ABOUT $13.4 MILLION.
AND SO I UNDERSTAND THOSE BAR CHARTS.
IF WE HAVE CAPACITY IN THE FUTURE TO ISSUE NON-AD VALOREM
DEBT.
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE ABILITY TO GO BEYOND
THAT AND OUT THROUGH 2051 WHICH IS WHERE WE ARE TERMINATING
THE SERIES 2021 BONDS AND WHERE CURRENTLY BASED ON THE
STRUCTURE, WE WILL PAY OFF THIS BOND ISSUE IN 2051.
AND ANY CONVERSATION OF THE GENERAL FUND TO PAY THE DEBT
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.
I APPRECIATE THE TRANSPARENCY OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
BUT IN THE PAST THE SEVERAL DEBT WAS PRESENTED SEPARATELY
AND TOTAL DEBT THAT INCLUDES THE EXTRA $70 MILLION IS $1.26
BILLION.
AND TOTAL INVEST EWES OF WAS $850 MILLION.
AND ALTHOUGH THE CONSULTANTS MAY SAY WE HAVE DEBT CAPACITY
AND KEEP GOING UP.
THE QUESTION IS, IF I CAN HAVE FIVE CREDIT CARDS.
ISN'T IT ENOUGH TO MAX OUT TWO OF THEM?
WHY SHOULD I TAKE OUT THREE MORE.
I HAVE CONCERNS AND COST OF INTEREST GOING INTO THE FUTURE
AND YOU SAID YESTERDAY, THE COST OF INTEREST IS NOT 100% OF
PRINCIPAL NOW BUT 80% WHICH IS A GREAT SAVINGS, BUT STILL
AND COST OF INTEREST -- IF YOU SPEND $100 MILLION AND YOU
GET $80 IN INTEREST.
MONEY THAT WE CAN SPEND ON SOMEBODY ELSE.
I HAVE A QUESTION REAL FAST ON PROCEDURE HERE.
IS IT POSSIBLE -- THIS -- THIS RESOLUTION OR AT LEAST IN THE
DOCUMENT SAYS THAT WE ARE CONFIRMING THE -- THE NEW ITEMS.
AND THEN WE ARE PUTTING THEM INTO A POOL WITH THE OLD ITEMS.
BUT THEN IT ALSO SAYS THAT WE ARE REAFFIRMING THE OLD ITEMS.
I AM OKAY TO VOTING ADDING THE NEW ITEMS TO THE POOL OF THE
OLD ITEMS, BUT I DON'T WANT TO RECONFIRM THE OLD ITEMS.
IS THAT POSSIBLE TO DO THAT.
04:00:32PM >> UPON A MOTION OF CITY COUNCIL -- STEVE MILLER -- WE CAN
PROBABLY DO THAT.
04:00:37PM >>BILL CARLSON:
IF THAT POOL EXISTS ALREADY.
I AM HAPPY TO MAKE THAT MOTION.
BUT ALSO, CAN I -- CAN I ASK A COUPLE OF OTHER QUESTIONS
REAL FAST OR DO YOU WANT US TO STOP HERE?
04:00:48PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
CAN WE GET CLARIFICATION ON WHAT YOU JUST
SAID.
WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATION PHYSICIAN COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON
WARS TO MAKE THE MOTION.
04:00:56PM >> CAN I HAVE THE PRESENTATION, PLEASE?
PRESENTATION ONE.
04:01:00PM >>BILL CARLSON:
APOLOGIES FOR JUMPING AHEAD.
04:01:06PM >> NO PROBLEM, SIR.
GOT STARTED AND COUNCIL, SEVEN CREDIT RATING AGENCIES
UPGRADE SINCE 2019.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.
MOODY'S AA 1 THE SECOND HIGHEST AND AAA FROM FITCH AND SNP.
DEBT DECISION REPORTS.
I WAS TRYING TO ANSWER SOME COMMENTS ON THE MAY 8 EVENING
COUNCIL MEETING.
YOU CAN SEE THAT COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED A FIVE-YEAR CIP IN
SEPTEMBER OF 2024.
FIRST YEAR OF THE CIP WITHIN THE 2025 BUDGET AND YEARS 4-5
IS OUT IN THE FUTURE.
DO YOU THAT DURING THE BUDGET ADOPTION.
WE BRING YOU FINANCIAL RESOLUTIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THIS REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZE THE CITY TO SPEND
INTERNAL FUNDS PRIOR TO BORROWING AND WHAT THE ITEM NUMBER
63 IS THE BOND RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING $70 MILLION.
BASICALLY ALLOWS THE SIT TO REIMBURSE OURSELVES.
CITY COUNCIL APPROVES ALL CONTRACTS, LINE ACQUISITIONS,
DESIGN CONTRACTS, CONSTRUCTION COUNTIES, AND EVERY TIME WE
BRING AN ITEM TO CITY COUNCIL, WE IDENTIFY THE FUNDING
SOURCE ON THE AGENDA ITEM.
BENEFITS OF THE REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION PRESERVES OPTIONS
FOR THE CITY WITH RESPECT OF HOW CAPITOL PROJECTS.
AND APRIL LOW US TO START PROJECTS BEFORE THE MONEY.
AND THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WE APPROVED IN -- COUNCIL
APPROVED IN 2022.
AND THAT BE WE ARE -- WHAT WE ARE RECOMMEND SOMETHING BRING
THE $80 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS INTO THE $50 MILLION
PROJECTS THAT COUNCIL APPROVED IN 20247.
KEEP THEM STAND ALONE IN THAT WE -- WE JUST 'ADOPT IN THE
PAST A -- A REIMBURSE.
RESOLUTION WITH THE TEN PROJECTS.
IS THAT WHAT -- IS THAT WHAT YOUR MOTION OR QUESTION IS?
04:03:09PM >>BILL CARLSON:
YOU SAID YESTERDAY FOR SIMPLICITY SAKE.
ALL GOOD TO HAVE THEM IN ONE BUCKET.
CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO ADD THESE TO THE OTHER LIST?
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
NICKERSON.
BOND COUNSEL TO THE CITY.
ONE BECAUSE ADMINISTRATIVELY OF THE DIFFERENT RESOLUTIONS.
THEY WANTS THEM IN ALL ONE REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION FOR RE.
FOR EASE.
THE OTHER REASON, MIKE, BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS WERE
APPROVED A WHILE AGO IN THE REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION.
COST OF THE PROJECTS HAVE GONE UP.
UNDER THE REGULATORY RULES, THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS FOR THE PROJECTS AND NOT GO ABOVE THOSE WHEN
YOU ACTUALLY ISSUE THE BONDS.
WITH THE BUDGET WE LOOKED AT ALL OF THE PROJECTS
ORIGINAL AND ADDITIONAL $230 MILLION THAT WILL SHOULD COVER
ALL OF THESE PROJECTS AS A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT AND WANTED
TO KEEP THOSE THERE.
IF WE LEAVE THE TWO RESOLUTIONS ALONE WITH THE 80 AND THE
50, AND IT TURNS OUT AT THE TIME IF THE COUNCIL DECIDES TO
APPROVE A BOND ISSUANCE OF FOR ANY OF THOSE PRIOR PROJECTS,
WILL TAKE US MORE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF BONDS.
04:04:37PM >>BILL CARLSON:
SHOW US THE CHART OF THE EXISTS PROJECTS
PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.
CAN YOU SHOW US CHART OF HOW MUCH HAS GONE UP IN PRICE.
04:04:47PM >> I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COST INCREASES HAVE BEEN.
BUT I CAN ONLY TELL YOU WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY BUDGETED IN
THOSE PROJECTS.
04:05:01PM >>BILL CARLSON:
THE OVERALL BUDGET -- WE SAID SEVERAL TIMES.
YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST STARTED.
FOLKS SAID APPROVE THE CPP.
YOU WILL HAVE SEVERAL MORE BITES AT IT.
SIX MONTHS LATER RESAID YOU ALREADY APPROVED IT ONCE OR
TWICE.
AND I AM STARTING TO ASK A LOT MORE QUESTIONS AT THIS STAGE.
I DON'T WANT -- FOR EXAMPLE, HE DON'T WANT TO VOTE FOR
ANYTHING ON HANNAH AVENUE.
AND COULD COST INCREASE.
$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
PANELS FOR THAT.
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
APPROVE THE BOND ISSUANCE FIRST AND THEN GO BACK AND LOOK AT
WHAT WE ARE BEING ASKED TO MOVE INTO IT.
BECAUSE I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE STUFF THAT WE ARE BEING
ASKED TO MOVE INTO FUTURE REIMBURSEMENT, BECAUSE YOU ARE
EXACTLY RIGHT.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE STOPPING POINTS, WHERE -- WHERE WE CAN
POSTPONE SOME OF THE STUFFER.
SO AT THE BOND, THE BOND ISSUANCE IS WHAT THEY REALLY NEED
FOR US TO DO TODAY.
04:06:29PM >> YES, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO DO THAT.
04:06:37PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MONEY ALREADY SPENT.
THAT TO ME -- I WOULD -- I WOULD PREFER TO APPROVE 63 FIRST.
GET IT OUT OF THE WAY.
AND THEN COME BACK AND LOOK AT 26.
AND REALLY TALK ABOUT WHAT WE ARE.
WHAT WE ARE AUTHORIZING BECAUSE THIS IS THIS POINT IN THE
LINE IN THE SAND WHERE WE ARE SAYING WE ARE GOING TO SPEND
THIS FIND OF MONEY ON THESE PROJECTS.
04:07:03PM >> THAT IS COUNCIL'S WILL, THAT IS FINE.
BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW THAT ALL THESE
PROJECTS ARE IN THE ADOPTED CIP.
WE ARE NOT BRINGING IN ANY NEW PROJECTS.
04:07:13PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IT IS COUNCIL'S
DECISION HOW FAR WE ARE WILLING TO GO IN THOSE PLANS.
SO JUST BECAUSE IT IS IN THE CIP DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE TO
APPROVE IT RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT IS WHAT IS ALWAYS BROUGHT US TO IS, WELL, ALREADY
IN THE CIP.
BUT ALREADY SAID WE WOULD DO IT AND IT COMES TO US AND MORE
EXPENSIVE THAN WE WANT IT TO BE.
AND OH, WELL, YOU ALREADY APPROVED IT.
GET MORE BITES TO THE APPLE.
I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO APPROVE 63 AND THEN COME BACK AND
TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE REIMBURSEMENTS THAT -- OR SOME OF THE
MONEY THAT YOU WANT TO PUT INTO THIS NEW REIMBURSEMENT
BUCKET.
BECAUSE I AM NOT COMFORTABLE WITH ALL OF THIS.
04:08:00PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I HAVE A QUESTION AND CLARIFICATION THAT
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK SAID.
$7 MILLION IN ITEM 63.
MONEY THAT HAS BEEN SPENT?
04:08:10PM >> ABOUT 60% TO 70% HAS ALREADY BEEN SPENT.
THE THING ABOUT THE $70 MILLION, WE ENTERED INTO CONTRACT
FOR DESIGN.
I HATE TO BRING THIS UP, FIRE STATION 24, $1.8 MILLION FOR
THE DESIGN THAT IS PART OF THE BOND ISSUE THAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT EAST TAMPA, $25 MILLION OF THE $38 MILLION.
WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE US WHOLE.
WE ARE NOT BORROWING ANY MONEY TO TAKE THE NEXT STEPS IN THE
PROJECTS.
04:08:40PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
04:08:43PM >>BILL CARLSON:
TO FINISH WHAT I WAS ASKING A FEW MINUTES
AGO.
MAYBE I MISSED A MEET, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE INCREASE OF
$8.715 MILLION ON HANNA AVENUE.
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.
PART OF THAT -- WHEN DINGFELDER WAS HERE.
SOLAR PANELS.
04:09:09PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE HAVEN'T PAID FOR THAT.
THEY BONDED FOR THE INITIAL 120.
THAT WAS AT THE POINT THAT THAT -- THAT THEY -- THAT THE
THINGS THAT WE ADDED THEY COULDN'T ADD TO THE BONDS.
04:09:24PM >> MISS COLINA CAME BACK TWICE.
TRUST ME, IT WAS REALLY PAINFUL ON STAFF TO COME BACK
TO HANNA AVENUE.
WE DO REMEMBER THAT.
SHE CAME BACK TWICE.
ONE FOR INFLATIONARY INCREASE.
04:09:46PM >>BILL CARLSON:
I SAID BEFORE I WOULD MOST LIKELY VOTE
AGAINST ANY NEW BONDING AND I REALIZE FROM MICHAEL BISHOP WE
APPROVED VERSIONS IN THE PAST.
BUT ONLY WITHIN THE LAST MONTH THAT I GOT CONFIRMED BECAUSE
IT WAS PRESENTED DIFFERENT BUCKETS THE TOTAL DEBT IS $1.26
BILLION AND THAT CONCERNS ME.
WE NEED A LARGER DISCUSSION HOW OUR DAY IS SPENT.
I WAS A DAVIS ISLAND MEETING WHERE ABOUT 270 PEOPLE AND
STORM WATER DEPARTMENT SAYING THEY CAN'T AFFORD MORE THAN
TWO TRUCKS AND THE SPIDER THEY USE TO CLEAN UP THE DITCHES
IS BROKEN SOMETIMES AND THEY CAN'T AFFORD ANOTHER ONE AND
OVER $8 MILLION ON HANNA AND OTHER THINGS.
THESE MAY HAVE BEEN APPROVED SOMETIMES WHEN I WAS NOT HERE
BUT I DON'T WANT IN ANY WAY APPROVE ANY NEW DEBT IN THIS.
IN THE MAYOR'S CAMPAIGN RAISED MONEY TO RUN ADS AGAINST ME
THAT I VOTED AGAINST THE TIRE BUDGET BECAUSE SHE REFUSED TO
RAISE THE BUDGET FOR ROAD REPAIR AND CLAIMED I DIDN'T VOTE
FOR THIS AND THAT -- I DON'T CARE.
THOSE ADS DIDN'T WORK.
YOU CAN CREATE WHATEVER MAILERS YOU LIKE.
BUT I AM NOT VOTING FOR YOUR OVERAGES AND YOUR DEBT.
THANK YOU.
04:11:07PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANYTHING FURTHER IN YOUR PRESENTATION?
04:11:12PM >> ITEM NUMBER 26.
GIVE THE PRESENTATION OF THE BONDS SO I CAN GO AHEAD AND GO
RIGHT INTO THAT.
04:11:24PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IF WE WANTED TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION, WE
COULD, BUT 63 HAS TO GET DONE.
MONEY WE ALREADY SPENT.
REGARDLESS OF HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT, IT HAS ALREADY BEEN
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.
DIDN'T A PROJECT MANNER HAVE A SHIRT WITH STAR WARS
CHARACTERS ON IT.
04:12:09PM >> JUST TO REPEAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THESE ARE THE PROJECTS WE ARE HE SHALL EWING THE BONDS FOR
IN THE 2025 SERIES.
NONAD VALOREM.
REIMBURSING THE CITY FOR MONIES ALREADY EXPENDED.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PROJECTS?
04:12:38PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
JUST A QUICK QUESTION, LOWER SHED PENINSULA
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
2025 OF NONAD VALOREM REVENUE BONDS?
I SEE CARDINALS -- MIRANDA'S LIGHT.
ANYTHING ELSE?
ALL YOU NEED TO THE PRESENTATION, THAT IS ALL FROM MY
PRESENTATION.
04:13:19PM >>BILL CARLSON:
WHAT I WAS SAVING A WHILE AGO IS NOT
DIRECTED AT YOU.
04:13:25PM >> I UNDERSTAND.
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
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
MANISCALCO.
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
NO.
04:14:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ITEM NUMBER 62.
04:14:18PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THE THING I DON'T REMEMBER FROM YOUR
PRESENTATION THAT YOU SHARED YESTERDAY THAT ITEM 62.
DO YOU HAVE A SIMILAR BREAK DOWN JUST LIKE THAT THAT YOU SHARED
FOR 63 IN THE BONDING THAT YOU CAN SHARE WITH US TODAY?
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.
PERSONALLY.
THIS MAY BE DIFFERENT.
I AM NOT COMFORTABLE OF MOVING A RESOLUTION WITHOUT THE
EXACT ITEMS AND THE EXACT AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT.
BECAUSE THAT IS THAT LINE IN THE SAND WHERE WE CAN SAY WHAT
WE DO AND DON'T WANT TO FUND GOING FORWARD.
04:15:02PM >> IF I MAY.
I AM SORRY.
PUT IT ON THE ELMO.
I DID GET THIS BEFORE I LEFT.
I APOLOGIZE.
WE ARE ADDING ANOTHER $105 MILLION TO THE REIMBURSEMENT
RESOLUTION.
FIRE STATION 6 AND THIS ALLOWS US TO NOW GO INTO DESIGN AND
CONSTRUCTION ON THE PROJECTS OF COURSE FIRE STATION NUMBER 6
IS THE KEY TO FIRE STATION NUMBER 9 AND 10.
AND THEN YOU HAVE FIVE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS ON THE RIGHT
SIDE.
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.
AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE ARE PUTTING IN MONEY TO DO PLANS
FOR STATION NINE AND THEN WHEN WE DON'T HAVE LAND POSITIVE
YET.
THAT IS WHAT CONCERNS ME OF THIS.
WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH THE MONEY.
AND LET'S JUST SEE IT HERE.
04:16:09PM >> YOU WANT TO STRIKE IT?
04:16:14PM >> I AM JUST SPEAKING IN THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF CHEAP TRIP IS AROUND.
FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, NINE AND TEN CANNOT MOVE FORWARD.
I DON'T THINK SHE IS STILL ONLINE.
BUT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING NINE AND TEN CAN'T MOVE FORWARD
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
MILLION.
I BELIEVE WE CAN REDUCE THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE COST FOR JUST THE DESIGN OF
NINE, TEN AND SIX WILL BE, BECAUSE WE CAN NOT START ANY OF
THAT UNTIL WE CAN CAN'T UNTIL FLEET AND SUPPLY.
TIMELINE.
CAN YOU MOVE THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
WE CAN'T SEE IT.
THANKS.
FOR WEST RIVERWALK MONEY, THE UNITE ASHLEY PROJECT.
MY -- WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WITH UNITE ASHLEY IS -- I
KNOW WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS UNTIL NEXT WEEK.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH UNITE ASHLEY TO HAVE THE
DOWNTOWN CRA FUND ALL OF IT, THE 17 MILLION INSTEAD OF 10.
BRIDGE MONEY, $4.9 MILLION AND TAKING THAT AND PAY DOWN THE
WEST RIVERWALK THAT WE JUST AGREED TO WHICH, BY THE WAY, I
JUST FOUND OUT.
WE ARE NOT GETTING PROTECTED BRICKWAYS THE WHOLE WAY.
YOU WILL BE ON ROME AVENUE WITHOUT ANY PROTECTION.
THAT IS NOT WHERE I WOULD WANT -- I FEEL EVEN MORE
VINDICATED I DID NOT SUPPORT THAT PROJECTS, BECAUSE IT IS
NOT GOING TO BE ACCESSIBLE FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE PUBLIC
AND I AM REALLY UPSET TO HAVE FOUND THAT OUT EVEN MORE SO.
BECAUSE I DECIDED TO TAKE COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON'S APPROACH
AND SAY.
AND WHAT I LEARNED THIS IS NOT PROTECTED.
PEOPLE WILL BE BIKING ON PAINT.
AND THAT IS NOT OKAY FOR THE MONEY THAT WE ARE OVERSPENDING
ONLY 12 MILLION THAT WE HAVE TO FUND.
MOVEMENT THAT WE CAN MAKE.
AND I AM VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH MOVING THIS FIND OF MONEY
FORWARD.
04:18:36PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MR. PERRY, THIS RESOLUTION SOMETHING WE
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
CONTINUE THIS.
CAN SOMEBODY COME UP WITH A DATE.
04:18:47PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
BUT CAN I TALK ABOUT THAT IDEA FIRST.
IT IS COMING UP IN THE CRA NEXT WEEK TO TALK OF THE ASHLEY
UNITE.
AND THEN COME IN FRONT OF US RIGHT AFTER THAT.
ASHLEY UNITE COMING UP JUNE 26.
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
AUGUST?
04:19:17PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YEAH, PROBABLY NOT A BAD IDEA.
AGAIN, THE ONLY THING I WOULD ASK IS THAT IF WE CAN CONTINUE
THIS TO THE SPECIAL CALLED WORKSHOP THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN
IDENTIFIED FOR THE CAPITAL BUDGET, WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE
TO PUT THIS UNDER CAPITAL BUDGET DISCUSSION?
04:19:41PM >> IT CAN BE MY ONLY REQUEST TO BRING THE LISTED ITEMS THE
AMOUNTS OF MONEY TO COST THE FIRE STATIONS TO BE IT HE SEEN
ONLY.
AND THEN IF WE WERE TO CHANGE AND MAKING THE CHANGES TO THE
ASHLEY UNITE.
WHATEVER CHANGES WILL BE MADE.
04:20:06PM >> HOPEFULLY COUNCIL WOO HAVE TAKEN A MOTION ON THAT
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.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
DISCUSSION.
COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
04:20:25PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
THE ISSUE WITH HER AUGUST 4 DATE IS I
DISCOVERED LAST NIGHT WE HAVE A HART BOARD MEETING ON AUGUST
4.
I WAS GOING TO BRING IT UNDER NEW BUSINESS.
START TIME OF 1 P.M.
04:20:48PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO TRAVEL WITH THE BUDGET
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.
COME BACK TO THE VOTE.
I WOULD LIKE TO GO IT LINE FOR LINE BECAUSE I AM NOT VOTING
FOR THE WEST RIVER WALK PEOPLE WANTED TO CLARIFY THE DITCHES
AND OTHER THINGS TO PREVENT FLOODING.
ALL IN ONE I HAVE TO VOTE KNOW.
NOW CAN WE GUARANTEE.
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
ADDRESSES THE APPENDIX A.
04:22:00PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANOTHER RESOLUTION TO MOVE THIS FROM
COUNCIL.
04:22:04PM >>BILL CARLSON:
MY LAST QUESTION IS AND MULTIPLE NUMBERS
HERE.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE OLD TOTAL COST.
AND THE NEW BOND ISSUANCE IS 70.
IS DIFFERENCE.
70 MINUS 66.
SOME SLUSH FUN WITH ALL YOU HAVE THAT $70 MILLION.
04:22:34PM >> YOU STRUCTURE THE BOND DEAL.
BONDS CAN BE SOLD AT A PREMIUM THAT MEANS UNDER PAR, AT PAR
OR AT A DISCOUNT THAT IS ABOVE PAR WHAT DRIVES THAT IS THE
STRUCTURE AND MARKETED.
TYPICALLY EXTREMELY LUCKY THAT WE SELL OUR BONDS BELOW PAR
OR AT PREMIUM.
SOME ISSUES WHERE WE HAVE TO DISCOUNT THE BOND AND ISSUE
THEM BELOW PAR OR ABOVE PAR.
YOU ADJUST THE RATE TO GET THE TOTAL INTEREST RATE.
THE $70 MILLION ALLOWS FOR IS THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT ARE
MARKET DRIVEN.
AND WE HAVE TO PAY BOND CLOSING COSTS TO THE UNDERWRITERS
AND TV AND MATT.
04:23:28PM >> ONE LAST QUESTION IF THERE IS A DELTA, YOU HAVE TO COME
BACK TO COUNCIL TO ALLOCATE IT.
04:23:32PM >> ABOVE THE $70 MILLION.
THAT IS THE MOST WE CAN DO.
04:23:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SO A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK --
COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
04:23:45PM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES, SIR, THANK YOU.
TWO QUICK THINGS.
I WILL VOTE FOR THIS BUT THIS TERMS ISSUE OF FIRE STATION 9
AND OTHER FIRE STATIONS.
I WILL AND OTHER ALSO THINK.
WE SHOULD INQUIRE WITH THE TFR AND LOCAL 754 WITH PLANS ON
THIS.
BECAUSE ALL OF US WANT TO MAKE SURE AS SPORES OF TFR THAT WE
DON'T JEOPARDIZE ANY PLANS OR ANYTHING GOD FORBID.
SINCE WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT OUTSIDE FOR THE PROTECTED BIKE
LANES ON ITS RIVERWALK.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
MAKE A MOTION ON CRA TOOK HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING ON
THAT EITHER WAY, I WILL SUPPORT THEIR.
04:24:23PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I AM EXPECTING IT TO BE PART.
THAT IS A MASSIVELY EXPENSIVE PROJECT AND YOU ARE TELLING ME
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.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
04:24:34PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WANTED TO LET YOU NO THAT HE KELLY
WHISPERED IN MY EAR THAT CHIEF TRIPP DOES AGREE GOING LINE
BY LINE, LOOKING AT THIS.
JUST.
JUST LOOKING AT PUTTING THE MONEY FOR THE DESIGN.
04:24:53PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE HAVE TIME BECAUSE IT WILL MOVE WITH THE
CAPITAL BUDGET.
04:24:56PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE WILL HAVE TIME TO TALK TO ALL THE PEOPLE
TO MAKE SURE.
I AGREE, WE DON'T WANT TO BE LEFT IN THE POSITION BEFORE.
AT LEAST IF WE HAVE MONEY FOR DESIGN BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT
WOULD SIT THERE.
04:25:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
BEATEN THIS DEAD HORSE.
THIS IS TO CONTINUE ITEM NUMBER 26 TO THE CAPITAL BUDGET
DISCUSSION AND MOVE WITH IT.
TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 4.
TIME TO BE DETERMINED.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
OPPOSED.
AYES HAVE IT.
04:25:30PM >> I WANT TO CONFIRM THAT THE BOND RESOLUTION DID GET
PASSED.
04:25:39PM >> IT DID.
04:25:40PM >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
04:25:43PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I BELIEVE IF AM CORRECT, 71.
ALL ABOUT THE CONVENTION CENTER.
04:25:49PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON, DAVID INGRAM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER.
04:25:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MORE PLEASANT CONVERSATION BECAUSE WE LOVE
THE CONVENTION SPENT I LIKE COMING HERE BECAUSE BEFORE ME IS
ALWAYS THIS HOT TOPIC AND I HAVE THAT NICE LITTLE -- GIVE
YOU A BREAK IN THE DAY.
LET'S HOPE TO.
WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS THE MARKET FEASIBILITY STUDY OF
COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON'S REQUEST OF FIVE-MINUTE PRESENTATION
OF FINDINGS.
TODD WILL GIVE THE OVERVIEW.
04:26:17PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
WHERE IS HE FROM.
04:26:20PM >> CSL.
THE COMPANY THAT WE TIRED DO -- ON MOTION SAYS SPORTS AND
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.
A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AND EXCITING TO BE A PART OF THIS.
AND WE WILL CALL IT AN EARLY STUDY INTO TAMPA'S CONVENTION
INDUSTRY AND WHERE THINGS STAND-TO-TODAY.
WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND THE COUNTRY IN TERMS OF CONVENTION
CENTERS.
WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DOING WITH THE CONVENTION CENTERS
AND CONVENTION DISTRICTS AND WHAT IS THE PERCEPTION OF THE
TAMPA MARKET TODAY FROM EVENT PLANNERS AND OTHER END USERS
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
BEEN AROUND A SIX-MONTH EFFORT OF STUDY TASKS LOOKING AT 16
DIFFERENT FACILITIES NATIONALLY, CONVENTION CENTERS AND
DISTRICTS.
WE LOOK AT THE OPERATION.
THE EVENT MIX AND DID A SURVEY OF 100 EVENT
PLANNERS WHAT KIND OF SPACE AND WHAT HOTEL ROOMS.
ALL IN AN EFFORT TO DETERMINE, ARE WE CAPTURING THE MARKET
THAT WE CAN CAPTURE AND IS THERE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW.
TAMPA HAS CERTAINLY GROWN OVER THE LAST 10 TO 15 YEARS AND
THE 17th LARGEST METRO AREA AND SEE IN A FEW SLIDES THAT THE
CURRENT FACILITIES ARE SOMEWHAT UNDERSIZED.
THIS IS A QUICK LOOK AT A NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES THAT ARE EITHER
UNDERGOING CURRENT EXPANSIONS OR RECENTLY COMPLETED
EXPANSIONS AND ARE PLANNING MAYOR DEVELOPMENTS AND
REDEVELOPMENTS OF OUR CONVENTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
HIGHLIGHT THE AUSTIN CONVENTION CENTER, FT. LAUDERDALE,
RALEIGH.
ALL ARE RANGE FROM $400 MILLION PROJECTS FOR EXPANSION IN
RALEIGH TO A NEW HOTEL TO AUSTIN IT COMPLETELY REINVENTING
THEIR BUILDING AND BUILDING AN ENTIRELY NEW CONVENTION
CENTER WITH HOTELS FOR APPROXIMATELY OVER $1 BILLION.
AND THIS IS THE SPECTRUM OF THE VARIOUS COMMITMENTS THAT
COMMUNITIES ARE MAKING AND THIS IS A MOVING PROJECT AND
UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNT OF PROBLEMS IN THE CONVENTION FOLLOWING
THE PANDEMIC NOW THAT ATTENDANCE AND EVENT GROWTH HAS
RESUMED AND GONE PAST WHERE IT HAS SINCE 2019.
WHERE WE STAND IN TERMS OF EVENT SPACE, EXHIBIT SPACE, OUR
EXHIBIT HALL IN THE SMALLEST IN THE PEER SET.
VISIT.
WE LOSE SOME VISITORS AROUND THE REGION AND THE COUNTRY.
AND RIGHT NOW, WE ARE ONE OF THE SMALLER FACILITIES AND IN
NUMBER OF THESE FACILITIES ARE ON THE LIST ON THE PREVIOUS
PAGE WHICH ARE PLANNING EXPANSIONS THAT ARE PLANNING
RENOVATIONS.
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.
OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS OUR BALLROOM SPACE.
BALLROOM.
THE MULTITURN ROOM IS LESS THAN HALF THE SIZE OF A LOT OF
OUR COMPETITORS IN SAN ANTONIO, FT. LAUDERDALE AND SEATTLE.
EVENT PLANNERS TODAY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THEY ARE NEEDING MORE AND MORE OF
HIGH-FINISHED MULTIPURPOSE SPACE SHOWS THAT ARE HIGH VALUE.
HIGH NORTH CAROLINA.
DECISION-MAKERS AND SPENDING MONEY ON HOTELS AND
RESTAURANTS.
THEY ARE LOOKING PARTICULARLY FOR THESE CONVENTION CENTERS
THAT HAVE A LARGE BALLROOM.
LARGE MULTIPURPOSE HALL THAT CAN SERVE A VARIETY OF NEEDS
INDOORS FESTIVALS.
AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE FAIRLY DATED BALLROOM SPACE AT 36,000
SQUARE FEET.
WE HAVE LIMITATIONS AS FAR AS SIZE GOES.
ON THE OTHER END, WE HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST IN EVENT
PLANNERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
85% OF SURVEYED EVENT PLANNERS, MOST OF WHOM HAVE NOT BEEN
TO TAMPA.
85% SAID THEY ARE INTERESTED IN COMING HERE IN THE FUTURE
THIS IS TIED FOR HIGHEST RESPONSE RATE.
AND WE HAVE DONE PROJECTS IN TORONTO, SAN ANTONIO, PHOENIX
OVER THE SAME TIME AND TAMPA IS TIED WITH DALLAS ON SOME OF
OUR SURVEY EFFORTS.
A LOT OF COMMENTS THAT PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THE GROWTH THAT
DOWNTOWN TAMPA HAS UNDERDONE SPARKMAN'S WHARF, RIVERWALK,
WATER STREET.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HERE AS ATTENDEES IN OTHER CONVENTIONS OR
VISITED.
TAMPA IS ON THEIR RADAR AS A PLACE TO GO TO.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS CAN WE BRING IN THE BUSINESS.
WHAT IS OUR CAPACITY TO TAKE ON MORE BUSINESS.
THIS IS A LOOK AT OUR OCCUPANCY LEVELS.
EXHIBIT HALL AND THE BALLROOM GOING BACK TO 2014.
LAST 11 YEARS EXCEEDED 70% OCCUPANCY AND OUR EXHIBIT HALL IS
65%.
70% IS WHERE WE SAY THE MAXIMUM PRACTICAL CAPACITY AND
FACTOR IN MAINTENANCE, HOLIDAYS, THE NUMBER OF DAYS YOU NEED
BETWEEN EVENTS AND YOU NEED FIVE OR SIX DAYS IN A ROW ON
YOUR CALENDAR TO BRING IN A NEW CONVENTION.
BY OUR COUNT, ONLY ROOM FOR TWO FULL-SIZED CONVENTIONS WE
ARE NOT AT MARKET.
WE ARE REVIEWING WHAT WE CAN ON THE CONVENTION SIDE AND WE
ARE BUILT UP.
WE ASKED EVENT PLANNERS TO TALK OF THEIR EVENT SPACE NEEDS.
SAME EVENT PLANNERS INTERESTED IN US.
THIS IS THEIR DATA LAID OUT BY 10 PERCENT THEME POINTS WHERE
WE HAVE OUR EXHIBIT SPACE.
OUR BALLROOM SPACE AND MEETING SPACE AND SHADED IN THE CELLS
SHOWING WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE MARKET WE CAN ACCOMMODATE.
BALLROOM OF 36,000-SQUARE-FOOT BALLROOM ACCOUNTS FOR HALF OF
OUR INTERESTED MARKET.
WE OFTENTIMES RECOMMEND TO OUR CLIENTS CREATING A TARGET OF
85 TO 90% MARKET CAPTURE.
BUT THE BIGGEST PAIN POINT IS HOTEL ROOM INVENTORY AND
COMMENDABLE HOTEL ROOM INVENTORY AND BEING A VICTIM OF OUR
OWN SUCCESS.
IN TERMS OCCUPANCY.
CORPORATE TRANSIENTS GROWING.
A LOT OF THE HOTELS LIKE THE JW AND THE MARRIOTT DO THEIR
OWN GROUP BUSINESS AND THEIR BUSINESS CONTINUES TO GROW.
FOR THE COMMUNITY, IT IS GREAT.
BUT THEY CAN'T OFFER LARGE BLOCKS OF ROOM 200, 200 PLUS ROOMS
AT A MOMENT NOTICE FOR INCOMING CONVENTIONS.
SO DURING OUR PEAK SEASON WHEN AN EVENT COME HERE IN THE
EARLY WINTER AND SPRING, YOU CAN ONLY ACCOMMODATE 30% OF THE
MARKET.
WE CAN WORK AROUND THAT AND VISIT.
DOES THAT ALL THE TIME MAKING THINGS WORK WITH A NUMBER OF
PROPERTIES, 15 PROPERTIES AROUND THE CITY BUT NOT AN IDEA
PACKAGE FOR THE CONVENTIONS OUT THERE.
ALL OF THIS DATA THINKING OF THE POSITIVE RECEPTION FROM THE
EVENT PLANNERS AND HOW SHORT WITH EVENT SPACE AND HOTEL
ROOMS.
REASON TO BELIEVE THAT PRIORITIZE SOMETHING A REAL
OPPORTUNITY FOR TAMPA WE HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR 40 YEARS INTO
AND FACILITIES THAT WE SHOWED ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE.
AND IN A LOT OF INSTANCES, WE TALK ABOUT THESE CENTERS
REALLY NEED TO PROTECT THE MARKET AND EXPAND TO REMAIN
COMPETITIVE.
IN TAMPA'S CASE, A HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW INTO
ANOTHER TIER OF BUSINESS AND COMPETE WITH THE LIKES OF
NASHVILLE, SAN ANTONIO, OTHER DESTINATIONS THAT HAVE BIGGER
BUILDINGS BUT OUR DESTINATION IS JUST AS APPEALING AS THEIRS
FOR EVENT PLANNERS.
WE ARE TALKING OF POE USUALLY DOUBLING A EXHIBIT HALL.
A NEW BALLROOM.
HIGH FINISHED MULT HI PURPOSE BALLROOM AT 50,000 TO 60,000
SQUARE FEET AND A NEW HEADQUARTERS HOTEL WITH AT LEAST 800
ROOMS WILL BE IDEA FOR THE HOTEL ROOM BLOCK PROGRAM TO GET
400 ROOMS.
AND MEET SPACE, ADDITIONAL OUTDOOR SPACE AND WOULD LOVE TO
SEE THE IT IS STRICT FURTHER DEVELOPED AGUILAR THE BUILDING
GROWS.
AND WITH WATER STREET PHASE TWO AND THREE AND OTHER PLANS
WITH RIVER WALK.
POTENTIAL MARINA IN THE FUTURE THINGS THAT CAN SUPPORT
SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION DISTRICT ENVIRONMENT.
WITH TAMPA AND WHAT WE HEARD IT FROM PLANNERS, THEY LOVE THE
DESTINATION AND LOVE DOWNTOWN AND TAKING THE TROLLEY TO
YBOR.
WE SAW USING PLACER DATA HALF OF THEM ARE GOING TO YBOR THEY
WISH WAS MORE FOR DO AROUND THE BUILDING.
A LOT OF THINGS TO BE EXCITED ABOUT.
AND IN FUTURE YEARS THINKING OF PLANNING OUT NOT JUST
BUILDING EXPANSION BUT A WHOLE PLAN TO COMPETE WITH THE
LIKES OF THE SAN ANTONIOS, THE AUSTINS, THE NASHVILLES IN
CONTINUING TO INVEST.
THIS A DRAFT REPORT THAT WE HAVE THAT IS 90% FINISHED.
GOING INTO MORE DETAIL OF POSSIBLE SCENARIOS OF COST BENEFIT
ANALYSIS.
AND WE WANTED TO SHARE THE KEY MARKET FINDINGS AND WHAT THE
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
PRESENTATION.
I USE THE RIVER WALK A LOT AND WALKING PAST THE CONVENTION
CENTER AND ALWAYS SOMETHING HAPPENING.
I GO INTO THE MOTEL TOO AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, THE HYATT
PLACE ACROSS THE STREET, WHICH HAS GREAT BREAKFAST BUFFET.
OR I WALK DOWN TO ONE OF THE OTHER HOTELS TO GET A CUP OF
COFFEE OR WHATEVER IT IS.
THEY ARE ALWAYS FULL.
AND IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS MORNING.
A REGULAR MONDAY.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE CAPACITY OF THE CONVENTION CENTER.
I HAVE BEEN THERE FOR LARGE VENUE EVENTS OR SMALLER BALL
ROOMS.
A COMPANY MIGHT HOST SOME RETREAT, WHATEVER IT IS, BUT
ALWAYS SOMETHING HAPPENING THERE.
STATEMENT, IN COMPASSION TO ONE OF THE EARLIER SLIDES, WE
WANTED TO BE LIKE X CITY.
WE CAN DO THAT.
AND THE BENEFIT IS WE HAVE A STREETCAR THAT CONNECTS YBOR
CITY TO HERE WITHOUT THE EXPANSION.
I SUPPORT AN EXTENSION GOING NORTH.
YOU CAN GO FROM THE HYATT MACE TO THE HILTON.
HOP ON THE STREETCAR AND YOU ARE CONNECTED THE WHOLE WAY.
TAKE THE RIVERWALK.
I HAVE BEEN TO EVENTS FOR -- THE MOOSE LODGE ASSOCIATION.
NATIONAL MOOSE OR ELKS OR WHATEVER.
IT WAS HUGE GOING DOWN THE RIVERWALK.
A FRATERNITY OR A SORORITY.
A HUGE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE COMING DOWN HERE.
WE HAVE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE EXPANSION OF CONVENTION
CENTER.
SHOULD MORE HOTELS COME TO THE AREA?
I HOPE THEY WILL.
WATER STREET EXPAND AND WHAT NOT.
WILL HELP ACCOMMODATE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TO
INDUSTRIES IT MAY UBER FROM THE AIRPORT SO THEY DON'T HAVE
TO GET AROUND THE CENTRAL CORE AREA.
GRATEFUL TO THOSE BEFORE US THAT SUPPORTED HAVING THE
CONVENTION CENTER BELT AND EVERYTHING AROUND IT.
BECAUSE WE ARE IN A PRIME POSITION TO FOR WITH OTHER CITIES.
AS MORE HAPPENS, THE FURTHER EXPANSION OF WATER STREET IS AN
APPROPRIATE EXAMPLE.
WE WILL BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT GROWTH.
THANKS.
04:38:23PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
04:38:25PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
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.
SO I JUST -- I APPRECIATE THE SNIPPET THAT WE GOT.
WHEN IS THE REPORT, WHEN WILL IT BE DONE?
04:38:45PM >> WE ARE LOOKING AT.
VERY CLOSE.
PROBABLY ANOTHER MONTH.
04:38:48PM >> IF THAT.
04:38:49PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WOULD DEFINITELY LOVE TO READ IT WHEN IT IS
DONE.
I THINK ALL YOU HAVE US WOULD.
I DEFINITELY WANT A COPY.
04:38:55PM >> PROMISE TO GIVE YOU SOME COPIES TO STAY AWAKE.
A LOT OF NUMBERS.
04:39:02PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I LOVE THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
THAT GIVES THE REAL -- YOU KIND OF GAVE US THE HIGHLIGHTS,
BUT I AM INTERESTED IN.
04:39:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
A NUMBERS GEEK.
04:39:12PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I AM.
SO MUCH WE CAN DO WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER BECAUSE EVERY
TIME I GO THERE.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT KIND OF CONFERENCE OR EVENT, THERE IS
JUST -- HATE TO SAY IT -- BUT A LOT OF OPEN WASTED SPACE
THAT IS JUST -- I MEAN, THAT IS CRYING OUT TO BE NOR
CONVENTION SPACE.
DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN THERE BECAUSE SPACE
THAT SIMPLY CAN'T BE USED BECAUSE OPEN GATHERING SPACE AN
YOU CAN'T EVEN -- I WAS AT A CONVENTION THAT HAD MUSIC IN
ONE OF THE LITTLE SPACES, BUT YOU COULDN'T REALLY BE VERY
LOUD BECAUSE IT -- IT WAS JUST DEFINITE WAYS TO MAKE THE
CONVENTION CENTER BETTER TO MAKE IT EVEN WITH THE FOOTPRINT
THAT WE HAVE YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW I FEEL OF THE CUL-DE-SAC
IN FRONT OF IT.
ANYWAY, I AM EXCITED TO SEE MORE IDEAS AND DIVE INTO THE
REPORT OF WHAT WE CAN DO, ESPECIALLY IN PHASES.
AS YOU SEE, BUDGET BEING WHAT IT IS.
WHAT CAN WE DO PHASED WISE WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE
VERY INTERESTED IN.
SO I -- BUT I, AGAIN, I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
LIKE YOU SAID, WE HAVE SO MUCH DEVELOPMENT COMING UP AROUND
US.
I REALLY BELIEVE WE NEED TO GROW AND -- AND IMPROVE THE
CONVENTION CENTER WITH IT.
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.
WE HAVE THE FACILITIES ASSESSMENT GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME.
SO WE ARE TRYING TO PUT THOSE TWO REPORTS TOGETHER TO GET A
CONSULTANT TO CREATE A MASTER PLAN WHICH CAN POTENTIALLY
ALLOW TO YOU GET WHAT YOU ARE ASKING FOR A PHASED APPROACH
TO IT.
SO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME ON THAT AGAIN, YOU MAY SEE
A CONSULTANT FOR A MASTER PLAN.
04:41:09PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WILL READ THIS WITH A LITTLE GRAIN OF SALT,
NEXT REPORT AND THEN THE MASTER PLAN.
A WONDERFUL THING.
AND A GREAT GOING AHEAD BECAUSE I KNOW THE CONVENTION CENTER
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,
BACK IN THE '90s, RIGHT?
04:41:33PM >> IN 1990.
SO CONSTRUCTION IS --
04:41:37PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
DIDN'T HAVE A CONVENTION HOTEL AT ALL.
IT WAS NOT EVEN HERE.
SO WE WERE LOSING IN IT FOR YEARS.
FOUR, FIVE OR SIX YEARS.
AND IT WASN'T UNTIL MAYOR GRECO GOT THE MARRIOTT TO COME
INTO TOWN NOTHING THERE BUT OLD BUILDINGS THAT HAD TO BE
TORN DOWN.
TELLING MARRIOTT TEARING DOWN A YEAR AFTER THEY BELT THE
HOTEL.
PROBLEM IT TOOK TWO YEARS TO KNOCK THE BUILDING DOWN IF I
REMEMBER TALKING TO MAYOR GRECO.
A BEACON CONVENTION WHICH -- THE SQUARE FOOT, CONVERSATION I
HAD 25, 30 YEARS.
I AM NOT HERE TO COMPETE WITH CHICAGO, WITH ORLANDO, AND
WITH LAS VEGAS.
YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE I CAN'T.
IT IS LOGICAL.
YES BRING MORE HOTELS.
WHAT SIZE TO EXTEND IT TOO AND WHAT IS THE BENEFIT AND RATIO
TO THE EXPENSES THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
BECAUSE THE AREA IS CONGESTED ENOUGH FROM THE PAY SHORE AND
SWANN.
AND IT IS A BEAUTIFUL DRIVE.
IN FACT ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS AND VERY SIMPLE
UNDER THAT BYPASS THAT WE HAVE FROM THE STREET, TO THE
CONVENTION CENTER TO THE PARKING GARAGE ON THE OTHER.
LIGHTS AROUND MADE IT LOOK LIKE YOU WERE IN HEAVEN SOMETIMES
AND REALLY INEXPENSIVE WHAT YOU ALL DID THERE SOME TIME
BACK.
AND LOOKS PLEASING TO THE EYE.
CONVENTION CENTER WAS EXPANDED TWICE ONE UNDER MAYOR GRECO
AND THE OTHER NOT TOO LONG AGO WHEN ADDED WHATEVER IT WAS TO
THE WEST SIDE.
AND MODIFICATION DID VERY WELL.
AND.
THIS MY OPINION WHAT VISIT TAMPA BAY.
MORE PEOPLE TALK AND MORE PEOPLE WANT TO GO WHEN SOMEBODY
ELSE TELL THEN THEY WENT TO.
AND THAT IS HUMAN NATURE.
YOU TELL ME HOW GREAT IT IS SOMEWHERE, SOMEWHERE IN THIS
COUNCIL AND SOMEBODY LISTENING TO US WILL GO THERE AND SAY,
I WONDER IF I GET THE SAME FEELING THEY DID.
AND A THING THAT STARTED WITH BARELY NOTHING.
AND IT HAS REALLY CRAWLED AND CRAWLED ITS WAY TO BEING ONE
OF THE TOP AREAS OF THAT SIZE NARES RESIDUAL COMING IN.
BOLLYWOOD COMES IN FROM INDIA TO HAVE A CONVENTION IN INDIA,
IT IS LIKE THE AWARDS OF HOLLYWOOD.
AND IT MEANS SO MUCH TO THE CITY NATIONWIDE, COUNTRY-WIDE,
WORLD-WIDE WHEN THESE PEOPLE COME IN AN HELPS FACILITY TAIL.
WHY TAMPA HAS -- I AM SURE YOU ALL KNOW THIS.
LAST TIME I LOOKED, WE ARE THE NUMBER ONE RATED HOTEL
OCCUPANCY IN THE COUNTRY.
87.8% I THINK IT WAS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
MAYBE I AM HALF A PERCENT OFF.
BUT IT IS RATED NUMBER ONE OVER NEW YORK OVER CHICAGO,
PHILADELPHIA, OVER A LOT.
SO WHEN YOU ARE RATED IN AM ONE IN HOTEL OCCUPANCY, TELLS US
SOMETHING IS DRIVING THAT.
WHAT THAT IS, MAYBE YOU GOOD TO IS CAN TELL US.
AND NOT WHAT PEOPLE THINK.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
04:45:02PM >>SPEAKER:
THANK YOU.
04:45:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF POINTS OR QUESTIONS.
I DON'T KNOW WHICH IS WHICH.
BUT SO -- RIGHT NOW OUR CURRENT CONFIGURATION.
I FIGURED INTUITIVELY THAT WE ARE PRETTY MUCH SOLD OUT MOST
OF TIME FOR THE RESOURCES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
WITH THE -- WITH PROPOSED OR PERCEIVED ADDITIONS AN ACTUAL
FISCAL RETURN ON THAT INVESTMENT.
ARE YOU ABLE TO CHARGE MORE OF A PREMIUM OR BASICALLY JUST
GETTING THE SAME CUSTOMERS.
PER SQUARE FOOT FOR THE ADDITION.
DO YOU GET ADDITIONAL REVENUE.
04:45:39PM >> TYPICALLY, YEAH.
AND I WILL START WITH THIS CENTER.
AND IT IS UNIQUE, WHERE IT IS RUNNING OPERATIONALLY.
JUST STAND-ALONE OPERATIONS AT A SURPLUS.
WOULD BE EXPECTED WITH AN EXPANSION WITH MODERNIZATION AND
ADDING MORE POINTS OF REVENUE LIKE OTHER BUILDINGS HAVE THAT
REVENUE AND OVERALL SURPLUS WILL IMPROVE.
NOT MATERIALLY BUT PROTECT IT AND GROW SLIGHTLY IN TERMS OF
REVENUES VERSUS EXPENSES THE INDUSTRY PROFITS WE TALK IN OUR
REPORTS WE HAVE NOSE NUMBER IN OUR REPORT AND ESTIMATED.
AND TALK TO BEING THE REAL TOWARDS.
AND THAT IS THE BIG RETURN.
AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SIZE INCREASE, WE ARE NOT
NECESSARILY EXPANDING TO GO AFTER THE EVENTS TO HIS POINT TO
VEGAS, THEIR GO TO CHICAGO.
NOT GOING AFTER BIGGER EVENTS.
SOME OF THAT, BUT REALLY LOOKING AT OCCUPANCY AND LOOK WHAT
WE HEARD FROM PLANNERS.
ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE WORLD TO HOST TWO EVENTS --
CURRENTLY HOST TWO OF THOSE AT THE SAME TIME.
CONCURRENT EVENTS.
BASICALLY DOUBLING YOUR ABILITY TO BRING IN CONVENTIONS.
A LOT OF THE IMPROVEMENTS WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE REPORT ALSO
SHOW THIS LARGE BALLROOM THAT WE HAVE.
OUTDOOR SPACE.
OTHER TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS MORE ABLE TO GO AFTER
CORPORATE EVENTS.
SALESFORCE, THE MICROSOFT CONVENTIONS.
THEY DO GO TO MIAMI BEACH.
THEY GO TO SOME OF THE OTHER CONVENTION CENTERS AROUND
FLORIDA.
WE GET A LITTLE BIT LESS OF THAT BECAUSE OF THE DATE AND
NATURE OF THE BUILDING AND THE SIZE.
WE EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO PULL IN AN EVENT THAT IS GIVING US
MORE NET REVENUE.
04:47:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
DO YOU SEE A SCENARIO WITH THE EXPANSION
THAT -- SELF-SUFFICIENCY IS FLUID AND NOT DIRECT REVENUE.
THAT THE TAXPAYERS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA WOULDN'T BE BURDENED
BECAUSE ADDITIONAL REVENUE FOR BED TAX AND INCOME COMING IN
WILL I CAN'T YOU HAVE SET WHATEVER THE EXPENDITURES OF
CONVENTION CENTER WOULD BE.
04:47:54PM >> WE HAVE AND THOSE NUMBERS ARE IN THE REPORT THESE ARE
PRETTY AND COSTLY INVESTMENTS FOR SURE IN THE REPORT WE TALK
OF A NUMBER OF QUESTION SCENARIOS AND THE RETURN AND THE
INDUSTRY PROFIT.
WE TALK OF $14 MILLION A YEAR.
AND $3 MILLION TO $4 MILLION FISCAL BENEFITS PER YEAR.
NUMBERS YOU PUT ON THE PAPER IDEA OF $200 MILLION TO $300
MILLION INVESTMENTS IN THE FUTURE AND THINKING OF A RETURN.
SO FARCE AS GETTING, YOU RETURN PROFITING AS CITY MAYBE WE
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.
WE LOOK AT THE DATED ASPECTS OF THE CONVENTION CENTER AND
UNDERUTILIZED SPACE HOW IT WAS CONSTRUCTED.
ATRIUM SPACE.
DRIVEWAY.
AND PROBLEMS WITH FRANKLIN WITH STREETS.
AS WE LOOK AT THIS AS AN EXPANSION GOING ACROSS, A WAY TO
RESOLVE SOME OF THAT PEDESTRIAN PROBLEM WE HAVE BY DECKING
IT OVER ACHED NOT HAVE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC GOING BACK AND
FORTH ACROSS FRANKLIN STREET.
IF WE HAD A HOTEL ON THE OTHER SIDE.
04:49:35PM >> FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, YOU ARE THREE STEPS AHEAD OF WHERE
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
USUALLY LIVE.
04:49:45PM >> ANY PROGRESS IS GOOD PROGRESS, RIGHT.
AT THAT POINT IN TIME, YES, WE CAN LOOK HOW IT IS ADDRESSED
WHETHER IT IS VERTICAL TRANSPORTATION MAXIMIZING.
I ALWAYS SAY MAXIMIZING THE EXISTING PARKING.
HOW TO GET THOSE FOLKS FROM THE PARKING LOT TO THE CENTER
VERTICALLY.
YOU CAN DO THAT.
OBVIOUSLY NO SECRET IF YOU WANT TO GO VERTICAL ACROSS TO IT
AND THE RESPONSIBILITY AS WE GO INTO THAT THIRD STEP DOWN
THE ROAD, HAVING THAT STUDY FREE A MASTER PLAN PIECE.
NOT FROM A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO REDO WHETHER IT IS FRANKLIN.
MAXIMIZING THE DICK GRECO PLAZA AND PUTTING POTENTIALLY A
VERTICAL LIFT THERE TO GET PEOPLE ACROSS THE STREET.
PLENTY OF OPTIONS, BUT I AM VERY METHODICAL AND I DIDN'T
WANT TO SAY, HERE IS THE PRETTY PICTURE.
HERE IS WHERE I NEED TO GO.
THAT IS GREAT, DAVID.
DON'T WANT TO GIVE $2 BILLION OFF OF THAT.
04:50:47PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I DON'T WANT TO NOT SOLVE THE SYSTEMIC
ISSUE LIKE HARBOUR ISLAND.
I WANT TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE IT MORE
PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY.
AND IF THAT MEANS DOING KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE HAVE WITH THE
BEER CAN BUILDING WITH THE ELEVATED PARK AREA.
EGRESS FROM ON SECOND LEVEL ESPECIALLY WITH WATER FRONT.
04:51:15PM >> THERE ARE OPTIONS.
WE HAVE A FIVE-POUND BAG AND TRYING TO PUT TEN POUNDS.
AND WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS.
WE MAY NEVER GET TO THE TWO POUNDS IN THE BAG.
WE MAY GET TO FOUR POUNDS IN THE BAG WITH THE EXPANSION.
BUT THAT PROGRESS, WE WILL ALWAYS KEEP THAT IN MIND NO
MATTER WHAT WE DO OF MINIMIZING THE EXPERIENCE THAT IS A
PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE AS WELL AS A VEHICULAR EXPERIENCE ON
FRANKLIN.
04:51:40PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YOU KNOW YOU WILL HAVE AN AL LIE WITH ME
WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO DO.
BUT IT HAS GOT -- HAS TO INCORPORATE SOME KIND OF RELIEF FOR
-- ESPECIALLY WE ARE LOOKING AT WATER STREET
PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY.
OTHER AREAS.
THAT PARTICULAR AREA IS NOT PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY AND WE HAVE
THAT CONFLICT THERE.
AGAIN WITH HARBOUR ISLAND HAVING SUCH A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT
THERE.
WHATEVER WE DO, WE HAVE TO BE VERY TUNED IN TO MAKING SURE
THAT THAT DEVELOPMENT REALLY BLEND IN WITH THE FUTURE LOOK
AT THE REST OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
04:52:10PM >> I WILL SAY THE ONE COMPONENT IS IF YOU DO PUT A HOTEL
THOSE PROPERTIES AND LAST TIME WE WERE HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER
CARLSON ASKED OF THE EMBASSY HAVING ANOTHER TOWER ON THE
BACK SIDE.
IF DO YOU TWO HOTELS THERE, THAT AN IMMENSE RECEIVING ON
VEHICULAR TRAFFIC IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOW 800 TO
1,000 ROOMS ALREADY IN THAT LOCATION THAT IS CONNECTED TO
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
CONVENTION CENTER.
VERTICAL CONNECTIONS VIA BRIDGES.
ALL THOSE THINGS THAT CAN BE COORDINATED PROVIDING THE WHO
HE IT WILL AND THE CONVENTION CENTER.
04:52:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
BEYOND THE BUSINESS OF CONVENTION CENTER
BECAUSE SMACK THERE ON THE RIVERWALK.
UP GOT TRANSIENT TRAFFIC GOING BACK AND FORTH FROM THE
ISLANDS TO DOWNTOWN.
NOT JUST YOU GUYS LIVING IN A BUBBLE, JUST THE CONVENTION
CENTER BUSINESS.
YOU HAVE TO THINK OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT YOU ARE LIVING
IN.
THAT'S WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT.
THE EXPANSION AND DOWNTOWN HE ANY, YOU WILL HAVE AN AL LIE
WITH ME IF YOU ARE ABLE TO INCORPORATE IT IN SPANNED MAKE IT
PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
04:53:25PM >> THANK YOU.
04:53:26PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SO WE ARE AT ITEM 72.
THIS WILL BE FUN.
04:53:33PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCIL.
WE ARE HERE TO GIVE YOU HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE
STORMWATER ON DAVIS ISLAND.
WING LITTLE BACKGROUND.
IN MAY 2021, SENATE BILL WAS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE, SO
THIS IS THE STATEWIDE FLOODING AND SEA LEVEL RISE AND
RESILIENCY.
AND ALSO THE FLORIDA -- RESILIENT FLORIDA PROGRAM WAS IN THE
SAME YEAR.
GOAL IS TO PREPARE COMMUNITIES IN THE STATE TO
PREPARE FOR INCREASING FLOOD RISKS, ESPECIALLY DUE TO THE
CLIMATE TREND AND SEA LEVEL REESE.
OVER PAST FOUR YEARS, THE PROGRAM HAS SUPPORTED THE MORE
THAN 300 PLANNING EFFORTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND THIS IS
ONE OF THOSE.
DATA COLLECTION AND ASSESSMENT EFFORT.
AND I WOULD SAY THIS IS A PLANNING OF THE PLANNING -- 70ING
THE FOUNDATION FOR NEXT STEP, DEVELOPMENT OF THE STRATEGY.
WITH THAT I WILL HAND IT OVER.
04:55:15PM >> THANK YOU.
APPLIED SCIENCES.
THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION TO BE HERE TODAY.
WE HAVE ACTUALLY A BRIEF PRESENTATION TO SHARE YOU WITH.
KIND OF GO OVER SOME OF POINTS.
SO WE ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE BACKGROUND.
SOME BIG PICTURE ELEMENTS OF WHY WE DID THE STUDY.
AND THEN SOME OF THE FINDINGS.
AS SHE MENTIONED BACK IN TO BE 2021, STATE OF FLORIDA
MADE RESILIENCE MONEY THROUGHOUT THE STATE TO APPLY AND LOOK
AT VULNERABILITIES AND RESILIENCY CHALLENGES FROM SEA LEVEL
RISE AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN GENERAL AND THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS
APPLIED TO A NUMBER OF NOSE GRANTS AND SUCCESSFULLY GOT
THEM.
ONE OF THE ONE APPLIED TO LOOK SPECIFICALLY AT OUTFALLS IN
THE CITY OF TAMPA.
CITY HAS ABOUT 500 OUTFALLS THROUGH THE CITY AND WE PICKED
DAVIS ISLAND AS ONE OF THE AREAS TO ACTUALLY DO THE STUDY.
BACK IN 2019, THE CLIMATE SCIENCE ADVISORY PANEL.
TAMPA.
TAMPA'S CLIMATE SCIENCE ADVISORY PANEL LOOKED AT OR PROJECT
IT WOULD BE AT ABOUT ONLY 6 INCHES OF SEA LEVEL RISE BY 2040
AND AVERAGE OF TWO FEET BY 2070.
AND NOAA UPDATED NUMBERS EVEN HIGHER.
THOSE NUMBERS GOT HIGHER A LITTLE BIT AND NOW WE ARE LOOKING
CLOSER TO 0.86 CLOSER TO 10 INCHES BY 2040 WHICH IS IN 15
YEARS.
IN 2070, OVER 2.62 FEET.
THAT AN ADDITIVE.
WE ARE ADDING THAT TO THE STILL WATER LEVEL.
IF YOU WANT TO THINK OF DATA LIKE -- WE ARE LOOKING CLOSER
TO 4.62 FEET IN AVD.
KEEP THAT NUMBER IN MIND, BECAUSE MOST OF DAVIS ISLAND AND
MOST OF THE COASTLINE IN THE CITY IS BELOW THAT ELEVATION.
THERE IS ABOUT 500 OUTFALLS THROUGH THE CITY AND DAVIS
ISLAND WAS ONE OF THE COASTAL AREAS IDENTIFIED.
ALSO IDENTIFIED IN THE COASTAL AREA ACTION PLAN.
ALSO IDENTIFIED IN THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
THAT -- THAT THE CITY DID.
AND ALSO IN THE -- IN THE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT.
SO ON DAVIS ISLAND GIVEN THE CANALS AND COAST LINES, WE HAVE
80 OUTFALLS.
SURVEY COMPANY SERVE TECH WAS THE LEAD ON THIS PROJECT.
THEY WENT OUT AND WENT FROM WATER, FROM LAND, USING ALL THE
TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY HAVE TO IF HE CAN OUT WHAT IS THE MOST
EFFECTIVE WAY AND HOW MANY CREW MEMBERS WOULD IT TAKE TO DO
THE SURVEY.
THEY WENT OUT AND DID A GREAT JOB AND LOOKED AT LOW LYING
AREAS.
ABOUT FOUR, FOUR AND A HALF FEET ELEVATION.
ADALIA WITH FLOODING ON THE ISLAND DURING THAT EVENT.
SOME OF ITEMS THAT WERE LOOKED AT, OR THE TOOLS THAT WERE
LOOKED AT TO DEAL WITH THIS IS THE TYPE OF GAUGE OR BLACK
FLOW PREVENTERS.
THE CITY ALREADY HAS SOME.
04:58:48PM >> IN PLACE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
THIS PICTURE IS FROM THE CITY OF ST. PETE WITH AN
APPLICATION IN SHORE ACRES.
MOST OF PIPES THAT WERE FOUND IN THE CITY -- I MEAN ON DAVIS
ISLAND WERE CLOSER TO 12-INCH AND 15-INCH AND 18-INCH THAT
WOULD LEND ITSELF TO SUCH AN APPLICATION.
I MENTIONED THE BACK FLOW PREVENTERS.
WE ALSO LOOKED AND WE MADE THE RECOMMENDATION TO LOOK AT THE
ELEVATION OF THE ROADWAYS.
A LOT OF THE ROADWAYS ARE BELOW THE FOUR FEET THAT WE TALKED
ABOUT.
SOME OF THEM ARE TWO AND A HALF.
SOME OF THEM ARE THREE.
THE BACK FLOW WILL WORK WELL AGAINST RISING TIDES.
AS SEA LEVEL RISES.
IT WILL BY HAS IN AND BREAK UP THE PAYMENT AND THE ROADS
THEMSELVES NEED TO BE ELEVATED AND SAME THING THAT MIAMI IS
DEALING WITH.
BROWARD COUNTY.
OTHER FACILITIES IN THE CITY ARE HAPPY TO DISCUSS THAT AS
WELL.
ALSO ORDINANCES, RIGHT.
WE HAVE ORDINANCES THAT ARE NEEDED TO DEAL WITH SEAWALLS.
IF THE SEAWALL IS AT FOUR FEET IN A CERTAIN SPOT AND DROPS
TO TWO FEET IN ANOTHER ONE, THAT WILL CREATE A
VULNERABILITY.
AND THAT ELEVATIONS AND LET ALONE HURRICANES AND OTHER MAJOR
EVENTS WILL GO THROUGH THIS.
SOMETHING WE RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY CAN LOOK AT.
AND, OF COURSE, EDUCATION AND EXTENDING THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN CIP, FLOODING VERSUS TIDAL FLOODING VERSUS
HURRICANES.
AND CONTINUED H&H MODELING.
THAT THE HIGH-LEVEL PRESENTATION HERE.
AND WE WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THANK YOU.
05:00:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
05:00:38PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU KNOW DAVIS ISLAND IS INTERESTING, BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT
THE HISTORY,S MAN-MADE.
IT WAS LITTLE GRASSY KEY AND BIG GRASSY KEY.
AND IT WAS MUD DREDGE FROM THE BOTTOM THE TAMPA BAY TO FILL
IN, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HAVE TODAY IN THE 1920s WITH THE
FLORIDA LAND BOOM.
AND A RESORT COMMUNITY WITH RESIDENTIAL AND HOTELS AND WHAT
NOT.
HAVING SAID ALL THAT, THE ISLAND IS SEPARATED.
ISLANDS ARE SEPARATED BY CANALS.
AND THEY ARE NOT ORIGINAL, BECAUSE OF THE CREATION OF THE
AIRPORT AT THE ENDS.
I KNOW ONE OF THE CANALS WAS FILLED IN AND CLOSED OFF TO
CREATE MORE LAND FOR A RUNWAY, WHICH BRINGS ME TO THIS
POINT.
DAVIS ISLAND IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOODS IN
TAMPA, PERIOD.
IF YOU TELL ME GO PICK A HOUSE THERE IS.
100 DIFFERENT HOUSES THAT I LOVE.
BUT IT IS ALSO FRUSTRATING BECAUSE OF THE MANMADE DESIGN AND
THE UNNATURAL HABITAT.
YOU HAVE THE ISSUES WITH FLOODING.
BECAUSE AS WE HAVE SEEN IN THE LAST HURRICANES WHICH WAS --
IT WAS IT HELENE BEFORE WITH THE STORM SURGE.
I MEAN THAT WHOLE ISLAND WAS FLOODED AND UNDER WATER AND I
WAS ABLE TO GO CHECK IT OUT I THINK THE NEXT DAY WHEN ROADS
WERE OPEN AND FORECAST AND DOCUMENT AND TALK TO PEOPLE.
SOMETHING THAT I NEVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE.
NOW WHAT YOU SHOWED ME HERE WITH REGARDS OF HOW THIS PUMP
THE WATER OUT.
KEEP IT FLOWING AND WHATNOT.
WE CAN ONLY.
TECHNOLOGY CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH.
WHEN YOU HAVE THAT STORM SURGE, YOU KNOW, IT IS GOING TO
OVERWHELM THE SYSTEM.
IN THE MEANTIME WHEN IT RAINS, A SUMMER RAIN OR AFTERNOON
RAIN, THE TECHNOLOGY YOU ARE SHOWING HERE ALREADY HELP IN
KEEPING THE ROADS PASSABLE AND KEEPING THAT WATER OUT.
BUT IT IS AN UNIQUE AND TRICKY SITUATION BECAUSE IT -- IT
WAS MAN-MADE.
YOU KNOW.
IN THAT -- YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE OF THAT -- TO FIGHT MOTHER
NATURE AS WEST BEST THAT YOU CAN.
YOUR PRESENTATION SHOWED ME AND GAVE ME A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF TECHNOLOGY USED IN KEEPING THAT -- THAT
AREA AS DRY AS POSSIBLE.
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
OF THIS REQUEST.
I APPRECIATE YOU ALL RESPONDING SO QUICKLY.
GENESIS OF THE REQUEST WAS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN WAS
AT A MEETING IN --
05:03:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I REMEMBER IT WELL.
05:03:13PM >>BILL CARLSON:
IN HYDE PARK.
HE AND I CAN THE TALK ABOUT IT.
A CONSTITUENT ASKED HIM WHAT HE KNEW ABOUT IT.
AND WE DIDN'T HAVE IT.
NOW WE HAVE IT.
IT WILL BE GREAT IF WE GOT THAT KIND OF INFORMATION.
THERE'S A MEETING A THE DAVIS ISLAND'S CIVIC ASSOCIATION
A LE OF NIGHTS AGO.
SHE WAS THERE AND OTHER CITY STAFF I HAVE BEEN TO A LOT OF
MEETING WITH THE STORMWATER STAFF AND THEY ARE NOT EASY AND
PEOPLE ASK TOUGH QUESTIONS.
GREAT TO HAVE EXPERTS IN THE ROOM TO ANSWER QUESTIONS TO ITS
PUBLIC.
AND ALSO, DEBBIE ZAMERMAN IS THERE WHO IS HEAD OF THE DAVIS
ISLAND CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
AND I'M SURE SHE WILL BE ASKING YOU ALL SOME QUESTIONS AND
MAY ASK YOU GO PRESENT SOME TIME.
MY FINAL QUESTION AND THIS CAME FROM THE DISCUSSION THE
OTHER NIGHT.
BEN INEPT ONCE SAID THAT THE MONEY CAME FROM CLIMATE CHANGE
FUNDS.
YOU MENTIONED CLIMATE CHANGE A COUPLE OF TIMES IN HERE.
WHEN I HEAR "CLIMATE CHANGE," I AM THINKING THERE ARE SOME
THINGS HAPPENING NOW, BUT MANY OF THEM ARE HAPPENING IN THE
FAR FUTURE.
IF YOU WERE DOING A PLAN OR AN ANALYSIS FOR A CURRENT FRESH
WATER FLOODING OR FOR SURGE NOW, WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
DIFFERENT OF THIS ANALYSIS HAD IT BEEN FUNDED TO TRY TO
AFFECT THE STORMS NOW.
THE OTHER DAY WE HAD -- ONE OF THE TV STATIONS SAID --
COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, THEY FIT THEIR 600-YEAR STORM WITHIN
LAST YEAR.
SINCE WE ARE GETTING THESE HEAVY STORMS, HOW APPLICABLE IS
THIS TO WHAT WE NEED TO DO RIGHT NOW?
05:05:06PM >> SO I WILL TRY TO BE BRIEF IN MY ANSWER.
THE SHORT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS, YES, WE ARE TRYING TO
TAKE INTO THAT CONSIDERATION TODAY AS WE ARE DOING OUR
STUDIES.
AS I MENTIONED IN THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION, WHEN WE
STARTED OUR STUDY IN 2019, THE PROJECTIONS FOR SEA LEVEL
RISE WAS DIFFERENT THAN THE ONES WE WERE -- WE HAD TO USE IN
2022.
AND THAT IS A MOVING TARGET FOR US, THE WHOLE SEA LEVEL RISE
ITEM.
WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW IS YOU CIP FLOODING AS
YOU ALLUDED TO IN THE BEGINNING IS AFFECT BY HOW HIGH THE
WATER IS WHERE WE ARE DISCHARGE TOO.
AND THAT IS THE SEA LEVEL RISE ISSUE.
SEA LEVEL RISE ISSUE ALSO COMES INTO PLAY WITH THE KING
TIDES THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING.
AND EVERYBODY THAT LIVES ON ITS COASTAL COMMUNITY WILL TELL
YOU, THAT YEAR AFTER YEAR THE KING TIDES ARE GETTING HIGHER
AND HIGHER WHERE THE BLACK FLOW PREVENTERS ARE AS A BAND-AID
IN DEALING WITH THE FLOODING THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING IN OUR
COASTAL AREAS.
THEY ARE NOT THE SOLUTION, BUT JUST A SHORT-TERM BAND AID
FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD.
I HAVE A LITTLE PROTOTYPE HERE WITH ME OF A -- OF A BACK
FLOW PREVENTER.
EVERY STORMWATER ENGINEER SHOULD CARRY ONE WITH THEM, RIGHT,
TO HAVE A PUBLIC EDUCATION.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS AFTER A WHILE, AS THE SEA LEVEL RISES
ARE IT IS GOING TO GO AROUND THESE BACK FLOW, AND SOAK UP
THE GROUND AND FORCE US TO RAISE OUR ROADS WHICH IS
HAPPENING IN MIAMI BEACH AND MIAMI, BILLIONS ARE BEING SPENT
ON INFRASTRUCTURE, BUMPS AND OTHER ITEMS TO PROTECT THE AREA
AND RAISE THIS.
AND REASON IS TO DEAL WITH THE -- WITH THE FUTURE, RECEIPT.
SO WE WILL WANT TO BUILD THESE STRUCTURES FOR 30 YEARS
LIFESPAN.
IF WE ARE GOING TO BUILD THEM FOR THERE ARE LIFESPAN OF 30
YEARS, WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY WILL BE SERVICING IN 30
YEARS.
HARD TO MAKE THESE PROJECTIONS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
05:07:07PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
05:07:10PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
I THINK WHAT A LOT OF FOLKS -- AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS.
I AM GLAD THIS STUDY WAS DOWN.
I REALLY LOVE THE VISUALS.
HAVEN'T KNOWN OF THE BLACK FLOW.
05:07:28PM >> PREVENTERS.
05:07:30PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THAT WAS FASCINATING.
IDEA -- I GUESS YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS.
WE ARE NOT HAVING TO DIG UP.
PUT DOWN.
IN TERMS -- SO THE QUESTION FOR ME IS WHAT IS THE COST OF
PUTTING ONE OF THOSE IN.
LIKE THE AVERAGE COST.
WHAT WOULD A TIMELINE LIKE -- DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE TO DO
THIS WORK?
OR SISTER HAD JUST A STUDY IN FROM THEM.
DO THE CITY NEED TO PLAN THAT.
FIRST ONE ABOUT AVERAGE FOR A PIPE THAT ALREADY EXISTS.
EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, NORMAL, WHAT WOULD IT COST TO PUT ONE
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
PUT IN PLACE.
05:08:20PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OH, WOW.
ALL THINGS BEING SAID, THAT IS PRETTY CHEAP.
SO THAT IS INTERESTING.
OBVIOUSLY THE MUCH BIGGER EXPENSE IS THE ROAD.
AND WHAT CONCERNS ME OF THE ROAD AND THIS IS WHAT I NEVER
UNDERSTOOD ABOUT MIAMI BEACH IS YOU ARE ELEVATING THE ROAD
AND DOESN'T HELP THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE'S HOMES THAT ARE
BELOW THAT ELEVATION.
SO AS THE WATER COMES UP, THAT WILL MESS WITH NOT ONLY OUR
ROADS BUT DOES THAT IMPACT THE FOUNDATION OF HOMES?
05:08:56PM >> SORT OF, BUT YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, BECAUSE IT IS NOT
JUST THE ROADS, BUT THE ACT SENSE FROM MIAMI BEACH HAS A LOT
OF BUSINESSES ON THE ROAD AND SUMP PUMP THE WATER AND HAVE
IT ACTIVATED FOR EVERY SINGLE RAIN EVENT.
IT IS EXPENSIVE.
PRETTY EXPENSIVE.
THEY ARE ON THE FOREFRONT OF THIS.
INTERESTING PART ABOUT THIS IS, AS THAT PROJECT EVOLVED,
DESIGN TEAM AND THE CITY AND EVERYBODY LEARNED OF BETTER
WAYS TO DO THIS.
STILL EVOLVING.
THERE IS MORE -- ACTUALLY A NEW LANGUAGE THAT CAME OUT.
WE ARE TALKING OF HARMONIZING WITH THE BUSINESSES.
HARMONIZING TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING FITS TOGETHER.
SOMETHING THAT WE ALL NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THAT US IN
GENERAL AS MUSEUMS WE HAVEN'T FACE IT BEFORE AND WE ARE
FACING IT NOW AND TRYING TO DEAL WITH IT THE BEST WE CAN.
ONE OTHER POINT,
WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND WITH THE BACK FLOW PREVENTS, THEY
ARE PREVENTING THE TIDE FROM COMING BACK, BUT THEY ARE
MAKING THE FLOOD FROM STORMWATER A LITTLE BIT WORSE TO GET
OUT BECAUSE THEY NEED TO HAVE A HEAD TO ACTUALLY DRIVE IT
OUT.
AND MOST PEOPLE FORGET ABOUT THAT IN THE PROCESS.
SO WE NEED TO ALSO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE ARE LOOKING AT
PLACES THAT DON'T USUALLY FLOOD FROM STORMWATER -- A
EVERYDAY STORM AND PUT THESE FLOOD BLACK FLOW PREVENTERS AND
AGGRAVATING STORMWATER WHILE STORM SURGE CONDITION.
05:10:36PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
ONE MORE QUESTION AND AS YOU ARE TALKING
ABOUT THIS AND SAYING MIAMI AND MIAMI BEACH SPECIFICALLY ARE
THE ONES THAT HAVE TRULY ON THE FOREFRONT OF THIS AGAIN WE
ARE THAT THE THAT FAR AWAY.
A POSSIBILITY OF EITHER HAVING SOMEONE OPINION FROM THEIR
STORMWATER TEAM COME AND TALK TO US?
OR DO THEY ALREADY HAVE VIDEOS OUT?
I AM SURE YOU KNOW THEM.
AT THIS POINT IT IS A SMALL GROUP.
AND IN THIS STATEMENT, IT IS DEALING WITH IT.
I THINK IT WILL BE REALLY INTERESTING FOR US AND THE PUBLIC
TO SORT OF LEARN WHAT MIAMI BEACH HAS DONE SOMETIMES IT IS
BETTER NOT TO BE THE FIRST.
WE DON'T EVER HAVE TO DO THIS BUT WE ARE THERE AND LEARNING
FROM THEM.
OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE BRINGING THIS INFORMATION THERE HEAR WHAT
YOU ARE SAYING OF HARMONIZATION.
HAVING A HARD TIME VISUALIZING IT.
IF YOU KNOW OF ANY YOUTUBE VIDEO THAT YOU CAN POINT US TOO
TO ARE IF THEY HAVE STUFF ON THEIR WEB SITE AND GET THEM TO
COME AND GIVE A PRESENTATION, I THINK THAT WILL BE
INCREDIBLY VALUABLE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS BECAUSE I,
WHILE I HEAR YOU, I SIMPLY CANNOT PICTURE IT.
HE WANT TO BE UNDERSTAND IT MORE PAZ WE DIVE INTO WHAT WE
ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO NEXT.
SO THANK YOU.
05:11:53PM >> SO APPLIED SCIENCE WAS FORTUNATE TO BE INVOLVED WITH THE
MIAMI BEACH PROJECT.
WE DID A LOT OF THE H&H MODELING WITH THE PROJECT AND WE
CAN SHARE CAN STAFF AND THEY CAN SHARE WITH COUNCIL SOME OF
THE INFORMATION WE HAVE GATHERED FROM THAT PROJECT.
AND WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO PAIN QUESTIONS FOR YOU IN THE
FUTURE ON IT IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
05:12:14PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
ANYTHING YOU HAVE WILL ALLOW ME TO VISUALIZE IT WOULD BE
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
LAST MONTH SINCE THE STORMS.
WE HAVEN'T TALKED A LOT ABOUT STORM SURGE.
AT SOME POINT ESPECIALLY WITH DAVIS ISLAND WE WILL HAVE TO
TALK ABOUT THAT.
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IF THE WATER HITS.
WHAT ARE SOLUTIONS TO PREVENT THE WATER FROM HITTING.
HAWAII AND JAPAN THAT ARE PRONE TO TSUNAMI.
THEY PUT CONCRETE BARRIERS IN THE WATER.
THIS IS A DIFFERENT PHENOMENON.
I DON'T WANT TO GET TO OTHER PROPOSALS.
OTHER PARTS OF WORLD HAVE DEALT WITH THIS.
I KNOW IT IS EXPENSIVE.
BUT AT SOME POINT WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT.
WHOEVER ENDS UP HEADING THE DEPARTMENT.
05:13:18PM >> NETHERLANDS ARE ON THE FOREFRONT OF THAT GIVEN THEIR
TOPOGRAPHY.
AND THEY HAVE THAT TECHNOLOGY IN PLACE AND TESTED.
LESSONS LEARNED.
WHAT WORKS FOR THEM AND DIDN'T WORK AS WELL.
05:13:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I APPRECIATE THE FACT YOU BROUGHT FORTH
THE ISSUE OF THE BLACK FLOW PREVENTERS THAT IT IS A
DOUBLE-EDGED STORM.
SOLVE ONE PROBLEM BUT MAY CREATE ANOTHER PROBLEM.
I LIVE SO CLOSE BUT TO FAR FROM DAVIS ISLAND.
DO WE HAVE FRESH WATER FLOOD CAN ISSUE WHERE YOU IT IS GOING
INTO HOMES LIKE WE DO IN PARKLAND ESTATES AND OTHER PLACES.
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.
COMPARED TO OTHER PLACES IN THE CITY, I DON'T THINK --
05:14:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
BECAUSE CANALS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AS LONG AS THE STORMWATER -- SEAWATER DOESN'T COME OUT.
PLENTY OF ACCESS FOR THE WATER TO FLOW OUT THROUGH INSTEAD
OF OTHER AREAS LIKE FOREST MILLS BOWLS WHERE IS FRESH WATER
GETS TRAPPED.
DAVIS ISLAND IS MORE VULNERABLE BECAUSE OF THE SALT WATER
ISSUE WITH THE KING TIDES.
I LIVE IN THE MOST VULNERABLE PLACES IN TAMPA BECAUSE
SOMEBODY SNEEZES.
I AM THE LOW POINT OF BAYSHORE.
SO I GET IT.
I WATCH IS IT EVERY TIME AND HOLD MY BREATH.
VERY GOOD.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I APPRECIATE IT.
I THINK WE ARE DOWN TO ONE MORE.
ITEM 74.
05:14:56PM >>LUIS VIERA:
MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY.
CAN I MAKE A -- CAN I MAKE A QUICK -- VERY, VERY QUICK
MOTION WOULD THAT BE OKAY?
05:15:07PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANY TO OBJECTION?
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.
I WANT TO SUGGEST FOR JUNE 26, THAT THE PROJECT MANAGER BE
REQUESTED TO BE HERE WITH CHIEF TRIPP TO ADDITIONALLY TALK
ABOUT FIRE STATION 24.
I WATCHED SOME OF THE FEBRUARY 6, 2025 MEETING.
IT BEGINS 11:30.
I WOULD WATCH IT. IT WAS INDICATED THAT THE GROUNDBREAKING
WOULD BE AROUND MARCH OF 2026.
AND THEN STEPS WERE TAKEN AND STEPS WERE
HIGHLIGHTED THAT WOULD EXPEDITE THAT INCLUDING THE
HIRING OF THE PROJECT MANAGER TO HELP EXPEDITE THE PROCESS.
AND -- AND IN DIFFERENT THINGS THAT GUILT THROUGH THERE.
NOT TO TAKE PEOPLE'S TIMES.
AGAIN THINGS WERE HIGHLIGHTED TO EX-PETITION DIET --
EXPEDITE IT.
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.
AND AROUND 11:30 AROUND 11:40 WHEN FOLKS WERE TALKING ABOUT
IT.
11:40 OR SORE.
05:16:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA TO ADD
A REQUEST TO THE FIRE STATION 24 PROJECT WILL MANAGER TO HE
A TENDS.
IS THE PROJECT MANAGER ON THERE?
05:16:39PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I GUESS I WANTED TO MAKE MY FINDING --
DISREGARD.
05:16:44PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
LITERALLY SAYS FIRE CHIEF, DIRECTOR OF
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.
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 74.
05:17:05PM >>DENNIS FERNANDEZ:
GOOD EVENING, DENNIS FERNANDEZ.
ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW AND PRESERVATION MANAGER.
I PROVIDED A MEMO SUMMARIZING ACTIVITIES RELATING TO THE
PARKING LOTS COMPLIANCE IN YBOR CITY.
I WANTED TO COME BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN SOME ACTIVITY EVEN
SINCE I SUBMITTED THE MEMO.
THERE WAS A CODE HEARING YESTERDAY AND SOME OF THE NUMBERS
ARE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WAS SUBMITTED ON MAY 23.
JUST REAL BRIEFLY TO REMIND YOU OF THE MOTION WE ARE HERE TO
DEAL WITH.
I DID SPEAK WITH KEITH O'CONNOR WHO WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND
TODAY.
IN SUMMARIZING HIS ACTIVITIES WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT.
HE DID CONFIRM THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT IS STILL CONDUCTING
REOCCURRING INSPECTIONS OF PAID PARKING HOSPITAL EVERY TWO
WEEK.
THEY HAVE NOT OBSERVED ANY REPORTS ANY OF THE LOTS
BEING OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITY ENVIRONMENTS OF
THE CODE.
SO WHEN THEY ARE ON SITE, THEY ARE INSPECTORS ARE ON-SITE.
27-178 ARE BEING MEANT.
WITH RELATION TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF CERTIFICATES OF
APPROPRIATENESS.
WE BEGAN THIS PROCESS WITH DISCUSSION AND OUTREACH PRIOR TO
THE CODE BEING ADOPTED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO SUMMER OF 2023.
ENGAGED PARKING LOT OWNERS AT THAT TIME.
WE WENT TO THE ENFORCEMENT TO GAIN COMPLIANCE.
24 CASES BACK IN APRIL OF 24.
THOSE VARIOUS CASES WERE HEARD IN JULY AND SEPTEMBER OF
2024.
THERE WAS 20 CASE AS THE THAT TIME.
THREE WERE DISMISSED OR COMPLIED.
ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE THE PARKING LOT OPERATORS CEASED
OPERATION OF THOSE AS PAID PARKING LOTS.
THAT WAS FOR VARIOUS REASONS EITHER THEY DID NOT WANT TO
BRING ITS LOTS IN COMPLIANCE OR THERE WAS ACTUALLY NEW
CONSTRUCTION PLANNED FOR ITS LOTS THAT WOULD NEGATE THAT
USE.
17 OF THOSE LOTS WERE FOUND IN VIOLATION OF THE REQUIREMENTS
FOR SPECIFICATIONS, I DID MENTION BUFFERS AND WHATNOT.
AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THOSE STARTED IN FEBRUARY 2025.
MOST OF THOSE LOTS RECEIVED A $100-A-DAY FINE.
OF THOSE 17 LOTS IN VIOLATION AT THIS TIME, EIGHT HOSPITALS
SUBSEQUENTLY BEEN ISSUED CERTIFICATES APPROPRIATENESS.
ISSUED IS NOT THE MOST APPROPRIATE TERM.
SOME HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED CERTIFICATE OF THE
APPROPRIATENESS AND DEVIATED WHAT IS THE CONFIGURATION ON
THOSE.
AND ENFORCE TO GET THEM BACK TO THE PARAMETERS.
SEVEN ESSENTIALLY RETURNED AFFIDAVITS NOT USING THE LOTS FOR
PARKING ANYMORE AS JUST MENTIONED.
TWO HOSPITALS REMAIN NONCOMPLIANT.
ONE SOMEBODY ENGAGED IN A PROCESS SCHEDULED TO GO TO THE
BARRIO LATINO COMMISSION IN JULY.
IN ADDITION, UNDER THE CODE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE ADOPTED BY
COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR AND WENT BE INTO EFFECT IN
OCTOBER, EACH YEAR ON JANUARY 1, THE OPERATORS ARE REQUIRED
TO SUBMIT PAN ANNUAL OPERATION AND SECURITY PLAN A NEW
CAVEAT TO THE CODE THAT THE LOTS MEET THE DIMENSIONAL
SPECIFICATIONS WITH THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS AND
HAVE THE SECURITY PROGRAM IN PLACE SINCE THAT ORIGINAL
NEGOTIATE I HAVE IT THIS PAST JANUARY, 21 REPORTS RECEIVED BY
OUR DIVISION.
18 DETERMINED TO BE COMPLIANT.
TWO DETERMINED INCOMPLIANT ONE WAS WITHDRAWN.
MAINLY THAT OCCURS THROUGH THE AFFIDAVIT THAT THE
INDIVIDUALS DETERMINE THEY ARE NOT GOING TO UTILIZE THAT FOR
PRINCIPAL PARKING ANY LONGER.
IN FEBRUARY, THERE WAS 13 CITATIONS ISSUED FOR THOSE THAT
HAD STILL NOT FILED APPEAR REPORT OR WERE ENGAGED IN A
PROCESS.
IN MARCH, THERE WAS A PREHEARING INSPECTION AT WHICH TIME 11
OF THOSE 13 FAILED.
TWO ADDITIONAL FILED AFFIDAVITS FOR NONUSE OF PAID PARKING.
WE HAD APPROXIMATELY EIGHT OPERATORS FILE THOSE AFFIDAVITS.
JUST TO CLARIFY, A LOT CAN BE MORE THAN ONE PARCEL.
SO YOU MAY HAVE ONE LOT -- ONE OPERATOR OPERATING TWO OR
THREE PARCEL FOR PARKING.
ON MAY 26, THERE WAS A FINAL PREHEARING INSPECTION WHICH OUR
INSPECTOR GOES OUT AND ESSENTIALLY INSPECTS THE PROPERTIES
AND SEE IF THEY HAVE GAINED COMPLIANCE.
IN THIS CASE FOR THE REPORT, IT IS MORE OF US ALSO ENGAGING
WITH ITS -- WITH THE PARKING LOT OPERATORS TO SEE IF THEY
ARE ABLE TO SUBMIT THE REPORT.
AT THAT TIME, WE DID HAVE ONE THAT SUBMITTED ANOTHER
AFFIDAVIT THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO OPERATE PAID PARKING.
OF TWO REMAINED IN VIOLATION.
THAT WAS YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY AT THE CODE HEARING, THE MAGISTRATE FOUND THE TWO
OPERATORS AND PROPERTY OWNERS VIOLATION CODE SECTION AND
BEING FINED $100 A DAY.
AS YOU SEE THIS HAS BEEN A VERY SUSTAINED PROCESS.
APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS OF MY STAFF, PARTICULARLY HEATHER
BONDS WHO IS HERE WITH ME, WHO HAS BEEN SORT OF THE POINT
PERSON IN DEALING WITH A LOT OF THESE COMPLIANCE ISSUES IT
IS VERY CHALLENGING AND TIME CONSUMING.
AND IT IS GOING TO BE AN ONGOING EFFORT BECAUSE THIS REPORT
IS DUE EVERY YEAR.
AN EDUCATION PROCESS WITH PARKING LOT OPERATORS.
AND PROCESS PARAMETERS THAT ARE BEING SUSTAINED EVER
ESTABLISHED TO FACILITATE HOPEFULLY EASIER SUBMITTAL,
EVALUATIONS AND DETERMINATIONS FOR COMPLIANCE IN SUBSEQUENT
YEARS THAT WE ARE ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS.
THAT INCLUDES MY SUMMARY AND I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS.
05:23:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
05:23:42PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOUR STAFF HAS GONE INTO DOING
THIS.
I KNOW IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET THINGS STARTED.
BUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND QUITE FRANKLY WHEN I DRIVE THROUGH
YBOR, I AM NOT SEEING IMPROVED LOOKING PARKING LOTS.
THEY MAY BE COMPLYING WITH THE SECURITY, BUT NEIGHBORHOODS
-- I AM HEARING FROM NEIGHBORHOOD PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE ONLY
COMPLYING WITH SECURITY WHEN THEY KNOW THEY ARE COMING OUT
AND INSPECTING.
AND FOR THE OTHER NIGHTS, THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THEM.
NOW WHETHER OR NOT -- AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT I AM HEARING.
I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT FOR MYSELF, BUT I HAVE SEEN THAT
PARKING LOTS STILL DON'T HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO FOR THE SITE
PLANS THAT THEY HAVE.
I AM WONDER AGENT WHAT POINT WHEN WE GO TONIGHT FINES, AT
WHAT WON'T BECAUSE $100 A DAY IS WHAT, $3,000 A MONTH?
THAT IS NOT THAT MUCH MONEY FOR SOMEBODY WHO IS MAKING A TON
OF MONEY OFF OF PARKING.
SO I AM CURIOUS AT WHAT POINT DO WE RACKING UP THESE FINES.
YOU CAN'T RACK UP FINES ANY MORE.
WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING MORE SERIOUS.
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
WITH THE FINE PROCESS FOR I GUESS GOING ON EIGHT MONTHS NOW.
THAT IN RELATIVE TERMS OF BEING FINED IS NOW A LONG TIME.
WE HAVE PROPERTIES THEIR GET FINE LONG THAN THAT.
HAVEN'T BEEN A DISCUSSION OF TRYING TO ESCALATE IT BEYOND
THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCESS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.
THAT IS A DISCUSSION THAT WE CAN HAVE.
BUT I THINK AS WE -- AS WE ARE SEEING FROM THE
NONCONFORMITIES, WE ARE GAINING COMPLIANCE THROUGH THAT
PROCESS.
NOW IT IS NOT OUR GOAL TO HAVE INDIVIDUALS CEASE OPERATING
THEIR BUSINESS.
WE WANT THEM TO GAIN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE AND WHAT THE
CODE REQUIRES.
I AM NOT SURE OF THE SPECIFIC FEEDBACK FROM THE
NEIGHBORHOOD. NOBODY HAS CALLED KNEE TO SAY THAT.
05:25:58PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WILL MAKE SURE -- WE HEARD FROM PUBLIC
COMMENT THAT TAMPA CONNECTED IS DOWN.
05:26:06PM >>DENNIS FERNANDEZ:
I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT.
I WILL LOOK INTO THAT.
I WILL BLOCK THAT FIRST THING TOMORROW.
05:26:10PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT ALSO -- DRIVING AROUND YBOR, YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF
PARKING LOTS WHOSE FENCES ARE DILAPIDATED.
PER NOT -- THEY JUST -- I MEAN THEY DON'T HAVE STOPS LIKE
THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO IN -- FOR PARKING SPACES.
THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO HAVE IT PAVED BUT THEY HAVE
TO HAVE A DELINEATED PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO PARK.
SOME AT WHAT POINT.
OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS JUST WOULDN'T ACCEPT THAT?
I THOUGHT THAT IS KIND OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO HERE
IMPROVE THE LOOK OF THEM.
ALSO, YOU CAN PASS PARKING LOTS THAT -- I HAVE SEEN THAT HAVE
WAY MORE SIGNS THAN THEY ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE.
SO I DON'T REAL LEGAL KNOW HOW THESE ARE CONSIDERED
CERTIFICATES OF APPROPRIATENESS WHEN THE STOPS AREN'T THERE.
THERE ARE TOO MANY SIGNS.
HOW -- HOW CAN THEY BE N COMPLIANCE IF THEY STILL HAVE ALL
THE STUFF?
05:27:10PM >>DENNIS FERNANDEZ:
I WOULD NEED TO REALLY EVALUATE WHAT YOU
ARE OBSERVING WITH SPECIFIC SITUATIONS.
MY -- MY INSPECTOR IS GOING OUT AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY
HAVE STOPS, IF THEY ARE MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS.
THE SIGN SAGE A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGING AREA BECAUSE
THEY ARE STATE REQUIREMENTS FOR SOME TYPES OF SIGNS.
AND WE ARE STILL KIND OF COMING TO DETERMINES WITH HOW WE
CAN BALANCE THAT.
SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SORT OF HAVING PAN INITIATIVE ON
SIGNAGE BECAUSE ITS OWN SPECIFIC ISSUE WITH PARKING LOTS.
IN ADDITION, YOU KNOW, WE ARE OUT -- YEAH, IMPLEMENTING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF THE CODE THAT HE ARE IN PLACE.
IF SOMEONE HAD AN EXISTING CA.
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO MAKE SOME OF THAT
ENHANCEMENTS THAT A NEW LOT WILL HAVE TO MAKE WITH THE
INCREASED BUFFERING BUFFERING AND INCREASED LANDSCAPING
REQUIREMENTS THAT WE INTRODUCED UNDER THE CODE.
05:28:24PM >>DENNIS FERNANDEZ:
PICKET FENCES AND CAR ALSO INTERACT AND
FENCE WILL LOSE.
WE WILL KEEP GOING OUT AND ENFORCE THAT CONSTANTLY AS A
STANDARD.
05:28:33PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I REACHED OUT TO DO A TOUR WITH ONE SPECIFIC
PARK LOG TO THE SPEAK OF THESE ISSUE.
AGAIN, THANK YOU AS WE KEEP THE ATTENTION ON THIS AND AS WE
KEEP MOVING FORWARD, I DO APPRECIATE YOUR HELP WITH IT.
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.
THAT CONCLUDES THE BUSINESS.
DID WE DO A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE STAFF REPORTS?
I CAN'T REMEMBER IF WE DID OR NOT.
WE DID?
OKAY.
SO WE HAVE CONCLUDED BUSINESS -- NEW BUSINESS FOR THE DAY.
SO LET'S SEE.
MR. CARLSON, ANY BUSINESS YOU WOULD LIKE --
05:29:18PM >>BILL CARLSON:
JUST A FEW COMMENTS.
NUMBER ONE, COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK WAS TALKING ABOUT
UNPROTECTED BIKE LANES.
I THINK WE OUGHT -- THIS IS NOT FOR ME TO DO.
YOU CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING.
BUT I THINK WE SHOULD SET SOME KIND OF CRITERIA INSTEAD OF
PAINTING A WHOLE BUNCH OF LANES.
WE SHOULD PROTECT -- SPEND THE MONEY AND PROTECT LANES.
BECAUSE THE CYCLISTS I KNOW DON'T WANT TO RIDE ON THE
PAINTED ONES.
ALL THIS IS DOING IS ADDING TO SOMEONE'S CHECKLIST.
I WILL SECOND IT IF YOU INTERESTED.
ALSO, I SHOWED THIS CHART EARLIER OF THE FBI CRIME
STATISTICS.
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.
ANYBODY CAN GO TO THE FBI WEB SITE AND LOOK AT THE CRIME
STATS.
THERE WAS A SPIKE FROM 2018 AND 2021.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THE MAYOR AND TEAM BROUGHT THAT DOWN.
THAT IS A SUCCESS OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
05:30:21PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
CONGRATULATIONS.
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.
I AM NOT GOING TO MAKE A MOTION.
BUT COMMENTS BECAUSE I CAN'T TALK TO YOU ALL OUTSIDE.
MENTIONED SURGE JUST NOW.
A LOT OF EFFORT HAS BEEN PUT INTO FRESH WATER FLOOD BUG WE
NEED TO ADDRESS THE SURGE PROBLEM SOMEHOW.
AND YOU KNOW WE ARE GETTING A NEW HEAD OF STORMWATER.
AT SOME POINT THEY WILL ACCEPT RATE STORMWATER FROM MOBILITY
BECAUSE A FULL-TIME JOB WITH STORMWATER.
WHEN THE FULL-TIME PERMANENT PERSON IS PICKED, WE NEED TO BE
ABLE TO FOCUS ON SOME OF THAT.
VIK A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO NOT HAVING A BUSINESS PLAN OR NOT
HAVING A PLAN.
WHAT I REALIZED IN THE DAVIS ISLAND MEETING IN LISTENING TO
FOLKS.
SOMETIMES WHAT HAPPENS IS CALLED A PLAN IS A LIST OF
PROJECTS.
AND -- AND A LIST OF PROJECTS THAT WE KNOW IS NOT A PLAN.
AND SO IT IS UP TO US TO TRY TO WORK WITH STAFF PROBABLY
OFFLINE TO TRY TO RISE UP TO THE VISION OF CREATING THIS.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A BIG PUBLIC HEARING ON THE HOWARD
AVENUE PROJECT TONIGHT WHICH I THINK IS A WASTE OF MONEY AND
SHOULDN'T GO FORWARD.
THERE IS ALSO -- IN THIS THERE IS TALK OF CLIMATE CHANGE
VERSUS WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY AND SOME OF THIS IS TIED
TOGETHER AND WE NEED TO WATCH THE DIFFERENCES THERE IS.
IF WE GET A GRANT TO STUDY CLIMATE CHANGE, THAT'S GREAT.
BUT WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW AND TIE INTO
MAINTENANCE IN THE DAVIS ISLAND MEETING.
PEOPLE WERE THERE TALKING ABOUT NO MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT AND
STAFF TALKED ABOUT HOW NO MONEY TO BUY MAINTENANCE
EQUIPMENT.
LAST MONTH, DRUMBEAT OF NOT HAVING ENOUGH MONEY IN
STORMWATER BUT CITIZENS HAVE GONE BOTH OF BUDGETS UNDER
FOUND WHAT THEY THINK IS WASTE.
WHAT I EXPECT WILL HAPPEN BUDGET TIME, ADMINISTRATION WILL
ASK US FOR AN INCREASE IN THE STORMWATER TAX.
I CAN STILL TELL YOU THAT THE PUBLIC IS NOT IN FAVOR OF TAX
INCREASES RIGHT NOW.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS FIND EFFICIENCIES.
WE HAVE 65 OR 85 OR WHATEVER MILLION PLUS INTEREST THAT WILL
BE PUNT -- PUT POTENTIALLY IN THE SOUTH HOWARD PROJECT.
TO PROTECT THOUSANDS OF HOUSES NOW INSTEAD HE HELPING 11
HOUSES TO NOT GET FLOODED.
LAST THING I WANT TO BRING UP -- I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE A
MOTION ON THIS.
A LADY SENT US AN E-MAIL A LITTLE WHILE AGO AND DEALING WELL
A CONSTITUENT -- WE PASSED THE INCREASE IN THE -- IN THE
SIDEWALK IN LIEU OF FEE.
AND FOLKS IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO WHERE HE BUILD THEIR
HOMES FROM THE HURRICANES, SOME OF THEM WERE DELAYED BY
CONTRACTORS.
SOME OF THEM DELAYED BY PER MINT.
THEY HAVE GONE BACK AND TO GET THEIR PERMIT THEY ARE GO THEY
GET $23,000 FEES BECAUSE WE INCREASED THIS REAL.
I THINK WE NEED TO PASS SOME KIND OF EXCEPTION OR AT LEAST
CLARIFY THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME KIND OF GRANDFATHERING IN
-- NATIONAL STARTED BEFORE WE MADE THAT -- FROM PROJECTS
THAT STARTED BEFORE THAT DECISION.
AND I THINK STAFF IS LOOKING AT THAT UNLESS YOU HAVE SOME
IDEAS.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ASK STAFF TO GRANDFATHER IN
ANY -- ANY PROJECT THAT IS RESULT OF LAST YEAR'S HURRICANE.
05:34:05PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
BEFORE WE VOTE WE SHOULD RUN THROUGH THE
LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
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
HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
05:34:17PM >>BILL CARLSON:
I AGREE TOO.
CRA NEXT WEEK AND THE NEXT MEETING WE HAVE IS THE 24th.
AND PEOPLE RECENT NOW TRYING TO REBUILD AND GETTING HELD UP
AND BREAKING THEIR BUDGET.
WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND.
05:34:28PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
FOR ONE WEEK AND COME UP WITH A SOLUTION.
ONE WEEK I DON'T THINK WILL HURT ANYTHING.
05:34:34PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WOULD RECOMMEND TALKING TO THEM AND SEEING,
LIKE.
WHAT YOU CAN DO.
AND THEN ASK THEM WHAT THE SOLUTION IS.
IF THE SOLUTION IS BRINGING AN ORDINANCE OR SOMETHING LIKE
IS THAT, THEN BRINGING THAT BACK.
BUT I WOULD ABSOLUTELY GOODBYE TO THEM FIRST AND SEE IF
THERE ARE SMALL ONE-OFF WAYS TO FIX IT.
05:34:51PM >>BILL CARLSON:
STAFF HAS BEEN MAKING EXCEPTIONS, BUT I
THINK -- I WILL TALK TO THEM AGAIN.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE DO ANYTHING QUICKLY, BUT HOPEFULLY --
I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I AM WORK ON THAT TOO
BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO GET CALLS FROM PEOPLE BEING HIT BY
THE SAME THING.
05:35:10PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I GENERALLY FIND OUT STAFF WRITES A MOTION.
THEY WRITE THE WRITE MOTION.
05:35:17PM >>BILL CARLSON:
THAT THEY PASS THEIR OWN ADMINISTER THINK OF
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
ADMINISTRATION.
05:35:25PM >>BILL CARLSON:
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
05:35:27PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
I SAID SECOND AND I WANT TO SUPPORT THIS.
ONE PARTICULAR CASE.
A COUPLE -- THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO REBUILD SINCE THE
HURRICANE.
THIS MIGHT BE THE SAME THING.
I DON'T KNOW.
MORE THAN ONE PERSON.
HINT WITH ADDITIONAL $20,000 SIDEWALK IN LIEU FEE.
AND THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO REBUILD THEIR HOUSE.
THEY HAD MAJOR DESTRUCTION.
AND, I MEAN, THEY ARE PATIENT.
THEY HAVE BEEN IN THIS PROCESS SINCE OCTOBER, YOU KNOW.
AND I GET WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.
IT IS FAIR TO THEM IT SHOULD IT BE GRANDFATHERED IN AND
WHATNOT.
05:36:05PM >>BILL CARLSON:
REAL STORY, MICHELLE AND YOU HEARD HER SON
IS -- HER SON IS DISABLED AND LOST THE USE OF HER HOUSE.
COUPLE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT VOLUNTARILY EACH TWO YEARS GAVE
THEIR KIDNEY TO STRANGERS AND THEY ARE KIDNEY DONORS THEY
CAN'T GET FEMA TO HELP THEM.
KATHY CASTOR'S OFFICE HAS HELPED.
THEY CAN'T GET FEMA TO HELP AND WORK THROUGH OTHER CHANNELS.
AND THE NEW POLL SEAL IN PLACE IS AT THE BREAKING POINT.
I AM HOPING WE CAN HELP PEOPLE STAY IN THEIR HOMES.
05:36:43PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
05:36:46PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
YES.
BUDGET MEETING WE HAVE ON AUGUST 4, I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION
THAT WE START THAT SPECIAL CALLED WORKSHOP AT 1 P.M. DUE TO
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.
OPPOSED.
AYES HAVE IT.
05:37:09PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
OTHER IS, I WANT TO MAKE A CORRECTION ON
SOCIAL ACTION FUNDS.
I MO OF TO CORRECT THE SOCIAL ACTION FUNDING ALLOCATION FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2025 BY REPLACING THE WORD "MINISTRIES" WITH THE
WORD "KIDS" TO CONFIRM THE $5,000 FUNDING FOR CORNERSTONE
KIDS.
05:37:27PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SECOND.
05:37:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON AND
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
KIND OF A SCRIVENER'S MOTION.
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
WORDING.
05:37:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
OPPOSED NAY.
THE AYES HAVE IT.
05:37:49PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
YOU HIT ME IN PUBLIC.
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
PARTY FOR KIDS GRADUATING AND HEADED TO 24 DIFFERENT
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES .A LEGACY
PROJECT OF MINE, BEING THERE ARE TWO WOMEN WHO WORK IN
DISTRICT 5 WHO DAMAGE WAITED FROM HBCUs AND THE COMMUNITY
SHOWED SO MUCH LOVE IN FUNDING THIS MAJOR EVENT.
AND I AM JUST SO GRATEFUL THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PULL IT ALL
OF.
COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY EMPLOYEES THAT
SUPPORTED IT.
INCLUDING THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THE CITY OF
TAMPA BLACK HISTORY COMMITTEE, THE CITY OF TAMPA POLICE
DEPARTMENT, BLACK HISTORY COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS THE
SHERIFFS, BLACK COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMITTEE.
JUST REALLY IMPORTANT AT THIS TIME IN OUR COMMUNITY
ESPECIALLY WITH HBCUs AND OTHER UNIVERSITIES.
IF YOU WERE READING THE PAPER TODAY WHAT HAPPENED WITH
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IS UNDER ATTACK.
AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO SUPPORT KIDS MAKING DECISIONS
REGARDING THE PLACE WHERE IS TO MATRICULATE FOR COLLEGE.
I WANT TO SAY THAT PUBLICLY.
05:39:17PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT ATTENDING.
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
HAVE TO GO TO EVERYTHING.
AND YOU HAVE SAID NO.
05:39:31PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I WANTED TO BE THERE.
05:39:34PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
THAT'S OKAY.
I AM VERY PROUD OF IT AND IT WAS ACTUAL LEGAL -- IT WAS A
PARTY, SO NO DIGNITARIES RUNNING THEIR MOUTHS, YOU KNOW.
KIDS WERE DANCING AND ENJOYING THEMSELVES AND EATING AND
TAKING PICTURES AND INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATIONS SAYING
CONGRATULATIONS ON ENGAGING WITH THEM.
OTHER THING EVIDENT ABOUT THE PARTY THAT I WILL SAY IS THAT
COMMUNITY MEMBERS LIKE JUDGE LITTLE AND PEOPLE WHO GRADUATED
FROM HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES WORE COLLEGE T-SHIRTS THAT
SAID PARAPHERNALIA AND WERE NOT INVITED.
ONE WOMAN CAME ONLY BECAUSE SHE WENT TO TENNESSEE STATE
UNIVERSITY.
AND THAT WAS VERY INTENTIONAL WITH THEM ENGAGING WITH ADULTS
WHO HAVE GRADUATED FROM HBCUs TO SEE WHAT IS POSSIBLE.
SO ANYWAY, THE PICTURE ARE --
IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
I AM JUST SO HONORED TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS
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.
IT IS OKAY WE ALL DO OUR THINGS.
Y'ALL DON'T COME BIKING WITH ME.
05:40:51PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
I WAS JEALOUS THAT YOU INVITED EVERYBODY
ON A SUNDAY.
I DON'T HAVE A BIKE, BUT I WILL DO IT ONE DAY.
05:40:57PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THIS SUNDAY.
THIS SUNDAY WE ARE GOING DOWN MORGAN STREET.
WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THE DOUBLE BIKE LANE THAT WILL BE
PROTECTED BY CONCRETE AND RIDE A LITTLE BIT THE SELMON
GREENWAY.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT IS VERY HARD TO BIKE.
AND I DO APPRECIATE PEOPLE'S FOCUS ON BIKE LANES.
THAT IS VERY NICE.
AND I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT, BECAUSE IT IS A
PERSONAL PROJECT.
I THINK THAT IS GREAT.
EACH OF US HAVE AN AREA WE CAN REALLY WORK ON.
AND WONDERFUL HOWL WE SUPPORT EACH OTHER FOR THAT.
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.
I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN ON THE OTHER
SIDE.
ACTUALLY I HAVE A MOTION I WOULD LIKE HAVE MISS COPESKY IN.
WHEN WE WERE TALKING OF THE FINANCIALS FOR THE RESOLUTION.
MY MOTION -- AND I AM -- MISS COPESKY MAY NEED TO HELP ME
WITH THIS.
I MOTION TO MAKE -- TO ASK MISS COPESKY TO WORK WITH THE
FINANCIAL STAFF TO ITEMIZE REIMBURSEMENT OF THE CERTAIN
COSTS RELATED TO THE ACQUISITION, OF VARIOUS CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE CITY.
SOME WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR IS THAT LIST THAT MR. PERRY
TALKED, TALKED ABOUT, BUT OTHER THINGS.
WHAT ARE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE ENCUMBERED THAT AREN'T ON
THAT LIST YET.
WE REALLY NEED TO BE TALKING ABOUT THAT IN TERMS OF THE
CAPITAL PROJECTS.
IF YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS, I CAN TALK TO BUT IT, BUT I
THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR ALL OF US TO GET THAT
INFORMATION.
05:42:41PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND.
05:42:41PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OF MISS COPESKY THOSE
THINGS.
GO TO HER AND SHE CAN CIRCULATE THAT BEFORE US.
05:42:50PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
AND NAY.
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.
I HAVE A MOTION.
SO AT THE MAY 22 WORKSHOP, I TALKED ABOUT THE -- ASKING THE
REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT AND ADMINISTRATION TO REACH OUT TO
THE PROPERTY OWNER OF THE PROMPT THAT IS -- THAT IS ADJACENT
TO WOODLAWN CEMETERY ON BOULEVARD WHICH HAS COME UP IN THE
--
05:43:21PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND.
05:43:22PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THERE IS A REPORTER IN THE ROOM AND I
WASN'T ABLE TO RESPOND TO COMMENT BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE ANY
INFORMATION.
SO TO CLARIFY, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT THE REAL
ESTATE DEPARTMENT AND ADMINISTRATION REACH OUT TO THE
PROPERTY OWNER OF THE PROPERTY THAT IS ADJACENT TO WOODLAWN
CEMETERY ON N. BOULEVARD THAT HAS BEEN IN THE NEWS LATELY TO
START A DIALOGUE OF HOW ITS CAN BE ALLOW TOPPED UTILIZE
GROUND PENETRATION RADAR TO VERIFY THE COST AND PARTNER WITH
THE OWNER TO PUT TO REPS ANY CONCERNS REGARDING GRAVES.
I WOULD LIKE A WRITTEN REPORT JUNE 22 -- JUNE 26th.
I ALREADY SPOKEN TO THE REAL ESTATE FOLKS.
I DON'T NEED AN IN-PERSON.
JUST FOR INFORMATION.
KNOW THE MEDIA HAS ASKED, AND I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO RESPOND
BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW.
AT LEAST GET THE CONVERSATION GOING WHAT THE SITUATION IS.
AND SHOULD THERE BE GRAVES THERE, INDIVIDUALS THERE, THEN WE
CAN LOOK AT STEMS FORWARD.
05:44:23PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I JUST -- SECOND, I WANT TO COMPLIMENT
THE MOTION.
WHAT IT IS -- WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO ON PRIVATE
PROPERTY.
FOR ONE.
TESTIMONY.
NUMBER TWO, I THINK THE BURDEN COMES ON WHOEVER OWNS
PROPERTY TO GET THE CITY OUT OF TAKING A DIALOGUE.
THEY THE SELLER AND THE BUYER.
WE ARE THE ONES OVERLOOKING LIKE A CROW OVERLOOKING SAYING
WHAT IS GOING ON HERE.
BECAUSE IT IS WHAT IT IS.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
THAT WILL CLEAR UP, IF POSSIBLE -- IF HE SAYS NO OR IS HE
SAYS NO.
I DON'T KNOW WHO OWN IT IS LIKE YOU DO.
AND IF THEY SAY NO, THEN RIGHT THERE, THERE IS A QUESTION IN
MY MIND ABOUT GUILT.
05:45:03PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A WRITTEN REPORT JUNE 26.
AND I HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN TO --
05:45:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
SECONDED FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON --
05:45:14PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
MIRANDA SECONDED IT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT.
THIS IS PROOF -- I KNOW THAT IS IN MY DISTRICT, RIGHT.
ON THE LIST OF THINGS TO TRY TO ADDRESS.
OUR PLATES ARE FULL.
PEOPLE DON'T REALLY REALIZE THAT SOMETIMES.
SO I AM THANKFUL THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN THE LEAD.
BECAUSE IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD.
I RESPONDED TO ONE OUR CONSTITUENTS ABOUT IT AND SHARED IT
IS PRIVATE PROPERTY.
AND WE NEED AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR, YOU KNOW.
WHAT IS POSSIBLE.
SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
05:45:47PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
NOT ABOUT TAKING A LEAD, BUT A
COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH ALL OF US.
LIKE I SAID A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WE WANT THIS COUNCIL TO
SUCK SEEPED.
WE GET BOMBARDED BY A LOT OF REQUESTS AND ABOUT DOING THE
RIGHT THING.
AND ABOUT US AS COLLECTIVE BODY DOING THE RIGHT THING.
05:46:06PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
WE ARE REALLY.
THREE OF US ARE DISTRICT-SPECIFIC.
BUT Y'ALL GET TO WORK TOO.
THAT IS FAIR, YOU KNOW WHAT I AM SAYING.
IT IS FAIR.
WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THINGS PUBLICLY -- I MEAN WE IN PRIVATE
ABOUT THINGS FOR IT TO BE PRESENTED -- WE CAN'T TELL YOUR
OFFICE WHAT TO DO.
THAT'S WHAT I AM TRYING TO SAY.
I DON'T TELL YOU WHAT TO DO?
05:46:35PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
05:46:40PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I HAVE TWO MOTIONS.
ONE I WOULD LIKE THE CLERK TO REVIEW THE WHOLE MEETING TODAY
SO WE CAN HEAR IT BEFORE WE LEAVE.
[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
THE ANNUAL STREET NAMING FOR JAMES LEVY AND GEORGE LEVY AT
RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM.
AND PREFERABLY I WOULD THINK -- THINKING OFF THE TOP OF MY
HEAD THE PERFECT PLACE FOR THAT THE CORNER OF TAMPA BAY
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
AUGUST 7.
A SECOND?
05:47:44PM >>BILL CARLSON:
SECOND.
05:47:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
IT PASSES.
YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO DO WELL.
BECAUSE YOU HAD A MEMO YOU SENT TO US FOR A SPECIAL CALLED
WORKSHOP FOR SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER.
DID YOU FLESH THAT OUT FOR THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMISSION
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
MIRANDA.
SOMETIMES WHEN THEY DO THESE HONORABLE NAMING THINGS, IT IS
NOT PERMANENT.
YOU KNOW SOMETIMES IT IS FOR THREE OR FOUR YEARS OR
SOMETHING.
MAKE SURE THAT ONE IS PERMANENT.
THEY DID SO MUCH FOR -- FOR TAMPA THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
THAT --
05:48:30PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I WILL DO IT.
THANK YOU.
05:48:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I JUST HAVE AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM.
NEXT MEETING OF CRA.
AFTER THAT MEETING, A PHOTOGRAPHER HERE TO TAKE THE COUNCIL
PICTURE WITH THE NEW SEATING AN ALL.
DRESS PRETTY.
05:48:44PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
DID YOU ASK ITS CHAIR OF CRA IF THAT IS
OKAY?
05:48:52PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
TIM DID.
HE ASKED YOUR OFFICE.
TAKING COUNCIL PICTURE.
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.
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
UP IN MY TIMELINE.
IT IS SITTING THERE.
05:49:24PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE IT, YOU CAN GET A
PORTRAIT.
I THINK THAT IS IT.
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.
AYES HAVE IT.
OH, MY LORD.
THIS IS EXHAUSTING.
05:49:53PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
YOU WANTED IT.
LET ME CUT OFF THE MICROPHONE.

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