TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2026, 9:00 A.M.

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9:06:31AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
WELL, GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
I AM VERY EXCITED.
THIS WILL BE MY FIRST TIME PICKING SOMEONE FOR OUR
INVOCATION.
I AM SO HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT MS. BROOKLYN WINBORN WHO
WILL DO OUR INVOCATION TODAY.
SHE IS AN AMBITIOUS AND BRIGHT 8-YEAR-OLD SECOND GRADE
STUDENT AT POTTER ELEMENTARY.
SHE IS A DEDICATED STUDENT WHO WORKS HARD IN THE CLASSROOM
AND SHOWS KINDNESS AND RESPECT TO HER TEACHERS AND
CLASSMATES EVERY DAY.
OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL, BROOKLYN IS VERY ACTIVE IN SPORTS.
SHE PARTICIPATES IN CHEERLEADING, SOFTBALL, SOCCER, AND FLAG
FOOTBALL WHERE SHE DEMONSTRATES TEAMWORK, LEADERSHIP, AND
DETERMINATION.
SHE ASPIRES TO BECOME A POLICE OFFICER SO SHE CAN SERVE HER
COMMUNITY.
SHE IS PROUD TO REPRESENT HER SCHOOL AND HER GENERATION OF

YOUNG LEADERS, AND SHE IS HONORED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK THIS MORNING.
9:07:30AM >> GOOD MORNING.
LET'S BOW OUR HEADS.
DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THE BEAUTIFUL DAY AND
FOR BRINGING US TOGETHER SAFELY.
THANK YOU FOR THE PEOPLE WHO SERVE OUR CITY AND WORK HARD TO
HELP TAMPA GROW AND SHINE.
PLEASE GIVE OUR MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WISDOM TO
MAKE SMART DECISIONS, COURAGE TO STAND UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT,
AND CARING HEARTS TO THINK ABOUT EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
CHILDREN, FAMILIES, SENIORS, AND NEIGHBORS ALL ACROSS OUR
CITY.
HELP THEM LISTEN CAREFULLY, SPEAK KINDLY AND WORK TOGETHER
WITH RESPECT.
WHEN CHALLENGES COME, GIVE THEM PATIENCE.
WHEN CHOICES ARE HARD, GIVE THEM CLARITY.
AND IN EVERYTHING THEY DO.
HELP THEM REMEMBER THEY ARE HERE TO SERVE THE PEOPLE.
BLESS THIS MEETING SO IT IS PEACEFUL, PRODUCTIVE, AND
POSITIVE.
BLESS OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR TEACHERS, OUR WORKERS, AND
EVERY FAMILY IN TAMPA.
HELP US ALL DO OUR PART TO MAKE OUR CITY SAFE, STRONG, AND
FULL OF HOPE.

IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.
9:08:47AM >> AMEN.
9:08:49AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THAT WAS PROBABLY --
[ APPLAUSE ]
BROOKLYN, CAN YOU SAY YOUR NAME?
9:09:00AM >> BROOKLYN MCKENZIE WINBORN.
9:09:03AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THAT WAS PROBABLY THE BEST INVOCATION
WE'VE HAD IN CITY COUNCIL SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
POTTER ELEMENTARY IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SCHOOLS.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE UP THERE SEVERAL TIMES TO TALK
WITH THE STUDENTS UP THERE.
CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS MORNING.
DO YOU WANT TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE?
9:09:23AM >> YES.
[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
9:09:42AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BROOKLYN.
THAT'S SETTING THE BAR HIGH FOR EVERYBODY TODAY, I'M JUST
SAYING.
EVERYBODY TO MEET THAT STANDARD FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.
LET'S HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
9:09:54AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
HERE.
9:09:55AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HERE.
9:09:55AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HERE.

9:09:56AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
HERE.
9:09:58AM >> VIERA?
CARLSON?
9:09:59AM >>BILL CARLSON:
HERE.
9:10:00AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HERE.
9:10:01AM >>THE CLERK:
WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
9:10:02AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILMAN VIERA IS ATTENDING A FUNERAL
FOR A FORMER CITY COUNCILMAN FROM DISTRICT 7 THAT WAS AT
9:00 THIS MORNING.
THAT'S WHY HE IS NOT PRESENT.
WE WOULD LIKE TO GET A MOTION FOR ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES OF
REGULAR SESSION FEBRUARY 22, 2026 AND WORKSHOP AND EVENING
SESSIONS HELD ON FEBRUARY 26, 2026 -- SORRY.
REGULAR SESSION ON FEBRUARY 22 AND THE WORKSHOP AND EVENING
SESSION HELD ON FEBRUARY 26, 2026.
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
THANK YOU.
AGENDA REVIEW.
ITEM 26, REMOVE THAT FROM THE AGENDA.
MOTION, PLEASE?
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, SECOND FROM

COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
I HAVE A MEMO FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA REQUESTING TO CONTINUE
ITEM NUMBER 70 TO MARCH 26, 2026.
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
SECOND FROM -- MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, SECOND FROM
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
NOT ONLY LOOKING ALIKE BUT SOUNDING ALIKE.
MARCH 26, 2026.
ALSO RECEIVED AN E-MAIL, WE HAVE A WALK-ON ITEM FOR REVENUE
AND FINANCE FOR THE FINANCIAL RESOLUTION FOR OUR SOCIAL
ACTION IN ARTS FUNDING.
APPROVAL TO HAVE THE WALK-ON ITEM.
WE COULD HAVE THAT DURING ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATES.
WE STARTED MAKING A HABIT OF ANNOUNCING OUR CURRENT
VACANCIES ON CITY COUNCIL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
WE HAVE VACANCIES ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
NATURAL RESOURCES ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
A BOARD MEMBER ON THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION, AN
ALTERNATE MEMBER ON THE ALTERNATE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW

COMMISSION.
AN ARCHITECT ON THE BARRIO LATINO COMMISSION.
A RESIDENT OF THE YBOR CITY HISTORICAL DISTRICT IN THE
BARRIO LATINO COMMISSION.
ALTERNATE MEMBER ON CODE ENFORCEMENT, SLASH, PUBLIC NUISANCE
ABATEMENT BOARD.
IF YOU WANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO SEE IF THERE ARE
QUALIFICATIONS FOR ANY ONE OF THE POSITIONS, THEY ARE
AVAILABLE ON THE CITY OF TAMPA WEBSITE.
YES, MA'AM.
9:12:06AM >>THE CLERK:
WE ALSO HAVE A MEMO FROM ATTORNEY BRODY
REQUESTING THAT ITEM NUMBER 17 BE REMOVED.
9:12:11AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ITEM 17 REMOVED.
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN
MIRANDA TO REMOVE ITEM NUMBER 17 PER MR. BRODY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED.
AYES HAVE IT.
FYI, THE CLERK NOTIFIED ME THAT WE HAVE ISSUES WITH THE
ELECTRONIC VOTING. SO IF WE HAVE A ROLL CALL TODAY, IT WILL
BE A VERBAL ROLL CALL VOTE.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA THAT NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH?
STAFF REPORTS.
YES, MA'AM.
9:12:45AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
ITEM NUMBER 65 IS AN AGREEMENT FOR THE CRA.

WE HAVEN'T REALLY TALKED ABOUT THIS AT THE CRA.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THIS TO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING
BECAUSE WE HAVE A CRA MEETING NEXT WEEK WHERE WE CAN TALK
ABOUT IT.
9:13:05AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
THANK YOU.
I TELL YOU, I SPENT MOST OF MY DAY YESTERDAY HAVING
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ITEM 65.
THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS.
9:13:18AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THE NEXT REGULAR WOULD BE MARCH 26.
WE DO NOT HAVE SPACE.
SO HOW ABOUT APRIL 2nd?
9:13:26AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEM 65 TO
APRIL 2nd.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
9:13:37AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
NUMBER 65 THEN IS OFF THE AGENDA FOR TODAY.
THAT IS CONTINUED.
9:13:41AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THAT IS CONTINUED.
9:13:41AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THANK YOU.
9:13:42AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM 66 AND 67

FOR DISCUSSION.
I'M SORRY.
IT'S ALREADY THERE.
I WANT STAFF.
9:13:53AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
BY THE WAY, WE DO HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE
UPDATE.
CHIEF BENNETT IS UNDER THE WEATHER BUT WE HAVE STAFF FOR
ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE.
ITEM 66 AND 67, WE DO NEED STAFF, THANK YOU.
68.
NO STAFF FOR 68.
69?
YES.
70?
SORRY, 70 WAS CONTINUED.
9:14:21AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
71 WAS A DRAFT ORDINANCE.
9:14:24AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
OKAY.
SO YES.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE ITEM 71 AND 73 -- 72
AND 73?
I AM BLANKING OUT.
MOTION AND SECOND TO RECEIVE AND FILE 72 AND 73.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU.
ANYTHING ELSE?
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO TO APPROVE THE
AGENDA.
WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I NEED ANOTHER CUP OF COFFEE.
AGAIN, COUNCILMAN VIERA NORMALLY IS HERE TO DO OUR POLICE
OFFICER AND OUR FIREFIGHTER OF THE MONTH.
COUNCILMAN GUIDO MANISCALCO IS GOING TO STAND IN FOR THAT
THIS MORNING.
THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE HERE TO PROVIDE GIFTS TO THE POLICE
OFFICER, WE HAVE TWO THIS MORNING.
WE'LL DO THE PRESENTATIONS AND THEN INVITE YOU GUYS UP ONE
TIME ONLY FOR THE POLICE OFFICERS.
9:15:27AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT'S MY HONOR TODAY TO PRESENT -- WE HAVE TWO POLICE
OFFICERS OF THE MONTH AND ONE FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER.
TODAY, WE HONOR THE FIRST POLICE OFFICER, OFFICER TROY
COMBS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
WITH ME IS OUR POLICE CHIEF, LEE BERCAW, DR. CHIEF BERCAW.

THAT WILL BEGIN.
THANK YOU.
9:15:54AM >>CHIEF BERCAW:
GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
IT'S OUR HONOR TO RECOGNIZE MASTER POLICE OFFICER TROY COMBS
AS THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT'S OFFICER OF THE MONTH FOR
FEBRUARY 2026.
HE WAS ON A MUCH-NEEDED VACATION LAST MONTH, SO WE
APOLOGIZE.
BUT HIS PERSONAL WELL-BEING, WE COULDN'T FLY HIM BACK JUST
FOR THAT.
FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, THOUGH, HE HAS SERVED THE TAMPA
POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH PROFESSIONALISM, DEDICATION AND QUIET
EXCELLENCE.
FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS, HE'S BEEN A VITAL MEMBER OF OUR
SPECIAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT UNIT WHERE HIS LEADERSHIP AND
PREPARATION PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE INTO THE DEPARTMENT'S MOST
COMPLEX OPERATIONS.
MOST RECENTLY, MPO COMBS WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN REVIEWING AND
UPDATING THE TROPHIC FLOW PLANS FOR THE GASPARILLA
CHILDREN'S PARADE AND DAY PARADE WHICH YOU KNOW ARE THE TWO
LARGEST EVENTS FOR THE CITY DRAWING IN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF ATTENDEES EACH YEAR.
MPO COMBS COORDINATES THE USE AND DEPLOYMENT OF LOGISTICS
SUCH AS MERIDIAN BARRIERS TO KEEP THOSE EVENTS SAFE.
HE ALSO OVERSEES THE PLANNING FOR ALL 5K RUNS ALONG BAYSHORE

BOULEVARD AND IS CURRENTLY ASSISTING WITH THE PREPARATION
FOR THE 2026 NCAA MEN'S COLLEGE FOOTBALL BASKETBALL FIRST
AND SECOND ROUNDS FOR THE FINAL FOUR.
THESE EFFORTS ENSURE THE MAJOR EVENTS ARE CONDUCTED SAFELY,
EFFICIENTLY, AND OFTEN WITHOUT THE PUBLIC EVER REALIZING THE
LEVEL OF COORDINATION REQUIRED, WHICH I CAN TELL YOU IS VERY
TEDIOUS FROM DOING THE JOB BEFORE.
IN ADDITION TO EVENT PLANNING, MPO COMBS MANAGES SPECIALTY
VEHICLE TRAINING WITHIN THE SPECIAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT UNIT
ENSURING ALL PERSONNEL ARE EQUIPPED AND ALWAYS PREPARED FOR
DEPLOYMENT.
EARLY IN THE ASSIGNMENT HE LED COMPREHENSIVE OVERHAUL OF
HURRICANE DEPLOYMENT PLAN, A HIGHLY DETAILED OPERATION
INVOLVING MORE THAN 1,000 ASSIGNMENTS.
HE ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE STRENGTHENING OF SECURITY AT
SPECIAL EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY IN RESPONSE TO THE
NATIONAL THREATS THAT ARE COMING OUR WAY.
THROUGH HIS ATTENTION TO DETAIL, COMMITMENT TO PREPAREDNESS,
AND UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO SERVICE, MPO TROY COMBS
EXEMPLIFIES THE STANDARDS IN PROFESSIONALISM EXPECTED THE
TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
TO SOME, HIS WORK MAY NOT ALWAYS BE VISIBLE, BUT ITS IMPACT
IS UNDENIABLE, MAKING HIM TRULY DESERVING OF OFFICER OF THE
MONTH FOR FEBRUARY.
CONGRATULATIONS, TROY.

[ APPLAUSE ]
9:18:34AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE'LL WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT POLICE OFFICER
COMES UP.
THERE ARE A LOT OF GIFTS FOR BOTH OF YOU.
OFFICER TROY COMBS OR MPO TROY COMBS, TAMPA CITY COUNCIL IS
HONORED TO RECOGNIZE YOU FOR YOUR EXCEPTIONAL DEDICATION,
TIRELESS WORK ETHIC AND OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE SKILLS.
COMMITMENT TO REDUCING CRIME HAS MADE TAMPA A SAFER PLACE TO
LIVE AND SAFER DESTINATION FOR VISITORS.
BECAUSE OF YOUR DEDICATION TO SERVICE AND COMMITMENT TO
EXCELLENCE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY YOU HAVE
BEEN CHOSEN FOR THIS MARK OF DISTINCTION AS OFFICER OF THE
MONTH.
TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, PEERS AND SUPERIORS WOULD LIKE TO
COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND DILIGENCE.
AND WE RECOGNIZE YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND COMMITMENT TO
KEEPING OUR CITY SAFE.
FOR YOUR REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENTS
TO REDUCING CRIME AND ENHANCING PUBLIC SAFETY, THE TAMPA
CITY COUNCIL IS PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE YOU ON THIS 5th DAY
OF MARCH, 2026.
CONGRATULATIONS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:19:31AM >> THANK YOU.
AS THE CHIEF MENTIONED, I'M SORRY I COULDN'T MAKE IT LAST

MONTH.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS ALLOWING ME SOME TIME TODAY TO
COME AND HAVE ME HERE.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY CORPORAL AND MY SERGEANT FOR WRITING
THE AWARD, ALL OF TPD STAFF FOR VOTING ME AS OFFICER OF THE
MONTH FOR FEBRUARY.
BUT MY JOB OBVIOUSLY IS UNIQUE WITHIN THE CITY.
I DON'T DO TRADITIONAL POLICE WORK.
WE DO EVENT PLANNING PRIMARILY.
ALTHOUGH FROM THE WRITE-UP YOU MAY THINK THAT I DO ALL THE
EVENTS, SOUNDS LIKE I DO ALL THE WORK, BUT IT'S REALLY A
TEAM EFFORT.
I HAVE A WHOLE SQUAD OF GUYS AND GIRLS BEHIND ME THAT PUT
THE EVENTS TOGETHER, AND NOT ONLY THE DEPARTMENT STAFF AND
MY SQUAD, BUT WE ALSO WORK WITH ALL THE OTHER CITY
DEPARTMENTS, SPECIFICALLY I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE ANYBODY OUT,
TAMPA FIRE, MOBILITY, SOLID WASTE, PARKS AND REC.
WITHOUT ALL THE COLLECTIVE EFFORT OF ALL THE DEPARTMENTS,
THE EVENTS WOULD NEVER BE SUCCESSFUL.
SO THE AWARD REALLY GOES TO THEM ALSO.
I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR HELP WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE
DO.
9:20:27AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:20:36AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

DON'T GO FAR.
WE HAVE MORE.
SO THE NEXT OFFICER WE HAVE THAT WE RECOGNIZE FOR MARCH OF
2026, THAT WAS FEBRUARY, IS OFFICER MATT BENNETT.
CHIEF BERCAW.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:20:59AM >> IT'S AN HONOR TO RECOGNIZE OFFICER MATT BENNETT AS OUR
OFFICER OF THE MONTH FOR MARCH 2026.
HIS RECOGNITION IS A RESULT OF RESPONDING DIRECTLY TO
RESIDENTIAL CONCERNS AND QUALITY-OF-LIFE COMPLAINTS.
HE MOVED BEYOND THE STANDARD PATROL AND SPEARHEADED A
COMPREHENSIVE, MULTI-DEPARTMENT, MULTIAGENCY INITIATIVE THAT
IMPROVED THE SAFETY AND THE SPIRIT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
OFFICER BENNETT PERSONALLY ENGAGED WITH APPROXIMATELY 20
LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS, FOSTERING VITAL TRUST AND PARTNERSHIP
NEEDED FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING.
BY SECURING 8 NEW TRESPASS AUTHORIZATIONS, HE EMPOWERED
BUSINESS OWNERS WITH THE LEGAL TOOLS NECESSARY TO
PROACTIVELY ADDRESS LOITERING AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY CONCERNS
ON THEIR PROPERTIES.
THIS OPERATION LED TO THE TRESPASSING OF 90 INDIVIDUALS FROM
PRIVATE AND F.D.O.T. PROPERTIES ALONG WITH 38 ARRESTS.
OFFICER BENNETT'S EFFORTS ALSO RESULTED IN THE SEIZURE OF A
FIREARM AND SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ILLEGAL NARCOTICS,
INCLUDING COCAINE, FENTANYL AND SYNTHETIC CANNABIS.

THROUGH THIS INITIATIVE, CRIMINALS WITH ACTIVE WARRANTS WERE
SUCCESSFULLY APPREHENDED AND LOCAL DELIVERY OF ILLEGAL
NARCOTICS WAS DISRUPTED, CREATING A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR
EVERY RESIDENT.
THIS WAS IN THE AREA OF 50th AND I-4.
I'M SURE IF ANYBODY HAS BEEN THERE, THEY HAVE SEEN SOME OF
THE BLIGHT THAT WAS THERE AND THE TURNAROUND THAT OFFICER
BENNETT HAS MADE THERE.
HE PUT AN ALL-HANDS-ON-DECK COMMITMENT TO THIS AREA.
HE COORDINATED WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS TO CLEAR DEBRIS
FROM THE ROADWAYS AND PUBLIC LAND ADDRESSING SOME OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS SHARED WITH HIM BY THE COMMUNITY.
HIS TIRELESS WORK ETHIC, COMMUNITY POLICING, AND PROACTIVE
LEADERSHIP SERVE AS A BENCHMARK FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE TAMPA
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
HIS DEDICATION TO THIS INITIATIVE REFLECTS THE VERY BEST OF
OUR MISSION TO PROTECT AND SERVE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR
COMMUNITY.
SO CONGRATULATIONS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:23:02AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
OFFICER MATT BENNETT, TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
IS HONORED TO RECOGNIZE YOU FOR YOUR EXCEPTIONAL DEDICATION,
TIRELESS WORK ETHIC AND OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE SKILLS.
YOUR RECOGNITION IS A RESULT OF RESPONDING DIRECTLY TO
RESIDENTIAL CONCERNS AND QUALITY OF LIFE COMPLAINTS.

BECAUSE OF YOUR DEDICATION TO SERVICE, COMMITMENT TO
EXCELLENCE AND GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY, YOU
HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FOR THIS MARK OF DISTINCTION AS OFFICER OF
THE MONTH.
TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, YOUR PIERCE AND SUPERIORS WOULD LIKE TO
COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND DILIGENCE AND WE
RECOGNIZE YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND COMMITMENT TO KEEPING OUR
CITY SAFE.
FOR YOUR REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS, UNWAVERING COMMITMENT,
TIRELESS WORK ETHIC, COMMUNITY POLICING AND PROACTIVE
LEADERSHIP, THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL IS PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE
YOU, OFFICER MATT BENNETT, ON THIS 5th DAY OF MARCH, 2026.
CONGRATULATIONS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:23:50AM >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR HAVING
ME HERE.
THIS WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT A PHENOMENAL STAFF, ALONG
WITH GREAT SUPERVISORS AND THE OFFICERS THAT ARE WITH ME, ON
THE GROUND, MAKING SURE THAT THESE OPERATIONS ARE
SUCCESSFUL.
SO WITHOUT A COLLECTIVE GROUP EFFORT, THIS WOULD NOT BE
POSSIBLE.
SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE AND KIDS FOR BEING
HERE AND ALWAYS SUPPORTING ME AS WELL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:24:25AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU BOTH.
IT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT TAKES TO RUN A CITY AND
KEEP IT SAFE.
TWO VERY DIFFERENT STORIES, BUT BOTH VERY CONSEQUENTIAL TO
THE SAFETY, SECURITY, AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE CITY
OF TAMPA.
ON BEHALF OF THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I THINK WE HAVE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT ARE WANTING TO
RECOGNIZE YOU FROM THE COMMUNITY.
9:24:46AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
COME ON UP.
9:24:48AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
BRANDON BARCLAY --
9:24:52AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
BRIAN FORD DROPPED THE BALL AGAIN.
THIS IS WHY HE IS IN THE OFFICE AND NOT ON THE FIELD.
[ LAUGHTER ]
9:24:59AM >> BRANDON BARCLAY, TAMPA PBA.
ISSUE A PLAQUE TO EACH OFFICER FOR A GREAT JOB.
ALSO FROM BUSCH GARDENS AND PETE BREVI, ALSO GIVING YOU
TICKETS.
9:25:18AM >> NO FUMBLES HERE.
GOOD MORNING.
FIRST OFF, YOU ARE BOTH VERY HUMBLE.

WHAT YOU DO EACH AND EVERY DAY AND WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR
COMMUNITY IS UNREAL AND THE SACRIFICE OF YOUR FAMILY.
WE HAVE A TRADITION AT ONE BUCCANEER PLACE.
BEHALF OF THE GLAZER FAMILY AND ENTIRE ORGANIZATION, WE GIVE
OUT GAME BALLS.
HEARING BOTH OF YOUR STORIES, I'VE GOT YOUR VERY OWN.
IT'S TOUGH WITH TWO, SO NO FUMBLES.
OFFICER COMBS AND OFFICER BENNETT.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO, YOUR SACRIFICE AND WHAT YOU DO FOR
OUR GREAT CITY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:25:57AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YOU ALL REMEMBER WHEN YOU ARE TALKING TO
FACE THIS WAY.
I KNOW IT'S KIND OF WEIRD, BUT BECAUSE OF THE MICROPHONE.
9:26:02AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
JILL WITECKI, TAMPA THEATRE.
TO REPEAT EVERYTHING THAT EVERYBODY HAS SAID, THANK YOU SO
MUCH TO BOTH OF YOU FOR MAKING OUR COMMUNITY A BETTER,
SAFER, MORE FUN PLACE TO BE.
ON BEHALF OF TAMPA THEATRE, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT BOTH OF
YOU WITH AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP TO COME SEE US AT THE THEATER
AND HOPEFULLY CELEBRATE OUR HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY WITH US IN
OCTOBER.
[ APPLAUSE ]

9:26:26AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THE PERFORMING ARTS PEOPLE ALWAYS GET THE
MICROPHONE RIGHT.
9:26:29AM >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
I ALWAYS GET IN TROUBLE FOR THIS.
I LIKE TO LOOK THESE GUYS IN THE FACE.
I APPRECIATE AND RESPECT, AGAIN, I'LL SAY IT EVERY SINGLE
TIME I'M UP HERE.
ALL OF YOU GUYS THAT PUT THE UNIFORM ON, EVERY SINGLE DAY,
THAT MAKE THE SACRIFICES FOR ALL OF US TO KEEP THE CITY OF
TAMPA SAFE, I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU.
TROY, I'VE WORKED WITH YOU FOR A LONG TIME AT BILL CURRIE.
MATT, YOU TOO.
THE STORY WITH YOU, I MET YOUR DAD BEFORE I MET YOU.
YOUR DAD IS A GREAT GUY.
ON BEHALF OF BILL CURRIE FORD, I PRESENT TO YOU A
HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM JENNIFER CURRY HERSELF WITH A GIFT
CARD AS WELL.
MATT, YOU TOO.
HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM JENNIFER CURRY AND GIFT CARD.
I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.
CONGRATULATIONS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:27:30AM >> MARY DILLON, STRAZ CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
ON BEHALF OF THE STRAZ CENTER, PLEASE ACCEPT TICKETS TO AN

UPCOMING PERFORMANCE AT THE STRAZ CENTER WITH BEVERAGE
COUPONS.
I THINK YOU'LL GET COUPONS FOR SOME DINNERS COMING UP.
IT WOULD BE A NICE EVENING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:27:55AM >> GOOD MORNING, OFFICERS.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
GRACE GONZALEZ, HERE ON BEHALF OF THE GONZMART FAMILY AND
1905 FAMILY OF RESTAURANTS.
MPO COMBS AND OFFICER BENNETT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE IN TAMPA AND BEING SO DEDICATED TO OUR COMMUNITY.
I KNOW THE CHALLENGES YOU HAVE FACED HAVE JUST GROWN AS
TAMPA HAS GROWN IN TEN YEARS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND BEING DEDICATED TO SERVING WHAT
WE'RE DOING HERE IN TAMPA.
ON BEHALF OF THE GONZMART FAMILY, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO
TAKE THE GIFT CARDS, ENJOY AN EVENING AT THE COLUMBIA,
FLAMENCO SHOW, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
CONGRATULATIONS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:28:37AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
MICK McARTHUR, STEPP'S TOWING SERVICE.
CONGRATULATIONS ON A JOB WELL DONE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICE TO THE CITY.

TODD STEPP'S AND STEPP'S TOWING, PRESENT YOU BOTH WITH A
GIFT CARD FOR DINNER, TOP GOLF, WHATEVER YOUR CHOICE ON THE
GIFT CARD.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:29:02AM >> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS MARY LOU BAILEY HERE ON BEHALF OF ZOO TAMPA ALONG
WITH --
9:29:09AM >> MARK HANEY, ZOO TAMPA.
9:29:11AM >> THANK BOTH OF YOU.
TRYING TO FOLLOW ALAN'S RULES AND LOOK THIS WAY.
9:29:16AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
IT'S NOT ALAN'S RULES.
9:29:18AM >> ANYWAY, I WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE FOR YOUR WORK.
I HAVE SO MUCH RESPECT FOR THE POLICE OFFICER.
I PERSONALLY WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE I LIVE A BLOCK FROM
THE GASPARILLA PARADE ROUTE AND THINGS HAVE GOTTEN MUCH
SAFER FOR ALL OF US THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA.
I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE BUT I WANTED TO THANK YOU
FOR THAT.
I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING ON A REALLY HARD AREA OF
TOWN AND MAKING IT SAFER AND BETTER FOR EVERYBODY.
YOU GUYS ARE ALL AWESOME.
WE'RE PRESENTING YOU EACH WITH A LOVELY GIFT BASKET.
MARK WILL TELL YOU ABOUT THE ANIMAL STORY.

WHAT'S INSIDE, BEYOND THE GOODIES IS AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP TO
THE ZOO FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
AND IT COMES WITH THE ABILITY TO COME TO OUR SEASONAL EVENTS
LIKE AT CHRISTMAS AND OTHER TIMES.
AND FREE PARKING.
YOU CAN BRING TWO GUESTS.
HOPE YOU ENJOY IT IN GOOD HEALTH AND COME TO LOVE ANIMALS AS
MUCH AS I DO.
9:30:05AM >> WE HAVE AN ELEPHANT HERE.
INTERESTING WAY TO TELL AN ELEPHANT, AFRICAN ELEPHANT FROM
ASIAN ELEPHANT IS AFRICAN ELEPHANT'S EARS ARE SHAPED LIKE
THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA.
ASIA ELEPHANT EARS ARE SHAPED LIKE INDIA.
WOLVES, YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT YOUR PACK.
WE THOUGHT A WOLF IS A GOOD REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:30:38AM >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL, CHIEF BERCAW, OFFICERS.
I'D LIKE TO ON BEHALF OF THE FRIENDS OF THE TAMPA RIVERWALK
PRESENT YOU EACH WITH A PERSONALIZED PAVER.
OFFICER COMBS, OFFICER BENNETT.
I WASN'T SURE OF THE SPELLING OF YOUR NAME.
TEXT ME AND TELL ME THE CORRECT SPELLING.
WE HAVE A PERSONALIZED PAVER ENGRAVED FOR YOU ALONG THE
RIVERWALK.

ALSO, WE HAVE A VARIETY OF GIFT CERTIFICATES IN THE ENVELOPE
FROM DIFFERENT PARTNERS ALONG THE RIVERWALK FOR YOU TO
ENJOY.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:31:23AM >> I'VE GOT A HELPER WITH ME TODAY.
HER NAME IS AVERY BENNETT.
OKAY, AVERY.
WE'RE GOING TO HELP YOUR DAD HERE.
IS THAT ALL RIGHT?
WE HAVE YUMMY HOUSE.
DO YOU LIKE CHINESE FOOD?
[ LAUGHTER ]
9:31:44AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
NEVER ASK A QUESTION YOU DON'T ALREADY
KNOW THE ANSWER TO.
9:31:47AM >> WE ALSO HAVE STEAK AND ALMOST BURGERS.
DO YOU LIKE THOSE?
FRENCH FRIES AT THE MEAT MARKET IN HYDE PARK.
HOW ABOUT THAT?
AND HOW ABOUT EGGS.
EGGS AND GRITS.
HOW ABOUT GOING OVER TO DAILY EATS OVER THERE ON SOUTH
HOWARD.
WOULD THAT BE GOOD?
AND THEN JACKSON'S BISTRO.

I THINK THIS IS REALLY FOR MOM AND DAD.
BUT JACKSON'S HAS ALL KINDS OF GOOD STUFF, TOO.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME HERE.
THIS IS WONDERFUL THAT YOU CAN COME UP HERE AND DO THAT FOR
ME.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
NOW WE HAVE FOR OFFICER COMBS -- GO THROUGH THE SAME THING.
YOU GET THE SAME THING.
YOU GET YUMMY HOUSE --
9:32:36AM >> I LIKE ALL OF THOSE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
9:32:40AM >> YOU HAVE TO TAKE AVERY FOR BREAKFAST OVER AT DAILY EATS.
AND JACKSON'S BISTRO AND ALSO MEAT MARKET.
YOU CAN GO HAVE HAMBURGERS, STEAK, WHATEVER YOU WISH.
LET ME JUST SAY THAT I GREATLY APPRECIATE THE TAMPA POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN AND THE RANK AND FILE.
THEY ARE GREAT, AND WE APPRECIATE THEM AND I APPRECIATE THEM
AND THE BUSINESSES DO EVERY SINGLE DAY.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:33:10AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO FOR OUR
NEXT COMMENDATION.
YOU CAN PAUSE FOR A MOMENT AND LET THEM CLEAR.
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.

9:34:27AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WELL, TODAY, OR THIS QUARTER, WE GET TO HONOR A DIVISION
CHIEF, JAMES GILLIGAN.
WITH ME IS ASSISTANT CHIEF TODD ALT TO KICK IT OFF.
9:34:43AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
TODD ALT, ASSISTANT CHIEF OF OPERATIONS.
I'M FILLING IN FOR CHIEF TRIPP TODAY WHO COULD NOT BE HERE.
I AM HONORED TO INTRODUCE CHIEF JAMES GILLIGAN TODAY AS HE
IS BEING RECOGNIZED AS FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER.
HE IS THE SHIFT COMMANDER ON B SHIFT.
I HAVE PERSONALLY KNOWN HIM 28 YEARS.
THIS IS TRULY AN HONOR FOR ME.
THAT STATED, OVER THE YEARS, I PERSONALLY WITNESSED HIS
PASSION, HIS DEDICATION NOT ONLY TO THE CITY OF TAMPA, TAMPA
FIRE RESCUE AND TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
HE WAS HIRED MARCH 30, 1998, AND HAS DEDICATED ALMOST 28
YEARS WITH TAMPA FIRE, BUT HE HAS OVER 30 YEARS IN THE FIRE
SERVICE.
OVER THE COURSE OF HIS CAREER, HE HAS WORKED HIS WAY UP
THROUGH THE RANKS SERVING AS FIREFIGHTER, AS PARAMEDIC
RESCUE LIEUTENANT, FIRE CAPTAIN, DISTRICT CHIEF, AND HIS
CURRENT POSITION AS SHIFT COMMANDER.
HE'S ALWAYS BEEN ONE TO STEP UP AND GET INVOLVED.
HIS LEADERSHIP AND HIS CAREER REFLECT HIS LONGEVITY AND
COMMITMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT AND TO THE COMMUNITY.

HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN COUNTED ON FOR A LEADERSHIP ROLE,
ASSUMING COMMAND POSITIONS, NUMEROUS SPECIAL EVENTS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
HE REGULARLY TAKES OPERATION LEADS AT RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM,
BENCHMARK ARENA AND THE GASPARILLA EVENTS AS WELL.
THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, HE'S BEEN INSTRUMENTAL WITH THE SUPER
BOWLS, ANY LARGE-SCALE EVENT, AND THE HURRICANES AS WELL.
HE'S ALSO AN EDUCATOR.
CHIEF GILLIGAN DEMONSTRATES HIS LEADERSHIP THROUGH TEACHING.
HE'S BEEN A CONSTANT ADVOCATE FOR TRAINING.
HE'S WORKED AT OUR SKILLS LAB.
HE TAUGHT LIVE FIRE TRAININGS, ADDITIONALLY, HE IS AN
INSTRUCTOR AT HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE POLICE ACADEMY
PROGRAM TEACHING FIRST RESPONDERS CPR.
LONG-TIME INSTRUCTOR FOR THE COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE
TEAM PROGRAM AND THE LIST IS GOING ON.
HE'S ALSO AN ACTIVE MEMBER WITH THE REGIONAL CRITICAL
INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT TEAM AND THAT PROVIDES SUPPORT
FOR FELLOW RESPONDERS HAVE TRAUMATIC EVENTS.
THIS SHOWS HIS COMMITMENT TO HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR
PERSONNEL.
HE IS A MEMBER OF THE FLORIDA TASK FORCE THREE TEAM
REFLECTING DEDICATION TO TECHNICAL RESCUE.
HE'S ALSO BEEN A DEDICATED MEMBER OF THE BENEVOLENT
ASSOCIATION CURRENTLY SERVING AS TREASURER.

HE'S BEEN WITH THE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION THE PAST TEN YEARS
SERVING WITH THEM.
AS EVIDENCED BY THE EXAMPLE PROVIDED, CHIEF GILLIGAN
EXEMPLIFIES CRITERIA SOMEONE DESERVING OF FIREFIGHTER OF THE
QUARTER RECOGNITION.
HE CONTINUOUSLY DISPLAYS HIS LEADERSHIP, UNWAVERING
COMMITMENT TO TAMPA FIRE RESCUE, ESPRIT DE CORPS, BOTH ON
DUTY AND OFF DUTY.
FAMILY, MOST IMPORTANT, HIS FAMILY IS HERE TODAY.
FATHER.
HE'S A FATHER.
HIS WIFE IS HERE, AND HIS TWO CHILDREN AND HIS ONE SON WE
JUST BROUGHT ON AS A FIREFIGHTER ABOUT A YEAR AGO NOW.
COMING UP ON A YEAR.
WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP GOOD PEOPLE IN THE RANKS THERE.
ACCUMULATION OF ALL THE EVENTS AND ALL THE ITEMS MENTIONED
HERE.
HIS LEADERSHIP, HIS CHARACTER, HIS DEDICATION AS TO WHY HE
WAS CHOSEN AS FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER.
CHIEF JAMES GILLIGAN.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:37:54AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HONOR CHIEF JAMES GILLIGAN AS
FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2026.
TAMPA CITY COUNCIL IS PROUD TO RECOGNIZE YOU, FIRE DIVISION
CHIEF JAMES GILLIGAN, FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE AND

REMARKABLE LEADERSHIP IN MENTORING YOUR FELLOW FIREFIGHTERS.
YOU HAVE EXEMPLIFIED A TENACIOUS DEDICATION TO TAMPA FIRE
AND TO THE SERVICE OF THE CITIZENS OF OUR GREAT CITY.
BECAUSE OF YOUR DEDICATION AND SERVICE, COMMITMENT TO
EXCELLENCE, AND GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY, YOU
HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FOR THIS MARK OF DISTINCTION AS FIREFIGHTER
OF THE QUARTER.
TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, YOUR PEERS, AND SUPERIORS WOULD LIKE TO
COMMEND YOU FOR THE DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT, AND WE
RECOGNIZE YOU AND COMMEND YOUR SERVICE TO THE DEPARTMENT,
COLLEAGUES, AND TO THE CITY OF TAMPA.
IT IS OUR HONOR AS CITY COUNCIL TO PRESENT YOU AS FIRE
DIVISION CHIEF JAMES GILLIGAN WITH THIS COMMENDATION AS
FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER ON THE 5th DAY OF MARCH, 2026.
CONGRATULATIONS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:38:44AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
START WITH YOUR NAME, PLEASE.
9:38:45AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
AND ALL THOSE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY.
I AM TRULY HUMBLED BY THIS UNEXPECTED HONOR --
9:38:51AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
CAN YOU START WITH YOUR NAME, PLEASE?
9:38:53AM >> JAMES GILLIGAN, TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
I AM TRULY HUMBLED BY THIS UNEXPECTED HONOR AND WOULD LIKE
TO THANK YOU FOR THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF PUBLIC SAFETY IN
THE CITY OF TAMPA.

OUR CITIZENS, VISITORS AND OUR MEMBERS DESERVE THE SUPPORT
THAT YOU AND CITY ADMINISTRATION PROVIDE.
IN PREPARATION TODAY, FOR TODAY, I ASKED MY FATHER WHAT HE
FELT WAS APPROPRIATE TO ADD TO TODAY'S REMARKS.
HE QUOTED 17th CENTURY AUTHOR JOHN DONNE, NO MAN IS AN
ISLAND, NOT EVEN A GILLIGAN.
HE ALSO SPOKE TO SERVANT LEADERSHIP, LIVE FOR OTHERS THROUGH
SERVICE ABOVE SELF.
I WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE LOVE AND
SUPPORT OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
SOME WERE ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY IN PERSON AND OTHERS IN
SPIRIT.
FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, I WANTED TO BE A FIREMAN OR A
COP OR A NEW YORK JETS FOOTBALL PLAYER.
WELL, THE STORY HAS BEEN WRITTEN AND HERE WE ARE.
THIS HONOR IS ONE THAT I SHARE WITH MY PERSONAL FAMILY AS
WELL AS MY FIRE DEPARTMENT FAMILY.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE MY FATHER
JAMES, MOTHER ESTELLE, SISTER CAROLANN, MY WIFE DANIELLE,
SON PATRICK, AND DAUGHTER BRIANNA WHO ARE HERE WITH US
TODAY.
AS YOU MAY NOTICE, PATRICK IS FOLLOWING THE TRADITION AS A
MEMBER OF TAMPA FIRE RESCUE AS WELL.
BRIANNA IS CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THE RN PROGRAM AT USF, GO
BULLS, AS AN ALUMNUS MYSELF.

I WAS RAISED IN A HOUSEHOLD FULL OF LOVE AND FAITH, GUIDED
BY THE CALLING TO TAKE CARE OF OTHERS ABOVE SELF WITH A
COMPASS READING OF TRUE NORTH.
DANIELLE AND I HAVE RAISED OUR CHILDREN WITH THE SAME
MINDSET.
OVER THE COURSE OF THIS CAREER, I HAVE BEEN SO FORTUNATE TO
BE SURROUNDED BY OUTSTANDING MEN AND WOMEN WHO DEDICATE
THEMSELVES TO SERVICE DELIVERY WITH EXCELLENCE AND
COMPASSION.
THE SUBMISSION OF THIS AWARD WAS AUTHORED BY MY FELLOW
CHIEFS ON THE B SHIFT.
I AM NOT SURE THAT I AM WORTHY OF THE RECOGNITION, BUT I'M
SURE THAT THE WORDS WRITTEN AND THE SENTIMENTS ARE REAL.
I TRULY THANK THEM AND THE AWARDS COMMITTEE, INCLUDING THE
FIRE CHIEF, FOR THIS HONOR AND RECOGNITION.
I HAVE SHARED WITH MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS THAT WE ARE
REWARDED HANDSOMELY FOR OUR CERTIFICATIONS AND
QUALIFICATIONS BUT WE ARE JUDGED AND EVALUATED BY OUR
SERVICE AND PROFESSIONALISM.
PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF BOTH.
THIS FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER AWARD IS ONE OF TRADITION
AND RECOGNITION OF SERVICE.
I ACCEPT THIS IN RECOGNITION OF THOSE THAT HAVE COME BEFORE
US, THOSE HERE WITH US TODAY, AND THOSE WHO WILL SURELY COME
AFTER WE ARE GONE.

I STAND BEFORE YOU GRATEFUL AND APPRECIATIVE OF THIS AMAZING
HONOR.
I AM THANKFUL FOR THE LOVE AND SUPPORT FROM FAMILY AND
FRIENDS.
I PLEDGE TO COMMIT TO WORK TIRELESSLY TO ENSURE ALL OF OUR
MEMBERS GO HOME IN THE MORNING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND GENEROSITY.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:41:19AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
DO YOU WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOUR FAMILY?
WHERE IS YOUR FAMILY AT?
DO YOU WANT TO STAND?
9:41:28AM >> MY MOTHER WHO IS UPSTAIRS WATCHING DOWN UPON US.
9:41:31AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WELCOME TO TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
CONGRATULATIONS.
MR. MANISCALCO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR GUESTS?
754 IN THE HOUSE.
9:41:46AM >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC, CITY STAFF AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE GILLIGAN FAMILY
TODAY.
IT IS TRULY AN HONOR TO STAND UP HERE NEXT TO A CHIEF, A
GENTLEMAN AND AWESOME HUMAN BEING.
JUST SHY OF 15 YEARS AGO, MY FIRST -- TRY TO HOLD BACK ANY
TEARS.
JUST SHY OF 15 YEARS AGO, MY FIRST DAY ON THE JOB I WAS
THANKFUL ENOUGH TO BE UNDER THE WING OF CHIEF GILLIGAN AS MY

FIRST CAPTAIN FOR TWO YEARS.
IT WAS TRULY AN HONOR TO WORK UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP AND HIS
EXPECTATIONS.
HE HELD THE HIGHEST STANDARD, AND HE EXPECTED EVERYONE TO
KNOW THE RULES, FOLLOW THE RULES AND FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES.
BUT HE ALSO DID THE SAME.
SOME OF HIS -- CAPTAIN AT THE FIRE STATION WITH FIREFIGHTERS
TO MAKE SURE THE RULES ARE FOLLOWED AND NOT ONE WOULD FILE A
GRIEVANCE AGAINST HIM.
THAT'S WHAT HE LIVED BY.
HE ALSO DID JUST THAT.
HE DIDN'T JUST TALK THE TALK, HE WALKED THE WALK.
MOST IMPORTANTLY AT 21 YEARS OLD, BEING IN A FIRE STATION
AND BEING YOUNG, HE TOOK ME UNDER HIS WING AND TAUGHT ME
LIFE EXPERIENCES AS WELL AS SOME OTHERS HERE PART OF THE
CREW IN THE BACK.
THIS IS TRULY AN HONOR TO BE HERE AND TO HONOR CHIEF
GILLIGAN ON SOMETHING SO WELL DESERVED FOR THE TYPE OF
PERSON AND LEADERSHIP THAT HE'S INSTILLED IN TAMPA FIRE
RESCUE TO GIVE BACK TO THIS COMMUNITY.
CHIEF, IT IS AN HONOR AND THE GILLIGAN FAMILY AND PATRICK
AND DANIELLE, CONGRATULATIONS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
ON BEHALF OF BUSCH GARDENS, FOUR COMPLIMENTARY ADMISSION
TICKETS TO ENJOY WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

9:43:23AM >> COUNCIL, CHIEF, AGAIN, PERSONALLY, I WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS AT RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM.
YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOUR DEDICATION, AND MAKING RAYMOND JAMES
STADIUM A PLACE THAT WE ALL CAN PROSPER AND COME TO FOR BIG
EVENTS.
WITHOUT WHAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM DO, IT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN.
BUT TODAY, IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU.
EXCELLENT SPEECH.
I DIDN'T EXPECT ANYTHING LESS COMING FROM YOU.
ON BEHALF OF THE GLAZER FAMILY AND OUR ENTIRE ORGANIZATION,
I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FOR THE SACRIFICE YOU
PUT OUT EACH AND EVERY DAY AND THE LEADERSHIP AND THE
MENTORING AND WHAT YOU DO.
SO WE HAVE A LITTLE GAME BALL WITH YOUR NAME ON IT.
WE CAN'T FUMBLE IT.
I ONLY HAVE ONE.
BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
I CAN'T STEP AWAY WITHOUT ASKING THE JETS?
[ LAUGHTER ]
I'LL LEAVE IT WITH THAT.
9:44:28AM >> GOOD MORNING.
I'M MARY LOU BAILEY HERE AGAIN ON BEHALF OF ZOO TAMPA AND
ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
9:44:33AM >> MARK HANEY WITH THE ZOO.

9:44:35AM >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
WHAT A STORY.
YOU ARE INVOLVED IN SO MANY THINGS CLEARLY GOING ABOVE AND
BEYOND.
CAN I TELL YOU ARE VERY DISCIPLINED, WHICH IS SOMETHING I
GREATLY RESPECT.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR SERVING, THE FAMILY THAT
SUPPORTS YOU.
AWESOME.
WE HAVE ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP AND GOODIES.
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP TO THE ZOO FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND TWO
GUESTS.
I HOPE YOU ENJOY IT IN GOOD HEALTH.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
YOU ARE AWESOME.
9:45:02AM >> WE HAVE A RED FOX IN HERE.
I DON'T HAVE MUCH TRIVIA ABOUT A RED FOX.
WE JUST GOT TWO RED FOXES AT THE ZOO.
THEY ARE DARN CUTE.
COME AND SEE US.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:45:21AM >> GOOD MORNING AGAIN, CITY COUNCIL.
MARYBETH WILLIAMS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FRIENDS OF THE
TAMPA RIVERWALK.
CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

BEHALF OF FRIENDS OF THE RIVERWALK, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT
YOU WITH A PERSONALIZED ENGRAVED PAVER ALONG THE RIVERWALK.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF GIFT CERTIFICATES FROM
SOME OF OUR PARTNERS WITH RESTAURANTS AND ATTRACTIONS ALONG
THE RIVERWALK FOR YOU TO ENJOY WITH YOUR FAMILY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:45:46AM >> GOOD MORNING AGAIN, COUNCIL.
JILL WITECKI, TAMPA THEATRE.
CHIEF GILLIGAN, CLEARLY YOU HAVE FOUND YOUR CALLING.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT PASSION, THAT DEDICATION, THAT
KNOWLEDGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
ON BEHALF OF TAMPA THEATRE, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU AND
YOUR FAMILY WITH A GIFT MEMBERSHIP SO YOU CAN COME SEE US
FOR A FILM, LIVE SHOW, MAYBE A THREE-HOUR TOUR.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:46:11AM >> GOOD MORNING, CHIEF.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
MARY DILLON, STRAZ CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS.
ON BEHALF OF STRAZ CENTER, CHIEF, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY.
PLEASE ACCEPT TICKETS FOR UPCOMING PERFORMANCE AND GUEST,
FRIEND, FAMILY.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]

9:46:31AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
MIKE McARTHUR, STEPP'S TOWING SERVICE.
CONGRATULATIONS FOR A JOB WELL DONE.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU ARE DOING FOR THE COMMUNITY.
YOUR PASSION AND STORY AFTER 28 YEARS ON THE JOB IS
REFRESHING.
I REALLY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
ON BEHALF OF TODD STEPP'S AND STEPP'S TOWING, PRESENT A GIFT
CARD.
I HAVE TO SAY, JETS --
9:46:53AM >> IT'S A CHILDHOOD THING.
[ LAUGHTER ]
9:47:00AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
KEYWORD THERE IS "WAS."
9:47:04AM >> I'M GRACE GONZALEZ, HERE ON BEHALF OF THE GONZMART FAMILY
AND 1905 FAMILY OF RESTAURANTS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE IN TAMPA AND FOR SHARING YOUR
LEADERSHIP AND SHARING YOUR INTEGRITY WITH TAMPA.
THANK YOU.
WE WANT TO YOU ENJOY YOURSELF, YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICES.
PLEASE ENJOY LUNCH, DINNER AT NEIGHBORHOOD RESTAURANTS AND
RELAX.
CONGRATULATIONS.
9:47:28AM >> GOOD MORNING.
I WAS GOING TO ASK BRIANNA AND PATRICK TO COME UP, BUT THEY

ARE TOO BIG.
IT'S NOT LIKE AVERY.
AVERY IS A LITTLE GIRL.
ANYWAY, WE APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
ON BEHALF OF A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT BUSINESSES, WE'RE GOING
TO PROVIDE YOU WITH YOUR CHOICE, BREAKFAST, LUNCH OR DINNER
OVER AT THE YUMMY HOUSE AND CRG, JACKSON'S BISTRO, AND MEAT
MARKET OVER IN OLD HYDE PARK.
AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO EVERY SINGLE
DAY.
AND YOU OUGHT TO CHANGE THE MOTTO TO TAMPA FIRE RESCUE TO
"EVER READY."
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:48:19AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CONGRATULATIONS.
9:48:20AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL.
WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW THE ROOM TO SHIFT A LITTLE BIT AND
BRING SOME OTHER PEOPLE UP FOR THE NEXT COMMENDATION.
BY THE WAY, IF YOU CAUGHT THE THREE-HOUR TOUR, BOTH OF YOURS
STARTED WITH ONE NINE.
9:49:07AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
NOW I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE COUNCILWOMAN
YOUNG FOR ANOTHER SPECIAL PRESENTATION.
9:51:31AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
GOOD MORNING.
9:51:32AM >> GOOD MORNING.

9:51:35AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
SO THIS MORNING IS TRULY AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO CELEBRATE
THE LADIES OF BETA SIGMA ZETA CHAPTER OF ZETA PHI BETA
SORORITY INCORPORATED.
I WAS PRACTICING BECAUSE I WAS NOT GOING TO MESS THAT UP.
FOR THEIR 106 YEARS OF EXCELLENT SCHOLARSHIP, COMMUNITY
SERVICE AND SISTERHOOD SINCE THE CHAPTER'S BEGINNING IN
MARCH OF 1946, THIS REMARKABLE SISTERHOOD HAS REMAINED
COMMITTED TO UPLIFTING COMMUNITIES AND EMPOWERING WOMEN AND
CREATING A LEGACY THAT CONTINUES TO INSPIRE GENERATIONS.
SO IT GIVES ME GREAT HONOR TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS
COMMENDATION THIS MORNING.
BETA SIGMA ZETA OF ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY INCORPORATED,
SINCE ITS CHARTERING ON MARCH 9, 1946, BETA SIGMA ZETA OF
ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY INCORPORATED HAS DISTINGUISHED ITSELF
AS A PUBLIC SERVICE ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO ADDRESSING THE
CHALLENGES FACING AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE BROADER
COMMUNITY.
OVER THE YEARS, THE CHAPTER HAS MAINTAINED A STRONG PRESENCE
THROUGHOUT THE TAMPA COMMUNITY THROUGH OUTREACH AND SERVICE
PARTNERING WITH ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE NAACP AND THE
SPRING OF TAMPA BAY, WHILE ALSO WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH
THE TAMPA HOUSING AUTHORITY TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY EVENTS AND
INITIATIVES THAT BENEFIT LOCAL FAMILIES AND RESIDENTS.
THE CHAPTER ALSO PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE CHARTERING OF

THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA'S ALPHA ETA CHAPTER OF ZETA
PHI BETA SORORITY, INCORPORATED.
ANNUAL CHAPTER PROJECTS INCLUDE ELDER CARE, ADOPT A SCHOOL,
CHRISTMAS WITH THE ZETAS, BLUE AND WHITE FEEDING TAMPA BAY,
AND FIRST RESPONDERS RECOGNITION, AS WELL AS PROVIDING
SCHOLARSHIPS TO HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
BETA SIGMA ZETA CHAPTER HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS AWARDS AT THE
STATE, REGIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS IN RECOGNITION OF
ITS COMMITMENT TO SERVICE AND COMMUNITY IMPACT.
THIS CHAPTER IS COMPRISED OF A DIVERSE AND TALENTED
MEMBERSHIP RANGING FROM THOSE WHO ARE JUST BEGINNING THEIR
POST-COLLEGIATE JOURNEY TO SEASONED MEMBERS WHOSE EXPERIENCE
CONTINUES TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE, LEADERSHIP, AND SUPPORT TO
THE SISTERHOOD IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TAMPA IS HONORED TO PRESENT
THIS COMMENDATION AND JOINS THE BETA SIGMA ZETA CHAPTER OF
ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY INCORPORATED IN CELEBRATING 106 YEARS
OF SISTERHOOD IN 2026 AND 80 YEARS OF SERVICE AS A CHAPTER
WHILE CONTINUING TO UPHOLD THE PRINCIPLES OF SCHOLARSHIP,
SERVICE, SISTERHOOD AND FINER WOMANHOOD.
[ APPLAUSE ]
DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING?
9:54:28AM >> REALLY DON'T WANT TO.
[ LAUGHTER ]
9:54:30AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I SEE TWO VERY FAMILIAR FACES STANDING

BEHIND YOU.
I THINK YOU SHOULD BRING THEM UP FRONT AND INTRODUCE THEM.
COME ON.
TONYA, SULING.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THIS GROUP WOULD BE SO QUIET.
9:54:53AM >> THAT JUST SHOWS YOU THE QUALITY OF WOMEN THAT WE ARE.
YOU SEE IT EVERY DAY HERE.
9:54:59AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE DO.
9:55:00AM >> TAMPA IS HOME FOR US, AND WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND HELP AND REACH OUT, EVEN
THOUGH WE ARE A HUGE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, ZETA HAS
OVER 800 CHAPTERS WORLDWIDE.
AND THEY HAVE DONE THINGS LIKE BUILD WELLS IN COUNTRIES
WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE CLEAN WATER, SO PEOPLE HAVE CLEAN
WATER.
DONE STUFF WITH SCHOOLS.
HERE, WE NOT ONLY WORK WITH THE SPRING, WE HAVE AMERICAN RED
CROSS, THE MARCH OF DIMES WITH THE PREEMIES PROGRAM, VA WITH
THE VETERANS.
SO WE ARE SOME BUSY FOLKS, EVEN THE ONES OF US THAT ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE RETIRED.
I THINK I'M STILL WORKING.
BUT THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR.
WE DO IT BECAUSE WE LOVE PEOPLE AND WE LOVE TAMPA.
9:55:50AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[ APPLAUSE ]
CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR OUR RECORD?
9:55:57AM >> I'M BERNADETTE WASHINGTON.
9:55:59AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
I KNOW THAT SULING AND TONYA AND I SEE FRAN BACK THERE.
VERY HAPPY YOU GUYS HERE TODAY.
HONORED TO HAVE YOU IN THE ROOM AND APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:56:14AM >> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:56:21AM >> WE HAVE A GALA COMING UP THIS MONTH.
9:56:23AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
VERY NICE.
VERY GOOD.
SWANKY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
NOW YOU GUYS GO GET YOUR PICTURE TAKEN.
9:56:39AM >> WE DO HAVE A GALA COMING UP ON SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 5 TO
9 P.M.
TICKETS ARE $85.
THIS IS TO SUPPORT THE CHAPTER AS WELL AS -- I DON'T KNOW IF
YOU ALL, THE HOUSE WAS TORN DOWN IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR.
SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF REBUILDING.
ANY SUPPORT TO US WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
9:57:10AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SULING, THE CLERK WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU

STATE YOUR NAME FIRST BEFORE YOU PRESENT.
9:57:15AM >> SULING LUCAS HARRIS.
[ LAUGHTER ]
9:57:19AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
9:57:20AM >> THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
9:57:21AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I WOULD NOW LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR
ADMINISTRATOR FOR DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY,
ABBYE FEELEY.
9:57:28AM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
ABBYE FEELEY, ADMINISTRATOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITY.
I'M HERE THIS MORNING WITH JEFF GREENE OF CLARION AND
ASSOCIATES.
WE'LL GIVE A BRIEF 15-MINUTE UPDATE ON THE LAND DEVELOPMENT
CODE UPDATE THAT YOU ARE AWARE.
I'VE BEEN COMING TO YOU MONTHLY TO SHARE WITH YOU THE
PROGRESS THAT WE'VE BEEN MAKING IN UPDATING OUR CODE.
WE HAVE SEVERAL GOALS IN MAKING THAT UPDATE, INCLUDING
STREAMLINING THE CODE SO THAT IT'S MORE UNDERSTANDABLE AND
PREDICTABLE, MORE PREDICTABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR CITY, ALSO
MODERNIZING IT TO REALLY ADDRESS WHERE WE ARE TODAY AS A
CITY AND MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT.
THE CODE IS COMING IN THREE INSTALLMENTS.
THE FIRST INSTALLMENT JUST WENT OUT ON FEBRUARY 17.
AND THIS WEEK, WE HAD A PUBLIC MEETING MONDAY NIGHT AT THE

HANNA CENTER.
WE HAD OVER 52 ONLINE PARTICIPANTS AND CLOSE TO 50
PARTICIPANTS IN THE AUDIENCE.
IT WAS A REALLY GREAT MEETING.
A LOT OF VERY PASSIONATE CITIZENS WITH US THERE, INCLUDING
CONSULTANTS AND DEVELOPERS.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK WAS WITH US THAT NIGHT, WHICH WE WERE SO
GLAD TO HAVE HER THERE AS WELL.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN COMMITTED TO IS ENSURING
THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC TOUCH POINTS DURING THIS
PROCESS, BE IT PUBLIC MEETINGS AS WELL AS ONLINE
OPPORTUNITIES TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK.
WE KNOW THAT WAS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE, AND THAT WE EXPERIENCE
THAT DURING THE COMP PLAN UPDATE.
WE, TOO, ARE COMMITTED TO DOING THAT AS THE LAND DEVELOPMENT
CODE.
IN ADDITION TO THE PUBLIC MEETING WE HAD WITH JEFF AND HIS
TEAM MONDAY NIGHT AT HANNA, WE'LL ALSO BE ROLLING OUT SOME
NEIGHBORHOOD-LEVEL MEETINGS AS WELL IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
AS I MENTIONED, THE INSTALLMENT COMES IN THREE PARTS.
THIS ALLOWS FOR A MULTITUDE OF TOUCH POINTS.
IT ALLOWS FOR A MULTITUDE OF FEEDBACK OPPORTUNITIES FROM THE
PUBLIC.
SO THAT WE REALLY ARE ENSURING.
AND WHAT WE HAVE, THE FIRST INSTALLMENT IS A DRAFT.

JEFF WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
NOTHING IS SET IN STONE.
WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THIS.
THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES.
I ALSO KNOW JEFF MET WITH MANY OF YOU YESTERDAY, WHICH IS
ANOTHER ONE OF OUR COMMITMENTS THAT WE HAVE TOUCH POINTS
WITH COUNCIL ON THIS, AS IT'S SO CRITICAL THAT WE REALLY
BRING ALL THE THREADS TOGETHER AS WE MOVE THIS FORWARD,
REALLY FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, TOO, AND WE KEEP IN THE PERIPHERY IS THAT
SENATE BILL 180 ISSUE AND SOME OF THE MORE RESTRICTIVE
ISSUES.
SO I THINK WE'RE VERY COGNIZANT OF THE TIMING AND ENSURING
THAT WHAT WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU IS IN ALIGNMENT TO BE PASSED
AND TO THEN GO IN EFFECT.
THIS MORNING, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JEFF.
WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION.
IF CTTV COULD PLEASE BRING THAT UP FOR US AND WE'LL BE HERE
FOR ANY QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:00:17AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
GOOD MORNING, SIR.
START WITH YOUR NAME, PLEASE.
10:00:19AM >> HELLO.
MY NAME IS JEFF GREENE, WITH CLARION AND ASSOCIATES.
MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR

THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU.
IT'S A BIG MILESTONE IN THIS PROJECT TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE YOU
WITH THE FIRST -- WITH THE DRAFT OF THE FIRST OF THREE
INSTALLMENTS OF THE UPDATED LDC.
I WAS HERE PRESENTING ON THE LDC ASSESSMENT EXACTLY 52 WEEKS
AGO TODAY.
IT'S TAKEN US A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO GET HERE THAN WE WOULD
HAVE LIKED.
IF YOU SAW THE 411 PAGE DRAFT ON THE WEBSITE, THERE WAS A
LOT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO THAT AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE GOT IT RIGHT.
SO JUST BRIEF SUMMARY OF WHAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT.
ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE MAY BE PEOPLE WATCHING WHO HAVEN'T
KEPT UP.
I'LL GIVE A BRIEF BACKGROUND ABOUT THE PROJECT, HOW WE GOT
TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND THE CURRENT STATUS.
AND THEN I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT INSTALLMENT ONE OF
THREE OF THE UPDATED LDC ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT NOT ONLY WHAT'S IN INSTALLMENT ONE BUT
IMPORTANTLY WHAT'S NOT IN INSTALLMENT ONE, BECAUSE ALL THOSE
INSTALLMENTS ARE GOING TO BE CRITICAL TO THE FUTURE LAND USE
CODE.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE NEW ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ARE INCLUDED
IN INSTALLMENT ONE AS WELL AS THE UPDATED USE REGULATIONS
AND THE OTHER REGULATIONS THAT SUPPORT THE UPDATED CODE.

AT THE END, I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S COMING NEXT
BUT ALSO LEAVE ROOM FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS
MAY HAVE.
AS ABBYE JUST MENTIONED AND I'LL GET THROUGH THIS QUICKLY,
THE LDC HAS NOT BEEN COMPREHENSIVELY UPDATED IN MANY
DECADES.
OBVIOUSLY, IT IS AMENDED CONTINUOUSLY, BUT IT'S DONE IN A
PIECEMEAL FASHION.
WHAT YOU HAVE TODAY IS AN ORDINANCE THAT'S NOT PARTICULARLY
WELL ORGANIZED.
THERE ARE A NUMBER HAD OF INTERNAL INCONSISTENCIES, AND IT'S
NOT REALLY WELL ALIGNED WITH THE CITY'S PREFERRED FORM OF
DEVELOPMENT.
SO THIS PROJECT IS REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE LDC,
IDENTIFY WHAT WORKS WELL, IDENTIFY WHAT DOESN'T WORK WELL,
AND TO MAKE THE CHANGES THAT ARE NECESSARY TO BETTER SUPPORT
THE CITY'S LAND USE VISION.
JUST BRIEFLY, WE ARE WITH CLARION, A PLANNING CONSULTANT
FIRM WITH OFFICES IN CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA AND DENVER,
COLORADO.
IN OUR 34 YEARS, WE'VE HELPED MORE THAN 250 COMMUNITIES
SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE COMPREHENSIVE UPDATES TO THEIR
DEVELOPMENT CODES.
INCLUDING SEVERAL COMMUNITIES IN FLORIDA.
WE ARE JOINED WITH A NUMBER OF SUBCONSULTANT TEAMS THAT

LENDS PARTICULAR EXPERTISE TO OUR TEAM.
DOVER, KOHL AND PARTNERS, THEY ARE AWARD-WINNING TOWN
PLANNING FIRM.
THEY ARE HELPING US OUT WITH SOME CORRIDOR DESIGN STANDARDS
THAT WE'LL BE INTRODUCING LATER IN THE PROJECT.
KITTELSON AND ASSOCIATES, A TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING FIRM
THAT HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH THE CITY, WORKED ON THE
TAMPA MOVES PLAN.
PLAN ACTIVE STUDIO IS A PLANNING FIRM IN ORLANDO THAT HAS
HELPED OUT WITH SOME OF THE DISTRICT STANDARDS.
AND NANCY STROUD, WHO IS A WELL REGARDED FLORIDA ATTORNEY
WITH DECADES OF LAND USE EXPERIENCE WHO IS HELPING OUT WITH
THE UPDATES TO THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND IMPROVEMENT
PROCEDURES.
WE HAVE SHOWN YOU THIS SCHEDULE BEFORE.
THIS IS THE OVERALL SCHEDULE OF THE PROJECT.
AS ABBYE MENTIONED, LITTLE MEGAPHONES DOWN BELOW SHOW, WE
HAVE MADE SURE THAT THERE ARE TOUCH POINTS THROUGHOUT THE
PROJECT, FROM THE VERY BEGINNING WHEN WE WERE GATHERING
INFORMATION IN TASK ONE, THROUGH TO THE LDC ASSESSMENT WHERE
WE IDENTIFIED, SYNTHESIS OF EVERYTHING WE LEARNED IN PHASE
ONE.
ALL OF THE PRIORITIES OF THE CITY, WHAT WORKED WELL IN THE
CURRENT CODE AND WHAT DOESN'T WORK WELL.
IT ALSO LAID OUT A ROAD MAP FOR THE DRAFTING OF THE UPDATED

LDC.
THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
PHASE THREE, WE ARE IN THE DRAFTING PHASE.
THE REASON WE DO IT IN THREE INSTALLMENTS AS ABBYE MENTIONED
IS TO PROVIDE YOU WITH ADDITIONAL TOUCH POINTS.
SO THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND COUNCIL WILL GET TO SEE
INSTALLMENT ONE, INSTALLMENT TWO, AND INSTALLMENT THREE.
AND THEN DURING THAT PHASE FOUR, WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO SEE THE ENTIRE CONSOLIDATED CODE WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE
FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED DURING THE INSTALLMENT ONE PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT PERIOD.
IT ALSO PROVIDES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THE PUBLIC
SLIGHTLY MORE MANAGEABLE CHUNKS OF CODE.
NOW, THE DRAFT IS 411 PAGES, WHICH IS A LOT.
BUT IT'S LESS THAN THE ENTIRE CODE WOULD BE.
SO AS I MENTIONED, THE LDC ASSESSMENT, WHICH I PRESENTED
ABOUT A YEAR AGO, THERE ARE EIGHT KEY GOALS LISTED THERE.
WE TRIED TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THOSE IN THE DRAFT LDC.
ONE OF THE KEY PRIORITIES IN THE LDC ASSESSMENT THAT YOU CAN
SEE THROUGHOUT THIS INSTALLMENT ONE IS THE DESIRE FOR A MORE
USER FRIENDLY, BETTER ORGANIZED, EASIER TO USE SET OF
DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
AS WE GO THROUGH THE SPECIFICS OF INSTALLMENT ONE, I'LL SHOW
YOU SOME OF THE PLACES WHERE WE'VE TRIED TO DO THAT.
THE LDC ASSESSMENT PROPOSED AN OUTLINE OF HOW THE UPDATED

LDC SHOULD BE ORGANIZED.
THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE.
THERE ARE NINE SEPARATE ARTICLES.
INSTALLMENT ONE INCLUDES THESE THREE ARTICLES.
ARTICLE 3 ZONING DISTRICTS, ARTICLE 4, THE USE REGULATIONS.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE KEY REGULATIONS THAT REGULATE HOW
DEVELOPMENT TAKES PLACE IN THE CITY.
WE ALSO INCLUDE SOME OF THE DEFINITIONS IN ARTICLE 9 AS WELL
AS THOSE RULES OF MEASUREMENT THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THE
DISTRICT AND USE REGULATIONS.
ZONING DISTRICTS, ESTABLISH MINIMUM SETBACKS, THEY ESTABLISH
MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHTS.
AND WE'VE GONE AHEAD AND INCLUDED THE RULES FOR HOW YOU
MEASURE HEIGHT, HOW YOU MEASURE THE SETBACKS IN ARTICLE 9.
BUT THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE DEFINITIONS TO COME AS WE DRAFT
THE REMAINDER OF THE CODE.
SO THERE IS A LOT THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN INSTALLMENT ONE.
I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT.
BECAUSE THERE ARE PIECES OF INSTALLMENTS TWO AND THREE THAT
HAVE A LOT OF IMPACT ON HOW LAND CAN BE DEVELOPED IN THE
CITY.
AND THEY ARE NOT PREPARED YET.
INSTALLMENTS TWO AND THREE WILL INCLUDE THE ADMINISTRATION
PROCEDURES.
SO SOME OF THOSE REVISIONS TO THE REZONING PROCEDURES, TO

THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT PROCEDURES AND VARIANCES THAT WE
TALKED ABOUT IN THE LDC ASSESSMENT.
A LOT OF THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ARE INCLUDED IN
INSTALLMENTS TWO AND THREE.
THESE ARE STANDARDS AROUND OFF-STREET PARKING, AROUND
LANDSCAPING, AROUND TREE PROTECTION.
ALL OF THESE WILL BE DEVELOPED LATER IN THE PROJECT.
SO YOU WILL NOTE THAT THERE ARE CROSS-REFERENCES IN
INSTALLMENT ONE TO THE SECTIONS, BUT THEY ARE NOT READY YET.
THEY ARE BEING DRAFTED AND OBVIOUSLY EVERYBODY IN THE
COMMUNITY WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT.
THERE ARE ALSO SOME OF THE OTHER REGULATIONS THAT APPLY,
NONCONFORMITIES, BUT THAT IS LAND OR USES THAT WERE LEGAL
WHEN DEVELOPED, BUT THE CODE HAS CHANGED, AND SO THEY ARE NO
LONGER LEGAL.
SO THOSE ESTABLISH THE RULES FOR HOW THOSE CONTINUE AND HOW
THEY NEED TO CHANGE.
ENFORCEMENT AND ALSO SOME GENERAL PROVISIONS.
ONE THING I WILL NOTE IS THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF NEW
GRAPHICS AND ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE UPDATED LDC DRAFT THAT'S
ON THE WEBSITE.
BUT WE LIKE TO MAKE SURE THERE'S GENERAL CONSENSUS AROUND
THE STANDARDS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE NEW LDC BEFORE WE
TAKE THE TIME TO DIG IN AND MAKE A LOT OF THESE GRAPHICS.
SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PLACE-HOLDERS IN THERE THAT WILL BE

FILLED IN AS DRAFTING CONTINUES.
I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE WHAT ABBYE SAID.
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IS IMPORTANT.
I'M PLEASED TO NOTE THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF CONCERNS RAISED
ABOUT SOME OF THE PROPOSED PROVISIONS AT THE MEETING WE HAD
ON MONDAY NIGHT.
BUT EVERYBODY DID SEEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A DRAFT.
THIS IS NOT GOING TO YOU FOR ADOPTION ANY TIME SOON.
THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC
FEEDBACK.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS THE COMMUNITY'S CODE.
THIS IS NOT OUR CODE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE COMFORTABLE
WITH AND THAT YOU NEED TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH.
AND SO THERE'S GOING TO BE -- WE EXPECT TO GET A LOT OF
COMMENTS AND WE ARE LISTENING AND WE ARE GOING TO MAKE
CHANGES AS THE PROCESS CONTINUES.
SO LET ME JUST TAKE YOU A LITTLE BIT THROUGH THE ARTICLES
THAT ARE INCLUDED IN INSTALLMENT ONE.
JUST PROVIDE A LITTLE HIGH-LEVEL SUMMARY.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT ON MONDAY
NIGHT.
ONE OF THE KEY ELEMENTS OF ARTICLE 3 IS AN UPDATED
ORGANIZATION OF THE ZONING DISTRICTS.
NOT ONLY THE SECTION IN GENERAL, BUT THE WAY EACH ZONING

DISTRICT IS ORGANIZED.
THE GOAL IS TO MAKE IT MORE USER FRIENDLY SO THAT PEOPLE CAN
JUST GLANCE AT THE ZONING DISTRICT IN WHICH THEY ARE LOCATED
OR IN WHICH THEY ARE CONSIDERING DEVELOPMENT TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH THEIR PROPERTY.
SO THIS IS A COPY OF SOME OF THE ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS
IN YOUR CURRENT CODE.
SO YOU CAN SEE IT IS VERY HEAVILY TEXT BASED.
THERE ARE SOME TABLES AS WELL.
LET ME SHOW YOU HOW WE'RE DOING IT IN THE UPDATED LDC.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
ONE OF THE BASE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
NOW, OBVIOUSLY, SOME OF THE DISTRICTS HAVE MANY MORE
REGULATIONS, LIKE THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.
SO THEY ARE LONGER THAN TWO PAGES, BUT THEY ALL FOLLOW THIS
VERY SIMILAR FORMAT.
YOU'VE GOT YOUR PURPOSE STATEMENT UP TOP THAT ESTABLISHES
THE PURPOSE OF THE DISTRICT.
THERE IS A CONCEPT DRAWING THAT ILLUSTRATES WHAT DEVELOPMENT
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IN THAT DISTRICT IS INTENDED TO LOOK
LIKE GIVEN THE CONTEXT.
UNDER THAT IS A REFERENCE TO THE USE REGULATIONS.
SO WE'VE TAKEN ALL THE SEPARATE SETS OF USE REGULATIONS AND
CONSOLIDATED THEM ALL INTO ARTICLE 4.
AND BELOW THAT IS THE DIMENSIONAL TABLE.

SO THAT ESTABLISHES THOSE KEY DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS.
MAXIMUM HEIGHT.
MINIMUM LOT WIDTH, REQUIRED SETBACKS FROM THE FRONT, SIDE,
REAR, AND CORNER LOT LINES.
ON THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU CAN SEE A DIMENSIONAL DRAWING THAT IS
KEY TO THE TABLE.
AND THE DIMENSIONAL DRAWING IS INTENDED TO ILLUSTRATE BASED
ON THOSE DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS AND THE TYPES OF USES ALLOWED
IN THE DISTRICT, WHAT DEVELOPMENT IN THAT DISTRICT IS
INTENDED TO LOOK LIKE.
BELOW THAT ARE CROSS-REFERENCES TO ALL OF THE OTHER
STANDARDS THAT APPLY IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
TO DEVELOPMENT IN THE DISTRICT.
SO THEY ARE CROSS REFERENCES TO OFF-STREET PARKING
STANDARDS, CROSS REFERENCES TO THE EXTERIOR LIGHTING
STANDARDS.
CROSS-REFERENCES TO THE SUBDIVISION STANDARDS.
EVERYTHING THAT MIGHT PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN
DEVELOPMENT.
AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL HYPERLINKED SO YOU CAN CLICK ON THEM
AND GO THERE.
ALTHOUGH, AGAIN, WE HAVEN'T DRAFTED THOSE DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS.
SO THOSE HYPERLINKS DON'T TAKE YOU ANYWHERE YET.
A LOT OF WHAT WE DID IS THIS REORGANIZATION.

SO THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, IT IS LARGELY
REORGANIZATION TO TRY TO MAKE IT MORE USER FRIENDLY.
WE HAVE NOT MADE A LOT OF SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES IN THAT
DISTRICT OR SOME OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS.
BUT WE HAVE MADE SOME CHANGES IN SOME OF THE OTHER ONES.
SO THE RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS DISTRICTS, WE'VE DONE SOME
CONSOLIDATION OF DISTRICTS.
A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN COMMENT ON THAT WE'RE
STILL THINKING ABOUT, WE ARE PROPOSING TO CONSOLIDATE THE RS
50 AND RS 60 DISTRICTS INTO ONE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY
URBAN DISTRICT AND TO ALLOW SOME ADDITIONAL HOUSING TYPES IN
THESE DISTRICTS AS WELL TO TRY TO ADDRESS ONE OF THE OTHER
PRIORITIES IN THE LDC ASSESSMENT AND IN THE PLAN TO ALLOW
SOME ADDITIONAL HOUSING TYPES.
THERE ARE SOME MODEST BUILDING DESIGN STANDARDS AS WELL IN
THAT RSU DISTRICT.
AND ON THE BUSINESS SIDE, WE HAVE PROPOSED CONSOLIDATING THE
COMMERCIAL GENERAL AND THE COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE DISTRICTS.
THAT'S ANOTHER ONE WHERE WE HAVE GOTTEN FEEDBACK ABOUT HOW
THAT MAY NOT BE THE BEST IDEA.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY
AND THEN DECIDE WHAT CHANGES TO MAKE.
ONE OF THE BIG THINGS IS THERE ARE NEW MIXED USE DISTRICTS.
SO THERE ARE THREE MIXED USE DISTRICTS AT DIFFERENT SCALES,
ALL THE WAY FROM NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH THE CORRIDOR TO

REGIONAL CENTER.
THE GOAL OF THESE DISTRICTS AND INCLUDING THESE DISTRICTS IN
THE CODE IS NOT THAT THEY BE APPLIED AT THE SAME TIME THAT
THE LDC IS ADOPTED, ALTHOUGH YOU MAY CHOOSE TO DO SO,
INSTEAD IT IS ANOTHER TOOL IN YOUR TOOLBOX, EITHER FOR THE
COUNCIL TO APPLY LAND IN AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY WHERE THERE
IS DESIRABLE FOR WALKABLE, MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THAT
INCLUDES RESIDENTIAL, NONRESIDENTIAL, OFFICE, COMMERCIAL
USES.
OR IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LAND DONORS OR DEVELOPERS WHO ARE
COMING IN AND WANT TO COME IN WITH A PROJECT, IT'S REALLY AN
ALTERNATIVE TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY CAN APPLY AND
THAT INCREASES THE LEVEL OF PREDICTABILITY, BECAUSE THERE
ARE STANDARDS HERE THAT APPLY.
THE COMMUNITY KNOWS WHAT THE STANDARDS ARE AND LAND CAN BE
DEVELOPED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE STANDARDS.
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR AT THE VERY
START OF THIS PROJECT WAS THAT PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT
THE LACK OF PREDICTABILITY IN THE LAND USE PROCESS.
PART OF THAT BASED ON OUR ANALYSIS IS THAT THE CITY USES
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS A LOT.
IT'S USED NOT ONLY FOR SORT OF LARGER PROJECTS BUT ALSO FOR
SINGLE LOTS IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO IN ORDER TO TRY TO ADDRESS THAT, WE ARE PROPOSING A

MINIMUM TWO-ACRE SIZE FOR PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS, WHICH
ADDRESSES THOSE ISSUES WHERE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT IS USED ON
INDIVIDUAL LOTS IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'M TALKING TO SOME DEVELOPERS, THERE ARE ISSUES WITH THE
CURRENT CODE WHERE YOU CAN'T DO EVEN CONSISTENT
SINGLE-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT IN SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS ON
SOME OF THESE LOTS WITHOUT DOING A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS AS WE GET
INTO THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND INTO THE ADMINISTRATIVE
PROCEDURES TO MAKE IT SO THAT THOSE DEVELOPMENTS CAN MOVE
FORWARD UNDER BASE ZONING.
BUT THE OVERALL IDEA IS TO TRY TO REDUCE THE USE OF PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT AS A SORT OF GO-TO FOR EVERY TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT
APPLICATION IN THE CITY.
SOME ADDITIONAL CHANGES, SO WE'VE GONE AHEAD AND
CONSOLIDATED THE TWO CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICTS.
WE'VE CONSOLIDATED THE CHANNEL DISTRICTS.
YOU KNOW THERE'S CONVERSATION ABOUT PERHAPS ELIMINATING THE
CHANNEL DISTRICTS AND JUST EXTENDING THE CBD.
THIS IS ALL A DRAFT.
WE CAN MAKE THOSE CHANGES.
WE HAVE GONE AHEAD AND SIMPLIFIED SOME OF THE SEMINOLE
HEIGHTS DISTRICTS AND WE'VE DONE A LOT TO TRY TO CLARIFY
SOME OF THE LANGUAGE.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO IN LATER INSTALLMENTS OF THE

CODE.
ARTICLE 4 OF THE USE REGULATIONS.
SO AS I THINK I BRIEFLY MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE TAKEN ALL
OF THE SEPARATE USE TABLES, USE TABLE FOR THE BASE
DISTRICTS, USE TABLE FOR YBOR CITY, FOR CENTRAL BUSINESS
DISTRICT, FOR CHANNEL DISTRICT, FOR THE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT
DISTRICT, AND CONSOLIDATED THEM ALL INTO THIS ARTICLE 4.
WE ALSO SPLIT THEM OUT INTO SEPARATE USE TABLES.
ONE FOR THE PRINCIPAL USE ON THE SITE, ONE FOR ACCESSORY
USES, ONE FOR TEMPORARY USES, AND A FOURTH WHICH IS A LITTLE
BIT UNIQUE TO TAMPA BECAUSE OF HOW YOU HANDLE ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES, AND ALCOHOL BEVERAGES -- ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES USE
TABLE.
SO THIS CONSOLIDATES ALL OF THE SEPARATE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE
REGULATIONS AROUND THE DISTRICTS, THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE
USES, THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE ALLOWED IN, WHETHER S-1 OR S-2
PERMIT IS REQUIRED AS WELL AS SOME OF THE INSURANCE AND
PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS INCLUDED IN THE CODE.
THIS IS JUST A SCREEN SHOT OF PART OF THE PRINCIPAL USE
TABLE.
WE HAVE REORGANIZED.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE DONE, WE HAVE THOROUGHLY UPDATED
ALL THE USES.
WHERE YOU SEE THE YELLOW, THOSE ARE WHERE THERE ARE NEW USES
OR WHERE THERE ARE CHANGES IN SOME OF THE PERMISSIONS OF THE

USES.
WE HAVE REORGANIZED THE USES SO THAT THEY ARE IN THIS
THREE-TIERED CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, WHICH MAKES IT EASIER IF
A DEVELOPMENT COMES IN WITH A USE NOT EXPLICITLY LISTED, THE
USES ARE ORGANIZED IN A WAY THAT THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
CAN LOOK AND SEE IF IT FITS IN ONE OF THE CATEGORIES BECAUSE
IT HAS SIMILAR IMPACTS AS SOME OF THE USES THAT ARE LISTED.
ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS TABLE ARE REFERENCES TO THE USE
SPECIFIC STANDARDS.
SO ANYONE LOOKING AT A USE KNOWS EXACTLY WHERE TO GO TO SEE,
FIRST OF ALL, IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC STANDARDS THAT APPLY TO
THAT USE AND CAN FIND AN EASY CROSS-REFERENCE TO THOSE
STANDARDS.
WE'VE ALSO ADDED A NEW PROVISION FOR ADAPTIVE REUSE.
THIS ALLOWS A LIMITED NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL USES GENERALLY IN
SOME OF THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS FOR THOSE HISTORIC
BUILDINGS THAT REALLY CAN'T SERVE A RESIDENTIAL USE, AND SO
CAN'T SERVE ANY SORT OF ECONOMICALLY VIABLE USE UNLESS SOME
TYPE OF NONRESIDENTIAL USE IS ALLOWED.
SO THE BUILDING HAS TO BE VACANT FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF
TIME.
THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS ON THE USES.
THEY ARE INTENDED TO BE SORT OF OFFICE OR LOW-IMPACT RETAIL
USES.
FINALLY, ARTICLE 9, DEFINITIONS AND RULES FOR CONSTRUCTION

AND INTERPRETATION, WE'VE GONE THROUGH, WE HAVE UPDATED ALL
THE DEFINITIONS FOR ALL THE USES.
WE'VE ADDED NEW DEFINITIONS FOR THE NEW USES.
WE WILL BE ADDING ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS AS WE GO ON.
AND THERE ARE SOME OF THOSE BASIC RULES OF CONSTRUCTION THAT
YOU NEED IN THE CODE.
WHAT DOES "DAY" MEAN?
WHAT DOES "MAY" VERSUS "SHALL" MEAN?
HOW DO YOU INTERPRET TERMS THAT ARE NOT OTHERWISE DEFINED IN
THE ORDINANCE?
AGAIN, AS WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE PUBLIC ON MONDAY, WE HAD
AN INITIAL MEETING WITH THE GREAT ADVISORY TEAM THAT THE
CITY SET UP A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE
MEETING WITH THEM ON APRIL 1st IN PERSON TO GET THEIR
FEEDBACK.
THERE IS AN ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRE OUT THERE.
AS ABBYE MENTIONED, WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING TO COME UP
WITH AN ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY TO REALLY GET AT THOSE
NEIGHBORHOODS, TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE THAT DO HAVE
QUESTIONS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT THE PROJECT, TO
SHARE THEIR CONCERNS, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY FEEL LIKE A
PART OF THIS PROJECT.
THIS IS INSTALLMENT ONE AND THREE.
INSTALLMENT TWO IS ADMINISTRATION.
WE ARE CURRENTLY EDITING THAT TO GET IT OFF TO STAFF FOR

THEIR REVIEW.
HOPEFULLY THIS SUMMER.
ALSO DRAFTING INSTALLMENT 3, PRIMARILY THE DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS BUT ALSO INCLUDES THE REST OF THE REGULATIONS.
I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
10:18:50AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
IN ALL MY YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE, ABOUT 30, YOU ARE THE
ONLY ONE EVER TO COME HERE AND SPEAK 20 MINUTES WITHOUT
LOOKING AT -- YOU MUST HAVE A FANTASTIC MEMORY AND VERY WELL
VERSED IN WHAT YOU DO.
THAT'S NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER TWO, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CITY, LESS THAN 5% OF THE
LAND AVAILABLE FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT.
THAT'S A FACT.
NUMBER 3, ALTHOUGH WE TALK ABOUT ZONINGS AND BUILDINGS AND
DIFFERENT AREAS AND DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY AND RIGHTLY
SO, WE DON'T LOOK AT THE REAL PROBLEM OF MOVING THE PEOPLE
AROUND, WHICH IS HOW YOU MOVE THEM AROUND IN MODERN TIME,
NOT IN YESTERDAY TIME.
USED TO BE HORSES.
THE MODEL A FORD AND MODEL T FORD, BECAME MORE AND MORE.
NOW YOU HAVE CARS THAT YOU THINK YOU ARE IN AN AIRPLANE.
ALONG WITH THAT YOU KEEP ADDING TO EXPRESSWAYS AND BIGGER
AND BETTER AND FASTER AND YET IT REALLY BECOMES SLOWER AND
SLOWER BECAUSE YOU HAVE MORE.

THE MORE YOU BUILD OUT, THE MORE YOU HAVE USE OF IT AND THE
MORE YOU SLOW DOWN.
SO YOUR QUESTIONS AND YOUR PROBLEMS AND US, US, NOT YOU, IN
DOING THE CITY RIGHT IS TO INCLUDE MORE THAN JUST ABOUT
BUILDINGS.
HOW YOU TRANSPORT PEOPLE.
WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM, FROM THE EAST, WEST, NORTH,
SOUTH?
I THINK THEY ARE COMING FROM ALL OVER.
THEY COME TO TAMPA BECAUSE WE MADE IT A HUB NOW, AND IT USED
TO BE -- UNTIL CERTAIN THINGS HAPPENED, BRINGING IT UP 40,
50 YEARS AGO.
IT DOESN'T TAKE ONE ADMINISTRATION TO FIX SOMETHING.
IT TAKES A WHOLE BUNCH OF ADMINISTRATIONS.
WE ARE AT THE POINT NOW WHERE THE WHOLE BUNCH IS HERE.
WE HAVE DONE WHAT WE CAN AND MAKE IT WHAT IT IS.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO SAY HOW DO WE FIX WHAT WE MADE.
I THINK THAT TRANSPORTATION IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
THINGS.
AND IN MY MIND, WE'RE INVESTING IN SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT
WORK AS WELL AS IT USED TO.
WHEN IT USED TO WORK WELL, VERY LITTLE AUTOMOBILES ON THE
STREET.
AND NOW YOU NEED SOMETHING ABOVE THE STREET TO MOVE THE
PEOPLE LIKE THEY DO AT THE AIRPORT.

BUT I KNOW THAT IS A DIFFERENT DAY FOR A DIFFERENT
CONVERSATION.
BUT YOUR STANDARDS, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT HOW
DO YOU ACCOMMODATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE
TRANSPORTATION?
10:20:56AM >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
I THINK A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH WHAT -- I KNOW THIS
CAME UP BEFORE YOU RECENTLY -- BUT WHAT'S IN THE UPDATED
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT IDENTIFIES THOSE TRANSIT-READY
CORRIDOR, THOSE AREAS WHERE TRANSIT INVESTMENT IS DESIRED.
BUT ALSO THROUGH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IDENTIFIES THOSE
AREAS WHERE IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO APPLY THESE -- THAT
MIXED USE REGIONAL CENTER DISTRICT, THAT AREA WHERE YOU WANT
THE HIGHEST INTENSITY OF DEVELOPMENT.
10:21:24AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
IF I MAY, I AGREE WITH YOU.
IT USED TO BE YOU LIVE WHERE YOU WORK AND YOU WORKED WHERE
YOU LIVE.
THAT IS NOT THE CASE ANYMORE.
NOW YOU COME TO WORK 20, 30 MILES AWAY AND HOPE YOU CAN GET
TO WORK IN TIME IF YOU LEAVE AN HOUR AND A HALF EARLY.
IT ADDS ANOTHER STRESS TO THE INDIVIDUALS DRIVING, WHY?
BECAUSE THE HOUSE IS NO LONGER AFFORDABLE.
YOU HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE TO LIVE.
AS FAR AS FACTUAL -- TO BE COMPLIMENTARY TO YOU SIR.
SOLVE A PROBLEM ALMOST NOT SOLVABLE, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:21:55AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I KNOW WE DISCUSSED THIS MANY TIMES
BEFORE.
I'M GLAD COUNCILMAN CARLSON IS BACK.
THAT'S WHAT WE SPOKE ABOUT IN OUR BRIEFING.
CHANNELSIDE AND CDB.
MS. FEELEY, DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE THE SENSE OF COUNCIL OF THE
DIRECTION OR DO WE NEED THAT DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW?
10:22:13AM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
NO, SIR.
I THINK THAT BASED ON THE TEXT AMENDMENT YOU ALL JUST DID,
AND I HAVE ALSO HAD A SUBSEQUENT MEETING WITH MR.
STOLTENBERG AND MR. SCAGLIONE AFTER THE CRA MEETING TO TALK
ABOUT SOME OF THOSE OTHER CHANGES AND SOME OF THE NEEDS OF
THE DISTRICT.
SO WE'RE PROCEEDING WITH THAT UNDER THIS UPDATE.
10:22:35AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I KNOW WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION.
VERY GOOD.
10:22:39AM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
JEFF AND I MEET EVERY WEEK.
THAT'S WHY I THINK WHEN YOU SAY HE IS WELL VERSED, HE IS
TRULY AND HIS TEAM IS INVESTED IN THE CITY AND WE ARE
CONTINUALLY HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
HE'S TRACKING ON COMP PLAN.
WE KEEP BRINGING ALL OF THE PIECES IN TO ENSURE WE ARE
REALLY MINDFUL IN DOING THIS.
10:22:58AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I'M ONLY AWARE OF A FRACTION OF THE

MEETINGS YOU HAVE.
HOW MANY HOURS DO YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A DAY?
YOU ARE MEETING LIKE WITH EVERYBODY ALL THE TIME.
10:23:06AM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
TO WORK?
[ LAUGHTER ]
THAT HAPPENS AT NIGHT.
BUT I APPRECIATE THAT.
10:23:10AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:23:12AM >>BILL CARLSON:
THANK YOU.
JUST TO FOLLOW ON THAT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR HELPING MOVE THAT FORWARD.
THE ISSUE IS THAT WHEN WE TURN DOWN A PROJECT, WHICH IS ONLY
TWO OR THREE PERCENT I THINK OF THE TIME, WE GET BLASTED BY
PRODEVELOPMENT PEOPLE WHO SAY, WELL, THIS CITY COUNCIL IS
STUPID.
THEY ARE LISTENING TO PEOPLE WHO DON'T CARE AND ALL THIS
STUFF.
THE ISSUE IS THAT WE HAVE A BIG CITY, AND THERE ARE PLACES
WHERE PEOPLE WANT DENSITY AND PLACES WHERE PEOPLE DON'T WANT
DENSITY.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS TO LISTEN
TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHERE THEY WANT DENSITY AND WHERE
THEY DON'T.
IN CHANNEL DISTRICT, THEY WANT DENSITY.
WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO IS ENABLE STAFF TO MAKE

DECISIONS, HAVE STAFF MAKE DECISIONS IN DOWNTOWN GIVEN TO
THEM BY CITY COUNCIL 20 OR SO YEARS AGO.
SO WHY NOT ADD CHANNEL DISTRICT TO THAT BECAUSE OF THE WAY
SOME PEOPLE HEARD THIS BEFORE, IT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED
FOR FOUR STORIES.
IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOUR STORIES NEXT TO 20 STORY
BUILDINGS.
THAT COULD ALSO LEAD TO THE REDEVELOPMENT OF CHANNEL
DISTRICT AS WELL TO ALLOW IT TO BE MORE DENSE.
SOME OF THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE THERE THAT ARE SMALLER.
AS WATER STREET STARTS TO HEAD NORTH AS WELL.
AND THEN IF THERE ARE OTHER AREAS, WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT
BEFORE, WHERE IT MAKES SENSE TO ALLOW MORE DENSITY, LET'S
ALLOW IT.
IF THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T OBJECT, LET'S ALLOW DENSITY THERE.
WE'RE NOT SAYING WE DON'T WANT DENSITY ANYWHERE.
THE COMMUNITY IS NOT SAYING THEY DON'T WANT DENSITY
ANYWHERE.
THEY DON'T WANT IT IN THE MIDDLE OF HYDE PARK, THE MID OF
HISTORIC DISTRICT.
SOME ACTIVISTS WANT TO TEAR DOWN BUILDINGS IN HYDE PARK AND
BUILD MULTISTORY BUILDINGS.
I TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH THAT.
I THINK STILL PLACES BUILD MULTISTORY BUILDINGS ELSEWHERE.
WE NEED TO HAVE A DIALOGUE WITH THE COMMUNITY.

ONE OF THE MISTAKES THAT HAPPENED WITH THE PLANNING
COMMISSION PROCESS, ALTHOUGH THEY HAD MEETINGS WITH THE
COMMUNITY, THEY DIDN'T HAVE MEETINGS WITH SMALL ENOUGH
GROUPS IN THE BEGINNING.
I'M HAPPY TO HEAR YOU SAY YOU DID NEIGHBORHOODS.
I RECOMMEND NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE PLANNING
COMMISSION.
THE MORE YOU CAN GET TO THE GRANULAR LEVEL, THE PLANNING
COMMISSION DID EVENTUALLY MEET WITH GROUPS OF THREE OR FOUR
NEIGHBORHOODS AT A TIME BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME SYNERGIES
BETWEEN THEM.
BUT PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEED TO DEFINE THEIR FUTURE.
IF WE ASK THEM WHERE DO YOU WANT TO PUT DENSITY, CAN WE PUT
A NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT OR A TRANSPORTATION NODE
OR SOMEWHERE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHERE WOULD IT GO?
IF WE PUSH AND ASK THE QUESTIONS, I THINK MOST NEIGHBORHOODS
WOULD BE REASONABLE, OKAY, YOU CAN PUT IT OVER THERE.
THAT WILL ENABLE US TO HAVE MORE DENSITY.
IF WE JUST DO LIKE THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID, INSTEAD OF
TRANSIT-READY DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS POCKETS WHERE WE SAY,
OKAY, WE'LL MAKE EVERY STREET LIKE DALE MABRY, THAT IS A
MISTAKE BECAUSE THAT IS A DEVELOPER WAY OF LOOKING AT IT
INSTEAD OF PLANNING WAY OF BUILDING AROUND A COMMUNITY.
LAST THING, I APPRECIATE YOU REACHING OUT YESTERDAY AND FOR
THE UPDATE.

I APPRECIATE YOU BEING PROACTIVE WITH THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
ANYTHING WE CAN HELP IN MAKING THAT MORE FRUITFUL, THE
BETTER.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A HEARING WHEN THIS GETS PASSED WITH
ONLY A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE IN FAVOR OF IT INSTEAD OF 200
PEOPLE AGAINST IT.
SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE ON A PATH TO DO THAT.
THANK YOU.
10:26:25AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
10:26:26AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I REALLY APPRECIATED MONDAY EVENING'S MEETING.
WE TALKED YESTERDAY ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS I'M INTERESTED
IN AND LOOKING FOR.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONTINUATION OF THE COMMUNITY
INPUT.
I THINK WE STARTED ON A REALLY GOOD NOTE.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING MORE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:26:51AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APPRECIATE.
AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE BRIEFINGS AS WELL.
CONGRATULATIONS, MS. FEELEY, FOR CONTINUING TO MOVE THIS
ENORMOUS TASK FORWARD.

VERY GOOD.
WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS MR. RANDOLPH ONLINE?
I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MR. RANDOLPH, ONLINE SPEAKER.
MR. RANDOLPH, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, START WITH YOUR NAME.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
10:27:16AM >> -- OUR COMMUNITY IS UNITED BEHIND ONE CONCLUSION.
THAT PROTECTS THE BLACK POLITICAL POWER IN LEGAL
REQUIREMENTS.
ALTERNATE TWO MAKES THE SMALLEST CHANGE POSSIBLE, MORE THAN
ONE PRECINCT.
THREE, FOUR, FIVE TO TEMPLE TERRACE.
IT DOES NOT TOUCH WEST TAMPA.
THE RURAL COMMUNITY, ONE OF THE STRONGEST BLACK VOTING BLOCS
IN THE CITY.
IT KEEPS THE -- BLACK SENIOR CITIZEN VOTERS TOGETHER,
PRESERVING TRUSTED RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COUNCIL
REPRESENTATIVE.
AND IT KEEPS BLACK CHURCHES UNIFIED INSTEAD OF SCATTERING
THEM ACROSS -- CONGREGATION ACROSS DISTRICTS.
ONE, THREE, AND FOUR ALL MOVE PRECINCTS CREATING UNNECESSARY
-- ONE, COMMUNITY ACROSS THREE DISTRICTS.
WEAKENS THE BLACK VOTE.
ALTERNATE THREE, DISRUPTS THE LATINO AND BLACK COALITION.
ALTERNATE FOUR UPROOTS MORE THAN 10,000 RESIDENTS FROM THE

BLACK SALES CENTER.
NONE OF THESE DISRUPTIONS ARE REQUIRED TO MEET THE 5% --
STANDARD.
THAT'S WHY --
RESIDENTS ACROSS WEST TAMPA, EAST TAMPA AND SULPHUR SPRINGS
AGREE.
THIS IS THE MATH THAT KEEPS THE COMMUNITY WHOLE AND STABLE.
SO ANOTHER POINT, UPCOMING LEGISLATION, HOUSE BILL 417 AND
HOUSE BILL 160 COLLECT THE STATE -- POLICIES -- AND THEN
CORPORATION DISSOLUTION FOR ANYONE TIED TO THOSE LABOR.
THEY RAISE SIGNIFICANT QUESTIONS ABOUT CIVIL LIBERTIES.
STAYING INFORMED IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AGAIN, THAT'S HOUSE BILL 1471 AND SENATE BILL 1632.
IT'S POSSIBLE IF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WAS TOP -- COULD BE
ARRESTED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:29:53AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, MR. RANDOLPH.
OKAY.
SO WE'LL GO TO IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I'M GOING TO START WITH FOLKS THAT HAVE INDICATED THEY WANT
TO SPEAK TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY, THAT ARE ON THE
AGENDA TODAY.
THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO FOLKS THAT WANT TO SPEAK TO ITEMS
THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA.
REMEMBER, IF YOU INDICATED THAT YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO ITEMS

ON THE AGENDA, YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD BE RESTRICTED TO
JUST AGENDA ITEMS.
FIRST UP IS JAMES ADAIR.
SPEAKING TO ITEMS 12 AND 13.
10:30:32AM >> JAMES ADAIR, THE AGENT WHO CARES, SOUTH TAMPA.
WANTED TO TALK TODAY ABOUT 12 AND 13, THE MERIDIAN BARRIERS.
DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER WHERE ALL THIS STARTED, BUT WHEN
IT WENT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE HAD STORMWATER WORKERS
WORKING ON PARADES, WE HAD THIS BIG KERFUFFLE AND THEN A
LITTLE ONLINE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN AND THEN A SIT-DOWN WITH
THE MAYOR AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
IN THAT MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO
HAVING THESE JERSEY BARRIERS, THOSE ARE THE LARGE CONCRETE
BARRIERS THAT OUR STORMWATER CREWS ARE NEEDED TO MOVE.
INSTEAD OF -- IT'S NOW AN OPTION TO HAVE WHAT IS CALLED
THESE MERIDIAN BARRIERS.
THESE ARE MUCH SMALLER, EASIER TO MOVE, ET CETERA.
DID A TON OF RESEARCH ON IT AND COME TO FIND OUT, LAST
GASPARILLA, WE HAD OVER A HUNDRED OF THE BIG CONCRETE
BARRIERS.
THERE'S NO WAY WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH JERSEY BARRIERS TO MAKE UP
THAT GAP.
BEFORE YOU TODAY, IS AN APPROVAL FOR 400 AND SOME ODD
THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE JERSEY BARRIERS.
PROBABLY 16.

THE SUBMITTER ON THIS DID NOT RETURN MY CALL TO ANSWER THAT
QUESTION.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE IF THEY WILL FESS UP.
PROBABLY 16, PROBABLY NOT 8.
WE NEED THEM.
THEY ARE GREAT.
SMALLER EVENTS, THESE THINGS ARE PERFECT FOR DEPLOYING.
OBVIOUSLY, CARS ARE THE KEY ISSUE WITH THEM.
I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE SUPPORT THIS
THING.
GET IT DONE.
AS A WRAP-UP, WE DO HAVE PRIVATE CONTRACTORS DOING WORK TO
SUPPORT OUR STORMWATER CREWS.
I WAS A BIG ADVOCATE OF DOING IT.
RIGHT NOW, THIS IS REALLY A STOPGAP.
I AM STILL IN FAVOR OF HIRING MORE OF OUR OWN TEAM, BUT
WHILE THESE GUYS ARE OUT DOING PARADE SET-UP AND TEARDOWN,
WE'RE OVERPAYING FOR CONTRACTORS, BUT WE MIGHT AS WELL
IMPLEMENT IT WHILE WE HAVE IT.
YOU CURRENTLY HAVE A $500,000 ALLOTMENT OUT.
HALF IS SPENT.
PORTION OF BALLAST POINT IS DONE.
MAYBE NOT AS FAST AS OUR OWN GUYS, BUT UNTIL READY TO HIRE,
IT IS A SOLUTION WE HAVE.
RECAP, GASPARILLA WAS A TWO-DAY EVENT.

CHILDREN'S PARADE AND DAY PARADE.
TWO-DAY SET-UP.
TWO-DAY TEARDOWN AND TWO SHIFTS FOR CREW FOR EACH OF THOSE.
JUST AS AN AWARENESS, WE'RE SPENDING THIS MONEY ONE WAY OR
THE OTHER.
THIS WILL BE A REALLY GOOD ASSET FOR OTHER SERVICES AS WELL.
THANK YOU GUYS.
APPRECIATE YOU.
10:32:51AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, MR. ADAIR.
NEXT SPEAKER IS VALERIE.
10:32:57AM >> I'LL SPEAK ABOUT STUFF NOT ON THE AGENDA.
10:32:59AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ALISON HEWITT, 65 IS NO LONGER.
I'M MOVING YOU TO THE BOTTOM OF THE STACK AND THE TOP BEFORE
THE SECOND ONE.
65 IS NO LONGER ON THE AGENDA.
YOU GUYS GO BACK TO BACK.
TARAH BLUMA.
GOOD MORNING, MS. BLUMA.
10:33:24AM >> GOOD MORNING.
I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT THE OTHER NIGHT -- TARAH BLUMA.
SO THRILLED TO BE HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU.
I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT THE OTHER NIGHT, BUT I AM ALSO VERY
CONCERNED ABOUT OUR DEBT.
WE NEED TO TAKE -- WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT.
I THINK A LOT OF THE PROBLEM COMES BECAUSE YOU WERE GIVEN

INFORMATION IN DRIBS AND DRABS WITHOUT A CLEAR PICTURE OF
WHAT A FINAL COST IS GOING TO BE, AND YOU ARE ASKED TO MAKE
INCREMENTAL DECISIONS AND THEN YOU FEEL LIKE THERE IS TOO
BIG OF A SUNK COST.
AND WE ALL TOOK ECONOMICS.
WE UNDERSTAND THE SUNK COST WILL BE THERE, EVEN WHEN IT
HURTS, SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO RIP OFF THE BAND-AID.
I WOULD ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO PRESS FOR MORE INFORMATION
BEFORE YOU APPROVE MONEY AND BEFORE YOU MAKE FINANCIAL
DECISIONS, BECAUSE MORE INFORMATION CAN JUST HELP YOU MAKE
BETTER DECISIONS.
IN THE AGENDA TODAY, A FEW EXAMPLES, ITEM NUMBER 13, BUYING
THE MERIDIAN BARRICADES FOR $427,000.
I ASSUME THESE ARE TO REPLACE THE HEAVIER BARRICADES.
SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA, BUT HOW MANY CAN WE BUY WITH
$427,000?
WHAT IS THE RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT?
IS THAT GOING TO SAVE OUR STORMWATER STAFF TIME SO THAT THEY
CAN SPEND MORE TIME WORKING IN ACTUAL STORMWATER?
MAYBE.
IT'S PROBABLY A GREAT IDEA, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT
INFORMATION.
ITEM NUMBER 17, $49,000 FOR DANCE RECITALS.
SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY.
MY KIDS DON'T GO TO DANCE RECITALS AT THE STRAZ, BUT IT

SOUNDS COOL.
IT SAYS WE'VE DONE THAT FOR 17 YEARS.
HOW MANY RECITALS ARE WE PAYING FOR FOR $49,000?
IS THAT A DISCOUNTED RATE?
HOW MUCH DID WE PAY FOR THE LAST 17 YEARS?
FINALLY, NUMBER 20, THIS IS A SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE CITY
OF TAMPA AND ECONOMIC MODELING FOR LIGHT CAST DATA.
THE FIRST TIME I READ THIS, IT WAS $15,000.
I KIND OF BREEZED OVER IT.
AND THEN I READ IT.
THE SECOND TIME AND STARTED DIGGING INTO THE SUPPORTING
DOCUMENTS, WHICH WERE ACTUALLY THERE, SO I DO APPRECIATE
THAT.
GOOD JOB.
BUT I SEE WE'RE ALREADY PAYING $30,000 A YEAR FOR THE LIGHT
CAST DATA AND HAVE BEEN DOING THAT FOR A WHILE.
THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL 15,000 SO THAT WE CAN POST IT -- POST
THE DATA ON THE WEBSITE.
I'M ASSUMING IF WE ARE PAYING FOR THE DATA, WE'RE ALREADY
PUTTING THAT DATA AND USING IT IN THE REPORTS THAT WE'RE
MAKING.
WE'RE JUST PAYING MORE TO HAVE IT ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT LIKE
TAMPA COUNCIL FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT I THINK IT'S CALLED
ALREADY HAS THAT DATA ON THEIR WEBSITE.
SO, AGAIN, YOU DIDN'T GET THE FULL PICTURE UNLESS YOU REALLY

DUG INTO THE WEEDS THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY REALLY COSTING US
$45,000, NOT 15.
NOT A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY, BEN WHEN YOU ARE GETTING THESE
THINGS, COUPLE THOUSAND HERE, COUPLE MILLION THERE, IT DOES
ADD UP.
10:36:31AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
STEPHEN MICHELINI ON AGENDA ITEM 5
FOLLOWED BY BAKARI --
10:36:41AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
SPEAK --
10:36:45AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
START WITH YOUR NAME.
10:36:46AM >> STEVE MICHELINI.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS.
I GUESS THEY ARE REALLY POLICY ISSUES THAT SHOULD BE SET BY
THIS COUNCIL.
I'VE SPOKEN WITH CARROLL ANN BENNETT REGARDING THIS AS WELL.
THERE IS NO JUSTIFICATION FOR COMBINING RS 50 AND RS 60 INTO
ONE UNIT.
AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU HAVE DISTINCTIVELY DIFFERENT
DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS FOR EACH OF THOSE DISTRICTS.
AND WHEN YOU COMBINE THEM, YOU ARE TRYING TO INCREASE
DENSITY AT THE EXPENSE OF A DEVELOPED AND PLATTED
NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT HAS HUGE CONSEQUENCES.
AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT CARROLL ANN CAN'T BE HERE TODAY,
BUT SHE ASKED ME TO EXPRESS TO YOU THEIR VEHEMENT OPPOSITION

TO DOING THAT.
I THINK THAT YOU WILL HAVE NOT ONLY NEIGHBORHOODS BUT ALSO
BUSINESSES AND THE RESIDENTS COMING FORWARD TO OBJECT TO
THAT.
COMBINING CG AND CI IS ANOTHER IDEA WHICH REALLY SHOULD BE
PUT ASIDE.
YOU DON'T WANT RESTAURANTS AND SMALL BUSINESSES ADJACENT TO
METAL FABRICATORS AND MACHINE SHOPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THERE IS A REASON WHY CG AND CI ARE SEPARATE, AND THEY HAVE
DISTINCTIVELY DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS.
SO THAT ALSO SHOULD BE REMOVED TO GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL
ZONING DISTRICTS.
REPAIR THEM.
IF THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THEM, FIX THEM.
DON'T CREATE NEW ONES THAT CREATE A WHOLE DIFFERENT SERIES
OF PROBLEMS.
THE REASON YOU GET SO MANY PDs IS BECAUSE THE COUNCIL HAS
LAYERED SO MANY RESTRICTIONS THAT REQUIRE CITY COUNCIL
APPROVAL.
IF YOU REMOVE THOSE, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE PDs.
BUT THERE ARE THINGS LIKE BUFFERING, STREET ACCESS.
THE USE OF PARKING LOTS THAT ARE ALL SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITED
FROM THE STAFF FROM YOU ALLOWING THEM TO APPROVE.
SO THAT'S FORCING PDs THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE DISTRICT.
LIKE I SAID, IF THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THE INDIVIDUAL

ZONING DISTRICTS, FIX THEM.
DON'T CREATE NEW ONES.
IF YOU WANT TO ADD MIXED USE AS A NEW CATEGORY, FINE.
DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT.
BUT WHEN YOU ELIMINATE DISTRICTS, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
CHANGING ALL OF THE ZONING MAPS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY.
AND AS MR. MIRANDA POINTED OUT, MOST OF IT IS INFILL.
YOU DON'T HAVE LARGE TRACTS OF LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT.
THEY ALSO INSERTED IN HERE FORM BASED CODES, WHICH I DON'T
THINK COUNCIL HAS EVER SAID THEY WANTED THAT.
BUT DO YOU REALLY WANT TO TRY TO FORCE THINGS THAT LOOK LIKE
CELEBRATION STATION UPON THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND THE
HOMEOWNERS THAT EXPERIENCE INFILL DEVELOPMENT?
ADDING CODES IS FINE.
CONSOLIDATING THEM IS NOT.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
10:39:38AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, MR. MICHELINI.
BAKARI.
HELP ME OUT WITH THE LAST NAME.
FOLLOWED BY ALISON HEWITT.
10:39:50AM >> BAKARI KEEPSUWET.
FIRST, I WANT TO SAY HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO THE ZETA PHI BETA
SORORITY, INCORPORATED.
CONGRATULATIONS TO CHIEF GILLIGAN, FIREFIGHTER OF THE
QUARTER AND OFFICER OF THE MONTH.

I FIRST WANT TO SPEAK ON 22.
I UNDERSTAND THIS RESOLUTION IS PRIMARILY ABOUT RECOVERING
COSTS THAT THE CITY HAS ALREADY INCURRED.
PROPERTY OWNER FAILED TO MAINTAIN THEIR LOTS.
SUPPORT THE CITY'S NEED TO RECOVER THE EXPENSES.
HOWEVER, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER WHETHER
THERE ARE WAYS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CASES TO -- THAT
REACH THE LIEN STAGE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
FOR AN EXAMPLE, MAYBE PROGRAMS IMPLEMENTED TO ALLOW EARLIER
ASSISTANCE FOR ELDERLY HOMEOWNERS OR FINANCIALLY STRUGGLING
PROPERTY OWNERS WHERE THE CITY MAYBE OFFER A ONE-TIME
ASSISTANCE BEFORE ENFORCEMENT COSTS ACCUMULATE.
MAYBE AFTER THE FIRST NOTICE THE CITY OFFERS A VOLUNTEER OR
A CONTRACT MOWING SERVICE AT REDUCED RATE IF THE OWNER
RESPONDS QUICKLY.
MAYBE NORMAL ENFORCEMENT CAN PROCEED.
POSSIBLY SHORT PAYMENT PLAN BEFORE THE LIENS ARE RECORDED.
MAYBE THEY CAN ENTER INTO THE 60-, 90 DAY PAYMENT AGREEMENT.
OWNERS WITH MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS IN A YEAR SHOULD BE MAYBE
REQUIRED TO ENROLL IN QUARTERLY MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENT.
APPROACHES LIKE THESE HELP THE CITY RECOVER COSTS MORE
EFFICIENTLY WHILE ALSO PREVENTING SMALL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
ISSUES FROM TURNING INTO LONG-TERM FINANCIAL BURDENS FOR
RESIDENTS.
SECONDLY, I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL AND THE MEN AND

WOMEN OF THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR EFFORTS TO KEEP OUR
COMMUNITY SAFE.
I FULLY SUPPORT STRONG TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AND THE WORK
OFFICERS DO EVERY DAY.
TO THAT POINT, NUMBER 10, I REVIEWED THE RESOLUTION
REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF FOUR POLICE RESPONDER VEHICLES
UNDER THE FLORIDA SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION COOPERATIVE CONTRACT
INCLUDING TWO MARKED TRAFFIC UNITS AND TWO MARKED DUI UNITS
FOR THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I DO NOT HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THE PURCHASE OF THE TWO
TRAFFIC UNITS.
MY QUESTION, HOWEVER, RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO THE TWO
VEHICLES DESIGNATED AS DUI UNITS.
FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, MOST OF THE TOOLS USED IN DUI
ENFORCEMENT SUCH AS PORTABLE BREATH TESTERS, FIELD SOBRIETY
TESTING EQUIPMENT, BODY CAMERAS, AND CITATION SYSTEMS ARE
PORTABLE, CAN BE USED IN VIRTUALLY ANY STANDARD PATROL
VEHICLE.
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DUI ENFORCEMENT APPEARS TO RELY
PRIMARILY ON OFFICER TRAINING, OBSERVATION, AND TIME
DEDICATED TO ENFORCEMENT RATHER THAN ON A SPECIFIC TYPE OF
VEHICLE BEING USED.
BECAUSE OF THAT, I WOULD APPRECIATE SOME CLARIFICATION FROM
THE DEPARTMENT ABOUT WHAT OPERATIONAL ADVANTAGES THESE
PARTICULAR DUI VEHICLES PROVIDE, WHAT SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT

WOULD BE INSTALLED IN THESE VEHICLES THAT DISTINGUISHES THEM
FROM A STANDARD PATROL UNIT.
ARE THESE VEHICLES REPLACING EXISTING DUI VEHICLES OR
EXPANDING THE CURRENT DUI ENFORCEMENT FLEET?
FINALLY, WOULD THE DEPARTMENT BE MAKING ANY MEANINGFUL
OPERATIONAL COMPROMISE OF A LESS EXPENSIVE VEHICLE PLATFORM
USE INSTEAD.
MY GOAL IN ASKING THE QUESTIONS IS TO SIMPLY BETTER
UNDERSTAND HOW THIS INVESTMENT IMPROVES DUI ENFORCEMENT AND
WHETHER THE VEHICLE CONFIGURATION PROVIDES CAPABILITIES THAT
A STANDARD PATROL VEHICLE COULD NOT.
10:42:58AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR THE INPUT.
ALISON HEWITT FOLLOWED BY VALERIE.
10:43:04AM >> GOOD MORNING.
ALISON HEWITT, EAST TAMPA RESIDENT.
THANK YOU FOR PULLING ITEM NUMBER 65.
IT IS EXCEPTIONALLY CONCERNING.
IN 2021, WHEN WE PROPOSED A PREDEVELOPMENT AND PASSED
PREDEVELOPMENT, THE PURPOSE WAS TO HELP PROPERTY OWNERS
DEVELOP THEIR LAND TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM WITH THE
PREDEVELOPMENT COST TO MAKE THEM BE ABLE TO BE COMPETITIVE
IN THIS DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
WHAT ENOUGH FRONT OF YOU IS AFTER FIVE YEARS, WE HAVE NOT
STARTED PREDEVELOPMENT YET.

AND AFTER FIVE YEARS, THEY HAVE PROPOSED TO YOU FIVE
CONSULTING CONTRACTS THAT HAVE LIMITED TO NO EXPERIENCE IN
DEVELOPING SMALL TO MEDIUM-SIZED DEVELOPMENTS.
ONE OF THE MAIN PURPOSES ALSO IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD
A DEVELOPER CONSULTANT TO MAKE SURE THEY DID THE FEASIBILITY
AND MARKET ANALYSIS.
DON'T SPEND THE MONEY UNLESS WE KNOW WE HAVE A PROJECT THAT
CAN BE FUNDABLE.
THERE IS NO ONE HERE TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE PROPERTY
OWNER TO SAY THIS IS THE FEASIBILITY OF THIS PROJECT.
SO WE WOULD BE SPENDING MONEY ON ARCHITECTURAL PRETTY
PICTURES AND DESIGNS BUT NO ABILITY TO SAY HOW YOU CAN FUND
IT.
AGAIN, TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE TAX DOLLARS, YOU WOULD BE
GIVING A GRANT THAT COULD NOT BE FUNDED BECAUSE THE PROJECT
-- HOW THIS RFP GOES OUT, IT WENT OUT AND IT WAS DUE IN
MARCH 6 OF 2024.
HERE WE ARE AGAIN IN 2026.
I KNOW THEY TOOK THE SERVICE AGREEMENTS OUT.
BUT THIS IS ANOTHER REASON WHY, AFTER FIVE YEARS, YOU'RE
GETTING SOMETHING THAT YOU CANNOT USE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE
SYSTEMATIC ACTUAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE SMALL
PROPERTY OWNERS.
IF YOU HAVE THE ONES THAT DOES HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BDG,
THEY HAVE A HUNDRED UNITS PLUS.

THEY DON'T HAVE THE AREAS THAT WE HAVE WHERE WE NEED TO PUT
SIX UNITS OR 20 UNITS OR TEN UNITS.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE.
IF YOU HAVE A FAMILY OR A PROPERTY OWNER SAY HOW CAN YOU
HELP ME AND THEY CAN BUILD A PRETTY PICTURE, BUT THERE'S NO
FEASIBILITY, THERE'S NO MARKETING, NO DEVELOPER CONSULTANT
HOW TO DO A CAPITAL STACK TO FUND IT.
NONE OF THE PROJECTS EXPECT TO HAVE HUNDRED PERCENT CRA
FINANCING.
HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE YOU BRING THE FINANCING TO THE PROJECT
FOR TRUE DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY?
BUT HERE AGAIN, FIVE YEARS LATER, THEY ARE PROVIDING YOU
WITH INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE WHO CANNOT HELP EAST TAMPA
DEVELOP THEIR PROJECTS.
DEVELOP THEIR LAND.
THAT'S WHY I ASK YOU TO LOOK AT THE SERVICE AGREEMENT
BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT EVEN BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR
BRINGING YOU INFORMATION FIVE YEARS LATER THAT CANNOT BE
USED TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM.
SO YOU WOULD BE PUTTING THE MONEY INTO THE PROJECTS THAT
THEY HAVE NO FEASIBILITY, NO MARKETING.
WE BROUGHT IT TO YOU IN THE BEGINNING BASED ON FLORIDA
HOUSING FINANCE TO HELP SMALL DEVELOPERS REALLY DEVELOP,
MAKE SURE THE PROJECTS ARE FISCALLY FINANCEABLE.
AND WHAT YOU HAVE HERE DOES NOT PROVIDE THAT.

PLEASE STRENGTHEN YOUR SERVICE AGREEMENT AND PLEASE ON
FRIDAY, WE DON'T NEED THIS LIST.
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE PREDEVELOPMENT GRANTS AND PEOPLE
COME TO YOU WITH THEIR PROJECT PARTNERS TO BE ABLE TO
DEVELOP.
THANK YOU.
10:46:12AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
VALERIE, I HAVE FRIENDS THAT I WANT TO BUY
THAT SHIRT FOR.
10:46:17AM >> VALERIE BULLOCK, PONCE De LEON, EAST TAMPA, COLLEGE
HILL, THAT'S WHERE I'M FROM.
I'LL TALK ABOUT NUMBER 22.
THERE'S GOT TO BE A WAY FOR THE CITY TO WORK WITH THE
HOMEOWNERS INSTEAD OF PLACING LIENS ON THEIR PROPERTY, BY
TRYING TO CLEAN UP THE PROPERTY AND THEN THE HOMEOWNER GOT
TO PAY THEM.
AND I WANT TO SAY THIS, WHEN IT COME TO SLUM AND BLIGHT, THE
CITY IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTORS.
ALL OF THOSE LOTS THEY BOUGHT, THE INFILL LAWSUITS, IF YOU
PASS BY SOME OF THEM, THEY ARE NOT UP TO CODE.
AND THEY LOOK LIKE SOMEBODY HAVEN'T MOWED IN LIKE SIX YEARS.
THE GRASS ALL THE WAY UP TO YOUR NECK, AND THEN THEY DO DO
IT PROBABLY ONCE A YEAR.
IF THE CITY ISN'T ABIDING BY THEIR OWN RULES, HOW CAN THEY
TRY TO PUSH AND MAKE THE HOMEOWNERS ABIDE BY THE RULES.
THERE'S GOT TO BE A WAY THAT THE CITY CAN WORK WITH THE

HOMEOWNER.
SOME KIND OF WAY.
JUST DON'T TAKE THE PEOPLE HOUSE, PUT A LIEN ON IT.
I REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT 39 BECAUSE I'M CONFUSED.
THE CITY OF TAMPA, THEY BLOCK THE BOX TO MAKE RETURNING
CITIZENS EASIER TO GET A JOB.
WELL, RIGHT HERE, THEY SAY THEY ARE DOING A BACKGROUND CHECK
AND GIVE THE PEOPLE $75,000 FOR THE BACKGROUND CHECK.
SO DID WE BLOCK THE BOX OR DID WE JUST DOING WHAT WE WANT TO
DO?
IF YOU BLOCK THE BOX, YOU ARE SAYING, OKAY, YOU DON'T HAVE
TO PUT DOWN YOU ARE A CONVICTED FELON OR BEING ARRESTED OR
NOTHING, AND WE STILL HIRE YOU.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM, AFTER THE PERSON GETTING HIRED, THEN YOU
WANT TO DO A BACKGROUND CHECK SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT WAS GOING
ON.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
BUT IF YOU ARE GOING TO BLOCK THE BOX AND STILL DO A
BACKGROUND CHECK ON ME BEFORE LOOKING AT MY CREDENTIALS
BEFORE I GET HIRED, THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT EAST TAMPA AND ABBYE AND THE GUY
WHO CAME UP HERE AND DID THE PRESENTATION.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE CITY OF TAMPA, IT CAN'T BE ONE PLAYBOOK
WE ARE USING FOR ALL NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE NEEDS FOR SOUTH TAMPA IS DIFFERENT FROM EAST TAMPA.

THE NEEDS FOR WEST TAMPA IS DIFFERENT FROM HYDE PARK.
AND WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IS UNIQUE
AND WE NEED TO ABIDE BY THAT.
BECAUSE WHAT I WAS HEARING WHEN HE WAS TALKING, OH, WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE SUBDIVISION IN EAST TAMPA.
YOU'LL HAVE CDD AND HOA FEES.
IT'S GOT TO BE UNIFORM JUST LIKE IN RIVERVIEW.
THE HOUSE GOT TO LOOK LIKE THIS.
GOT TO BE PAINTED THAT COLOR.
THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT AND WE DON'T WANT ANOTHER BURDEN.
WE ARE ALREADY PAYING HIGH INSURANCE, HIGH TAXES, AND A HIGH
MORTGAGE.
NOW YOU WANT TO MAKE US TRY TO PAY THIS.
I REMEMBER WHEN YBOR CITY, THEY STARTED WITH THEIRS.
OH, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE CERTAIN WINDOWS, CERTAIN DOORS.
IF HOUSE CATCH ON FIRE, YOU GOT TO BUILD IT LIKE THIS.
THAT'S GOOD IF I HAVE $180,000 IN THE BANK.
BUT IF MY HOUSE WAS THE ONLY ASSET I HAD AND I WAS TRYING TO
KEEP IT, THAT'S A BAD IDEA.
10:49:22AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
JOE CITRO, FOLLOWED BY ASHLEY MORROW.
GOOD MORNING, MR. CITRO.
10:49:31AM >> THANK YOU.
IT'S CITRO, C-I-T-R-O.
FOR THE RECORD, 33611.

I CONGRATULATE ALL OF YOU ON CHOOSING WISELY YOUR
APPOINTMENTS FOR THE CRC.
CITRO, C-I-T-R-O.
THIS IS AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT YOURSELVES HAVE HAND
PICKED.
TWO OF YOU KNOW THAT, THAT WAS ON A PAST CHARTER REVIEW
COMMITTEE.
TO SEND MEMORANDUMS TO ADVISE THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO HEAR ANYTHING ON CERTAIN SECTIONS IS A
DISSERVICE TO THE PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE CHOSEN.
PLEASE ALLOW THIS CHARTER REVIEW TO DO THEIR WORK.
I'VE BEEN TO SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOOD COMMITTEES THAT HAVE BEEN
CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROPOSED BASEBALL STADIUM.
NOW, THESE PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED MOSTLY ABOUT TRAFFIC.
WE HAVE HEARD A GOVERNOR THAT SAYS HE WANTS THIS BASEBALL
STADIUM.
WE HAVE HEARD AT LEAST TWO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SAY THEY
WANT IT.
AND WE HAVE HEARD A COUNCILPERSON WHO HAS CONSISTENTLY SAID
IT'S A DONE DEAL.
THREE OF YOU ARE MEMBERS OF THE TPO.
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION.
I MYSELF AM A MEMBER OF THE CAC FOR THAT COMMITTEE.
NOW IS THE TIME TO OPEN DISCUSSIONS ON TRANSPORTATION AROUND
THAT AREA.

IF YOU WAIT UNTIL THE STADIUM IS COMPLETED, IT WILL BE TOO
LATE.
I ASKED YOU, THE CAC ASKED YOU TO PLEASE START DISCUSSIONS
ABOUT TRANSPORTATION AROUND THIS STADIUM NOW.
I WILL SEE THE THREE MEMBERS THAT ARE ON THE TPO WEDNESDAY
AND ASK FOR THE SAME REQUESTS.
COUNCIL, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
10:51:36AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, MR. CITRO.
ASHLEY MORROW, MY FAVORITE THREE MINUTES, FOLLOWED BY SANDRA
PARDUE.
10:51:49AM >> HELLO.
MY NAME IS ASHLEY MORROW.
TODAY I'M NOT GOING TO BE SHARING TAMPA'S BLACK HISTORY BUT
I'LL BE SAYING MORE OF A THANK YOU TO CITY COUNCIL, TO ALL
THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF ME FOR THE PAST --
ESPECIALLY LAST MONTH.
LAST MONTH WAS VERY BUSY.
BUT AT LEAST I WAS ABLE TO GO OUT AND SHARE A LOT OF TAMPA'S
HISTORY LAST MONTH.
AND THAT'S THE MAIN GOAL.
I'M GOING TO START HERE.
IN 2020, AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, I'M A PHOTOGRAPHER.
I WAS OUT THERE SHOOTING THE PROTEST.
I EVENTUALLY CREATED BLACK TAMPA HISTORIANS WHERE I WOULD GO
AND RECORD BLACK ELDERS IN THE COMMUNITY.

I CREATED A TRIBUTE CARD GAME.
EMANCIPATION DAY CELEBRATION.
FRED HEARNS, BEFORE I JOINED THE HISTORY CENTER.
I MET MS. ROYSTER, THE ONE THAT BASICALLY HIGHLIGHTED MADAM
FORTUNE TAYLOR, GOT THE BRIDGE.
STARTED AGAIN, THE CONVERSATION HAD STARTED ALREADY BUT SHE
DEFINITELY ENERGIZED THAT CONVERSATION AGAIN.
URSULA ODOM.
SHE POINTED ME TO HER.
VERY SUCCESSFUL BUS TOUR THIS WEEKEND.
POINTED ME TO FRED HEARNS WHO BROUGHT ME INTO THE HISTORY
CENTER WHO POINTED ME TO RODNEY KITE POWELL WHO TAUGHT ME A
LOT ABOUT DIGGING INTO THE ARCHIVES AND LEARNING ABOUT MAPS.
I WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO SAY THANK YOU.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK I DO THIS ALL MYSELF AND DO ALL
THE HIGHLIGHTS.
I KNOW YOU ONLY GET SO MANY LINES AND SO MANY MINUTES, CAN'T
INCLUDE ALL THIS INFORMATION.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE THAT I HAVE BEEN
WORKING WITH AND LEARNING FROM OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.
RETURNING THE SPOTLIGHT TO THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE PUT ME ON
THEIR PLATFORMS AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THEM AS WELL.
NINA IS IN THE ROOM RIGHT NOW.
PLENTY OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALSO SHARED THIS HISTORY ON THEIR
OWN PLATFORM.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THEM.
TBABJ IS PRESIDED BY SANDRA WEATHERS.
I APPRECIATE HER AND HER EFFORTS TO GET BLACK JOURNALISM
OUT.
THIS IS A THANK-YOU TO YOU ALL.
I APPRECIATE YOU ALL.
YOU KEEP ME GOING.
THE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE HIRED, PHOTOGRAPHY BUSINESS, I
APPRECIATE YOU ALL.
IF YOU DID NOT HIRE ME, I -- IF I'M NOT MAKING MONEY, I
WOULD NOT BE UP HERE.
IF I DON'T SHOW UP HERE, THAT MEANS I'M NOT DOING WELL IN
LIFE.
SO THANK YOU.
THIS IS MY FAMILY.
I APPRECIATE MY FAMILY, THE MORROW FAMILY.
THAT'S MY GRANDMA.
THAT'S ME.
AND MY GREAT GRANDMA LUCILLE AND NORRIS MORROW.
NOW I AM FILING TO BE A NONPROFIT.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
OVER THE PAST YEAR, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GIVE ME
MONEY.
I HAVE NOTHING TO PUT MONEY INTO.
I DON'T NEED MONEY.

WELL, LET ME BUY COFFEE.
I DON'T DRINK COFFEE LIKE THAT.
BUT I'LL CREATE A NONPROFIT -- THANK YOU, GREGORY.
HE PUTS ME IN CONTACT WITH SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO DO FUNDING.
NEXT ONE END OF NEXT MARCH AND I HAVE A YOUTH PROGRAM.
10:55:03AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
CONGRATULATIONS.
IT IS OUR FAVORITE THREE MINUTES.
SANDRA PARDUE FOLLOWED BY JOHN GREENE.
10:55:11AM >> GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SANDRA PARDUE.
I LIVE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA IN THE RIVER ARTS NEIGHBORHOOD
DISTRICT.
I LOVE LIVING THERE.
I'M WILLING TO ENJOY ALL THE AMENITIES, ALL THE GOOD THINGS
AND I'M WILLING TO PUT UP WITH SOME OF THE NEGATIVES.
HOWEVER, THERE IS ONE NEGATIVE THAT MY NEIGHBORS DON'T WANT
TO PUT UP WITH ANYMORE AND WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT IT.
THAT IS CONSTRUCTION NOISE STARTS SOME MORNINGS AT 5 A.M.
WE ARE ASKING YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE CITY CODES AND
ORDINANCES AND FIX THEM, AMEND THEM, DO WHATEVER WE NEED TO
DO TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE CONSTRUCTION ON LARGE OR SMALL
PROJECTS THAT START AT 5 A.M.
THE START OF THE PROJECT ISN'T ALWAYS NECESSARILY BANGING.
SOMETIMES IT'S JUST THE BACKING UP NOISES OF THE TRUCKS

MAKING DELIVERIES.
SO I'VE GOT A PETITION CIRCULATING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'D LIKE TO READ YOU A PART OF THE PETITION.
I E-MAILED EACH OF YOU A COPY, OR A LINK TO THE PETITION
THIS MORNING.
SO IF YOU HAVE STAFF MEMBERS THAT WANT TO CHECK THAT OUT,
YOU CAN FIND IT THROUGH THAT LINK.
PART OF THE PETITION SAYS, TAMPA'S DOWNTOWN RIVER ARTS
DISTRICT AND CHANNELSIDE DISTRICT ARE UNIQUE AREAS THAT
BLEND RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS INTERESTS.
THESE NEIGHBORHOODS RELY HEAVILY ON THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO
MAINTAINING A HARMONIOUS LIVING ENVIRONMENT.
IT IS THE CITY OF TAMPA'S RESPONSIBILITY TO CREATE AND
MAINTAIN CONDITIONS THAT ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF ALL
RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS PEOPLE.
FAILING THIS COULD LEAD TO DECLINING HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S PROVEN SCIENTIFIC -- THERE IS PROVEN SCIENTIFIC
EVIDENCE THAT SLEEP DISTURBANCE CREATES HEALTH PROBLEMS.
SO THAT'S WHAT I MEAN WHEN I TALK ABOUT HEALTH AND SAFETY
ISSUES.
CITY COUNCIL AND CODE ENFORCEMENT NEED TO TAKE ACTION BY
ADDRESSING OUR CONCERNS.
LOOK AT THE NOISE ORDINANCE, AND LOOK AT THE CHANGES THAT
ARE GOING TO BE PROPOSED IN THE NEAR FUTURE, I HOPE, TO HELP

SAFEGUARD THE RIGHTS OF RESIDENTS AND TO HELP THEM ENJOY
THEIR HOMES WITHOUT THE CONSTANT DISRUPTION OF EARLY MORNING
CONSTRUCTION.
OTHER METROPOLITAN AREAS HAVE ADOPTED SIMILAR POLICIES AND
FOUND BALANCED SOLUTIONS, OFFERING BUSINESSES AMPLE WORKING
HOURS WHILE RESPECTING RESIDENTS' PEACEFUL NIGHTS.
TAMPA SHOULD FOLLOW SUIT.
MY REQUEST IS THAT YOU FOLLOW THROUGH WHENEVER THERE IS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE NOISE ORDINANCES AND THE CODES
AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE IN STEP WITH TODAY, NOT 15 YEARS
AGO WHEN SOME OF THEM WERE CREATED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION.
I APPRECIATE YOU.
10:57:39AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, SANDRA.
JOHN GREEN FOLLOWED BY BISHOP MICHELLE B. PATTY.
10:57:47AM >> GOOD MORNING.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS TO EVERY AND EACH ONE OF YOU FOR
TAKING UP THE ISSUE FOR THE SEX TOYS BEING DISPLAYED IN THE
STORES.
SPECIFICALLY TO COUNCILWOMAN NAYA YOUNG FOR PUSHING THE
ISSUE AND GETTING IT TO THE FOREFRONT.
10:58:05AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
START WITH YOUR NAME.
JOHN, START WITH YOUR NAME.
10:58:09AM >> JOHN GREEN.
I JUST HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE ATTORNEY READING THE WRONG

STATUTE, AND I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT THAT.
BUT I PULLED UP AND IT IS 847.012.
SUBSECTION 1 SAYS KNOWINGLY MEANS HAVING THE GENERAL
KNOWLEDGE OF REASON TO KNOW OR A BELIEF OR GROUNDS FOR A
BELIEF WARRANTS FURTHER INSPECTION OR INQUIRY OF BOTH.
THEN YOU GO DOWN TO SUBSECTION 3, A PERSON MAY NOT KNOWINGLY
SELL, RENT, LOAN FOR MONETARY CONSIDERATION TO A MINOR,
SUBSECTION 3A SAYS -- LET ME GET IT RIGHT NOW -- ANY
PICTURE, PHOTOGRAPH, DRAWING, SCULPTURE, MOTION PICTURE
FILM, VIDEO CASSETTE TAPE, ON AND ON, IN WHICH SHE
MENTIONED, RIGHT, BUT SHE FORGOT THIS PIECE.
THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE TWO FLORIDA STATUTES THAT WE HAVE
PRESENTED INITIALLY.
SO I APPRECIATE THE ATTORNEY.
I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY, BUT I APPRECIATE THE ATTORNEY LOOKING
INTO IT.
BUT I JUST DIDN'T THINK SHE WENT FAR ENOUGH TO DELVE INTO
THESE FLORIDA STATUTES WHICH CAN REALLY PUT A BIGGER SCOPE
ON THESE SEX STORES.
NOT ONLY THAT, IF WE GET ONE OF THESE STORES OR TWO OF THE
STORES, IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY AT LARGE
BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENING ALL OVER.
IT'S NOT JUST FOR EAST TAMPA, SULPHUR SPRINGS.
IT'S FOR THE COMMUNITY AT-LARGE.
ALL OUR KIDS ARE BEING HARMED BY THIS ACT RIGHT HERE AND

THANK YOU.
11:00:03AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, SIR.
BISHOP MICHELLE B. PATTY FOLLOWED BY PASTOR WILLIAMS.
BISHOP, YOU CAN START WITH YOUR NAME AND YOU HAVE THREE
MINUTES.
11:00:30AM >> GOOD MORNING.
I'M BISHOP MICHELLE B. PATTY.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR
HAVING INVOLVEMENT IN TRYING TO GET A HANDLE ON THE
SITUATION CONCERNING THE SEX TOYS.
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, WE SAY THANK YOU BY THE CODE
ENFORCEMENT.
THAT IS A GOOD STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
TWO DAYS AGO, THERE WAS ARREST OF 89 PEOPLE THAT WAS TRYING
TO SOLICIT SEX FROM CHILDREN.
WHAT'S VERY DISTURBING, ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WAS AN EMPLOYEE
AT HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.
THAT SHOULD BE CONCERNING TO ALL OF US.
NOW, WHEN WE GET TO THE STATUTE, AS WE SEE THAT EVIDENTLY
THE COUNCILPERSON DID NOT GO IN-DEPTH OR FAR ENOUGH, BUT I
HIGHLIGHTED SOMETHING HERE THAT I THINK IS VERY MOST
INTERESTING, WITH 847.011.
THE ITEMS ARE DEEMED OBSCENE -- LET'S START AT THE TOP.
WHILE SELLING GENERAL ADULT NOVELTY IS NOT AUTOMATICALLY A
FELON, A CONVENIENCE STORE RISKS VIOLATING FLORIDA STATUTE

847.011 IF THE ITEMS ARE DEEMED OBSCENE BY THE COMMUNITY
STANDARDS.
MANY RETAILERS AVOID THE RISK BY NOT CARRYING SUCH ITEMS OR
BY ENSURING THEY ARE NOT IN VIEW OF MINORS.
SO THE COMMUNITY HAS COME OUT AND SPOKEN LOUD AND CLEAR THAT
THESE THINGS, WHEN YOU'RE SEEING A SEX TOY THAT HAS THE
ANATOMY OF A MAN AND YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING, THAT IS
OBSCENE.
SO ALL THIS ABOUT OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT, THIS HAS
NOTHING TO DO WITH FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
THEY ARE NOT MAKING A SPEECH.
THEY ARE SELLING -- THEY ARE SELLING THESE PRODUCTS, WHERE
SOME OF THE STORES HAVE DONE JUST THIS, TAKEN THEM OUT OF
VIEW, TAKEN THEM OFF THE SHELF, THERE ARE OTHERS.
SO WE NEED TO BE COHESIVE IN WHAT LAWS THAT WE CAN PUT TO
ENSURE THAT THIS IS NOT DONE ANYWHERE.
UNDER THAT SAME STATUTE IT'S STATED THAT EACH CITY, COUNTY,
NEED TO ENFORCE AN ORDINANCE SO THAT IT WOULD BE UNIFORM TO
STOP THE PRACTICE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
OUR CHILDREN ARE VULNERABLE.
THEY ARE INNOCENT, AND NOW THESE TYPE OF THINGS MAKE IT EVEN
MORE EASIER FOR SEX OFFENDERS TO MANIPULATE OUR CHILDREN,
WHEN OUR KIDS GOING TO BUY A PIECE OF CANDY THEY THINK IT'S
ALL RIGHT BECAUSE IT IS IN THE CONVENIENCE STORE.
WE'RE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO PUSH FURTHER.

MAKE SURE YOU DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE SO THAT THE CITY OF
TAMPA CAN BE THAT NEXT GREAT CITY THAT I'VE ALWAYS HEARD
ABOUT, AND WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR YOUTH.
THEY ARE BEING PREYED ON BY ALL FACETS OF PEOPLE AND ALL
WALKS OF LIFE.
ONCE AGAIN TO THE COUNCIL, WE SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU
ARE DOING, BUT WE NEED TO DO MORE.
11:03:34AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, BISHOP.
PASTOR WILLIAMS FOLLOWED BY SURGRET DOSS.
PASTOR.
GOOD MORNING, SIR.
11:03:56AM >> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS PASTOR WILLIAMS, LOCATED AT 1112
-- USED TO BE LOCATED AT 1112 EAST SCOTT STREET UNTIL THE
PEOPLE DECIDED TO RUN ME OUT OF THERE BY THREATS AND
EVERYTHING.
BUT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND HERE, I THANK GOD YOU ALL GIVE ME
THE THREE SECONDS WHERE I CAN TRY TO DEFEND MYSELF.
THAT'S ALL I'M TRYING TO DO TO DEFEND MYSELF.
I'M NOT TRYING TO DEFEND NOBODY ELSE.
I GOT TO DEFEND MYSELF IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH
OTHER PEOPLE.
LIKE I JUST SAID, WE'RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT YBOR CITY AND
BELMONT HEIGHTS AND JACKSON HEIGHTS.
WE'RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THEM AT ALL.
ONLY PEOPLE WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT MOST IS OURSELVES.

WE WANT TO GIVE OURSELVES A RAISE AND THAT'S IT.
WE DON'T CARE NOTHING ABOUT THE OTHER PEOPLE.
I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THIS MORNING, WE SHOULD BE CONCERNED
ABOUT ALL PEOPLE.
WHITE, BLACK, YELLOW, WHATEVER COLOR THEY WANT TO BE.
AND BE CONCERNED ABOUT THEM.
BUT WE DON'T CARE.
WE DON'T CARE.
THIS GENTLEMAN GOT UP HERE A FEW MINUTES AGO AND SPOKE WHAT
LOOKED LIKE OVER AN HOUR.
BUT I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT.
AND YOU DON'T EITHER, I DON'T THINK.
IF YOU DID, YOU WOULD REACT.
I'M GETTING READY TO HIT THE STREETS AND PREACH THE GOSPEL
OF JESUS CHRIST.
THAT'S MY PROBLEM.
I THANK GOD THAT HE GIVE ME A LONG LIFE.
I COULD GO OUT AND PREACH.
I NEED TO GET A CAR FROM ALL OF YOU ALL.
I KNOW THE POLICE WILL COME RUN ME OFF OF THERE.
I'M A PREACHER, AND THAT'S WHAT I'LL BE UNTIL I GO TO THE
GRAVEYARD.
I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE TO SPEAK UP FOR MYSELF, AND THANKS BE
TO GOD.
HE GAVE ME A LONG LIFE.

YOU ALL PRAY THAT YOUR GOD GIVE YOU ALL A LONG LIFE.
AND BE TRUTHFUL ABOUT IT.
TREAT PEOPLE RIGHT.
THANK GOD THAT WE ARE HERE.
I FOUND A BOOK HERE THIS MORNING.
IT'S CALLED CITY COUNCIL OF TAMPA IN CELEBRATION OF OLD CITY
HALL.
THANK GOD FOR THAT.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE PEOPLE.
LOOK AT THE WAY THEY HAVE BEEN TREATING PEOPLE IN BELMONT
HEIGHTS AND JACKSON HEIGHTS.
FLOOD PONDS, AIN'T DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT.
REALLY SHOULD BUILD A STADIUM AND BASEBALL STADIUM.
BUILD ANOTHER FLOOD POND AND WE CAN BE HAPPY ABOUT IT.
WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND.
THANK YOU ALL FOR HEARING ME.
11:07:03AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, PASTOR.
HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
SURGRET DOSS FOLLOWED BY ROBIN LOCKETT.
GOOD MORNING, MR. DOSS.
11:07:14AM >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
SURGRET DOSS.
AT THE LAST HEARING, A YOUNG LADY ASKED ME WHY I ALWAYS
SHOUT OUT THE UNIVERSITY OF THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL.
I'LL GET TO THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER ON.

AFTER I ADDRESS WHAT I WANTED TO ADDRESS LAST WEEK WHEN I
WAS STILL -- WAS TOLD YOU WOULD PUSH IT BACK TO OCTOBER.
SO I WANTED TO ADDRESS WHAT'S GOING INTO THIS NEW CODE OF
ETHICS REGARDING WHETHER OR NOT AND IF IT WILL HAVE
SOMETHING WHETHER OR NOT TAMPA POLICE OFFICERS CAN COVERTLY
EXCHANGE E-MAILS WITH SITTING JUDGES DURING POLICE
INVESTIGATIONS OF SO-CALLED SUSPECTS.
I ASKED BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO ME IN 2017 WHEN THIS
CITY'S POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE HEAD OF MAYOR'S SECURITY
AND SEVERAL OTHERS, INCLUDING THAT SITTING JUDGE COLLUDED TO
FALSELY ACCUSE ME OF PERJURY.
NOW INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, A COUPLE OF YOU I HEARD ARE
RUNNING FOR MAYOR.
WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW IS IF YOU BECOME THAT MAYOR OR JUST
CONTINUE TO TURN A BLIND EYE TO WHAT GOES ON OR DEMAND AN
INTERNAL INVESTIGATION OF ALLEGATIONS.
WE NOW KNOW APPLY TO SEVERAL PEOPLE FROM THE CITY OF TAMPA.
I'LL GET BACK TO THE QUESTION THE YOUNG LADY ASKED ME.
I HAD GREAT PEOPLE COME ACROSS MY PATH THROUGHOUT MY LIFE.
DESPITE MY PERSONALLY FLAWS, GREAT PEOPLE ALONG THE PATH IN
MY JOURNEY, MY PARENTS, TODAY MY BIRTHDAY, THAT INCLUDES MR.
HOWARD, MR. BERNIE, MR. -- MS. ROBINSON, MS. FAULK AND
MS. SULLIVAN AND MANY OF THE OTHERS ACTUALLY WAS IN
MISSISSIPPI.
OF COURSE, HAD OTHER OUTSTANDING TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS AS

WELL AND TOO MANY OF THEM TO MENTION, ALTHOUGH DR. WILLIAMS
WHO BLED OVER SO MANY OF -- HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY
HEART BECAUSE SHE MADE ME A MORE INTENSE WRITER.
I HAVE TO GIVE A GREAT SHOUT-OUT TO COACH MACK, COACH
BARNES, COACH DAWSON, COACH HUB, AND COACH NEAGLE WHO MADE
ME A WIDE RECEIVER, BY THE WAY, AND THE WINNINGEST BLACK
COACH IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HISTORY, NELSON.
THE ONE THING I LEARNED AT THE UNIVERSITY WAS HOW TO
COMPETE.
HOW NOT TO GIVE UP AND IF YOU GET KNOCKED DOWN, HOW TO GET
BACK UP AND KEEP FIGHTING.
TO THE YOUNG LADY WHO ASKED THAT QUESTION, THERE IS YOUR
ANSWER.
I'VE BEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE
A LOT OF THINGS EITHER THROUGH MY PARENTS' SERVICE
COMMITMENT OR THROUGH MY OWN.
BUT IT'S BECAUSE OF THE UNIVERSITY THAT I WAS ABLE TO
COMPLETE THIS ON TIME.
ANYBODY CAN LOOK THAT UP.
IT'S ALSO NOT MY FAULT THAT EITHER YOU NOR YOUR PARENTS MADE
SURE THAT YOU GOT TO ATTEND THE GREATEST INSTITUTION OF
HIGHER LEARNING IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, THE UNIVERSITY OF
THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL.
11:10:13AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, SIR.
HAVE A GOOD DAY.

ROBIN LOCKETT.
THAT WILL CONCLUDE PUBLIC COMMENT.
ROBIN?
11:10:22AM >> I'M TRYING TO DECIDE WHETHER I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
I'M GOING TO MAKE THIS A FUN STATEMENT.
I ATTENDED THE GREATEST SCHOOL, TECH, TECH, TECH, TAMPA BAY
TECH.
AND WE HAVE -- THE GREATEST SCHOOL EVER.
THANK YOU.
THAT'S IT.
11:10:45AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THAT'S IT.
YOU ARE NOW MY FAVORITE PUBLIC COMMENT OF THE DAY.
THANK YOU.
THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT IS REQUESTING RECONSIDERATION OF
LEGISLATIVE MATTERS?
HEARING NONE, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
COUNCILMAN VIERA IS NOT THERE.
MIRANDA, PLEASE MOVE ITEMS 6-16.
11:11:15AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I MOVE ITEMS 6 THROUGH 16.
11:11:17AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.

11:11:22AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
I DID WANT TO TALK ABOUT ITEM 13 REALLY QUICK.
I DID ASK ABOUT THE $427,000 FOR THE BARRICADES.
APPARENTLY THEY COST AROUND LIKE 7,600ISH DOLLARS EACH, SO
WE'RE ONLY GETTING 60 BARRICADES.
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT.
11:11:43AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG, NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
CAN YOU MOVE 18 THROUGH -- 17 WAS REMOVED.
11:12:02AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I MOVE ITEMS 18 THROUGH 25 AND 27 THROUGH 30.
11:12:19AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SECOND.
11:12:20AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG,
A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
WE DID REMOVE -- WE MOVED -- [INAUDIBLE]
11:12:35AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
GOT IT.
SORRY.
11:12:36AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, CAN YOU MOVE ITEMS
31 THROUGH 35.

11:12:39AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I MOVE ITEMS 31 THROUGH 35.
11:12:42AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
ENCORE PERFORMANCE BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
CAN YOU MOVE 36 THROUGH 41.
11:12:51AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
MOVE 36, MR. CHAIRMAN, THROUGH 41.
11:12:54AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
THANK YOU.
DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COMMITTEE, COUNCILMAN
CARLSON, CAN YOU MOVE 42 THROUGH 51.
11:13:06AM >>BILL CARLSON:
MOVE 42 THROUGH 51.
11:13:08AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM CARLSON AND SECOND FROM
MANISCALCO.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, MOBILITY AND ASSET MANAGEMENT.
11:13:15AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MOVE ITEMS 52 AND 53.

11:13:18AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, MOVING ITEMS 52 AND 53.
ALL IN FAVOR AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
MOTION TO SET PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR 54, 55, 56.
11:13:28AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
54 THROUGH 56 PUBLIC HEARINGS.
11:13:31AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM MANISCALCO, SECOND FROM
MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO OPEN THE 10 A.M. PUBLIC HEARINGS.
11:13:37AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOVE TO OPEN THE 10 A.M. PUBLIC
HEARINGS.
11:13:42AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN
MANISCALCO.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THE 10:00 IS NON-QUASI-JUDICIAL.
NOBODY HAS TO BE SWORN IN FOR THAT.
ITEM 57.

11:13:58AM >>ROSS SAMONS:
ROSS SAMONS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION,
PRESENTING FILE VAC-25-08.
THIS IS AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND
ADOPTION.
AND ALSO BEING AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE BEING
PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
THIS ORDINANCE IS PROPOSED VACATING, CLOSING AND
DISCONTINUING AND ABANDONING ALLEYWAY LOCATED NORTH OF SWANN
AVENUE, SOUTH OF BAY STREET, EAST OF BREVARD AVENUE AND WEST
OF MAGNOLIA AVENUE.
I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
11:14:27AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
11:14:32AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
JUST IF THERE ARE ANY SUBSTANTIVE
DIFFERENCES, IF MR. SAMONS KNOWS, JUST TO INFORM COUNCIL.
11:14:39AM >>ROSS SAMONS:
THERE WAS A MEMO SUBMITTED FROM THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO COUNCIL.
11:14:48AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
APPLICANT?
11:14:51AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
KAMI CORBETT WITH THE LAW FIRM OF HILL WARD & HENDERSON.
HERE REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT AND OUR FIRM ALSO REPRESENTS
THE OWNERS OF 614 BAY AND 611 SWANN.
THOSE ARE THE OFFICE BUILDINGS THAT ARE THERE.
YOU PREVIOUSLY HEARD THAT THIS WAS AT FIRST READING PASSED
AND THEN WHAT WAS ADDED IN BETWEEN WAS AN EASEMENT FOR SOLID
WASTE AND AN EASEMENT, CROSS-ACCESS EASEMENT BETWEEN THE

PARTIES.
I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY.
11:15:21AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE, VERY GOOD.
ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK TO ITEM 57?
START WITH YOUR NAME, PLEASE.
11:15:37AM >> MY NAME IS PAM CANNELLA.
I OPPOSE THE VACATING OF THIS ALLEY.
I WAS NOT ABLE TO ADDRESS MY OPPOSITION OF THIS APPLICATION
TO VACATE THIS ALLEY AS I WAS -- I MISUNDERSTOOD AND
BELIEVED THE VACATING OF THE ALLEY WAS ALSO WITHDRAWN.
THERE IS NOT A NEED TO VACATE THIS ALLEY AT THIS TIME, AS
THERE IS NO PROPOSED SITE PLAN.
BUT THERE IS A NEED FOR THE ALLEY TO BE ACCESSIBLE FOR
PROPERTIES THAT NOW USE THIS ALLEY FOR RECYCLE, WASTE, AND
DUMPSTER PICKUP.
DUMPSTER PICKUP REQUIRES A LARGER AREA.
60 FEET OF UNOBSTRUCTED LENGTH, 20 FEET IN WIDTH, AND 23
FEET OF VERTICAL CLEARANCE.
THIS ENSURES THE COLLECTION TRUCK SAFELY MANEUVERS FOR
PICKUP CONTAINER.
NUMBER TWO, PARKING FOR THESE PROPERTIES ON 614 AND 611
SWANN AND BAY REQUIRES ACCESS THROUGH THIS ALLEY FOR THEIR
PARKING.
YOU CAN SEE HERE, THERE IS THE PARKING, THERE IS THE

PARKING, THERE IS THE GARBAGE.
TECO AND SPECTRUM CURRENTLY USE THIS ALLEY AND ONLY AGREE TO
THE VACATING IF ANOTHER EASEMENT CAN BE PROVIDED, WHICH IS
NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
APPLICANT AND THE PROPERTIES, BUT IT SEEMS INAPPROPRIATE TO
VACATE THIS ALLEY AT THIS TIME WITHOUT A PROPOSED PLAN IN
FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL.
AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU, THERE IT IS.
THERE IS ANOTHER ONE OVER HERE.
BUILDING, ALLEY HERE.
PARKING OVER HERE, PARKING OVER HERE.
TRASH AND ALL RECYCLE PICKUP HERE AND ANOTHER DUMPSTER WAY
IN THE BACK.
I JUST WANTED YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT IT IS NECESSARY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:17:45AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
11:17:59AM >> GOOD MORNING.
BOBBIE O'BRIEN.
I LIVE ON BAY STREET.
I WAS HERE WHEN IT WAS FIRST PASSED BY COUNCIL.
I'M HERE JUST TO REMIND YOU AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF
HISTORY OF THAT ALLEY.
THIS IS THE 1915 SANBORN MAP.
IT SHOWS THE COMPLETE ALLEY.

IT ALSO SHOWS THIS SEGMENT HERE AS PART OF AN ALLEY.
THEN WE MOVE TO THE 31 MAP.
HERE IT SHOWS IT WAS CUT OUT FOR MINIATURE GOLF COURSE.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THEY PUT ONE BACK.
BUT YOU STILL HAVE THAT SIDE ALLEY AND THEN THE ALLEY HERE.
AND FINALLY, THIS IS THE SANBORN MAP OF 1951, JUST TO SHOW
YOU IT'S PART OF THE FABRIC OF HYDE PARK.
AND WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW IT'S SECOND
READING AND YOU ALL USUALLY DON'T CHANGE YOUR VOTES, BUT I
WANTED TO JUST REMIND YOU OF WHAT SOME OF THE THINGS YOU
MIGHT END UP WITH.
WE ENDED UP WITH THE BANK OF TAMPA BECAUSE THERE WAS NO ONE
REGULATING WHEN IT GOT BUILT IN A WAY.
THIS IS WHERE THEIR DUMPSTERS ARE NOW, RIGHT NEXT TO THE
SIDEWALK ACCESS.
AND THEY ARE USUALLY FULL.
THIS IS AN EASY ONE.
THIS ALSO SHOWS THE CITY CREWS HAVING TO REPAIR MAGNOLIA
STREET.
TWO OF THE FOUR STREETS THAT BOUND THIS AREA ARE BRICK
STREETS, BAY AND MAGNOLIA.
I SUGGEST THAT YOU MAYBE RECONSIDER FIRST OFF MAINTAINING
THE HISTORIC CHARACTER OF HYDE PARK WHICH MEANS ALLEYS.
THAT'S WHERE THE ACCESS IS NOT ONLY FOR UTILITIES, BUT FOR
GARBAGE.

CLOSURE OF THIS, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS AN EASEMENT NOW,
FUTURE CLOSURE OF THIS MEANS GARBAGE TRUCKS ON THE BRICK
STREETS, MEANING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE REPAIRS NEEDED.
SECONDLY, THE ALLEY ACCESS IS ESSENTIAL FOR PROTECTING THOSE
BRICK STREETS.
IT IS PART OF THE CITY'S OWN CODES IN THE HISTORIC TO
PROTECT YOUR BRICK STREETS.
PROTECTING IT MEANS USING THE ALLEY WHERE THEY HAVE THE
ACCESS FOR GARBAGE TRUCKS, FOR PARKING ACCESSIBILITY AS
WELL.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE GOING TO WANT A
HUGE BLOCK, NOT BROKEN UP BY ALLEY.
I'M JUST SUGGESTING IT IS PART OF A HISTORIC DISTRICT.
PLEASE CONSIDER OR RECONSIDER.
AND THANK YOU FOR GRANTING THE EASEMENTS WHEN YOU FIRST DID
HAVE THE VOTE.
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT'S BEEN INTERESTING WATCHING TODAY.
11:20:56AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANYBODY ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISHING TO
SPEAK TO THIS ITEM?
HEARING NONE, APPLICANT, DO YOU WANT REBUTTAL?
11:21:03AM >> KAMI CORBETT AGAIN.
I APPRECIATE THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LOOKING OUT FOR THE
OWNERS OF 611 AND 614, BUT I DO REPRESENT THEM.
THEY ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE CLOSURE OF THIS ALLEY.

THIS ALLEY IS NOT FUNCTIONAL.
THIS RED PART HAS BEEN VACATED SINCE 1926.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE MEMORANDUM
YOU GOT FROM MR. WIGGINTON IN WHICH SOLID WASTE ACTUALLY
SAID THERE IS NO NEED OR WANT FOR THE EASEMENT, AND IT NO
LONGER USES THE ALLEYWAY FOR PICKUP, BUT WE ARE PROVIDING
THE EASEMENT ANYWAY.
AND WE DID PROVIDE THE EASEMENTS THAT COUNCIL REQUESTED.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
11:21:38AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE, CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE?
MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
COUNCILMAN VIERA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THIS ITEM?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF CLOSING SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:21:50AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES, SIR.
I MOVE AN ORDINANCE -- STRIKE THAT, A SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE
-- I READ THE SUBSTITUTE ONE, YES.
PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE OF
THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, VACATING, CLOSING, DISCONTINUING
AND ABANDONING THAT ALLEYWAY LOCATED NORTH OF SWANN AVENUE,
SOUTH OF BAY STREET, EAST OF BREVARD AVENUE, WEST OF

MAGNOLIA AVENUE, WITHIN THE REVISED MAP OF PACKWOODS
SUBDIVISION, A SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF TAMPA,
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN
SECTION 2 HEREOF SUBJECT TO CERTAIN COVENANTS, CONDITIONS
AND RESTRICTIONS AS MORE PARTICULARLY SET FOREIGN HEREIN,
PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS,
PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATIONS AND REPEALING
CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:22:34AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
CLERK, CAN YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE?
11:22:39AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
11:22:42AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
11:22:43AM >>BILL CARLSON:
NO.
11:22:45AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
11:22:47AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
11:22:47AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES.
11:22:49AM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON VOTING NO AND YOUNG
BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
11:22:54AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ITEM NUMBER 10 IS A QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING -- I'M SORRY, 40.
I'M LOOKING AT 10 A.M.
I DEFINITELY NEED COFFEE.
ITEM NUMBER 58 AND ITEM NUMBER 59 ARE QUASI-JUDICIALS.

ACTUALLY, THE REST OF THE 10:00 PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE
QUASI-JUDICIAL.
FUR PLANNING ON SPEAKING TO ANY OF THE QUASI-JUDICIAL
HEARINGS, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND TO BE SWORN
IN BY OUR CLERK.
11:23:24AM >> PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT
THE TESTIMONY THAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO PROVIDE IS THE TRUTH AND
NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH?
11:23:32AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ITEM 58, PLEASE.
11:23:35AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
FOR THE RECORD, CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE, DEVELOPMENT
COORDINATION.
ITEM NUMBER 58 IS REZ 26-05.
THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR A PROPERTY LOCATED AT
4001 SOUTH LYNWOOD AVENUE.
THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RS 60 TO RS 50.
SINCE THIS IS A EUCLIDEAN REZONING, THERE ARE NO SITE PLANS.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
11:23:56AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE.
APPLICANT?
STEVEN?
WERE YOU SWORN IN?
UNMUTE YOURSELF.
IT'S ON YOUR END, SIR.

YOU HAVE TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
HE'S CALLING IN REINFORCEMENTS.
THERE YOU GO.
11:24:28AM >> WERE YOU SWORN IN?
11:24:31AM >> SWORN IN, NO.
11:24:32AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
CAN YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, PLEASE?
11:24:35AM >> DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY THAT YOU ARE
ABOUT TO PROVIDE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH?
11:24:43AM >> YES, I DO.
11:24:44AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
SIR.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO YOUR
PRESENTATION?
11:24:52AM >> NO.
JUST A REQUEST OF COUNCIL THAT THEY WOULD APPROVE THE
COUNCIL.
11:24:57AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
STEPHEN, CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE?
11:25:01AM >> STEPHEN SEATON.
11:25:03AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
IS THAT ALL?
DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?
HEARING NONE, ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO
THIS ITEM?
HEARING NONE, CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE?
MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.

SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
COUNCILMAN CARLSON, CAN YOU READ ITEM 58, PLEASE?
11:25:21AM >>BILL CARLSON:
SURE.
MOVE ITEM 58, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING
AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL
VICINITY OF 4001 SOUTH LYNWOOD AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA,
FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM
ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS 60, RESIDENTIAL,
SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED TO RS-50, RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY
DETACHED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THIS IS FILE NUMBER REZ-26-05.
11:25:48AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
COUNCILMAN VIERA, YOU WERE ABSENT AT THE VOTES OF 58 AND 59,
HAVE YOU REVIEWED THE HEARINGS?
11:25:58AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES, I REVIEWED THESE ORIGINALLY BECAUSE I WAS
THERE.
YES, SIR, I DID.
11:26:01AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
11:26:04AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
YES.

11:26:05AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
11:26:05AM >>BILL CARLSON:
YES.
11:26:07AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
11:26:08AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
11:26:10AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
11:26:11AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES.
11:26:12AM >>THE CLERK:
THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:26:15AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ON TO 59.
11:26:18AM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
FOR THE RECORD, CHRISTOPHER
DEMANCHE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
ITEM NUMBER 59 IS REZ 26-15.
THIS IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 312 NORTH
MANHATTAN AVENUE.
REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RS 50 TO RM 18.
SINCE THIS IS EUCLIDEAN REZONING, THERE ARE NO SITE PLANS
AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
11:26:39AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE, APPLICANT.
WERE YOU SWORN IN?
11:26:43AM >> NO, SIR, I HAVE NOT.
11:26:44AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
11:26:46AM >> DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY THAT YOU ARE
ABOUT TO PROVIDE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH?
11:26:52AM >> YES.

11:26:53AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD FOR THE RECORD?
11:26:56AM >> YES, SIR.
I WAS GOING TO SAY, MY NAME IS GISELE MOTA.
I'M THE AUTHORIZED AGENT FOR REZ 26-15 AT 312 MANHATTAN.
WE APPRECIATE THE FINDING OF CONSISTENCY ACROSS ALL
DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY STAFF, AND WE ENCOURAGED TO RECEIVE
THE UNANIMOUS APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL AT FIRST READING.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU.
11:27:16AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE, ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK TO
ITEM 59?
MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ 59, PLEASE?
11:27:31AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
FILE REZ-26-15, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF
312 NORTH MANHATTAN AVENUE, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA
AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING
DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS 50 RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY TO

RM 18, RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:27:53AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
MR. SHELBY, DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING?
11:27:59AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IT'S 312 NORTH MANHATTAN.
11:28:02AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
312 NORTH MANHATTAN.
11:28:05AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
11:28:07AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
11:28:08AM >>BILL CARLSON:
YES.
11:28:09AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
11:28:09AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
11:28:11AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
11:28:12AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
YES.
11:28:13AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES.
11:28:14AM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:28:16AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
ITEM NUMBER 60.
11:28:18AM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
FOR THE RECORD, CHRISTOPHER
DEMANCHE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
ITEM NUMBER 60 IS REZ 25-125.
REZONING REQUEST FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5215, 5301 AND 5311
WEST TYSON AVENUE.
THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT TO ALLOW FOR RESIDENTIAL MULTIPLE FAMILY,
SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED, RETAIL SALES, WHICH INCLUDES SPECIAL

GOODS, CONVENIENCE GOODS, SHOPPER'S GOODS AND LASTLY MARINA.
REVISIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS HAVE BEEN
SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
11:28:52AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE, APPLICANT.
11:28:56AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
ANNIE BARNES, STEARNS WEAVER MILLER, 401 EAST JACKSON
STREET.
I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
11:29:03AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT?
HEARING NONE, ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO
THE ITEM.
SEEING NONE, MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
11:29:14AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES, FILE REZ 25-125, ORDINANCE BEING
PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF
5215, 5301 AND 5311 WEST TYSON AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA,
FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM

ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, TO
PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY,
SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED, RETAIL SALES, SPECIALTY GOODS,
CONVENIENCE GOODS, SHOPPER'S GOODS, AND MARINA, PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:29:49AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK,
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
CLERK, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE?
11:29:56AM >>BILL CARLSON:
YES.
11:29:57AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
11:29:57AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
11:29:59AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
11:30:00AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
YES.
11:30:01AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
11:30:02AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES.
11:30:03AM >>THE CLERK:
THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:30:04AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ITEM NUMBER 61.
11:30:06AM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD, CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE, DEVELOPMENT
COORDINATION.
ITEM NUMBER 61 IS REZ 25-97.
THIS IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3105 EAST
COLUMBUS DRIVE, 3001, 3003, 3004, 3007 AND 3010 EAST 15th
AVENUE.
THIS REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RM 16 AND PLANNED DEVELOPMENT

TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL, MULTIPLE FAMILY.
REVISIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS HAVE BEEN
SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
11:30:39AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
APPLICANT?
11:30:40AM >> ANNIE BARNES, STEARNS WEAVER MILLER, 401 EAST JACKSON
STREET.
AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
11:30:49AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?
HEARING NONE, ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO
ITEM 61.
SEEING NONE, MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, SECOND
FROM MANISCALCO.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, WOULD YOU MOVE -- WOULD YOU READ 61.
IF IT PASSES, MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
11:31:05AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I HAVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND
ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL
VICINITY OF 3105 EAST COLUMBUS DRIVE AND 3001, 3003, 3004,
3007 AND 3010 EAST 15th AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA,
FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM

ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RM 16 RESIDENTIAL,
MULTIFAMILY AND PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PD PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY, PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:31:31AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN
MANISCALCO.
A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
CLERK, CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.
11:31:35AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
11:31:37AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
11:31:37AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
11:31:38AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
YES.
11:31:40AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
11:31:41AM >>BILL CARLSON:
YES.
11:31:42AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES.
11:31:43AM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:31:49AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE THE
RESOLUTION.
11:31:51AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION ASSOCIATED
WITH 61 BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR 10 A.M. PUBLIC HEARINGS.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE.
11:32:05AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY, IN
KEEPING WITH PAST PRACTICES, IF THE CLERK CAN CONFIRM NUMBER
68 DOES NOT REQUIRE STAFF, BUT THAT IS THE REVOLVING LOAN,
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT AT THIS TIME.
11:32:21AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MOTION TO MOVE 68.
11:32:28AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
GOT IT.
MOTION TO MOVE ITEM 68 FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
THANK YOU.
11:32:35AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
11:32:36AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE.
AFTER THAT, WE'LL HEAR THE FINANCIAL RESOLUTION.
11:32:42AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
KELLY AUSTIN, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES HERE ON BEHALF OF
CHIEF OF STAFF WHO IS UNDER THE WEATHER TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU.
AS COUNCIL IS AWARE, WE WERE NEGOTIATING WITH THE IFF ON A
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT AND THOSE NEGOTIATIONS
CONCLUDED ON FEBRUARY 2nd.
AFTER THAT PROCESS, THE IFF HAS TO GO OUT SOLICIT AND
EDUCATE THEIR MEMBERS AND THEN THEY TAKE IT OUT FOR A VOTE.

THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF VOTING RIGHT NOW.
THEIR LAST VOTING IS TOMORROW, AND WILL CONCLUDE AT 3:30.
IN SPEAKING WITH PRESIDENT STOCCO YESTERDAY, THEY WERE VERY
CONFIDENT.
THEY HAD A GOOD TURNOUT.
THEY DO BELIEVE IT WILL BE A FAVORABLE RESULT.
SO ANTICIPATING THAT, WE ARE ASKING COUNCIL IF IT WOULD BE
OKAY TO ADD THAT ONTO THE MARCH 12 EVENING MEETING AGENDA TO
PRESENT THAT FOR COUNCIL'S APPROVAL FOR RATIFICATION.
AND THE REASON THAT WE'D LIKE TO BRING IT FORWARD ON THE
12th, AS YOU KNOW, COUNCIL HAS SPRING BREAK, AND SOME OF
THE COMPONENTS OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT GO
INTO EFFECT APRIL 1st.
THIS WOULD GIVE US TIME TO BUILD ANY COMPONENTS WE NEED TO
IN THE SYSTEM, MAKE SURE IT WORKS APPROPRIATELY, GET THE PAY
RATES LOADED AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS SO THAT IT IS SEAMLESS
AND IT DOES GO INTO EFFECT APRIL 1st FOR THOSE BARGAINING
UNIT MEMBERS.
THE ONLY PROCESS THING I WOULD ASK COUNCIL WOULD BE OKAY
WITH IS I BELIEVE THE AGENDA INFORMATION HAS TO USUALLY GO
IN FRIDAY BY NOON.
I WOULDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE SUBMITTING IT UNTIL THAT VOTE IS
ACTUALLY CLOSED AND PRESIDENT STOCCO CALLS ME AND SAYS THAT
THEY'VE GOT AN AGREEMENT.
IF IT WOULD BE OKAY, ATTORNEY JOHNS HAS SAID SHE WOULD WORK

WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE FIRST THING MONDAY MORNING.
I ALREADY HAVE THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT PRETTY
MUCH READY TO SEND TO COUNCIL AND WE ALSO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY.
FIRST THING MONDAY MORNING WE WOULD BE PREPARED TO SEND THAT
TO YOU, BUT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IT FRIDAY.
11:34:39AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE
ADMINISTRATION ON THIS.
THIS IS PART OF MAKING THE FIREFIGHTERS WHOLE IF THIS
PASSES.
ALSO PROCEDURE.
WE DON'T WANT TO GET IN FRONT AS THEY ARE VOTING ON THE
CONTRACT, SO WE WORKED OUT AN INFORMAL DEAL THAT WE MAKE THE
COORDINATION ON MONDAY MORNING, BUT THEY ARE HERE --
COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:34:58AM >>BILL CARLSON:
LIKE TO MOVE TO WAIVE THE RULES TO ENABLE HR
TO SUBMIT THE DOCUMENTS ON MONDAY INSTEAD OF FRIDAY.
11:35:03AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
11:35:07AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MAY I MAKE A MOTION THEN TO SET THIS ON
THE MARCH 12 EVENING AGENDA IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE
COMMENDATION.
11:35:14AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE'RE NOT DOING THAT YET.

IT IS A PROTOCOL THING.
I'M WORKING WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE ON MONDAY TO DO THAT
BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO GET IN FRONT OF THE VOTE.
11:35:23AM >> THANK YOU, APPRECIATE IT.
11:35:27AM >> REBECCA JOHNS, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
I DO THINK YOU NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACTUALLY ADD IT TO
THE AGENDA FOR MARCH 12.
11:35:35AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HANDLE IT AS AN
INFORMAL WALK-ON.
11:35:39AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION BY MR. STOCCO
REPRESENTING THE UNION, IF WE KNOW THAT, AND IF THERE'S NO
OBJECTION BY THE ADMINISTRATION AND ON COUNCIL'S
RECOMMENDATION, MS. JOHNS' RECOMMENDATION, I WOULD AGREE
THAT IS PROBABLY THE BEST PRACTICE WITH REGARD TO NOTICE TO
THE PUBLIC.
11:35:55AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
JUST DIFFERENT THAN WHAT CHIEF BENNETT HAD
DISCUSSED WITH ME.
HE DIDN'T WANT TO GET IN FRONT OF THE UNION'S VOTE.
11:36:03AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S ANYBODY'S INTENTION.
11:36:05AM >>REBECCA JOHNS:
IF IT DOESN'T GO THROUGH FOR SOME REASON,
WE CAN REMOVE IT FROM THE AGENDA.
11:36:12AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
JUST ALSO, THAT GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR NOTICE TO THE
PUBLIC AND BEFORE YOU MOVE IT AND ADOPT IT, BECAUSE IT IS A
FINAL ACTION, YOU'LL HAVE TO GIVE THE PUBLIC THE OPPORTUNITY

TO COME, IF THAT IS THEIR DESIRE.
11:36:24AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I GET IT.
AGAIN, THE REASON WHY, ONE OF MY BACKGROUND IN LABOR, AND
CHIEF BENNETT REACHING OUT TO ME TO ASK THAT, THAT'S WHY --
I THINK WE WERE PROCEEDING EXTRA LEVEL OF CAUTIOUSNESS ON
PROTOCOL WITH THE LABOR UNION AND STILL WANTING TO KEEP THEM
WHOLE AND KEEP THE ADMINISTRATION, GIVE THEM THE LATITUDE
THEY NEED TO GET EVERYTHING IN PLACE TO IMPLEMENT THE
CHANGES.
11:36:46AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
I WAS IN ON THE CALL.
AT THE TIME, IT DID SEEM THAT WAS THE PRACTICE THAT WOULD BE
ADOPTED.
11:36:51AM >>REBECCA JOHNS:
I HAVE NOT SPOKEN TO HIM ABOUT THAT.
IF THAT WAS YOUR CONVERSATION WITH HIM, THEN YOU CAN --
11:36:57AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WHY DON'T WE HOLD THIS VOTE AND YOU GUYS
COORDINATE WITH THE CHIEF AND FIND OUT -- AND THE UNION AND
FIND OUT WHAT THE PLAN IS.
11:37:04AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
AS LONG AS THERE'S NO OBJECTION, WE CAN
COME BACK.
11:37:08AM >>BILL CARLSON:
I DON'T LIKE IT WHEN THE ADMINISTRATION
WALKS ON ITEMS.
I WOULD MUCH RATHER THE PUBLIC GET A CHANCE AND WITH
APOLOGIES TO THE UNION OR THE NEGOTIATORS IN ADVANCE, WE CAN
ALWAYS PULL THIS OFF.
BUT FOR THE PUBLIC SAKE, I THINK WE SHOULD TRY TO AVOID

WALK-ONS.
11:37:22AM >>REBECCA JOHNS:
DO YOU WANT ME TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM AND
COME BACK TODAY?
11:37:25AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
LET'S HOLD THIS UNTIL AFTER LUNCH.
AT LEAST WE'RE ALL CLEAR.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
11:37:29AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
I JUST THINK WE SHOULD SET IT AND THEN WE CAN ALWAYS TAKE IT
OFF IF IT DOESN'T PASS, BUT I AGREE, THE PUBLIC AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE NEEDS TO BE AWARE OF IT, TO BE ON THE AGENDA WITH
THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
11:37:44AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE DRAFT AGENDA
WOULD BE RELEASED TOMORROW, AM I CORRECT IN THAT?
11:37:52AM >>THE CLERK:
THAT IS CORRECT.
THIS WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.
I CAN WORK WITH REBECCA JOHNS ON LANGUAGE TO PUT ON THE
AGENDA FOR THE TITLE.
THAT WOULD BE IN THE BACKGROUND, BUT WORK ON A TITLE SO IT
WOULD APPEAR ON THE DRAFT AND THEN THAT WOULD AVOID ANY
NUMBERING ISSUES AS WELL.
11:38:09AM >>REBECCA JOHNS:
IF WE KNOW BY 4:00, I DON'T THINK THE DRAFT
AGENDA COMES OUT BEFORE THEN.
SO I CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH SULING IMMEDIATELY AS SOON AS WE
KNOW WHETHER TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA OR NOT.
11:38:22AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, CAN WE TAKE THE

MOTION?
A MOTION TO PLACE THE LANGUAGE THAT THE CLERK WILL WORK ON
TO HOLD THE NUMBER AND PLACE ON THE AGENDA, THE LANGUAGE,
AND THEN WHEN WE KNOW, FILL IN THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
11:38:37AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION NOW OR AFTER LUNCH?
11:38:39AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SEEMS CONSENSUS TO GO.
11:38:41AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THE MOTION IS TO PLACE THIS -- WOULD IT
BE THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH THE FIRE UNION
ON THE MAY 12 EVENING AGENDA -- SORRY.
I'M WAITING FOR SUMMER.
ON THE MARCH 12 EVENING AGENDA RIGHT AFTER THE COMMENDATION
THAT WE HAVE ALREADY LISTED.
11:39:03AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN
MANISCALCO.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:39:07AM >>BILL CARLSON:
SULING, ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO SAY SO
THAT YOU CAN PUT DRAFT OR WHATEVER ON THERE?
11:39:13AM >>THE CLERK:
NOT AT THIS TIME.
[INAUDIBLE]
11:39:18AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ALSO, THE CLERK'S OFFICE IS WORKING MUCH
MORE CLOSELY WITH THE CHAIR'S OFFICE ON THESE AGENDA ITEMS.
SO WE'RE COMMUNICATING CLOSELY ON THESE THINGS.
VERY GOOD.
ANYTHING ELSE?

NOW WE GET PART B.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
PART B.
ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE B.
11:39:39AM >> JANELLE McGREGOR, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND
PARTNERSHIPS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, CHAIR, AND COUNCIL,
TO SPEAK ABOUT THE SOCIAL ACTION AND ARTS FUND, ALSO KNOWN
AS SAAF.
A QUICK UPDATE ON WHAT'S TAKEN PLACE SO FAR IN ADVANCE OF
THE FINANCIAL RESOLUTION THAT YOU'LL ALSO HEAR SHORTLY.
OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL VERY DEDICATED
EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE WORKED VERY METICULOUSLY ON TOP OF THEIR
REGULAR DUTIES TO DISBURSE AND MANAGE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO
OUR LOCAL NONPROFITS.
RECENTLY, WE CENTRALIZED THE SAAF PROGRAM UNDER THE
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PARTNERSHIPS PORTFOLIO SO THAT WE
CAN INCREASE OUR EFFICIENCIES AND BE ABLE TO NOT ONLY ASSIST
OUR INTERNAL COLLEAGUES BUT TO MAKE SURE THOSE AGENCIES THAT
WE'RE SUPPORTING ARE GETTING THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT THEY
DESERVE AS WELL.
SO IN ADDITION TO CENTRALIZING THE SAAF PROGRAM IN COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT AND PARTNERSHIPS, WE ALSO HAVE A DEDICATED

PROGRAM COORDINATOR, ANDREW ELMAN, A FAMILIAR FACE TO ALL OF
YOU WHO YOU'LL HEAR FROM SHORTLY AS WELL.
WITH THIS CENTRALIZATION ALSO COMES ADDED QUALITY ASSURANCE.
SO NOW WITH THAT PROGRAM COORDINATOR AND HAVING JUST ONE
POINT OF CONTACT FOR ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO
COME BACK TO COUNCIL AS A BODY TO SHARE IN GOOD FAITH HOW
THESE INVESTED DOLLARS ARE BEING PUT TO USE AND MAKING SURE
THEY ARE BEING USED TO LEVERAGE AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY
ASSURANCE FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH
THESE NONPROFITS.
MANY OF THEM, WE ALREADY WORK ALONGSIDE THEM, AND JUST,
AGAIN, BEING ABLE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND TO THE PUBLIC
WITH A REPORT CARD, SO TO SPEAK, OF HOW THE DOLLARS ARE
BEING INVESTED AND PUT TO WORK FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE
COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE.
IT IS SOMETHING WE ARE DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO AS
WELL.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BRING UP MY TEAM MEMBER, ANDREW ELMAN,
WHO IS GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU THE NEXT STEPS PENDING THE
APPROVAL OF THE FINANCIAL RESOLUTION.
THANK YOU.
11:42:09AM >> ANDREW ELMAN, OFFICE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND
PARTNERSHIPS.
THERE WILL BE A RESOLUTION COMING IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS LATER

TODAY.
THAT WILL FINALIZE THE LIST OF ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS
UNDER SAAF FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026.
THAT WILL INCLUDE 58 ORGANIZATIONS TOTALING $1.5 MILLION
BROKEN INTO THREE TIERS.
TIER ONE IS $10,000 AND UNDER.
WHICH IS A ONE-TIME PAYMENT.
TIER 2 IS 10 THOUSAND AND ONE DOLLAR TO $24,999 BEING
QUARTERLY PAYMENTS.
TIER 3 ANYTHING OVER $25,000 ALSO BEING QUARTERLY PAYMENTS.
I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:42:48AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
I KNOW OUR OFFICE REACHED OUT TO YOU REGARDING CERTAIN
NONPROFITS.
YOU ARE ALWAYS RESPONSIVE.
WE MISS YOU HERE AND GLAD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
BEST OF LUCK TO YOU.
YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
11:43:03AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HE DOES NOT SPEAK FOR ALL OF US.
[ LAUGHTER ]
ANDREW WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS LIKE IF I WAS SAYING
SOMETHING NICE.
COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:43:12AM >>BILL CARLSON:
IT'S GOOD THAT WE NEVER HAD A PROPER

GOOD-BYE PARTY FOR YOU.
11:43:16AM >> YOU GUYS ATE MY CAKE.
YOU ATE MY CAKE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
11:43:25AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE RIGHT INTO ADOPTING
THE FINANCIAL RESOLUTION.
PROBABLY NOT POPULAR FOR SAYING THIS.
THE PROCESS --
11:43:34AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
I JUST CONFIRMED WITH THE CLERK, THERE IS NOTHING FOR YOU TO
VOTE ON.
SHE DOES NOT HAVE A COPY OF THE RESOLUTION.
IT WOULD BE LATER TODAY.
11:43:43AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THEY HAVEN'T -- THEY DIDN'T SUBMIT IT?
11:43:47AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
NO.
THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.
I ASKED THE CLERK.
THE PUBLIC IS NOT AWARE OF IT.
11:43:52AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
IT WAS A WALK-ON.
11:43:54AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
EVEN IF IT IS A WALK-ON, HAVE TO HAVE A
PRESENTATION AND THE PUBLIC SHOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
SOMETHING WE CAN CURE EASILY IF THERE IS AN ISSUE.
THE OTHER THING IS, I JUST WANTED TO ASK, I JUST ASKED THE
CLERK IF SHE HAS ANYTHING FILED AND SHE SAID NO.
MY SUGGESTION THERE'S NOTHING FOR YOU --

11:44:11AM >>THE CLERK:
[INAUDIBLE]
11:44:17AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
7:17 P.M. THERE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE
THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO ACCEPT.
OKAY.
11:44:25AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF IT OR NEED TO BORROW
MINE?
11:44:28AM >> I DO NOT HAVE A COPY OF IT ON ME.
I APOLOGIZE.
11:44:31AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THE CLERK WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE IT.
11:44:39AM >> JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THIS FINANCIAL RESOLUTION IS
BASED ON THE CONVERSATION THAT WAS HELD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS
AGO WHEN THERE WAS THE ADDITIONAL ALLOTMENT OF MONEY TO
SEVERAL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE ADDITION OF TWO
ORGANIZATIONS, I BELIEVE.
11:45:04AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I THINK EVERYBODY IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE
GENERAL FUND MONEY AND TABLE OF DOLLARS MORE THAN THE TEXT.
11:45:12AM >> LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER PAGE.
11:45:18AM >> THERE IS.
THIS IS PAGE ONE OF TWO I BELIEVE.
11:45:22AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THAT IN YOUR
E-MAIL LAST NIGHT.
11:45:28AM >>BILL CARLSON:
JUST TO ADD TO WHAT SHE SAID, WE SPENT TWO
HOURS OR SO TALKING ABOUT THIS BEFORE AND THE PUBLIC ALSO
WEIGHED IN.
THIS IS NOT A NEW LIST.

11:45:36AM >> CORRECT.
THIS INFORMATION REFLECTS WHAT WAS PRESENTED BY MS. KOPESKY
DURING A PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING.
11:45:44AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I WANT TO SAY, AGAIN, AS WE START LOOKING
TOWARDS FY '27, THIS STARTED OFF REALLY STRONG IN COUNCIL'S
INTENT AND THEN KIND OF SPIRALED OUT OF CONTROL.
IN THE END.
I THINK WE NEED TO BE MORE -- STRIKING AT STRATEGIC GOALS OF
THE CITY.
COUNCILMAN CARLSON SPOKE TO THIS NUMEROUS TIMES AS WELL.
AS WE LOOK INTO FY '27 AND WHAT WE'RE SUPPORTING, I THINK WE
ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THESE NONPROFITS, PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE
HISTORICALLY SUPPORTED UNDERSTAND THAT JUST BECAUSE -- WILL
IN FUTURE DATES, BECAUSE I THINK -- WE'VE ALL RECEIVED THOSE
E-MAILS THAT PEOPLE ARE SURPRISED THAT THEY DIDN'T GET
FUNDING. SO SOMEHOW, IF I COULD ASK YOUR DEPARTMENT, ONE OF
YOU ALL TO REACH OUT TO ANYBODY THAT WE'RE PROVIDING
FUNDING, LET THEM UNDERSTAND THIS IS ONLY ONE FISCAL YEAR,
AND IT DOES NOT IMPLY THAT FUTURE SUPPORT OR FUNDING BY THE
CITY OF TAMPA AND THAT NEXT YEAR, WHATEVER THAT PROCESS WILL
BE, IT WILL BE.
BUT -- I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO BE SURPRISED.
NOBODY LIKES TO BE SURPRISED.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
11:46:51AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I JUST WANTED TO WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT,

JUST REMIND FOLKS THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A CITY COUNCIL
WORKSHOP SESSION ABOUT THIS ON MAY 28, JUST REALLY ABOUT HOW
-- A DISCUSSION OF STRATEGY.
NOT FUNDING SPECIFIC ORGANIZATIONS, BUT HOW WE DO A
STRATEGY.
SO I THINK WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT CONVERSATION.
IT IS A GOOD TIME NOW TO GO AHEAD AND GET YOUR IDEAS AND
THOUGHTS AND DUCKS IN A ROW.
I KNOW WE CAN TALK TO IN ELMAN ABOUT THAT AND MS. KOPESKY,
LEADING UP TO THAT, TO HAVE A REALLY ROBUST DISCUSSION.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
I AGREE.
11:47:29AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
VERY GOOD.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG.
11:47:33AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
JUST TO SAY I HAVE WORKED A NONPROFIT MANY
YEARS SO I AM A STRONG SUPPORTER OF NONPROFITS AND THE WORK
THEY DO.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT MEETING BECAUSE I THINK, YOU
KNOW, YOU WANT -- WHEN YOU ARE WORKING A NONPROFIT, YOU WANT
TO SEE, OKAY, HOW AM I FILLING IN THE GAPS OF WHAT THE CITY
OR COUNTY CAN'T DO.
WE WERE ALWAYS LOOKING AT, OKAY, WHERE IS THE GAP AND HOW
CAN WE FILL THAT IN?
WE ALWAYS, ALWAYS HAVE OUR BACKUP AND PLAN B BECAUSE WE KNOW

THAT FUNDING IS NOT ALWAYS GUARANTEED.
ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY AS A NONPROFIT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
FUNDING IS ALWAYS A GREAT THING TO HAVE.
BUT I THINK IT WILL BE REALLY GOOD, ROBUST CONVERSATION.
AND -- SO I'M JUST HAPPY THAT WE ARE FUNDING OUR NONPROFITS.
I KNOW ALL THESE ON THE LIST PROVIDE A LOT OF SERVICES IN
OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY WITH OUR YOUTH, WHETHER IT IS
WITH OUR SENIORS, SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD THING THAT WE'RE DOING AS A
CITY.
I APPRECIATE US FOR DOING THIS.
11:48:33AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
11:48:34AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I JUST WANT TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
11:48:36AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THE FINANCIAL
RESOLUTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE.
OPPOSED?
THE AYES HAVE IT.
11:48:45AM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON BEING ABSENT AT
VOTE.
11:48:48AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
I THINK WE HAVE TIME -- THIS SHOULD BE A QUICK ONE.

71.
CARL BRODY.
11:48:58AM >>CARL BRODY:
GOOD MORNING.
CARL BRODY FROM LEGAL.
I HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY A DRAFT -- AND THIS IS JUST THE
PROPOSED DRAFT ORDINANCE.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR.
I DID WORK WITH COUNCILMAN VIERA SOME ON PUTTING SOME
LANGUAGE TOGETHER FOR VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.
BUT AS YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE SUNSHINE LAW, I CAN'T WORK
WITH EACH OF YOU AND HAVE IT DONE AS A COLLABORATIVE.
THAT'S WHAT TODAY IS FOR.
JUST FOR YOU TO SEE KIND OF THE OUTLINE OF WHAT WE BELIEVE
WOULD BE AN EFFECTIVE ORDINANCE THAT WOULD PROVIDE OR CREATE
A VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, WHICH WOULD BE PRIMARILY
RESPONSIBLE FOR CEREMONIAL ACTIVITIES.
BUT ALSO BE ABLE TO COORDINATE WITH THE OTHER VETERAN
ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY AND BRING MORE AWARENESS TO
VETERANS FOR THE CITY.
THIS IS KIND OF A GOOD TIME FOR US TO TALK AND FIGURE OUT
WHAT LANGUAGE -- HOW YOU THINK IT SHOULD BE STRUCTURED.
11:49:58AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THIS IS SUBMITTED IN OUR E-MAIL JUST LIKE
TWO DAYS AGO, RIGHT?
DIDN'T WE GET THIS ALREADY?
HAVE YOU E-MAILED THIS TO US?

11:50:07AM >>CARL BRODY:
YES.
IT WAS PROVIDED PREVIOUSLY.
11:50:10AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS JUST ME.
I'M CONFUSED BECAUSE I WAS EXPECTING THAT WE WOULD JUST HAVE
A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE DRAFT.
11:50:22AM >>CARL BRODY:
THAT'S ALSO AN OPTION.
11:50:24AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU ANTICIPATED THERE IS
MORE WORK TO BE DONE FROM STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE.
11:50:30AM >>CARL BRODY:
NOT FROM STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE.
JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ARE
COMFORTABLE --
11:50:36AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ARE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL COMFORTABLE WITH
THIS?
11:50:41AM >>LUIS VIERA:
THIS IS GREAT.
I THINK THIS IS MARVELOUS.
MY VISION WAS TO HAVE SOMETHING KIND OF LIKE WE HAVE THE
HISPANIC ADVISORY BOARD, AFRICAN AMERICAN ADVISORY BOARD,
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
AND ESPECIALLY, LIKE YOU SAID, FOR CEREMONIES.
BECAUSE YEARS AGO, THE CITY WOULD KIND OF DEFER TO THE
COUNTY ON A LOT OF THESE THINGS, I THINK, PURPLE HEART DAY,
MEMORIAL DAY AND SO FORTH.
I THINK WE OUGHT TO HAVE OUR OWN.
NOTHING SEPARATE FROM THE COUNTY, ABOUT YOU IN ADDITION TO
WHAT THE COUNTY DOES.

I GO TO THE COUNTY THINGS AS WELL.
I THINK THEY ARE ALL WONDERFUL.
BUT TO HAVE A BOARD THAT IS APPOINTED BY COUNCIL THAT DOES
THIS, I THINK IS GREAT, SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF TAKE THE LEAD
IN DOING THESE EITHER IN THE COURTYARD OR WHEREVER IT MIGHT
BE.
I KNOW IN SEPTEMBER WE WILL BE HAVING THE LIEUTENANT
BALDOMERO LOPEZ STATUE COMING TO WATER WITH, VERY EXCITED
ABOUT THAT.
MAYBE GET THE COMMITTEE UP AND RUNNING BY THEN.
I KNOW A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A PART OF
IT.
I SUPPORT THIS, AND THIS IS WONDERFUL.
SO THANK YOU.
11:51:44AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE THAT?
11:51:46AM >>LUIS VIERA:
IF I MAY, I MOVE.
11:51:48AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MARTY SHELBY.
11:51:51AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THE MOTION WOULD THEN BE TO PLACE THIS ON A
FUTURE AGENDA.
WHAT IS THE NEXT AVAILABLE DATE.
11:51:57AM >> APRIL 2.
11:51:58AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
CAN WE DO IT BY THE 2nd?
11:52:01AM >>CARL BRODY:
ABSOLUTELY.
THAT WOULD BE FOR FIRST READING.
11:52:05AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA TO

PLACE THIS ON THE APRIL 2nd AGENDA, SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN
MANISCALCO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY.
WE ARE DONE EARLY.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE LUNCH.
AT 1:30, BE PREPARED FOR A REVIEW HEARING, AND THEN THE REST
OF THE STAFF REPORTS.
I ANTICIPATE HOPEFULLY.
HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE OUT EARLY.
WE ARE GOING TO BE AT LUNCH UNTIL -- LET'S GET HEAR A LITTLE
BIT EARLY, 1:25.
JUST A FEW MINUTES EARLY.
1:25.
1:25.
[ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
WE'RE AT LUNCH.
[LUNCH RECESS]

01:31:17PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
BEING WELL-FED.
WELCOME BACK TO TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
CALL THE ROLL.
01:31:24PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
HERE.
01:31:26PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HERE.
01:31:27PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HERE.
01:31:31PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
HERE.
01:31:32PM >>BILL CARLSON:
HERE.
01:31:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HERE.
WE HAVE A QUORUM.
01:31:38PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
A MOTION TO MOVE THE CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC
HEARINGS.
COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON SENT AN E-MAIL THAT HE HAD AN
EMERGENCY HE HAD TO RESPOND TO AND WILL NOT RETURN TO
COUNCIL THIS AFTERNOON.
HE IS ABSENT.
01:31:58PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MOTION TO RESCHEDULE FILE NUMBER SU 125-59-C
TO APRIL 16, 2026 AT 1:30 P.M., 315 E. KENNEDY BOULEVARD, TAMPA,
FLORIDA 33602.
01:32:14PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
THAT MOTION IS DUE TO A MISNOTICE AND COULD NOT BE HEARD AND
SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 16, 2026, 1:30 P.M. AT --
01:32:25PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I ALREADY DID.
ALAN CLENDENIN: HE WAS POINTING AT YOU LIKE YOU MISSED
SOMETHING.
WHAT?
01:32:35PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
WAIT, I AM SORRY.
01:32:36PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
OPPOSED, THE AYES HAVE IT.
THAT IS ENOUGH OF YOUS.
01:32:47PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THANK YOU.
01:32:49PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
WE WILL GO ON TO ITEM NUMBER 62.
IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK TO ITEM 62, PLEASE STAND, RAISE
YOUR RIGHT HAND AND BE SWORN IN BY OUR CLERK.
[SWEARING IN]
THANK YOU, YES, MA'AM.
01:33:08PM >>CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE:
PETTIS-MACKLE FROM THE LEGAL
DEPARTMENT.
ITEM NUMBER 62 IS FILE NUMBER FDN-25-156-C TO CONSIDER A
RECOMMENDED ORDER WITH A PETITION FOR REVIEW FOR
FDN-25-156 FOR THE PROPERTY 4312 WEST LAUREL STREET.
A HEARING OFFICER CONDUCTED A REVIEW HEARING ON DECEMBER 5,
2025, PURSUANT TO CITY OF TAMPA CODE SECTION 27-61,
SUBSECTIONS J-C.
THAT HEARING OFFICER FILED A RECOMMENDED ORDER GRANTING A
PETITION AND APPROVING A LEGAL NONCONFORMING USE OF THE
PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4312 WEST LAUREL STREET.
I HAVE PROVIDED A COPY OF THE RECOMMENDED ORDER PREVIOUSLY,
AND YOU ALSO HAVE A COPY BEFORE YOU FOR THIS HEARING IN
ORDER TO TAKE YOUR NEXT ACTION.
AND NOW PURSUANT TO CODE SECTION 27-61, WE ARE AT THE PHASE
WHERE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD TAKE ACTION REGARDING THE
RECOMMENDED ORDER.
CODE SECTION 27-61, SUBJECTION J-1-E-III GIVES THE
PROVISIONS AND ACTIONS THAT CITY COUNCIL CAN TAKE REGARDING
THE RECOMMENDED ORDER.
CITY COUNCIL CAN ADOPT THE RECOMMENDED ORDER AS FINAL,
REJECT THE RECOMMENDED ORDER OR TO MODIFY THE RECOMMENDED
ORDER.
27-61 GOES ON TO STATE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MAY NOT REJECT
OR MODIFY ANY FINDINGS OF FACT REACHED BY THE HEARING
OFFICER AND GIVES SOME EXCEPTIONS.
IF CITY COUNCIL DETERMINES THAT A FINDING OF FACT IS NOT
BASED ON COMPETENT, SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE CONTAINED IN THE
RECORD OR THAT A FINDING OF FACT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE
ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS OF LAW, CITY COUNCIL MAY REMAND THE
MATTER BACK TO THE HEARING OFFICER.
AND LASTLY, CODE SECTION 27-61 GOES ON TO SAY IF CITY
COUNCIL REJECTS OR MODIFIES A CONCLUSION OF LAW, IT MUST
STATE WITH PARTICULARITY IN THE FINAL ORDER THE REASONS.
IT MUST MAKE A FINDING THAT IS -- THAT ITS SUBSTITUTION OF A
CONCLUSION OF LAW IS AS OR MORE REASONABLE THAN THAT WHICH
WAS REJECTED OR MODIFIED.
REGARDING THIS MATTER, AS I PREVIOUSLY STATED, THE DE NOVO
HEARING ALREADY TOOK PLACE.
THIS IS ONLY BEFORE YOU TO CONSIDER THE RECOMMENDED ORDER,
WHICH YOU HAVE IN YOUR POSSESSION.
THE CITY OF TAMPA DID NOT FILE A REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENTS
OR EXCEPTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER.
SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR. SHELBY IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS BUT YOU HAVE THE RECOMMENDED ORDER BEFORE YOU.
AND I PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED THE RECORD REGARDING THIS MATTER.
01:36:01PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MR. SHELBY.
01:36:03PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
I WANT TO AFFIRM EVERYTHING THAT MISS PETTIS-MACKLE STATES
WITH REVIEW 27-61.
YOU WILL NOT BE HEARING FROM ANYBODY OTHER THAN WHAT YOU
HEARD PROCEDURALLY BECAUSE, AGAIN, THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS
TO THIS RECOMMENDED ORDER, AND THERE IS NO REQUEST FOR ORAL
ARGUMENT.
SO MY SUGGESTION IS THAT HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW
THE ORDER AND THEN AGAIN YOU HEARD THE OPTIONS THAT YOU HAVE
WITH REGARD TO TAKING ACTION ON IT.
THANK YOU.
01:36:35PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
THE FIRST TIME YOU HAVE DONE THIS.
01:36:41PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
YES.
01:36:44PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
FOR EVERYBODY'S BENEFIT, THIS -- AND MISS
MACKLE CAN CERTAINLY AUGMENT THIS.
THIS IS A PROCESS THAT THE CODE ALLOWS TO BYPASS HAVING A DE
NOVO HEARING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL.
IS THAT CORRECT, FOR FINAL -- WELL, FOR FINAL DECISION.
IT ULTIMATELY GOES TO A HEARING OFFICER?
01:37:05PM >>CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE:
A HEARING OFFICER CONDUCTS THE DE
NOVO HEARING.
01:37:08PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
HEARING OFFICER CONDUCTS THE DE NOVO ON A
FORMER DECISION.
01:37:13PM >>CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE:
CORRECT.
01:37:14PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
I WANT TO BE CLEAR.
THANK YOU.
THIS IS THE PROCESS THAT OBVIATES THE NEED WITHIN THE CODE
TO GO THROUGH THE FINDINGS FACT AND THE CONCLUSIONS OF LAW.
THOSE HAVE ALL BEEN PROVIDED FOR YOU IN THE FORM OF A LETTER
WITH A CONCLUSION AND A RECOMMENDATION.
SO YOUR CHOICES ARE TO ACCEPT IT, ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION
OR REJECT THE RECOMMENDATION, OR IF YOU MODIFY IT, CERTAIN
PARAMETERS THAT WE CAN GO THROUGH, BUT IT IS VERY LIMITED AS
TO WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH WANTING TO CHANGE THE RECOMMENDATION
AND RETURN WITH A DIFFERENT ORDER.
SO MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE, IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO READ THIS NOW PREVIOUSLY, MY RECOMMENDATION
WOULD BE THAT YOU TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO DO THAT TO HAVE A
LEVEL OF COMFORT, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANSWER THEM.
WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS SOMETHING THAT NO EXCEPTIONS
HAVE OPINION FIELD TO THE ORDER AND NO REQUEST FOR AN ORAL
ARGUMENT BEFORE CITY COUNCIL.
SO THAT BEING THE CASE, CITY COUNCIL CAN OPEN IT UP ON THEIR
OWN, AND I CERTAINLY WOULD NOT HAVE A RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE
THERE IS NOTHING UPON WHICH TO BASE THE RECOMMENDATION ON.
SO I AM NOT GOING TO PASS JUDGMENT ON THAT.
BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, I WILL BE HAPPY TO
ANSWER THEM.
01:38:35PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
EXPLAIN IN PLAIN LANGUAGE WHAT THE COUNCIL
PERSON WHO HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH THIS BEFORE.
WHAT THIS MEANS IF YOU REJECT OR ADOPT, WHAT THAT MEANS IN
PLAIN LANGUAGE.
01:38:46PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
WELL, IN THIS CASE, YOU WANT TO BE SPECIFIC
TO THIS CASE?
01:38:50PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES.
01:38:51PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IN THIS CASE, THE RECOMMENDATION SHOWS THAT
THE PETITIONER -- I AM QUOTING FROM IT.
MET ITS BURDEN OF PROOF A DUPLEX WAS LAWFULLY APPROVED FOR
THE CITY FOR OVER 70 YEARS.
THE HEARING OFFICER RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE
PETITIONER'S REQUEST AND REVERSE THE CITY'S DENIAL OF THE
PETITIONER'S REQUEST TO CERTIFY THE LEGAL NONCONFORMING USE
OF THE PROPERTY AS A DUPLEX.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS TO WHAT THAT MEANS, WE WILL
TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT BASICALLY, IT IS TO REVERSE A DECISION
BY THE ZONING ADMINISTER AND GRANT THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION AS
A LEGAL NONCONFORMING USE.
GOT IT?
COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
01:39:51PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I AM THINKING ABOUT MYSELF.
I GOT THIS RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M GOING TO DIGEST AND MAKE THE DECISION.
THEY HAD IT FOR HOW LONG?
01:40:07PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
ACTUALLY, COUNCIL, IN ALL FAIRNESS, AND YOU
SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THIS AND MAYBE WE NEED TO CHANGE THE
PROCESS IN ORDER TO BE BRIEFED ON IT, BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS
WHEN THIS IS EVEN FIRST SET BY CITY COUNCIL ON THE AGENDA WHERE
YOU ACTUALLY SET HEARINGS FOR REVIEW ATTACHES THE ORDER AND
IN THE BACK-UP MATERIAL.
IT ALSO SHOWS UP IN THE HEARING FOR THE AGENDA REVIEW UNDER
THE AGENDA FOR THAT NUMBER IN ON BASE.
WHAT THIS IS DOING FOR THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS -- AND IF WE DO
NEED TO HAVE A BRIEFING IN ADVANCE OF THIS TO DISCUSS THIS
PRIVATELY, I AM GOING TO TAKE THAT UNDER ADVISEMENT AND
PERHAPS WE CAN DO THIS SO YOU ARE NOT IN A POSITION WHERE
YOU ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTED WITH THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME.
IT MAY MEAN CHANGING THE PROCESS MAYBE WITH THE CODE.
01:41:07PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE ONE WAY OR THE
OTHER.
I HAVEN'T READ IT AND TO DIGEST IT AND READ IT IN 15 MINUTES
WOULD BE A CONCEPT OF TREASON ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUES.
I HAVEN'T READ THIS OR DIGESTED THIS.
AND I AM SUPPOSED TO VOTE ON IT.
01:41:24PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA FIRST.
COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA?
01:41:31PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I WILL SAY PERHAPS --
01:41:33PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I AM NOT OBJECTING TO IT.
I AM SAYING WHAT I AM SAYING.
01:41:36PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I WILL SAY MAYBE PERHAPS -- THIS ISN'T ON YOU,
MARTY, BECAUSE YOU WOULDN'T KNOW, BUT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO
LET COUNCIL MEMBERS KNOW SOMETHING LIKE THIS WE HAVE AN
ORDER AND WHAT YOU DO WITH IT, AND TALK ABOUT IT JUST BEFORE.
LIKE NOTHING -- NO BALL WAS DROPPED OR ANYTHING OF THAT
NATURE.
IF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS -- COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, MAYBE HEAR
FROM THE PARTIES EACH.
01:42:06PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
HERE -- I HAVE TO SHARE WITH YOU AND THE
FIRST TIME COUNCIL MEMBER YOUNG HAS BEEN FACING THIS.
THINGS THAT CAME IN THE PAST AND MR. CHAIRMAN, THERE USED TO
BE A TIME WHEN THERE WAS NO DISCUSSION AND YOU HAD TO GO
FORWARD.
PERHAPS THERE WAS ORAL ARGUMENT.
BUT IN CASE, THERE IS NONE.
BUT YOU ACTUALLY -- THE LAST TIME THIS WAS HEARD, YOU ACTUALLY
GAVE THE COUNCIL AN OPPORTUNITY.
01:42:39PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I AM GOING TO SEE IF WE CAN GET PAST THIS
POINT.
01:42:42PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
YOUR INTENTION --
01:42:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WHY DON'T WE CUT TO THIS CHASE WHERE MR.
SHELBY WAS GOING.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TAKE A SHORT BREAK OF TEN MINUTES
TO ALLOW FOLKS THAT HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW
THE DOCUMENTS TO REVIEW THOSE DOCUMENTS.
AND WE WILL RECONVENE AT 1:53 P.M. SO YOU CAN REVIEW THESE
DOCUMENTS, AND WE WILL RECONVENE AT 1:53 P.M.
01:43:06PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE HAVE TO STAY HERE TO READ THEM?
01:43:09PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY HERE.
BUT YOU HAVE TO BE BACK BY 1:53.
01:43:18PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
I WILL MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE INDIVIDUALLY.
SUNSHINE LAW IS YOU CAN'T TALK AMONGST YOURSELVES.
PLEASE DO NOT.
I WILL MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
01:43:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
1:55.
01:43:32PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I AM NOT QUESTIONING YOUR MOTIVE, MR.
CHAIRMAN, BUT YOU MEAN TO TELL ME YOU ARE GOING TO SIT
EACH INDIVIDUALLY AND GO OVER TEN MINUTES, WHICH WILL BE AN
HOUR AND A HALF.
01:43:44PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
I HAVE A FEELING THAT THE ORDER SPEAKS FOR
ITSELF, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY PROCEDURAL QUESTIONS, I WILL BE
HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM FOR YOU.
I HAVE READ IT AND PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD AND PRETTY CLEAR.
01:43:55PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I READ IT.
01:43:57PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE HAD THEM.
01:43:59PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I WAS MOSTLY CONCERNED OF COUNCILWOMAN
YOUNG BECAUSE SHE HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH ONE OF THESE HEARINGS
BEFORE, AND I ASKED MARTY SHELBY TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE
INFORMATION, BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS STUFF THAT IS NEW TO HER.
THESE THINGS THAT COME UP EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
01:44:15PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
DOES NOT HAPPEN OFTEN FOR COUNCIL, AND IT
DOES HAPPEN AND A DIFFERENT PROCESS THAN WHAT YOU NORMALLY
HAVE A DE NOVO HEARING.
01:44:23PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MAGISTRATE HAD THAT.
01:44:25PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
MAGISTRATE HAD THAT.
01:44:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
NOW THAT WE TALKED A LITTLE MORE, YOU GET
YOUR REQUEST.
1:55 P.M.
READ AT WILL.
[RECESS]
01:55:52PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
HERE.
01:55:54PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HERE.
01:55:55PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HERE.
01:55:57PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
HERE.
01:55:58PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HERE.
01:56:00PM >>CLERK:
WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
CITY COUNCIL HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE MAGISTRATE'S
RECOMMENDED ORDER GRANTING A PETITION APPROVING LEGAL
NONCONFORMING USE.
WHAT IS THE WILL OF COUNCIL?
01:56:13PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
NOTHING FOR THE PETITIONER TO SAY?
01:56:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YOU COULD HAVE THREE THINGS.
SEE THEM ON FRONT OF YOUR SCREEN RIGHT THERE.
ONE PERSON ON COUNCIL HAS TO SAY ONE OF THOSE THREE THINGS.
01:56:25PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU WISH TO HAVE FROM ME
PROCEDURALLY I WILL BE ANTICIPATE TO ANSWER THEM, MARTIN
SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
YOU CAN NOT TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
01:56:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THIS IS IT.
01:56:38PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
DO WE NEED TO CLOSE?
01:56:41PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
YOU NEVER OPENED A PUBLIC HEARING.
01:56:43PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION.
01:56:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
01:56:51PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
MANISCALCO.
SECONDED.
COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
01:56:56PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT
THE RECOMMENDED ORDER AS FINAL.
TO CLARIFY, THE RECOMMENDED ORDER SAYS THAT CITY COUNCIL
APPROVE THE PETITIONER'S PETITION.
01:57:11PM >>LUIS VIERA:
SECOND.
01:57:12PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
REVERSE THE CITY'S DENIAL OF THE REQUEST
TO CERTIFY THE LEGAL NONCONFORMING USE.
01:57:18PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
OR SAY ADOPT THE RECOMMENDED ORDER AS
FINAL.
01:57:21PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WELL --
01:57:25PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
01:57:26PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
ADD IN THE ADDRESS 4312 WEST LAUREL STREET SO
WE KNOW WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
01:57:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE IT.
KEEPING IT SIMPLE IS BEST.
01:57:37PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
ACTUALLY, ACCURATE IS BEST.
01:57:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
PICK AND CHOOSE THE PIECES OF IT BECAUSE
WE MAY MISS SOMETHING.
01:57:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
01:57:51PM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
01:57:54PM >>CLERK:
CARLSON IS ABSENT.
01:57:56PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I AM GOING TO VOTE YES AND USE IT FOR
SOMETHING ELSE LATER ON.
01:58:00PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
01:58:01PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
01:58:02PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
YES.
01:58:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES.
01:58:04PM >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON BEING
ABSENT AT VOTE.
01:58:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC
HEARINGS.
STAFF REPORT, 66.
01:58:16PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
AND 67.
01:58:17PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
AND 67 TOGETHER.
YOU ARE RIGHT.
WHO IS HERE FROM STAFF TO PRESENT 66 AND 67?
THERE SHE IS.
I THINK YOU ARE ON MUTE STILL.
YOU ARE STILL ON MUTE.
OH, THERE YOU GO.
NOW TALK.
NO.
CAN YOU TELL WHICH SIDE IT IS ON?
OKAY.
NO.
IT IS YOUR PC.
MISS COLINA.
01:58:57PM >>ADRIANA COLINA:
DO YOU HEAR ME NOW?
01:59:14PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE GOT YOU.
01:59:15PM >>ADRIANA COLINA:
PERFECT.
I APOLOGIZE.
ON MY END IT SHOWED MUTED -- UNMUTED.
GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN CLENDENIN AND MEMBERS OF CITY
COUNCIL, ADRIANA COLINA, DIRECTOR OF LOGISTICS AND ASSET
MANAGEMENT.
I'M HERE ON 66 AND 67.
REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL OF THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE GMP
FOR THE CENTRALIZATION PROJECT.
I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
01:59:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING 66 AND 67.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
01:59:50PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
WE GOT AN E-MAIL AT 10:30 LAST NIGHT ABOUT THIS.
BECAUSE I ASKED DURING MY PREP MEETING -- WELL, I HIGHLIGHTED
IT.
THAT'S WHY I AM SENDING -- WHOOPS, SORRY.
YEAH.
SO I HIGHLIGHTED WHAT WAS SENT TO US LAST NIGHT, AND MISS
SHARP HAS A COPY TO PUT UP ON THE WOLF FOR THE PUBLIC TO
SEE.
I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE CIP THAT WE APPROVED IN
SEPTEMBER, AND VERY CLEARLY IT SHOWED IT WAS A $12 MILLION
PROJECT, IN SEPTEMBER.
NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT HAS RISEN A THIRD OF PRICE.
AND IN ADDITION -- SO I DON'T KNOW WHY IT HAS BEEN RAISED A
THIRD, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOW WE ARE GOING TO GET THAT
MONEY IS TO BOND ANOTHER $7 MILLION.
SO I AM -- I AM UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THIS.
I AM NOT VOTING FOR IT BECAUSE $18 MILLION FOR -- I MEAN,
DID THE SCOPE CHANGE ON THIS?
YOU ARE MUTED AGAIN.
AND THEN -- YEAH.
IT'S UP ON THE SCREEN.
02:01:00PM >>ADRIANA COLINA:
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
I'M NOT SURE WHAT IS GOING ON, AND I SO APOLOGIZE.
A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO MENTION.
YOU MENTIONED SEPTEMBER.
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT IT WAS AN ESTIMATE UNTIL WE
RECEIVED A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE.
WHEN WE ENTERED INTO THIS PROCESS, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY IN JULY
OF 2022, WHICH IS WHEN THE RFQ IS DESIGNED AND ADVERTISED A
RANGE OF $14 MILLION TO $17 MILLION.
THAT WAS AN ESTIMATE.
FAST FORWARD TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND A LOT HAS HAPPENED.
TARIFFS HAS IMPACTED THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY GREATLY.
RIGHT NOW, I CAN TELL YOU STEEL IS UP 50%.
ALUMINIUM IS UP 50%.
COPPER IS UP 40%.
AND SO ARE OTHER MATERIALS.
IN ADDITION, IMMIGRATION REFORM HAS IMPACTED US GREATLY.
IN FLORIDA, IT HAS AFFECTED THE CONSTRUCTION PRICES 38% OF
IMMIGRANTS MAKE UP CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN FLORIDA.
NATIONWIDE, THAT NUMBER IS ONLY 24%.
THAT HAS IMPACTED OUR INDUSTRY.
AND THEN LET'S TALK ABOUT THE HURRICANES THAT OCCURRED IN
2024.
MATERIALS BECAME SCARCE FOR A LOT THINGS AND DROVE THE COST
UP GREATLY, AS HAS INSURANCE.
SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS FAST FORWARD TO WHEN WE RECEIVED THE
GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FROM OUR DESIGN BUILD TEAM IN
DECEMBER.
THIS IS WHEN WE GOT THIS NUMBER OF THE $16 MILLION -- OR THE
$16.3 MILLION.
I WILL TELL YOU WHEN WE WERE WORKING WITH THEM AND WE
RECEIVED WHAT THE NUMBER LOOKED LIKE, WE VALUE ENGINEERED
THIS PROJECT GREATLY.
WE WENT FROM A TWO-STORY BUILDING THAT WAS GOING TO HOUSE --
THE SECOND STORY WAS GOING TO HOUSE TRAINING BECAUSE WE
NEEDED A PLACE FOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT, TRAINING TO OCCUR.
AND THAT HAS GONE AWAY.
A ONE-STORY BUILDING, AND WE ARE MOVING THE MODULE -- HR IS
TRAINING OUT OF 34th STREET THERE.
WE WERE INITIALLY LOOKING AT 20 WAYS TO SERVICE OUR HEAVY
EQUIPMENT BECAUSE WE ARE SERVICING WATER.
WE ARE SERVICING MOBILITY.
ER IS SERVICING CONTRACT ADMIN OUT OF THAT SITE.
AND ALSO SERVICES OTHER GENERAL FUND EQUIPMENT.
BECAUSE THEY CAN'T COME TO HANNAH.
ANOTHER 180 PIECES OF EQUIPMENT.
WE HAVE REDUCED THAT FROM 20 DAYS TO 10 DAYS.
SHARING OFFICE SPACE WITH MOBILITY.
SO AT NO POINT WERE WE JUST TRYING TO PASS ON COSTS.
WE HAVE VALUE ENGINEERED.
AND ACHIEVED SAVINGS IN MANY AREAS JUST TRYING TO KEEP THE
COST REALISTIC, BUT DOES NOT EXEMPT WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE
WORLD, AND THIS IS TRULY WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
02:03:54PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
SOUNDS LIKE THE SCOPE OF WORK HAS CHANGED QUITE A BIT.
SO I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO ASK THAT YOU MEET WITH EACH OF US
INDIVIDUALLY TO BRIEF US ON THIS PROJECT AND BRING IT BACK
TO US.
THIS IS JUST -- I DON'T -- I AM NOT -- I AM NOT OKAY WITH
APPROVING THIS RIGHT NOW.
I AM ALSO GOING TO ASK THE FINANCE GROUP TO FIND OUT WHAT WE
CAN DO TO NOT BOND THIS, BECAUSE I AM NOT GOING TO BOND $7
MILLION MORE DOLLARS -- I MEAN, FOR ME.
I AM SPEAKING FOR ME.
I REALLY BELIEVE WE NEED TO STICK WITHIN THE BUDGET WE HAD.
I AM SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG TO GET TO THIS POINT, BUT, I
MEAN, THE SCOPE OF WORK OBVIOUSLY HAS BEEN REDUCED.
SO THEN I AM ALSO CONCERNED OF GROWING INTO IT.
SO PERSONALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THIS UNTIL WE HAVE
THE ABILITY TO TALK TO EACH COUNCIL MEMBER SEPARATELY FOR A
BRIEFING.
HOW IS APRIL 16 FOR EVERYBODY?
02:04:57PM >>ADRIANA COLINA:
CAN I JUST SAY ONE MORE THING?
WHEN THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE WAS RECEIVED, THAT WAS IN
DECEMBER OF 2025
THAT PRICE IS GOOD FOR 60 DAYS.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE HOLIDAYS, AND WE LOOK -- WE WERE ABLE TO
GET ON THE CALENDAR.
THIS IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
AND WE ARE ALREADY OUTSIDE OF THE TIME.
WE DID SPEAK WITH JP MORGAN, AND THEY WERE WILLING TO HOLD
WITH THAT PRICE, AND THEY TOLD US THAT COPPER HAS INCREASED.
JUST FROM LAST WEEK, FUEL PRICES HAVE GONE UP $.27 A GALLON.
THE NUMBER WILL CONTINUE TO GO UP.
SCOPE HAS NOT CHANGED, I CAN TELL YOU THAT.
WE HAVE VALUE ENGINEERED AND HAPPENS ON ALL PROJECTS JUST TO
KEEP IT -- JUST TO KEEP THE COST DOWN.
BUT THE SCOPE WAS TO HOUSE FLEET AND TO WORK ON FLEET.
SCOPE WAS FOR MOBILITY STORAGE.
SCOPE WAS FOR HR TRAINING, AND THAT ALL HAS NOT CHANGED.
I AM HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU LATER, BUT I WANT TO GO ON THE
RECORD AND LET EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT
$16.3 MILLION, IT WILL BE MORE.
02:06:04PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
$18.4 MILLION.
02:06:07PM >>ADRIANA COLINA:
THE TOTAL COST.
WE DID THE DESIGN.
THAT IS ALREADY PAID FOR, BUT $16 MILLION IS THE BIGGEST
CHUNK, $16.3 IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND I WANT TO LOCK IN.
$18 MILLION IN THE TOTAL PART.
WE ALREADY PAID THE DESIGN PART, BUT THIS IS JUST FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION, AND THE COSTS WILL ALSO GO UP.
I DON'T WANT TO COME ACROSS --
02:06:35PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SORRY YOU DIDN'T CHOOSE TO MEET WITH US TO
TELL US OF THIS GIANT INCREASE IN PRICE, BUT THAT -- WE
CAN'T KNOW THAT.
WE ARE LITERALLY WITH WHAT IS IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW.
AND THIS IS JUST TOO MUCH OF A CHANGE.
I AM NOT COMFORTABLE -- I AM NOT GOING TO APPROVE IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ALL THINK, BUT I AM NOT GOING TO VOTE
FOR THIS.
02:06:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I HEAR YOUR CONCERN, COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK,
GENERALLY I WOULD AGREE, BUT WHAT MISS COLINA SAY EVERY DAY
WE SEE IT IN THE NEWS AND OUR OWN POCKETBOOKS, AND WE SEE
WHEN WE GO TO PUBLIX.
THE ECONOMY IS JUST TERRIBLE I THINK THE POINT IS.
THIS IS THE COST, AND WE APPROVE THE DESIGN-BUILD AS OPPOSED
TO AN RFP.
IF THIS IS THE COST, THIS IS THE COST.
THE CHOICE IS, DO WE NEED THIS OR NOT NEED THIS?
BECAUSE --
02:07:30PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
ADMINISTRATION BELIEVES WE NEED EVERYTHING.
02:07:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MY QUESTION TO COUNCIL AND TO YOU.
IF YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE WE NEED THE FLEET MAINTENANCE
DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS, AND WE DON'T NEED THE SERVICES
PROVIDED BY THIS ASSET, I THINK THE VOTE WOULD BE CLEAR.
THEN, I WOULD AGREE THAT, YEAH, THEN YOU WOULD WANT TO
REJECT IT.
BUT IF YOU FEEL LIKE WE ARE GOING TO NEED THOSE SERVICES, I
DON'T -- ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE MIDDLE EAST
AND EVERYTHING ELSE, I DON'T PRICES TO GO DOWN.
02:07:58PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
BUT I EXPECT THEM TO STAY WITHIN THEIR MEANS.
02:08:01PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
AGAIN, WE DON'T CONTROL THE INTERNATIONAL
MARKET.
02:08:04PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YOU DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH BONDING, BUT I
DO.
02:08:07PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM WITH BONDING CERTAIN
THINGS.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH GENERATIONAL BONDING.
02:08:13PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YOU WILL TELL ME WHAT YOU DON'T AGREE WITH
BONDING FOR.
GIVE ME ONE THING YOU WON'T BOND.
02:08:19PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
AIR CONDITIONING FOR THE CONVENTION
CENTER.
02:08:22PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
NOT A BONDABLE ISSUE.
I AM NOT SUPPORTING THIS BECAUSE THIS IS JUST WAY TOO MUCH
MONEY, AND I THINK THEY NEED TO BRING THE SCOPE DOWN EVEN
MORE TO FIT INTO THE BUDGET THAT THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN.
SORRY, THE BUDGET THEY PROMISED THE CITIZENS.
02:08:36PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THEN WHAT HAPPENS --
02:08:40PM >>ADRIANA COLINA:
IT WAS AN ESTIMATE.
THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF IT.
AN ESTIMATE AND SUBJECT TO DIFFERENT CHANGES, AND HERE IS
WHERE WE ARE.
I ALSO WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THIS IS PART OF -- WHEN
WE TALK OF THE SOLID WASTE RELOCATION, THIS SITE, THE CLARK
AVENUE SITE, IS PART OF THAT, BECAUSE IT IS RIGHT NEXT TO
SOLID WASTE, AND IT IS INCLUDED IN THAT PARCEL.
SO IF WE HAVE STAY, WE HAVE TO STAY.
BUT UNDERSTAND THAT IS PART OF THE PROPERTY AND THE PARCEL
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IN THAT LOCATION.
02:09:11PM >>LUIS VIERA:
A QUESTION.
02:09:14PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
02:09:15PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I KNOW COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK IS TALKING ABOUT IN
APRIL.
WE ARE IN WHAT -- MARCH 5.
WOULD -- WOULD A WEEK POTENTIALLY ADDRESS YOUR CONCERNS?
02:09:27PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE A COMPLETELY PACKED
SCHEDULE THE NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.
WE DON'T HAVE ROOM TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA.
02:09:34PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I, FOR THE RECORD, WILL BE WILLING TO WAIVE THE
RULES IF MISS COLINA CAN SPEAK TO IT AGAIN.
BECAUSE IF THEY HAVE THAT 60-DAY GUARANTEE STARTING IN
DECEMBER, I DON'T WANT TO TEMPT FATE WITH THAT, BUT IF
ANOTHER WEEK -- DO YOU THINK IF WE WERE -- HYPOTHETICALLY,
IF WE WERE TO WAIVE THE RULES AND GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO MEET
WITH FOLKS THAT WANT TO MEET WITH YOU IN THE NEXT WEEK, WILL
THAT FURTHER PUT US AT RISK, BEYOND 60 DAYS?
WILL THE ADDITIONAL WEEK EXPOSE US?
02:10:08PM >>ADRIANA COLINA:
ANSWER IS YES.
I SPOKE TO THE CONTRACTOR, AND THEY SAID IT ALREADY GONE UP
$55,000.
AND THEY WERE WANTING TO TRY TO HOLD TO THAT, BUT COST HAD
ALREADY GONE UP $55,000 WHEN I TOLD THEM WE WERE GOING ON
MARCH 5.
SO I WILL HAVE TO TAKE THAT FROM OUR CONTINGENCY AND AFFECTS
THE PROJECT.
IT IS GOING UP.
THEIR COSTS ARE GOING UP.
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO EAT THE COSTS.
I AM HAPPY TO SPEAK WITH EACH OF YOU.
I WILL COME BEFORE YOU IN EVERY STAGE OF THIS PROCESS.
AND WE COME BEFORE YOU WITH THIS AS WELL.
AND JUST AS SOON AS WE HAVE INFORMATION, WE WILL SHARE IT
WITH YOU, BUT THE PRICE IS GOING TO GO UP UNFORTUNATELY.
I -- I HAVE ALREADY TRIED.
IT HAS GONE UP.
02:10:52PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU, MA'AM.
02:10:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
OKAY.
SO THIS IS DECISION TIME.
ITEM 67 IS A RESOLUTION.
ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO READ THE RESOLUTION?
WHAT'S THAT?
IT IS A RESOLUTION.
MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
ANYBODY WANT TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION, 67.
02:11:15PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WHAT ABOUT 66?
02:11:17PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
66 AS WELL.
02:11:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I WILL MOVE THE RESOLUTION FOR 66.
02:11:21PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
02:11:24PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
PROVIDING -- AM I VOTING FOR PROVIDING WE
GET FROM MISS COLINA'S DEPARTMENT HOW CHRONOLOGICALLY IT
HAPPENED AND WHAT THE COSTS ARE.
WAS THAT AN ESTIMATE AT THE TIME YOU DID -- WHOEVER DID THE
HANDLING OF THIS WAS IT AN ESTIMATE OR A PRICE GUARANTEE
AT THAT TIME?
02:11:44PM >>ADRIANA COLINA:
THE $16.3 MILLION NOW IS A GUARANTEE.
IT WILL NOT EXCEED THAT.
ESTIMATE PRIOR TO US RECEIVING THIS FROM THE CONTRACTOR
DESIGN-BUILD TEAM WAS AN ESTIMATE.
SO THIS IS A GUARANTEE.
02:11:58PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THEN ELEVATE FOR IT, BUT I GOT TO KNOW
THAT -- AND I AM NOT DOUBTING YOU ONE WORD, BUT JUST FOR THE
RECORD, FOR THE PUBLIC, I WILL WANT THAT KNOW HOW IT
HAPPENED AND WHY IT HAPPENED AND SO FORTH AND SO ON.
AND I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND THAT NOT ONLY IN YOUR DEPARTMENT
BUT OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITIES THAT ARE DOING -- FACING
THESE SAME ITEMS, INCLUDING BUYING AUTOMOBILES OR WHATEVER.
I SAW TWO TRUCKS TODAY FOR $211,000, WHICH I DON'T KNOW WHAT
KIND OF TRUCKS, FORDS.
OVER $100,000 NOW FOR A CAR, A PICK-UP.
NOT IF IT IS A FOUR TON OR WHATEVER IT IS.
BUT THESE THINGS HAVE GOT TO BE MORE CLOSELY -- NOT GATHERED
BUT OF WHAT YOU ARE BUYING.
A CAR.
WHAT KIND OF CAR?
WHAT IS THE NEED FOR IT?
THAT KIND OF STUFF.
I THINK WE ARE ENTITLED TO THAT.
THE PUBLIC IS ENTITLED TO THAT.
IN FACT, IF YOU WANT TO BE LIKE ME, DON'T BUY A NEW CAR.
GO TO THE AUCTION, BUY FOUR CARS, YOU GET THE FIFTH ONE
FREE.
THAT IS HOW I DO IT, BUT I DON'T RUN THE CITY.
I AM NOT AFRAID OF TAKING A CAR WITH 8,000 OR 10,000 MILES
ON IT.
02:13:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
02:13:16PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
I KNOW WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA IS
REQUESTING.
BUT ONCE YOU APPROVE THIS, YOU AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN
IT, AND THERE IS NO GOING BACK.
IRRESPECTIVE OF WHAT YOU LEARN, GAIN, OR HEAR AFTER THIS
VOTE, IF YOU CHOOSE TO VOTE FOR IT TODAY, THEN -- THEN YOU
LOSE -- THEN YOU LOSE JURISDICTION.
02:13:35PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THAT IS THE EXPENDITURE, BUT THE BONDING IS
NOT.
02:13:38PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THE BONDING IS NOT.
ULTIMATELY, IF YOU WERE PRESENTED WITH THAT ISSUE, YOU WILL
HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT.
02:13:43PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE WILL HAVE TO BOND THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T
HAVE ANY MORE MONEY.
02:13:47PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
02:13:49PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OBVIOUSLY, THIS WILL PASS, AND I AM INCREDIBLY
DISAPPOINTED, BUT WHY DID IT TAKE YOU UNTIL NOW?
WHY DIDN'T YOU MEET WITH EACH OF US RIGHT AFTER DECEMBER 11
ONCE YOU GOT IT?
I MEAN, I AM HOLDING THIS PROJECT, THIS DESIGN-BUILD
PROJECT.
WHY DIDN'T YOU COME TO US AND INDIVIDUALLY BRIEF US ON THE
INCREASE?
02:14:12PM >>ADRIANA COLINA:
MY APOLOGIES.
AGAIN, IT WASN'T AN INCREASE.
IT WAS AN ESTIMATE THAT WE WERE WORKING WITH PRIOR.
AND I DO HAD A BRIEFING WITH YOU YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE
WHATEVER IT WAS, AND I DID BRING IT UP AT THAT TIME.
AND I DID NOT DO INDIVIDUAL BRIEFINGS.
IT IS NOT WHAT I HAVE DONE BECAUSE IT HAS NOT COME UP TO BE
AN ISSUE DURING THE GREAT EIGHT UPDATES.
I CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT MOVING FORWARD, IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
02:14:39PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES, I WOULD.
BECAUSE, AGAIN, THIS CAME OUT IN DECEMBER.
YOU HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO TELL US ABOUT IT, TO GET ANY
FEEDBACK, AND TO SHARE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.
I REALLY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WAIT -- AND I DID TALK ABOUT IT
DURING MY BRIEFING.
AND I DID ASK WHERE IS THE MONEY COMING FROM, AND I DIDN'T
GET THAT FEEDBACK UNTIL 10:30 LAST NIGHT.
THEREFORE, I DIDN'T SEE IT UNTIL THIS MORNING, WHICH MEANS
I DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO $7 MILLION MORE
DOLLARS TO MAKE THIS WORK.
THAT IS MY ISSUE.
THANK YOU.
02:15:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WELL, AGAIN -- COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
02:15:19PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I HEARD THE WORD "BONDING" FOUR OR FIVE
TIMES FROM DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS.
YOU ARE DAMNED IF YOU DO, AND DAMNED IF YOU DON'T, AND LET ME
TELL YOU WHY.
YOU BOND FOR 30 YEARS, STAYS AT INTEREST RATE AT THE SAME
RATE.
YOU DO THIS AND THAT, AND MONEY WILL BE STAY AT THE SAME
INTEREST RATE FOR 30 YEARS.
MAYBE OR MAYBE NOT.
WHAT DOES IT COST YOU IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE MONEY AND BOND
IT.
SAME PRODUCT 30 YEARS FROM NOW COULD COST YOU MORE WHAT YOU
WILL LOSE AND MAKE IN BONDING.
PRICES ARE GOING TO GO UP.
A GALLON OF MILK WHEN I WAS A KID WAS A QUARTER.
NOW $4 OR $5 DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU GO.
IS THE SALARY THE SAME, NO.
30 YEARS FROM NOW WHEN YOU BUY SOMETHING, PAY FOR IT AT THE
END OF 30 YEARS, YOU DON'T SAY IT'S AN INFLATIONARY AID,
LIKE WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ON THIS ITEM.
THIS PEN -- FELT PEN OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT IN 30
YEARS WILL COST MORE THAN DOUBLE THAN WHAT IT COSTS TODAY.
IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, LOOK AT THE MARKET PRICE OF
EVERYTHING.
IT IS WHAT IT IS.
I AM NOT FOR BONDING OR AGAINST BONDING.
BUT I LOOK AT IT, WHEN I BORROW MONEY, I WILL PAY IT OFF, AND
MY PRODUCT WILL WORTH DOUBLE OF WHAT I PAY FOR.
THAT IS WHAT I DO.
02:16:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MISS COLINA, CAN YOU EXPLAIN FOR MY
CLARIFICATION WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES TO THE CITY?
IF WE CHOSE NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT?
JUST PERIOD.
NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT, WHAT NEGATIVE
CONSEQUENCES WILL RESULT FROM THAT DECISION?
02:16:48PM >>ADRIANA COLINA:
SO, AGAIN, AS PART OF THE PROPERTY
ATTACHED TO THE SPRUCE STREET, THE SOLID WASTE RELOCATION
PROJECT.
SO THAT FOOTPRINT THERE WILL BE REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY.
AND THEN THE BUILDING THAT THE TEAM IS CURRENTLY SERVICING
OUR HEAVY EQUIPMENT OUT OF RIGHT NOW WAS BUILT IN 1977.
AND I AM NOT SURE IF ANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN THERE, IT NEEDS
SIGNIFICANT WORK FOR THEM TO CONTINUE OPERATING OUT OF THAT.
IT IS VERY OUTDATED.
SO THAT WILL BE A COST AS WELL.
02:17:21PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SO WE WON'T ABLE TO GET ROI AND THE RETURN
ON THE PROPERTY BECAUSE WE ARE COUNTING ON PRODUCTION.
AND WE WILL HAVE TO REINVEST IN THAT BUILDING.
OKAY, THAT'S GOOD.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
02:17:36PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO TOUR THAT, AND WE
ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO TOURS ANYMORE.
02:17:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I THINK WE WILL HEAR ABOUT THAT LATER
AP MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO -- DID YOU WANT
TO SPEAK?
02:17:47PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I JUST -- I JUST WANTED TO SAY BECAUSE I -- I
UNDERSTAND WATCH COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK IS -- HER CONCERNS WITH
THIS.
AND I THINK -- MAYBE THIS IS A MOTION OR A CONVERSATION THAT
WE NEED TO HAVE AS A COUNCIL MOVING FORWARD, YOU KNOW,
BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN NOTICING THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, PRICES
AND THINGS THAT GO UP.
AND A LOT OF THAT IS CONTRIBUTED TO COST OF THINGS GOING UP
BECAUSE OF TARIFFS OR WHATEVER IS HAPPENING INTERNATIONALLY.
SO, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT -- IF IT IS A BIGGER -- A
BROADER DISCUSSION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE.
MAYBE IS SOME OF OUR LARGER SCALE PROJECT OR IS LITTLE
BIT MORE TRANSPARENCY WITH ADMINISTRATION WHEN THEY SEE THAT
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT SOMETHING IS GOING TO GO UP DUE
TO -- YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT IS HAPPENING INTERNATIONAL SO
WE KNOW AND THAT WE CAN BE A LITTLE MORE, YOU KNOW, FISCALLY
RESPONSIBLE.
BECAUSE, I MEAN, I, MYSELF, I DON'T LIKE TO HAVE ANY DEBT
EITHER.
I KNOW THAT IS DEFINITELY AT THE TOPIC OF CONVERSATION.
AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND WITH MISS COLINA WHAT THE PROJECTS
ARE.
I SEE BOTH SIDES, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US MAYBE JUST IN
THE FUTURE IF WE SEE THERE IS GOING TO BE PRICE ESCALATIONS
BECAUSE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING TO JUST KIND OF LET US KNOW
SO WE CAN KIND OF STAY INFORMED AS WELL.
SO I WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
02:19:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I THINK TO RESTATE WHAT MISS COLINA SAID,
PRETTY MUCH ALL YOU HAVE OUR PROJECTS THAT WE PAY ATTENTION
TO THE VERBIAGE AND THE ESTIMATES AND THE GROSS MAXIMUM
PRICE THAT COME OUT OF THESE THINGS.
UNTIL THE GROSS MAXIMUM PRICE NUMBER COMES OUT, EVERYTHING
IS ON TABLE AND INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT WITH THESE PROJECTS AND
WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE THE SOUTH HOWARD FLOOD PROJECT COMING UP.
WE DON'T HAVE A GROSS MAXIMUM PRICE ON THAT.
WE SCREEN ALL THE DETAILS YET AND THE FIGURES, IF THEY WORK
OR IF THEY DON'T.
PIVOTAL ON THAT.
FINAL DOCUMENT THAT GET IN THE HANDS.
AND FINALLY, Is THAT ARE DOTTED AND THE Ts THAT ARE CROSSED.
GROSS MAXIMUM PRICE DOESN'T COME OUT UNTIL THE END.
YES, MA'AM?
02:20:04PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WILL SAYS IT PROBABLY TIME TO SEE HOW MANY
MORE PROJECTS WE REALLY CAN HANDLE.
BECAUSE THAT -- THAT IS WHY WE TALKED ABOUT THE CIP.
WHY WE TALKED OF BONDING ON TUESDAY.
AND IT IS -- IT'S GOING TO GET NOTHING BUT WORSE.
AND WE ARE CONSIDERING THAT PROPERTY TAX DECREASE THAT IS
HAPPENING.
WE CAN'T -- YEAH.
02:20:26PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
OKAY.
A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
02:20:31PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
02:20:34PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
NO.
02:20:35PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
YES.
02:20:38PM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
02:20:40PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
02:20:44PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES.
02:20:45PM >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH HURTAK VOTING NO AND CARLSON
BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
02:20:50PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WHO WANTS TO MOVE ITEM 67.
02:20:53PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SO MOVED.
02:20:54PM >>LUIS VIERA:
SECOND.
02:20:56PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
DO ROLL CALL.
02:20:58PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
02:21:03PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
02:21:04PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
NO.
02:21:06PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
YES.
02:21:11PM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
02:21:14PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES.
02:21:14PM >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH HURTAK VOTING NO, AND CARLSON
BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
02:21:20PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE ARE NOW MOVING TO ITEM 69.
02:21:25PM >>LUIS VIERA:
MAY I ASK A QUESTION?
I WASN'T HERE.
ON ITEM -- WHERE WAS IT?
THE PUBLIC SAFETY MASTER PLAN.
WAS THAT CONTINUED TO MARCH 26?
02:21:49PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES, YOU ASKED FOR IT.
02:21:50PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE DID WHAT YOU ASKED US TO DO.
02:21:53PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU, GUYS.
I APPRECIATE YOU.
GOOD MORNING OR GOOD AFTERNOON.
02:22:05PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
ASSISTANT CHIEF RUTH CATE OF THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND RICHARD MUTTERBACK FROM C.A.D. AND JOHN FROM WILDER
ARCHITECTS TO UPDATE YOU ON THIS PROJECT.
LAST TIME, WE WERE HERE IN COUNCIL, WE REPORTED WE WERE IN
THE PERMITTING PHASE, AND THAT WE WERE FINISHING UP AND READY
TO GO TO BID WITH THIS PROJECT.
SINCE THEN WE HAVE PUT IT OUT TO BID, AND WE HAVE THREE
CONTRACTORS THAT HAVE BID -- THERE WE GO.
-- THAT HAVE BID ON THIS PROJECT SO WE HAVE
KOKOLAKIS TO TAKE THIS CONTRACT ON OUR BEHALF.
AND WE HOPE THAT COUNCIL WILL AGREE WITH US AND AWARD THE
CONTRACT TO THEM.
SO, AS YOU MAY KNOW, THIS STARTED OUT AS DESIGN-BUILD AND WENT
OUT.
WE HAVE ACTUALLY TWO FUNDING POINTS FOR THIS, TWO POCKETS OF
MONEY.
WE ARE SO EXCITED THAT HAS COME BACK WITH CONSIDERABLY LOWER
THAN WHAT WE EXPECTED IT TO BE, AND WE ARE READY TO GO TO
WORK ON THIS PROJECT.
SO YOU WANT TO GIVE SOME OF COSTS?
OKAY.
SO WHAT ARE THE COSTS?
I THINK THAT IS WHAT EVERYBODY IS MOST CONCERNED ABOUT.
SO BACK IN 2016, THIS -- THERE WAS A BANK NOTE THAT CAME TO
US AND ABOUT A $2.6 MILLION THAT CAME FROM SOLID WASTE.
I KNOW WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF THE WORK COME FROM THE PROJECT
THAT IS ON 34th STREET INVOLVING THE WASTEWATER ENERGY WITH
SOLID WASTE.
TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS DISPLACED BECAUSE OF THAT.
THAT IS WHY WE HAVE THIS PROJECT.
WE WERE -- WE HAVE PROPERTY PURCHASE FOR US 5005 NORTH
HOWARD.
BETWEEN THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY AND THE DESIGN, WE HAVE
SPENT APPROXIMATELY $7 MILLION THUS FAR.
WE ARE ASKING FOR THE COMPLETION OF PROJECT TO BE DONE.
WE WILL ONLY NEED ABOUT $29 MILLION MORE, WHICH IS
CONSIDERABLY LEFT.
AND KOKOLAKIS CAME DOWN AT $21 MILLION.
WHAT WE NEED FOR COMMITTED THINGS LIKE FURNITURE, AND THE TMI
INFRASTRUCTURE WILL ACCOUNT FOR REMAINING $7 MILLION, AND THAT
BRINGS US UP TO $29 MILLION.
PLUS THE 3% CONTINGENCY THAT WE NEED IN CASE OF ANY
UNFORESEEN COSTS.
THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AT WITH THIS PROJECT.
02:24:49PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, YOUR LIGHT IS ON.
02:24:54PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
STOP AND GO WITH THE CAR, BUT I AM NOT
WITH THE CAR.
02:24:58PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
THEN COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
02:25:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WITHOUT ANY HICCUPS, HOW LONG TO DO
CONSTRUCTION AND HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE?
02:25:08PM >> BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL APRIL 2 FOR THE FIRST READING
AND COME BACK ON THE 16th, AND START SHOVELING THE NEXT DAY.
02:25:16PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
DO YOU HAVE A COMPLETED -- AN ESTIMATED
COMPLETION DATE OR NO?
02:25:22PM >> PHASE IN THIS PROJECT BUT APPROXIMATELY 18 MONTHS TO
FINISH THE BUILDING.
TMI INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE FINISHING OF THE POND MAY TAKE UP TO
SIX MONTHS LONGER AND NOT MUCH MORE.
THAT IS JUST A LITTLE BIT.
02:25:35PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
RIBBON CUTTING IN 18 MONTHS AFTER YOU
BEGIN CONSTRUCTION?
02:25:41PM >> YES.
02:25:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
PRICES YOU ARE SHOWING.
KOKOLAKIS AT $21.7 MILLION AND AN ADDITIONAL $7 MILLION.
02:25:51PM >> YES.
02:25:52PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
EVERYTHING.
NO EXTRA COSTS OR EXTRA SURPRISES FURTHER BEYOND THAT?
02:25:58PM >> NO.
02:25:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE OR STEM.
WILL WE HAVE THE SAME DISCUSSION LIKE BEFORE WHERE THERE IS
A BUDGET RESOLUTION WHERE WE NEED ANOTHER $5 MILLION OR $10
MILLION, ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
02:26:11PM >>RICHARD MUTTERBACK:
RICHARD MUTTERBACK, DIRECTOR OF
CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION.
THIS IS NOT A GMP BECAUSE THAT IS A DESIGN-BUILD.
THIS WAS AS HARD BID SPECIFICATION PUT OUT ADVERTISED, AND
THESE THREE CONTRACTORS CAME BACK WITH THESE PRICES.
THIS ORDER TO MAKE ANY CHANGES, THEY WILL HAVE TO DO A
CHANGE ORDER IN ORDER TO ADD ANYTHING TO THIS.
02:26:34PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
OKAY.
WHAT ABOUT THE RENT THAT WE ARE SPEAKING TO, I BELIEVE, IT IS
CROCKETT'S?
$10,000 A MONTH.
WHAT HAPPENS NOW THAT IT IS NOT AN IMPOUND LOT AND THE
CHANGES THAT COME IN?
02:26:48PM >> I SPOKE TO OUR LEGAL COUNSEL MIKE SCHMID ON THAT SEVERAL
TIMES.
WE WILL STILL NEED TO OCCASIONALLY IMPOUND CARS.
ANY BILLS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WILL HAVE TO BE PLAYED
TO CROCKETT'S, BUT WE WILL NOT OCCUPY THE PROPERTY WITH PEOPLE
HERE.
OUR EMPLOYEES WILL ALL COME OVER TO THE NEW LOCATION, AND
THROUGH ATTRITION, WE WILL PROBABLY NOT NEED AS MANY
EMPLOYEES.
I KNOW WE WON'T, BUT SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE LESS
EMPLOYEES.
02:27:16PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ORIGINAL IDEA OF AN IMPOUND LOT WILL
NOT BE THERE.
ON A SMALLER SCALE, YOU CAN DO IT BUT NOT THE IMPOUND LOT.
02:27:25PM >> YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
I CAN GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
OUR CRIME WORKED SOME PROSTITUTION STINGS.
WE CAN IMPOUND THOSE CARS.
$500 OF THE CITY ORDINANCE IS WHAT WE COLLECT.
WE CAN NOW -- WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IS THEY COME PAY US.
THE LIEN WE HAVE ON THE CAR, IT'S $500.
THEY PLAY CROCKETT'S.
WE ARE NOT HOUSING THOSE CARS.
WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT ANYMORE AND SAVES A LOT OF SPACE.
02:27:56PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SINCE YOU ARE SAVING A LOT OF SPACE, I
KNOW TREES WOULD BE REMOVED.
ARE THOSE TREES GOING TO BE PRESERVED?
IS IT TOO EARLY TO ASK?
02:28:05PM >> NOT TOO EARLY TO ASK.
ACTUALLY, THERE ARE TWO PARCELS OF LAND.
ORIGINAL IMPOUND LOT WAS ABOUT FOUR ACRES.
OVERALL, THE TWO PARCELS ARE EIGHT ACRES.
NORTHERN PART IS ALMOST FOUR ACRES.
WE DO NOT TAKE OUT THOSE TREES.
THERE ARE SOME TREES.
WE HAD AN ARBORIST COME OUT FOR OUR PARKING LOT AND THE
POND.
THERE WILL BE SOME TREES REMOVED, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE
TREES WILL STAY.
02:28:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
OKAY.
LAST QUESTION REGARDING STORMWATER.
WILL -- ARE YOU -- THE WAY IT WILL BE BUILT, DOES THAT --
DOES THE STORMWATER INVESTMENTS THAT WE ARE MAKING IS THAT
ENOUGH TO HANDLE WHAT WE NEED FOR -- YOU ARE TALKING EIGHT
ACRES.
I MEAN, IS IT GOING TO BE SUFFICIENT?
02:28:51PM >> YES, IT IS ENOUGH.
THAT STORMWATER POND GOES ALL THE WAY NORTH INTO THE OTHER
PART OF THE LAND.
AND IF WE DO THAT AT A LATER DATE, AND DECIDE WE WANT TO
DEVELOP THAT, IT WILL ACCOMMODATE THAT.
02:29:07PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:29:09PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WAS NEXT.
02:29:11PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I YIELD TO THE FORMER --
02:29:13PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HE HAD HIS LIGHT ON.
THOUGHT HE CHANGED HIS MIND.
02:29:16PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SO HOW WILL THE 30 PAVED LARGE PARKING
SPOTS BE USED?
02:29:24PM >> THOSE ARE TANDEM SPACES.
WE WILL USE THOSE FOR OUR LARGE VEHICLES LIKE OUR -- OUR
COMMAND POST AND SOME OF THE LARGER VEHICLES THAT WE HAVE,
OUR VAN.
WE ALSO WILL USE THEM FOR ANY HIGH-VALUED VEHICLES THAT WE
HAVE TO STORE THERE ARE USED -- FOR EVIDENTIARY PURPOSES.
THOSE SPACES ARE VERY LARGE.
A NORMAL PARKING SPACE IS ABOUT NINE FEET WIDE, AND THAT IS
WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE.
BUT IN REALITY, WE CAN SQUEEZE A LOT INTO THOSE.
BECAUSE WHATEVER WE PUT THERE WILL NOT HAVE TO BE
MOVED FOR EVIDENCE REASONS, BUT IT WON'T BE FOR -- FOR THE
IMPOUNDING OF, LIKE, ITS PROSTITUTION CARS OR THE -- OR THE
CARS THAT WE TAKE FOR PARKING DIVISION BECAUSE THEY WERE
BOOTED AND OWE US SO AS MUCH MONEY.
THAT IS THE MAJORITY OF THE CARS WE HAVE, BUT ONCE STATE
ATTORNEY SAYS THERE IS NO MORE VALUE IN HOLDING THIS CAR AS
EVIDENCE, AND WE WILL MOVE THAT OVER TO A PRIVATE VENDOR.
02:30:21PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HOW WILL THE NEW ENCLOSED GARAGE SPACE BE
UTILIZED OUTSIDE OF THE TWO VEHICLE EVIDENCE BAYS?
02:30:29PM >> THREE EVIDENCE BAYS.
TWO WILL HAVE LIFTS.
THOSE ARE TO PROCESS THE CARS.
AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE ANY LIFTS RIGHT NOW.
WE FORMALLY HAD LIFTS ON 34th STREET, BUT A LIFT TO BRING THE
CAR UP FOR PROCESSING OF THE EVIDENCE AND LOOKING TO SEE
WHERE THEY HAVE CONCEALED IT, ANYTHING THAT IS INSIDE OF
THERE.
EXAMINE THE CAR.
ADDITIONALLY, GARAGE SPACE IS USED RIGHT NOW IN OUR POLICE
GARAGE THAT HAS A LOT OF ROOM FOR OUR FORENSIC VANS.
A LOT OF SENSITIVE EQUIPMENT IN THERE THAT CAN'T BE EXPOSED
TO LIGHT.
AND THEN WHEN THE FORENSIC TECHNICIANS RETURN, AND WE
DON'T WANT THEM CARRYING THE EVIDENCE INTO THE RAIN.
IT WILL BE UNDER COVER LIKE THEY ARE NOW WITH HEADQUARTERS.
02:31:15PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
GOING ON WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO ASKED, AN IMPOUND LOT
WILL NO LONGER BE ON THIS SITE.
HOW MUCH SPACE IS AVAILABLE TO BUILD ON THAT SPACE THAT WAS
DEDICATED -- THAT WAS ORIGINALLY DEDICATED TO THE IMPOUND
LOT?
IF YOU WANT TO BUILD SOMETHING ELSE IN THE FUTURE, HOW MUCH
MORE LAND IS AVAILABLE FOR THAT?
02:31:37PM >> THE PROPERTY NORTH OF THERE IS FOUR ACRES AND ALL
THE TREES.
02:31:42PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YOU SAID SOME OF THAT IS FOR STORMWATER, BUT
HOW MUCH IS LEFT, TREES OR NO TREES.
02:31:48PM >> I WOULD HAVE TO GET SOMEONE TO GO OUT THERE WITH ME TO
DO AN EXACT MEASUREMENT FOR YOU, BUT THE WHOLE PARCEL UP THERE
IS FOUR ACRES.
MAYBE -- I DON'T THINK THAT STORMWATER POSSIBLE ON THE NORTH
PART TAKES UP MORE THAN HALF THE ACRE.
02:32:06PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THREE AND A HALF ACRES TO BUILD.
02:32:08PM >> THREE AND A HALF TO FOUR ACRES.
02:32:11PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THAT IS FINE.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO ALREADY ASKED ABOUT THE
STORMWATER.
WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS THAT THE STORMWATER COULD ACCOMMODATE
THE BUILDING THAT WE ARE BUILDING, PLUS THE -- ANYTHING WE
BUILT ON THE THREE AND A HALF ACRES?
02:32:32PM >> ABSOLUTELY.
BUILT TO ACCOMMODATE AND SHOULD WE BUILD IN THE FUTURE ON
THE THREE AND A HALF ACRES.
02:32:38PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
SO IT IS BIG ENOUGH.
02:32:40PM >> YES.
02:32:40PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SO YOU ARE SAYING WE ARE STILL GOING TO BE
RENTING -- WE ARE STILL GOING TO BE RENTING FROM CROCKETT'S.
HOW MUCH ARE WE EXPECTING?
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW $10,000 A MONTH.
WHAT ARE WE EXPECTING IT TO BE IN THE FUTURE?
02:32:56PM >> DEPENDS ON HOW MANY CRIMES ARE COMMITTED, WHAT THE
AVERAGE TOW BILL IS AT THE TIME.
WE ROUGHLY -- BEING AT CROCKETT'S IS COST NEUTRAL TO US
BECAUSE OUR AVERAGE BILL FOR A TOW TRUCK AND EVERYTHING IS
UP TO ABOUT $10,000, I'M TOLD BY MR. SCHMID.
02:33:19PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
PAYING $10,000 A MONTH AND THE WHOLE POINT US SO WE WEREN'T
PAYING $10,000 A MONTH.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO STOP PAYING OTHER PEOPLE TO HOLD STUFF.
IF WE ARE PUTTING ALL OUR MONEY TO BE PAYING INTO THIS, WE
SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE PAYING ANY IMPOUND FEES ANY MORE.
02:33:47PM >> TURN IT OVER TO THE TOW TRUCK COMPANY.
IT IS $10,000 BECAUSE WE ARE HOLDING THE CARS.
02:33:59PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
AT CROCKETT'S.
02:34:01PM >> HOLDING THE CARS AT CROCKETT'S.
IF THERE IS A CAR WE HAVE TO HOLD, MAYBE IT IS THE PARKING
DIVISION, THIS CAR HAS $14,000 WORTH OF PARKING CITATIONS, AND
WE ARE HOLDING THAT CAR UNTIL THEY PAY IT OFF.
THEN WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT BILL.
AND MAYBE IF THEY NEVER PAY IT OFF, THEN WE GO WITH
FORFEITURE AND GET OUR MONEY BACK.
02:34:24PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WOULD LOVE WHEN YOU BRING BACK THE FINAL,
IF YOU COULD KIND OF WORK TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT PROJECTION
WOULD BE MONTHLY.
THERE HAS TO BE A WAY TO PROJECT WHAT YOU ANTICIPATE
SPENDING ON THAT.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHAT THE DEPARTMENT ANTICIPATES
BECAUSE YOU CAN PROJECT HOW MANY CARS YOU CAN HOLD WITHIN A
YEAR.
HOW WE GOT TO THIS $10,000 NUMBER TO BEGIN WITH KNOWING HOW
MUCH LAND WE NEEDED.
SO I WOULD LOVE A PROJECTION.
OBVIOUSLY, IT WILL NOT BE PERFECT, BUT A PROJECTION WHAT WE
PLAN TO SPEND PER MONTH.
02:35:01PM >> WE CAN DO OUR BEST.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT TWO MONDAYS AGO, WE HAD 60 CARS.
THEN THEY DID A PROSTITUTION STING, AND WE HAVE 100 CARS AND
GETTING RID OF THEM.
WE DON'T HAVE MONTHS LIKE THAT.
SO THERE WILL BE -- YEAH, IT DEPENDS, YOU KNOW, CRIME IS
DOWN.
SO HOPEFULLY THOSE COSTS CONTINUE TO GO DOWN.
02:35:20PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MAYBE JUST LOOK AT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
SEE HOW IT HAS GONE AND SEE WHAT WE MIGHT.
BECAUSE, AGAIN, THERE ARE JUST GOES TOWARD WHAT WE ARE TRYING
TO DO.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
SO WILDER ARCHITECTURE IS SERVING AS THE PROJECT MANAGER?
WHY ARE WE USING AN ARCHITECT AS A PROJECT MANAGER?
02:35:43PM >> WELL JEFFREY -- BLESS HIS HEART, JEFFREY WILSON IS NOT
HERE WITH US ANYMORE.
THIS PROJECT WAS FIRST DONE UNDER LOGISTIC ASSET
MANAGEMENT.
I AM A POLICE OFFICER WHO CAN GIVE YOU A KILO OF COCAINE
ON A REVERSE CASE AND ARREST THAT JOHN, BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU
HOW THIS BUILD A PROJECT.
SO I DEFER TO MY EXPERT HERE, MR. -- WELL, WILDER, MR.
THOMPSON.
AND HE TELLS ME THIS IS WHAT -- CHIEF KATE, THIS IS WHAT YOU
SHOULD DO.
THIS IS THE BEST PRACTICES.
THIS IS -- WE ARE ON LINE HERE.
02:36:17PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I AM JUST CURIOUS.
02:36:19PM >>RICHARD MUTTERBACK:
WHEN WE PUT THIS OUT HERE FOR PROJECT
MANAGER, I MEAN, IT GOES OUT TO OUR ARCHITECTURE AND
ENGINEERING FIRMS WHO DO AND --
02:36:30PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THEY WERE CHOSEN?
02:36:32PM >>RICHARD MUTTERBACK:
YES, THEY HAVE THE AVAILABILITY, YES.
02:36:34PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE FOUND OUT -- HEARD FROM PUBLIC COMMENT OF
THE NEW BARRIERS THAT WERE PURCHASED OR WERE PURCHASING, THE
60 NEW BIG, HEAVY BARRIERS.
SO I ASKED, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO STORE THESE?
I WAS TOLD THEY WILL BE STORED HERE AT IN NEW HOWARD AVENUE
SITE.
WHERE?
WHERE WE GOING TO STORE STUFF LIKE THAT?
02:36:55PM >> I THINK THAT IS ON EIGHT TRAILERS, AND WE CAN ACCOMMODATE
THAT.
02:36:59PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
PART OF THE 30 PAVED LARGE PARKING SPOTS.
02:37:02PM >> YES.
RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE BEING STORED NEAR -- AT THE TRAINING
FACILITY.
02:37:07PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
ONE LAST QUESTION ABOUT THE NUMBERS AGAIN.
SO IT IS $21.7 MILLION TO BUILD.
$7 MILLION SPENT FOR LAND AND DESIGN.
02:37:20PM >> YES.
02:37:20PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
TOTAL IS $27 MILLION -- OR $29 MILLION.
THAT'S IT, ALL WE ARE SPENDING?
02:37:28PM >> NO, WHAT WE NEED TO FINISH THE PROJECT IS $29 MILLION.
WE SPENT $7 MILLION SO FAR, BUT, REMEMBER, THERE IS PART OF
THE PROJECT THAT IS THE OWNER FEES THAT WE WILL BE PAYING,
LIKE THE ALLOWANCE FOR FURNITURE.
MOVING THE FURNITURE.
RELOCATION OF EVIDENCE.
WE DO HAVE TO WORK WITH THE BICYCLE STORAGE, PERMITTING FEES,
AND THE TNI.
THAT DOESN'T GO UNDER KOKOLAKIS PART.
SO THAT IS --
02:37:58PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WHAT WE ARE SAYING, HOW MUCH IS THAT THEN?
02:38:02PM >> PROJECTED TO BE BEEN $7 MILLION.
02:38:04PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SO $21.8 MILLION PLUS $7 MILLION, PLUS $7
MILLION.
02:38:10PM >> YES.
02:38:11PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE $40 MILLION WE
HAVE PROJECTED.
02:38:15PM >> RIGHT AROUND $35 MILLION.
02:38:17PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE ONLY GOT $5 MILLION OFF OF THIS?
02:38:23PM >> NO, TOTAL WE HAD TWO -- WE HAD TWO PROJECTS.
WE HAD DESIGN-BUILD.
AND NOW WE PUT IT OUT.
SO IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE BUILT, WE WERE ASKING FOR THE $40
MILLION FOR IT TO BE BUILT.
WE ALREADY HAVE ENCUMBERED THE MONEY FOR WHAT WE HAVE
DONE SO FAR.
SO YOU WILL BE GETTING BACK -- A LITTLE -- $11.6 MILLION.
02:38:46PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THAT'S RIGHT, MR. PERRY STARTED AT A TOTAL
$48 MILLION.
02:38:52PM >>MICHAEL PERRY:
THAT'S CORRECT, MIKE PERRY, REVENUE AND
FINANCE.
$48 MILLION PROJECT.
WE ARE COMING IN DOING LAST-MINUTE RECONCILIATIONS WITH
ITEMS TO BE BOUGHT BY THE CITY, ETC.
SO WE ESTIMATE THAT THE TOTAL PROJECT WILL BE BETWEEN ABOUT
$33 MILLION TO $36 MILLION.
SO WHEN WE COME BACK TO YOU, WITH THE GMP, WE WILL HAVE ALL
THOSE NUMBERS FINALIZED.
GOOD THING IS -- WELL, WE WILL ACTUALLY PRESENT YOU A
FINANCIAL RESOLUTION TO REDUCE THE BUDGET TO THE PROJECT TO
ANSWER MR. MANISCALCO'S QUESTION.
02:39:32PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THAT'S GREAT.
BRINGING THIS BACK IN APRIL?
02:39:36PM >>MICHAEL PERRY:
WHENEVER YOU APPROVE THE GMP.
WE WILL HAVE THE FINANCIAL RESOLUTION WITH THAT.
02:39:41PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WHEN DO YOU EXPECT TO GET THE GMP?
02:39:45PM >>RICHARD MUTTERBACK:
AGAIN, NO GMP.
THIS IS BID.
KOKOLAKIS IS THE FIRM.
WAITING FOR US TO AWARD THIS PROBABLY.
BY ORDINANCE, WE HAVE TO BRING IT TWICE, 14 DAYS IN BETWEEN.
SECOND MEETING THIS MONTH BEING THE 26th, THEN APRIL 2, NOT
14 DAYS IN BETWEEN THAT AND MAY BE SOME SCHEDULING CONFLICT
SO WE ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO BRING IT ON THE 26th, BUT THE
SECOND READING FOR THE ACTUAL AWARD ON APRIL 16 BUT NOW
APRIL 2 DUE TO SCHEDULING.
02:40:19PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WHAT YOU ARE SAYING LOOKING AT $22 MILLION
FOR THE BUILD INSTEAD OF THE $40 MILLION?
02:40:24PM >>RICHARD MUTTERBACK:
YES.
02:40:25PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IS THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE COMING UP TO US.
NOT A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE.
JUST THE BUILD.
02:40:31PM >>RICHARD MUTTERBACK:
THE BUDGET ITSELF THAT'S ACCOMODATES
THE SOFT COST.
BUDGET PORTION THERE.
02:40:37PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
ONLY THING I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS SOME
SORT OF GUARANTEE FOR THE $7 MILLION BUILD-OUT.
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THIS PROJECT TO ENDS IN 18 MONTHS AND
YOU COME AND SAY, WELL, ACTUALLY, WE NEED 10.
02:40:53PM >> I AM HOPEFULLY GOING TO GIVE YOU MONEY BACK.
SOME OF THAT MONEY ACCOUNTS FOR THE REFRIGERATOR AND STUFF.
IF WE CAN SAFELY REMOVE THOSE AND REPURPOSE THOSE, YOU WILL
GET MONEY BACK.
I DON'T FORESEE COMING AND SAYING I NEED $3 MILLION FOR
FURNITURE OR STORAGE EQUIPMENT OR ANYTHING.
THAT SHOULDN'T EVER HAPPEN.
YEAH.
02:41:15PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
WORK YOU PUT INTO THIS.
AND TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ALMOST $13 MILLION OFF WHAT WE
ESTIMATED IS REALLY WONDERFUL.
SO CONGRATULATIONS.
02:41:26PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ALSO ON THE BUILDOUT, WE ARE NOT USING A
CONTRACTOR FOR THAT.
SO WE ARE NOT HAVING TO PAY AN OVERAGE FEE OR MANAGEMENT
FEE.
WE ARE DOING MUCH OF THAT OURSELVES.
REFRIGERATORS.
CITY OF TAMPA PURCHASING DEPARTMENT FOR THOSE THINGS?
02:41:44PM >> YES, USING PURCHASING.
02:41:46PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE ARE NOT HAVING TO PAY A CONTRACTOR
PREMIUM BECAUSE WE HAVE IN-HOUSE PEOPLE TO DO THAT STUFF?
02:41:53PM >> CORRECT.
02:41:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
NOT USING OUR OWN PEOPLE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
02:41:57PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I DON'T KNOW IT VERY WELL.
THAT CENTER FIELD OR RIGHT FIELD DID DRAIN THAT WAY AND
FLOODED.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THAT SAME PROBLEM THERE OR NOT ON
THE -- ON SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT STILL DRAINS OR STILL STAYS WITHOUT
DRAINAGE.
BECAUSE LAST TIME I SAW IT, IT WAS KIND OF WET.
02:42:23PM >> I WILL HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT.
I AM NOT AWARE OF IT.
02:42:27PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
IF YOU HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CARS
THERE, I WOULD IMAGINE ONCE A WHILE A DOG WILL COME IN
TO SNIFF SO NOTHING INSIDE THE WHEEL WELL.
YOU WILL NOT TAKE A GUESS, FOR WHATEVER MEANS, YOU HAVE FOR A
DOG TO SNIFF IT OUT.
DIFFERENT CARS HAVE DIFFERENT CRIMES FOR DIFFERENT THINGS.
AL VIEW OF CAR HAS -- WITH WHAT IS INSIDE THE CAR.
02:43:02PM >> THAT'S CORRECT.
02:43:03PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
GUARANTEE TO BUILD DOES NOT INCLUDE
THINGS LIKE FURNITURE.
I'M NOT INTO THAT.
WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO WHEN YOU SET UP YOUR DEPARTMENT, SETTING
ALL THE INTRICATE WHATEVER YOU PICK UP IN THE STREET THAT
YOU HAVE YOU HAVE TO SHOW AS EVIDENCE IN THE FUTURE.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT AND A SPECIAL AREA LOCATED WHERE
NOBODY CAN GET IN OTHER THAN THE PERSON WITH THE KEY.
02:43:24PM >> THAT'S CORRECT.
02:43:25PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THESE ARE THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO SURE THE
CASE, WHATEVER THE CASE WILL BE.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.
ALL IN ORDER SO SOMEBODY CAN SAY I OBJECT BECAUSE OF THIS,
THAT AND THE OTHER.
02:43:38PM >> YES.
02:43:39PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THESE ARE THE THINGS WE ARE SOLVING TO
GET THE CITY OF TAMPA BACK ON RECORD.
ORLANDO HAS IT.
WE HAVE OURS IN, WHAT, PAPER BOXES.
02:43:50PM >> CARDBOARD BOXES.
02:43:52PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
OF IT GETS WET, THE EVIDENCE IS GONE.
IT CATCHES FIRE, ITS EVIDENCE IS GONE.
TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CRIME HAS DROPPED, AND YOU HAVE
DONE A MAGNIFICENT JOB.
KUDOS -- NOT JUST YOU BUT EVERYBODY IN THE DEPARTMENT, THE
CHIEF, AND THE NEW HIRES FROM YESTERDAY.
THIS AT TIMES SAVE YOU A LOT OF MONEY BECAUSE YOU MUST BE
RUNNING SOMETHING AND DOING SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE NOT DOING
NOW, AND I AM NOT PRIVY-TO-ALL THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
02:44:24PM >> THANK YOU.
02:44:26PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I WILL CLOSE IT UP.
I HAVE BEEN A LITTLE SKEPTICAL OF THIS PROJECT FROM DAY ONE
MOSTLY BECAUSE OF COST AND THE BUDGET IMPLICATIONS AND
KNOWING WE HAVE AN IMPENDING ISSUE WITH BIG BLUE AND
RELOCATION.
ONE LAST QUESTION, HOW MANY EMPLOYEES AFTER THIS RELOCATION,
HOW MANY EMPLOYEES AT BIG BLUE?
02:44:47PM >> APPROXIMATELY 300.
02:44:50PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I AM MUCH MORE
AGREEABLE TO THE PROJECT.
I KNOW IT IS FRUSTRATING FOR YOU AND EVERYBODY ELSE INVOLVED,
AND WE ARE TRYING TO MANAGE THE NEEDS IN THE CITY.
AND IT IS DIFFICULT.
TRYING TO KEEP ALL BALLS UP IN THE AIR, AND IT IS DIFFICULT
WITH RISING COSTS AND ALL THESE UNKNOWNS OUT HERE.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU STICKING WITH US.
AND THANK YOU FOR WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS AND GETTING THE
BIDS IN THAT ARE -- THAT ARE RELATIVELY REASONABLE
CONSIDERING THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT.
SO THANKS.
APPRECIATE THAT.
LOOK FORWARD TO YOU COMING FORWARD WITH THE RESOLUTION AND
GETTING THAT ON OUR CALENDAR.
AND I THINK WE ARE DONE WITH THIS NOW.
ARE WE GOOD?
02:45:30PM >> THANK YOU.
02:45:30PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, ALL.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAM.
WE ARE DONE WITH OUR REGULAR BUSINESS.
AND WE ARE NOW DOWN TO NEW BUSINESS.
I AM GOING TO START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
02:45:43PM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES, SIR.
TWO QUICK ONES, IF I MAY.
DID EVERYBODY GET THE INVITATION ON SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE
RAMADAN EVENT?
02:45:51PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WILL BE THERE.
02:45:52PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I WAS ASKED TO DO -- WHY I PULLED MR. SHELBY
UP, EITHER A RESOLUTION OR COMMENDATION; THEREFORE, IT
WOULD BE EASIER TO DO A COMMENDATION.
I WANT DO A COMMENDATION FOR THE MONTH -- I BELIEVE IT
IS MUSLIMS FOR DEMOCRACY AND FAIRNESS FOR THEIR MUSLIM HERITAGE
AND RAMADAN EVENT, AND WE ARE ALL PRESENTED.
02:46:17PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
OFF-SITE THEN.
02:46:19PM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
02:46:20PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
SECONDED FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
OPPOSED.
THE AYES HAVE IT.
02:46:26PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
I AM GOING TO PASS THIS OUT.
BACKGROUND ON THIS.
I WON'T MAKE THE MOTION TODAY, BUT I WILL URGE EVERYBODY TO
TAKE A LOOK.
"TAMPA BAY TIMES" ARTICLE WITH AMANDA, WHO IS A CUBAN
IMMIGRANT BOOTED FROM OUR COUNTRY WHILE PREGNANT AND
ATTORNEY SAM BEDOWY TOOK ON HER CASE PRO BONO, AND THIS IS,
LIKE, AMAZING.
I WANT YOU ALL TO SEE THE CASE BACKGROUND BEFORE, BUT THIS
IS HEARTBREAKING.
AND WE SHOULD DEFINITELY HONOR THAT.
BUT I WILL GET THAT, IF I MAY.
02:47:00PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
DO YOU REMEMBER OUR RULES ON CITY COUNCIL?
02:47:04PM >>LUIS VIERA:
COMMENDATIONS?
02:47:09PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HAVE TO DO WITH CITY BUSINESS.
02:47:10PM >>LUIS VIERA:
A LOT OF CUBANS HERE.
BUT, IF I MAY, I DO ALSO HAVE A MOTION -- WHERE IS THIS?
MR. CHAIR, CAN I GO BACK AFTER THE BOARD MEMBER YOUNG --
02:47:23PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
REFER TO COUNCIL MEMBER YOUNG.
02:47:25PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
OKAY.
SO I HAVE A FEW THINGS.
SO I DID -- RECENTLY I HAD -- I DID A COMMUNITY TOUR
WITH CEO AND FOUNDER OF FAITH ACTION MINISTRY ALLIANCE,
PASTOR JOHNSON IN GRANT PARK.
AND IT WAS AWESOME.
THE GRANT PARK CHRISTIAN ACADEMY.
THE SCHOOL IS LOCATED AT NEW TESTAMENT WORSHIP CENTER IN
GRANT PARK.
AND FAMA ALONG WITH AN ALLIANCE OF PARTNERS DEVELOP
COMMUNITY SERVICES DEDICATING TO TRANSFORMING THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH COLLABORATION AND DOOR-TO-DOOR
SERVICES.
ARIZONA NURSING STUDENTS GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND GO
DOOR TO DOOR TALKING WITH COMMUNITIES TO SEE WHAT KIND OF
NEEDS THEY HAVE.
THIS IS HOW THEY ACTUALLY GET THEIR FIELD EXPERIENCE WHILE
IN SCHOOL.
AND WE ALSO -- THEY HAVE -- THE NEW EDUCATION BUILDING, WHICH
THEY ARE USING FOR MENTORING SERVICES AND GRANT PARK AND
EXPANDING OUT TO HIGHLAND PINES.
THEY HAVE UNHOUSED POPULATION AND TEENAGERS THAT ARE ALSO
HELPING -- WE WERE IN TOUR.
THEY WERE ACTUALLY HELPING TO KEEP THE NEIGHBORHOOD CLEAN.
AND IT WAS REALLY AMAZING TO SEE.
YOU HAVE SEEN THE TRANSFORMATION IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT
HOW THE COMMUNITY IS WORKING TOGETHER TO TRANSFORM THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD IS REALLY REMARKABLE.
SO I WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT.
AND TELLING PASTOR JOHNSON.
I SAID I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO REPLICATE THIS THROUGHOUT
OUR DISTRICT TEN, 20 TIMES AND HOW THE COMMUNITY WORKS
TOGETHER.
I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THAT.
I DID A TOUR WITH CARL JOHNSON, THE OWNER OF THE FLORIDA
SCHOOL OF WOODWORK.
THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD, WENT TO THE RIALTO AND HOT TUB
BUSINESS, ROBINSON'S.
IT WAS NEAT TO SEE THAT AS WELL.
ANOTHER AWESOME EXAMPLE OF COMMUNITY AND EVERYONE KIND OF
WORKING TOGETHER TO BUILD UP THAT CORRIDOR.
SO IT WAS VERY NICE.
I ALSO WENT TO THE HISTORIC BELMONT HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD
MEETING WHERE I SHARED THE SUCCESS OF GRANT PARK.
I SAID I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO REPLICATE THIS.
AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WERE THERE, THEY WERE ON
BOARD AS WELL.
SO IT WAS VERY NICE.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO JUST LET COMMUNITY KNOW THAT I HAVE
ALREADY KIND OF BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT
AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT CAME UP
ABOUT THE CORNER STORES.
BUT ALSO JUST WITH CLEANING UP IN THE COMMUNITY.
IT HAS COME TO ME MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE TIMES.
THE COMMUNITY JUST WANTS TO CLEAN UP THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO WE HAVE BEEN WORK ON THAT.
OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING ON THAT.
AND I HEARD EARLIER ASSISTANCE WITH OUR ELDERLY BEFORE WE
GET TO A POINT WHERE WE HAVE TO INTERVENE AND PUT LIENS ON
THE HOMES AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO PREVENT THAT.
SOME OF THINGS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
AND THREE MOTIONS THAT I WANT TO MAKE.
SO WE KNOW THAT THE -- THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS
FINISHED THE SULPHUR SPRINGS NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PLAN.
AND SO I WANT TO MOVE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR STAFF TO GIVE A
FINAL REPORT ON THE SULPHUR SPRINGS NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PLAN
AT THE MAY 7 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
02:50:35PM >> SECOND.
02:50:38PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THAT?
02:50:43PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I ASKED THEM IF THAT DATE WAS OKAY, AND THEY
SAID YEAH.
02:50:47PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THIS IS A STAFF REPORT?
OKAY, THANK YOU.
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF OR CITY STAFF?
02:50:54PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
IT WOULD BE PLANNING --
02:51:00PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
YOU CAN ASK FOR STAFF AND DETERMINE --
02:51:03PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
FOR THEM TO DETERMINE WHO NEEDS -- I PUT STAFF,
BUT I THINK CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
02:51:09PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
WILL IT BE -- THE ACTION PLAN WILL BE
RELATED TO THE CITY CODE?
IS IT PLANNING COMMISSION OR THE CITY?
02:51:17PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
IT WAS PLANNING COMMISSION.
02:51:19PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IF IT WAS THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THEY
WOULD HAVE TO BE INVITED THROUGH YOUR OFFICE.
02:51:26PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YOU CAN REACH OUT TO THEM.
02:51:28PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
OKAY.
02:51:30PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
YOU CAN REQUEST STAFF AND THEN FOLLOW UP
WITH YOUR OFFICE.
02:51:34PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
THAT IS FINE.
02:51:36PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER YOUNG.
A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
OPPOSED.
AYES HAVE IT.
02:51:43PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I WOULD MAKE MOTION OF THE CITY OF TAMPA
PLANNING DEPARTMENT TECHNICAL WORKING GROUPS TO WORK WITH
REQUIREMENTS FOR A SPECIFIC BUDGET REQUEST TO TAKE THE NEXT
STEPS ON AN CATALYST PROJECT OR PROGRAM FOR SURFACE BASED ON
THE PRIORITY ACTIONS AND NEEDS OF IDENTIFIED BY THE
COMMUNITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PLAN THAT IS PROVIDED
TO US BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION LEAGUE.
02:52:07PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SECOND.
02:52:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
02:52:12PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I TALKED TO THEM, AND I TOLD THEM I WOULD MAKE
THIS MOTION, AND THIS IS COMING UP.
MY LAST MOTION, A MOTION FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT TO DO A
FIVE- OR TEN-MINUTE REPORT OF HOW THIS THEY ARE MAINTAINING
AND CLEANING CITY-OWN LOTS.
THOSE WHO ARE NOT MAINTAINED, WHAT HOW THEY CAN BE BETTER
STEW WORDS OF OUR PROPERTY.
02:52:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WHAT WAS THE LAST DATE --
02:52:36PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
MAY 7.
02:52:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
FILLS US UP.
02:52:40PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
WE ONLY HAVE TWO ON MAY 7.
02:52:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YOU ADDED THREE?
02:52:48PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I HAVE ONE FOR THEM TO COME -- WITH STAFF TO
COME TO GIVE A FINAL REPORT ON NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PLAN.
AND THEN I WANT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE TECHNICAL.
SOME FOR THAT PROJECT, HAD THE TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP --
YES, IF THAT IS NOT TOO MUCH.
MAYBE THEY CAN MAKE IT -- MAYBE COME BY.
02:53:06PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THAT FILLS UP THAT DAY.
JUST SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT.
02:53:10PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
IS THAT OKAY?
02:53:14PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THAT IS FINE.
YOU BEAT VIERA FOR ANOTHER DATE.
02:53:18PM >>LUIS VIERA:
OH, NO.
02:53:20PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YOU IT DID --
02:53:22PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
THE REASON I DID THAT IS BECAUSE -- WE WILL
PRESENT THE PLAN.
BUT I WANT FOR THEM TO WORK WITH THE ACTUAL TECHNICAL
WORKING GROUP.
OUT OF THIS PLAN.
WHAT IS FEASIBLE FOR US TO DO AND HOW DO WE MOVE TO GET TO
THE NEXT STEPS.
WHY WE DID IT THAT WAY.
02:53:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY.
ANYTHING ELSE.
02:53:46PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I AM DONE.
02:53:47PM >>LUIS VIERA:
IF I HAVE CAN, MR. CHAIRMAN.
02:53:49PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
02:53:52PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THIS IS A MOTION FOR REAL ESTATE.
MERELY FOR A WRITTEN REPORT ON MAY 7.
AGAIN, JUST IN WRITING.
SO THERE IS IN WASHINGTON D.C. A MEMORIAL TO VICTIMS OF
COMMUNISM THAT EXISTS.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR A WHILE WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT
HISPANIC AND VIETNAMESE GROUPS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE IN
TAMPA THAT COME AS REFUGEES FROM COMMUNIST, NICARAGUA,
VENEZUELA, CUBA, ETC.
SOME HAVE INTEREST OF A MEMORIAL OF VICTIMS OF COMMUNISM.
I HAD SEBASTIAN PRINT OUT A MEMORIAL FOR IT.
NOT FOR FUNDING OF MEMORIAL OR ANYTHING OF THAT NAY CH YOU
ARE.
I WOULD ANTICIPATE WE GET THAT FROM TALLAHASSEE.
FOR REAL ESTATE AND PARKS TO REPORT ON THE LAND.
02:54:48PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I WILL THROW MYSELF ON THE SWORD ON THIS
ONE, COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
I LOVE YOU.
I LOVE YOU JUST MORE THAN JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY, BUT THAT IS
SO FAR OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE DO ON CITY COUNCIL.
02:55:00PM >>LUIS VIERA:
NO, WE HAVE -- WE HAVE ALL SORTS OF MEMORIALS.
I MEAN --
02:55:05PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
BUT NOT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY -- KIND OF
OUTSIDE OF THE PURSUE OF WHAT -- I THINK WE WILL RELY --
REVISED THIS SOON AFTER I HAVE CAME ON COUNCIL BECAUSE GONE
DOWN RABBIT HOLE ON SOME OF THESE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY TIER
ON POLITICS AND ANY OF THE HOT BUTTON ITEMS.
02:55:25PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I DON'T THINK THAT PEOPLE WHO --
02:55:29PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE MAY HAVE SOME COMMUNISTS IN THE CITY OF
TAMPA THAT MAY DISAGREE WITH YOU.
02:55:33PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
ARE YOU TALKING OF PEOPLE WHO ARE VICTIMS OF
COMMUNISM IN THE UNITED STATES?
02:55:40PM >>LUIS VIERA:
NO.
PEOPLE FLED COMMUNIST COUNTRIES AS REFUGEES.
02:55:45PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I AM NOT SURE WHY WE NEED TO HAVE MONUMENT
HERE FOR THAT.
02:55:49PM >>LUIS VIERA:
WE HAVE MANY FOLKS HERE.
MY FAMILY THAT CAME FROM CUBA, NICARAGUA, VENEZUELA, WE HAVE
A TON.
UNIQUE TO THE TAMPA EXPERIENCE AND MANY PEOPLE LIKE THAT.
02:56:01PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I DON'T KNOW.
02:56:02PM >>LUIS VIERA:
NO DIFFERENT THAN IF WE DO A MEMORIAL FOR
DIFFERENT TRAGEDIES THAT HAPPENED THROUGHOUT HISTORY WHETHER
IT IS OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
IT IS PROPER FOR CITIES FOR HAVE MEMORIALS ON THINGS LIKE
THAT.
02:56:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
IS THERE A SECOND?
HEARING NO SECOND.
LOVE YOU.
02:56:21PM >>LUIS VIERA:
A SECOND FOR EVERYONE ON THIS.
BECAUSE I WILL CALL THIS OUT.
I AM SORRY.
THIS IS GARBAGE.
I SHOULD GET A SECOND ON THIS.
02:56:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I WILL GIVE YOU SECOND.
02:56:32PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU.
LET'S HAVE A VOTE ON THIS.
02:56:34PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
KILLED BY THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS FOR NO
REASON.
02:56:38PM >>LUIS VIERA:
SOMEBODY BRINGS IT UP.
02:56:41PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I AM TIRED OF THIS.
I REALLY CAN.
I LOVE YOU AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT I CAN'T CONTINUE THIS.
02:56:48PM >>LUIS VIERA:
NOT CITY FUNDING FOR THE MEMORIAL BUT
POTENTIAL SPOTS FOR IT IN THE EVENT WE WORK WITH TALLAHASSEE
AS I AM TALKING WITH PEOPLE THERE AS POTENTIALLY FUNDING
ONE.
02:56:57PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
FIND OUT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO AND GET THE
FUNDING -- YOU ARE PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE --
02:57:05PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I AM NOT VOTING AGAINST IT.
I AM NOT VOTING PERIOD.
02:57:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
OPPOSED.
02:57:14PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I ABSTAIN.
02:57:16PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
NAY.
02:57:18PM >>LUIS VIERA:
ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
02:57:21PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
I HATE TO DO THIS.
02:57:22PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I KNOW.
DON'T WE HAVE A RULE?
02:57:34PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THERE IS A LAW UNLESS YOU HAVE A DIRECT
FINANCIAL INTEREST, YOU CAN NOT ABSTAIN.
02:57:39PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO TALK OF A RULE
OF COUNCIL -- BEFORE WE CAN MAKE MOTIONS.
02:57:43PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
DO YOU HAVE RULES ABOUT THAT?
I DON'T THINK ANYTHING APPLIES TO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA
WAS SAYING.
JUST A REMINDER, IF YOU WERE SILENT, THEN THAT COUNTS AS AN
AFFIRMATIVE VOTE UNDER ROBERT'S RULE.
02:57:57PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I AM NOT AFRAID TO VOTE, BUT I DON'T LIKE
TO GET SURPRISED BY THIS.
02:58:02PM >>LUIS VIERA:
HOW ABOUT THIS, IF I MAY, AS A PROFESSIONAL
COURTESY, IF SOMEBODY SAYS THEY ARE SURPRISED.
I RESPECT THAT, COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
HOW ABOUT THIS.
I WILL -- IS THERE SUPPORT FOR THIS RIGHT NOW?
BUT THIS -- THIS IS NOT CONTROVERSIAL.
THERE IS NO -- THERE IS NO SURPRISE.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHY IN THE WORLD THIS IS CONTROVERSIAL.
02:58:22PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
JUST A STEP OVER THE LINE WHAT IS WITHIN
OUR PURVIEW.
IF WE WERE -- IF WE WERE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND DEALING
WITH INTERNATIONAL ISSUES AND -- I MEAN, WOULD GET IT.
BUT COUNCIL.
WE DEAL WITH LAND USE, TRASH, WATER.
WE DEAL WITH ALL THESE THINGS.
IT IS JUST OUTSIDE OF OUR SCOPE.
02:58:45PM >>LUIS VIERA:
WE JUST DID A COMMENDATION FOR MUSLIM HERITAGE
MONTH.
HERITAGE OF PEOPLE COMING FROM TAMPA FLEEING COMMUNISM FROM
OTHER COUNTRIES.
IT IS ABOUT THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE.
IT IS NOT CONTROVERSIAL.
IT'S NOT.
I DIDN'T THINK THERE WOULD BE ANY PUSH BACK TO THIS, I WILL
BE HONEST.
02:59:07PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I STILL HAVE A MOTION, AND I HAVE A SECOND.
ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
02:59:13PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
NO.
02:59:14PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
02:59:16PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
NO.
02:59:18PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
YES.
02:59:21PM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
02:59:24PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
NO.
02:59:24PM >>CLERK:
MOTION FAILED DUE TO A TIE VOTE AND LACK OF A
MAJORITY.
02:59:29PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I AM SORRY.
02:59:31PM >>LUIS VIERA:
AGAIN, THAT'S -- THAT IS UNFORTUNATE, COUNCIL.
THAT IS VERY SAD.
I MEAN THAT.
THIS GOES TO SOMETHING WHERE PEOPLE NEED TO BE EDUCATED MORE
SO ON THE EXPERIENCES OF PEOPLE AND HOW THEY CAME HERE.
THIS IS NOTHING THAT IS CONTROVERSIAL WHATSOEVER.
IT IS NOT.
THIS IS NOT A FOREIGN POLICY ISSUE.
THIS IS AN IMMIGRATION ISSUE, IN TERMS OF OUR IMMIGRANT
EXPERIENCE HERE TO TAMPA AND THAT'S --
02:59:57PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
AND I -- I THINK THAT IF YOU GET SOME STATE
OR FEDERAL DOLLARS TO TALK MORE ABOUT IT, AND, LIKE, TO BE
MORE CONCRETE, IT IS A DIFFERENT STORY.
03:00:09PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I WAS TRYING -- I DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT YOU.
GO AHEAD.
03:00:15PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS SAYING, HEY,
YEAH, WE WANT TO DO THIS, AND LET'S HELP FIND A LOCATION BUT
WE ARE NOT HERE YET.
03:00:23PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I WILL JUST GO TO THE COUNTY.
THAT'S IT.
03:00:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
DO YOU HAVE NEW BUSINESS?
03:00:33PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
REMOVE MY MOTION TO DISCUSS THE COUNCIL
SALARY ON SEPTEMBER 24.
I ORIGINALLY MADE THIS MOTION ON BEHALF THE COUNCILWOMAN
HURTAK AND DUPLICATED.
I AM LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR FOR SEPTEMBER 24.
COUNCIL TO DISCUSS SALARY.
SO I WANT TO REMOVE MY MOTION.
03:00:51PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND.
03:00:52PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR.
03:00:55PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF YOU HAD TWO
DIFFERENT DECISIONS.
03:00:58PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WITH THIS COUNCIL, IT IS ABSOLUTELY
LIKELY.
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
OPPOSED.
AYES HAVE IT.
03:01:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO
COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG, I LIKE THAT YOU GIVE UPDATES OF WHAT YOU
DO.
I THINK THAT IS VERY GOOD BECAUSE YOU WORK VERY HARD.
AND I AM GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP PASTOR JOHNSON, THE BROTHER OF
CALVIN JOHNSON FROM TPD.
I HAVE BEEN OUT THERE.
THEY HAD A LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION EVENT, AND IT IS
WONDERFUL.
I LOVE THE WORK THAT THEY DO.
SO THANK YOU.
MARCH IS COLORECTAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.
AND SOMEONE VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART HAD TO SUFFER,
STRUGGLE AND SURVIVE THROUGH THAT, AND ITS IMPORTANCE OF
SCREENING AND GETTING TESTS BECAUSE -- I THINK COUNCIL
MEMBER VIERA, YOU MIGHT KNOW HIM, DR. LOVE?
YEAH, DR. LOVE.
SO HE IS A YOUNG PHYSICIAN.
AND HE WAS ON WEDU, I BELIEVE, EARLIER TODAY WITH LISETTE
CAMPOS IF YOU EVER WATCH THE TALKING OF RISE OF PATIENTS
UNDER THE AGE OF 50.
THE PERSON I MENTIONED WAS 38 YEAR OLD, I BELIEVE, WITH A
DIAGNOSIS.
IMPORTANT TO GET SCREENED EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE SYMPTOMS.
MINOR THINGS.
IT IS JUST LIKE -- YOU KNOW, WITH PROSTATE CANCER, WITH SO
MANY OTHER ISSUES, SO IMPORTANT TO GET SCREENED, AND IF YOU
CAN CATCH THIS EARLY, OF COURSE SURVIVABILITY RISES AND
RAISES UP.
MARCH IS LIVE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, CORRECT.
A LOT OF THINGS BUT TODAY I AM TALKING OF COLORECTAL CANCER
AWARENESS.
GET SCREENED EVEN WITHOUT SYMPTOMS.
03:02:52PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
03:02:53PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I MAKE A MOTION TO HEAR A PRESENTATION
APRIL 26 FROM THE CITY'S CONSULTANT REGARDING THE
SCHEDULED ADJUSTMENTS OF WATER-WASTEWATER CAPACITY FEES.
FURTHER THAT THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE OF
ADJUSTMENT OF SAID FEES.
SECOND READING MAY 2, 2026-'27.
I'M SURE IT WILL NOT TAKE PLACE UNTIL SOME TIME NEXT YEAR.
03:03:19PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
PRESENTATION -- I GET SECOND ONE WILL JUST
BE A SECOND READING.
03:03:24PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND READING ON MAY 7.
03:03:29PM >>LUIS VIERA:
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MADAM CLERK?
03:03:32PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
FIRST READING ON APRIL 2, AND A SECOND
READING ON MAY 7.
03:03:40PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
FOR THE PROPOSED RATE.
JUST A READING.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
03:03:45PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
ARE WE GOING TO GET A BRIEFING BEFORE THEY
COME ON APRIL 2?
03:03:51PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I DON'T KNOW, BUT I CAN ARRANGE IT.
03:03:53PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YEAH.
JUST BASICALLY TALKING OF THE SURPRISE WITH FLEET.
I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW AHEAD OF TIME.
03:04:00PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
IN OTHER WORDS -- I WILL ASK THEM TO SEND
ALL THE COPIES TO COME THROUGH, COUNCIL MEMBER.
03:04:09PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THAT WILL BE GREAT.
03:04:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
03:04:12PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I WILL SECOND IT.
03:04:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ALL IN FAVOR.
OPPOSED.
AYES HAVE IT.
03:04:18PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND ONE A REVENUE AND FINANCE STAFF TO
PROVIDE A MIDYEAR REVIEW MAY 1, 2026 REGULAR SEASON FOR
THE BUDGET.
03:04:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
03:04:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANYTHING ELSE?
03:04:39PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THAT'S IT.
03:04:40PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I AM PASSING OUT AN E-MAIL.
YOU CAN READ IT FROM THE BOTTOM.
I GENERALLY DO A LOT OF RIDE-ALONGS AND VISITS TO DIFFERENT
DEPARTMENTS.
AND BASICALLY, KELLY AND I WERE TOLD YESTERDAY IN A MEETING
WITH THE MAYOR THAT WE ARE NO LONGER GOING TO TOLERATE US
INTERRUPTING THEIR WORK.
AND SO SAL RUGGIERO TOLD KELLY WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO ANY
RIDE-ALONGS AND VISITS DURING, QUOTES, UNQUOTE, CAMPAIGN
SEASON.
AND SO -- THIS IS JUST FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG.
IT IS THE PROPER DUTY OF A REPRESENIT BODY TO LOOK
DILIGENTLY INTO EVERY AFFAIR OF GOVERNMENT AND TO TALK MUCH
ABOUT WHAT IT SEES.
BECAUSE UNLESS ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVEN'T USED EVERY MEANS OF
ACQUAINTING THEMSELVES OF THE ACTS AND DISPOSITION OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENTS OF THE GOVERNMENT, THE COUNTY OR THE
COUNTRY MUST BE HOPEFUL OF HOW IT IS BEING SERVED.
QUOTE FROM SUPREME COURT JUSTICE FELIX FRANKFURTHER -- A GREAT
NAME -- DELIVERING THE OPINION OF THE COURT IN 1953.
THESE WORDS FORM THE BASIS OF ITS MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO
VISIT AND IN THE, AUDIT AND MONITOR ON BEHALF OF CITIZENS
HOW THEIR GOVERNMENT IS OPERATING WHICH IS BASICALLY HOW WE
AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE DOING FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE
CITY COUNCIL.
WE CAN NOT BE THEIR VOICE IF THEY ARE NOT ALSO THEIR EYES
AND EARS.
I AM PROUD OF MYSELF TO BETTER UNDERSTAND OUR CITY'S LARGEST
EXPENDITURES THROUGH RIDE-ALONGS IN SQUAD CARS, FIRE TRUCKS,
HELICOPTERS, AND GARBAGE TRUCKS, AS WELL AS TOURS OF FLEET
MAINTENANCE FACILITIES, WATER AND WASTEWATER FACILITIES
AND I.T. DEPARTMENT.
I VERY RARELY PUBLICIZE THESE TOURS BECAUSE THEY ARE
EDUCATIONAL AND NOT POLITICAL IN NATURE.
I SHARE MY KNOWLEDGE WITH COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS
AS WELL AS USE THIS KNOWLEDGE TO MOVE FORWARD POLICY.
THE DECISION BY THIS ADMINISTRATION TO BLOCK OUR ACCESS CITY
GOVERNMENT IS ANTI-DEMOCRATIC, AND I BELIEVE PERSONALLY
TARGETING ME AS SOMEONE WHO HAS TAKEN THESE RESPONSIBILITIES
SERIOUSLY.
EVERY RIDE-ALONG HAS BEEN MET WITH APPRECIATION OF CITY
WORKERS WHO SPENDS TIME AND IMPROVE THE SYSTEM OF WHICH THEY
WORK.
THIS POLICY WAS NOT PUT INTO PLACE DURING LAST ELECTION
CYCLE AND CLEAR IT IS ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS.
INTENDED TO HARM ME BUT ALL OF COUNCIL AND ALL OF THE
RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA?
THOUGHTS?
03:07:21PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I HAVE BEEN ON MANY RIDE-ALONGS.
NOT RECENTLY.
WE CAUGHT A ROBBER IN A SECOND FLOOR OF A GROCERY STORE.
I HAVE BEEN WITH HIGH-RANKING POLICE OFFICIAL, AND HE SHOWED
ME WHAT THE UNDERCOVER GUYS WERE DOING.
I HAVE RODE ALONG -- WHEN GRECO WAS MAYOR ASK THE CHAIRMAN
MIDNIGHT, 2:00 YOU ARE REQUIRED TO GO.
BOTH OF US WILL SHOW UP WHEREVER IT WAS.
A KILLING, FIRE, OR WHATEVER IT WAS, WE WOULD SHOW UP.
AND THAT IS WHAT GOVERNMENT IS ALL ABOUT.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT AND NOT MY WRITING.
03:08:00PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
03:08:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE I HAVE DONE
RIDE ALONGS WITH TPD AND TAMPA FIRE.
SADLY ON EACH ONE.
ONE WAS A PEDESTRIAN FATALITY ON HILLSBOROUGH.
THE OFFICER I WAS WITH HAD AN UNBELIEVABLE DRIVE FROM THE
CAUSEWAY.
PARAMEDICS WERE WORKING ON THE GENTLEMAN.
THE MAN PASSED AWAY.
LAST TIME WITH TAMPA FIRE DEPARTMENT RIDE ALONG OFF FLORIDA
AVENUE AND WENT INTO A RESIDENCE.
AND A YOUNG MAN CAME HOME AND FOUND HIS MOTHER DECEASED ON THE 03:08:35PM COUCH.
SHE HAD BEEN SICK, AND IT STICKS WITH YOU.
TRAUMATIZING.
THE POOR YOUNG MAN.
YOU WALK IN.
THE PERSON IS THERE.
GAVE ME GREATER APPRECIATION OF WHAT POLICE AND FIRE GO
THROUGH.
BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT THEY SEE DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
DRUG OVERDOSES, ADMINISTERING NARCAN.
ALL SORTS OF STUFF.
FEW TIMES THAT I HAVE DONE IT.
DURING A RIDE-ALONG.
SPECIFIC TO RIDE-ALONG OR SITE VISITS?
ARE YOU ALLOWED TO GO TO A FIRE STATION AND --
03:09:10PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I AM TAKING IT AS A NO.
I WANTED TO GO ALONG WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE WE ARE
HEARING -- MY OFFICE HAS BEEN HEARING TONS OF COMPLAINTS OF
CODE ENFORCEMENT.
I DID A RIDE ALONG WITH CODE COMPLIANCE WITH THE BUILDING
DEPARTMENT.
SO I HAD DONE THAT FIRST.
I SAT THROUGH CODE ENFORCEMENT HEARINGS AT HANNAH CITY
CENTER AND WAS GOING TO DO ITS CODE ENFORCEMENT RIDE-ALONG.
UNFORTUNATELY NOW THEY REALLY WANT TO PREVENT CITY COUNCIL
FROM DOING CITY BUSINESS.
IT IS REALLY FUNNY BECAUSE I NEVER TALK ABOUT THESE.
I DON'T POLITICIZE THEM AT ALL.
NOW THEY WANT TO MAKE THIS POLITICAL.
03:09:51PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I HAD SOMEBODY TELL ME ONE TIME THAT
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK IS IN A POLICE CAR AT THE 7-ELEVEN ON
THE CORNER.
I SAID SHE IS DOING A RIDE-ALONG.
I LIVE DOWN THE STREET.
I SAID SHE DOES RIDE-ALONG LONGS.
03:10:06PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
NOT IN HANDCUFFS.
03:10:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
BUT -- I GET IT, THE RIDE-ALONGS ARE
GREAT AND REALLY INTERESTING.
IF WE ARE ALLOWED TO VISIT FIRE STATIONS AND POLICE STATIONS.
THEY WILL NOT LET YOU IN THE EVIDENCE ROOM.
I DON'T KNOW.
THIS HAS BEEN -- THIS HAS BEEN SAID OR ALLEGED THAT WE CAN'T
DO -- IF COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA WANTS TO BRING PASTRIES TO THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
ARE WE ALLOWED TO DO THAT?
WE CAN'T WALK ON THE PROPERTY.
03:10:39PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I DON'T KNOW.
THAT IS KIND OF THE POINT.
THIS IS NOT THE ISSUE.
WE AS A BODY HAVE TO DETERMINE.
I HAVE BEEN UP IN A HELICOPTER.
PEOPLE KEEP ASKING WHAT IS GOING ON.
I DID THAT AND WAS ABLE TO TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT IT.
I SAW HOW OUR MONEY WAS BEING SPENT.
NOW WHEN I FUND THAT, I DON'T HAVE TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT
THAT.
I KNOW WHERE ALL THE MONEY IS GOING.
03:11:06PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER
VIERA.
03:11:10PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I WILL JUST SAY THIS.
I TALKED ABOUT MY RIDE-ALONGS, BEING NEW ON COUNCIL, IT HAS
BEEN AWESOME.
I STILL HAVE SOME COMING UP.
SO HOPEFULLY, WE DON'T GET ANY CALLS OR E-MAILS, BUT, YOU
KNOW, I THINK -- IT HAS BEEN -- I THINK IT IS EXTREMELY
HELPFUL BECAUSE YOU GET TO SEE THE INNER WORKINGS.
WHEN I WENT TO -- WE DID THIS -- FIRE STATION NUMBER 18.
WHEN WE GOT THERE, THEY WERE ACTUALLY ON A CALL, AND WE WERE
ABLE TO GO INSIDE AND SEE -- THEIR STATION WAS BUILT IN
1950s.
HAD THE AVERAGE TILE IN THERE AND WENT TO THE BACK TO SEE.
AND DARLENE WAS LOOKING -- WHAT CAN WE TO DO HELP THIS FIRE
STATION.
WE WOULD NOT KNOW THAT IF WE DIDN'T GO HERE.
I HAVE DONE MY RIDE-ALONG WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT.
I AM HAVE TO SCHEDULE A PART TWO, BECAUSE MY DISTRICT IS HUGE.
A LOT OF AREA TO COVER.
WHEN WE WERE OUT THERE, WE GOT TO SEE THE PEOPLE THAT WERE
WORKING.
TAKE US INTO THE AREAS.
THE ISSUE WITH THIS, BECAUSE -- YOU REALLY GET TO SEE
WHAT PEOPLE ARE DEALING WITH WHETHER IT BE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
AND THE ACTUAL STAFF OF HOW THEY ARE DEALING.
YOU AREN'T ABLE TO KNOW THAT UNLESS YOU ARE THERE AND ABLE TO
SEE AND EXPERIENCE IT WITH YOUR OWN EYES.
SO MY -- I AM HOPING THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
BECAUSE -- BECAUSE -- I MEAN -- I AM SPEAKING FOR ME, BUT I
THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR ALL OF US THAT IT HELPS US TO SEE,
AGAIN, WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING.
PEOPLE ARE SAYING LIKE YOU ARE SPENDING MONEY ON THIS AND THAT.
I CAN SPEAK AND SAY THIS IS WHY WE ARE DOING THIS.
I SEEN IT WITH MY OWN EYES.
THIS IS THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO OUR JOBS.
SO I HAVE SOME THINGS COMING UP.
I DON'T -- SHOULD NOT BE RECEIVING ANY E-MAILS OR CALLS
ABOUT THAT I CAN'T DO ANYTHING, BECAUSE YOU DON'T -- I AM
VERY NICE PERSON.
BUT I DON'T WANT TO -- I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO BE UNKIND.
SOME, PLEASE.
03:13:21PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
POINT TAKEN.
COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
03:13:24PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I MEAN THE FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE ISN'T -- NUMBER
ONE, WE ARE A YEAR FROM A CAMPAIGN.
SO I DON'T THINK IT IS CAMPAIGN SEASON, NUMBER ONE.
AND UNLESS THIS -- AND I KNOW THIS ISN'T THE CASE.
IF SOMEBODY -- I AM NOT GOING TO SAY COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
SHE WOULDN'T DO THAT.
IF SOMEBODY GOES TO A CITY EMPLOYEE AND FILMS A POLITICAL
VIDEO OR WHAT HAVE YOU, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY IMPROPER.
NO EVIDENCE THAT IS BEING DONE.
THIS NO ALLEGATION THAT IS BEING DONE WHATSOEVER.
AND, AGAIN, WE ARE A YEAR AWAY FROM -- YOU KNOW, I FILED FOR
STATEHOUSE IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR.
AND I PROBABLY VISITED GOD KNOWS HOW MANY FIRE AND POLICE
STATIONS SINCE THEN.
SO AS LONG AS ITS NOT INTERFERING WITH THE FUNCTION OF THAT
PUBLIC SERVANT, I SEE NO CHALLENGE WITH IT.
I DON'T.
AND EVERYBODY IS UP FOR ELECTION OR REELECTION IN ONE WAY OR
ANOTHER.
AND DOESN'T PRECLUDE US FROM GOING ON RIDE-ALONGS.
WE HAVE TO TREAT WHOEVER THE PERSON IS AND WHOEVER THE
CANDIDATES MAY BE, MAYOR BUCKHORN IN 2013, MAYOR CASTOR FOR
2023 FOR REELECTION.
ANY OF US THE PRINCIPLES THAT APPLIES OPPOSED TO THE
ORIGINAL EVER PERSON. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WOULD LIKE TO
MAKE A MOTION THAT TAMPA COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY REQUEST THAT
THE ADMINISTRATION RESCIND THEIR POSITION ON OPEN ACCESS TO
MEMBERS OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL TO THE FACILITY -- CITY OF
TAMPA FACILITIES INCLUDING RIDE ALONGS.
THAT OPEN ACCESS ENSURES FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND
TRANSPARENCY AMONGST THE DECISION-MAKERS OF THE CITY OF
TAMPA.
03:15:13PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I WILL SECOND THAT.
I SECOND THAT.
BUT ALSO, AS CAMPAIGN SEASON BEGINS OR -- I MEAN, JUST BE
AWARE.
DON'T -- I AM NOT SAYING ANYBODY WOULD DO THIS, BUT DON'T
DO POLITICAL VIDEOS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, GO TO THE UNIONS AND WHATNOT AND
CODE ENFORCEMENT IS DIFFERENT.
03:15:36PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
RUN THE RISK OF GETTING SEEN -- WE WON'T
GET IN TROUBLE BECAUSE YOU RUN THE RISK OF GETTING THE CITY
EMPLOYEE --
03:15:44PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
OUT OF RESPECT FOR THEM AND A COURTESY.
03:15:46PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WHAT IS INTERESTING FOR ME, ALL OF US -- YOU
WERE NOT THERE FOR THAT -- YOU WEREN'T EITHER.
BUT ALL OF US RAN FOR REELECTION AND HAD NO PROBLEM.
I WAS ABLE TO DO ALL THE VISITS I WANTED TO DURING MY LAST
REELECTION.
SO INTERESTING.
BUT I AM FASCINATED THAT YOU ARE ALLOWED TO KEEP YOURS,
BECAUSE YOU ALREADY FILED FOR OFFICE TOO.
SO, AGAIN, THAT IS JUST SHOWING THAT IT IS PERSONAL AGAINST
ME.
SO WE WILL SEE -- WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
BUT I SECOND -- OR -- I HAVE A MOTION FROM CHAIR CLENDENIN.
I HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
ANYTHING ELSE?
OKAY.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
03:16:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
OKAY.
03:16:34PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
03:16:36PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.
SEE YOU GUYS AT 9 A.M. AT HANNAH CENTER.

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