📝 City Council Meeting Transcript

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THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2026, 9:00 A.M.

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9:05:28AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING.
9:05:32AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:05:33AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
THANK YOU.
I LIKE THE PARTICIPATION.
THIS COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO
ORDER.
[ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
I'M SORRY.
BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO, WOULD YOU PLEASE DO THE INVOCATION?
9:05:49AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND, WE ARE HONORED TODAY WITH THE
PRESENCE OF MR. RON WEAVER.
RON IS NO STRANGER TO THIS COMMUNITY.
HE IS A FRIEND TO MANY.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIM.
HE IS A HARVARD LAW GRADUATE WITH HONORS.
HE COFOUNDED 155 LAWYERS STATEWIDE, STEARNS WEAVER LAW FIRM,

WHICH WE ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH.
HE'S CHAIRED HALF A DOZEN LOCAL CHAMBER COMMITTEES AND
CHAIRED ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL FINANCE COMMITTEE AND BAY CARE
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
ALSO A 2020 WEDU AND JUNIOR LEAGUE LUMINARY.
PLEASE STAND AND LET US WELCOME MR. RON WEAVER FOR THE
INVOCATION.
9:06:26AM >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
NEW CHAIRMAN YOUNG, CONGRATULATIONS.
LET US PRAY.
MOST GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER, MAY YOUR GRACIOUSNESS RAIN
LIKE A MIGHTY FLOOD.
THE NATIONAL DROUGHT OF NEEDS FOR CHECKS AND BALANCES AND
GUARDRAILS FOR MORE FREE SPEECH, AND WE PRAY FOR THE RAINS
TO TAKE CARE OF THE NEED FOR EQUALED AND NON-VINDICTIVE
JUSTICE, FOR FREE ELECTIONS AND FAIR DISTRICTS.
WE PRAY FOR MOBILITY AND MOBILITY IN PROXIMITY TO AFFORDABLE
HOUSING THAT NO ONE GO UNSHELTERED.
WE PRAY IN WASHINGTON FOR ATTENTION TO THOSE 10 MILLION
PEOPLE.
FATHER GOD, THEIR HEALTH CARE.
WE PRAY IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT YOU PROVIDE US WITH
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THAT YOU HELP TO US WEATHERIZE THE OLD
AND HUMBLY BUILD THE NEW IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THAT NO ONE GO
UNSHELTERED IN THIS COMMUNITY AND THAT NO ONE BE STRANDED

FROM WORK AND HOME AND MEDS AND DOCTORS.
THAT WE PROVIDE NO ONE LEFT BEHIND, NO ONE STRANDED IN
TRANSPORTATION AND NO ONE LEFT BEHIND UNSHELTERED IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
MAY WE OFFER OUR TEENS SOMETHING OTHER THAN NEEDING TO TAKE
OVER THE STREETS.
LET THEM TAKE OVER THE LIBRARIES AND LET THEM TAKE OVER NEW
REC CENTERS.
LET THEM TAKE OVER NEW MENTOR OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE PROVIDE
THEM SELF-ESTEEM TO PROVIDE THE TEENS OF OUR COMMUNITY A
SENSE OF PURPOSE AND A SENSE OF OPPORTUNITY AND A SENSE OF
SELF-ESTEEM.
WE PRAY THAT WE ALSO, FATHER GOD, THIS MORNING WILL ENABLE
THE PRESS TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK WITHOUT BEING SILENCED WHEN
THEY DO THEIR DEMOCRATIC DUTY.
WE PRAY ESPECIALLY THAT YOU GIVE FOR THOSE WITH THREE JOBS,
THREE DOSES OF YOUR ATTENTION FROM THIS COUNCIL AND FROM
EACH OF US.
FOR THE HARDWORKING FOLKS WHO NEED THE MOST WITH RESPECT TO
THAT MOBILITY AND THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE PRAY, O FATHER GOD, THIS MORNING ESPECIALLY FOR EACH ONE
IN THIS ROOM BUT ESPECIALLY FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES WITH WHOM WE MAY NOT AGREE ON MANY, IF NOT MANY
ISSUES BUT WE PRAY THIS MORNING IN CHINA HELP ACHIEVE PEACE
AND REASONABLE TRADE AND REASONABLE RESOLUTION OF THE

INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS THAT FACE US TODAY.
WE PRAY FOR OUR NATION.
WE PRAY FOR OUR PRESIDENT THIS MORNING.
WE PRAY FOR WASHINGTON AND TALLAHASSEE TO PROVIDE NOT ONLY
FAIR ELECTIONS AND FAIR DISTRICTS, BUT ALSO FOR THOSE 10
MILLION THAT ARE LOSING THEIR HEALTH CARE.
FATHER GOD THAT SOMEHOW YOU MIGHT FIND A WAY TO HELP TAMPA
TO BE THAT PLACE THAT ATTENDS ALSO TO THOSE MOST NEEDFUL
FIRST, THE POOREST BE HEARD FIRST.
AS YOU PROVIDED US IN YOUR BOOK THAT THE FIRST -- THE LAST
SHALL BECOME FIRST.
AND THAT THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH.
THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR TAMPA.
THANK YOU FOR THIS VISIONARY GREAT CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR THE LOVE OF THIS COMMUNITY AND DOING SOMETHING
ABOUT IT EVERY DAY.
AMEN.
[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
9:09:43AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
ROLL CALL.
9:09:48AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
HERE.
9:09:48AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HERE.
9:09:49AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HERE.
9:09:51AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HERE.
9:09:52AM >> CARLSON?

VIERA?
9:09:54AM >>LUIS VIERA:
HERE.
9:09:55AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
HERE.
9:09:56AM >>THE CLERK:
WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
9:09:57AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
THANK YOU.
DIRECTOR McCRAY.
9:10:00AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES FROM
APRIL 9, 2026 AND APRIL 14, 2026 SPECIAL CALL WORKSHOP.
9:10:08AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
OKAY.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
A SECOND FROM MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
SECOND FROM MANISCALCO.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
ALL RIGHTY.
DIRECTOR McCRAY.
9:10:22AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
CEDRIC McCRAY, TAMPA CRA DIRECTOR.
AS WE REFER TO THE AGENDA, WOULD REQUEST THAT WE RECEIVE AND
FILE -- A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE NUMBER 7.
9:10:32AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SO MOVED.
9:10:33AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
SECOND FROM BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?

OKAY.
9:10:43AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
WE ALSO RECEIVED A MEMO TO REMOVE,
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, TO REMOVE ITEM 8 FROM THE AGENDA.
9:10:50AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I HAVE A MOTION FROM BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
SECOND FROM BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
9:11:03AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
IF WE COULD MOVE ITEMS 11 AND 12 DUE TO THE
DOLLAR AMOUNT UNDER STAFF REPORTS.
9:11:09AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK,
SECOND FROM BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
9:11:23AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
[INAUDIBLE]
9:11:24AM >> SO MOVE TO APPROVE, IF I MAY.
9:11:26AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I HAVE A MOTION FROM BOARD MEMBER VIERA,
SECOND FROM BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
ATTORNEY SHEPARD, ARE YOU ON?
9:11:40AM >>CLIFF SHEPARD:
I AM.
9:11:48AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
WE'RE -- WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM BOARD
MEMBER VIERA AND THEN WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:11:56AM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU.

ALWAYS A PLEASURE.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRWOMAN IN YOUR FIRST WEEK AS CRA CHAIR.
SO WE APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH.
WE THANK OUR CRA BOARD FOR ALLOWING MR. CRAIG GROSS, WHO ALL
OF US KNOW HERE, TO COME TODAY.
CRAIG IS A PROUD GOLD STAR FATHER OF THE LATE CORPORAL FRANK
GRANDSON TO TALK ABOUT THE REAL MEANING OF MEMORIAL DAY.
CRAIG IS ONE OF THE FINEST PERSONS I KNOW ALONG WITH HIS
WONDERFUL WIFE TONI.
CORPORAL FRANK GROSS WAS KILLED IN ACTION JULY 16 OF 2011 IN
AFGHANISTAN.
HE WAS 25 YEARS OLD, A BIG BASEBALL FAN, CAL RIPKEN, IF I
REMEMBER, BIG CAL RIPKEN FAN.
BOTH CORPORAL GROSS' GRANDFATHERS WERE CAREER MILITARY.
CRAIG IS A PROUD UNITED STATES VETERAN HIMSELF.
AND CORPORAL GROSS WOULD PLAY BASEBALL AT SOUTHEASTERN
UNIVERSITY IN LAKELAND FLORIDA.
SECURE BACHELOR DEGREE IN 2008 ADDING A MASTER'S DEGREE IN
ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS A YEAR LATER.
ALWAYS A DREAM TO SERVE HIS COUNTRY LIKE HIS FATHER DID AND
HIS GRANDFATHERS DID AND WOULD ULTIMATELY DO THAT.
AS OFFICER, COULD HAVE FOREGONE BOOT CAMP.
HE CHOSE TO GO THROUGH BOOT CAMP TO PUT FORTH EVERYTHING FOR
HIS COUNTRY.
HERE TO TALK ABOUT HIS LATE SON AND REAL MEANING OF MEMORIAL

DAY, WE HAVE MR. CRAIG GROSS.
9:13:34AM >> FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT MY GOOD FRIEND WITH
FRANKY'S DOG TAG, AND ALSO A CHALLENGE COIN.
A LITTLE BAG TO PUT IT IN.
[ APPLAUSE ]
LUIS HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL FRIEND.
MANY PEOPLE ON THE COUNCIL THROUGH THE YEARS.
GUIDO.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AS WELL.
BUT I'M HERE TODAY AS A REPRESENTATIVE WITH GOLD STAR
FAMILIES.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL ASK ME WHAT MY LITTLE PIN IS, AND I
SAY I'M A GOLD STAR DAD.
THEY'LL SAY, WOW, THAT IS REALLY AWESOME, CONGRATULATIONS.
WELL, THEY REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THE PIN, IT'S A PIN
OF REMEMBRANCE.
IT'S A PIN OF HONOR.
I NEVER GET UPSET WITH PEOPLE ABOUT THAT.
I SIMPLY SAY, WELL, I DON'T THINK YOU REALLY UNDERSTAND.
THIS PIN REPRESENTS MY SON WHO GAVE HIS LIFE SO THAT WE
COULD BE A FREE NATION, SO WE COULD HAVE FORUMS LIKE THIS
WHERE PEOPLE HAVE THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND FREEDOM OF
RELIGION AS WELL.
WE OPENED UP WITH PRAYER TODAY.
THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERYWHERE, RIGHT?

SO I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE FACE OF FREEDOM IS RIGHT
HERE.
YOU SEE THAT, FOLKS.
THAT IS THE FACE OF FREEDOM.
THAT'S MY BOY.
FRANKY WAS AN EXEMPLARY YOUNG MAN.
HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE AMERICAN YOUTH BASEBALL HALL OF
FAME IN 1999 IN COOPERS TOWN.
HE WENT ON TO GET A BASEBALL SCHOLARSHIP.
AND AS LUIS POINTED OUT, HE ENDED UP GETTING HIS MASTER'S
DEGREE.
WHEN HE CAME HOME AND TOLD ME HE WOULD BE AN NCO AND NOT AN
OFFICER, I WAS LIKE, WHAT?
DID YOU FALL DOWN AND HIT YOUR HEAD?
HE COULD HAVE BEEN AN OFFICER RIGHT OUT OF BOOT CAMP.
INSTEAD, HE CHOSE TO BE AN NCO.
HE SERVED OUR COUNTRY WELL.
HE WENT TO AFGHANISTAN AND UNFORTUNATELY WAS KILLED IN AN
IED ATTACK LATE AT NIGHT WHEN THEY WERE ON A RESCUE MISSION
OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT.
AFGHANISTAN IS NOT A NICE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I STAND HERE TODAY SPEAKING WITH A GREAT DEAL OF GRIEF, BUT
ALSO WITH A GREAT DEAL OF PRIDE.
THE THING ABOUT GRIEF IS THAT YOUR DEPTH OF GRIEF IS GOING
TO BE EQUAL TO YOUR DEPTH OF LOVE FOR THE ONE THAT YOU LOST.

I WILL NEVER, EVER QUIT SAYING MY SON'S NAME.
I ASK YOU TODAY THAT AS WE GO INTO MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND THAT
YOU SIMPLY TAKE SOME TIME TO HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE SACRIFICED
THEIR LIVES FOR THIS COUNTRY.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PROPOSAL.
YOU KNOW WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF -- WE HAVE CHEESECAKE MONTH.
WE HAVE PRIDE MONTH.
WE HAVE THIS MONTH AND THAT MONTH.
BUT WE ONLY HAVE ONE MEMORIAL DAY.
I THINK THAT WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS MAKE MAY MEMORIAL DAY
MONTH.
THE WHOLE DARN MONTH.
WHY NOT?
CELEBRATE A SOLDIER, A DIFFERENT SOLDIER EVERY DAY AND SAY
THEIR NAMES.
THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE THERE IS A SAYING THAT
A SOLDIER DIES TWICE.
THE FIRST TIME WHEN THEY ARE KILLED IN ACTION AND THEN THE
SECOND TIME THEY DAY IS WHEN WE QUIT MENTIONING THEIR NAMES.
WE NEVER WANT TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS TIME.
AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
GOD BLESS OUR COUNTRY.
WE ARE FREE, AND REMEMBER THIS, FREEDOM IS NOT FREE.
[ APPLAUSE ]

9:17:45AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
9:17:46AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT'S ALWAYS AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU HERE EVERY YEAR.
EVERY DAY IS MEMORIAL DAY.
NOT A DAY, NOT A MONTH.
EVERY DAY.
AND YOUR SON IS A GREAT AMERICAN HERO.
WE WILL NEVER STOP SAYING THE NAME FRANK GROSS.
I KNOW YOU HAVE A VERY CLOSE FRIENDSHIP WITH COUNCIL MEMBER,
BOARD MEMBER VIERA TODAY, COUNCIL MEMBER TONIGHT.
BUT YOU GO OUT THERE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
I SEE YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND YOUR DAUGHTER, I ASPIRE TO BE
LIKE HER.
WHAT AN ADVENTURER.
EVERYWHERE YOU GO, YOU SHARE YOUR SON'S STORY.
EVERYWHERE YOU GO, PEOPLE HEAR YOUR SON'S NAME.
YOU'RE RIGHT WHEN YOU SAY A PERSON DIES TWICE.
ONCE WHEN THEY TAKE THEIR LAST BREATH AND WHEN SOMEBODY
MENTIONS THEIR NAME FOR THE LAST TIME.
BUT WE WILL NEVER STOP SAYING HIS NAME.
JUST LIKE YOU SHOWED HIS PHOTO TODAY, SOMEBODY NEW SAW YOUR
SON'S FACE AND NOW THEY ARE REMINDED OF HIS HEROISM AND HE
WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALWAYS AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU HERE AND ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.
9:18:54AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
I CAN SEE THE PRIDE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR SON.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER VIERA, FOR ALWAYS BRINGING AWESOME
PRESENTATIONS TO US.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SON'S SERVICE.
WE WILL NOW HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE ARE GOING TO START WITH OUR ONLINE SPEAKERS.
BUT BEFORE THEN, ATTORNEY SHEPARD, WOULD YOU PLEASE GO
THROUGH THE PUBLIC COMMENT RULES?
9:19:29AM >>CLIFF SHEPARD:
YES, MA'AM.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALLOWED A REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CRA MEETING TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM ON
THE AGENDA BEFORE THE CRA TAKES OFFICIAL ACTION ON AN ITEM.
HOWEVER, A THREE-MINUTE TIME LIMIT APPLIES TO ALL SPEAKERS
PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT UNLESS SUCH TIME FRAME IS MODIFIED
BY A VOTE OF THE CRA BOARD.
SPEAKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALSO REMINDED THAT
THEY ARE TO REFRAIN FROM DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING
MAKING VULGAR OR THREATENING REMARKS OR MAKING OR CAUSING
DISRUPTIVE NOISES OR SOUNDS OR DISPLAYING SIGNS OR GRAPHICS.
SPEAKERS ARE ALSO REMINDED TO REFRAIN FROM LAUNCHING
PERSONAL ATTACKS.

THE CHAIR WILL RULE OUT OF ORDER ANY PERSON WHO SPEAKS ABOUT
-- SPEAKS WITHOUT BEING RECOGNIZED OR ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS
THE CRA FROM OUTSIDE THE SPEAKER AREA AT THE PODIUM.
PERSONS FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE CRA'S RULES MAY ALSO BE
RULED OUT OF ORDER AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR MAY BE
REMOVED FROM THE CHAMBERS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THAT DAY'S
CRA MEETING.
FINALLY, CRA BOARD MEMBERS ARE REMINDED THAT THEY SHOULD
REFRAIN FROM ENGAGING A SPEAKER UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT.
THE CITY COUNCIL RULES AS REVISED JUNE 6, 2024, ARE NOW IN
EFFECT FOR THE CRA BOARD UNLESS OTHERWISE EXEMPTED OR
OVERRIDDEN BY THE CRA BOARD BYLAWS.
9:20:50AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
IF YOU COULD PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES
OR YOUR MOBILE DEVICES. THANK YOU, ATTORNEY SHEPARD.
WE HAVE ONE ONLINE SPEAKER AND ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK
DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE LINE UP AGAINST THE WALL.
MR. MICHAEL RANDOLPH, ARE YOU ON?
9:21:07AM >> MY NAME IS MICHAEL RANDOLPH.
SO, TODAY WE START A RENEWED CRA BOARD, AND WITH IT A RARE
CHANCE TO SHIFT FROM WHAT IS TO WHAT IF.
THIS MOMENT BELONGS TO A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERSHIP, BOLD
ENOUGH TO BREAK FROM THE OLD PLAYBOOKS AND COURAGEOUS ENOUGH
TO REJECT THE CYCLE THAT HAS FAILED OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ARE FACING REAL CHALLENGES, PUBLIC POLICY, JOB LOSS,
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND DISBELIEF IN GOVERNMENT.

IT REQUIRES IMAGINATION.
IT REQUIRES LEADERS TO UNDERSTAND POLICY IS ABOUT PEOPLE AND
PEOPLE DESERVE SOLUTIONS THAT HONOR THEIR DIGNITY.
TWO NEW STATE POLICY CHANGES.
SENATE BILL 1134 ELIMINATES DUI PROGRAMS AND THE LIVE LOCAL
ACT OVERRIDES ZONING TRACK AND PUTS LARGE DEVELOPERS WITH
MONEY SUPPOSED TO BE RELATED TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATIONS.
BUT -- TO MEET THESE IN THE SECOND CRISIS AND INTEGRATED
FINANCIAL -- FOR CONNECTING PUBLIC INVESTMENT.
NUMBER TWO, BRIDGE THE GAP USING TIF, CRA CAPITAL AND
OPPORTUNITY ZONE EQUITY TO INCREASE JOBS, AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, SMALL BUSINESS CREATION AND SUPPORT AND CLOSE THE
GAP.
GUARANTEE COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
COMMUNITY BENEFITS TIES TO EVERY PUBLIC DOLLAR, REDUCING
DISPLACEMENT JUST AS WE DID WITH THE ROME YARD PROJECT.
MADAM CHAIRPERSON, THE TORCH HAS PASSED.
AND YOU WILL BUILD FOR THIS.
FINALLY, THE WEST TAMPA CDC SUPPORTS THE CURRENT PROPOSAL
FOR LANDSCAPING FOR THE CAC FOR WEST TAMPA AND ALSO WE ASK
AND REQUEST THAT YOU FUND ZION CEMETERY PROJECT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MADAM CHAIRPERSON, TO BE YOUNG, BLACK AND -- IT'S YOUR TIME.
9:23:56AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
THANK YOU.

[ APPLAUSE ]
[ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
9:24:00AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
WE CAN'T HAVE CLAPPING.
I APPRECIATE YOU ALL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE LINE UP
AGAINST THE WALL.
WHEN YOU COME UP, YOU ARE REMINDED THAT YOU HAVE THREE
MINUTES.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND SPEAK TO US, PLEASE.
FIRST COME ON UP.
9:24:19AM >> GOOD MORNING.
I'M ANGEVLOE BELLAMY.
9:24:23AM >> I'M ARMANI POLITE.
9:24:26AM >> WE COME IN HERE TODAY BECAUSE MY SON WAS ONE OF THE KIDS
ARRESTED ON THE NIGHT OF -- AND I WANT YOU TO HEAR IT FROM
HIM, WHAT HIS INTENTIONS WAS ON THE NIGHT OF THE INCIDENT.
9:24:41AM >> I JUST WANTED TO SAY, FIRST OF ALL I TAKE FULL
RESPONSIBILITY EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED THAT --
9:24:49AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
COME A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE MIKE.
9:24:55AM >> I SAID I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERYTHING THAT
HAPPENED THAT NIGHT.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY I DO WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT I
WAS ATTACKED AND I DON'T THINK THAT THE RIVERWALK WILL BE A
PLACE WHERE WE WOULD GO AND HAVE TO LOOK OUT AND WATCH OUR

BACK FOR FIGHTS AND THINGS LIKE THIS, BECAUSE I'M THE PERSON
THAT'S BEEN TO THE RIVERWALK A LOT.
WE GO THERE AND JUST HAVE FUN.
IT'S A SAFE SPACE, IF YOU WOULD SAY.
THAT NIGHT, I DID GET ATTACKED AND I DID GET ARRESTED, BUT I
FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING WAS JUST LIKE UNCALLED FOR.
EVERYTHING COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED.
I DON'T KNOW.
I FEEL LIKE I WENT THROUGH SOMETHING THAT WASN'T NEEDED.
I WENT THROUGH A LOT THAT NIGHT AND I FEEL LIKE I NEVER WANT
TO GO BACK AGAIN.
AND LIKE, I DON'T KNOW.
9:25:55AM >> SO I WANT TO SIMPLIFY WHAT HE WAS TRYING TO SAY.
WE GO TO THE RIVERWALK A LOT.
IT'S NORMAL FOR HIM TO GO.
HE DID NOT GO FOR THE INTENTIONS OF BEING ARRESTED OR TO
VIOLATE OR BE A DISTURBANCE IN THE AREA.
WE ALWAYS GO THERE.
TAKE THEIR GIRLFRIENDS THERE AND THEY HAVE LUNCHES AND
EVERYTHING.
HOWEVER, A KID CAME TO HIM AND WE HAVE THE VIDEO, A KID CAME
TO HIM AND HE HAD TO DEFEND HIMSELF.
HIS MISTAKE WAS RUNNING FROM POLICE OFFICERS BECAUSE IT WAS
A LOT GOING ON AND HE'S NEVER BEEN IN THAT TYPE OF
SITUATION.

BECAUSE WHEN THE OFFICER TOLD HIM THAT HE HAS A 40-FOOT
TASER, HE IMMEDIATELY STOPPED.
BUT A KID THAT KNOWS TO STOP KNOWS TO LAY ON THEIR STOMACH.
HE LAID ON HIS BACK.
THAT RIGHT THERE LET YOU KNOW THAT HE'S NOT ACCUSTOMED TO
BEING IN POLICE OFFICER'S THING.
ALSO, HE WASN'T THERE ALONE.
MY 18-YEAR-OLD SON, MY SAME SON THAT YOU ALL HONORED HERE,
AND BOTH OF THEM FOR SAVING A LADY'S LIFE OUT OF A BURNING
HOUSE.
THE HOUSEHOLD REMAINS THE SAME.
WE ARE NOT BELLIGERENT PEOPLE.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I WANT MY SON NAME OFF OF THAT.
I WANT IT OFF.
THAT'S NOT HIM.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:27:33AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
WE HAVE THE MEMBERS SPEAKER, PLEASE.
I WAS SAYING NEXT SPEAKER.
9:27:50AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:27:52AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
9:27:55AM >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS.
I AM -- THAT TOUCHED ME.
I'M FRAN TATE, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF THE JACKSON HEIGHTS
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 11 AND SAY THAT I
SUPPORT THE PROJECT FUNDING.
DR. WALTER L. SMITH LIBRARY AND MUSEUM RENOVATIONS.
AND ALSO JUST TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT OUR
CHILDREN.
THEY ARE THE FOUNDATION, THEY ARE THE FUTURE OF ALL OF US.
I RESIDE IN JACKSON HEIGHTS.
I SUPPORT POTTER ELEMENTARY.
I'M A READING COACH.
I TRY MY BEST, MYSELF AND MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TRY
OUR BEST TO SUPPORT ALL THE CHILDREN IN THAT AREA AND
SURROUNDING AREAS, AND WE WILL BE AT THE TEEN TAKEOVER.
YES, I DID GET A CALL AND I DID GET A TEXT.
WE WORK VERY, VERY HARD WITH CHIEF BERCAW AND ALL OF THE
OFFICERS IN THE AREA, AND WE WANT TO SEE OUR CHILDREN
PROGRESS.
WE WANT TO SEE THEM HAVE A BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL FUTURE.
WE WORK VERY, VERY HARD TO SUPPORT THAT YOUNG MAN AND ALL
THE CHILDREN IN THE AREA.
WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM ARRESTED.
WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM IN SUSAN LOPEZ'S COURTROOM.
WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT.
WE DO OUR VERY BEST TO HELP ALL OF THEM AND WANT EVERYBODY
TO, PLEASE, GIVE THEM A BREAK, GIVE THEM A CHANCE.

LET'S ALL RALLY AROUND THEM AND SUPPORT THEM.
SO WE WILL BE AT THE TEEN TAKEOVER.
WE HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF IT.
WE'LL BE THERE 8 P.M. TO 12 MIDNIGHT HELPING THOSE CHILDREN.
WE WANT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
HELP THEM.
THANK YOU.
9:30:27AM >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS RIVA IMAN.
I AM A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
ALSO PART OF THE ZION CEMETERY SOCIETY.
I AM THE VICE-CHAIR.
FRED HEARNS IS THE CHAIR.
I'M ALSO ON THE FUND-RAISING COMMITTEE.
MYSELF, MICHAEL RANDOLPH AND ATTORNEY JERALDINE WILLIAMS.
I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK OF THE 8 MILLION THAT WE ARE SEEKING
TO HELP WITH.
SO WHAT I DID WAS, I BROUGHT, AS YOU CAN SEE, A BREAKDOWN OF
THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE HAD.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK MR. GONZMART FOR COMMITTING
$100,000 TO HELP US TOWARDS THAT.
SO I'M ASKING THE CITY TO HELP US AS WELL.
THIS IS JUST NOT A CEMETERY.
THIS IS HISTORY.
BUT WITH THE HISTORY, IT'S NOT JUST A CEMETERY.

WE HAVE A GENEALOGY CENTER THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BUILD ON
FLORIDA AVENUE.
THAT CENTER IS FOR ANY AND EVERYONE, NOT JUST AFRICAN
COMMUNITIES.
PEOPLE WHO VISIT THE STATE AND CITY, PEOPLE THAT STAYS HERE,
UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES, THEY CAN COME AND RESEARCH AS WELL.
SO WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU REALLY LOOK INTO HELPING US GET
THIS DONE.
AS YOU SEE, THERE IS A BREAKDOWN OF THE FEES THAT WE NEED
THE FUNDING FOR.
SO AS PART OF THE FUND-RAISING COMMITTEE, I'LL BE HERE A
LOT.
WE NEED YOUR HELP.
WE'RE NOT JUST ASKING YOU.
THOSE WHO MAY BE LOOKING TODAY WHO MAY WANT TO DONATE
TOWARDS THIS, WE WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE ANYONE
THROUGHOUT THE CITY, COUNTY, UNITED STATES TO HELP US
FULFILL OUR DREAM OF GETTING ZION TAKEN CARE OF.
AS YOU KNOW, ROBLES PARK IS BEING DEMOLISHED RIGHT NOW.
ZION IS A SEPARATE ENTITY FROM ROBLES PARK.
SO WE ARE HOPING -- HAND TO HAND.
WE HAVE NOT TOUCHED THE BUILDINGS THAT THESE GRAVES ARE
UNDER.
THAT IS VERY DELICATE AND THIS IS A PROCESS TO DO THAT.
THIS FUNDING WILL HELP US DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS WELL AS

GETTING THOSE BUILDINGS OUT IN A SPECIAL PROCESS BECAUSE WE
DON'T WANT TO DISTURB THOSE BURIED THERE.
WE ARE ASKING THE CITY TO REALLY, PLEASE, HELP US OUT TODAY.
AS YOU SEE, 50,000 WAS GIVEN EARLIER FROM THE CITY, STATE OF
FLORIDA, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, CITY OF TAMPA.
50,000 WAS GIVEN FROM THOSE THREE ENTITIES.
ONLY 50,000.
ONLY 50,000 FROM THREE ENTITIES GIVEN SO FAR.
THE CITY GAVE 50.
STATE OF FLORIDA GAVE 50.
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY GAVE 50.
JUST THINK ABOUT IT.
BE PART OF HISTORY.
MAKE THIS HAPPEN, BECAUSE BELIEVE ME, YOU, THIS COMMITTEE
COUNCIL RIGHT HERE, CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN AND BE PART OF THE
HISTORY, TOO.
THANK YOU.
9:33:48AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
NEXT SPEAKER, STATE YOUR NAME, AND YOU HAVE
THREE MINUTES.
9:33:52AM >> MENTESNOT.
UHURU.
UHURU MEANS FREEDOM IN SWAHILI.
AND WE AS AFRICAN PEOPLE, 826 YEARS OPPRESSED, 826 YEARS
DISPOSSESSED SHOULD ALWAYS BE THINKING ABOUT OUR FREEDOM.
WE SHOULD NEVER LET PEOPLE ALLOW PEOPLE TO OUTSMART US,

OUTTRICK US, OPPRESS US, DEPRESS US, DISPOSSESS US,
DEEDUCATE US AND TELL US THEY ARE GIVING US EDUCATION.
NONE OF THOSE THINGS SHOULD HAPPEN.
THEY SHOULD DROP THE CHARGES AGAINST ALL THE YOUTH THAT WAS
ARRESTED.
THEN THE CRACKERS HAVE THE NERVE TO PUBLISH SOME OF THEIR
NAMES.
MINORS, PUT THEIR NAMES OUT THERE.
THAT'S HOW THEY DO AFRICAN PEOPLE.
WHEN THEY SEE THIS RIGHT HERE, WHEN THEY SEE BLACK SKIN,
THEY HAVE NO HUMANITY, NONE WHATSOEVER BECAUSE THAT'S HOW
THEY SEE US.
GET IN MY SITUATION.
TALKING ABOUT MEMORIAL DAY AND FREEDOM AND ALL THAT, YOU ALL
NEED TO GET IT RIGHT.
GET IT STRAIGHT.
ALL THOSE PEOPLE JOINING THE MILITARY AND ALL THAT.
THAT'S NOT SOLDIERS.
THOSE ARE CON SCRIPTS.
THOSE ARE SLAVES.
THEY ARE CON SCRIPTS.
NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS.
TALKING ABOUT AFGHANISTAN.
WHAT IS HE DOING IN AFGHANISTAN?
WHAT IS HE DOING IN AFGHANISTAN?

DESTROYING THE PEOPLE CULTURE, COMMUNITY, HISTORY,
CIVILIZATION, THE SAME THING THEY ARE DOING IN IRAQ AND IRAN
AND PALESTINE, THE CONGO, CHAD AND EVERYWHERE ELSE RIGHT
NOW.
MY SITUATION IS, LET'S TALK ABOUT MEMORIAL DAY.
LET'S TALK ABOUT FREEDOM AND RIGHTS.
LET'S TALK ABOUT 1776.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WHITE FOLKS INDEPENDENCE.
FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION.
FREEDOM OF RELIGION.
I WAS ARRESTED RIGHT HERE, DRUG OUT OF HERE LIKE A DOG, LIKE
A SLAVE, LIKE AN ANIMAL.
YOU UNDERSTAND?
I WANT THIS CITY COUNCIL, ALL SEVEN OF THEM AND YOUR
ATTORNEY, AND YOUR POLICE OFFICER RIGHT HERE TO CALL THE
STATE ATTORNEY AND TELL THEM TO DROP THE CHARGES AGAINST
ANTHONY DANIEL.
TELL THEM TO DROP THE CHARGES.
THAT IS THE HONORABLE THING TO DO.
CALL THE MAYOR AND CALL THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SAY GIVE
THAT MAN $10 MILLION FOR HIS PAIN AND SUFFERING.
AIN'T GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH MY REPARATION PAYMENT.
GIVE THAT MAN $10 MILLION FOR PAIN, SUFFERING AND

HUMILIATION, FOR JUST TRYING TO SILENTLY AND PEACEFULLY
EXIST.
JUST EXISTING.
IT'S A HATRED.
IT'S A HATRED THEY HAVE FOR AFRICAN PEOPLE.
AND THEN THE MAN HARASSES ME ALL THE TIME.
EVERY TIME HE SEES ME, HE HARASSES ME.
YOU UNDERSTAND?
YEAH.
I'M THE KING OF THE TROLLS.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW TROLLING WORKS AND HOW HARASSMENT
WORKS.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE EXACTLY HOW IT WORKS.
YOU ALL LIKE TO SEE BLACK PEOPLE BEGGING.
BEGGING, ON OUR KNEES.
BEGGING, BEGGING.
826 YEARS OF BEGGING.
THAT HAS TO STOP.
I WANT $10 MILLION FROM THE CITY AND I WANT YOU ALL TO CALL
THAT STATE ATTORNEY AND TELL THEM DROP THE CHARGES.
PLAIN AND SIMPLE AND DROP THE CHARGES AGAINST ALL OUR YOUTH.
ARRESTING THOSE WHITE KIDS ON DAVIS ISLAND WHEN THEY ACT
CRAZY.
9:37:00AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
9:37:06AM >> HELLO.
MY NAME IS ASHLEY MORROW.
IN REGARDS TO OUR YOUTH, THERE ARE FOUR BOYS FIGHTING FOR
THEIR LIVES BECAUSE OF LIFE-ALTERING DECISIONS THEY MADE.
ONE OF THEM DID NOT GROW UP IN THE STREETS.
HE HAD ACCESS TO ALL THE RESOURCES.
NOW HE IS -- HIS WORTH HAS BEEN REDUCED TO SWEAT EQUITY AND
HOW MUCH FREE LABOR THEY CAN GET OUT OF HIM IF HE IS GRANTED
LIFE IN PRISON.
I'M SURE THE SAME WILL BE SAID ABOUT THE OTHER THREE, BUT
THEIR DEFENSE IS DESCRIBING THEM AS UNINTELLIGENT WITH VERY
LOW IQs.
READING COMPREHENSION HAS BEEN ON A DOWNWARD TREND FOR A
VERY LONG TIME.
MY GENERATION REMEMBERS THE FCAT, AND THAT WAS A HURDLE FOR
MANY OF MY PEERS.
TEN YEARS AGO BEFORE I BECAME A PHOTOGRAPHER, I TAUGHT TV
PRODUCTION AT A HIGH SCHOOL.
ONE DAY TWO STUDENTS GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT.
ONE OF THEM GAVE THE COMEBACK OF YOU AIN'T GOT NO FOLLOWERS.
IT MADE ME PAUSE.
THESE KIDS WERE PLACING THEIR WORTH IN ENGAGEMENT ON A FREE
APP.
THESE KIDS WERE TRYING TO DEVELOP WHILE CONSUMING SOMETHING

THAT IS PSYCHOLOGICALLY DAMAGING TO THEM.
MORE PROGRAMS WOULD BE GREAT BUT SOMETIMES IT'S NOT EVEN
ABOUT CREATING MORE PROGRAMS.
IT'S ABOUT GETTING BEHIND PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS ALREADY
DOING THE WORK.
THEY NEED THE SUPPORT.
THEY NEED THE VOLUNTEERS, AND THEY NEED THE FUNDING.
I'M SURE THERE ARE PROGRAMS, LIST OF THESE PROGRAMS BEING
CREATED AND IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING, STILL BE MINDFUL AND
CAREFUL WHO YOU LEAVE YOUR CHILDREN WITH.
I ALSO APPRECIATE ALL THE POLITICAL FORUMS AND PEOPLE OF
INFLUENCE KEEPING THIS TOPIC AT THE FOREFRONT.
CYBERBULLYING IS WRONG IN ALL FORMS.
LOCAL ELECTIONS ARE COMING UP AND HERE ARE SOME IMPORTANT
LINKS THAT YOU ALL CAN USE TO CHECK YOUR -- GIRL, SHUT UP.
[ LAUGHTER ]
TO CHECK YOUR REGISTRATION, IMPORTANT DATES AND DEADLINES,
LEARN ABOUT LOCAL CANDIDATES AND COMMITTEES AND FIND YOUR
VOTING DISTRICT.
THESE ALL GO -- VOTEHILLSBOROUGH.GOV WEBSITE, THE QR CODES.
ALSO, CIVIC POLITICS AFTER HOURS WILL BE COMING OUT --
SORRY, PLEASE COME OUT AND LISTEN TO THE CANDIDATES AND HAVE
SOME CONVERSATION.
FINALLY, TODAY IN HISTORY, IN 1880, MAY 14, 1881, THE
COLORED PEOPLE ARE ARRANGING FOR A PICNIC ON THE ALAFIA

RIVER ON THE 20th INST.
THE TUG HOSTETTER HAS BEEN CHARTERED TO CARRY THE PARTY.
BASICALLY, THEY WERE HAVING A PICNIC ON THE ALAFIA THIS DAY
HOWEVER MANY YEARS AGO.
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
9:40:00AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
9:40:05AM >> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS EARNEST LOCKLEY.
I WAS BORN AND RAISED RIGHT HERE IN TAMPA.
I WAS BORN IN WEST TAMPA AND RAISED IN JACKSON HEIGHTS.
MY DAD WAS BORN AND RAISED IN TAMPA.
HE WAS RAISED IN HYDE PARK.
AT ANY RATE, I HAVE FOUR SIBLINGS, AND PREJUDICISM HAS
ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF MY LIFE.
I CAN REMEMBER AT THE AGE OF FOUR, FIVE YEARS OLD, LIVING
ACROSS THE STREET FROM JACKSON HEIGHT PARK ON LINDELL
AVENUE, AND THIS WAS IN THE LATE '50s, EARLY '60s.
AND I WASN'T ALLOWED TO GO INTO THAT PARK BECAUSE I WAS
BLACK.
I CAN REMEMBER PREJUDICISM ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
I GRADUATED FROM MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL.
I REMEMBER THAT THE WAY THAT THEY DECIDED TO DESEGREGATE THE

SCHOOLS WAS TO BLOCK OUT MIDDLETON AND BLAKE AND MAKE THOSE
SCHOOLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS.
I GRADUATED IN THE LAST YEAR, 1971, THAT MIDDLETON WAS A
HIGH SCHOOL THERE ON CHELSEA AVENUE.
AT ANY RATE, I CAN REMEMBER A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS.
I WENT INTO THE AIR FORCE AT THE AGE OF 17 YEARS OLD.
I GRADUATED ON THE 6th OF JUNE, 16th OF JUNE.
I WAS IN THERE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, BASIC TRAINING.
I DECIDED I WANTED TO GO.
MY PARENTS SIGNED FOR ME.
AT ANY RATE, I EXPERIENCED SOME PREJUDICISM IN THERE.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I KIND OF LIKE NOT REALLY YOU KNOW, GOT
USED TO HAVING IT, BUT I GOT USED TO IT BEING THERE AND
DEALING WITH IT.
AT ANY RATE, NOW I STILL LIVE IN JACKSON HEIGHTS.
I'VE BEEN LIVING IN JACKSON HEIGHTS, TAMPA, FLORIDA, FOR
PROBABLY 90% OF MY LIFE.
I HAVE THE HOME THAT MY MOTHER AND MY FATHER BUILT IN 1974.
STILL THERE.
BUT THERE IS A LOT GOING ON FOR THE KIDS.
THEY HAVE A LOT THAT THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
THAT'S MY CONCERN.
MY 17-YEAR-OLD GRANDSON WAS KILLED ON THE CORNER OF 34th
AND OSBORNE.
AND THE YOUTH NEED A PLACE TO BE.

THANK YOU.
9:42:53AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
9:42:57AM >> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS BISHOP MICHELLE B. PATTY.
I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO THANK MR. CEDRIC McCRAY AND HIS
STAFF FOR ENLIGHTENING ME ON THE CRA MONIES THAT THEY HAVE
AVAILABLE IN WEST TAMPA TO HELP PEOPLE THAT WANT TO IMPROVE
THEIR HOME.
HOWEVER, AS I MOVED AROUND, A LOT OF PEOPLE NOT AWARE OF
THIS FORGIVENESS OF LOAN.
WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER FROM WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING A
MECHANISM, IF THEY CAN GET ME THE INFORMATION, WE WOULD PUT
IT OUT ON OUR PODCAST EVERY SATURDAY MORNING TO LET THE
PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THIS BECAUSE A LOT OF SENIORS ARE NOT
AWARE THAT THERE'S MONEY, AND THIS MONEY IS FORGIVEN.
ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE PARENT WHO HAS TAKEN
ACCOUNTABILITY WITH A CHILD.
AS WE TALK ABOUT GETTING PROGRAMS FOR THE YOUTH, WE ALSO
NEED TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE FAMILY AS A WHOLE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF FAMILIES THAT HAVE SINGLE PARENT WHO ARE
TRYING TO RAISE THESE CHILDREN ON THEIR OWN AND DON'T HAVE
THE RIGHT TO RAISE THEM.
IT'S ONE THING TO GIVE THE CHILDREN A PLACE TO GO AND THINGS
TO DO, BUT IF THEY HAVE TO GO BACK HOME TO A LOT OF

OBSTACLES THAT WE'RE NOT EVEN AWARE OF, THEN THAT'S A
PROBLEM.
WE NEED TO HAVE -- YOU LOOK AT THE SCHOOL BOARD.
RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE CHILDREN THAT ARE BEING SUSPENDED AND
THROWN OUT OF SCHOOL WITH A HIGH NUMBER OF EXPULSION AND
SUSPENSION.
NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT THAT.
SO ALL THAT ADDS INTO THE FACTOR OF WHAT WE ARE SEEING
TODAY.
SO MANY COMPONENTS TO THIS ISSUE THAT IS GOING ON WITH OUR
YOUTH.
WHEN I SEE THIS YOUNG MAN COME BEFORE YOU AND SAY HE TAKE
OWNERSHIP, NO, HE CANNOT TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE WHOLE NIGHT.
HE ONLY GOING TO BE TAKING OWNERSHIP OF WHAT HIS PART WAS.
COURAGEOUS OF HIM AND HIS ANOTHER TO DO THAT.
THIRDLY, I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE WALTER SMITH LIBRARY
THAT THIS MONEY THAT HAS BEEN EARMARKED, THE CRA WEST TAMPA,
HAS GRACIOUSLY SAID THEY WOULD GIVE THAT MONEY, THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT I KNOW DR. SMITH, HIS FAMILY, THEY HAVE ALL
WORKED TIRELESSLY FOR.
MANY DONATIONS, I CAN REMEMBER DR. SMITH STOPPED ME AT THE
POST OFFICE, WHATEVER YOU CAN GIVE US, PLEASE GIVE US A
DONATION FOR THE LIBRARY.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT IT IS COMING TO FRUITION AND IT CAN BE
DONE WITH THE HELP OF CITY COUNCIL SAYING, OKAY, LET'S DO

IT.
SO WE NEED TO JUST LOOK AT THINGS IN A HOLISTIC APPROACH,
NOT REACTIVE, PROACTIVE.
WE HAVE TO BE PROACTIVE.
WE HAVE TO PUT THINGS TOGETHER.
WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME YOUTH, AND WE HAVE TO BE HONEST
THAT ARE OUT OF CONTROL.
THERE ARE SOME YOUTH.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO REACH EVERYONE BUT EVERY CHILD IS WORTH
SAVING.
EVERY CHILD IS WORTH GIVING A HELPING HAND TO.
WE HAVE TO WORK HAND IN HAND.
YES, NOBODY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO TEAR UP PROPERTY AND NOT BE
ACCOUNTABLE FOR IT.
WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THOSE WHO WANT TO BE
HELPED.
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE SOME THAT DON'T.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
9:46:02AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
9:46:05AM >> HI.
MY NAME IS VALERIE BULLOCK.
I'M FROM PONCE De LEON AND COLLEGE HILL.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE TEENAGERS THAT WAS OUT THERE.

I WENT AROUND AND I TALKED TO THE POLICE OFFICERS, AND I
ASKED THEM WHY THEY WASN'T THERE.
THE POLICE OFFICER TOLD ME THEY KNEW ABOUT IT AND THEY WAS
THERE.
SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT GOT OUT OF HAND, BUT I DON'T
KNOW BECAUSE I WASN'T THERE.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU WHEN THEY COME IN EAST TAMPA, SOMEONE
CALL THE POLICE, YOU'RE GOING TO GET SIX OFFICERS AND SIX
DIFFERENT SUVs.
ALL OF THAT MANPOWER COULD HAVE BEEN DOWN THERE AT CURTIS
HIXON IF THEY ALREADY KNEW ABOUT IT, LIKE THE OFFICERS TOLD
ME THAT THEY DID.
AND THE PROBLEM ISN'T THE CHILDREN HANGING OUT BECAUSE A LOT
OF PEOPLE WAS THERE, AND THEY WAS JUST ENJOYING CURTIS HIXON
WHEN THE FRAY STARTED.
NOW, I WAS THERE AND I'M JUST SITTING OUT DRINKING A SPRITE
AND SOMEBODY HIT ME, I'M GOING TO HIT THEM BACK, AND THAT'S
HOW THE FRAY GOT STARTED.
BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY TPD DROPPED THE BALL ON THIS ONE.
IF THEY KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN THEY COULD HAVE BEEN
DOWN THERE LIKE THEY DID AT USF DURING GEORGE FLOYD.
THEY HAD THE S.W.A.T. TEAM.
THEY HAD THE HORSES.
THEY HAD THE RIOT GEAR AND EVERYTHING.
IF THEY KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN

MORE PREPARED FOR IT.
I'M GOING TO SAY THIS, THIS RIGHT HERE IS ONLY A SYMPTOM OF
THE PROBLEM.
THE KIDS HAVE SO MUCH TECHNOLOGY AT THEIR HAND, IT USED TO
BE IF I WANTED SOMETHING TO HAPPEN AT SCHOOL, I WRITE A
NOTE, PASS IT TO SOMEBODY, THEY KEEP PASSING IT TO SOMEBODY
AND THAT'S HOW THE INFORMATION GOT AROUND.
NOW WITH SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU CAN TELL THE WHOLE WORLD IN ONE
CLICK.
BUT THE KIDS REALLY NEED SOMETHING TO DO.
I THINK THE ROOT PROBLEM IS THEY NEED MORE PROGRAMS AND THEY
NEED MORE JOBS.
ONE WE WERE YOUNG FROM COLLEGE HILL, WE WENT TO TPD.
IT WAS AT THE WATERFALL RIGHT DOWNTOWN TAMPA, ABOUT A
HUNDRED OF US ESCAPED DOWN THERE.
AND WE DO WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
WE HAVE SOME FUN.
YEAH, SOME FIGHTS BROKE OUT BUT THEN WE WENT ON HOME.
IT WASN'T NO BIG DEAL LIKE THIS.
BUT THE ROOT PROBLEM IS, WE NEED TO FIND SOMETHING TO DO FOR
THE YOUTH.
WE NEED TO SPEND THE MONEY ON THE YOUTH.
AND THAT IS NOT HAPPENING.
WE GIVE IT TO ALL THESE ORGANIZATIONS, ABC, GET A MILLION,
BUT IT NEVER GOES DOWN TO THE BOTTOM WHERE IT CAN CHANGE A

CHILD'S LIFE.
I HAVEN'T SEEN IT HAPPEN AND I'VE BEEN IN EAST TAMPA 63
YEARS.
THEY NEED SOME MONEY FOR THE LIBRARY.
YOU ALL, PLEASE GIVE THEM SOMETHING.
[ APPLAUSE ]
[ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
9:48:55AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
THANK YOU ALL.
NEXT SPEAKER, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
9:49:00AM >> CONNIE BURTON, GOOD MORNING.
ITEMS 4, 6, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY 8 WAS RECEIVED AND FILED,
BUT I HOPE THERE'S GREAT FOLLOW-THROUGH ON THAT ONE.
OF COURSE, NUMBER 11, WALTER SMITH LIBRARY.
HOPE THEY GET THE WHOLE FUNDING THAT WAS REQUESTED.
I WOULD SAY FOR ME, THE MONTH OF MAY IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE ON
MAY 19, 1925, WAS BORN OUR GREATEST LEADER, AND THAT WAS
MALCOLM X.
AND THE MONTH OF MAY ALSO SHOWS THE DISDAIN THAT AMERICANS
CAN HAVE TOWARD AFRICAN AMERICANS, 1985 WHEN THIS GOVERNMENT
DROPPED THE BOMB ON THE MOVE ORGANIZATION THAT RESULTED IN
11 PEOPLE BEING KILLED AND 61 HOUSES BEING DESTROYED.
THAT'S HERE IN THIS UNITED STATES.
WHEN I HEAR PRAYERS ABOUT HOW GREAT THIS AMERICA IS, IT'S
HARD FOR ME TO SAY AMEN BECAUSE IT'S SO MUCH HISTORY HERE
THAT CONTINUE TO HAUNT US.

I SAW A SOFT SHOE APPROACH DOWN IN SOHO WHEN THE POLICE WENT
DOWN THERE AND DEALT WITH UNDERAGED DRINKING.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE OR YOUNG PEOPLE WAS ARRESTED
THERE, BUT WHEN I THINK ABOUT CURTIS HIXON PARK, ALL I THINK
ABOUT IS A BIG GREEN, GRASSY AREA, LIKE THERE IS NO FERRIS
WHEEL OVER THERE.
IT IS A GATHERING SPOT.
UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE SO MANY SPOTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, THERE
IS A COST TO GO TO THE PARK AND OPEN UP A RECREATION CENTER.
THERE IS A COST ASSOCIATED WHEN YOU WOULD LIKE FOR YOUR
CHILDREN TO HAVE THE VERY BEST EXPERIENCE THAT IT CAN HAVE.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE ARE
DEALING WITH UNDEREMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT.
WE ARE DEALING WITH THE SYSTEM OF POVERTY AND WHAT POVERTY
CANNOT CHANGE IS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD DO.
BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, WE STILL, YOU KNOW, STRUGGLING THIS
ISSUE OF WHAT WILL BECOME OF EAST TAMPA.
AS YOU DEAL THIS MORNING WITH HOW MONEY IS GOING TO BE
INVESTED, $50 MILLION, I BELIEVE, DOWN IN YBOR, LOOK AT HOW
20 YEARS AND SOME OF YOU BEEN UP THERE FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS,
AND THE SLOW PROGRESS OF EAST TAMPA.
WE CONTINUE TO COME DOWN HERE WEEK AFTER WEEK AFTER WEEK
SOUNDING THE ALARM.
SOME OF YOU ALL GOING TO MOVE AROUND INTO OTHER DIFFERENT

POLITICAL SITUATION, BUT I HOPE YOU ALWAYS REMEMBER THE
MISMARKS IN EAST TAMPA THAT WOULD HAVE GIVEN OUR CHILDREN AN
OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY COULD SEE A FUTURE FOR THEMSELVES.
RIGHT NOW, WHAT OUR CHILDREN SEE MOSTLY IS DESPAIR.
9:52:02AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC
COMMENT, PLEASE LINE UP AGAINST THE WALL.
9:52:11AM >> MY NAME IS SURGRET DOSS.
I WAS GOING TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT TODAY, BUT PRESENT
COMPANY MADE ME CHANGE.
I HAVE TO CHANGE MY MESSAGE.
LITTLE OFF GUARD.
LOVE YOU ANYWAY, AUNTIE.
NEXT TIME LET ME KNOW YOU WILL BE HERE.
THEY SAY THE GREATEST TRICK THEY'LL PULL IS CONVINCE THE
WORLD YOU DIDN'T EXIST, RIGHT?
I'M NOT USING THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CALL OUT SO-CALLED
CHRISTIANS, MANY OF WHICH, PEOPLE CLAIM TO BE THAT ON A
PARTICULAR SIDE OF THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE TO BE.
BUT I'M JUST WATCHING THEIR ACTIONS PLAY OUT.
I'M SAYING THAT THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO SURPRISE A LOT OF
YOU ALL.
I THOUGHT I WAS A REPUBLICAN WHEN GROWING UP IN BILOXI,
MISSISSIPPI.
MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.

BEFORE I KNEW ABOUT A DR. EDDIE.
HE WAS FROM MOSS POINT.
I THINK I AM A YEAR OLDER.
IF HE WAS THERE WHEN I WAS THERE, IF HE PLAYED FOOTBALL AT
MOSS POINT, HE WOULD HAVE PLAYED AGAINST ME WHEN I WAS AT
FERNWOOD.
WOULD HAVE KICKED THEIR ASS, PRETTY GOOD.
ONE OF MY TEAMS WAS UNDEFEATED IN FOOTBALL.
I WANT TO TALK TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE GETTING READY TO
GRADUATE.
I'VE KNOWN A COUPLE ALREADY GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE AND MANY
ARE GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL THESE UPCOMING WEEKS FROM
MANY OF OUR INSTITUTIONS IN THIS CITY.
A FRIEND OF MINE TOLD ME A LONG TIME AGO, HE SAID, DOSS, YOU
ARE NEVER GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT WHAT YOU DO UNTIL YOUR
ASSIGNMENT BECOMES YOUR PASSION.
SHOUT-OUT TO MY MAN JOHN NEE DOWN IN SARASOTA.
TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE I'M GOING TO SAY THIS, I'M LIVING IN MY
FUTURE BECAUSE TWO SCORE YEARS AGO, WHICH WOULD BE 40 YEARS
AGO, I WALKED ACROSS A STAGE -- THE GREATEST INSTITUTION OF
HIGHER LEARNING IN THE CITY, SOME 40 YEARS AGO.
I'M CELEBRATING MY 40th ANNIVERSARY.
BUT IT ALSO COINCIDES, PEOPLE, WITH A WEEK LATER I WALKED
RIGHT INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMY.
WALKED RIGHT ACROSS INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMY BECAUSE I

BELIEVE THIS COUNTRY WAS ON A BETTER TRAJECTORY THAN WHAT
I'M BEING SHOWN.
HOW MUCH I DISTRUST EVERYTHING THAT I SEE AROUND HERE, BUT
TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE, YOU CAN CONTROL YOUR FUTURE.
DO BETTER THAN I DID.
I'VE HAD MANY GREAT PEOPLE IN MY FAMILY.
A BROTHER DOCTOR.
AUNT THAT IS A DOCTOR.
A DAUGHTER IS A DOCTOR AND A COUSIN WHO IS A DOCTOR.
IN FACT, I'VE GOT TWO NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT.YOUNG
PEOPLE, TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR POSTERITY.
THAT BEING SAID, I HAD TO BEHAVE TODAY.
SHOUT-OUT TO THE GREATEST INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING IN
THE CITY OF TAMPA, UNIVERSITY OF THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH
SCHOOL.
9:55:12AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
THANK YOU.
NEXT SPEAKER, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, WE CAN HEAR EVERYTHING UP HERE.
EVEN IF YOU ARE WHISPERING, IT'S VERY LOUD TO US.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE KEEP YOUR CONVERSATION TO A MINIMUM OR
IF YOU HAVE TO SPEAK TO GO OUTSIDE BECAUSE WE HEAR
EVERYTHING UP HERE.
IT'S IN BOTH OF OUR EARS.
THANK YOU.
NEXT SPEAKER, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

IF ANYBODY ELSE IS SPEAKING, PLEASE LINE UP AGAINST THE WALL
SO WE KNOW WHO ELSE IS LEFT TO SPEAK.
GO AHEAD.
9:55:43AM >> GOOD MORNING.
DR. CAROLYN COLLINS, TAMPA, FLORIDA, WEST TAMPA, CARVER
CITY, LINCOLN GARDENS, ET CETERA.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT NUMBER 11, BUT BEFORE I DO THAT I WOULD
BE REMISS IF I DID NOT MENTION THE LIVES OF YOUNG PEOPLE
THAT'S BEING IMPACTED.
ENOUGH PEOPLE HAVE SAID ENOUGH.
I HEARD THEM, SOME OF MUCH I AGREE WITH.
BUT I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
TO THE GENTLEMAN WHO WAS ON TV AND WHO MADE THE COMMENT
ABOUT THE KIDS, WE SUGGEST THAT WHAT HE SHOULD DO IS GO IN
THE COMMUNITY.
GO TO SOME OF THE LOCAL CHURCHES.
GO TO SOME OF THE SCHOOLS AND MAKE AN OFFER TO DO SOMETHING
THERE BEFORE YOU GO ON TV TO TELL US ALL THESE KIDS AND YOU
WANT TO CHANGE THEM AND ALL THAT AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE
CRIMINALS, ET CETERA.
BECAUSE WE'VE DONE ENOUGH THAT HURT THE KIDS.
LET'S PUT FORTH AN EFFORT TO DO SOMETHING TO HELP THEM.
IN SAYING THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK DR. WALTER L.
SMITH, THE 7th PRESIDENT OF FLORIDA AGRICULTURE MECHANICAL
UNIVERSITY DID AT THE LIBRARY.

I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I'M PLEASED AND I WANT TO SAY TO THE
WEST TAMPA CRA AND TO THE CITY COUNCIL WHO ACTUALLY, IN MY
OPINION, IS THE CRA, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO YOU IS DR.
WALTER SMITH, 7th PRESIDENT AT THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURE
MECHANICAL UNIVERSITY HAPPENED TO BE THE ONLY HBCU 1890 LAND
GRANT IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
THERE IS 1862.
LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE YEARS AT UNIVERSITY OF
FLORIDA.
THAT IS THE LAND GRANT.
THE THINGS THAT HE DID AT THE UNIVERSITY FLORIDA ALMOST
SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS AS OUR PRESIDENT, THE THINGS HE DID WITH
HIS FAMILY AND THE THINGS HE BROUGHT BACK TO THIS COMMUNITY
AND THOSE THINGS PUT IN THE LIBRARY, THE KIND OF THINGS THAT
HE DID.
I CAN REMEMBER THE YOUNG MAN WHO LIVED IN WEST TAMPA WHO
WAITED TO GET HIS CHECK EVERY MONTH SO HE COULD GO AND BUY
COOKIES AND CHIPS AND JUICE SO THAT HE CARRY IT OVER TO DR.
SMITH AND HE WANTED TO HELP TO MAKE SURE THAT HE WAS GIVING
THOSE KIDS SOMETHING.
THOSE KIDS WERE IN DIRE STRAITS.
MANY PARENTS WAS AT WORK OR DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
WE NEED TO MAKE INVESTMENTS AS BEING DONE NOW WITH THE
WALTER L. SMITH, DR. WALTER L. SMITH LIBRARY.
WE ARE SO GRATEFUL AS PART OF THE ALUMNI IN THIS CITY THAT

THIS IS BEING DONE, AND WE AS AN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, BOTH
NATIONAL, STATE, AND IN THE REGION, WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I
CAME TODAY TO SAY TO YOU, WE ARE THERE TO SUPPORT THEM AS
YOU SUPPORT THEM FINANCIALLY.
WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT THEM WITH EVERYTHING THAT NEED TO BE
SUPPORTED.
AND I WILL CLOSE OUT BY SAYING, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
THAT'S ALL I SAID LAST WEEK.
IT IS GRATEFUL.
AND THERE ARE PROBLEMS.
BUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS WORK COLLABORATIVELY TOGETHER AS A
COMMUNITY TO SOLVE THEM AND NOT MAKE MORE.
THANK YOU.
9:58:51AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
9:58:55AM >> GOOD MORNING.
ALISON HEWITT, EAST TAMPA RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER.
I SENT EACH ONE OF YOU A COUPLE OF MEMOS.
ONE IS BEING PRINTED TODAY ABOUT THIS AGENDA.
I WANT TO START WITH THE CRA DIRECTOR'S MONTHLY REPORT.
I HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS IN THERE TO HELP WITH TRANSPARENCY
AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
YOU SPENT THREE HOURS AT A WORKSHOP TO TALK ABOUT THE
SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY.
A LOT OF ITEMS WERE DISCUSSED AND WAS VERY POSITIVE.

HOWEVER, THE ABILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT ITEMS WERE MOVED
FORWARD WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU DISCUSSED, SO I'M HOPING
THAT BEFORE THE AGREEMENT ENDS THAT YOU HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL
DISCUSSIONS.
EXAMPLES ON THE REPORT, YOU HAVE DELAYS CRA, SLASH, CITY,
WHAT ARE THOSE DELAYS?
AS YOU CAN SEE, SOME OF THOSE DON'T EVEN HAVE DATES ON THEM.
SO YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT THAT SOME OF THOSE
THINGS HAVE OCCURRED AND HAVE BEEN IN FLUX FOR TEN YEARS.
SO I ASK TO YOU REALLY LOOK AT THOSE REPORTS AND MAKE SURE
WE'RE PUSHING THINGS FORWARD.
THE NEXT ITEM ON THERE IS THE CHANNEL DISTRICT YBOR HARBOR.
IT'S AN INCREDIBLE EXAMPLE OF HOW YOU USE CRA DOLLARS TO
INCENTIVIZE PRIVATE INVESTMENT.
BUT PRIVATE INVESTMENT DOES NOT MEAN ALSO GENTRIFICATION.
AT THIS CURRENT PROJECT, THERE'S NO DISPLACEMENT, BUT WITH A
PROJECT OF THIS MAGNITUDE, THE TAX BASE IS GOING TO INCREASE
OUT INTO YBOR.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE, AND SURROUNDING AREAS, THOSE SMALL
BUSINESSES, THOSE RESIDENCES ARE PREPARED OR HAVE INCENTIVES
TO BE ABLE TO STAY AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS INCREDIBLE
GROWTH.
I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND THAT TEAM.
IT IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE WITH YOU THE
RAYS' STADIUM.

THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT ASK.
THEY ARE ASKING AND NOT PUTTING ANYTHING AT RISK.
THEY ARE ASKING AFTER THEY SPEND THE MONEY TO BE REIMBURSED.
I THINK THAT IS A REALLY GOOD IDEA.
THE NEXT THING IS THE CHANNEL DISTRICT IS A NEW
INFRASTRUCTURE GOING TO BE CONNECTED TO OLD INFRASTRUCTURE?
CHANNEL DISTRICT EXPERIENCES A LOT OF FLOODING AT THE TIME
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE NOW CALLED CHANNEL DISTRICT HOME.
IT IS NOT JUST A LOCATION.
IT IS A HOME FOR PEOPLE.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE, TOO, AS CONSTRUCTION IS HAPPENING THAT
WE'RE ABLE TO LET THEM KNOW AHEAD OF TIME.
I.E., WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN DREW PARK, CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING
AND OUTREACH ON THE 18th TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE SMALL
BUSINESSES ARE PREPARED.
THE NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS THE
WALTER SMITH LIBRARY.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO MANAGE THE LARGE DEVELOPMENT
AND ACTUALLY DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE
AND INVESTED IN THE COMMUNITY.
IT IS NOT ONLY JUST REPLACING THE LIBRARY, BUT THEY HAVE NOW
BEEN ABLE TO REIMAGINE THEMSELVES AS A COFFEE SHOP.
REIMAGINE THEMSELVES WITH A GIFT SHOP.
THEY WILL NOW BE AN ECONOMIC ENGINE AND NOT JUST A
DESTINATION.

I WANT TO THANK YOU.
ALSO HAVE ANOTHER MEMO FOR THE RAYS' STADIUM.
I ENCOURAGE THE CRA TO BE AT THE TABLE.
10:02:00AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ARE YOU SPEAKING?
IS THIS OUR LAST SPEAKER?
THANK YOU.
GO AHEAD, STATE YOUR NAME, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
10:02:12AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
ROBIN LOCKETT.
SEVERAL THINGS.
I GUESS FIRST OF ALL I AM IN SUPPORT OF NUMBER 11, WALTER
SMITH LIBRARY.
HISTORICAL PLACE AND I LIKE THE IDEA, LOVE THE IDEA THAT IT
IS GOING TO BE AN ECONOMIC ENGINE WITH THE COFFEE SHOP AND
SO MUCH MORE.
HE'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS, JUST REFERENCING WHAT BISHOP
PATTY SAID.
HE WILL TRY TO GET A DONATION FROM YOU.
HE DIDN'T CARE WHERE IT WAS.
AGAIN, IT'S BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME AND HOW CAN WE, WHEN
THE HURRICANE TORE IT DOWN FROM WHAT IT WAS, HOW CAN WE
RENEW IT AND REBUILD IT?
I COMMEND THIS YOUNG MAN FOR COMING UP AND ACCEPTING HIS
RESPONSIBILITY AND WANTING TO CREATE -- RE-CREATE THE

NARRATIVE THAT WAS GIVEN FOR HIM.
I COMMEND THE MOTHER FOR STANDING, OF COURSE, BY HIM AND
REFERENCING -- REFERENCING THOSE ARE KIDS THAT MADE ME CRY
-- I'M STANDING RIGHT THERE WHEN THEY RAN INTO A BURNING
BUILDING TO SAVE A LIFE.
SHE OUTLINED WHAT THE FOUNDATION OF HER FAMILY IS.
I THINK TWO PARTS TO THIS IS, WE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH
KIDS, RIGHT?
THAT'S AN ISSUE.
BUT ALL OF THEM CANNOT BE LUMPED TOGETHER AND TREATED THE
SAME.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS NEED TO BE ASKED, RIGHT?
JUST FURTHER INVESTIGATION BEFORE THE ARREST BECAUSE ONCE
YOU HAVE A CONVERSATION AND YOU ARE ABLE TO SEPARATE KIDS
FROM ONE ANOTHER AND HAVE A CLEARER OUTCOME WITH THEM,
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DECIPHER WHO SHOULD BE ARRESTED AND WHO
SHOULDN'T.
I HOPE WHATEVER HAPPENS WITH THIS YOUNG MAN, IT'S NOT A
RECORD FOR HIM.
IT IS A LESSON.
WHATEVER LESSON HE IS SUPPOSED TO GET OUT OF IT.
WHATEVER LESSON HE'S SUPPOSED TO BRING TO US.
ZION CEMETERY, OF COURSE, I SIT ON THE BOARD OF ZION
CEMETERY.
100% BEHIND THE $8 MILLION THAT WE'RE ASKING YOU GUYS FOR.

IT'S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY.
HOW DO YOU BRING SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED DISRESPECTFULLY TO
A LOCATION, A BURIAL SITE?
HOW CAN YOU BRING SOMETHING GREAT AROUND THAT?
I SUPPORT THAT 100%.
THANK YOU.
GREAT JOB, COUNCILWOMAN, CHAIR YOUNG.
10:04:59AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
THANK YOU.
THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO OUR STAFF REPORTS.
10:05:11AM >>BRENDA THROWER:
GOOD MORNING.
BRENDA THROWER, YBOR CITY CRA MANAGER.
I HAVE THE HONOR OF INTRODUCING TOM DEGEORGE.
HE IS OUR YBOR CAC CHAIR, ALSO REPRESENTING THE YBOR
MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION.
HE'S GOING TO SHARE A BRIEF UPDATE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN
YBOR CITY.
TOM.
10:05:30AM >> HELLO.
I'M TOM DEGEORGE, CHAIR OF THE YBOR CAC REPRESENTING THE
YBOR MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION.
10:05:39AM >>LUIS VIERA:
IF I MAY SO, HOW LONG DO YOU THINK YOU'LL NEED
FOR YOUR PRESENTATION?
10:05:49AM >> JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
10:05:51AM >>LUIS VIERA:
DO YOU THINK TEN IS GOOD?

LET'S DO TEN JUST FOR A SAFETY NET.
GO AHEAD, SIR.
I APOLOGIZE.
THANK YOU.
10:05:59AM >> REPRESENTING THE YBOR MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION, I AM HAPPY
TO BE HERE TODAY TO SHARE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE YBOR
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREAS IN YBOR CRA ONE, THE BUSINESS
CORPS OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
WE JUST COMPLETED PHASE TWO OF THE 7th AVENUE BRICKING
PROJECT FROM 17th TO 19th STREET.
THIS PROJECT WAS COMPLETED TWO WEEKS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE WITH
MINIMAL DISRUPTION TO BUSINESSES AND VISITORS OF THE
DISTRICT.
THE STREET LOOKS GREAT AND THE CONTRACTOR DID A GOOD JOB
SOURCING AND INSTALLING THE HISTORIC BRICKS.
TRAFFIC IS SLOW ON 7th AVENUE NOW.
TO DATE, WE HAVE COMPLETED THE BRICKING OF FOUR BLOCKS OF
7th AVENUE AND HAVE TEN MORE BLOCKS TO GO.
THE NEXT PHASE WILL ENTAIL BRICKING THE INTERSECTIONS AND
THEN THE REMAINING BLOCKS OF 7th AVENUE.
OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS FROM YBOR CRA 1 INCLUDE
UPGRADING THE YBOR DISTRICT SIGNAGE AND WORKING WITH CITY
PARKS ON AN RFP FOR UPDATED DESIGN FOR CENTENNIAL PARK.
CRA 2, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HAVE IDENTIFIED
COMMUNITY NEEDS AND REQUESTED FUNDING PRIORITIES FOR NEW

SIDEWALKS, LANDSCAPING, TREES, AND STORMWATER DRAIN
IMPROVEMENTS.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE KEY CITY DEPARTMENTS -- MOBILITY,
STORMWATER, PARKS -- TO GET THESE PROJECTS GOING.
FOR BOTH YBOR CRA 1 AND 2, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING
OUR COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLANS AND HAVE ENGAGED KITTELSON
AS THE CONSULTANT FOR THIS PROJECT.
WE WILL BE HAVING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS THIS SUMMER
TO SOLICIT INPUT FROM YBOR RESIDENTS, COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES,
AND STAKEHOLDERS REGARDING YBOR'S FUTURE UNTIL BOTH CRAs
SUNSET IN 2034.
AS A BUSINESS OWNER, I APPRECIATE THE COMMERCIAL GRANTS THAT
ARE AVAILABLE TO ASSIST SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WITH INTERIOR
AND EXTERIOR BUSINESS IMPROVEMENTS.
ANY PROGRAM THAT ATTRACTS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, NEW INVESTMENT,
AND REDUCES VACANCIES IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT IS HIGHLY
ENCOURAGED.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE THREE NEW GRANT PROGRAMS THAT YOU
PLAN TO APPROVE THIS SUMMER TO ASSIST WITH PREDEVELOPMENT,
SPECIAL PROJECTS, AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
SAFETY AND CLEANLINESS OF YBOR CITY ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO
THE DISTRICT'S SUCCESS.
THE YES TEAM, OPERATED BLOCK BY BLOCK, DOES A GREAT JOB
EVERY DAY CLEANING AND PATROLLING THE DISTRICT.
THEY ARE FRIENDLY AND VISIBLE TEAM WEARING DISTINCT YELLOW

SHIRTS AND HAVE PROVEN TO BE VERY HELPFUL TO THE ENTIRE
COMMUNITY.
YES TEAM MANAGER MARK RENDINI HAS BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE AND
WORKS CLOSELY WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CODE ENFORCEMENT TO
ADDRESS ISSUES.
HE ATTENDS THE MONTHLY CAC MEETINGS ALONG WITH TAMPA POLICE
CAPTAIN AND CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF MEMBERS WHO PROVIDE
MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORTS.
CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE CURRENT YES TEAM.
THEY ARE TRULY PHENOMENAL AND DONE GREAT WORK.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONTINUES TO BE A CHALLENGE IN YBOR CITY
CRAs.
WE HAVE BEEN EARMARKING FUNDS FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS BY
CRA BOARD DECISION.
BUT LITTLE TO NO FUNDS HAVE BEEN EXPANDED.
TAMPA CRA STAFF HAS REGULARLY PROVIDED INFORMATION ON THE
CRA REHAB AND DOWN PAYMENT HOUSING PROGRAMS WHICH THE CAC
MEMBERS SHARE WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE ORGANIZATIONS.
ALSO, B. PARKS WITH THE CAC HOUSING TEAM HAS PRESENTED A
PROPOSAL TO ATTRACT THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO PARTNER WITH THE
CRA TO CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.
SINCE WE HAVE A HEALTHY BALANCE IN BOTH CRA 1 AND 2 FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE CAC HAS EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR
REDIRECTING THIS ANNUAL 30% ALLOCATION TO COMPLETE OTHER
PRIORITY PROJECTS LIKE THE 7th AVENUE BRICKING AND OTHER

NEIGHBORHOOD INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
IN CLOSING, I WANT TO THANK THE CRA BOARD FOR THEIR SUPPORT
IN ALLOWING THE CACs TO PROVIDE USEFUL INPUT AND DIRECTION
FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF YBOR CITY.
YBOR IS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE IN TAMPA, AND WE ALL WANT
WELL-GUIDED AND RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR NATIONAL
HISTORIC LANDMARK DISTRICT.
10:10:20AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
THANK YOU.
BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS?
10:10:26AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT REALLY GREAT
IN-DEPTH PRESENTATION.
IT WAS JUST -- I MEAN, LITERALLY TOUCHED ON EVERYTHING THAT
WE ALWAYS WANT TO KNOW ABOUT YBOR.
WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT REALLOCATING HOUSING -- AFFORDABLE
HOUSING FUNDS IN CRAs THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO MUCH
WITH IT.
WHAT PERCENTAGE ARE YOU LOOKING AT AND WHAT PROJECT WOULD
YOU TARGET IF YOU KNOW?
10:10:56AM >> WE'D HAVE TO DISCUSS AS A BOARD.
I CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
10:11:02AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YEAH.
I'M CURIOUS BECAUSE KNOWING THE PROJECTS, I MEAN, BRICKING
IS ONE THING, BUT WHAT OTHER TYPES OF --
10:11:09AM >> STORMWATER.
10:11:10AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.

STORMWATER.
SO SOME OF THOSE OTHER -- THE STORMWATER, THE SIDEWALKS, THE
OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE.
10:11:16AM >> STREETLIGHTS.
10:11:17AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
SO MORE INFRASTRUCTURE.
I APPRECIATE IT.
JUST SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO HEAR AS WE DEBATE
THAT.
10:11:25AM >> WE'LL PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING,
AND WE'LL SEND AN E-MAIL TO THE CRA WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE
DETAIL.
THE PERCENTAGES AND WHAT WE WOULD USE IT FOR.
10:11:38AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I APPRECIATE THAT.
IT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE HEARD FOR MANY YEARS.
SO I WOULD BE INTERESTED.
I'VE SEEN THE HEALTHY BALANCE YOU DO HAVE THERE AND I KNOW
WHAT YOU ALL ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
I THINK WE ARE AT A POINT NOW WHERE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE
ARE WILLING TO DISCUSS.
I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT STILL WITH THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE, STILL WORKING HARD
WITH MS. PARKS TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO PUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING
IN THE DISTRICT.
10:12:09AM >> YEAH, IT'S BEEN A REAL ROUND AND ROUND FOR A LOT OF YEARS

FOR SURE.
10:12:13AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YEAH.
OKAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:12:17AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
10:12:18AM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
GOOD TO SEE YOU TODAY, SIR.
I WOULD BE REMISS IF PUBLICLY I DIDN'T GIVE YOU AN
OPPORTUNITY, SIR, TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS NOT JUST
CLOSE TO YOUR HEART BUT THAT IS YOUR HEART WHICH IS
OBVIOUSLY THE SMALLER FORUM, THE MUSIC SCENE IN YBOR CITY
AND SOMETHING THAT IS 100% YOUR HEART AND YOUR PASSION IN
TERMS OF WHAT WE CAN DO HERE THROUGH OUR CRA AND OTHERWISE
TO HELP KEEP THAT ALIVE IN YBOR CITY IF YOU WANTED TO GIVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
10:12:51AM >> YOU KNOW, I THINK INDEPENDENT MUSIC SPACES REALLY SHOULD
BE TREATED MORE LIKE CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS.
I THINK THEY ARE SAFE HAVENS IN OUR CITY.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THINGS FOR OUR YOUTH TO DO, LIKE MUSIC IS
A HEALTHY THING.
WE NEED MORE MUSIC, AND WE NEED TO PROTECT, LIKE I SAID, OUR
SPACES, YOU KNOW, THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND HERE FOR YEARS AND
YEARS AND YEARS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWERS ARE.
I KNOW THAT LARGE CORPORATIONS, POSSIBLY REPLACING THEM, IS

DEFINITELY NOT THE ANSWER.
I WILL CERTAINLY BE IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD AGAIN TO SPEAK ON
THAT AT A LATER TIME.
YEAH, I THINK OUR INDEPENDENT VENUES, NOT JUST IN YBOR CITY,
BUT IN TAMPA IN GENERAL NEED MORE SUPPORT AS WELL AS ALL OF
OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.
A LOT OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES ARE STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW.
COMING OFF THE PANDEMIC, EVERYTHING HAS BEEN INCREASINGLY
DIFFICULT.
WHEN YOU HAVE A CHANGING CITY THAT'S DEVELOPING, ESPECIALLY
HARD ON SMALL BUSINESS.
10:14:02AM >>LUIS VIERA:
WHETHER THE RITZ, CROWBAR, WHATEVER IT IS, YOU
KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES I WOULD IMAGINE YOU GET CERTAIN ACTS.
10:14:14AM >> I SAW A SHOW LAST NIGHT.
I'M ON FOUR HOURS OF SLEEP.
10:14:18AM >>LUIS VIERA:
GOD BLESS YOU.
GOOD FOR YOU.
I REMEMBER -- WHAT'S HIS FACE -- TOM MURILLO WAS SUPPOSED TO
COME TO THE RITZ, AND THEN HE OPTED TO GO WITH BRUCE
SPRINGSTEEN INSTEAD FOR HIS TOUR.
10:14:30AM >> WE'LL GIVE HIM A PASS ON THAT ONE.
THAT WAS REALLY GOOD.
10:14:32AM >>LUIS VIERA:
I WAS AT THE SUNRISE SHOW WHERE HE PLAYED WITH
SPRINGSTEEN.
BUT A LOT OF TIMES, OBVIOUSLY, SINGERS -- ARTISTS LIKE TOM

MURILLO WILL GO FOR LARGER VENUES.
I WOULD IMAGINE HE DID THAT I WOULD IMAGINE ON PRINCIPLE,
BUT WE DO HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN OBVIOUSLY TO PRESERVE
THAT, SO IT'S A CONVERSATION WE NEED TO HAVE AT A LATER
TIME.
I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T ASK YOU THAT IN YOUR CAPACITY
RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.
GOD BLESS YOU.
10:14:56AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
10:15:00AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I'LL PIGGYBACK ON THAT.
I AGREE THAT THE SMALL VENUE FOR MUSIC SHOULD BE TREATED
MORE AS A CULTURAL THING BUT I BELIEVE TWO SPACES CAN EXIST
AND BE COMPLEMENTARY OF EACH OTHER, DIFFERENT SIZES.
WITH OUR SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS, MAYBE WE COULD LOOK AT AN
OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND THOSE SPECIFICALLY IN HISTORIC YBOR
CITY FOR SMALL VENUES, FOR PERFORMANCES.
I THINK THAT MIGHT BE WORTHY OF EXPLORATION WITH CRA STAFF
AND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS LIKE YOURSELF AND A WAY TO
PRESERVE THAT TYPE OF CULTURAL HISTORY.
AT THE SAME TIME, RISING WATER LIFTS ALL BOATS.
ANY WAY WE CAN ENCOURAGE ANY TYPE OF PERFORMING ARTS,
REGARDLESS OF THE SIZE.
10:15:42AM >> I DON'T THINK THE SIZE IS THE ISSUE CAN THE CURRENT
DISCUSSION.

IT IS THE OPERATOR.
LIVE NATION.
FOUND GUILTY OF BEING A MONOPOLY.
WHEN THEY VERTICALLY INTEGRATED A MARKET THEY TEND TO HOLD
ALL THE WATER TO THEMSELVES.
10:15:57AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
GOTCHA.
I'VE BEEN SWINGING FOR THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW.
THE 30% SET-ASIDE.
I THINK WE NEED TO WORK WITH THE CACs, SPECIFICALLY IN
YBOR CITY AND CHANNELSIDE, DOWNTOWN AND CENTRAL PARK, TO
WORK WITH THE CACs, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT FY '27 AND WORKING
WITH CRA STAFF, POTENTIALLY REPROGRAMMING SOME OF THIS, I
THINK IN YBOR CITY, WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS REDEVELOPMENT
POTENTIAL ON THE EASTERN SIDE.
I'M A BIG ADVOCATE FOR TRANSPORTATION, EXTENDING THE
STREETCAR.
THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP ASSIST WITH THAT PROJECT
AS WE'RE LOOKING TO TRY TO BUILD A CAPITAL -- TO DO THESE
TYPE OF THINGS AND TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE CRAs I LISTED ARE VERY DIFFERENT TYPES OF SITUATIONS.
CENTRAL PARK IS DIFFERENT THAN YBOR.
YBOR IS DIFFERENT THAN DOWNTOWN.
DOWNTOWN IS DIFFERENT THAN CHANNELSIDE.
I THINK WE COULD LOOK AT THAT.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE MAYBE US TO HAVE THAT DIALOGUE AMONGST THE

BOARD MEMBERS ALONG WITH THE CRA STAFF AND THE CACs AS WE
LOOK AT FY '27 BECAUSE WE BASICALLY NOW CREATED A SAVINGS
BANK, SO WE CAN LOOK AT THIS IN A WAY OF, OKAY, DOING THE
SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND HAVEN'T GOTTEN DIFFERENT
RESULTS, MAYBE IT'S TIME TO PIVOT AND LOOK AT OTHER THINGS.
WE HAVE TIME TO BE ABLE TO DILIGENTLY, REALLY DELIBERATELY
LOOK AT HOW WE CAN SPEND THE MONEY TO DO THE GREATEST AMOUNT
OF GOOD FOR THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PEOPLE, IT WAS A VERY
ADMIRABLE GOAL AT THE TIME TO DO WHAT THEY DID.
IN THOSE PARTICULAR CRAs, WORKS VERY WELL IN EAST TAMPA,
WEST TAMPA AND POTENTIALLY WORK WELL IN DREW PARK.
THANK YOU.
10:17:42AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
THANK YOU.
BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
10:17:46AM >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
MR. DEGEORGE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND SINCERITY OF YBOR
CITY.
I HAD THE PLEASURE BEING BORN THERE COUPLE, TWO HUNDRED
YEARS AGO.
I LIVED THERE ABOUT EIGHT YEARS.
NICEST PLACE IN THE WORLD TO BE RAISED AT.
THE PROBLEM IN FLOODING, EVEN THOUGH THAT IS ONE OF THE
HIGHEST AREAS IN THE CITY, HAD A LOT OF THINGS GOING FORWARD
THEN THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE NOW.
TELL YOU WHAT THEY WERE.

HOUSES WERE BUILT OF BRICK, EIGHT SIDES OF BRICK AND THEN
THE HOUSE FORMED.
TWO AND A HALF, THREE FOOT OVER THE LAND AND YOU NEVER HAD
FLOODING BECAUSE THE WATER WOULD SINK IN ALL OVER THE
NEIGHBORHOODS.
I DRIVE BY WHERE I WAS RAISED AT.
BETWEEN 21st AND 24th AVENUE AND I SEE A LOT OF
REMODELING GOING ON.
A COUPLE OF NEW HOUSES BUILT.
SLOWLY BUT SURELY IT'S GETTING THERE.
HOWEVER, AS I SEE IT, THE COST OF HOUSING THEN WHEN IT
STARTED AND NOW IS LIKE WINTER AND SUMMER.
THEY ARE NOT THE SAME.
WHAT DOES HOUSING COST TODAY?
WHAT IS THE LAND AND WHAT IS THE VALUE OF BUILDING A HOUSE?
THE COST OF BUILDING A HOUSE?
THERE LIES THE AFFORDABILITY.
TO ME, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DOESN'T EXIST.
IT EXISTED WHEN IT STARTED THEN.
IT DOES NOT EXIST NOW.
RIGHT NOW, IF YOU EARN $25 AN HOUR, HUSBAND AND WIFE, AND BY
THE TIME YOU PAY THE TAXES AND PAY THE INSURANCE ON YOUR NEW
HOUSE, THERE'S NOTHING LEFT TO DO AND MAKE THE PAYMENT ON
THE HOUSE.
I'M MAKING AN ASSUMPTION HERE ON MY PART BECAUSE NO ONE EVER

TOLD ME WHAT A HOUSE COSTS TO BUILD.
THESE ARE THE THINGS I LOOK AT AND STRUGGLE WITH, BUT IT WAS
DIFFERENT TIMES.
YOU TALK ABOUT ENTERTAINMENT.
THEY HAD CLUBS THERE, CENTRO ASTURIANO, CUBAN CLUB, ITALIAN
CLUB, FUNCTIONS EVERY WEEK OF DIFFERENT SIZE.
WHOLE PLACE WAS FULL.
SIDEWALKS LARGER AND WIDER IN YBOR CITY THAN ANYWHERE IN THE
CITY OF TAMPA.
YOU COULD WALK THE STREETS WITH NO ONE BOTHERING YOU, NONE.
YOU KNOW WHY?
YOU LIVED THERE OR YOU LIVED CLOSE BY AND EVERYBODY LIVED
TOGETHER.
NOW VERY FEW EVEN CARE TO GO TO YBOR CITY.
THOSE WHO DO SAY, WHAT IS THIS?
BECAUSE THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN THERE.
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF.
I HOPE IT'S COMING BACK MORE SO LIKE WHAT IT WAS.
RITZ THEATER, CASINO THEATER.
EVEN THE CUBAN CLUB -- ITALIAN CLUB I MEAN HAD A THEATER.
THESE THINGS ARE COMING AND GOING.
BUT LITTLE BY LITTLE, WE'RE MAKING SOME PROGRESS.
HOWEVER, TIME IS NOT ON OUR SIDE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:20:21AM >> I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE WITH YOU, SIR.

10:20:26AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:20:30AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I LIKE WHAT YOU SAID MUSIC IS HEALTHY.
TREATING THE INSTITUTIONS AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS BEYOND
THE MUTUAL AID SOCIETIES AND THE BUILDINGS WE HAVE THAT
WEREN'T MENTIONED LIKE THE ITALIAN CLUB AND WHATNOT.
HAVING SPENT MY WHOLE LIFE GOING TO YBOR CITY, AT LEAST THE
LAST 25 YEARS SO MANY DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE
THERE.
THE INTIMACY OF THE SMALLER VENUES.
THE MOM AND POP LOCATIONS.
IT'S DIFFERENT.
IT'S UNIQUE.
IT'S AN EXPERIENCE THAT PEOPLE SPECIFICALLY GO THERE FOR.
THEY WANT TO BE CLOSE.
YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS, A CONCERT THAT I WENT TO CLOSE
TO 25 YEARS AGO.
I WAS RIGHT THERE WITH THE BAND.
IT WAS ONLY FLOOR SEATS.
AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED.
I DIDN'T WANT STADIUM SIZE.
I DIDN'T WANT MID SIZE VENUE.
I WANTED THAT INTIMACY.
THE BEAUTY OF IT IS IT'S WITHIN YBOR CITY.
I THINK RIGHT NOW TALKING ABOUT, I HOPE IT COMES BACK LIKE

IT WAS, I THINK THIS IS A NEW RENAISSANCE.
YBOR CITY MIGHT BE EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN WHAT IT WAS A
HUNDRED YEARS AGO, BUT CHANGE IS GOOD.
CHANGE WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH.
IT'S A DIFFERENT WORLD THAT WE'RE LIVING IN.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE NEED TO PROTECT WHAT'S THERE.
IT'S NICE THAT WE'RE REBRICKING.
YOU HAD MENTIONED TRAFFIC IS SLOWING DOWN FOR THOSE FEW
BLOCKS WE'VE DONE.
IT WILL CONTINUE AS WE FURTHER EXPAND THAT.
AGAIN, WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE MAKEUP AND CHARACTER OF
WHAT MAKES YBOR, YBOR.
10:21:51AM >> I TOTALLY AGREE.
JUST TO TOUCH ON WHAT BOTH OF YOU HAVE SAID, I BELIEVE THE
FAMILIARITY IS THOSE ANCHOR BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN THE
DISTRICT.
THOSE LITTLE MOM AND POP SPACES, LIKE THE LITTLE YBOR
SUPERMARKET WHERE IT IS FAMILY OWNED AND YOU KNOW THAT WHEN
YOU GO THERE, IF YOU ARE A COUPLE OF BUCKS SHORT, THEY'LL
WORK WITH YOU ON IT.
THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR
YEARS THAT EVERYONE KNOWS THAT MAKE IT LIKE A LITTLE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF THOSE PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD TO STAY IN THE DISTRICT, AND
THAT CHANGES, THAT'S WHERE I THINK A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS

COME IN.
ONCE AGAIN, THINGS ARE EXPENSIVE AND IT'S HARD FOR PEOPLE.
10:22:34AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I WANT TO SEE AN YBOR FOR EVERYBODY,
THAT NO ONE IS EXCLUDED.
WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY AND THAT IS A CRISIS, THAT'S
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY.
BUT LOOK AT PROPERTY VALUES IN YBOR CITY FOR THE LAST 40
YEARS.
THE STORIES THAT I HEAR, THE OLD ADS I HEAR, BUILDING ON
7th AVENUE, BUILDING ON 7th AVENUE, $125,000.
$100,000.
A LADY TOLD ME ABOUT HER HUSBAND BOUGHT WHERE ELMER'S SPORTS
BAR WAS.
I THINK HE PAID, IN 1988, 80 GRAND.
10:23:05AM >> NOT HAPPENING NOW.
10:23:06AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I WOULD SELL EVERYTHING AND BUY IT
TODAY.
THAT WAS ALMOST 40 YEARS AGO AND YBOR HAS CHANGED.
AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S SUCH A UNIQUE PLACE.
PEOPLE SAY, YOU LOVE YBOR CITY, GO TO NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS IS NEW ORLEANS.
GO TO ST. AUGUSTINE, GO TO SAVANNAH.
WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS SO SPECIAL AND WE HAVE TO PROTECT
THAT.
WE NEED A BALANCE.

MOVING FORWARD, WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL WITH OUR DECISIONS AND
WHAT WE INVEST IN BECAUSE IT IS A DRAW.
PEOPLE COME HERE BECAUSE OF YBOR CITY.
THEY COME HERE FOR MANY REASONS, BUT IT IS A DESTINATION.
I HOPE THAT WITH THAT RENAISSANCE OF WHAT WE ARE
EXPERIENCING, GOING TO EXPERIENCE, WE MAINTAIN THAT BALANCE
AND WE LOOK TO THE PAST TO BUILD FOR THE FUTURE.
WE PROTECT THAT MAKEUP AND THAT ENVIRONMENT.
THAT'S IT.
THANK YOU.
10:23:48AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. DEGEORGE.
THAT WAS A GREAT REPORT.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES
TO YOUTH AND COMMUNITY, YOU ARE VERY ACTIVE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU JUST FOR THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE.
I, TOO, HAVE SEEN THE YES TEAM, AND THEY ARE ALSO --
10:24:07AM >> THEY ARE ROCK STARS.
10:24:08AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
-- THEY ARE VERY, VERY AWESOME.
I AGREE WITH THE SENTIMENTS OF MY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.
YBOR IS DEFINITELY A COMMUNITY ASSET.
IT IS A PLACE THAT LOTS OF HISTORY AND WE WANT TO PRESERVE.
I THINK THAT'S IT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

10:24:26AM >> THANK YOU ALL.
DIRECTOR McCRAY.
10:24:38AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
CEDRIC McCRAY, TAMPA CRA DIRECTOR.
PART OF THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, YOU CUSTOMARILY RECEIVE THE
PROJECT TRACKER RELATED TO THE SPECIAL PROJECTS.
COMMERCIAL GRANTS, HOUSING GRANTS AS WELL.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IN
ADDITION TO THE WEBSITE THAT OUR COMMERCIAL GRANTS TEAM HAS
PUT TOGETHER RELATED TO AWARDEES OF SOME OF THE GRANTS FOR
COMMERCIAL GRANTS.
SO THERE ARE PHOTOS THAT WE HAVE FROM THE SIGNING OF THE
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS AND THEN WE HAVE SOME TESTIMONIAL
INFORMATION.
YOU MAY SEE SOME FACES THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH AS I TOGGLE
THROUGH, BUT THESE ARE ALL BUSINESS OWNERS ACROSS ALL THE
CRAs THAT HAVE BEGAN THE PROCESS OF RECEIVING COMMERCIAL
INTERIOR AND/OR EXTERIOR GRANTS.
AND THEN AS I SCROLL DOWN, SOME HIGH-LEVEL INFORMATION
RELATED TO THE ANTICIPATED AMOUNTS.
THE ADDRESS LOCATIONS WITH PICTURES OF THE EXISTING PROJECTS
AS THEY WERE BEFORE THE WORK IS BEING COMPLETED.
OUR COMMERCIAL GRANTS TEAM WORKED WITH T & I TO PULL THIS
TOGETHER AND LAUNCH THE TESTIMONIAL PAGE.
JUST TO KEEP THE BOARD AND OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS
INFORMED ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING ACROSS ALL THE

CRAs RELATED TO THE COMMERCIAL GRANTS PROCESS.
I'LL PAUSE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THERE.
10:26:45AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
10:26:46AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
I JUST PASSED OUT A COPY OF THE TRACKER.
MS. SCHARF AND I, I SAID -- I'LL WAIT UNTIL YOU ALL ARE
LISTENING.
THANK YOU.
BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
I WOULD LIKE YOU TO TURN TO THE CHANNEL DISTRICT,
INFRASTRUCTURE AND CAPITAL REPORTS.
WHAT MS. SCHARF AND I DID, WE WENT THROUGH THESE AND ASKED
THEM TO UPDATE THEM WITH ALL THE EMPTY INFORMATION BECAUSE A
LOT OF THIS INFORMATION WAS EMPTY.
DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF IT THAT YOU COULD PUT ON THE WOLF FOR
ME?
WHAT WE'RE HEARING AND I HAVE MET WITH MULTIPLE CRAs THIS
MONTH WHO HAVE REACHED OUT AFTER HEARING THE FACT THAT
MS. SCHARF AND I TOOK ON THIS TASK, AFTER HOURS SPECIAL CALL
MEETING, AND THEY ARE VERY INTERESTED IN KNOWING MORE EVERY
MONTH ABOUT WHAT'S ACTUALLY OCCURRING.
WE'LL WAIT FOR THAT TO POP UP.
FOR EXAMPLE, ITEM NUMBER 3, 4, 5 ARE THESE NEIGHBORHOOD
PARKS.
THE WASHINGTON STREET PARK, THE CAC RECOMMENDED IT, AND WE

APPROVED THAT IN 2023.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE RFQ WAS NOT POSTED UNTIL 2026.
SO THERE IS A LOT OF, LIKE, THESE PARKS, ALL OF THIS
INFORMATION PEOPLE REALLY JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW IS IT GOING?
WHERE IS IT GOING?
WHAT IS THE HOLDUP?
WHY ARE THINGS STUCK?
I'M CHOOSING THE CHANNEL DISTRICT AS A TEST CASE BECAUSE
LITERALLY IT IS THE FIRST PAGE AND THAT'S WHY I CHOSE IT.
OVERALL, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM THE CACs AND FROM
THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE HAVE A SENSE OF URGENCY AS THESE
CRAs ARE SET TO EXPIRE.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE DREW PARK CRA, YOU KNOW,
WHAT WE'RE HEARING IN THE MEDIA RIGHT NOW IS THAT DREW PARK
HAS ALL OF THIS MONEY IN IT.
WELL, THAT'S NOT TRUE.
THERE'S $18 MILLION IN THAT CRA BUT THEY ARE ALL ACCOUNTED
FOR.
NONE OF THE PROJECTS HAVE STARTED BUT ALL OF THAT MONEY IS
ACCOUNTED FOR.
NOT ONLY THAT, WE DON'T HAVE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE NEED TO
DO THE PROJECTS THAT THE CAC AND THE BOARD HAVE RECOMMENDED.
I AM JUST CONCERNED.
MY RESPONSE IS TO ASK ALL OF YOU, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE DONE.
MY NEXT RECOMMENDATION FOR THE STAFF WAS NEXT MONTH TO

HIGHLIGHT THE CHANGES AND ANY CHANGES IN THE UPDATE ON THE
FAR LAND SIDE TO LET US KNOW WHAT HAS CHANGED MONTH TO
MONTH.
BUT I'M ASKING THIS BOARD, BECAUSE WE'RE HEARING FROM THE
CACs, WHAT OTHER THINGS DO YOU WANT TO OCCUR SO THAT WE
CAN REALLY KEEP ALL OF THESE PROJECTS ON THE FOREFRONT IN
OUR MINDS TO GO FORWARD EVERY SINGLE MONTH SO WE MAKE SURE
THINGS ARE MOVING AND THAT WE FIND THE SPOTS WHERE WE'RE
HAVING SLOWDOWNS.
MY QUESTION, WHAT DO WE WANT?
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
10:30:17AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ISN'T THAT KIND OF WHAT STAFF IS DOING?
10:30:21AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
NO.
I'M HEARING FROM THE CACs THAT THEY ARE NOT GETTING A
LEVEL OF UPDATE AND INFORMATION.
IT'S TRULY OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO DO THAT.
STAFF, IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT FOR DOING IT, BUT KEEPING US
UPDATED IS PRETTY CRITICAL.
10:30:41AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I WANT TO GO TO --
10:30:45AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
STAFF'S FAULT OR THE CAC STAFF.
WE HAVE TO FIND OUT HOW TO GET THESE THINGS DONE.
FUNDED FOR THREE OR FOUR YEARS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT, AND SHE'S RIGHT.
AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE MORE COMPACTED INFORMATION
PROJECT SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.

10:31:01AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
DIRECTOR McCRAY.
OKAY.
GO AHEAD.
10:31:05AM >>LUIS VIERA:
I WAS GOING TO SAY, WHAT I DO ON MY STUFF IS
THERE IS A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT I PUSH FOR IN THE BUDGET OR
REQUEST OR SPEARHEAD OR WHATEVER.
I LITERALLY JUST YESTERDAY, I CALLED MR. FOWLER WITH PARKS
AND RECREATION ON A HUGE PROJECT THAT'S HAPPENING OUT IN
K-BAR RANCH THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STATUS OF IT,
ET CETERA.
IF IT'S A BUNCH OF PROJECTS, WE CAN GET UPDATED ON THEM
QUARTERLY OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
IF IT IS ONE THAT A PARTICULAR MEMBER HAS AN INTEREST IN,
SUBJECT MATTER INTEREST OR SOMETHING UNIQUE TO YOUR
DISTRICT, THOSE OF US WHO HAVE DISTRICTS OR PARTICULAR AREA,
I MEAN, I JUST HAVE INTERNAL CHECKUP POINTS ON A LOT OF
PROJECTS I DID IN MY LAST 9.5 YEARS BECAUSE I FIND IF YOU
FORGET ABOUT IT -- AND IT'S NOTHING ABOUT STAFF.
STAFF MOVES ON THINGS.
THEY ARE WONDERFUL AND SO FORTH, BUT YOU HAVE TO TAKE A
MEMBER INITIATIVE ON THOSE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS TO KEEP THEM
MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE STAFF HAS A LOT OF PROJECTS.
THAT INDIVIDUAL INITIATIVE I THINK IS PART OF THE FORMULA I
GUESS IF YOU WILL.
10:32:09AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
DIRECTOR McCRAY AND BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.

10:32:12AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
YES, THANK YOU.
WE WILL GLADLY TAKE ANY SUGGESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MAY HAVE
MOVING FORWARD RELATED TO THE UPDATES.
WE HAVE MADE SEVERAL ADJUSTMENTS IN THE PROJECT TRACKER IN
RECENT MONTHS.
I WILL REMIND THE BOARD THAT UNTIL 2024, WE WERE NOT
PROVIDING THIS INFORMATION.
IN SOME INSTANCES, THE CACs ACTUALLY SEE THE UNDERTRACKER
DEPENDING ON WHEN THEIR MEETING FALLS EARLIER IN THE MONTH
BEFORE YOU ALL SEE IT AS A BOARD.
THEY RECEIVE THE SAME INFORMATION YOU DO AS A CRA BOARD.
I WANTED TO MAKE THAT POINT.
ALSO SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO DREW PARK, IF YOU REMEMBER LAST
TUESDAY, I ACTUALLY, THE SAME TRACKER THAT WAS JUST ON THE
WOLF A FEW MOMENTS AGO OR ELMO, THOSE PROJECTS ARE FUNDED
FOR THE MOST PART.
WE DID ASK THE CAC WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES WERE.
THERE WERE THINGS THAT WERE IN PROCESS.
THE CONSULTANTS WERE HIRED.
SO WE'VE BEEN MOVING THOSE THINGS ALONG.
SEVERAL OF THEM WILL BE COMING INTO FRUITION THE END OF THIS
YEAR, SOMETIME IN 2027.
WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING, AND THAT IS SEPARATE AND DIVORCED
FROM ANY OTHER CONVERSATIONS RELATED TO THAT SPECIFIC AREA.
THOSE PROJECTS ARE MOVING FORWARD.

I'LL CALL MS. MARTINEZ UP TO ADDRESS THE WASHINGTON STREET
PARK.
10:33:28AM >> GOOD MORNING.
MELISA MARTINEZ.
I'M THE SENIOR PROJECT SUPERVISOR OF THE CRA.
IN REFERENCE FOR THE WASHINGTON STREET, WASHINGTON STREET --
WE WORKED WITH THE OWNER, PARKS DEPARTMENT.
PARKS DEPARTMENT WANTED TO PUT TOGETHER AN RFQ INCLUDING
WASHINGTON STREET PARK AND CURTIS HIXON BECAUSE CONSIDER TO
THEM TO HAVE A CONTRACTOR, HAVE A BIG ENOUGH CONTRACT TO --
IF NOT, THEY DON'T GET FEEDBACK.
CONTRACTORS THAT WANT TO DO A SMALL PART OR DO MINIMAL
RENOVATIONS.
THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE WERE WAITING FOR THE APPROVAL FROM
THIS BOARD FOR THE CURTIS HIXON GRANT, AND THEN ONCE THAT
WAS APPROVED, THEN THE RFQ WENT OUT FOR BOTH PARKS.
SOMETIMES WE WORK WITH THAT, THAT WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR SOME
OF THE DEPARTMENTS.
WE DO GIVE UPDATES, AND WHENEVER -- WE WENT TO THE DREW
PARK, I SPOKE WITH THEM AND I ASKED THEM WHAT ELSE WE WANTED
TO DO.
WE AGREED THAT QUARTERLY MY STAFF WOULD COME IN AND WE'LL
GIVE A MORE IN-DEPTH UPDATE WITH PRESENTATION STYLE INSTEAD
OF HAVING THE REPORT SO THEY HAVE AN UPDATE OF WHAT'S GOING
ON.

SOMETIMES THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS IN THE BACKGROUND
HAPPENING WITH THE PERMITTING, WITH PLAN REVIEW, WITH THE
REVISIONS.
IF I START PUTTING EVERYTHING ON THE REPORT, YOU'LL END UP
WITH A 50 PAGE REPORT.
WE TRY TO AT LEAST MINIMIZE TO SEE THE PLANS ARE BEING
REVIEWED.
ADD MORE OF THE DATES AND HIGHLIGHT EVERY MONTH THAT WE ARE
HIGHLIGHTING ANY OF THE UPDATES, THAT UPDATE WOULD BE
HIGHLIGHTED COMPARED TO THE OTHER ONES BELOW.
HOPEFULLY --
10:35:05AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
10:35:07AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
THE WASHINGTON STREET PARK, THAT CRA APPROVAL STILL IN 2023.
SO I THINK THAT HAVING UPDATES MONTHLY WITH DATES WILL BE
HELPFUL IF THERE ARE THINGS, LIKE PROBLEMS WITH PERMITTING
OR PROBLEMS WITH THIS.
BECAUSE THESE ARE THE PROBLEMS THAT, YES, STAFF KNOWS ABOUT,
BUT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE CAC DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT, THEY
CAN'T COME TO US AND SAY, HEY, WE HEARD THERE IS A
PERMITTING PROBLEM.
CAN YOU HELP?
OFTENTIMES IF WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN
DO.
BUT IT IS UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE LIKE 50 PROJECTS, AND

WE'VE ALREADY BEEN TOLD THAT WE AREN'T ALLOWED TO DIVIDE THE
CRAs UP AMONGST OURSELVES.
WE CAN'T DO THAT.
SO, YEAH.
I DON'T KNOW THAT MR. SHEPARD WOULD SAY THAT WE CAN DIVIDE
THE PROJECTS UP.
PROBABLY NOT.
BUT MAYBE.
SO, YES, I THINK THAT THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT WE'RE
GOING TO BE BRINGING UP AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO BRING
THESE PRINTED COPIES SO THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT PROJECTS, BUT
HOW WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THEM IS THE QUESTION.
DO WE WANT TO FOCUS -- I DON'T WANT TO NECESSARILY FOCUS ON
THE CRA, BUT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE WAITING ON.
FOR EXAMPLE, I'M LOOKING AT EAST TAMPA, AND I'M SEEING A
STORMWATER POND PROJECT FOR 22nd STREET AND 26th AVENUE.
WE APPROVED THOSE IN 2019.
ACCORDING TO THIS, IT WAS APPROVED IN 2019.
BUT -- AND IT WAS A DIRECT REQUEST FROM FORMER COUNCIL
MEMBER GUDES.
IT'S PENDING COMPLETION OF THE ALLEYWAY STUDY AND FUNDING
ALLOCATION.
I THOUGHT WE HAD FUNDED 22nd STREET.
SO IT'S NOW SAYING THAT CRA PARKS AND REC AND CONTRACT ADMIN
WORKING ON PROJECT INITIATION AND GUIDELINES.

BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT WE'RE WAITING ON THE
CITY SOMEWHAT.
SO THAT'S THE KIND OF STUFF THAT WE NEED TO KNOW, TOO.
10:37:24AM >> THERE ARE SOME REGULATIONS THAT WE BECAME AWARE OF A
COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO MAINTENANCE ON
THE PROJECTS THAT WE ARE CREATING.
AND THAT CREATES A BACKLOG ON THE CITY AND A BURDEN TO THE
CITY DEPARTMENT THAT IS GOING TO TAKE OVER ONCE WE FINISH
THE CONSTRUCTION.
WE'RE DOING BEAUTIFUL PARK AND TURN IT OVER TO PARKS
DEPARTMENT, NOW THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE
WHERE THEY MAY NOT HAVE IT ON THEIR BUDGET.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT
TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF THE TIME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, AND I
THINK WE CAME UP AND ATTORNEY SHEPARD IS ONLINE, WITH THE
WAY THAT WE ARE ABLE TO SOMEHOW GET SOME OF THE MANAGEMENT
OF THAT AND DO IT FOR TWO- OR THREE-YEAR PERIOD TO GIVE
ENOUGH TIME FOR THE CITY TO PUT THOSE PARKS INTO THEIR
PORTFOLIO FOR FUNDING.
10:38:10AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MR. McCRAY, MY QUESTION TO YOU, THOUGH,
WHEN YOU COME ACROSS A PROBLEM LIKE THAT, WHY AREN'T YOU
BRINGING IT TO US?
10:38:20AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
POINT TAKEN.
WE TRY TO WORK WITH OUR CITY STAFF AND DEPARTMENTS AS A
CONDUIT TO COME TO SOME RESOLUTION, AS MS. MARTINEZ JUST

ALLUDED, WE HAVE LEANED ON ATTORNEY SHEPARD FOR ADVISEMENT
AND ADVICE RELATED TO FINDING REMEDIES TO SOME OF THE
HANGUPS THAT WE MAY HAVE.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO AND BRING THAT TO THE BOARD IF WE
ARE AT A STANDPOINT WHERE WE CAN'T FIND A RESOLUTION.
10:38:45AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MY POINT BEING IS THAT IT IS OUR PROBLEM TO
SOLVE.
IT IS NOT STAFF'S PROBLEM.
IT IS NOT NECESSARILY ATTORNEY SHEPARD'S PROBLEM.
LIKE, IF THESE ARE PROBLEMS, WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THEM.
SO WE CAN SOLVE THEM.
I KNOW IT'S VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE THERE ARE SEVEN OF US.
BUT IT IS NOT STAFF'S PROBLEM TO SOLVE.
10:39:05AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I WANT TO GO TO BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA AND
THEN --
10:39:09AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.
TO YOUR BENEFIT, I THINK YOU HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF
REPORTING.
OVER A HUNDRED OF THESE THINGS THAT YOU STARTED SOMEWHERE OR
NOT STARTED ON TRACK.
ON TRACK MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE.
YOU HAVE A PROBLEM, IF YOU NEED HELP WITH THE CITY, CALL
SOMEBODY IN THE CITY.
WE'LL TRY TO HELP.
IN FACT, I JUST SAW THE SMITH ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

NOT STARTED.
IT WILL START VERY SOON.
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE TO YOUR FAVOR, BUT COMPLETED,
ON HOLD, NOT STARTED, TRACK, TRACK.
DO ME A PERSONAL FAVORITE, PUT A PAGE NUMBER SO WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT IT, WE CAN FIND IT REAL EASY ON THESE PAPERS.
THESE ARE THINGS I HOPE WE CAN COMPLETE AND ON TRACK.
CRAs HAS A LOT OF TIME LEFT BUT A SHORT TIME IN HISTORY.
SIX OR SEVEN YEARS IN SOME.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS, WE HAVE TO HAVE A BETTER COMMUNICATION,
NOT THAT YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT IS NOT KOSHER.
JUST THAT THE INFORMATION, WE'RE NOT RECEIVING FOR ONE
REASON OR ANOTHER, WHY IT IS ON TRACK, WHY IT HASN'T
STARTED.
MIGHT BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CRA AND THE CITY.
THAT'S HOW IT IS.
YOU'RE DOING A JOB THAT YOU'RE DOING WELL.
IT'S JUST GOT TO BE EXPLAINED A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
ONE PAGE HERE HAS ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN OF
THEM ARE ON TRACK.
YOU HAVE THE REASON WHAT'S GOING ON.
ONE IS COMPLETED.
MASSEY PARK JUST THE OTHER DAY.
THE JACKSON HOUSE, THAT STARTED.
WE KNOW WHAT THAT IS.

IT'S ON THE WAY.
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER EXPLANATION,
ALREADY HERE WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND WE APPRECIATE THAT VERY
MUCH.
SPEAKING FOR ALL OF US I HOPE.
AND YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
SOME OF THESE STARTED, 23 AND 24 ARE STILL HERE.
10:41:04AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
JUST TO WRAP IT UP, I THINK IN THE INTEREST OF
BEING TRANSPARENT AND LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, I
THINK AGREEING WITH OUR BOARD MEMBERS, GIVING US A LITTLE
BIT MORE IN-DEPTH OF WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE I KNOW WE ALL
PROBABLY GET QUESTIONS AND WE'RE OUT AND SOMETIMES WE DON'T
NECESSARILY KNOW.
TELLING US THAT INFORMATION I THINK COULD BE HELPFUL BUT
ALSO TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL BECAUSE EVERYONE IS KIND OF
WONDERING, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE WE KNOW THESE
SUNSETS ARE COMING.
WE'RE KIND OF LIKE WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THE MONEY, WHAT
WILL HAPPEN WITH THE PROJECTS.
I THINK HAVING MORE IN-DEPTH LIKE YOU WERE SAYING WITH THE
CACs BUT ALSO LETTING US KNOW SO WE CAN HELP YOU I THINK
WOULD BE HELPFUL AND BENEFICIAL.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
I HAVE TO GET USED TO CALLING YOU ALL BOARD MEMBERS.
COUNCIL MEMBER TO BOARD MEMBER.

WE CAN MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 3.
DIRECTOR McCRAY, GO AHEAD.
10:42:07AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
JUST A COUPLE OF MORE ITEMS.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL RIBBON CUTTINGS IN VARIOUS
CRAs THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT TWO OF THOSE.
I'M GOING TO SLIDE THIS PHOTO ON THE WOLF.
THANK YOU, EACH OF YOU THAT WERE ABLE TO ATTEND THE SALCINES
PARK RIBBON CUTTING IN WEST TAMPA.
AND THAT WAS FOR $1.4 MILLION IN THE WEST TAMPA CRA.
AND THE EVENT WE JUST ATTENDED AT THE RESIDENCES AT 801
WHITING, AND THAT WAS 22 UNITS AND THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT
WERE IN ATTENDANCE WERE ABLE TO TOUR THE BUILDING AND THE
FACILITY.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR TEAM FOR THAT,
MS. PARKS AND MS. ORR IN WORKING THROUGH THAT.
JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE TWO EVENTS.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
10:43:04AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 3.
10:43:14AM >>BRENDA THROWER:
GOOD MORNING, CRA BOARD.
BRENDA THROWER.
I AM THE WEST TAMPA CRA DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT A PROJECT THAT IS MOVING FORWARD.
REY PARK.

WE JUST DID THE RIBBON CUTTING ON SALCINES PARK.
WE ARE NOW MOVING FORWARD TO DO REY PARK.
THERE SHOULD BE A GROUNDBREAKING SOON.
AS SOON AS WE KNOW, WE'LL HAVE EVERYBODY COME OUT FOR THAT.
IT IS A $3.9 MILLION PROJECT.
AS WE STARTED LOOKING AT REY PARK, WE REALIZED THAT WE HAD
PLANNED TO DO EVERYTHING WITHIN THE PARK, BUT WE NEEDED TO
DO SOME STREETSCAPING AROUND THE PARK.
I'M GIVING YOU BIG DIAGRAMS.
I CAN PUT THIS ON THE WOLF IF YOU WOULD LIKE FOR THE PUBLIC
TO SEE.
THIS IS THE STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS.
ADDITIONAL STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS TO COMPLETE THE PARK.
THIS WOULD BE STREETSCAPE ALONG THE AVENUES OF HOWARD
AVENUE, PALMETTO, TWIT STREET WHICH CONNECTS BETWEEN CHERRY
AND PALMETTO, AND THEN CHERRY STREET.
10:44:10AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
CAN YOU MOVE IT UP A LITTLE BIT?
PERFECT.
10:44:17AM >>BRENDA THROWER:
THIS WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET.
I JUST MADE IT BIGGER SO WE COULD ALL SEE IT.
YOU CAN USE IT AS A PLACE MAT LATER IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
THE REQUEST TODAY, WE NEED ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS MORE.
AND THIS IS A PROJECT WHERE THE CRA PROJECTS TEAM, THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT, THE CAC HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS
PROJECT.

SO EVERYONE IS ALIGNED.
EVERYONE IS WORKING.
SO THEY CAME BACK, PARKS KIND OF LOOKED AT THE STREETSCAPE
AND SAID WE NEED ON-STREET PARKING, SIDEWALKS, LANDSCAPING,
TREES, LIGHTING, AND IRRIGATION SYSTEM AND BRICK PAVEMENT.
AND ALL OF THAT SORT OF TOTALED UP TO AROUND A MILLION
DOLLARS.
THAT'S WHY I'M PRESENTING IT TO YOU TODAY.
AT FIRST WHEN WE TOOK IT TO THE CAC LAST SUMMER WHEN WE WERE
LOOKING AT THIS, I THOUGHT WE WOULD PUT IT INTO THE FY '27
BUDGET, BUT THE PROJECT IS MOVING ALONG, THEY ARE ABOUT TO
GROUND BREAK AND THEY REALLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE MONEY
NOW.
SO WE HAVE MONEY IN DISTRICT IMPROVEMENTS.
I'M JUST REAPPROPRIATING $1 MILLION FROM THAT LINE ITEM INTO
THE REY PARK STREETSCAPE LINE ITEM, CREATING A NEW ONE FOR
IT.
AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
10:45:29AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
10:45:30AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
NO QUESTIONS, JUST MORE A COMMENT.
IF YOU COULD PUT THAT -- THE IMAGE BACK, CCTV.
THANK YOU.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN A HUGE PROBLEM ALONG HOWARD

AVENUE AS WE ADD PARKING ALONG THE STREET IS VISIBILITY FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE LEAVING, LIKE, SAY PALMETTO AND CHERRY.
SO I REALLY LOVE THE WAY THAT YOU ON THE INTERSECTION OF
HOWARD AND PALMETTO, HOW YOU HAVE THE HATCHED SPACES AT THAT
TOP RIGHT-HAND CORNER.
WE MAY EVEN NEED TO -- I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A
VISIBILITY ISSUE TO SEE IF WE NEED TO EXPAND THAT MORE, BUT
I ALSO LIKE SEEING IT, THE NO PARKING AT THE CORNER OF
CHERRY AND TWIT AS WELL.
I THINK THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE AS TO THE VISIBILITY.
NOT ONLY IS IT NO PARKING, IT NEEDS TO BE HATCHED.
NOT EVEN HATCHED.
WE'RE AT THE POINT NOW THAT WE'RE IN IF IT SITS, IT FITS
CULTURE.
WE NEED TO ACTUALLY PROBABLY ADD BOLLARDS THERE EVEN IF THEY
ARE PLASTIC SO PEOPLE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN TAKE THAT
MOMENT AND SIT THERE REGARDLESS.
BECAUSE AS THOSE STREETS AND THOSE -- THE STREETS ARE
NARROW.
THE BUILDINGS ARE RIGHT UP TO THE EDGE WHICH IS WHAT WE WANT
A VERY WALKABLE AND MOVABLE COMMUNITY.
BUT HOW WE INTEGRATE CARS IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN THAT AREA.
WE HAD TO TALK ABOUT THAT I BELIEVE WITH SALCINES PARK, SO I
WANTED TO MAKE SURE I BROUGHT IT UP HERE.
THIS LOOKS LOVELY.

I UNDERSTAND WHY WE CAN'T HAVE ALL THE TREES I WANTED, BUT
IT IS GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL SPACE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:47:14AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I THINK IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE CRA
WORKING WITH CITY STAFF AND OUR STAFF WORKING WITH CITY
STAFF TO BE ABLE TO CREATE A GOOD PROJECT FOR THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
I BELIEVE YOU PROBABLY NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE
REALLOCATION OF FUNDS, THE $1 MILLION REALLOCATION AS
REQUESTED.
I MAKE THAT MOTION.
10:47:31AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I HAVE A MOTION FROM BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
SECOND FROM BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
ALL IN FAVOR?
10:47:40AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
AGAIN, CARRYING ON WITH BOARD MEMBER
HURTAK SAID, THE PARK ISSUE IS HUNDRED PERCENT CORRECT.
YOU CANNOT HAVE A PARKING SPOT AT THE END OF THE STREET,
INTERSECTION AND LOOK LEFT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE WHAT'S
COMING.
THERE'S NO PARKING THERE.
KUDOS TO ALL OF YOU FOR THINKING THAT WAY.
IF YOU GO DOWN HOWARD AVENUE, EVERY STREET SHOULD HAVE THE
ONE VACANT SPOT AND DOESN'T HAVE IT NOW.
ASKING FOR TROUBLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET ON HOWARD
BECAUSE YOU CANNOT SEE WHAT IS COMING.

EVEN THE FIRE TRUCKS CAN'T SEE WHAT'S COMING.
WE HAVE A PROBLEM THERE WE SHOULD ADDRESS IMMEDIATELY AND
DOESN'T COST ANYTHING.
JUST TAKE THAT PARKING SPOT OUT.
THAT'S MY OPINION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK, I BELIEVE.
IT'S A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN AND IT WILL HAPPEN.
IN FACT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE MANHOLE ON SAINT LOUIS AND
HOWARD, IT WAS FIXED ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.
GOT A CALL, ONE MAN BLEW TWO TIRES BECAUSE THE MANHOLE
DIDN'T MOVE BUT THE ASPHALT AROUND IT SUNK.
AFTER THEY FIXED IT, IT'S SINKING AGAIN.
SO WE HAVE A PROBLEM THERE.
I ALREADY TURNED IT INTO THE CITY.
I'M SURE THEY WILL FIX IT SOONER OR LATER.
I BELIEVE IT IS A COUNTY ROAD.
10:48:57AM >> IT IS A COUNTY ROAD.
THANK YOU.
10:48:59AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
ANYBODY WHO -- KNOWS I LOVE A GOOD PARK.
I AM EXCITED TO SEE THIS COME TO FRUITION.
EXCITED FOR THE RIBBON CUTTING ALREADY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THIS LOOKS AMAZING.
WHEN I WAS AT THE SALCINES PARK RIBBON CUTTING, THE MAYOR OF
WEST TAMPA WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS COME TO FRUITION.

WE HAD A MOTION AND WE HAD A SECOND.
WE VOTED.
OKAY.
WE VOTED WITH OUR CHAIR PRO TEM ABSENT.
WE CAN MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 4.
THANK YOU.
10:49:45AM >>FELIX NUNEZ:
FELIX NU EZ, EAST TAMPA CRA MANAGER.
TODAY I BRING BEFORE YOU A MOTION TO REPROGRAM SEVERAL ITEMS
IN OUR EAST TAMPA BUDGET.
DISCUSSED WITH AND APPROVED BY THE CAC TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD
TO YOU AS A BOARD.
THERE ARE THREE ITEMS WE'RE LOOKING TO FUND OR MOVE FUNDS
INTO.
THE FIRST ONE IS THE GATOR BUILDING PROJECT, A LONG-STANDING
PROJECT THAT'S BEEN TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD IN EAST TAMPA AND
THE RESIDENTS ARE EXCITED THAT WE'RE FUNDING IT AND MOVING
FORWARD WITH ACTION ON THIS PROJECT.
WE WERE WAITING TO GET SOME OTHER LAND ASSEMBLAGE AROUND IT
TO MAKE IT A USABLE PARCEL AND WE HAVE THAT NOW.
SO WE'RE STARTING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT.
WE'RE REQUESTING REALLOCATION OF $8,098,710 FROM MULTIPLE
BUDGET LINES WHERE FUNDS ARE NOT BEING AS USEFUL AS IT CAN
BE IN THIS PROJECT.
THE SECOND REALLOCATION IS $510,000 INTO THE DOWN PAYMENT
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BECAUSE WE ALREADY USED ALL OF THE MONEY

THAT'S BEEN ALLOCATED FOR THE YEAR IN DOWN PAYMENT
ASSISTANCE SO WE NEED TO MOVE THIS INTO IT TO MEET THE NEEDS
OF THE DOWN PAYMENT PROGRAM.
THE FINAL REALLOCATION IS JUST SOMETHING THAT WAS ALREADY
DONE EARLIER IN THE FISCAL YEAR FOR THE EAST LAND
ACQUISITION, $2,125,000 NEEDED TO BE REALLOCATED.
SO WE'RE DOING IT NOW TO COVER FOR THE LAND ACQUISITION.
THE TOTAL IMPACT MOVING ABOUT 10,727,000 OF THE BUDGET
AROUND TO MAKE THESE ALLOCATIONS FEASIBLE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
10:51:35AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
10:51:36AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IF YOU COULD PUT THE LINE ITEM UP ON THE
WOLF, I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE THAT.
I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE'RE ADDING MONEY INTO DOWN PAYMENT
ASSISTANCE BUT WE'RE ALSO HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT WE
DESPERATELY NEED TREE TRIMMING FUNDS AND MORE HOMEOWNER
OCCUPIED REHAB.
HOW ARE WE ON EXPENDING THOSE FUNDS?
10:51:59AM >>FELIX NUNEZ:
TREE TRIMMING PROGRAM HAD NOT BEEN APPROVED
FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
FOR OUR MAY CAC MEETING, WE WERE GOING TO DISCUSS ABOUT
THAT, PUTTING IT BACK INTO THE BUDGET.
HOWEVER THE MEETING WASN'T HELD BECAUSE THERE WASN'T A
QUORUM.
IT IS ON THE JUNE AGENDA TO BE DISCUSSED BY THE CAC TO PUT

FUNDS INTO THE TREE TRIMMING PROGRAM FOR FISCAL '27.
FOR THE REHAB, WE ARE AT MAX CAPACITY FOR THAT.
EXPENDED ALL THOSE FUNDS.
EITHER ALLOCATED OR ALREADY SPOKEN FOR.
WE DID FIND SOME FUNDING TO COMPLETE A COUPLE OF PROJECTS
THAT NEEDED TO BE COMPLETED FROM OTHER BUDGET LINES.
10:52:46AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
SPECIFICALLY, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, 48 HOMES
THIS FISCAL YEAR THAT WE WILL BE TOUCHING IN EAST TAMPA
RELATED TO THE HRRP PROGRAM.
10:52:59AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
I'M A LITTLE SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT THE TREE TRIMMING WAS
NOT IN THE BUDGET BECAUSE I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THAT DURING
BUDGET SEASON.
10:53:06AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
THE TREE TRIMMING PROGRAM WAS ROLLED INTO
THE HOUSING REHAB AND RENOVATION PROGRAM AS A COMPONENT.
IF THERE WAS WORK NEEDED, IF THERE WAS A ROOF AND PENDING
ISSUE WITH TREES OR SOME ENDANGERMENT, THAT WAS ROLLED INTO
THE PROGRAM AS A SERVICE.
10:53:23AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
10:53:25AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
IT IS A COMPONENT OF THE REHAB PROGRAM.
10:53:27AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
-- SUBPROGRAM.
10:53:28AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
CORRECT.
10:53:29AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOVE TO APPROVE THIS PROGRAM CHANGE.
10:53:33AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
MOTION FROM BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
10:53:38AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I HAVE DISCUSSION FIRST.

10:53:40AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
10:53:42AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
QUESTION.
I KNOW THERE ARE FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE WHO HAVE CONCERN
ABOUT PROGRAMMING OF FUNDS, REWORKS FROM 36 TO 24 MONTHS.
I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION TO TRY TO GET
THAT REPROGRAMMED TO 24 MONTHS.
WILL THIS MOTION IMPACT THAT?
10:53:58AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
NO.
NO.
THAT WILL NOT BE A PART OF IT.
I WILL BE REACHING OUT TO YOU RELATED TO HAVING A SEPARATE
BRIEFING ON THAT SPECIFIC ITEM.
I DID GET SOME CORRESPONDENCE AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH
SOME OF YOUR COLLEAGUES YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, BASED ON E-MAIL
THAT WAS RECEIVED.
SO WE'LL BE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION.
BUT THE ITEM IS SCHEDULED TO BE ON THE JUNE 11 AGENDA.
10:54:21AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS WASN'T GOING TO
AFFECT THAT.
I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.
10:54:25AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
SECOND FROM BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
ALL IN FAVOR?
10:54:30AM >> AYE.
10:54:31AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
ANY OPPOSED?

ALL RIGHTY.
THANK YOU.
10:54:35AM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:54:37AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
MOVING RIGHT ALONG, ITEM 5.
10:54:47AM >> MELISA MARTINEZ WITH TAMPA CRA.
OUR TEAM RECEIVED A FUNDING REQUEST FOR YBOR HARBOR.
I'M HERE WITH THE APPLICANT TO DO THE PRESENTATION AND THEN
I'LL COME BACK AND DISCUSS ABOUT THE CONDITIONS AND WHAT
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING.
THANK YOU.
10:55:14AM >> GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS.
DO WE HAVE A WAY TO CONNECT THIS?
10:55:22AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED, SIR?
10:55:27AM >> LESS THAN TEN MINUTES.
10:55:29AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
LET'S GIVE HIM -- JUST PUT TEN TO BE SURE.
10:55:36AM >> GOOD MORNING, BOARD MEMBERS.
WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT YBOR HARBOR AND --
10:55:40AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
START WITH YOUR NAME, PLEASE.
10:55:42AM >> AVI FRIEDMAN-SHAW WITH CASA YBOR, THE APPLICANT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING.
I ALSO WANT TO SPEND JUST A MINUTE TO THANK COURTNEY ORR,
CEDRIC McCRAY, AND MELISA MARTINEZ.
THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF REVIEWING THIS APPLICATION AND
WORKING WITH US AND THE CAC ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN DEPTH TO
MAKE SURE THIS WAS A FUNDING REQUEST THAT WORKED FOR THE CRA

AND THE CHANNEL DISTRICT.
TO TALK ABOUT THE REQUEST, WE HAD ORIGINALLY REQUESTED
$50 MILLION IN CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING.
AFTER WORKING WITH THE CRA STAFF, WE REDUCED THAT REQUEST TO
$35 MILLION AND THAT'S A NUMBER THAT THEY FELT THEY COULD
COMFORTABLY SUPPORT WITH ALL THE OTHER FUNDING REQUESTS AND
PRIORITIES THAT THAT PARTICULAR CRA HAS.
THESE FUNDS ARE TO BE USED FOR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE WORK,
PRIMARILY MARINE SEAWALL, ROADWAY NETWORKS AND
UNDERGROUNDING UTILITIES WITHIN THE YBOR HARBOR SITE.
JUST TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, WE EXPECT TO SPEND ABOUT
$200 MILLION IN TOTAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING.
THAT'S DOLLARS BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE CRA AND BOTH
IN HARD AND SOFT COSTS.
KIND OF AN ALL-IN NUMBER.
WE EXPECTED THIS TO BE A VERY CATALYTIC PUBLIC INVESTMENT
FOR EVERY DOLLAR EXPENDED FOR CRA FUNDS, WE EXPECT TO HAVE
ACTUALLY $35 MILLION LEVEL OVER $5 OF PRIVATE INVESTMENTS.
THIS IS ALSO STRUCTURED IN A WAY THAT REDUCES OR ELIMINATES
RISK FOR THE CRA IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
IT'S STRUCTURED ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS, SO DOLLARS ARE NOT
EXPENDED BY THE CRA UNTIL WORK IS COMPLETED AND DOLLARS PAID
OUT.
IT'S REIMBURSEMENT ONLY.
SO THERE'S NO DOLLARS PUT OUT UP FRONT.

ALSO, ALL DOLLARS ARE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH A CDD, SO
NOT COMING TO THE APPLICANT OR THE DEVELOPMENT -- DEVELOPER
DIRECTLY.
I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS A NET DONOR PROJECT,
MEANING THIS WILL GENERATE SIGNIFICANT INCREMENTAL TAX
REVENUE.
CURRENTLY THE SITE TODAY GENERATES ABOUT $400,000 A YEAR IN
AD VALOREM TAX REVENUE FOR ALL TAXING AUTHORITIES.
THAT'S NOT VERY MUCH FOR 32 ACRES IN TAMPA'S URBAN CORE WHEN
YOU HAVE SMALL APARTMENT SITES GENERATING A COUPLE MILLION
DOLLARS A YEAR.
WE EXPECT AT FULL BUILD-OUT, GENERATE $47 MILLION A YEAR.
THAT IS THE ENTIRE SITE, NOT JUST WITHIN THE CRA, BUT IT IS
SIGNIFICANT.
JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SITE TODAY, THE SITE IS HIGHLY
INDUSTRIALIZED AND HISTORICALLY BEEN PART OF TAMPA'S
MARITIME INDUSTRY.
IT IS CURRENTLY HOME TO INTERNATIONAL SHIP REPAIR,
INTERNATIONAL SHIP REPAIR IS WORKING WITH PORT TAMPA BAY TO
IDENTIFY A NEW SITE TO MOVE THEIR SHIP BUILDING OPERATIONS,
AND THEY ARE IN ACTIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM RIGHT NOW.
THE SITE IS HIGHLY INDUSTRIALIZED AND CHARACTERIZED BY A
LACK OF PUBLIC ACCESS.
THERE'S NO PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE WATERFRONT ON THIS SITE.
IT'S BELOW THE BASE FLOOD ELEVATION SO VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO

COASTAL FLOODING.
ALSO HIGHLY ENVIRONMENTALLY CONTAMINATED.
TWO ACTIVE BROWNFIELDS ON THIS SITE THAT HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION FOR CLEANUP WITH SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL
CONTAMINATION.
TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SITE PLAN, THIS WAS THE SITE
PLAN THAT WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED BY THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
AS PART OF THE ZONING.
IT IS ABOUT 19 BLOCKS.
APPROXIMATELY 40% OF THIS SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE CHANNEL
DISTRICT CRA.
ANY FUNDS SPENT BY THE CHANNEL DISTRICT CRA ARE ONLY
DESIGNATED FOR GEOGRAPHIC AREAS WITHIN THE CHANNEL DISTRICT
CRA BOUNDARIES.
THIS IS NOT GOING TO ANYWHERE OTHER THAN WITH ANY CHANNEL
DISTRICT CRA BOUNDARY ITSELF.
WE BELIEVE THE SITE PLAN WILL ACTIVELY INTEGRATE YBOR HARBOR
WITH YBOR CITY AND THE CHANNEL DISTRICT AND BRING ALL THOSE
TOGETHER AT THE WATERFRONT, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY
OF TAMPA WOULD REALLY BENEFIT FROM.
TO JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FUTURE STATE, WE EXPECT
THAT THIS PROJECT WILL GENERATE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF JOBS
IN TAX REVENUE BUT IT WILL ALSO CREATE UPWARDS OF 2500 NEW
LINEAR FEET OF WATERFRONT ACCESS FOR THE PUBLIC.

OVER A THOUSAND OF THAT WILL BE WITHIN THE CHANNEL DISTRICT
ITSELF.
WE'RE ALSO VERY PROUD TO HAVE COMMITTED 10% OF ALL RENTAL
RESIDENCES TO RENT RESTRICTED AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THAT IS A KEY COMMITMENT THAT WE'VE ALREADY MADE AND WE ARE
PROUD TO DO THAT.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD
MEMBERS MAY HAVE.
HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT SPECIFIC NUMBERS.
I'M SURE THE STAFF IS AS WELL.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT I CAN ADDRESS IN MORE DEPTH.
11:00:06AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
11:00:08AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
NO QUESTION.
JUST A STATEMENT.
I THINK THIS IS A TRANSFORMATIONAL PROJECT AND ONE OF THOSE
PROJECTS WE'LL LOOK BACK ON AND SAY THIS WAS A PIVOTAL
MOMENT IN TAMPA'S HISTORY TO RECLAIM PROPERTY THAT HAS BEEN
BROWNFIELD, LEFT IN DISREPAIR.
IT IS AN AMAZING INVESTMENT TO BE ABLE TO PUT A DOLLAR AND
GET THAT TYPE OF RETURN ON THAT INVESTMENT.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ANTICIPATED TIF REVENUE.
I FULLY SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MY KIDS, MY GRANDKIDS AND EVERYBODY
ELSE TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY THIS AREA.

11:00:41AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
11:00:42AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT BUDGET AND WHAT
WE HAVE IN THAT CRA AVAILABLE AND THE EXPENDITURES THAT
WE'RE LOOKING AT.
BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE GIVING MONEY
OUT ANY TIME SOON.
IT WILL JUST SIMPLY BE HELD WAITING FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
11:01:03AM >> CORRECT.
ON YOUR PACKAGES TODAY ON THE SECOND PAGE, THE STAFF
RECOMMENDATION, IT DOES INCLUDE, WE MET WITH THE CAC CHAIR.
WE WENT THROUGH THE BUDGET, AND THAT IS THE REASON WENT FROM
50 MILLION TO 35.
THAT IS WHAT THE CRA WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE OR TO GIVE ON THIS
REQUEST.
WE WON'T START THE REIMBURSEMENT UNTIL FY '29.
IT IS A REIMBURSEMENT GRANT, SO THEY'LL PUT THEIR MONEY UP
FRONT TO DO THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO PAY FOR IT AND THEN
REIMBURSE IT AS THEY COMPLETE IT IN PHASES.
WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST WITH
THE CONDITIONS LISTED ONE THROUGH FOUR LISTED IN YOUR MEMOS.
11:01:43AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COULD YOU PUT THE MEMO UP ON THE -- THAT
WOULD BE GREAT.
JUST TO KIND OF REMIND THE PUBLIC AND US.
11:01:58AM >> THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, ONE OF THE CONDITIONS WOULD BE
THAT THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO ESTABLISH A CDD, AND THEIR

PLAN IS TO DO IT BY MAY OF 2028.
THEY HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT.
AND THE APPLICANT ALSO WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THE
FINAL OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT.
RECEIVE AN AFFIDAVIT FROM THE OWNER OF THE LAND AND THEY ARE
IN THE PROCESS OF THE PURCHASE PROCESS.
REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST COMMENCE AT FISCAL YEAR '29 AS I
MENTIONED BEFORE.
WE HAVE A DEADLINE FOR APPROVAL OF FUNDING AGREEMENT BY
SEPTEMBER OF -- SEPTEMBER 30, 2028.
REIMBURSEMENT DISTRIBUTION SHALL NOT EXCEED THE $7 MILLION
FOR FISCAL YEAR.
11:02:38AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THAT'S GREAT.
THAT'S WONDERFUL.
IN THE FUTURE, JUST BECAUSE WE'RE KIND OF JUST BEGINNING THE
SPECIAL PROJECT FUNDING REQUESTS WHICH IS WHY I'M ASKING SO
MANY QUESTIONS, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO ALSO SEE WHAT THE
BUDGET IS, HOW MUCH THIS TAKES OUT OF IT, WHERE IT'S COMING
FROM JUST AGAIN FOR THE PUBLIC.
WE SEE IT IN DOCUMENTS, BUT JUST MAKE IT VERY CLEAR AND
VISIBLE SO WE CAN SEE THAT BY TAKING THIS WE HAVE THE MONEY
TO DO IT AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
11:03:05AM >> SURE.
11:03:05AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
APPRECIATE THAT.
11:03:07AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.

11:03:09AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
JUST MAKING SURE SO THE APPLICANT HAS
SIGNED OFF ON ALL THE CONDITIONS AND AGREEMENTS?
11:03:14AM >> CORRECT, YES.
11:03:15AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
FOR THE RECORD, MAKING SURE WE'RE GOOD.
11:03:17AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOVE TO APPROVE --
11:03:20AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I HAVE A QUESTION.
JUST FOR THE -- ON THE FUTURE STATE, HOW DID YOU GET TO THE
NUMBER OF COMMITTED AFFORDABLE HOUSING, 10%?
11:03:34AM >> SURE.
THAT IS A FUNCTION OF THE ZONING AND WE'VE ALREADY COMMITTED
TO THAT.
WE COMMITTED TO 10% OF ALL RENTAL RESIDENCES BUILT WITHIN
THAT PDA ZONING AREA COMMITTED TO RENT RESTRICTED AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
BETWEEN 80% AND 120 PERCENT OF AMI AND THAT'S A FUNCTION OF
OUR ZONING.
THAT IS A COMMITMENT WE HAVE ALREADY MADE.
IT'S NOT PREDICATED ON THIS FUNDING BUT SOMETHING WE'RE VERY
--
11:03:59AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
11:03:59AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
GENERALLY, THAT IS DONE WHEN THEY WANT A
BONUS.
10% AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS WHAT WE HAVE NOW.
THE NEW COMP PLAN WOULD ALLOW THAT TO GO TO HUNDRED PERCENT.
RIGHT NOW, OUR CAP IS TEN.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE IT.
11:04:17AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I WAS WONDERING, 10%, WHAT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A
LITTLE BIT MORE.
GOT IT.
11:04:26AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YOU SAID ABOUT AMI.
WHICH AMI?
80 UP TO 120 --
11:04:35AM >> IT'S BETWEEN THAT AMOUNT.
THAT IS THE COMMITMENT.
THAT WAS PART OF WHAT CITY COUNCIL, AS BOARD MEMBER HURTAK
CLARIFIED, THAT'S PART OF THE COMMITMENT WE MADE AS PART OF
OUR ZONING AND THAT'S WHAT CITY COUNCIL HAS SIGNED OFF ON.
11:04:49AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
11:04:52AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I MADE THE MOTION.
11:04:53AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY BOARD MEMBER
MANISCALCO.
A SECOND FROM BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
ALL RIGHTY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE ARE MOVING TO ITEM NUMBER 6.
11:05:18AM >>FELIX NUNEZ:
FELIX NU EZ, EAST TAMPA CRA MANAGER.
TODAY, WE ARE GOING TO REQUEST BOARD APPROVAL TO RELEASE AN
RFQ FOR THE GATOR BUILDING SITE.

IT IS FOR ASSESSMENTS --
11:05:34AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
COULD SOMEBODY PLEASE SILENCE THEIR PHONE?
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU SILENCE YOUR PHONES AND MOBILE DEVICES.
11:05:43AM >>FELIX NUNEZ:
RFQ IS FOR ASSESSMENT OF THE PARCEL, WHICH
YOU CAN SEE HERE, LAID OUT AS A PARCEL.
NOW DOING AN ASSESSMENT TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY FOR
WHAT CAN REALLY GO ON THAT SITE THAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL FOR
THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS VIABLE LONG TERM.
IN THAT ASSESSMENT, HEAVY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS PART OF
THE ASSESSMENT TO DETERMINE FROM THE COMMUNITY WHAT THEY
WANT TO SEE.
FEASIBILITY IS GREAT.
WHAT ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THE TWO COME TOGETHER.
THIS ASSESSMENT WILL TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THAT.
WE HOPE THE FINAL RESULT OF THE RFQ IS READY FOR US TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH DESIGN-BUILD PHASE WITH SOME CONCEPTS AND IDEAS
AFTER HAVING DONE THE ASSESSMENT.
THERE WAS A PRESENTATION, BUT I DON'T THINK I NEED TO GO
THROUGH IT OR WOULD YOU PREFER I GO THROUGH IT?
11:06:42AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
11:06:45AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I JUST WANTED TO GO BACK TO THE MAP TO ORIENT
PEOPLE TO WHERE IT IS.
JUST IN THE FUTURE, IF YOU COULD HAVE THE STREETS.
CAN YOU TELL US WHICH STREETS THEY ARE JUST SO WE ARE AWARE

ABOUT WHERE WE ARE.
11:07:02AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
TO THE NORTH IS LAKE AVENUE, AND TO THE
WEST IS NORTH 22nd STREET.
11:07:09AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THIS IS A CORNER OF 22nd AND LAKE.
THIS IS A VERY PIVOTAL PIECE OF PROPERTY.
I'M VERY -- I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
PART OF THE POSTPONEMENT OF THIS WAS THE FACT THAT WE WERE
ABLE TO ACQUIRE A COUPLE MORE PARCELS.
SO REALLY EXCITED.
I'M VERY EXCITED, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY TIMELY THAT SOME
OF THE FOCUS IS ON THE YOUTH AND WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THIS
PROPERTY TO ENGAGE THE YOUNGER PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO
SAY ABOUT IT.
BUT I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT'S ALREADY A PLAN AND A DESIRE
BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED.
I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THIS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:07:52AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
11:07:53AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I'M HAPPY THAT WE'RE DOING A FEASIBILITY
ASSESSMENT ON THIS PARCEL.
MY VISION OF THIS WAS LIKE A LITTLE MINI-SUPERMARKET AND
SOME RETAIL SPACE, LITTLE DOWNTOWN AREA.
BUT, OF COURSE, YOU CAN'T FIT A SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND HOLE.
HAVING A FEASIBILITY STUDY IS THE APPROPRIATE MECHANISM TO

MOVE FORWARD.
I APPRECIATE STAFF BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
I WOULD MOVE THE AUTHORIZATION.
11:08:22AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS.
I KNOW WE HAVE ALL HEARD GATOR BUILDING.
SO TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD, I THINK THIS IS REALLY GOOD AND
GREAT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING MORE PROJECTS WITHIN OUR EAST
TAMPA CRA MOVING FORWARD.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN AND A SECOND FROM
BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
ALL IN FAVOR?
11:08:43AM >> AYE.
11:08:45AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
ALL RIGHTY.
11:08:46AM >> THANK YOU.
11:08:47AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
OKAY.
WE RECEIVED AND FILED NUMBER 7.
WE TOOK OFF 8.
11:08:57AM >>LUIS VIERA:
MAY I SAY SOMETHING ON NUMBER 8?
I'M SORRY.
I MEAN 9.
I APOLOGIZE.
11:09:03AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
WE'RE ON 9 NOW.
11:09:07AM >>LUIS VIERA:
SORRY, MY BAD.
11:09:09AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
GO AHEAD, DIRECTOR McCRAY.

11:09:11AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
CEDRIC McCRAY, TAMPA CRA DIRECTOR.
AT BOARD MEMBER VIERA'S REQUEST, WE DID HAVE A MEETING WITH
THE PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR AND OTHER STAFF RELATED TO
FUNDING DISABILITY EQUIPMENT AND INSTALLATION.
IT WAS TO OUR SURPRISE THAT MS. CLAY WANTED TO MAKE A
DONATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,000 FOR THE INSTALLATION AND
PURCHASE OF SAID EQUIPMENT.
SO IT ESSENTIALLY TOOK US AS THE CRA OUT BECAUSE THERE WAS
NOT A FINANCIAL COMPONENT TO IT.
PARKS AND REC STAFF WAS GOING TO DO A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO
FIND A LOCATION WITHIN THE CITY TO -- FOR THE PLACEMENT
WHERE IT COULD BE USED AND BEST NEEDED.
I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE DIRECTOR LATE MONDAY
AFTERNOON, AND THEY DECIDED ON DE SOTO PARK, WHICH IS
OUTSIDE OF THE CRA.
SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 IN THE PALMETTO BEACH AREA.
BUT THE DONATION WAS GOING TO GO TO FRIENDS OF THE PARKS AND
THEN THE WORK WILL BEGIN.
I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT TIMELINE ON WHEN THAT WILL START BUT I
JUST GOT THIS INFORMATION EARLIER THIS WEEK.
11:10:26AM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU.
MR. McCRAY, THANK YOU AGAIN.
WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOU.
I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS.
THIS IS A FOUNDATION NAMED AFTER KAREN'S LATE SON MICHAEL

PHILLIPS THAT WHEN HE PASSED SHE STARTED.
THE CAUSE OF MICHAEL'S LIFE WAS SOCIAL JUSTICE AND HUMAN
DIGNITY.
AND THAT INCLUDED PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, WHETHER
INTELLECTUAL OR PHYSICAL.
I'M SO GLAD TO SEE THIS FORWARD, AND WE'LL ALL LOOK FORWARD
TO IT.
THE CITY IS DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN.
IT'S FUNNY WITH KAREN, WE HAVE THE SPECIAL NEEDS ALL
ABILITIES INTERNSHIP IS NOW NAMED MICHAEL PHILLIPS
INTERNSHIP AND NOW WE'LL HAVE THIS.
IT'S A SMALL GESTURE TO WHAT MOMS AND DADS DO IN RAISING
THEIR KIDS AND DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO MAKE IT WORK FOR
KIDS WHO HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS.
WE APPRECIATE YOU, SIR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO KAREN WHO MAY BE WATCHING, BUSY,
BUT SHE'S ONE OF OUR FAVORITE PEOPLE AND WE ALL LOVE HER A
LOT.
THANK YOU.
11:11:28AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:11:29AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
NO.
11:11:31AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ON THE SAME LINE, WE TALK ABOUT WHAT TAMPA
IS, AND WE'RE A CITY THAT IS MADE UP OF ALL DIFFERENT TYPES
OF FOLKS FROM DIFFERENT TYPES OF BACKGROUNDS, DIFFERENT

COMPONENTS.
WE COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY AND INCLUDING THE DISABILITY
COMMUNITY.
I'M PROUD THAT COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA HAS BEEN SUCH A CHAMPION
OF THE CAUSES ALONG WITH MY FRIEND KAREN CLAY.
THAT WHEN A CHILD SHOWS UP AT A PLAYGROUND OR SHOWS UP
ANYWHERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, THEY SHOULD FEEL THAT THEY
BELONG THERE.
I THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING -- ACTUALLY START TEARING UP
THINKING ABOUT IT.
A KID THAT SHOWS UP IN PLACES LIKE THIS, THEY SHOULD FEEL
LIKE THIS IS MY PLACE, TOO.
I'M GLAD THAT THE CITY AND THE CRA, THAT THIS CONTINUES TO
BE A FOCUS.
I THINK KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD ALWAYS BE OUR FOCUS.
THANK YOU.
11:12:20AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT DE SOTO PARK
WHEN I WENT TO -- I DID A TOUR OF PALMETTO BEACH WITH THE
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
VERY NICE PARK.
VERY BEAUTIFUL PARK.
I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT ADDITION AND ALSO REALLY
LOVELY COMMUNITY AS WELL.
THERE WERE ACTUALLY KIDS ALREADY PLAYING AT THE PARK.
SO I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY AWESOME.

THANK YOU ALL.
AND THANK YOU TO THE MICHAEL PHILLIPS FOUNDATION AND TO
MS. KAREN CLAY AND FOR MR. VIERA FOR BEING A CHAMPION.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NOW WE ARE MOVING TO REQUIRED APPROVALS.
BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
11:13:06AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS 10 AND 13.
11:13:13AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I HAVE A QUESTION.
I WAS GONE FOR THE BRIEFING.
DID WE RESOLVE THE ISSUE ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD NOMENCLATURE ON
THE SIGNS?
11:13:22AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
THAT IS STILL BEING CONTESTED.
NEIGHBORHOOD LINES ARE A VERY PARTICULAR THING.
THAT WILL HAVE TO BE DEALT WITH BETWEEN MS. McGREGOR'S
OFFICE AND THE CHAIR.
11:13:35AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
VERY GOOD.
11:13:36AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T FUND IT LATER, BUT
IT'S -- AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTOOD IN MY BRIEFING.
11:13:50AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
WE PULLED 11 AND 12.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER HURTAK AND SECOND FROM
BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO FOR 10 AND 13.
COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:14:06AM >>LUIS VIERA:
I DO WANT TO SPEAK ON 13, IF I MAY.

I'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF.
WHEN I WAS WALKING DOWN, I KNOW COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO OFTEN
WALKS DOWNTOWN AND I SAID, MAN, THAT IS A GREAT IDEA.
I WAS WALKING AROUND OUR BEAUTIFUL RIVERWALK AND I HAPPENED
TO RUN INTO SOME OF THE WAY-FINDING SIGNS OVER IN OUR
DOWNTOWN AREA, AND IF YOU ALL KNOW NEAR, IN THE RIVERWALK,
WE HAVE WHAT IS THE EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE MARKER THERE
WHICH DEALS WITH THE LYNCHING IN 1934 OF ROBERT JOHNSON WHO
HAS LYNCHED I BELIEVE JANUARY 30 OF THAT YEAR, IF I RECALL.
IT IS A VERY POWERFUL MARKER THAT IS ESPECIALLY POWERFUL AND
VERY RELEVANT TODAY IN 2026.
SO I AM -- I JUST WANT TO SAY, OBVIOUSLY, I SUPPORT THIS,
BUT WE SHOULD HAVE THAT MARKER INCLUDED IN THE WAY-FINDING
SIGNS FOR DOWNTOWN.
MAYBE I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO THAT REGARD, BUT THAT SHOULD BE,
BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT THEM THERE.
IT'S THERE.
AGAIN, OPEN AND OBVIOUS AS TO WHAT IT IS.
I THINK THAT PEOPLE OUGHT TO KNOW WE'RE THE KIND OF CITY
THAT IN THE YEAR 2026, IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, THAT WE'RE
PROUD TO TALK ABOUT THAT KIND OF HISTORY.
PROUD TO HAVE THAT DIALOGUE AND THAT WE DIRECT PEOPLE TO
TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
OBVIOUSLY, I SUPPORT THIS BUT I MAY BE MAKING A MOTION IN
THAT REGARD LATER.

BUT THANK YOU.
11:15:31AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
THANK YOU.
WE VOTED?
NO.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
OKAY.
NOW WE GO TO ITEMS 11 AND 12.
11:15:53AM >> MELISA MARTINEZ, TAMPA CRA.
THIS IS FOR ITEM 11.
RECEIVE FUNDING REQUEST FOR THE RENOVATIONS TO THE DR.
WALTER L. SMITH LIBRARY AND MUSEUM RENOVATIONS.
HERE WE HAVE THE APPLICANT TO DO A PRESENTATION AND I'LL
COME BACK AND SPEAK ON OUR RECOMMENDATION.
11:16:17AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK
AFTER THE PRESENTATION?
HELLO, SIR.
HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU THINK YOU NEED?
11:16:32AM >> NO MORE THAN TEN MINUTES.
11:16:33AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I'LL GIVE YOU TEN MINUTES.
11:16:36AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
11:16:38AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
START WITH YOUR NAME, PLEASE.
11:16:40AM >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE BEFORE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THE CRA STAFF.
THANK YOU FOR THE COMMUNITY.

IF YOU WILL, PLEASE STAND, THOSE FOLKS WHO CAME TO SUPPORT,
PLEASE STAND.
11:16:52AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
DR. SMITH, DR. WALTER SMITH, CAN YOU GIVE US
YOUR NAME FIRST, PLEASE.
11:16:58AM >> MY NAME IS WALTER L. SMITH THE II.
PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE DOCTOR WALTER L. SMITH LIBRARY AND
MUSEUM.
I AM STANDING BEFORE YOU TODAY AS THE SON OF DR. WALTER L.
SMITH WHO WAS THE FOUNDER AND ESTABLISHED THIS FACILITY BACK
IN 2004.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, YOU ALL.
THIS IS A LONG TIME COMING.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE FIRST OF ALL THE PRESENCE OF MY
FAMILY, MY WIFE, SISTER, MOTHER, BROTHER, ALL HERE.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW PROUD I AM OF THIS OPPORTUNITY, THIS
MOMENT RIGHT NOW.
DR. SMITH SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE FIGHTING FOR SECOND
CHANCES.
MOST OF HIS CAREER.
HE FOUGHT AGAINST JIM CROW.
FOUGHT AGAINST APARTHEID.
HE ESTABLISHED EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AND EDUCATIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WHO WOULD NOT HAVE THE SAME
EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES.
HE HAD THAT SAME SECOND CHANCE AS ONE WHO HAD TO RUN FROM

LYNCH MOB AS HIGH SCHOOL DROP-OUT WHO CAME BACK AND JOINED
THE MILITARY AND WENT ON TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE, GIBBS
COMMUNITY COLLEGE RIGHT HERE ACROSS THE BRIDGE IN
ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA.
WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE CHILDREN, LIKE
THE ONE THAT CAME HERE TODAY, WHO WAS SEEKING A SECOND
OPPORTUNITY THAT SHOULD NOT BE CONDEMNED, TO HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY.
THIS OPPORTUNITY HAS BEEN GIVEN THROUGH THE DR. WALTER L.
SMITH LIBRARY.
THERE IS PRECEDENCE FOR THAT AND HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
THROUGH THE MILL, WHO HAD HARD TIMES.
WE STOPPED THINGS AS BAD AS RAPE.
WE STOPPED THINGS AS BAD AS MURDER.
WE STOPPED THINGS THAT WERE TERRIBLE FROM HAPPENING.
AND WE HELP PEOPLE BECOME BETTER CITIZENS.
I'LL TAKE A MOMENT AND STEP ASIDE AND LET MY ADMINISTRATOR,
RUSSELL SPEARS, TAKE OVER WITH A PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU, WALTER.
APPRECIATE YOU.
11:19:19AM >> MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, CRA STAFF --
11:19:22AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
NAME, PLEASE, SIR.
11:19:24AM >> I APOLOGIZE.
NAME IS RUSSELL SPEARS, ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE DR. WALTER L.
SMITH LIBRARY.

AGAIN, WOULD LIKE TO SAY CRA STAFF AND FOR THE COMMUNITY
COME OUT TO SUPPORT US.
THIS IS A TREMENDOUS PROJECT.
IN OPENING, WEST TAMPA HAS HISTORICAL CULTURAL LANDMARK THAT
ONCE SERVED AS CENTER OF EDUCATION, CULTURE, AND COMMUNITY
LEADERSHIP.
TODAY, THE PROPERTY SITS STORM DAMAGED AND UNDERUTILIZED.
THIS PROJECT RESTORES THE LANDMARK AND REACTIVATES IT AS A
LONG-TERM COMMUNITY ASSET FOR WEST TAMPA.
CURRENTLY, THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE, WITHOUT INTERVENTION
THIS PROPERTY WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE, CONTRIBUTING TO
A CORRIDOR OF BLIGHT, REDUCTION IN NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVITY,
AND CONTINUED UNDERUTILIZATION OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANT
SITE.
OUR OPPORTUNITY IS LARGER THAN JUST REHABILITATION ALONE.
THIS PROJECT ACTIVATES A LEGACY PROPERTY AS A COMMUNITY
ANCHOR, SUPPORTING EDUCATION, CULTURE, PRESERVATION AND
LOCAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES.
WE PROPOSE A SOLUTION.
THIS PROJECT TRANSFORMS THE STRUCTURE INTO A COMMUNITY
CENTERED LIBRARY AND CULTURAL HUB SUPPORTING EDUCATION,
PROGRAMMING, EXHIBITS, DIGITAL ARCHIVES, AND LOCAL
ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR KEY OUTCOMES ARE CORRIDOR ACTIVATION,
SUPPORT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, CULTURAL PROGRAMMING, CODE

COMPLIANCE, AND LEGACY RESTORATION.
THE IMPACT THAT WE'RE DRIVING TOWARD FOR THIS PROJECT IS TO
ALIGN DIRECTLY WITH CRA PRIORITIES, THROUGH BLIGHT
REMEDIATION, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING, CULTURAL PRESERVATION,
AND SMALL BUSINESS ACTIVATION, THIS FACILITY IS EXPECTED TO
SUPPORT YEAR-ROUND COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING AND NEIGHBORHOOD
ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.
OUR PROOF, THIS PROJECT IS NOT CONCEPTUAL.
IT IS SHOVEL READY.
WE HAVE A GENERAL CONTRACTOR WHO IS ON BOARD, READY TO MOVE
THIS PROJECT FORWARD.
THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN WORK, PROCUREMENT COORDINATION, AND
REDEVELOPMENT PLANNING ACTIVITIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN
INITIATED.
THIS ALLOWS THE PROJECT TO MOVE QUICKLY UPON FUNDING
APPROVAL.
SO THIS IS OUR SCOPE.
THE PROJECT IS LIMITED TO REHABILITATION AND STABILIZATION
ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING STORM DAMAGE REPAIR, STRUCTURAL
IMPROVEMENT, LIFE SAFETY UPGRADES, AND CODE COMPLIANCE
MEASURES NECESSARY FOR PUBLIC USE ACTIVATION.
OUR BUDGET ORIGINALLY WAS $1.6 MILLION.
WE'RE REQUESTING 1.19 MILLION FROM CRA.
AND WE HAVE PRIVATE MATCH AND INCOME FUNDS -- NOT FUNDS, BUT
EXPENDITURES OF $407,000 CURRENTLY.

THE CRA INVESTMENT REPRESENTS APPROXIMATELY 74% OF THE TOTAL
PROJECT COST.
THIS PROJECT LEVERAGES ADDITIONAL PRIVATE, PHILANTHROPIC,
AND IN-KIND SUPPORT CONTRIBUTIONS, MAXIMIZING PUBLIC IMPACT
WHILE REDUCING LONG-TERM REDEVELOPMENT RISK.
THIS PROJECT WAS INTENSELY STRUCTURED TO ALIGN WITH CRA
REDEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES AND REHABILITATION GUIDELINES.
THE SCOPE IS LIMITED TO STABILIZATION, STORM RECOVERY, CODE
COMPLIANCE, AND PUBLIC USE ACTIVATION OF AN EXISTING
HISTORICAL STRUCTURE.
THIS IS OUR TIMELINE.
THE PROJECT IS STRUCTURED TO -- STRUCTURED CLEARLY THROUGH
PHASES TO ALLOW EFFECTIVE EXECUTION, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND
TIMELY ACTIVATION UPON FUNDING APPROVAL.
IN CLOSING, WE'RE REQUESTING THE CRA'S PARTNERSHIP TO
RESTORE HISTORICAL WEST TAMPA LANDMARK AND REACTIVATE IT AS
A LONG-TERM CENTER OF EDUCATION, CULTURE, ENTREPRENEURSHIP,
AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE TIME.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR CRA STAFF FOR ASSISTING US IN THIS
PROCESS, AND WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PRESENT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I AM OPEN TO QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
11:24:42AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
WE HAVE COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.

11:24:47AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
OF THE CRA STAFF.
MS. MARTINEZ, THEY ARE ASKING FOR $1.192 MILLION.
WHAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION FROM YOUR END?
11:25:02AM >> 800,000 AND THIS IS BASED ON OUR COMMERCIAL GRANTS POLICY
THAT REQUIRES A 50% MATCH WHEN WE'RE GIVING FUNDS AWAY --
PROVIDING FUNDS.
11:25:13AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WHAT DID THE CAC SAY?
11:25:15AM >> CAC VOTED FOR 1.192 MILLION.
11:25:19AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
AFTER WE'RE DONE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A
MOTION FOR THE ENTIRE AMOUNT, 1.192.
LET ME TELL YOU WHY.
I GOT TO MEET DR. SMITH IN 2019.
MY ONLY REGRET WAS NOT GETTING TO KNOW HIM SOONER.
IF YOU HEAR HIS STORY, WHAT HE DID LOCALLY AT THE FAMU
LEVEL, AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL, BECAUSE APARTHEID WAS
MENTIONED AS WELL, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT CRAs AND THEIR
PURPOSE, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS.
IT COULD BE INFRASTRUCTURE, IT COULD BE CULTURAL, IT COULD
BE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WHICH IS A COMMUNITY ASSET.
IT'S EDUCATIONAL.
IT WOULD BE A BEACON FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BRING YOUNG
PEOPLE, PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT CAN WALK
RIGHT OVER THERE.
IT'S NOT JUST THE NAME DR. WALTER SMITH AND HIS LEGACY.

IT IS HIS CONTINUED LEGACY OF GIVING BACK TO THIS COMMUNITY.
I'VE BEEN BY THAT HOUSE SO MANY TIMES -- YOU KNOW, THE
LIBRARY, NOT THE HOUSE, THE LIBRARY AND WHAT IT COULD BE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE RENDERINGS, IT IS BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S A PLACE THAT PEOPLE WILL BE PROUD OF.
IN AN HISTORIC AREA OF TAMPA, OLD WEST TAMPA, ESSENTIALLY,
BUT THIS IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE INVESTING IN.
I WISH WE HAD MORE PROJECTS LIKE THIS.
WE DO GET GREAT PROJECTS THAT COME THROUGH THE CRA.
THIS SPECIFICALLY, YOU HONOR THE LEGACY OF AN IMPORTANT
INDIVIDUAL.
BUT YOU'RE INVESTING IN THE FUTURE AND IN OUR YOUTH AND IN
THE COMMUNITY.
I WANT TO SEE THIS DONE.
I'M EXCITED.
I KNOW THAT THE HURRICANE DID DO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE, AND
THANKFULLY THE HOUSE IS STANDING.
BUT IT'S GOING TO BE EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL.
WITH THE HELP OF THE CRA AND THEIR MATCH, WE'LL GET THIS
DONE.
I'M EXCITED.
I MOVE FOR THE FULL FUNDING REQUEST OF $1,192,418.
11:27:02AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:27:09AM >>LUIS VIERA:
I'LL SECOND AND SUPPORT THAT.
GLAD, COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, THAT YOU ARE DOING THAT,

BECAUSE IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
THIS IS A WONDERFUL PROJECT.
FOR OUR FRIEND WALTER, I'M TOUCHED ON THIS PROJECT ON MANY
LEVELS.
BUT THE NUMBER ONE PART THAT I'M TOUCHED ON IS THAT YOU AS A
SON, WITH YOUR DAD.
I'M GOING TO STOP SAYING BECAUSE I'LL START CRYING.
IT'S TRUE.
YOU LOVE YOUR DAD.
I'LL END THAT THERE.
THERE IS ANOTHER BIG THING, OBVIOUSLY, THAT TOWERS WITH
THIS, TAMPA BLACK HISTORY, AND THAT WE DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE IT
NEARLY AS MUCH AS WE SHOULD.
AND THIS IS A GOOD STEP IN THAT DIRECTION THAT NAMES LIKE
ROBERT SAUNDERS OR FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ, MART MACEO, GARLAND
STUART, ARTHENIA JOYNER, DELANO STEWART AND SO MANY OTHER
PEOPLE MATTERED TO US SO MUCH.
THAT CERTAINLY INCLUDES DR. SMITH.
YOU TAKE A LOOK AT WHY FOLKS ARE HERE, THEY ARE HERE BECAUSE
THEY SUPPORT YOUR FAMILY, BECAUSE THEY SUPPORT THE LEGACY OF
DR. WALTER SMITH.
BUT I LIKE TO FEEL THAT ONE OF THE REASONS THERE'S SUCH
GREAT SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT IN TAMPA IS BECAUSE OF A
LARGER ISSUE.
WE'RE IN THE YEAR 2026.

WE CAN'T IGNORE THE WORLD WE LIVE IN.
WE CAN'T IGNORE THE RELEVANCY OF THE LEGACY OF DR. WALTER
SMITH.
WE CAN'T IGNORE THE FLORIDA THAT WE'RE IN, THE UNITED STATES
THAT WE'RE IN IN 2026, AND I'LL JUST SAY THIS, THAT IN A
TIME WHEN WE KNOW OF THINGS LIKE ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ, THE
LEGACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF DR. WALTER SMITH MATTERS MORE
TODAY THAN ANYTIME IN RECENT HISTORY BECAUSE DR. SMITH WAS
ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
FOR EVERYBODY.
REGARDLESS OF WHO YOU ARE.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS PLACE IS GOING TO STAND FOR.
BE REMISS SPEAKING ABOUT FAMU IF WE DIDN'T MENTION A WOMAN
COMING UP ON JUNE 10 LEFT US, GWEN HENDERSON, WHO WAS A
PROUD RATTLER.
THAT WOMAN WAS A RATTLER.
BOY, I REMEMBER, SHE WAS HERE DURING THE STREET RENAMING,
AND SHE WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE BEEN HERE.
THAT'S IT.
I'M LETTING MY LATIN SIDE TAKE OVER.
CRYING TOO MUCH.
I'LL STOP.
THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU.
11:29:38AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.

11:29:38AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES, ABSOLUTELY.
ONE, I APOLOGIZE THIS HAS TAKEN SO LONG.
I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE SEEN THIS PROJECT MOVE A LITTLE
QUICKER.
SOMETIMES THE WHEELS OF GOVERNMENT CREEK ALONG.
I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO AND I FULLY SUPPORT FULLY
FUNDING THIS.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO EMPHASIZE AND WHY THIS IS SO
IMPORTANT TO FUND, WE TALK ABOUT THE LEGACY OF YOUR FATHER,
WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.
I THINK WE ALL ADMIRE YOUR EFFORTS, WALTER, TO CONTINUE TO
BE AN ADVOCATE, TO KEEP HIS LEGACY ALIVE AND BRING IT TO
2026 AND BEYOND FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING IN THIS
COMMUNITY.
HIS CONTRIBUTION IS NOT JUST TO THE CITY OF TAMPA, THE STATE
OF FLORIDA, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BUT THE WORLD.
HE'S LEFT A MARK THAT WILL LIVE FOREVER AND BE ABLE TO HAVE
THIS PLACE-MAKING IN TRIBUTE TO HIM IS EXTRAORDINARILY
IMPORTANT TO OUR GENERATION AND THE GENERATIONS THAT WILL
FOLLOW US IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
EVEN MORE THAN THAT, THIS IS A PLACE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S A PLACE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GATHER.
A CENTRAL LOCATION FOR PEOPLE TO SHOW UP AND, HEY, BREAK
BREAD ON A SUNDAY, BE ABLE TO COME AND MEET WITH NEIGHBORS
AND TO TALK.

AND HOPEFULLY THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY IS WHAT WILL MOVE US
FORWARD AND BEYOND THIS MOMENT IN HISTORY THAT COUNCILMAN
VIERA JUST DISCUSSED OF WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW THAT WE
ALL KIND OF JUST HUNKERING DOWN AND HOPING TO GET PASSED.
THIS TYPE OF AN INITIATIVE IS IMPORTANT TO MOVE FORWARD FOR
THE CITY OF TAMPA AND THE LEGACY OF DR. WALTER SMITH.
I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE GOT HERE TODAY AND THAT WE CAN MOVE
THIS PROJECT FORWARD.
11:31:32AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:31:33AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.
WHEN YOU LOOK BACK IN HISTORY AT THE TIME THAT YOUR FATHER
DID THIS, IT WAS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE.
BUT HE SUCCEEDED BECAUSE HE WAS NOT A QUICKER.
HE SUCCEEDED BECAUSE HE WANTED TO DO BETTER, NOT ONLY FOR
HIMSELF BUT FOR HIS FAMILY AND FOR THE WHOLE GENERATION
BEHIND HIM THAT HE SAW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
VERY FEW PEOPLE HAVE THAT FIRE IN THEM TO DO IT.
I DON'T THINK I COULD HAVE DONE THAT.
I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE COULD HAVE DONE THAT.
I'M NOT HERE TO TELL THE AUDIENCE YOU CAN'T DO IT.
BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT DESIRE TO KEEP MARCHING FORWARD NO
MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU FELL, PICK
YOURSELF UP AND SAY I CAN DO THIS.
NOT TOO MANY HUMAN BEINGS CAN TAKE THAT KIND OF MENTAL

BEATING.
YOUR FATHER DESERVES ALL THE ACCOLADES HE'S GETTING AND
MAYBE MORE.
CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOU BEING HIS SON.
11:32:26AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
11:32:27AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THIS HISTORIC REHAB, THIS IS WHAT THE CRAs ARE FOR.
HISTORIC REHAB, BRINGING BACK TO LIFE SOMETHING THAT WAS
THERE THAT MATTERED.
I MEAN, THE LIBRARY WAS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF WEST
TAMPA.
IT HAS COME UNDER DISREPAIR.
THIS IS LITERALLY WHAT THE CRAs ARE FOR.
THIS IS A VERY EXCITING THING.
I'LL DISAGREE WITH BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
THIS IS NOT A TIME TO HUNKER DOWN AND WAIT OUT.
THIS IS NOT THAT TIME.
THIS TIME IS TO COME FORWARD AND TO SPEAK OUT.
IT'S WHY I VOTED AGAINST THE EBO RECLASSIFICATION BECAUSE
THAT'S IMPORTANT.
EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY IS IMPORTANT.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR COMMUNITY VALUES.
TO SAY WE'LL HUNKER DOWN FROM THAT BECAUSE WE'RE AFRAID OF
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR THE STATE GOVERNMENT, WHERE THERE
AREN'T ACTUALLY LAWS IN PLACE, BUT PEOPLE'S ASSUMPTIONS, IS

JUST NOT OKAY.
IN DOING THIS AND PROVIDING THIS MONEY, WE'RE HELPING TO
BRING THAT COMMUNITY CONVERSATION FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO
SPEAK OUT.
I'M REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
OF COURSE, FULLY SUPPORTING FULLY FUNDING IT.
AGAIN, I'LL COME BACK TO THE PROCESS OF THE SPECIAL FUNDING
REQUEST.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SEE IN THESE GOING
FORWARD IS A SITE PLAN.
I THINK THE SITE PLAN ALLOWS PEOPLE TO KIND OF GET A VISION
OF WHAT -- ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY ALREADY HAD IT.
BEING ABLE TO SEE THAT AND LETTING THE COMMUNITY SEE WHAT IS
COMING.
THE VISUAL RENDERINGS OF THE OUTSIDE ARE VERY NICE.
BUT WHAT IS THAT GOING TO LOOK LIKE ON THE INSIDE?
IT'S NOT A VERY BIG SPACE.
I WANT TO BE ABLE TO VISUALIZE HOW THAT SPACE IS USED AND
THE COMMUNITY DOES AS WELL.
ADDITIONALLY, I'LL GO BACK TO THE BUDGET.
IN FACT, MAKING SURE THAT WHEN THIS COMES IN FRONT OF US WE
SEE WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM IN THE LINE ITEM.
WE SEE WHERE THE BUDGET SHOWS WHAT WE HAVE LEFT, WHAT WE'RE
WORKING WITH, AND HOW THIS IS GOING TO BE PARCELS OUT.
I BELIEVE IT'S OVER A FEW YEAR TERM.

BUT AGAIN, JUST BEING ABLE TO SEE THAT AS THIS BOARD LOOKS
AT THESE NEW SPECIAL PROJECT FUNDING REQUESTS, I THINK WILL
REALLY HELP.
THIS IS, AGAIN, SUPPORT THIS PROJECT, BUT I'M JUST TALKING
ABOUT KIND OF THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE AS
THIS GOES FORWARD.
IT IS A LITTLE REPETITIVE TO THE EARLIER ONE, BUT JUST
REALLY GIVING US A LITTLE BIT OF A VISUAL, VERY EXCITED
ABOUT THIS.
11:34:58AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I'LL DO LAST.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD.
11:35:01AM >>LUIS VIERA:
I WAS GOING TO SAY, IF I MAY, FOR THE COMMENT
MADE ABOUT, AND I DON'T SPEAK ON BEHALF OF COUNCILMAN
CLENDENIN, BUT IN TERMS OF FIGHTING FOR VALUES THAT ARE
AGGRESSIVELY AGAINST THE STUFF THAT WE'RE SEEING NOW, I'LL
SAY FOR MY BEHALF, COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN DOES MORE IN A MONTH
THAN I HAVE DONE IN TEN YEARS POLITICALLY.
11:35:21AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I APOLOGIZE.
I WAS NOT SPEAKING AGAINST COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN AT ALL.
HE I BELIEVE KNOWS THAT.
NO, I JUST HAD TO COMMENT ON IT BECAUSE HE SAID IT.
I JUST THINK OUR COMMUNITY REALLY DOES BELIEVE IN THE POWER
OF ALL OF US.
11:35:40AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I FOR ONE AM VERY EXCITED.
I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE AN AWESOME PROJECT.

MR. SMITH, I'VE HEARD STORIES ABOUT YOU AND ALL THE WORK
THAT YOU HAVE DONE FROM MY FATHER AND MY UNCLES.
I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE AN AWESOME PROJECT AND ALSO JUST
SEEING WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WEST TAMPA, I THINK THIS IS GOING
TO BE A GREAT ADDITION.
I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
JUST WITH TELLING THE STORIES AND THE BLACK HISTORY WITHIN
TAMPA, WE HAVE ASHLEY THAT COMES EVERY MEETING AND GIVES US
A LITTLE BLACK HISTORY FACT.
IT'S NO SECRET THAT THERE IS A LOT OF BLACK HISTORY ALL
THROUGHOUT TAMPA.
TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE WE CAN GO AND GET EVEN MORE
HISTORY AND MORE TEACHINGS I THINK IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
SO THANK YOU FOR KEEPING WITH THIS AND MAKING SURE YOUR
DAD'S LEGACY IS LIVING ON.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME.
WE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND.
MOTION FROM BOARD MEMBER -- I WROTE IT DOWN.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
WE HAD A SECOND FROM BOARD MEMBER VIERA TO FUND THE FULL CRA
REQUEST OF $1,192,418 FOR THE DR. WALTER L. SMITH LIBRARY
AND MUSEUM RENOVATIONS.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ALL OPPOSED?
-- ANY OPPOSED?

OKAY.
ALL RIGHTY.
CONGRATULATIONS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
IT'S OKAY.
WE CAN CLAP FOR THAT ONE.
I WON'T BANG THE GAVEL ON THAT ONE.
WE CAN CLAP FOR THAT ONE.
11:37:23AM >> I CAME TO YOU ON JANUARY TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE
FOUR REMAINDER FUNDING REQUEST APPLICATIONS FROM THE
PREVIOUS GRANT POLICY, NOW THAT WE'RE REVIEWING IT, THIS WAS
THE LAST ONE.
SO DONE.
THANK YOU.
11:37:36AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
ALL RIGHT.
AND WE ARE AT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12.
11:37:46AM >> GOOD MORNING.
FELIX NU EZ, DREW PARK CRA DISTRICT MANAGER.
I'M BRINGING TO YOU TODAY REPROGRAMMING FOR FY '26 FOR DREW
PARK AS WELL.
FOR THIS REPROGRAMMING, WE ARE PROPOSING TO BRING --
REALLOCATING FUNDS OF $6,029,999 FOR MULTIPLE PROJECT LINES
TO COVER RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE WORK THAT'S BEEN VERY
IMPORTANT TO THE DREW PARK CAC.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIND ENOUGH FUNDING WITHIN THIS FISCAL

YEAR AND NEXT FISCAL YEAR TO MOVE FORWARD THE POSSIBILITY
PROJECTS TO A FINAL STAGE.
WE ALSO WILL BE PLANNING FOR THE FINAL PHASE OF THE PROJECT
TO BE FUNDED OVER TWO MORE YEARS.
WE'RE WORKING ON BUILDING THE BUDGET FOR THAT YEAR.
WE'RE REALLOCATING 264,000 FROM THE HOUSING REHAB AND
RENOVATION PROGRAM TO THE INFILL HOUSING PROGRAM.
WE FEEL THOSE FUNDS WOULD BE BETTER UTILIZED IN THE INFILL
PROJECT IN DREW PARK.
WE ARE REALLOCATING 1.9 MILLION TO THE UNIT CREATION AND
CONVERSION PROJECT.
WORKING TOGETHER TO GET SOME HOUSING BUILT IN DREW PARK.
THOSE ARE THE THREE ITEMS WE'RE PROPOSING FOR TOTAL
8,194,000 REALLOCATED WITHIN THE BUDGET OF DREW PARK.
BUDGET REMAINS UNCHANGED.
STILL AT 18 MILLION.
BUT NOW WE HAVE MORE PROJECTS FUNDED AND READY TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH THIS REALLOCATION.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS?
11:39:47AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
HOW MUCH OF THIS WILL BE GOING TOWARD -- WELL, THERE YOU GO.
THE 6 MILLION FOR THE MOBILITY SIDEWALK CONNECTIVITY AND
SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
KNOWING THAT DREW PARK WAS ONLY ABLE TO FUND A PORTION OF
WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO, HOW MUCH IS LEFT IN THAT MOBILITY

SIDEWALK CONNECTIVITY AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENT THAT THEY WANT
TO DO THAT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO FUND RIGHT NOW.
11:40:17AM >> ACTUALLY, WE WERE ABLE TO COMBINE THE DIFFERENT PIECES OF
THE PROJECT INTO ONE FINAL PROJECT, AND WE'RE ONLY MISSING
PHASE THREE OF CREST AVENUE IS THE ONLY THING WE'RE LEAVING
OUT OF THIS PROJECT RIGHT NOW.
THE REMAINING OF THAT I DON'T HAVE IN FRONT OF ME.
IT'S ABOUT $4 MILLION LEFT.
AND WE'RE WORKING TOWARD BUILDING THAT OVER THE NEXT FEW
YEARS.
WE'RE BUILDING THE PLANS TO 60% FOR THAT LAST PHASE, SO IT'S
READY TO GO AS SOON AS WE HAVE THE FUNDING READY.
11:40:44AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WONDERFUL.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THIS REALLY IS GOING TOWARD
EXACTLY WHAT THE CAC IS ASKING FOR AND HAS BEEN WORKING
TOWARD, BUT WE ARE STILL 4 MILLION BEHIND.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
11:41:01AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA,
SECOND FROM BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
ALL RIGHTY.
11:41:11AM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:41:17AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
DO WE HAVE ANY NEW BUSINESS, BOARD MEMBER
CLENDENIN?

11:41:30AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I WANT TO UNDERSTAND FROM STAFF THE URBAN
REWORX.
WHAT IS THE PLAN TO GET THAT REPROGRAMMED 24 MONTHS AS
OPPOSED TO 36?
11:41:40AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
GOOD MORNING, AGAIN, CEDRIC McCRAY, TAMPA
CRA DIRECTOR.
WE'RE IN CORRESPONDENCE AND WE'VE HAD ONGOING MEETINGS WITH
THE REPRESENTATION FROM URBAN REWORX, MR. BEREDAY, THEIR
ATTORNEY AND TEAM.
WE DID HAVE A CALL EARLIER THIS WEEK.
TRADITIONALLY, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT
FOR THREE YEARS.
THEY ARE REQUESTING, BECAUSE OF THE TIME FRAME OF
CONSTRUCTION AND FINANCING IMPLICATIONS TO REDUCE THAT TO
TWO YEARS.
IT WAS MY INTENTION TO HAVE INDIVIDUAL BRIEFINGS WITH YOU
ALL TO KIND OF DISCUSS THAT AND SEE WHAT THE PLEASURE OF THE
BOARD MIGHT BE.
AND THEN THE NEXT STEP WE WILL HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE
JUNE 11 MEETING AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE ABLE TO COME TO
SOME CONSENSUS WITH BOARD DIRECTION.
11:42:31AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THE BOARD OBVIOUSLY --
11:42:34AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
HAVE ONE MORE.
11:42:38AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WANT TO HEAR.
I NEED TO KNOW BUDGET.

I AM WAITING FOR THE MEETING.
LIKE, WE CAN'T JUST UNILATERALLY MOVE THIS MONEY WHEN WE
DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE IS BEING FUNDED.
I REALLY DO THINK WE NEED THE TIME TO HAVE THE INDIVIDUAL
BRIEFING.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE CAN CHANGE IT RIGHT NOW ANYWAY.
11:42:57AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I WAS GOING TO SAY IS I REQUEST THAT STAFF
PREPARE A REPORT WITH THE GOAL OF TRYING TO GET TO 24
MONTHS, AND THEN HE COULD GIVE US A REPORT ABOUT THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT STAFF COME BACK TO COUNCIL OR
SUBMIT A REPORT TO COUNCIL WITHIN TWO WEEKS, EITHER VERBAL
OR WRITTEN, TO EACH COUNCILPERSON ABOUT REPROGRAMMING TO BE
ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THE FINANCING OVER 24 MONTHS.
AGAIN THE IRONY OF THIS, I WASN'T A HUGE SUPPORTER OF THE
PROJECT, BUT THE BOARD HAS SPOKE IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT
AND WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD.
IF THIS IS THE WAY TO MOVE IT FORWARD, THEN LET'S GET IT
DONE.
11:43:43AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
DISCUSSION?
11:43:49AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO
DO ANYTHING ON IT UNTIL JUNE ANYWAY AS A CRA.
BUT THE THING THAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT IS, AGAIN, WHAT I
MENTIONED TWICE ALREADY TODAY IS WHEN THESE PROJECTS COME IN

FRONT OF US, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE BUDGET.
WE NEED TO SEE WHAT'S COMING FORWARD.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THIS BOARD TALKED ABOUT OVER AND OVER
AGAIN.
THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SEE.
IF YOU HAVE THAT MOTION, I ALSO WANT ATTACHED A BUDGET TO
SEE HOW THAT MONEY, WHAT ARE WE NOT ABLE TO FUND BECAUSE OF
THAT.
THAT IS WHAT WE ALL TALKED ABOUT.
WE'VE ALL TALKED ABOUT THE FACT --
11:44:26AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I'LL ACCEPT THAT FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
11:44:29AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO ME ESPECIALLY
BECAUSE EAST TAMPA RIGHT NOW IT'S TALKING ABOUT A CRA THAT
DOESN'T HAVE MONEY.
IT'S EAST TAMPA, BECAUSE WE HAVE ALLOCATED IT.
I JUST REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PREPARED FOR
WHAT'S COMING.
AND WE JUST HAVE MORE REQUESTS IN EAST TAMPA THAN WE HAVE IN
ANY OTHER CRA.
11:44:52AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THE REQUEST IS ONE.
AGAIN, BOARD'S PLEASURE TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD, IF
MOVING THAT PROJECT FORWARD IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 24 AND
36 MONTHS, I THINK IT IS A DE MINIMIS REQUEST EVEN IF IT
MEANS SOMETHING ELSE IS DELAYED 12 MONTHS.
DONE OR NOT DONE.

I THINK THE COMMITMENT IS TO FUND IT, WHETHER IT IS 24 OR
36.
IF THEY NEED THE FUNDING TO GET IT ACCOMPLISHED IN 24, I
THINK IT IS A REASONABLE REQUEST.
11:45:18AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HOWEVER, WHAT ABOUT THE NEXT PERSON WHO COMES
FOR 24 AND THE NEXT PERSON WHO COMES FOR 24?
I'M JUST SAYING, WE JUST APPROVED $35 MILLION, BUT IT'S
EVERY 7 MILLION.
7 MILLION EVERY FIVE YEARS.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
LIKE, IF WE HAVE A RULE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WHAT THE RULE
IS, AND THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING IT, AND WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS
OF THE RULE ARE, WHICH IS WHY I WANT THE BUDGET.
11:45:42AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
11:45:42AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES, MA'AM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS ENTHUSIASTICALLY BECAUSE, LIKE
COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN SAID, POTENTIALLY WITHOUT THE 24 MONTHS
THIS COULD FATALLY WOUND THE PROJECT IF WE WANT THIS TO MOVE
FORWARD, WE HAVE TO MAKE A WAY FORWARD.
THIS DOES NOT APPROPRIATE THE MONEY INASMUCH AS IT BEGINS
THE POTENTIAL PROCESS FOR THE ASPIRATION OF DOING THAT.
THIS IS A PROJECT THAT IS 100% ALIGNED WITH, THAT'S WHAT
CRAs ARE FOR.
I'LL GLADLY SUPPORT IT.

11:46:17AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I'M NOT OPPOSED TO EVERYTHING I'VE HEARD.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IN 12 MONTHS, 24 MONTHS, 36
MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD.
YOU HAVE TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS OF THE TIMES WE'RE IN IN THIS
COUNTRY.
HAVE IT TODAY, DON'T HAVE TO TODAY, WHAT DO YOU HAVE
TOMORROW TO CARRY OVER TO DO SOMETHING ELSE?
I'LL SUPPORT WHAT BOARD MEMBER HURTAK SAID.
IT BE ADDED ON TO THE COMMENTS THAT MR. CLENDENIN SAID.
11:46:44AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I ACCEPT THAT FRIENDLY.
11:46:46AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
WE HAVE A MOTION WITH THE AMENDMENT FROM BOARD
MEMBER HURTAK TO ADD -- TO ATTACH THE BUDGET.
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN, SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN
MANISCALCO.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
ALL RIGHT.
ANY MORE NEW BUSINESS, COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN?
I'LL GET USED TO IT.
WHATEVER YOU ARE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
11:47:16AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES, SIR.
BY THE WAY, FOR THAT, I AM IN TALKS, SPEAKING OF SMALL
CONCERT VENUES, WITH THE FOLKS AT FOREST HILLS, KARAOKE

AROUND JULY.
IT'S FUN.
IT'S AWESOME.
11:47:38AM >> ARE YOU SINGING?
[ LAUGHTER ]
11:47:42AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WHAT HE DOES CANNOT BE DEFINED AS SINGING.
11:47:46AM >>LUIS VIERA:
I'M A POOR MAN'S -- A COUPLE OF THINGS I
WANTED TO MENTION, NUMBER ONE, WE HAD MR. TOM DEGEORGE HERE.
HE WEARS HIS HEART ON HIS SLEEVE ON SO MANY THINGS.
I DIDN'T REALLY GET TO KNOW HIM UNTIL I WENT TO A CONCERT
FOR CHUCK RAGAN AT CROWBAR, AND WE HAD A GOOD TALK.
COUNCIL, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT HAVING A CRA DISCUSSION ON
PRESERVATION AND ASSISTANCE FOR IN EVERY WAY WE CAN, MAYBE
DO IT UNDER CITY COUNCIL, BUT PARTICULARLY FOR OUR SMALL
CONCERT VENUES IN YBOR CITY.
DO YOU ALL THINK CRA IS THE BEST PLACE TO HAVE IT?
11:48:29AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
11:48:31AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
11:48:33AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WOULD SAY YES ONLY BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE
HAVE THE MONEY.
LET'S JUST BE HONEST.
IT IS INFRASTRUCTURE OF SOME SORT.
IF WE FIND OUT THROUGH OUR CONVERSATION THAT IT IS SOMETHING
WE CANNOT FUND IN THE CRA, THEN WE CAN CONTINUE THE
CONVERSATION AS CITY COUNCIL.

I THINK IT IS AN APPROPRIATE PLACE TO BEGIN THE
CONVERSATION.
11:48:52AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I WOULDN'T RESTRICT IT.
CULTURAL ARTS, YOU TALK ABOUT SMALL PLAY HOUSES AND THINGS,
I THINK SMALL VENUE CULTURAL ARTS ASSETS WOULD BE MORE
APPROPRIATE TO CLASSIFY IT AS.
11:49:05AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IT MAY OR MAY NOT WORK.
11:49:08AM >> ACTUALLY.
GREAT TIMING.
BRENDA THROWER, YBOR CRA MANAGER.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING THE PLAN, AND YOU WILL ALL
BE GETTING INTERVIEWS WITH OUR CONSULTANT ON STAKEHOLDER
INTERVIEWS.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE JUST NEED TO HAVE, HAS TO BE IN THE
PLAN IN ORDER TO FUND IT.
GREAT TIMING.
COULDN'T BE BETTER.
IT WILL BE THIS SUMMER COMING UP THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE
COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW.
WE JUST NEED TO ADD THAT INTO THE PLAN.
RIGHT NOW, ART IS NOT EVEN IN THE PLAN.
WE NEED TO UPDATE THAT.
THANK YOU.
11:49:42AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT, THREE YEARS AGO WHEN
I CAME ON COUNCIL, TALKING ABOUT PLACE-MAKING IN EAST TAMPA,

I HAVE BEEN A HUGE ADVOCATE OF CREATING SOME TYPE OF ARTIST
SPACE IN EAST TAMPA FOR FOCUSING ON BLACK ARTISTS.
LITTLE COFFEE SHOPS, BLACK ARTIST SPACE, ONE OF THESE THINGS
-- PLACE MAKING, MAYBE TALK ABOUT THE FEASIBILITY OF THE
GATOR PROPERTY, INCORPORATING SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THERE.
I THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT AREA.
WE COULD REPLICATE THAT IN OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY IN WEST
TAMPA OR WITH LATIN OR HISPANIC.
WHAT WOULD THAT BE IN NEW TAMPA?
I DON'T KNOW.
WE HAVE SUCH A CULTURAL RICH HISTORY IN THE CITY OF TAMPA
AND BE ABLE TO HAVE THESE SMALL -- WE DON'T HAVE TO TALK
LARGE SCALE.
SMALL SCALE PROJECTS I THINK WOULD REALLY HELP WITH THE
FABRIC OF THE COMMUNITY.
11:50:35AM >>LUIS VIERA:
DO YOU THINK A DISCUSSION ON THAT WOULD BE
RIGHT FOR JULY, THE JULY MEETING?
WHEN DO YOU ALL THINK IS GOOD?
11:50:44AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
JULY MEETING WOULD BE LASER FOCUSED ON
BUDGET FOR FY '27.
I WOULD SUGGEST MAYBE AUGUST/SEPTEMBER TIME FRAME.
11:50:53AM >>LUIS VIERA:
I'M OKAY WITH AUGUST.
THAT'S MY MOTION, IF I MAY.
I DO WANT TO FOCUS THOUGH ON SMALL CONCERT VENUES.
WE CAN HAVE A LARGER DISCUSSION ON THE ARTS AND ALL THAT

STUFF.
I'M GREAT WITH THAT.
SO LONG AS THAT'S UNDERSTOOD, ALSO TALKING A LOT ABOUT
CONCERTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I WOULD ALSO REQUEST, OBVIOUSLY, THAT STAFF CONSULTANT WITH
MR. DEGEORGE ON THAT BECAUSE HE IS A PASSIONATE FACE OF
THAT.
THAT'S MY MOTION, IF I MAY.
11:51:28AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
MOTION FROM BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
A SECOND FROM BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
11:51:37AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
IN FACT, GOING ALONG THE SAME LINES,
GROWING UP IN YBOR CITY, THE CUBAN CLUB HAD DANCES, ALL KIND
OF STUFF LIKE THAT.
THEY HAD FLOORS, CENTRO ASTURIANO HAD FOUR FLOORS.
DURING THE HOLIDAY FOR NEW YEAR'S, THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT
BANDS.
ALL OF THEM WOULD.
THE CUBAN CLUB HAD IT, ITALIAN CLUB, CENTRO HAD IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE STILL AVAILABLE.
IT CHANGED A LITTLE BIT.
MOVIE THEATER THERE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
I REMEMBER WALKING WITH MY GRANDMOTHER BECAUSE SHE WAS -- I
HAD TO GO WITH HER BECAUSE I WAS THE OLDEST GRANDSON.
I WOULD WALK HER TO SEE THE MOVIES.
NINE MONTHS I THOUGHT I WAS MEXICAN.

ALL WE SAW WERE MEXICAN MOVIES.
HELL, I MUST BE A MEXICAN.
IT WAS A WONDERFUL TIME TO GO.
I LEARNED A LOT OF MY SPANISH LISTENING TO THE MOVIES.
11:52:33AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
IMAGINE SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN SULPHUR
SPRINGS.
11:52:36AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SULPHUR SPRINGS HAD THEIR OWN THEATER.
11:52:38AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
THE SPRINGS THEATER, WHICH THERE ARE A COUPLE
THAT IS WORKING, THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON RENOVATING IT FOR
QUITE SOME TIME.
11:52:51AM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU, MA'AM.
I WOULD ASK THAT WE ALSO ASK MR. DEGEORGE TO SPECIFICALLY
PRESENT AND SPEAK, GIVE HIM FIVE MINUTES, TEN MINUTES,
WHATEVER, AGAIN, IN RECOGNITION OF HIS ROLE.
I HOLD HIM IN REGARD.
11:53:07AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
WE DID A MOTION, SECOND AND APPROVE.
THAT'S IT?
11:53:11AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES, MA'AM, IN TERMS OF THAT.
11:53:14AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I THOUGHT WE VOTED.
WE HAD A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
WE HAD A SECOND FROM BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
11:53:28AM >>LUIS VIERA:
THEY ARE NOT MOTIONS, BUT THERE ARE THINGS WE
OUGHT TO KEEP OUR EYES ON.

NUMBER ONE, FOLKS FROM THE COMMUNITY COME AND TALK TO US
ABOUT MOUNT ZION.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE -- I'M NOT GOING TO MOTION FOR THIS
BECAUSE IT'S YOUR DISTRICT MA'AM AND I WANT TO BE
DEFERENTIAL AND -- I STILL OBSERVE THOSE BOUNDARIES OR
WHATEVER, ESPECIALLY ON SOMETHING LIKE MOUNT ZION.
I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT.
IF WE CAN MAKE A WAY FOR THAT, MA'AM, WHETHER, WEATHER
SERVICE, CITY, CRA, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
NUMBER TWO, I WAS GOING TO DO A MOTION BUT I THINK CITY
COUNCIL IS PROBABLY MORE APPROPRIATE, WITH THE RAYS.
I'M HAVING A LOT OF TALKS WITH THEM THAT IF THIS DOES GO
THROUGH, SEEING SPACE FOR A POLICE SUBSTATION PRESENCE AND
ROOM FOR A TAMPA FIRE PRESENCE.
11:54:24AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I HATE TO SAY THIS BUT THAT'S -- I GUESS IT
IS CRA.
11:54:29AM >>LUIS VIERA:
I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT I'M GOING TO TALK
ABOUT THAT THIS EVENING.
IT IS CRA, BUT YET IT'S NOT.
JUST SOMETHING I'LL BE BRINGING UP TONIGHT.
THAT'S ALL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL.
11:54:42AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
DIRECTOR McCRAY, YOU WANTED TO ADD TO THAT.
11:54:45AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
GOOD MORNING AGAIN.
AS MOST ALL OF YOU ARE AWARE AT THE INVITATION OF THE

COUNCIL CHAIR, I WAS ABLE TO PRESENT SOME INFORMATION ON
BEHALF OF THE DREW PARK CRA.
AND THERE IS A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING THAT IS BEING
DRAFTED.
I'M GOING TO ASK ATTORNEY SHEPARD, HE HAS BEEN HAVING
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY LEGAL DEPARTMENT RELATED TO
THAT.
I'LL ALLOW HIM TO SAY A FEW WORDS TO UPDATE THE BOARD, YOU
AS THE CRA BOARD.
ATTORNEY SHEPARD.
11:55:16AM >>CLIFF SHEPARD:
THANK YOU, GUYS.
I APPRECIATE IT.
I WON'T BE LONG BECAUSE I KNOW WE ALL WANT TO LEAVE.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE -- HAS BEEN NEGOTIATED TO ALMOST
CONCLUSION.
AND WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT IT IS THAT
THERE WILL NEED TO BE A SERIES OF MEETINGS, ONE OF WHICH I
BELIEVE IS ALREADY SCHEDULED FOR COUNCIL ON THE 21st OR IS
BEING SCHEDULED.
THIS IS ACCORDING TO MR. STEADY WHO I SPOKE TO BEFORE THIS
MEETING.
AND THIS WILL BE EITHER A SIMULTANEOUS OR A SUBSEQUENT, I'M
NOT SURE WHICH, CRA MEETING TO GO INTO THE MORE DETAILED
DISCUSSIONS OF THE LOI AND WHERE IT SITS AND WHETHER OR NOT
THERE'S GENERAL AGREEMENT TO PROCEED OR NOT.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE STILL OBVIOUSLY WITHIN YOUR
PROVINCE.
THE TIME TO BRING IT FORWARD IS COMING UP RAPIDLY.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT.
I DON'T HAVE DATES IN MIND.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED THIS MORNING, MR. STEADY
AND I DISCUSSED THIS MORNING IS TIMING.
AND THERE ISN'T -- SEVEN DAY NOTICE TO PUT THIS BODY ON
JOINT CRA COUNCIL TRACK WITH THE MEETING ALREADY SCHEDULED
FOR THE 21st SO I'M TOLD.
I DO WANT TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION BECAUSE THAT IS
SOMETHING FROM A SCHEDULING PERSPECTIVE APPARENTLY WILL BE
HEADED IN YOUR DIRECTION.
11:56:44AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
11:56:47AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS -- IT'S REALLY HARD
TO HEAR YOU.
YOU ARE KIND OF TINNY.
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO HOLD A SECOND
CRA MEETING IN CONJUNCTION ON THE 21st?
THAT DOESN'T GIVE US THE TWO-WEEK NOTICE PERIOD.
11:57:07AM >>CLIFF SHEPARD:
THAT IS WHAT I SAID.
I APOLOGIZE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE MICROPHONE IF YOU'RE
NOT HEARING ME.
THE ANSWER IS THERE IS A CITY COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULED ON

THE 21st, AND WE'VE DETERMINED -- I SAY WE, TALKING ABOUT
MYSELF AND YOUR CITY ATTORNEY -- THAT THAT WILL NOT
ACCOMMODATE ENOUGH TIME TO NOTICE A CRA MEETING.
11:57:26AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
OKAY.
11:57:28AM >>CLIFF SHEPARD:
THERE WILL BE A NEED TO SCHEDULE A CRA
MEETING.
11:57:32AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
THANK YOU.
11:57:36AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
11:57:39AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SO, MR. SHEPARD, IS YOUR ASK -- OR IS THE
DISCUSSION THAT YOU'VE HAD WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY THAT WE
SHOULD BE SCHEDULING ANOTHER CRA MEETING BEFORE THE END OF
THE MONTH?
11:57:53AM >>CLIFF SHEPARD:
I WOULD CHARACTERIZE OUR CONVERSATION AS
PUTTING THIS ON YOUR RADAR SINCE I DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY
TO ASK YOU TO SCHEDULE LITERALLY ANYTHING.
IF YOU'RE NOT HEARING ME, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I CAN DO ON MY
END TO FIX THAT.
ACCORDING TO MY MICROPHONE BAR, YOU'RE ALL THE WAY TO THE
END.
11:58:20AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
IS THERE ANYTHING PREVENTING US -- WE HAVE
A WORKSHOP SCHEDULED --
11:58:26AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT WORKSHOP, AND IT'S

FULL.
11:58:32AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ONLY OTHER OPPORTUNITY WOULD BE TO
SCHEDULE A SPECIAL MEETING.
11:58:37AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MY CALENDAR IS FULL.
THAT'S ONLY SEVEN DAYS FROM NOW.
IT IS REQUIRED OF TWO WEEKS.
11:58:47AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
IS THAT A COUNCIL RULE OR STATE
REQUIREMENT FOR NOTIFICATION?
WHAT IS THE LEGAL NOTIFICATION FOR A MEETING, MR. SHEPARD?
11:58:55AM >>CLIFF SHEPARD:
ACCORDING TO MR. STEADY, AGAIN, I'M RELYING
ON HIM BECAUSE THE CALL LITERALLY HAPPENED AS THIS MEETING
WAS BEGINNING, IS SEVEN DAYS.
IF YOU COUNT THE DAYS, WE WOULDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TO DO IT AT
THE SAME TIME AS YOU ARE CURRENTLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING
ON THE 21st.
BUT IT WOULD NEED TO BE AT LEAST ACCORDING TO HIM AND TO
ACCOMMODATE THE RAYS' SCHEDULE TO THE EXTENT THAT IS A
CONCERN, I DON'T WANT TO PRESUME ANYTHING HERE, BUT IT WOULD
BE --
11:59:23AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
21st IS CRAZY BUSY.
REALLY, REALLY, REALLY BUSY FOR US.
WITHOUT HAVING A LONG DAY OR SCHEDULING A NIGHT MEETING THAT
NIGHT, I THINK, ON THE 21st, CRA MEETING, I THINK WE'D
HAVE TO LOOK AT THE 26 OR 27.
11:59:54AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I'VE GOT COMMITMENTS.

MS. SCHARF, IF YOU WANT TO BRING ME MY PHONES, I'LL TAKE A
LOOK.
12:00:07PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WHAT ABOUT A NIGHT MEETING ON THE 21st.
12:00:10PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
NO, THAT WILL BE TOO LONG.
THAT WILL BE A LONG DAY.
THE 27th.
12:00:21PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HE'S UNAVAILABLE THE 27th, VIERA IS.
12:00:32PM >>LUIS VIERA:
HOW ABOUT JUNE 1st?
12:00:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THIS IS THE FIRST WE'RE HEARING OF IT.
MR. SHEPARD, WITH THE CONVERSATION YOU'VE HAD WITH SCOTT
STEADY, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE -- WE COULD
BASICALLY DO NOTICE A COUNCIL MEETING AND CRA MEETING AT THE
SAME TIME AND KNOCK OUT BOTH BUSINESSES AT THE SAME TIME, AT
THE SAME MEETING?
12:01:01PM >>CLIFF SHEPARD:
FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THE ANSWER IS YES.
BUT I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR MR. STEADY, BUT, YES, YOU
COULD DO THIS AT A JOINT MEETING AT A DATE THAT WORKS FOR
EVERYBODY.
WHAT I'M UNAWARE OF, I KNOW THERE ARE SOME DEADLINES FOR THE
RAYS, BUT I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THOSE ARE.
WHETHER IT NEEDS TO BE BEFORE JUNE 15 OR BEFORE JUNE 1st,
THOSE THINGS I'M UNAWARE OF.
LITERALLY ALL I WAS ASKED TO DO WAS PUT IT ON YOUR RADAR
THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE NEEDING A MEETING AND SOON, AND
WHETHER OR NOT -- I ASSUME THE IDEA WAS TO GO THROUGH

DISCUSSIONS WITH MR. STEADY, MR. McCRAY, AND THEN CIRCLE
BACK TO YOU ALL AND SEE WHAT COULD BE NOTICED IN A TIMELY
WAY.
AGAIN, I WOULD LOVE TO TELL YOU, HERE ARE THE RAYS'
DEADLINES INTERNALLY BUT I DON'T KNOW THEM.
12:01:55PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
WE'LL ALL WORK WITH OUR AIDES AND CALENDARS
AND GET BACK TO A DATE.
DO WE HAVE TO DO IT RIGHT NOW?
12:02:04PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER CRA MEETING TO ADD
ANOTHER MEETING.
SO WE HAVE TO DO IT DURING THIS MEETING.
12:02:11PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
WE NEED TO HAVE IT BEFORE WHEN?
WHAT ARE WE DOING?
12:02:21PM >> WHAT ABOUT JUNE 1st?
12:02:25PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
AM I GOOD JUNE 1st?
12:02:30PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I AM NOT FREE ON JUNE 1st.
I DON'T THINK I'LL EVEN BE IN TOWN.
12:02:40PM >> JUNE 3rd?
12:02:48PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
LET'S TAKE A STEP BACK.
FIRST OF ALL, I CAN BARELY HERE AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING.
PLEASE BREAK IT DOWN TO US.
WHAT IS THE MEETING FOR?
WHY DO WE NEED TO HAVE IT AND IS THERE A SPECIFIC TIME OF
WHEN WE NEED TO HAVE THE MEETING?

WHAT IS THE TIME LIMIT THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THE MEETING.
12:03:08PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HE DOESN'T KNOW.
12:03:11PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
THANK YOU.
12:03:14PM >> HELLO, CHAIR.
MEMBERS OF THE CRA.
I WAS WATCHING SO I'M COMING DOWN.
FIRST, I EXPECT -- SCOTT STEADY, CITY ATTORNEY.
I WAS LISTENING TO THE CONVERSATION AND I WAS TALKING TO
CLIFF EARLIER, COUNCIL.
NUMBER ONE, I EXPECT TO BE SENDING YOU RIGHT AFTER LUNCH A
DRAFT MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING TO BE CONSIDERED BY CITY
COUNCIL AND CRA.
SO SOON AFTER LUNCH I EXPECT TO BE SENDING YOU THAT, WHICH
WOULD BE THEN HOPEFULLY CONSIDERED ON THE 21st FOR CITY
COUNCIL.
COUNTY COMMISSION IS EXPECTED TO VOTE ON THE 20th, THE DAY
BEFORE.
OBVIOUSLY DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY DO WILL DEPEND ON, THEY
NEED TO PASS IT REALLY IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE CONSIDERED BY
CITY COUNCIL.
21st, WE HAVE A CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
TALKING TO CLIFF, I'M FRANKLY NEW TO THE CRA SO I WAS
SCRAMBLING WHILE YOU WERE TALKING TO LOOK FOR NOTICE.
I'M TOLD SEVEN DAYS.
I KNOW TO MEET THE SCHEDULE THAT WE'RE ON, AS SOON AFTER THE

21st THAT THE CRA CAN DISCUSS THIS.
I WAS JUST THINKING OUT LOUD -- I WAS THINKING EARLIER, IS
THERE ANY WAY WE COULD CONTINUE THIS MEETING, CLIFF, TO THE
21st, SO IT'S CONCURRENT, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO NOTICE IT.
12:04:34PM >>CLIFF SHEPARD:
I CAN HEAR FINE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL CAN HEAR ME.
12:04:38PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
12:04:40PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
AS FAR AS LOGISTICALLY, THAT SUGGESTION IS
BRILLIANT.
SO WE DON'T ACTUALLY GAVEL OUT.
WE JUST CONTINUE THIS MEETING TO THE 21st.
IT DOESN'T SEEM, IF WE'RE DOING IT CONCURRENTLY WITH
COUNCIL, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE -- OTHER THAN A TECHNICAL
VOTE, SINCE WE'RE THE SAME SEVEN PEOPLE, THE CRA VOTE WOULD
JUST BE A TECHNICAL VOTE AND WOULDN'T TAKE ANY ADDITIONAL
TIME IS MY GUESS ON THIS.
I THINK THAT IS A REALLY GOOD IDEA.
CONTINUE THIS MEETING, NOT GAVEL OUT, CONTINUE THE MEETING
TO THE 21st AND BE DONE.
12:05:13PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA AND THEN BOARD MEMBER
HURTAK.
12:05:15PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I JUST FEEL THAT IN MY OPINION, IN THE
EYES OF THE PUBLIC, IF WE CONTINUE A MEETING WITHOUT HAVING
NOTIFIED OF A MEETING, IT'S NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
WE'VE NEVER DONE THAT, THAT I KNOW OF IN MY WHOLE 32 YEARS

HERE.
WHAT AM I DOING?
WHO AM I TRYING TO SATISFY?
WHAT IS THE REASON FOR IT?
WHAT IS THE RUSH?
THERE ARE SO MANY QUESTIONS IN MY MIND.
DO WE KNOW WHO WE'RE DEALING WITH?
HOW MUCH MONEY?
WHAT IS THE PROJECT?
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING DOESN'T TELL YOU ANYTHING ABOUT
THEM.
JUST WHAT THEY WANT, NOT WHAT THE FACTS ARE.
I'M NOT TRYING TO BADGER YOU IN ANY WAY OR DIFFERENT WAY AT
ALL.
WHO ARE THEY?
WHAT MONEY DO THEY HAVE?
HOW THEY FINANCE?
WHERE THEY COME FROM?
WE KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE BUT WE DON'T KNOW A DAMN THING THEY
HAVE.
WE KNOW NOTHING.
12:06:09PM >> I DON'T WANT TO RUSH ANYONE HERE, BUT I KNOW WE'LL HAVE
THE 21st FOR CITY COUNCIL AND CLEARLY WE'LL HAVE A
SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSION, VERY MUCH A SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSION.
I'M NOT SUGGESTING YOU AS THE CRA, CLIFF HAS BEEN VERY MUCH

INVOLVED, BY THE WAY.
HE'S MADE SIGNIFICANT COMMENTS.
JUST SO YOU KNOW, YOUR ATTORNEY HAS BEEN VERY INVOLVED AND
RIGHT UP TILL YESTERDAY.
AGAIN, I'M NOT TRYING TO RUSH THE PROCESS.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO BE EFFICIENT.
I KNOW CRA IS DIFFERENT, BUT CRA IS STILL THE CITY COUNCIL
SITTING AS THE CRA.
I UNDERSTAND THE NOTICE FOR THE CRA, BUT REALLY, AGAIN, IT'S
UP TO CRA.
I THINK AS LONG AS WE HAVE A MEETING SOON AFTER THE 21st,
I'M SURE THAT WILL BE FINE.
WE JUST CAN'T PUT IT OFF TOO FAR.
12:07:02PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
FIRST OF ALL, MAY 21st IS ABSOLUTELY
JAM-PACKED.
I DO NOT KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO FIT THIS IN, IF YOU
WANT A SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSION.
JUST GOING TO SAY THAT FIRST.
SECOND, I THINK AT THIS POINT YOU WOULD HAVE TO ADD A NIGHT
MEETING.
THIS IS A CHOCK-FULL MEETING.
IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY LONG.
IN FACT, I THINK WE EVEN SAID WE WEREN'T GOING TO ADD ANY
MORE STAFF REPORTS BECAUSE IT'S SO LONG ALREADY.
THAT'S ONE.

TWO, CRA IS WILDLY DIFFERENT.
THE CONVERSATIONS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAN WE ARE AS A CITY
COUNCIL, SO I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD BE TWO SEPARATE
DISCUSSIONS.
AND I DO AGREE WITH BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING -- REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS, I DO
NOT WANT THE CONSTITUENTS TO COME BACK TO US AND SAY WE
DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS MEETING BECAUSE IT WAS CONTINUED.
WE DIDN'T GET PROPER NOTIFICATION AND THAT IS MY REAL
CONCERN AND WORRY.
I'LL JUST PUT IT THERE.
I WILL NOT VOTE FOR A CONTINUANCE OF THIS MEETING.
12:08:08PM >>SCOTT STEADY:
BY THE WAY, I FULLY APPRECIATE.
JUST OFFERING THAT AS AN ALTERNATIVE.
I'M NOT PUSHING THAT AT ALL.
12:08:13PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
12:08:14PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THERE IS THAT WHICH IS LEGALLY SUFFICIENT AND
THERE IS THAT WHICH IS EQUITABLE FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS.
I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT DISTINCTION.
LET ME ASK YOU, IF WE WERE TO TAKE ACTION AS THE CRA IF THE
COUNTY PASSES IT, IF THE CITY PASSES, THERE ARE A LOT OF
HOOPS TO GO THROUGH, RIGHT?
WOULD TEN DAYS AFTERWARDS IN ANY WHICH WAY FATALLY
UNDERMINE --
12:08:50PM >>SCOTT STEADY:
I'M GOING FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE

IS RIGHT NOW, THE RAYS ARE LOOKING FOR OBVIOUSLY THE STATE
AND THE LEGISLATURE TO VOTE ON SOME ISSUES REGARDING THE
CAMPUS.
THAT'S THE TIME FRAME.
THE REALITY, AGAIN -- I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE NOT READY
TO VOTE ON IT.
IF YOU AT LEAST WANT TO CONSIDER IT AND FOR IT TO HAPPEN, IT
NEEDS TO BE DONE SOON AFTER THE 21st TO MAKE THE
COMMITMENT, WHICH I UNDERSTAND THE LEGISLATURE IS SAYING
UNLESS THE CITY AND COUNTY ARE LOOKING LIKE THEY ARE MOVING
FORWARD, WHICH AGAIN I'LL BACK UP AND SAY THIS IS A
NONBINDING MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.
IT IS CERTAINLY IMPORTANT.
WE CERTAINLY NEED TO GO THROUGH THE ISSUES.
WE CERTAINLY NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE FUNDING, BUT IT IS PART
OF THE PROCESS.
AND IT WOULD NOT BE BINDING.
BUT IT WILL INDICATE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT OF EFFORT THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
BUT MY UNDERSTANDING, TO MAKE THIS VIABLE, WE NEED TO DO IT
SOONER -- I'M JUST GIVING YOU THE INFORMATION -- THAT IT
NEEDS TO BE SOON AFTER THE 21st.
12:10:01PM >>LUIS VIERA:
TWO THINGS, MR. STEADY.
NUMBER ONE, I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE AS AN ATTORNEY JUST THE
HARD WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR STAFF HAVE BEEN PUTTING IN ON

THIS ISSUE, REGARDLESS OF HOW ONE FEELS ABOUT THIS, JUST AS
AN ATTORNEY, YOU GUYS ARE FITTING A SIZE 46 WAIST INTO 38
PANTS TIMEWISE.
LAWYER TO LAWYER, GOD BLESS YOU FOR THAT.
I WASN'T GOING TO BRING UP THE ISSUE OF TALLAHASSEE, WHICH
IS THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY, THERE ARE FUNDS WAITING TO GO THROUGH
A PROCESS.
I READ SOMETHING IN THE PAPER AND SOME REMARKS THE GOVERNOR
MADE, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE COGNIZANT OF
BUT NOT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD PRESSURE US, IF THAT MAKES
SENSE, WHICH IS WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE SENTIMENTS OF
FOLKS IN TALLAHASSEE WHO ARE POTENTIALLY GIVING A LOT OF
MONEY FOR THIS SHOULD IT PASS.
BUT I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD PRESSURE US TO RUSH IT IN A WAY
THAT WOULD UNDERMINE OUR DUTIES TO OUR CONSTITUENTS.
IT IS A CAREFUL BALANCE THAT WE'RE SUDDENLY TAKING UP IN THE
LAST FIVE MINUTES OF CRA, WHICH IS INTERESTING.
12:11:04PM >>SCOTT STEADY:
AGAIN, I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR, I'M GIVING
YOU INFORMATION.
I APPRECIATE -- I WORK FOR YOU.
I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN.
I'M JUST TRYING TO WORK AS QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY AS I CAN.
12:11:16PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
12:11:17PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADD A CRA
MEETING TO MAY 21st AT 3 P.M. AS A PLACEHOLDER.

WE MAY NOT USE IT.
MAYBE WE WON'T BE READY, BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE IT AS A
PLACEHOLDER JUST IN CASE.
WE'LL SEE WHAT COMES FORWARD, THEY'LL FORWARD THE DOCUMENTS
THIS AFTERNOON.
SEE WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE AND AS FAR AS ANTICIPATING TIME
FRAMES AND WHATNOT.
I THINK FOR BOOKKEEPING.
AGAIN, VERY SENSITIVE TO WHAT YOU GUYS SAID ABOUT PUBLIC
NOTIFICATION AND MAKING SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD THE MEETING
IS BEING HAD.
WISE THING TO DO, MAKE THE NOTIFICATION, CRA MEETING, MAY
21st, 3 P.M.
12:11:58PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AT 1:30.
I DON'T THINK 3 P.M. IS GOING TO BE ENOUGH TIME.
IF WE WOULD DO ANYTHING, I THINK IT SHOULD BE A 5 P.M.
MEETING.
12:12:10PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I'M NOT AVAILABLE.
12:12:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE COULD PUBLISH IT AT 3.
12:12:20PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IT'S CLEAR PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO BE HERE AT
5.
3 IS GOING TO BE PUSHING IT TO FINISH AN ACTUAL AGENDA.
I'M SORRY.
I'M GOING TO SAY THAT EMERGENCY ON SOMEONE ELSE'S PART DOES
NOT MANDATE AN EMERGENCY ON OUR PART.

THERE IS A REALLY GREAT SAYING THAT SAYS THAT, I CAN NEVER
REMEMBER WHAT IT IS.
BUT, YEAH, IF PEOPLE AREN'T AVAILABLE, 3:00 IS FINE BUT I
DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIT IT IN.
12:12:50PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
AS A PLACE HOLDER.
12:12:57PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
TWO THINGS.
ONE, THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING WOULD BE SPECIFICALLY TO
TALK ABOUT THE MOU.
12:13:07PM >>SCOTT STEADY:
YES.
12:13:08PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
BETWEEN --
12:13:11PM >>SCOTT STEADY:
THE MOU IS BETWEEN THE RAYS' ORGANIZATION,
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, THE CITY OF TAMPA, AND THE CITY OF
TAMPA CRA.
THOSE FOUR PARTIES.
12:13:20PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
OKAY.
12:13:26PM >>SCOTT STEADY:
WHILE YOU'RE DOING THAT I AM WEARING A BLACK
SUIT TODAY, BUT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY --
[ LAUGHTER ]
12:13:37PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YOU WANT TO JOIN ME, WELCOME NEXT WEEK.
12:13:40PM >>SCOTT STEADY:
I REALIZED, I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT IT
MAY REFLECT --
12:13:44PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
POINT OF ORDER.
I DO THE JOKES ON THIS BOARD.
12:13:54PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THIS IS SOMETHING, TWO DAYS, ONE YEAR,
THIS IS FOR A LONG TIME.

WHATEVER HAPPENS, I WANT THE PUBLIC TO VOTE ON THIS.
I WANT THE ELECTION TO BE HELD BY THE PUBLIC WHO IS GOING TO
PAY FOR IT.
THAT'S THE PEOPLE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND THE PEOPLE IN
THE CITY OF TAMPA.
IF YOU REALLY WANT DEMOCRACY, LET THEM VOTE.
THEY ARE THE ONES PAYING FOR IT.
I WANT NO PART OF THIS.
THE PUBLIC SHOULD HAVE A VOTE ON WHAT WE DO WITH THEIR
MONEY.
AND THIS IS A POINT TO DO IT IN.
WE HAVE NEVER GIVEN THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY.
BY THE WAY, WHAT IS PUBLIC FACILITIES?
NOW THAT WE'RE HERE.
12:14:36PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
POINT OF ORDER, WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT
ADDING A MEETING.
12:14:39PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YOU MIGHT BE POINT OF ORDER BUT I'M
TELLING YOU THE POINT OF THE TRUTH.
12:14:45PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
THIS IS NOT ME.
THIS IS NOT A FOR, AGAINST OR WHATEVER.
I'M VERY MUCH A PROCESSES PERSON.
I LIKE TO HAVE THE HEADS-UP.
I LIKE TO HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO LIKE, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE, LIKE WE'RE GETTING INTO THE CRUX
OF THIS CONVERSATION AT THE END OF THIS MEETING.

POP UP.
OH, WAIT, NOW WE HAVE TO DO THIS THING.
FOR ME I DON'T LIKE THAT.
I LIKE TO BE ABLE TO KNOW LIKE AHEAD OF TIME WHAT'S GOING
ON.
THIS IS JUST GOING FORWARD.
I'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN.
I'M JUST GOING TO SAY FOR THE 21st, I'M NOT AVAILABLE.
I HAVE THREE COMMITMENTS THAT I'VE MADE MONTHS IN ADVANCE.
I DON'T THINK IF THE MEETING WILL START AT 3, GET OUT AT 5.
THAT NEVER HAPPENS.
12:15:44PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
REMEMBER, THIS IS JUST THE CRA.
WE'LL ALREADY HAVE HAD THE CONVERSATION DURING COUNCIL.
I CAN'T IMAGINE IT'S ANYTHING MORE THAN A CHECK THE BOX.
THE CRA MEETING IS GOING TO BE JUST A CHECK THE BOX.
12:15:57PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
ANYTIME WE HAVE -- NOTHING IS EVER CHECK THE
BOX WITH THIS COUNCIL FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN JUST BEING HERE.
12:16:05PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE SAME
CONVERSATION TWICE.
12:16:12PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
IN TERMS OF HAVING -- LET ME SAY WHAT I WANT
TO SAY FIRST.
IN TERMS OF HAVING A PLACEHOLDER, YOU KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW,
THE EFFICIENT NOTICE, HAVING A PLACE HOLDER FOR THE 21st,
FOR THE CLERK IS THAT EFFICIENT, IS IT OKAY TO DO THAT?
12:16:31PM >>THE CLERK:
[INAUDIBLE]

12:16:34PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
IT WOULD BE A SPECIAL CALL CRA MEETING.
FOR THE 21st.
BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
12:16:42PM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES, MA'AM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MY BIG CHALLENGE WITH THAT IS ON THE 21st, I HAVE A FAMILY
OBLIGATION THAT -- BUT I'M GOING TO SUGGEST MAY 26.
I HAVE SOMETHING THAT DAY ON MY LEGAL PRACTICE THAT I MAY BE
ABLE TO MOVE.
I WOULD DO THAT FOR THIS, TO FIND A WAY FORWARD ON THIS.
IF MAY 26 WOULD WORK FOR FOLKS.
12:17:10PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WHAT TIME?
12:17:11PM >>LUIS VIERA:
YOU NAME IT.
I'LL TRY TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN.
12:17:17PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WILL BE OUT OF TOWN.
12:17:19PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I'M AVAILABLE THE 26.
12:17:23PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
IT WOULD HAVE TO BE AT 5 IN THE EVENING.
12:17:29PM >>LUIS VIERA:
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, WE WANT HER THERE,
OBVIOUSLY.
IF I MAY, THE 27th IN THE MORNING I CAN MAKE MYSELF
AVAILABLE.
I HAVE A ROOT CANAL THAT MORNING, WHICH I'D LOVE TO MOVE.
IT'S A TRUE STORY.
IT'S PART 2.
I'M NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

12:17:53PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I CAN DO THE 27th.
12:17:55PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I HAVE A STATE-MANDATED TRAINING FOR AHAC.
THAT WE CANNOT -- IF ELECTEDS MISS THAT, WE CAN LOSE OUR
FUNDING.
12:18:12PM >>LUIS VIERA:
HOW ABOUT THE 29th, I'M AVAILABLE IN THE DAY
AS WELL.
I CAN MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE THE 29th.
12:18:25PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
AT WHAT TIME?
I HAVE GRADUATION, MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION.
8 TO 9:30.
12:18:38PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
3 P.M. ON THE 21st AS A PLACE HOLDER.
WE CAN ALWAYS GO BACK, IF THIS DOESN'T WORK AT 3 P.M.,
ALWAYS SCHEDULE IT AND DISCUSS IT AT THAT POINT.
3 P.M. ON THE 21st AT 3 P.M.
IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK AND SCHEDULE A
MEETING ON THAT DAY ON THE 21st.
BUT THAT HOLDS US A PLACE AS ACTIVE CRA MEETING.
12:19:05PM >>LUIS VIERA:
BOARD MEMBER CARLSON IS NOT HERE.
WE WANT A FULL COUNCIL, I WOULD ASSUME FOR THIS.
BUT I WOULD SAY THE 29th, I CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT.
WE WANT TO HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME TO DIGEST EVERYTHING.
WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THE COUNTY COMMISSION, ARE THEY REALLY
GOING TO SEE IT THE DAY BEFORE?
12:19:30PM >> SUPPOSEDLY.

12:19:31PM >>LUIS VIERA:
WE'RE RELYING ON SOMETHING --
12:19:38PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
POINT OF ORDER, INFORMATION, WHATEVER IT
WOULD BE.
AGAIN, THE INFORMATION -- THE SUBSTANTIVE ISSUE WILL BE
PLACED ON COUNCIL'S CALENDAR ON THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON
THE 21st.
WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE CRA COMPONENT OF THIS.
THAT'S WHY I THINK LET'S CALL A SPECIAL CALL MEETING AT 3:00
ON THURSDAY, THE 21st.
AT LEAST THAT GIVES US A MOMENT TO GAVEL IN.
IF WE NEED TO SCHEDULE FOR THE 29th AT LEAST WE HAVE A
MOMENT.
RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER CRA MEETING UNTIL JUNE.
THAT GIVES US -- IF WE HAVE TO MAKE ANOTHER DECISION, WE
HAVE A MOMENT TO MAKE THE DECISION.
12:20:15PM >>LUIS VIERA:
CAN WE DO BOTH?
12:20:20PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
LET'S DO THE PLACE HOLDER FOR THE 21st AT 3.
I'M LEAVING AT 5.
12:20:45PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
DO WE WANT TO DO IT EARLIER IN THE MORNING?
12:20:47PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HECK, 10 A.M.
WHAT I'M SAYING, WE GAVEL OUT OF COUNCIL, GAVEL IN AS CRA,
GAVEL OUT BACK TO COUNCIL.
WE HAVE A 10:30 PUBLIC TEXT AMENDMENTS.
KNOWING THIS IS COMING, I WOULD URGE EVERYBODY TO LOOK AT
THEIR AGENDA ITEMS ON THE 21st AND MAYBE SEE IF TONIGHT

YOU CAN COME BACK AND MAYBE WE COULD DEFER SOME OF THE
PRESENTATIONS AND SOME OF THE ISSUES ON THE 21st.
IF PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO DO THAT, MAYBE WE COULD DO A
9:30 A.M.
11 A.M. ON THE 21st.
I MAKE A MOTION TO SCHEDULE A SPECIAL CRA -- SPECIAL CALL
MEETING ON MAY 21st AT 11 A.M.
YOU AND I WILL CHANGE SEATS.
12:22:01PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I GUESS.
12:22:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
10 A.M.
IS THERE A SECOND?
I'M SORRY.
11 A.M.
12:22:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I'LL SECOND IT.
12:22:10PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN,
SECOND FROM BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
12:22:29PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
10:30.
WE SHOULD BE DONE BY THEN.
12:22:33PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
GAVEL OUT OF COUNCIL AND GAVEL INTO CRA.
ROLL CALL VOTE?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
12:22:50PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
NAY.
12:22:53PM >> [INAUDIBLE]
12:22:56PM >>THE CLERK:
[INAUDIBLE]

12:23:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
CRA SPECIAL CALL HOLD.
12:23:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
NOTIFICATION OF MEETING.
12:23:10PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
4-2 VOTE.
12:23:20PM >>THE CLERK:
HURTAK AND MIRANDA VOTING NO?
MOTION PASSES WITH HURTAK AND MIRANDA VOTING NO AND CARLSON
BEING ABSENT.
12:23:29PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I WANTED TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE BECAUSE IT'S VERY
IMPORTANT TO ME, WHICH IS THIS IS A VERY IMPERFECT PLACE
HOLDER.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO FIND THAT DATE ON THE 29th I
BELIEVE IT WAS ON A FRIDAY.
I THINK THAT IS A DATE THAT MAKES MUCH MORE SENSE.
I ONLY VOTED FOR THIS SO WE COULD GET SOMETHING DOWN.
BUT MY HEART AND MY BRAIN AND EVERYTHING IS WITH THE 29th.
THIS IS A SAFETY NET, THAT'S ALL.
12:23:58PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I AGREE.
JUST TO AGAIN HAVE MORE TIME.
I DON'T LIKE BEING RAILROADED WITH INFORMATION.
12:24:09PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IT'S MY TURN FOR NEW BUSINESS.
12:24:12PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
WERE YOU FINISHED?
BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
12:24:17PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
FIRST OF ALL, I DO BELIEVE THIS COUNCIL, OR THAT THIS BOARD
NEEDS TO DISCUSS -- I WOULDN'T GO ANYWHERE QUITE YET, MR.
STEADY.

FIRST OF ALL, WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOUSING
IN THE CRAs AND WHAT THAT DOES LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD.
WE HAVE A BUDGET MEETING I HEARD FROM MR. McCRAY IN JULY.
BUT WHEN LOOKING AT THE JUNE CRA MEETING, I ONLY -- I SEE
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR ITEMS ON THAT AGENDA.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO -- THIS DOESN'T NECESSARILY NEED -- WHAT
I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE A CRA HOUSING
CONVERSATION THAT INCLUDES THE FUNDING THAT WE CURRENTLY
HAVE IN EACH CRA FOR HOUSING, HOW IT'S ALLOCATED, WHAT THE
FUTURE FUNDING LOOKS LIKE.
SO BASICALLY JUST ALL MONEY.
MS. PARKS, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT, I'M PRETTY
SURE YOU KNOW WHAT I'M ASKING FOR, BUT IF YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS, YOU CAN COME TO ME AND TALK ABOUT IT BEFORE THE
MEETING.
IT'S REALLY A CONVERSATION FOR THE BOARD TO HAVE.
I DON'T BELIEVE THERE REALLY NEEDS TO BE TOO MUCH WORK OTHER
THAN THE FACTUAL INFORMATION OF THE NUMBERS.
BEHIND IT.
12:25:40PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
A SECOND FROM BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
12:25:48PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THE JUNE 11 MEETING.
SO THAT WAY, WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ANYTHING IN OnBase

OTHER THAN THE FINANCIAL CHART.
SECONDARILY, WE OPENED A CAN OF WORMS, I KNOW THIS IS AN MOU
CONVERSATION BUT IT'S NOT AN MOU CONVERSATION WHEN IT COMES
TO THE CRA, WITH THE CRA CONVERSATION, IT IS ALL ABOUT MONEY
AND BONDING AND THE FACT THAT WE'VE NEVER BONDED IN THE CRA
IN ITS ENTIRE HISTORY.
I'M INTERESTED IN THE HISTORY OF BONDING.
MR. SHEPARD, I'M GOING TO WANT TO KNOW FROM LEGALLY HOW WE
BOND IN A CRA.
I WANT TO KNOW HOW THAT MONEY IS GOING TO BE PAID BECAUSE IT
DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME IF WE'RE GOING TO GIVE -- I'M
JUST GOING TO MAKE A ROUND NUMBER -- $50 MILLION HOW WE'RE
GOING TO PAY FOR THAT BECAUSE THIS CRA IS ONE OF THE LOWEST
CRAs.
MAKES $3 MILLION A YEAR.
WE CANNOT ANTICIPATE GETTING ANY ACTUAL MONEY FROM THE CRA,
SO HOW DOES THAT EVEN WORK?
I'D LIKE MR. SHEPARD MAYBE TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
THIS IS FOR THE 21st MEETING.
THIS IS FOR THE 21st.
MY MOTION IS TO UNDERSTAND THE OBLIGATION -- AGAIN, I CAN
SPEAK TO MR. SHEPARD ABOUT THIS AND MR. STEADY AND MR.
ROGERO.
I'M SO SORRY, HER NAME ESCAPES ME.
THE WONDERFUL WOMAN WHO DOES THE BUDGETS FOR THE CRA,

MS. GOBBLE, TO TALK ABOUT THE ACTUAL FEASIBILITY OF PAYING
THAT OFF WHEN WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY COMING INTO THE CRA.
THAT IS MY MOTION.
12:27:44PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM --
12:27:47PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
TO BE ON THE 21st AS PART OF THE CRA
CONVERSATION.
12:27:51PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
FROM BOARD MEMBER HURTAK, SECOND FROM BOARD
MEMBER MANISCALCO.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
12:27:59PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THAT IS WHERE I'LL STOP FOR NOW.
12:28:02PM >>SCOTT STEADY:
JUST BRIEFLY, I PROBABLY SHOULD STOP
TALKING.
BUT WE'VE HAD EXTENSIVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT.
IT WILL BE ADDRESSED IN THE MOA -- MOU.
THANK YOU.
12:28:17PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MY QUESTIONS MIGHT BE ANSWERED.
12:28:19PM >>SCOTT STEADY:
PLEASE CALL ME AND CLIFF.
HOPEFULLY YOU'LL SEE THIS DRAFT.
PLEASE CALL ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT ALL THE TIME.
HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
12:28:32PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MS. SCHARF IF YOU ARE NOT IN THE AUDIENCE AND
I CAN'T SEE YOU, IF YOU COULD COME UP, I WOULD APPRECIATE
IT.

12:28:37PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO?
12:28:39PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
DID WE VOTE ON THE LAST MOTION.
12:28:41PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
YES.
12:28:43PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I'M GLAD THESE QUESTIONS ARE BEING
ASKED.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE MOU, ALL THE ACRONYMS AND
EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN USED.
I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
I'M GLAD COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK ASKED ABOUT THAT REGARDING
BONDING, THE CRA, HAS IT BEEN DONE, WHERE DOES THE MONEY
COME FROM?
WHAT ABOUT THE SUNSETTING OF THE CRA HAPPENS?
THIS IS VERY COMPLICATED.
I DON'T LIKE HAVING SOMETHING TO MY HEAD WITH HARD, FAST,
AND RUSHED.
AGAIN, I'M GLAD THAT SOMETHING IS COMING OUT BECAUSE THE
INFORMATION THAT I RECEIVED IS FROM NEWS HEADLINES.
WHAT I READ IN THE NEWS.
NOT BEHIND-THE-SCENES NEGOTIATIONS.
I'M WONDERING TO MYSELF, HOW DO WE PAY FOR THIS?
HOW DO WE DO THIS?
IS IT FEASIBLE?
DOES IT MAKE SENSE?
WHO IS ON THE HOOK FOR THE INTEREST?
THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS.

HOPE THE MOU ANSWERS SO MANY OF MY QUESTIONS BECAUSE I'VE
BEEN IN THE DARK MUCH OF THIS TIME.
WHAT I READ IN THE MEDIA IS WHAT I SEE.
THAT'S AS MUCH AS I KNOW.
THAT'S IT.
WE HAVE THIS PLACE HOLDER FOR NEXT WEEK.
WE GO FROM THERE.
NO OTHER NEW BUSINESS.
12:29:48PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:29:49PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
JUST SITTING HERE LISTENING, THEY WANT TO
KNOW EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT, WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING WHAT THEY
HAVE.
WHO ARE THE STOCKHOLDERS.
HOW MUCH MONEY DO THEY HAVE?
ARE THEY FINANCIALLY STABLE TO MAINTAIN WHAT THEY HAVE?
I DON'T KNOW THAT.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING A DEAL?
WHAT KIND OF A DEAL?
ON THE HOOK FOR SOMETHING.
WE DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION AT ALL.
NONE.
WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY THE BUYER WHO WAS A SELLER BOUGHT 10%
BACK UNLESS THERE WAS NO MONEY AND THEY NEEDED THAT TO CLOSE
THE DEAL.
1.7 BILLION -- THAT MEANS IF HE TOOK 10% INTEREST, HE HAD TO

GIVE UP 170 MILLION, WHICH TRUE OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE DOES.
SO WE'RE DEALING WITH SOMETHING THAT IS PHYSICALLY BUT
INVISIBLE.
THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
12:30:43PM >>SCOTT STEADY:
UNDERSTOOD.
12:30:44PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
12:30:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I WANT TO RESET THIS CONVERSATION AND FOR
THE PUBLIC LISTENING TO THIS AS WELL AND TO THE PRESS.
THIS IS GOING THROUGH A PROCESS.
AS OUR CITY ATTORNEY JUST DESCRIBED, ALONG WITH OUR CRA
ATTORNEY, WE HAVE SOME INCREDIBLE STAFF.
I MEAN, I AM -- MAYBE I'M THE ONE THAT'S MESSED UP HERE.
BECAUSE IN MY MIND, WE ARE THE ULTIMATE DECISION MAKERS, BUT
WE RELY BETWEEN OUR MEETINGS, WE HAVE FULL-TIME STAFF THAT
WORKS 40, 60, 80 HOURS A WEEK BEHIND THE SCENES DOING THESE
THINGS.
DENNIS ROGERO, JOHN BENNETT, SCOTT STEADY, CLIFF SHEPARD AND
COUNTLESS OTHER FOLKS THAT WORK WITH THE CITY ON OUR BEHALF
HAVE BEEN DILIGENTLY IN THESE CONVERSATIONS.
MAKING STATEMENTS OR ASSUMPTIONS THAT I DON'T KNOW YET
BECAUSE THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES AS
SCHEDULED AND AS APPROPRIATE.
THESE ISSUES ARE BROUGHT BEFORE US WHEN THEY ARE RIPE TO BE

BROUGHT BEFORE US.
OTHERWISE WE WOULD BE DISCUSSING AN INCOMPLETE MEMO OR
INCOMPLETE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.
UNTIL THAT MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING IS COMPLETE, ANYTHING
IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
THEY ARE NOW GOING TO PRESENT US A FINAL DOCUMENT.
AS I'VE SAID FROM DAY ONE, ONCE THAT FINAL DOCUMENT IS
PRESENTED AND I SEE HOW THE Is ARE DOTTED AND Ts
CROSSED, I WILL MAKE MY DECISION, BASED ON ONE OUT OF SEVEN
VOTES OR NOT.
UNTIL THEN, EVERYTHING ELSE IS JUST PONTIFICATION.
POLITICAL BULL SH -- UNLESS THIS DOCUMENT GETS IN FRONT OF
US, NOTHING ELSE HAS TO BE SAID.
WE HAVE GOOD STAFF WORKING ON IT.
SHOULD TRUST OUR STAFF, TRUST THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS.
GOD DAMN IT I'M NOT QUALIFIED TO SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT THE
AMOUNT OF MONEY AND THE BONDING AND STUFF, WHEN THEY COME
BEFORE US, THEY'LL TELL US THESE THINGS.
I'LL LISTEN TO WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY AND THEN JUDGE IT BASED
ON THAT.
THANK YOU.
12:32:48PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA HAD HIS MIKE ON.
BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
12:32:58PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IF THAT WAS THE CASE WHEN I ASKED TO POSTPONE
THE PUBLIC MEETING, YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE IT.

YOU SAID, OH, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT.
WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT.
THAT WAS A WASTE OF TIME.
IT WAS A WASTE OF TIME.
I MEAN WE HAD NOTHING TO TALK ABOUT.
WE LEARNED NOTHING.
I ASKED QUESTIONS THAT I GOT NO ANSWERS TO BECAUSE THEY
WOULD BE IN THE MOU.
YOU'RE SAYING TWO SEPARATELY DIFFERENT THINGS.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I CALLED YOU OUT ON THAT
BECAUSE THAT IS NOT AT ALL WHAT YOU HAVE SAID.
12:33:40PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
CAN I RESPOND?
SHE ADDRESSED IT DIRECTLY TO ME.
12:33:44PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT FOR ALL OF US.
RECOGNITION IS PART OF THE CURE.
12:33:50PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, YOUR POINT IS WELL
TAKEN EXCEPT, THOUGH, THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS OUT IN THE
ATMOSPHERE, AND IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY -- I FELT THAT
WORKSHOP WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BOTH THE RAYS ORGANIZATION,
THE CITY STAFF AND THE PUBLIC TO COME OUT AND HAVE THEIR
SAY, VOICE WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
HONESTLY, I ALSO THINK THAT WAS GOOD INFORMATION FOR THE
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, THE STAFF, AND THE RAYS ORGANIZATION
TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE ABOUT AS THEY WERE CRAFTING THAT
INFORMATION, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

I THINK THAT WAS -- BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T NEED TO JUST HEAR
FROM US.
THEY NEEDED TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC WHAT THEIR CONCERNS
WERE.
SO I THINK THAT WAS A GOOD MOMENT IN TIME AND WHY I THOUGHT
IT WAS WORTHWHILE.
I DON'T NECESSARILY DISAGREE WITH YOU ON THE SUBJECT MATTER,
BECAUSE THE POINT TAKEN BUT I THINK OVERALL IT WASN'T WASTED
TIME.
IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO SHARE THEIR OPINIONS.
12:34:44PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
12:34:46PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YEAH, MAYBE WASTE OF TIME WAS TOO STRONG OF A
PHRASE, BUT IT REALLY SHOULDN'T GIVE US ANY NEW INFORMATION.
JUST NO NEW INFORMATION AT LEAST FOR ME BECAUSE I'VE
ACTUALLY BEEN MEETING WITH CITY STAFF AND REGULARLY TO FIND
OUT THAT INFORMATION.
I'VE TAKEN THAT UPON MYSELF.
I HAVE ONE MORE MOTION.
MY MOTION IS THAT I WANT TO HEAR FROM THE DREW PARK CRA OR
CAC ON THE 21st AS WELL.
12:35:16PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND.
12:35:17PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM BOARD MEMBER HURTAK AND
A SECOND FROM BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
12:35:24PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THE REASON IS BECAUSE DURING THAT PUBLIC
MEETING, THE CHAIR GOT UP AND SAID THAT NO ONE FROM THE RAYS

ORGANIZATION HAD REACHED OUT TO THE CAC AT ALL.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE TIME TO HAVE A
QUORUM, THAT'S TOTALLY COOL.
ALL OF THEM CAN COME AND SPEAK BECAUSE THAT TO ME IS
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
I REALLY WANT TO HEAR FROM THEM AND I'M FLABBERGASTED THAT
NO ONE REACHED OUT BECAUSE THAT WAS THE NUMBER ONE THING I
ASKED FROM THE RAYS ORGANIZATION WHEN I MET WITH THEM.
I MET WITH THEM TWICE.
I ASKED TWICE.
THEY SAID THEY WERE ON IT.
CLEARLY THEY WERE NOT.
THANK YOU.
12:36:01PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
A SECOND FROM BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
12:36:11PM >>SCOTT STEADY:
CAN I MAKE ONE FINAL COMMENT?
12:36:13PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
YES, AND THEN BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:36:18PM >>SCOTT STEADY:
I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THIS IS IMPORTANT.
THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING IS IMPORTANT.
IT SHOULD OUTLINE A LOT OF FACTS, A LOT OF DETAIL, BUT IT IS
NONBINDING AND YOU RETAIN YOUR DISCRETION TO APPROVE
ANYTHING FURTHER.
I'M NOT SUGGESTING THIS ISN'T AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENT -- IT

IS.
IT IS SAYING BASICALLY WE HAVE A GENERAL UNDERSTANDING TO
MOVE FORWARD AND DO A LOT MORE WORK, BUT AT THE SAME TIME,
WE MADE -- PUSHED BACK THAT IT'S NONBINDING AND YOU HAVE
COMPLETE DISCRETION AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AGAIN, IT'S IMPORTANT.
I DON'T WANT TO MINIMIZE IT AT ALL, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE
SURE BECAUSE WE COULD HAVE SPENT MONTHS MORE TRYING TO
RESOLVE ALL THE ISSUES AND WE JUST COULDN'T.
THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING DOES OUTLINE WHAT'S THE
COMMITMENT.
I'LL ALSO TELL YOU, I MADE SURE CLIFF WAS INVOLVED A COUPLE
OF WEEKS AGO, AND I CAN ASSURE YOU HE HAS ABSOLUTELY ADDED A
LOT OF LANGUAGE TO MAKE ANY COMMITMENT THAT YOU MAY HAVE
CONDITIONAL ON OTHER HEARINGS AND IN YOUR DISCRETION.
CLIFF HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF PROTECTING THE CRA IN THIS
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
12:37:41PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:37:43PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WE'VE ALREADY
HAD ONE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING GIVEN TO US WEEK, TWO,
TEN DAYS AGO.
12:37:52PM >>SCOTT STEADY:
YOU SAW DRAFTS.
12:37:57PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THIS IS A DRAFT ON THE DRAFT.
12:37:58PM >>SCOTT STEADY:
THIS IS CONSIDERED THE FINAL DRAFT.

12:38:02PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
MOST LIKELY A THIRD OR FOURTH ONE.
12:38:04PM >>SCOTT STEADY:
RIGHT NOW, THIS IS INTENDED TO BE THE DRAFT
THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CRA EXECUTES.
12:38:10PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THE FIRST ONE IS A DRAFT WHICH IS
DIFFERENT FROM THIS ONE.
12:38:13PM >>SCOTT STEADY:
THE DRAFT HAD SIMILARITIES.
IT'S NOT THE SAME BUT IT'S SIMILAR.
THIS IS FURTHER DISCUSSIONS, FURTHER DISCUSSIONS.
BUT IT'S INTENDED TO BE FINAL.
12:38:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FINAL.
12:38:28PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
WE'RE NOT DONE YET.
BOARD MEMBER HURTAK AND THEN BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
12:38:31PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
ALL I WANTED TO SAY WAS THE ONLY REASON I'M
ASKING FOR THESE CONVERSATIONS TO COME FORWARD BECAUSE WE
DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THE MOU.
IF WE DON'T ASK FOR IT NOW, WE CAN'T BECAUSE WE'RE SITTING
AS CRA BOARD.
I DO APPRECIATE THAT WE'LL KNOW MORE THINGS.
THAT IS THE REASON I MADE THE MOTIONS I DID.
IF IT TURNS OUT NOT TO BE RELEVANT, TURNS OUT NOT TO BE
RELEVANT.
I'D RATHER TO HAVE MADE THE MOTIONS NOW WHEN WE ARE LEGALLY
ABLE TO.
THANK YOU.
12:39:00PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
ONE MORE AND I'LL QUIT.

I WAS IN DREW PARK ABOUT THREE DAYS AGO.
I HAPPENED TO STOP BY.
WHO DID I MEET WITH, THE LADY -- I WENT OVER ALL THE
INFORMATION THAT'S NEEDED FOR WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO IN THE
CRA.
AND THIS MORNING, AS I WALKED IN, I SAW MR. NU EZ AND PULLED
HIM OVER IS THAT A FACT OR NOT?
WE DISCUSSED THE SAME THREE OR FOUR THINGS THAT THE CRA
NEEDED AND IT'S ALREADY FUNDED, AM I CORRECT?
AND NOW THOSE THINGS ARE IN PLACE TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD AND
COMPLETED.
AM I CORRECT?
SO WHAT MONEY DO THEY HAVE LEFT FOR THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR?
NONE.
AM I CORRECT?
SO WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?
THOSE PROJECTS THERE ARE FUNDED.
ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS CONTINUE WITH THE OPERATION.
THEY ARE ALREADY FUNDED.
I'M NOT TRYING TO BE ON ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER.
I'M TELLING YOU THE FACTS OF WHAT HAPPENED BY ACCIDENT,
REALLY.
12:40:15PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
12:40:16PM >>LUIS VIERA:
TO CLOSE IT OUT --
12:40:21PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
BOARD MEMBER YOUNG, DO YOU HAVE ANY NEW

BUSINESS?
WELL, I DID.
I WILL JUST SAY THAT GRADUATIONS ARE COMING UP.
WE HAVE A LOT OF SENIORS AND COLLEGE STUDENTS.
MY ALMA MATER HAD THEIR GRADUATION.
JUST FOR ALL OF THE GRADUATES, CONGRATULATIONS.
CONGRATULATIONS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ATTENDING SOME OF THE GRADUATIONS AND
THIS IS A HUGE MILESTONE AND IF YOU KNOW ONE THING I ALWAYS
TALK ABOUT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR YOUTH AND NOT JUST OUR
ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE BUT OUR HIGH SCHOOL, OUR GRADUATES,
YOU KNOW, JUST OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, JUST OUT OF COLLEGE, YOU
KNOW, WE ARE TRYING TO DO OUR BEST SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE, YOU
KNOW, CAN BE PROUD OF THE CITY AND THE STATE THAT YOU LIVE
IN AND CONTINUE TO PERSEVERE AND CONTINUE TO BE COURAGEOUS
AND CONTINUE TO SPEAK UP AND CONTINUE TO FIGHT THE GOOD
FIGHT.
THAT IS WHAT I WILL LEAVE WITH FOR TODAY.
BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
12:41:30PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR SO WE STOP TALKING
ABOUT CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECTS, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT CUBA,
ISRAEL -- I'M JOKING.
IF I MAY BRING DARSH UP.
A LOT OF YOU KNOW MY INTERN.

DARSH HAS RECENTLY BEEN HIRED TO WORK IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SEE YOU, DARSH, IN PUBLIC
SERVICE HERE.
YOU ARE A WONDERFUL PERSON.
I TOOK DARSH AND GREG OUT THREE DAYS TO GO TO PANERA BREAD
AND WE SAT IN THE VERY BOOTH WHERE I STUDIED THE DAY BEFORE
I TOOK THE FLORIDA BAR 23 YEARS AGO, WHICH IS FUNNY.
DARSH, JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY SALUTE YOU.
YOU ARE A WONDERFUL PERSON.
GOD BLESS YOU.
12:42:17PM >> THANK YOU.
12:42:19PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
THANK YOU.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO, AND A SECOND
FROM BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA, ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
12:42:28PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU DID A GREAT JOB.
12:42:30PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
THANK YOU.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.
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