TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2026, 9:00 A.M.
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9:01:34AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WELCOME TO TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
I AM FILLING IN FOR CHAIR CLENDENIN THIS MORNING.
SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH AN INVOCATION, WHICH WILL BE A
MOMENT OF SILENCE, AND THEN WE WILL TURN TO THE PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE.
PLEASE STAND FOR THE MOMENT OF SILENCE.
[MOMENT OF SILENCE]
OKAY.
AND THE PLEDGE.
[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
9:02:16AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
9:02:24AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
HERE.
9:02:26AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HERE.
9:02:26AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HERE.
9:02:29AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
HERE.
9:02:30AM >>LUIS VIERA:
HERE.
9:02:30AM >>BILL CARLSON:
HERE.
9:02:32AM >>THE CLERK:
WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
9:02:33AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
EXCELLENT.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR
SESSION OF JULY 16, 2026 AND THE EVENING SESSION OF JULY 23,
2026?
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA AND A SECOND
FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
OKAY.
EXCELLENT.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND APPROVE -- QUICKLY GO THROUGH THE
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
WHAT I HAVE SO FAR TODAY, STAFF IS ASKING FOR ITEM NUMBER 35
TO BE PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE.
SO PLEASE NOTE THAT.
ITEM NUMBER 55, THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR STAFF TO REMOVE THIS
FROM THE AGENDA.
HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, YOU HAVE --
THERE IS A TIME CERTAIN FOR THIS INSTEAD.
9:03:26AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES, MA'AM.
WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING SOMEBODY FROM THE CONTRACTOR FOR
THIS.
JUST GIVEN THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
KEEP OUR EYE ON THE BALL ON THIS ISSUE.
I DON'T ANTICIPATE IT TAKING MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES.
I COMMUNICATED WITH CHIEF TRIPP.
NO NEED FOR TAMPA FIRE RESCUE TO BE HERE ON THIS, IN MY
OPINION, BUT OTHER FOLKS, YES.
9:03:47AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
DO YOU HAVE A TIME CERTAIN?
9:03:49AM >>LUIS VIERA:
NO, NO.
I'M UNAWARE AT THIS TIME OF ANY.
BUT, YEAH, WE'LL GET BACK WITH YOU ON THAT.
9:03:55AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
GREAT.
AND WE HAVE A REQUEST TO CONTINUE ITEM NUMBER 56 TILL AUGUST
27.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO AND A SECOND
FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA TO MOVE THIS AGENDA ITEM TO AUGUST
27.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
ITEM NUMBER 58, THE SAME.
REQUEST TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO AUGUST 6.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, A SECOND FROM
COUNCIL MEMBER YOUNG.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
OKAY.
SO WE ARE GOING TO --
9:04:44AM >>BILL CARLSON:
IF I MAY --
9:04:45AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES, GO RIGHT AHEAD.
9:04:48AM >>BILL CARLSON:
NUMBER 40, THIS IS TO TRANSFER THE
DISPOSITION OF THE LAND IN THE ARMY NAVY SPOT.
I FORGOT WHAT THE NUMBER IS BUT WE HAVE CERTAIN MINIMUMS
ABOVE WHICH IT GOES TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.
THIS PROPERTY HAS GOT TO BE WORTH MORE THAN THAT MINIMUM.
I WOULD JUST ASK TO MOVE IT TO, JUST BECAUSE IT SHOULD HAVE
BEEN PUT INTO DISCUSSION.
STAFF REPORTS.
9:05:17AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA TO MOVE IT TO THE ITEMS
REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA.
SO ITEM NUMBER 40.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
9:05:30AM >>BILL CARLSON:
THE SECOND ONE IS ITEM NUMBER 4.
THE MAYOR COMES BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ONCE A YEAR, AND I THINK
THE PUBLIC LIKES SEEING THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL TOGETHER.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE MAYOR IS IN KEY WEST OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT AND IS GOING TO PRESENT A VIDEO TODAY.
I WOULD RECOMMEND -- I DON'T KNOW WHY IT WAS SCHEDULED THAT
WAY, BUT I RECOMMEND WE MOVE THIS TO A TIME WHEN THE MAYOR
CAN BE HERE IN PERSON.
9:06:00AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
IF IT'S ALREADY RECORDED AND IT'S A
VIDEO, WE DO IT.
9:06:05AM >>BILL CARLSON:
MY SUGGESTION, BECAUSE I THINK THE PUBLIC
HAS THE EXPECTATION TO SEE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR
TOGETHER AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR.
IF NOBODY ELSE WANTS TO DO THAT, MY SUGGESTION IS INSTEAD OF
SITTING HERE WATCHING A VIDEO, THAT WE JUST ADD THAT ON TO
THE END OF THE VIDEO AND WE CAN MOVE ON WITH THE REST OF
BUSINESS AND THEN WE CAN ALL WATCH IT LATER.
WHY WATCH THE TIME IN THE CHAMBERS TO WATCH A VIDEO?
9:06:26AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WILL SAY THAT WE HAVE A WORKSHOP COMING UP
ON MONDAY ABOUT THESE VERY ISSUES.
SO WE KIND OF NEED TO HEAR WHAT THE BUDGET IS.
WE NEED THE BUDGET.
9:06:36AM >>BILL CARLSON:
WE CAN WATCH IT LATER ON, AT HOME OR
SOMETHING.
9:06:39AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
MY UNDERSTANDING FROM AGENDA -- MARTIN
SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
MY UNDERSTANDING FOR AGENDA REVIEW IS THE MAYOR'S VIDEO IS
PART OF A FULL PRESENTATION THAT IS GOING TO FOLLOW THAT IN
PREPARATION AGAIN FOR MONDAY'S WORKSHOP.
JUST A REMINDER TO EACH COUNCIL MEMBER AND MEMBER OF THE
PUBLIC, IT IS A SPECIAL CALL WORKSHOP THAT IS SET FOR
MONDAY, THIS COMING, THE THIRD OF AUGUST AT 9 A.M. HERE FOR
THE FIRST OF THREE WORKSHOPS ON THE FY '27 BUDGET.
9:07:14AM >>BILL CARLSON:
I JUST THINK -- LAST COMMENT -- I THINK THE
PUBLIC HAS THE EXPECTATION AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR THE MAYOR
WILL BE IN THE SAME ROOM WITH COUNCIL AND PRESENT IN PERSON,
AND IF SHE'S SENT OTHER STAFF, LET THE STAFF PRESENT.
I'D RATHER NOT WATCH A PRODUCED VIDEO BY THE COMMUNICATION
DEPARTMENT.
9:07:33AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I APPRECIATE WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON
IS SAYING, IF WE DON'T LISTEN TO IT TODAY, HOW ARE WE
INVOLVED IN THE DISCUSSION MONDAY?
9:07:39AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I THINK HIS COMMENT IS HE DOESN'T WANT TO
WATCH THE VIDEO.
THAT'S WHAT IS AT STAKE HERE.
DOES ANYONE HAVE AN OPINION ON THE VIDEO?
9:07:48AM >>LUIS VIERA:
WE COULD WATCH IT IN PERSON, BUT HOW LONG IS
THE VIDEO?
TEN MINUTES?
WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO SPEND TEN MINUTES TALKING ABOUT --
9:07:59AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
EXACTLY.
9:07:59AM >>BILL CARLSON:
ALSO, COULD THE CHIEF OF STAFF EXPLAIN WHY
IT WAS SCHEDULED AT A TIME WHEN THE MAYOR WAS ON VACATION.
9:08:05AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IT WAS SCHEDULED BECAUSE SHE ASKED FOR IT TO
BE LAST WEEK.
WE DECIDED THAT DURING A CRA MEETING WASN'T THE APPROPRIATE
TIME.
9:08:11AM >>JOHN BENNETT:
JOHN BENNETT, CHIEF OF STAFF.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
CHAIRWOMAN, YOU'RE CORRECT.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON JULY 23rd.
THIS IS A REGULAR ANNUAL THING FOR THE MAYOR.
SO THAT'S WHY THE VIDEO.
IT IS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE FULL PRESENTATION AND IT'S NOT
VERY LONG.
I DO AGREE WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO BLEND THAT.
THE LONGER PRESENTATION FROM THE CFO.
9:08:34AM >>LUIS VIERA:
PLEASE REFRESH MY MEMORY.
MAYOR CASTOR WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE IN PERSON AND WE
CHANGED THE DATE, CORRECT?
IF I MAY, MR. SHELBY, SO, YEAH, OBVIOUSLY, I'D RATHER HER BE
HERE IN PERSON, BUT IT WOULD APPEAR THAT SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO
BE HERE IN PERSON BUT CHANGED THE DATE.
THERE IS A CONFLICT.
LET'S JUST WATCH THE VIDEO.
9:08:57AM >>BILL CARLSON:
[INAUDIBLE]
9:08:58AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
SO WE ARE MOVING ON TO STAFF REPORTS.
SO IF ANYONE -- WE'LL GO THROUGH THE STAFF REPORTS VERY
QUICKLY.
DO WE HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE TODAY?
9:09:08AM >>JOHN BENNETT:
NO, MA'AM.
9:09:09AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
NO.
OKAY.
SO MOVING ON TO ITEM 54, DO WE NEED ANYONE HERE FOR ITEM 54?
9:09:21AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
NO.
9:09:21AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE FOR -- YES.
WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT 57 BRIEFLY.
9:09:34AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
DID WE MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE 55?
9:09:38AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
55 IS GOING TO STAY.
THAT'S WHAT COUNCILMAN VIERA WAS TALK ABOUT.
WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC TIME CERTAIN FOR THAT.
9:09:46AM >>LUIS VIERA:
I APOLOGIZE.
WE ACTUALLY DO.
I USED THE SAME HIGH SCHOOL, 10:30 A.M.
9:09:52AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE DO HAVE A TIME CERTAIN.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION?
9:09:55AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES, MA'AM.
9:09:55AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MY ONLY CONCERN IS WE MAY STILL BE IN THE
MIDDLE OF A BUDGET PRESENTATION.
IT MIGHT BE AS SOON AFTER 10:30 AS POSSIBLE.
9:10:03AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES, MA'AM.
NO WORRIES.
9:10:06AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
DO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT, MR.
SHELBY?
9:10:10AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
SURE.
9:10:10AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA FOR A TIME
CERTAIN OR AS SOON THEREAFTER AS POSSIBLE AND SECOND FROM
COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
GREAT.
SO WE'RE MOVING ON TO 57, YES, WE'VE ALREADY MOVED.
AND THEN CAN I GET SOMEONE TO --
9:10:29AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE WRITTEN.
9:10:31AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO TO
RECEIVE AND FILE ITEMS 59 AND 60.
I HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
9:10:44AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
9:10:45AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA FROM
COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
I HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER YOUNG.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
AYE.
OKAY.
9:10:56AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I WANTED TO WISH JUNIOR A VERY HAPPY
BIRTHDAY.
IT'S TOMORROW.
HE TAKES VERY GOOD CARE OF US.
I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
AND TODAY IS MY MOM'S BIRTHDAY.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
I LOVE YOU, MOM.
9:11:06AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
[ APPLAUSE ]
OKAY.
SO WE ARE GETTING STARTED WITH OUR VERY FULL DAY, ALTHOUGH
SHORT ON THE AGENDA, WE ARE HEAVY ON CONTENT TODAY.
SO FIRST, WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT A COMMENDATION TO MR.
TRENT.
THIS IS BY COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
IT'S ALL ABOUT BIRTHDAYS THIS MORNING.
9:11:42AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
IT'S MY PLEASURE TODAY TO BE HERE WITH A
GREAT TAMPE O, GREAT INDIVIDUAL FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA
AND A GREAT CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES, DOUG TRENT.
DOUG HAS DONE MANY THINGS IN LIFE, MEETING UP WITH HIM AT
FOREST HILLS, I DON'T KNOW IF THE WORLD KNOWS, BUT THIS
COUNCIL HAS A SINGING GROUP THAT SINGS ONCE IN A WHILE AT
FOREST HILLS, BABE ZAHARIAS GOLF COURSE, ON THE FIRST FRIDAY
OF THE MONTH OR LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH.
WHICH ONE IS IT?
THE FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH.
SOME OF US SING GOOD.
SOME OF US SHOULD STAY HOME.
BUT THE OTHERS SING GOOD.
HURTAK IS THE LEAD SINGER.
SINGS REAL GOOD.
I AM THE WORST SINGER.
ANYWAY, DOUG TRENT BORN ON MAY 13, 1927, IN NORTH CAROLINA.
MR. TRENT PROUDLY ENLISTED IN THE U.S. NAVY IN 1945 SERVING
OUR COUNTRY WITH HONOR IN WORLD WAR II.
AFTER HIS MILITARY SERVICE, MR. TRENT MARRIED HIS WIFE HILDA
IN 1947 AND 1950 THEY SETTLED WHERE?
IN FOREST HILLS WHERE HE MADE A HOME WITH HIS WIFE AND SON
DAVID AND DAUGHTER CAROL WHERE THEY STILL RESIDE TODAY.
THAT'S ALSO A FIRST.
HOW MANY PEOPLE DO THAT AND STILL THERE?
MR. TRENT DEVOTED HIS CAREER TO PUBLIC SERVICE WORKING IN
THE CITY OF TAMPA AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FROM 1950 TO
1966, 16 YEARS, WORKING WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA IN PUBLIC
WORKS, THEN HE TRANSFERRED OVER TO WHERE?
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, WHERE HE WORKED FOR AN ADDITIONAL 23
YEARS.
AND HE DID A FANTASTIC JOB AT BOTH.
AS HE CELEBRATES HIS EXTRAORDINARY MILESTONE OF 99
BIRTHDAYS, TAMPA CITY COUNCIL IS HONORED TO PRESENT YOU A
COMMENDATION ON THE 30th DAY OF JULY, 2026, DOUG TRENT,
WITH SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR HIS MILITARY SERVICE,
DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC CAREER, AND LASTING CONTRIBUTION TO THE
CITY OF TAMPA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING, AND IT'S MY HONOR TO SAY
CONGRATULATIONS.
BY THE WAY, I COLLECT LITTLE THINGS THAT PEOPLE THROW AWAY.
I FOUND THESE GLASSES THAT SAYS 100.
[ LAUGHTER ]
SO, DOUG, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WEAR THEM NOW, BUT THIS IS FOR
YOUR BIRTHDAY COMING REAL SOON.
I KNOW YOU'LL BE AT LEAST TO 120.
9:13:55AM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
IF I MAY SAY SO, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL AND VISITORS.
WHEN I FIRST CAME TO WORK HERE IN 1950, THE PUBLIC WORKS
DEPARTMENT WAS ON THE FIFTH FLOOR.
AND IT WASN'T AIR CONDITIONED.
YOU HAD TO OPEN THE WINDOWS TO GET A BREEZE THROUGH.
IN THE WINTERTIME, WE HAD GAS HEAT WHICH WAS SOMETIMES GOOD
AND SOMETIMES NOT.
IN FACT, ONE TIME IT FROZE UP AND WE HAD TO GO HOME BECAUSE
IT WAS SO COLD.
ANOTHER MEMORY, I SERVED WITH MR. HIXON AND JULIAN LANE, AND
NICK NUCCIO AND CITY COUNCILMAN LEE DUNCAN AND DOUG WEST.
I REMEMBER THOSE TIMES FONDLY.
THIS IS GREAT.
THE BUILDING HAS CHANGED SOME.
I HAVEN'T BEEN IN HERE IN 60 YEARS.
WE'VE GOT NEW PAINT.
[ LAUGHTER ]
AND THE ELEVATOR, WE HAD AN OPERATOR.
HIS NAME WAS HENRY.
9:15:28AM >> YOU HAD TO PULL A ROPE.
9:15:30AM >> AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.
I THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:15:52AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE'VE ALREADY AGREED.
THERE IS A QUICK LITTLE --
9:15:58AM >> THANK YOU.
I'M BETH KEANEY.
I LIVE IN FOREST HILLS.
WE HAVE A TREASURE IN MR. TRENT THERE.
THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING HIM TODAY.
AND WE HAVE A TREASURE IN OUR CITY COUNCIL HERE.
THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND DOING YOUR RELAXATION AND TEAM
BUILDING IN OUR AREA.
COUNCILWOMAN NAYA, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU THE
BEGINNINGS OF YOUR TROPHY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE IT UP THERE.
BUT THIS IS A CD OF YOUR EXPERIENCE.
9:16:27AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
TURN IT AROUND.
THERE YOU GO.
9:16:29AM >> AND, OF COURSE, WE START OUT WITH ALAN CLENDENIN WHO WAS
THE MOST IMPROVED OF THE EVENING.
LYNN, COUNCILMAN HURTAK, SHE WAS OUR LEARN LAST YEAR.
I THOUGHT SHE WOULD BE PRESENTING YOU YOUR TROPHY, NAYA.
YOUR RENDITION OF MY GIRL AND LITTLE DANCE MOVES IN THERE
REALLY BROUGHT US ALL TOGETHER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:16:54AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
DO YOU WANT TO GO DOWN AND GET YOUR TROPHY?
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:17:00AM >> HOPE THIS CONTINUES FOR YEARS TO COME BECAUSE THIS REALLY
BRINGS US CLOSE.
THIS IS THE WAY IT LOOKS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:17:22AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
EXCELLENT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO FAR.
YOU HAVE OUR NEXT.
NEXT COMMENDATION TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER YOUNG.
9:17:51AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
ONE THING I AM ALWAYS VERY PROUD OF IS CELEBRATING OUR YOUTH
IN TAMPA.
SO I HAVE THE HONOR THIS MORNING OF PRESENTING A
COMMENDATION TO THE ACT-SO TEAM FOR NAACP FOR HILLSBOROUGH
COUNTY.
[ APPLAUSE ]
THIS IS PRESENTED TO THE AFRO-ACADEMIC, CULTURAL,
TECHNOLOGY, AND SCIENTIFIC OLYMPICS FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
TAMPA CITY COUNCIL IS PLEASED TO PRESENT THIS COMMENDATION
TO THE AFRO-ACADEMIC, CULTURAL, TECHNOLOGICAL, AND
SCIENTIFIC OLYMPICS, ACT-SO, FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
ACT-SO IS THE NAACP'S PREMIER YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM THAT
PROVIDES HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO
DEVELOPMENT AND SHOWCASE THEIR TALENTS IN S.T.E.M.,
BUSINESS, THE HUMANITIES, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, VISUAL ARTS AND
PERFORMING ARTS.
WHEREAS, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, IT IS WITH GREAT
HONOR TO RECOGNIZE THE STUDENTS WHO REPRESENTED THE
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COMMUNITY DURING THE 2026 NATIONAL
ACT-SO COMPETITION HELD IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JULY 15 TO THE
19.
I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE BENJAMIN STERLING, ISAIAH MILLER,
AMARI JOHNSON, AND MAKAI GILLETTE.
THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS REFLECT THE STUDENT'S HARD WORK,
PERSEVERANCE, AND COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE.
IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT TAMPA CITY COUNCIL PRESENT
THIS COMMENDATION ON THE 30th DAY OF JULY, 2026.
[ APPLAUSE ]
I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP ONE OF OUR COACHES, OTIS KITCHEN,
TO RECOGNIZE.
WE HAD A LONG LIST OF STUDENTS THAT DID SOME REALLY AMAZING
THINGS IN CHICAGO, MR. KITCHEN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
RECOGNIZE THOSE STUDENTS, PLEASE.
9:19:45AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
JUST START WITH YOUR NAME, PLEASE.
9:19:49AM >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
MY NAME IS OTIS KITCHEN.
PROUD PRINCIPAL OF TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BUT ALSO
I'M ONE OF THE CO-CHAIRS OF ACT-SO ALONG WITH THE LYNETTE
JUDGE, SHE IS OUR CHAIR, MS. WILLIAMS, SHE IS OUR -- ONE OF
OUR CO-CHAIRS.
I WANT TO START OUT BECAUSE IT TAKES A VILLAGE.
IT TAKES A VILLAGE FOR THIS TO HAPPEN.
I FIRST WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR WONDERFUL PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT
LEWIS, FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
SHE HAD THE VISION.
SHE PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE STUDENTS.
SO VERY THANKFUL TO HER.
THANKFUL TO COUNCIL MEMBER NAYA YOUNG AND MANISCALCO AND ALL
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IT TRULY TAKES A VILLAGE.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE STUDENTS THAT WERE A PART OF THIS
WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.
AND I WANT TO FIRST START OUT WITH SANAYA LEVITT.
ARMWOOD HIGH SCHOOL HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT.
[ APPLAUSE ]
LEVITT, ARMWOOD HIGH SCHOOL HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT.
ERIC ROSE JUNIOR, ARMWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, CONTEMPORARY VOCAL.
[ APPLAUSE ]
JORDAN BENNETT, BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL, DRAMATICS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
McPHERSON, GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT.
[ APPLAUSE ]
TG, HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, HOSPITALITY.
[ APPLAUSE ]
STANALIS, SPOTO HIGH SCHOOL, PAINTING.
[ APPLAUSE ]
AYESHA, TAMPA BAY TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL ARCHITECTURE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
CAMBRIA BURTON, TAMPA BAY TECH, MEDICINE AND HEALTH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, BROOKLYN KIRKSY.
SHE ACTUALLY CAME FROM BARTOW HIGH SCHOOL OVER IN POLK
COUNTY BECAUSE AGAIN IT'S ABOUT COMMUNITY, AND WE WELCOME
SUPPORTING ALL STUDENTS.
I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THE STUDENTS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
WANT TO THANK ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT MADE THIS HAPPEN.
THE FAMILIES, THE COACHES, THE PRINCIPALS OF THE SCHOOLS,
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND ESPECIALLY OUR
WONDERFUL PRESIDENT, MS. YVETTE LEWIS.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:22:22AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
ALSO, WE HAVE SOME COMMENDATIONS FOR THE
STUDENTS THAT WON THE NATIONAL AWARDS AND ALSO FOR --
9:22:31AM >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
DEFINITELY WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO MY BUDDY OVER THERE,
COUNCILMAN LUIS.
THANK YOU, SIR.
9:22:42AM >> CITY COUNCIL, THIS WARMS MY HEART.
TO GIVE THESE BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL KIDS RECOGNITION FOR ALL
THE HARD WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE AND POURED INTO THEIR
TALENT THAT GOD HAS BLESSED THEM WITH.
I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, AS WELL AS I TOLD THEM ALL, THEY
ARE ALL HEROES AND CHAMPIONS IN THE EYES OF HILLSBOROUGH
COUNTY.
SO THESE BEAUTIFUL KIDS, THEIR TALENT THAT GOD HAS BLESSED
THEM WITH, I AM A PROUD, PROUD PRESIDENT TO REPRESENT THEM
AND EVEN RAISING THE FUNDS, IT MAKES IT SO EASY WHEN YOU SEE
THESE BEAUTIFUL SMILES AND THE HARD WORK THAT THEY POURED
INTO EVERY WEEK COACHING, COACHING, COACHING, AND THEN TO GO
THERE.
SOME OF THEM HAVE NEVER TRAVELED OUTSIDE OF HILLSBOROUGH
COUNTY.
SOME OF THEM HAVE NEVER BEEN ON A PLANE.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE POURING INTO OUR
KIDS.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY PROGRAMS THAT OUR CHILDREN HAVE AT
THE NAACP.
WE ARE DOING GREAT WORK, BUT WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE
SUPPORT AND THE LOVE OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE PARENTS THAT
EVERY TIME WE CALL AND SAY, HEY, HE OR SHE NEEDS TO COME FOR
COACHING, THEY COME AND THEY COME WITH A SMILE.
MY HEART IS SO WARM THAT THIS RECOGNITION.
THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN NAYA YOUNG AND THANK YOU, FRANK CRUM
AND DARLENE FOR THE PHONE CALL.
BLESSED.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:24:26AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
9:24:35AM >> CAN WE GET A PICTURE WITH ALL OF YOU ALL?
9:24:38AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SURE.
COME ON UP.
9:24:41AM >> THANK YOU ALL.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:26:25AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
EXCELLENT.
NOW, COUNCILMAN VIERA.
9:27:03AM >>BILL CARLSON:
CAN I ASK REAL FAST?
COUNCIL MEMBER YOUNG, IS THERE A WEBSITE THAT FOLKS CAN GO
TO TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM?
9:27:10AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MS. LEWIS, IS THERE A WEBSITE THAT PEOPLE CAN
GO TO TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THIS PROGRAM?
9:27:16AM >> YES.
9:27:17AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COME ON UP TO THE MICROPHONE.
STATE YOUR NAME AGAIN JUST FOR FUN.
9:27:21AM >> YVETTE LEWIS, PRESIDENT OF THE NAACP HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
BRANCH.
AND PROUD PRESIDENT OF THE ACT-SO COMPETITION.
YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE, AND YOU WILL SEE ALL THE
CATEGORIES.
THERE ARE 33 CATEGORIES THAT ALLOW THESE KIDS TO COMPETE IN
IT AND SHOW THEIR TALENT.
LIKE I SAID, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS DO A LOT OF
RECRUITMENT FOR US TO SHOW THIS.
THESE KIDS, WHEN THEY WIN, THEY COME BACK WITH PRIZES,
MONIES, SCHOLARSHIPS, EVERYTHING.
9:27:53AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WHAT IS THE WEBSITE?
9:27:54AM >> THE WEBSITE IS NAACPHILLSBOROUGH.ORG.
9:27:58AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
9:28:00AM >> CLICK ON ACT-SO.
9:28:01AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:28:04AM >> WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR DONATIONS.
[ LAUGHTER ]
9:28:06AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
GREAT.
9:28:26AM >>LUIS VIERA:
WE'LL WAIT 30 SECONDS, IF WE MAY.
9:28:29AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
ABSOLUTELY.
WHILE YOU'VE GOT YOUR FOLKS GETTING IN SPACE, TOO.
YOU ALL CAN FILTER IN BEHIND COUNCILMAN VIERA.
9:28:49AM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT'S A REAL PLEASURE TO BE HERE FOR THE 45th YEAR
ANNIVERSARY MARK OF A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY THAT HAPPENED HERE IN
OUR CITY OF TAMPA 45 YEARS AGO ON AUGUST 4 OF 1981, TWO
TAMPA FIREFIGHTERS GAVE ALL IN A JOB IN A TRAGEDY THAT
HAPPENED HERE AT STATION 1 IN DOWNTOWN TAMPA.
FRANK WARNER SENIOR AND ISAAC ROYAL WOULD GIVE ALL ON THAT
DAY.
THIS DAY, A FORMER TAMPA FIREFIGHTER WOULD WALK INTO TAMPA
FIRE STATION 1 AND THESE TWO MEN WOULD TRAGIC LOSE THEIR
LIVES.
FRANZ WARNER SENIOR WAS 40 YEARS OLD AND A FATHER OF TWO AND
A 15-YEAR TAMPA FIRE RESCUE VETERAN.
WOULD HE DIE ON THE SCENE.
ISAAC ROYAL WAS ONLY 26 YEARS OLD AND HAD BEEN ON THE JOB
WITH TAMPA FIRE RESCUE FOR ONE YEAR.
HE WOULD PASS ON FIVE DAYS LATER AT THE HOSPITAL.
FIREFIGHTER RICH ART BARRETT WAS SHOT IN THE LOWER BACK AND
WOULD SURVIVE.
THE BULLET HOLE I BELIEVE IS STILL IN THE GARAGE DOOR FROM
THIS INCIDENT AT TAMPA FIRE STATION ONE.
WE HAVE NUMEROUS DIGNITARIES THAT WE'LL BE HEARING FROM,
INCLUDING CHIEF TRIPP.
WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES OF LOCAL 754.
I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION, EVEN THOUGH HE'S NOT
SPEAKING, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF MORRIS
LOPEZ WHO HIMSELF OBVIOUSLY HAS A FAMILY HISTORY AND
SACRIFICE FOR OUR GREAT CITY OF TAMPA.
FOR FRANZ WARNER SENIOR, RETIRED DISTRICT CHIEF GLEN WARNER
WHO WE WILL BE HEARING FROM, THE VERY PROUD SON OF FRANZ
WARNER.
ON THIS DATE, HE AND HIS SISTER SUSAN LOST THEIR FATHER AND
ELAINE, THEIR MOTHER WOULD LOSE THEIR HUSBAND.
CHIEF WARNER WOULD GO ON TO GIVE 26 YEARS OF SERVICE IN
TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
HE WOULD RETIRE IN 2021, AND HE WAS ONLY TEN YEARS OLD WHEN
HIS FATHER WAS TAKEN FROM US.
HE DESCRIBES HIS LATE FATHER AS A GREAT FATHER WHO WAS A
PROUD VIETNAM ERA VETERAN WHO ALWAYS HAD TIME TO FISH, PLAY
BASEBALL, AND HANG OUT WITH HIS FAMILY.
IN 1963, HE WOULD SIGN UP FOR TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IN 1965, HE WOULD THEN TRANSITION TO TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
IN 1967, HE WAS DRAFTED TO THE UNITED STATES ARMY.
AND HE WOULD SERVE DURING THE VIETNAM ERA.
GROWING UP, CHIEF WARNER WOULD HANG OUT WITH HIS FATHER A
LOT ON THE JOB AT TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
HE WOULD JOIN TAMPA FIRE RESCUE AND HEAR A LOT OF STORIES ON
HIS LATE FATHER.
WE'RE ALSO VERY PROUD TO HAVE HERE THE PROUD GRANDSON OF
FRANZ WARNER SENIOR AND THE PROUD SON OF DISTRICT CHIEF GLEN
WARNER, MR. TYLER WARNER, WHO IS A DRIVER ENGINEER FOR TAMPA
FIRE RESCUE.
THREE GENERATIONS OF AMAZING SERVICE HERE FOR TAMPA FIRE
RESCUE.
FOR THE FAMILY OF MR. ISAAC ROYAL, WE HAVE HERE MR. BOBBY
ROYAL, WHO IS ONLY 16 YEARS OLD WHEN HIS OLDER BROTHER WAS
MURDERED AND TAKEN AWAY FROM US.
IN THE HOSPITAL ROOM, ISAAC WOULD TELL HIS FAMILY THAT HE
WOULD BE OKAY BECAUSE HE WAS A FIGHTER AND HE WOULD
ULTIMATELY PASS ON FIVE DAYS LATER.
WE HAVE HERE ISAAC'S SISTER, DELORIS ROYAL LOVETT AS WELL AS
ISAAC'S NEPHEW, MR. GREGORY SHEFFIELD WHO IS ALSO HERE.
ISAAC SENIOR AND MATTIE ROYAL WHO WERE SO PROUD -- ISAAC IS
NO LONGER WITH US TODAY.
MATTIE ROYAL IS WITH US TODAY AND, IN FACT, WATCHING ON TV.
WE HONOR HER AND HER SERVICE AND SACRIFICE.
BOBBY DESCRIBES HIS OLDER BROTHER ISAAC AS SECOND FATHER WHO
TAUGHT HIM HOW TO SWIM, RIDE A BIKE, DRIVE, WOULD TAKE HIM
TO SPORTS PRACTICE.
AS A YOUNG 26-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO LOVED HIS FAMILY, LOVED HIS
COMMUNITY AND HAD A VERY BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD OF HIM.
ISAAC WAS A GRADUATE OF KING HIGH SCHOOL.
HE WOULD GO TO HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
SERVE IN THE ARMY RESERVE.
WOULD HE GRADUATE FROM USF.
SOMETHING I LEARNED TODAY I NEVER KNEW ABOUT, SOMETHING
REMARKABLE.
MR. ROYAL'S FUNERAL WOULD ULTIMATELY BE HELD AT ST. PAUL'S
AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN DOWNTOWN.
THESE FAMILIES ARE INTERTWINED AND REALLY A PART OF OUR
HISTORY.
WE WANTED TO HEAR FROM FOLKS ON THIS TERRIBLE TRAGEDY THAT
HAPPENED 45 YEARS AGO IN AUGUST ON WHAT IT MEANS TO US
TODAY.
SO IF I MAY, AS OUR FIRST SPEAKER, I WILL WELCOME A
WONDERFUL WOMAN WHO HAS GIVEN SO MANY YEARS OF SERVICE TO
OUR CITY OF TAMPA AND COMMUNITY, CHIEF BARBARA TRIPP.
COME FORWARD, MA'AM.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:33:12AM >>CHIEF TRIPP:
BARBARA TRIPP, FIRE CHIEF FOR TAMPA FIRE
RESCUE.
OF COURSE, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN VIERA, FOR HONORING 45
YEARS OF SOMETHING THAT TOOK PLACE.
AS BEING A FIRST RESPONDER, WE RESPOND TO TRAGEDIES, NOT
EXPECTING SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO HAPPEN TO OUR PEOPLE.
I NEVER GOT A CHANCE TO KNOW CHIEF WARNER PRIOR TO THE
INCIDENT, BUT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH HIS SON,
WHO IS ACTUALLY, IF HE'S ANYTHING LIKE HIS FATHER, HE WAS A
GREAT GUY.
I GREATLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY OF WORKING WITH CHIEF
WARNER.
AND, OF COURSE, HIS RETIREMENT AND HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO
WORK WITH THE GRANDSON WHO I RECENTLY PROMOTED TO DRIVER.
SO THE LEGACY STILL LIVES ON.
EVEN THOUGH THIS TRAGEDY TOOK PLACE 45 YEARS AGO, WE HAVE
HISTORY HERE THAT ALLOW US TO CONTINUE IN HONOR OF HIS
FATHER.
AS WE TALK ABOUT ISAAC ROYAL.
NOT KNOWING THE EXTENDED FAMILY -- KNOWING THE FAMILY THAT I
ACTUALLY GREW UP WITH SOME OF THE MEMBERS IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD BUT DID NOT KNOW THAT WAS THEIR COUSIN.
OF COURSE, THE HISTORY STILL LIVES ON.
ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR BROTHER WITH US FOR
THE SHORT TIME AND THE BRAVERY HE DID TO HELP OUT THE OTHER
FIREFIGHTERS.
ONCE AGAIN, WE WOULD NEVER, AS LONG AS I'M HERE, WE'LL NEVER
LET THE LEGACY DIE OUT.
WE'LL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO CONTINUE WITH THE TRADITION
AND LET THE FAMILY KNOW YOU ARE STILL PART OF TAMPA FIRE
RESCUE NO MATTER WHAT.
WHETHER YOU ARE A FIREFIGHTER, NOT A FIREFIGHTER, TAMPA FIRE
RESCUE IS HERE FOR YOU.
WITH THAT, THANK YOU.
9:34:47AM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU, CHIEF.
WE APPRECIATE YOU, MA'AM.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:34:54AM >> GOOD MORNING, TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
NICK STOCCO, PRESIDENT OF IFF LOCAL 754.
I REALLY WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN VIERA FOR BRINGING THIS
COMMENDATION -- OR THIS RECOGNITION FORWARD AND MEMBERS OF
COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING US TO DO IT HERE ON THE THIRD FLOOR.
THIS IS VERY MEANINGFUL WHEN IT'S ABLE TO BE PRESENTED ON
THE THIRD FLOOR IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL AND IN FRONT OF
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
THE IFF THE LOCAL 754 HAS BEEN AROUND FOR MANY YEARS, AND
THERE ARE VARIOUS PARTS OF ITS HISTORY THAT I'M STILL
LEARNING.
BUT ONE OF THE PARTS THAT WE DON'T EVER FORGET AND
CONTINUOUSLY LEARNED IS THOSE THAT PAID THE ULTIMATE
SACRIFICE, ESPECIALLY IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
ON THAT DAY 45 YEARS AGO, THE TWO MEMBERS OF THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT, WHEN THEY LEFT THEIR HOMES, THEY DID NOT PLAN ON
THIS EVENT OCCURRING.
WHILE WE MAY WANT TO PLAN AND TRAIN FOR THOSE EMERGENCIES
THAT MAY OCCUR, SUCH AS STRUCTURAL FIRES OR MEDICAL
EMERGENCIES, THEY WERE BRUTALLY MURDERED IN THE LINE OF
DUTY.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEVER FORGET.
EVERY TIME WE GO TO THE MEMORIAL IN TALLAHASSEE, WE LOOK AT
THEIR NAMES, BOTH BROTHER ISAAC AND BROTHER FRANZ WARNER.
I TRY MY BEST TO SEND A TEXT TO THE WARNER FAMILY WHENEVER I
DO SEE THEIR NAME BECAUSE WE DO PAY OUR SERVICES AND OUR
FORWARDS TO THEM WHEN WE SEE THEM.
ISAAC ROYAL AS WELL AS THE WARNERS, GOLD SHIELD FOUNDATION,
THEY DISPLAY THEIR PICTURE ON THE BOARD EVERY YEAR, SO THAT
WAY WE DON'T FORGET THOSE THAT PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE.
THOSE THAT CONTINUE TO PAY THE SACRIFICE ARE THE FAMILIES.
NOT KNOWING THE EXTENT OF THE FAMILY, WE APPRECIATE YOU
BEING HERE AND THE EXTENT THE WARNER FAMILY CONTINUES ON
WITH THE LEGACY OF TYLER AND CHIEF WARNER, THEY ARE HERE TO
CONTINUE ON THAT NAME THAT THOSE MEMBERS WERE ABLE TO
PROVIDE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
ON BEHALF OF IFF LOCAL 754, WE WANT TO THANK CITY COUNCIL AS
WELL AS THE ISAAC FAMILY AND WARNER FAMILY AND NEVER FORGET
THE NAMES OF THOSE THAT FELL.
THANK YOU.
9:36:52AM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU.
NOW WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE FAMILIES.
WHOEVER WANTS TO GO FIRST.
9:36:59AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME FOR THIS TODAY.
SPECIAL THANKS TO COUNCILMAN VIERA FOR CONTACTING ME AND
SPEARHEADING THIS EVENT.
AFTER 45 YEARS, IT'S VERY HUMBLING, AND VERY -- WE'RE VERY
GRATEFUL FOR THE REMEMBRANCE.
I STAND HERE IN A KIND OF UNIQUE POSITION.
A CITY THAT TOOK SO MUCH FROM ME AND MY FAMILY, PROVIDED ME
AN OPPORTUNITY THEN.
I HAD THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE OF DOING NEARLY 27 YEARS OF
TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
I WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE SAME RANK AND WALK OUT THE DOOR
HEALTHY.
SO THAT'S A BLESSING.
BASED OFF OF THAT UNIQUE EXPERIENCE, I'M A VICTIM OR A
SURVIVOR, MY FAMILY MADE SACRIFICE BUT I'M ALSO ONE OF THEM.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL AND THE LEADERSHIP FOR ALL THE
SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE GIVEN PUBLIC SERVICE OVER THE YEARS.
IT MEANS MORE THAN YOU ALL WOULD EVER KNOW.
WITH THAT BEING SAID AND THIS EVENT BEING SO MUCH LONGER, I
WOULD JUST SAY IT'S INCUMBENT UPON THE LEADERSHIP OF THE
CITY, THE LEADERSHIP OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE LEADERSHIP
OF THE UNION TO COLLABORATE AND WORK COLLECTIVELY AS YOU
GENERALLY DO ALL OF THE TIME, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NEW
GENERATION THAT COMES ON UNDERSTANDS THE SACRIFICES THAT
CAME BEFORE THEM SO THAT WE DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF THE GOAL AND
EVERYBODY IS REMEMBERED AND WE DON'T MAKE MISTAKES THAT
WE'VE MADE IN THE PAST.
SO WITH THAT, I THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:38:37AM >> HELLO.
MY NAME IS TYLER WARNER.
DRIVER ENGINEER FOR TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
OBVIOUSLY, I NEVER GOT TO MEET MY GRANDFATHER, BUT WITH THAT
BEING SAID, I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THE LEGACY THAT HE DID
CREATE.
MY FATHER SAID I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
AS WELL.
ALWAYS MAKING IT A POINT TO NOT FORGET.
MY GOAL IS JUST CONTINUE TO MAKE THEM PROUD AND POLISH THE
LEGACY THAT HAS BEEN CREATED.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:39:17AM >> FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS AGAIN CITY OF
TAMPA, COUNCILMAN VIERA.
I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT'S BEEN AN EASY ROAD, BUT IT'S KIND
OF EASY NOW, BECAUSE EVERY TIME I SEE CHIEF TRIPP, I SEE
FAMILY, EACH AND EVERY TIME.
EVERY TIME SHE SEES US, WE'RE MORE THAN JUST PEOPLE OR A
PERSON THAT USED TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA.
WE'RE WITH HER EVERY TIME SHE COMES THROUGH THAT DOOR.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT WITH HER.
COUNCILMAN VIERA, WHEN YOU CONTACTED ME AND WE WERE TALKING,
YOU SHOWED AN ENTHUSIASM THAT I HADN'T SEEN IN A WHILE.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT ABOUT YOU.
OF COURSE, MY BROTHER IN ARMS BACK HERE, WE CONTINUOUSLY
TEXT EACH OTHER AND TALK.
IT'S BEEN A JOURNEY.
BUT THE JOURNEY HAS BEEN EASED BY A LOT OF PEOPLE.
THEY NEVER FORGET.
CAPTAIN BILL WADE.
THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.
LIKE I SAID, I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING US HERE.
WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS DONE FOR US.
9:40:33AM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
JUST, AGAIN, WE HAVE SOME PLAQUES WE'LL BE PRESENTING
OUTSIDE TO THE FAMILIES.
JUST DID THIS JUST TO REMEMBER THIS.
BOB MARTINEZ WAS OUR MAYOR, AND WE NEVER FORGET.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
THANK YOU.
9:40:50AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I BELIEVE, MR. ROGERO, ARE YOU PRESENTING THE --
9:41:23AM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
YES, MA'AM.
9:41:25AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I BELIEVE IT IS YOUR TURN.
I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE FOLKS COMING IN, PERHAPS.
9:41:40AM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
DENNIS ROGERO, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY TO BRIEF YOU ON THE
FISCAL YEAR 27 MAYOR'S RECOMMENDED BUDGET.
AS DISCUSSED, WE'LL BEGIN WITH A VIDEO BY THE MAYOR AND THEN
I'LL COME IN AFTER THAT AND DIVE INTO MORE DETAIL WITH MY
PRESENTATION.
CAN WE HAVE THE VIDEO UP, PLEASE?
9:42:00AM >> GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, AND
EVERYONE JOINING US TODAY FROM OLD CITY HALL AND FROM HOME.
EVERY BUDGET TELLS A STORY.
THIS ONE IS ABOUT ENSURING OUR CITY AND OUR MOMENTUM ARE
BUILT TO LAST.
IT REFLECTS OUR RESIDENTS' PRIORITIES, THE CHALLENGES WE
FACE, AND THE OPPORTUNITIES WE CHOOSE TO PURSUE.
TODAY'S PROPOSED BUDGET CONTINUES THE WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING
TOGETHER SINCE 2019, BUILDING A SAFER, STRONGER, AND MORE
RESILIENT TAMPA WHILE PREPARING RESPONSIBLY FOR THE FUTURE.
BEFORE LOOKING AHEAD, IT'S WORTH REFLECTING ON HOW FAR WE'VE
COME.
SINCE 2019, THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS MADE HISTORIC INVESTMENT
IN THE FOUNDATIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'VE REBUILT ROADS, EXPANDED SIDEWALKS, MADE OUR STREETS
SAFER, AND CONTINUED MAKING MEANINGFUL STEPS IN ADVANCING
TRANSIT OPTIONS.
WE MODERNIZED WATER, WASTEWATER, STORMWATER SYSTEMS AND
COMPLETED MAJOR UPGRADES TO OUR WASTE-TO-ENERGY PLANT.
WE'VE INVESTED IN PARKS AND RECREATION, STRENGTHENED
NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, EXPANDED YOUTH PROGRAMMING, ENHANCED
HOMELESSNESS INITIATIVES LIKE TAMPA HOPE AND CONTINUED
IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY.
I'M EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT SINCE SETTING A GOAL OF
PLANTING 30,000 TREES BY 2030, WE'VE ALREADY PLANTED MORE
THAN 18,000 TREES IN NEIGHBORHOODS, PARKS, AND PUBLIC
FACILITIES ALL ACROSS OUR CITY.
TAMPA HAS ADDED 23,000 HOMES WITH MORE THAN 8,300 AFFORDABLE
UNITS COMPLETED OR UNDERWAY.
WE'VE INVESTED OVER A HUNDRED MILLION IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
MAXIMIZING EVERY AVAILABLE FEDERAL DOLLAR AND FIGHTING FOR
EVERY UNIT.
PROJECTS LIKE THE MARQUEE, ROME YARD, WEST RIVER AND NORTH
DOWNTOWN, WHICH WILL HAVE MORE THAN 2,300 WORKFORCE AND
AFFORDABLE HOMES, PROVIDE WORKERS WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING
OPTIONS CLOSER TO THEIR JOBS.
DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, HOUSING REHABILITATION, AND
RENOVATION PROGRAMS ARE HELPING RESIDENTS REMAIN IN THE
HOMES THEY ALREADY HAVE.
BECAUSE HOUSING STABILITY ISN'T ONLY ABOUT BUILDING NEW
UNITS.
IT'S ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE STAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THEIR
FAMILIES CALL HOME.
THESE INVESTMENTS HAVE HELPED MAKE TAMPA ONE OF AMERICA'S
MOST DESIRABLE PLACES TO LIVE, WORK, AND RAISE A FAMILY.
AND NONE OF THIS HAPPENED BY ACCIDENT.
IT HAPPENED BECAUSE THIS COUNCIL MADE RESPONSIBLE DECISIONS.
OUR EMPLOYEES DELIVERED EXCEPTIONAL WORK EVERY DAY, AND WE
REMAIN COMMITTED TO INVESTING IN BOTH TODAY'S NEEDS AND
TOMORROW'S OPPORTUNITIES.
THAT DISCIPLINE, INNOVATION, AND PRODUCTIVITY HAVE PUT TAMPA
ON THE STRONG FINANCIAL FOOTING THAT MADE THIS PROGRESS
POSSIBLE.
TAMPA ISN'T JUST GROWING.
IT'S THRIVING.
OUR CITY CONTINUES TO ENJOY OUTSTANDING CREDIT RATINGS,
REFLECTING YEARS OF RESPONSIBLE BUDGETING, DISCIPLINED
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND LONG-TERM PLANNING.
THOSE RATINGS REDUCE BORROWING COSTS, SAVING TAXPAYERS
MILLIONS WHILE ALLOWING US TO INVEST MORE IN CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE BALANCED OUR BUDGETS, MAINTAINED HEALTHY RESERVES, MET
OUR LONG-TERM OBLIGATIONS, AND KEPT OUR DEBT BURDEN
RELATIVELY LOW COMPARED WITH MANY PEER CITIES.
TAMPA'S POPULATION HAS GROWN BY MORE THAN 70,000 PEOPLE
SINCE 2007, YET WE HAVE FEWER EMPLOYEES TODAY THAN WE DID
TWO DECADES AGO, AND FEWER THAN COMPARABLE CITIES ACROSS
TAMPA BAY AND FLORIDA.
THOSE AREN'T SIMPLY ACCOUNTING ACHIEVEMENTS.
THEY DEMONSTRATE THAT TAMPA HAS MANAGED GROWTH RESPONSIBLY
WHILE PRESERVING THE FLEXIBILITY TO RESPOND TO CHANGING
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS.
STRONG FINANCES AREN'T THE GOAL THEMSELVES.
THEY ARE WHAT ALLOW US TO DELIVER EXCELLENT PUBLIC SERVICES
WHILE PROTECTING TAXPAYERS.
AND ALTHOUGH TAMPA'S ECONOMY REMAINS STRONG, THE COST OF
PROVIDING PUBLIC SERVICES HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY SINCE
2019.
OUR CITY IS GRAPPLING WITH INFLATION, JUST LIKE FAMILIES AND
BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
AN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT THAT COSTS 10 MILLION TO BUILD IN
2016 CAN COST MORE THAN 31 MILLION TODAY.
THE COST OF ASPHALT HAS RISEN 50% SINCE 2017.
CONCRETE AS MUCH AS 70%.
AND STORMWATER PIPES 90%.
AT THE SAME TIME, TAMPA BAY HAS EXPERIENCED ONE OF THE
STRONGEST PERIODS OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME GROWTH IN OUR HISTORY.
ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY, MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD
INCOME IN THE CITY OF TAMPA INCREASED 56% FROM 2019 TO 2024.
MORE THAN IT DID IN THE PREVIOUS TWO DECADES COMBINED.
SIMPLY PUT, EVERYTHING COSTS MORE AND MAINTAINING THE SAME
LEVEL OF SERVICE IS CONSIDERABLY MORE EXPENSIVE THAN IT WAS
SEVEN YEARS AGO.
FOR MUCH OF THE LAST DECADE, TAMPA EXPERIENCED
RECORD-SETTING GROWTH, MORE THAN 23,000 NEW HOUSING UNITS
AND TREMENDOUS JOB CREATION.
TODAY, THE MARKET HAS SHIFTED FROM EXCEPTIONALLY HOT TO MORE
NORMAL, NOT DECLINING, BUT STABILIZING.
AS WE PREPARE THIS BUDGET, WE'RE ALSO FACING SIGNIFICANT
ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY DRIVEN BY INFLATION AND IN PARTICULAR
AMENDMENT 3, WHICH WOULD FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE HOW CITIES
ACROSS FLORIDA FUND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
IF APPROVED BY 60% OF VOTERS, WE ESTIMATE A REVENUE
REDUCTION OF 35 TO 40 MILLION IN THE 2028 BUDGET AND 60 TO
65 MILLION THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
PROPERTY TAXES FUND OUR POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS AND
PARAMEDICS, BUT DON'T EVEN COVER THE FULL COST OF THOSE
SERVICES.
AMENDMENT 3 WOULD CREATE A SIGNIFICANT FUNDING SHORTFALL.
PROTECTING PUBLIC SAFETY WILL ALWAYS REMAIN OUR HIGHEST
PRIORITY.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR.
THIS AMENDMENT DOES NOT PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY; IT THREATENS
IT.
WITHOUT ANOTHER LONG-TERM FUNDING SOLUTION, THE CITY WOULD
FACE DIFFICULT DECISIONS REGARDING STAFFING AND SERVICE
LEVELS, INCLUDING PUBLIC SAFETY.
THE IMPACT WOULD EXTEND WELL BEYOND EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
STREET RESURFACING, STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS, AFFORDABLE
HOUSE, PARKS, TREES, LITTER REMOVAL, YOUTH PROGRAMMING,
HOMELESSNESS INITIATIVES LIKE TAMPA HOPE, AND INVESTMENTS
THAT KEEP NEIGHBORHOODS CLEAN, SAFE, AND VIBRANT ALL RELY
SUBSTANTIALLY ON THE SAME FUNDING SOURCE.
GOOD FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ISN'T ABOUT WAITING FOR
UNCERTAINTY TO BECOME A CRISIS.
IT'S ABOUT PREPARING BEFORE IT DOES.
DEVELOPING A CITY BUDGET BEGINS MORE THAN 15 MONTHS BEFORE
IT COMES TO CITY COUNCIL.
WHILE OUR FISCAL YEAR 2027 BUDGET ISN'T DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY
AMENDMENT 3, IT INCLUDES PRUDENT STEPS TO PREPARE FOR THE
POSSIBILITY THAT IT PASSES.
FOR SEVERAL YEARS, WE'VE INVESTED GENERAL FUND REVENUES IN
RESURFACING NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS, BUILDING AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, UPGRADING PARKS, AND RENOVATING FIRE STATIONS.
BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY CREATED BY THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENT, THIS BUDGET SHIFTS THOSE FUNDS INTO RESERVES TO
PROVIDE A BETTER FINANCIAL BUFFER SHOULD IT PASS.
IT ALSO PLACES A HOLD ON CREATING NEW POSITIONS.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE IMPORTANT
PROJECTS AND QUALITY OF LIFE INVESTMENTS OUR RESIDENTS ARE
ASKING FOR EVERY DAY, BUT UNTIL VOTERS DECIDE THE FUTURE OF
THIS AMENDMENT, WE CANNOT RESPONSIBLY COMMIT THOSE
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
GOOD NEWS IS THAT THIS DECISION CAN BE REVISITED AFTER
NOVEMBER'S ELECTION.
IF VOTERS REJECT THE AMENDMENT, WE CAN PUT THOSE IMPORTANT
NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECTS AND SERVICES BACK IN THE BUDGET.
OUR THEME IS "BUILT TO LAST" BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
THIS BUDGET IS DESIGNED TO DO -- STRENGTHEN TAMPA'S
FOUNDATION AND ENSURE OUR CITY REMAINS ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST
EXCITING AND LIVABLE PLACES FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
THIS BUDGET CONTINUES INVESTING IN THE SERVICES RESIDENTS
RELY ON EVERY DAY WHILE PRESERVING THE FINANCIAL STRENGTH
THAT HAS POSITIONED TAMPA FOR LONG-TERM SUCCESS.
IT REFLECTS CAREFUL STEWARDSHIP OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS,
CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC SAFETY,
AND RESPONSIBLE PREPARATION FOR AN UNCERTAIN FISCAL
ENVIRONMENT.
TAMPA HAS OVERCOME SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES BEFORE BY PLANNING
AHEAD, MAKING DISCIPLINED DECISIONS AND STAYING FOCUSED ON
THE PEOPLE WE SERVE.
THIS BUDGET FOLLOWS THAT SAME APPROACH.
I WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, OUR DEPARTMENT
DIRECTORS, AND FINANCE TEAM AND EVERY CITY EMPLOYEE FOR
THEIR DEDICATION TO SERVING OUR RESIDENTS AND HELPING MAKE
TAMPA ONE OF THE BEST CITIES IN AMERICA.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH COUNCIL OVER THE COMING WEEKS
AS WE REVIEW THIS PROPOSED BUDGET TOGETHER AND CONTINUE
BUILDING A STRONGER TAMPA FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
AND NOW I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
DENNIS ROGERO WHO WILL PROVIDE A DETAILED OVERVIEW OF THE
PROPOSED BUDGET.
9:51:49AM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
DENNIS ROGERO, ONCE AGAIN, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
IF I CAN HAVE MY PRESENTATION UP.
I WANT TO ENSURE YOU ALL CAN SEE IT.
9:52:13AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
GOOD TO GO.
THANK YOU.
9:52:19AM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
YOU SEE THE AGENDA. AGAIN, REFERENDUM
AMENDMENT 3, THE REFERENDUM IN NOVEMBER.
IT IS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.
WE MIGHT AS WELL TALK ABOUT IT.
WE'LL DIVE PRETTY DEEP INTO THAT AND THEN ROLL INTO FISCAL
YEAR 2027 RECOMMENDED OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET AS WE
ALWAYS DO, GO INTO DETAIL ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM.
AGAIN, THAT IS THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN FOR OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
CLOSELY LINKED, WE'LL GIVE YOU INSIGHT INTO OUR EXISTING AND
FUTURE DEBT PROGRAM, AND THEN DISCUSS SOME OF THE NUANCES
THAT HAVE NOW BEEN ADDED TO ADOPTING THE MILLAGE RATE.
ALL RIGHT.
AMENDMENT 3, SO WHAT'S IT DO?
AS YOU HEARD THE MAYOR SAY, THE BOTTOM LINE, UP FRONT, IT
REDUCES THE MONEY WE'RE GOING TO GET AND WHAT WE CAN DO WITH
THAT MONEY.
IT'S GOING TO RESTRICT US NOT ONLY MONETARILY BUT IN
FLEXIBILITY THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL HAVE TO USE THE
FUNDING.
YOU SEE RIGHT HERE, FIRST IT TRIPLES THE EXISTING HOMESTEAD
EXEMPTION FROM $50,000 TO $150,000 IN FISCAL YEAR 2028.
NEXT YEAR, FISCAL YEAR 2029, IT QUINTUPLES THAT SAME
EXEMPTION TO A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS.
$250,000.
THAT'S FIVEFOLD INCREASE.
TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, OUR CURRENT TAXATION IS ABOUT $19
BILLION FOR HOMESTEADED PROPERTIES IN THE CITY IN FISCAL
YEAR 2029 THIS WILL ELIMINATE ALMOST HALF OF THAT.
ALMOST HALF OF OUR HOMESTEADED PROPERTIES WILL NOW BE OFF
THE TAX ROLL IF THIS COMES TO PASS.
OBVIOUSLY, THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACT TO OUR
FUTURE REVENUE.
WHAT ELSE DOES IT DO?
IT FURTHER RESTRICTS OUR USE, AS I SAID, OF THAT PROPERTY
TAX FUNDING TO WHAT YOU SEE HERE, BASICALLY PUBLIC SAFETY,
POLICE, FIRE, ROADS, BRIDGES, STORMWATER, NATURAL RESOURCES,
FLOOD CONTROL, RETIREMENT BENEFITS.
BUT, AS YOU HEARD THE MAYOR SAY, WHAT THIS DOESN'T MEAN IS
THAT IT PROTECTS THESE SERVICES BY ANY MEANS.
IT SIMPLY SAYS THAT THE PROPERTY TAXES WE GET CAN ONLY BE
SPENT ON THESE SERVICES.
AS YOU KNOW, AND WE'LL SHOW IN JUST A MOMENT, EVEN OUR
CURRENT PROPERTY TAX REVENUES ARE INSUFFICIENT TO FUND JUST
OUR POLICE AND FIRE SERVICES.
WE WILL BE PUT IN A VERY DIFFICULT POSITION, AND WE'RE PART
OF A BIG CLUB, MANY, MANY LOCALITIES IN THE STATE WILL BE
PUT IN A VERY DIFFICULT POSITION.
CUT BUDGETS, CUT POSITIONS, CUT SERVICES, I DON'T KNOW.
TIME WILL TELL.
THESE WILL BE FUTURE MAYOR AND FUTURE CITY COUNCIL
DECISIONS, BECAUSE FISCAL YEAR '28 IMPACTS.
WHAT IT ALSO DOESN'T MEAN, HOWEVER, AND I WANT TO POINT THIS
OUT, IT ALSO DOESN'T MEAN THESE SERVICES ARE GOING TO BE
ABLE TO KEEP PACE WITH INFLATION.
COSTS ARE GOING UP.
I DON'T NEED TO TELL ANYBODY THAT.
THE SERVICES WON'T BE ABLE TO KEEP PACE WITH PERFORMANCE PAY
INCREASES FOR OUTSTANDING FUNCTIONS OF THE JOB.
THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO KEEP PACE WITH RETIREMENT BENEFITS.
WE'LL HAVE TO SPEND PROPERTY TAX FUNDING ON RETIREMENT
BENEFITS BUT RETIREMENT BENEFITS HISTORICALLY GO UP.
THE COST OF THOSE THINGS GO UP.
THIS WILL NOT GUARANTEE THAT THOSE KEEP PACE.
WHAT DOES IT LEAVE OUT?
TURNS OUT IT LEAVES OUT QUITE A BIT.
PARKS AND RECREATION, FOR ONE.
AS YOU HEARD THE MAYOR SAY, ABOUT $74 MILLION NEXT YEAR.
COMMUNITY RELATED SERVICES.
AGAIN, AS THE MAYOR STATED.
GO OUT OF MY WAY TO MENTION THE BEHIND-THE-SCENES SERVICES
THAT MAKE THE 49th LARGEST CITY IN AMERICA AND $2 BILLION
BUDGET RUN AS WELL AS IT DOES.
MY SHOP, FOR INSTANCE.
PURCHASING, HUMAN RESOURCES, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION,
CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION.
WE HAVE BILLIONS AND BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF ASSETS TO LOOK
AFTER AND THIS DOES NOT FUND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT.
SO HOW WILL THESE BE FUNDED IN THE FUTURE IF AMENDMENT 3
PASSES?
WELL, IN A PERFECT WORLD, OUR OTHER GENERAL FUND REVENUE
SOURCES WOULD PICK UP THE WEIGHT.
I THINK THAT'S HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT OTHER REVENUE SOURCES
ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PICK UP THIS.
STATE-SHARED REVENUE, CHARGES FOR SERVICES, LOCAL OPTION
SALES TAXES, ET CETERA.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO COME UP WITH OTHER REVENUE SOURCES.
OTHER LOCALITIES HAVE MORE THAN ONE MILLAGE, FOR EXAMPLE.
MUNICIPAL SERVICE TAXING UNITS.
MUNICIPAL SERVICE BENEFIT UNITS.
ASSESSMENTS FOR SERVICES.
EFFICIENCIES CAN ALWAYS BE LOOKED FOR, BUT IN MY OPINION,
THIS IS A TIGHT ORGANIZATION.
CAN I ALMOST GUARANTEE YOU THAT NO EFFICIENCIES ARE GOING TO
MAKE UP FOR THIS REVENUE SHORTFALL.
WHAT WILL YOU DO OR WHAT WILL FUTURE ADMINISTRATIONS AND
CITY COUNCILS DO?
LIKELY CUT SERVICES.
THIS IS THE FINAL PART OF IT.
IT SIMPLY PROVIDES FUNDING FOR COUNTY OFFICERS AND
COMMISSIONERS.
I BELIEVE THE INITIAL DRAFT LEFT THESE OUT.
AGAIN, FULL DISCLOSURE.
THE COUNTY OFFICERS AND COMMISSIONERS ARE COVERED.
THIS IS A GOOD SEGUE INTO WHAT OUR PROPERTY TAXES DO AND
DON'T COVER.
WE SEE THIS EVERY YEAR BECAUSE EVERY YEAR IT DOESN'T CHANGE.
AGAIN, PROPERTY TAXES DON'T EVEN COVER OUR ENTIRETY OF
PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES.
AND THOSE ARE ON THE LEFT.
YOU SEE THAT, ABOUT THREE-QUARTERS OF THAT $430 MILLION
COVERED BY PROPERTY TAXES AFTER WE GIVE OUR COMPONENT THE 62
PLUS MILLION DOLLARS TO THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCIES.
RIGHT OFF THE BAT, IF NO CHANGES HAPPEN ON AMENDMENT 3,
WE'RE A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS SHORT JUST FUNDING POLICE
AND FIRE.
AS WE ADD THE NEXT LARGEST DEPARTMENT NEAR AND DEAR TO OUR
HEARTS, PARKS AND RECREATION, WE JUST DIG OURSELVES FURTHER
INTO THE HOLE, ABOUT $170 MILLION SHORT.
WHAT'S THAT LOOK LIKE ON A YEAR-TO-YEAR BASIS?
THE MAYOR MENTIONED THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS, FOR A
FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, THAT COINCIDES NICELY WITH THE CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WE LOSE ANYWHERE FROM 300 TO 320 MILLION
DOLLARS.
THOSE ARE OUR ESTIMATES.
AS AN EXAMPLE, GIVE YOU A SENSE OF SCALE, THAT MORE -- MORE
THAN WIPES OUT ALL OF THE GENERAL FUND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
PROJECTS WE HAD PLANNED.
AND YOU'LL RECALL OVER HALF OF THAT WAS JUST FIRE.
TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
THAT'S GONE.
AS THE MAYOR INTRO'D, THIS IS THE WORLD WE PREPARED THIS
BUDGET IN.
SUSTAINING OPERATIONS.
WE'VE DONE THAT, BUT WITH AN EYE TOWARD PAUSING, REFLECTING,
AND IF NECESSARY, ADAPTING TO A MUCH MORE HOSTILE WORLD FROM
A LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUE PERSPECTIVE, PREPARING FOR
UNCERTAINTY.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.
IN SUMMARY, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO DO A GREAT DEAL OF WHAT WE
PLANNED ON DOING, WHETHER IT'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS
OR OPERATING EXPENSES, SERVICE LEVELS OF THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S SOBERING.
AND I'M SURE WE'LL TALK MUCH MORE ABOUT IT IN THE DAYS AND
WEEKS TO COME.
HAVING SAID THAT, WE'LL MOVE INTO THE RECOMMENDED FISCAL
YEAR '27 BUDGET.
AND HERE IT IS, THE NET FISCAL YEAR 2027 BUDGET FOR ALL
FUNDS IS JUST OVER $2 BILLION.
ABOUT 2% MORE THAN THE CURRENT YEAR.
INCREASES PRIMARILY DUE TO HIGHER COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS,
INCLUDING HEALTH CARE COSTS, SOFTWARE LICENSING.
AGAIN, AN INCREASE IN WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE COMPELLED TO
GIVE TO THE CRAs, THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREAS, AND,
OF COURSE, INFLATION.
YOU SEE HERE OUR BREAKOUT OF THE MAJOR FUNDS AS WE DO EVERY
YEAR AND THE TWO LARGEST COMPONENTS AS ALWAYS ARE THE
ENTERPRISE FUNDS AND THE GENERAL FUND.
ABOUT THREE-QUARTERS OF OUR ENTIRE BUDGET, AND WE'LL GET
INTO THOSE IN MORE DETAIL AS WE DO.
THEN YOUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, THOSE ARE CONSTRUCTION
SERVICES, HOUSING.
YOUR TRUST AND AGENCY FUNDS.
THOSE ARE YOUR CRAs AND STREETCAR, FOR EXAMPLE.
OUR INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS, THAT'S FLEET MAINTENANCE AND
INSURANCE.
OUR DEBT SERVICE FUNDS, WHAT WE SET ASIDE EVERY YEAR TO PAY
OUR DEBT OBLIGATIONS AND CAPITAL PROJECT FUND.
THOSE ARE TRANSFERS INTO SPECIAL FUNDS SO WE CAN EXECUTE OUR
C.I.P. PROJECT.
DIVING DEEPER INTO THE GENERAL FUND AND THE ENTERPRISE FUND,
ON THE LEFT, YOU'VE GOT THE GENERAL FUND, AS WE STATED
YOU'VE GOT PUBLIC SAFETY AT OVER 60%.
THAT'S POLICE, FIRE, AND WE INCLUDE CODE ENFORCEMENT IN THAT
PARTICULAR SLICE.
THEN CENTRAL GOVERNMENT.
THOSE ARE THE FUNCTIONS I TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, THE SUPPORT
AGENCIES THAT YOU TYPICALLY DON'T SEE ON THE FRONT LINE, BUT
THEY KEEP THE WHEELS OF GOVERNMENT MOVING.
I'LL REPEAT THEM AGAIN.
TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION, REVENUE AND FINANCE, HUMAN
RESOURCES, NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, CONTRACT
ADMINISTRATION.
OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, AGAIN, A LITTLE OVER 74
MILLION NEXT YEAR.
PUBLIC WORKS -- EXCUSE ME, THAT'S FACILITIES AND CONTRACT
ADMINISTRATION AND THE PUBLIC WORKS.
AND ECONOMIC -- PARDON ME -- DEVELOPMENT.
ON THE RIGHT AT A LITTLE OVER $866 MILLION, THOSE ARE OUR
ENTERPRISE AGENCIES.
AGAIN, THOSE ARE THE DEPARTMENTS THAT RUN LIKE A BUSINESS.
THEY ARE ENTERPRISING, RIGHT?
THEY HAVE TO TURN WHAT IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR WOULD BE A
PROFIT AND REINVEST THOSE PROFITS INTO THEIR OWN OPERATIONS.
EVERY DOLLAR WE GET FOR THOSE SERVICES WE CAN ONLY SPEND ON
THOSE SERVICES.
THEY ARE RUN LIKE A BUSINESS.
GOT WATER, WASTEWATER, SOLID WASTE.
THOSE ARE THE BIG ONES.
PARKING.
PARKING IS DOING VERY WELL AND IT IS BEING RUN LIKE A
BUSINESS.
CONTINUING WITH THE GENERAL FUND, HERE IS OUR GENERAL FUND
BALANCE HISTORY AND FUTURE ESTIMATES.
AS THE MAYOR STATED, THIS PLAYS A VERY, VERY LARGE PART IN
HOW WE'RE PREPARING FOR AMENDMENT 3 AND THE ROUGH FUTURE
THAT MAY LIE AHEAD AND ITS IMPACT.
FIRST, ONCE AGAIN, AND AS ALWAYS, WE HAVE A VERY, VERY GOOD
HISTORY.
PICTURE TELLS A THOUSAND WORDS AND YOU SEE IT RIGHT HERE.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL.
I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR FOR CONTINUING TO MAKE THIS A
VERY, VERY HIGH PRIORITY.
IT'S A CORNERSTONE OF OUR CONSERVATIVE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
PHILOSOPHY.
YOU KNOW THAT, AND IT'S PAYING OFF.
IT CONTINUES TO PAY OFF.
ON THE FAR RIGHT, YOU SEE IN CASE AMENDMENT 3 PASSES IN
NOVEMBER, WE ARE BUTTRESSING OUR FUND BALANCE TO A LEVEL OF
25% OR ABOUT $190 MILLION.
YOU CAN SEE THAT'S FAR MORE THAN OUR RECENT HISTORY OF 23%.
AND TAKING OUT THE FEDERAL AID ASSOCIATED WITH THE COVID
PANDEMIC, FAR MORE THAN OUR 23 TO 24 PERCENT.
THAT'S HOW WE ARE AMASSING THE FUNDING TO DEAL WITH SOME
VERY, VERY TOUGH DECISIONS THAT WE MAY HAVE TO MAKE.
I THINK IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT IF AMENDMENT 3 PASSES,
WE ARE HIGHLY UNLIKELY TO MAINTAIN THIS CONSISTENCY IN OUR
UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT DEBT AND OUR CREDIT RATINGS A LITTLE BIT
LATER.
BUT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTING IN A VERY NEGATIVE WAY OUR
LARGEST AND MOST STABLE REVENUE SOURCE IS ALSO NOT LIKELY TO
BE VIEWED VERY WELL BY THE CREDIT RATING AGENCIES.
AGAIN, WE'RE IN A BIG CLUB.
ALMOST EVERY LOCALITY IN THE STATE IS AND ARE GOING TO HAVE
TO DEAL WITH THESE ISSUES.
AS WE DO EVERY YEAR, WE BREAK OUT THE GENERAL FUND FURTHER,
AND YOU SEE THE SLIDE HERE WITH THE MAJOR CHANGES ASSOCIATED
WITH THE REVENUES.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, OF COURSE, PROPERTY TAXES.
THEY ARE GOING UP A LITTLE UNDER $17 MILLION.
WE'LL TAKE IT.
I'VE SEEN IT NOT GO UP.
BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, IT'S ABOUT HALF OF WHAT THE
INCREASE WAS LAST YEAR AND SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN THE
INCREASES OF JUST A FEW YEARS AGO.
THIS REPRESENTS A 4% INCREASE IN TAXABLE VALUE.
LAST YEAR, IT WAS OVER 7%.
SO YOU'VE GOT THIS CONTINUING DOWNWARD TREND OF INCREASES.
AND A DOWNWARD TREND OF INCREASES, I GET IT, IT SOUNDS ODD,
BUT AGAIN, THESE REVENUES HAVE TO KEEP PACE WITH AN UPWARD
TREND OF EXPENSES ASSOCIATED LARGELY WITH INFLATION.
SALES TAX DOWN OVER $4 MILLION, REFLECTS A MODERATE ECONOMIC
SLOWDOWN AND SOME IMPORTANT SALES TAX CATEGORIES.
JUST NEED TO PICK UP THE PAPER TO SEE A SLOW DOWN IN VARIOUS
SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.
NICE BRIGHT SPOT, GETTING BACK ON A NICE THREE PERCENTAGE
INCREASE FOR FRANCHISE FEES AND UTILITY TAXES ASSOCIATED
WITH GROWTH.
SO WE'LL TAKE THAT.
MISCELLANEOUS REVENUES, GOING DOWN, WE'RE EXPECTING A LITTLE
LESS FEMA FUNDING THAN OUR INITIAL ESTIMATES.
AGAIN, THESE ARE FROM THE STORMS OF TWO YEARS AGO.
THE FEMA WHEEL TURNS AND WE'RE HAPPY IT TURNS, BUT IT
DOESN'T ALWAYS TURN FAST.
PILOT AND PILOF, PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES AND PAYMENTS IN
LIEU OF FRANCHISE FEES.
WHAT WE DO IS WE CHARGE THOSE DEPARTMENTS WHO RUN LIKE A
BUSINESS AS IF THEY WERE A BUSINESS.
FOR TAXES AND THEIR USE OF RIGHTS-OF-WAY, THE FRANCHISE
FEES.
THOSE ARE GOING UP ALMOST 3 MILLION.
SO WE'LL TAKE THAT.
AND WE'VE GOT A SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE HOBBS CASE
BRINGING UP THE BOTTOM AT $2.5 MILLION.
JUST TO REITERATE, ABOUT $22.4 MILLION REVENUE INCREASES.
AND THIS IS WHAT I WANTED TO CONTRAST IT WITH.
THE $11 MILLION AT THE BOTTOM OF MAJOR INCREASES.
SO YOU SEE A GOOD DEAL MORE REVENUE THAN WHAT WE'RE
APPROPRIATING IN THE BUDGET FOR EXPENDITURES.
AGAIN, THAT'S BY DESIGN.
WE'LL DETAIL THOSE MAJOR INCREASES RIGHT HERE.
SALARY AND BENEFIT INCREASES AT NEARLY $25 MILLION.
AS WE'VE SAID BEFORE, WE CONTINUE TO BE IN A VERY
COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR TALENT.
SO RECRUITING, RETAINING, AND REWARDING OUR EMPLOYEES
REMAINS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
CRA CONTRIBUTIONS WE'VE MENTIONED.
DECREASES IN OPERATING COSTS.
IN THE PAST, WE SHOWED YOU INCREASES IN OPERATING COSTS AND
WHAT THOSE INCREASES ARE FUNDING.
NOT THIS YEAR.
NOT THIS YEAR.
A DECREASE IN THE TECO STREETCAR SUBSIDY.
A NICE INCREASE IN THE HART ROUTE ONE, BUT THAT'S BEING
FUNDED BY THE PARKING DEPARTMENT.
BOTTOM LINE, WHAT YOU'VE GOT IS A VERY LIMITED BUT A
CONTINUATION OF SERVICES BUDGET.
HOLD THE LINE, SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN AMENDMENT 3.
YOU SEE WE ARE ACTUALLY REDUCING OUR POSITIONS SLIGHTLY
OVERALL, TWO DOWN.
ONE UP IN THE WATER, ONE DOWN IN CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AND
TWO DOWN IN PARKING.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TWO DECADES, OUR TOTAL POSITION COUNT
NOW EXCEEDS THE HIGH WATER MARK PRIOR TO THE GREAT FINANCIAL
CRISIS.
IT HAS TAKEN US 20 YEARS TO GET THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS WE
HAD IN FISCAL YEAR 2007.
EXPANDING ON OUR POSITION HISTORY, YOU SEE HERE OUR
INCREASES SINCE FISCAL YEAR 2019 OVERWHELMINGLY IN THE
PUBLIC SAFETY, UTILITIES, AND TRANSPORTATION AREAS.
AND CONTINUING WITH THE POSITION THEME, IF YOU WILL, YOU SEE
OUR RATIO OF EMPLOYEES TO POPULATION CONTINUES TO DECLINE.
AND REMAINS THE LOWEST IN OUR COMPARISON GROUP OF THE CITIES
AT THE BOTTOM.
WE'RE THE DARK BLUE.
AND CONTINUING WITH THE COMPARISON THEME, THE MAYOR'S
RECOMMENDED MILLAGE REMAINS THE SAME.
AND YOU SEE THAT IS ALSO LESS THAN OUR COMPARATIVE GROUP OF
CITIES.
JUMPING TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT NOW, QUITE A CHANGE FROM
THE CURRENT YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ON THE GENERAL
FUND PART AND WE'LL GET INTO DETAIL ON THAT.
BUT STARTING FROM A 50,000-FOOT VIEW, YOU SEE THE FISCAL
YEAR '27, ABOUT 46 -- I'M SORRY.
I'VE GOT TO PUT MY GLASSES ON.
$346.7 MILLION.
OVER THAT FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, OVER $1.1 BILLION.
OVERWHELMINGLY YOU SEE IN THE WASTEWATER AND WATER
DEPARTMENT AS WE CONTINUE THE PIPES PROGRAM.
HERE ARE THE MAJOR PROJECTS IN FISCAL YEAR 2027 THAT ARE
GETTING ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS.
AGAIN, PIPES, AND YOU SEE THE LIST HERE, VERY SUCCESSFUL
PROGRAM.
WE ANTICIPATE IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE SUCCESSFUL, BUT
TO BE SUCCESSFUL, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE ISSUING
DEBT.
PARKS AND RECREATION, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION, VERY, VERY
LEAN.
AGAIN, AS WE PUT GENERAL FUNDING INTO OUR FUND BALANCE
AWAITING AMENDMENT 3.
MOBILITY, FUNDING SOURCES THERE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027.
JUMPING INTO THE DEBT PROGRAM, BECAUSE THEY ARE SO CLOSELY
ALIGNED AND MANY OF OUR PROJECTS AND OUR PLANS REQUIRE
FINANCING IN THE FUTURE.
I WON'T BELABOR THIS TOO MUCH.
IT'S VERY KIND OF THE MAYOR TO MENTION OUR CREDIT RATING
INCREASES.
AS ALWAYS, I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL ALSO, AGAIN, YOU HAVE
MADE IT A VERY, VERY HIGH PRIORITY.
WE APPRECIATE THAT, AND I THINK THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING.
YOU SEE THAT HERE.
I WILL STATE, AS I ALWAYS DO, THAT THESE ARE VERY, VERY
IMPORTANT FROM A FINANCIAL, CONSERVATIVE FINANCIAL
MANAGEMENT PHILOSOPHY AND A SOLID FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY
PERSPECTIVE.
EVERY SINGLE YEAR, AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, WE ARE MONITORED AND
QUESTIONED ABOUT THESE RATINGS.
I'VE SAID IT BEFORE, THEY DON'T JUST CALL IT A REVIEW.
THEY CALL IT SURVEILLANCE.
ALL THREE CREDIT RATING AGENCIES, THEY TAKE THIS VERY, VERY
SERIOUSLY AS THEY SHOULD.
BECAUSE THESE RATINGS ARE A BIG PART OF DECISIONS, EITHER
RETAIL INVESTORS MAKE OR INDUSTRIAL INVESTORS MAKE WHEN
BORROWING MONEY AND GIVING US MONEY AND FUNDING OUR
PROJECTS.
THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ON A VERY STRONG AND SOLID
FINANCIAL FOUNDATION.
AND THIS PROVES THAT WE ARE.
I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE ISSUER CREDIT RATING AT THE TOP.
AS WE'VE SAID BEFORE AND FOR THE PUBLIC'S BENEFIT, THIS IS
OUR EQUIVALENT OF OUR FICO SCORE.
YOUR PERSONAL FICO SCORE, GOOD TO GREAT.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING, TRIPLE A FOR FITCH AND
STANDARD & POOR'S.
ON THE RIGHT ARE THE HIGHEST YOU CAN GET.
MOODY'S IS THE SECOND HIGHEST.
WE'LL KEEP WORKING ON THAT.
QUITE A HEADWIND IF AMENDMENT 3 PASSES, BUT, AGAIN, OUR
INDIVIDUAL RATINGS ARE ALSO VERY, VERY GOOD.
I'LL HIGHLIGHT THE WATER AND SEWER BONDS.
THE BEST YOU CAN GET ACROSS THE BOARD WITH ALL THREE CREDIT
RATING AGENCIES.
ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.
I THINK WE'RE ONLY ONE OF THREE IN FLORIDA, MAYBE ONE OF
SEVEN NATIONWIDE.
THAT'S VERY, VERY THIN AIR.
AGAIN, WE ALWAYS WANT CITY COUNCIL ENTERING INTO THE DEBT
DISCUSSION WITH EYES WIDE OPEN.
THESE ARE OUR POTENTIAL FUTURE DEBT ISSUANCE PLANS.
WE'LL START WITH NON-AD VALOREM DEBT.
THIS IS DEBT THAT IS PLEDGED FROM THE GENERAL FUND BUT NOT
PROPERTY TAXES.
THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED NON-AD VALOREM.
WE PLEDGE GENERAL FUND.
WE HAVE NO OBLIGATION TO RAISE PROPERTY TAXES TO PAY IT, BUT
WE HAVE PLEDGED THE GENERAL FUND.
IT IS SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN OUR PREVIOUS PLAN.
AGAIN, BECAUSE OF WHAT MAY HAPPEN WITH AMENDMENT THREE, A
LITTLE UNDER $80 MILLION.
WITH SOME FEDERAL GRANT FUNDING IN THERE.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THROUGHOUT THE TIMING TO BE DETERMINED
BASED ON PROJECT SCHEDULES AND/OR SPEND-DOWN REQUIREMENTS.
WE ALWAYS WANT TO AVOID BORROWING MONEY SOONER THAN WE NEED
TO BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO PAY INTEREST ON MONEY THAT'S NOT
WORKING FOR US.
WATER AND WASTEWATER DEBT, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE
CONTINUATION OF THE PIPES PROGRAM, ALMOST $785 MILLION.
I BELIEVE COUNCIL HAS BEEN BRIEFED ON THAT THIRD BULLET
POINT UNDER WATER AND WASTEWATER, THE EXTRATERRITORIAL RATE
ADJUSTMENT.
SPEAKING OF HEADWINDS, THAT'S GOING TO BE A HEADWIND.
QUITE SIMPLY, THAT WAS A 25% CHARGE TO NON-MUNICIPALITY
CUSTOMERS.
THAT'S GOING AWAY.
WE'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT.
SOLID WASTE DEBT, AS WE DISCUSSED BEFORE, SOLID WASTE
DEPARTMENT AND THE WASTE-TO-ENERGY FACILITY HAVE UNDERGONE A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK.
AGAIN, VERY SUCCESSFUL, BUT WE ARE GOING TO ROLL UP OUR
EXISTING SHORT-TERM DEBT INSTRUMENTS INTO ONE LARGE BOND IN
2028.
AND YOU SEE THAT THERE, ABOUT 250 ODD MILLION DOLLARS.
ZEROING IN ON OUR NON-AD VALOREM ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE, YOU
CAN SEE THAT AFTER FISCAL YEAR 2029, WE HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL
AMOUNT OF DEBT THAT COMES OFF THE BOOKS.
THAT'S GREAT NEWS.
WE GET OVER THAT HUMP, AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF SAVINGS, A
LOT.
THAT IS A TECHNICAL TERM.
A GREAT DEAL OF SAVINGS IN OUR DEBT SERVICE AND THE
OPPORTUNITY TO FUND OTHER THINGS IF FUTURE MAYORS AND FUTURE
CITY COUNCILS PLAN ON IT.
THAT'S PART OF THE PLAN IF AMENDMENT 3 DOES NOT PASS.
SO THAT'S A NICE PICTURE GOING FROM ABOUT 30 ODD MILLION TO
13 MILLION.
DIVING INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON THAT PROGRAM, IT IS
LEAN, AS I SAID.
WE ARE CONFINING THE PLAN TO ONLY THOSE PROJECTS THAT WE
HAVE ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT WITH.
AND YOU SEE THEM RIGHT THERE.
FIRE STATION 24.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HOWARD AVENUE ANNEX, THE FLEET
MAINTENANCE DECENTRALIZATION.
GUIDA HOUSE RENOVATION AND WEST RIVERWALK.
WE HAVE GONE, AGAIN, TO REITERATE FROM A PLAN THAT WAS ABOUT
A QUARTER OF A BILLION DOLLARS, 250 PLUS MILLION DOLLARS, TO
LESS THAN 82 MILLION.
I DO WANT TO EXPLAIN A CHANGE IN ADOPTING THE MILLAGE RATE.
AGAIN, COUNCIL MAY ALREADY BE AWARE OF IT, BUT AGAIN, FULL
DISCLOSURE, THEY HAVE AMENDED THE NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS
THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE TO VOTE FOR THE BUDGET.
IN THE PAST, A SIMPLE MAJORITY WAS ENOUGH TO KEEP OUR
MILLAGE THE SAME.
THAT IS NO LONGER THE CASE.
A SIMPLE MAJORITY YOU SEE HERE SIMPLY CAN VOTE FOR THE
ROLLED-BACK RATE.
ANYTHING FROM THE ROLLED-BACK RATE UP TO 110% REQUIRES A
SUPERMAJORITY.
FIVE VOTES.
OUR MILLAGE OF 6.2076, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OUR MILLAGE IS
GOING TO FALL, AS YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM THERE, ABOUT 2.3%
HIGHER THAN THE ROLLED BACK.
WE WILL REQUIRE FIVE VOTES TO CONTINUE THE MILLAGE AT THE
SAME LEVEL.
AND A REDUCTION IN THAT MILLAGE, OF COURSE, WILL HAVE
ASSOCIATED REDUCTIONS IN THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET.
THIS IS THE BUDGET CALENDAR GOING FORWARD.
THREE WORKSHOPS.
THE THIRD OF AUGUST, 10th OF AUGUST AND 17th OF AUGUST,
AND OUR TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS SEPTEMBER 8 AND SEPTEMBER 22.
I WILL POINT OUT FOR THOSE LISTENING, THE WORKSHOPS ON
AUGUST 3 AND AUGUST 10 ARE MORNING WORKSHOPS.
THE POLICE, FIRE, PARKS CONVENTION CENTER AND SPECIAL EVENTS
WORKSHOPS -- WORKSHOP, EXCUSE ME, ON AUGUST 17 IS IN THE
EVENING.
BEGINS AT 5:01.
THIS IS WHERE EVERYONE ON THE PLANET WITH AN INTERNET
CONNECTION CAN FIND OUR BUDGET.
FINALLY, I DO WANT TO TAKE JUST A MOMENT TO SAY THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL, APPRECIATE YOUR INTEREST AND ENERGY UP
TO THIS POINT AND WHAT I'M SURE WILL BE CONTINUED INTEREST
AND ENERGY GOING FORWARD.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR, OF COURSE, CHIEF OF STAFF,
ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, THIS FANTASTIC COMMUNICATION,
FANTASTIC KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR OPERATIONS, AND WHAT IT'S GOING
TO TAKE TO KEEP THOSE OPERATIONS GOING.
MY ENTIRE REVENUE AND FINANCE STAFF, WHETHER IT'S BUDGET,
ACCOUNTING, GRANTS, ET CETERA, DOING A FANTASTIC JOB, AND
THEY MAKE ME LOOK GOOD.
THANK YOU, MIKE PERRY.
AND YOUR LEADERSHIP.
ABSOLUTELY VITAL TO THE ORGANIZATION.
APPRECIATE THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND WHAT WILL
CONTINUE TO BE THE DISCUSSIONS GOING FORWARD.
I'M ABSOLUTELY SURE.
LAST ON THE LIST BUT FIRST IN OUR HEARTS, MS. KOPESKY, WE
APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR ENERGY AND INPUT.
WE REALLY DO.
THANK YOU.
WHAT A GREAT ADDITION.
I'LL JUST THANK COUNCIL AGAIN FOR WHAT'S TO COME.
WE HAVE SOME HEADWINDS, AS I SAID.
WE'VE DONE HARD THINGS AND DONE THEM BEFORE.
10:20:46AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT SOBERING
PRESENTATION.
I BELIEVE THAT'S PROBABLY THE RIGHT WORD THERE TODAY.
WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND THEN SAVE OTHERS FOR
LATER.
COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA IS UP FIRST.
10:21:01AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
I DON'T HAVE A DRINK IN MY LIFE BUT FEEL LIKE TAKING A DRINK
RIGHT NOW.
FUNNY WHEN YOU LOOK AT GOVERNMENT AND SAY, LET ME TELL
SOMEBODY ELSE WHAT TO DO BUT THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME.
I'M NOT SAYING THE PUBLIC.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE GOVERNMENTS.
THIS GOVERNMENT AND THE GOVERNMENTS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA
ARE UNDER THE SAME -- THAT THE PUBLIC IS GOING TO VOTE AND
WHICHEVER WAY THEY VOTE, I APPRECIATE THEM COMING OUT AND
VOTING HOW THEY FEEL.
HOWEVER, WHEN YOU LOOK AT GOVERNMENTS, THOSE THAT HAVE
SUPREME POWER OVER OTHER GOVERNMENTS, HOW COME THEY DIDN'T
CUT THEIR OWN TAX?
EVER THOUGHT OF THAT?
THEIR OWN SALES TAX.
THEY MAKE BILLIONS AND ZILLIONS ON THAT.
BUT THEY ARE IMMUNE FROM THAT.
THEIR COSTS NEVER WENT UP, I GUESS.
I GUESS WHERE THEY LIVE, MILK DOESN'T COST MORE, BUYING A
CAR OR FIRE ENGINE OR BUYING EQUIPMENT FOR DEPARTMENTS OF
PUBLIC WORKS, NEVER COST ANY MORE FOR THEM.
EVERYTHING IS CHEAPER I GUESS UP THERE THAN HERE.
MAYBE WE OUGHT TO BUY FROM THEM AND GET A DISCOUNT ON THINGS
WE HAVE TO BUY.
IT'S RIDICULOUS WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND AND START LOOKING.
IT'S REALLY AN INTERNATIONAL WAR WHEN YOU SPEND A MILLION
DOLLARS A DAY ON A JAIL THAT NEVER WORKED, I'M NOT GOING TO
MENTION ANYTHING, BETWEEN NAPLES AND MIAMI.
IT REALLY IS FUNNY, 50 MILLION TO SOMETHING YOU WANT DONE IN
THE CITY OF TAMPA WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THE HELL YOU ARE
DOING.
SIMPLE WHEN YOU GIVE AWAY 506 MILLION TO THE SAME PEOPLE AND
SAY YOU WANT US TO SWALLOW THAT AND SWALLOW THIS.
I'M NOT AGAINST THIS.
I'M NOT FOR IT.
THE PUBLIC VOTES ON IT.
I GO WHICH WAY THE PUBLIC FEELS.
THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.
THAT'S WHAT THIS COUNTRY IS BASED ON.
BUT REVIEWING THESE THINGS, TO ME, IT'S REALLY SOMETHING
THAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AND SAY HOW COME IF YOU WANTED THAT
EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING SO WELL.
LET ME GO BACK TO WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER ABOUT YOUR BONDING
ISSUES.
IF WE LOSE OUR BONDING IN SOME OF THESE AREAS, WHICH WE
PROBABLY WILL BECAUSE THE ASSETS AND REVENUES PAY FOR THEM
IS A LITTLE LESS.
YOU LOSE ANYTHING LIKE THE WATER DEPARTMENT HAS ONLY FIVE
WATER DEPARTMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HAVE A
TRIPLE-A, 3A BOND RATING.
ONLY FIVE.
AND OF ALL THE BONDING AREAS THAT ARE BONDED OUT, THERE'S
ONLY ONE CITY THAT DOES JUST A LITTLE WEE BETTER THAN THE
CITY OF TAMPA.
THAT'S MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.
THEY ARE NUMBER ONE.
AND YOU CAN CHECK EVERYTHING I SAY.
TAMPA THAT WE LIVE IN, PROUD OF, IS NUMBER 2 IN THE WHOLE
COUNTRY.
SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS AND WE'RE GOING TO BE CRITICIZED BY
SOMEONE HIGHER IN OFFICE THAN WE ARE, AND PUNISHED, I GUESS,
I SAY THAT NOT BECAUSE THE GENERAL PUBLIC HERE, BUT THE
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DOING THIS.
WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THE RAMIFICATIONS REALLY ARE.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE A TEST IN HISTORY, I THINK, AND THE
VOTER TURNOUT I HOPE IS A BIG TURNOUT FOR THAT.
I HOPE THERE IS A BIG TURNOUT FOR THAT AND I HOPE THEY
INCLUDE THE CIT MONEY IN THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
10:24:20AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
10:24:21AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR
TEAM FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND ALWAYS YOUR HONESTY AND
TRANSPARENCY.
10:24:27AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
10:24:31AM >>BILL CARLSON:
I'M LOOKING FOR THE PAGE, BUT YOU SAID THAT,
I THINK IT WAS THE CAPITAL PROJECTS WENT FROM LIKE 240
MILLION DOWN TO 82 --
10:24:42AM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
YES, SIR.
10:24:44AM >>BILL CARLSON:
DID YOU LIST --
10:24:46AM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
PAGE 29.
10:24:48AM >>BILL CARLSON:
DID YOU LIST WHAT THE PROJECTS WERE THAT
WERE TAKEN OUT?
10:24:52AM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
NO, I HAVE NOT IN THIS PRESENTATION.
BUT WE CAN PROVIDE THAT.
10:24:57AM >>BILL CARLSON:
ARE THERE ANY OF THEM THAT YOU CAN RATTLE
OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD?
10:25:01AM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
UNDER THE GENERAL HEADING OF FIRE ASSETS,
FIRE STATION, FIRE STATION, FIRE STATION.
AGAIN, THE INITIAL PLAN, OVER HALF OF THAT 250 ODD MILLION
DOLLARS WAS FIRE STATION ASSET, FIRE, FLEET, SUPPLY.
10:25:18AM >>BILL CARLSON:
WHAT HAPPENS, WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD
OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS TO REPLENISH AND INCREASE THE
GENERAL FUND RESERVE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY
THE BOND RATINGS HAVE GONE UP.
10:25:34AM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
YES.
10:25:34AM >>BILL CARLSON:
SO IF -- WHAT HAPPENS THE DAY AFTER THE
ELECTION IF THAT AMENDMENT DOES NOT GO THROUGH?
WOULD THE EXCESS GO INTO THE GENERAL FUND TO BE LIKE A RAINY
DAY FUND?
OR WOULD THE ADMINISTRATION COME BACK RIGHT AWAY AND SAY,
OKAY, WE HAVE THE LIST OF PROJECTS TO FUND?
10:25:57AM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
THE LATTER.
WE WOULD COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL WITH THE APPORTIONMENT
WE'RE SETTING ASIDE IN FUND BALANCE AND WITH WHATEVER OUR
FUND BALANCE THIS YEAR-END WILL BE.
10:26:06AM >>BILL CARLSON:
IS IT POSSIBLE -- AND WE CAN MAKE A MOTION
ON THIS LATER -- IS IT POSSIBLE JUST TO HAVE YOU ALL, MAYBE
YOUR DEPARTMENT, WITH THE MAYOR'S APPROVAL, SEND A MEMO TO
US TO SAY IF IT DOESN'T PASS, THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD FUND?
I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL AS FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY ARE
ASKING US QUESTIONS SO WE CAN SAY, YEAH, WE'VE HELD THE
PROJECTS BACK, BUT IF YOU VOTE NO, HERE ARE THE PROJECTS WE
FUND.
10:26:34AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO THAT
EFFECT?
10:26:36AM >>BILL CARLSON:
YEAH.
HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE YOU TO DO THAT.
10:26:39AM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
JUST THE MEMO?
10:26:41AM >>BILL CARLSON:
YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ASK
THE CFO OFFICE WITH THE PERMISSION OF ADMINISTRATION TO SEND
A MEMO TO CITY COUNCIL --
10:26:51AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WITH THE LIST OF SET-ASIDES.
10:26:53AM >>BILL CARLSON:
-- YEAH WITH THE LIST OF PROJECTS THAT WOULD
BE FUNDED IF THE AMENDMENT FAILS.
10:27:00AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.
HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT THAT
INCLUDES JUST ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, WHAT EVERY DEPARTMENT
SET-ASIDE WOULD BE, NOT JUST PROJECTS, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH
THE MOTION MAKER?
10:27:15AM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
MIGHT I MAKE A SUGGESTION?
THERE'S GOING TO BE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WILL BE IN PLAY.
FIRST, OF COURSE, IF THE REFERENDUM DOESN'T PASS, WE'LL HAVE
IN THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE.
AND BY THE TIME THE REFERENDUM DOES OR DOES NOT PASS, WE'LL
BE CLOSING THE BOOKS FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, SO THERE WILL BE
AN AMOUNT CARRIED FORWARD.
AGAIN, I RECALL THE PROCESS THIS YEAR, WE CAME TO CITY
COUNCIL I THINK IT WAS IN JANUARY WITH THE ITEMIZATION OF
NOT ONLY WHAT WAS AVAILABLE ABOVE THE 23%, THE 23%, THAT IS
ALWAYS OUR GOAL, AND THEN THE MAYOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
THOSE PARTICULAR ALLOCATIONS.
THINGS LIKE WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE OBLIGATED FOR AS WE GO
INTO NEXT YEAR.
10:28:07AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I DON'T THINK THAT'S HIS QUESTION.
10:28:09AM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
I'M SORRY.
10:28:10AM >>BILL CARLSON:
I APPRECIATE THE TRANSPARENCY.
YOU DON'T HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE MOTION, RIGHT?
10:28:14AM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
I DO NOT.
10:28:16AM >>BILL CARLSON:
DID WE GET A SECOND?
10:28:18AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES, COUNCILMAN VIERA.
THIS IS A MOTION.
DO YOU HAVE A DATE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE THAT IN THE IN-BOX?
10:28:24AM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
I THINK WE CAN DO IT IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
IF I MAY, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH DETAIL TO
IDENTIFY DEPARTMENT A, THIS IS WHAT THEY'LL GET.
DEPARTMENT B --
10:28:35AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
NO, WE'RE NOT ASKING WHAT THEY'LL GET.
WE'RE ASKING WHAT'S BEEN WITHHELD.
10:28:39AM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
I APOLOGIZE.
I MISUNDERSTOOD.
10:28:41AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE'RE ASKING WHAT HAS BEEN WITHHELD FROM EACH
DEPARTMENT.
10:28:45AM >>BILL CARLSON:
IS IT POSSIBLE -- SO THE MOTION IS TO ASK
THE CFO OFFICE WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE ADMINISTRATION TO
-- I WOULD ASK FOR MAYBE A WRITTEN REPORT TO BE PUT, TO BE
ADDED MAYBE TO THE AUGUST 27 AGENDA JUST SO THE PUBLIC CAN
SEE IT ALSO.
10:29:04AM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
WE CAN DO THAT.
10:29:05AM >>BILL CARLSON:
TO INCLUDE A LIST OF THE PROJECTS ACROSS THE
DEPARTMENTS, CAPITAL PROJECTS AND ACROSS THE DEPARTMENTS
THAT HAVE BEEN WITHHELD THAT COULD BE FUNDED IF THE PROPERTY
TAX AMENDMENT FAILS.
10:29:21AM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
COPY.
10:29:22AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COULD I MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? THAT WE
DO HAVE THREE WORKSHOPS COMING UP, AND MAYBE COULD YOU BRING
THOSE WITH EACH WORKSHOP?
10:29:32AM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
CAN I COMMIT TO TRYING?
10:29:37AM >>BILL CARLSON:
ONE OF THEM IS ON MONDAY.
10:29:39AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THAT'S THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS.
10:29:40AM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
YES, YES.
10:29:44AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WHICH PROBABLY WON'T --
10:29:46AM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
PROBABLY BE INAPPLICABLE TO THE ENTERPRISE.
10:29:49AM >>BILL CARLSON:
WHY DON'T WE SAY IT WILL BE A WRITTEN REPORT
FOR THE 27th OF AUGUST, BUT IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION
EARLIER, YOU CAN SEND IT OUT.
ONLY REASON TO PUT IT ON THE 27 IS SO THE PUBLIC CAN READ
IT.
IT WON'T TAKE UP STAFF TIME.
10:30:02AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
10:30:08AM >>BILL CARLSON:
ONE MORE QUICK ONE?
MR. ROGERO, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE 23% JUST NOW.
AS I RECALL, YOUR PROJECTION EVEN WITH THE CUT-BACKS IS NOW
25%.
IS THAT BECAUSE YOU ARE RECOMMENDING, WE TALKED ABOUT LAST
YEAR, THE BOND RATING AGENCIES ORIGINALLY WANTED US TO KEEP
AT LEAST 20%, BUT NOW THAT WE'VE BEEN MORE AGGRESSIVE AND
INTENTIONALLY KEPT 23%, THAT THAT'S MORE LIKE THE FLOOR,
IT'S BECOMING THE FLOOR.
DID YOU PUT 25% BECAUSE THE 2% EXTRA WOULD BE THE RAINY DAY
FUND BECAUSE THE BOND RATINGS EXPECT 23% OR IS THAT IN THERE
FOR NEGOTIATING WITH COUNCIL?
10:30:49AM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
EXACTLY AS YOU DESCRIBED.
THE RAINY DAY APPORTIONMENT, ABOVE THE 23%, WAITING AND SEE
WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE AMENDMENT.
10:30:59AM >>BILL CARLSON:
I THINK KEEPING 25% IS REALLY HEALTHY,
ESPECIALLY AS THE BUDGET HAS BEEN GOING UP.
THANK YOU.
THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF GREAT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY
COUNCIL --
10:31:10AM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
AGREED.
THANK YOU, SIR.
10:31:12AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:31:14AM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION, MR. ROGERO.
WE WOULD ALL BE REMISS IF WE DIDN'T SAY THIS, THIS IS THE
LAST BUDGET PRESENTATION WITH THE ADMINISTRATION.
FOR SENTIMENTAL REASONS I GUESS IF YOU WILL.
I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE REPERCUSSIONS,
OBVIOUSLY, OF THIS PROPOSED TAX AMENDMENT, WHICH I'LL JUST
BE FRANK, HOW ANYBODY CAN VOTE FOR IT AND THINK IT IS THE
RIGHT THING TO DO IS BEYOND ME.
UNITED STATES SENATOR RICK SCOTT WHO SUPPORTS IT, BUT HAS
SAID HE'S WORRIED ABOUT THE EFFECTS ON POLICE AND FIRE.
YOU HAVE FOLKS LIKE OUR GOVERNOR SAYING, OKAY, WE SUPPORT
IT, BUT IT'S NOT QUITE WHAT WE WANTED.
AND PRETTY MUCH SAYING IT WAS KIND OF RUSHED.
DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN ANYBODY'S MOUTH.
CLEARLY IT WAS RUSHED.
WE HAVE OUR POLICE AND FIRE UNIONS COMING OUT AND OPPOSING
IT ALL OVER THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOR THE REASONS YOU JUST
TALKED ABOUT, WHICH IS THIS CUT IS GOING TO BE DEVASTATING
TO POLICE AND FIRE SERVICES HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA AND
HERE THROUGHOUT OUR STATE OF FLORIDA, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE
SMALLER COUNTIES, A LOT OF RURAL COUNTIES, AND IT'S GOING TO
BE TERRIBLE.
AND FORMER STATE SENATOR JEFF BRANDES SAYS, NOT AS MUCH A
TAX CUT AS IT IS A TAX SHIFT BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A
HIGHER SALES TAX.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE OTHER FEES GENERATED, OTHER THINGS THAT
CAN BE GENERATED TO COLLECT THAT REVENUE.
IT'S GOING TO BE A SHORT-TERM CUT TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND THEN
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE PROBABLY GOING TO GET HIGHER SALES
TAXES AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT WHICH ARE VERY
REGRESSIVE AND HIT WORKING FAMILIES A LOT HARDER THAN I
SUGGEST THAN PROPERTY TAXES.
I'VE ALWAYS TAKEN AMENDED APPROACH WHICH IS TO DOUBLE THE
EXEMPTION OVER THREE TO FIVE YEARS, WHICH I THINK IS
WARRANTED.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG,
WHEN IT COMES TO THIS, DOESN'T IT GIVE THE LEGISLATURE THE
RIGHT IF IT PASSES TO BE ABLE TO ESSENTIALLY GET RID OF
PROPERTY TAXES AFTER THAT.
10:33:11AM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
I DO NOT KNOW THAT.
I KNOW IT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS PARTICULAR LEGISLATION HAS THAT.
10:33:19AM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU.
TO ME, IT IS A TERRIBLE, IDEOLOGICALLY INDULGENT IDEA THAT
HAS BEEN QUESTIONED BY OR CONDEMNED BY A LOT OF FOLKS ON THE
REPUBLICAN SIDE BECAUSE YOU'RE ENTITLED TO YOUR OWN OPINIONS
BUT NOT YOUR OWN FACTS.
THE FACTS ON THIS ON PUBLIC SAFETY ARE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE
DEVASTATING.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
10:33:40AM >>JOHN BENNETT:
MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU.
I WANT TO SUPPORT COUNCILMAN VIERA'S COMMENTS REAL QUICK.
IN 40 YEARS OF PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT,
THE ONE THING THAT SEEMS TO BE ELUSIVE A LITTLE BIT BESIDES
POLICE AND FIRE IN THE FRONT LINES IS OUR PARKS AND REC
PROGRAM.
THOSE ARE THE PREVENTIVE MODELS THAT HELP -- YOU SAW WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN POLICE AND FIRE ENGAGE WITH PARKS AND REC IN
THE COMMUNITY.
AND IT'S A BIG PREVENTION MODEL.
THE FACTORS THAT AGGREGATE IN THIS ARE JUST EXPONENTIAL.
I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE THEM OUT EITHER BECAUSE THAT IS
REALLY WHERE IT ALL BEGINS IN OUR PREVENTION MODEL.
THANK YOU.
10:34:18AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG.
10:34:20AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
KIND OF TO ECHO SOME OF THE OTHER COUNCIL
MEMBERS, THANK YOU, GREAT PRESENTATION.
I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST STARTED, MR. ROGERO, YOU SAT DOWN
WITH ME AND WE MET AND WENT THROUGH EVERYTHING ON THE BUDGET
SIDE.
APPRECIATE THAT, ESPECIALLY PREPARING FOR THIS TIME.
10:34:35AM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
THANK YOU.
10:34:35AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I THINK ALSO, WHILE IT MAY HAVE BEEN IS A
LITTLE BIT SOMBERING, IT'S THE TRUTH.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT
THIS COULD POTENTIALLY MEAN.
THANK YOU, CHIEF BENNETT, FOR BRINGING UP PARKS AND REC.
I'M A HUGE ADVOCATE FOR ANYTHING PARKS AND REC, THE
OPPORTUNITY THAT IT PROVIDES FOR OUR YOUTH.
WHAT CAN HAPPEN IF WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS SO THAT WE CAN
CONTINUE TO FUND OUR PARKS AND REC I THINK IS REALLY
IMPORTANT.
BRINGING IT TO THE PUBLIC AND REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT THIS
COULD MEAN FOR US, WHAT IT CAN MEAN FOR US ON THIS DAIS,
MAKING DECISIONS.
JUST THANK YOU.
GREAT PRESENTATION.
SAD BUT IT'S THE TRUTH.
SO THANK YOU.
10:35:15AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS.
I NOTICED UNDER YOUR MAJOR PROJECTS, WITH THE CIT RENEWAL,
THE ONLY PARK AND REC ONE YOU MENTIONED IS THE YELLOW
JACKETS IMPROVEMENTS.
WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER PARK IMPROVEMENTS.
BUT MY QUESTION REALLY IS, ARE YOU LOOKING, THEN, AT
REDUCING THE PLANNED CIT PROJECTS?
10:35:42AM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
WE ARE NOT.
ONE OF THE REASONS THE YELLOW JACKETS ARE ON THERE IS WE
HAVE A CONTRACT.
AND, AGAIN, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED AND I'M SURE WE'LL DISCUSS
EVEN MORE, THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TAX RENEWAL IS TIED UP
WITH THE BASEBALL AND DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSIONS.
10:36:00AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
BASICALLY LEADING TO MY OTHER QUESTION WHICH
IS, DO YOU HAVE A SET VISION FOR WHAT WILL BE TAKEN OUT OF
THE CIT BUDGET TO FUND THE POTENTIAL BASEBALL STADIUM?
10:36:13AM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
NOT A SET VISION AT THIS TIME.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SCENARIOS, AND IF I CAN RECAP.
THE LATEST DISCUSSIONS MIRROR THE NONBINDING MOU, $80
MILLION OVER THE FIRST FOUR YEARS OF THE COMMUNITY
INVESTMENT TAX.
IN THE FIRST YEAR, FISCAL YEAR '27, IT'S ONLY A PARTIAL
YEAR.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE ANTICIPATE GETTING ABOUT $35 MILLION.
IN THE NEXT YEAR, A FULL YEAR, MAYBE 40 TO $43 MILLION.
OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH FOR OUR PLAN AND
$20 MILLION, $20 MILLION, $20 MILLION, $20 MILLION.
IN A NUTSHELL, THE COMMITMENT IS ACCELERATED FROM A 15-YEAR
TIME PERIOD TO A FOUR-YEAR TIME PERIOD.
NOW SEGUE INTO YOUR QUESTION.
THAT WILL REQUIRE DEFERRING SOME PROJECTS IN THE INITIAL
PLAN OR FINANCING THE CAPACITY OVER THAT 15 YEARS SOMEHOW,
WHETHER IT IS A LINE OF CREDIT, INTERDEPARTMENTAL LOAN.
BECAUSE WHILE WE'VE GOT ALMOST $800 MILLION OF CAPACITY, IT
ALL DOESN'T COME IN AT ONCE, RIGHT?
AND IT IS SUBDIVIDED WITH TRANSPORTATION, SUBDIVIDED WITH
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES AND SUBDIVIDED WITH PUBLIC
FACILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH SPORTS TEAMS.
THAT PARTICULAR AMOUNT IS 165 MILLION.
SO I GUESS THAT IS A LONG-WINDED WAY OF SAYING WE'RE
ENTERTAINING A NUMBER OF SCENARIOS, HOW TO ACCOMMODATE THAT
REQUEST.
10:37:47AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
BY AND LARGE, WE WOULD SIMPLY HAVE TO CUT
SOME OF THE CIT PROJECTS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR?
10:37:52AM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
YES.
IN THE SHORT TERM, WE'D HAVE TO --
10:37:55AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I'M JUST GOING TO READ JUST A FEW THINGS.
JACKSON HEIGHTS SECURITY UPGRADES.
PLAYGROUND RESURFACING.
GADSDEN PARK IMPROVEMENT.
BORRELL PARK RENOVATION.
YELLOW JACKETS IMPROVEMENTS.
THE MacDILL AIR FORCE ACCESS IMPROVEMENT.
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS.
PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLE REPLACEMENT.
AND TPD HEADQUARTERS UPGRADES.
THAT IS WHAT IS ON THE LIST FOR POSSIBLY TO BE CHOPPED BY 10
MILLION.
10:38:24AM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
OR DEFERRED.
10:38:26AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
EITHER WAY, DEFERRING IS MOVING FOR AT LEAST
FOUR YEARS.
OKAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I APPRECIATE THE ANSWER.
10:38:33AM >> JOHN BENNETT, CHIEF OF STAFF.
I JUST WANTED TO AUGMENT WHEN THE WORD "BALLPARK" CAME UP.
FROM DAY ONE IN MAY WHEN I WAS IN HERE, WE TALKED ABOUT DO
NO HARM AND BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR TO OUR OTHER VENUES.
THAT'S OBVIOUSLY STRENGTHENED UNDER THIS DISCUSSION TO A
POINT THAT WE REALLY ARE STILL IN JUST DISCUSSIONS AND
FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS.
I WOULDN'T EVEN CALL IT NEGOTIATIONS AT THIS POINT.
SO WE'RE VERY, VERY GUARDED IN WHAT WE'RE DOING BASED ON
EVERYTHING THAT THE CFO HAS EXPLAINED ALREADY AND THERE'S
STILL A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE CIT AND WHAT IT NEEDS TO DO TO HELP
SUPPORT WHATEVER OUR CHANGES ARE IN OUR OVERALL SYSTEM OF
TAX DOLLARS IS HIGH ON OUR LIST.
SO THANK YOU.
10:39:20AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
IT'S A GREAT WAY TO START OUT OUR THURSDAY, SOBERING OR NOT,
WE ARE READY TO -- AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON
MONDAY.
AGAIN, WE HAVE OUR LIST OF DIFFERENT WORKSHOPS.
THE FIRST ONE WILL BE THIS MONDAY AT 9 A.M. FOCUSING ON OUR
ENTERPRISE FUNDS.
NEXT MONDAY WILL ALSO BE AT 9 A.M. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE
FOCUSING ON STORMWATER AND MOBILITY.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE WILL BE MONDAY EVENING, THE 17th,
FOCUSED ON GENERAL FUND.
THAT WILL BE CAPITAL FOR BOTH AND OPERATING.
AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LOOK FORWARD, PUBLIC, MARK YOUR CALENDARS.
WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE WILL GIVE A MOMENT BECAUSE I KNOW A COUPLE OF FOLKS NEED
TO LEAVE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR OUR STAFF BEING HERE.
NOW WE ARE HEADING STRAIGHT TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:40:28AM >>LUIS VIERA:
WE HAD THAT 10:30.
DO YOU WANT TO DO THAT BEFORE OR AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT?
10:40:34AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MR. SHELBY.
10:40:38AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ASK FOR ANY ACTION TO
BE TAKEN.
10:40:40AM >>LUIS VIERA:
I DON'T BELIEVE SO, NO.
I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THE CONTRACTOR IS WAITING.
10:40:44AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
CAN YOU FIND OUT IF THE CONTRACTOR IS
WAITING?
THAT WILL BE GREAT.
WE'LL START PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN --
10:40:51AM >>BILL CARLSON:
WHEN WE DELAY, THE PUBLIC ALWAYS COMPLAINS
BECAUSE THEY ARE PAYING FOR PARKING.
IF THEY CAN WAIT A LITTLE WHILE, NOT MAKE THE PUBLIC PAY FOR
PARKING.
10:41:01AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND START WITH OUR IN-PERSON FOLKS
TODAY BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR SO LONG.
OUR FIRST PUBLIC COMMENTERS TODAY, AGAIN, THAT ARE ON AGENDA
TOPICS ARE REVA IMAN, THEN ABBEY AHERN, AND MICHELLE
MASTROTOTARO.
10:41:25AM >> GOOD MORNING.
NICE TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN.
I AM REVA IMAN.
I AM HERE TO SPEAK ON THE PROJECT OF THE ARMY NAVY.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT ON A COMMITTEE SOME YEARS BACK
OF SOME PROMINENT DEVELOPERS THAT WAS GOING TO DO A PROJECT.
I DID MY VERY GOOD RESEARCH ON EVERY LAST ONE OF THOSE
COMPANIES THAT WAS THINKING ABOUT BUILDING.
COMPANY CHOICE RIGHT NOW, WHO IS ALSO DOING ROBLES.
SOMETHING NOT JUST ABOUT BUILDING WITH THIS COMPANY, IT'S
MORE ABOUT BUILDING WITH LOVE WITH THIS COMPANY.
TAKE A 445 UNIT AND MAKE IT TRIPLE, AND TO COME AND SAY, 800
UNITS TO MAKE IT 1,150 UNITS.
IT'S AWESOME.
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
HERE WE HAVE POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, TEACHERS,
UNDERPAID, MOST OF THEM CAN'T AFFORD HOMES.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO HAVE A PRIME
AREA RIGHT DOWN ON TAMPA STREET WHERE THEY CAN COME TO
SOMEWHERE NICE, COMFORTABLE, THAT WILL FIT THEIR BUDGETS,
BECAUSE THE BUDGETS UNDER RIGHT NOW, IT'S HARD FOR EVERYONE,
EVEN MYSELF AS AN INDIVIDUAL.
THE HOMES COMING UP NOW, ESPECIALLY IN EAST TAMPA, 500,
600,000.
400,000.
REALLY?
WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER --
THESE APARTMENTS WOULD BE GREAT FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON.
WORKFORCE, I HAVE TO STRESS IT, BECAUSE POLICE OFFICER,
FIREFIGHTERS, TEACHERS, GIVING THEIR LIVES EVERY DAY FOR
PEANUT SALARY, WHICH NEEDS TO BE INCREASED FOR THE WORK THAT
THEY ARE DOING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
YET THESE APARTMENTS WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM
WITH SALARY BUDGET AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
WITH THE COMPANY, I FOUND THAT I HAVE NOT SEEN ONE COMPANY
THAT HAVE CHOSE TO TRIPLE OR DOUBLE THE UNITS FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, NOT ONE.
IT'S A WIN-WIN SITUATION FOR EVERYONE.
SO I WISH YOU ALL TAKE VERY CONSIDERATION FOR THE
INDIVIDUALS THAT I'M SPEAKING ABOUT AND APPROVE THIS.
THANK YOU.
10:44:25AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT IS ABBEY AHERN.
[ APPLAUSE ]
NO, I'M SORRY.
WE DON'T DO CLAPPING HERE.
SORRY, WE CAN'T DO THAT.
MICHELLE MASTROTOTARO AND THEN STEPHANIE POYNOR.
10:44:38AM >> GOOD MORNING.
I'VE SEEN YOU ALL SO MANY TIMES, AND I STILL GET THE
BUTTERFLIES.
BEAR WITH ME.
I AM ABBEY AHERN.
MY OFFICE BUILDING IS LOCATED AT 1110 NORTH FLORIDA.
THE CORNER OF FRANKLIN AND FORTUNE.
WE'RE DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THIS SITE.
I'VE BEEN WATCHING IT VERY CLOSELY OVER THE YEARS.
WE ALSO STARTED A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FOR COMMERCIAL
PROPERTY OWNERS 20 YEARS AGO THAT FOCUSED ON THIS PART OF
DOWNTOWN.
IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND WORKING COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
FOR 21 YEARS OR SO, I'M HERE TO SUPPORT ITEM NUMBER 40, THE
REDEVELOPMENT OF ARMY NAVY SITE.
I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DIRECT -- TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM
THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM, AND BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE PROJECT.
I BELIEVE THIS IS THE RIGHT PROJECT FOR THE SITE, AND WILL
BRING MUCH-NEEDED HOUSING TO DOWNTOWN.
JUST WHAT WE'VE ALL BEEN ASKING FOR FOR THE LAST SEVERAL
YEARS.
THANK YOU FOR PUSHING THIS AGENDA ITEM.
I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN BOTH THE TEAM AND THEIR ABILITY TO
DELIVER.
I BELIEVE THIS PROJECT WILL BE A POSITIVE ADDITION FOR
DOWNTOWN AND I RESPECTFULLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT IT.
I WILL SAY, UNAFFILIATED TO PMG, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE
VOTING PROCESS AND SIT IN ON THOSE MEETINGS.
I SCORED THEM.
I WATCHED WHAT THE OTHER JUDGES SCORED THEM AND PMG DID THE
BEST, AND WE'RE THE MOST QUALIFIED OUT OF THE FOUR GROUPS.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR WHATEVER YOU NEED.
THANK YOU.
10:46:07AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MICHELLE MASTROTOTARO FOLLOWED BY STEPHANIE POYNOR, FOLLOWED
BY VALERIE BULLOCK.
10:46:17AM >> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS MICHELLE MASTROTOTARO.
I CAME ON AGENDA 14 AND 15 ABOUT GRANTS.
I REALLY NEED HELP IN REGARDS TO TAPPAN TRACT PARK.
IT'S BECOMING DEPLORABLE.
I'VE BEEN BEGGING FOR A SOLUTION.
I'LL START OFF WITH THIS, IF THEY CAN SEE THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY CAN SEE THE DATE ON THAT.
SO THAT'S MY HOME.
IF YOU SEE THE CIRCLE, THAT'S MY HOUSE.
THERE'S ONLY THREE.
WE WERE PART OF THE RAILROAD, IF YOU GUYS KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT PORT TAMPA.
SO IT'S VERY HISTORICAL.
THE ROAD IS HISTORICAL, TOO.
SO WHEN THE OVERDEVELOPMENT HAPPENED, IT TOOK A REAL TOLL ON
THE AREA.
AS YOU SEE, THAT WAS TAPPAN TRACT PARK BEFORE APARTMENTS.
THAT WAS BEFORE EVERYTHING STARTED HAPPENING.
SO THIS IS MY SYSTEM.
I WORK ON GRAVITY.
I CAN'T GET THE WATER OUT.
THE WATER DOES NOT.
THIS IS MY HOUSE.
THE WATER HAS TO GO ACROSS TAPPAN TRACT PARK AND THE
TRENCHES.
I ASKED GEORGE COX TO CLEAN THIS.
WHEN I CALLED TALLAHASSEE, TALLAHASSEE TELLS ME HE'S NOT
EVEN PUTTING APPLICATION IN TO EVEN HELP ADDRESS THE
SITUATION.
WHERE ARE WE STANDING WITH TAPPAN TRACK PARK?
IT'S GETTING NEGLECTED AND WE'RE OVER HERE, THIS IS HIS
DESIGN ON SOUTH SHERRILL STREET.
GOES STRAIGHT OUT.
OURS LITERALLY HAS TO GO ACROSS THE PARK WHICH IS RUINING IT
AND TO AN OUTFLOW HERE.
THAT USED TO BE, AND I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU WHAT IT LOOKS
LIKE NOW.
OUR WATER STAYS.
WE HAVE HUGE MOSQUITOES.
IT LOOKS DISGUSTING.
GEORGE COX'S AREA, IT'S EMPTY.
HALF OF THE ROAD, LANCASTER, THAT WAY, McCOY, WILL EMPTY.
OUR SYSTEM, FILLED.
WE CAN'T GET THE WATER OUT.
THE WATER STAYS STAGNANT.
WE'RE AT THE POINT OF SINKHOLES.
I HAVE A SINKHOLE RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE.
OUR WATER JUST STAYS.
THIS IS A SINKHOLE RIGHT HERE.
8-FOOT SINKHOLE.
IT'S GOING DOWN.
IT'S DIPPING.
I HAVE TO GET WATER OUT THERE AGAIN TO REFILL.
TAPPAN TRACT PARK, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, CAN WE GET A GRANT?
CAN WE MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN FOR TAPPAN TRACT PARK?
IT USED TO BE BEAUTIFUL.
THAT WAS YESTERDAY.
THAT PARK WAS BEAUTIFUL AND GREEN.
FROM ALL THE EROSION FROM THE HURRICANES, THE WATER GOT
ALTERED.
NOW IT'S COMING RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE AND I'M GETTING
HOLES, POCKETS OF PUDDLES.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT MY HOME, IT'S OVER A HUNDRED AND
SOMETHING YEARS OLD, WE NEED HELP.
10:49:24AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
STEPHANIE POYNOR FOLLOWED BY VALERIE BULLOCK, FOLLOWED BY
TARAH BLUMA.
10:49:30AM >> GOOD MORNING.
LONG TIME NO SEE.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE WAS MY BIRTHDAY.
LET'S START WITH -- I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE ARMY
NAVY DEVELOPMENT, BUT I DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT NOT COMING
TO COUNCIL IF THEY NEED TO PUSH IT BACK.
BECAUSE IT SHOULD COME TO COUNCIL EVERY SINGLE TIME.
AND ROME YARD IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE.
THIS IS 2025.
THEY HADN'T EVEN STARTED.
APPROVED THE SAME TIME AS HANNA STREET AND YET IT SAT
DORMANT FOR YEARS.
COUNCIL NEEDS TO BE REVIEWING THAT, NOT STAFF.
HERE IS ANOTHER PICTURE AND ANOTHER PICTURE AND ANOTHER
PICTURE.
VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE MAYOR GIVING YOU GUYS KUDOS DURING
HER SPEECH FOR MAKING PRUDENT DECISIONS WITH MONEY.
I APPRECIATE THAT A LOT.
I WANT TO TALK FOR JUST A MINUTE ABOUT THE ELEPHANT WHO IS
TRAMPLING OVER OR TRYING DAMN HARD TO TRAMPLE OVER THE CITY
OF TAMPA AND THE DECISION MAKERS.
THIS IS WHERE THE MONEY SHOULD BE GOING THAT THEY WANT YOU
TO PUT IN THEIR POCKETS.
THEY WANT US -- THEY WANT US AS CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF
TAMPA TO DELAY SIDEWALKS, BRIDGE REPAIRS, TRAFFIC SIGNAL
REPLACEMENT, INTERSECTION SAFETY, POLICE VEHICLES, FIRE
VEHICLES, PARKS MAINTENANCE, AND ADDITIONAL STORMWATER WORK.
THIS IS WHERE THE MONEY SHOULD GO THAT THE TAMPA BAY RAYS
THINK THAT THEY NEED.
THESE ARE ALL ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THEM AND I TOLD MR.
BABBY THIS IS A MONTH AGO, TWO MONTHS AGO, APRIL, WHENEVER,
AND I TOLD HIM THEN, WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO WITHOUT IN
ORDER TO GIVE YOU WHAT YOU WANT?
I JUST DON'T SEE IT.
SO IN THE BUDGET PRESENTATION, SINCE I HAVE TIME, 8300 UNITS
OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHERE ARE THEY?
WHAT PERCENTAGE AMI?
WHERE IS THE LIST?
I DON'T WANT TO HEAR 8300 AND WE JUST SPRINKLE IT WHEREVER
WE WANT.
I WANT TO SEE WHERE THEY ARE BUILT, WHAT AMI THEY ARE, HOW
MANY, HOW LONG, ARE THEY ALL DONE?
I MEAN, ROME YARD IS NOT DONE.
IS THAT INCLUDED IN THE NUMBER OR NOT?
ALSO, 23,000 HOMES SINCE 2019.
GUESS WHAT, 7800 OF THEM ARE SOUTH OF GANDY, WEST OF DALE
MABRY.
THAT'S ALMOST A THIRD OF WHAT THIS CITY HAS TAKEN IN.
THEY PUT IN SOUTH TAMPA WITH KNOWING FULL GOOD AND WELL
WE'RE IN THE COASTAL HIGH HAZARD, TOOK ON MORE FLOODING THAN
ANYPLACE ELSE IN THE CITY DURING THE HURRICANES.
THE AMI -- OH, OH, OH.
WAIT.
I SAW THAT 24.5 MILLION IN INCREASES IN SALARY.
THAT'S ALMOST $5,000 A PERSON.
THAT'S ALMOST $5,000 PER PERSON IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
I'M SURE SOME OF THEM ARE MORE AND LESS.
BUT THAT'S ABOUT HALF OF WHAT THE MAYOR WANTED WHEN THE
MILLAGE INCREASE WAS PROPOSED.
JUST SAYING.
THAT'S MY MATH.
10:52:36AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
VALERIE BULLOCK FOLLOWED BY TARAH BLUMA AND THEN KENNETH
STUART.
10:52:45AM >> HI.
VALERIE BULLOCK.
I'LL HIT ON THE BUDGET FIRST.
I HEARD THE MAN UP HERE TALKING AND ONE THING THAT'S NOT
GOING TO CHANGE, HIS PAY NOT GOING TO CHANGE.
NO MATTER IF THE BUDGET, IF THE TAXES GET APPROVED OR NOT
APPROVED, HIS BUDGET WILL NOT CHANGE.
AND WE HAVE SO MUCH FRIVOLOUS SPENDING IN CITY OF TAMPA,
WHEN A POLICE OFFICER CAN RETIRE ONE DAY AND GET HIS PENSION
AND COME BACK NEXT WEEK FOR A JOB THAT PAYS 200,000, WE
REALLY SHOULDN'T BE WORRIED ABOUT MONEY IF WE'RE GOING TO
THROW IT AWAY LIKE THAT.
WHETHER THE TAX, HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION PASS OR NOT, IF THE
CITY OF TAMPA TIGHTEN UP ON THEIR BUDGET, WE STILL WOULD BE
ABLE TO HAVE ESSENTIAL POSITIONS FILLED AND WE STILL WOULD
BE ABLE TO HAVE PARKS, OPEN THE ROADS, FIX STORMWATER AND
ALL OF THAT.
I HATE WHEN SOMEBODY COME AND TRY TO PUSH FEAR ON ME.
IT REMINDS ME OF A SCAM WITH A SCARE TACTIC.
OH, THIS GOING TO HAPPEN, THAT HAPPEN.
NOTHING WILL HAPPEN WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THEY GET 60% OF THE BUDGET.
SO NOTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THEM.
NOW, LET ME TALK ABOUT WHAT I COME DOWN HERE TO TALK ABOUT.
NUMBER 11, NUMBER 3, THAT'S MISS HAZEL HOUSE.
THE BACKSTORY IS, SHE WAS IN REHAB AND THE CITY OF TAMPA
QUICKLY PUSHED, ALLEGEDLY, PUSHED THE PAPER WORK THROUGH SO
THAT HER HOUSE COULD BE DEMOLISHED.
AND RIGHT NOW, IT'S TIED UP BEFORE IT GOES INTO LITIGATION.
I REALLY DON'T THINK SHE SHOULD BE PAYING THIS DEMOLISH FEE,
THE FEE FOR DEMOLISHING THE HOUSE BECAUSE DURING WHEN THEY
DEMOLISHED THE HOUSE, SOMEONE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING
THE HOUSE LIVABLE AGAIN.
I DEFINITELY DON'T THINK SHE NEED TO BE PAYING FOR THAT.
I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT 37 AND 38.
I'M NOT A LAWYER.
BUT 37 AND 38 FOR THE INFILL LOTS, I WAS TOLD THAT IT'S A
LOTTERY.
THEY PULL YOUR NAME AND YOU GET AN INFILL LOT.
RIGHT HERE, FLORIDA MORTGAGE HOLDER LLC, THEY SURE WINNING
THE LOTTERY A LOT.
THIS LOOK LIKE FOR PROFIT THEY GOT.
AND THE INFILL HOUSE WAS DESIGNED TO BE AFFORDABLE AND YOU
SELL THEM TO THE PEOPLE, NOW THEY ARE IN THE RENTING
BUSINESS.
AND IT SHOULDN'T BE LIKE THAT.
THANK YOU.
10:55:30AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT IS TARAH BLUMA FOLLOWED BY KENNETH STUART AND KEITH
GREMINGER.
10:55:37AM >> GOOD MORNING.
I'M TARAH BLUMA.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE TREMENDOUS TREE PROGRAM.
LAST MONTH, YOU ALL HAD A CONTRACT IN FRONT OF YOU TO
APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF THE TREES FOR THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.
YOU GOT HUNG UP ON WHERE SHOULD WE PLANT THE TREES, SHOULD
WE BAN TYPE THREE TREES, SHOULD WE LIMIT THE AMOUNT?
THE CONTRACT ULTIMATELY DID NOT GET APPROVED, HAS NOT BEEN
APPROVED YET.
THEY STILL NEED TREES.
MY SUGGESTION IS THAT YOU APPROVE THE CONTRACT FOR THE SAME
PRICE, BUT YOU ONLY PURCHASE TYPE ONE AND TYPE TWO TREES.
THIS MADE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS ANXIOUS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T
WANT TO BAN TYPE THREE TREES FOREVER.
I WANT TO REITERATE THAT THIS IS A 12-MONTH CONTRACT.
DOING SO WOULD ONLY MAKE TYPE THREE TREES NOT AVAILABLE
THROUGH ONE OF MANY PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY HAS FOR 12
MONTHS.
THERE IS A WAIT LIST FOR THIS PROJECT.
A VERY LONG WAIT LIST.
START AT THE TOP AND GO DOWN ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TYPE
ONE AND TYPE TWO TREES, AND YOU WILL USE ALL OF THE MONEY
AND HAVE PLANTED ALL OF THE TREES.
AND THEN NEXT YEAR, YOU CAN REEVALUATE THE PERCENTAGES
BECAUSE I HOPE THAT YOU SAW THE REPORT THAT WAS SUBMITTED
THIS WEEK.
SINCE ITS INCEPTION, 73% OF THE TREES THAT HAVE BEEN PLANTED
THROUGH THE TREE-MENDOUS TREE PROGRAM HAVE BEEN TYPE THREE
TREES.
YOU ALL ARE OKAY WITH SOME TYPE THREE TREES.
SO AM I.
THEY ARE GOOD.
73%, THOUGH?
THE ARGUMENTS THAT THEY MADE ARE THAT THERE'S OVERHEAD POWER
LINES OR UNDERGROUND UTILITIES OR NOT ENOUGH SPACE.
HOWEVER, I HAVE BEEN COMING BEFORE YOU FOR ALMOST ONE YEAR
TRYING TO GET TEN LIVE OAKS PLANTED AT WESTSHORE ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL.
IT IS A TITLE ONE SCHOOL.
THERE IS NO OVERHEAD POWER LINES.
THERE ARE NO UNDERGROUND UTILITIES.
THERE'S PLENTY OF SPACE, YET THERE ARE NO TREES.
SO I HAVE LITTLE SYMPATHY FOR THE ARGUMENT THAT WE CANNOT
FIND PLACES TO PLANT TREES.
THEY DO NEED THE MONEY.
SO PLEASE APPROVE THE CONTRACT AND JUST SAY, ONLY TYPE ONE
AND TYPE TWO FOR THIS YEAR.
THANK YOU.
10:57:48AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
NEXT, KENNETH STUART, FOLLOWED BY KEITH GREMINGER.
AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO OUR OFF AGENDA ITEMS WITH CALEA
ROSS.
10:58:01AM >> HELLO.
KENNETH STUART.
OWNER OF INTEGRATED SECURITY CONSULTANTS HERE IN TAMPA.
WE DO SECURITY WORK.
ALSO THE PASTOR OF HOPE CHURCH ON TAMPA STREET NEAR
DOWNTOWN.
HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 40, THE ARMY NAVY REDEVELOPMENT.
TWO REASONS I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS.
NUMBER ONE, THEY SAY YOU ONLY GET ONE CHANCE TO MAKE A FIRST
IMPRESSION.
COMING TO DOWNTOWN TAMPA, I LOVE THE REDEVELOPMENT WE'VE
DONE IN DOWNTOWN TAMPA.
I'M TIRED OF SAYING TAMPA IS THE NEXT GREAT CITY.
WE JUST NEED TO BE THE GREAT CITY, NOT JUST FUTURE, BUT ARMY
NAVY SITE ONE OF THE FEW SITES, FIRST TIME COMING TO TAMPA,
STILL A BLIGHT DOWNTOWN AND THE TEAM BEHIND THIS I THINK
WILL IMPROVE THAT, SO PEOPLE COMING TO DOWNTOWN WILL HAVE A
BETTER EXPERIENCE COMING TO TAMPA.
PERSONAL POINT OF VIEW, BUSINESS 2008, DUCON CONSTRUCTION
WAS ONE OF THE LEAD CONTRACTORS ON THE PROJECT HAS BEEN A
PARTNER SINCE DAY ONE.
WASN'T FOR DUCON TO BE QUITE FRANK, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WOULD
STILL BE IN BUSINESS.
PMG, PARTNERING WITH THEM ON OTHER PROJECTS, SEEN THE SAME
COMMITMENT TO LOCAL BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY.
WHAT IT MEANS TO ME PERSONALLY, IN 2023, WE WERE LOOKING FOR
8,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING TO PURCHASE.
I TOLD MY REALTOR ONE RULE.
IT HAD TO BE A DISADVANTAGED PART OF TOWN.
DIDN'T LOOK AT ANY BUILDINGS OUTSIDE OF WHERE WE -- BOUGHT A
BUILDING ON 40th STREET CLOSE TO BUSCH BOULEVARD.
I HAVE EMPLOYEES WHO WALK AND BIKE TO WORK.
DID THAT VERY INTENTIONALLY.
VERY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE'RE GIVING AWAY ABOUT 150 PAIR OF TENNIS SHOES FOR THE
KIDS THERE.
VERY DISADVANTAGED SCHOOL.
PROJECT LIKE THIS ALLOWS ME TO INVEST BACK IN THE COMMUNITY.
I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT IT, NUMBER ONE, BECAUSE DUCON HAS
PROVEN TO ME THEY ARE A GREAT PARTNER TO THE COMMUNITY.
THEY GIVE SMALL BUSINESSES LIKE ME WHEN I FIRST STARTED IN
2008, ONE OF OUR FIRST MAJOR JOBS AT FIRST CHRISTIAN NORTH,
NOBODY ELSE GAVE US THE CHANCE.
OVER THE YEARS THEY BROUGHT US IN ON MULTIFAMILY HOUSING,
BROUGHT US IN ON OTHER PROJECTS.
CITY OF TAMPA PROJECTS, THAT ANOTHER CONTRACTOR WOULD NOT
HAVE DONE.
SEEN THE SAME THING WITH PMG, EVEN PROJECTS THAT WOULD
EXPAND OR STRETCH OUR BONDING AND CREDIT CAPABILITIES.
THEY ARE COMMITTED TO HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES BE A PART OF
WINNING IN THE COMMUNITY.
I'M HERE TO PROPOSE TO YOU, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK LOOKING AT
THE PROPOSAL THAT THERE WOULD BE A POSITIVE FOR ALL THE
COMMUNITY TO HAVE THE GATEWAY TO OUR CITY WHEN A FIRST-TIME
VISITOR COMES TO HAVE A NEW DEVELOPMENT WITH HOUSING, RETAIL
DEVELOPMENT, IT WOULD JUST MAKE OUR CITY LOOK BETTER.
SECONDLY, I'M ASKING YOU, I AM NOT THE ONLY SMALL BUSINESS,
MINORITY BUSINESS THAT BENEFIT FROM THIS PROJECT.
WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR APPROVAL.
11:00:39AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
KEITH GREMINGER, FOLLOWED BY CALEA ROSS AND DOMINIQUE COB.
11:00:45AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
KEITH GREMINGER.
GREMINGER URBAN DESIGN, 711 SOUTH FIELDING AVENUE HERE IN
TAMPA.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 40, THE ARMY NAVY SITE.
I HAVE A ROLE WITH THE TEAM FOR URBAN DESIGN MASTER
PLANNING, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, PLACE MAKING.
IT IS AN IMPORTANT CRITICAL PROJECT, ESPECIALLY AS WE
COORDINATE WITH THE CONNECTING COMMUNITIES GRANT THAT WAS
GRANTED FOR THE ASHLEY STREET BOULEVARD AND BRINGING THAT
DOWN TO GRADE AT HARRISON STREET AND RECONNECTING ROYAL AND
FORTUNE AND LAUREL.
AMAZING PROJECT THAT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A CATALYST
FOR THE NORTH END VISION FRAMEWORK PLAN THAT THE DOWNTOWN
PARTNERSHIP HAS PUT TOGETHER, WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE
CITY.
THIS IS A HUGE STEP FORWARD TO THE NORTH END REDEVELOPMENT.
AS THE GENTLEMAN MENTIONED EARLIER, IT IS THE VISUAL
ENTRANCE INTO THE CITY.
AND WHAT PMG AND THEIR TEAM CAN BRING TO THE TABLE I BELIEVE
IS GOING TO BE CATALYTIC FOR GETTING THAT NORTH END STARTED
ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE NORTH END OVER TO ENCORE AND
ACTUALLY BRINGING DEVELOPMENT LIKE GAS WORKS AND THAT
CONNECTIVITY OVER TO THE RIVERWALK, SO THAT EAST-WEST
CONNECTION IS GOING TO BE A MAJOR ASPECT OF THE NORTH END,
INITIATED BY THIS PROJECT.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUBLIC REALM.
GREAT PUBLIC STREETS, ACCESS TO ACTIVITY OF RETAIL ON THE
GROUND FLOOR.
I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THAT PROJECT'S REDEVELOPMENT.
THANK YOU.
11:02:19AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
CALEA ROSS.
CALEA ROSS.
OKAY.
DOMINIQUE COBB FOLLOWED BY AZIKA HARPER AND CONNIE BURTON.
11:02:47AM >> GREETINGS, COUNCIL.
TODAY, MY NAME IS DOMINIQUE COBB.
I AM THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE TAMPA JUNIOR CIVIC
ASSOCIATION.
AND I AM THE FACILITATOR FOR THE FLOWERS PROGRAM.
SINCE ITS INCEPTION, WE HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING
WITH MANY DIFFERENT PARTNERS.
IN THE LAST SEVEN MONTHS SINCE WE HAVE BEEN IN EAST TAMPA,
WE HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE TO WORK WITH THE HILLSBOROUGH
COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, USF ANTHROPOLOGY, USF HEALTH, ALSO
USF COLLEGE REACH-OUT PROGRAM.
THE REASON WE ARE HERE TODAY, IN MY CULTURE, WE SAY THAT
WATER HAS NO ENEMIES.
WATER IS ESSENTIAL FOR LIFE.
A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE HEARD SINCE WE HAVE BEEN
PATIENTLY WAITING IS WATER IS INTRICATE IN EVERY PART OF OUR
LIVES.
FLOWERS STANDS FOR FUTURE LEADERS OF WATER, ENGINEERING,
RESEARCH, AND SCIENCE.
OVER THE SUMMER MONTHS AND ALSO OUR SECOND COHORT, WE'VE HAD
THE PLEASURE TO -- OF WORKING WITH DIFFERENT COMPANIES THAT
RESIDE NOT ONLY IN TAMPA BUT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND IN
FLORIDA, AND ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IS
NOT ONLY GENERATIONAL LEARNING, BUT ALSO CAREER PATHWAYS.
WE HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH THE COUNTY.
WE'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH BLACK AND MARINE
SCIENCE, BMS.
THIS IS THE STUDY OF WATER.
EVERY DAY WATER IS ESSENTIAL.
WHEN WE USE THE WATER TO BRUSH OUR TEETH, CITY WORKERS, MAKE
SURE THAT WE HAVE CLEAN WATER, DRINKING WATER, WASTEWATER.
WE HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE SINCE MARCH 28, WE HAD CAREER DAY.
THIS WAS LOCATED IN EAST TAMPA AT ROBERT COLE POND.
THIS IS THE FIRST OF ITS MANY PROGRAMS.
WE HAVE THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH CITY OF TAMPA PARKS AND
REC, COUNCILWOMAN NAYA YOUNG AND OTHER IMPORTANT INTRICATE
PARTS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
I WANT TO BRIEFLY SHOW YOU SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE
-- HOPEFULLY WON'T RUN OUT OF TIME.
SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE WORKED ON.
WE KNOW THAT IN OUR CULTURE, SOMETIMES READING ISN'T ALWAYS
THE BEST THING.
WE LEARN HANDS ON.
SO THROUGH ARTS, THROUGH MUSIC, THROUGH, AGAIN, CULTURAL
EVENTS, WE PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS.
NEXT, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AZIKA HARPER SPEAK BRIEFLY.
11:05:24AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HE'LL GET HIS OWN THREE MINUTES.
11:05:27AM >> SINCE I HAVE A FEW MORE SECONDS, DO YOU WANT TO TELL A
BIT ABOUT YOUR PROJECT?
11:05:31AM >> NO.
[ LAUGHTER ]
11:05:36AM >> MY NAME IS CALEA ROSS.
I'LL BE SHOWING YOU A PROJECT THAT -- THIS IS ROCK CORAL.
ROCK CORAL IS LIKE A BIG CORAL, BUT IT'S LIKE -- IT'S ALSO,
IT'S ANOTHER CORAL THAT'S CALLED BRAIN CORAL.
BRAIN CORAL HAS LINES AND LOOKS LIKE A BRAIN.
ROCK CORAL IS A LITTLE BIT SPIKEY AND LIKE ROCK SHAPED.
11:06:12AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THAT IS WONDERFUL.
I APPRECIATE IT.
[ APPLAUSE ]
I THINK WE CAN APPLAUD FOR THAT.
ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS START WITH YOUR NAME AND YOU CAN SHARE
YOURS AS WELL.
11:06:27AM >> HI.
AZIKA HARPER.
AS ONE OF THE STUDENTS OF THE FLOWERS, WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT
WATER AND HOW WATER CAN HELP US DO MANY THINGS AND HOW
DIFFERENT PIPES AT THE WATER FACILITIES, MEAN, TURQUOISE,
BLUE IS GOOD DRINKING WATER AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE MS. COBB
AND MR. DANIEL, WHO ISN'T HERE TODAY, AND MR. MOORE, FOR
HELPING US WITH THE FLOWERS PROGRAM.
11:06:58AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR SHARING.
[ APPLAUSE ]
11:07:05AM >> AND JUST TO CONCLUDE, FLOWERS WAS BIRTHED OUT OF
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.
OVER THE LAST SEVEN MONTHS, WE HAVE HAD OVER 1200
ENGAGEMENTS, WHETHER IT RANGES FROM MEDIA TO OUR IN-PERSON,
WE HAVE HAD OVER 11 COLLABORATIONS FROM SCHOOL, HIGHER
EDUCATION, AND I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THIS
STARTED AS JUST A CONVERSATION.
IT STARTED AS A CONVERSATION -- IT STARTED OVER A
CONVERSATION OF WATER.
WHY IS IT THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS TO FIGHT FOR CLEAN WATER?
SO MY RESPONSE IS, START WITH THE YOUTH.
WITH CAREER PATHS, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU CAN INSPIRE
SOMEONE.
REMEMBER, ALL OF THESE SEEDS, THEY CHANGE.
BUT ONE THING ABOUT IT, THE COMMUNITY STAYS THE SAME WHEN
PEOPLE LEAVE AND -- SO WHEN YOU MAKE THESE BUDGETS, I WANT
YOU TO NOT ONLY THINK ABOUT SALARIES, I DON'T WANT YOU TO
THINK ABOUT BUILDINGS, I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT BODIES AND
HOW IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO LEAVE LEGACIES AFTERWARDS.
THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.
I HOPE YOU ALL CONNECT WITH FLOWERS.
HAVE A GOOD DAY.
11:08:08AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CONNIE BURTON, FOLLOWED BY SURGRET DOSS.
11:08:22AM >> GOOD MORNING, CONNIE BURTON.
LISTENING TO THAT BUDGET, IT SOUNDED ALMOST LIKE BEING IN A
MORGUE.
WE'RE HEADED TO A DISASTER, TO A FUNERAL.
ONE THING THAT DREW ME TO IT, IS THERE'S NOT ENOUGH VOTER
ENGAGEMENT GOING ON.
SOME PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING BECAUSE THEY DON'T
SEE AFTER THEY ARE VOTING WHAT THE BENEFIT TO THEIR
COMMUNITY, TO THEIR PERSONAL LIVES.
ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS LOOK AT YOUR OWN PAST ELECTION AND SEE
HOW MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE.
SO IF YOU'RE NEEDING THE PEOPLE, THE COMMUNITY TO
PARTICIPATE, THEN WE NEED TO SAY ON THE BACK END -- NO, ON
THE FRONT END THIS TIME, THAT IF YOU GET OUT AND PARTICIPATE
TO VOTE, THEN MAYBE THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN
OR SHOULD HAPPEN FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.
IF NOT, THEN WE SHOULD BUCKLE UP AND GET READY.
I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT ITEM 37, 38.
IF WE HAVE TO START OFF OUR PRESENTATION TALKING ABOUT
FIREFIGHTERS AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS NEEDING OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, THEN WHAT HAPPENS TO REAL WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE?
PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING IN THE FACTORY.
THAT WOMAN THAT WORK AT BURGER KING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE
UPLIFT FOR HER AND HER FAMILY, BUT SHE CAN'T GET TO THE 80%
AMI BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T QUALIFY.
ALL OF THIS STUFF THAT YOU'RE BUILDING DOWNTOWN IS PRETTY,
BUT WHEN I COME THROUGH HERE JUST TO -- YOU KNOW WHAT THIS
CITY IS BEGINNING TO LOOK LIKE TO ME, A RESEGREGATION BASED
ON THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD TO LIVE HERE.
PEOPLE THAT CAN AFFORD TO LIVE DOWNTOWN IS NOT NORMAL
WORKING CLASS PEOPLE.
IT'S ALMOST BEING SANITIZED BY THOSE WHO CAN PUSH THEIR
STROLLERS, WALK THEIR DOGS, AND HAVE THE GREAT COMFORT OF
LIVING, WALKING, WORKING, HOWEVER THOSE LITTLE PHRASES GO.
YOU GOT TO GET CREATIVE.
HERE WITH THE NEW 21st CENTURY HOUSING ACT, GET IN FRONT
OF IT.
COME UP WITH SOME CREATIVE IDEAS.
HOW DIFFERENT HOUSING SOLUTIONS CAN BENEFIT INSIDE OF THESE
INFILL LOTS BEING GIVEN AWAY TO THE NONPROFITS.
YOU KNOW WHAT THE NONPROFITS ARE BEGINNING TO LOOK LIKE,
CENTURY 21.
YOU KNOW WHY?
THEN THEY COME BACK WITH A PRICE TAG AND WE'RE THINKING,
DAMN, THAT'S IN OUR COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE CAN'T TOUCH
IT BECAUSE WE CAN'T AFFORD IT.
THIS MIGHT BE SOME OF YOUR ALL LAST RODEO, WHATEVER YOUR
POLITICAL AMBITIONS ARE.
I HOPE IT DON'T BE BECAUSE YOU SAW BEAUTIFUL SHINY BUILDINGS
AND THAT'S WHAT MADE TAMPA GREAT INSTEAD OF HOW IT IMPROVED
THE QUALITY OF LIFE START FROM THE BOTTOM REACHING UP.
THANK YOU.
11:11:25AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SURGRET DOSS, AND THAT WILL BE OUR LAST PUBLIC IN-PERSON
COMMENT.
11:11:37AM >> GOOD MORNING.
I'M SURGRET DOSS.
THESE ARE MY NOTES TODAY.
I DON'T TYPICALLY HAVE TO DO THAT.
I HOPE THIS IS MY FINAL REQUEST FROM THE LISTENING AUDIENCE
TO TALK ABOUT CHILD SUPPORT.
I'M GOING TO BLEND MY STORY IN WITH IT.
I HAD A QUESTION AS TO WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF ELECTED
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS BEYOND WHAT THE CONSTITUTION RULES AND
LAWS ARTICULATE.
I ASK BECAUSE NOTHING IS DONE TO KIND OF HALT THE SYSTEMIC
ABUSES GUYS SUFFER BECAUSE OF THE CHILD SUPPORT SYSTEM AND
ESPECIALLY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IS ALSO WHAT YOU -- GO TO THE
LAST PAGE, SEE IN ORDER.
THIS IS AN ORDER VACATING, VOID, JUDGMENTS AND ALL
DERIVATIVE ORDER FROM A CHILD SUPPORT ORDER I FOUGHT FOR
YEARS, IMPROPER ORDER.
NOTHING BECAME TRUE ON JULY 23 THAT WASN'T TRUE FOR THE 27
YEARS THAT THIS THING WAS SADDLED ON MY BACK.
BUT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE'S NO GOVERNMENT
ACCOUNTABILITY.
FAR TOO MANY MEN WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LICENSES, THEIR JOBS,
ACCESS TO CHILDREN BECAUSE OF IMPROPER ORDER.
MOST OF THEM WILL NEVER SEE AN ORDER LIKE THIS BECAUSE THEY
MAY LACK THE OVERALL RESOURCES OR WHAT HAVE YOU THAT I MAY
HAVE HAD AT MY DISPOSAL.
THESE GUYS TALKED TO ME.
SOME OF THEM WOULD LOVE TO COME DOWN HERE.
THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE TIME.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS THAT EVERYBODY DEMAND AN AUDIT
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND CHILD SUPPORT SYSTEM
BECAUSE THESE INJUSTICES HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME.
I KNOW PEOPLE THINK IT'S ABOUT GUYS OBFUSCATING SOME
RESPONSIBILITY.
NOT ABOUT THAT.
WE WANT YOU TO FOLLOW THE RULES.
ANOTHER THING THAT A LOT OF THE GUYS DON'T HAVE AND THIS
MIGHT BE A LITTLE SURPRISING TO PEOPLE, THEY DON'T HAVE A
STORY OF A FRIDAY NIGHT DOWN IN SARASOTA.
WE WERE PLAYING RIVERVIEW WHEN THEY WERE REALLY GOOD AND
REALLY WORKING OUR ASSES THAT NIGHT.
AND I WAS GOING TO ACTUALLY QUIT.
I JOINED THE ARMY.
I WAS GOING TO QUIT PLAYING FOOTBALL THAT NIGHT.
AND WHEN I WAS SITTING ON THE SIDELINE TALKING TO A COUPLE
OF MY BUDDIES SAYING I'M NOT GOING TO DO THIS, I'M GOING TO
GO INTO THE ARMY.
THE WINNINGEST BLACK FOOTBALL COACH IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
HISTORY, DARRYL LEE NELSON WAS MY HEAD COACH.
I WAS STANDING NEXT TO HIM AND COACH HUB REACHED AROUND HIM
AND SAID, DOSS, GET IN THE GAME.
SOMETHING I HADN'T BEEN DOING AND I DO IT NOW, STAY IN THE
GAME.
HE PUT ME IN THE GAME AND I MADE PLAYS.
I WON PLAYER OF THE WEEK THAT NIGHT.
I STAYED IN THE GAME FOR 27 YEARS, AND I KNOW MOST GUYS JUST
CAN'T DO IT.
BUT IF I HAD AN ORDER THAT WAS VOID, NOT SIMPLY JUST SET
ASIDE, A VOID ORDER FOR 27 YEARS, HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE
SUFFERED INJUSTICES AT THE HAND OF THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OVER THERE REFUSE TO DO WHAT THEY ARE
SUPPOSED TO DO AS THE LAW IS WRITTEN.
THEY DON'T HAVE WHAT I HAVE.
NOW AND FOREVER, A DIPLOMA FROM THE GREATEST INSTITUTION OF
HIGHER LEARNING IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, THE UNIVERSITY OF
THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL.
11:14:43AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO OUR ONLINE FOLKS.
AND THEN I HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY ARE FILLING
OUT SOME CARDS.
MICHAEL RANDOLPH.
ARE YOU STILL THERE?
11:15:01AM >> TODAY'S CONVERSATION.
11:15:03AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
GREAT.
START WITH YOUR NAME, PLEASE.
11:15:05AM >> THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS MICHAEL RANDOLPH.
I'M WITH THE WEST TAMPA CDC.
TODAY'S TOPIC IS WHAT DOES SENATE BILL 1134 MEAN FOR BLACK
BUSINESSES AND NONPROFITS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
SENATE BILL 1134 DRAMATICALLY RESTRUCTURES HOW TAMPA CERTIFY
AND CONTACT WITH MINORITY HOME BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS.
APPEARS TO MODERNIZE PROCUREMENT AND PRACTICE SYSTEM BLACK
OWNED FIRMS AND NONPROFITS HAVE RELIED ON FOR DECADES.
THIS IS NOT A TECHNICAL UPDATE.
IT'S A STRUCTURAL SHIFT.
THE BILL ELIMINATES RACE CONSCIOUS CONTRACT -- FORMAL MBE
FIRMS INTO MUTUAL SBE SYSTEM WHERE WELL-RESOURCED COMPANIES
CAN NOW COMPETE FROM THE SAME SET-ASIDES, THE PROTECTION
DESIGNED TO ADDRESS HISTORICAL BLACK INEQUALITIES ARE FASTLY
ERASING.
SENATE BILL 1134 ALSO ADD NEW IMPORTANT REQUIREMENTS AND
COMPLIANCE AUDITS THAT THIS DISPROPORTIONATELY BURDENS
SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS.
MANY BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES AND CDCs ARE LOSING CONTRACTS
NOT BECAUSE OF PERFORMANCE BUT BECAUSE OF THE PAPER WORK.
WHEN COMBINED WITH LIVE ACT WHICH REDIRECTS AFFORDABLE
HOUSING FUNDS TOWARD MARKET RATE DEVELOPERS, STATEWIDE
ZONING, THE IMPACT IS AWESOME.
BLACK CDCs AND NONPROFITS THAT ONCE RELIED ON BOTH
CONTRACTORS AND ACCESS TO COMMUNITY GRANTS FACE THE LOSS OF
TWO ESSENTIAL FUNDING AT THE SAME TIME.
THE RESULT IS A STRICKEN ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE FOR THE VERY
ORGANIZATION THAT ANCHOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY MOST VULNERABLE
COMMUNITY.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE ROME YARD PROJECT IS PROCEEDING
ACCORDINGLY FOR THOSE LOOKING ON THE OUTSIDE IN, WE'RE
MOVING FORWARD WITH ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PROJECTS FOR
THE WEST TAMPA COMMUNITY.
NOW, IF YOU WANT TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE RELATED TO SENATE
BILL 1134, VOTE, VOTE, VOTE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I APPRECIATE YOU.
11:17:35AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE HAVE ERNEST DUBOSE FOLLOWED BY ERNEST CONEY.
PLEASE START WITH YOUR NAME, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
11:17:45AM >> THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS ERNEST DUBOSE, ERNIE, ALSO KNOWN AS ERNIE DUBOSE.
I AM THE HUMBLE SERVANT AND CEO OF BOTH DUCON AND DUCON
PLUMBING, TAMPA, YBOR CITY BASED -- CORPORATE BASED
BUSINESSES.
MR. STUART KIND OF MESSED UP MY OPENING.
IT WAS VERY HUMBLING.
ACTUALLY BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES IN THE BACK TO HEAR A
PERSON, GROWN MAN, SOMEONE I RESPECT SAY THAT I'M THE REASON
FOR THEIR BUSINESS BEING NOT ONLY IN BUSINESS BUT THRIVING.
THAT IS VERY HUMBLING.
IF YOU HAVEN'T STARTED SOMETHING AND GROWN IT FROM SCRATCH
AND HELPED SO MANY PEOPLE, IT'S HUMBLING TO HEAR THAT.
NOT THE FIRST TIME I HEARD IT, BUT DIDN'T ASK HIM TO SPEAK
TODAY, BUT HE CHOSE TO SPOKE AND SAY THOSE WORDS IN FAVOR OF
OUR PROJECT.
FIRST OFF, I COME HERE, CITY OF TAMPA RESIDENTS, THEY
DESERVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND
DEVELOPMENT ON THE ARMY NAVY STREET.
800 AFFORDABLE UNITS.
I WON'T GO INTO THE DETAILS OF THE RFP OF OUR SUBMISSION IN
REWARDING PROPOSAL.
YOU ALL HAVE THAT.
BUT I WILL CALL OUT THE HIGHLIGHT OF 800 AFFORDABLE UNITS.
WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT?
WE NEED TO KEEP OUR TALENT HERE IN TAMPA, IN HILLSBOROUGH
COUNTY.
I'M CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
ON SEVERAL INITIATIVES TO TRY TO KEEP HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
HERE AND COLLEGE GRADUATES HERE.
ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO DO IT IS PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IT ALSO ASSISTS IN TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGES, TO ALLOW
PEOPLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE CITY CORRIDOR, OBVIOUSLY,
ALLEVIATES A LOT OF THE TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGES THAT WE
HAVE.
THE SECOND REASON I'M HERE IS TO SPEAK FOR SMALL AND LOCAL
BUSINESSES.
WE HAVE IN OUR COMMITMENT MORE THAN 16 SLBE.
PER THE CITY OF TAMPA EBO, SLBE.
SHIFTED.
WE WENT TO THE CURRENT PLAN.
WE GOT RID OF ALL THE OTHER STUFF THAT WE USED TO DO, AND WE
MET THE CHALLENGE OF SL SMALL AND LOCAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISES
IN OUR PROPOSAL TO THE TUNE OF MORE THAN 16.
I SAY MORE THAN 16 BECAUSE 16 IS THE ONLY ONES WE'VE
COMMITTED.
SINCE WE WON THE PROJECT HAVE SIGNED UP EVEN MORE SLBEs TO
BE ON THIS PROJECT.
SPEAKING OF THE DOLLARS, THAT'S OVER $90 MILLION COMMITTED
IN WRITING TO THE CITY OF TAMPA BY LOIs THAT WE WILL
COMPLETE.
WE WILL EXECUTE.
IT'S NOT A BAIT AND SWITCH OR ANY OF THAT STUFF.
SO THAT'S A COMMITMENT TO SMALL BUSINESSES.
WE CAN STIMULATE OUR OWN ECONOMY HERE BASED ON THIS PROJECT
IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
IS THAT TIME?
11:20:20AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YOU'VE GOT 30 SECONDS.
11:20:23AM >> LET ME TRY TO BE SWIFT.
I DON'T DO THIS OFTEN.
WE GIVE BACK.
NOT JUST FOR US TO GROW BUT THOSE BUSINESSES GIVE BACK.
THIS PROJECT AFFECTS THE FAMILIES OF THOSE BUSINESSES ALSO.
THIRD AND LASTLY, I'M HERE SELFISHLY.
AS SELECTED AS THE PRIME GENERAL CONTRACTOR FOR PMG ON THIS
PROJECT, IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT I CANNOT -- I DON'T KNOW
ANYBODY IN THE COUNTRY THAT CAN REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT
MEANS.
NOT ONLY THAT, WE'RE ALSO A DEVELOPMENT EQUITY PARTNER ON
THIS DEAL.
THAT IS UNHEARD OF ON HALF A BILLION DOLLAR DEAL FOR A SMALL
LOCAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE BASED RIGHT HERE IN TAMPA TO BE AN
EQUITY PARTNER.
11:21:06AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OUR LAST SPEAKER, ERNEST CONEY JUNIOR.
11:21:10AM >> GOOD MORNING.
ERNEST CONEY JUNIOR WITH THE CDC OF TAMPA.
I WANT TO SPEAK ON THE ARMY NAVY PROJECT.
ONE AS A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF TAMPA.
GOING TO THE SITE AND BUYING STUFF AND ALL THIS STUFF, BUT
REALLY TO KNOW WHAT IT CAN MEAN FOR THE COMMUNITY NOW.
WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE NEED, THERE WAS A RECENT ARTICLE
WHICH TALKED ABOUT TAMPA HAVING THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF
HIGH-PRICED HOMES OUTPACING MIAMI, WHICH MEANS THAT THERE IS
A PRECEDENT HAPPENING.
AND PROJECTS LIKE THIS ARE GREATLY NEEDED THAT BRING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I ALSO SIT ON THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
WE UNDERSTAND THE NEED.
I ALSO SAT ON THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE THAT HELPED
SHAPE TRANSFORMING TAMPA'S TOMORROW, THAT CAME OUT WITH THE
10,000 UNIT GOAL.
THIS PROJECT WOULD HELP THE CITY OF TAMPA TO ACHIEVE ITS
GOALS.
THE SECOND PART IS AROUND THE PARTNERSHIPS.
YOU HAVE THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
YOU HAVE PMG, YOU HAVE DUCON.
EACH ONE OF THE GROUPS IS STRONG ON THEIR OWN.
COMING TOGETHER COLLECTIVELY IS EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE.
THE LAST THING I'LL TALK ABOUT ARE THE BENEFITS.
I KNOW PERSONALLY WHEN PMG WAS SELECTED TO DO ROBLES, THEY
WENT OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.
THEY TALKED TO PARTNERS.
THEY HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS.
AND WE ALL KNOW THAT THAT ALSO HAD A LOT OF CHALLENGES WITH
THE GRAVEYARD BEING THERE.
THEY STUCK WITH THE PROJECT.
THEY DIDN'T RUN.
THEY MADE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC WAS REALLY REPRESENTED.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ERNIE DUBOSE BEING A GC, I'VE ALSO SAT
ON THE CITY'S SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
ONE OF OUR GREATEST ISSUES, WE HAD NO LOCAL PRIMES.
BORN HERE, RAISED HERE.
I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE BECAUSE YOU
UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING.
HE IS A SMALL BUSINESS THAT WAS BORN HERE AND RAISED HERE.
THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED.
AND WE ALSO WORK WITH THEM ON THE WORKFORCE SIDE, BOTH THE
HOUSING ARE THE THOUGH, PMG, AND DUCON.
SO THEY DO THE RIGHT THING.
THE WORKFORCE SIDE OF IT, HE MENTIONED THE SMALL BUSINESS.
REASON I TALK ABOUT THE WORKFORCE SIDE, NOT EVERYONE HAS A
SMALL BUSINESS.
OFTENTIMES WE HAVE RESIDENTS WHO NEED JOBS.
THIS WILL PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS TO GET JOBS.
WE HAD THE YOUNG FOLKS COME UP AND TALK ABOUT S.T.E.M.
THIS OPPORTUNITY WILL PROVIDE SUMMER INTERNSHIPS.
WE PARTNERED WITH USF.
WE HAVE A VOCATIONAL SCHOOL.
COLLECTIVELY, THIS GROUP IS THE RIGHT GROUP.
THE TIME IS NOW.
THE NEED IS NOW.
AND THE CITY OF TAMPA, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THIS
PROJECT COMPLETED AND ALL OF US CELEBRATING AT THE END.
THANK YOU.
11:23:34AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR TODAY.
NOW WE HAVE -- I'M SORRY, YES.
11:23:44AM >>BILL CARLSON:
JUST BASED ON PUBLIC COMMENT, I RECOMMEND WE
PULSE ITEM 11, 37, 38 JUST SO STAFF CAN EXPLAIN.
11:23:51AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
FOR SEPARATE VOTES?
11:23:53AM >>BILL CARLSON:
AND MAYBE -- THE CONCERNS RAISED, MAYBE GIVE
STAFF A CHANCE TO EXPLAIN.
11:24:00AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I HAVE ITEM 11 PULLED FOR DISCUSSION AND WHAT
OTHER ITEM?
11:24:04AM >>BILL CARLSON:
37 AND 38.
11:24:05AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
37 AND 38 ARE PART OF OUR INFILL LOT.
11:24:14AM >>BILL CARLSON:
THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT HOW THE COMPANY
WAS CHOSEN.
GIVE THE STAFF A CHANCE TO RESPOND TO IT.
11:24:20AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SURE.
NOT A PROBLEM.
MOTION TO ADD 11, 37, 38 TO ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT
AGENDA.
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
11:24:36AM >>BILL CARLSON:
I THINK THERE ARE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE IN THE
AUDIENCE INTERESTED IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
GOOGLE TAMPA CRA HOUSING, WE ALSO SIT AS CRA.
THERE'S MILLIONS OF DOLLARS STUCK IN VARIOUS CRA BUCKETS
WHERE THE CRA STAFF AND CITY STAFF HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FIND
DEVELOPERS TO INVEST IN.
IF YOU ALL ARE REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT HOUSING, PLEASE LOOK
AT OUR CRA WEBSITE AND TRY TO HELP US FIND PROJECTS AND GIVE
THEM TO THE CRA STAFF SO WE CAN MOVE THOSE MONIES FORWARD
AND INVEST IN THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU.
11:25:11AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY.
SO WE HAVE OUR CITY CLERK HERE TO -- MS. SHIRLEY
FOXX-KNOWLES TO TALK ABOUT OUR BOARD AND ADMINISTRATIVE
APPOINTMENTS THIS MORNING.
11:25:24AM >>LUIS VIERA:
IF I MAY, AFTER THIS --
11:25:26AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
11:25:27AM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU.
11:25:28AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES:
GOOD MORNING.
HONORABLE CHAIR PRO TEM, LYNN HURTAK, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS,
I'M BEFORE YOU -- SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES, CITY CLERK.
I AM BEFORE YOU TO PRESENT MONIKA ALESNIK, A CANDIDATE FOR
THE PUBLIC POLICY MEMBER POSITION ON THE ARC.
11:26:00AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IF YOU COULD START WITH YOUR NAME, YOU'LL HAVE THREE
MINUTES.
11:26:04AM >> YES, MA'AM.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS DR. MONIKA ALESNIK.
I AM A VERY PROUD RESIDENT OF SEMINOLE HEIGHTS.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE
ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION, SPECIFICALLY THE PUBLIC
POLICY SEAT.
TAMPA IS MY FIRST HOME.
ALTHOUGH MY EARLY CAREER AND MY EARLY LIFE HAVE TAKEN ME
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THE CITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN WHERE MY HEART
IS.
A FEW YEARS AGO I MADE THE DECISION TO RETURN TO THIS PLACE
TO CARE FOR MY PARENTS IN THEIR FINAL YEARS.
AND THAT EXPERIENCE ONLY STRENGTHENED MY COMMITMENT TO
SERVING THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS GIVEN ME SO MUCH.
I HAVE DEDICATED MY CAREER TO PUBLIC SERVICE, HIGHER
EDUCATION, NONPROFIT LEADERSHIP, AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
TODAY, I SERVE AS THE COORDINATOR OF LEADERSHIP AND
COMPETENCY DEVELOPMENT AND ADJUNCT FACULTY AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF TAMPA WHERE I HELP PREPARE STUDENTS TO BECOME ENGAGED
CITIZENS, FUTURE LEADERS, AND HOPEFULLY TAKE ON SEATS THAT
YOU ALL ARE SITTING IN RIGHT NOW.
PREVIOUSLY, I HAVE LED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, WORKED IN
HIGHER EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION, AND PARTNERED WITH LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO
STRENGTHEN NEIGHBORHOODS, EXPAND OPPORTUNITY, AND CREATE
MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY IMPACT.
AS A FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE GRADUATE WHO EARNED BOTH MY
BACHELORS AND DOCTORAL DEGREES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH
FLORIDA, I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT
SERVICE.
AND THROUGHOUT MY CAREER, I HAVE BROUGHT A MYRIAD OF PEOPLE
TOGETHER, BUILT CONSENSUS AND MADE THOUGHTFUL,
EVIDENCE-BASED DECISIONS THAT BALANCE TODAY'S NEEDS WITH
TOMORROW'S OPPORTUNITIES.
WHAT HAS DRAWN ME TO THIS OPPORTUNITY AND DRAWN ME TO PUBLIC
SERVICE THROUGHOUT MY CAREER IS MY DEEP LOVE FOR THE CITY OF
TAMPA.
I WANT TO HELP ENSURE THAT OUR CITY CONTINUES TO GROW BUT
ALSO GROW THOUGHTFULLY, THAT WE PRESERVE THE UNIQUE
CHARACTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WHILE EMBRACING OPPORTUNITIES
THAT STRENGTHEN OUR FUTURE.
TAMPA'S RICH HISTORY, DIVERSE CULTURES, AND DISTINCTIVE
ARCHITECTURE ARE PART OF WHAT MAKES THIS CITY SO SPECIAL,
AND I BELIEVE THOSE DECISIONS AND QUALITIES SHOULD CONTINUE
TO GUIDE THE DECISIONS WE MAKE TODAY.
I AM PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN SERVING IN THE PUBLIC POLICY
SEAT BECAUSE I ENJOY EVALUATING ISSUES FROM MULTIPLE
PERSPECTIVES, ASKING THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS, AND HELPING
DEVELOP BROADER SOLUTIONS THAT SERVE THE BROADER COMMUNITY.
MY DOCTORAL DISSERTATION FOCUSED ON PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS.
AND MY EXPERIENCE IN STRATEGIC PLANNING, GOVERNANCE,
RESEARCH, AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT HAS PREPARED ME TO MAKE
AND TO CONTRIBUTE IN A COLLABORATIVE, FAIR, AND
FORWARD-THINKING WAY.
I BELIEVE THE DECISIONS WE MAKE TODAY WILL SHAPE THE TAMPA
THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL INHERIT.
I WANT TO HELP ENSURE OUR CITY CONTINUES TO GROW, CONTINUES
TO THRIVE, AND CONTINUES TO REPRESENT ALL THAT IS GOOD AND
BEAUTIFUL ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
OUR PEOPLE, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR CULTURE, AND THE
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER THAT MAKES TAMPA SO SPECIAL.
SO IN CLOSING, I WANT TO SINCERELY THANK EACH OF YOU FOR
YOUR SERVICE TO OUR CITY, FOR THE TIME AND CARE YOU TAKE
INTO THESE APPOINTMENTS.
IT WOULD BE AN HONOR AND TRUE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE THE
RESIDENTS OF TAMPA ON THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
AND I HOPE I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO A FUTURE
THAT HONORS TAMPA'S PAST WHILE THOUGHTFULLY SHAPING WHAT
COMES NEXT.
11:29:23AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:29:24AM >> THANK YOU.
11:29:24AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES, I HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
11:29:26AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOVE TO APPOINT THE APPLICANT, MR.
SHELBY TO COME BACK WITH THE RESOLUTION.
11:29:31AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I HAVE A MOTION FROM -- WELL, LET'S DO ONE AT
A TIME.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO TO APPROVE --
11:29:44AM >> MONIKA.
MONIKA ALESNIK.
11:29:47AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MONIKA ALESNIK.
A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
SO WE HAVE A RESOLUTION.
I HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION FOR MONIKA FROM
COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN
VIERA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
AYE.
CONGRATULATIONS.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU AND YOUR PASSION AND YOUR
EXPERIENCE SERVING ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT BOARD FROM ONE
SEMINOLE HEIGHTS RESIDENT TO ANOTHER, CONGRATULATIONS.
11:30:17AM >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:30:19AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THEN WE HAVE YET ONE MORE RESOLUTION TO
APPROVE FOR MR. JERRY HOSEY FOR THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
11:30:27AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
YES, THIS RATIFIES WHAT HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN
DONE.
11:30:30AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE VOTED ON THIS TWO WEEKS AGO.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION FOR
ITEM NUMBER 6.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
DO WE HAVE A REQUEST BY ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC FOR
RECONSIDERATION OF A LEGISLATIVE MATTER?
OKAY.
IT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE WE DO.
WE ARE MOVING ON TO, YES --
11:31:03AM >>LUIS VIERA:
MAY I PROCEED WITH THE ITEM?
DO WE HAVE THE GENTLEMAN HERE WITH THE CONTRACTOR READY TO
SPEAK?
IT APPEARS SO.
11:31:16AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
WONDERFUL.
THIS IS ITEM NUMBER 55 I BELIEVE.
11:31:22AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES, MA'AM.
SIR, ARE YOU APPEARING VIRTUALLY OR JUST -- GOOD TO SEE YOU,
SIR.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
11:31:31AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
THANK YOU.
11:31:34AM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU, SIR.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, SIR.
SO WE HAVE THIS SET JUST FOR AN UPDATE FOR COUNCIL AND THE
PUBLIC ON THE STATUS OF THE CUT-THRU INTO K-BAR RANCH.
YOU AND YOUR COMPANY HAVE BEEN SO ACCESSIBLE AND GREAT TO
WORK WITH ON THIS.
JUST BRIEFLY -- AND HOW LONG DO YOU THINK YOU'LL NEED IF I
MAY ASK?
TWO MINUTES I ASSUME.
11:31:57AM >> NO MORE THAN THAT.
11:31:59AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE'LL SET --
11:32:03AM >> I'M HERE TO PROVIDE A QUICK UPDATE ON THE K-BAR RANCH --
11:32:07AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
PLEASE START WITH YOUR NAME.
11:32:09AM >> THANK YOU.
I APOLOGIZE.
MY NAME IS BOYAN PARGOV WITH HEIDT DESIGN.
I'M THE ENGINEER OF RECORD FOR THE SUBJECT PROJECT.
QUICK UPDATE ON THE CONSTRUCTION AND CONNECTION OF THE K-BAR
RANCH EXTENSION BETWEEN THE CURRENT DEAD END AND MORRIS
BRIDGE ROAD.
THIS IS A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A LONG TIME.
THE COUNTY OWNED THE -- THE CITY HAS OWNED THE RIGHT-OF-WAY
FOR A LONG TIME.
AND THIS PROJECT IS FINALLY APPROVED FOR CONSTRUCTION AND
BEGAN EARLIER THIS YEAR.
AS I MENTIONED, IT'S BEEN A CRITICAL PROJECT FOR ACCESS, FOR
RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO IT HAS BEEN A BIG PUSH TO CONSTRUCT.
WE ARE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF ACCEPTANCE AND CERTIFICATION
THROUGH THE CITY AT THIS TIME WITH THE CAD DEPARTMENT.
AND ARE LOOKING TO HAVE THE PROJECT COMPLETED AND OPENED
HERE I BELIEVE SEPTEMBER IS THE TIME FRAME, AUGUST-SEPTEMBER
WAS THE TIME FRAME FOR OPENING.
THAT'S IT.
JUST, AS I SAID, I KNOW IT'S A CRITICAL PROJECT FOR THE CITY
AS WELL AS FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS.
AND I WANTED TO PROVIDE A BRIEF UPDATE FOR EVERYBODY'S
KNOWLEDGE.
11:33:35AM >>LUIS VIERA:
SO QUESTION FOR YOU, BECAUSE WE'RE HEARING NOW
AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER.
HAS THERE BEEN ANY DELAY SINCE WE LAST SPOKE?
IF SO, WHAT IS THE REASONING OR THE CAUSE?
11:33:44AM >> YEAH, SO WHEN WE INITIALLY SPOKE, THE ACCEPTANCE TIME
FRAME WAS AUGUST, END OF AUGUST.
THERE'S NOT BEEN ANY SIGNIFICANT DELAYS.
THERE HAS BEEN INCREMENTAL ISSUES WITH MATERIAL DELIVERY,
MOST NOTABLY, PUMP STATION PANEL THAT WAS COMING FROM ISRAEL
AND IT WAS CAUGHT ON A SHIP THAT WAS DELAYED SEVERAL MONTHS.
THE CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY AS I MENTIONED
TO PERFORM INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATIONS.
NOTHING SPECIFIC THAT I COULD POINT MY FINGER TO.
AT THIS POINT, WE ARE IN TESTING AND INSPECTIONS.
11:34:30AM >>LUIS VIERA:
WHAT IS THE LATEST YOU THINK THIS WILL BE OPEN
THAT YOU CAN COMMIT TO HERE TODAY IN TERMS OF A DATE?
11:34:37AM >> THE LATEST CONTRACT SCHEDULE -- THE LATEST THAT WE'LL
COMMIT TO A DATE -- WHEN WE HAVE SPOKEN PREVIOUSLY,
OBVIOUSLY, I AM THE CONTRACTOR WITH THE LANDOWNER AND THE
SCHEDULE AND EVERYTHING IS CONTROLLED BY THOSE TWO PARTIES.
I AM THE ENGINEER OF RECORD WHO CERTIFIES THE CONSTRUCTION.
I DON'T NECESSARILY CONTROL THE CONTRACTOR'S SCHEDULE.
BUT I'M CONFIDENT THAT THE AUGUST-SEPTEMBER TIME FRAME I
MENTION NOW IS THE CORRECT TIME FRAME FOR THIS PROJECT BEING
ACCEPTED.
11:35:17AM >>LUIS VIERA:
IS IT REASONABLE, DO YOU SAY, THAT BY
SEPTEMBER, LET'S JUST SAY, SEPTEMBER 15 OF THIS YEAR, THAT
WITH ALL INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE IT'S REASONABLE TO SAY
THIS SHOULD BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND TO FIRST RESPONDERS BY
SEPTEMBER 15 WITH THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE HERE TODAY?
11:35:33AM >> YES.
11:35:34AM >>LUIS VIERA:
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YA.
I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS AT MOTION TIME, THAT WHEN --
OH, YES, MA'AM -- IS THERE ANY WAY THAT THIS COULD JUST BE
OPEN STARTING NOW FOR FIRST RESPONDERS?
THEY DON'T NEED A YELLOW BRICK ROAD THERE OR ANYTHING.
11:35:51AM >> THERE'S ONE SHORT ANSWER, NO.
LONG ANSWER, THERE IS ONE AREA WHERE THE ROADWAY CONNECTION
COULD NOT OCCUR THROUGH BECAUSE THERE IS A WATER MAIN
CONNECTION THAT IS BYPASSING THROUGH THE ROAD.
SO THE ROADWAY WILL BE BLOCKED FOR THAT SEVEN DAY PERIOD OR
SO THAT THE BYPASS IS NEEDED TO CONSTRUCT THE PIECE IN THE
MIDDLE.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY VERSUS MAYBE -- I THINK THERE IS
A POSSIBILITY TO LOOK AT OPENING THAT FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES
PRIOR TO BEING ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
11:36:37AM >>LUIS VIERA:
THAT'S ALL I CARE ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
IF I MAY, MADAM CHAIR, COME MOTION TIME, I AM GOING TO BE
MOTIONING ON THAT BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY
IMPORTANT.
THANK YOU.
MAY I SPEAK MORE ON THIS?
11:36:53AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SURE, YEAH.
11:36:54AM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU, MA'AM.
SIR, ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
OKAY.
WELL, THANK YOU, SIR.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND EFFORTS.
SO, AGAIN, WE ARE GOING TO BE FOLLOWING UP ON THAT BECAUSE
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL REDUCE
RESPONSE TIMES SIGNIFICANTLY TO K-BAR RANCH IN AN AREA OF
NEW TAMPA WHERE FOUR OUT OF FIVE STATIONS WITH THE LONGEST
RESPONSE TIMES ARE AT.
THIS IS BIG FRICKIN' DEAL FOR NEW TAMPA.
11:37:23AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:37:24AM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
11:37:25AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
I'M SO VERY SORRY.
COUNCIL MEMBER --
11:37:32AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
[INAUDIBLE] WHAT HAPPENS IF NOT DONE BY
SEPTEMBER 15?
THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO ASK HIM.
11:37:42AM >>LUIS VIERA:
IF IT'S NOT, FOR ME, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, AND I
APPRECIATE YOUR INTEREST IN THIS TOPIC, THE OPERATIVE ISSUE
IS THAT IT IS OPEN FOR FIRST RESPONDERS.
SO IF THIS GENTLEMAN WE BELIEVE AND I'M PREPARED TO ACCEPT
HIS WORD ON THIS, IF WE CAN OPEN IT BEFOREHAND JUST FOR
FIRST RESPONDERS, THAT'S THE WIN.
SO WE WILL BE INQUIRING ON THAT BECAUSE THIS IS OF CRITICAL
IMPORTANCE.
THANK YOU, SIR.
11:38:05AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:38:05AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE ARE MOVING TO COMMITTEE REPORTS.
COUNCILMAN VIERA, PLEASE MOVE ITEMS 7-8.
11:38:11AM >>LUIS VIERA:
I HEREBY MOVE ITEMS 7-8.
11:38:15AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MOTION FROM VIERA, SECOND FROM MANISCALCO.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED.
COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG, I'LL ASK YOU TO MOVE 9 AND 10 AND THEN
12 THROUGH 15.
11:38:26AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I MOVE ITEMS 9 THROUGH 10 AND THEN 12 THROUGH
15.
11:38:30AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG, SECOND FROM
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:38:41AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I MOVE ITEMS 16 THROUGH 22.
11:38:43AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MOTION FOR ITEMS 16 THROUGH 22 BY COUNCILMAN
MANISCALCO.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON IS ABSENT FOR THAT VOTE.
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:38:57AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I MOVE ITEM 23.
11:38:59AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO TO APPROVE ITEM 23.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
COUNCILMAN CARLSON ABSENT AT THAT VOTE.
COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG, CAN YOU PLEASE MOVE ITEMS 23 THROUGH --
11:39:21AM >> 24.
11:39:22AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I'M SORRY.
24 THROUGH 34 AND THEN 36 AND 41.
11:39:30AM >> I MOVE ITEMS 24 THROUGH 34 AND ITEMS 36, 39, AND 41.
11:39:45AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG AND A
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
AGAIN, COUNCILMAN CARLSON ABSENT AT VOTE.
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:39:57AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I WILL MOVE ITEMS 42 THROUGH 48.
WE DIDN'T PULL ANYTHING FROM THIS, RIGHT?
I MOVE THEM ALL.
11:40:03AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO
MOVING ITEMS 42 THROUGH 48 WITH A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN
MIRANDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED.
ALL APPROVED WITH COUNCILMAN CARLSON ABSENT AT VOTE.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO MOVE ITEM 54?
THAT WAS ON OUR STAFF DOCKET.
WE DID NOT NEED STAFF FOR.
MOTION TO MOVE ITEM 54 FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
AYE.
PASSED WITH CARLSON ABSENT AT VOTE.
CAN WE PLEASE SET ITEMS 49 THROUGH 41 --
11:40:46AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ITEM 49 SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING AUGUST 6,
10:30 A.M.
AND AUGUST 27 -- JUST MOVE IT.
I MOVE ITEM 49.
11:40:55AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU FOR MOVING ITEM 49.
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
AYE.
AND WE ALSO HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL TO BE READ FOR --
11:41:13AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
FOR ITEM 50, A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE
HELD REGARDING A PROPOSED BROWNFIELD AREA DESIGNATION FOR
THE REHABILITATION AND REDEVELOPMENT OF THREE PARCELS
APPROXIMATELY 30.5 ACRES IN SIZE, LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF
3601 NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE, 3814 NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE, AND
501 EAST LAKE AVENUE, TAMPA FLORIDA 33603.
THIS PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD AT THE TAMPA HEIGHTS JUNIOR
CIVIC ASSOCIATION LOCATED AT 2005 NORTH LAMAR AVENUE, TAMPA,
FLORIDA 33602 ON AUGUST 18, 2026, AT 5:30 P.M. UNTIL NOT
LATER THAN 6:30 P.M.
11:41:50AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
11:41:58AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
READ ITEM 51.
A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD REGARDING A PROPOSED
BROWNFIELD AREA DESIGNATION FOR THE REHABILITATION AND
REDEVELOPMENT OF ONE PARCEL, APPROXIMATELY 62 ACRES IN SIZE,
LOCATED NORTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH 46th STREET
AND EAST FLETCHER AVENUE, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33613.
THIS PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD IN CLASSROOM 138/139 OF THE
PATEL CENTER FOR GLOBAL SOLUTIONS, LOCATED AT 42202 EAST
FOWLER AVENUE, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33620 ON AUGUST 12, 2026, AT
6 P.M. UNTIL NOT LATER THAN 7 P.M.
11:42:32AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THERE IS NO MOTION NEEDED.
11:42:37AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION TO RESCIND THE ONE FOR 50 BECAUSE
WE DIDN'T NEED A MOTION.
11:42:41AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I HAVE A MOTION TO RESCIND THE MOTION FOR
ITEM 50 FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
AYE.
BOTH THE PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN READ.
WE ARE MOVING ON TO PETITIONS TO VACATE AND PUBLIC HEARINGS
ON LEGISLATIVE MATTERS.
SO WE HAVE A VACATING REQUEST THIS MORNING.
11:43:04AM >>ROSS SAMONS:
ROSS SAMONS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
PRESENTING FILE VAC-26-08.
11:43:13AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION TO OPEN 10:30 A.M. PUBLIC
HEARINGS -- MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER YOUNG.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE? ANY OPPOSED?
GO AHEAD, SIR.
11:43:21AM >>ROSS SAMONS:
ROSS SAMONS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION,
PRESENTING VAC-26-08.
THE APPLICANT IS THE SCHOOL BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
REPRESENTATIVE'S NAME IS NIKKI DAY.
PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 5020 NORTH 47TH STREET.
THIS IS A PROPOSED VACATING REQUEST TO VACATE A PORTION OF
43rd STREET LYING NORTH OF ELLICOTT STREET, SOUTH OF
SHADOWLAWN AVENUE, EAST OF 40th STREET, AND WEST OF 44th
STREET.
THE APPLICATION WAS FILED FEBRUARY 3rd, 2026.
THE RIGHT-OF-WAY IS PARTIALLY IMPROVED.
THIS RIGHT-OF-WAY IS CREATED BY SUBDIVISION PLAT THROUGH
EXISTING RIGHT-OF-WAY APPROXIMATELY 16,850 SQUARE FEET.
REASON FOR THE REQUEST IS STREAMLINE PUBLIC SCHOOL
OPERATIONS, REDUCE EXISTING DEAD END, AND IMPROVE TURNAROUND
WITH POTENTIAL COOPERATION FROM THE CITY AND CURTAIL DUMPING
ACTIVITY ON SCHOOL PROPERTY.
THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPOSED VACATING REQUEST IN
YELLOW.
THE APPLICANT'S PROPERTIES IN RED.
SUBDIVISION PLAT IN WHICH THE STREET WAS CREATED.
THIS IS A VIEW -- SORRY FOR THE QUALITY OF THAT -- BUT THIS
IS A VIEW LOOKING SOUTH FROM 43rd STREET.
THIS IS AN IMAGE LOOKING NORTH ON 43rd STREET.
STAFF HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO THE VACATING REQUEST.
EASEMENT RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED BY SPECTRUM AND TECO.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS, NATURAL RESOURCES MUST COMPLY WITH
CHAPTER 27 REGARDS TO TREE PRESERVATION AND SITE DESIGN FOR
ANY IMPROVEMENTS PLACED ADJACENT TO TREES IN A VACATED AREA.
ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING
THERE WILL BE A SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE FOR -- TO ADD A
CONDITION IN FOR A TURNAROUND THAT THE CITY AND THE COUNTY
-- THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD HAS AGREED TO ADD
THAT CONDITION.
11:45:23AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ANY QUESTIONS?
PETITIONER?
11:45:29AM >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER TO ADD.
11:45:32AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE DON'T NEED TO SEE YOU.
NEVER MIND.
START WITH YOUR NAME, PLEASE.
11:45:40AM >> YES.
NIKKI DAY WITH THE LAW FIRM GRAY ROBINSON.
I REPRESENT THE PETITIONER, THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL
DISTRICT IN THIS MATTER.
AND I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO STAFF PRESENTATION.
JUST WANTED TO THANK STAFF FOR WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE
DISTRICT AS FELLOW GOVERNMENTS ON THIS PETITION FOR
VACATION.
THANK YOU.
11:45:58AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON
THIS ITEM?
11:46:07AM >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
11:46:08AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN
MANISCALCO.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THAT?
11:46:23AM >>BILL CARLSON:
MOVE FILE VAC-26-08, ORDINANCE BEING
PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE OF
THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, VACATING, CLOSING,
DISCONTINUING, AND ABANDONING A PORTION OF 43rd STREET
RIGHT-OF-WAY LOCATED NORTH OF ELLICOTT STREET AND JAMES
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SOUTH OF SHADOWLAWN AVENUE, EAST OF
40th STREET AND GARY ADULT HIGH SCHOOL AND WEST OF 47th
STREET AS DEDICATED BY THE PLAT OF REVISED MAP OF
RUBENSTEINS SUBDIVISION IN TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY,
FLORIDA, AND AS MORE PARTICULARLY -- SORRY, AS MORE FULLY
DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2 HEREOF, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN COVENANTS,
CONDITIONS, AND RESTRICTIONS AS MORE PARTICULARLY SET FORTH
HEREIN; PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES FOR
VIOLATIONS; PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATIONS AND
REPEALING CONFLICTS, PROVIDING SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE, INCLUDING THE REVISION SHEET.
11:47:16AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'LL LET THE CLERK.
11:47:30AM >>THE CLERK:
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON
AUGUST 27, 2026 AT 10 A.M. AT OLD CITY HALL LOCATED AT 315
EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
11:47:42AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
WE HAVE 13 MINUTES BUT WE STILL HAVE THE ITEMS THAT WE
PULLED AND WE HAVE ONE OTHER ITEM ON THE TREES.
WITH PERMISSION, WE'RE JUST GOING TO TRUCK ON THROUGH.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE -- ITEM 40 WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT WAS
PULLED.
COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, YOU PULLED THIS FOR A SEPARATE VOTE
OR BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT?
THIS IS THE ARMY NAVY, ITEM 40.
11:48:14AM >>BILL CARLSON:
I JUST THOUGHT -- I ONLY PULLED IT BECAUSE I
THOUGHT IT WAS OF SUFFICIENT VALUE THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
ON THE PULLED AGENDA.
11:48:22AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YOU JUST WANTED A SEPARATE VOTE OR TO PULL
IT.
DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS?
COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, IT IS YOUR COMMITTEE.
I HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER
CARLSON, I HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
EXCELLENT.
NOW ON TO ITEM 11.
IF ANYONE IS HERE FROM STAFF TO TALK ABOUT THE DETERMINATION
OF DEMOLISHING AND REMOVAL OF CERTAIN BUILDINGS OR
STRUCTURES.
WHILE WE'RE LOOKING IT UP WE CAN TALK ABOUT ITEMS 37 AND 38.
EXCELLENT.
11:49:47AM >> REBECCA JOHNS, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
WHAT WAS THE QUESTION?
11:49:51AM >>BILL CARLSON:
THE QUESTION BROUGHT UP IN PUBLIC COMMENT
WAS HOW THESE ORGANIZATIONS WON THE RFP AND DO INDIVIDUALS
HAVE A FAIR CHANCE TO GET THEM AND IS THERE A PREFERENCE OF
RENTAL VERSUS OWNING?
11:50:12AM >> I CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT THE RFP PROCESS.
THERE IS AN RFP PUT OUT.
ABOUT 17 LOTS.
THERE WERE QUALIFICATIONS IN THE RFP.
IT CAN BE INDIVIDUALS.
IT CAN BE COMPANIES.
THEY JUST HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN QUALIFICATIONS LIKE THEY HAD
DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE.
THEN YOU CAN SUBMIT AND STATE THE LOT YOU WANT.
IF YOU MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS IN THE RFP, THEN, IF YOU ARE
THE ONLY ONE THAT SUBMITTED FOR THAT LOT, THEN YOU WERE
AWARDED THE LOT.
IF THERE WERE MULTIPLE PEOPLE SUBMITTED FOR THE LOT, THEY
WERE PUT INTO A RANDOM LOTTERY SOFTWARE SYSTEM, AND THAT
SOFTWARE SYSTEM WOULD JUST RANDOMLY SELECT AN ENTRY AND
THAT'S HOW THE DEVELOPER GOT SELECTED.
11:51:00AM >>BILL CARLSON:
WHAT ABOUT IF AN INDIVIDUAL DIDN'T WANT TO
DEVELOP IT?
THEY JUST WANT TO BUILD THEIR OWN HOUSE.
11:51:06AM >> NO, IT HAD TO BE USED FOR INFILL PROGRAM, WHICH WOULD BE
THE DEVELOPER WOULD BUILD IT AND THEN THE DEVELOPER WOULD
HAVE TO EITHER SELL IT OR RENT IT TO A QUALIFIED USER, WHICH
WOULD BE AN ELIGIBLE BENEFICIARY WITH AMI REQUIREMENTS.
THEY COULD NOT USE IT FOR THEIR OWN HOUSE.
11:51:25AM >>BILL CARLSON:
WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER DISCUSSION.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ANSWER THE QUESTION.
AND WE SHOULD HAVE ANOTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS ANOTHER
TIME.
11:51:32AM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I KNOW THIS WAS RFP PUT OUT FOR 17 LOTS.
HAVE ALL OF THE LOTS BEEN FILLED NOW?
11:51:39AM >>REBECCA JOHNS:
ALL OF THE LOTS HAVE BEEN AWARDED THROUGH
THE LOTTERY.
THERE WERE A FEW LOTS THAT HAD SOME ZONING ISSUES AND SOME
INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES.
SO I THINK THERE ARE THREE WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH.
BUT ALL OF THE OTHERS ARE READY TO COME TO YOU OR HAVE COME
TO YOU.
I BELIEVE THERE ARE THREE LEFT.
BUT I WASN'T PREPARED TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, I DON'T HAVE
THE EXACT NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
11:52:03AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I'LL ADD TO IT BECAUSE I SIT ON THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THIS IS THE THIRD TIME WE'VE DONE THIS.
THIS IS PHASE THREE.
FOR THE FIRST TWO TIMES, BASICALLY SINGLE-FAMILY.
BUT THE CHALLENGE FROM BOTH AHAC AND THIS BOARD WAS TO DO AS
MANY MULTIFAMILY ON PROPERTIES AS POSSIBLE.
I BELIEVE WITH THE TOTAL, THERE ARE ONLY ONE OR TWO LOTS
THAT ARE SINGLE-FAMILY.
11:52:29AM >>REBECCA JOHNS:
YEAH, THERE WERE A FEW.
I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER IN FRONT OF ME.
BUT THERE WERE A FEW.
THERE ARE SOME DUPLEXES.
SOME SEVEN, EIGHT UNIT TOWNHOMES THAT ARE GOING.
11:52:38AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE WORKED REALLY HARD TO TAKE THESE INFILL
LOTS AND TRY TO MAXIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF HOUSING WE CAN PUT ON
THEM.
IF THAT ANSWERS QUESTIONS --
11:52:54AM >> MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.
11:52:57AM >>BILL CARLSON:
THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THE QUESTION.
11:52:59AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
BOTH ITEMS 37 AND 38, WE MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ALSO, YES, BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, I HAVE HERE THAT ITEM 35
WAS ALSO A SEPARATE VOTE.
11:53:21AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
37 I BELIEVE HAS TO BE A SUPERMAJORITY.
11:53:25AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
NO, 35.
37 WE DID.
FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT SAYS 35 WAS PULLED FOR A SEPARATE
VOTE.
WHO WANTED A SEPARATE VOTE ON THAT?
11:53:38AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THIS WAS A MEMORANDUM FROM -- MARTIN
SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
MICHELLE VAN LOAN REAL ESTATE HAD INFORMED COUNCIL VIA MEMO
THAT THE LAW REQUIRES THAT A SUPERMAJORITY VOTE BE ON THIS.
IT SHOULD BE RECORDED AS A SEPARATE VOTE FOR PURPOSES OF THE
RECORD.
11:53:59AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, THIS IS YOUR COMMITTEE.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. VAN LOAN.
11:54:14AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I THINK WE HAVE TO EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THIS LOT WAS BOUGHT AT A LITTLE HIGHER
THAN THE APPRAISED AMOUNT BECAUSE THE CITY REALLY NEEDED IT
FOR A DRAINAGE PROBLEM IN THE AREA.
NOT SURE WORDED THAT WAY.
STORMWATER PURPOSES WHY THEY BOUGHT THE HOUSE.
11:54:35AM >> MICHELLE VAN LOAN, REAL ESTATE.
WE BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY BACK IN 2020 BECAUSE WE NEEDED A
PIPE IN THAT EXACT LOCATION.
THE PROPERTY OWNER AT THE TIME WOULD NOT GIVE US AN
EASEMENT.
WOULD NOT LET US BUY AN EASEMENT.
SO WE HAD TO BUY THE ENTIRE LOT.
SINCE THEN, WE HAD INTEREST IN THE LOT AND WE WERE ABLE TO
SELL THE LOT -- I'M SORRY, THIS IS THE HIGGINS, RIGHT?
FOR HIGGINS.
THIS IS THE VERY LOW SPOT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THE
STORMWATER DEPARTMENT CAME TO US AND ASKED US IF WE COULD
CHECK TO SEE IF WE COULD GET, ONLY A HANDFUL OF PARCELS FOR
SALE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD DOES NOT HAVE A LOT OF TURNAROUND.
WE REACHED OUT TO ALL OF THE APPROPRIATE PROPERTY OWNERS,
AND THIS ONE WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT REACHED OUT TO US.
THEY ARE AGREEING TO RELOCATE OUT OF THEIR HOUSE, AND IT
WILL HELP THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE ALL THE WATER DRAINS.
WE ARE PAYING 3% ABOVE APPRAISAL.
AS SUCH WE NEED A SUPERMAJORITY.
IF WE WENT TO A CHEAPER LOT OUTSIDE OF THIS AREA, WE WOULD
BE SPENDING A LOT MORE IN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE TO GET
THE WATER OUT OF THE LOW SPOT OVER TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION.
AS A PROJECT IN WHOLE, THIS ACQUISITION ACTUALLY SAVES US
MONEY BECAUSE OF THE EXACT LOCATION.
11:55:42AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
11:55:44AM >>BILL CARLSON:
GREAT EXPLANATION.
I MOVE FILE DEO 26-25743.
11:55:50AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
DO YOU NEED THE CLERK TO READ THE VOTE?
GO RIGHT AHEAD TO HAVE IT IN THE RECORD.
11:56:04AM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH CLENDENIN BEING
ABSENT.
11:56:08AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE ARE MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
I THINK THE LAST ONE WE HAVE IS ITEM 11.
11:56:16AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IF I CAN, LOOKING AT THE BACKGROUND
MATERIAL, THIS WENT THROUGH A PROCESS FOR DEMOLITION, AND IT
WAS PURSUANT TO SECTION 19-5A 2A AND IT WAS A DEMOLITION
REVIEW COMMITTEE, AND SEVERAL SIGNATORIES TO IT.
THE ATTORNEY WHO PREPARED THE RESOLUTION WAS CAMARIA
PETTIS-MACKLE.
I DON'T KNOW AS TO THE BACKGROUND, THERE ARE PEOPLE, FOR
INSTANCE, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIRECTOR, HISTORIC
PRESERVATION MANAGER, THE BUILDING OFFICIAL.
I DON'T KNOW THE TIME CONSTRAINTS TO DO THIS.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO HAVE IT CONTINUED TO THE NEXT REGULAR
MEETING, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE APPROPRIATE BECAUSE I
BELIEVE THIS DATES BACK A WAYS.
11:57:12AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SO IF WE CAN'T GET AN ANSWER TODAY, WHICH IT
SOUNDS LIKE WE CANNOT, NEXT WEEK IS ALSO A REGULAR MEETING
WEEK.
WOULD ANYONE --
11:57:22AM >>BILL CARLSON:
MOVE TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO NEXT WEEK,
ITEM 11, FILE NCA 26-25637 FOR THE PURPOSE OF HAVING STAFF
EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC.
11:57:36AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THAT WOULD BE UNDER STAFF REPORTS.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND PUT THAT UNDER UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
IT'S NEXT WEEK.
IT'S THE 6th OF AUGUST.
WE CAN PUT IT UNDER STAFF REPORTS BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE FOUR
STAFF REPORTS SO THAT WORKS.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
TO MOVE ITEM 11 TO AUGUST 6 UNDER STAFF REPORTS.
11:58:06AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IF I COULD INQUIRE OF THE CLERK IS IT TOO
LATE FOR NEXT WEEK'S MOTION?
11:58:14AM >>THE CLERK:
[INAUDIBLE]
11:58:18AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH TURNAROUND TIME.
11:58:22AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
GREAT.
I HAVE A MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
WE KEEP HITTING RECORDS HERE.
BUT WE ARE -- ACTUALLY, NO, WE ARE NOT.
WE STILL HAVE -- I'M SORRY, WE HAVE ONE LEFT.
WE HAVE THE TREES.
WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE -- MS. SCHARF, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ONLINE
FOR THAT?
11:58:46AM >> YES, VIRTUAL.
WE HAVE 57 VERY --
11:58:53AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE HAVE 57 VERY QUICKLY.
STAFF TO REPORT ON WHERE THE SPECIFIC TREES HAVE BEEN
PLANTED.
FIRST OF ALL, MS. SCHARF HAS THE PAPER WORK FROM -- THAT WAS
IN OnBase IF ANYONE HASN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SEE IT, SHE'LL
SHOW IT BRIEFLY.
SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.
I'M SO SORRY, MR. MUECKE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THE
INFORMATION WHILE SHE'S SHARING IT, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
WE SAW YOUR FACE POP UP.
START WITH YOUR NAME.
11:59:24AM >> ERIC MUECKE, URBAN FORESTRY MANAGER.
I PUT THIS REPORT TOGETHER BRIEFLY.
WE TURNED ON THE TREE PLOTTER SOFTWARE SUITE BACK IN 2020.
SO EVERY TREE-MENDOUS TREE THAT WE PLANTED IS MAPPED.
I'VE GOT ALL THE GPS, I'VE GOT ALL THE ADDRESSES AND ALL
THAT STUFF.
MAPS MAKE THE STORY SHORTER.
WE HAVE PLANTED 2,160 TREE-MENDOUS TREES AT THE COST OF
$735,461.50.
ALL OF THE TREE-MENDOUS PLANTINGS THUS FAR HAVE BEEN OUT OF
THE OLD FUNDS.
WE HAVE NOT DIPPED INTO ANY OF THE BUCKETS YET.
WE DO HAVE ONE TREE-MENDOUS TREE COORDINATOR WHO OVERSEES
THIS PROGRAM PROVIDING FIVE STREET TREES TO RESIDENTS,
PROVIDING UP TO FIVE STREET TREES TO RESIDENTS THAT REQUEST
THEM AND AGREE TO WATER THEM FOR ONE YEAR.
THE TRUST FUND IS FUNDED BY DEVELOPERS, BUILDERS, HOMEOWNERS
THAT WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE A TREE, AND THAT IS ALL PROTECTED
TREES.
SO THAT IS ANYTHING OVER FIVE INCHES IN DIAMETER, WHICH IS
ABOUT THE SIZE OF A COASTER, LITTLE BIT BIGGER, OR ANY PALM
THAT IS UP TO SIX FOOT CLEAR TRUNK, SO WE DO CAPTURE A LOT
OF TREES IN THAT.
ON THE NEXT PAGE, WE DO HAVE THE GRAPH DISPLAYING EXACTLY
WHAT TYPE OF SPECIES WE ARE PLANTING.
YES, WE ARE HEAVY ON CRAPE MYRTLE.
THAT'S THE ONE THAT REALLY STICKS OUT.
27% OF OUR PLANTINGS ARE TYPE ONES AND TWOS.
73% ARE THE TYPE THREES.
WHY DO WE USE SO MANY TYPE THREES AND IT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP
BEFORE?
OVERHEAD UTILITIES, UNDERGROUND UTILITIES.
NARROW PLANTING WIDTHS, THAT SORT OF THING.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS COMBINED, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 61%
OF THE PLANTING LOCATIONS THAT WE HAVE PLANTED HAVE BEEN
RESTRICTED TO THE SMALLER ORNAMENTAL TREE DUE TO POTENTIAL
UTILITY CONFLICTS, DUE TO INFRASTRUCTURE CONFLICTS, DUE TO
THE NARROWNESS OF THE PLANTING STRIP.
IN LOOKING AT SOME RECOMMENDATIONS, IF WE WOULD LIKE, WE CAN
JUST SAY THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO USE THE TREE-MENDOUS
PLANTING PROGRAM, WE WOULD PREFER THAT IF YOU HAVE THE ROOM
FOR A TYPE ONE OR TWO TREE, THAT'S GOING TO LIMIT YOUR
SELECTION.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO OFFER THE ORNAMENTAL TYPE THREES WHERE WE
SHOULD AND CAN FIT THE TYPE ONES AND TWOS.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS IF CRAPE MYRTLE
STAYS ON OUR PLANTING LIST, IT IS THE MOST POPULAR TREE
CHOSEN BY PEOPLE, THAT WE ARE GOING TO COME UP WITH EITHER A
HANDOUT OR WE'RE LOOKING INTO WHETHER OR NOT AS A PERSON
APPLIES FOR THE PROGRAM, THEY HAVE TO CLICK A BOX THAT SAYS
THEY WILL WATER IT FOR ONE YEAR.
WE'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE AN EDUCATIONAL VIDEO ON THERE TO SHOW
THEM PROPER PRUNING OF CRAPE MYRTLES, THAT WE AVOID THAT
CRAPE MURDER INCIDENT WE RUN INTO.
THEN THERE'S DOCUMENTATION AWARE OF PROPER PRUNING.
THE FINAL PAGE ON THERE IS THE ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND
SOCIAL BENEFITS OF THESE TREES.
AND YOU'LL SEE JUST QUICK AND DIRTY MATH ON IT, 581 TYPE ONE
AND TWO ACCOUNTING FOR ABOUT $1200.
WE'RE ABOUT $2 PER TREE ANNUALLY IN THE ECONOMIC AND
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS.
WORKS OUT THE SAME FOR THE TYPE THREE OR ORNAMENTALS.
ABOUT $2 PER TREE.
THAT'S BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL COMING IN IN THE 30-GALLON, TWO
AND A HALF INCH CALIPER SIZE.
THERE'S REALLY NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE THERE.
IT'S REALLY WHEN WE GET TO THAT 15-YEAR MARK AND BEYOND THAT
WE REALLY START TO SEE GREATER ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC
BENEFITS FROM THE LARGER SPECIES.
12:03:31PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
12:03:34PM >> I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
12:03:35PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:03:35PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
NO QUESTIONS.
I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME THE OTHER DAY.
WE WENT OUT OFF-SITE WITH A CONSTITUENT WHO HAD A LOT OF
CONCERNS.
THE GENTLEMAN SPENT MORE THAN AN HOUR WITH ALL OF US.
HE DOES A GREAT JOB.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT.
12:03:56PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I COMPLETELY AGREE.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENT ON THIS AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO
WITH THE -- WE STILL HAVE NOT PASSED THE MOTION TO APPROVE
THIS MONIES.
NOW WITH THIS INFORMATION DO WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT WE WANT
TO DO WITH IT?
WE HAD A PUBLIC COMMENTER TODAY THAT TALKED ABOUT TYPE ONE
AND TYPE TWO ONLY.
WE HAD INFORMATION TODAY SHOWING AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS
FROM MR. MUECKE OF REQUIRING TYPE ONE AND TYPE TWO IF SPACE
EXISTS, AND THE CRAPE MYRTLE PLANTING WILL RECEIVE THE
PRUNING GUIDES.
SO WHAT IS THE -- IF -- IF WE SHIFT TO REQUIRING TYPE ONE
AND TYPE TWO TREES, IF YOU HAVE THE SPACE, IT WILL ONLY
SHIFT THE PERCENTAGES 11 TO 12 PERCENT.
MS. SCHARF IF YOU WANT TO PUT THAT BACK UP, TREE-MENDOUS
TREES BY SPECIES, I BELIEVE PAGE TWO OF THREE HAS THE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
RIGHT NOW, TYPE ONE AND TYPE TWO TREES ARE ONLY 27%.
SO AT MOST, THAT WOULD GO UP TO IT LOOKS LIKE 39%.
IS THAT ENOUGH FOR US?
DO WE WANT TO FOCUS ON TYPE ONE AND TYPE TWO TREES FOR THIS
YEAR ONLY, HOW ARE WE FEELING?
12:05:18PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I WOULD LIKE TO REACH OUT TO SOME
CONSTITUENTS THAT HAD OVERALL CONCERNS.
SINCE NEXT THURSDAY IS A REGULAR MEETING, CAN WE BRING IT
BACK UP DURING NEW BUSINESS POSSIBLY SO WE CAN DISCUSS IT
AND THINK OF DIFFERENT IDEAS, NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS
INFORMATION, HOW WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD.
12:05:35PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES, MS. SCHARF IS ACTUALLY PLANNING -- I'LL
BE MEETING WITH FOLKS FROM THE T-TAG GROUP NEXT WEEK.
DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS TO REACH OUT AS
WELL.
COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
12:05:45PM >>BILL CARLSON:
MY PREFERENCE IS TYPE ONE AND TYPE TWO
TREES.
THE CHARTER DOESN'T ALLOW US TO EDIT DOCUMENTS.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE SHOULD MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE AN EDITED
DOCUMENT COME BACK, BUT I THINK WE CAN'T JUST EDIT THE
DOCUMENT OURSELVES.
12:06:02PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
NO.
WE'D HAVE TO ASK FOR THAT.
PLUS I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S PREPARED FOR A VOTE TODAY.
WE HAVE A REQUEST FOR TYPE ONE AND TWO TREES.
COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG.
12:06:11PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
YES.
I ALSO WANTED TO BRING UP, BECAUSE IT WAS BROUGHT UP IN
PUBLIC COMMENT, AND I DID DURING MY BRIEFING FOR THIS I DID
ASK THE QUESTION ABOUT PLANTING AT SCHOOLS.
I THINK I WAS AT YOUNG AND WE WERE WALKING, IT IS SO HOT OUT
HERE, BUT THEY HAVE A HUGE AMOUNT OF SPACE.
THE QUESTION WITH THE TYPE ONE AND TYPE TWO IS THE RIGHT
SPACE.
IF WE HAVE ALL THESE SPACES, IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN
CONSIDER WITH THIS OR MAYBE IS IT A CONVERSATION WE NEED TO
HAVE WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD?
BUT I THINK THAT'S A GREAT PLACE TO CONSIDER.
12:06:48PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE
MORE CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS.
WE DO HAVE ROOM ON NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA.
COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:06:56PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
IT'S FINE TO SAY ONE AND TWO, BUT THE PROBLEM IS, IF YOU
HAVE A SPOT THAT ONE, TWO DOES NOT FIT, YOU ARE ACTUALLY
WORKING AGAINST YOURSELF EVEN IF THE TYPE THREE TAKES 5%
LESS OR 20% OR 50% LESS WATER, STILL SOMETHING OF VALUE TO
THE SOCIETY.
THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY.
12:07:17PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SO, WHAT IS THE PREFERENCE OF COUNCIL?
12:07:23PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
DO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE THIS UNTIL NEXT
THURSDAY OR BRING IT UP DURING NEW BUSINESS AND HAVE A QUICK
DISCUSSION OF HOW WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD?
12:07:31PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY, IF YOU CAN REFRESH
MY RECOLLECTION, IN WHAT FORM DOES IT HAVE TO COME BACK AS A
CONTRACT?
12:07:39PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE POSTPONED THE APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT
BECAUSE WE WANTED MORE DATA.
NOW WE HAVE THAT DATA.
YES, IT JUST FELL OFF.
WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO NEXT WITH THIS,
WHERE IT GOES.
12:07:56PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO NOT DO IT THE
NEXT WEEK'S MEETING.
THAT IS NOT SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF TIME TO LET STAFF KNOW
ABOUT THIS THROUGH MOTION PRACTICE TO HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME
TO COME BACK AND DO A WRITTEN REPORT OR STAFF REPORT.
12:08:09PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I THINK HONESTLY -- I THINK WE ALL NEED TO
DECIDE AS A GROUP WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT IS BEING ASKED.
COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO ASKED FOR ANOTHER WEEK TO TALK TO
COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
I STILL HAVE TO DO THAT MYSELF.
WE COULD PUT THIS IN OLD BUSINESS NEXT WEEK.
12:08:29PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
AND THEN WE TAKE OFFICIAL ACTION.
12:08:32PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MR. MUECKE, GO RIGHT AHEAD.
12:08:36PM >> THANK YOU.
ERIC MUECKE, URBAN FORESTRY MANAGER.
THIS CONTRACT AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS THE
TREE-MENDOUS PROGRAM.
IT IS FOR STREET TREES FOR RESIDENTS WHO ARE WILLING TO
WATER THEM.
I LOVE THE IDEA OF PLANTING ON SCHOOL PROPERTIES.
I LOVE THE IDEA OF PLANTING AROUND STORMWATER PONDS AND
MAKING THEM AN ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THOSE ARE SOME AREAS THAT WE COULD CAPTURE SOME SIGNIFICANT
NUMBERS OF TYPE TWO TREES.
THEY ARE JUST NOT PART OF THIS PROGRAM SO MUCH.
AND THAT WOULD BE A SECONDARY PROGRAM.
THAT WOULD BE A PROJECT.
THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE AS A CITY SHOULD
DEFINITELY BE LOOKING AT AND ENCOURAGING BUT AGAIN THAT'S
REALLY NOT PART OF WHAT THE 30 PLUS YEARS OF THE
TREE-MENDOUS PROGRAM IS ABOUT.
TREE-MENDOUS PROGRAM IS ABOUT STREET TREES FOR RESIDENTS.
THANK YOU.
12:09:30PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
ALSO, TO LET FOLKS KNOW, I AM WORKING WITH LEGAL ON THE
ORDINANCE THAT APPROVES TREE-MENDOUS TREES TO BE PLANTED IN
FRONT YARDS AND SIDE YARDS FOR A HOUSE ON A CORNER.
SO WE ARE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW.
SO THESE TREE-MENDOUS TREES WOULD NOT JUST BE IN THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY.
THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED IN BOTH FRONT YARDS AND SIDE YARDS OF
A CORNER PROPERTY.
THAT IS ALSO GOING ON IN THE MIX OF THIS.
YES, MR. SHELBY.
12:10:03PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE TO PUT THIS UNDER
UNFINISHED BUSINESS ON AUGUST 27 TO ALLOW YOU TO WORK WITH
STAFF AND TO ALSO BE ABLE TO TALK WITH MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY SO YOU'LL AT LEAST HAVE SOME DIRECTION TO COME
BACK IF IT'S GOING TO BE THE CHANGE TO A CONTRACT?
12:10:17PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SO THAT IS WHY I'M HOPING TO DO IT NEXT WEEK
SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A CONTRACT READY FOR US ON THE 27th.
RIGHT NOW, THIS PROGRAM HAS NO FUNDING WE'RE IN A BIT OF A
RUSH ON THIS.
12:10:33PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
WILL STAFF BE ABLE TO --
12:10:34PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
STAFF DOESN'T NEED TO.
WE'RE ASKING FOR THE CONTRACT TO COME BACK ON THE 27th
AFTER WE AS A BOARD TALK ABOUT WHAT WE WANT.
12:10:42PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
WHO IS GOING TO DRAFT THE CONTRACT?
12:10:44PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THAT WILL COME AFTER NEXT WEEK.
WE HAVE A CONTRACT ALREADY DRAFTED.
WE JUST NEED TO EITHER ACCEPT IT AS IT IS OR MODIFY IT.
12:10:54PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
QUESTION IS -- QUESTION NORMALLY IS COUNCIL
CANNOT MODIFY A CONTRACT.
COUNCIL CAN REQUEST IT TO THE ADMINISTRATION WHICH THEN HAS
TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH THE VENDOR AND THEN GO
THROUGH THE CONTRACT PROCESS.
YOU COULD COME BACK NEXT WEEK TO TALK ABOUT IT, BUT I DON'T
KNOW WHETHER --
12:11:13PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE CAN REQUEST THAT STAFF COME NEXT WEEK.
WE'RE NOT ASKING THEM TO RE-CREATE A WHEEL.
WE'RE ASKING THEM TO BE THERE FOR A CONVERSATION.
12:11:23PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
YES, BUT ONE-WEEK MOTIONS HAVE BEEN
REQUESTED TO NOT BE DONE BECAUSE THE DEADLINE TO BE ABLE TO
DO THAT AND WORK THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATION WAS LAST WEEK
FOR NEXT WEEK'S MOTIONS.
12:11:35PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR CHANGES.
WE ARE ASKING FOR A DISCUSSION.
12:11:39PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
ASKING A SPECIFIC MEMBER OF THE STAFF TO
COME BACK --
12:11:42PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
TO BE HERE.
12:11:43PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
WHICH PERSON IS THAT?
12:11:45PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE GENERALLY SAY STAFF AND LET THE
ADMINISTRATION --
12:11:48PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
NORMALLY IT TAKES MORE THAN A WEEK TO GET
THE PROCESS FOR THEM TO DETERMINE THAT.
IT DOESN'T REALLY HAPPEN THAT QUICKLY.
IF YOU WISH TO DO THAT, LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
12:11:57PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THEY BROUGHT US A CONTRACT ALREADY.
IT'S ALREADY THERE.
WE'RE TRYING TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO FUND THIS PROGRAM AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
12:12:04PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
UNDERSTOOD.
OKAY.
I'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS -- LET ME GET THIS OUT SO I CAN
SAY IT.
I'VE BEEN ASKED BY BOTH THE CLERK AND THE ADMINISTRATION TO
AVOID ONE-WEEK MOTIONS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE GOING BACK TO
BACK WITH TWO REGULAR MEETINGS.
12:12:21PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
WE WON'T DO THAT AND BRING IT UP -- WE CAN MAKE A MOTION TO
DISCUSS IT AT OLD BUSINESS.
IF SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION, THAT WOULD BE
GREAT.
12:12:33PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
[INAUDIBLE]
12:12:34PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE ARE GOING TO DISCUSS ITEM NUMBER 57 DURING
OLD BUSINESS ON AUGUST 6.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
I HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE ALL YOUR THOUGHTS ALIGNED SO
THAT WE HAVE A QUICK CONVERSATION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
OKAY.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR OFFICIAL BUSINESS FOR THE DAY.
I AM GOING TO REMIND THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF OUR FIRST SPECIAL
CALL WORKSHOP THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE BUDGET THAT WE JUST
HEARD TODAY.
THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THESE CHAMBERS AT 9 A.M. ON MONDAY
MORNING, TALKING ABOUT THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS, WHICH IS OUR
WATER, WASTEWATER, GARBAGE, PARKING, AND GOLF COURSES.
IT SHOULD BE A VERY INTERESTING DISCUSSION.
WE'LL GO DOWN THE LINE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING?
12:13:35PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
ONE MOTION TO MAKE.
MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE A TIME CERTAIN FOR 11:00 FOR THE VISIT
TAMPA BAY, TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER PRESENTATION AT THE
SEPTEMBER 24 WORKSHOP DUE TO SANTIAGO HAVING A PREVIOUS
COMMITMENT, HE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE HERE UNTIL THAT TIME.
12:13:54PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE HAVE A MOTION.
IS THAT MOVING FROM ANOTHER PRESENTATION DAY?
12:14:01PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S MOVING IT FROM THAT
DAY.
I THINK IT IS A TIME CERTAIN FOR THAT DAY.
12:14:09PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SO -- OH, I SEE.
IT'S ON HERE.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO TAKE THIS PRESENTATION THAT'S ALREADY ON
THE AGENDA AND GIVE IT A TIME CERTAIN OF 11:00.
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
ANYTHING ELSE?
12:14:30PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THAT'S IT.
12:14:30PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
12:14:31PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PRESENT A
COMMENDATION ON OCTOBER 15 IN CHAMBERS.
IT IS OPEN.
TO THE TAMPA FENCING ACADEMY.
THAT'S FENCING LIKE SWORD FIGHTING.
RECOGNIZING THEM FOR THEIR EXTRAORDINARY ATHLETIC
ACHIEVEMENT, INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATION, YOUTH MENTORSHIP
AND LONG-STANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE TAMPA COMMUNITY.
12:14:52PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WONDERFUL.
12:14:55PM >> [INAUDIBLE]
12:14:55PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YEAH, YEAH, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ENOUGH ROOM
IN HERE FOR THAT.
WE'LL SEE.
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
ANYTHING ELSE?
12:15:07PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
JUST BE CAREFUL OUT THERE.
WE HAVE IT LOOKS LIKE BAD STORMS UNTIL AT LEAST 2 P.M.
12:15:14PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YEAH, STAY SAFE OUT THERE.
COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG.
12:15:18PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I HAVE TWO MOTIONS.
ONE, I MOVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PRESENT A COMMENDATION ON
OCTOBER 15, 2026, TO LACHONE TIM, CEO OF 813 STOP THE
VIOLENCE INCORPORATED FOR A COMMITMENT TO MAKING A
DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF THE YOUTH IN THE TAMPA BAY
COMMUNITY.
SHE HAS ALSO BEEN INVOLVED, IF YOU ALL REMEMBER, WHEN WE HAD
THE TEEN TAKEOVER AT CURTIS HIXON, SHE'S ACTUALLY BEEN
WORKING WITH THOSE STUDENTS.
THEY HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH A PROGRAM, AND THEY JUST
GRADUATED FROM THE PROGRAM.
SHE'S BEEN WORKING WITH THOSE STUDENTS AS WELL.
12:15:50PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG, SECOND FROM
COUNCILMAN VIERA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
YES, THERE IS ROOM.
12:15:58PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
WE CHECKED.
MY SECOND, LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU ALL THINK ABOUT THIS.
I MOVE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR STAFF TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN
REPORT AND LIST OF THE DEVELOPERS THAT WERE CHOSEN FROM THE
LOTTERY FOR THE INFILL 3 PROGRAM AND HOW MANY LOTS EACH
DEVELOPER WAS AWARDED.
THE REASON I THOUGHT OF THAT -- YEAH, WRITTEN REPORT IS
FINE.
12:16:20PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
AUGUST 27 SHOULD BE ENOUGH TIME.
12:16:23PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
AUGUST 27.
12:16:29PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
FOR A WRITTEN REPORT ON AUGUST 27.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
ANYTHING ELSE?
12:16:40PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
THAT'S ALL.
12:16:41PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCILMAN VIERA.
12:16:42PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU, MA'AM.
I WANTED TO SALUTE YOU.
WE ARE AT PARRIS ISLAND AND THIS IS BOOT CAMP.
YOU ARE GOING WITH VIGOR.
12:16:50PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IT WAS A SHORT AGENDA.
WE WERE PREPARED.
12:16:53PM >>LUIS VIERA:
STILL, JUST SAYING.
TWO QUICK MOTIONS.
MY FIRST ONE IS THIS IS FOR OCTOBER 15.
I WANT MR. SHELBY OR WHOEVER THE PERSON WOULD BE TO BRIEF
US.
I'M OBVIOUSLY RESIGNING AT MIDNIGHT ON NOVEMBER 2.
I WOULD LIKE A BRIEFING ON THE FOLLOWING POINTS, WHICH IS
FOR MY APPOINTMENT ON REPLACING, HOW LONG THE PROCESS WILL
TAKE AFTER MY RESIGNATION AND THE PROCESS THAT WILL OCCUR ON
THIS FOR TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
I DO THIS BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE WHILE I'M STILL HERE
THAT I'M BRIEFED ON THIS PUBLICLY AND FOR THE COMMUNITY FOR
THE PUBLIC FOR DISTRICT 7, BECAUSE DISTRICT 7 NEEDS SOMEBODY
HERE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MITIGATE THAT TIME AS MUCH
AS POSSIBLE.
12:17:41PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
COUNCIL MEMBER, WHAT IS THE EFFECTIVE DATE
OF YOUR RESIGNATION?
12:17:44PM >>LUIS VIERA:
NOVEMBER 2.
12:17:46PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IF IT'S ANYTHING SIMILAR TO MINE, IT WAS A
TWO-WEEK PROCESS.
AND THEN WE HAD A SPECIAL CALL, THE TUESDAY OF THE THIRD
WEEK.
NOW, IT MAY BE THAT, BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD POINT
BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN A QUESTION WE'VE HEARD A LOT.
WOULD YOU LIKE THE CLERK TO COME FORWARD?
12:18:05PM >>LUIS VIERA:
LIKE BEFORE --
12:18:06PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
I PREPARED SOMETHING FOR COUNCIL, AND I
HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME FOR THE MARCH 14, 2022, DISTRICT 3
VACANCY.
IT HAS A SUMMARY OF THE APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER
AND A TIMELINE.
12:18:22PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WOULD YOU LIKE TO JUST BRIEF US VERY QUICKLY
AND THEN -- ACTUALLY, YEAH.
WHY DON'T WE HAVE MR. SHELBY UPDATE IT --
12:18:30PM >>LUIS VIERA:
BRING IT OCTOBER 15.
12:18:33PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
WHEN DO YOU WANT IT TO COME BACK?
12:18:37PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THIS IS A BRIEFING ON THE SUBSTANCE OF WHAT
WILL OCCUR.
12:18:40PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THIS IS A BRIEFING ON THE PROCESS OF WHAT
HAPPENS.
THERE ARE TIME CONSTRAINTS.
THE APPOINTMENT MUST BE -- THE VACANCIES MUST BE FILLED BY
APPOINTMENT WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE TIME THE VACANCY EXISTS.
IT'S A VERY COMPRESSED TIMELINE.
THE SOONER YOU KNOW.
12:19:00PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
OCTOBER 15 IT IS.
12:19:03PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I'LL SECOND THAT.
12:19:04PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
12:19:06PM >>BILL CARLSON:
COULD YOU INCLUDE -- I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FILL THE SEAT QUICKLY.
EVEN TWO WEEKS WE MIGHT LOSE A BUNCH OF VOTES.
I HAVE A QUESTION SINCE THIS TIME WE KNOW FOR SURE WHEN HE'S
LEAVING, IS IT POSSIBLE TO DO THE VOTE BEFORE SO WE COULD
FILL?
12:19:22PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
YOU CANNOT FILL A VACANCY THAT DOESN'T
EXIST.
12:19:28PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
TWO WEEKS IS WHAT WAS GIVEN TO MAKE SURE
PEOPLE HAD THE TIME TO APPLY.
12:19:34PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
COULD WE DO OCTOBER 1st?
MAKE IT A COUPLE OF WEEKS EARLIER.
12:19:38PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I THINK EARLIER IS BETTER TO BE HONEST.
WE COULD DO SEPTEMBER 17.
THAT IS ALSO OPEN.
12:19:49PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
FOR THE RECORD, BETTER SAY WHAT YEAR.
12:19:50PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE THAT COME FORWARD ON
OCTOBER 1st FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
ANYTHING ELSE.
12:20:03PM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES, MA'AM.
THIS IS SOMETHING I THINK APPLICABLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION
UPDATE FOR NEXT WEEK.
PROBABLY THREE MINUTES, WHICH IS WE HEARD FROM THE GENTLEMAN
TODAY ON THE K-BAR CUT-THRU THAT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THEY
CAN OPEN IT LIKE REALLY SOON FOR TAMPA FIRE RESCUE, ALL THAT
I REALLY CARE ABOUT.
I'D LIKE WHETHER CHIEF BENNETT OR WHOEVER DURING
ADMINISTRATION UPDATE, BY THE WAY, WHILE I WAS HERE I TYPED
OUT A MEMO ALREADY GONE OUT TO THEM ON THIS, BUT TO BRIEF US
ON THE FEASIBILITY OF THAT.
THIS WILL SAVE RESPONSE TIMES.
12:20:33PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA TO ADD THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT K-BAR RANCH CUT-THRU TO THE
ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE FOR NEXT WEEK ON AUGUST 6, 2026.
WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
12:20:50PM >>BILL CARLSON:
JUST A QUICK TRIVIA THING.
PARRIS ISLAND, DO YOU KNOW THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PARRIS ISLAND
IN FLORIDA HISTORY?
12:21:00PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
NO.
YOU'RE "OUT-GUIDOING" ME.
12:21:03PM >>BILL CARLSON:
ON PARRIS ISLAND, INSIDE THE MILITARY
FACILITY IS THE REMNANTS OF A DIG SITE OF A SPANISH
SETTLEMENT.
THE SPANISH SETTLEMENT WAS CALLED SANTA ELENA, AND IT WAS
THE FIRST CAPITAL OF FLORIDA BECAUSE THE SPANISH WERE TRYING
TO MOVE UP TO PREVENT THE FRENCH.
OUTSIDE THE GATES IS A MUSEUM THAT MICHAEL FRANCIS FROM USF
WROTE THE NARRATIVE FOR THE MUSEUM.
ANYBODY GOING NEAR PARRIS ISLAND, GO TO THE MUSEUM AND
YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT FLORIDA HISTORY.
12:21:35PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
EXCELLENT.
NO MOTIONS?
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
MR. SHELBY?
12:21:39PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
NO THANK YOU.
12:21:41PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I'M NOT SAYING THIS TO START A CONVERSATION,
BUT I HAVE READ WITH INTEREST YOUR NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE
RAYS, INCLUDING ON THE EAST TAMPA CRA AND DOWNTOWN AND JUST
LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ON THAT BECAUSE I THINK
THOSE ARE PROSPECTIVELY GOOD IDEAS, ASIDE FROM THE RAYS, NOT
TO OPEN UP A CONVERSATION, WHAT I KNOW, RIGHT.
12:21:57PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE FROM --
12:22:01PM >>BILL CARLSON:
ONE REAL QUICK THING.
I WAS TALKING I THINK BONNIE WISE THIS MORNING.
I SAID I DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE CENTER OF THIS ISSUE.
I WANT TO BE LIKE GUIDO.
IF SOMEBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO STEP UP AND ENGAGE IN THE
CONVERSATION, BUT THEY HAVE OFFERED TO MEET WITH EACH OF US
TO ASK WHAT OUR CONSTITUENTS' CONCERNS ARE.
12:22:23PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE FROM
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
I HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
AYE.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.
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