📝 City Council Meeting Transcript

TAMPA CITY COUNCIL BUDGET MEETING
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2026, 5:01 P.M.

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5:03:39PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING OF TAMPA
CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.
CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
5:03:45PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
HERE.
5:03:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HERE.
5:03:47PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HERE.
5:03:47PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
HERE.
5:03:51PM >>BILL CARLSON:
HERE.
5:03:52PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HERE.
5:03:52PM >>THE CLERK:
WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
I WOULD LIKE TO GET A MOTION TO OPEN THE SECOND PUBLIC
HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION OF FY '27 MILLAGE RATE, FY '27
BUDGET AND FY '27-31 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET AND PROGRAM
FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA.
PER FLORIDA STATUTE SECTION 200.065, THE FY 2027 FINAL
BUDGET RATE NEEDS TO BE ADOPTED BY SEPARATE VOTE PRIOR TO
ADOPTING THE OPERATING AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS BUDGET.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, A SECOND FROM

COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE COUNCILMAN MIRANDA AS FINANCE
CHAIR.
5:04:26PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
ITEM, SECOND PUBLIC HEARING STATEMENT.
THIS IS THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA,
FLORIDA FISCAL YEAR 2027 BUDGET.
PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE IS 6.2076 MILLS WHICH IS 2.30 PERCENT
MORE THAN THE ROLLED BACK MILLAGE RATE OF 6.0680 MILLS.
PROPERTY TAX FUNDS ARE USED TO SUPPORT THE GENERAL FUND
OPERATING BUDGET AND THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FUND
OF THE CITY OF TAMPA -- OF THE CITY.
THE GENERAL FUND INCLUDES SUCH DEPARTMENTS AS FIRE RESCUE,
POLICE, HUMAN RESOURCES, PARKS, AND RECREATION.
5:05:01PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, BEFORE WE HEAR THE PRESENTATION
FROM OUR CFO, I WANT TO BRING A COUPLE OF THINGS TO FOLKS'
ATTENTION.
ONE, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MONITOR OUTAGES.
WE KNOW ABOUT IT.
TWO MONITORS ARE OUT OF SERVICE.
I'M ASSUMING THERE IS ONE YOU GUYS SEE THAT IS OUT AS WELL.
ALL THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO

THE AGENDA ITEMS AFTER WE FINISH THE PRESENTATIONS.
THERE WILL BE ONE OPPORTUNITY ONCE WE OPEN UP PUBLIC
COMMENT.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR EVERY AGENDA ITEM WILL BE OPEN.
THAT WILL BE YOUR ONE AND ONLY OPPORTUNITY THIS EVENING TO
TALK TO COUNCIL.
IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AGENDA, I'LL MOVE
ON.
MR. ROGERO.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
5:05:48PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MOVE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
5:05:49PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA FROM
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
THANK YOU, MR. ROGERO.
5:05:57PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
DENNIS ROGERO, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
IF I COULD HAVE THE PRESENTATION UP, PLEASE.
THANK YOU.
OF COURSE, ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TO SPEAK
ABOUT THE BUDGET.
I HOPE I MAKE IT PLAIN AND OFTEN ENOUGH, WE REALLY

APPRECIATE YOUR INTEREST, YOUR PROACTIVITY AND YOUR TIME
ASSOCIATED WITH DISCUSSING THIS.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR, THE CHIEF OF STAFF,
MIKE PERRY, MY WONDERFUL DEPARTMENT AND THE DEPARTMENTS.
THIS REALLY IS, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, AND I HOPE EVERYBODY'S
PERSPECTIVE, A COLLECTIVE EFFORT.
A SPECIAL THANKS TO THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR
THEIR TIME AND EFFORT AND A SPECIAL, SPECIAL THANKS TO
MS. KOPESKY.
THANK YOU, HAGAR.
I SURE APPRECIATE ALL THE VALUE YOU BRING IN OUR
PARTNERSHIP.
THANK YOU.
YOU SEE LEADERSHIP IS HERE OR VIRTUAL TO PROVIDE INFORMATION
AND TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
OUR PRESENTATION THIS EVENING WILL PRIMARILY CONSIST OF
RESPONDING TO COUNCIL MOTIONS FROM THE FIRST PUBLIC
WORKSHOP.
I DON'T SEEM TO HAVE THE CLICKER.
5:07:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YOU DON'T HAVE THE CLICKER?
HERE WE GO.
5:07:20PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
THANK YOU, SIR.
5:07:21PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
LIKE MAGIC.
5:07:22PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THAT.

WE'LL MOVE.
FURTHER TO THAT, HERE IS COUNCIL'S FIRST MOTION.
THE SECOND ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
I'LL GIVE EVERYONE JUST A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME TO READ ABOUT
IT.
IT CENTERS ON DISCUSSING THE C.I.P., THE CIT AND THE GENERAL
FUND DEFERRAL FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
OF COURSE, THE CHIEF OF STAFF AND I HAVE MET WITH EACH OF
YOU LAST WEEK AND BEGINNING OF THIS WEEK -- WELL, YESTERDAY,
I SUPPOSE.
AND THE DEFERRAL, AS A REMINDER, OF COURSE, WERE DRIVEN BY
THE SPECTER OF AMENDMENT 3 IN NOVEMBER.
WE ANTICIPATE THAT IF THIS AMENDMENT IS SUCCESSFUL, OF
COURSE, IT WILL HAVE A VERY, VERY ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE
GENERAL FUND REVENUES BEGINNING FISCAL YEAR '28 AND
CONTINUING, WELL, IN PERPETUITY AS FAR AS I KNOW.
IT WILL START OUT MEDIUM AND ESCALATE INTO VERY, VERY LARGE
DECREASES.
GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
ABOUT UP TO A QUARTER OF A BILLION DOLLARS OVER THE
FIVE-YEAR PERIOD BEGINNING IN FISCAL YEAR '28.
SO THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET IS WHAT WE VIEWED AS A SUSTAINMENT
BUDGET, MAINTAINING THE SERVICES, HUNKERING DOWN AND
RETAINING FUNDING UNTIL WE SEE -- OR SAW -- WHAT WOULD
HAPPEN WITH AMENDMENT FOUR IN NOVEMBER.

DID I SAY AMENDMENT -- THANK YOU.
AMENDMENT 3 IN NOVEMBER.
I DON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT AMENDMENT 4 MIGHT BE.
THANK YOU.
AS WE'VE SHARED IN OUR BRIEFINGS, THERE'S APPROXIMATELY $36
MILLION TOTAL WHAT I'LL DESCRIBE AS IN PLAY BETWEEN THE
GENERAL FUND AND THE CIT.
WE'LL GO INTO THAT IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL.
YOU'LL RECALL AT COUNCIL'S REQUEST IN THE RUN UP TO THE
AUGUST 28 WORKSHOP, WE PROVIDED QUITE A BIT OF DETAILED
INFORMATION TO COUNCIL, LINE ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT WAS
REQUESTED, WHAT WAS FUNDED, AND WHAT REMAINS AND WE'LL RECAP
A LITTLE BIT OF THAT AS PART OF THE PRESENTATION.
WE HAVE HARD COPIES HERE ALSO AVAILABLE TONIGHT IF YOU'D
LIKE THEM.
WE SHARED SOME HARD COPIES WITH YOU DURING OUR BRIEFINGS,
AND, OF COURSE, WE HAVE HARD COPIES IF ANYBODY WANTS THEM
FROM THE PUBLIC.
A GREAT DEAL GOING ON HERE, SO WE'VE KIND OF BROKEN IT DOWN
INTO BITES.
I'M WORKING UP TO A SUMMARY AND WE'LL GET TO IT.
AS PART OF BREAKING IT DOWN INTO BITES, COMPONENT ONE IS THE
GENERAL FUND.
OF COURSE, THE GENERAL FUNDING IN PLAY CAN BE USED FOR
ANYTHING.

IT'S GENERAL FUNDING.
DIVIDED INTO OPERATING AND CIP AS A REMINDER AS OPPOSED TO
THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TAX, WHICH CAN ONLY BE USED ON
PROJECTS.
HERE, WHAT YOU SEE IS AN EXCERPT, JUST AN EXCERPT OF THE
LINE ITEM DETAILS WE PROVIDED LAST MONTH.
EIGHT SUPPLEMENTAL GENERAL FUND REQUESTS TOTALING A LITTLE
OVER $35 MILLION.
SOME OF IT CIP AND I'VE HIGHLIGHTED THOSE IN YELLOW.
AND OVER TO THE FAR RIGHT, YOU SEE WHAT MADE IT INTO THE
RECOMMENDED BUDGET, LESS THAN $8 MILLION.
THIS IS ALSO, AGAIN, IN THE UPPER LEFT, JUST AN EXCERPT OF
THE INFORMATION WE SHARED BACK IN AUGUST.
PLEASE PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE GRAY SHADED AREA.
I JUST WANT TO ESTABLISH A BASE OF WHAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO
REFERENCE DURING THIS PRESENTATION.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS IN THE LOWER RIGHT.
31 POSITIONS REQUESTED.
NONE WERE FUNDED.
REQUESTS OF ALL -- ALMOST $16 MILLION, AND YOU SEE JUST A
LITTLE OVER $3 MILLION MADE IT INTO THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET.
WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE AND THE TOTALS YOU'RE SEEING HERE
ARE SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE SUPPLEMENTS WE JUST LOOKED
AT.
WE'VE GOT SUPPLEMENTS AND WE'VE GOT INCREASES.

I KNOW HEAVY ON THE JARGON, BUT IT'S NECESSARY FOR US TO
IDENTIFY AND SEPARATE WHAT'S BEING REQUESTED AND THE FUNDING
SOURCE OR SOURCES FOR EACH.
THOSE DOCUMENTS AND EXCERPTS THAT WE JUST REFERENCED ENDED
UP WITH THIS PARTICULAR SCENARIO.
THE BOTTOM LINE FOR THE GENERAL FUND YOU SEE ALMOST $51
MILLION WAS REQUESTED.
AND THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET, $11 MILLION MADE IT IN THERE.
YOU SEE IN RED THE VARIANCE OR IN THIS CASE, THE SHORTFALL,
TOTAL SHORTFALL OF ABOUT $40 MILLION.
OVER TO THE FAR RIGHT AS WE'VE SHARED WITH YOU, AND AGAIN
SHARE WITH YOU NOW, WHAT'S BEEN DEFERRED, THE FUNDING WE
HAVE -- OR THAT CITY COUNCIL NOW HAS TO FUND ANY OF THAT $40
MILLION OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S GENERALLY FUND APPLICABLE IS
ABOUT $13.5 MILLION.
SO WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF NEEDS, AS YOU SEE.
FROM A GENERAL FUND PERSPECTIVE, VERY LITTLE MONEY TO THROW
AT IT.
AS A REMINDER -- AND HERE'S WHERE THAT $13.5 MILLION IS OVER
THE FAR RIGHT, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED, IN CONTRAST TO OUR RECENT
HISTORY OF FUND BALANCES AT ABOUT 23%, OUR FUND BALANCE
RIGHT NOW IS 25%.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 23 AND 25 PERCENT IS THAT
$13.5 MILLION.
IT'S BEING RETAINED IN ABEYANCE, AGAIN, AS ORIGINALLY

ANTICIPATED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN NOVEMBER WITH AMENDMENT
3.
SO THAT'S THE GENERAL FUND.
MOVING INTO COMPONENT 2, AND THIS IS THE COMMUNITY
INVESTMENT TAX.
I'LL COME BACK WITH A SUMMARY OF BOTH IN JUST A MOMENT SO
WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS ANY PARTICULAR DETAILED QUESTIONS
YOU HAVE.
AGAIN, AN EXCERPT FROM THE INFORMATION SHARED LAST MONTH,
THE CITY COUNCIL, THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TAX.
YOU SEE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, ALSO HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW,
THIS IS GERMANE ONLY TO FISCAL YEAR 2027.
COUNCIL HAS THE ENTIRETY OF THE FIVE-YEAR INFORMATION, BUT
CAN'T REALLY PUT THAT ON THE SLIDE.
AGAIN, JUST TO ESTABLISH A BASE OF WHAT WE'RE REFERENCING,
WHAT WE CONTINUE TO REFERENCE AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
AND YOU SEE TPD HEADQUARTERS, AQUATIC REPAIR, RAIL PARK,
ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
AND THE NEXT SLIDE BRINGING IT HOME FOR THE BOTTOM RIGHT, A
TOTAL DEFERRED AMOUNT OF FUNDING BEING RETAINED OF A LITTLE
OVER $22 MILLION.
SIMPLE FORM THAT IS THE TOTAL FOR THE CIT AND FROM MY
PERSPECTIVE HERE IS WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD IN THE
TOTALS.
YOU SEE $73 MILLION OF REQUESTS AS WE BEGAN THE BUDGET

DEVELOPMENT PROCESS FOR FISCAL YEAR '27.
11 MILLION HAS BEEN FUNDED, AND YOU SEE THE VARIANCE THERE
OF ABOUT $62 MILLION.
TO THE FAR RIGHT, LITTLE LESS THAN HALF TO THROW AT THAT FOR
OTHER NEEDS.
$35.6 MILLION.
YOU SEE IN THE UPPER LEFT, TOTAL OF 8 SUPPLEMENTS.
YOU RECALL THERE WERE OVER 170 LINE ITEM INCREASE REQUESTS
MAKING UP HOW WE WENT ABOUT DEVELOPING THE RECOMMENDED
BUDGET.
FROM THERE, BASED ON OUR BRIEFINGS, AGAIN, WE HAVE A GREAT
MANY NEEDS.
WE ALWAYS HAVE A GREAT MANY NEEDS.
YOU CAN SEE EVEN IF WE DIDN'T HAVE AMENDMENT 3 ON THE
HORIZON, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO FUND THEM ALL AND STILL
SUSTAIN CURRENT SERVICES AND KEEP A 23% GENERAL FUND
RESERVE.
WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE RESOURCES ANYWAY.
AGAIN, I THINK I'VE MENTIONED WE HAVE A CONTINUOUS, PRETTY
CONTINUOUS DECLINE IN PROPERTY VALUATION GROWTH.
SO WE GOT A NUMBER OF CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING TO THE SHORTFALL
BASED ON WHAT WE'D LIKE.
FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, AND, AGAIN, FOLLOWING OUR BRIEFINGS,
WHAT SEEMS LIKE -- I WILL DEFINE IT AS REALISTIC WAY TO
ADDRESS THESE TWO DISCREPANCIES, WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE AND THE

FUNDING WE HAVE, IS PERHAPS ANOTHER WORKSHOP BETWEEN NOW AND
EITHER NEXT MONTH OR AS PART OF NEXT MONTH OR UNTIL WE SEE
WHAT HAPPENS WITH AMENDMENT 3.
I CAN TAKE COUNCIL'S QUESTIONS.
5:16:17PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ARE YOU FINISHED WITH YOUR PRESENTATION?
5:16:20PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
I AM, SIR.
AT LEAST WITH THIS PARTICULAR MOTION.
I CAN CONTINUE TO THE OTHER MOTIONS IF YOU'D LIKE.
IT'S COUNCIL'S PLEASURE.
5:16:31PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THIS COULD DRAG ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME
UNLESS WE WANT HIM TO FINISH AND DO OUR QUESTIONS AT ONE
TIME.
THAT'S THE WAY BUDGET MEETINGS WOULD BE HANDLED.
FINISH THE PRESENTATION AND COUNCIL WOULD HAVE QUESTIONS
BASED ON THE PRESENTATION.
LET'S FINISH WITH THE PRESENTATION.
WE'LL FINISH WITH THE PRESENTATION AND THEN DO ALL THE
QUESTIONS.
5:16:50PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
OKAY.
THANK YOU.
5:16:53PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
ULTIMATELY, COUNCIL, BEFORE YOU CONCLUDE THIS BUDGET
HEARING, YOU WILL HAVE TO TAKE ACTION ITEMS ON THOSE ITEMS
YOU CHOOSE TO TAKE ACTION ON.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR SO THE PUBLIC IS AWARE OF

THAT AS WELL.
5:17:09PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MR. ROGERO.
5:17:11PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
IF I COULD HAVE THE PRESENTATION BACK UP.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 3, THIS IS THE SECOND COUNCIL MOTION.
LEGAL STAFF BE REQUESTED TO WORK WITH THE CITY COUNCIL
ATTORNEY AND BRING BACK AN ADDENDUM BASED ON THE CHAIR'S
DRAFT RESOLUTIONS.
WE HAVE DONE THAT.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE A PRODUCT THAT WE'RE ALL IN ACCORD WITH.
I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT OR WE CAN WAIT UNTIL
AGAIN THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
5:17:38PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YOU WANT TO CLARIFY THAT WE HAVE THE
SUBSTITUTE.
5:17:41PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
I'M SORRY, SAY AGAIN.
5:17:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU.
GO AHEAD.
CONTINUE.
5:17:45PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
5:17:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MR. SHELBY.
5:18:00PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
IF COUNCIL HAS NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, WE CAN TAKE ACTION
ON THIS NOW AND BE DONE WITH THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.

5:18:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE CAN'T TAKE ACTION UNTIL WE GET PUBLIC
COMMENT.
5:18:11PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
OKAY.
THAT'S TRUE.
WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN AT LEAST TAKE THE ACTION OF
ANNEXING THE SUBSTITUTION FOR PURPOSES OF CONSIDERATION.
5:18:23PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
LET'S JUST HANDLE IT ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
LET'S FINISH THE PRESENTATION.
MR. SHELBY, YOU HANDED OUT THE SUBSTITUTE?
5:18:35PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
NO.
WHAT I HANDED OUT TO YOU WAS THE STRIKED-THROUGH VERSION OF
A DUPLICATIVE PARAGRAPH THAT WAS ULTIMATELY DECIDED IN
WORKING WITH MR. VASKE WHO DID A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK,
I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIM FOR THIS AND GETTING THIS IN A
TIMELY FASHION, TO MAKE IT EVEN CLEANER AND NOT DUPLICATIVE.
WHEN THE TIME COMES, I'D LIKE COUNCIL TO ACCEPT THE
SUBSTITUTION.
5:18:58PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
VERY GOOD.
CONTINUE.
5:19:00PM >>BILL CARLSON:
SHOULD WE SHOW THIS ON THE OVERHEAD.
5:19:02PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WAIT UNTIL WE GET TO IT.
5:19:05PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
THANK YOU, MR. SHELBY.
I WAS REMISS IN NOT THANKING MR. VASKE AND YOU.
APPRECIATE ALL YOUR EFFORTS IN BRINGING THIS HOME.
ITEM NUMBER 4, AGAIN, I'LL GIVE A MOMENT TO READ THROUGH IT,

BUT IT CENTERS AROUND POTENTIAL FUNDING FOR THE SULPHUR
SPRINGS NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PLAN.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS MEDIANS HAVE OCCURRED.
IF COUNCIL IS INCLINED TO APPROPRIATE OR SET ASIDE FUNDING
FOR THIS PARTICULAR PURPOSE, IT WOULD HAVE TO COME FROM ONE
OF TWO PLACES.
EITHER FROM WITHIN THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET, BECAUSE WE HAVE A
BALANCED BUDGET, OR IT WILL COME FROM THE FUNDING THAT WE
JUST ADDRESSED UNDER COUNCIL'S FIRST MOTION.
CIT AND/OR GENERAL FUND.
5:19:51PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WHAT YOU WOULD BE LOOKING FOR AFTER YOU
FINISH THE PRESENTATION IS A MOTION TO --
5:19:56PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
YES, COUNCIL --
5:19:58PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
CONTINUE.
5:20:00PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
THANK YOU.
I'LL GIVE A MOMENT TO READ THROUGH IT, BUT IT CENTERS ON
HOLDING IN ABEYANCE FUNDING -- EXCUSE ME, PAY RAISES FOR
THOSE MAKING OVER $150,000 UNTIL WE FIND OUT THE RESULT OF
AMENDMENT 3 IN NOVEMBER.
WE HAVE PROVIDED A SLIDE FOR YOU.
MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, APPROXIMATES ABOUT A MONTH.
FISCAL YEAR STARTS OCTOBER 1st.
WE SHOULD KNOW THE RESULTS OF THE REFERENDUM.
I THINK NOVEMBER 2, 3rd.
THAT IS WHAT A MONTH OF GENERAL FUND AND OTHER FUNDING

TOTALS FOR EMPLOYEES MAKING OVER $150,000 ANNUALLY.
5:20:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
5:20:46PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
YES, SIR.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 6, AGAIN, THIS CENTERS AROUND THE
MOBILITY DEPARTMENT AND FINDING FUNDS FOR ALLEY ASSESSMENT
PROGRAMS.
AGAIN, ONE OF TWO SOURCES FOR FUNDING.
EITHER REPLACING SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY WITHIN THE
RECOMMENDED BUDGET OR TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE FUNDING BEING
HELD IN ABEYANCE AS WE AWAIT AMENDMENT 3 THAT WE WENT OVER
JUST A FEW SLIDES AGO.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR THE PUBLIC.
THE WEBSITE YOU JUST SAW IS WHERE YOU CAN FIND ALL OF THE
INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE FISCAL YEAR '27 BUDGET AND
THE FIVE-YEAR -- THE RECOMMENDED '27 BUDGET AND THE
FIVE-YEAR RECOMMENDED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
5:21:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
COUNCIL ON THE FIRST ROUND OF ASKING QUESTIONS, BUT TO
SUMMARIZE THIS, WHEN WE'RE FINISHED WITH THIS WE'RE GOING TO
REQUIRE ACTION BY COUNCIL ON ITEM NUMBER 3.
WE'RE GOING TO REQUIRE -- NOT REQUIRE, BUT SHOULD HAVE
ACTION ON ITEM NUMBER 4.
NUMBER 6, AND 5 WOULD BE MORE OF A DISCUSSION.
3, 4, AND 6 PROBABLY REQUIRE SOME TYPE OF COUNCIL ACTION.

THIS IS THE FIRST ROUND.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
5:22:10PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HOW MUCH MONEY WILL IT TAKE FOR AGENDA ITEM
6?
5:22:19PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
PHASE ONE AND TWO OF THE ALLEYS.
5:22:23PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IT SAYS IDENTIFY FUNDS FOR TASK ONE AND TWO,
HOW MUCH WAS IT?
5:22:27PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
TASK ONE AND TWO OF THE ALLEY ASSESSMENT
PROGRAM.
THAT I DO NOT KNOW.
I'LL DEFER TO THE DEPARTMENT.
5:22:33PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HE BOUNCED OUT OF HIS CHAIR.
5:22:45PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IF WE HAVE SIX ITEMS THAT WE'RE TALKING --
5:22:49PM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL:
BRANDON CAMPBELL, MOBILITY DIRECTOR.
I DO HAVE THE TASK TO BREAK DOWN ON THE PROJECTOR.
TASK ONE WAS $349,000.
TASK TWO WAS $878,000.
5:22:59PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SO IT'S ONE AND TWO TOGETHER IS ALL WE NEED,
RIGHT?
5:23:02PM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL:
THAT WAS THE --
5:23:06PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
1.2?
5:23:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
12.
5:23:09PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
1.2.
THANK YOU.
SECOND QUESTION IS FOR MR. ROGERO.

SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT 35 MILLION, IS THAT WHAT'S
BEING HELD IN THE UNFUNDED -- I'M SORRY, UNASSIGNED FUND
BALANCE?
35.6?
5:23:30PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
NO, MA'AM.
THE 13.5 OF THAT 35.6 IS BEING HELD IN UNASSIGNED FUND
BALANCE.
THAT'S THE GENERAL FUND.
5:23:38PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WHAT ABOUT THE 22.1 FROM THE CIT?
5:23:42PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
THAT IS BEING HELD IN CIT RESERVE.
COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TAX.
5:23:46PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
GOT IT.
I'M GOING TO DIVE IN.
SO THE WAY TO SOLVE THIS ONE, CHAIR, THIS IS YOUR -- THIS IS
THE ADDENDUM.
IF YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT THE MONEY WHERE WE WANT
IT TO GO, YOU NEED TO FIND THAT LINE ITEM AND JUST SAY, THE
FIRST 10 MILLION WILL GO TO LINE ITEM 59423.
THAT WOULD BE THE WAY I WOULD SOLVE IT.
5:24:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
INSTEAD OF JUST PAVING.
5:24:17PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
BECAUSE THEN YOU KNOW IT ACTUALLY GOES TO THE PAVING LINE
ITEM.
I'M JUST SAYING.
IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IT, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO.

THAT'S MY PERSONAL RECOMMENDATION.
5:24:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
CAN I GET MS. KOPESKY IN THE NEXT SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME TO IDENTIFY THE LINE ITEMS?
5:24:37PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
STORMWATER MAINTENANCE -- WELL, I HAVE A
BUNCH OF THINGS TO SAY, BUT I WILL GO WITH SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
I HAVE SOME STUFF TO TALK ABOUT WITH SULPHUR SPRINGS, BUT
I'LL WAIT UNTIL COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG SPEAKS.
BUT I DID WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, COUNCILWOMAN, THAT WE
ALREADY APPROVED $985,000 TOWARDS SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS IN
SULPHUR SPRINGS BACK IN JUNE.
AND THAT WAS TO CONNECT SCHOOLS.
SO WE ALREADY ALLOCATED THAT AND MADE SURE IT WAS PART OF
THE '27 BUDGET.
I HAVE THE MOTION HERE, I'M JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PASS
THAT.
BRANDON IS GETTING UP.
DOES THAT MEAN THE MONEY DID NOT GET MOVED?
5:25:26PM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL:
AGAIN, BRANDON CAMPBELL, MOBILITY
DIRECTOR.
IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THE MOTION THAT COUNCILWOMAN
YOUNG HAD MADE --
5:25:35PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
NO.
THIS WAS A MOTION I MADE.
5:25:38PM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL:
THAT WAS ACTUALLY A PASS AND THE MONEY

HAS BEEN SET ASIDE FOR SPECIFIC SIDEWALK SEGMENTS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THE PROJECTOR.
IT WAS FOR THE PRIMARY WALKING CORRIDOR AS WELL AS BIRD
STREET.
IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THE MOTION THAT COUNCILWOMAN
YOUNG BROUGHT FORTH WAS FOR THE SEGMENTS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED
SORT OF IN BRACKETS ON THAT --
5:26:01PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
THIS IS DIFFERENT MONEY.
5:26:03PM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL:
THIS IS IN ADDITION.
5:26:03PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IN ADDITION.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNEW ABOUT THE SIDEWALK
THAT WE DID.
5:26:09PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
DO YOU WANT TO RESPOND NOW?
COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG.
5:26:13PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
MY MOTION WASN'T SPECIFICALLY FOR SIDEWALKS.
IT WAS JUST TOWARD THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PLAN.
BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WAS IDENTIFIED WHEN I DID
HAVE THE CONVERSATION.
5:26:27PM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL:
YES, FOR CLARITY.
LET ME ZOOM OUT HERE.
THERE WERE A FEW DIFFERENT ACTION ITEMS THAT WERE SHARED
WITH ME THAT WAS DIRECTED TOWARD.
AND JUST FOR CLARITY, THE SIDEWALK SEGMENTS WITHIN THAT
SUITE OF ACTION ITEMS WERE THOSE THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN

BRACKETS.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO SUGGEST THAT THOSE OTHER ITEMS WERE
EXCLUDED FROM YOUR RECOMMENDATION.
5:26:50PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SO YOU WANTED TO DO MORE SIDEWALKS?
5:26:53PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH ABBYE AND LAUREN,
AND THESE -- OUT OF THE SULPHUR SPRINGS NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION
PLAN, THESE WERE THREE OF THE AREAS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS
WHERE MONEY COULD GO TOWARDS TO CONTINUE TO PUT MONEY
TOWARDS SULPHUR SPRINGS, BUT TOWARDS THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION
PLAN.
IF I'M HEARING YOU CORRECTLY, BRANDON --
5:27:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
PUT TWO MINUTES BACK ON HER.
DON'T START IT UP YET.
WE'RE IN DIALOGUE.
5:27:21PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
WHAT I'M HEARING IS THERE IS ALREADY MONEY
ALLOCATED TOWARDS SIDEWALKS.
5:27:28PM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL:
THAT'S CORRECT, YES.
5:27:29PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MY ASK FOR YOU WOULD BE BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS
MONEY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS IS TO FIX
THAT MANATEE BRIDGE.
I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE THE 750, ADD 750 MORE TO IT BECAUSE
THEY ARE PROJECTING IT IS GOING TO BE 1.5 MILLION AND DO
THAT.
5:27:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING THERE, IS THE BRIDGE
--

5:27:58PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
NO, IT'S NOT.
5:27:59PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
IT'S NOT.
THAT'S JUST FOR THE PARKS.
5:28:01PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
BUT I FOUND THE MONEY FOR IT.
I DON'T HAVE THE TIME LEFT.
OR YOU GAVE ME TWO MORE MINUTES.
I'LL TELL YOU WHERE I FOUND THE MONEY.
IF YOU PUT -- IF MS. SCHARF COULD COME OUT OR MS. KOPESKY
COULD PULL SOMETHING FOR ME.
COULD YOU PUT UP THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT DEFERRAL?
THE CIT DEFERRAL SPECIFICALLY.
FIRST OF ALL, I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT WE PUT ALL THE CIT
PROJECTS BACK IN.
5:28:40PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ZOOM THIS IN.
DENNIS MUST HAVE PRINTED IT.
5:28:52PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HERE'S THE THING.
THE $8 MILLION FOR THE MacDILL ACCESS -- CAN YOU POINT
TO THE MacDILL ACCESS?
THE $8 MILLION, THEY HAVE TOLD US THEY CAN'T DO THAT THIS
YEAR BECAUSE THEY AREN'T READY TO DO THAT PROGRAM.
SO MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO ADD -- I WAS GOING TO DO
1.5 MILLION, BUT IF WE ALREADY HAVE 750 FOR SIDEWALKS, IF WE
ADD $750,000 TO PARKS AND REC, WE CAN MOVE THAT MONEY THERE
AND FIND THE 1.5 MILLION TO FIX THE BRIDGE.
THE REASON THAT IS IMPORTANT TO SULPHUR SPRINGS IS BECAUSE

IT BRINGS MORE PEOPLE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH
ECONOMIC IMPACT.
SO I WANT TO BRING MORE PEOPLE BACK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ONCE WE FIX THE POOL, BECAUSE THAT'S UNDERGOING, AND THEY
ARE FIXING THE UNDERPASS BOARDWALK.
THAT WILL BE DONE NEXT YEAR.
AND THEY ARE ALSO GOING TO BE DOING THE WALKING PATH.
HAVING THAT WHOLE PART DONE AT ONCE I THINK WILL BE REALLY
IMPORTANT TO -- I MEAN, TO ECONOMIC VIABILITY BECAUSE I KNOW
THEY WANT TO BRING -- THEY HAVE THE FARMER'S MARKET THAT
THEY ARE WORKING ON.
BUT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE -- PEOPLE WILL COME FOR THAT.
I BELIEVE THAT'S AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THING.
THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
5:30:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ARE YOU JUST TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE YOUR
ASSUMPTION IS WE'RE PUTTING ALL THE MONEY BACK IN C.I.P.?
5:30:14PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE SHOULD.
I'M GOING TO FIGHT FOR THAT.
5:30:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THAT IS A SUBJECT FOR DISCUSSION.
5:30:18PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SUBJECT FOR DISCUSSION BUT EVEN IF WE DON'T
PUT IT ALL BACK, MOVING 750 FROM THIS 8 MILLION WHICH WE
CAN'T DO THIS YEAR EVEN IF WE WANTED TO, THAT'S WHAT MR.
ROGERO HAS SAID, CORRECT, THAT THIS IS NOT READY.
OKAY, MR. CAMPBELL.

5:30:32PM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL:
SORRY.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM CLEAR ON WHAT HAS BEEN FUNDED.
5:30:38PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
KILL THE TIMER.
5:30:39PM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL:
AGAIN, THESE PRIMARY WALKING ROUTES IN
THE ORANGE, LITTLE DARKER SHADE PLUS BIRD STREET.
THIS, I BELIEVE RIGHT AT ABOUT MIDDLE OF THIS SEGMENT IS THE
COMMUNITY CENTER THAT WAS THE SUBJECT OF SOME DISCUSSION AND
PROVIDING A WALKING ROUTE TO.
THOSE BRACKETED SEGMENTS ARE NOT CURRENTLY FUNDED.
JUST FOR CLARITY, IF THAT'S SOMETHING --
5:31:03PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE COULD FUND THAT AND DO THE BRIDGE.
THE WAY I HAD IT, I WAS MOVING 1.5 MILLION FROM THAT 8
MILLION TO DO THE SULPHUR SPRINGS BRIDGE.
WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO TOUCH THAT MONEY.
5:31:18PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:

[INDISCERNIBLE]
5:31:19PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
NO, NO.
I WAS GOING TO TAKE 750 FROM THE SIDEWALKS, BUT WE DON'T
HAVE TO BECAUSE IF HAGAR PUTS THAT, IF YOU PUT THAT OTHER
PAGE BACK ON, WE HAVE $8 MILLION RIGHT NOW THAT CAN BE
MOVED.
AND WE CAN MOVE 1.5 MILLION FOR SULPHUR SPRINGS.
CAN I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION ON THIS?
MR. ROGERO, I'LL COME DOWN.
IF WE PUT THIS $1.5 MILLION IN THERE, ADD 1.3 FOR TPD

HEADQUARTERS BECAUSE IT NEEDS THE ELEVATORS FIXED AND THEN
THESE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE PROMISED PEOPLE.
THAT BORRELL PARK HAS TO HAPPEN.
THERE'S JUST NO -- THERE'S NO IFS, ANDS OR BUTS.
WE PROMISED PEOPLE THE GADSDEN PARK IMPROVEMENTS.
BUT DOWN HERE, I WAS TOLD THAT THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN SOLVED.
5:32:23PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
YES, MA'AM.
FOOTNOTE NUMBER 4.
5:32:26PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
BECAUSE NO CONSTRUCTION, SO WE'VE DEALT WITH
THAT.
EVEN IF ALL OF THIS STUFF IS DONE, THAT ONLY EQUATES TO 6.3
MILLION, WE STILL WOULD HAVE MONEY LEFT TO DO THE PREP WORK
FOR THE MacDILL.
I WANTED YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND SEE, THAT'S KIND OF
WHAT I'M THINKING FOR THE CIT.
5:32:53PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
REAL QUICK.
IS THIS CORRECT?
IF WE ARE NOT READY AND WE ARE DEFERRING THAT $8 MILLION FOR
THE MacDILL ACCESS, DOES THAT FREE UP THE MONEY THAT THE
COUNCIL MEMBER IS TALKING ABOUT WITHOUT ANY ISSUES REGARDING
WHAT IS BEING DEFERRED AND WHATNOT, IT GIVES $8 MILLION THAT
WE CAN MOVE AROUND.
5:33:11PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
ROUGHLY.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD WANT CLARIFICATION ON IS ANY OF THAT
$8 MILLION REQUIRED NEXT FISCAL YEAR TO BEGIN THAT

PARTICULAR PROJECT.
I THINK DIRECTOR CAMPBELL.
5:33:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MacDILL ACCESS.
[TALKING OVER ONE ANOTHER]
5:33:33PM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL:
WE WILL NOT BE GOING INTO CONSTRUCTION
UNTIL FISCAL '28.
DESIGN IS UNDERWAY.
5:33:40PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
DESIGN FUNDED.
5:33:42PM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL:
YES.
5:33:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
QUESTION FOR YOU.
AS COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK'S POINT, BASED ON FISCAL PRUDENCY
YOU'VE DEFERRED THIS STUFF.
IF COUNCIL DECIDES TO PUT THIS STUFF -- PUT IT BACK INTO THE
BUDGET, IF WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS THAT $8 MILLION IS NOW ON
TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE THAT YOU HAVE DEFERRED IF WE'RE NOT
GOING TO SPEND THAT, ADDITIONAL $8 MILLION.
5:34:05PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
NO.
CLARIFICATION THAT $8 MILLION IS INCLUDED.
IF I COULD HAVE THE WOLF BACK UP.
THERE IS ANOTHER ONE.
THE BOTTOM IN YELLOW, THE $22 MILLION I REFERENCED INCLUDES
THAT $8 MILLION.
COUNCIL HAS $22 MILLION IN COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TAX TO
DECIDE WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE IT TO GO.
5:34:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
REFERENCE THE REQUEST AND WHAT THE

ADMINISTRATION WAS LOOKING FOR, THAT 22 -- IF YOU TAKE 8
MILLION OFF OF THAT, YOU HAVE NOT REQUESTED -- $8 MILLION,
THAT IS UNREQUESTED MONEY.
5:34:41PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
YES.
FOR CLARIFICATION, AGAIN, WITHOUT GETTING TOO WONKISH,
FISCAL YEAR '27 NUMBERS ARE SIMPLY THE FISCAL YEAR '27
NUMBERS THAT EXIST IN THIS YEAR'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM.
IT IS COUNCIL'S PLEASURE AS TO HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO DIVIDE
THAT FUNDING.
5:34:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
GOT IT.
COUNCILMAN VIERA.
5:35:00PM >>LUIS VIERA:
MINE IS VERY SHORT.
THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, FOR THOSE DETAILED
INQUIRIES.
I MADE A REQUEST LAST MEETING ON THE SO-CALLED SPECIAL NEEDS
INTERNSHIP AND WANTING TO MAKE SURE WHERE THIS WAS IN THE
BUDGET, THE AMOUNT DRAWN.
MS. McGREGOR AND I SPOKE ABOUT THAT EARLIER TODAY, I THINK
IT WAS.
I WANTED TO INQUIRE IN THAT REGARD, INCLUDING MAKING SURE
THAT IF AMENDMENT 3 DOES PASS, THAT DOESN'T MATTER AT ALL TO
THE CITY BUDGET, BUT IT MATTERS A HELL OF A LOT TO THE
PEOPLE WHO BENEFIT FROM IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NEEDED TO LOOK FOR THAT.

5:35:37PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
IT'S CONTAINED -- CORRECT ME IF I'M
WRONG --
5:35:46PM >>LUIS VIERA:
AND I KNOW IT IS IN THE --
5:35:51PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
[INAUDIBLE]
5:35:52PM >>LUIS VIERA:
WE HAVE TO GET IT OUT OF THAT.
THAT IS JUST SO FRAGILE.
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THERE'S ANOTHER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM,
CORRECT?
5:36:00PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
YES.
5:36:02PM >>LUIS VIERA:
WHERE IS IT FUNDED?
IT SHOULD BE FUNDED WHERE THAT IS FUNDED.
I BEAT THAT DRUM.
5:36:09PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
ADMINISTRATOR WYNN KNOWS THAT, UNLESS
YOU'VE GOT IT.
5:36:14PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
JANELLE McGREGOR, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND
PARTNERSHIPS.
I CAN SPEAK TO THE SPECIAL NEEDS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WHICH
WE'RE LOOKING TO FUND AT THE SAME LEVEL AS WE DID IN FISCAL
YEAR '26 TO KEEP THE CONSISTENCY OF THAT PROGRAM.
5:36:31PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILMAN VIERA -- ADMINISTRATOR WYNN --
YOU KNOW WHERE THESE THINGS ARE FUNDED AT, TWO PROGRAMS?
5:36:37PM >> THE SPECIAL NEEDS PROGRAM --
5:36:40PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THE OTHER ONE.
5:36:41PM >> GOT IT, THANK YOU.

5:36:44PM >> OCEA WYNN, ADMINISTRATOR FOR NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY
AFFAIRS.
THE OTHER INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS ARE FUNDED WITHIN WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT.
5:36:53PM >>LUIS VIERA:
WHY DON'T WE FUND THIS SPECIAL NEEDS ONE IN
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT IS?
WHEN YOU PUT IT IN THE NONPROFIT SECTOR, IT MAKES IT
FRAGILE.
FIRST TO GO IN A BUDGET WASH, RIGHT?
HOW DO WE DO THAT?
5:37:10PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
NO WORRIES.
IT IS COUNCIL'S PLEASURE.
IF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO DIRECT THAT FUNDING MOVE TO ANOTHER
SOURCE.
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET.
IT'S PART OF THE $1 MILLION IN THE SOCIAL ACTION AND ARTS
FUND.
WE CAN MOVE THAT, BUT -- HOW MUCH IS IN THERE DO YOU RECALL
FOR FISCAL YEAR '27 FOR SPECIAL NEEDS?
$76,000.
5:37:39PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I MOTION TO PUT $76,000 FROM THE SOCIAL
NETWORK --
5:37:43PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION?
[TALKING OVER ONE ANOTHER]

LET'S START A RUNNING TOTAL SO WE UNDERSTAND AND THEN WE CAN
SEE WHAT WE HAVE.
5:37:56PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
CAN I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION?
5:37:58PM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES, MA'AM, PLEASE.
5:37:59PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
LET'S FUND THAT OF THE EXTRA OUT OF -- LET'S
FUND THAT OUT OF SOME OF THE MONEY WE'RE PUTTING IN
ABEYANCE.
ONLY $76,000.
THAT WAY IT'S A PERMANENT.
BECAUSE THAT WAY WE DON'T TAKE ANYTHING OUT OF SOCIAL ACTION
ARTS.
5:38:16PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
5:38:18PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HAGAR, IF YOU COULD HELP ME KEEP A RUNNING
TOTAL OF THE AMOUNTS AND WHERE IT IS -- COUNCIL PROPOSED
TAKING THE MONEY SO WE CAN LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE WHEN
WE MAKE A FINAL DETERMINATION.
5:38:29PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I HAVE ONE TINY --
5:38:35PM >>HAGAR KOPESKY:
I DID NOT HEAR HER RECOMMENDATION.
5:38:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MONEY WE'RE HOLDING IN ABEYANCE --
5:38:40PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MY RECOMMENDATION IS SOME OF THE MONEY IN
ABEYANCE.
5:38:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
76,000 TO FUND OUT OF THE WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
MOVE IT TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND TAKE 76 OUT OF ABEYANCE
AND PUT IT INTO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

5:38:53PM >>LUIS VIERA:
COUNCILMAN CARLSON HAS A QUESTION.
5:38:58PM >>BILL CARLSON:
I THINK, MR. ROGERO, IF YOU CAN HELP US
FIGURE OUT HOW TO PUT IT AS A LINE ITEM THAT IT WOULD BE IN
CONCRETE SO THAT I THINK HIS CONCERN IS THAT WHOEVER IS ON
COUNCIL NEXT, THEY CAN SEE IT AND THEY'LL PROTECT IT, THAT
IT WON'T BE JUST BURIED UNDER SOMETHING ELSE.
5:39:16PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'LL DO IS ITEMIZE
EACH OF COUNCIL'S RECOMMENDATIONS DO A RUNNING TOTAL AND
PROVIDE, IF ANYTHING, WHAT IS LEFT.
5:39:25PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
IT'S OWN COST UNDER WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
5:39:28PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU, SIR.
FOR PURPOSES OF THE PUBLIC, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT BY
PASSING THIS TONIGHT, K-BAR RANCH PARK ABOUT $8 MILLION,
PUTS IT IN THE C.I.P. FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR, CORRECT?
5:39:39PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
FISCAL YEAR '28 WHICH IS THE YEAR AFTER THE
YEAR WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
5:39:45PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU.
5:39:49PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG.
5:39:52PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
ONE, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND CHIEF BENNETT FOR
MEETING WITH ME LAST WEEK.
I WAS GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET DEFERRAL LIST THAT YOU GAVE
TO ME.
I SEE HERE UNDER WORKFORCE THE RISING EXPLORER PROGRAM,
SUMMER YOUTH INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IS NOT FUNDED IN '27 NOR IS
THE TEMP INTERN PROGRAM AS WELL.

5:40:19PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
WHAT PAGE?
5:40:21PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
FIRST PAGE.
5:40:23PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
WORKFORCE.
I SEE THE TWO WORKFORCE ITEMS.
YES, YOU ARE CORRECT.
5:40:28PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I WAS LISTENING TO COUNCILMAN VIERA, HOW WILL
WE -- IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE'RE FUNDING ANY YOUTH PROGRAMS
UNDER WORKFORCE.
5:40:41PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
ALL I CAN ATTEST TO IS ON THE BUDGET
INCREASE SHEET, AGAIN, LET ME CLARIFY THIS, THE RECOMMENDED
BUDGET, AGAIN, WE ENVISION THAT TO BE A SUSTAINMENT BUDGET.
GENERALLY, IF WE'RE DOING SOMETHING IN THE CURRENT YEAR,
WE'RE DOING IT NEXT YEAR, THESE ARE INCREASE REQUESTS.
IF I THINK YOUR QUESTION IS HOW DO WE FUND THESE, IT WOULD
COME, IN MY MIND, EITHER TAKE IT FROM SOMEPLACE ELSE OR COME
FROM THE $13.5 MILLION GENERAL FUNDING WE'VE BEEN
DISCUSSING.
5:41:15PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
SO WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ALLOCATION
OF FUNDS FOR HUNDRED SUMMER YOUTH LEADERSHIP PROGRAM.
2027.
RISING SPORTS PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
THAT'S NOT IN 2027.
AND THEN ALSO THE TEMP INTERN PROGRAM, THAT'S NOT IN 2027
EITHER.
5:41:34PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
I'M SORRY.

SO THE QUESTION --
5:41:37PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I'M JUST NOTING THAT -- AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE
THE TEEN PROGRAMMING OPERATING BUDGET.
THAT'S NOT IN THERE EITHER.
5:41:45PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
I SEE.
YOU ARE IDENTIFYING ITEMS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN FUNDED.
5:41:50PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
RIGHT.
SHOULD THIS BE INCLUDED IN THE RUNNING LIST?
5:41:56PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
IF YOU WANT TO RUN IT AND HAGAR CAN
CAPTURE.
5:41:59PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
ABSOLUTELY.
5:42:01PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I BROUGHT UP THE SAME THING SO I'LL SECOND
IT.
5:42:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE'RE NOT TAKING MOTIONS AT THIS POINT.
JUST HAVE A RUNNING LIST.
I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE ONCE WE'RE
FINISHED.
IF YOU WOULD IDENTIFY THE AREAS THAT YOU FEEL LIKE NEED TO
BE PART OF THE UNALLOCATED MONEY, IDENTIFY THAT SO HAGAR CAN
CAPTURE THAT AND THEN A FINAL DISCUSSION AT THE END OF THE
PRESENTATION.
5:42:26PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
IF WE COULD ADD THAT.
THE RISING EXPLORER SUMMER YOUTH INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AND
HUNDRED --
5:42:40PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
IDENTIFY THE AMOUNTS, TOO.

5:42:44PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
175 FOR RISING EXPLORERS, AND THEN 85,248 FOR
SUMMER YOUTH LEADERSHIP.
5:42:54PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
AGAIN, COUNCIL'S PLEASURE AND ESPECIALLY
YOURS, MA'AM, BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO MARK ON THE COPY AND THEN
WE COULD INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE RUNNING TOTAL AND THE
ITEMIZED LIST.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO READ EACH ONE IN ITS ENTIRETY.
5:43:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I THINK FOR PUBLIC DISCLOSURE, IT'S GOOD.
5:43:12PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
MS. KOPESKY KNOWS WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
I NEEDED TO POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE EVERYONE KNOWS I HAVE A
HUGE PASSION FOR YOUTH.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE BOTH PROGRAMS TO BE
FUNDED FOR OUR SUMMER YOUTH.
SO, TWO, SULPHUR SPRINGS.
BRANDON AND ABBYE, COULD YOU COME AND EXPLAIN TO ME, WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT WITH THE SIDEWALK.
SO I HEARD ALLOCATED ALREADY WE HAVE THE 985,000 FOR
SIDEWALKS, AND THEN WHEN WE HAD OUR MEETING, ABBYE, WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT SAFE ROUTES TO PLACES, STREET SAFETY WAS ONE
OF THE ITEMS WE IDENTIFIED.
IN THE AREAS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT ON THE MAP, KIND OF THE
SAME TO WHAT BRANDON WAS SAYING.
DO WE HAVE MONEY ALLOCATED FOR THOSE AREAS ALREADY OR NOT?
5:44:11PM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
ABBYE FEELEY, ADMINISTRATOR FOR DEVELOPMENT
AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.

THE 985 DOES NOT INCLUDE THE SEGMENTS THAT BRANDON HAD SHOWN
ON THE SCREEN THAT ARE BRACKETED.
THAT IS OVER WHERE LAILA'S HOUSE IS.
THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT WAS TO CREATE A CIRCULATOR SYSTEM.
WHEN WE TALKED, EVEN GETTING A SIDEWALK ON ONE SIDE OF THE
STREET IN THOSE AREAS, BUT RIGHT NOW AS BRANDON STATED, THE
985 IS FOR THE DARKER ORANGE.
5:44:44PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL FUNDING DO YOU NEED TO
FUND THE BRACKETED SIDEWALKS?
5:44:49PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
THAT WOULD BE THE 500,000.
5:44:55PM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
PROBABLY A MINIMUM OF 500.
MIGHT BE A LITTLE LESS THAN THAT IF WE PUT SIDEWALK ON ONE
SIDE OF THE STREET.
AND ALSO STREET CROSSING MARKINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
5:45:11PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
PUT A MINIMUM 500,000, WOULD THAT BE ENOUGH TO
COVER THESE AREAS?
5:45:15PM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL:
YES.
AGAIN, BRANDON CAMPBELL, MOBILITY DIRECTOR.
YES, I WOULD ANTICIPATE IT WOULD.
OF COURSE, WE WILL STRETCH THAT BUDGET AS FAR AS WE CAN
WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
5:45:23PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SO FOR BREVITY, WE CAN ASK MS. KOPESKY TO
ADD 500,000 TO OUR RUNNING TOTAL LIST FOR SIDEWALKS IN
SULPHUR SPRINGS TO COMPLETE THAT CIRCUIT?
5:45:34PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
WHERE IS THIS COMING FROM?

I THINK DARLENE GAVE EVERYONE A COPY.
I HAD A MEETING WITH MS. FEELEY AND LAUREN ABOUT SULPHUR
SPRINGS, TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT PROJECTS TO ALLOCATE
FUNDING TO -- TOWARDS THE SULPHUR SPRINGS NEIGHBORHOOD
ACTION PLAN.
AND THESE WERE THE THREE ITEMS, THE THREE KIND OF BUCKETS
THAT WE IDENTIFIED.
AND IT WAS A STREET SAFETY HOUSING STABILITY AND PUBLIC
REALM.
MS. KOPESKY, DO YOU HAVE YOUR COPY WITH YOU?
5:46:02PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THAT WAS THE GREEN.
SOMEBODY SHOWED IT A MINUTE AGO.
5:46:11PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
THESE WERE THE THREE BUCKETS IDENTIFIED.
CAME OUT OF THE SULPHUR SPRINGS NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PLAN.
WE HAVE THE MINIMUMS TO THE MAX FOR EACH AREA.
I WANTED TO BRING IT TO COUNCIL TO KIND OF GET -- SEE WHAT
ROUTE YOU ALL THINK, BECAUSE I WAS THINKING AT LEAST DOING
THE MINIMUMS FOR EACH AREA, BECAUSE THAT COUPLED WITH THE
IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH THE PARKS, I THINK IT
WOULD BE REALLY GOOD INVESTMENT IN THE AREA AND IN DIFFERENT
BUCKETS.
SO IF THAT IS, IF THE COUNCIL FEELS THAT THAT IS A GOOD AREA
TO GO, I WOULD WANT TO DO THAT.
5:46:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YOU'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED THE 500,000 FOR
SIDEWALK UNDER THE FIRST BUCKET.

YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL -- BASICALLY A MILLION.
1.5.
5:47:01PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
FOR SULPHUR SPRINGS.
5:47:02PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MS. KOPESKY, COULD YOU -- THE 500,000 FOR
SIDEWALKS, ADDITIONAL $1 MILLION FOR THE ADDITIONAL -- FOR
THE ACTION PLAN FOR SULPHUR SPRINGS.
5:47:13PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
SPECIFICALLY HOUSING STABILITY AND THEN PUBLIC
REALM BENEFITS.
5:47:18PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
TOTAL OF 1.5 FOR THAT.
VERY GOOD.
5:47:24PM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
I DID PROMISE TO BRING NUMBERS TONIGHT IN
RELATIONSHIP TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH DOWN PAYMENT
ASSISTANCE AND OWNER OCCUPIED REHABILITATION UNDER OUR
CURRENT PROGRAMS.
AND IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, WE'VE DONE 24 REHABILITATIONS IN
THE 33604 ZIP CODE, WHICH WE UNDERSTAND SULPHUR SPRINGS IS
SMALLER THAN THAT ZIP CODE, BUT THAT WAS THE EASIEST WAY FOR
US TO PULL THE DATA.
17 ARE COMPLETE.
7 ARE CURRENTLY IN PROCESS.
DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, WE'VE HAD 52 CLOSINGS OVER THE PAST
FIVE YEARS, EQUALING $1.675 MILLION IN DOWN PAYMENT
ASSISTANCE IN THAT AREA.
AND ALSO, IF YOU'LL RECALL, WE HAD THE HURRICANE DISASTER
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, BOTH OURS, WHICH WE USE SHIP FUNDS FOR,

AND THEN THE ONE, THE ADDITIONAL 2 MILLION FROM CITY
COUNCIL.
WE ASSISTED 13 HOMES EQUALING JUST OVER 155,000 IN THAT AREA
AS WELL.
5:48:28PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
IS THAT JUST FOR THIS YEAR OR OVER TIME?
5:48:31PM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
THE DPA AND THE REHAB WAS OVER THE PAST FIVE
YEARS.
IN THIS YEAR, IN 2026, FOR REHAB, WE COMPLETED FOUR, AND
SEVEN ARE UNDERWAY.
SO THAT'S 11.
FOR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR 26, SEVEN
CLOSINGS EQUALING $320,000.
5:49:00PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THE 500,000 -- SORRY, EXCUSE ME.
THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE FOR THE FIVE YEARS, HOW LONG DO
WE TRACK TO ENSURE THEY ARE OWNER OCCUPIED?
5:49:12PM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE IS TEN YEARS.
IF YOU SELL YOUR HOME WITHIN TEN YEARS, YOU OWE US BACK THE
DPA.
5:49:23PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE TRACK THAT?
5:49:25PM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
OH, YES.
WE PUT A LURA ON THE PROPERTY FOR THE ONES THAT WE PROVIDE
DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE FOR.
5:49:34PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WHAT IF THE PERSON WHO PURCHASES THE PROPERTY
STARTS TO RENT IT OUT?
5:49:41PM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
I BELIEVE THAT'S ALSO ADDRESSED.

I THINK IT HAS TO BE OWNER OCCUPIED.
I DON'T THINK THERE IS A RENTAL ELECTION.
5:49:49PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I THINK THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW
JUST OVERALL FOR ALL THE HOUSING.
5:49:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ESPECIALLY SULPHUR SPRINGS.
INVESTMENT PROPERTIES.
5:49:57PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THEY ARE REALLY STRUGGLING TO GET ACTUAL HOME
OWNERSHIP IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
5:50:01PM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
CORRECT.
I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH YOUR OFFICE.
5:50:04PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I'M A BIG FAN OF THE PROGRAM.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE IT IS SUCCESSFUL FOR OUR INTENDED
PURPOSE.
5:50:10PM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, JUST TO CLARIFY,
IF THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDS WERE PUT TOWARD THAT, WE WILL STILL
CONTINUE IF OCCUPANTS COME IN IN THAT AREA OUTSIDE OF THOSE
FUNDS, JUST LIKE WE HAVE BEEN DOING.
THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY WHEN WE SPOKE, I SAID, OH,
LET'S SEE HOW WE'VE BEEN DOING WITHIN THAT AREA WHEN OUR
PROGRAMS, OUR GRANT PROGRAMS FUNCTION ACROSS THE CITY AS A
WHOLE.
THAT'S THE NUMBERS I PROVIDED YOU WITH TODAY.
SO WE WILL STILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THOSE FUNDS IN THE
ORDER THAT THOSE APPLICATIONS COME IN KNOWING THAT WE HAVE
AN EXTRA BOOST FOR DIRECTLY SULPHUR SPRINGS, BUT WE'LL

CONTINUE TO FUND THOSE THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE FUNDS
PLUS THOSE THAT WOULD BE ASSISTED IN GENERAL AS WELL.
5:50:59PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
EXCELLENT.
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
5:51:01PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT SOCIAL ACTION
AND ARTS FUND.
DO WE HAVE -- WELL, MS. McGREGOR IS IN THE BACK, TBCN AND
TBAE INCLUDED IN THAT THIS YEAR?
I KNOW THERE WAS A REDUCTION IN FUNDING FROM LAST YEAR.
DO WE HAVE THEM INCLUDED IN THIS?
5:51:26PM >> GOOD EVENING.
JANELLE McGREGOR, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND
PARTNERSHIPS.
AS COUNCIL RECALLS EARLIER IN AUGUST, WE DECIDED TO DO THE
PILOT PROGRAM, WHICH INCLUDES AN APPLICATION PROCESS.
THAT RUNS FROM SEPTEMBER 1st THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30.
SO WE ARE STILL RECEIVING APPLICATIONS AND THOSE ALLOCATIONS
HAVE NOT BEEN MADE YET.
5:51:49PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE CAN DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT AFTER --
SHOULD WE APPROVE THIS AND IF I WANT TO PUT X AMOUNT OF
DOLLARS TO ONE OF THOSE TWO NETWORKS, YOU WANT TO CALL THEM,
THAT I MENTIONED, WE CAN DO THAT AFTER OCTOBER 1st.
5:52:03PM >> CORRECT.
ONCE OUR PLAN IS TO -- ONCE WE RECEIVE ALL THE APPLICATIONS
TO REVIEW EVERYTHING, THEN TO COME TO COUNCIL WITH OUR

PROPOSED PLAN FOR MOVING FORWARD, WHICH WILL THEN RESULT IN
A FINANCIAL RESOLUTION.
5:52:18PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
THEN WHAT I'LL DO, WE'LL LET THAT PLAY OUT.
I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC THAT WANT TO
SPEAK ABOUT THIS.
WE'LL LET THE APPLICATION PROCESS PLAY OUT.
FISCAL YEAR BEGINS IN, WHAT, FIVE WEEKS, THAT DEADLINE.
THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO BE BRINGING UP, TBCN FUNDING, TBAE,
WE HAVE TO SEE THE APPLICATIONS AND WHATNOT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE NOT FORGOTTEN.
5:52:42PM >> THANK YOU.
5:52:43PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I'M GLAD TO CLARIFY, REMEMBER WE HAD THAT
AGREEMENT AND PROCEDURE, HOW THE MONEY IS ALLOCATED.
APPLICANT AND EVERYBODY IS EVALUATED AT THE SAME TIME.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
5:52:52PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO BASICALLY WHAT I
RECOMMENDED FOR COUNCILMAN VIERA.
I BELIEVE THIS IS WORKFORCE TRAINING.
I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS SOCIAL ACTION IN ARTS FUNDING.
I'M ACTUALLY HAVING KELLY RIGHT NOW LOOK FOR HOW MUCH THEY
HAVE GOTTEN IN THE PAST, AND THEY MAY NOT GET THE FULL
AMOUNT, BUT I REALLY BELIEVE THAT'S WORKFORCE TRAINING.
I DO NOT BELIEVE IT IS A SOCIAL ACTION IN ARTS THING.

SO WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE ABOUT REALLY TRYING TO MOVE
SOME OF THE WORKFORCE, SOME OF THIS TRAINING STUFF TO
WORKFORCE.
I MEAN, AGAIN IT MAY NOT BE AT THE FULL AMOUNT, BUT I REALLY
BELIEVE IF THIS IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO FUND AS A COUNCIL
THEN WE PUT IT IN THAT.
LEAVE YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
5:53:35PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I THINK THE NUMBER WAS 75,000 FOR EACH
ONE.
IF YOU WANT TO RECLASSIFY IT AS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, I CAN
UNDERSTAND THAT.
THEN MY NUMBER WOULD BE AT KEEPING IT AT WHAT IT WAS BEFORE.
IF IT WAS 75 FOR EACH ONE, TBCN AND TBAE AND HIS.
5:53:55PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WOULD ROUND IT TO 100.
5:54:00PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
JUST REMEMBER, WE HAD AGREED BECAUSE WE
HAVE A LOT OF COMPETING ORGANIZATIONS LOOKING FOR ASSISTANCE
FROM THE CITY THAT YOU HAVE TO WEIGH OUT.
IT'S NOT JUST WHETHER ONE ORGANIZATION IS WORTHY.
IT'S HOW THEY WEIGH OUT WITH EVERYBODY ELSE THAT'S COME IN
FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE CITY.
JUST BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR.
TAKE FROM ONE, TAKING FROM SOMEBODY ELSE.
COUNCILMAN CARLSON, YOU HAVEN'T SPOKEN YET.
GO AHEAD.
5:54:26PM >>BILL CARLSON:
ADD A COMMENT ABOUT THAT.

EVERY YEAR THAT I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL WE'VE JUSTIFIED THOSE
TWO ORGANIZATIONS BY TALKING ABOUT WORKFORCE, AND I'M ALSO
IN FAVOR OF MOVING THINGS INTO THE DEPARTMENTS.
THESE TWO, HOWEVER, WERE TAKEN OUT JUST BEFORE I GOT ON
COUNCIL FOR POLITICAL REASONS BY THE LAST ADMINISTRATION.
AND I THINK TO PROTECT THEM, THEY OUGHT TO BE IN THIS FUND
SO THAT CITY COUNCIL HAS A LINE OF SIGHT TO THEM.
OTHERWISE, DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS AFTER MAY, THEY COULD
BE COMPLETELY CUT OUT AGAIN FOR VINDICTIVE REASONS.
5:54:59PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WHICH FUND ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
5:55:02PM >>BILL CARLSON:
INSTEAD OF PUTTING THEM IN WORKFORCE, LEAVE
THEM IN SOCIAL ACTION IN ARTS.
THE IDEA OF MOVING CERTAIN THINGS TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AND THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS IS THAT THEY -- IF THEY ARE
JUSTIFIABLE, THEY SHOULD PERMANENTLY BE IN THOSE.
I AGREE THE SAME THING HERE.
HOWEVER, THESE TWO WERE TARGETED BECAUSE THE LAST
ADMINISTRATION DIDN'T LIKE THEM FOR WHATEVER REASON, WHICH I
THINK IS NOT A GOOD REASON TO JUST ANGRILY CUT THEM OUT.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE IN A PLACE PROTECTED BY FUTURE CITY
COUNCILS.
5:55:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILMAN VIERA.
5:55:32PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
YEAH, WE COULD LOOK AT POTENTIALLY PUTTING A LITTLE BIT OF
WHAT THEY GET IN THE FUND, WHATEVER.

I OBVIOUSLY DO SUPPORT THEM, BUT I'M GLAD COUNCILMAN
MANISCALCO THAT YOU BROUGHT THIS UP.
BECAUSE THERE IS AN APPLICATION PROCESS AND NOT MUCH THAT WE
CAN DO TODAY BASED ON THAT.
SO FOR THE FOLKS HERE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE ALL VERY
SUPPORTIVE OF YOU ALL VERY MUCH SO.
I'VE COMMITTED TO SUPPORT YOU GUYS AND EVEN I COULD WRITE A
MEMO IN SUPPORT OF YOUR APPLICATION TO THE EXTENT THAT'S
PERMISSIBLE AND SO FORTH.
BUT, YEAH.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
COUNCIL, REFRESH MY MEMORY ON THIS.
YBOR MUSEUM.
YBOR HISTORY MUSEUM.
IS THAT INCLUDED UNDER THE SOCIAL ACTION OR DID WE PUT THAT
SOMEWHERE ELSE?
IT IS.
OKAY.
GREAT.
I'LL MAKE SURE, SEBASTIAN, IF YOU DON'T MIND, YEAH, WE'LL
FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
THANK YOU.
5:56:26PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
5:56:27PM >>BILL CARLSON:
ONE THING I FORGOT TO MENTION.
NINE YEARS AGO TODAY I WAS WITH A GROUP OF ARTS LEADERS FROM

ST. PETE IN BROOKLYN.
WE WENT TO BROOKLYN PUBLIC TV.
JUST BROOKLYN HAS A 6 MILLION -- THIS IS NINE YEARS AGO.
HAD A $6 MILLION BUDGET.
THEY PRIMARILY USE IT TO INCUBATE NEW SHOWS.
YouTube SHOWS AND TV SHOWS THAT THEN GET PICKED UP AND
SYNDICATED.
WE HAVE TO THINK OF IT AS WORKFORCE TRAINING, BUT ALSO AS AN
INCUBATOR.
EVERY KID NOW WANTS TO BE AN ONLINE STAR.
AND THEY CAN MAKE MONEY IN IT.
SO WE CAN'T JUST LOOK AT IT AS AN EXPENSE.
AND WE CERTAINLY SHOULDN'T LOOK AT IT AS AN ARM OF THE
COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU.
5:57:11PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
OKAY.
IF THERE'S NOBODY ELSE, THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE DONE WITH
THIS ROUND.
REALLY, THIS IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
EXHAUST PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THIS ROUND, AND THEN WE'LL GO
TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND THEN WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
5:57:29PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I'VE BEEN INUNDATED WITH

INFORMATION ABOUT SWANN PARK.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE BEEN AS WELL.
WE'RE GETTING BRIEFINGS ABOUT IT.
BUT BASICALLY, THEY WANT TO LEAPFROG ALL THESE OTHER PARKS
THAT HAVE BEEN WAITING.
SO I WANTED TO PUT THAT ON PEOPLE'S HORIZON AND JUST TO KNOW
THAT WE HAVE A BUNCH OF PARKS THAT WE DID FUND THROUGH OUR
EXTRA FUNDING OF 2025.
SO WE HAVE A WHOLE LIST OF PARKS.
I DON'T THINK KELLY IS HERE, SO I'LL RUN DOWN AND SHOW YOU
WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY FUNDED.
WE FUNDED ABOUT 4.4 MILLION.
5:58:21PM >> I APOLOGIZE.
NORMALLY I'M A LITTLE MORE ORGANIZED.
BUT I'M BLAMING CHEMO BRAIN.
COUNCILWOMAN LYNN HURTAK, DISTRICT 3 CITYWIDE.
WE HAVE 4.4 MILLION BASICALLY.
SO WE FUNDED THESE PARKS AND THESE PARKS TO GET SOME
IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING THE DESIGN FOR THE YELLOW JACKETS
AND CASS STREET UNDERPASS.
THAT'S DESIGNED FOR THE RIVERWALK.
SO ALL THESE THINGS ARE THINGS THAT WE DID FUND.
AND KELLY, THIS IS NOT YOUR FAULT.
THIS IS JUST ME BEING LIKE, OKAY, I'LL DO THIS.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE ARE -- ARE

THESE THE ONES THAT WE'RE DOING THIS COMING YEAR, I THINK?
NO, THIS IS THE SAME THING AS THAT.
5:59:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THIS IS A DENNIS PRINTED COPY.
WE CAN'T READ IT.
5:59:16PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SORRY, HERE.
THIS IS THE SAME THING.
BUT THIS IS WHAT WE'VE ALREADY FUNDED.
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO STOP
ANYTHING FROM HAPPENING BY FUNDING THE SWANN PARK.
SO I GUESS THAT'S MY QUESTION FOR MR. ROGERO.
EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE ALREADY FUNDING, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE
TAKING AWAY.
IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE C.I.P. FOR SWANN PARK OR HYDE PARK
IMPROVEMENT?
ISN'T IT HYDE PARK IMPROVEMENT?
6:00:02PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
HYDE PARK IMPROVEMENTS I THINK IS THE NAME.
IT'S ON SWANN SO IT GETS CALLED SWANN PARK.
IN THE RECOMMENDED C.I.P., THAT PARTICULAR PARK IS
IDENTIFIED I BELIEVE STARTING IN FISCAL YEAR '28.
AGAIN, THERE HAS BEEN DISCUSSION, THOUGH, ABOUT, AS YOU
SAID, ACCELERATING IT BECAUSE IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WE HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME IN-KIND OR MAYBE EVEN CASH FUNDING
FROM OTHER SOURCES TO HELP MITIGATE THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH
THE PARK.
MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OPTIONS IF WE

WANT TO DO THAT.
WE CAN PULL AVAILABLE BALANCES FROM OTHER PARKS PROJECTS
AND/OR, AGAIN, WE CAN USE SOME OF THE $22 MILLION OF THE CIT
FUNDING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
6:00:49PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
AS FAR AS THE EAST TAMPA REC CENTER GOES, WE
HAVE A BUNCH OF MONEY STILL LEFT IN THAT.
DO WE PLAN ON USING ALL OF IT?
RIGHT NOW THERE IS A $2.6 MILLION OPEN BALANCE.
6:01:05PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
2.6.
6:01:06PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THERE ARE $479,000 OF OPEN P.O.s, AND
THERE'S STILL A HALF MILLION IN GRANT FUNDING.
6:01:14PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
MIKE PERRY, DEPUTY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
WE HAVE NOT CLOSED OUT THE EAST TAMPA RECREATION PARK, SO
THAT'S WHY THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNT THERE.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS PART OF THAT BALANCE WILL BE SHARED
SAVINGS WITH THE CONTRACTOR UNDER THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT.
SO UNTIL WE CAN BRING BACK THE FINAL CLOSEOUT DOCUMENT, WE
HAVE TO KEEP THOSE MONIES WITHIN THE BUDGET.
6:01:37PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SO MY QUESTION IS, IF THERE IS MONEY LEFT IN
THE EAST TAMPA REC CENTER, I NOTICED THAT ON THE DEFERRALS
IS SOME EAST TAMPA RECOGNIZE CENTER PROGRAMMING.
CAN WE MOVE THAT MONEY TO PROGRAMMING?
OR IS THAT SOLELY FOR CONSTRUCTION?
6:01:59PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
I WOULD SAY, AND PERHAPS MIKE KNOWS MORE

DETAIL, IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE FUNDING SOURCE.
IF THE FUNDING SOURCE WAS SOLELY FOR PROJECTS, WE COULD NOT
DO THAT.
6:02:08PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THAT'S RIGHT.
SOME OF THAT IS BONDED.
6:02:12PM >>MICHAEL PERRY:
I'M ASSUMING SINCE PROGRAMMING, THAT IS AN
OPERATING EXPENSE FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND.
6:02:17PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD ASK.
THE OTHER ONE I WANTED TO BRING UP WAS STORMWATER FUNDING.
WE HAVE UNDERFUNDED THIS YEAR'S STORMWATER BY $3 MILLION,
AND THAT'S MAINTENANCE.
MR. ROGERO SHOWED IT, AND I'M TRYING TO SEE IF I CAN FIND --
6:02:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MR. ROGERO, DO YOU HAVE THE STORMWATER
FUNDING?
6:02:47PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
I CAN PUT IT ON THE WOLF.
6:02:49PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YEAH, IT WAS PART OF WHAT YOU SHOWED FOR --
AND THAT'S WHAT MADE ME THINK OF IT.
6:02:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SCROLL OUT SO WE CAN SEE THE LINE
IDENTIFIERS.
6:03:00PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IT'S PAGE 3 -- OR PAGE 4.
YEAH, RIGHT THERE.
YOU SEE THE 7 MILLION THAT WAS REQUESTED AND THE RECOMMENDED
BUDGET WAS 4.
NOW, I DID HAVE MS. SCHARF DIG INTO THIS AFTER I SAW THIS

TOTAL.
IT'S ACTUALLY ONLY ABOUT A MILLION.
THE REQUEST WAS FOR MORE, BUT IF WE PUT A MILLION DOLLARS
MORE INTO THE STORMWATER SERVICES, THAT WOULD LEAD OUR
MAINTENANCE BACK UP TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE FROM LAST YEAR.
I'M JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE.
FROM '26.
I THINK WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS THAT IT'S WORKING.
STORMWATER MAINTENANCE IS WORKING, AND I DON'T THINK WE
SHOULD STOP THAT.
THAT'S JUST A RECOMMENDATION.
6:03:44PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WITHOUT OBJECTION, LET'S ASK MS. HAGAR TO
ADD 1 MILLION TO STORMWATER MAINTENANCE.
WHERE WOULD THAT MONEY COME FROM?
6:03:50PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
GENERAL FUND.
6:03:52PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
GENERAL FUND.
6:03:53PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
REMEMBER, WE FUND SOME WITH GENERAL FUND
EVERY YEAR.
6:03:55PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I UNDERSTAND.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A COMMON UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT
WE'RE LOOKING AT.
6:03:59PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
THAT'S IT.
6:04:00PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
6:04:01PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

IN FACT, THERE IS ANOTHER PROBLEM, NOT A PROBLEM, SOMETHING
THAT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE WELLS WOOD AREA.
YEAH, THEY HAVE A GREAT BALL FIELD.
LOOKED AT THAT WITH COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
2966 LINE ITEM FOR THE WEST TAMPA PARK, WHICH IS THE LITTLE
LEAGUE AND STUFF IN THAT AREA, THAT SIDE OF THE AREA.
HOWEVER, MENDENHALL DRIVE, THERE IS A CHURCH ABOUT THE SIZE
OF THIS OFFICE RIGHT HERE, NOT QUITE THIS BIG, AND I'VE
TOURED IT ONCE, TOURED IT TWICE WITH MR. FOWLER AND OTHERS,
AND SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT LIVE THERE, AND THEY WANT
SOMETHING DONE WITH THAT BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO GO.
WELLS WOOD DOES NOT HAVE A CIVIC CENTER FOR ADULTS.
THEY HAVE SOME FOR KIDS, A LOT OF PARK AREA.
I'M LOOKING AT IT, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE, NOT IN THE
BUDGET, MAKE SURE I GET WITH MR. ROGERO AND TAKE SOMEBODY
FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO LOOK AT THAT, BECAUSE THAT HAS
BEEN LIKE THAT.
BOUGHT LIKE 20 SOME YEARS AGO AND NEVER BEEN TOUCHED.
THE BUILDING IS SOLID, SOLID.
IT'S BUILT WITH CEMENT BLOCK ON THE INSIDE AND BRICKS ON THE
OUTSIDE.
TAKE A TANK TO KNOCK THAT THING DOWN.
HOWEVER, THE INSIDE NEEDS COMPLETE RESTORATION AND SOME OF
THE OUTSIDE HAS NO AIR-CONDITIONING, HAS NOTHING THERE
BECAUSE ABANDONED FOR 20 SOME YEARS.

TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, FIGHT LIKE HELL TO GET THAT THING DONE.
PUT IT SOMEWHERE -- I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW.
6:05:23PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
DO WE HAVE AN ANTICIPATED OR ESTIMATED
AMOUNT?
6:05:26PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I'LL GET WITH YOU GUYS LATER.
6:05:29PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THIS SOUNDS LIKE A POST THIS MEETING KIND
OF CONVERSATION BECAUSE IT'S STILL NOT FULLY DEVELOPED.
6:05:34PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I UNDERSTAND.
6:05:35PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SOUNDS GOOD.
6:05:36PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
MAKE SURE WELLS WOOD IS NOT LEFT OUT.
6:05:38PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
GOT IT.
COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG.
6:05:43PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
GOING BACK TO THE 4.4 MILLION THAT COUNCIL
ALLOCATED FROM SURPLUS FUNDING FOR PARKS AND RECREATION,
THERE IS ABOUT, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 85,000 FOR JACKSON
HEIGHTS.
I'M LOOKING IN THE DEFERRALS AND I SEE THE ACOUSTIC PANELS
FOR JACKSON HEIGHTS GYMNASIUM AND PERIMETER FENCE FOR
JACKSON HEIGHTS ARTIFICIAL TURF FIELD.
ARE THESE TWO ITEMS SEPARATE FROM THE 85,000 IN IMPROVEMENTS
WE WERE ALREADY ALLOCATING FOR JACKSON HEIGHTS?
6:06:16PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, YES.
BUT JUST TO CLARIFY, CAN YOU IDENTIFY WHICH PAGE?
6:06:23PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
YOU ALL DON'T LIKE TO USE PAGE NUMBERS.
6:06:25PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
I'M SORRY?

6:06:27PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
THAT IS PAGE ONE, TWO, THREE.
6:06:37PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
I BELIEVE IT'S SEPARATE.
6:06:39PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ABOVE AND BEYOND.
6:06:41PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
YES.
6:06:42PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
OKAY.
THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
JUST WANTED TO BE SURE.
6:06:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
VERY GOOD.
IS THAT ALL FOR THE QUESTIONS?
I'M GOING TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT IF THERE ARE NO OTHER
QUESTIONS.
HEARING NO OTHER QUESTIONS, OKAY, JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, I
WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS PUBLIC COMMENT
FOR THE FY 2027 MILLAGE RATE.
THE FY 2027 BUDGET, AND FY 2027 THROUGH FY 2031 CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT BUDGET AND PROGRAM.
THIS IS PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ANY ONE OF THOSE ITEMS OR ABOVE
AND NOTHING MORE AND NOTHING LESS.
YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL ON THOSE ITEMS
ALONE.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THOSE ITEMS, PLEASE STAND UP
AGAINST THE WALL HERE TO OUR LEFT, TO YOUR RIGHT, AND YOU'LL
CALL UP ONE AT A TIME.
SOME OF YOU MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR, WHEN YOU SPEAK, YOU SPEAK
TO COUNCIL, WHICH IS THIS WAY, NOT THAT WAY, BECAUSE THERE

IS A MICROPHONE EMBEDDED IN THE PODIUM.
WHEN YOU START, YOU ALWAYS START WITH YOUR NAME AND A GREEN
LIGHT WILL COME ON.
WHEN THE GREEN LIGHT COMES ON, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
30 SECONDS LEFT, YOU HAVE A YELLOW LIGHT.
IT WILL DING AND YELLOW LIGHT WILL COME ON.
WHEN THE RED LIGHT COMES ON, YOU HAVE TO STOP, EVEN IF YOU
ARE MID SENTENCE, MID SYLLABLE, MID EVERYTHING, YOU HAVE TO
STOP.
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH PUBLIC COMMENT, AGAIN, RESTRICTED
TO ONLY THOSE ITEMS.
SINCE I KNOW A LOT OF YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE
SAME THING, YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE ALL THREE MINUTES -- YOU
CAN SAY I AGREE WITH WHAT THE OTHER PERSON SAID.
WE SEE YOUR T-SHIRTS.
IF YOU WOULD START WITH YOUR NAME PLEASE AND YOU'LL HAVE
THREE MINUTES.
6:08:26PM >> HELLO.
MY NAME IS ANTONIA McCUTCHEON.
I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TAMPA BAY COMMUNITY NETWORK.
I SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TONIGHT AND
FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
OUR COMMUNITY MEDIA CENTER HAS EXISTED SINCE 1983 AND TODAY
WE ARE THE ONLY PUBLIC ACCESS TELEVISION STATION LEFT IN
FLORIDA, BUT WE ARE MUCH MORE THAN A TV STATION.

WE ARE A SUCCESSFUL WORKFORCE TRAINING ORGANIZATION AND A
PLACE WHERE PEOPLE FROM EVERY BACKGROUND ARE GIVEN A VOICE
AND AN OPPORTUNITY.
WE OFFER APPROXIMATELY 35 CLASSES IN VIDEO PRODUCTION,
EDITING, PODCASTS, AV TECHNOLOGY, ACTING, A.I. MEDIA, AND
A.I. ETHICS AND MUCH MORE.
WE GIVE STUDENTS HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE, CONNECT THEM WITH
EMPLOYER PARTNERS, AND HELP THEM BUILD CAREERS.
BECAUSE OF THIS PAST YEAR'S FUNDING CUTS, WE NOW HAVE MORE
THAN A HUNDRED PEOPLE WAITING FOR TRAINING, AND WE ARE
GROWING.
RECENTLY, THE TAMPA BAY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PARTNER SENT
US A PROPOSAL TO HELP TRAIN MEDIA STUDENTS FROM 36 HIGH
SCHOOLS.
WE ALSO PROVIDE STUDIO EQUIPMENT, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE,
PRODUCTION SERVICES AND CHANNELS TO NONPROFITS, SMALL
BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
OUR STUDENTS TRAIN BY WORKING ON THESE PROGRAMS.
EVERY FRIDAY, TBCN BROADCASTS LIVE FROM CONGREGATION
SCHAARAI ZEDEK SO MEMBERS WHO CANNOT ATTEND IN PERSON REMAIN
PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THAT AWAY FROM THEM.
TBCN AWARDED THROUGH NONPROFIT AWARDS.
LAST FRIDAY, WE WERE NAMED A FINALIST FOR NONPROFIT OF THE
YEAR BY THE TEMPLE TERRACE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

TODAY, WE LEARNED THAT THE COMMUNITY INNOVATION
COLLABORATIVE, WHICH WE COFOUNDED, WON THE 2026 TBBC TAMPA
BAY AWARD.
THERE IS A REASON FOR THAT.
TBCN GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND.
WE ARE A FORCE IN THE COMMUNITY AND A HUB FOR MEDIA AND
INNOVATION.
IN APRIL, WE PLAN TO HOLD TAMPA'S FIRST-EVER MEDIA CON,
CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY WITH INNOVATION.
BUT NONE OF THIS CAN HAPPEN IF WE DO NOT SURVIVE.
WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THE CITY TO RESTORE OUR FULL ANNUAL
FUNDING OF $208,000, SORRY, I HAVE TO SAY THAT.
DOING MY DUE DILIGENCE.
GRANT FUNDING HAS BECOME EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT TO
SECURE.
MANY GRANTS ARE ON HIATUS, OFFER LESS OR HAVE BECOME
FIERCELY COMPETITIVE.
IF SAAF DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING AVAILABLE, PLEASE
EXPLORE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.
WITHOUT CITY FUNDING, WE WILL NOT MAKE IT THROUGH THE YEAR.
I REFUSE TO GIVE UP ON TBCN OR THE PEOPLE WHO DEPEND ON US.
I'M ASKING YOU TO NOT GIVE UP ON US EITHER.
PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SISTER STATION TBAE.
THEIR EDUCATIONAL ARTS PROGRAM SERVES MANY GROUPS THROUGHOUT
OUR COMMUNITY, FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS, THANK YOU FOR

LISTENING AND HELPING US KEEP TBCN ALIVE.
6:11:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
START WITH YOUR NAME.
6:11:33PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS KENNY SIMS.
I'M A PGA OF AMERICA GOLF PROFESSIONAL, COMMUNITY ADVOCATE,
AND FOUNDER OF COMMODORE GOLF SERVICES.
I'M AN HBCU GRAD AND I EARNED MY MBA AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
SOUTH FLORIDA.
THROUGHOUT MY 40-YEAR CAREER WITH THE TAMPA SPORTS AUTHORITY
AND MY TIME WITH THE PGA OF AMERICA REACH FOUNDATION, I'VE
SEEN FIRSTHAND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A COMMUNITY INVESTS IN
ORGANIZATIONS THAT CREATE OPPORTUNITY, DEVELOP PEOPLE, AND
BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ASK COUNCIL TO STAND WITH THE TAMPA BAY
COMMUNITY NETWORK.
TBCN NEEDS HELP WITH YOUR SUPPORT.
TBCN IS MORE THAN A PUBLIC ACCESS TELEVISION STATION; IT'S A
COMMUNITY MEDIA CENTER THAT PROVIDES ACCESSIBLE MEDIA
RESOURCES, PRODUCTION OPPORTUNITIES, TRAINING THAT HELP
TAMPA BAY RESIDENTS TELL THEIR STORIES, DEVELOP VALUABLE
SKILLS, AND PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
THEIR MISSION IS TO ELEVATE TAMPA BAY'S DIVERSE COMMUNITY BY
NURTURING MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS, AMPLIFYING VOICES, DRIVING

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, EMPOWERING INDIVIDUALS THROUGH MEDIA AND
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
THAT MISSION IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE LOCAL VOICES MATTER.
EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES MATTERS.
I KNOW THAT FIRST HAND.
I RECENTLY LAUNCHED A PODCAST CALLED THE HIDDEN GEMS WITH
THE GOLF TWINS, FOCUSED ON PEOPLE, PROGRAMS, AND
ORGANIZATIONS THAT USE GOLF TO TRANSFORM LIVES AND
STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES.
WHAT I WAS -- WHEN I WAS LOOKING FOR A HOME FOR A PODCAST, I
CHOSE TBCN.
I CHOSE TBCN BECAUSE I BELIEVED IN WHAT THEY WERE DOING, AN
ORGANIZATION THAT UNDERSTOOD THE POWER OF STORYTELLING,
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND GIVING PEOPLE A PLATFORM TO SHARE
THEIR EXPERIENCES.
THAT PERSONAL EXPERIENCE HAS GIVEN ME EVEN A GREAT
APPRECIATION FOR THE VALUE TBCN PROVIDES TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT IS WHY I AM ASKING COUNCIL TO CONTINUE ITS FINANCIAL
SUPPORT FOR TBCN AND WORK WITH TBCN TO IDENTIFY SUSTAINABLE
FUNDING PATH THAT PROTECTS THESE COMMUNITY SERVICES.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR.
I'M NOT ASKING THE CITY TO DO THIS ALONE.
I'M SPEARHEADING A COMMUNITY FUND-RAISING EFFORT WITH THE
GOAL OF RAISING $50,000 FOR TBCN.
I'M PUTTING MY OWN RELATIONSHIPS, REPUTATION, MONEY BEHIND

THIS EFFORT BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS ORGANIZATION IS WORTH
INVESTING IN.
BECAUSE PRIVATE FUNDING AND PUBLIC SUPPORT CAN WORK
TOGETHER.
I'M ASKING THIS COUNCIL TO BE A PARTNER TO HELP ENSURE TBCN
HAS THE STABILITY IT NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE
MEDIA, TRAINING, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AND A
PLATFORM FOR TAMPA RESIDENTS.
6:14:35PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
6:14:36PM >> THANK YOU.
6:14:36PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
JUST TO REMIND YOU GUYS, YOU REALLY DON'T
HAVE TO TAKE ALL THREE MINUTES.
WE HEARD YOUR PRESENTATION.
YOU HEARD COUNCIL DISCUSS THIS.
IF YOU AGREE WITH WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY SAID, YOU CAN SAY,
HEY, I AGREE THIS AND HERE TO SUPPORT TBCN.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE YOUR WHOLE THREE MINUTES SO WE DON'T
HAVE TO BE HERE UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
START WITH YOUR NAME, PLEASE.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
6:14:56PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS SCOTT.
I AM A BUSINESS OWNER HERE IN TAMPA.
I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF TBCN.
I STARTED MY CAREER WITH THE PUBLIC ACCESS STATION THAT NO

LONGER EXISTS IN CLEARWATER.
WE HAVE A GREAT PROGRAM HERE, THE LAST ONE IN THE STATE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NOT ONLY SHOULD WE NOT BE TALKING
ABOUT NOT FUNDING, WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF.
AND WE SHOULD BE PUTTING WHATEVER WE CAN BEHIND.
THANK YOU.
6:15:23PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU FOR YOUR BREVITY.
APPRECIATE IT.
IT'S NOTED.
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
START WITH YOUR NAME.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
6:15:31PM >> HI.
MY NAME IS BECKY ATOLL.
I'M A FILM AND TELEVISION DIRECTOR AND CREATIVE CONSULTANT
WITH TBCN.
I FIRST CAME TO TBCN MANY YEARS AGO WHEN I DECIDED I WANTED
TO PURSUE FILMMAKING.
I TOOK TBCN'S VIDEO PRODUCTION CLASSES AND THAT TRAINING
INTRODUCED ME TO MANY DIFFERENT SKILLS AND OPPORTUNITIES
WITHIN FILM AND TELEVISION.
IT OPENED A DOOR FOR ME INTO AN INDUSTRY THAT CAN OTHERWISE
FEEL VERY DIFFICULT TO ACCESS.
LATER I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRODUCE AND TECHNICALLY
DIRECT A TELEVISION PROGRAM CALLED THE TAMPA NATIVE SHOW.

CELEBRATING TAMPA AND ITS RICH HERITAGE THAT RAN ON TBCN FOR
YEARS.
THESE OPPORTUNITIES LED TO EVEN MORE AMAZING CAREER
OPPORTUNITIES THAT NEVER WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT TBCN.
THE SAME MISSION IS WHAT I SEE TBCN CONTINUING TODAY.
GIVING TAMPA RESIDENTS ACCESS TO TRAINING EQUIPMENT AND
OPPORTUNITIES IN THE MEDIA.
PUBLIC FUNDING ALLOWS TBCN TO CONTINUE PROVIDING THESE
OPPORTUNITIES TO TAMPA RESIDENTS WHO MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE
HAVE ACCESS TO THEM.
WE'RE BUILDING A WORKFORCE, CREATING OPPORTUNITIES AND
HELPING PEOPLE TURN THEIR INTERESTS AND ABILITIES INTO REAL
CAREERS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND FOR SUPPORTING TBCN.
6:16:43PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
START WITH YOUR NAME, PLEASE.
6:16:48PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION.
I'M CLINTON WILLSAP ON BEHALF OF THE FOUNDATION FOR
COMMUNITY DRIVEN INNOVATION IN SUPPORT OF TBCN.
WEED A FCDI CONSIDER TBCN A CHERISHED COMMUNITY PARTNER WHO
BRINGS A WEALTH OF DEEPLY VALUED AND COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO TAMPA.
OUR MEDIA SATURATED WORLD, TBCN STANDS OUT AS AN ACCESSIBLE,
INCLUSIVE SKILL BUILDING RESOURCES WITH PROVEN TRACK RECORD

SPANNING 30 YEARS.
SINCE ITS INCEPTION, TBCN HAS UNWAVERINGLY AMPLIFIED THE
VOICES, VISION AND STORIES OF TAMPA'S INNOVATORS, MOVERS,
SHAKERS AND HISTORY MAKERS.
NO OTHER PLATFORM LEVELS THE PLAYING FIELD LIKE TBCN,
BRINGING AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTION SKILLS, DEVELOPMENT FROM
CAMERA SKILLS, VIDEO EDITING, PODCASTING AND MORE WITHIN
EVERYBODY'S REACH.
INCREASING WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC IMPACT AND COMMUNITY
CONNECTEDNESS.
AS A COMMUNITY PARTNER, TBCN IS A LINCHPIN OF COMMUNITY
INNOVATION COLLABORATIVE INITIATIVE SERVING AS THE PUBLIC
MEDIA ARTERY CONNECTING SEVERAL LOCAL NONPROFITS IN ADDITION
TO FCDI AND MAXIMIZING OUR COLLECTIVE COMMUNITY IMPACT IN
FAR-REACHING WAYS.
TBCN UPLIFTS AND CONNECTS TAMPA AT THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL
LEVEL AND IS A LOCAL AND STATE INSTITUTION THAT TAMPA WOULD
BE A LESSER CITY AND POORER COMMUNITY WITHOUT.
AS A SISTER NONPROFIT, WE ARE PROUD TO ADD OUR VOICE OF
SUPPORT FOR TAMPA BAY COMMUNITY NETWORK FOR ALL THE AMAZING
WORK THEY DO AND FOR THE IRREPLACEABLE AND IMMENSE ADDED
VALUE THEY BRING TO TAMPA.
6:18:17PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
6:18:20PM >> MY NAME IS MARK SCHOENBRUM.

I JUST CAME HERE TO TELL YOU THANK YOU, CITY OF TAMPA FOR
SUPPORTING THIS VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR SO MANY YEARS.
THANK YOU.
6:18:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU FOR YOUR BREVITY.
APPRECIATE IT.
NOTED.
NEXT SPEAKER.
6:18:38PM >> VANTANNA HARBOR.
MEMBER SERVICE MANAGER OF TBCN.
AND I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAY IN SULPHUR SPRINGS AND
JACKSON HEIGHTS.
I GREW UP IN BOTH OF THOSE.
AND THERE IS NOTHING LIKE THIS.
PEOPLE COME FROM BOTH OF THE AREAS BECAUSE WE ARE THE
CLOSEST.
AND WE CAN PROVIDE THEM OPPORTUNITY WITH STARTING A DREAM
THAT THEY NEVER THOUGHT THAT THEY COULD EVER ACHIEVE.
AND THAT'S GIVING THEM A VOICE TO GIVE THEM A DREAM AND GIVE
THEM WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES, HELP CREATE RESUM S, GIVE THEM
THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THEIR VOICE LOUD AND GIVE THEM THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THEMSELVES ON TV.
SOMETHING PEOPLE NEVER THOUGHT THEY COULD DO FROM BOTH OF
THOSE AREAS.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALSO FOR KEEPING US ALIVE.
TBCN ALSO GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK TO THE

COMMUNITY.
SO WE MADE A PLATFORM THAT EVERY YEAR WE DO SOMETHING, GIVE
BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, TOYS, CLOTHES, AND SHOES.
IT MATTERS.
AS SOON AS THE HURRICANE HIT, THOSE AREAS CAME RIGHT TO US
FOR THOSE RESOURCES.
WE'RE JUST ASKING THAT YOU STILL KEEP US ALIVE.
THANK YOU.
6:19:35PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
6:19:40PM >> GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS LA TOYA HUX.
I AM A TBCN GRADUATE.
I'VE BEEN SHOOTING VIDEO FOR PEOPLE FOR MANY YEARS, BUT TBCN
I GOT CONNECTED TO THEM WITH A PERSON FROM WORK.
GOING THROUGH THEIR LIFE CHALLENGES -- TBCN HAS GIVEN ME THE
OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY GROW AND TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS
AROUND THE CITY, BUT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SHOOT IN THE
COMMUNITY WITH THE CITY OF TEMPLE TERRACE, THE TAMPA BAY
FOOD, METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES -- EXCUSE ME, FUND-RAISING AND
ALLOWING ME TO LAUNCH MY OWN MEDIA COMPANY NOW.
VIDEO PROGRAMS ARE USUALLY AROUND $30,000 A YEAR.
THAT'S NOT REACHABLE FOR A LOT OF US.
TBCN IS A COMMUNITY RESOURCE VERY IMPORTANT TO A LOT OF US.
BECAUSE OF IT, I'M ON THE PATH OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY THROUGH

MY OWN PASSION.
I ASK YOU TO SUPPORT TBCN.
IT GIVES US OPPORTUNITY AND OPENS DOORS FOR US TO GIVE BACK
TO THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU.
6:20:40PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
6:20:45PM >> HELLO, COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS JOEL WYNKOOP.
HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF TAMPA BAY COMMUNITY NETWORK.
I HAVE A HUGE RELATIONSHIP WITH TBCN DATING BACK TO 1997.
MADE A HUGE IMPACT IN MY LIFE FIRST VIEWING ON TV USING
THEIR RESOURCES TO FURTHER MY CAREER AS ACTOR.
TOOK ALL THE COURSES OFFERED.
I TOOK CLASSES ON VIDEO PRODUCTION, EDITING, SOUND, HOSTING,
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO TACKLE THE BUSINESS.
I LEARNED IT ALL FROM TBCN.
APPLIED EVERYTHING I LEARNED FROM TBCN TO MY ACTING
PROFESSION.
YOU MIGHT SAY TBCN HAS ENHANCED MY ACTING CAREER.
WORKED WITH TBCN, DONATING MY TIME TO HELP THEM AND BRINGING
THEIR MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY.
I DONATED MY TIME WITH MOVIES, ANYTHING TO HELP TBCN.
I TAUGHT ACTING FOR THEM TO THE VIEWERS AND IN PERSON.
AND I HAVE HOSTED COUNTLESS LIVE EVENTS TO HELP THEM WITH

THEIR SERVICES.
TBCN HAS SO MUCH TO OFFER THE COMMUNITY TO SHUT-INS AND ALL
VIEWERS.
IT WOULD BE A SHAME TO CUT OFF THEIR FUNDING FOR TBCN.
SO MANY PEOPLE DEPEND ON TBCN.
LIVE EVENTS, PUBLIC ADDRESSES, COMMUNITY EVENTS, COMMUNITY
HELP, TEACHING PEOPLE SKILLS THEY CAN USE TO GET JOBS.
FREE SERVICES, VIDEO PRODUCTION ACTING CLASSES.
EDUCATION FOR CLASSES, PEOPLE'S VIEWS, EDUCATION FOR PUBLIC
AND AGAIN IT WOULD BE A SHAME TO CUT OFF THE FUNDING FOR
TBCN.
I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.
PLEASE DO NOT TERMINATE THEIR FUNDING.
THEY NEED IT, YOU NEED IT, AND THE COMMUNITY NEEDS IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
6:22:08PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE START WITH YOUR NAME.
6:22:12PM >> HI.
MY NAME IS DORA TAYLOR.
I AM THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AT TAMPA BAY COMMUNITY
NETWORK.
I SEE FIRSTHAND WHAT TBCN MEANS TO THE PEOPLE WHO WALK
THROUGH OUR DOORS.
MANY OF OUR STUDENTS COME TO US LOOKING FOR DIRECTION AND
OPPORTUNITY OR SIMPLY SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES IN THEM.

WE GIVE THEM HANDS-ON TRAINING, REAL PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE
AND CONNECTIONS THAT CAN LEAD TO EMPLOYMENT.
WE DO NOT TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO USE EQUIPMENT.
WE HELP THEM DISCOVER WHAT THEY ARE CAPABLE OF DOING.
TBCN IS A FAMILY AND OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS
DEPEND ON US.
LOSING THE ORGANIZATION WOULD MEAN LOSING OPPORTUNITIES THAT
MAY NOT EXIST ANYWHERE ELSE FOR THE PEOPLE WE SERVE.
PLEASE RESTORE TBCN FUNDING AND HELP US CONTINUE CHANGING
LIVES.
WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE WORK TO DO AND WE CANNOT DO IT WITHOUT
THE CITY'S SUPPORT.
6:22:56PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE START WITH YOUR NAME.
6:23:01PM >> JOHN CASIMIRO.
PRODUCTION MANAGER AT TAMPA BAY COMMUNITY NETWORK.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE PROUD OF IS TBCN'S COMMITMENT TO
GIVING PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE WITH
MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY.
WE RECENTLY DEVELOPED AN AV TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM WHERE PEOPLE
CAN LEARN ABOUT AUDIO VIDEO PRODUCTION AND TECHNOLOGY THAT
GOES INTO PUTTING ON PROFESSIONAL EVENTS AND PRODUCTION.
RYAN COUNSEL FROM RYAN STAGING HAS WORKED WITH US AND SEEN
FIRSTHAND WHAT WE ARE DOING AT TBCN AND THE STUDENTS HE
CREATED THROUGH THE PROGRAM.

RATHER THAN JUST STAND HERE TELLING YOU HOW GREAT WE ARE,
I'LL PLAY A VIDEO FROM RYAN -- WELL, THE AUDIO.
6:23:41PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YOU CAN PUT IT RIGHT -- OH, JUST THE AUDIO.
6:23:46PM >> COORDINATOR FOR RYAN STAGING, LLC, FLORIDA CHAPTER HERE.
JUST WANTING TO TAKE A BRIEF MOMENT TO OFFER MY SUPPORT FOR
THE TAMPA BAY COMMUNITY NETWORK, TBCN, AS THERE IS
DELIBERATION AND AS YOU GUYS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
DISCOVERING THE VIABLE, THE NECESSITY OF HAVING AN
ORGANIZATION LIKE THIS.
IT'S RIGHT IN THE NAME.
COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE A STRONG MARKET IN TAMPA BAY.
A NUMBER OF OUR SHOWS, CONCERT TOURS COMING THROUGH,
SPORTING EVENTS, THEY TAKE PLACE IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA.
IT'S BEEN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO EXTEND OUR REACH
INTO THE TAMPA BAY AREA TO RECRUIT NEW TALENT AND
INDIVIDUALS TRYING TO GROW DIVERSELY IN THIS MARKET, IN THIS
INDUSTRY.
ANTONIA AND THE TEAM THERE, OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, JUST
ABOUT A YEAR NOW, HAVE POSITIONED AND PREPARED SOME UP AND
COMING TALENT TO GROW AND TO NOT ONLY SERVE IN OUR INDUSTRY
DIRECTLY BUT TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND THE SKILL SETS ACROSS THE
BOARD.
YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO THAT.
THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE THINGS I'M REALLY BIG ABOUT

COMMUNITY, LOCAL COMMUNITY SUPPORT, AND OPPORTUNITIES TO
GROW AND BUILD FROM WITHIN.
HOPE YOU GUYS WILL TAKE THIS INTO GREAT CONSIDERATION AS YOU
GUYS GO ABOUT YOUR DELIBERATIONS.
HAVE A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL DAY.
GOD BLESS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE CHANCE TO SPEAK.
6:25:28PM >> THANK YOU.
6:25:29PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I JUST WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT THE
ACOUSTICS IN THIS ROOM ARE VERY, VERY GOOD.
SO IF YOU ARE TALKING, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
SO IF YOU HAVE A CONVERSATION THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE, PLEASE
TAKE IT OUTSIDE.
THANK YOU.
NEXT SPEAKER.
6:25:47PM >> I JUST WANTED TO SAY REAL QUICK HE'S HIRED QUITE A BIT OF
OUR STUDENTS.
6:25:53PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
GOOD TO KNOW.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
PLEASE START WITH YOUR NAME.
6:25:58PM >> HELLO.
MY NAME IS HOPE CARISSA, A RESIDENT OF SULPHUR SPRINGS AND
ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF SULPHUR SPRINGS NEIGHBORHOOD

ASSOCIATION.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY.
FIRST, LET ME JUST SAY, I AM SO HAPPY ABOUT THE UPDATES THAT
I HEARD EARLIER IN THE MEETING.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
THAT MAKES ME KNOW THAT OUR CONCERNS ARE NOT FALLING ON DEAF
EARS.
I JUST WANT TO ASK FOR YOU ALL TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN
SULPHUR SPRINGS CONSISTENTLY, ANNUAL INVESTMENT AND MAKE
THIS A PRIORITY, PARTICULARLY AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE
SULPHUR SPRINGS NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PLAN.
THIS PLAN HAS ALREADY IDENTIFIED MORE THAN 80 PLUS
RECOMMENDATIONS, INCLUDING PRIORITIES FOR SAFE ROUTES,
HOUSING, PUBLIC SPACES, TRANSPORTATION, PARKS AND REC AND
LONG-TERM NEIGHBORHOOD INVESTMENTS.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO EMPHASIZE PARKS AND RECREATION,
ESPECIALLY THE WORK THAT'S GOING TO SAVE AND PRESERVE
SULPHUR SPRINGS POOL, I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL
SHOUT-OUT TO TED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP.
WE KNOW THIS HASN'T BEEN EASY, BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT
PROGRESS IS BEING MADE.
THE POOL IS MORE THAN A FACILITY.
IT'S PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S HISTORY, IDENTITY, AND
QUALITY OF LIFE.

AS THE CITY CONTINUES EVALUATING THE FUTURE OF THE POOL, I
ENCOURAGE COUNCIL TO KEEP SULPHUR SPRINGS AT THE TABLE AND
CONSIDER THE POOL AS PART OF A BROADER NEIGHBORHOOD
INVESTMENT BECAUSE IT NOT ONLY SERVES SULPHUR SPRINGS, BUT
THE ROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
AND BECAUSE SULPHUR SPRINGS DOES NOT HAVE A CRA, I BELIEVE
WE NEED TO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT CREATING PREDICTABLE ANNUAL
INVESTMENT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO COME FROM ONE SOURCE, BUT IT
CAN COME FROM PARKS AND REC FUNDING, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT,
PLANNING, HOUSE PROGRAMS, GRANTS, TRANSPORTATION FUNDING,
AND OTHER AVAILABLE RESOURCES.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD ALREADY HAS A PLAN AND A ROAD MAP, AND WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOESN'T JUST SIT ON THE SHELVES.
WE NEED NOW TO HAVE CONSISTENT INVESTMENT TO TURN THAT PLAN
INTO AN ACTION.
I ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO ESTABLISH SULPHUR SPRINGS AS AN
ONGOING ANNUAL INVESTMENT PRIORITY SO WE CAN MAKE A
MEANINGFUL PROGRESS YEAR AFTER YEAR.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
6:28:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
6:28:16PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
WARREN GIBSON.
I'M A FORMER STUDENT OF TBCN.

I'VE BEEN THERE ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
WHEN I RETIRED FROM MY PREVIOUS POSITION, WANTED TO DO
SOMETHING DIFFERENT SO I FOUND THEM.
AND I DON'T EVEN LIVE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
SINCE THEN, I'VE GOTTEN OPPORTUNITIES TO DO SOME WORK IN
MOVIES.
I HANDLE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TAUGHT ME TO USE.
AM I AN EXPERT IN EVERYTHING?
NO.
BUT I GET BETTER EVERY TIME I DO IT.
I APPRECIATE THEM BEING THERE.
VERY KIND AND I WISH THEY WOULD DO IT TO MORE OF THE PEOPLE.
THANK YOU.
6:28:51PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
6:28:55PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
STEVE MICHELINI.
FIRST, LET ME START WITH THE ALLEYS ISSUE.
YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF TECHNICAL STANDARDS, ZONING ISSUES,
MOBILITY ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE LOOKED AT AT THE SAME TIME
THAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE ALLEY STUDY.
SO I WOULDN'T FORGET THAT.
IT WOULD REQUIRE SOME TIME TO CHANGE THOSE CODES.
THE SECOND THING IS, I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE REDUCING THE
MAINTENANCE BUDGET FOR STORMWATER.

IT IS UNFATHOMABLE TO ME WHEN YOU'VE HEARD FROM ALL OVER THE
CITY THE NEEDS FOR OUR MAINTENANCE.
I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE IT.
THE THIRD THING, YOU WERE ADVISED THAT YOU SHOULD NOT SHIFT
MONEY THAT WAS COLLECTED FROM THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOR A
SINGLE PROJECT, AND YET YOU DID IT ANYWAY.
YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE SHIFTING THAT MONEY.
ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ASKED THE CFO LAST WEEK ABOUT THE
REMAINDER OF THE FUNDS IN THE STORMWATER FUND.
HE SAID THERE WAS $30 MILLION.
WHAT HE DIDN'T TELL YOU WAS, UNDER OATH, THEY HAVE SWORN
THERE'S NO MONEY FOR FIVE YEARS.
ALL OF THE MONEY IS USED UP.
AND I WOULD STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU ASK HIM TO COME BACK
AND STATE ON THE RECORD CLEARLY THAT THERE IS NO MONEY LEFT
FOR FIVE YEARS IN THE STORMWATER ASSESSMENT FEE.
AGAIN, ANOTHER THING THAT IS UNCONSCIONABLE.
OUT OF THAT $30 MILLION, 15 MILLION, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IS
FOR DEBT.
THE $15 MILLION THAT'S REMAINING WILL BE DIRECTED TOWARD THE
SOUTH HOWARD PROJECT.
AGAIN, ANOTHER ISSUE THAT YOU SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERING, AND
CERTAINLY NOT FAVORABLY.
WE MET WITH AND AS I SAID TO YOU WITH SWORN TESTIMONY, NOT A
MATTER OF ME JUST SAYING IT.

WE HAVE THE TRANSCRIPTS, WE DISTRIBUTED THEM TO YOU, AND
WHEN THE COUNCILMAN ASKS FOR A VERY CLEAR ANSWER, HE GOT AN
ANSWER VERY SOFTLY THAT THERE IS NO MONEY FOR FIVE YEARS,
AND THEN WHEN ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER ASKED WHAT WAS IT, AND
HE PUT A CHART UP ON THE SCREEN THAT SHOWED $30 MILLION
WITHOUT ANY CLARIFICATION, AND WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING OR
WITHOUT TELLING YOU THERE'S NO MONEY.
TAKING $4 MILLION OR $3 MILLION OUT OF THE MAINTENANCE,
TAKING THE $30 MILLION AND THEN TELLING YOU, LEADING YOU TO
BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS MONEY LEFT IN THAT ACCOUNT WHEN
THERE'S NOT, SHIFTING MONEY THAT YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO.
THE ENABLING LEGISLATION DOES NOT ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN.
I URGE THE COUNCIL TO BE LOOKING VERY CLOSELY AT THOSE FUNDS
AND THE TESTIMONY THAT'S BEING GIVEN TO YOU.
IT DOESN'T MATCH WHAT THEY SAY UNDER SWORN TESTIMONY.
THANK YOU.
6:31:39PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
START WITH YOUR NAME.
6:31:43PM >> GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS CHARLIE ADAMS.
I'M DIRECTOR OF THE SPRINGS MARKET, WHICH IS A FOOD
INITIATIVE IN THE SULPHUR SPRINGS COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME THIS EVENING.
I WANTED TO MENTION A FEW THINGS IN REGARDS TO HAVING

CLARITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN SULPHUR
SPRINGS COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR KEEPING SULPHUR SPRINGS FUNDING COMMITMENT IN
PLACE.
WE ASK THAT THE CITY CONTINUE TO PROTECT THE FUNDS IN THE
SULPHUR SPRINGS POOL, PARK, PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, WALKING BOARD
AND UNDER THE 275 BIKE LOOP.
THE BRIDGE REPAIR ESTIMATED AT $1.8 MILLION.
WE NEED A CLEAR FUNDING PLAN, CONSTRUCTION, TIMELINE, AND
REOPEN DATE.
I WANT TO COME UP HERE AND PERSONALLY THANK COUNCILMAN BILL
CARLSON, DEFINES LEADERSHIP, STYLE OF LEADERSHIP IN REGARDS
TO CLARITY.
AND ENSURING THAT THE COMMUNITY IS INFORMED ABOUT DECISIONS
THAT ARE MADE.
IN REGARDS TO THE E-MAILS THAT COUNCILMAN LYNN HURTAK
RECEIVED, YOU SHARED THAT INFORMATION WITH ME PERSONALLY,
AND I WAS ABLE TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY.
COUNCILWOMAN NAYA YOUNG, YOU WORKED VERY SWIFTLY.
I CALLED YOU SUNDAY MORNING WHEN YOU WERE AT CHURCH, PRAISE
GOD, AND YOU ANSWERED MY TEXT AND MADE SURE YOU WENT TO THE
PROPER DEPARTMENT TO SPEAK WITH THE PEOPLE THAT WAS
RESPONSIBLE FOR HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS, AND YOU MADE
SURE THAT THERE WAS CLARITY FROM END TO END.
EVERYONE WAS ON THE SAME PAGE.

THE MEETING ENDED 20 MINUTES EARLY.
THAT TYPICALLY NEVER HAPPENS.
I JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO YOUR STYLE OF LEADERSHIP AND WHAT WE
NEED FOR THE FUTURE NOT ONLY JUST SULPHUR SPRINGS, BUT THE
CITY OF TAMPA.
SO THANK YOU.
COUNCILMAN BILL CARLSON, THAT'S NOT AN OFFICIAL ENDORSEMENT
FOR YOUR RUN --
6:33:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I'VE GOT TO STOP YOU.
YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO ADDRESS INDIVIDUAL.
I LET YOU RUN, BUT YOU ADDRESS COUNCIL AS A WHOLE.
THANK YOU.
6:34:04PM >> MY APOLOGIES.
MOVING FORWARD WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PLAN, WE ASK THAT WE
EXPAND OWN DREAM -- SORRY, PROGRAM, AND ALLOCATE THREE TO
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND TO ATTRACT A FULL GROCERY STORE IN THE
AREA AND COMMIT 1 MILLION TO THE ZERO IMPROVEMENT ALONG
NEBRASKA AVENUE FROM THE RIVER TO BUSCH.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
6:34:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, MR. ADAMS.
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
START WITH YOUR NAME.
6:34:36PM >> GOOD EVENING, MARIA PAVLIDIS.
I AM HERE TO SUPPORT TAMPA BAY COMMUNITY NETWORK.
I'M NOT A PART OF TAMPA BAY COMMUNITY NETWORK.

I'M A LOCAL ATTORNEY.
I'VE BEEN PRACTICING IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR OVER 24 YEARS.
I PRIMARILY PRACTICE IN CRIMINAL DEFENSE, SO I UNDERSTAND
HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY.
I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE MEMBERS OF TBCN SPECIFICALLY
THE DIRECTOR, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND MY SISTER WHO IS
DORA TAYLOR, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS.
I KNOW EVERYONE HAS SPOKEN, SO I DON'T NEED TO REITERATE
WHAT THEY HAVE ALL SAID BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT THEY ARE SEEKING IS THE FULL SUPPORT,
THE FULL AMOUNT THAT WAS GIVEN TO THEM PREVIOUSLY.
BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT, THEY WILL NOT SURVIVE.
THEY WILL BE OUT OF JOBS AND THE STATION WILL BE SHUT DOWN.
I UNDERSTAND AND I'VE HEARD WHAT EVERYONE HERE HAS SAID
ABOUT YOUR SUPPORT FOR TBCN, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
I AM HERE ON THEIR BEHALF BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN AND SEEN THE
WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE AND HOW THEY HAVE GROWN OVER THE
PAST 20 YEARS THAT MY SISTER HAS WORKED FOR THEM AND ALL OF
THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND THE TRAININGS AND TEACHINGS
THEY HAVE DONE THAT'S SO IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY.
I HOPE YOU GUYS REALIZE THE AMOUNT THAT IS NEEDED TO
CONTINUE THEIR SUPPORT BECAUSE AS THEY STATED PREVIOUSLY,
WITHOUT THAT SUPPORT BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, THEY WILL HAVE
TO SHUT DOWN.
I JUST WANT TO REITERATE AND ASK THAT YOU GIVE THEM THAT

FULL SUPPORT THEY NEED TO CONTINUE DOING THE AMAZING WORK
THEY DO, WHICH IS ONE OF THE LAST STATIONS WE HAVE IN THE
STATE OF FLORIDA THANK YOU.
6:36:00PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MS. POYNOR, START WITH YOUR NAME, PLEASE.
6:36:11PM >> GOOD EVENING.
STEPHANIE POYNOR.
LET'S START WITH THE FUN STUFF.
HERE'S THE PROJECT FOR INTERBAY, MacDILL, THEY KEEP
CHANGING THE NAME TO MAKE IT MORE, I GUESS, IMPRESSIVE TO
OTHER PEOPLE.
I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY HTND, WHATEVER THE FIRM IS WHO
HAS THE CONTRACT HAS 500 PEOPLE WORKING FOR THEM BUT THEY
CAN'T MOVE FORWARD.
BECAUSE ONE GUY QUIT, MAYBE?
I DON'T KNOW.
THE NUMBERS FOR THIS PROJECT ARE KIND OF MISLEADING BECAUSE
IT'S $8 MILLION IN THE CIT BUT ONLY 2.8 HERE.
IF I GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL RFQ, RFP, WHATEVER IT IS, IT
WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 1.2 MILLION.
NOW, THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING SOME STORMWATER ABATEMENT
WITH THIS AND DOING SOMETHING WITH THE DITCHES ON BOTH SIDES
OF THE ROAD.
I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT WE HAD THREE FEET OF WATER AT
INTERBAY AND MANHATTAN AFTER MILTON.

BUT YET WE CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO FUND THIS PROJECT THAT
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON SINCE '21.
I MEAN, I WALKED THE STREET WITH THEM IN '21.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT, SOMEBODY BROUGHT UP SWANN
PARK, THERE'S 17 PARKS AND REC PLANS.
IT'S NOT IN HERE.
WHY ARE WE SNEAKING UP WITH SWANN PARK -- I DON'T GET IT.
I DON'T AGREE WITH IT.
NOW, I DO WANT TO PUT OUT TO YOU THAT WHEN I PULLED MY
LITTLE LIST OF UNASSIGNED FUNDS, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO
WITH IT, THERE ARE FIVE UNASSIGNED FUNDS IN THE INTERBAY
MOBILITY DISTRICT.
NOW, I TRIED TO LOOK AND SEE WHERE SULPHUR SPRINGS LIES
MOBILITY DISTRICT-WISE BECAUSE THERE'S $1.6 MILLION SITTING
IN THE INTERBAY DISTRICT.
WHY CAN'T WE STILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT?
WHY DO WE HAVE TO TAKE IT OUT OF THE CIT?
IT IS NOT AN $8 MILLION PROJECT.
MR. PERRY TOLD US THAT LAST FRIDAY AT THE CITIZENS BUDGET
MEETING.
WHY IS IT IN THERE AS AN $8 MILLION PROJECT?
ARE WE GOING TO WAIT AROUND UNTIL IT IS $8 MILLION BECAUSE
IT WAS 1.2 IN '24?
THE OTHER THING IS, CLOSING DITCHES, I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHY
WE'RE NOT MOVING FORWARD IN THE WHOLE WE CAN'T DO THIS.

ALSO ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE RIGHT
THERE ON THE CORNER, AND STAFF TOLD ME THAT IT WAS CANCELED
BY MacDILL BECAUSE MacDILL WOULD NOT ALLOW THEM ON
THE LAND.
WELL, THAT WAS A LIE, BECAUSE THE LAND THEY NEEDED TO USE
FOR THE TWO LANES BELONGS TO THE CITY.
IT'S IN FRONT OF FIRE STATION 19 AND THE PARK NEXT DOOR TO
IT.
I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT ALL IS GOING ON.
BUT WHEN YOU'VE GOT THE MONEY IN THE INTERBAY TRANSPORTATION
DISTRICT TO DO MOST OF THIS WORK, WHY WOULD IT BE PUT ON THE
BACK BURNER.
AND $9 MILLION IN INCREASES IN OUR -- YOU'VE DOUBLED THE
DENSITY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
YOU HAVE ALSO STILL, WE DON'T HAVE A PERMANENT RED LIGHT AT
THE CORNER OF TYSON AND WESTSHORE, WHICH WAS NEEDED IN 2006,
NOT 2026.
2006 BEFORE YOU DOUBLED THE DWELLING UNITS.
I HAVE TO ASK THAT THESE --
6:39:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, MS. POYNOR.
6:39:17PM >> MR. CLENDENIN, I HAVE THE NUMBERS FOR YOUR --
6:39:20PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, MS. POYNOR.
DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
REMEMBER, IN OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING, WE TALKED ABOUT THE
250 FOR THE INVESTIGATIONS FOR COUNCIL.

AFTER CONSULTING WITH MS. KOPESKY AND BASED ON EXISTING
FUNDING WE CAN DO THAT WITH 200.
ONLY NEED AN ADDITIONAL 200.
I NEED TO GET MS. KOPESKY TO ADD THAT TO THE LIST.
MS. KOPESKY, DO YOU GOT THAT?
THAT BEING SAID, I UNDERSTAND COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK YOU HAVE
SOME MOTIONS AND THEN I'LL GIVE YOU THE GAVEL TO DO MY
MOTION.
6:39:56PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I HAVE ONE MOTION BECAUSE I WAS ASKED BY MR.
PERRY TO CLARIFY MY MOTION FROM LAST TIME.
SO THIS IS MY MOTION ABOUT THE HART ROUTE 1.
IN ADDITION TO THE 1.35 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR INCREASED
FREQUENCY FOR ROUTE 1 FOR THE 2027 CALENDAR YEAR, I MOVE TO
INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL 55,000 TO COVER THE FULL COST OF THE
INCREASED FREQUENCY AND AN ADDITIONAL 95,000 TO HART FOR
MARKETING OF ROUTE ONE AND OTHER HIGH FREQUENCY HART ROUTES.
THAT WOULD BRING TOTAL FUNDING TO 1.5 MILLION.
6:40:29PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THAT'S COMING FROM GENERAL FUND MONEY?
6:40:32PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES, WE ALREADY DECIDED THAT LAST --
6:40:35PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.
MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ANY DISCUSSION?
HEARING NONE --
6:40:41PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I WILL BE VOTING FOR IT, BUT CITY OF

TAMPA IS NO LONGER THE TRANSIT BUSINESS.
BACK IN THE '70s WHEN THEY TOOK IT OVER AND HARTLINE CAME.
THAT'S HARTLINE PROBLEM.
I'M WILLING TO FACILITATE AND HELP BUT WON'T BE DOING IT IN
THE FUTURE.
6:40:55PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
VERY GOOD.
I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
THE AYES HAVE IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
6:41:00PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
AND THEN I DID WANT TO BRING UP THE SPECIAL
WORKSHOP THAT MR. ROGERO RECOMMENDED.
I LOOKED AT THE CALENDAR, AND IF WE WANTED TO DO IT BEFORE
OCTOBER 15, THE 5th AND THE 6th IS A MONDAY AND TUESDAY,
12 AND 13th ARE MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS.
MS. SCHARF, IF YOU COULD BRING ME MY PERSONAL PHONE.
6:41:21PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
CAN WE PUT A PIN ON THAT FOR ONE SECOND.
6:41:23PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I'LL LET PEOPLE LOOK AT IT.
BUT THE DATES THAT I FOUND THAT WERE OPEN ARE THE 5th AND
6th, MONDAY AND TUESDAY AND THE 12th AND 13th, WHICH
IS A MONDAY AND TUESDAY OF THE NEXT WEEK IF WE WANTED TO DO
IT BEFORE THE 15th.
I'M SORRY MS. LUCAS HARRIS, DID I NOT ASK YOU AND SHOULD
HAVE, BUT THIS LITERALLY CAME TO ME LAST MINUTE.

6:41:43PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MAYBE BY THE TIME WE FINISH THIS
DISCUSSION, WE CAN DO THAT.
6:41:46PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WANTED TO BRING IT UP NOW SO THAT IF ANY OF
THOSE DATES DON'T WORK, THAT MAYBE OUR AIDES CAN WORK BEHIND
THE SCENES.
6:41:53PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THE 5th DOES NOT WORK FOR ME.
6:42:05PM >> EVENING MEETING.
6:42:07PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I THINK WE CAN DO IT DURING THE DAY.
6:42:09PM >> CIVIL SERVICE BOARD HAS A MEETING OCTOBER 5 AT 12:
30 AND
NO TELLING HOW LONG IT WILL LAST.
IT'S BEEN NOTICED.
6:42:18PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
LET'S NOT MAKE THAT DECISION NOW.
6:42:23PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
JUST A REMINDER THAT IF PEOPLE NEED TO
CHECK THEIR CALENDARS, THAT MOTION DOES NOT HAVE TO BE MADE
TONIGHT.
IT COULD BE MADE THURSDAY, FOR INSTANCE.
6:42:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I'LL PUT A PIN ON IT AT THIS MOMENT.
MS. KOPESKY, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE,
WITH THE NUMBERS THAT YOU'VE ACCUMULATED?
YOUR RUNNING LIST.
COULD YOU PLEASE STATE FOR THE RECORD AND FOR THE COUNCIL
THE NUMBERS THAT WE'VE THROWN AT YOU THROUGHOUT THE MEETING
AND SOURCES OF MONEY.
6:43:02PM >>HAGAR KOPESKY:
HAGAR KOPESKY, CITY COUNCIL BUDGET ANALYST.
CAN EVERYONE SEE THAT?

6:43:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SCROLL OUT A LITTLE BIT.
6:43:20PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THAT WAS 76, NOT 86, I BELIEVE.
6:43:24PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MAYBE MOVE THE COMPUTER OVER JUST A BIT
BECAUSE WE'RE MISSING -- ON THE SULPHUR SPRINGS SIDE.
6:43:35PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THAT IS THE EDGE OF HER COMPUTER.
6:43:37PM >>HAGAR KOPESKY:
I HEAR YOU.
REMEMBER, WE'RE DOING THIS IN REAL TIME SO YOU'RE RIGHT.
JUST TO BE CLEAR, COUNCILMAN VIERA, I DID CHANGE THAT
ACCIDENTALLY.
I'M ADDING IN THE TEMP INTERN.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO.
6:44:00PM >> [INAUDIBLE]
6:44:00PM >>HAGAR KOPESKY:
RIGHT.
6:44:04PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HOLD THAT QUESTION.
DO THAT AFTER THIS.
6:44:17PM >> [INAUDIBLE]
6:44:40PM >> IT'S 76.
6:44:41PM >>HAGAR KOPESKY:
THERE'S TWO.
COUNCILMAN VIERA IS THE FIRST LINE.
THEN WE HAD COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG GO THROUGH A FEW ITEMS THAT
WERE ON SPECIFICALLY THE RISING EXPLORERS, 175.
THERE WAS ALSO A DEFERRAL ON THE SUMMER YOUTH LEADERSHIP
PROGRAM OF 85,278.
THOSE ARE BOTH IN WORKFORCE.
AND THEN AT THE VERY BOTTOM, THE ONE I JUST ADDED, THERE

ACTUALLY WAS TEMP INTERN.
WE BASICALLY TOOK THAT WHOLE GROUP OF THREE AND INCLUDED IT
ON THE LIST.
THEN WE ADDRESSED IN SULPHUR SPRINGS COMING FROM, AGAIN, THE
GENERAL FUND WAS THE COMBINATION OF THE HOUSING AND THEN THE
PROGRAM START, I USE THE ACRONYM HERE.
AND THEN COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT THE
MILLION DOLLARS FOR STORMWATER MAINTENANCE.
THAT IS GENERAL FUND.
THIS IS MAINTENANCE.
JUST REMINDING EVERYONE MAINTENANCE, NOT CAPITAL.
AND THEN THE 200,000, THE CHAIR JUST DESCRIBED THAT.
AND THEN CORRECTIONS FOR THE MARKETING COMPONENT AND FULL
FUNDING FOR HART.
THAT TOTAL 150, BUT THE GRAND TOTAL OF ALL THAT, I KNOW YOU
DID A DEDUCTION, GIVE ME A MINUTE.
6:46:09PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
DO I HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION.
I THOUGHT THAT COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG ASKED FOR 1.5 TO INCLUDE
THE SIDEWALK AS WELL.
6:46:15PM >>HAGAR KOPESKY:
I'LL GET OVER TO THE CIT IN A MINUTE.
I ONLY WANTED TO GIVE YOU A FLAVOR FOR THE TOTAL RELATED TO
JUST GENERAL FUND.
2.7 MILLION.
6:46:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
2.7 GENERAL FUND.
GOT IT.

6:46:31PM >>HAGAR KOPESKY:
OVER ON THE RIGHT HERE, YOU WILL SEE THE
BRIDGE FOR 1.5.
THAT IS CIT ELIGIBLE, AND THEN THE STREET SAFETY, ORIGINALLY
MAY HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT AS SIDEWALKS, BUT IT'S BROADER.
THAT IS THE TOTAL OF THE 2 MILLION COMING FROM CIT.
6:46:48PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
6:46:48PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MY CLARIFYING QUESTION IS, THAT'S ALSO -- WE
NEED TO PUT THE STUFF BACK IN FROM THE CIT ITSELF.
6:46:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE NEED TO GO THROUGH THOSE LINE BY LINE
TO SEE IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, RIGHT?
6:47:01PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THE CIT IS ONLY A FEW THINGS AND MOSTLY PARK
PROJECTS.
I CAN'T IMAGINE WE WOULDN'T WANT TO FUND PARKS.
6:47:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I DON'T KNOW.
YOU JUST WENT AFTER A PARK.
6:47:10PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
NO, I JUST ASKED WHY.
THAT PARK WASN'T ON A LIST OF THINGS COMING FORWARD.
6:47:20PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I'M WITH YOU.
I AGREE WITH YOU.
I'M GOING TO BAT FOR THE PARKS.
6:47:24PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
ABSOLUTELY.
I'M GOING ABOUT FOR ALL THE PARKS.
WHAT I'M SAYING WITH SWANN, WE HAD OTHER PARKS WAITING AND
WE'RE ABSOLUTELY NOT GOING TO PUSH THAT PARK AHEAD OF THE
OTHER PARKS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKED ON FOR YEARS.

6:47:38PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THEY ARE NOT TAKING FUNDING FOR THOSE
PARKS.
6:47:40PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
NO, NOT YET.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTIONS.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT DIDN'T COME FROM THIS YEAR'S
FUNDING.
6:47:49PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ONLY THING LEFT ON CIT PARK FUNDING? WHAT
IS THE TOTAL?
6:47:53PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
$1.3 MILLION FOR UPGRADES FOR THE TAMPA
POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND ELEVATOR.
THERE'S NO WAY, I KNOW THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO STUFF WITH
BIG BLUE.
A, WE CAN'T AFFORD IT.
B, WE HAVE TO FIX THEIR ELEVATORS.
WHAT I WANTED TO ADD WAS THE 1.5 MILLION FOR THE BRIDGE,
WHICH MS. KOPESKY PUT ON THE OTHER SHEET.
WHAT WE'RE DOING IS ADDING BACK IN THE TPD POLICE
DEPARTMENT, THE PARKS AND REC, AND THAT'S IT BECAUSE THE
T & I FOR PUBLIC SAFETY WAS ALREADY ADDED BACK.
OH, I'M SORRY.
TPD REQUESTED THAT THE PROJECT BE CANCELED FOR THE ELEVATOR
MODERNIZATION?
DID I GET THAT RIGHT?
6:48:34PM >> TALKING ABOUT THE FOOTNOTE.

6:48:35PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
NEVER MIND.
1.3 GOES AWAY AND THAT BASICALLY FUNDS THE BRIDGE.
6:48:40PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
IS THE REST OF THE CIT ONLY PARK FUNDING?
MR. PERRY, CAN YOU COME UP AND TALK?
LET'S GO DOWN LINE BY LINE.
FOR TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC.
6:48:53PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THE PUBLIC FACILITIES WE HAVE NO OPTION OF.
THAT IS THE LIGHTNING, BUCS, YANKEES.
WE HAVE TO PAY THAT.
6:49:01PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
UNFUNDED.
6:49:01PM >>MICHAEL PERRY:
MIKE PERRY, DEPUTY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE'VE HAD THE DISCUSSION ABOUT
THE $8 MILLION DOWN IN SOUTH TAMPA, WHICH OBVIOUSLY WE DO
NOT NEED, SO, MR. CHAIR, THAT'S WHERE YOUR FIVE MILLION
DOLLARS FROM RESURFACING IS PROBABLY GOING TO GET FUNDED
FROM.
IF WE KEEP PARKS WITHIN PARKS, THEN THAT'S FINE, BUT JUST
KEEP IN MIND WE CAN'T SPEND ALL THE MONEY IN PARKS.
WE HAVE TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENTS ALSO.
6:49:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
OKAY.
THAT'S PART OF THAT ADDENDUM THAT WE HAVE, FUND ALL THIS
STUFF, TOO.
I'VE GOT 20 MILLION IN THAT JUST FOR PARKS.
6:49:52PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
QUESTION, WHICH ADDENDUM THAT HAS 20 MILLION?

6:49:56PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ITEM NUMBER 3.
WHY DON'T WE DISPENSE OF THAT?
WE HAVE A SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT THAT JUSTIN WROTE BECAUSE IT
WAS A REDUNDANT PARAGRAPH.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADOPT THE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT?
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
6:50:22PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WAS GOING TO SAY I PREFER TO HAVE THE
ACTUAL LINE ITEM, BUT I'LL SAY YES.
6:50:29PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MR. SHELBY.
6:50:31PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
I TAKE IT YOU'RE ON NUMBER 3.
6:50:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES.
WE JUST APPROVED IT.
6:50:36PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION, I GUESS,
WOULD THE WORD BE ANNEX?
6:50:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT YET.
WE HAVE APPROVED THE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT.
THAT'S ALL WE HAVE DONE.
WE HAVE NOT ATTACHED IT YET.
I WANTED TO GET THAT HOUSEKEEPING OUT OF THE WAY.
MS. KOPESKY, DID YOU GET THE LINE ITEMS FOR THOSE?

COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK WANTED TO MAKE SURE INSTEAD OF JUST
PAVING IT WAS CLEARLY IDENTIFIED.
6:51:10PM >>HAGAR KOPESKY:
HAGAR KOPESKY, CITY COUNCIL BUDGET ANALYST.
THIS WOULD BE FROM FUND 31400 DEPARTMENT 243000 AND PROJECT
NUMBER 1002350 WHICH IS THE RESURFACING PROJECT.
6:51:26PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
CAN I GET A MOTION TO STRIKE PAVING AND
INSERT THOSE COST CODES?
MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG.
6:51:34PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
STRIKE IT FROM WHAT?
6:51:36PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THE ADDENDUM.
6:51:37PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THE ADDENDUM IS GOING TO BE AS IT'S WRITTEN
RIGHT NOW.
ANNEXED TO THE ORDINANCE.
6:51:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
INSTEAD OF PAVING, STRIKING THE WORD --
6:51:44PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
YOU CAN'T AMEND IT ON THE FLY BY MOTION AT
THIS POINT IN TIME, AT LEAST I DO NOT THINK SO.
6:51:50PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WHY CAN'T I?
6:51:52PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IT IS GOING TO BE ATTACHED TO THE ORDINANCE
AND PRESENTED TO THE MAYOR TO SIGN IT.
THE QUESTION IS, WHEN WILL THOSE CHANGES BE MADE?
6:52:00PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
RIGHT NOW.
6:52:03PM >>JUSTIN VASKE:
JUSTIN VASKE, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS I GET THE EXACT NUMBERS, WHERE IT
SAYS PAVINGS, I PUT PARENTHESES, THE BUDGET LINE ITEMS, THAT

WAY WE KIND OF KNOW --
6:52:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
VERY GOOD.
6:52:17PM >>JUSTIN VASKE:
I NEED THE NUMBERS.
6:52:18PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
MY QUESTION IS, WHEN WILL THAT BE FINALIZED
AND ATTACHED TO THE ORDINANCE?
6:52:22PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
TONIGHT WHEN WE MAKE THE MOTION TO ADOPT
IT.
WHEN WE MAKE THE MOTION TO ADOPT THE ADDENDUM.
6:52:27PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
I THINK IT HAS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE
CLERK.
6:52:31PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
NO, WE'VE -- MR. SHELBY, WE HAVE A
DOCUMENT SUBMITTED IN OnBase.
WE ARE MAKING A MOTION TO AMEND THAT BY INSERTING, BASED ON
JUSTIN'S RECOMMENDATION.
6:52:44PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
FIRST OF ALL, THE DOCUMENT ISN'T SUBMITTED
IN OnBase.
THE DOCUMENT IS A SUBSTITUTE IN PHYSICAL POSSESSION.
6:52:51PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL ADOPTED THE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT.
WE ARE AMENDING THAT SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT BY INSERTING
BEHIND PAVING A COST CENTER IN PARENTHESES.
6:52:59PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN AT THIS POINT IN TIME,
IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE ADOPTED AS PRESENTED, IT HAS TO BE
AMENDED TONIGHT AT THE HEARING AND IT HAS TO BE ACCEPTED BY
COUNCIL AT THE CLERK AND ATTACHED PHYSICALLY --
6:53:14PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.

6:53:15PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
NO, YOU'RE NOT, BECAUSE WHERE IS IT?
6:53:20PM >>JUSTIN VASKE:
LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY DIRECTING ME TO GO MAKE THE CHANGE.
6:53:25PM >> RIGHT.
6:53:25PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO COME BACK TONIGHT BEFORE
IT IS ADOPTED WITH THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT.
6:53:32PM >> GIVE ME THE NUMBERS AND I'LL RUN IT UPSTAIRS.
6:53:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE DISCONNECTED
HERE.
6:53:37PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
WELL, I WANTED TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE MAKING
THE AMENDMENTS, AND HE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK.
6:53:45PM >>JUSTIN VASKE:
JUST FOR CLARITY, WHERE IT SAYS PAVING, I'M
PUTTING PARENTHESES THAT LINE ITEM AND NUMBERS.
6:53:51PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. JUSTIN FOR MAKING THOSE AMENDMENTS.
APPRECIATE IT.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT COMING BACK.
I NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT THE CHANGES THAT MS. KOPESKY HAD
SHOWN ON HER MONITOR FROM -- WE'LL DOT GENERAL FUND AND CIT
SEPARATELY.

IS THAT GOOD?
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE DISCUSSION ON THAT?
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK?
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, YOU HAD SOMETHING.
6:54:21PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
REGARDING THE 150,000.
I WANTED TO ADD -- WELL, WE TALKED ABOUT SOCIAL ACTION
FUNDING, SPECIFICALLY TBCN AND TBAE.
TBAE AS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND WE HEARD PEOPLE FROM
PUBLIC COMMENT AS TO WHY THAT APPLIES.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THOSE TWO, YES, WE TALKED ABOUT THE
APPLICATION PROCESS, BUT AFTER THAT CLARIFICATION, MOVE
THOSE TWO ITEMS INTO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AT $75,000
APIECE.
YOU SAID 150 DIVIDED BY TWO.
6:54:51PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
NO, I THOUGHT EITHER 100 OR 150,000 DOLLARS
EACH IS WHAT I WOULD WANT.
6:54:58PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THAT IS AN AWFUL LOT.
6:55:02PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I THINK A HUNDRED EACH THEN IS -- I MEAN, FOR
WHAT THEY DO.
6:55:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I HATE TO DO THIS ON THE FLY.
I THINK THE CONSERVATIVE OF GOING WITH --
6:55:13PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
BETTER BE CONSERVATIVE, BECAUSE WHAT'S
COMING, WE DON'T KNOW.
6:55:17PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE EVERYTHING, BUT
AMENDMENT 3 --

6:55:20PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
75 EACH.
6:55:23PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
TBAE, TBCN, MOVE IT FROM SOCIAL ACTION
TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
6:55:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THAT IS COMING FROM THE SAME GENERAL FUND
MONEY.
6:55:31PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, SIR.
6:55:31PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
THAT HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
THE NEXT WILL BE THE ADOPTION OF THE ITEMS THAT MS. HAGAR
KOPESKY PUT UP ON THE MONITOR FOR GENERAL FUND FUNDING.
6:55:50PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SO MOVED.
6:55:51PM >>LUIS VIERA:
CLARIFICATION, IF I MAY.
DOES THAT INCLUDE THE 76,000 --
6:55:56PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES.
EVERYTHING SHE SHOWED ON THE SPREADSHEET ON THE GENERAL FUND
MONEY.
GENERAL FUND FIRST AND THEN CIT.
MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK I BELIEVE MADE THE MOTION.
6:56:06PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IS THERE A WAY, MS. KOPESKY, THAT YOU COULD
SEND THAT TO THE PRINTER AND I CAN HAVE KELLY BRING IT OUT
FOR THE CLERK SO THAT SHE HAS A PHYSICAL COPY?

6:56:18PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK --
6:56:19PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MAKE IT TWO SEPARATE.
PERFECT.
6:56:21PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
SECOND COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON MOVING THE CIT FUNDS.
MS. KOPESKY SHOWED ON THE MONITOR.
MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG.
6:56:37PM >>LUIS VIERA:
QUESTION.
OUT OF ABUNDANCE OF QUESTION, TALKING ABOUT THE SOUTH TAMPA
PARK --
6:56:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THAT'S NOT ON THE TABLE.
6:56:44PM >>LUIS VIERA:
OKAY, GOOD.
6:56:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THIS IS THE SULPHUR SPRINGS SIDEWALKS AND
THE BRIDGE.
MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN
YOUNG.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
MY RECOLLECTION IS COMPLETE, THAT IS ALL THE MOVEMENTS WE

HAVE AUTHORIZED TO DISCUSS THIS EVENING.
IS THAT CORRECT?
ANYTHING ELSE THAT I LEFT ON THE TABLE?
NO.
HEARING NONE.
6:57:12PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY --
6:57:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
OH, ALLEYS.
I NEED TO -- 1.2, 1,200,000 TO FUND PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
THAT MONEY IS COMING FROM, JUST FOR THE RECORD -- WHERE IS
THAT COMING FROM?
ALLEYS.
6:57:37PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
YES, GENERAL FUND.
6:57:40PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
1.2.
MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN
MANISCALCO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
6:57:48PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THEN I WOULD LIKE TO REMOTION TO REAPPROVE
THE GENERAL FUND ALLOCATION BECAUSE NOW WE JUST ADDED 1.2
MILLION TO THAT.
6:57:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
IS THAT NECESSARY?
6:58:00PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

6:58:03PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MS. KOPESKY DIDN'T HAVE 1.2 MILLION ON THE
GENERAL FUND LIST.
6:58:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SEPARATE VOTES.
6:58:11PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WE'LL CONSOLIDATE.
6:58:15PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THE REASON I WANTED TO DO THAT WAS SIMPLY FOR
THE CLERK, BUT OKAY.
6:58:18PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
IT WAS TWO DIFFERENT ACTIONS.
MR. SHELBY.
6:58:21PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IF I CAN, MR. ROGERO, JUST IF YOU CAN, IT'S
NOT ONLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CLERK, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING
IS AS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND THE
ADMINISTRATION THAT THESE MOTIONS TONIGHT WILL BE FORMALIZED
IN A FINANCIAL RESOLUTION.
6:58:37PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
YES, WE LIKE TO BRING CITY COUNCIL A
FINANCIAL RESOLUTION REFLECTING ALL OF THESE MOTIONS, AGAIN,
NOT JUST FOR ACCOUNTING PURPOSES BUT, AGAIN, FOR
CLARIFICATION, IF THERE'S ANY MISCOMMUNICATION OR ERROR, WE
CAN FIX IT.
6:58:51PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
DO YOU HAVE A DATE THAT YOU INTEND TO DO
THAT BY?
6:58:53PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
OCTOBER 15 WOULD BE LOVELY.
6:58:55PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
6:58:56PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, MR. SHELBY.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
6:59:00PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE IF I RESCINDED MY

FIRST MOTION AND RE-DID THE MOTION TO HAVE IT ALL TOGETHER
BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE EASIER FOR THEM.
6:59:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
DOES IT MATTER TO YOU?
6:59:10PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
DOESN'T MATTER TO ME.
COUNCIL'S PLEASURE.
6:59:13PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I THINK AS LONG AS WE KEEP --
IF I'VE DONE EVERYTHING CORRECT, SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD
YOUR PEACE --
6:59:21PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
NUMBER 5.
I'M NOT COMFORTABLE.
I DON'T WANT TO PAUSE OUR --
6:59:33PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
JUST PRESENTATION.
WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ACTION ON THAT.
NO ACTION ON THAT.
SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE BUSINESS?
I'M GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND CLOSE COUNCIL
DISCUSSION ON THE FY '27 MILLAGE RATE, FY '27 BUDGET AND FY
'27-31 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET AND PROGRAM.
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
6:59:56PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
RESOLUTION LEVYING AD VALOREM TAX AT THE RATE OF 6 --
[INDISCERNIBLE]
OR 6.2076 MILLS UPON ALL REAL AND PERSONAL TAXABLE PROPERTY

IN THE CITY OF TAMPA FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2027, AUTHORIZING
THE MAYOR AND THE CITY CLERK TO CERTIFY SUCH MILLAGE.
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
7:00:25PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
IS THAT -- YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ THE REST
OF IT?
YOU HAVE TO READ THE WHOLE THING.
7:00:33PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
TO BE RESOLVED BY CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, TO BE RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA.
SECTION 1, THAT AN AD VALOREM TAX AT THE RATE OF 6.2076
MILLS TO RAISE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY AS FIXED OPERATING AND
CAPITAL BUDGET OF THE CITY OF TAMPA FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
COMMENCING OCTOBER 1, 2026 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2027 FOR
THE GENERAL FUND AND FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF
THE CITY OF TAMPA, INCLUDING IN PART OF THE COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF TAMPA IS HEREBY LEVIED
TO PROVIDE BY LAW ALL THE REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXABLE
FOR THAT PURPOSE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
SECTION 2, THAT THE MAYOR AND THE CITY CLERK AS PROPER
AUTHORITIES OF THE CITY OF TAMPA ARE DULY AUTHORIZED AND
POWERED AND DIRECTED TO CERTIFY THE PROPERTY APPRAISER OF
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE MILLAGE TO BE LEVIED FOR
ALL PURPOSES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 IN THE CITY OF TAMPA
TO WIT, 7.62 -- 6.2076 MILLS WHICH EXCEEDS A ROLLED-BACK
RATE OF 6.0680 MILLS AS DEFINED IN SECTION 200.0651 OF THE

FLORIDA STATUTES BY 2.3% OR 2.30% OF THE CITY -- EXCUSE ME,
AND TO REQUEST LEVY OF MILLAGE AS SET FORTH UPON ALL REAL
AND PERSONAL PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF TAMPA AS ABOVE SET
FORTH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION
AND THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
SECTION THREE, THAT ALL PROPER OFFICERS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA
ARE AUTHORIZED TO DO ALL THINGS NECESSARY AND PROPER IN
ORDER TO CARRY OUT AND MAKE EFFECTIVE THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS OF THIS RESOLUTION WHICH SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE
IMMEDIATELY UPON ITS ADOPTION.
7:02:35PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SECOND.
7:02:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
7:02:46PM >> [INAUDIBLE]
7:02:49PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
READ NUMBER 10 ON PAGE 4.
7:02:51PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
ITEM 10, MOTION TO ADOPT THE 2027 MILLAGE
RATE.
MOVE TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE OF 6.2076 MILLS
WHICH IS 2.30 PERCENT MORE THAN THE ROLLED BACK MILLAGE RATE
OF 6.0680 MILLS FOR PROPERTY TAX FUNDS WHICH ARE USED TO
SUPPORT THE GENERAL FUND OPERATING BUDGET AND THE COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FUNDS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
7:03:17PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE FY 2027 MILLAGE

RATE.
7:03:25PM >>BILL CARLSON:
YES.
7:03:25PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
7:03:27PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
7:03:29PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
7:03:30PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
YES.
7:03:32PM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
7:03:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES.
7:03:34PM >>THE CLERK:
THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
7:03:37PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
ITEM NUMBER 12 --
7:03:39PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
MR. CHAIRMAN, MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL
ATTORNEY.
I BELIEVE I JUST SAW MR. VASKE COMING IN.
I BELIEVE WHAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO HAPPEN IS AN ACTION TO
ATTACH -- WE'RE AT NUMBER 12.
7:03:56PM >>JUSTIN VASKE:
JUSTIN VASKE, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
I'M STILL WORKING ON MAKING THE EDIT TO THE ADDENDUM.
I'M WORKING WITH HAGAR RIGHT NOW.
7:04:06PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ATTACH THE ADDENDUM.
7:04:11PM >>JUSTIN VASKE:
WE HAVE TO SUBSTITUTE IT BECAUSE THERE ARE
CHANGES.
I WOULD SUGGEST WE TAKE A BREAK.
7:04:17PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
AND CALL IT A BREAK, BOTTOM OF PAGE 2.
7:04:20PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
CITY COUNCIL IS AT BREAK.
IT IS RIGHT NOW 7:05 P.M.

BREAK UNTIL 7:15 P.M.
[RECESS]
7:18:07PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
CALL TO ORDER.
CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
7:18:09PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
HERE.
7:18:10PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HERE.
7:18:11PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HERE.
7:18:14PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
HERE.
7:18:14PM >>LUIS VIERA:
HERE.
7:18:15PM >>BILL CARLSON:
HERE.
7:18:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HERE.
7:18:16PM >>THE CLERK:
WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
7:18:18PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THE DOCUMENT TO BE DELIVERED,
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK HAD REQUESTED A SPECIAL CALL WORKSHOP.
7:18:26PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
TO BE CLEAR, IT WAS MR. ROGERO, BUT, YES.
7:18:30PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MR. ROGERO HAD REQUESTED COUNCIL, BECAUSE
HE JUST LOVES COUNCIL MEETINGS SO MUCH, HE WANTED TO HAVE
ANOTHER.
7:18:38PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HE'S A GLUTTON FOR PUNISHMENT.
7:18:40PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILWOMAN CANNOT DO THE 6th.
7:18:44PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THE NEXT WEEK IS BETTER.
CAN WE DO A DAY MEETING?
7:18:52PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HOW ABOUT THE 13th?
7:19:01PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I HAVE TWO EVENTS IN THE EVENING.

7:19:04PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE CAN DO THE DAY.
13th, 9:00 IN THE MORNING.
WE COULD DO 9 A.M.
7:19:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION TO HAVE A SPECIAL CALL WORKSHOP ON
OCTOBER 13 AT 9 A.M.
7:19:17PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IF WE COULD HEAR FROM MR. ROGERO, I WOULD
LIKE TO KNOW, CONSIDERING IT IS A TWO-DAY TURN AROUND --
7:19:26PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
DARLENE, COULD YOU COME UP HERE, PLEASE?
7:19:29PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE JUST WANT TO HAVE THE IDEAS PUT TOGETHER.
IT WON'T BE NECESSARILY DONE BY THE 15th. IT WILL BE DONE
BEFORE WE APPROVE THE --
7:19:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
LET'S MAKE A MOTION TO SET THAT SPECIAL
CALL WORKSHOP ON THE 13th.
WE CAN ALWAYS CANCEL OR REMOVE.
COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG.
7:19:53PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THE WORKSHOP WOULD
BE?
I HAVE 11:30.
7:20:00PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
TWO AND A HALF HOURS IS A GOOD AMOUNT.
7:20:02PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
WHAT IS THE SUBJECT?
IF I WERE TO ASK WHAT THE AGENDA WOULD SAY, WHAT IS THE
PURPOSE, BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE IN THE NOTICE AS WELL OF THIS
SPECIAL CALL MEETING.
7:20:13PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
TO DISCUSS DEFERRED PROJECTS.
7:20:15PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
GOOD EVENING, AGAIN.

DENNIS ROGERO -- GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL.
DENNIS ROGERO, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
WE COULD FRAME IT, COUNCIL HAS MADE SOME DECISIONS TONIGHT
THAT REMAINS GENERAL FUNDING AND CIT FUNDING IN PLAY, SO I
WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING IS TO
ALLOCATE THE REMAINDER OF THOSE FUNDS.
7:20:40PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
FY '27?
IN FY '27?
7:20:43PM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
YES, SIR.
7:20:48PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HERE SHE IS.
7:20:52PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
DARLENE.
7:20:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
DARLENE, COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG WOULD LIKE TO
SPEAK WITH YOU.
7:20:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
LISA, WHAT IS THE STREET NUMBER FOR THE
ADDRESS ON NEBRASKA?
7:21:05PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
ARE YOU GOING TO THE ART THING?
NO, OKAY.
I THOUGHT IT WAS AT 9.
MY GROUP IS AT 9 A.M.
FOR THE ART.
CENTER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
COMMUNITY ART INITIATIVE.
7:21:51PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I APOLOGIZE.
I SCHEDULED THIS MYSELF.
SEBASTIAN, IF YOU ARE HERE, IT'S NOTHING WITH YOU, MY

FRIEND.
ON THE 13th I HAVE APPARENTLY AN 11 A.M. TO 1 P.M. AT
HAGAN'S HALL AT ST. LAWRENCE.
7:22:05PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HOW ABOUT THE 12th?
7:22:09PM >> THAT'S COLUMBUS DAY.
7:22:10PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
STILL A WORK DAY.
WE COULD DO IT AFTER THAT.
WE COULD DO LIKE 12:30.
7:22:30PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I HAD TWO MEDIATIONS.
7:22:33PM >>THE CLERK:
[INAUDIBLE]
7:22:34PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THEY HAVE CCNA MEETINGS IN THE CHAMBERS.
7:22:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION
INDIVIDUALLY WITH COUNCILPERSONS?
7:22:49PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HOW ABOUT THE 9 A.M. ON THE 12th AND JUST
GET IT DONE.
7:22:54PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I CAN DO THAT.
I HAD TWO MEDIATIONS THAT CANCELED.
7:22:58PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I COULD DO 9 A.M.
7:22:59PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
IF ANYBODY DO THE GREEN SPINE, IT'S AT
10:30.
7:23:04PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IF WE DON'T, IT'S OKAY.
LIFE WILL MOVE ON WITHOUT US AT THE RIBBON CUTTING.
9 A.M.
9 A.M. ON THE 12th.
7:23:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.

IS THERE A SECOND FOR 9 A.M. SPECIAL CALL MEETING ON OCTOBER
12 AND THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS IS AVAILABLE AT 9:00 IN THE
MORNING.
THAT'S ONLY GOING TO BE AN HOUR AND A HALF OR TWO HOUR
MEETING.
I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
7:23:38PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
OCTOBER 12 AT 9 A.M.
7:23:41PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MS. SCHARF, PLEASE ADD THAT TO OUR CALENDAR.
7:23:48PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
DONE.
I JUST GOT IT ON MY CALENDAR.
VERY GOOD.
JUSTIN BACK?
I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE TO HAVE A PAPER COPY OF
SOMETHING WE AGREED TO.
THE DAMN LAWYERS.
7:24:12PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
ANYBODY HAVE NEW BUSINESS?
7:24:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I THINK TO MYSELF WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD.
7:24:36PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I'LL SAY IF I MAY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY NEPHEW
MICHAEL WHO TURNS 21 TODAY.
7:24:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MICHAEL.
7:24:44PM >>LUIS VIERA:
VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DAVID COVERDALE OF
WHITE SNAKE WHO ALSO SHARES HIS BIRTHDAY.

7:24:52PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
IT'S MY NEPHEW'S BIRTHDAY, TOO, BY THE
WAY.
HIS NAME IS KAI.
7:24:58PM >> HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KAI.
7:25:03PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I HAVE SOMETHING.
MY SISTER PASSED HER --
7:25:08PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
HER WHAT?
7:25:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
DO YOU HAVE ANY NEW BUSINESS?
7:25:12PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THERE'S NO NEW BUSINESS AT THIS --
7:25:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YOU HEARD NEW BUSINESS.
NOT REALLY NEW BUSINESS.
JUST ANNOUNCEMENTS.
7:25:19PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I DON'T TODAY.
CONGRATULATIONS.
7:25:26PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WHAT EXACTLY IS SHE STUDYING?
7:25:33PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
SHE WANTS TO BE IN PEDIATRICS.
PEDIATRICS NURSING.
7:25:38PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WHAT A WONDERFUL -- I WAS ACTUALLY TALKING TO
MY NURSES ABOUT, LIKE, HOW PEOPLE END UP WHERE THEY END UP.
A LOT OF THE NURSES IN THE CANCER WARD CAME FROM ER, JUST
LIKE THE STRESS.
THEY COME THERE FOR LESS STRESS.
THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING.
ONE OF MY COUSINS IS A NICU NURSE, AND SHE LOST LOVES IT.
LIKE, THAT IS HER JAM.

YOU FIND YOUR SPACE SO THAT'S AWESOME.
7:26:10PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
YEAH, SHE WAS STUDYING.
SHE STUDIED VERY, VERY HARD, AND APPARENTLY IT'S LIKE A TEST
WHERE, TESTS LIKE YOUR KNOWLEDGE.
DEPENDING ON THE CONCEPT, IF YOU ARE GETTING THEM OR NOT, IT
WILL ADD QUESTIONS OR NOT.
SHE HAD THE LEAST AMOUNT OF QUESTIONS SO THAT MEANS SHE DID
A REALLY GOOD JOB.
SHOUT OUT TO MY SISTER.
7:26:30PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SHOUT OUT TO THE YOUNG SISTER.
THE YOUNG, YOUNG SISTER.
YES.
7:26:51PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
IT TOOK EVERYTHING IN ME NOT TO GET A GUAVA
PASTRY.
7:27:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
STEVEDORE GRAND OPENING.
I HAD A LITTLE CUP OF FRUIT.
7:27:08PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
IT WAS SO HARD.
THE PASTRIES.
7:27:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
IT WAS IN GASWORX.
LIKE A FIVE STAR HOTEL IN THERE.
BEAUTIFUL.
CAN'T WE PEN AND INK A COPY?
7:27:32PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
DO YOU LIKE JAPANESE CALLIGRAPHY?
7:27:35PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES.
WHY CAN'T WE PEN AND OPENING A IT IF WE HAVE TO HAVE A HARD

COPY?
7:27:41PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
I GUESS WE CAN.
IF YOU WANT IT TO BE OFFICIAL AND A FINAL VERSION, I THOUGHT
IT SHOULD BE HERE ANY MINUTE.
7:27:55PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OH, LOOK, WE HAVE SOMEBODY CLEANING UP THE
CHAMBERS.
7:27:59PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
IS THIS YOUR FULL-TIME JOB?
SHE LOVES ME.
7:28:09PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
IT'S POURING.
7:28:11PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YEAH, YOU CAN HEAR IT.
I THINK I HEAR HIM.
7:28:15PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
WHO?
7:28:17PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IS THAT JUSTIN?
7:28:19PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
NO, THAT WAS MR. MICHELINI.
I HAVE MY EYES TRAINED ON THE ELEVATOR.
7:28:26PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
IT'S NOT MOVING ANYWHERE QUICKLY EITHER.
IT'S JUST ONE BLOB THAT'S KIND OF GROWING IN PLACE.
IT'S NOT MOVING.
I KNOW, BECAUSE IT WILL MESS UP MY HAIR.
I DIDN'T.
7:28:42PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE THOUGHT YOU WERE JUSTIN.
7:28:44PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
BUT IF YOU WANT TO STAND HERE, WE CAN
ACTUALLY ROAST YOU.
7:28:49PM >> DO THAT EVERY WEEK ANYWAY.
7:28:51PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SO TRUE.

7:28:59PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I KNOW JUSTIN, AND YOU ARE NO JUSTIN.
DARN IT.
SO GOES MY NEW PHONE.
THINGS THAT NAYA CAN SAY THAT ALAN CAN'T.
[ LAUGHTER ]
WE CAN TALK ABOUT HOW MANY DAYS WE HAVE TO TOLERATE VIERA.
7:29:48PM >>LUIS VIERA:
WE HAVE ACTUALLY 30 MORE DAYS UNTIL MY LAST
MEETING.
7:29:53PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT PROCESS?
HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK.
7:29:56PM >>LUIS VIERA:
WE ARE GOING TO BE BRIEFED ON THAT.
7:29:59PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH.
THE CLERK HAS SOME INFORMATION.
I'M TRYING TO, JUST SO YOU KNOW, I TALKED TO MR. SHELBY
ABOUT TRYING TO PRELOAD, BECAUSE, OF COURSE, MINIMIZE THE
DISRUPTION IN THE REPRESENTATION OF DISTRICT 7, HOW MUCH WE
CAN ACCOMPLISH AHEAD OF TIME.
MR. SHELBY HAS GOT THAT ASSIGNMENT.
HE'LL GET BACK WITH US WITH THE PROCESS SOMETIME PROBABLY
BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING MAYBE.
7:30:22PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
YEAH, THIS IS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE FIRST
FOR NEXT WEEK.
7:30:30PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE'RE STILL GOING TO KICK YOU AROUND.
NOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN TALLAHASSEE AND WE HAVE A LOT MORE
TO KICK AROUND.

7:30:36PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I'LL HAVE MORE TIME TO PRACTICE LAW FOR A
COUPLE OF MONTHS NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS.
ARTICLE IN CREATIVE LOAFING ON MY OFFICE.
I DID A TWO HOUR INTERVIEW THERE AND THEY USED A WORD THAT I
NEVER USED.
YOU'LL SEE.
IT'S FUNNY.
7:30:55PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR OFFICE IS GOING TO LOOK
LIKE IN TALLAHASSEE?
IT'S GOING TO BE JUST AS BAD AS THE ONE HERE.
7:31:01PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I'M A DEMOCRAT.
THEY'LL GIVE ME A BATHROOM THERE.
7:31:05PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
AND A JUNIOR DEMOCRAT.
YOU'LL BE LUCKY IF YOU HAVE ACCESS TO A BATHROOM.
[ LAUGHTER ]
LUCKY IF THERE'S NOT A URINAL IN YOUR BATHROOM THAT
EVERYBODY ELSE IS USING.
7:31:15PM >>LUIS VIERA:
AND HOW.
7:31:17PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
I'VE BEEN INFORMED THAT THE DOCUMENT IS AT
THE PRINTER MACHINE.
IT SHOULD BE ANY MINUTE NOW.
7:31:24PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
AND JUSTIN IS AT HOME.
7:31:26PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
ON WHATEVER FLOOR HE IS ON.
7, 8, NO, PROBABLY 6.
BUT THE ELEVATOR IS WORKING.

THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS.
7:31:40PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I'VE NEVER BEEN TO SMASHING PUMPKINS.
I RESPECT THEM A LOT.
7:31:47PM >> [INAUDIBLE]
7:31:49PM >>LUIS VIERA:
KISS IN VEGAS.
7:31:53PM >> [INAUDIBLE]
7:31:55PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
MR. CHAIRMAN, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE MOST
INTERESTING TRANSCRIPT OF A CITY COUNCIL.
7:32:02PM >>LUIS VIERA:
WEEZER, WEEZER, WEEZER.
[ APPLAUSE ]
7:32:09PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ALL TO ADD A PARENTHESES.
WE ARE GOVERNMENT, BY THE WAY.
THIS IS HOW LONG IT TOOK TO ADD A PARENTHESES.
7:32:17PM >>JUSTIN VASKE:
JUSTIN VASKE, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
LITTLE BIT MORE INVOLVED WITH THAT.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE PUT THE FUND NUMBERS NEXT TO THE
SIDEWALK REFERENCES AND THE --
7:32:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YOU HAVE A COPY FOR THE CLERK?
7:32:29PM >>JUSTIN VASKE:
WE'LL BE DOING A SUBSTITUTE TO THE
SUBSTITUTE, SO TO SPEAK.
7:32:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK
TO ACCEPT THE SUBSTITUTE TO THE SUBSTITUTE, AND I HAVE A
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?

AYES HAVE IT.
MOTION TO ATTACH THE ADDENDUM TO THE 2027 FY 2027 CITY OF
TAMPA BUDGET?
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA, SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN
MIRANDA, ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
7:33:00PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
FOR SAKE OF CLARITY, DID YOU SAY ATTACH IT
TO THE BUDGET OR ATTACH IT TO THE ORDINANCE?
7:33:05PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
FY 2027 BUDGET.
7:33:08PM >>JUSTIN VASKE:
THE BUDGET IS THE ORDINANCE.
WE CAN BE CLEAR.
ATTACH IT TO THE BUDGET ORDINANCE.
7:33:14PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THERE WE GO.
IT IS DONE.
THE VOTE HAS BEEN TAKEN.
DOES SHE NEED TO ANNOUNCE THAT?
I ANNOUNCED IT.
THE VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS.
7:33:29PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THAT'S ACCEPTABLE.
THANK YOU.
7:33:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SO, MR. FINANCE CHAIR, NUMBER 12, PLEASE.
7:33:36PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
AGENDA ITEM 8, I MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING
PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE BUDGET OF THE CITY OF TAMPA FOR

THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2026 AND ENDING
SEPTEMBER 30, 2027, PROVIDING FOR THE LEVY AS PROVIDED BY
LAW OF A TAX ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF TAMPA
AND FIXING THE MILLAGE WITHIN THE CITY, MAKING
APPROPRIATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SAID
BUDGET, AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK
AS PROPER AUTHORITIES OF THE CITY OF TAMPA TO CERTIFY THE
PROPERTY APPRAISER OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE
MILLAGE TO BE LEVIED FOR ALL PURPOSES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
2027 IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
7:34:20PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
DO WE HAVE TO DO ROLL CALL?
WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL?
7:34:30PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
7:34:31PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
7:34:32PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
7:34:34PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
YES.
7:34:36PM >>LUIS VIERA:
MY FINAL BUDGET VOTE, YES.
7:34:38PM >>BILL CARLSON:
YES.
7:34:39PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES.
7:34:40PM >>THE CLERK:
THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
7:34:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT THE FY 2027 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT

BUDGET RESOLUTION.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
7:34:55PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
7:34:56PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
7:34:56PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
YES.
7:34:58PM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
7:34:58PM >>BILL CARLSON:
YES.
7:34:59PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
7:35:01PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES.
7:35:02PM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
7:35:05PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
CAN I GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE ALL
DOCUMENTS?
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING?
MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN
MANISCALCO, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.
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