[ SOUNDING GAVEL ] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT AND REMEMBER ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES, COUNCIL MEMBER FRANK REDDICK, WHO SERVED ON CITY COUNCIL. HE WAS ACTUALLY APPOINTED AT THE BEGINNING AND THEN HE WAS ELECTED IN 2011 AND REELECTED WITH OPTION IN 2013, SERVED UNTIL 2019 AND WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE CITY COUNCIL. HE PASSED AWAY RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. HIS FUNERAL, HOME-GOING SERVICES WERE LAST WEEK. I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA SERVED WITH HIM. COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA SERVED WITH HIM. I SERVED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER REDDICK. HE WAS A WONDERFUL FRIEND, GREAT COMMUNITY LEADER, COMMUNITY ASSET. I JUST WANTED TO REMEMBER HIM AND OFFER MY CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO WELCOME OUR INVOCATION. OUR GUEST TODAY IS JASON SOLE. HE IS A CHAPLAIN WITH THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT. JASON WORKED IN PASTORAL MINISTRY IN THE NONPROFIT SECTOR IN TAMPA FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS AS A CHURCH PASTOR, LAW ENFORCEMENT CHAPLAIN AND NONPROFIT FOUNDER. HE LED HIS TAMPA NONPROFIT BASED INITIATIVE SINCE 2008 WITH THE MISSION OF DEALING HOPE TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE LAUNDRY PROJECT. HOPE FOR HOMES PROJECT AND AFFORDABLE CHRISTMAS INITIATIVES. HE HAS ALSO BEEN SERVING AS CHAPLAIN WITH THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT SINCE 2016. JASON, IF YOU ARE HERE, COME ON UP AND PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL. LET'S BOW OUR HEADS. HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY. THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT CITY THAT WE GET TO BE A PART OF. GOD, AS WE THINK FOR A MOMENT ON FORMER COUNCILMAN REDDICK, WE THANK YOU FOR HIS SERVICE, FOR HIS EXAMPLE OF LEADERSHIP IN OUR CITY. WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD BRING PEACE AND COMFORT TO HIS FAMILY AND THOSE THAT WERE CLOSE TO HIM AND AROUND HIM AND MAY HIS MEMORY LINGER WITH US AS AN EXAMPLE OF LEADERSHIP AND LEADING THIS CITY WELL. THANK YOU FOR THIS, COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT LEADERS. THANK YOU FOR MAYOR AND THE STAFF AND ALL INVOLVED IN MAKING THIS CITY AS GREAT AS IT CAN BE. AS WE LOOK TO THE FUTURE, MAY WE HAVE WISDOM AS WE GUIDE THIS CITY INTO THE FUTURE. AND MAY WE BE A SHINING EXAMPLE TO THOSE AROUND US, TO OTHER CITIES OF WHAT COMMUNITY LOOKS LIKE, OF WHAT POSITIVE CHANGE IN A CITY LOOKS LIKE, AND MAY WE HONOR YOU IN ALL OF OUR DECISIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE. GIVE WISDOM AND PEACE DURING THIS COUNCIL MEETING TODAY. WE THANK YOU FOR LOVING US FOR WHO WE ARE. IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AMEN. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ROLL CALL, PLEASE. >> CARLSON? HURTAK? >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT. >>LUIS VIERA: HERE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE. >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MEMO RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON THAT HE WILL BE ABSENT FROM TODAY'S MEETING. MR. SHELBY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER THE RULES AND PROCEDURES OF PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME. >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. GOOD MORNING. MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY. GOOD MORNING TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. I'D LIKE TO VERY BRIEFLY REVIEW THE CITY COUNCIL RULES FOR THE CONDUCT OF TODAY'S MEETING. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALLOWED A REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL ON ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA BEFORE CITY COUNCIL TAKES OFFICIAL ACTION ON THE ITEM. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AND PLACE IT IN THE BOX THAT IS OUTSIDE THIS ROOM. ONE CARD PER SPEAKER. CARDS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL THE START OF GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. EACH PERSON SUBMITTING A CARD WILL BE RECOGNIZED BY NAME TO APPROACH AND SPEAK. A THREE-MINUTE TIME LIMIT APPLIES. PLEASE PRINT LEGIBLY. NAMES THAT CANNOT BE READ WILL NOT BE CALLED. IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK AT A PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH IS DESIGNATED AS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE AGENDA, YOU WILL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY WHEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CALLED UP BY THE NUMBER ON THE AGENDA AND TO SPEAK THEN, DON'T FILL OUT A CARD, PLEASE USE THE SIGN-IN SHEET AT THE PODIUM OUTSIDE INSTEAD. IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE, PLEASE SEE CITY STAFF. AND SPEAKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALSO REMINDED THAT THEY ARE TO REFRAIN FROM DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING MAKING VULGAR OR THREATENING REMARKS, MAKING OR CAUSING DISRUPTIVE NOISES OR SOUNDS OR DISPLAYING SIGNS OR GRAPHICS. SPEAKERS ARE ALSO REMINDED TO REFRAIN FROM LAUNCHING PERSONAL ATTACKS AGAINST ANY CITY OFFICIAL, STAFF MEMBER, OR ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. PERSONS FAILING TO COMPLY WITH COUNCIL'S RULES MAY BE RULED OUT OF ORDER AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE CHAMBERS FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY'S MEETING. FINALLY, A REMINDER TO CITY COUNCIL THAT CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD REFRAIN FROM ENGAGING A SPEAKER DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT TAKE QUESTIONS OR HAVE A DIALOGUE DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS YOUR POSITION TO CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES FROM DECEMBER 19, 2024? MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. I'LL GO THROUGH THE AGENDA. WE HAVE A WALK-ON ITEM. I KNOW ABOUT WALK-ONS, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IT'S REGARDING A HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT. NOTHING TO DO WITH FUNDS OR ANY EXPENDITURES. WE WILL TAKE THAT UP AFTER ITEM NUMBER 3. JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP. MEMO RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA THAT ITEM NUMBER 29 BE PULLED FOR DISCUSSION. IT WILL BE HEARD FIRST UNDER STAFF REPORTS. YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: I'M REQUESTING THAT WE DO THAT AFTER LUNCH, IF POSSIBLE, BECAUSE WE JUST GOT A LETTER FROM THE FOREST HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO FULLY READ IT YET. IS THAT OKAY? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YEAH, I DON'T THINK WE'LL MOVE THAT QUICK TODAY. >>LYNN HURTAK: YOU NEVER KNOW. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SOMEONE SAID WE WOULD BE DONE BY LUNCH, BUT I SAID NO. LET ME GO THROUGH THE STAFF REPORTS REAL QUICK. ITEM 29 IS GOING TO BE PULLED AND PLACED FIRST UNDER STAFF REPORTS. AS REQUESTED AFTER LUNCH, WHICH IS MORE THAN LIKELY GOING TO HAPPEN. ITEM 55 IS $12 MILLION ITEM. DO WE NEED STAFF PRESENT FOR THAT? NO. ITEM 56, THERE IS A WRITTEN REPORT FOR THAT. DO YOU NEED SOMEBODY HERE FOR THAT? >>LUIS VIERA: YES. VIRTUALLY IS FINE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, VIRTUALLY. OKAY. ITEM 57? >>GWEN HENDERSON: NO, WE'RE GOOD. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY. I SPOKE OFF-LINE TO STAFF ABOUT THIS, AND THEY WERE GOING TO GET ME MORE INFORMATION REGARDING INCREASING THE NUMBER. FOR 57. TO DOUBLE IT. ALL RIGHT. ITEM 57 IS A NO. ITEM NUMBER 58. WE HAVE A CONTINUANCE TO WHAT DATE? >> FEBRUARY 6. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: FEBRUARY 6 FOR ITEM 58. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE? >>MARTIN SHELBY: I BELIEVE, MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT REQUIRES, IF WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE CALENDAR -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A LOT OF STAFF REPORTS AND WE NEED TO WAIVE THE RULES TO ADD THAT ON THERE. FEBRUARY 6 IS FULL. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: 58, HE REQUESTED APRIL 3. >>MARTIN SHELBY: NO. HE REQUESTED -- THE NEXT QUARTERLY UPDATE WAS GOING TO BE HELD ON APRIL 3. COUNCILMAN CARLSON IS REQUESTING FEBRUARY 6. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO YOU WANT TO WAIVE THE RULES? >>LYNN HURTAK: WE EVEN HAVE IT UP THERE THAT WE'RE LIMITING TO FIVE STAFF REPORTS AND WE HAVE SEVEN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HOW ABOUT WE PICK ANOTHER DATE? HOW ABOUT FEBRUARY 20? >>LYNN HURTAK: IT HAS 7. HOW ABOUT WE DO A WRITTEN REPORT ON THE 6th? IF WE NEED -- >>MARTIN SHELBY: REMINDER OF COUNCIL'S RULES, IF YOU DO A WRITTEN REPORT, YOU CANNOT HAVE STAFF APPEAR THAT DAY. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES, BUT THEY ARE COMING ON APRIL 3rd ANYWAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL CONTINUE ITEM 58 TO A WRITTEN REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 6. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT DATE WAS? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: FEBRUARY 6 WRITTEN REPORT. ITEM NUMBER 59. >>LYNN HURTAK: I'M REQUESTING TO CONTINUE THIS UNTIL JANUARY 3rd SO THAT MS. FEELEY CAN INCLUDE INFORMATION ON -- OH, I'M SORRY. DID I SAY -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YEAH, WE NEED TO WAIVE THE RULES BECAUSE WE HAVE A LIMIT ON THAT DATE. >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY. THE ONLY REASON IS BECAUSE TOMORROW SHE IS MEETING WITH THE COMMISSION, THE FOLKS WHO ARE VOLUNTEERING TO WORK WITH IT. WE DECIDED THAT JANUARY 23rd WOULD BE BETTER. I APOLOGIZE. I DID NOT LOOK AT THAT. >>MARTIN SHELBY: JUST A REMINDER, ABBYE FEELEY WILL BE APPEARING ON THE SAME ITEM ON FEBRUARY 6. SIMILAR TOPIC. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO YOU WANT TO BLEND IT IN? >>LYNN HURTAK: NO. BUT HOW ABOUT THIS? I WILL PAUSE. I WILL WAIT TO MOVE THIS ITEM UNTIL THE END OF SESSION TODAY. SO I'LL HAVE A BETTER DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL HOLD 59. LET ME KNOW AT THE END OF THE DAY. ITEM NUMBER 60, MR. BHIDE WILL BE HERE. FOR 60, THAT IS A YES. COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, DO YOU NEED STAFF PRESENT FOR 61? >>LUIS VIERA: YES. REALLY, 61 AND 62 ARE GOING TO BE TOGETHER. 63, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT'S ALREADY BEING WAIVED, BUT IF THEY WANT TO ADDRESS THAT AS WELL, THAT'S FINE. ALL THREE OF THESE CAN BE AT ONCE. 62 WILL PROVIDE THE BULK OF THE TIME, I THINK. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 61, 62, 63, YES. AND ALL HEARD TOGETHER. ITEM 64 WILL NOT BE HEARD. IT WILL BE ON THE MARCH 27, 2025 AGENDA. CAN WE GET A MOTION FOR THAT? MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AND THEN FOR THE WRITTEN STAFF REPORT, 65, 6, 7, MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE? MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >>LYNN HURTAK: JUST TO LET FOLKS KNOW, WE WILL BE HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT SIDEWALKS IN I BELIEVE IT'S MARCH OR AT THE END OF FEBRUARY IN THE WORKSHOP. THIS IS NOT THE LAST TIME WE'LL BE DISCUSSING SIDEWALKS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AND ADDENDUM? MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? POLICE OFFICER OF THE MONTH. COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCIL, IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY FOR OFFICER LEONARDO NEMO WHO IS HERE AS TAMPA POLICE OFFICER OF THE MONTH FOR JANUARY OF 2025. JANUARY 9 IS LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION DAY. I'M GLAD WE'RE DOING THIS TODAY. I KNOW SOME OF OUR FRIENDS, I WAS COMMUNICATING WITH CINDY ROBERTS, WIDOW OF LAKE CORPORATE ROBERTS, WHO WORKS WITH -- I KNOW THEY WILL BE VISITING POLICE STATIONS TODAY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION DAY. THEM AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF COPS. SO WE'RE HERE FOR THIS FOR OFFICER NEMO HERE TODAY. LIKE I ALWAYS SAY, WE ALWAYS DO THIS TO REFLECT THE VALUES OF THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE AND SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT AS WELL AS OUR FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER FIREFIGHTERS. CHIEF BERCAW WILL COME AND SPEAK ABOUT THIS GENTLEMAN. >>CHIEF BERCAW: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. IT IS MY HONOR TO PRESENT OUR OFFICER OF THE MONTH. WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE OFFICER LEONARDO NEMO AS OFFICER OF THE MONTH FOR JANUARY. HE IS A VETERAN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WITH OVER 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING SERVICE WITH THE NYPD. OFFICER NEMO CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATES EXCEPTIONAL DEDICATION, AND HE TAKES A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO SERVING THE TAMPA COMMUNITY. SO HE'S KNOWN FOR HIS TIRELESS WORK ETHIC AND KEY INVESTIGATIVE SKILLS, AND HE EXCELS IN SELF-INITIATED ACTIVITY. JUST IN THE PAST YEAR, HE HAS HANDLED OVER 3,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE AND THREE-QUARTERS OF THOSE HAVE ALL BEEN SELF-INITIATED. THAT APPROACH HAS RESULTED IN NUMEROUS ARRESTS RELATING TO NARCOTIC OFFENSES, BURGLARIES, LOITERING AND PROWLING, ALL TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY SAFER. BEYOND ARRESTS THAT HE MAKES, HE ALSO TAKES A TIRELESS APPROACH IN OUR COMMUNITY POLICING. HE ADDRESSES QUALITY-OF-LIFE ISSUES. HE PATROLS THE NEBRASKA CORRIDOR AND MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE THERE BY BUILDING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS THERE. SOME OF HIS NOTABLE ARRESTS ARE A SUSPECT THAT WAS INVOLVED IN BACK IN OCTOBER. ONE THAT HAD STOLEN A LEAF BLOWER, ACTUALLY A CONVICTED FELON. AND THEN YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE HAVE JUVENILES THAT LIKE TO BREAK INTO CARS. DURING THAT SAME MONTH, HE WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND ARREST THREE JUVENILES WHO ATTEMPTED TO BURGLARIZE VEHICLES ON OCTOBER 28. AND HE ALSO ARRESTED AN INDIVIDUAL FOR BURGLARIZING A VEHICLE ON NOVEMBER 5. THIS IS ALL WHILE BEING A PATROL OFFICER AND ANSWERING CALLS FOR SERVICE. THAT TYPE OF PROACTIVITY IS NOT COMMON WHEN SOMEONE IS ANSWERING CALLS FOR SERVICE. BECAUSE OF ALL THESE SUCCESSES, ALONG WITH HIS DEDICATION TO DUTY, HIS COMMUNITY AND SAFETY, THIS IS TRULY WHY WE ARE RECOGNIZING HIM AS OUR OFFICER OF THE MONTH AND WE ARE VERY PROUD TO HAVE YOU ON OUR TEAM AND NO LONGER WITH THE NYPD. [ APPLAUSE ] >>LUIS VIERA: OFFICER, BEFORE WE GIVE YOU THE PLAQUE, SIR, I KNOW THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HONOR YOU, SIR. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. BRANDON BARCLAY. THIS PLAQUE IS FOR YOU FOR A JOB WELL DONE. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. GONZMART FAMILY AND THE 1905 FAMILY OF RESTAURANTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CHOOSING TAMPA AND CHOOSING TO BE HERE. THIS GIFT CARD TO ENJOY AT ANY OF OUR RESTAURANTS ACROSS THE STATE OF FLORIDA. HAVE FUN AT ULELE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. CONGRATULATIONS. >> GOOD MORNING. MARY LOU BAILEY. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF ZOO TAMPA. I SERVE ON THE BOARD THERE. I REALLY APPRECIATED YOUR STORY. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SERVES. WE LOVE YOU GUYS. WE'RE PRESENTING YOU WITH A BASKET. ANNUAL PASS TO THE ZOO TO ENJOY WITH YOUR FAMILY. ALSO INCLUDES ADULT ACTIVITIES IN THE EVENING, CHRISTMAS IN THE WILD AND THINGS LIKE THAT. ENJOY IT IN GOOD HEALTH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING. MARY. I REPRESENT THE STRAZ CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. I'M GLAD TAMPA BAY IS THE RECIPIENT OF YOUR WORK INSTEAD OF NEW YORK CITY. ON BEHALF OF THE STRAZ, TWO TICKETS TO SEE A SHOW AT THE STRAZ CENTER. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. GOOD MORNING. CONGRATULATIONS, OFFICER NEMO. LORI OSBORNE. I'M WITH THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA. ON BEHALF OF THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA, WE THANK YOU AND APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFER. WE'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO A PERFORMANCE THIS SEASON. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. HAPPY NEW YEAR. YOU GUYS LOOK GREAT IN THOSE HATS. CHIEF, FIRST AND FOREMOST. OFFICER NEMO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU ALL. WELCOME TO TAMPA. GET OUT OF THE COLD WEATHER. WE HAVE A LITTLE TRADITION AT ONE BUC. ANYBODY THAT GOES OVER AND ABOVE GETS A GAME BALL. HEARING YOUR STORY, YOU DEFINITELY GO OVER AND ABOVE. DUE TO TIMING, WE DON'T HAVE THAT GAME BALL, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU THIS AND MY CARD. THIS IS JUST A TEMPORARY ONE. YOU'LL HAVE ONE WITH YOUR NAME ON IT. YOU REACH OUT TO ME AND WE'LL SET UP A TOUR AT ONE BUC AND WE CAN EXCHANGE BALLS. YOU CAN KEEP THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR SACRIFICE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. JILL WITECKI WITH TAMPA THEATRE. WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO. ON BEHALF OF OUR TEAM WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT WITH YOU A MEMBERSHIP TO OUR HISTORIC -- [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. LEO GEARY, JASON BINDER. BEHALF OF BILL CURRIE FORD, CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS AWARD. APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU GUYS THAT PUTS THE UNIFORM ON EVERY DAY. BEHALF OF BILL CURRIE FORD, PRESENT TO YOU A LETTER. [INAUDIBLE] GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR YOUR PERSONAL VEHICLE MAINTENANCE. [ APPLAUSE ] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHEN YOU COME UP AND PRESENT, FACE US, BECAUSE THE MICROPHONE, WE CAN BARELY HEAR WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING. >> JUST LIKE YOU. SAME BARBER. GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. PETE BREVI ON BEHALF OF BUSCH GARDENS. AS I SAY EVERY MONTH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WHAT THEY REPRESENT. IT'S WELL APPRECIATED BY THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT PUT THE UNIFORM ON. TO YOU, SIR, YOU HAVE A GREAT BIO, I ACTUALLY HAVE THE PLEASURE TO WORK WITH ONE OF YOUR COUNTERPARTS. HE TALKS INCESSANTLY, ONE OF MY CAPTAINS AT BUSCH GARDENS WAS A FORMER COLLEAGUE OF HIS IN NEW YORK. HE TALKS ABOUT HOW HIGH ENERGY HE WAS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT THE CHIEF TALKED ABOUT TODAY, WHAT HE DID IN NEW YORK AS WELL. GLAD HE IS HERE. HE BROUGHT THE COLD WEATHER BUT WE'LL GET RID OF THAT SHORTLY. ON BEHALF OF BUSCH GARDENS AND STAFF, THANK YOU. FOUR TICKETS TO BUSCH GARDENS. KEN COULD HAVE GOTTEN YOU IN FOR FREE, TOO, ANYTHING WE CAN DO, WE APPRECIATE IT. >> JOHN WITH STEPP'S TOWING. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. LAURA TAYLOR FROM CASPERS COMPANY AND OXFORD COMMONS. PLEASE ENJOY BRUNCH FOR FOUR AT ANY ONE OF OUR RESTAURANTS. [ APPLAUSE ] >> I'M AT THE END OF THE LINE. I HAVE GOOD STUFF HERE. VERY GOOD STUFF. STEVE MICHELINI, HERE ON BEHALF OF A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT FOLKS WHO WOULD LIKE TO HONOR YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND SERVICE. ONE OF THEM IS YUMMY HOUSE CHINA BISTRO. THE SECOND ONE IS THE CICCIO RESTAURANT GROUP. DAILY EATS AND WATER AND FLOUR. THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF PLACES ON HOWARD. BELLABRAVA, WHICH IS OVER IN THE MIDTOWN SECTION. AND THE MEAT MARKET, WHICH IS IN OLD HYDE PARK. AND GREEK RESTAURANT. YOU HAVE YOUR CHOICE. PLEASE TAKE THESE CERTIFICATES. LETTERS SERVE AS A CERTIFICATE FOR SOME OF THEM, BUT THESE YOU HAVE TO TAKE WITH YOU. DON'T LOSE THEM. CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] >>LUIS VIERA: HERE YOU GO, SIR. SIR, ON BEHALF OF A GRATEFUL CITY OF TAMPA AND TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, IT'S OUR GREAT PLEASURE TO HONOR YOU, SIR, AS OUR JANUARY 2025 OFFICER OF THE MONTH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL, YOU MAY. [ APPLAUSE ] >> I'VE BEEN A CRIME FIGHTER AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER. I DO IT BECAUSE I LOVE THE JOB. I GET A LITTLE EMOTIONAL BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A ROUGH COUPLE OF WEEKS, BUT I WILL TRY AND CONTINUE TO DO THE JOB THAT I'VE ALWAYS LOVED. IT'S GREAT TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR SOMETHING THAT YOU LOVE AND YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT. THANK YOU ALL. [ APPLAUSE ] >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE. POLICE OFFICERS, ALL OF THEM, HUNDREDTH OF A SECOND TO MAKE A DECISION, YEA OR NAY. THAT'S REAL QUICK. YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BE RIGHT. THAT'S THE MOST DIFFICULT PART OF THE JOB IS MAKING THAT INSTANT DECISION WHETHER I DO OR DON'T DO SOMETHING. IN YOUR CASE, YOU ARE TRAINED TO NOT ONLY IN NEW YORK BUT IN TAMPA, PEOPLE IN NEW YORK AND PEOPLE OF TAMPA ALWAYS NEED THE RESPECT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPECT OF THE PEOPLE. WHAT YOUR JOB IS AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE IS AN EXTRAORDINARY JOB, NOT ONLY CATCHING THE INDIVIDUALS, BUT CONSTANTLY DOING IT DAY IN AND DAY OUT. LIKE YOU SAID, YOU GET EMOTIONAL BECAUSE IT IS AN EMOTIONAL JOB. EMOTIONAL TO YOURSELF, YOUR FAMILY, TO THE PEOPLE YOU SERVE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, AND THAT GRATITUDE CAN NEVER BE SAID THANK YOU SO MANY TIMES, SO OFTEN. AND YOU LOOK LIKE YOU COULD PLAY A LITTLE FLANK FOR THE BUCCANEERS. THEY HAVE A GOOD QUARTERBACK. I THINK YOU CAN HIDE BEHIND THE BIG GUYS AND NOBODY WOULD SEE YOU SCORE. I THINK THEY WILL GIVE YOU A CONTRACT FOR ABOUT 15 SECONDS UNTIL YOU FUMBLE. BUT IT'S A TOUGH GAME. LIFE IS A TOUGH GAME. AND WITH YOUR CONSTANT REMINDER OF DOING THE RIGHT JOB, IT MAKES THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA FEEL A LITTLE BIT MORE AT EASE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR JOB. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR THE SACRIFICE YOU MAKE WHEN YOU PUT THE UNIFORM ON. THANK YOU TO YOUR FAMILY FOR THE SACRIFICE THEY MAKE BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING OUT AND DOING THE WORK THAT YOU DO. YOU AND I WERE ACTUALLY OUT THERE TALKING. I DIDN'T REALIZE, I KNOW McKAYLA HERE QUITE A WHILE. I ALWAYS HEARD ABOUT YOU. SHE IS VERY, VERY PROUD OF YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. WELL DESERVED. WELCOME TO TAMPA. WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU AS PART OF THE TPD FAMILY HERE. ENJOY ALL THE GOODIES THERE. CONGRATULATIONS. >> McKAYLA IS MY OLDER DAUGHTER. I HAVE A YOUNGER DAUGHTER TOO. SHE SURPRISED ME THIS MORNING. [ APPLAUSE ] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. CONGRATULATIONS. THERE WAS A MOTION TO REMOVE ITEM NUMBER 2 FROM THE AGENDA. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? WE'LL TAKE A MOMENT AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE 13 SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS BOBBY CREIGHTON. THE SECOND SPEAKER IS SARAI HUR TADO. AND THEN CONNIE BURTON. GOOD MORNING, SIR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD MORNING. BOBBY CREIGHTON. I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ON ITEM 65. IT IS A MOTION THAT COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK MADE. SHE ASKED A VERY GOOD QUESTION. SHE ASKED, DOES THE CITY HAVE NON-HOMESTEADED PROPERTIES WITH LIENS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TRANSITION INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING? THE STAFF'S RESPONSE GENERATED THIS LIST OF SUCH PROPERTIES. SOME THINGS IMMEDIATELY WERE DRAWN TO MY ATTENTION. ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF THE PROPERTIES ON THIS LIST HAVE MULTIPLE LIENS. BUT THE LIST DOES NOT SHOW THE AMOUNT OWED PER PROPERTY. IF I WANT TO KNOW WHO OWES ME MONEY, I DON'T WANT TO LOOK FOUR PLACES. I WANT ONE PLACE SO I CAN KNOW. PERHAPS A TECH ISSUE. I HAD A VERY GOOD CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY STAFF YESTERDAY. I LEARNED THAT SOME OF THESE DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING WITH JUST ANCIENT TECHNOLOGY. PERHAPS THIS IS A DATA MANAGEMENT ISSUE AND MAYBE THAT'S WHY WE SEE SOME OF THE OTHER PROBLEMS WHERE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ADVANCE WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THE WAY WE CAN REALLY LEVERAGE THAT TO HELP PEOPLE. THE STAFF FOUND THAT IT'S REALLY NOT VIABLE TO PURSUE THESE PROPERTIES. THEY SAID IT COSTS TOO MUCH IN ATTORNEYS' FEES, TAKES TOO LONG AND TOO COMPLICATED OF A PROCESS. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO POINT TO ST. PETERSBURG. IN 2016, ST. PETERSBURG IMPLEMENTED A PROGRAM WHERE THEY DID START TO FORECLOSE ON SOME OF THE MOST PROBLEMATIC PROPERTIES. WHILE IT DID COST 171, 1.3 -- 1.1, 1.3 MILLION IN ATTORNEYS' FEES, THEY GOT BACK $4.4 MILLION IN UNCOLLECTED FUNDS. AND ABLE TO BRING ON 235 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS FROM 2016 TO 2022. THEY DEVELOPED AN AFFORDABLE LOT DISPOSITION PROGRAM AS PART OF THAT PROCESS. RUNNING OUT OF TIME. I'LL SKIP MY MAP AND STRAIGHT TO THIS. THIS IS A PROPERTY NOT INCLUDED IN THE LIST. BOARDED UP, PADLOCKED, ABANDONED HOUSE. NO ONE HAS LIVED THERE FOR YEARS. THEY STILL CLAIM A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. THAT'S WHY IT WASN'T ON THE LIST. THEY OWE ABOUT $15,000. THE CITY WANTS TO SETTLE THE LIEN FOR $260. I'M CURIOUS, IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, THESE ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE NEIGHBORHOODS IN OUR CITY. THESE ARE THE MOST LIKELY NEIGHBORHOODS TO HAVE SPECULATIVE INVESTMENT. GOING QUICKLY BECAUSE OF THE TIME. WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO HELP THESE PEOPLE. THIS IS A GRANT. THIS IS A GRANT EITHER TO SOMEONE WHO IS REALLY VULNERABLE AND NEEDS IT, WHICH IS GOOD AND FINE, CRITERIA AND MONITOR THAT. OR IT IS THE CITY TAXPAYER PAYING FOR SOMEBODY'S INVESTMENT TO BE FIXED FOR PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR, WHICH IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE IN MY OPINION, ESPECIALLY WHEN THESE TYPES OF PROPERTIES ARE THE MOST LIKELY TO AFFECT QUALITY OF LIFE AND SAFETY IN OUR MOST VULNERABLE NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY. SINCE I HAVE 15 SECONDS, I'LL SHOW YOU WHERE THESE PROPERTIES WERE CLUSTERED ON THE LIST. YOU CAN SEE THEY ARE IN THE POOREST, MOST VULNERABLE NEIGHBORHOODS. WE CAN DO BETTER AS A CITY, IF WE PAID ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE. WE LOOKED AT WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING TO UPDATE OUR PROCESSES. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. NEXT SPEAKER IS SARAIHURTADO, FOLLOWED BY CONNIE BURTON AND ANTHONY DERBY. GOOD MORNING, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. SARAI. I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY STEPPING-STONES. I'M HERE TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 14, TO YOU AND THE CITY STAFF THAT HELPED US WITH THIS CONTRACT. WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR HELPING US CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE YOUTH AND INSPIRE THEM IN SULPHUR SPRINGS. THANK YOU SO MUCH ON BEHALF OF OUR FAMILIES, STUDENTS, STAFF AND THE BOARD. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CONNIE BURTON, MR. ANTHONY DERBY, MS. MARYBETH WILLIAMS. GOOD MORNING, MA'AM. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD MORNING. CONNIE BURTON. THE GREAT POET SISTER GWENDOLYN BENNETT WROTE A POEM ENTITLED "HATRED." I THINK IT IS AN APPROPRIATE POEM GIVEN THE POLITICAL SEASON THAT WE'RE IN AS WE WITNESS THE CONSTANT ATTACK ON DEI, AFFIRMATIVE ACTIONS AND ANY OTHER PROCESS THAT WOULD HAVE MOVED AFRICAN AMERICANS AND OTHERS FORWARD DURING PERIODS OF TIME WHEN POLICIES WERE MADE TO KEEP THEM FROM BEING ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THE AMERICAN DREAM. PART OF THE POEM ENTITLED "HATRED" IT SAYS, AGAINST THE SKY, HATING YOU SHALL BE A GAME PLAYED WITH COOL HANDS AND SLIM FINGERS. MEMORY WILL LAY ITS HANDS UPON YOUR BREASTS AND YOU WILL UNDERSTAND MY HATRED. SO AS WE RECOGNIZE JANUARY THE 8th AS WHEN LYNDON JOHNSON DECLARED THE WAR ON POVERTY, I WOULD SAY TO THIS COUNCIL, AS YOU MOVE FORWARD IN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WAYS IN WHICH YOU CAN ELIMINATE PAST HARMS, ITEM NUMBER 56, OUR COMMUNITY WANT TO KNOW, NOT JUST TO YOU GUYS, BUT HOW HAS RETURNING CITIZENS, THOSE THAT HAVE PAID THEIR IT ENTER TO SOCIETY BEING ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITHIN THIS CITY AND INFLUENCE THAT THE CITY HAS WITH ONGOING CONTRACTORS. ITEM NUMBER 57, WE DON'T WANT TO WAIT UNTIL SUNSET TO KNOW JUST HOW MANY YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THE SUMMIT YOUTH PROGRAM. WE WANT TO KNOW EARLY ON. BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT HAVING JOBS, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES IS WHAT HELPS ELIMINATE POVERTY IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO NOT ONLY FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, BUT ALSO FOR THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS, ADULT MEMBERS, MALE MEMBERS IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE KNOW TALENTS AND GIFTS, LACK OF OPPORTUNITY. ALSO WITH ITEM 61, 62, 63, WE WANT TO PAY ATTENTION. WE UNDERSTAND THAT IN NORTH TAMPA, A LOT OF THE FAMILIES OUT THERE IS TRANSIENT. LIVING IN RENTAL PROPERTIES. SOME OF THEM HAVE GONE. WE ARE HOPING THAT CITY STAFF REALLY PAY DUE DILIGENCE IN TRYING TO IDENTIFY THOSE FAMILIES BECAUSE I DO RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN COMMUNITIES ARE ORGANIZED, SUCH IN SOUTH TAMPA THAT HAS BEEN CONSTANTLY COMING, TALKING ABOUT HARM AND DAMAGES THAT WAS DONE TO THEIR PROPERTY, WE DON'T WANT THESE CITIZENS AND THE RESIDENTS IN NORTH TAMPA TO BE OVERLOOKED. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. ANTHONY DERBY. MS. MARYBETH WILLIAMS. AND THEN HUE MARA APSELL. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. ANTHONY DERBY. BORN AND RAISED TAMPAN THAT OWNS A SMALL FAMILY BUSINESS IN THE GREAT CITY. LASTLY, I'VE HAD THE GREAT PLEASURE OF SERVING ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR NONPROFIT CALLED FRIENDS OF THE RIVERWALK, WHICH MEANS -- SORRY, SOLE MISSION ACTIVATE, PROMOTE AND DEVELOP TAMPA'S WATERFRONT AND COME BEFORE TO YOU EMPHASIZE THE PROFOUND IMPORTANCE OF THE TAMPA RIVERWALK BOTH AS A BEACON OF THE COMMUNITY AND CRITICAL ASSET FOR ECONOMIC, CULTURAL AND SOCIAL VITALITY OF OUR COMMUNITY. SPECIFICALLY, I URGE YOU TO APPROVE FUNDING FOR THE EXPANSION OF WEST RIVER WALK, A PROJECT THAT WILL CONTINUE TO ENHANCE OUR CITY'S POTENTIAL AND ENRICH THE LIVES OF ALL WHO CALL TAMPA HOME. THE TAMPA RIVERWALK HAS ALREADY PROVEN TO BE TRANSFORMATIVE FOR OUR CITY. MORE THAN A PICTURESQUE PATH ALONG THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER, IT IS A DYNAMIC HUB THAT CONNECTS NEIGHBORHOODS, PROMOTES TOURISM AND FOSTERS A SENSE OF COMMUNITY. EVERY YEAR, THE RIVERWALK ATTRACTS MILLIONS OF VISITORS WHO CONTRIBUTE TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY BY SUPPORTING NEARBY RESTAURANTS SHOPS ATTRACTIONS. IT'S BECOME A MAGNET FOR EVENTS THAT BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER SUCH AS RIVER FEST WHICH CELEBRATES TAMPA'S CULTURAL HERITAGE AS WELL AS NATIONAL EVENTS LIKE THE NFL SUPER BOWL, NCAA TOURNAMENTS AND OTHER PROVEN EVENTS THAT PROVIDE CRITICAL ECONOMIC IMPACT TO OUR CITY AND LOCAL BUSINESSES. BUT THE RIVERWALK IS NOT JUST AN ECONOMIC DRIVER, IT IS ALSO A SYMBOL OF INCLUSIVITY AND CONNECTION. IT BRINGS TOGETHER PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, OFFERING ACCESSIBLE SPACE WHERE FAMILIES, ATHLETES, AND FRIENDS CAN GATHER, WITH TAMPA GROWING AND THE NEED FOR SHARED PUBLIC SPACES, WHERE EVERYONE FEELS WELCOME IS MORE CRITICAL THAN EVER. EXPANDING THE RIVERWALK TO THE WEST RIVER AREA IS A VITAL NEXT STEP IN REALIZING ITS FULL POTENTIAL. THE EXPANSION WILL BRIDGE GAPS BETWEEN COMMUNITIES, CONNECTING NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN UNDERSERVED OR OVERLOOKED. IT WILL PROVIDE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS WITH NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO ENJOY TAMPA'S NATURAL BEAUTY WHILE ENCOURAGING HEALTHY, ACTIVE LIFE-STYLES. MOREOVER, THE WEST RIVER WALK PROJECT ALIGNS WITH TAMPA'S COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP BY ENHANCING PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE ACCESS, THE RIVERWALK REDUCES RELIANCE ON CARS, HELPING TO ALLEVIATE CONGESTION AND DECREASE EMISSIONS. ADDITIONALLY, THE PROJECT CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL PROTECT OUR RIVER AND PRESERVE IT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. THIS IS NOT AN INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE. IT'S AN INVESTMENT IN TAMPA'S IDENTITY, EQUITY, AND FUTURE PROSPERITY. PROVIDING FUNDING FOR THE WEST RIVER WALK IS A BOLD STEP TOWARDS CONTINUING THE MOMENTUM WE HAVE BUILT AS A CITY COMMITTED TO PROGRESS. THIS INVESTMENT IS NOT A GAMBLE. WE HAVE ALL SEEN THE IMPACT OF THE CURRENT RIVERWALK HAS PLAYED IN DOWNTOWN TAMPA'S REVITALIZATION. WE OWE THAT SAME OPPORTUNITY TO THE WEST TAMPA COMMUNITY. THIS INVESTMENT -- SORRY. AS WE LOOK AHEAD, LET'S EMBRACE THE VISION OF A CONNECTED TAMPA WHERE EVERY RESIDENT HAS ACCESS TO WORLD-CLASS PUBLIC SPACES. LET'S LEAVE A LEGACY THAT REFLECTS OUR CITY'S VALUES, UNITY, INNOVATION AND CARE FOR ALL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN CONSIDERING THIS CRITICAL INITIATIVE. TOGETHER WE'LL ENSURE THAT TAMPA RIVERWALK CONTINUES TO BE A SOURCE FOR PRIDE AND A FOUNDATION FOR -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. MARYBETH WILLIAMS. HUMARA APSELL. STEPHANIE POYNOR. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS MARYBETH WILLIAMS. AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF FRIENDS OF THE RIVERWALK, I'M HERE TO EXPRESS OUR STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY'S ALLOCATION OF $10 MILLION TO COMPLETE THE WEST RIVER DISTRICT MULTIMODAL NETWORK SYSTEM SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. THIS INITIATIVE IS PIVOTAL FOR THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT AND ENHANCEMENT OF TAMPA'S RIVERWALK AND ITS SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. THE PROJECT AIMS TO FILL THE REMAINING GAPS OF A 12.2-MILE MULTIMODAL USE PATH ALONG BOTH SIDES OF THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER. ENHANCING CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN DOWNTOWN TAMPA AND ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS SUCH AS HYDE PARK, WEST TAMPA, AND TAMPA HEIGHTS. BY PROVIDING SAFE, ACCESSIBLE MOBILITY OPTIONS FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS, IT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE CITY'S LOW-STRESS, WALK-BIKE NETWORK. KEY BENEFITS WOULD INCLUDE THE ADDITION OF A MULTIMODAL PATH SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE TRAFFIC THAT WILL OFFER RESIDENTS AND VISITORS A SAFE AND CONVENIENT TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE. IMPLEMENTING COMPLETE STREETS AND TRAFFIC CALMING IMPROVEMENTS WILL ADDRESS AREAS WITH HIGH NUMBERS OF PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE CRASHES ALIGNING WITH THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO ELIMINATE TRAFFIC FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES. ENHANCING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN COMMUNITIES, EMPLOYMENT CENTERS, AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES WILL SUPPORT ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE. RESTORATION OF NATIVE SHORELINE WILL BOOST WILDLIFE REHABILITATION FILTER STORMWATER RUNOFF AND INCREASE RESILIENCE TO HIGH-TIDE STORMS AND HURRICANES. FRIENDS OF THE RIVERWALK IS DEDICATED TO DEVELOPING, ACTIVATING, AND PROMOTING TAMPA'S DOWNTOWN WATERFRONT. WE BELIEVE THAT COMPLETING THIS PROJECT WILL NOT ONLY ENHANCE THE RIVER -- COMMUNITY BY CONNECTING DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND PROVIDING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO TAMPA'S WATERFRONT. WE URGE THE CRA TO APPROVE NECESSARY FUNDING TO BRING THE TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECT TO FRUITION, ENSURING A SAFE, MORE CONNECTED AND VIBRANT TAMPA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HUE MARA APSELL, STEPHANIE POYNOR, VALERIE BULLOCK. >> GOOD MORNING 37 HUE MARA APSELL. YEAH, LET'S TALK ABOUT SIDEWALKS A LITTLE BIT. LACK OF SIDEWALKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY JUST NEGATIVELY AFFECT RESIDENTS' DAILY LIVES. WE'RE CAR DEPENDENT BECAUSE IT IS NOT SAFE TO WALK AROUND WITHOUT A SIDEWALK, AND IT IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED OR WANT TO WALK WHERE THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS. THE CITY IS SLOWLY WORKING ON EXPANDING THIS. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COMMITMENT OF FUNDS. MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, ACTUALLY, AND AS COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK MENTIONED, THERE IS A WORKSHOP COMING UP IN MARCH. BUT ALL OF THESE EFFORTS ARE POINTLESS IF THE CITY DOES NOT GET SERIOUS ABOUT TAKING CARE OF THE SIDEWALKS THAT WE ACTUALLY ALREADY HAVE. HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS. ALL OVER THE CITY, WE HAVE BLATANT VIOLATIONS EVERY DAY THAT GO UNTICKETED, BECAUSE TICKETING IS PASSIVE. YOU HAVE TO CALL SOMEBODY AND ASK SOMEBODY TO COME OUT. I HAVE LITERALLY TALKED TO PEOPLE WHO WERE AUTHORIZED TO GIVE PARKING VIOLATIONS AND THEY SAY, NO, YOU HAVE TO CALL IN, WHEN YOU ARE STANDING THERE RIGHT NEXT TO FOUR CARS PARKED ON THE SIDEWALK. HERE IS A DOUBLE VIOLATION. SO WE GOT ILLEGALLY PARKED IN A HANDICAP SPOT AND BLOCKING THE SIDEWALK. PEOPLE DO USE THESE SIDEWALKS. THIS IS MY GRANDDAUGHTER. THIS IS MY DOG. WE CANNOT WALK ON THE SIDEWALK. ONE OF THE FEW SIDEWALKS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD EVERY SINGLE DAY IS BLOCKED. THIS HAPPENS ALL OVER THE CITY. I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THE PARTS OF THE CITY THAT DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS, WHERE WE DO HAVE SIDEWALKS, THEY ARE NOT TAKEN CARE OF. THEY ARE USED FOR BOATS. THEY ARE USED FOR TRAILERS, AND WE WONDER WHY OUR SIDEWALKS ARE IN SUCH BAD SHAPE. SOME OF THIS IS TICKETING VIOLATORS, SOME OF IT IS WORKING WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS. THERE ARE CITY INSPECTORS AT THESE CONSTRUCTION SITES. THERE'S NO WAY THEY DON'T SEE THE PORT-A-POTTIES ON THE SIDEWALK. TELL THE INSPECTOR THAT YOU CAN'T PUT IT ON THE SIDEWALK. THIS IS A CONSTRUCTION SITE. EVERY SINGLE DAY I WENT BY HERE, BIKE LANE WAS USUALLY BLOCKED AND THE SIDEWALK WAS BLOCKED. THESE ARE CONSTRUCTION SITES WHERE WE HAVE CITY EMPLOYEES REGULARLY VISITING, BUT THEY JUST OVERLOOK IT. WE HAVE SIDEWALKS BLOCKED IN ORDER TO INFORM DRIVERS THAT THERE'S ROAD WORK AHEAD. AGAIN, TELL OUR CITY WORKERS TO NOT PUT THE STUFF ON THE SIDEWALKS. THIS IS FREE FIXES. THIS I HAD A VERY GOOD EXPERIENCE. I TALKED TO THE CITY WORKERS. THEY WERE VERY PROFESSIONAL, VERY COURTEOUS, AND THEY SAID WE WILL NOT DO THIS AGAIN. THAT WAS A VERY POSITIVE EXPERIENCE. IT SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO BE ME. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE ASKING CITY WORKERS -- I LOVE OUR CITY WORKERS. I'VE HAD GREAT EXPERIENCES BUT I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO ASK THEM NOT TO PARK ON THE SIDEWALK. GOOD GRIEF, WE HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT AT THEIR OWN HOMES WHO ARE PARKING ON THE SIDEWALK. THESE THINGS CAN BE FIXED, BUT IT TAKES LEADERSHIP AND IT TAKES SOMEBODY ACTUALLY WANTING TO DO IT. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: STEPHANIE POYNOR, VALERIE BULLOCK, JOE ROBINSON. GOOD MORNING, MA'AM. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD MORNING. STEPHANIE POYNOR. I LOVE HUMAIRA EXPOSÉ OF DEFICIENT DRIVEWAYS WHICH CONSTANTLY COME BEFORE YOU. THAT IS A HUGE PART OF THE PROBLEM SHE JUST SHOWED YOU. I THINK IT'S VERY INTERESTING WHO ALWAYS SHOWS UP WHEN SOMEBODY OVER THERE WANTS THEM TO. THEY DON'T COME ANY OTHER TIME BUT WHEN THEY ARE TOLD TO. YOU FIGURE OUT WHO THOSE PEOPLE ARE TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT, ONCE AGAIN, THAT THIS WEST RIVER WALK MONEY GOES AGAINST OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THIS IS THE RULES AND THE BYLAWS FOR OUR CITY. 24 SAYS THAT YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE SPENDING $26 MILLION IN THAT AREA UNLESS IT IS FOR HARDENING OF INFRASTRUCTURE. I TALKED TO A NICE LADY FROM FOREST HILLS LAST NIGHT. I ASKED THEM, WHY HAVE YOU JOSES VAZQUEZ AND MICHAEL RANDOLPH. GOOD MORNING, SIR. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS PASTOR WILLIAMS. LOCATED 1112 EAST SCOTT STREET. THAT'S WHERE MY CHURCH IS. YOU KNOW WHAT? I THOUGHT I BROUGHT IT IN. MILTON DESTROYED MY HOUSE, MY ROOF AND EVERYTHING. SOMEBODY WROTE ME A LETTER. I DON'T KNOW WHO IT WAS, BUT THEY WROTE ME A LETTER AND TOLD ME I WASN'T QUALIFIED FOR THE DISASTER MONEY OR NOTHING ELSE. I GOT THE LETTER HERE, BUT I HAVE TO DIG FOR IT. YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S SO SAD THE WAY WHITE FOLKS TREAT BLACK FOLKS. TREAT WORSE THAN A DOG. DOG, PICK THEM UP, TAKE THEM TO A DOCTOR. LET ONE OF US GET HURT SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEY WALK OVER US. YOU KNOW WHAT, WE GOT TO KEEP PRAYING AND KEEP TRUSTING IN GOD. WHAT'S IT DOING TO ME? IT AIN'T GOING TO STOP ME FROM TRUSTING IN GOD. KEEPING MY FAITH IN GOD. I'LL KEEP MY FAITH IN GOD UNTIL THE DAY I DIE. BECAUSE HE IS THE ONE WHO CREDIT ALL OF US TO BE HERE TODAY. WHEN BLACK FOLKS COME UP HERE BEGGING, BEGGING, SEEMS LIKE YOU ALL DON'T HAVE NO EAR. HEAR NOTHING WE'RE SAYING AND DON'T GIVE A DAMN. WHAT I HAVE TO DO, I BRING THE LETTER NEXT WEEK WHERE THEY DISQUALIFIED ME FOR GETTING DISASTER MONEY TO FIX MY ROOF. MY ROOF STILL LEAKING. MY WATER STILL CUT OFF. THERE ARE THINGS GOING ON. I'M HANDICAP. OLD SENIOR CITIZEN. NO, DON'T CARE ABOUT NOBODY LIKE ME. WE DON'T CARE ABOUT NO -- AND TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT NEED SOME HELP. AND WE DON'T WANT NOBODY COMING BY HOUSE TAKING PICTURES AND DON'T DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. JUST TAKE A PICTURE AND TELL ME MY HOUSE IN FORECLOSURE AND ALL OF THAT STUFF. IT'S RIDICULOUS HOW YOU ALL MISTREAT PEOPLE OF COLOR. I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT MYSELF. I'M TALKING ABOUT ALL, EVERYBODY THAT COME UP HERE AND STAND UP. YOU CAN SEE WHAT COLOR WE ARE. I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT FRANK WILLIAMS. HE IS A BLACK MAN. STOP LOOKING AT THE COLOR OF OUR SKIN. OUR CITIZENSHIP. WE DESERVE EVERYTHING THAT WE DESERVE. YOU KNOW WHO BUILT THIS COUNTRY? SLAVES. BLACK SLAVES BUILT THIS COUNTRY UP. THAT'S WHY IT LOOKS AS GOOD AS IT DO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. >> YOU WANT ME TO SHUT UP AND SIT DOWN. YOU AIN'T GOT TO TELL ME. I'LL SHUT UP AND SIT DOWN ANYWAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JOSE VAZQUEZ AND MICHAEL RANDOLPH. GOOD MORNING, SIR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JOSE VAZQUEZ. I'M A RESIDENT OF 2222 NORTH 64th STREET. MY BUSINESS IS LOCATED 1924 NORTH 60th STREET. I'M HERE BECAUSE I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH A PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY OF TAMPA. MR. MARTIN, BECAUSE MY LAST CONVERSATION WITH THE TAMPA POLICE ABOUT THIS ISSUE, TOLD ME TO TAKE IT TO CIVIL. THAT IS THE REASON I AM HERE TODAY BECAUSE FOR YEARS THE CITY OF TAMPA IS THE OWNER OF THIS BLOCK RIGHT HERE ON 59th STREET. THE PROPERTY I RENTED, THE ONLY ACCESS IS THROUGH THAT ROAD. NOW, I'VE GOT TWO NEIGHBORS WHO DECIDE TO TAKE OVER THE PROPERTY THAT BELONGS TO THE CITY OF TAMPA. THEY PUT A FENCE, ONE NEIGHBOR USED IT AS A PARKING LOT AND DUMPING TRASH. THE OTHER NEIGHBOR, WHAT HE DO, TAKE IT FENCE, RENT THE PROPERTY, MAKE PROFIT AND DO A LOT OF THINGS CAUSING FLOODING AND PROBLEMS TO THE CITY OF TAMPA. YESTERDAY, MOBILITY WAS OVER THERE BECAUSE THEY NEED TO FIX A BRIDGE. I WISH THAT ALL OF YOU CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT I EXPLAIN TO YOU. MY PROBLEM IS, THIS GENTLEMAN USING YOUR PROPERTY TO DENY ME LEGAL ACCESS TO MY ENTRY OF MY BUSINESS. I DISCOVERED THIS BECAUSE A TREE FALL ON TOP OF MY VEHICLE ON JUNE 8. THAT WAS MY BIRTHDAY PRESENT. WHEN ASKING MY NEIGHBORS, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE TO FIX MY TRUCK? THAT TREE DOES NOT BELONG TO ME. I CALL THE CITY OF TAMPA TO EXPLAIN THE PROBLEM, AND WHEN THE CREW COME, THEY TELL ME, HOLD ON, NOT SUPPOSED TO COME THIS WAY. THAT IS THE REASON I FIGURED OUT, OPENED THIS NEW PANDORA'S BOX, ASKING YOU SUPPORT TO TAKE BACK YOUR PROPERTY, WHAT IS MY LEGAL INTEREST FOR DO BUSINESS. IT IS SO SAD. TRY TO CLEAN THE PROPERTY, PUT EVERYTHING ON THE CURB. REQUIRED BY THE LAW. AND THIS NEIGHBOR -- I GOT IT RECORDED. TAMPA POLICE DO NOT WANT TO ISSUE A TICKET. MAYBE HE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK FOR YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT TO TAKE BACK YOUR PROPERTY AND TO SEE THAT AREA. MS. GWENDOLYN, WE HAVE TO DO A LOT OF WORK. WHEN YOU SEE THE PROPERTY MAPS, YOU GOT TO SEE THE BIG COMPANIES TAKE OVER THE CITY OF TAMPA ROAD, ESPECIALLY 10th AVENUE. CONNECTING PROPERTIES AND THIS IS ILLEGAL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MR. VAZQUEZ, IF I MAY, I BELIEVE I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT A MONTH AGO. I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS THE SAME PROPERTY. >> YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OPERATION IS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING, YOU HAVE A LIST OF ITEMS, CAN YOU WRITE US A LETTER OF ALL THAT? I WANT TO FIND OUT WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY, FIRST OF ALL. YOU SAID THE CITY OF TAMPA OWNS THE PROPERTY, INGRESS AND EGRESS WITHOUT PAYING ANYTHING. AND YOUR PROPERTY IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR. >> IT'S AT THE END OF THE ROAD. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I'LL GIVE YOU HIS PHONE NUMBER AND EVERYTHING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. >> CAN YOU GIVE ME 30 SECONDS? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL CONTACT YOU. MICHAEL RANDOLPH, ARE YOU ONLINE SIR? HE'S NOT. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'LL START WITH THE AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER 3 IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REAPPOINTMENT OF TREVOR ROSINE BY THE MAYOR TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS BOARD OF THE CITY OF TAMPA AND THE OTHER POSITION FOR A THREE-YEAR TERM COMMENCING FEBRUARY 18. MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON, SECOND FROM MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? FOR THE WALK-ON ITEM, IT IS A RESOLUTION ON THE ADDENDUM. APPROVING THE EXECUTION BY THE MAYOR AND ATTESTATION BY THE CITY CLERK OF A LICENSE AND HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE TAMPA PORT AUTHORITY, DBA, PORT OF TAMPA, YE MYSTIC KREWE OF GASPARILLA AS LICENSEE, IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT A TEMPORARY RETROFIT OF THE HURRICANE-DAMAGED BALLAST POINT PIER. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IT IS AN ITEM THAT THEY ARE TAKING FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DAMAGE OR ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS. THE CITY OF TAMPA CITIZENS ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: EXACTLY. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 4-12. >>LUIS VIERA: SO MOVED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED. COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. >>GWEN HENDERSON: I MOVE ITEMS 13-17 FOR NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? >>LYNN HURTAK: I MOVE ITEMS 18 THROUGH 24. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, 25-32 -- >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: 125-32 WITH 29 PULLED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, YOU ARE THE VICE-CHAIR FOR DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MOVE ITEMS 33 THROUGH 37. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, YOU ARE THE CHAIR OF MOBILITY AND ASSET 38-40. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOVE ITEMS 38, 39 40. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM CLENDENIN AND SECOND FROM MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ITEMS 41, 2, , NEED TO BE SET -- 41, 2, 3, TO BE SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND FROM CLENDENIN TO SET FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >>LUIS VIERA: I WANTED TO POINT OUT TO COUNCIL, ITEMS 13, 15, 16, WE PASSED SOME REALLY SPECIAL PROGRAMS THAT I THINK WE ALL OUGHT TO BE PROUD OF. IT GIVES FUNDS TO THE GROW GROUP AND ACHIEVING SYNERGY FOR EMPOWERMENT INCORPORATED FOR THE SPECIAL NEEDS INTERNSHIP WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA, WHICH IS RIGHT NOW, WE ACTUALLY HAVE IT RUNNING AND THIS WILL FURTHER REFINE IT, $15 AN HOUR PROGRAM FOR SPECIAL NEEDS INTERNSHIPS, PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES, AUTISM, ET CETERA, WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS. AND THAT MOVES THAT FORWARD. ITEM NUMBER 16 IS A $75,000 GRANT FOR THE PENGUIN PROJECT FROM THE NEW TAMPA PLAYERS, WHICH RUNS SPECIAL NEEDS THEATER. I KNOW SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS I'M SURE HAVE SEEN THEIR PRODUCTIONS, ET CETERA. BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I PUSHED FOR SOME TIME AGO. I THINK THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR GETTING THIS, IF I RECALL, BECAUSE THEY NEED TO HAVE SUPPORT. THE ARTS, IF WE JUST GO FOR THE BIG SHINY THINGS WHEN IT COMES TO THE ARTS, I THINK WE'LL WIND UP IGNORING SMALLER INSTITUTIONS LIKE THIS. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT FOR COUNCIL THAT THESE ARE REALLY GOOD THINGS THAT WE ALL OUGHT TO BE PROUD OF FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET'S GET A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR 10:00. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. IT'S JUST 10:00 HEARINGS TODAY. ITEM 44 IS NON-QUASI-JUDICIAL. WE DON'T HAVE TO SWEAR FOLKS IN YET. ITEM 44, MR. MALLOY, COME UP, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. GOOD MORNING SIR. >> COUNCIL MEMBERS, GOOD MORNING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, SIR. >> THIS IS EXACTLY, COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU ABOUT 30 DAYS AGO. THIS IS THE FIRST PART OF TWO APPLICATIONS YOU'LL SEE FROM US. THIS IS THE VACATING PORTION. ALL I WANT TO STRESS TO YOU RIGHT NOW IS I THINK THAT WE MAY HAVE CONFUSED YOU OR OURSELVES THE FIRST TIME AROUND ABOUT WHAT WE WERE VACATING AND WHAT WE WERE USING FOR ACCESS. THIS PART OF THE APPLICATION, WE'RE ASKING TO VACATE THIS HERE. WE CONTROL BOTH SIDES OF THE ALLEY HERE. WE WOULD BE THE BENEFIT OF THIS PART. THIS IS NOT OUR PROPERTY, SO THIS NEIGHBOR WOULD GET THIS HALF OF THE ALLEY. THIS IS NOT OUR ACCESS PROGRAM THAT WAS SO DISCUSSED VIBRANTLY LAST TIME. THIS IS JUST THE VACATING PORTION. THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? IS THERE ANYTHING FURTHER TO THE PRESENTATION? I SEE NONE. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT HERE? I BELIEVE WE HAVE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE FOR 44. IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEAK ON 44, PLEASE COME ON UP AND STATE YOUR NAME. >> MOTION TO CLOSE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S NOBODY REGISTERED. WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FOR ITEM 44. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED. COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, WOULD YOU READ 44? >>LUIS VIERA: I MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR -- >>MAYOR C >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MAY I SAY SOMETHING? I CHANGED MY MIND AS THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER CAME IN. I WAS ASKING TO WAIT FOR MORE COUNCIL MEMBERS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON IS ABSENT TODAY, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE. >> WHICH ITEM? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 44. >>LUIS VIERA: DO YOU NEED ANYTHING BEFORE I READ IT OR ARE YOU GOOD TO VOTE? JUST MAKING SURE. >>LUIS VIERA: I MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA VACATING CLOSING DISCONTINUING, AND ABANDONING THAT ALLEYWAY/RIGHT-OF-WAY LOCATED NORTH OF AMELIA AVENUE, SOUTH OF COLUMBUS DRIVE, EAST OF GLENWOOD DRIVE AND WEST OF NORTH BOULEVARD WITHIN THE PLAT OF RIDGEWOOD PARK, SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2 HEREOF, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS AS MORE PARTICULARLY SET FORTH HEREIN; PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS; PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATIONS AND REPEALING CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. IT'S GOING TO BE A ROLL CALL VOTE, A VOICE VOTE? WE HAVE A MOTION FROM VIERA. SECOND FROM CLENDENIN. VOICE ROLL CALL. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>GWEN HENDERSON: NO. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO. >> CARLSON? HURTAK? >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO. >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION FAILED DUE TO IT BEING TIED. >>MARTIN SHELBY: READ THE VOTES, PLEASE. >>THE CLERK: IT'S 3-3. CLENDENIN, HENDERSON -- CLENDENIN, VIERA AND HURTAK VOTED YES. HENDERSON MIRANDA AND MANISCALCO VOTED NO. CARLSON IS ABSENT. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, RULE 4-C STATES THAT IF A MOTION TO APPROVE, DENY, OR CONTINUE AN ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION OF A LEGISLATIVE MATTER, IF IT FAILS TO RECEIVE AT LEAST FOUR VOTES EITHER IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION, IT SHALL AUTOMATICALLY BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE COUNCIL AT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING AS UNFINISHED BUSINESS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHTY. IT WILL COME BACK -- LET ME SEE WHAT THE DATE IS. JANUARY 23. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IN THAT CASE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: FOR THE TIEBREAKER VOTE. CAN WE PROCEED WITH 45 SINCE IT IS CLOSE TO IT OR ATTACHED TO IT. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MY SUGGESTION. >>CATE WELLS: CATE WELLS, LEGAL DEPARTMENT. SINCE THE VACATING PETITION FAILED DUE TO A TIED VOTE, THE AREA PROPOSED TO BE VACATED IS INCLUDED WITHIN THE SITE PLAN FOR THE REZONING UNDER ITEM 45. IT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION THAT ITEM 45 BE CONTINUED TO THE SAME DAY THAT COUNCIL WILL TAKE UP THE VACATING PETITION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 44 AND 45 WILL COME BACK JANUARY 23rd AT THE NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING BECAUSE OF THE TIE VOTE, BECAUSE WE NEED TO HAVE FOUR VOTES ONE WAY OR THE OTHER -- WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE 44 AND 45 TO JANUARY 23rd. MR. SHELBY. >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MS. WELLS. >>MARTIN SHELBY: ALSO, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE UP AS PART OF THE MOTION, DATE, TIME AND PLACE PLEASE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 10 A.M. FOR BOTH OF THEM. 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602, WHICH IS THIS ROOM, JANUARY 23rd, 10 A.M. PUBLIC HEARING. >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MS. WELLS. IF THIS GOES TO A DENIAL, DOESN'T COUNCIL HAVE TO COME UP WITH COMPETENT AND SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE TO PUT INTO THE RECORD FOR THE DENIAL AT THIS STAGE OR NO? >>CATE WELLS: I DON'T KNOW WHERE RON IS. THE VACATING PETITION IS THE LEGISLATIVE. >>LYNN HURTAK: SORRY. WASN'T THINKING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THESE TWO ITEMS TO JANUARY 23, 10 A.M., AT THIS LOCATION. YES SIR. >> COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY EDITORIAL YOU CAN GIVE ME TO COME BACK AND HELP THIS CASE, I'M OPEN TO IT RIGHT NOW. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MY SUGGESTION, COUNCIL, WITH REGARD TO ITEM 44, IF YOU COULD MAKE A MOTION ALONG WITH CONTINUING IT. IF IT'S A MOTION TO CONTINUE, THE HEARING SHOULD BE REOPENED FOR THAT PURPOSE. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS TO BE RAISED ON ITEM 44, THAT WOULD BE THE TIME FOR COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, WHO IS ABSENT, OR ANYBODY ELSE TO DO THAT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SHOULD WE ASK IF THERE'S ANYBODY ON COUNCIL THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION BEFORE WE REOPEN IT? >>MARTIN SHELBY: RIGHT NOW IT IS A 3-3 TIE. BY ACTION OF YOUR RULES, IT HAS NOT BEEN CLOSED. IT HAS TO BE REOPENED. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO REOPEN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO REOPEN FROM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN, SECOND FROM VIERA. VIERA HURTAK MIRANDA. >>LUIS VIERA: QUESTION FOR COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN, ARE YOU ASKING FOR SOMEONE TO EXPLAIN THEIR VOTE? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THINK THE APPLICANT HAS ASKED FOR CLARIFICATION SO THEY CAN HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BRING TO THE NEXT HEARING. IF SOMEBODY AT THE DAIS WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE CLARIFICATION FOR THE DENIAL, MAYBE IT WOULD HELP THEM. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IS APPROPRIATE NOW. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION BEFORE I DID IT. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IT IS AFTER THE VOTE. THE MOTION TO CONTINUE, WAS IT PASSED? NO, WE DID NOT VOTE ON THE MOTION TO CONTINUE YET. >>LYNN HURTAK: I THINK THE BEST THING I COULD RECOMMEND YOU DO IS GO BACK TO THE VIDEO OF THE LAST ONE AND KIND OF LOOK AT THAT. WE CAN'T GIVE ANY OTHER REASONING. SO THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION TO YOU. >>MARTIN SHELBY: ALSO, COUNCIL, JUST REMIND YOU THAT THIS IS, AS MS. WELLS DID STATE, THIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH A QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTER. THAT WILL HAVE TO BE ALSO TAKEN UP DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH ITEM 44, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. BUT THAT BEING THE CASE, I WOULD REMIND YOU WITH REGARD TO THE VICE TO AVOID ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS RELATIVE TO THE SUBJECT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO SAY WE OUGHT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A FULL COUNCIL. THAT WAY EVERYTHING IS DONE. HE HAS A RIGHT THEN TO APPEAL AND SPEAK TO US AS A FULL COUNCIL. MISSING ONE COUNCIL MEMBER. TO YOUR OWN BENEFIT, I WOULD SAY WAIT UNTIL YOU HAVE A FULL COUNCIL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. NO. CAN WE CLOSE THE HEARING AGAIN? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM VIERA. SECOND FROM MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. WE REOPENED IT TO H -- WE'RE NOT CLOSING THE HEARING. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IT'S CONTINUED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE TO JANUARY 23rd, 10 A.M., 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA 33602. YES MA'AM. >>LYNN HURTAK: MS. WELLS -- ACTUALLY, NEVER MIND. I'LL HAVE TO ASK YOU OFF-LINE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE AND A SECOND. >>LYNN HURTAK: I'M JUST GOING TO ASK THE QUESTION. THE ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING WAS INITIATED BY THE PERSON WHO SWITCHED THEIR VOTE. DOES THAT MATTER? >>CATE WELLS: I'LL DEFER TO YOUR CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY ON RULES OF PROCEDURE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: WAS IT READ AS A SECOND READING TODAY BY SOMEBODY DIFFERENT? >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY. JUST ASKING. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I WANT TO KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SOMEBODY DIFFERENT. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? 44 AND 45 WILL COME BACK 10 A.M., JANUARY 23rd. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM NUMBER 46, TODD PRESSMAN IS REGISTERED REMOTELY. I DON'T SEE HIM HERE IN THE ROOM. IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK ON 46 THROUGH 51 AND YOU ARE HERE IN THE ROOM, PLEASE STAND, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE'LL SWEAR YOU IN. [OATH ADMINISTERED] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS MR. PRESSMAN ONLINE? HE IS. ALL RIGHT. DID YOU SEE HIM RAISE HIS RIGHT HAND? I DON'T SEE HIM ON THE SCREEN. >>STEVE MICHELINI: MR. CHAIRMAN, I'M ALSO HERE ON THAT ISSUE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS THAT THE ONE THAT YOU STEPPED -- >>STEVE MICHELINI: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, MR. MICHELINI. 46. >>STEVE MICHELINI: THE REVISIONS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY HERE IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 6? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN, SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, MIND READING 46? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: 46, FILE NUMBER REZ-24-09, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 4913 NORTH MacDILL AVENUE, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RM-24 -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WAIT. YES, MS. WELLS. >>CATE WELLS: I WAS A LITTLE OFF GUARD. I BELIEVE STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO DO THE INITIAL PRESENTATION AND TO ADDRESS THE REVISIONS THAT WERE REQUIRED TO BE MADE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CAN I GET A MOTION TO REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. SIR, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. GO AHEAD. >>SAMUEL THOMAS: SAM THOMAS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. REVISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE SITE PLAN AS SUBMITTED ON THE REVISION SHEET AND REVISED PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK. AS A REFRESHER, THIS ITEM IS A REQUEST FOR A REZONING FOR A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4913 NORTH MacDILL AVENUE. THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY 24 TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED. I'M AVAILABLE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN? ALL RIGHT. CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, I APOLOGIZE. NUMBER 46. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM 46, FILE REZ-24-09, AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 4913 NORTH MacDILL AVENUE, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RM-14, RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY, TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >> CARLSON? HURTAK? >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AND CARLSON IS ABSENT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU COUNCIL. GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR. HAPPY NEW YEAR. ENJOY YOUR DAY. >> THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM 47. >> STEPHANIE POPE. DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM 47 IS REZ 24-77. THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4720 NORTH CLARK AVENUE. THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM INDUSTRIAL GENERAL TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL INDUSTRIAL GENERAL USES. REVISIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE. I AM AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. POPE? YES, SIR, MR. MICHELINI. GO AHEAD, SIR. >>STEVE MICHELINI: AS THE STAFF HAS INDICATED, THE REVISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE AND SUBMITTED, ACCEPTED AND APPROVED AND WE RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE -- ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON 47? WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY VIRTUAL. MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON, 47. >>GWEN HENDERSON: MOVE FILE REZ-24-77, AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 4720 NORTH CLARK AVENUE, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION IG, INDUSTRIAL GENERAL, TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, ALL INDUSTRIAL GENERAL USES, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >> CARLSON? HURTAK? >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION PASSES UELTS UNANIMOUSLY AND CARLSON ABSENT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM 48, MR. THOMAS. >>SAMUEL THOMAS: SAM THOMAS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM 48 IS REZ 24-94. THIS ITEM IS A REQUEST TO REZONE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4107 AND 4115 WEST SPRUCE STREET. THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY. REVISIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE. I'M AVAILABLE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN? I SEE NONE. MS. SCHALER IS REGISTERED ONLINE BUT HERE. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER TO ADD BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ALEX SCHALER. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON 48? I SEE NO ONE. MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, 48. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MOVE FILE REZ-24-94, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 4107 AND 4115 WEST SPRUCE STREET IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. >> CARLSON? HURTAK? >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON BEING ABSENT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM 49. >>SAMUEL THOMAS: SAM THOMAS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM 49 IS REZ-24-107. THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 203 SOUTH MOODY AVENUE. THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL OFFICE 1 TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED AND SEMI DETACHED. REVISIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE. I'M AVAILABLE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? IS THERE AN APPLICANT? ITEM 49. MR. MICHELINI. >>STEVE MICHELINI: YES. THE REVISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE AND ACCEPTED BY THE STAFF AND CERTIFIED. WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 49. SEE NO ONE. MOTION TO CLOSE FROM MIRANDA, SECOND BY CLENDENIN. >>LYNN HURTAK: FILE REZ-24-107, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 203 SOUTH MOODY AVENUE, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RO-1, RESIDENTIAL OFFICE, TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY, DETACHED AND SEMI DETACHED; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. SORRY, ROLL CALL VOTE. >> HURTAK? >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >> CARLSON? MANISCALCO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON BEING ABSENT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. THOMAS, ITEM -- >>STEVE MICHELINI: THANK YOU, COUNCIL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU, SIR. >>SAMUEL THOMAS: DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM 50 IS REZ-25-11. A REZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2705 AND 2708 NORTH 18th STREET. REQUEST IS REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY 50 TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL, ALL COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD USES. CERTIFIED PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE. I'M AVAILABLE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM, PLEASE COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME. >> HI. I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER TO ADD. THIS IS FOR THE REUSE OF THE CIGAR FACTORY. I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 50? WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. FILE REZ-25-11, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 2705, 2708 NORTH 18th STREET IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-50, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL, ALL COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD USES, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >> CARLSON? HURTAK? >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON BEING ABSENT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT, MR. SHELBY, 51, THERE IS AN ERROR. >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, AN ERROR I'LL ASK COUNCIL TO CORRECT ON THE AGENDA ON ITEM 51. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ITEM, IT SAYS THE ORIGINAL MOTION WAS TO APPROVE BY A MOTION OF CARLSON AND VIERA. THE SECTION IN RED THAT SHOWS THE PREVIOUS VOTE OF CARLSON AND VIERA NO IS INCORRECT. IT SHOULD BE CORRECTLY STATED THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS CLENDENIN AND HENDERSON VOTED NO ON ITEM 51. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE A MOTION AND A VOTE TO CORRECT TODAY'S AGENDA SO THAT IT CORRECTLY REFLECTS ITEM 51 TO SHOW THAT AT FIRST READING CLENDENIN AND HENDERSON VOTED NO. >> SO MOVED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. THIS IS JUST TO CORRECT THE RECORD. CORRECT THE AGENDA. CORRECT THE AGENDA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? >>MARTIN SHELBY: FOR THE RECORD, MR. CHAIRMAN, UPON THE CLERK CHECKING THE MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 12th MEETING, IT WAS RECORDED CORRECTLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY. SO THE ACTUAL RECORD IS CORRECT. THE AGENDA IS INCORRECT. THEREFORE ITEM NUMBER 51 -- SORRY, MR. THOMAS AND THEN MS. SCHALER. >>SAMUEL THOMAS: SAM THOMAS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM 51 IS REZ-24-52. THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 205, 207, AND 209 EAST COLUMBUS DRIVE, 2301, 2303, 2307 AND 2315 NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE, 204 AND 206 EAST AMELIA AVENUE AND FOLIO NUMBER 191372-0000. THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY 24 AND COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL, ALL COMMERCIAL GENERAL USES AND COMMERCIAL PARKING. REVISIONS THIS BE COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MR. THOMAS, IN THE FIRST HEARING I EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE LACK OF RETAIL ON THIS CRITICAL CORNER IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. DID THE APPLICANT BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF RETAIL SPACE, COMMERCIAL SPACE ON THE FIRST FLOOR? >>SAMUEL THOMAS: THE COMMERCIAL SPACE HAS NOT BEEN EXPANDED. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ELSE? MS. SCHALER. >> ALEX SCHALER, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE. I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER TO ADD. HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? IF NOT, ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? WE HAVE A MOTION TO -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I'D LIKE TO SAY -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, YOU WANTED TO SPEAK? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I DID. I EXPRESSED THIS DURING THE FIRST READING. ESPECIALLY FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S ASKING AN AWFUL LOT FOR AN INTENSIVE PROJECT AND THE IMPACT IT HAS ON NEIGHBORS. I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS FOR THE GREATER GOOD THAT WE ABSORB THAT IMPACT ON NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE SOMETHING AS WELL. HAVING REALLY AN INCONSEQUENTIAL AMOUNT OF COMMERCIAL SPACE ON THIS CRITICAL INTERSECTION THAT IS GOING TO BE A MAJOR TRANSPORTATION HUB FOR US IN THE FUTURE I THINK IS JUST NEGLIGENT FOR US TO PASS THIS WITHOUT HAVING THAT SPACE RESERVED BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT PROVIDING SPACE FOR A DRY CLEANER OR PIZZERIA, A BANK OR ANY OF THE OTHER SERVICES THAT THE NEIGHBORS WOULD WANT TO HAVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. AS WE BUILD DENSITY AND THIS COUNCIL ALREADY APPROVED SO MANY HIGH-DENSITY DEVELOPMENTS AROUND THIS AREA, YMCA PROJECT DOWN THE STREET, ALL -- A LOT OF RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO COME INTO THIS AREA AND THEY ARE GOING TO REQUIRE THIS KIND OF SPACE. FOR US NOT TO RESERVE THAT SPACE AT THIS POINT I THINK IS A MAJOR OVERSIGHT. I'M GOING TO CONFIRM MY VOTE OF NO ON THIS PROJECT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I LEFT OFF WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA NO. GO AHEAD, VIERA. THE RECORD SAID VIERA NO, BUT THAT WAS NOT CORRECT. >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR, MOVE AN ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 205, 207, AND 209 EAST COLUMBUS DRIVE, 2301, 2303, 2307 AND 2315 NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE, 204 AND 206 EAST AMELIA AND FOLIO 191372-0000 IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION ONE FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RM-24, RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY AND CI, COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE, TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL, ALL COMMERCIAL GENERAL USES, COMMERCIAL PARKING; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, CORRECT? ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: NO. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >> CARLSON? HURTAK? >>LYNN HURTAK: I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO VOTE NO ON THIS BECAUSE I THOUGHT ABOUT IT AFTERWARD AND I TEND TO AGREE, WE NEED A LOT MORE COMMERCIAL IN THIS CORRIDOR AND IT'S JUST -- THE PROJECT IS VERY CLOSE BUT IT'S NOT THERE. SO NO. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION IS TIED. HENDERSON HURTAK CLENDENIN VOTED NO. VIERA, MIRANDA, AND MANISCALCO VOTING NO. CARLSON IS ABSENT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THIS GOES TO JANUARY 23rd, MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: 6-H, MOTION IN A QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTER FAILS TO RECEIVE AT LEAST FOUR VOTES, THE MOTION FAILS. IF ANOTHER MOTION IN ORDER IS NOT MADE, THE PUBLIC HEARING SHALL BE AUTOMATICALLY REOPENED AND CONTINUED TO A TIME CERTAIN AT THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING. WHAT IS COUNCIL'S PLEASURE. >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST WANTED TO CORRECT THE RECORD BECAUSE YOU SAID VOTED NO TWICE. COULD YOU REPEAT THAT VOTE JUST TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RECORD CORRECT? >>THE CLERK: HENDERSON, HURTAK, CLENDENIN VOTED NO. VIERA, MIRANDA, MANISCALCO VOTED YES. CARLSON IS ABSENT. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CAN I GET A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE ITEM TO JANUARY 23, 10 A.M., 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA 33602? MOTION FROM MIRANDA, SECOND FROM HENDERSON. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THIS WILL COME BACK BECAUSE IT IS A TIE VOTE. MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY. ALSO TRAVELING WITH THAT IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING A BONUS PROVISION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS THAT PART OF THE MOTION? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SURE. TRAVEL WITH IT. PART OF THE MOTION. IN FACT, YOU CAN'T VOTE ON THAT UNTIL YOU PASS THE OTHER ONE. IT DOES TRAVEL WITH IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PACKAGE DEAL. ITEM NUMBER 52, DEANNA FAGGART IS HERE. AND CHIEF BENNETT. >>JOHN BENNETT: JOHN BENNETT, CHIEF OF STAFF. GOOD MORNING TO OUR PUBLIC. JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK COMMENTS AND THEN WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. FIRST THANKING COUNCIL FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE FIRST READING TO TODAY. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE FACT THAT ERIC KOPESKY WEIGHED IN WITH US AND DID SOME ANALYSIS. I APPRECIATE THAT. WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS BASED ON THE MEMO AND THE BACKUP MATERIAL THAT'S BEEN SENT IN PREVIOUSLY. WOULD TURN IT BACK TO COUNCIL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF? OR DEANNA? OR DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER TO ADD, MA'AM? >>DEANNA FAGGART: NO. WE'VE SPOKEN ON THIS A FEW TIMES AND SUBMITTED A MEMO WITH SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. SO IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF THEM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: I ACTUALLY WANT MS. KOPESKY TO COME UP. BECAUSE MY CONCERN ABOUT THIS IS IN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A GOOD RECORD. I TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE. RIGHT NOW WE GET THE AMOUNTS -- WE GET THINGS FROM UNDER A HUNDRED THOUSAND AND WE GET A VERY GRAINY PDF THAT'S SIDEWAYS THAT'S E-MAILED TO US ONCE A MONTH. MY BIG CONCERN ABOUT THIS IS THAT WE HAVE BETTER RECORD KEEPING. I HAVE NO PROBLEM MOVING THIS FORWARD WITH THE IDEA THAT MS. KOPESKY IS GOING TO BE WORKING WITH SEVERAL FOLKS. I'LL LET MS. KOPESKY TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE BOTH WOULD WITH LIKE TO SEE ON A REPORT. >> I THINK SOME OF THAT WILL COME OUT A LITTLE LATER. CITY COUNCIL BUDGET ANALYST. THE REPORT WILL CONTINUE TO BE PROVIDED. PART OF THAT WAS VISUALLY THE QUALITY OF WHAT WOULD COME THROUGH, DIFFICULT TO READ. THAT IS AN EASY FIX. I SAY THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT ACTUALLY STARTED THAT, BUT WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO DEVELOP WHAT THOSE PARTICULAR ATTRIBUTES WILL BE. BUT THAT IS TO ENSURE THAT NOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE EXPANDING THE TRANSACTION -- WE WILL JUST ENSURE W WHAT CONTINUS TO BE AVAILABLE GILL GIVE YOU WHAT YOU NEED TO CONTINUE TO HAVE OVERSIGHT OF THE ITEMS THAT WON'T FORMALLY COME BEFORE YOU. >>LYNN HURTAK: WITH THAT, I WOULD LOVE TO ON THE APRIL 3rd AGENDA, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT COME BACK WITH THE NEW FORMAT JUST, AGAIN, TO KIND OF CLOSE THE LOOP AND MAKE SURE IT HAS ALL THE THINGS THAT I'M LOOKING FOR THAT THE REST OF COUNCIL IS LOOKING FOR TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE. THAT WOULD BE MY REQUEST, IF THIS WERE TO PASS, I WILL MAKE A MOTION STATING THAT, IF THAT WORKS FOR MS. FAGGART AND CHIEF BENNETT. >>JOHN BENNETT: IT ABSOLUTELY DOES. WE'RE ALL ABOUT THE TRANSPARENCY. I HAVE ASKED DEANNA'S OFFICE THAT IN THE CURRENT STATE, ANYTHING THAT REACHES 95,000, GETS A SPECIFIC MEMO JUST SO YOU DON'T SEE US BUMPING UP TO THE CEILING WITHOUT ADDITIONAL TRANSPARENCY. SO WE WOULD CONTINUE TO SCALE THAT WITH THE NEW AMOUNT. AGAIN, I'VE SAID ON THE RECORD AND I APPRECIATE COUNCIL UNDERSTANDING THIS IS TRYING TO BALANCE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY WITH WORKLOAD AND STAFF AND MODERNIZE THE NUMBER AFTER 25 YEARS, I THINK IT IS A GREAT BALANCE AND WE'RE HAPPY TO GET THE REPORT THAT COUNCIL NEEDS. >>LYNN HURTAK: GREAT. I'M NOT GOING TO WAIT UNTIL APRIL FOR MY FEEDBACK. I WILL BE WORKING AND I HOPE THAT COUNCIL WILL ALSO BE WORKING IN THE INTERIM. BUT I JUST THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO BRING IT SO THE PUBLIC CAN SEE WHAT THAT FEEDBACK LOOKS LIKE AND MAKE SURE THAT IT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE SOMEWHERE FOR PEOPLE TO SEE AS WELL, NOT JUST US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS GETTING AN E-MAIL, BUT WHERE COULD THAT BE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE ON THE MONTHLY BASIS AS WELL. AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK WE CAN ALL WORK ON TOGETHER BY THE APRIL 3rd MEETING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. WHO WOULD LIKE TO READ THIS? MR. SHELBY, THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT CORRECT? >>MARTIN SHELBY: LEGISLATIVE MATTER. THE SECOND READING IS WHERE YOU TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOVE FILE E 2024-8, CHAPTER 2, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA FLORIDA REGARDING BIDDING AND CERTAIN CONTRACTS, AMENDING SECTION 2-276, CITY OF TAMPA CODE, TO EXEMPT FROM CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL ALL PURCHASES REQUIRING AN EXPENDITURE OF LESS THAN $200,000, AMENDING SECTION 2-277, CITY OF TAMPA CODE, TO AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR OF PURCHASING TO ADMINISTER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTS ESTIMATED TO COST LESS THAN $200,000, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? >>MARTIN SHELBY: YOU DON'T NEED A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THAT ONE. SORRY FOR INTERRUPTING. BUT THAT YOU DON'T NEED A ROLL CALL VOTE. THAT WOULD BE A VOICE VOTE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YEAH, IT IS A VOICE VOTE. IT'S NOT QUASI-JUDICIAL. >> WE ALREADY PASSED IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO YOU HAVE THE -- >>THE CLERK: SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 6, 2025, AT 10 A.M. AT OLD CITY HALL LOCATED AT 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR TAMPA FLORIDA 33602. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK HAS A MOTION. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. I WOULD LIKE STAFF TO COME BACK ON APRIL 3. IT IS AN OPEN DATE. TO BRING AN UPDATED LIST INCLUDING -- AND TO WORK WITH MS. KOPESKY TO CREATE AN UPDATED LIST OF THE NEW FORMAT THAT WILL SHOW PURCHASES OF LESS THAN $200,000. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM NUMBER 53. IS THERE ANYTHING FURTHER TO ADD OR IS -- MR. VASKE? >> JUSTIN VASKE, LEGAL DEPARTMENT. JUST A REMINDER, THIS IS AN ORDINANCE THAT IS AMENDING SECTION 2-280 OF THE CITY CODE REQUIRING THAT WORK ORDERS MAY BE -- MAY NOT BE ISSUED TO A SINGLE PROVIDER OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES EXCEEDING 200,000 IN THE AGGREGATE PER FISCAL YEAR WITHOUT CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL AND INCREASING THE THRESHOLD AMOUNT FOR CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF WORK ORDERS FROM 100 TO 200,000. THAT'S ALL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES MA'AM. COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ 53? SORRY FOR JUMPING OVER. >>GWEN HENDERSON: NO, IT'S FINE, CHAIR. I MOVE FILE NUMBER E2024-8, CHAPTER 2, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING CONSIDERATION. FIRST READING. THANK YOU. FIRST READING CONSIDERATION. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AMENDING CITY OF TAMPA CODE CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE V, DIVISION 3, PURCHASES AND CONTRACTS, SECTION 2-280 REQUIRING THAT WORK ORDERS MAY NOT BE ISSUED TO A SINGLE PROVIDER OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES EXCEEDING $200,000 IN THE AGGREGATE PER FISCAL YEAR WITHOUT CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL AND INCREASING THE THRESHOLD AMOUNT FOR CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF WORK ORDERS FROM 100,000 TO 200,000, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? >>THE CLERK: SECOND HEARING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 6, 2025, AT 10 A.M. AT OLD CITY HALL, LOCATED AT 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR TAMPA FLORIDA 33602. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>THE CLERK: JUST FOR THE RECORD, MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON BEING ABSENT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE DOING SO GREAT ON TIME. >>LYNN HURTAK: I'M VERY SORRY, BUT I HAVE A MODIFICATION TO MY MOTION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THIS IS THE PREVIOUS MOTION? >>LYNN HURTAK: YES, MY PREVIOUS MOTION. THE PART I FORGOT TO SAY WAS A WAY TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC MONTHLY. I ALSO WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE HOW THEY ARE GOING TO BE DOING THAT. CAN I ADD ON TO THAT? MR. SHELBY, HOW DO I FIX THIS? >>MARTIN SHELBY: MOTION TO AMEND. >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE A MOTION TO AMEND TO INCLUDE THE WAYS ISS THAT STAFF IS GOING TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC MONTHLY. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'M NOT A LAWYER, BUT I THINK WE REOPEN THE HEARING AND PUT ALL IN THE ORIGINAL MOTION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO. WE DON'T HAVE TO CLOSE THE HEARING. IT IS FIRST READING. >>LYNN HURTAK: IT WAS AFTER THE MOTION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LEGISLATIVE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO AMEND WITH A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. WE GO TO STAFF REPORTS. HOWEVER, IT'S 10:51. FOR ITEM NUMBER 29, IT WAS MENTIONED TO BRING THAT UP AFTER LUNCH SO MORE PEOPLE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. >>LUIS VIERA: I FORGOT ABOUT THAT. THAT'S FINE. I KNOW VIK IS HERE FOR THAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO YOU WANT TO HOLD IT UNTIL AFTER LUNCH? >>LUIS VIERA: MR. BHIDE, A COUNCIL MEMBER WANTED IT AFTER LUNCH. >>LYNN HURTAK: SO HERE IS THE THING. IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL BE DONE POSSIBLY BEFORE LUNCH. HOW ABOUT THIS? IF WE CAN GET THROUGH THE REST, IF WE CAN HAVE A FIVE TO TEN MINUTE RECESS THAT I CAN LOOK OVER IT. SINCE THIS IS COMING BACK TO US -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU DON'T WANT TO COME BACK AFTER LUNCH? >>LYNN HURTAK: IF WE DON'T NEED TO WHY? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HEY, I'M FINE WITH IT. I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS A TIME SENSITIVE ISSUE AFTER 1:00 FOR FOREST HILLS TO LOOK AT IT. >>LYNN HURTAK: NO. I TALKED TO FOREST HILLS LAST NIGHT, THEY'LL HAVE TO WATCH THE RECORDING ANYWAY BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS WORKING. MY ISSUE IS I REALLY JUST WANTED TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH IT QUICKLY. SINCE THIS IS COMING BACK TO US SHORTLY ANYWAY, IT'S ALSO COMING BACK LATER. THIS WAS KIND OF JUST -- ANYWAY. I'M FINE IF AFTER WE GET THROUGH THE REST OF THIS, IF I CAN JUST HAVE FIVE TO TEN MINUTES TO LOOK OVER IT. I THINK ALL OF US SHOULD. THEN WE CAN FINISH BEFORE LUNCH, WHICH WOULD BE SOME SORT OF MAGIC. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO YOU WANT TO START WITH 29 NOW? >>LYNN HURTAK: LET'S FINISH EVERYTHING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THIS IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT THIS IS FOR MR. SHELBY. FOR 20 YEARS OF SERVICE, A FEW MONTHS AGO. WHAT WAS YOUR ANNIVERSARY DATE? >>MARTIN SHELBY: JUNE 15. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU WERE HONORED A FEW MONTHS AGO WITH OTHER CITY EMPLOYEES I BELIEVE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I WAS MENTIONED? THAT'S FUNNY, I WASN'T THERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I KNOW. I HAVE THIS PIN OF 20 YEARS OF SERVICE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU -- WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU. I WAS GOING TO GET YOU A GOLD WATCH WITH ENGRAVING ON THE BACK. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I'LL WAIT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BUT ALL WE COULD DO WAS THE PIN. WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR 20-PLUS YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY COUNCIL. CONGRATULATIONS. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU, COUNCIL. I'M HONORED. I'LL TAKE IT NOW. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL START WITH ITEM 55. $12 MILLION CONTRACT. MS. COLINA -- >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, WE HAD TWO ITEMS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE STAFF REPORTS, 55 AND 57. DID WE MOVE THOSE? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I'M GETTING TO THEM RIGHT NOW. 55, IT WAS A NO. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE 55. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: 57 IS A REPORT TO RECEIVE AND FILE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM 57 WAS TO RECEIVE AND FILE. MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE BY COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN AND COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAD A QUICK QUESTION. DURING THE AGENDA, SOMEONE SAID THAT WE ARE INCREASING TO 73. I WAS CONFUSED. WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I SPOKE TO TONY MULKEY, OVERSEES THE PROGRAM. I WAS AT A CHRISTMAS PARTY BACK IN DECEMBER AND SPOKE TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAD ASKED ME ABOUT SUPPORTING INCREASING IT TO 72 OR INCREASING THE NUMBER OF SUMMER YOUTH. I SAID I WOULD SUPPORT THAT. SO I BROUGHT THAT UP TO TONY MULKEY WHO WOULD DO MORE RESEARCH ON IT. BASICALLY I ASKED, IS IT A MATTER OF MONEY? HOW DO WE GET THERE, SINCE JANUARY, WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME BEFORE THE SUMMER BEGINS SO WE CAN GET THE BALL ROLLING. HE WAS GOING TO REACH OUT TO MS. WYNN AND GET MORE INFORMATION AND GET BACK WITH ME. >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY. THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN THE CONVERSATION I HAD WITH MS. WYNN DURING MY PREP MEETING. I WANTED TO BE SURE. I'M WILDLY IN SUPPORT OF IT. I DIDN'T THINK WE WOULD BE ABLE TO THIS YEAR. I THINK IT IS A GOOD THING AND SHOULD LAUD THAT. >>GWEN HENDERSON: TO CLARIFY SINCE I MADE THE REQUEST, THE SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM, ALTHOUGH ISOLATED FOR PARTICULAR REASONS IN EAST TAMPA WHEN IT WAS UNDER THE CRA, NOW THAT IT IS A CITY -- UNDER THE CITY'S BUDGET IN A DIFFERENT CAPACITY, WE DO HAVE TO OPEN IT UP TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF YOUNG FOLKS WHO MAY BE INTERESTED. SO TO LOOK AT AN INCREASE PROVIDES US WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO STILL MAINTAIN A LEVEL OF SUPPORT FOR WHAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT PUBLICLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHAT I TOLD MR. MULKEY WAS, I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS 13 YEARS OLD, MY PARENTS DIDN'T GIVE ME AN ALLOWANCE. MY GRANDMOTHER AT THE TIME WAS THE BOSS. I WOULD BEG HER TO JUST WORK ON THE WEEKENDS, DO WHATEVER I COULD BECAUSE HAD A LITTLE BUSINESS. I THINK IT MADE ME A BETTER PERSON BECAUSE IT KEPT ME BUSY ON THE WEEKENDS. I WAS 13, 14, 15 YEARS OLD. ALLOWED ME TO SAVE SOME MONEY. AS I SAY, AS IT SAID, WHAT IS IT, IDLE HANDS ARE THE DEVIL'S WORKSHOP? I THINK IT BUILT A FOUNDATION FOR ME. ANYWAYS, IF WE CAN DO THAT, MY STORY IS NOTHING COMPARED TO THIS. BUT IF WE CAN RETCH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND OFFER YOUNG PEOPLE OPPORTUNITIES, NOT EVERYBODY GOES TO COLLEGE. THEY MIGHT WANT TO WORK RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. MY BROTHER-IN-LAW IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE. HE DIDN'T GO TO COLLEGE. HE WENT RIGHT INTO CONSTRUCTION. HE AND MY SISTER HAVE A GOOD LIFE. THE POINT I'M MAKING, IF WE CAN REACH OUT TO A BIGGER GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND OFFER THEM OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP BUILD THIS FOUNDATION, I THINK IT WILL BE A HAND UP INBERG THEIR FUTURE. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO IN EXPANDING THIS PROGRAM AND MOVING FORWARD. MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE FOR 57. MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ITEM NUMBER 56, COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, THAT WAS YOUR ITEM. >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR. IF MS. McKENZIE WAS GOING TO BE SPEAKING VIRTUALLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS MS. McKENZIE ONLINE, AVAILABLE NOW? >>BRENDA McKENZIE: YES, CAN YOU HEAR ME, COUNCIL? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. GO AHEAD. >>BRENDA McKENZIE: FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS BRENDA McKENZIE, DIRECTOR OF WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIPS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CAN YOU TURN YOUR CAMERA ON? IT IS JUST A BLANK SCREEN. >>BRENDA McKENZIE: YES, I SEE THAT. I APOLOGIZE. I PROMISE I AM HERE. I'M NOT SURE HOW TO FLIP THE CAMERA. NO, IT IS NOT COVERED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BECAUSE IT'S NOT A PUBLIC HEARING, CAN WE JUST LISTEN TO HER VOICE? ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD, MA'AM. IT'S OKAY. >>BRENDA McKENZIE: THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. I AM HERE TO PROVIDE AN ANNUAL REPORT ON THE NUMBER OF RETURNING CITIZENS BEING HIRED. WITH COUNCIL'S GUIDANCE, WE STARTED THE PROGRAM, IT WAS APPROVED WITH THE LAST BUDGET YEAR. IN THE PROGRAM, WITH ABE BROWN MINISTRIES, THEY WERE ABLE TO ENLIST 253 INDIVIDUALS INTO THE PROGRAM. OH, BRIAN IS HERE. COME ON IN. I CAN'T FLIP THE CAMERA. THEY WERE ABLE TO ENLIST 253 INDIVIDUALS. OF THAT, 207 COMPLETED MANDATORY SIX-WEEK PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSE. OF THAT, 164 HAVE BEEN ALREADY EMPLOYED. THIS IS NOTABLE BECAUSE IT IS A 12-MONTH PROGRAM THAT INDIVIDUALS ARE ASKED TO SIGN UP FOR WITH ABE BROWN. THE FACT THAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO PLACE 79% OF THE INDIVIDUALS BEFORE THE END OF THE 12-MONTH PERIOD IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MAY HAVE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MS. McKENZIE, I WANTED TO THANK YOU, OBVIOUSLY. WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER ON THIS FOR SOME TIME. THIS WAS ORIGINATED WITH A JOINT PROGRAM THAT WE DID WITH COMMISSIONER GWEN MYERS TO DO A JOINT COUNTY AND CITY RETURNING CITIZENS PROGRAM. WE SHOULD ALL BE VERY PROUD OF THAT EFFORT. EVERY YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES, I BELIEVE THE NUMBER IS ABOUT 750,000 PEOPLE LEAVE THE PRISON SYSTEM. WE KNOW THAT WITHIN THREE YEARS, ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THEM WILL REOFFEND AGAIN. THAT'S JUST CRIPPLING SOCIAL FAILURE ON OUR PART, LOCALLY, STATE OF FLORIDA, THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. AND THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A NATIONAL NUMBER. AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS REALLY NEED TO BE INVOLVED ON THIS ISSUE. IT'S A MATTER OF EQUITY. IT'S A MATTER OF JUSTICE. IT'S A MATTER OF FAMILY, AND IT'S ALSO A MATTER OF PREVENTING CRIME. IT'S SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS MANY, MANY FAMILIES ACROSS INCOME SPECTRUMS, POLITICAL SPECTRUMS, ET CETERA. I BELIEVES IT WAS BRIAN STEPHENSON FROM THE EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE WHO ONCE SAID WE'RE ALL BETTER THAN THE WORST MISTAKE WE'VE EVER DONE IN OUR LIFE. WE'RE ALL BETTER THAN THE WORST THING WE'VE EVER DONE. I THINK THAT'S VERY, VERY TRUE. FOR US TO TAKE A STAND ON THIS AND TO GO FORWARD WITH IT I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT. THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE. I AM ACTUALLY MEETING WITH ABE BROWN MINISTRIES ON THIS. MS. McKENZIE AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS. I'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN START WORK ON NOW THAT WILL REALLY BE UP AND RUNNING TOWARDS THE END OF THIS ADMINISTRATION AND BE IN FULL THROTTLE FOR THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION, WHICH WOULD BE AN OFFICE OF RETURNING CITIZENS FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA. A FORMAL OFFICE UNDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT ALLOWS GUIDANCE FOR RETURNING CITIZENS IN OUR CITY TO CONNECT THEM TO SERVICES, TO CONNECT THEM TO JOB OPPORTUNITIES, ET CETERA AND TO LISTEN TO THEIR VOICES AND THE VOICES OF THEIR FAMILIES ON ISSUES THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THEM AND TO MAKE PERMANENT THIS PROGRAM INVESTMENT THAT WE DO. I KNOW IT GOES THROUGH CONTRACTING, THE SECULAR ARM OF ABE BROWN INDUSTRIES FIRST GOT IT. WHOEVER GETS IT, THE COUNTY I BELIEVE DID THE CONTRACTING, TO MAKE THAT PERMANENT IN THE BUDGET EVERY SINGLE YEAR AS SOMETHING THAT'S EXPECTED AND INCREASED BECAUSE WE NEED TO, AGAIN, WORK ON THE ISSUE OF RETURNING CITIZENS. IT'S AN ISSUE WHERE UNFORTUNATELY YOU GET SOME PUSH-BACK SOMETIMES FROM SOME PEOPLE ON IT WHO ARE NOT, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, VERY THOUGHTFUL ON THE ISSUE. PEOPLE GO, WHY ARE YOU INVESTING IN PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TO PRISON? WELL, THOSE ARE OUR PARENTS. THOSE ARE OUR BROTHERS AND OUR SISTERS AND OUR NEIGHBORS. FELLOW CONGREGANTS WHO COME TO CHURCH SYNAGOGUE MOSQUE TEMPLE AND WORSHIP WITH US. AND THEY ARE PEOPLE WHO DESERVE RESPECT AND DIGNITY AND THEIR FAMILIES DESERVE RESPECT. I THANK YOU FOR THIS. I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. I SEE IT, THANK GOD SOMEBODY RAISED IN CHURCH AND BELIEVES IN SECOND CHANCES. I DO. AGAIN, WE'RE ALL BETTER THAN THE WORST THING WE'VE EVER DONE. I HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS. I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE OFFICE OF RETURNING CITIZENS SOMETIME SOON. BUT, AGAIN, BY THE WAY, LAST THING, OUR RACIAL RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE IS DEALING WITH THE ISSUE ALSO OF RETURNING CITIZENS. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE MEETING COMING UP NEXT WEEK ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND EVERYTHING. THAT WILL BE AN ISSUE THAT THAT COMMITTEE TAKES ON AS WELL. AGAIN, REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU, MA'AM, FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. WE APPRECIATE YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMAN VIERA. NO, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU SAID. THE ISSUE I HAVE WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES IS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SERVE THEIR SENTENCE, THEY ARE RELEASED AND IT IS ENDLESS ROADBLOCKS, IT SEEMS TO GET READJUSTED AND GET BACK INTO SOCIETY. IT'S LIKE WHY PUNISH PEOPLE AND TALK ABOUT REHABILITATION IF IT'S BASICALLY A LIFE SENTENCE ESSENTIALLY, BECAUSE IT IS THAT STIGMA THAT THEY'LL CARRY WITH THEM. I MET PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS WHO HAVE BEEN IN PRISON. IF THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TOLD ME THEIR STORY, I WOULDN'T HAVE GUESSED. THEY ARE GOOD, PRODUCTIVE PEOPLE. ONE GENTLEMAN, HE WAS -- I THINK HE ROBBED A CONVENIENCE STORE AS A TEENAGER AND SERVED ABOUT 12 YEARS IN PRISON. HE WAS RELEASED. HE TOLD ME HIS STORY. HE SAID THAT WHEN HE WAS RELEASED, HE TRIED TO GET A JOB AND PEOPLE JUST LAUGHED AT HIM WHEREVER HE WENT. SO HE STARTED HIS OWN CLEANING BUSINESS. HE'S VERY SUCCESSFUL. HE GOT MARRIED. HE RAISED A FAMILY. AND HE'S NEVER GOTTEN IN TROUBLE AGAIN. PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKES. PEOPLE DESERVE SECOND CHANCES. I CONSIDER MYSELF A CHRISTIAN. WHEN I GO -- YES, I'M NOT PERFECT. DECISIONS I MAKE AREN'T PERFECT, BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FORGIVENESS, I THINK IN THIS CASE, WE SHOULD APPLY IT. I THINK IN THE UNITED STATES WE'RE RANKED NUMBER ONE OR TOP RANKED IN NUMBER OF INCARCERATED CITIZENS PER CAPITA. I HAVE TO VERIFY THAT FACT. WHAT'S THE POINT OF PUNISHMENT IN THE NAME OF REHABILITATION WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP THEM PUNISHED FOREVER? I THINK THIS IS A VERY GOOD STEP. COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA TALKED ABOUT AN OFFICE FOR RETURNING CITIZENS, BECAUSE PEOPLE GET OUT OF JAIL, PEOPLE GET OUT OF PRISON, AND THEY ARE HERE, GO, YOU'RE FREE. THEY MAY NOT HAVE A FAMILY TO GO TO. THEY MAY NOT HAVE A SUPPORT SYSTEM. THEY MIGHT NEED SOMETHING BASIC LIKE A DRIVER'S LICENSE, ID, WHATEVER IT IS, AND THEN, OF COURSE, PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP THEM READJUST AND GET HIRED AND WHATNOT. I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA BRINGING THIS UP AND VERY SUPPORTIVE. YES MA'AM. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY. I THINK IDEALLY IT CAN BE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO WITH HOUSING WHERE WE ARE A CENTRAL LOCATION, BUT THEN WE CAN CONNECT WITH SOME OF OUR EXCELLENT PARTNERS THAT DO THE WORK. SO I APPLAUD THIS IDEA. I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL. WHILE WE HAVE GONE -- WELL, WE HAVE DONE SOMETHING WE STILL NEED TO DO MORE. WE STILL NEED TO ALWAYS STRIVE TO GET MORE PEOPLE THROUGH THE PROGRAM, MORE PEOPLE EMPLOYED. NOW WE HAVE THIS ECONOMY WHERE WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO BE EMPLOYED. I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY OUR NEXT GOAL. BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE. AND WE CAN SEE YOU NOW. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE THEIR VIERA I WANTED TO ESPECIALLY GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO ONE OF MY FAVORITE GROUPS IN TAMPA, ABE BROWN MINISTRIES. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SEEING REVEREND ABE BROWN PREACH WHEN I WAS A KID. I'M MEETING SHORTLY, ROBERT BLUNT WHO IS THE LATE REVEREND BROWN'S SON-IN-LAW WHO IS A GREAT GUY. MEETING WITH JOE PROVASCO FROM THE JCC AND WITH DEE JONES WHO IS AN ATTORNEY AND DEAR FRIEND OF MINE WHO I LOVE A LOT. THEY HAVE A GOOD GROUP OF PEOPLE THERE. ALWAYS SAY IF JESUS WAS ON EARTH, HE WOULD BE VOLUNTEERING AT ABE BROWN MINISTRIES. THAT'S MY OPINION. WANTED TO GIVE THEM A SHOUT-OUT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 57, 58, 59 WE MOVED THOSE ALONG. ITEM NUMBER 60, MR. BHIDE. THE RIVERWALK. AND THEN 61, 2, 3. AND COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA'S ITEM. >>VIK BHIDE: GOOD MORNING, CHAIR, GOOD MORNING COUNCIL. HAPPY NEW YEAR. VIK BHIDE, DIRECTOR OF MOBILITY HERE TO ADDRESS ITEM 60. MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN VIERA TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE HAVE DONE TO SECURE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO AUGMENT THE $24 MILLION BUILD GRANT THAT THE CITY RECEIVED IN SUPPORT OF THE WEST RIVER WALK PROJECT. ITS FORMAL NAME IS MUCH LONGER. I CAN'T REMEMBER IT, BUT IT IS THE WEST RIVERWALK PROJECT. STRICTLY, AS IT RELATES TO THE UPDATE, I'LL PROVIDE THE NUMBERS AND WHERE WE'RE AT, ALL OF THAT. THE PROJECT, OF COURSE, HITS UPON JUST ABOUT EVERY ASPECT OF STATED GOALS BY BOTH THE COUNCIL AND THE ADMINISTRATION RELATIVE TO SAFETY, MOBILITY, AFFORDABILITY, QUALITY OF LIFE, AND CONNECTIVITY OF TAMPANIANS TO JOBS, NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT WE'RE BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHERE THIS FACILITY IS PROPOSED AND CONNECTING TO MANY OTHERS. IN ADDITION TO THE $24 MILLION BUILD GRANT, WE DID, AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, REQUEST THE WEST TAMPA CRA FOR $10 MILLION. WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS ESTABLISHED BY THE CRA BOARD, WHICH IS ALSO THIS BODY, PRESENTED TO THE WEST TAMPA CRA CAC. THEY DID APPROVE. THEY ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS, A LOT OF GOOD QUESTIONS, AND THEY DID APPROVE THE $10 MILLION FUNDING AT THEIR LEVEL, 8-2-1, ONE PERSON ABSTAINED BECAUSE THAT BOARD MEMBER DID SHOW UP AFTER THE PRESENTATION, SO HENCE THAT VOTE. NO I TO THAT, OUR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD IN COLLABORATION WITH CONGRESS WOMAN KATHY CASTOR, WHO IS ALWAYS THERE TO SUPPORT US. THEY HAVE PUT IN FOR A $4 MILLION EARMARK. THE CONGRESS WOMAN'S OFFICE PUT IN FOR A $4 MILLION EARMARK THROUGH THE FEDERAL BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR. AS WE SPEAK, BRANDON CAMPBELL, WHO OVERSEES OUR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, IS WORKING WITH OUR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS TO REQUEST ANOTHER EARMARK THROUGH THE STATE LEGISLATURE THIS TIME. THEY WILL BE TAKING UP SESSION SOON AS WELL. SO WE'RE ASKING FOR 4 MILLION. NOT SURE HOW MUCH WE WILL GET AS I'M NOT PRIVY TO THE PROCESS WITH THE LEGISLATURE. BUT I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME SIGNIFICANT VARIABILITY DEPENDING ON CONSIDERATIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF OTHER OPPORTUNITIES ON TOP OF THAT THAT LEVERAGE CITY FUNDS BUT ALSO IN THE CONTEXT OF OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. THE CST WAS PASSED EARLIER THIS YEAR. THAT IS A POTENTIAL CONSIDERATION. OF COURSE, THAT'S CITY FUNDS ULTIMATELY. AND THEN THERE IS FORTHCOMING INFORMATION, WE'RE AWAITING DETAILS ON THE SURTAX DOLLARS THAT WERE COLLECTED AND SOME PORTION OF THAT WILL BE ALLOCATED TO THE CITY OF TAMPA. IT'S NOT NEARLY ENOUGH RELATIVE TO OUR POPULATION, BUT IT'S WHAT IT IS. AND WHAT THAT WILL HELP IS HELP US ADVANCE A WHOLE BUNCH OF PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE PIPELINE POTENTIALLY ALLOWING US TO LEVERAGE CITY FUNDS THERE AS WELL. THOSE ARE OPPORTUNITIES. THOSE AREN'T FUND SOURCES. I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY. AT THIS TIME, I WILL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: BASICALLY YOU'RE SAYING THAT WITH THE SURTAX -- BECAUSE WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT PROJECTS ARE DOING, AND THE CITY OF TAMPA IS ONLY GETTING SEVEN OF THOSE. IT'S NOT VERY MUCH MONEY. I WOULD SAY IT'S LESS -- >>VIK BHIDE: 21, 22 MILLION, SOMEWHERE -- >>LYNN HURTAK: IT IS A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY COMPARED TO THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE GETTING BACK AS A COUNTY WHICH I BELIEVE IS 150 MILLION. I THINK -- WELL, I'M GOING TO SAY I WOULDN'T SUPPORT TRADING THAT SURTAX MONEY ONLY BECAUSE CITIZENS HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT THEY WANT MORE PAVING. SO I DON'T THINK THAT MOVING THE SURTAX OR TRADING THE SURTAX MONEY AND PUTTING IT TOWARD A RIVERWALK PROJECT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. IF WE HAVE TO USE IT IN MOBILITY AREAS, IT SHOULD BE FOR THAT OR ABSOLUTELY STORMWATER. RIGHT NOW WE'RE ABOUT TO TALK IN THE NEXT THREE ITEMS ABOUT STORMWATER. I ABSOLUTELY CANNOT IMAGINE PUTTING A PENNY OF CITY DOLLARS TOWARD ANYTHING -- ANYTHING OTHER THAN STORMWATER AND REHABILITATION UNTIL THOSE NEEDS ARE COMPLETELY MET. AND I'M JUST SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, BUT I TRULY BELIEVE THAT I WILL HAVE SOME AGREEMENT THERE. I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE TO TRY TO GET SOME OF THE EARMARKS. DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHEN YOU WILL HEAR ON EARMARK ISSUES? >>VIK BHIDE: I DO NOT. THAT IS A FUNCTION OF THE BUDGET PROCESS BOTH AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS. AND I DON'T THINK THAT QUESTION HAS A CLEAR ANSWER RIGHT NOW. BUT TO THE SURTAX MONIES, I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY, IT COMES WITH VERY CLEAR CONDITIONS THAT THOSE MONIES CAN ONLY BE SPENT ON THE LIST OF PROJECTS THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. FORTHCOMING MORE DETAIL, BUT THAT'S WHY I SAID IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY, NOT A FUND SOURCE BY ANY MEANS. CRA MONIES, OF COURSE, NEEDLESS TO SAY CAN ONLY BE SPENT WITHIN THE CRA FOR THE VISION THE CRA PUTS FORTH THROUGH THEIR MASTER PLAN. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. I HAD ONE MORE QUESTION. IT JUST ESCAPED ME. I'LL HAVE TO COME BACK. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA AND CHEN. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IF I MAY ASK ABOUT THE FUNDING. 24 MILLION IN GRANTS ALREADY APPROVED. >>VIK BHIDE: CORRECT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: 10 MILLION FROM THE CRA IN WEST TAMPA, ABOUT 3 POINT SOME MILLION FOR THREE YEARS. >>VIK BHIDE: COMING UP FOR VOTE NEXT WEEK. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: CERTIFIED YOU CAN GET 38 MILLION OUT OF THE 50 PLUS MILLION. AND THEN YOU'RE LOOKING FOR OTHER FOUR FROM THE FEDS, IF POSSIBLE, AND ANOTHER FOUR SOMEWHERE ELSE, GIVE YOU 42 MILLION. YOU HAVE MAYBE POSSIBLY 42 OR 10 MILLION SHORT OF THE GOAL OR SOMETHING IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, AM I CORRECT? >>VIK BHIDE: IF ALL GOES WELL, YES. LAST 8 MILLION, THE FEDERAL AND STATE REQUESTS, ARE STILL UNCERTAIN. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THOSE MONIES, TELL ME HOW THAT WORKS. I'M ALL FOR TRANSPORTATION, ALL FOR DOING WHAT WE HAVE TO DO FOR THE ROADS. I'M ASHAMED TO SAY OUR OWN GOVERNMENT SCREWED THE CITY OF TAMPA, DISTRIBUTION BACK ON THE REBATE FROM THE MONIES THEY COLLECTED FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME THAT WAS IN THE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND END UP WITH WHAT? 21 MILLION. THAT'S ASHAMED THE WAY IT IS, BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT IS. THEY POUND THEIR CHEST ON WHAT THEY DO FOR US BUT DON'T POUND THE CHEST TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH. THAT'S JUST ME TALKING TO YOU, AMONG THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE LISTENING. I'M NOT AGAINST ANYTHING OR FOR ANYTHING, BUT THESE MONIES THAT ARE COMING IN UP TO NOW HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH PAVING. >>VIK BHIDE: CORRECT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NEVER USED FOR PAVING BEFORE, WERE THEY? >>VIK BHIDE: NOT THE SURTAX FUNDS. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: -- PAVING NOW, DON'T YOU? >>VIK BHIDE: CORRECT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THE CITY HAS TAKEN OVER THE PAVING OF STREETS, AM I CORRECT? >>VIK BHIDE: PARTIALLY. WE'VE INCREASED OUR CAPACITY, YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: GETTING MORE AND MORE INVOLVED. >>VIK BHIDE: CORRECT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU CUT THE COST OF PAVING BY A LOT, I THINK. >>VIK BHIDE: YES, WE HAVE. BY A HUNDRED PERCENT WHEN WE DO IN-HOUSE PAVING. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IN-HOUSE PAVING. I KNOW THAT THAT MONEY IS ALREADY STARTING TO BE SPENT BECAUSE I'M SEEING ROADS BEING PAVED IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY. >>VIK BHIDE: THAT IS CORRECT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I SEE MORE AND MORE SCRAPING BEING DONE, SO I ASSUME MORE PAVING COMING, SCRAPING STREETS, THEY ARE GOING TO PAVE THE ROAD. I SAW THAT JUST YESTERDAY ON ARMENIA -- I MEAN ON MAIN THROUGH WEST TAMPA ALL THE WAY ACROSS WHERE VERY WELL DONE, BY THE WAY. THE LIGHTS WERE WALKING. STOPPED YOU FOR A FEW MINUTES UNTIL THAT PART WAS DONE, AND YOU WENT RIGHT THROUGH WHEN IT WAS FINISHED. WHOEVER IS DOING IT IS DOING A VERY GOOD JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT IT'S TIMELY AND ROADS KEEP OPENING AND TRAFFIC KEEPS MOVING. I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR DOING THAT. THERE IS A NEED HERE -- PEOPLE DO THINGS FOR CRAZY THINGS OR THINK THEY ARE CRAZY, BUT THEY ARE NOT CRAZY. THEY ARE JUST GIVING UP. WHEN YOU COME FROM THE HOOD, AND THAT'S WHERE I COME FROM, YOU HAVE VERY LITTLE HOPE THAT YOU'LL GET OUT. YOU HAVE DISPARITY. IN THIS AREA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, THAT IS A MEDIUM TO LOW INCOME AREA, AM I CORRECT? >>VIK BHIDE: THAT IS CORRECT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IF THIS WAS TO HAPPEN, THEN THE RIVERWALK EXTENDED THROUGH UP TO WEST TAMPA WILL HAVE THE VISIBILITY OF PEOPLE WHO VERY LITTLE, TOO OF A BEAUTIFUL RIVERWALK TO WALK ON, IF THEY WANT TO GO ALL THE WAY, THEY COULD GO TO BALLAST POINT WHICH IS QUITE A DISTANCE. YOU HAVE TO BE IN SHAPE TO WALK THAT AMOUNT OF MILES, ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN MILES. WITHOUT THAT, THEY HAVE NO HOPE TO DO THAT. IF I WAS LIVING THERE AND DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO DO A LOT OF THINGS BUT I HAD THE RIVERWALK NEXT TO ME, I COULD WALK OR STROLL WITH MY KIDS OR WHATEVER AND ENJOY THE SAME THINGS THAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING. PEOPLE ARE COMING TO TAMPA, SOMETHING NOT INVOLVED IN THE FUNDING. PEOPLE COME TO TAMPA, STAY IN A HOTEL AND THEY USE THAT RIVERWALK ON A DAILY BASIS. TAMPA IS NO LONGER THE TAMPA THAT I LIVED IN WHEN I WAS A KID. FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT BECOME MORE OF A VACATION AREA. THE AQUARIUM, ZOO TAMPA, BUSCH GARDENS, TO ALL THE AMENITIES. SPORTS SOMETIMES INCLUDED. YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU CAN UPLIFT LIFE. NO ONE HERE HAS TALKED ABOUT WHAT THE VALUE OF THAT IS. THEY TALK ABOUT GOING TO JAIL BUT THEY DON'T TALK ABOUT AMENITIES THAT WILL KEEP YOU OUT OF JAIL. THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN AND VIERA. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MR. BHIDE, COULD YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION PHASES OF WEST RIVERWALK. >>VIK BHIDE: DESIGN ALREADY COMMENCED AFTER THE CONTRACT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL LAST YEAR. DESIGN IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. WE EXPECT CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN LATE THIS YEAR. THAT'S JUST BECAUSE OF THE DESIGN PROCESS. WE HAVE MOSTLY SECURED THE EASEMENTS NEEDED TO CONSTRUCT THE RIVERWALK WITH A COUPLE OF EXCEPTIONS, SPECIFICALLY AROUND UT. I THINK THAT ITEM IS COMING UP SOON AS WELL. BUT OTHER THAN THAT. AND THEN WE'RE WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER, RELATED GROUP, THAT IS ON THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PROJECT NEAR KENNEDY BRIDGE, AND THEY ARE GOING TO BUILD RIVERWALK SEGMENTS BY THE TWO TOWERS THEY ARE BUILDING IN THE AREA. ALL TOLD, THE PROJECT IS ON SCHEDULE AND ON TARGET. THERE ARE A FEW ROUTINE ITEMS AS PART OF ANY PROJECT LIKE THIS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON. SO THAT'S REALLY THE UPDATE ON THAT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: JUST TO CONFIRM, THE RIGHT-OF-WAYS, COUNCIL IS ALREADY AWARE OF THE UT, WHICH WILL COME BEFORE COUNCIL. AND THEN JUST THAT SOUTH OF KENNEDY SECTION WITH THE RELATED GROUP AND POTENTIALLY THE WFLA BUILDING. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. ALL THE REST OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY HAS BEEN SECURED. >>VIK BHIDE: CORRECT, YES. I THINK NINA, WHO IS OUR PROJECT MANAGER, WHO IS ALSO HERE WITH BRANDON, JUST TEXTED ME THAT WE EXPECT 60% DESIGN BY THE END OF THE MONTH. ARE WE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE? >> CERTAIN SEGMENTS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. >>LUIS VIERA: I LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS, NOT TO TAKE UP COUNCIL TIME, ET CETERA. I KNOW WE ALL LIKE TO DO THAT IN TERMS OF ASKING QUESTIONS BEFORE, HOW MUCH DOES DESIGN COST, IF YOU KNOW? >>VIK BHIDE: IT'S USUALLY ABOUT 20 TO 25 PERCENT, IF NOT MORE. DO YOU HAVE A BALLPARK FIGURE? >> [INAUDIBLE] >>VIK BHIDE: IT'S DESIGNED AND INSPECTION IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE ABOUT 10 MILLION, 10, 11 MILLION. THOSE COSTS HAVE GONE UP. >>LUIS VIERA: WE ALREADY STARTED THE PROCESS. >>VIK BHIDE: CORRECT, YES. >>LUIS VIERA: QUESTION FOR YOU. -- YOU MAY HAVE SAID THIS ALREADY, WHAT IS THE GLOBAL BUDGET OF THIS? AND THEN $24 MILLION FROM THE FEDS. WHAT IS THE GLOBAL BUDGET? >>VIK BHIDE: 52 MILLION AND 57 WITH CONTINGENCY. SO FAR THAT'S THE INFORMATION WE HAVE. >>LUIS VIERA: AGAIN, FOR ME, THE BIG MOVER AND SHAKER ON THIS IS THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET SO MUCH OF THIS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. I'M GLAD THAT COUNCILMAN MIRANDA MENTIONED THE IDEA THAT IT'S WEST TAMPA THAT WE'RE HELPING OUT HERE. THIS IS WEST TAMPA. AND I DON'T WANT ANY POLITICAL NARRATIVE OUT THERE THAT THIS WILL BE SOMETHING FOR RICH PEOPLE. GO TO WEST TAMPA, OKAY. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT IS A WORKING CLASS, BLUE COLLAR AREA, WHOLE BUNCH OF FOLKS THERE. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT TO SAY AS WELL. I KNOW THERE ARE GOING TO BE EFFORTS, ET CETERA, TO TALK ABOUT DIVERTING THIS MONEY AND PUTTING IT THERE. BIG THING, NUMBER ONE, IF WE ALREADY STARTED ON IT AND PUT IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS POTENTIALLY ON THIS, THAT KIND OF MAKES THAT NOT AN ISSUE IN EVERYTHING. WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT, NOT NECESSARILY STORMWATER, BUT HELPING PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUFFERED FROM HURRICANE MILTON. I MADE A MOTION FOR THIS IN EARLY OCTOBER AFTER MILTON. IT DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE. NOW WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK. THE ADMINISTRATION IS HELPING. I APPRECIATE THAT 110%. I KNOW COUNCIL WILL BE SUPPORTIVE, BUT I DON'T SEE A CONNECTION BETWEEN THESE TWO. I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR. AS SOMEBODY THAT NOW HAS LIKE A PART-TIME JOB BEING OUT IN NORTH TAMPA HELPING PEOPLE, AS THEIR COUNCIL MEMBER, THERE'S NO CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THESE TWO. BECAUSE IF WE START TO TALK ABOUT THE RIVERWALK, I'LL BRING UP THE STRAZ CENTER AND BRING UP THE TAMPA MUSEUM OF ART AND CRA, I'LL GO, HEY, GUYS, WE SPENT $50 MILLION ON THESE TWO PROJECTS. $50 MILLION ON THESE TWO PROJECTS. INSTEAD OF MAKING THEM FIVE YEARS, WHY DON'T WE STRETCH IT OUT TO MAKE IT EIGHT YEARS AND SAVE FOUR, FIVE MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR AND THEN CAP THE CRA AND THEN USE THAT MONEY FOR THESE PROJECTS. IS THAT A LITTLE BIT FANTASTIC TO PROPOSE? ABSOLUTELY. JUST AS FANTASTIC AS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW. MY POINT IS, THESE ARE NOT THE THINGS I TALKED ABOUT. STRAZ CENTER, MUSEUM OF ART. $50 MILLION. $50 MILLION WE SPENT ON THOSE TWO PROJECTS. AGAIN, PROJECTS HAVE A LOT OF WORTH. I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS THERE, ET CETERA. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS FOR WEST TAMPA THAT HAS AT LEAST $24 MILLION COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THERE ARE A LOT OF DISTINCTIONS THERE. A LOT OF DISTINCTIONS THERE. THAT'S ALL. BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO SEE IF WE CAN GET ANY ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON THIS. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. I WILL CLOSE BY SAYING AGAIN THAT KATHY CASTOR HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF CONGRESS I THINK SINCE '07. ELECTED IN '06. TO ME, THERE'S NOBODY THAT FIGHTS BETTER FOR HER HOMETOWN THAN KATHY CASTOR. AND THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>GWEN HENDERSON: SHE'S ALREADY SPOKEN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I DIDN'T SEE YOUR MIKE ON. SORRY. COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON, GO AHEAD. >>GWEN HENDERSON: I DID TURN IT ON LATE BECAUSE I FIGURED EVERYONE ELSE WAS DONE. THANK YOU, MR. BHIDE, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I THINK FOR ME I WANT TO KEEP IT SIMPLE AND BRIEF BECAUSE I KNOW THIS WILL COME UP AGAIN. IT'S JUST WEST TAMPA'S TURN. IT'S ABOUT THE DECISIONS MADE BY THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CAC. IT WAS A VOTE OF 8-2, AS JOE ROBINSON SAID THIS MORNING, THE LEADERSHIP OF THAT COMMUNITY DOING WHAT'S RIGHT, LOOKING AT OUR VISION ZERO AND SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT AND THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING. THE FUNDS THEY VOTED TO SET ASIDE, $10 MILLION OVER THREE YEARS IS VERY REASONABLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT, WE CAN'T GO OUTSIDE OF OTHER CRAs, KIND OF LIKE THE STRAZ AND DOWNTOWN WHERE IT WAS $50 MILLION. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT. A LOT OF MONEY IN THE CRA AND DOWNTOWN. SO WE DID ALLOCATE THAT. I HAD TO GET THERE WITH THIS. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. WITH THE ROME YARD DEVELOPMENT THAT'S UNDERWAY, WHERE WE AS A BODY ENSURED AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO THAT ALONE LETS YOU KNOW THAT THE BENEFITS TO THIS COMMUNITY IS EXTREMELY DIVERSE. MARKET RATE, AS WELL AS AFFORDABLE. AND IT EXTENDS INTO A COMMUNITY. AND THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS TO COVER AS A CITY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR BUDGET. SO THIS PARTICULAR SET ASIDE AND THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE TO GET WEST TAMPA HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT BENEFITS EVERYONE. IT IS NOT A VANITY PROJECT. IT IS INFRASTRUCTURE. AND IT HAS BEEN WELL THOUGHT OUT, NOT JUST ONLY BY US IN TERMS OF OUR SUPPORT, BUT BY THE COMMUNITY ITSELF. WEST TAMPA DESERVES A RIVERWALK, AND THAT EXTENSION, NOT ONLY FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE, BUT HEALTH AND SAFETY AND JUST SO MANY OTHER THINGS TO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL SPACE. IT ALSO JUST HAPPENS TO BENEFIT THOSE WHO VISIT THE TAMPA BAY AREA AS WELL. BUT THIS IS A COMMUNITY-BASED INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT THAT DESERVES TO SEE COMPLETION AND DESERVES OUR SUPPORT. I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: WHEN DO WE HAVE TO HAVE THE MONEY SETTLED BEFORE WE START BORROWING? >>VIK BHIDE: I WOULD DEFER THAT QUESTION TO REVENUE AND FINANCE. BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS WHEN THE GRANT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL, THAT ALSO CAME WITH A PRESENTATION AND AGREEMENT THAT COUNCIL IS ALSO APPROVING OR CONSIDERING FUTURE DEBT PROCEEDS TOWARDS IT. >>LYNN HURTAK: IF MR. ROGERO HAPPENS TO BE LISTENING AND CAN HOP ON AND EXPLAIN IT, I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T SEE YOU, MR. PERRY. OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS ALREADY APPROVED. WE ALREADY APPROVED THE MONEY FOR IT. I'M JUST SAYING I THINK IT IS A POOR USE OF MONEY. I SAID IT THEN, I'LL SAY IT NOW AND SAY IT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF DEBT WE HAVE TO GO INTO TO DO THIS. I'D RATHER GO INTO DEBT FOR ACTUAL PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY AFTER HURRICANE MILTON. I THINK THIS WILL BE SHOWN TO NOT BE A GOOD WAY TO SPEND THE CITY'S MONEY, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE AS WHEN WE APPROVED IT, WE WOULD HAVE TO BORROW, INCLUDING INTEREST, $52 MILLION. I THINK THAT IS A POOR USE OF CITY MONEY. IF WE GET ALL OF THESE THINGS, GET THE 10 MILLION FROM THE CRA, GREAT. THEN WE ONLY HAVE TO BOND AND SPEND $32 MILLION. STILL WAY TOO MUCH MONEY. IF WE HAPPEN TO GET THE $8 MILLION EARMARKS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. BUT WE'LL SEE. I KIND OF HESITATE TO BELIEVE THE STATE WILL EVER GIVE THE CITY ANYTHING BUT WE'LL SEE. I JUST WANT TO KNOW AT WHAT POINT DO WE HAVE TO START BORROWING MONEY FOR THIS. >> MIKE PERRY, BUDGET OFFICER. I THINK THE LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT IT, LAST JANUARY WE DID THE DEBT PRESENTATION. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ISSUING BONDS. A LOT OF THINGS HAVE HAPPENED, NAMELY THE CIT RENEWAL WAS APPROVED. NOW WE HAVE 10 MILLION COMING FROM THE CAC. -- STATE GRANT. INSTEAD OF GOING OUT THERE AND ISSUING A BOND WHERE WE WOULD GET THE LUMP SUM OF MONEY, WE START PAYING THE INTEREST ON THAT, WE'RE GOING TO DO A LINE OF CREDIT INITIALLY. WHAT THAT MEANS, JUST LIKE THE LINE OF CREDIT YOU APPROVE FOR SOLID WASTE, WE ONLY DRAW THE MONEY THAT WE NEED. AND THAT GIVES US THE FLEXIBILITY TO SAY, OKAY, WE GOT 4 MILLION FROM THE GOVERNMENT. WE CAN GO AHEAD AND REAPPLY THE FEDERAL FUNDS TO THE PROJECT AND NOT HAVE TO BORROW THE FUNDS. WE COME BACK AT THE END OF FEBRUARY FOR OUR BOND CAPACITY BRIEFING. AND WE'LL HAVE A MORE THOROUGH BRIEFING ABOUT OUR PROCESS AND PHILOSOPHY AT THAT TIME. HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. >>LYNN HURTAK: SORT OF. BUT, I MEAN, THE LINE OF CREDIT, HOW LONG IS THE LINE OF CREDIT FOR? >>MIKE PERRY: ABOUT FIVE YEARS. >>LYNN HURTAK: WHAT DO WE OWE ON THAT WHILE WE HAVE THE LINE OF CREDIT? WHAT IS THE INTEREST ON THAT? >>MIKE PERRY: IT DEPENDS ON THE TERMS. GENERALLY, LIKE WITH THE SOLID WASTE LINE OF CREDIT THAT YOU APPROVED ON DECEMBER 19, THAT WAS A VARIABLE RATE. AND THE VARIABLE RATE STARTED OUT AT 4.4%. AGAIN, IT'S MUNICIPAL BOND RATES TIED TO -- THEY USED TO DO LIBAR. AND NOW THERE IS A NEW RATE AND IT'S REALLY COMPLICATED. >>LYNN HURTAK: I FIND THIS IS NOT IN THE SAME CONVERSATION AS SOLID WASTE BECAUSE SOLID WASTE IS AN ENTERPRISE FUND AND THIS IS NOT. THIS IS USING GENERAL FUND DOLLARS. EVEN OPENING A LINE OF CREDIT, I WANT THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT OPENING A LINE OF CREDIT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S FREE UNTIL WE ROLL IT INTO A BOND. WE'RE STILL PAYING EXTRA MONEY ON THAT. >>MIKE PERRY: THAT IS CORRECT. >>LYNN HURTAK: I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHEN THIS COMES BACK NEXT TIME WHAT THAT LINE OF CREDIT IS OR RATHER WHAT THAT INTEREST RATE IS AND HOW MUCH WE WOULD BE PAYING IN THAT FIVE-YEAR TIME. EVEN IF WE'RE PULLING OUT MONEY AS WE NEED IT, WE ARE STILL -- WE STILL HAVE DEBT AND IT WOULD BE INTERESTING BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY OTHER NEEDS, I DON'T SEE ME AT LEAST SUPPORTING USING CIT DOLLARS TO DO THIS. SO I THINK THAT WE HAVE FIRE STATIONS THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED. ALL THAT CIT MONEY NEEDS TO GO TOWARD GETTING US UP TO DATE ON THAT. ANYWAY I'M BEATING A DEAD HORSE. YOU ALL ALREADY APPROVED IT. I JUST THINK THIS IS A BAD USE OF MONEY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. BHIDE. >>VIK BHIDE: THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM NUMBER 61, 2, 3, MS. FEELEY IS HERE. AND WE'LL WRAP IT UP WITH ITEM NUMBER 29. >> CAN I HAVE THE ELMO ON, PLEASE? >>MIKE PERRY: MIKE PERRY, BUDGET OFFICER FOR 61. I APOLOGIZE. DENNIS IS FEELING UNDER THE WEATHER AND HE ASKED ME TO FILL IN. THE QUESTION IS WHAT FEMA MONIES COULD THE CITY UTILIZE TO HELP SUPPORT THOSE IMPACTED BY FLOODING? THE FEMA MONEY THAT THE CITY RECEIVES UNDER THE STAFFORD ACT IS ONLY FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF CITY EXPENSES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'RE BEING REIMBURSED FOR CITY EXPENSES THAT WOULD FREE UP A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY THAT WE CAN USE TOWARDS -- >>MIKE PERRY: NO. AGAIN, THOSE ARE EXPENSES THAT WE SPEND SPECIFICALLY FOR HURRICANE SUPPORT. GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. AS YOU'RE VERY AWARE, THREE EMERGENCY RESPONSE CENTERS THAT WE ACTIVATE DURING A STORM, FEMA REIMBURSES US FOR THE OVERTIME. SO THE REGULAR SALARIES IS HANDLED BY THE CITY. THE OVERTIME, WE SEGREGATE OUT INTO A SPECIFIC FUND, FEMA FUND IS WHAT WE CALL IT. WE KEEP ALL THE EXPENSES THERE. AND THEN THAT'S WHERE WE BRING THE MONEY ON IN. SO THEY REIMBURSE US ONLY FOR WHAT WE SPEND. AS WE GO THROUGH FOR THE DEBRIS MANAGEMENT THAT SOLID WASTE HAS DONE OVER THE PAST 60 DAYS, ALL THOSE EXPENSES ARE COLLECTED IN THAT FEMA FUND. THOSE FUNDS GO INTO THE FEMA FUND TO REIMBURSE US FOR THOSE EXPENSES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. THANK YOU. I WAS GOING TO SAY, YEAH, WE'RE TAKING FROM SAVINGS FUND TO PAY AND THEN THEY ARE JUST REFILLING THE SAVINGS FUND. NO, WE CAN'T USE MONEY UNLESS WE GET OUT OF OUR SAVINGS FUND AND CAN'T DO THAT FOR VARIOUS REASONS HAVING TO DO WITH RATE AGENCIES AND ALL OF THAT FUND. >>MIKE PERRY: I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE LAST PART OF IT. >>LYNN HURTAK: DOESN'T MATTER. >>MIKE PERRY: HOWEVER, ABBYE WILL FOLLOW ME UP WITH WHAT SHE'S GOT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ITEM 61. >>LUIS VIERA: I'LL GO AFTER 62. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MS. FEELEY. >>ABBYE FEELEY: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. HAPPY NEW YEAR. ABBYE FEELEY, ADMINISTRATOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. ITEM NUMBER 62 IS IN RELATION TO FUNDS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO ASSIST IN HURRICANE INDIVIDUALS -- INDIVIDUALS IN HURRICANE, THAT WERE IMPACTED IN THE FLOODING OF THE WAKE OF HURRICANE MILTON. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE SOME PROGRAM INCOME FROM OUR SHIP PROGRAM. WE HAVE $3 MILLION. I DID PROVIDE A SHORT WRITTEN MEMO ON THIS AS WELL. WE HAVE $3 MILLION IN SHIP FUNDS THAT WAS PROGRAM INCOME THAT WE ARE TARGETING TO USE FOR THIS. THAT PROGRAM INCOME HAS SET-ASIDES. 30% AT 50% AREA MEDIAN INCOME AND BELOW. 30% AT 80% AREA MEDIAN AND BELOW. THE REMAINING 40% COULD ASSIST ANYONE IN EITHER OF THOSE TWO GROUPS OR UP TO 140% AMI. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE STATE SENT OUT, THEY ARE GOING TO DO SHIP DR. I KNOW YOU GUYS LOVE ALL THE HOUSING ACRONYMS, BUT SHIP DR IS DISASTER RELIEF. AND THAT SHIP FUNDS IS COMING IN AT 213,000. THAT ALLOCATION IS FORTHCOMING. I KNOW WHEN WE RECEIVED GRANT FUNDS, YOU KNOW WE BRING THOSE TO YOU AND COUNCIL MUST ACCEPT THOSE FUNDS. LASTLY, THERE WAS A NOTIFICATION THAT CAME FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. ON TUESDAY THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS ISSUING $12 BILLION IN FUNDS WITH 700 MILLION GOING TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THAT CAME IN, THAT INFORMATION CAME IN LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WE STARTED TALKING TO THE COUNTY WEDNESDAY. TODAY IS ONLY THURSDAY. AS TO HOW -- YOU MAY REMEMBER WHEN WE GOT ARPA FUNDS, WE PARTNERED WITH THE COUNTY BECAUSE SOMEBODY MIGHT CALL IN AND SAY, I LIVE IN TAMPA. WELL, THEY DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. THEY LIVE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. IN ORDER FOR US NOT TO DUPLICATE SERVICES AND TO ENSURE PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE HELP THAT THEY NEED, WE PUT THOSE FUNDS WITH A THIRD-PARTY COMPANY, THE ARPA FUNDS WENT WITH ERNST & YOUNG. WE'RE CURRENTLY TALKING TO A COMPANY CALLED ICF, WHICH IS A THIRD PARTY THAT WOULD SERVE AS THE CLEARINGHOUSE FOR THOSE FUNDS, SO WE'RE NOT TAKING OUR CURRENT STAFF CAPACITY AND THEN STARTING NEW PROGRAMS OR SHIFTING OUT THOSE FUNDS AND WE'RE ALSO ALLOWING FOR IT TO BE DUPLICATIVE. WHEN WE FIRST TALKED TO THE COUNTY ABOUT DOING THAT FOR THE 3 MILLION, THEY WERE DOING SOME DIFFERENT THINGS WITH THEIR SHIP MONEY. SO WE ARE NOW GIVEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM TUESDAY SHIFTING GEARS AND PIVOTING A LITTLE BIT TO SEE, OKAY, NOW WHAT ARE WE DOING? THE 700 MILLION IS GOING TO BE AN ALLOCATION ACROSS CITY OF TAMPA, PLANT CITY, TEMPLE TERRACE, AND THE COUNTY. WE'RE WORKING TO FIGURE THAT OUT. AS I SPOKE OFF-LINE TO COUNCILMAN VIERA, I WANT TO MAKE SURE, MUCH LIKE YOU ALL ARE AWARE WITH OUR R-MAP PROGRAM, WE OPEN UP SOMETHING, WE DON'T WANT IT TO CRASH FIVE MINUTES AFTER IT OPENING. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL THE MECHANICS RELATED TO THE FUNDS GOING OUT IN A WAY THAT'S ENGINEERED TO ASSIST THE MOST PEOPLE IN THE MOST EFFICIENT MANNER. WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. ANY AGREEMENT FOR THOSE FUNDS TO BE DISTRIBUTED BY A THIRD PARTY LIKE ICF WILL COME BEFORE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. WE ARE ABLE UNDER THE EMERGENCY ORDER TO NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH A WHOLE DEVELOP AN RFP, PUT THE RFP OUT, GET BIDS, DO THIS. WE ARE ABLE TO STREAMLINE THAT PORTION OF THE PROCESS UNDER THE EXECUTIVE ORDER, BUT THE AGREEMENT WILL STILL COME BEFORE THIS BOARD FOR APPROVAL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU, ABBYE, FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON THIS. WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS AND WORKED A LOT TOGETHER ON IT. I APPRECIATE YOU AND THE ADMINISTRATION FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS. I CAME TO YOU ALL ABOUT THIS TWO MONTHS AGO, MONTH AND A HALF AGO, WHATEVER IT WAS. YOU ALL HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL. FOR ME POST-MILTON AND POST-HELENE, MILTON OBVIOUSLY DISPROPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED MY DISTRICT, NORTH TAMPA COMMUNITY. REVOLUTIONIZED THE LIVES OF PEOPLE THERE IN A TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE WAY WITH THE SUFFERING. THE SUFFERING IS FAR FROM DONE. MY MESSAGE IS THIS COMMITMENT IS GREAT AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE A DEMAND FOR MORE OF IT, FROM THE CITY, FROM THE COUNTY, FROM THE STATE, FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, ET CETERA. BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IF NOT ADDRESSED COULD FUNDAMENTALLY, RADICALLY CHANGE THE AFFORDABLE AND WORKFORCE HOUSING HUB OF THE CITY OF TAMPA IN NORTH TAMPA. FOR ME, THERE ARE THREE THINGS THAT I'VE WANTED SINCE MILTON. NUMBER ONE IS TRANSPARENCY. IN TERMS OF WHY, WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE HAPPENED. WE WORK WITH OUR FRIENDS ON THE COUNTY COMMISSION, AND THE CITY IS GOING TO BE MONETARILY SUPPORTING THAT FOR AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE, NOT JUST IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, IN PLACES LIKE NORTH TAMPA, BUT ALSO IN PLACES LIKE TOWN N' COUNTRY, IN PLANT CITY AND IN DIFFERENT PLACES THAT WERE ZONED X. NUMBER 2 IS JUST TO KEEP AN EYE IN THE PUBLIC ON THE SUFFERING OF PEOPLE. AGAIN, I REPRESENT NORTH TAMPA IN NORTH TAMPA. VERY EASY THAT IF SOMETHING DOESN'T HAPPEN TO YOU, GO, OH, WELL, THAT'S FINISHED BECAUSE THE MEDIA IS NOT TALKING ABOUT IT NOW. IT'S STILL GOING ON. THESE PEOPLE ARE ISOLATED. THEY ARE HURTING, AND IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM. THE THIRD IS JUST DIGNITY AND HELP FOR THESE PEOPLE. FEMA IS CERTAINLY THERE TO HELP. IT IS CERTAINLY THERE TO HELP. BUT LIKE I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE, IF FEMA IS GOING TO BUY YOU A SUIT, YOU NEED A SUIT, THEY'LL GET YOU SOCKS, SHOES, BELT, MAYBE A TIE, YOU'VE GOT TO GET THE REST. AND THAT'S NOTHING AGAINST FEMA. FEMA DOES WHAT THEY DO AND WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THAT. BUT OTHER GOVERNMENT PARTNERS HAVE GOT TO STEP IN TO HELP. I TALK TO THE STORIES OF PEOPLE OUT IN THE NORTH TAMPA AREA ARE SO COMPELLING, JUST YESTERDAY, I WAS OUT SPEAKING TO A WOMAN OF DOMINICAN DESCENT, WORKED 27 YEARS, STILL WORKS IN HOTELS CLEANING HOTEL ROOMS. LIVED IN A HOUSE FOR 13 YEARS AND SHE LOST SO MUCH, SO MUCH. I THINK OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE. I KNOW A NICE GENTLEMAN, VENEZUELAN REFUGEE, SINGLE FATHER WITH AUTISTIC DAUGHTER, LOST EVERYTHING IN HIS HOUSE. HE WORKS AS A CONTRACTOR. SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE EVERYDAY, THE WORKING-CLASS, BACKBONE OF TAMPA. ONE OF THEM AND SHE GAVE ME PERMISSION TO SPEAK ABOUT HER. SOME FOLKS MAY NOT KNOW THIS. EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS DENISE WHO WORKS IN CITY COUNCIL. DENISE LIVES IN FOREST HILLS. DENISE LOST EVERYTHING. DENISE HAD TO MOVE WITH HER SON AND HER DAUGHTER. HER SON IS IN TRADE SCHOOL NOW, TO BRANDON. DENISE IS HAVING TO PAY FOR HER HOME IN FOREST HILLS AND HER HOME IN BRANDON. CHECK WHAT SHE MAKES THROUGH THE CITY OF TAMPA. IT IS A PUBLIC RECORD. NEWS AT 11. SHE CAN'T AFFORD IT. SHE CAN'T AFFORD IT. SO DENISE IS ONE OF THE MANY PEOPLE. YOU KNOW WHAT SHE'S GOTTEN FROM FEMA? ABOUT 40% OF WHAT SHE'S HAD TO SPEND SO FAR ON HER MOVING AND ASSISTANCE. AGAIN, DENISE HAS GIVEN ME PERMISSION TO SAY THIS, ET CETERA. AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE WANT TO HELP PEOPLE STAY IN THEIR HOMES. I THINK OF MY FRIEND GWEN TOURIST. I MET HER AT THE COMMUNITY MEETING WE HAD FOUR DAYS AFTER MILTON IN FOREST HILLS. GWEN IS A WIDOW. HER HUSBAND HAD DIED ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF OR SO BEFORE MILTON. TAKES CARE OF HER FAMILY. SHE TAKES CARE OF HER SON CHRISTOPHER, WHO IS 33 AND HAS AUTISM. TAKES CARE OF HER GRANDSON WHO HAS AUTISM. SHE HAD A SENSORY ROOM FOR HER AUTISTIC GRANDSON IN HER HOUSE. FLOODED. SHE HAD TO SELL HER HOME. SHE'S A WORKER AT OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. WORKS AT CHAMBERLAIN. HAD TO SELL HER HOME IN FOREST HILLS BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T AFFORD TO PAY FOR SOMEWHERE ELSE AND TO PAY HER MORTGAGE ON HER HOUSE. SHE JUST MOVED OUT TO WESLEY CHAPEL. THAT'S WHAT I DON'T WANT TO SEE. WHAT WE ALL HERE DON'T WANT TO SEE BUT THAT'S WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN NORTH TAMPA, WHICH IS PEOPLE WILL BE LEAVING THEIR HOMES, PEOPLE WILL BE SELLING THEIR HOMES TO ECONOMIC VULTURES. ONE MORE MINUTE IF I MAY, SIR. WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES OF THAT? HIGHER HOUSING COSTS. ONE OF THE FEW AREAS WHERE TEACHERS WELDERS COPS FIREFIGHTERS ELECTRICIANS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS AND PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR CITY COUNCIL CAN AFFORD TO LIVE. THE NORTH TAMPA AREA. FOR ME, AGAIN, MILTON -- I SAY IT A THOUSAND TIMES, HIT THE BACKBONE OF TAMPA'S WORKING CLASS. FOR ME, THIS IS STEP ONE OF WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO HELP PEOPLE STAY IN THEIR HOMES AND TO PRESERVE AFFORDABLE AND WORKFORCE HOUSING IN THE CITY OF TAMPA BECAUSE IF WE LEAVE THIS ISSUE ALONE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THIS AREA WHERE THE ECONOMIC VULTURES COME IN AND HIGHER COST ON INSURANCE AND DIFFERENT THINGS FOR PEOPLE IN NORTH TAMPA COME IN, PRICING THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED THERE FOR GENERATIONS, PEOPLE LIKE OFFICER ROY PAZ WHO WE HONORED AT THE LAST TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING. AGAIN, ABBYE, I REALLY, REALLY THANK YOU FOR THIS. COUNCIL, I'M SURE WE'LL GET A 7-0 VOTE FOR THIS. THIS IS JUST THE RIGHT THING TO DO, GOOD PEOPLE, WHO, AGAIN, THE BACKBONE OF TAMPA'S WORKING CLASS. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COWRMING HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. THE 700 MILLION IS NEWS. THAT'S REALLY EXCITING. THAT'S JUST REALLY WONDERFUL. IN THREE MONTHS, THAT'S LIKE WARP SPEED FOR GOVERNMENT. I THINK THAT'S REALLY GOOD. MY QUESTIONS BASICALLY THOUGH ARE, DO WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE COUNTY IN ORDER TO GET STARTED WITH THIS? OR WHEN ARE YOU BRINGING THE AGREEMENT TO US? AND HOW FAST CAN WE GET AT LEAST A HOT LINE OPEN TO GET PEOPLE TO OPEN TO GET A CASE NUMBER? I HOPE WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE COUNTY. >>ABBYE FEELEY: NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO WAIT FOR THE COUNTY. WE'VE BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH ICF IN PREPARING THE AGREEMENT. OUR GOAL RIGHT NOW IS HAVE THAT ON THE JANUARY 23rd AGENDA. IF NOT IT WILL BE ON THE FIRST AGENDA IN FEBRUARY. WE ARE GOING BACK AND FORTH ON WHAT SOME OF THE TERMS ARE RIGHT NOW ON HOW THAT IS GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED. AS ALWAYS, IF THE COUNTY WANTS TO COME BACK AROUND AND WORK WITH US OR USE THAT AGREEMENT IN SOME WAY OR MODIFY THE AGREEMENT WITH ICF, WHATEVER IT IS, WE CAN WORK THAT OUT TOO. BUT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD. >>LYNN HURTAK: EXCELLENT. I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT. IF YOU WERE TO BRING IT ON THE 23rd, DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE FOR WHEN WE WOULD HAVE SOMETHING LIVE SO PEOPLE COULD REACH OUT? >>ABBYE FEELEY: THAT'S GOING TO COME THROUGH ICF, SO I'M GOING TO NEED TO GET THAT INFORMATION. I'M HOPING BY THE FIRST OR SECOND WEEK OF FEBRUARY, WHICH IS ONLY MAYBE TWO WEEKS AFTER WE BRING YOU THE AGREEMENT. BUT WE'VE GOT TO GET THAT EXECUTED AND THEN GET THAT SET UP. >>LYNN HURTAK: ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THAT IS THE THING THAT I WOULD ASK FOR WHEN YOU BRING THE AGREEMENT BACK, BECAUSE IT SHOULD BE SPELLED IN THE AGREEMENT BUT SIMPLY TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR WHAT THAT DATE WILL BE AND WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE. AGAIN, WE ARE SHARING IT WITH THE PUBLIC AS CLEARLY AS POSSIBLE SO THAT THEY KNOW THIS IS COMING. I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM NUMBER 63, WHICH IS MS. FEELEY. >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY FOR THAT. I MADE A MOTION FOR THIS, IF THIS IS ON THE FEES, THERE ARE NO FEES FOR THESE FOLKS. >>ABBYE FEELEY: CORRECT. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING WE SUSPENDED ALL PERMIT FEES, AND THAT INCLUDES INSPECTION FEES FOR ANY WORK THAT'S BEING PERMITTED IN RELATION TO STORM DAMAGE. SO YOU COME IN AND TELL US IT IS A STORM DAMAGE PERMIT. WE GO AHEAD AND LOOK IN OUR SYSTEM BECAUSE, REMEMBER, WE PERFORMED THAT ANALYSIS RIGHT AFTER THE STORM WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT'S INSPECTORS. SO WE KNOW ROUGHLY WHERE THAT IS. WE SAY, YES, WE SEE YOU'VE GOT THAT. AND WE'RE TAKING CARE OF BOTH THEN ANY SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DETERMINATIONS AT THAT TIME AS PART OF THE PERMIT, BUT THERE ARE NO FEES. WE WANT YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING, FIX YOUR HOUSE THE RIGHT WAY. BE SAFE, AND WE'RE HERE TO HELP. >>LUIS VIERA: AGAIN, I WANTED TO SAY AGAIN BECAUSE MS. FEELEY, YOU'VE WORKED A LOT ON THIS, INCLUDING DURING THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY. SO, AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY SAY WHEN I VOTED FOR YOU, THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS I STATED BECAUSE I KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO WORK HARD ON THIS. AS A PUBLIC SERVANT, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. >>ABBYE FEELEY: THANK YOU. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ALONG THE SAME LINES, THE WAIVING OF THE FEES, I HAD A COUPLE OF INDIVIDUALS CALL THE OFFICE. THEY WERE A LITTLE CONFUSED THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY TOLD ME SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER THERE WAS A NOTICE SENT, ANYTHING UNDER TWO FEET OF FLOODING THEY DID NOT NEED TO GET A PERMIT. >>ABBYE FEELEY: THAT'S CORRECT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THEY TOLD ME THEY FIXED THAT AND NOW THEY GOT A LETTER IN THE MAIL TO HAVE TO GET -- >>ABBYE FEELEY: THEY GOT THE SUBSTANTIAL DETERMINATION LETTER. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. HOUSE BEEN FIXED BUT NOW THEY ARE NERVOUS BECAUSE THEY SAY NOW THEY WANT ME TO GET A CERTIFICATE TO REPAIR. >>ABBYE FEELEY: A COUPLE OF THINGS, IF I CAN ADDRESS THAT. IN TERMS OF THE SUBSTANTIAL DETERMINATION LETTER, THOSE LETTERS WENT OUT TO 1900 PROPERTIES. THOSE PROPERTIES WENT OUT BASED ON THE WINDSHIELD SURVEYS AND INSPECTIONS THAT WERE DONE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE STORM. I HAVE SEEN EXAMPLES WHERE THE LETTERS HAVE GONE OUT AND IT'S A NEW BUILD AND THEY HAD NO DAMAGE. IF THAT'S THE CASE, PLEASE LET US KNOW. OR IF THAT IS THE CASE AND IT WAS MINIMAL, PLEASE LET US KNOW SO WE CLOSE THAT OUT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THIS WAS CLOSE TO WHERE IT WAS CATASTROPHIC, FOUR FEET OF WATER, BUT THAT WAS ON THE RIVER SIDE. THEY WERE A BLOCK IN AND GOT LESS THAN TWO FEET. THEY FIXED IT. >>ABBYE FEELEY: JUST LET US KNOW. WE HAVE AN E-MAIL ADDRESS FOCUSED COMPLETELY ON THIS CALLED FLOOD FOCUS. YOU CAN E-MAIL FLOODFOCUS@TAMPA GOV. WE JUST ALSO UPDATED ALL OF THE FAQs ON OUR HURRICANE PAGE IN RELATION TO SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE FORM, IF YOU GOT ONE, YOU REALLY SHOULDN'T HAVE. IF YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOUR 50% IS, WE PROVIDE A LINK TO THE PROPERTY APPRAISER SO YOU CAN GO IN AND PUT YOUR ADDRESS, IT GENERATES A LETTER. BUT WE'RE AVAILABLE TO HELP. JUST E-MAIL THAT. IT MAY BE THE CASE. THE THING IS THAT THE LAST PART TO THAT IS WE WILL GET DATA FROM FEMA SHOWING US WHO RECEIVED CLAIMS AND WHO RECEIVED AND THEN THEY ARE LOOKING TO US TO ENSURE THERE WERE PERMITS. IF THEY WENT IN AND SAID MY HOUSE BASS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED NEED $200,000 AND GOT IT. FEMA IS LOOKING FOR YOU TO HAVE THE PERMIT FOR THAT WORK. THAT ALL FEEDS INTO OUR PARTICIPATION IN FIP, WHICH RIGHT NOW GIVES OUR RESIDENTS A 25% REDUCTION IN THEIR FLOOD INSURANCE PREMIUMS. WITH OUR NEW STORMWATER MASTER PLAN, OUR RATING IS ANTICIPATED TO GO FROM A 5 TO A 3, WHICH WILL THEN GIVE OUR RESIDENTS A 35% REDUCTION. SO ALL OF THESE PIECES PLAY A REALLY CRITICAL PART IN US CONTINUING TO BE A PART OF THAT AND TO REAP THOSE BENEFITS. BUT TO ALSO BUILD BACK IN A RESILIENT WAY. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>LYNN HURTAK: CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN WHAT THAT ACRONYM MEANS? >>ABBYE FEELEY: NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM NUMBER 29. >>LYNN HURTAK: CAN I HAVE A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS TO READ? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. WE WILL RECESS AND COME BACK AT 11:55 OR 12? 11:55. WE'RE IN RECESS UNTIL 11:55. [ SOUNDING GAVEL ] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CALL THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER. IF WE COULD HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. >> CARLSON? >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE. CLENDENIN? >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT. >>LUIS VIERA: HERE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE. >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA, YOU ASKED TO PULL ITEM 29. >>LUIS VIERA: BRIEFLY ON THIS, IS MR. BHIDE? THANK YOU. JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS ON THIS. I PULLED THIS GIVEN THE OBVIOUS ISSUES THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN TAMPA OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS. THIS THING IS KIND OF A RED FLAG, SO TO SPEAK IN EVERYTHING. EVEN IF THERE'S NO THERE, THERE, IT'S GOOD TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THINGS. BUT TO BE CERTAIN OF THIS, SIR, THIS REPORT IS FOR STORMWATER PUMPING SYSTEMS, NOT WASTEWATER, CORRECT? >>VIK BHIDE: CORRECT. AND BRIDGE OPERATIONS AS WELL. >>LUIS VIERA: IF YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN IT. >>VIK BHIDE: SURE. VIK BHIDE, DIRECTOR OF MOBILITY. SO THIS ITEM WAS AN AUDIT THAT WAS REQUESTED BY ME FOR AUDIT DIRECTOR. TYPICALLY THE WAY THE PROCESS WORKS, CHRISTINE WITH THE AUDIT DEPARTMENT, SHE IS THE DIRECTOR THERE, REACHES OUT TO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS. THEY HAVE A PLAN OR A CYCLE FOR DIFFERENT DIVISIONS. AND THEY SAY, HERE IS WHAT WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THIS YEAR. ARE THERE ANY SPECIFIC BUSINESS UNITS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO AUDIT? TYPICALLY WE LOOK AT WHAT ARE THOSE BUSINESS UNITS THAT REQUIRE ATTENTION AND WE BRING IT UP. SO IN 2022 OR '21, WE HAD DONE AN AUDIT OF THE PAVING TEAM AT THE TIME. IN '22, WE BUILT THE CASE FOR IT. IN '23, WHICH WAS FY '24, WE GOT, THANKS TO COUNCIL, THE RESOURCES TO BUILD A SECOND TEAM. SO THIS IS KIND OF PART OF THE SAME PROCESS. IN '23, I ASKED CHRISTINE TO TAKE A LOOK AT BRIDGE OPERATIONS AND OUR PUMPING STATION SPECIFICALLY. THE RATIONALE FOR THAT WAS WE HAD ONE PERSON RETIRE THAT WAS AN INSTRUMENTATION SPECIALIST, SKILLS. ANOTHER PERSON WE REPLACED AND LUCKY ENOUGH TO FIND SOMEONE, BUT THAT PERSON DID NOT STAY WITH THE CITY FOR LONG BECAUSE THESE ARE HIGHER DOLLAR SKILLS. THIS IS INSTRUMENTATION. IT'S NOT ELECTRICAL. INSTRUMENTATION IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER LEVEL SKILL. WASTEWATER HAS SIMILAR POSITION. AWT INSTRUMENTATION SPECIALIST AND ALL OF THAT. TYPICALLY BECAUSE WASTEWATER, WATER ARE SLIGHTLY HEALTHIER ENTERPRISES, PAY RATES FOR SIMILAR POSITIONS ARE HIGHER. THEIR POSITIONS ARE HIGHER. SO THOSE ARE THE CONSTRAINTS WE WORKED WITH. SO WE HAD FILLED THAT POSITION. AT THE SAME TIME, THAT YEAR, '23, WHAT WE DID WAS WE UPCLASSED ONE OF THE PEOPLE IN BRIDGE OPERATIONS THAT IS REALLY GOOD AT ELECTRICAL AND INSTRUMENTATION ITEMS AS WELL. THAT WAS SO HE COULD SUPPORT THE PUMP STATION TEAM. THIS WAS AN INTERIM PLAN TO GET THIS ENTIRE BUSINESS UNIT TO IMPROVE. SO THAT WAS IN FY '24, WHICH IS 2023 WHEN THE AUDIT WAS REQUESTED AND THAT WAS DONE. PRIOR TO THAT, FY '22, AND THIS AUDIT DOES MENTION THAT, WE HAD IMPLEMENTED CITY WORKS, WHICH IS A WORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO BETTER TRACK THESE TASKS AND ASSOCIATE CHECKLISTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT WITH THEM. SO THAT WAS REFERENCED IN THE AUDIT REPORT AS WELL. SO THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED THEN IN FY '24, AS YOU KNOW, WE ADDED THE SECOND PAVING TEAM, WHICH BEGINS TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE STORMWATER PAVEMENT RELATED ISSUES, NOT PUMP STATION PAVEMENT RELATED, BECAUSE THERE ARE THREE ITEMS HERE. THREE RECOMMENDATIONS. ONE IS FOR BRIDGE OPERATIONS. THE SECOND IS FOR STORMWATER OPERATIONS. AND THEN THE THIRD IS FOR PUMP STATION SPECIFICALLY. SO SPEAKING TO THE PUMP STATION SPECIFICALLY AND WHAT HAVE WE DONE, EVEN BEFORE THIS AUDIT CAME OUT, BECAUSE THE AUDIT WAS INITIATED IN JULY OF LAST YEAR, 2024, AND IT WRAPPED UP IN DECEMBER 17, 2024. WE HAD THE STORMS IN BETWEEN. SO SINCE THE STORMS, WE HAVE HAD ELECTRONICS AND INSTRUMENTATION CONTRACTOR, ICON THAT WASTEWATER USES AND WE HAVE THEM AS A PIGGYBACK CONTRACT AS WELL. WE HAVE GONE TO ALL OF THE MAJOR PUMP STATIONS. WE'VE DONE THE REVIEW OF WHAT UPGRADES ARE NEEDED AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THESE ARE INSTRUMENTATION UPGRADES BECAUSE SOME OF THESE UPGRADES HADN'T HAPPENED IN A WHILE. AND THAT IS THE REPORT THAT IS GOING TO COME TO YOU ON JANUARY 30th FOR THE MOTION THAT YOU HAD MADE, COUNCILMAN VIERA. AND IT WILL KIND OF SHOW WHAT WE CAN DO. THE GIST IS A WHOLE BUNCH OF INSTRUMENTATION UPGRADES, BETTER MONITORING. SO SENSORS FOR THE WATER, BUT ALSO FOR OPERATORS, THE ICE, THE CAMERAS. BACKUP POWER, GENERATORS, AND THEN UPDATING SOME OF THE THINGS LIKE TRANSFER SWITCHES AND OTHER INSTRUMENTATION. WE'VE ALSO BEGUN UPDATING SOPs AS REQUIRED BY THIS AUDIT -- OH, SORRY. STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AND WHILE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES ARE IMPORTANT FOR CONTINUITY AND ALL OF THAT, THEY ADDRESS THE WHAT. WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON THE HOW. THAT'S WHERE THE SKILLS COME IN AND HOW MUCH, WHICH IS WHERE THE RESOURCES COME IN. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BRING TO YOU AS WELL. AND THAT WILL INCLUDE GENERATORS. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU FOR THAT. JUST TO BE CLEAR, NONE OF THE CHALLENGES OR WHAT HAVE YOU THAT MAY BE NOTED IN THIS AUDIT, ARE ANY OF THEM RELEVANT TO NORTH TAMPA OR ANY OF THE PUMPS OUT THERE? >>VIK BHIDE: NO. >>LUIS VIERA: THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. I PULLED THIS BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE. IT'S IMPORTANT. THE PATH THAT I'VE GONE SINCE MILTON FOR ME HAS BEEN A VERY CAREFUL ONE WHENEVER IT COMES TO FINDING ANSWERS AND TRANSPARENCY, WHICH IS I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS A GOOD STEWARD, AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, I DO MY DUE DILIGENCE IN HAVING TRANSPARENCY. THAT FOR ME IS WHAT THE EFFORT THAT THE COUNTY HAS BOUGHT INTO IS ABOUT WITH THE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AND THE REVIEW. THAT'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT AN AUDIT ON WHAT HAPPENED ET CETERA, AS WELL AS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IN THE FUTURE. THAT'S VERY BIG. BUT I ALSO AT THE SAME TIME DON'T WANT TO SPREAD IDEAS OR RUMORS OR ANYTHING BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE HURTING RIGHT NOW. PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH HELL RIGHT NOW IN FOREST HILLS. GO TO FOREST HILLS, KNOCK ON DOORS, TEN DOORS, FIND FIVE PEOPLE GOING THROUGH HELL RIGHT NOW. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE DON'T GO, OH, MY GOD, LOOK AT THIS REPORT, FOREST HILLS, WHATEVER, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. AND ALSO, I THINK A MENTION WAS MADE, IF I MAY, ABOUT A LETTER THAT THE FOREST HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HAD SENT, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT WITH YOU AND YOU ADDRESSED A NUMBER OF THEIR ISSUES, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. AND WE ACTUALLY, HELL, ACTUALLY HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING OUT THERE TONIGHT AGAIN. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT TOGETHER, ET CETERA. I KNOW BEV KEANEY OUT THERE, GOD LOVE HER, HAS BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB OF HELPING PEOPLE. SHE'S BEEN DRINKING FROM A FIRE HOSE. DRINKING FROM TEN FIRE HOSES. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. AGAIN, I WANTED TO PULL THIS, MR. BHIDE, JUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF TRANSPARENCY, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, AGAIN, THE PEOPLE THAT I -- THAT WE ALL CARE SO MUCH ABOUT WHO ARE HURTING, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE RIGHT INFORMATION OUT THERE. SO THANK YOU, SIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. THE PART THAT I'M CONFUSED ABOUT IS COUNCILMAN VIERA SAYS, IS THIS RELEVANT TO THE NORTH TAMPA? AND I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S NOT RELEVANT. >>VIK BHIDE: WELL, IT'S RELATED TO THE PUMP STATIONS. >>LYNN HURTAK: OH, OKAY. IT'S NOT SPECIFIC TO NORTH TAMPA. >>VIK BHIDE: NOT SPECIFIC TO ANY ONE THING. THIS WAS TO LOOK AT KIND OF THE PROCESS AROUND PUMP STATIONS AND INSTRUMENTATION AND WHAT WE NEED. >>LYNN HURTAK: I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLARIFIED BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THE PEOPLE IN NORTH TAMPA TO THINK, OH, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I WANTED FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A CITYWIDE ISSUE WE LOOKED AT. AND IT DOES IMPACT NORTH TAMPA. IT'S JUST NOT SPECIFICALLY NORTH TAMPA. >>VIK BHIDE: IT'S NOT SPECIFIC. THE OTHER THING I WOULD ADD TO IT, THIS WAS INITIATED IN 2023, WELL BEFORE THE STORMS. IT WASN'T IN RESPONSE TO OR IN REACTION TO. BUT WE HAVE TAKEN Y MEASURES EVN IN RESPONSE TO. >>LYNN HURTAK: YOU ARE COMING BACK, WHAT IS THE EXACT DATE YOU ARE COMING BACK WITH MORE INFORMATION -- JANUARY 30, YOU'RE COMING BACK TO TALK ABOUT WHAT SPECIFICALLY? >>VIK BHIDE: CORRECT. THAT WILL INCLUDE -- SO THE MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA WAS, WHAT KIND OF MODERNIZATION AND WHAT KIND OF OTHER MEASURES DO WE NEED TO TAKE TO MAKE SURE OUR STORMWATER SYSTEM AND PUMP STATIONS ARE IN BETTER READINESS FOR FUTURE STORMS. SO WHAT WE'RE COMING TO YOU WITH, THE GIST IS WHAT IS GOING TO BE NEEDED, RESOURCES AS WELL AS THE HIGH-LEVEL SCOPE TO UPGRADE SOME OF THESE PUMP STATIONS? ONE, I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY SAYING THE PUMP STATIONS ARE OPERATIONAL RIGHT NOW. A LOT OF OUR ISSUES WERE BECAUSE OF BACKUP POWER. EITHER IT NOT BEING PRESENT MEANING GENERATORS NOT EVEN BEING THERE, OR WHEN POWER WENT OUT, THE GENERATORS NOT COMING ON. SO THE IMMEDIATE STEP WE'VE TAKEN RIGHT NOW, AND THIS IS JUST TO REASSURE THE PUBLIC, IS WHEN WE GO OUT THERE TO REDUCE STORMWATER POND LEVELS TO INCREASE CAPACITY, WE WILL SWITCH TO GENERATOR POWER THEN. SO WE'RE NOT EVEN GOING TO WAIT FOR TRANSFER SWITCHES OR ANY POTENTIAL FAILURES. SO THAT IS OUR INTERIM MEASURE. WHILE WE WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND THIS BODY TO GET THE RESOURCES TO UPDATE AND ADD GENERATORS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE, UPDATE ALL OF THE INSTRUMENTATION AND THIS IS ALL OF THE LOGIC AND THE CONTROLLERS THAT DRIVE EITHER THE PUMPS -- THE PUMPS THEMSELVES ARE IN GOOD SHAPE, ALL OF THEM. OR THE GENERATORS. THE GENERATORS WERE ALL TESTED BEFORE THE STORM AS WELL. LOAD TESTING. SO THE GENERATORS WERE GOOD. IT WAS THE TRANSFERRING THAT WAS A CHALLENGE AT ONE OF THE LOCATIONS. AND THIS WILL ALSO INCLUDE WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED TO DO TO KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING DURING AND BEFORE AND AFTER A STORM. SO A BETTER CONTROL SYSTEM, CAMERAS, WATER LEVEL SENSORS THAT GIVE US A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT OTHER SYSTEMS NEED TO BE ON BACKUP POWER BEYOND JUST THE PUMPS THEMSELVES. >>LYNN HURTAK: GREAT. ADDITIONALLY, WHAT I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO BRING IS HOW QUICKLY WE CAN GET STARTED ON SOME OF THESE. SO IF WE WERE TO OPEN A LINE OF CREDIT ON THE 30th, HOW QUICKLY COULD YOU GET STARTED? SECONDLY, MS. COLINA ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT BRINGING THAT WE HAVE CONTRACTS FOR IF. IF THIS HAPPENS IN A STORM, THEN WE DEFINITELY HAVE FOLKS -- WE HAVE A CONTRACT SO WE CAN START DOING DEBRIS CLEANUP. THEY BELONG TO US. THEY COME TO US FIRST BECAUSE WE HAVE A CONTRACT. IS THERE A WAY WE COULD DO A CONTRACTOR OR A CONTRACT FOR EXTRA FOLKS TO BRING IN THE PUMPS? BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT OUR CAPACITY WOULD BE. IS THERE A WAY THAT WE COULD WORK WITH, I THINK YOU MENTIONED A CONTRACTOR EARLIER, IS THERE A WAY WE COULD GET A CONTRACT WITH THEM SO THAT WE HAVE THE EXTRA HANDS WE NEED WHEN A STORM STARTS SO FOLKS HAVE EYES ON THOSE? >>VIK BHIDE: WE WILL CERTAINLY LOOK AT CONTRACTS. I KNOW SOME OF THOSE CONTRACTS EXIST RIGHT NOW LIKE GENERATORS. WHAT HAPPENED AFTER MILTON, WHICH IS A CONFLUENCE OF MANY EVENTS, GETTING TO THE PUMP STATIONS THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS WAS THE CHALLENGE. IT WASN'T THE EQUIPMENT ITSELF. BUT, YES, WE CAN -- >>LYNN HURTAK: I APOLOGIZE. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE EQUIPMENT. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE PERSONNEL TO COME OUT BEFORE THE STORM. SO I THINK A LOT OF WHAT IS IN THIS LETTER HAS TO DO WITH, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T START LOWERING THE WATER LEVEL SOON ENOUGH. SO IS THERE A THAT WAY WE COULD GET THOSE CONTRACTORS TO START EARLIER TO DO THAT WORK SO THAT WE AREN'T SPREAD THIN AT ALL? SO WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE THAN WE NEED? >>VIK BHIDE: WE WILL LOOK AT THE RESOURCES WE NEED, ABSOLUTELY. BUT I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY. THE LETTER HAS CERTAIN STATEMENTS. SOME OF THEM WE DID CLARIFY AFTER THE LETTER. THE LETTER IS DATED OCTOBER 16, RIGHT AFTER THE STORM. WE SUBSEQUENTLY HAD A PUBLIC MEETING CLARIFYING SOME OF THE ELEMENTS WITHIN THE LETTER. WE ALSO, TO CLARIFY ADDITIONALLY SOME OF THE CLAIMS MADE IN THE LETTER, PUT INFORMATION UP ON THE WEBSITE, TAMPA.GOV/HURRICANE THAT ACTUALLY SHOWS SCADA PLOTS. SCADA IS THE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A LOT OF THESE PUMP STATIONS THAT SHOW WHEN STORMWATER POND LEVELS WERE ACTUALLY REDUCED. ON SOME PONDS, THEY ARE NOT REDUCED DOWN TO WHAT WE CALL TILL THE FISHES FLOP. SOMETIMES THEY ARE REDUCED BY TWO OR THREE FEET FOR ACTUAL HYDROLOGIC REASONS OR HYDRAULIC REASONS RATHER. BUT THOSE DID HAPPEN. THOSE PLOTS SHOW YOU THAT A DAY BEFORE THE STORM, THE PONDS WERE -- LEVELS CAME DOWN. THAT'S WHEN WE'RE SAYING WHEN WE GO OUT THERE. SO THE RESOURCES WERE THERE. WE WENT TO THE STORMWATER PONDS. WE WENT TO THE PUMP STATIONS AS WELL. BUT FOR AN INTERIM MEASURE, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONS THIS TIME AROUND UNTIL WE HAVE ALL OF IT BUILT OUT. THE BUILD-OUT TIMELINE AND THE REASON I HAD MY THUMBS UP EARLIER IS BECAUSE I HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH OUR ENGINEERING TEAM THIS MORNING. I KEPT ASKING THEM THE SAME THING. COUNCIL IS GOING TO ASK US HOW MUCH WILL IT TAKE AND HOW LONG BEFORE WE CAN GET IT ALL IN PLACE, NOT WHEN WE START DESIGN, NOT WHEN WE START CONSTRUCTION. THE BEST ESTIMATE I HAVE IS IF WE HAD THE RESOURCES AND WE'LL HAVE THE CLARITY ON THAT, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT 8 TO $10 MILLION I BELIEVE. PLEASE DON'T QUOTE ME ON IT. JANUARY 30th WILL BE THE FINAL NUMBER. IF WE HAD IT AVAILABLE NOW, IT WOULD TAKE US TWO YEARS FROM NOW TO GET THE DESIGN, SCOPING, AND INSTRUMENTATION IN PLACE. THAT'S WHAT MY TEAM IS TELLING ME. >>LYNN HURTAK: I APPRECIATE THAT'S THE LONG-TERM FIX. I THINK WE ALSO WOULD LOVE TO HEAR A SHORT-TERM FIX. I WOULD ALSO LOVE TO HAVE REVENUE AND FINANCE HERE TO TALK ABOUT LIKE HOW DO WE SIGN ON THE DOTTED LINE ON THE 30th? >>VIK BHIDE: SURE. I THINK THAT'S PART OF COUNCILMAN CARLSON'S AUXILIARY MOTION TO THIS. AND THAT WAS, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE SHORT-TERM FIXES. AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SPEAK TO IT BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE UNDERWAY AS WE SPEAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: WONDERFUL. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ALL THAT. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INDULGING ME THE FIVE MINUTES TO READ THE LETTER AGAIN. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: VERY QUICKLY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU, VICK, AND YOUR -- THANK YOU, VINK AND YOUR STAFF FOR THE EXCELLENT REPORT AND WHAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO TO MAKE IT BETTER. THANK COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK FOR HER INVOLVEMENT IN BEING SPECIFIC. HOWEVER, NO MATTER WHAT WE DO, IF YOU REBUILD THE HOMES DAMAGED SAME WAY THEY WERE AND SAME THING HAPPENS, NO MATTER HOW IT WORKS, BIGGER STORM, IF THAT STORM HAD COME 20 MILES NORTH, WE MIGHT NOT BE HERE TODAY. SO WHAT AM I SAYING? YOU FIX EVERYTHING TO TRY TO PREVENT IT, BUT YET WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO FIX YOU'RE NOT DOING WHAT IT'S GOING TO DESTROY, THAT'S THE HOUSE OR THE DWELLING OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. WE CONTINUE TO BUILD THE SECOND FLOOR WITH WOOD WITH AN EAVE 24 INCHES OUT WHERE THE WIND CAN PICK UP THE ROOF, COLLAPSE THE WALLS AND YOU HAVE FLOODING FROM THE OUTSIDE AND RAINFALL COG IN FROM ABOVE. YOU HAVE NO CHANCE OF GETTING IT THROUGH. THAT'S WHY THE INSURANCE RATES ARE SO HIGH. I'M NOT AN EXPERT IN ZONING -- I MEAN BUILDING WITHIN THE ZONE, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LITTLE ISLANDS, THE CARIBBEAN, LOOK AT PUERTO RICO, LOOK AT THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, LOOK AT CUBA, WHEN A HURRICANE -- THEY HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE IN HURRICANES THAN WE DO, THE DWELLINGS DON'T GO. THE ONES ON THE OUTSIDE AND THE COUNTY, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, THE LAND OUTSIDE THE CITY, THE ONES GET HIT BECAUSE THEY ARE BUILT WITH TIN AND STUFF THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO BUILD WHAT THEY NEED. BUT THE CENTER OF THE CITIES SURVIVE BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL CONCRETE, REBAR IN THE CENTER, ALL ACROSS THE ROOF, ALL ACROSS THE WALLS. THE SECOND FLOOR IS THE SAME THING AND THE ROOF IS CONCRETE WITH REBAR AT AN ANGLE IT DRAINS OUT. IF IT FLOODS, AND SOME DO, THERE'S NO DRYWALL INSIDE. SO WHEN IT DRIES, YOU PAINT IT AND YOU'RE DONE WITH. IT WILL SAVE THE HOMEOWNER, LET'S SAY THE COST IS 10, 15, 20 PERCENT MORE THAN THE HOUSE TO BUILD ON YOUR INSURANCE PREMIUM ALONE, YOU CAN MAKE THAT DIFFERENCE UP. WE'RE NOT THINKING OF THAT. AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM THAT I HAVE WITH THE PROCESS. IT'S GOT TO COME TO SOMEBODY, COME TO US, I'M NOT A BUILDER, NOT A CONTRACTOR, I DON'T KNOW NONE OF THAT STUFF, TO SEE HOW IT'S DONE BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE STYLE OF LIVING THE WAY WE DO AND GO MORE TO HELP NATURE. BECAUSE -- THE FIRES IN CALIFORNIA, THE SNOW MORE THAN EVER HAD BEFORE, ALL OVER THE AMERICA OF THE UNITED STATES, WE'RE HAVING MORE AND MORE CATASTROPHE EVERY SINGLE DAY BECAUSE WE HAVE ABUSED WHAT? THE ENVIRONMENT. AND NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT HELPING THE ENVIRONMENT. AND WE MUST CHANGE, AND WE MUST LEAD IN THAT DIRECTION. IF NOT, I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH WE SPEND. I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH WE DO. IF THE GULF OF MEXICO OR THE GULF OF AMERICA, WHATEVER IT IS, I THINK IT IS STILL THE GULF OF MEXICO. I HOPE IT STAYS THAT WAY. THE STORMS MIGHT NEVER HAVE I SEEN SIX OR SEVEN STORMS COME OUT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. NEVER. WHY? I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT IT'S GOT TO BE THE ENVIRONMENT. WARMER WATER. GULF OF MEXICO WAS 2.5 DEGREES WARMER THAN THE YEAR BEFORE. IT'S LIKE GIVING YOUR CAR ANOTHER 15, 20 MILES FASTER. THAT'S THE PROBLEM WE HAVE AND WE'RE NOT ADDRESSING IT. ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE. APPRECIATE EVERYTHING AND SEE YOU ON THE 30th. >>VIK BHIDE: COUNCILMAN, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD YOU MADE A VERY VALID POINT. THE QUESTION OF BUILDING MATERIALS IS BEING DISCUSSED NATIONALLY RIGHT NOW IN LIGHT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES. ASPHALT SHINGLES, BE IT DRYWALL, BE IT WHAT WE RATE OUR STRUCTURES FOR, NOT JUST THE HEIGHT AND THE FOUNDATIONS. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: FEEL BETTER -- I'LL LET MY HAIR GROW SO I CAN LOOK LIKE MR. CLENDENIN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: VERY NICE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IT'S ABOUT TIME YOU RECOGNIZED REAL BEAUTY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, LIKE TO MOVE ITEM 29? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES, SIR. MOVE 29. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. SECOND FROM VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU, SIR. SEE YOU ON THE 30th. NEW BUSINESS. COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NONE, SIR. >>LUIS VIERA: I GOT A COUPLE. I WANTED TO MAKE A PUBLIC SHOUT-OUT. ANY KNOW LINDA HALL WITH PARKS AND REC? WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL LADY. IT WAS DECEMBER 26, HANUKKAH STARTED ON DECEMBER 25. I ALWAYS TRY TO HAVE EVERY YEAR AT THE NEW TAMPA REC CENTER A NICE HANUKKAH EVENT. THE 26th WAS, OF COURSE, THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS. MS. HALL WENT OUT THERE THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS. SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS GOING TO BE OUT THERE WORKING ANYWAY. SHE WASN'T GOING TO BE OUT THERE WORKING. SHE TOLD ME THAT BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT I WOULD STOP HER FROM DOING IT. SHE WENT OUT THERE TO SET UP THE HANUKKAH EVENT. WITH A COUPLE OF OTHER PARKS AND REC EMPLOYEES FOR LIKE TWO HOURS TO HELP SUPPORT PEOPLE AT 33647 HAVE A NICE HANUKKAH EVENT. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE HER A SHOUT-OUT FOR THAT. I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL. SHE'S SO NICE. A COUPLE OF QUICK MOTIONS, IF I MAY. WRITTEN STAFF REPORT. K-BAR RANCH WE HAD PASSED FUNDS FOR DESIGN, FOR THE K-BAR RANCH PARK. THERE ARE GOING TO BE PLANS FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH. I WANT A WRITTEN REPORT FOR JANUARY 23rd ON PARKS AND RECREATION'S PLANS FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND MEETINGS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: SORRY TO INTERRUPT. NOT QUITE SURE. NOT SURE ABOUT THE DEADLINE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT'S A WRITTEN REPORT. >>LYNN HURTAK: THE DEADLINE IS TOMORROW TO GET IT IN. >>LUIS VIERA: SORRY. OKAY. THANK YOU. IT'S FEBRUARY 6. AND IT'S WRITTEN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? FEBRUARY 6 WRITTEN REPORT. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALSO A WRITTEN REPORT ON FEBRUARY 6 FROM MOBILITY ON THE STATUS OF REPAVING OF NORTH BOULEVARD. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >>LUIS VIERA: THEN I WANTED TO AMEND ON FEBRUARY 6, WE HAVE A REPORT WITH TFR ON A COUPLE OF ISSUES, INCLUDING STATION 24. I WANTED TO AMEND MY MOTION TO MAKE SURE THAT LOCAL 754 ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AS WELL, ALONG WITH TFR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? >>LUIS VIERA: THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. >>GWEN HENDERSON: NOTHING, SIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I HAVE A COUPLE OF MOTIONS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I RECOGNIZE CHAIRMAN MANISCALCO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO RATIFY AND CONFIRM THE COMMENDATION PRESENTED TO THE FAMILY OF THE LATE FRANK REDDICK FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER ON JANUARY 3, 2025 FOR HIS FUNERAL. COUNCILMAN MIRANDA AND I ATTENDED. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM CHAIRMAN MANISCALCO. A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. AYES HAVE IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT IS I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PRESENT A COMMENDATION OFF-SITE TO THE TOBO FOUNDATION AT THEIR 45th ANNUAL MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. LEADERSHIP BREAKFAST ON JANUARY 20. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA -- COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, SECOND FROM -- ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WOULD LIKE TO WISH MY GREAT AUNT A HAPPY 93rd BIRTHDAY. KATARINA. ♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATARINA ♪ >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SHE'S MY GRANDMOTHER'S SISTER WHO LIVES IN SICILY. SHE LIVES HERE IN LUTZ. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I HAVE ONE THING. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE WORKSHOP THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 30th FOR THE STREETCAR BECAUSE I WILL NOT BE HERE TO MAY 22. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. I'VE SPOKEN TO STAFF REGARDING MY MOTION MADE ON DECEMBER 19, 2025. IT IS THE STAFF TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN REPORT WITH THE NUMBER OF CURRENT LEASES THE CITY HAS FOR LAND AND/OR BUILDINGS AND FOR EACH THE MONTHLY COST, LENGTH OF LEASE AND USE OF THE LEASE BUILDING OR LAND. I WANT TO CHANGE MY MOTION TO CLARIFY THAT THE REQUEST IS FOR LEASES IN WHICH THE CITY IS THE TENANT, SLASH, LESSEE, AND THAT THE REPORT WILL BE PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL ON MARCH 27, 2025. REAL ESTATE STAFF REQUESTED ADDITIONAL TIME TO GATHER THE INFORMATION FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND TO REVIEW DETAILS OF THE LEASES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK, ANYTHING ELSE? >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. REGARDING AGENDA ITEM 59, THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE STAFF REPORT BY MS. FEELEY, I'VE SPOKEN TO MS. FEELEY AND SHE WILL PROVIDE A WRITTEN UPDATE ON JANUARY 23rd, 2025, AND WILL BE IN PERSON FOR THE NEXT LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATE REPORT ON FEBRUARY 6, 2025, WHICH IS ALREADY ON THE COUNCIL CALENDAR. IT IS THE MONTHLY REPORT. I KNOW IT SAYS THE 23rd. I KNOW IT HAS TO BE IN BY TOMORROW, BUT SHE'LL HAVE IT DONE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANYTHING ELSE? >>LYNN HURTAK: NO. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I'M SORRY. I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THAT TODAY IS A SPECIAL DAY FOR THE UNITED STATES WITH PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER AND HIS FUNERAL BEING AT THE CATHEDRAL IN WASHINGTON, D.C. SO MUCH FOR WHAT PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER AND POST-PRESIDENCY STOOD FOR, THINGS THIS COUNCIL DEALS WITH EVERY DAY ON HOUSING, HUMANITARIAN ISSUES AND KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE. THE PRECEDENT THAT PRESIDENT CARTER SET FOR PUBLIC SERVICE AND THEN ALSO THE LIFE THAT WE LEAD OUTSIDE OF THE OFFICIAL DUTIES THAT WE HAVE CAN BE SO CONSEQUENTIAL TO OUR COMMUNITY, OUR STATE AND OUR NATION AND THE WORLD THAT I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE HIS CONTRIBUTIONS AND BE THANKFUL THAT HE WALKED AMONG US. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AMEN. MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA WITH A SECOND FROM VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. WE ARE ADJOURNED. [ SOUNDING GAVEL ] >>TED KEMPTON: THE JANUARY 6 PUCK WILL BE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA'S ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION. I AM TED KEMPTON, CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION. IF YOU WERE HERE TO PRESENT A PROJECT, YOU HAVE LIMITED TIME TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION AND WE SUGGEST BEING THOROUGH AND CONCISE. WHEN COMING TO THE MICROPHONE, YOU NEED TO IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND, YOU RELATIONSHIP TO THE PROJECT. THE COMMISSIONERS WILL NOT ASK ANY QUESTIONS DURING YOUR PRESENTATION. YOUR PROJECT SHOULD BE PRESENTED IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER: SITE PLAN, ELEVATIONS, ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS AND WALL SECTIONS. STAFF WILL THEN PRESENT THEIR REPORT. WE WILL THEN ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE STATE AND SPELL YOUR NAME CLEARLY IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST A PROJECT. YOUR TIME WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. SO TAKE SOME TIME NOW TO SUMMARIZE YOUR COMMENTS BECAUSE THREE MINUTES GOES BY VERY QUICKLY. FOLLOWING PUBLIC COMMENT, THE COMMISSIONERS WILL ASK QUESTIONS IN THE SAME ORDER AS THE PRESENTATION. NEXT, THE APPLICANT WILL HAVE A FIVE MINUTES FOR REBUTTAL. THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL THEN BE CLOSED. AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED, NO FURTHER TESTIMONY CAN BE GIVEN. THE COMMISSIONERS WILL THEN DISCUSS THE CASE AND WE WILL MAKE OUR DECISION BASED ON CHAPTER EVERY 27 OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES, THE DESIGN GUIDELINES, THE SECRETARY OF INTERIOR STANDARDS, HISTORIC PRESERVATION DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE COMMENTS, AND THE TESTIMONY GIVEN AT THE PUBLIC HEARING. THE ARC CAN ONLY ACT ON ITEMS THAT ARE WITHIN OUR SPECIFIC JURISDICTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY. OWNER-AGENTS ARE INDEPENDENTLY RESPONSIBLE TO OBTAIN ANY APPROPRIATE PERMITS AND/OR APPROVALS. IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO, PLEASE SILENCE CELL PHONES. AND WE WILL START ON MY LEFT WITH INTRODUCTIONS OF THE COMMISSIONERS. >>DAN MYERS: DAN MYERS, ARCHITECT. >>CAROLE POST: CAROLE POST, THE PUBLIC POLICY REPRESENTATIVE. >>JOHN PROKOP: JOHN PROKOP, I PRACTICE ARCHITECTURE. >>ELENA PARAS KETCHUM: ELENA PARAS KETCHUM, ATTORNEY REP. >>BRIAN HAMMOND: BRIAN HAMMOND. >>TED KEMPTON: WE HAVE AI LEXIS GUZMAN. DANA CROSBY COLLIER, ATTORNEY. AND JOHN MARSH FROM THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, STEVEN EYSTER FROM NATURAL RESOURCES AND SAM THOMAS FROM THE ZONING DEPARTMENT. >>RON VILA: GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS, RON VILA, STAFF FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION. IF WE CAN GET A MOTION FOR THE READING OF THE MINUTES DECEMBER 2 2024? >>JOHN PROKOP: MOVE TO ACCEPT. >>CAROLE POST: GO AHEAD. >>TED KEMPTON: IS THERE A SECOND. >>CAROLE POST: SECOND. >>TED KEMPTON: A MOTION AND A SECOND TO MOVE THE MINUTES. SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR HAND. AYE. MOTION PASSES. >>RON VILA: UNDER ANNOUNCEMENTS, WE WILL HAVE A WEDNESDAY NIGHT MEETING. WE HAVE TWO CASES FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WE ALREADY HAVE A QUORUM. FIVE OF THE COMMISSIONERS STATED THEY COULD ATTEND. ALSO, WE HAVE THE STAFF APPROVALS THAT WE SUBMITTED INTO YOUR PACKETS. THIS IS PART OF THE ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE TO SUBMIT THIS EVERY MONTH. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR PUBLICATION THAT WE DO MONTHLY WELL. THIS IS THE TAMPA'S "BRICK AND MORTAR." ONLINE IF ANYBODY WANTS TO FOLLOW IT. THIS MONTH, WE FOCUSED ON RESIDENTIAL AND RETAIL NEW DEVELOPMENT IN YBOR CITY. AND THAT IS GOING TO BE THE -- THE PRESERVATION IN PROGRESS SEGMENT I AM ABOUT TO DO AS WELL. SO MOVING INTO THAT SEGMENT FOR PRESERVATION IN PROGRESS. IT IS ON THE CORNER OF NUCCIO, 7th AND 8th AVAVENUE. ASAS I CONSTRUCTION. PRETTY LARGE REQUEST THAT CAME FORWARD AND RECEIVED APPROVAL. WE HAVE TWO STRUCTURES THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE. AND THEN ON 7th AVENUE, THE NEW CONSTRUCTION WHICH IS FOUR STORIES STARTS HERE, THEN GOES DOWN NUCCIO AND THIS IS 8th AVENUE AND CONTINUES TO 8th AVENUE AND TERMINATES ON 15 st STREET. THIS IS THE 1929 SANBORN MAP WE LIKE TO SHOW. THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS HIGHLIGHTED WITH THE STAR HERE. YOU SEE SOME OF THE FABRIC AROUND IN 1929. THE RED INDICATED BRICK CONSTRUCTION. THE YELLOW WAS FRAME CONSTRUCTION. THERE IS AN ALLEY THAT RUNS IN BETWEEN THE SUBJECT SITE BACK IN 1929. AS PART OF THAT COMING FORWARD, THE ALLEY WAS VACATED FOR THE PROJECT AND IT IS AN INTERNAL PORTION TO THE -- TO THE REQUEST THAT CAME FORWARD. THIS -- THIS WAS AN EXISTING STRUCTURE. THIS WAS AN EXISTING STRUCTURE ALONG 7th AVENUE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE FABRIC THAT WE INCORPORATED HERE, WE LOOK AT THE SCALE AND THE MASSING AND WE LOOK AT THE SETBACKS. WE LOOK AT THE FABRIC THAT IS AROUND THERE AND WAS TELLING US THROUGH THE SANBORN MAP AND THE CURRENT -- CURRENT LAND THAT IS OUT THERE TODAY TO MOVE FORWARD. AS THEY CAME FORWARD FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION, A FOUR-STORY MIXED USE. AS I STATED RETAIL AND RESIDENTIAL. THEY ASKED FOR A COUPLE OF VARIANCES FOR THE LOADING BERTH SPACE REDUCTION AND MANEUVERING IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. THERE WAS NO VARIANCE FOR HEIGHT. THIS ZONING CLASSIFICATION IS YC-1. PARKING IS NOT REQUIRED. THIS PROJECT CAME FORWARD WITH ZERO PARKING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REQUEST. THIS IS THE SITE PLAN. ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE 7th AVENUE. WE HAVE NUCCIO. WE HAVE WHAT WAS AN ALLEY THAT WAS VACATED. 8th AVENUE. ON THE MAIN FLOOR, WE HAVE THE RETAIL. AND THEN ABOVE THAT, YOU HAVE THE RESIDENTIAL. I WAS JUST GOING TO SHOW THE RENDERING THAT ARE HERE. AND THEN WE HAVE SOME PICTURES TO ASSIST IN THIS. THIS IS THE OVERALL SOUTH ELEVATION WHICH IS 7th AVENUE. YOU SEE THE UNDULATION OF THE BUILDING, HOW THE TOPS KIND OF VARY TO BE DISTINCTIVE, TO BREAK DOWN THE MASSING. YOU SEE SOME OF THE ARTICULATION ON THE BUILDING. YOU SEE SOME BALCONIES THAT ARE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT. YOU SEE THE LOWER STOREFRONTS FOR THE RETAIL. AND THEN YOU SEE SOME ARTICULATION, SOME ARCH WORK. AND IRON WORK AS WELL. THIS IS MOVING TO THE CEREMONIAL FRONT, WHICH IS ON THE CORNER OF NUCCIO AND 7th. THIS IS THE NORTH ELEVATION OFF OF 8th. AND SOME PICTURES, TOO, TO HOP OUT TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THOSE RENDERING WERE TELLING YOU. BUT YOU HAVE THE GATEWAY THAT IS ON 7th AVENUE. YOU HAVE THE NEW CONSTRUCTION. AS YOU ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT HERE, THIS IS THAT FACADE. AS YOU BREAK DOWN THE 7th AVENUE FACADE, YOU SEE THE INCORPORATION OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTS TO BREAK DOWN THE MASSING THAT IS DONE WITH COLOR, THAT IS DONE WITH MATERIAL. AND THE ARTICULATION AS WELL. AND YOU SEE THE LOWER STOREFRONT HERE, HOW IT CHANGES THE VARIETY OF THE STOREFRONT IS INDICATIVE OF THE STOREFRONTS ALONG 7th AVENUE AS WELL. THIS IS ON THE CORNER OF 7th AND NUCCIO. AND AS YOU TURN THE CORNER, YOU HAVE THE ALLEY THAT IS KIND OF PICKED UP HERE IN BETWEEN THE BUILDING. AND HERE IN BETWEEN THE BUILDING. THE ALLEY WAS AREN'TED. THE ALLEY, ALTHOUGH IT HAS BEEN VACATED, IS AN OPEN ADVICE THAT THAT YOU CAN SEE AND PART OF THE PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY AS YOU GET INTO THE COMPLEX. IN REVIEWING THE PROJECT, WE LOOK AT THE YBOR CITY DESIGN GUIDELINES AND WE LOOK AT THE SECRETARY OF INTERIOR STANDARDS FOR REHABILITATION. THE STANDARDS IS PRETTY SILENT ON NEW CONSTRUCTION, AND BASICALLY IT TALKS ABOUT THE SCALE AND THE MASSING AND THE SETBACK SHOULD COMPLEMENT THE ENVIRONMENT THAT IS THERE TODAY. AND JUST GOING TO THE SECRETARY OF INTERIOR STANDARDS AGAIN, WHAT IS REMD. Y -- RECOMMENDED. IT IS A NEW DESIGN THAT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE HISTORICAL SETTING. THE INTERIOR STANDARDS AND TO HAVE THE APPLICANT COME FORWARD TO GET AN APPROVAL FROM THE BOARD TO ULTIMATELY GET A BUILDING PERMIT AND NOW IT IS IN OPERATION. THEY HAVE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENTS THAT ARE RENTED OUT NOW AND SOME OF THE RETAIL COMPONENTS ON ITS MAIN FLOOR AS WELL. THIS WAS A HUGE PROJECT FOR YBOR CITY. >>TED KEMPTON: GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>RON VILA: SO MOVING DOWN ITS AGENDA. WE WILL HAVE LEGAL ADDRESS THE BOARD. >>DANA CROSBY COLLIER: GOOD EVENING, DANA CROSBY COLLIER WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. I NEED TO INQUIRE IF ANY MEMBER HAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITH ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA THIS EVE EVENING? >> NONE. >>DANA CROSBY COLLIER: ANY MEMBER ENGAGED ON AN EX-PARTE COMMUNICATION WITH ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING? >> NONE. >>RON VILA: LITTLE HOUSEKEEPING. MOVE FORWARD ON PAGE ONE OF YOUR AGENDA. WE HAVE SOME CONTINUATIONS TO TAKE CARE OF. THREE CONTINUATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO GO TO THE FEBRUARY 10, 2025 CYCLE. WE WILL NEED ONE MOTION FOR ALL OF THOSE. AND THAT STARTS WITH ARC 24-0000273. ADDRESS OF 611 SOUTH MAGNOLIA. THE SECOND CONTINUATION IS ARC 24-0000431/ REZ 24-0000104, FOR ADDRESS OF 402 SOUTH OREGON AVENUE. AND THEN ITS LAST CONTINUATION TO FEBRUARY 10, 2025 IS ARC 25-000048. ALL THESE CONTINUATIONS WERE REQUESTED BY THE AGENTS TO BE CONTINUED TO THE FEBRUARY 10, 2025. IF YOU CAN GET A MOTION FOR THAT, PLEASE. >>DAN MYERS: MOVE TO CONTINUE ARC 24-0000273 AT 611 SOUTH MAGNOLIA AS WELL AS ARC 24-00000431 AT 402 SOUTH OREGON AVENUE AND ARC 25-0000048 AT 827 BAYSHORE BOULEVARD. MOVE TO CONTINUE THESE TO THE FEBRUARY 10, 2025 PUBLIC HEARING AT 5:30. >>TED KEMPTON: WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR BY SIGNIFICANCE NITA BY SAYING AYE. MOTION PASSES. >>RON VILA: TWO CONTINUATIONS FROM TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING UNTIL WEDNESDAY'S. WE GET THESE CASES IN WE TRY TO BALANCE THEM AND HAVE SOME CONTINUATION AND IT IS A MOVEMENT. WE TRY OUR BEST TO BALANCE THEM. SO WE NEED ONE MORE MOTION FOR ARC 25-0000050 FOR 407 SOUTH DELAWARE AVENUE AND FOR ARC 25-0000054 FOR 800 SOUTH VILLAGE CIRCLE, BLOCK F. BOTH OF THOSE ARE REQUESTED TO BE CONTINUED TO THE JANUARY 8, 2025 PUBLIC HEARING AT 5:30 P.M. A MOTION FOR THAT, PLEASE. >>JOHN PROKOP: I MOVE TO CONTINUE ARC 25-0000050 AT 07 SOUTH AT THE DEAVENUE. AND ARC 25-0000054 AT 800 VILLAGE CIRCLE BLOCK F TO THE WEDNESDAY JANUARY 8, 2025 PUBLIC HEARING AT 5:30 P.M. >> SECOND. >>TED KEMPTON: WE HAVE A SECOND. SHOWING NO DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, READY FOR THE FIRST CASE. >>RON VILA: READY FOR THE SWEAR-IN. ANYONE WHO WISHES TO TESTIFY STAND UP AND MISS GUZMAN WILL SWEAR US IN, INCLUDING STAFF. [SWEARING IN] >> I DO. >>RON VILA: OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM ARC 24-0000336. THIS IS FOR THE ADDRESS OF 1703 WEST JETTON IN THE HYDE PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT. A CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE THAT DATES BACK TO 1916 THAT IS THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE. UNDERLYING ZONING IS RM 24 AND THE REQUEST IS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION AND IN ADDITION TO THE NEW WITH SITE IMPROVEMENTS. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PREVIOUS ACTIONS. THIS CASE HAS BEEN IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD AS EARLY AS 9/9/24. AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT HAS BEEN CONTINUED. THEY RENOTICED. AND THEY ARE HERE TODAY AND CAN MOVE FORWARD. SO MOVING DOWN THE PHOTO PRESENTATION. ONCE AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH THE SANBORN MAP. THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE GREEN BOX. IT IS SECOND IN FROM AN ALLEY THAT RUNS NORTH AND SOUTH. THIS IS ON JETTON. THIS IS ON THE 17th00 BLOCK OF JETTON. AN ALLEY THAT RUNS EAST AND WEST BEHIND THE SUBJECT SITE. IF YOU LOOK IN 1929, YOU SEE SOME OF THE RESIDENTIAL FABRIC. THEN YOU HAVE LARGER STRUCTURES THAT WERE MULTIFAMILY. AND YOU HAVE SOME EMPTY PARCELS HERE. I AM GOING TO SHOW YOU LATER ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WHOLE BLOCK, HOW IT IS TODAY. BUT JUST FOCUSING ON THE SITE. THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITES THAT FACES JETTON. THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION. ALONG THAT PRIMARY CORRIDOR, YOU HAVE A LINEAR SIDEWALK WITH A SMALL RETAINING WALL. THIS IS LOOKING AT THE FRONT ELEVATION AND THE WEST ELEVATION. THIS IS MOVING TO THE EAST SIDE. THIS IS THE FRONT AND THE EAST ELEVATION. IF YOU NOTICE, THESE PICTURES WERE TAKEN IN 8/4. SINCE THEN, WE HAD TWO HURRICANES THAT CAME THROUGH AND CAUSED SOME DAMAGE OF THE SITE. SO THAT APPENDAGE WOULD HAVE BEEN OVER HERE SOMEWHERE. AND IF YOU NOTICE SOME OF THE TREES HAVE BEEN REMOVED AS WELL AS PART OF THE STORM COMING THROUGH. I WILL LET THE AUTHORIZED AGENT ADDRESS THAT. THE LITTLE NODULE THAT RECEIVED SOME DAMAGE THROUGH THE STORM. THIS WAS IN DECEMBER OF 2024. AND THEN BACK IN 8/24, THE STRUCTURE LOOKED LIKE THIS. LIKE THIS AS WELL. AND WHEN THE STORMS CAME THROUGH, THEY HAD TO REMOVE IT. THEY HAVE SOME PICTURES TO SHOW YOU, TO ASSIST IN THE PROJECT MOVING FORWARD. THIS IS FROM THE BACK OF THE SITE. LOOKING TOWARD JETTON. THE ABUTTING STRUCTURE TO THE EAST WHEN THE TREES WERE DAMAGED THROUGH THE STORM. THAT STRUCTURE RECEIVED SOME DAMAGE AS WELL. THIS IS LOOKING AT THE STRUCTURE ON THE WEST SIDE. NO DAMAGE TO THAT. AND TO CONCLUDE WITH THE ALLEY THAT RUNS BEHIND THE SUBJECT SITE TO THE EAST AND TO THE WEST. AND AT THIS POINT, THAT CONCLUDES THE PHOTO PRESENTATION AND I WILL HAVE THE AGENT ADDRESS THE BOARD. >> GOOD EVENING, JAIME MAIER, WITH THE LAW FIRM OF HILL, WARD, HENDERSON REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT, 100 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, SUITE 100.