>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER. MAY I HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? >>BILL CARLSON: HERE. >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE. >> CLENDENIN? HENDERSON? VIERA? MIRANDA? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE. >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU. I HAVE A MEMO FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN THAT HE WILL NOT BE PRESENT THIS EVENING. THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE HERE. THEY WILL BE OUT HERE IN JUST A SECOND. MAY I GET A MOTION TO OPEN ALL THE PUBLIC HEARINGS? MOTION FROM MIRANDA AND SECOND FROM HURTAK. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? HERE THEY COME. >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THERE SHE IS AND THERE HE IS. >>BILL CARLSON: I SENT A MEMO PREVIOUSLY SAYING I WOULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE MY SON IS GETTING AN AWARD. I HAVE TO LEAVE BY ABOUT 5:30. I HOPE TO GET THROUGH AS MUCH AS I CAN BY THEN AND THEN I CAN COME BACK IF WE'RE NOT DONE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE ALREADY OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. MS. FEELEY, ITEMS 1 AND 2 AND THEN WE'LL GO TO HOUSEKEEPING, FOR THE SAKE OF TIME. YOU WANT TO START RIGHT NOW? >>ABBYE FEELEY: YES, PLEASE. I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE THE CLERK GO AHEAD AND SWEAR US IN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THESE ARE NON-QUASI-JUDICIAL FOR 1 AND 2. QUASI-JUDICIAL STARTS AT ITEM NUMBER 5. >>ABBYE FEELEY: IF I COULD HAVE MY PRESENTATION, PLEASE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. ABBYE FEELEY, ADMINISTRATOR FOR DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. WITH ME THIS EVENING, I HAVE DENNIS FERNANDEZ, THE MANAGER OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION, AS WELL AS TONY MULKEY, THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION AND REBECCA JOHNS, SENIOR ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY. AS YOU'RE AWARE, COUNCIL, THE CITY HAS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AGREEMENTS, EASEMENTS, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA AS OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM OVER NUMEROUS YEARS. ON SEPTEMBER 5, THE CITY BROUGHT BEFORE COUNCIL TWO REVISED LEASES. ONE FOR PLANT PARK AND ONE FOR McKAY HALL THAT INCLUDED BOTH A LEASE AND A LAND CONVEYANCE. AT THAT TIME, CITY COUNCIL WANTED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION RELATED TO THE LEASES, THE USE OF PLANT PARK, AND THE LAND ASSOCIATED WITH McKAY AUDITORIUM IN A PUBLIC HEARING FORMAT, WHICH IS WHAT BRINGS US TO YOU THIS EVENING. WE ARE GOING TO DO A BRIEF PRESENTATION. IN JUST A MOMENT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DENNIS TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND. I DO WANT TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE REZONINGS AND HOW THE CITY'S LAND HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THOSE REZONINGS, THE NUMBER OF THEM SINCE 2002 AND PRIOR TO THAT THAT HAVE COME FORWARD BEFORE THIS COUNCIL. WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CITY LANDS AND INTEREST AND THEN REVIEW THE HISTORIC DESIGNATIONS THAT ARE ON THIS PROPERTY AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE LEASES AND THEN APPROVAL. JUST TO GO OVER FOR YOU THE CURRENT CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY, THIS IS A VERY RECENT AERIAL. YOU'LL SEE THE MULTIPURPOSE BUILDING HAS BEEN COMPLETED WHICH WAS THE UNIVERSITY'S NEWEST ADDITION. THIS HAS CASS TO THE NORTH, NORTH BOULEVARD, WHICH GOES DIRECTLY THROUGH THE CAMPUS, WEST KENNEDY ON THE SOUTH AND THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER ON THE EAST. IF I CAN PAUSE FOR A MOMENT, IF I COULD HAVE THE SCREEN TO I CAN SEE MY PRESENTATION IN FRONT OF ME. WITH THAT, THE CAMPUS IS COMPRISED OF 93 ACRES TODAY, AND THAT MOST RECENT REZONING CAME BEFORE THE CITY IN 2019. SO I DO WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO DENNIS FOR JUST A FEW MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE HISTORY AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, SIR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. DENNIS FERNANDEZ, ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION MANAGER. ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO TALK ABOUT THE TAMPA BAY HOTEL, AN ICONIC BUILDING IN OUR CITY. THE TAMPA BAY HOTEL WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1891 BY HENRY B. PLANT AS PART OF THE PLANT SYSTEM OF RAILROADS, STEAMSHIP LINES AND WINTER RESORT HOTELS. HE ACTUALLY HAD EIGHT HOTELS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND I BELIEVE OURS IS MUCH THE SIGNIFICANT VERSION OF THAT. DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT JOHN WOOD IN A MOORISH REVIVAL STYLE. THE LANDSCAPE OF THE GROUNDS WAS DESIGNED BY ANTON FIEHE. RECOGNIZING THE TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL OF THE HOTEL RESORT, THE CITY CONSTRUCTED A BRIDGE ACROSS THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER AT THE END OF LAFAYETTE STREET, REPLACING THE PREVIOUS FERRY. YOU SEE A VERY EARLY PICTURE FROM 1888 OF THAT BRIDGE, WHICH ACTUALLY PIVOTED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT'S CALLED THE BOB TAIL SWING BRIDGE. >> SWING BRIDGE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I TRIED. >> FOLLOWING HENRY B. PLANT'S DEATH, THE CITY ACQUIRED THE HOTEL AND ITS GROUNDS. IN 1905 OPENED PLANT PARK AS A PUBLIC PARK AND LEASED THE HOTEL TO VARIOUS OPERATORS. THE PARK AREA HAD BEEN USED OBVIOUSLY FOR THE LEISURE OF GUESTS BUT ALSO FOR HUNTING AND EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RESORT. >>ABBYE FEELEY: THANKS, DENNIS. I GUESS WHAT BRINGS US TO WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THE HISTORY IS THAT IN 1933, THE TAMPA BAY HOTEL BECAME THE HOME TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA. THE UNIVERSITY ACTUALLY STARTED IN 1930 AT HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AS A JUNIOR COLLEGE AND DOUBLED ITS ENROLLMENT IN THE SECOND YEAR, BECOMING A FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTION. I WANTED TO INCLUDE -- I THINK THAT PREPARING FOR TONIGHT HAS BEEN A HISTORY LESSON FOR ALL OF US, BUT THIS HEADLINE WAS ACTUALLY IN THE TAMPA TRIBUNE IN 1933. I THINK THE QUOTE IS BECOMING, WHICH SAYS, "ABOUT TO PASS INTO OBSCURITY, THE FAMOUS BUILDING IS AGAIN STEPPING INTO ITS ROLE AS ONE OF THE CITY'S LEADING INSTITUTIONS, THIS TIME AS AN EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL CENTER." WE TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY TODAY. IT IS 93 ACRES. IT'S ZONED PDA, WHICH YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH. IT HAS A P/SP, PUBLIC/SEMI-PUBLIC LAND USE, UNDERNEATH. THE MOST RECENT REZONING WHICH CAME TO YOU IN 2019 ALLOWS FOR 6,000 BEDS AND TWO AND A HALF MILLION SQUARE FEET OF UNIVERSITY OPERATIONS. TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE IN THE PDA IS 4.8 MILLION. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, WHILE THE CITY OWNS PLANT HALL, PLANT PARK, AND THE LAND UNDER McKAY AUDITORIUM, THOSE THREE ASSETS HAVE BEEN REZONED EVERY TIME THE UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN REZONED AS PART OF ITS CAMPUS. AND THOSE REZONINGS, AS I MENTIONED, THE MOST RECENT IN 2019, I BELIEVE I DID THE 2015 AND PERHAPS THE 2011 AND THERE WAS ONE FROM 2002 AS WELL. ONE OF THE RECENT -- IN THE RECENT REZONING, ONE OF THE UPDATES WAS TO BRING IN ACQUISITIONS THAT THE UNIVERSITY HAD MADE. IT ALSO SERVES AS THEIR CAMPUS MASTER PLAN, AND IT COMMITTED THE UNIVERSITY PROVIDING AN ANNUAL TREE SURVEY TO THE CITY IN JANUARY OF EACH YEAR TO SHOW WHAT THEY WERE PLANTING AND BECAUSE THEY HAD ALLOWANCES FOR REMOVALS IN THEIR PDA, IT ALSO TOUCHED ON THAT. THAT ALREADY ACTUALLY JUST CAME IN I THINK ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. SO, AS I MENTIONED, THE CITY DOES OWN PLANT HALL, PLANT PARK, AND THE LAND LOCATED UNDER McKAY AUDITORIUM. IN 1972, MAYOR GRECO ENTERED INTO TWO LEASES WITH THE UNIVERSITY -- ONE FOR PLANT PARK. SO IN '72, THAT JUST ENDED IN 2022. AND THEN ALSO FOR THE McKAY AUDITORIUM. WE HAVE A LEASE THAT IS ALSO FOR PLANT HALL. THAT WAS STARTED IN 1956, AND THAT'S A 99-YEAR LEASE WHICH WILL COME UP IN JUST ABOUT 32 YEARS. ADDITIONALLY, IN 2011, WITH THE RIVERWALK TRAIL THAT IS CURRENTLY ON THAT WEST SIDE, THE UNIVERSITY GRANTED THE CITY AN EASEMENT AND I CAN SHOW YOU IN THE NEXT SLIDE, WE GO IN THE HISTORIC DESIGNATIONS, THAT AREA IN THE CORNER OF PLANT PARK WHERE THE TRAIL RUNS ALONG JUST NORTH OF THERE IS ALL UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA PROPERTY, AND THAT EASEMENT WAS GRANTED TO THE CITY FROM THE UNIVERSITY IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR CONTINUED PUBLIC UTILIZATION OF THAT TRAIL THAT IS ON THE UNIVERSITY'S PROPERTY. I'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO DENNIS JUST BACK TO TALK ABOUT THE HISTORIC DESIGNATIONS. >> THESE INTERESTS ARE ALSO ENVELOPED WITH A NUMBER OF HISTORIC DESIGNATIONS THAT ARE OVERLAID ON THE PROPERTY. IN 1972, PLANT HALL AND THE GUARDHOUSE WERE LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES. ONE OF THE VERY EARLY DESIGNATIONS IN THE STATE RECOGNIZING THIS SITE FOR ITS HISTORIC VALUE, NOT ONLY LOCALLY, BUT NATIONALLY AND AT A STATE LEVEL. 1976, IT WAS LISTED AS ONE OF THE FIRST NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK SITES IN THE STATE. IN 1989, IT WAS DESIGNATED AS A LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK. THE PLANT HALL PORTION OF THE SITE AND THE GATEHOUSE. EARLY PRESERVATION EFFORTS REALLY FOCUSED ON BUILDINGS MORE THAN SITES. THAT'S BEEN A MORE RECENT DEVELOPMENT. SO IN 2001, RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SITE TO THE BUILDING, THE BOUNDARIES OF THE LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION WERE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE PLANT PARK. PLANT PARK WAS LANDSCAPED WITH OVER 150 DIFFERENT SPECIES OF EXOTIC PLANTS, INCLUDING PALMS, FERNS, ORCHIDS, CACTI TO MATCH THE GRANDEUR OF THE HOTEL. THE LANDSCAPE WAS DESIGNED AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE TROPICAL RESORT HOTEL CONCEPT AND WAS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE TOURIST BROCHURES WHICH ADVERTISED THE LOCATION. YOU SEE A GREAT PICTURE THERE OF THE PARK IN ITS ORIGINAL CONCEPT. THE 2001 EXPANSION OF THE LANDMARK DESIGNATION RECOGNIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PARK TO THE HISTORIC SETTING OF THE TAMPA BAY HOTEL. AND, THEREFORE, WAS JUSTIFIED, THE CRITERIA THAT WAS NECESSARY TO EXPAND THAT LANDMARK DESIGNATION. >>ABBYE FEELEY: THANK YOU, DENNIS. I THINK WHAT'S -- SORRY. SO IN TERMS OF OUR ORIGINAL LEASES FROM 1972, THE PLANT HALL LEASE, AS I MENTIONED, IS A 99-YEAR LEASE, AND ITS PURPOSE IS FOR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY OF HIGHER LEARNING. ITS RESPONSIBILITIES, THE LESSEE MAINTAINS THE BUILDING BOTH EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR AND MAINTAINS FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE AND LIABILITY INSURANCE. LIMITATIONS ON THIS STRUCTURE AND ANY OTHER USE MOVING FORWARD IS DUE TO THAT NATIONAL AND LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. IN ADDITION TO THIS LEASE, THERE'S ALSO AN OPERATING AGREEMENT RELATED TO THE MUSEUM AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS THAT THE CITY AND THE UNIVERSITY ARE IN PARTNERSHIP ON. IN RELATIONSHIP TO PLANT PARK, THAT 50 YEAR LEASE THAT I MENTIONED CAME UP IN 2022 AND THAT REQUIRED THAT THE LESSEE MAINTAIN THE PARK AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE AND LIABILITY INSURANCE. LIMITATIONS TO PLANT PARK ARE THERE'S NO PUBLIC PARKING THERE. THERE ARE NO RESTROOMS. THERE'S PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ONLY FROM WEST KENNEDY BOULEVARD. AND AS WE JUST MENTIONED, IT IS AN HISTORIC LANDMARK AREA. IN THE DISCUSSION THAT TOOK PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 5th, CITY COUNCIL TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF REPROGRAMMING THIS PARK, ABOUT ALLOWING IT TO HAVE OTHER FEATURES OR OTHER USES. AND AS PART OF THAT AND PART OF THIS MOTION IN PREPARING FOR THIS EVENING, TONY DID LOOK -- WE FIRST LOOKED AT WHAT IS THAT HISTORIC DESIGNATION? AND THE HISTORIC DESIGNATION REALLY LIMITS THAT PARK AS A MORE PASSIVE AREA THAT CONTINUES TO HONOR THE DESIGNATION AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT DESIGNATION AND KEEPING THAT IN A WAY THAT IT STILL FUNCTIONS AS THE GRAND LAWN TO WHAT TODAY IS KNOWN AS THE HENRY B. PLANT MUSEUM. THERE ARE OTHER PARKS IN THE AREA THAT OFFER OTHER PROGRAMMING, AND THOSE HAVE INCREASED GREATLY SINCE 2005 TO 2018. IF COUNCIL DOES HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MR. MULKEY IS HERE TO DISCUSS THAT IN CONTEXT OF THE PROGRAMMING FOR PLANT PARK. IN RELATION TO THE McKAY AUDITORIUM -- SORRY, THIS KEEPS JUST FLASHING. IN RELATION TO McKAY AUDITORIUM, THIS WAS ALSO THE 50-YEAR LEASE AT $10 A YEAR. THEY MAINTAIN THE BUILDING AND PROPERTY DAMAGE AND LIABILITY INSURANCE. THE LIMITATIONS, THE PREMISES OF THIS PIECE OF LAND IS GOVERNED BY THAT PDA ZONING. IT ALSO IS COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY THE UT CAMPUS AND THE PREMISES OPERATES ON UT'S PRIVATE UTILITY SYSTEM. I WANT TO TAKE JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES ON THIS. I DID HAVE JUST A SEPARATE AERIAL, IF I COULD GET THE WOLF, PLEASE, FOR A MOMENT. WOLF VISION. THE ELMO. THE PROPERTY HERE IS SHOWN IN YELLOW, SO YOU CAN SEE HOW IT IS PART OF THE FABRIC WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY. AND THEN HERE IS A SURVEY OF THAT PROPERTY AS WELL THAT WENT WITH THE ORIGINAL LEASE FROM 1972. IN RELATIONSHIP TO THIS, I'M GOING TO TALK JUST FOR A FEW MINUTES ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. SO THE CITY OWNS THE LAND, BUT IN 1993 WAS KNOWN AS McKAY AUDITORIUM, CAUGHT ON FIRE. PREDOMINANTLY DESTROYED THE BUILDING. IN 1995, DR. VAUGHN BECAME PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA AND FROM THAT I THINK WHAT WE HAVE PIECED TOGETHER CAME BACK TO THE CITY AND SAID, WE'RE GOING TO REBUILD THIS BUILDING. AND THEY DID A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN IN ORDER TO DO THAT. THEY RAISED THE MONEY AND I READ AN ARTICLE IN PREPARATION FOR THIS EVENING THAT SAID THAT MR. SYKES HAD GIVEN 10 MILLION TO THAT CAPITAL CAMPAIGN AND 7.5 MILLION OF THAT WAS GOING TOWARD THE CONSTRUCTION OF WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS THE SYKES COLLEGE OF BUSINESS. RECONSTRUCTION BEGAN IN 1998. WE NEVER CHANGED OUR LEASE OR TALKED FURTHER THROUGH THAT RECONSTRUCTION OF THAT STRUCTURE THAT WAS PAID FOR BY THE UNIVERSITY BUT IT WAS RECONSTRUCTED AND REOPENED IN 2000. I THOUGHT WHAT WAS INTERESTING ON THIS, AND WE ALL GOT A GOOD GIGGLE, IS THAT WHEN ONE OF THE -- THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BUILDING REOPENING IS IT HAD DATA PORTS. WE ALL THINK ABOUT TODAY HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS IN THE CONTEXT OF THINGS. BUT THIS WAS JUST 24 YEARS AGO THAT THAT WAS CUTTING EDGE. TO THINK WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITH A.I. AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. SO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THAT, WHEN THESE LEASES FIRST CAME BEFORE COUNCIL, IT WAS COUNCIL'S REQUEST THAT WE GET AN APPRAISAL OF THIS PROPERTY, AND I DID SEND THAT TO YOU ALL. AND WE DON'T AGREE WITH SOME OF THE COMPS THAT WERE DONE IN THE APPRAISAL. I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO ALL OF THE DETAILS OF THAT TONIGHT BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S ONLY ONE PIECE OF THE EQUATION OF THIS TOTAL LAND IN TERMS OF THE LAND, THE BUILDING, THE PARTNERSHIP, AND THE OVERALL ZONING OF THE UNIVERSITY. BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THAT OR HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. SO IN 2021, WE WERE AWARE THAT THESE LEASES WERE GOING TO EXPIRE IN '22. WE BEGAN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE UNIVERSITY. REBECCA JOHNS AND MYSELF IN ORDER TO MODERNIZE THE LEASES, BRING THEM INTO TODAY'S WORLD FROM 1972, SO TO SPEAK, INCLUDING REFLECTING THE UNIVERSITY'S CURRENT OPERATIONS, IMPLEMENTING THE CITY'S BUILD GRANT AWARD AND FORMALIZING THE PROCESS FOR UTILIZATION OF PLANT PARK BY THE PUBLIC. THE LEASES DID EXPIRE IN 2022 AND WE'VE BEEN OPERATING ON A MONTH-TO-MONTH BASIS. WHAT IS BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING FOR APPROVAL, AS I THINK WE'VE HAD PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS, WE CANNOT LEASE A PUBLIC PARK FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS WITHOUT A REFERENDUM. SO THERE IS A NEW LEASE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR THE 25 YEARS. THAT INCLUDES A LOT OF THE SAME CONDITIONS. THE UNIVERSITY WILL MAINTAIN THE PARK AND THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY PROPERTY DAMAGE. THEY CARRY THE LIABILITY INSURANCE. WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A RESERVATION SYSTEM FOR THE PUBLIC USE OF THE PARK. THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ACTIVE. IT IS ON UNIVERSITY'S WEB PAGE UNDER THE "ABOUT US." YOU CAN PUT IN A REQUEST TO RESERVE THE PARK IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO USE IT. AND THE NEW LEASE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT A PORTION OF THE PARK WILL BE USED FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION OF THE TRAILS. SO THAT'S ADDING THE OTHER UNIFIED ELEMENTS OF THE TRAIL THAT WILL BE THE SAME DESIGN ELEMENT THROUGH THE WHOLE REST RIVERWALK. THIS LEASE ACKNOWLEDGES THE CITY'S ABILITY FOR THAT SECTION TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN THAT WAY. IN TERMS OF McKAY AUDITORIUM, THIS IS THE SAME. WE HAVE $10 PER YEAR ON THE LEASE FOR THAT. THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS IS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING THAT THE LESSEE MAY ELECT TO TAKE TITLE TO THAT PROPERTY WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE LEASE AMENDMENT. I KNOW WE'VE HAD BRIEFINGS WITH MANY OF YOU AND ALSO THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE UNIVERSITY. IF IT IS COUNCIL'S PLEASURE TO APPROVE THESE TONIGHT, WE RESPECTFULLY WOULD REQUEST THAT. THERE WERE TWO CONDITIONS THAT WE WANTED TO HAVE ADDED TO THIS. THE ONE FOR McKAY AUDITORIUM WOULD BE TO ADD A REVERTER TO THAT CONVEYANCE, THAT IF, IN FACT, IT IS NO LONGER USED FOR UNIVERSITY PURPOSES, THAT THAT CITY WOULD BE RETURNED -- THAT THAT PROPERTY WOULD BE RETURNED TO THE CITY, EXCUSE ME, AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE PLANT PARK LEASE, IS THAT IN THE EVENT THE CITY WOULD WANT TO HOLD -- THAT LEASE NOW CONTAINS HOURS FROM RIGHT NOW IT'S DUSK TO DAWN THAT THE TRAIL IS CLOSED, BUT WITH THE NEW RIVERWALK, WE HAVE COME TO AN AGREEMENT THAT THAT WOULD BE FROM MIDNIGHT TO 5 A.M. SO COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN HAD WANTED THAT IF THE CITY WANTED TO USE IT IN BETWEEN THAT MIDNIGHT TO 5 A.M., THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE, PUT IN LANGUAGE THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REQUEST THAT OF THE UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY WOULD ENTERTAIN THAT REQUEST, WHICH WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TODAY EVEN WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM, BUT THERE WAS A DESIRE TO HAVE THAT WITHIN THE LANGUAGE OF THE LEASES. WITH THAT, I BELIEVE THE UNIVERSITY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION, AND I WOULD TURN IT OVER TO THE PRESIDENT. >> THIS IS CALLED A WOLF? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. GOOD AFTERNOON, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M DR. TERESA DOLLBERG, PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA. I RESIDE AT 128 BISCAYNE AVENUE, TAMPA FLORIDA 33606. I WAS TOLD TO SAY THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE SAT DOWN AND TALKED WITH US IN THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS. THE TAMPA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDED THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA TO PROVIDE HIGHER EDUCATION FOR TAMPA STUDENTS AND A TALENT PIPELINE FOR THE CITY. TODAY, U TAMPA IS A TOP TALENT PROVIDER. I GIVE YOU SOME STATISTICS, SOME OF THE DATA HERE TO SUPPORT WHAT I'M SAYING. WE'RE A TOP TALENT PROVIDER AND WE ALSO HAVE A 1.5 ANNUAL ECONOMIC IMPACT ON THE CITY. OUR PARTNERSHIP INCLUDES THE RESTORATION AND ONGOING MAINTENANCE OF TAMPA'S MOST HISTORIC TREASURES. SO YOU CAN SEE HERE AND ALSO IN THE DETAILED SLIDES THAT WE SENT, THAT WE SPEND OVER $2.5 MILLION OF THE UNIVERSITY'S MONEY EVERY YEAR TO MAINTAIN AND SUPPORT PLANT HALL, PLANT PARK, AND THE HENRY B. PLANT HUMAN. MUSEUM. OUR ONGOING PARTNERSHIP INCLUDES THE WEST RIVERWALK AND TAKING OVER THE CITY'S WATER INFRASTRUCTURE UNDERNEATH THE CAMPUS, ADDING SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL ANNUAL EXPENSES AND ASSUMPTION OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE TO THE UNIVERSITY. AS PRESIDENT, I SEE SIGNIFICANT COLLABORATION AND RESOURCE INVESTMENT IN THIS PARTNERSHIP FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE SERVING THIS CITY WELL AND MAKING THE BEST AND HIGHEST USE OF OUR LEASED AND OWNED PROPERTIES. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DOES THAT CONCLUDE THE PRESENTATION? MS. FEELEY? >> I'LL JUST SAY A COUPLE OF QUICK WORDS. SCOTT GOES ON, ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT OF DESIGN CONSTRUCTION FACILITIES FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA. COULD WE PLEASE HAVE OUR PRESENTATION PUT UP, PLEASE? >>ABBYE FEELEY: CAN WE PLEASE HAVE THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA PRESENTATION? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT WILL COME UP IN JUST A MOMENT. THEY WILL TRANSITION IT OVER. >> CAN I PROBABLY MAKE DO WITHOUT IT WHILE IT'S COMING UP TO BE TIME SENSITIVE HERE. I THINK ABBYE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB REPRESENTING THE RELATIONSHIP AND THE COMPLEXITIES OF THESE PROPERTIES IN RELATION TO OUR CAMPUS. WITH REGARDS TO PLANT PARK, I THINK WE ADDRESSED PREVIOUS CONCERNS BY SETTING UP THE PARK RENTAL PROCESS IN CONJUNCTION WITH PARKS AND REC. JUST IN CASE COUNCIL HAD ANY QUESTIONS, I DID BRING A LOG OF ALL THE CURRENT REQUESTS SINCE THAT PROCESS WAS SET UP, SO THIS DATES BACK TO JANUARY OF 2024 AND THERE HAS NOT BEEN ONE EVENT DISAPPROVED BY THE UNIVERSITY SINCE THAT DAY. THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF THINGS WE APPROVED. FOR INSTANCE, WE SAID NO DUMP TANK WAS ALLOWED WHICH I THINK IS PRETTY FAIR. WE DO GET A COUPLE OF OTHER PHONE CALLS TO TRY TO DO LARGER EVENTS IN THERE, AND USUALLY THOSE CALLS KIND OF FIZZLE OUT ONCE THEY REALIZE THERE'S NO PARKING, RESTROOMS AND POWER AND THEY MOVE ON WITHOUT SUBMITTING A REQUEST. I THINK WE KIND OF WORKED WITH THE CITY. I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD PROCESS THERE. WITH REGARDS TO McKAY, I THINK ONCE AGAIN ABBYE DID A GOOD JOB CONVEYING HOW IT IS INTERWOVEN INTO THE CAMPUS. OUR LAST TWO PDAs DON'T EVEN CALL IT OUT WITH REGARD TO EASEMENTS, OBSTRUCTIONS OR RESTRICTIONS. MOST OF THE UTILITIES UNDERNEATH THE CAMPUS ARE ALL PRIVATE. FOR INSTANCE, ELECTRICAL, IT ENTERS THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF CAMPUS AND ALL PRIVATIZED FROM THERE. THERE'S NO PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE SITE. IT'S ALL PRIVATE ROADWAYS. SO THE NEAREST PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE SITE IS KENNEDY OR NORTH BOULEVARD. SO ONCE AGAIN, THERE ARE A LOT OF FLAWS IN THAT APPRAISAL, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO DIVE INTO THAT, WHICH I WOULD BE HAPPY TO. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. YEAH, I GUESS WITH THAT, TIME SENSITIVE, I'LL CUT MY PRESENTATION SHORT. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF COUNCIL HAS ANY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTING BOTH OF THESE ITEMS. I REVIEWED THE LEASES. I UNDERSTAND THE CHANGES THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE REGARDING THE McKAY AUDITORIUM, IF IT'S NO LONGER USED FOR COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY PURPOSES AND REGARDING THE PARK. MY MOTHER ATTENDED UT. I WAS THERE FOR JUST MY FIRST YEAR AND I WENT OFF TO USF. SO MANY MEMORIES. SO MANY POSITIVE THINGS. EVERY TIME I'M SWORN IN, I'M THIRD TERM, I WEAR A GOLD MINARET LAPEL PIN. IT IS THE SYMBOL OF TAMPA. I CAN TELL YOU AN HOUR-LONG STORY ABOUT WHY THIS PLACE IS SPECIAL, BUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT AND THE STUDENTS THAT GRADUATE AND THE STUDENTS NOT LEAVING, STAYING, DIFFERENT FROM WHEN I WAS THERE, I CAN'T SAY MORE -- ANY MORE POSITIVE THINGS ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY. SO I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS. I'LL DEFER TO COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: JUST A STATEMENT. I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. I WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA. I SAID TO THE PRESIDENT A FEW MINUTES AGO, THE REASON WHY I WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA IS BECAUSE OF GOVERNOR MARTINEZ. HE WAS MAYOR. UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA WAS TRYING TO RECRUIT ME. IT WAS A DIFFERENT FINANCIAL SITUATION THEN. I THOUGHT, WOW, IF THE MAYOR OF TAMPA CAN GO TO THE UNIVERSITY AND BE SO SUCCESSFUL WITH ALL THE THINGS HE DID, IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR ME. THANK YOU TO THE GOVERNOR FOR INSPIRING ME. SCOTT, WE TALKED ABOUT THE BUDGET FOR THE McKAY AUDITORIUM. DR. VAUGHN, PREDECESSOR PRESIDENT WAS A PROFESSOR OF MINE. I STAYED IN TOUCH WITH HIM OVER THE YEARS. HE WAS DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AROUND '92, '93. I REMEMBER HE WAS TRYING TO RAISE ABOUT $40 MILLION. THE RENOVATION OF THE BUILDING WAS GOING TO BE CENTRAL TO IT. HE ENDED UP RAISING, I THINK JOHN SYKES PUT IN 30, 40 MILLION AND THEY RAISED A HUNDRED MILLION. OF THE HUNDRED MILLION, IT WAS MORE THAN 7 MILLION THAT WENT INTO THE BUILDING. UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA SAVED THE BUILDING BUT COMPLETELY REBUILT IT. EVERYTHING ON THE INSIDE IS COMPLETELY BUILT AND PAID FOR, BUT PROBABLY TENS OF MILLIONS. >> IT WAS. THE CONSTRUCTION WAS MORE THAN THAT. AFTER THE FIRE, IT WAS OPEN AIR. IT LAID THERE DERELICT FROM 1993 UNTIL ABOUT '98 WHEN CONSTRUCTION STARTED. >>BILL CARLSON: IF NOT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA, THAT BUILDING MIGHT NOT BE THERE. ALL THE INVESTMENT ON THE GROUND REALLY WAS DONE BY THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA AND THANKS TO JOHN SYKES AND HIS FAMILY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'M JUST SAYING WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF TAMPA, YOU GOT TO INCLUDE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA. IN FACT, I REMEMBER BEING A YOUNG MAN, THAT WAS A HUNDRED YEARS AGO, AND I REMEMBER WALKING THROUGH THE CAMPUS TO GET TO SEE THE TAMPA SMOKERS PLAY THE CUBAN HURRICANES, THE CUBAN PEOPLE IN MIAMI, SUNSET AND SO FORTH, ALL THE TEAMS THEY HAD. I REMEMBER MOST THEY HAD A BEAR AND ALLIGATOR IN THE FURNACE. ANYBODY REMEMBER THAT? PEOPLE LOOK AT ME LIKE I'M INSANE. IT WAS RIGHT THERE CLOSE TO THE BIG GUN. IT WAS A WONDERFUL THING TO SEE THE UNIVERSITY GROW. I REMEMBER WHEN YOU HAD ATHLETES LIKE FREDDY SOLOMON, JACKSON, ALL THOSE THAT PLAYED -- I THINK THEY COULD BEAT ANYBODY IN THE COUNTRY. BEAT TULANE. I THINK MIAMI WAS THERE. NOBODY WANTED TO PLAY UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA. NOT FLORIDA, NOT FLORIDA STATE. THEY WERE AFRAID BECAUSE IT WAS A LITTLE SCHOOL WITH A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND ATHLETICS. I REMEMBER THE COACHES THERE, FINE COACHES THAT WENT ON TO DO BETTER THINGS. JUST A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU AND YOUR STAFF HERE AND ALL THE PEOPLE HERE THAT WENT THERE. YOU HAD A GOVERNOR, A MAYOR AND THE SAME GOVERNOR. YOU HAD MAYOR GRECO, MAYOR CASTOR AND OTHERS WHO WENT THERE. IT'S INCUMBENT UPON ALL OF US TO UNDERSTAND THIS IS NOT ONLY A CULTURAL THING, BUT ECONOMIC THING FOR BOTH THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA AND THE CITY OF TAMPA. IT'S A MARRIAGE THAT SHOULD CONTINUE FOR MANY MORE YEARS TO COME. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON, VIERA, HURTAK. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, CHAIR. CERTAINLY THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA IS A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY. SO MUCH SO THAT SURPRISINGLY MY NIECE FOUND HER WAY FROM MARYLAND TO PLAY LACROSSE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA. IT USED TO BE A RESTAURANT THERE. I MISS THAT. REALLY BEAUTIFUL. WHAT I REALLY APPRECIATE IN MY MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT WAS THE TIME, CARE, AND ATTENTION TO PLANT HALL IS BEAUTIFUL. INCREDIBLE STRUCTURE. TAKES A LOT OF MONEY TO MAINTAIN IT AND EVEN THE RENOVATIONS NECESSARY TO KEEP IT GOING. MORE IMPRESSIVE WAS YOU ALL SAVING OR RESTORING McKAY AUDITORIUM, BECAUSE IT DID SIT EMPTY FOR A FEW YEARS. IT BELONGED TO THE CITY AND WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT AND YOU ALL TOOK IT ON. I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT AS PART OF THE STORY. I HAVE NO PROBLEM SUPPORTING THIS. BUT IT DOES PROVIDE ME WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY TO THE CITIZENS LISTENING AS WELL AS TO THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHEN IT COMES TO HISTORICAL SPACES, THE TIME AND CARE THAT WE HAVE TAKEN ON FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT SHOULD EXIST IN PREDOMINANTLY AFRICAN AMERICAN SPACES AS WELL. I'VE HAD TO SAY THAT BEFORE. THE LOVE AND ATTENTION AND CARE OF PRESERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA WAS NOT REPRESENTED IN SEVERAL SPACES THAT ARE PREDOMINANTLY AFRICAN AMERICAN. I CAN GO ON AND ON AND ON AND LIST THEM. THEY ARE BEYOND GENTRIFIED. SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO SAY THAT. WE HAVE CERTAINLY TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY THROUGH OUR LAWYERS AND EXECUTIVE STAFF, AS WELL AS THE UNIVERSITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA WILL THRIVE FOR A VERY LONG TIME. I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA AND COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I WANT TO SAY BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE. I'LL SUPPORT THESE ITEMS. WE SPOKE A LOT ON THE PHONE. I SAID I WAS GLAD TO DO THAT. I'M USF STETSON COLLEGE OF LAW. UT IS OBVIOUSLY, TO CALL IT A GREAT INSTITUTION IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. WE HAVE THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE WHO HAVE CONNECTIONS WITH UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT I BELIEVE TAMPA HAS -- I MAY BE WRONG -- THREE MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS. SMITH, TAMPA BAY TECH. LOPEZ, HILLSBOROUGH HIGH AND RONALD RAY WHO GRADUATED FROM UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA WITH A BACHELOR IN UNITED STATES HISTORY AND HE WOULD SERVE AS UNDERSECRETARY OF PRESIDENT AFFAIRS FOR PRESIDENT BUSH ONE. GOT THE MEDAL OF HONOR IN VIETNAM AND WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA. SOMETHING TO CERTAINLY LOOK AT. IF YOU WANT TO CONNECT WITH HIM, I HAVE HIS CELL PHONE. LET ME KNOW. AGAIN, GLAD TO SUPPORT THIS. UT IS A WONDERFUL INSTITUTION. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE TWO CIVIL WAR MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS AT WOODLAWN BOULEVARD AS WELL. EVEN MORE. >>LYNN HURTAK: I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EXTRA DETAIL, THE HISTORY, THE BACKGROUND, THE KNOWING ABOUT THE ZONING OF THIS PROPERTY. I ALSO APPRECIATE HAVING LEARNED ABOUT THE NEW RENTAL SYSTEM FOR PLANT PARK. REALLY LOVE THE IDEA OF THE REVERTER. THAT ODDLY ENOUGH MAKES ME MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE ABOUT THIS. BUT ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I REALLY WANTED A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS IS BECAUSE THE CITY OF TAMPA IN PAST ADMINISTRATIONS HAS HAD A HISTORY OF GIVING AWAY PROPERTY. I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO BE AWARE WHEN WE ARE POSSIBLY GIVING AWAY PROPERTY. SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS I WANTED TO HAVE THIS AND THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN DID AS WELL. AGAIN, KNOWING THE HISTORY, KNOWING MORE ABOUT IT, EVERYTHING I'VE LEARNED IN THAT TIME HAS LED ME TO ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THIS GOING FORWARD. AGAIN, HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS. I APPRECIATE THE TIME AND CARE EVERYONE HAS DONE IN MOVING THIS FORWARD. I KNOW THAT COUNCILMAN CARLSON WOULD REALLY LOVE TO VOTE ON THIS SO HE CAN GO CELEBRATE HIS SON. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JUST A TECHNICAL QUESTION BECAUSE COUNCILMAN CARLSON, HIS SON IS GETTING AN AWARD IN A LITTLE BIT, CAN WE ASK TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYBODY AGAINST THIS? DO WE HAVE TO DO ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENT? IS THERE ANYBODY HERE AGAINST THIS? YES, MA'AM, IF YOU WISH. COME ON UP. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> MIMI GRAHAM. THERE ARE THREE OF US HERE THAT ARE REPRESENTATIVES OF FRIENDS OF PLANT PARK. IT WAS AN ORGANIZATION THAT LASTED I'D SAY AROUND 20 YEARS. AND WHAT WE DID WAS TO TRY TO RESTORE THE PARK TO THE TIME OF HENRY B. PLANT. WE WORKED WITH DR. VAUGHN AND WE HAD HIS APPROVAL. WE HAD THE PARK IN FIVE DIFFERENT STAGES TRYING TO BRING IT BACK FROM THE STAR BED TO THE FLAGPOLE OF THE TEDDY ROOSEVELT FLAG. WE PUT BENCHES IN THERE THAT REPRESENTED PEOPLE THAT VISITED THE PARK, FOR EXAMPLE, BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, JACKIE ROBINSON, QUEEN ELIZABETH. WE'VE ALSO DONE THINGS LIKE RESTORE THE PALM WALK. WE GOT SPRINKLERS PUT IN. WE DID EVERYTHING TO TRY AND MAKE IT A BEAUTIFUL PARK. IT HAS BEEN USED. WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE ANYBODY USE THE PARK, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT THE WAY IT IS WITH NO DRASTIC CHANGES. THE OTHER THING IS, TOO, WE HAD IT SURVEYED AND IT'S UNDER PRESERVATION. WE WORKED WITH THE CITY ON THAT, AND WE DID A SURVEY ON IT AS WELL. JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN ORGANIZATION'S POINT OF VIEW. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM. IS THERE ANYBODY THAT IS AGAINST THIS IN ANY WAY AND WISHES TO SPEAK? IF NOT, MR. SHELBY -- YES, MS. JOHNS. >>REBECCA JOHNS: REBECCA JOHNS, LEGAL DEPARTMENT. I WANT TO REMIND YOU IF SO INCLINED IF THERE IS A MOTION TO INCLUDE, WANT TO INCLUDE THE TWO ADDITIONS MS. FEELEY HAD IN THE PRESENTATION, THAT YOU ADD THAT TO YOUR MOTION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MAY I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE ONE AND TWO? WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA -- COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, YOU DO NUMBER ONE. I DIDN'T GRADUATE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: [INAUDIBLE] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JUST MOVE THE RESOLUTION. MOVE THE SUBSTITUTE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: [INAUDIBLE] >>BILL CARLSON: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA AND THIS IS INCLUDING THE REVISIONS THAT WERE ADDED. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NUMBER 1 IS UNANIMOUS. AND NUMBER 2, COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, YOU CAN MOVE THAT ONE. >>BILL CARLSON: I MOVE FILE DEO24-8416 SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WITH THE REVISIONS. >>BILL CARLSON: WITH THE REVISIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON, SECOND FROM MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THAT WAS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>MARTIN SHELBY: FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE RECORD AND THE TRANSCRIPT -- [ SOUNDING GAVEL ] COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN WAS ABSENT ON THE RECORD. [ SOUNDING GAVEL ] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JUST A MOMENT. >>BILL CARLSON: I'VE GOT TO GO SEE MY SON. SO MANY IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE. I ASKED THE PRESIDENT BECAUSE I REALLY WANTED TO VOTE ON IT, CAN WE LIMIT PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT THANK YOU TO ALL THE REALLY IMPORTANT PEOPLE FOR COMING HERE BECAUSE THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA IS A GREAT CAUSE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: NO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PLEASE READ IT WITH CLENDENIN BEING ABSENT AT VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIES WITH CLENDENIN BEING ABSENT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. MS. DOCK, DO YOU WANT TO CLEAN UP THE AGENDA? >>LaCHONE DOCK: YES. GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: EXCUSE ME. [ SOUNDING GAVEL ] YES MA'AM. >>LaCHONE DOCK: THANK YOU, COUNCIL. LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. PRIOR TO CLEARING THE AGENDA, IF I COULD TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO INTRODUCE -- I WOULD LIKE TO REINTRODUCE LEO DEBART LATEN. HE IS URBAN PLANNER 2 IN THE OFFICE. HE PRESENTED THE LAST HEARING WE HAD, WE INTRODUCED HIM IN THE SUMMER, THEN THE STORMS, DIDN'T HAVE TWO MEETINGS AND THEN HE PRESENTED THE LAST HEARING. I WANTED TO GIVE A BRIEF INTRO. URBAN PLANNER 2. HE HANDLES ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES APPLICATIONS IN OUR OFFICE. LEO WAS URBAN PLANNER 1 IN DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. IN THAT ROLE HE PROCESSED ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEWS FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES, SPECIAL USE 1s AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW PROCESSES. THAT GAVE HIM A GREAT BACKGROUND FOR THE ROLE THAT HE HAS IN THIS POSITION IN URBAN PLANNER 2. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES NIGHTS YOU WILL SEE LEO PRESENTING ON -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: STAND UP. >>LaCHONE DOCK: YES, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF HIM. ON THE NIGHTS OF REZONINGS, THAT'S WHEN YOU WILL SEE THE OTHER URBAN PLANNERS, SAM, STEPHANIE, AND CHRIS. I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT FOR THE RECORD AND INTRODUCE THEM AGAIN. THANK YOU. WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JENNIFER MALONE WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION. WE HAVE ONE ITEM THAT'S FOR CONTINUANCE. THAT'S ITEM 3. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, ITEM 4. >>LaCHONE DOCK: ITEM 4. I'M SORRY. ITEM 4. THE REQUEST IS TO CONTINUE THE ITEM TO JUNE 12. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEM NUMBER 4 TO JUNE 12, 2025, 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602 AT 5:01 P.M. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? >>LaCHONE DOCK: ONE OTHER ITEM, IF I MAY, ON ITEM 5 I WANT TO CLARIFY FOR THE RECORD THAT THAT REQUEST IS FOR A LARGE VENUE BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR CONSUMPTION ON-PREMIS ONLY. IN THE TOP PORTION OF THE AGENDA FOR ITEM 5 IT SAYS WITH PACKAGE SALES, BUT IT IS CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES ONLY. >> NO PACKAGE SALES. WE'LL START OFF WITH ITEM 3. MS. MALONE, 3. >> I'LL BE UP HERE BRIEFLY. I'LL INTRODUCE QUINN STEELE. SHE IS WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THIS IS HER FIRST PRESENTATION FOR YOU ALL TONIGHT. I WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. WELCOME TO TAMPA CITY COUNCIL. GO AHEAD. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. >> QUINN STEELE, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF. TODAY I'LL BE PRESENTING TA/CPA 24-12 WHICH IS A MAP AMENDMENT FOR 801 EAST 26th AVENUE. THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU IS PRIVATELY INITIATED AND SMALL SCALE COVERING APPROXIMATELY 1.61 ACRES. AND THE REQUEST IS TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM RESIDENTIAL 20 TO COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35. HERE IS A GENERAL LOCATION MAP. THE SUBJECT SITE IS WITHIN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT, THE EAST TAMPA URBAN VILLAGE AND VM YBOR NEIGHBORHOOD. HERE IS AN AERIAL PHOTO OF THE SUBJECT SITE OUTLINED IN YELLOW. GENERALLY LOCATED BETWEEN NORTH NEBRASKA AVENUE AND I-275 OFF OF EAST 26th AVENUE. JUST NORTH IS BORRELL PARK. TO THE EAST WE HAVE A DAY CARE AND A CHURCH. TO THE SOUTH AND THE WEST ARE SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOMES. THERE ARE ALSO TWO VACANT LOTS HERE OWNED BY D.O.T. ACROSS I-275 IS ROBLES PARK AND ROBLES PARK VILLAGE. THIS PHOTO IS LOOKING EAST DOWN EAST 26th AVENUE TOWARDS 3322 NORTH NEBRASKA AVENUE, BORRELL PARK IS ON THE LEFT AND THE SUBJECT SITE IS ON THE RIGHT. THIS IS LOOKING WEST DOWN EAST 26th AVENUE TOWARDS 3321 NORTH TALIAFERRO AVENUE AND I-275. THE SUBJECT SITE IS OUT OF FRAME TO THE LEFT. THESE ARE THE PROPERTIES LOCATED TO THE SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE ALONG EAST PLYMOUTH STREET. AND LOOKING SOUTH ON EAST 26th AVENUE DIRECTLY TOWARDS THE SUBJECT SITE. THE ADOPTED FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATES THE SITE AS RESIDENTIAL 20, WHICH IS OUTLINED IN BLACK. JUST NORTH IS REC OPEN SPACE WHICH IS BORRELL PARK. TO THE EAST IS COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35 AND TO THE SOUTH AND THE WEST IS RESIDENTIAL 20. AS YOU MOVE NORTH AND EAST ALONG NEBRASKA, THE DESIGNATION TRANSITIONS TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL 35 AND RESIDENTIAL 10. THIS MAP SHOWS THE PROPOSED FUTURE LAND USE AS COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35, WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR 2.0 F.A.R. OR 35 DWELLING UNITS AN ACRE. UNDER THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL 20 DESIGNATION, THE SITE CAN BE CONSIDERED FOR 32 DWELLING UNITS OR JUST OVER 35,000 SQUARE FEET OF NONRESIDENTIAL USES SUBJECT TO LOCATIONAL CRITERIA. UNDER THE PROPOSED COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35, IT CAN BE CONSIDERED FOR 56 DWELLING UNITS OR JUST OVER 140,000 SQUARE FEET OF RESIDENTIAL OR NONRESIDENTIAL USES. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD INTRODUCE THE POTENTIAL CONSIDERATION FOR COMMERCIAL GENERAL USES AND INCREASE THE DENSITY AND INTENSITY ACROSS THE SITE. DURING OUR AGENCY REVIEW PROCESS, NONE OF THE AGENCIES RAISED ANY CONCERNS WITH THE REQUEST. IT ALSO WENT BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND WAS FOUND CONSISTENT WITH THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES. THE REQUEST WOULD PROMOTE DENSITY NEAR TRANSIT AS IT'S IN PROXIMITY TO NORTH NEBRASKA AVENUE WHICH IS A DESIGNATED TRANSIT EMPHASIS CORRIDOR AND ALSO PROVIDES PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. AND IT WOULD ALSO PROMOTE A MIXTURE OF USES AND PROVIDE INFILL IN A CURRENTLY VACANT SITE. THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THAT THE PROPOSED MAP AMENDMENT BE FOUND CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES OF THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? MR. MANASSE. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, SIR. >> GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL. RYAN MANASSE WITH JOHNSON POPE, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING. IF I COULD HAVE THE PRESENTATION PULLED UP BY CCTV. AGAIN, WE'RE HERE TONIGHT FOR 801 EAST 26th AVENUE, TA/CPA 24-12, AS STAFF STATED WE ARE REQUESTING CHANGE FROM R-20 TO CMU 35 CATEGORY. THE REQUEST INCLUDES JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE HALF OF THE VACATED NORTH MITCHELL AVENUE WHICH IS TO THE WEST AND THEN HALF OF THE VACATED ALLEY ALONG THE EASTERN BOUNDARY. THAT WAS DONE BY A PREVIOUS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT REZONING AS WELL AS VACATING. JUST TO POINT OUT -- I'M SORRY, THAT PLANNED DEVELOPMENT WAS FOR MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT. SO ANY APPROVAL TO R-20 TO CMU 35 WOULD REQUIRE THAT PD TO COME BACK BEFORE YOU AND BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED FOR ANY ADDITIONAL INTENSITY OR DENSITY. THE PROPERTY IS WITHIN THE EAST TAMPA URBAN VILLAGE. IT'S ABOUT HALF A BLOCK FROM NEBRASKA AVENUE WHICH AGAIN IS A MAJOR MIXED USE CORRIDOR. ADDITIONALLY CMU 35 IS ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY ON THE EASTERN BOUNDARY AND I THINK A LITTLE PORTION OF THE SOUTHERN AS WELL. ACCORDING TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE LONG-TERM GOAL FOR URBAN VILLAGES IS TO PROVIDE A LIVING AND POSSIBLY A WORKING ENVIRONMENT FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT HAS A DEFINITE URBAN FLAVOR WHICH UNIQUELY BELONGS TO TAMPA WHICH AGAIN WE THINK THE CMU 35 REQUEST CAN ACTUALLY BRING. SO THE CONCLUSION OF THE PC STAFF REPORT WHICH WE AGREE WITH IS THAT THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING PATTERN OF LAND USE CATEGORIES IN THE AREA. ADDITIONALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT ROBLES PARK WHICH IS LOCATED ABOUT A QUARTER MILE NORTHEAST, WAS APPROVED IN 2021, WHICH MIRRORS A REQUEST. OBVIOUSLY, THAT ONE WAS A LOT LARGER. AGAIN, CMU 35 ABUTTING THE R-20, MAKING THIS REQUEST COMPARABLE AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SURROUNDING LAND USE CLASSIFICATIONS. JUST A PICTURE OF THE ACTUAL COMP PLAN MAP AS IT IS. OUR REQUEST WOULD ALLOW FOR THAT POTENTIAL OF A MIXED USE INFILL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. AND EMPLOYMENT AREAS. ALSO, THE REQUEST WOULD INCREASE THE USE OF THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROMOTE ADDITIONAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES. JUST TO POINT OUT CITY OF TAMPA PLANNING DOES ISSUE A REPORT FOR THESE CPA AMENDMENTS AS YOU'RE AWARE. THERE'S TWO CRITERIA THAT THEY LIST IN THE REPORTS. THEY FOUND THAT WE MET THOSE CRITERIA AND THERE WERE NO OTHER OBJECTIONS FROM CITY AGENCIES. THE NEXT FOUR SLIDES -- AND I'M NOT GOING TO READ THEM -- BUT THEY ARE A PART OF THE RECORD. I DID SUBMIT THIS PRESENTATION TO THE CLERK. THERE ARE POLICIES -- GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES THAT SUPPORT OUR REQUEST. AND THEN IN CLOSING, OUR REQUEST PROMOTES REASONABLE EXPANSION OF THE CMU 35 CATEGORY IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, COMPARABLE AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING LAND USES IN THE AREA. THE REQUEST IS NEARLY IDENTICAL TO ROBLES PARK AMENDMENT THAT I EXPLAINED EARLIER THAT WAS APPROVED IN 2021. AGAIN, STAFF FOUND THE REQUEST CONSISTENT. PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED AND FOUND IT APPROVABLE AND PASSED THAT ON TO YOU, CITY COUNCIL, AND WE HAVE RECEIVED ACTUALLY THREE LETTERS OF SUPPORT THAT WERE PART OF THE RECORD AND THEY ARE SUBMITTED IN OnBase, I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT IT IS CALLED NOW. NOT SIRE ANYMORE. WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? >>GWEN HENDERSON: I'M KIND OF EXCITED -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 3? I SEE NO ONE. MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? COUNCILMAN VIERA, WOULD YOU MIND READING ITEM NUMBER 3? >>LUIS VIERA: MOVE AN ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT, FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 801 EAST 26th AVENUE FROM RESIDENTIAL 20, R-20 TO COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35, CMU, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? >> THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU, SIR. IT WAS UNANIMOUS WITH CLENDENIN BEING ABSENT AND CARLSON. >>THE CLERK: MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON BEING ABSENT AT VOTE AND CLENDENIN BEING ABSENT. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 20, 2025 AT 10 A.M. IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33602. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT, FOR ITEMS 5 AND 6, THEY ARE QUASI-JUDICIAL. IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE SPEAKING ON 5 OR 6, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE WILL SWEAR YOU IN. IF YOU WILL BE SPEAKING ON 5 OR 6, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. [OATH ADMINISTERED] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GO AHEAD, SIR. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN. LEO, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. AB 2-24-46, PROPERTY AT 1901 EAST 7TH AVENUE. THE APPLICANT IS COLIN RICE. THE PROPERTY OWNER IS 701 GARBER INVESTMENTS LLC. THE REQUEST IS FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES LARGE VENUE, BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR, CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES ONLY. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING AB SALES AND 16,600 SQUARE FEET OF INDOOR AREA AND 2,337 SQUARE FEET OF OUTDOOR AREA FOR TOTAL AB SALES AREA OF 18,937 SQUARE FEET. HOURS ARE CONSISTENT WITH CHAPTER 14. THERE ARE NO PARKING REQUIREMENTS IN THE YBOR CITY HISTORIC DISTRICT. I'M GOING TO PLACE THE AERIAL MAP OF THE SITE HERE. THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE OUTLINED HERE IN RED. THE SITE IS ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF EAST 7TH AVENUE AND NORTH 19th STREET. THE PROPERTY IS ZONED YC-1, WHICH IS THE CENTRAL COMMERCIAL CORE IN YBOR CITY. YOU CAN SEE THAT PATTERN ALONG EAST 7TH AVENUE HERE. THE SITE PLAN PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT AND THE ELEVATIONS THAT I'LL PULL UP HERE IN A MINUTE. APPLICANT CURRENTLY HAS APPROVAL FOR AB SALES FOR SPECIAL RESTAURANT FOR THE SALE OF BEER AND WINE ON THE FIRST FLOOR ONLY. THE REQUEST WILL ADD LIQUOR AND CHANGE THE DESIGNATION TO A LARGE VENUE. THIS IS THE PLAN SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT. YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY HERE IN BOLD. YOU CAN SEE THE PROPOSED AREA FOR AB SALES ON THESE DEPICTIONS HERE. THERE ARE A FEW OUTDOOR AREAS HERE. ON THE SECOND FLOOR, I'LL DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY. AND BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING, THIS BALCONY AREA THAT'S SHOWN AS PROPOSED AB SALES AREA WILL BE REMOVED AS IT'S NOT ON THE PROPERTY AND IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. THESE ARE ELEVATIONS OF THE PROPOSED ADDITIONS TO THE THIRD LEVEL. I ALSO HAVE SOME PICTURES OF THE SITE HERE. THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE NORTH ELEVATION. YOU CAN SEE THIS IS 7th AVENUE HERE AND THIS IS NORTH 19th STREET. THIS IS THE BALCONY AREA THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE INCLUDED IN THE AB SALES AREA. THIS IS ANOTHER VIEW FROM 7th AVENUE. THIS IS FACING EAST ON 7th AVENUE. THE SITE WILL BE ON THE RIGHT. THIS IS FACING WEST. YOU CAN SEE THE ACROPOLIS RESTAURANT HERE AND THE SUBJECT SITE WILL BE ON THE LEFT THERE. ANOTHER PHOTO OF THE RESTAURANT. THIS IS THE WEST ELEVATION OFF OF 19th STREET. HERE IS ANOTHER PHOTO OF THE SITE, THE WEST PORTION OF THE SITE. YOU CAN SEE THE REAR OF THE BUILDING HERE SEPARATED BY THE ALLEY. THAT WOULD BE NOT PART OF THE REQUEST OR THE PROPERTY. THIS IS FACING NORTH ON 19th STREET. YOU CAN SEE THE SUBJECT SITE ON THE RIGHT. THIS IS THE REAR OF THE BUILDING, AND THERE IS A PARKING LOT THAT IS ADJACENT TO THE SOUTH. HERE IS A VIEW SOUTH OF THE SITE ON 19th STREET. YOU CAN SEE THE RAILROAD TRACKS THERE. THERE IS ONE WAIVER ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REQUEST, AND IT'S REGARDING A DISTANCE REQUIREMENT TO OTHER AB SALES AREAS. DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION AND COMPLIANCE STAFF REVIEWED THE REQUEST, AND THE APPLICATION AND FIND IT INCONSISTENT WITH THE APPLICABLE CITY OF TAMPA LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. MINOR SITE PLAN MODIFICATIONS ARE REQUIRED TO BE MADE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. >>LYNN HURTAK: WHAT ARE THE CURRENT -- YOU SAID THERE IS A CURRENT ALCOHOL BEVERAGE LICENSE. WHAT ARE THE HOURS OF THAT CURRENT ALCOHOL BEVERAGE? >> LEO DEBARDELEBEN: THE HOURS WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE RESTAURANT AND I HAVE THE APPROVAL LETTER HERE. LET ME REFER TO THAT. THE HOURS OF OPERATION -- I'LL PUT THIS UP HERE. THIS IS THE CURRENT APPROVAL. HOURS ARE LIMITED TO 11 P.M. SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND 1 A.M. THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE AN APPLICANT FOR THIS. MR. RICE. YES. MR. SINGER. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> DAVID SINGER, HERE FOR THE APPLICANT WITH THE LAW FIRM OF OLDER LUNDE, 1,000 WEST CASS STREET. THIS IS AN AB TO REQUEST TO EXPAND WHAT IS ALREADY EXISTING AB-2 APPROVAL. I WANT TO PUT ON THE RECORD, THE SITE PLAN FOR THE EXISTING APPROVAL SAYS CHAPTER 14, AND THAT WAS OUR UNDERSTANDING ALL THE WAY. I BELIEVE THAT'S ALSO IN THE STAFF REPORT THAT THE HOURS ALREADY ARE CHAPTER 14 FOR BEER AND WINE. APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO INTRODUCE A MIXED USE ESTABLISHMENT WITH A ROOFTOP RESTAURANT CLOSING AT 11 P.M. STREET LEVEL ART INSTALLATION AND RETAIL TO ACTIVATE 7th AVENUE. INTERIOR BAR LOUNGE ON THE LOWER FLOORS. THERE WILL BE A FULL KITCHEN AVAILABLE AT ALL HOURS. THE EXISTING BUILDING FOOTPRINT, WHICH IS HISTORIC, IS STAYING, OF COURSE. THE APPLICANT IS GOING TO EXPAND THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT. SO THE ALCOHOL REQUEST BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS TO EXPAND WITH THE EXPANSION OF THE BUILDING. I WILL SHOW YOU RENDERINGS OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE SHORTLY. INTERESTINGLY AND FOR CONTEXT, IN 1906, THIS BUILDING WAS CALLED THE RED LION SALOON WITH THE COLDEST AND BEST BEER IN TOWN. I WILL TELL YOU THAT FOR THE LAST 119 YEARS, THIS SITE HAS BEEN CONNECTED WITH AB ESTABLISHMENTS. WE'RE SEEKING A LARGE VENUE RESTAURANT RETAIL LOUNGE WITH NO PACKAGE SALES. JUST TO BE CLEAR, NO PACKAGE SALES, WITH HOURS OF TAMPA CODE. WE'LL ADDRESS THE SPECIAL USE CRITERIA FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THERE ARE THREE FLOORS THAT ARE PROPOSED HERE. THE SITE PLAN FOR EACH IS DEPICTED HERE. THE BALCONY, AGAIN, NOT PROPOSED FOR WET ZONING. THE ROOFTOP FEATURES A RESTAURANT WITH OUTDOOR SEATING. THIS IS THE ONLY OUTDOOR SPACE THAT IS CONSIDERED. LEO WAS TALKING ABOUT ON THE FIRST FLOOR THERE ARE THREE CUTOUT BAYS IF YOU ARE FACING THAT BUILDING, YOU'LL KNOW THE OLD DESIGN HAD THE CUTOUTS WHERE THE DOOR WAS A LITTLE FARTHER BACK. THOSE ARE NOT PROPOSED FOR AB SALES. THE ROOFTOP RESTAURANT WILL SERVE BREAKFAST, LUNCH, AND DINNER. AND IT WILL CEASE OPERATION, AS I SAID, AT 11. THE GROUND LEVEL HAS STREET-FACING RETAIL. IT IS SHADED IN GREEN, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT WHERE IT SAYS FIRST FLOOR. SECOND FLOOR IS AN OPEN-AIR MEZZANINE IN KEEPING WITH THE HISTORIC CULTURE OF BUILDINGS IN YBOR. THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY, THAT'S SHADED IN TAN HERE THAT YOU CAN SEE. THAT IS WHERE THE NEW CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO COME IN. AND THAT IS PROPOSED ONLY TO HAVE STAIRWAYS, ADA RESTROOMS, WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE ELEVATORS, MECHANICAL SYSTEMS AND A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN. THE BUILDING IS NOT CURRENTLY UP TO ADA STANDARDS. WE WILL BRING IT UP INTO COMPLIANCE WITH ADA STANDARDS. THIS IS A BIG INVESTMENT AND A HIGH-QUALITY INVESTMENT. I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME RENDERINGS THAT REFLECT THAT. THESE IMAGES OF THE RESTAURANT SPACES REFLECT THE STANDARDS THAT WILL ENDURE THROUGHOUT THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF THE SITE. THE HIGH STANDARD OF DESIGN COMPLEMENTS OUR NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE STREET, ATTIC AND ACROSS THE STREET IS 7th AND GROVE. WE WANT TO BRING SOMETHING THAT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE HIGH QUALITY OF THOSE SPACES. HERE IS THE SITE OUTLINED IN RED. AS YOU'LL SEE, THE BUILDING WILL RECEIVE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT, IF THIS APPLICATION IS APPROVED. ONE THING I WANT YOU TO NOTICE IN THE RED BOX IS THE GAP IN THE BACK WHERE THERE IS CURRENTLY AN OPEN SPACE. I'M GOING TO GET TO THAT IN A SECOND. WE'LL CLEAN THAT UP. THIS IS THE BUILDING AS IT SITS TODAY BORDERING 7th AND 19th. YOU MAY RECOGNIZE IT AS THE FORMER SITE OF THE BLIND TIGER. MR. TORREZ, THE PROPRIETOR HAS KINDLY OFFERED HIS SUPPORT OF THIS APPLICATION. HE IS HERE WITH US TONIGHT AND HIS LETTER IS IN THE RECORD. THIS SITE HAS GONE THROUGH EXTENSIVE APPLICATIONS AND HAS RECEIVED APPROVALS FROM THE BARRIO LATINO COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY AND ENTHUSIASTICALLY. THEY APPROVED THE EXPANSION IN JULY OF 2024. THE BALCONY SHOWN HERE HAS EXISTED SINCE 1973. WE HAVE AN APPROVED RIGHT-OF-WAY ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT. THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE SALES ON THE BALCONY, BUT THE BALCONY IS STAYING. IT IS OF HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE. THE EXISTING DESIGN HAS GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS OF APPROVAL AND HAS RECEIVED APPROVAL FROM NATURAL RESOURCES, CONSTRUCTION SERVICES ZONING TRANSPORTATION FIRE STORMWATER, AND LEGAL. OKAY. HERE IS A DEPICTION OF WHAT THE ADDITION OF THE BUILDING IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, OVER IMPOSED WITH THE HISTORIC STRUCTURE THAT IS EXISTING. YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING BUILDING IN THE DARKER BRICK AND THE NEW ADDITION IN THE GLASS AND THE LIGHTER BRICK BEHIND IT. SO THIS IS A VIEW FROM 19th AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT BUILDING. THE GLAZING WINDOWS ON THE 19th STREET SIDE OFFER A TRANSITION BETWEEN THE EXISTING HISTORIC STRUCTURE AND THE NEW MORE MODERN ADDITION. THE WAY THIS IS DESIGNED WHERE YOU CAN'T TOUCH, OBVIOUSLY, THE HISTORIC STRUCTURE, BUT YOU HAVE TO DEMR. INDICATE IT. THE -- DEMARCATE IT. THE WAY YOU DO THAT IS YOU BUILD SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE MODERN FOR THE ADDITION AND IT IS STEPPED BACK FROM THE STREET AS WELL. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH BLC DESIGN GUIDELINES. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR STANDARDS WHEN YOU'RE ADDING TO AN HISTORIC STRUCTURE. MOST OF THIS EXPANSION AREA IN THE BACK, THE NEW PART THAT YOU SEE, THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HOUSE THE KITCHEN, THE OPERATIONAL SYSTEM, THE COLD STORAGE. VERY LITTLE OF THIS NEW SPACE ON THE INTERIOR SIDE IS INTENDED FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. THE FEATURES THAT MAKE THIS SITE SAFER, AND I KNOW WE'LL TALK ABOUT SAFETY IN YBOR BECAUSE THAT IS IMPORTANT, EXPANSION TO THE REAR RESULTS IN A ZERO LOT LINE. I HAD TALKED ABOUT, REMEMBER THAT GAP IN THE RED BOX. THIS BRINGS THE BUILDING ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK, SO THERE ARE NO SPACES FOR ANYONE TO LOITER OR HANG OUT WHEN IT GETS DARK. YOU CAN SEE THE LIGHTING PICTURE HERE IS GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY AROUND THE BUILDING CONSISTENT WITH BLC STANDARDS. SO IN THE BACK OF THE BUILDING AS WELL AS ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING. FRONT OF THE BUILDING, THERE IS AN EMPHASIS ON SAFETY THROUGH LIGHTING. THE GLAZING WITH THE WINDOWS IS ACTUALLY ALSO A SAFETY FEATURE. IT'S CALLED AN EYES ON THE STREET DESIGN FEATURE. THIS ACTIVATES THE STREETSCAPE ALONG 19th. RIGHT NOW THERE'S REALLY NOT A LOT OF ACTIVATION ON 19th. I WANT TO POINT YOU TO THIS DOOR ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT THAT YOU SEE IN THE NEW ADDITION. THAT IS THE ACCESS NOW TO THE ROOFTOP RESTAURANT. THAT IS HOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET INTO THE ROOFTOP RESTAURANT. AGAIN, THIS IS MORNING THROUGH NIGHT, CLOSING AT 11 P.M., BREAKFAST, LUNCH, AND DINNER. THAT'S GOING TO BE THE ACCESS THERE. AND THEN THE ACCESS TO THE RETAIL, THE ART EXHIBITIONS, AND THE OTHER USES WILL BE OFF OF 7th. INTEREST OF TIME, I'LL SUBMIT A MEMO ADDRESSING EACH OTHER OF THE SPECIAL USE CRITERIA, GIVE IT TO MR. SHELBY, FOR THE RECORD. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT FOUR OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE. THAT'S PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, WELFARE, COMPATIBILITY OF USE, CONSISTENCY WITH THE COMP PLAN AND ISSUE OF PRECEDENT. PUBLIC SAFETY HEALTH AND GENERAL WELFARE, SAFETY IN YBOR IS PARAMOWNLT FOR GOOD REASON. COMFORT OF APPLICANT'S PATRONS, GOOD OF COMMUNITY, APPLICANT PLEDGED TO ENSURE A STATE OF THE ART AND CUTTING EDGE SECURITY MEASURES IN PLACE. OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE DISTRICT ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE TWO OFF DUTY SWORN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, WHILE NOT REQUIRED WE ARE COMMITTED TO HAVING FOUR EXTERIOR OFF-DUTY OFFICERS STARTING AT 9 P.M. THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AND TWO OFFICERS THE REST OF THE WEEK. WE'LL HAVE ADVANCED SCREENING TECHNOLOGY. PUBLIC ENTRANCE SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE AT SPORTING EVENTS AND THEATERS, BUT INTEGRATED INTO THE BUILDING. WE WILL HAVE INTERIOR SECURITY PERSONNEL IN EXCESS OF WHAT THE CODE REQUIRES. ONE SECURITY PERSONNEL FOR 150, WE'LL PROVIDE 1 PER 100. 8K CAMERAS COVERING ALL EXTERIOR COMPONENTS OF THE BUILDING. THE SITE AGAIN VERY WELL LIT CONSISTENT WITH BLC STANDARDS. THE 7th AVENUE ENTRANCES ARE GOING TO BE RESTRICTED TO AGE 21 AND UP AFTER 9 P.M. ALSO MANAGE THE NOISE. ROOFTOP, PARTIALLY OPEN, OPERATION CEASES OPERATIONS AT 11 P.M. NO AMPLIFIED MUSIC AFTER THAT TIME. THE NEXT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE COMPATIBILITY WITH THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. THIS IS AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT. IT IS IN THE URBAN VILLAGE. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING AN ADDITION THAT WILL KEEP THE BLOCK ACTIVATED ALL DAY. ACTIVATING THIS PART OF YBOR CITY WILL BE GOOD FOR RESIDENTS. IT WILL BE GOOD FOR VISITORS. IT IS SOMETHING THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS REALLY ENCOURAGED APPLICANTS TO DO, REALLY HAVE OPTIONS FOR ALL-DAY USE IN THESE TYPES OF BUILDINGS, AND THIS PROVIDES THAT, BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER ON THE ROOF. ART EXHIBITION STREET LEVEL RETAIL DURING THE DAY AND ENTERTAINMENT AT NIGHT. IT IS PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY. IT IS VERY CLOSE TO A TRANSIT STOP FOR THE TROLLEY AND IT IS MIXED USE LIKE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CALLS FOR. AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE MEMO THAT I WILL SUBMIT, WE ARE IN CONFORMITY OF LAND USE POLICIES 1.2.3 1.2.6 1.2.14. 1.2.16, AND 1.2.24. A LOT OF THESE ARE ABOUT EXTERNAL IMPACTS FOR FUTURE NEIGHBORS. THE RELATION OF THE BUILDING AND THE SCALE, AND REALLY BEING COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY, THE LIGHTING, THE CHARACTER, AND THE HISTORIC DESIGN. BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, I THINK, REGARDING WHAT 27-129 CALLS FOR IN YOUR EVALUATION IS THE IDEA ABOUT PRECEDENT. AND THE CODE REALLY WANTS TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT CREATING BAD PRECEDENT BY APPROVING AN APPLICATION SUCH AS THIS. I WILL OFFER YOU THAT APPROVAL TODAY EMPHASIZES VERY GOOD PRECEDENT. WHEN AN APPLICANT COMES BEFORE YOU ASKING FOR HOURS TO CODE IN YBOR CITY, YOU SHOULD BE ASKING THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE CERTAIN THINGS. THOSE THINGS SHOULD INCLUDE A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, SOMETHING COMMENSURATE, A DEVELOPMENT COMMENSURATE WITH THE HIGH QUALITY OF ITS NEIGHBORING ESTABLISHMENTS. HIGH-QUALITY CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN. PROXIMITY TO PUBLIC TRANSIT. HEIGHTENED SECURITY INCORPORATED INTO THE DESIGN ITSELF. ACTIVATION OF THE STREET WITH RESTAURANT AND RETAIL HOURS MORNING THROUGH NIGHT. HEIGHTENED SAFETY AND SECURITY PLAN WITH ADDITIONAL OFF-DUTY OFFICERS, HISTORIC SENSITIVITY WITH UNANIMOUS BLC APPROVAL FOR DESIGN, OUTDOOR COMPONENTS CLOSING BY 11 P.M. AND AN ALREADY EXISTING AB APPROVAL ON-SITE. IF AN APPLICANT COMES FORWARD WITH ALL OF THOSE THINGS, THAT IS GOOD PRECEDENT TO APPROVE AN APPLICATION LIKE THAT. THERE ARE VERY, VERY FEW OF THEM THAT WILL COME BEFORE YOU THAT CAN OFFER ALL THOSE THINGS. I SUBMIT TO YOU THAT WE ARE ONE OF THEM AND WE ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. MA'AM IN RED, WERE YOU SWORN IN OR DID YOU COME IN AFTER WE SWORE EVERYBODY IN? ARE YOU GOING TO BE SPEAKING TONIGHT? NO. OKAY. THEN YOU'RE GOOD. ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 5 FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME ON UP. YOU WERE ALL SWORN IN, SO YOU'RE GOOD TO GO. WE'LL GO TO THEM RIGHT AFTER YOU. YES, SIR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> ROBERTO TORRES. HI. HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY? >> I'M A GIRL. >> SORRY. MY NAME IS ROBERTO TORRES. I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU AT DIFFERENT TIMES. 1901 EAST 7TH AVENUE IS WHERE I BUILT MY BUSINESS. WE WENT FROM ONE TO SEVEN LOCATIONS. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE CURRENT OWNER AT ONE POINT AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE SALE. IT WAS HIS KNOWLEDGE, HIS ABILITY TO LISTEN, HIS OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT THE DISTRICT, FEEDBACK, AND HOW MUCH OF A CARETAKER HE WANTS TO BE FOR THE PROPERTY, WHY I'M HERE TODAY. THIS BUILDING HAS SPECIFIC HISTORY IN A SENSE THAT YOU CAN'T RE-CREATE A BUILDING THAT HAS THIS MUCH HISTORY, SPECIFICALLY, WITH THE FEST ACROSS THE STREET. CAFE OBOE FROM 1989 AND THEN IT BECAME AN ARCHITECTURE OFFICE BEFORE WE TOOK IT OVER. SO -- IT HAS NOT BEEN ACTIVATED THE WAY THAT IT SHOULD FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME UNTIL WE GOT IT IN 2014. THE LAST TEN YEARS, IT HAS BEEN MY PLEASURE TO SEE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF THE HISTORY OF YBOR AND FOR US TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A BUSINESS THAT WEAVES ITSELF INTO THE FABRIC OF THE DISTRICT. I'M NOT HERE IN A POSITION TO SAY THAT THIS IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT. HOWEVER, IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT THE AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT, IT'S GOING TO ENSURE THAT THIS TYPE OF STRUCTURE WILL BE HERE FOR THE NEXT HUNDRED YEARS. MY CAPACITY IS ALSO NOT AS A BARRIO LATINO COMMISSIONER. I ACTUALLY MISSED THAT MEETING ON PURPOSE BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO BE PERCEIVED THAT I HAD ANY CLOUT OR HAD ANY INFLUENCE ON THAT PARTICULAR SUBJECT. WE DEPEND AS A BARRIO LATINO COMMISSION ON OUR STAFF AND OUR STAFF HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO EXTENSIVELY, VERY, VERY THOROUGH WITH THE TEAM FOR THE NEW OWNER FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. I PUT 100% MY SUPPORT BEHIND THIS AND I BELIEVE THIS IS A GOOD THING FOR THE DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACTIVATE THE TYPE OF BUSINESSES THAT WE WANT TO ENGAGE IN FOR OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT 37 THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER, COME ON UP, SIR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> HELLO. ANDREW MATTSON. I'M HERE ON KIND OF TWO PARTS. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT BECAUSE I'M THE BUSINESS OWNER RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO IT. BUT I'M ALSO THE ARCHITECT OF RECORD FOR THE PROJECT, TOO. WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM BEFORE, THAT WAS MY OFFICE. I WORKED 1901 EAST 7TH AVENUE SINCE 2004. WE MOVED OUT, MOVED NEXT DOOR. WE'VE BEEN THERE EVER SINCE THEN. THEY ARE GOING TO BE OUR DIRECT NEIGHBOR. I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH CHARLIE'S INVESTMENT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. HE'S SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY TO MAKE THE BUILDING BETTER, BRINGING IT UP TO FULL ADA COMPLIANCE, RESTORING IT, MAINTAINING THE HISTORIC NATURE OF THE BUILDING AND ALSO BRINGING IN A RESTAURANT THAT YBOR CITY REALLY NEEDS. THERE NEEDS TO BE A LOT MORE BREAKFAST PLACES FROM -- WHEN TROPICANA MOVED OUT, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF BREAKFAST PLACES LEFT. I'M VERY EXCITED FOR THIS RESTAURANT TO BE IN THIS SPACE, BUT I'M ALSO EXCITED FOR THE BUILDING. LIKE I SAID, THEY ARE MY NEIGHBOR AND I'M ALSO THE ARCHITECT OF RECORD FOR IT. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER, YES, SIR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> MICHAEL WOMACK, 3105 NORTH 15th STREET. I AM AN YBOR RESIDENT. I AM A PR GUY. I WRITE EVERYTHING DOWN. I'LL READ THIS. I'VE LIVED IN TAMPA MY WHOLE LIFE, THE MAJORITY OF MY TIME POSTCOLLEGE I SPENT IN YBOR CITY AS A RENTER AND I NOW OWN. I'M HERE TODAY AS AN YBOR RESIDENT BUT ALSO SOMEBODY PASSIONATE ABOUT SEEING YBOR THRIVE AND EVOLVE IN A WAY THAT RESPECTS ITS HISTORY WHILE EMBRACING ITS FUTURE. I THINK THIS PROJECT DOES THAT. I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE LETTER THAT WAS SUBMITTED BY THE YBOR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. IT'S SOMEWHERE IN THE RECORDS THAT YOU ALL SEE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE RECEIVED IT BY E-MAIL. >> WHILE I UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERNS, THERE ARE SOME INACCURACIES, SPECIFICALLY THIS IS A MIXED USE SPACE. IT IS A SPACE THAT INCLUDES RETAIL, A RESTAURANT AND A VENUE. THE DEVELOPERS MADE IT CLEAR THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE ACTIVE BOTH NIGHT AND DAY. I ACTUALLY USED TO LIVE RIGHT BEHIND WHERE THIS DEVELOPMENT IS AND I CAN TELL YOU FIRSTHAND THAT SIDE OF 7th AVENUE COULD DEFINITELY USE MORE ACTIVATION. IT'S NOT NEARLY AS VIBRANT AS THE WEST SIDE AND THE DEVELOPMENT I FEEL LIKE WILL BRING SOME MUCH-NEEDED ENERGY TO THAT SIDE OF 7th AVENUE. IT'S A MIXED USE BASE WITH COMMERCIAL ELEMENTS, INCLUDING THE LIQUOR LICENSE BEING REQUESTED. I THINK IT WILL BE A WELCOME ADDITION NOT JUST FOR RESIDENTS LIKE ME BUT FOR TOURISTS THAT VISIT US. THIS PROJECT ISN'T ABOUT CHANGING THE ESSENCE OF YBOR; IT'S ABOUT ENHANCING IT. IT'S ABOUT ENSURING THAT THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD CONTINUES TO EVOLVE IN A WAY THAT KEEPS IT EXCITING AND RELEVANT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS WHILE PRESERVING WHAT MAKES YBOR SPECIAL AND WHAT I CAME TO LOVE ABOUT IT. I HUMBLY REQUEST THAT YOU ALL VOTE TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE HERE IN PERSON? IF NOT, I HAVE TWO SPEAKERS, DAVID BAILEY AND STEPHANIE HARRISON BAILEY. PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERAS ON. TURN ON YOUR MICROPHONES, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, AND WE WILL SWEAR YOU IN. IF YOU COULD BRING THEM UP ON THE SCREEN SO WE CAN SEE THEM. TWO SEPARATE SCREENS OR TOGETHER? DAVID, WE SEE YOU. WE NEED TO GET STEPHANIE. STEPHANIE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, WE WILL SWEAR YOU IN. >> DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT TO PROVIDE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? >> YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. BAILEY, YOU ARE UP FIRST. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> HI THERE. DAVID BAILEY, RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER IN HISTORIC YBOR CITY. HAPPY TO SEE THE NEIGHBORHOOD SHOW UP FOR THIS DISCUSSION, AND THERE WAS MENTION OF THE LETTER THAT WAS SUBMITTED WHICH HAD SOME POINTS OF CONCERN. FOR ME PERSONALLY, WHEN I WALK DOWN 7th AVENUE, I THINK LIKE ALL OF US, I SEE GLIMMERS OF HOPE FOR DAYTIME BUSINESSES, BUT I ALSO HAVE FOUNDED CONCERNS ABOUT LARGE VENUE LOUNGES, WHICH IS WHAT THE APPLICATION DESCRIBES IT AS. EVERY TIME YOU APPROVE, NOT THAT YOU'RE APPROVING THIS AS A LARGE VENUE LOUNGE, IT'S MORE THE USE, WE LOSE UNIQUE BUSINESSES AND STOREFRONTS ON 7th AVENUE THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS. I THINK THAT IS A SERIOUS CONSIDERATION. AND IN THIS CASE, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE SOME COMPONENTS TO THIS WHICH ARE MIXED USE, I WOULD SAY BY AND LARGE THIS IS A PRETTY MONOLITHIC USE, WHICH I AGREE FROM THE RENDERINGS AND THE WORDS AND THE PROMISES TONIGHT LOOKS LIKE A SOLID DEVELOPMENT. BUT, AGAIN, WE HAVE TO BE AWARE OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN. AND IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG AND WE HAVE THIS LARGE VENUE, WE END UP WITH LARGE VACANCIES. WE HAVE ALSO SEEN NUMEROUS TIMES WHERE ESTABLISHMENTS PRESENT THAT THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A RESTAURANT COMPONENT AND THEN FAST-FORWARD A YEAR OR TWO LATER AND THEY DECIDE TO PULL THE RESTAURANT COMPONENT AND WE'RE LEFT WITH A LARGE VENUE LOUNGE WHICH WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH OF TODAY. SO WHILE I BELIEVE MR. SINGER WHEN HE SAYS WHAT HE SAID TONIGHT AND I MEAN NO DISRESPECT TO HIM, I GUESS MY QUESTION TO YOU IS WHAT ASSURANCES DO WE HAVE, WHICH CAN BE BINDING THAT THIS REMAINS A MIXED USE FOOD SERVICE RELATED BUSINESS WITH SIGNIFICANT DAYTIME HOURS? IF THOSE QUESTIONS CAN BE ANSWERED, YOU CAN MAKE YOUR DECISIONS BASED UPON THAT. BUT IF THEY CAN'T, I HATE TO SAY THAT I HAVE TO ASSUME THE WORST, BUT LIVING IN YBOR CITY FOR OVER 20 YEARS, I THINK WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE. SO, YEAH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT UP WE HAVE STEPHANIE HARRISON BAILEY. MA'AM, GO AHEAD. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> HI THERE. STEPHANIE HARRISON BAILEY, ALSO A RESIDENT OF YBOR. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THE ENTIRE PRESENTATION THAT I GOT TO LISTEN TO FOR THE LAST LITTLE BIT ON THIS PROJECT. IT IS KIND OF THE FIRST TIME I'VE HAD A CITY COUNCIL PRESENTATION CHANGE MY MIND SOMEWHAT ON A PROJECT. OBVIOUSLY, I'M A PART OF THE HISTORIC YBOR BOARD THAT WROTE THE LETTER THAT YOU GUYS HAVE SITTING IN FRONT OF YOU AS CITY COUNCIL. BUT SPEAKING AS AN INDIVIDUAL, I AM VERY EXCITED. AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND ALSO AS AN ARCHITECT AND DEVELOPER MYSELF, I AM VERY EXCITED BY THE RENDERINGS I SEE. THEY LOOK GREAT. IT'S ABOUT TIME THAT YBOR GOT SOME BEAUTIFUL, NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT IS REALLY THOUGHTFUL, BUT I WILL ALSO AGREE WITH DAVID'S SENTIMENT ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OF WORRY OR HESITATION WITH LARGE VENUE PROJECTS THAT HAVE GONE INTO YBOR BEFORE AND THEY HAVE GONE IN AS BOTH RESTAURANT AND ALCOHOL USE, WHICH IS FINE, AND THEN THEY HAVE LEARNED THAT THEY CAN'T MAKE THE MONEY THEY NEED TO MAKE FROM THE RESTAURANT USE, SO THE RESTAURANT USE GOES AWAY AND THEN WE ARE JUST LEFT WITH ANOTHER BAR. I KNOW THAT, LIKE DAVID SAID, THERE ARE WAYS TO BIND THAT RESTAURANT USE, THAT DAYTIME USE. SO IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD EXPLORE THAT. I AM SUPER HAPPY TO FREQUENT THE SPACE ONCE IT'S UP AND RUNNING, BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE ANOTHER BREAKFAST SPOT IN YBOR. THAT'S IT. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYBODY ELSE? NO. THAT CONCLUDES. SO, SIR, I'LL GO TO YOU AND THEN MIRANDA. A LARGE VENUE, BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR. THIS WOULD BE COMPARABLE TO THE COLUMBIA RESTAURANT WOULD BE SOMETHING OF THIS SAME CALIBER ESSENTIALLY RIGHT? >> FOR THE RESTAURANT USE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN A FULL-SCALE RESTAURANT OPEN FOR BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER. SO THE SHORT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS YES. THE LONGER ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, IF I MAY, A COUPLE OF THINGS, ONE, I WANT TO PUT ON THE RECORD WE HAD A COMMUNITY MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 4th IN YBOR AT THE SITE, AND WE RECEIVED NO OPPOSITION THERE. WE HAVE DONE WHAT WE BELIEVE IS PRETTY EXTENSIVE OUTREACH AND EDUCATION CAMPAIGN IN THE COMMUNITY. I THINK THAT'S REFLECTED TONIGHT. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS A WHILE AND YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS A WHILE AND WHEN THESE TYPE OF APPLICATIONS COME IN FRONT OF YOU IN YBOR CITY GENERALLY WE'RE LIKELY TO SEE A PACKED ROOM WITH A LOT OF UPSET PEOPLE. THAT IS NOT THE CASE HERE. IN FACT, THE OPPOSITE. IN TERMS OF ENSURING THAT WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS ACTUALLY GOING TO HAPPEN, I THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE OF WAYS TO DO THAT. ONE, THE DESIGN APPROVED BY THE BARRIO IS BINDING, AND WE WILL CERTAINLY LIVE UP TO THAT. NUMBER TWO, IF THE CONCERN OF COUNCIL -- AND I'M GOING TO KIND OF JUMP AHEAD A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT I THINK MIGHT BE COMING -- BUT IF THERE IS A CONCERN OF COUNCIL THAT THIS RESTAURANT USE IS GOING TO GO AWAY AND WE'RE GOING TO BE LEFT WITH THIS LARGE VENUE THAT CAN DO WHATEVER IT IS THEY WANT, WE CERTAINLY WOULD BE OPEN BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING TO ADDING A CONDITION TO THE PLAN THAT YOU DON'T GET THE LARGE VENUE USE WITHOUT THE RESTAURANT USE. HAPPY TO DO THAT. HAPPY TO DO THAT WITH THE RETAIL USE ON THE FIRST FLOOR AS WELL. THIS APPLICANT IS GOING TO DO WHAT HE SAYS HE'S GOING TO DO. IF YOU WANT TO BIND FUTURE PEOPLE IF FOR SOME REASON THIS GUY GETS HIT BY A BUS AND THERE'S NO WAY HE CAN CONTINUE THE BUSINESS OPERATION AND SOMEONE ELSE HAS TO COME IN AND TAKE OVER, YOU WANT THEM BOUND TO THIS PLAN. YOU WANT THEM BOUND TO THE RETAIL. YOU WANT THEM BOUND TO THE RESTAURANT. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT DAVID AND STEPHANIE AND PROBABLY SOME OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND NEIGHBORS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT AS WELL. WE'LL BE PROACTIVE ABOUT IT AND SAY REQUIRE IT. WE'RE ON BOARD. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE SHARING THOSE CONCERNS, I THINK IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT, COMPLIMENTS TO THE ARCHITECT. AND I WISH IT MUCH SUCCESS. AGAIN, YBOR IS CHANGING, BUT YOU HAVE THE COLUMBIA ON ONE SIDE, IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD THESE LARGER VENUES, TYPES OF VENUES. WHERE DO YOU GET THE BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER? BLIND TIGER CAFE YOU GET COFFEE, OPTIONS THERE, BUT LIMITED BECAUSE THE TROPICANA IS OUT. AGAIN, PLACES THAT I USED TO GO TO ARE NO LONGER THERE ANYMORE. I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROJECT. AGAIN, YOU ANSWERED I BELIEVE THE CONCERNS OF THE FOLKS THAT WERE ONLINE TO GIVE THEM ASSURANCE. AGAIN, A RESTAURANT COULD FAIL AND RESTAURANTS FAIL AT A VERY, VERY HIGH RATE. AND THEN WHAT MOVES IN THERE? ANOTHER NIGHTCLUB LARGE VENUE AND THEN IT IS THE SAME OLD YBOR CITY OF THE LAST 30 YEARS. AGAIN, THIS IS A VERY NICE, UPSCALE, CLASSY PROJECT PER THE RENDERINGS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK AND COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. >>LYNN HURTAK: MS. JOHNSON VELEZ. MY UNDERSTANDING, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK, WE CAN'T GUARANTEE A RESTAURANT USAGE, CAN WE? >>SUSAN JOHNSON-VELEZ: SUSAN JOHNSON VELEZ, LEGAL DEPARTMENT. NO, YOU CAN'T. IT COULD BE A CONDITION THAT IS ADDED TO THIS PARTICULAR PERMIT, BUT SOMEONE COULD COME IN, A NEW OWNER OR NEW OPERATOR COULD COME IN AND SEEK YOUR APPROVAL TO CHANGE THE USE AT SOME POINT DOWN THE ROAD. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BUT IT WOULD REQUIRE OUR APPROVAL. >>SUSAN JOHNSON-VELEZ: IT WOULD REQUIRE YOUR APPROVAL. THAT'S CORRECT. >>LYNN HURTAK: MY SECOND QUESTION IS I KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED BEFORE WHEN YOU WET ZONE A PROPERTY THAT YOU HAVE TO WET ZONE THE FULL PROPERTY. I DON'T THINK WE CAN PIECE MEAL IT OUT. SO WE CAN'T WET ZONE THE OPERATING HOURS OF THE ROOF TO ONLY BEING TILL 11 P.M., CAN WE? . >>SUSAN JOHNSON-VELEZ: THAT IS A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE. >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT IS MY FEAR. >>SUSAN JOHNSON-VELEZ: IT CAN BE PUT IN THERE BUT THE QUESTION IS ENFORCEMENT OF THAT. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT. I KNOW YOU TALK ABOUT HAVING SOME RETAIL ON THE BOTTOM. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF THE BOTTOM SPACE DURING THE DAY? WILL THAT BE EMPTY? OR WILL THAT BE A RESTAURANT USAGE. >> THAT WILL BE LARGE VENUE FACEOVERFLOW RESTAURANT SPACE AND EVENT SPACE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC TO USE. >>LYNN HURTAK: I AM GOING TO ASK A QUESTION THAT I THINK WILL MAKE PEOPLE FEEL BETTER OR AT LEAST MAKE ME FEEL BETTER. WILL YOU BE WILLING TO TAKE THE ACTIVE AB SALES HOUR FROM THE CURRENT PERMIT AND USE THEM FOR YOURS. 11 P.M. SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND 1 A.M. THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY? >> THE SITE PLAN HAS ACTUALLY BOTH OF THEM LISTED. IT IS A LITTLE CONFUSING AND I AM HAPPY TO PUT THEM IN THE RECORD IF THAT IS ESPECIALLIFUL, SITE PLAN CONDITION OF CHAPTER 14. THE APPLICANT WANTS CHAPTER 14 JUST LIKE 90 OUT OF THE 9 OTHERS YOU APPROVED SINCE 1990. THEY BEEN AT TO BE TREATED SIMILARLY AND THEY ARE STUCK ON THE CHAPTER 14. >>LYNN HURTAK: THEN I WON'T BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS. BECAUSE WE CAN'T -- WE CAN'T SEPARATE THE ROOFTOP HOURS. WE CAN'T SAY THIS IS NOT GOING TO BECOME ANOTHER LARGE PARTY ESTABLISHMENT. I KNOW YOU CAN SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT, BUT JUST WHAT HAPPENS. BECAUSE THIS ZONING IS NOT JUST FOR YOU. IT RUNS WITH THE PROPERTY. SO IF YOU CAN'T -- IF THAT -- IN THOSE AREN'T CONDITIONS, I SIMPLY CAN'T SUPPORT YOUR PROJECT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. SINGER, FINE PRESENTATION AND FAVORITISM FOR IT. AND ANOTHER THING YOU SAID EARLIER AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD IT RIGHT. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE TWO. YOU WILL HAVE FOUR. AM I CORRECT? >> YES, SIR. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: RUN WITH THE ALCOHOL LICENSE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS AND YOU CLOSE THE RESTAURANT AND YOU DON'T NEED ANY POLICE OFFICERS? HOW WILL THAT BE CONSTRUED BY MYSELF AND OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS? >> A GOOD QUESTION AND FRANKLY -- I WOULD ASK FOR YOUR STAFF'S HELP. WE CAN ONLY OFFER WHAT WE OFFER. AND I WILL OUT IT ON THE SITE PLANNED AND PUT IT IN THE CONDITION, WHATEVER YOU NEED. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM NOT BRINGING IT UP. YOUR CLIENT BROUGHT IT UP. AND DISCUSS IT WITH YOU. YOU ARE A FINE ATTORNEY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE MY EARS HEARD WHAT I HEARD AND MY HEART IS WITH IT. THE FOUR OFFICERS STAY IF SOMETHING ELSE GOES AWAY OR NOT, BECAUSE IT IS ATTACHED TO THE ZONING WHICH YOU SAID. >> TO THE EXTENT WE CAN BIND IT, WE WILL BIND IT. TO THE EXTENT WE CAN, WE WILL. AND WILLING TO DO IT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS LEGAL OR NOT. I WILL ASK THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT. I AM NOT AN ATTORNEY. IT IS UNIQUE AND WONDERFUL, DON'T GET ME WRONG. >>LaCHONE DOCK: THANK YOU, COUNCIL. LaCHONE DOCK, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. IF THAT IS PLACED ON THE SITE PLAN AS A CONDITION OF THE APPROVAL, IT MUST REMAIN. AS LONG AS THAT LARGE VENUE CLASSIFICATION IS ON THAT PROPERTY UNTIL SOMEONE COMES IN AND ASKS FOR A NEW PERMIT AND RECEIVES AKROFL FROM COUNCIL, IT WILL REMAIN. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WHAT I HEARD. >>LaCHONE DOCK: CLEAR UP THE HOURS OF OPERATION. CURRENTLY ON THE SITE, A SPECIAL RESTAURANT DESIGNATION. UNDER THE CODE 27-132. IF YOU ARE A CERTAIN RESTAURANT, CERTAIN HOURS. HOURS ARE CLOSING 11 P.M. SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND 1 A.M. THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. I WANT TO CLEAR ON THE RECORD THE HOURS ARE NOT CONSISTENT WITH CHAPTER 14 ON THE CURRENT APPROVAL. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYBODY ELSE? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO MAKE SURE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING I REMEMBER WHAT I HEARD. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IF NOT, ASK A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN VIERA. AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THIS? >>GWEN HENDERSON: FILE NUMBER AB-246, ORDINANCE OF FIRST READING. SPECIAL USE PERMIT SU-2 FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES, LARGE VENUE CONSUMPTION ON PREMISE ONLY AND MAKING LAWFUL THE SALE OF BEVERAGES REGARDLESS OF ALCOHOL CON TEN, BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR ON THAT CERTAIN LOT, PLOT OR TRACT OF LAND LOCATED AT 1901 EAST 7th AVENUE, TAMPA, FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 3 PROVIDING THAT ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT ARE REPEALED, REPEALING AB 1-16-28 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WITH THE MODIFI MODIFICATIONS. >>GWEN HENDERSON: WITH THE MODIFICATIONS. >>MARTIN SHELBY: JUST BE STATED ON THE RECORD SO WE ARE CLEAR WITH STAFF. DID YOU GET THOSE CONDITIONS TO BE ADDED TO BE AGREED TO. >>LaCHONE DOCK: YES. >>GWEN HENDERSON: WITH THE STATED CONDITIONS ADDED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THEM. JUST SAY IT ON THE RECORD. >>LaCHONE DOCK: LaCHONE DOCK, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. YES, WITH THE ADDITION ALE CONDITION AGREED ON IN THIS EVENING'S MEETING WILL BE ADDED TO THE REVISIONS ALREADY ON THE STAFF REPORT. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THOSE BEING -- >>LaCHONE DOCK: REGARDING THE SECURITY PLAN AND ALSO REGARDING THE USE OF THE RESTAURANT. >> DAVID SINGER FOR THE APPLICANT. MISS DOCK SAID THE RESTAURANT -- CONDITION THE USE OF THE RESTAURANT -- I WILL OFFER THAT WE CONDITION THAT THE RESTAURANT MUST CLOSE AT 11 P.M. IF THE STAFF FIND IT NONENFORCEABLE AND SAYS WE CAN'T DO IT, BUT WE ARE WILLING TO PUT IT ON THE PLAN. >>LUIS VIERA: MOVE TO REOPEN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO OPEN FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. SECONDED. YES, THE HEARING IS NOW OPEN. GET THAT CLARIFICATION ON THE RECORD. >>LaCHONE DOCK: LaCHONE DOCK, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. I LIKE FOR THE APPLICANT TO STATE ON THE RECORD THE HOURS OF OPERATION. IF YOU CONDITION THE HOURS OF THE RESTAURANT, THAT IS THE ESTABLISHMENT. SO IF YOU WILL STATE THE HOURS WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE -- OR THE UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR HOURS EACH DAY OF THE WEEK. >> DAVID SINGER FOR THE APPLICANT. IF WE CAN'T CONDITION A CLOSE BY 11:00, I WILL TELL YOU THAT IS THE BUSINESS PLAN TO CLOSE AT 11. WE ARE ASKING FOR CHAPTER 14. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. SECONDED FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON HAS READ THE MOTION. A SECOND TO IT. >>LUIS VIERA: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. MA'AM? >>LYNN HURTAK: THIS IS WHY I CAN'T SUPPORT IT AND WHY COUNCIL SHOULD CONSIDER THIS. THAT MEANS THAT THE ROOFTOP SPACE WILL NOW BE ABLE TO BE ALCOHOL BEVERAGE SALES UNTIL 3 A A.M. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE APPROVING. WE ARE APPROVING BOTTOM FLOOR, MIDDLE FLOOR AND TOP FLOOR, INCLUDING AN OUTDOOR AREA UNTIL 3 A.M. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WILL ONLY SAY THIS, IF I MAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR, GO AHEAD. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THE PETITIONER'S ATTORNEY STATED -- AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT MISS HURTAK IS SAYING ALSO -- THAT THE RESTAURANT WILL CLOSE AT 11:00. BUT HE NEVER SAID THAT THE BAR WILL CLOSE AT 11:00. JUST THE RESTAURANT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WOULD YOU LIKE TO REOPEN THE HEARING AGAIN? >>LUIS VIERA: MOVE TO REOPEN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO REOPEN. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. >> DAVID SINGER FOR THE APPLICANT. TO ANSWER COUNCILMAN MIRANDA'S QUESTION. THERE WILL BE NO ACTIVITY ON THE ROOF -- AT THE ROOF DECK AFTER 11 P.M. NO RESTAURANT, NO BAR, NOTHING. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO SALES OF LIQUOR AFTER 11:00 IS WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. >> ON THE ROOF. >> BUT BELOW CHAPTER 14 HOURS. >>LYNN HURTAK: THE PROBLEM IS THEY CAN'T DO THAT. WE ARE NOT ALLOWED. THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO IS EITHER APPROVE IT ALL OR NONE. THAT IS THE ISSUE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I UNDERSTAND THAT. I AM ASKING OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT -- I NEVER HEARD OF THAT. A FIRST. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS HISTORY OR NOT. >> PART OF WHAT IS DIFFERENT IN THIS APPLICATION FROM MOST OF WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU SHOULD BE ENCOURAGING. A MIX OF USES. MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT HERE. WE ARE KIND OF BREAKING NEW GROUND, RIGHT. WE HAVE GOT AT LEAST THREE -- POTENTIALLY FOUR USES IN THIS SPACE. AND WE ARE TELLING YOU THEY ARE GOING TO BE OPERATED BY DIFFERENT FOLKS AND OFFERING DIFFERENT SERVICES. IT IS A HOLE IN THE CODE. COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK IS CORRECT. IT IS A HOLE IN THE CODE THAT THE APPLICANT WANTS TO DO THIS. AND THE CITY IS SAYING, I AM SORRY IT IS NOT A MECHANISM. AT SOME POINT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THE LEVEL OF INVESTMENT THAT IS HAPPENING HERE. WHAT THIS IS GOING TO BRING TO THE AREA AND HAVE A LITTLE FAITH WITH US. I KNOW THAT IS DIFFICULT, BUT THAT'S WHAT I AM ASKING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. >>LYNN HURTAK: SO -- MISS JOHNSON-VELEZ. EVEN IF THEY DECIDE TO PUT THIS ON THE SITE PLAN THAT SAYS THEY WILL CLOSE THIS RESTAURANT USAGE -- I JUST WANT YOU TO REITERATE, WE CAN NOT -- WE CAN NOT STOP THEM FROM THEN RUNNING A RESTAURANT UNTIL 3 A.M., CAN WE? >>SUSAN JOHNSON-VELEZ: SUSAN JOHNSON-VELEZ, LEGAL DEPARTMENT. I MEAN, IT CAN BE ENFORCED BUT MORE DIFFICULT THE MORE USES YOU HAVE WITH, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT PIECES AND IT JUST MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR -- FOR THOSE COMING IN TO TRY TO ENFORCE IT TO ENFORCE IT. >>LYNN HURTAK: BUT COULD WE PUT THAT ON THE SITE PLAN? WITH THE DIFFICULTY OF ENFORCEMENT. BECAUSE THIS -- SO IF WE PUT ON THE SITE PLAN THAT THE ROOFTOP AREA MUST CLOSE AT 11 P.M. FOR EVERYTHING AND THAT AMPLIFIED NOISE MUST STOP AT 11 P.M. FOR EVERYTHING OR FOR THE TOP -- BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE AMPLIFIED NOISE IS ALREADY ON THE SITE PLAN FOR 11 P.M. I AM SORRY, MR. APPLICANT -- I AM SORRY, I DON'T REMEMBER YOUR NAME. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DAVID SINGER. >>LYNN HURTAK: IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WILL BE WILLING TO PUT ON THE SITE PLAN NO AMPLIFIED NOISE FROM THE ROOFTOP UNTIL 11 P.M. I THOUGHT THAT WAS ON THE SITE PLAN -- >> DAVID SINGER FOR THE APPLICANT. WE OFFERED THAT IN THE DIRECT APPLICATION, NO AM POLICE I NEED ANYTHING AFTER 11 P.M. IF IT IS NOT, IT WILL BE. >>LYNN HURTAK: WILL YOU WILLING TO ADD, EVEN WITH THE DIFFICULTY OF ENFORCEMENT, WILL YOU BE WILLING TO ADD THAT RESTAURANT -- THAT ALL ROOFTOP USES WILL CEASE AT 11 P.M. >> YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY. SEE THAT -- IT IS HARDER BUT THAT CAN CHANGE THINGS FOR ME. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AGAIN, I WANT CLARITY AND THE FIRST TIME -- I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR AT THAT WHILE THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN ONE LIKE THIS. THERE ARE FOUR FLOORS TO THIS BUILDING. THREE AND A ROOFTOP. >> TWO AND ROOFTOP. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO THREE. SO WE REALLY HAVE A BUILDING THAT HAS DIFFERENT CRITERIA FOR THREE FLOORS. >> YEAH. I MEAN -- >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NOT MY IDEA, BUT MY THINKING ABOUT IT IS, IF YOU COME IN WITH AN APPLICATION FOR ALCOHOL ON -- ADDRESS A, ADDRESS B, AND ADDRESS WITHC, WILL SOLVE ALL THAT PROBLEM AND CODIFIED IN HISTORY WHAT THE PETITIONER IS WANTING TO DO. >> I AM WITH YOU. AND I WISH THERE WAS A MECHANISM IN THE CODE TO DO THAT NOW. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I DON'T KNOW -- I AM NOT A LAWYER AND I DON'T WANT TO BE ONE EITHER. I DON'T HAVE HAVE TIME TO GO BACK TO LAW SCHOOL. >>LaCHONE DOCK: THANK YOU, COUNCIL. LaCHONE DOCK, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. WE HAVE LOCATIONS THAT HAVE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES APPROVALS. AND THEY HAVE DIFFERENT CONDITIONS ON DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF THE SITE. GIVEN THE DESIGN OF THE SITE, I CAN SEE THAT CONCEPT WHERE THAT ROOFTOP WILL CLOSE AT A CERTAIN TIME AND COMMITTED TO CLOSING THAT AREA. AND MAKES IT CLEAR. NOT A PART OF THE ROOFTOP. ALL OF THE ROOFTOP CLOSES. MAKES IT EASIER FOR ENFORCEMENT AND YOU WILL HAVE THE HOURS ON THE REMAINDER. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I THINK IT IS BEAUTIFUL. SOMETHING UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT. AND LOOKS TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL FOR ME. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. >>LYNN HURTAK: I DO WANT TO SAY I DO THINK IT IS A BEAUTIFUL CONCEPT. MY CONCERN IS REALLY FOR THE RESIDENTS BECAUSE THIS IS BECOMING A MORE RESIDENTIAL AREA. SO MY BIG FEAR IS THE ROOFTOP. IF WE CAN ACTUALLY CONDITION THE ROOFTOP, I CAN SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. >> YOU AND I ARE ON ALIGNMENT WITH THIS. AND I THINK THE COMMUNITY IS IN ALIGNMENT FOR THIS. >>LYNN HURTAK: I PROMISE YOU THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WILL TACKLE DIFFERENT AB ZONING FOR DIFFERENT FLOORS BECAUSE I CAN SEE THIS BEING AN ISSUE AND SOMETHING I CAN WORK WITH STAFF ON TO SEE IF WE CAN CHANGE ANYTHING GOING FORWARD. I REALLY APPRECIATE CAN YOU AND STAFF TALKING ME THROUGH THIS. >> MR. CHAIRMAN BEFORE THE RECORD CLOSES, I HAVE A FEW THINGS FOR MR. SHELBY TO ENTER INTO THE RECORD, THE PRESENTATION, THE MEMO OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND THE OTHER AB ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE AREA. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYTHING TO ADD? WE SHOULD CONSIDER BRINGING BACK PROHIBITION AGENTS TO -- [ LAUGHTER ]. >> ON WHICH FLOOR? [LAUGHTER] >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE MOTION HAS BEEN READ. >>LYNN HURTAK: I WILL MAKE THE AMENDMENT WHEN WE CLOSE. MOTION TO CLOSE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ARE YOU SURE? >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL IN FAVOR OF CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING. AYE. AND COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON HAS READ THE MOTION. THERE WAS A SECOND AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO AN AMENDMENT. >>LYNN HURTAK: AMENDMENT WITH THE HOURS FOR THE ROOF PORTION -- THE ENTIRE ROOF PORTION, THE HOURS WILL END AT 11 P.M. EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK. >>GWEN HENDERSON: WITH NO AMPLIFIED SOUND. >>LYNN HURTAK: NO AMPLIFIED SOUND AFTER 11 P.M. DO YOU ACCEPT MY AMENDMENT? >>GWEN HENDERSON: I ACCEPT YOUR AMOUNT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION AND SE SECOND. >>GWEN HENDERSON: SOUNDS LIKE A GROWN PERSON PLACE AND NOT TEENY BOPPERS. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES WITH THE CHANGE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIES WITH CARLSON BEING ABSENT AND CLENDENIN ABSENT AT VOTE. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL. >>CLERK: SECOND READING AND ADOPTION FEBRUARY 20, 2025 10 A.M. IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 15 E. KENNEDY, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, SIR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >>LEO DEBARDELEBEN: GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN, LEO DEBARDELEBEN. THE PROPERTY 501 WEST BAYSHORE BOULEVARD. THE OWNER IS LA SON WHO HOSPITALITY. ALCOHOLIC SALES, BEER AND WINE CONSUMPTION ON PREMISE ONLY. APPLICANT IS REQUESTING AB SALES AND 1213 SQUARE FEET OF THE INDOOR AREA ONLY. THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES HOURS ARE CONSISTENT WITH CHAPTER 14. 21 PARKING SPACES REQUIRED BASED ON THE ESTABLISHED USE. AND 31 SPACES ARE PROVIDED. I HAVE AN AERIAL MAP HERE. >>LYNN HURTAK: UPSIDE DOWN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YEAH, TURN IT AROUND. >>LEO DEBARDELEBEN: THE SUBJECT SITE IS OUTLINED HERE IN RED. THE SITE IS ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF WEST BUSCH BOULEVARD AND NORTH ARMENIA. THE AREA -- THE SITE IS ZONED COMMERCIAL GENERAL, CG. AND THIS IS THE -- THIS IS THE LAST PROPERTY OUTSIDE HERE IS THE UNINCORPORATED HILLSBOROUGH AND THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR FOLLOWS BUSCH BOULEVARD TO THE WEST. AND A MIXTURE OF ZONING AND COMMERCIAL USES ALONG NORTH ARMENIA. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A NEW ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES LOCATION FOR BEER AND WINE AS A SMALL VENUE. THE SITE PLAN AND ELEVATIONS HERE. YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY BOUNDARIES HERE. THIS IS GOING TO BE WEST BUSCH BOULEVARD AND NORTH ARMENIA. AND ACCESS TO THE SITE IS FROM NORTH ARMENIA HERE AND FROM WEST BUSCH BOULEVARD HERE. THE PROPOSED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES LOCATION IS GOING TO BE OUTLINED HERE IN WHITE. THIS IS -- THESE ARE ELEVATIONS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT SHOWING THE PROPERTY AS IT EXISTS NOW. AND I ALSO HAVE PHOTOS. THIS IS PICTURE OF THE SUBJECT SITE. THIS IS A PHOTO FACING NORTH. THE BUILDING IS GOING TO BE TO THE LEFT HERE. THIS IS FACING EAST ON WEST BUSCH BOULEVARD. THERE IS A WALGREEN'S HERE. ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF BUSCH AND NORTH ARMENIA. THIS IS FACING SOUTH ON ARMENIA. THIS IS FACING WEST ON BUSCH BOULEVARD. THE SITE IS TO THE RECEIPT HERE. THIS IS ANOTHER PHOTO OF THE WALGREEN'S FROM ACROSS THE STREET. QUITE A BIT OF RIGHT-OF-WAY BETWEEN THE TWO PROPERTIES. THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE OTHER COMMERCIAL USES SURROUNDING THE SITE. THIS IS FACING SOUTH ON -- ON NORTH ARMENIA. AND ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF ARMENIA, THERE ARE OTHER COMMERCIAL USES. THERE ARE NO WAIVERS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REQUEST. DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION AND COMPLIANCE STAFF REVIEWED THE APPLICATION AND FOUND THE REQUEST CONSISTENT WITH THE APPLICABLE CITY OF TAMPA LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS MINOR SITE PLAN MODIFICATIONS ARE MADE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING AND THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED A VERY ADVISED -- I AM SORRY, A REVISION SHEET. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. >>LYNN HURTAK: JUST A QUICK QUESTION. IT YOU PUT THE SITE PLAN BACK UP? I AM SURE THE APPLICANT WILL ANSWER THIS TOO, BUT JUST -- SO BASICALLY, THIS IS A STRIP MALL, AND THIS IS ONE SECTION OF A STRIP MALL. ONE UNIT? >>LEO DEBARDELEBEN: ONE UNIT. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU, THAT CLARIFIES. >>LEO DEBARDELEBEN: UNIT 5A. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NOT THE SUBWAY, NOT THE -- >>LEO DEBARDELEBEN: RIGHT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYTHING ELSE? >>LEO DEBARDELEBEN: NO, SIR. I AM AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: APPLICANT, PLEASE COME UP. >> ALEX SCHALER, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE FOR THE RECORD. I WILL PLUG MY LOPTOP IN REALLY QUICK. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE BUSINESS OWNER OF FINE TAMPA CIGARS. FERNANDEZ, MR. NEIL FERNANDEZ WILL SPEAK IN JUST A COUPLE OF SECONDS. YES, AS MR. DEBARDELEBEN TEED UP, I WAS GOING TO MENTION THAT. ONLY FOR ABOUT 1200 SQUARE FEET. A REALLY SMALL BOX WITHIN THE RETAIL CENTER WHICH ON THE SITE PLAN LOOKS REALLY LARGE BUT IN PERSON IT LOOKS REALLY, REALLY SMALL. AT THE CORNER OF BUSCH AND ARMENIA AVENUE. I WILL MOVE ON HERE. ALSO SEEING THIS AERIAL BEFORE SO I WILL TRY TO SKIP THROUGH SOME OF THIS. I REALLY WANTED TO EMPHASIZE WITH THIS, THIS IS A VERY COMMERCIALIZED INTERSECTION. YOU CAN WE HAVE THIS AIR CONDITIONING REPAIR SERVICE TO THE SOUTH. TO THE SOUTH EAST, YOU HAVE AUTO REPAIR SERVICES. AND, OF COURSE, THE WALL GREEN'S AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER. RESIDENTIAL -- THE CLOSEST RESIDENTIAL IS THERE BEHIND THE WALGREEN'S, SEPARATED NOT ONLY BY ARMENIA AVENUE BUT ALSO BY THOSE EXISTING COMMERCIAL USES AT THE CORNER THERE. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ESTABLISHMENT. THERE ARE ABOUT 16 TOTAL SEATS INSIDE. THAT IS SPLIT AMONG COUPLE OF SEATS AT THE BAR. SOME TABLES AND CHAIRS. WE ARE REQUESTING BEER AND WINE SALES ONLY. NO LIQUOR SALES HERE. THE CURRENT OPERATING HOURS I HAVE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN. WEEKDAYS OPEN AT 11:00. CLOSE AT 9 P.M. SATURDAY A BIT EARLIER CLOSE AT 6 P.M. CURRENTLY FULLY CLOSED ON SUNDAYS. I DID PUT ON THE REVISED REVISION SHEET, OUR SITE PLAN HAS CHAPTER 14 HOURS. CANDIDLY WE DON'T NEED THAT AT ALL. THIS IS NOT TODAY A LATE NIGHT ESTABLISHMENT. NOT GOING TO BE A LATE NIGHT ESTABLISHMENT. DOES NOT DRAW A LATE NIGHT CROWD. WE ARE ASKING FOR A BIT LATER THAN THE CURRENT CLOSE TIME BECAUSE MR. FERNANDEZ WANTS TO SAY OPEN FOR MONDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. WE ARE HAVING THE AB SALES CEASE AT 11:30 P.M. ALL NIGHT. AS MR. DEBARDELEBEN MENTIONED, WE HAVE FULL CONSISTENCY FROM STAFF. WE ARE NOT REQUESTING ANY WAIVERS WITH THIS APPLICATION. AND AS MENTIONED, MR. FERNANDEZ IS GOING TO COME UP HERE AND JUST GIVE YOU GUY AS LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT HIS SMALL BUSINESS. WE DID FILE THIS ABOUT TWO WEEKS AFTER THE AUGUST FILING DEADLINE, SO HE HAS BEEN ANXIOUSLY AWAITING TONIGHT. SO I WILL LET HIM SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ON THAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. >> SURE. >>LYNN HURTAK: THIS IS REALLY FUNNY CONSIDERING THE LAST ONE, BUT JUST -- YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE CLOSING HOURS 11:0. I WOULD PROBABLY RECOMMEND SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY IN CASE YOU END UP OPENING ON A SUNDAY. >> YES, THAT IS ON THE REVISION SHEET. >>LYNN HURTAK: REALLY FUNNY COMING FROM THE LAST ONE THAT I AM RECOMMENDING YOU TO WIDEN YOUR HOURS, BUT THERE WE ARE. >> UNDERSTOOD. >> NEIL FERNANDEZ, FINE TAMPA CIGARS. THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL AND THANK YOU MISS SCHALER SPEARHEADING AND GUIDING US THROUGH THIS PROCESS. LEO FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY HELPFUL THROUGH THIS PROCESS. MY IS A CUBAN IMMIGRANT. I AM THE SON OF CUBAN IMMIGRANTS. CIGARS ARE PART OF CUBAN CULTURE AND QUITE MAGICAL THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA IS INTERTWINED WITH THE CIGAR CULTURE AND THIS COMPONENT WILL ENHANCE OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE A BETTER SERVICE AND EXPERIENCE TO OUR CLIENTS. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE PRESENTATION? ANYBODY ELSE IN THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED. >>LYNN HURTAK: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. AND A REVISION SHEET? WE WILL ADD THAT AS WELL, SIR. HE WILL GIVE IT TO MR. SHELBY. YEAH, I AM WAITING UNTIL -- ARE YOU GOOD? YES, THIS IS THE REVISION SHEET. ALL RIGHT. I AM GOING TO ASK FOR THE VOTE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. WE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND. THE HEARING IS CLOSED. COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, WOULD YOU MIND READING THIS ITEM. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES, AB 22-24-49 ORDINANCE FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, SU-2 FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES, SMALL VENUE, CONSUMPTION ON PREMISE ONLY MAKING LAWFUL BEER AND WINE AT OR FROM THAT CERTAIN LOT, PLOT OR TRACT OF LAND 501 BUSCH BOULEVARD UNIT 5-A, TAMPA, FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2 PROVIDING THAT ORDINANCES AND PARTS ARE REPEALED PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. [AUDIO INTERFERENCE] >>GWEN HENDERSON: MY APOLOGIES TO EVERYONE. >>LYNN HURTAK: NO WORRIES. IT DOES. INCLUDING THE REVISION SHEET THAT ALSO BY THE WAY INCLUDES THE NEW CLOSING HOURS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION. >>GWEN HENDERSON: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AND A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES WITH CLENDENIN AND CARLSON BEING ABSENT. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY SECOND READING AND ADOPTION -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CARLSON AND CLENDENIN. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY CAN CARLSON AND CLENDENIN BEING ABSENT AT VOTE. SECOND READING IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 301 E. KENNEDY, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 3602. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA FOR THE EVENING. MR. SHELBY, EVERYTHING OKAY? COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, ANY NEW BUSINESS. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: TO PROVIDE A COMMENDATION TO VALENTINA MICHELINI TO OBTAIN THE STATUS OF EAGLE SCOUT. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2025. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. SECONDED FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANYTHING ELSE, SIR? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT'S IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR, A COUPLE OF KICK ONES, IF I MAY. UNIQUE TO FOREST HILLS. DEALS WITH A PROPERTY WHERE SOME RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED OF THE CULVERTS AND THE DITCHES. THEY WANT TO KNOW WHO MAINTAINS AND OWNS IT. I THOUGHT THE BEST WAY WOULD BE TO JUST GET A STAFF BRING REPORT ON THIS. THIS IS THE BACKGROUND. I GIVE YOU MY WORD, THERE IS NOTHING CONTROVERSIAL ON THIS. AND SO IF I MAY, I MOTION FOR STAFF TO REPORT BACK ON WHICH CITY DEPARTMENT OWNS AN OPERATES ITS PROPERTY BEHIND 9494 FOREST HILLS DRIVE. THAT THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENT REPORT BACK FOR THE MAINTENANCE PLAN FOR THE RESIDENTS CONCERNED OF LACK OF DRAIN ON ON THIS PROPERTY DUE TO THE LACK OF MAINTENANCE DUE TO CULVERTS AND WITCHES. I WILL REQUEST A WRITTEN REPORT AT THE FEBRUARY MEETING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. SECONDEDED FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE? OPPOSED? YES, SIR. >>LUIS VIERA: CAPTAIN KIRK ROKA. YOU REMEMBER HIM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CAPTAIN KIRK. >>LUIS VIERA: NOT HIM. BUT HE WAS THE MAN DOING THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT FOR TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GUY IS JUST AWESOME. I LIKE HIM A LOT. AND HE -- HE RETIRED RECENTLY. I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT. I CONTACTED HIM TO SEE IF WE CAN GIVE HIM A COUNCIL COMMENDATION. JUST A GOOD GUY. HIS SON IS ACTUALLY IN MY SON'S GRADUATING CLASS AT FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL. IT APPEARS WE HAVE ROOM ON MARCH 27, SO I WANTED TO GIVE CAPTAIN ROKA A COMMENDATION THAT DAY, IF I MAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT IS OPEN. LET ME DOUBLE CHECK. A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. AND, YES, IT IS OPEN, STIR SIR. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED. ANYTHING ELSE? >>LUIS VIERA: LAST ONE. MANY OF US KNEW THE LATE LAND USE BETTS WHO WAS JUST -- YES, LOUIS. I CAN GO ON BY LOUIS. HE KEPT IT REAL. AND HE WAS JUST LIKE A GREAT GUY. AND IF HE LIKED YOU, WOULD YOU KNOW ABOUT IT. IF HE DIDN'T LIKE YOU, WOULD YOU PROBABLY KNOW ABOUT IT TOO. I WANTED TO GIVE A COMMENDATION TO HIS FAMILY. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>LUIS VIERA: NOT FOR THE FORTHCOMING FUNERAL ON FEBRUARY 8. I AM NOT SURE I CAN MAKE IT BECAUSE I HAVE SOMETHING WITH MY SON. I WAS GOING TO GIVE ONE TO HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES AND ONE TO HIS FAMILY. WHAT I AM GOING TO DO, COUNCIL, SEND OUT AN E-MAIL SO THAT ANYBODY WANTS TO COME BECAUSE LOUIS WAS A GOOD SOUL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I AGREE. HUGE LOSS. A GREAT PERSON. HE DID A LOT WITH THE CRISIS CENTER AND A LOT OF THE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY. MY CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY. A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED? >>LUIS VIERA: BY THE WAY ONE THING -- THIS IS NOT A MOTION. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I READ THIS -- OH, WOW, ATU 1464 -- I THINK THE DATE OF THE CUTOFF FOR THAT TERRIBLE TALLAHASSEE LAW IS TOMORROW. STILL NEED A COUPLE MORE UNION MEMBERS. SO JUST WORD OUT TO ANY CITY OF TAMPA WORKER WATCHING THIS, YOU COULD LOSE YOUR UNION AFTER TOMORROW. SO IT IS A BIG DEAL. THAT'S ALL. NOT THAT ANYBODY IS WATCHING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, CHAIR. OKAY. AND IN LIGHT OF, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES THIS WEEK, I AM NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW TO DO THIS. BUT I WANT A -- WHAT I CALL A HIGH-RISE REPORT OF BARBIE BOULEVARD OF EVERY HIGH-RISE THAT IS ON BAYSHORE BOULEVARD, WHAT TYPE OF ZONING IT IS, WHAT ADMINISTRATION PASSED IT, AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT WERE THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING EACH OF THEM. I WANT TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF, YOU KNOW, WHY -- WHY THE HIGH-RISES EXIST AND IN WHAT CAPACITY THEY CAME ABOUT. IF -- MAYBE FROM MY LEARNING, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS NEEDS TO BE JUST A REPORT OR SHOULD BE A WORKSHOP FOR ALL OF US. BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATIONS APPROVED THE THINGS THAT EXIST ON BARBIE BOULEVARD. BUT I WANT TO KNOW WITHOUT DARLENE HAVING TO -- >>LYNN HURTAK: START, A WRITTEN AND WE CAN FIGURE OUT IF WE WANT -- >>GWEN HENDERSON: I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION THAT I HAVE A BAYSHORE BOULEVARD HIGH-RISE REPORT OF EVERY STRUCTURE THAT IS SEVERAL STORIES -- ANYTHING THAT IS VERY TALL. SO TALL. ANYTHING BEYOND -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THREE AND ABOVE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: FIVE STORY OR HIGHER REGARDING THE -- THE ZONING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CONSTRUCTION. >>GWEN HENDERSON: EVERYTHING. >>LYNN HURTAK: HOW ABOUT A MAP? >>GWEN HENDERSON: AND A MAP. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. YES, SIR, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IF I SAID SOMETHING AND I AM SURE THAT I AM RIGHT, BUT I NEED TO VERIFY IT. >>GWEN HENDERSON: HISTORICAL DATA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IN THE MID-'70s THE COUNCILMEMBER THAT READ COPELAND, FRIEDMAN, PLATT. >>> I SPICOLA AND MYSELF. AND I AM ALMOST 1100% SURE THAT WE PASSED EITHER FOR OR FIVE, YOU COULDN'T PUT ANY MORE. AND BACK TO THE '70s. '75 TO '79. MAYBE THE CITY HAS RECORDS AND -- MAYBE THEY CAN FIND IT IN THE RECORDS OR ASK THE CITY CLERK TO FIND IT SOMEWHERE IN THE MINUTES. >>GWEN HENDERSON: HISTORICAL DATA. WHERE DID THIS COME FROM? WHO WOULD BE DOING THE REPORT. >>LYNN HURTAK: JUST SAY STAFF. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THEY HAVE TO DECIDE ON THE STAFF. HIGH-RISE REPORT FOR BAYSHORE BOULEVARD. FIVE STORY OR TALLER, HISTORICAL DATA SURROUNDING BAYSHORE BOULEVARD. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I CAN -- >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>MARTIN SHELBY: -- I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING HISTORICAL DATA. MR. MIRANDA SAID OF THE '70s. STATE LAW IN THE 1980s. THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY AS YOU HEARD, THE CITY HAD TO CONFORM AND CREATE THAT, AND THAT WILL BE PART OF THE HISTORICAL NATURE OF BAYSHORE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION AND A SECOND. COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ONE MORE, I AM SORRY. I KNOW THAT AIR B&B ARE -- >>GWEN HENDERSON: WE GOT TO VOTE ON THIS ONE. >>LYNN HURTAK: AND THEN I HAVE A BUNCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: BY APRIL 6. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: APRIL 3 IS OUR MEETING. >>GWEN HENDERSON: APRIL 3. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: REAL QUICK. A NICE YOUNG MAN CELEBRATING HIS BIRTHDAY TODAY. LUIS VIERA JR. >>LUIS VIERA: THAT IS VERY NICE. LUIS TURNS 18 TODAY. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IS HE DRIVING YET? VIERA GOD BLESS US. BUT LUIS. NOT A BETTER KID OUT THERE. WONDERFUL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: I MOVE -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WAIT JUST A MOMENT. WHAT HAPPENED? >>CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON, YOU WANT THAT REPORT TO COME BACK -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: APRIL 3 AS A WRITTEN REPORT. >> RIGHT THEY ARE REQUESTING JUNE OR JULY. THEY NEED TIME. THEY NEED MORE TIME. CAN YOU LOOK AT A DATE -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WILL GET IT -- IF WE HAVE JULY BECAUSE WE COME BACK FROM VACATION. HOW ABOUT JULY 17. >>LYNN HURTAK: USUALLY GOING TO BE BUDGET. LET'S NOT DO END OF JULY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HOW ABOUT JUNE -- JUNE 26. >>LYNN HURTAK: AND THEN -- JUST -- I KNOW, BUT -- I ALWAYS TRY TO USE PEOPLE'S LAST NAMES, I KNOW, AND I APOLOGIZE. I WAS BLANKING. CAN WE SEE IF THAT IS WHERE BUDGET IS PRESENTED SO WE MAKE SURE WE DON'T ADD ANYTHING TO THAT DATE? >> WE JUST SAID JUNE 26, CORRECT? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DOESN'T SAY HERE -- >>LYNN HURTAK: THINKING GOING FORWARD SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND. >> WE DO HAVE -- WE DO HAVE TO APPROVE NEXT WEEK THE -- >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT'S RIGHT. >>MARTIN SHELBY: WHAT WE SHOULD DO -- I WILL MAKE SURE WE FORWARD THAT -- I FORWARD TO THE BUDGET OFFICE AND TO LEGAL. >>LYNN HURTAK: BUT IT WAS THIS YEAR, SO -- BUT LAST YEAR. >> WE HAVE TO APPROVE THE CALENDAR NEXT WEEK. WE MIGHT HAVE TO ADJUST THIS A LITTLE BIT AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT NEXT WEEK. >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY. THANKS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JUNE 26, WRITTEN REPORT. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT THE MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON IS FOR JUNE 26, WRITTEN REPORT. ALL RIGHT. ANY OPPOSITION? NO? COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK AND THEN BACK TO YOU. YES, MA'AM. >>LYNN HURTAK: WE HAD AN ISSUE A WHILE BACK WHERE PUBLIC WANTED TO TALK DURING THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AND PER COUNCIL RULES, WE DON'T ALLOW THAT. I JUST -- I MOVE TO ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THE FIRST READING OF ANY ORDINANCE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: TREAT IT LIKE A PUBLIC HEARING. HURTAK HIGH TEMPERATURE BECAUSE IT IS AN ORDINANCE AND RIGHT NOW WE ONLY ALLOW IT DURING SECOND READING AND THAT MAKES NO SENSE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YEAH, YOU ARE RIGHT. >>LYNN HURTAK: MODIFY COUNCIL RULES AND PROCEDURES. >>MARTIN SHELBY: JUST SO COUNCIL IS CLEAR -- >>LYNN HURTAK: PUT YOUR MICROPHONE ON, PLEASE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: SO COUNCIL IS CLEAR AND THE PUBLIC IS CLEAR. AN ORDINANCE ON FOR FIRST READING AND EVEN THOUGH NOT SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING. THAT IS THE WAY STATUTES -- THEY CAN TALK ON THE PETITION GIVENTH MEETING DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND WHAT COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK WANTS TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY IF THEY WISH TO STAY IN THE AFTERNOON TO HEAR A REPORT OR WHATEVER THE PRESENTATION IS AND WISHES TO COMMENT TO COUNCIL PERHAPS REGARDING CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS, THEY WILL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY AS WELL. >>GWEN HENDERSON: I HAVE A FEELING I KNOW WHO WILL BE DOING THAT, BUT OKAY. IT'S FINE. >>LYNN HURTAK: FAIR IS FAIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. YES MA'AM? >>LYNN HURTAK: THESE ARE THE THREE WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER TODAY HAVING TO DO WITH STORMWATER. I WORKED WITH VIK ON THIS AFTERNOON. SO -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU HAVE DATES? >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE DATES, TIMES AND EVERYTHING. ONE -- NUMBER ONE, WE WILL DO RECURRING MONTHLY REPORTS STARTING MARCH 6, 2025. I HAVE ALL THIS WRITTEN FOR YOU. SO I WILL HAND THIS TO YOU AFTERWARDS. MOBILITY DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE A MONTHLY IN-PERSON REPORT ON MAINTENANCE WORK PERFORMED ON THE STORMWATER SYSTEM INCLUDING PUMP STATIONS, DITCHES, PIPES, INLETS AND PONDS. THIS REPORT WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE FIRST REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING SESSION OF EACH MONTH. A CORRESPONDING WRITTEN REPORT SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE TO COUNCIL DURING THE VERBAL UPDATES AND UPLOADED TO ON BASE OR TO THE CITY'S WEB SITE AFTER THE STAFF REPORT IS COMPLETED. THE REASON I AM ASKING FOR THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO PUT IN TWO WEEKS FOR ON BASE. THE REPORT THIRD-PARTY COST BUSINESS VENDOR AND YEAR-TO-DATE OF EXPENSES FOR VENDOR. FY '25 REPORT. MARCH 6 REPORT SHOW ACTUAL COST BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2024. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>LYNN HURTAK: AND THE IDEA IS WE WILL KNOW WHAT -- WHAT IS HAPPENING FOR EVERY MONTH SO THAT IS MY FIRST ONE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A GREAT IDEA AND A GREAT MOTION. MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. WHAT IS NEXT. >>LYNN HURTAK: NUMBER TWO, MARCH 6, 2025, MOBILITY DEPARTMENT FOR AN IN-PERSON REPORT REVEALING PERSONNEL AND THIRD PARTY MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT PAID FOR BY THE STORMWATER SERVICE ASSESSMENT WITH A BREAKDOWN OF COST FOR EACH FOR FY '23, FY '24 AND BUDGETED FY '25. AVAILABLE TO BE COUNCIL DURING THE VERBAL UPDATE AND UPLOADED TO ON BASE OR THE CITY'S WEB SITE AFTER IT IS COMPLETED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ROOM ON MARCH 6. >>LYNN HURTAK: WE ONLY HAVE FIVE -- >>MARTIN SHELBY: MARCH 6. >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT WILL BE OUR SEVENTH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: FAIR ENOUGH. MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. SECONDED FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED? >>LYNN HURTAK: ALL THIS GOES TOGETHER. THIS LAST ONE -- WE WILL HAVE TO WAIVE OUR RULES, BUT THE -- THE ADDITIONAL $500,000 REQUEST. THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT TO BE ALLOCATED AN AN ADDITIONAL $500,000 PER YEAR STARTING FY '25 IN THE STORM WATERS BUDGET TO PROVIDE DITCH GRADING SERVICES. ON MARCH 6, CFO ROGERO FOR FUNDING SOURCE FOR THE $500,000 TO BE USED IN FY '25 AND DATA TRANSFERRED TO THE STORMWATER ASSESSMENT FUND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE NEED A MOTION TO OVERRIDE THE RULE FOR THE EXTRA STAFF REPORT, MR. SHELBY? >>LUIS VIERA: IF SO, I WILL MOVE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. SECONDED FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HURTAK. YOU SAID VIERA. >>LYNN HURTAK: TO ALLOW FOR THE RULES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: FOR MORE STAFF REPORTS. THIS IS THE MOTION FOR THE $500,000 ANNUALLY. YES MA'AM? >>LYNN HURTAK: VIERA AND MIRANDA. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT PASSED. THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK AS $500,000. SHE HAS IT ALL WRITTEN. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>LYNN HURTAK: I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR THE GREAT CONVERSATION TODD TODAY. IF IT NEEDS TO BE MODIFIED, WE WILL DO IT. WE NEED TO START SOMEWHERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT IT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ONE OTHER THING AND SORRY BRING IT UP BUT I ONLY HAVE ONE. AIR B&B ARE CERTAINLY ALLOWED BY LAW; HOWEVER, WE HAVE A CONFLICT WHEN THE AIR B&B PEOPLE COME IN A MOTOR HOME AND PUT THE MOTOR HOME IN AN AREA RIGHT HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTOR HOME OR A MOTOR HOME. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IN FRONT OF THE AIR B&B AND STAYING INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. I KNOW THE MOTOR HOMES ARE ALLOWED IN THE BACK OF A SIDE WALL OF A BUILDING. WE HAVE A CONFLICT AND I WANT A RESOLUTION WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO WITH IT, I DON'T KNOW. WE HAVE TO HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I HAVE GOTTEN PLENTY OF PHONE CALLS ON STUFF LIKE THAT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE IT IS RIGHT HERE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: AND THEY ARE LIVING IN IT? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE LIVING IN. BUT DRIVING THE MOTOR HOME. WHY WOULD THEY HAVE IT AND NOT LIVE WITH IT. >>MARTIN SHELBY: PUT IT ON THE OVERHEAD. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM NOT LOOKING FOR PUBLICITY BUT LOOKING TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEMS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND BY COUNCILMAN VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. DO YOU HAVE A DATE? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WHATEVER THE COUNCIL HAS A DATE THAT WE CAN GET THE CHIEF OF -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IN PERSON OR WRITTEN -- >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: VEHICLES A REPORT, IF YOU WANT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU WANT TO DO A WRITTEN REPORT? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: TO SAY YES, DOKE IT OR CAN'T DO IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S DO A WRITTEN REPORT. >>LYNN HURTAK: A WRITTEN REPORT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: TO GIVE TIME FEBRUARY 20. GIVES HIM ABOUT THREE WEEKS. WRITTEN REPORT. >>MARTIN SHELBY: STAFF CAN CONTACT YOU DIRECTLY IF THEY WANT MORE INFORMATION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. WRITTEN REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 20. A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE. MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. SECONDED FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. WE ARE ADJOURNED.