>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. WELCOME TO TAMPA CITY COUNCIL. AT THIS TIME, I YIELD TO -- WELL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR INVOCATION. BUT I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PASSING OF SOMEBODY VERY SPECIAL TO THE CITY OF TAMPA. MARGARITA GONZALEZ, MANY OF WHOM WE KNOW. I'VE KNOWN HER MY WHOLE LIFE. PEOPLE HERE HAVE KNOWN HER EVEN LONGER. SHE WAS WITH THE MAYOR'S HISPANIC HERITAGE, MAYOR'S HISPANIC ADVISORY COUNCIL, JUST THE RESUMÉ, THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. IF THERE WAS AN EXAMPLE OF AN ANGEL, THIS IS WHO THIS PERSON WAS. MY CONDOLENCES, OUR CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO HER FAMILY. SHE WAS VERY SPECIAL TO THIS COMMUNITY. >>BILL CARLSON: I WANT TO ECHO THAT TOO. SHE WAS ONE OF THE NICEST PEOPLE I KNEW. WHEN I CAME BACK TO TAMPA BACK IN '94, SHE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE THAT WELCOMED ME. SHE'S BEEN LIKE FAMILY TO SO MANY PEOPLE AND HAS BEEN SUCH A GREAT KIND LEADER IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S SAD. WE NEED MORE LEADERS LIKE THAT, NOT FEWER. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YEP. IF WE COULD PLEASE STAND FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [MOMENT OF SILENCE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ROLL CALL, PLEASE. >>BILL CARLSON: HERE. >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT. >>LUIS VIERA: HERE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE. >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES FROM AUGUST 22, 2024 WORKSHOP AND THEN THE EVENING SESSION HELD ON AUGUST 29, 2024. MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE AGENDA. I RECEIVED A MEMO FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK TO PULL ITEMS -- AND THIS IS VERY SPECIFIC. 28, 33, 34, AND 55 IN ONE GROUP. WE'LL HEAR THOSE UNDER STAFF REPORTS. AND THEN THE SECOND GROUP TO BE PULLED ARE 40 AND 42 TOGETHER RIGHT AFTER ON STAFF REPORTS, IS THAT CORRECT? >>LYNN HURTAK: YES, THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CAN I GET A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT? MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. LET ME GO THROUGH THE AGENDA HERE. WE HAVE A REQUEST FOR -- DO WE DO THE CONTINUANCE WHEN WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1:30 FOR 64. >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL WAIT ON 64. WE'LL GO THROUGH STAFF REPORTS AND BUSINESS. CHIEF OF STAFF, DO YOU HAVE AN ADMINISTRATION UPDATE? >>JOHN BENNETT: JOHN BENNETT, CHIEF OF STAFF. GOOD MORNING TO THE PUBLIC. ORIGINALLY WE DID NOT. BUT AFTER LAST NIGHT'S STORM, I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR MR. BHIDE TO COME IN, VIK BHIDE, OUR DIRECTOR OF MOBILITY AND STORMWATER, JUST TO EXPLAIN WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE TORRENTIAL RAINSTORMS AND OUR CAPACITY AS IT RELATES TO OVERALL RAINFALL DURING THE SEASON. PROBABLY A THREE TO FIVE MINUTE, HE MAY BE EVEN VIRTUAL FOR THAT, COUNCIL'S PLEASURE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, ABSOLUTELY. IT WAS MISERABLE. IT WAS A NIGHTMARE. ITEM NUMBER 66, WOULD WE LIKE STAFF PRESENT FOR THAT? IT IS A $4.5 MILLION ITEM. >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS THAT A YES? >>LYNN HURTAK: NO, I DON'T THINK WE DO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO ON 66. 67 GOES ALONG WITH 68. NO. ITEM NUMBER 69, ALMOST 4 MILLION. WE HAVE A MEMO FROM MR. BAIRD. DO WE NEED HIM PRESENT? NO. NO ON 69. HOW ABOUT 70? NO. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 71. >>LUIS VIERA: YES, PLEASE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES ON 71. ITEM 72? >> YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. LET'S HAVE A YES. 73. YES ON 73. 74 WE HAVE A MEMO. COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. YES. ITEM 75. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I COULD GO BACK TO ITEM NUMBER 74. JUST A REMINDER THAT I BELIEVE LAST WEEK COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON MADE A MOTION FOR GENERALLY -- FOR THE WORKSHOP. OKAY. AND YOU WANT SOMEBODY HERE FOR THIS ITEM. MR. MULKEY OR SOMEBODY FROM STAFF. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES, I STILL WANT SOMEONE BECAUSE THE PUBLIC IS LISTENING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SOMEBODY HERE FOR 74. 75? YES. ALL RIGHT. ITEM 76. YES. 77? >>LYNN HURTAK: I -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A PowerPoint. >>LYNN HURTAK: I THINK THIS COULD TIE IN WITH THE ADMINISTRATION UPDATE, MR. BHIDE, BECAUSE IT IS A PIPE ISSUE. NOT QUITE THE SAME. YEAH, LET'S HAVE HIM HERE FOR THE PowerPoint. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HOW ABOUT 78? A WRITTEN REPORT, YES OR NO? >> YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. 79? YES. ITEM NUMBER 80 IS A WRITTEN REPORT. THERE IS A REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE TO OCTOBER 17, 2024. CAN I GET A MOTION? MOTION FOR ITEM 80 TO CONTINUE TO OCTOBER 17, 2024, BY COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE I ASK FOR AN APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA? WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AND THEN THE CHANGES WERE MADE, SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. DISCUSSION? >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, I SUGGEST AND WOULD RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO MOVE THOSE BIG-TICKET ITEMS, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, AND 74, ALONG WITH THE STAFF REPORTS SO IT GETS THOSE OFF THE AGENDA, MOVE THAT AT THAT POINT AFTER THAT -- >>LYNN HURTAK: SO MOVED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL DO IT NOW. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: FOR CLARITY, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, MOTION TO MOVE THOSE -- >>MARTIN SHELBY: YOU HAVE TO DO IT AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT. INSTEAD OF TAKING IT UP UNDER STAFF REPORTS, TAKE IT WITH THE CONSENT DOCKET. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA WITH THE CHANGES. MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL GO INTO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 1. COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA WITH THE POLICE OFFICER OF THE MONTH. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. IT'S A GREAT PLEASURE HERE TO PRESENT ON BEHALF OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL OUR TAMPA POLICE OFFICER OF THE MONTH. LIKE I ALWAYS SAY, WE ALWAYS DO THIS FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS AS WELL AS OUR FIREFIGHTERS TO REFLECT ON HOW IMPORTANT PUBLIC SAFETY IS HERE TO OUR CITY OF TAMPA AND FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS TO SHOW THAT OUR CITY OF TAMPA SUPPORTS LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE HARD WORK THAT THEY DO. HERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS INDIVIDUAL'S AMAZING WORK WILL BE CHIEF KATE. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. DEPUTY CHIEF RUTH KATE ON BEHALF OF CHIEF BERCAW WHO SENDS HIS REGRETS. INTRODUCE TO YOU DETECTIVE JUAN RAMOS FROM OUR HOMICIDE SQUAD. HE'S BEEN A DETECTIVE FOR SOME TIME BUT WE'LL ONLY HIGHLIGHT ONE CASE WHICH YOU MAY RECOGNIZE AND THAT IS THE REASON WHY HE IS OFFICER OF THE MONTH FOR SEPTEMBER 2024. THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE DETECTIVE JUAN RAMOS AS OFFICER OF THE MONTH. THE EXCEPTIONAL DEDICATION, INVESTIGATIVE SKILLS AND COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS DEMONSTRATED BY DETECTIVE RAMOS WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN SOLVING A HIGH-PROFILE HOMICIDE CASE. ON JUNE 23rd, 2024, A FATAL SHOOTING OCCURRED AT A LOCAL HOTEL RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF A MUSICAL ARTIST CHARLES JONES, MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS JULIO FUELIO. DETECTIVE RAMOS COMMITTED HIMSELF FULLY TO THIS COMPLEX CASE. HIS FIRST HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION AS THE LEAD DETECTIVE. WORKING MORE THAN 140 HOURS IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS ALONE AND PLACED AN OBVIOUS STRAIN ON HIS FAMILY, WHO FULLY SUPPORTS HIM, HE WENT IN RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF JUSTICE FOR MR. JONES. THROUGH METICULOUS INVESTIGATION AND COLLABORATION WITH THE JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, DETECTIVE RAMOS SUCCESSFULLY IDENTIFIED FIVE SUSPECTS LINKED TO THE HOMICIDE. THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE FOUND TO HAVE TRAVELED FROM JACKSONVILLE WITH THE INTENT OF TARGETING MR. JONES. DETECTIVE RAMOS TIRELESS EFFORTS, STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH THE JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF'S OFFICE PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE IN QUICKLY BRINGING FOUR OF THESE INDIVIDUALS INTO CUSTODY. ONE MORE IS STILL OUTSTANDING, BUT WE WILL GET HIM. BEYOND THE RESULTS OF THE IMMEDIATE HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION, DETECTIVE RAMOS' TENACITY HAD A FAR-REACHING IMPACT. HIS DILIGENT EFFORTS LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF NEW EVIDENCE RELATED TO OTHER UNSOLVED HOMICIDE CASES IN JACKSONVILLE. THIS EVIDENCE HAS PROVIDED FRESH NEW LEADS AND HAS ADVANCED THOSE INVESTIGATIONS TOO. DETECTIVE RAMOS' COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE AND EXCEPTIONAL INVESTIGATIVE SKILLS ARE EXEMPLARY. HIS DEDICATION AND PERSEVERANCE HAVE MADE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR COMMUNITY, BEYOND MAKING TAMPA SAFER, HIS EFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OTHER AGENCIES HAS ALSO HELPED ANOTHER COMMUNITY SOLVE AND BRING JUSTICE TO OTHER VICTIMS. IT IS FOR THESE REASONS HE IS OUR OFFICER OF THE MONTH. CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] >>LUIS VIERA: DETECTIVE, BEFORE WE HEAR FROM YOU AND BEFORE WE HEAR FROM CITY COUNCIL, THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THEIR SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR YOUR WORK, SIR. >> CONGRATULATIONS ON BEHALF OF TAMPA PBA, PRESENT THIS TO YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COME TO THE MICROPHONE. >> JOHN MILLER, TAMPA PBA ON BEHALF OF MEMBERS OF THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT, CONGRATULATE YOU AND PRESENT THIS AS A TOKEN OF ALL OF OUR APPRECIATION. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR KEEPING US SAFE. ON BEFORE A OF CASPERS COMPANY, CASPERS FAMILY, OXFORD EXCHANGE, LIKE FOR YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES ENJOY BRUNCH, LUNCH, BOOKSTORE. THANK YOU FOR KEEPING US SAFE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> STRAZ CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR KEEPING OUR STREETS SAFE AND THAT DETERMINATION IS REALLY VERY IMPRESSIVE. THESE ARE TWO TICKETS TO COME AND ENJOY A NIGHT AT THE STRAZ CENTER. THANK YOU. >> I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> MIKE McARTHUR, STEPP'S TOWING SERVICE. CONGRATULATIONS ON JOB WELL DONE. LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH A GIFT CARD FOR A NIGHT OUT, DINNER ON US. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING. MARY LOU BAILEY. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF ZOO TAMPA. I SERVE ON THE BOARD THERE. WE'RE PRESENTING WITH YOU A FAMILY MEMBERSHIP FOR THE YEAR FOR THE ZOO. WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING THE MANATEE SPECIAL ANIMAL. CRITICAL CARE FACILITY FOR THE MANATEES WHO GET HURT AND SICK IN THE WILD. LIKE YOU TAKE CARE OF US, WE TRY TO TAKE CARE OF THE ANIMALS. I REALLY APPRECIATED YOUR STORY. I WANTED TO COMMENT ON THE TWO QUALITIES YOU APPARENTLY HAVE IN ABUNDANCE OF TENACITY AND COLLABORATION. THOSE TWO THINGS TOGETHER WILL TAKE YOU FAR, MY MAN. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY WHO SERVES. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. BRIAN FORD WITH THE BUCCANEERS. DETECTIVE, STORY IS UNBELIEVABLE THAT YOU -- YOUR EXTENDED EFFORTS FOR THE JONES' FAMILY. REMARKABLE. WE HAVE A TRADITION AT ONE BUC. ANYBODY THAT GOES OVER AND ABOVE GETS A GAME BALL. ON BEHALF OF THE GLAZER FAMILY AND OUR ENTIRE ORGANIZATION, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU AND SAY THANK YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FOR YOUR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE. >> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. JILL WITECKI FROM TAMPA THEATRE. WHEN THEY MAKE THE MOVIE OF YOUR STORY, I HOPE WE GET TO SHOW IT. IN THE MEANTIME, ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO COME SEE US OVER THE NEXT YEAR. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING. I'M GRACE GONZALEZ HERE ON BEHALF OF THE GONZMART FAMILY AND 1905 FAMILY OF RESTAURANTS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND BEING COMMITTED TO OUR CITY AND COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR BEING COMMITTED TO JUSTICE. ENJOY A NIGHT OUT AT THE COLUMBIA, GOODY GOODY, ULELE, ENJOY SANGRIA, HAVE A NIGHT OUT AND RELAX. [ APPLAUSE ] >> NEED A BIG TOTE BAG. MAYBE A ROLLING SUITCASE. STEVE MICHELINI HERE ON BEHALF OF A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT FOLKS. PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE WE HAVE A NEW COMPANY THAT'S JOINING IN THIS PRESENTATION. GREEK RESTAURANT IS PROVIDING YOU WITH A GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR $50. ENJOY YOURSELF OVER THERE FOR LUNCH. JACKSON'S BISTRO ON HARBOUR ISLAND. CICCIO'S RESTAURANT GROUP. THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF RESTAURANTS AROUND TOWN. BREAKFAST, LUNCH, OR DINNER. BEHALF OF YUMMY HOUSE CHINA BISTRO AND WE SAY THE CHIEF LIKES TO GRAB THAT ONE FROM YOU. MEAT MARKET IN OLD HYDE PARK. PROVIDING YOU A HUNDRED DOLLAR GIFT CERTIFICATE. TAKE THESE LETTERS WITH YOU AS WELL AS THE GIFT CERTIFICATES, PLEASE. BELLABRAVA IN THE MIDTOWN SECTION. GO ENJOY YOURSELF AND CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. [ APPLAUSE ] >>LUIS VIERA: DETECTIVE, ON BEHALF OF A VERY GRATEFUL CITY OF TAMPA AND TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, IT IS OUR GREAT PLEASURE AND HONOR TO GIVE YOU THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL COMMENDATION. >> THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE. THANK YOU, TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, FOR YOUR TIME AND HAVING ME HERE. THIS CASE WAS ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE AND THERE WAS A LOT OF MOVING PARTS. I KNOW I'M BEING RECOGNIZED BECAUSE I WAS THE LEAD DETECTIVE IN IT BUT I COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE TEAM BEHIND ME. THANK FIRST MY WIFE. SHE HELD DOWN THE HOUSE AND SUPPORTED ME DURING THE VERY LONG HOURS I WAS GONE ON THIS INVESTIGATION. I'D LIKE TO THANK MY SQUAD MATES, HOMICIDE SQUAD, SPECIFICALLY THOSE WHO HELPED ME DIRECTLY ON THE CASE AND MY SUPERVISOR AND SERGEANT KELLY AND OBVIOUSLY THE COMMAND STAFF. WE ALL CAME TOGETHER AND WORKED WITH THE JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO DELIVER JUSTICE ON THIS CASE. I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THEM. OF COURSE, THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, SUSIE LOPEZ AND THE PROSECUTING TEAM. DEFINITELY A TEAM EFFORT. THANK ALL OF THEM FOR THE MOMENT THAT GOT ME HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAVE A GOOD DAY. [ APPLAUSE ] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: DETECTIVE, I COULD TELL YOU THE SMARTEST DETECTIVE I EVER MET. YOU KNOW WHY? YOU SAY THANK YOU FIRST. >> OF COURSE, YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOUR WIFE. ABOVE ALL, YOU HAVE MORE BRAINS THAN I DO. [ LAUGHTER ] BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR CALMNESS AND YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE THAT YOU RECOGNIZE EVERYONE THAT HAD A HAND IN THIS THING. YOU CAN'T DO EVERYTHING BY YOURSELF. YOU KNOW THAT. THE WORLD KNOWS THAT. BUT YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT FEW OF US HAVE. THAT IS THE TENACITY TO NEVER GIVE UP AND SMELL WHERE YOU'RE GOING NEXT. GOD-GIVEN THING THAT WHEN YOU ARE IN THE POLICE FORCE, NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE AT, YOU HAVE TO THINK LIKE THEY DO IN ORDER TO CATCH THEM. YOU HAVE THE NATURAL ABILITY. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, TENACITY, SMARTS. THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM, YOUR WIFE, AS YOU SAID, AND YOUR FAMILY, BUT SEEING WHAT YOU'VE DONE FROM THE START ON THIS CASE, HOPEFULLY WON'T HAVE MORE MURDERS. IF WE DO, I HOPE YOU'RE THERE HELPING TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CONGRATULATIONS SIR. VERY WELL DESERVED. I KNOW THIS WAS A VERY HIGH-PROFILE CASE ALL OVER THE MEDIA. ALREADY SAID MULTIPLE TIMES, THANK YOU TO YOUR FAMILY FOR YOUR SACRIFICE BECAUSE IT'S NOT EASY. YOU'RE WORKING ENDLESS LONG HOURS, OVERTIME, ABOVE AND BEYOND YOU AND YOUR TEAM. WHAT YOU DO, PEOPLE DON'T SEE, BUT YOU'RE ALWAYS OUT THERE AND ALWAYS WORKING. THANK YOU FOR THAT WORK AND THANK YOU FOR THAT SACRIFICE THAT YOU MAKE EVERY DAY, SIR. CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] TAKE A MOMENT BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT ITEM. COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, WE'LL RECOGNIZE PEPIN ACADEMIES IN HONOR OF THEIR 25th ANNIVERSARY. I SEE SCOTT HERE, A FRIEND OF MINE FOR A LONG TIME. GOOD TO SEE YOU, SIR. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL. IT'S A REAL GREAT PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY. WE ARE HERE TO HONOR OUR FRIENDS AT PEPIN ACADEMIES FOR 25 YEARS OF SERVICE. WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE HERE WITH US. MR. TOM PEPIN, WHO IS THE FOUNDER OF THE PEPIN FAMILY FOUNDATION. WE HAVE TINA PEPIN, WHO IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PEPIN FAMILY FOUNDATION. WE HAVE KRISHA SCHOLARO, THE FOUNDER OF PEPIN ACADEMIES. WE HAVE MR. SCOTT STRAPINO, CHAIR OF HILLSBOROUGH. JEFF SCOURNICK, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PEPIN ACADEMIES. MONICA PEREZ, COO OF PEPIN ACADEMIES. JENNIFER, THE PRINCIPAL AT PEPIN ACADEMIES. CHRISTINA DIAZ, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT OF PEPIN ACADEMIES, AND WE HAVE PHYLLIS GUTHMAN, OUR GOOD FRIEND FROM M McDONALD TRAINING CENTER, ANOTHER ORGANIZATION THAT DOES SO MUCH FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES. WE'RE HERE TODAY TO HONOR PEPIN ACADEMIES. FOR ME, AS YOU KNOW, MY BROTHER UP WITH A, YESTERDAY, JUAN WAS AT THE HOSPITAL WITH MINOR SURGERY. MY OLDEST BROTHER IS INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED. I KNOW FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH MY MOM AND DAD HOW IMPORTANT INSTITUTIONS LIKE PEPIN ARE TO FAMILIES, RAISING CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. WHEN YOU GOT A KID WHO HAS AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY, WHETHER AUTISM, DOWN SYNDROME, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, ALL YOU WANT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT KID HAS A PILLOW, SO TO SPEAK, TO PUT HIS OR HER HEAD DOWN AT NIGHT, SO TO SPEAK. THAT INCLUDES GOOD EDUCATION, HOUSING, A CULTURE WHO ACCEPTS THEM FOR WHO THEY ARE, ET CETERA. FILLING IN THAT GAP FOR SO MANY FAMILIES FOR A QUARTER CENTURY HAS BEEN PEPIN ACADEMIES. WHENEVER I THINK OF PEPIN ACADEMIES, I THINK OF THE STORIES OF HOPE THEY HAVE GIVEN TO SO MANY FAMILIES WITH KIDS OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES. MY FORMER STAFFER, CONNER DARK, WHO NOW WORKS WITH THE CLERK OF COURT, I THINK OF THE WONDERFUL PROGRAMS THEY ARE DOING THIS YEAR, CITY OF TAMPA IS FUNDING A WELDING PROGRAM THAT PEPIN ACADEMIES IS DOING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. PEPIN ACADEMIES MAKES DREAMS HAPPEN FOR PEOPLE WHOSE ONLY DREAM IS TO MAKE SURE THEIR KIDS GET ACCEPTANCE, LOVE AND RESPECT. SOMETHING THAT EVERY PERSON SHOULD HAVE. IT IS OUR GREAT PLEASURE ON BEHALF OF A GRATEFUL CITY OF TAMPA TO HONOR THE LEGACY OF PEPIN ACADEMIES, THE VISION OF THE PEPIN FAMILY, THE PEPIN NAME MEANS SO MUCH TO PEOPLE IN THE TAMPA AREA WHO HAVE LOVED ONES WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES. LIKE McDONALD TRAINING CENTER, BEST BUDDIES, SPECIAL OLYMPICS, IT IS PART OF THE FAMILY THAT IS THERE FOR PEOPLE. ON BEHALF OF A GRATEFUL COMMUNITY, OUR PLEASURE AND HONOR TO GIVE PEPIN ACADEMIES THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL COMMENDATION FOR 25 YEARS OF SERVICE. I WILL ASK MR. TOM PEPIN TO COME FORWARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GO AHEAD. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE KIND WORDS. THERE'S NOT MUCH THAT I CAN SAY AFTER THAT. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS TINA PEPIN. I AM THE PROUD DIRECTOR OF THE PEPIN FAMILY FOUNDATION. TODAY WE CELEBRATE 25 YEARS, AND 25 YEARS AGO OUR FAMILY INVESTED IN STUDENTS IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM WHO HAD UNIQUE ABILITIES AND JUST NEEDED A LITTLE BIT MORE HELP. THAT IDEA WAS BROUGHT TO US BY THIS COURAGEOUS WOMAN BEHIND ME, KRISHA AND A GROUP OF FAMILIES THAT RECOGNIZED THE NEED FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION, FOR STUDENTS IN THE GENERAL EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT THAT JUST WEREN'T SUCCEEDING AS MUCH AS THEY COULD BE. THAT'S WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT, TODAY IS THE RECOGNITION OF THAT HARD WORK, THE CHOICE THAT YOU ALL RECOGNIZE THAT IS NEEDED IN THE COMMUNITY. WE KNOW JUST LIKE THE DETECTIVE SAID THIS MORNING, IT'S A TEAM EFFORT. IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF STUDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY, IN THE SYSTEM IS A TEAM EFFORT. WE THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE DIFFERENCE THAT IS NEEDED IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR THE HONOR TODAY. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU, MR. VIERA AND ALL OF YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION. 25 YEARS IS EXCITING FOR ME TO CELEBRATE, NOT BECAUSE OF PEPIN ACADEMIES, WHAT IT DOES FOR STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES BUT WHAT IT MEANS TO GET HERE FOR 25 YEARS AND LOOKING BACK AT ALL THE PEOPLE PART OF THE SUCCESS. SHE KNOWS THAT SHE LOOKS TODAY AND SAYS, WOW, 25 YEARS AGO I HAD 17 STUDENTS IN A BOX AND TODAY WE SERVE ALMOST 1200 STUDENTS ACROSS THREE CAMPUSES. A BOX HAS TURNED INTO THREE 55,000 SQUARE FEET PLUS FACILITIES THAT SERVES STUDENTS AND GIVING THEM THE CHANCE TO BE SUCCESSFUL, TO BE HEARD, TO BE BELIEVED IN, AS YOU'VE MENTIONED. YOU HAVE TAKEN YOUR LOVE FOR YOUR BROTHER AND EXPANDED IT THROUGH THE CITY AND EMBRACED US. THE CITY HAS EMBRACED US. TRANSITION WORK AND INTERNS AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. BEEN AT THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE DOING WORKFORCE EXPERIENCE FOR ALMOST 15 YEARS OF THESE 25. YOU HAVE EMBRACED US AND WE HAVE EMBRACED YOU. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THAT. I THANK EVERYONE BEHIND THAT YOU WERE GENEROUS TO MENTION. OUR BOARD CHAIR, COO, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, THESE TWO MAKE ALL THE DECISIONS YOU SEE HAPPEN EVERY DAY. OF COURSE, THE PEPIN FAMILY. PHYLLIS, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, ALLOWING ME TO BE HONORED TO DO THAT. ME AND YOU SHARE A LOVE FOR SOMETHING, TOLD US TIME IS UNDEFEATED. BUT I DIDN'T HEAR NO BELL. >>LUIS VIERA: ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO COME FORWARD? >> KRISHA WILLIAMS. THANK YOU TO PHYLLIS GUTHMAN BECAUSE MANY DON'T REALIZE SHE WAS COACHING ME YEARS BEFORE PEPIN OPENED, ENCOURAGING A MOTHER WHO SAW A GREAT NEED THAT WAS NEEDED AND HELP MAKE IT HAPPEN. BUT IT ALL GOES TO TOM AND ART PEPIN WHO WE USED TO HAVE LITTLE MEETINGS WHERE PARENTS WOULD ASK WHAT WE WERE DOING AND BOTH SAID, I KIND OF THINK THIS MIGHT BE GOOD FOR OUR CITY. AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. THANK YOU. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE AT ALL? TOM PHYLLIS ANYBODY? OKAY. JUST MAKING SURE. BEFORE WE GO TO COUNCIL, AGAIN, PEPIN, THEY DO AMAZING WORK. JEFF, IT'S NOT ABOUT HOW HARD YOU HIT BUT HOW HARD YOU CAN GET HIT. QUOTE ROCKY 6, THAT'S -- >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN. AGAIN, THANKS TO ALL OF YOU. BEEN SAID BEFORE, BUT THE PEPIN FAMILY HAS DONE NOT ONLY HERE BUT IN THIS CASE IN YOUR ACADEMY, BUT ALSO MEDICINE IN THE PAST AND YOUR FATHER AND SO FORTH AND WHAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO IS AN CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA. [ENCODER DISCONNECT] THANK YOU, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU. GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. >>GWEN HENDERSON: GOOD MORNING. CONGRATULATIONS ON REACHING THIS WONDERFUL MILESTONE. I LOVE PEPIN. ONE OF MY FAVORITE STUDENTS, ADRIAN VILA IS NOW WORKING AT OUR MASTERS IN TEXAS. ONE OF MY FAVORITE STUDENT, BUT ALONG WITH HER BROTHER AND SISTER WHO ALSO ATTENDED, YOUR GRADUATION CEREMONIES ARE JUST A DELIGHT. I WISH YOU MORE SUCCESS AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR THREE CAMPUSES AS WELL. >>BILL CARLSON: WE'RE SMILING BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO GIVE COMMENTS NOW, BUT SINCE EVERYBODY IS, WE WILL BECAUSE IT'S SO COMPELLING TO WANT TO SAY SOMETHING POSITIVE. IF THEY DON'T SAY ANYTHING, IT'S NOT BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE 25 YEARS AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE ANOTHER 25. I WANT TO IN PARTICULAR THANK MY FIRST JOB WAS IN SPORTS PROMOTION. I WORKED WITH YOUR FAMILY. I DON'T REMEMBER IF I MET YOU, BUT I WORKED WITH YOUR FAMILY BACK IN THE '80s. YOU ALL HAVE DONE SO MUCH IN SO MANY WAYS. ONE OF THE MOST PHILANTHROPIC FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO MANY BUSINESSES DO A FRACTION OF WHAT YOU ALL DO. THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY, MANY AREAS OF IMPACT THAT YOU ALL HAVE HAD. SO THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. >>LUIS VIERA: ONE LAST THING, IF I MAY. WE TALKED ABOUT GRADUATES, I WOULD BE REMISS IF WE DIDN'T MENTION A GRADUATE FROM PEPIN WHO WAS TAKEN FROM US ALMOST A YEAR AGO IN OCTOBER. HARRISON BOONSTOPPEL. ONE OF MANY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA TO DO A FIVE-MINUTE PRESENTATION TO REPORT ON THE SERVICES IT PROVIDES TO CITY RESIDENTS. >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL. THIT IS A PLEASURE BEING HERE TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SOME OF THIS ON THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA. I HAVE A FEW SLIDES TO DISPLAY HERE. GIVE AN UPDATE ON LAST SEASON AND AS WE PREPARE FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON. FIRST TIME HERE. GOOD TO SEE YOU AND MEET YOU. START WITH WHY WE EXIST. THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA IS HERE TO TRANSFORM LIVES. THROUGH THE POWER OF MUSIC, WE REALLY HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCES AND STORIES FROM FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN TOUCHED AND MOVED BY WHAT WE DO. WE BUILD COMMUNITY THROUGH THE POWER OF MUSIC. WE INSPIRE, EDUCATE AND UNITE THROUGH WHAT WE DO. WE HAVE MORE THAN 56 YEARS OF HISTORY. AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE THE LARGEST PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRA IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. OUR MUSIC DIRECTOR IS INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED ARTIST MICHAEL FRANCES. WE ARE CELEBRATING HIS 10th ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR. THE ORCHESTRA HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED SINCE HE ARRIVED. CHELSEA GALLO, YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN HER IN TAMPA, ALONG WITH 70 FULL-TIME MUSICIANS. MANY HAVE 20, 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. NOT ONLY COMING FROM THE UNITED STATES BUT WORLDWIDE. THESE MUSICIANS MOVE TO TAMPA AND START HERE WITH THEIR FAMILY. WE ALSO HAVE A TEAM OF 30 STAFF MEMBERS. ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET IS ABOUT 14 MILLION. WANTED TO MENTION IN THE CITY OF TAMPA WE PERFORM A NUMBER OF VENUES. WE ALSO HAVE CONCERTS AT THE TAMPA THEATRE, JULIAN B. LANE AND -- WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE A NEW LOCATION THIS UPCOMING SEASON AT YBOR CITY. WE SERVE AROUND 150,000 PEOPLE EVERY YEAR IN THE CONCERT HALL, CLASSROOM, AND COMMUNITY. PROUD TO PRESENT WORLD-CLASS ARTISTS. WE ARE KNOWN TO PROVIDE MUSIC FOR EVERYBODY FROM CLASSICS, POP ROCK COUNTRY. WANTED TO MENTION LAST YEAR, THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE CONCERT AT THE MORSANI HALL WHICH WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE AND HIGHLIGHT HOW STRONG OF PARTNERS WE HAVE WITH THE STRAZ CENTER, INCLUDING OPERA TAMPA. STARTED A RELATIONSHIP WITH OPERA TAMPA THREE YEARS AGO AND LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE MUSIC PERFORMANCES WITH OPERA TAMPA IN THE FUTURE. LAST YEAR, WE PERFORMED ABOUT 24 CONCERTS IN TAMPA. 18 OF THEM WERE AT THE STRAZ. TWO WERE AT THE PARKS. AND FOUR IN OTHER TAMPA INDOOR VENUES. THAT'S AROUND 30,000 PATRONS ATTENDING OUR CONCERTS IN TAMPA. THIS UPCOMING SEASON WE ARE PLANNING TO PRESENT 25 CONCERTS IN TAMPA, 20 CONCERTS AT THE STRAZ -- AND THREE IN OTHER VENUES. OPENING CONCERT IN TAMPA WILL BE OCTOBER 12. IT IS OUR POPS CONCERT SERIES. MAYOR CASTOR HAS ACCEPTED TO ATTEND THE PERFORMANCE. WE'RE ALWAYS VERY GRATEFUL TO REPRESENT AND SHARE THE POWER OF THE ORCHESTRA IN THE COMMUNITY. ON A YEARLY BASIS WE SERVE AROUND 60,000 PEOPLE THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY PROGRAMS. I WANT TO MENTION THIS SEASON WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO PRESENT A COMBINED PERFORMANCE FROM BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA MUSICIANS. SPECIAL SERVICE WE PROVIDE IS THROUGH OUR STRINGS PROGRAM FOR YOUTH. IN PARTICULAR, IN TAMPA, 14 GIRLS AND 14 BOYS. IT IS A NEW PARTNERSHIP THAT WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE WHAT WE DO WITH MUSIC. OTHER EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE DO. SIDE BY SIDE CONCERTS WITH THE TAMPA YOUTH ORCHESTRA, WELL-KNOWN PERFORMANCES WHERE WE HAVE HIGH SCHOOLS FROM ALL OVER, INCLUDING BLAKE AND BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOLS, TAMPA METROPOLITAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA AND SO ON. THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO PARTNER WITH THE GASPARILLA MUSIC FESTIVAL FOR THE FIRST TIME. THAT IS ANOTHER EXCITING PARTNERSHIP COMING UP. WANTED TO SHARE THAT WE'RE KNOWN TO BE AN ARTS AND CULTURE DESTINATION AND KNOWN FOR THE ECONOMIC IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE DOLLARS WE CAN GENERATE THROUGH OUR CONCERTS. KNOW TIME IS UP. I WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO AGAIN REMIND YOU IN THE TEN YEARS OF MICHAEL FRANCES, ON BEHALF OF THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA, THANK THE CITY OF TAMPA FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. ANY QUESTIONS, HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND ALL THAT THE ORCHESTRA DOES. IT'S A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY ASSET. THANK YOU, SIR. WE'LL KICK IT OFF WITH PUBLIC COMMENT. ONE REGISTERED SPEAKER, MR. MICHAEL RANDOLPH. START WITH HIM AND THEN FIVE IN-PERSON SPEAKERS. GOOD MORNING, MR. RANDOLPH. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MICHAEL RANDOLPH. I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT ZION CEMETERY. DECEMBER 10, 2019, A PRESENTATION WAS MADE BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL CONCERNING THE CEMETERY. ON MARCH THE 5th, 2020, ANOTHER PRESENTATION WAS MADE. GIVE A LITTLE HISTORY. THE CEMETERY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1901. FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN CEMETERY IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. HOWEVER, BY THE MID '20s, IT HAD BEEN BUILT OVER AND ESSENTIALLY ERASED FROM THE MAP. WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT THIS IS IT WAS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN RICHARD DOLBY, WHO ACTUALLY PURCHASED THE LAND. THE PROPERTY THAT ONCE WAS COMPOSED OF THE REMAINS OF THE CEMETERY IS OWNED BY THREE BUSINESSES -- TAMPA HOUSING AUTHORITY, SUN STATE RECORDS SERVICES AND -- COLUMBIA RESTAURANT. ONE OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS IS A FAMILY MEMBER. WILLIAMS. SHE IS A FAMILY MEMBER ON THE CEMETERY. WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT THIS DEAL IT IS A PUBLIC/PRIVATE RELATIONSHIP, ONE OF THE FIRST KIND IN THE NATION. THE PROGRAM THAT'S COMING UP IS CALLED MEMORIAL CEMETERY AND -- CENTER. RESOURCES INCLUDING GOVERNMENT FOUNDATIONS AND CORPORATION. GIVE A BREAKDOWN OF THE SOURCES. $7.9 MILLION. MEMORIAL DESIGN 230,000. STATE RESTORED MARKER IS GOING TO BE 7500. AND STATE LOCAL MARKER GOING TO BE 5,000. FENCING AND SECURITY 30,000. DEMOLITION IS GOING TO BE 500,000. S GOING TO BE 5 MILLION. AND THE CENTER IS GOING TO BE 1.9 MILLION. WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT THIS, THIS IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO BRING IN FUNDING IN ORDER TO SUSTAIN THE FINANCES RELATED TO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. UNFORTUNATELY, AT THIS POINT, THE TWO BUSINESS OWNERS ARE NOT AT THE TABLE, AND WE RISK LOSING ALL OF THE MONEY RELATED TO THE $7.9 MILLION THAT WE HAVE LINED UP. ON THE 20th OF THIS MONTH, BE GIVING THE ONLINE MEETING OF THE FORGOTTEN 400, A NATIONAL CRISIS AT 7 P.M. THIS IS GOING TO BE A CONVERSATION RELATED TO BLACK CEMETERIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. WE THINK THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE TAMPA PROJECT IS GOING TO BE ONE OF A KIND IN THE NATION. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. THAT CONCLUDES THE ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENT. I HAVE A FEW MORE COMMENT CARDS. WE'LL GO TO IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT. FIRST UP IS MS. STEPHANIE POYNOR. FOLLOWED BY MS. CONNIE BURTON. GOOD MORNING, MA'AM. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD MORNING. STEPHANIE POYNOR. I HATE GOING FIRST BECAUSE I WANT TO HEAR WHAT THE OTHER CITIZENS HAVE TO SAY BECAUSE SOMETIMES I LIKE TO PILE ON. I'D LOVE TO SEE THE MAYOR COME OVER HERE AND SUPPORT ITEM 79 TODAY. ITEM 79 IS SUPPORTING THIS COUNCIL GETTING A COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT WHICH THEY HAVE NEEDED FOR YEARS. I WANT TO SEE OUR CITY COUNCIL LOOK LIKE ALL THE PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP IN THIS ROOM. I WANT IT TO BE REPRESENTED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. I WANT SOMEBODY TO BE ABLE TO PAY THEIR MORTGAGE PAYMENT. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF MONEY HERE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ENOUGH TO GET YOU ABOVE THE POVERTY LINE IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANOTHER JOB. I WANT TO SEE EVERYBODY SUPPORT THIS. IT IS JUST IDENTIFY. AND THE FUNNY PART ABOUT IT IS, THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW THAT I HAVE COME UP HERE ABOUT THIS. YOU KNOW WHAT? WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS SOMETHING, THE RAISE -- CALLING IT A RAISE -- THE ADJUSTMENT IS THE SAME ADJUSTMENT THAT I BROUGHT BEFORE THE COUNCIL, THAT WAS BROUGHT BEFORE THIS COUNCIL THREE YEARS AGO. SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY GETTING LESS THAN YOU WOULD HAVE HAD YOU DONE IT THREE YEARS AGO. I THINK IT'S TIME FOR EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT, OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, IS NOT ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT SIT IN THE SEATS. IT'S ABOUT THE SEATS YOU SIT IN. I WANT TO SEE MY NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS BE ABLE TO RUN FOR COUNCIL. I WANT TO SEE MY NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS, WHEN I SEE ELLIE BAGGET AND SHE'S LIKE I WOULD RUN FOR COUNCIL BUT I CAN'T PAY MY MORTGAGE IF I DO. IF I SEE MIMI AND BOBBY AND ALL THOSE FOLKS WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN RUNNING FOR COUNCIL ONE DAY, LYNN HURTAK WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. SHE WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD LEADER. AND SHE WANTED TO RUN FOR COUNCIL AND SHE COULDN'T DO IT IF SHE DIDN'T HAVE TWO INCOMES IN HER HOUSE. I THINK WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. I WANT EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO BE ON THIS COUNCIL. NOT JUST PEOPLE WHO HAVE ENOUGH MONEY OR HAVE A JOB THAT THEY CAN FLEX TIME AND THIS IS NOT A PART-TIME JOB. I DON'T GIVE A DAMN WHAT ANYBODY SAYS. THEY ARE LYING. BECAUSE I FOLLOW YOU ALL AROUND AND PICK UP YOUR BREAD CRUMBS AND DO I A FULL-TIME JOB OF IT. YOU ALL DO MORE THAN I DO. I KNOW HOW HARD YOU WORK. WE NEED TO DO THIS TODAY. WE NEED TO DO IT FOR EVERYBODY. NOT IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE I HEARD THAT CRAP BEFORE THE LAST ELECTIONS. "WE'LL DO IT AFTER THE ELECTIONS." NO, TIME TO DO IT. SUCK IT UP BUTTERCUP. MAKE THE DECISION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT UP, CONNIE BURTON FOLLOWED BY ROBIN LOCKETT. >> GOOD MORNING. CONNIE BURTON. IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING SAID HERE THAT TRIGGERS ME. WHEN I HEAR THE WONDERFUL 25-YEAR CELEBRATION, IT TRIGGER 25 YEARS OF TRAUMA FOR ME. IN 1999, THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT, ALONG WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SOUGHT A $50,000 GRANT TO DO A REVERSE DRUG STING IN ROBLES PARK, COMING IN, SELLING DRUGS, PURCHASING DRUGS. AS A RESULT OF A LULL IN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS, EVERYBODY IN THAT PROGRAM WAS ARRESTED SUBSEQUENTLY FOR A SALE OF MARIJUANA THAT WAS NO MORE THAN $25. IN 1999. I WILL NEVER STAND UP HERE AND SAY STUFF THAT I CAN'T PROVE. I CAN PROVE IT, DOCUMENT IT. IN 1999, THAT'S WHAT THEY DID. AND A CONTINUAL PATTERN OF THAT, THAT WE DON'T SEE APPRENTICE PROGRAMS IN THE VERY COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE NEED IT TO LIVE, WHAT WE SEE IS THE PARADE OF ACCOLADES OF HOW WONDERFUL THE LEADERSHIP OVER THERE IS DOING WONDERFUL THINGS. WONDERFUL LEADERSHIP OVER THERE DESTROY HOPE, DESTROY THE ABILITY FOR YOUNG MEN DURING THAT PERIOD THAT ARE OLDER NOW, 25 YEARS OLDER NOW, THAT CAN'T EVEN GET A BASIC DAMN JOB. YOU KNOW WHY? THEY HAVE CRIMINAL HISTORY. 25 YEARS OF THAT IN THIS CITY. AND WHAT IT HAS RESULTED INTO IS THE INABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE HOPE TO PASS ON TO THE NEXT GENERATION. SO WHEN WE SEE NOW ON THE NATIONAL SCALE A YOUNG MAN 14 YEARS OLD COMMITTED MURDER, THAT AT 13, AUTHORITIES WAS AWARE OF HIS ACTIVITY. YOU KNOW WHAT SAVED HIM? HE WAS WHITE. WHAT DON'T SAVE US. WE ARE BLACK. DON'T SAVE OUR COMMUNITY AS THEY CONTINUE TO BE GENTRIFIED AND MOST OF YOU ALL KNOW THAT IN TERMS OF THE CONTRACT, THE APPRENTICE PROGRAM, THE SUBCONTRACTS, MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE CAN'T TOUCH ANY OF THOSE JOBS. I DON'T GIVE A DAMN WHAT YOU GET PAID UP THERE. BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS WHO GOT COURAGE UP THERE TO SAY AS YOU BUILD TAMPA THAT EVERYBODY IS ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE. RIGHT NOW, WE CANNOT PARTICIPATE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO DISCUSS ITEM NUMBER 76 WHEN ABBYE FEELEY DO HER REPORT, THE LAND DEVELOPMENT ZONE OR WHATEVER YOU CALL IT, TELL US HOW IN OUR BLACK COMMUNITY WE CAN START CREATING GENERATIONAL WEALTH. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONTAINER HOMES, ADD-ONS, BUT IT'S ALWAYS JUST A CONVERSATION. HISTORY IS WATCHING ALL OF YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT UP, MS. ROBIN LOCKETT FOLLOWED BY MR. RYAN HAZE. GOOD MORNING. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD MORNING. ROBIN LOCKETT. THERE WAS A HOUSING PLAN CREATED. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET. TALKING ABOUT THE $12 MILLION OR THEREIN, THE $50 MILLION IN THE LAST BUDGET AROUND HOUSING. THERE WAS A HOUSING PLAN CREATED AND IT OUTLINED HOW THE MONEY WAS GOING TO BE SPENT. BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT CHAMPIONED THE PLAN ARE GONE, WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMITMENT TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONTINUES. THIS COUNCIL AND THE CRA COMMITTED HISTORIC AMOUNTS OF MONEY TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, REPAIRING PEOPLE'S HOMES AND ADDING MORE UNITS. THE PLAN ON THE CITY WEBSITE SAYS THERE IS $82 MILLION. THE $50 MILLION WAS SUPPOSED TO PRESERVE AND ADD NEW UNITS. WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAM AND THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WERE A PART OF THE PLAN. WE NEED TO ENSURE THIS COUNCIL REMAINS COMMITTED TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND FOLLOWING THROUGH EVEN THOUGH LEADERSHIP HAS CHANGED. I KNOW FOR SURE -- MY QUESTION IS, I WANT TO FOLLOW THE MONEY. I WANT TO KNOW WHERE THE MONEY IS. IT WAS AN HISTORIC EVENT A YEAR AGO, BUT WHERE THE RFPs, WHERE IS THE MONEY. I WANT TO FOLLOW THE MONEY. I HAVEN'T BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CURRENT BUDGET CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET PEOPLE ELECTED. BUT I WANT TO FOLLOW THE MONEY. I COULDN'T MAKE IT DOWN HERE LAST WEEK, BY GOD'S GRACE, THAT'S PROBABLY GOOD. WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT A WHOLE LOT OF STUFF. CONNIE COMES UP HERE OFTEN AND TALKS ABOUT THE JOURNEY IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND WHAT -- NOT WHAT HAS BEEN DONE BUT WHAT HASN'T BEEN DONE. BUT THAT'S THROUGH HER LENS. THAT'S THROUGH THE BLACK COMMUNITY LENS. YOU GUYS CAN SIT THERE AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A STATEMENT MADE LAST WEEK THAT THE REASON WHY PEOPLE DON'T VOTE IS BECAUSE THEY KNOW THIS IS THE GREATEST CITY. THAT'S THROUGH THAT PERSON'S LENS. BUT WHEN YOU'RE IN THAT SEAT, YOU HAVE TO WONDER, YOU HAVE TO THINK SOMETHING DIFFERENT. YOU HAVE TO TRY TO EVEN ATTEMPT TO LOOK THROUGH A CLOUDY LENS OTHER THAN YOUR OWN, YOUR CLEAR LENS, BECAUSE PEOPLE THAT DON'T THINK THAT WAY OR FEEL THAT WAY, THE BLACK COMMUNITY THAT'S FROM HERE THAT LIVES IN EAST TAMPA, THEY DON'T FEEL THAT WAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK, DID YOU WANT STAFF HERE FOR THE ITEMS THAT YOU PULLED? >> I NEED MR. ROGERO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. ROGERO. >>LYNN HURTAK: AND FOR THE FOUR -- THE FIRST FOUR -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 28, 33, 34, 55. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES, AND THEN I NEED WHATEVER STAFF IS NECESSARY FOR 40 AND 42. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. RYAN HAYS IS THE NEXT SPEAKER. FOLLOWED BY DARYL HYCH. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILWOMEN AND COUNCILMEN. RYAN HAYES. I'M ALSO A CHANGE AGENT. I'M IN THE MENTAL HEALTH SECTOR. THE REASON WHY I HAVE THIS SIGN, NO COMPANY'S NAME -- SORRY. IT'S A HUGE SIGN THAT SAYS BEER 16 OUNCES AS LOW AS 99 CENTS. THEY ARE PLASTERED ALL THROUGHOUT CIRCLE K TO BE SPECIFIC. I AM A MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIST COUNSELOR. WITH INDIVIDUALS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND SUBSTANCE RECOVERY AND DISORDERS, I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY THAT I SERVE ON A PROFESSIONAL LEVEL. WITH THEM HAVING TO DRIVE HOME AND EVERYDAY CITIZENS -- AM I ABLE TO SHOW THIS SIGN OR NO? >> NO. >> IT'S EGREGIOUS. I'M TRYING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY ORDINANCE PUT IN PLACE TO WHERE CORPORATIONS CANNOT JUST TRY TO OVERREACH THE COMMUNITY WITH ALCOHOL. THE NEXT SUBJECT MATTER I WAS HERE ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO IN REGARDS TO CAIRO AND FRIENDS. WE ARE NOT PANHANDLING AND SOLICITING OUR SERVICES FOR FUNDS NOR GRANTS. WE ARE TRYING TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO OUTREACH TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE UNFORTUNATELY HAD TO CLOSE OUR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT STORE, CALLED CAIRO'S GARAGE, WHERE WE HELP INDIVIDUALS ECONOMIZE AND REALLOCATE FUNDS TO SAVINGS. JOHN BENNETT HAS BEEN STELLAR COMMUNICATING WITH ME AND POINTING ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. WE'VE BEEN ESTABLISHED SINCE 2019. MYSELF, I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FULLY OPERATE CAIRO'S AND FRIENDS BY MYSELF. ON A WEEKLY BASIS, WE RECEIVE TWO TO THREE PALLETS FULL OF DONATIONS FROM WALMART. I'M DOING THIS ALL ON MY OWN. I DON'T HAVE A STAFF. I DON'T HAVE DELEGATES. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. IT'S JUST ME, MY FIANCÉE AND THREE PUPS THAT KEEP EVERYTHING MOVING. THE PLACE THAT WE WERE AT IS CORRODING. IT'S DETERIORATING. WE HAVE OUTGROWN THE PLACE. IT'S 500 SQUARE FEET. WE HAVE TWO TRACTOR TRAILERS, 4R TRAILER WHERE WE HAVE OVER 7 FIGURES IN OUR PIPELINE WITH BRAND NEW MATERIAL. WE CANNOT FACILITATE THAT TYPE OF PRODUCT BEING IN A STOREFRONT OF 500 SQUARE FEET AND WITH NO AC. WE'VE BEEN THERE OVER A YEAR AND FOUR MONTHS. WE HAVE A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION FROM THE GENTLEMAN AND NEVER MISSED -- NEVER LATE ON LEASE. I'M COMING HERE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY OPPORTUNITY, IF THE CITY OF TAMPA, WITH THE OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT THAT YOU HAVE, IF YOU ALL CAN PLEASE GO ON OUR WEBSITE, LOOK AT OUR GOOGLE PROFILE. PRETTY SURE THERE'S NO OTHER NONPROFIT THAT IS NOT A MILLION OR BILLION DOLLAR CORPORATION THAT CAN HOLD A BLAME TO US. WE HAVE OVER 443, FIVE-STAR GOOGLE REVIEWS. DON'T MEAN TO BRAG ABOUT IT. IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AUTHENTIC AND TRANSPARENT OVERVIEW, IT'S SUBSTANTIAL WHAT ONE PERSON HAS HAD TO DO ON THEIR OWN. NO STAFF, NO MARKETING. I'M HERE TO ONCE AGAIN BRING THIS AWARENESS AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA CAN IMPLEMENT WITH CAIRO AND FRIENDS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CHIEF BENNETT, DO YOU HAVE HIS CONTACT INFORMATION? I'LL GET WITH THE CHIEF AND THEN REACH OUT WITH YOU. >> I GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. NEXT UP IS MR. DARYL HYCH FOLLOWED BY MR. JAMES WRIGHT. >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS DARYL HYCH. LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS? TO UPLIFT LOW-INCOME AREAS, REFORM TO POLICING OR THE NEED TO ADDRESS MASS INCARCERATION. THOUGHT, WELL, THAT'S IMPORTANT, ONLY TO SEE NOTHING HAPPEN. IT'S NOT THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THESE ISSUES. IT'S NOT THAT THE SOLUTIONS AREN'T CLEAR. IT'S THAT SIMPLY PUT, NOBODY CARES. NOBODY CARES THAT THE ENTIRE COMMUNES OF COLOR REMAIN TRAPPED IN THE CYCLE OF POVERTY BECAUSE THE INVESTMENTS THAT CAN CHANGE THEIR LIVES ARE DELAYED, WATERED DOWN, OR ABANDONED. WE HEAR THE PLANS. WE READ THE PROMISES, BUT STILL THESE LOW-INCOME AREAS REMAIN LEFT BEHIND BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WITH POWER, THEY TEND TO THINK THAT WE HAVE TIME. THEY BELIEVE THAT THERE IS ALWAYS TOMORROW TO DEAL WITH THE INEQUITIES OF TODAY. NOBODY CARES THAT AFRICAN AMERICANS REMAIN DISPROPORTIONATELY INCARCERATED, THAT REHABILITATION REMAINS A HOLLOW PROMISE AND REENTRY IS OFTEN A DEAD END. UNTIL IT'S YOUR BROTHER, YOUR MOTHER, YOUR FATHER, YOUR FRIEND, CAUGHT UP IN THESE SYSTEMS, DESIGNED TO KEEP PEOPLE DOWN, RATHER THAN TO LIFT THEM UP, IT IS EASY FOR YOU TO LOOK AWAY. NOBODY CARES THAT IN OUR SCHOOLS THEY AREN'T LEARNING THE FULL TRUTH ABOUT THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. THEY AREN'T LEARNING ABOUT SLAVERY OR JIM CROW OR HOW THE LEGACY STILL SHAPE INEQUALITY TODAY. ERASING HISTORY TO MAKE OURSELVES FEEL BETTER ABOUT THE PRESENT AND IN DOING SO WE ARE DENYING FUTURE GENERATIONS' KNOWLEDGE TO A BETTER TOMORROW. HERE IS THE THING, UNTIL WE ALL CARE, UNTIL WE ALL FULLY CARE, NOTHING WILL CHANGE. SEE, WE'VE BEEN COMING DOWN HERE FOR OVER A YEAR, NEARLY A YEAR TALKING ABOUT RESOLUTION NUMBER 568. SEPTEMBER THE 3rd WAS THE FOUR-YEAR ANNIVERSARY, NOT A MENTION. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I'VE COME TO CONCLUDE NOBODY CARES. IT'S TIME TO STOP PRETENDING THAT TOMORROW IS PROMISED. IT'S TIME TO STOP HOPING THAT SOMEONE ELSE WILL DO THE WORK. IT'S TIME TO START CARING TODAY. IT'S TIME TO LOOK INTO YOUR OWN MIRROR AND WHEN YOU WALK PAST THE MIRROR WHEN YOU LEAVE HOME IN THE MORNING AND ASK YOURSELF, DO I REALLY CARE? BECAUSE WE'RE AT THAT POINT NOW, THAT WE'RE AT THE POINT OF TEARS AND FRUSTRATION AND ANGER BECAUSE YET NOBODY CARES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. NEXT SPEAKER IS JAMES WRIGHT FOLLOWED BY MS. KELLA McCASKILL. JAMES WRIGHT IS IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM. WE'LL GIVE HIM A MOMENT. GOOD MORNING, SIR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS. SHE WANTED TO JUMP AHEAD OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. MY NAME IS JAMES WRIGHT. LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE YELLOW JACKETS LITTLE LEAGUE. I COME THIS MORNING TO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO OUR LEAGUE CRY FOR FAIRNESS AND TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON FOR HER COMMENTS AND EFFORTS ON OUR BEHALF. THE FIRST IN SEVEN YEARS. NO ONE ELSE HAS EVER STEPPED UP FROM THE CITY AND SPOKEN UP, SO WE APPRECIATE THAT AND WE WANT TO THANK HER VERY MUCH AND THE COUNCIL FOR STEPPING IN ALSO. ON 8/15, WE HAD AN ARTICLE IN THE TIMES REGARDING OUR LEAGUE. TWO CITY OFFICIALS SPOKE NOTING THAT I DID NOT CALL THEIR NAME. I CALL THEM CITY OFFICIALS. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW ONE THING. BOTH COMMENTS FROM THE CITY OFFICIALS WERE NOT FACT. I JUST WANT YOU TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THOSE TWO OFFICIALS I HAVE NEVER SPOKEN TO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND TIME. HAVE A GOOD MORNING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. OUR LAST SPEAKER IS MS. KELLA McCASKILL. GOOD MORNING, MA'AM. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS KELLA McCASKILL. I DIDN'T COME TO TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT GLAD TO HEAR THE SALARY INCREASE IS ON THE BUDGET BUT I THINK I WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO TALK ABOUT IT WHEN WE WERE SPOILED WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS. COUNCIL MEMBER DINGFELDER. COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES, CARLSON. WE HAD ACTIVE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT NOW. I STILL WANT YOU TO GET THE RAISE BUT I WANT YOU TO DO WORK. WE WANT CALLS BACK, ENGAGEMENT, ACTION. I'M COMING DOWN HERE TODAY AS A FOUNDER OF A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS WITH MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. I'M ONE OF THE DEVELOPERS TASKED WITH REDEVELOPMENT WITH SOME OF THE FAMILIES ALONG THE NEBRASKA CORRIDOR. I'M CONCERNED AS A RESIDENT, CONCERNED AS A DEVELOPER, I'M CONCERNED AS A NONPROFIT, WITH THE HOMELESS POPULATION ALONG THE NEBRASKA AREA WITH THE NEW LAW COMING INTO EFFECT IN OCTOBER. I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE IN A MATTER OF DAYS IT WILL BE ILLEGAL FOR THEM TO SLEEP IN PUBLIC PLACES, I BELIEVE. I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY CONVERSATION, NO ENERGETIC ROBUST DISCUSSION TO THE PUBLIC AS TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO ABOUT THAT. I MOVED FROM SOUTH TAMPA TO EAST TAMPA, SOUTHEAST SEMINOLE HEIGHTS. I'M LOOKING AT THE HOMELESS POPULATION IN FRONT OF MY DOOR SLEEP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT BECAUSE POLICE, THEY MAY OR MAY NOT SHOW UP. FIRE DEPARTMENT MAY OR MAY NOT STOP TO CHECK ON THEM. I'M CONCERNED WHEN THIS BECOMES ILLEGAL, WHAT IS THE PLAN. HADN'T HEARD IT, HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING. IF IT'S BEEN HERE, SEND IT TO ME BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN IT. I REACHED OUT. MY CLIENT OFFERED ME A SITE ALONG NEBRASKA IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THE ACTION, MIDDLE OF THE HOMELESSNESS, CRIME AND EVERYTHING ELSE, OFFERED AS A RESOURCE CENTER, HEY, IF THE CITY CAN PARTNER, PUT SOME TYPE OF TPD, FIRE DEPARTMENT, SOME TYPE OF ACTIVITY AS RESOURCE CENTER TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH, HOMELESSNESS, ADDRESS SOME OF THE CRIME AND THEN TO ADDRESS RESOURCES SO WHEN THIS DOES HAPPEN WE'RE OFFERING THIS AS A SOLUTION. MAJOR STAKEHOLDER ALONG THE NEBRASKA CORRIDOR FROM FLORIDA AVENUE TO I WOULD SAY FLORIBRASKA TO LAKE. AND THEY WANTED TO OFFER AS A RESOURCE. I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING BACK FROM THAT. LIKE TO HEAR FOLLOW-UP. I'M EQUALLY CONCERNED WITH ANOTHER POPULATION. THAT IS THE SENIOR CITIZENS. ONE-THIRD OF THE SENIORS ARE UNSHELTERED. THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, BEEN GOING THROUGH IT TRYING TO DIGEST IT. TO ME IT GAVE ME A SENSE OF URGENCY BUT I HADN'T SEEN IT REFLECTED HERE. HADN'T SEEN IT FROM THE ADMINISTRATION HERE CRA NOWHERE, NOT REALLY ADDRESSING THE HOUSING CRISIS AS WE SHOULD. I WANT TO KNOW FOR THIS WHAT IS THE PLAN. I DON'T SEE THE URGENCY TO MATCH THE ACTIONS REFLECTED IN THE REPORT. I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WILL IMPACT US WHEN MOST OF THE INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE WALKED OUT THE DOOR. ANYTROLL TRAVIS ROLE BEEN REPLACED? WE HAVE CRISIS GOING ON AND WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. WHAT WILL YOU DO TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT SUFFERING EVEN MORE AS A RESULT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER 4, MS. SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES. WE HAVE A POSITION OPEN FOR THE BARRIO LATINO COMMISSION. >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: GOOD MORNING COUNCIL. SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES, CITY CLERK. I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE MR. CHASE CORLEY WHO WORKS IN FINANCE. AND HE'S ASKING TO BE APPOINTED AS AN ALTERNATE MEMBER OF THE BARRIO LATINO COMMISSION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD MORNING SIR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> HI. MY NAME IS CHASE CORLEY. GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE CHAIR MANISCALCO AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS CHASE AND I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO BE APPOINTED FOR THE ALTERNATE POSITION ON THE BARRIO LATINO COMMISSION. LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME, I GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA WITH A BACHELOR'S OF SCIENCE AND FINANCE. IN 2018, I WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS AND FOUNDED THE UT GUITAR CLUB WHILE I WAS THERE. RIGHT AFTER THAT I ORCHESTRATED THE JIMI HENDRIX COMMEMORATION IN CURTIS HIXON PARK IN 2018. LIVED DOWNTOWN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. MY BACKGROUND IS FINANCE AND BUSINESS. I ALSO HAVE TWO MASTERS DEGREES FROM UT, MBA AND MS IN FINANCE. I'VE LED LARGE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND DYNAMIC AND FAST PACED WORK SETTINGS BEFORE. I'M ALSO INVOLVED IN VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN TAMPA BAY SUCH AS AROUND THE WORLD WITH ST. JUDE GALA COMMUNITY, TAMPA THEATRE WINE FEST COMMITTEE, UT AND THE GUILD AT THE DOLLY. ALSO FORTUNATE TO OPERATE THE HISTORIC STREETCARS AND HAVE A REALLY STRONG CONNECTION WITH YBOR CITY'S LIVING HISTORY. ONE OF MY FAVORITE SPOTS IN YBOR IS JOSE MARTI. HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY IN HAVANA, CUBA WHILE A STUDENT AT UT. I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED EXPLORING CUBA AND MEETING ITS PEOPLE. THE PARK IS A SPECIAL PLACE TO REFLECT ON HOW FORTUNATE WE ARE TO HAVE A UNIQUE CITY. WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS COMMISSION IS IT BALANCES THE HISTORIC PAST WITH A VISION FOR THE FUTURE. I WOULD BE HONORED TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY AS A MEMBER. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN AND COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU HAD ME AT STREETCAR. AS WE LOOK AT THE BARRIO, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS, WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB AND THE COMMISSION IS DOIG A GREAT JOB AS HISTORICAL PRESERVATION. WE DO NEED TO INCORPORATE MORE GREENSPACE INTO THE BARRIO. ONE OF THE THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND AS YOU MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO SAY VERY IMPRESSIVE PERSON. I NEVER MET YOU. CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA WITH TWO DEGREES. >> TWO MASTERS AND A BACHELOR'S. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IN THE PAST. I'M SURE YOU WILL BE AN EXCELLENT INDIVIDUAL ON THIS BOARD. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA AND CARLSON. >>LUIS VIERA: I WANT TO ECHO WHAT FOLKS HAVE SAID. RESUMÉ AND BACKGROUND SEEM STELLAR. PRESENTATION STELLAR. SEEM LIKE A VERY IMPRESSIVE PERSON. EVERYTHING YOU LISTED IS AMAZING. I WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR BEING SOMEBODY WHO IS OBVIOUSLY VERY, VERY BUSY AND MAKE YOURSELF BUSIER BY WANTING TO SERVE THE PUBLIC. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: ECHO THE SAME THING. CONGRATS ON ALL YOUR EXPERIENCE IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. THE THING I ESPECIALLY WANTED TO MENTION, I'M GLAD YOU SPENT TIME STUDYING IN CUBA AND GRAB YOU MENTIONED THE JOSE MARTI PARK. THE HISTORY OF TAMPA AND CUBA, AS I HAVE SAID IN TALKING ABOUT OTHER PLACES, TAMPA WAS THE MAIN GATEWAY TO CUBA WHEN MIAMI WAS A LITTLE FISHING VILLAGE. EVEN OUR LOGO IN THE CITY IS SYMBOLIC OF THE STEAMSHIP LINES BETWEEN TAMPA AND CUBA. OUR HISTORY WITH JOSE MARTI IS SOMETHING WE CAN BE REALLY PROUD OF. ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO, I SPONSORED THROUGH THE FLORIDA HUMANITIES COUNCIL, THE JOSE MARTI TRAIL. IT IS A FREE AUDIO TOUR THAT TALKS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF JOSE MARTI IN YBOR AND TAKES TO YOU NINE DIFFERENT PLACES THAT HE VISITED. I THINK THAT HISTORY IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO TELL, NOT JUST FOR THE DAY THAT WE RETURN TO HAVING CRUISE SHIPS GOING BACK AND FORTH TO CUBA, BUT CONTINUE TO TELL THE HISTORY AND CULTURE. YBOR IS EVOLVING. CAN'T GO BACK TO THE '50s AND BRING ALL THE FAMILIES BACK, BUT CAN CONTINUE TO TELL THE STORIES OF OUR HISTORY, THE JEWISH HISTORY, SICILIAN HISTORY, THE AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, THE CUBAN AND SPANISH HISTORY, ET CETERA. ALL THOSE STORIES TOGETHER CREATE A REALLY UNIQUE DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT FOR YBOR AND LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH YOU ON THE EVOLUTION OF YBOR AS WE GO FORWARD. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I HAVE A RESOLUTION PREPARED, IF YOU MOVE THE RESOLUTION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA WITH A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? CONGRATULATIONS SIR. WELCOME TO THE BOARD. NEXT WE HAVE A RESOLUTION AND THIS ONE IS APPROVING MR. JIM McCARTHY, JAMES McCARTHY AS MEMBER OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR A THREE-YEAR TERM COMMENCING ON SEPTEMBER 5, WHICH IS TODAY. I KNOW HE IS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE. MR. McCARTHY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? YOU DON'T HAVE TO. >> LOOK FORWARD TO IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CAN I GET A MOTION TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION? MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? CONGRATULATIONS SIR. LAST, THIS IS MY APPOINTMENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL CITIZENS ADVISORY BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, MR. ALBERT COOKE. HE SERVED ON THE CRB FOR MANY YEARS. HE LIVES IN YBOR CITY. HE'S A GOOD PERSON. VERY INTELLIGENT GENTLEMAN AND I KNOW HE'S GOING TO DO A FANTASTIC JOB AND JOIN OTHER BOARD MEMBERS OF WHICH I SEE MS. STEPHANIE POYNOR IN THE BACK. CAN I GET A MOTION TO MOVE 6? MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. FIRST IS PUBLIC SAFETY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, 7-13. >>LUIS VIERA: SO MOVE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, SECOND FROM MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? NEXT UP WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. MEN MEN NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, MOVE ITEMS 14 THROUGH 20. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. SECOND FROM VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >>BILL CARLSON: COULD I MAKE A QUICK COMMENT ABOUT 23? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS IT OKAY WITH THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE? >>BILL CARLSON: 23 IS A CONTRACT FOR A PLAN FOR SULPHUR SPRINGS. I THINK ALL OF US HAVE SPENT TIME IN SULPHUR SPRINGS AND WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO HELP LIFT THE COMMUNITY UP. I LOOKED AT THE BACKGROUND ON THE CONSULTANT AND I ALSO LOOKED AT THE DETAILED WORK FLOW. THE DETAILED WORK FLOW HAS A VERY DETAILED SET OF STEPS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH TO LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY. IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THE SCOPE OF WORK IN THE CONTRACT, IT IS VERY DETAILED. IT INCLUDES LOOKING AT NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITY AND POVERTY ISSUES, ET CETERA. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REALLY -- I WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE REALLY FOCUS ON ALL OF THOSE THINGS. A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. THE SAME AS OUR STAFF WAS DOING WHEN WE HAD A FULL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF. IN THE PAST, THE CITY HAS FOCUSED ON REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT. WE NEED TO FOCUS ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THE COMMUNITY IN SULPHUR SPRINGS DOESN'T WANT 20-STORY HIGH-RISES WITH GLASS TOWERS. THEY WANT THE COMMUNITY UPLIFTED. WHEN I LOOKED AT THE BACKGROUND OF THE FOLKS INVOLVED, I DIDN'T SEE ANY AFRICAN AMERICANS, SO I HOPE THEY HAVE SOME AFRICAN AMERICANS ON THEIR TEAM. I HOPE THEY HAVE HISPANICS ON THE TEAM AND OTHERS TO REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY AND UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE COMMUNITY. MOST IMPORTANTLY, I HOPE THEY DON'T FOCUS ON REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT. I CAN TELL THEY WERE PICKED AND THE SCOPE OF WORK REFLECTS THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO JUST DO THAT. ALL THE DISCUSSION ABOUT A CRA WORRIES ME BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THERE ARE DEVELOPERS WHO JUST WANT TO GO IN AND GENTRIFY EVERYTHING. WHAT I WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE WE BUILD UP THE COMMUNITY. I'M HAPPY THIS IS GOING FORWARD. MAKE SURE WHOEVER ENDS UP MANAGING THEM REALLY MANAGES THIS TO HELP THE COMMUNITY NOT TRY TO GENTRIFY IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE THOSE ITEMS EXCEPT FOR 28? >>LYNN HURTAK: I MOVE ITEMS 21 THROUGH 27 AND 29. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. NEXT UP, COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, IF YOU COULD MOVE ITEMS 30, 31, AND 32. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE 30, 31 AND 32. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, IF YOU COULD MOVE 35 THROUGH 45. >>LYNN HURTAK: 41 AND 42 HAVE BEEN PULLED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I'M SORRY. IF YOU COULD MOVE 35 TO 39, THEN 41, THEN 43, 4 AND 5. >>BILL CARLSON: WHAT HE SAID. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THERE ARE SO MANY NUMBERS. MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. GOING QUICKLY HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, MOVE 46 THROUGH 54. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MOVE ITEMS 46 THROUGH 54. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ITEM NUMBER 56, THIS IS TO CALL -- SET A PUBLIC HEARING FOR OCTOBER 17, 2024, AT 10:30 A.M., CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, OLD CITY HALL, 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, 33602. MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? WE ARE GOING TO GO -- NOW THAT WE HAD PUBLIC COMMENT, MOVE 66 THROUGH 70. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. OH VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THAT SETTLES THOSE. THOSE ARE UNDER THE STAFF REPORTS. A MOTION TO OPEN THE 10 A.M. PUBLIC HEARINGS. MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ITEM NUMBER 57 IS A NON-QUASI-JUDICIAL, WE DON'T NEED TO SWEAR ANYBODY IN, BUT THE FOLLOWING ONES ARE. >>ERIC COTTON: ERIC COTTON, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION, SECOND READING FOR THE TEXT AMENDMENT FOR THE YBOR PARKING LOT, SECTION 21-178. BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING, COUNCIL INSTRUCTED STAFF TO MAKE SPECIFIC CHANGES TO THE CODE, INCLUDING CHANGE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ORDINANCE TO OCTOBER 15, 2024. SCRIVENER'S ERROR RELATED TO GENERAL PARKING STANDARDS SUBSECTION A-1. CLARIFY THAT APPLICATIONS FOR NEW PRINCIPAL PARKING LOTS WILL BE REVIEWED BY BARRIO LATINO COMMISSION. CLARIFY THAT THE CONTACT INFORMATION ON THE SIGNAGE FOR THE SECURITY COMPANY WOULD BE THE SECURITY COMPANY WITH SPECIFIC NUMBER, NOT A SPECIFIC SECURITY GUARD. ONCE WE HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT, APPRECIATE IF THIS WOULD BE APPROVED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: TAKE IT TO PUBLIC COMMENT. COME ON UP. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> STEVE MICHELINI. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS PROBLEMATIC IN THE CODE BEING PRESENTED. ONE OF THEM IS THERE'S NO PROVISION FOR LEGAL, NONCONFORMING LOTS AND NO REFERENCE IN THE CODE THAT SAYS LEGAL NONCONFORMING LOTS ARE EXEMPT FROM THESE STANDARDS. THOSE ARE LOTS THAT WERE ESTABLISHED LEGALLY BEFORE 1987 WHEN THAT CODE WAS CHANGED. ALSO NO PROVISION IN THERE FOR HAVING SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS FOR APPROVAL FOR LOTS. NORMALLY UNDER ALL OF THE OTHER CODES, WHEN YOU SUBMIT AN APPLICATION AND ACCEPT IT AND IT'S INTO THE SYSTEM THAT VESTS YOU UNDER THE OLD CODE. THIS CODE INDICATES THAT YOU HAVE TO BE -- YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN APPROVED SET OF PLANS BY THE EFFECTIVE DATE. SO THIS IS A DEPARTURE FROM ALL OF THE OTHER CITY CODES AS FAR AS I KNOW. THERE MAY BE SOME EXCEPTIONS, BUT I BELIEVE BUILDING CODES, FIRE MARSHAL CODES, ALL OF THE LIFE SAFETY CODES, IF YOU ARE IN UNDER THE OLD SYSTEM AND YOU HAVE AN ACCEPTED APPLICATION, YOU'RE VESTED UNDER THAT CODE. THIS CODE IS DIFFERENT. IT MAKES YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PERMIT. I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU THIS DIAGRAM PREPARED BY THE CITY. I'VE SHOWN IT TO YOU BEFORE. AVERAGE PROCESSING TIME, AVERAGES NOW. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE BARRIO AND PERMITTING THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES CENTER COMMERCIAL ALTERATION 34, NEW CONSTRUCTION, 49 DAYS. BASICALLY, EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY HAVE CHANGED THE DATE, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TIME. I URGE YOU TO CHANGE THAT CODE AND MAKE THE VESTING OCCUR WHEN YOU HAVE AN APPLICATION THAT'S BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE CITY. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROPERTIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN REVIEW. RAISE THE ISSUE AGAIN REGARDING PAID VERSUS UNPAID LOTS. WE SENT THIS TO YOU BEFORE WHERE YOU HAVE PAID LOTS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO UNPAID LOTS. REQUIRED FOR ONE AND NOT THE OTHER. THOSE ARE THREE DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE PROXIMITY OF PAID VERSUS UNPAID LOTS. THE LAST THING I WANT TO MENTION, AS I SAID, WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE SYSTEM. THERE IS A LIST OF THEM. NOT ALL OF THOSE ARE PERMITTED. SO WE'RE AT RISK BEING IMMEDIATELY BEING FOUND TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE REZONING PROCESS AND AN ENTIRE REVIEW OF THOSE APPLICATIONS, WHICH IS UNFAIR. YOU ALSO HAVE DOCUMENTS PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED. WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THOSE MADE PART OF THE RECORD REGARDING OUR OBJECTIVES TO THIS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. NEXT SPEAKER, YES, MA'AM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> STEPHANIE POYNOR. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOESN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THESE CHANGES. AFTER ABOUT MICHELINI SPOKE, I HAVE SOME COMMENTS. FIRST OF ALL, THE UNPAID LOTS ARE FOR BUSINESSES. I HAD TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT WAS. THOSE BUSINESSES ACTUALLY HAVE PEOPLE IN THEM. SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN UNPAID LOT AND A PAID LOT MAKES SENSE. THEY ARE TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT THINGS. IF SOMEBODY SEES SOMETHING STUPID HAPPENING IN THE COLUMBIA PARKING LOT, GUESS WHAT, THERE IS AN EMPLOYEE THERE TO TAKE CARE OF IT. THEY CAN WALK IN AND TELL THE PERSON AT THE FRONT DESK, HEY, THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON IN YOUR PARKING LOT. YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK ON THAT. GUESS WHAT, I'M GUESSING THEY'LL GO OUT AND CHECK ON IT. YOU KNOW WHAT? DO I HAVE ANY PITY THAT THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BRING THEIR CRAP UP TO CODE? SOME OF THE PARKING THAT ARE PAID LOTS ARE $35 TO PARK IN FOR A DAY. WHO ARE YOU KIDDING? FOR A PARKING LOT, I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO INVESTIGATE YET, BUT I KNOW THAT VACANT LOTS, THEIR TAXES DON'T GO UP THE SAME WAY HOUSES DO. DOES THEIR TAX RATE GO UP? I DON'T KNOW. I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO CHECK ON THAT. IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS ON MY TO-DO LIST BECAUSE I HAVE NOTHING HELLS TO DO. I KNOW THE NEIGHBORS LIKE THE WAY IT IS, LIKE WHAT'S COMING FORWARD. IS IT PERFECT? NO. HOW LONG HAVE THEY KNOWN THAT THESE CODE CHANGES ARE COMING? A LONG STINKING TIME. ARE WE SUPPOSED TO FEEL SORRY FOR THEM THAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN PROACTIVE AT FIXING THE PROBLEM BEFORE? NO, WE REALLY DON'T NEED TO BE. BECAUSE THE NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS SCRAP FOR YEARS. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE CARS SLAMMING DOORS AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING? HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE PEOPLE FISTFIGHTING OUT THERE? HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE PEOPLE DRINKING IN THE PARKING LOT NEXT DOOR TO YOUR HOUSE. THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME DOWN HERE. YOU JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LIVE NEXT DOOR TO THEM WHEN YOU MAKE THIS VOTE. BECAUSE, FRANKLY, I DON'T GIVE A CRAP HOW THE PAID PARKING PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT THE CITIZENS THAT HAVE TO LIVE NEXT DOOR. THE PAID PARKING PEOPLE, THEY GOT ONE VOTE. THEY CAN WRITE A BIG OL' CHECK WHEN IT COMES TO ELECTION TIME, BUT THEY STILL ONLY GOT ONE VOTE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYBODY ELSE HERE BECAUSE I HAVE FIVE REGISTERED SPEAKERS? ARE THEY ALL ONLINE? WE'LL START WITH STEPHANIE HARRISON BAILEY, THE FIRST SPEAKER FOLLOWED BY DAVID BAILEY. GO AHEAD, STEPHANIE. IF YOU WOULD UNMUTE YOURSELF AND STATE YOUR NAME. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> STEPHANIE HARRISON BAILEY. GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL. I WOULD LIKE TO SECOND EVERYTHING THAT STEPHANIE POYNOR JUST SAID. THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ME BEING ONE OF THOSE RESIDENTS IS FULLY IN FAVOR OF THESE CODE CHANGES. REALLY, MOST OF THE THINGS THAT PARKING LOTS ARE BEING REQUIRED TO GET UP TO CODE, CODE ALREADY IN PLACE FOR MANY YEARS. THE ARGUMENT THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TIME TO COME UP TO THIS CODE IS A LITTLE SILLY TO ME. I WOULD JUST ASK THAT CITY COUNCIL VOTE IN FAVOR OF THESE CODE CHANGES. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR LAST SPEAKER IS MR. DAVID BAILEY. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> DAVID BAILEY, HISTORIC YBOR CITY. GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL AND THANK YOU FOR HEARING THIS TOPIC. YOU'VE HEARD IT TWICE BEFORE. THIS IS NOT PERFECT, BUT THIS IS PROGRESS, AND WE NEED THIS PROGRESS IN YBOR CITY AS BOTH STEPHANIES HAVE SAID, MANY OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE REQUIRED HAVE ALREADY BEEN REQUIRED FOR 20 YEARS. SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S MORE TO BE DONE, BUT THIS IS PROGRESS, AND IF WE WAIT FOR EVERYTHING TO BE PERFECT, WE'RE GOING TO BE WAITING TOO LONG. WE'RE GOING TO BE WAITING DECADES MORE. SO WE ASK -- HISTORIC YBOR ASKS THAT YOU SUPPORT THIS MEASURE, MOVE FORWARD AND DO THE RIGHT THING FOR YBOR CITY. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. THAT WAS THE LAST PUBLIC COMMENT SPEAKER YES MA'AM. >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A WHILE. I STARTED THIS BASICALLY WHEN I STARTED COUNCIL. DUE TO THE COMPLAINTS FROM THE NEIGHBORS AND FROM POLICE OFFICERS THAT NEEDED MORE ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE PERSONNEL TO POLICE PRIVATE PROPERTY. I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE CAN FINALLY GET THIS PASSED. I WOULD LOVE TO READ THE SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE WHEN IT'S TIME. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? YES, SIR, COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON AND COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. >>BILL CARLSON: AS WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME, THERE ARE THINGS WE STILL NEED TO DO TO EITHER FIX THIS OR CREATE AN ADD-ON OR A PARALLEL DOCUMENT, INCLUDING THE UNPAID LOTS. I MENTIONED A COUPLE OF TIMES ON THE NIGHT OF HALLOWEEN WHERE THE MASS SHOOTING HAPPENED, TWO HOURS LATER THERE WAS A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING IN A PRIVATE UNPAID LOT ONLY A COUPLE OF BLOCKS AWAY. SO WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO RESOLVE THOSE ISSUES. THE CRIME IS HAPPENING IN UNPAID AND PAID LOTS. IT CAN'T HOLD UP THIS TODAY BUT WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT SEPARATELY AND THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AS WELL. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ECHOING EXACTLY WHAT WAS JUST SAID. THE DISPARITY BETWEEN PAID AND UNPAID IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE EVENTUALLY LOOKED AT. ALSO, YOU GOT TO START SOMEWHERE. THIS IS STEP A. NOT NECESSARILY THE END OF THE ROAD BUT A GOOD STEP FORWARD OR LEAP FORWARD FROM WHERE WE WERE. THIS WILL GIVE US ALSO DATA TO SEE IF IT IMPROVES THE SITUATION. THIS IS A MOVEMENT FORWARD BUT WE STILL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON ALL OF THE PROPERTIES AND ALL OF THE LOTS AND HOW WE DEAL WITH IT GOING FORWARD. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'LL AGAIN SUPPORT THIS. OBVIOUSLY COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, IT'S GOOD TO WORK ON SOMETHING FOR A WHILE AND SEE THE CHICKENS COMING HOME TO ROOST IN A GOOD WAY. TO SEE THE RESULTS OF HARD WORK DONE, ET CETERA, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT TO ME MOVES PUBLIC SAFETY FORWARD AND I'LL BE GLAD TO SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK, YOU WANTED TO READ THE SUBSTITUTE. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. FILE E 2024-8 CHAPTER 27, SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, RELATING TO PUBLICLY INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENTS, MAKING REVISIONS TO CITY OF TAMPA CODE OF ORDINANCES, AMOUNTING CHAPTER 27, ZONING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT, AMENDING SECTION 27-178, ALTERNATIVE PARKING REQUIREMENTS, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM CLENDENIN. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH MANISCALCO VOTING NO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CAN I GET A MOTION TO -- NO. STILL NOT 10:30. THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE OPEN FOR THE 10:00. THESE ARE QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARINGS MOVING FORWARD. IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THESE 10 A.M. PUBLIC HEARINGS, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND SWEAR YOU IN. WE HAVE NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS, SO IT'S EVERYBODY THAT'S IN THE ROOM. [OATH ADMINISTERED BY THE CLERK] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. SHELBY. THESE ARE THE 10:00. I'M LOOKING AT MY WATCH TO MAKE SURE I DON'T HIT THE 10:30. I OPENED THE 10 A.M., NOT THE 10:30. IT'S EERILY QUIET IN HERE TODAY. THAT'S CONCERNING. AS AN OVERTHINKER, IT'S CONCERNING. ITEM 58. DO WE HAVE A PETITIONER FOR 58? YES, SIR, I SEE MR. THOMAS. GO AHEAD, SIR. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? >> SAM THOMAS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM 58 IS REZ 24-43, REZONING REQUEST FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3614 TEMPLE STREET. REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY 16 TO RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY 18. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. THOMAS? NO. COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK, YOU WERE ABSENT AT THE VOTE FOR 58. WERE YOU ABLE TO REVIEW THE RECORD? >>LYNN HURTAK: YES, I WAS. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: APPLICANT, COME ON UP. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MARIA COOLLY. I AM THE AGENT. WE'RE LOOKING TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM RM 16 TO RM 18. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYTHING ELSE? ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 58? WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, WOULD YOU MIND READING 58? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ITEM 58, REZ-24-43, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 3614 TEMPLE STREET, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION, R M-16 TO RM-18, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM NUMBER 59. >>SAMUEL THOMAS: SAM THOMAS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM 59 IS REZ 24-46, ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5825 SOUTH 5th STREET. REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY 60 TO RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY 50. AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN? >> STEVE MICHELINI, HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PETITIONER. THERE WERE NO OBJECTIONS AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN? DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK ON ITEM 59? SEE NO ONE. MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? >>LUIS VIERA: MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 5825 SOUTH 5th STREET IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS 60, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY, TO RS 50, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA WITH A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM NUMBER 60. >>SAMUEL THOMAS: SAM THOMAS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM 60 IS REZ 24-48, REQUEST TO REZONE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2201 NORTH GLENWOOD DRIVE, REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY 60 TO RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY 50. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? I SEE NO ONE. DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT FOR ITEM 60? I SEE NO ONE. NO ONE REGISTERED. ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 60. WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? >>GWEN HENDERSON: FILE NUMBER REZ-24-48, AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 2201 NORTH GLENWOOD DRIVE, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-60, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO RS-50 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM NUMBER 61 IS NEXT. >>SAMUEL THOMAS: SAM THOMAS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM 61 IS REZ 24-51. THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 701, 705 AND 801 EAST WILMA STREET. REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY 60 TO COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY 18. AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. THOMAS? I SEE NO ONE. IS THERE ANYBODY HERE, APPLICANT FOR ITEM 61? >> YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. LAROCCA. WAS HE SWORN IN? PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE'LL SWEAR YOU IN. >>THE CLERK: DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT TO PROVIDE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? >> I DO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, SIR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AGAIN. >> JOHN LAROCCA, MURPHY LAROCCA CONSULTING, SOUTH MacDILL AVENUE, REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT AND OWNER. NOTHING NEW TO ADD SINCE THE CLOSE AND ACTION TAKEN AT THE FIRST READING. I'M HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN? ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON 61 WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOVE FILE REZ 24-51, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 701, 705, AND 801 EAST WILMA STREET, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATIONS RS-60, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY AND CN, COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, TO RM-18 RESIDENTIAL M. PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOTION TO OPEN THE 10:30 PUBLIC HEARING. MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THIS IS ALSO QUASI-JUDICIAL. IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 62. IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE'LL SWEAR YOU IN FOR 62. >>THE CLERK: DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT TO PROVIDE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> I WANT TO CLARIFY, IT'S NOT QUASI-JUDICIAL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OH, IT'S NOT. I THOUGHT IT WAS ALL BUNCHED IN. BECAUSE THE NEXT ONE IS THE 1:30. WELL, YOU ARE SWORN REGARDLESS. MR. SHELBY REMAINS CALM THAT WE FOLLOWED THE PROCEDURES OR TRIED TO. >> ABBYE FEELEY, INTERIM ADMINISTRATOR, DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. ITEM 62 ON YOUR AGENDA IS THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMPA AND PINEWOOD BF, LLC. THE PROPERTY, I'LL GO INTO DETAILS ON THAT, LOCATED JUST A QUARTER MILE NORTHWEST OF SOUTH DALE MABRY ENTRANCE TO MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE. AND IF COUNCIL WOULD INDULGE ME JUST A MOMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A BRIEF HISTORY ON HOW THE CITY ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY AND ITS INTENDED USE AT THAT TIME, AS WELL AS THE PROCESS ON KIND OF HOW WE GOT HERE TODAY. I AM AWARE OF SOME CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED WITH THE CITY'S ASSOCIATION PROCESS FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY. THE CITY IN THIS POSITION ACTS AS THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER AND WE ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS MANY TIMES ON OUR PROPERTIES TO THEN BRING AGREEMENTS FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL. AND THE PROCESS WE FOLLOW IS DESIGNED TO ENSURE THOROUGH EVALUATION OF THE PROPERTIES, DECISION MAKING, BALANCING EFFICIENCY WITH THE NEEDS OF PUBLIC INPUT AT APPROPRIATE STAGES. SO OUR APPROACH INVOLVES THIS CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF THE PROPOSALS THAT ARE BROUGHT TO US, GOOD FAITH NEGOTIATIONS AND STRUCTURED OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC FEEDBACK, WHICH IS WHERE WE ARE TODAY. THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER. WHILE THERE MIGHT BE DESIRE TO HAVE PUBLIC INPUT AT OTHER PHASES, THERE ARE REASONS WHY WE DON'T. SOME OF THOSE REASONS ARE THE COMPLEXITY OF THE ISSUES, THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF THE INFORMATION. IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU'RE SELLING YOUR HOME AND YOU ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS, THAT'S YOUR PRIVATE PROPERTY. THE CITY PUTS FORTH EXPERTS TO GO SIT AT THE TABLE AND TO WORK THROUGH THOSE MATTERS. THE PRELIMINARY NATURE OF EVALUATIONS, PROPOSALS COME IN. THEY COULD BE VERY PRELIMINARY IN NATURE. WE MIGHT NOT GET TO WHAT WE'RE BRINGING YOU UNTIL THE 7th OR 8th ITERATION OF THAT AND THEN WE BRING IT TO YOU LIKE WE ARE TODAY AND WE HAVE A PUBLIC3 HEARING THAT WE ARE TODAY. I'M GOING TO WORK THROUGH THE PROPOSAL THAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY. WE ALWAYS WORK TO BE TRANSPARENT ENSURE TRANSPARENCY PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FEEDBACK. WE BELIEVE THAT FORUM IS IN FRONT OF YOU AND THE PUBLIC THIS MORNING. IN 2022, THE CITY WAS APPROACHED BY THE ADJACENT PROPERTY. THIS IS THE CITY'S PROPERTY HERE IN YELLOW. THE PROPERTY, THE ADJACENT PROPERTY IS SHOWN IN BLUE. YOU CAN SEE MacDILL OVER TO THE EAST, PINEWOOD TO THE NORTH, MARCUM STREET TO THE SOUTH. YOU MAY RECALL THIS PROPERTY BECAUSE THERE WAS A REZONING ON THE BLUE PIECE THAT WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL FOR A HOTEL ND A PARKING LOT AND THE DEVELOPER CAME TO THE CITY AND REQUESTED UTILIZATION OF A PORTION OF THE YELLOW PROPERTY, THE CITY'S PROPERTY FOR PARKING ASSOCIATED WITH FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PARCEL, NOT FOR THE HOTEL THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVED, BUT FOR AN ADDITIONAL HOTEL THAT THEY WOULD BE SEEKING AT A LATER TIME. IN CONSIDERING THIS REQUEST, THE CITY GOES BACK AND WE LOOKED AT HOW DID WE GET THE YELLOW PIECE OF PROPERTY? HOW DID WE BUY IT? WHAT WENT ON? ACTUALLY IN 2005, THE CITY GOT A DIG GRANT TO PURCHASE THAT PROPERTY FROM ENTERPRISE FLORIDA AS PART OF PROTECTION TO PROVIDE A BUFFER TO THE BASE. IN 2006, ONCE THAT GRANT WAS RECEIVED, WE ACTUALLY PERFORMED THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY. SINCE 2006, THE PROPERTY HAS SAT THERE WITH NO FUNDED IMPROVEMENTS TO ACTIVATE THE PROPERTY, SO TO SPEAK. THE PROPERTY IS PART OF THE SOUTH TAMPA GREENWAY AND TRAILS MASTER PLAN. THE MOST RECENT PIECE OF THAT WE COMPLETED IS BEHIND THE WESTSHORE MARINA DISTRICT. AND PURSUANT TO THE GRANT AGREEMENT THAT WE USED TO ACQUIRE IT, THERE ARE NO FORMAL RESTRICTIONS, BUT THE INTENT WAS TO SERVE THE GREENWAYS AND TRAILS PROGRAM AND TO PROVIDE ENCROACHMENT PROTECTION AND AN ENVIRONMENTAL BUFFER. SINCE THE ACQUISITION, AS I MENTIONED, IT HAS REMAINED UNUSED. THE CITY HAS NO ALLOCATED BUDGETED FUNDS FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS. AND RECENTLY, WHEN THE DEVELOPER APPROACHED THE CITY WITH THE PROPOSAL, IT PRESENTED A VALUABLE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE THE TRAILHEAD WITHOUT IMPOSING ANY FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON THE CITY. THIS PROPOSAL ALLOWS US TO ENHANCE THE PROPERTY WITH MINIMAL COST TO THE PUBLIC WHILE ADDING VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY. IN RELATION TO THIS MATTER, WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS. ONE IS THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT TALKS ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE IMPROVEMENTS, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE, WHO IS PAYING, HOW THAT ALL WORKS. I HAVE A QUICK SLIDE ON THAT. AND WE HAVE A LICENSE AGREEMENT, WHICH IS WHO GETS TO USE THE PROPERTY AND MAINTAIN IT ONCE THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE. SO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ADDRESSES THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SITE IMPROVEMENTS, BOTH THE PARK AND THE PARKING LOT, THE COST OF PLANNING, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION FOR BOTH THE PARK AND THE PARKING LOT, AND THAT IS TO BE DONE BY THE DEVELOPER. THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETING THE PARK PRIOR TO C.O. OF THE FIRST HOTEL. IF THE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEVER HAPPENS ON THIS PROPERTY, WE ARE GOING TO GET THESE IMPROVEMENTS CONSTRUCTED AND COMPLETED BY THE DEVELOPER PRIOR TO C.O. OF THE HOTEL. AND THAT PARKS IS INVOLVED WITH THE DESIGN, APPROVING THE DESIGN, INCLUDING ALL PLANTS AND TREES THAT WILL BE PLACED AND THEN MAINTENANCE. THE PARK MAINTENANCE. THE DEVELOPER FOR THE FIRST YEAR WILL TAKE CARE OF THE MAINTENANCE AND ROUTINE GROUNDS MAINTENANCE FOR ALL SUBSEQUENT YEARS. AND THAT SAME MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEVELOPER IS IN THE LICENSE AGREEMENT AS WELL. AND THEN WE HAVE THE MAINTENANCE, EVERYTHING RELATED TO THE PARKING LOT PORTION OF THE PARCEL, THE DEVELOPER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR. LET ME JUST PUT UP -- I SKIPPED OVER THIS. QUICKLY, THIS IS THE PD THAT IS APPROVED ON THE BLUE PIECE. YOU'LL SEE THE HOTEL ON THE WEST AND PARKING. THE PROPOSAL THAT WAS BROUGHT TO THE CITY FOR CONSIDERATION BUT IS STILL SUBJECT TO ALL REZONING AND COMING BEFORE THIS CITY COUNCIL, CONSIDERS A SECOND HOTEL TO BE PLACED, THE ACRE FOR THE PARKING AND THE 1.5 ACRES FOR THE PARK. THE PARK IMPROVEMENTS ALSO INCLUDE 30 EXCLUSIVE PARKING SPACES FOR THE PARK AS WELL AS ON-STREET SPACES FOR THE PARK. ONCE ALL OF THIS WOULD GET CONSTRUCTED AND IMPROVED, THE SECOND PART TO THIS IS THEN A LICENSE AGREEMENT. AND THAT WILL BE COMING BACK BEFORE YOU ON THE 19th, BUT YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT ONE WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER. THE LICENSE AGREEMENT SAYS ONCE ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE IMPROVED, YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO USE NOW THE PROPERTY. SO INSTEAD OF LEASING IT, WE DO A LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR A 20-YEAR PERIOD. THE 87 SPACES THAT ARE IN THE PARKING LOT ARE NONEXCLUSIVE SPACES UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT THE SECOND HOTEL WOULD TAKE PLACE. IF THE SECOND HOTEL NEVER GETS APPROVED, NEVER TAKES PLACE, THE PARKING IS THERE, IT'S AVAILABLE AND THERE ARE NONEXCLUSIVE RIGHTS TO THAT. AND THEN THERE IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE 30 SPACES FOR THE PARK. AND THEN THE ONE MATTER, THE STORMWATER. THE STORMWATER FROM THE PARK AND THE PARKING LOT ARE GOING TO BE ACCOMMODATED ON THE HOTEL'S STORMWATER RETENTION. AND I WILL LET MR. GARDNER AND HIS TEAM SPEAK TO THAT WHEN WE TURN IT OVER TO THAT. THE PROPERTY AS I JUST DISCUSSED IS PROPOSED TO BE DEVELOPED IN TWO PHASES. THAT FIRST ONE -- THE FIRST HOTEL IS IN PERMITTING. I DID GO THROUGH THE PERMIT LAST NIGHT JUST TO DOUBLE CHECK EVERYTHING. IT IS IN PERMITTING. AND I DON'T THINK TONY MULKEY -- DID HE COME IN? NOT YET. TONY MULKEY AS WELL AS REBECCA JOHNS AND MYSELF AND THE REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN THE NEGOTIATION TEAM ON THIS FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS WITH THE DEVELOPER TO GET THIS TO THE POINT IN FRONT OF YOU THIS MORNING. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MR. GARDNER NOW TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFICALLY TO THEIR ELEMENTS OF THIS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE A QUESTION FIRST. WHY ARE YOU BRINGING A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T APPROVED -- A REZONING WE HAVEN'T APPROVED? WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T APPROVE THIS HOTEL? >>ABBYE FEELEY: THERE IS ONE HOTEL ALREADY APPROVED. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES, BUT WHAT IF WE DON'T APPROVE THE SECOND HOTEL. >>ABBYE FEELEY: YOU DON'T HAVE TO. >>LYNN HURTAK: GENERALLY WHEN YOU DO THESE THINGS, LIKE BRINGING THE SECOND HOTEL, YOU BRING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AT THAT TIME. THAT'S NORMALLY HOW THIS WORKS. I'M CURIOUS WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS WITH THIS AND WHY WE'RE DOING IT, WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER BACKWARDS. >>REBECCA JOHNS: LEGAL DEPARTMENT. THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ACTUALLY IS NOT TIED TO THE SECOND HOTEL. THEY HAVE TO BUILD A PARK PURSUANT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BEFORE THEY GET THE C.O. FOR THE FIRST HOTEL. EVEN IF THE SECOND HOTEL NEVER COMES INTO PLAY, WE STILL HAVE THE PARK AND THEY WOULD CONSTRUCT THE PARKING LOT. >>LYNN HURTAK: THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS CONNECTED TO THE FIRST HOTEL, NOT THE SECOND HOTEL. >>REBECCA JOHNS: DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS CONNECTED TO THE PARKING LOT, THE USE OF THE PARKING LOT. >>ABBYE FEELEY: THE USE OF THE CITY'S PROPERTY FOR A PARKING LOT. THAT'S WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS TIED TO REGARDLESS OF THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT, YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. I JUST FELT THE NEED TO RESPOND TO THE PART ABOUT THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING BEING -- YOU SAID HAVING PUBLIC INPUT AT APPROPRIATE TIMES. MY CONCERN IS THAT 10:30 A.M. ON A THURSDAY IS NOT ACCESSIBLE FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE PUBLIC. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A FIRST PUBLIC HEARING, BUT I'M CONCERNED THAT THERE WASN'T AN EVENING MEETING IN THE AREA OF THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, BECAUSE THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT IS ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. WE'VE GOTTEN NUMEROUS E-MAILS ON THIS, BUT PEOPLE CAN'T COME BECAUSE IT'S 10:30 ON A THURSDAY. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO RECONSIDER SOMEHOW AND MAKE SURE THERE'S ACTUALLY A PUBLIC MEETING IN THE AREA OF WHERE WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS GOING FORWARD, BUT THAT IS THE BIG CONCERN FOR ME. I UNDERSTAND THE POSITION OF THE CITY IN NEEDING TO NEGOTIATE, BUT AFTER A NEGOTIATION, OR AFTER A -- AFTER WE THINK WE ARE SET, HAVING THAT MEETING WITH THE COMMUNITY IN THE EVENING, EVEN IF IT'S BETWEEN THESE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS, WHATEVER WORKS, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT GOING FORWARD SO THAT THE PUBLIC REALLY DOES HAVE THE ACCESS OTHER THAN SIMPLY E-MAIL ON A THURSDAY MORNING. >>ABBYE FEELEY: I APPRECIATE THAT AND UNDERSTAND THAT AND THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. >>BILL CARLSON: WE IN COUNCIL WORKING WITH YOU AND OTHERS HAVE SET MORE GUIDELINES FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, BUT EVEN IF THE GUIDELINES DON'T REQUIRE IT, NOT GOING TO THE PUBLIC HAS CAUSED US TO GET A WHOLE BUNCH OF E-MAILS, A BUNCH OF CALLS, AND THERE'S LOTS OF CONCERN IN THE COMMUNITY. EVEN IF WE DON'T CREATE A FORMAL PROCESS, I WISH THAT WE COULD PROACTIVELY THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS LEAK OUT AND WHEN SIGNS GO UP, PEOPLE START TALKING ABOUT THEM. I UNDERSTAND THE RATIONALE FOR HAVING A PRIVATE CONVERSATION, BUT SOMEHOW, AS WE KNOW, THE PUBLIC IS GOING TO FIND OUT, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC IS ENGAGED IN SOME WAY. SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT ANOTHER TIME. THE OTHER THING AND I'LL MAKE A FEW COMMENTS AND MAYBE YOU CAN COMMENT AT THE END. IT SEEMS LIKE WE TREATED THIS -- I REMEMBER THE TERM LIKE AN IRREGULAR OR REMAINDER LOT INSTEAD OF LIKE A REGULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY. ONE OF MY CONCERNS IN THE PAST IS THE CITY HAS SOLD PIECES OF PROPERTY WITHOUT PUTTING THEM OUT FOR BID. AND THE DEVELOPERS IN THE COMMUNITY SAY, WELL, IF I HAD KNOWN, I WOULD HAVE PAID MORE FOR IT. I THINK IF IT IS AN IRREGULAR PIECE OR REMAINDER PIECE, THERE ARE RULES ON HOW WE CAN GET AROUND THAT. BUT I WONDER, WAS THERE A COMPETITIVE BID? WAS THERE AN APPRAISAL OF THE PROPERTY AS TO THE VALUE OF IT OR EVALUATION IN SOME WAY? AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE GRANT, I KNOW WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, IF THEY GIVE YOU A GRANT, IF YOU CHANGE THE USE OF IT, YOU CAN PAY THEM BACK WITH INTEREST OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IN THIS CASE, IT WAS ENTERPRISE FLORIDA WHICH DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE. I THINK YOU SAID THERE WERE NO TIES TO IT. COULD WE HAVE SOLD THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY? COULD WE HAVE HAD A COMPETITIVE PIECE AND SOLD IT OUTRIGHT INSTEAD OF THE LICENSE AGREEMENT? CONNECTED TO THAT, WE WENT THROUGH, I THINK IT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER SUAREZ AND MAYBE MULHERN YEARS AGO WHO REALIZED THAT THE PARKS IN THE CITY WERE ZONED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE, AND WE WENT THROUGH AND CHANGED IT, WORKING WITH YOUR TEAM AND OTHERS, CHANGED THEM ALL TO BE A PARK STATUS TO PROTECT THE PARKS IN THE FUTURE. I WONDER, HAS THIS ONE BEEN INCLUDED IN THAT PROCESS. I DON'T REMEMBER IT GOING THROUGH. IS IT PROTECTED AT ALL AS PARK SPACE AND WHAT LIMITS DOES THAT PUT ON IT? IF NOT, WHAT IS THE PLAN TO PROTECT AT LEAST THE REMAINING PART OF IT FOR THE FUTURE? >>ABBYE FEELEY: AS FAR AS THE COMPETITIVE BID RESPONSE, WE DID NOT PERFORM A COMPETITIVE BID BECAUSE AT THIS TIME IT WAS NOT OUR DESIRE TO PUT THE PIECE OUT FOR OUR P FOR PARK DEVELOPMENT. WE WERE APPROACHED WHICH MANY TIMES WE ARE WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHAT THE PROPERTY HAD BEEN PURCHASED FOR IN 2005. IT IS IN THE GREENWAYS AND MASTER TRAILS PLAN. IT IS NOT IN THE PARKS. IT IS NOT A DEDICATED PARK AS OF TODAY BECAUSE IT HAS NOT BEEN IMPROVED AS A PARK USE AS OF TO DATE. I CAN TALK TO THE ENTERPRISE FLORIDA. WE DID RESEARCH BACK ON THE PURCHASE, THE GRANT AWARD. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WE WOULD SELL IT OUTRIGHT. IT IS PARTIALLY IN THE CLEAR ZONE AND THERE'S NO VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT THAT COULD TAKE PLACE HERE. THAT IS WHY I BELIEVE IN '05 WE ORIGINALLY PURCHASED IT TO BE THAT ENVIRONMENTAL BUFFER AND TO BE PART OF THE TRAIL PROGRAM AND SERVE AS A TRAILHEAD WITH ASSOCIATED PARKING. I WISH TONY WERE HERE TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT -- >>GUIDO -->> HE'S ONLINE NOW. >>ABBYE FEELEY: -- TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT GETTING THOSE THINGS TEED UP. I DID MENTION PROGRESSIVELY WE'VE HAD OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THE TRAIL, GREENWAYS AND MASTER TRAIL IS NOW COMING DOWN FROM GANDY, ALONG THAT BOAT RAMP AND THROUGH WESTSHORE MARINA AND THEN IT DOES ACTUALLY COME DOWN. AND THIS WAS PART OF THAT CONNECTION FROM THE PICNIC ISLAND TO THE GADSDEN PARK AREA. I THINK IN RELATIONSHIP TO FUTURE AND ONCE THIS PARK IS -- I MEAN, YES, WE COULD DEDICATE THIS. THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM AND ENSURE ITS PROTECTION. ALTHOUGH I DO BELIEVE GIVEN THE LOCATION, IT CANNOT BE VERTICALLY DEVELOPED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. MR. MULKEY AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. >>TONY MULKEY: TONY MULKEY, PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR. I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING IN CHAMBERS. YOUR EFFICIENCY IS IMPRESSIVE THIS MORNING. HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS HERE. I THINK WE DID HAVE A VERY CONSIDERED PROCESS INTERNALLY TO TRY AND GET A GOOD VALUE FOR THE CITY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE LIMITATIONS ON THE SITE, BEING IN THE CLEAR ZONE, WE ARE VERY LIMITED AS TO WHAT WE CAN DO ON THE SITE, BUT IT DOES FALL WITHIN THE SOUTH TAMPA GREENWAYS PLAN AS ADMINISTRATOR FEELEY REFERENCED. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY SPECIFICS ON THIS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ACTUALLY IN NEW BUSINESS TODAY, COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, I'M PLANNING ON ASKING STAFF TO FIX SOME OF THE SITUATIONS, LOOK FOR AN ORDINANCE, TIGHTEN UP SOME OF THE RULES ON HOW WE VACATE OR TRANSFER CONTROL OF CITY-OWNED PROPERTIES. LOOK FOR THAT NEW BUSINESS TODAY ACTUALLY. I'M NOT NECESSARILY OPPOSED TO THIS IDEA. KIND OF CREATIVE AND KIND OF INTERESTING. ON THE STATUS OF THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY, IT WILL REMAIN CITY PROPERTY, AND THEY HAVE A 20-YEAR USE OF THE PROPERTY. SO AT 20 YEARS, WHAT HAPPENS? >>ABBYE FEELEY: AT THE END OF THE 20 YEARS, THE LICENSE AGREEMENT, YES, I DO WANT TO BE CLEAR. THE CITY IS NOT CONVEYING OUR PROPERTY. WE ARE RETAINING OWNERSHIP OF THIS PROPERTY, ALL OF IT, THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE BEING MADE. THE PARK IS OURS AS WELL AS THE PARKING LOT AND THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. THEY ARE THEN GETTING THAT LICENSE AGREEMENT TO BE ABLE TO USE THOSE SPACES, NON-EXCLUSIVELY OR EXCLUSIVELY DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS DOWN THE ROAD, FOR 20 YEARS. AT THE END OF THE 20 YEARS, THERE ARE TWO TERMS OPPORTUNITY FOR RENEWAL. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SO IT WOULDN'T AUTOMATICALLY COME BACK TO THE CITY IN 20 YEARS. IN PERPETUITY FOR WHATEVER THE RENEWAL PERIOD IS, IN EXCHANGE FOR THE PARK IMPROVEMENTS, THEY ARE GOING TO GET THE USE OF THIS PROPERTY TAX-FREE, BASICALLY, CORRECT? PROPERTY TAX FREE. >>ABBYE FEELEY: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BECAUSE IT WOULD BE CITY. THAT'S A MIGHTY EXPENSIVE BIG PIECE OF PROPERTY TAX FREE FOR HOW MANY RENEWALS WOULD IT BE? >> LET ME CLARIFY. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY TAX-FREE. IT'S RENT-FREE. WHETHER IT'S TAXED OR NOT DEPENDS ON WHETHER IT FITS INTO AN EXCEPTION FOR GOVERNMENTAL USE UNDER THE STATE STATUTE. SO I CAN'T TELL YOU WHETHER IT IS TAX-FREE RIGHT NOW, BUT -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT ANSWERED BEFORE I MAKE THE DECISION, IF WE'RE GIVING AWAY -- IF IT'S TAX-FREE VERSUS NOT TAX-FREE. IF THERE'S INCOME BEING PROVIDED APPROPRIATION COMPENSATION FOR THE CITY. >>ABBYE FEELEY: I THINK THE OTHER ELEMENT TO THIS AND REBECCA AND I HAVE SPOKEN, THERE IS A PAYMENT BEING MADE CLEARLY FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PARKLAND. SO THAT ALSO IS A PAYMENT THAT IS BEING RECEIVED. A LOT OF THE CASES AND OTHER CASES THROUGH OTHER LEASES WE HAVE ON OTHER DIFFERENT MATTERS, THERE MIGHT BE A RENT PAYMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT IN THIS CASE, THAT PAYMENT IS BEING MADE UP FRONT IN THE FORM OF CREATING THE PARK. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I DON'T KNOW THE DOLLAR FIGURE AND AMORTIZED OVER THE LIFE OF THE LEASE, WHAT THAT ENDS UP BEING. COULD BE A GREAT DEAL OR BEST BARGAIN FOR THE DEVELOPER EVER. I DON'T KNOW WHICH. I DON'T THINK I HAVE THE INFORMATION TO DETERMINE WHICH IS WHICH YET. >>ABBYE FEELEY: AND THE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROPERTY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE DOLLAR FIGURE TO SEE WHAT THAT MEANS TO THE CITY. >>ABBYE FEELEY: MR. GARDNER MAY HAVE SOME OF THAT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: TWO LITTLE THINGS. MAINTENANCE OF THE PARK OR LAND, WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND WHAT TYPE OF INSURANCE IS GOING TO BE NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY IS HELD -- >>ABBYE FEELEY: THE DEVELOPER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE PROPERTY. BOTH SETS OF IMPROVEMENTS. ON THE INSURANCE, I NEED TO CHECK WITH REBECCA AND RON ON WHAT THE INSURANCE REQUIREMENT IS. I KNOW IT'S IN THE AGREEMENT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: STATED EARLIER, PARKLANDS, CITY OF TAMPA CANNOT SELL WHEN SOMETHING IS DEDICATED PARKLAND AT ALL. IT HAS TO BE DONE BY REFERENDUM AND THE PUBLIC HAS TO VOTE ON IT AND NOT EVEN THE GOVERNMENT. THAT'S WHAT WE DID -- RIGHT, IT IS NOT. PRIOR TO THAT IT WAS STARTED BACK IN ANOTHER ADMINISTRATION, BUT WE FINISHED IT UP, ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO. >>ABBYE FEELEY: WE CAN DEDICATE THIS ONCE IT'S DONE. I THINK UNDER THE PURCHASE AND THE GRANT AGREEMENT, IT'S CLEAR WHAT THE PROPOSED PURPOSE WAS FOR AND THERE WOULD NOT BE OTHER DEVELOPMENT, BUT THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM. WE COULD MAKE A MODIFICATION TO THAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. GARDNER. >> TRUETT GARDNER, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE, HERE ON BEHALF OF PINEWOOD BF, LLC AND IN PARTICULAR, BRIAN FUNK. RIGHT OFF THE BACK, DISPEL ANY NOTION OR RUMOR THIS WAS SOME SORT OF CLANDESTINE NEGOTIATION, NOT THAT AT ALL. THANK ABBYE AND REBECCA BEING PATIENT WITH US THROUGH THE PROCESS. IT IS A UNIQUE SITUATION. I THINK A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY. I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DEAL TERMS, THE DEAL TERMS SKEW LARGELY IN FAVOR OF THE CITY. TO ANSWER TWO QUESTIONS, ONE FROM YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, ON INSURANCE. I JUST TOOK A LOOK TO CONFIRM THE DEVELOPER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING INSURANCE. THERE'S ACTUALLY A SCHEDULE. SCHEDULE E ON THE BACK OF THE AGREEMENT THAT HAS ALL THE INSURANCE THAT HAS TO BE PROVIDED. COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, ON THE TAX ISSUE, JUST TO BE CLEAR, THERE WILL NOT BE ANY VERTICAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE DEVELOPER WILL HAVE ON THE CITY LEASE PROPERTY. WHAT THEY ARE GETTING IN EXCHANGE FOR THIS IS JUST SOME ADDITIONAL PARKING SHOULD THE SECOND HOTEL BE BUILT. JUST TO GO BACK AND REITERATE, REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS, I THINK THIS IS WHAT MAKES IT UNIQUE, REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE SECOND HOTEL, THE PROVISION OF THE FIRST HOTEL IS THE TRIGGER AND THEIR ABILITY TO GET THEIR C.O. IS CONTINGENT UPON THEM PROVIDING THE IMPROVEMENTS, FULLY PAID FOR BY THEM, WHICH THE ESTIMATES OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ALONE IS IN EXCESS OF $400,000 AND THEN ONGOING MAINTENANCE. I'M NOT SURE IF MR. FUNK HAS NUMBERS ON THE MAINTENANCE, BUT PERHAPS HE DOES AND WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH YOU. WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THE INSURANCE QUESTION AND SECOND ON THE TAXATION SITUATION. I DON'T THINK THERE'S MUCH TO BE TAXED WITH A SURFACE PARKIN LOT THAT WILL BE PROVIDED AND SHARED BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE DEVELOPER. BUT JUST WANTED TO STRESS THERE IS NO VERTICAL IMPROVEMENT ALLOWED OR PROPOSED FOR AT ALL ON THE PROPERTY THAT WOULD BE LEASED FROM THE CITY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO -- I MEAN, IT IS THE COMBINATION OF THE SURFACE PARKING LOT AND THE PROPOSED SECOND HOTEL, YOU COULDN'T DO THAT THE SECOND HOTEL DOES HAVE VALUE THAT COULD NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT THE ADDITIONAL PARKING. THERE IS VALUE TO THE PARCELS OF THE PROPERTY. >> MOST DEFINITELY, YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I JUST WANT TO SEE THE BALANCE. >> NO, I GET IT CLEANIAN OVER PERIOD OF THE FIRST TERM AND- THEN PROPOSED EXTENSIONS, WHAT THE CITY GETS FOR IT, AMORTIZED OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME VERSUS WHAT WE LOSE, POTENTIAL REVENU, IF WE'RE ABLE TO PARLAY THIS IN A DIFFERENT WAY. >> I THINK IN FULL CANDOR, WHAT THE CITY GETS, IT'S A TRAILHEAD CONNECTION. THEY GET A PARK THAT THERE WAS NO FUNDING FOR, NOT EVEN CONTEMPLATED. IT'S ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND ABBYE HAS A BRIEF PRESENTATION THAT WILL SHOW YOU. IT'S UNDEVELOPABLE. SO AS FAR AS VALUE THAT IT MAY HAVE, IT'S NEGLIGIBLE. SO THAT'S WHAT THE CITY GETS, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT. SELFISHLY ON THE DEVELOPER STANDPOINT, WHAT THEY GET IS THIS PARKING. WE COULD POTENTIALLY COME BACK TO YOU WITH A PD SHOULD THEY GO FORWARD WITH THE SECOND HOTEL, ASKING FOR A PARKING WAIVER WHERE THAT WOULD NOT NECESSITATE THIS AREA OF PARKING. THAT WOULD BE THE OTHER ALTERNATIVE. I THINK IT'S BETTER FOR THE CITY AND BETTER FOR THE DEVELOPER TO PROVIDE THAT PARKING AND THAT'S WHAT THEY GET IS THAT AREA OF PARKING FOR THAT SECOND HOTEL SHOULD IT BE DEVELOPED. AGAIN, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT'S DEVELOPED OR NOT, THE CITY IS GOING TO GET THIS PARK AND IT WILL BE MAINTAINED FOR A MINIMUM OF 20 YEARS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT BREAKDOWN OF COST VERSUS BENEFIT ON BOTH SIDES SO WE UNDERSTAND WHAT KIND OF REAL DEAL WE'RE GETTING. >> THE ONLY OTHER THING I REALLY WANTED TO DISTINGUISH IS WE DID NEGOTIATE THESE TERMS WITH THE CITY. IT WAS NOTICED. SIGNS WERE POSTED, ALL THAT WAS DONE COMPLETELY PROPERLY, BUT I DID WANT TO CLARIFY AS IT RELATES TO THE PARK DESIGN, WE HAVE GONE VERY FAR AWAY WITH THAT. WE ACTUALLY MET WITH STEPHANIE AND CARROLL ANN, TALKED TO STEPHANIE BEFORE THIS. SOUNDS LIKE THEY ARE GENERALLY HAPPY WITH THE DESIGN. BUT THAT DESIGN IS ONLY IN DRAFT FORM IS STILL SUBJECT TO APPROVAL ULTIMATELY BY PARKS. SO WE'RE COMING TO YOU TODAY WITH SPECIFIC TERMS OF A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, BUT AS FAR AS THE PARK, WHICH IS THE BIG BENEFIT TO THE CITY, THAT STILL IS NOT DONE. IT'S RIDING ALONGSIDE THIS, BUT THAT'S STILL OUT THERE TO BE APPROVED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> WITH THAT I KNOW THIS IS A UNIQUE SITUATION, BOTH WITH RESPECT TO THE UNIQUE PROPERTY AND THEN ALSO OUR CLIENT, FUNK,% IS UNIQUE. NOT ONLY A DEVELOPER BUT A LOVER OF PARKS IN THE CITY. WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH THE SWAMP PARK ADJACENT TO HYDE PARK VILLAGE. HAS PLANS TO BE INVOLVED IN OTHERS. SO THAT WAS REALLY THE GENESIS OF HOW THIS CAME TO BE AND HOW WE ARE HERE TODAY. SO WITH THAT, JUST A COUPLE MORE CONTEXT SLIDES. ABBYE DID A GREAT JOB OF COVERING A LOT OF THOSE. ADDIE CLARK HAS A FEW SHE WILL RUN THROUGH TO PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE CONTEXT, SPECIFICALLY ON THE UNDEVELOPABLE NATURE OF THIS PROPERTY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> ADDIE CLARK, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE. IF I COULD PLEASE HAVE -- THANK YOU. WE WILL RUN THROUGH THESE. LIKE I SAID, ABBYE WENT OVER THE LOCATION OF THIS AND EXISTING CONDITIONS. PHOTOS. A LITTLE BIT OVERGROWN, LITTLE BIT SOMEWHAT UNSAFE. SO THE GOAL HERE IS TO CREATE AN OVERGROWN, LITTLE BIT UNSAFE AREA OF THE CITY INTO A BEAUTIFUL PARK THAT EVERYONE CAN ENJOY. HERE, YOU CAN SEE 2.5 ACRES OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY, PROPOSED TO BE ABOUT 1.5 ACRES OF BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY PARK AND THEN PARKING. HERE YOU CAN SEE WE'RE PROPOSING SHADY TREES, BENCHES, MEANDERING WALKING PATHS AND PUBLIC PARKING FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY. WE BELIEVE THIS IS A GREAT AREA FOR SITTING IN THE SHADE, READING A BOOK BUT ALSO A NICE AREA TO KICK A SOCCER BALL AROUND OR KIDS TO PLAY TAG AND AREA IN THE PURPLE WOULD BE PARKING FOR DEVELOPMENT TO THE WEST AS DISCUSSED. OF COURSE, STORMWATER RETENTION WILL ALL BE LOCATED TO THE WEST IN VAULTS. AS WE SAW LAST NIGHT, THAT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN THE CITY. GOING TO DEVELOPMENT RESTRICTIONS, ABBYE HIT ON THIS HOW THIS WAS A CITY LOT ACQUIRED THROUGH A FEDERAL GRANT, BUT THEN THE PARCEL THAT ACTUALLY CANNOT BE DEVELOPED AT ALL WITH ANY VERTICAL STRUCTURE, DUE TO ITS LOCATION IN THE MacDILL AIR FORCE FLIGHT PATH CLEAR ZONE IN RED AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THIS RED KIND OF THUMBTACK WHERE THE PARKS PROPERTY IS. THIS IS AN OBSTRUCTION-FREE SURFACE AREA FOR THE PLANES AND FOR THAT FLIGHT PATH. SO THIS CLEAR ZONE PROHIBITS THE REASONABLE ECONOMIC USE OF THE LAND, WHICH IS CURRENTLY ZONED IG, INDUSTRIAL GENERAL. SINCE STRUCTURES CANNOT BE BUILT FOR THE SAFETY OF THOSE IN THE PLANE AND THOSE OUTSIDE OF THE PLANE. OF COURSE, WE BELIEVE THIS IS AN OVERALL PUBLIC BENEFIT. BRIAN FUNK, WHO I WILL INTRODUCE IN A MOMENT, WILL BE PROVIDING THE PLANNING, DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND CONSTRUCTION OF ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS, UPWARDS OF $400,000. IT'S NOT A SALE OF THE LAND. JUST A LEASE ONLY. AND THEN THE PARK WILL BE THE ENTRY TO THIS AREA. IT IS HIS PRIORITY TO KEEP IT CLEAN, SAFE AND WELL MAINTAINED AT ALL TIMES. WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO PASS TO BRIAN FUNK, WHO IS THE DEVELOPER OF THIS PROJECT, TO TALK ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE WITH DEVELOPING BEAUTIFUL PARKS IN THE CITY AND THE VISION FOR THIS SITE IN PARTICULAR. THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING. BRIAN FUNK. PINEWOOD BF, LLC. GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THIS PROJECT. I'M BRIAN FUNK, I'M THE DEVELOPER OF THE HOTEL AND THE ADJACENT PARCEL TO THE WEST AND THE ONE ENTERING INTO THE LEASE AND DEVELOPER AGREEMENT, PROPOSED LEASE AND DEVELOPER AGREEMENT FOR THE NEW CITY PARK AND PARKING. HOWEVER I'M NOT ONLY HERE AS DEVELOPER BUT ALSO AS FOURTH GENERATION CITIZEN OF TAMPA AND CITY OF TAMPA PARKS AND VOLUNTEER DONOR WITH YEARS OF EXPERIENCING CREATING FUNCTIONAL TRAILS AND GREENSPACE IN FLORIDA AND COLORADO. THE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG SWANN AVENUE AS WELL AS THE SWANN POND IMPROVEMENTS WERE LOCAL VOLUNTEER EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS THAT I HAVE LED. SPEAKING AS A DEVELOPER, THIS PARK PRESENTS A SAFE AND ATTRACTIVE APPROACH TO NEW HAMPTON INN SLIGHTLY DOWN PINEWOOD STREET. ADDITIONAL PROPOSED PARKING CREATES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A POTENTIAL SECOND HOTEL. HOTELS MAINLY SERVE MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE AS WELL AS CERTAIN DEMAND FROM LOCAL NEIGHBORHOODS. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THAN CORRECTLY POINTED OUT AT THE REZONING HEARING IN 2022, HAVING ADDITIONAL ROOMS WOULD REDUCE TRAFFIC IN THE AREA AND ON BASE AS WELL AS PROVIDE THE BASE WITH MUCH NEEDED MEETING ROOM SPACE. SPEAKING AS A CITIZEN OF TAMPA AND A PARK VOLUNTEER, THE PARK IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BEAUTIFY AND ACTIVATE THE LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD, THE PROPOSED PARK WILL ALSO BE A NODE ALONG THE URBAN GREENWAY AND PROVIDE CONNECTIVITY TO OTHER PARKS IN THE CITY. THE TYPES OF NODES AND CONNECTIVITY HAVE BEEN LACKING IN THE CITY FOR DECADES AND PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACTIVATE THE ENTIRE CITY AND NOT JUST ONE NEIGHBORHOOD. LAST FRIDAY I MET WITH THE LEADERS OF THAN AND DISCUSSED THE PARK AND ADDITIONAL PARKING. MANY GOOD POINTS MADE BY MS. POYNOR AND MRS. BENNETT AND INCORPORATED INTO THE PLAN SUBJECT TO APPROVAL FROM THE CITY. I'VE SHARED THAT WITH THEM. I JUST GOT THAT BACK FROM MY LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT SIGN OF GAINFUL AND REVISED SOME -- GAIFLT, REVISED SOME ITEMS. SUBJECT TO APPROVAL TO THE CITY, TEN MORE SHADE TREES, MOSTLY LIVE OAKS AND PRICE OUT DIFFERENT -- PRICE OUT A DIFFERENT TYPE OF ASPHALT INSTEAD OF CONCRETE PER THEIR SUGGESTION. THE LEASE AND DEVELOPER AGREEMENT AS RELATES TO THE ADDITIONAL PARKING PROVIDE MUCH-NEEDED PARK SPACE AND CONNECTIVITY TO THE IMMEDIATE AREA AND GIVE THE CITY A MEANS TO PAY FOR IT WITHOUT COMING OUT OF POCKET VIA LONG-TERM PARKING LEASE. POTENTIAL FOR SECOND HOTEL TO HOUSE SERVICE MEMBERS AND THEIR LOVED ONES IS AN ADDITIONAL BENEFIT TO BE ENJOYED BY THE CITY OF TAMPA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I'M OPEN TO QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, IF THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. >>GWEN HENDERSON: JUST ONE QUESTION. DO YOU HAVE THE DESIGN THAT SHOWS THE PARKING LOT AND THE IMPROVEMENTS OF THE PARK TOGETHER? >> YES, MA'AM, WE DO. THIS SHOWS THE CITY OWNED PARCEL AND SHADED LIGHT BLUE AREA IS THE PARKING WE NEED. GREEN WILL BE THE PARK SPACE. I THINK WHAT IS A LITTLE UNDERREPRESENTED HERE, THE SHADED RED SHOWS THE PARKING AREAS, DEDICATED PARKING SPOTS FOR THE PARK. HOWEVER, THEY WOULD STILL NEED INGRESS AND EGRESS TO ACCESS THAT. A PORTION OF THAT IS REALLY STILL, AND THEN THE BALANCE WOULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE SECOND HOTEL SO THAT WE MIGHT SURFACE PARK AUTOMOBILES FOR US. WE COULD REQUEST A WAIVER. WE DON'T WANT TO BECAUSE IT COMES DOWN TO GUEST SATISFACTION. AS WE'VE SEEN RECENTLY, SO MUCH RAIN, SOMEBODY GETTING OFF A PLANE, LATE, LOOKING FOR A PARKING SPOT AND RAINING, TRYING TO CHECK INTO A HOTEL. IT CLEAS UP THIS AREA AND IT'S NOT A VERY NICE THING TO LOOK AT. WANT TO BEAUTIFY AND ACTIVATE IT, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM. >>GWEN HENDERSON: HOW DOES IT INCORPORATE INTO THE LOOK OF THE HOTEL? I LOVE THE IDEA. I'M JUST WONDERING IF THE COMMUNITY WILL KNOW THAT IT'S THEIR PARK AND DOESN'T BELONG TO THE HOTEL. >> YES. THERE WILL BE CITY OF TAMPA SIGNAGE, INCLUDING SIGNAGE FOR THE PARKING THAT THOSE WILL BE DEDICATED -- PINK SPOTS, THOSE ARE DEDICATED CITY OF TAMPA PARK SPOTS. THERE IS A WALKWAY TO ACTIVATE IT AS WELL. LIKE WAS MENTIONED, THIS IS ON THE URBAN GREENWAY, SO THAT WILL BE PART OF THE NODE. I THINK ANOTHER TERMINAL SPOT BY DALE MABRY COMING FROM GADSDEN PARK. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON AND THEN HURTAK. >>BILL CARLSON: BRIAN, TRUETT MENTIONED BRIEFLY YOUR INVOLVEMENT WITH SWANN POND. AS YOU MAY REMEMBER, 10, 15 YEARS AGO, I WAS ON THE BOARD OF HISTORIC HYDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WHICH IS ONE OF THREE OR FOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT WORKED ON THAT. COULD YOU TAKE 30 SECONDS TO EXPLAIN YOUR CREDENTIALS IN REGARD TO THAT PARK, WHAT YOU DID, WHAT YOUR FAMILY DID AND THE SITUATION THAT WAS FACED THERE? JUST SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO PARKS. >> THAT WAS A SORT OF SELF-STARTER DEAL. IT STARTED WITH A RESCUE DOG I GOT BUSTER AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD. LOT OF ENERGY. NEEDED TO BE WALKED LIKE A LOT. EVERY TIME WE LEFT AND LIVED SORT OF NEAR THE VILLAGE, 99 OUT OF 100 TIMES STOP AT SWANN. INHOSPITABLE. THE PATHWAY, THE SIDEWALK WAS I THINK ONLY FOUR FOOT WIDE. AT THE UNDERPASS IT WAS JUST DIRT. REALLY WASN'T ANY SIDEWALK AT ALL TO SPEAK OF. EVERY TIME WE GO IN THE SAME DIRECTION -- >>BILL CARLSON: IN CASE ANYBODY DOESN'T KNOW, IT WAS THE DRAINAGE POND -- >> STILL FUNCTIONING STORMWATER BODY FOR THE EXPRESSWAY. A LOT OF CONDITIONS AND A LOT OF LIMITATIONS. I APPRECIATE PEOPLE SAY IT IS A BEAUTIFICATION DEAL. REALLY WAS A WAY TO INCREASE PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY BY MAKING IT SAFER, MORE ATTRACTIVE FOR PEOPLE IN THE AREA AND ENDED UP LOOKING REALLY NICE. WORKING CURRENTLY WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS, WITH THE CITY ON THE BALL FIELD EXPANSION BY THE SOFTBALL FIELD. SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT MANY YEARS AGO. WE'LL REVIVE THAT AS WELL. MY FAMILY ALSO DID THE PARK. MAIN OFFICE BANK OF TAMPA BUILDING ON BAYSHORE AND SWANN AND WE DEVELOPED THAT PARK IN THE '80s. COINCIDENTALLY WITH DAVID CONNER WHEN HE WAS A MUCH YOUNGER GUY. WORKING ON A PROJECT IN HIGH COUNTRY IN COLORADO. DEDICATE A LOT OF PARK SPACE AND TRAILS TO INTERCONNECT THE PIKE NATIONAL FOREST WITH THE TOWN OF OMA. COULD GO ON AND ON. THIS ONE HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF THOSE DEALS WHERE I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A PARK THERE, BUT ALSO A DEVELOPER, TOO, SO I HAVE TO PUT THAT HAT ON. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. >>LYNN HURTAK: I ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. MULKEY. I THINK HE'S PROBABLY STILL ON. MR. MULKEY, IS THERE A WAY THAT -- BECAUSE THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT TRAILHEADS IN DIFFERENT PLACES. I'M SURE WE HAVE A MASTER PLAN MAP OF THIS. IF THIS WERE TO GO TO SECOND READING OR SECOND HEARING, SORRY, IS THERE A WAY THAT YOU COULD PROVIDE A MAP THAT SHOWS WHAT THE CONNECTIVITY WOULD BE? >>TONY MULKEY: TONY MULKEY, PARKS AND RECREATION AGAIN. YES, WE HAVE A VARIETY OF PROPERTIES THAT WE COULD KIND OF SPELL OUT WHERE THOSE CONNECTIONS ARE AND KIND OF THE TARGET OF THE EXPANSION TO MAKE THE NETWORK HAPPEN. YES, WE COULD CERTAINLY PROVIDE THAT. EVERYONE PROBABLY KNOWS, SOUTH TAMPA IS IN NEED OF ADDITIONAL PARK SPACE AND CONNECTIVITY TO PROVIDE THE RECREATION OPTIONS AND WE FEEL IT IS A VERY CRITICAL PIECE OF THAT. >>LYNN HURTAK: WE KEEP HEARING THE WORD CONNECTIVITY AND CONNECTING TRAILHEADS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHERE THE TRAILHEADS. WHAT IS THE PLAN? WHAT IS AVAILABLE? I THINK THE PUBLIC WOULD PROBABLY LIKE TO SEE THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THERE AT SWANN. APPRECIATE THAT. IT IS BEAUTIFUL. I HOPE THERE IS A DOG PARK INVOLVED, WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY TRYING TO USE AS A DOG PARK. BACK TO THIS PROJECT. BACK UP ON YOUR MAP OF THE PARKING LOT. CAN YOU THROW THAT BACK UP THERE? HAVE YOU GIVEN ANY THOUGHT OF CREATIVE? IT DOES SEEM KIND OF WEIRD, STEPPING BACK FROM A VERY INDUSTRIAL SPACE, HOTEL, AND SEEMS TO BE AN AWFUL LOT OF CONCRETE OF MORE INTEGRATING THAT PARKING LOT WITH THE PARK SO THAT IT IS MORE SEAMLESS. SINK. >> ALL THESE ISLANDS, WE'LL GO OVERBOARD ON LANDSCAPING. THIS DOESN'T HAVE THE OVERLAY. ALL THE PARKING BLOCK, THE ISLANDS, WE'RE GOING TO LOAD EVERYTHING UP WITH LANDSCAPING. THAT'S OUR INTENT FOR THE HOTEL'S SAKE, PARK'S SAKE, WE DON'T WANT IT TO LOOK BARE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NOT YOUR TYPICAL HAMPTON PARKING LOT. >> IT'S NOT. HAPPY TO SHARE THE IMAGES WITH YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MAY BE IN THE MINORITY. IT'S FUNNY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE UNIMPROVED PROPERTY, I'M A FLORIDIAN BEFORE FLORIDA BECAME A HOT MESS. I FIND BEAUTIFUL NATURAL FLORIDA, THE SCRUB LAND. IT ALL DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PERFECTLY MANICURED FOR ME. >> WE LIKE THAT TOO. LET IT GET LEGGY. USUALLY IN OUR TEMPLATE OF PLANT MATERIALS FOR THAT EXACT REASON. I'M WITH YOU, SAME. THIS IS THE REAR OF IT. GOT MORE GLASS, MORE FENESTRATION. IN OUR BACKYARD. REALLY WANT TO DO A NICE JOB. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU'RE RIGHT. HOTEL SPACE AND ESPECIALLY IN THAT AREA FOR THE BASE IS IMPORTANT TOO. WE HAVE TO FIND THAT BALANCE. THAT IS A NICE LOOKING BUILDING. >> SPEAKING OF BALANCE AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT, WE HAD A SMALLER PARKING LOT ORIGINALLY, BUT WORKING WITH THE PARKS, THEY FELT LIKE THIS WOULD GET QUITE A BIT OF USE. A LITTLE BIT MORE PARKING CAME ON THAT SIDE, SO WE WERE ACCOMMODATING THAT BECAUSE HOPEFULLY IT WILL GET UTILIZED A LOT. BIGGER PARK, MORE PARKING YOU'LL NEED. CREATES THAT PARADOX WHERE YOU HAVE A LOT OF PARKING, HAVE A LITTLE PARK. WE THOUGHT THIS WAS A NICE HEALTHY BALANCE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. GOOD TO SEE YOU, BRIAN, AS ALWAYS. WE ACTUALLY WENT TO LAW SCHOOL TOGETHER. CLASS OF WHAT, 2003. >> JUST THE OTHER DAY. >>LUIS VIERA: RIGHT. BEEN A WHILE. I WANTED TO COMPLIMENT YOU BECAUSE WE TALKED A NUMBER OF TIMES ABOUT YOUR GREAT WORK AND YOUR PASSION FOR GREENSPACES AND PARKS. I KNOW THE PRIOR PARK THAT YOU WORKED ON WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HARRY COHEN. WE'LL LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC ON THIS. WHEN I SEE THIS, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT FULFILLS A REAL BIG NEED. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LOT IN TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, WHICH IS SOUTH TAMPA IS VERY MISUNDERSTOOD. BIG PORTION OF THE CITY -- THEY HAVE EVERYTHING. IF YOU LOOK AT FLOODING, TAKE A LOOK AT THE ROADS IN SOUTH TAMPA AND THEN A LOT OF PARKS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT GOES TO A BIG NEED IN SOUTH TAMPA AND ESPECIALLY AS YOU AND MR. GARDNER HAVE NOTED, SOMETHING NEAR THE BASE, GADSDEN PARK IS SOMETHING USED BY A LOT OF OUR MILITARY FAMILIES. I KNOW YOU AS A PATRIOTIC PERSON I'M SURE ARE VERY AWARE OF THE BENEFIT THAT THIS PARK COULD HAVE. JUST WANTED TO SALUTE YOU FOR THIS AND LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT IT FROM THE PUBLIC AND SEE WHERE WE GO BUT WANTED TO THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DOES THAT CONCLUDE THE PRESENTATION? >> YES, IT DOES. >> JUST ONE THING, WHICH COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, YOU ASKED MR. MULKEY ON THE TRAIL, WE FOUND IT. IF YOU WANT, WE CAN PUT THAT UP. >> THIS WAS FROM A GRAPHIC PROVIDED BY CARLA PRICE BACK A FEW YEARS AGO. THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME CHANGES. LET'S JUST PULL IT UP. WE ADDED THAT THIS PROPERTY'S LOCATION WITH THE RED CIRCLE. YOU CAN SEE HERE. I BELIEVE SOME OF IT MIGHT HAVE CHANGED, SOME OF THE MEANDERING MIGHT HAVE CHANGED A LITTLE BIT, LOCATIONS. YOU SEE GADSDEN PARK. AND ZOOM OUT OF THE DOCUMENT -- >>LYNN HURTAK: JUST BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT THE LEGEND. IF YOU COULD GO IN JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE. PERFECT. >> YOU CAN PROBABLY READ IT. THE PURPLE FUCHSIA COLOR IS WHAT'S EXISTING OR I BELIEVE UNDER CONTROL. THE ORANGE IS THE NEEDED LINKS. YOU CAN TELL WHERE THIS SIDE IS, IT GETS CHALLENGING BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY PRIVATELY HELD PARCELS. TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION FROM EAST TO WEST IS CRITICALLY IN THIS JUNCTURE POINT IN THE MIDDLE, WHICH I THINK THAT WAS THE OPPORTUNITY THAT BRIAN INITIALLY SAW, IF HE CAN BE A PART OF THAT AND HELP PROVIDE THAT, BY ALL MEANS, LET'S DO IT. AND THEN ALSO BE A PLACE WHERE IF YOU HAD TO BIKE, YOU COULD GO, PARK, THAT COULD BE KIND OF YOUR TRAILHEAD, IF YOU WILL, TO GO EITHER EAST OR WEST. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. THAT'S THE VISUAL I WAS LOOKING FOR, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'LL OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT. ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK, PLEASE COME ON UP AND STATE YOUR NAME. MS. POYNOR, DO YOU HAVE A SPEAKER WAIVER FORM? YES MA'AM. GO AHEAD. >> GOOD MORNING. KELLA McCASKILL. I'M A NATIVE. I WAS BORN DOWN IN THAT AREA WHERE MY MOM RECENTLY PASSED. WE HAD TO GO TO MIDTOWN TO FIND SOMETHING THAT WAS SUITABLE FOR THE BESTS THAT CAME IN TOWN FOR HER BURIAL SERVICES. ALL MY LIFE WE TRAVELED AWAY THE AREA -- I FULLY SUPPORT THIS HOTEL. WE NEED IT. I WON'T GO AGAINST A PROJECT, GARDNER BREWER -- I BELIEVE HE WAS A GODSEND ANGEL FOR ME. I SHARED MY COMMENTS WITH THAN. THEY HAVE THAT ALREADY. I'M READING ON BEHALF OF CARROLL ANN BENNETT TODAY. SHE COULDN'T MAKE IT BECAUSE SHE'S GETTING WINDOW REPLACEMENTS AT HER HOME. SHE SAYS I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WANT THE GRASSY FIELD IN THE MIDDLE. I STILL WANT TO DO AWAY WITH PARALLEL PARKING ON THE STREETS AND I WANT THEM TO SAVE THE CLUSTER OF THE OAKS ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE PARKING LOT. LOOKING AT WHAT THEY GAVE US YESTERDAY, THEY CAN SAVE THAT OAK CLUSTER BY ELIMINATE BEING SIX TO SEVEN PARKING SPACES. GUESTS CAN USE THE PARKING FOR THE PARK IF NECESSARY. IT'S A PUBLIC PARK SO WE COULDN'T STOP THEM IF WE WANTED TO. I STILL WOULD LIKE THE IDEA OF PERMEABLE PARKING. THOSE -- I'M READING FROM CARROLL ANN BENNETT'S STATEMENT. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. GARDNER IS A GODSEND. >> I THINK HUDSON, NOT GARDNER. I ASPIRE TO BE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. SHELBY, SHE HAS A COUPLE OF NAMES. >>MARTIN SHELBY: ONE NAME IS ROBIN LOCKETT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. GO AHEAD. YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES. >> MY NAME IS STEPHANIE POYNOR. I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I'M MIFFED WITH THE CITY AND THEIR PROCESS FOR THIS. YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME UNLESS YOU WANT TO, WHATEVER. I GET THIS IN THE MAIL WITHOUT THE ADDRESS AT THE TOP. THIS ADDRESS AT THE TOP, I WROTE ON THERE. THIS DOCUMENT SAYS LOT 34, 35, 36, 37 PINEWOOD, WHAT THE HELL IS THAT? OH, WAIT, I DON'T KNOW. SO I HAD TO GO AND GO TO THE TAX ASSESSOR'S WEBSITE AND I HAD TO LOOK UP PINEWOOD BF, LLC AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY OWNED. THIS DOCUMENT ALSO SAYS, IF I WANT TO SEE A COPY OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, I HAVE TO GO TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE. WELL, WHEN I WENT TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE, GUESS WHAT, THEY DIDN'T HAVE IT. I WAS TOLD BY THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, OH, WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE IT DOWN THERE FOR EIGHT DAYS. SORRY, NOT SORRY. THIS IS CRAP. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO DO ALL THAT. TELL THEM HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW HOW TO DO ALL THOSE THINGS TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE PROPERTY WOULD BE. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU CAN DO IT. I GOT ONE HAND. THANK YOU. SECOND OF ALL IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE I HAVE THIS, BUT MR. FUNK BROUGHT THIS WHEN WE HAD BREAKFAST LAST WEEK, THIS IS ALL THE MONEY THAT HE'S GOING TO SPEND ON THE PROJECT. HE TOLD US THAT IT WAS LIKE HE PAID LIKE 850 A SQUARE FOOT FOR THE PROPERTY THAT HE OWNS. HE OFFERED THE SAME. AND THIS IS EQUIVALENT TO THAT. THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THE MESH IS. THAT'S WHAT HE TOLD ME. I COULD BE LYING. I ALREADY SENT YOU AN E-MAIL OF THE THINGS CARROLL ANN AND I ASKED FOR. THIS IS PAGE FOUR OF THE DOCUMENT. I HAVE READ SOME LEGAL STUFF IN MY LIFE, BUT IT SAYS ON THIS DOCUMENT, OWNERSHIP AND MAINTENANCE, SAYS THE CITY SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OTHER MAINTENANCE REPAIR REPLACEMENT, PARK IMPROVEMENTS AFTER THE FIRST YEAR. BUT WE HEARD TODAY THAT FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS, THE DEVELOPER IS IN CHARGE OF IT. I WOULD RATHER THE DEVELOPER BE IN CHARGE OF IT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THAT FIELD IS KNEE-DEEP. IT'S FULL OF TRASH. IT'S NOT TAKEN CARE OF BY THE CITY. WHAT'S REALLY FUNNY TO ME IS THERE IS A SOLID WASTE FACILITY ACROSS THE STREET. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD BEFORE I FORGET, I WANT THIS TO BE CALLED CHESHIRE PARK AFTER LISA CHESHIRE, BECAUSE IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR HER, I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE THROWN THIS LETTER IN THE GARBAGE BECAUSE IT SAID MARCUM STREET AND THAT'S WHERE LISA LIVES. LIVES RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM GADSDEN PARK. YOU KNOW WHAT, THEN EVERYONE IN SOUTH TAMPA, SOUTH OF GANDY WILL KNOW IT IS A PUBLIC FACILITY BECAUSE LISA CHESHIRE WAS THE PUBLIC IN SOUTH TAMPA. NOW, WHEN YOU ASK ABOUT THE TRAILHEAD, THIS IS WHERE THE NEW HOTEL IS GOING TO GO -- MAYBE I SHOULD GO BACK HERE. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE. YOU GUYS SHOULD HAVE ONE OF THESE. I'M KIND OF SURPRISED THEY DIDN'T GIVE YOU ONE. THIS IS THE LOT THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BUILD. THESE ARE THE PARKING SPACES FOR THE CITY. WELL, CARROLL ANN AND I FIGURED OUT THIS IS ABOUT 3,000 SQUARE FEET OF PARKING SPACES. WHY DO WE NEED IT? THERE'S A LOT OF PARKING THERE. THE CITY KEPT INDICATING AND I DON'T KNOW, I WASN'T IN THE MEETING, BUT THEY KIND OF INDICATED THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT A LOT OF PEOPLE HANGING OUT THERE BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION WITH THE AIRPLANES. WE'VE GOT THIS GIANT CIRCLE HERE. THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT WE ASK FOR 100%. WE WANTED SOME GRAND TREES IN HERE. WE WANT SOME BIG TREES IN HERE. THAT'S WHAT THE PEOPLE WANTED TO GADSDEN PARK WALKING TRAILS. WE WANT THIS TRAIL TO BE NOT CONCRETE, BUT PAVEMENT BECAUSE PAVEMENT IS EASIER ON YOUR BACK, EASIER TO MOVE ON, BETTER FOR YOU AND ACTUALLY CHEAPER. WE ALSO ASKED FOR SOME PERMEABLE PARKING. BUT CARROLL ANN IS ASKING FOR THIS PART OF THE PROPERTY RIGHT HERE, THAT CLUSTER OF TREES, THAT'S WHAT SHE'S ASKING FOR. THERE IS A CLUSTER RIGHT THERE. WE DON'T KNOW THE CONDITION OF IT, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> AND WE ARE PRETTY MUCH -- WE'RE OKAY WITH THIS. WE'D LIKE T SEE SOME SMALL CHANGES, BUT NOBODY HAD TIME TO GO TO THE CITY ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT WAS DELIVERED TO US WAY TOO DAMN LATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THIS IS SOMETHING LIKE A MINIATURE AL LOPEZ PARK WITHOUT A LOT OF THE AMENITIES. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WHERE YOU CAN WALK AROUND. I THINK IT IS ASPHALT. I HAVEN'T WALKED IN THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS. I DON'T REMEMBER WELL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT'S ASPHALT THERE. >>BILL CARLSON: TRUETT, SOMEONE MENTIONED, I THINK CARROLL ANN BENNETT'S NOTE ABOUT PERMEABLE SURFACE IN THE PARKING LOT. ANY COMMENTS ON THAT? >> I'LL LET BRIAN ADDRESS THE DESIGN. I DID WANT TO ADDRESS WHAT I'M UP, TWO ISSUES STEPHANIE. NOTICE, LACK OF ADDRESS. THE PROPERTY HAS NO ADDRESS. THE ADDRESS SHE PUT ON HERS IS ACTUALLY MR. FUNK'S PROPERTY, NOT THE CITY'S PROPERTY. IF YOU LOOK DEEPER INTO WHAT THAT NOTICE SAID, DID SAY ON PINEWOOD, SOUTH OF MARCUM. CLARIFY THAT IT DOES NOT HAVE AN ADDRESS. SECOND, ON THE MAINTENANCE QUESTION, BASICALLY WHAT IT IS, MR. FUNK DOES HAVE THE REQUIREMENT OF ONGOING MAINTENANCE. WHAT IT IS IS FOR THE FIRST YEAR, HE IS WARRANTING, SINCE HE IS PUTTING IN THE SWINGING BENCHES AND THINGS LIKE THAT AT HIS OWN EXPENSE, FIRST YEAR, BASICALLY A WARRANTY THAT HE WOULD HAVE ON THOSE. BUT THEN AS YOU CAN READ FROM THE SENTENCE THAT IS UNDERLINED, AFTER THE FIRST YEAR, DEVELOPER SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ROUTINE LAWN, TURF WORK, AND TRASH MAINTENANCE ON THE PARK TRACT THROUGH THE TERM OF THE PARKING AGREEMENT. THAT'S THROUGH THE FIRST 20 YEARS. AND THEN IF THE CITY AND PINEWOOD OR SUCCESSOR AGREES TO AN EXTENSION, THAT WOULD CONTINUE ON. THE MAINTENANCE WILL BE PROVIDED BY HIM. WITH THAT ON DESIGN, THE PERMEABLE QUESTION THAT MR. CARLSON ASKED. >> WITH RESPECT TO MS. BENNETT'S QUESTION, THE ANSWER, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE DOING PERMEABLE ASPHALT. THE REASON IS BECAUSE THE ENTIRE SITE IS EXFILTRATION. MOST OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR, INSTEAD OF TRADITIONAL STORMWATER BODY OF POND, PICK ALL THE WATER UP, GO THROUGH A SERIES OF CHAMBERS BELOW THE ASPHALT. PERMEATE AND PERCOLATE ON ITS OWN INTO THE GROUNDWATER. SAME RESULT, DIFFERENT METHOD. WE HEAR HER. IT'S IMPORTANT TO US. AS FAR AS TURNING THE WHOLE THING INTO A FOREST, I'M NOT SPEAKING AS A DEVELOPER, SPEAKING AS SOMEBODY FROM HERE, I'M FROM HERE TOO, THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF PLACES TO PLAY OR THROW BALL OR DO STUFF. IF YOU PEPPERED IT WITH TREES, IT WOULD MAKE THAT AREA PRETTY UNUSABLE FOR KIND OF RECREATIONAL PURPOSES. >>LYNN HURTAK: WHAT ABOUT THE CLUSTER OF TREES? >> SO THAT ONE IS A TOUGHER ONE. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS A PRETTY BINARY RESPONSE. THOSE TREES, RIGHT NOW IN ORDER TO BALANCE THE SITE WE HAVE TO BRING IN ABOUT THREE FEET OF DIRT, MAYBE THREE AND A HALF IN THAT AREA, SO NO WAY THE TREES WOULD SURVIVE WITH THE DIRT PLACED ON IT. THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE AND THEN SOME ALL THE TREES SITEWIDE AND LIKE I SHARED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, EVEN THE RENDERING I SHOWED YOU FOR THE HAMPTON IS LIGHT ON LANDSCAPING. THAT IS A PRETTY NICE RENDERING. THE ONE I THINK YOU COMMENTED ON. WE DON'T LIKE TO TEAR OUT ANY TREES. IN FACT, I HAVE A PROJECT CALLED STONE LAKE RANCH IN EAST HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THAT IS ALMOST 700-ACRE PROJECT. WE ONLY HAD TO TAKE OUT NINE TREES THE WHOLE PROJECT. WHENEVER THERE WAS A CONFLICT WITH A ROAD AND TREE, TYPICALLY THE TREE WON. EITHER INCORPORATED IN A MEDIAN OR MOVED THE ROAD ALTOGETHER. THAT ENHANCES OUR VALUE, TOO. WE LOVE TREES. HOWEVER, UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS ONE WHERE IT'S TOO CLOSE TO WHERE THE BUILDING WE'RE PROPOSING WILL BE. WORRY ABOUT ORGANICS, IF IT GOT INTO THE FOUNDATION, PASSED AWAY, WHEN YOU DO THE TREE WELLS, IT NEVER WORKS. WE'VE ALL SEEN IT AROUND TAMPA. THAT'S UNFORTUNATELY SOMETHING WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE. LIKE I SAID, WE ADDED MORE TREES THAN THE ONES IN QUESTION JUST SIMPLY FROM OUR CONVERSATION LAST FRIDAY, WE ALREADY ADDED TEN MORE TREES, EIGHT OF WHICH ARE LIVE OAKS, IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE MS. BENNETT'S REQUEST. >>LYNN HURTAK: IS THERE A WAY, IF THIS PASSES, I MEAN, I GUESS WE'RE NOT PASSING ANYTHING BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE A WAY BETWEEN THIS FIRST PUBLIC HEARING AND THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING THAT YOU COULD DO AN EVENING MEETING FOR THE RESIDENTS SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT IS COMING? >> HAPPY TO. >>LYNN HURTAK: I'LL LEAVE THAT TO YOU TO ORGANIZE -- >> YEAH, I WOULD BE DELIGHTED. >>LYNN HURTAK: MS. POYNOR AND MS. BENNETT. >> I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF UNSURE. PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. DIDN'T KNOW THE USE OF THE LAND. SOMETHING ULTIMATELY MY FAULT. SHOULD HAVE EXPLAINED THAT UP FRONT. HERE WE ARE. I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT. >>LYNN HURTAK: ADDITIONALLY, I THINK THAT PEOPLE, A LOT OF THE CONCERNS CAN BE ALLAYED ONCE THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. >> AGREED. >>LYNN HURTAK: I DO APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO DO IT. >> HAPPY TO DO IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: JUST TO ADD TO THAT. THANK YOU IF YOU DO THAT. I'D RECOMMEND YOU TRY TO GET TONY MULKEY OR SOMEBODY FROM PARKS TO GO WITH YOU BECAUSE ONE OF THE ARGUMENTS IS THAT THIS IS -- IT'S NOT REALLY A PARK NOW, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE TURNED INTO A PARK. I THINK THAT IS A VALUABLE THING. I WOULD ALSO BE PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT STORMWATER. OBVIOUSLY, THAT IS A HUGE ISSUE TODAY. >> YEAH, IT WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE CITY. WE RESPOND TO THAT. THEY SAID NO RETENTION. WE ACTUALLY REDESIGNED THE EXFILTRATION, SO WE HAD INVERTED CROWN IN THE PARKING LOT, PICK IT UP IN A PIPE AND TAKE IT BACK OVER TO DEVELOPER PROPERTY AND ADDED MORE EXFILTRATION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE DO NOT TAKE ANY ACTION OTHER THAN CLOSE THE HEARING OR LEAVE THE HEARING OPEN BECAUSE IT -- >>REBECCA JOHNS: JUST TO WRAP IT UP WITH THE LEGAL STAFF, AS COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK POINTED OUT, THIS IS JUST THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING. THERE IS A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 19th. WE WILL BE SUBSTITUTING THE PLAN THAT IS ATTACHED TO YOUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY BY THE DEVELOPER. YOU'RE NOT ACTING ON THE RESOLUTION TODAY. THAT IS BEING HELD UNTIL THE SECOND HEARING. I ALSO REQUEST THAT YOU ANNOUNCE AT THIS HEARING DAY THE DATE AND TIME OF THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING. ALSO JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE LICENSE AGREEMENT THAT MS. FEELEY TALKED ABOUT WILL BE COMING TO YOU AS A SEPARATE ITEM ON THE 19th. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE TO JUST CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING? >> CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIR MIRANDA. SECOND FROM CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. CLERK WILL ANNOUNCE THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING. >>THE CLERK: SECOND PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2024, AT 10:30 A.M. IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33602. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 10:30 A.M. >> [INAUDIBLE] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I'M SORRY, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE A LOT OF DEPARTMENT HEADS HERE. I SEE A COUPLE OF FOLKS. COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK, YOU PULLED QUITE A FEW ITEMS. DO YOU WANT TO BRING THESE UP NOW -- >>LYNN HURTAK: CAN WE DO ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE FIRST? I BELIEVE MR. BHIDE IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT STORMWATER. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S DO THAT BECAUSE WE'LL BREAK AT% 12:00. YES, SIR, MR. BHIDE. >>VIK BHIDE: GOOD MORNING, CHAIR. GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. VIK BHIDE, DIRECTOR OF MOBILITY. IT'S BEEN A LONG NIGHT. I THINK THE WHOLE CITY KNOWS AND EXPERIENCED THAT WE HAD SIGNIFICANT STORMS YESTERDAY. JUST UNPREDICTABLE BUT REALLY SEVERE RAIN EVENTS THAT HAS BEEN THE FEATURE OF THIS YEAR. IF YOU RECALL EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE STARTED OFF THROUGH JUNE, I BELIEVE, WE WERE IN A DROUGHT CONDITION WITH WATER RESTRICTIONS THROUGH JULY EVEN. AND NOW, OF COURSE, THERE'S NO LACK OF RAIN. WE FELT LIKE IN TODAY'S ADMINISTRATION UPDATE WE SHOULD PROVIDE A BACKGROUND ON THIS. I DID REACH OUT TO COUNCILMAN CARLSON. THANK YOU FOR THE DISCUSSION THIS MORNING, GIVEN THAT A MAJORITY OF THESE IMPACTS ARE IN DISTRICT 4. HAVING SAID THAT, THERE ARE IMPACTS ELSEWHERE AS WELL, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY WHAT WE EXPERIENCED YESTERDAY, HOW WE RESPOND TO THESE SITUATIONS TYPICALLY. WHAT OUR SYSTEMS ARE CAPABLE OF. MORE IMPORTANTLY WHAT THEY ARE NOT CAPABLE OF. HOW OUR ACTIVITIES ARE FUNDED AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT GOING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE. I'LL JUST START BY KIND OF SHOWING WHAT RAINFALL WE EXPERIENCED YESTERDAY. IT WAS QUITE SIGNIFICANT. THESE ARE MEASURED WITH OUR RAIN GAUGES EITHER ON OUR WASTEWATER OR STORMWATER PUMP STATIONS. WE ARE WORKING ON ADDING ADDITIONAL RAIN GAUGES, MODERNIZING THEM SO THEY CAN PUSH THE DATA ONTO OUR WEBSITE DIRECTLY AND OTHER SENSORS AS WELL. THESE ARE DAILY TOTALS. AND IN SEVERAL PLACES IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, WITHIN AN HOUR, WE HAD MORE THAN TWO, IN SOME CASES ALMOST THREE INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR. QUITE SIMPLY, OUR STORMWATER SYSTEM, MEANING OUR SYSTEM OF PONDS OUTFALLS PIPES DITCHES AND EVEN OUR ROADWAYS THAT CONVEY THE STORMWATER ARE NOT PREPARED TO INSTANTANEOUSLY DRAIN THIS AMOUNT OF WATER IN THIS SHORT OF A TIME. IT DOES TAKE TWO TO THREE HOURS FOR THIS WATER TO DRAIN, AND THAT IS TYPICAL OF THE SYSTEM. THAT'S HOW THEY ARE DESIGNED. NOW, THERE ARE SOME AREAS WITHIN THE CITY WHERE WE HAVE UPGRADED WITH THE IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT. I'LL TOUCH ON THAT, AND THEY PERFORM A LITTLE BIT BETTER. BUT WHEN HE EXPERIENCE THESE SORT OF EVENTS, I THINK THE BIGGEST MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY IS HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF PATIENCE, PREPARING FOR ALTERNATIVES, NOT DRIVING THROUGH THOSE FLOODED AREAS, AND JUST RECOGNIZING THAT FOR THE MOST PART WITHIN TWO, TWO AND A HALF HOURS, THE WATER WILL DRAIN IN MOST AREAS. SOME AREAS ARE WORSE THAN THE OTHERS. A LOT OF THEM ARE IN DISTRICT FOUR, BUT I'LL JUST PROVIDE SOME EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THE CHALLENGES. BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, PLEASE NOTE THAT THE YEARLY TOTALS AS MEASURED BY THESE RAIN GAUGES ARE QUITE SIGNIFICANT IN THIS SMALL SAMPLING. WE HAVE ADDITIONAL RAIN GAUGES AS WELL. FLORIDA, OR PARTICULARLY TAMPA BAY'S ANNUAL RAINFALL AVERAGE MEAN IS ABOUT 52 TO 54 INCHES. YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE STILL EARLY SEPTEMBER AND MOST OF THESE ARE ABOVE THAT MARK ALREADY. AND COMPARE THAT TO LAST YEAR'S TOTAL FOR THE SAME TIME PERIOD, FROM JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER, AND YOU WILL SEE THAT WE HAVE ALREADY, IN SPITE OF UNTIL JULY BEING IN A DROUGHT, EXCEEDED THOSE AMOUNTS BY SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGES, BETWEEN LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR. NOW, LAST YEAR WAS ALSO A DROUGHT CONDITION. SO THAT'S NOT ENTIRELY SURPRISING. THIS IS A SMALLER SUBSET OF DATA, BUT THIS IS REALLY TO DEMONSTRATE THAT WE'VE HAD MUCH, MUCH HIGHER RAIN IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, AND THAT WILL DO THINGS LIKE THIS TO OUR SYSTEMS. THIS IS AT 7th AVENUE IN HISTORIC YBOR CITY. THIS WAS THE CONDITION I BELIEVE AROUND 6 P.M., IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, AND IT DRAINED IN JUST OVER AN HOUR. SO THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS -- HERE ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE ALSO SEE WHEN OUR CREWS RESPOND. THIS IS NEAR HIMES AND MORRISON. AND WHAT OUR TEAM DOES IS GOES OUT AND THERE ARE TRUCKS THAT VACUUM THINGS OUT IN CASE THERE'S DEBRIS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT THERE IS AN ENGINE COVER. A WHOLE ENGINE COVER MADE IT THROUGH THE INLET AND BLOCKED THE ENTIRE INLET. THAT'S NOT THE ONLY THING THAT BLOCKS THE INLET, OUR WORK ZONES, AND THAT IS A BEST PRACTICE REQUIRE THAT WE USE FILTRATION OR FILTER MATERIAL OR SOCKS TO BLOCK THE INLETS. AS LONG AS IT IS AN ACTIVE WORK ZONE, THAT IS A REQUIREMENT AND THE BEST PRACTICE TO MAINTAIN WATER QUALITY. THESE ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WITH CONSTRUCTION IN THE SUMMER, BUT ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY AS WE HAVE LESSER TRAFFIC IN THE SUMMER AND HENCE YOU SEE A LITTLE MORE CONSTRUCTION. NOW MOVING TO HOW WE RESPOND WHEN WE HAVE SIMILAR SITUATIONS. ALL OF OUR RESPONSE AND ALL OF OUR MAINTENANCE, SO PROACTIVE MAINTENANCE, BE IT MOWING, BE IT HYDROSEEDING, BE IT CLEANING OUT AND DREDGING PONDS ARE PAID FOR BY THE STORMWATER SERVICE ASSESSMENT. THAT'S ONE OF THE TWO ASSESSMENTS THAT MOST PEOPLE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO PAY PROPERTY TAXES PAY ON THEIR PROPERTY TAX BILL. THAT INCLUDES OUR RESPONSE TEAMS. LAST NIGHT, OUR LEAD WAS RICHIE GRAZE. VERY EXPERIENCED. 33 YEARS WITH THE CITY. HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING. WHEN I REACHED OUT TO HIM, HE SAID, VIK, I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS KIND OF AN IMPACT CITYWIDE IN MANY, MANY YEARS. SO THAT IS JUST ANECDOTAL BUT THIS IS ONE OF OUR MOST EXPERIENCED FOLKS. WE HAD NINE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES RESPONDING YESTERDAY WITH VARIOUS EQUIPMENT THAT INCLUDES VACUUM TRUCKS, THAT INCLUDE FLAT BEDS TO PICK UP DEBRIS AND HAUL DEBRIS. PICKUP TRUCKS THAT ARE INSPECTING BUT ALSO RESPONDING TO SMALLER CALLS. THIS SHIFT WAS FROM 3:30 P.M. TO MIDNIGHT. TYPICALLY, THIS WORK IS EMERGENCY RESPONSE WORK BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A THIRD SHIFT. I MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE THE TEAM IS ALREADY WORKING ON AN EXTRA SHIFT. WE WILL ACTIVATE THE SHIFT. IT TAKES A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO FIND FIRST VOLUNTEERS AND OTHERWISE THEY ARE VO VOLUNTOLD, DEPENDS ON ROSTER, THAT WILL BE ACTED SEPTEMBER 23rd OF THIS YEAR AND GOING FORWARD THROUGH SUMMER MONTHS, WE WILL HAVE THIS THIRD SHIFT. WHETHER WE HAVE IT PERMANENTLY OR NOT IS A FUNCTION OF HOW WE CAN DISTRIBUTE THE WORKLOAD THAT WE HAVE, WHETHER IT WILL BE ANNUAL OR NOT. ONE OF THE MAJOR CONSIDERATIONS THERE IS SOME OF THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT. IT'S A BEST PRACTICE NOT TO OPERATE IT AT NIGHT UNLESS YOU HAVE INDUSTRIAL LIGHTING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON GOING FORWARD. BUT, AGAIN, FOR TONIGHT AND OTHER EVENTS, WE WILL STILL HAVE THAT THIRD SHIFT. IT WILL JUST BE EMERGENCY ROSTERS. LAST NIGHT, OUR STORMWATER TEAM CREATED 32 WORK ORDERS. THERE ARE VARIOUS WAYS IN WHICH THESE WORK ORDERS COME IN. SOME COME IN THROUGH OUR CALL CENTER. I WILL SHARE THAT NUMBER. OTHERS COME IN THROUGH DIRECT REPORTS, AND THEN WE ALSO GET TPD, AND THEN WE KNOW HOT SPOTS AND WE HAVE FOLKS DRIVING AROUND. TYPICAL WORK -- I'M SORRY THAT THIS IS KIND OF FINE PRINT, BUT TYPICAL WORK IS EITHER STORMWATER GRAVITY MAIN MAINTENANCE. GRAVITY PIPES AND THAT'S WHERE YOU EITHER SUCK THINGS OUT OF THEM OR CLEAN THEM OUT. CURB AND GUTTER REPAIRS, AND THESE ARE EMERGENCY CURB AND GUTTER. THESE AREN'T LIKE ACROSS THE BOARD. AND A LOT OF INLET MAINTENANCE. SO INLET MAINTENANCE PRIMARILY BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THE WATER GETS IN FROM THE ROADWAYS INTO THE SYSTEM, THAT'S USUALLY WHERE WE FIND BLOCKAGES. THERE ARE AREAS WHERE WE KNOW THAT KIND OF RAIN IS JUST GOING TO KEEP WATER FOR A LITTLE BIT. SO UNLESS THERE IS AN EMERGENCY, WE PRIORITIZE BASED ON EFFICACY AND THREAT PROFILE. OTHER WAYS THAT WE GET INFORMATION ABOUT OUR SYSTEMS, OUR SCADA SYSTEM, WHICH IS SHARED WITH WASTEWATER, GIVES US STATUS ON OUR PUMPS, PUMP STATIONS AND STORMWATER PUMPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. FLOW RATES, WHAT KIND OF FLOWS ARE GOING. IN CERTAIN CASES WE HAVE CAMERAS, SO WE ARE MONITORING DITCHES TO SEE HOW FAST THE DITCH GOES UP. IF THE DITCH IS FULL, THAT MEANS THE SYSTEM IS INUNDATED ALREADY. IF THERE'S FLOODING OUT THERE, THERE'S REALLY NOT MUCH WE CAN DO IN THAT MOMENT. BUT, AGAIN, THIS IS FOR THE COMMUNITY'S UNDERSTANDING. AND THEN ALSO TO UNDERSTAND HOW OUR EQUIPMENT IS WORKING AND HOW OUR BACKUP GENERATORS ARE WORKING, BECAUSE OFTENTIMES THROUGH STORMS WE MAY LOSE POWER AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PUMP STATIONS ARE STILL WORKING, PRECISELY WHEN WE NEED THEM. MUCH OF THESE MEANS AND METHODS ARE AUDITED ON A REGULAR BASIS AS PART OF OUR MS 4 PERMIT. STORM SEWER SYSTEM. WE JUST WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS WITH DEP RECENTLY. IN FACT, I THINK EARLIER -- LATE LAST MONTH, RATHER. AND THEN THE CITY, OF COURSE, IS IN THE ONLY AREA THAT EXPERIENCED THIS KIND OF IMPACT. ST. PETE WAS PRETTY MUCH AT A STAND-STILL. AIRPORT REPORTED SIGNIFICANT RAINS AND ALL OF THAT ALSO. THE BEST NUMBER TO CALL WHEN THESE SORT OF EVENTS HAPPEN, AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE WE DO GET A LOT OF E-MAILS, A LOT OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS DO AND SOMETIMES AT 10 P.M., 9 P.M., AND WE ALL HAVE HEAVY WORKLOADS. SO WE DO HAVE MEASURES IN PLACE. AND THE BEST NUMBER TO CALL IS 813-274-3101. THIS IS A CALL CENTER SERVICE, BUT IT IS FLEXIBLE, MEANING WE CAN INCREASE CAPACITY AS NEEDED. AND IT WORKS WELL. THAT CALL CENTER SERVICE OVERNIGHT IS ALSO DISPATCHING WORK TO OUR TEAM. AND USUALLY -- AND THIS IS LIKE EIGHT PAGES -- TYPICALLY GET A DAILY REPORT WHICH IS ABOUT ONE PAGE. WE GOT 50 CALLS LAST NIGHT THROUGH THIS. AGAIN, SORRY ABOUT THE FONT SIZE HERE, BUT WE HAVE EVERYTHING -- WE CATEGORIZED THEM FROM ROUTINE VERSUS EMERGENCY AND THAT'S HOW WE PRIORITIZE. IT GOES TO OUR STORMWATER LEAD AND THE COMPLAINT IS RESIDENT CALLED IN AGAIN AND THEY CANNOT GET INTO THEIR HOME BECAUSE OF FLOODING. I'M SORRY. I'LL BLOCK OUT THE ADDRESS THERE AND NUMBER. THESE ARE THE KIND OF CALLS WE GET ON THE SERVICE THAT IS THE NUMBER TO CALL AND WE WILL RESPOND. WE'RE WORKING THROUGH MOST OF THESE WORK ORDERS RIGHT NOW. REAL QUICK LOOK INTO CAPITAL VERSUS OPERATING. I ALREADY MENTIONED OPERATING IS PAGE 4 -- PAID FOR BY OUR SERVICE ASSESSMENT. OUR ONGOING MAJOR STORMWATER PROJECTS AND THE PROGRAM IS PAID FOR BY THE IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT. THIS IS THE OTHER PART OF THE BILL IN OUR PROPERTY TAX BILL ITSELF. AND THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE LOWER PENINSULA, CYPRESS, AND ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT SHOW UP IN YOUR QUARTERLY REPORT, AS DOES HOW WE'RE DOING WITH MAINTENANCE BECAUSE THAT TELLS YOU HOW MUCH DEBRIS AND ALL THAT. ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, YOU HAVE VERY DETAILED AND UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ON THAT, BUT I DO WANT TO LOOK INTO THE FUTURE, COUNCIL APPROVED THE INITIATION OF A WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT WE'VE ALREADY SELECTED CONSULTANTS FOR AND ARE IN THE WORKS OF ROLLING OUT. WHAT THIS WILL DO IS WITH THE LATEST AVAILABLE SEA LEVEL RISE DATA AND OTHER DATA, IT WILL MODEL OR UPDATE MODELS FOR WHERE WE ALREADY HAVE MODELS EVERY SINGLE BASIN WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMPA. AND IT WILL INFORM THE NEXT ITERATION OF PROJECTS, BOTH IN TERMS OF CAPACITY AS WELL AS LOCATION AND PRIORITY AND DOES VALUE ENGINEERING AS WELL. WHAT GIVES YOU THE BIGGEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK IN ENGINEERING TERMS. I MENTION THIS BECAUSE OUR FINAL BOND ISSUANCE FOR THE CURRENT STORMWATER IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WAS ISSUED I BELIEVE LAST YEAR. SO THERE IS NO MORE BOND ISSUANCE. AND THAT PROGRAM, WHICH STARTED OFF AS BEING $250 MILLION PROGRAM, AND I KNOW COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, YOU WERE VERY INVOLVED IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH JEAN AND BRAD AT THE TIME, BECAME A $400 MILLION PROGRAM, PARTLY BECAUSE THE ASSESSMENT ITSELF DID INCREASE A LITTLE BIT BUT WE WERE ALSO, THE TEAM WAS ABLE TO BRING IN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF GRANTS TO THE TUNE OF $110 MILLION. BUT THAT'S WRAPPING UP. OUR MAJOR PROJECTS WILL BE DONE IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS. BY THEN WE WILL HAVE A WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLAN. OUR HOPE IS THAT WE WILL HAVE A BETTER CRS, COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM, RATING ITSELF TO WHERE MOST PROPERTY OWNERS IN TAMPA WILL SEE LOWER FLOOD INSURANCE RATES BECAUSE OF THAT, BUT IT WILL ALSO HAVE -- IT WILL ALSO HAVE A CONSIDERATION OF WHAT WE DO WITH OUR ASSESSMENT. DO WE INCREASE IT? DO WE EXTEND IT? DO WE MODIFY IT BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN CONCERNS ABOUT MAYBE THE ASSESSMENT STRUCTURE ITSELF, BUT THAT DOES NEED TO BE LOOKED INTO. AND THAT IS PRIMARILY BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM NOAA AND OTHER SOURCES, WHICH IS HISTORICAL MODELING TECHNIQUES LOOK BACK A HUNDRED YEARS AND EXTENDED THOSE LINES INTO THE FUTURE TO SEE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. BUT AT THE RATE THINGS ARE SHIFTING IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THAT WAY OF MODELING DATA IS NOT WORKING. THERE ARE NEWER MEANS THAT I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT, BUT WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS THAT IS GOING TO UPDATE FUTURE SCENARIOS AND THAT IS GOING TO MEAN MORE DOLLARS NEEDED, BOTH FOR GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND CONCRETE BASED SYSTEMS. OUR COMMUNITY WILL HAVE TO GRAPPLE WITH THAT. AND THEN THE OTHER REALITY IS, IN THE MEANTIME, THE SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE THAT ARE NOT SUFFICIENT ARE NOT GOING TO GET IMPROVED ANY TIME SOON. THAT'S WHERE COMMUNITY'S PATIENCE IS NEEDED. THAT IS WHERE WE NEED TO ALL WORK AS A COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE MANY YEARS -- YOU SEE HOW LONG THESE PROJECTS TAKE TO BUILD, AND WE'RE RIGHT NOW IN THE PLANNING STAGES SO THAT WE CAN ORGANIZE FINANCING FOR THE NEXT ITERATION OF ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS. AND THEN JUST A QUICK PLUG, MUCH OF THE THINGS WHEN WE RESPOND, OUR CREWS RESPOND AFTER THESE STORMS, IS YARD WASTE IN OUR STORMWATER SYSTEM. SOME OF THAT YARD WASTE IS FROM THE WIND AND THE RAIN. MUCH OF THAT YARD WASTE IS EITHER FROM YARDS THAT ARE DISCARDED BY LANDSCAPING FOLKS OR HOMEOWNERS THEMSELVES. WE MUST PAY ATTENTION TO THIS. OUR TEAM IS PUTTING OUT I THINK SOME MEDIA EFFORT TO CREATE MORE AWARENESS ON THIS ISSUE, AND THEN LASTLY I WILL JUST SAY THAT OUR FIRST OR OUR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF WRAPPING UP RIGHT NOW, AS I MENTIONED, IS ABOUT $400 MILLION. OUR PIPES PROGRAM IS THREE TO FOUR BILLION DOLLARS. I JUST WANT TO MANAGE THE COMMUNITY AND COUNCIL'S EXPECTATION AROUND THE SCALE OF THE COST WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THE FUTURE IF WE TRULY WANT TO ADDRESS OUR STORMWATER CHALLENGES. I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT UNLESS THERE ARE QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT WAS A THOROUGH AND LOGICAL REPORT AND I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. I WANT TO AIR MY FRUSTRATIONS. THIS IS HOW I FEEL IN WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THE LAST 48 HOURS. THIS IS ALMOST AS BAD AS WHAT WE SAW IN 2016. BECAUSE 2016, BEFORE THE STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS, REMEMBER A CAR ON FIRE, KENNEDY BOULEVARD, HENDERSON AND DALE MABRY, WE DIDN'T SEE THAT TO THAT LEVEL IN THESE LAST FEW DAYS. I CAME DOWNTOWN RIGHT AROUND 4:30 YESTERDAY. AND I WENT INTO TAMPA HEIGHTS. LEFT TAMPA HEIGHTS AT 7 BECAUSE THE STORM WAS COMING IN, I JUST COULDN'T GO ANYWHERE AND I LIVE IN WEST TAMPA OVER BY RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM, ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL. I COULDN'T MANAGE TO -- I KNOW THE CITY -- NOT BLINDFOLDED BUT I CAN GET AROUND. I KNOW THE SHORTCUTS. I COULDN'T GET UP COLUMBUS DRIVE TO HOWARD AVENUE, IT WAS BACKED UP. I THOUGHT THERE MUST BE AN ACCIDENT. MUST BE A FIRE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT. I SAID LET ME CUT THROUGH THE WEST TAMPA NEIGHBORHOODS. I WENT THROUGH A VARIETY OF RESIDENTIAL STREETS BETWEEN ARMENIA AND MacDILL. I'M IN MY DAD'S HYUNDAI. I'M DRIVING MY DAD'S CAR TODAY WHICH IS A LOW CAR. I THOUGHT IT WOULD FLOOD OUT. MY FATHER, HE COMES HOME TOMORROW NIGHT, I'LL HAVE TO TELL HIM I DESTROYED HIS CAR BECAUSE OF FLOODWATERS. LUCKILY I DIDN'T. THE STREETS ARE NARROW. DITCHES ARE FULL. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE CLOSED THOSE DITCHES ILLEGALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION THAT HAS EXASPERATED THE PROBLEMS. I FINALLY MANAGED TO GET HOME BY COLUMBUS. LET ME TAKE HIMES. CARS FLOODED ON COLUMBUS AND HIMES. GET TO DALE MABRY, BACKED UP TO BEYOND HILLSBOROUGH. I FINALLY GOT TO MLK, GOT TO HABANA AND GOT HOME. CALLED MY WIFE, I'LL PULL OVER IN THE ASHLEY FURNITURE PARKING LOT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO. LUCKILY I GOT HOME. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY CARS, BECAUSE I DIDN'T COUNT THEM ALL, WERE FLOODED OUT WITH THE HOOD UP. WHAT DO I DO? WHO DO I CALL? WHO CAN I YELL AT? I DON'T WANT TO YELL AT ANYBODY. I CALLED THE CHIEF OF STAFF. VERY CALMLY, WE DIDN'T YELL. HE GOES, YEAH. YOU KNOW HOW HE'S VERY CALM. HE GOES, WE CAN'T EVEN GET THROUGH TO TPD. IT WAS OVERWHELMING. I'VE BEEN UP SINCE 2:30. I'VE BEEN UP SINCE 4:00, BUT UP UNTIL 2:30 LAST NIGHT ESSENTIALLY GETTING YELLED AT BECAUSE PEOPLE DO COME TO US AS A COUNCIL WITH THEIR FRUSTRATIONS. TAG THE CITY COUNCIL. WHO IS YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER, TAG THE MAYOR, TAG THE MEDIA. MEDIA KNOWS ABOUT IT. IT WASN'T JUST FLOODING HERE, ALL OVER THE PLACE. HANLEY ROAD. ST. PETE. HIGH TIDE. YOU HAD THE RIVER. PEOPLE THAT LIVED ON THE RIVER SAID I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS. GOING BACK TO SOME OF THE STREETS THAT I SAW, I GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS FROM SPECIFICALLY PALMETTO, MacFARLANE PARK. THERE IS AN EMPTY LOT. DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A STORMWATER POND, FILLED IN YEARS AGO. DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY. I HEARD SOMEBODY DROWNED THERE AND THAT'S WHY THEY FILLED IT IN. EVERY TIME IT RAINS, NOT EVEN LIKE THIS THE FLOODING IS TERRIBLE. THAT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED. PEOPLE CALL THIS A PART-TIME JOB. I THINK TO BE ON CALL ALL THE TIME, 8 A.M. MONDAY MORNING. I KNOW IT'S A HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND I KNOW THAT IT'S SATURDAY, BUT -- I'M HAVING COFFEE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN. DROP EVERYTHING TO GO OVER BECAUSE THE STREET IS FLOODED. BECAUSE SOMEONE IS BUILDING AN ILLEGAL DRIVEWAY THAT IS ADDING TO THE DITCH ENCLOSURE AND EVERYTHING. THE FRUSTRATION OF PEOPLE. SUNDAY MORNING, SAME THING. HEY, DEBRIS EVERYWHERE. I KNOW IT'S A HOLIDAY WEEKEND. SO I SHOW UP. I TRY TO HANDLE THESE THINGS. THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE. PALMETTO STREET IS ONE I HEAR ABOUT EVERY SINGLE DAY. I THINK TEN MINUTES AGO, NOTIFICATION, I CAN'T BELIEVE THE CITY OF TAMPA ALLOWS THIS. I KNOW THERE IS A WORK ORDER IN THERE. WHAT I SAW YESTERDAY IS AWFUL. I TALKED TO SOMEBODY EARLIER THIS MORNING AROUND 6:30, GOES, WELL, TOKYO IS DOING STUFF. MIAMI IS DOING STUFF. RAISE THE HEIGHT OF THE STREETS. I GO, THIS IS FLORIDA. THIS IS A PENINSULA. WE WEREN'T MEANT TO DEVELOP THESE AREAS LIKE IT IS. MY WIFE IS FROM WEST VIRGINIA FROM THE HILLS. WE DEAL WITH SNOW. WE HAVE WATER HERE. WE'RE SURROUNDED BY WATER. WE HAVE HIGH TIDE. WE HAVE RAINS. I SAW IN THE LAST 48 HOURS A RECORD FROM 1985 WAS BROKEN FROM I BELIEVE SIX TO SEVEN P.M. THE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL THAT HAS FALLEN. WE MADE SIGNIFICANT STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ASSESSMENT IN 2016. I GOT TO ENJOY BEING BERATED ON THAT BECAUSE I SUPPORTED IT. I REMEMBER WHEN THE MAYOR WENT ON TV AND SAID CALL YOUR CITY COUNCIL AND HE READ OFF MY NUMBER. NOT THE CITY COUNCIL GENERAL LINE, TO SUPPORT THIS. I'VE SEEN DIFFERENCES IN THE SYSTEM. WHAT WE'VE SEEN, IT WAS OVERWHELMED. FROM TALKING TO HYDROLOGISTS, SCIENTISTS, AND ENGINEERS, THEY SAY NO SYSTEM WE KNOW OF CAN HANDLE WHEN YOU HAVE A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF WATER. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU HAVE STATED VERY SPECIFICALLY WE ARE MAKING THESE INVESTMENTS. PLEASE HAVE PATIENCE. SOME PEOPLE HAVE RUN OUT OF PATIENCE, ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE PLACES THAT I MENTIONED. THEY WANT RELIEF. THEY WANT HELP. BUT IN THIS SITUATION, I FELT HELPLESS BECAUSE IT'S LIKE WHAT CAN WE DO? WHEN EVERY MANAGEABLE, PASSIBLE ROAD WAS UNDERWATER BECAUSE YOU THINK IT'S JUST SOUTH TAMPA, IT WAS ALL OF WEST TAMPA. IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. JUST AN AIRING OF GRIEVANCES AND FRUSTRATIONS ON MY PART. COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, CARLSON, MIRANDA, IN THAT ORDER, HAD THE MICROPHONES ON. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A LOT OF WHAT HAS BEEN SAID NEEDED TO BE SAID. I THINK EVERYBODY HERE INCLUDING CITY STAFF IS WELL AWARE OF WHAT OUR PROBLEMS ARE AND ALSO WELL AWARE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN IN AN AREA THAT'S LIVING JUST INCHES ABOVE SEA LEVEL, ALMOST AN IMPOSSIBILITY. WE HAD HIGH TIDE AROUND THE SAME TIME WHICH FOR DISTRICT 4 SPECIFICALLY IS VERY PROBLEMATIC FOR US. I LIVE RIGHT THERE IN THE HEART OF THIS AND WATCHING THE RIVER FLOW DOWN THE STREAM AND WATCHING BAYSHORE FILL IT UP. IT WAS A PROBLEM. WE CAN'T AS COUNCIL JUST BRUSH THIS OFF BECAUSE WHILE WE CAN'T -- YOU CAN'T BUILD ENOUGH CULVERTS. YOU CAN'T BUILD ENOUGH STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE TO DEAL WITH WHAT WE SAW YESTERDAY, BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO IS SMART DEVELOPMENT. FOR DECADES, WE HAVE DONE THINGS SPECIFICALLY IN SOME OF THESE URBAN AREAS WHERE WE HAVE DIVIDED LOTS. WE'VE PUT TOO MUCH ON TOO LITTLE. SAME THING I'VE BEEN PREACHING SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE AND I'VE SEEN THIS COUNCIL DO IT. DIVIDE LOTS AND APPROVE THESE THINGS WHERE WE ARE PUTTING TOO MUCH ON TOO LITTLE. MOTHER NATURE KICKS BACK. YESTERDAY, MOTHER NATURE KICKED BACK. WASN'T ENOUGH PERCOLATION INTO THE GROUND AND YOU PAVE OVER THESE PLACES AND THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. WE CAN STILL DEVELOP. LOTS OF AREAS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA THAT WE CAN DEVELOP. WE CAN DEVELOP ALONG TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS. WE CAN DEVELOP TRANSPORTING STORMWATER OFF OF VERY SPECIFIC CORRIDORS AND GETTING THAT WATER FROM WHERE IT IS TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. BUT YOU CAN'T DO IT IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD AND EVERY CITY ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. SO WE HAVE TO BE SMARTER AS WE DEVELOP THE CITY OF TAMPA BECAUSE, GUESS WHAT, THAT BAY IS NOT GETTING ANY LOWER. IT IS GETTING HIGHER BY THE MOMENT. AS VIK APPROPRIATELY SAID, IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WE'RE EXCEEDING PREDICTIONS THAT WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN FOR 20, 30, 40, 50 YEARS FROM NOW. WE'RE EXPERIENCING SEA LEVEL RISE. EXPERIENCING WATER TABLE RISE. YOU'RE RIGHT, MR. CHAIRMAN, THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER WAS COMING OUT. ALL OF OUR NATURAL LAKES AND PONDS REACHED THEIR BANKS. THESE ARE ACTS THAT ARE WELL BEYOND THE CAPABILITIES OF NOT JUST THE CITY OF TAMPA BUT JUST -- WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB ON COUNCIL AS WE DEVELOP THE CITY ON WHERE WE PUT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, WHERE WE PUT OUR DENSITY, AND HOW WE'RE ABLE TO HANDLE WHAT IS SURELY COMING. WE LIVE IN PARADISE. WE LIVE WITH BEAUTIFUL WATER, BUT THAT WATER IS SOMETHING THAT IS -- WE'RE NOT GOING TO HOLD IT BACK. WE'VE GOT TO BE BETTER ABOUT IT. >>VIK BHIDE: COUNCILMAN, CAN I COMMENT ON ONE THING YOU SAID BECAUSE YOU ARE SPOT ON? THERE ARE STRONG HEADWINDS, BUT IT'S NOT ALL GLOOM AND DOOM. WE COULD FOCUS AND WE NEED TO FOCUS DENSITY IN LIGHT OF HOUSING CHALLENGES IN AREAS THAT ARE MORE CONDUCIVE AND FURTHER AWAY FROM OUR COASTAL HIGH HAZARD AREAS. THAT'S WHERE COUNCIL REALLY COMES IN, BECAUSE IT IS THIS BODY THAT HAS THAT RESPONSIBILITY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON AND MIRANDA. >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD SAY THIS COUNCIL AND LAST COUNCIL I'VE BEEN ON FIVE YEARS OR SO, WE'VE LISTENED VERY CLOSELY TO THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THE SOUTH TAMPA COMMUNITY, ABOUT OVERDEVELOPMENT. BEFORE I GOT ON COUNCIL, THERE WERE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF UNITS APPROVED JUST SOUTH OF GANDY. IT OVERWHELMED THE INFRASTRUCTURE ALREADY. OUR INFRASTRUCTURE WAS OVERTAXED. MOST OF THOSE HAVE BEEN BUILT IN JUST THE LAST FEW YEARS. WE, FOLLOWING THE LAW, THE COUNCIL IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS HAS TRIED TO BE REALLY CAREFUL. THERE ARE CERTAIN LEGAL RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT WE CAN DO, BUT WE'RE PUSHING TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE COASTAL HIGH HAZARD AREA AND PUSHING TO DEVELOP IN AREAS ABOVE GRAND, PUSHING FOR BETTER PLANNING NOT ONLY SOUTH OF GANDY BUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND TO INCENTIVIZE DEVELOPMENT AREAS WHERE PEOPLE CAN EVACUATE AND WHERE THERE'S NOT THE RISK OF FLOODING. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, MR. BHIDE, FOR YOUR PROACTIVE STANCE TOWARD GETTING THIS INFORMATION OUT, FOR DOING THIS TODAY. IT'S NOT EASY TO BE ON THE FRONT LINE. WE'RE GETTING CALLS AND COMPLAINTS, YOU AND YOUR STAFF ARE GETTING THOSE EVERY DAY. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING OUT THERE. WE ALL WISH THERE WAS MORE, BUT I KNOW THAT YOU'RE ANSWERING OUR CALLS AND E-MAILS AND ANSWERING CONSTITUENT CALLS AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. ALSO, YOU MENTIONED A TELEPHONE NUMBER, NOT EVERYBODY WANTS TO USE A TELEPHONE NUMBER THESE DAYS. IS THERE A WEBSITE OR E-MAIL ADDRESS THAT THEY CAN GO TO? >>VIK BHIDE: WE HAVE A FLOOD MAP ON. BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, THE MOST EMERGENT TIMES ARE WHEN PEOPLE ARE STUCK, AS CHAIR MANISCALCO SAID. CALLING IN IS THE BEST WAY. BUT WE'RE CONSTANTLY WORKING -- SO, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM IS WORKING KIND OF SCOURING SOCIAL MEDIA AND IF THERE ARE PEOPLE REPORTING THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, THAT WILL COME TO US. >>BILL CARLSON: WHAT I RECOMMEND BEFORE I RUN OUT OF TIME BECAUSE WE COULD HAVE A LONG CONVERSATION, I RECOMMEND THAT WE PUT TOGETHER A COMMUNITY PACKAGE THAT'S SIMILAR TO DEALING WITH HURRICANES. WE HAVE A WHOLE PACKAGE AND A TIMELINE WHEN A HURRICANE IS COMING. THERE ARE WARNINGS, SANDBAGS, PREPARE, BUY YOUR -- WHEN WE SEE THAT WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW, BUT WHEN WE SEE BIG STORMS ARE COMING, SOME OF THE LITTLE WAVES HITTING US ARE HARDER THAN A HURRICANE HITS US. AS WE SEE THAT COMING IN, OUGHT TO HIT WITH A PACKAGE. I THINK IT SHOULD INCLUDE TEXT MESSAGING. WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO STOP ALL THE STREET FLOODING IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS. ONE WAY TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM HAVING THEIR CARS FLOODED, AND I HAD THAT HAPPEN A FEW YEARS AGO IN ANOTHER CITY AND IT'S HORRIBLE. RUINED MY ENTIRE CAR. BUT TO STOP THAT, WE SHOULD TEXT PEOPLE AND PUT OUT ALERTS, E-MAIL AND SOCIAL MEDIA, PROACTIVELY SAY DON'T DRIVE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. PLEASE HELP US TO BE PATIENT. WE'RE WORKING ON THE SOLUTION, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE'VE BEEN INUNDATED. PUSH IT TO THE COMMUNITY AND IT NEEDS TO HAVE A FEEDBACK MECHANISM. THERE SHOULD BE AN E-MAIL ADDRESS INCLUDED IN THERE, MAYBE A SPECIAL TWITTER ACCOUNT LIKE WE HAVE FOR ALERT TAMPA AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN EASILY COMMUNICATE. YOUR LIST MIGHT HAVE BEEN 20 PAGES HAD WE HAD THAT. THE OTHER THING IS, IN TERMS OF DRAINAGE, ABOUT FOUR, FIVE YEARS AGO, WE STRENGTHENED THE RULES AROUND USING LEAF BLOWERS AND DOUBLED THE FINES. I WISH WE COULD DOUBLE THEM AGAIN BECAUSE I SEE PEOPLE BLOWING LEAFS IN THE STREET ALL THE TIME. IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T LIKE THE NOISE OR CLUTTER, IT'S FILLING UP THE DRAINS. MORE AND MORE PEOPLE KNOW THAT. SPENT ONE YEAR, $2.5 MILLION JUST CLEANING DRAINS. IT'S NOT FAIR THAT WE'RE SUBSIDIZING PEOPLE TO BLOW THEIR STUFF INTO THE STREET. AT THE SAME TIME, SORRY THE COMMUNITY HAS SAID THAT THE CITY'S LANDSCAPING PEOPLE WERE DOING THAT. WHOEVER IS IN CHARGE OF THAT, PLEASE TAKE NOTE AND MAKE SURE THE CITY'S PEOPLE AREN'T DOING THAT. I'VE SEEN THEM OUT WITH LEAF BLOWERS ON BAYSHORE. I'M NOT QUITE SURE IF THEY GO BEHIND AND CLEAN UP BUT I'VE SEEN THEM PUT STUFF ON THE STREETS. THE OTHER THING IS IT'S NOT JUST DEVELOPMENT, IT'S THE DESIGN OF NEW HOMES. AS PEOPLE RAISE UP A HOME, IT FLOODS THE ONE NEXT TO THEM. I KNOW THERE ARE CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS IN PROVIDING ON-SITE FLOOD RELIEF, BUT MAYBE WE OUGHT TO LOOK AT THAT AGAIN TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT INADVERTENTLY CREATING MORE PROBLEMS BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE NICE HOUSES AND SUDDENLY SOMEBODY BUILDS ACROSS THE STREET, COUPLE FEET HIGHER AND WATER DRAINS. THE OTHER THING IS THAT I SAW SOMEONE, A REALTOR POSTED THAT NOW THERE IS A NEW DISCLOSURE THAT YOU NOT ONLY HAVE TO CHECK A BOX ABOUT FLOODING BUT YOU HAVE TO GO INTO DETAIL TO DESCRIBE THAT. IF THAT'S TRUE, THIS COULD START TO AFFECT HOME VALUES AND EVEN MORE REASON WHY WE NEED TO BE ON TOP OF IT. IF YOU, THE REAL ESTATE TEAM, ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY HAS AN IDEA ON POLICIES THAT WE COULD PUT IN PLACE, PLEASE LET US KNOW BECAUSE I THINK WE ALL WANT TO SOLVE THIS. THANK YOU. >>VIK BHIDE: IF I COULD ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THOSE THINGS. YES, WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL OPTIONS WITHIN THE LAW. THE CHALLENGE WITH FINES AND THE CHALLENGE WITH ENFORCEMENT IS WE CAN HAVE THOSE FINES, BUT IT'S VERY COSTLY TO CATCH PEOPLE DOING IT WHEN IT HAPPENS. IT'S REALLY, REALLY HARD TO DO THAT. WE TRY AND SUPPLEMENT THAT WITH EDUCATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT, KIND OF SIMILAR TO VISION ZERO AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO IT, BUT THERE IS A VERY STRONG ASPECT TO CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY WHEN IT COMES TO RESILIENCE ALSO. AND WE WILL DO OUR PART IF ANY OF OUR LANDSCAPERS, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT, ARE CREATING CHALLEGES AS WELL. BUT THIS IS ALL-HANDS KIND OF A CHALLENGE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CAN WE PUT THAT INTO POTENTIALLY A WATER BILL ABOUT NOT BLOWING YOUR YARD DEBRIS INTO THE STREET FOR EDUCATION PURPOSES, FOR WIDE DISTRIBUTION? >>VIK BHIDE: WE'LL DO THAT. WE ALSO DO A LOT OF PSA-TYPE OF THINGS, BUT WE'LL STEP THAT UP. IN FACT, WE SHOULD HAVE THAT TODAY ITSELF RIGHT NOW. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN. VIK, THANK YOU FOR THE NUMBER. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT COME TO MY MIND. NATURE IS SENDING US A MESSAGE. IT'S NOT GOING TO GET ANY BETTER. WE HAVE BEEN ABUSING NATURE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, ALL ASPECTS OF IT. AND GOING BACK TO THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CLEANING THE YARD AND BLOWING IT INTO THE STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM, IT'S BEEN GOING ON -- PAST COUNCILS TRIED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. ASKED CITY EMPLOYEES TO CALL, THOSE OUT ON THE STREET, A LOT OF THEM THAT DRIVE POLICE CARS, A LOT OF THEM DRIVE SANITATION TRUCKS, CODE ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WORKS OR NOT, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE IT HAS. SECONDLY, IT'S INCUMBENT UPON ALL OF US TO DO SOMETHING. I CAN SAY THIS, LAST NIGHT, MY AIDE COULDN'T GET HER CAR OUT. I TOOK HER HOME BECAUSE IT WAS FLOODED IN DOWNTOWN ALSO. TOOK CYPRESS -- NORTH BOULEVARD, MADE A RIGHT ON NORTH BOULEVARD WHEN I GOT TO THE CORNER OF CYPRESS AND HILLSBOROUGH, ALREADY FOUR CARS FLOATING -- FLOATING. THANK GOD I WAS DRIVING THE OLD FORD HYBRID THAT'S GOT A BOTTOM TO IT. THE WATER WASN'T GETTING IN BECAUSE I WENT RIGHT THROUGH IT. GOT AGAIN TO THE MIDDLE OF CYPRESS BETWEEN NORTH BOULEVARD AND DALE MABRY, THERE WAS AT LEAST SIX OR SEVEN OTHER CARS. WHEN I GOT TO THE CORNER OF DALE MABRY AND CYPRESS, THERE WERE FOUR CARS THAT WERE FLOODED, JUST FLOATING. NOT FLOODING, FLOATING. WHAT IS IT? WELL, IT'S NATURE, NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, NOT ONLY DID YOU HAVE RAIN FOR ONE DAY, YOU HAD RAINS FOR THREE DAYS THAT WERE EXCEPTIONAL. THE GROUND WAS ALREADY SATURATED. NUMBER TWO. NUMBER THREE, THE INCOMING SIDE COMES, IN THE WATER CANNOT GO OUT -- I DON'T CARE IF YOUR SYSTEM IS A THOUSAND PERCENT PERFECT, THE WATER VOLUME WILL NOT MEET THE EXPECTATION OF WATER VOLUME COMING IN. BY WEIGHT IT WILL COME RIGHT BACK WHERE IT STARTED. WE HAD A LOT OF THINGS GOING AGAINST US. NOT GIVING EXCUSES. THINK WE HAVE TO BE VILLAGANT, ASK FOR MOWS. NOT BLOW TO THE STREET. PICK IT UP WHEN THEY CUT IT. IT'S NOT BEING DONE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO TELL YOU, WEST TAMPA, YESTERDAY ABOUT 2:30 OR SOMETHING WHEN I WAS DRIVING AROUND, I SAW A COUPLE OF INDIVIDUALS CLEANING THE DITCHES WITH WEED EATERS. DITCHES ARE NOT CLEANED WITH WEED EATERS. GRASS FROM FIVE INCHES TO TWO INCHES. HAVE TO HAVE EVERY SYSTEM CLEANED OUT WITH A SCRAPER. SO THE WATER CAN DRAIN. THOSE ARE THE THINGS NOT BEING DONE. I DON'T KNOW WHO HAS GOT THAT CONTRACT. SAW IT. NOT AGAINST THEM. WEED EAT A DITCH, CLEAN IT OUT. DON'T WEED EAT IT BECAUSE IT WON'T DO ANYTHING IN THE SUMMER. IN THE WINTER YOU CAN GET BY WITH IT BUT NOT IN THE SUMMER. THESE ARE THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO. THANK YOU FORPSES YOU'RE DOING. IF WE DON'T CONTROL NATURE, IF WE DON'T DO THINGS NOW, TOMORROW ONLY GETS TWICE AS WORSE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THIS AFTERNOON WILL GET WORSE. >>VIK BHIDE: ROBLES PARK GOT FIVE INCHES IN TWO HOURS. 2.73 INCHES IN ONE HOUR. A LOT OF THESE CELLS ARE NOT PREDICTABLE. YOU CAN SEE THE CELL COMING IN BUT THE INTENSITY DOES SHIFT AS IT COMES IN. OFTENTIMES, AT LEAST I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN PREDICT HOW MUCH RAIN WILL COME IN WITHIN AN HOUR OR TWO HOURS. WE CAN ONLY HELP THAT TECHNOLOGY EVOLVES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WHAT I SAW TODAY ON TV, EVEN IF IT DOES RAIN ONE MORE DROP FROM NOW TO DECEMBER 31st, YOU'LL STILL BE ABOVE THE WATER RAINFALL THAT FELL FOR THE WHOLE YEAR. HOW MANY DAYS IS THAT? >>VIK BHIDE: WE STARTED WITH A DROUGHT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IF THAT IS THE CASE, I'M SURE IT IS, WE'RE IN TROUBLE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. I MEAN, ABSOLUTELY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S A PROBLEM IS THE WATER TABLE. WE HAD A LEAKY PIPE WHICH I FOUND THANKS TO MY WATER BILL. MY HUSBAND DUG IT OUT YESTERDAY BECAUSE WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT IS AND FIXED IT. HE SAID HE COULD BARELY FIX THE PIPE BECAUSE THE WATER WAS ALREADY HIGH. THAT WAS BEFORE THE RAIN. WHAT WE'RE NOT EVEN THINKING ABOUT IS HOW THE WATER TABLE, WE HAVE SO MUCH RAIN ALREADY THAT WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT US NOT KNOWING WHEN THE CELLS ARE BAD AND THAT IS 100% TRUE. NO ONE CAN KNOW, BUT WHEN WE HAVE HAD KIND OF RAIN, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PUT OUT A PREDICTOR FOR TODAY BECAUSE THE WATER TABLE IS SO HIGH, BECAUSE WE KNOW A STORM IS COMING. I THINK THAT MORE ALONG THOSE LINES OF WHEN WE ALREADY KNOW THAT WE ARE AT CAPACITY WITH WATER, TO PUT OUT A MEMORANDUM AND MAYBE, AGAIN, JUST KIND OF ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET HOME EARLIER OR BE ABLE TO STAY IN PLACE. SIMILAR TO A HURRICANE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ROLL WITH THE TIMES. BECAUSE AS MR. MIRANDA SAID, WE CAN'T CONTROL MADAM CHAIR. THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THE WATER RISE. IT'S JUST MANAGING THE WATER THAT WE'RE GETTING . IN TERMS OF EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE WHO BLOW LEAFS AND GRASS CLIPPINGS, I THINK I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT ABSOLUTELY REACHING OUT TO YARD COMPANIES, PEOPLE WHO DO THIS FOR A LIVING AND START THERE. HAVE THAT BE PART OF THE EDUCATION PROCESS. IN ADDITION TO EDUCATING HOMEOWNERS, I DON'T THINK I'VE SEEN ANYTHING IN MY WATER BILL RECENTLY ABOUT THAT. I GET MINE ONLINE, BUT STILL, THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT POPS UP. THAT SHOULD BE A POP-UP BEFORE I CAN GO PAY THE BILL OF, HEY, MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT DOING THAT. OR IF PEOPLE GET THEIR BILL IN THE MAIL TO SIMPLY HAVE A LEAFLET. I KNOW YOU DO THAT FROM TIME TO TIME. BUT AS FAR AS WHAT COUNCIL CAN DO, ONE OF THE MAJOR ISSUES, AND COUNCILMAN MIRANDA HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH TREES AND MITIGATION TREES AND HOW TO EDUCATE THE HOMEOWNER THAT THE MITIGATION TREE, IF YOU TAKE OUT A MITIGATION TREE, YOU CAN GET A $15,000 FINE BECAUSE THAT IS PART OF OUR WATER STRATEGY IS SWALES AND THE ADDING OF SWALES REDONE. WE NEED TO BE ON THE FOREFRONT OF STRENGTHENING POLICIES FOR MAKING SURE NEW HOMEOWNERS UNDERSTAND OR ANY HOMEOWNER WHO BUYS A NEW PROPERTY, THAT IF THERE IS A SWALE THERE, THAT YOU CANNOT FILL IT IN. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE FINES WE CAN TOO MUCH IT. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE AS COUNCIL CAN WORK ON. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AGREE WITH YOU. THE PROBLEM IS, WE PUT IT IN AND IT'S NEVER RECORDED. SO WHEN THE HOUSE IS SOLD, YOU NEVER KNOW. >>LYNN HURTAK: EXACTLY. BUT THAT IS THE THING WE'RE WORKING ON WITH TREE MITIGATION RIGHT NOW ABOUT GIS MAPPING. I'M HOPING THAT IF WE CAN GET IT TO WORK FOR TREES, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN WORK ON FOR SWALES, BEING ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT, NOTICE, NOTIFY, MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE NOT ONLY WHO ARE BUYING NEW PROPERTIES BUT BUYING OLDER PROPERTIES KNOW THAT THEY EXIST. >>VIK BHIDE: THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT. I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER BUT KIND OF GOES BACK TO ENFORCEMENT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A BROAD SET OF ACTIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE NEEDED ON EVERY PROPERTY, IRRESPECTIVE OF USE, AND SOMEONE NEEDS TO INSPECT IT TO MAKE SURE IT IS IN PLACE, AND THAT COST IS VERY, VERY HIGH. AUTOMATION, OR AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT ISN'T ALWAYS ALLOWED GIVEN RULES AND REGULATIONS, BOTH STATE AND LOCAL IN CERTAIN CASES. THAT IS AN AREA WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIRM UP AND THAT HAS BOTH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COMPONENT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU, MR. BHIDE, AS ALWAYS, FOR YOUR VERY COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION. MR. CHAIRMAN, DID I HEAR RIGHT, SO THE FORMER MAYOR BUCKHORN, HE PUT YOUR NUMBER OUT, YOUR OFFICE NUMBER? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IF YOU ARE TIRED OF THIS FLOODING, CALL YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER AND IT WAS JUST MY NUMBER. I WILL SAY THAT WAS A 4-3 VOTE. I WAS THE SWING VOTE ON THAT. I WORKED TO GET CIT MONEY ABOUT $20 MILLION TO GO TOWARDS THIS PROJECT, BE LESS IMPACTFUL ON THE TAXPAYERS. I TAKE 100% RESPONSIBILITY EVEN THOUGH I SHOULDN'T TAKE ANY CREDIT FOR IT BECAUSE IT WAS EVERYBODY, ABOUT WANTING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT FLOODING. THE THING IS, MR. BHIDE, YOU KNOW, THE SYSTEM GETS OVERWHELMED. WHAT WE'VE SEEN AND MIGHT SEE THIS AFTERNOON AGAIN, FROM PALMETTO STREET. PALMETTO STREET, IT'S A LAKE. WE CAN CANOE OUT THERE. THAT'S HOW BAD IT IS. WE CAN GO RIGHT NOW AND CANOE. MAY HAVE RECEDED SOME, BUT NOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT PROPERTY DAMAGE, AUTOMOBILE DAMAGE. WE'RE GOING TO GET SUED. WE'RE GOING TO GET CLAIMS. WE'RE GOING TO GET ALL SORTS OF STUFF. WE JUST HAVE TO DO BETTER. I THINK MAINTENANCE IS ONE OF THE THINGS AND GOING AFTER THE PEOPLE -- I KNOW THIS IS COMING UP IN FUTURE MEETINGS, GOING AFTER THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CLOSING THESE DITCHES AND DOING THINGS WITHOUT PERMITS BECAUSE WE'RE MAKING THE EFFORTS AND THEY ARE THROWING STUFF IN OUR WAY THAT ARE HURTING OUR EFFORTS. COUNCILMAN VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: I WAS GOING TO SAY, I THINK WE ALL AGREE ON THIS WHICH IS TELL US HOW WE CAN HELP. THAT INCLUDES IN THE BUDGET, ANYTHING. I KNOW THAT THE VOTE THAT CHAIRMAN MANISCALCO WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT VOTE. I WASN'T ON COUNCIL YET. VERY, VERY, A LOT OF PRESSURE. YOU WERE ELECTED LIKE HOW LONG BEFORE THAT? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A YEAR BEFORE. >>LUIS VIERA: RELATIVELY NEW. A LOT OF PRESSURE ON YOU, OBVIOUSLY. ANYTHING WE CAN DO, THIS IS THE STUFF THAT IS LOCAL GOVERNMENT 101. AND IT'S NOT JUST SOUTH TAMPA. THERE'S OBVIOUSLY OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. CHAIRMAN MANISCALCO TALKED ABOUT THAT, PARTS OF NORTH TAMPA AS WELL, IN I GO THAT WE CAN DO. I'M GLAD WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT ISSUE AND THE EFFECT THAT HAS. IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE MAYOR DID THE PARKS MASTER PLAN. THE IDEA THAT AS THE CITY GROWS, TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF PARKS. PUBLIC SAFETY MASTER PLAN AS THE CITY GROWS, AS THE COMMUNITY GROWS, WE HAVE TO INVEST IN MEETING THE NEEDS OF THAT GROWING COMMUNITY. THE SAME GOES WITH THIS ISSUE, AS WE GROW AS A CITY, IF WE DON'T PUT IN THE BUDGET ALLOWANCES TO MEET THAT GROWTH ON ALL PARTS, THAT'S BEEN THE MESSAGE SINCE DAY ONE, THEN WE'RE NOT DOING OUR JOB. THAT'S ALL OF US, BY THE WAY. MYSELF INCLUDED. ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO IN THE BUDGET, SIR, FOR THIS, PLEASE LET US KNOW. ANYTHING AT ALL. EFFORTS, I THINK WE WOULD ALL BE VERY SUPPORTIVE. THIS IS LOCAL GOVERNMENT 101. >>VIK BHIDE: THANK YOU FOR ASKING. I WILL MAKE TWO SUGGESTIONS RIGHT NOW SINCE YOU ASKED. THE FIRST ONE IS WE'RE WORKING ON THE WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT WILL COME WITH AN UPDATED STORMWATER TECHNICAL MANUAL AND SOME PROPOSED RULE CHANGES. PLEASE SUPPORT THOSE. AND THE OTHER IS MUCH MORE CONTROVERSIAL, BUT IT ADDRESSES HOUSING AS WELL. IT IS THE Z WORD, ZONING. WE NEED TO LOOK AT ZONING IN THE AREAS WHICH ARE MOST CONDUCIVE FOR DEVELOPMENT, FOR HOUSING, EVEN FROM A STORMWATER PERSPECTIVE, AND WE'RE FORTUNATE THAT SOME OF THOSE ARE WHERE WE ANTICIPATE THE BIGGEST JOB GROWTH, BETWEEN THE AIRPORT AND DOWNTOWN AND YBOR. THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT ARE CONDUCIVE FOR THIS AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE THE WATER A LITTLE BIT BETTER FROM THOSE AREAS, A LITTLE BIT HARDER AS YOU GET CLOSER TO THE COAST. I KNOW THAT'S CONTROVERSIAL, BUT IT DOES ADDRESS A LOT OF MAJOR NEEDS OVER THE NEXT 30, 50 YEARS FOR US. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, CHAIR. I WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT THE LEAF SITUATION. WHEN OUR CITIZENS ARE BLOWING THEM IN THE DRAIN, THAT REQUIRES US TO REMOVE THEM TO UNCLOG THEM? >>VIK BHIDE: IF THEY MAKE IT INTO THE DRAINS YES, WE HAVE TO. NOBODY ELSE MAINTAINS THE SYSTEMS. >>GWEN HENDERSON: IS IT A NEW PROBLEM? >>VIK BHIDE: VERY OLD PROBLEM. EXACERBATED BY RECENT CONDITIONS. >>GWEN HENDERSON: DO YOU THINK PART OF IT, TOO, IS THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT LONGER ALLOWED TO BAG LEAFS IN PLASTIC BAGS FOR THE CITY TO PICK THEM UP? DO YOU THINK THAT COULD BE A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR? >>VIK BHIDE: I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S AS MUCH OF A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR AS MUCH AS THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE VERY, VERY HARD TO ENFORCE. YOU HAVE TO BE AT THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME TO CAPTURE THAT. I'M NOT AWARE OF OUR AUTOMATION TOOLS, LIKE WE CAN WITH PARKING, FOR EXAMPLE, PARKING IN A BIKE LANE AND ALL OF THAT, THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE SORT OF BROAD ENFORCEMENT. >>GWEN HENDERSON: SHORT PERSONAL NOTE, I FLOODED TWO SPORTS CARS IN TAMPA. ONE ON WESTSHORE AND ONE ORIENT ROAD JAIL. I TRY NOT TO DRIVE IN THE RAIN ANYMORE. IT'S VERY PAINFUL TO BE A PART -- I WORKED AT ORIENT ROAD JAIL. STOP TELLING JOKES. YOU KNOW THAT DOESN'T GO WELL FOR YOU UP HERE. [ LAUGHTER ] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SHE'S RIGHT. >>BILL CARLSON: VIK, A QUICK QUESTION. AT THE BEGINNING, TALKING ABOUT THE STORMWATER FEE AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THE END OF THE BONDING, BUT YOU DIDN'T SAY WHEN. AGAIN, THE STORMWATER FEE WAS APPROVED BEFORE MY TIME. >> CORRECT. >>BILL CARLSON: DOES IT SUNSET AT SOME POINT AND WHEN IS THAT? >>VIK BHIDE: THIRD YEAR ASSESSMENT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT. SO I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DATE, BUT I WOULD THINK 2016. AROUND 2046 OR 2045. >>BILL CARLSON: FAR OUT IN THE FUTURE. >>VIK BHIDE: CORRECT. BEFORE THAT TIME, WE WILL KNOW WHAT ELSE WE NEED TO DO AND THEN WE SHOULD TRY AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT THEN. I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE EVEN WITH THE SERVICE ASSESSMENT, THE SERVICE ASSESSMENT RELATIVE TO OUR NEEDS HAS ALREADY FALLEN SHORT. AND THAT WILL ALSO HAVE TO BE TAKEN A LOOK AT. >>BILL CARLSON: JUST QUICKLY, THE CONTROVERSY AND THE BASHING THAT GUIDO GOT WAS AROUND THE CITY'S FORMULA FOR HOW IT'S CALCULATED. IF AT SOME POINT WE'RE UPDATING IT OR LOOKING AT BONDING, WE MIGHT WANT TO GO BACK OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND TALK ABOUT THE FORMULA BECAUSE THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT THOUGHT THE WAY IT WAS CALCULATED WAS NOT EQUITABLE. I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THAT LONG CONVERSATION. TOOK A LOT OF BRAVERY ON GUIDO'S PART TO VOTE FOR IT CONSIDERING HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE AGAINST IT. IF WE DIDN'T HAVE IT, WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET THESE THINGS DONE. >>VIK BHIDE: THAT WAS VERY TIMELY. THANK YOU FOR THAT SUPPORT BECAUSE WE'RE BETTER OFF TODAY BECAUSE OF IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MY REWARD, I GET YELLED AT EVEN MORE. >>LYNN HURTAK: IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE WRAPPING UP. I WANT TO SAY FOR ITEMS 28, 33, 34, AND 55, AFTER WE GET BACK, I JUST NEED MR. ROGERO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A 1:30 HEARING, ITEM 63. WE'LL TAKE THAT AND GO RIGHT TO THE STAFF REPORTS. THOSE ITEMS. IF YOU LIKE HANGING OUT WITH US, YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO STAY. WE'LL RECESS FOR LUNCH UNTIL 1:45. [ SOUNDING GAVEL ] [LUNCH RECESS]