ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATES. WE STARTED MAKING A HABIT OF ANNOUNCING OUR CURRENT VACANCIES ON CITY COUNCIL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. WE HAVE VACANCIES ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES ADVISORY COMMITTEE. A BOARD MEMBER ON THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION, AN ALTERNATE MEMBER ON THE ALTERNATE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION. AN ARCHITECT ON THE BARRIO LATINO COMMISSION. A RESIDENT OF THE YBOR CITY HISTORICAL DISTRICT IN THE BARRIO LATINO COMMISSION. ALTERNATE MEMBER ON CODE ENFORCEMENT SLASH PUBLIC NUISANCE ABATEMENT BOARD. IF YOU WANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO SEE IF THERE ARE QUALIFICATIONS FOR ANY ONE OF THE POSITIONS, THEY ARE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY OF TAMPA WEBSITE. YES MA'AM. >>THE CLERK: WE ALSO HAVE A MEMO FROM ATTORNEY BRODY REQUESTING THAT ITEM NUMBER 17 BE REMOVED. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ITEM 17 REMOVED. MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA TO REMOVE ITEM NUMBER 17 PER MR. BRODY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED. AYES HAVE IT. FYI, THE CLERK NOTIFIED ME THAT WE HAVE ISSUES WITH THE ELECTRONIC VOTING. SO IF WE HAVE A ROLL CALL TODAY, IT WILL BE A VERBAL ROLL CALL VOTE. ANYTHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA THAT NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH? STAFF REPORTS. YES MA'AM. >>LYNN HURTAK: ITEM NUMBER 65 IS AN AGREEMENT FOR THE CRA. WE HAVEN'T REALLY TALKED ABOUT THIS AT THE CRA. SO I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THIS TO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING BECAUSE WE HAVE A CRA MEETING NEXT WEEK WHERE WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON. THANK YOU. I TELL YOU, I SPENT MOST OF MY DAY YESTERDAY HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ITEM 65. THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS. >>LYNN HURTAK: THE NEXT REGULAR WOULD BE MARCH 26. WE DO NOT HAVE SPACE. SO HOW ABOUT APRIL 2nd? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEM 65 TO APRIL 2nd. WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. >>MARTIN SHELBY: NUMBER 65 THEN IS OFF THE AGENDA FOR TODAY. THAT IS CONTINUED. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT IS CONTINUED. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU. >>LYNN HURTAK: AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM 66 AND 67 FOR DISCUSSION. I'M SORRY. IT'S ALREADY THERE. I WANT STAFF. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BY THE WAY, WE DO HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE. CHIEF BENNETT IS UNDER THE WEATHER BUT WE HAVE STAFF FOR ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE. ITEM 66 AND 67, WE DO NEED STAFF, THANK YOU. 68. NO STAFF FOR 68. 69? YES. 70? SORRY, 70 WAS CONTINUED. >>LYNN HURTAK: 71 WAS A DRAFT ORDINANCE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OKAY. SO YES. CAN I GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE ITEM 71 AND 73 -- 72 AND 73? I AM BLANKING OUT. MOTION AND SECOND TO RECEIVE AND FILE 72 AND 73. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I NEED ANOTHER CUP OF COFFEE. COUNCILMAN GUIDO WILL STAND IN FOR THE -- THOSE OF YOU HERE TO PROVIDE GIFTS TO THE POLICE OFFICER, WE HAVE TWO THIS MORNING. WE'LL DO THE PRESENTATIONS AND THEN INVITE YOU GUYS UP ONE TIME ONLY FOR THE POLICE OFFICERS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S MY HONOR TODAY TO PRESENT -- WE HAVE TWO POLICE OFFICERS OF THE MONTH AND ONE FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER. TODAY, WE HONOR THE FIRST POLICE OFFICER, OFFICER TROY CONE. [ APPLAUSE ] WITH ME IS OUR POLICE CHIEF, LEE BERCAW, DR. CHIEF BERCAW. THAT WILL BEGIN. THANK YOU. >>CHIEF BERCAW: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. IT'S OUR HONOR TO RECOGNIZE MASTER POLICE OFFICER TROY COMBS AS THE T TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENS OFFICER OF THE MONTH FOR FEBRUARY 2026. HE WAS ON A MUCH-NEEDED VACATION LAST MONTH, SO WE APOLOGIZE. BUT HIS PERSONAL WELL-BEING, WE COULDN'T FLY HIM BACK JUST FOR THAT. FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, THOUGH, HE HAS SERVED THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH PROFESSIONALISM, DEDICATION AND QUIET EXCELLENCE. FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS, HE'S BEEN A VITAL MEMBER OF OUR SPECIAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT UNIT WHERE HIS LEADERSHIP AND PREPARATION PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE INTO THE DEPARTMENT'S MOST COMPLEX OPERATIONS. MOST RECENTLY, NPO COMBS WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN REVIEWING AND UPDATING THE TROPHIC FLOW PLANS FOR THE GASPARILLA CHILDREN'S PARADE AND DAY PARADE WHICH YOU KNOW ARE THE TWO LARGEST EVENTS FOR THE CITY DRAWING IN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ATTENDEES EACH YEAR. CONES COORDINATES THE USE AND DEPLOYMENT OF LOGISTICS SUCH AS MERIDIAN BARRIERS TO KEEP THOSE EVENTS SAFE. HE ALSO OVERSEES THE PLANNING FOR ALL 5K RUNS ALONG BAYSHORE BOULEVARD AND IS CURRENTLY ASSISTING WITH THE PREPARATION FOR THE 2026 NCAA MEN'S COLLEGE FOOTBALL BASKETBALL FIRST AND SECOND ROUNDS FOR THE FINAL FOUR. THESE EFFORTS ENSURE THE MAJOR EVENTS ARE CONDUCTED SAFELY, EFFICIENTLY, AND OFTEN WITHOUT THE PUBLIC EVER REALIZING THE LEVEL OF COORDINATION REQUIRED, WHICH I CAN TELL YOU IS VERY TEDIOUS FROM DOING THE JOB BEFORE. IN ADDITION TO EVENT PLANNING, COMBS MANAGES SPECIALTY VEHICLE TRAINING WITHIN THE SPECIAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT UNIT ENSURING ALL PERSONNEL ARE EQUIPPED AND ALWAYS PREPARED FOR DEPLOYMENT. EARLY IN THE ASSIGNMENT HE LED COMPREHENSIVE OVERHAUL OF HURRICANE DEPLOYMENT PLAN, A HIGHLY DETAILED OPERATION INVOLVING MORE THAN 1,000 ASSIGNMENTS. HE ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE STRENGTHENING OF SECURITY AT SPECIAL EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY IN RESPONSE TO THE NATIONAL THREATS THAT ARE COMING OUR WAY. THROUGH HIS ATTENTION TO DETAIL, COMMITMENT TO PREPAREDNESS, AND UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO SERVICE, NPO TROY CONES EXEMPLIFIES THE STANDARDS IN PROFESSIONALISM EXPECTED THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT. TO SOME, HIS WORK MAY NOT ALWAYS BE VISIBLE, BUT ITS IMPACT IS UNDENIABLE, MAKING HIM TRULY DESERVING OF OFFICER OF THE MONTH FOR FEBRUARY. CONGRATULATIONS TROY. [ APPLAUSE ] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT POLICE OFFICER COMES UP. THERE ARE A LOT OF GIFTS FOR BOTH OF YOU. OFFICER TROY COMBS OR NPO TROY COMBS, TAMPA CITY COUNCIL IS HONORED TO RECOGNIZE YOU FOR YOUR EXCEPTIONAL DEDICATION, TIRELESS WORK ETHIC AND OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE SKILLS. COMMITMENT TO REDUCING CRIME HAS MADE TAMPA A SAFER PLACE TO LIVE AND SAFER DESTINATION FOR VISITORS. BECAUSE OF YOUR DEDICATION TO SERVICE AND COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FOR THIS MARK OF DISTINCTION AS OFFICER OF THE MONTH. TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, PEERS AND SUPERIORS WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND DILIGENCE. AND WE RECOGNIZE YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND COMMITMENT TO KEEPING OUR CITY SAFE. FOR YOUR REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENTS TO REDUCING CRIME AND ENHANCING PUBLIC SAFETY, THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL IS PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE YOU ON THIS 5th DAY OF MARCH, 2026. CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU. AS THE CHIEF MENTIONED, SORRY I COULDN'T MAKE IT LAST MONTH. I APPRECIATE YOU ALLOWING TIME FOR TODAY. THANK MY CORPORAL AND SERGEANT FOR WRITING THE AWARD AND VOTING ME OFFICER OF THE MONTH FOR FEBRUARY. BUT MY JOB OBVIOUSLY IS UNIQUE WITHIN THE CITY. I DON'T DO TRADITIONAL POLICE WORK. DO EVENT PLANNING PRIMARILY. ALTHOUGH FROM THE WRITE-UP YOU MAY THINK I DO ALL THE EVENTS, SOUNDS LIKE I DO ALL THE WORK, BUT IT'S REALLY A TEAM EFFORT. I HAVE A WHOLE SQUAD OF GUYS AND GIRLS BEHIND ME THAT PUT THE EVENTS TOGETHER, NOT ONLY THE DEPARTMENT STAFF AND MY SQUAD, BUT WE ALSO WORK WITH ALL THE OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, SPECIFICALLY I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE ANYBODY OUT, TAMPA FIRE, MOBILITY, SOLID WASTE, PARKS AND REC. WITHOUT ALL THE COLLECTIVE EFFORT OF ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, THE EVENTS WOULD NEVER BE SUCCESSFUL. SO THE AWARD REALLY GOES TO THEM ALSO. I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR HELP WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DON'T GO FAR. WE HAVE MORE. SO THE NEXT OFFICER WE HAVE THAT WE RECOGNIZE FOR MARCH OF 2026, THAT WAS FEBRUARY, IS OFFICER MATT BENNETT. CHIEF BERCAW. [ APPLAUSE ] >> IT'S AN HONOR TO RECOGNIZE OFFICER MATT BENNETT AS OUR OFFICER OF THE MONTH FOR MARCH 2026. HIS RECOGNITION IS A RESULT OF RESPONDING DIRECTLY TO RESIDENTIAL CONCERNS AND QUALITY OF LIFE COMPLAINTS. HE MOVED BEYOND THE STANDARD PATROL AND SPEARHEADED A COMPREHENSIVE MULTI-DEPARTMENT MULTIAGENCY INITIATIVE THAT IMPROVED THE SAFETY AND THE SPIRIT OF OUR COMMUNITY. OFFICER BENNETT PERSONALLY ENGAGED WITH APPROXIMATELY 20 LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS FOSTERING VITAL TRUST AND PARTNERSHIP NEEDED FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING. BY SECURING 8 NEW TRESPASS AUTHORIZATIONS HE EMPOWERED BUSINESS OWNERS WITH THE LEGAL TOOLS NECESSARY TO PROACTIVELY ADDRESS LOITERING AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY CONCERNS ON PROPERTY. THIS OPERATION LED TO THE TRESPASSING OF 90 INDIVIDUALS FROM PRIVATE AND F.D.O.T. PROPERTIES ALONG WITH 38 ARRESTS. OFFICER BENNETT'S EFFORTS ALSO RESULTED IN THE SEIZURE OF A FIREARM AND SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ILLEGAL NARCOTICS, INCLUDING COCAINE, FENTANYL AND SYNTHETIC CANNABIS. THROUGH THIS INITIATIVE, CRIMINALS WITH ACTIVE WARRANTS WERE SUCCESSFULLY APPREHENDED AND LOCAL DELIVERY OF ILLEGAL NARCOTICS WAS DISRUPTED, CREATING A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERY RESIDENT. THIS WAS IN THE AREA OF 50th AND I-4. I'M SURE IF ANYBODY HAS BEEN THERE, THEY HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE BLIGHT THERE IN TURNAROUND THAT OFFICER BENNETT HAS MADE THERE. HE COORDINATED WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS TO CLEAR DEBRIS FROM THE ROADWAYS AND PUBLIC LAND ADDRESSING SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS SHARED WITH HIM BY THE COMMUNITY. HIS TIRELESS WORK ETHIC, COMMUNITY POLICING AND PROACTIVE LEADERSHIP SERVE AS A BENCHMARK FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT. HIS DEDICATION TO THIS INITIATIVE REFLECTS THE VERY BEST OF OUR MISSION TO PROTECT AND SERVE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY. SO CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OFFICER MATT BENNETT, TAMPA CITY COUNCIL IS HONORED TO RECOGNIZE YOU FOR YOUR EXCEPTIONAL DEDICATION, TIRELESS WORK ETHIC AND OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE SKILLS. YOUR RECOGNITION IS A RESULT OF RESPONDING DIRECTLY TO RESIDENTIAL CONCERNS AND QUALITY OF LIFE COMPLAINTS. BECAUSE OF YOUR DEDICATION TO SERVICE, COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE AND GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY, YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FOR THIS MARK OF DISTINCTION AS OFFICER OF THE MONTH. TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, YOUR PIERCE AND SUPERIORS WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND DILIGENCE AND WE RECOGNIZE YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND COMMITMENT TO KEEPING OUR CITY SAFE. FOR YOUR REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS UNWAVERING COMMITMENT, TIRELESS WORK ETHIC, COMMUNITY POLICING AND PROACTIVE LEADERSHIP, THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL IS PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE YOU, OFFICER MATT BENNETT, ON THIS 5th DAY OF MARCH, 2026. CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR HAVING ME HERE. THIS WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT A PHENOMENAL STAFF, ALONG WITH GREAT SUPERVISORS AND THE OFFICERS THAT ARE WITH ME, ON THE GROUND, MAKING SURE THAT THESE OPERATIONS ARE SUCCESSFUL. SO WITHOUT A COLLECTIVE GROUP EFFORT, THIS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE. SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY. I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE AND KIDS FOR BEING HERE AND ALWAYS SUPPORTING ME AS WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU BOTH. IT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT TAKES TO RUN A CITY AND KEEP IT SAFE. TWO VERY DIFFERENT STORIES, BUT BOTH VERY CONSEQUENTIAL TO THE SAFETY, SECURITY, AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA. ON BEHALF OF THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK WE HAVE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT ARE WANTING TO RECOGNIZE YOU FROM THE COMMUNITY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. COME ON UP. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. BRANDON BARCLAY -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BRIAN FORD DROPPED THE BALL AGAIN. THIS IS WHY HE IS IN THE OFFICE AND NOT ON THE FIELD. [ LAUGHTER ] >> BRANDON BARCLAY, TAMPA PBA. ISSUE A PLAQUE TO EACH OFFICER FOR A GREAT JOB. ALSO FROM BUSCH GARDENS AND PETE BREVI, ALSO GIVING YOU TICKETS. >> NO FUMBLES HERE. GOOD MORNING. FIRST OFF, YOU ARE BOTH VERY HUMBLE. WHAT YOU DO EACH AND EVERY DAY AND WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY IS UNREAL AND THE SACRIFICE OF YOUR FAMILY. WE HAVE A TRADITION AT ONE BUCCANEER PLACE. BEHALF OF THE GLAZER FAMILY AND ENTIRE ORGANIZATION, WE GIVE OUT GAME BALLS. HEARING BOTH OF YOUR STORIES, I'VE GOT YOUR VERY OWN. IT'S TOUGH WITH TWO, SO NO FUMBLES. OFFICER COMBS AND OFFICER BENNETT. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO, YOUR SACRIFICE AND WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR GREAT CITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU ALL REMEMBER WHEN YOU ARE TALKING TO FACE THIS WAY. I KNOW IT'S KIND OF WEIRD, BUT BECAUSE OF THE MICROPHONE. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. JILL WITECKI, TAMPA THEATRE. TO REPEAT EVERYTHING THAT EVERYBODY HAS SAID, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO BOTH OF YOU FOR MAKING OUR COMMUNITY A BETTER, SAFER, MORE FUN PLACE TO BE. ON BEHALF OF TAMPA THEATRE, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT BOTH OF YOU WITH AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP TO COME SEE US AT THE THEATER AND HOPEFULLY CELEBRATE OUR HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY WITH US IN OCTOBER. [ APPLAUSE ] >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE PERFORMING ARTS PEOPLE ALWAYS GET THE MICROPHONE RIGHT. >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL. I ALWAYS GET IN TROUBLE FOR THIS. I LIKE TO LOOK THESE GUYS IN THE FACE. I APPRECIATE AND RESPECT, AGAIN, I'LL SAY IT EVERY SINGLE TIME I'M UP HERE. ALL OF YOU GUYS THAT PUT THE UNIFORM ON, EVERY SINGLE DAY, THAT MAKE THE SACRIFICES FOR ALL OF US TO KEEP THE CITY OF TAMPA SAFE, I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU. TROY, I'VE WORKED WITH YOU FOR A LONG TIME AT BILL CURRIE. MATT, YOU TOO. THE STORY WITH YOU, I MET YOUR DAD BEFORE I MET YOU. YOUR DAD IS A GREAT GUY. ON BEHALF OF BILL CURRIE FORD, I PRESENT TO YOU A HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM JENNIFER CURRY HERSELF WITH A GIFT CARD AS WELL. MATT, YOU TOO. HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM JENNIFER CURRY AND GIFT CARD. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] >> MARY DILLON, STRAZ CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. ON BEHALF OF THE STRAZ CENTER, PLEASE ACCEPT TICKETS TO AN UPCOMING PERFORMANCE AT THE STRAZ CENTER WITH BEVERAGE COUPONS. I THINK YOU'LL GET COUPONS FOR SOME DINNERS COMING UP. IT WOULD BE A NICE EVENING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING, OFFICERS. GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. GRACE GONZALEZ, HERE ON BEHALF OF THE GONZMART FAMILY AND 1905 FAMILY OF RESTAURANTS. NPO COLLINS AND OFFICER BENNETT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE IN TAMPA AND BEING SO DEDICATED TO OUR COMMUNITY. I KNOW THE CHALLENGES YOU HAVE FACED HAVE GROWN AS TAMPA HAS GROWN IN TEN YEARS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND BEING DEDICATED TO SERVING WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN TAMPA. ON BEHALF OF THE GONZMART FAMILY, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO TAKE THE GIFT CARDS, ENJOY AN EVENING AT THE COLUMBIA, FLAMENCO SHOW, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. MICK McARTHUR, STEPP'S TOWING SERVICE. CONGRATULATIONS ON A JOB WELL DONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICE TO THE CITY. TODD STEPP'S AND STEPP'S TOWING, PRESENT YOU BOTH WITH A GIFT CARD FOR DINNER, TOP GOLF, WHATEVER YOUR CHOICE ON THE GIFT CARD. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MARY LOU BAILEY HERE ON BEHALF OF ZOO TAMPA ALONG WITH -- >> MARK HANEY, ZOO TAMPA. >> THANK BOTH OF YOU. TRYING TO FOLLOW ALAN'S RULES AND LOOK THIS WAY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IT'S NOT ALAN'S RULES. >> ANYWAY, I WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE FOR YOUR WORK. I HAVE SO MUCH RESPECT FOR THE POLICE OFFICER. I PERSONALLY WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE I LIVE A BLOCK FROM THE GASPARILLA PARADE ROUTE AND THINGS HAVE GOTTEN MUCH SAFER FOR ALL OF US THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA. I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE BUT I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING ON A REALLY HARD AREA OF TOWN AND MAKING IT SAFER AND BETTER FOR EVERYBODY. YOU GUYS ARE ALL AWESOME. WE'RE PRESENTING YOU EACH WITH A LOVELY GIFT BASKET. MARK WILL TELL YOU ABOUT THE ANIMAL STORY. WHAT'S INSIDE, BEYOND THE GOODIES IS AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP TO THE ZOO FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. AND IT COMES WITH THE ABILITY TO COME TO OUR SEASONAL EVENTS LIKE AT CHRISTMAS AND OTHER TIMES. AND FREE PARKING. YOU CAN BRING TWO GUESTS. HOPE YOU ENJOY IT IN GOOD HEALTH AND COME TO LOVE ANIMALS AS MUCH AS I DO. >> WE HAVE AN ELEPHANT HERE. INTERESTING WAY TO TELL AN ELEPHANT, AFRICAN ELEPHANT FROM ASIAN ELEPHANT IS AFRICAN ELEPHANT'S EARS ARE SHAPED LIKE THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA. ASIA ELEPHANT EARS ARE SHAPED LIKE INDIA. WOLVES, YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT YOUR PACK. WE THOUGHT A WOLF IS A GOOD REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL, CHIEF BERCAW, OFFICERS. I'D LIKE TO ON BEHALF OF THE FRIENDS OF THE TAMPA RIVERWALK PRESENT YOU EACH WITH A PERSONALIZED PAVER. OFFICER COMBS, OFFICER BENNETT. I WASN'T SURE OF THE SPELLING OF YOUR NAME. TEXT ME AND TELL ME THE CORRECT SPELLING. WE HAVE A PERSONALIZED PAVERED ENGRAVED FOR YOU ALONG THE RIVERWALK. ALSO, WE HAVE A VARIETY OF GIFT CERTIFICATES IN THE ENVELOPE FROM DIFFERENT PARTNERS ALONG THE RIVERWALK FOR YOU TO ENJOY. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> I'VE GOT A HELPER WITH ME TODAY. HER NAME IS AVERY BENNETT. OKAY AVERY. WE'RE GOING TO HELP YOUR DAD HERE. IS THAT ALL RIGHT? WE HAVE YUMMY HOUSE. DO YOU LIKE CHINESE FOOD? [ LAUGHTER ] >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NEVER ASK A QUESTION YOU DON'T ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER TO. >> WE ALSO HAVE STEAK AND ALMOST BURGERS. DO YOU LIKE THOSE? FRENCH FRIES AT THE MEAT MARKET IN HYDE PARK. HOW ABOUT THAT? AND HOW ABOUT EGGS. EGGS AND GRITS. HOW ABOUT GOING OVER TO DAILY EATS OVER THERE ON SOUTH HOWARD. WOULD THAT BE GOOD? AND THEN JACKSON'S BISTRO. I THINK THIS IS REALLY FOR MOM AND DAD. BUT JACKSON'S HAS ALL KINDS OF GOOD STUFF, TOO. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME HERE. THIS IS WONDERFUL THAT YOU CAN COME UP HERE AND DO THAT FOR ME. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. NOW WE HAVE FOR OFFICER COMBS -- GO THROUGH THE SAME THING. YOU GET THE SAME THING. YOU GET YUMMY HOUSE -- >> I LIKE ALL OF THOSE. [ LAUGHTER ] >> YOU HAVE TO TAKE AVERY FOR BREAKFAST OVER AT DAILY EATS. AND JACKSON'S BISTRO AND ALSO MEAT MARKET. YOU CAN GO HAVE HAMBURGERS, STEAK, WHATEVER YOU WISH. LET ME JUST SAY THAT I GREATLY APPRECIATE THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN AND THE RANK AND FILE. THEY ARE GREAT, AND WE APPRECIATE THEM AND I APPRECIATE THEM AND THE BUSINESSES DO EVERY SINGLE DAY. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. [ APPLAUSE ] >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. NOW WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO FOR OUR NEXT COMMENDATION. YOU CAN PAUSE FOR A MOMENT AND LET THEM CLEAR. COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELL, TODAY, OR THIS QUARTER, WE GET TO HONOR A DIVISION CHIEF, JAMES GILLIGAN. WITH ME IS ASSISTANT CHIEF TODD AULT TO KICK IT OFF. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. TODD AULT ASSISTANT CHIEF OF OPERATIONS. FILLING IN FOR CHIEF TRIPP WHO COULD NOT BE HERE. CHIEF JAMES GILLIGAN TODAY AS HE IS BEING RECOGNIZED AS FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER. HE IS THE SHIFT COMMANDER ON B SHIFT. I HAVE PERSONALLY KNOWN HIM 28 YEARS. THIS IS TRULY AN HONOR FOR ME. THAT STATED, OVER THE YEARS, I PERSONALLY WITNESSED HIS PASSION, HIS DEDICATION NOT ONLY TO THE CITY OF TAMPA, TAMPA FIRE RESCUE AND TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. HE WAS HIRED MARCH 30, 1998 AND DEDICATED ALMOST 28 YEARS WITH TAMPA FIRE, BUT HAS OVER 30 YEARS IN THE FIRE SERVICE. OVER THE COURSE OF HIS CAREER, WORKED HIS WAY UP THROUGH THE RANKS SERVING AS FIREFIGHTER, PARAMEDIC RESCUE LIEUTENANT, FIRE CAPTAIN, DISTRICT CHIEF AND CURRENT POSITION AS SHIFT COMMANDER. HE'S ALWAYS BEEN ONE TO STEP UP AND GET INVOLVED. HIS LEADERSHIP AND HIS CAREER REFLECT HIS LONGEVITY AND COMMITMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT AND TO THE COMMUNITY. HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN COUNTED ON FOR A LEADERSHIP ROLE, ASSUMING COMMAND POSITIONS, NUMEROUS SPECIAL EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. HE REGULARLY TAKES OPERATION LEADS AT RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM, BENCHMARK ARENA AND THE GASPARILLA EVENTS AS WELL. THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, HE'S BEEN INSTRUMENTAL WITH THE SUPER BOWLS, ANY LARGE-SCALE EVENT, AND THE HURRICANES AS WELL. HE'S ALSO AN EDUCATOR. CHIEF GILLIGAN DEMONSTRATES HIS LEADERSHIP THROUGH TEACHING. HE'S BEEN A CONSTANT ADVOCATE FOR TRAINING. HE'S WORKED AT OUR SKILLS LAB. HE TAUGHT LIVE FIRE TRAININGS, ADDITIONALLY, HE IS AN INSTRUCTOR AT HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE POLICE ACADEMY PROGRAM TEACHING FIRST RESPONDERS CPR. LONG-TIME INSTRUCTOR FOR THE COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM PROGRAM AND THE LIST IS GOING ON. HE'S ALSO AN ACTIVE MEMBER WITH THE REGIONAL CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT TEAM AND THAT PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR FELLOW RESPONDERS HAVE TRAUMATIC EVENTS. THIS SHOWS HIS COMMITMENT TO HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR PERSONNEL. HE IS A MEMBER OF THE FLORIDA TASK FORCE THREE TEAM REFLECTING DEDICATION TO TECHNICAL RESCUE. HE'S ALSO BEEN A DEDICATED MEMBER OF THE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION CURRENTLY SERVING AS TREASURER. HE'S BEEN WITH THE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION THE PAST TEN YEARS SERVING WITH THEM. AS EVIDENCED BY THE EXAMPLE PROVIDED, CHIEF GILLIGAN EXEMPLIFIES CRITERIA SOMEONE DESERVING OF FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER RECOGNITION. HE CONTINUOUSLY DISPLAYS HIS LEADERSHIP UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO TAMPA FIRE RESCUE, ESPRIT DE CORPS, BOTH ON DUTY AND OFF DUTY. FAMILY, MOST IMPORTANT, HIS FAMILY IS HERE TODAY. FATHER. HE'S A FATHER. HIS WIFE IS HERE, AND HIS TWO CHILDREN AND HIS ONE SON WE JUST BROUGHT ON AS A FIREFIGHTER ABOUT A YEAR AGO NOW. COMING UP ON A YEAR. WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP GOOD PEOPLE IN THE RANKS THERE. ACCUMULATION OF ALL THE EVENTS AND ALL THE ITEMS MENTIONED HERE. HIS LEADERSHIP, HIS CHARACTER, HIS DEDICATION AS TO WHY HE WAS CHOSEN AS FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER. CHIEF JAMES GILLIGAN. [ APPLAUSE ] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HONOR CHIEF JAMES GILLIGAN FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER. TAMPA CITY COUNCIL IS PROUD TO RECOGNIZE YOU, FIRE DIVISION CHIEF JAMES GILLIGAN FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE AND REMARKABLE LEADERSHIP IN MENTORING YOUR FELLOW FIREFIGHTERS. YOU EXEMPLIFIED A TENACIOUS DEDICATION TO TAMPA FIRE AND CITIZENS OF THE GREAT CITY. BECAUSE OF DEDICATION TO SERVICE, COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE AND GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FOR THIS MARK OF DISTINCTION AS FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER. TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, YOUR PEERS AND SUPERIORS WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND YOU FOR THE DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT AND WE RECOGNIZE YOU AND COMMEND YOUR SERVICE TO THE DEPARTMENT, COLLEAGUES, AND TO THE CITY OF TAMPA. IT IS OUR HONOR AS CITY COUNCIL TO PRESENT YOU AS FIRE DIVISION CHIEF JAMES GILLIGAN WITH THIS COMMENDATION AS FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER ON THE 5th DAY OF MARCH 2026. CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] >>ALAN CLENDENIN: START WITH YOUR NAME, PLEASE. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. AND ALL THOSE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY. I AM TRULY HUMBLED BY THIS UNEXPECTED HONOR -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CAN YOU START WITH YOUR NAME, PLEASE? >> JAMES GILLIGAN, TAMPA FIRE RESCUE. I AM TRULY HUMBLED BY THIS UNEXPECTED HONOR AND WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. OUR CITIZENS, VISITORS AND OUR MEMBERS DESERVE THE SUPPORT THAT YOU AND CITY ADMINISTRATION PROVIDE. IN PREPARATION TODAY, FOR TODAY, I ASKED MY FATHER WHAT HE FELT WAS APPROPRIATE TO ADD TO TODAY'S REMARKS. HE QUOTED 17th CENTURY AUTHOR JOHN DUN, NO MAN IS AN ISLAND, NOT AGAIN A GILLIGAN. HE ALSO SPOKE TO SERVANT LEADERSHIP, LIVE THROUGH OTHERS -- I WOULD NOT BE HERE IF NOT FOR THE LOVE AND SUPPORT OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SOME WERE ABLE TO BE HERE IN PERSON AND OTHERS IN SPIRIT. FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, I WANTED TO BE A FIREMAN OR A COP OR A NEW YORK JETS FOOTBALL PLAYER. WELL, THE STORY HAS BEEN WRITTEN AND HER HERE. THIS HONOR IS ONE THAT I SHARE WITH MY PERSONAL FAMILY AS WELL AS MY FIRE DEPARTMENT FAMILY. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE MY FATHER JAMES, MOTHER HE IS TELE, SISTER CARROLL ANN, WIFE DANIELLE, SON PATRICK, DAUGHTER BRIANNA HERE WITH US TODAY. AS YOU MAY NOTICE, PATRICK IS FOLLOWING THE TRADITION AS A MEMBER OF TAMPA FIRE RESCUE AS WELL. BRIANNA IS CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THE RN PROGRAM AT USF, GO BULLS, ALUMNUS MYSELF. I WAS RAISED IN A HOUSEHOLD FULL OF LOVE AND FAITH, GUIDED BY THE CALLING TO TAKE CARE OF OTHERS ABOVE SELF WITH A COMPASS READING OF TRUE NORTH. DANIELLE AND I RAISED OUR CHILDREN WITH THE SAME MINDSET. OVER THE COURSE OF THIS CAREER, I HAVE BEEN SO FORTUNATE TO BE SURROUNDED BY OUTSTANDING MEN AND WOMEN WHO DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO SERVICE DELIVERY WITH EXCELLENCE AND COMPASSION. THIS AWARD WAS AUTHORED BY MY FELLOW CHIEFS ON THE B SHIFT. NOT SURE I'M WORTHY OF THE RECOGNITION BUT THE WORDS OF THE SENTIMENT ARE REAL. I THANK THEM INCLUDING THE FIRE CHIEF FOR THE HONOR AND RECOGNITION. I HAVE SHARED WITH MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS THAT WE ARE REWARDED HANDSOMELY FOR CERTIFICATIONS AND QUALIFICATIONS BUT JUDGED AND EVALUATED BY OUR SERVICE AND PROFESSIONALISM. PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF BOTH. THIS AWARD IS ONE OF TRADITION AND RECOGNITION OF SERVICE. I ACCEPT THIS IN RECOGNITION OF THOSE WHO HAVE COME BEFORE US, THOSE HERE WITH US TODAY AND THOSE SURELY COMING AFTER WE ARE GONE. I STAND BEFORE YOU GRATEFUL AND APPRECIATIVE OF THIS AMAZING HONOR. I AM THANKFUL FOR THE LOVE AND SUPPORT FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS. I PLEDGE TO WORK TIRELESSLY TO ENSURE ALL OUR MEMBERS GO HOME IN THE MORNING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND GENEROSITY. [ APPLAUSE ] >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DO YOU WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOUR FAMILY? WHERE IS YOUR FAMILY AT? DO YOU WANT TO STAND? >> MY MOTHER WHO IS UPSTAIRS WATCHING DOWN UPON US. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WELCOME TO TAMPA CITY COUNCIL. CONGRATULATIONS. MR. MANISCALCO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR GUESTS? 754 IN THE HOUSE. >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, CITY STAFF AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE GILLIGAN FAMILY TODAY. IT IS TRULY AN HONOR TO STAND UP HERE NEXT TO A CHIEF, A GENTLEMAN AND AWESOME HUMAN BEING. JUST SHY OF 15 YEARS AGO, MY FIRST -- TRY TO HOLD BACK ANY TEARS. JUST SHY OF 15 YEARS AGO, MY FIRST DAY ON THE JOB I WAS THANKFUL ENOUGH TO BE UNDER THE WING OF CHIEF GILLIGAN AS MY FIRST CAPTAIN FOR TWO YEARS. IT WAS TRULY AN HONOR TO WORK UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP AND HIS EXPECTATIONS. HE HELD THE HIGHEST STANDARD, AND HE EXPECTED EVERYONE TO KNOW THE RULES, FOLLOW THE RULES AND FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES. BUT HE ALSO DID THE SAME. SOME OF HIS -- CAPTAIN AT THE FIRE STATION WITH FIREFIGHTERS TO MAKE SURE THE RULES ARE FOLLOWED AND NOT ONE WOULD FILE A GRIEVANCE AGAINST HIM. THAT'S WHAT HE LIVED BY. HE ALSO DID JUST THAT. HE DIDN'T JUST TALK THE TALK, HE WALKED THE WALK. MOST IMPORTANTLY AT 21 YEARS OLD, BEING IN A FIRE STATION AND BEING YOUNG, HE TOOK ME UNDER HIS WING AND TAUGHT ME LIFE EXPERIENCES AS WELL AS SOME OTHERS HERE PART OF THE CREW IN THE BACK. THIS IS TRULY AN HONOR TO BE HERE AND TO HONOR CHIEF GILLIGAN ON SOMETHING SO WELL DESERVED FOR THE TYPE OF PERSON AND LEADERSHIP THAT HE'S INSTILLED IN TAMPA FIRE RESCUE TO GIVE BACK TO THIS COMMUNITY. CHIEF, IT IS AN HONOR AND THE GILLIGAN FAMILY AND PATRICK AND DANIELLE CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] ON BEHALF OF BUSCH GARDENS, FOUR COMPLIMENTARY ADMISSION TICKETS TO ENJOY WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. >> COUNCIL, CHIEF, AGAIN, PERSONALLY, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS AT RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM. YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOUR DEDICATION, AND MAKING RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM A PLACE THAT WE ALL CAN PROSPER AND COME TO FOR BIG EVENTS. WITHOUT WHAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM DO, IT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN. BUT TODAY, IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU. EXCELLENT SPEECH. I DIDN'T EXPECT ANYTHING LESS COMING FROM YOU. ON BEHALF OF THE GLAZER FAMILY AND OUR ENTIRE ORGANIZATION, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FOR THE SACRIFICE YOU PUT OUT EACH AND EVERY DAY AND THE LEADERSHIP AND THE MENTORING AND WHAT YOU DO. SO WE HAVE A LITTLE GAME BALL WITH YOUR NAME ON IT. WE CAN'T FUMBLE IT. I ONLY HAVE ONE. BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] I CAN'T STEP AWAY WITHOUT ASKING THE JETS? [ LAUGHTER ] I'LL LEAVE IT WITH THAT. >> GOOD MORNING. I'M MARY LOU BAILEY HERE AGAIN ON BEHALF OF ZOO TAMPA AND ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS. >> MARK HANEY WITH THE ZOO. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. WHAT A STORY. YOU ARE INVOLVED IN SO MANY THINGS CLEARLY GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND. CAN I TELL YOU ARE VERY DISCIPLINED, WHICH IS SOMETHING I GREATLY RESPECT. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR SERVING, THE FAMILY THAT SUPPORTS YOU. AWESOME. WE HAVE ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP AND GOODIES. ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP TO THE ZOO FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND TWO GUESTS. I HOPE YOU ENJOY IT IN GOOD HEALTH. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. YOU ARE SAWMS. >> WE HAVE A RED FOX IN HERE. I DON'T HAVE MUCH ALTERNATIVE I TRIVIA ABOUT ARED FOX. WE JUST GOT TWO RED FOXES AT THE ZOO. THEY ARE DARN CUTE. COME AND SEE US. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING AGAIN, CITY COUNCIL. MARYBETH WILLIAMS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FRIENDS OF THE TAMPA RIVERWALK. CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. BEHALF OF FRIENDS OF THE RIVERWALK, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH A PERSONALIZED ENGRAVED PAVER ALONG THE RIVERWALK. ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF GIFT CERTIFICATES FROM SOME OF OUR PARTNERS WITH RESTAURANTS AND ATTRACTIONS ALONG THE RIVERWALK FOR YOU TO ENJOY WITH YOUR FAMILY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING AGAIN, COUNCIL. JILL WITECKI, TAMPA THEATRE. CHIEF GILLIGAN, CLEARLY YOU HAVE FOUND YOUR CALLING. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT PASSION, THAT DEDICATION, THAT KNOWLEDGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR COMMUNITY. ON BEHALF OF TAMPA THEATRE, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY WITH A GIFT MEMBERSHIP SO YOU CAN COME SEE US FOR A FILM, LIVE SHOW, MAYBE A THREE-HOUR TOUR. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING, CHIEF. GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. MARY DILLON, STRAZ CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS. ON BEHALF OF STRAZ CENTER, CHIEF, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY. PLEASE ACCEPT TICKETS FOR UPCOMING PERFORMANCE AND GUEST, FRIEND FAMILY. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. MIKE McARTHUR, STEPP'S TOWING SERVICE. CONGRATULATIONS FOR A JOB WELL DONE. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU ARE DOING FOR THE COMMUNITY. YOUR PASSION AND STORY AFTER 28 YEARS ON THE JOB IS REFRESHING. I REALLY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY. ON BEHALF OF TODD STEPP'S AND STEPP'S TOWING, PRESENT A GIFT CARD. I HAVE TO SAY, JETS -- >> IT'S A CHILDHOOD THING. [ LAUGHTER ] >>ALAN CLENDENIN: KEYWORD THERE IS "WAS." >> I'M GRACE GONZALEZ, HERE ON BEHALF OF THE GONZMART FAMILY AND 1905 FAMILY OF RESTAURANTS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE IN TAMPA AND FOR SHARING YOUR LEADERSHIP AND SHARING YOUR INTEGRITY WITH TAMPA. THANK YOU. WE WANT TO YOU ENJOY YOURSELF, YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICES. PLEASE ENJOY LUNCH, DINNER AT NEIGHBORHOOD RESTAURANTS AND RELAX. CONGRATULATIONS. >> GOOD MORNING. I WAS GOING TO ASK BRIANNA AND PATRICK TO COME UP, BUT THEY ARE TOO BIG. IT'S NOT LIKE AVERY. AVERY IS A LITTLE GIRL. ANYWAY, WE APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. ON BEHALF OF A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT BUSINESSES, WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE YOU WITH YOUR CHOICE, BREAKFAST, LUNCH OR DINNER OVER AT THE YUMMY HOUSE AND CRG, JACKSON'S BISTRO, AND MEAT MARKET OVER IN OLD HYDE PARK. AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND YOU OUGHT TO CHANGE THE MOTTO TO TAMPA FIRE RESCUE TO "EVER READY." [ APPLAUSE ] MAN'S THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH CONGRATULATIONS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL. WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW THE ROOM TO SHIFT A LITTLE BIT AND BRING SOME OTHER PEOPLE UP FOR THE NEXT COMMENDATION. BY THE WAY, IF YOU CAUGHT THE THREE-HOUR TOUR, BOTH OF YOU STARTED WITH ONE NINE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NOW I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG FOR ANOTHER SPECIAL PRESENTATION. >>NAYA YOUNG: GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING. >>NAYA YOUNG: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. SO THIS MORNING IS TRULY AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO CELEBRATE THE LADIES OF BETA SIGMA ZETA CHAPTER OF ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY INCORPORATED. I WAS PRACTICING BECAUSE I WAS NOT GOING TO MESS THAT UP. FOR THEIR 106 YEARS OF EXCELLENT SCHOLARSHIP, COMMUNITY SERVICE AND SISTERHOOD SINCE THE CHAPTER'S BEGINNING IN MARCH OF 1946, THIS REMARKABLE SISTERHOOD HAS REMAINED COMMITTED TO UPLIFTING COMMUNITIES AND EMPOWERING WOMEN AND CREATING A LEGACY THAT CONTINUES TO INSPIRE GENERATIONS. SO IT GIVES ME GREAT HONOR TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS COMMENDATION THIS MORNING. BETA SIGMA ZETA OF ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY INCORPORATED, SINCE ITS CHARTERING ON MARCH 9, 1946, BETA SIGMA ZETA OF ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY INCORPORATED HAS DISTINGUISHED ITSELF AS A PUBLIC SERVICE ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES FACING AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE BROADER COMMUNITY. OVER THE YEARS, THE CHAPTER HAS MAINTAINED A STRONG PRESENCE THROUGHOUT THE TAMPA COMMUNITY THROUGH OUTREACH AND SERVICE PARTNERING WITH ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE NAACP AND THE SPRING OF TAMPA BAY, WHILE ALSO WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TAMPA HOUSING AUTHORITY TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY EVENTS AND INITIATIVES THAT BENEFIT LOCAL FAMILIES AND RESIDENTS. THE CHAPTER ALSO PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE CHARTERING OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA'S ALA ETA CHAPTER OF ZETA PHI BETA INCORPORATED. ANNUAL PROJECTS, ELDER CARE, ADOPT A SCHOOL, CHRISTMAS WITH THE ZETAS, BLUE AND WHITE FEEDING TAMPA BAY AND FIRST RESPONDERS AND SCHOLARSHIPS TO HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. BETA SIGMA ZETA HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS AWARDS AT THE STATE, REGIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS IN RECOGNITION OF ITS COMMITMENT TO SERVICE AND COMMUNITY IMPACT. THIS CHAPTER IS COMPRISED OF A DIVERSE AND TALENTED MEMBERSHIP RANGING FROM -- WHO ARE JUST BEGINNING THEIR POST COLLEGIATE JOURNEY TO SEASONED MEMBERS WHOSE EXPERIENCE CONTINUES TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE, LEADERSHIP, AND SUPPORT TO THE SISTERHOOD IN THEIR COMMUNITY. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TAMPA IS HONORED TO PRESENT THIS COMMENDATION AND JOINS THE BETA SIGMA ZETA CHAPTER OF ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY INCORPORATED IN CELEBRATING 106 YEARS OF SISTERHOOD IN 2026 AND 80 YEARS OF SERVICE AS A CHAPTER WHILE CONTINUING TO UPHOLD THE PRINCIPLES OF SCHOLARSHIP, SERVICE, SISTERHOOD AND FINER WOMANHOOD. [ APPLAUSE ] DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? >> REALLY DON'T WANT TO. [ LAUGHTER ] >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I SEE TWO VERY FAMILIAR FACES STANDING BEHIND YOU. I THINK YOU SHOULD BRING THEM UP FRONT AND INTRODUCE THEM. COME ON. TONYA SULING. I DIDN'T REALIZE THIS GROUP WOULD BE SO QUIET. >> THAT JUST SHOWS YOU THE QUALITY OF WOMEN THAT WE ARE. YOU SEE IT EVERY DAY HERE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE DO. >> TAMPA IS HOME FOR US, AND WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND HELP AND REACH OUT, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE A HUGE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, ZETA HAS OVER 800 CHAPTERS WORLDWIDE. AND THEY HAVE DONE THINGS LIKE BUILD WELLS IN COUNTRIES WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE CLEAN WATER, SO PEOPLE HAVE CLEAN WATER. DONE STUFF WITH SCHOOLS. HERE, WE NOT ONLY WORK WITH THE SPRING, WE HAVE AMERICAN RED CROSS, THE MARCH OF DIMES WITH THE PREEMIES PROGRAM, VA WITH THE VETERANS. SO WE ARE SOME BUSY FOLKS, EVEN THE ONES OF US THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE RETIRED. I THINK I'M STILL WORKING. BUT THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR. WE DO IT BECAUSE WE LOVE PEOPLE AND WE LOVE TAMPA. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR OUR RECORD? >> I'M BERNADETTE WASHINGTON. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. I KNOW THAT SULING AND TONYA AND I SEE FRAN BACK THERE. VERY HAPPY YOU GUYS HERE TODAY. HONORED TO HAVE YOU IN THE ROOM AND APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> WE HAVE A GALA COMING UP THIS MONTH. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VERY NICE. VERY GOOD. SWANKY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW YOU GUYS GO GET YOUR PICTURE TAKEN. >> WE DO HAVE A GALA COMING UP ON SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 5 TO 9 P.M. TICKETS ARE $85. THIS IS TO SUPPORT THE CHAPTER AS WELL AS -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL, THE HOUSE WAS TORN DOWN IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR. SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF REBUILDING. ANY SUPPORT TO US WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SULING, THE CLERK WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU STATE YOUR NAME FIRST BEFORE YOU PRESENT. >> SULING LUCAS HARRIS. [ LAUGHTER ] >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, EVERYONE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WOULD NOW LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR ADMINISTRATOR FOR DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, ABBYE FEELEY. >>ABBYE FEELEY: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. ABBYE FEELEY, ADMINISTRATOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. I'M HERE THIS MORNING WITH JEFF GREENE OF CLARION AND ASSOCIATES. WE'LL GIVE A BRIEF 15-MINUTE UPDATE ON THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATE THAT YOU ARE AWARE. I'VE BEEN COMING TO YOU MONTHLY TO SHARE WITH YOU THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE BEEN MAKING IN UPDATING OUR CODE. WE HAVE SEVERAL GOALS IN MAKING THAT UPDATE, INCLUDING STREAMLINING THE CODE SO THAT IT'S MORE UNDERSTANDABLE AND PREDICTABLE, MORE PREDICTABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR CITY, ALSO MODERNIZING IT TO REALLY ADDRESS WHERE WE ARE TODAY AS A CITY AND MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT. THE CODE IS COMING IN THREE INSTALLMENTS. THE FIRST INSTALLMENT JUST WENT OUT ON FEBRUARY 17. AND THIS WEEK, WE HAD A PUBLIC MEETING MONDAY NIGHT AT THE HANNA CENTER. WE HAD OVER 52 ONLINE PARTICIPANTS AND CLOSE TO 50 PARTICIPANTS IN THE AUDIENCE. IT WAS A REALLY GREAT MEETING. A LOT OF VERY PASSIONATE CITIZENS WITH US THERE, INCLUDING CONSULTANTS AND DEVELOPERS. COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK WAS WITH US THAT NIGHT, WHICH WE WERE SO GLAD TO HAVE HER THERE AS WELL. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN COMMITTED TO IS ENSURING THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC TOUCH POINTS DURING THIS PROCESS, BE IT PUBLIC MEETINGS AS WELL AS ONLINE OPPORTUNITIES TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK. WE KNOW THAT WAS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE, AND THAT WE EXPERIENCE THAT DURING THE COMP PLAN UPDATE. WE, TOO, ARE COMMITTED TO DOING THAT AS THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. IN ADDITION TO THE PUBLIC MEETING WE HAD WITH JEFF AND HIS TEAM MONDAY NIGHT AT HANNA, WE'LL ALSO BE ROLLING OUT SOME NEIGHBORHOOD-LEVEL MEETINGS AS WELL IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. AS I MENTIONED, THE INSTALLMENT COMES IN THREE PARTS. THIS ALLOWS FOR A MULTITUDE OF TOUCH POINTS. IT ALLOWS FOR A MULTITUDE OF FEEDBACK OPPORTUNITIES FROM THE PUBLIC. SO THAT WE REALLY ARE ENSURING. AND WHAT WE HAVE, THE FIRST INSTALLMENT IS A DRAFT. JEFF WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. NOTHING IS SET IN STONE. WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THIS. THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES. I ALSO KNOW JEFF MET WITH MANY OF YOU YESTERDAY, WHICH IS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR COMMITMENTS THAT WE HAVE TOUCH POINTS WITH COUNCIL ON THIS, AS IT'S SO CRITICAL THAT WE REALLY BRING ALL THE THREADS TOGETHER AS WE MOVE THIS FORWARD, REALLY FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AS YOU ALL KNOW, TOO, AND WE KEEP IN THE PERIPHERY IS THAT SENATE BILL 180 ISSUE AND SOME OF THE MORE RESTRICTIVE ISSUES. SO I THINK WE'RE VERY COGNIZANT OF THE TIMING AND ENSURING THAT WHAT WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU IS IN ALIGNMENT TO BE PASSED AND TO THEN GO IN EFFECT. THIS MORNING, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JEFF. WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION. IF CTTV COULD PLEASE BRING THAT UP FOR US AND WE'LL BE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: GOOD MORNING, SIR. START WITH YOUR NAME, PLEASE. >> HELLO. MY NAME IS JEFF GREENE, WITH CLARION AND ASSOCIATES. MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU. IT'S A BIG MILESTONE IN THIS PROJECT TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE YOU WITH THE FIRST -- WITH THE DRAFT OF THE FIRST OF THREE INSTALLMENTS OF THE UPDATED LDC. I WAS HERE PRESENTING ON THE LDC ASSESSMENT EXACTLY 52 WEEKS AGO TODAY. IT'S TAKEN US A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO GET HERE THAN WE WOULD HAVE LIKED. IF YOU SAW THE 411 PAGE DRAFT ON THE WEBSITE, THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO THAT AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT IT RIGHT. SO JUST BRIEF SUMMARY OF WHAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT. ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE MAY BE PEOPLE WATCHING WHO HAVEN'T KEPT UP. I'LL GIVE A BRIEF BACKGROUND ABOUT THE PROJECT, HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND THE CURRENT STATUS. AND THEN I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT INSTALLMENT ONE OF THREE OF THE UPDATED LDC ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. WE'LL TALK ABOUT NOT ONLY WHAT'S IN INSTALLMENT ONE BUT IMPORTANTLY WHAT'S NOT IN INSTALLMENT ONE, BECAUSE ALL THOSE INSTALLMENTS ARE GOING TO BE CRITICAL TO THE FUTURE LAND USE CODE. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE NEW ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN INSTALLMENT ONE AS WELL AS THE UPDATED USE REGULATIONS AND THE OTHER REGULATIONS THAT SUPPORT THE UPDATED CODE. AT THE END, I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S COMING NEXT BUT ALSO LEAVE ROOM FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY HAVE. AS ABBYE JUST MENTIONED AND I'LL GET THROUGH THIS QUICKLY, THE LDC HAS NOT BEEN COMPREHENSIVELY UPDATED IN MANY DECADES. OBVIOUSLY, IT IS AMENDED CONTINUOUSLY, BUT IT'S DONE IN A PIECEMEAL FASHION. WHAT YOU HAVE TODAY IS AN ORDINANCE THAT'S NOT PARTICULARLY WELL ORGANIZED. THERE ARE A NUMBER HAD OF INTERNAL INCONSISTENCIES, AND IT'S NOT REALLY WELL ALIGNED WITH THE CITY'S PREFERRED FORM OF DEVELOPMENT. SO THIS PROJECT IS REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE LDC, IDENTIFY WHAT WORKS WELL, IDENTIFY WHAT DOESN'T WORK WELL, AND TO MAKE THE CHANGES THAT ARE NECESSARY TO BETTER SUPPORT THE CITY'S LAND USE VISION. JUST BRIEFLY, WE ARE WITH CLARION, A PLANNING CONSULTANT FIRM WITH OFFICES IN CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA AND DENVER, COLORADO. IN OUR 34 YEARS, WE'VE HELPED MORE THAN 250 COMMUNITIES SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE COMPREHENSIVE UPDATES TO THEIR DEVELOPMENT CODES. INCLUDING SEVERAL COMMUNITIES IN FLORIDA. WE ARE JOINED WITH A NUMBER OF SUBCONSULTANT TEAMS THAT LENDS PARTICULAR EXPERTISE TO OUR TEAM. DOVER, KOHL AND PARTNERS, THEY ARE AWARD-WINNING TOWN PLANNING FIRM. THEY ARE HELPING US OUT WITH SOME CORRIDOR DESIGN STANDARDS THAT WE'LL BE INTRODUCING LATER IN THE PROJECT. KIDDLESON AND ASSOCIATES -- KITTELSON AND ASSOCIATES, DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH THE CITY, WORKED ON THE TAMPA MOVE PLAN. PLAN ACTIVE STUDIO IS A PLANNING FIRM IN ORLANDO THAT HAS HELPED OUT WITH SOME OF THE DISTRICT STANDARDS. AND NANCY STROUD, WHO IS A WELL REGARDED FLORIDA ATTORNEY WITH DECADES OF LAND USE EXPERIENCE WHO IS HELPING OUT WITH THE UPDATES TO THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND IMPROVEMENT PROCEDURES. WE HAVE SHOWN YOU THIS SCHEDULE BEFORE. THIS IS THE OVERALL SCHEDULE OF THE PROJECT. AS ABBYE MENTIONED, LITTLE MEGAPHONES DOWN BELOW SHOW, WE HAVE MADE SURE THAT THERE ARE TOUCH POINTS THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT, FROM THE VERY BEGINNING WHEN WE WERE GATHERING INFORMATION IN TASK ONE, THROUGH TO THE LDC ASSESSMENT WHERE WE IDENTIFIED, SYNTHESIS OF EVERYTHING WE LEARNED IN PHASE ONE. ALL OF THE PRIORITIES OF THE CITY, WHAT WORKED WELL IN THE CURRENT CODE AND WHAT DOESN'T WORK WELL. IT ALSO LAID OUT A ROAD MAP FOR THE DRAFTING OF THE UPDATED LDC. THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. PHASE THREE, WE ARE IN THE DRAFTING PHASE. THE REASON WE DO IT IN THREE INSTALLMENTS AS ABBYE MENTIONED IS TO PROVIDE YOU WITH ADDITIONAL TOUCH POINTS. SO THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND COUNCIL WILL GET TO SEE INSTALLMENT ONE, INSTALLMENT TWO, AND INSTALLMENT THREE. AND THEN DURING THAT PHASE FOUR, WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE ENTIRE CONSOLIDATED CODE WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED DURING THE INSTALLMENT ONE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PERIOD. IT ALSO PROVIDES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THE PUBLIC SLIGHTLY MORE MANAGEABLE CHUNKS OF CODE. NOW, THE DRAFT IS 411 PAGES, WHICH IS A LOT. BUT IT'S LESS THAN THE ENTIRE CODE WOULD BE. SO AS I MENTIONED, THE LDC ASSESSMENT, WHICH I PRESENTED ABOUT A YEAR AGO, THERE ARE EIGHT KEY GOALS LISTED THERE. WE TRIED TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THOSE IN THE DRAFT LDC. ONE OF THE KEY PRIORITIES IN THE LDC ASSESSMENT THAT YOU CAN SEE THROUGHOUT THIS INSTALLMENT ONE IS THE DESIRE FOR A MORE USER FRIENDLY, BETTER ORGANIZED, EASIER TO USE SET OF DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. AS WE GO THROUGH THE SPECIFICS OF INSTALLMENT ONE, I'LL SHOW YOU SOME OF THE PLACES WHERE WE'VE TRIED TO DO THAT. THE LDC ASSESSMENT PROPOSED AN OUTLINE OF HOW THE UPDATED LDC SHOULD BE ORGANIZED. THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE. THERE ARE NINE SEPARATE ARTICLES. INSTALLMENT ONE INCLUDES THESE THREE ARTICLES. ARTICLE 3 ZONING DISTRICTS, ARTICLE 4, THE USE REGULATIONS. THESE ARE SOME OF THE KEY REGULATIONS THAT REGULATE HOW DEVELOPMENT TAKES PLACE IN THE CITY. WE ALSO INCLUDE SOME OF THE DEFINITIONS IN ARTICLE 9 AS WELL AS THOSE RULES OF MEASUREMENT THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THE DISTRICT AND USE REGULATIONS. ZONING DISTRICTS, ESTABLISH MINIMUM SETBACKS, THEY ESTABLISH MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHTS. AND WE'VE GONE AHEAD AND INCLUDED THE RULES FOR HOW YOU MEASURE HEIGHT, HOW YOU MEASURE THE SETBACKS IN ARTICLE 9. BUT THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE DEFINITIONS TO COME AS WE DRAFT THE REMAINDER OF THE CODE. SO THERE IS A LOT THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN INSTALLMENT ONE. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT. BECAUSE THERE ARE PIECES OF INSTALLMENTS TWO AND THREE THAT HAVE A LOT OF IMPACT ON HOW LAND CAN BE DEVELOPED IN THE CITY. AND THEY ARE NOT PREPARED YET. INSTALLMENTS TWO AND THREE WILL INCLUDE THE ADMINISTRATION PROCEDURES. SO SOME OF THOSE REVISIONS TO THE REZONING PROCEDURES, TO THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT PROCEDURES AND VARIANCES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE LDC ASSESSMENT. A LOT OF THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ARE INCLUDED IN INSTALLMENTS TWO AND THREE. THESE ARE STANDARDS AROUND OFF-STREET PARKING, AROUND LANDSCAPING, AROUND TREE PROTECTION. ALL OF THESE WILL BE DEVELOPED LATER IN THE PROJECT. SO YOU WILL NOTE THAT THERE ARE CROSS-REFERENCES IN INSTALLMENT ONE TO THE SECTIONS, BUT THEY ARE NOT READY YET. THEY ARE BEING DRAFTED AND OBVIOUSLY EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT. THERE ARE ALSO SOME OF THE OTHER REGULATIONS THAT APPLY, NONCONFORMITIES, BUT THAT IS LAND OR USES THAT WERE LEGAL WHEN DEVELOPED, BUT THE CODE HAS CHANGED, AND SO THEY ARE NO LONGER LEGAL. SO THOSE ESTABLISH THE RULES FOR HOW THOSE CONTINUE AND HOW THEY NEED TO CHANGE. ENFORCEMENT AND ALSO SOME GENERAL PROVISIONS. ONE THING I WILL NOTE IS THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF NEW GRAPHICS AND ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE UPDATED LDC DRAFT THAT'S ON THE WEBSITE. BUT WE LIKE TO MAKE SURE THERE'S GENERAL CONSENSUS AROUND THE STANDARDS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE NEW LDC BEFORE WE TAKE THE TIME TO DIG IN AND MAKE A LOT OF THESE GRAPHICS. SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PLACE-HOLDERS IN THERE THAT WILL BE FILLED IN AS DRAFTING CONTINUES. I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE WHAT ABBYE SAID. PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IS IMPORTANT. I'M PLEASED TO NOTE THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF CONCERNS RAISED ABOUT SOME OF THE PROPOSED PROVISIONS AT THE MEETING WE HAD ON MONDAY NIGHT. BUT EVERYBODY DID SEEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A DRAFT. THIS IS NOT GOING TO YOU FOR ADOPTION ANY TIME SOON. THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC FEEDBACK. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS THE COMMUNITY'S CODE. THIS IS NOT OUR CODE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH AND THAT YOU NEED TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH. AND SO THERE'S GOING TO BE -- WE EXPECT TO GET A LOT OF COMMENTS AND WE ARE LISTENING AND WE ARE GOING TO MAKE CHANGES AS THE PROCESS CONTINUES. SO LET ME JUST TAKE YOU A LITTLE BIT THROUGH THE ARTICLES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN INSTALLMENT ONE. JUST PROVIDE A LITTLE HIGH-LEVEL SUMMARY. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT ON MONDAY NIGHT. ONE OF THE KEY ELEMENTS OF ARTICLE 3 IS AN UPDATED ORGANIZATION OF THE ZONING DISTRICTS. NOT ONLY THE SECTION IN GENERAL, BUT THE WAY EACH ZONING DISTRICT IS ORGANIZED. THE GOAL IS TO MAKE IT MORE USER FRIENDLY SO THAT PEOPLE CAN JUST GLANCE AT THE ZONING DISTRICT IN WHICH THEY ARE LOCATED OR IN WHICH THEY ARE CONSIDERING DEVELOPMENT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH THEIR PROPERTY. SO THIS IS A COPY OF SOME OF THE ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS IN YOUR CURRENT CODE. SO YOU CAN SEE IT IS VERY HEAVILY TEXT BASED. THERE ARE SOME TABLES AS WELL. LET ME SHOW YOU HOW WE'RE DOING IT IN THE UPDATED LDC. SO THIS IS ONE OF THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS. ONE OF THE BASE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS. NOW, OBVIOUSLY, SOME OF THE DISTRICTS HAVE MANY MORE REGULATIONS, LIKE THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT. SO THEY ARE LONGER THAN TWO PAGES, BUT THEY ALL FOLLOW THIS VERY SIMILAR FORMAT. YOU'VE GOT YOUR PURPOSE STATEMENT UP TOP THAT ESTABLISHES THE PURPOSE OF THE DISTRICT. THERE IS A CONCEPT DRAWING THAT ILLUSTRATES WHAT DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IN THAT DISTRICT IS INTENDED TO LOOK LIKE GIVEN THE CONTEXT. UNDER THAT IS A REFERENCE TO THE USE REGULATIONS. SO WE'VE TAKEN ALL THE SEPARATE SETS OF USE REGULATIONS AND CONSOLIDATED THEM ALL INTO ARTICLE 4. AND BELOW THAT IS THE DIMENSIONAL TABLE. SO THAT ESTABLISHES THOSE KEY DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS. MAXIMUM HEIGHT. MINIMUM LOT WIDTH, REQUIRED SETBACKS FROM THE FRONT, SIDE, REAR, AND CORNER LOT LINES. ON THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU CAN SEE A DIMENSIONAL DRAWING THAT IS KEY TO THE TABLE. AND THE DIMENSIONAL DRAWING IS INTENDED TO ILLUSTRATE BASED ON THOSE DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS AND THE TYPES OF USES ALLOWED IN THE DISTRICT, WHAT DEVELOPMENT IN THAT DISTRICT IS INTENDED TO LOOK LIKE. BELOW THAT ARE CROSS-REFERENCES TO ALL OF THE OTHER STANDARDS THAT APPLY IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE. TO DEVELOPMENT IN THE DISTRICT. SO THEY ARE CROSS REFERENCES TO OFF-STREET PARKING STANDARDS, CROSS REFERENCES TO THE EXTERIOR LIGHTING STANDARDS. CROSS-REFERENCES TO THE SUBDIVISION STANDARDS. EVERYTHING THAT MIGHT PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT. AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL HYPERLINKED SO YOU CAN CLICK ON THEM AND GO THERE. ALTHOUGH, AGAIN, WE HAVEN'T DRAFTED THOSE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. SO THOSE HYPERLINKS DON'T TAKE YOU ANYWHERE YET. A LOT OF WHAT WE DID IS THIS REORGANIZATION. SO THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, IT IS LARGELY REORGANIZATION TO TRY TO MAKE IT MORE USER FRIENDLY. WE HAVE NOT MADE A LOT OF SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES IN THAT DISTRICT OR SOME OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS. BUT WE HAVE MADE SOME CHANGES IN SOME OF THE OTHER ONES. SO THE RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS DISTRICTS, WE'VE DONE SOME CONSOLIDATION OF DISTRICTS. A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN COMMENT ON THAT WE'RE STILL THINKING ABOUT, WE ARE PROPOSING TO CONSOLIDATE THE RS 50 AND RS 60 DISTRICTS INTO ONE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY URBAN DISTRICT AND TO ALLOW SOME ADDITIONAL HOUSING TYPES IN THESE DISTRICTS AS WELL TO TRY TO ADDRESS ONE OF THE OTHER PRIORITIES IN THE LDC ASSESSMENT AND IN THE PLAN TO ALLOW SOME ADDITIONAL HOUSING TYPES. THERE ARE SOME MODEST BUILDING DESIGN STANDARDS AS WELL IN THAT RSU DISTRICT. AND ON THE BUSINESS SIDE, WE HAVE PROPOSED CONSOLIDATING THE COMMERCIAL GENERAL AND THE COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE DISTRICTS. THAT'S ANOTHER ONE WHERE WE HAVE GOTTEN FEEDBACK ABOUT HOW THAT MAY NOT BE THE BEST IDEA. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THEN DECIDE WHAT CHANGES TO MAKE. ONE OF THE BIG THINGS IS THERE ARE NEW MIXED USE DISTRICTS. SO THERE ARE THREE MIXED USE DISTRICTS AT DIFFERENT SCALES, ALL THE WAY FROM NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH THE CORRIDOR TO REGIONAL CENTER. THE GOAL OF THESE DISTRICTS AND INCLUDING THESE DISTRICTS IN THE CODE IS NOT THAT THEY BE APPLIED AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE LDC IS ADOPTED, ALTHOUGH YOU MAY CHOOSE TO DO SO, INSTEAD IT IS ANOTHER TOOL IN YOUR TOOLBOX, EITHER FOR THE COUNCIL TO APPLY LAND IN AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY WHERE THERE IS DESIRABLE FOR WALKABLE, MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THAT INCLUDES RESIDENTIAL, NONRESIDENTIAL OFFICE COMMERCIAL USES. OR IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LAND DONORS OR DEVELOPERS WHO ARE COMING IN AND WANT TO COME IN WITH A PROJECT, IT'S REALLY AN ALTERNATIVE TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY CAN APPLY AND THAT INCREASES THE LEVEL OF PREDICTABILITY, BECAUSE THERE ARE STANDARDS HERE THAT APPLY. THE COMMUNITY KNOWS WHAT THE STANDARDS ARE AND LAND CAN BE DEVELOPED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE STANDARDS. PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR AT THE VERY START OF THIS PROJECT WAS THAT PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE LACK OF PREDICTABILITY IN THE LAND USE PROCESS. PART OF THAT BASED ON OUR ANALYSIS IS THAT THE CITY USES PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS A LOT. IT'S USED NOT ONLY FOR SORT OF LARGER PROJECTS BUT ALSO FOR SINGLE LOTS IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. SO IN ORDER TO TRY TO ADDRESS THAT, WE ARE PROPOSING A MINIMUM TWO-ACRE SIZE FOR PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS, WHICH ADDRESSES THOSE ISSUES WHERE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT IS USED ON INDIVIDUAL LOTS IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M TALKING TO SOME DEVELOPERS, THERE ARE ISSUES WITH THE CURRENT CODE WHERE YOU CAN'T DO EVEN CONSISTENT SINGLE-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT IN SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS ON SOME OF THESE LOTS WITHOUT DOING A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS AS WE GET INTO THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND INTO THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES TO MAKE IT SO THAT THOSE DEVELOPMENTS CAN MOVE FORWARD UNDER BASE ZONING. BUT THE OVERALL IDEA IS TO TRY TO REDUCE THE USE OF PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AS A SORT OF GO-TO FOR EVERY TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION IN THE CITY. SOME ADDITIONAL CHANGES, SO WE'VE GONE AHEAD AND CONSOLIDATED THE TWO CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICTS. WE'VE CONSOLIDATED THE CHANNEL DISTRICTS. YOU KNOW THERE'S CONVERSATION ABOUT PERHAPS ELIMINATING THE CHANNEL DISTRICTS AND JUST EXTENDING THE CBD. THIS IS ALL A DRAFT. WE CAN MAKE THOSE CHANGES. WE HAVE GONE AHEAD AND SIMPLIFIED SOME OF THE SEMINOLE HEIGHTS DISTRICTS AND WE'VE DONE A LOT TO TRY TO CLARIFY SOME OF THE LANGUAGE. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO IN LATER INSTALLMENTS OF THE CODE. ARTICLE 4 OF THE USE REGULATIONS. SO AS I THINK I BRIEFLY MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE TAKEN ALL OF THE SEPARATE USE TABLES, USE TABLE FOR THE BASE DISTRICTS, USE TABLE FOR YBOR CITY, FOR CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, FOR CHANNEL DISTRICT, FOR THE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT DISTRICT, AND CONSOLIDATED THEM ALL INTO THIS ARTICLE 4. WE ALSO SPLIT THEM OUT INTO SEPARATE USE TABLES. ONE FOR THE PRINCIPAL USE ON THE SITE, ONE FOR ACCESSORY USES, ONE FOR TEMPORARY USES, AND A FOURTH WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE TO TAMPA BECAUSE OF HOW YOU HANDLE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, AND ALCOHOL BEVERAGES -- ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES USE TABLE. SO THIS CONSOLIDATES ALL OF THE SEPARATE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE REGULATIONS AROUND THE DISTRICTS, THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE USES, THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE ALLOWED IN, WHETHER S-1 OR S-2 PERMIT IS REQUIRED AS WELL AS SOME OF THE INSURANCE AND PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS INCLUDED IN THE CODE. THIS IS JUST A SCREEN SHOT OF PART OF THE PRINCIPAL USE TABLE. WE HAVE REORGANIZED. ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE DONE, WE HAVE THOROUGHLY UPDATED ALL THE USES. WHERE YOU SEE THE YELLOW, THOSE ARE WHERE THERE ARE NEW USES OR WHERE THERE ARE CHANGES IN SOME OF THE PERMISSIONS OF THE USES. WE HAVE REORGANIZED THE USES SO THAT THEY ARE IN THIS THREE-TIERED CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, WHICH MAKES IT EASIER IF A DEVELOPMENT COMES IN WITH A USE NOT EXPLICITLY LISTED, THE USES ARE ORGANIZED IN A WAY THAT THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR CAN LOOK AND SEE IF IT FITS IN ONE OF THE CATEGORIES BECAUSE IT HAS SIMILAR IMPACTS AS SOME OF THE USES THAT ARE LISTED. ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS TABLE ARE REFERENCES TO THE USE SPECIFIC STANDARDS. SO ANYONE LOOKING AT A USE KNOWS EXACTLY WHERE TO GO TO SEE, FIRST OF ALL, IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC STANDARDS THAT APPLY TO THAT USE AND CAN FIND AN EASY CROSS-REFERENCE TO THOSE STANDARDS. WE'VE ALSO ADDED A NEW PROVISION FOR ADAPTIVE REUSE. THIS ALLOWS A LIMITED NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL USES GENERALLY IN SOME OF THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS FOR THOSE HISTORIC BUILDINGS THAT REALLY CAN'T SERVE A RESIDENTIAL USE, AND SO CAN'T SERVE ANY SORT OF ECONOMICALLY VIABLE USE UNLESS SOME TYPE OF NONRESIDENTIAL USE IS ALLOWED. SO THE BUILDING HAS TO BE VACANT FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME. THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS ON THE USES. THEY ARE INTENDED TO BE SORT OF OFFICE OR LOW-IMPACT RETAIL USES. FINALLY, ARTICLE 9, DEFINITIONS AND RULES FOR CONSTRUCTION AND INTERPRETATION, WE'VE GONE THROUGH, WE HAVE UPDATED ALL THE DEFINITIONS FOR ALL THE USES. WE'VE ADDED NEW DEFINITIONS FOR THE NEW USES. WE WILL BE ADDING ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS AS WE GO ON. AND THERE ARE -- OF THOSE BASIC RULES OF CONSTRUCTION THAT YOU NEED IN THE CODE. WHAT DOES MAY VERSUS SHALL MEAN HOW DO YOU INTERPRET TERMS NOT OTHERWISE DEFINED IN THE ORDINANCE. AGAIN, AS WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE PUBLIC ON MONDAY, WE HAD AN INITIAL MEETING WITH THE GREAT ADVISORY TEAM THAT THE CITY SET UP A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH THEM ON APRIL 1st IN PERSON TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK. THERE IS AN ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRE OUT THERE. AS ABBYE MENTIONED, WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING TO COME UP WITH AN ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY TO REALLY GET AT THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE THAT DO HAVE QUESTIONS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT THE PROJECT, TO SHARE THEIR CONCERNS, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY FEEL LIKE A PART OF THIS PROJECT. THIS IS INSTALLMENT ONE AND THREE. INSTALLMENT TWO IS ADMINISTRATION. WE ARE CURRENTLY EDITING THAT TO GET IT OFF TO STAFF FOR THEIR REVIEW. HOPEFULLY THIS SUMMER. ALSO DRAFTING INSTALLMENT 3, PRIMARILY THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS BUT ALSO INCLUDES THE REST OF THE REGULATIONS. I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. IN ALL MY YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE, ABOUT 30, YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE EVER TO COME HERE AND SPEAK 20 MINUTES WITHOUT LOOKING AT -- YOU MUST HAVE A FANTASTIC MEMORY AND VERY WELL VERSED IN WHAT YOU DO. THAT'S NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CITY, LESS THAN 5% OF THE LAND AVAILABLE FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S A FACT. NUMBER 3, ALTHOUGH WE TALK ABOUT ZONINGS AND BUILDINGS AND DIFFERENT AREAS AND DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY AND RIGHTLY SO, WE DON'T LOOK AT THE REAL PROBLEM OF MOVING THE PEOPLE AROUND, WHICH IS HOW YOU MOVE THEM AROUND IN MODERN TIME, NOT IN YESTERDAY TIME. USED TO BE HORSES. THE MODEL A FORD AND MODEL T FORD, BECAME MORE AND MORE. NOW YOU HAVE CARS THAT YOU THINK YOU ARE IN AN AIRPLANE. ALONG WITH THAT YOU KEEP ADDING TO EXPRESSWAYS AND BIGGER AND BETTER AND FASTER AND YET IT REALLY BECOMES SLOWER AND SLOWER BECAUSE YOU HAVE MORE. THE MORE YOU BUILD OUT, THE MORE YOU HAVE USE OF IT AND THE MORE YOU SLOW DOWN. SO YOUR QUESTIONS AND YOUR PROBLEMS AND US, US, NOT YOU, IN DOING THE CITY RIGHT IS TO INCLUDE MORE THAN JUST ABOUT BUILDINGS. HOW YOU TRANSPORT PEOPLE. WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM, FROM THE EAST, WEST, NORTH, SOUTH? I THINK THEY ARE COMING FROM ALL OVER. THEY COME TO TAMPA BECAUSE WE MADE IT A HUB NOW, AND IT USED TO BE -- UNTIL CERTAIN THINGS HAPPENED, BRINGING IT UP 40, 50 YEARS AGO. IT DOESN'T TAKE ONE ADMINISTRATION TO FIX SOMETHING. IT TAKES A WHOLE BUNCH OF ADMINISTRATIONS. WE ARE AT THE POINT NOW WHERE THE WHOLE BUNCH IS HERE. WE HAVE DONE WHAT WE CAN AND MAKE IT WHAT IT IS. NOW WE'RE GOING TO SAY HOW DO WE FIX WHAT WE MADE. I THINK THAT TRANSPORTATION IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS. AND IN MY MIND, WE'RE INVESTING IN SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT WORK AS WELL AS IT USED TO. WHEN IT USED TO WORK WELL, VERY LITTLE AUTOMOBILES ON THE STREET. AND NOW YOU NEED SOMETHING ABOVE THE STREET TO MOVE THE PEOPLE LIKE THEY DO AT THE AIRPORT. BUT I KNOW THAT IS A DIFFERENT DAY FOR A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION. BUT YOUR STANDARDS, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT HOW DO YOU ACCOMMODATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION? >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. I THINK A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH WHAT -- I KNOW THIS CAME UP BEFORE YOU RECENTLY -- BUT WHAT'S IN THE UPDATED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT IDENTIFIES THOSE TRANSIT-READY CORRIDOR, THOSE AREAS WHERE TRANSIT INVESTMENT IS DESIRED. BUT ALSO THROUGH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IDENTIFIES THOSE AREAS WHERE IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO APPLY THESE -- THAT MIXED USE REGIONAL CENTER DISTRICT, THAT AREA WHERE YOU WANT THE HIGHEST INTENSITY OF DEVELOPMENT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IF I MAY, I AGREE WITH YOU. IT USED TO BE YOU LIVE WHERE YOU WORK AND YOU WORKED WHERE YOU LIVE. THAT IS NOT THE CASE ANYMORE. NOW YOU COME TO WORK 20, 30 MILES AWAY AND HOPE YOU CAN GET TO WORK IN TIME IF YOU LEAVE AN HOUR AND A HALF EARLY. IT ADDS ANOTHER STRESS TO THE INDIVIDUALS DRIVING, WHY? BECAUSE THE HOUSE IS NO LONGER AFFORDABLE. YOU HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE TO LIVE. AS FAR AS FACTUAL -- TO BE COMPLIMENTARY TO YOU SIR. SOLVE A PROBLEM ALMOST NOT SOLVABLE, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I KNOW WE DISCUSSED THIS MANY TIMES BEFORE. I'M GLAD COUNCILMAN CARLSON IS BACK. THAT'S WHAT WE SPOKE ABOUT IN OUR BRIEFING. CHANNELSIDE AND CDB. MS. FEELEY, DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE THE SENSE OF COUNCIL OF THE DIRECTION OR DO WE NEED THAT DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW? >>ABBYE FEELEY: NO, SIR. I THINK THAT BASED ON THE TEXT AMENDMENT YOU ALL JUST DID, AND I HAVE ALSO HAD A SUBSEQUENT MEETING WITH MR. STOLTENBERG AND MR. SCAGLIONE AFTER THE CRA MEETING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE OTHER CHANGES AND SOME OF THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT. SO WE'RE PROCEEDING WITH THAT UNDER THIS UPDATE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I KNOW WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION. VERY GOOD. >>ABBYE FEELEY: JEFF AND I MEET EVERY WEEK. THAT'S WHY I THINK WHEN YOU SAY HE IS WELL VERSED, HE IS TRULY AND HIS TEAM IS INVESTED IN THE CITY AND WE ARE CONTINUALLY HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS. HE'S TRACKING ON COMP PLAN. WE KEEP BRINGING ALL OF THE PIECES IN TO ENSURE WE ARE REALLY MINDFUL IN DOING THIS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I'M ONLY AWARE OF A FRACTION OF THE MEETINGS YOU HAVE. HOW MANY HOURS DO YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A DAY? YOU ARE MEETING LIKE WITH EVERYBODY ALL THE TIME. >>ABBYE FEELEY: TO WORK? [ LAUGHTER ] THAT HAPPENS AT NIGHT. BUT I APPRECIATE THAT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU. JUST TO FOLLOW ON THAT. THANK YOU ALL FOR HELPING MOVE THAT FORWARD. THE ISSUE IS THAT WHEN WE TURN DOWN A PROJECT, WHICH IS ONLY TWO OR THREE PERCENT I THINK OF THE TIME, WE GET BLASTED BY PRODEVELOPMENT PEOPLE WHO SAY, WELL, THIS CITY COUNCIL IS STUPID. THEY ARE LISTENING TO PEOPLE WHO DON'T CARE AND ALL THIS STUFF. THE ISSUE IS THAT WE HAVE A BIG CITY, AND THERE ARE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE WANT DENSITY AND PLACES WHERE PEOPLE DON'T WANT DENSITY. THE PURPOSE OF THIS AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS TO LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHERE THEY WANT DENSITY AND WHERE THEY DON'T. IN CHANNEL DISTRICT, THEY WANT DENSITY. WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO IS ENABLE STAFF TO MAKE DECISIONS, HAVE STAFF MAKE DECISIONS IN DOWNTOWN GIVEN TO THEM BY CITY COUNCIL 20 OR SO YEARS AGO. SO WHY NOT ADD CHANNEL DISTRICT TO THAT BECAUSE OF THE WAY SOME PEOPLE HEARD THIS BEFORE, IT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED FOR FOUR STORIES. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOUR STORIES NEXT TO 20 STORY BUILDINGS. THAT COULD ALSO LEAD TO THE REDEVELOPMENT OF CHANNEL DISTRICT AS WELL TO ALLOW IT TO BE MORE DENSE. SOME OF THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE THERE THAT ARE SMALLER. AS WATER STREET STARTS TO HEAD NORTH AS WELL. AND THEN IF THERE ARE OTHER AREAS, WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, WHERE IT MAKES SENSE TO ALLOW MORE DENSITY, LET'S ALLOW IT. IF THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T OBJECT, LET'S ALLOW DENSITY THERE. WE'RE NOT SAYING WE DON'T WANT DENSITY ANYWHERE. THE COMMUNITY IS NOT SAYING THEY DON'T WANT DENSITY ANYWHERE. THEY DON'T WANT IT IN THE MIDDLE OF HYDE PARK, THE MID OF HISTORIC DISTRICT. SOME ACTIVISTS WANT TO TEAR DOWN BUILDINGS IN HYDE PARK AND BUILD MULTISTORY BUILDINGS. I TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH THAT. I THINK STILL PLACES BUILD MULTISTORY BUILDINGS ELSEWHERE. WE NEED TO HAVE A DIALOGUE WITH THE COMMUNITY. ONE OF THE MISTAKES THAT HAPPENED WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION PROCESS, ALTHOUGH THEY HAD MEETINGS WITH THE COMMUNITY, THEY DIDN'T HAVE MEETINGS WITH SMALL ENOUGH GROUPS IN THE BEGINNING. I'M HAPPY TO HEAR YOU SAY YOU DID NEIGHBORHOODS. I RECOMMEND NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THE MORE YOU CAN GET TO THE GRANULAR LEVEL, THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID EVENTUALLY MEET WITH GROUPS OF THREE OR FOUR NEIGHBORHOODS AT A TIME BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME SYNERGIES BETWEEN THEM. BUT PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEED TO DEFINE THEIR FUTURE. IF WE ASK THEM WHERE DO YOU WANT TO PUT DENSITY, CAN WE PUT A NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT OR A TRANSPORTATION NODE OR SOMEWHERE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHERE WOULD IT GO? IF WE PUSH AND ASK THE QUESTIONS, I THINK MOST NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD BE REASONABLE, OKAY, YOU CAN PUT IT OVER THERE. THAT WILL ENABLE US TO HAVE MORE DENSITY. IF WE JUST DO LIKE THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID, INSTEAD OF TRANSIT-READY DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS POCKETS WHERE WE SAY, OKAY, WE'LL MAKE EVERY STREET LIKE DALE MABRY, THAT IS A MISTAKE BECAUSE THAT IS A DEVELOPER WAY OF LOOKING AT IT INSTEAD OF PLANNING WAY OF BUILDING AROUND A COMMUNITY. LAST THING, I APPRECIATE YOU REACHING OUT YESTERDAY AND FOR THE UPDATE. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING PROACTIVE WITH THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. ANYTHING WE CAN HELP IN MAKING THAT MORE FRUITFUL, THE BETTER. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A HEARING WHEN THIS GETS PASSED WITH ONLY A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE IN FAVOR OF IT INSTEAD OF 200 PEOPLE AGAINST IT. SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE ON A PATH TO DO THAT. THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATED MONDAY EVENING'S MEETING. WE TALKED YESTERDAY ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS I'M INTERESTED IN AND LOOKING FOR. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH. I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONTINUATION OF THE COMMUNITY INPUT. I THINK WE STARTED ON A REALLY GOOD NOTE. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING MORE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE. AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE BRIEFINGS AS WELL. CONGRATULATIONS, MS. FEELEY, FOR CONTINUING TO MOVE THIS ENORMOUS TASK FORWARD. VERY GOOD. WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT. IS MR. RANDOLPH ONLINE? LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MR. RANDOLPH, ONLINE SPEAKER. >> -- OUR COMMUNITY IS UNITED BEHIND ONE CONCLUSION. THAT PROTECTS THE BLACK POLITICAL POWER IN LEGAL REQUIREMENTS. THREE, FOUR, FIVE TO TEMPLE TERRACE. IT DOES NOT TOUCH WEST TAMPA. THE RURAL COMMUNITY, ONE OF THE STRONGEST VOTING BLOCS IN THE CITY. PRESERVING TRUSTED RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE. AND IT KEEPS BLACK CHURCHES UNIFIED INSTEAD OF STANDING THERE ACROSS -- CREATING UNNECESSARY -- ONE, COMMUNITY ACROSS THREE DISTRICTS. WEAKENS THE BLACK VOTE. ALTERNATE THREE, DISRUPT THE LATINO AND BLACK COALITION. 10,000 RESIDENTS FROM THE BLACK SALES CENTER. NONE OF THESE DISRUPTIONS ARE REQUIRED TO MEET THE 5% STANDARD. THAT'S WHY -- RESIDENTS ACROSS WEST TAMPA, EAST TAMPA AND SULPHUR SPRINGS AGREE. THIS IS THE MATH THAT KEEPS THE COMMUNITY WHOLE AND STABLE. SO ANOTHER POINT, UPCOMING LEGISLATION, HOW BILL 417 AND HOUSE BILL 160 COLLECT THE STATE -- POLICIES, AND THEN CORPORATIONS DISSOLUTION FOR ANYONE TIED TO THOSE LABOR. STAYING INFORMED IS VERY IMPORTANT. AGAIN, THAT'S HOUSE BILL 1471 AND SENATE BILL 1632. IT'S POSSIBLE IF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WAS TOP -- COULD BE ARRESTED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MR. RANDOLPH. OKAY. SO WE'LL GO TO IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENTS. I'M GOING TO START WITH FOLKS THAT HAVE INDICATED THEY WANT TO SPEAK TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY, THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA TODAY. THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO FOLKS THAT WANT TO SPEAK TO ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA. REMEMBER, IF YOU INDICATED THAT YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD BE RESTRICTED TO JUST AGENDA ITEMS. FIRST UP IS JAMES ADAIR. SPEAKING TO ITEMS 12 AND 13. >> JAMES ADAIR, THE AGENT WHO CARES, SOUTH TAMPA. WANTED TO TALK TODAY ABOUT 12 AND 13, THE MERIDIAN BARRIERS. DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER WHERE ALL THIS STARTED, BUT WHEN IT WENT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE HAD STORMWATER WORKERS WORKING ON PARADES, WE HAD THIS BIG KERFUFFLE AND THEN A LITTLE ONLINE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN AND THEN A SIT-DOWN WITH THE MAYOR AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. IN THAT MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO HAVING THESE JERSEY BARRIERS, THOSE ARE THE LARGE CONCRETE BARRIERS THAT OUR STORMWATER CREWS ARE NEEDED TO MOVE. INSTEAD OF -- IT'S NOW AN OPTION TO HAVE WHAT IS CALLED THESE MERIDIAN BARRIERS. THESE ARE MUCH SMALLER, EASIER TO MOVE, ET CETERA. DID A TON OF RESEARCH ON IT AND COME TO FIND OUT, LAST GASPARILLA, WE HAD OVER A HUNDRED OF THE BIG CONCRETE BARRIERS. THERE'S NO WAY WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH JERSEY BARRIERS TO MAKE UP THAT GAP. BEFORE YOU TODAY, IS AN APPROVAL FOR 400 AND SOME ODD THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE JERSEY BARRIERS. PROBABLY 16. THE SUBMITTER ON THIS DID NOT RETURN MY CALL TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE IF THEY WILL FESS UP. PROBABLY 16, PROBABLY NOT 8. WE NEED THEM. THEY ARE GREAT. SMALLER EVENTS, THESE THINGS ARE PERFECT FOR DEPLOYING. OBVIOUSLY, CARS ARE THE KEY ISSUE WITH THEM. I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE SUPPORT THIS THING. GET IT DONE. AS A WRAP-UP, WE DO HAVE PRIVATE CONTRACTORS DOING WORK TO SUPPORT OUR STORMWATER CREWS. I WAS A BIG ADVOCATE OF DOING IT. RIGHT NOW, THIS IS REALLY A STOPGAP. I AM STILL IN FAVOR OF HIRING MORE OF OUR OWN TEAM, BUT WHILE THESE GUYS ARE OUT DOING PARADE SET-UP AND TEARDOWN, WE'RE OVERPAYING FOR CONTRACTORS, BUT WE MIGHT AS WELL IMPLEMENT IT WHILE WE HAVE IT. YOU CURRENTLY HAVE A $500,000 ALLOTMENT OUT. HALF IS SPENT. PORTION OF BALLAST POINT IS DONE. MAYBE NOT AS FAST AS OUR OWN GUYS, BUT UNTIL READY TO HIRE, IT IS A SOLUTION WE HAVE. RECAP, GASPARILLA WAS A TWO-DAY EVENT. CHILDREN'S PARADE AND DAY PARADE. TWO-DAY SET-UP. TWO-DAY TEARDOWN AND TWO SHIFTS FOR CREW FOR EACH OF THOSE. JUST AS AN AWARENESS, WE'RE SPENDING THIS MONEY ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. THIS WILL BE A REALLY GOOD ASSET FOR OTHER SERVICES AS WELL. THANK YOU GUYS. APPRECIATE YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MR. ADAIR. NEXT SPEAKER IS VALERIE. >> I'LL SPEAK ABOUT STUFF NOT ON THE AGENDA. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ALISON HEWITT, 65 IS NO LONGER. I'M MOVING YOU TO THE BOTTOM OF THE STACK AND THE TOP BEFORE THE SECOND ONE. 65 IS NO LONGER ON THE AGENDA. YOU GUYS GO BACK TO BACK. TARAH BLUMA. GOOD MORNING, MS. BLUMA. >> GOOD MORNING. I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT THE OTHER NIGHT -- TARAH BLUMA. SO THRILLED TO BE HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU. I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT THE OTHER NIGHT, BUT I AM ALSO VERY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR DEBT. WE NEED TO TAKE -- WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT. I THINK A LOT OF THE PROBLEM COMES BECAUSE YOU WERE GIVEN INFORMATION IN DRIBS AND DRABS WITHOUT A CLEAR PICTURE OF WHAT A FINAL COST IS GOING TO BE, AND YOU ARE ASKED TO MAKE INCREMENTAL DECISIONS AND THEN YOU FEEL LIKE THERE IS TOO BIG OF A SUNK COST. AND WE ALL TOOK ECONOMICS. WE UNDERSTAND THE SUNK COST WILL BE THERE, EVEN WHEN IT HURTS, SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO RIP OFF THE BAND-AID. I WOULD ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO PRESS FOR MORE INFORMATION BEFORE YOU APPROVE MONEY AND BEFORE YOU MAKE FINANCIAL DECISIONS, BECAUSE MORE INFORMATION CAN JUST HELP YOU MAKE BETTER DECISIONS. IN THE AGENDA TODAY, A FEW EXAMPLES, ITEM NUMBER 13, BUYING THE MERIDIAN BARRICADES FOR $427,000. I ASSUME THESE ARE TO REPLACE THE HEAVIER BARRICADES. SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA, BUT HOW MANY CAN WE BUY WITH $427,000? WHAT IS THE RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT? IS THAT GOING TO SAVE OUR STORMWATER STAFF TIME SO THAT THEY CAN SPEND MORE TIME WORKING IN ACTUAL STORMWATER? MAYBE. IT'S PROBABLY A GREAT IDEA, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION. ITEM NUMBER 17, $49,000 FOR DANCE RECITALS. SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY. MY KIDS DON'T GO TO DANCE RECITALS AT THE STRAZ, BUT IT SOUNDS COOL. IT SAYS WE'VE DONE THAT FOR 17 YEARS. HOW MANY RECITALS ARE WE PAYING FOR FOR $49,000? IS THAT A DISCOUNTED RATE? HOW MUCH DID WE PAY FOR THE LAST 17 YEARS? FINALLY, NUMBER 20, THIS IS A SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF TAMPA AND ECONOMIC MODELING FOR LIGHT CAST DATA. THE FIRST TIME I READ THIS, IT WAS $15,000. I KIND OF BREEZED OVER IT. AND THEN I READ IT. THE SECOND TIME AND STARTED DIGGING INTO THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS, WHICH WERE ACTUALLY THERE, SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT. GOOD JOB. BUT I SEE WE'RE ALREADY PAYING $30,000 A YEAR FOR THE LIGHT CAST DATA AND HAVE BEEN DOING THAT FOR A WHILE. THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL 15,000 SO THAT WE CAN POST IT -- POST THE DATA ON THE WEBSITE. I'M ASSUMING IF WE ARE PAYING FOR THE DATA, WE'RE ALREADY PUTTING THAT DATA AND USING IT IN THE REPORTS THAT WE'RE MAKING. WE'RE JUST PAYING MORE TO HAVE IT ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT LIKE TAMPA COUNCIL FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT I THINK IT'S CALLED ALREADY HAS THAT DATA ON THEIR WEBSITE. SO, AGAIN, YOU DIDN'T GET THE FULL PICTURE UNLESS YOU REALLY DUG INTO THE WEEDS THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY REALLY COSTING US $45,000, NOT 15. NOT A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY, BEN WHEN YOU ARE GETTING THESE THINGS, COUPLE THOUSAND HERE, COUPLE MILLION THERE, IT DOES ADD UP. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: STEPHEN MICHELINI ON AGENDA ITEM 5 FOLLOWED BY ARCARI -- >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. SPEAK -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: START WITH YOUR NAME. >> STEVE MICHELINI. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS. I GUESS THEY ARE REALLY POLICY ISSUES THAT SHOULD BE SET BY THIS COUNCIL. I'VE SPOKEN WITH CARROLL ANN BENNETT REGARDING THIS AS WELL. THERE IS NO JUSTIFICATION FOR COMBINING RS 50 AND RS 60 INTO ONE UNIT. AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU HAVE DISTINCTIVELY DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS FOR EACH OF THOSE DISTRICTS. AND WHEN YOU COMBINE THEM, YOU ARE TRYING TO INCREASE DENSITY AT THE EXPENSE OF A DEVELOPED AND PLATTED NEIGHBORHOOD. IT HAS HUGE CONSEQUENCES. AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT CARROLL ANN CAN'T BE HERE TODAY, BUT SHE ASKED ME TO EXPRESS TO YOU THEIR VEHEMENT OPPOSITION TO DOING THAT. I THINK THAT YOU WILL HAVE NOT ONLY NEIGHBORHOODS BUT ALSO BUSINESSES AND THE RESIDENTS COMING FORWARD TO OBJECT TO THAT. COMBINING CG AND CI IS ANOTHER IDEA WHICH REALLY SHOULD BE PUT ASIDE. YOU DON'T WANT RESTAURANTS AND SMALL BUSINESSES ADJACENT TO METAL FABRICATORS AND MACHINE SHOPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THERE IS A REASON WHY CG AND CI ARE SEPARATE, AND THEY HAVE DISTINCTIVELY DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS. SO THAT ALSO SHOULD BE REMOVED TO GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL ZONING DISTRICTS. REPAIR THEM. IF THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THEM, FIX THEM. DON'T CREATE NEW ONES THAT CREATE A WHOLE DIFFERENT SERIES OF PROBLEMS. THE REASON YOU GET SO MANY PDs IS BECAUSE THE COUNCIL HAS LAYERED SO MANY RESTRICTIONS THAT REQUIRE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL. IF YOU REMOVE THOSE, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE PDs. BUT THERE ARE THINGS LIKE BUFFERING, STREET ACCESS. THE USE OF PARKING LOTS THAT ARE ALL SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITED FROM THE STAFF FROM YOU ALLOWING THEM TO APPROVE. SO THAT'S FORCING PDs THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE DISTRICT. LIKE I SAID, IF THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THE INDIVIDUAL ZONING DISTRICTS, FIX THEM. DON'T CREATE NEW ONES. IF YOU WANT TO ADD MIXED USE AS A NEW CATEGORY, FINE. DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT. BUT WHEN YOU ELIMINATE DISTRICTS, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CHANGING ALL OF THE ZONING MAPS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY. AND AS MR. MIRANDA POINTED OUT, MOST OF IT IS INFILL. YOU DON'T HAVE LARGE TRACTS OF LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT. THEY ALSO INSERTED IN HERE FORM BASED CODES, WHICH I DON'T THINK COUNCIL HAS EVER SAID THEY WANTED THAT. BUT DO YOU REALLY WANT TO TRY TO FORCE THINGS THAT LOOK LIKE CELEBRATION STATION UPON THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND THE HOMEOWNERS THAT EXPERIENCE INFILL DEVELOPMENT? ADDING CODES IS FINE. CONSOLIDATING THEM IS NOT. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MR. MICHELINI. ARCARI. HELP ME OUT WITH THE LAST NAME. FOLLOWED BY ALISON HEWITT. >> ARCARI -- FIRST, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO THE ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY INCORPORATED. CONGRATULATIONS TO CHIEF MULLIGAN, FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER AND OFFICER OF THE MONTH. I FIRST WANT TO SPEAK ON 22. I UNDERSTAND THIS RESOLUTION IS PRIMARILY ABOUT RECOVERING COSTS THAT THE CITY HAS ALREADY INCURRED. PROPERTY OWNER FAILED TO MAINTAIN THEIR LOTS. SUPPORT THE CITY'S NEED TO RECOVER THE EXPENSES. HOWEVER, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER WHETHER THERE ARE WAYS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CASES TO -- THAT REACH THE LIEN STAGE IN THE FIRST PLACE. FOR AN EXAMPLE, MAYBE PROGRAMS IMPLEMENTED TO ALLOW EARLIER ASSISTANCE FOR ELDERLY HOMEOWNERS OR FINANCIALLY STRUGGLING PROPERTY OWNERS WHERE THE CITY MAYBE OFFER A ONE-TIME ASSISTANCE BEFORE ENFORCEMENT COSTS ACCUMULATE. MAYBE AFTER THE FIRST NOTICE THE CITY OFFERS A VOLUNTEER OR A CONTRACT MOWING SERVICE AT REDUCED RATE IF THE OWNER RESPONDS QUICKLY. MAYBE NORMAL ENFORCEMENT CAN PROCEED. POSSIBLY SHORT PAYMENT PLAN BEFORE THE LIENS ARE RECORDED. MAYBE THEY CAN ENTER INTO THE 60-, 90 DAY PAYMENT AGREEMENT. OWNERS WITH MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS IN A YEAR SHOULD BE MAYBE REQUIRED TO ENROLL IN QUARTERLY MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENT. APPROACHES LIKE THESE HELP THE CITY RECOVER COSTS MORE EFFICIENTLY WHILE ALSO PREVENTING SMALL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE ISSUES FROM TURNING INTO LONG-TERM FINANCIAL BURDENS FOR RESIDENTS. SECONDLY, I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL AND THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR EFFORTS TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. I FULLY SUPPORT STRONG TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AND THE WORK OFFICERS DO EVERY DAY. TO THAT POINT, NUMBER 10, I REVIEWED THE RESOLUTION REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF FOUR POLICE RESPONDER VEHICLES UNDER THE FLORIDA SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION COOPERATIVE CONTRACT INCLUDING TWO MARKED TRAFFIC UNITS AND TWO MARKED DUI UNITS FOR THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT. I DO NOT HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THE PURCHASE OF THE TWO TRAFFIC UNITS. MY QUESTION, HOWEVER, RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO THE TWO VEHICLES DESIGNATED AS DUI UNITS. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, MOST OF THE TOOLS USED IN DUI ENFORCEMENT SUCH AS BREATH TESTERS, FIELD SOBRIETY TESTING EQUIPMENT, BODY CAMERAS CAN BE USED IN VIRTUALLY ANY STANDARD PATROL VEHICLE. EFFECTIVENESS OF DUI ENFORCEMENT RELIES ON OFFICER TRAINING AND TIME DEDICATED TO ENFORCEMENT RATHER THAN A SPECIFIC TYPE OF VEHICLE BEING USED. BECAUSE OF THAT, I WOULD APPRECIATE CLARIFICATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT ABOUT WHAT OPERATIONAL ADVANTAGES THESE PARTICULAR DUI VEHICLES PROVIDE, WHAT SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT WOULD BE INSTALLED IN THESE VEHICLES THAT DISTINGUISHES THEM FROM A STANDARD PATROL UNIT. ARE THESE VEHICLES REPLACING EXISTING DUI VEHICLES OR EXPANDING THE CURRENT DUI ENFORCEMENT FLEET? FINALLY, WOULD THE DEPARTMENT BE MAKING ANY MEANINGFUL OPERATIONAL COMPROMISE OF A LESS EXPENSIVE PLATFORM USE INSTEAD. MY GOAL IN ASKING THE QUESTIONS IS TO SIMPLY BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THIS INVESTMENT IMPROVES DUI ENFORCEMENT AND WHETHER THE VEHICLE CONFIGURATION PROVIDES CAPABILITIES THAT A STANDARD PATROL VEHICLE COULD NOT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR THE INPUT. ALISON HEWITT FOLLOWED BY VALERIE. >> GOOD MORNING. ALISON HEWITT, EAST TAMPA RESIDENT. THANK YOU FOR PULLING ITEM NUMBER 65. IT IS EXCEPTIONALLY CONCERNING. IN 2021, WHEN WE PROPOSED A PREDEVELOPMENT AND PASSED PREDEVELOPMENT, THE PURPOSE WAS TO HELP PROPERTY OWNERS DEVELOP THEIR LAND TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM WITH THE PREDEVELOPMENT COST TO MAKE THEM BE ABLE TO BE COMPETITIVE IN THIS DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. WHAT ENOUGH FRONT OF YOU IS AFTER FIVE YEARS, WE HAVE NOT STARTED PREDEVELOPMENT YET. AND AFTER FIVE YEARS, THEY HAVE PROPOSED TO YOU FIVE CONSULTING CONTRACTS THAT HAVE LIMITED TO NO EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPING SMALL TO MEDIUM-SIZED DEVELOPMENTS. ONE OF THE MAIN PURPOSES ALSO IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD A DEVELOPER CONSULTANT TO MAKE SURE THEY DID THE FEASIBILITY AND MARKET ANALYSIS. DON'T SPEND THE MONEY UNLESS WE KNOW WE HAVE A PROJECT THAT CAN BE FUNDABLE. THERE IS NO ONE HERE TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER TO SAY THIS IS THE FEASIBILITY OF THIS PROJECT. SO WE WOULD BE SPENDING MONEY ON ARCHITECTURAL PRETTY PICTURES AND DESIGNS BUT NO ABILITY TO SAY HOW YOU CAN FUND IT. AGAIN, TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE TAX DOLLARS, YOU WOULD BE GIVING A GRANT THAT COULD NOT BE FUNDED BECAUSE THE PROJECT -- HOW THIS RFP GOES OUT, IT WENT OUT AND IT WAS DUE IN MARCH 6 OF 2024. HERE WE ARE AGAIN IN 2026. I KNOW THEY TOOK THE SERVICE AGREEMENTS OUT. BUT THIS IS ANOTHER REASON WHY, AFTER FIVE YEARS, YOU'RE GETTING SOMETHING THAT YOU CANNOT USE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SYSTEMATIC ACTUAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE SMALL PROPERTY OWNERS. IF YOU HAVE THE ONES THAT DOES HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BDG, THEY HAVE A HUNDRED UNITS PLUS. THEY DON'T HAVE THE AREAS THAT WE HAVE WHERE WE NEED TO PUT SIX UNITS OR 20 UNITS OR TEN UNITS. THEY DON'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE. IF YOU HAVE A FAMILY OR A PROPERTY OWNER SAY HOW CAN YOU HELP ME AND THEY CAN BUILD A PRETTY PICTURE, BUT THERE'S NO FEASIBILITY, THERE'S NO MARKETING, NO DEVELOPER CONSULTANT HOW TO DO A CAPITAL STACK TO FUND IT. NONE OF THE PROJECTS EXPECT TO HAVE HUNDRED PERCENT CRA FINANCING. HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE YOU BRING THE FINANCING TO THE PROJECT FOR TRUE DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY? BUT HERE AGAIN, FIVE YEARS LATER, THEY ARE PROVIDING YOU WITH INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE WHO CANNOT HELP EAST TAMPA DEVELOP THEIR PROJECTS. DEVELOP THEIR LAND. THAT'S WHY I ASK YOU TO LOOK AT THE SERVICE AGREEMENT BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT EVEN BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR BRINGING YOU INFORMATION FIVE YEARS LATER THAT CANNOT BE USED TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM. SO YOU WOULD BE PUTTING THE MONEY INTO THE PROJECTS THAT THEY HAVE NO FEASIBILITY, NO MARKETING. WE BROUGHT IT TO YOU IN THE BEGINNING BASED ON FLORIDA HOUSING FINANCE TO HELP SMALL DEVELOPERS REALLY DEVELOP, MAKE SURE THE PROJECTS ARE FISCALLY FINANCEABLE. AND WHAT YOU HAVE HERE DOES NOT PROVIDE THAT. PLEASE STRENGTHEN YOUR SERVICE AGREEMENT AND PLEASE ON FRIDAY, WE DON'T NEED THIS LIST. WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE PREDEVELOPMENT GRANTS AND PEOPLE COME TO YOU WITH THEIR PROJECT PARTNERS TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP. THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VALERIE, I HAVE FRIENDS THAT I WANT TO BUY THAT SHIRT FOR. >> VALERIE BULLOCK, PONCE De LEON, EAST TAMPA, COLLEGE HILL, THAT'S WHERE I'M FROM. I'LL TALK ABOUT NUMBER 22. THERE'S GOT TO BE A WAY FOR THE CITY TO WORK WITH THE HOMEOWNERS INSTEAD OF PLACING LIENS ON THEIR PROPERTY, BY TRYING TO CLEAN UP THE PROPERTY AND THEN THE HOMEOWNER GOT TO PAY THEM. AND I WANT TO SAY THIS, WHEN IT COME TO SLUM AND BLIGHT, THE CITY IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTORS. ALL OF THOSE LOTS THEY BOUGHT, THE INFILL LAWSUITS, IF YOU PASS BY SOME OF THEM, THEY ARE NOT UP TO CODE. AND THEY LOOK LIKE SOMEBODY HAVEN'T MOWED IN LIKE SIX YEARS. THE GRASS ALL THE WAY UP TO YOUR NECK, AND THEN THEY DO DO IT PROBABLY ONCE A YEAR. IF THE CITY ISN'T ABIDING BY THEIR OWN RULES, HOW CAN THEY TRY TO PUSH AND MAKE THE HOMEOWNERS ABIDE BY THE RULES. THERE'S GOT TO BE A WAY THAT THE CITY CAN WORK WITH THE HOMEOWNER. SOME KIND OF WAY. JUST DON'T TAKE THE PEOPLE HOUSE, PUT A LIEN ON IT. I REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT 39 BECAUSE I'M CONFUSED. THE CITY OF TAMPA, THEY BLOCK THE BOX TO MAKE RETURNING CITIZENS EASIER TO GET A JOB. WELL, RIGHT HERE, THEY SAY THEY ARE DOING A BACKGROUND CHECK AND GIVE THE PEOPLE $75,000 FOR THE BACKGROUND CHECK. SO DID WE BLOCK THE BOX OR DID WE JUST DOING WHAT WE WANT TO DO? IF YOU BLOCK THE BOX, YOU ARE SAYING, OKAY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT DOWN YOU ARE A CONVICTED FELON OR BEING ARRESTED OR NOTHING, AND WE STILL HIRE YOU. I HAVE NO PROBLEM, AFTER THE PERSON GETTING HIRED, THEN YOU WANT TO DO A BACKGROUND CHECK SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. BUT IF YOU ARE GOING TO BLOCK THE BOX AND STILL DO A BACKGROUND CHECK ON ME BEFORE LOOKING AT MY CREDENTIALS BEFORE I GET HIRED, THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT EAST TAMPA AND ABBYE AND THE GUY WHO CAME UP HERE AND DID THE PRESENTATION. WHEN IT COMES TO THE CITY OF TAMPA, IT CAN'T BE ONE PLAYBOOK WE ARE USING FOR ALL NEIGHBORHOODS. THE NEEDS FOR SOUTH TAMPA IS DIFFERENT FROM EAST TAMPA. THE NEEDS FOR WEST TAMPA IS DIFFERENT FROM HYDE PARK. AND WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IS UNIQUE AND WE NEED TO ABIDE BY THAT. BECAUSE WHAT I WAS HEARING WHEN HE WAS TALKING, OH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SUBDIVISION IN EAST TAMPA. YOU'LL HAVE CDD AND HOA FEES. IT'S GOT TO BE UNIFORM JUST LIKE IN RIVERVIEW. THE HOUSE GOT TO LOOK LIKE THIS. GOT TO BE PAINTED THAT COLOR. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT AND WE DON'T WANT ANOTHER BURDEN. WE ARE ALREADY PAYING HIGH INSURANCE, HIGH TAXES, AND A HIGH MORTGAGE. NOW YOU WANT TO MAKE US TRY TO PAY THIS. I REMEMBER WHEN YBOR CITY, THEY STARTED WITH THEIRS. OH, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE CERTAIN WINDOWS, CERTAIN DOORS. IF HOUSE CATCH ON FIRE, YOU GOT TO BUILD IT LIKE THIS. THAT'S GOOD IF I HAVE $180,000 IN THE BANK. BUT IF MY HOUSE WAS THE ONLY ASSET I HAD AND I WAS TRYING TO KEEP IT, THAT'S A BAD IDEA. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. JOE CITRO, FOLLOWED BY ASHLEY MORROW. GOOD MORNING, MR. CITRO. >> CITRO. 33611. I CONGRATULATE ALL OF YOU ON CHOOSING WISELY YOUR APPOINTMENTS FOR THE CRC. C-I-T-R-O. THIS IS AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT YOURSELVES HAVE HAND PICKED. TWO OF YOU KNOW THAT. IT WAS ON A PAST CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE. TO SEND MEMORANDUMS TO ADVISE THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO HEAR ANYTHING ON CERTAIN SECTIONS IS A DISSERVICE TO THE PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE CHOSEN. PLEASE ALLOW THIS CHARTER REVIEW TO DO THEIR WORK. I'VE BEEN TO SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOOD COMMITTEES THAT HAVE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROPOSED BASEBALL STADIUM. NOW, THESE PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED MOSTLY ABOUT TRAFFIC. WE HAVE HEARD A GOVERNOR THAT SAYS HE WANTS THIS BASEBALL STADIUM. WE HAVE HEARD AT LEAST TWO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SAY THEY WANT IT. AND WE HAVE HEARD A COUNCILPERSON WHO HAS CONSISTENTLY SAID IT'S A DONE DEAL. THREE OF YOU ARE MEMBERS OF THE TPO. TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION. I MYSELF AM A MEMBER OF THE CAC FOR THAT COMMITTEE. NOW IS THE TIME TO OPEN DISCUSSIONS ON TRANSPORTATION AROUND THAT AREA. IF YOU WAIT UNTIL THE STADIUM IS COMPLETED, IT WILL BE TOO LATE. I ASKED YOU, THE CAC ASKED YOU TO PLEASE START DISCUSSIONS ABOUT TRANSPORTATION AROUND THIS STADIUM NOW. THE THREE MEMBERS ON THE TPO WEDNESDAY AND ASK FOR THE SAME REQUESTS. COUNCIL, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MR. CITRO. ASHLEY MORROW, MY FAVORITE THREE MINUTES, FOLLOWED BY SANDRA PURDUE. >> HELLO. MY NAME IS ASHLEY MORROW. TODAY I'M NOT GOING TO BE SHARING TAMPA'S BLACK HISTORY BUT I'LL BE SAYING MORE OF A THANK YOU TO CITY COUNCIL, TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF ME FOR THE PAST -- ESPECIALLY LAST MONTH. LAST MONTH WAS VERY BUSY. BUT AT LEAST I WAS ABLE TO GO OUT AND SHARE A LOT OF TAMPA'S HISTORY LAST MONTH. AND THAT'S THE MAIN GOAL. I'M GOING TO START HERE. IN 2020, AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, I'M A PHOTOGRAPHER. I WAS OUT THERE SHOOTING THE PROTEST. I EVENTUALLY CREATED BLACK TAMPA HISTORIANS WHERE I WOULD GO AND RECORD BLACK ELDERS IN THE COMMUNITY. I CREATED A TRIBUTE CARD GAME. EMANCIPATION DAY CELEBRATION. FRED HEARNS, BEFORE I JOINED THE HISTORY CENTER. I MET MS. ROYSTER, THE ONE THAT BASICALLY HIGHLIGHTED MADAM FORTUNE TAYLOR, GOT THE BRIDGE. STARTED AGAIN, THE CONVERSATION HAD STARTED ALREADY BUT SHE DEFINITELY ENERGIZED THAT CONVERSATION AGAIN. URSULA ODOM. SHE POINTED ME TO HER. VERY SUCCESSFUL BUS TOUR THIS WEEKEND. POINTED ME TO FRED HEARNS WHO BROUGHT ME INTO THE HISTORY CENTER WHO POINTED ME TO RODNEY KITE POWELL WHO TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT DIGGING INTO THE ARCHIVES AND LEARNING ABOUT MAPS. I WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO SAY THANK YOU. I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK I DO THIS ALL MYSELF AND DO ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS. I KNOW YOU ONLY GET SO MANY LINES AND SO MANY MINUTES, CAN'T INCLUDE ALL THIS INFORMATION. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE THAT I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH AND LEARNING FROM OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. RETURNING THE SPOTLIGHT TO THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE PUT ME ON THEIR PLATFORMS AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THEM AS WELL. NINA IS IN THE ROOM RIGHT NOW. PLENTY OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALSO SHARED THIS HISTORY ON THEIR OWN PLATFORM. I REALLY APPRECIATE THEM. TBABJ PRESIDED BY SANDRA WEATHERS. I APPRECIATE HER AND HER EFFORTS TO GET BLACK JOURNALISM OUT. THIS IS A THANK-YOU TO YOU ALL. I APPRECIATE YOU ALL. YOU KEEP ME GOING. THE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE HIRED, PHOTOGRAPHY BUSINESS, I APPRECIATE YOU ALL. IF YOU DID NOT HIRE ME, I -- IF I'M NOT MAKING MONEY, I WOULD NOT BE UP HERE. IF I DON'T SHOW UP HERE, THAT MEANS I'M NOT DOING WELL IN LIFE. SO THANK YOU. THIS IS MY FAMILY. I APPRECIATE MY FAMILY, THE MORROW FAMILY. THAT'S MY GRANDMA. THAT'S ME. AND MY GREAT GRANDMA LUCILLE AND NORRIS MORROW. NOW I AM FILING TO BE A NONPROFIT. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. OVER THE PAST YEAR, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GIVE ME MONEY. I HAVE NOTHING TO PUT MONEY INTO. I DON'T NEED MONEY. WELL, LET ME BUY COFFEE. I DON'T DRINK COFFEE LIKE THAT. BUT I'LL CREATE A NONPROFIT -- THANK YOU, GREGORY. HE PUTS ME IN CONTACT WITH SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO DO FUNDING. NEXT ONE END OF NEXT MARCH AND I HAVE A YOUTH PROGRAM. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CONGRATULATIONS. IT IS OUR FAVORITE THREE MINUTES. SANDRA PURDUE FOLLOWED BY JOHN GREENE. >> GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS. SANDRA PARDUE. I LIVE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA IN THE RIVER ARTS NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT. I LOVE LIVING THERE. I'M WILLING TO ENJOY ALL THE AMENITIES, ALL THE GOOD THINGS AND I'M WILLING TO PUT UP WITH SOME OF THE NEGATIVES. HOWEVER, THERE IS ONE NEGATIVE THAT MY NEIGHBORS DON'T WANT TO PUT UP WITH ANYMORE AND WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THAT IS CONSTRUCTION NOISE STARTS SOME MORNINGS AT 5 A.M. WE ARE ASKING YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE CITY CODES AND ORDINANCES AND FIX THEM, AMEND THEM, DO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE CONSTRUCTION ON LARGE OR SMALL PROJECTS THAT START AT 5 A.M. THE START OF THE PROJECT ISN'T ALWAYS NECESSARILY BANGING. SOMETIMES IT'S JUST THE BACKING UP NOISES OF THE TRUCKS MAKING DELIVERIES. SO I'VE GOT A PETITION CIRCULATING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I'D LIKE TO READ YOU A PART OF THE PETITION. I E-MAILED EACH OF YOU A COPY, OR A LINK TO THE PETITION THIS MORNING. SO IF YOU HAVE STAFF MEMBERS THAT WANT TO CHECK THAT OUT, YOU CAN FIND IT THROUGH THAT LINK. PART OF THE PETITION SAYS, TAMPA'S DOWNTOWN RIVER ARTS DISTRICT AND CHANNELSIDE DISTRICT ARE UNIQUE AREAS THAT BLEND RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS INTERESTS. THESE NEIGHBORHOODS RELY HEAVILY ON THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO MAINTAINING A HARMONIOUS LIVING ENVIRONMENT. IT IS THE CITY OF TAMPA'S RESPONSIBILITY TO CREATE AND MAINTAIN CONDITIONS THAT ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF ALL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS PEOPLE. FAILING THIS COULD LEAD TO DECLINING HEALTH AND WELL-BEING FOR OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S PROVEN SCIENTIFIC -- THERE IS PROVEN SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THAT SLEEP DISTURBANCE CREATES HEALTH PROBLEMS. SO THAT'S WHAT I MEAN WHEN I TALK ABOUT HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES. CITY COUNCIL AND CODE ENFORCEMENT NEED TO TAKE ACTION BY ADDRESSING OUR CONCERNS. LOOK AT THE NOISE ORDINANCE, AND LOOK AT THE CHANGES THAT ARE GOING TO BE PROPOSED IN THE NEAR FUTURE, I HOPE, TO HELP SAFEGUARD THE RIGHTS OF RESIDENTS AND TO HELP THEM ENJOY THEIR HOMES WITHOUT THE CONSTANT DISRUPTION OF EARLY MORNING CONSTRUCTION. OTHER METROPOLITAN AREAS HAVE ADOPTED SIMILAR POLICIES AND FOUND BALANCED SOLUTIONS, OFFERING BUSINESSES AMPLE WORKING HOURS WHILE RESPECTING RESIDENTS' PEACEFUL NIGHTS. TAMPA SHOULD FOLLOW SUIT. MY REQUEST IS THAT YOU FOLLOW THROUGH WHENEVER THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE NOISE ORDINANCES AND THE CODES AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE IN STEP WITH TODAY, NOT 15 YEARS AGO WHEN SOME OF THEM WERE CREATED. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION. I APPRECIATE YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, SANDRA. JOHN GREEN FOLLOWED BY BISHOP MICHELLE B. PATTY. >> GOOD MORNING. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS TO EVERY AND EACH ONE OF YOU FOR TAKING UP THE ISSUE FOR THE SEX TOYS BEING DISPLAYED IN THE STORES. SPECIFICALLY TO COUNCILWOMAN NAYA YOUNG FOR PUSHING THE ISSUE AND GETTING IT TO THE FOREFRONT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: START WITH YOUR NAME. JOHN, START WITH YOUR NAME. >> JOHN GREEN. I JUST HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE ATTORNEY READING THE WRONG STATUTE, AND I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT THAT. BUT I PULLED UP AND IT IS 847.012. SUBSECTION 1 SAYS KNOWINGLY MEANS HAVING THE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF REASON TO KNOW OR A BELIEF OR GROUNDS FOR A BELIEF WARRANTS FURTHER INSPECTION OR INQUIRY OF BOTH. THEN YOU GO DOWN TO SUBSECTION 3, A PERSON MAY NOT KNOWINGLY SELL, RENT, LOAN FOR MONETARY CONSIDERATION TO A MINOR, SUBSECTION 3A SAYS -- LET ME GET IT RIGHT NOW -- ANY PICTURE, PHOTOGRAPH DRAWING SCULPTURE MOTION PICTURE FILM, VIDEO CASSETTE TAPE, ON AND ON, IN WHICH SHE MENTIONED, RIGHT, BUT SHE FORGOT THIS PIECE. THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE TWO FLORIDA STATUTES THAT WE HAVE PRESENTED INITIALLY. SO I APPRECIATE THE ATTORNEY. I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY, BUT I APPRECIATE THE ATTORNEY LOOKING INTO IT. BUT I JUST DIDN'T THINK SHE WENT FAR ENOUGH TO DELVE INTO THESE FLORIDA STATUTES WHICH CAN REALLY PUT A BIGGER SCOPE ON THESE SEX STORES. NOT ONLY THAT, IF WE GET ONE OF THESE STORES OR TWO OF THE STORES, IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY AT LARGE BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENING ALL OVER. IT'S NOT JUST FOR EAST TAMPA, SULPHUR SPRINGS. IT'S FOR THE COMMUNITY AT-LARGE. ALL OUR KIDS ARE BEING HARMED BY THIS ACT RIGHT HERE AND THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, SIR. BISHOP MICHELLE B. PATTY FOLLOWED BY PASTOR WILLIAMS. BISHOP, YOU CAN START WITH YOUR NAME AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> GOOD MORNING. I'M BISHOP MICHELLE B. PATTY. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR HAVING INVOLVEMENT IN TRYING TO GET A HANDLE ON THE SITUATION CONCERNING THE SEX TOYS. COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, WE SAY THANK YOU BY THE CODE ENFORCEMENT. THAT IS A GOOD STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. TWO DAYS AGO, THERE WAS ARREST OF 89 PEOPLE THAT WAS TRYING TO SOLICIT SEX FROM CHILDREN. WHAT'S VERY DISTURBING, ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WAS AN EMPLOYEE AT HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. THAT SHOULD BE CONCERNING TO ALL OF US. NOW, WHEN WE GET TO THE STATUTE, AS WE SEE THAT EVIDENTLY THE COUNCILPERSON DID NOT GO IN-DEPTH OR FAR ENOUGH, BUT I HIGHLIGHTED SOMETHING HERE THAT I THINK IS VERY MOST INTERESTING, WITH 847.011. THE ITEMS ARE DEEMED OBSCENE -- LET'S START AT THE TOP. WHILE SELLING GENERAL ADULT NOVELTY IS NOT AUTOMATICALLY A FELON, A CONVENIENCE STORE RISKS VIOLATING FLORIDA STATUTE 847.011 IF THE ITEMS ARE DEEMED OBSCENE BY THE COMMUNITY STANDARDS. MANY RETAILERS AVOID THE RISK BY NOT CARRYING SUCH ITEMS OR BY ENSURING THEY ARE NOT IN VIEW OF MINORS. SO THE COMMUNITY HAS COME OUT AND SPOKEN LOUD AND CLEAR THAT THESE THINGS, WHEN YOU'RE SEEING A SEX TOY THAT HAS THE ANATOMY OF A MAN AND YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING, THAT IS OBSCENE. SO ALL THIS ABOUT OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT, THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH FREEDOM OF SPEECH. THEY ARE NOT MAKING A SPEECH. THEY ARE SELLING -- THEY ARE SELLING THESE PRODUCTS, WHERE SOME OF THE STORES HAVE DONE JUST THIS, TAKEN THEM OUT OF VIEW, TAKEN THEM OFF THE SHELF, THERE ARE OTHERS. SO WE NEED TO BE COHESIVE IN WHAT LAWS THAT WE CAN PUT TO ENSURE THAT THIS IS NOT DONE ANYWHERE. UNDER THAT SAME STATUTE IT'S STATED THAT EACH CITY, COUNTY, NEED TO ENFORCE AN ORDINANCE SO THAT IT WOULD BE UNIFORM TO STOP THE PRACTICE OF WHAT'S GOING ON. OUR CHILDREN ARE VULNERABLE. THEY ARE INNOCENT, AND NOW THESE TYPE OF THINGS MAKE IT EVEN MORE EASIER FOR SEX OFFENDERS TO MANIPULATE OUR CHILDREN, WHEN OUR KIDS GOING TO BUY A PIECE OF CANDY THEY THINK IT'S ALL RIGHT BECAUSE IT IS IN THE CONVENIENCE STORE. WE'RE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO PUSH FURTHER. MAKE SURE YOU DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE SO THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA CAN BE THAT NEXT GREAT CITY THAT I'VE ALWAYS HEARD ABOUT, AND WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR YOUTH. THEY ARE BEING PREYED ON BY ALL FACETS OF PEOPLE AND ALL WALKS OF LIFE. ONCE AGAIN TO THE COUNCIL, WE SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU ARE DOING, BUT WE NEED TO DO MORE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, BISHOP. PASTOR WILLIAMS FOLLOWED BY SURGRET DOSS. PASTOR. GOOD MORNING, SIR. >> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS PASTOR WILLIAMS, LOCATED AT 1112 -- USED TO BE LOCATED AT 1112 EAST SCOTT STREET UNTIL THE PEOPLE DECIDED TO RUN ME OUT OF THERE BY THREATS AND EVERYTHING. BUT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND HERE, I THANK GOD YOU ALL GIVE ME THE THREE SECONDS WHERE I CAN TRY TO DEFEND MYSELF. THAT'S ALL I'M TRYING TO DO TO DEFEND MYSELF. I'M NOT TRYING TO DEFEND NOBODY ELSE. I GOT TO DEFEND MYSELF IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH OTHER PEOPLE. LIKE I JUST SAID, WE'RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT YBOR CITY AND BELMONT HEIGHTS AND JACKSON HEIGHTS. WE'RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THEM AT ALL. ONLY PEOPLE WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT MOST IS OURSELVES. WE WANT TO GIVE OURSELVES A RAISE AND THAT'S IT. WE DON'T CARE NOTHING ABOUT THE OTHER PEOPLE. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THIS MORNING, WE SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT ALL PEOPLE. WHITE BLACK YELLOW WHATEVER COLOR THEY WANT TO BE. AND BE CONCERNED ABOUT THEM. BUT WE DON'T CARE. WE DON'T CARE. THIS GENTLEMAN GOT UP HERE A FEW MINUTES AGO AND SPOKE WHAT LOOKED LIKE OVER AN HOUR. BUT I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT. AND YOU DON'T EITHER, I DON'T THINK. IF YOU DID, YOU WOULD REACT. I'M GETTING READY TO HIT THE STREETS AND PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. THAT'S MY PROBLEM. I THANK GOD THAT HE GIVE ME A LONG LIFE. I COULD GO OUT AND PREACH. I NEED TO GET A CAR FROM ALL OF YOU ALL. I KNOW THE POLICE WILL COME RUN ME OFF OF THERE. I'M A PREACHER, AND THAT'S WHAT I'LL BE UNTIL I GO TO THE GRAVEYARD. I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE TO SPEAK UP FOR MYSELF, AND THANKS BE TO GOD. HE GAVE ME A LONG LIFE. YOU ALL PRAY THAT YOUR GOD GIVE YOU ALL A LONG LIFE. AND BE TRUTHFUL ABOUT IT. TREAT PEOPLE RIGHT. THANK GOD THAT WE ARE HERE. I FOUND A BOOK HERE THIS MORNING. IT'S CALLED CITY COUNCIL OF TAMPA IN CELEBRATION OF OLD CITY HALL. THANK GOD FOR THAT. WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE PEOPLE. LOOK AT THE WAY THEY HAVE BEEN TREATING PEOPLE IN BELMONT HEIGHTS AND JACKSON HEIGHTS. FLOOD PONDS, AIN'T DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT. REALLY SHOULD BUILD A STADIUM AND BASEBALL STADIUM. BUILD ANOTHER FLOOD POND AND WE CAN BE HAPPY ABOUT IT. WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU ALL FOR HEARING ME. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, PASTOR. HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY. SURGRET DOSS FOLLOWED BY ROBIN LOCKETT. GOOD MORNING, MR. DOSS. >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. SURGRET DOSS. AT THE LAST HEARING, A YOUNG LADY ASKED ME WHY I ALWAYS SHOUT OUT THE UNIVERSITY OF THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL. I'LL GET TO THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER ON. AFTER I ADDRESS WHAT I WANTED TO ADDRESS LAST WEEK WHEN I WAS STILL -- WAS TOLD YOU WOULD PUSH IT BACK TO OCTOBER. SO I WANTED TO ADDRESS WHAT'S GOING INTO THIS NEW CODE OF ETHICS REGARDING WHETHER OR NOT AND IF IT WILL HAVE SOMETHING WHETHER OR NOT TAMPA POLICE OFFICERS CAN COVERTLY EXCHANGE E-MAILS WITH SITTING JUDGES DURING POLICE INVESTIGATIONS OF SO-CALLED SUSPECTS. I ASKED BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO ME IN 2017 WHEN THIS CITY'S POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE HEAD OF MAYOR'S SECURITY AND SEVERAL OTHERS, INCLUDING THAT SITTING JUDGE COLLUDED TO FALSELY ACCUSE ME OF PERJURY. NOW INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, A COUPLE OF YOU I HEARD ARE RUNNING FOR MAYOR. WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW IS IF YOU BECOME THAT MAYOR OR JUST CONTINUE TO TURN A BLIND EYE TO WHAT GOES ON OR DEMAND AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION OF ALLEGATIONS. WE NOW KNOW APPLY TO SEVERAL PEOPLE FROM THE CITY OF TAMPA. I'LL GET BACK TO THE QUESTION THE YOUNG LADY ASKED ME. I HAD GREAT PEOPLE COME ACROSS MY PATH THROUGHOUT MY LIFE. DESPITE MY PERSONALLY FLAWS, GREAT PEOPLE ALONG THE PATH IN MY JOURNEY, MY PARENTS, TODAY MY BIRTHDAY, THAT INCLUDES MR. HOWARD, MR. BERNIE, MR. -- MS. ROBINSON, MS. FAULK AND MS. SULLIVAN AND MANY OF THE OTHERS ACTUALLY WAS IN MISSISSIPPI. OF COURSE, HAD OTHER OUTSTANDING TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS AS WELL AND TOO MANY OF THEM TO MENTION, ALTHOUGH DR. WILLIAMS WHO BLED OVER SO MANY OF -- HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART BECAUSE SHE MADE ME A MORE INTENSE WRITER. I HAVE TO GIVE A GREAT SHOUT-OUT TO COACH MACK, COACH BARNES, COACH DAWSON, COACH HUB, AND COACH NEAGLE WHO MADE ME A WIDE RECEIVER, BY THE WAY, AND THE WINNINGEST BLACK COACH IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HISTORY, NELSON. THE ONE THING I LEARNED AT THE UNIVERSITY WAS HOW TO COMPETE. HOW NOT TO GIVE UP AND IF YOU GET KNOCKED DOWN, HOW TO GET BACK UP AND KEEP FIGHTING. TO THE YOUNG LADY WHO ASKED THAT QUESTION, THERE IS YOUR ANSWER. I'VE BEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE A LOT OF THINGS EITHER THROUGH MY PARENTS' SERVICE COMMITMENT OR THROUGH MY OWN. BUT IT'S BECAUSE OF THE UNIVERSITY THAT I WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE THIS ON TIME. ANYBODY CAN LOOK THAT UP. IT'S ALSO NOT MY FAULT THAT EITHER YOU NOR YOUR PARENTS MADE SURE THAT YOU GOT TO ATTEND THE GREATEST INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, THE UNIVERSITY OF THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, SIR. HAVE A GOOD DAY. ROBIN LOCKETT. THAT WILL CONCLUDE PUBLIC COMMENT. ROBIN? >> I'M TRYING TO DECIDE WHETHER I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING. GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. I'M GOING TO MAKE THIS A FUN STATEMENT. I ATTENDED THE GREATEST SCHOOL, TECH, TECH, TECH, TAMPA BAY TECH. AND WE HAVE -- THE GREATEST SCHOOL EVER. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT'S IT. YOU ARE NOW MY FAVORITE PUBLIC COMMENT OF THE DAY. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT IS REQUESTING RECONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATIVE MATTERS? HEARING NONE, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. COUNCILMAN VIERA IS NOT THERE. MIRANDA, PLEASE MOVE ITEMS 6-16. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I MOVE ITEMS 6 THROUGH 16. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. I DID WANT TO TALK ABOUT ITEM 13 REALLY QUICK. I DID ASK ABOUT THE $427,000 FOR THE BARRICADES. APPARENTLY THEY COST AROUND LIKE 7,600ISH DOLLARS EACH, SO WE'RE ONLY GETTING 60 BARRICADES. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG, NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. CAN YOU MOVE 18 THROUGH -- 17 WAS REMOVED. >>NAYA YOUNG: I MOVE ITEMS 18 THROUGH 25 AND 27 THROUGH 30. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG, A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. WE DID REMOVE -- WE MOVED -- [INAUDIBLE] >>NAYA YOUNG: GOT IT. SORRY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, CAN YOU MOVE ITEMS 31 THROUGH 35. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I MOVE ITEMS 31 THROUGH 35. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. ENCORE PERFORMANCE BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. CAN YOU MOVE 36 THROUGH 41. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE 36, MR. CHAIRMAN, THROUGH 41. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU. DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COMMITTEE, COUNCILMAN CARLSON, CAN YOU MOVE 42 THROUGH 51. >>BILL CARLSON: MOVE 42 THROUGH 51. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM CARLSON AND SECOND FROM MANISCALCO. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, MOBILITY AND ASSET MANAGEMENT. >>LYNN HURTAK: MOVE ITEMS 52 AND 53. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, MOVING ITEMS 52 AND 53. ALL IN FAVOR AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. MOTION TO SET PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR 54, 55, 56. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 54 THROUGH 56 PUBLIC HEARINGS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM MANISCALCO, SECOND FROM MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. CAN I GET A MOTION TO OPEN THE 10 A.M. PUBLIC HEARINGS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO OPEN THE 10 A.M. PUBLIC HEARINGS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE 10:00 IS NON-QUASI-JUDICIAL. NOBODY HAS TO BE SWORN IN FOR THAT. ITEM 57. >>ROSS SAMONS: ROSS SAMONS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION, PRESENTING FILE VAC-25-08. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. AND ALSO BEING AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. THIS ORDINANCE IS PROPOSED VACATING, CLOSING AND DISCONTINUING AND ABANDONING ALLEYWAY LOCATED NORTH OF SWANN AVENUE, SOUTH OF BAY STREET, EAST OF BREVARD AVENUE AND WEST OF MAGNOLIA AVENUE. I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >>MARTIN SHELBY: JUST IF THERE ARE ANY SUBSTANTIVE DIFFERENCES, IF MR. SAMONS KNOWS, JUST TO INFORM COUNCIL. >>ROSS SAMONS: THERE WAS A MEMO SUBMITTED FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO COUNCIL. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: APPLICANT? >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. KAMI CORBETT WITH THE LAW FIRM OF HILL WARD & HENDERSON. HERE REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT AND OUR FIRM ALSO REPRESENTS THE OWNERS OF 614 BAY AND 611 SWANN. THOSE ARE THE OFFICE BUILDINGS THAT ARE THERE. YOU PREVIOUSLY HEARD THAT THIS WAS AT FIRST READING PASSED AND THEN WHAT WAS ADDED IN BETWEEN WAS AN EASEMENT FOR SOLID WASTE AND AN EASEMENT, CROSS-ACCESS EASEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, VERY GOOD. ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK TO ITEM 57? START WITH YOUR NAME, PLEASE. >> MY NAME IS PAM CANNELLA. I OPPOSE THE VACATING OF THIS ALLEY. I WAS NOT ABLE TO ADDRESS MY OPPOSITION OF THIS APPLICATION TO VACATE THIS ALLEY AS I WAS -- I MISUNDERSTOOD AND BELIEVED THE VACATING OF THE ALLEY WAS ALSO WITHDRAWN. THERE IS NOT A NEED TO VACATE THIS ALLEY AT THIS TIME, AS THERE IS NO PROPOSED SITE PLAN. BUT THERE IS A NEED FOR THE ALLEY TO BE ACCESSIBLE FOR PROPERTIES THAT NOW USE THIS ALLEY FOR RECYCLE, WASTE, AND DUMPSTER PICKUP. DUMPSTER PICKUP REQUIRES A LARGER AREA. 60 FEET OF UNOBSTRUCTED LENGTH, 20 FEET IN WIDTH, AND 23 FEET OF VERTICAL CLEARANCE. THIS ENSURES THE COLLECTION TRUCK SAFELY MANEUVERS FOR PICKUP CONTAINER. NUMBER TWO, PARKING FOR THESE PROPERTIES ON 614 AND 611 SWANN AND BAY REQUIRES ACCESS THROUGH THIS ALLEY FOR THEIR PARKING. YOU CAN SEE HERE, THERE IS THE PARKING, THERE IS THE PARKING, THERE IS THE GARBAGE. TECO AND SPECTRUM CURRENTLY USE THIS ALLEY AND ONLY AGREE TO THE VACATING IF ANOTHER EASEMENT CAN BE PROVIDED, WHICH IS NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE APPLICANT AND THE PROPERTIES, BUT IT SEEMS INAPPROPRIATE TO VACATE THIS ALLEY AT THIS TIME WITHOUT A PROPOSED PLAN IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL. AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU, THERE IT IS. THERE IS ANOTHER ONE OVER HERE. BUILDING, ALLEY HERE. PARKING OVER HERE, PARKING OVER HERE. TRASH AND ALL RECYCLE PICKUP HERE AND ANOTHER DUMPSTER WAY IN THE BACK. I JUST WANTED YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT IT IS NECESSARY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. >> GOOD MORNING. BOBBIE O'BRIEN. I LIVE ON BAY STREET. I WAS HERE WHEN IT WAS FIRST PASSED BY COUNCIL. I'M HERE JUST TO REMIND YOU AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY OF THAT ALLEY. THIS IS THE 1915 SANBORN MAP. IT SHOWS THE COMPLETE ALLEY. IT ALSO SHOWS THIS SEGMENT HERE AS PART OF AN ALLEY. THEN WE MOVE TO THE 31 MAP. HERE IT SHOWS IT WAS CUT OUT FOR MINIATURE GOLF COURSE. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THEY PUT ONE BACK. BUT YOU STILL HAVE THAT SIDE ALLEY AND THEN THE ALLEY HERE. AND FINALLY, THIS IS THE SANBORN MAP OF 1951, JUST TO SHOW YOU IT'S PART OF THE FABRIC OF HYDE PARK. AND WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW IT'S SECOND READING AND YOU ALL USUALLY DON'T CHANGE YOUR VOTES, BUT I WANTED TO JUST REMIND YOU OF WHAT SOME OF THE THINGS YOU MIGHT END UP WITH. WE ENDED UP WITH THE BANK OF TAMPA BECAUSE THERE WAS NO ONE REGULATING WHEN IT GOT BUILT IN A WAY. THIS IS WHERE THEIR DUMPSTERS ARE NOW, RIGHT NEXT TO THE SIDEWALK ACCESS. AND THEY ARE USUALLY FULL. THIS IS AN EASY ONE. THIS ALSO SHOWS THE CITY CREWS HAVING TO REPAIR MAGNOLIA STREET. TWO OF THE FOUR STREETS THAT BOUND THIS AREA ARE BRICK STREETS, BAY AND MAGNOLIA. I SUGGEST THAT YOU MAYBE RECONSIDER FIRST OFF MAINTAINING THE HISTORIC CHARACTER OF HYDE PARK WHICH MEANS ALLEYS. THAT'S WHERE THE ACCESS IS NOT ONLY FOR UTILITIES, BUT FOR GARBAGE. CLOSURE OF THIS, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS AN EASEMENT NOW, FUTURE CLOSURE OF THIS MEANS GARBAGE TRUCKS ON THE BRICK STREETS, MEANING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE REPAIRS NEEDED. SECONDLY, THE ALLEY ACCESS IS ESSENTIAL FOR PROTECTING THOSE BRICK STREETS. IT IS PART OF THE CITY'S OWN CODES IN THE HISTORIC TO PROTECT YOUR BRICK STREETS. PROTECTING IT MEANS USING THE ALLEY WHERE THEY HAVE THE ACCESS FOR GARBAGE TRUCKS, FOR PARKING ACCESSIBILITY AS WELL. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE GOING TO WANT A HUGE BLOCK, NOT BROKEN UP BY ALLEY. I'M JUST SUGGESTING IT IS PART OF A HISTORIC DISTRICT. PLEASE CONSIDER OR RECONSIDER. AND THANK YOU FOR GRANTING THE EASEMENTS WHEN YOU FIRST DID HAVE THE VOTE. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S BEEN INTERESTING WATCHING TODAY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANYBODY ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? HEARING NONE, APPLICANT, DO YOU WANT REBUTTAL? >> KAMI CORBETT AGAIN. I APPRECIATE THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LOOKING OUT FOR THE OWNERS OF 611 AND 614, BUT I DO REPRESENT THEM. THEY ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE CLOSURE OF THIS ALLEY. THIS ALLEY IS NOT FUNCTIONAL. THIS RED PART HAS BEEN VACATED SINCE 1926. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE MEMORANDUM YOU GOT FROM MR. WIGGINTON IN WHICH SOLID WASTE ACTUALLY SAID THERE IS NO NEED OR WANT FOR THE EASEMENT, AND IT NO LONGER USES THE ALLEYWAY FOR PICKUP, BUT WE ARE PROVIDING THE EASEMENT ANYWAY. AND WE DID PROVIDE THE EASEMENTS THAT COUNCIL REQUESTED. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. COUNCILMAN VIERA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THIS ITEM? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF CLOSING SAY AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. COUNCILMAN VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR. I MOVE AN ORDINANCE -- STRIKE THAT, A SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE -- I READ THE SUBSTITUTE ONE, YES. PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, VACATING CLOSING DISCONTINUING AND ABANDONING THAT ALLEYWAY LOCATED NORTH OF SWANN AVENUE, SOUTH OF BAY STREET, EAST OF BREVARD AVENUE, WEST OF MAGNOLIA AVENUE, WITHIN THE REVISED MAP OF PACKWOODS SUBDIVISION, A SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2 HEREOF SUBJECT TO CERTAIN COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS AS MORE PARTICULARLY SET FOREIGN HEREIN, PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS, PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATIONS AND REPEALING CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. CLERK, CAN YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: NO. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON VOTING NO AND YOUNG BEING ABSENT AT VOTE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM NUMBER 10 IS A QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING -- I'M SORRY 40. I'M LOOKING AT 10 A.M. I DEFINITELY NEED COFFEE. ITEM NUMBER 58 AND ITEM NUMBER 59 ARE QUASI-JUDICIALS. ACTUALLY, THE REST OF THE 10:00 PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE QUASI-JUDICIAL. FUR PLANNING ON SPEAKING TO ANY OF THE QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARINGS, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND TO BE SWORN IN BY OUR CLERK. >> PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY THAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO PROVIDE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ITEM 58, PLEASE. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. FOR THE RECORD, CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM NUMBER 58 IS REZ 26-05. THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4001 SOUTH LYNWOOD AVENUE. THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RS 60 TO RS 50. SINCE THIS IS A EUCLIDEAN REZONING, THERE ARE NO SITE PLANS. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE. APPLICANT? STEVEN? WERE YOU SWORN IN? UNMUTE YOURSELF. IT'S ON YOUR END, SIR. YOU HAVE TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. HE'S CALLING IN REINFORCEMENTS. THERE YOU GO. >> WERE YOU SWORN IN? >> SWORN IN, NO. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CAN YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, PLEASE? >> DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY THAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO PROVIDE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? >> YES, I DO. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. SIR. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO YOUR PRESENTATION? >> NO. JUST A REQUEST OF COUNCIL THAT THEY WOULD APPROVE THE COUNCIL. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: STEPHEN, CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE? >> STEPHEN SEATON. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. IS THAT ALL? DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? HEARING NONE, ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? HEARING NONE, CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. COUNCILMAN CARLSON, CAN YOU READ ITEM 58, PLEASE? >>BILL CARLSON: SURE. MOVE ITEM 58, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 4001 SOUTH LYNWOOD AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS 60, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED TO RS-50, RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS FILE NUMBER REZ-26-05. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. COUNCILMAN VIERA, YOU WERE ABSENT AT THE VOTES OF 58 AND 59, HAVE YOU REVIEWED THE HEARINGS? >>LUIS VIERA: YES, I REVIEWED THESE ORIGINALLY BECAUSE I WAS THERE. YES, SIR, I DID. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. >>NAYA YOUNG: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ON TO 59. >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE: FOR THE RECORD, CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM NUMBER 59 IS REZ 26-15. THIS IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 312 NORTH MANHATTAN AVENUE. REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RS 50 TO RM 18. SINCE THIS IS EUCLIDEAN REZONING, THERE ARE NO SITE PLANS AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, APPLICANT. WERE YOU SWORN IN? >> NO, SIR, I HAVE NOT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. >> DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY THAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO PROVIDE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? >> YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD FOR THE RECORD? >> YES, SIR. I WAS GOING TO SAY, MY NAME IS GISELE, AUTHORIZED AGENT FOR 26-15, 312 MANHATTAN. WE APPRECIATE THE FINDING OF CONSISTENCY AND ENCOURAGE THE UNANIMOUS APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL AT FIRST READING. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK TO ITEM 59? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ 59, PLEASE? >>NAYA YOUNG: FILE REZ-26-15, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 312 NORTH MANHATTAN AVENUE, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS 50 RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY TO RM 18, RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. MR. SHELBY, DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? >>MARTIN SHELBY: IT'S 312 NORTH MANHATTAN. >>NAYA YOUNG: 312 NORTH MANHATTAN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>NAYA YOUNG: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 60. >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE: FOR THE RECORD, CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM NUMBER 60 IS REZ 25-125. REZONING REQUEST FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5215, 5301 AND 5311 WEST TYSON AVENUE. THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO ALLOW FOR RESIDENTIAL MULTIPLE FAMILY, SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED, RETAIL SALES, WHICH INCLUDES SPECIAL GOODS, CONVENIENCE GOODS, SHOPPER'S GOODS AND LASTLY MARINA. REVISIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, APPLICANT. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. AMY BARNES, STEARNS WEAVER MILLER, 401 EAST JACKSON STREET. I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? HEARING NONE, ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO THE ITEM. SEEING NONE, MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES, FILE REZ 25-125, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 5215, 5301 AND 5311 WEST TYSON AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED, RETAIL SALES, SPECIALTY GOODS, CONVENIENCE GOODS, SHOPPER'S GOODS, AND MARINA, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. CLERK, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>NAYA YOUNG: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ITEM NUMBER 61. >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD, CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM NUMBER 61 IS REZ 25-97. THIS IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3105 EAST COLUMBUS DRIVE, 3001, 3003, 3004, 3007 AND 3010 EAST 15th AVENUE. THIS REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RM 16 AND PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL, MULTIPLE FAMILY. REVISIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? APPLICANT? >> ANNIE BARNES, STEARNS WEAVER MILLER, 401 EAST JACKSON STREET. AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? HEARING NONE, ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO ITEM 61. SEEING NONE, MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, SECOND FROM MANISCALCO. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, WOULD YOU MOVE -- WOULD YOU READ 61. IF IT PASSES, MOVE THE RESOLUTION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I HAVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 3105 EAST COLUMBUS DRIVE AND 3001, 3003, 3004, 3007 AND 3010 EAST 15th AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RM 16 RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY AND PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. CLERK, CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>NAYA YOUNG: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE THE RESOLUTION. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION ASSOCIATED WITH 61 BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. THAT CONCLUDES OUR 10 A.M. PUBLIC HEARINGS. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY, IN KEEPING WITH PAST PRACTICES, IF THE CLERK CAN CONFIRM NUMBER 68 DOES NOT REQUIRE STAFF, BUT THAT IS THE REVOLVING LOAN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT AT THIS TIME. >>LYNN HURTAK: MOTION TO MOVE 68. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: GOT IT. MOTION TO MOVE ITEM 68 FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU, COUNCIL. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE. AFTER THAT, WE'LL HEAR THE FINANCIAL RESOLUTION. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. KELLY AUSTIN, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES HERE ON BEHALF OF CHIEF OF STAFF WHO IS UNDER THE WEATHER TODAY. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU. AS COUNCIL IS AWARE, WE WERE NEGOTIATING WITH THE IFF ON A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT AND THOSE NEGOTIATIONS CONCLUDED ON FEBRUARY 2nd. AFTER THAT PROCESS, THE IFF HAS TO GO OUT SOLICIT AND EDUCATE THEIR MEMBERS AND THEN THEY TAKE IT OUT FOR A VOTE. THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF VOTING RIGHT NOW. THEIR LAST VOTING IS TOMORROW, AND WILL CONCLUDE AT 3:30. IN SPEAKING WITH PRESIDENT STOCCO YESTERDAY, THEY WERE VERY CONFIDENT. THEY HAD A GOOD TURNOUT. THEY DO BELIEVE IT WILL BE A FAVORABLE RESULT. SO ANTICIPATING THAT, WE ARE ASKING COUNCIL IF IT WOULD BE OKAY TO ADD THAT ONTO THE MARCH 12 EVENING MEETING AGENDA TO PRESENT THAT FOR COUNCIL'S APPROVAL FOR RATIFICATION. AND THE REASON THAT WE'D LIKE TO BRING IT FORWARD ON THE 12th, AS YOU KNOW, COUNCIL HAS SPRING BREAK, AND SOME OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT GO INTO EFFECT APRIL 1st. THIS WOULD GIVE US TIME TO BUILD ANY COMPONENTS WE NEED TO IN THE SYSTEM, MAKE SURE IT WORKS APPROPRIATELY, GET THE PAY RATES LOADED AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS SO THAT IT IS SEAMLESS AND IT DOES GO INTO EFFECT APRIL 1st FOR THOSE BARGAINING UNIT MEMBERS. THE ONLY PROCESS THING I WOULD ASK COUNCIL WOULD BE OKAY WITH IS I BELIEVE THE AGENDA INFORMATION HAS TO USUALLY GO IN FRIDAY BY NOON. I WOULDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE SUBMITTING IT UNTIL THAT VOTE IS ACTUALLY CLOSED AND PRESIDENT STOCCO CALLS ME AND SAYS THAT THEY'VE GOT AN AGREEMENT. IF IT WOULD BE OKAY, ATTORNEY JOHNS HAS SAID SHE WOULD WORK WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE FIRST THING MONDAY MORNING. I ALREADY HAVE THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT PRETTY MUCH READY TO SEND TO COUNCIL AND WE ALSO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. FIRST THING MONDAY MORNING WE WOULD BE PREPARED TO SEND THAT TO YOU, BUT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IT FRIDAY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ON THIS. THIS IS PART OF MAKING THE FIREFIGHTERS WHOLE IF THIS PASSES. ALSO PROCEDURE. WE DON'T WANT TO GET IN FRONT AS THEY ARE VOTING ON THE CONTRACT, SO WE WORKED OUT AN INFORMAL DEAL THAT WE MAKE THE COORDINATION ON MONDAY MORNING, BUT THEY ARE HERE -- COUNCILMAN CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: LIKE TO MOVE TO WAIVE THE RULES TO ENABLE HR TO SUBMIT THE DOCUMENTS ON MONDAY INSTEAD OF FRIDAY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MAY I MAKE A MOTION THEN TO SET THIS ON THE MARCH 12 EVENING AGENDA IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE COMMENDATION. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE'RE NOT DOING THAT YET. IT IS A PROTOCOL THING. I'M WORKING WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE ON MONDAY TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO GET IN FRONT OF THE VOTE. >> THANK YOU, APPRECIATE IT. >> REBECCA JOHNS, LEGAL DEPARTMENT. I DO THINK YOU NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACTUALLY ADD IT TO THE AGENDA FOR MARCH 12. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HANDLE IT AS AN INFORMAL WALK-ON. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION BY MR. STOCCO REPRESENTING THE UNION, IF WE KNOW THAT, AND IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION BY THE ADMINISTRATION AND ON COUNCIL'S RECOMMENDATION, MS. JOHNS' RECOMMENDATION, I WOULD AGREE THAT IS PROBABLY THE BEST PRACTICE WITH REGARD TO NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: JUST DIFFERENT THAN WHAT CHIEF BENNETT HAD DISCUSSED WITH ME. HE DIDN'T WANT TO GET IN FRONT OF THE UNION'S VOTE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S ANYBODY'S INTENTION. >>REBECCA JOHNS: IF IT DOESN'T GO THROUGH FOR SOME REASON, WE CAN REMOVE IT FROM THE AGENDA. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY. JUST ALSO, THAT GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC AND BEFORE YOU MOVE IT AND ADOPT IT, BECAUSE IT IS A FINAL ACTION, YOU'LL HAVE TO GIVE THE PUBLIC THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME, IF THAT IS THEIR DESIRE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I GET IT. AGAIN, THE REASON WHY, ONE OF MY BACKGROUND IN LABOR, AND CHIEF BENNETT REACHING OUT TO ME TO ASK THAT, THAT'S WHY -- I THINK WE WERE PROCEEDING EXTRA LEVEL OF CAUTIOUSNESS ON PROTOCOL WITH THE LABOR UNION AND STILL WANTING TO KEEP THEM WHOLE AND KEEP THE ADMINISTRATION, GIVE THEM THE LATITUDE THEY NEED TO GET EVERYTHING IN PLACE TO IMPLEMENT THE CHANGES. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I WAS IN ON THE CALL. AT THE TIME, IT DID SEEM THAT WAS THE PRACTICE THAT WOULD BE ADOPTED. >>REBECCA JOHNS: I HAVE NOT SPOKEN TO HIM ABOUT THAT. IF THAT WAS YOUR CONVERSATION WITH HIM, THEN YOU CAN -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHY DON'T WE HOLD THIS VOTE AND YOU GUYS COORDINATE WITH THE CHIEF AND FIND OUT -- AND THE UNION AND FIND OUT WHAT THE PLAN IS. >>MARTIN SHELBY: AS LONG AS THERE'S NO OBJECTION, WE CAN COME BACK. >>BILL CARLSON: I DON'T LIKE IT WHEN THE ADMINISTRATION WALKS ON ITEMS. I WOULD MUCH RATHER THE PUBLIC GET A CHANCE AND WITH APOLOGIES TO THE UNION OR THE NEGOTIATORS IN ADVANCE, WE CAN ALWAYS PULL THIS OFF. BUT FOR THE PUBLIC SAKE, I THINK WE SHOULD TRY TO AVOID WALK-ONS. >>REBECCA JOHNS: DO YOU WANT ME TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM AND COME BACK TODAY? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: LET'S HOLD THIS UNTIL AFTER LUNCH. AT LEAST WE'RE ALL CLEAR. COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN CARLSON. I JUST THINK WE SHOULD SET IT AND THEN WE CAN ALWAYS TAKE IT OFF IF IT DOESN'T PASS, BUT I AGREE, THE PUBLIC AS SOON AS POSSIBLE NEEDS TO BE AWARE OF IT, TO BE ON THE AGENDA WITH THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE DRAFT AGENDA WOULD BE RELEASED TOMORROW, AM I CORRECT IN THAT? >>THE CLERK: THAT IS CORRECT. THIS WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION. I CAN WORK WITH REBECCA JOHNS ON LANGUAGE TO PUT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE TITLE. THAT WOULD BE IN THE BACKGROUND, BUT WORK ON A TITLE SO IT WOULD APPEAR ON THE DRAFT AND THEN THAT WOULD AVOID ANY NUMBERING ISSUES AS WELL Y. >>REBECCA JOHNS: IF WE KNOW BY 4:00, I DON'T THINK THE DRAFT AGENDA COMES OUT BEFORE THEN. SO I CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH SULING IMMEDIATELY AS SOON AS WE KNOW WHETHER TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA OR NOT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, CAN WE TAKE THE MOTION? A MOTION TO PLACE THE LANGUAGE THAT THE CLERK WILL WORK ON TO HOLD THE NUMBER AND PLACE ON THE AGENDA, THE LANGUAGE, AND THEN WHEN WE KNOW, FILL IN THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION NOW OR AFTER LUNCH? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SEEMS CONSENSUS TO GO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE MOTION IS TO PLACE THIS -- WOULD IT BE THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH THE FIRE UNION ON THE MAY 12 EVENING AGENDA -- SORRY. I'M WAITING FOR SUMMER. ON THE MARCH 12 EVENING AGENDA RIGHT AFTER THE COMMENDATION THAT WE HAVE ALREADY LISTED. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. COUNCILMAN CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: SULING, ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO SAY SO THAT YOU CAN PUT DRAFT OR WHATEVER ON THERE? >>THE CLERK: NOT AT THIS TIME. [INAUDIBLE] >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ALSO, THE CLERK'S OFFICE IS WORKING MUCH MORE CLOSELY WITH THE CHAIR'S OFFICE ON THESE AGENDA ITEMS. SO WE'RE COMMUNICATING CLOSELY ON THESE THINGS. VERY GOOD. ANYTHING ELSE? NOW WE GET PART B. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. PART B. ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE B. >> JANELLE McGREGOR, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PARTNERSHIPS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, CHAIR, AND COUNCIL, TO SPEAK ABOUT THE SOCIAL ACTION AND ARTS FUND, ALSO KNOWN AS SAAF. A QUICK UPDATE ON WHAT'S TAKEN PLACE SO FAR IN ADVANCE OF THE FINANCIAL RESOLUTION THAT YOU'LL ALSO HEAR SHORTLY. OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL VERY DEDICATED EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE WORKED VERY METICULOUSLY ON TOP OF THEIR REGULAR DUTIES TO DISBURSE AND MANAGE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO OUR LOCAL NONPROFITS. RECENTLY, WE CENTRALIZED THE SAAF PROGRAM UNDER THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PARTNERSHIPS PORTFOLIO SO THAT WE CAN INCREASE OUR EFFICIENCIES AND BE ABLE TO NOT ONLY ASSIST OUR INTERNAL COLLEAGUES BUT TO MAKE SURE THOSE AGENCIES THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING ARE GETTING THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT THEY DESERVE AS WELL. SO IN ADDITION TO CENTRALIZING THE SAAF PROGRAM IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PARTNERSHIPS, WE ALSO HAVE A DEDICATED PROGRAM COORDINATOR, ANDREW ELMAN, A FAMILIAR FACE TO ALL OF YOU WHO YOU'LL HEAR FROM SHORTLY AS WELL. WITH THIS CENTRALIZATION ALSO COMES ADDED QUALITY ASSURANCE. SO NOW WITH THAT PROGRAM COORDINATOR AND HAVING JUST ONE POINT OF CONTACT FOR ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL AS A BODY TO SHARE IN GOOD FAITH HOW THESE INVESTED DOLLARS ARE BEING PUT TO USE AND MAKING SURE THEY ARE BEING USED TO LEVERAGE AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THESE NONPROFITS. MANY OF THEM, WE ALREADY WORK ALONGSIDE THEM, AND JUST, AGAIN, BEING ABLE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND TO THE PUBLIC WITH A REPORT CARD, SO TO SPEAK, OF HOW THE DOLLARS ARE BEING INVESTED AND PUT TO WORK FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE. IT IS SOMETHING WE ARE DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO AS WELL. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BRING UP MY TEAM MEMBER, ANDREW ELMAN, WHO IS GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU THE NEXT STEPS PENDING THE APPROVAL OF THE FINANCIAL RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. >> ANDREW ELMAN, OFFICE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PARTNERSHIPS. THERE WILL BE A RESOLUTION COMING IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS LATER TODAY. THAT WILL FINALIZE THE LIST OF ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS UNDER SAAF FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026. THAT WILL INCLUDE 58 ORGANIZATIONS TOTALING $1.5 MILLION BROKEN INTO THREE TIERS. TIER ONE IS $10,000 AND UNDER. WHICH IS A ONE-TIME PAYMENT. TIER 2 IS 10 THOUSAND AND ONE DOLLAR TO $24,999 BEING QUARTERLY PAYMENTS. TIER 3 ANYTHING OVER $25,000 ALSO BEING QUARTERLY PAYMENTS. I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. I KNOW OUR OFFICE REACHED OUT TO YOU REGARDING CERTAIN NONPROFITS. YOU ARE ALWAYS RESPONSIVE. WE MISS YOU HERE AND GLAD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. BEST OF LUCK TO YOU. YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HE DOES NOT SPEAK FOR ALL OF US. [ LAUGHTER ] ANDREW WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS LIKE IF I WAS SAYING SOMETHING NICE. COUNCILMAN CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: IT'S GOOD THAT WE NEVER HAD A PROPER GOOD-BYE PARTY FOR YOU. >> YOU GUYS ATE MY CAKE. YOU ATE MY CAKE. [ LAUGHTER ] >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE'RE GOING TO MOVE RIGHT INTO ADOPTING THE FINANCIAL RESOLUTION. PROBABLY NOT POPULAR FOR SAYING THIS. THE PROCESS -- >>MARTIN SHELBY: MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY. I JUST CONFIRMED WITH THE CLERK, THERE IS NOTHING FOR YOU TO VOTE ON. SHE DOES NOT HAVE A COPY OF THE RESOLUTION. IT WOULD BE LATER TODAY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THEY HAVEN'T -- THEY DIDN'T SUBMIT IT? >>MARTIN SHELBY: NO. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. I ASKED THE CLERK. THE PUBLIC IS NOT AWARE OF IT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IT WAS A WALK-ON. >>MARTIN SHELBY: EVEN IF IT IS A WALK-ON, HAVE TO HAVE A PRESENTATION AND THE PUBLIC SHOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. SOMETHING WE CAN CURE EASILY IF THERE IS AN ISSUE. THE OTHER THING IS, I JUST WANTED TO ASK, I JUST ASKED THE CLERK IF SHE HAS ANYTHING FILED AND SHE SAID NO. MY SUGGESTION THERE'S NOTHING FOR YOU -- >>THE CLERK: [INAUDIBLE] >>MARTIN SHELBY: 7:17 P.M. THERE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO ACCEPT. OKAY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF IT OR NEED TO BORROW MINE? >> I DO NOT HAVE A COPY OF IT ON ME. I APOLOGIZE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE CLERK WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE IT. >> JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THIS FINANCIAL RESOLUTION IS BASED ON THE CONVERSATION THAT WAS HELD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO WHEN THERE WAS THE ADDITIONAL ALLOTMENT OF MONEY TO SEVERAL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE ADDITION OF TWO ORGANIZATIONS, I BELIEVE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THINK EVERYBODY IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND MONEY AND TABLE OF DOLLARS MORE THAN THE TEXT. >> LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER PAGE. >> THERE IS. THIS IS PAGE ONE OF TWO I BELIEVE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THAT IN YOUR E-MAIL LAST NIGHT. >>BILL CARLSON: JUST TO ADD TO WHAT SHE SAID, WE SPENT TWO HOURS OR SO TALKING ABOUT THIS BEFORE AND THE PUBLIC ALSO WEIGHED IN. THIS IS NOT A NEW LIST. >> CORRECT. THIS INFORMATION REFLECTS WHAT WAS PRESENTED BY MS. KOPESKY DURING A PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WANT TO SAY, AGAIN, AS WE START LOOKING TOWARDS FY '27, THIS STARTED OFF REALLY STRONG IN COUNCIL'S INTENT AND THEN KIND OF SPIRALED OUT OF CONTROL. IN THE END. I THINK WE NEED TO BE MORE -- STRIKING AT STRATEGIC GOALS OF THE CITY. COUNCILMAN CARLSON SPOKE TO THIS NUMEROUS TIMES AS WELL. AS WE LOOK INTO FY '27 AND WHAT WE'RE SUPPORTING, I THINK WE ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THESE NONPROFITS, PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE HISTORICALLY SUPPORTED UNDERSTAND THAT JUST BECAUSE -- WILL IN FUTURE DATES, BECAUSE I THINK -- WE'VE ALL RECEIVED THOSE E-MAILS THAT PEOPLE ARE SURPRISED THAT THEY DIDN'T GET FUNDING. SO SOMEHOW, IF I COULD ASK YOUR DEPARTMENT, ONE OF YOU ALL TO REACH OUT TO ANYBODY THAT WE'RE PROVIDING FUNDING, LET THEM UNDERSTAND THIS IS ONLY ONE FISCAL YEAR, AND IT DOES NOT IMPLY THAT FUTURE SUPPORT OR FUNDING BY THE CITY OF TAMPA AND THAT NEXT YEAR, WHATEVER THAT PROCESS WILL BE, IT WILL BE. BUT -- I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO BE SURPRISED. NOBODY LIKES TO BE SURPRISED. COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST WANTED TO WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT, JUST REMIND FOLKS THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP SESSION ABOUT THIS ON MAY 28, JUST REALLY ABOUT HOW -- A DISCUSSION OF STRATEGY. NOT FUNDING SPECIFIC ORGANIZATIONS, BUT HOW WE DO A STRATEGY. SO I THINK WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT CONVERSATION. IT IS A GOOD TIME NOW TO GO AHEAD AND GET YOUR IDEAS AND THOUGHTS AND DUCKS IN A ROW. I KNOW WE CAN TALK TO IN ELMAN ABOUT THAT AND MS. KOPESKY, LEADING UP TO THAT, TO HAVE A REALLY ROBUST DISCUSSION. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. I AGREE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG. >>NAYA YOUNG: JUST TO SAY I HAVE WORKED A NONPROFIT MANY YEARS SO I AM A STRONG SUPPORTER OF NONPROFITS AND THE WORK THEY DO. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT MEETING BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT -- WHEN YOU ARE WORKING A NONPROFIT, YOU WANT TO SEE, OKAY, HOW AM I FILLING IN THE GAPS OF WHAT THE CITY OR COUNTY CAN DO. WE'RE LOOKING AT WHERE IS THE GAP AND HOW CAN WE FILL THAT IN? WE ALWAYS, ALWAYS HAVE OUR BACKUP AND PLAN B BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT FUNDING IS NOT ALWAYS GUARANTEED. ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY AS A NONPROFIT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FUNDING IS ALWAYS A GREAT THING TO HAVE. BUT I THINK IT WILL BE REALLY GOOD, ROBUST CONVERSATION. AND -- SO I'M JUST HAPPY THAT WE ARE FUNDING OUR NONPROFITS. I KNOW ALL THESE ON THE LIST PROVIDE A LOT OF SERVICES IN OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY WITH OUR YOUTH, WHETHER IT IS WITH OUR SENIORS, SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS. SO I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD THING THAT WE'RE DOING AS A CITY. I APPRECIATE US FOR DOING THIS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST WANT TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THE FINANCIAL RESOLUTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON BEING ABSENT AT VOTE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. I THINK WE HAVE TIME -- THIS SHOULD BE A QUICK ONE. 71. CARL BRODY. >>CARL BRODY: GOOD MORNING. CARL BRODY FROM LEGAL. I HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY A DRAFT -- AND THIS IS JUST THE PROPOSED DRAFT ORDINANCE. I WANT TO BE CLEAR. I DID WORK WITH COUNCILMAN VIERA SOME ON PUTTING SOME LANGUAGE TOGETHER FOR VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. BUT AS YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE SUNSHINE LAW, I CAN'T WORK WITH EACH OF YOU AND HAVE IT DONE AS A COLLABORATIVE. THAT'S WHAT TODAY IS FOR. JUST FOR YOU TO SEE KIND OF THE OUTLINE OF WHAT WE BELIEVE WOULD BE AN EFFECTIVE ORDINANCE THAT WOULD PROVIDE OR CREATE A VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, WHICH WOULD BE PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR CEREMONIAL ACTIVITIES. BUT ALSO BE ABLE TO COORDINATE WITH THE OTHER VETERAN ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY AND BRING MORE AWARENESS TO VETERANS FOR THE CITY. THIS IS KIND OF A GOOD TIME FOR US TO TALK AND FIGURE OUT WHAT LANGUAGE -- HOW YOU THINK IT SHOULD BE STRUCTURED. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THIS IS SUBMITTED IN OUR E-MAIL JUST LIKE TWO DAYS AGO, RIGHT? DIDN'T WE GET THIS ALREADY? HAVE YOU E-MAILED THIS TO US? >>CARL BRODY: YES. IT WAS PROVIDED PREVIOUSLY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS JUST ME. I'M CONFUSED BECAUSE I WAS EXPECTING THAT WE WOULD JUST HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE DRAFT. >>CARL BRODY: THAT'S ALSO AN OPTION. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU ANTICIPATED THERE IS MORE WORK TO BE DONE FROM STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE. >>CARL BRODY: NOT FROM STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE. JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ARE COMFORTABLE -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ARE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL COMFORTABLE WITH THIS? >>LUIS VIERA: THIS IS GREAT. I THINK THIS IS MARVELOUS. MY VISION WAS TO HAVE SOMETHING KIND OF LIKE WE HAVE THE HISPANIC ADVISORY BOARD, AFRICAN AMERICAN ADVISORY BOARD, SOMETHING LIKE THIS. AND ESPECIALLY, LIKE YOU SAID, FOR CEREMONIES. BECAUSE YEARS AGO, THE CITY WOULD KIND OF DEFER TO THE COUNTY ON A LOT OF THESE THINGS, I THINK, PURPLE HEART DAY, MEMORIAL DAY AND SO FORTH. I THINK WE OUGHT TO HAVE OUR OWN. NOTHING SEPARATE FROM THE COUNTY, ABOUT YOU IN ADDITION TO WHAT THE COUNTY DOES. I GO TO THE COUNTY THINGS AS WELL. I THINK THEY ARE ALL WONDERFUL. BUT TO HAVE A BOARD THAT IS APPOINTED BY COUNCIL THAT DOES THIS, I THINK IS GREAT, SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF TAKE THE LEAD IN DOING THESE EITHER IN THE COURTYARD OR WHEREVER IT MIGHT BE. I KNOW IN SEPTEMBER WE WILL BE HAVING THE LIEUTENANT BALDOMERO LOPEZ STATUE COMING TO WATER WITH, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. MAYBE GET THE COMMITTEE UP AND RUNNING BY THEN. I KNOW A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A PART OF IT. I SUPPORT THIS, AND THIS IS WONDERFUL. SO THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE THAT? >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, I MOVE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MARTY SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE MOTION WOULD THEN BE TO PLACE THIS ON A FUTURE AGENDA. WHAT IS THE NEXT AVAILABLE DATE. >> APRIL 2. >>MARTIN SHELBY: CAN WE DO IT BY THE 2nd? >>CARL BRODY: ABSOLUTELY. THAT WOULD BE FOR FIRST READING. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA TO PLACE THIS ON THE APRIL 2nd AGENDA, SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. WE ARE DONE EARLY. I DON'T THINK WE CAN ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE LUNCH. AT 1:30, BE PREPARED FOR A REVIEW HEARING, AND THEN THE REST OF THE STAFF REPORTS. I ANTICIPATE HOPEFULLY. HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE OUT EARLY. WE ARE GOING TO BE AT LUNCH UNTIL -- LET'S GET HEAR A LITTLE BIT EARLY, 1:25. JUST A FEW MINUTES EARLY. 1:25. 1:25. [ SOUNDING GAVEL ] WE'RE AT LUNCH. [LUNCH RECESS]