[ SOUNDING GAVEL ] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER. FOR THE INVOCATION, I'D LIKE TO YIELD TO -- I SEE BISHOP TOM SCOTT. IST COCILM MIRANDA WHO HAS THE INVOCATION TODAY? YES, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. GO AHEAD, SIR. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: [[INAUDIBLE] TOM SCOTT IS HERE TODAY TO GIVE THE INVOCATION. I'M HONORED TO HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL -- WE ALL KNOW HE SERVED AS CITY COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. HE ALSO SERVED AS A CITY COUNCIL CHAIR. AND I REALLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH TOM SINCE HE'S A DEDICATED INDIVIDUAL. WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET. HE HAS COURAGE, LEADERSHIP, HONESTY. HOWEVER HE'S VERY COMPASSIONATE, AND HE TELLS YOU ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA AND WORKS WITH YOU TO TRY TO AVOID ANY DISRUPTION OF THE COUNCIL. HE LED THE COUNCIL AND HE WAS A FANTASTIC CHAIRMAN, JUST LIKE HE IS A VERY GOOD HUMAN BEING. I'VE KNOWN TOM FOR OVER 40 YEARS, AND CAN I ONLY SAY ONE THING. GOD BLESS ME FOR BEING HIS FRIEND BECAUSE I'M VERY HONORED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT GOOD HUMAN BEING IS, AND THAT'S WHAT DEACON TOM SCOTT IS WHO HE IS. TOM, I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. PLEASE RISE FOR THE INVOCATION AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, AND TO ALL THIS BODY. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE. MR. MIRANDA, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND FOR INVITING ME TO COME SHARE. I WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO. I'VE BEEN WHERE YOU ARE NOW, SO YOU'RE ALWAYS IN MY PRAYERS AS YOU LEAD THIS CITY, YOU WORK WITH CITY GOVERNMENT. WE PRAY THE BEST FOR Y AND ALL THAT YOU DO AND WHAT YOU MEAN TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE CITY. THANK YOU AGAIN. CHARLIE, THANK YOU FOR THOSE KIND WORDS. I WAS WONDERING AT ONE TIME WHO YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. THANK YOU ANYWAY. SHALL WE PRAY? FATHER, WE ALWAYS REMINDED OF WHAT YOUR WORD TELLS US, AND THAT IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU IN ALL OF OUR WAYS, AND THAT YOU WILL GIVE DIRECTION TO OUR PATH. YOUR WORD TELLS US THAT OUR STEPS HAVE BEEN ORDERED BY YOU, AND SO TODAY WE PAUSE TO RECOGNIZE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY THAT YOU HAVE BLESSED US WITH. WHAT A MARVELOUS DAY IT IS TO BE ABLE TO COME IN YOUR PRESENCE AND TO RECOGNIZE YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR OUR NATION, FOR OUR COUNTRY. THANK YOU FOR WHAT SHE STANDS FOR. THANK YOU, GOD, FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE. TODAY, WE PRAY FOR THIS CITY COUNCIL. WE PRAY FOR THE MAYOR. WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO LEAD VARIOUS AREAS OF OUR GOVERNMENT THROUGHOUT THE STATE. TODAY FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, WE THANK YOU FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP. WE THANK YOU FOR THEIR WISDOM. AND NOW WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL GUIDE THEM, YOU WILL GUIDE THEM AND YOU WILL GIVE THEM WISDOM TO MAKE PRUDENT AND SOUND DECISIONS FOR THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE CITIZENS OF THIS CITY, TAMPA, FLORIDA. NOT ONLY DO WE PRAY FOR THEM TODAY, BUT WE PRAY, LORD, TODAY WHEN WE ARE DEALING WITH SO MANY CHALLENGES, WITH RACIAL INJUSTICE AND UNREST IN OUR NATION, WITH THE PANDEMIC IN OUR NATION AND OUR WORLD, PEOPLE WHO ARE HUNGRY AND STARVING, WE PRAY FOR THEM AND FOR YOUR MERCY UPON THEM. NOW WE LEAVE IT ALL IN YOUR HAND, AND WE ASK AGAIN YOU BLESS ALL THAT THIS CITY COUNCIL DOES TODAY THAT IT BE DONE IN YOUR NAME AND TO YOUR GLORY, AMEN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AMEN. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BISHOP SCOTT. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AS ALWAYS. HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. >> GOOD SEEING YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ROLL CALL, PLEASE. >> VIERA? GUDES? >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE. >>BILL CARLSON: HERE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HERE. >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE. >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JOE GRECO, OF THE TAMPA FIREFIGHTERS. >> HEAR, HEAR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL GIVE THAT SHOUT-OUT. LET'S GO TO THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AND THE ADDENDUM TO THE AGENDA. I HAVE A COUPLE OF -- >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OH, YEAH, MR. SHELBY. GO AHEAD, SIR. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL. MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY. JUST A REMINDER, FOR THE RECORD, TODAY IS THURSDAY, APRIL 15th, 2021. WE'RE HERE AT OLD CITY HALL. DURING THE COVID-19 STATE OF EMERGENCY AND THIS MEETING OF THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL IS BEING CONDUCTED LIVE WITH AN IN-PERSON QUORUM PRESENT IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. HOWEVER, IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY THROUGH VIDEO TELECONFERENCING REFERRED BLORIDA STATUTES AND RULES AS COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA TECHNOLOGY, OR CMT. THESE MEETINGS ARE HELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH COUNCIL'S EMERGENCY RULES OF PROCEDURE AS ADOPTED BY RESOLUTION 2020-225 AND AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION NUMBER 2020-490 AND 2021-241. THE PUBLIC AND THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA ARE ABLE TO WATCH, LISTEN, AND VIEW THIS MEETING ON SPECTRUM CHANNEL 640 AND FRONTIER CHANNEL 15 AND ON THE INTERNET LIVE STREAMING AT TAMPA.GOV/LIVESTREAM, ONE WORD, LIVESTREAM. AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COMMUNICATE AND ARE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE USING CMT AND ALTERNATE METHODS SUCH AS WRITTEN COMMENTS BY INTERNET OR WEB AT TAMPA.GOV/PUBLICCOMMENT. WRITTEN COMMENTS BY E-MAIL. WRITTEN COMMENTS BY U.S. MAIL. SPEAKING REMOTELY DURING PUBLIC COMMENT WITH THE USE OF CMT, AND THAT HAS TO BE DONE BY PREREGISTERING. THE INFORMATION TO FIND OUT ABOUT HOW TO PARTICIPATE IS O THE CITY COUNCIL'S WEBSITE AT TAMPA.GOV/CITYCOUNCIL, ONE WORD. NOW, FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY BUT DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA TECHNOLOGY, THEY ARE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO COME TO OLD CITY HALL DURING THE MEETING AND PARTICIPATE USING TECHNOLOGY THAT'S MADE AVAILABLE ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF OLD CITY HALL AT 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD. AND THAT IS BOTH FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND FOR THE SECOND READINGS AND HEARINGS, THE PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT TAKE PLACE. PLEASE NOTE THE USE OF MASKS AND DISTANCING INSIDE THIS BUILDING ARE REQUIRED. AGAIN, THE INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO COMMUNICATE AND PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC HEARINGS IS ALSO ON SPECIFIC COMMENTS TO A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HEARD WHEN IT APPEARS ON THE AGENDA. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT IS HEARD AT THE START OF THE MEETING PURSUANT TO COUNCIL'S POLICY. NOW, PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED CMWILL BE AFFORDED EQUALWEB, OR CONSIDERATION AS IF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS WERE MADE IN PERSON. NOW, THE WRITTEN COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO CITY COUNCIL AND FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE HEARINGS WILL BE MADE PART OF THE PERMANENT RECORD OF THE QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTERS. MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS THIS MORNING. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMAN VIERA IS RUNNING JUST A FEW MINUTES LATE, BUT HE WILL BE HERE AT ANY MOMENT. BEFORE WE APPROVE THE AGENDA, JUST A COUPLE OF ITEMS OR QUESTIONS COMMENTS. IN REGARDS TO THE STAFF REPORTS, WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW BIG-TICKET ITEMS. DO WE NEED STAFF FOR ALL OF THESE OR CAN WE RELEASE STAFF? BECAUSE WE HAVE SEVERAL MEMOS. WE HAVE MEMOS FROM BRAD BAIRD ON 49 50 51. >>BILL CARLSON: 57 ALSO, THEY DECIDED TO RESCHEDULE IT FOR MAY 27. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I HAVE THAT COMING UP HERE. CAN WE RELEASE STAFF FOR ANY OF THESE OR DO WE NEED THEM, ALREADY.ING THEY SENT MEMOS QUESTIONS COMMENTS? COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. IN REGARD -- I HAD ONE ADDITIONAL ITEM. I'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH STAFF ON WHICH IS 22. THAT'S -- I'D JUST LIKE TO PULL THAT AND PUT IT IN UNDER STAFF REPORTS. I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION FOR THEM THAT NEVER REALLY GOT COMPLETELY ANSWERED. AND THEN IN REGARD TO THE OTHER ITEMS, I THINK IT WOULD BE, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE MEMORANDUMS ON 50 AND 51, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HEAR FROM MR. BAIRD. HUGE ITEMS, 65 MILLION AND 20 MILLION. SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHERS THAT I NEEDED STAFF. TH NAMING ISSUE KEEPS DRAGGING ON AND ON. I THINK I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM STAFF ON 54. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL KEEP OCEA WYNN, BRAD BAIRD ON FOR THOSE ITEMS. >>DAVID CARR: AND 52, IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR HIM TO SPEND A MINUTE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL KEEP ROB ROSNER ON. 49, BRAD BAIRD ITEM. BAIRD, ROSNER, AND WYNN. THEN EVERYBODY ELSE, UNLESS THERE'S ANY OBJECTION, CAN GO. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OBVIOUSLY, 58. >>JOSEPH CITRO: WE'RE SPENDING A LOT MORE TIME TALKING ABOUT THIS. WHY DON'T WE KEEP EVERYBODY HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIR, DID YOU ALSO WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY BEFORE THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA TO TAKE THE ITEMS THAT ARE TO BE CONTINUED -- WHE LIST.ANISCALCO: I HAVE A I JUST GOT STARTED. F.D.O.T.'S PRESENTATION AT LUNCH -- AFTER LUNCH AT 1:30. WE'RE GOING TO BREAK AT 12. ITEM 56 IS GOING TO BE CONTINUED TO MAY 6. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IT HAS TO BE BY A MOTION AND VOTE? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO CONTINUE 56 TO MAY 6. MOTION BY CITRO. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED, 56 TO CONTINUE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO, SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA TO CONTINUE 56 TO MAY 6. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION TO MOVE MAY 27, MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON, SECOND BY CITRO. A MOTION TO WITHDRAW ITEM 59 AS IT WILL NOT BE ADDRESSED TODAY. MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMAN VIERA IS HERE, SO WE -- I THINK WE HAVE EVERYTHING COVERED. WE'LL START WITH THE AGENDA. >>MARTIN SHELBY: A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS AMENDED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY? OKAY. COUNCILMAN VIERA, ITEM NUMBER 1. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR. APOLOGIES FOR BEING LATE. I HAD A FUNNY MISHAP THIS MORNING, WHICH I WON'T GET INTO LES I EMBARRASS MYSELF. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE MY DEAR FRIEND. I WISH SHE WAS HERE WITH US LIVE. MS. PHYLLIS GUTHMAN. PHYLLIS HAS PROVIDED DISABILITY INFORMATION RESOURCS AND COMMUNICATIONS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS MINISTRIES, SPECIAL NEEDS SPORTS, RECATIO ART ORGANIZATIONS, AS WELL AS STATEWIDE AND LOCAL DISABILITY AGENCIES FOR 18 YEARS. SHE LAUNCHED DISABILITY RESOURCE HUB AS A VEHICLE TO DISSEMINATE THESE RESOURCES. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE REASON I INVITED HER HERE TODAY FOR AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH IS BECAUSE PHYLLIS IS NOT ONLY AN INVOLVED PERSON IN THIS COMMUNITY, SHE MOTHERED MATTHEW, A CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. AS WE ALL KNOW, IT IS AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH. IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT MONTH TO TALK ABOUT THESE ISSUES AND I'LL LET OUR FRIEND PHYLLIS PROCEED WITH HER PSENTION. GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMAN VIERA. GOOD MORNING AND MANY THANKS TO THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WHAT AUTISM MONTH MEANS TO ME. MY HUSBAND AND I RECEIVED A DIAGNOSIS OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER FOR OUR FIRSTBORN CHILD 23 YEARS AGO. WE WERE DEVASTATED, NOT BY THE LABEL. WE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT HIS DEVELOPMENT PRIOR TO THAT APPOINTMENT, BUT BY THE MANNER IN WHICH THE PROFESSIONAL THAT CONDUCTED THE EVALUATION DELIVERED THE INFORMATION, WHICH WAS WITH A COMPLETE LACK OF CARING. WE COULD NOT ASK QUESTIONS OR EXPRESS OUR EMOTIONS. WE WERE PROVIDED WITH NO RESOURCES. I IMMEDIATELY SENT A LETTER TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAM, WHICH SORT OF DATES ME BECAUSE BACK THEN WE DID SEND LETTERS AND NOT SHOOT OFF E-MAILS. THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ACTS OF ADVOCACY AS A PARENT. ADDITIONALLY, OUR SON HAS CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS. WE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO FALL APART. WE GOT TO WORK BY DEVELOPING UNDERSTANDING AND LOADS OF PATIENCE WITH EACH OTHER, OUR SON, AND STAKEHOLDERS. WE LEARNED HOW TO MANAGE HIS HEALTH AND SOUGHT STRATEGIES TO HELP HIM LEARN AND BECOME INDEPENDENT. WE HAVE A NEUROTYPICAL CHILD AS WELL. SHE IS CURRENTLY A UNIVERSITY STUDENT. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN OUR DESIRE FOR THEM TO REACH THEIR INDIVIDUAL, FULL POTENTIALS. AS A FAMILY IMPACTED BY AUTISM EVERY DAY, WE ARE BEYOND AWARENESS. WHAT IS MEANINGFUL NOW IS ACCEPTANCE. WE BELIEVE IN EMPHASIZING WHAT OUR SON HAS IN COMMON WITH HIS PEERS INSTEAD OF THE DIFFERENCES BY FOCUSING ON HIS STRENGTHS INSTEAD OF DEFICITS. TO BE HONEST, HAVING AN AFRICAN AMERICAN SON HAS AT TIMES BEEN MORE CONCERNING THAN AUTISM. HIS RACE AND DISABILITY COMBINED CREATES ADDITIONAL BARRIERS, ACCEPTANCE AND INCLUSION, NEARL% EVERY DAY WE ARE ALL REMINDED OF THE LACK OF EQUALITY AND EQUITY IN OUR SOCTY. I AM THE GRANDDAUGHTER, DAUGHTER SISTER NIECE AND WIFE OF FINE BLACK PROFESSIONAL MEN WHO HAVE BEEN HARASSED AND DISRESPECTED SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN. THE FEAR IS REAL. I AM A PARENT OF A YOUNG MAN WITH AUTISM. I DO NOT KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO EXPERIENCE LIFE AS A PERSON WITH AUTISM. I DO KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO BE MARGINALIZED AS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN, AS A WOMAN, AND AS A PARENT OF A CHILD WITH DISABILITIES. I DO OW WHAT BLATANT DISCRIMINATION AND BEING PERCEIVED AS INFERIOR FEELS LIKE. I DO KNOW HOW EXHAUSTING IT IS TO COPE WITH CONSTANT MICROAGGRESSIONS. AND I ALSO KNOW THAT ACCEPTANCE OF ALL PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF ABILITY GENDER CULTURE HAIR SECRETARIESTURE AND SKIN COLOR MUST BE ACHIEVED FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. THE MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY, CHILDREN, INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, SENIORS, AND UNDERSERVED MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES MUST BE VALUED IN ORDER TO CREATE A SOCIETY THAT IS STRONGER DUE TO AND NOT DESPITE DIVERSITY. ACCEPTANCE IS INCLUSION. INCLUSION IS DIVERSITY. AND DIVERSITY IS BEAUTIFUL. INCLUSION MEANS THAT ALL PEOPLE GENUINELY -- THEY ARE NOT JUST IN THE CLASSROOM, AT THE PLAYGROUND, AT A PLACE OF WORSHIP, BUT ARE VALUED, CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF THESE COMMUNITIES. LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD AND CREATING EQUITY REQUIRES EFFORT BY ALL OF US. MY PRAYER IS THAT MY CHILDREN'S INDIVIDUAL UNIQUE ABILITIES AND TALENTS ALLOW THEM TO PARTICIPATE AND OPERATE IN THEIR PURPOSE SO THEY CAN BE MEANINGFUL AND PRODUCTIVE LIVES THAT THEY CHOOSE. THE REALITY OF AN INCLUSIVE SOCIETY THAT BOTH MY CHILDREN WILL BE ACCEPTED IN IS MY HOPE AND COMFORT IN WHAT I SEEK AS A PARENT. THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMAN VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR. PHYLLIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHOWING YOUR HEART IN PUBLIC. I ALWAYS SAY THAT WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH ISSUES THAT ARE SO PERSONAL TO YOU, AND YOU TALK ABOUT THEM IN PUBLIC, YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS SURE IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET A RECEPTIVE AUDIENCE OR MAYBE AS RECEPTIVE OF AN AUDIENCE AS CORRESPONDS WITH YOUR HEART. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THERE WAS RECEPTION HERE TODAY, AND THAT I APPRECIATE YOU TALKING NOT ONL ABO DISABILITIES BUT RACE AND GENDER AND HOW THOSE THINGS OFTEN COME TOGETHER. YOU AND I HAVE WORKED TOGETHER ON A NUMBER OF INITIATIVES INVOLVING NOT ONLY SPECIAL NEEDS AND DISABILITIES, BUT RACIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY ISSUES. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH OUR EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE LYNCHING MARKER MEMORIAL AS WELL AS OTHER EFFORTS, AND YOU JUST HAVE A GREAT HEART. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, MY OLDEST BROTHER JUAN IS DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED AND INTELLECTUALLY DISLED. SO I KNOW ABOUT THIS ISSUE. JUAN IS GOING TO BE 50 THIS YEAR IN MAY. MY MOM WANTED TO THROW A BIG PARTY FOR HIM BECAUSE IT'S A BIG DEAL AND, OF COURSE, NOW WITH COVID WE KIND OF GOT TO SCALE THAT BACK. BUT WHEN YOU'RE A PARENT RAISING A CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND YOU GET THAT DIAGNOSIS, WHETHER IT'S DOWN SYNDROME, AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY, AUTISM, A LOT OF THE DREAMS AND HOPES THAT YOU HAVE FOR YOUR CHILD THAT A LOT OF PARENTS HAVE AND YOU THINK TO YOURSELF, MAYBE MY CHILD IS GOING TO BE A U.S. SENATOR, THE NEXT BILL GATES, THE NEXT WADE BOGGS, WHATEVER IT IS, SUDDENLY THEY ARE REPLACED WITH A DESIRE FOR DIGNITY AND RESPECT AND THINKING IS MY CHILD GOING TO BE EXPLOITED, ABUSED WHEN THEY ARE 20. ARE THEY GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE INDEPENDENT? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I DIE, ET CETERA? THOSE ARE FEARS THAT SOCIETY DOESN'T DO ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND. WE DON'T UNDERSTAND IT CULTURALLY BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE MY BROTHER JUAN AND YOUR SON MATTHEW ARE TOO OFTEN THE BUTT OF JOKES. LOOK AT OUR LEGISLATURE AND MEDICAID WAIVER AND DIFFERENT ISSUES LIKE THAT. KAREN CLAY ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT THAT. WE DON'T UNDERSTAND IT ON A ONE-TO-ONE BASIS. WHILE WE HAVE GOTTEN BETTER IN THE LAST 30, 40 YEARS, THANK GOD AND I DO MEAN THANK GOD FOR THAT, WE STILL HAVE MILES TO GO IN SO MANY WAYS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WEARING YOUR HEART ON YOUR SLEEVE AND FOR SHOWING US THAT HERE TODAY. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I'LL HUG YOU LATER. IF I COULD DO IT NOW, YOU KNOW I WOULD. GOD BLESS YOU. >> FULL HUGS TO YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. VIERA, LET ME SAY THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS WONDERFUL LADY HERE TODAY. I REFLECT BACK ON SOME FAMILY MEMBERS IN MY HOME. SHE TOUCHED ON SOMETHING. WHEN I LOOK AT BEING A MAN OF COLOR AND SOMETIMES -- THAT'S A LOT OF TIMES IN MY COMMUNITY WHEN A YOUNG PERSON OR A CHILD HAS A DISABILITY -- PEOPLE FEEL THEY DON'T HAVE AN OPPORNITY AS BEING A COACH, CAN I SEE THAT. I TELL THE PARENT, BRING THEM ANYWAY. WE'LL GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHINE. IT IS THE MOST JOYFUL THING YOU CAN HAVE WHEN A KID WANTS TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING, WANTS TO BE EQUAL. SAY THAT, I HOPE THAT FOLKS ARE LISTENING THAT WE CAN HAVE PROGRAMS BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES, PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE THEIR CHILD HAS A PROBLEM. THEY SAY, OH, THEY'LL GROW OUT OF IT. NOTHING ISRONG MY KID IS NOT TALKING. WHEN THEY GET TO BE TWO, THREE YEARS OLD, THEY ARE NOT SOCIALIZING. THEY ARE FEARFUL THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG BUT THEY ARE AFRAID TO TAKE THE STEPS TO SEE WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE CHILD. FINALLY, THEY BREAK DOWN AND GET MAD WITH FAMILY MEMBERS WHEN YOU TELL THEM YOU NEED TO TAKE YOUR CHILD TO A SPECIALIST TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. I HAD TO DO THAT ONCE. SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT MS. PHYLLIS IS TALKING ABOUT AND HOPING THAT WE CAN GET PROGRAMS IN SCHOOLS, WHEN THOSE KIDS ARE GOING TO THE DOCTORS, THE DOCTOR CAN SAY GET O FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THEM. WHEN A KID IS NOT SOCIALIZING AT THAT SMALL AGE, THERE'S A PROBLEM SOMEWHERE. SOMETHING IS GOING ON, ESPECIALLY IN MY COMMUNITY, WE'RE FEARFUL. THE KIDS GROWING UP AND GOES THROUGH ALL KIND OF ISSUES AT SCHOOL, BEING PICKED ON. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, MS. PHYLLIS. I'M HOPING WE CAN FOSTER SOME TYPE OF PROGRAM WITHIN THE CITY. I'M HAPPY THAT, EAST TAMPA REGIONAL COMPLEX IS COMING ON BOARD. I SAY THAT IS GOING TO HELP ALL OF EAST TAMPA. IT IS THE EAST TAMPA REGIONAL COMPLEX. IT WILL HAVE AN AUTISM PARK, MR. VIERA. YOU KNOW HOW THAT WILL HELP A LOT OF OUR KIDS WITH PROGRAMMING IN THAT COMMUNITY. PARENTS -- WHEN THEY TAKE THEIR KID TO THE PARK AND BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE GIFT AND JEWELS THERE THAT WILL BE THERE FOR THE KIDS. AGAIN, I FEEL IT. I UNDERSTAND IT. I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN GET A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIAL OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR TO TAKE THAT STEP TO MAKE THINGSAPPEN FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AGAIN, MR. VIERA, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE, SIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM. >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN GUDES, THANK YOU FOR THOSE WORDS. YOU MENTIONED THE DISABILITY AND . I THINK IT WAS OUR FIRST COUNCIL MEETING AFTER THE ELECTION OF CHAIR, HAD RACHEL BARCELONA HERE SPEAKING FOR AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH. YOU WENT, I'D LOVE TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE PARKS IN MY DISTRICT. LOOK WHAT YOU DID WITH HARD WORK. I SAY THIS IN A POSITIVE WAY, ECKING BALL WAY OF DOING THINGS. I SAY THAT IN A GOOD WAY. YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF TAMPA STARTING THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO UNDER MAYOR BUCKHORN BEGAN THE AUTISM FRIENDLY CITY INITIATIVE WHICH BEGAN WITH MAKING SURE THAT CITY EMPLOYEES AND DEPARTMENTS WERE TRAINED IN ACCESSIBILITY AND ISSUES LIKE THAT. IN 2017, WE GOT DESIGN FUNDING FOR THE FIRST CITY AUTISM, 100% CITY-FUNDED AUTISM FRIENDLY PARK IN NEW TPA. ST YEAR'S BUDGET, WE PASSED MONEY FOR THE EAST TAMPA PARK IMPROVEMENTS THAT COUNCILMAN GUDES WAS TALKING ABOUT, WHICH IS AN ALL ABILITIES, DISABILITIES FRIENDLY PARK AND FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW TAMPA DISABILITY AND AUTISM FRIENDLY PARK. AND WE'VE HAD, MacFARLANE PARK AND SO MANY DIFFERENT IMPROVEMENTS. ALSO TALKING ABOUT MAKING SURE EVERY PARK, CITY PARK HAS AT LEAST ONE PIECE OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT THAT IS DISABILITY FRIENDLY AND ACCESSIBLE. SO LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT MEAN A LOT. GOG A FEW STEPS YOU CAN WALK ABY MILE, I'LL TAKE THOSE FEW STEPS ANYTIME. WE'RE TAKING SOME BIG STEPS SO THAT FAMILIES LIKE MY FAMILY, LIKE YOUR FAMILY, AND OTHERS LIKE US CAN WALK MILES, BUT ESPECIALLY FEEL ACCEPTED, FEEL ACCEPTED. A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS FROM GOING TO CHURCH OR SYNAGOGUE OR TEMPLE, GOING TO SEE SANTA, WHATEVER IT IS, ARE SO OFTEN BURDENED BY THESE CHALLENGES. AND PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE. PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE L THINGS TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU AND THEN HAVE IT HEARD IN ISOLATION. PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE. IT IS A TERRIBLE FEELING. WE'VE GOT TO BE THERE FOR THOSE PEOPLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL, MR. CHAIR, COUNCILMAN GUDES, EVERYONE. PHYLLIS, AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I LOVE YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU. >> THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT UP WE GO TO ITEM 2. I WAS GOING TO PRESENT LaCHONE DOCK A COMMENDATION FOR RETIRING NEWS.THE CITY, BUT I HAVE GOOD AND HERE IS A SHORT RESPONSE FROM CAROLE POST. IT SAYS, WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THIS ITEM IS NOT PROCEEDING BECAUSE LaCHONE IS NOT LEAVING THE CITY. DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC PORTFOLIO CONTINUE TO GROW, WE TOOK -- CAROLE POST TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO ACCELERATE SOME ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES TO ENABLE LaCHONE TO TAKE ON NEW RESPONSIBILITIES, LARGELY WITH THE NEW PLANNING DEPARTMENT. GIVEN HER 16-PLUS YEARS OF TIME WITH THE CITY, WE ARE THRILLED TO KNOW THAT SHE WILL STAY PART OF OUR TEAM. WHEN I MADE THE MOTION TO GIVE LaCHONE THE COMMENDATION, I SAW A LOT OF SAD FACES BECAUSE WE KNOW AND WE ALL KNOW HOW MUCH SHE MEANS TO THE CITY. WE ARE HAPPY THAT SHE IS STAYING ON. NO COMMENDATION AND FOR GOOD REASON. >>JOSEPH CITRO: I THINK IT'S BETTER LaCHONE WILL STAY PART OF THE FAMILY. CONGRATULATIONS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU TO CAROLE POST. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT UP IS ITEM 3. SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES, OUR CITY CLERK ON THE SECOND FLOOR AT THE KIOSK, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN MA'AM. >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL A ERYON SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES, CITY CLERK. I'M HERE TO PRESENT ITEMS 3, 4, AND 5. FIRST UP IS THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PNAB APPOINTMENT, ALTERNATE POSITION, MR. JAMES CHITTENDEN. HE WANTS TO SPEAK TO YOU. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD MORNING, GENTLEMEN. MY NAME IS JAMES CHITTENDEN. WEST CHESTNUT STREET, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33607. I AM AN APPLICANT FOR THE PUBLIC NUISANCE ABATEMENT BOARD AND CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD. I'VE ACTUALLY SERVED ON THIS BOARD -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD. >> I'VE ACTUALLY SERVED ON THIS BOARD FOR SOME 15 YEARS. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, I'VE NEVER MISSED A MEETING AND JUST LIKE YOU, I UNDERSTAND THAT PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THESE CASES, PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THESE MATTERS THAT EVER COME BEFORE THIS BOARD ALWAYS HAVE MULTIPLE SIDES. I ALWAYS STRIVE TO TREAT EVERYONE AS FAIRLY AS POSSIBLE. I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE BOARD. FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCEDURES, FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS, FAMILIAR WITH THE LAWS. AND FOR THAT REASON AND ALSO JUST MY PAST SERVICE, I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION FOR JAMIE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE HIM A SHOUT-OUT AND TELL HIM HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE YOUR MANY YEARS O SERVICE. I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE THOSE. THANK YOU, JAMIE. >> APPRECIATE IT, SIR. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: I WANT TO VOUCH FOR HIM AS WELL. I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR A LONG TIME. HE'S SERVED IN THE MILITARY. HE'S BEEN A HISTORIAN, ALL KINDS OF THINGS. WROTE BOOKS. DIDN'T YOU WRITE BOOKS, TOO? >> I'VE WRITTEN A FEW BOOKS, YES SIR. >>BILL CARLSON: ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO HAVE YOU. LET'S CATCH UP SOON. >> APPRECIATE IT, SIR. YOU TOO. >>LUIS VIERA: I WANT TO ECHO THAT. I KNOW YOUR BROTHER, EDWARD, W IS A NICE GUY. WE USED TO WORK AT THE SAME LAW FIRM FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. I KNOW YOU ARE A THOUGHTFUL AND ENGAGED PERSON. I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY AND FOR YOUR CONTINUING SERVICE, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS VOTE. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. >>JOSEPH CITRO: GOOD TO SEE YOU, MY BROTHER. HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN A WHILE. COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO AND I BOTH SERVED ON CODE ENFORCEMENT. WE KNOW THE GREAT WORK AND WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO DURING THOSE MEETINGS. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. >> THANK YOU,IR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN GUDES? NO. I DON'T KNOW, SIR, I'M ON THE FENCE. I DON'T REALLY KNOW YOU, SO WE MAY HAVE TO CONTINUE THIS. I'M KIDDING. OH, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, YES, SIR. YOU'RE MUTED, SIR. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WHO MUTED ME. WASN'T ME. I MOVE THE NOMINATION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO. YES, SIR, MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I WANT TO CONFIRM WITH THE CLERK THIS IS FOR THE ALTERNATE POSITION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT'S RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. WHO IS THE SECOND? CITRO WAS THE SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? CONGRATULATIONS SIR. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT UP, MS. SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES. >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: COUNCIL, SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES AGAIN FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 4, THAT'S THE EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY ADVISORY COMMISSION. WE HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT. THE FIRST IS MS. LANGHAM-BISHOP, WHO IS UNABLE TO ATTEND DUE TO A BUSINESS CONFLICT. AND SHE WOULD LIKE TO BE REAPPOINTED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THERE ARE TWO POSITIONS AND TWO APPLICANTS CORRECT? >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: YES. THE SECOND INDIVIDUAL IS MS. WINKLER. SHE WILL BE ATTENDING VIRTUALLY AND WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. IF WE HAVE NICOL WINKLER ON. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. GO AHEAD. UNMUTE YOURSELF. ALL RIGHT. IF YOU'D LIKE US TO APPOINT YOU HERE, JUST NOD YES, I GUESS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. IT IS THE EBO BOARD. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS SHE MUTED ON OUR END? >>MARTIN SHELBY: DOES SHE SEE THAT MICROPHONE BUTTON. >> YES, MY MICROPHONE BUTTON -- HI, CITY COUNCIL, NICOL WINKLER HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD. >> I JUST WANTED TO RESPOND. I'M HERE IN MY FOURTH YEAR OF BEING A PART OF THE EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL. I'VE LEARNED A LOT IN THAT TIME, AND I'VE ALSO FINALLY GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ADDING OUR OWN BUSINESS TO BE QUALIFIED IN THE EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM. SO I LEARNED A LOT GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS, AND I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO SHARE THAT WITH MY COMMUNITY SO I CAN HELP OTHER BUSINESSES WORK AND COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN GUDES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: GOOD MORNING, MS. WINKLER. THE EBO PROGRAM IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MEECAU IT DEALS WITH WITH A LOT OF MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES WHO ARE TRYING TO BE A PART OF THE CITY CONTRACTS AND SO FORTH AND SO ON. WHEN I FIRST CAME ON, I HEARD THAT THE BOARD WASN'T MEETING ON A REGULAR BASIS. SO I'M JUST WONDERING IS THAT BOARD MEETING ON A REGULAR BASIS NOW? >> YES, WE ARE. WE ARE DOING THAT VIRTUALLY, YEP. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SO WE'RE DOING THAT VIRTUALLY. I ALSO HEARD SOME FOLKS, MEMBERS ON THE BOARD THOUGHT THE BOARD WASN'T BEING THAT EFFECTIVE IN BEING ABLE TO FOCUS ON POLICIES ANPROCURESO ENACT TO MAKE SURE THAT WORKLOAD WITHIN THE CITY IS BEING EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING AN OPPORTUNITY. CAN YOU ELABORATE ON ANY OF THAT? >> YES, THAT WAS MY CONCERN IN THE BEGINNING AS WELL AFTER ATTENDING THE FIRST FEW OF THE MEETINGS. THE PROCESS TO BECOME CERTIFIED IS QUITE INTENSIVE. I THINK THERE IS A LEARNING CURVE TO THAT. I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR BETTER MARKETING FOR BUSINESSES SO WE CAN MAKE IT A MORE FRIENDLIER PROCESS. I THINK IT IS ABOUT GETTING MORE INFORMATION OUT THERE. AND I THINK THAT'S THE CHALLENGE OF THE BOARD IS THAT THEY HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND TO GET IT INTO THE RIGHT HANDS SO THAT QUALIFYING COMPANIES CAN, IN FACT, SEE THESE CONTRACTS AND COMPETE FOR THEM. FROM WHAT -- CAN I ONLY SEE SO MUCH FROM MY POSITION, BUT I DO KNOW THAT GREGORY AND MICHELLE AND LYDA AND SOM OF THE DIRECTORS I WORK WITH, THEY ARE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION. THEY E-MAIL ME WHEN THERE ARE EVENTS OR EXPOS OR LEARNING POTENTIALS FOR BUSINESSES TO BE INVOLVED WITH THE CITY. SO ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT WE'RE TRYING, WE'RE EVEN BUILDING SUBCOMMITTEES WITHIN EBOAC SO US INDIVIDUALS THAT SERVE ON THE BOARD CAN HELP IMPROVE CERTAIN PARTS OF THE PROGRAM WITHIN OUR OWN AUDIENCES. AN EXAMPLE, WE'VE GOT A MARKETING SUBCOMMITTEE SO THAT WE CAN HELP ADVISE THE BOARD ON STEPS THAT WE CAN TAKE, THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THE BOARD BE MORE EFFECTIVE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU FOR BEING HONEST. AGAIN, I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS AREA, AND I HEAR A LOT OF THINGS. I'M LOOKING FOR THE BOARD TO BE ABLE -- I DRIVE AROUND THE CITY A LOT, I SEE FOLKS OUT THERE DOING WORK, I SAY, WHY ARE YOU NOT A PART OF THE CITY? I HEAR THE PROCESS IS TOO INTENSE. I HEAR THAI DOT KNOW HOW TO DO IT. I HEAR A LOT OF THINGS THAT DISCOURAGES ME, AND I HAVE TO TAKE THE STEP TO SAY, NO, I'M GOING TO SEND YOUR NAME OVER TO THE EBO OFFICE. I'M LOOKING AT MORE OUTREACH FROM THE BOARD AND FROM STAFF TO BE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY, NOT IN OFFICES, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE WORKING EVERY DAY, AND THEY DON'T KNOW TO KNOW. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FEARFUL OF GOVERNMENT AT TIMES. I WANT THE BOARD, I'M SURE YOU'RE GOING TO BE REAPPOINTED, TO FOCUS ON SOME OF THOSE AREAS. I THINK THAT WILL HELP OUR NUMBERS BETTER SO PEOPLE WON'T BE FEARFUL OF THE PROCESS. THEY WON'T BE FEARFUL OF GOVERNMENT. AGAIN, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO SPEAK THAT LOWER LINGO TO PEOPLE. THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE BIG WORDS. THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE BIG SCHEME OF THINGS. BUT IF YOU BREAK IT DOWN TO THEM IN A SIMPLE FORM, THEY ARE READY TO WORK AND GET TO A DREAM. THIS REAPPOINTMENT AND DISCUSSION WE'RE HAVING, YOU'LL BRING THAT BACK TO YOUR EBO BOARD. I KNOW STAFF IS PROBABLY LISTENING, BUT WE NEED MORE OUTREACH IN THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE I SEE PEOPLE LAYING MUD EVERY DAY. PEOPLE DOING ROOFS EVERY DAY. I SEE THESE FOLKS OUT THERE EVERY DAY. WHEN I SAY I SEE A LIST AND WE DON'T HAVE A LIST OF PEOPLE ON THERE, WE MAY NOT HAVE THE PEOPLE ON THERE, BUT THEY ARE OUT THERE. THEY JUST NEED TO HAVE THE TOOLS TO GET THEM ON BOARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: COUNCIL, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION, A CLARIFICATION. JUST SO YOU KNOW WITH BOTH MS. WINKLER AND MS. LANGHAM BISHOP, THEIR FIRST TERM EXPIRED ON AUGUST 23rd OF 2020. JUST TO REMIND YOU THAT THE TERM OF OFFICE FOR THIS BOARD IS TWO YEARS WITH TERM LIMITS OF TWO CONSECUTIVE TERMS. MY QUESTION TO COUNCIL IS, IS IT COUNCIL'S INTENTION IN THAT WE'VE HAD THE PANDEMIC AND WE'VE HAD THE DISRUPTION IN THE WAY THE CITY DOES BUSINESS AND THE FACT THAT THEIR TERMS EXPIRED IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR, WOULD IT BE YOUR INTENTION TO HAVE THEIR APPOINTMENT NOW BE FOR A FULL TWO-YEAR TERM EFFECTIVE TODAY OR DID YOU WANT IT TO BE RETROACTIVE TO LAST AUGUST. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NOTHING HAPPENED SINCE LAST -- CONSIDERING THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WERE BEYOND ANYONE'S CONTROL, I THINK IT SHOULD START FROM TODAY -- WELL -- THE WORLD STOPPED ESSENTIALLY FOR A PERIOD THERE. JUST TO BE FAIR TO EVERYBODY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF THAT'S COUNCIL'S INTENTION THAT WILL BE FINE AND PART OF THE MOTION TO MAKE IT EFFECTIVE TODAY, THEN. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO MAKE SURE, MAYBE I MISSED WHA MS. WINKLER SAID. I KNOW SHE'S NOT RELATED TO MY OLD COUSIN HENRY. I'M SMILING. SHE KNOWS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. >> I WISH. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WHAT I'M ASKING, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, BUT I NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION SO I CAN DIGEST IT. ARE WE SAYING FROM AUGUST 20, 2020 TO NOW THERE HAS NOT BEEN A MEETING OF THAT BOARD? >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. MIRANDA, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I HAD A CALL INTO MR. HART YESTERDAY. UNFORTUNATELY, I WASN'T ABLE TO CONNEC WITH HIM. I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. IF YOU WANT TO -- >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WELL, THEN, I CAN'T MAKE A JUDGMENT ON WHAT TIME IT SHOULD START. IF IT'S FROM 2020 AND ONE MEETING BETWEEN 2020 AND NOW, THEN I THINK WE'RE IN VIOLATION OF OUR OWN MOTION BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN MEETING VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON. I DON'T KNOW WHICH. I'VE GOT TO HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION AS FAR AS MY VOTE IS CONCERNED. HAVE THEY MET ANYTIME AFTER AUGUST 20, 2020 TO FIND OUT, IF SO DESERVING, I'M NOT AGAINST IT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE LAW. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. MIRANDA HAS AN EXCELLENT POINT. I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO CONNECT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND TO DEFER THIS UNTIL LATER UNTIL WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION. I DON'T THINK IT WOULD JEOPARDIZE EITHER ONE OF THE POSITIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. HEART IS ON THE LINE. WE CAN ASK HIM NOW FOR CLARIFICATION. MR. HART, IF YOU'RE ON THE LINE, HAVE THERE BEEN ANY MEETINGS SINCE AUGUST OF LAST YEAR UNTIL NOW, VIRTUALLY, IN PERSON, ANYTHING? >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. GREGORY HART, EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM. YES, THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW MEETG. AS HAS BEEN STATED, WHEN THE PANDEMIC WENT INTO THE STAGNATION OF MOST EVERYTHING, EARLY ON, THERE WERE NO MEETINGS. YES, SINCE WE'VE HAD -- OH, GOSH -- PROBABLY FOUR, FIVE, SIX MEETINGS, IF NOT MORE. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD THINK -- I DON'T HAVE THE RECORD IN FRONT OF ME, BUT WE'VE BEEN MEETING FOR THREE OR FOUR MONTHS OF LATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. IF THAT'S THE CASE, MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST START IT FROM WHEN THE TERM EXPIRED. MR. MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I JUST -- AND I DON'T WANT MS. WINKLER OR ANYONE ELSE ON THE BOARD TO BE THAT WE'RE -- HOWEVER, SINCE WE DON'T REALLY KNOW ALL THE FACTS AND AT THIS POINT, EVEN THE ADVISOR SPOKE THAT IT WAS FOUR, FIVE MEETINGS, SIX MEETINGS, WE WANT TO KNOW IF THERE'S ANY BREAK OF SERVICE. SO I THINK WE OUGHT TO HOLD THIS A WEEK OR SO, WHATEVER TIME IT IS SO WE CAN COME BACK AND HAVE THE FACTS WHEN THEY STOPPED MEETING SO WE CAN INCLUDE THAT IN THE SECOND-YEARERM. I WANT TO BE AS FAIR AS I CAN TO EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD. THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING AND I'M SURE THIS COUNCIL WOULD WANT TO DO THE SAME THING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEM 4 TO MAY 6 WHICH IS OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING. WE'LL PUT IT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE AGENDA JUST LIKE THIS UNDER CEREMONIAL ACTIVITIES. IN THE MEANTIME, WE'LL GET AS MUCH CLARIFICATION AS WE CAN. COUNCILMAN GUDES WITH THE MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. WE'LL COME BACK MAY 6th, MA'AM, MS. WINKLER, SO WE CAN GET CLARIFICATION ON HOW MANY MEETINGS AND THE TERM LIM AND ALL THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I WANT MS. WINKLER TO KNOW WE APPRECIATE HER SERVICE. WE APPRECIATE ALL HER EFFORTS AND, CLEARLY, THIS IS JUST A PROCEDURAL CONTINUANCE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: AND MR. CHAIRMAN, I WANT TO THANK MR. MIRANDA FOR CLARIFYING THAT ISSUE, RAISING THE ISSUE, AND ALLOWING US TO CLARIFY IT. THANK YOU, SIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM 5, SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES, GO AHEAD. WE HAVE ONE MORE. >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES, CITY CLERK. YES, COUNCIL, WE HAVE ONE LAST ONE FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION. SUSAN KLAUSSMITH WANTS TO BE REAPPOINTED. SHE COULDN'T MAKE IT TODAY, BUT REQUESTS REAPPOINTMENT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN GUDES? NO. ANY QUESTIONS? CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT REAPPOINTMENT. MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THAT SETTLES THAT. >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM, THANK YOU. WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE IN-PERSON THEN WE'LL GO TO THE VIRTUAL. THE VIRTUAL WE HAVE 12 REGISTERED SPEAKERS. WE WILL START WITH IN-PERSON ON THE SECOND FLOOR. AFTER EACH PERSON, WE'LL SANITIZE THE LECTERN AND KEEP IT GOING FROM THERE. GO AHEAD. FIRST SPEAKER. >> HELLO. MY NAME IS CLAYTON LONG. I'M A LIFELONG TAMPA RESIDENT. I OW A HOME WITH MY WIFE IN THE NORTH YBOR EAST TAMPA AREA. I'M HERE TO DISCUSS PERMITTING AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES. I HAVE A PREPARED STATEMENT TO READ. REAL ESTATE INVESTOR HAS PURCHASED AT LEAST TWO PROPERTIES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. ONE OF THESE PROPERTIES IS NEXT DOOR TO ME AND IT HASN'T ONE BUT TWO STOP WORK ORDERS ATTACHED TO IT. AFTER THE FIRST STOP WORK ORDER, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY SUBMITTED AN OWNER/BUILDER PERMIT APPLICATION WHERE THE SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDED RECONFIGURATION OF THE INTERIOR SPACE, ELECTRICAL WORK, AND WINDOW REPLACEMENTS. THE PLANS THAT HE INCLUDED HAVE NO ELECTRICAL DIAGRAMS, NO WINDOW INSTALLATION SCS. THEY ARE NOT TO SCALE, NOT SIGNED, NOT SEALED, NOT DRAFTED BY A PROFESSIONAL. THOSE PLANS, WHICH I HAVE WITH ME HERE TODAY, WERE RECENTLY APPROVED BY THE CITY OF TAMPA'S CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR A LEVEL ONE ALTERATION PERMIT. THREE YEARS AGO, I APPLIED FOR A PERMIT FROM THE CITY OF TAMPA TO CONVERT MY REAR LAUNDRY AREA INTO A SECOND BATHROOM. I HIRED AN ARCHITECT. PLANS PRINTED TO SPEC, SIGNED AND SEALED WITH TWO SCALE DRAWINGS, ELECTRICAL DIAGRAMS, THE WORKS. THE CITY SENT MY PERMIT APPLICATION BACK TO ME FOR TWO MONTHS. THEY EVEN MADE ME GET THE PLANS REDRAFTED. THE CITY ALSO UPGRADED IT TO A LEVEL TWO ALTERATION BECAUSE I WAS CHANGING OUT A WINDOW AND HAD A WALL ADDITION. ADDITIONALLY, THE CITY MODIFIED MY PERMIT REQUEST TO ADD ALL OF THE WINDOWS IN MY HOUSE TO THAT PERMIT REQUEST BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS OWNER, ALSO A BELOW BOARD FLIPPER, NEVER PERMITTED THOSE WINDOWS PRIOR TO SELLING IT TO ME. REWORKING THE PLANS, HIRING ARCHITECT, WIDENING THE SCOPE OF WORK, UPGRADING THE PERMIT TO LEVEL 2 ALTERATION COST ME THOUSANDS EXTRA. AT THE TIME, I WAS FURIOUS BUT I RATIONALIZED IT AS THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS TO EVERYONE. EVERYONE APPLYING FOR A PERMIT WOULD VE TO HIRE A ARCHITECT, CITE PROPER BUILDING AND ELECTRICAL CODES HAVE PLANS SIGNED AND SEALED, ANYONE CHANGING WALLS OR WINDOWS WOULD REQUIRE A LEVEL TWO ALTERATION PERMIT. YET, NEXT DOOR TO ME, I CAN PLAINLY SEE THOSE RULES DON'T APPLY EQUAL TO EVERYONE. THE INVESTOR NEXT DOOR DOESN'T NEED DETAILED PLANS THAT COVER THE FULL SCOPE OF HIS WORK. HE CAN CHANGE WALLS AND WINDOWS WITH A LEVEL ONE ALTERATION PERMIT. HE CAN SCRIBBLE ON THE BACK OF CARDBOARD, CALL THEM PLANS AND GETS A PASS. WHY IS HE SPECIAL AND MY NEIGHBORS AND I ARE NOT? WHY ARE THE RULES DIFFERENT FOR WHY DOES HE GET A FREE PASS TO DO HARM TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO WHOEVER THE NEXT OWNER WILL BE? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. WE'LL SANITIZE THE LECTERN AND TAKE UP THE NEXT SPEAKER. YES, SIR, GO AHEAD. >> MENTESNOT, TAMPA, FLORIDA. I WENT TO THE BAR THE OTHER NIGHT. MET A NICE YOUNG LADY. PAID MY $40, AND WE WENT BACK TO THE HOTEL ROOM. WHEN WE GOT BACK TO THE HOTEL ROOM, I FOUND OUT THE NICE YOUNG LADY WAS ACTUALLY A MAN. KIND OF SURPRISED ME, BUT I ALREADY PAID MY40, SO I HAD TO GO THROUGH WITH THE ACT. I JUST GOT STUCK BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO REVERSE THE PROCESS OF LOSING THOSE $40.% THAT'S WHAT THIS CITY OF TAMPA WANT US AFRICAN PEOPLE TO BE STUCK WITH. THEY WANT US TO BE STUCK WITH GETTING SEXUALLY MOLESTED, SEXUALLY ABUSED. IN THE ANUS, IN THE POSTERIOR. ON A LIFELONG BASIS. >>LUIS VIERA: INTF ORDER, MR. CHAIR. POINT OF ORDER. MR. SHELBY, ARE THERE ANY RULES TO THIS? >>MARTIN SHELBY: I'LL READ YOU THE RULES, COUNCIL. WITH REGARD TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. RULE 5. IT STATES THE FOLLOWING: >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: INTO THE MICROPHONE SIR. >>MARTIN SHELBY: ALL PERSONS SHALL AT ALL TIMES CONDUCT THEMSELVES IN ACCORDANCE WITH COUNCIL RULES. PERSONS FAILING TO DO SO SHALL BE RULED OUT OF ORD AND MAY BE DIRECTED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR TO BE REMOVED FROM THE COUNCIL CHAMBER. SUCH PERSON SHALL NOT THEREAFTER BE READMITTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER OR CITY HALL DURING THE REMAINDER OF THAT DAY'S MEETING. SPEAKERS SHALL REFRAIN FROM DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING MAKING VULGAR OR THREATENING REMARKS. SPEAKERS SHALL REFRAIN FROM LAUNCHING PERSONAL ATTACKS AGAINST ANY CITY OFFICIAL, CITY STAFF MEMBER OR MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. COMMENTS SHALL BE DIRECTED TO THE COUNCIL AS A BODY AND NOT TO INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS. NO ONE PRESENT DURING A CITY COUNCIMEETGHALL ENGAGE IN DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR. INCLUDING INTENTIONALLY MAKING OR CAUSING TO BE MADE ANY DISRUPTIVE NOISE OR SOUND OR DISPLAYING SIGNS OR GRAPHICS IN A MANNER DISRUPTIVE TO THE PROCEEDINGS. THAT WOULD BE THE RELEVANT SECTIONS OF YOUR RULES OF PROCEDURE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, DISRUPTIVE VULGAR. MR. CHAIR, I WANT TO MAKE MY OBJECTIONS. THAT'S ALL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> AM I CONTINUING? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, SIR. >> YEAH, THAT'S THE PROBLEM. YOU ALL DON'T LIKE BLACK PEOPLE SPEAKING. THAT'S WHAT IT IS. WHEN BLACK PEOPLE COME TO SPEAK, YOU TREAT US -- YOU ALL NOT INDIFFERENT TO REGULAR WHITE PEOPLE. IT'S NO DIFFERENT FROM HOW WE ARE TREATED INTERNATIONALLY. IT'S NO DIFFERENCE FROM HOW WE'RE TREATED NATIONALLY, AND IT'S NO DIFFERENCE TO HOW WE'RE TREATED LOCALLY. YOU ALL DON'T LIKE BLACK PEOPLE TO EXPRESS OURSELVES. YOU DON'T LIKE US TO HAVE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND YOU WANT US TO STAY SCARED. YOU WANT TO CHOKE US OUT LIKE YOU CHOKED OUT GEORGE FLOYD. SHOOT US LIKE YOU SHOT THE YOUNG MAN THE OTHER DAY. YOU UNDERSTAND? YOU WANT TO KILL US LIKE YOU KILLED A YOUNG MAN IN THE HOSPITAL AND YOU WANT TO GET AWAY WITH IT AND YOU DON'T WANT AFRICAN PEOPLE TO SPEAK ON IT. YOU WANT TO BE SCARED. YOU WANT TO PUT ROUNDABOUTS IN OUR COMMUNITIES, AND WE DON'T HAVE NO PLACE TO LIVE. YOU ALL WANT US TO KEEP OUR MOUTHS SHUT. MAN, AIN'T NOBODY SCARED ABOUT YOU. AIN'T NOBODY SCARED ABOUT YOUR RULES. AFRICAN PEOPLE, WE HAVE MOVED BEYOND THAT. PEOPLE COME DOWN HERE TO SPEAK, YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT THEY WEAR, HOW THEY DRESS, WHAT THEY LOOK, BUT YOU'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT HOW WE'RE BEING TREATED. AIN'T NOBODY SCARE OF YOU. YOU THE COWARD. I'M NOT THE COWARD. AIN'T NOBODY SCARED OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THIS CITY COUNCIL THE COWARD. THE MAYOR RUN THIS CITY. THE MAYOR TELL YOU ALL WHAT TO DO. THE MAYOR GIVE YOU ALL A BILLION-DOLLAR BUDGET AND YOU APPROVE IT IN SECONDS IF YOU ALL AIN'T EVEN SEEN IT. NOTHING IN IT FOR BLACK PEOPLE. 26% OF THE POPULATION. AIN'T NOTHING IN IT FOR US. AND WE COME DOWN HERE AND YOU-ALL GOT MORE COPS DOWN HERE WASTING TIME. YOUR SALARY, YOU CAN'T GET TO WORK ON TIME AND YOU WANT TO TREAT THE PEOPLE A CERTAIN KIND OF WAY AND SOMEBODY IS SUPPOSED TO BE AFRAID OF THAT. MAN, AIN'T NOBODY AFRAID OF YOU. I AIN'T NEVER BEEN AAID. YOU AFRAID OF LIFE. YOU AFRAID OF LIVING. YOU THE COWARD. I'M NOT A COWARD. THE CITY COUNCIL THE COWARD. THE MAYOR RUN THE CITY. THE MAYOR RUN THE CITY. THE MAYOR BEFORE THAT, MAYOR RUN THE CITY. YOU CAN TELL YOU-ALL AIN'T GOT NO POWER. YOU ALL AIN'T GOT NOTHING. THEY NEED TO CALL YOU ALL BUDGET APPROVERS. THAT'S ALL YOU ARE ALL. NONE MORE, NONE LESS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL SANITIZE THE LECTERN AND HAVE THE NEXT SPEAKER. YES, MA'AM, GO AHEAD. >> YES, GOOD MORNING. I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO GIVE CONGRATULATIONS TO MRS. PHYLLIS GOODMAN BECAUSE SHE JUST DIDN'T TALK ABOUT HER SITUATION. SHE BROADENED THE LANDSCAPE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT AFRICAN PEOPLE ARE CONFRONTED WITH ON A DAILY BASIS AND THE FEAR THAT EXISTS. WALKING LIVING BIKING. SO I APPRECIATE THAT BUT WHAT@BS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RESPECT FOR THE RULES, I'M GOING TO KEEP ON COMING, AND I'M GOING TO KEEP ON ADVOCATING FOR EAST TAMPA AND THE AFRICAN COMMUNITY. I'M GOING TO KEEP ON COMING AND I'M GOING TO KEE ON ADVOCATING FOR JOBS, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR BETTER HOUSING FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS, WORKERS THAT DESERVE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD. BUT WHAT I FIND TO BE COMPLETELY DISGUSTING IS THE FACT THAT WE DO HAVE A PROCESS IN EAST TAMPA CALLED THE CRA THAT IS BEING SO DISRESPECTED BECAUSE THE PROCESS IS BEING MANIPULATED BY THOSE WHO WANT TO HAVE THEIR FINAL SAY ON THINGS WE'RE DOING. ON THE UPh THAT HAS NOT BEEN BROUGHT TO THE AESTHETIC AND BEAUTIFICATION PROCESS HAS NOT EVEN BEEN DISCUSSED IN THE BOARD. THERE'S GOING TO BE A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE THAT HAS BEEN PUT OUT BY THE CITY FOR AN ART PROJECT FOR ROUNDABOUTS ON 34th. THIS BOARD HAS ONLY BEEN ASSEMBLED SIX MONTHS, YET, STILL, THE THINGS THAT THE BOARD HAS TALKED ABOUT THAT HAS WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD IN TERMS OF A QUALITY-OF-LIFE ISSUE FOR THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN STALLED. BUT THE SHINY, PRETTY THINGS THAT THE CITY WANTS IS MOVING FORWARD, AND I'M QUITE SURE IN YOUR MAY CRA MEETING YOU'RE GOING TO BE VOTING FOR UP TO $300,000 TO BE SPENT ON AN ART PROJECT ROUNDABOUT. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT AS A CITIZEN, THAT IF YOU HAVE NO RESPECT FOR THE PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH A SUBCOMMITTEE, THEN FOLLOWED BY LISTENING TO THE BOARD'S RECOMMENDATION, AND THEN YOU MAKE THE APPROVAL BECAUSE THE AESTHETIC AND BEAUTIFICATION BOARD DO NOT MEET UNTIL APRIL THE 22nd. THIS HAS BEEN FAST-FORWARD. IF YOU CONSTANTLY REFUSE TO LISTEN TO THAT BOARD THAT HAS BEEN ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE, AS A CITIZEN, THEN I HAVE NO OTHER RECOURSE THEN TO TAKE MY COMPLAINTS NOT TO YOU ANYMORE BUT THEN TO ANOTHER BODY OF INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE FORMED CRAs AND MAYBE THEY HAVE SOME RESPECT FOR THE RULE OF DEMOCRACY. IT IS INSULTING TO SEE HOW WE DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS IN A COMMUNITY, BUT UP TO $300,000 COULD BE SPENT FOR OUR PROJECT. YOU CAN PARADE ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. YOU CAN PARADE ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT'S GOING TO SPEAK AFTER ME, BUT IN EAST TAMPA, THERE'S OVER 40,000 RESIDENTS THAT ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE SAME ISSUES PRETTY MUCH THAT MS. PHYLLIS LAID OUT OF THE COMPLETE UNCERTAINTY OF LIFE LIVING AS BLACK. AND IF YOU, BOARD MEMBERS, WHICH ARE ALL DEMOCRATS, THAT ARE ALWAYS DEPENDENT ON THAT POPULATION TO LISTEN TO YOU WHEN YOU'RE CAMPAIGNING, SURELY YOU CAN LISTEN AND RESPECT THE BOARD THAT HAS BEEN VOTED BY THAT COMMUNITY, MAYBE NOT ALL LIGHT, BUT IT IS A PROCESS THAT SHOULD BE FOLLOWED. SO THIS MEETING THAT HAS BEEN POSTED BY THE CITY TO HAPPEN ON THE 21st, I WOULD HOPE THA THIS BOARD HAS ENOUGH COURAGE TO SAY THAT THE PROCESS HAS NOT BEEN FOLLOWED. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL SANITIZE THE LECTERN AND BRING UP THE NEXT SPEAKER, IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE ON THE SECOND FLOOR. ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD, SIR. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNC. DARRYL M. PHILLIPS DUNBAR LLP, 100 SOUTH ASHLEY DRIVE, SUITE 200, HERE IN TAMPA. THIS IS AS TO ITEM 58. I AM HERE TO SPEAK TO OBJECT TO BOTH THE INTERIM CONTROL ORDINANCE AND THE COMP PLAN AMENDMENT THAT UNDERLIES, AS OVERBROAD, UNDULY BURDENSOME AS DRAFTED AND AS THEY WOULD EVENTUALLY BE APPLIED. COMP PLAN AMENDMENTS ARE LEGISLATIVE IN NATURE. IF THE COUNCIL MOVES FORWARD WITH THESE PROPOSALS, IT WILL BE DISALLOWING THE APPLICATION OF EXISTING LAW WHILE EXERCISING THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. THIS IS A MORATORIUM BY ANOTHER NAME. I KNOW WE RESHAPED IT, REWRITTEN IT AND RELABELED IT BUT THAT IS WHAT IT IS. NOT ONLY AN ATTACK ON PROPERTY RIGHTS BUT A TAKING ON THOSE RIGHTS. LANDOWNER RIGHTS UNDER THE EXISTING CODE WILL LITERALLY CEASE TO EXIST FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, MAYBE FOREVER. MOREOVER, THE STORING COST OF SINGLE-FAMILY COST IN TAMPA MAKE HIGH DENSITY MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT A NECESSITY. OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS, TAMPA HAS ADOPTED A POLICY OF INTENSE URBAN GROWTH. A LOT OF THE RESULTS OF THAT POLICY HAVE BEEN SPECTACULAR. WE HAVE A MUCH BETTER CITY NOW THAN WE DID 15, 20 YEARS AGO. I'VE SEEN IT. BUT WITH THAT GROWTH COMES AN INCREASED COST OF LIVING. THAT'S NATURAL. AND NOT EVERYONE WHO CAN LIVE IN THE CITY CAN AFFORD A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME ANYMORE. YOU NEED THE APARTMENTS. YOU NEED THE DENSITY. IT'S PART OF MOVING FROM A TOWN TO A LARGE ARICACITY. MULTIFAMILY HOUSING IS NECESSARY TO MITIGATE THAT COST. THESE PROPOSALS REPRESENT A TERRIBLE PRECEDENT THAT FUTURE CITY COUNCILS MAY FOLLOW. PLEASE DON'T GO DOWN THIS PATH. PLEASE VOTE AGAINST THE INTERIM DEVELOPMENT CONTROL ORDINANCE AND THE COMP PLAN AMENDMENT. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES OUR IN-PERSON PUBLIC SPEAKERS. WE HAVE 12 INDIVIDUALS REGISTERED FOR VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> WE DO HAVE ONE MORE PUBLIC SPEAKER. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU DO. OKAY. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. YES MA'AM. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS ROSANNA DANIEL. A LOT OF TIMES I WATCH BEHIND THE SCENES AND WATCH EVERYONE SPEAK AND BRING THEIR AGEND TO THE FRONT PANEL. SO DISHEARTENING, DISSATISFIED WITH A LOT OF IT. I HEAR ISSUES THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SPEAKING ON FOR DECADES, FOR A LONG TIME, AND I DON'T SEE ANY CHANGE. WE TALK ABOUT CHANGE IN EAST TAMPA, NO, THE HASOT BEEN A CHANGE NO. AND I HEAR THEM SAY A CHANGE IS GOING TO COME. BUT EVERYBODY IS IN THEIR HIGH PLACES. ALL OF YOU WHO ARE MAKING DECISIONS. YOU KNOW WHAT? TODAY IS A NEW DAY. AND I WANT TO MENTION THE NAME SANDRA BLAND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM, GO AHEAD. >> YES. THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. IT JUST GETS QUIET. THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON. NOT ONLY IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, BUT ALL AROUND. AND YOU SAY GO AHEAD. BUT HOW CAN WE MOVE AHEAD IF THE ONES THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE IN CHAR ARE SITTING BACK AND MAKING DECISIONS AND MAKING VOTES THAT IS NOT REALLY ON THE FRONT LINE, THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OR THE CITY AND DEFINITELY BORN AND RAISED HERE, NOT FOR EAST TAMPA. NO GROWTH. ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY THE NAME AGAIN. I'LL SAY HER NAME. SANDRA BLAND. THE BLOOD IS ON YOUR HANDS. REPENT FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS AT HAND AND THE WORD IS SAYING IT'S A DANGEROUS THING TO FALL IN THE HANDS OF AN ANGRY GOD. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. I BIEVE THAT CONCLUDES OUR IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT. WE GO TO THE REGISTERED SPEAKERS. AGAIN, WE HAVE 12 REGISTERED SPEAKERS. MADAM CLERK, IF YOU'D LIKE TO BEGIN. WE'LL START, I HAVE DAVID MECHANIK AS THE FIRST SPEAKER, WHOMEVER YOU HAVE, AND THEN WE'LL GO DOWN THE LIST. >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR. DAVID, IF YOU'RE ON THE LINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. >> YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS DAVID MECHANIK. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MICROVENTURES THAT OWNS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF REAL ESTATE ON RATTLESNAKE POINT. SAM GOING TO BE BRIEF. IT IS THE CORRECT THING FOR COUNCIL TO PURSUE A PLAN AMENDMENT. THAT PROCESS INVOLVES A NUMBER OF PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE AND TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS. THAT IS THE RIGHT WAY TO GO ABOUT CHANGING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. MY CONCERN, HOWEVER, LIES WITH THE INTERIM DEVELOPMENT -- ORDINANCE AS PRIOR SPEAKER MENTIONED, IS A MORATORIUM WITH A DIFFERENT LABEL ON IT. AND I WOULD FIRST LIKE COUNCIL TO REALIZE THAT CATE WELLS IN HER MEMORANDUM TO COUNCIL INDICATED THAT THE FOURTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL DETERMINED THAT THE PENDING ORDINANCE DOCTRINE, WHAT YOU'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO, DOES NOT APPLY OR THE CITY IS NOT ALLOWED TO USE THAT DOCTRINE FOR PLAN AMENDMENT. NOW, THAT DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL IS NOT BINDING ON THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR TAMPA, BUT IT NEVERTHELESS -- RAISES A SERIOUS QUESTION -- OF THIS MORATORIUM. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT AND MAKE SURE COUNCIL REALIZES, THE PROPOSAL WAS CHANGED TO INVOLVE -- THE CMU AND UMU CATEGORIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHO ARE NOW IMPACTING HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF PROPERTY OWNERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. I'M SURE MANY OF WHOM ARE NOT EVEN AWARE OF THIS INITIATIVE THAT THE STATE GAVE. I WOULD JUST RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT COUNCIL PROCEED WITH THE PLAN AMENDMENT BUT NOT PROCEED WITH THE INTERIM DEVELOPMENT CONTROL ORDINANCE. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. NEXT WE HAVE DAN WOODWARD. >> GOOD MORNING. DAN, IF YOU'RE ON THE LINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL, GOOD MORNING CHAIR. THANK YOU FO YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. MY NAME IS DAN WOODWARD WITH HIGH-WOODS PROPERTY, 3111 WEST DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BOULEVARD TAMPA 33607. I AM SPEAKING TODAY IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM 58 AND THE MORATORIUM AND YOUR DESIRE TO ACCELERATE THE COMP PLAN AMENDMENT PROCESS. I STARTED MY CAREER IN 1985. DURING THAT TIME, WATCHED IT MATURE FROM A SUBURBAN OFFICE MARKET WITH SOME SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO A TRUE MIXED USE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING OFFICE, RETAIL HOTEL SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING AND MULTIFAMILY HOUSING. THE EXISTING CITY OF TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DIRECTS GROWTH TO WESTSHORE, CENTRAL TAMPA, AND THE UNIVERSITY AREA. THESE ARE THE AREAS OUR COMMUNITY TARGETED FOR GROWTH IN ORDER TO ATTRACT AND SUPPORT A DIVERSE WORKFORCE AND ENCOURAGE INCREASED TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS. I ASK THAT WESTSHORE, CENTRAL TAMPA, AND THE UNIVERSITY AREA BE EXCLUDED FROM THIS PROPOSED CHANGE TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND I ALSO RESPECTFULLY WOULD LIKE TO VOICE MY OBJECTION TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF JUNE 1. I WOULD ASK THAT THE COMP PLAN AMENDMENT PROCESS BE ALLOWED TO RUN ITS COURSE AS PRESCRIBED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT WE HAVE GENE STEREO MYER. JEAN STEREO MYER. >> IF YOU ARE ON THE LINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YES, WE CAN, GO AHEAD, MA'AM. >> WELL, BEFORE -- I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY -- I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO SPEAK LATER ON, SINCE 58. WE ASSUMED IT WAS LATER. WASN'T QUITE PREPARED FOR EVERYTHING AT THIS TIME. WITH THAT SAID, MY NAME IS JEAN STROHYEYER. I HAD A COUPLE OF ITEMS I WAS GOING TO BRING UP. ONE WAS ITEM 27 AND THE AGENDA ITEM IS REQUESTED -- IT'S REGARDING THE MASK MANDATES AND REQUESTING FUNDS. TO ME, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. IT SAYS THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM WAS TO REDUCE THE SPREAD OF COVID ON LARGE CONSTRUCTION SITES AND TO KEEP THIS CRITICAL ENGINE MOVING FORWARD. IT SAYS THE PROGRAM WAS SUCCESSFUL IN THAT THERE WAS MINIMAL SPREAD OF THE VIRUS AT THE SITE. HOW DO WE KNOW THERE WAS MINIMAL SPREAD? WE DON'T HAVE A WAY TO MEASURE SOMETHING THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. THE PROGRAM IT SAID ON THE AGENDA WAS FUNDED BY VOLUNTARY AGREEMENT BY THE DEVELOPERS. IF THE PROGRAM WAS FUNDED BY VOLUNTARY AGREEMENT BY THE DEVELOPERS AND THEY REIMBURSED THE CITY FOR THE COSTS, THEN WHY ARE WE DOUBLING THE COST FROM 75,000 -- ALMOST DOUBLING -- TO $130,000. I'M TRYING TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND THE EXTRA $55,500. I DO NOT THINK THIS SHOULD BE INCREASED. ON ITEM NUMBER 58, BESIDES -- WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NON-MORATORIUM MORATORIUM BECAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY A MORATORIUM. IT'S MERELY TRYING TO LIMIT SOME DENSITY. WE DID NOT BRING UP THE LAST TIME, AND WE MEANT TO, IS THAT THIS SITE, ACCORDING TO THE TRANSCRIPTS OF 2008, THE CHEMICAL PLANT, IT WAS BROUGHT UP THAT IT'S CONSIDERED BY HOMELAND SECURITY, BY THE WAY, AS A TARGET OF A TERRORIST ATTACK. IF A TERRORIST WANTED TO ATTACK SOMETHING, IT'S GOING STRAIGHT FOR THE CHEMICAL PLANT. WE NEED TO ALSO KEEP THAT IN MIND UNDER THE CURRENT EXTREMES OF THE OUTSIDE GOVERNMENTS AND OUR GOVERNMENT WITH MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE RIGHT THERE. PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND THAT A TERRORIST ATTACK ON THAT CHEMICAL PLANT WILL BE DEVASTATING NOT JUST TO THE NEIGHBORS THERE, BUT IT WOULD SPREAD SINCE IT WOULD BE MORE THAN A GALLON OF SPILLED FLORINE, IT WOULD BE A LOT -- SPILLED CHLORINE. IT WOULD BE A LOT. ALL IN ALL WE SUPPORT THE MORATORIUM AS WRITTEN OR THE NON-MORATORIUM MORATORIUM AS WRITTEN. IT'S BEEN CLARIFIED A LITTLE BIT TO US SINCE OUR LAST MEETING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, YOU-ALL. HAVE A GREAT DAY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BE RELATING TO A DECISION THAT'S PENDING BEFORE COUNCIL AT A QUASI-JUDICIAL MEETING, QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING, JUST PLEASE BE MINDFUL TO ONLY RELY ON THE EVIDENCE DEDUCED AT THE HEARING. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT UP IS ANDREW MOORE. >> CHAIR, ANDREW MOORE AND MARK BENTLEY DID REGISTER TO SPEAK. HOWEVER, THEY DID NOT PHONE IN TO PARTICIPATE IN TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE TOM ENNIS. TOM, IF YOU'RE ON THE LINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU. I'M TOM ENNIS. WITH MOSS AND ASSOCIATES. 5401 WEST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THE WESTSHORE AREA. I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON ITEM 58. WE DO NOT SUPPORT ELIMINATING THE USE OF THE FLOOR AREA RATIO FOR SINGLE-FAMILY -- OR SINGLE-USE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVE JUNE 1st. WE FEEL THE ESTABLISHED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT PROCESS IS THE APPROPRIATE WAY TO ADDRESS ANY CHANGES TO CITYWIDE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. THIS ALLOWS A THOROUGH VETTING PROCESS BY THE PUBLIC. WE BELIEVE THE CITY'S THREE MAJOR PLANNING DISTRICTS, CENTRAL TAMPA, WESTSHORE, AND UNIVERSITY SHOULD BE EXEMPTED FROM ANY CHANGES. THE EXISTING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ENCOURAGES GROWTH TO BE DIRECTED TO THESE AREAS. THESE THREE AREAS ALLOW FOR THE EXISTING TRANSIT CORRIDORS TO ACCOMMODATE THE GROWTH. SO PLEASE CONSIDER THIS ORDINANCE CHANGE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN BOWDEN, CORRECT? >>THE CLERK: THE NEXT SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE STEPHANIE POYNOR. JOHN DID REGISTER TO PARTICIPATE, BUT HE DID NOT PHONE IN. SO THE NEXT SPEAKER IS STEPHANIE POYNOR. STEPHANIE, IF YOU'RE ON THE LINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, WE CAN. GO AHEAD. >> OKAY, SWEET. I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE CHANGE FOR NUMBER 58 IS FOR THE F.A.R. ONLY FOR SINGLE USE. NO MATTER WHETHER OR NOT ANYBODY LIKES IT, BOTTOM LINE IS, I THINK EVERYONE CAN AGREE THAT MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO LARGE APARTMENT COMPLEXES, CAN ALWAYS BE A GOOD THING, TO HAVE A COFFEE SHOP, TO HAVE A SMALL CORNER STORE AS PART OF A HUGE DEVELOPMENT OF, SAY, 500 APARTMENTS, 600 APARTMENTS, 300 APARTMENTS, IS NEVER GOING TO BE A BAD THING. SO THE DEVELOPERS WHO ARE HERE KIND OF BEING WHINY ABOUT THIS TODAY BECAUSE IT'S A BIG SURPRISE TO THEM SINCE THIS HAS BEEN ON THE AGENDA SINCE MARCH OF LAST YEAR SHOULD KIND OF TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT. THERE ARE WAYS AROUND THIS. IT'S JUST STOPPING THE ONSLAUGHT OF APARTMENTS. I'D LIKE TO ALSO LET'S GET REAL ABOUT IT. WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST WEEK, WE HAVE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN THE LAST WEEK OVER AND OVER AGAIN HOW DEVELOPERS GOT THEIR WAY IN 2016, AND WE WERE LEFT KICKED TO THE CURB WITH NO WAY TO DEFEND OURSELVES. NOW, THOSE OF US THAT STOP BUILDING SOG HAVE SAID, IF WE SAID IT ONCE, WE SAID IT A HUNDRED TIMES. WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR IS FOR SOUTH OF EUCLID, PERIOD. WE ARE NOT EXPERTS ON ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY, ACCORDING TO THE DOCUMENTS MS. WELLS HAS GIVEN TO US, WE ARE NOT EXPERTS ON ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND DON'T ASPIRE TO BE. WE ARE FOCUSED ON OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. NOW, WITH THAT BEING SAID, THAN HAD ITS FIRST MEETING SINCE MR. SHELBY VISITED WITH THAN IN 2019, NOVEMBER OF 2019. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BUILDING UP THAN AND GETTING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS ON BOARD. IF YOU GENTLEMEN HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION LEADERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING THAN, AND HELPING US MOVE FORWARD, WE WOULD REALLY BE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. OUR NEXT MEETING IS THE 12th OF MAY. WE ARE LOOKING FOR SOME FOLKS FROM EACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TO SUPPORT US AND MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME OF THE ITEMS ON OUR 14 -- OUR LIST OF 14 ITEMS FROM LAST WEEK. WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS' SUPPORT. BOTTOM LINE IS, YOU KNOW, THESE DEVELOPERS OPERATE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM ONE ANOTHER. THEY DON'T COLLABORATE AT ALL. SO I'VE GOT 216 APARTMENTS, NINE-TENTHS OF A MILE FROM ANOTHER 216 APARTMENTS, AND THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY ARE BOTHING MR. THE SAME THING. SUPPLY AND DEMAND, FOLKS. I KNOW WE GOT PEOPLE MOVING TO THE CITY. YOU CAN'T TELL ME THAT THEY ALL WANT TO LIVE HERE IN THIS DEAD END WHERE WE LIVE BECAUSE THEY WILL BE DEAD IN THE END LIKE US, BECAUSE WE WON'T BE ABLE TO GET OUT FOR THE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS, PROBABLY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TRIPS THAT THEY'VE ADDED TO OUR COMMUNITY IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. HAVE A GOOD DAY! >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU AS WELL. HANK YOU. CARROLL ANN BENNETT IS THE NEXT SPEAKER. >>THE CLERK: CHAIR, CARROLL ANN BENNETT AND POLICE SILLAE PARTLE DID REGISTER TO -- PRISCILLA PARTLE DID REGISTER TO SPEAK BUT THEY DID NOT PHONE IN FOR TODAY'S MEETING. THE NEXT REGISTERED SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE SHAWN BROWN. SHAWN, IF YOU'RE ON THE LINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR, GO AHEAD. >> PERFECT. SHAWN BROWN HERE, PRESIDENT OF THE GANDY CIVIC ASSOCIATION. AS STEPHANIE POINTED OUT, LAST NIGHT, HAD THE FIRST THAN MEETING IN A WHILE WHICH I THINK WE ALL THOUGHT WENT VERY WELL AND HOPEFULLY WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THAN AND GETTING THAT TO WORK ON SOME OF THESE ADDITIONAL ISSUES FORTHCOMING. OF COURSE, TODAY, I'M TALKING ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 58 IN THE INTERIM. NOW, IT IS KIND OF IRONIC THAT DEVELOPERS ARE COMING IN FORCE, AT LEAST WITH THEIR COUNSEL, TO OPPOSE THIS CHANGE. LOOK, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S NOT OCCURRED WITH DEVELOPERS IS THAT THEY HAVE SPOKEN TO ACTUAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND SUCH TIMELY TO SEE WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS. WHAT DOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD WANT OUT OF PROJECTS LIKE THIS? HOW CAN WE BENEFIT THE NEIGHBORHOOD? IT'S ALL ABOUT PROFIT AND DOLLAR RIGHT? THE ATTORNEYS THAT ARE HERE TODAY SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE DEVELOPERS ARE BILLING THEIR CLIENTS SO THEY -- YOU KNOW, THEY ARE NOT SPEAKING AS JUST A PRIVATE CITIZEN. THEY HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN THIS. THIS AFFECTS THEIR PAYCHECK. FOR US, WE'RE VOLUNTEERS. WE DON'T GET PAID. SO THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT THEY ARE HERE, YOU KNOW, COMPLAINING IS KIND OF IRONIC. NOW, WITH THAT BEING SAID, LOOK, MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT IS NEEDED. WHY IN THE WORLD CAN PEOPLE BE ABLE TO GO TO A COFFEE SHOP OR LIVE THE AMERICAN DREAM AND START A BUSINESS? WHY DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO GET IN THE CAR DRIVE 20, 30 MINUTES AWAY TO SOMEPLACE THEY WANT TO GO TO AND DRIVE 20, 30 MINUTES BACK. IN THAT TIME, IT COULD BE FLOODED STREETS, CAR ACCIDENTS, STUFF LIKE THAT. WHY DO PEOPLE HAVE TO SACRIFICE QUALITY OF LIFE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE TO GET IN THEIR CAR TO GO SOMEWHERE WHEN THEY COULD JUST WALK TO IT OR BIKE TO IT. WHAT IS SO WRONG WITH THAT? CAN ANYONE EXPLAIN, CAN ANY OF THE DEVELOPERS EXPLAIN IT? WHAT IS WRONG WITH HAVING MIXED USE. THEY WILL ARGUE AND SAY THEY DON'T LIKE TO HAVE GRAYED OUT STOREFRONTS. THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE PERCEPTION. CAN'T FILL IT FAST ENOUGH, PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO WANT TO RENT APARTMENT. THAT IS MALARKEY. THAT REALLY IS MALARKEY. LOOK, AT THE END OF THE DAY, ALL OF YOU SHOULD SUPPORT THIS. THE CITY HAS COME UP WITH A VERY LEGALLY DEFENSIBLE PROPOSAL, AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS FAR OVERDUE. AND IT'S TIME TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE, LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE HERE, THAT ARE LIVING WITH THIS. THESE PROJECTS ARE DESIGNED TO LAST 50 TO 75 YEARS. SO WHY -- BUT THEY ARE NOT DESIGNED FOR THE FUTURE. THEY ARE DESIGNED FOR THE NOW. IDEALLY, IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE SOMETHING FOR THE FUTURE AS WELL. IT IS SOMETHING THAT -- IT'S JUST TIME TO LISTEN TO US AND TIME TO ENACT THIS AND GO WITH WHAT THE CITY IS PROPOSING. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT UP, STEVE MICHELINI. >>THE CLERK: STEVE, IF YOU ARE ON THE LINE, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. THANK YOU. >>STEVE MICHELINI: AM I ONLINE NOW? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR, GO AHEAD. >>STEVE MICHELINI: YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALL ABOUT PROCESS, AND YOU CAN'T JUMP TO A SUSPENSION OF DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE CITY BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE OR AT LEAST A PERCEPTION THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM IN ONE PART OF THE CITY. THE OTHER AREAS THAT ARE DESIGNATED FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, LIKE USF, WESTSHORE DOWNTOWN CHANNELSIDE, YBOR CITY, ALL BEING PENALIZED BECAUSE OF THIS. THERE IS A CORRECT PROCESS TO BE FOLLOWED, AND SOME OF THE OTHER SPEAKERS ALREADY MENTIONED IT, WHICH IS GO THROUGH THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT PROCESS. THERE IS MORE THAN ONE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD FOR THE INFORMATION TO BE FULLY VETTED, AND THEN TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT TO DO. BY SUSPENDING THROUGH THE INTERIM DEVELOPMENT CONTROL ORDINANCE, YOU PENALIZE EVERYONE ELSE. AND I THINK SOMEBODY ELSE ALSO MENTIONED MOST OF THE CITY DOESN'T EVEN KNOW THIS IS UNDER CONSIDERATION. THIS IS NOT ABOUT DEVELOPERS TRYING TO GET THEIR WAY. IT'S ABOUT FOLLOWING THE CORRECT PROCESS. WE'RE URGING YOU, AND I'M SPEAKING HERE ON BEHALF OF THE BUILDERS ASSOCIATION NOT TO ADOPT THE INTERIM DEVELOPMENT CONTROL ORDINANCE, BUT TO PLEASE GO AHEAD AND PROCESS THE PLAN AMENDMENT THAT IS BEING PROPOSED. LET IT GO THROUGH THE REGULAR PROCESS, WHICH IS ORDINARY, AND IT PROVIDES WHOLE INPUT FOR EVERYONE. AND THIS IS NOT ABOUT SPECIFIC PROJECTS. THIS IS ABOUT AFFECTING THE ENTIRE CITY. WHEN YOU UNDERTAKE THESE MEASURES, YOU HAVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. AND IN THIS CASE, I'M NOT SURE THAT YOU WANT TO SHUT DOWN THE POTENTIAL DORMITORY BUILDINGS THAT ARE GOING UP OR PLANNED TO GO UP AT USF, OR THE REDEVELOPMENT IN THE WESTSHORE AREA OR IN YBOR OR DOWNTOWN IN CHANNELSIDE. THESE TRANSIT CORRIDORS ARE DESIGNED FOR INTENSIVE HIGH DEVELOPMENT. BY PENALIZING THEM FOR NINE MONTHS IS UNREASONABLE. SO I GUESS WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU CONSIDER THAT, DO NOT ADOPT THE INTERIM CONTROL -- DEVELOPMENT CONTROL ORDINANCE, BUT PLEASE, GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT THE TEXT AMENDMENT AND THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CHANGES TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION SO THAT THE STAFF CAN FULLY INVESTIGATE WHAT ARE THE BEST SOLUTIONS FOR THIS ISSUE. IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY AND EXTREME MEASURE THAT IS NOT WARRANTED. WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THE BACKGROUND DATA THAT SUPPORTS THIS. ANYWAY, WE GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE TAMPA BOARD OF REALTORS HAS SUBMITTED A LETTER WHICH HAS EXACTLY THE SAME AND SIMILAR CONCERNS AS WELL AS THE OTHER SPEAKERS. SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION. DO NOT ADOPT THIS ORDINANCE, BUT PLEASE GO AHEAD AND TRANSMIT THE REQUESTED CHANGE FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE? >>THE CLERK: CHAIR, CARROLL ANN BENNETT IS ON THE LINE. IF YOU'RE ON THE LINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CARROLL ANN BENNETT, IF YOU'RE ON, GO AHEAD. PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. >> HI. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. GO AHEAD. >> THIS IS CARROLL ANN BENNETT. I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF SOUTH TAMPA. REALLY KIND OF AMAZES ME THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE NERVE TO SAY THIS SNUCK UP ON THEM. WE'VE BEEN COMING TO CITY COUNCIL FOR A YEAR AND A HALF ABOUT THIS. THREES NOTHING SECRETIVE -- THERE'S NOTHING SECRETIVE ABOUT IT, NO MYSTERY. WE HAD A WORKSHOP SIX MONTHS AGO. ON DECEMBER 3rd, MR. DINGFELDER RECOMMENDED A MORATORIUM ON ALL REZONINGS FOR MULTIFAMILY SOUTH OF GANDY. @ANDT AGAIN ON FEBRUARY 4th. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOREVER. I DON'T UNDERSTAND. AND THIS IS TEMPORARY. THE OTHER THING THAT'S REALLY CONFUSING TO ME IS THIS IS REALLY NOT A HUGE THING. CITY STAFF HAS SAID THE F.A.R. ISN'T WORKING THE WAY IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED. THE BONUS DENSITY ISN'T WORKING THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK. YOU'RE STILL GOING TO GET YOUR REGULAR DENSITY. YOU'RE STILL GOING TO GET 30 UNITS PER ACRE -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MA'AM, WE'VE LOST YOU. >> -- SUDDENLY I GOT MUTED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD. >> YEAH, LIKE I SAID, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU HEARD, BUT YOUR CMU 35, STILL GET 30 UNITS PER ACRE. MANY OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES, PROJECTS THAT THE SOUTH OF GANDY PEOPLE AND ALL THE SOUTH TAMPA PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT, THE F.A.R. WASN'T EVEN INVOLVED IN. SO MANY OF THESE, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO AFFECT AT ALL. I URGE COUNCIL TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS. WE NEED TO HAVE PLANNED GROWTH. WE NEED TO DIRECT GROWTH WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE AND STOP IT WHERE IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE AND WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IS THERE IS A FEEDING FRENZY GOING ON IN SOUTH TAMPA. AND THE INTENSITY OF GROWTH AND THE EFFORTS OF URBANIZATION ARE CONTRARY TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT LISTS ALL THE REASONS WHY SOUTH TAMPA IS NOT -- IS NOT A GOOD PLACE TO URBANIZE. SO IF ALL THESE PLACES ARE BUILT AND THEN A YEAR FROM NOW, NINE MONTHS FROM NOW, THEY SAY, OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU'RE RIGHT. IT'S NOT A GOOD PLACE FOR URBANIZATION, BUT IT'S TOO LATE BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE URBANIZATION. ARE YOU GOING TO TEAR ALL THOSE APARTMENT COMPLEXES DOWN? I DON'T THINK SO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> I URGE YOU TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THIS. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU. DOES THAT CONCLUDE ALL THE VIRTUAL PARTICIPANTS? >>THE CLERK: YES, CHAIR THAT CONCLUDES THE GENERAL COMMENTS SECTION. THANK YOU. VERY MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THE AGENDA. WE'LL GO TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. >>BILL CARLSON: I HAVE THREE CONFLICTS TODAY UNDER DIFFERENT HEADINGS, CAN I JUST KNOCK THEM ALL OUT AT THE SAME TIME? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS? >>BILL CARLSON: 20, 26, AND 36. JUST WHEN WE GO TO THOSE IF WE COULD MAYBE -- I COULD EITHER STEP OUT NOW AND YOU CAN VOTE ON THOSE, OR WE CAN VOTE ON THEM AFTER WE VOTE ON ON THE REST OF THEM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHEN WE GET TO THEM, STEP OUT. >>BILL CARLSON: I NEED TO STATE THAT I HAVE A CONFLICT BECAUSE MY COMPANY DOES BUSINESS WITH PARTIES THAT COULD BE INVOLVED IN THESE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL RECEIVE AND FILE THE FORMS, DO YOU WANT TO DO THEM NOW? >>BILL CARLSON: THERE WAS ONE FROM LAST WEEK, TOO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE ALL THE DOCUMENTS FROM COUNCILMAN -- COUNCILMAN GUDES WITH A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER. ALL IN FAVOR? MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MAYBE FOR THE SAKE OF WORKING SEPARATELY, WE CAN HAVE A SEPARATE VOTE ON THOSE ITEMS THEN, AND THEN HAVE MR. CARLSON JUST NOT SPEAK -- >>JOHN DINGFELDER: PULL THOSE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHEN I GET TO THE COMMITTEES, I'LL EXCLUDE THEM AND DO THEM ALL AT ONCE AT THE END SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO HOP OUT. PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, COUNCIL MEMBER CITRO. >>JOSEPH CITRO: I MOVE ITEMS 6 THROUGH 8. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES. ROLL CALL? >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT UP -- [INAUDIBLE] [INTERFERING AUDIO] PLEASE MUTE YOURSELF. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>THE CLERK: GUDES? >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. 11 THROUGH 16, COUNCIL MEMBER DINGFELDER, PUBLIC WORKS. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I MOVE ITEMS 11 THROUGH 16. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>THE CLERK: CARLSON? >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, ITEMS 17 THROUGH 21 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM 20 BECAUSE OF CARLSON'S FORM THAT HE FILED. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE ITEMS 17 THROUGH 19 AND ITEM 21. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON, BUILDING, ZONING AND PRESERVATION WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 22, WHICH WAS MOVED TO STAFF REPORTS PER THE REQUEST OF COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER. ITEM 26 IN WHICH YOU HAVE A CONFLICT. AND THEN WE HAVE SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION FOR 30, AND THEN FOR ITEM NUMBER 33, WE'LL READ THAT AFTERWARDS. GO AHEAD, SIR. >>BILL CARLSON: I'D LIKE TO MOVE ITEMS 23, 24, 25, AND THEN 27 THROUGH 32, INCLUDING THE SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION FOR 30. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN VIERA. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED EWELL. >>BILL CARLSON: ONE QUICK COMMENT ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 29, I SPOKE TO CAROLE POST AND ROB ROSNER ABOUT IT. AS YOU ALL KNOW, I'M AGAINST SUBSIDIES OF COMPANIES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. I THINK OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR PEOPLE STAND ALONE BY THEMSELVES WITHOUT NEEDING SUBSIDIES TO BRING COMPANIES. CAE GOING BACK ALL THE WAY TO THE REFLECT ON TIMES I REMEMBER IS A STRATEGIC INDUSTRY IN OUR AREA, BUT THIS IS A RENEWAL OF THE OLD QTI PROGRAM, WHICH INCLUDES LOTS OF FEEDBACK FROM THE STATE AND QTI IS INVESTING IN THE PEOPLE OF OUR AREA, NOT IN SUBSIDIZING A COMPANY DIRECTLY. AND THIS ONE DOES NOT INCLUDE OUR ORDINANCE WHICH REQUIRES A SWORN AFFIDAVIT, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THE STATE REVIEWS THE QTI PROGRAM. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR FOR ANYBODY WATCHING. THANK YOU. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THAT'S FOR YOUR RESEARCH ON THAT BILL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON, DO YOU MIND READING ITEM NUMBER 33? >>BILL CARLSON: JUST READ THE RED PART? LIKE TO MOVE FILE BF 21-68074, A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD REGARDING A PROPOSED BROWNFIELD AREA DESIGNATION FOR THE REHABILITATION AND REDEVELOPMENT OF ONE PARCEL, APPROXIMATELY 25.96 ACRES IN SIZE, LOCATED AT 7210 INTERBAY BOULEVARD, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33616. THIS PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD AT THE ELK LODGE LOCATED AT 3616 WEST GANDY, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33611 ON MAY 4, 2021 AT 5:30 P.M. UNTIL NOT LATER THAN 6:30 P.M. AS A PRECAUTION DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, MASKS WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ENTRY TO THE HEARING AND THE SEATING WILL BE SET UP IN A MANNER TO ENSURE DISTANCING IS MAINTAINED. HAND SANITIZER WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE FOR ALL PARTICPANTS. REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL TO ANNOUNCE THE DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION OF A PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD FOR THE PROPOSED BROWNFIELD AREA DESIGNATION OF INTERBAY REDEVELOPMENT AREA BROWNFIELD AREA DESIGNATION LOCATED AT 7210 INTERBAY BOULEVARD TAMPA FLORIDA 33616. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON. SECONDED FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. >> THIS IS JAN McLEAN, OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY. THERE IS NO VOTE NEEDED ON THIS ITEM. WE JUST NEEDED THE ANNOUNCEMENT READ. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE. GUDES CITRO. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP, TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. COUNCILMAN VIERA, 30.35. >>LUIS VIERA: SO MOVE 30 AND 35. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND BY GUDES. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMAN CARLSON IS GOING TO STEP OUT. WE'LL TAKE THE REMAINING ITEMS ON A SEPARATE VOTE. ITEM NUMBER 20, IF I CAN GET A MOTION TO MOVE THIS ITEM. >> SO MOVED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >> CARLSON? CITRO. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON ABSTAINING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER 26, WITH CAN I GET A MOTION? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MOVE 26 AND 36. HOW ABOUT THAT? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, MOTION TO MOVE 26 AND 36. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES. ROLL CALL VOTE? >>THE CLERK: VIERA? >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >> CARLSON? CITRO. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON ABSTAINING. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: TWICE AS FAST. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON, YOU CAN COME BACK IN. CAN I GET A MOTION TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARINGS 37 THROUGH -- WELL, IT'S ALREADY PAST 10:30. 37 THROUGH 47. MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL HEARINGS ARE OPEN. ITEM 37, THIS IS A SECOND READING. IS THERE ANYBODY HERE FOR ITEM NUMBER 37? >> GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR. THIS IS JAN McLEAN OF THE OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY. THE MOBILITY -- DIRECTOR OF THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT, WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THIS IS THE SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. ONE OF MY BIGGEST OBJECTIONS TO THIS AND THIS GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO NOVEMBER OR THE FALL WHEN WE FIRST ADOPTED IT, I THINK IT'S A TREMENDOUS DELEGATION OF COUNCIL'S POWERS. I THINK THAT THAT'S A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT. I THINK THAT -- AND THE REASON I SAY THAT, IT'S NOT A POWER TRIP, BUT IT'S A FUNCTION OF THE COMMUNITY'S ABILITY TO GET -- TO HAVE INPUT TO CITY GOVERNMENT. AND THAT'S THROUGH CITY COUNCIL. AND WE SAW THAT AS RELATED TO SOME OF THE CHURCH ISSUES THAT RELATED TO THIS -- I'D SAY CHURCH ISSUE, SOME OF THE SUNDAY PARKING ISSUES AS RELATED TO THIS. THE ADMINISTRATION DID ONE THING, AND THEN THEY BASICALLY IGNORED THE COMMUNITY'S CONCERNS ABOUT THE SUNDAY PARKING. IF IT WASN'T FOR THIS COUNCIL AND OUR ABILITY TO ADDRESS THAT PARTICULAR PART OF THE ORDINANCE, I DON'T BELIEVE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FIXED. I THINK IN THIS TYPE OF THING WHERE THESE THINGS IMPACT ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS THE COMMUNITY THAT WE SHOULDN'T DELEGATE THE AUTHORITIES AND THAT'S WHY I VOTED AGAINST IT AND WILL CONTINUE TO VOTE AGAINST IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I APPRECIATE ANYTHING THAT ANY COUNCIL MEMBER, MY COLLEAGUES SAY. I APPRECIATE THEIR INTEREST AND THEIR FEELINGS ABOUT CERTAIN MATTERS. HOWEVER, THIS IS A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT GOVERNMENT IS ALL ABOUT. IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT. IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT W WANT, THE COUNCIL. IDEALISM OF MEETING SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE, HAVING A DISCUSSION AND COMING UP WITH A RESULT. IF YOU THINK WASHINGTON IS BAD, I DON'T WANT THAT TYPE OF FEELING, AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT ALL OF WASHINGTON. I'M TALKING ABOUT CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS. WHEN YOU COME DOWN TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, I DON'T WANT TO BE LIKE THEY ARE, AND I'M NOT IN ANY WAY MAKING ANY ACERTATION OF ANY MEMBER SITTING ON THIS COUNCIL. THIS IS A PROJECT, A PROCESS THAT HAS WORKED OUT. WHEN YOU GO BACK IN HISTORY, THIS WASN'T STARTED YESTERDAY. THIS WAS STARTED MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. BY THE WAY, I DON'T BELIEVE I WAS HERE WHEN THAT HAPPENED. I HAD SERVED PRIOR AND SERVED AFTER. THIS IS THE PARKING REGULATIONS THAT WE -- WHAT I CALL A MISTAKE OR AN ERROR IN JUDGMENT. SOUTH OF KENNEDY WAS ONE THING. NORTH OF KENNEDY WAS ANOTHER DURING DIFFERENT TIMES. YES, THIS WAS NOT INVOLVED AT THE TIME. HOWEVER, BECAUSE THAT INCIDENT AND ANOTHER INCIDENT ABOUT SELLING A PARKING GARAGE CAUSED THIS DEPARTMENT TO BE IN THE RED. AND WHEN THIS DEPARTMENT IS IN THE RED, WHO IS PAYING FOR IT? THE TOTAL RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY. THE TOTAL RESIDENTS OF THE CITY. I'LL SAY THAT AGAIN. WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A WORKABLE DOCUMENT THAT WAS WORKED OUT WITH THIS COUNCIL AND THE ADMINISTRATION THROUGH THE LEGAL PROCESS OF THE AVENUES TO COME UP WITH A WORKABLE AGREEMENT AT LEAST FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. MANY YEARS AGO, THERE WERE OVER 600 RESIDENTS, AND 300 OF THEM WERE SERVING JAIL TIME NEXT TO THE EXPRESSWAY OF THE JAIL HOUSE. EVOLUTION CHANGES, TIME CHANGES, PEOPLE TRY TO STAY SOMEWHAT REALISTIC. YOU CAN HAVE OPINIONS ON ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER, BUT SOMEHOW WE WORK IT OUT. BUT HISTORY, WHEN IT'S HISTORY, YOU CAN'T GO BACK AND CHANGE IT. YOU CAN ONLY AMEND IT TO MAKE IT BETTER. THIS IS ONE OF THE CASES THAT WE'RE AMENDING SOMETHING TO MAKE IT WORKABLE. LIKE WHAT CAME DOWN? ABSOLUTELY NOT. LIKE WHAT'S GOING UP TO THEM? MAYBE ABSOLUTELY NOT, TOO. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THEM. BUT THIS IS AN AGREEMENT THAT WAS HAMMERED OUT, WORKED OUT IN THE OPEN PUBLIC. THERE WAS NOTHING HIDDEN ABOUT THIS. I APPRECIATE THE CONSECRATION OF ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS. IT'S NOT ABOUT YOUR VOTE, FOR OR AGAINST. THAT DOESN'T MATTER. IT MATTERS THAT WE WORKED IT OUT. SOMETIMES I VOTE ALONE. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I'M RIGHT. THAT MEANS THAT'S HOW I FEEL. HISTORY WILL JUDGE US ALL, RIGHT OR WRONG IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. WHO WOULD LIKE TO READ THIS MOTION? GO AHEAD, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. YES SIR. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 37, FILE NUMBER E2021-8, CHAPTER 13, ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, RELATED TO PARKING METER REGULATIONS; MAKING REVISIONS TO THE CITY OF TAMPA CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 15, PARKING; AMENDING ARTICLE 2, REGULATIONS; PERMITS; PENALTIES, DIVISION 2, PARKING METER REGULATIONS, SECTION 15-81, HOURS OF OPERATION FOR PARKING METERS; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES CONFLICT THEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. SAID MOTION ON FIRST READING HAS BEEN INITIATED BY CITRO AND MIRANDA, MARCH 18, 2021. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. COUNCILMAN GUDES, YOU HAVE A QUESTION SIR? >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. VIDE IS ON THE LINE? THE ITEMS RELATED TO YBOR, THOSE ITEMS WILL BE AGREED UPON. >> YES, SIR, I ASSURE YOU AS DISCUSSED WE'RE WORKING ON THOSE ITEMS AS WE SPEAK. WE MET WITH MORE STAKEHOLDERS AND THAT PROCESS HAS CONTINUED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON. A ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: NO. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO. >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED WITH DINGFELDER AND MANISCALCO VOTING NO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: WHILE WE'RE ON THIS TOPIC, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE MR. BHIDE AND HIS STAFF FOR THE TECHNOLOGY THEY ARE PUTTING IN. I THINK THE FIRST SITE THAT I'VE SEEN ANYWAY IS AT THE POE GARAGE. I KNOW YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO BE MAKING THINGS ACCESSIBLE TO LOTS OF APPS, BUT GOING TO THE ARTS GROUPS OVER IN THAT AREA, I USE THAT AND TO THE PARKS, I USE THAT ONE A LOT. MY COMPANY IS IN YBOR, SO I USE THOSE. OF COURSE, THE ONES DOWN HERE. BUT THE TECHNOLOGY IS WORKING REALLY WELL, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT YOU ALL WILL BE DEVELOPING IN TERMS OF CUSTOMER SERVICE TO MAKE IT FASTER FOR PEOPLE TO GO IN AND OUT OF OUR PARKING GARAGES. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. WE'VE OPENED ALL THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, SO WE GO TO ITEM 38. THESE ARE ALL SECOND READINGS. THESE ARE THE DESIGNATIONS FOR THE DIFFERENT PARKS AND WHATNOT. >> CITY COUNCIL, IF I MAY, ITEM NUMBER 38 IS TA/CPA 20-33. IT IS A SECOND READING FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 105 WEST SLIGH AVENUE FROM PUBLIC/SEMI-PUBLIC TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL 35. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT IS HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 38? WE DO NOT. CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES. ALL IN FAVOR? COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, WOULD YOU MIND READING ITEM 38? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: GLAD TO, MR. CHAIRMAN. GOOD MORNING, MS. MALONE. REGARDING TO ITEM 38, FILE TA/CPA 20-33, I'LL READ THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE IMAGINE 2040: TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT, FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 105 WEST SLIGH AVENUE, FROM PUBLIC/SEMI-PUBLIC TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL-35; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>THE CLERK: MIRANDA? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MIRANDA, YOU'RE MUTED, SIR. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. CHARACTER CLERK VIERA? MANISCALCO? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH VIERA BEING ABSENT AT VOTE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN 39. >> JENNIFER MALONE. THIS IS RETAINING THE USE AS A PARK AND IT WILL BE RECOGNIZED ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT'S HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 39? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO. ALL IN FAVOR? COUNCIL MEMBER CITRO, WOULD YOU MIND READING ITEM 39. >>JOSEPH CITRO: FILE TA/CPA 20-35, AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE IMAGINE 2040: TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT, FUTURE LAND USE MAP, FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2711 NORTH DUNDEE STREET FROM RESIDENTIAL-6 R-6 TO RECREATIONAL/OPEN SPACE (R/OS); PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM NUMBER 40. >>JENNIFER MALONE: ITEM NUMBER 40 IS TA/CPA 20-36, RECOGNIZING CYRUS GREENE PARK UNDER THE RECREATIONAL OPEN SPACE. I AM AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? WE DO NOT. ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC HERE TO SPEAK? >>THE CLERK: NO ONE IS REGISTERED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, WOULD YOU MIND READING ITEM NUMBER 40? >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FILE NUMBER TA/CPA 20-36, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE IMAGINE 2040: TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT, FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2101 EAST DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BOULEVARD, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS CYRUS GREENE PARK FROM COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL 35 AND RECREATION/OPEN SPACE TO RECREATIONAL/OPEN SPACE; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT. PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ROLL CALL VOTE. >> CITRO? MIRANDA? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CITRO BEING ABSENT AT VOTE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT UP IS ITEM NUMBER 41. >>JENNIFER MALONE: JENNIFER MALONE WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION. ITEM 41 IS TA/CPA 20-37. IT IS PHILLIPS PARK FROM RESIDENTIAL 10 TO RECREATIONAL/OPEN SPACE. I AM AVAILABLE FOR QUESTINS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? WE DO NOT. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT IS HERE TO SPEAK. I WAS TOLD THAT THE SECOND FLOOR IS EMPTY OF ANYONE, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY REGISTERED FOR THIS ITEM? >>THE CLERK: NO ONE IS REGISTERED FOR ANY OF THE ITEMS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN GUDES. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? COUNCILMAN GUDES, WOULD YOU MIND READING ITEM NUMBER 41. >>ORLANDO GUDES: FILE TA/CPA 20-37, ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, ORDINANCE AMENDING THE IMAGINE 2040: TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT, FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 805 WEST COLUMBUS DRIVE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS PHILLIPS PARK, FROM RESIDENTIAL 10 TO RECREATIONAL/OPEN SPACE; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >> CITRO? MIRANDA? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT UP IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS, ITEM NUMBER 42. FAVORITE PARKS. >>JENNIFER MALONE: JENNIFER MALONE WITH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION. ITEM 42 IS TA/CPA 20-38. IT IS THE VILA BROTHERS PARK FROM RESIDENTIAL 20 TO RECREATIONAL/OPEN SPACE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 42? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. WE WENT DOWN THE LIST. COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, WOULD YOU MIND READING ITEM NUMBER 42? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. MOVE FILE NUMBER TA/CPA 20-38, MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE IMAGINE 2040: TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT, FUTURE LAND USE MAP, FOR THE LOCATION AT 700 NORTH ARMENIA AVENUE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS VILA BROTHERS PARK FROM RESIDENTIAL-20 (R-20) TO RECREATIONAL/OPEN SPACE (R/OS); PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >> GUDES? DINGFELDER? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH GUDES BEING ABSENT AT VOTE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS ITEM 43. >>JENNIFER MALONE: JENNIFER MALONE WITH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION. ITEM 43 IS TA/CPA 20-39 RECOGNIZING THE ROBERT C. GARDNER PARK FROM RESIDENTIAL-35 TO RECREATIONAL/OPEN SPACE. I AM AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 43? CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? COUNCIL MEMBER DINGFELDER, WOULD YOU MIND READING ITEM NUMBER 43? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SURE, MR. CHAIRMAN. IN REGARD TO FILE TA/CPA 20-39, I MOVE THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE IMAGINE 2040: TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT, FUTURE LAND USE MAP, FOR THE PROPERTY GENERALY LOCATED AT 2211 NORTH HIGHLAND AVENUE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ROBERT C. GARDNER PARK FROM RESIDENTIAL 35 (R-35) TO RECREATIONAL/OPEN SPACE (R/OS); PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM 44, OUR LAST SECOND READING, GO AHEAD, MA'AM. >>JENNIFER MALONE: JENNIFER MALONE WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION. ITEM 44 IS TA/CPA 20-40. IT IS RECOGNIZING THE MARTI-COLON CEMETERY FROM PUBLIC/SEMI PUBLIC. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY IN THE ITEM FOR 44? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? COUNCILMAN VIERA, 44, PLEASE. >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR, MR. CHAIR. I MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE IMAGINE 2040: TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT, FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR THE PARK OR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3110 WEST COLUMBUS DRIVE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS MARTI-COLON CEMETERY FROM PUBLIC/SEMI-PUBLIC (P/SP) AND COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL 35 (CC-35) TO RECREATIONAL/OPEN SPACE (R/OS); PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CITRO. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHTY. WE'VE ALREADY OPENED THE 10:30 A.M. PUBLIC HEARINGS WITH THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO OPEN EVERYTHING AT ONCE. ITEM 45, THERE IS A REQUEST FROM MR. MICHELINI, THE PETITIONER'S REPRESENTATIVE, THAT THIS BE REMOVED OR WITHDRAWN FROM THE AGENDA. CAN WE GET A MOTION TO WITHDRAW? MOTION TO WITHDRAW FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CITRO. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 46, WE HAVE A LETTER FROM MR. JOHN GRANDOFF, THE PETITIONER'S REPRESENTATIVE, REQUESTING THAT THE REVIEW HEARING BE RESET FOR A DATE IN MAY OR JUNE. I KNOW MAY IS FILLING UP. SO I WAS THINKING JUNE 17 -- >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, THERE MAY BE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE PRESENT TO SPEAK TO THAT, EITHER SIGNED IN OR DOWN STAIRS. COULD WE CONFIRM? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANYBODY HERE FOR 46? WAS THERE A VIRTUAL SPEAKER FOR 46. >>THE CLERK: NO. I HAVE NO ONE REGISTERED FOR THIS ITEM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS THERE ANYBODY IN PERSON? I KNOW THAT THE ROOM IS EMPTY, BUT JUST FOR SAFETY, IS THERE ANYBODY ON THE SECOND FLOOR FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? ON 46. NO. >> MOVE TO RESET FILE VRB 20-60-C UNTIL JUNE -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES. ALL IN FAVOR? ITEM NUMBER 47. THIS IS TO VACATE AN ALLEY. WHOM DO WE HAVE HERE FOR 47. >>MARTIN SHELBY: COULD WE GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS MOTION, COUNCILMAN? DID YOU SET THE TIME ON THAT. >>JOSEPH CITRO: 9 A.M. EXCUSE ME, 10:30. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 10:30, JUNE 17. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE PETITIONER OR THE INTERESTED PERSONS WILL LEARN OF THAT THROUGH THIS MEETING AND THROUGH THE ACTION AGENDA AND PERHAPS THROUGH THE STAFF. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 47. >> ROSS WITH DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT DIVISION AND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION DIVISION. BRINGING FORWARD ITEM NUMBER 47, FILE VAC 21-05. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SIR, BEFORE YOU CONTINUE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE'LL SWEAR YOU IN. I SEE ANOTHER GENTLEMAN ON THE LINE, BISHOP IS THE LAST NAME. IF YOU'RE SPEAKING ON ITEM 47, JUST RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, WE'LL SWEAR YOU IN. [OATH ADMINISTERED] >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SORRY FOR THE INTERRUPTION, SIR. GO AHEAD. >> IF THE CLERK COULD PLEASE SHARE MY SCREEN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT'S COMING UP. GO AHEAD, SIR. CITY OF TAMPA LOGO AS THE BACKGROUND. IS THAT YOUR SCREEN? THERE WE GO. I SEE THE PowerPoint. JUST MAKE IT BIGGER AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE. >> THEY WISH TO VACATE THE EAST AND WEST PORTION, UNIMPROVED ALLEY LYING SOUTH OF CURTIS STREET. NORTH OF HILDA STREET, AND EAST OF NORTH BOULEVARD AND WEST OF CLEARFIELD AVENUE. THIS ALLEY WAS CREATED -- FIRST EXTENSION LOCATED NEAR McFARLANE PARK. A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND FOR THIS APPLICATION. THE COAPPLICANTS OWN PARCELS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ALLEY AND THE APPLICANT'S REASON FOR APPLICATION IS BECAUSE PURCHASED HOMES FROM NEIL HOMES AND THE ALLEY WAS FENCED AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE AND THEY ARE REPLACE -- REQUESTING THE ALLEY BE VACATED AND FENCE ALLOWED TO REMAIN AS IS. THE PORTION OF THE ALLEY IS NOT IN USE BY ADJACENT NEIGHBORS AND IT WILL BE EASIER TO MAINTAIN FOR EVERYONE IF VACATED. I WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THERE ARE CODE VIOLATIONS FOR BOTH ADDRESSES FOR FENCE IN THE ALLEY. THAT'S OBVIOUS. AS YOU'LL SEE HERE, PARCELS OUTLINED IN RED ARE THE ONES IN QUESTION. THE ALLEYWAY IS IN YELLOW. HERE IS CLEARFIELD AVENUE. CURRENTLY, THIS IS UNIMPROVED AND NOT BEING USED. ALSO, AGAIN, HERE, THERE IS A NORTH-SOUTH SECTION THAT IS NOT TO BE EVALUATED. ONLY EAST AND WEST SECTION HERE. AGAIN, THIS IS A PORTION OF THE PLAT OF SPRING -- PLAT BOOK 23, PAGE 71. HERE IS THE ALLEYWAY LOOKING WEST FROM CLEARFIELD AVENUE. AND THERE'S THE FENCE IN QUESTION. HERE IS AN ALLEYWAY LOOKING NORTH FROM HILDA STREET. THIS IS THE NORTH AND SOUTH PORTION OF THE ALLEY. NOT TO BE VACATED. ALSO, AGAIN, LOOKING SOUTH FROM THE CURTIS STREET, NORTH AND SOUTH PORTION OF THE ALLEY NOT TO BE VACATED. ACCESS TO GARAGE BEHIND 606 WEST CURTIS STREET. AND THIS IS THE SAME IMAGE PREVIOUS BEFORE THE FENCE WAS ERECTED FROM THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE ALLEY. THIS IS LOOKING EAST FROM CLEARFIELD AVENUE, AND THIS WAS VACATED BY ORDINANCE 9181A IN 1985. THIS IS PROPERTY LOOKING SOUTH FROM CURTIS STREET. THE COAPPLICANT'S PROPERTY LOOKING SOUTH TO CURTIS STREET. AND CURRENTLY, THE STAFF HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO VACATING REQUESTED BASED ON RESPONSES RECEIVED FROM THE REVIEWING AGENCY. VACATING REQUEST IS APPROVED BY COUNCIL, EASEMENTS FOR WASTEWATER AND FRONTIER WILL NEED TO BE RESERVED OVERALL CONDITIONS FOR NATURAL RESOURCES, MUST BE INCLUDED IN APPROVING ORDINANCE. >> DID WE ALREADY HEAR FROM STAFF? ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. SAMON. ANY QUESTIONS? FIRST BITE AT THE APPLE. SORRY PETITIONER. MR. BISHOP. I COULD HAVE SWORN HE WAS THE PETITIONER. MR. BISHOP, PLEASE PROCEED. >> I WAS JUST HERE ON BEHALF OF BENJAMIN AND CATHERINE LIEBER -- [AUDIO BREAKING UP] OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS IF ANYBODY HAS THEM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN? ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 47? ANYBODY FOR ITEM 47? I KNOW THE ROOM IS EMPTY. >> MOVE TO CLOSE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CITRO WITH A MOTION TO CLOSE. COUNCILMAN GUDES WITH A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMAN CITRO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THIS ITEM, 47? >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES, SIR. FILE VAC 21-05, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE VACATING CLOSING DISCONTINUING AND ABANDONING A PORTION OF A RIGHT-OF-WAY (ALLEYWAY) LOCATED SOUTH OF CURTIS STREET, NORTH OF HILDA STREET, EAST OF NORTH BOULEVARD AND WEST OF CLEARFIELD AVENUE WITHIN THE REVISED PLAT OF SPRING HEIGHTS, A SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 HEREOF; SUBJECT TO CERTAIN EASEMENT RESERVATIONS, COVENANTS CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS AS MORE PARTICULARLY SET FORTH HEREIN PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: NO. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON VOTING NO. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON MAY 20th, 2021 AT 9:30 A.M. >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT CONCLUDES THE EARLY PART OF THE AGENDA. SO WE ARE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO STAFF REPORTS AND UNFINISHED BUSINESS. FOR ITEM 48, IT DOES SAY ADMINISTRATION UPDATE. I DON'T BELIEVE THE CHIEF OF STAFF HAD ANYTHING. IF THE CHIEF OF STAFF IS ON THE LINE, I KNOW WE ARE MOVING QUICKER THAN USUAL. IS HE OR NO? WE'LL HOLD OFF ON THAT, BUT WE DO HAVE MR. BRAD BAIRD. WE'LL GO TO ITEM 49. I KNOW WE HAVE A MEMO HERE FOR $4.4 MILLION ITEM. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BAIRD? COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, I KNOW -- >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I DIDN'T HAVE -- GOOD MORNING, BRAD. I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING ON ITEM 49. ITEM 50 AND 51, SPECIFICALLY ITEM 50, I WANTED MR. BAIRD TO PUBLICLY TELL US THE WMBE PERCENTAGES BECAUSE I THINK THEY ARE GREATLY IMPROVED AND IMPROVING, AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THE COMMUNITY SHOULD KNOW ABOUT. WE'RE NOT DONE, BUT WE'RE GETTING BETTER. >>BRAD BAIRD: DO YOU WANT ME TO ADDRESS ITEM 49 FIRST? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: NO, JUST 50. SOMEBODY ELSE MIGHT HAVE A QUESTION ON 49, I DON'T KNOW. >>BRAD BAIRD: GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL. BRAD BAIRD, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE. ITEM 50 IS CONSTRUCTION OF THE DAVID L. TIPPIN WATER TREATMENT FACILITY HIGH SERVICE PUMPING STATION AND MISCELLANEOUS IMPROVEMENTS. IT INCLUDES NEW CHLORINE CONTACT BASIN, NEW CENTER CLEAR WELL, BACK WASH PUMPING STATION. BLENDING CHAMBER AND, OF COURSE, THE HIGH SERVICE PUMPING STATION ITSELF. BASICALLY THE HEART OF OUR TREATMENT PLANT THAT PROVIDES THE PRESSURE THROUGHOUT OUR SYSTEM. THE WMBE PARTICIPATION IN TOTAL, WE HAVE 15 FIRMS THAT WERE CERTIFIED BY THE CITY. A TOTAL OF 12.3% GOAL WAS ACHIEVED AT $8.1 MILLION OF WHICH WE HAD BBE PARTICIPATION OF 8.6%, AND THAT WAS A TOTAL OF SIX FIRMS. WBE PARTICIPATION OF 2.9%, AND THAT WAS A TOTAL OF THREE FIRMS. AND HBE PARTICIPATION OF .64 PERCENT, AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS THREE FIRMS AS WELL. AND, FINALLY, SLBE PARTICIPATION OF .14 PERCENT, AND THAT WAS THREE FIRMS AS WELL. SO WE DID A VERY GOOD JOB OF WORKING WITH THE DESIGN-BUILD TEAM TO MAXIMIZE PARTICIPATION ON THIS PROJECT. >> MR. CHAIRMAN AND BRAD, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND MR. HART AND EVERYBODY ELSE INVOLVED FOR THOSE GREATLY IMPROVED NUMBERS. THANK YOU, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. >>BRAD BAIRD: THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. BAIRD, I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A FORMULA TO FIND OUR WAY NOW, IT SEEMS THAT WAY, AS WE'RE MOVING UP THE LADDER. I WANT TO COMMEND YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT FOR UNDERSTANDING WHAT COUNCIL'S INTENT IS AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE HEARING FROM FOLKS AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS GETTING AN OPPORTUNITY. IT SEEMS LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE GOTTEN THE MESSAGE, AND I APPRECIATE YOU WORKING SO HARD TO KEEP THOSE NUMBERS MOVING. THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD WORK. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMAN >>BILL CARLSON: I ASKED THIS QUESTION, ASK IT PUBLICLY SO THE PUBLIC CAN SEE ON THESE THREE ITEMS, TO GIVE ASSURANCE THAT NONE OF THAT MONEY OR NONE OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE TO FUND TOILET TO TAP. IT'S FOR THE ONGOING -- >>BRAD BAIRD: THAT'S CORRECT, COUNCILMAN. >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYBODY ELSE? NO? SO WHO WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ITEM NUMBER 49? >> I'LL MOVE IT, MR. CHAIRMAN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ROLL CAL VOTE. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >> ITEM 50, ANYBODY ELSE FOR 50? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I'M GOOD. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO. ITEM NUMBER 50. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT IS 51 WHICH IS PART 2. GO AHEAD. WHO WISHES TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION? COUNCILMAN GUDES, SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BEFORE WE GO TO MR. ROSNER FOR 52, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER PULLED ITEM NUMBER 22. IF THERE'S ANYBODY HERE TO ADDRESS ITEM NUMBER 22, AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND CATHOLIC CHARITIES, I BELIEVE. MR. ROGERO, ARE YOU HERE FOR THAT ONE, SIR? >> YES, SIR. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: LET ME GIVE A PREFACE AND ABBREVIATE THIS TREMENDOUSLY. TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE THIS IS A $17 MILLION PASS THROUGH ITEM. WE HAVE BEEN PASSING THROUGH A LOT OF FEDERAL MONEY -- >>> 72,000. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. WE HAVE BEEN -- WHY DID I THINK IT WAS 17 MILLION? NO WONDER I JUMPED OUT AT THIS. OKAY. WELL, I MISREAD IT. I NEED TO GET NEW GLASSES. I'LL PASS ON THIS ONE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A GREAT INSURANCE PLAN THROUGH THE CITY FOR VISION. [ LAUGHTER ] IT WILL ONLY BE 15 OR $20 OUT OF POCKET. AND I RECOMMEND IT. VISION WORKS. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YOU CAN HANDLE IT. THANK YOU, DENNIS. I'M SORRY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I JUST WANTED TO ASK MR. ROGERO, 75,000, 75 MILLION MEANS THE SAME THING. IT'S STILL PUBLIC FUNDS. ROGERO ROGERO YES, SIR. THANK YOU. MR. DINGFELDER, I BELIEVE YOU SAW THIS IN MY E-MAIL. ALL OF THE FUNDING WE GET FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS SCRUTINIZED EVENTUALLY BY OUR AUDITORS AS PART OF THE SINGLE AUDIT ACT. WHEN I SAY ALL, THE GOOD NEWS IS WE ARE A LOW RISK, SO THEY WILL COME IN FOR REVIEW A MINIMUM OF 20% OF OUR FEDERAL FUNDING. NOW, HAVING SAID THAT, WHAT THEY ALWAYS DO EVERY YEAR IS SCRUTINIZE OUR INTERNAL CONTROLS PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SPENDING THE MONEY IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TOLD US TO SPEND IT ON. AND THAT'S REALLY THE PURPOSE OF THE SINGLE AUDIT ACT. COMES OUT OF THE FEDERAL OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, AND THERE'S A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON LARGE AND NEW AMOUNTS. A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT IS THE SHARES FUNDING THAT WE JUST RECEIVED, RECENTLY RECEIVED FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. >>ABBYE FEELEY: THIS WAS AN ADDENDUM TO THE AGREEMENT WE HAD WITH CATHOLIC CHARITY, THAT MONEY WAS PREVIOUSLY DISTRIBUTED TO ANOTHER ORGANIZATION THAT WAS NOT ON TARGET TO SPEND IT, AND IN LIEU OF HAVING TO RETURN THE MONEY, TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WE ARE AMENDING A CURRENTS AGREEMENT GIVING CATHOLIC CHARITIES ON TARGET WITH THOSE FUNDS. THESE FUNDS ARE TO HELP HOMELESS AND THOSE AT RISK OF BECOMING HOMELESS, AND WE DO MONTHLY AUDITS AS WELL AS ON-SITE VISITS AS PART OF OUR OWN MONITORING OF THE FUNDING. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. CHAIRMAN. AND I AM APOLOGIZE AGAIN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AND MS. FEELEY, HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY. I KNOW IT WAS YESTERDAY. BUT WE WISH YOU A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. AND WE THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. AND MR. ROGERO, I DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE YOU TODAY VIRTUALLY BUT I AM WEARING BATMAN SOCKS. I KNOW YOU ARE A BIG FAN. WITH THAT LOGO BEHIND YOU, YOU CAN'T SEE IT. >> I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS THERE A MOTION TO MOVE ITEM 22? MOTION BY DINGFELDER, SECOND FROM GUDES. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES ALL MY JOKES. WE GO TO ITEM NUMBER 52. ROB ROSNER. >>ROB ROSNER: WE HAVE PROVIDED YOU WITH A MEMO, THE REPORT THAT WE HAD PROMISED FROM LAST NOVEMBER. LOOKING AT THE ITEMS THAT YOU REQUESTED US TO LOOK AT FOR THE UNION STATION AND THE POSSIBILITY OF WHAT THAT MIGHT BE, I KNOW YOU HAD A CHANCE TO READ IT AHEAD OF TIME. DID YOU WANTS TO START WITH ANY QUESTIONS? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON, THIS WAS YOUR MOTION SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN. >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THIS PROPOSAL SERIOUSLY. I KNOW COMMUNITY GROUPS ARE WORKING WITH YOU ALL ON IT AND HOPEFULLY IF IT WORKS, WE NEED MORE SPACE FOR ENTREPRENEURS TO BE ABLE TO MEET AND EVERYONE HAS LOOKED AT IT AND SAYS THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A WIN-WIN. WE'LL HAVE MORE VIBRANT TRANSPORTATION HUB AND ALSO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT ENTREPRENEURS. AT SOME POINT, I CAN DO IT UNDER NEW BUSINESS OR NOW BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SCHEDULE THEM TO COME BACK MAYBE IN OCTOBER TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON IT THEN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. I THINK YOUR MOTION IS GREAT. THE IDEA IS GREAT FOR TAMPA UNION STATION WHICH IS A BEAUTIFUL 100-YEAR-OLD PLUS BUILDING THAT WAS IN RUINS AT ONE POINT. I BELIEVE UNDER THE GRECO ADMINISTRATION THEY RESTORED IT BUT IT'S AN ICONIC BUILDING, AND BEING THAT THE RAILROAD IS SO IMPORTANT TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF TAMPA BEYOND THE CIGAR INDUSTRY, WHEN YOU HAVE HENRY PLANT ALONG WITH HENRY FLAGLER ON THE EAST COAST BRING THE RAILROAD DOWN HERE, SO TO MOVE IN THIS DIRECTION, TO FURTHER PRESERVE AND UTILIZE UNION STATION, THIS IS A GREAT IDEA, COUNCILMAN CARLSON. YES, SIR, MR. ROSNER. >>ROB ROSNER: ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS TO TALK A LITTLE FURTHER. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO YOU WANT TO TALK MORE ABOUT IT LATER IN OCTOBER AS COUNCILMAN CARLSON INDICATED? >>ROB ROSNER: CORRECT. NO FURTHER ACTION UNTIL THIS FALL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION NOW, OCTOBER 21st IS A REGULAR MEETING. >>BILL CARLSON: THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE INVOLVED IN TAMPA UNION STATION OVER THE YEARS BUT JACKSON AND HIS FATHER HELPED LEAD THE EFFORTS 20-PLUS YEARS AGO, AND HIS DAD PASSED AWAY IN THE LAST YEAR AND LEFT SOME MONEY THAT THEY ARE GOING TO PRIVATELY DONATE TO HELP WITH THE RESTORATION AS WELL. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SCHEDULE A TAMPA UNION STATION COFFEE SHOP AND PROPOSAL UPDATE ON OCTOBER 21st DURING STAFF REPORTS. >> SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GUDES -- I'M SORRY. MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? COUNCILMAN CITRO. >>JOSEPH CITRO: GO AHEAD. I WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE A STATEMENT AFTER WE VOTE, THAT'S ALL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD. >>JOSEPH CITRO: WITH HOPES THAT BRIGHT LINE WILL BE COMING TO THIS CITY, THIS WILL BE AN ATTRACTIVE, ATTRACTIVE LOCATION. SO THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CARLSON, FOR BRINGING THIS UP. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR, YOU GOT IT. THANK YOU, MR. ROSNER. NEXT UP, FDOT, BUT I DIDN'T EXPECT TO MOVE SO QUICKLY WITH THIS AGENDA. I HAD THEM SCHEDULED TO COME BACK AFTER LUNCH AT 1:30 TIME CERTAIN. I KNOW WE HAVE THE SECRETARY MOST LIKELY AND OTHER TEAM MEMBERS. SO WE WILL WAIT FOR FDOT UNTIL 1:30. THE DISCUSSION ON ITEM 58 I'M SURE WILL BE LENGTHY. THAT WILL COME AFTER FDOT. NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER 54 PROPOSED BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER. IF WE HAVE OCEA WYNN ON THE LINE REGARDING THE REPORT FOR PART OF CHANNELSIDE TO BE NAMED AFTER COUNCILMEMBER LINDA SAUL-SENA. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: LET ME JUST PREFACE THIS, BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY APPEARS HER MEMO REFERENCES THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, BUT, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL HAS BEEN ASKING ABOUT NAMING THIS, NAMING THAT. I THINK VIRTUALLY EVERY COUNCILMEMBER HAS PROPOSED SOME SORT OF NAMING, AND WE ARE ALL IN FAVOR OF IT, AND I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND WE KEEP GETTING THE SAME MEMO, LIKE, YOU KNOW, OH, THEY ARE WORKING ON A POLICY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME FINALITY IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE ARE GOING TO SEE THIS POLICY, IF WE ARE GOING TO SEE THIS POLICY, AND THAT COUNCIL COULD BE INCLUDED IN THE POLICY. SO IT DOESN'T JUST RELATE TO HONORING MS. SAUL-SENA, WHO SHOULD BE HONORED, BUT IT RELATES TO SEVERAL OF THESE REQUESTS. THANK YOU, MS. GRIMES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MS. GRIMES. >>GINA GRIMES: GINA GRIMES, CITY ATTORNEY. MR. DINGFELDER, JUST ONE MONTH AGO WE DID SEND A MEMO TO COUNCIL EXPLAINING THAT THIS WAO RENAME SOME STREETS. WE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL'S ATTENTION THAT THE MANNER IN WHICH STREETS ARE NAMED IN HONOR OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS, OR FOR THAT MATTER ARTS, ANY OTHER PUBLIC FACILITIES, THERE'S NOT BEEN A CONSISTENT AND EQUITABLE PROCEDURE. AND IT APPEARS THAT ONLY THOSE THAT ARE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL ARE THE ONES THAT ARE ADDRESSED. AND SO WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION PROPOSED WAS TO CREATE A COMMITTEE AND A PROCESS WHEREBY EVERYBODY WOULD BE TREATED EQUALLY, AND THEIR APPLICATION WOULD BE REVIEWED. WE ALSO CONSIDERED EVEN ALLOWING THE PUBLIC TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS IF THEY THOUGHT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO NAME EITHER A STREET OR SOME OTHER PUBLIC FACILITY AFTER AN INDIVIDUAL THAT'S CONTRIBUTED TO THE COMMUNITY. SO IT'S A PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO DEVELOP, AND IN THAT MEMO LAST MONTH, WE DID SAY THAT WE WOULD REPORT BACK TO YOU. ONCE WE HAVE IT MOVED FURTHER ALONG. I KNOW -- I CAN'T SPEAK FOR MS. WYNN, BUT I KNOW FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 28 MOTIONS OF CITY COUNCIL THAT HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE END OF MAY, AND I HAVE ALSO, I BELIEVE, NINE REQUESTS FROM INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR ASSISTANCE IN VARIOUS MATTERS. SO WHILE I WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS DONE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, AS WOULD THE ADMINISTRATION, WE HAVE SUBSTANTIAL WORKLOAD AND WE ARE DOING THE BEST WE CAN AND WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU WHENEVER WE HAVE FURTHER INFORMATION TO PROVIDE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WELL, THANK YOU, MS. GRIMES, FOR THAT COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE. MR. CHAIRMAN, WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE ITEM 54 FOR 60 DAYS, TWO MONTHS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT WOULD BRING US INTO JUNE. LET ME GET A DATE. LET'S DO IT UNDER STAFF REPORTS JUNE 17th, REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER WITH A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL RIGHTY. NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER 55. IS CHARISH A HILLS ON THE LINE? IF NOT WE HAVE A MEMO ON TACOMA PARK. THERE SHE IS. GO AHEAD, MA'AM. >> CHARISHA HILLS, INTERIM DIRECTOR. CURRENTLY WE HAVE SECURITY LIGHTING AT TACOMA PARK. WE WILL BE DOING AN ASSESSMENT AS PART OF OUR CITY-WIDE MASTER PLAN THAT WILL LOOK AT THE LIGHTING NEEDS AND ASSESSMENT AT EACH PARK SO THIS WILL BE PART OF THAT PACKAGE IN A MASTER PLAN NEXT YEAR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA? >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, MS. HILLS, FOR YOUR HARD WORK IN THIS REGARD. I LOVE WORKING WITH YOU. WITH REGARDS TO THIS, I'LL PROBABLY BE PUTTING THIS ON MY LIST IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROPOSED FOR FISCAL YEAR BUDGET. I DON'T THINK IT WOULD COST THAT MUCH. EVERY TIME WE GO OUT WITH MY GOOD FRIENDS FROM THE TERRACE PARK, MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IN THE EVENING, I'M NOT A LIGHTING EXPERT OR ANYTHING BUT IT REALLY SEEMS TO JUST BE IN NEED OF A LITTLE BIT MORE LIGHT, AND NEXT TIME I'M OUT THERE, I'LL PROBABLY TAKE A VIDEO OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE. BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR MEMO AND YOUR RESPONSE. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES THAT. I HAVE MORE GOOD NEWS TODAY. FDOT IS READY FOR THEIR PRESENTATION NOW, SHOULDN'T BE MORE THAN 15 MINUTES, SO WE CAN GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY. AND ALL WE REALLY HAVE LEFT IS THE VERY BRIEF ITEM NUMBER 58. SO LET'S GO WITH FDOT. IF YOU ARE ON. I SEE YOU ARE AND YOU HAVE A PowerPoint PRESENTATION, I BELIEVE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN. GO AHEAD, SIR. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. WE SUBMITTED THE PowerPoint PRESENTATION BEFOREHAND, SO IF YOU COULD BRING THAT UP, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. THANK YOU. BUT IN THE MEANTIME I WILL GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE MYSELF. I'M ACTUALLY CITY STAFF, BRANDON CAMPBELL, AND I AM THE SMART MOBILITY MANAGER, SO WHERE WE FIT IN THE ORGANIZATION, WE ARE ONE OF THE FIVE DIVISIONS OF THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT, AND AMONG OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES, WE HAVE THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER AND OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS FROM DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH FDOT ON THIS PROJECT, AND I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY AND SORT OF THE INTENT OF THE PROJECT, AND THEN I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO KEVIN LEE, WHO IS FDOT'S PROJECT MANAGER, TO GIVE YOU SOME OF THE MORE FINE GRAIN DETAILS, AND THEN WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE AFTERWARDS. SO THE PROJECT IS THE ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. JUST A LITTLE HISTORY ON OUR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN THE CITY. WE HAVE HAD FOR A LONG TIME A CENTRALIZED TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP LEFT, OF YOUR SCREEN, THIS IS SORT OF THE LEGACY SYSTEM THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE. WE ARE STILL HANGING ON WITH CONNECTION TO A FEW OF OUR REMAINING SIGNALS, WHAT YOU SEE DOWNTOWN, THOSE ARE ACTUALLY TWO OF THE NEWER SYSTEM, BUT JUST FOR A COMPARISON, IT WAS CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY, I'LL SAY 25 TO 30 YEARS AGO. THAT WAS BASED ON A TWISTED PAIR OF COPPER COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM. IF YOU THINK BACK TO YOUR HOME BASED INTERNET EVOLUTION, MORE OR LESS IT'S LIKE HAVING A DIAL-UP MOD UM. IT'S LIKE PRESENTING DATA BACK AND FORTH TO SIGNALS, BUT IT WAS NOT COMPREHENSIVE ENOUGH FOR US TO ADDRESS MODERN TRAFFIC CONTROL NEEDS. AND, IN FACT, BEFORE WE STARTED IMPLEMENTING THE MODERN SYSTEM, WE HAD DAYS WHERE IN ORDER TO GET REALTIME INTELLIGENCE WE HAVE TO GO OUT WITH BINOCULARS ON TOP OF THE FOOTBALL STADIUM AND THE LIKE AND BEING ON THE PHONE BACK WITH OUR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER. SO WHAT WE STARTED TO DO SEVERAL YEARS AGO WAS TO MOVE TO A NEW GENERATION OF ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN, THAT BOTTOM HALF IS WHAT HAS BEGUN TO BE IMPLEMENTED ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO, AND WHAT THEN WAS INTENDED TO BE THE FIRST PHASE OF A FOUR-PHASE PROJECT TO DEPLOY ACROSS THE CITY. THAT COVERED THE STADIUM, AIRPORT, WESTSHORE AREA, AND GAVE US THE NEXT GENERATION OF THE CURRENT GENERATION OF TRAFFIC CONTROL. SINCE THAT TIME, THE REMAINDER OF THE CITY, THE THREE PHASES THAT HAVE BEEN SEPARATE PROJECTS, WERE COMBINED INTO ONE LARGE DESIGN BUILD PROJECT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT. SO WITH THAT, OLD GENERATION, THE CURRENT GENERATION, AND THEN ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS PROJECT IS MEANT TO BRING THE NEXT GENERATION OF TRAFFIC CONTROL AND ACTIVE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TO OUR CITY. THE SYSTEM IS CALLED WAYFAIRER, SOMETHING WE HAVE DONE SOME PILOTING WITH AND WE ARE GETTING WITH THIS PROJECT ON A FULL SCALE BASIS THAT GIVES US ACCESS TO SOME REALTIME INTELLIGENCE, EARLY INCIDENT DETECTION AND LIVE. REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THAT'S BRINGING TO THE CITY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ( >> SO WE WANT TO USE WHAT WE ARE DOING TO IMPLEMENT STATE OF THE PRACTICE TECHNOLOGY. SO I MENTIONED THE OLD DAYS OF OBSERVING TRAFFIC THROUGH BINOCULARS. WE HAVE DEPLOYED ON THE ORDER OF 75 TO 100 CAMERAS ALREADY WITHIN OUR HIGH SPEED COMMUNICATION NETWORK THAT HAS BEEN DEPLOYED AND IS GROWING. WE ARE EXPANDING THE REACH OF THAT. WE ARE ADDING ADDITIONAL CAMERAS FOR MONITORING AND RESPONDING TO REALTIME NEEDS OF TRAFFIC. SO BASICALLY MORE OR LESS DOUBLING OUR CAMERA COVERAGE. BUT WE ALSO BUILD FOR THE FUTURE. THIS PROJECT IS -- I WON'T SAY PRIMARILY, BUT FUNDAMENTALLY IT'S ABOUT EXTENDING THE HIGH SPEED COMMUNICATION NETWORK THROUGH THE DEPLOYMENT OF FIBER AND HIGH SPEED RADIO TECHNOLOGY THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE FOR BOTH THE TRAFFIC CONTROL THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING AND HAVE BEEN GROWING IN THE LAST DECADE OR SO, BUT ALSO CAN LEVERAGE FOR ADDITIONAL TECHNOLOGIES AS THEY COME ONLINE. I KNOW THAT YOU ALL MENTIONED EARLIER THE NEW PARKING SYSTEMS THAT WE STARTED TO DEPLOY WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT. EVEN THOSE SORTS OF THINGS ARE GOING TO BE BETTER ENABLED BY HAVING BETTER COMMUNICATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO KEVIN LEE, WHO IS THE FDOT PROJECT MANAGER, TO G GET US INTO SOME OF THE FINER DETAILS OF THE PROJECT. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. IF YOU COULD GO ONTO THE NEXT SLIDE. ONCE AGAIN, THE PROJECT ITSELF IS A DESIGN BUILD PROJECT. ABOUT NINE MONTHS AGO, ALL THE WAY TO SEPTEMBER 2023. THE OVERALL COSTS OF THE CONSTRUCTION IS $38 MILLION. ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU TO BRANDON AND VIK. THIS WAS WRITTEN FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA RFP FROM BEGINNING TO END. ONCE AGAIN, IT'S FOR THE FUTURE. I THINK ELABORATING WHAT WE NEED, A TAMPA RESIDENT WOULD BE GLAD TO SEE THAT GOING AND ON TRACK. IF WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SOME OF THESE BENEFITS ARE OBVIOUSLY MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, WE WANT TO REDUCE CONGESTION AND IMPROVE SAFETY. THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN OUR MISSION AND GOALALITY FDOT, SAFETY IMPROVEMENT, NO ACCIDENT, NO PEDESTRIAN INCIDENTS, NOTHING WHATSOEVER. I WE ARE GETTING TO THAT POINT. MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, WE COULD REDUCE THE TRAVEL TIME INCLUDING THE TRAVEL CHOICES EXPANDED WITH THIS, AND NOT ONLY THAT, WE WILL GIVE IMPROVEMENT TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE. SO BASICALLY, IF SOMETHING WERE TO -- WITH THE OUTDATED COPPER WIRES, WITH FIBER-OPTIC CABLES, THEY GET TO SEE LIVESTREAM, LIVE THINGS OF WHAT'S GOING ON AT THOSE INTERSECTIONS AND RESPOND ACCORDINGLY. GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THIS GETS INTO NUMBERS. A LITTLE BORING BUT LET ME GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE. BASICALLY WE ARE GOING DO INSTALL 450,000, AND UPGREAT FROM COPPER FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA. ALSO TO INCLUDE 63 INTERSECTIONS WITH CCTV CAMERAS, AND THE RIGHT SCREEN ON YOUR BOTTOM, COUNTY GIVE YOU ADDITIONAL VEHICLE SPEED, AS WE SEE IT, AND ALSO ACCIDENT ARRIVAL TIME. SO WE WILL HAVE 44 INTERSECTIONS. ALSO, WE WORK WITH CITY OF TAMPA DEPARTMENT TO INCREASE ROADWAY FLOOD SENSORS ON 15 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. NEXT SLIDE. I THINK BRANDON KIND OF ALLUDED AT THE BEGINNING, THIS WILL GIVE YOU THE REALTIME TRAFFIC THROUGH THE CENTER. BUT NOT ONLY THIS, I THINK WE WILL WORK WITH OTHER AGENCIES AS WELL COMPARED TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AND IN THE RANGE WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AND NOT ONLY THAT, INTERCONNECT WITH THE PARKS SYSTEM AS WELL. SO WE WILL HAVE ALL THE OTHER AGENCIES KIND OF INTERCONNECT WITH CITY OF TAMPA WITH THIS NEW SOFTWARE AND SYSTEM, AND WE WILL HAVE 355 NEW SIGNAL CONTROLLERS INCLUDING 60 UPS. SO WHAT THE UPS UNINTERRUPTED POWER SUPPLY, LET'S SAY A HURRICANE COMES AND POWER GOES OUT, WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER 12 TO 24 HOURS SUSTAINED POWER SYSTEM THAT CONTROLS THE SIGNALS WITHOUT LOSING ANY UNINTERRUPTED POWER WHATSOEVER. SO EVEN IF THE HURRICANE COMES, THE SIGNAL WILL STILL GO AS WE MOVE FORWARD. AND THEN INCLUDING REPLACE SOME OF THESE OUTDATED SERVERS AND THE WORK STATIONS AND SWITCHES AND FIREWALL AND ROUTERS. NEXT SLIDE. ONGOING CONSTRUCTION PICTURES, I WILL SHOW YOU, THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF TAMPA, BUT A FEW MORE SLIDES TO KIND OF GIVE YOU. GO TO THE NEXT ONE. SO WHAT WE ARE DOING, GOING UNDERNEATH THE SIDEWALKS. ONCE AGAIN, RIGHT-OF-WAY, NOT GOING OUTSIDE OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. GO ONTO THE NEXT SLIDE. AND THIS IS PRETTY MUCH IT. ONCE AGAIN I WANT TO THANK BRANDON AND VIK AND THE COUNCIL FOR LETTING US PRESENT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH CITY OF TAMPA PROJECTS, BUT THIS WILL WRITTEN SO WE CAN HELP THE CITY TO BENEFIT THE FUTURE FOR THE NEXT 20 TO 25 YEARS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I KNOW THIS MAY NOT BE THE PROPER FORUM, BUT THROUGHOUT THIS CITY WITH THE INTERSTATE, WHICH GOES THROUGH MUCH OF MY DISTRICT AT DALE MABRY, AT ARMENIA, TO GET ON THE ON AND OFF RAMP OF 275, AND THERE MIGHT BE OTHER AREAS, BUT THE STREETS THAT ARE CITY STREETS, FOR EXAMPLE, MAIN STREET, WE HAVE OUR SIGNALS, THEY DO NOT FALL IN LINE WITH THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT THE INTERSTATE. SO YOU WILL SEE, YOU ARE SITTING THERE FIVE, TEN MINUTES AT MAIN STREET AND ARMENIA AT A RED LIGHT WHILE THE INTERSTATE, YOU KNOW, THE INTERSTATE LIGHTS ARE GREEN, THE LIGHT TURNS GREEN ON MAIN STREET AND GOES RIGHT INTO RED LIGHT. I MEAN, IT CREATES AN ON INSTRUCTION THERE, EVEN DALE MABRY, WHICH IS MUCH HEAVIER. IT'S EASIER TO TAKE A LOT OF SIDE STREETS, NOW DUMPING TRAFFIC TO LOIS AND HIMES AND McDETAIL DILL, BECAUSE DALE MABRY HAS THE SPRUCE LIGHT. THE COLUMBUS LIGHT. SMALLER LIGHTS IN BETWEEN. THE LIGHTS THAT GET INTO THE HOME DEPOT, SUPER TARGET. IT'S NOT COORDINATED. IT'S NOT SYNCHRONIZED AND JUST CREATES GRIDLOCK FOR NO REASON. WE TALK ABOUT THE ADVANCED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. I SEE HERE IN TAMPA -- I'M SORRY, IN DOWNTOWN TAMPA AS WE LEAVE CITY HALL, THE LIGHTS ARE SYNCHRONIZED GOING NORTH ON FLORIDA AND SOUTH ON TAMPA STREET. AND IT HAS A SIGN THAT SAYS 30 MILES PER HOUR. AS LONG AS YOU ARE GOING 30, YOU ARE GOING TO HIT THE GREEN AS YOU KEEP GOING UP BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN OTHER CITIES, AND IT'S CAUSING MORE TRAFFIC BACKUP FOR REALLY NO REASON. I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC, BUT SIGNALIZATION AND TIMING IS A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, I CAN TALK TO OTHER PEOPLE IN YOUR OFFICE ABOUT THIS, BUT SINCE YOU ARE HERE, I WAS AT A COFFEE SHOP THIS MORNING AND A GENTLEMAN AND HIS WIFE THAT I KNEW SAID, HEY, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT THESE AT DALE MABRY? AND I SAID, YEAH, I WAS STUCK A AT THOSE LIGHTS TEN MINUTES AGO, TOO. I'LL STOP THERE. COUNCILMAN GUDES, SIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MINE DOESN'T RELATE TO TRAFFIC SIGNALS. THE MORE IT TAKES UNDERNEATH THE UNDERPASSES, ESPECIALLY BETWEEN FLORIBRASKA AND TALIAFERRO. WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH FOLKS LIVING UNDERNEATH THE INTERSTATE.% I DON'T WANT TO DISMISS THE HOMELESS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IS, COMMUNITY RESIDENTS HAVE CALLED, BECAUSE INDIVIDUALS ARE DEFECATING, USING THE BATHROOM, UNDERNEATH THOSE, AND EXPOSING THEMSELVES AT THE LIGHTS WHILE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET TO THEIR DESTINATION. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A PROCESS. I HAVE ASKED FOR CLEANING UP. THEY HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB, BUT IT CREATES A FORM OF BLIGHT AND I WANT TO SEE IF WE HAVE A MECHANISM FOR PUTTING FENCES UP IN THAT AREA OR SOMETHING TO KEEP THE AREA CLEAN, BECAUSE IT'S BECOMING REALLY A HAZARD. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: JUST AS A FOLLOW-UP TO MR. GUDES' STATEMENT, WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS THAT UNDERNEATH THE INTERSTATE, MR. LEE OR MR. CAMPBELL? >> I GUESS I WOULD SAY IT'S KIND OF A COMPLEX ISSUE INVOLVING BOTH LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND I SUPPOSE THAT'S NOT ON THE CLEAN-UP -- I'LL >> GOOD MORNING. SO, YEAH, THAT'S ACTUALLY OUR RIGHT-OF-WAY SO WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE THAT IT KEEPS CLEAN, AND WE WORK WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AS WELL AS THE LOCAL AGENCIES TO DETERMINE HOW BEST TO APPROACH THE HOMELESS ISSUE, BECAUSE CERTAINLY WE ARE NOT THE AGENCY IN A WOULD GO OUT AND ENFORCE ANY RESTRICTIONS. WE RELY ON LAW ENFORCEMENT TO DO THAT, BUT WE ALSO AT TIMES PUT UP SIGNS SO THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO ENFORCE, WHETHER IT BE NO LOITERING, NO TRESPASSING. SOMETIMES WE DO PUT FENCING UP. THE TRUTH IS, EVEN IN THE PLACES WE HAVE FENCING, A LOT OF THESE FOLKS FIND WAYS TO GET IN THERE, AND IN FACT SOME I THINK LIKE FENCES BETTER THAN THEY DO WITH NO FENCE. AND SO THAT DOESN'T COMPLETELY SOLVE THE PROBLEM. BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT IT. THERE'S A GOOD APPLICATION AT THOSE LOCATIONS THAT MIGHT HELP TO KEEP IT CLEANER AND MAYBE KEEP SOME OF THE HOMELESS PEOPLE FROM CAMPING OUT, ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE CAUSING A SAFETY PROBLEM. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. SECRETARY, THANK YOU FOR POPPING IN THERE. AGAIN IT'S NOT TO PUT PEOPLE IN JAIL, OR HARASS THE HOMELESS BUT IT'S BECOME MORE OF A BIGGER PROBLEM AGAIN WITH URINATION, DEFECATION, PEOPLE EXPOSING THEMSELVES, AND ABUNDANCE OF TRASH UNDER THE INTERSTATE AT THE ROAD SLIDE, SLIDING DOWN ON A SLOPE THERE, JUST MY CONCERN, PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT IT, THE RESIDENTS RIGHT THERE, AND THAT'S A REAL BUSY SPOT. I'M GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE INTERSECTION OPEN AT FLORIBRASKA BUT THAT'S A BUSY STOP, PEOPLE TRAVELING, PEOPLE GOING TO SCHOOL THERE WALKING, AND SEE HOW WE CAN GET SOME TYPE OF SYSTEM GOING TO MAKE SOME REAL IMPROVEMENTS. I THANK YOU FOR CHIME IN, SIR. >> WE'LL COORDINATE WITH THE CITY IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO MAKE AN IMPROVEMENT THERE. >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, MR. LEE, MR. CAMPBELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR EXCELLENT REPORT. WHILE SECRETARY GWYNN IS HERE, MY OFFICE RECEIVED A MULTITUDE OF PHONE CALLS FROM COMPLAINTS FROM CITIZENS ABOUT TRASH, JUNK AND DEBRIS AROUND THE EDGES AND ENTRANCES OF 275 AND I-4. THEY ALSO CALL MY OFFICE FOR THINGS SUCH AS FIVE GALLON BUCKETS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSTATE BEDS MATTRESSES EVERYTHING FALLING OFF TRUCKS. SECRETARY GWYNN, I KNOW THAT WE CONTRACT, FDOT CONTRACTS FOR CLEAN-UP OF OUR ENTRANCES AND EXITS OFF THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM ALONG WITH OUR INTERSTATE SYSTEM. IS THERE ONE CENTRALIZED NUMBER THAT RESIDENTS CAN CALL TO SAY, HEY, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS CLEANED UP, OR, HEY, THERE IS A MATTRESS ON THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM, OR IS THERE ONE CENTRALIZED NUMBER THAT OUR RESIDENTS CAN CALL INSTEAD OF US TRYING TO HAVE TO CALL ALL THESE DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT WE CONTRACT OUT TO KEEP OUR INTERSTATE SYSTEM CLEAN? >> ABSOLUTELY. AND I WILL MAKE SURE I GET YOU THE NUMBER THAT WOULD BE THE MOST APPROPRIATE. THE THING WE WANT TO TRY TO DO IS GET A RESPONSE OUT THERE AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY SOMETHING LIKE A MATTRESS OR SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE A SAFETY HAZARD OUT ON THE ROAD. WE DO HAVE A CONTRACTOR. WE ACTUALLY GOT A NEW CONTRACTOR, I GUESS IT WAS LATE LAST YEAR, AND WE REVISED THE CONTRACT TO BE ABLE TO PUT HIGHER STANDARDS ON THEM THAN WE NORMALLY DO. BY STATUTE WE HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF MAINTENANCE. BUT IN TALKING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR, WE UNDERSTOOD THAT SOME AREAS WERE NOT BEING MAINTAINED TO THE LEVEL THAT CITY WANTED SO WE INCREASED THOSE STANDARDS. IT DOES GET A LITTLE BIT COMPLICATED, AND LAST YEAR WEIENT THROUGH AN EXERCISE WITH THE CITY. THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS THAT ARE ACTUALLY UNDER CITY AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY TO MAINTAIN. WE HAVE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS WITH LOCAL AGENCIES, AND THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS, AND THE THING WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WAS EVERYBODY KNEW, OKAY, THIS WAS THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY, THIS IS A DO T. RESPONSIBILITY SO IT WASN'T AN AREA THAT SOMEBODY THOUGHT THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR, THAT THEY REALLY WERE. AND I THINK WE GOT ALL THAT WORKED OUT PRETTY GOOD WITH THE CITY MAINTENANCE TEAM. BUT WE'LL REVISIT THAT, AND COUNCILMAN, IF THERE ARE PARTICULAR AREAS YOU ARE AWARE OF THAT ARE EXCEPTIONALLY POOR IN TERMS OF THE TRASH COLLECTION, IF YOU LET US KNOW, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WHOEVER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT KEEPS AN EYE ON IT. I KNOW DURING THE SUPER BOWL WE ACTUALLY PUT A LOT MORE RESOURCES OUT THERE TO TRY AND, YOU KNOW, GET IT ESPECIALLY LOOKING EVEN BETTER. BUT IF THERE'S ANY THAT WE ARE MISSING WE WILL BE GLAD TO GO OUT AND LOOK AT THEM. BUT WE'LL GET YOU A NUMBER THAT YOU GUYS CAN POST OUT FOR FOLKS TO CALL. I JUST DON'T HAVE IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECRETARY GWYNN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY QUESTION GOING BACK TO THE PRESENTATION BY MR. LEE AND MR. CAMPBELL, TECHNOLOGY IS A WONDERFUL THING, AND I MEAN THAT SINCERELY. IT IMPROVES OUR LIVES IN GREAT WAYS. BUT THE TRADE-OFF FOR TECHNOLOGY IS ALSO A LOSS OF OUR PRIVACY AND IN MANY WAYS OUR CIVIL LIBERTIES. YOU KNOW, THE BOOK 1984 I THINK WAS PROBABLY BACK IN THE SIXTIES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND IT PREDICTED THE FOUGHT, AND, YOU KNOW, WITH CONCERNS ABOUT BIG BROTHER. AND I STILL HAVE THOSE CONCERNS ON A DAILY BASIS. SO MY QUESTION AS RELATED TO THESE CAMERAS IS, HOW TIGHT DO THESE CAMERAS, YOU KNOW, FOCUS IN? ARE THEY FOCUSING IN ON LICENSE TAGS AND FACES? DO THEY HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF FOCUSING IN ON LICENSE TAGS AND FACES? WHAT TYPES OF CONTROLS DO WE HAVE ON THOSE CAMERAS, SO PEOPLE CAN'T BREAK INTO THEM AND USE THEM IMPROPERLY? FINALLY, IN REGARD TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, DOES LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE TO OBTAIN SEARCH WARRANTS IN ORDER TO USE THESE CAMERAS? AND UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES -- I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IF THERE'S SOMETHING VERY SERIOUS WE WOULD WANT LAW ENFORCEMENT TO DO THAT, BUT ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS MAYBE WE WOULD BE A LITTLE MORE HESITANT. SO THAT'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS. YOU GUYS CAN DEAL WITH IT AS YOU WISH. >>VIK BHIDE: IF I MAY, BRANDON. VIK BHIDE, DIRECTOR OF MOBILITY DEPARTMENT. SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS OVER SIX YEARS, AND WE ARE VERY COGNIZANT, EYES AND EARS ON THE GROUND TO GIVE US INFORMATION, AND PRIVACY CONCERNS. PRIVACY CONCERNS BY THE COMMUNITY. SO THE FIRST THING ABOUT THESE CAMERAS IS WE DO NOT ... WE ONLY USE THESE CAMERAS IN LIVESTREAM FOR OBSERVATION. THE OTHER THING THAT THESE NEW CAMERAS WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO IS COUNT VEHICLES, NOT READ LICENSE PLATES BUT COUNT VEHICLES, WHICH WE NEED, AND WE KEEP OUR COUNTS ON AN ONGOING SO THESE CAMERAS WILL SERVE MULTIPLE PURPOSES, WHICH IS TO KNOW HOW MUCH TRAFFIC THERE IS AND THEN THE THIRD THING THESE CAMERAS WILL BE USED FOR ARE THINGS LIKE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. BUT THEY DO NOT READ LICENSE PLATES. THEY DO NOT RECOGNIZE FACES. AND WE DO NOT RECORD THE VIDEO. WE DO INTEGRATE OUR VIDEO TO A COMMON SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING TPD, BUT THAT IS MORE FOR INTERNAL EFFICIENCY THAN ANYTHING ELSE. AS FAR AS THE VEHICLE SENSORS, THOSE ARE JUST RADIO WAVES, SO THEY ARE VERY NONINTRUSIVE AS WELL, TO THE EXTENT PRIVACY GOES. AND THEN FINALLY, ON PRIVACY, ONE SECTOR OF CONCERN IS PEOPLE'S PRIVACY THROUGH A SYSTEM THAT WE PUT OUT THERE. THE OTHER IS PEOPLE THAT MAYBE MISUSING THE SYSTEM THROUGH HACKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, OR THAT WE HAVE GONE OUT OF OUR WAY AND RECEIVED SOME NATIONAL RECOGNITION AS WELL TO ENSURE CYBER SECURITY, OPERATING EQUIPMENT, WHICH IS THE CONTROLLERS AND THE STREET, SO WE HAVE A DEVICE THERE THAT LISTENS FOR SOME SORT OF INCLUSION, AND IF THAT INCLUSION IS OUT OF THE ORDINARY, IT WILL DO ANYTHING FROM QUARANTINE TO SEVER THAT CONNECTION, DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF THREAT. SO THERE IS A LOT OF PRECAUTION IN ADDRESSING SOME OF THESE CONCERNS AND HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY PROBLEM. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. BHIDE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I AM MOST PLEASED, I GUESS, TO HEAR THIS IS NOT A TAPE-RECORDED DEVICE SO THAT PROBABLY ALLEVIATES MOST OF MY CONCERNS, AND I APPRECIATE VIK, YOU AND YOUR TEAM, AND THE DEPARTMENT ARE COGNIZANT OF THESE PRIVACY ISSUES. MR. SECRETARY, ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL AND THE CITY, WE APPRECIATE THIS BIG PROGRAM TO HELP TRAFFIC MOVE BETTER THROUGH THE CITY, SO THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN GUDES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. SECRETARY, AGAIN, THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW WHAT REALM TO FOLLOW UP BETWEEN US AND THE CITY FOR COLLABORATION BUT ALSO NOTE IT IS VERY DARK UNDER THE FLORIBRASKA INTERSECTION THERE SO MAYBE SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHTING, MAYBE WE CAN FIND A WAY TO SEE -- WE DON'T WANT TO HARASS THE HOMELESS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT BUB WE WANT TO ALSO MACH SURE WE HAVE THE AREA CLEAN AND SAFE, AND AGAIN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING ARE JUST NOT GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY. >> IN FACT I JUST SAW THE OTHER DAY WHERE WE HAVE SOME PLANS TO DO MORE UNDERDECK LIGHTING IN SOME OF THE AREAS SO WE ARE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS WORKING WITH THE POWER COMPANY. I WILL TELL YOU UNFORTUNATELY WHAT WE FOUND SOME OF THE AREAS WHERE A LOT OF THE HOMELESS POPULATION, THEY WILL ACTUALLY GO IN THERE AND TRY TO BREAK THE LIGHT BECAUSE AT NIGHT THEY MAY NOT NECESSARILY WANTS THEM ON. THERE'S A LOT OF MAINTENANCE INVOLVED IN IT BUT WE TRY TO PROTECT THEM AND FIND WAYS TO KEEP IT. BUT YOU ARE RIGHT. WE DID A LOT OVER TOWARDS THE WEST TAMPA AREA LAST YEAR. WE MOVED INTO SOME OF THE LONGER BRIDGES. BUT WE ARE WORKING ON THEM. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. YOU ARE MUTED, SIR. PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. JUST CLICK -- DID YOU CLICK ON THE MICROPHONE? OH, THERE YOU GO. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM NOW. I WAS UNMUTED BY A SOURCE OTHER THAN MYSELF. LET ME SAY THIS, THAT I APPRECIATE WORKING THE CONTROLS. WE CERTAINLY CAN DO THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THE PAST AND YOU CAN USE NATURE'S BEST ENERGY SOURCE ON SOLAR. LIGHTS, PUT THEM UP HIGH ENOUGH, PROTECTED ENOUGH SO THE LIGHT SHOWS DOWN A MUCH STRONGER BEAM, MUCH BRIGHTER. THE LED LIGHTS THAT THEY HAVE NOW, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SPOT SOMETHING FIFTY YARDS AWAY. AND I AM NOT SAYING LIGHT IT UP LIKE PATROLLING SOMETHING. BUT IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS AND SAVE YOUR MONEY, SOLAR, YOU CAN PUT IT IN YOUR OWN HOUSE, YOU CAN PROTECT YOUR OWN HOUSE, IT LIGHTS UP AND IN 15, 20 SECONDS IT GOES BACK DOWN. YOU CAN DO ALL THIS YOURSELF. I AM NOT TALKING TO YOU PERSONALLY. I AM TALKING TO ANYONE. SO THERE'S A LOT OF PROTECTIONISM YOU CAN DO WITHOUT VIOLATING ANYONE'S RIGHTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU, FDOT. THANK YOU, MR. SECRETARY. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND THE PRESENTATION AND VIK BHIDE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES THE AGENDA WESTBOUND THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM NUMBER 58. AND WE WILL TAKE THAT UP UP AFTER LUNCH. WE ARE IN RECESS. IT IS A LITTLE BEFORE NOON. HOW ABOUT 1:30? IS 1:30 ALL RIGHT WITH EVERYBODY? WE ARE IN RECESS TILL 1:30. [ CITY COUNCIL RECESS ]