... . >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CALL THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO OR ORDER. AT THIS TIME ROLL CALL. >>BILL CARLSON: HERE. >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT. >>LUIS VIERA: HERE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE. >>CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM 64. NO STAFF WAS REQUESTED. THERE WAS A -- OF THERE ADDITIONAL INFORMING TRANSMITTED BY BRAD BAIRD. COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: I WILL MOVE 64 AND 68. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION FOR 64 AND 68. WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, ITEM NUMBER 65. YES, WE ASKED STAFF TO BE PRESENT. WE HAD A MEMO FROM ADRI COLINA TRANSMITTING ADDITIONAL INFORMING FOR SAID AGENDA ITEM. IS SHE ONLINE OR NO? THERE SHE IS. ITEM NUMBER 65. >>ADRIANA COLINA: YES, GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN AND COUNCILMEMBERS. ADRI COLINA, DIRECTOR OF ASSET MANAGEMENT. HE HERE ON ITEM 65 WHICH IS REQUESTING APPROVAL FOR -- WELL, FIRST DISCUSSING AND REQUESTING APPROVAL FOR A $40 MILLION AGREEMENT WITH A CONTRACT WITH PARKS. A FOUR-YEAR CONTRACT WHICH SPANS FIVE YEAR. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER? I SEE NONE. YES SIR? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THINK PROBABLY ALL OF US PROBABLY INCLUDING YOURSELF WHEN YOU SEE THAT FOR AUTO PART, YOU THINK, MY GOODNESS. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT YOU CAN GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMING. WHY THAT -- IS THAT IN LINE WITH PAST USAGE AND PREDICTABILITY? OR BECAUSE OF OUR AGING FLEET? WHY ARE WE SPENDING SO MUCH MONEY? >>ADRIANA COLINA: THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. IT IS ACTUALLY ALL OF THE ABOVE. WE ARE TRENDING AT ABOUT 7.5 MILLION IN PARTS PER YEAR. AND WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR IN THE $10 MILLION IN THE CONTRACT IS SIMPLY TO ALLOW FOR INFLYING AND ANY IMPACTS THAT TARIFFS MAY HAVE. IT ALSO DOES TAKE INTO ACCOUNT OUR AGING FLEET, BUT I WANT TO MAKE COUNCIL VERY, VERY COMFORTABLE KNOWING THIS IS NOT A GUARANTEED $10 MILLION A YEAR. IT IS SIMPLY BASED ON WHAT WE SPENT. SO WE ARE ALLOWING THE EXPENDITURE IN THE CONTRACT, BUT NOT GUARANTEEING THAT AMOUNT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: EXCELLENT. THANK YOU AS ALWAYS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ELSE? YES? >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU,. AGAIN, JUST FOR PUBLIC BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS PRIOR. >> THIS CAN ONLY BE USED ON AUTO PARTS? >>ADRIANA COLINA: THAT'S CORRECT. AND MARINE FLEET AS WELL. ANYTHING THAT HANDLES -- BECAUSE WE DO THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR FOR FIRE, POLICE, THAT INCLUDES THEIR MARINE VESSELS. >>LYNN HURTAK: SO, YES. NOT JUST CARS BUT FIRE TRUCKS, AMBULANCES, BOATS. YES, THANK YOU. GOOD REMINDER. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I ASK MR. ROGERO A QUESTION REAL PAST SINCE YOU POPPED IN. SHE WAS JUST SAYING -- MISS CO LI NA WAS SAYING $7 MILLION TO $8 MILLION A YEAR AND BUDGETED $10 MILLION BECAUSE OF INFLATION AND TARIFFS MAYBE. JUST FOR THE PUBLIC AND OUR PURPOSES, IF INTERESTED SEVEN INSTEAD OF 10. WHAT HAPPENS TO THOR TO 20 MILLION. IT CAN BE ALLOCATED OR MOVED SOMEWHERE ELSE. >>DENNIS ROGERO: HE CAN GO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS. IF WE SEE IT EARLIER ENOUGH, WE CAN REAPPROPRIATE IT TO ANOTHER PURPOSE. IF WE DON'T AND THE TIMING IS RIGHT, THE FUND BALANCE WHERE WE COME AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND DISCUSS IT. CARLSON CARLSON JUST TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE PUBLIC IS ASKING US. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I CAN ELSE? WE ARE NOT VOTING ON THIS TODAY. MAY 15, 2025 IS WHEN WE TAKE OFFICIAL ACTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEMBERS. EYE NUMBER 66, MR. ROGERO, YOU ARE HERE TO DISCUSS FEDERAL GRANT FUNDING. GO AHEAD, SIR. >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, SIR. THANK YOU. DENNIS ROGERO, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. IF I CAN PASS SOME HANDOUTS TO YO YOU. >> FIRST LET ME APOLOGIZE FOR GIVING YOU YOU THIS INFORMING SO LATE. ON BASE OR EARLIER. AND THIS IS A VERY DIE. THATIC ENVIRONMENT RIGHT NOW NOT ONLY FROM THIS PARTICULAR GRANT PERSPECTIVE, AND I WILL SHARE MORE ABOUT THAT. AND THIS FUNDING ORIGINATES WITH THE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE. AND THEY ARE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR CHANGES TO OTHER PORTIONS OF THE FEDERAL WORK FORCE THAT WE ALL READ ABOUT. BUT I -- THIS IS IMPORTANT INFORMING, AND I DIDN'T WANT TO WAIT ANY LONGER FOR MORE CONCRETE INFORMING BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT US TO THAT YOU ARE NOT WALKING AROUND -- WALKING AROUND WITH, LIKE, A KNOWLEDGE VOLUME AS TO WHAT THIS FUNDING IS ALL ABOUT. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS COME BACK BEFORE COUNCIL WITH A MORE COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW. ONCE WE HAVE MORE CONCRETE INFORMING WHICH INCLUDES THE ACTION PLAN BEING SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, FOR INSTANCE, WHICH CAN INCLUDE THE ANTICIPATED THREE COMMUNITY MEETINGS OVER THE SUMMER. SO IT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. IT IS MOVING VERY FAST FROM A FEDERAL PERSPECTIVE. AND THAT IS -- THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS. I DON'T WANT TO SAY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BUILDING A PLANE WHILE YOU ARE FLYING IT, BUT IT IS MOVING VERY FAST. A GRANT FUNDING SOURCE THAT WE HAVE NEVER BEEN ALLOCATED NOR HAS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. YOU HAVE THE HANDOUTS AND MAKE SURE THE INFORMATION GETS ON THE WEB SITE ALSO. WHAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REITERATE IS THAT THIS IS A HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ALLOCATION. THEY ARE THE GRANTEE WORK ING WITH HUD. HAVING SAID THAT WE WANT TO COMPLIMENT THEM. PLEASED WITH THEIR PRODUCTIVITY AND GUIDANCE. I APPRECIATE THAT AND I HAVE NO REASON TO THINK THAT IS NOT GOING TO CONTINUE GOING FORWARD. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ALL UNDERSTAND NO MEANS A CERTAINTY THAT WE WILL GET THIS FUNDING THAT I WILL SHARE WITH YOU. OVER 400 MILLION. TOTAL ALLOCATION TO THE COUNTY IS $700 MILLION. AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, PLANT CITY AND TEMPLE TERRACE. WHERE WE ARE SHARING ALL KIND OF INFORMING AND ALL KIND OF NEEDS. PLEASE DON'T GET FIXATED ON A PARTICULAR DOLLAR AMOUNT. >> THIS PLAN WILL CHANGE AND WILL CHANGE AND THAT IS THE ONLY THING I CAN GUARANTEE TO YOU AT THIS TIME. WHAT IT CALLED. THE WOLF. IF I CAN HAVE THE WOLF UP, PLEASE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO WHAT IS THE CDBGR. THE COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM THAT WE WORKED WITH FOR YEAR AND WE HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF EXPERIENCE WITH. THIS IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ANIMAL THAT JUST HAPPENS TO SHARE THE FOUR LETTER CDBG. YOU CAN SEE FUNDING FOR LONG-TERM RECOVERY NEEDS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED THROUGH OTHER SOURCES. AND I HAVE INCLUDED A QUOTATION HERE NECESSARY EXPENSES, ETC., DISASTER RELIEF. LONG TERM RECOVERY. INFRASTRUCTURE HOUSING AND ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FUNDING FROM OTHER SOURCES, PROBABLY THE PRIMARY EXAMPLE FOR THE CITY IS THE FEMA REIMBURSEMENT THAT WE GET FOR DAMAGES. IT IS A VERY, VERY SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF FUNDING. AND I AM NOT DOWN PLAYING IT. A 250-YEAR STORMS. THEY CERTAINLY HAVE A GREAT MANY NEEDS AS FOR THE COUNTY AND THE OTHER CITIES. THIS WHAT THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED FOR FROM A FEDERAL PERSPECTIVE. WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, COUNCIL, IS THE ACTION PLAN STAGE. AND YOU SEE IT AS VERY, VERY BROAD VIEW. WE ARE GOING TO GET MUCH MORE DETAILED LATER ON DOWN THE LINE AND BROAD OVERVIEW AND WHAT IS WORKING FOR US IS THE EMPHASIS ON THE PART OF HUD TO GET FUNDING AWAY FROM THEM VERY, VERY QUICKLY INTO US. THE COUNTY GIVE ESPECIALLY THAT BROAD ACTION PLAN WITH MAJOR CRITERIA AND THEY SAY YES OR NO. WE HAVE EVERY COUNTY DEN THEY WILL SAY YES. AND THEY WILL GO INTO THE DETAILS OF PARTICULAR PROJECT, PARTICULAR LOCATIONS, PROJECT BUDGETS AND THING LIKE THAT. WE SEE AN EMPHASIS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE AND NOT SPECIFIC PROJECTS YET. ONCE WE GET THERE, COUNCIL WILL HAVE A GREAT DEAL MORE INVOLVEMENT IN OUR PLANS GOING FORWARD WITH THE ALLOCATION. AND THESE ARE THE PRIMARY USES OF THE FUNDING. THERE ARE SUB CATEGORIES. AND MANY OF THESE CATEGORY CROSS-POLLINATE, FOR INSTANCE. MANY OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS WILL ALSO BE MITIGATION PROJECTS. AND VICE VERSA. MANY OF YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS MAY ENABLE OR IMPROVE ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION. SO THERE IS A LOT OF CROSS-POLLINATION HERE. AND WE WILL GET DOWN INTO SEGREGATION OF THOSE FUNDING SOURCES AND USES LATER ON DOWN THE LINE AND HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? I DON'T WANT TO SAYS IT CONV CONVOLUTED, BUT I WANT TO WALK YOU THROUGH THESE CALCULATIONS JUST SO YOU HAVE SOME INSIGHT INTO THE MACRO VIEW OF THIS FUNDING. THIS IS THE PRIMARY AMOUNT WE ARE WORKING WITH RIGHT HERE. 709.3 MILLION. GREAT DEAL OF MONEY. FROM THERE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TAKE AN AMOUNT FOR MITIGATION AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS MIT. I WILL TRY NOT INTO TOO OF JOR GONE AT 15%. IT IS NOT BASED ON THE TOTAL BUT THE BASE THERE. AND YOU ADD IT TOGETHER AND HOW YOU GET TO THE $709 MILLION. A LITTLE REVERSE OF MY TYPICAL THINKING, BUT HERE WE ARE. AND THE GOOD NEWS WITH THAT PARTICULAR SEGMENT IS YOU HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF FUNDING. ALMOST 100 MILLION JUST FOR MITT GAG PURPOSES AND WE CERTAINLY CAN USE THAT IN THIS AREA. MOVING DOWN, YOU TAKE 35, ALMOST 36 MILLION, AND FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM SET IT ASIDE FOR ADMINISTRATION. ADMINISTRATION CAN COVER A GREAT DEAL OF PURPOSES. FOR INSTANCE, OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS, EXPERT CONSULTANTS. THE COUNTY HAS BROUGHT ON OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS. WE ARE USING OUR STORM OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS. INDEL I BELIEVE, I THINK, ARE THE NAME. BOTH OF THE CONSULTANT ORGANIZATIONS HAVE EXPERIENCE ADMINISTERING THIS PARTICULAR GRANT WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US. WE ARE ALL VERY SMART. WE ARE ALL VERY CAPABLE, BUT HARD TO BEAT EXPERIENCE SUCCESSFULLY ADMINISTERING THESE GRANT. THAT NUMBER FOR ADMINISTRATION MAY CHANGE. IN FACT IT IS LIKELY TO CHANGE BECAUSE $35 MILLION IS A LOT OF MONEY FOR JUST ADMINISTRATION. BUT AT THIS STAGE OF THE GRANT, YOU SET THAT ASIDE. YOU KNOW YOU GOT IT. AND THEN AS WE GET FURTHER INTO THIS GRANT PROCESS, AGAIN, IT IS -- IT IS ABSOLUTELY GOING TO CHANGE -- AND PART OF THAT CHANGE MAY BE REALLOCATION OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF FUNDING INCLUDING THE ADMINISTRATION FUNDING THAT YOU SEE RIGHT THE THERE. MOVING FURTHER DOWN, YOU SEE THAT 70% -- YOU WILL NOTICE THAT ASTERISK AT THE BOTTOM. 70% OF THE FUNDING OR A LITTLE OVER $470 MILLION IS REQUIRED TO BE SPENT ON LOW AND MODERATE INCOME PERSONS AND HOUSEHOLDS. AND I WILL GET INTO THAT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE WHEN WE HIT THE SPREADSHEET THAT YOU GOT AT THE END OF YOUR PRESENTATION. SO A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT HAS TO BENEFIT THAT PARTICULAR POPULATION. WHICH LEAVES -- 30% OR LITTLE OVER 200 MILLION FOR PROJECT THAT DON'T NECESSARILY DIRECTLY IMPACT LOW AND MEDIUM INCOME HOUSEHOLDS AND PERSONS, BUT FURTHER OUR NEEDS ASSOCIATED WITH PREVENTING AND MITIGATING FUTURE STORM DAMAGE. AND YOU SEE THOSE TWO TOTAL THE $673 WHICH GET BACK UP HERE TO THE NUMBER I PREVIOUSLY REFERENCED AFTER ADMINISTRATION. AND MITIGATION. SO A LOT TO TAKE IN. AND I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS. BUT REALLY THE MEAT OF WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY IS THAT SPREADSHEET THAT YOU HAVE AT THE END OF YOUR PRESENTATION. DIFFICULT TO SEE FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE, BUT I HAVE GOT IT IN SMALLER APOURINGMENTS. BUT EVERYBODY HAS IT IN FRONT OF THEM. YOU CAN SEE -- OKAY. I NEED TO PUT ON MY GLASSES TO MAKE SURE I SEE THE HEAD NODDING. SO YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS HERE AND YOU SEE TOTALING OVER $450 MILLION. AGAIN THAT IS WELL OVER HALF OF THE ENTIRE GRANT. SO WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET ALL THAT, BUT THIS IS THE STAGE WHERE EVERYBODY PUTS THEIR BEST FOOT FORWARD. AND WE PRIORITIZE THE USE OF THIS FUNDING FOR THE GOOD OF THE GREATER COMMUNITY. WHAT I LIKE TO POINT OUT AT THE BOTTOM THAT 93% OF THE CITY'S SUBMISSION IS FOR LOW AND MEDIUM INCOME PERSONS. AND THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THAT IN LIGHT BLUE IS HOUSING PROJECTS. NOT A SURPRISE. ADMINISTERED BY THE HOUSING AND YOU CAN BEEN A DEVELOPMENT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND A HEAVY, HEAVY EMPHASIS OF RECEIVING ALL SORT OF HOUSING. AND YOU SEE 7% AND A LITTLE OVER $30 MILLION DO NOT MEET THE PARTICULAR CRITERIA OF LOW AND MIDDLE -- MEDIAN INCOME PERSONS. IF I CAN HAVE A BETTER VIEW. THESE ARE THE PROJECTS AGAIN -- $420 MILLION THAT EITHER BENEFIT A LOCAL AND MEDIUM-INCOME AREA, OR BENEFIT LOCAL AND MEDIUM-INCOME PERSONS -- OR LMC, CLIENTS. WHAT THAT MEANS -- AND IT MAY BE OBVIOUS, BUT I THINK IT IS WORTH THE REITERATING THAT WE CAN DO A PROJECT THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY IN A LOW AND MEDIUM-INCOME AREA, AS LONG AS WE CAN PROVE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT IT IS BENEFITING PEOPLE WITH LOW AND MEDIUM INCOMES. AND YOU SEE ACROSS -- ACROSS THE BOARD HERE, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED -- THIS WAS PART OF THE REQUIREMENT. WHAT DO WE ANTICIPATE THESE PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS WILL DO AND WHO WILL THEY BENEFIT. YOU SAY, AGAIN, THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY. WE ENVISION BENEFITING THE LOW AND MEDIUM INCOME PERSONS. DIVING INTO JUST THE HOUSING. AGAIN, SO -- SO THE VIEWERS AT HOME CAN GET A BETTER VIEW. AGAIN, THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THAT FUNDING FOR HOUSING RELATED PURPOSES, AND YOU SEE THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS. ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THERE IT IS. ONLY BECAUSE WE MENTION IT LAST WEEK WHEN WE WERE TALKING OF FUND BALANCE. YOU WILL RECALL THE STORMWATER PUMP STATION RESILIENCY PROGRAM FOR $12 MILLION THAT I HAD REFERENCED THAT WE WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS FUNDING FOR THAT PURPOSE. SO A GREAT DEAL OF FUNDING FOR WHAT WE THINK DESPITE MY EXPERIENCE WITH FEDERAL FUNDING, A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY. YOU KNOW THEY GOT THEIR BUMPER RAILS. THEY DECIDE WHAT THEY -- OR WHAT WASHINGTON WANT TO SEE IT SPENT ON, BUT I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED TO SEE THE FLEXIBILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ALLOCATION. I WILL JUST LEAVE THAT UP THERE FOR NOW. SO -- AND THAT IS REALLY THE ONLY -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY CONCRETE. REALLY NOT CONCRETE. WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW WITH THIS ALLOCATION AND OUR RELATIONSHIPS AND DISCUSSION WITH THE OTHER LOCALITIES AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AGAIN, PUBLIC MEETING ARE FORTH COMING THIS SUMMER. THE OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS WORKING ON A DRAFT ACTION PLAN FOR US TO REVIEW. FOR THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. AND THEN A SUBMISSION TO HUD FOR APPROVAL OF THE ACTION PLAN, WHICH IS, AS I AM SURE YOU GATHERED, WHICH IS REALLY OWN THE INITIAL STEP, BUT IN MY EXPERIENCE FROM A FEDERAL PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS MOVING VERY, VERY FAST, WHICH IS WHAT WE WANT. BECAUSE WE LOVE TO HAVE THE FUNDING FAST. AND I CAN ANSWER OR ATTEMPT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. THESE ARE KIND OF QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE WILL WANT TO ASK. I APPRECIATE IT. >> THIS K-MART IS EXCELLENT. >>DENNIS ROGERO: OH, GOOD, THANK YOU. >>LYNN HURTAK: WILL THIS ONLY FUND NEW PROJECT OR ONLY PROJECTS WE HAVE IN THE PLANNING CYCLE OR -- >>DENNIS ROGERO: THAT IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION. THAT IS ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS WE ASK OURSELVES BECAUSE YOU HEARD THE BOOGIE MAN WORD "SUPPLANTING." YOU DON'T WANT TO SUPPLANT GRANT FUNDING. INTENT IS TO FUND NEW PROJECTS; HOWEVER, THERE IS A NEXUS IF WE HAVE THE FILL IN THE BLANK PROJECT THAT MEETS THE MITIGATION NEED. A FILL IN THE BLANK PROJECT THAT WE THINK WILL BUTTRESS OUR ABLE TO MITIGATE OR RESPOND TO STORM OR MITIGATE THE DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH STORM. IF WE HAVEN'T FUND IT YET. WE TALKED ABOUT IT. WE THINK IT IS A GREAT IDEA. WE THINK WE HAVE AN AVENUE TO FUND IT. >>LYNN HURTAK: REALLY WE ARE TALKING OF THE PUMPING STATIONS, THE THINGS THAT ARE NOT ON THEM. BY AND LARGE, THIS COULD HELP US FUND THE BUMP REPLACEMENTS THAT WE NEED. >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: GREAT. THAT IS ONE QUESTION. AND THE SECOND QUESTION, BECAUSE I ALREADY GOT PEOPLE ASKING ME ABOUT THIS. AND I DON'T SEE IT LINE ITEMED, BUT IT MIGHT BE IN ONE OF THESE IS, DOES THIS HELP WITH H HOMEOWNER OCCUPIED REHAB FOR HOUSES THAT MAY HAVE HAD STORM DAMAGE? >>DENNIS ROGERO: THIS -- AGAIN, A VERY GOOD QUESTION AND ONCE AGAIN, I WILL HEDGE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IF YOU ARE A HOMEOWNER AND A PROPERTY OWNER AND YOU HAVE DAMAGE, THE TYPICAL AVENUE IS FEMA ASSISTANCE. >>LYNN HURTAK: SURE. >>DENNIS ROGERO: PREPARE FOR DAMAGE. A NECK US IS GOING FORWARD GOING FORWARD OPPOSED TO -- AND HOPEFULLY I AM NOT BEING TOO WINDY IN MY HE CAN PLA ANYTHING THAT AS OPPOSED TO FIXING THE DAMAGE THAT ALREADY OCCURRED. SPENDING MONEY TO PREVENT THAT SAME DAMAGE OCCURRING, FOR INSTANCE, OR -- AND I WILL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF A PROPERTY, FOR INSTANCE, THAT MAY HAVE FLOODED DUE TO ELEVATION, OKAY. THAT WILL BE COMPARED WITH FEMA ASSISTANCE AND ELEVATED. YOU CAN TAKE TWO ROADS IF YOU WILL. AND IF YOU CAN ESTABLISH THE FRAMEWORK OF THIS GRANT. >>LYNN HURTAK: WHAT ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE TREE MAINTENANCE. A LOT OF WHAT I AM HEARING THAT PEOPLE HAVE TREES IN THEIR YARDS THAT CAUSED DAMAGE AND NOW NEED TO BE TAKEN DOWN, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE FUND TO DO SO. WE HAVE THIS PROGRAM IN THE EAST TAMPA CR A, BUT I THINK IT GOT EXPANDED TO THE OTHER CR As OF HIM BE PEOPLE TRIM TREES OR TAKE DANGEROUS TREES DOWN WOULD BE A BENEFICIAL USE OF THIS MONEY IN TERM OF PREPARATION FOR THE FUTURE STORM. >>DENNIS ROGERO: WELL FRAMED. AND I WILL CONFIRM THIS, BUT IT DOES SEEM TO FOLLOW A LOGICAL NEXUS TO PREVENT DAMAGE FROM FUTURE STORMS. >>LYNN HURTAK: ONE I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS WILL BE VERY WORRIED ABOUT. SO I WOULD LOVE -- THAT IS ONE I WOULD HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST IN. BUT ALSO, LIKE I SAID, THE NEW PROJECTS. I APPRECIATE THIS. >> THIS IS GREAT INFORMING. AND I AM SURE THE PUBLIC ENJOYS SEEING THIS TOO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>DENNIS ROGERO: YOU ARE WELCOME. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU AS ALWAYS, MR. R TO,GERO FOR YOUR COMPREHENSIVE REPORT. >> THIS IS VERY GOOD NEWS ESPECIALLY WITH -- I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS RUMORS INITIALLY -- OF THE INSTABILITY OF THE FUNDS. THE WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, THE FEDERAL CHAOS WHATEVER IT IS. >> THIS IS VERY, VERY GOOD NEWS ESPECIALLY ON SOME OF THOSE LONG-TERM PROJECT. WHAT THE PEOPLE AND PLACES LIKE TAMPA ARE LOOKING FOR ARE REALLY, REALLY ROBUST INVESTMENT IN STORMWATER AND JUST RESILIENCY KIND OF PROGRAMS. STAR WARS STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIAL THINK OF, SDI TYPE MEASURES ON STORMWATER AND WASTEWATER. BECAUSE AFTER WHAT WE SAW THIS PAST YEAR, PEOPLE ARE TRAUMATIZED AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO EVERYTHING IN THAT RECORD. HOUSING ISSUE IS INTERESTING. I TALKED TO PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY EVERY WEEK IN MY DISTRICT ON THIS ISSUE. AND PEOPLE ARE VERY ANGRY OUT THERE RIGHT NOW JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM. AND I REMEMBER -- I ALWAYS SAY THIS BEFORE EVERY STORM SEASON. I THINK TO MYSELF. WITH SANDBAGS AND HELPING MY FRIENDS IN SOUTH TAMPA TO PREPARE BECAUSE DISTRICT 7 IS NOT ON THE MAP FOR TRACK DEES LIKE THIS. OBVIOUSLY IT CAUGHT A LOT OF PEOPLE BY SURPRISE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE VERY, VERY SCARED WHAT WILL HAPPEN THIS YEAR. IT IS VERY NATURAL. PTSD, THE FEAR OF THE ANXIETY AND TRAUMA AND SO FORTH AND I HOPE THAT OBVIOUSLY THIS CITY FIRST WITH THE 3.2 MILLION THAT WE PASS NOW. $1.8 MILLION. SHOUT OUT TO COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. I WAS GOING TO ASK A MILLION AND SHE DOUBLED IT. THAT WAS AWESOME. GOES A LONG WAY AND WHAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN SIMILAR SAYING ABOUTS ARE DOING. ONE OF COMPLAINT WE HEAR, FIRST $3.2 MILLION BY FLORIDA REGULATIONS, MIDDLE-INCOME AND WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE CAN BE DENIED THE FUND. I THINK FOR THE MONEY WE CAN BE MORE INCLUSIVE WITH MIDDLE INCOME AND WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE ALL OVER THE CITY. SOUTH TAMPA, NORTH TAMPA, WHATEVER IT MAY BE SING IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE FAIR INTERPRETATION OF THESE DOLLARS TO MAKE SURE IT GOES TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT. YOU MENTIONED FEMA -- YOU ALWAYS READ ABOUT IT IN THE NEWS WHERE FEMA GET POLITICIZED IN THE BUDGET IN CONGRESS AND FOLKS HOLD IT UP OVER A DEMAND ON SOMETHING ELSE HAPPEN TO OTHER STATE AND IT HAPPENS TO US. FEMA IS HERE TO HELP EVERYTHING. AND FEMA'S BIG CHALLENGE IT IS NOT FUNDED LONG ENOUGH. IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT SUFFER $150,000 LOSS AND UNINSURED AND EARNING $95,000 AND GET A CHECK OF $12,000 FROM FEMA, AT THAT DOESN'T GIVE YOU A LOT OF COUNTY DEN OF WHAT GOVERNMENT IS DOING TO HAVE YOUR BACK AND GOES TO THE IDEA THAT ESPECIALLY SINCE OCTOBER WHEN I AM TALKING TO PEOPLE, AND I ALWAYS BELIEVED THIS, THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE WORKING-CLASS AND THE MIDDLE CLASS AND WORKING HARD TO GET TO THE MIDDLE CLASS DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT GOVERNMENT HAS THEIR BACK. STUFF THAT WE HAVE SEEN DOESN'T HELP SUPPORT THAT -- DOWN THE HELP TO OPPOSE THAT, I SHOULD SAY. I THINK OUR JOB IN THIS IS TO FIGHT THAT SENTIMENT OF BEING AS INCLUSIVE AS WE CAN ON THESE HOUSING DOLLARS. PEOPLE ARE HURTING AND PEOPLE ARE MAD AS WELL AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE DOING THAT FOR THEM. AND WE HAVE DONE A JOB OF TRYING OUR BEST UNDER THESE TRAGIC CIRCUMSTANCES. GOOD NEWS AND DENNIS. I ALWAYS SAY THIS THAT YOUR PROFESSIONALISM IS STELLAR AND DO YOU A GREAT JOB. >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU. THAT IS VERY KIND. THANK YOU FOR REITERATING -- NOT YOUR WORDS, BUT THIS A GAME CHANGER. >> THIS IS A SERIOUS AMOUNT OF FUN FUNDING. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I AM SORT OF CONFUSED. MAYBE I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. WHY AM I NOT SEEING THINGS LIKE POND STORMWATER IMPROVEMENT EVEN LAND ACQUISITION FOR FLOOD PREVENG. I AM NOT SEEING CHANGING OUR OPEN DITCHES TO VAULT. YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPE OF MITT GAG EFFORTS IN THIS. I MEAN OTHER THAN SHORING UP OUR PUMP STATIONS AND I DON'T KNOW SEEM ADD TO ME THAT THESE THINGS ARE MISSING FROM THAT. A REASON? >> YES, A COUPLE OF REASONS AND ONE OF THE THING I SHOULD SAY UNDER THE CLASSIFICATION, TWO CLASSIFICATION, INFRASTRUCTURE AND MITIGATION. AND I NEED TO UNDERSTAND IT BETTER MYSELF TO BE HONEST YOU WITH. TWO PRIMARY CLASSIFICATIONS. WITHIN THOSE, THE SUBCLASS IF I OCCASION. THE ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION THAT I MENTIONED THAT IS NOT SEEN ON THIS SPREADSHEET AND CONTAINED WITHIN THOSE -- WITHIN THOSE MACRO CATEGORIZATIONS, IF YOU WILL. OTHER PART -- THE VAULTS, FOR INSTANCE, ONCE -- ONE WE GET INTO THIS SPECIFIC PROJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GRANT, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT'S THE OPPORTUNITY TO REFINE THESE PARTICULAR CATEGORY TO INCLUDE THING LIKE JUST WHAT YOU REFERENCE. AND IT IS EXPECTED. AGAIN, WE ARE MOVING VERY, VERY F FAST. AND FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S PERSPECTIVE, THEY WANT A SOUND, BROAD PLAN THAT MEET THEIR REQUIREMENT AND THEN THE HE CAN PECULIAR TAKE IS TO CONTINUE TO REFINE AND CHANGE THESE AT THE PROJECT LEVEL. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THINK AT THE TOP I SEE SEVERAL PROBLEMATIC AREAS. GOOD THING WE TALK ABOUT ARE THE OPEN DITCHES THAT ARE CREATING FLOODING HAZARDS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH BECOMES AN ISSUE WITH SIDEWALK INSTALLINGS. IF WE ARE ABLE TO CLOSE THE DITCHES UP. PUT PIPES IN. WE WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITY FOR SIDEWALKS AND REALLY EFFECT OUR AREAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED AREAS, LIKE THE SULPHUR SPRINGS, SOME THE AREAS IN EAST TAMPA, AND SOME OF THE AREAS THAT ARE NOT AS THRIVING AS OTHERS. WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA HAS EXPERIENCED IN DISTRICT 7 IN THE FOREST HILLS WORKING-CLASS -- LOWER WORKING-CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD STORMWATER MONTHS WITH IMPROVEMENT AND WORKING-CLASS AND LOWER WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE. AND I DON'T NECESSARILY SEE ANY OF THAT IN THIS MASSIVE AMOUNT OF MONEY. I DON'T SEE THE IMPROVEMENT. GRANTED, THE PUMPS THEMSELVES ARE EXCELLENT, BUT I SEE OTHER LARGE CHUNK OF MONEY THAT AREN'T PERCOLATING DOWN -- SOME OF THE GREATEST NEEDS ARE IN THE CITY AND TALK ABOUT ALLOCATING THE EXCESS MONEY FOR THE PAST FISCAL YEAR. AND THAT IS PAVING, BECAUSE PAVING HAS A DIFFICULT ELEMENT IN OUR WASTEWATER FLOW AS WELL AND HOW IS THAT REFLECTED IN HERE. AND I AM NOT EVEN SEEING CATEGORIES THAT YOU CAN EVEN SUB IT OUT, BECAUSE, AGAIN, THAT IS SUCH A CRITICAL NEED FOR THE CITY, AND IF WE CAN GET THAT ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF THESE AREAS. OBVIOUSLY WE ARE PAVING ON TOP OF PAVING ON TOP OF PAVING, AND THE STORMWATER CONNECTIONS ARE NOT WHERE THEY SHOULD BE IN MODERN TIME. SEEING A BUNCH OF MISSING ELEMENT. I AM NOT TRYING TO MICROMANAGE WITH A COMPLICATED PROGRAM AND TO DISSEMINATE THIS INFORMATION IN 15 MINUTES AND YOU ARE POURING OVER IT HUNDREDS OF HOURS. ON THE SURFACE, THESE ARE THE AREAS I AM SEEING THAT I HAVE ISSUES WITH. >>DENNIS ROGERO: I APPRECIATE THAT AND VERY GOOD POINT. HERE IS HOW I SEE IT. VIK IS HERE AND HE CAN ADD MORE DETAIL. FOR THE PUBLIC MEETINGS, FORECAST, THEY ARE GOING TO COME THIS SUMMER ADDITIONAL INPUT THAT COUNCIL IS GOING TO BRING TO THIS PROCESS, AGAIN, THIS A COUPLE OF MONTH. >> THIS IS BY NO MEANS WRITTEN THIS STONE, BUT THE VERY GOOD POINT. AND, AGAIN, I WANT TO REITERATE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ONCE SOMETHING GET WRITTEN. IT MOVES ALONG. >>DENNIS ROGERO: ONE OF THE THINGS -- TWO THINGS THAT I WOULD HIGHLIGHT. PART OF THE EMPHASIS IS T AILORING IT TO THE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. WHAT SOME OF THESE CONSULTANTS -- WHAT THE CONSULTANT HAVE FOUND IN SOME LOCALITY THAT WILL GET THIS MONEY START OFF OVERWHELMINGLY IN THE HOUSING AREA AND YOU GET INTO LOGISTIC. CAN YOU SPEND THAT MONEY WITHIN THE APOURINGED TIME OF THIS GRANT. AND THEN DURING -- IT IS A SIX-YEAR SPAN. AND DURING THAT SICK YEARS, YOU WILL SEE MANY ITERATION -- SIX YEARS, AND DURING THAT YOU WILL SEE MANY ITERATIONS OF THAT FUNDING. YOU HAVE THE GRANT TIME PERIOD AND MANY MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE THEIR INPUT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IN LIGHT OF THE POLITICAL REALITY THAT WE ARE LIVING IN TODAY. SOMETIMES WORD MATTER AND HOW WE CATEGORIZE THINGS. I WOULD BE VERY OCCASIONRY AND I UNDERSTAND HOW YOU CATEGORIZE THESE THING AND I APPRECIATE AND SUPPORT THE INTENT, BUT I THINK IT MAY BE BETTER WORDSMITHING AS YOU TRY TO PUT THESE THINGS INTO CATEGORY TO MAKE SURE WE PROTECT THAT FUNDING AS THINGS GET PULLED BACK TO D.C. >>DENNIS ROGERO: COPY. AND WE WOULD BE APPRECIATIVE AND VERY INTERESTED IN SUGGESTS OF WORDSMITH IN ORDER TO DEFEND THAT FUNDING. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: EXACTLY. AI WILL BE SCOURING EVERYTHING WE SUBMIT. >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, THERE HAVE -- MAYBE YOU READ ABOUT ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA HAS A DIRECT APOURINGMENT. WE DON'T GET A DIRECT APOURINGMENT. ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA HAD A DIRECT APOURINGMENT. I THINK A QUARTER OF A BILLION DOLLARS AND NARRATIVE WITHIN THEIR JUSTIFICATION AND THE GRANT WAS PULLED. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE NEED TO BE CAUTION ABOUT THAT. AND WORDS MATTER NOW. >>DENNIS ROGERO: I APPRECIATE YOU REITERATING THAT SENSITIVITY. TELL ME IF I SAID ANYTHING WRONG, VIK. >>VIK BHIDE: YOU NEVER SAY ANYTHING WRONG. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MAYBE HE SAID SOMETHING WRONG. >>VIK BHIDE: VIK BHIDE, MOBILITY DEPARTMENT. I WANT TO CLARIFY OR AUGMENT WHAT DENNIS MENTIONED OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE ASPECT OF THIS PROGRAM. SO HE IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THERE ARE CATEGORIES OF THE AMOUNTS AVAILABLE OF WHICH THE REAL NUMBER REALLY ARE AVAILABLE FOR LOW TO MEDIUM-INCOME, THE LMI CATEGORY. FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, FOR THE WHOLE POT, THE COUNTY AND THE CITY, $199 MILLION ARE AVAILABLE. BUT THEY BREAK IN THE SAME PROPORTIONS THAT -- THAT -- THAT DENNIS BROUGHT THE LARGER NUMBER. SO NOT A LOT OF MONEY, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY. I MEAN, TO HIS POINT, THIS WILL BE REVISITED. RIGHT NOW WE ARE WORKING ON THAT PLAN. -- OR DENNIS'S OFFICE IS WORKING ON THAT PLAN. I WANTED THAT ONE PROJECT BECAUSE COUNCILMEMBER HURTAK MENTIONED IT. WHEN WE ARE MEETING WITH T THE HUD. I SPECIFICALLY ASKED IF WE ALREADY HAVE A FEDERAL GRANT FOR A PROJECT AND IF WE WANT TO AUGMENT THAT WITH A SCOPE THAT FITS WITHIN THAT CATEGORY, THE PROGRAM'S CATEGORY, CAN WE REQUEST HUD FUNDING TO AUGMENT THAT FEDERAL GRANT. NOT SUPPLANTING BUT ADDING SCOPE. WHAT WE WERE THINKING, AND WHAT WE ARE THINKING ABOUT, IS PATHWAYS TO PALMETTO. BECAUSE IT HAS AN INCREASED STORMWATER SCOPE WITH THE HEIGHT OF THE SEAWALL NOW GOING UP A BIT SINCE HELENE OR LEARNING FROM HELENE. AND THAT WILL BE ADDED TO THE LIST. IT IS NOT THERE TODAY, BUT IT WAS PARTLY BECAUSE AFTER MEETING WITH THE COUNTY, BOTH COUNTY STAFF AND CITY STAFF FELT LIKE IF WE HAD KNOWN SOME OF THIS CRITERIA OR SOME OF THE GUARDRAILS IN ADVANCE, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER PREPARED. >>DENNIS ROGERO: IF I CAN POSTSCRIPT THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, VIK. EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF ALL THE SMART PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THIS WITH THE CITY. AND THANK THEM RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. VERY QUALITY INFORMATION AND THANK THE COUNTY AND THE OTHER CITIES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. SO I APPRECIATE THIS, BUT I AM LOOKING NOW THAT YOU WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS. AND YOU MENTIONED THE SUMMER PUBLIC MEETING MULTIPLE TIME. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? DO THEY -- DO THEY GIVE US A MONETARY AMOUNT FIRST? OR ARE THEY DOING PUBLIC MEETING FIRST? WHEN CAN WE EXPECT TO SEE THIS MONEY? LIKE, WHAT -- WHAT KIND OF TIME LINES CAN YOU SHARE WITH US SO THE PUBLIC DOESN'T GET TOO EXCITED. IF IT IS SUMMER, I AM SEEING WE ARE NOT GETTING THIS UNTIL FALL WHICH IS STILL FAST FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. >>DENNIS ROGERO: IT IS FAST FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT NOT SO FAST FOR THOSE LIVING IN DAMAGED HOME. >>DENNIS ROGERO: I APPRECIATE THAT AND I WANT TO MANAGE EXPECT TAKES. YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF STEP. THE COUNTY IS:SCHEDULING -- AND AALREADY SCHEDULE A PUBLIC MEETING WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMPA. THAT IS HAPPENING. WE WILL DRAW CITY COUNCIL INTO THE SPECIFICITY ALSO. THE OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS ARE DRAFTING A ACTION PLAN FOR BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' REVIEW. THE COUNTY PERSONNEL DOESN'T HAVE IT YET EITHER. CAN'T GIVE YOU HARD AND FAST TIMELINES BUT THAT APPEARS TO BE MAYBE NEXT MONTH. AND THEN THE PUBLIC MEETING. AND THEN APPROVAL BY THE COUNTY COMMISSION AGAIN. THEY GOT TO APPROVE IT BEFORE IT GOES WASHINGTON AND VERY, VERY TENTATIVELY THAT APPEARS TO BE JULY. AND, AGAIN, IT DOESN'T SOUND FAST BUT AS YOU KNOW AND MANY OF US KNOW, THAT IS LIGHTNING SPEED. >>LYNN HURTAK: A LOT FASTER THAN I WAS ANTICIPATING. WONDERFUL NEWS. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US EXPECTATIONS. STILL FASTER THAN I THOUGHT. THAT IS WONDERFUL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHERE YOU ARE PRESENTATION AND THE BACK-UP DOCUMENTATION, SIR. >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU, COUNCIL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: VIK BHIDE, 69 AND 70. FIRST TO DISCUSS AN IN-PERSON REPORT REGARDING THIRD-PARTY MAINTENANCE AND EQUIPMENT PAPER BY THE STORMWATER SERVICE ASSESSMENT. SO BEFORE YOU BEGIN -- IT IS HURTAK'S MOTION. GO AHEAD, MA'AM. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. SO THIS REPORT DETAILED PERSONNEL, THIRD-PARTY MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS AND EQUIPMENT. SO I -- I GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE -- THE -- THE WRITTEN REPORT WAS GOOD, BUT I STILL HAD SOME QUESTIONS FROM IT. SO I SHARED THOSE QUESTIONS ALREADY. SO I BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE PREPARED TO TALK TO THEM. >>VIK BHIDE: SURE. >>LYNN HURTAK: ONE OF THE BIG QUESTIONS THAT I SAW AND THAT I KNOW THE PUBLIC WILL WANT TO KNOW IS, IN THIS REPORT, IT SAYS THAT 11 POSITIONS HAVE BEEN REASSIGNED FROM THE STORMWATER DIVISION TO THE TRANSPORTATION DIVISION. AND THAT SEEM COUNTER INTUITIVE. SO IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO THAT SO THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS WHAT IS GOING ON, I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. >>VIK BHIDE: OF COURSE. >> THIS WAS KIND OF A CONTINUATION OF THE DISCUSSION FROM LAST YEAR WHERE SOME STORMWATER -- SOME TRANSPORTATION POSITIONS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED THAT WERE BEING FUNDED BY THE STORMWATER ASSESSMENT ALSO. SO WE RECONCILED THAT LIST. OF THAT, 11 POSITIONS WERE IDENTIFIED TO BE FUNDED NOT BY THE STORMWATER ASSESSMENT. SO GIVEN THAT WE ARE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS RIGHT NOW THAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AND DENNIS AND HIS TEAM ARE WORKING ON THAT AS WE SPEAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: SO THE MONEY USED TO PAY FOR FTEs THAT ENDED UP DOING MOBILITY WORK. WILL THAT MONEY BE PAID BACK TO THE STORMWATER FUND VICK VICTIM I AM NOT AWARE THAT IT WILL. THE REASON THOSE POSITIONS ARE BEING MOVED OUT OF THE STORMWATER OPERATIONS ITSELF WAS BECAUSE OF THE CONCERNS EXPRESS LAST YEAR. BUT PAVE SOMETHING A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF STORMWATER MOVEMENT ANYWAY. >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY. AND I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT WE AS A COUNCIL APPROVED HALF MILLION DOLLARS RIGHT AFTER THE STORM TO GO TOWARD CONTRACT WORK. AND THEN LAST WEEK WE ALLOCATED $3 MILLION. SO I JUST WANTED TO -- I WANTED TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE SOMEBODY ASKED ME IF THAT MEANT IT WAS ONLY GOING TO BE $2.5 MILLION. BECAUSE I SAID, NO, NO I BELIEVE OUR IDEA IT WAS $3.5 MILLION GOING TO STORMWATER. >>VIK BHIDE: HALF A MILLION SPECIFICALLY FOR DITCH GRADING. >>LYNN HURTAK: CORRECT. AND I KNOW YOU LISTENED OR YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN GONE BUT YOU LISTENED TO HEAR THE KINDS OF THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE DONE WITH THE $3 MILLION INCLUDING BUYING MORE EQUIPMENT. GETTING FTEs IF NECESSARY. AND -- IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND JUST TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT -- I HAVE AN E-MAIL FROM EARLIER TODAY ABOUT WHAT A KIND OF CONTRACT WORK YOU HAVE BEEN DOING, THE ORDERS THAT ARE IN PLACE JUST, AGAIN, TO GIVE THE PUBLIC A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE, REASSURANCE OF WHAT WE ARE DOING TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. >>VIK BHIDE: ABSOLUTELY. SO ONE, OUR TEAM IN-HOUSE IS WORKING SIX DAY AS WEEK RIGHT NOW ON STORMWATER MAINTENANCE. WE ARE GOING IN THE ORDER THAT WE PUBLISH ON A MONTHLY BASIS. JUST TODAY WE UPDATED BOTH THE PAVING AND STORMWATER REPORT ON TAMPA. GOV/MOBILITY. WE ISSUED TWO EMERGENCY AFFIDAVITS FOR STORMWATER WORK. ONE IS A $2.5 MILLION AFFIDAVIT FOR KIMMINS FOR CATCHING UP ON CAVE-INS. LIKE WASTEWATER, A LARGE BACKLOG OF CAVE-INS AND TAKES A LOT OF STAFF TIME AND FREES US UP TO DO OTHER THING AS WELL. THE OTHER $1 MILLION IS FOR JET LINING AND TV INSPECTING OF OUR PIPE, CULVERT ENFORCEMENT. ALL OF THOSE ARE BEING PUT TO USE RIGHT NOW. WORK ORDERS HAVE BEEN ISSUED AND THEY ARE GETTING THAT WORK DONE. >> GREAT. BECAUSE WE HEAR A LOT OF THE CLEANING AND TVING OF PIPES. A LOT OF FOLK ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. WANTED MISS SHARP TO COME UP SUPER FAST. BECAUSE WE GET THIS REPORT AND IT IS WRITTEN, IT IS NOT, NOT SOMETHING WE TALK ABOUT BUT YOUR STORMWATER QUARTERLY REPORT AND YOU CAN GO THROUGH THEM QUICKLY. THROW A FEW OF THEM ON THE SCREEN. BUT SHE WENT THROUGH AND FOUND OUT ALL OF THE WORK THAT IS ACTUALLY BEING DONE -- YOU MAY WANT TO ZOOM OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT. THE WHEEL ON THE TOP. I DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY IT GOES. OH, WOW. >> IS THAT GOOD? >>LYNN HURTAK: PERFECT, EVERYBODY GOES THE OTHER WAY FIRST. BUT THIS IS THE WATER SHED MASTER PLAN AND THE THINGS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW. YOU CAN KEEP THROWING THEM ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. >> THAT WILL BENEFIT THE ENTIRE CITY. >>LYNN HURTAK: SOME IN EACH NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT THE TYPE OF PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HAPPENING THIS YEAR AND CONTINUOUS WORK. >> THIS IS A NEW UPDATED FORM OF THIS REPORT. AND PEOPLE HAVE NOT SEEN IT AND THIS IS GREAT. AT THE VERY END MISS SHARP HAS A WEB SITE WHERE THIS IS A PUBLIC REPORT. PUBLISH EVERY QUARTER. WHERE YOU CAN FIND THAT REPORT, TAMPA.GOV/TSSSTORMWATER AND YOU CAN SEE THE QUARTERLY REPORT AND SEE WHAT IS GOING ON IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I THINK THIS IS CRITICAL AND THE MAP ARE VERY USEFUL. I APPRECIATE THE DATES. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT THAT. WE HAVE A LOT OF STUFF COMING FORWARD AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, BUT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A REPORT THIS WEEK ON WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED LAST MONTH AND WHAT IS COMING, I DID NOT WANT THIS TIME TO ESCAPE WITHOUT US BEING ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THE WORK YOU ARE DOING, THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE AND WHAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT MORE ON MAY 22. >>VIK BHIDE: THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I AM WAITING FOR 70. ITEM NUMBER 70, SIR. THIS IS COUNCILMAN CARLSON'S MOTION. GO AHEAD, SIR. >>BILL CARLSON: TWO OR THREE WEEKS AGO, I THINK IT WAS, I STARTED GETTING A CALL FROM VERY ANGRY AND WORRIED PEOPLE OF NEW SUBURB BEAUTIFUL OF POSSIBILITY OF THE SOUTH HOWARD CULVERT GOING THROUGH THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, ESPECIALLY THE SMALL STREETS. AS I STARTED TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT IT. I ASKED, WHERE DID YOU HEAR THIS? THEY SAID ONE OF THE ENGINEERS ON THE PROJECT TOLD THEM THAT THAT ROUTE WAS IN PLAY AS A RESPONSE OF THAT AND SOME OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY I ASKED YOU ALL TO AGREE TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA AND SINCE THEN THE CITY STAFF HAVE SAID TO MY AID AND TO THE NEW SUBURB BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD AND REMEMBER AS WAS SAID IN PUBLIC COMMENT THIS MORNING, WE PREVIOUSLY PASSED A RESOLUTION TO NOT GO THROUGH THE STREET OF PARK LAND ESTATES. THAT IS WHERE WE SAND NOW. THE REASON THERE IS NOT A ROOM FULL OF NEW SUBURB BEAUTIFUL TODAY, BECAUSE THEY BASED ON DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF, THAT THE STAFF WILL NOT ALLOW THE CONSULTANTS TO GO THROUGH THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. IF THAT CHANGES THEY WILL SHOW UP JUNE 4. NOW OVER TO STAFF VICK VICTIM WE SUBMITTED A MEMO TO THAT EFFECT. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS? >>BILL CARLSON: CAN YOU JUST CONFIRM FOR THE PUBLIC -- PROBABLY SOME PEOPLE FROM NEW SUBURB BEAUTIFUL IS WATCHING AND MR. MICHELINI IS ON THE BOARD NOW. CAN YOU JUST CONFIRM THAT THE -- THAT THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE THAT WILL BE PRESENTED ON JUNE 4 THAT WILL GO THROUGHOUT INTERNAL ROADS OF NEW SUBURB BEAUTIFUL AND PARKLAND ESTATES? >>VIK BHIDE: ON JUNE 4, WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC MEETING -- OR IS IT JUNE 5? >> JUNE 5. >>VIK BHIDE: JUNE 5, WE HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING WHERE WE WILL HAVE OUR FINDINGS OF THE ROUTE THAT OUR CONSULTANT IS DOING AND WHAT THE BUSINESS ALLIANCE ASKED US TO LOOK AT. >> THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE ROUTES, GEORGIA THROUGH NEW SUBURB BEAUTIFUL, WHICH WE ALREADY EVALUATED PREVIOUSLY AS PART OF THE JM T STUDY, AND IT WASN'T FOUND TO BE FEASIBLE. WE ARE GOING TO GIVE IT ANOTHER LOOK AND THIS IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW ONLY BECAUSE IT WAS SPECIFICALLY ASKED OF US TO DO SO. WE DO NOT BELIEVE, AS STAFF MENTIONED, THAT GIVING JUST KNOWING WHAT WE KNOW OF THE GEOGRAPHY, THE COST AND TIME IT WILL TAKE, THAT IT WILL BE A RECOMMENDED OPTION AND THE CONTRACT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW DOES NOT GO THROUGH THAT AREA ANYWAY. IT IS FOR HOWARD AND THE THREE OPTION IT IS LOOKS AT. THAT IS WHY STAFF IT YOU NOT BELIEVE THAT WILL BE A VIABLE ROUTE. WE HAVE DONE SOME AMOUNT OF DISCOVERY BUT WE WILL SHARE ALL OF THE INFORMATION ON JUNE 3. >>BILL CARLSON: SOME MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY -- AGAIN, THIS IS COMING FROM THEM, NOT BY ME. TOLD BY SOMEONE, CITY STAFF OR CONSULTANTS THAT THE ROUTE -- THE PROPOSE ROUTE THROUGH NEW SUBURB BEAUTIFUL IS BEC BECAUSE BERN'S HAD PARTICULARLY ASKED TO BYPASS BER N'S. BER N'S SAID THAT IS NOT TRUE. WOULD ANYBODY ON THE CITY SAID THAT. >>VIK BHIDE: I WOULD HAVE SAID THAT. WE MET WITH THE BUSINESS ALLIANCE, THIS IS ONE OF THE FIVE OPTIONS THEY ASKED US TO LOOK AT. WHAT WE TOLD THEM IS WE WOULD LOOK AT IT AGAIN. IT HAS BEEN LOOKED AT. WE WILL LOOK AT IT AGAIN AND HOLD A PUBLIC MEET WHERE WE WILL SHOW ALL OF OUR FINDINGS. >>BILL CARLSON: THE PERCEPTION OF THE COMMUNITY -- YOU KNOW THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN FRAUGHT WITH DIRTY POLITICS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH CAME FROM ONE OR TWO PEOPLE IN PARKLAND ESTATE OR FROM THE STAFF, BEFORE BUT IT -- IT HAS BEEN SUCH YOU A DIRTY THING. BUT YOU SEE THAT HE PEOPLE -- SCARING PEOPLE IN NEW SUBURB BOULEVARD AND BLAMING BER N'S CAUSED A POLITICAL PROBLEM AND PERCEPTION OF THE CITY THAT SOMEHOW IT IS RETALIATION BY STAFF BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T LIKE IT THAT THE HOWARD AVENUE PEOPLE LOOKED AT OTHER AREAS. I WILL ASK YOU AGAIN AND STAFF TO LEAVE THE DIRTY POLITIC OUT OF IT AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO LEAVE THE DIRTY POLITIC OUT OF IT. DESPITE WHAT WAS SAID EARLIER A LOT OF PLACE SOUTH TAMPA WERE FLOODED. SCARED PEOPLE IN SOUTH TAMPA, NORTH TAMPA AND OTHER PLACE TOO. BUT SOUTH TAMPA, A LOT OF PEOPLE FLOODED. THEY DON'T WANT POLITICS. THEY WANT SOLUTIONS. REAL SOLUTIONS. THE COMMUNITY SHOULD TRUST CONSULTANTS AND STAFF WHEN THEY COME BEFORE THEM WITHOUT TRYING TO STIR UP TROUBLE. CAN I ASK YOU -- WE PREVIOUSLY PASSED A MOTION CITY COUNCIL TO NOT GO DOWN BRISTOL. CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT GOING DOWN LAKEVIEW TO BRISTOL. ONLY THREE OPTIONS THAT YOU SAY ARE BEING LOOKED AT. CAN YOU TELL US BECAUSE NOW OF THE RESOLUTION IS STAFF LISTENING TO US OR REVIEWING OUR REQUEST? >>VIK BHIDE: OUR CONSULTANT IS LOOKING AT THOSE THREE OPTIONS AND WILL HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING ON JUNE 5 WHERE WE WILL DISCLOSE. I MET WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUC BOARD WITH OUR ANTICIPATE IT. WE COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERN AND ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO CONSIDER THAT AND ACCOMMODATE THEM. BUT THIS IS NOT A MATTER OF JUST OPINION, A MATTER OF ANALYSIS AND BENEFIT OVER COST. OUR CONSULTANT IS DOING THAT AND CONSISTENT WITH THAT MESSAGING. WE WILL KNOW FOR SURE OUR PUBLIC MEETING ON JUNE 5 AND HOPE TO SHARE POSITIVE INFORMATION. >>BILL CARLSON: CITY COUNCIL WILL NOT GET A BRIEFING IN ADVANCE. >>VIK BHIDE: YES YOU WILL. 100%. >>BILL CARLSON: WE WON'T GET BLINDSIDED. >>VIK BHIDE: WE WILL REACH OUT IF YOU WANT NOTIFICATION. >>BILL CARLSON: WE HEARD THIS MORNING THE SIZE OF THE CULVERTS HAVE INCREASE. ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS THAT THE CAPACITY OF THIS PROJECT WILL NOT HANDLE THE VOLUME OF WATER COMING THROUGH. THE WAY I OBSERVED IN ADMINISTRATION, THEY NEVER LIKE TO SAY THAT WE WEREN'T DOING SOMETHING AND DOING SOMETHING WRONG. THEY DID THIS THROUGH THE WHOLE GEORGE FLOYD THING -- PROTESTS. THE ISSUE IS, THE -- ON -- IT APPEARS THAT THE -- THAT THE SCOPE SOMEHOW HAS BEEN CHANGED TO INCREASE THE VOLUME. AND NOW WE ARE ALSO HEARING THIRD HAND EVEN THOUGH STAFF EARLIER SAID THERE WOULD BE NO INFRASTRUCTURE IN PALMA CEIA PINES. WE ARE HEARING THERE MAY BE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PALMA CEIA PINES. HAS THE SCOPE INCREASED FOR THOSE AREAS OR STICKING TO THE ORIGINAL THREE ROUTES. >> THE CONCEPT AND THE COULD ESPECIALLY IS THE SAME. THREE ROUTES AND HOWARD AVENUE. >>BILL CARLSON: THE SCOPE IS NOT BEING INCREASED TO PROVIDE INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY? >>VIK BHIDE: THE SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT IS NOT CHANGING ANYWAY. WHAT THE DESIGNS INFORMS US BASED THE MODELING. I DON'T KNOW YET AND CONSISTENT THAT LET THE ANALYSIS AND DESIGN HAPPEN AND LET US KNOW WHAT THE SCOPE IS. >>BILL CARLSON: I SAID ALL ALONG WE SHOULD DO THE ANALYSIS AND THEN RECOMMEND THE DESIGN. INSTEAD OF PRESENTING THREE ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS FIRST. UNNECESSARILY CAUSED A LOT OF FIGHTING AND CONFUSION AND I HOPE THAT WILL END BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY DESERVES BETTER THAN THIS. PEOPLE WHOSE HOUSES FLOODED DESERVE BETTER THAN RUMOR AND FIGHTING. THEY SOLUTIONS. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU. WE ARE POLYMAKERS. WE LEAVE IT UP TO THE PROFESSIONAL TO DO THE JOB. YOU HIRED CONTRACTOR AND OTHER INDIVIDUAL WHO ARE REVIEWING EVERYTHING THAT IS POSSIBLE. ONE OUT OF SEVEN, I CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT NOTHING IS GOING TO FLOOD. BECAUSE I DON'T TELL YOU -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS COMING. WE MAY BUILD SOMETHING THAT HANDLES A FOUR AND A FIVE ONE TIME. WHAT IF YOU GET FOUR OR A FIVE TWICE, OR THREE TIME. YOU CAN'T HANDLE IT. NO ONE CAN. I AM OBJECTIVE TO WHAT I CAN SEE AND DO. AND I FEEL LIKE WE ARE DOING WHAT WE CAN, HOW WE CAN WITH WHAT WE HAVE THAT WE CAN I AM NOT KICKING THE CAN BUT TELLING THE FACT. WHAT I AM LOOKING AT TODAY, YESTERDAY AND TWO MONTH AGO AND FOUR MONTH AGO AND FIVE MONTH AGO NOW. THE BAY. IT HAS BEEN HOTTER BY THREE DEGREES THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME. SO TIME NOT A WEATHERMAN OR WEATHER LADY. I AM TELLING YOU WHAT I HAVE SEEN AND HEARD. WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. I HOPE THAT IS GOES NOWHERE, ANY PART OF AMERICA AND TO THE CARIBBEAN OR ANYWHERE. BUT HOPE SOMETHING NOT GOOD ENOUGH DEFENDS HOW THE WIND ARE BLOWING FROM WEST TO EAST. AND THE CURRENT FROM THE NORTHERN AREA IS COMING DOWN AND MOVES THE HURRICANE TOWARD WHAT? A PLACE CALLED FLORIDA. AND THE WHOLE COAST HE CAN POSED. WHERE IT GOES, NOBODY KNOWS. HURRICANES ARE THERE. IF THERE ARE SMALL ONES, YES, IT WILL HANDLE THEM. WE HAVE TO REMEMBER ONE THING, THAT BAY HAS HUNDREDS OF TRILLIONS OF GALLONS EVERY SINGLE DAY HERE. WE DON'T HAVE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF GALLONS PUSHING THE BAY OUT. WE WERE LUCKY IN A WAY THE HURRICANE, THE SPENDING OF IT BROUGHT THE BAY OFF AND NOT IN. IF IT WOULD HAVE BROUGHT THE BAY IN, IT WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY. DOWNTOWN WOULD BE GONE. SO AGAIN, I AM NOT WEATHER PERSON OR A GENIUS AND I AM NOT AS SMART AS ANYBODY ELSE. I CAN ONLY TELL YOU WHAT I ASSUME FROM THE FACT I HAVE SEEN. AND THEY ARE NOT MY CALCULATIONS, THEY ARE OTHERS. SO AS LONG AS WE TRY THE BEST WE CAN AND CERTAINLY -- YOUR DEPARTMENT ARE POLICYMAKERS WE DON'T DIRECT TO YOU DO ANYTHING AND THE DECISION BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR ADMINISTRATION. WE HAVE A RIGHT TO BRING YOU UP, TALK TO YOU AND ADVISE YOU, BUT AT THE END A POLICY DECISION GIVEN BY THIS COUNCIL TO SOMEONE ELSE. I AM NOT HERE THROWING IT OFF OR FLUFFING IT OFF. BUT WHAT I SEE, I AM NOT READY TO PUT A BANDAID OR SOMETHING THAT IS NOT BLEEDING YET, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW IT IS GOING TO COME OUT. IT MIGHT NEED STITCHES. I AM TRYING TO BE AS PRACTICAL AS I HAVE BEEN LIKE I ALWAYS HAVE BEEN IN MY OWN LIFE AND I CAN'T MAKE DECISIONS THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RESULT ARE GOING TO BE. WE ARE TRYING TO IF I CAN SAG YEAR AGO. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR WHERE IT COMING IN. I HOPE IT DOESN'T HIT FLORIDA AT ALL. BUT WE HAVE TO CHANGE DIFFERENT THINGS, IN MY OPINION. YOU CAN NOT REBUILD LIKE WHAT WE BUILD NOW. BECAUSE THE SECOND FLOOR IS WOOD,. INSIDE DRY WALL. WET FOUR, FIVE FEET YOU HAVE TO KNOCK THAT WHOLE HOUSE DOWN. WE HAVE GOT TO CHANGE. AND I SAID EVERY WEEK, YOU GOT TO THE BUILD DIFFERENTLY WHERE NOTHING CAN REALLY GO DOWN AND THE WATER CAN'T GET IN. TH THAT'S. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ELSE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A FEW THING. ONE, CLEARLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS. WE PASS THE CONTRACT FOR DESIG DESIGN-BUILD. BUT WE DEFINITELY HAD SOME ADDENDUM AND COUNCIL INTENT WITH THAT CONTRACT PASSING. A COUPLE OF THOSE WERE BRISTOL IS OUT OF THE QUESTION WHICH I UNDERSTAND ISSUE AT THE END OF BRISTOL AND HOWARD WHICH ARE PROBABLY LOW GUESS AT THISLY TAKEN OFF THE TABLE. >>VIK BHIDE: I AM NOT AWARE OF THAT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SECONDLY -- >>VIK BHIDE: I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY I AM NOT AWARE OF THE ISSUES YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHAT IS IT GOING ON WITH THE BOX CULVERT SIZE CHANGES? IS THAT TRUE? >>VIK BHIDE: I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. WHAT HAPPENS IS THEY MODEL WHATEVER SIZE IS NEEDED AND THAT SIZE IS SCOPE. WELL WITHIN THE CONTRACT SCOPE ITSELF. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MAKES A REALLY SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT ON THE INSTALLATION OF THOSE BOX CULVERT NOT NECESSARILY IF WE STICK TO THE COMMERCIAL STREETS BUT THE GRAND TREE-LINED NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOUSE, DOUBLING THE SIZE OF THOSE BOX CULVERT WILL BE -- REALLY IMPA IMPACTFUL. >>VIK BHIDE: I DON'T KNOW BEEN DOUBLING SIZE OF THE BOX CULVERTS EITHER. BUT I WILL REITERATE WE ARE AWARE, EMPATHETIC AND SENSITIVE WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS TOLD US. WE MET THEM A FEW TIMES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SECONDLY GOING TO THE ROUTES. THE SWANN -- THE SWANN, HOWARD AND -- POSSIBLY CULVERT UNDERNEATH THE PART BY WIN DICKIE AND USING THE RIGHT-OF-WAY ALONGSIDE THE EXPRESSWAY. THAT STILL BEING EXPLEXPLORED. >>VIK BHIDE: WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT AS ONE OF THE OPTIONS AND SHARE OUR FINDINGS ON JUNE 5. >> THE OTHER THING IS, WE HAVE AND I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE TALKED TO YOU OFFLINE AND I WILL THROW THIS OUT HERE. PART OF THE PROCESS. TALKING OF THE RE-CREATION OF HOWARD HOW YOU ARE GOING TO UNDERGROUND UTILITY. I ACTUALLY WAS IN THE ROOM WITH TECO PEOPLE. AND THEY SAID THAT IS NOT HAPPENING. SO I KIND OF FEEL MISLED ON THAT. I WAS TOLD THAT UNDERGROUND UTILITY IS PART OF HOWARD AND RE-CREATION OF HOWARD AND WART OF STREETSCAPE, WIDENING, UNDERGROUND UTILITY. TECO SAID, NO, TOO COST PROHIBITIVE. >>VIK BHIDE: YOU CAN SHARE WHO YOU SPOKE WITH AND. TECO HAS NOT TOLD ME THAT IS HAPPENING. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: JOEL. >>VIK BHIDE: I AM HAVING COFFEE WITH HIM, I THINK, TOMORROW. SO I WILL TALK TO HIM. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT IS SUBSTANTIAL, BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT COMPONENT, I MEAN, YOU REALLY LOSE MOST OF ADVANTAGES. WHEN WE FIRST TALKED ABOUT THIS, GOSH, A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SUBSIDIARY IMPACT AND BENEFIT OF THE CITY TO RECREATE SOUTH HOWARD WITH SIDEWALK AND MAKE IT A PEDESTRIAN PEN FROM THELY ZONE. IF YOU TAKE THAT OFF THE TABLE SHIFTS THE DYNAMICS FINANCIALLY. I HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT THAT. I DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE LOOKING AT THOSE ALTERNATIVE ROUTES. BECAUSE I THINK THAT WAS CLEAR WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT WE ARE MEANINGFULLY LOOK AT THOSE ROUTES. THEA IS PUTTING UNDER BAY TO BAY AND CREATING THAT AS WELL, CORRECT? >>VIK BHIDE: THEY ARE WORK ON A VAULT. BUT I AM NOT SURE WHAT THE RELEVANCE IS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WAS TALKING TO THE THE A FOLKS AND TALKING THE STORM SHEDDING WATER OFF OF THE EXPANSION AND TIEING IT INTO OUR SYSTEM. USING THE VAULT SYSTEM UNDERNEATH THAT BAY-TO-BAY AREA. >> WORKING WITH THEM ON THE PROJECT. MET WITH GREG -- I WANT TO SAY LAST WEEK. MIDDLE OF LAST WEEK. S.W.F.W.M.D. IS IN TOUCH WITH THEM. WE ARE IN TOUCH WITH THEM. THEY ARE AWARE OF WHAT IS NEEDED. REGULAR MEETINGS WITH THEIR MODELERS. AND WE HAVE EARLY PLANS PHASES. I THINK THEY RECOGNIZE SIZED WHAT THEIR STANDARDS ARE AND WHAT THEY NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO MITIGATE THAT FOOTPRINT AND WORK WITH OUR SYSTEM. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: PUTTING VAULT, IS THERE OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS WELL FOR THIS WATERSHED? >>VIK BHIDE: THAT IS WHAT WE LOOK FOR ALWAYS AS PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BECAUSE IF IT IS GOING IN, WHY NOT. OKAY, VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES? >>BILL CARLSON: I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT OF FLOODING AND FLOOD VICTIMS. YOU KNOW IN SOUTH TAMPA, THERE IS PORT TAMPA AND WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE THAT WORK PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK AND THEY LOST EVERYTHING. PEOPLE ALONG THE COAST CULVERT BAYOU THAT LOST EVERYTHING JUST LIKE THEY WERE IN NORTH TAMPA AND EAST TAMPA THE OTHER ISSUE AND I AM MAKING UP THESE NUMBER. LET'S SAY YOU HAVE A HOUSE THAT IS $2 MILLION. AND THE INSURANCE PAYING YOU 200,000 AND FEMA GIVE YOU $10,000. OWN A MILLION OR MORE. AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE. I AM GETTING E-MAILS AND QUALITIES FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE CRYING ON THE PHONE -- EITHER CRYING OR MAD BECAUSE THEY WANT HELP. AND THERE IS MILLIONS OR MORE DOLLARS GAP. THEY STILL OWN THEIR MORTGAGE AND HAVE TO PAY AND NOT FOR GIVEN ON IT. MOVE OUT OF THEIR HOUSE. PAY FOR ANOTHER PLACE. FIGURE OUT HOW TO REBUILD THEIR HOUSE. WHERE TO GET MONEY BECAUSE NO EQUITY IN THEIR HOUSE. MOST PEOPLE THEIR BIGGEST ASSET IS THEIR HOUSE. EVEN THOSE PEOPLE BEFORE THE STORM MAY HAVE BEEN WORTH A COUPLE OF MILLION DOLLARS ON TAPER AND CLOSE TO BANKRUPTCY AND LOST EVERYTHING IN THE STORM BECAUSE DIDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT INSURANCE OR WHATEVER. I WILL ASK EVERYBODY TO KEEP IN MIND THAT SO MANY OF OUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS HAVE BEEN DISPLACED AND ARE SUFFERING THROUGH THIS AND COULD END UP BANKRUPT WILLING PEOPLE RICH OR POOR THAT ARE TRYING TO SURVIVE. OUR FUNDS TO HELP SUBSIDIZE PEOPLE WON'T WORK. THE THING WE CAN TRY TO DO IS MAKE SURE THEY DON'T GET FLOODED AND NEW PEOPLE DON'T GET FLOODED AGAIN THIS YEAR. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. WE WILL SEE YOU JUNE 5. LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA. ITEM 71. ABBYE FEELEY ON LINE? FEES FIELDS GO-- >>ABBYE FEELEY: GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL, I AM. ABBYE FEELEY, ADMINISTRATOR FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. I WANT TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE AS I HAVE BEEN DOING ON A DAILY BASIS, SLATED TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE WITH PARTNERSHIP WITH CLARION ASSOCIATES. THEY HAVE THE DRAFTING OF THE CODE. >> THIS IS ONE OF ASSOCIATIONS AT THAT TAKE LONGEST AMOUNT OF TIME. APPROXIMATELY FIVE MONTH. I AM MEETING WITH THEM TOMORROW TO GO OVER A MORE DETAILED SCHEDULE. THE CODE WILL COME IN THREE INSTALLMENT. FIRST INSTALLMENT WILL COME IN TWO PART. NEXT MONTH WHEN I REPORT, I WILL HAVE A ARE MO DETAILED SCHEDULE WHAT TO EXPECT AS WE GO INTO THIS NECK PHASE OF THIS UPDATE. IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I AM AVAILABLE. AS ALWAYS, WE ARE HERE TO WORK THROUGH THIS WITH YOU, AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, CHAIR. I ASKED AT THE LAST UPDATE MEETING THAT THE CLARION STAFF CIRCLE BACK TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND I WAS HOPING THAT WOULD HAPPEN BEFORE THE NEXT ITERATION. CAN YOU TELL ME IF -- IF, YOU KNOW, THAT'S POSSIBLE? DID YOU -- BECAUSE THEY WERE HERE WHEN I SAID THAT TOO. F . >>ABBYE FEELEY: THAT IS ON MY AGENDA TO DISCUSS THAT AND GET THE TIME FRAME AND LOOK AT THAT IN THE CONCEPT OF COUNCIL'S SUMMER AGENDA. YES, MA'AM, THAT IS ON THE AGENDA AND STILL THE INTENT. >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY, THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MISS FEELY. >>ABBYE FEELEY: THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD DAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA. COUNCILMAN CARLSON, DO YOU HAVE NEW BUSINESS? >>BILL CARLSON: YES, SIR, I HAVE THREE FORM -- FORM -- WHAT IT CALLED,AB. THREE ABs FROM 36, 46 AND 47. ASK TO RECEIVE AND FILE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. MOTION CARRIES. ANYTHING ELSE? >>BILL CARLSON: JOHN IF COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN WILL MAKE THIS MOWING AND I WILL CONCEDE TO HIM. YOU GOT A BUNCH OF CALLS HE HAD A TOWN HALL IN JACKSON PARK. BUT ONE OF THE I THINK THAT CAME UP WAS DAVIS ISLAND PEOPLE SAYING WHAT ABOUT THE DAVIS ISLAND STORMWATER ANALYSIS. WHAT OF IT ARE YOU GOING TO IMPLEMENT. AND MANY PEOPLE ON DAVE ISLAND HAVE NOT SEEN IT. TO MY KNOWLEDGE IT HAVEN'T BEEN PRESENTED BEEN COUNSEL AND THE DAVIS ISLAND FOLKS WOULD LIKE THIS PRESENTED BEFORE COUNCIL. DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB SITE AND NOT PUBLICLY PRESENTED. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR STAFF AND APPLIED SCIENCES, THE CONSULTANT TO RETURN ON JUNE 5 TO PRESENT THE DAVIS ISLAND STORMWATER ANALYSIS AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF WHICH WILL BE IMPLEMENTED AHEAD OF THE 2025 HURRICANE SEASON. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I SECOND THAT. AND A NOTE THAT WE HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS REPORT. SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS OF THAT GROUP WERE THAT -- UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAD HAD SEEN THAT REPORT. SO I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT IT IS DISCLOSED SO EVERYBODY -- I WAS ABLE TO GET A COPY AND I DID READ IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE FTP REPORT REGARDING THE DAVIS ISLAND ANALYSIS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A PRIVATE FIRM THAT THEY CONTRACTED WITH. >>BILL CARLSON: THIS IDEALLY. DAVE ISLAND IS ONE OF THE AREAS HARDEST HIT AND IDEALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO US A LONG TIME AGO AS IT WAS DONE. I HEARD THIRD HAND -- I DIDN'T GO TO THE MEETING BUT HEARD FROM THE NEIGHBORS. NOBODY HAD PRESENT IT BEFORE AND THE PUBLIC WAS ANGRY BECAUSE IT WASN'T PRESENTED .PEOPLE CALLED ME TO SAY MAKE SURE IT IS PRESENTED AND WE HAVE A PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF IT. A LOT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I HAVE BEEN WORK AGO ON BILATERALLY AND TO LOOK AT SOLUTIONS BUT DAVIS ISLAND IS A HUGE PLACE IT AND NOT FUN LITTLELY ADDRESSED HOW WE WOULD HELP THEM. >>THE REPORT I DID SEE IT AFTER THE TOWN MALL MEETING FROM APPLIED CONSULTING. BUT I DID GO THROUGH IT. BECAUSE I AM SURE WE ALL GOT CONTACTED AFTER THE TOWN HALL WITH CONCERNS AND WHATNOT. MOWING AND A SECOND. COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? >>LYNN HURTAK: WE HAVE SEVEN STAFF REPORTS THAT WEEK AND SUPER BUSY. IS THE 26TH THAT DAY? TWO REVIEW HEARINGS EVERY SINGLE -- EVERY SINGLE PERSON OF THE MONTH OR QUARTER. >>BILL CARLSON: ANYTHING. ANYTHING THAT I HAVE THAT I CAN MOVE. >>LYNN HURTAK: INDIAN ROCKS ON SHORT-TERM RENTAL. >>BILL CARLSON: MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE THE INDIAN ROCKS BEACH TO ACCEPT SOMETHING -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SEPTEMBER -- THE WEEK BEFORE THE 25th. >>LYNN HURTAK: HOW ABOUT THE 4th. >>BILL CARLSON: SEPTEMBER 4. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: FROM JUNE 26 TO SEPTEMBER 4 UNDER STAFF REPORT AS SOON AS OKAY. A MOTION AND A SECOND. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. NOW YOU ARE GOING TO PUT ON JUNE 26 UNDER STAFF REPORT. >>BILL CARLSON: JUNE 5. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JUNE 5 AFTER STAFF REPORT YOU WILL MOVE THAT ITEM. YOUR MOTION THE MOTION THAT HE STATED. >>BILL CARLSON: TO PUT A PRESENTATION OF THAT REPORT ON JUNE 5. REPORT IS ALREADY DONE. JUST A PRESENTATION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. THE SECOND WAS FROM CLENDENIN. ANYTHING ELSE, SIR? >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH, ONE OTHER THING. A COUPLE COMMENT IN PUBLIC COMMENT. ONE WAS THE RACIAL RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE. AND I -- AND I WAS REALLY SADDENED BY WHAT THEY PRESENTED. I THINK I TOLD YOU ALL WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THIS THAT FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO AFTER I PRESENTED TAMPA'S SCORECARD, I PROPOSED A ECONOMIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE. SET UP AND 24 PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY. ADMINISTRATION DECIDED TO RUN IT THEMSELVES INSTEAD OF LETTING COUNCIL RUN IT. AND A WHOLE SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS HOW TO FIX SYSTEMIC POLICIES AND OTHER ISSUES WITH US F PRO BONO WITH DATA AND DATA ANALYTICS AND THE MAYOR HOME RUN A PRESS CONFERENCE THE SAME TIME I WAS PRESENTING THE SECOND ROUND OF TAMPA'S SCORECARD TO SAY -- YOU CAN LOOK IT UP ON CHANNEL 10. A FEW ISSUES WITH NEED ADDRESS IN TAMPA AND EVERYTHING IS GOOD AND EVERYTHING IS GOING WELL. AN ITEM OF LEADERSHIP IS YOU DON'T JUST HAVE PRESS CONFERENCE -- YOU CAN'T MANAGE BY A PRESS CONFERENCE, YOU HAVE TO ADDRESS SERIOUS ISSUES AND TRY TO RESOLVE THEM AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING EVERY WEEK HERE. WE NEED THEED A ORGANIZATION IN PARTNER WITH US. ULTIMATELY THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ECONOMIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 24 SMART PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUND IN THE CITY WERE COMPLETELY IGNORED AND RESULT OF FIVE YEARS FROM TAMPA SCORECARD HAS BEEN COMPLETELY IGNORED BECAUSE ADMINISTERING DOESN'T WANT TO FACE THE FACT THAT ADMINISTRATION IS PERFECT. IF YOU HAVE FIVE As AND Cs. COMPLIMENT THEM. AND THE SAME FOR THE INISSUE. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE PUT HIS JOB ON THE LINE THIS MORNING TO SPEAK AND I HAD PROBABLY 100 OR MORE PEOPLE REACH OUT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY AND I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE TO SOME OF THEM THAT I HAVEN'T RETURNED THEIR CALLS YET. THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT SAID DON'T TALK TO THEM AND TELL THEM THE ONLY THING I CAN TELL THEM IS CALL AN ATTORNEY. WHEN I TELL AN EMPLOYEE OR TO FORMER EMPLOYEE TO CALL AN ATTORNEY. DON'T LIKE TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT SETS UP THE CITY TO BE SUED. AND ALSO THE EMPLOYEES COME BACK AND SAY NOW I HAVE TO SPEND $45,000, $50,000 TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY AND COST A LOT MORE AND THE CITY WILL DRAG IT OUT A COUPLE OF YEARS. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CANCELLED THE CIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATION OF RENTING WHILE BLACK. WE HAVE A SERIOUS CULTURAL ISSUE IN THIS CITY AND I HAD -- I CAN LET YOU LISTEN TO VOICEMAILS. SO MANY PHONE CALLS AND E-MAILS FROM EMPLOYEES THAT REACH OUT ME. SO A ADMINISTRATION, 2% HAVE ANY INTERACTION WITH CITY COUNCIL AND YOU CAN'T BLAME IT ON US. WE HAVE TO REALIZE AND ADMIT THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM THAT PEOPLE ARE MAKING RACIAL COMMENT. THAT THERE IS RETALIATION -- RETALIATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION IS THE ONE THING I HEAR FROM EMPLOYEES. AFRAID OF RETALIATION FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND A SAD SITUATION. LAST E-MAIL I SENT ANDREA ZELMAN ON THIS. AND SAID BUTT OUT OF THIS BECAUSE BY CHARTER WE HAVE NO INFLUENCE. THE EMPLOYEE WANT US TO TRY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM -- FORMER EMPLOYEES WANT US TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. WORKED AS AN CONSULTANT WITH 20 ORGANIZATIONS 20 OR 30 COUNTRIES. I HAVE BEEN DEEP INSIDE AN ORGANIZATION AND I NEVER SEEN A CULTURE THAT HAS THIS MANY PROBLEMS AND NEVER SEEN A LEADERSHIP WHO STICKS THEIR HEAD IN THE SAND AND NEVER WANT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS PROBLEMS. ONLY RESPONSE TO BLAME CITY COUNCIL OR ME, WHATEVER. THIS IS A SYSTEMIC ISSUE WHERE PEOPLE ARE AFRAID. YOU HEARD THE PERSON THIS MORNING AND TWO A FEW MONTH AGO. GOT AN ISSUE THAT WE CONTINUED FOR A FEW MORE MONTH. PLEASE SHOW SOME LEADERSHIP. MEET WITH ME. COME UP WITH SOLUTION. THE EMPLOYEES OF THIS CITY DESERVE TO BE TREATED BETTER. THEY DESERVE TO HAVE A POSITIVE CULTURE WHERE THEY CAN THRIVE AND HAVE A CAREER. NOT WHERE THEY ARE A FRAYED OF GETTING RETALIATION. RETALIATION, I HEARD HUNDREDS OF TIMES FROM CURRENT EMPLOYEES. IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, ANY NEW BUSINESS? >>LYNN HURTAK: NO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NO NEW BUSINESS BUT TO TALK ABOUT THE TOWN HALL I HAD AT KATE JACKSON THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON SAID EARLIER. THAT WAS ISSUE, THE OTHER ABOUT ISSUE FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT PERSONALLY OR PRIVATELY AND THE BIG ISSUE PARKING ON HYDE PARK AND COUNCILMAN CARLSON'S OFFICE HAS BEEN TOP OF THAT FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THE POPULARITY OF THESE EVENTS IN HYDE PARK IS STRESSING OUT PACKWOOD AND SOME OF THE OTHER ADJACENT STREETS. AND PROBABLY OTHER THAN FLOODING THE HOTTEST TOPIC OF THE TOWN HALL WERE THE CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE HAVE OF GETTING BLOCKED IN, EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS PARKING IN HYDE PARK VILLAGE. I ASSURED THEM I WOULD BRING IT TO COUNCIL. A WORK GROUP BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND IT IS OKAY IF COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON WANTS TO TAKE IT ON BECAUSE YOU GUYS WORKED ON IT A LOT. A COMPLEX ISSUE. I PERSONALLY OBSERVE IT AND SEE PROBLEMS THAT ARE THERE. THE VILLAGE IS NO LONGER A SLEEPY PLACE. MORE AND MORE POPULAR AND EVENTS FOR THE WEEKEND. DEFINITELY STRESSING OUT THOSE FOLKS. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WANT TO DEAL WITH IT, BUT I PROMISED THAT I WILL BRING IT UP IN COUNCIL. IN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: WELL, WE PASSED A BRAND-NEW PARKING SECTION OF THE ORDINANCES AND ACTUALLY RELIEF FOR RESIDENTS NOW IN THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS HE CAN DO IS DO PARKING PERMIT FOR THAT AREA. PERMIT ONLY. WE CAN ALSO -- IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS IN SOME AREAS THEY HAVE GONE TO ONE SIDE OF THE STREET PARKING ONLY DUE TO THAT VERY THING. NARROW STREETS. ABSOLUTELY THING THAT CAN BE DONE. I AM WORKING WITH ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD NOW ON THAT VERY ISSUE. SO ABSOLUTELY -- WE CAN ABSOLUTELY GET THING DONE. BUT I WILL GO THROUGH THE NEW ORDINANCE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BECAUSE IT IS SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT. I DIDN'T WANT TO OVERSTEP I HAVE JUST SHARING INFORMATION THAT I GOT. I AM WILLING TO AND ABOUT I THINK THAT FORWARD AND GET TIM ON IT, BUT I ALSO WAS TOLD BY -- BY HOW HALLWAYS THAT WHISPERS THAT MAYBE COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON'S OFFICE ALREADY WORKED ON THE ISSUE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR. >>BILL CARLSON: I WORKED AT PARKING IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF HYDE PARK. NOT THAT PARTICULAR ONE. IF YOU WANT TO WORK ON IT, I DON'T CARE. WE CAN PARTNER WITH IT OR IF YOU TALK WITH STAFF MAYBE ASK THEM TO UPDATE ME ON IT. I USED TO LIVE IN HISTORIC HYDE PARK. AND I WAS ALWAYS AGAINST RESIDENTIAL PARKING BECAUSE I HAD PLENTY -- THE SPACE IN FRONT OF A HOUSE IS NOT OWNED BY A HOMEOWNER. SOMEHOW WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. IF I HAVE AN EVENT WHERE FAMILY COME OVER, I WANT MY FAMILY TO PARK WHEREVER THEY CAN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, BY THE WAY. >>BILL CARLSON: SAME THING WITH OTHER PEOPLE. IF I AM NOT USING, WHY DO I CARE WHO WORK IN FRONT OF ME. CERTAIN EVENTS AND NIGHTS THAT MAYBE IF THEY ARE BIG EVENTS SHUT DOWN ONE LANE. AND SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IF KEEP WANT INVESTIGATE PARKING WE CAN COME UP WITH IT. I'M FACING ANOTHER ISSUE PROVIDED RESIDENTIAL PARKING NEAR PLANT HIGH FOR COUPLE OF BLOCK AND PUSHED THE STUDENT IN DIFFERENT AREAS AND MADE PARKING WORKS. SOME WANT RESIDENTIAL PARK. SOME PEOPLE DON'T. YESTERDAY A REPORT THAT A FEMALE STUDENT WAS THREATENED BY A HOMEOWNER WHO SAID LET EASY IF YOU COME BACK WITH POPPED TIRES AT THE END OF DAY. NOT ACCEPTABLE. YOU DON'T OWN THE SPACE IN FRONT OF JUSTICE HOUR AND YOU CAN'T THREATEN KIDS. WE NEED TO COME UP YOU WITH ST. LOUISES THAT WILL RESOLVE THE ISSUE FOR EVERYONE. EVERYBODY NEEDS TO LIVE TOGETHER AND WE NEED TO PUT INTEREST ON BICYCLES AND OTHER TRANSPORTATION. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE RIDE SHARING PROGRAM AND BICYCLES MAY GET IN HANDY. IT IS GETTING THERE. I UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE WITH EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND PEOPLE WHO PARK ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD. I YOU TOOLY WAS THE ONE THAT BROUGHT UP THE ISSUE IF YOU HAVE VISITORS AND RESIDENTIAL PERMIT. YOU HAVE A PARTY AND PEOPLE CAN'T PARK. THERE IS NOWHERE TO PARK. >>BILL CARLSON: ANOTHER THING IF I MAY, NEIGHBORHOODS I HAVE LOOKED AT, THEY STARTED LOOKING AT IT. ONCE YOU DESIGNATE SPACES AND SAY THOSE ARE RESIDENTIAL ONLY, THAT USUALLY REDUCES THE CAPACITY BY HALF. BECAUSE THE NEIGHBORS THEMSELVES. THE NEIGHBORHOODS THEMSELVES PARK CLOSE TO THEIR OWN DRIVEWAY AND PARK CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION AND PARK TOO CLOSE TO CERTAIN PLACES. A AND THEY SOMETIME PARK OPPOSITE DRIVEWAY. ONCE YOU PUT UP ANOTHER SIGNS, HALF OR MORE OF PARKING SPACES ARE GONE. ONCE THEY REALIZE THEY ARE GOING TO LOST LOSE SPACES DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF RESIDENTIAL SPACES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: PART OF THE DISCUSSION ON THE TEN-FOOT RULE. DAMNED IF YOU DO OR DAMNED IF YOU DON'T. IF YOU ENFORCE THAT, YOU LOSE THE PARKING SPOTS, ESPECIALLY IN THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD WITH ONE DRIVEWAY AND VERY NARROW LOTS. THERE IS ONE SPOT. BUT THAT ONE SPOT MAY BE LESS THAN 10 FEET IN THE DRIVEWAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: WHICH IS WHY I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT RULE. I LIVED IN CITY IN URBAN CORE WHERE IS YOU PARK RIGHT UP TO THE DRIVEWAY. AID DRIVEWAY LIKE THAT. IT COULD FIT FOUR CARS. WE NEVER HAD FOUR CAR. WHEN WE HAD PEOPLE, EVERYBODY HAD TO BACK OUT NARROWLY. BUT THAT IS LIVING IN A CITY. IF WE WANT -- I MEAN, I WOULD WHOLEHEARTEDLY HAVE THE DISCUSSING ABOUT REDUCING THE AMOUNT NECK TO A DRIVEWAY MULTIPLE THINGS WE CAN DO. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DO A WORKSHOP. >>LYNN HURTAK: MAYBE. FLESH IT OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND EVERYBODY COME UP WITH IDEAS AND BRING IT BACK. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THIS IS AN IOU TO THE GROUP. LET'S FLESH IT OUT, BUT I MAY POTENTIALLY BRING IT UP FOR A WORKSHOP. >>LYNN HURTAK: I THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA. WE HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM AND WE CAN'T PARK LIKE A SUBURB ANYMORE. YOU ARE RIGHT. ON-STREET PARKING IS PUBLIC. WHAT THEY DID IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS BEHIND THE SEAHOUSE. THE POPULAR FOR THE STREET BEHIND. NOT RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMITS. PARKING ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET ONLY. AND I SWEAR TO YOU NOT THREE WEEK LATER, SOMEONE HAD A GARAGE FIRE, A WOOD -- OVER 100-YEAR-OLD HOUSE AND THEIR SEPARATE GARAGE CAUGHT FIRE. I NEVER SEEN FLAMES LIKE THAT. HAPPENED TO BE WALKING WITH A FRIEND. AND WE SAW THE SMOKE AND WALKED UP TO YOU IT. IF THEY HAD NOT GONE TO ONE SIDE OF THE STREET PARKING, NO WAY THE FIRE ENGINE SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE. IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE LUCK THAT HAD STARTED. THEY HAD A HARD TYPE MAKING PUSHES. BUT THAT IS A WHOLE ANOTHER STORY. EITHER WAY IF WE CAN DO NOTHING ELSE, WE CAN ABSOLUTELY START LOOKING AT ONE SIDE OF THE STREET PARKING. I RECOMMEND THAT 100% EVEN BEFORE WE START HAVING THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT. AND HIS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL WITH THAT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANKS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, CHAIR. I WANT TO ADDRESS THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT CAME BEFORE US THIS MORNING REGARDING THE CITY OF TAMPA'S RACIAL RECOGNIZE SILL YAG COMMITTEE. MAYBE I AM DOING A LITTLE BIT OF TEACHING AND A LITTLE BIT OF REMINDING WHEN WE UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED THIS COMMITTEE. IT CLEARLY STATE -- AND THIS ISLINE FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO READ IT UNDER RACIAL RECONCILIATION. WE CREATED THIS COMMITTEE TO REVIEW, STUDY AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL, TO US, AND TO THE CITY OF TAMPA. NOW THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO US AND TO THE CITY, CITY OF TAMPA AND CITY COUNCIL. THE PEOPLE WE SELECTED IN MY OPINION WERE ALL ABLE TO PICK AND CHOSE EXPERT IN A VARIETY OF AREAS. THE CDC, THE BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, FEEDING TAMPA BAY, THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, MY PICK, A FRICAN A STUDY AND ANTHROPOLOGY. CHURCH MEMBER, THE HIT CENTER, A. BROWN MINISTRY AND FLORIDA RISING. THESE PEOPLE ARE HE CAN IN THE THEIR AREAS AND THEY ALREADY HAVE ANSWERS ON DAY ONE, BASED ON THE CATEGORIES THAT THEY ARE ASSIGN TO IN TERP OF THIS COMMITTEE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT, YOUTH UNIT, ETC., THEY CAN PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO US. THAT WAS WHAT WAS ASKED WHEN WE CREATED THIS COMMITTEE. THE DISAPPOINTMENT FOR ME FOR ME TO HEAR THE EDITORIAL THAT BE DID SOMETHING WRONG. PROVIDED THE RESOURCES AND THE FUNDING TO PUT IN PLACE WITH THE -- PARTNERED WITH THE JOHN SCOTT FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA TO PROVIDE THE FACILITY TAKE TO THE COMMITTEE. WE USED THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA COLLABORATION OF GOVERNMENT TO PARTNER WITH AND SUBJECT AREA EXPERT, ALL OF THAT ST STUFF. AT THIS POINT SEVERAL MEETING THAT TOOK PLACE DECEMBER, FEBRUARY, MARCH. APRIL 22. AND NOW HERE WE ARE TODAY ON APRIL 30, AND WE GET THIS EDITORIAL AS THOUGH WE ARE NOT DOING SOMETHING. RECOMMENDATIONS IN MY OPINION SHOULD OCCUR THROUGH THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT WE PICKED WITH THE EXPERTS IN THE FIELDS THAT CURRENTLY EXIST. ALSO, I DO RECOGNIZE -- I KNOW THAT THEY DID ASK THE CITY FOR A LOT OF INFORMING FOR THE CITY EMPLOYEES TO FILL OUT QUESTIONNAIRES. NOW I AM GOING TO ADDRESS THIS FROM A PERSONAL STANDPOINT WHEN I RAN FOR OFFICE. I GOT OVERWHELM.ED BY THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONNAIRES THAT CAME IN FROM THESE ORGANIZATIONS. EVERY NIGHT SPENDING AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF TIME FILLING OUT THESE QUESTIONS AND I GOT TO THE POINT SAYING, STOP. I CAN'T DO THIS. TAKING UP AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF TIME AND PLUS I HAD TO GO MEET WITH THE PUBLIC AND ANSWER QUESTIONS AND HAVE ALL THE FORM. THINK OF THAT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF YOU SENDING OUT THIS HUGE DOCUMENT THAT WE WANT OUR STAFF TO ANSWER WHEN WE ALREADY KNOW THEY ARE OVERWHELMED. THE RACIAL CONSIDERING COMMITTEE. VALUABLE QUESTIONS BUT WE DO NOT NEED TO RELY ON CITY STAFF TO GET THE DATA BUT ON EXPERT OF THE ORGANIZE ALL OF THE ORGANIZES THAT EXIST THAT MAKE UP THAT RACIAL RECOGNIZE SILL YAG COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE THOSE RESPONSES EACH AND EVERY MEETING. EACH AND EVERY MEET WHERE THEY HAD THE WORKSHOP. I AM JUST SAYING THAT FROM THE STANDPOINT WHAT IS ACTUALLY DOCUMENTED IN TERMS OF WHAT WE ARE EXPECTING. I WAS A LITTLE BLINDSIDEDED TO WHEN THEY GOT UP AND PRESENTED THEIR POSITION. WHEN IT CLEARLY STATES INLINE WITH THE PUBLIC THAT IT IS THE COMMITTEE THAT WILL BE MAKING THE REPRESENTATION SS TO COUNSE AND TO THE CITY OF TAMPA. NOT FOR US TO BE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS, BUT TO MAKE IT EVEN FAIR. NOT TO INFLUENCE THE PROCESS. BY GIVING OUR INPUT. THAT IS WHY THE COMMITTEE WAS ESTABLISHED. I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE AND I AM SAYING THAT PUBLICLY BECAUSE I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO DO SO. THE OTHER THING, TOO, IS AND I LEARNED THIS BECAUSE I HAVE GOTTEN IN THE WEEDS PIVOTING WITH ANOTHER CONVERSATION WITH AN EMPLOYEE THAT CAME BEFORE US TODAY. HAPPEN A LOT FOR ME DEPENDING RON WITH I AM WITH THE CITY WHERE THE EMPLOYEE WANT TO TALK TO ME OF SOMETHING AND I LEARNED THIS FROM HART AND THE CITY ATTORNEY AND HART. NOT CITY COUNCIL'S ABILITY TO GET INTO EMPLOYEE MATTERS BECAUSE ONE THING FOR SURE WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WE ARE ONLY HEARING ONE SIDE OF THE SITUATION. AND IT MAY PLUG AN INTEREST. FORECAST, IF AS FOUGHT WAS DROPPED INTO THOSE THREE PLACES, IT WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTING IF WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON ASPHALT THAT WE COULD NOT USE AND IT WAS DUMPED. WE HEARD IT AND THE STAFF HEARD IT TOO AND URGE STAFF TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT IS BEING SAID. BUT A COUNCIL, IT IS NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO GET INVOLVED IN EMPLOYEE MATTERS THAT WAY. THAT IS DEFINITELY TRUE, BECAUSE YOU REMEMBER I HAD TO RECUSE MYSELF WITH A VOTE INVOLVING A PREVIOUS MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL. THAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY. EVEN THOUGH WE CAN EMPATHIZE WITH SITUATIONS, I WANT TO SAY THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE TO MAKE A LOT OF DECISION AND SOME MATTERS THAT WE CAN ENGAGE IN A WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, PUTS US IN A POSITION WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE TO VOTE ON IT DOWN ROAD. SOMETHING WHERE WE ARE INVOLVED FROM THE STANDPOINT OF MAKING A DECISION. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN MANISCALCO CARLSON AND CLENDENIN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I JUST WANT TO RES RESPOND. >>BILL CARLSON: I WAS BLINDSIDED BY THE COMMENT OF THE COMMITTEE THIS MORNING. WE DON'T GET TO APPOINT PEOPLE INDIVIDUALLY TO TOO MANY COMMITTEE. WHEN I DO IT. DON'T TALK TO THEM AT ALL. NOT CARRYING WATER FOR ME. THEY ARE CARRYING WATER FOR THEMSELVES. SO I -- MY APPOINTEE, I NEVER SPOKEN TO HER ABOUT THAT COMMITTEE. I DON'T KNOW FROM HER POINT OF VIEW WHAT IS HAPPENING. BUT SIMILAR TO OTHER THING LIKE WHEN EAST TAMPA C AC CAPE US TO PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS WHO MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE WITH EACH OTHER BUT THEY AGREE TO COME BEFORE YOU AND STAY THERE WAS AN ISSUE. WHAT I GLEAM IS THAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR INFORMING FROM OUR CITY AND THEY DIDN'T GET IT. BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE -- I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG AGO. BUT THEY COMPLAINED THAT THE CITY WAS NOT COOPERATING AND NOT BEING TRANSPARENT. SO WITH THAT GROUP A VERY POWERFUL AND INFLUENTIAL GROUP THIS MORNING AND I WAS SURPRISED THEY SAID THAT. . >>GWEN HENDERSON: ARE YOU REALLY? WHEN THE CITY DECIDED UP FRONT THEY WOULD NOT PICK ANYONE TO SIT ON THE RACIAL RECOGNIZE SILL YAG COMMITTEE. ARE YOU REALLY THAT SURPRISED? >>BILL CARLSON: SEEMS THAT THEY DIDN'T FIGHT PUTTING US TOGETHER. AND SO ANYWAY, I AGREE YOU WITH, PEOPLE WITH DEEP BACKGROUNDS AND GIVE US ADVICE. USF MAY BE GIVING DAY-TO-AND ASK THE ADMINISTERING TO COOPERATE WITH THEM. INEVIDENTLY AS I SAID BEFORE. IF YOUR KID HAS FIVE As AND IN C. DON'T HIDE THE C SAY WE GOT FIVE ,s AND C. YOU SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON THE FIVE As, LET'S FIX THE C. WE ACKNOWLEDGED WE HAVE ISSUE AND FIX THEM. MY MESSAGE TO EMPLOYEES THAT WE REALLY CAN'T HELP YOU. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT WE CAN'T HAVE LONG COVERINGS WITH THEM BECAUSE THE ARGUMENT MAY BE IN LIT GAG. ALL WE CAN REALLY SAY IS GO TALK TO HR OR TALK TO A LAWYER. ALL WE CAN DAY. AND VERY FRUSTRATING. BUT FRUSTRATING TO KNOW THAT THE ADMINISTRATION APPEAR TO NOT ENGAGE THIS IN A POSITIVE WAY. FIVE ADVISING FROM A PR PERSPECTIVE. ADVISING THIS ADMINISTRATION. YOU NEED TO ALLOW MORE TRANSPARENCY TO THIS AND ALLOW A PROCESS YOU DON'T CONTROL TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE ISSUES ARE AND RESOLVE THEM. THIS MAYOR CAN TAKE CREDIT OF RESOLVE AGRICULTURAL ISSUE THAT MAY HAPPENED UNDER THIS ADMINISTRATION. FIRST YOU CAN ACKNOWLEDGE A PROBLEM AND KEEP COMING FORWARD AS YOU GET CLOSER TO THE DEADLINE THIS MAYOR'S TIMELINE GET SHORTER AND SHORTER. MORE THE FOLK COME UP AND TALK B IT PUBLICALLY BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. EVEN PAM IORIO, THE MOST POWERFUL MAYOR IN 30 PEOPLE CAME OUT OF THE WOODWORK TALKING OF HER. PEOPLE ARE NOT AFRAID. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THAT IS TRUE. BUT THEY TALK ABOUT US AS WELL. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MENTION IS ONE OF THE CONSTITUENTS -- SHE IS NOT ON THE COMMITTEE. I AM NOT AFRAID TO SAY HER NAME. KEELA McCASKILL. EVERYTHING SHE SAID IS A GREAT RECOMMENDATION THAT THE RACIAL RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE CAN ACTUALLY REQUEST. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO SAY. THAT THE ANSWERS ULTIMATELY DON'T HAVE TO COME FROM THE CITY THROUGH THE RACIAL RECOGNIZE SILL YAG COMMITTEE TO BE PRESENTED BACK US TO AND THE C CITY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: TO SAY I HAVE BEEN UNEASY ALL DAY SINCE THE ONE GENTLEMAN STOOD BEFORE US TODAY AND PUT ALL THOSE ELS OUT WILL BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT AND I WILL TRULY DIGEST IT AND UNDERSTAND OUR ROLE. WE HAD THE PREVIOUS COVERINGS AND MY BACKGROUND ON HUMAN LABOR REELINGS, I KNOW MOST OF TIME WHAT MY ROLE IS AND HOW TO PERFORM IN THESE SITUATIONS. I AM UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE OF THE TYPES -- WHEN THAT DISCUSSING HAPPENED, IT WAS A LOT THING THAT CAME OVER THAT CROSSED A LEGAL LINE. I AM WONDER BEING OUR LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY AS A LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT BODY WITH INVESTIGATION POWER THESE ALLEGINGS THAT WILL BE TRULY ILLEGAL, ARE WE NOT -- ARE WE NOT FULFILLING OUR LEGISLATIVE RESPONSIBILITY WITH AN INVESTIGATION TO PURSUE THOSE. I AM NOT GOING TO PUT OUR ATTORNEY ON THE SPOT. BUT MR. SHELBY, WILL YOU REPORT BACK TO US MAYBE NEXT WEEK OF WHAT OUR RESPONSIBILITY ARE WHEN AN LIKE THAT IS MADE PUBLIC THAT BE MAY BE ILLEGAL WHETHER WE ARE OBLIGATED TO DO THAT INVESTIGATION? [ INAUDIBLE ] I THINK IT IS A GOOD PUBLIC DISCUSSION. >>BILL CARLSON: TWO DIFFERENT -- MAY I? TWO DIFFERENT PIECES. WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE HR ISSUE. IF THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THERE IS FRAUD OR MISUSE OF RESOURCES. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IN OUR DOMAIN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT'S WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT, COUNCILMAN CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: WHY WE NEED TO GET THAT ANSWER. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: PUT IT TO BED IF NOTHING IS THERE. YOU GO TO A POLICE OFFICER AND TELL THEM SOMETHING AND YOU CAN'T TAKE IT BACK, THE PERSON HAS TO INVESTIGATE IT. DID THAT CROSS THAT LINE FOR US. DID THEY SAY SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO INVESTIGATE BUT A IT IS ILL ILLEGAL. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I CAN SHARE WITH COUNCIL. AN E-MAIL WAS COPIED TO ME BY JOHN BENNETT WHO SENT IT TO CHRISTINE GLOVER, THE INTERNAL AUDITOR AND COPIED ME AND ANDREA ZELMAN, REGARDING THE -- THE DISCUSSING AT PUBLIC COMMENT THIS MORNING. AND IF IT COUNCIL'S PLEASURE, I CAN FORWARD THAT TO YOU SO THAT YOU CAN BE APPRISED OF IT AS WELL I WANT NOW KNOW DATED 10:05 FROM THE CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE INTERNAL AUDITOR. MR. BENNETT WAS THERE DURING PUBLIC COMMENT AND I WILL FORWARD THEIR TO YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE MADE SOME COMMENT. I WILL SAY THIS ON THE HR ISSUE AND I HAVE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE FROM THIS THAT I CAN TALK ABOUT NOW BECAUSE IT IS ALL DONE. THAT WHEN YOU GET INVOLVED IN A POTENTIAL LEGAL ISSUE, YOU BECOME A PERSON WITH KNOWLEDGE, OKAY. AND YOU BECOME A POTENTIAL WITNESS. IF IT GOES INTO LIT GAG. SUBJECT TO SUBPOENA AND POTENTIAL DEP SIGNIFICANCE. I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I WAS INVOLVED IN SOMETHING THAT, BY THE WAY, I DID THE RIGHT THING CONSISTENT WITH MY VALUES AND HOW MY MOTHER AND FATHER. AND I HAD A TEXT THAT WAS PUT IN A LAWSUIT IN A COMPLAINT. IF YOU EVER WANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT FEEL LIKE, IT SUCKS. IT DOES. BUT I DID THE RIGHT THING. HOW MY MOTHER AND FATHER RAISED ME. NO PROBLEMS, BUT YOU GOT TO BE SMART AND DEFER TO LAWYERS -- NOT ME OBVIOUSLY, BUT, YEAH, JUST MY THOUGHTS. A COUPLE OF THING IF I MAY WITH REGARDS TO THE RACIAL RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE. HEARD THE MEMBERS AND WE APPRECIATE THEIR WORK. AND A COUPLE OF THING TO BALANCE. FIRST, YOU KNOW, START -- REMARKS TENDED TO BE TOWARD THE EXECUTIVE. STRAIGHTFORWARD THE ADMINISTRATION. START OF THE IDEAL. CALLED IT A MISS OPPORTUNITY WHEN THIS COMMITTEE WAS PROPOSED AND I STAND BY THAT, LACK OF FORMAL INVOLVEMENT FROM THE ADMINISTRATION WITH REGARD TO APPOINTEES. I THINK THAT SEND THE WRONG MESSAGE. I WENT A TO MOST OF MEETINGS EXCEPT FOR ONE, THE VERY FIRST ONE, THAT POINT GET BROUGHT UP. FR FRANKLY IF YOU IT STRUCK A CORD THAT IT CONTINUES TO GIVE A WRONG IMPRESSION, FULL. NEGATIVE IMPREG. IT IS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY MITT GAG. I WAS AT MEETING WITH PASTOR HARRIS AND CHIEF JOHN BENNETT. I THINK THE DECISION BY THE ADMINISTRATION WAS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY, TERRIBLE. IF WE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT CHIEF BENNETT A MANAGE OF ENGAGEMENT AND A COMMON GROUND. AND I KNOW SOMETHING ELSE BEING SET UP FOR THAT. SO THERE IS ENGAGEMENT IN THAT REGARD, BUT, AGAIN, THAT LACK OF FORMAL INVOLVEMENT THROUGH MEMBER PARTICIPATING AND APPOINTEES BY THE ADMINISTRATION. WHEN I HEARD THEY WEREN'T GOING TO DO IT. I THOUGHT THAT SENT A BAD MESSAGE. AND ONE THAT CONTINUES TO GIVE, I THINK, A BAD UP PREGNANCY. THERE ARE MITIGATION POINTS, POINTS. THE TWO BIG ISSUES ARE -- AND COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON SAID THIS CORRECTLY -- THESE ARE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AND RELYING ON THEM TO GIVE US IDEAS AND THEY ARE GOING FORWARD WITH THAT. OUR ATTORNEY MR. SHELBY HAS BEEN IN AT EVERY SINGLE MEETING. MY AIDE BRANDON HAS BEEN TO EVERY SINGLE MEETING. I HAVE BEEN TO THE MAJORITY OF THE MEETINGS AND SOME OF YOU STAFF MEMBERS HAVE BEEN THERE AS WELL AND THIS COUNCIL STRONGLY SUPPORTED IT, FUND IT, AND SO FORTH. I THINK THAT IS A GOOD THING. AND BIG THING I WANT TO EMPHASIZE AND I SAID IT TO THE COMMITTEE IN PUBLIC COMMENT, THAT THEY REALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. WE HAVE A MAYOR'S SELECTION AND AND A CITY COUNCIL'S SELECTION WHAT THEY PROPOSE CAN BE TALKED ABOUT WITH FOUR CANDIDATES. THAT IS THE BIG THING. IF YOU WANT TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE ON ISSUE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY, THIS COMMITTEE IS A GOOD WAY TO DO THAT FOR THIS COUNCIL FOR THE TIME REMAINING AND CHALLENGE CANDIDATES TO TELL THE COMMUNITY WHERE YOU STAND ON THESE ISSUES .THAT, TO ME, SHOULD BE THE FOCUS. AGAIN, WHEN IT COME TO CRITICISM OF THE ADMINISTRATION ON THIS COMMITTEE, I HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR IN THAT REGARD FROM THE BEGINNING ON THAT MISSED OPPORTUNITY. BUT THERE HAS BEEN MITIGATION AND THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS ON THAT. I HAVE A COUPLE QUICK MOTIONS. AND HER MOTHER IS TURNING 100. A MOWING WHO IS ORIGINALLY FROM HARLEM. BORN IN 1925, IMAGINE THAT, HARLEM DURING MIDDLE GREAT MIGRATION. UNIQUE WOMAN OF HISTORY. WE ARE GOING TO SET THAT UP FROM WHENEVER THAT HAPPEN. ALL OF COUNCIL. AND I WILL MAKE A MOTION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. >>LUIS VIERA: NEXT I WILL DO A STAFF REPORT AND STRIKE THAT, A WRITTEN REPORT AROUND K-BAR RANCH PRIDE ELEMENTARY. BIG TRAFFIC PROBLEM AND ALWAYS HAVE. CITY STAFF AND MOBILITY TO REACH OUT TO OUR FRIENDS IN K-BAR RANCH, CONNECT WITH THE WAYS MOBILITY TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC SAFETY, ESPECIALLY FOR KID, TO REPORT US TO IN WRITING THE THIRD WEEK OF JULY ON THE SUBSTANCE OF THE ROUTE REACHED, TO WHOM THEY SPOKE AND THE PLAN OF ACTION GOING FORWARD AND IF THEY NEED MORE TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS THAT A MOTION. >>LUIS VIERA: YES, A MOTION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. >>LUIS VIERA: ON THE THIRD, A DISABILITY INTERNSHIP PROGRAM THAT I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE HELPING OUT WITH IT. THERE IS A LOT CONCERN. I WANT TO TALK -- I WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ON. APPEARS THAT JULY 23, 2025, WE HAVE ROOM FOR A WRITTEN -- STRIKE THAT, A STAFF REPORT. PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I SAW THAT INCORRECTLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JULY 23. >>LUIS VIERA: 31st. IN PERSON. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LIMIT TO FOUR STAFF REPORTS AND NO COMMENDATION OR PRESENTATIONS. >> THIS WILL BE THE LAST ONE. THERE ARE THREE. >>LUIS VIERA: I WILL TAKE IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA HAS A MOTION FOR JULY 31 UNDER STAFF REPORTS. >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, MR. CHAIR, AN IN-PERSON REPORT OF HOW THE PROGRAM OPERATING. AND I WOULD LIKE FOR A REPORT ON THE FOLLOWING. WHAT DEPARTMENT ARE ACCEPTING INTERNS WITH -- WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND WHICH ARE NOT AND WHY. AND THEN TO ASK PROVIDERS TO COME AND TO GIVE INPUT. EITHER IN WRITING NOR PERSON DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANYTHING ELSE, SIR? >>LUIS VIERA: YES. A COUPLE -- THIS IS NOT A MOWING WE HAD PAUL GU Z+O HERE TODAY. I AM GOING TO MAKE A MOTION AND IN TERM OF HOW THIS WORD IT. ON THE BURIAL PLOTS AND THE ITALIAN CLUB AND SOMETHING THAT MR. GU Z+A WAS TALK ABOUT OR ISSUES THAT THE STATE OF FLORIDA. THE OF FLORIDA C FO WILL MANAGE THAT AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE BEFORE I MAKE THE MOTION. TWO QUICK THING AND NOT MOTIONS. I WANTED TO SAY, I SAW COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN'S TOWN HALL. AND THAT WENT GREAT AND EVERYTHING. I ALWAYS INVITE -- ESPECIALLY CITY RIDES IF YOU EVER WANT TO HAVE TOWN HALL IN NEW TAMPA. I WOULD LOVE TO INTRODUCE YOU AND GET THE HELL OUT SO I DON'T VIOLATE SUNSHINE. I KNOW, RIGHT. AND THEN LASTLY, IF I MAY. ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT -- MAKE A MOTION. WITH PUBLIC COMMENT, THAT CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS CANNOT BE CALLED OUT BY NAME. I WAS CALLED OUT BY TONY ELLSWORTH AND A GOOD CALLOUT. SAID LUIS VIERA IS A GREAT GUY. LOVES VETERANS. MY NAME WAS CALLED AND VIOLATED THE RULE. CLENDENIN CLEAN WASN'T DECEPTIVE. >>LUIS VIERA: I KNOW, VIOLATES THE RULE THAT YOU CAN'T CALL OUT A MEMBER NAME, CORRECT. IF SOMEBODY GOES LUIS VIERA IS A GREAT GUY, I AM NOT GOING TO GO, RIGHT, YOU CAN'T DO THAT. IF LUIS VIERA IS NOT A TERRIBLE PERSON. THAT RULE IS NOT CONTENT NEUTRAL. AND WE GOT TO GET RID OF IT. I WILL BE MAKING A MOTION OF THAT. EITHER WE ENFORCE IT AND THE NECK TIME TONY SAYS LUIS VIERA IS AWESOME. LET'S STOP HIM FROM SAYING THAT OR GET RID OF THE RULE. BECAUSE I THINK THAT PRECLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ASSUME THAT TONY DANIELS WILL NEVER COME UP AND TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE -- >>LUIS VIERA: TONY WILLIAMS, NOT FOR ELLSWORTH. I AM ALL FOR CHILD SUPPORT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IF I SPEAK LONGER THAN MY COLLEAGUES -- ONE LITTLE SENTENCE. YOU KNOW I WAS LISTENING EVERYTHING ABOUT THE PARKING AND THE DRIVEWAY AND THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER. AND THE TIME FROM ONE STATION TO A CALL. AND KIND OF ERRATIC IN THIS CITY WHEN I WAS MUCH YOUNGER ARE STAGE OR SO, THERE WAS NO AIR CONDITIONING IN NONE OF THOSE CARS. THE AMBULANCES HAD HALF THE SIZE AND DIDN'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT. NOW YOU HAVE TO HAVE A 350 CHASSIS IN THE BOTTOM. CERTAINLY THE FIRE ENGINES THAT WERE THERE. SOMEBODY RING THE BELL. AND NOW YOU HAVE ALL THE AQUATIC SKWIPT AND SOMETHING $800,000 AND 900,000 AND MAYBE $10,000, $20,000 FOR FIRE ENGINES AND THE STREETS HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY WIDER. AND GOTTEN TO THE POINT THAT THROUGH SUCCESS FROM 3:30 UNTIL 6:30 LEAVING DOWNTOWN, IT IS TERRIBLE. AND IF YOU GET ON THE EXPRESSWAY WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT, IT WILL TAKE YOU 30 MINUTES TO GO FROM DOWNTOWN AROUND IF YOU ARE IN THE EXPRESSWAY TO GET OFF. SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE DELAY AND THING NO MATTER HOW MANY STATIONS FOR FIRE AND POLICE WILL TAKE TIME BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE WHAT WE HAD BEFORE THAT WAS SMALLER VEHICLE ON THE SAME SIZED ROADS THAT DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN HEAR THING OUTSIDE. YOU CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING A CAR. YOU GOT TO LOOK TO SEE IF YOU SEE THE RED LIGHT AND THAT'S HOW YOU SEE IT. MIRACULOUSLY THEY GO THROUGH. I DON'T SEE HOW. THEY DESERVE A HOOT AND A HOLLER OF SAYING DON'T RUN OVER ANY CARS AND VEHICLE BECAUSE WHAT I SEE THERE IS NOTHING BUT DANGER. AS FAR PARKING ANOTHER A DRIVEWAY, THE CLOSER YOU GET, THE MORE OFTEN YOU WILL BE GET HIT. >>GWEN HENDERSON: MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO RECEIVE AND PILE FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON. SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMAN CARLS WE ARE ADJOURNED.