CITY OF TAMPA. >> MY NAME IS SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES, CITY CLERK FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. >>BILL CARLSON: HERE. >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT. >>LUIS VIERA: HERE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE. >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM. >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW CONDUCT THE ELECTIONS FOR CHAIRMAN AND CHAIRMAN PRO TEM FOR THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL. HERE ARE THE ELECTION GUIDELINES. THE ELECTION OF THE CHAIR WILL BE HELD FIRST. NOMINATIONS DO NOT REQUIRE A SECOND. PLEASE WAIT TO BE RECOGNIZED BEFORE NOMINATING A CANDIDATE. I WILL OPEN THE NOMINATIONS AND CLOSE THEM AFTER ALL NOMINATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE. VOTES WILL BE COUNTED BY RAISING THE HAND. THE VOTE WILL BE TAKEN IN THE ORDER OF THE NOMINATIONS, BEGINNING WITH THE FIRST NAME NOMINATED. THE VOTE WILL CEASE AS SOON AS THERE IS A MAJORITY, WHICH REQUIRES FOUR VOTES. HAVING SAID THAT, NOMINATIONS ARE NOW IN ORDER FOR CHAIRMAN. MR. VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: I NOMINATE ALAN CLENDENIN. >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: ALAN CLENDENIN HAS BEEN NOMINATED. >>GWEN HENDERSON: I NOMINATE GUIDO MANISCALCO. >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: GUIDO MANISCALCO HAS BEEN NOMINATED. IS THERE ANOTHER NOMINATION? ALL IN FAVOR OF COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL IN FAVOR OF COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO HAS BEEN NOMINATED AND HAS WON. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND FOR BELIEVING IN ME. IT'S AN HONOR SERVING WITH ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU. >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THANK YOU. NOMINATIONS ARE NOW IN ORDER FOR THE CHAIRMAN PRO TEM. IS THERE A NOMINATION? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I NOMINATE MR. CLENDENIN. >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: MR. CLENDENIN HAS BEEN NOMINATED. IS THERE ANOTHER -- OH, YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CARLSON. >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: MR. CARLSON HAS BEEN NOMINATED. >>BILL CARLSON: I'LL WITHDRAW MY NAME. THANK YOU. I WITHDRAW MY NAME. THANK YOU. >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR OF MR. CLENDENIN, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. OKAY. MR. CLENDENIN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? CLONE CLEAN NO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER YEAR WORKING WITH COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN GUIDO MANISCALCO. THANK YOU. >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: OKAY. WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE CRA. YES SIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON HAS BEEN NOMINATED. IS THERE ANOTHER NOMINATION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. IS THERE A NOMINATION FOR VICE-CHAIR OF THE CRA? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CLENDENIN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WOULD DECLINE THAT NOMINATION. THANK YOU. >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: YOU DECLINE. IS THERE ANOTHER NOMINATION? >>BILL CARLSON: I NOMINATE LYNN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: I APPRECIATE IT, BUT I DECLINE. >>LUIS VIERA: I DON'T CARE. I'LL TAKE IT. >>GWEN HENDERSON: LUIS VIERA. >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: LUIS VIERA HAS BEEN NOMINATED. IS THERE ANOTHER NOMINATION? MS. HENDERSON. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I REALLY LOVED SERVING AS CHAIR OF THE CRA. I APPRECIATE THE VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN ME AGAIN. ALMOST ALL OF THE CRAs ARE IN MY DISTRICT EXCEPT ONE. I LEARNED SO MUCH AND REALLY A GREAT ROLE TO BE IN AND I AM HONORED TO SERVE AGAIN. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS. MR. VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: I AM, AGAIN, PREPARED TO ASSUME THE HEAVY BURDENS OF THIS OFFICE. THANK YOU. [ LAUGHTER ] >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE. IT WILL BE A GOOD YEAR. I WOULD LIKE TO TURN THE MEETING BACK OVER TO MR. MANISCALCO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER OFFICIALLY. WE'VE ALREADY DONE ROLL CALL. DO WE NEED TO DO IT AGAIN? OKAY. ROLL CALL. I'M SORRY. IF WE COULD STAND FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND THEN KEEP STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [MOMENT OF SILENCE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ROLL CALL. >>BILL CARLSON: HERE. >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT. >>LUIS VIERA: HERE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE. >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES FROM APRIL 17, 2025 AND THE WORKSHOP AND EVENING SESSIONS HELD ON APRIL 24, 2025? WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, YOU HAVE POLICE OFFICER OF THE MONTH. >>LUIS VIERA: YES, I DO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, SIR. BEFORE YOU BEGIN, CAN I GET AN APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AND THE ADDENDUM? SORRY. JUST A MOMENT. THERE'S AN ADDENDUM ITEM. THE ITEM ON THE ADDENDUM IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING, RATIFYING, CONFIRMING THE APPOINTMENTS OF THE EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL. LET'S GO THROUGH THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO PULL? >>LYNN HURTAK: NO. I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 7 TO TAKE THAT OFF BECAUSE THE F.D.O.T. DOESN'T HAVE AN UPDATE FOR THIS QUARTER. BUT I WOULD REQUEST THAT NEXT QUARTER THEY UPDATE US ON SOME OF THE BIKE PATHS GOING ALONG OLA CENTRAL. THEY ARE DOING A BUNCH OF WORK. GETTING A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKING ABOUT NORTH HIGHLAND IN MY AREA. IF FOLKS -- IF THEY COULD COME AND GIVE US AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THE EXTRA MOBILITY ITEMS, WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COULD WE ASK FOR ALSO AN UPDATE ON THE 275 PROJECT? >>LYNN HURTAK: YEAH. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IS THAT IN THE FORM OF A MOTION TO ADD TO THE AGENDA? >>LYNN HURTAK: I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN REQUIRE F.D.O.T. TO COME, BUT I THINK WE'RE JUST REQUESTING. >>MARTIN SHELBY: YOU WANT THE SUBJECTS INCLUDED IN YOUR REQUEST. >>LYNN HURTAK: SURE. THEN I WILL MAKE A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ASK MR. BEADAE TO REQUEST -- BHIDE TO COME AND SPEAK ABOUT MULTIMODAL WORK THAT F.D.O.T. IS DOING. AND ADDITIONALLY UPDATES ON 275. I'M ASSUMING THE MALFUNCTION JUNCTION AREA. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: [INAUDIBLE] >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY. GREAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, CORRECT? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION TO REMOVE ITEM 7? YES SIR. >>BILL CARLSON: THIS UPDATE IS FROM A PREVIOUS MOTION SOMEONE ELSE MADE, BUT MY NAME IS ON THIS MOTION. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE APPRECIATE D.O.T. THEY REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE STATE, NOT TO US, AND WE APPRECIATE THEM COMING AND GIVING US UPDATES, EVEN THOUGH THE PUBLIC AND WE MAY NOT AGREE WITH THEM ALL THE TIME, WE APPRECIATE THEM GIVING UPDATES. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CAN I GET A MOTION TO REMOVE ITEM 7? MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL 1:30 TO DO IT, BUT THERE IS A HEARING AT 1:30 ASKING FOR A CONTINUANCE. BUT WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL 1:30. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, WHAT NUMBER IS THAT? IF WE CAN GO TO 61. MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY. COUNCIL, THIS IS A MISNOTICE. IT CANNOT BE HEARD. IT WILL NOT BE HEARD. THERE IS NO NEED TO WAIT UNTIL 1:30 BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A CONTINUANCE. IF COUNCIL WISHES TO ADDRESS YOUR 1:30 PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME, YOU CAN DO SO BY REMOVING NUMBER 61. AND YOU CAN ALSO, IF YOU'D LIKE, SET THE DATE FOR RESCHEDULING SO THE STAFF CAN NOTIFY THE APPLICANT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO REMOVE ITEM 61 FROM THE AGENDA FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THEN IF WE CAN SET THE PUBLIC HEARING BY REQUEST OF THE APPLICANT FOR JUNE 6, 2025, 1:30 P.M., RIGHT HERE AT 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR TAMPA 33602. MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL GO TO STAFF REPORTS. IS THERE AN ADMINISTRATION UPDATE CHIEF? NO. NO ADMINISTRATION UPDATE. COUNCIL MEMBERS, ITEM 64 HAS A MEMO WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. $12.8 MILLION CONTRACT, DO YOU NEED ANYBODY PRESENT? NO. ALL RIGHT. HOW ABOUT ITEM 65? THERE IS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM MS. COLINA. YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: WELL, THIS HAS TO COME IN FRONT OF US TWICE, SO, YEAH, WE SHOULD PROBABLY HEAR ABOUT IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, AND IT'S $40 MILLION. ALL RIGHT. ITEM 66, STAFF TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE. YES SIR. >>LUIS VIERA: SORRY. IT IS THE NEXT ONE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WOULD YOU LIKE FOLKS PRESENT FOR 66? ALL RIGHT. ADMINISTRATION TO APPEAR. COUNCILMAN VIERA IS ASKING THAT ITEM 67 BE CONTINUED TO JUNE 26. >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR. SO MOVED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO CONTINUE 67 TO JUNE 26, 2025. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. WE HAVE A MOBILITY DEPARTMENT REGARDING THE 2023 MOBILITY FEE STUDY. WE HAVE A MEMO FROM BRANDON CAMPBELL, COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. BASICALLY THE MEMO JUST SAYS THAT WE APPROVED A CONTRACT AND THEY ARE LOOKING INTO IT. THEY SHOULD HAVE SOME ANSWERS FOR US BY EARLY 2026. I DON'T NEED PEOPLE HERE FOR THAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE MEMO IS SUFFICIENT. NO ON 68. ITEM 69, THERE IS A WRITTEN REPORT FROM MR. BHIDE. DO YOU WANT SOMEBODY IN PERSON? >>LYNN HURTAK: YEAH. I THINK WE STILL NEED FOLKS TO TALK ABOUT THIS. WE'RE GETTING SO MANY E-MAILS AND PHONE CALLS, PEOPLE ARE REALLY WORRIED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 70, IS THAT A YES? THERE IS A WRITTEN RESPONSE. AGAIN, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF E-MAILS WITH 70. ITEM 71? ABBYE FEELEY WILL BE PRESENT TO PROVIDE A VERBAL UPDATE, SO THAT IS A YES. ITEM 72, EVAN JOHNSON IS ASKING THIS ITEM BE CONTINUED TO AUGUST 28 TWEERVE. MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. CAN I GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE WRITTEN STAFF REPORTS? MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. NOW, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AND ADDENDUM. MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, FOR REAL THIS TIME. THANK YOU. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR. GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY HERE THIS MORNING. IT'S MY GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE HERE DR. CHIEF BERCAW TO TALK ABOUT OUR OFFICER OF THE MONTH. WE'RE GOING TO BE HONORING OFFICER CHRISTOPHER MILLER AND WE WILL BE HEARING ABOUT THE GREAT WORK HE DOES IN PREVENTING RETAIL THEFT. SOMETHING VERY, VERY IMPORTANT ON SO MANY LEVELS. SETTING THE FOLKS WHO DO THE ACT ON THE RIGHT WAY AS WELL AS HELPING OUT SMALL BUSINESSES AND TO TALK ABOUT THIS INDIVIDUAL, WE HAVE DR. CHIEF BERCAW. >>CHIEF BERCAW: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN VIERA. GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. BEFORE I DO HIGHLIGHT OUR OFFICER OF THE MONTH, I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS EVENING WE ARE HAVING OUR ANNUAL MEMORIAL SERVICE WHERE WE HONOR THE 32 OFFICERS THAT GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THE CITY. WE'RE ALSO HONORING THEIR FAMILIES. WE JUST WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THEY WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN THE SACRIFICE THEY MADE. THE INVITATION IS OPEN TO OBVIOUSLY ALL OF YOU BUT ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WISHES TO BE THERE. IN FRONT OF POLICE HEADQUARTERS TONIGHT AT 7:00. YES, YOU DID SAY RETAIL THEFT. RETAIL THEFT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT AND NOT ONLY PREVENTING IT, BUT I'LL READ YOU A STORY ABOUT OUR OFFICER OF THE MONTH, CHRIS MILLER, WHO ACTUALLY HOLDS THOSE ACCOUNTABLE. YOU SEE ACROSS THE NATION WHERE SOME RETAIL THEFT SUSPECTS ARE NOT BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE. FORTUNATELY, WE HAVE OFFICERS LIKE CHRIS MILLER THAT YOU'LL HEAR TODAY. MASTER POLICE OFFICER CHRIS MILLER IS BEING HONORED FOR HIS EXCEPTIONAL INVESTIGATIVE WORK AND LEADERSHIP IN COMBATING ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT. NOT THE ONE-OFFS, BUT THE ORGANIZED. ON MARCH 21st OF THIS YEAR, HE LED A SUCCESSFUL INVESTIGATION INTO A COORDINATED CRIMINAL GROUP OF SUSPECTS RESPONSIBLE FOR STEALING MORE THAN $8400 IN MERCHANDISE FROM LOCAL SHOPS. THIS CASE WAS INITIATED BY A SILENT ALERT GENERATED GPS TRACKING DEVICE WHICH IS PART OF A PILOT PROGRAM THAT MPO MILLER WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN LAUNCHING WITH PARTNERSHIP WITH ONE OF THE COMPANIES. UPON RECEIVING ALERT, HE QUICKLY TRACKED THE SUSPECTS, CONFIRMING THEIR IDENTITIES USING REAL-TIME GPS DATA AND SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE, COORDINATED THROUGH MULTIAGENCY RESPONSE IN THE LAKELAND POLICE DEPARTMENT. IN THIS ATTEMPT, THEY WERE ABLE TO APPREHEND THE SUSPECTS AND ABLE TO RECOVER 82 STOLEN ITEMS. OVER THE PAST YEAR, MPO MILLER'S INVESTIGATIVE EFFORTS HAVE RESULTED IN OVER 162 PROBABLE CAUSE FINDINGS AND CONTRIBUTED TO A 71% REDUCTION IN RETAIL THEFT WITHIN HIS OWN PATROL DISTRICT. AS THE DEPARTMENT'S LIAISON TO THE WESTSHORE ALLIANCE AND A KEY CONTRIBUTOR TO OUR TAMPA BAY REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER RETAIL THEFT INITIATIVE, HE HAS PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN ADVANCING TAMPA'S CITYWIDE CRIME PREVENTION STRATEGIES. MPO MILLER EXEMPLIFIES THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONALISM, INITIATIVE AND SERVICE. HIS DEDICATION REFLECTS THE VERY BEST OF THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT IS WITH GREAT PRIDE AND GRATITUDE THAT WE RECOGNIZE HIS EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE TODAY, WHICH IS WHY HE IS ALSO BEING RECOGNIZED AS OUR MAY OFFICER OF THE MONTH. CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, CHIEF. NOW, BEFORE WE FORMALLY HONOR YOU, SIR, WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS FROM THE COMMUNITY, STARTING WITH THE PBA. >> BRANDON BARCLAY, TAMPA PBA, PRESENT YOU WITH THIS PLAQUE. JOB WELL DONE. >> GOOD MORNING, OFFICER MILLER. MY NAME IS MARYBETH WILLIAMS. I'M HERE WITH THE FRIENDS OF THE TAMPA RIVERWALK. ON BEHALF OF OUR ORGANIZATION, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND PRESENT YOU WITH A PERSONALIZED ENGRAVED ALONG THE TAMPA RIVERWALK. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CORPORATE ORGANIZATIONS WHO SUPPORT FRIENDS OF THE RIVERWALK WHO COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY. ON THEIR BEHALF I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH A FEW TOKENS OF THEIR APPRECIATION. SPLITSVILLE ADULT PARTY, $200 IN GIFT CERTIFICATES TO FLORIDA AVENUE BREWING. $200 AT THE EPICUREAN GIFT CERTIFICATE. STARSHIP DINNER FOR TWO, PIRATE WATER TAXI. TAMPA RIVERWALK, TWO COMPLCOMPLIMENTARY ONE-HOUR REN. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> MARY DILLON, STRAZ CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS. BEHALF OF THE STRAZ, PLEASE ACCEPT TWO TICKETS TO UPCOMING BROADWAY SERIES. 25-26 SERIES. BEVERAGE TICKETS AND MY BUSINESS CARD IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. BRIAN FORD WITH THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS. CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS MORNING'S ELECTIONS AND THANKS FOR ALL THAT YOU DO EACH AND EVERY DAY FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR TONIGHT'S MEMORIAL SERVICE. DO IT BETTER THAN ANY CITY I'VE BEEN IN. MAKES US PROUD TO BE IN TAMPA. SIR, THANK YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FOR YOUR SACRIFICE. WE HAD A TALK AND WE HAD A FUMBLE. I'LL GIVE YOU THIS TEMPORARY BALL. I'LL GIVE YOU MY CONTACT INFORMATION. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO EACH AND EVERY DAY AND THE SACRIFICE YOU MAKE. I LOOK FORWARD TO GIVING YOUR FAMILY THAT TOUR AT ONE BUCCANEER PLACE. CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL, CHIEF, JEFF, VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING FOR THE FAMILY OF RESTAURANTS COLUMBIA ULELE CHA CHA COCONUTS. WE'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND ALL YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY BY OFFERING THIS GIFT CARD THAT YOU CAN PLEASE BRING YOUR FAMILY AND ENJOY AT ANY OF OUR LOCATIONS. THE GONZMART FAMILY IS AN INCREDIBLE SUPPORTER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRST RESPONDERS, AND THIS IS A SMALL TOKEN TO SAY THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING, SIR. CATCH THOSE GUYS, WOULD YOU? >> DEFINITELY. >> KEEP THEM UNDER CONTROL. I'LL PUT THOSE THERE SO YOU NEED TO TAKE THOSE WITH YOU. THERE IS A SPECIAL INVOCATION DEVELOPED FOR THE POLICE AND FIRE AND FIRST RESPONDERS. THAT'S FOR YOU TO KEEP. ON BEHALF OF MEAT MARKET AND OLD HYDE PARK, WE'RE PROVIDING WITH YOU A GIFT CERTIFICATE ON BEHALF OF THE YUMMY HOUSE CHINA BISTRO, I ALWAYS SAY THIS, THE CHIEF LIKES TO GO THERE. SO JACKSON'S BISTRO ON HARBOUR ISLAND. CICCIO'S RESTAURANT GROUP. SO THAT BRINGS IT ALL UP. BELLABRAVA, YOU'VE GOT THAT OVER IN THE MIDTOWN SECTION. I HOPE YOU ENJOY YOURSELF AND GO WORK OUT. CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR. THANK YOU, SIR. SIR, ON BEHALF OF A REALLY GRATEFUL CITY -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AND ONE MORE ON BEHALF OF THE TAMPA THEATRE. THEY HAD TO LEAVE EARLY. THIS IS A ONE-YEAR MEMBERSHIP FOR TWO. YOU GET $3 OFF REGULAR PRICE MOVIE TICKETS AND THIS BUCKET OF GOODIES. IT'S NOT COMING FROM ME. IT'S COMING FROM THEM. ENJOY. [ APPLAUSE ] >>LUIS VIERA: ON BEHALF OF A REALLY GRATEFUL CITY OF TAMPA, SIR, FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, I SAW YOUR FAMILY HERE INCLUDING THE GENTLEMAN -- THAT'S AWESOME. WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK AND YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU, SIR. I MEAN THAT. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR HAVING ME TODAY. IT'S A GREAT HONOR BEING RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, CHIEF BERCAW, FOR YOUR SUPPORT, ALL THE COMMAND STAFF. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU TO MY WIFE SHANNON, DAUGHTER KATE AND ALL THE FAMILY FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT THROUGHOUT 23 YEARS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IT WITHOUT THEM. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO AND THE POLICE FORCE ON A DAILY BASIS. IT'S 365 DAYS A YEAR. HOWEVER, WE SOMETIMES FORGET A CRIME LIKE WHAT THEY ARE COMMITTING, THEY CALL IT SMALL CRIME, BUT REALLY A MULTIBILLION DOLLAR CRIME WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WHOLE COUNTRY. THE ONES PAYING THE PRICE ARE THE ONES BUYING THE PRODUCTS AND PAYING FOR THEM. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU, THE WHOLE STAFF, THE CHIEF AND DEPARTMENT FOR THE FINE WORK YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA, NOT YESTERDAY, NOT TODAY, BUT FOREVER. APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >>BILL CARLSON: WE AGREED AS A COUNCIL NOT TO TALK DURING COMMENDATIONS, SO I APOLOGIZE TO MY COLLEAGUES. ONE OF THE BIGGEST FEARS I GET FROM MY CONSTITUENTS IS THAT WE'LL BECOME LIKE NEW YORK OR L.A. OR SAN FRANCISCO WHERE PEOPLE AREN'T SAFE IN RETAIL STORES. LIKE THE STREETS OF NEW YORK, YOU GO INTO A WALGREENS AND GET AN ATTENDANT TO HELP YOU UNLOCK THE SHAMPOO RACK OR SIMPLE THINGS THAT DON'T COST THAT MUCH RELATIVELY. PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF TAMPA BECOMING LIKE THAT. I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES FOR KEEPING US SAFE EVERY DAY AND PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF PROGRAM AND WE CAN SAY WE'RE NOT LIKE THAT. THANK YOU. >> APPRECIATE IT, SIR. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO IT'S FUNNY. I WANTED TO HONOR PAUL GUZZO FOR A WHILE. HE IS SUCH A REMARKABLE TAMPANIA AND GREAT GUY BUT NEVER THOUGHT IT WAS PROPER TO HONOR HIM WHILE ACTIVELY A JOURNALIST. HE'S GOTTEN SO MANY AWARDS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA, NAACP, THE DELTAS AND SO MANY DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. NOW THAT HE'S NO LONGER AN ACTIVE JOURNALIST, I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD TIME TO DO THIS FOR THIS GREAT GUY. WHENEVER I THINK ABOUT THE WORK THAT PAUL GUZZO DOES, I THINK OF GARY MOORE WHO WAS A REPORTER FOR THE THEN ST. PETERSBURG TIMES WHO WOULD UNCOVER SOMETHING VERY FEW PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT, THE ROSEWOOD MASSACRE IN 1923, LITTLE OVER TWO DOZEN AFRICAN AMERICANS MURDERED OUT OF A TOWN OF A HUNDRED AFRICAN AMERICANS IN FLORIDA. ONE OF THE MANY INSTANCES OF RACIAL INJUSTICE AND VIOLENCE UNKNOWN. FOR ME, PAUL GUZZO IS THAT KIND OF JOURNALIST WHO UNCOVERS THINGS THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT BUT PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT. THE WORK HE HAS DONE HAS BEEN AMAZING, NOT JUST IN TALKING ABOUT ISSUES OF IGNORED RACIAL VIOLENCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AS WE'LL TALK ABOUT, BUT TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF OTHER -- I MEAN, PAUL ALWAYS DID UNIQUE STORIES THAT MEANT A LOT TO THE COMMUNITY. I FIRST GOT TO KNOW PAUL TEN YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS DOING AN EVENT AT THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE ON THE BAY OF PIGS INVASION, AND HE COVERED IT. WE GOT TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER. WE WERE SHARING SOME FUNNY STORIES IN THAT REGARD. BUT THE MAIN THING WE'RE HONORING MR. GUZZO FOR IS HIS WORK WITH ABANDONED HISTORICALLY AFRICAN AMERICAN CEMETERIES. THIS GOES AGAIN TO THE HEART OF THE UGLY, PAINFUL RACIAL FLORIDA HISTORY OF INJUSTICE, OF VIOLENCE OR BRUTALITY AND LYNCHING THAT NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT OR PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE. PAUL HAS DONE MONUMENTAL WORK THAT HAS REACHED TALLAHASSEE THROUGH HIS ADVOCACY. THIS ULTIMATELY FIRST STARTED WITH HIS WORK ON THE LOST MOUNT ZION CEMETERY THROUGH THE TAMPA BAY TIMES THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN 2019 WHICH LITERALLY MOVED MOUNTAINS. OUT OF THIS GREW NOT JUST A RECKONING AND HISTORICAL DISCOVERY, BUT A MOVEMENT THAT WE FEEL HERE IN TAMPA ON LOST CEMETERIES. OUT OF THIS WOULD GROW THE FOUNDING -- STRIKE THAT, THE REDISCOVERY OF RIDGEWOOD CEMETERY NEAR 56th STREET WHERE ALMOST 300 SOULS WERE BURIED AND LOST. CLEARWATER HEIGHTS, COLLEGE HILL CEMETERY WITH THE ITALIAN CLUB, PORT TAMPA CEMETERY, MAY STRINGER HOUSE CEMETERY. KEYSTONE PARK MEMORIAL CEMETERY. THANKS TO THE LEADERSHIP OF MANY PEOPLE IN TALLAHASSEE, INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVE DRISKELL, WE GOT LEGISLATION SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR TO HELP FUND LOCAL COMMUNITIES WHO WANT TO HELP OUT WITH LOCAL ABANDONED AFRICAN AMERICAN CEMETERIES AND SO MANY OTHER STORIES. I REMEMBER A GREAT STORY THAT MR. GUZZO DID ON AFRICAN AMERICANS DURING WORLD WAR II AT MacDILL AND THE GREAT DISRESPECT THAT THEY HAD. GREAT STORIES ON MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY. STORY AFTER STORY. HE'S ALSO A GREAT WRITER WHO HAS DONE MANY, MANY BOOKS. ONE VERY SPECIAL TO ME IS THE BOOK RECENTLY FOR CUBAN, FOR FREEDOM, WHICH HE DID ON RAUL AND RHONDA. WHEN I READ IT, HE ACTUALLY MENTIONS DR. JUAN, MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WHO WAS MENTIONED IN THAT BOOK. PAUL IS A VERY REMARKABLE GUY. HIS WORK IN JOURNALISM REALLY, REALLY MOVED MOUNTAINS. I KNOW WE APPRECIATE HIS WORK. MAYBE FOR NOW FINISHED OR MAYBE FOREVER FINISHED WITH THE ROLE OF JOURNALIST, I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HONOR HIM. FOR THAT, PAUL AND SO MUCH MORE, YOU ARE A GOOD GUY. WE'RE PROUD TO HONOR YOU, SIR. HERE YOU GO, BUDDY. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU. WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, MY GOAL WAS NEVER HAVE TO WEAR A TIE TO WORK. OVER THAT WAS A SUCCESS. I WOULD SAY THIS IS GREAT ON TOP OF THAT. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REMIND A CEMETERY ONLY STOPS BEING ERASED WHEN IT'S UNCOVERED. UNTIL THEN, THEY ARE STILL BEING ERASED. WE DISCOVERED 11 POSSIBLE SITES OF ERASED CEMETERIES. SIX OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE DONE THE WORK TO DISCOVER GRAVES STILL THERE. FIVE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE YET TO DO THAT. FOUR OF THE CEMETERIES ARE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. RIGHT NOW, FOUR CEMETERIES ARE STILL BEING ERASED ON YOUR WATCH. I KNOW IT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY, BUT I JUST WANT TO THINK THERE'S SOMETHING MORE WE CAN DO. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: QUICK STORY, FIRST, YOU DESERVED A PULITZER FOR YOUR WORK. THE LEVEL OF YOUR WORK, THE MAGNITUDE AND IMPACT, YOU TRULY DESERVE IT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. NUMBER TWO, JUST A SHORT STORY OF HOW LONG I'VE BEEN A PAUL GUZZO FAN. THE NIGHT THAT I TOLD MY PARENTS I DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO LAW SCHOOL AND I WANT TO RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL, I WAS ON THE WAY TO SEE THE CHARLIE WALL MOVIE. THE GUZZO BROTHERS, PETER AND PAUL, STARRING THE GREAT GENE. I HAVE YOUR BOOK IN MY OFFICE, THE DARK SIDE OF SUNSHINE. WENT TO ONE OF THE BOOK SIGNINGS, HAD IT SIGNED THERE. YOU TALK ABOUT STORIES OF YBOR CITY, OF TAMPA THAT YOU CAN'T FIND ANYWHERE. WHETHER IT WAS PUBLISHED IN CIGAR CITY MAGAZINE OR JUST IN THE BOOK. I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM YOUR WRITING AND I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. BUT GOING BACK TO YOUR WORK AS A JOURNALIST, THE IMPACT THAT YOU'VE HAD ON THIS COMMUNITY, THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY THAT WILL BE PROBABLY BRINGING UP ALL YOUR WORK. IT'S INVALUABLE. JUST KNOW THAT YOU ARE APPRECIATED. YOU'RE TURNING THE TIDE OF HISTORY. BUT AS YOU SAID, ON OUR WATCH. IT'S UP TO US TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD. I KNOW WE'VE DONE SOME. WE NEED TO DO MORE. BUT IF IT WASN'T FOR YOUR WORK, SOME OF THE LOTS MAY HAVE BEEN LOST UNTIL WHO KNOWS WHEN. JUST KNOW THAT YOU ARE APPRECIATED AND THIS IS THE LEAST WE CAN DO TO HONOR YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: I JUST WANT TO SAY I'VE KNOWN PAUL SINCE HE WAS WITH THE TRIBUNE. I DON'T THINK I KNEW YOU AT LA GACETA OR CREATIVE LOAFING. YOU'VE BEEN IN ESSENCE AN HISTORIAN OF TAMPA FOR A LONG TIME. YOU WERE INVALUABLE AT THE TIMES IN CAPTURING ALL DIFFERENT STORIES ABOUT THE CULTURE OF TAMPA. I REMEMBER EVERY TIME I INTRODUCED YOU, I'D GET IT SLIGHTLY OFF. BUT LIKE YOU AND GENE DROVE DOWN FROM EXIT 7A. YOU DIDN'T GROW UP HERE BUT YOU KNOW MORE HISTORY OF TAMPA THAN ALMOST ANYBODY. ONE TIME I WAS DRIVING NORTH THROUGH NEW JERSEY AND I CALLED HIM AND SAID PASSING EXIT 7. HE SAID, NO, I'M FROM 7A. I DIDN'T DRIVE OFF TO SEE WHAT THE DIFFERENCE WAS. ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR LEARNING OUR CULTURE AND CAPTURING IT AND PUTTING IT IN THE HISTORY. YOU'VE WRITTEN SO MANY IMPORTANT STORIES FROM EVERYTHING FROM MUSIC HISTORY CULTURE TIES WITH CUBA. EVERYTHING. >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AS A JOURNALIST. THAT IS SO IMPORTANT NOW MORE THAN EVER AS TRULY THAT'S BEING HAMPERED IN THIS COUNTRY. I DID WANT TO ASK, WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW? >> I WORK FOR USF. >>LYNN HURTAK: CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT. WE WILL MISS YOUR REPORTING AND THE IMPORTANCE YOU BROUGHT TO THE ISSUES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: BEING A JOURNAL IRS I THINK IS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST -- JOURNALIST IS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST THINGS TO DO. WHERE ARE THE FACTS? HIDDEN OR REAL FACTS? TO DO THOSE THINGS, YOU HAVE TO BE INNOVATIVE. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SMELL FOR THINGS THAT ARE NOT GOING WELL, AND YOU HAVE TO WRITE IT THE WAY YOU SEE IT. ALL THOSE THINGS IN THE COMPOSITION OF A WRITING, IT TAKES A SPECIAL INDIVIDUAL TO PUT IT ON PAPER SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND HOW YOU DID IT AND YOU DID QUITE WELL. I LIKE YOUR HAIR CUT, THAT'S NUMBER ONE. >> GOD'S HAIR CUT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT IT UP. I WANTED TO SEE YOUR REACTION TO IT. THANK YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE, WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND WHAT YOU CONTINUE DOING. WITHOUT PRESS, WITHOUT MEDIA, WE HAVE A COUNTRY THAT'S DIVIDED AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIVIDE MORE. THAT'S MY OPINION. I'M A MEMBER, EVERY TIME I HAVE A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN BUYING A NEWSPAPER, I BUY IT ON A YEARLY BASIS BECAUSE IT IS WRITTEN BY INDIVIDUALS LIKE YOURSELF, ALL OF THEM THAT ARE BEING FORGOTTEN IN THIS COUNTRY. SEE MORE AND MORE IN MEDIA OUTLETS, ESPECIALLY NEWSPRINT MEDIA GOING OUT OF BUSINESS, THIS COUNTRY IS HEADED FOR DISASTER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. >>GWEN HENDERSON: CONGRATULATIONS, MR. GUZZO. ONCE A JOURNALIST, ALWAYS A JOURNALIST. IT WON'T GO AWAY. IT WON'T LEAVE YOUR BODY, THAT'S FOR SURE, OR YOUR MIND. I APPRECIATE YOUR LEVEL OF WORK, ESPECIALLY YOUR CARE FOR BLACK SPACES THAT ARE FORGOTTEN. IT IS VERY EVIDENT BY NOT ONLY THE ACCOLADES YOU RECEIVED IN THE PAST BUT EVEN YOUR STATEMENTS TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE. OF COURSE, WE WISH YOU WELL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN THERE A MINUTE RIGHT? CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: ONE LAST THING, WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS THAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN HISTORY ABOUT. ONE IS CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING. YOU ARE LIKE THE LOCAL EXPERT ON CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING. YOU HAVE WRITTEN HISTORIES ABOUT THAT AND PLEASE CONTINUE BECAUSE IT IS REALLY INTERESTING THE TIES TO TAMPA. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COME TO THINK OF IT, I HAVE A BOX OF PAUL GUZZO ARTICLES. I'M A FAN. I LOVE YOUR WRITING. ANYWAYS, THIS IS, AGAIN, A SMALL TOKEN OF APPRECIATION BECAUSE YOU DESERVE A WHOLE LOT MORE. >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE ADAM SMITH WHO IS HERE I'M SURE. >> I'M ADAM SMITH, COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, FORMER COLLEAGUE OF PAUL'S. IT'S GREAT THAT YOU ARE HONORING HIM BECAUSE HE DOES PHENOMENAL WORK. WE MISS HIM A TON IN THE COMMUNITY AS A JOURNALIST. I CALL HIM GRAVEYARD GUZZO. HE WAS A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS SIR. [ APPLAUSE ] WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. MR. SHELBY, IF YOU COULD READ THE RULES. WE'LL START WITH MICHAEL RANDOLPH WHO IS OUR SOLE VIRTUAL SPEAKER. MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY. HERE TO BRIEFLY DISCUSS THE RULES OF DECORUM FOR TODAY'S MEETING OF THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALLOWED A REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY AT THE BEGINNING OF TODAY'S MEETING TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL TAKES OFFICIAL ACTION ON THE ITEM. THE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO COMPLETE A SPEAKER CARD THAT IS LOCATED OUTSIDE THE CHAMBERS, PLACE IT IN THE BOX AND THEN WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS YOUR NAME WILL BE CALLED BY THE CHAIR TO COME UP AND A THREE-MINUTE TIME LIMIT APPLIES TO ALL SPEAKERS PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT. SPEAKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE PLEASE REMINDED TO REFRAIN FROM DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING MAKING VULGAR OR THREATENING REMARKS OR MAKING OR CAUSING DISRUPTIVE NOISES OR SOUNDS OR DISPLAYING SIGNS OR GRAPHICS. SPEAKERS ARE ALSO REMINDED TO REFRAIN FROM LAUNCHING PERSONAL ATTACKS AGAINST ANY CITY OFFICIAL, STAFF MEMBER OR ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. THE CHAIR WILL RULE OUT OF ORDER ANY PERSON WHO SPEAKS WITHOUT BEING RECOGNIZED OR ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL FROM OUTSIDE THE SPEAKER AREA AT THE PODIUM. PERSONS FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE COUNCIL RULES MAY ALSO BE RULED OUT OF ORDER AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE CHAMBERS FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY'S MEETING. IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT IS SET ON THE AGENDA AS A PUBLIC HEARING AND IT'S NOTED AS A PUBLIC HEARING, YOU WILL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK NOT AT PUBLIC COMMENT BUT LATER WHEN IT IS HEARD ON THE AGENDA. NO PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN LATER DURING STAFF REPORTS, SO IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT STAFF REPORTS OR ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, THE TIME IS NOW DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. FINALLY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD REFRAIN FROM ENGAGING A SPEAKER UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT TAKE QUESTIONS OR HAVE A DIALOGUE DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS YOUR POSITION. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. MICHAEL RANDOLPH IS OUR LONE REGISTERED SPEAKER AND THEN TO THE IN-PERSON. YES, MR. RANDOLPH. GOOD MORNING, SIR. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY NAME IS MICHAEL RANDOLPH. I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING DO NOT FORGET ABOUT ZION CEMETERY. TODAY I'M HERE TO DISCUSS A PRESSING ISSUE FACING OUR POCKETS. WHAT HAS COME TO BE KNOWN AS THE SAFETY NET CRISIS. LAST NIGHT, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF POSTING -- HOSTING THE -- PROJECT DESIGN FOR NONPROFIT AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISE WORKSHOP, WHICH BROUGHT TOGETHER REPRESENTATIVES FROM OVER 35 CITIES. ATTENDEES RANGE FROM COMMUNITY ADVOCATES TO SEASONED PROFESSIONALS AND DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES HIGHLIGHTED COMMON CHALLENGES. THERE MAY BE CONCERN BROUGHT UP GOING INTO DISCUSSION WAS THE REDUCTION IN FUNDING AND UNCERTAINTY. AS YOU KNOW, THE FEDERAL BUDGET HAS CUT SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN EXISTING. MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. THE CHALLENGE IS SEVERE FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN NONPROFITS WHICH PLACE SYSTEMIC EQUALITY AND FUNDING. TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES, NONPROFITS MUST DEPLOY STRATEGIES IN -- FUNDS BUILDING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS AND FOSTERING PARTNERSHIPS MOVING FORWARD. THE SAME WORKSHOP WILL BE DELIVERED TO NONPROFITS IN WEST TAMPA AND WILL FOCUS STRUGGLING WITH ORGANIZATIONS WITH THE SKILLS AND STRATEGIES NEEDED TO WEATHER THESE CHALLENGES AND BUILD ADAPTABILITY. WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE FOR PROFIT SECTOR. AS YOU KNOW, OUR WORKSHOPS COMING UP INCLUDE UNDERSTANDING INVESTORS, LENDERS, CREATING A BUSINESS PLAN, SALES, AND MARKETING 101, OF COURSE, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND HOME-BASED BUSINESSES. IF YOU ARE A NONPROFIT OR FOR PROFIT IN WEST TAMPA, WE HEAR YOU AND WE'RE COMING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. RANDOLPH. WE'LL NOW GO TO THE IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT. MR. MICHELINI. MS. AILEEN HENDERSON. SHE MAY HAVE STEPPED OUT. MR. MICHELINI, MS. HENDERSON AND MARTY GREEN. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. STEVE MICHELINI HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 70. THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT THE SOHO BUSINESS ALLIANCE SUPPORTS AND DOESN'T SUPPORT REGARDING THE STORMWATER PROJECT BEING PROPOSED FOR SOUTH HOWARD. IT WILL NOT SUPPORT ANYTHING GOING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS OR DISRUPTS THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN ANY WAY. WE HAVE PROPOSED AN ALTERNATE ROUTE WHICH INCLUDES GOING DOWN AND USING CITY OF RIGHT-OF-WAY AND CSX RIGHT-OF-WAY. WHICH SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED THOROUGHLY BEFORE ANY DECISIONS ARE MADE REGARDING THIS PROJECT. IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY WITHOUT INVESTIGATING AND LOOKING AT SOME ADDITIONAL ALTERNATIVES, INCLUDING THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE PARK THAT EXISTS ALONG SWANN AND THE RAILROAD TRACKS, WHICH IS A VERY LARGE TRACT OF LAND. WE RECOMMEND IT BE LOOKED AT FOR POTENTIAL UNDERGROUND STORMWATER RETENTION BEFORE ANY OF THE WATER IS TRANSFERRED DOWN THE OTHER ROUTES. SOUTH HOWARD IS THE LIFEBLOOD OF THAT BUSINESS COMMUNITY. DISRUPTING IT, DESTROYING THAT WOULD BE A TRAVESTY. ALSO, IT WOULD BE EQUALLY DEVASTATING FOR THOSE NEIGHBORS, EITHER PARKLAND ESTATES OR NEW SUBURB BEAUTIFUL TO BE DISRUPTED. THERE ARE ALTERNATE ROUTES. WE URGE THE CITY STAFF TO LOOK AT THEM VERY CAREFULLY. I HAVE A PREPARED STATEMENT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A COPY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SURE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE IT TO THE ATTORNEY. >> IT IS FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG TO HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS BEING PITTED AGAINST EACH OTHER AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. WE'VE ASKED THAT THEY JOIN TOGETHER WITH THE BUSINESS ALLIANCE, INCLUDING PARKLAND AND NEW SUBURB BEAUTIFUL AND EXAMINING ALTERNATE ROUTES THAT DON'T DISTURB AND DISRUPT EITHER OF THE THREE AREAS. I WOULD BE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PRESENTATION LATER. THE CONTRACT CURRENTLY CALLS FOR KIMMINS TO LOOK AT BRISTOL TO HOWARD, MORRIS TO HOWARD AND SWANN TO HOWARD. I ALSO WOULD URGE THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER LOOKING AT THAT CONTRACT AND URGING THE ADMINISTRATION TO REVISE IT TO INCLUDE OTHER ALTERNATE ROUTES. I UNDERSTAND FROM ARE THE MEMORANDUM CITY STAFF SAID THEY ARE LOOKING AT IT. HOWEVER, THE CONTRACT IS NOT PROVIDING FOR THAT OTHER OPTION. ANYWAY, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY LARGE PROJECT. IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT FOR ALL OF THOSE INVOLVED. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN ALTERNATIVE THAT DOES NOT DISRUPT THE NEIGHBORHOODS OR THE BUSINESSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AILEEN HENDERSON, MARTY GREEN, RIVA. AND MENTESNOT. >> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. AILEEN HENDERSON. I'M HERE FOR PAUL GUZZO. TODAY IS A HAPPY DAY. IT IS WONDERFUL WHEN WE SEE PEOPLE LIKE PAUL GUZZO CELEBRATED. WE DON'T SEE ENOUGH OF IT. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE I MAKE A POINT TO THANK ALL OF YOU PERSONALLY FOR LOOKING OUT FOR PAUL AND MAKING SURE HE IS RECOGNIZED. I HAVE TO TELL YOU, WHEN I STARTED THE CEMETERY SOCIETY, I REMEMBER MY FIRST MEETING WITH PAUL. HE WAS VERY INTENSE AND WAS VERY, LET'S JUST GET TO THE TRUTH AND CUT TO THE CHASE KIND OF PERSON, WHICH IS VERY MUCH HOW I AM. I COULD DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT. BUT HE DID AN AWESOME JOB. WHAT I'VE ALWAYS SAID ABOUT THE WORK THAT THE CEMETERY SOCIETY DOES IS WE ARE NOT WITHOUT THOSE JOURNALISTS AND THE MEDIA. WE REALLY ARE NOTHING. NOT EVEN SOCIAL MEDIA CAN TOUCH WHAT JOURNALISTS IN THE MEDIA CAN DO FOR US. WHAT PAUL GUZZO HAS DONE FOR TAMPA'S HISTORIC CEMETERIES DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE APPLAUDED. I'M SAD HE'S NOT A JOURNALIST ANYMORE BECAUSE I WOULD RELY ON HIM WHEN WE HAD STORIES TO GET OUT THERE. HE'S BEEN DOING WONDERFUL WORK WITH USF. I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE STUFF HE'S DONE OVER THERE. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. TODAY IS A GOOD DAY AND I APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. MARTY GREEN, RIVA, MENTESNOT. GOOD MORNING, SIR. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MARTY GREEN. I WORK FOR THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT TRANSPORTATION. I HAVE PICTURES TO SHOW YOU. THIS IS IN SOUTH TAMPA THAT WE PAVED. THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS LOST A TACK CONTRACT. THIS IS WATER BASED TACK. IT'S MESSING UP ALL THE BUBBLES IN THE STREET. IT'S MESSING UP EVERYTHING IN SOUTH TAMPA. WE BROUGHT IT TO THE SUPERVISOR' ATTENTION, MICHAEL BROWN AND VIK BHIDE. WE'RE DEVELOPING WITH RACISM. I WENT TO VIK BHIDE IN SEPTEMBER AND EXPLAINED ABOUT THE SITUATION WHICH SUPERVISORS CALL IN -- CALLING EMPLOYEES MONKEYS. NOTHING WAS DONE TO THEM. WE WENT TO HR, NOTHING WAS DONE. I SPOKE TO HR ABOUT OTHER SITUATIONS ABOUT HOW RETALIATION, HOW I'M BEING TREATED. THEY DID NOTHING ABOUT IT. THEY TOLD ME I NEED TO SHUT UP AND MIND MY BUSINESS. AS OF RIGHT NOW, I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH WE GET FIVE TONS OF ASPHALT. WE TOLD HIM WE'RE NOT GOING TO USE IT. WE ONLY USE TWO TONS OF ASPHALT. WE DUMPED THE REST ON 9th AVENUE AND ORANGE ROAD. 63rd AND BROADWAY AND 48th AND BROADWAY. WE WERE DUMPING MIX. FOR THE PEOPLE SPENDING THEIR MONEY, ME AS A TAXPAYER, DUMPING ASPHALT AND DUMPING THE MIX IS NOT CALLED FOR. WE TOLD THEM WE ARE NOT ABLE TO USE IT. WE WERE TOLD IF WE DON'T DO IT, WE WOULD GET WRITTEN UP. I KNOW AFTER I DO THIS, I MAY LOSE MY JOB AND GET FIRED. THE CITY OF TAMPA MOBILITY DEPARTMENT IS BEING RUN LIKE A DOG AND PONY SHOW UNDER A DICTATOR OF MICHAEL BROWN. MICHAEL BROWN ASKED ME TO BORROW $10,000. HR, REFUSED TO DO IT. I WANT TO PROVE WHO I AM AS A MAN. CAN I TAKE THE TEST. THEY REFUSED TO DO IT. EVERYTHING UNDER THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT, THE MORALE OF THE DEPARTMENT HAS GONE DOWN SINCE A BECOME CHIEF OPERATOR. I TOLD HIM ABOUT, NO DISRESPECT TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. WE HAVE HAITIANS THAT WORK AT THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT UNDER SUBCONTRACTOR. I BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION ABOUT A D.O.T. STANDARDS. YOU CANNOT TOUCH ANY OF THE MOT PRODUCT. THEY TOLD ME, OH, WE'LL LOOK INTO IT. WHEN I WENT AGAIN, THEY TOLD ME, OH, MIND YOUR BUSINESS. WE'RE LOOKING INTO IT. IT IS A $300,000 TEMP BUDGET. MOBILITY DEPARTMENT NEED TO BE AUDITED. AUDIT NEEDS TO GO ON. RIGHT NOW, MACHINES BOUGHT THAT CITY COUNCIL DID NOT APPROVE OF AND RIGHT NOW, SUPERVISORS ARE STEALING TIME FROM THE CITY. YOU'RE PUT IN POSITION, EMPLOYEES THAT DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE JOB, PUTTING THEM IN THAT POSITION. RIGHT NOW, THAT NEED TO BE LOOKED INTO. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: RIVA IMAN,. >> I'M RIVA IMAN, VICE-CHAIR OF THE ZION PRESBYTERIAN. IT WAS COINCIDENT THAT I CHOOSE TODAY TO COME TO THIS MEETING AND YOU ALL ARE PRAISING PAUL GUZZO. ZION CEMETERY, THE STORY HE WROTE ON THE ZION CEMETERY AND ALSO SOME OTHER CEMETERIES. BUT TO HEAR YOU ALL PRAISE IT TODAY, PUT A DIFFERENT TO ME MIND-WISE. OVER FIVE YEARS, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO THINGS WITH ZION CEMETERY AND IT'S YET TO HAVE BEEN DONE. BUT I LISTENED TO YOU ALL TODAY. THANK YOU FOR THE STORIES. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS OUT. LET'S DO A STORY WITH YOU ALL. LET'S LET YOU MAKE HISTORY TOO. LET'S MAKE ZION HISTORY. LET'S SEE WHAT THIS ADMINISTRATION TODAY COULD FULFILL WHAT WE NEED DONE FOR ZION THAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE YET. WE HAVE BEEN SITTING BACK WAITING FOR THE CITY TO MAKE SOME THINGS HAPPEN. AND IT'S YET TO BE DONE TODAY. I ASK OF YOU TO SET UP A MEETING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY WHO HAS BEEN DEALING WITH ZION AND CITY OFFICIALS WHO HAVE BEEN TALKING AMONG THEMSELVES TO BE A PART, TO SEE SOME OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS. I'M THE VICE-CHAIR. FRED HEARNS IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE NONPROFIT. WE ASK TO HAVE A MEETING WITH YOU ALL. LET'S SEE WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON. HISTORY IS IN THE MAKING. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE SO FAR. THANK YOU ALL FOR HOW YOU PRAISED PAUL. THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO FOR PAUL, MYSELF, THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE LAYING THERE RESTING IS TO BRING SOME PEACE. IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GET THE FUNDING TO DO IT BECAUSE OF THREE PARCELS, THREE DIFFERENT OWNERS THAT WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET YOU ALL TO GIVE THEM SOME LAND SO WE CAN GET SOME FUNDING. WE CANNOT GET FUNDING -- WE CANNOT MOVE FORWARD. IT'S BEEN OVER FIVE YEARS. THERE IS ANOTHER ASK. IF YOU COULD GIVE US $15 MILLION, GUESS WHAT, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE THREE OWNERS. YOU HAVE THAT IN YOUR BUDGET TO GIVE US. THERE ARE THINGS WE WANT TO DO TO EDUCATE THE CITY, STUDENTS HERE, FAMILIES, IT'S FOR EVERYONE. HISTORY IS IN THE MAKING, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE THIS DONE FAST. MS. HENDERSON, PLEASE, AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE, WE WOULD LIKE TO SET THAT UP WITH THE ATTORNEY DEALING WITH THE TWO OTHER OWNERS, YOURSELF AND WHOEVER CITY OFFICIALS. LET'S SIT DOWN AT THE TABLE AND MAKE IT HAPPEN. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PLEASE ADDRESS THE COUNCIL BODY AS A WHOLE, JUST FOR ANYBODY SPEAKING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM. >> THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MENTESNOT, YVONNE FERRELLI. >> MENTESNOT, UHURU. TAMPA FLORIDA. UHURU MEANS FREEDOM IN SWAHILI. WE AS AFRICAN PEOPLE SHOULD ALWAYS BE THINKING ABOUT OUR FREEDOM. FOR 825 YEARS WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT FREEDOM. NO SELF-DETERMINATION, NO INDEPENDENCE, NO ANY OF THOSE THINGS, NO LIBERTY, NO JUSTICE. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT CHILD SUPPORT. YOU SAY YOU'VE GOT TO TALK ABOUT THE CITY COUNCIL AS A WHOLE OR WANT THEM TO COLLECTIVELY GET ON THE PHONE AND CALL THE CHIEF JUDGE AND TELL THEM CHILD SUPPORT IS ILLEGAL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL. IT IS THE FOURTH BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT. IT IS A BIG GENOCIDE PROGRAM. IT IS AN ETHNIC CLEANSING PROGRAM AND IT IS A SLOW NEGRO GENOCIDE PROGRAM. IT HAS ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GREAT REPLACEMENT THEORY. IT HAVE ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS OF EUGENICS PROGRAM, AND IT HAS SOME NASTY HEARING OFFICERS OVER THERE. ARABELLA CAMPBELL, CHARLES DENTON, SABRINA FRYE, KU KLUX KLAN, DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY, GOING ON A FEW BLOCKS FROM HERE. AS NASTY AS EVER. BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THEY SUSPEND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF AFRICAN PEOPLE'S DRIVER'S LICENSES. TENS OF THOUSANDS DRIVER'S LICENSES. SUSPEND MY DRIVER'S LICENSE BECAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD TO SEND A CHECK TO MY CHILD SO YOU SUSPEND MY DRIVER'S LICENSE. YOU PUT ME IN DEBTOR PRISON THAT WHITE PEOPLE SAY ILLEGAL SINCE THE 1200s AND THE U.S. LAW SAID WAS ILLEGAL SINCE 1833 AND THE U.S. CONSTITUTION SAYS ILLEGAL. BUT THEY STILL PUTTING BLACK PEOPLE IN PRISON FOR DEBT, CALLING IT CIVIL CONTEMPT OF COURT. YEAH, ALL KIND OF TRICKS. THIS CITY COUNCIL NEED TO ON THAT. IT'S RUINING MANY AFRICAN PEOPLE'S LIVES THAT THEY CAN'T EVEN RECOVER. YOU CAN'T RECOVER FROM IT. AND THEY HAVE A BIG TRICK DOWN THERE. SO MANY BLACK MEN WALKING AROUND THE HOOD, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 100, 150 THOUSAND DOLLARS BACK CHILD SUPPORT. WHERE IS THAT TAKING PLACE? HOW IS THAT GOING TO GET PAID? RUINING AFRICAN PEOPLE'S LIVES. RUIN AFRICAN FAMILIES' LIVES. I WANT THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE A MOVE AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT CHILD SUPPORT. TIME TO HAVE A MORATORIUM ON CHILD SUPPORT. IT'S HURTING TOO MANY AFRICAN PEOPLE. PLAIN AND SIMPLE. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YVONNE FERRELLI, SAMAHA AND ELLSWORTH. >> YVONNE FERRELLI ON BEHALF OF PARKLAND ESTATES CIVIC CLUB. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY. I WANT TO ADDRESS THAT THIS COUNCIL HAD UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO SUPPORT BYPASSING PARKLAND ESTATES AND THE SOUTH HOWARD FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT, RESOLUTION CM 24-6831. RECENTLY, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE STORMWATER MANAGER AND SHE HAD SAID THAT THE PROPOSED PROJECTS WOULD BE HEADING DOWN THE THREE PROPOSED PROJECTS IN PARKLAND ESTATES. TWO DOWN LAKEVIEW AVENUE AND ONE SWANN TO HOWARD. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT WHEN YOU UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO KEEP PARKLAND ESTATES FREE OF BOX CULVERTS, THE SIZE OF THE BOX CULVERT WAS 10 BY 5. THIS PROJECT HAS ELEVATED AND PROGRESSED TO A BOX CULVERT PROPOSED TO BE 10 BY 12. IN ORDER FOR MR. ZAMINA TO INSTALL SUCH A LARGE BOX, HE WOULD NEED 36 FEET ACROSS THE STREET OF LAKEVIEW. LAKEVIEW IS ONLY 21 FEET ACROSS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, WE CAN SEE IT. >> SO IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THE 36 FEET OF WORK SPACE, HE WOULD BE INTRUDING ON TO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND DESTROYING THAT TREE-LINED RIGHT-OF-WAY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET. THE CONES ARE MARKED AT 36 FEET. THE CURB IS 21 FEET AND THE TRENCH BOX FOR THIS BOX CULVERT IS 20 FEET. HE ALSO SAYS HE NEEDS ANOTHER FOUR AND A HALF FEET TO DIG THE HOLE. SO THE HOLE WOULD BE ABOUT 25 FEET ACROSS. THAT'S GONE BEYOND THE CURBS OF THE STREET. AND GOING DOWN APPROXIMATELY 16 TO 23 FEET IN THE GROUND. THE WATER TABLE IS AT 6 FEET. HE WILL HAVE TO BE PUMPING OUT A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF GROUNDWATER THROUGH THE LENGTH OF LAKEVIEW TO INSTALL THESE BOX CULVERTS. I AGAIN WANT TO ADDRESS COUNCIL AND ASK THEM FOR THE SUPPORT TO KEEP THESE BOX CULVERTS OUT OF PARKLAND ESTATES. THEY WERE TOO LARGE AT 10 BY 5, AND THEY ARE EXTREMELY TOO LARGE AT 10 BY 12. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. MARILYN SAMAHA. YES MA'AM. GO AHEAD. YES MA'AM. GO AHEAD. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MARILYN SAMAHA. I'M HERE AS VICE PRESIDENT OF PARKLAND ESTATES CIVIC CLUB. WE SENT YOU THIS LETTER ON APRIL 27. WE ALSO HAD A MEETING WITH THE MAYOR ON MARCH THE 5th WHICH BASICALLY STATES OUR POSITION HERE. WE ARE THE SOLE PEOPLE OF PARKLAND ESTATES, THE OFFICIAL COMMUNITY CIVIC CLUB. YOU WILL HEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE USING OUR NAMES IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS. ON BEHALF OF PARKLAND ESTATES, WE ARE WRITING YOU TO URGE YOU TO CONTINUE SUPPORT AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RESOLUTION FILE CM 24-6831 WHICH IS RIGHT THERE, REGARDING THE PROPOSED SOUTH HOWARD FLOOD RELIEF PROJECT ROUTES. THIS RECEIVED UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. SPECIFICALLY, THIS MOTION DIRECTS STAFF TO ELIMINATE THE USE OF BRISTOL AVENUE FOR VAULTS AND TO BYPASS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PARKLAND ESTATES BY UTILIZING COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS TO RESERVE FLOODING ISSUE. IT FURTHER STIPULATES REFUSAL TO FUND OR APPROVE THE PROJECT OTHERWISE. THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS A CLEAR RESPONSIBILITY TO ADHERE TO THIS DIRECTIVE. FORTUNATELY, VIABLE COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS EXIST THAT WOULD ALLOW THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT WITHOUT IMPACTING THE PARKLAND ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD. THE PROPOSED ROUTE OUTLINED IN THE JMT PROPOSAL FOLLOWING SWANN AVENUE TO HOWARD AVENUE AND THEN TO BAYSHORE BOULEVARD ALIGNS WITH YOUR UNANIMOUS RESOLUTION OF CM 24-6831. WE THE RESIDENTS OF PARKLAND ESTATES FIRMLY SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CITY PROPOSED ROUTE BYPASSING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. IN CONTRAST, THE OTHER TWO JMT PROPOSAL ROUTES GO DOWN LAKEVIEW AVENUE TO BRISTOL, LAKEVIEW AVENUE TO MORRISON, AND WE SHOWED YOU THE DEVASTATION THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THESE SMALL INTERIOR RESIDENTIAL ROADS. ACCORDING TO JOHN ZA MENA, VP OF KIMMINS, THIS WOULD NECESSITATE TRENCHES 36 FEET WIDE, WHICH REALLY ARE SIDEWALK TO SIDEWALK WITH A LITTLE BIT IN. GIVEN THAT LAKEWOOD AVENUE IS ONLY 21 FEET FROM CURB TO CURB, ACHIEVING THIS WIDTH WOULD RESULT IN THE DESTRUCTION OF NEARLY THE ENTIRE TREE-LINED RIGHT-OF-WAY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET, LEADING TO THE LOSS OF OVER 180 MATURE TREES. THEREFORE, PARKLAND ESTATES UNEQUIVOCALLY SUPPORTS THE CITY PROPOSED JMT ROUTE OF SWANN AVENUE, HOWARD AVENUE, BAYSHORE BOULEVARD AS IT IS THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR RESIDENTS. WE REQUEST YOU ENFORCE YOUR UNANIMOUS RESOLUTION OF CM 24-6831, AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. MR. WILLIAMS. REVEREND. THOMAS. BEFORE YOU SPEAK, SIR, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE BISHOP TOM SCOTT IN THE AUDIENCE. FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND COUNTY COMMISSIONER AND CHAIR OF BOTH, I BELIEVE. HE IS HERE WITH US. GOOD MORNING, SIR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. WILLIAMS. I GO BY TONY. CEO AND PRESIDENT OF VETERANS COUNSELING VETERANS. ONE TRICK PONY. WHEN YOU SEE ME UP HERE, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE VETERANS. I'M HERE THERE TO MAKE SURE A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF THE VETERAN POPULATION IS NOT FORGOTTEN. HONOR MY FELLOW VETERANS, BROTHERS AND SISTERS ON MEMORIAL DAY. SOME OF THESE BROTHERS DON'T GET THE SAME HONOR OR RECOGNITION DURING MEMORIAL DAY. WHO ARE THESE VETERANS? THE VETERANS I'M TALKING ABOUT ARE VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS WHO DIE BY SUICIDE. IN FACT, FLORIDA HAS OVER -- VETERANS OVER 65. SUICIDE CONTINUES TO RISE. YES, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, SUICIDE STILL CONTINUES IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE JUST LOST A HERO, RETIRED LIEUTENANT COLONEL. HE WAS A SPECIAL OPERATOR. ANYBODY IN THE MILITARY, WHEN WE SAY SPECIAL OPERATORS, EXCUSE MY FRENCH, MEANS BADASS. HE DIED BY SUICIDE. LEFT BEHIND A SON AND A FAMILY. I TOLD MYSELF HE WOULD NOT BE FORGOTTEN. VETERANS COUNSELING VETERANS SO WE MAKE SURE VETERANS AND FAMILIES ARE NOT FORGOTTEN, WE HAVE A SPECIAL CEREMONY GOING ON, OUR 11th ONE, FAMILIES OF VETERANS AND THEIR FRIENDS AND RESPONDERS WHO DIE BY SUICIDE. I ADDED FIRST RESPONDERS BECAUSE IT IS PERSONAL. MY WIFE SERVED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR 25 YEARS. WHENEVER A LAW ENFORCEMENT DIED BY SUICIDE, IT AFFECTS HER. IF IT AFFECTS HER, IT AFFECTS ME. THAT'S WHY I MADE SURE TO INCLUDE THEM IN THIS MEMORIAL. I'M INVITING THE COUNCIL AS USUAL. COUNCILMAN LUIS VIERA HAS BEEN A GUEST SPEAKER MANY, MANY TIMES. I INVITE HIM AGAIN. WE'RE BUSY DURING MEMORIAL. WE HAD THIS PARTICULAR MEMORIAL BECAUSE IT REALLY IS A TIME OF A SAFE SPACE. OFTENTIMES, A SPECIAL OPERATOR GIVING HIS LIFE COUNTLESS TIMES AND ASK HIS SON OR WIFE HOW DID HE DIE, IMAGINE WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY. THERE IS THE STIGMA. WE GIVE THEM A SAFE SPACE TO COME THERE, HONOR THE VETERAN. THEY NEED THAT. THEY WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN. I'M ASKING YOU, THE COUNCIL, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY INVITED. ON THE 24th OF MAY, 11:30, AMERICAN LOW JUNE 5. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. REVEREND. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. I COORDINATE CLIMATE AND JUSTICE FAITH PROGRAM AT A LUTHERAN SEMINARY. LAST NIGHT WE INVITED TWO PSYCHIATRISTS TO THE CLASS. PEOPLE SHARE TRAUMA ABOUT RECENT HURRICANES, THE LOSS OF NEIGHBORS HOMES TREE. ONE OF THE THINGS THE PSYCHIATRIST RECOMMENDED TO HEAL FROM TRAUMA WAS FIRST TO NAME WHAT WE'RE FEELING, BUILD RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND A CHANCE TO CHANGE HOPELESSNESS WITH ACTION. SO HERE I AM. I'M SADDENED AND DISGUSTED. THERE IS A DESERT IN THE MAKING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. MOST OF US FEEL AS IF WE ARE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF HURRICANE SEASON, THE SENSE OF THREAT, DESTRUCTION AND LOSS CONTINUES. WHAT CODE NOT UNEARTHED. KEEP FALLING ON DEAF EARS. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE TO GUIDE US? WE ARE GREATLY DISTRESSED TO SEE THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA YESTERDAY ISSUED A PERMIT TO A PRIVATE DEVELOPER TO REMOVE A GRAND CAM FOR IN THE CITY'S RIGHT-OF-WAY AT THE ENTRANCE OF ITS PARK. MANY RESIDENTS SENT PETITIONS TO THE CITY TO PREVENT THAT THIS HEALTHY AND NON-HAZARDOUS TREES BE CUT DOWN, INCLUDING THIS GRAND CAMPHOR WITHOUT RATIONALE BY THE DEVELOPER. WE ASK, ONE, WHY WASN'T THIS GRAND TREE REMOVAL REQUEST REFERRED TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AS THE CITY CODE SAYS? THE CITY'S WEBSITE OFFERS A DOCUMENT ENTITLED CHAPTER 13 CODE REVISIONS, WHAT IT STATES, IF TREE REMOVAL IS FOR A TREE LOCATED IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, IT IS REFERRED TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. NOTHING IN ACCELA SHOWS THAT THE TREE REMOVAL REQUEST WAS REFERRED TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. TWO, WHY NO MITIGATION REQUIRED FOR THE GRANT CAMPHOR TREE AS CODE SAYS? ANOTHER CITY OF TAMPA SECTION OF THE CODE READS, THE CAMPHOR TREE SHALL BE DEEMED PROTECTED FOR PURPOSES OF MITIGATION, REPLACEMENT CALCULATION. THERE IS NOTHING IN ACCELA THAT DOCUMENTS ANY MITIGATION WAS CONSIDERED OR REQUIRED. THREE, WILL THE PARK DEVELOPMENT INTERVENE TO STOP THE REMOVAL OF THE TWO TREES IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY ENTRANCE OF THE PARK? BASED ON ARBORIST 2024 TREE SURVEY OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT, DEVELOPMENT OR PERSONS UNKNOWN REMOVE WITH OR WITHOUT PERMITS, INCLUDING TREES IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY NEXT TO THE PARK. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DEVELOPER'S FIVE LOTS TODAY, WHAT YOU SEE IS BARE LAND. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A NEIGHBORHOOD. HAS TO BE A LIMIT HOW MANY TREES THEY ARE ALLOWED TO CUT IN PUBLIC LANDS. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. PLEASE HELP US PROTECT THE REMAINING TREES. HELP NOT JUST DEVELOPERS BUT ALSO THE FRIENDS OF THE PARK. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. SPAULDING, YOU ARE THE NEXT SPEAKER. WOULD YOU LIKE TO USE YOUR THREE MINUTES? GO AHEAD AND MR. BOBBY KRADEN AND RACIAL RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE. I DON'T KNOW IF THE COMMITTEE IS COMING UP ALL TOGETHER. WE'LL ADDRESS THAT AT THAT TIME. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. THOMAS SPAULDING HERE TODAY AS A REPRESENTATIVE ALSO WITH FRIENDS OF EPPS PARK. FORMED BY HUNDREDS OF SEMINOLE HEIGHTS NEIGHBORS THAT SEEK TO PROTECT THE PARK, RIVER AND NATURAL RESOURCES IN RESPONSE TO THE TRAUMA THAT WE ALL EXPERIENCED DURING THOSE STORMS IN 2024 AND BECAUSE OF THIS DEVELOPER'S PROPOSAL FOR MULTI-LOT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND ROAD IN EPPS ADJACENT FLOODPLAIN. I'M BACK HERE TODAY REPRESENTING FRIENDS OF EPPS PARK BECAUSE THE DEVELOPER IS SAVVY. HE KNOWS HOW TO REMOVE HIMSELF FROM THE LEGITIMATE AUTHORITY OF THIS BODY TO HAVE NO SCRUTINY, NO PUBLIC INPUT INTO A MULTI-LOT DEVELOPMENT. HE'S GOING IN ONE LOT AT A TIME. THE FIRST TWO LOTS HAVE HIT THE PERMIT PROCESS. AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SPEAK TO, BECAUSE IT SPEAKS TO THIS ORDINANCE ABOUT FILL. OUR TECHNICAL COMMITTEE OF FRIENDS OF EPPS PARK HAS VOLUNTEERED ENGINEERS WITH MORE THAN 60 YEARS OF COMBINED EXPERIENCE. WE'VE REVIEWED THE PLANS. IT SHOWS A CEMENT WALL CONSTRUCTED IN THE FLOODPLAIN AND SIGNIFICANT VOLUMES OF FILL BEING BROUGHT IN TO PUT BEHIND THAT WALL IN THE FLOODPLAIN, AE 12, BELOW THE BASE FLOOD ELEVATION LEVEL OF 12 FEET. THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS PASSED THESE ORDINANCES CALLED FLOOD RESISTANT DEVELOPMENT TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY FROM FLOODING. SPECIFICALLY, SECTION 5, 12122 ADDRESSES THE USE OF FILL IN THE FLOODPLAIN. IT SAYS, FILL IS NOT ALLOWED WITHOUT COMPENSATORY EXCAVATION UNLESS PROPER ENGINEERING STUDY SHOWING NO ADVERSE EFFECTS. NO FILL IN THE FLOODPLAIN UNLESS YOU COMPENSATE WITH TAKING FILL OUT. THIS BRINGS ME TO OUR REQUEST FOR ALL OF YOU, WHICH IS, WE'VE BEEN ASKING THE CITY STAFF AND DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT IF AND WHEN THEY WILL APPLY THIS CODE TO THESE PERMITS. WE'VE BEEN TOLD OR MISLEADING STATEMENTS AND THERE ARE THREE THINGS I WANT TO RAISE. I'M ASKING FOR CITY COUNCIL TO INTERVENE AND SPEAK WITH THEM THEMSELVES AND CLARIFY IF AND WHEN THIS CODE WILL BE APPLIED. FIRST, WE'RE NOT GETTING DIRECT ANSWERS. WE'VE REPEATEDLY ASKED FOR THAT INFORMATION. THEY HAVE NOT PROVIDED DIRECT ANSWER TO OUR QUESTION. THE SECOND REASON WE'RE ALERTING YOU TO THIS IS ON ITS FACE, IT APPEARS THE CITY MAY NOT BE FOLLOWING ITS OWN CODE. WE FOUND OUT IT'S NOT JUST THIS PROJECT BUT MULTIPLE PROJECT WHERE FILL IS BEING ALLOWED WITHOUT ANY KIND OF EXCAVATION TO COMPENSATE IN THE FLOODPLAIN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU STILL HAVE 30 SECONDS. >> THANK YOU. THE THIRD REASON I'M IN FRONT OF YOU, FEMA ENCOURAGES THIS BECAUSE THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. IT IS ABOUT THE WHOLE CITY. OUR DISCOUNTS IN THE FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM RELY ON US COMPLYING WITH OUR OWN CODE AROUND FLOOD RESISTANT DEVELOPMENT. WE GET A 5% BUMP IN DISCOUNTS IF WE COMPLY. EACH TIME WE LOSE A -- EACH TIME WE DON'T COMPLY AND GO BELOW THRESHOLD, WE LOSE $2.2 MILLION IN PREMIUM DISCOUNTS FOR CITIZENS OF THIS CITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOUR INTERVENTION ON THIS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. BOBBY KRADEN AND THEN THE RACIAL RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE. ROBIN LOCKETT AND STEPHANIE POYNOR. GOOD MORNING, SIR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> BOBBY KRADEN. YOU ALL HAVE AN UNENVIABLE JOB. YOU HAVE MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THE CITY FROM STORMWATER, FLOOD RELIEF TRANSPORTATION THINGS THAT DIRECTLY AFFECT THE SAFETY AND RESILIENCY OF THE PEOPLE OF OUR CITY. BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO DIVE INTO SMALLER ISSUES THAT ARE FULL OF MINUTIA, SUCH AS NOISE ORDINANCES OR THE SIZE OF DIGITAL SIGNS. I WOULD ASK YOU TO TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO ONE OF THOSE ISSUES, ONE OF THE MINUTIA ISSUES. IT'S ONE I'VE BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT FOR A WHILE, WHICH IS HOW THE CITY MIGHT BE ABLE TO MANAGE VACANT SPACES TO FIND A BETTER BALANCE BETWEEN PROPERTY RIGHTS AND RESPECTING PEOPLE'S SPACE WHILE ALSO ACHIEVING EQUITABLE OUTCOMES FOR VULNERABLE NEIGHBORHOODS. I'VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THIS. I FIGURED I WOULD PUT IT OUT THERE FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE. I CREATED A WEBSITE WITH ALL OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE LOOKED AT FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. I TYPED EVERY WORD OF WHAT'S WRITTEN THERE. THERE IS AN E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR PEOPLE WHO MIGHT WANT TO LEARN MORE. SOME OF THE THINGS WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO ARE FAIRLY COMMON SENSE, I WOULD SAY. DO WE HAVE CAPABLE DATA MANAGEMENT PRACTICES TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A STRATEGIC APPROACH TO THIS PROBLEM FOR PROPERTY OWNERS WITH HISTORIC STRUCTURES ALMOST DISINTEGRATING. IS THERE A WAY TO HAVE A TIMELINE OR STEPWISE PROCESS WHERE THEY ARE NOT SLAMMED WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT ALL THE TIME? ARE THERE ALTERNATIVE BOARDING MATERIALS THAT ALLOW GREATER VISIBILITY INTO STRUCTURES FOR INSPECTION? ARE THE HARDSHIP ALLOWANCE CRITERIA ACTUALLY HELPING PEOPLE THAT ARE IN NEED? THE LIST GOES ON AND ON AND ON. I'LL CUT IT SHORT. THE POINT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE TODAY IS THE CITY IS IN AN ECOSYSTEM FULL OF RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM. THERE IS THE FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT AT USF. THEY PARTNER WITH THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF CODE ENFORCEMENT. THERE ARE VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS THAT OFFER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND EXPERTISE ON THIS ISSUE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE DEPARTMENT ALREADY LOOKS AT. THEY ARE CONTINUALLY CONSIDERING AND EVALUATING BEST PRACTICES OF SIMILAR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THROUGHOUT FLORIDA. THIS IS FROM THEIR REPORT IN FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR. MAYBE A FIRST STEP SINCE WE CAN KIND OF EXPLORE THIS AT A LOW LEVEL. IT MIGHT BE COULD WE GET A WRITTEN REPORT ABOUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MIGHT BE CONSIDERED AS BEST PRACTICES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT? WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT? THINGS THEY ARE LOOKING AT? ARE WE BEING STRATEGIC ABOUT THE VARIOUS ISSUES THAT THE DEPARTMENT CONFRONTS AND JUST GO FROM THERE WITH A WRITTEN REPORT. IT MIGHT BE AN EASY WAY TO WALK OURSELVES INTO PROGRESS ON THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. NEXT UP, WE'LL HAVE THE RACIAL RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE. IS THERE A MAIN SPEAKER FOR THE GROUP? I WANT TO WELCOME, FIRST THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR BEING HERE, ESPECIALLY MY FRIEND, DR. JEFFREY JOHNSON WHO IS MY APPOINTEE TO THE BOARD. ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD MORNING, SIR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD MORNING. CHRISTOPHER HARRIS. AS YOU CAN SEE I HAVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE HERE WITH ME, SOME THAT ARE NOT HERE THIS MORNING. I'LL READ A PREPARED STATEMENT, IF I MAY. TIME IS A NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCE. ONCE IT IS SPENT, CAN'T GET IT BACK. 2023, GROUP OF COMMUNITY AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERS WERE DESIGNATED TO SERVE AS MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA'S RACIAL RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE. THE VISION, AGENDA, AND WORK FOR THIS COMMITTEE SEEMED EXCITING AND EMPOWERING AND MANY SELECTED FOR THE COMMITTEE AS WELL AS MANY ONLOOKERS EAGER TO NOT ONLY GET THE COMMITTEE TO WORK AND GET STARTED BUT TO SEE THE RESULTS OF THAT WORK. EVERY MEMBER OF THE CURRENT CITY COUNCIL AND MANY MEMBERS OF THE CITY STAFF WERE EXCITED TO SEE THIS TRAIN MOVING FORWARD. TO BE FRANK, WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE TO MAKE OF WHAT THE MAYOR'S RESPONSE OR EXCITEMENT WAS TO THE COMMITTEE. WHILE ACKNOWLEDGING THE REALITY, WE WILL NOT GO INTO DETAIL ON THE NUMBER OF MATTERS, DISCUSSIONS RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEES, PROMISES CHANNELED THROUGH THE CITY REGARDING THE ADVANCEMENT OF ISSUES THAT DIRECTLY PERTAIN TO THE CITY'S AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY. HISTORY HAS RECORDED THE REALITIES AND CURRENT DYNAMIC HAS REVEALED THE FRUIT FROM THOSE ACTIONS AND SOMETIMES INACTION. THIS EDITORIAL IS TO SPECIFICALLY SPEAK TO THE LACK OF ENGAGEMENT, RESPONSIVENESS AND COMMITMENT TO THE WORK OF THIS COMMITTEE BY THE CITY'S MAYOR, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND STAFF, THIS COMMITTEE IS REAPING THE HARVEST FROM A DIVIDED CITY LEADERSHIP. IT IS NOT A STRETCH FOR ANY OBSERVER OF THE ACTIVITY OF BOTH THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES OF OUR CITY GOVERNMENT TO NOTICE QUICKLY THAT WHILE THEY ARE CORDIAL WITH ONE ANOTHER, THEY ARE NOT COLLABORATIVE NOR ARE THEY PROACTIVELY INNOVATIVE IN MOVING CERTAIN ISSUES PROGRESSIVELY FORWARD. THEIR ACTIVITY IS MORE LIKE TEENAGE SIBLINGS WHO ARE EM MESHED IN THE BLAME GAME WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG. NO WAY WE SUGGESTING THE COMMITTEE TRYING TO CHECK THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES. WE ARE THE VISITING COUSIN SITTING IN THE FAMILY ROOM WATCHING THE TWO ARGUE OVER WHAT WE'RE GOING TO EAT AND WHO WILL EAT FIRST. IT IS DISHEARTENING TO DEDICATE ENERGY, TALENT, EXPERTISE AND TIME TO A PROJECT TO NOT HAVE WHAT YOU NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. TO DATE, WE HAVE ASKED THE MAYOR'S STAFF ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS FOR A COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT THAT WOULD INCLUDE DATA, GAPS IN THE DATA, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, DEPARTMENTAL LEADS, A SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS AND PROGRESS REPORT OF THE MAYOR'S AGENDA ON THE ISSUES SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THIS COMMITTEE TO HELP DRIVE OUR DISCUSSIONS AND ULTIMATELY OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY ON HOW TO AMICABLY MOVE FORWARD ON CERTAIN ISSUES. THERE HAS BEEN STATIC ON THE PHONE LINE. ALL OF THIS WOULD BE A BASIC PARTNERSHIP THAT WOULD ALLOW THIS COMMITTEE TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND TO ALLOW US TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WOULD BE WELL-ROUNDED, TESTED AND WISE. WHILE WE HAVE -- ON THE EMPHASIS OF NOT WASTING TIME, ALSO SHOULD BE NOTED THERE IS A CONSIDERABLE BUDGET DEDICATED TO THIS COMMITTEE'S WORK AND WE WANT TO ALSO NOTE WE SHOULD ALL BE WANTING TO WORK TO BE GREAT STEWARDS OVER THE CITY'S ECONOMIC RESOURCES AND HUMAN RESOURCES. WHY SHARING THIS PUBLICLY? SIMPLY PUT, WE ARE SHARING THIS LACK OF RESPONSE PUBLICLY BECAUSE WE BELIEVE WE MUST BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE CITY, TO THE CITIZENS THAT WE REPRESENT AND TO ANSWER FOR THE INFLUENCE THAT WE'VE BEEN AFFORDED. SECONDLY IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THERE ARE CONCERNED LEADERS WHO ARE WILLINGLY VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY TO PROVIDE SOLUTIONS AND TO DO SO, THE CITY HAS NOT BEEN AS RESPONSIVE AS NEEDED. FINAL EDITING OF THE EDITORIAL, SHOULD BE NOTED THE MAYOR'S CHIEF OF STAFF INITIATED A CONVERSATION. WE'LL SEE WHERE IT LANDS THIS COMMITTEE. ALSO TAKE A MOMENT NOW AND WELCOME ANY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO OUR LAST TWO MEETINGS AND TO BE IN THE ROOM AS WE FINALIZE OUR FORMAL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL BE DELIVERED TO BOTH THE MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION AND TO THE CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. THANK YOU TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE A COPY OF THE EDITORIAL. IT WAS PASSED OUT TO ALL OF US. WE HAVE THE COMPLETE STATEMENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. MS. ROBIN LOCKETT, DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK? YOU ARE SIGNED UP. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> ROBIN LOCKETT. JUST TO REITERATE REGARDING THE RACIAL RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE, WE DIDN'T JOIN THIS COMMITTEE FOR IT TO FAIL. WE JOINED THIS COMMITTEE AND WE AGREED TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF HOW THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS HANDLED THE BLACK COMMUNITY AS NOTED BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE RESOLUTION. SO WE NEED PARTNERSHIP, THAT'S WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, YOU GUYS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY. BUT WE NEED PARTNERSHIP. THERE IS A BUDGET THAT'S OUTLINED THAT I THINK PERSONALLY THAT WE NEED AN ADDITIONAL MEETING BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE THINGS OUT WITH LESS RESOURCES. BUT I THANK YOU GUYS FOR HEARING US TODAY. WE HAVE, LIKE I SAID, JOINED THIS COMMITTEE NOT TO FAIL BUT TO MOVE FORWARD AND MAKE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES OR DO SOMETHING ABOUT ZION CEMETERY ALSO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MRS. STEPHANIE POYNOR, JOSE VASQUEZ AND LAST SPEAKER IS KELLA McCASKILL. >> TODAY IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE. STEPHANIE POYNOR. TODAY IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE WHY I LIKE TO GO TOWARDS THE END BECAUSE THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA HAVE A LOT TO SAY AND SOMETIMES I REALLY WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT. IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, I SAID BEFORE THE RACIAL RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE WAS SET UP, YOU NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THEY HAD A CARETAKER. IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS THEY DIDN'T GET ONE OR AT LEAST ONE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB. I WANT TO POINT THAT OUT, WE AS THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, THE ONLY OTHER COMMITTEE YOU GUYS HAVE INDEPENDENT OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, WE STRUGGLED FOR A LONG TIME AND WE HAD SOME PROBLEMS GETTING OUR FEET ON THE GROUND AND WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE SUPPORT NOW. YOU CAN'T LET THAT GO. I WANT TO SAY THIS. WE'VE GOT THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE IN PROCESS. WE'VE GOT THE COMP PLAN IN PROCESS. I DON'T WANT YOU ALL TO GIVE AWAY A LICK OF YOUR POWER. YOU MAKE LAND DEVELOPMENT CHANGES. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. DON'T GIVE IT AWAY. I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS IN THE OVEN RIGHT NOW THAT WHEN THEY COME OUT, THEY ARE, I MEAN, THERE ARE SERIOUS ETHICAL ISSUES GOING ON AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE TAKEN CARE OF. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT CAMPHOR TREES ARE NOT PROTECTED TREES. THE DEVELOPER THEY ARE SPEAKING ABOUT IS NOT DEVELOPING A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. HE IS BUILDING WHAT HE HAS THE RIGHTS TO BUILD UNDER OUR CODE. HE IS BUILDING WITHIN HIS RIGHTS AS A PROPERTY OWNER AND LANDOWNER. IT SEEMS LIKE WE ARE MOVING PAST THAT AND BRINGING IT BEFORE COUNCIL AND IT'S NOT A COUNCIL ISSUE. IT'S A YOU CAN BUILD WHAT YOU NEED TO BUILD FOR YOUR CHILDREN. THE HOUSES ARE FOR HIS CHILDREN. IT'S NOT A DEVELOPMENT. LET'S MAKE SURE THAT IS STRAIGHT. I WANT TO POINT OUT TO YOU THAT THERE ARE THINGS COMING UP IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT I DO NOT LIKE. THIS, IF YOU READ ALL OF THE STUFF ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE CHHA, THERE ARE FIVE, SIX, TEN, WHATEVER, THINGS IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT ALL SAY THE SAME THING. THE RIVER IS FLOWING THIS WAY. 7.1.4, ALLOWING DEVELOPERS TO PUT MORE DENSITY IN THE CHHA IF THEY DO THIS. WELL, IF YOU READ THE REST OF IT, THIS PERSON IS SWIMMING UPSTREAM. I'D ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE ECONOMIC ENGINES IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. ONE OF OUR THREE LARGEST IS MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE. THEY EMPLOY JUST AS MANY PEOPLE AS THE PORT DOES. THEY EMPLOY JUST AS MANY PEOPLE AS THE PORT DOES. BUT THEY ARE AT THE END OF A DEAD END. THE PORT, YOU CAN GET THERE FROM ALL SIDES. IT SAYS -- OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SAYS TO SUPPORT AND STRENGTHEN MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE AND REQUIRING SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT TO BE COMPATIBLE AS IT'S RELATED. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE GIVING MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE THE RESPECT THEY DESERVE WHEN DOING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CHANGES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT SPEAKER IS JOSE VASQUEZ. KELLA McCASKILL IS OUR FINAL SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, SIR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD MORNING. JOSE VASQUEZ, RESIDENT OF 2222 NORTH 64th STREET. THIS IS A CONTINUANCE OF THE PROBLEM I BRING TO THIS COUNCIL SINCE JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. AGAIN, WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO COME IN TO DO THE JOB ON YOUR LAND. I WANT TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION, MY NEIGHBOR, HE PLANTED THE PALM TREES IN YOUR PROPERTY. CODE ENFORCEMENT NEEDS TO CLEAN THE AREA OF THE IMPROVED ROAD. BY LEGAL RIGHT. IT'S NOT BEING CLEANED. I WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION WHAT I HAVE TO DO FOR THE LAST THREE DAYS, PUT ME IN THE HOSPITAL, CLEANING THE AREA. NOW HE DECIDE TO CONTINUE PLANTING TREES. BAMBOO TREES IN FRONT OF MY LEGAL ENTRANCE. I HAVE TO BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION BECAUSE THIS GENTLEMAN -- HE'S PLANTING TREES OUTSIDE OF HIS PROPERTY LOCATED ON 5819 EAST -- AVENUE TO MAKE HIM PROFIT. BLOCKING THE IMPROVED ROAD OF THE CITY OF TAMPA AND MAKE A PROFIT. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. I TRY TO DO A LIVING. I RENT A PROPERTY. YOU BUY PART OF THE LAND IN 1973 FOR LEGAL ACCESS. CALL DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO FIND OUT BECAUSE THE CITY OF TAMPA OWNS 75 FEET WIDE BY 320 FEET DOWN, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE RIVER. YOU DECIDE THAT WILL BE 59th STREET AND MY RIGHT-OF-WAY ACCESS TO MY BUSINESS. HAVE TO BE HARASSED. CALLED NAMES. CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DEFEND MYSELF. THIS IS THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT, TO STOP ME, TO TRY TO DO THE RIGHT THING TO HELP THE CITY OF TAMPA. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. THE INSPECTOR OF CODE ENFORCEMENT, THE GENTLEMAN DO HIS JOB, TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY AND REAL ESTATE NOT DO THEIR PART, I'LL BE A VICTIM. I LOST ONE TRUCK. THAT WAS MY BREAD AND BUTTER TRUCK FOR OVER A YEAR NOW. I CANNOT WORK. PAY THE CITY OF TAMPA TAXES, BUT YOU GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARK 25 CARS, I CANNOT DO IT. I'M HERE AGAIN TODAY TO PLEASE TRY TO FIND OUT WHY THE DEPARTMENTS CONTINUE TO DELAY OUR PROCESS, WHILE CONTINUING -- THAT ROAD BELONGS TO YOU AND IS MY RIGHT-OF-WAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. MS. McCASKILL, YOU ARE THE LAST SPEAKER. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING. KELLA McCASKILL, NATIVE HERE IN TAMPA. THERE REALLY NEEDS TO BE A RESET. HAS TO BE. REALLY NEEDS TO BE A RESET ON HOW THE ADMINISTRATION AND HOW YOU AS A BODY DEAL WITH PEOPLE OF COLOR. IT IS DOWN-RIGHT EMBARRASSING FOR A GROUP OF PEOPLE YOU PICK, YOU PUT THOSE PEOPLE ON THAT BOARD FOR THE 568 RESOLUTION, MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO MAKE IT CONVENIENT FOR THE ADMINISTRATION IS WHAT I BELIEVE. NOW THEY ARE COMING DOWN HERE AND SAYING THEY ARE NOT GETTING THE SUPPORT THEY NEED. IT IS EMBARRASSING. I SAID TO YOU PREVIOUSLY THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF ENGAGEMENT. WE ALREADY KNOW HISTORICALLY THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS BEEN DOWN-RIGHT DISRESPECTFUL AS IT RELATES TO PEOPLE OF COLOR. I'M THINKING ABOUT MADAM FORTUNE TAYLOR, HOW SHE HAD ACRES OF REAL ESTATE IN ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT AREAS OF THE CITY AND THE MAYOR TURNED DEVELOPER AFTER THEY TOOK IT FROM HER. ALL WE HAVE LEFT IS A BRIDGE THAT SOMEBODY HAD TO BEG TO PUT HER NAME ON. TAMPA PARK, WHEN THAT WOMAN SITS IN THE MIDDLE OF A CRA, COULDN'T GET ONE CENT FROM THE CRA TO ASSIST THEM. YET WHEN THE NEW DEVELOPER CAME ALONG AND I LIKED THAT DEVELOPER. WHEN THEY CAME ALONG, ALL KIND OF RESOURCES WERE OFFERED. WAS HE ABLE TO DO IT BETTER THAN SHE WAS? I DON'T KNOW. BUT SHE COULD NOT RECEIVE ASSISTANCE FROM THE CRA THAT SHE WAS SITTING IN. GO ON TO NO SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN EAST TAMPA FOR OVER 21 YEARS. MAY 17, 2004, CHANNELSIDE RECEIVED THEIR CRP AND SO DID EAST TAMPA. DO THEY LOOK ANYTHING ALIKE? ANYTHING ALIKE? THEY RECEIVED THEIR MARCHING ORDERS ON THE SAME DAY, SAME MONTH. LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE. NONE OF YOU CAN BE THAT DUMB, DEAF OR BLIND TO SEE THERE'S NOT AN ISSUE. AND THEN THIS GROUP COMES FORWARD. YOU PUT THEM THERE. THEY ARE COMING UP HERE ALMOST DOWN RIGHT DEMANDING RESOURCES. WHAT'S SAT ABOUT IT, THE ADMINISTRATION HAS AT LEAST THREE THINGS THEY COULD SHARE WITH THE GROUP THAT COULD BE BENEFICIAL. THE MAYOR STARTED BUSINESS NAVIGATOR ROLE TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES NAVIGATE THROUGH THE CITY OF TAMPA, GIVING THEM SOME RESOURCES. THE ROLE IS AMAZING. THEY HAVE A GENIUS IN THE ROLE. I DON'T SEE WHY THEY COULDN'T COME TO THIS GROUP AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS HOW WE CAN HELP. SHE HAS BERTHA OVER IN PROCUREMENT WHO CAN HELP PEOPLE GET QUALIFIED TO RECEIVE CONTRACTS, ASSISTANCE, LEARN HOW TO BECOME QUALIFIED SO THAT THESE SMALL BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY CAN BENEFIT FROM SOME OF THE CONTRACTS. SHE ALSO HAS BRIDGES TO BUSINESS, AND THE PEOPLE IN BRIDGES TO BUSINESS ARE EXTREMELY HELPFUL TO INDIVIDUALS LIKE MYSELF WHICH MEANS I WILL FALL IN THAT GROUP. I SUGGEST A DIFFERENT ENGAGEMENT FROM YOU ALL AS IT RELATES TO DEALING WITH US. CHANGE THE MINDSET. I SAW A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHEN THE MAYOR DID HER STATE OF THE CITY AND SHE LAUNCHED FAIR OAKS AS THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT NOW IN EAST TAMPA. WE WANT MORE THAN THAT. WE NEED HOUSING. YOU CLAP BEING A PARK WHEN YOUR KIDS HAVE NOWHERE TO LIVE IN EAST TAMPA. ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY DIFFERENTLY. LISTEN TO WHAT WE'RE SAYING AND NOT JUST THE STAFF. ENCOURAGE COMMUNICATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION TO COME FORWARD TO THE GROUP AND SHARE THOSE THREE DEPARTMENTS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL GO TO BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION APPOINTMENTS. THESE ARE APPOINTMENTS TO A VARIETY OF BOARDS. CAN WE MOVE THEM ALL AS A SELECTIVE GROUP? >>MARTIN SHELBY: YEAH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GET A MOTION TO MOVE 8, 9, 10, 11. MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MR. SHELBY, YOU'LL COME BACK WITH A RESOLUTION? >>MARTIN SHELBY: ACTUALLY 8, 9, 10, 11 ALL HAVE RESOLUTIONS PREPARED. NOW WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE TIME FOR YOU TO MOVE THE ITEM THAT'S ON THE ADDENDUM BECAUSE IT ALSO PERTAINS TO THE EBOA ACT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: RATIFY EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK WITH A SECOND FROM VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THIS IS ON THE ADDENDUM. THANK YOU, MR. SHELBY. COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, YOU ARE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. >>LUIS VIERA: I MOVE ITEMS 12 THROUGH 18. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A SUBSTITUTE ON 15, CORRECT? MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: I MOVE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE 19 THROUGH 24. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. >>BILL CARLSON: POINT OF ORDER. I AM GOING TO CHOOSE TO RECUSE MYSELF ON 26. MY FIRM DOES NOT WORK WITH THIS ORGANIZATION AND PROBABLY DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS, BUT IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, I'LL RECUSE MYSELF BECAUSE WE WORK WITH THE RELATED ORGANIZATION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE 25 AND THEN 27 THROUGH 32, IS THAT CORRECT, COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK? >>LYNN HURTAK: WELL, I HAVEN'T MADE IT, BUT YES. I MOVE ITEM 25 AND 27 THROUGH 32. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SEPARATE MOTION FOR 26 WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON ABSTAINING. >>LYNN HURTAK: I WILL MOVE ITEM NUMBER 26. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. IF YOU COULD READ THAT SO THE RECORD -- >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON ABSTAINING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, FINANCE COMMITTEE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE ITEMS 33 AND 34. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA AND -- IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, 35 THROUGH 47. >>BILL CARLSON: SAME THING ON 36 AND 47. MY COMPANY DOESN'T WORK ON THESE ISSUES OR NECESSARILY WITH THESE COMPANIES, BUT IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION BECAUSE WE WORK WITH THE RELATED COMPANIES, I'M GOING TO RECUSE MYSELF ON 36 AND 47. JUST A REMINDER TO THE ADMINISTRATION THAT THE ETHICS COMMISSION ASKED US THAT EVEN IF WE'RE NOT SURE IF WE HAVE A CONFLICT, IT'S BETTER TO AVOID A CONFLICT AND ASKING FOR A RECUSAL IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO AND THE ETHICAL THING TO DO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE THE ITEMS FROM YOUR COMMITTEE MINUS THE ONES -- >>BILL CARLSON: YES, 35 -- I MOVE 35, 37 THROUGH 46. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MOVE ITEM 36 AND 47. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN FOR 36 AND 47. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. READ IT OUT FOR THE RECORD. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON ABSTAINING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN MOVING ITEM 48, SECONDED BY HURTAK. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ITEM 47 IS A REVIEW HEARING TO BE SCHEDULED ON JUNE 26, 2025 AT 1:30 P.M. 49, I'M SORRY. 49 TO BE SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 26, 2025, AT 1:30 P.M. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. SECOND FROM MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? IT IS PAST 10:00. I NEED A MOTION TO OPEN THE 10 A.M. AND 10:30 PUBLIC HEARINGS. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THESE ARE QUASI-JUDICIAL. WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE FOR ITEM 56. CHRIS VALIENTE AND SUSAN SOLOMON. I'LL GET TO THEM JUST IN CASE, IF WE DON'T SWEAR THEM IN NOW. IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, PLEASE STAND, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE'LL SWEAR YOU IN, ON ANY ITEM FROM 50 ALL THE WAY TO 60. [OATH ADMINISTERED] FOR CLARIFICATION, 59 AND 60 ARE NOT QUASI-JUDICIAL. THAT IS THE INTRO MUSIC FOR ITEM NUMBER 50. WHO WISHES TO COME UP ON ITEM NUMBER 50? >> CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT. ITEM 50 IS ORDINANCE FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION REGARDING THE REMOVAL OF A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 206 WEST COLUMBUS DRIVE. STAFF GAVE A PRESENTATION DURING FIRST READING. I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS HERE AS WELL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I REVIEWED THE RECORD FOR ITEM 50 FROM THE APRIL 3rd MEETING. I'M READY TO VOTE. YES SIR. >> ELAINE LUND, HISTORIC PRESERVATION. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ME. THANK YOU. >> STEVE MICHELINI, REPRESENTING THE PETITIONER. YOU MAY RECALL THIS MAN'S PROPERTY WAS SPLIT WHEN PART OF IT WAS IN THE DESIGNATED DISTRICT. PART OF IT WAS NOT. WE WENT TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD AND IT RECEIVED UNANIMOUS SUPPORT THERE AND BEING FORWARDED TO YOU FOR COUNCIL'S ADOPTION AND FOR THE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE MAP. WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 50? I SEE NO ONE. MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ITEM 50, FILE HPC-24-39-C, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, REMOVING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 206 WEST COLUMBUS DRIVE, TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 3 HEREOF, FROM THE TAMPA HEIGHTS HISTORIC DISTRICT, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT IS ITEM 51. >> LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM 51 IS REZ-24-15. IT IS FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2007 DAVIS STREET. THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM RM 16 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI DETACHED USE. THIS ITEM IS BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. SITE PLAN MODIFICATIONS WERE REQUIRED TO BE MADE. THOSE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE SITE PLAN. THE PLAN HAS BEEN CERTIFIED AND PROVIDED TO THE CLERK. I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. DOCK? I SEE NONE. DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT FOR ITEM 51 ANYBODY HERE FOR 51? ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK FOR 51 OR ON 51? I SEE NO ONE. MOTION TO CLOSE FROM MIRANDA AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR, MR. CHAIR. I MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 2007 DAVIS STREET, CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RM RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY, TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI DETACHED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH HURTAK BEING ABSENT AT VOTE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 52. >>LaCHONE DOCK: THANK YOU AGAIN, CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL. LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM 52 IS REZ-24-82. FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1503 AND 1505 NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE, 1601 1604 1605 1607 1613 AND 1615 NORTH MARION STREET, 1602, 1604, 1606 AND 1608 NORTH MORGAN STREET. THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, WHICH CURRENTLY ALLOWS FOR RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL CG USES TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL, CG USES, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED AND COMMERCIAL PARKING USES ON-SITE. SITE PLAN MODIFICATIONS WERE REQUIRED TO BE MADE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. THOSE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE SITE PLAN. THE SITE PLAN HAS BEEN CERTIFIED AND PROVIDED TO THE CLERK. I DID WANT TO READ ON THE RECORD SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WERE REQUIRED TO BE MADE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. CHANGES, OF COURSE, INCLUDED ON THE STAFF REPORT, BUT ALSO CHANGES AGREED UPON DURING THE HEARING, AND THEY WERE THE THREE CHANGES WERE TO SHOW THE COVERED AND PROTECTED BACK STORAGE FOR THE COMMERCIAL AND TO PROVIDE AND SHOW THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE BACK STORAGE AREA FOR THE RESIDENTIAL ON THE WESTERN BLOCK, AND ALSO TO MODIFY WAIVER NUMBER 3 ON THE SITE PLAN FROM 28% TO 27%. AND ALL THREE OF THOSE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE ON THAT CERTIFIED SITE PLAN. I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT FOR THIS ITEM 52? YES MA'AM. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> ALEX SCHALER, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE. REVISIONS WERE MADE TO THE SITE PLAN AND WE ADDED INTERNAL BIKE STORAGE FOR COMMERCIAL USES AND 500 SQUARE FEET FOR THE RESIDENTIAL USES WHICH IS INDUSTRY STANDARD. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 52? WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE, NOBODY REGISTERED. MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES, CHAIR, ABSOLUTELY. I MOVE FILE REZ-24-82, AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 1503 AND 1505 NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE, 1601, 1604, 1605, 1607, 1613 AND 1615 NORTH MARION STREET, AND 1602, 1604, 1606 AND 1608 NORTH MORGAN AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL, ALL COMMERCIAL GENERAL USES, COMMERCIAL PARKING AND RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: RESOLUTION FOR SECOND READING. I MOVE THE RESOLUTION -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AFTER SHE ANNOUNCES IT. YES MA'AM. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. >>GWEN HENDERSON: MOTION TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'RE MOVING THE RESOLUTION. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THAT WAS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER 53. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. FOR THE RECORD, CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE WITH DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM 53 IS REZ-24-89. THIS IS AN ITEM, REZONING REQUEST FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2705 EAST 19th AVENUE. THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY 50 TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI DETACHED USES. SITE PLAN REVISIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN? I SEE NONE. DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT FOR ITEM 53? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO CLOSE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY REGISTERED. MOTION TO CLOSE -- OH, ANYBODY HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON 53? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, 53. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOVE FILE REZ-24-89, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 2705 EAST 19th AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATIONS RS-50, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI DETACHED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MOVE THE RESOLUTION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THE CONSULTATION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? UNANIMOUS YES. ITEM NUMBER 54. >> CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE WITH DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM 54, REZ-24-111. REZONING REQUEST FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2403 WEST FIG STREET. RM 16 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY TO RM 18 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY. THIS IS A EUCLIDEAN REZONING. NO SITE PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REQUEST. I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? I SEE NONE. >> STEVE MICHELINI REPRESENTING THE PETITIONER. WE COMPLIED. BASICALLY IT IS A EUCLIDEAN REZONING. WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN? I SEE NONE. ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON 54? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK, 54. >>LYNN HURTAK: FILE REZ-24-111, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 2403 WEST FIG STREET IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RM-16, RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY, TO RM 18, RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. ITEM 55. >> CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE WITH DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION FOR THE RECORD. ITEM 55 IS REZ-25-07, THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 405 WEST AMELIA AVENUE. REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY 16 TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED. SITE PLAN REVISIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. CERTIFIED PLANS SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? YES SIR. GO AHEAD. APPLICANT. >> STEVE MICHELINI, REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT. WE MADE THE REVISIONS THAT WERE REQUESTED BY COUNCIL AND STAFF. THEY HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND CERTIFIED. WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 55? I SEE NONE. CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE? MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, 55. >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ITEM 55, FILE REZ 25-07, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 405 WEST AMELIA AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RM 16, RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY, TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. ITEM 56. ON 56, WE HAVE TWO REGISTERED INDIVIDUALS. YES MA'AM. MS. DOCK, GO AHEAD. >>LaCHONE DOCK: THANK YOU AGAIN, CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL. LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM 56 IS REZ 25-16. THIS IS FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 103 SOUTH HALE AVENUE. REQUEST IS TO REZONE PROPERTY FROM RS 60, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY, TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI DETACHED USE. THE SITE PLAN CHANGES WERE REQUIRED TO BE MADE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. THOSE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE. THE PLAN HAS BEEN CERTIFIED AND PROVIDED TO THE CLERK. THIS ITEM IS BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING FOR SECOND READING. I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? IT SAYS THAT THE APPLICANT OWNER IS CHRIS VALIENTE. IS HE ONLINE? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE TO SEE YOU ON VIDEO. >> I'M TRYING TO TURN MY CAMERA ON. IT DOESN'T ALLOW ME. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE YOU OVER INTO OUR DIGITAL WORLD. >> IT SAYS THE SESSION DOES NOT INCLUDE CAMERA SHARING. IS THERE A WAY THE ORGANIZER CAN TURN ON THE CAMERA? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO YOU WANT TO SKIP IT TO THE NEXT ITEM AND THEN COME BACK? >>THE CLERK: YES. IF YOU COULD ANSWER THE CALL FROM T AND I SO THEY CAN ASSIST YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THEY ARE CALLING YOU. TALK TO THEM AND SEE HOW WE FIGURE THIS OUT. HOLD 56 AND GO TO 57. >> FOR THE RECORD, CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM 57 IS REZ-25-18. REZONING REQUEST FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2315 WEST SPRUCE STREET. REZONE FROM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED USES. SITE PLAN REVISIONS COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE. I AM AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. >> DOMAIN HOMES. I'VE BEEN SWORN. ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. HENRY? NO. ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON 57? WE HAVE NO ONE REGISTERED. MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, SECOND FROM VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR, MY PLEASURE. MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 2315 WEST SPRUCE STREET IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AS PROPOSED BY A GENTLEMAN WITH VERY GOOD MUSIC TASTE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHAT IS THE GOOD MUSIC TASTE? >>LUIS VIERA: HE IS A ROCKER. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. ITEM -- IT IS A LONG WAY TO THE TOP. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. FOR THE RECORD, CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. APPLE 58 IS REZ-25-28. THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 8413 NORTH ORANGEVIEW AVENUE. THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY 60 TO RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY 50. THIS IS A EUCLIDEAN REZONING. THERE'S NO SITE PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH THE REQUEST. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN? DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT FOR 58? YES MA'AM. COME ON UP AND STATE YOUR NAME. >> AILEEN ROSARIO, I'VE BEEN SWORN IN. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION ON THIS APPROVAL. I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK ON 58? I SEE NO ONE. CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON, WOULD YOU MIND READING 58? >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES, SIR. AN ORDINANCE -- FILE -- I MOVE FILE REZ-25-28, AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING THE PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 8413 NORTH ORANGEVIEW AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-60, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO RS-50 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS THE GENTLEMAN FOR 56 -- THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE? DO WE HAVE SUSAN SOLOMON ONLINE? SHOULD WE TAKE UP 56 IF THE GENTLEMAN HAS NOTHING ELSE TO ADD? >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF HE WANTS TO SPEAK -- WE CAN CONTINUE IT. >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES TO ALLOW HIM TO SPEAK. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU HAVE TO SEE HIS FACE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE THING IS, THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THAT SUFFICES FROM A DUE PROCESS STANDPOINT FOR ALL INTERESTED PARTIES WHO MAY BE ABLE TO RAISE AN OBJECTION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S WAIT. WE'LL GO INTO 59 AND 60 AND HOPEFULLY IT GETS SQUARED AWAY BY THEN. >> I'M WITH CHRIS ON 56. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ARE YOU ALLOWED TO SPEAK ON HIS BEHALF? >> YES, I AM THE OWNER TOO. >>MARTIN SHELBY: WHO IS THE GENTLEMAN YOU ARE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF? >> CHRIS VALIENTE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IS CHRIS VALIENTE ONLINE? >>THE CLERK: [INAUDIBLE] >>MARTIN SHELBY: AND YOU ARE UNDER OATH? >> YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HE WAS SWORN IN, I SAW HIM. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF YOU CAN ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT YOU ARE AUTHORIZED TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT IN THIS CASE. >> YES. >>MARTIN SHELBY: YOU ARE THE OWNER. >> YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE GO TO ITEM 56. IN-PERSON GENTLEMAN AND SUSAN SOLOMON FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ONLINE. MS. DOCK, YOU PRESENT FIRST AND THEN WE'LL GO TO YOU. MS. DOCK. >>LaCHONE DOCK: THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL. ITEM 56, REZ-25-16 FOR THE PROPERTY AT 103 SOUTH HALE AVENUE. THIS REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RS 60, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY, TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, SEMI DETACHED USE. SITE PLAN CHANGES WERE REQUIRED TO BE MADE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. THOSE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE. THE PLAN HAS BEEN CERTIFIED AND PROVIDED TO THE CLERK. I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THIS ITEM IS BEFORE YOU FOR SECOND READING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, SIR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> CARLOS VALIENTE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, SIR. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO PRESENT? >> GOOD MORNING. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR APPROVING THE SITE IN THE FIRST MEETING. I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN? ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 56? I SEE NO ONE, SO WE HAVE A REGISTERED SPEAKER, WAS SUSAN SOLOMON SWORN IN, MADAM CLERK? >>THE CLERK: [INAUDIBLE] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SUSAN SOLOMON, THIS IS YOUR TIME TO SPEAK. PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND STATE YOUR NAME. >> MY NAME IS SUSAN SOLOMON. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. GO AHEAD. >> THE FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY IS BEYOND THE INFRASTRUCTURE CONCERNS, THE OWNER IS UNDER NO LEGAL REQUIREMENT TO BUILD A STRUCTURE AS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD, WHICH PARTY IS NOT OBLIGATED TO BUILD WHAT IT PROMISED. ONCE YOU REZONE, ONCE YOU CHANGE THE ZONING, HE IS UNDER NO LEGAL OBLIGATION TO BUILD THE HOUSE AS REPRESENTED. HE CAN ALSO SELL IT ONCE IT IS REZONED TO SOMEBODY ELSE. AND I'D LIKE TO SAY WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE IS CALLED SPOT ZONING. SPOT ZONING IN FLORIDA FACES STRICT JUDICIAL SCRUTINY AND IT IS PRESUMED INVALID UNLESS IT SERVES A LEGITIMATE PUBLIC PURPOSE AND ALIGNS WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. FLORIDA COURTS -- OFTEN INVALIDATE IT IF IT APPEARS TO BENEFIT SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT FLORIDA PUBLIC JUSTIFICATION. AND THIS IS NOT CONFORM TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT CODE CRITERIA. ALSO, IN ADDITION TO THAT, SOUTH TAMPA IS EXPERIENCING NEW PRESSURE, SLOW POPULATION INFLUX POST COVID, ESCALATING HURRICANE THREATS, SKYROCKETING INSURANCE COSTS AND A STALLED HOUSING MARKET. -- [CUTTING OUT] -- HOMES ALREADY FOR SALE AND CONSTRUCTION ON VACANT LOTS HAS STALLED. IN THE FIRST MEETING, I SUBMITTED 12 SIGNED PETITIONS OF CONCERNED NEIGHBORS WHO ALSO OPPOSE THIS CHANGE. THIS IS NOT THE STANCE OF A SINGLE HOMEOWNER. IT IS A UNITED VOICE FROM THE COMMUNITY. LASTLY, MANY RESIDENTS FEARED THAT THIS PROJECT WILL ERODE PROPERTY VALUES AND LIMIT RESALE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXISTING HOMEOWNERS WHICH IS A LOSS OUR COMMUNITY CANNOT AFFORD. FOR ALL THESE REASONS, I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO DENY THE PROPOSED REZONING AND PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS PROJECT IS NOT A FITTING ADDITION TO OUR COMMUNITY. THE END. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM. YES SIR. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MS. SOLOMON DISCUSSED THE POTENTIAL OF THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROPERTY. IS SOMEBODY FROM STAFF AVAILABLE TO BRIEF US, SINCE SHE PROVIDED TESTIMONY THAT THE APPLICANT COULD BUILD ANYTHING, THIS IS A PD, ABOUT THIS BEING SITE PLANNED CONTROLLED. >>LaCHONE DOCK: YES, COUNCIL. LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. SO THIS PD REQUEST WOULD ALLOW FOR THE TWO UNITS ON-SITE, WHICH IS THE SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI DETACHED. SO THIS IS WHAT'S ALLOWED ON THE SITE UNTIL IT IS REZONED AGAIN TO ANOTHER PD FOR ANOTHER USE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: FOR THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC LISTENING TO THIS, IF APPROVED, THE APPLICANT IS RESTRICTED TO BUILD EXACTLY WHAT HE'S PROVIDED TO STAFF TO BUILD AND NOTHING MORE AND NOTHING LESS, CORRECT? >>LaCHONE DOCK: CORRECT. THE USE ITSELF CANNOT CHANGE. YOU CAN HAVE MINOR MODIFICATIONS MADE AND ADJUSTMENT OF A PLACEMENT OF A STAIRWELL, THINGS LIKE THAT, ENTRY. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THE USE OF THE TWO UNITS IS THE ONLY USE ALLOWED ON THE SITE, EVEN IF OWNERSHIP CHANGES HANDS, IF THIS PD IS APPROVED, THAT IS THE ZONING AND THE PERMITTED ENTITLEMENT ON THE SITE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THERE WAS NOBODY ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? ANY REBUTTAL? >> NO, THANK YOU AGAIN. THE SITE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, IT NOT CHANGE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE? MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THIS? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MOVE FILE REZ-25-16, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 103 SOUTH HALE AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-60, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY, TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI DETACHED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN AND SECOND FROM VIERA. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON AND MIRANDA VOTING NO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. >> THANK YOU. NOW WE GO TO ITEMS 59 AND 60. MR. SHELBY, DO WE READ THE RESOLUTION AFTER THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING MAY 15th? CORRECT? >>MARTIN SHELBY: [INAUDIBLE] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. BUT IT IS A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD ON MAY 15. WE DON'T VOTE ON ANYTHING TODAY, IS THAT CORRECT? >>MARTIN SHELBY: [INAUDIBLE] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. ITEM 59, MS. SUSAN JOHNSON VELEZ. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> SUSAN JOHNSON VELEZ, LEGAL DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. YES, THIS IS A FIRST OF TWO REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THE RESOLUTION WILL BE READ AT THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON MAY 15. AND THE DEVELOPER'S REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. HUDSON, COME ON UP. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> TYLER HUDSON, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE. FOR THE RECORD, WE'LL DISPENSE WITH OUR USUAL PowerPoint FOR THIS AND HEAR STRAIGHT FROM THE SOURCE. ARNOLD WITH DDA DEVELOPMENT IS THE DEVELOPER. ARCHITECT SAM CLEMONS WITH PLACE ARCHITECTURE IS HERE WHO CAN RUN THROUGH THE SITE PLAN IF YOU ALL WISH. WITH THAT, BOWEN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. ARNOLD, PLEASE COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME. >> BOWEN ARNOLD, DDA DEVELOPMENT. I'VE BEEN SWORN IN. I THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW US. WE'RE APARTMENT DEVELOPERS HERE IN TOWN BASED IN TAMPA. WE'VE BUN DOETH AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WE'VE DONE MARKET RATE HOUSING. THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WILL GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO 192 UNITS, 10% OF WHICH ARE AFFORDABLE. A COUPLE OF THINGS ON THE SITE PLAN, AS TYLER MENTIONED, CLEMONS, THE ARCHITECT IS HERE IF YOU NEED TO SEE HIM. WE HAVE A SMALL GROUND FLOOR RETAIL COMMERCIAL COMPONENT. WE HAVE PERIMETER SIDEWALKS IN ALL THE RIGHT-OF-WAYS. WE HAVE AVERAGE PARKING OF 1.4 SPACES PER RESIDENTIAL UNIT. AND WE HAVE 20% GREENSPACE REQUIREMENT. WE'RE DOING 50. THERE ARE FIVE GRANT OAKS ON THE SITE. WE'RE PRESERVING ALL OF THEM. AND WE HAVE A LETTER OF SUPPORT, WHICH I THINK HAS BEEN TRANSMITTED TO ALL OF YOU THIS MORNING FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: THIS IS GOING TO BE A ROLLING RECORD FOR ME. CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR BIKE PARKING? >> TIM, TO DO YOU WANT TO -- >>LYNN HURTAK: SPECIFICALLY I'M LOOKING FOR PROTECTED BIKE PARKING FOR RESIDENTS. AND THEN I'M LOOKING FOR COVERED, SECURE, WELL LIT PARKING IN FRONT OF DOORS FOR YOUR COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS. >> FOR THE RESIDENTIAL PARKING, THE SITE PLAN HAS A FIVE-LEVEL PARKING GARAGE THAT'S PARALLEL AND ADJACENT TO THE INTERSTATE ACTING SORT OF AS A BUFFER FOR NOT ONLY OUR PROJECT BUT A LITTLE BIT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD FURTHER TO THE SOUTH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOUR NAME, SIR. >> TIM CLEMONS. I AM THE ARCHITECT WITH PLACE ARCHITECTURE. I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN. SO THE STRUCTURED PARKING, THERE IS A RAMP FROM THE FIRST TO SECOND FLOOR THAT WE'RE NOT PARKING UNDER, SO A PORTION OF THAT, ONCE WE GET ABOVE SEVEN FOOT HEAD HEIGHT WILL BE FOR THE INTERIOR BICYCLE PARKING. THE COMMERCIAL SPACES ALONG 35th STREET, BECAUSE THERE ARE A COUPLE OF GRAND TREES THERE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A 20-FOOT SETBACK ON THE COMMERCIAL SPACE. SO ADJACENT TO THE SIDEWALK WE'LL HAVE BICYCLE PARKING DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE COMMERCIAL SPACE ON 35th STREET. >>LYNN HURTAK: WILL IT BE COVERED? >> THE COMMERCIAL BICYCLE? WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE THAT SHOWN AS COVERED. BUT WE CAN MAKE THAT COVERED. >>LYNN HURTAK: AGAIN, WHY I KEEP BRINGING THIS UP, E-BIKES AND REGULAR BIKES VERY EXPENSIVE. IT'S HOT. IT'S RAINY IN FLORIDA. IF YOU WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO USE A BIKE, YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE IT IS COMFORTABLE AND WELCOMING. I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE THAT TO BE A PART OF YOUR AGREEMENT. >> I RIDE MY BIKE TO WORK MYSELF. I PUT IN BETWEEN 2 AND 3 THOUSAND MILES A YEAR ON MY BICYCLE. I UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING YOU'RE SAYING. WE DID NOT CURRENTLY HAVE COVERED PARKING FOR THE COMMERCIAL SPACE, BUT THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE CAN ADD. >>MARTIN SHELBY: AT THIS POINT -- IS THIS RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT ORDER? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT DOESN'T NEED A REZONING. >>LYNN HURTAK: NO. THIS IS THE FIRST HEARING. THIS IS WHY THEY ARE DOING THIS. THEY ARE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE'S FEEDBACK. THIS IS MY FEEDBACK. AGAIN, THIS WILL BE COMING IN FRONT OF EVERY TIME PEOPLE DO REDEVELOPMENT, ESPECIALLY IN THE URBAN CORE, WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON THIS. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I SUSPECT MY QUESTION IS, HOW IS THIS RELATED TO THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND DOES IT REQUIRE CHANGING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND IS IT ENFORCEABLE OR IS THIS JUST A REPRESENTATION THAT COUNCIL CANNOT ENFORCE BECAUSE IT IS ON A HAND SHAKE? >> I'M HAPPY TO TAKE A STAB AT THAT. IF I'M WRONG, MS. JOHNSON VELEZ CAN CORRECT ME. GOOD MORNING AGAIN. TYLER HUDSON, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE. THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT'S APPROVING SOMETHING THAT CAN THEN GET BUILDING PERMITS. THIS IS NOT A REZONING. THIS IS HOUSE BILL 1339 PROJECT. SO THERE IS A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, A SITE PLAN AND AFFIRMATIVE STATEMENTS OF COMPLIANCE THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. SO WE HEAR YOU ON PERHAPS SOME TYPE OF INTERIOR LIKE 500 SQUARE FEET. THAT'S WHAT WE DID ON THE PRIOR DEAL. THAT IS A CHANGE THAT CAN BE MADE BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND READING OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. THAT'S IN THE SITE PLAN. I DON'T SEE ANY LEGAL PROHIBITION TO THAT. IT'S VERY MINOR. IT'S NONCONTROVERSIAL. WE'RE MINDFUL OF THE CONSIDERATION. IT'S DRAWN TO PD STANDARDS-ISH. DOESN'T HAVE AS MANY BOXES TO CHECK AS A PD NECESSARILY. SOME THINGS LIKE THAT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE ON THERE. WE HEAR YOU AND I THINK THAT IS A CHANGE WE CAN MAKE SUBJECT TO ZONING APPROVAL, ERIC'S APPROVAL BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING BECAUSE THERE IS A SECOND READING FOR THIS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU FOR BEING COOPERATIVE LIKE THAT. COMING BEFORE COUNCIL AND THESE TYPE OF PROJECTS THAT ARE TRANSFORMATIONAL, IT'S IN SEARCH OF THE MORE PERFECT PROJECT. RECEIVING THE FEEDBACK AND I THINK COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK'S POSITION IS WELL TAKEN. AS WE'RE REINVENTING THE CITY AND INVESTING HEAVILY IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE, BOTH THE GOVERNMENT SIDE AND PRIVATE SIDE HAS TO BELLY UP TO THE TABLE AND SERVE IT UP. APPRECIATE YOU BEING COOPERATIVE ON THAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ABBYE FEELEY, ERIC COTTON, YOU ARE ON. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? >>ABBYE FEELEY: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THIS IS HOUSE BILL 1339 AGREEMENT. THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE AGREEMENT YOU WORKED ON ON FOWLER AVENUE, WHICH THE SITE PLAN IS AN EXHIBIT TO THE AGREEMENT. THE MODIFICATIONS, THE DESIRE OF COUNCIL TO HAVE THOSE MODIFICATIONS MADE, THAT COULD BE MADE AND THE SITE PLAN COULD BE UPDATED WITHIN THE EXHIBIT TO COME BACK TO YOU FOR THAT SECOND READING. ERIC, DID YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, MS. FEELEY. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. ABBYE FEELEY, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. >>ABBYE FEELEY: ABBYE FEELEY, ADMINISTRATOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. COTTON, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AS WELL BEFORE YOU BEGIN. >>ERIC COTTON: ERIC COTTON, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. I REALLY HAVE NOTHING TO ADD. ABBYE COVERED WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. I'M GOOD. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. MS. JOHNSON VELEZ. >>SUSAN JOHNSON-VELEZ: I KEEP HEARING TWO, SECOND READING AND WE CAN MODIFY THIS, BUT THERE ARE NOT TWO READINGS. COUNCIL WILL ADOPT A RESOLUTION. AFTER THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING IF YOU DECIDE TO PROCEED. IT IS A CHANGE THAT CAN BE MADE AND THEN WOULD YOU ADOPT THE RESOLUTION. THERE WILL ONLY BE THE ONE ACTION ON THE RESOLUTION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. >>LYNN HURTAK: DO YOU RECOMMEND I PUT THIS IN THE FORM OF A MOTION OR IS THIS JUST ENOUGH? >>SUSAN JOHNSON-VELEZ: I THINK IT WOULD BE ENOUGH TO DIRECT THE DEVELOPER TO MODIFY THE AGREEMENT. >> WE UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN AND WHEN IT COMES BACK, WE'LL SHOW HOW IT WAS DEPICTED. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MS. McCASKILL, YOU WERE FIRST -- YOU'LL SWITCH? OKAY. NOW IT'S TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. FRAN TATE. LINE UP AGAINST THE WALL. MS. POYNOR, MS. McCASKILL, AND THE GENTLEMAN AND MS. TATE. >> GOOD MORNING. STEPHANIE POYNOR. I READ THROUGH THE DOCUMENTS IN OnBase AND I DIDN'T SEE THE PERCENTAGE OF AMI THESE WILL PRODUCE. 30 50 80? 100 120? I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT THIS 10% IS DISTRIBUTED, ESPECIALLY AMONG THE LOWER END. WE TEND TO AS A SOCIETY WANT TO CLUMP THE LOWER BRACKETS TOGETHER. REALITY IS, JUST LIKE IN EDUCATION, IF YOU DISTRIBUTE THEM EQUALLY AROUND THE HIGHER AS WELL, YOU'LL SEE MORE PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS. AND WE REALLY NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT. I DID NOT SEE THAT ANYWHERE IN THE OnBase PAPER WORK. I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THE AGREEMENT. I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT THESE ARE HUNDRED PERCENT AND BELOW AND DISTRIBUTED, EVEN IF IT'S 10%, ONLY 10 UNITS, YOU MAKE ONE, TWO -- YOU MAKE ONE OR TWO OF EACH AND YOU SPREAD THEM OUT. SO THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. I THINK THE BICYCLE IDEA IS GREAT AND THAT'S MY POSITION. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MS. TATE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD MORNING. FRAN TATE, PRESIDENT OF THE JACKSON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. I REALLY APPRECIATE NOW THAT DEVELOPERS ARE COMING BEFORE THE JACKSON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. WE'VE BEEN LEFT OUT, FORGOTTEN EVERYTHING. IT IS AN EDUCATION PIECE FOR US. SO FAR TWO DEVELOPERS TO PRESENT TO US. WE HAVEN'T HAD THIS DEVELOPER, BUT THESE ARE OUR BOUNDARIES, 35th, I-4 BECAUSE WE HAVE A HUGE BOUNDARY. THE CITY ASSIGNED DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING ON THE NORTH BOUNDARY, NORTH 29th STREET ON THE WEST BOUNDARY. COLUMBUS DRIVE ON THE SOUTH. THEN BACK UP 40th STREET. THEN DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING AGAIN. JACKSON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HAS A HUGE BOUNDARY THAT THE CITY ASSIGNED US SO MANY YEARS AGO. WE WOULD APPRECIATE MORE OF THE DEVELOPERS COMING BEFORE US. I DON'T REMEMBER THE FRIENDLY NEIGHBOR NOTICE. I COULD HAVE MY SECRETARY CHECK AGAIN BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A P.O. BOX AT THE YBOR POST OFFICE. I'LL HAVE HER CHECK AGAIN FOR THE FRIENDLY NEIGHBOR NOTICE. BUT WE APPRECIATE, AND WE WANT TO BE MORE INVOLVED NOW WITH ALL OF THESE DEVELOPING BUILDINGS AND LET'S SEE WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE, COMMERCIAL AND YOU SAID 10%, WAS IT OFFICE SPACE OR 10% APARTMENT SPACE? SUPPOSED TO BE AFFORDABLE. WE'LL BE LOOKING INTO THAT. BUT THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. YES, SIR, COME ON UP. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> MY NAME IS COREY NORRIS. 3505 EAST 12th AVENUE. THIS PROJECT IS LITERALLY IN MY BACKYARD. IT TAKES UP THE ENTIRE BLOCK FROM 34th, 12th, TO 35th WHICH ISN'T A THRU STREET. IT IS A COUPLE OF 50 FEET. AND THEN THREE HOUSES THAT THE ENTIRE BACK STRIP IS THIS PROJECT. NOW, I AM A YIMBY. YES IN MY BACKYARD. I FULLY WANT DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA. I WAS WAITING TO SEE WHAT THEY WOULD DO SINCE THE DEMOLITION, NOT CHRISTMAS, BUT THE CHRISTMAS BEFORE THAT. IT'S BEEN AN EYESORE, I LOVE IT. THERE ARE FACTORS TO THIS THAT I THINK NEED TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT FIRST AND FOREMOST. THOSE THREE HOUSES, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF THEM, THOSE THREE HOUSES SEWER SYSTEMS RUN INTO THAT INDUSTRIAL LOT. SO WE BACK UP INTO THEIR LOT. AND WHENEVER THEY COME BY AND SUCK OUT THE SEWERS, IT BLOWS UP ALL OF THE PLUMBING IN OUR AREA. NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING 192 MORE UNITS, WHICH, BY THE WAY, IS TWICE WHAT THIS LITTLE CUTOFF NEIGHBORHOOD HAS FOR UNITS TOTAL ON THAT LINE. AND THAT WORRIES ME VERY, VERY MUCH. SO THERE IS INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THAT. THE ROADWAYS, NONE OF THESE ROADWAYS IN THE LITTLE AREA. WE'RE CUT OFF. 36 IS A DEAD END. 7 IS MORE OR LESS A DEAD END BECAUSE IT'S ALL JUST FRONTAGE FOR RETAIL PROPERTIES. 34th, WHILE NOT A DEAD END, THE OTHER SIDE DEAD ENDS INTO THE I-4 CONNECTOR NOW. SO OUR LITTLE 34, 36 AND 7th NEIGHBORHOOD IS DISCRETE. THERE IS NO IN AND OUT. THERE ARE NO LARGE ROADS, WHATEVER. THAT IS -- THAT AREA ABSOLUTELY CANNOT HANDLE TWICE AS MANY NEW CONSTRUCTION UNITS WITH THE PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT OF IT. SPECIFICALLY 12th AVENUE CANNOT HANDLE IT. NOW, IF THE ENTIRE THING DUMPS ONTO 34th STREET AND ALL OF THE IN AND OUT TRAFFIC IS FROM THERE, NO PROBLEM. I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH THAT WHATSOEVER. IT'S FOUR LANES ACROSS. I SEE THAT AS PERFECTLY REASONABLE. 12th AVENUE, WE HAVE MORE THAN A DOZEN KIDS THAT RUN AROUND ON THESE STREETS EVERY SINGLE DAY. I'VE BEEN THERE FOR FIVE YEARS. THEY HAVE BEEN THERE LONGER THAN ME. IT IS NOT GOING TO BE TO DUMP THAT MUCH TRAFFIC ONTO THESE LITTLE TEENY STREETS THAT DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS. AGAIN, I LIKE WHAT THEY SAY. THAT'S THE THING. DRAINAGE IS ANOTHER THING. WE ALREADY HAVE ISSUES WITH THAT AS WELL. I'LL MOVE FORWARD QUICKER. THE LAST THING BESIDES THE INFRASTRUCTURE COMPONENT TO THIS WHICH IS GOING TO IMPACT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD GREATLY IS THE -- I DON'T THINK 10% IS EVEN REMOTELY ENOUGH AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SPECIFICALLY IN A NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE THIS. AND THAT NUMBER NEEDS TO GO UP DRASTICALLY. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. MS. McCASKILL. >> KELLA McCASKILL. I WASN'T GOING TO SPEAK. I WAS MOVING CLOSER SO I COULD HEAR WHAT TYLER HAD TO SAY. NOW THAT MS. FRAN TATE SPOKE, I WANT TO SHARE I'M TOTALLY CONFIDENT IN THE PROJECT AND THE TEAM WORKING ON THIS. I BELIEVE IT WILL SET A TREND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S TO COME. WE NEED DENSITY IN THE AREA. I DO BELIEVE THEY'LL TAKE CARE OF THE ISSUES THAT THE GENTLEMAN JUST EXPRESSED. I SUPPORT THE PROJECT. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. -- COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: I WAS WONDERING IF ANYBODY FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COULD SPEAK TO SOME OF THE ISSUES? MAYBE PUT UP A SITE PLAN TO TAKE A LOOK? >> WE'LL DO THAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALSO, THE AMI PERCENTAGE WAS BROUGHT. >> I THINK IT'S 120%. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 120 YOU SAY? >> YES. LOOK, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. THIS IS A TEN-YEAR ENTITLEMENT. PART OF WHY WE WANTED TO DO THIS IS BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGH FLORIDA HOUSING. TAX CREDIT PROGRAM, I THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT TAKES TWO, THREE, FOUR YEARS OF APPLICATIONS TO GET FUNDED BECAUSE IT IS SO COMPETITIVE. THIS WILL GIVE US AND WE CAN'T APPLY TO FLORIDA HOUSING WITHOUT ZONING IN PLACE. THIS KEEPS ZONING IN PLACE. ENTIRELY LIKELY THIS COULD BE 100% AFFORDABLE AT 60% OF MEDIAN, BUT WE DON'T KNOW. IT JUST GIVES US FLEXIBILITY, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW. RIGHT NOW, THE COMMITMENT IS 10% AT 120. >> TYLER HUDSON, FOR THE RECORD, THAT'S WHAT THE STATUTE REQUIRES IS THE 10% IS AFFORDABLE UNDER CHAPTER 400. WHAT BOWEN JUST SAID I WANT TO REALLY EMPHASIZE, DOING TRUE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS WE CALL IT, 80% AMI AND BELOW IS INCREDIBLY COMPLICATED AND IT RELIES ON A WHOLE MYRIAD OF EXTERNAL FUNDING SOURCES, SOME OF WHICH ARE IN A CHALLENGING STATE TO PUT IT MILDLY. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU NEED TO GET THE TAX CREDITS FROM TALLAHASSEE WHICH FLOW THROUGH FROM WASHINGTON, ERIC COTTON'S SIGNATURE SAYING THAT THE ZONING IS IN PLACE. THAT'S WHERE THE HOPE FOR THE 1339 BILLS IS, WE CAN MORE QUICKLY GET THE ZONING IN PLACE AND AVOID A CUMBERSOME PD PROCESS. THE 10% IS THE MINIMUM. AS BOWEN ALLUDED TO AND GIVENIS EXPERTISE IN TAX CREDIT DEALS, THEY ARE GOING TO BE APPLYING FOR THOSE. YOU GET THOSE, MAYBE YOU CAN SHARE WHAT THOSE AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS WILL BE. >> THOSE ARE 60% OF MEDIAN AND BELOW. THAT'S KIND OF THE GOLD STANDARD FOR AFFORDABILITY. AGAIN, IT IS A VERY COMPETITIVE PROGRAM. WE HAVE TO APPLY MULTIPLE YEARS. YEARS AGO, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR THE FIRST PROJECT OVER AT ENCORE, THEY PROBABLY APPLIED FIVE OR SIX YEARS IN A ROW TO GET FUNDED. IT'S VERY COMPETITIVE. OUR GOAL IS ULTIMATELY TO APPLY FOR SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THIS GIVES US THAT FLEXIBILITY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. WHAT I'M HEARING IS YOU ALL ARE MAKING -- YOU NEED THIS AS A PLATFORM TO GO TO THE NEXT STEP. THAT NEXT STEP IS GOING TO INCLUDE NOT JUST AFFORDABLE BUT THE POTENTIAL OF WORKFORCE HOUSING, WHICH IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT OBVIOUSLY. YOU'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT THINGS THAT ARE AFFORDABLE UNDER THE SYSTEM BY WHICH TO QUANTIFY THAT BUT ALSO FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE MIDDLE CLASS AND WORKING CLASS PEOPLE THAT WE CAN'T FORGET ABOUT. >> WE AGREE. >>LUIS VIERA: THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING. I LIKE WHAT I'M HEARING IN THAT REGARD. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS THERE ANYTHING FURTHER? MR. SHELBY -- OH, THE SITE PLAN. DO YOU HAVE THE SITE PLAN UP ON THE OVERHEAD? DO WE TAKE ACTION ACTION TODAY OR -- >>MARTIN SHELBY: NOT UNLESS COUNCIL WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION WITH REGARD TO THE DISCUSSION THAT YOU'VE HAD. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. THE COVERED BICYCLE PARKING, AS COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK BROUGHT UP, I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT. THE WEATHER, THE RAIN, THE EV. THERE ARE SO MANY REASONS AS TO WHY YOU'RE PUTTING A DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF PEOPLE. AND IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THE GOAL OF IN THE FUTURE WORKFORCE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SHOULD THEY NOT HAVE A CAR, I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO ADD THAT BECAUSE IT WILL CERTAINLY BE USED. YOU AS A BICYCLIST, TAMPA IS NOT THE EASIEST AND THE WEATHER. >> IN TERMS OF THE GENERAL SITE PLAN, THE CONSTRAINTS -- MY DOCUMENT WENT AWAY. IN TERMS OF THE GENERAL SITE PLAN, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'VE GOT A STRUCTURED PARKING GARAGE AT THE NORTH END OF THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE INTERSTATE AND PARALLEL TO THE INTERSTATE ACTING AS A LITTLE BIT OF A BUFFER FOR THE GREENSPACE AND THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING. THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING, THE CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAD WITH THE PROPERTY, THE FIVE GRAND OAK TREES THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. THERE WAS ALSO THE 35th STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY, WHICH DOESN'T HAVE A STREET ON IT BUT DOES HAVE UTILITIES ON IT. UTILITY EASEMENT THROUGH THE 50-FOOT RIGHT-OF-WAY. WE ARE UTILIZING THAT AS THE ENTRY DRIVE TO THE PROJECT. IT'S SORT OF CENTRAL TO THE SITE. WE'VE LOCATED THE COMMERCIAL SPACE AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO 36. WE LIKE THAT LOCATION. BECAUSE THAT WAS KIND OF THE MAJOR STREET, AND IT ALSO CONNECTED THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE SO THAT THE COMMERCIAL CAN SERVE BOTH THE NEIGHBORHOOD SOUTH AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD NORTH, TO THE NORTH. IN TERMS OF BICYCLE PARKING SPECIFICALLY, THE PARKING GARAGE IS ENTERED FROM THE EAST SIDE OFF OF THE DRIVE OFF OF 12th AND THE RAMP, WHEN YOU ENTER, THE RAMP IS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF YOU, GOING UP. AT THE WEST END OF THE PARKING GARAGE, SORT OF WHERE THIS DASHED LINE IS, IS WHERE THE GARAGE IS HIGH ENOUGH THAT CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWO PARKING SPACES THERE, BUT WE CAN REMOVE THOSE TWO PARKING SPACES AND WE CAN PROVIDE SHELTERED BICYCLE PARKING FOR THE RESIDENTS UNDER THE HIGH PART OF THE RAMP. THAT WOULD MEAN THAT WE WOULD ADD, BECAUSE TWO MORE PARKING SPACES ON THE SURFACE PARKING LOT TO THE EAST, BUT THAT'S AN EASY CHANGE TO MAKE. IN TERMS OF COMMERCIAL SPACE, WHAT WE WOULD DO, I THINK, WE NEED TO DETERMINE WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER OF BICYCLE PARKING SPACES FOR 2800 SQUARE FEET. THAT'S PROBABLY FOUR OR SIX. SO WHAT WE WOULD DO IS CARVE THAT INTO A SMALL PORTION OF THE COMMERCIAL SPACE. COMMERCIAL SPACE BACK TO NOT LOSE ANY EFFECTIVE SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR THE COMMERCIAL SPACE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BEFORE COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK MAKES THAT MOTION -- YES, MA'AM, COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, CHAIR. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL SPACE. DID YOU SAY IT WAS 2800 SQUARE FEET? >> YES, MA'AM. >>GWEN HENDERSON: IS THAT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ONE BUSINESS OR SEVERAL? >> IF YOU CAN SEE THE SITE PLAN AGAIN, THE STAIRWELL, ONE OF THE EXIT STAIRS FOR THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING ABOVE COMES DOWN SORT OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SPACE. WHAT THAT ALLOWS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO POTENTIALLY SPLIT IT INTO TWO SMALLER SPACES. THE AVERAGE SIZE WOULD BE 1400 SQUARE FEET OR ONE LARGER SPACE. BUT -- SO IT'S DESIGNED IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS IT TO BE EITHER ONE SPACE OROLOGICAL TWO. BUT PROBABLY NOT REALISTICALLY MORE THAN TWO. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE ANSWER. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROJECT. I'LL TELL YOU WHY. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WORKFORCE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND I KNOW YOU HAVE FUTURE GOALS AND THIS IS THE FIRST STEP TO ALLOW YOU TO DO THAT. BUT IN EAST TAMPA, WE HEARD IT THIS MORNING, CHANNELSIDE'S PLAN WAS PUT IN PLACE 20 PLUS YEARS AGO WHEN EAST TAMPA'S WAS, BUT LOOK AT WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE, WHAT CHANNEL LOOKS LIKE AND LOOK AT EAST TAMPA. THIS IS NOT GENTRIFICATION. WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WORKFORCE, TALKING ABOUT AFFORDABLE, TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, STAYING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUT INVESTING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S PROJECTS LIKE THESE THAT I THINK ARE WORTHY. I THINK THE FOCUS SHOULD SHIFT TO THESE PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE FORGOTTEN. WE TALK ABOUT SULPHUR SPRINGS, THAT COMES UP A LOT. BUT IN EAST TAMPA, THERE'S SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY. BUT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT. THE COMMUNITY TALKS ABOUT IT, BUT DEVELOPERS AND PEOPLE WITH MONEY NEED TO LOOK AT THIS AREA AND INVEST IN IT FOR EVERYONE FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PUT IN THE RECORD REGARDING THE BICYCLE? >>LYNN HURTAK: SURE. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING COVERED, SECURE BIKE PARKING FOR RESIDENTS AND COVERED ACCESSIBLE BIKE PARKING FOR COMMERCIAL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. SO WE HAVE THAT ON RECORD. MR. SHELBY, DO WE TAKE ANY ACTION TODAY OR DO WE EVEN CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? >>MARTIN SHELBY: YOU CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ANNOUNCE THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING DATE, TIME AND LOCATION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD HERE AT 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602 AT OLD CITY HALL ON MAY 15, 2025, AT 10:30 A.M. ITEM 60. AND FROM HERE, IT'S ALMOST 11:30. AFTER THIS ITEM, DEPENDING ON HOW LONG IT TAKES, WOULD COUNCIL LIKE TO BREAK FOR LUNCH? OKAY. YES SIR. >>ROSS SAMONS: ROSS SAMONS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. CLERK TO SHARE THE ELMO SCREEN. ROSS SAMONS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION, PRESENTING FILE VAC-25-06. THE APPLICANT IS STEVE YERRID, REPRESENTATIVE IS GARNER BREWER HUDSON. PROPERTY ADDRESS 5001 WEST IS AN GABLE COURT. PROPOSED VACATING REQUEST, LOCATED NORTH OF SAN GABLE COURT, SOUTH OF SAN MIGUEL STREET, EAST OF OLD TAMPA BAY AND WEST OF DUNDEE STREET. FILED FEBRUARY 5, 2025. RIGHT-OF-WAY UNIMPROVED. CREATED BY SUBDIVISION PLAT. EXISTING RIGHT-OF-WAY APPROXIMATELY 2,923 SQUARE FEET. HERE IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPOSED VACATING REQUEST IN YELLOW. HERE IS THE ORIGINAL PLAT OF THE AREA REQUESTED TO BE VACATED. LOOKING WEST FROM NORTH DUNDEE STREET. STAFF HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO THIS VACATING REQUEST. EASEMENT RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED BY STORMWATER AND TECO. SPECIAL CONDITIONS, NATURAL RESOURCES MUST COMPLY WITH CHAPTER 27, AS REGARDS TO TREMENDOUS PRESERVATION AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS PLACED TO ADJACENT TO TREES IN VACATED AREA. I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? NO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WHO IS THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR ITEM 60? MR. HUDSON. >> TYLER HUDSON, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE FOR THE RECORD. DO YOU HAVE A POWERPOINT ON THIS ONE? PICK UP WHERE ROSS LEFT OFF, TWO DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. ON THE LEFT, YOU'LL SEE THE AERIAL. YOU'LL NOTE TWO IMPORTANT THINGS THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LATER. THE FIRST IS THAT THIS RIGHT-OF-WAY AREA DOES FALL SHORT OF THE SHORELINE. THE LAND THAT IS WESTWARD OF THIS RIGHT-OF-WAY AREA IS UP LAND THAT WAS FORMED BYEE CREATION, WHICH I LEARNED A FEW WEEKS AGO IS THE OPPOSITE OF EROSION. SHORELINE CHANGED SINCE 1919. THE LAND THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THE AREA OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY IS OWNED BY THE PORT AUTHORITY OF TAMPA. ALSO NOTICE ON THE RIGHT, THE CLOSED CAPTIONING CONCEALS IT A LITTLE BIT BUT TWO STORMWATER INLETS OFF OF DUNDEE STREET THERE. LET'S GO BACK TO 1919. THIS IS ADVERTISED AS A UNIT OF LAND CALLED SUNSET CAMP. IT HAD 96 LOTS RANGING IN PRICE FROM 200 TO 300 DOLLARS, DEPENDING ON LOCATION, IT WAS OWNED BY THE ESTATE OF POTTER PALMER, A CHICAGO BUSINESSMAN. YOU CAN SEE HERE WHAT IS ON THE PLAT DOESN'T LOOK EXACTLY LIKE REALITY TODAY, BUT THERE ARE SOME SIMILARITIES, FOR EXAMPLE, DRYAD STREET DOES EXIST. NEPTUNE STREET WHICH IT RUNS INTO IS NOW DUNDEE. THE AREA OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY TALKING ABOUT WAS THE TERMINUS OF DRYAD STREET. END OF DRYAD STREET TO WHAT WAS THEN THE SHORELINE. DRYAD STREET WAS NEVER BUILT PAST DUNDEE, WHAT WAS CALLED NEPTUNE ON THE PLAT. IT STOPPED. IT WAS A DEAD END AND FOR A CENTURY AND SIX YEARS ITS REMAINED A DEAD END, ALBEIT ONE NO LONGER ON THE SHORELINE. FIRST THING I WANT TO MAKE VERY CLEAR HERE, THIS LAND IS PRIVATELY OWNED. SINCE 1919, THE FOLKS ON EITHER SIDE OF THIS DEAD END HAVE OWNED THIS LAND IN FEE SIMPLE. SO THEY OWNED THE LAND FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE EARTH UP TO SOME CELESTIAL POINT ABOVE, BUT THIS IS PRIVATE LAND. WE HAVE A TITLE COMMITMENT FROM OLD REPUBLIC TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY. WE HAVE RESEARCHED THIS EXHAUSTIVELY. THIS LITTLE STUB OF RIGHT-OF-WAY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, WHILE THERE IS A PUBLIC EASEMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN DEPTH, I WANT TO MAKE VERY CLEAR THIS IS PRIVATELY OWNED LAND THAT IN 1919 WAS DEDICATED BY THE THEN OWNER FOR A ROAD THAT HASN'T BEEN BUILT IN 106 YEARS AND IS NOT GOING TO BE BUILT. NEXT POINT, THIS LAND FOR ITS DD PURPOSE. DON'T NEED A ROAD HERE. A LOT OF ROADS IN SOUTH TAMPA. 50-FOOT WIDE ROAD. ENTIRE PLAT LIKE A LOT OF PORTIONS OF SOUTH TAMPA, ROADWAYS ARE QUITE RIDE, THEY ARE 50 FEET WIDE. ON THE PLAT ON PAPER, BUT IN REALITY, THESE ROADS ARE MAYBE 18, 19 FEET. SO NEARLY EVERY PERSON IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A NICE BONUS OF PROBABLY 16 AND A HALF FOOT PORTIONS OF THEIR LOTS THAT ARE TECHNICALLY IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY BUT CERTAINLY NOT USED THAT WAY AND NO ONE REALLY WANTS TO CHANGE THAT. SIMILARLY HERE, THIS PIECE OF LAND ON THE RIGHT IN RED, THAT'S WHERE THE END, THE TERMINUS POINT OF DRYAD IS. IT'S NOT USED FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY. NOT NEEDED FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY BECAUSE THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH ACCESS THEIR PROPERTY DIFFERENTLY. LOT TWO OF BLOCK SEVEN, THAT IS ACCESSED DIRECTLY OFF DUNDEE. AND THEN THE PROPERTIES TO THE SOUTH OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY ARE ACCESSED OFF OF SAN GABLE COURT, A PLAT CREATED IN 1988 TO REPLAT LOTS ONE AND TWO OF BLOCK EIGHT OF SUNSET CAMP PLAT. THERE'S BEEN SOME OPINION ABOUT THIS, WHICH IS IN YOUR IN-BOXES AND I BELIEVE IS HERE. WE UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE ARE UPSET ABOUT THIS. WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT. WE THINK A LOT OF THE DISSATISFACTION WITH THIS PROPOSAL IS REALLY BASED ON MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT WHAT THIS LAND IS AND WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE SEEKING TO DO AND WHY WE ARE FILING THIS. I'LL TAKE THOSE IN ORDER. FIRST, THIS MOTION THAT THIS IS ON THE WATER, NOT TRUE. THIS RIGHT-OF-WAY STOPS SHORT OF THE WATER. AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S NECESSARILY OBVIOUS, I WANT TO BE CLEAR. THERE IS A SHORELINE FENCE. IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE TO THINK THAT BIG PIECE OF GRASS ACTUALLY GOES TO THE WATER IN TERMS OF THE CITY'S OWNERSHIP INTEREST, IT DOES NOT. THIS IS MY BEST ATTEMPT AT SCALING IT. IT STOPS SHORT OF THAT. AT MINIMUM, THERE'S 20 FEET BETWEEN THE EDGE OF THIS RIGHT-OF-WAY AND THE SHORELINE AT THE TOP TO THE RIGHT, WHICH IS THE NORTH, ANGLES OUT SO EVEN FARTHER AWAY THERE. THE GENERAL PUBLIC HAS NO RIGHT TO ACCESS THE WATER HERE. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THAT'S EVER BEEN DONE. IF YOU WANT TO SEE PICTURES OF WHAT THE CURRENT SHORELINE LOOKS LIKE, I CAN SHOW THEM TO YOU. I WAS THERE YESTERDAY. NO WAY THAT ANYONE IS GOING THERE WITH A KAYAK OR PADDLEBOARD, NOT ONLY TRESPASSING UPON PORT PROPERTY, GOING RIGHT AFTER AN ACTIVE STORMWATER FACILITY. THAT IS NOT A PLACE THAT'S IDEAL FOR RECREATIONAL WATERFRONT USES. YOU'D HAVE TO GET THE COURT'S PERSIAN TO DO THAT WHICH THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE. REALLY WANT TO PUT THIS TO REST. WE FEEL THIS IS SOMETHING NOT IN OUR VIEW OPEN TO ■DEBATE. THERE IS NO WATERFRONT ACCESS HERE. THE SECOND IS STORMWATER. THIS IS WHERE THERE MIGHT BE A MISCONCEPTION. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BUILD SOMETHING HERE. WHEN WE'RE HERE DOING VACATE, TALKING ABOUT RELIEVING IT, DENSITY, PUT IN AN APARTMENT BUILDING, NO ONE IS BUILDING ANYTHING HERE. THE ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU FOR APPROVAL HAS A STORMWATER EASEMENT PROPOSED OVER THE ENTIRETY OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. THAT WOULD HAVE TO GET RELEASED WITH THE APPROVAL OF STORMWATER WHICH WOULD NEVER HAPPEN, AND BY THE CITY COUNCIL, WHICH, LIKEWISE, WILL NEVER HAPPEN. NO ONE IS BUILDING ANYTHING HERE. THE HOUSES HERE ARE FINE. NO ATTEMPT TO BUILD ANYTHING. HERE IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE. TWO INLETS WHICH I SHOWED YOU EARLIER ON, THE SEWER HOLES. A MANHOLE JUST AT THE EDGE OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. THAT'S A LITTLE BIT BURIED AND THEN A STORM DISCHARGE POINT THAT GOES INTO OLD TAMPA BAY. ACTIVE STORMWATER FACILITY. STORMWATER GOT COMFORTABLE WITH RETAINING AN EASEMENT. I WOULD SAY THAT -- I CAN'T PUT A PERCENTAGE BUT SOME OF THE LARGEST PROJECTS THIS COUNCIL HAS APPROVED AND AWARE OF HAS VITAL CITY INFRASTRUCTURE THAT LIES IN AN EASEMENT. ALL OF YBOR CITY DRAINS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF YBOR HARBOR, BARELY EVEN HAS AN EASEMENT. ONE OF THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL FOR THAT PROJECT. EASEMENT FOR STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE IS VERY COMMON. THE REASON WE'RE OPEN TO GETTING THIS APPROVED IN ITS CURRENT STATE IS BECAUSE WE HAVE ZERO INTENT TO BUILD HERE. PRIVATE LAND GRAB, OVERDEVELOPMENT, THOSE ARE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS, NOT FOR THESE FACTS, NOT FOR THIS APPLICATION. THIRD IS ABOUT THE PARK. THIS IS NOT A PARK. RIGHT-OF-WAY IS NOT A PARK. THE NICE THING ABOUT REAL ESTATE LAW, HASN'T CHANGED MUCH, HASN'T CHANGED IN A FEW CENTURIES. CAN'T EXPAND THE NATURE OF AN EASEMENT BEYOND THE SCOPE IT WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED. DEDICATION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR DRYAD STREET WAS NOT A PARK, WASN'T A WHARF, WASN'T A DOCKAGE. LOOKED AT A LOT OF PLATS AS HAS ROSS. THERE ARE PLACES WHERE PREDECESSORS SAID THAT IS A PARK PARKLAND FOREST WHARFAGE DOCK. THIS IT YOU WANT SAY THAT. HASN'T BEEN BUILT IN 106 YEARS AND ISN'T GOING TO BE BUILT. BECAUSE MR. YERRID HAS PAID TO MAINTAIN IT, MOW IT, YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS DOES LOOK INVITING, BUT THIS IS NOT A PARK. THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT LIABILITY ISSUES BOTH FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARISE FROM HAVING THIS -- WHAT CAN BE, SOUNDS LIKE A BAD WORD, ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE. THIS IS NOT A PARK. IT HAS NO INSURANCE. NO CITY MAINTENANCE OPPORTUNITIES. THIS IS A DEAD END THAT HAPPENS TO LOOK GREEN. BUT I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NOT A PARK AND NOTHING LEGALLY THAT ALLOWS THE EASEMENT TO BE EXPANDED BEYOND THE SCOPE IN WHICH IT WAS GRANTED. GOOD NEWS FOR THE NEIGHBORS, THERE ARE PARKS NEARBY. THERE IS SUNSET PARK. TWO-MINUTE BIKE RIDE. TO BE CLEAR, TWO AND A HALF ACRES. A LOT OF THAT IS STORMWATER FUTURE. SIGNIFICANT GRASSY AREA CLOSE BY. BLUE STAR IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE CITY HAS BEEN SPENDING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO OPEN A BRAND-NEW PARK, A THREE-MINUTE BIKE RIDE AWAY AT BAY TO BAY. WE HELD OFF ON FILING THIS APPLICATION SO THAT IF THIS GETS APPROVED, WE WOULD HOLD OFF ON FENCING IT. FENCE THIS OFF UNTIL THIS NEW PARK IS OPENED. THAT'S A PARK. THAT'S WHAT A PARK LOOKS LIKE FOR THESE FOLKS WHO ABSOLUTELY DESERVE TO HAVE PARK. HEARD FROM THE CITY, OPEN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. CONSIDERABLE RESOURCES WENT INTO IT. ANOTHER VIEW OF IT, THAT'S A PARK. FENCE MAINTAINED SIDEWALKS THAT'S WHAT A PARK LOOKS LIKE. PARK DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THE DEAD END OF A ROAD THAT'S 106 YEARS IN THE NOT MAKING. THESE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HEAVILY SCRUTINIZED VACATING APPLICATIONS. MEDIA ATTENTION GOING BACK A COUPLE OF YEARS. LIKE A RENEGADE DOG PARK. I THINK THIS COUNCIL HAS TAKEN -- SCRUTINIZES THESE VACATING REQUESTS HEAVILY. I THINK THAT HAS BEEN TRANSLATED, STAFF'S TREATMENT OF THEM. WE DON'T HAVE A SINGLE OBJECTION. A LOT OF BITES AT THE APPLE WITH THE VACATINGS. A LOT OF PEOPLE GET TO COMMENT. AND THERE WASN'T A SINGLE OBJECTION. NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR IN OPPOSITION SOME OF THE REBUTTALS TO THE THINGS I TRIED TO PREEMPT, BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, THIS IS A ROAD, THIS IS A PRIVATE PIECE OF LAND THAT WAS DEDICATED, WHERE AN EASEMENT WAS GIVEN TO THE CITY FOR A SINGULAR PURPOSE, TO FINISH DRYAD STREET. THAT WAS NOT DONE FOR 106 YEARS, THAT IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST FIRST TO PROTECT PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS. MIGHT NOT ALWAYS BE IN THE PUBLIC FAVOR, BUT IT IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST TO PRESERVE PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS, AND THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY. SECOND, IT'S IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST TO MINIMIZE LIABILITY RISKS FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE LIABILITY RISKS THAT CAN EMANATE TO ADJACENT OWNERS FROM HAVING THIS UNCLEAR VOID IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD, EVEN IF IT IS A NICE PLACE TO LET YOUR DOG GO TO THE RESTROOM OR KIDS THROW A BALL. WE GET THAT. YOU HAVE TO BALANCE THAT AGAINST THE RIGHTS THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS OF HAVING AN ACCIDENTAL PARK FIVE FEET FROM THEIR HOME WHEN RAISING TWO SMALL CHILDREN. THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS RIGHTS, TOO. FINALLY, THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS TO THIS REQUEST. THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS THE CITY HAS HERE IS NOT IMPERILED IN ANY WAY AND ARGUABLY WOULD BE BETTER PROTECTED BY BEING FENCED RATHER THAN AN OPEN DEAD END FIELD. WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I KNOW THERE ARE COMMENTS. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION OF THIS REQUEST. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. IF NOTHING IS GOING TO BE BUILT ON IT, WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP, TO FENCE IT IN AND CLOSE IT OFF OR LEAVE IT WIDE OPEN? >> THE DESIRE WOULD BE TO FENCE IT. THIS HAS BEEN OPEN FOR QUITE SOME TIME. WE DON'T WANT THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO HAVE ACCESS TO THIS BECAUSE THE ONLY CIRCUMSTANCE IN WHICH THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS INTENDED TO HAVE ACCESS TO THIS IS IF IT IS A ROAD. IT'S NOT A ROAD AND NOT GOING TO BE A ROAD. THIS COUNCIL IS NOT GOING TO SUPPORT. IF YOU WANT TO SEE THIS ROOM GET REALLY FULL, PROPOSE A 50-FOOT ROAD IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS. THAT'S WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY WAS INTENDED. NO STRUCTURE PROPOSED. I THINK A PERMIT FOR THE FENCE GIVEN THE STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND SIZE. THERE WOULD BE SOME CITY OVERSIGHT OF THAT. WE'RE NOT BUILDING ANYTHING. WE'RE NOT PUTTING A HOUSE ON IT. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT HAPPENING. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. THE STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE IS ALREADY THERE AND IT'S NECESSARY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. MALLOY, ARE YOU WITH MR. HUDSON OR THE OPPOSITE SIDE? >> HE'S THE OTHER SIDE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MY CONCERN WOULD BE DEFINITION OF A FENCE, BECAUSE OF THE CRITICAL NATURE OF THIS BEING POTENTIALLY, AS WE SAW WITH HURRICANE HELENE FLOODING, WHERE IS THE WATER GOING TO GO, CLEARLY THIS IS AN AREA WATER FLOWS THROUGH TO GET TO THE BAY. >> YEAH. THIS IS IN THE VELOCITY ZONE, I BELIEVE. IT WILL HAVE TO GET COMMENTED ON BY NUMEROUS CITY AGENCIES. IF THE NATURE OF THE FENCE IS SOMETHING THAT -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IF WE APPROVE THIS, IT WOULD BE OUT OF OUR HANDS AND THEN THEY PUT UP AN IMPERMEABLE WALL. >> WELL, YOU CAN PUT CONDITIONS, ANY FENCE ERECTED THEREON HAS TO BE WITHIN THE STORMWATER EASEMENT, STORMWATER MUST CONSENT TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON. I THINK THAT LANGUAGE MIGHT ALREADY BE IN THERE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I HAVE DOUBTS ON STORMWATER BECAUSE THEY ALREADY SAID NO OBJECTION. I HAVE DOUBTS WITH STORMWATER -- >> THEY HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THE CITY'S INTEREST IN THIS BEING A ROAD. THE CITY HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO ANY POSSIBLE FENCE CONSTRUCTED THEREON. WE'RE NOT THERE YET. WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR IS TO TRADE AN EASEMENT FOR A ROAD, WHICH WILL NEVER GET BUILT BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN BUILT IN THE LAST 106 YEARS FOR AN EASEMENT TAILORED TO WHAT IS ACTUALLY THERE, WHICH IS STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE. THAT'S WHAT THE IMPROVEMENT OF THIS IS. IF INCIDENTALLY FOLKS HAVE GROWN ACCUSTOM TO USING THE GRASS AS IF IT WERE A PUBLIC PARK ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, IT WILL BE INTERRUPTED AND PEOPLE WON'T BE HAPPY ABOUT THAT. THAT IS A DISPUTE THAT THIS COUNCIL, THAT YOU HAVE TO RESOLVE. IN OUR VIEW, IT IS NOT A CLOSE CALL. THANKS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. MALLOY, YOU WILL THEN BE, JUST FOR PROCEDURAL PURPOSES, PART OF PUBLIC COMMENT, THREE MINUTES? >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, UNLESS COUNCIL DECIDES OTHERWISE, IF THERE IS A REQUEST. NO, USUALLY THREE MINUTES AT THIS POINT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'RE NOW AT PUBLIC COMMENT. MR. MALLOY, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE ROOM AND THEN REBUTTAL. >> WILLIAM MALLOY, 325 SOUTH BOULEVARD. I'M SPEAKING GENERALLY FOR THE FOLKS WHO SIGNED THE PETITION IN OPPOSITION HERE. IT SHOULD BE IN ALL YOUR IN-BOXES. THERE ARE 53 SIGNATURES ON IT. I HOPE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO CONSIDER THAT. IT'S NOT INSIGNIFICANT. THERE ARE ALSO SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT DON'T BELONG TO THE HOA THAT CHIMED IN, SIGNED IT AS WELL. I BELIEVE SOME ARE HERE TO SPEAK. FOR MY OWN CREDIBILITY, FULL DISCLOSURE, I AM A RESIDENT OF SPANISH TOWN CREEK, OTHER SIDE OF THE PENINSULA. IF THIS WAS HAPPENING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, I WOULD BE HERE AS A CITIZEN SAYING EXACTLY WHAT I AM. IF THIS WERE PRIVATE PROPERTY UP FOR DEVELOPMENT, I WOULDN'T BE HERE. BUT THIS IS, DESPITE THE WORDSMITHING HERE, THE CITY HAS AN INTEREST IN THIS PROPERTY. NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. WHO OWNS FEE TO IT, I'M NOT ABLE TO SPEAK TO AT THIS POINT. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SPIN THROUGH MY CLIENT'S CONCERNS AND WHAT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO ME IN THE TIME I'VE HAD TO REVIEW THIS. THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THIS AND WHAT WAS PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC WAS THE APPLICANT HAS SECURITY CONCERNS. I'M STRUGGLING -- I TRUST MY COLLEAGUE VERY MUCH, BUT I'M STRUGGLING TO FIND THE NEXUS BETWEEN SECURITY CONCERNS AND GIVE ME CONTROL OF THE DIRT. SECURITY CONCERNS CAN BE ADDRESSED IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. I'D ASK FOR SUBSTANTIATION OF THE SECURITY CONCERNS. IS TPD INVOLVED IN THIS? IS CODE ENFORCEMENT? HAS THIS BEEN BROUGHT TO NUISANCE AND ABATEMENT? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT VALIDATES THIS ASSERTION THAT IT IS A SECURITY PROBLEM? AGAIN, I STRUGGLE TO FIND THAT NEXUS, BUT MOVING ON, WE UNDERSTAND AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT TECO AND STORMWATER HAVE RETAINED OR ASKED TO RETAIN PERMANENT EASEMENTS OVER THIS PROPERTY. PERMANENT IS NOT PERPETUAL. THOSE EASEMENTS CAN BE VACATED OR OTHERWISE NULLIFIED. AGAIN, IT WOULD TAKE SOME PERMISSIONS AND AN ASK, BUT IT CAN HAPPEN. THIS DIRT IS PRICELESS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND FOR THE CITY. THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FLOODED BADLY LAST FALL. I'M TOLD, CAN'T SUBSTANTIATE THIS MYSELF, THAT 30% OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, PLUS OR MINUS, IS STILL DISPLACED IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER. YOU CAN'T GIVE UP THIS DIRECT AVENUE, WHETHER IT TOUCHES THE WATER OR THE PORT AUTHORITY OR NOT, TO OLD TAMPA BAY AND HAVE THE CHANCE THAT ANY KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE STORMWATER IS COMPROMISED. YOU HAVE TO KEEP CONTROL OF THIS PIECE. I HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE OTHERWISE THAT THEY DON'T INTEND TO BUILD HERE, BUT YOU CAN SEE IN MY CLIENT'S MIND, MY MIND AND YOU'VE SEEN IT BEFORE, THE INSTANT VISION IS AN ADU POPPING UP IF THIS IS APPROVED. FINALLY, TEN MORE SECONDS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS. >> THE ASSOCIATION IS MORE THAN WILLING TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT TO ADDRESS SECURITY CONCERNS. INSTALL LIGHTING, FENCING, COOPERATE IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE. I'VE GOT LETTERS TO THAT EFFECT. I THINK THEY ARE IN YOUR IN-BOX AS WELL. I THINK THAT'S TREMENDOUS. THIS IS NOT AN INSTANCE OF NOT IN MY BACKYARD AS YOU HEARD BEFORE. THEY WOULD LIKE TO HELP. THEY WANT TO KEEP THIS GREEN AND OPEN. THEY WANT TO HAVE THE CITY RETAIN ITS STEWARDSHIP. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER. THIS IS THE TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU WANT TO COME UP AND SPEAK, LINE UP AGAINST THE WALL AND WE'LL START GOING ONE BY ONE. >> MICHAEL RICH, NEIGHBOR IN THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT, TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST TO VACATE THIS RIGHT-OF-WAY. HOPEFULLY YOU ALSO GOT A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE PETITION WHICH WE HAVE 45 DIFFERENT HOUSEHOLDS IN SUNSET PARK THAT OPPOSE THIS MEASURE. MICHAEL RICH. I LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, WEST DRYAD STREET, LESS THAN ONE BLOCK AWAY FROM THE RIGHT-OF-WAY IN QUESTION. MY PRIMARY INTEREST RELIES IN PRESERVING THIS IMPORTANT GREENSPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY. I'VE LIVED ON WEST DRYAD STREET ALMOST 12 YEARS. TWO YOUNG CHILDREN, 6 AND 2. WE USE THE OPEN SPACE REGULARLY TO KICK A SOCCER BALL AROUND -- MANY FAMILIES USE THE GREENSPACE AS A PLACE TO PLAY AND RESIDENTS CAN ENJOY THE OUTDOORS. WE KNOW IT IS NOT A PARK. NOT HOLDING ORGANIZED SPORTS OR PARTIES, SUCH GREENSPACE IS AN ESSENTIAL FOR THE WELL-BEING AND OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND ASHAMED TO TAKE IT AWAY. THE NEW PARK THAT THE ATTORNEY SHOWED MOMENTS AGO IS MORE THAN HALF A MILE AWAY. I HAVE A TWO-YEAR-OLD AND SIX-YEAR-OLD AND NOT REALISTIC FOR ME TO MAKE THEM RIDE THEIR LITTLE TRICYCLES HALF A MILE TO GET TO A PARK LITTERED WITH PALM TREES. I ALSO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT FENCING IN THIS PIECE OF LAND FOR STORMWATER PURPOSES, BUT I'LL SKIP THAT BECAUSE HE ALREADY ADDRESSED IT. THERE WAS BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE APPLICANT. I KNOW IT SAYS NO OPPOSITION BUT CLEARLY WAS BACK AND FORTH AND SOME LEVEL OF CONCERN. REGARDING PRIVATE ACCESS, I'M NOT PRIVY TO WHAT THE APPLICANT'S TRUE INTENTIONS ARE. I KNOW THEY SAID THEY WILL FENCE IT IN AND KEEP ANYONE FROM USING IT. MY UNDERSTANDING IS VACATING WOULD -- IT WOULD ELIMINATE PUBLIC ACCESS FOR ANYONE ELSE. FRANKLY, THIS DID NOT SEEM RIGHT. I'M ALSO FRUSTRATED BY THE FACT THAT SOME OF THE OWNERSHIP DOCUMENTS POSTED TODAY WERE NOT POSTED TO THE CITY SITE, AT LEAST NOT IN THE LAST THREE DAYS. I HAVE GONE THROUGH THE OWNERSHIP DOCUMENTS, ONE IN PARTICULAR SHOWING MR. ITALIANO HAVING OWNERSHIP WAS NOT ON THERE AT LEAST IN THE PRIOR LAST TWO DAYS, EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING. ALSO FRUSTRATED THAT THIS APPLICATION WAS POSTED APPROXIMATELY 25% OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ARE DISPLACED FOLLOWING THE STORMS OF LAST YEAR. REGARDING SAFETY, THE VAGUE COMMENTS ON THE APPLICATION, QUOTE, UNQUOTE, SAFETY CONCERNS. AS IT STANDS TODAY THIS GREENSPACE POSES NO SAFETY THREAT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I CAN THINK OF NO LEGITIMATE REASONS WHY IT SHOULD BE SHUT OFF. IN CLOSING, I THINK SIGNIFICANTLY BENEFITS THIS RIGHT-OF-WAY PROVIDES TO THE COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY THE GREENSPACE OUTWEIGH THE DESIRE FOR PRIVATE EXPANSION OR PLAIN FENCING IT OFF WHICH I DON'T GET. URGE CITY COUNCIL TO PRIORITIZE THE PUBLIC GOOD AND DENY THIS REQUEST TO VACATE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. YES MA'AM. COME ON UP. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> NATALIE RINEHART. I ALSO LIVE IN SUNSET PARK. I WAS ALSO RAISED IN SUNSET PARK. SO THIS PARK TO ME HAS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART. I WOULD LIKE TO CORRECT MYSELF. IT IS A GREENSPACE. I LIVE THERE WITH MY HUSBAND AND TWO SONS. WE LIVE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND WE FREQUENTLY WALK BY THIS GREENSPACE WITH OUR DOG MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY. IT'S SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL TO LOOK AT AND WE'VE ALWAYS REALLY ADMIRED THIS AREA. IF A FENCE WERE TO BE CREATED ALONG DUNDEE STREET, I THINK NOT ONLY WOULD IT BE AN EYESORE FOR A WHOLE COMMUNITY BUT A REDUCTION OF GREEN AREA FOR OUR CHILDREN TO GROW UP WITH AND I THINK TAMPA HAS ALWAYS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF MAKING SURE WE HAVE AMPLE PARKS AND GREENSPACES TO ENJOY. SO TAKING THIS AWAY IS OF ABSOLUTELY NO RESOURCE TO OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. IT'S SOMETHING THAT I GREW UP WALKING BY AS A CHILD AND I WOULD LOVE TO AFFORD THAT OPPORTUNITY TO MY CHILDREN AS WELL. ALSO AS SOMEBODY WHO HAS HAD SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO OUR HOME AND OUR GARAGE FROM THE STORMS LAST YEAR, WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH THE FALLOUT SEVEN MONTHS LATER. SO CREATING ANY TYPE OF FENCING ALONG DUNDEE STREET, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT COULD IMPLICATE FOR ONCOMING STORMS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. WHAT TYPE OF FENCE THAT WOULD BE, IF IT WOULD CREATE A COLLECTION OF DEBRIS ALONG THAT FENCE LINE, THAT WOULD NOT LET WATERS GO THROUGH, I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE. IT MAKES ME FEEL SICK TO EVEN IMAGINE IF THAT WOULD MAKE STORMWATER CONCERNS AN EVEN GREATER CONCERN FOR ONCOMING YEARS. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, TO HAVE MY VOICE HEARD ON THIS ISSUE. THIS GREENSPACE IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY, THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF GREENSPACES IN. I JUST REALLY, REALLY URGE YOU TO CONSIDER OUR STAUNCH OPPOSITION TO THIS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. COME ON UP. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? NO, NO, THAT'S NOT STANDING UP. YES MA'AM. GO AHEAD. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> LESLEY FARRELL. I LIVE A FEW BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE GREENSPACE. I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT AREA TO HAVE, SHE WAS SAYING, TO HAVE MORE SPACES FOR NATURE. WHEN I MOVED THERE ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO, THERE WERE MORE PUBLIC ACCESS PLACES, AND NOW THEY SEEM TO BE -- HAVE BEEN TAKEN AWAY. IT'S REALLY A NICE SPACE, EVEN THOUGH LIKE A SMALL LOT, BUT REALLY NICE ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNGER KIDS BECAUSE IT IS A PROTECTED KIND OF AREA FOR THEM TO PLAY BALL AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS AS OPPOSED TO A BIGGER PARK. IT IS THE ONLY LITTLE GREENSPACE WE HAVE IN THIS AREA. MY GRANDSON VISITS, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE HIM THERE AND KICK THE BALL AROUND. A LOT OF THE HOUSES, THEY ARE BUILDING BIG HOUSES AND THEY HAVE VERY SMALL YARDS. I THINK THE HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY THE HURRICANES AND REBUILT, THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE NEED FOR THAT AS WELL. A LOT OF OUR STREETS DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS. IT'S A NICE PLACE ALSO TO TALK TO NEIGHBORS. I'VE MET A LOT OF NEIGHBORS OVER THERE THAT I WOULD NOT HAVE EVEN KNOWN. IT IS GREAT FOR THE COMMUNITY. YEAH. I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT LITTLE AREA. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COME ON UP, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> MY NAME IS MICHAEL ROBY. I'VE BEEN SWORN IN. I'LL TAKE THE THREE MINUTES TO READ MY E-MAIL I SUBMITTED TO THE CITY OF TAMPA. COUNCIL CHAIR AND MEMBERS, I HAVE LIVED IN SUNSET PARK 17 YEARS RAISING MY FAMILY ON THE QUIET STREET AND DAILY CELEBRATING THE SUNSETS THAT GIVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ITS NAME. THE SLIVER OF CITY RIGHT-OF-WAY, YOU ARE BEING ASKED TO ABANDON IS THE LAST REMAINING PUBLIC GREENSPACE WE HAVE IN OUR CORNER OF SOUTH TAMPA THAT IS CONTINUOUSLY BEING OVERDEVELOPED. WE ARE ASKING YOU TO RESPECTFULLY DENY THE VAC 25, A LOT OF ZEROS AND SIX. WHY THIS PARCEL MATTERS, COMMUNITY HEART, EACH EVENING, DOZENS OF OUR NEIGHBORS WALK DOGS, PUSH STROLLERS AND LET THE CHILDREN ENJOY THIS LITTLE SAFETY PATCH OF GRASS. DURING HEAVY STORMS, AS WE'VE KNOWN IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION, A LOT OF HOMES, INCLUDING MINE, WERE AFFECTED BY HELENE WITH THE FLOODING. I JUST MOVED BACK IN IN JANUARY. AS WE NOW MORE AND MORE -- I'LL GO OFF THE DOCUMENT HERE, BUT AS WE NOW GO MORE AND MORE INTO THE PROCESS OF OVERDEVELOPING SOUTH TAMPA AS IT IS, ESPECIALLY SUNSET PARK, WHEN I CAME HERE ORIGINALLY 17 YEARS AGO FROM GEORGIA, IT WAS THE CHARACTER THAT DREW ME INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE OAK TREES, THE CHARACTER OF NOT ONE BIG WHITE BOX AFTER ONE BIG WHITE BOX. I GET IT, PROPERTY TAXES ARE A HECK OF A DEAL. WITH THAT SAID, YOU AND I BOTH KNOW IT WON'T STOP WITH A FENCE. THIS GUY NEXT TO IT, WE ALREADY KNOW. I'VE LIVED THERE 17 YEARS AND WE USE THIS GREENSPACE AS A COMMUNITY AND AS A NEIGHBORHOOD TO SIMPLY HAVE THIS SPACE AND HAVE A VIEW OF THE SUNSET BLOCKED OUT FROM EVERYTHING ELSE AS IT IS. IT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD. I CHALLENGE ANYONE ON THIS COUNCIL, PLEASE COME AROUND OUR AREA 5:30, 6:00 AT NIGHT AND LOOK AT THE FAMILY MEMBERS WALKING THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WALKING THE STREET. THIS LITTLE PIECE OF GREENSPACE IS ALL WE HAVE LEFT. WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE TEST IN CHAPTER 27 FOR A VACATION THAT IS PUBLIC WILL NOT BE MATERIALLY INJURED. LOSING OUR ONLY GREENSPACE, OUR SUNSET VIEW AND A MODEST FLOOD BUFFER IS NOT ONLY A MINOR INJURY, IT'S PERMANENT. ONCE THIS IS DONE, THERE IS NO TAKING IT BACK. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TYPE OF FENCE, DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'LL DO. THAT'S JUST IT. IT IS THE LAST SLIVER OF HOPE WE HAVE. WITH THAT SAID, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND ALLOWING US TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THAT. JUST HOPEFULLY WE GET A NO ON VOTING FOR THIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL AND CHAIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYBODY ELSE? IF NOT, STEPHANIE POYNOR WILL BE OUR LAST SPEAKER AND THEN WE'LL GO TO REBUTTAL. >> STEPHANIE POYNOR. YOU KNOW, WE ALMOST EVERY HAVE THIS MANY FOLKS SHOW UP FOR A VACATION, ALMOST NEVER. BUT THIS IS TAKING STORMWATER IN. WHY ARE WE GIVING AWAY CITY PROPERTY? WHY SHOULD WE GIVE IT AWAY? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S GET THE OVERHEAD. >> I MEAN, SERIOUSLY, WHY WOULD WE GIVE THIS AWAY? THERE'S NO REASON TO GIVE IT AWAY EXCEPT FOR SOMEBODY WANTS TO BE GREEDY. I DON'T KNOW WHO IT IS. I HAVE NO IDEA WHO THE APPLICANT IS. I REALLY DON'T CARE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. BUT IF THIS IS CITY PROPERTY AND WE HAVE TWO STORMWATER DRAINS AND THE SEWER DRAIN, AND WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH GREENSPACE IN THE WORLD ANYMORE IN SOUTH TAMPA, AND WE'VE GOT ALL THESE NEIGHBORS. GUESS WHAT, THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY RIGHT HERE, GUESS WHO IT BELONGS TO, ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SITTING HERE. IT DOESN'T BELONG TO ONE PERSON. IT BELONGS TO THE WHOLE CITY OF TAMPA. IT BELONGS TO THE ENTIRE CITY. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT AN ALLEYWAY. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I BET YOU MOST OF THE NEIGHBORS DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS A CITY PROPERTY THAT THEY COULD GO ON THERE AND SIT DOWN IF THEY WANTED TO OR TAKE A NAP IF THEY WANTED TO. NOW WE'RE SITTING HERE AND YOU'VE GOT PLENTY OF NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE SHOWN UP. PLENTY OF NEIGHBORS, AND I'M SORRY, BUT THIS AREA OF TOWN, WHY WOULD WE GIVE AWAY ANYTHING? WHY WOULD WE GIVE IT AWAY? HOW MUCH IS IT WORTH? HOW MUCH DOES IT ENHANCE THAT PERSONAL PROPERTY? MUST BE A LOT BECAUSE THEY PAID THE $573. IT'S 57 -- THEY ARE GOING TO GET THIS LOT FOR $573. DON'T DO IT. THIS BELONGS TO THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA. YOU SHOULD NOT BE GIVING IT AWAY FOR $573. THIS GUY RIGHT HERE JUST CONFIRMED I'M RIGHT. IT'S STILL $573 THAT HE'S PAYING FOR THIS HUGE LOT IN SUNSET PARK. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? ANYBODY ELSE THAT IS THINKING ABOUT CONSIDERING SPEAKING? CARROLL ANN BENNETT IS THE LAST SPEAKER BEFORE WE GO TO REBUTTAL. >> CARROLL ANN BENNETT. WE CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHERE TO PLANT LIVE OAKS, OH, I JUST FOUND A SPOT. BEAUTIFUL. PLANT A LIVE OAK. I BET THE NEIGHBORS WOULD ACTUALLY PAY FOR A BEAUTIFUL BENCH. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. THAT'S IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. REBUTTAL. MR. HUDSON, YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES. >> TYLER HUDSON, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE. A LOT OF IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO USE SOMEONE ELSE'S PROPERTY. A LOT OF IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO USE SOMEONE ELSE'S PROPERTY. AS I SAID AT THE BEGINNING, IT HAS BEEN UNCONTESTED, THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY. 106 YEARS AGO THEY GAVE AN EASEMENT, IF A ROAD WAS EVER BUILT, IT WASN'T. IT WON'T. THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY. IF I GIVE YOU A DICTIONARY AND I SAY, YOU HAVE THISDUCTIONARY AS LONG AS YOU NEED IT AND TEN YEARS LATER I COME TO YOUR HOUSE AND THE DOOR IS OPEN, THE DICTIONARY IS A DOOR STOP. OH, YOU'RE DONE WITH THE DICTIONARY? WELL, NO, NO, IT'S A DOOR STOP, YOU SAY. WELL, THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU'RE USING IT FOR. I GAVE IT TO YOU TO BE A DICTIONARY. NOW YOU'RE USING IT AS A DOOR STOP. THIS ISN'T A GIVEAWAY. THIS IS RETURNING WHAT'S BEEN OWNED FOR 106 YEARS BECAUSE IT'S NOT BEING USED BY THE CITY IN THE ONLY MANNER IN WHICH IT WAS DEDICATED RIGHT-OF-WAY. TWO SETS OF PEOPLE THAT CAN USE THE LAND -- THE OWNERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHEN IT'S RIGHT-OF-WAY. IT'S NOT RIGHT-OF-WAY. IT IS NOT RIGHT-OF-WAY. WE GET THAT IT HURTS TO LOSE THINGS, EVEN IF THEY DID NOT BELONG TO YOU IN THE FIRST PLACE. WE UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE WHO HAVE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO USING THIS, EVEN IN A MANNER -- DON'T WANT TO SAY INAPPROPRIATE AS IF ANYONE DID ANYTHING WRONG, FOLKS ACCUSTOMED TO USE IT IN A AMERICAN NOT INTENDED, I GET THAT IT DOESN'T MAKE IT STING ANY LESS WHEN IT'S TAKEN AWAY. BUT SOMEBODY LIVES HERE. A LOT OF FOLKS WHO USE THIS, HAVE ALL THE BENEFITS OF USING THE PROPERTY BUT NONE OF THE BURDENS. THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER IS RAISING TWO SMALL KIDS. GOT AN EIGHT WEEK OLD KID. THAT'S WHY THIS IS GETTING FILED. TWO-YEAR-OLD AND EIGHT WEEK OLD FIVE FEET FROM WHAT'S TURNED INTO A COMMUNITY PARK ON PRIVATE LAND. THAT'S NOT RIGHT. NO AMOUNT OF OPPOSITION OR -- IT'S NOT RIGHT. THIS IS ABOUT PROPERTY RIGHTS AND THAT DOES STILL MATTER. I WAS A PHILOSOPHY MAJOR. THERE IS THIS IDEA THAT JUSTICE IS GETTING WHAT YOU'RE DUE. THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A BRAND-NEW PARK. MAYBE IT'S NOT AS CLOSE AS IT COULD BE, MAYBE NOT A DEAD END IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PARK. IF YOU ALL WANT TO BUY THE LAND, THE CITY CAN MAKE AN OFFER TO BUY THE LAND FROM THE OWNERS, IF YOU WANT TO PUT EVEN MORE PARKS IN THE AREA IN THE CITY THAT YOU KNOW HAS A LOT OF DEMAND FOR PARKS IN THE CITY. THAT'S ONE OUTCOME. BUILD A ROAD, BUY THE LAND OR ALLOW THIS LAND TO GO BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL OWNER BECAUSE YOU'RE USING THE DICTIONARY AS A DOOR STOP. YOU'RE NOT USING THIS LAND AS A ROAD AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO. WITH THAT, ONE OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A COUPLE OF WORDS. THANKS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> STEVE YERRID. 5005 SAN GABLE COURT. FIRST, LET ME THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATE TIME IN LOOKING AT THIS ISSUE. I WANT TO DISPEL CERTAIN NOTIONS MADE ABOUT THEM. I GUESS I'M THEM WITH REGARD TO GREED, I'LL STAND ON MY REPUTATION. I DON'T DISPUTE WHAT THE LADY SAID ABOUT THE FIVE HUNDRED AND SOME DOLLARS. I'VE LIVED IN SUNSET PARK SINCE 1966. I HAVE MOWED THAT YARD, THAT GRASS THAT LOT WHICH IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE A LOT AND HOPEFULLY PUT IRRIGATION AND GET GOOD GRASS IN THERE SINCE I GUESS ABOUT 38 YEARS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. PEOPLE TALK VERY EASILY ABOUT SAFETY CONCERNS. WELL, YOU CAN PUT UP SIGNS, LET ME BE VERY CLEAR. I THINK COUNCILMAN MIRANDA KNOWS ME QUITE WELL, I'VE NOW BECOME A GRANDFATHER. I'VE A THREE-YEAR-OLD GRANDSON AND A SEVEN WEEK OLD GRANDDAUGHTER. THERE'S ABOUT THAT HIGH OF CONCRETE WALL SEPARATING MY SON'S HOUSE AND HIS FAMILY FROM THAT LOT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THESE PEOPLE GO AT NIGHT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU 1:00, 2:00 IN THE MORNING, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A SIGN THAT WILL ALLEVIATE MY SECURITY CONCERNS. HAD THAT LOT BEEN USED BY ANYBODY, I HOPE I'M UNDER OATH, I'VE NEVER SEEN A KAYAKER, NEVER SEEN A FISHERMAN. ALL I'VE SEEN IS PEOPLE USING THAT FOR DOG -- WELL, TO DO THE BUSINESS OF DOGS. DO KIDS PASS BALL THERE? I HOPE SO. THAT'S WHY I URGED THE CITY TO BUILD THE PARK DOWN BY WESTSHORE AND DUNDEE. I PLEADED WITH THE CITY. WE NEEDED THAT PARK. THAT PARK IS HALF A MILE AWAY IS FOUR BLOCKS AWAY. IF YOU HAVE ANY STAMINA AT ALL, YOU CAN MAKE THE LONG WALK AND ENTER A BEAUTIFUL PARK THAT IS SECURE AND SAFE. I DON'T WANT ANYTHING FOR NOTHING. AND THAT'S WHAT IT SEEMS LIKE SOME PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE THIS OUT TO BE. I WANT SECURITY AND PEACE OF MIND OVER A LOT THAT IS NO USE TO ANYBODY EXCEPT OUR SECURITY AND NOMINATE. WON'T BUILD A HIGH-RISE THERE. YOU HAVE MY WORD ON THAT. ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER THEM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES THE HEARING. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS? >>GWEN HENDERSON: I HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR ATTORNEY. CAN YOU GIVE ME THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN AN EASEMENT AND A RIGHT-OF-WAY? >>RON WIGGINTON: RON WIGGINTON, LEGAL DEPARTMENT. A RIGHT-OF-WAY IS LIKE A SUPER EASEMENT. IT CAN BE USED FOR MULTIPLE PURPOSES SUCH AS MOBILITY AND UTILITIES. AN EASEMENT IS MUCH MORE LIMITED TO A SPECIFIC PURPOSE FOR WHICH IT HAS GIVEN THE EASEMENT, SUCH AS A WATER EASEMENT OR STORMWATER EASEMENT. BUT IT'S JUST LIMITED TO THAT PURPOSE. A RIGHT-OF-WAY CAN BE USED FOR MULTIPLE PURPOSES, BUT NOT A PARK. NOT INTENDED TO BE USED AS A PARK. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OUR ATTORNEY DISTRIBUTED A MEMO FROM A SENIOR ASSISTANT SENIOR ATTORNEY DATED APRIL 5, 2011, REFERENCING THAT SUPER EASEMENT YOU JUST SPOKE OF. ONE OF THE CLARIFICATIONS WAS THAT IT IS A SUPER EASEMENT AND USED FOR A VARIETY OF PUBLIC PURPOSES AND THEN IT USES DIFFERENT EXAMPLES. THEN IT SAYS OR OTHER SIMILAR USES FOR THE PUBLIC WELFARE. >>RON WIGGINTON: A RIGHT-OF-WAY IS MOSTLY INTENDED FOR MOBILITY PURPOSES FOR SIDEWALK -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS SAYS AND THIS IS FROM CITY STAFF. >>RON WIGGINTON: I KNOW THE MEMO YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: APRIL 5, 2011. >>RON WIGGINTON: I DEFINITELY HAVE IT. BEAR WITH ME. FOR OTHER SIMILAR USES FOR THE PUBLIC WELFARE, WHAT I HAVE SEEN IN MY EXPERIENCE IS THAT PARKS ARE VERY SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED FOR THAT SPECIFIC PURPOSE. YOU CAN'T REALLY PLAY IN A PARK WHEN IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A RIGHT-OF-WAY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THINK YOU CAN THROW OUT THE WORD PARK. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC USE. >>RON WIGGINTON: GREENSPACE THEN. RIGHT-OF-WAY. YOU DO HAVE MEDIANS. WOULD YOU CONSIDER THAT A GREENSPACE POSSIBLY? AGAIN, A RIGHT-OF-WAY IS NOT REALLY INTENDED FOR RECREATIONAL USE. IT'S USED FOR MOBILITY AND UTILITIES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHAT WOULD YOU DEFINE PUBLIC WELFARE? >>RON WIGGINTON: I DID NOT WRITE THIS MEMO. I CANNOT MAKE HER ARGUMENT FOR HER. IT IS A GOOD MEMO. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: GOOD ANSWER YOU GAVE. I JUST WANT TO CLEAR UP MY MIND. YOU HAVE A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT IS OWNED BY SOMEONE OTHER THAN THE CITY, AM I CORRECT? >> YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THEN WE HAVE A RIGHT-OF-WAY THROUGH THE PROPERTY, AM I CORRECT? >>RON WIGGINTON: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HOW BIG IS THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND HOW MUCH LAND ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY? >>RON WIGGINTON: THE RIGHT-OF-WAY IS TYPICALLY DELINEATED BY THE PLAT AND SHOWS THE DIMENSION OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, THE WIDTH, LENGTH, AND WHERE IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE POSITIONS. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I DON'T THINK I HAVE THE PLAT. I JUST WANT TO SEE. >> THE RIGHT-OF-WAY IS 50 FEET. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I ONLY CAN REMEMBER ONE ITEM THAT WE DID BACK IN THE '70s OR '80s. I WASN'T HERE IN THE '80s AND EARLY '90s. IT WAS A RIGHT-OF-WAY THAT WAS USED AND IT CAME TO AN AGREEMENT, THE PEOPLE WHO OWN THE LAND, BUT UNDER THAT OWNERSHIP, THERE WAS A BIG SEWER LINE THAT RAN ACROSS THE PROPERTY. UNBEKNOWNST TO ANYONE, THEY GAVE THEM A PERMIT TO BUILD, AND HE BUILT. AND THEN REALIZED THAT UNDER THAT LINE WAS A CITY BIG THING. SO YOU HAVE A BUILDING THAT'S BUILT ON HIS PROPERTY, BUT UNDER THE CENTER OF THAT BUILDING WAS A RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR THE CITY. I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO SPECIFICS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO START ANOTHER DEBATE. THAT WAS SOLVED THAT THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY SAID AT ANY TIME AGREED WITH THE CITY THAT AT ANY TIME THERE WAS A BLOCKAGE THERE -- I'M NOT USING THAT TO -- THIS CASE. THINGS DO HAPPEN UNDER THE CONTROL OF NO ONE. THAT RIGHT-OF-WAY WAS GIVEN. THE OWNER AGREED TO ANYTIME THE CITY HAD TO GO AND DO ANY WORK ON THAT LINE AT THAT TIME, HE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OPENING AND CLOSING THE LINE IF THE CITY DID THE WORK. TO STOP WHATEVER IT WAS, THE DRAINAGE OR WHATEVER HAPPENED OR THE PIPE BROKE OR WHATEVER. THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. THIS IS A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT HAS BEEN USED, NOT BEEN USED BY THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND I APPRECIATE THAT. I CAN TELL BY THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES THAT I GOT, BUT THE PROPERTY IS NOT OWNED BY THE CITY TOTALLY. UNDER THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, AM I CORRECT? >> THE CITY HAS A RIGHT-OF-WAY INTEREST WHICH IS WHAT I SAID IS A SUPER EASEMENT. WE DO NOT OWN THE UNDERLYING -- >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU JUST HAVE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY UNDER IT. >>RON WIGGINTON: RIGHT-OF-WAY INTEREST. SOMEONE ELSE OWNS THE FEE. I CAN'T MAKE A REPRESENTATION AS TO WHO ACTUALLY OWNS THE FEE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THE CITY DOESN'T OWN ANY PART OF THAT PROPERTY? >>RON WIGGINTON: SOMETIMES THEY DO OWN THE UNDERLYING FEE BECAUSE THEY GET A DEED. MOST CASES WE DO NOT OWN THE UNDERLYING FEE. WE HAVE A RIGHT-OF-WAY INTEREST ON TOP OF THE FEE WHICH IS MORE BUSINESS -- >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: DO WE OWN THAT LAND OR NOT? >>RON WIGGINTON: WE DO NOT OWN IT IN FEE, NO, SIR. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NOT ONE INCH OF IT? >>RON WIGGINTON: I HAVE NO INFORMATION TO INDICATE THAT AT ALL. IN FACT, MR. HUDSON HAS MENTIONED THAT HE HAS TITLE WORK ON THIS AND IT CLEARLY ESTABLISHES THAT THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE ANY FEE SIMPLE INTEREST IN THIS. I'M NOT SURE IF I'M ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION RIGHT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THINK FOR CLARIFICATION, I THINK WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT-OF-WAY, WHICH IS ACCESS. A SUPER EASEMENT, INCLUDING THE GRASS, ABOVE AND BELOW GROUND. UTILITY EASEMENTS BELOW THE GROUND AND THE PUBLIC HAS VIA THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS AN INTEREST TO HAVE A RIGHT-OF-WAY TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THIS PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC PURPOSE AS IT PRESENTLY STANDS, CORRECT? >>RON WIGGINTON: CORRECT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THINK THAT IS THE ISSUE. BECAUSE THE PUBLIC HAS USED THIS, ISN'T THERE SOMETHING ABOUT PUBLIC USE FOR SO MANY YEARS -- INTEREST TO THAT PROPERTY BECOMES KIND OF LOCKED IN BECAUSE THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN USED IN SUCH A WAY FOR SO MANY DECADES OR SO MANY YEARS? >> ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY NOT. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO LEGAL PRECEDENT FOR THE NOTION THAT NO MATTER HOW LONG THAT DECADES OF USE -- INCONSISTENT WITH THAT EASEMENT CHANGES THE NATURE OF IT. REAL ESTATE LAW DOES NOT CHANGE VERY MUCH AND THAT IS A BEDROCK COMPONENT OF REAL ESTATE COMMON LAW. YOU MIGHT BE REFERRING TO THE NOTION OF ADVERSE POSSESSION, WHICH IS SORT OF THE IDEA OF SQUATTER RIGHTS. FAIRLY USELESS PIECE OF LAW SCHOOL ALTERNATIVE I CAN'T. IF YOU ASK ME, YOU DON'T SEE THAT VERY OFTEN. THAT REQUIRES PROPERTY TAXES, OPEN AND NOTORIOUS POSSESSION. NONE OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PAYING PROPERTY TAXES ON IT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: FOR THE APPLICANT, WHAT IS THE TAX STRUCTURE? EDUCATE ME. I'M NOT FAMILIAR. WHAT IS THE TAX STRUCTURE FOR THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL WE ARE TALKING ABOUT? >> I DON'T BELIEVE IT IS TAXED AT ALL. IF THE COUNCIL APPROVES THE VACATING, AUTOMATICALLY THAT RIGHT-OF-WAY IS CUT IN HALF TO A NORTHERN HEMISPHERE AND SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, EACH BEARING 25 FEET OF WIDTH. AUTOMATICALLY GET JOINED TO THE LOTS ADJACENT. JANUARY 1st OF 2026 CHANGE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE PARCELS AND THEN IT WOULD BE ON THE ROLLS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE INTEREST THAT YOUR APPLICANT HAS ON THIS -- HE HAS NOT BEEN PAYING TAXES ON IT. HISTORICALLY, THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY LIKE ALLEYS. BUT NOT PAYING PROPERTY TAXES ON IT. >> HE HAS BEEN BEARING THE BURDEN OF MAINTENANCE AND ENORMOUS RISK OF LIABILITY AND THAT'S JUST BEEN -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I LOVE WHAT THE HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION ATTORNEY SAID THAT DIRT IS PRICELESS, ESPECIALLY IN THIS PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD. WHAT IS THE COST OF DIRT IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD? IT'S GOT TO BE AN EXPENSIVE PIECE OF PROPERTY. >> IT'S EXPENSIVE. THERE IS A LOT OF TRAGIC CHANGE HAPPENING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND TAMPA BECAUSE OF THE STORMS. THAT IS SOMETHING, BUT, AGAIN, IF YOU'RE GOING IN THE DIRECTION THAT THERE'S COMPENSATION DUE, THIS IS PRIVATE LAND. THIS IS PRIVATE LAND. IMPOSING SOME TYPE OF COST ON THE PROPERTY OWNER TO GET THEIR LAND BACK, TO FREE THEM OF AN EASEMENT NO ONE IS USING, THAT IS ILLEGAL EXACTION. IF THE CITY OWNED FEE SIMPLE TO THE LAND, TOTAL DIFFERENT STORY AND THEN APPRAISAL TIME. SOMETHING THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN VIGILANT ABOUT IN DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES, I.E., WHERE THE CITY OWNS LAND. THE CITY DOES NOT OWN THIS LAND. THE CITY DOES HAVE A RIGHT AS ESSENTIALLY TRUSTEE OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO CONSTRUCT A ROAD HERE. CONSTRUCT RIGHT-OF-WAY HERE. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS. THE TERMINUS OF DRYAD STREET. IF THIS WAS GOING TO BE A PARK OR GREENSPACE, THEY HAD THE WORD PARK IN 1919 AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SO LABELED. JUST LIKE DOCKS LABELED IN THE 1900s, WHAFERS IN THE 1880s. THIS IS THE END OF THE ROAD AND LIKE THIS FOR 106 YEARS. WE NEED TO BRING THIS TO A CLOSE. THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IS THIS LAND BUILDABLE IN ANY WAY? >> NOT BECAUSE OF THE STORMWATER EASEMENT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU CANNOT ENCROACH FROM EITHER SIDE TO BUILD SOMETHING. >> I'LL SHOW YOU THE EASEMENT TERMS. GET MOBILITY'S PERMISSION TO DO ANY TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT STRUCTURE. WE'RE NOT DOING THAT. THIS IS NOT QUASI-JUDICIAL. SWORE IN EARLIER. THERE'S NOT BEEN A SINGLE WORD ABOUT PUTTING A STRUCTURE HERE. NO ONE WANTS TO PUT A STRUCTURE. WANT TO PUT A FENCE BECAUSE IT IS PRIVATE LAND AND DON'T WANT IT TO BE A COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACE. I REALIZE THAT'S UNPOPULAR WITH THE COMMUNITY, BUT NOT GOING TO BE OBTUSE WITH YOU. WE DON'T WANT THE COMMUNITY TO USE THE LAND. IT'S PRIVATE AND NOT USING AS RIGHT-OF-WAY. ANY SUGGESTION ON LANGUAGE, COUNCIL'S PLEASURE, HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THAT. TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS AN EASEMENT NOT JUST OVER THE GRAVITY MAIN THAT EMPTIES OUT BELOW DUNDEE STREET INTO OLD TAMPA BAY, IT'S OVER THE WHOLE LAND. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU CAN'T EVEN BUILD A WALL ACROSS THE FRONT OF IT, EVEN THOUGH LINES UNDER YOU. >> NO. NO PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY STRUCTURES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: LAND DOESN'T CHANGE AT ALL. STAYS THE WAY IT IS. >> STAYS THE WAY IT IS, JUST A FENCE INSTALLED IN SOME WAY THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO CONSENT TO. IT IS A PERMANENT OR TEMPORARILY STRUCTURE. COUNCIL'S PLEASURE, WE CAN ADD FENCE. THE CITY WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS. THE STORY THAT YOU SHARED ABOUT SOMEONE BUILDING A HOUSE OVER A STORMWATER EASEMENT, THAT'S WILD. THAT'S INCOMPREHENSIBLE IN THIS DAY AND AGE. THIS IS A GRAVITY MAIN. NOT LIKE A THREE INCH WATER PIPE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PUBLIC COMMENT IS OVER. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT CASE. I NEVER HEARD ONE LIKE THIS. IS THERE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE WORKED OUT BETWEEN YOURSELF, THE CLIENT AND THE CITY THAT IT REMAINS THE SAME. THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT AND WE'LL MOW AND CLEAN THE PLACE. >> THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SOME TIME. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: TRYING TO FIND A REMEDY. >> APPRECIATE IT. I DON'T LIKE TO COME HERE. I DON'T THINK MY CLIENTS LIKE TO COME HERE AND BE ADVERSE TO YOUR NEIGHBORS. NO ONE LIKES THAT. UNFORTUNATELY, YOU'RE SEEING MORE OF THAT BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE ROLE OF ARE A BITTING PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS. ESPECIALLY IN A CITY GROWING. OUR POSITION IS BASED ON WHAT THE LAW SAYS. AND THE LAW SAYS THIS IS PRIVATE LAND. IT IS SUBJECT TO AN EASEMENT THAT THE CITY IS NOT USING, AND WE ARE WILLING TO ESSENTIALLY EXCHANGE THAT EASEMENT FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY, WHICH THE CITY IS NOT USING FOR AN EASEMENT FOR STORMWATER, WHICH THE CITY ABSOLUTELY DOES NEED. AND WE HAVE NO QUALM WITH THAT. BUT WE DO NOT WANT THIS TO BE A COMMUNITY PARK BECAUSE IT IS PRIVATE PROPERTY. I THINK THAT IS AN UNREASONABLE REQUEST TO PLACE UPON ANY CITIZEN OF TAMPA AND THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYTHING FURTHER? COUNCILMAN CARLSON. >>RON WIGGINTON: LEGAL DEPARTMENT. I BELIEVE IT WAS COUNCILMAN MIRANDA THAT WAS ASKING ABOUT WHAT CAN BE BUILT THERE. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE ELMO THAT THE ORDINANCE PROVIDES THAT NO PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY STRUCTURES OTHER THAN PAVEMENT AND CURBING SHALL BE ALLOWED TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON OR OVER OR UNDER THE VACATED RIGHT-OF-WAY AND NO LANDSCAPING OTHER THAN GRASS OR SMALL SHRUBBERY SHALL BE ALLOWED TO BE PLANTED WITHIN THE VACATED RIGHT-OF-WAY WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CITY'S MOBILITY DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR. SO IF AND WHEN THEY DECIDE TO REQUEST THE INSTALLATION OF A FENCE, THEY WILL NEED TO GO TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE STORMWATER DEPARTMENT OR DIVISION, RATHER, AND GET THEIR WRITTEN PERMISSION. THAT DOESN'T, OF COURSE, HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH WHETHER THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE A PERMIT OR NOT. BUT THE DIRECTOR IS GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS AMPLE OPPORTUNITY AND ACCESS TO THE EASEMENT AREA, BOTH IN TIMES OF EMERGENCY OR REGULAR MAINTENANCE. SO THERE WILL BE PROBABLY A GATE THERE. COULD BE A LOCK BOX, COULD BE A LOT OF THINGS THAT THE DIRECTOR WOULD CONSIDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS OPEN ACCESS FOR OUR STAFF TO MAINTAIN THE EASEMENT AREA, AS FAR AS OUR FACILITIES ARE LOCATED IN THAT AREA. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON AND CLENDENIN AND HURTAK. >>BILL CARLSON: I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT TITLE. ISN'T IT UNUSUAL THAT THE CITY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CONFIRM OFFICIALLY WHO HAS TITLE OF A PROPERTY? I KNOW YOU SAID THE APPLICANT HAS PUT UP TITLE WORK, BUT IF THE CITY DOESN'T CONFIRM, WHAT LEGAL AUTHORITY DOES CONFIRM WHO HAS, IF THERE'S SOME DISPUTE AFTER WE MAKE THIS DECISION, WHO WOULD BE THE FINAL WORD ON WHO HAS TITLE? >>RON WIGGINTON: ULTIMATELY IT WOULD BE A COURT OF LAW THAT WOULD MAKE THAT DETERMINATION AS TO WHO OWNS THE UNDERLYING FEE. POSSIBLY COULD BE THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S OFFICE, BUT I CAN'T CONFIRM OR BE SURE OF THAT. THE CITY IS NOT IN A POSITION TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION. IT BECOMES IN ESSENCE A PRIVATE PROPERTY MATTER THAT IS UP TO THEM TO RESOLVE LEGALLY. AGAIN, WITH THIS ORDINANCE, WE'RE NOT TOUCHING THE UNDERLYING FEE. WHATEVER THAT IS TODAY WILL BE THE SAME WAY TOMORROW. >> SECTION 92 OF THIS EASEMENT SAYS THAT IF THE CITY OWNS THE TITLE THAN WE OUGHT TO BUY IT. ALWAYS SET UP THAT WAY. HUNDRED PERCENT CONFIDENT WE OWN IT, BUT THERE IS A BACKSTOP IN THERE. IT'S NOT LIKE THE APPROVAL OF THIS CHANGES THE TITLE. IT RELEASES OR RELINQUISHES AN EASEMENT AREN'T USING. THE ORDINANCE DOES ADDRESS THAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: MR. WIGGINTON, WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO VACATE STORMWATER? SAY ANY PROPERTY, THERE IS A STORMWATER -- >> EASEMENT. >>LYNN HURTAK: ON IT BUT SOMEBODY FILES TO VACATE THE STORMWATER. >> THEY WOULD GO THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT GROWTH MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT AND FILE AN APPLICATION TO RELEASE THE EASEMENT. YOU CAN RELEASE THE ENTIRE EASEMENT OR RELEASE A PORTION OF THE EASEMENT BUT ONLY IF YOU CAN ESTABLISH THAT EASEMENT IS NO LONGER BEING USED TODAY AND NO FUTURE NEED FOR THE EASEMENT. >>LYNN HURTAK: BUT THAT IS SOLELY ADMINISTRATIVE. >>RON WIGGINTON: NO, IT GOES BEFORE YOU TYPICALLY ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA. YOU'LL SEE A RELEASE OF EASEMENTS. PROBABLY HAVE SEEN THOSE MANY TIMES. >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, DID YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE? MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I'D ASK IF MR. HUDSON HAS ANY FINAL COMMENTS BECAUSE THERE WAS NOR TESTIMONY TAKEN. HE HAD BEEN ADDRESSING IT, BUT IF YOU WANT TO MAKE ANY CLOSING STATEMENTS, PLEASE DO SO NOW. >> TYLER HUDSON, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE. HOPEFULLY NOT PAST THE POINT OF HUMOR. THIS IS THE END OF THE ROAD. WE HAVE NOTHING MORE TO SAY. WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AND PATIENT CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO CLOSE FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE OBSERVATIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA TO CLOSE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THIS IS A TOUGH ONE BECAUSE I'M A BIG PROPERTY RIGHTS GUY, BUT I FIND THAT THE PUBLIC INTEREST, AND ESPECIALLY GIVEN IN LIGHT OF THIS MEMORANDUM THAT WAS ISSUED BY OUR SENIOR ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY ON APRIL 5, 2011, ON THE REVIEW OF APPLICANTS FOR VACATION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY, IT'S PRETTY COMPELLING. AGAIN, LOOKING AT, ONE, THE TESTIMONY THAT THE PUBLIC HAS PROVIDED ABOUT THE PUBLIC USE AND THE DEFINITIONS OF WHAT THE RIGHT-OF-WAY IS FOR PUBLIC USE, I MEAN, IT SEEMS CLEAR THAT THE PUBLIC IS USING THE PROPERTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT THE INTENT OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY IS. AND IN THIS MEMO, IF YOU ALL HAVEN'T READ IT, SAYS CITY COUNCIL SHOULD CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA WHEN DECIDING ON AN APPLICATION TO VACATE A RIGHT-OF-WAY BASED ON THE REPORTS AND EVIDENCE PRESENTED, IS IN THE INTEREST OF THE GENERAL WELFARE TO VACATE THE SUBJECT STREET OR ALLEY, I THINK THAT'S PRETTY INTERESTING. ALSO, LIKE I SAID EARLIER IN OUR CONVERSATIONS, THIS IS CONSIDERED A SUPER EASEMENT AND THAT A SUPER EASEMENT IS -- ONE OF THE USES IS PUBLIC WELFARE. I THINK IT WAS CLEARLY ESTABLISHED IN THE TESTIMONY BY THE FOLKS THAT CAME BEFORE US TODAY THAT PUBLIC WELFARE IS AN INTEREST IN THIS PROPERTY, WHICH IS COMPLETELY ALIGNED WITH WHAT THE PURPOSE OF A RIGHT-OF-WAY IS. I'M NOT -- AGAIN, I'M A BIG PERSONAL PROPERTY GUY. I DO BELIEVE THERE ARE PERSONAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, BUT I'M NOT ALSO SEEING THE INTEREST -- THERE WAS TESTIMONY ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND ALL. I'M NOT GETTING IT. IF THEY COULD SECURE THEIR OWN PROPERTY AND WE HAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IF THERE'S EVIDENCE THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING THERE, I KNOW WE MADE EXCEPTIONS FOR PROPERTIES WITH FENCE HEIGHTS IN THE PAST, BUT I DON'T THINK ANY COMPETENT, SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE PRESENTED TODAY ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS. I'M GOING TO VOTE AGAINST THIS VACATION FOR THAT PURPOSE. BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THE OPPOSITION, AND THE FOLKS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD MADE A COMPELLING CASE. I'LL VOTE AGAINST IT. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. IT'S FUNNY. A LOT OF TIMES IN CASES I ALWAYS SAY THERE'S BLACK AND WHITE AND THEN GRAY, THE THINGS IN THE MIDDLE. ON THIS, I'LL BE HONEST, COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, I SEE IT A DIFFERENT WAY, WHICH IS THAT, LISTENED TO THE PUBLIC AND I UNDERSTAND A LOT OF THE ISSUES COMING, BUT ULTIMATELY THE RELIEF PROPOSED TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS WHICH IS MORE INCREMENTAL IN NATURE I DON'T THINK DOES ENOUGH TO OVERCOME THE VERY REASONABLE COMPLAINTS THAT WE'RE SEEING HERE WITH REGARDS TO PRIVACY LAWS, LIABILITY ISSUES, SECURITY ISSUES AND SO FORTH. THIS IS ONE THAT I THINK FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER HITS FAR TOO CLOSE TO HOME. THE IDEA THAT THIS IS -- A PARK, OBVIOUSLY, I DON'T THINK ANYONE IS PROPOSING THAT IN TERMS OF THIS BEING SEEN AS A PARK, EVEN A GREENSPACE WITH PUBLIC BENEFIT, I RESPECTFULLY DON'T SEE THAT, GIVEN THE DETRIMENT BY THE PROPERTY OWNER ULTIMATELY. FOR ME, AGAIN, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, WELL, WE CAN HAVE INCREMENTAL MEASURES THAT WILL HELP THE PROPERTY OWNER WITH THEIR CONCERNS, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE INCREMENTALLY TO OVERCOME THE VERY LEGITIMATE AND REASONABLE COMPLAINTS OF THE PROPERTY OWNER HERE. THAT'S HOW I'LL BE PROPOSING HERE TODAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ONE OTHER THING. I WOULD ASSUME, WHICHEVER WAY THIS GOES, THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER STILL HAS THE RIGHT TO PUT A WALL IN FRONT OF THE INGRESS, NO? SO IT STAYS THE WAY IT IS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO, I DON'T WANT TO OPEN THE HEARING AGAIN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I KIND OF DEFERRED IT BECAUSE COUNCILMAN VIERA IS AN ATTORNEY AND I AM NOT. QUERYING ABOUT YOUR -- THE STATEMENT OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE, I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT PRIVACY, BUT PUBLIC SAFETY. OTHER THAN STATEMENT OF THE APPLICANT THAT HE HAD CONCERNS, THERE WASN'T REALLY ANY EVIDENCE SUGGESTING THAT THERE WAS ANYTHING THERE OTHER THAN JUST A STATEMENT THAT HE'S CONCERNED THAT PEOPLE ARE STANDING NEXT TO HIS PROPERTY. >>LUIS VIERA: YEAH. AGAIN, IN RISK MANAGEMENT AND LIABILITY, THERE'S ALWAYS THE POSSIBILITY THAT SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN WITH SO MANY PEOPLE GOING NEAR THE HOME. I DO THINK THAT IS A REASONABLE CONCERN. THERE IS A REASONABLE CONCERN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ONLY REASONABLE CONCERN BECAUSE SOUTH TAMPA AND NOT EAST TAMPA? >>LUIS VIERA: NO, NO, NO. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IT SEEMS LIKE A SOUTH TAMPA THING. >>LUIS VIERA: LOOK, MY VOTES, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT TONS OF DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS THAT HAVE COME BEFORE CITY COUNCIL, I WON'T CITE THEM BECAUSE SOME ARE IN LITIGATION, I GO ACCORDING TO WHAT I THINK THE LAW IS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU'RE AN ATTORNEY -- >>LUIS VIERA: I'M NOT A LAND USE ATTORNEY. I'M NOT A LAND USE ATTORNEY AT ALL. IN FACT, THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF 6-1 VOTES WHERE I DO THINGS THAT SOUTH TAMPA PROBABLY DOESN'T LIKE BECAUSE AS I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE, I DON'T WRITE POLITICAL -- STRIKE THAT I DON'T WRITE CHECKS THAT I THINK WILL BOUNCE LATER WHEN TAKEN TO CIRCUIT COURT THROUGH APPEAL. THAT'S BEEN MY POSITION. IT'S NOT BECAUSE IT'S SOUTH TAMPA. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I CAN FOR THE SAKE OF COUNCIL, REMINDING YOU THAT THIS IS A LEGISLATIVE MATTER AND IT IS NOT QUASI-JUDICIAL. IT IS A FAIRLY DEBATABLE STANDARD AND DOES NOT REQUIRE A FINDING OF COMPETENT AND SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE IN A CASE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: AS SOON AS I SAID THAT, I REALIZED THAT. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE COUNCIL GAVE IT THE PROPER REVIEW. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL? THE HEARING IS CLOSED. I BELIEVE EVERYBODY HAS SPOKEN. GO AHEAD, SIR. >>LUIS VIERA: I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT PERSON TO SEE IF THEY'LL READ IT. I'M GLAD TO READ IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE NEXT PERSON WAS HURTAK. NO, IT GOES BACK TO MIRANDA BECAUSE THERE WERE A COUPLE OF NO VOTES AND I SWITCHED OVER. DO YOU WISH TO READ IT, COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'LL PASS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: I MOVE AN ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA VACATING CLOSING DISCONTINUING AND ABANDONING A PORTION OF WEST DRYAD STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY LOCATED NORTH OF SAN GABLE COURT, SOUTH OF SAN MIGUEL STREET, EAST OF OLD TAMPA BAY AND WEST OF DUNDEE STREET WITHIN THE PLAT OF SUNSET CAMP SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2 HEREOF, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS AS MORE PARTICULARLY SET FORTH HEREIN, PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS, PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATIONS AND REPEALING CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE A SECOND? >>GWEN HENDERSON: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A SECOND. LET'S DO A ROLL CALL. >>BILL CARLSON: NO. >>LYNN HURTAK: NO. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NO. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO. >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION FAILED WITH CARLSON, HURTAK, CLENDENIN, AND MANISCALCO VOTING NO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO YOU NEED A MOTION OF DENIAL OR IS THAT SUFFICIENT, MR. SHELBY? >>MARTIN SHELBY: THIS BEING A REQUEST FOR SOMETHING RELATED TO PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS, I WOULD SUSPECT -- MS. JOHNSON VELEZ, WE SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO DENY? TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS APPLICATION REQUIRES BY YOUR CHARTER AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF 4. MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE A MOTION TO DENY WOULD GIVE YOU THAT IF IT PASSES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS THERE A MOTION TO DENY FILE VAC-25-06? >>BILL CARLSON: MAKE A MOTION TO DENY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO DENY FILE VAC-25-06. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>GWEN HENDERSON: NO. >>LUIS VIERA: NO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED WITH MIRANDA, HENDERSON, AND VIERA VOTING NO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. BEFORE WE BREAK FOR LUNCH, ITEM 62 WHICH SHOULD NOT BE VERY LONG REGARDING THE ENCORE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. WHO IS PRESENTING ON 62? IF THERE'S NO ONE HERE, WE'LL WAIT UNTIL LATER. YES MA'AM. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. EMMA GREGORY, LEGAL DEPARTMENT. THIS IS A PROPOSED FIRST READING FOR AN ORDINANCE -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IF WE COULD PLEASE LEAVE QUIETLY, WE ARE STILL IN THE MEETING. [ SOUNDING GAVEL ] YES MA'AM. GO AHEAD. >> GOOD MORNING. EMMA GREGORY, LEGAL DEPARTMENT. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING TO AMEND THE BOUNDARIES OF THE ENCORE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. WE HAVE THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE HERE, SARAH, SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? DOES THE APPLICANT HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? YOU HAVE TO COME UP AND SPEAK IF YOU DO BECAUSE OF THE MICROPHONE AND THE CLOSED CAPTIONING. YES, MA'AM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> HI. SARAH SANDY, 107 WEST COLLEGE AVENUE IN TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA, REPRESENTING THE ENCORE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL TO PRESENT, BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: STUPID QUESTION. WHAT LAW FIRM DO YOU WORK FOR? >> CUE TACK ROCK. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON 62? NO MA'AM. COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, DO YOU HAVE A MAP THAT SHOWS THIS? >> I THINK I DO. IT WAS PART OF OUR PETITION. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES, AGAIN, JUST FOR THE PUBLIC SEEING. >> I DON'T KNOW IF THIS ONE IS NOT IN COLOR, LITTLE HARDER TO SEE. YOU CAN SEE VERY SMALL, THE AREA BEING ADDED. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL AREAS ADDED TO THE BOUNDARY AS WELL. PART OF CORRECTING THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WHICH WAS UPDATED IN 2014 AFTER THE CDD WAS ESTABLISHED BACK IN 2010. IT'S BRINGING THOSE TWO BOUNDARIES INTO ALIGNMENT. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO WE NEED A MOTION TO CLOSE? LET'S DO A MOTION TO CLOSE -- >>MARTIN SHELBY: ACTUALLY. YOU HAD A REQUEST -- COUNCIL'S REQUEST IS TO ASK IF ANYBODY WANTED TO SPEAK TO IT? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I DID. ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK ON 62? MOTION TO CLOSE? MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ 62? >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES, SIR. I MOVE FILE E2010-8 CHAPTER 27, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2010-129 WHICH ESTABLISHED THE ENCORE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, PROVIDING FOR AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT PURSUANT TO SECTION 190.046, PROVIDING FOR ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS TO REMAIN UNCHANGED, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT AND SEVERABILITY, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? CONGRATULATIONS. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 5, 2025, AT 10 A.M. IN OLD CITY HALL, 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR TAMPA FLORIDA 33602. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY. [INAUDIBLE] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I NEED YOUR MICROPHONE ON, SIR. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT WOULD HELP. THANK YOU. ITEM 61 TO RECALL TO CORRECT THE DATE PLEASE. A MOTION TO AMEND COUNCIL'S MOTION TO SET THE CORRECT DATE OF JUNE 26, 2025. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL, HOW MUCH TIME WOULD YOU LIKE FOR LUNCH. IT'S 12:31. DO YOU WANT TO COME BACK AT 2:00 OR 1:45? 1:45. 2:00. 2:00 WE'LL BE BACK. WE'RE IN RECESS UNTIL 2. [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]