>>ORLANDO GUDES: WE WILL NOW COME TO ORDER FOR OCTOBER 21, 2021. AND THIS MORNING I THINK MR. DINGFELDER HAS THE INVOCATION. YOU SEE HIM AT THE PODIUM TH THERE. GOOD MORNING, SIR. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN, I AM SO HONORED TO PRESENT SHERRY SILK. I THINK WE ALL KNOW SHERRY BUT I WILL INTRODUCE YOU TO HER TO THE VIEWING OFFICE. THE CEO OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF TAMPA BAY. SHE WORKED IN ANIMAL WELFARE FOR 35 YEARS AND WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE HER HERE IN TAMPA -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER ARE WE DOING THE INVOCATION. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I'M INTRODUCING SHERRY AT THE INVOKER. >>ORLANDO GUDES: EXCUSE ME, SIR. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: NO PROBLEM. WE WERE LUCKY TO DRAG SHERRY FROM THE COLD OF MICHIGAN TO TAMPA AND SHE HAS BEEN IN CHARGE OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY EVER SINCE. PRIOR TO BEING THE CEO OF HUMANE SOCIETY OF TAMPA BAY SHE WAS INVESTIGATOR FOR THE HUMANE SOCIETY ON DETROIT. SHE APPEARED ON ANIMAL PLANETIN. >>BILL CARLSON: HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HERE. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: HERE. >>CLERK: MIRANDA? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE. >>CLERK: WHAVE PHYSICAL QUORUM. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MADAM DEPUTY CLERK. MR. SHELBY, PLEASE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. GOOD MORNING MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY. TODAY'S MEETING WITH A LIVE IN-PERSON QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. IN LIFE COVID-19 ISSUE HEALTH STANDARDS AND GUIDANCE NOW IN EFFECT, THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE THE ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY THROUGH FLIDA'S STATUES AND RULES AS FLORIDA COMMUNICATION MEDIA TECHNOLOGY. RESIDENTS IS WATCH ON SPECTRUM 640, FRONTIER CHANNEL 15 OR ON THE INTERNET AT TAMPA. TAMPA.GOV/LIVESTREAM. THERE HAVE BEEN LISTED IN THE NOTICE OF TODAY'S MEETING AND ALSO ON THE CITY COUNCIL'S LINK ON ITS WEB PAGE AT TAMP TAMPA.GOV/CITYCOUNCIL, ONE W WORD, THE ALL THE THAT THE MEANS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC TOOMMUNICATE WITH CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THE CITY BUSINESS THEY ARE GOING TO BE CONDUCTING TODAY. AGAIN, THOSE INSTRUCTIONS SUCH AS BY WRITTEN COMMENT BY E- E-MAIL, BY U.S. MAIL OREGON BY CMT ARE AVAILABLE FOR PREREGISTRATION WITH REGARD TO THE CMT. TO EXPLAIN THAT. FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY, THE REQUIREMENT IS THAT THEY PREREGISTER TO GET THAT LOG INFORMATION ON THE GO TO MEETING PLATFORM. AND A REMINDER IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN QUASI JEW DISH HALL MATTERS VIA CMT, SM SMARTPHONES ARE NOT COMPATIBLE BECAUSE UNABLE TO SHARE THEIR CAMERA WHILE CONNECTED. WITH REGARD TO PRESENTLY UNDER COUNCIL'S POLICIES, IT CAN BE DONE AUDIO ONLY AND CAN DONE BY PHONE BUT FOR QUASI JUDICIAL IT REQUIRES VIDEO PRESENTATION. NOW IF THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WANT TO PARTICIPATE BUT DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO CMT REMOTELY. WHAT THEY CAN DO IS COME HERE TO ONED TY HALL, 315 E. KENNEDY BOULEVARD ON THE SECOND FLOOR WHERE WE HAVE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA TECHNOLOGY FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. I AM GOING TO ASK PEOPLE ON THE SECOND FLOOR PLEASE, FOR PURPOSES OF COURTESY TO THE COUNCIL AND TO THE PUBLIC, THAT THEY REMAIN QUIET ON THE SECOND FLOOR, PARTICULARLY WHEN THERE ARE SPEAKERS AT THE KIOSK. ALSO WITH REGARD TO THE GO TO MEETING PLATFORM, THE CHAT BOX IS NOT USED TO COMMUNICATE WITH CITY COUNCIL. IT IS ONLY BE USED TO COUNICING TECHNICAL ISSUES, IF THERE ARE ANY. THE COMMENTS RELATED TO TODAY'S MATTERS HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO CITY COUNCIL. AND WITH THAT IN MIND, COUNCIL, CONSISTENT WITH YOUR POLICY, I ASK THAT YOU WAIVE THE RULES TO ADOPT THE CMT AS SET FORTH TODAY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION TO ADOPT. >>JOSEPH CITRO: SO MOVED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL IN FAVOR. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT, GENTLEMEN. LOOK AT THE AGENDA. I KNOW A BUNCH OF HOUSECLI KNOWF HOUSECLEANING, MR. SHELBY, WE NEED TO DO, SIR? >>MARTIN SHELBY: COUNCIL ARE, I AM FAMILIAR WITH ITEM NUMBER 40 THAT IS REGARDING THE PLAN AMENDMENT -- THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMOUNT PROCEDURES MANUAL. IF WE CAN HAVE THAT PULLED FOR DISCUSSION. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT I HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO JENNIFER MALONE AND DAVID HEY FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF. THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR COUNCIL IF COUNCIL TAKES IT UP LATER ON. DANNY COLLINS IS AVAILLE THIS MORNING. THAT IS ASKED TO BE PULLED FOR DISCUSSION AND COUNCIL DIRECTION. ALSO, COUNCIL, I BELIEVE I HAVE LEARNED THAT -- WHEN WE GET TO STAFF REPORTS, WE CAN DISCUSS THE ITEMS UNDER STAFF REPORTS. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, COUNCIL, I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY OTHER ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, SUB CITY STUTIONS OTHER THAN WHAT IS ON THE AGENDA. NO ADDENDUM, IS THAT CORRECT, MADAM CLERK? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MADAM CHAIR -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: POINT OF ORDER. MR. SHELBY HAS THE FLOOR. MADAM DEPUTY CLERK. >>CLERK: ASK THAT QUESTION AGAIN? >>MARTIN SHELBY: NO ADDENDUM FOR TODAY? >>CLERK: CORRECT. I DID NOT HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS SHELBY SNELZ THERE ARE ANY CHANGES TO THE CONSENT DOCK AT THE TIME. >> I WOULD LIKE TO PAUL ITEM 35 FOR SEPARATE VOLT AND COMMENT NUMBER 84 STAFF HAVE REQUESTED THAT WE CONTINUE IT R S MONTHS. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT ITEM 84 BE MOVED TO THE STAF REPORTS ON APRIL 21, 2022. UNION STATION. THEY WANT TO WAIT SIX MONTHS MORE. THIS WILL GIVE AN UPDATE TO THAT POINT. >>BILL CARLSON: MOTION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL IN FAVOR. OPPOSED. >>MARTIN SHELBY: WORKSHOP. >>BILL CARLSON: APRIL 21, 2 2022. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT IS A REGULAR SECTION. STAFF REPORT? >>BILL CARLSON: STAFF REPORT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT, ITEM 35 TO BE PULLED. ALL RIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE, GENTLEMAN? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED, MR. DINGFELDER. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I APOLOGIZE. I DIDN'T GET A MEMO. ITEM 11, I WOULD LIKE TO PULL THAT AND INCLUDE A STAFF REPRESENTATIVE FROM TPD. IT IS NOT -- IT IS NOT A BAD THING ACTUALLY. I TALKED TO THEM YESTERDAY BUT I THINK IT IS SOMETHING WORTH TALKING ABOUT. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, ITEM 12 TRAVELS WITH THAT. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THAT WOULD BE FINE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT, ALSO MR. DINGFELDER IS GOING TO SKIP AHEAD AND DO -- WHICH IS ITEM 4. HE WILL BE NUMBER ONE -- HE IS 4 BUT GOING FIRST WITH THE CEREMONIES BECAUSE HE IS DOWN -- HE HAS A LITTLE INJURY SO DON'T WANT HIM WALKING BACK AND FORTH. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, IF WE CAN -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: I DID HEAR SOMEONE -- STAFF MAYBE? >> THIS IS CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE: I SPOKEN ALREADY TO MR. SHELBY INVOLVING ITEM 59. I BELIEVE MR. COTTON IS ALSO ON THE LINE. THIS ITEM IS ON THE AGENDA TO SET A REVIEW HEARING FOR DE 1 1-21-216. PLANNED -- >>MARTIN SHELBY: SORRY TO INTERRUPT. I WANTO APOLOGIZE MISS CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE, BUT DID I OVERLOOK THAT NUMBER 59 AND APPROPRIATE FOR YOU TO BRING THAT UP NOW BECAUSE IT IS ON THE CONSENT DOCKET AND AS WE DISCUSSED YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THAT WITH ME AND BRING THAT TO COUNCIL'S ATTENTION. IF YOU DON'T MIND, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. >>CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE: MR. CHAIRMAN RESPECTFULLY CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. SPEAKING WITH STAFF, WE ARE ASKING THAT ITEM NUMBER 59 NOT BE SCHEDULE FOR A REVIEW HEARING. PLANNED COTTON IS PRESENT TO GIVE MORE PRESENTION COUNCIL REGARDING WHY THIS SHOULD NOT BE REVIEWED FOR -- SCHEDULED FOR A REVIEW HEARING. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. COTTON. >>ERIC COTTON: ERIC COLTTON, DEVELOPMENTAL CORPORATION. ITEM NUMBER 59, FOR PART AT 2 2109 WEST SPRUCE STREET. THE PROPERTY IS AN ILLEGAL LOT. IT WAS CREATED ILLEGALLY. THEY HAD ORIGINALLY APPLIED FOR A FORMAL DECISION IN 2020 TO SPLIT IT. I WITHDRAW THAT APPLICATION TELLING THEM THAT THE LOT WAS TOO SMALL TO SPLIT ADMINISTRATIVELY. THAT THEY NEEDED TO GO THROUGH THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TO CREATE THE TWO LOTS. PETITION WENT TO THE PROPERTY APPRAISER AND SPLIT IT ANYWAY, GOT NEW FOLIO NUMBERS, RECEIVED NEW ADDRESSES AND GOING THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS. IT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM COUNCIL'S AGENDA AND NEED TO COME BACK A PD TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT THEY WANT TO ACCOMPLISH. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION TO MOVED. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL IN FAVOR. OPPOSED. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU, COUNCIL. CHAIRMAN, DID YOU APPROVE THE AGENDA, DID U WT TOO OVER THE STAFF REPORTS TO SEE WHICH MEMBERS OF STAFF FOOUDZ GUDES NEXT ON MY MIND. YOU BEAT ME TOO IT. THANK YOU. WE HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATES. CHIEF BENNETT WILL TALK OF CODE RED FOR ITEM 83. WE ALREADY TOOK CARE OF ITEM 84. ITEM 85 -- I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO NEED TO APPEAR FOR THAT. 86 -- >>MARTIN SHELBY: IS A REQUEST -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: TO BE CONTINUED -- >>MARTIN SHELBY: DOES THIS COUNCIL WANT TO TAKE UP THAT REQUEST NOW TO CONTINUE THAT FOR THE MEMORANDUM OF CHIEF BRIAN DUGAN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE WILL TAKE THEM ALL. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 6 IS UP FOR CONTINUANCE. ITEM NUMBER 87, CONTINUANCE. MR. SHELBY, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MY SUGGESTION WHILE WE ARE DOING THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. IF THE COUNCIL'S INTENTION IS TO DO IT -- >>JOSEPH CITRO: YOU WANT OFF THE AGENDA WITH A DATE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ITEM NUMBER 84. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION. AND FAVORED. 87. MIRANDA HAS MOVED IT. CITRO HAS SECONDED IT. >>MARTIN SHELBY: STAFF REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 4 AS WELL FOR 2 2021. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. ITEM NUMBER 88. I THINK MR. DINGFELDER -- CARLSON AND DINGFELDER HAD A MOTION FOR THIS. DO YOU WANT THEM HERE TO SPEAK .N THIS >>BILL CARLSON: YES, PLEASE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: NUMBER 89. MR. SHELBY, WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GET TO IT. YOU WANT TO DO THAT NOW, SIR? >>MARTIN SHELBY: SEE IF STAFF IS ONLINE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: DEAL WITH THAT NOW AND GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I SEE MISS POST. GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING. IS THERE A QUESTION ABOUT 89? >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, MY UNDERSTANDING -- I SPOKE WITH MISS DOCK THIS MORNING WITH REGARD TO THIS -- ON THE TIMELINE. WE CAN DISCUSS THIS WHEN YOU WANT TO HEAR WHERE YOU ARE WHERE IT STANDS, MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE FORWARDED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS NOT BEEN PRESENTED TO COUNCIL AND COUNT HAS NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT PRIOR TO IT BEING SENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THE PUBLIC IS NOT AWARE OF IT BECAUSE IT HAVEN'T BEEN UPLOADED TO THIS AGENDA RELATIVE TO THIS PARTICULAR ITEM NUMBER. MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE IN ORDER TO APPRISE COUNCIL IN ADVANCE OF THE ITEM WHEN IT GOES TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND INCH THE PUBLIC THAT IT BE CONTINUED BRIEFLY AND I BELIEVE MISS DOCK TALKED ABOUT NOVEMBER 4 AS A STAFF REPORT AND IT MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE DONE BY THEN. DO YOU WISH TO COMMENT AT ALL, MISS POST? >> SURE, THANK YOU, MARTY, CHAIR AND COUNCIL, CAROLE POST, ADMINISTRATOR OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. THE PRESENTATION IS MORE IN THE FORM OF A WORKSHOP. THE COUNCIL HAS NOT SEEN THIS PRESENTATION YET. R HAVE STAFF RECEIVED CONSENSUS DIRECTION FROM CITY COUNCIL ABOUT THE PATH WE WANT TO TAKE RELATIVE TO THIS PROPOSAL. SO THAT IS THE OBJECTIVE FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS TO SIMPLY PRESENT THE CONCEPTS, THE PROPOSAL, AND THE RECOMMENDATION, AND TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE CONSENSUS, DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD TO DRAFT AN ORDINANCE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IN LIGHT OF THAT, MR. SHELBY, MY RECOMMENDATION IS YOU HEAR THE PRESENTATION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE WILL HEAR THE PRESENTATION LATER ON. THANK YOU, MIS POST. >> WHILE I HAVE YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU, JUST ONE QUESTION -- ONE CLARIFYING QUESTION ON ITEM 35. COUNCILMAN CARLSON, I HEARD -- WHEN I HEARD -- I HEARD YOU ARE PULLING IT AND YOU DO NOT NEED A STAFF REPORT BUT A SEPARATE VOTE. CAN I GET CLARIFICATION ON T THAT? >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE A SEPARATE VOTE AND COMMENT. I DON'T NEED STAFF, THANK YOU. >> OKAY, THANKS VERY MUCH. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. >>LUIS VIERA: SO MOVED. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL IN FAVOR. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION GRANTED. MR. DINGFELDER, WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS SIR. ITEM NUMBER 4. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, I AM SO PLEASED AND HONOR TO BE PRESENTING ACCOMMODATION TO -- I WAS BEEN PRACTICING IT. ERRIYON KNIGHTON AND HIS FA FAMILY. AS I AM SURE EVERYONE RECALLS ERRIYON WAS OUR HERO THIS SUMMER WHEN HE WAS AT THE SUMMER OLYMPICS REPRESENTING TAMPA, REPRESENTING THE UNITED S. AND JUST -- I REMEMBER JUST CHEERING. CHEERING, I WAS SO PROUD. ANYWAY, WE HAVE -- WE HAVE HIS GRANDMA OVER HERE AND MISS MOM OVER HERE AND HIS AAU COACH OVER HERE TAKING PICTURES. SO LET ME READ THIS COMMENDATION AND WE WILL HEAR A FEW WORDS FROM ERRIYON. ALL RIGHT. ERRIYON. IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION THAT LED TO YOUR AMAZING ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENTS, YOU BROKE THE UNDER 18200-METER RECORD WHICH WAS SET BEFORE YOU WERE BORN. AND IN JUNE 20, 201 YOU BROKE THE UNDER 20 RECORD. YOU REACHED YOUR GOAL OF MAKING THE 2020 MEN'S USA TRACK-AND-FIELD TEAM AND BECOMING THE YOUNGEST ATHLETE TO DO SO SINCE 1964. WHILE COMPETING THE TOKYO SUMMER OLYMPICS, YOU BECAME THE YOUNGEST AMERICAN TO PLACE IN THE TOP FOUR OF ANY INDIVIDUAL EVENT SINCE 1928. WOW. YOU ARE AN OLYMPICTHLE, PROFESSIONAL RUNNER, AND STILL A FANTASTIC STUDENT AT HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. TRULY A MARVEL OF THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA AND THIS CITY COUNCIL IS SO VERY, VERY PROUD OF YOU. PROUD TO PRESENT THIS COMMENDATION ON THE21st DAY OF OCTOBER 2021. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] OKAY. SO YOU GOT A COUPLE OF WORDS FOR US. OH, I WAS GOING TO SAY -- ASKING MOTHER OVER HERE -- I SAID WHEN DID YOU -- WHEN DID YOU REALIZE HE WOULD BE A TRACK-AND-FIELD RUNNER AND SHE SAID THE MINUTE HE WASED TO LING RUNNING ALL OVER THE HOUSE -- TODDLING, HE WAS RUNNING ALL OVER THE HOUSE. ONGOING SINCE HE WAS A LITTLE BABY. >> YES, SIR. HI THERE. MY GOD -- >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THAT'S OKAY. >> FIRST OFF, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I AM THANKFUL TO BE PRESENTED THIS AWARD -- WELL, RECOGNITION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL AND I WAS PROUD TO REPRESENT THE CITY.TAMPA OF MY HIGH SCHOOL IN HILLSBOROUGH. IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. AND THAT'S IT. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: FANTASTIC. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY COU COUNCILMEMBERS TODAY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? I SEE HANDS UP ALREADY. YOU SEE WHAT I AM SAYING. MR. VIERA. LET'S GO. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND AND GOOD TO SEE YOU HERE, YOUR FAMILY, MOTHER ACHBLDZ GRANDMOTHER. THAT IS JUST A VERY, VE WONDERFUL THING AS A PARENT. I KNOW THAT WHEN YOUR SON, YOUR DAUGHTER OR CHILD WORKS SO HARD FOR SOMETHING AND THEY ACHIEVE IT, NO MATTER WHAT IT IS. IT JUST MEANS A LOT. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU ALL AND YOU HAVE YOUR WHOLE LIFE AHEAD OF YOU AND YOU WILL SEE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CONGRATULATIONS AND WE CERTAINLY ARE ALL VERY PROUD OF YOU. I -- CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT YOU BROKEN USAIN BOLT'S -- ONE OF HIS RECORDS, CORRECT? >> YES, SIR. >>LUIS VIERA: I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY. THAT IS INCREDIBLE. WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU AND WE ARE JUST -- WE ARE REALLY HONORED THAT YOU ARE HERE WITH US TODAY AND YOU ARE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND THAT YOU TOOK THE TIME OUT OF YOUR SCHEDULE TO COME HERE AND WE WERE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE WITH YOU THIS COMMENDATION, THANK YOU. >> YES, SIR, THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU FOR MAKING OUR COMMUNITY PROUD. WE TALK ABOUT CHAMP-A BAY. BUT ATHLETES LIKE YOU THAT MAKE US PROUD FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO COLLEGE AND OLYMPICS. WE SUSPECT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE GOOD GRADES AND DO WELL IN THE FUTURE. MY SON WAS A RUNNER AND DIDN'T QUITE END UP -- PLEASE DON'T FORGET US IF WE CAN HELP NEW YOUR PATH AND COME BACK AND HELP MAKE TAMPA A GREAT SUCCESS ONCE YOU GRADUATE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CITRO SMITH SITD THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR. >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING YOUR CITY, SCHOOL AND COUNTRY WITH DISTINCTION. THANK YOU. ITCH. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: REMBER FASTER THAT AN SPEEDING BOAT, MORE POWERFUL THAN A LOCO LOCOMOTIVE. AND I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT SUPERMAN. ERRIYON, THE ONLY ADVICE I GIVE YOU GET A GREAT ATTORNEY WHO KNOW WHAT IS HE IS DOING AND A GREAT PERSONAL INDIVIDUAL TO FIND YOU THE ENDORSEMENTS BECAUSE IN THE FUTURE, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A VERY BRIGHT FUTURE AND I DON'T WANT TO YOU GIVE IT AWAY TO ANYONE. YOUR MIND, MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, AND ALL YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HELPED YOU GET WHERE YOU ARE AT. BUT IN THE END, THE BASIC TRAINING AND MILES AND MILES AND MILES AND MENTAL EXHAUSTION YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH TO GET WHERE YOU ARE AT. I DON'T WANT TO YOU GIVE IT AWAY WITH SOMEBODY WHO IS SLICK WITH A PEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR YOUR COUNTRY. YOU HAVE MADE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL PROUD, THE CITY OF TAMPA PROUD, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND FLORIDA PROUD. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, YOUNG MAN. YOU HAVE A BRIGHT FUTURE. GOD BLESS YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU DON'T KNOW HOW PROUD I AM TO SIT AS A CHAIRMAN AND TO HAVE YOU BEFORE ME TO GET AN HONOR LIKE THIS. THAT YOU MADE THE WORLD PAY ATTENTION. EVERYONE KNOWS YOUR NAME. KNOWS YOU ARE THE GUY FROM TAMPA FLORIDA. A BIG, BIG -- A BIG, BIG HONOR WITH A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY. LIKE MR. MIRANDA SAID, YOU DON'T HANG AROUND FOOLS. YOU STAY AROUND PEOPLE WHO ARE SUCCESSFUL. AND YOU LISTEN. YOU DON'T LET ANYBODY TAKE YOUR MONEY. YOU ALWAYS WATCH YOUR MONEY. THAT IS WHAT HE WAS TRY TO TELL YOU. I WILL TELL YOU BLUNTLY, YOU ALWAYS WATCH YOUR MONEY. DON'T NO ONE WATCH YOUR MONEY THAT WAY YOU WILL HAVE MONEY. MO THIS DOCKET, BUT I FEELE TO SOME KINDS OF WAY. I GOT A CHAMPIONSHIP RING ON -- CHAMPIONSHIP RING AND MR. DINGFELDER, I GOT TO DO THIS AND A MOMENTOUS MOMENT FOR THE COUNCIL AND CITY, MR. DINGFELDER, I WANT YOU TO BRING ERRIYON UP HERE AND TAKE A PICTURE BEHIND A SEAL. IMPORTANT TO HAVE A MEMORIAL PICTURE IN HIS HOUSE FOR THIS COUNCIL AND HIMSELF. I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO BRING HIM UP TO COUNCIL AND TAKE A PHOTO WITH THE COUNCILMEMBERS BEHIND THEEAL. JOHN DINGFELDER: JUST TO KEEP THINGS MOVING, DO YOU WANT TO DO THE NEXT ONE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: IS DEBBY DOWN THERE? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES, SHE IS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MR. SIT ROW. -- CITRO. >>JOSEPH CITRO: I DON'T HAVE TO SHOUT THE PASSWORD OUT. [ LAUGHTER ] >>ORLANDO GUDES: THERE IS MISS DEBBIE. >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: LL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. >> I AM THERE PRESENT A COMMENDATION -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: MISS DEBBIE, GO TO THE MIC -- THIS IS MY A AIDE MISS DEBBI E TO MAKE A PRESENTATION. >> I'M HERE TO PRESENT A COMMENDATION TO HILLSBOROUGH HOUSE OF HOPE. CITY COUNCIL PROUDLY RECOGNIZES HILLSBOROUGH HOUSE OF HOPE FOR PROVIDING A SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR WOMEN TRANSITIONING OUT OF CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS SEEKING POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT THAT AIDS IN THEIR PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL REHABILITATION. ESTABLISHED IN 1998, HILLSBOROUGH HOUSE OF HOPE ADDRESSED THE IMMEDIATE ESSENTIAL NEEDS FOR WOMEN IN TRANSITION, SUCH AS LIVING -- GIVING ACCOMMODATIONS, INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP THERAPY AND JOB ASSISTANCE. WOMEN CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM IS PRESENTED WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEEK THE HEALING PROCESS IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT DEDICATED TO HELPING THEM MAKE PROGRESS AND ACHIEVE SUCCESS. THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL PROUDLY PRESENTS THIS COMMENDATION OF HILLSBOROUGH HOUSE OF HOPE FOR BEING A BEACON FOR SO MANY WOMEN LIVING IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA AND HELPING FORMERLY INCARCERATED WOMEN TO BE THE PERSON THAT GOD CREATED THEM TO BE. SIGNED BY ALL SEVEN COUNCILMEMBERS, PRESENTED THIS DAY, THE 21st DAY OF OCTOBER, 2021. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HILLSBOROUGH HOUSE OF HOPE IS TRULY HONORED TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL OFFICE. WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING RECOGNIZED AND JUST HELPING US KEEP VOLUNTEERING TO MAKE IT GO FURTHER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WHO DO YOU HAVE WITH YOU THIS MORNING? >> LINDA WALKER, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HILLSBOROUGH HOUSE OF HOPE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WHO DO YOU HAVE BEHIND YOU. >> THE LADIES ARE BOARD MEM MEMBERS. >> EYE MICHELLE CLUSTER. I HAVE BEEN WITH HILLSBOROUGH HOUSE OF HOPE FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. I AM ABOUT TO BECOME VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD. AND I AM HAPPY TO HELP THE WOMEN IN THE COMMUNITY AND DO WHAT WE CAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE AW AWARD. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >> GOOD MORNING, I AM TU MAI, A RECENT BOARD MEMBER AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THE RECOGNITION FOR HILLSBOROUGH HOUSE OF HOPE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THIS AWARD I GAVE THIS MORNING. I WAS ABLE TO GO TO THE PROGRAM THEY HAD SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. THEY INVITED ME TO SAY A FEW WORDS. WHEN I LOOKED IN THE AUDIENCE I WAS ABLE TO SEE SOME OF THE WOMEN THAT I POSSIBLY INCARCERATED BEFORE. AND IT WAS IMPACTFUL TO SEE THE CHANGE THAT HAD INTO THEIR LIVES. AND TO HAVE A PROGRAM AND TO HAVE A PERSONAL NEED TO LEAVE THE GATES OF THE PRISON YOU KNOW, IT IS A TRANSITION. AND YOU HAVE TO BE READY TO -- IT IS WHAT I CALL A KID -- WITH A COOKIE JAR. AND THEY HAVE BEEN FEELING FOR THOSE COOKIES FOR EVER AND YOU LET THEM OUT, A NEW LIFE AGAIN. A NEW LIFE FOR THEM. THIS PLACE HELPS THEM TO GET THAT LIFE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND THAT'S WHY I FELT SO HEART-DRIVEN TO MAKE SURE THINK THAT UNDERSTOOD THE PROCESS AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU RECOGNIZE THAT WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS VALUABLE FOR THIS COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S WHY I WANTS THIS AWARD. ANY COMMENTS? MR. MANISCALCO, YOE RECOGNIZED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: QUICK. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT THE NAME OF YOUR ORGANIZATION SAYS "HOPE." GIVING HOPE TO WOMEN IN THIS COMMUNITY, TO HELPING THEM TRANSITION BACK INTO LIFE, REGULAR ROUTINE, LIFTING THEM UP, SHOWING THEM THAT THERE IS A BRIGHTER FUTURE. I THINK THAT WE ALL NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS AND THE WORK THAT YU DO IN THIS COMMUNITY. I BELIEVE IN -- IN SECOND CHANCES AND FORGIVENESS. I ALWAYS SAY IT. BUT WE HAVE TO BE HERE FOR ONE ANOTHER. AND LT ONE ANOTHER UP AND GIVE A HELPING HAND TO HELP FOLKS MOVE FORWARD, TO LIVE A -- A GOOD, POSITIVE, HAPPY LIFE. SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. VIERA, I SEE YOUR BUZZER. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN, FOR BR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ALL DO. I HAD THE GREAT PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH GREAT LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS LIKE ABRAHAM MINUTES MYSTERIES AND GET A PROGRAM HERE IN THE TAMPA AREA AND I WOULD LOVE TO MEET WITH YOT TOPIC. I HEARD YOU SAY THIS, MR. CHAIRMAN. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW. A KID GROWING UP IN THE SUBURBS YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW. AND A LOT OF THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT PEOPLE MAKE AND WHAT WE CAN MAKE OF RETURNING CITIZENS AND PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, LEAVING PRISON ETC. , ARE NOT JUST UNPRODUCTIVE. NOT JUST HARMFUL FROM FAMILY. THEY COME FROM BIAS. THEY COME FROM A LEVEL OF SOCIAL BIGOTRY AND WHAT NOT. THESE ARE THINGS WE HAVE TO OVERCOME ONE PERSON AT A TIME AND ONE GOVERNMENT POLICY AT THE TIME. THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO. IT IS REALLY GOD'S WORK AND I MEAN THAT. MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYONE ELSE. >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY, LADIES, THANK YOU FOR HELPING STOP THAT REVOLVING DOOR. YOU ARE GIVING WOMEN A PATH, A GUIDE TO GETTING OUT OF THE TROUBLE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN SURROUNDED IN. AND HELPING THEM TO LEAD A GREAT LIFE. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA AND OVER TO CARLSON. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU. ALL OF NEW THE PROGRAM OF HILLSBOROUGH HOUSE OF HOPE. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EACH OF YOU. BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE LEADERS AND THOSE WHO GIVE THE ADVICE. THE ONLY ADVICE WE ARE GOING TO GIVE -- I AM ANYWAY IS TRY TO GET THEM REGISTERED TO VOTE. RESTORE THEIR RIGHT FROM THE FIRST DAY ALL THE WAY THROUGH, AND THANK -- GOD BLESS YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING. EVERYONE DESERVES A SECOND CHANCE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CHARLESTON. >>BILL CARLSON: I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL. A LOT OF TIME PEOPLE THINK THAT GOVERNMENT CAN SOLVE ALL PROBLEMS. BUT THE GREAT THINGS OF THE UNITED STATES IS ALL THE VOLUNTEERS. THANK YOU PAST MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS FOR EVERYTHING YOU ARE DOING TO HELP SOLVE THESE IMPORTANT ISSUES. I HOPE THAT MORE WILL JOIN TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY AND COUNTRY GREATER. >>ORLANDO GUDES: HAVE THEM WAIT ON THE SECOND FLOOR BY THE STAIRS AND I WILL BE DOWN THERE SHORTLY. MR. DINGFELDER, WE ARE READY, SIR. ALL RIGHT, GENTLEMEN. >>CHLIE MIR BE IN THE PICTURE. WITHOUT HIM, THERE WILL BE NO LONG-DISTANCE RUNNER. [APPLAUSE] >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, I AM GOING TO GO DOWN TO TALK TO THE LADIES, IF YOU CAN -- MR. CARLSON IS NEXT. HE IS GOING TO TAKE AT THAT PHOTO. I AM GOING TO GO DOWN. YOU GOT FOUR. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ALL RIGHT. FOLKS ARE HEADED DOWNSTAIRS TO GIVE THE NEXT COMMENDATION. >> MR. CHAIR, ARE WE READY? KING >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CAR CARLSON, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THE TEAM USA WOMEN SOFTBALL FOLKS. >>BILL CARLSON: WE ARE HERE TO RECOGNIZE COACH KEN ERIKSEN. A WHOLE ENTOURAGE OF FOLKS FROM USF AND HIS SISTER BETH SHOUP. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I KIND OF RECOGNIZE THAT LADY IN THE MIDDLE THERE. >> HEY, COCIL. >>BILL CARLSON: KEN ERIKSEN, COACH OF THE WINNING USA WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM. HIS DEVOTION FOR THE SPORT WITH TEAM USA BUT HEAD COACH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA SOFTBALL WHO WAS ONE OF THE FEW DOCHS WIN 1,000 GAMES. WORLD CUP OF SOFTBALL AND TWO PAN-AMERICAN WINS FOR TEAM USA AND EIGHT CONFERENCE WITH THE USF BOWLS. HONOR OF CITY DOWN PRESENT KEN WITH THI COMMENDATION. A SPECIAL GUEST AS YOU IDENTIFIED. FORMER -- SHE HAS A LOT OF TITLES BUT FORMER USF PRESIDENT BETTY CASTOR. >> GREAT TO BE HERE AND TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THANK KEN ERIKSEN IN TAMPA AT YOUR UNIVERSITY, US F FOR HIS WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL CAREER. I'M HERE WITH MICHAEL KELLY, THE TALL GUY BEHIND ME, WHO IS THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR ATHLETICS AT USF, AS WELL AS KEN'S DAD, BOB,AVE, BOB. AND OTHERS IN HIS FAMILY. KEN IS -- HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL COACH. YOU HEARD IN THE COMMENDATION ABOUT HIS MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS. BUT I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT IN ADDITION TO WHAT YOU HEARD, HE IS THE REAL THING. HE HAS HAD SUCH AN IMPACT ON HIS PLAYERS OVER THE YEARS. IT IS JUST HARD TO IMAGINE. HE IS A HARD-WORKING GUY, BUT IN ADDITION TO COACHING HIS STUDENTS AND LOOKING OUT FOR THEIR ACADEMIC PURSUITS, HE CARES ABOUT THEM AS YOUNG WO WOMEN. AND HE CARES ABOUT THEIR FAMILIES. I AM ALSO HERE IN PART TO SAY THAT USF IS VERY INTERESTED IN ALL OF OUR FEMALE ATHLETES. I AM PART OF THE GROUP CALLED THE STAMPEDE FOR WOMEN. AND ABBY RITTER IS IN THE BACK. SHE COUNSELS US ALONG WITH LALO PRADO WHO IS HIDING. OUR GOAL WITH T STAEDE SIMPLY TO SUPPORT OUR FEMALE ATHLETES, OUR TEAMS, AND ESPECIALLY OUR COACHES. AND IN THAT REGARD, WE THOUGHT THIS WAS A MOST APPROPRIATE TIME TO MAKE A LASTING MEMORIAL IN KEN'S HONOR. AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL MICHAEL KELLY TO DO THE HONORS. MICHAEL? >> THANK YOU, BETTY. AND THANK YOU COUNCILMAN CARLSON FOR THIS HONOR, FOR COACH ERIKS EN. IN THE SPIRIT OF WHAT BET WAS STAYING AND IN THE SPIRIT OF OUR STAMPEDE FOR WOMEN AND WOMEN ATHLETES FROM UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA. KEN, YOU DON'T KNOW THIS BUT FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE ESTABLISHED IN YOUR HONOR A SPECIAL KEN ERIKSEN OLYMPIC ENDOWMENT FUND THAT WILL SUPPLY SCHOLARSHIP FOR FEMALE STUDENT ATHLETES IN THE SPORT OF S SOFTBALL IN YOUR HONOR. SO CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] >>BILL CARLSON: I SHOULD SAY REAL FAST THANK YOU FOR CHAIR DES FOR ALLOWING US TO DO THIS. SOMETHING THAT COACH E RIKSEN DIDN'T KNOW WOULD HAPPEN AND A GREAT HONOR. TWO HONORS IN ONE DAY, THANK YOU. >> CHAIRMAN AND COUNCILMEMBERS, I HAD SOMETHING TO SPEAK ABOUT BEFORE I JUST GOT THIS, BUT IT HAS BLOWN ME AWAY. THAT -- THAT IS WELL BEYOND SPECTRUM OF MY THOUGHTS RIGHT NOW. BUT TO HAVE MY FAMILY FROM -- FRIENDS THINK THAT MET HERE WHEN I CAME IN THE FALL OF '79 TO GO TO SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA TO PROFESRS TO ADMINISTRATORS AND A REASON I AM STILL HERE BECAUSE OF BETTY CASTOR. KATHY BETTENCOURT WHO TOLD ME SHE WAS PROUD OF ME TODAY THAT GOES WELL BEYOND THE REALM OF THE AWARDS BUT MY SISTER AND MY DAD AND MOM, BOB AND DIANA. THIS IS A SPECIAL DEAL AND COUNCILMAN CARLSON, I COULDN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THIS RECOGNITION. BUT TO REPRESENT TAMPA ON A WORLDWIDE STAGE IN THE OLYMPICS TWICE. AND TO BE PART IN A COMMUNITY SINCE 1979, TO BE ACCEPTED BY THE PEOPLE HERE. ERY TIME I FRY BACK IN TAMPA AFTER BEING ALL OVER THE WORLD, 38 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, I FLY BACK IN HERE AND I AM BACK H HOME. I'M HERE IN TAMPA. I AM NOT GOING ANYWHERE. I LOVE HERE AND I HOPE TO FINISH WHATEVER I STARTED HERE AND I KNOW I WILL. BUT THANK YOU FOR THE AWARD. BOTH AWARDS, BUT I AM HUMBLED. AND TO BE EVEN IN THE SAME ROOM AS ERRIYON TODAY. HE IS THE FUTURE OF ATHLETICS IN TAMPA. I AM IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE T TWO-MINUTE WARNING IS SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY COUNCILMEMBERS? MR. VIERA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CARLSON FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. COACH, YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE A VERY FULL LEVEL OF SUPPORT, A FULL FAMILY LIFE, MANY, MANY FRIENDS WHO CARE ABOUT YOU, AND YOU ARE ALSO RESPECTED IN THE COMMUNITY FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. SO WE JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK. YOU KNOW I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION TALKING ABOUT WOMEN SPORTS, THE GREAT BABE SAHE A LOT OF HEADS NODDING A TRAIL BLAZER AND REMARKABLE WOMAN AND LUCKY TO HAVE A CITY GOLF COURSE NAMED AFTER HER WHERE WE ALWAYS HONOR WOMEN'S SPORTS AND THE BRAVERY AND COURAGE THAT THE TRAIL BLAZERS TOOK GENERATIONS AGO AND STILL TAKE TODAY AND LED BY GREAT PEOPLE LIKE YOU. WE THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK IN LEADERSHIP AND ALWAYS HAVE TO SALUTE AS WELL BETTY CASTOR. GOD BLESS YOU. WE LOVE YOU, MA'AM. AND YOU HAVE A GREAT ONE AND, AGAIN SIR CONGRATULATIONS. ORLAO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A PROUD USF GRADUATE, CONGRATULATIONS, THANK YOU. AGAIN, THE SPOTLIGHT IS ON TAMPA AND THANK YOU AND ALL THE CHAMPIONS. BEDY CASTOR IS HERE. I SAW HER POP OUT. WHAT AN HONOR TO HAVE HER AND ALL OF YOU. AND, AGAIN, EVERY DAY I AM PROUD TO BE A USF BULL. TODAY IS JUST ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE DAYS. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CITRO, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>JOSEPH CITRO: SITD THANK Y YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. YOU ARE SURROUNDED ABOUT A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH USF. KATHY BETEN COURT I SEE IN THE BACK THERE AND BETTY CASTOR. USF STARTED QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO AND WITH YOUR HELP, YOU MADE YOUR MARK ON THAT WONDERFUL, HIGHER LEARNING INSTITUTION. I GOT TO SAY, COACH, WITHOUT YOU THOSE GIRLS MAY BE THROWING THE BALL ALL OVER OF THE FIELD AND RUNNING TO DIFFERENT BASES. THOSE GIRLS WERE GREAT AND PERFORMED WELL, BUT THE COACHING THAT DIRECTS THE TEAM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT COACHING. AND AS ALWAYS, GO BULLS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, YOU HAVE YOUR USF PIN ON. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I DO. I DO. >>ORLANDO GUDES: CHAMPIONSHIP. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I MENTIONED TO BETTY AND KATHY DOWNSTAIRS. I AM A HARD-CORRUGATOR BUT TODAY, I AM A BULL. WON CONGRATULATIONS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. COACH -- COACH KEN ERIKSEN, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. THE DAY OF CHAMPIONS. THE YOUNG MAN THAT SET THE OLYMPIC RECORDS FOR HIS AGE AND THEN WE HAVE YOUELF. YOU HAVE LITTLE PRADO BACK THERE AND MISSED HIM AND HE MIGHT BE SMALL IN STATURE, BUT HIGH IN ABILITY. AND HE -- HE HAD ONE PROBLEM GROWING UP. HE HAD TWO COACHES WHICH HE NEVER HAD, HIS FATHER AND MYSELF. AND THE DIFFERENCE IN WINNING AND LOSING IS NOT HOW MUCH CONTRACT EXTENSION YOU HAVE OR HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE AS A PLAYER, BUT THE CHEMISTRY AMONG THE PLAYERS AND THE DESIRE -- LISTEN TO THIS -- NOT THE DESIRE TO WIN, BUT THE DESIRE NOT TO LOSE. AND THAT CARRIES YOU TO ANOTHER LEVEL. I KNOW YOULAYED WITH GUYS THAT I PLAYED WITH. YOU HAD A SHORTSTOP THAT LED THE LEAGUE IN EVERYTHING INCLUDING ERRORS. AND NAME IS WAYNE VIGIL. YOU HAVE A CATCHER WITH THE BOMBERS THAT LED THE LEAGUE IN PASSED BALLS AND BUCKY DE LA TORRE. I AM ONLY JOKING OF THOSE GUYS. THEY HAVE CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS AND I HAVE NOTHING. APPRECIATE TO MENTION THEIR NAMES AND HONORED TO PLAY WITH THEM LIKE YOU ARE -- AND EVERYONE YOU COACHED BECAME A STAR. MAYBE NOT ON THE FIELD BUT BECAME A BETTER CITIZEN BECAUSE YOU TAUGHT THEM ABOUT LIFE. NOT ABOUT THE GAME ITSELF. YOU CAN BE EASY -- REAL EASY TO LOSE A GAME. YOU HAVE TO HAVE CHEMISTRY AND THE DESIRE NOT TO LOSE TO WIN A GAME. AND YOU TAUGHT THAT TO ALL YOUR STUDENTS, ALL THE PLAYERS IN YOUR LIFE AND COURAGEOUS INDIVIDUAL THAT YOU ARE. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. >> THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA, OUR SUPERSTAR. A SUPERSTAR FOR THIS COMMUNITY FOR DECADES. YOU ARE A CHAMPION FOR THE CITY. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WE TRY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: BUT YOU KNOW. WE BOTH HAVE COACHED -- CHAMPIONSHIP -- I BROUGHT A CHAMPIONSHIP RING. I KNOW IT WAS CHAMPIONSHIP DAY. GOOD TO BE A CHAMPION. TAMPA IS A CITY OF CHAMPIONS. COACH, YOU HAVE DONE A MARVELOUS JOB WITH YOUR PROGRAMS AND THE HISTORY TO DO WHAT DO YOU. BUT I TELL PEOPLE -- MR. MIRANDA SAID WINNING ISN'T EVERYTHING. LOMBARDI SAID EVERYTHING. BUT IT IS NOT EVERYTHING, IT IS IT IS ABOUT WHAT DO YOU GET OUT OF THE PLAYERS AND WHERE DID MY PLAYERS GO AND WHAT DO THEY DO. SIT DOWN IN A RESTAURANT AND SEE THE KIDS COME BACK AND SAY, COACH, THIS IS MY FAMILY. THIS IS WHAT I DO. I WAS JOY TO SAY I WAS AN INSPIRATION IN SOMEONE'S LIFE. THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE DONE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. I SEE YOUR SISTER BEHINDING BEHIND YOU. SHE IS ALWAYS IN MY EAR. LOVE ANOTHER DEATH. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU TODAY FOR BOTH ACCOLADES. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE WISDOM OF THIS COUNCIL IS BEYOND MY THOUGHTS WHICH I APPRECIATE ALL THE THINGS. ONE PERSON ALWAYS IN EVER EVERYBODY'S LIFE THAT BRINGS IT TOGETHER. AND I AM SURE ON THIS COUNCIL IS THE SAME THING. LIKE OUR UTILITY PLAYER THAT WE CAN RELY ON BARBARA SPARKS McGLINCY IS THAT PERSON FOR ALL OF US HERE. SHE HIRED ME AND A GREAT COUNSELOR FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE SHE WAS RECOGNIZED ALSO. [APPLAUSE] >>ORLANDO GUDE ALRIGHT. I THINK SELF MR. CITRO UP NEXT. >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GRACIAS SENORA. MR. CHAIR, CITY COUNCI COUNCILMEMBERS, I AM PROUD TO PRESENT TO YOU MR. MARK SCULNICK AND HE IS THE IMMEDIATE PAST DISTRICT GOVERNOR -- THE IMMEDIATE PAST DISTRICT GOVERNOR OF DISTRICT 6890. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I CAN SPENDS HOURS HERE TALKING OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT ROTARY DOES. NOT ONLY THE LOCAL CLUBS, DISTRICTS, BUT ESPECIALLY, MORE ESPECIALLY, WHAT ROTARY DOES INTERNATIONALLY. I CAN TALKF TH CLEAN WATER THAT ROTARY HELPS PROVIDE UNDERDEVELOPED NATIONS, BUT HERE -- TODAY WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE ERADICATION OF POLIO, AND WE HAVE ALMOST DONE IT. WE HAVE GONE THAT CLOSE TO R RIDDING OUR WORLD OF POLIO. AND WE JUST HAVE A FEW MORE STEPS TO GO. COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER AND I ARE BOTH MEMBERS OF THE YBOR CITY ROTARY CLUB. AND I AM SURE THAT HE AND I CAN THANK OUR IMMEDIATE PAST DISTRICT GOVERNOR AND ROTARY INTERNATIONAL FOR ALL THIS H HELP. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A WORLD POLIO DAY ON OCTOBER 24 WHICH IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. SO THAT IS WHAT THIS COMMENDATION IS FOR. TO ROTARY INTERNATIONAL. COME ON UP HERE, MY BROTHER. TAMPA CITY COUNCIL PRESENTS THIS COMMENDATION, ROTARY INTERNATIONAL FOR WORLD POLIO DAY 2021. TAMPA CITY COUNCIL COMMENDS ROTARY INTERNATIONAL ON ITS GREAT WORK TOWARD ERADICATING POLIO. SINCE LAUNCHING POLIO PLUS INITIATIVES BACK IN 1985 AND GLOBAL POLIO ERADICATION INITIALS I HAVE IT IN 1995, POLIO SAYS DROPPED BY 99.9%. ROTARY HAS CONTRIBUTED TO MORE THAN 1.9 BILLION, WORKING TO RAISED 50 MILLION ANNUALLY TO ERADICATE POLIO. THE COUNTLESS VOLUNTEER HOURS TO COMBAT THIS DISEASE. IT IS WITH THE PLEASURE OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL TO PRESENT ROTARY INTERNATIONAL WITH THIS COMMENDATION ON THE 21st DAY OF OCTOBER 2021. WE CAN ONLY SAY THAT WE WANT THIS DISEASE TO GO AWAY. AND WE ARE FIGHTING HARD TO DO IT. PLEASE, FEW WORDS. >> THANK YOU. ON BEHALF THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD, I THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE 92nd HISTORY OF ROTARY AND POLIO IS IN 1979, TWO ROTARIANS IN THE PHILIPPINES SAID WE NEED TO GET RID OF POLIO IN THE PHILIPPINES. THEY DID IT WITH THE HELP OF THE ROTARY FOUNDATION. THEN IN 1985, ROTARY WAS ABLE TO TAKE THE LEAD IN A WORLDWIDE BASIS TO GET RID OF POLIO IN 126 COUNTRIES AND DISABLED 350,000 CHILDREN A YEAR. SO TODAY WE HAVE GREAT NEWS. WE HAVE IT LEFT IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN AND SINCE JANUARY, EACH OF THOSE COUNTRIES HOME ONE CASE. UNICEF ANNOUNCED MONDAY AN AGREEMENT WITH THE TALIBAN TO DO HOUSE-TO-HOUSE VACCINATIONS. AGAIN, STARTING NOVEMBER 8. AND THEN LATER IN NOVEMBER, THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. SO WE COULD BE DONE -- W.H.O. EXPECTS US TO BE DONE IN FIVE YEARS. THERE WILL BE NO POLIO IN THE WORLD. WE CAN START GIVING THOSE VACCINATIONS TO OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING THE WORLD BE AWARE OF THIS. AND WE ARE IN THE HOME STRETCH. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYONE? MR. VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CITRO FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. AND THANK YOU, SIR, FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO. ALL OF OUR ROTARY CLUBS DOES SUCH GREAT WORK. THE YBOR CITY ROTARY THAT COUNCILMAN CITRO AND DINGFELDER. I HAVE BEEN THERE A NUMBER TIMES AND GREAT ROTARY. JOSE BALENTE, TOM SKERRITT AND COUNCILMAN CITRO AND DING DINGFELDER. THE DOWNTOWNS ROTARY, JOEL H HUNT, SO MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE. AND YOU KNOW POLIO, IT'S -- IT IS AMAZING TO THINK ABOUT HOW FAR WE HAVE COME, WHERE -- I THINK AT THE AGE OF 39 OR 40, OUR 32nd PRESIDENT HAD HIS LE STOPPED DUE TO POLIO. IMAGINE A MAN WAS PRESENT HAD HIS LIFE CUT IN SO MANY WAYS BECAUSE OF POLIO AND YET TODAY SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T -- ALMOST WIPED OUT. WITH GROUPS LIKE THE ROTARY HELPING WITH UNICEF AND PLACES IN AFGHANISTAN AND TALLAHASSEE. IMAGINE THAT GOING IN SUCH -- IN FOR ALL YOUR GREAT WORK. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ANDRGANATIO AND WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. REMEMBER THE NAME JONAS SALK, THAT WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN PUTTING FORTH THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL POLIO VACCINES IN THE 19 50s WHO DIDN'T PATENT IT. SO THERE THERE WOULD BE GLOBAL WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTION THAT ALL CHILDREN AND ANYONE HAD THE ACCESS TO THE VACCINE WHICH HELPED AND SAVED SO MANY PE PEOPLE. I UNDERSTAND POLIO PERSONALLY FROM MY COUSIN, WHO WAS AFFLICTED WITH POLIO AND WAS NOT ABLE TO GET THE VACCINE IN TIME AND WHEN IT WAS RELEASE AND. I SEE HOW HE STRUGGLED. OPINIONED A GENTLEMAN DR. NAK HOOSHTION WAS INSTRUMENTAL GETTING MY FAMILY OUT OF CUBA AFTER THE ASTRO REVOLUTION AND A LONG-TIME FRIEND UNTIL HE PASSED AWAY A FEW YEARS AGO. WE SAW HOW HE SUFFERED AND HOW HE STRUGGLED. SO WHEN WE TALK IT -- I HAVE THIS PIN IN MY HAND THAT I WILL BE WEARING TODAY. ENDS POLIO NOW. I HAVE SEEN FIRST HAND PEOPLE SUFFERING AND STRUGGLING. ONE OF OUR PRESIDENTS, VOOLT INVESTIGATE. BUT I AM HAPPY TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT -- ROOSEVELT. BUT I AM HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE ARE HAVING ERADICATION WO WORLDWIDE AND A THING OF THE PAST AFTER SO MANY YEARS AND PEOPLE HAVE SUFFERED. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYONE ELSE? MR. CARLSON, YOU ARE RECO RECOGNIZED. >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU AND THE ROTARY ASSOCIATION FOR THE WORK ON POLIO. YOU ARE DOING POLIO PLUS AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS YOU ARE DOING BESIDE THAT AND IF NOT FOR SOME WAR-RAVAGED AREAS THE GOAL WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED A LONG TIME AGO AND IT HAS TAKEN LONGER THAN ANY OF US WANTED. AND ROTARY DOESN'T ALWAYS PROMOTE ITSELF AS MUCH AS IT COULD. AND THE GATES FOUNDATION GETS A LOT OF -- BUT ROTARY IS WORKING SILENTLY BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND A GREAT PROGRAM. IT ALSO CONNECTED A LOT OF OTHER PROGRAMS THOUGH. AND I WANT TO SAY FOR A MOMENT THAT ROTE COMPLETELY CHANGED MY LIFE. ROTARYAD SO MANY GREAT PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. BETWEEN 10th AND 11th GRADE, ROTARY CLUBS IN THE AREA PULLED ME OUT AND SAID CAN YOU ATTEND SEMINAR FOR TOMORROW'S LEADERS AT USF. I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THAT AND BE INSPIRED BY SOME OF THE GREATEST LEADERS OF FLORIDA AND ELSEWHERE AND GAVE ME A ROAD MAP WHERE I COULD GO IN THE FUTURE. I GOT INVOLVED AND INTERACTED WITH ROTARY IN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE. AND ROTARY CLUB THIS WAS REGION SAY HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO OVERSEAS ALL EXPENSIVE PAID FOR A YEAR. MY FAMILY DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY AND COULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT WITHOUT ROTARY AND SPUN THE GLOBE AND PICKED THE FARTHEST PLACE AWAY WHICH IS SINGAPORE BECAUSE ROTARY WAS PAYING. I SPENT A YEAR MEETING ROTARY CLUBS THROUGHOUT ASIA AND ROTARIANS AND WELCOMED INTO THEIR HOMES AND TOURS OF THE COUNTRY AND WITH A REVOLUTION GOING ON AND THE ROTARIANS WERE HELPING ME AND GIVING SPEECHES IN THAILAND WHERE PEOPLE -- THEY ALL SPEAK A LOT OF ENGLISH BUT A STRANDS FORMING EXPERIENCE AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD THAT HAVE THAT. ROTARY AMBASSADOR SCHOLARSHIP TO BRING PEACE AND GOOD WILL AROUND THE WORLD AND BUILD POSS TIES AND CONTINUED TO BE INVOLVED WITH ROTARY AND BECAME A FELLOW AND SPONSORED OTHER PROGRAMS. I CAN'T THANK YOU ALL ENOUGH FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. LUKE CAMINGA, BILL LEONARD, CLAGET TAYLOR AND MANY, MANY OTHERS WHO WERE MY PERSONAL MENTORS WHO HELPED START CLUBS LIKE NEW TAMPA AND OTHERS. THEY HAVE MADE SUCH AN IMPACT ON OUR WORLD. THE REASON WE ARE BACK IN TAMPA. MANY OF US COULD HAVE LIVED ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND THE REASON I'M HERE BECAUSE OF THE COMMITMENT TO THE ROTARY CLUBS. WE ARE GOING TO INVEST IN YOU. WE WANT TO YOU INVEST IN THE COMMUNITY. I HOPE YOU ARE INSPIRED BY THE GOALS OF ROADRY AND PUSH FORTH ROTARY PLUS AND ALL THE GREAT ISSUES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WOW, BLL, I DIDN'T REALIZE A LOT OF THAT AND YOUR ROTARY CONNECTIONS. IT MAKES ME VERY PROUD. AS YOU GUYS KNOW, ROTARY HAS BEEN A HUGE PART OF MY LIFE. MY FATHER WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE DOWNTOWN CLUB HERE IN. AND AS A LITTLE BOY, I USED TO GO TO THE MEETINGS ON TUESDAY. AND THAT MOTTO OF MARK AND JOE, SERVICE ABOVE SELF GOT IN MY BRAIN AND HERE I SIT TODAY. AND I KNOW I CAN OWE IT NOT ONLY TO MY DAD BUT TO ROTARY. ON A PERSONAL NOTE -- AND I KNOW SHE IS WATCHING -- MY MOTHER, ADELE, IS A POLIO SURVIVOR. SHE CONTRACTED POLIO BACK IN THE EARLY '50s WHICH WAS RIGHT AROUND THE TIME THE VACCINE WAS COMING OUT. BUT SHE WAS ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES AND SHE SURVIVED. AND -- AND HAS HAD AN AMAZING LIFE AND STILL WITH US. ANYWAY, I WANT TO GIVE ANOTHER SHOUT-OUT TO JACK FERNANDEZ, FORMER COUNCILMAN RUDY FERNANDEZ'S FATHER. JACK HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF OUR CLUB IN YBOR AND JACK HAS ALWAYS TAKEN THE LEAD ON THE POLIO CAMPAIGN. IF HE AND HIS FAMILY WATCHING, WE GIVE JACK A SHOUT OUT. MARK, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU ARE DOING. AND FOLKS -- LOOK IT UP ON E INTERNET. AND IF YOU WERE WATCHING AND YOU CAN HELP ERADICATE POLIO ONCE AND FOR ALL. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN. I APPRECIATE THAT EVERYTHING THAT YOURSELF HAS DONE AS THE LEADER AND INDIVIDUAL WHO WORKS SO MUCH WITH ROTARY INTERNATIONAL; HOWEVER, I TRY TO COMPARE THE SAFETY WHEN THE SALK VACCINE CAME OUT AND TODAY'S COVID. IT IS SAD TO SAY THINK THAT THINK WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE S ALK VACCINE THAT WAS BEING INTRODUCED TODAY TO SOLVE WHAT WE HAVE IN COVID, WOULD IT BE AS SUCCESSFUL? SOCIETY HAS CHANGED. WHEN YOU SAY 99% ERADICATED, WITH YOU IMAGINE WHAT THE WORLD WOULD BE IF WE HAD 899% ERADICATED ON THE COVID? HOWEVER, ALL OF US TOOK THE SALK VACCINE WHEN WESTERN KIDS. I KNOW I DID. -- WHEN WE WERE KIDS. I KNOW I DID. WE HAVE 700,000 PEOPLE WHO DIED OR MORE WITH COVID. JUST BECAUSE THEY REFUSEED TO THE VACCINE. VACCINATION IS PART OF LIFE. YOU ARE VACCINATED WHEN YOU GO TO SCHOOL AND NOW YOU CAN'T GET IN SCHOOL. I AM NOT QUESTIONING THE RIGHT NOT TO DO IT. BUT I AM SAYING TO MYSELF, WHY? WHY DO YOU HAVE ABOUT A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN. RIGHT OR LEFT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME. RIGHT AND WRONG DOES MATTER TO ME. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. UNIMAGINABLE TO SAY 99%. WHICH IS TRUE, WHAT YOUR ROTARY CLUB INTERNATIONAL HAS DONE, IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO DO IN TODAY'S STANDARDS AND YET YOU ARE ACCOMPLISHING THAT WITHOUT GETTING INVOLVED ON -- IN ANY POLITICAL SIDE. I WANT TO SAY GOD BLESS YOU. YOUR ROTARY CLUB AND ALL OF YOUR MEMBERS WHAT DO YOU ON A DAILY BASIS. 700,000 PEOPLE IS LIKE THE SIZE OF THE CITY OF ST. PETE DISAPPEARING TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE. THANK YOU, AGAIN, SIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR, FOR ALL DO YOU. GOOD TO HAVE LEADERSHIP TO SPREAD THE WORD. LIKE MR. MIRANDA SAID CRAZY THAT YOU HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL -- YOU NEED SHOTS BEFORE YOU GO TO SCHOOL, BUT YET, WE ARE NOT TAKING THE SHOT FOR COVID. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT, I GUESS IT IS WHAT IT IS AT THIS POINT, BUT I AM JUST GLAD THAT WE ARE STILL TRYING TO DO OUR BEST TO GET THE WORD OUT. AGAIN TO ERADICATE POLIO, 99%. A VACCINE HAD TO BE CREATED TO STORM WATCH IT. AND, AGAIN, WE HAVE GOT OF A COVID VACCINE AND WE ARE NOT TAKE ORGANIZE UTILIZINGHAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE MAKE THIS COUNTRY SAFE. AGAIN, SIR, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU ARE DOING. THANK YOU, MR. CITRO, FOR BRINGING HIM FOR COMMENDATION. >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT, GENTLEMEN, SEE IF WE CAN ROLL THROUGHOUT AGENDA. GOING TO 10 -- AFTER 10. ALL RIGHT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL IN FAVOR. NUMBER TWO. ALL RIGHT, MR. MANISCALCO HAS MOVED NUMBER 2. MR. MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR. ITEM NUMBER 6, FDOT. >> GOOD MORNING, VIR AND COUNCIL, VIK BHIDE, DIRECTOR OF THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT. ITEM 6 IS THE QUARTERLY PRESENTATION REQUESTED BY COUNCIL AND FDOT AND THEIR PROJECTS IN THE CITY. DO WE HAVE ANYONE FDOT ONLINE RIGHT NOW? >>ORLANDO GUDES: THEY WE DO MADAM DEPUTY CLERK. >>VIK BHIDE: GREAT. THE PRESENTATION IS GOING TO BE MADE BY OUR FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE, GINGER REGALDO. GINGER WORKS ON SAFETY PRO PROJECTS. AND TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS ABOUT VARIOUS PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY AND SOME OUTSIDE. MOST OF NOTE PROJECT-WISE IS SOME OF THEM ARE IN REALLY LOWER INCOME, HIGH PEDESTRIAN AREAS WITH A LARGE POPULATION OF PERSONS WH DISABILITIES. SO THESE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PROJECTS ARE PART OF OUR COMMITMENT DIVISION ZERO AND FDOT ARE GREAT PARTNERS TOWARD THAT. AND STEP, I WILL HAND IT OVER TO GINGER TO TAKE IT AWAY. >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: GOOD MORNING. >> THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME. DO YOU ALL HAVE MY PRESENTATION? >>ORLANDO GUDES: NOT YET. >>VIK BHIDE: CAN YOU THE PRESENTATION PUT UP IF POS POSSIBLE? I THINK FDOT SUBMITTED IT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MADAM DEPUTY CLERK, DO YOU HAVE IT IN THE SYSTEM? BEAR WITH US ONE MOMENT, PLEASE. >> I COULD TO THAT IF THAT IS WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: GUDES YOU WILL SHARE YOUR SCREEN. >> OH, OKAY. THERE IT IS. >> CAN YOU SEE THIS SLIDE SHOW? >>VIK BHIDE: NO WE SEE THE OUTLOOK. XWOOUDZ GUDES THERE IT IS. -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: THERE IT IS. >> THIS IS ON VARIOUS UPCOMING IMPROVEMENTS TO DISTRICT 7. BEAR IN MIND THESE ARE DRAFT IMAGES HAIL BE SHOWING YOU. I WANT TO YOU KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE A FEW CHANGES BUT -- CAN YOU STILL SEE THE PRESENTATION? >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, MA'AM. >> OKAY. SO ON NEBRASKA AVENUE FROM KENNEDY BOULEVARD TO EAST ARCTIC AVENUE, WE HAVE PLANNED MID BLOCK CROSSINGS. RECTANGULAR BEACONS AND PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BACONS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE PUTTING IN. SO THE RFBs ARE PLANNED AT 11th AVENUE, 25th AVENUE, AND EAST BRYANT STREET. AND THE PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACONS ARE PLANNED FOR PARIS, JUNO AND SEWARD. WE ARE ALSO PLANNING ON SIDEWALK CONNECTIONS AND REPLACING THE STAMP PAVEMENT MEDIANS BETWEEN KENNEDY AND LOUISIANA AND DOING SOME BULB OUTS ON BAY STREET AND INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AT PALM. SO SOME IMAGES OF THOSE WHO MAKE IT MAKE SENSE. SO THIS IS PALM. THIS IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IMPROVING THIS. AGAIN, THESE ARE THE DRAFTS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW OF THE IMPROVEMENTS, LANDSCAPING IN THE MEDIAN, PUTTING IN TRAFFIC SEPARATORS, SOME MILLING AND RESURFACING. THIS WOULD BE THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AT 11th STREET. ANOTHER AT BRYANT. ANOTHER PEDESTRIAN CROSSING HERE WITH THE RAISED MEDIAN. AND THEN ANOTHER ONE CLOSER TO IDLEWILD. DOING A TAPERED. MOVING ON TO SOUTH DALE MABRY HIGHWAY FROM MANGO AVENUEO WEST PEARL. WHAT THEY HAVE PLANNED THERE IS TO INSTALL SIGNALIZED PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS NEAR THE FOLLOWING STREETS: MANGO, WISCONSIN AND PEARL. INSTALL PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS AND IMPROVE LIGHTING AS WELL. THIS IS WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE AND HOPEFULLY THIS VIDEO WILL WORK. ARE Y'ALL SEEING THE VIDEO? >>ORLANDO GUDES: NOT YET YET. >> CAN YOU SEE IT NOW? >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE SEE IT BUT IT IS NOT PLAYING THOUGH. >> GOT TO LOVE TECHNOLOGY. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THERE IS GOES. SO THAT WOULD BE THE UPCOMING TYPE OF SIGNALS THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IF I CAN GET MY SLIDE SHOW BACK TO WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO. OKAY. THAT WE ARE TALKING OF PUTTING IN. SO THIS WOULD BE -- AGAIN, THIS IS MGO. E DRAFT IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE LIKE A ZIG-ZAG ACROSS. THIS WILL BE WISCONSIN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE ARE NOT SEEING IT? >> YOU ARE NOT SEEING IT. IS IT STILL ON THE VIDEO? OH GOODNESS. NOW IS IT BACK -- CAN YOU SEE THE -- >> YES. >> OKAY, GOOD. SO THIS WOULD BE THE IMPROVEMENT AT MANGO THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. IT WOULD BE A LITTLE ZIG-ZAG. THIS ONE WILL BE AT WISCONSIN A LITTLE BIT LONGER ONE. IT WOULD HAVE TO GO ACROSS. AND THEN THIS ONE WILL BE AT PEARL. AND THAT'S MY PRESENTATION. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. AGAIN, THOSE WERE JUST DRAFT UPDATES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: VIK, DIDN'T WE ASK WHEN THEY CAME BACK, THEY WOULD TALK ABOUT HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE AND MLK AND SOME OTHER UPDATES ON THOSE ISSUES? I THOUGHT THAT IS WHAT WE ASKED FOR. DIDN'T WE ASK FOR UPDATES OR IMPROVEMENTS ON THOSE AREAS FOR THE NEXT -- FOR THIS QUARTERLY UPDATE. >>VIK BHIDE: SO THE PROJECTS GOING ON IN VARIOUS AREAS WITHIN DISTRICT 7. AND FDOT CHOSE TO HIGHLIGHT SAFETY PROJECTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH US FOR THIS QUARTERLY REPORT. SO THE NEXT QUARTER, WE CAN LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE CORRIDORS AS WELL. AS YOU REMEMBER, SOME IMPROVEMENTS ON HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE WERE PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED LAST YEAR. AND SO WE WILL CERTAINLY PROGRAM THAT GOG FOARD I AM NOT SURE WHAT PROJECTS EXIST RIGHT NOW WITH FDOT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY ASKED -- HILLSBOROUGH LOOKS LIKE A DUMP, YOU KNOW, LIGHTING IMPRO IMPROVEMENTS STREET. I MEAN IT LOOKS HORRIBLE. YOU HAVE SOME IMPROVEMENTS, BUT THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY ARE DOING IS NOT ESTHETICALLY BEAUTIFYING HILLSBOROUGH AV AVENUE. THAT IS WHAT I HEAR ALL THE TIME. BUSCH BOULEVARD, MLK. WE ASKED FOR UPDATES HOW TO AESTHETICALLY REALLY BEAUTIFY HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE. YOU LOOK AT -- WHEN PEOPLE COME OFF 75, YOU KNOW HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE IS A MAJOR CORRIDOR. SO IS BUSCH BOULEVARD. SO IF WE CAN GET SOME UPDATES ON THOSE AND WHATEVER OTHER -- I THINK WE REALLY WANT TO KNOW ABOUT HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE AND MLK AND SOME OF THOSE CORR CORRIDORS. MAJOR CORRIDORS TO SEE WHAT THE UPRADES ARE GOING TO BE BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THE CONSTITUENTS ARE ASKING, WE WANT OUR PLACES TO NOT BE SLUM AND SIGHTED. >>VIK BHIDE: SURE, WE WILL UPDATE WITH FDOT FOR THAT, BUT THE PLANNING PROCESS TO GO THROUGH THE WORK PROGRAM GO THROUGH THREE STEPS. HAS TO BE PRIORITIZED SIMILARLY TO US AS WELL. BUT I KOW THEY HAVE SEVERAL PROJECTS GOING ON. AND WE WILL STAY ON TOP OF THEM. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUE QUESTIONS GENTLEMEN? >>JOSEPH CITRO: I HAVE A COUPLE IF I MAY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CITRO, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>JOSEPH CITRO: MAYBE YOUR ASSOCIATE ON THE SCREEN WILL HELP WITH US. THE FLASHING BEACONS FOR CROSSWALK. TWO BILLS, 1113 AND SENATE BILL 1412. ARE THOSE GOING TO EFFECT ANY OF THESE CROSSINGS? THESE FLASHING CROSSINGS? >>VIK BHIDE: SO THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION, COUNCILMAN. AND THOSE BILL ALSO NOT AFFECT THESE CROSSINGS BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING AT SIGNALIZATION, ESPECIALLY THE THREE THAT WE SAW ON DALE MABRY. AND IT IS REALLY A COMBINATION OF PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT. SO IF YOU LOOK AT IT, THERE ARE MULTIPLE BENEFITS TO THIS SORT OF A DESIGN. SO THERE WILL BE NO DIRECT IMPACT. >>JOSEPH CITRO: VIK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BECAUSE THESE TWO BILLS ARE, IN MY OPINION, GOING TO CAUSE GREATER HARM THAN WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE AS FAR AS PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. JUST TO LET BOTH OF YOU KNOW, I AM STILL GETTING COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS SOUTH OF GANDY ABOUT DALE MABRY FROM GANDY TO THE AIR FORCE BASE, THEIR INABILITY TO MAKE A LEFT-HAND TURN WHEN THEY COME OUT OF THE SIDE STREETS. LAY THAT ON TABLE, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT CORRECTED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME MUCH. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYTHING E ELSE? ONE LAST THING, VIK, COMPLAINTS COME IN FROM NEBRASKA AND MLK WHERE THERE IS NO TURN LIGHT, GOING WESTBOUND TO TURN SOUTH ON -- ON TO NEBRASKA AND ALSO AT THE INTERSECTION RIGHT AT -- I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE TALIFERRO. IF YOU GET READY TO GET ON THE ON RAMP OF. MLK AND I-275. IF YOU LOOK AT THE CRASH REPORTS, THERE ARE CRASHES THERE EVERY DAY AND ALSO -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO. I JUST DON'T KNOW AT 12th AND MLK. THAT IS A HIGH CRASH AREA. AND MAYBE FDOT CAN LOOK AT T THAT, BUT THOSE THREE -- THOSE THREE PORTIONS OF MLK ARE REALLY BAD. YOU LOOK AT THE TRAFFIC PATTERN EVERY DAY WHEN IT GETS BOGGED DOWN. YOU HAVE AN ACCIDENT AT 12th AND MLK OR GOINGO BET NEBRASKA AND MLK. OR AT THE INTERSTATE -- OR AT THE INTERSTATE. IF FDOT CAN PLEASE LOOK INTO THAT BECAUSE I KEEP GETTING CALLS ABOUT THE ACTIONS OCCURRING THERE. >>VIK BHIDE: SURE THING. WE WILL WORK WITH PARTNERS AT FDOT AND LOOK AT TWO LOCATIONS NEBRASKA AND MLK AND 12th AND MLK SAFETY CONCERNS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYTHING E ELSE GENTLEMEN? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT. ITEM NUMBER 7. HUMANE SOCIETY. THAT IS YOURS? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HERE IS DOWNSTAIRS. >>JOSEPH CITRO: MAY I ASK -- IS ANYBODY ELSE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH SIRE? SIRE IS DOWN. >>BILL CARLSON: I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ACCESS IS ALL THIS MEETING. >>JOSEPH CITRO: SIRE IS DOWN. ALL RIGHT. I THINK A HANDOUT FROM MISS SHERRY ON THE DAIS. >>SHERRY SILK: HITHER GOOD MORNING, AGAIN. HOW ARE YOU. I WANTED TO GIVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION. I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE COME OVER TO OUR NEW SHELTER. WE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN IN THAT BUILDING FOR A YEAR AND ONE MONTH NOW, AND IT IS BETTER THAN ALL OF MY EXPECTATIONS. WE HAVE ADOPTED OUT IN ONE YEAR -- LESS THAN A YEAR, ACTUALLY, 12,000 HOMELESS ANIMALS -- THINK ABOUT THAT. 12,000 ANIMALS THAT WERE UNWANTED ARE NOW IN LOVING HOMES HERE IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA. EDUCATION PROGRAMS THAT EFFECTED THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN. PUPPY AND KITTEN NURSERY. SAVED 5,000.PUP YOU PUPPIES AND KITTENS AND DAVE BAUTISTA, FORMER WRESTLER AND ACTOR. HE SAW OUR STORY ON SOCIAL MEDIA OF A PIT BULL PUPPY THAT HAD A CHAIN IN THE NECK AND A ADDED TO THE REWARD AND SUBSEQUENTLY CAME AND ADOPTED AND BECAUSE OF HIS NOTED RIGHT, IT WENT VIRAL WORLDWIDE. WE GOT A LOT OF WORLDWIDE ATTENTION OF THE SHELTER THANKS TO HIS ADOION OF A PIT BULL. WE ALSO STARTED AN ANIMAL RESCUE DIVISION. SO IF ONE OF THE CITIZENS IN TAMPA SEES AN ANIMAL THAT IS HURT, INJURED, SICK, THEY CAN CALL US, AND WE WILL DISPATCH SOMEONE TO HELP THAT ANIMAL. AND I JUST WANT TO ALSO SAY THAT THERE IS STILL SO MANY PEOPLE SUFFERING IN OUR AREA THAT HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS OR NOT FULLY. SO WE ARE GIVING OUT 100,000 POUNDS OF FREE FOOD EVERY SINK YEAR. AND WE STILL DELIVER P FOOD TO THE HOME-BOUND WITH MEALS-ON-WHEELS. AND FINALLY WE HAVE A SHOT CLINIC COMING UP NOVEMBER 20 AT PERRY HARVEY PARK, AND FOR THE FIRST THOUSAND DOGS GIVE THEM A FREE RABIES AND FREE DISTEMPER. FREE FOR FOLKS. PEOPLE GET THERE 5:00 IN THE MORNING IN THE DARK TO LINE UP FOR THE SHOTS WE GIVE OUT. WE ARE TRYING TO DO OUR PART. WE STAYED OPEN ALL DURING CO COVID. WE HAVEN'T CLOSED AT ALL, 122 FULL-TIME STAFF BETWEEN OUR SHELTER AND OUR HOSPITAL. SO WE EMPLOY QUITE A FEW PEOPLE HERE IN TAMPA. I APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION AND IF YOUHAVEN'T BEEN OVER TO SEE OUR BEAUTIFUL SHELTER, I WILL HAVE YOU COME OVER AND GIVE YOU A TOUR OF THE BUI BUILDING. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS, GENTLEMEN? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: JUST A COMMEND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MY HONOR AND FLESH DHUR NO KNOW YOU AND KNOW SOME OF YOUR PEOPLE AND SERVE ON YOUR ADVISORY BOARD FOR MANY YEARS IN THE PAST. AND GIVE A SHO OUT CINDY SHARD MY AIDE AND WORKED WITH YOU MANY, MANY YEARS. AND SHERRY, YOU HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB OF REBUILDING THAT ORGANIZATION. AND YOU ARE A REAL GEM. AND I KNOW OFF BIG TEAM THERE SUPPORTING YOU. >>SHERRY SILK: SURE DO. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF ON BEHALF OF ALL THE LITTLE CRITTERS THAT YOU SAVE IN HELP AND RESCUE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>SHERRY SILK: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRDA >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I WANT TO GIVE YOU AND THE DEBAR TOLL LOW FAMILY FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DID. BUILT A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING AND DID A GREAT JOB FOR HUMANITY AND THE ANIMALS. WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND AND YOU SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN TODAY'S SOCIETY -- AND I SEE YOU IN THE MORNINGS ON SUNDAY AT BIG 13 WHEN YOU BRING YOUR PET OF THE WEEK. AND I LOOK AT THAT -- AND I WOULD IMAGINE THAT WOULD BE A GREAT WAY OF TELLING THE PUBLIC WHAT YOU DO. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU AND BIG 13 FOR DOING THAT. IT IS AN AMAZG THING WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COST OF HAVING AN @A. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO HELP THIS KITTEN AROUND THE STREET THAT I GUESS HE IS -- HE HAS BEEN THROWING OUT -- THROWN OUT SOMEWHERE, BUT HE HAS AIR CLIP AND MARY TELLS ME HE HAS BEEN TO YOUR SHELTER BEFORE. >>SHERRY SILK: ALREADY BEEN STERILIZED. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WENT TO BUY AND A BAG OF 16 POUNDS AND 48 LITTLE CANS ANDS ABOUT $60. AND I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SAYING WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO MAKE YOUR SHELTER GO, AGED ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO MAKE DONATIONS TO YOUR SHELTER AND I KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO FEED SOMETHING THAT ISN'T YOURS. I AM NOT TAKE -- I LIKE THAT LITTLE CAT. THE BIG BOYS TRY TAKE HIS FOOD AWAY. IF NOT, THEN HE WON'T EAT. >>SHERRY SILK: SO GREAT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AN MAZING THING YOU DO WITH YOUR BOOKED MEMBERS AND THE PEOPLE THAT HELP OUT. CONGRATULATIONS. >>SHERRY SILK: THANK YOU. >>JOSEPH CITRO: MISSILK, I HAVE BEEN TO YOUR WONDERFUL PLACE. WHAT YOU DIDN'T TELL ME IS THAT YOU ARE ALSO HOSTING EVENTS THERE. >>SHERRY SILK: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: THAT CAN HELP SUBSIDIZE SOME OF THE GREAT WORK YOU DO AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IF YOU HAVE AN EVENT THERE, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET A TOUR OF YOUR PLACE ALSO. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU DO. AND I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE YOU SATURDAY. >>SHERRY SILK: SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE CONVENTION CENTER. WE HAVE 1,000 PEOPLE COMING. THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING. AND YOU ARE RIGHT, YOU CAN HOLD BIRTHDAY PARTIES. WE EVEN HAD TEE SMALL WEDDINGS, WHICH SEEMS A LITTLE STRANGE, BUT IN OUR COURTYARD, PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEIR PETS BRING IN THEIR DOGS TO BE PART OF THE WEDDING AND WE MAKE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY OFF THAT. SO IT IS A LOT OF FUN. >>JOSEPH CITRO: THE WONDERFUL THING, IF I MAY, MR. CHAIR, THAT DURING YOUR ADOPTION PROCESS FOR DOGS, YOU CAN ACTUALLY TAKE THEM OUT INTO -- INTO AN AREA AND PLAY WITH THEM TO SEE IF THEY ARE FRIENDLY WITH YOU OR NOT. THAT IS A GREAT IDEA. >>SHERRY SILK: A GOOD IDEA. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES, MA'AM. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED, SIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: VERY HET OF WEST TAMPA IN MY IN THE DISTRICT. YOU EMPLOY MANY PEOPLE. YOU HELP MANY PEOPLE. YOU HELP SO MANY ANIMALS. DON'T FORGET THE ELVIS PRESLEY TOM PARKER CONNECTION TO THAT PROPERTY. BEFORE HE WAS ELVIS'S MANAGER, HE WORKED AND LIVED RIGHT THERE TEIXEIRA STHAERZ IS RIGHT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BEAUTIFUL FACILITY. I AM PROUD EVERY TIME I DRIVE DOWN THAT STREET AND KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN OUT THERE -- YOU HAVE BEEN OUT THERE AND MAKING THE HUMANE SOCIETY EVERYTHING THAT IT IS. WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. >>SHERRY SILK: THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN AND COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO. I REMEMBER WHEN I WENT ON A TOUR WITH MY WIFE, BRIAN FRY LED THE TOUR AND OUR WONDERFUL TAX COLLECTOR NANNY MALON WAS THERE AND WE HAD A GREAT TIME. I ALWAYS APPRECIATED THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. BUT IT IS FUNNY WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU LOVE, A SPOUSE OR A CHILD OR WHAT NOT THAT TAKES UP A CAUSE, IT QUITE OFTEN BECOMES YOUR CAUSE. MY WIFE, CLEEN, AS YOU KNOW, IS A BIG ANIMAL LOVER. SO IT IS ONE OF THOSE FUNNY THINGS THAT YOU KIND OF ADOPT BECAUSE YOU LOVE THE PERSON -- I ALWAYS LIKED ANIMALS, BUT NEVER BEEN TO THE TOP OF MY THING, SO TO SPEAK. YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH SOMEBODY WHO KIND OF IS INTO THAT, IT KIND OF BECOMES YOUR THING. SO I AM -- YOU KNOW, BY VIRTUE OF MY MARRIAGE AND AFFECTION, A BIG MAN IN OF Y'ALL'S. I HAVE BEEN A REALLY BIG FAN OF Y'ALL'S. I APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO BECAUSE PETS MEAN SO MUCH TO PEOPLE AND THEY ARE REALLY PART OF THE FAMILY AND I HAVE SEEN THAT AGAIN AND AGAIN. THANK YOU SO MH F EVERYTHING THA. >>SHERRY SILK: THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT, WELL, MISS SHERRY, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US YOUR PRESENTATION THIS MORNING. >>SHERRY SILK: THANK YOU. >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY. SIRE IS BACK UP. IF YOU JUST REFRESH YOUR BROWSER, IT SHOULD COME BACK UP. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU ARE WELCOME. WE ARE AT THIS TIME, GENTLEMEN. PUBLIC COMMENT. >> MENTESNOT. UHURU, MEANS FREEDOM IN SWA SWAHILI. WE AS AFRICAN PEOPLE NEED TO BE THINKING OF FREEDOM. SOMETHING WE NEED TO THINK OF. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN ARE SEXUALLY MOLESTED EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND NOT ONE WORD IS HEARD ABOUT THAT. THEY GET MOLESTED AND PHYSICALLY ABUSED AND SILENCED. 90% OF WOMEN HAVE PROBABLY BEEN RAPED IN THEIR LIFE, SEXUALLY ABUSED, PHYSICALLY ABUSED, AND NOTHING IS SAID ABOUT IT. THEY LIVE WITH THAT PAIN SILENTLY. IT IS NOT REPORTED TO THE AUTHORITIES OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE. SO MANY PEOPLE THAT SEEM SO HAPPY WHEN THEY ARE BEING HUMAN TRAFFICKED. HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS GOING ON ALL OVER THIS WORLD, NOT JUT HERE IN THIS CITY, NOT JUST IN MAJOR CITIES, IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES AND SMALL TOWNS, IT IS GOING ON ALL OVER THIS WORLD. AND IT'S NOTHING SAID ABOUT IT. THERE IS NOTHING DONE ABOUT IT. AND THE WORLD JUST KEEPS SMILING LIKE NOTHING IS GOING ON. AND YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE INTIMIDATED, THEY ARE AFRAID, THEY ARE SCARED. THEY ARE SCARED TO SPEAK OUT. WHEN CRIMES ARE COMMITTED AGAINST INDIVIDUALS, THEY DON'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT. BECAUSE THAT IS THE WAY OF WORLD IS. THE WORLD IS DESIGNED THAT WAY. AND THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT HERE IN THIS CITY. WHEN WE, AFRICAN PEOPLE, ARE 26% OF THIS POPULATION AND WE DON'T GET 26% OF THE JUSTICE. WE GET 100% OF THE INJUSTICE. WE GET 100% OF THE PRISON SENTENCING AND OVERSENTENCING AND THE CRIME AND THE DRUGS AND THE ALCOHOLISM AND THE DISEASES AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GOES WITH IT. BUT WE DON'T GET 26% OF THE GOOD THINGS OF THIS CITY. WE DON'T GET 26% OF THE CITY BUDGET. AND OUR REPRESENTATIVE CAN'T EVEN SPEAK OUT AGAINST IT. CAN'T EVEN SPEAK OUT FOR IT. AND THE OTHER WHITE PEOPLE WHO SIT THERE AND SAY NOTHING ABOUT IT. WHY IS THAT? BECAUSE THE WORLD IS DESIGNED THAT WAY. THE WORLD IS DESIGNED THAT WAY FOR US TO SUFFER PEACEFULLY AND SILENTLY. AS AFRICANS, WHITE PEOPLE LOVE THE POLICE. THEY LOVE THE ARMY. THEY LOVE THE AIR FORCE. THEY LOVE CALLING PEOPLE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES TERRORISTS AND PEOPLE FIGHTING FOR THEIR RIGHTS AND LOVE CALLING PEOPLE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, AFRICAN PEOPLE TRYING TO SURVIVE, THEY LOVE CALLING US GANG MEMBERS AND DRUG DEALERS, DOPE DEALERS AND THUGS, DIFFERENT WORDS THEY HAVE FOR THE"N"WORD AND THEY WANT FOR US TO SUFFER. AND THREE MAYORS -- THREE FEMALE MAYORS AND TWO WOMEN COMING BEGGING FOR A BATHROOM FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. PEOPLE WHO RISK THEIR LIVES FOR REAL FOR REAL. BEGGING FOR A BATHROOM FOR THE WOMEN -- A WOMEN'S BATHROOM OR WOMEN'S CHANGING ROOM. SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT SYSTEM. SO WE NEED THIS CITY COUNCIL TO STAND UP FOR OUR 26% OF WHICH CITY.VER WE REPRESENT THI >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. I AM STEVE MICHELINI. I'M HERE SPEAKING ON ITEM NUMBER 8, WHICH IS THE CONSIDERATION FOR THE FIRST READING OF THE SIDEWALK ORDINANCE. FIRST OF ALL, LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT THE ISSUE ITSELF IS AN HONORABLE ONE AND ONE WE ARE TRYING TO GET TO A FAIR AND EQUITABLE SOLUTION. THE CASE LAW DOES NOT SUPPORT THE ELIMINATION ENTIRELY OF A PLAN FOR -- WHEN IT IS IMPRACTICAL FOR -- FOR YOU TO BUILD A SIDEWALK. THERE HAS TO BE A PROVISION FOR THOSE FUNDS TO BE DIRECTED TOWARD AN IMPROVEMENT THAT IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO HAVING COLLECTED A FEE. AND THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE A PLAN FOR THAT. NO PROVISION IN THE ORDINANCE THAT SAYS WITHIN A CERTAINMENT AMOUNT OF TIME AND THAT WAS BETWEEN -- THE CURRENT ORDINANCE SAYS THREE YEARS AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE TO REFUND THAT MONEY. THEY ARE COLLECTING A FEE WITH NO PLAN ON HOW TO SPEND IT THAT DIRECTLY RELATES TO THAT. THERE IS NO PLAN WITHOUT A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS TO FILL IN THE TICHS IN WEST TAMPA. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT IDEA ME FM TT THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT IT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. SUBDIVISIONS HAVE TO BUILD SIDEWALKS. IF YOU HAVE THREE HOUSES OR MORE, YOU HAVE TO BUILD THE SIDEWALKS REGARDLESS. WHAT YOU ARE FOCUSING ON ONE OR TWO INFILL PROJECTS. THE MATH DOESN'T ADD UP WHEN THEY ARE TALKING OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THE TABLE. THE CITY DOESN'T SUPPORT THAT THERE ARE A MILLION DOLLARS IN LOST REVENUE. YOU ARE ALSO INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL REMODELING IN FEE. IF SOMEBODY STARTS TO REMODEL THEIR EXISTING HOME, YOU ARE NOW SAYING YOU ARE GOING TO COLLECT A FEE OR BUILD A SIDEWALK REGARDING A SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE. THE SUBDIVISIONS HAVE TO BUILD SIDEWALKS. THE MATH IS WRONG. IT DOESN'T ADD UP. THE SITE IS FAR MORE DIFFICULT. THE CITY IS NOT GOING TO DEAL WITH THAT. THE COST OF THE UTILITY POLE IS $5,000 STARTING COST TO RELOCATEHAT IF YOU HAVE TO PUT IN REEN REENFORCED CONCRETE PIPE OR RELOCATE OR MODIFY A DITCH AND HAVE EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS AND COSTS $25,000 AND GO UP. THE INFORMATION HAS BEEN SHARED WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT REGARDING THE -- THE LEGALITY OF COLLECTING A FEE WITHOUT HAVING A PLAN ON HOW TO SPEND IT. AND THE PROVISION TO BE REFUNDED IF NOT USED IN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME. WE ARE ASKING TO BE SENT BACK TO THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND SIT DOWN AS A STAKEHOLDER. ONE OF THE MAJOR STAKEHOLDERS IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE AND WORK OUT THE DETAILS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> GOOD MORNING, MY NA IS JENNIFER MOTZINGER AND I REPRESENT THE TAMPA BAY BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, 1200 MEMBERS OF THE HOME BUILDING INDUSTRY IN PASCO, PINELLAS AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES. MY PRIMARY JOB TO BE THE PROSPECTIVE OF THE HOME BUILDING ENTITY. I DON'T REPRESENT A PARTICULAR PROJECT OR INDIVIDUAL COMPANY. THE REASON I'M HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY IS TO TALK ABOUT SIDEWALKS AND, OF COURSE, WE SUPPORT SIDEWALKS. WE ALWAYS HAVE. WE ALWAYS WILL. AND WE ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH THE OVERARCHING GOALS OF THIS ORDINAE; WEVER, THERE ARE SOME UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THAT I DON'T THINK HAVE BEEN HIGHLIGHTED. SO STEVE DID A GREAT GREAT JOB OF PUTTING ALOT OF INFORMATION OU THERE, AND I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT HE SAID, BUT I DON'T THINK YOUR GOAL AS CITY COUNCILMEMBERS IS TO MANDATE SOMEBODY WHO HAS EQUITY IN THEIR HOME IS WANTING TO DO A RENOVATION TO TAKE THEM THROUGH THE NEXT PHASE OF THEIR THRIVES MAKE THEM PAY $5,000 TO MOVE A POWER LINE OR HOWEVER MUCH MONEY TO MOVE A TRANSFORMER OR SOMETHING LIK THAT OR NIL A DITCH JUST TO PUT IN A SIDEWALK THAT PROBABLY WILL COST THEM MORE PUN THAN THE RENOVATION ITSELF. THEY PROBABLY WON'T DO ANYTHING AND THEN YOU WILL BE HEARING FROM THEM. SO I DON'T THINK THAT IS YOUR GOAL. I THINK THAT EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME GOAL OF MAKING PURE SHAH SIDEWALKS ARE BEING BUILT WHERE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE SCHOOLS YES. BUT GUESS WHAT, YOU GUYS COULD ACTUALLY TAKE ACTION TODAY AND MANDATE THAT SOME OF THAT IN LIEU FEE THAT WE ALREADY PAID INTO, MAKE SURE THE SIDEWALKS GET BUILT NEAR THE SCHOOLS. YOU CAN DO THA RIGHT NOW. MEANWHILE, LET US, THE MAJOR STAFF AND WORK OUT SOME OF THESE TWEAKS NOBODY CAN EVEN TELL US IF THE SIDEWALKS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE BUILT AS THE [TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES] >> THE FIRST EVER AECO RECONNECTING WITH THE SPIRIT SOLVE EACH OTHER RECOGNITION FOR TOGETHERNESS NOT A BUSINESS AND RETIRING THE MISUSE FOR MARRIAGE KEEP GOING SAFE. AS MANY KNOW, I AM ABOUT TO GET MARRIED FOR REAL FIRST TIME AS YOU KNOW. THE UNITED STATES -- WAS A COMMERCIAL IN WHICH MAKES IT FRAUDULENT. AND I HAVE READOPTED MY CHILDREN AND ALL OF THE PEOPLES FOR -- FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE LEFT STRANDED AND I HAVE TAKEN ALL THE LAND BECAUSE ALL THE LAND WAS LEFT STRANDED. THAT IS HOW THE LAW FOR ALL THE LAND THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE GLOBE. NOW WE HAVE WHAT YOU CALL FOREIGN COMMERCIAL GLOBAL LEADERS THAT ARE HERE. WE ARE HERE SEEKING ACTION AND SEEKING PERMISSION TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE. BUT LIKE I HAVE TOLD YOU ALREADY, THEY WERE SICK FOR THREE DAYS AND EXPLAINED TO ME WHY DO THEY WANT THIS POWER AND AUTHORITY BACK. AND THEY HAVE TO PROMISE ME THAT THEY WILL NEVER OPPRESS THEIR PEOPLE. THEY WILL NEVER ENTRAP THEIR PEOPLE EVER AGAIN. THEY WILL NEVER HUMAN TRAFFIC THEIR PEOPLE EVER AGAIN. THEY NEVER GOING TO GENOCIDE THIS CAMPAIGN, WHAT CAMPAIGN AND BLUE STAR AND THIS REPORT IS ALL ABOUT. CONGRESS NEEDS TO STOP RIDING AROUND AND GET HERE TO THIS REGION BEFORE EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM END UP TOSSED OUT FOR TRYI F AMERICA. NOW JANE -- -- TRYING TO -- THE PUBLIC. JANE, YOU NEED TO GIVE A PUBLIC ALPO GEE, RESIGN, OR GO AHEAD AND TURN YOURSELF IN. AN THAT IS A DIRECT ORDER. JANE, YOU STILL WORK FOR ME. NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO DES: THANK YOU. WAS THAT THE LAST -- LAST SPEAKER ON THE SECOND FLOOR. >> NO MORE SPEAKERS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MADAM DEPUTY CLERK HOW MANY ON THE ONLINE. >>CLERK: SEVEN REGISTERED SPEAKERS AND THEY ARE ALL ON LINE. >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR. FIRST SPEAKER IS ALISON DATE. ALISON, IF YOU WERE ON THE LINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. ALISON, ARE YOU THERE? >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE WILL COME BACK TO HER -- >> HERE I AM. I DIDN'T -- AM I -- CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE CAN HEAR YOU. >> HELLO? >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, MA'AM, WE CAN HEAR YOU. >> I AM ALISON -- GREAT, I AM ALISON DAY, AND -- AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET SIDEWALKS IN MY MOM'S NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS, I AM VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT YOU ARE ADDRESSING THAT. ISSUE. LOOKING AT THE CODES, AND -- AND MAYBE PUTTING SOME MORE MONEY INTO IT, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT I WAS TOLD EACH TIME I REQUESTED A SIDEWALK WAS THERE WAS NO MONEY AVAILABLE. TRY AGAIN NEXT YEAR. NOW MY MOM FELL AND USING A WALKER BUT SHE STILL INSISTS ON WALKING EVEN THOU NO SIDEWALKS IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I AM -- I AM HOPING THAT YOU WILL DEAL WITH THE -- WITH CHANGING THE EXCEPTIONS THAT THE DEVELOPERS SEEM TO BE GETTING AWAY WITH AND PUTTING THAT MONEY TO GOOD NEWS TO MAKE OUR CITY A SAFER PLACE FOR EVERYBODY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, BYE. >>CLERK: THE NEXT SPEAKER MICHAEL RANDOLPH. MICHAEL, IF YOU ARE ON THE LINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE TEE MINUTES TO SPEAK. >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL, INDIRECTLY. DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY THE RESIDENTS OF WEST TAMPA. GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THAT YOUNG MAN WHO CAME UP AND WAS DOING SO GOOD. KEEP SHINING. YOUNG MAN. KEEP REPRESENTING. AND KNOW THAT THE STREETS LOVE YOU IN WHAT YOU ARE DOING. KEEP REPRESENTING US. TODAY I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT A COMMUNITY INITIATIVE THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO LAUNCH CALLED THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INIT INITIATIVE. IT COMES OUT OF TWO THINGS. FIRST, THE STUDY WAS DONE ON WEST TAMPA TO SHOWOW MANY PEOPLE IN A COMMUNITY REALLY FELT THAT THEY WERE PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. ONLY 45% OF THE PEOPLE FELT THEY WERE PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE OTHER PART OF THE STUDY HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO STAY IN WEST TAMPA OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, ONLY 40% OF THE POPULATION STATED THEY WOULD THE OTHER PART IS PARTIC PARTICIPATION. THERE IS A LACK OF PARTICIPATION AND COMMUNITY RESIDENTS IN VERY CRITICAL THAT WILL DETERMINE THE FUTURE FOR WEST TAMPA.3 WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE? WE WANT TO SEE THE DISABILITY -- WE WANT TO SEE THE YOUTH AT THE TABLE. WASN'T TO SEE FOLKS THAT ARE LOW INCOME AT THE TABLE AND WHAT WE DO NOW. WHAT IS OUR RESPONSE? WE CREATE TRANSFORMATIONAL OUTREACH. THIS IS WHERE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT IS TIE IN WHATEVER GOES IN THE COMMUNITY TO BE PART OF THE PROCESS. IN ORDER TO WIN THIS DEA, THE COMMUNITY HAS TO HAVE BIASED. YOU CAN GO TO YOUR -- YOU CAN GO TO YOUR CHURCH, LAUNDROMAT, ALL KIND OF ENTITY THAT YOU CAN GO IN AND GIVE INPUT. SECOND PART IS TO INFORMATIONAL INPUT OUTLET IN WHICH COMMUNITY RESIDENTS WILL BE TIED IN TO THOSE TYPE OF MEETINGS THAT REPRESENT THEM, THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETINGS. THOSE ARE THE MEETINGS THAT THEY CAN PARTICIPATE SO THAT FOLKS KNO WHAT IS GOING ON IN WEST TAMPA. AND FINALLY THE LAST PART OF THIS INITIATIVE IS TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY. MOST PEOPLE YOU TALK TO THE COMMUNITY DON'T KNOW WHAT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS. DON'T KNOW WHAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS. DON'T KNOW WHAT A FEELING OF CHANGE IS. SO BY THE TIME A PROJECT COMES TO THE COMMUNITY, ME BASE ON WHAT THEY KNOW IS THE SAME. WE WANT TO EDUCATE THEM WITH THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO MAKE A DECISION WHAT IS BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND PART OF THIS IS TEACHING RESIDENTS BEST PRACTICES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, HOW TO DO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. ALL THESE THINGS ARE SO CRITICAL TO RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY. LET ME EMPHASIZE THIS TO PEOPLE IN WEST TAMPA. EITHER YOU ARE AT THE TABLE OR ON THE TABLE. RIGHT NOW THINGS ARE MOVING QUICK AND FAST HERE IN WEST. THE WRITE SOMETHING NOT ON THE WALL. THE WALL IS FALLING DOWN. YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE IT. THE POSITIVE CHANGE. ONE OF THE THINGS YOU CAN DO IS CONNECT TO THE CRA MEETINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN WEST TAMPA. THESE COMMITTEES WILL DETERMINE THE FUTURE OF WEST TAMPA. SO ON THAT NOTE, THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY FOLKS IN WEST TAMPA YOU WERE PART OF THE PROCESS OR YOU ARE THE PROCESS. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. >>CLERK: NEXT SPEAKER EMILY HINES FELD. IF YOU WERE ON THE LINE OPINION UNMUTE YOURSELF. >> HI, I AM EMILY HINSDALE, A TAMPA RESIDENT AND WALK BY TAMPA BOARD MEMBER. I AM SPEAKING ABOUT SIDEWALKS ... AGAIN. ON ITEM NUMBER 8 ON TODAY'S AGENDA, YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON LANGUAGE THAT IMPROVES AND CLARIFIES THE EXISTING SIDEWALK INSTALLATION CODE. IF YOU VOTE IN FAVOR OF THESE CODE CHANGES, NEW SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES WILL BE REQUIRED TO EITHER INSTALL A SIDEWALK OR PAY INTO A SIDEWALK FUND, FINALLY. YOU ALREADY KNOW WHY TAMPA NES MO SIDALKS. THEY ARE THE FACTS. TAMPA ROADS ARE SOME OF THE DEADLIEST IN THE COUNTRY AND THERE IS THE LOGIC. BIKES WALKERS KIDS SENIORS THE DISABLED ALL IN THE SAME SPACE OF CARS GOING 25 TO 50 MILES PER HOUR IS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER. TAMPA NEEDS TO JOIN THE REST OF THE DEVELOPED WORLD AND CREATE A SAFE PATH FOR THE NONMOTORIZED, THE SIDEWALK. AN ISSUE OF FAIRNESS. MAJOR STAKEHOLDERS IN THIS ISSUE ARE ALL THE CITIZENS OF. W COTRUCTION IS A MAJOR IMPACT, BLOCKING ROADS, DES DESTROYS TREES, CLOGGING AND OVERBURDENING STORMWATER TRAINS AND INCREASING TRAFFIC. UNFAIR THAT NEIGHBORHOODS BUILD THE BURDEN OF NEW BUILD BUT BUILDERS DO NOT CONTRIBUTE TO NEIGHBORHOOD GROWTH. MOBILITY FEES CANNOT BE USED ON LOCAL ROADS WHERE MOST OF THIS CONSTRUCTION OCCURRING. THE MINIMAL COST OF SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION, LESS OF A COST OF A NEW OVEN RANGE WILL GO A LONG WAY TO BRING US TO A NEW LEVEL OF FAIRNESS. PIECING TOGETHER SIDEWALKS BIT BY BIT CAN TAKE TIME AND APPEA FRUSTRATING SLOW, BUT AS THE SAYING GOES, YOU CAN'T SEE THE FOREST WHEN YOU ARE AMONG THE TREES. IF YOU DO YOUR JOB NOW AS GOOD STEWARDS AS OUR CITY, OUR CITY WILL BE A SAFER CITY. A REAL ACHIEVEMENT. I KNOW THIS COUNCIL AND OUR MAYOR WILL LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL WAYS TO IMPROVE OUR SIDEWALK NETWORK, BUT THIS CODE CHANGE IS A VALUABLE TOOL IN THE FIGHT TO IMPROVE TAMPA SAFETY. PLEASE VOTE YES IN THE PROPOSED THEN GET TO WORK ON INCREASING THE SIDEWALK AND IN LIEU FUND FEES TO MEET CURRENT PRICES. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. >>CLERK: NEXT WEEK IS JANET SHERBERGER. JANET, IF YOU ARE ON THE LINE, UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCI COUNCILMEMBERS. I AM JANET SHERBERGER, THE WITH THE OF WALK-BIKE TAMPA AND SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ITEM 8, THE SIDEWALK CODE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THE IMPORTANT ISSUE OVER THE PAST YEAR. WE ALL WANT SE STREETS FOR EVERYONE IN TAMPA. APPROVING A SIDEWALK NETWORK WITH AN ESSENTIAL TOOL FOR REACHING THAT GOAL. GOOD FOR ENVIRONMENT, BUSINESS AND PUBLIC HEALTH. THE SIDEWALK CODE YOU ARE DISCUSSING TODAY, IT WAS IN INTENDED TO FILL IN GAPS PARCEL BY PARCEL REQUIRING CONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION AND PAYMENT TO A SIDEWALK FUND WHERE SIDEWALKS CANNOT BE BUILT. EXEMPTIONS IN THE CODE THAT NO SIDEWALKS ARE INSTALLED AND NO PAYMENT IT MADE IN THE FUND. THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU WILL CLOSE THAT LOOPHOLE AND MEAN MILES OF SIDEWALKS IN TAMPA. 30 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS FROM NEW COMPANY TO SOUTH OF GANDY HAVE OFFICIALLY SUPPORTED THIS CHANGE. WE HEARD THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED AT THE AUGUST 5 MEETING OF DITCHES AND IN THE IN LIEU. AND WALK-BIKE TAMPA LOOKED AT 20 OF THE 30 PROPERTIES WHO RECEIVED WAIVERS AND INSTEAD PAID INTO THE FUND. 2,000 PERMITS ISSUED IN 2020, AND ONLY SIX INVOLVED A DITCH. NOT VERY MANY. AND THE AVERAGE FEE PAID ACROSS ALL 20 PROPERTIES IS ABOUT 1300 DOLLARS. NOT EXORBITANT. PEOPLE ARE NOT PAYING TO MOVE PI. I WANT TO GIVE AN EMPHATIC THANK YOU FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO GETTING US THROUGH TODAY. THIS ISSUE WITH THE SIDEWALK CODE WAS FIRST RAISED BY EMILY HINSDALE THREE YEARS AGO AND OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, MANY OF YOU WORKED CLOSELY WITH W WALK-BIKE TAMPA TO GET US HERE. I APPRECIATE THAT TREMENDOUSLY. AND THE MOBILITY STAFF WHO CHAMPION SAFE STREETS FOR EVERYONE AND MAYOR CASTOR FOR MAKING VISION ZERO A PRIORITY AND TOGETHER WE CAN REACH THE GOAL TO ELIMINATE TRAFFIC FATALITIES AND SEVERE INJURIES. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. >>CLERK: NEXT SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE CAROL ANNE BENNETT. >> HEY, CAROLE BENNETT, L LIFELONG RESIDENT. CLOSING SIDEWALKS IS RENOVATION FOR AN EXISTING HOME THAT COSTS MORE THAN THE 51% OF THE ASSESSED VALUE OF THE PROPERTY. I PERSONALLY INVESTIGATED 40 NEWLY BUILT HOME IN MY ZIP CODE. ONLY ONE BUILDER INSTALLED A SIDEWALK AND ONLY THREE PAID INTO THE FUND. THAT MEANS THAT 36 TIMES THEY DIDN'T EITHER. THAT MEANS THAT 90% OF THE TIME GOT NO NEW SIDEWALK AND NO MONEY INTO THE FUN. THE BUILDERS DID NOT LOWER THE PRICE ON THOSE 36 HOUSES, THEY JUST TOOK MORE PROFIT. BUILDERS SAY THEY PASS THE EXTRA COST OF SIDEWALKS ON TO THE HOME BUYER. I CHALLENGE THAT STATEMENT. BECAUSE IF THAT IS TRUE, IT MEANS THAT THEY PRICE THEIR HOUSES 1,000 OR 2,000 DOLLARS BELOW MARKET RATE AND ONLY RAISE IT TO EQUAL THE MARKET RATE WHEN THEY BUILD A SID SIDEWALK? I DON'T THINK SO. BUILDERS CHARGE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THE MARKET WILL BEAR, PERIOD. EVERY HOUSE, EVERY TIME. THEY ARE IN BUSINESS TO MAKE MONEY. THEY DO NOT CHARGE LESS WHEN THEY SKIMP ON SIDEWALKS. THEY JUST MAKE MORE MONEY. THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS THAT ALLOW PEOPLE TO PAY INTO THE IN LIEU FUND WHEN OBSTACLES OF BUILDING THE SIDEWALKS. THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY $25,000 TO MOVE AN ELECTRICAL POLE. I WANT TO POINT OUT WHEN PEOPLE DISCUSS THE IN LIEU OF FEE IT GETS EXAGGERATED BECAUSE DO NOT SUBTRACT THE DRIVEWAY WITH THE FEE. THE DRIVEWAY IS SUBTRACT AND. I REPEAT, THE DRIVEWAY IS RETRACTED. PAYS FOR 32 FEET AND DRIVEWAY IS MINIMUM 18 FEET. 332 FEET, $9 28. CONSTRUCTION COSTS HAVE NEARLY DOUBLED $ IS DICUUS. YOU GOT TO RAISE THE FEE AND THE SOONER THE BETTER. MY NEXT TOPIC IS SAFETY IMPACT FEES. THIS IS A NO BRAINER. WE CITIZENS DO NOT HAVE THE OBLIGATION TO SUBSIDIZE THE COST OF SOMEONE MOVING TO TAMPA. WE CITIZENS DO NOT HAVE THE OPTION TO SUBSIDIZE THE DEVELOPERS PROPERTIES. NEW RESIDENTS MUST PAY FOR INCREASED BURDEN ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THEY CAUSE. PERIOD. NO DEBATE. IF NEW PEOPLE CREATE THE NEED FOR A NEW FIREHOUSE. THE NEW PEOPLE NEED TO PAY FOR IT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T NEED IT BEFORE THEY GOT THERE. IF WE NEED MORE POLICE OFFICERS BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE WHO CREATED THAT NEED MUST PAY FOR THAT NEED. ALL THE IMPACT THAT PEOPLE PUT ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE MUST BE PAID FOR BY PEOPLE WHO CREATE THE IMPACT. THAT IS ONLY FAIR. THAT BURDEN MUST NOT BE PUT ON CURRENT RESIDENTS. WHY SHOULD PEOPLE WHO DON'T EVEN LIVE HERE HAVE MORE RIGHTS THAN WE CITIZENS OF TAMPA. LASTLY GET RID OF PRIVATE AMENDMENTS. THEY ARE BEING USED BY PEOPLE WITH DEEP POCKETS TO CUSTOMIZE THE CODE TO BENEFIT THEMSELVES. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. >>CLERK: NEXT WEAKER JEAN STRO HMEYER. IF YOU ARE ON THE LINE PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. JEAN STROHMEYER HERE. I HAVE BEEN IN TAMPA FOR 52 -- 50 YEARS. AND SOUTH TAMPA FOR 30. JUST A FEW DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON. THE SIDEWALKS -- THE SIDEWALK ITEM, I TOTALLY SUPPORT THAT. AND I THINK EVERYBODY BEFORE ME SAID IT BEST. SO I AM NOT GOING TO KEEP GOING THERE. THERE IS ITEM NUMBER 11 AND 12. I JUST HAVE -- REGARDING THE POLICE PEDESTRIAN BIKE. I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE A -- YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY CROSSES THE STREET AND THEY GET A JAYWALKING TICKET. I CAN SEE THE HEADLINES, JAYWALKING TICKETS ON THE RISE -- OR TAMPA TOO STUPID TO SAFELY CROSS A ROAD. I REMEMBER AT THE COURTHOUSE ONE TIME, THEY WERE GIVEN TICKETS TO PEOPLE -- WHO CROSS $AT THE WRONG SECTION. SOME KIND OF CRAZY OVERREACH. THE STATISTICS ON THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT, THIS PARTICULAR MATTER, THEY KEEP SAYING, YOU KNOW, WITH FLO FLORIDA'S POPULATION IS 21.48 MILLION AND OUT OF THAT 3185 PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES ON THE ROADS. ALL DEATHS, OF COURSE, ARE TERRIBLE, BUT JUST -- JUST PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE. ITEM NUMBER 15 WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE AND THE LAW ENFORCEMENT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A -- YOU KNOW, I CAN PICTURE A SMALL SOCIAL WORKER STANDING NEXT TO A COP , AND THEY HAVE TO 3R0 TICKET THAT PERSON AS WELL AS THE PERSON WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE AND THEIR ARTNER AND I WOULD NOT WANT TO SEE SOMEONE IN DANGER. SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE COPS THAT ARE ALSO SOCIAL WORKERS. THAT WOULD BE A HARD CROSS-TRAINING THERE. 16 IS THE GOLF COURSE. I DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD ONE. I DIDN'T GET TO READ ALL THE REST OF THE INFORMATION. THE WEB SITE WAS DOWN WHEN I WAS TRYING TO MY RESEARCH AND I DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH TIME KEEP GOING BACK AND FORTH. 3, I DON'T KNOW -- 23, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT AND HAS SOMETHING TO DO DOWN HERE AND YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR BEST JUDGMENT IS IN THAT AREA. 25 IS THE LOWER PENINSULA UPDATE. I AM FOLLOWING THAT. THAT IS WHY MY E LA PP IS. THE WOOD THEY ARE PUTTING ON IN A CULVERT. I AM FOLLOWING THAT. I WILL BE MEETING WITH THEM. WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT. AND LET'S SEE. I THINK THAT'S -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE GREEN SPINE CYCLE WAS. I WANTED TO LOOK THAT UP. BUT I DIDN'T HAVE TIME BECAUSE THE THING WAS DOWN. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT NMBER 60, THE -- THE MULTIFAMILY THEY WANT TO DO NEAR CHUBBY'S PIZZA ON 5021 BAYSHORE. I DON'T THINK IT IS QUASI -- IF IT IS THEN I APOLOGIZE. THE BAR, WE WANT TO ELIMINATE THAT AND WE WANT TO ELIMINATE THE -- TO USE THAT FOR SOMETHING ELSE. HAVE A GAT D. >>CLERK: THE NEXT SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE STEPHANIE POYNOR. STEPHANIE, IF YOU ARE ON THE LINE PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SP SPEAK. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? HELLO? OKAY. GOOD MORNING, GENTLEMEN. I HAVE SEVERAL TOPICS TO TOUCH ON TODAY. I AM PROUD TO SAY THAT AS THE THAN PRESIDENT, WE T.H.A.N. PEOPLE UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORT THE BUILD A HOUSE, BUILD A SIDEWALK. IT IS JUST THAT SIMPLE. THE REMODEL THAT MR. MICHELINI BROUGHT IS UP A CHANGE OF MORE THAN 51% OF THE HOME. WE ARE NOT TALKING OF A KIT KITCHEN OR BATHROOM REMODEL. BOTH DEVELOPER REPRESENT IF I WAS HAD THREE YEARS TO GET TO LEGAL AND GET THIS ALL HAMMERED OUT, YET HERE WE ARE AGAIN, ON THE LOOKOUT TO KICK IT DOWN THE ROAD. WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE CONTINUANCES. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ON MONDAY. T FROM T.H.A.N. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR MORE. T.H.A.N. PEOPLE HAVE UNITED. MORE MINORITY OPINIONS ARE COMING SOON. ESTABLISHING METHODS FOR COOPERATION. WE ARE EXPANDING AND WE HAVE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WHO JOIN THE FIGHT. ANY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WOULD LIKE TO JOIN E-MAIL US AT INFO@THANTAMPA.ORG. NOW FOR MY PERSONAL BELIEF STATEMENTS. ONE, PRIVATELY INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENTS. WE CAL THEM PITAS. OH MY. I SAW YOU WASTE ONE LAST WEEK. WHAT A WASTE OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S TIME. PLEASE, LET THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF DO THE REVISION OF OUR CODE. TWO, PUBLIC SAFETY IMPACT FEES. WHY SHOULD DEVELOPERS BE ABLE TO ADD TO THE WORKLOAD OF OUR FIRE AND POLICE WITHOUT OFFSETTING THE COST? SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY IMPACT FEES. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I PLEA THAT COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER IS BEING PERSECUTED FOR HIS SUPPORT OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS. PLEASE SUPPORT HIM AND ANY RECUSAL THAT IS OF HIM AND RECUSE YOUR SECHS AS WELL. I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU DON'T, YOU MAY BE THE NEXT PERSON TO BE SUED. HAVE A GOOD DAY, GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. ANY MORE -- >>CLERK: THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT, GENTLEMEN. GOING ON 11:00. I KNOW NUMBER 8 MAY TAKE A MOMENT. THERE ARE DISCUSSIONS. I WANTED TO JUMP INTO IF YOU DON'T MIND THE CONSENT DOCKET. MR. CITRO -- HE IS OUT OF THE ROOM. MR. MIRANDA, ITEMS 9-15. I THINK ITEMS 11 AND 12, MR. DINGFELDER, WANTED PULLED. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: OKAY, MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE 9, 10, 13, 14 AND 15 WITH 11 AND 12 BEING HELD FOR DISCUSSION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND BY MANISCALCO. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LU V. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. QUHAIRM REGARD TO 11 AND 12. I APOLOGIZE, I WAS OUT OF THE ROOM FOR THAT AND I WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT AND THEN MOVE THOSE ITEMS. I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO TPD SPECIFICALLY IN WORKING WITH THE STATE AND THE COLLEGE THERE WITH REGARD TO PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. AS -- YOU KNOW, IT HAS BEEN SPOKEN TO IRONICALLY THIS MORNING, WE HAVE A BIG PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PROBLEM, AND TPD IS GOING TO BE WORKING -- I THINK ESPECIALLY UP IN THERE VIERA'S DISTRICT IN THE BUSCH-FOWLER AREA TO GET THE WORD OUT NOT ONLY TO HAVE THE DRIVERS AND THE PEDESTRIANS THAT THEY HAVE GOT TO LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER. SO THEY ARE GOING TO BE DOING A LOT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION IN REGARD TO THIS -- THIS GRANT. AND I WANT TO GIVE THEM A SHOUT OUT AND I WILL MOVE ITEMS 11 AND 12. . CHARE MINDA: MIRANDA SECOND. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO 16-20. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE 16-20 MIRANDA SECOND. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. MR. DINGFELDER, 21-30. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MOVE ITEMS 21-30. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN WITH REGARD TO 27 AND 28, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW WHEN WE ARE -- WHEN WE ARE SPENDING A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS ON A PROJECT LIKE THIS. THIS IS -- THIS IS CALLED "ADVANCE METERING INFRASTRUCTURE." IT IS BASICALLY WHERE THE WATER DEPARTMENT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS ARE GOING TO BE CONVERTING OVER AND WE WILL NOT HAVE METER READERS ANYMORE PICKING UP AND LOOKING AT YOUR WATER METER. ALL THAT WILL BE TECHNOLOGICALLY -- THE METER AMOUNT THAT IS GOING TO BE TECHNOLOGICALLY SENT INTO -- INTO THE CITY THROUGH COMPUTERS AND -- AND TELEMETRY. SO IT IS A LOT OF MONEY. AND I TALKED TO THEM ABOUT IT. BUT THEY SAID THAT THE -- THAT THE TOTAL PROJECT IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE ABOUT $40 MILLION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. BUT I THINK IT IS MONEY -- IT IS MONEY WELL SPENT. AND WE HAVE TO -- YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO TECHNOLOGICALLY GET UP TO SPEED AND BE THAT KIND OF CITY. SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: BRINGS TO MIND THAT METERS DO NOT RUN FAST. THEY RUN SLOW. TAKE TEN YEARS OR SO AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT MR. DINGFELDER QUOTED WAS CORRECT CAUSTHE METERS DON'T HAVE TO REACH THE TECHNOLOGICAL FIELD. IT SENDS IT TO A POLE AND YOU GET THE BILL THAT WAY. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OTHER THING THEY MENTIONED TO ME, CHARLIE. THESE DAY IT IS SOMEBODY HAS A LEAK, THEY MAY NOT KNOW IT FOR A FEW MONTHS AND CREATES BIG PROBLEMS AND EXPENSES WITH EVERYTHING INVOLVED. WITH THIS TIME OF TELEMETRY READING AND THE TECHNOLOGY, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE LEAK RIGHT AWAY IN A FEW HOURS IF THE METER IS RUNNING AND RUNNING AND CALL THE PEOPLE AND SAY, HEY, YOU HAVE AN ISSUE ON YOUR PROPERTY. THIS WILL BE A TWO-WAY STREET. AND ULTIMATELY I THINK IT WILL BE A REAL GOOD THING. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ITEM 31-36 WITH 35 BEING HELD BY MR. CARLSON. >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. MR. CARLSON, ONE AT TO TAKE CARE OF THAT ITEM RIGHT NOW? >>BILL CARLSON: OBVIOUSLY AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, I WOULD VOTE AGAINST THE ITEM. AND THE REASON AS I STATED MANY TIMES BEFORE, I HAVE QUESTIONS AND THE COMMUNITY HAS QUESTIONS, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY HAVE QUESTIONS OF THE EFFICACY OF THE EDC. WHEN WE AS A BODY ASKED THEM TO CHANGE THEIR NAME BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT THE NAME TAMPA BAY CREATED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THEY REFUSED AND MADE FUN OF US IN THE COMMUNITY. WHEN OUR CITY COUNCIL INTERN FOUND A $7.5 MILLION ERROR TO THEIR REPORTS TO THE CITY, WE ASKED THEM AS A BODY TO RESTATE THEIR REPORTS, AND THEY HAD SEVERAL PAGES OF ERRORS THAT THEY STATED I SPENT THE LAST FEW MONTHS TALKING TO STAFF OF CREATING CHANGES TO THE CONTRACTOR AND CHANGING RELATIONSHIPS AND NONE OF THE INFORMATION I ASKED WAS PUT IN. IN THIS CASE I WOULD ASK SOME PROFESSIONAL DEFERENCE, IF AN ISSUE CAME UP REGARDING CEMETERIES AND BURIALS, I WOULD LEAD ON CHAIR GUDES BECAUSE OF HIS INDUSTRY EXPERTISE. IF THERE WAS AN ISSUE BEFORE INSURANCE LITIGATION, I WOULD LEAN ON COUNCILMAN VIERA AND OTHER OF HAVE YOU SPECIFIC EXPERTISE. MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING ADVISING THE SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT WHICH IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD AND COMMUNITIES IN CALIFORNIA AND SILICON VALLEY AND DMUBTS FLORIDA AND LATIN -- COMMUNITIES IN FLORIDA AND LATIN AMERICA AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE AND TALKING TO THE TOP ECONOMISTS IN THE STATE, THERE ARE MANY PROBLEMS HERE. OBVIOUSLY IF I HAVE A MOTION FOR EVERYONE TO VOTE AGAINST THIS, THEY WILL BE HVYTHIS, THEY LOBBIES AND THE VOTE WOULD FAIL. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS PROPOSE SOME CHANGES TO THE CONTRACT. THESE -- I WROTE THIS MORNING AND STAFF HAS NOT HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THEM AND WHAT I WOULD PROPOSE IN A FEW MINUTES IS TO MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER THIS FOR A MONTH AND ASK COUNCIL TO ASK STAFF TO CONSIDER THESE CHANGES AND COME BACK WITH ANY PROPOSED EDITS. THE CHARTER DOES NOT ALLOW US TO EDIT CONTRACTS AND WE CAN ONLY APPROVE OR DENY THEM, BUT WOULD LIKE STAFF CONSIDER CHANGES TO THE CONTRACT AND NOT SE THEM AND COME BACK IN ONEN'T MONTH. I PRESENTED TAMPA SCORECARD. WHERE ANYBODY CAN GO TO TAMPASCORECARD.COM. TAMPA BY ITSELF IN THE REGION FAILED. WE CAN'T MEASURE SUCCESS BY THE NUMBER OF APARTMENTS AND BUILDINGS THAT GO UP, IT IS WHAT PEOPLE CALL THE EDIFACE COMPLEX. WE HAVE TO MEASURE WHAT OTHER CITIES. TAMPA BAY AS A REGION HAS DONE WELL BUT TAMPA DOES NOT. IF WE DO NOT CHANGE AND OUTSOURCING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE OUR OUTLOOK FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OUR PROCESS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE WILL BE JUDGED IN THE SAME WAY THE LAST ADMINISTRATION WAS JUDGED THAT THEY DID NOT SUCCEED ECONOMICALLY. I HAVE A LIST OF CHANGES WHICH I AM HAPPY TO QUICKLY READ. I KNOW I AM ALMOST OUT OF FIVE MINUTES AND I WOULD -- I WOULD -- IF WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO QUICKLY READ, I CAN. I CAN GIVE ONE TO THE CLERK. A COUPLE TO MY COLLEAGUES. MR. CHAIR, COULD I HAVE A COUPLE OF MINUTE TO READ THROUGH THOSE OR STOP. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WILL KNEELED MY NAME TO YOU MR. CARLSON IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK LONGER. >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU, S SIR. I PUT THESE IN SEVERAL CATEGORIES. SOMEONE REPORTING AND I WILL GLOSS THROUGH THESE QUICKLY. I THINK -- I AM NOT A LAWYER, BUT I DO WRITE AND HE HAD I HAD CONTRACTS, AND I THINK THESE ARE SAFE GUARDS FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT THE STAFF SHOULD CONSIDER PUTTING IN UNDER REPORTING. I THINK THAT THE -- THE TBEDC, NOT ONLY SUBMIT THE MONTHLY REPORTS TO CITY STAFF, BUT ALSO SUBMIT THEM TO CITY COUNCIL FOR US TO GET COPIES OF THEIR REPORTS, WE HAVE TO ASK STAFF FOR THEM. AND EVEN D.O.T. REPORTS BACK US TO AND D.O.T. HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH US. BUT WE DO APPROVEHIS BUDGET. SECOND, I THINK EVERY SIX MONTHS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TAMPA EDC SHOULD PRESENT IN FRONT OF US. AND THEY CAN PRESENT THEIR BEST SHOT OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE LIMITED TO WHAT THEY HAVE DONE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND WHAT THE CITY HAS PAID FOR. IN REPORTING THE INDUSTRY OF THE CLIENTS THAT THEY WORK W WITH, I THINK THEY SHOULD LIST THE INDUSTRY MOST OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH THAT CLIENT AS TYPICALLY DESCRIBED ON THE CLIENT'S WEB SITE OR THE SEC. YOU ALL WILL REMEMBER THAT AN EXAMPLE -- ONE OF THE CLIENTS AND THEY CALLED THEM A CUSTOMER SERVICE COMPANY AND MOST PEOPLE DON'T USE THEM AS A DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPANY AND MANY, MANY OTHERS THAT APPEAR -- THEORIES OF WHY THEY ARE NOT CORRECT AND ANYWAY, MORE HONEST AND CORRECT FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE THE ACTUAL INDUSTRY THAT THE COMPANY IS IN. IF AFTER THE REPORTS ARE SUBMITTED ARE THE CDC SEE ERRORS IN THE REPORT THEY VOLUNTARILY SUBMIT CHANGES AND A CORRECTED REPORT OF EXPLANATION WHAT WAS CHANGED AND WHY. AND I WOULD SUGGEST AN INTERN FOUND A $7.5 MILLION. IF AN ERROR OCCURRED MORE THAN $5 MILLION, THAT SHOULD REFUND TO THE CITY SO WE SHOW THE PUBLIC WE ARE GETTING OUR MO MONEY'S WORTH. MONITORING RESULTS. EACH CLIENT THAT THE EDC LISTS, EDC WILL GET A SIGNED AFFIDAVIT FROM THE CLIENT OF THE ROLE THAT THE EDC IN THE RELOCATION AND EXPANSION OF THAT CLIENT, WHERE THE LEAD CAME FROM, HOW MUCH TIME THEY SPENT, AND A THIRD PARTY OF COMMERCIAL REALTOR CLAIMS OVERALL. ANY INCENTIVES SHOULD BE DISCLOSED. AN EXAMPLE OF THIS A MONTH AGO AT THE CRA MEETING, CHAIRMAN GUDES SAID HE WENT ON TOUR WITH THE EDC AND LOOKED AT PFIZER. THE DEVELOPER OF THE PROJECT LOOKED PUZZLED AND SAID -- I WILL PARAPHRASE LIKE THE EDC DIDN'T BRING THAT COMPANY, WE DID. WE HELPED WITH THE PAPERWORK AT THE END. A LOT OF COMMERCIAL REALTORS SAY EDC CLAIMS CREDIT FOR THE PROJECTS. THEY APPRECIATE THE HELP BUT DON'T LIKE THE CLAIM WHERE THEY EXAGGERATE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE. SHOULD REPORT AND HAVE AN ANNUAL SWORN AIDAV FIVE YEARS AFTER THE PROJECT IS ANNOUNCED TO ENSURE THAT THE PROMISE RESULTS -- USUALLY STAFF INCREASES OR CAPITAL EXPENSES. NO CLIENT WHO REFUSES TO SIGN AN AFFIDAVIT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN REPORTING TO THE CITY. WE KNOW FROM BASIC RESEARCH YOU GO ON LINKEDIN AND A COMPANY CLAIMED TO CREATED00 JOBS AND LINKED. IN CREATED 180. IF THEY SAY THEY HAVE 200 AND ON LINKEDIN THEY HAVE0, THAT IS NOT EVEN CLOSE. IF THE CITY INCENTIVIZES SOMETHING THAT THE CLIENTS HAVE TO PAY AND IF A CLIENT REFUSES TO SIGN IT, WE WON'T COUNT IT, BECAUSE IT IS NOT VALID. ETHIC. THE EDC AGREES NOT TO HIRE AS AN EMPLOYER OR CONSULTANT A CITY EMPLOYEE OR GIVE THEM IN REDUCED. HIGH FIVE YEARS AFTER THE CITY LEAVES THE CITY. EDC RECEIVES FUNDING FROM THE CITY AND NOT TO ENGAGE IN POLICIES AND POLITICS OF THOSE AGENCIES. A POLITICAL PROVISION IN THE DOCUMENT, BUT I THINK IT SHOULD BE SENGTNED. TRANSPARENCY, THE EDC MAINTAINS AN UPDATED LIST OF ITS BOARD AND OTHER LEADERSHIP CLEARLY MARKED IN THE WEB SITE. THE NAME OF INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATIONS AND OTHER AFFILIATIONS. AFTER WE REQUESTED TWO YEARS AGO THAT THEY ADD THEIR BOARD LIST TO THE BOARD, THEY REBUILD THEIR WEB SITE AND STILL DIDN'T INCLUDE IT. WHEN CAROLE POST CAME ON BOARD, SHE INSISD THEY DO IT. AND NOT EASY FOR PEOPLE TO FIND THAT INFORMATION TAY. INCLUSIVENESS. TO HOLD FOUR EVENTS EACH YEAR THAT ARE PUBLICIZED AND ADVERTISED SO THE SMALL BUSINESS AND CITIZEN CAN HAVE INFORMATION THAT IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO EDC MEMBERS. EDC ALLOWS ANY COMPANY OR INDIVIDUAL LOCATED IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY OR TAMPA TO PAY THEIR OWN WAY TO JOIN A TRADE MISSION ORGANIZED BY GLOBAL TAMPA BAY. EVEN IF PINELLAS COUNTIES AGREES FOR YOU TO GO ON A TRADE MISSION, THE EDC HAS TO APPROVE IT, AND TYPICALLY EDC ONLY APPROVES MEMBERS TO GO. FREE EVENTS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND SMALL BUSINESS SHOULD HAVE ACCESS. OPPORTUNITY ZONES ARE MISUSED IN MANY WAYS, THE THRUST OF THE DEFINITION. THE IRS HAS, THE DISTRESSED AREA AND NOT USED TO -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON. WRAP IT UP. >>BILL CARLSON: 30 MORE SECONDS. AN ISSUE OVER THE BRAND TAMPA BAY. MIKE MERRILL WHO -- WHO WAS -- MIKE -- IS THAT HIS NAME -- YEAH, ANYWAY, THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE PINELLAS EDC PROPOSED A CONSORTIUM IN TAMPA BAY TO JOINTLY OWN THE TERM TAMPA BAY. TAMPA BAY EDC TAKES ALL THE LEADS AND DOESN'T SHARE WITH THE REGION WHICH IS CAUSING A LOT OF PROBLEMS. WHAT I WOULD PROPOSE IS A REQUIREMENT THAT OUR EDC HAS TO PLAY FAIR AND PLAY WITH OTHER PARTNERS IN THE REGION AND SHARE THE BRAND TAMPA BAY. THE LAST THING IS A POSITIVE. MOST CITIES MEASURE THEIR SUCCESS BY PER CAPITAL INCOME. IN THAT EFFECT, TAMPDOESES O AY. ST. PETE SURPASSED BUS. A LOT OF TALKING TO BETTER THAN AUSTIN, CHARLOTTE ANIME ATLANTA. PER CAPITA -- JUST THE CITY OF TAMPA, NOT TAMPA BAY. A LOT OF INFORMATION OF TAMPA BAY VERSUS TAMPA. BUT PER CAPITA INCOME OF TAMPA EXCEEDS AUSTIN, CHARLOTTE AND ATLANTA, WE WILL GIVE A BONUS TO THE TAMPA EDC BECAUSE SHOULD BE FOCUS AND AVERAGE INCOME OF PEOPLE IN TAMPA NOT JUST ON GIVING SUBSIDIES TO COMPANIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MY COLLEAGUES. >>ARLIMIRANDA: I WILL JUSTDA. SPEAK FOR MYSELF. I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN. BUT LET ME JUST SAY THIS. I HAVE NEVER MET -- SINCE WE ARE GOING TO START OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE AND WHAT WE HAVEN'T DONE. I GOT INVITED BY THE GOOD PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BUILD SIDEWALKS EVERYWHERE. AND I AM NOT AGAINST THAT. I REFUSED TO MEET WITH THEM. I NEVER MET WITH DEVELOPERS AT ANY TIME. THE SAME -- I NEVER MET WITH THE GOOD PEOPLE WHO WANT TO COME IN WITH THE ORDINANCE AND PRESENT IT. I WANT TO STAY NEUTRAL. I MET WITH DEVELOPERS YEST YESTERDAY, WITH THE CHIEF OF STAF AND TWO INDIVIDUALS FROM THE DEPARTMENT THAT HANDLE T THIS. A NICE CONVERSATION FOR 30 TO 40 MINUTES. I HAD TO LEAVE AND THEY HAD TO LEAVE BECAUSE WE HAVE OTHER THINGS TO DO. HOWEVER, WHEN I SIT HERE AND I HEARD WHAT THE BEGINNING OF WHAT THIS COUNCILMEMBER SAID, I WELCOME AN INVESTIGATION OF CHARLIE MIRANDA ON HIS CELL PHONE, ON HIS COMPUTER, ON ANYTHING THEY WANT TO LOOK AT ON ME. THEY CAN HAVE IT NOW. THEY CAN HAVE MY CHECKING ACCOUNT, MY BANKING ACCOUNT, THEY CAN ASK IF I WENT WITH MR. -- THE ATTORNEY -- CITY COUNCIL TO SEE IF I HAVE DONE SOMETHING WRONG OR ANY OTHER COU COUNCILMEMBER BEEN TO TALLAHASSEE TO SEE IF WE HAVE DONE SOMETHING WRONG. I HAVE BEEN IN MY MIND THINKING OF A BIG SIGN IN THE CHILDREN MUSEUM THAT SAID TAMPA BAY WATER, THE DISTRIBUTOR OF ALL WATERS IN THE REGION, WHICH IS TRUE AND IT IS NOT TRUE. YOU SEE, THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS 700,000 CUSTOMERS IN THE SAME AREA THAT TAMPA BAY WATER DOES. NOT ALL OF IT, BUT THE SAME. ACCOUNT FOR ONE-THIRD OF THE WATER PRODUCTION IN THWHOL AREA. I AM ASKING TO ASK ALSO -- SEND THEM A LETTER AND ASK THE GOOD PEOPLE FROM THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM FROM 1998 TO NOW, HOW THAT BOARD -- WHO BROUGHT THAT IN, HOW THEY GOT IT IN, WHO IS PAYING WHO, WHO IS PAYING THEM. I WILL ASK THEM A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT THAT. AND OTHER THINGS IN MY MIND AND I NEVER MET WITH THE GOOD PEOPLE OF TAMPA BAY ECONOMIC COUNCIL. I HAVEN'T DONE THAT. MAYBE SOMEONE HAS, BUT I HAVEN'T. I ASK FOR AN INVESTIGATION ON ANYTHING THAT THEY WANT. IF WE WANT TO CLEAN DIRTY LAUNDRY HERE. DON'THINK THERE IS MUCH LAUNDRY TO BE CLEANED, BUT I AM ASKING FOR WHOEVER IS IN CH CHARGE, THE FEDS, THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT, SOUTH KOREA, NORTH KOREA, JAPAN, ANY GOVERNMENT THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH US TO INVESTIGATE CHARLIE MIRANDA TODAY. TODAY. SEE IF I MADE ONE PENNY OUTSIDE OF MY PAYCHECK THAT I GET FROM THE CITY. AND WHAT I DO WITH MY INCOME TAX -- THEY CAN AUDIT IT IF I WANT TO SEE HOW MANY CITY COUNCILMEMBERS DO THAT. I DON'T HAVE THE CELL PHONE IN THE CHAMBERS BECAUSE I FOLLOW WHAT I TELL MY GRANDCHILDREN. LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I TELL MY GRANDCHILDREN, IF YOU DON'T DRINK, YOU CANNOT GET A DUI TICKET. IF YOU DIDN'T YET A DUI TICKET, YOU NEVER WILL BE AN ALCOHOLIC. HAVE A NICE DAY. SO I CAN NEVER BE CHARGED WITH ANYTHING IN HERE ON A CELL PHONE AND A COMPUTER. I DON'T BRING ONE, THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN ANYTHING WRONG BUT AT LEAST IT SAVES ME FROM GOING FROM ANY EMBARRASSMENT. I AM NOT SAYING TO HAVE OR NOT TO HAVE. I DON'T CARE WHAT EVERYBODY DOES BUT I TAKE OFFENSE IN THE START OF THE CONVERSATION WHAT THE COUNCILMEMBER SAID LIKE REGARDING LIKE THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG. IF THERE IS, LET ME KNOW. LET ME KNOW. I DON'T LIKE TO PLAY WITH -- WE CAN FIX A PROBLEM WHEREVER WE ARE AT AND I CANNOT FIX A PERCEPTION OF A PROBLEM. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE HERE. PERCEPTION OF A PROBLEM. AND I AM NOT GOING TO TAKE IT SILTING DOWN. I AMOT GOING TO LET MY -- SITTING DOWN. I AM NOT GOING TO LET MY FATHER'S NAME BE RUINED. THAT IS ALL I AM GOING TO SAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND HAVE A NICE DAY. >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I RESPOND ON A PERSONAL LEVEL. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I WILL COME BACK TO MR. CARLSON. MR. DINGFELDER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>JOHN DINGFELDER. I THINK I AM CONFUSED WHAT THE ISSUE IS. I THINK MR. CARLSON WAS SP SPEAKING TO ITEM 35. HE IS PROPOSING -- AND I WILL TAKE IT AS A MOTION, BILL, TO CONTINUE IT FOR 30 DAYS. THE ITEM FOR 30 DAYS SO HE CAN WORK WITH STAFF AND PERHAPS COME UP WITH SOME COMPROMISES ABOUT THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH THE EDC. I THINK BILL HAS GOOD EXPERTISE IN THAT AREA THAT FRANKLY I DON'T. I MEAN, THE LEGAL SIDE, I COULD LOOK AT THE CONTRACT, BUT IN TERMS OF THE SUBSTANCE, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SHOULD RELY ON EACH OTHER'S EXPERTISE AND WE ALL HAVE EXPERTISE IN DIFFERENT FIELDS. SO IF THAT IS WHERE -- WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, MR. CHAIRMAN, WITH REGARD TO THE SUBJECT IN HAND. BILL MADE A MOTION. I WILL SECOND IT. AND GIVE HIM 30 DAYS TO CONTINUE -- TO CONTINUE THAT PARTICULAR ITEM. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I WILL LEVEL MR. CARLSON RESPOND. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER HANDS TO THIS SUBJECT, BUT I WANT STAFF TO CHIME IN ON THAT NOW BEFORE WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO -- SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MR. CARLSON IS TALKING ABOUT, BUT THE MOST PART, MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CONTRACT WAS EVALUATED BECAUSE OF MR. CARLSON'S KNOWLEDGE OF -- AND EXPERTISE IN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY ADDED AND DELETED I THINK ARE VERY GOOD IN THE CONTRACT NOW, ESPECIALLY GOING TO BE GOOD FORE MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES BECAUSE I HAVE GONE OUT WITH THIS ORGANIZATION NOW TWICE AND SCOPE OUT SOME AREAS THAT IS THEIR EXPERTISE TO GET A BANG FOR THE BUCK. AND I THINK THEY MADE A PRESENTATION A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO TO THE CRA ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THEY ARE GOING TO DO NOW WHICH WILL BE EXTRAORDINARY. IT IS GOING TO BE A WOW FOR EAST TAMPA. I HEAR WHAT MR. CARLSON IS SAYING. BUT I WANT TO HEAR FROM STAFF AND I WANT MR. CARLSON TO REBUT TO MR. MIRANDA AND LET CAROLE POST. >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I RESPOND AFTER STAFF TOO. I WANT IN PARTICULAR RESPOND TO MR. MIRANDA'S COMMENTS ABOUT WATER. I HAVE MADE IT PUBLIC TO THIS COUNCIL, THE PUBLIC AND ANY ORGANIZATION THAT TALKS TO ME, MY FIRM, WHICH IS A PR FIRM, WORKED WITH TAMPA BAY WATER. IN FACT I NAMED TAMPA BAY WATER. AND WE MADE, FORGOT, $50,000 A YEAR OVER A 15-YEAR PERIOD, NOT PROFITABLE BUT SOME AMOUNT OF MONEY. WHEN I BECAME A CITY COU COUNCILMEMBER, MY FIRM HAD -- I MAY NOT REMEMBER THIS EXACTLY RIGHT, BUT WE HAD ABOUT A F FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT CAN $80,000 YEAR LEFT ON THAT CONTRACT. AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, WE HAD THREE YEARS LEFT ON THAT CONTRACT. I HAD A CHOICE AT THAT POINT EITHER RECUSE MYSELF AND -- FROM THE WATER PROJECTS OR RESIGN TAMPA BAY WATER. I RESIGNED A CLIENT THAT WAS ONEF OUR LONGEST CLIENTS THAT I HAD ABOUT THREE YEARS LEFT ON THE CONTRACT. AND SO IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THREE YEARS TIMES $80,000 IS $240,000 THAT MY FIRM GAVE UP. BY THE WAY, THAT MONEY WAS FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT AND COMMUNICATING TO THE PUBLIC. WHY I DID GIVE UP THAT MONEY? WHY DID MY SHAREHOLDERS GIVE UP THE MONEY? I COULD FIGHT A $275 BILLION BOONDOGGLE TOILET TO TAP CALLED PURE. WE WILL DISCUSS THAT ANOTHER DAY. BUT AN OPPOSITION RESEARCH HAVE BEEN DOING RESEARCH ON ME ALL OVER TOWN AND OURLT-OF-STATE HAVE BEEN DOING RESEARCH ON ME AND MY FIRM. THE MEDIA INCLUDING THE TIMES HAVE PULLED PUBLIC RECORDS AND SOMEONE IS TRYING TO THROW ME UNDER THE BUS. MY QUESTION TO THE PUBLIC WHO TO $2.5 BILLION THAT THEY WILL COME AFTER ME PERSONALLY LIKE THIS. IN MANY ETHICAL CASES, PEOPLE WILL VOTE ON SOMETHING WHERE THEY HAVE A CONFLICT. IN THIS POINT, MY FIRM DAVE UP $240,000 SO THAT I COULD FIGHT THIS PROJECT BECAUSE I THINK IT IS AOONDGLE AND BAD FOR TAXPAYERS. NOTHING TO DO WITH THE EDC TODAY, BUT NOTHING IN THERE -- EVERY DOCUMENT AND INVOICE HAS BEEN THERE OVER AND OVER AGAIN. WE DID MORE THAN THE RIGHT THING RESIGNING AND GIVING UP BUSINESS TO FIGHT THIS PROJECT. WITH REGARD TO THE EDC SIMPLE THING, YEAR AND A HALF TO TWO YEARS AGO WE ASKED FOR THEM TO RESTATE THEIR NUMBERS BECAUSE PAGES AND PAGES OF ERRORS. WE CAN'T RELY ON THE BASIC REPORTS THEY GIVE US. ALL I AM TRYING TO DO WITH TS IS SAY LET'S -- THE STAFF CAN'T POSSIBLY RESPOND TO TWO -- PAGES IN ONE DAY. I AM NOT A LAWYER BUT STANDARD KIND OF THINGS YOU PUT IN A CONTRACT TO PROTECT OUR PUBLIC. IF WE ARE GOING TO OUTSOURCE OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE DO IT CORRECTLY. DELAY IT FOR A MONDAY AND STAFF OF THE EDC TO COME FORWARD. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON, THANK YOU. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WILL SECOND IT. >>ORNDO DES: MR. CAR, THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION. THAT WASN'T NEEDED, BUT WE APPRECIATE THAT. THOSE ARE YOUR PERSONAL ISSUES. IT IS YOUR FIRM AND I DON'T THINK THAT WAS -- FOR YOU TO TELL. BUT GRACIOUS OF YOU TO DO THAT. CAROL E POST, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN GUDES. I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION THAT YOU HAVE BEEN HAVING OF THE EDC CONTRACT. I JUST WANT TO OFFER TWO ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION BEFORE YOU PROCEED WITH A VOTE ON A DELAY FOR 30 DAYS. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS CONTRACT PROBAY SI SEV MONTHS NOW. AND TAKING INTO ACCOUNT A NUMBER OF THE ASPECTS THAT COUNCILMAN CARLSON HAS REFLECTED ON THIS MORNING TO MAKE MATERIAL CHANGES TO THE CONTRACT. AND WITHOUT GOING INTO DETAIL ON THEM, WE HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED SOME OF THE FUNCTIONS THAT WE WILL BE SEEKING FROM THE SERVICE PROVIDER FROM EDC PARTICULARLY AROUND AS YOU MENTIONED REDIRECTING YOUR EFFORTS FOR REVITALIZATION FOR SOME OF YOUR UNDERSERVED AREAS AROUND THE OPPORTUNITY ZONES AND A NUMBER OTHER RESPECTS. WE ALSO HAVE TAKEN A GREAT DEAL OF TIME TO DEFINE THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS TO HAVE THEM MORE OUTCOME BASED AND TO BE BETTER FOCUS THEM ON DELIVERY AND PERFORMANCE. AND ALL OF THAT IS DONE AT NO CHANGE TO THE COST. WE HAVE KEPT THE COST OF THE SERVICES FLAT. SO MORE SERVICES, BETTER SERVICES AT NO ADDITIONAL COST. NOW I WOULD JUST OFFER THIS RESPECTFULLY. WE HAD AT LEAST TWO MEETINGS SCHEDULED WITH COUNCILMAN CARLSON RESPECTING THAT THIS IS VERY IORTANT TO HIM, TO BE ABLE TOO BRIEF HIM INDIVIDUALLY ON THIS CONTRACT, TO GET ANY FEEDBACK THAT WE COULD GET BACK FROM MINIMUM AND MAKE REFINEMENTS. HE WAS UNABLE TO MAKE EITHER OF THOSE APPOINTMENTS. I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK WITH HIS OFFICE AIDE AND SHARE WHAT OUR -- WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS WERE. BUT I DID NOT HEAR BACK FROM THE COUNCILMAN. THIS IS THE FIRST THIS MORNING NOW HEARING THE DELIVERY OF THIS DOCUMENT. I HAD ALSO OFFERED TO -- THROUGH HIS OFFICE AIDE TO PRESENT DURING STAFF REPORTS, TO ACTUALLY VOLUNTARILY PULL THE ITEM OFF OF CONSENT TO HAVE A MORE ROBUST DISCUSSION DURING STAFF REPORTS. I HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT IS PREPARED AND READY TO GO. I ALSO HAVE CEO OF EDC MR. CRAIG RICHARD AND THE NEW SHARE JAMES NOSAR ON STANDBY TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT DURING STAFF REPORTS. TH OFFICE. IN COUNCILMAN -- MR. CARLSON'S OFFICE DID NOT RESPOND IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS PRESENTED DURING STAFF REPORTS, THEREFORE, IT IS NOT SCHEDULED, BUT I WOULD -- I WOULD SUGGEST AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO A 30-DAY DELAY, THAT IF YOU COULD TAKE THE ITEM UP UNDER STAFF REPORTS, WE COULD HAVE A ROBUST DISCUSSION. I WOULD ACTUALLY BE HAPPY TO CONSIDER A NUMBER OF THE POINTS THAT WILL CARLSON HAS PRESENTED THIS MORNING TO INCORPORATE THOSE IN AND PRESENT THE CONTRACT FOR APPROVAL AND CONSIDERATION FOR COUNCIL TO TODAY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MISS POST, CAN YOU GET THE EDC FOR THIS AFTERNOON IF YOU DID THAT? ARE YOU ABLE TO G THE EDC DIRECTOR AND ATTORNEYS ON BOARD IF WE DELAY IT TO THE AFTE AFTERNOON? >> YES, SIR, I CAN DO THAT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: GET MR. CARLSON. MR. VIERA HAS HIS HAND UP AND COME BACK TO YOU, SIR AND BRING IT BACK TO A LANDING. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, I APPRECIATE THAT. YOU KNOW, WHEN I HEAR A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN COUNCIL, I -- I ALWAYS -- LET'S JUST SAY THIS. I REMEMBER I HAD A TOWN HALL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND WE HAD SOME REALLY ANGRY PEOPLE THERE ON SOME NATIONAL, POLITICAL ISSUES ACHED I TOLD PEOPLE THE TEMPERATURE IS -- AND TOL PEOPLE THAT THE TEMPERATURE IS VERY HOT IN POLITICS THESE DAYS WHICH I GO THE TEMPERATURE IS 115 DEGREES. I AM AN 9-DEGREE GUY. YOU KNOW WHAT I AM -- A 89-DEGREE GUY, YOU KNOW WHAT I AM SAYING, A LITTLE BIT OF HEAT. THIS CONTRACT, MISS POST, HOW LONG IS THIS FOR? >> FOR TWO YEARS. IN THE PREVIOUS CYCLE THEY RUN IN TWO YEARS TERMS. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU. SOMETHING THAT IS VERY REL RELEVANT. I WOULD SUPPORT PUSHING THIS TO STAFF REPORTS BECAUSE WE HAVE A COUNCILMEMBERS WHO HAS A LOT OF -- A COUNCILMEMBER WHO HAS A LOT OF PASSION ON THIS ISSUE AND WHATNOT. MY ONLY CHALLENGE IS -- LET ME ASK YOU, MISS POST, IF I MAY. IS THERE ANY SORT OF -- WE COULD PROBABLYGET TO THIS, BUT WHAT I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING IF TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE ON THIS CONTRACT, ETC. MY CHALLENGE IS THAT WE ARE SEEING A TWO-PAGE DOCK UMENTD WHICH BY THE WAY A-- DOCUMENT WHICH BY THE WAY A LOT OF SUGGESTIONS WILL BE COMFORTABLE WITHOUT SOMEONE PERSONALLY ENTANGLED OF THIS AND WE ARE SEEING THIS ON THE DAY OF, THAT WE WILL VOTE ON SOMETHING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, THAT CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT DOES GIVE ME SOME PAUSE, BUT, AGAIN, WE WANT TO GIVE DEFERENCE ON THIS ISSUE AND AT THE VERY LEAST PUSHING THIS TO STAFF REPORT WOULD BE A SMART THING TO DO. JUST MY THOUGHTS. THANK YOU, SIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON AND MR. DINGFELDER. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: BILL, JUMP IN ONE SECOND. MR. CHAIRMAN. JUST IN TERMS OF THE TIMING OF THIS. IF WE -- IF WE TAKE IT TO STAFF REPORTS, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO MISS POST. MR. CARLSON HAS TWO FULL PAGES HERE OF SUGGESTIONS. AND WE CAN'T -- WE CAN'T NEGOTIATE THIS ON THE FLY. THAT'S WHY I THINK THE 30 DAYS IS REASONABLE. IT LOOKS LIKE THE CONTRACT IS RETRO ACT I HAVE TO OCTOBER 1 NO MAT -- RETROACTIVE TO OCTOBER 1 NO MATTER WHAT AND I DON'T THINK THAT TIMING IS THAT CRITICAL. I THINK THAT WE ARE GOING TO SPEND AND WASTE A LOT OF TIME WHEN IN REALITY, IF THERE IS ONE MINOR CHANGE OR TWO MINOR CHANGES, WE WON'T HAVE TO DO THAT BACK ANYWAY AND IT WILL GO BACK OUT AND THE OTHER SIDE WILL HAVE TO APPROVE IT WITH THEIR BOARD AND EXECUTIVES AND CAN'T DO THAT ON THE FLY. WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, CAROLE, SOMEWHAT OF A WASTE OF TIME FOR COUNCIL TO BE DOING THAT. I THINK THE BETTER APPROACH IS TO WORK WITH MR. CARLSON. AND TO -- AND I KNOW -- I KNOW -- I KNOW YOU ARE NOT GOIN TO AGREE WITH HIM ON ALL OF THESE, BUT WHATEVER ONES YOU CAN AGREE WITH HIM, RESOLVE IT, BRING IT BACK IN 30 DAYS. LET'S DO IT A LITTLE MORE METHODICALLY AND FRANKLY, LUIS, WITHOUT THE HEAT BECAUSE COMING BACK THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE A LOT MORE HEAT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON AND THEN BRING IT IN FOR A LANDING WITH FINAL COMMENTS. >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE. YOU KNOW IN TAMPA IN POLITICS, THE EASY WAY TO DISCREDIT A -- A LEGITIMATE POLICY ARGUMENT IS TO SAY OH, SOMEBODY DOESN'T LIKE SOMEBODY OR SOMEBODY IS NOT LOOKING ATF FAIRLY. IN THIS CASE, I DIDN'T PRESENT OPINION. I PRESENTED POTENTIAL EDITS TO A CONTRACT. WE HAVE A STAFF DISCUSSION THIS AFTERNOON, IT IS GOING TO BE ABOUT THEM PRESENTING ALL THE GREAT THINGS THEY THINK THEY HAVE DONE AND ME PRESENTING WHY I DISAGREE WITH THEM AND WHY THEIR INFORMATION DOESN'T HOLD UP. THAT IS NOT THE ON THE TABLE -- NOT THE POINT ON TABLE DAY. HOW TO PROTECT THE PUB ON -- PUBLIC ON THE MONEY WE ARE PUTTING IN. WE ARE TRUSTING AN OE ORGANIZATION TO DO THAT. LET'S HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE BY HAVING SOME ADDITIONAL KIND OF STANDARD CLAUSES IN THERE. I WILL TELL YOU THIS, AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW I WOULD VOTE AGAINST IT. >> IT INCLUDES ALL OF THIS, I WILL VOTE FOR IT AND SEE WHERE THEY ARE AND AT LEAST HOLDING TEM ACCOUNTABLE AND THAT THE INFORMATION THEY ARE GIVING US IS CORRECT. I WILL SAY THIS TO THE POINTS MADE BY MISS POST. I SPENT THE LAST YEAR OR SO HAVING -- TWO YEARS HAVING CONVERSATION WITH MISS POST, WITH JOHN BENNETT, ROB ROSNER ABOUT THIS SUBJECT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I THOUGHT ASPECTS THAT WOULD BE CHANGED DUE TO THE CONVE CONVERSATION. AND PHONE CALL WITH MISS POST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. I FOUND OUT THERE WERE NO CHANGES. IN FACT THEY WERE INCREASING THE SCOPE ON DIFFERENT THINGS . MY CONCERN IS ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE PUBLIC AND THOSE CLAUSES LIKE THE ONES I INCLUDED ARE NOT IN THERE. IF A MEDIA OUTLET WANTS TO SEARCH THE PUBLIC RECORD THEY WILL SEE YES, I SKIPPED TWO MEETINGS AND SENT MY LEGISLATIVE AIDE. I DON'T WANT TO HEAR HOW I AM WRONG D THSTAFIS RIGHT. THEY WOULD NOT BUDGE ON ANYTHING -- WHY SHOULD I SIT IN A MEETING WHERE THEY WON'T HEAR ANY OF THE CONCERNS I HAVE. A WILL HE GET MAT CONCERN TO SIGNED AFFIDAVIT THAT PEOPLE MET THE GOALS OF AND DIDN'T MEET THE GOALS. ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT COULD OR SHOULD DONE. I SENT ANT E-MAIL THAT PRETTY MUCH DETAILS THIS WHOLE LIST MORE THAN A WEEK AGO AND THE RESPONSE WAS WE THOUGHT WOULD YOU COMPROMISE WITH US. WELL, COMPROMISE IS MEETING HALFWAY AND MEETING PARTWAY. NOT THAT I HAVE TO LISTEN TO A LECTURE THAT I NEED TO UNDERSND WT THEY DO. I'M HERE TO REPRESENT THE PUBLIC. I HAPPY TO HAVE A DEEP EXPERTISE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND I WORK WITH THE BEST ECONOMIC GROUPS IN THE WORLD AND I WANT TO HOLD THIS ONE ACCOUNTABLE AND WE WILL GET THE BEST RESULTS AND EVERYBODY WILL LOOK GOOD. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IN HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ITEM 35, WHAT I BROUGHT UP. IT HAS TO DO WITH THE ANGER OF THE VOICE IN THE BEGINNING OF THE CONVERSATION. THE GENTLEMAN JUST SPOKE VERY KINDLY WITH A DIFFERENT ATTITUDE OF HIS VOICE. AND I APPRECIATE THAT, BUT WHEN YOU ATTACK A SYSTEM -- AND I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT THE WHOLE SYSTEM. WHEN YOU MAKE INKNEW EN DOSE WITHOUT ADDRESSING -- INDUE WINDOWS WITHOUT ADDRESSING T THEM. I DON'T COME FROM ONE SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS. I COME FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS. I AM NOT A GOOD POLITICIAN, I'M PRETTY DAMN GOOD INDIVIDUAL OF FACTS THAT PRESENTS TO THE PUBLIC. TRY TO DO WHAT I CAN WITH WHAT I HAVE, NOT MENTALLY, NOT EDUCATION-WISE BECAUSE I HAVE THE SAME DEGREE AS MOST OF YOU HAVE, AND I HAVE A FEELING FOR THE COMMUNITY. I FIGHT FOR THINGS -- IF ONE PERSON IS AGAINST 1,000 AND I BELIEVE THAT ONE PERSON IS CORRECT, I AM GOING TO FIGHT FOR THAT ONE PERSON VERSUS 1,000. IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME HOW MANY VOTES I GET OR LOSE IN AN ELECTION TIME. VOTES ARE CASTAWAY BEFORE YOU AND I SEEK OFFICE. WHAT I AM SAYING IS -- I AM NOT SAYING THAT ANYTHING IS WRONG WITH NUMBER 35 OR ANYTHING RIGHT WITH 35, BUT A MATTER OF THE MANNERISM OF THE PRESENTATION THAT GOT MY SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS DANDER UP AND I AM NOT BEING APOLOGETIC BUT EVERYTHING THAT IS SAID MAKE SURE IT IS BROUGHT TO THE TABLE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I RESPECT THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION AND HOLD THIS OVER TO STAFF REPORTS. THAT TIME, IF THE MOTION IS TO BE MADE, THE MOTION WITH THESE ITEMS -- THE ONLY CONCERN I HAVE. YOU CLEARED IT UP YOU ALREADY PRESENTED THIS TO THEM ALREADY. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: A MOTION IS ON THE FLOOR AND I SECONDED IT R 30 DAYS. >>BILL CARLSON: JUST TO BE CLEAR. I DIDN'T GIVE THEM THIS LIST OF EDITS TO THE CONTRACT BUT SENT THEM AN E-MAIL THAT IS ALMOST THE SAME LIST, LISTED IN TERMS OF CONCERNS. WHAT I DID TODAY WAS TRANSLATE THAT INTO POTENTIAL EDITS TO THE CONTRACT. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I CAN. IF I CAN FOLLOW-UP COUNCILMAN MIRANDA'S STATEMENT WITH REGARD TO HE MOTION AND THE SECOND. ONLY THING THAT NEEDS TO BE SET IS THE DATE -- WHEN YOU SAY 30 DAYS, THE CLERK THE CALENDAR AND YOU HAVE THE CALENDAR IN FRONT OF YOU. YOU ARE LIMITED TO THE ONE REGULAR MEETING IN NOVEMBER -- VEMB 4, MADAM CLERK. >>CLERK: CORRECT. >>MARTIN SHELBY: NEXT CHOICE WOULD BE ON -- >> DECEMBER 2. >>BILL CARLSON: DECEMBER 2. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, RESTATE THE MOTION SO I AM CLEAR WHAT WE ARE ASKING STAFF TO DO. RESTATE THE MOTION. MR. CARLSON, RESTATE YOUR MOTION. >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE ITEM NUMBER 35 UNTIL DECEMBER 2 AND REQUEST THAT STAFF LOOK AT THIS LIST OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONTRACT. AND THEN REPORT BACK US TO ON THE 2nd WITH THEIR RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO THE CONTRACT BASED ON THIS LIST. >>ORLANDO GUDES: DOES THAT MEAN STAFF OR MEETING WITH THE EDC IN REFERENCE TO THE CONTRACT? >>BILL CARLSON: THE POINT IS THE CONTRACT WHICH IS AN ISSUE BETWEEN THE EDC AND THE CITY. IT IS NOT ABOUT -- I AM NOT ASKING TO DISCUSS WHETHER THE EDC HAS HIT ITS GOALS OR NOT. THE POINT HERE IS THESE ARE RECOMMENDED CHANGES WITH THE EDC TO PUT IN SAFEGUARDS WITH THE PUBLIC. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU TALK OF THE REGION. DIDN'T WANT THE REGION THAN. THIS IS SOMETHING -- SOMETHING THAT THEIR BOARD MAY NOT WANT TO DO. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS WON'T BE A DETERMINING FACTOR OF. >>BILL CARLSON: WE AS CITY COUNCIL DON'T HAVE A RIGHT TO EDIT CONTRACTS. ALL WE CAN DO IS DEFER IT FOR A MONTH AND CONSIDER IT. IF THEY LIKE NINE OUT OF TEN OR TWO OUT OF TEN. WE HAVE TO DECIDE AT THAT POINT WHETHER WE WANT TO VOTE ON T THIS. ALL WE ARE DOING IS ASKING THEM TO CONSIDER THIS AND IN MY OPINION, WE ARE TRYING TO PUT SAFEGUARDS IN SO THE PUBLIC SEE THAT THEY GET WHAT THEY ARE PAYING FOR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY MR. CARLSON. MR. VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: REALLY FAST IF I MAY. CHAIRMAN HAD JUST SUGGESTED THAT WE MOVE THIS TO STAFF REPORTS. THE WISER -- PUSH THIS -- HAVE NUMBER ONE STAFF REPORTS. COUNCILMAN DING'S STATEMENT THAT HE AND ESCALATION IS -- TO LIMIT IN STAFF REPORT TO 15, HARD LIMIT AND THAT'S WHY I WILL VOTE -- I MAY VOTE FOR THIS -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: I AM CONFUSED NOW. JUST CLARIFICATION BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO DO WHAT YOU JUST -- TO THIS AFTERNOON, BUT MR. MIRANDA, WHO IS HAVING DEFERENCE SAID THERE WAS ALREADY A MOTION. A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY MR. CARLSON. THAT MEANS IF THAT MOTION PASSES NOW, THERE IS NO NEED TO HAVE A PRESENTATION THIS AFTERNOON AT ALL. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE WILL BE THE DETERMINING FACTOR. >>LUIS VIERA: I RADIO LIKE TO HEAR THE PRESENTATION AND THEN I MIGHT VOTE FOR IT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: BUT MR. VI VIERA, MOOT TO HAVE IT THIS AFTERNOON BECAUSE -- IF WE MAKE THIS MOTION AND VOTE AND KILL IT IS AND GOES TO 30 DAYS. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: GOOD, LET IT GO. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON HAS MOVED IT. MR. MIRANDAS A SECONDED. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, BEFORE COULD YOU THAT -- FORGIVE ME FOR INTERRUPTING. NOT 30 DAYS BUT UNTIL DECEMBER 2, SO WE ARE CLEAR. >>LUIS VIERA: A RESPECTFUL NO, MAYBE CHANGE AT THE END BUT NO. >>JOSEPH CITRO: NO. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: NO. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA, CITRO AND GUDES VOTING NO. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT, DECEMBER 2, MISS POST. ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON. MR. CARLSON, BUILDING ZONING PRESERVATION, ITEM 37. 40 WAS PULLED THROUGH -- 56? NO, THROUGH -- MR CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ITEMS NUMBER -- YES? >>MARTIN SHELBY: SORRY, GO AHEAD. >>BILL CARLSON: MOVE ITEMS 37-50 EXCLUDING ITEM NUMBER 40. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECONDED BY MR. DINGFELDER. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. SHELBY, ITEM 40. >>MARTIN SHELBY: ITEM 40 IS RELATED TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND I SEE MISS MALONE ONLINE. THANK YOU, MISS MALONE. I APPRECIATE YOU STANDING BY FOR THIS. THIS IS FOR COUNCIL TO ADOPT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TAMPA, TEMPLE TERRACE AND COUNCIL DID NOT SPECIFICALLY HAVE A REPORT FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF, BUT THIS I BELIEVE DID GO OR WILL GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THIS HAS ALREADY GONE TO THE PLANNG CMISSN? MISS MALONE IS INDICATING IT HAS. WHICH MEANS IT IS UP TO THE LOCAL CITIES TO ADOPT IT. THE REASON, COUNCIL, IT BECAME SUBJECT OF A DISCUSSION WAS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT -- AND WE HEARD THE TALK ABOUT PRIVATELY INITIATED A.M. AND THERE WAS A POINT IN TIME WHEN THE TAMPA COMP PLAN PRIVATELY INITIATED AMENDMENTS AND WE ARE TRAVELING ALONG WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND AT A POINT IN TIME, THEY SEPARATED AND THIS FELL OFF -- FRANKLY THIS FELL OFF THE TRACT THAT THE LDC WITH THE PRIVATELY INITIATED. THIS MANUAL AMOUNT DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THOSE ISSUES THAT COUNCIL WANTED TO THE A ONE POINT IN TIME WANTED A DISCUSSION ON. MISS MALONE CAN TALK TO IT. BUT NO NEED NECESSARILY -- SHE CAN GO SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE CHANGES ARE. THEY ARE IN YOUR BACK-UP MATERIAL NOTATED AND HIGH HIGHLIGHTED. BUT IN TERMS OF THE NTINTY OF DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL'S POLICY DECISION RELATED TO THE PRIVATELY INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENTS RELATED TO YOUR TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WE CAN SCHEDULE SOMETHING AND GIVE IT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD. BECAUSE THIS IS ON AGENDA NOW, I WANT TO BRING IT TO COUNCIL'S ATTENTION SO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE VOTING ON TODAY AND TO BE AWARE IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE. AT ONE POINT IT DID, AND DANNY COLLINS HAS BEEN DOING RESEARCH BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF ON THE ISSUE WHAT OTHER JURORS DINKS WERE DOING. TEY HAVE A REPORT IF COUNCIL WANTS TO GO FORWARD. BUT I WANTED THAT TO BE AT LEAST ON YOUR RADAR TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION. THANK YOU, MISS MALONE, DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING. >>JENNIFER MALONE: NO, THANK YOU MARTY. THIS UPDATE THAT IS BEFORE YOU TODAY IS LARGELY INITIATED BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES IN HOUSE BILL 487 THAT INCREASED THE THRESHOLD OF SMALL SCALE AMENDMENTS FROM TEN ACRES TO 50 ACRES. THAT NEEDED TO BE UPDATED IN THE MANUAL. AND WE TOOK CARE OF SOME NOTICING. SOME OF THE ADVERTISING PROCEDURES AS WELL AT THE SAME TIME. SO THAT IS A YES THIS IS BEFORE YOU. I WOULD ALSO JUST MENTION THIS IS BEFORE YOU -- MANUAL WENT THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE LAST YEAR IN FEBRUARY OF 2020. AND IT WAS APPROVED BY THIS COUNCIL AS WELL. IT WAS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON SEPTEMBER 14, AND IT IS ALSO GOING TO BE HEARD BY THE TEMPLE TERRACE AND PLANT CITY. EACH JURISDICTION NEEDS TO APPROVE THIS. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUES QUESTIONS GENTLEMEN? ANY QUESTIONS? ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO MOVE THE ITEM. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SO MOVED. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, IF IT IS COUNCIL'S PLEASURE, I WILL RERAISE ISSUE IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO GIVE DIRECTION OR NO DIRECTION DOWN THE ROAD MR. VIERA, 51-56. >>LUIS VIERA: I MOVE ITEMS 5 1-56. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ITEM NUMBER 57 YOU CAN RECOGNIZED MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: SORRY TO INTERRUPT. ITEMS 57 AND 58 AND NUMBER 60 ARE TO -- AS A RESULT OF YOUR MEETING THIS PAST MONDAY TO GIVE DIRECTIONS TO MOVE THESE TWO-TO-AN AFTERNOON MEETING AT 1:30 WITH REGARD TO ITEM 59 PREVIOUSLY MOVED FROM THE AGENDA THAT WE CAN MOVE THESE AS ONE MOTION, 57, 58 AND 60 SETTING THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANNOUNCE THEM. THEY WILL BE NOTICED. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: DIFFERENT DATES BETWEEN 57, 58 AND 60. JANUARY 13, 2022 AT 1:30. AND FEBRUARY 3, 2022 AT 1:30. >>MARTIN SHELBY: KEEPING TO COUNCIL'S DIRECTION TO ONLY SCHEDULE TWO. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOVING ITEMS. PLANNED DINGFELDER MOVED AND MR. MANISCALCO SECONDED IT. THAT'S CORRECT? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MIRANDA MOVED IT AND SECOND MANISCALCO. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MANISCALCO SCOND. ROLL CALL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>CLERK: VIERA. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH VIERA ABSENT AT VOTE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: 70-71. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: UNTIL NOVEMBER 8. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I REALLY WANTED TO MOVE 8 UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON AND PROBABLY WILL BE LONG. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IT IS GOING TO BE LONG. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL, JUST A REMINDER YOU HAVE TWO REVIEW HEARINGS SET FOR THIS MORNINGS AND YOU HAVE ONE, IN PARTICULAR, SET FOR THIS AFTERNOON AT 1:30 P.M. >>ORLANDO GUDES: HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE HAVE WAITING FOR 8. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS WAITING FOR 8. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: PEOPLE ARE LISTENING AND WATCHING AND WE SAID WE WOULD DO THE CONSENT AGENDA AND GO BACK TO 8. I THOUGHT THAT IS WHAT I HEARD. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I DON'T WANT US TO GO BACK AND FORTH LET'S DO 8. ANY QUESTIONS ON 8? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NUMBER 8? >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS FOR ITEM NUMBER 8. HERE COMES VIK. HERE WE GO. >>VIK BHIDE: GOOD MORNING, CHAIR. GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. THIS IS REGARDING ITEM NUMBER 8 , REQUESTED MODIFICATION TO THE EXISTING SIDEWALK CODE FOR CHAPTER 22, STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, SPECIFICALLY SECTION 22-103. AS SUBMITTED, THE REQUESTED CODE REFLECTS THE REQUEST MADE BY COUNCIL. THE ORIGINAL REQUEST OR THE ORIGINAL INFORMATION WAS SUBMITTED EXTERNALLY BY W WALK-BIKE TAMPA. IT WAS THEN REVIEWED BY COU COUNCIL. AND OUR ROLE AS ADVISORS TO COUNCIL. WE REVIEWED THIS. WE HELD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH MANY STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING THE BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, WALK-BIKE TAMPA. WE HAVE LISTENED TO A LOT OF THEIR SUGGESTIONS AND RECOENDATI. AND PARTNERED WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND ON THAT BASIS, WE ARE PRESENTING THIS CODE CHANGE FOR FIRST HEARING. I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS REGARDING THIS CODE CHANGE. ONE, THAT WE BELIEVED AS PROPOSED THAT WILL CORRECTLY ALLOW US TO PRIORITIZE SIDEWALKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY IN A BETTER WAY. IT WILL SIMPLIFY THE CURRE GOAL BY ELIMINATES LOOPHOLES OR EXCEPTIONS TO BUILDING OR PAYING INTO THE SIDEWALK TRUST FUND FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS. PARTICULARLY SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. FOR ONE OR TWO HOMES OR ALSO COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES. FINALLY, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A COUPLE OF CLARIFICATIONS ON ITEMS DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY REGARDING MAJOR RENOVATION. THIS LANGUAGE EXISTS IN THE CURRENT CODE AS WELL. AND IT DOES SPEAK TO MAJOR RENOVATIONS AS DEFINED IN CHAPTER 27, WHICH IS OVER 50% OF THE HOUSE VALUE. THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE DO NOT AS PART OF THIS CODE REQUIRE REMOVAL OF INSTALLATION OR POLES OR DITCHES WHERE A SIDEWALK IS NOT PRACTICAL. WE ARE SIMPLY ASKING THAT IF PERSONS ARE BUILDING A NEW HOME OR DOING A MAJOR RENOVATION, THAT THEY EITHER CONTRIBUTE TO THE SIDEWALK TRUST FUND OR IF THEY FIND IT CHEAPER TO DO SO, GO AHEAD AND BUILD THE SID SIDEWALK. WITH THAT, WE WILL OPEN UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS UNLESS LEGAL HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER HAD HIS HAND FIRST AND THEN MR. MANISCALCO. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, VIK. I THINK YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS. PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE RENOVATIONS AND TRYING TO MISLEAD THE PUBLIC IF I AM GOING TO THROW PAINT ON THE HOUSE OR DO SOME OTHER MINOR RENOVATIONS, I GOT TO BUILD A WHOLE NEW SIDEWALK. AND THAT IS NOT THE CASE. I JUST READ CHAPTER 27 DEFINITION OF MAYOR RENOVATIONS AND AS YOU SAID 50% OF ASSESSED VALUE OF THE HOME FOR THE ADDITIONAL RENOVATION. AND WE KNOW THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT RENOVATION. A SIGNIFICANT RENOVATION. A HOUSE THAT IS VALUED 3 M $300,000 $400,000 $500,000. A BIG RENOVATION. NOT A SMALL SIDEWALK. AND 50-FOOT LOT WHETHER IT IS $40 LINEAR FOOT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT WITHOUT THE DRIVEWAY, TALKING ABOUT $1200. IF IT IS 75 A LINEAR FOOT AND HAVE NO DRIVEWAY, PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT $ $2800. OR $3500. BUT ANYWAY, THE BOTTOM LINE IS IT IS NOT PROHIBITED. THESE DAYS A LOT OF E NE HOMES BEING CONSTRUCTED IN SOUTH TAMPA ARE MILLION DOLLARS. I DID THE MATH JUST LIKE CHARLIE ALWAYS DOES THE MATH. I DID THE MATH AND $2,000 SIDEWALK IS .2% OF A MILLION DOLLAR HOME CONSTRUCTION. .2%. NOT EVEN 1%. IT IS A FIFTH OF ONE PERCENT. YOU KNOW, OKAY IF YOU HAVE HOMES IN OTHER PARTS OF TOWN THAT ARE NEW HOMES, MAYBE A $400,000 HOME. EVEN SO LESS THAN 1% OF THE $400,000 HOME AND IF IT IS TRULY AN AFFORDABLE HOME, WE HAVE AN EXCEPTION FOR THAT, RIGHT VIK? >>VIK BHIDE: YES, SIR. THAT IS CORRECT. AFFORDABLE HOMES WHERE AFFORDABILITY IS DEFINED BY FLORIDA STATUTES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WE HAVE BEEN VERY CAREFUL ON THIS. LONG OVERDUE. TEN YEARS AGO CERTAIN PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN CAME TO CITY COUNCIL AND SLID IT THROUGH VERY QUICKLY WITHOUT COUNCIL REALLY KNOWING WHAT THEY WERE DOING. AND THEY -- THEY CREATE A BIG LOOPHOLE. THE SIDEWALK STOMPERS AND JANET AND EMILY AND THOSE FOLKS WENT OUT AND THEY DID THE RESEARCH THAT THE CITY SHOULD HAVE DONE AND CONCLUDED THAT WE PROBABLY LOST SOMEWHERE BETWEEN HALF MILLION TO $1 MILLION A YEAR DURING THAT TEN-YEAR PERIOD OF HOMES THAT WERE CONSTRUCTED WITHOUT SIDEWALKS AND WITHOUT CONTRIBUTING INTO THE IN LIEU FEE. ALL OF THIS IS LONG OVERDUE. IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. THE MAYOR IS ON BOARD WITH IT. STAFF IS ON BOARD WITH IT. AND I HOPE COUNCIL IS ON BOARD WITHT. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER BROUGHT UP WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK. WHAT A HOME RENOVATION OR MAJOR RENOVATION, 50% PLUS OF THAT ASSESSED HOME VALUE AND COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER WENT OVER THOSE DETAILS HOME PRICES, NEW CONSTRUCTION PRICES, ESPECIALLY IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY THAT ARE MILLION DOLLARS OR CLOSE TO IT AND WHO NOT. WHEN I AM OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND I AM SURE OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS HEAR THE SAME THING, ONE OF THE FIRST THING I GET ARE FILL THE POTHOLES, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO PAVE THE STREET AND WHENHERE YOU GOING TO BUILD THE SIDEWALKS. I SEE IN MANY PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY THE LACK OF SIDE SIDEWALKS. YOU MENTION DITCHES AND WHAT NOT. WE TALK OF WEST TAMPA DITCHES AND DITCHES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BUT WE ARE WAY BEHIND. WE ARE ONE OF THE DEADLIEST IF NOTED DEADLIEST IN THE COUNTRY. WE EMBRACE VISION ZERO, BUT DON'T PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS. WE ARE IN THIS CASE BECAUSE WE ARE ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTING TO PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, SAFETY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IN WHEELCHAIRS, PEOPLE ON BICYCLES, WHATEVER IT IS. THERE IS A CRITICISMF, WELL, YOU ARE BUILDING A SIDEWALK HERE AND THERE AND IT IS NOT COMPLETE. WE HAVE NEGLECTED IN FOREVER. IF HE HAVE NOT NEGLECT THIS FROM THE BEGINNIG AND BUILD THE SIDEWALKS, WE WOULD HAVE A COMPLETE GRID SYSTEM. NOW PLAYING CATCH-UP. THIS IS THE RIGHT THINGS TO DO. THE MAYOR IS ON BOARD WITH T THIS. THE STAFF IS ON BOARD WITH IT. I HOPE COUNCIL ARE ON BOARD WITH IT. WE NEED TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE. PEOPLE WANT TO WALK AND PLACES WITH NO SIDEWALKS. WHETHER KIDS WALKING TO SCHOOL OR THE ELDERLY WALKING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR SOMEBODY IN THE WHEELCHAIR, MOTORIZED OR NOT. I SEE THESE PEOPLE ALL THE T TIME. WE HAVE A VERY, VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. IT IS NOT A LOT OF MONEY. I TALKED TO -- TO REALTORS OR -- PEOPLE IN THE HOME BUILDING BUSINESS. AND THEY ALL SAY, I NEVER MADE THIS MUCH MONEY. I HEARD IT YESTERDAY. I HAD THE BEST LAST FEW YEARS. THE HOUSING MARKET IS RIDICULOUS. THE HOUSE IS HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING AND OFFERING 10,000, $20,000, $30,000 CASH OVER THAT TO GET THAT HOUSE AND HAPPENED IN MANY INSTANCES. WHAT A FEW THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO BUILD THE SIDEWALKS. I AM HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. VIERA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I AGREE WITH WHAT IS BEING SAID. I SUPPORT THIS. THING IS REASONABLE MEASURE THAT WE CAN DO TO DO THINGS THAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE DOING OR CAUSING TO BE DONE. WHENEVER IT COMES IT SIDEWALKS, OUT CITY OF TAMPA BUDGET FOR SIDEWALKS $850,000, I BELIEVE IT IS, WHICH IS REMARKABLY LOW. REMARKABLY LOW. WE WERE GOING TO GET FOUR OR TIMES TIMES HIGR IN TRANSPORTATION. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS OFF THE TABLE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HELPS -- DOSN'T HELP US GET TO WHERE WE SHOULD BE, 110%. BUT IT IS A USEFUL AND REASONABLE TOOL TO HELP US TO ULTIMATELY GET THERE. AND MIND YOU, UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES FROM THIS, WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES. FOR ME, FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN, THIS IS A VERY REASONABLE TOOL THAT IS USED TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD NEED. I ALWAYS REMEMBER CONVERSATIONS A FRIEND TO A LOT OF US, MARIO CAVATO WHO ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT WHEN IN THE WORLD DO I GET SIDEWALKS IN WEST TAMPA. -- WEST TAMPA. WHEN IS IT GOING TO HAPPEN? AND A LOT OF PARTS OF THE CITY ARE ASKING THAT AND I KNOW A LOT OF COUNCILMEMBERS -- VIRTUALLY EVERYBODY IS ALWAYS DOING WORK ON SIDEWALKS, ETC. I KNOW COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, COUNCILMAN CITRO TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT ISSUE VERY EARLY. FOR THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR, I WANTED TO THANK COUNCILMAN ORDINANCE., BECAUSE THIS IS AN WHEN YOU WORK ON AN ORDINANCE AND PUT IT TOGETHER AND GO TO STAFF GOING, HEY, FOLKS, I GOT AN IDEA. LET'S -- LET'S MAKE IT INTO AN ORDINANCE. THAT IS NOT EASY. TAKES A LOT OF WORK AND TAKES A LOT OF WORK FROM YOUR OFFICE AND TAKES A LOT OF WORK FOR YOU AND WORKING WITH STAFF AND ETC. I AM A REALLY BIG PROPONENT OF GIVING CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE AS IT RELAIINGTS TOO CITY -- RELATES TO CITY COUNCIL AND WHATNOT AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER ON THIS COMING UP WITH ISSUES WHERE YOU ARE DEALING WITH A LOT OF SIDES AND TRYING TO BROKER A COMPROMISE AND ULTIMATELY TRY TO MEDIATE THINGS AND YOU GO, HEY, LISTEN, WE MAYBE WILL NOT MEET WHERE WE WANT TO BE ON THIS AND THAT TAKES A LOT OF WORK. SO I WANTED TO SALUTE THAT. BUT, AGAIN, I WILL BE GLAD TO SUPPORT THIS. I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS I THANK THE MAYOR FOR HER SUPPORT OF THIS. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. THANK YOU. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, MR. CHAIRMAN. THIS I ANOTHER ORDINANCE WHEN I RAN FOR OFFICE LAST TIME, SOMEONE SPOKE THAT I VOTED AGAINST AND THEY WERE RIGHT ON THE FIRST PART OF IT. AND THAT REMINDS ME OF THE PLAN OF TRANSPORTATION THAT WE STARTED GIVING THE CAMERA, THE TICKET OUT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL REMEMBER THAT. THOSE FUNDS WERE -- I VOTED AGAINST IT BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO REPAIR AND HELP THE INTERSECTIONS AT WHICH THE TICKETS WERE GIVEN AT. IN OTHER WORDS MONEY WAS GIVEN AND IT WAS GOING TO THE GENERAL FUND. AND GUESS WHAT HAPPENED IN THE SECOND GO AROUND. THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AGREEDITH ME AND WE GOT 25%, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THAT MONEY NOW. ANYTHING THAT WE DID FROM THE COMPANY, THE ADMINISTRATION, WHOEVER IS MAYOR IS AT THAT TIME, SHOULD PUT TWENTY -- AND I ADOPT KNOW IF YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS, VIK OR NOT, IS THE MONEY GOING INTO THE TRANSPORTATION FUND FOR THAT INTERSECTION TO BE BROUGHT UP TO STANDARDS? I DON'T KNOW. AND THAT'S A QUESTION FOR ANOTHER DAY. BUT MIRRORING BACK AN ORDINANCE WITH THIS OINANCE. SO WE HAVE A PLAN. WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO START AT HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET OUT OF THE SITUATION? THE ADMINISTRATION HAS ALREADY ADMITTED THAT IN THE SIDEWALK FUND THEY USED THAT MONEY FOR SIDEWALK REPAIR. THAT WAS NOT PART OF THE DEAL. SO THEY OWE THAT MONEY BACK TO THE SIDEWALK FUND. I'M GOING WITH YOU GUYS NOW. ADMINISTRATION ALSO -- PAST AND THIS ADMINISTRATION IN THE FUTURE, THERE'S ALSO A TREE FUND. DO WE REALLY KNOW HOW MANY TREES ARE BEING PLANTED, WHERE THE MONEY GOES? NO. SO LATER ON I WILL MAKE THOSE SAME. SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS SEE WHAT'S THE PLAN, NO ONE EXPLAINED TO US, A, WHERE THE SIDEWALKS ARE AT TO BE BUILT. B, WHETHER THEY NEED REPAIR. C CONNECTIVITY. AND MY AIDE, AND I HOPE SHE'S GOING TO SHOW JUST SOME OF THE THINGS HERE, AND ONE 15 MINUTE, A BLOCK AWAY FROM MY HOUSE, I TOOK THESE PICTURES YESTERDAY ON THE WAY TO CITY HALL AND HERE IS WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT. THERE'S A SEWALN MACDILL AND WOODLAWN. WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT? IT LOOKS NICE, RIGHT? THERE'S ONLY ONE PROBLEM. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY PAID THAT INDIVIDUAL TO PUT THE SIDEWALK ON HIS PROPERTY. THE POLES WOULD TELL YOU WHERE THE PROPERTY LINE IS. THE NEXT ONE. I LIKE THAT ONE. YOU ARE GOING DOWN -- THIS IS A BLOCK FROM MY HOUSE. I CAN SHOW YOU TENS OF THOUSANDS OF THESE. WHAT'SGOING TO HAPPEN THERE? DOES IT ADDRESS THAT? I DON'T KNOW. YOU SEE WHERE THE GRASS IS AT DO? ABOUT 8 TO 10 INCHES DEEP. SOMEBODY IS GOING TO FALL AND BREAK A LEG. NEXT ONE, PLEASE. HOW ABOUT THAT ONE? THAT'S NICE. YOU CAN WALK UP TO THE SIDEWALK AND HIT A POLE. NEXT ONE, PLEASE. THAT'S ALL WOODLAWN. THIS IS 8, 9 INCHES DOWN AS YOU ARE TRYING TO WORK AND AN ELDERLY PERSON OR A YOUNG PERSON, YOU MAY TRIP AND BREAK AN ARM OR LEG. HOW ABOUT THAT ONE? THAT'S NICE. SO THAT'S THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF WHAT I AM LOOKING AT BECAUSE I SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING. THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL ONE. I GUESS PEOPLE DON'T LIKE FOR US TO FIX SIDEWALKS. NEXT ONE, PLEASE. NEXT ONE. LET ME HAVE ANOTHER ONE, PLEASE. I'M RUNNING OUT OF SALIVA. THIS ONE HERE IS ADJACENT TO THAT PROPERTY WHERE THERE IS NO SIDEWALK. LET ME GO BACK. IS IT GOING TO TAKE THREE YEARS, FIVE YEARS, 50 YEARS, OR 100 YEARS OR 500 YEARS TO CONNECT THAT SIDEWALK ALL THE WAY DOWN? THIS IS ABOUT THROW BLOCKS FROM THE FOOTBALL STADIUM. THIS IS A SIDEWALK THAT A TREE THAT IS IN THE PROPERTY OF THE PROPERTY OWNER IS CAUSING THAT DAMAGE ON THE SIDEWALK OF CITY PROPERTY. HOW DO YOU RESOLVE THAT PROBLEM? WHO WAS THERE FIRST, THE TREE OR THE SIDEWALK? I WOULD SAY THE TREE. THERE'S FOUR INCS ALL MEET THE CRITERIA. SO IF WE HAVEN'T ADDRESSED THESE THINGS, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS THIS COUNCIL PUT EVERYTHING IN ORDER, NOT JUST BLANKET WHERE YOU HAVE MORE PROBLEMS LATER ON WHEN THEY THING IS BACK. THE LOOPHOLES AND I WANT AN AUDIT OF THE PEOPLE WHO SAY THAT THERE'S A MILLION AND MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS THAT WE LOST, I WANT TO FIND OUT WHO THEY ARE SO I CAN PERSONALLY FILE A LAWSUIT AGAINST THEM IF THEY VIOLATED THE CODE, OR IF IT'S NOT PERMITTED WHERE THEY GET A PASS. I DON'T LIK TO THROW THE DARTS UNLESS THERE'S A DART BOARD THAT I AM TRYING TO HIT. I DON'T THROW DARTS INTO AN ALLEY IN THE DARK. SO I WANT TO SEE EVERYTHING BROUGHT INTO ONE. I WANT TO SEE THIS DONE RIGHT AND IT'S NOT BEING DONE RIGHT. WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN. YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHERE THE SIDEWALKS ARE GOING. YOU CAN'T SAY THAT THERE'S A DITCH THERE. AND I DON'T CARE WHO YOU ARE, YOU HAVE YOU STILL PAY TO SOMEBODY ELSE TO HAVE A SIDEWALK. THAT TO ME IS NOT THE WAY THE DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM WORKS. SO YOU TALK ABOUT PEOPLE IN AFFORDABLE HOUSE BEING, YOU TALK ABOUT PEOPLE WITH 50% OF THE HOUSING, THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE VALUATION OF THE HOUSE IS NOT WHAT THEY WANT TO SELL THE HOUSE FOR. THAT'S NOT THE VALUE OF THE HOUSE. WHAT THEY ARE BEING FAXED INFORM AND THE 60, 70% OF THEM ARE, AND IT'S ABOUT WEST TAMPA, IT'S ABOUT NORTH OF HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE, IT'S IN DREW PARK. >>LUIS VIERA: AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SOUTH TAMPA, YOU LOOK AT PORT TAMPA, AND A SEMI COULD GO IN. THE SAME THING IN DRAW PARK. THERE'S A DITCH ON DITHER. THERE'S CEMENT ALL THE WAY AROUND IT. SO IT'S ABOUT 107-FOOT WE BY 10-FOOT DEEP AND WE STILL HAVEN'T ADDRESSED OTHER PROBLEMS BUT WE ARE GOING TO PASS AN ORDINANCE THAT SAYS WE ARE GOING TO FIX IT LATER. YOU BETTER FIX IT BEFORE IT DOES. AND I'M DEAD SERIOUS ABOUT WHAT I SAID. HE WANT TO SEE AN INFORMATION REPORT ON THE MILLION AND MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS WHERE THEY ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE LAW OR WHERE THE LAW GIVES THEM A PASS BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS WHEN THEY BUILT IT. AND VIK, YOU AND I LOOKED AT THOSE FIGURES YESTERDAY AND I'M STILL IN AWE OF WHAT HAPPENED WITH IT. IN YOUR VIEW -- AND I AM NOT GOING TO ASK YOU THAT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO P YOU ON THE SPOT -- BUT WE HAVE GOT TO UNDERSTAND WHO IS THE DEVELOPMENT, WERE THEY GIVEN WITHIN THE LAW, OR DID THEY VIOLATE THE LAW? THAT'S ALL I AM ASKING. WE CAN HOLD THIS FOR 30 DAYS. IT AIN'T GOING TO CHANGE THE DIFFERENCE. BUT WE HAVE GOT TO STOP PUTTING SIDEWALKS MONEY INTO REPAIRS. THERE'S ANOTHER REPAIR JOB AT 1729 THAT I TOOK PICTURES OF YESTERDAY. THERE IS A TREE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S PROPERTY, AND GUESS WHERE THE PROPERTY LINE IS AT. RIGHT EVEN WITH THE TELEPHONE. THERE'S THE TREE. IS IT ON THE CITY SIDE OR HIS SIDE? IT'S ON 50-50. SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THAT TREE? CUT ONLY HALF OF IT, IF YOU WANT TO BUILD A SIDEWALK? HE WANTS TO BUILD A SIDEWALK ON THE DRIVEWAY AND I SAID WHEN I SPOKE TO HIM THIS MORNING ABOUT 8:30 IN THE MORNING HE SAID THERE WAS AN A TREE INSPECTOR SAID THE TREE IS IN LIVABLE CONDITION, IT DOES NOT NEED TO BE TAKEN DOWN. NOW, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PUT A SIDEWALK THERE? ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE THE TREE DOWN? WEST POWTON.OU THE ADDRESS, 1729 I WAS THERE YESTERDAY CHECKING THE TREE OUT AND I COMPLAINED. SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THAT ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER? HOW ARE YOU GOING TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM? >>ORLANDO GUDES: I AM GOING TO LET VIK RESPOND TO SOME OF IT, AND THOSE CONCERNS WITH THIS ORDINANCE. VIK, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>VIK BHIDE: THANK YOU, CHAIR. COUNCILMAN, I HEARD THREE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE PRIORITY ON. ONE IS, WHAT IS OUR PLAN? THE OTHER IS, WHY ARE WE INTRODUCING OR MAKING THESE CHANGES WHEN WE HAVE SIDEWALK CHALLENGES IN OUR STREETS ALREADY? AND THEN THE THIRD IS ABOUT REPAIRS, WHICH I MIGHT LOOK TO LEGAL TO HELP US OUT WITH. BUT LET'S START WITH WHAT THE PLAN IS. SO AS WE DISCUSSED YESTERDAY AS WELL, WE HAVE MAPPED OUT OUR NEEDS. AND OUR OVERALL NEEDS FOR SIDEWALKS, TO HAVE SIDEWALK ON EITHER SIDE OF EVERY STREET IN IF, IS 1300 MILES. NOW, THAT 1300 MAILS IN CURRENT FUNDING LEVELS WILL TAKE A VERY LONG TIME. ABSOLUTELY. BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY WAY OR THE ONLY SOURCE THAT WE ARE DEBATING ON IN BIC WALK FORWARD. THIS IS AN EXISTING GOAL. IT ISN'T A NEW GOAL. WE ARE JUST REMOVING LOOPHOLES. THERE'S ONE PART OF THAT. THE OTHER PART, COUNCILMAN, THAT YOU MENTIONED WAS LOOKING AT OTHERS. IN ADDITION, BY NO MEANS IS THIS ONE MECHANISM TO SOLVE ALL OF OUR SIDEWALK PROBLEMS. NOW, SIDEWALK CHALLENGES, THE PICTURE THAT YOU SHOWED US, I COMPLETELY AGREE THAT WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF CHALLENGES. ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES IS OAK TREES THAT POP UP SIDEWALKS AND DAMAGE THESE SIDEWALKS, BUT THAT ISN'T A REASON NOT TO BUILD SIDEWALKS IT THIS FIRST PLACE. THEY CAN BE REBUILT. AND WE CAN LOOK AT AND ARE LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT WILL PROVIDE A COMBINATION OF SHADE BUT LIMIT TREE ROOT DAMAGE AND WHAT OTHER MEASURES EXIST. SO I COMPLETELY CONCUR, WE HAVE SIDEWALK CHALLENGES, AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE REASONS WE ARE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND THEN FINALLY, AS FAR AS THE REPAIRS GO, AND WE USE TO BUILD NEW SIDEWALKS AND REPAIR NEW SIDEWALKS, OFTENTIMES THAT REPAIR LITERALLY MEANS REMOVING A PANEL AND PUTTING IN NEW SIDEWALKS. AND SO WE HAVE PUT THIS TOGETHER IN A PLATFORM MANNER, AND THE GOAL OF THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE, OR THE MAINTENANCE ORDINANCE, IS SIMPLICITY. IT IS PURELY SIMPLICITY SO THAT WE CAN TRACK BETTER. AND FINALLY, YOU MENTIONED SOME NUMBERS THAT WERE PROPOSED BY EXTERNAL GROUPS THAT INITIATED TO POINT DO WE OWN THAT ANALYSIS OR THAT DATA. AGAIN, WE DO NOT FEEL PROPOSING THESE CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE PRECLUDE ANY OTHER CONDITIONS THAT EXIST OUT THERE OR ANY KIND OF HISTORICAL DEPLOYMENT OF SIDEWALKS OR NOT. WE JUST FEEL THIS IS A GOOD POLICY, IT IS EQUITABLE, AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST BENEFICIARIES OF THIS ORDINANCE ARE GOING TO B PEOPLE IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF DIVERSITY, LOW INCOME, AND NOT AS MUCH DEVELOPMENT AS ELSEWHERE IN TAMPA. BUT THIS IS ABOUT EQUITY AND GETTING THE PROSPERITY ACROSS THE BOARD. THIS IS ALSO ABOUT OUR ABILITY AS PRACTITIONERS AND ENGINEERS TO PRIORITIZE OUR NEEDS. SIDEWALK TRUST FUND OR IN LIEU FEE, WHEN SIDEWALK BUILDING IS NOT ACTICABLE OR CONTRACTOR OPTS OUT OF IT. SO AGAIN, OUR PLAN IS SIMPLIFYING THE ORDINANCE FOR A BETTER OUTCOME WHICH WE WILL REPORT ANNUALLY. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I MAY, AND THEN I WILL FINISH. VIK, BY YOUR STATEMENT THERE, VIK, I KNOW YOU SPOKE IN GENERAL TERMS, THE 2300 THAT'S GOT THE TREE ALREADY THERE AND THE SIDEWALK THAT THE PICTURE WAS SHOWN, I GUESS THAT'S GOING TO BE FIXED. BY THE CITY. >>VIK BHIDE: PRIORITIZE AND -- >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THE TREE WILL STILL BE THERE AND THE SIDEWALK WILL STILL BE BROKEN. THEN THE ONE AT 1729, THE ONE WITH THE TREES IN THE MIDDLE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO SOLVE THAT ONE? YOU HAVE SPOKE IN GENERAL TERMS. AGAIN, THE MILLION TO MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS THAT WAS SAID, THAT'S IN ESSENCE STOLEN, AND THEN THE OTHER SIDE SAID IT WASN'T, WE ARE JUST GOING TO LEAVE IT LIE? I WOULD LIKE TO INVESTIGATE BOTH SIDE, THE ONE THAT SAID A MILLION AND MILLION AND A HALF AND THE ONE THAT BROUGHT UP THE SUECT MATTER. I WOULD LIKE CLARITY. I DON'T LIKE -- I DON'T SPEAK IN GENERALITIES. I SPEAK VERY CLEARLY SO I CAN UNDERSTAND MYSELF. IT WAS ONE SIDE TO FIT A MILLION TO MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS THAT DISAPPEARED, STOLEN, AND THE OTHER SIDE IS SAYING HERE IS WHY. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN INVESTIGATION OF THOSE, AND IT WON'T TAKE LONG TO DO THAT BEFORE I VOTE. I AM NOT OPPOSED TO VOTING FOR THE ORDINANCE. I AM OPPOSED TO VOTING FOR THE ORDINANCE THE WAY IT IS, BECAUSE ALL ESE NERATIES ARE NOT CLEARED UP, AND IF I AM CONFUSED ON IT, SO IS THE PUBLIC. IF WE HAVE 1 TO 1.5 MILLION DISAPPEAR, THIS SIDE IS SAYING, YES, BECAUSE THE ORDINANCE SAID THAT, WE ARE MAKING CROOKS OUT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT CROOKS BY SAYING ON EITHER SIDE, AND I DON'T LIKE THAT. I LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN I OPEN MY MOUTH I HAVE FACTS TO PRESENT AND FACTS WHAT I SAID. I DON'T HAVE THOSE FACTS, I'M SORRY TO SAY THAT. THANK YOU VERYUCH. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SINCE I MENTIONED THE WORD MILLION DOLLARS, AND I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT AMOUNT, WHETHER IT'S A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR, IT'S STILL A LOT OF MONEY. AND I HAVE TALKED TO THE LADIES WHO CAME UP WITH THAT NUMBER. AND THE POINT WAS ITS NOT STOLEN. IT'S MONEY THAT'S THE LOOPHOLE. THE PEOPLE WHO BUILT THOSE HOMES WITHOUT THE SIDEWALKS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE LOOPHOLE, WHICH WAS THEIR LEGAL RIGHT TO DO THAT OKAY? THERE WERE TEN YEARS WHEN THOSE LOOPHOLES WERE BIG ENOUGH TO DRIVE A TRUCK THROUGH, AND THAT'S WHAT WAS ALLOWED, AND THAT'S WHAT WAS DONE. SO, THEREFORE, WHAT THEY DID WAS, THEY SAID, IF THE LOOPHOLE HADN'T BEEN THERE FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS THEN THIS IS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT COULD HAVE BEEN COLLECTED. SO I DON'T BELIEVE ANYBODY IS ASSERTING THAT IT WAS, YOU KNOW, YES, MAYBE PEOPLE USE THE TERM LOOSELY STOLEN OR THIS AND THAT. I WANT TO CLARIFY ON BEHALF OF ANYBODY WHO SAID THAT, THAT THAT'S NOT THE CASE. IT'S JUST MONEY THAT THE CITY COULD HAVE COLLECTED IF WE HAD CLOSED UP THE LOOPHOLE TEN YEARS AGO. IT'S WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE. IT'S ALL GONE, OKAY. BUT EFFECTIVE DAY, OR TWO WEEKS FROM NOW WHEN WE DO A SECOND READING ON THIS, THEN THAT LOOPHOLE WILL BE CLOSED AND WE WILL START EITHER COLLECTING THE MONEY OR PEOPLE WILL BUILD THE SIDEWALKS. AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO CLARIFY THAT. IF YOU WANT TO GO DEEPER INTO THAT MONEY ISSUE AND THAT SORT OF THING, THAT'S TOTALLY YOUR PREROGATIVE AND I WILL SUPPORT YOUR MOTION, BUT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ORDINANCE ITSELF. THE ORDINANCE STANDS ON ITS OWN MERITS. THE GENTLEMEN HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN TO IT AND I AM NOT GOING TO REPEAT IT. IT'S A GOOD ORDINANCE. IT'S A SOLID ORDINANCE. AND IT CLOSES THE LOOPHOLE THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR TEN YEARS. AND I THINK WE SHOULD DO IT TODAY AND WE SHOULDN'T DELAY IT. IF WE DELAY IT, THEN EVERYBODY WILL COME IN AND TAKE THEIR OWN POT SHOTS AND PRETTY SOON THE WHOLE THING FALLS DOWN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CITRO, MR. CARLSON. >>JOSEPH CITRO: I HATE TO SOUND LIKE A BEATLES SONG, I ME MINE, BUT I HAVE SPENT TIME WORKING WITH SIDEWALK STOMPERS. ELEMENTARY TO SEE FIRSTHAND THE PROBLEMS THAT CHILDREN FACE WALKING TO SCHOOLS, RIDING THEIR BIKES. I HAVE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND. HOWEVER, I AM GOING TO CRICKET MYSELF. COUNCILMAN MIRANDA HAS SOME VALID POINTS. ONE POINT IS, WE ARE A CITY THAT LOVES OUR TREES. THERE ARE TREES PLANTED IN THE CITY'S RIGHT-OF-WAY THAT THE CITY OWNS. WE NOW WANT TO COME ALONG AND PUT SIDEWALKS IN THOSE RIGHTS-OF-WAY. VIK, WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR THE REMOVAL OF THOSE TREES? IS THAT PARK AND RECREATION? >>VIK BHIDE: SO COUNCILMAN, I WOULDN'T ASSUME THAT TREES HAVE TO BE REMOVED TO REPLACE SIDEWALKS NECESSARILY. >>JOSEPH CITRO: NECESSARILY, AND VIK, I DON'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF BUT YOU ARE ASSUMING. THERE ARE GOING TO BE GND TREES IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY THAT CAN THESE SIDEWALKS BE PROPERLY BUILT IF THESE SIDEWALKS DON'T HAVE TO GO OFF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND INTO SOMEBODY'S YARD, THAT TREE IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE REMOVED. SO GO AHEAD. PROCEED. I DON'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF. >>VIK BHIDE: SO WE HAVE MANY GRAND TREES IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY THROUGHOUT THIS CITY. BUILDING SIDEWALKS AND REMOVING GRAND TREES ARE INHERENTLY UNCOMMON. WHERE POSSIBLE AND EVERY TIME POSSIBLE, WE TRY TO PRESERVE GRAND TREES. THIS IS ALSO PART OF THE QUOTE. WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE, AND I KEEP GOING BACK TO THE PRIORITIES, AND THERE'S A PLAN TO COUNCILMAN MIRANDA'S POINT IN THE WORKS, AND OUR PRIORITIES BEGIN WITH SCHOOLS, IN THE VICINITY OF SCHOOLS. ALSO, ADA, MAJOR CORRIDORS, AND SO AS WE SET PRIORITIES WITH THE CHALLENGES, WITH OR WITHOUT THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE, EVEN WITH THE ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY, EACH CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY REMAINING, BUT THESE ARE CHALLENGES THAT WE DO FACE, AND THEY ARE REAL, AND WE DEAL WITH THEM ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS. >>JOSEPH CITRO: AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO YOU, VIK, WHEN I WENT TO ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY, EVERY PROPERTY THAT DID NOT HAVE A SIDEWALK GOING TO THAT SCHOOL HAD A TREE IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. NOW, THAT BRINGS ME TO ANOTHER POINT. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FRONTAL WHETHER IT BE 50, 60, 100. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT COMES TO A CORNER LOT THAT NOT ONLY HAS A 50, 60, 100-FOOT BUT THEY ALSO HAVE A 100-FOOT SIDE? NOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT AREAS FOR SIDEWALKS. COUNCILMAN MEMBERS, I WANTO SEE THIS ORDINANCE PASSED, BUT THERE ARE STILL A FEW QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE RESOLVED. THANK YOU, VIK. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY I TALKED TO A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, RECEIVED HUNDREDS OF E-MAILS ABOUT IT. THE FIRST CONVERSATION I HAD WITH EMILY HENCEDALE FROM SIDEWALKS, MAYBE THREE YEARS AGO ABOUT IT AND THE PROBLEMS THAT VIK JUST MENTIONED WERE REAL PROBLEMS WITH KIDS AND FAMILIES AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND OTHERS, TAKING RISKS EVERY DAY, BECAUSE THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH SIDEWALKS. THIS PROGRAM IS NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE SIDEWALK PROBLEM. IT'S A LITTLE PART OF THE FIX. THE BIGGER ISSUE IS WE HAVE GOT TO PUT MORE BUDGET INTO SIDEWALKS. WE HAVE GOT TO BE MORE SERIOUS ABOUT IT AND WE HAVE GOT TO PUT MORE MONEY INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. FOR TOO LONG, DOWNTOWN AND OTHER AREAS GOT ALL THE MONEY. I'M SURE WE PUT MONEY INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND PARTICULARLY THE SIDEWALKS. THIS IS A SMALL FIX, BUT I AM IN FAVOR OF IT. WE HAVE HAD AT LEAST TWO YEARS. EVEN THOH THE MOTION WAS MADE MAYBE A YEAR AGO WE HAD AT LEAST TWO YEARS TO DISCUSS THIS, IT'S HAD PLENTY OF TIME, ALL THE PARTIES HAVE HAD TIME. I SAY WE GO FORWARD NOW. THE LAST THING, THOUGH, IT DOESN'T MEAN IN THE FUTURE WE CAN'T MODIFY SOMETHING. ONE OPTION I WAS THINKING ABOUT OVERNIGHT WAS THE INDUSTRY SAID THAT THEY CAN BUILD THINGS CHEAPER THAN THE CITY, AND I KNOW SOMETIMES THE CITY WILL CONTRACT WITH BUILDERS. I WONDER NOT FOR TODAY BUT IN THE FUTURE, IS THERE SOME WAY IF THE BUILDERS CAN BUILD SIDEWALKS AT A CHEAPER COST, IS THERE SOME WAY THAT IN LIEU OF COULD ALSO BE BUILDING SIDEWALKS IN LIEU OF, MAYBE INSTEAD OF WHAT A DISCOUNTED RATE WOULD HAVE COVERED, MAYBE IT'S SLIGHTLY MORE SO WE GET MORE SIDEWALKS FOR OUR MONEY THAN A HIGHER RATE IF WE MADE THEM PAY IT. BUT THERE ARE LOTS OF IDEAS THAT WE CAN ADD IN AND I HOPE WE ENCOURAGE AND CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION SO WE CAN MAKE IT FAIR TO EVERYBODY AND ALSO TRY TO FIX THE SIDEWALK PROBLEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. >> READ THE ORDINANCE? >>ORLANDO GUDES: IT'S SOMETHING YOU HEAR ABOUT EVERY DAY, TAMPA STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. AND I HEARD MS. McCRAY TALKING ABOUT HER STREET. BUT THE QUESTION I HAVE, I DON'T SEE A PLAN. I DON'T SEE A PLAN IN PLACE FOR SOME OF THE CHALLENGES. THAT'S NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, IF THE BUILDER OPTS OUT TO PAY IN LIEU, WHO IS GOING BACK TO MAKE SURE HE OR SHE IS PAID? WHO IS HANDLING THAT TO KNOW THAT'S BEING DONE? I MEAN, MY THING IS IF YOU ARE GOING TO PAY, YOU SHOULD PAY UP FRONT, WE SHOULD BE VALIDATING THAT MONEY IS GOING TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE GOING AND YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE THE TEN YEAR OPT OUT UNTIL YOU PAY IT. SO I AM JUST CURIOUS. I'M JUST WONDERING HOW DOES THAT WORK? >>ABBYE FEELEY: DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT. WITH THIS MODIFICATION THROUGH THE CODE, THERE IS ACCOMPANYING THAT A NEW FORM THAT IS BEING SUBMITTED INTO THE SYSTEM WITH ANY BUILDING PERMITS, IT WILL BE IDENTIFYING WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE REQUESTING EXPENSES THAT REMAIN. IF THEY ARE REQUESTING THAT EXEMPTION, THAT FEE WILL THEN BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECORD AT THAT TIME. PLUS THAT THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE EXEMPTION. THAT FEE WILL THEN BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECORD AND WE WILL BE -- AND THAT IS WHAT VIK WAS ALLUDING TO EARLIER THAT WE WILL BE TRACKING THEM AND REPORTING THAT BACK TO YOU, WITH OVER 14,000 RESIDENTIAL PERMITS IN A GIVEN YEAR GOING BACK TO TRY TO FIND OUT BY HAND AND LOOKING AT THE PERMIT SITE PLAN, IT'S A BIT CUMBERSOME, BUT AS THIS ISSUE HAS EVOLVED AND WE HAVE COME TOGETHER TO CRDINE OTHE MATTER, THAT FORM IS ALREADY IN PLACE, AND ALSO THAT TRACKING MOVING FORWARD IS NOW IN PLACE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: OKAY. SO BACK TO MY POINT. >>ABBYE FEELEY: ALL FEES MUST BE PAID, THE PERMIT WOULDN'T BE BE ISSUED. >>ORLANDO GUDES: BECAUSE I OVERLOOKED THAT. I DIDN'T SEE THAT IN THE ORDINANCE. >>ABBYE FEELEY: THAT'S NOT IN THE ORDINANCE. THAT'S IN OUR OPERATIONS AS WE DO BUSINESS. ALL FEES PRIOR TO THE PERMIT BEING ISSUED, ALL FEE ARE PAID. SO THAT IN LIEU FEE WOULD HAVE TO BE PAID. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SHOULDN'T THAT BE IN THE ORDINANCE, THOUGH? >>ABBYE FEELEY: TYPICALLY IT'S NOT. I WOULD LET LEGAL SPEAK TO THAT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I DON'T WANT TO LOSE MONEY THIS TIME AROUND. I SEE THE ATTORNEY. BUT I DON'T WANT TO LOSE MONEY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE GOING TO GET OUR FAIR SHARE BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING WE LOSE A LOT OF LOT OF MONEY BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T PAY AND WE DON'T TRACK TO THE MAKE SURE THEY ARE PAYING. GOING TO PASS.KE IT'S PROBABLY I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE IN THE ORDINANCE SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET A PERMIT UNTIL YOU HAVE PAID INTO THIS FUND AND WE GET OUR MONEY. >>VIK BHIDE: CHAIR, IF I MAY, THE ORDINANCE DOES INCLUDE THAT WE WILL PRESENT ANNUALLY A REPORT ON ALL OF THE COLLECTIONS AND ALL OF THE DEPLOYMENTS THAT WERE DONE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. NOW, IF COUNSEL CHOOSE OR PREFER, WE CAN DO IT TWICE A YEAR AS WELL. I WOULD JUST AO LIKE THE CAVEAT THAT SOME OF THE FORM CHANGES THAT WE ARE WORKING ON WITH DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT, THOSE WILL BE ALLOWED SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS BY SUMMER NEXT YEAR. THOSE WILL BE READY TO GO WHERE WE WILL BE ABLE TO TRACK AND START REPORTING ON THEM. SO AT THE END OF NEXT YEAR WE WILL BE ABLE TO REPORT ON A SIX-MONTH BASIS AS NEEDED, BUT THERE IS BACKING, AND THAT IS -- TRACKING, AND THA IS PART OF THE ORDINANCE AS THE ANNUAL REPORT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I UNDERSTAND THE ANNUAL REPORT. I'M SAYING, AS ALWAYS, WHO IS WATCHING THE HOUSE NOW? YOU CAN GIVE ME A REPORT LATER ON. ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO PAID. I WANT TO KNOW WHO IS NOW TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE PAYING BECAUSE IN THE ANNUAL REPORT IT SHOULD SAY EVERYONE IS PAYING. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ABBYE, ISN'T SIMILAR TO ANY SORT OF FEES -- >>ABBYE FEELEY: WHEN YOU ARE PUTTING IN YOUR BUILDING PERMIT, FOR EXAMPLE, SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE, THAT RESIDENCE HAS BEEN, THERE'S A FEE, THEY ARE GOING TO BE REQUESTING, REVIEW THE EXEMPTION FORM, WHY THE EXEMPTION IS BEING REQUESTED, WE WOULD ENSURE BASED ON THE SITE CONDITIONS THAT EXISTS, AND THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE EXEMPTION. AT THAT TIME, THE FEE IS SET. THE PERMIT WILL NOT BE ISSUED UNTIL THOSE FEES ARE PAID. WE WOULD HAVE A WAY TO TRACK THEM. AND WE WILL BE TRACKG IT MOVING FORWARD. THE RECORD KEEPING SYSTEM, AND THATTHAT FEE HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THAT RECORD, AND THAT FEE HAS BEEN PAID. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CITRO. THEN BRING IN THE FOR A LANDING. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YOU TALK ABOUT HOW THE FEES ARE COLLECTED. WILL THE SHORT ALSO SHOW HOW THE COLLECTIONS ARE BEING SPENT? >>ABBYE FEELEY: THAT'S WHAT VIK WAS JUST SAYING HERE. YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT. MR. DINGFELDER, I WILL LET YOU MIKE A CRACK AT IT. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: AND I JUST WANTED TO STRESS TO MR. MIRANDA AND MR. CITRO, THIS IS FIRST READING. AND AS MR. SHELBY TELLS US OFTEN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OPPORTUNITY, AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SECOND READING. IF SOMETHING CHANGES. BUT FOR NOW I AM GOING TO READ THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE, 218 MODIFYING CHAPTER 22 NOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE. CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA RELATING SIDALK CONSTRUCTION AND THE SIDEWALK TRUST FUND, MAKING REVISIONS TO THE CITY OF TAMPA CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 22, STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, AMENDING ARTICLE 1, ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, DIVISION 3, FEE INSPECTIONS, SUBDIVISION 3, SIDEWALKS, SECTION 22-103, WHEN NEW SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION IS REQUIRED, CONTRIBUTIONS TO SIDEWALK TRUST FUND IN LIEU OF CONSTRUCTING A SIDEWALK, AMENDING SECTION 22-104, SIDEWALK TRUST FUNDS, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PART OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO SECONDED IT. DISCUSSION? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: CAN I SPEAK ON THE ORDINANCE? I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING IT ON FIRST READING. HOPEFULLY BY SECOND READING THEY ADDRESS WHAT THE PLAN IS. I WANT TO SEE A CONCRETE PLAN WHEREOF THEY ARE GOING TO PUT THE SIDEWALKS, NOT JUST THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A PLAN. I DON'T VOTE FOR THAT. NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO IS THAT IT REQUIRES YOU ONCE YOU COLLECT MONEY TO HAVE IT DONE WITHIN THREE YEARS. I WANTO SEE THAT PLAN, HOW THEY ARE GOING TO DO IT WITHIN THREE YEARS, ONCE THEY GET THE MONEY. WHERE IS IT GOING TO? IF I PAY A TAX, THERE IS NO SIDEWALK WHERE I LIVE. BUT THERE IS ONE ACROSS THE STREET THAT WAS DONE IN CONJUNCTION ON A DEAL WITH ANOTHER HOSPITAL YEARS AGO, AND PEOPLE DO USE THAT SIDEWALK TO WALK THEIR DOGS AND OTHER THINGS. IT'S INCUMBENT UPON ME TO SAY YES, THE VALUE OF THE HOUSE, NOT THE VALUE YOU ARE GOING TO SELL IT ON BUT THE VALUE ASSESSED BY WHETHER THAT 50%, I GUESS, I AM NOT SURE IF IT IS OR NOT. SO IF YOU HAVE A CHILD AND YOU HAVE A WIFE AND YOU HAVE ANOTHER BABY COMING, YOU WANT TO BUILD A FAMILY ROOM, AND A BEDROOM EXTRA, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT MAY MEET THE 50% INCREASE ON THE VALUE OF THE HOUSE, BECAUSE THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS HAVE GONE SO HIGH AND THE VALUE OF THE HOUSE IS STILL THERE BECAUSE OF WHERE IT'S LOCATED AT. LOCATED IN ANOTHER DISTRICT, THE VALUE OF THE HOUSE WOULD BE MUCH HIGHER. OKAY? SO I WANT TO FIND OUT ALL TT INFORMATION. I HAVE GOT A CHANCE TO VOLT FOR SOMETHING HERE THAT'S GOING TO BE A HISTORICAL TIME AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE LONG AFTER I AM GONE THAT I VOTED THE RIGHT WAY. THAT'S ALL, MR. CHAIRMAN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I AGREE WITH I SENT YOU A LIST FROM THE BUILDERS ASSOCIATION TO SHOW A TIME. I AM GOING TO SUPPORT IT TODAY, BUT I WANT YOU TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE SAYING, WHAT THEY ARE BRIEFING, TO MAKE SURE I AM RIGHT, IN MY SENTENCE AND MAKING CERTAIN ALSO THAT WE DO HAVE A PLAN. BECAUSE NOTHING IS EVER PERFECT BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF ROAD MAP TO MAKE SURE WE GET WHERE WE ARE GOING. ALL RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. THERE'S BEEN A MOTION MADE. MR. DINGFELDER HAS READ IT. MR. MANISCALCO SECOND SECONDED IT. ROLL CALL. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: I AM GOING TO VOTE YES. HOWEVER, AS MY LEARNED COLLEAGUE BEINGS COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER SAID, THERE IS A TIME BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. THERE ARE STILL SOME UNANSWERED QUESTIONS I HAVE. AND AS I ALWAYS STRIVE FOR IS CALLED COMMON GROUND. AND I AM HOPING THAT EVERYBODY INVOLVED, EVERYBODY FROM COUNCIL, THE STAFF, THE SIDEWALK STOMPERS, TO WALK/BIKE TAMPA, TO TECO COMES TO A COMMON GROUND. YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I HAVE ALREADY STATED MY POSITION. NO. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ENTHUSIASTICALLY YES. ORLAO GUS: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: AND STIPULATIONS ON SECOND READING. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH MIRANDA VOTING NO. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON DECEMBER 2nd, 2022 AT 9:30 A.M. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT, GENTLEMEN, IT'S ALREADY 12:30. WERE ADJOURNED.TIME CERTAIN. (CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN RECESS).