CITY OF TAMPA. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER. AT THIS TIME, I YIELD TO COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN FOR THE INVOCATION. WE'LL TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE. PLEASE STAND AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [MOMENT OF SILENCE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. >> CARLSON? HURTAK? >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE. >> HENDERSON? VIERA? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE. >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I HAVE A MEMO FROM THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON THAT HE WILL BE ABSENT FROM TODAY'S MEETING. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 20, 2025 AND FEBRUARY 27, 2025 WORKSHOP AND EVENING SESSIONS? MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MR. SHELBY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND READ THE RULES BEFORE I GO INTO THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA? >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, MR. CHAIRMAN. YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. CITY COUNCIL, MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY. DISCUSSING BRIEFLY THE PUBLIC COMMENT RULES AND THE RULES OF DECORUM FOR TODAY'S MEETING, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALLOWED A REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY AFTER THE CEREMONIAL ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA BEFORE CITY COUNCIL TAKES OFFICIAL ACTION. NOW, YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED THAT THERE IS A BOX OUTSIDE THAT HAS SPEAKER CARDS. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK DURING WHAT IS LABELED GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AND PLACE IT IN THAT BOX, ONE CARD PER SPEAKER, PLEASE, AND CARDS WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH THE CEREMONIAL ITEMS UNTIL THE START OF GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. EACH PERSON SUBMITTING A CARD WILL BE RECOGNIZED BY NAME BY THE CHAIR TO APPROACH AND SPEAK. A THREE-MINUTE TIME LIMIT APPLIES. PLEASE PRINT LEGIBLY BECAUSE NAMES THAT CANNOT BE READ WILL NOT BE CALLED. IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK AT SOMETHING LABELED ON THE AGENDA AS A PUBLIC HEARING, PLEASE DO NOT FILL OUT THE CARDS. USE THE SIGN-IN SHEET AT THE LECTERN AT THE PODIUM OUTSIDE INSTEAD. IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE, PLEASE DO ASK THE CITY STAFF. SPEAKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALSO REMINDED THAT THEY ARE TO REFRAIN FROM DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING MAKING VULGAR OR THREATENING REMARKS OR MAKING OR CAUSING DISRUPTIVE NOISES OR SOUNDS OR DISPLAYING SIGNS OR GRAPHICS. PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT SPEAKERS SHOULD REFRAIN FROM LAUNCHING PERSONAL ATTACKS AGAINST ANY CITY OFFICIAL, STAFF MEMBER, OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. PLEASE DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS A WHOLE. PERSONS FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE COUNCIL RULES MAY BE RULED OUT OF ORDER AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR, MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE CHAMBERS FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY'S MEETING. FINALLY, TO CITY COUNCIL, PLEASE REMEMBER THAT YOU SHOULD REFRAIN FROM ENGAGING A SPEAKER DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE AWARE THAT CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT TAKE QUESTIONS OR HAVE A DIALOGUE WITH YOU DURING YOUR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. IT'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS YOUR POSITION. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. SHELBY. I'LL GO THROUGH THE AGENDA. WE HAVE A REQUEST FOR ITEM NUMBER 32 TO BE REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA. THE EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. MOTION TO REMOVE ITEM 32? MOTION FROM VIERA, SECOND FROM MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK HAS SENT A REQUEST TO CONTINUE ITEM 84 UNTIL APRIL 3rd. IS THAT CORRECT, MA'AM? >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. I HAVE A MOTION RIGHT HERE. I MOVE TO CONTINUE ITEM NUMBER 84 TO APRIL 3rd, 2025, AND TO CONFIRM THAT I WANT AN UPDATE ON THE PIPES PRESENTATION PRESENTED ON MARCH 7, 2024. YOU NEED TO REACH OUT TO COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON ABOUT HIS MOTION REGARDING BONDING AND PIPES. MINE IS JUST FOR AN UPDATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE ITEM TO APRIL 3 UNDER STAFF REPORTS. MOTION FROM HURTAK, SECOND FROM CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? WE ALSO RECEIVED A MEMO FROM IAN WHITNEY REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE OF ITEM 89 TO JULY 17. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON, WE REMOVED ITEM 32. DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON IT? >>GWEN HENDERSON: NO. IT JUST NEEDS TO BE REMOVED. THANK YOU, CHAIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PER CHIEF BENNETT THERE IS NO ADMINISTRATION UPDATE. NO STAFF REPORTS OVER $3 MILLION. HOWEVER, FOR THE STAFF REPORTS, WE HAVE A PowerPoint FOR 82, 83. WE HAVE STAFF PRESENT FOR 85. IN-PERSON REPORT FOR 86. 87 WILL BE IN PERSON. 88 WE HAVE A MEMO FROM CARL BRODY IN PERSON AS WELL. WE DO WANT MR. BRODY? YES. STAFF PRESENT FOR ALL THOSE ITEMS MINUS 89 AND 84 OF WHICH WE ALREADY ADDRESSED. CAN WE RECEIVE AND FILE THE WRITTEN STAFF REPORTS, 90 THROUGH 92? MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >>LUIS VIERA: JUST FOR 83, WE HAVE TO WORK OUT SOME ISSUES ON THAT. IF I MAY HAVE THAT CONTINUED TO JUNE 26 OF THIS YEAR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 83 IS FOR THE ROLAND PAZ NAMING. WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE TO JUNE -- >>LUIS VIERA: YOU KNOW WHAT? LET ME LET OTHERS SPEAK, IF YOU DON'T MIND AND I'LL FIND ANOTHER DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET THE RECORD REFLECT COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON AND VIERA ARE HERE. MAY 15th IF I MAY. MAY 15th CONTINUANCE FOR 83. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: NO, NOT AT THIS MOMENT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A REQUEST TO CONTINUE ITEM 79, BUT WE CAN'T DO IT UNTIL 1:30. I WANT TO GIVE THE PUBLIC A HEADS-UP. AT THIS TIME, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AND ADDENDUM? WE HAVE A MOTION. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 1, POLICE OFFICER OF THE MONTH. COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: [MICROPHONE NOT ON] -- WE DO THIS IN CITY COUNCIL TO REFLECT THE VALUES OF THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE THAT ALWAYS SUPPORTS PUBLIC SAFETY. THAT SUPPORT INCLUDES OUR POLICE OFFICERS AS WELL AS FIREFIGHTERS. I'LL LET DR. CHIEF BERCAW TALK ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL PERSON WE HONOR TODAY. >>CHIEF BERCAW: THANK YOU, COUNCIL. IT IS BOTH A PRIVILEGE AND DISTINCT HONOR TO RECOGNIZE AN EXCEPTIONAL MEMBER OF THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT. OFFICER STEPHEN PHILAR. HE WILL BE OUR OFFICER OF THE MONTH FOR MARCH 2025. HIS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR DEPARTMENT'S RECRUITMENT EFFORTS HAVE TRULY SET HIM APART WHICH IS MAKING A PROFOUND IMPACT ON NEW RECRUITS IN THE FUTURE OF OUR DEPARTMENT. SINCE JOINING IN 2019, OFFICER PHILAR HAS DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF NOT JUST AS A SKILLED OFFICER BUT AS A BRIDGE BUILDER WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. LAST YEAR HE MOVED TO THE ROLE OF POLICE RECRUITER. IN JUST ONE YEAR, OFFICER PHILAR HAS COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED OUR RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES, SIGNIFICANTLY ELEVATING THE DEPARTMENT'S VISIBILITY AND APPEAL ON BOTH LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEVELS. ONE OF HIS MOST NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS HAS BEEN THE COMPLETE REBRANDING OF RECRUITMENT MATERIALS. OFFICER PHILAR HAS TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO SCHEDULE PROFESSIONAL PHOTO SHOOTS THAT SHOWCASE THE DIVERSITY AND STRENGTH OF OUR OFFICERS TO APPEAL TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF CANDIDATES. GOING BEYOND TRADITIONAL METHODS, HE OVERSAW THE DESIGN OF A RECRUITMENT VEHICLE WRAP ENSURING A CONSISTENT AND RECOGNIZABLE BRAND ACROSS ALL PLATFORMS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, HE COLLABORATED WITH A LEADING PRODUCTION COMPANY TO CREATE A DYNAMIC RECRUITMENT VIDEO THAT HAS PROVEN ALREADY TO BE POWERFUL AND ATTRACT THE ATTENTION OF THE NEXT GENERATION. HE'S ALSO STRENGTHENED OUR PRESENCE AT COMMUNITY EVENTS, REPRESENTING TPD AT MAJOR JOB FAIRS, INCLUDING RELIANT RECRUITMENT FAIR, MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE RECRUITING FAIR, AND TAMPA BAY'S JOB LINKS EVENT. HE ALSO SPEARHEADED THE CREATION OF OUR FIRST-EVER WOMEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT SYMPOSIUM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL UNIVERSITIES. THROUGH HIS CREATIVE OUTREACH AND INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES, OFFICER PHILAR SPEARHEADED A RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN THAT LED TO A 15% INCREASE IN OVERALL APPLICANTS AND AN IMPRESSIVE 30% INCREASE IN OUR POLICE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICANTS. THE SCHOLARSHIP, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT WHILE ATTENDING THE POLICE ACADEMY. BEYOND HIS REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS, OFFICER PHILAR ALWAYS MAINTAINS A POSITIVE ATTITUDE, REMAINS DRIVEN TO ENHANCE OUR RECRUITMENT EFFORTS. SO HIS PASSION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, PAIRED WITH HIS COMMITMENT TO FOSTERING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HAS NOT ONLY ADVANCED OUR RECRUITMENT GOALS BUT ALSO HELPED US TO BUILD STRONGER BONDS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND BEYOND. FOR THOSE REASONS IT'S WHY WE'RE RECOGNIZING HIM AS OUR OFFICER OF THE MONTH FOR MARCH 2025. CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR. BEFORE WE FORMALLY HONOR YOU, WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO WANT TO EXPRESS THEIR APPRECIATION STARTING WITH THE PBA. >> BRANDON BARCLAY, TAMPA PBA. CONGRATULATIONS OFFICER. WE'LL PRESENT YOU WITH THIS PLAQUE. >> GOOD MORNING. I'M MARY DILLON FROM THE STRAZ CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS. OFFICER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. ON BEHALF OF THE STRAZ CENTER, I WANT TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR A PERFORMANCE FOR YOU AND A GUEST AT AN UPCOMING SHOW AT THE STRAZ CENTER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MARY LOU BAILEY, HERE ON BEHALF OF ZOO TAMPA. I SERVE ON THE BOARD THERE. I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU. AWESOME STORY ABOUT ATTRACTING NEW TALENT. REALLY, REALLY COOL. MY TEENAGE DAUGHTERS AND I ARE HOOKED ON THE SERIES "THE ROOKIE." ANYWAY, IT'S FUN TO SEE YOU REAL-LIFE HEROES IN PERSON. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. PRESENTING YOU WITH AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP TO THE ZOO AND SOME GOODIES. IT'S FOR A FAMILY MEMBERSHIP. I'M VERY, VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT CONSERVATION AND ANIMALS AND I HOPE YOU WILL LEARN TO SHARE THAT PASSION, PARTICULARLY THE MANATEES. WE ARE A CRITICAL CARE FACILITY FOR MANATEES. I'M REALLY INTO THAT. ENJOY YOURSELVES AND THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. GOOD MORNING. AND CONGRATULATIONS. MY NAME IS LORI OSBORNE. I AM WITH THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA. WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INNOVATION AND BEING A GREAT AMBASSADOR FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. RECRUITMENT IS CONSIDERABLY IN GOOD HANDS WITH YOU. ON BEHALF OF THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA, WE INVITE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO A PERFORMANCE, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING, OFFICER PHILAR. I'M GRACE GONZALEZ, HERE ON BEHALF OF THE GONZMART FAMILY AND 1905 FAMILY OF RESTAURANTS. WE WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO TAMPA. THANK YOU FOR USING YOUR SKILLS TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY. PLEASE ENJOY YOURSELF AT ANY OF OUR RESTAURANTS ACROSS THE STATE OF FLORIDA. SANGRIA, PAELLA, ENJOY YOURSELF ON THE RIVER. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] >> LEO GEARY. BILL CURRIE FORD. CONGRATULATIONS. I'VE DEALT WITH YOU A LONG TIME. YOU'RE ONE OF MY FAVORITES. >> THANK YOU. [ LAUGHTER ] I APPRECIATE IT. >> COULDN'T HAPPEN TO A BETTER PERSON. ON BEHALF OF BILL CURRIE FORD, HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM JENNIFER CURRY AND GIFT CARD AND MAINTENANCE FOR YOUR PERSONAL VEHICLE AND SOME GOODIES. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. RESPECT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU THAT PUT ON THE UNIFORM EVERY SINGLE DAY AND MAKE THE SACRIFICES TO KEEP THE CITY SAFE FOR ALL OF US. TRULY APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. GOOD MORNING, CHIEF. BRIEN FORD WITH THE TAMPA BUCCANEERS. OFFICER PHILAR, WHAT YOU DO IS REMARKABLE. TRYING TO FIND THE BEST TALENT, THAT'S WHAT WE ALL STRUGGLE WITH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND SACRIFICE. ON BEHALF OF THE GLAZER FAMILY AND OUR ENTIRE ORGANIZATION, WE HAVE A TRADITION AT 1 BUC. ANYBODY THAT GOES OVER AND ABOVE GETS A GAME BALL. WE CAN'T HAVE A FUMBLE HERE. THAT GAME BALL IS YOURS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> MIKE McARTHUR, STEPP'S TOWING SERVICE. CONGRATULATIONS ON JOB WELL DONE. WELL DESERVED. SOUNDS LIKE YOU NEED TO TAKE TIME OFF. BEHALF OF TODD STEPP AND STEPP'S TOWING, GIFT CARD TO HAVE DINNER ON US. IF YOU NEED A TOW, YOU KNOW A GUY NOW. WE'VE GOT YOU COVERED. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. YOUR SUPPORT TO THIS COMMUNITY IS UNMATCHED. WE APPRECIATE. >> THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. ON BEHALF OF THE ELLISON CONSTRUCTION, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH A GIFT CARD TO HOTEL HYA. A PROJECT WE ARE PROUD OF AND LEFT A MARK AND INFLUENCE IN THE CITY OF YBOR. CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL OF YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOU DO NEXT. [ APPLAUSE ] >> I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO COME TO OUR RESTAURANT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. >> THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> MY NAME IS MARYBETH WILLIAMS. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FRIENDS OF THE RIVERWALK. I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH A PERSONALIZED PAPER ON THE TAMPA RIVERWALK WITH YOUR NAME AND OFFICER OF THE MONTH. LOCATED JUST NORTH OF THE CONVENTION CENTER. YOU CAN ALWAYS E-MAIL ME. ALSO HAVE A FEW OTHER ITEMS FROM SOME OF OUR PARTNERS. DINNER FOR TWO ABOARD THE STARSHIP CRUISE LINES. TWO PASSES ON PIRATE WATER TAXI. TWO PASSES ABOARD THE LOST PEARL PIRATE SHIP. COUPLE OF GIFT CERTIFICATES TO TAMPA RIVERWALK RENTALS. ADULT PARTY AT SPLITSVILLE. AND $200 IN GIFT CERTIFICATES TO FLORIDA AVENUE BREWING. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> HERE IS ANOTHER GROUP OF THINGS TO GIVE TO YOU. FIRST, STEVE MICHELINI. I'M REPRESENTING A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HONOR YOU. FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THERE IS A CONVERGENCE OF HOLY TIMES WHICH SHOULD BE FILLED WITH PRAYER AND REFLECTION. MAY THE GOD OF ABRAHAM WATCH OVER YOU AND PROTECT EACH OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS HONORED HERE TODAY, INCLUDING THE TAMPA FIRE RESCUE AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ELECTED OFFICIALS. THE GOOD LORD SENDS MESSAGES TO ALL OF US, SOME LISTEN AND SOME DON'T. THE FIRST RESPONDERS ALWAYS LISTEN AND ALWAYS MAKE A DIFFERENCE. LISTEN TO THE WORD OF THE LORD AND YOU WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE HONOR OF HIS NAME AND IN YOURS. THE HOLY OF HOLIES, LORD OF LORDS, MAY THE BLESSING BE UPON EACH OF YOU, GUIDE YOU IN THIS HOLY SEASON. IN HIS NAME, WE THANK YOU. GREEK RESTAURANT GIFT CERTIFICATE. YUMMY HOUSE GIFT CERTIFICATE. MEAT MARKET IN OLD HYDE PARK, GIFT CERTIFICATE. JACKSON'S BISTRO, GIFT CERTIFICATE. CICCIO RESTAURANT GROUP ON SOUTH HOWARD, GIFT CERTIFICATE. LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, BELLABRAVA IN THE MIDTOWN SECTION GIFT CERTIFICATE. ENJOY YOURSELF. KEEP THE LETTERS. YOU HAVE TO KEEP THE LETTERS AND THE CERTIFICATES. DON'T LOSE THEM. IF YOU LOSE THEM, CALL ME. CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] >>LUIS VIERA: SIR, ON BEHALF OF A GRATEFUL CITY OF TAMPA, WE APPRECIATE YOU AND ALL OF YOUR SERVICE NOT JUST WITH TPD BUT U.S. ARMY AS WELL. WE THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SERVICE AND JUST STANDING UP FOR US. WE MEAN THAT. THANK YOU, SIR. GOD BLESS YOU. >> FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO CITY COUNCIL FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. THANK YOU TO MY CHIEF AND ASSISTANT CHIEFS FOR SELECTING ME FOR THIS GREAT AWARD. I DON'T WIN A LOT OF STUFF SO THIS IS AWESOME, OVERWHELMING, IF YOU WILL. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY -- THE PERSONNEL UNIT. I'LL BE A FOOL TO SIT HERE AND SAY RECRUITING IS ALL ABOUT ME. THE WORK THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT DOES STARTING WITH THE MAJOR ON DOWN, LIEUTENANT, CAPTAIN, MY PARTNER, I DON'T THINK HE'S HERE TODAY, AS WELL AS MY CORPORAL AND EVERYBODY HERE AT TPD, IT IS A COMMUNITY THING, IF YOU WILL. IT'S ONE THING TO SAY WHEN I BRING NEW RECRUITS IN OR NEW TALENT IN, THEY ALWAYS TALK ABOUT GOING TO THE ROAD AND HOW MUCH FUN THEY HAD AND HOW MUCH KNOWLEDGE THEY GAINED FROM OTHER OFFICERS. THAT LEAVES TESTAMENT TO THE PEOPLE WE'RE BRINGING TO THE DEPARTMENT, SHINES A GREAT LIGHT ON THE CITY. TO THE CITY OF TAMPA, I APPRECIATE YOU FOR THIS AWARD AS WELL. I BELIEVE THE CITY OF TAMPA IS THE BEST CITY IN THE WORLD. GOES WITHOUT SAYING IT REALLY IS. FOR THAT REASON, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEEK OUT THE BEST OF THE BEST BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA DESERVE. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. WITHOUT AN INDIVIDUAL LIKE YOURSELF TO KEEPS BRINGING IN THE YOUNG RECRUITS WHO WANT TO DO THE BEST THING THEY CAN FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA, I WOULD LIKE TO YOU ANSWER ONE QUESTION. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO YOUR WORK AND GO EAT AT ALL THE PLACES, RIDE AROUND IN A LIMOUSINE, GO TO THE STRAZ, GO HERE, GO THERE, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? >> WELL, LISTEN, I LIKE TO WORK WHEN I'M OFF, SHE CAN TELL YOU THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MY WIFE. I APOLOGIZE. I GIVE HER ALL PRAISES BECAUSE SHE IS VERY PATIENT WITH ME. I WILL BE HAVING MY COMPUTER AT DINNER. I'M VERY LUCKY TO HAVE HER AS A SUPPORT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU, CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR THE SACRIFICE YOU MAKE WHEN YOU PUT THAT UNIFORM ON. YOU, YOUR ENTIRE TEAM, YOUR WIFE, FAMILY, THE SACRIFICE THEY MAKE. WELL DESERVED. YOU HAVE A GREAT PERSONALITY. YOU DO A GREAT JOB. IT'S EASY TO UNDERSTAND WHY YOU GOT SELECTED AS POLICE OFFICER OF THE MONTH. YOU DESERVE IT VERY MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. YOU MAKE US PROUD. [ APPLAUSE ] >> I WILL SAY ONE OTHER THING, CITY OF TAMPA, THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS HIRING, ALL RIGHT. [ LAUGHTER ] I'LL BE DOWNSTAIRS WITH INFORMATION IF ANYONE WANTS A JOB. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CHARLIE, MAYBE THIS IS TAMPA CITY CAREER 2.0. WANT TO BE A TAMPA POLICE OFFICER? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU GOT IT. [ LAUGHTER ] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] WE'LL WAIT A SECOND AS TPD GOES OUT AND THEN TO TAMPA FIRE FOR FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER. GO AHEAD. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. IT'S OUR GREAT PLEASURE NOW TO DO OUR TAMPA FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER FOR CAPTAIN ROBERT CRUZ. AGAIN, LIKE WITH OUR FRIENDS OF POLICE, WE DO THIS TO REFLECT THE VALUES OF THE COMMUNITY THAT ALWAYS SUPPORT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND TO SPEAK MORE ABOUT THIS, WE HAVE HERE CHIEF BARBARA TRIPP. >>CHIEF TRIPP: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. BARBARA TRIPP, FIRE CHIEF FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA. WELCOME THIS MORNING. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO CAPTAIN CRUZ WHO HAS BEEN PART OF TAMPA FIRE RESCUE FOR OVER 22 YEARS. IF YOU GUYS DIDN'T KNOW THIS MORNING, WE WAS OUT FIGHTING A BLAZE, THREE-ALARM FIRE. OF COURSE, THAT'S WHAT FIREFIGHTERS DO. WE TAKE CARE OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE SERVE THE COMMUNITY. WE ALSO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DISCUSS TODAY OF WHAT CAPTAIN CRUZ DID. CAPTAIN CRUZ DEMONSTRATED EXTRAORDINARY BRAVERY DURING A HOUSE FIRE IN HIS NEIGHBOR'S RESIDENCE. EARLY MORNING HOURS ON FEBRUARY 4, CAPTAIN CRUZ WAS AWAKENED BY HIS NEIGHBOR ALERTING HIM THAT HIS HOUSE WAS ON FIRE. WITHOUT HESITATION, HE TOOK IMMEDIATE ACTION TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THOSE AROUND HIM AND WORKED TO MITIGATE THE DAMAGE. UPON STEPPING OUTSIDE, HE SAW THAT HIS NEIGHBOR'S HOME WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. AFTER LEARNING THAT THE NEIGHBOR'S WIFE WAS STILL INSIDE THE HOUSE, HE ACTED WITH HEROISM AND WITHOUT HESITATION AND ENTERED THE HOME AND NAVIGATED THROUGH THE THICK SMOKE TO RESCUE HER. ONCE HE WAS SAFELY OUTSIDE -- ONCE HE SAFELY BROUGHT THE WIFE OUTSIDE, OF COURSE, HE DISPLAYED ADDITIONAL COURAGE BY GOING BACK INTO THE HOUSE TO RESCUE THE FAMILY DOG. IT WAS TWO DOGS IN THERE. STUFF THAT WE TELL THE COMMUNITY, DON'T GO BACK AND DO, OF COURSE, CAPTAIN CRUZ DID THAT BECAUSE HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO TAKE CARE OF THE FAMILY. CAPTAIN CRUZ'S ACTIONS REFLECT THE HIGH STANDARDS OF HEROISM, QUICK THINKING AND DEDICATION TO THE SAFETY OF OTHERS. HIS SELFLESS RESPONSE NOT ONLY SAVED LIVES BUT ALSO EXEMPLIFIES INTEGRITY AND COMMITMENT OF TAMPA FIRE RESCUE. HIS BRAVERY MAKES HIM HIGHLY DESERVING OF BEING HONORED AS THE FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER. WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE CAPTAIN CRUZ. [ APPLAUSE ] >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, CHIEF. BEFORE WE HONOR YOU FORMALLY, SIR, YOU GET TO SPEAK. STARTING WITH MR. STOCCO. >> NICK STOCCO, TAMPA FIREFIGHTERS. CAPTAIN CRUZ, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HEROISM AND DEDICATION TO THE DEPARTMENT. YOU ARE TRULY RESPECTED AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK YOU DO. ON BEHALF OF THE FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU THIS PLAQUE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING, CAPTAIN. MARY DILLON FROM THE DAVID A. STRAZ CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HEROISM AND YOUR WORK. I GUESS YOUR NEIGHBORS ARE VERY GLAD YOU WERE THERE. PLEASE ACCEPT TICKETS TO UPCOMING SHOW AT THE STRAZ FOR YOU AND A GUEST AND TAKE SOME TIME OFF FOR YOURSELF. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] >> CONGRATULATIONS, CAPTAIN CRUZ. MY NAME IS MARYBETH WILLIAMS. I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FRIENDS OF RIVERWALK. I HAVE A FEW ITEMS TO PRESENT YOU WITH TODAY. FIRST, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT WITH YOU A PERSONALIZED RIVERWALK PAVER. LOCATED ON THE RIVERWALK JUST NORTH OF THE CONVENTION CENTER. ENGRAVED LATER THIS MONTH. WE'VE ALSO GOT TWO DINNER CRUISES TO YACHT STARSHIP. HOP ON, HOP OFF PASSES WATER TAXI. PASSES TO THE PIRATE SHIP. RIVERWALK RENTAL KAYAKING, ADULT PARTY AT SPLITSVILLE. $200 IN GIFT CERTIFICATES TO FLORIDA AVENUE BREWING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING AND CONGRATULATIONS, CAPTAIN CRUZ. MY NAME IS LORI OSBORNE. I'M WITH THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA. ON BEHALF OF THE ORCHESTRA, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR INCREDIBLE BRAVERY. I'M JUST IN AWE. CONGRATULATIONS. WE WOULD INVITE TO YOU COME AND ATTEND A PERFORMANCE WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY OF YOUR CHOOSING. WE REALLY, AGAIN, APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR CITY IN MAKING US SAFER AND I'M SURE YOUR NEIGHBOR ADDITIONALLY FEELS SAFER. CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING, CAPTAIN CRUZ. I'M GRACE GONZALEZ. HERE ON BEHALF OF THE GONZMART FAMILY AND 1905 FAMILY OF RESTAURANTS. WE WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SELFLESS COMMITMENT TO OUR NEIGHBORS, TO OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE IN THOSE MOMENTS OF INTENSE VULNERABILITY. WE WANT TO THANK YOU WITH THIS GIFT CARD. PLEASE ENJOY YOURSELF AT ANY OF OUR RESTAURANTS IN TAMPA, ACROSS THE STATE OF FLORIDA. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING. MARY LOU BAILEY. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF ZOO TAMPA. I SERVE ON THE BOARD THERE. YOU PROBABLY HEARD MY SPEECH. I WON'T REPEAT ALL THAT. I DID WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I GOT A RIDE FROM YOU GUYS LAST WEEK WHEN MY APPENDIX WAS ABOUT TO BURST AND I HAD TO GO IN FOR EMERGENCY SURGERY. I WAS TREATED VERY WELL. THANK YOU FOR THAT. SERIOUSLY, YOUR STORY IS REALLY GREAT. THE HERO AND BRAVERY, ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THIS IS A GIFT BOX. MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT INCLUDES AN ANNUAL PASS TO THE ZOO. YOU CAN GO WITH YOUR FAMILY AND ENJOY THE ANIMALS AND ALSO TO OUR SPECIAL EVENTS AND THINGS COMING UP. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. GOOD MORNING, CHIEF. CAPTAIN CRUZ, YOUR STORY IS REMARKABLE. LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, YOUR SACRIFICE, NOT ONLY YOU, BUT YOUR FAMILY, WHAT YOU DO EACH AND EVERY DAY. AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE A LITTLE TRADITION OUT AT 1 BUC. ANYBODY THAT GOES OVER AND ABOVE GETS A GAME BALL. ON BEHALF OF THE GLAZER FAMILY AND OUR ENTIRE ORGANIZATION, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT A GAME BALL TO YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. LEO GEARY FROM BILL CURRIE FORD. CONGRATULATIONS, CAPTAIN CRUZ. WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. MAKING EVERYTHING SAFE FOR ALL OF US. ON BEHALF OF BILL CURRIE FORD, I WANT TO PRESENT TO YOU A HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM JENNIFER CURRY AND ALSO A GIFT CARD AS WELL. GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR YOUR PERSONAL VEHICLE, FULL FREE MAINTENANCE ON IT. GOODIES IN HERE AS WELL. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. APPRECIATE YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING, CAPTAIN. MIKE McARTHUR, STEPP'S TOWING SERVICE. CONGRATULATIONS ON A JOB WELL DONE. IT'S EASY, NOT EASY FOR YOU GUYS, BUT YOU GUYS HAVE THE BEST SUPPORTING CAPTAIN, THE BEST CHIEF, BEST SUPPORTING STAFF, BEST CREWS. CONGRATULATIONS AND WELL DESERVED. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY. ON BEHALF OF TODD STEPP AND STEPP'S TOWING, ENJOY DINNER, A NIGHT OUT ON US. KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> PATRICK DAVIS WITH ELLISON CONSTRUCTION. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND YOUR STORY. IT TRULY IS AMAZING. THANK YOU FOR THE SACRIFICES THAT YOU MAKE AND FOR BEING A HERO IN OUR HOMETOWN. THANK YOU TO YOU ALL AS WELL FOR ALL THAT YOU DO TO KEEP US SAFE. BEHALF OF ELLISON CONSTRUCTION, PRESENT WITH YOU A GIFT CARD TO HOTEL HAYA. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> I'M CHRISTINA FROM OXFORD COMMONS. LOVE FOR YOU TO COME TO OUR RESTAURANTS. WE DO HAVE OXFORD -- YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO JOIN US. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING. THERE'S TOUGH COMPETITION AMONG THE FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR, RIGHT? YOU ARE THE FIRST OF THE QUARTER. WE HAVE TWO, THREE, AND FOUR TO GO. AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE BANQUET. YOU'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S GOING TO GET THAT. CONGRATULATIONS. I HAVE GIFT CERTIFICATES FOR YOU. BEHALF OF YUMMY HOUSE CHINA BISTRO, WE'RE GIVING YOU A GIFT CERTIFICATE. BEHALF OF THE CICCIO RESTAURANT GROUP, GIFT CERTIFICATE. JACKSON BISTRO ON HARBOUR ISLAND, GIFT CERTIFICATE. YOU'LL HAVE TO EXERCISE AFTER THIS. BELLABRAVA MIDTOWN SECTION. I THINK YOU WERE THERE THIS MORNING RIGHT? SEASONALLY GREEK RESTAURANT GIFT CERTIFICATE. ALSO AT MEAT MARKET. AS I SAID EARLIER, WE GAVE YOU A SPECIAL RECOGNITION. A COPY OF WHAT I READ EARLIER FOR YOU. ENJOY YOURSELF. CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU, SIR. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. CAPTAIN ROBERT CRUZ. BEHALF OF TAMPA FIRE RESCUE REVIEW BOARD, IT'S AN HONOR TO GIVE YOU THIS AWARD. IT WAS A TOUGH VOTE, BUT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A ONCE IN A LIFETIME TASK AT HAND SPEAKS VOLUMES AS FAR AS THE OUTCOME GOES. WELL DESERVED. DISTINGUISHED CAREER. I CAN'T SAY IT ENOUGH. THANK YOU. ON BEHALF OF THE AWARDS REVIEW BOARD, DEPARTMENT ITSELF, EXECUTIVE STAFF, CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, EVERYONE. CAPTAIN, COME UP HERE, SIR. ON BEHALF OF GRATEFUL CITY OF TAMPA AND TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, WE THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. HERE IS YOUR COMMENDATION, SIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND GOD BLESS YOU. >> I'M NOT REALLY ELEGANT AS FAR AS SPEECHES, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS RECOGNITION. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY GOD AND MOST OF ALL I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY WIFE FOR HER SUPPORT. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK CHIEF TRIPP FOR HER LEADERSHIP, ALL ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, CHIEF DITMAN WHO HELPED MENTOR ME, FRIENDS THAT GROWN UP THROUGH THE JOB. WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT, I WOULDN'T BE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CONGRATULATIONS SIR. YOUR STORY IS WHAT HEROES ARE MADE OF. YOU ARE CERTAINLY A HERO. YOU HAVE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND. IT'S AMAZING. WHEN YOU PUT ON THE UNIFORM, ALL THE FIREFIGHTERS, CHIEF TRIPP MENTIONED IT, COUPLE OF HOURS AGO YOU WERE IN MIDTOWN. THAT COULD HAVE TURNED INTO ANOTHER CHAOTIC EVENT. AGAIN, TAMPA FIRE WAS THERE ON THE SCENE TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS. WELL DESERVED. AS MENTIONED, YOU WILL BE ONE OF FOUR THIS YEAR. YOU COULD BE FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR. CERTAINLY YOUR STORY IS IMPACTFUL. FOR THE PEOPLE WATCHING AT HOME, IT IS REALLY INSPIRATIONAL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL TAKE A MOMENT AS A FEW INDIVIDUALS LEAVE THE ROOM BEFORE WE GO TO ITEM 3. AFTER ITEM 3, WE'LL KICK OFF PUBLIC COMMENT. FOR ITEM NUMBER 3, MS. FEELEY, HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU THINK YOU NEED FOR THE PRESENTATION? >>ABBYE FEELEY: I THINK IT'S ABOUT 12 MINUTES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU'LL GO THROUGH YOUR PRESENTATION. THEN I WOULD ASK COUNCIL MEMBERS AFTERWARDS, WE CAN OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS AND DO LIKE A FIRST ROUND, IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK, OF FIVE MINUTES. IF THERE IS A SECOND ROUND, THREE MINUTES AND WE'LL KEEP IT ORGANIZED LIKE THAT. MS. FEELEY, YOU HAVE A PowerPoint. IT'S ON THIS SCREEN. IT WILL COME UP ON THE MAIN SCREEN. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK AND INTRODUCE THE GENTLEMAN AS WELL THAT'S HERE. GO AHEAD. >>ABBYE FEELEY: THANK YOU, COUNCIL. GOOD MORNING, ABBYE FEELEY, ADMINISTRATOR FOR DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY. I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE THIS MORNING WITH JEFF GREEN FROM CLARION AND ASSOCIATES. AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH CLARION APRIL OF LAST YEAR TO START OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATE. THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE HAS NOT COMPREHENSIVABLY BEEN UPDATED SINCE LATE 1980s. WE'VE DONE A SERIES OF TEXT AMENDMENTS. PRIVATE TEXT AMENDMENTS UP UNTIL A FEW YEARS AGO. AS YOU ALL DEAL WITH ON A REGULAR BASIS WITH REZONING APPLICATIONS AND SPECIAL USES, THERE ARE PARTS OF OUR CODE THAT REALLY NEED TO BE MODERNIZED. WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A DEFINITION FOR DOGGY DAY CARE IN OUR CODE RIGHT NOW. PART OF THIS EFFORT IS MODERNIZING THAT CODE AND STREAMLINING MANY OF OUR PROCESSES. WE'VE HAD A COUPLE PUBLIC TOUCH POINTS THROUGH THIS PROCESS, AND WE HAVE MORE SCHEDULED. SOME OF WERE AT MONDAY NIGHT'S MEETING. A KICKOFF MEETING IN SEPTEMBER. WE HAVE AN AWESOME TAMPA FORWARD WEBSITE WHERE WE KEEP CURRENT INFORMATION. OF AN OF THE TOUCH POINTS THAT CLARION HAS COME TO MEET WITH THE PUBLIC, WE HAVE A FEEDBACK INSTRUMENT OF SOME TYPE. THE FIRST WAS A SURVEY. THIS TIME A FEEDBACK FORM. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JEFF THIS MORNING WHO IS EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS AND SOME OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING AND ALSO WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS FORWARD ARE. THIS WILL SERVE AS MY MONTHLY UPDATE TO YOU THIS MORNING. I, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE TIME THIS MORNING TO PRESENT ON THIS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COME ON UP, SIR. GOOD MORNING. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JEFF GREEN, A PRINCIPAL WITH CLARION ASSOCIATES. THRILLED TO BE HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU ALTHOUGH I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH MOST OF YOU WITH OUR PROJECT KICKOFF ABOUT A YEAR AGO. AS MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION TO SHOW. AS YOU KNOW FROM YOUR WORK AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE LDC IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE COMMUNITY. IT ESTABLISHES THE RULES THAT GOVERN HOW THE CITY CAN GROW AND DEVELOP. IN THE YEAR SINCE WE STARTED THIS PROJECT, WE HAVE TOURED THE CITY, WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF, WITH STAKEHOLDERS, SUCH AS MEMBERS OF THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS. WE'VE TAKEN -- WE'VE REVIEWED YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLANS, SOME OF YOUR OTHER PLANS AND TAKEN A DEEP DIVE INTO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. IT IS PART OF A THOUGHTFUL PROCESS TO GET YOU TO AN UPDATED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT BETTER MEETS THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT GOALS FOR THE NEXT -- ALMOST 40 YEARS SINCE THE CODE WAS LAST UPDATED. OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE AN LDC THAT CAN SUPPORT THE CITY FOR THE NEXT 40 YEARS. AS ABBYE MENTIONED, MONDAY EVENING WE HAD A PUBLIC FORUM WHERE WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS THE STAGE OF THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE AT NOW. I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN SOME UPCOMING SLIDES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU. PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES. I HEAR A RADAR DINGING. GO AHEAD, SIR. >> MY GOAL IS TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF REFRESH BETTER THE OVERALL PROJECT AND LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE. WE'LL START WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT, INCLUDING A RECAP OF THE WORK THAT'S TAKEN PLACE SO FAR AND WHAT'S TO COME AND ALSO IDENTIFY WHAT WE THINK ARE SOME REAL KEYS TO SUCCESS FOR THE PROJECT BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE AT THE END OF THE DAY WE HAVE DEVELOPED AN UPDATED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT YOU ARE COMFORTABLE ADOPTING. NEXT I'LL TALK ABOUT THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE ASSESSMENT. IT INCLUDES OUR ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT LDC AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WHAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN AN UPDATED LDC. WE HAD THAT MEETING ON MONDAY. THE FEEDBACK FORUM IS OPEN THROUGH MARCH 24. AFTER WE GET THE FEEDBACK AND ANY PUBLIC INPUT, WE WILL HUDDLE WITH ABBYE, DETERMINE IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO THE ROAD MAP THAT WE SET OUT FOR DRAFTING THE UPDATED UDC IN THE LDC ASSESSMENT AND THEN WE WILL BE READY TO START DRAFTING. FINALLY, WE'LL DISCUSS NEXT STEPS OF THE PROJECT AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. WE'RE WITH CLARION AND ASSOCIATES. MID SIZE PLANNING CONSULTANT FIRM. IN OUR 33 YEAR HISTORY, WE COMPLETED AROUND 250 COMPREHENSIVE UPDATES TO DEVELOPMENT CODES. OUT OF CHAPEL HILL OFFICE, WE HAVE TWO OFFICES OUT OF CHAPEL HILL OFFICE. DONE PROBABLY ABOUT A HUNDRED OR SO. ONLY A COUPLE OF THOSE HAVE FAILED TO BE ADOPTED. THAT'S BECAUSE WE TRY TO TAKE A WELL-STRUCTURED PROCESS TO GETTING YOU FROM YOUR CURRENT CODE TO AN UPDATED CODE. TAMPA IS A BIG COMPLEX CITY, AND TO MAKE SURE THIS PROJECT IS SUCCESSFUL, WE'VE TEAMED UP WITH SOME OTHER NATIONAL EXPERTS IN VARIOUS FIELDS. WE'RE JOINED BY DOVER, KOHL AND PARTNERS. THEY WILL BE WORKING WITH US ON SPECIFIC CONTENT SENSITIVE DESIGN STANDARDS FOR SOME SEGMENTS OF SOME OF THE CITY'S KEY CORRIDORS. KITTELSON AND ASSOCIATES, TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND ENGINEERING FIRM WITH OFFICES IN TAMPA. THEY HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH THE CITY INCLUDING ON THE CITY'S RECENTLY ADOPTED TAMPA MOVE MOBILITY PLAN. PLAN ACTIVE STUDIOS BASED OUT OF ORLANDO. IT IS A SINGLE PERSON CONSULTING FIRM. THEY WILL BE HELPING OUT WITH SOME OF THE ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS. AND WE HAVE NANCY STROUD, A LONGTIME FLORIDA LAND USE ATTORNEY. MANY DECADES OF EXPERIENCE. SHE WILL BE HELPING OUT WITH THE UPDATES TO THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCEDURES AS WELL AS ANY OTHER LEGAL ISSUES THAT COME UP DURING THE PROJECT. THROUGH THE MANY APPEALS THAT YOU HEAR AND THE ZONING CASES THAT COME BEFORE YOU, YOU ARE AT THE FRONT LINE OF UNDERSTANDING REALLY SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND WHY THIS PROJECT IS SO NECESSARY. I'M CERTAIN YOU'VE HEARD, AS WE HAVE, FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS ABOUT THEIR DIFFICULTIES WITH THE LDC. AS ABBYE MENTIONED, IT'S BEEN DECADES SINCE THE LDC WAS COMPREHENSIVELY UPDATED. DURING THAT TIME, ALMOST 300 SEPARATE UPDATES TO ADDRESS PARTICULAR ISSUES AS THEY ARRIVE. ONE ISSUE WITH THE PIECEMEAL UPDATES IS THEY ARE MADE TO ADDRESS DISCRETE ISSUES. OVER TIME, AS CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE, THERE HAVE BEEN INCONSISTENCIES THAT HAVE ENTERED THE CODE AND IT HAS BECOME POORLY ORGANIZED. THE LACK OF CLEAR DIRECTION IS HARD FOR STAFF WHO IS CHARGED WITH INTERPRETING THE CODE. IT IS HARD FOR LANDOWNERS WHO WANT TO USE THEIR PROPERTY. IT'S HARD FOR RESIDENTS WHO JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW LAND NEAR THEM CAN BE USED. I'M SURE IT'S DIFFICULT FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU NEED TO FIGURE OUT, ESPECIALLY IN ALL THESE APPEALS, WHAT DECISIONS SHOULD BE MADE AND WHAT'S THE RIGHT DECISION. FINALLY, THE CODE IS NOT WELL ALIGNED WITH THE CITY'S GOALS. THE CITY OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS, THE CITY HAS TRANSITIONED FROM GEOGRAPHIC EXPANSION, LOTS OF GREEN FIELD DEVELOPMENT, TO A PHASE WHERE YOU ARE REALLY SEEING A LOT MORE REDEVELOPMENT AND INFILL DEVELOPMENT. AND THE CITY IS TRYING TO TRANSITION FROM A VERY AUTO-ORIENTED FABRIC TO A CITY THAT IS MUCH MORE TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE AND SUPPORTS WALKABILITY AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS A CITY THAT IS MORE RESILIENT, BOTH IN THE FACE OF RISING WATER LEVELS AND TO NATURAL DISASTERS. SO IN OUR LONG EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES ON COMPREHENSIVE UPDATES TO DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, ONE OF THE KEY THINGS WE'VE LEARNED IS THE IMPORTANCE OF TRANSPARENCY, MAKING CLEAR WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHAT DIFFERENT STAGES OF THE PROJECTS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN AND BRINGING THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY ALONG THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT. IT STARTS WITH HAVING A WELL-STRUCTURED PROJECT THAT AT THE START IDENTIFIES THE COMMUNITY'S GOALS THROUGH A REVIEW OF THE CURRENT CODE TO SEE HOW WELL IT MEETS THOSE GOALS AND WHAT CHANGES SHOULD BE MADE AND THEN THE DRAFTING OF AN UPDATED CODE THAT BETTER MEETS THOSE GOALS. IT INCLUDES REGULAR CHECK-INS WITH THE PUBLIC AT KEY TOUCH POINTS SO THEY ARE KEPT INFORMED AND SO THAT THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT ON OUR ANALYSIS AND THE PROPOSED CODE AS IT'S BEING DRAFTED. DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS ARE UNAVOIDABLY TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS. ONE OF THE KEY GOALS OF THE PROJECT IS TO MAKE YOUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE MORE USER FRIENDLY, BUT THERE'S NO GETTING AROUND THE FACT THAT IT IS A LENGTHY LEGAL DOCUMENT. THAT'S WHY WE THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF SOME SORT THAT IS ENGAGED THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT THAT AGREES TO PARTICIPATE AND REVIEW WORK PRODUCTS AND PROVIDE THE CONSIDERED INPUT. SO WE'RE THRILLED THERE IS AN ADVISORY TEAM FOR THE PROJECT THAT'S REALLY TOP-NOTCHED, FILLED WITH A DIVERSE GROUP OF PERSPECTIVES. WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, ATTORNEYS ARCHITECTS AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVOCATES, HOUSING ADVOCATES AND NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS. WE PRESENTED TO THEM AN EARLIER DRAFT OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE ASSESSMENT AND I THINK WE MET WITH THEM FOR A TOTAL OF FIVE HOURS OR SO AND WE GOT REALLY GREAT FEEDBACK. WE'RE THRILLED THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE PARTICIPATING THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT. FINALLY, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE CONSISTENT COORDINATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT. SO THAT MEANS COORDINATION WITH YOU BECAUSE ULTIMATELY AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ASKED TO APPROVE THE UPDATED LDC. WITH NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS, THEY ARE COMFORTABLE WITH SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE MADE AND WITH MEMBERS OF THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. I CAN TELL YOU FROM EXPERIENCE AT THE END OF THE DAY THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A SINGLE PERSON PROBABLY SITTING UP THERE OR IN THE COMMUNITY THAT IS HAPPY WITH EVERY SINGLE PROVISION IN THE UPDATED ORDINANCE. BUT OUR GOAL THROUGH THIS STRUCTURED PROJECT WITH ENGAGEMENT IS TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE THERE IS GENERAL CONSENSUS THAT THE UPDATED LDC IS A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT OVER WHAT YOU HAVE TODAY. SO THIS IS BRIEFLY AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT. THESE ARE THE FIVE MAIN TASKS. AS I MENTIONED, WE WERE HERE LAST YEAR FOR PROJECT INITIATION AND ORIENTATION. AND ALL OF THE FEEDBACK FEEDS INTO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE ASSESSMENT, WHICH I'LL DIG INTO A LITTLE BIT LATER. THIS IS THE SAME PROJECT SCHEDULE, BUT IT'S SET OUT IN SOMEWHAT OF A SCHEDULE FORM. YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW WE'VE PREPARED THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE ASSESSMENT. WE WENT OUT TO THE PUBLIC ON MONDAY. WE'LL BE ACCEPTING PUBLIC INPUT FOR SEVERAL MORE WEEKS. AFTER WE REACH CONSENSUS WITH STAFF ON ANY CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE BASED ON THAT FEEDBACK WE'LL MOVE INTO DRAFTING THE UPDATED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. THAT'S REALLY THE MEET OF THE PROJECT. TO MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO DIGEST, WE'LL BE DRAFTING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE IN THREE SEPARATE INSTALLMENT. YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE DOCUMENT ICONS ON THAT SCHEDULE. THAT'S WHERE WE WILL BE DELIVERING THOSE PUBLIC DRAFTS TO THE CITY, PLACING IT ON THE WEBSITE. AND THEN HE WILL BE HAVING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AFTER EACH PUBLIC DRAFT SO THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN REVIEW THE DRAFT, PROVIDE INPUT AND LET US KNOW WHAT THEY THINK THEY GOT RIGHT AND WHERE WE MAY HAVE MISSED THE MARK. AFTER WE DRAFTED THE CODE, WE MOVE ON TO TASK FOUR WHICH IS THE TESTING. WE WILL LOOK AT SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED OR RECENTLY APPROVED IN THE CITY. UNDER YOUR CURRENT LDC AND REVIEW HOW THAT LAND, HOW THOSE PROJECTS COULD HAVE MOVED FORWARD UNDER THE UPDATED LDC TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE ACTUALLY HITTING THE GOALS. UNDOUBTEDLY THERE WILL BE TWEAKS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE. AT THE END OF TASK FOUR, WE'LL LOOK AT THE RESULTS OF THE TESTING, ALL THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED DURING TASK THREE. WE WILL MAKE ALL THE EDITS INTO THE COMPLETE DRAFT OF THE UPDATED LDC. THAT BRINGS US UP TO TASK FIVE WHERE WE DELIVER TO YOU AN UPDATED LDC THAT'S PREPARED TO GO THROUGH THE ADOPTION PROCESS. SO, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE AT THE STAGE OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE ASSESSMENT. I WANT TO BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT WHAT I TALKED WITH THE PUBLIC ON MONDAY. SO THE LDC IS A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF YOUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. WE LOOK AT IT THROUGH THE LENS OF THE CITY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES. WHAT WE LEARNED FROM READING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHAT WE LEARNED FROM TALKING WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, AND WHAT WE LEARNED FROM TALKING WITH YOU. WE EVALUATE HOW WELL YOUR CURRENT LDC HELPS THE CITY IMMEDIATE THOSE LAND DEVELOPMENT GOALS. WHERE IT DOES SO, WE WILL SAY THAT AND WE IN THE ASSESSMENT PROPOSE TO CARRY FORWARD THOSE PROVISIONS IN THE UPDATED CODE. WHERE WE THINK THE CURRENT CODE FALLS SHORT WE'LL NOTE THAT AND WE'LL PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW THEY CAN BE ADDRESSED IN THE UPDATED CODE. ONE OF THE MAIN SECTIONS OF THE ASSESSMENT IS AN ANNOTATED OUTLINE. THAT SETS OUT BY ARTICLE AND BY SECTION THE PROPOSED ORGANIZATION OF THE UPDATED CODE IF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE MAKE IN THE ASSESSMENT ARE ADOPTED. I MENTIONED EARLIER THE ROAD MAP FOR THE DRAFTING, THAT REALLY IS THE ROAD MAP. PART OF THE REASON WE GO TO THE PUBLIC AND TO COUNCIL WITH THIS ROAD MAP IS BECAUSE WE WANT TO SEE YOUR INPUT BEFORE WE HAVE WRITTEN A SINGLE WORD OF THE UPDATED CODE SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND HAVE A GENERAL CONSENSUS AS TO WHAT THE UPDATED LDC WILL LOOK LIKE, EVEN IF THERE'S NO AGREEMENT ON EVERY DETAIL. THE LDC ASSESSMENT IS ORGANIZED AROUND THESE EIGHT THEMES. TAKEN TOGETHER, THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE INTENDED TO RESULT IN A CODE THAT IS BETTER ORDERING, EASIER TO UNDERSTAND, INCLUDES MORE CLEAR AND PRECISE STANDARDS THAT REDUCE AMBIGUITY, HAVE A MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS, INCLUDE UPDATED ZONING DISTRICTS THAT BETTER SUPPORT THE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT THAT THE CITY WANTS TO SEE WITHOUT HAVING TO RESORT TO PD OR PDAs QUITE OFTEN AND BETTER SUPPORTS THE CITY'S OTHER PEOPLE. MORE HOUSING, MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, MORE TYPES OF HOUSING, MORE WALKABLE AND TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE MODES OF DEVELOPMENT, IMPROVED QUALITY OF DEVELOPMENT AND ENHANCED RESILIENCY. SO AS I MENTIONED, WE'LL BE ACCEPTING FEEDBACK THROUGH THE TAMPA FORWARD WEBSITE THROUGH MARCH 24. THAT'S TAMPA.GOV/TAMPAFORWARD. WE'LL HUDDLE WITH STAFF. THE GOAL IS THAT BEGINNING IN APRIL, WE'LL BE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ACTUALLY WRITING YOUR UPDATED CODE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN ASKED TO SPEAK FIRST. COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. WE'LL KEEP THE TIMER ON FOR FIVE MINUTES FOR THE FIRST ROUND AND THREE MINUTES FOR THE SECOND ROUND. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: GOOD MORNING. I WANTED TO SAY I APPRECIATE STAFF AND DIRECTOR ABBYE FEELEY FOR TACKLING THIS PROJECT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE CAN HAS BEEN KICKED DOWN THE STREET FOR SO LONG BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A DIFFICULT TASK. THIS IS LIKE MOVING MOUNTAINS TO REWRITE THIS CODE. THE WILLINGNESS TO TACKLE THIS PROJECT IS ADMIRABLE BECAUSE I WOULDN'T WANT TO DO THIS. THIS IS CRAZY. YOU MAY WANT TO CHECK YOURSELF BECAUSE THIS IS CRAZY TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING THIS CONSEQUENTIAL AND SO DIFFICULT. AGAIN, VERY DIFFICULT TO PLEASE EVERYBODY BECAUSE IT IS A REWRITE OF LAND USE AND IT IS A BIG CITY. IT IS A COMPLICATED CITY THAT IS A MIX MATCH OF ALL KINDS OF GOOD AND BAD. TRYING TO PUSH THAT IN THE BLENDER AND COME OUT WITH GOOD WOULD BE A TOUGH TASK. I LIKE YOUR WEBSITE. USER FRIENDLY WEBSITE AND GOOD FOR THE CITIZENS TO KEEP TRACK OF WHAT'S HAPPENING. KUDOS ON THAT. I'LL MAKE A COUPLE OF STATEMENTS AND YOU KIND OF COVERED THIS. I FEEL LIKE -- I THINK THEY HAVE TO BE RESTATED OVER AND OVER AGAIN OTHERWISE THEY GET LOST IN THE STUFF. NOT GOING TO SURPRISE ANYBODY, FIRST ON MY LIST IS TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. THAT IS THE FUTURE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA AND WE NEED TO BE KICKING OFF ON THAT. SECONDLY, I'LL SPEAK ON BEHALF OF A COUNCILPERSON NOT HERE, DIDN'T ASK ME TO DO THIS, IMPORTANT TO MYSELF AND HE BROUGHT UP, URBAN VILLAGES. HAVING THE LAND USE DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE URBAN VILLAGES EVERYBODY REGARDLESS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE WHAT SOUTH TAMPA HAS OR WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE HAS WHERE THEY CAN WALK TO SERVICES, RESTAURANTS, DRY CLEANER, THINGS THAT PEOPLE EXPECT TO HAVE IN A TRADITIONAL KIND OF NEIGHBORHOOD. THESE CRITICAL INTERSECTIONS OF STREETS, ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE MIXED USE, THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT MIXTURES USE TYPE OF -- MIXED USE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT IN THOSE AREAS THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE DEVELOP THIS CODE. STEP-DOWN DENSITY FROM ALL OF THESE. I SAY TO FOLKS ALL THE TIME, A CAVEAT TO THIS, IF YOU LIVE WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SOME OF THE TRANSIT DEVELOPMENTS, YOU'RE GOING TO BE EXPERIENCING INCREASE IN DENSITY BUT ALSO STEP DOWN DENSITY AS WE START GETTING TOWARDS THE NEIGHBORHOODS SO WE CAN PROTECT THE NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH MY NEXT THING IS NEIGHBORHOOD PROTECTION. ENSURING THAT TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE'RE PROTECTING THEM BECAUSE SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSES AND ATTACHED HOUSES PEOPLE BUY, SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS THEY'LL MAKE IN THEIR LIFE. SHOULD HAVE PREDICTABILITY. BURIED DEEP IN A TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD, RIDICULOUS LOT SPLITS, CHANGES OF USES IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE NOT CONDUCIVE TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE INVESTED AND BUILT THE CITY OF TAMPA AND HAVE LIVED HERE YEARS AND YEARS. THEIR LIVES SHOULDN'T BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BECAUSE SOMEBODY IS TRYING TO MAKE A QUICK BUCK. TOO MUCH ON TOO LITTLE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD. NEIGHBORHOOD PROTECTION IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. DOWNTOWN CHANNELSIDE, WATER STREET, MAKE IT UNIFIED. LIFT THE HEIGHTS. MAKE THE LAND USE IN THIS DENSE URBAN AREA, MAKE IT COHESIVE SO IT ALL IS THE SAME. KIND OF SILLY. IT WAS A FAILED EXPERIMENT. WELL THOUGHT OUT AT THE TIME THINKING THEY WOULD HAVE OTHER TYPE OF LOWER DENSITY. NOT THE WAY IT IS DEVELOPED. NEED TO HAVE RULES CONFORM TO THAT. KENNEDY BOULEVARD, SAME THING. AWFUL LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO GO UP HIGHER. MAKE IT A TRUE BOULEVARD AGAIN WHICH WOULD BE GOOD FOR TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT WITH CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE WESTSHORE BUSINESS DISTRICT, THE AIRPORT, DOWNTOWN, WEST TAMPA. IT IS A GREAT CORRIDOR THAT WE NEED TO CONCENTRATE ON, AND WE CAN DO BETTER. I THINK WITH LAND USE DEVELOPMENT, I THINK YOU GUYS CAN KICK THIS OFF AND HELP THE CITY OF TAMPA MAKE THAT INTO THE WORTHY BOULEVARD IT SHOULD BECOME. I THINK I HIT MOST OF THE HIGH POINTS FROM MY PERSONAL WANTS, NEEDS DESIRES. I KNOW THIS HAS ALL BEEN OUT THERE, BUT I THINK YOU HAVE TO KEEP HITTING IT AND HITTING IT TO REMIND PEOPLE THESE ARE THE IMPORTANT VALUES WE'RE LOOKING FOR. THANK YOU. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WON'T DISAGREE WITH MY ESTEEMED COLLEAGUE BUT I'M A LITTLE DIFFERENT. LOOK AT PAGE 5, WELL STRUCTURED PROJECT BUILT, VERY WELL MANAGED, PUT TOGETHER, VERY WELL BUILT. I HAVE SOME DISAGREEMENT WITH THAT BECAUSE TODAY'S SOCIETY, BUILDING QUICKER, BETTER, SUPPOSEDLY, BUT YOU HAVE CONCRETE FIRST FLOORS AND WOOD ON THE SECOND FLOOR. WHAT DOES THAT DO IN AN AREA THAT HAS PROBLEMS WITH THE ENVIRONMENT? AND THAT'S ALL OF FLORIDA. WHEN YOU HAVE STORMS COMING IN, WHEN YOU HAVE WATER COMING IN FROM THE STORMS. WHEN YOU HAVE THINGS THAT CAN REALLY DESTROY A HOUSE AND WE HAVE GONE THROUGH A LOT OF THIS LATELY NOT ONLY IN THE CITY OF TAMPA BUT ALL OF FLORIDA. I'M SPEAKING WHAT I SEE. THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS DONE SOMETHING DIFFERENT. WE HAVE DIFFERENT TIERS OF WATER COST. THE MORE YOU USE, THE HIGHER YOU PAY. WE'RE DOING IT SO WE HAVE CONTINUED WATER FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. NOW WE HAVE 700,000 PEOPLE THAT WE'RE SERVING WITHIN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. THAT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. SECONDLY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COST OF ELECTRICITY, IT GOES UP LIKE ANYTHING ELSE. I WANT TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR SOMEONE, SOONER OR LATER THE COST OF WATER AND ELECTRICITY MAY EQUAL HALF THE COST OF THE PAYMENT OF THE HOUSE. HOW IS THAT SUSTAINABLE? HOW DO YOU SOLVE THOSE THINGS? WE'RE BUILDING SOMETHING THAT'S FOR THE PRESENT, BUT 20 YEARS FROM NOW, 30 YEARS FROM NOW, WHAT DO YOU HAVE? THAT'S HOW I THINK. SO NOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BUILDING ITSELF, HOW IS STRONGER BETTER IF THE SECOND FLOOR IS MADE OUT OF WOOD? WHEN YOU GO TO THIRD-WORLD COUNTRIES, THEY THOUGHT ABOUT THIS A HUNDRED YEARS AGO. THEY DON'T BUILD ANYTHING THAT HAS DRYWALL. I'M NOT ANTI-DRYWALL. NOW THE DRYWALL PEOPLE HATE ME. I'M NOT ANTI-ANYBODY. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ROOF, DOESN'T HAVE AN EAVE 18, 24 INCHES, WALLS CAVE IN. BUT THAT'S EXACTLY HOW WE REPLACE THEM. I HAVE NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. IN MY OPINION, THAT'S NOT HOW WE SHOULD REPLACE THEM. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE HOUSING IN THE BAHAMAS, THE ISLANDS, IT'S DIFFERENT. YOU HAVE A FLAT ROOF AT AN ANGLE. NINE INCHES OF CONCRETE WITH REBAR WIRE TIED INTO THE STRUCTURE IN THE GROUND. WHEN THE HURRICANE COMES, THE EFFECT OF TAKING THE ROOF IS ALMOST NIL. INSIDE NO DRYWALL. IT'S ALL CONCRETE. LOOKS JUST LIKE DRYWALL. IF IT GETS WET, WAIT UNTIL IT DRIES AND YOU PAINT IT. THE INSURANCE WE'VE HAD HERE, THE AGENCIES, I'VE HAD FRIENDS OF MINE WHO HAVE HAD CATASTROPHES, NOT ONLY MY DISTRICT AND EVERY DISTRICT IN THE CITY, AND THE FEMA, YEAH, A LOT OF IT IS SUCCESSFUL BUT A LOT OF THEM GET TURNED DOWN FOR WHATEVER. I HAD ONE I TALKED TO YESTERDAY WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE IS A CONTINUATION OF ANOTHER THING COMING WITHOUT US REALIZING WHAT THAT IS. WE BETTER START THINKING ABOUT NOT TODAY AND TOMORROW, WE BETTER START THINKING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF THE FUTURE. IF WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LESSER PROBLEM WITH HURRICANES, AND I'M NOT A WEATHER PERSON. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE WEATHER. THE GULF YESTERDAY WAS THREE DEGREES WARMER THAN IT WAS THIS TIME LAST YEAR. DON'T LISTEN TO WHAT THE METEOROLOGISTS ARE SAYING ON TELEVISION. ALL THOSE ARE ON MY MIND. HOW DO YOU SOLVE THE PROBLEM? KEEP DOING THE SAME THING WE'RE DOING, THE ANSWER IS ABOUT ZERO PERCENT. WE MUST HAVE SOMETHING THAT GIVES AT LEAST AN OPTION TO SOMEBODY TO BUILD SOMETHING THAT IS NOT -- THAT'S MY FEELING TO HELP SOCIETY, NOT TODAY, BUT FOR TOMORROW, FOR MUCH LONGER TIME. THESE THINGS ARE SOMETIMES YOU TALK ABOUT SOLAR. I'LL SPEAK ABOUT IT LATER ON PRIVATELY WITH SOMEONE. WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT SOMETHING DOESN'T WORK. SOLAR IN MY HOUSE, AND MY BILL LAST MONTH I THOUGHT IT WAS LOW, MONTH BEFORE IT WAS $22. I'LL SHOW YOU THE ELECTRIC BILL. I USE IT A LITTLE DIFFERENT. I WASH ONCE A MONTH. I WASH ONE TIME A MONTH. WHY? I USE LESS WATER AND ELECTRICITY. YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT YOU. YOU HAVE A FINE REPUTATION. COMPANY HAS A FINE REPUTATION. NOT HERE TO QUESTION IT. I'M HERE TO QUESTION MYSELF, WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING IN THE CITY OF TAMPA TO HELP IT GET BETTER? NOT MUCH. DOING THE SAME THING WE DID YESTERDAY TODAY AND TOMORROW. >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST WANT TO REMIND FOLKS THAT TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT WORK WITHOUT TRANSIT FUNDING. THROW THAT OUT THERE. BECAUSE YOU CAN BUILD ALL YOU WANT AND IF WE DON'T HAVE THE TRANSIT, IT'S NOT GOING TO HELP. I DO WANT TO MENTION OF THE EIGHT THEMES YOU ALL TALKED ABOUT FIVE OF THEM. I REALLY HOPE YOU READ THEM. AND THIS GOES INTO THE OTHER ISSUE THAT I'VE ASKED FOR PROBABLY THREE TIMES NOW. WHEN YOU MENTION TRANSPARENCY, I HAVE ASKED OVER AND OVER AGAIN BECAUSE THE PUBLIC WANTS THIS AS WELL. VIDEOS ON THE WEBSITE. VIDEOS OF THE ADVISORY TEAM MEETINGS. VIDEOS OF THE CLARION MEETINGS. I BELIEVE IF COUNCIL HAD THE ABILITY TO WATCH THOSE MEETINGS, IT WOULD BE VERY CLEARAUSE THIS, VERY DENSE INFORMATION. THERE'S JUST NO WAY WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS NOW. I'M JUST GOING TO PUT IN ANOTHER PLUG TO MAKE SURE THOSE VIDEOS MAKE IT TO THE WEBSITE SO THE PUBLIC CAN REALLY SEE BECAUSE YOU HAVE UNTIL THE END OF THIS MONTH TO GIVE YOUR FEEDBACK. AND IF THE VIDEOS ARE UP, THEN I THINK THE FEEDBACK COULD BE BETTER BECAUSE 150 PAGES IS WAY TOO MUCH FOR PEOPLE TO ABSORB, BUT LISTENING TO THE PRESENTATION, WHICH I WAS AT ON MONDAY, WAS REALLY GOOD, ALTHOUGH DENSE. BUT PEOPLE COULD WATCH IT A COUPLE OF TIMES AND GET SOME INFORMATION AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK. THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO ASK FOR, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU GET THOSE VETOED ON THE WEBSITE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, CHAIR. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED IS OUR EARLIER CONVERSATIONS WITH CLARION AS A CITY COUNCIL YOU HAD INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATIONS. EVEN FOR TRANSPARENCY BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE'RE NOT REALLY ALLOWED TO TALK WITH ONE ANOTHER, MAKING THAT INFORMATION PUBLIC, THINGS ALREADY SAID. I WOULD HATE FOR THE INFORMATION TO COME OUT AND OUR CONVERSATIONS WERE NOT TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU DO THAT FINAL PRESENTATION. I ALSO FEEL LIKE YOU SHOULD CIRCLE BACK TO US AGAIN NOW THAT WE'RE IN THIS PROCESS FURTHER ALONG. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S IMPORTANT. ONE OF THE THINGS, PROTECT THE CHARACTER OF THE CITY'S RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS FROM INCOMPATIBLE DEVELOPMENT. WE AS A COUNCIL HAVE ACTUALLY AT TIMES APPROVED THINGS IN SINGLE-FAMILY HOME NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE COME BEFORE US, AND IT'S REALLY UP TO US TO FIGHT FOR OR AGAINST SOME OF THOSE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENTS. I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE CODE THAT'S WRITTEN THAT DOES ADDRESS US PROVIDING HOUSING TO PEOPLE ON SINGLE-FAMILY LOTS BECAUSE I'VE TRAVELED TO ONE IN SOUTH TAMPA WHERE IT IS A BEAUTIFUL DUPLEX AND LOOKS LIKE ONE HOUSE BUT IT'S NOT. THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO ME, ESPECIALLY IN NEIGHBORHOODS ON THIS SIDE OF KENNEDY BOULEVARD. NO SHADE TO SOUTH TAMPA BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT WHERE IT'S VERY THOUGHTFUL. ALSO, IT'S PARTICULARLY IN URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT COME BEFORE US A LOT ABOUT SMALL BUSINESSES. I HAPPEN TO OWN ONE, SO THIS IS HOW IT MAKES SENSE TO ME. I'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH MS. FEELEY AS WELL. THERE IS A SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, FOUR UNITS THAT SITS INTO A COMMUNITY THAT PEOPLE WALK TO. AND IT IS WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT EXISTS FOR ME IN CARVER CITY WITH THE BARBEQUE AND THE STORE WHEN I WAS GROWING UP. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD THESE HUGE COMMERCIAL SPACES BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD A PROJECT COME BEFORE US WHERE IT WAS MIXED USE AND THEY GAVE VERY LITTLE COMMERCIAL SPACE AND THEY CAME INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE'RE THINKING WE WOULD GET MORE COMMERCIAL SPACE THAT BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY AND IT REALLY DOESN'T. THAT IS SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WRITTEN STRONGLY INTO OUR CODE THAT PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THAT. AS WELL AS WHERE IT FITS INTO THE COMPATIBILITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE IT IS REALLY WELCOMING. FOR ME, THAT'S BASICALLY IT. I WOULD LIKE FOR THE CIRCLE-BACK CONVERSATION WITH US. I WOULD LIKE FOR WHAT COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE THINKING TO ALSO BE PUBLIC AND TRANSPARENT SO THERE ARE NO SURPRISES TO THE PUBLIC. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE THINKING AS WELL. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? DO WE NEED A SECOND ROUND? MS. FEELEY, I'LL CONTACT YOU. SET UP A MEETING AND GIVE YOU A PHONE CALL ON MY THOUGHTS. IT IS A HUGE UNDERTAKING. THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS CHANGED. I'VE BEEN HERE MY WHOLE LIFE GOING ON 41 YEARS. WE HAVE TREMENDOUS GROWTH, TREMENDOUS POPULATION AND TREMENDOUS CHALLENGES. IT IS A BIG CITY. A LOT HAPPENS DOWNTOWN. A LOT HAPPENS IN SOUTH TAMPA. A LOT IS HAPPENING IN WEST TAMPA FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE AIRPORT, BUT THERE IS A WHOLE OTHER AREA OF TOWN. I WANT TO SEE THE PARTS OF THE CITY THAT HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN THAT WE GET THAT INVESTMENT IN THERE TO LIFT THE COMMUNITY UP, AND THAT WE ARE A RISING CITY AND EVERYBODY GETS A PART OF THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. I HAVE TWO REGISTERED SPEAKERS AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE IN-PERSON INDIVIDUALS. MY FIRST REGISTERED SPEAKER IS MR. MICHAEL RANDOLPH FOLLOWED BY BRANDON. GOOD MORNING, MR. RANDOLPH. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MICHAEL RANDOLPH. I'M WITH THE WEST TAMPA CDC. I WANT TO START OFF BY THANKING THOSE WHO WERE ABLE TO LOG INTO OUR MOST RECENT MEETING. DO I APOLOGIZE TO THE MAJORITY THAT WERE NOT ABLE TO LOG IN BECAUSE OF TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. WE WILL DO A FOLLOW-UP MEETING ON MARCH THE 28th. I ALSO WANT TO THANK JOE ROBINSON WHO GAVE AN UPDATE ABOUT THE WEST TAMPA CDC AND THE CURRENT CRA PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS, AS WELL AS I WANT TO THANK ATHENA JONES AND JANICE WILLIAMS WHO SHARED THE ROLE OF NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS AND CONCERNED CITIZENS. THE FEEDBACK I GOT BACK FROM FOLKS AROUND THE STATE AND AROUND THE TAMPA BAY AREA WAS THAT THE LOVE AND COMMITMENT SHOWN BY THE COMMUNITY WAS COMPELLING. AT THE NEXT MEETING WE WILL FOCUS ON COMMUNITY-BASED INITIATIVES AND WHAT RESEARCH SHOWS HOW IMPACTFUL A STRATEGY THIS WOULD HELP. THREE PARTS TO THE STRATEGY. THE FIRST IS MENTAL HEALTH. WE ARE FOCUSED ON CREATING AN APPRECIATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF REMOVING THE STIGMA ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. OUR MOBILIZATION STRATEGY INCLUDES CONNECTING NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS TO FAITH COMMUNITY, BUSINESSES, BARBER SHOPS, SALONS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND SOCIAL SERVICES TO THIS INITIATIVE. DIETARY AND HEALTH INITIATIVES. THE NEXT MEETING WILL FOCUS ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. GIVEN THE CURRENT CLIMATE RELATED TO JOB LOSSES FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND BIG BUSINESSES, OUR HOME-BASED BUSINESSES INITIATIVE WOULD PROVIDE SUPPLEMENTAL INCOME TO DISABLED, LOW INCOME AND -- WE'LL ALSO FOCUS ON OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SERVICE COMING UP IN A MONTH AND QUALITY TO GET ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND FOR THOSE THAT WOULD NOT -- I DEEPLY APOLOGIZE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU, MR. RANDOLPH. MR. BRANDON CANE, IS THE NEXT SPEAKER. NO. WE'LL GO TO IN-PERSON SPEAKER. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS REVEREND. FOLLOWED BY MR. STEVE MICHELINI AND MS. TINA ADAMS. YES, MA'AM, GO AHEAD. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS REVEREND. I AM HERE AS A MEMBER OF THE FRIENDS OF ED SPARK, A SEMINOLE HEIGHTS COMMUNITY THAT IN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS HAS BEEN IN THE MIDDLE OF A CONFLICT BETWEEN A NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPER, CITY STAFF AND FRIENDS OF THE PARK. THE CONFLICT IS RELATED TO THE CITY APPROVAL OF A RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMIT WHICH IS ALLOWING THE BUILDING OF THE ROAD THAT WON'T LAST, UPKEEP WILL FALL ON THE BACKS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS NOT BEEN CONSULTED FOR ITS APPROVAL THAT IN AN AREA THE LAST 50 YEARS CONSIDERED BY THE NEIGHBORS TO BE PART OF THE PARK. ON A FLOODPLAIN WHICH PERSISTENTLY FLOODS EVEN DURING RAINY DAYS. PERHAPS THE LESS FORTUNATE FLORIDA PROTECTED PALM TREES WHICH WERE CUT OUT FROM THE RIGHT-OF-WAY PRIOR TO THE PERMIT BEING SUBMITTED AND GRANTED. I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND TWO NIGHTS AGO THE PUBLIC FORUM, AND I WAS PLEASED TO HEAR RECOMMENDED CHANGES FOR THE CODE THAT WOULD ADDRESS MANY OF THE ISSUES FOR WHICH OUR COMMUNITY FINDS ITSELF STRUGGLING WITH. THE ASSESSMENT RECOMMENDS ENCOURAGING DEVELOPMENT WHERE THERE IS LOWER RISK OF FLOODING AND RESTRICTIONS ON DEVELOPMENT IN THE COASTAL HIGH HAZARD AREA. THE RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMIT WILL ALLOW THE DEVELOPER TO BUILD A ROAD THAT WILL SERVICE MULTI-LOT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN AN AE-12 FLOODPLAIN. ALL OF THE ROAD AND 95% OF THE FIVE LOTS THE DEVELOPER OWNS ARE LOCATED IN AE-12 FLOODPLAIN, AN AREA EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY SAW SIX TO NINE FEET OF STORM SURGE. SOME NEIGHBORS FEAR THIS WILL INCREASE FLOODING IN THEIR HOME. USE OF FILL CAN ALTER DRAINAGE SITES, LESSEN RAINFALL INFILTRATION, ACCELERATE RUNOFF OR DISPLACE WATER ONTO NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES AND DOWN-STREAM COMMUNITIES. ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION WHICH DIRECTLY IMPACTS OUR COMMUNITY'S PRESENT EXPERIENCE IS NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN APPLICATIONS. ALL OF THE ABOVE CONCERNS AND INCREASING INTELL ADDITIONS FROM THE DEVELOPER SUFFERED BY THOSE WHO HAVE PUBLICLY OPPOSED THE ROAD INCLUDING MYSELF IS TO THE NEED FOR PUBLIC COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT WHERE BOTH THE DEVELOPER AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEMBERS ARE PLACED ON AN EQUAL FOOTING OF MUTUAL SCRUTINY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. THE LACK OF CITY SUPPORT AND PERMIT APPROVAL WHERE THE ROAD DOESN'T MEET CODE AND THE APPROVAL PLAN IS FULL OF CONTRADICTIONS AND OMISSIONS LEFT THE MEMBERS CALLING THE POLICE TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION AND FEELING FRUSTRATED WITHOUT SOLUTIONS. THE CODE WRITTEN ADVANTAGES OF DEVELOPERS. IF TODAY UNDER THE LENSES OF THE NEW CODE, I SUSPECT WE WOULD PROBABLY SEE THESE PROJECTS HALTED. THERE WOULD BE A WAY FOR NEIGHBORS TO SHARE INPUT. THE DEVELOPER WOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO BUILD HIS MULTI-LOT DEVELOPMENT WITH NO FILL AND HOUSES ON STILTS ON FRONT STREET AND EXISTING STREET ON HIGHER GROUND. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. STEVE MICHELINI. TINA ADAMS. STEPHANIE POYNOR. GOOD MORNING, SIR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD MORNING. STEVE MICHELINI. I'M HERE REALLY TO SPEAK ABOUT THE STORMWATER ISSUE. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT MOVING PARTS TO THIS. THERE ARE OPTIONS THAT NEED TO BE EXAMINED WHICH ARE PROHIBITED BY YOUR EXISTING CONTRACT WITH KIMMINS. THEY ONLY GIVE YOU THREE ROUTES, AND ALL THREE ROUTES DIRECT THEM TOWARD HOWARD. THIS WAS DIRECTED BY STAFF IN THEIR AGREEMENT AND IT DID NOT INCLUDE YOUR MOTION THAT WAS UNANIMOUSLY MADE THAT SAID ELIMINATE BRISTOL. BRISTOL IS STILL IN THE CONTRACT FOR CONSIDERATION. LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT MAINTENANCE LOOKS LIKE ON THESE DITCHES. FLOOR TREES GROWING IN THEM. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT NEEDS TO BE IDENTIFIED IS HOW MANY CREWS ARE OPERATING TO CLEAN THE DITCHES AND CULVERTS THAT ARE EXISTING. I UNDERSTAND THAT A NUMBER OF OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS ARE LOOKING AT THIS IN TERMS OF THE CITY DIDN'T MAINTAIN THE DITCHES AND THEY ARE LOOKING FOR SOME KIND OF COMPENSATION TO COMPENSATE THEM FOR THE DAMAGES DONE TO THEIR HOMES. YOU ALSO MADE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT AVOIDING HOWARD. THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THIS DIRECTION. AN AMENDMENT NEEDS TO BE MADE AND HAS TO BE MADE FROM THE COUNCIL TO ALLOW FOR OTHER OPTIONS. WE'RE NOT SAYING IT HAS TO BE DIRECTED TO ANOTHER OPTION BUT SIMPLY TO ALLOW THE OTHER OPTIONS TO BE EXPLORED. IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS YOU RECEIVED 120 PAGES OF DOCUMENTS FROM -- ONE FROM THE ATTORNEY AND ANOTHER ONE FROM THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION THAT WAS DELIVERED TO YOU ALL ON WEDNESDAY. THAT OUTLINES THE CONTRADICTIONS AND THE ERRORS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE CURRENT PRESENTATION REGARDING THE SOUTH HOWARD PROJECT. WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LISTENING TO THE ENGINEER'S REPORT, WHICH ENGINEERS ARE YOU LISTENING TO? THE ONES HIRED PRIVATELY BY THE NEIGHBORS AND BUSINESSES OR ONLY THE ONES HIRED BY THE CITY AND WERE PRESENTED TO YOU FROM PLANS OVER THREE OR FOUR YEARS OLD? THE ONLY COMMON ELEMENT HERE IS WE ALL WANT THE PROBLEM SOLVED. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO KILL THE PROJECT. LOOK AT THE OPTIONS THAT MAKE THE MOST SENSE. GET THE MAINTENANCE OUT THERE AND START RESTORING THESE DITCHES AND MAKE THEM FUNCTION AGAIN. THEY SIMPLY ARE NOT FUNCTIONAL. WHEN WE GET STORMWATER AND THE DIDESIGN THEY HAVE NOW, WHEN YOU GET IT THE NEW PLAN ONLY COVERS THREE INCHES OF RAIN. IT IS A SUMMER STORM. IT IS NOT A MAJOR EVENT. CURRENT DEVELOPMENT CRITERIA SAYS YOU HAVE TO DESIGN TO A 25 YEAR STORM FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT. THAT CRITERIA SHOULD ALSO BE IN THERE BUT IT'S NOT. NO ACCESS HAS BEEN PROVIDED IN THE CURRENT PLAN FOR OPERATIONS. THEY ARE ESTIMATING TWO TO THREE MONTHS FOR THE BUSINESSES AND HOMEOWNERS TO BE INCONVENIENCED AND SHUT DOWN. SAFETY CONCERNS ARE ALSO A PRIMARY ISSUE HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. >> THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MRS. TINA ADAMS. STEPHANIE POYNOR. VALERIE BULLOCK. >> GOOD MORNING. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HEARD AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING MY NEIGHBORS, MY FAMILY, AND MYSELF HOPE, HOPE FOR A TIME WHEN OUR HOMES WON'T FLOOD AND OUR STREETS WON'T FLOOD DURING AFTERNOON STORMS. HOPE THAT WE'LL BE SAFE IN OUR HOMES. HOPE FOR A NEW AND IMPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM AND STORMWATER SYSTEM THAT HELPS US AND NOT DESTROYS OUR HOMES. THAT IS WHAT THE SOUTH HOWARD FLOOD RELIEF PROJECT WILL DO. ON OCTOBER 10, WE FOUND OUT, THAT WAS THE DAY WE FOUND OUT JUST HOW INADEQUATE AND OUTDATED OUR STORMWATER SYSTEM IS. NO AMOUNT OF MAINTENANCE CAN FIX IT. THAT WOULD BE NICE IF IT WOULD BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE QUICK, BUT THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE A QUICK FIX. SO LET'S JUST GIVE THIS PROJECT ALL OF OUR ATTENTION AND ALL OF OUR RESOURCES. BUT I DON'T WANT JUST THE RESOURCES FOR MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I REALIZE THERE IS A LOT OF FLOODING ALL OVER TAMPA AND WE NEED TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. WE SHOULD ALL FEEL SAFE IN OUR HOMES. I'VE MOVED BACK INTO MY HOUSE, PROUD TO SAY. I LIVE UPSTAIRS AND I'M WORKING ON THE DOWN STAIRS. THAT'S WHY I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE TO LISTEN TO YOU GUYS. I FEEL LIKE I LEARN A LOT WITH ALL THE MEETINGS. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT I HAVE A TANGIBLE REMINDER EVERY DAY ABOUT THIS STORMWATER SYSTEM AND ABOUT THIS PROJECT. I KNOW IT'S SILLY, BUT I BROUGHT YOU ALL A LITTLE TANGIBLE REMINDER TO HELP YOU GUYS. I COULDN'T BRING IN REAL SHOVELS BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T GO THROUGH THE METAL DETECTOR. I BROUGHT YOU SHOVELS TO HELP YOU REMEMBER THAT WE NEED TO START DIGGING. THE SOONER THE BETTER. I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR I JUST WANT THE MOST EFFECTIVE ROUTE THAT IS THE MOST EFFICIENT, THAT IS THE MOST COST EFFICIENT BECAUSE I REALIZE THERE ARE A LOT OF AREAS THAT NEED FLOOD RELIEF. IT'S GOING TO COST A LOT OF MONEY, FROM FOREST HILLS TO PALMA CEIA PINES, TO WHAT WE JUST HEARD ABOUT IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS TO THE WESTSHORE DISTRICT. AND EVERYBODY DESERVES YOUR HELP AND NEEDS IT. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MRS. STEPHANIE POYNOR. MS. VALERIE BULLOCK. MR. ABDELLA. >> GOOD MORNING. STEPHANIE POYNOR. I WANT TO APOLOGIZE. THIS SPREADSHEET I CREATED, IT IS MISSING TWO LABELS AT THE TOP OF THE COLUMN. THIS SHOULD BE THE NUMBER OF HEARINGS, AND THIS IS THE NUMBER OF HEARINGS ACTUALLY HEARD. I WENT BACK AND PULLED THE EVENING MEETINGS FOR 2022, '23, '24. WHAT I FOUND WAS 92% OF WHAT COMES BEFORE COUNCIL DURING THE EVENING MEETINGS IS APPROVED. CLARION SAID AT THE MEETING ON MONDAY NIGHT THAT CITY COUNCIL WAS UNPREDICTABLE IN THEIR DECISIONS. I WOULD ARGUE THAT 92% OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS MAKES IT VERY PREDICTABLE, THAT MOST OF THE TIME THEY GET WHAT THEY WANT. WHICH, YOU KNOW, IS -- YOU COULD ARGUE EITHER WAY. THE LDC, I WANT TO FOCUS BACK TO THE LDC AND THE COMP PLAN REVISIONS AT THE SAME TIME ARE VERY, VERY CUMBERSOME. IT'S TOO MUCH FOR A NORMAL CITIZEN. JUST LIKE COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK SAID, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF THE VIDEOS WERE ONLINE. I'VE LISTENED TO ABOUT HALF OF WHAT THE LDC RECOMMENDATIONS WERE BEFORE, BUT IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE OVERLAP IS, WHERE ARE THESE THINGS -- HOW ARE THEY GOING TO FIT TOGETHER WHEN BOTH WORKS IN PROGRESS THAT ARE HUNDREDS OF PAGES LONG? ONE CONCERN I HAVE IS THE IMPLICATION THAT CITY COUNCIL SHOULD NOT BE HEARING LAND USE OR PETITIONS FOR REVIEW OR WHATEVER. AND THAT BOTHERS ME. FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD NEVER WANT IT TO BE A VOLUNTEER POSITION. IT SHOULD BE WRITTEN IN THE CHARTER, IF YOU WANT TO DO IT. YOU ARE LITERALLY GIVING AWAY YOUR JOB BY DOING THAT. IF THEY WANT TO DO IT, IF YOU WANT TO DO IT, IT NEEDS TO BE IN THE CHARTER AND IT NEEDS TO BE A HIGHER POSITION THAT REPORTS TO YOU. IF NOT, THEN DON'T BOTHER. I ALSO WANT TO KNOW AND I LOVE THAT COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON BROUGHT THIS UP, THE PROTECTIONS FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES BECAUSE I'LL SHOW YOU SOMETHING LATER THAT WILL MAKE YOU GO WHAT THE -- I HAD A CONVERSATION YESTERDAY WITH A NICE GENTLEMAN WHO IS IN COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. HE SAYS, WHY DO WE KEEP GIVING AWAY ALL OUR COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL? YOU'RE PREACHING TO THE CHOIR, HONEY. A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMEONE ASK ABOUT THAT ARE TOTALLY UNRELATED TO WHAT I JUST SAID, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE SOMEBODY TO ASK WHEN IS ROME YARD GOING TO GET STARTED? THEY'VE HAD IT THREE YEARS. WE BUILT HANNA STREET AND STILL NOTHING. THE WORKSHOP PRESENTATION LAST WEEK ON THE CURRENT BONDING CAPACITY, IT WAS NOT SHARED WITH YOU. I DID THE FIFTH GRADE MATH. I E-MAILED THE HEAD OF OUR MONEY PEOPLE, AND I HAVEN'T HEARD BACK, BUT IT WAS $3.5 BILLION WAS OUR CAP FOR BONDING ON A TOTALLY DIFFERENT PAGE, 30 PAGES EARLIER, IT SAID WE WERE AT 2.8 BILLION. SO, WHAT IS THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION? THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MS. VALERIE BULLOCK. MR. ABDELLA. MR. SHAWN McNAMARA. >> HELLO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD MORNING. >> MY NAME IS PASTOR FRANK WILLIAMS. 1112 EAST SCOTT STREET. I CAN'T CLAIM THAT NO MORE BECAUSE YOU GUYS CAME DOWN THERE AND PUT A LOT OF CITATIONS ON THE CHURCH AND BASICALLY DONE TOOK MY CHURCH. I COME TO YOU ALL ABOUT A YEAR AGO HOPING THAT YOU ALL CAN DO SOMETHING TO HELP ME, BUT NOBODY HELPING ME. I'M GRATEFUL TO GOD THAT I'M 86 YEARS OLD. THAT'S A LONG TIME. THANK GOD. THANK YOU, HOLY FATHER, FOR YOUR BLESSING OF 86 YEARS. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG I'M GOING TO BE HERE, BUT I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY. EVERY MOMENT OF MY LIFE IS TO GIVE GOD PRAISES AND GLORY. I HAVE A PRAYER HERE THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME FROM STEPHEN MICHELINI. OF THE HOLY TIME. WE SHOULD BE FILLED WITH PRAYER AND REFLECTION. MAY THE GOD OF ABRAHAM WATCH OVER AND PROTECT EACH FIRST RESPONDER HONORED HERE, POLICE, FIRE RESCUE, ELECTED OFFICIALS. SEND MESSAGE TO ALL OF US. SOME LISTEN, SOME NOT. FIRST RESPONDER LISTENED AND MADE A DIFFERENCE. LISTEN TO THE WORD OF THE LORD AND YOU WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND HONOR HIS NAME, THE HOLY OF HOLY. THE LORD AND HIS BLESSING BE UPON EACH AND EVERYONE AND GOD, TOO, IN HIS HOLY NAME. BROTHER STEPHEN, THANK YOU. HE RESPECT ME, KNOWING THAT I'M A MAN OF GOD AND TRY TO DO THE TRUTH. THE TRUTH DON'T PREVAIL EVERYWHERE. A LOT OF PEOPLE COULD CARE LESS ABOUT JESUS CHRIST AND GOD ALMIGHTY. MY FIRST PRIORITY IS TO LOVE GOD WITH ALL OF MY HEART. MY FIRST PRIORITY LOVE JESUS CHRIST WHO IS MY LORD AND SAVIOR. BASICALLY THIS IS WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. WE HAVE TO STOP LOOKING AT PEOPLE THE WAY THEY LOOK. WE GOT TO BLESS PEOPLE FOR WHO THEY ARE. AND THAT'S ALL I ASK, FOR GOD TO BLESS ME FOR WHO I AM. AS I JUST TOLD YOU, GOD GAVE ME A LONG LIFE. HE GAVE ME 86 YEARS ON THIS EARTH. AND I PRAY TO GOD, REGARDLESS OF WHEN HE COME HOME, I WANT TO BE HOME TO GO THROUGH THE PEARLY GATES AND JESUS CHRIST TO INVITE ME ON IN TO HEAVEN. THAT IS A GREAT BLESSING, NOT ONLY ME, BUT I WANT YOU ALL. GOD IS EXTREMELY GOOD TO ALL OF US. WE KNOW THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS NO LONGER THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. WHAT IT IS NOW CALLED A DIVIDED STATE OF AMERICA. CAN YOU GIVE ME ANOTHER THREE MINUTES? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, SIR. I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WAITING IN LINE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PASTOR WILLIAMS. VALERIE BULLOCK. MR. ABDELLA. SHAWN McNAMARA. >> UHURU, METESNOT, BEFORE YOU START THE TIME, YOU NEED TO GET A SYSTEM WHEREAS PEOPLE CAN SIGN IN, BECAUSE YOU ARE CALLING THE NAMES ALL OVER THE PLACE. I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ONES HERE, MY NAME IS NOT CALLED. WHY IS THAT? BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A SYSTEM. BUREAUCRACY, CITY GOVERNMENT. START THE TIME NOW. MENTESNOT TAMPA FLORIDA. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SOLVE ANY PROBLEMS IN THIS CITY. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SOLVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH FLOODING, STORMWATER CRIME VIOLENCE WHATSOEVER IT MAY BE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SOLVE ANY PROBLEMS. POVERTY, WAR, HEALTH CARE, WHY? BECAUSE YOU DISRESPECT GOD. YOU GOT A LOT OF FOOLS COME RIGHT TO THIS COUNTER RIGHT HERE AND THEY SAY HE, HE, HE, BUT GOD IS A SHE. HOW COULD GOD BE A MAN? THAT DON'T EVEN MAKE ANY SENSE. IT MAKES ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY NO SENSE THAT YOU ALL ALLOW PEOPLE TO COME TO THIS COUNTER AND SAY GOD IS A HE. YOU NEED TO PASS A RESOLUTION TO BAN THAT. IF YOU COME TO THIS PODIUM, YOU HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT GOD IS A SHE. THAT MAKES SENSE. THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. IGNORANT. STRAIGHT UP IGNORANT. NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS. IT'S ABOUT TIME YOU GET THE WORLD GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND THINK PROPERLY. WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT TODAY IS NOT THAT. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT IF YOU CAN SHOW THIS ON THE SCREEN, IF YOU CAN SEE IT, THAT'S THE PICTURES OF FOUR INDIVIDUALS THAT WAS MURDERED BY SOMEONE THEY SAY UNDER THE AUSPICES OF CHILD SUPPORT. CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT. A FAMILY OF FOUR IN TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA WAS MURDERED. HEARD A BIG CASE IN TEXAS THE OTHER DAY WHERE THE BORDER PATROL GUARD MURDERED THE FAMILY OF TWO. WE KNOW OF THE OTHER CASE WHERE THE GENTLEMAN WAS SHOT AND MURDERED BECAUSE HE THOUGHT HE HAD AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT FOR CHILD SUPPORT FOR HIS ARREST. GROWN MAN. HIS DAUGHTER IS LIKE 40 YEARS OF AGE, RUNNING FROM THE POLICE. SHOT HIM IN THE BACK AND TRIED TO PLANT A TASER ON HIM, BUT IT WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA. CHILD SUPPORT. I'M TELLING THIS CITY COUNCIL THEY NEED TO DO SOMETHING, CALL THAT CHIEF JUDGE AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS CHILD SUPPORT. IT'S RUINING THE LIVES OF MANY BLACK MEN AND BLACK FAMILIES. CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT. AND YOU GOT A WICKED WHITE KU KLUX KLAN WITCH, SABRINA FRYE, HEARING OFFICER SABRINA FRYE OVER AT THE CHILD SUPPORT OFFICE, A KU KLUX KLAN WITCH THAT SOMEBODY NEED TO GET HER OUT OF OFFICE, PLAIN AND SIMPLE. BUT LET'S UNDERSTAND, GET A SYSTEM ON HOW THAT LIST WORKS. HAVE A SIGN-IN SHEET AND CALL THE NAMES BY THAT PROCESS. THIS BUREAUCRACY ISN'T EVEN NECESSARY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. VALERIE BULLOCK. MR. ABDULLAH, SHAWN McNAMARA. >> GOOD MORNING. VALERIE BULLOCK. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE RESOLUTIONS 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24 26. IT'S VERY HARD RIGHT NOW FOR MOST OF THE PEOPLE, NOT EVERYBODY IS FEELING IT, BUT IF PEOPLE HAVE A HOME, I'M PRETTY SURE THEY ARE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN TO TRY TO KEEP THAT HOME AND RIGHT HERE I SEE WHERE YOU ALL ARE PLANNING ON DEMOLITION OR REMOVAL OF THE PROPERTY. ALL I WANT TO REQUEST IS THAT YOU ALL DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE BECAUSE THE HOUSES THAT ARE TO BE DEMOLISHED, THOSE THREE ARE IN SULPHUR SPRINGS. SULPHUR SPRINGS, THEY ARE REALLY, REALLY HURTING OUT THERE. SOMETIME THE FUNDING DON'T BE AVAILABLE AND THEY DON'T HAVE A CRA. THE OTHER ONES ARE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS PART OF EAST TAMPA. I'LL ASK THE SAME THING. PLEASE DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND MAKE SURE ALL FUNDING OR ALL HELP THAT THE FAMILY COULD GET, MAKE SURE THEY ARE AWARE OF THAT AND ALL THAT HELP HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED. IF YOU GOT A HOUSE, I DON'T CARE IF IT IS FALLING DOWN, IT IS YOUR HOUSE. THE WAY THE ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT IS NOW, VERY FEW OF US WILL BE ABLE TO BUY ANOTHER HOUSE. I'M ASKING THAT THE PEOPLE MAKE THE PROGRAMS AND EVERYTHING AWARE SO THAT THE PEOPLE CAN GET HELP, IF NEED HELP. DON'T JUST VICIOUSLY SAY, OH, WE'LL TAKE THIS HOUSE, DO THIS, PLACE LIENS ON IT. THAT WILL HELP WITH THE GENTRIFICATION PROCESS BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY WE ALL HAVE A CONSCIENCE. WHEN YOU GO TO BED AT NIGHT I'M PRETTY SURE IT TALKS TO YOU. ANOTHER THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE STORMWATER. I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA ABOUT THREE WEEKS NOW. ROBERT COLE PARK, ACROSS THE STREET FROM YOUNG HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAD A FISH KILL THERE ABOUT A MONTH AGO. HAD FISHES FLOATING UP IN THE WATER. IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE NOW. I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEBODY POURED SOMETHING IN THERE OR IF IT JUST HAPPENED. I'M NOT SURE. BUT YESTERDAY WHEN I WENT OUT THERE AND I TOOK PICTURES, ALL OF THE STORMWATER DRAINS LEADING UP TO THE SURFACE AREA, THEY ARE FULL OF FOLIAGE. YOU HAVE TREES AND BUSHES GROWING OUT OF IT AND WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT, NOT ONLY DO IT HELP WITH STOP THE FISH FROM GETTING KILLED, WHO WANT TO GO OVER THERE AND WALK AND SO STANK FROM ALL THAT ALGAE IN ONE CORNER. IT'S LIKE RED TIDE. WE NEED TO LOOK INTO IT AND MAYBE SOMEBODY CAN GET WITH TAMPA, WHOEVER IT ON CITY COUNCIL, THE EAST TAMPA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, THAT COULD BE A JOB FOR SOMEBODY, A SMALL COMPANY. HE GOT A LAWN SERVICE COMPANY. THAT COULD BE A JOB FOR HIM AND IT'S RIGHT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. MR. ABDULLAH. SHAWN McNAMARA. COLIN. >> GOOD MORNING. TAMPA FLORIDA HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, THE WORLD, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS IN A HOSPITAL. THE PATIENT ARE THE PEOPLE. AND THIS IS -- IT'S ON LIFE SUPPORT. THE PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING. THEY HAVE BEEN POISONED. THEY HAVE BEEN LIED TO, MISDIRECTED MISGUIDED ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED, LEGALLY DEPRESSED, LOCKED UP BECAUSE THEY MIGHT STAND UP AND SPEAK TO PEOPLE IN AUTHORITY THAT'S NOT LISTENING. WHAT'S YOUR NAME, SIR? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: CHARLIE MIRANDA. >> I SEE IT NOW. YOU SAID SOMETHING THAT KEEP MAKING THE SAME MISTAKES OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THAT DOESN'T BRING A SOLUTION, KEEPING MAKING THE SAME MISTAKE. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. THE PATIENT IS SICK, ON LIFE SUPPORT, WE KEEP DOING THE SAME THING AND THE PATIENT KEEP GETTING SICKER. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT ADDRESSING YOU ALL, ADDRESSING US ALL. WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS, IF WE WANT TO ACTUALLY HELP PEOPLE TO GET ABOVE AND BEYOND THE ILLNESS THAT THEY ARE HAVING, THEN WE HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS CODE AND THE FLOODING. THE EAST SIDE OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TAMPA FLORIDA LET'S SAY OUT TO BUSCH BOULEVARD OVER TO 301, DOWN TO, SAY, KENNEDY AND GOING EAST TO CENTRAL, ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED. THIS IS A DEPRIVED COMMUNITY. YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN THIS COMMUNITY. SO THINK ABOUT WHO YOU ARE ADDRESSING, WHO YOU ARE SOLVING THE PROBLEMS FOR. THE PATIENT IS STILL SICK AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE. THE QUESTION IS, WHAT DO WE DO? WHAT DO WE DO TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM? WE HAVE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE PEOPLE. WE HAVE TO GET THE PEOPLE IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS. AND NOTHING PERSONAL TO ANY OF YOU ALL. YOU ALL HAVE A GOOD JOB. YOU GET PAID. SO YOU ALL DON'T HAVE THE SAME ECONOMIC SITUATION THAT THIS PATIENT HAVE THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. SO LET'S GO TO THE PATIENT. THE PATIENT IS A COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW BETTER THAN ANYBODY, NOT ANY ONE OF US ARE ANY BETTER THAN ANY ONE ELSE, BUT THE POSITION AND POWER THAT HAVE BEEN YIELDED IS NOT SOLVING THE PROBLEM. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SHAWN McNAMARA. >> GOOD MORNING, ESTEEMED COUNCIL. MY NAME IS SHAWN McNAMARA. 317 WEST FERN STREET, TAMPA, FLORIDA. I'VE LIVED HERE SINCE 2020. LESS THAN 300 FEET FROM THE CITY PARK KNOWNS AS EPPS PARK WHICH HAS AN ENTRANCE BY THE DEAD END OF NORTH DE SOTO AVENUE AND FERN STREET. I'M HERE AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND FRIENDS OF THE PARK AND A VOLUNTEER REPRESENTATIVE OF SIX FAMILIES, FIVE OF WHOM ARE HERE IN PERSON OR ONLINE WHICH SUBMITTED A PETITION TO THE CITY IN RELATION TO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMIT ROW-25-00247. I AM HERE THIS MORNING WITH MY NEIGHBORS BECAUSE I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, ABOUT EPPS PARK AND OUR HOMES. FRIENDS OF EPPS PARK WAS FORMED TO -- AND THE NATURAL RESOURCES IN RESPONSE TO DRAMA OF STORMS DURING THE 2024 HURRICANE SEASON AS WELL AS PROPOSAL OF A MULTI-LOT DEVELOPMENT AND ROAD. IN THE EARLY FALL OF 2024, A DEVELOPER PROPOSED AND SUBMITTED MULTIPLE DESIGN EXCEPTION APPLICATION TO CITY COUNCIL WHICH WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A MULTI-LOT DEVELOPMENT AND ROAD IN THE AE 12 FLOODPLAIN ADJACENT TO EPPS PARK, THE SAME FLOODPLAIN MY HOME IS IN. APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN AFTER OPEN COMMENT PERIOD AS RESPONSE WAS OVERWHELMINGLY NEGATIVE, THE PROXIMITY OF THE PARK AND STORMWATER CONCERNS. AFTER WITHDRAWAL OF THE APPLICATIONS, THE AREA WAS HIT BY TROPICAL STORM HELENE AND HURRICANE MILTON. THESE STORMS FLOODED HOMES ON NORTH RIVER BOULEVARD AND FERN STREET. HOMES SIT STORM DAMAGED, VACANT OR FLOODING INCLUDING MY OWN. MY WIFE AND I HAVE BEEN DISPLACED FROM OUR HOME SINCE SEPTEMBER OF 2024 AFTER FLOODING FROM HELENE FLOODED OUR HOME WITH TWO FEET OF WATER. JANUARY 2025, THE SAME DEVELOPER WHICH WITHDREW THE APPLICATION SUBMITTED THE ROAD PIECE OF THE DEVELOPMENT VIA PERMIT APPLICATION ROW-25-00247. APPLICATION SET FORTH TO PAVE AND IMPROVE EXISTING NORTH PARK ANNEX BOULEVARD RIGHT-OF-WAY FROM THE EXISTING ONE LANE GRAVEL SECTION AT 6307 RIVER BOULEVARD SOUTH TO THE CONNECTION WITH OTIS AVENUE AND MODIFY EXISTING STORMWATER COLLECTION BOX FROM CURB INLET TO TOP INLET. THE RIGHT-OF-WAY WHICH DEVELOPER SEEKS TO PAVE AND IMPROVE HAS NOT BEEN OPENED. CLOSED 75 YEARS PER THE CITY OF TAMPA'S ARCHIVE MAPS. BECAUSE IT IS CLOSED, THERE IS A DEAD END. THE FRIENDS OF THE PARK ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS EVEN THOUGH NOT A MECHANISM TO DO SO BECAUSE AGAIN THE SAME CONCERNS WERE AT ISSUE. DEVELOPMENT IN A FLOODPLAIN, STORMWATER IMPACTS AND PROTECTION OF THE PARK. IN FACT, FRIENDS OF EPPS PARK MET WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA ON FEBRUARY 7, 2025, AND STAFF AGREED THAT THIS NEWLY PROPOSED ROAD WOULD NOT LAST AND THAT THE CITY WOULD MAINTAIN IT, TAX DOLLARS WOULD MAINTAIN IT. TAX DOLLARS OF THE VERY INDIVIDUALS SITTING HERE TODAY VOICING CONCERNS AGAINST APPROVAL OF THE PERMIT. TAX DOLLARS SPENT TO BENEFIT A DEVELOPER AT THE EXPENSE AND RISK TO THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE ALREADY SUFFERING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COLIN MIXON. ANA KIRKPATRICK. MATTHEW RADIC. GOOD MORNING. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> COLIN MIXON. PICKING UP WHERE MR. McNAMARA LEFT OFF, MAIN CONCERNS TO THE CITY OF TAMPA ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE APPROVAL OF THE PERMIT WERE THE CREATION OF A PAVED ROAD AND MULTI-LOT DEVELOPMENT WITHIN A SPECIAL HAZARD FLOOD AREA, CHANGE OF EXISTING STORMWATER COLLECTION RAISED BOX TO A DROP INLET WHICH DECREASES CAPACITY OF STORMWATER COLLECTION BY 60%. BASED ON THE CALCULATIONS OF A 40-YEAR STORMWATER ENGINEER BY THE NAME OF RON GIOVANNELLI, WHO SPOKE WITH STAFF ON FEBRUARY 7, 2025, PRIOR TO THE APPROVAL OF THE PERMIT. THIS CREATES AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF STORMWATER WHICH WILL UNDULY IMPACT THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES AND AREAS -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THERE IT IS. KEEP GOING. >> IMPACT THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY AREAS WITH SEVERE EROSION AND OBVIOUSLY FLOODING. FAILURE OF THE DEVELOPER APPLICANT TO ADHERE TO THE CITY STAFF'S OWN REQUIREMENT -- SORRY, THIS IS CONTINUING WITH THE CONCERNS WE RAISED TO THE CITY OF TAMPA -- DEVELOPER FAILED TO ADHERE TO THE CITY STAFF'S OWN REQUIREMENTS THAT CERTAIN ITEMS BE DONE PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE PERMIT SUCH AS CONFIRMATION AS TO WHETHER THERE WAS A NATURAL SPRING IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AREA AND CONFIRMING WHETHER OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES HAVE JURISDICTION GIVEN THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND STORMWATER CONCERNS. ANOTHER CONCERN, APPROVAL OF A PROPOSED 2.16 AND 2.10 RIGHT-OF-WAY IMPROVEMENT STRUCTURAL NUMBER, STRUCTURAL COEFFICIENT WHICH IS WELL BELOW THE CITY CODE, WHICH HAD A REQUIREMENT OF 2.30. ONGOING SIGNIFICANT AND FREQUENT MAINTENANCE OF THE PLANNED ROAD LOCATED ALL WITHIN THE AE-12 FLOOD AREA, WHICH WILL BE DONE IN PERPETUITY BY THE CITY OF TAMPA AT THE EXPENSE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS, THE PERMIT, ANOTHER CONCERN, THE TERMINATE AUTHORIZING A REVISED PAVEMENT TEX THREE INCHES OF ASPHALT OVER TWO INCH RECYCLED CONCRETE BASE WHICH WILL HARM THE ROOT SYSTEM OF THE GRAND OAKS IN THE PARK. DESPITE THESE TERRENCE, THE PERMIT WAS APPROVED ON FEBRUARY 20, 2025, AND WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE AVENUE TO APPEAL, ADVISED NOT AN AVENUE TO REVEAL THE RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMIT GOVERNED BY CHAPTER 22. WITHOUT A VOICE VIA ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL, WE LOOKED TO OTHER AVENUES. FOUND A LAW, THE DISPUTE RESOLUTION ACT, FLORIDA STATUTE 70.51. IT ALLOWS AN OWNER THAT A DEVELOPMENT -- EITHER UNREASONABLY OR UNFAIRLY BURDENS THE USE OF THE OWNER'S REAL PROPERTY MAY APPLY WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF THE ORDER OR NOTICE OF THE GOVERNMENT ACTION. SO WE INITIATED THAT PROCEEDING. THE CITY ATTORNEY, ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR, DENIED THE PETITION, CITING THAT THEY WOULD NOT ENTERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WHO SUBMITTED THE PETITION, THE LANDOWNERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND IMPACTS OF THE FLOODING. THE OWNERS APPARENTLY HAVE NO RECOURSE OR REPEAL DESPITE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ON THE PROPERTY DUE TO STORMWATER REDUCTION. IMPORTANT TO NOTE IN THE STATUTE, SAYS NEEDS TO BE LIBERALLY INTERPRETED AND IT WASN'T. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANA KIRKPATRICK. >> ANA KIRKPATRICK. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. CONTINUING OFF OF COLIN MIXON, WE DID IMPLORE THE CITY ATTORNEY WHO CONSTRUE THE ACT LIBERALLY AS TO THE DEFINITION OF OWNERS UNDER THE STATUTE WHICH ESSENTIALLY WOULD ALLOW THE CITY TO ENGAGE IN AN ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE MECHANISM AND NEUTRAL MAGISTRATE AS IT RELATES TO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMIT. IN FACT, WE ARE MORE THAN UNHEARD ABOUT OUR CONCERNS REGARDING THE IMPACT OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. THE CITY HAS IGNORED OUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE ACTION OF THE AGENT OF THE APPLICANT TOWARD ANYONE THAT VOICES OPPOSITION TO EITHER THE DESIGN EXEMPTIONS, SPOKEN ABOUT BY MR. McNAMARA OR THE RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMIT. I AM A FLORIDA BAR ATTORNEY, AND I ASSISTED MY NEIGHBORS AS AN INDIVIDUAL IN FINDING THIS LAW, HELPING THEM FIND AN AVENUE BECAUSE THERE WAS NONE. I ULTIMATELY COMMUNICATED WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY. MY E-MAIL BECAME PUBLIC RECORD. I RECEIVED AN E-MAIL TO MY WORK E-MAIL FOR THE AGENT FROM THE APPLICANT COPYING THE CITY ATTORNEY, MY MANAGING PARTNER OF ENTIRE 150 LAW FIRM, MY SPOUSE, COLIN MIXON'S EMPLOYER, ALSO AN ATTORNEY, AND ANOTHER PRIVATE ATTORNEY. ATTACHED A COPY OF THE RULES OF PROFESSIONAL ETHICS GOVERNING FLORIDA LAWYERS AND CALLED INTO QUESTION MY ETHICS AS AN ATTORNEY. ULTIMATELY I WAS ACTING AS AN INDIVIDUAL DURING THE ENTIRE PROCESS. I REMOVED THOSE INDIVIDUALS FROM THE E-MAIL. HE ADDED THEM RIGHT BACK ON. THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE, A MORE TAME EXAMPLE OF HIS BEHAVIOR TOWARDS ANYONE THAT HAS VOICED OPPOSITION, YET HE HAS HIS PERMIT. YET WE ARE UNHEARD. THEREFORE WE ARE HERE. WE ARE ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO INVESTIGATE WHY THE CITY OF TAMPA APPROVED THIS RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMIT DESPITE ALTERNATIVES AVAILABLE TO THE DEVELOPER WHO IS THE COMMON OWNER OF THE LOT THE ROAD SEEKS TO BENEFIT. THEY COULD HAVE DENIED THIS APPLICATION FOR THE REASONS THAT WE HAVE SHOWN VIA THE OTHER SPEAKERS. WE ASK CITY COUNCIL TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER THE HISTORY OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY WAS INVESTIGATED AND ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED BY CITY STAFF. SPECIFICALLY, WAS IT DETERMINED IT WAS A CLOSED RIGHT-OF-WAY? MY UNDERSTANDING THERE IS A PROCESS TO CLOSE A RIGHT-OF-WAY. WE ASK THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, ELECTED OFFICIALS, TO RECOMMEND THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS AVAILABLE RELATIVE TO THE RFW PERMIT, STATUTE 70.51. ULTIMATELY THE PROCESS REQUIRES THAT WE APPEAL TO OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE BECAUSE WE RECEIVED A DENIAL FROM THE MAYOR. THIS IS ULTIMATELY A RELEVANT ISSUE HEARING FROM EVERYONE TODAY. THIS IS A RIGHT-OF-WAY ROAD THAT WOULD BE BUILT IN A HILLSBOROUGH RIVER FLOODPLAIN. YOU HEARD FROM MY NEIGHBORS THAT WERE FLOODED DURING HELENE. THERE ISN'T EVEN A ROAD HERE AT THAT POINT TO DIVERT THE STORMWATER AND ALSO WOULD CHANGE THE GREAT SYSTEM REDUCING STORMWATER CAPACITY BY 60%. ULTIMATELY WE ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE, THIS RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMIT SPECIFICALLY AND FOR ANY RELIEF THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CAN OFFER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: FOR THOSE OF YOU SPEAKING ON THIS ISSUE, IF YOU COULD TALK TO MY AIDE, I'LL HAVE HIM OUTSIDE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF YOU CAN HOLD THAT BEFORE YOU DO THAT. I WOULD HAVE A COMMENT TO THAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM. MATTHEW RADIC. SANDRA PARDUE. DANA FELT. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MATTHEW RADIC. I AM ALSO HERE AS A FRIEND OF EPPS PARK. I'LL MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT 2055247, BUILDING A ROAD INTO EPPS PARK IS JUST A BAD IDEA. NUMBER ONE, THE SOIL CANNOT SUPPORT THE TRAFFIC. I WITNESS CARS AND TRUCKS GET STUCK DOWN THERE ALL THE TIME. IT'S CRAZY. MY SHOES GET WET JUST WALKING DOWN THERE. THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS FROM A SUMMER STRONG STORM HERE. THIS ISN'T A FLOOD. THIS ISN'T THE HURRICANE. THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. I'VE LIVED THERE NINE YEARS NOW, AND I'VE SEEN THE FLOODING INCREASE DRAMATICALLY THROUGH THE YEARS. IT'S GETTING CRAZY. BESIDES ALL THAT, IF THIS ROAD IS ALLOWED TO BE BUILT, IT WILL INTRODUCE A THROUGH ROAD THROUGH THE PARK, NOT A DEAD END. IT WILL BE A THRU ROAD, TRAFFIC DRIVING THROUGH THE AREA WHERE LITTLE KIDS ARE ROLLING AROUND IN THE GRASS AND PLAYING. DOGS RUNNING, MOTHERS WITH THEIR STROLLERS. INTRODUCING A THRU ROAD THROUGH THIS PARK IS NOT A GOOD IDEA. THIS ROAD WAS NEVER OPEN IN THE FIRST PLACE. IT MAY HAVE BEEN PLATTED BACK IN 1926 OR WHENEVER. IT WAS NEVER OPENED AND SAYS SO IN ONE OF THE MAPS SHE PRESENTED BECAUSE IT'S A FLOOD. OLD-TIMERS CAN TELL YOU THERE IS A SPRING ON THE PROPERTY. IT WAS ILLEGALLY COVERED UP. THE ELEVATED PART THERE WHICH PEOPLE HAVE BEEN USING AS A PARKING LOT FOR THE LAST 75 YEARS, SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABSORBED BY THE CITY AS A PARKING ACCESS. USED TO BE A SIGN THERE THE CITY PLANTED THERE IN THE LOT THAT SAID THIS IS EPPS PARK. THIS IS WHERE THE BEGINNING IS. THIS HAS ALL CHANGED. ANOTHER THING, THIS ROW APPLICATION SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED WITHOUT SEEING THE WHOLE PLAN. THERE IS A CLUSTER OF HOMES HE'S TRYING TO PUT HIGH DENSITY INTO A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME NEIGHBORHOOD. WHY SHOULD THIS BE CONSIDERED PIECEMEAL? WHY DOES ANYONE WANT TO PUT A ROAD THERE? THERE HAS TO BE A REASON FOR IT. YOU NEED TO CONSIDER THE WHOLE PLAN AS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, NOT JUST SOME LITTLE ROAD SO HE CAN CIRCUMVENT REVIEW BY SUBMITTING ALL OF THESE THINGS PIECEMEAL. I WILL ALSO NOTE THAT THE PARCEL OF LAND IN QUESTION WAS ADDRESSED AS 325, 327 AND 329 WEST FERN STREET BECAUSE THE PARK IS TOO SWAMPY TO BUILD A ROAD. HE APPLIED TO HAVE THE ADDRESSES CHANGED TO A NONEXISTENT ROAD. IS MY TIME UP? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU STILL HAVE ABOUT 25 SECONDS. >> I'LL TOUCH ON ANOTHER THING ANA SAID ABOUT THE BEHAVIOR OF THE MAIN APPLICANT FOR THIS DOVETAIL DEVELOPMENT AND WHATNOT. I CAN'T EVEN WALK DOWN THROUGH THE PARK WITHOUT SUFFER A BARRAGE OF INSULTS AND CHILDISH REMARKS BY THIS MAN. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SANDRA PARDUE. DANA FELT. GOOD MORNING, MA'AM. >> I'M SANDRA PARDUE. THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME. WE HEARD A VARIETY OF ISSUES THIS MORNING FROM THE PEOPLE BEHIND ME. MOST OF THEM IF YOU SCALE THEM IN COMPARISON TO MY ISSUE, THEY HAVE ELEPHANT ISSUES, WHALE ISSUES, HIPPO ISSUES. I HAVE A GNAT ISSUE THAT I NEED TO ASK YOU TO THINK ABOUT. IF I CAN GET MY PICTURE UP HERE, I'LL SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM, WE CAN SEE IT. >> IT'S KIND OF DIM. THESE PICTURES WERE TAKEN ONE MORNING EARLIER THIS WEEK ON A 30 MINUTE WALK AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. EVERYTHING YOU'LL SEE IN THIS PICTURE IS ONE OF THE GNATS I'M TALKING ABOUT. THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US AROUND TOWN. MANY OF THEM SEEM TO ARRIVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AS THEIR END POINT AND DESTINATIONS. THEY LAY THERE AND STAY THERE. THE FIRST ONE I SHOWED YOU SAT ON THE SIDEWALK FOR SEVEN DAYS BEFORE IT WAS REMOVED. THERE IS A PROCEDURE AND A PROCESS FOR DEALING WITH THIS. THE PROCEDURE AND THE PROCESS ISN'T WORKING. I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO LOOK INTO IT. YOU ARE THE LEGISLATIVE BODY. YOU DON'T HAVE THE DAY-TO-DAY ADMINISTRATION OF SOLVING THESE ISSUES, BUT YOU DID APPROVE THE FUNDS -- NOT THE FUNDS BUT THE CONTRACT THAT GOT THESE THINGS INTO THIS SITUATION. I NEED YOU TO PLEASE SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT TAKING THESE GNATS OFF OF OUR STREETS. LIKE I SAID, IT'S A GNAT PROBLEM, BUT THE BIG PICTURE IS ALWAYS MORE COMPELLING AND INVITING WHEN YOU TAKE CARE OF THE SMALL DETAILS. AND YOU NEED TO TEND TO THEM. THAT'S JUST THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE. IF YOU'LL PLEASE HELP US OUT WITH SEEING WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MOVE SOME OF THE SITUATION INTO A BETTER PROCESS SO THAT PARTICULAR PART OF EVERYONE'S NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE WHOLE CITY, BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THEM EVERYWHERE, TOO, NOT JUST MY NEIGHBORHOOD. AS I DRIVE AROUND THEY ARE LAYING HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR REMOVING THE MOTORCYCLES -- NOT THE MOTORCYCLES BUT THE SCOOTERS AND MOTORIZED BIKES AND GETTING THEM BACK IN THE CORRALS WHERE THEY BELONG. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DANA FELT. HUMAIRA AFZAL. JOHN McDONALD. >> I'M DANA FOLLOW-UP, 328 WEST FERN STREET. I WAS -- DANA PHILIP. I WANT TO TELL YOU EVERYTHING SAID FROM THE FRIENDS OF EPPS PARK IS TRUE AND CORRECT AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS IN OPPOSITION OF THIS. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM. HUMAIRA AFZAL. I SAW HER BUT SHE STEPPED OUT. KYLE KEEP THE CARD TO THE SIDE. JOHN -- BUT I'LL KEEP THE CARD TO THE SIDE. JOHN McDONALD, ARE YOU HERE? COME ON UP, SIR. FOLLOWED BY MR. VAZQUEZ AND ROBIN LOCKETT. >> HELLO. JOHN McDONALD. RESIDENT CITIZEN DOWNTOWN TAMPA. I LIKE WHAT THE YOUNG LADY SAID. SHE SAID "GNAT PROBLEM." SO I HAVE A GNAT PROBLEM. SOME OF YOU MIGHT HAVE DONE THIS WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER, PUT THESE BASEBALL CARDS ON YOUR BICYCLE. MADE THE BIKE GO H VROOM, VROOM. GUESS WHAT, THAT IS THE GNAT PROBLEM. IT'S LOUD, OFFENSIVE, RUDE, DISDISCOURTESY. WE HAVE STATUTES SAY THIS IS ILLEGAL. 2023 CITY RECORDS SHOW WE DID WRITE ONE CITATION FOR NOISE ORDINANCE FROM A MUFFLER. I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE CITY COUNCIL TO PLEASE ASK AND SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS AND START WRITING CITATIONS BECAUSE PROBABLY RIGHT NOW OUT FRONT WHILE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO WORK, THIS NOISE IS CRACKLING IN THE BACKGROUND OF THEIR CONFERENCE CALLS, ZOOM CALLS. AGAIN, A GNAT PROBLEM. CITY OF TAMPA HAS SOME FLASHING LIGHTS DOWN IN YBOR SAYING NOISE ORDINANCE, RADIOS, ET CETERA. ONE OTHER SIGN DOWN BY MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE OR ON BAYSHORE. IT'S LEANING. NOT RELEVANT. COLLIER COUNTY, DOWN SOUTH OF US, HAS ESTABLISHED A TASK FORCE. IF YOU GOOGLE COLLIER COUNTY NOISE ORDINANCE TASK FORCE, I FORWARDED THIS TO SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS, JUST TO LISTEN TO WHAT THEY HAVE DONE. WE DON'T HAVE TO REPEAT THE WHEEL. HAND IT OVER TO WHOMEVER WILL TAKE OVER THE TASK FORCE AND WRITE CITATIONS, PUT SIGNS UP AND START TO DO AS THEY HAVE DONE. THEY GO BACK ONCE THEY HAVE WRITTEN A CITATION, THEY GO TO THE MECHANIC WHO INSTALLED IT AND GIVE THEM A FINE AS WELL. THE TASK FORCE IS SENDING OUT LETTERS TO THE MECHANICS SAYING BE AWARE WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS ILLEGAL. AGAIN A NUISANCE. GNAT-SIZE PROBLEM. IT'S UNHEALTHY IN OUR ENVIRONMENT. I THINK WE NEED TO CREATE A COMMON COURTESY OR AT LEAST ENTHUSIASTICALLY IMPRESS THAT A COMMON COURTESY IS AN OLD-FASHIONED THING LIKE TO SEE BACK. THE NOISE IS VERY OFFENSIVE. PLEASE GO TO THE YouTube. SORRY MY TECH BRAIN DIDN'T WORK AND COULD HAVE HAD IT HERE AND LISTENED TO. ADD IT TO YOUR TO-DO LIST AND THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JOSE VASQUEZ AND MS. ROBIN LOCKETT. GOOD MORNING, SIR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JOSE VAZQUEZ. RESIDENT OF 2222 -- BUSINESS 1924 NORTH 59th STREET. THE REASON I'M HERE TODAY, LAST MEETING JUNE 9, WHEN I PRESENT MY ISSUE. COUNCILMAN MIRANDA ASKED ME IF I COULD PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION OR EVIDENCE ABOUT THE PROPERTY TO BE INVESTIGATED. FROM THAT DAY I'M WAITING 30, 45 DAYS TO SEE IF CODE ENFORCEMENT, MOBILITY, TRANSPORTATION DO SOMETHING IN THE AREA. NOTHING HAPPENED. TODAY I'M BRINGING EVIDENCE. THIS IS THE DEED WHEN THE CITY OF TAMPA BOUGHT THE PROPERTY IN 1973. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE ABOUT PROPERTY APPRAISER SAY THE ADDRESS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA AND GIVING A DESCRIPTION ON THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY, $120. TREE FALL ON TOP OF MY -- YOU CAN SEE THE COMMUNICATIONS. WRONG ADDRESS. WRONG INFORMATION. NO MATTER WHAT THE ISSUE OVER SIX, EIGHT, NINE MONTHS. THIS IS THE TICKET OPEN. RELATIVE TO THE CITY OF TAMPA ABOUT THE DEBRIS AND EVERYTHING. TRANSPORTATION REVIEW SUPPOSED TO REVIEW THE FENCE. ANOTHER CASE RIGHT HERE FROM 1999 LOCATION. MY POINT IS I BRING YOU A NOTE ABOUT ALL THE CASES BEEN OPEN FOR THE LAST EIGHT OR NINE MONTHS. ALL THIS BECAUSE THE PROPERTY, 1999 NORTH 59th STREET, THESE TWO GENTLEMEN TAKE OVER AND NEED LEGAL ACCESS TO THE BACK OF MY PROPERTY. NOW I HEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE GIVE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE PROBLEMS. I UNDERSTAND THAT. I'M NOT HERE TO BRING A PROBLEM. I BRING YOU A SOLUTION. LAST SIX MONTHS I'VE BEEN CLEANING THE PROPERTY, PICKING THE DEBRIS UP AND OPEN A TICKET FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA TO PICK IT UP. MY LAST . >> YOU CAN SEE. 225. AND THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO COME PICK IT UP MARCH 4. THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. AND THE FUNNY PART IT MY NEIGHBOR -- BECAUSE I DO THIS CLEANING, CALLED THE POLICE OF TAMPA AND I AM UNDER INVESTIGATION BECAUSE THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME WITH CRIMINAL MISCHIEF BECAUSE PLANTED EIGHT TREES, TWO IN FRONT OF MY -- LEGAL INTEREST. I HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMOVE IT BECAUSE HE BLOCKED IT. CODE ENFORCEMENT OPENED A NUMBER AND TREE COST $5,000. WHO HAS THE RIGHT TO PLANT THAT KIND OF AMOUNT OF TREES INSIDE THE CITY OF TAMPA PROPERTY WITH NO PERMISSION. NO PAPERWORK, ETC., ETC. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. >> YOU ARE WELCOME. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO? I DON'T SEE HUMARA A PSAL. THAT WILL CONCLUDE PUBLIC COMMENT. MR. SHELBY, REGARDING ITEM 78. I WILL ASK THAT WE MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING WHEN WE GET TO IT. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN. YOU CANNOT OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IT HAS BEEN MISNOTICED. YOU HAVE TO REMOVE IT FROM THE AGENDA. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OPEN ALL THE PUBLIC HEARINGS TO COVER EVERYTHING. WE HAVE A MOTION TO REMOVE ITEM 78. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SO MOVED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT WAS MISNOTICED. WE RECEIVED AN E-MAIL FROM THE ATTORNEY OR THE REPRESENTATIVE. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK MADE THE MOTION. COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN SECONDED IT. ITEM 78 WAS TAKEN OFF THE AGENDA. LET ME JUST MARK THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, WOULD YOU MIND -- >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, JUST FOR THE SAKE OF CLOSURE. IF I CAN JUST ADDRESS SOME OF THE COMMENTS RELATIVE TO A RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMIT THAT WAS ISSUED AS THE PEOPLE -- MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE STATED. JUST A REMINDER TO COUNCIL, I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING THAT COUNCIL HAS RECEIVED COMMUNICATIONS REGARDING THE SITUATION OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY ROAD PERMIT ISSUE ADJACENT TO EPPS PARK. JUST A REMINDER, COUNCIL, I HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY, WHO HAS ALSO BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, AND PERHAPS EVEN THE APPLICANT, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I JUST WANT TO REMIND COUNCIL THAT IF YOU WISH TO HAVE ANY INQUIRIES, I SUGGEST YOU TALK TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ABOUT THAT RATHER THAN TALK TO THE PARTIES, BECAUSE COUNCIL SHOULD REFRAIN FROM DISCUSSING A MATTER THAT EITHER I -- EITHER IS OR COULD VERY WELL BE A SUBJECT OF A MATTER OF LITIGATION. I WANT TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. SHELBY. ITEM NUMBER IS REAPPOINTMENT BY THE MAYOR OF SHAWN PATTERSON FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS BOARD OF THE CITY OF TAMPA IN THE INDUSTRIAL RIGHTS DECISION. MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, YOU ARE PUBLIC SAFETY CHAIR. >>LUIS VIERA: I MOVE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE ITEM 5-12. A MOTION. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED. COUNCILWOMAN COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MR. CHAIR CHAIR, CAN I SAY SOMETHING OF ITEM 32 BEFORE WE VOTE -- SORRY, 33. >>GWEN HENDERSON: NUMBER 33? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. THIS IS ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEM. IT IS VOTING ON A PERMIT FOR OUR TAMPA PRIDE PARADE AND FESTIVAL. I THOUGHT IT WAS APPLICABLE DURING THESE TIMES IN OUR COUNTRY AND STATE WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE DO NOT VALUE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION WITH OUR COMMUNITIES. AND I WANTED TO REMIND FOLKS THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA, WE STILL DO. THIS IS A CITY THAT VALUES BLACK HERITAGE AND HISTORY. WE HONOR DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. WE HAVE MANY EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY HONORING OUR COMMUNITY. WE HONOR OUR HISPANIC AND LATIN COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE CITY WITH FESTIVALS AND EVENTS. WE HONOR WOMEN. WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. IN FACT COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK SPOKE AT ONE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MUSLIM -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I AM GETTING TO THEM ALL. LAST WEEK WE PASSED A RESOLUTION HONORING AND SUPPORTING OUR MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN HONORING RAMADAN. WE HAVE MANY -- AND COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA HAS BEEN A BIG ADVOCATE AND MYSELF AS WELL FOR THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND HONORING THE INCLUSIVITY AND OUR KOREAN COMMUNITY. FOR THE MUSLIMS. LIGHT THE MENORAHS FOR HANUKKAH. FOR OUR JEWISH PEOPLE. FOR OUR CHRISTIANS, WE HAVE A CHRISTMAS PARADE AND WE HAVE CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS AND CHRISTMAS TREES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THIS IS A CITY THAT VALUES EVERY ELEMENT OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA INCLUDING OUR PROUD AND OUTSTANDING MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY. AND I HOPE YOU ALL JOIN EVERYONE FOR THEIR PRIDE EVENT ONLY MARCH 29 IN YBOR CITY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>GWEN HENDERSON: NEIGHBORHOOD AFFAIRS COMMITTEE ITEMS 13-35 WITH THE REMOVAL OF 32. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. >>LYNN HURTAK: I MOVE ITEMS 36-48. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, YOU ARE WITH FINANCE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE ITEMS 49-51. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, YOU ARE THE VICE-CHAIR OF DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MOVE ITEMS 52-68. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, MOBILITY AND ASSET MANAGEMENT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOVE ITEM 69. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: VERY GOOD. MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ITEM NUMBER 70 PETITION FOR REVIEW FOR MAY 1, 2025 HENDERSON LaCHONE MOVED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 301 E. KENNEDY, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602. MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON. SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. WE MADE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. LET ME JUST CHECK. WE OPENED ALL PUBLIC HEARINGS REGARDING -- >>LYNN HURTAK: I WILL MOVE TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARINGS. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. SECONDED FROM MIRANDA. ALL THE 10 AND 10:30 A.M. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED? WE HAVE THE -- WE HAVE A 1:30 HEARING LATER ON. ALL RIGHT, ITEM NUMBER -- LET ME SEE. THESE ARE -- THERE ARE TWO NONQUASI JUDICIAL. IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS AT 150 AND 10:30, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, AND WE WILL YOU IN. IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEAK. [SWEARING IN] >> I DO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. START WITH ITEM NUMBER 71 ANYBODY HERE FROM THE CITY TO SPEAK ON 71 IN IF NOT, I WILL ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. YES, MA'AM. ARE YOU HERE FOR 71? >> I AM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE SWORN IN. COME UP. >> EMMA GREGORY, LEGAL DEPARTMENT. EXCUSE MY SLIGHT TARDINESS. WE ARE HERE FOR THE SECOND READING OF THE HANDI CAB ORDINANCE. COUNCIL DID NOT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON FIRST READING. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR TODAY, I'M HERE FOR THEM ALTHOUGH SLIGHTLY LATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM 71. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MR. CHAIR, BE A SETTLEMENT DURING THE FIRST VOTE AND I REVIEWED THE RECORDING AND I AM FAMILIAR AND PREPARED TO VOTE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO CLOSE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOTION. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, READ 71. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IF I HAVE ENOUGH TIME. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: LUNCH IS AT NOON. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU FOR THE ITEM, 71, E 2025-8 CHAPTER 25, UNANIMOUS. CLENDENIN BEING ABSENT AT VOTE. ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, ORDINANCE OF TAMPA OF FLORIDA FOR PEDICAB AND NONMOTORIZED VEHICLE REGULATION REVISION TO THE CITY OF TAMPA CODE ORDINANCE AMENDING 25-4, AMENDING SECTION 25-48, PERMIT TYPES, AMENDING RESERVED. AMENDING SECTION 25-16, NONMOTORIZED VEHICLE PERMITS. REQUIRED ONE PER AT THIS TIME TO BE ATTACHED TO EACH FORECAST. AMENDING 25-62 SAME. ACTION FOR PERMIT, APPROVAL, DENIAL OF ACTION. APPEAL PERMIT FEES, AMENDING SECTION 25-63, ADHERENCE TO PLAN SUBMITTED REARED IN AMENDMENTS TO PLAN, MODIFICATIONS TO PLAN BY TRANSPORTATION MANAGER AMENDING 25-64 SAME REMOVAL OF PERMITS. LOST DESTROYED PERMITS, NONTRANSFERABLE REPLACEMENTS AND SUBSTITUTIONS FOR MANATEE PERMITS AMENDING 25-56 SAME DRIVER'S PERMIT, INSURANCE AND DENIAL OF ISSUANCE OR DENIAL OF PERMITS RENEWAL. REVOCATION OF PERMITS. DISPLAY OF PERMITS AMENDING SECTION 25-6, SAME. BUSINESS TAX AMENDING 25-67 SAME. LIABILITY INSURANCE REQUIRED. FORM, AMOUNT OF COVERAGE, APPROVAL. AMEND AND RENUMBERING SECTION 25-187 TO SECTION 25-06 NONMOTORIZED VEHICLES PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF AWED ORDINANCES TO OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THERE WITH, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING A EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE CLERK MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH HENDERSON BEING PRESENT AT VOTE AND CARLSON ABSENT. OPINION. >>ROSS SAMONS: ROSS SALMONS, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. FILE NUMBERVAC-25-0 3. A VOID KATE A PORTION OF MARIE AVENUE, SOUTH OF KENNEDY BOULEVARD, SOUTH OF EAST STREET, EAST OF DALE MABRY HIGHWAY AND WEST OF STERLING AVENUE. I AM AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >> TRUETT GUARDNER 400 EAST ASHLEY DRIVE AND HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. PRESSMAN, YOU ARE PART OF IT? ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS TO ADD? >> NO NO, SIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYONE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 72. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO CLOSE. >>LUIS VIERA: SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. VIERA NUMBER 7, VAC-25-03, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING ADAMAGES, ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, CLOSING AND DISCONTINUING AND ABANDONING A PORTION OF MARIE AVENUE RIGHT-OF-WAY LOCATED NORTH OF KENNEDY BOULEVARD, SOUTH OF NORTHB. STREET, EAST OF DALE MABRY HIGHWAY, WEST OF STERLING AVENUE WITHIN THE PLAT OF PALMERE SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2, TO CERTAIN COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS AS MORE PARTICULARLY SET FORTH HEREIN PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION, PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS INTERMSING AS REPEALING CONFLICTS PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION AND SECOND. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON BEING ABSENT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE QUASI JUDICIAL HEARING. EVERYONE WAS SWORN IN FROM MY UNDERSTANDING SO FAR EXCEPT THE VIRTUAL VOTES ON 77 AND 74. ITEM NUMBER 73. >> SAM MOMS THAT, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM NUMBER 37, REZ-25-05. TO REZONE THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 201 NORTH DALE MABRY HIGHWAY IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FOR PD TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, STOREFRONT, RESIDENTIAL, OFFICE BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL RETAIL SALES SHOPPERS FOODS RESTAURANTS AND PERSONAL SERVICES. I AM AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >> TRUETT GARDNER 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE HERE WITH TODD PRESSMAN. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO CLOSE. >>LUIS VIERA: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON. WOULD YOU MIND READING 73? >>GWEN HENDERSON: FILE NUMBER RAV 25-03 ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, VACATING CLOSING DISCONTINUING AND APAN CONTINUE TOING A PORTION OF MARIE AVENUE RIGHT-OF-WAY LOCATED NORTH -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WRONG ONE. >>LYNN HURTAK: WE ARE ON 73. >>GWEN HENDERSON: SORRY. I APOLOGIZE. I DIDN'T MARK IT OFF ON MY DELETE. I HAVE A LITTLE SYSTEM. IT DIDN'T WORK TODAY. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU FOR CATCHING THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT. I MOVE FILE NUMBER REZ-25-05 ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 201 NORTH DALE MABRY HIGHWAY IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION PD TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL, OFFICE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL, RETAIL SALES, SHOPPERS' GOODS, RESTAURANT AND PERSONAL SERVICES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: RECORD YOUR VO VOTE. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON BEING ABSENT AT VOTE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM NUMBER 74. >> GOOD MORNING, STEPHANIE POPE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM NUMBER 74 IS REZ 24-47. THIS ITEM IS REZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2010 EAST POWHATAN AVENUE. THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM SEMINOLE HEIGHTS RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO SEMINOLE HEIGHTS MULTIFAMILY. I AM AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS. MA'AM, ARE YOU MARTHA VELASQUEZ. >> YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU WERE SWORN IN. NO QUESTIONS. MA'AM, COME ON UP AND YOU CAN PRESENT. >> OKAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COME CLOSER -- >> CLOSER? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> THEIR THAT VERY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD. >> I'M HERE FOR 20106 EAST POWHATAN AVENUE. I WILL SAY THAT IT LOOKED BETTER THAN IT DOES NOW AFTER WE GET THE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. NO. COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA? 74. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ITEM NUMBER 7, MR. CHAIRMAN, FILE NU NUMBER REZ-24-47, ORDINANCE FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. AN ORDINANCE REZONINGS PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 2010 EAST POWHATAN AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AS SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION SH-RS SEMINOLE HEIGHTS RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY AND SH-RM, SEMINOLE HEIGHTS RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER. >>CLERK: MOTION APPROVED WITH CLENDENIN AND CARLSON BEING ABSENT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM NUMBER 75. >> STEPHANIE POPE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. NUMBER 75, REZ-24-09. THE PROPERTY IS 3916 WEST A LURKSVA STREET TO REZONE FROM CG COMMERCIAL GENERAL TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR VEHICLE SALES AND LEASING. REVISIONS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND PLANS TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE. I AM AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUES QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? >> I AM TER JOHN. I AM THE OWNER OF 3916 W WEST ALVA. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYONE TO SPEAK? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MOVE 75, REZ-24-90, ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AN ADOPTION. ORDINANCE IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 3916 WEST LARKS, HAVE,A STREET IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, TAMPA, FOR SECTION SECTION 1 FOR ZONING DISTRICT CG TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, VEHICLE SALES AND LEASING. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. IF. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY CAN CARLSON BEING ABSENT. >> THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM NUMBER 76 IF. >>SAMUEL THOMAS: SAM THOMAS, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. REZ-24-96. REZONING OF 3212 MARLIN AVENUE FROM RS-60 TO RS-50. RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? I SEE NON. STATE YOUR NAME A. >> AILEEN ROSARIO. REPRESENTING THE CLIENT FOR 3212 WEST MARLIN. I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYONE IN THE WILL YOU BE I CAN WISH TO SPEAK FROM 76. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO CLOSE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: FILE NU NUMBER REZ-24-96 ORDINANCE PRESENTING FOR SECOND READING AA DOPTION ORDINANCE REZONING FRRT IN 3212 WEST MARLIN AVENUE IN CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-60, TO RS-50 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY. PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON BEING ABSENT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THIS ONE HERE -- THERE HAS GOT TO BE A MISPRINT. A MEMBER OF COUNCIL CAN'T VOTE AND MAKE THE MOTION FOR THE SAME ONE FOR THE FIRST READING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WAIT A MINUTE. THAT IS A GOOD -- YOU ARE ALL RI RIGHT. I FORGOT WHO READ 77 BECAUSE IT WASN'T CARLSON. CAN WE STILL VOTE ON IT TODAY AND CORRECT IT. THAT IS A GOOD, GOOD CATCH ITEM 77. >>SAMUEL THOMAS: SAM THOMAS, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM NUMBER 77, REZ-25-0 8. THE TO REZONE THE PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 5200 SOUTH MANHATTAN AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE REGISTERED WHO WILL BE SPEAKING. >> ONLY IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU COME UP AND PRESENT. GO AHEAD. >>CLERK: I WILL MAKE THE CORRECTION VERY QUICK. CARLSON WAS ABSENT AND CLENDENIN AND HENDERSON MOVED THE ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SCRIVENER'S ERROR. >> KAMI CORBETT WITH THE LAW FIRM OF HILL, WARD AND HENDERSON. I HAVE TWO QUICK EXHIBITS TO SHOW TO YOU. I WILL SHOW THEM ON THE ELBOW BUT WILL PASS THEM OUT. THE FIRST ONE JUST SHOWS THE AREAS WHERE WE MADE THE CHANGES ON THE REVISION SHEET. AND SPECIFICALLY, IN ADDITION TO WHAT STAFF ASKED US TO DO, WE ACTUALLY ADDED THE DIMENSION TO THE GARAGES WE PRESENTED TO YOU. WE KNEW THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO THE DISCUSSION. SO WE WENT AHEAD AND MADE THOSE CHANGES BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING EVEN THOUGH THEY WEREN'T ON THE REVISION SHEET. THE SECOND ONE THAT I WANTED TO SHOW YOU IS THE CALCULATION -- REVISED PARKING REGULATION. EVEN IF YOU COUNTED THE INTERIOR GARAGES AS ONE-CAR GARAGES WE EXCEED PARKING BY 25% STILL. WE HAVE DEMONSTRATED THROUGH OUR PRESENTATION AT FIRST READING THAT WE ARE CONSISTENT AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN YOUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL. AND OUR CON 1U89 CONTINUE ATS ARE AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION, I DID OBSERVE THAT DURING THAT AND I THINK I MADE A NOTE OF THAT THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO MEET THE MINIMUM PARKING MINIMUMS EVEN IF THAT GARAGE WAS COUNTED AS A SINGLE-CAR GARAGE BECAUSE YOU HAD DRIVEWAY SPACE. AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CITY WITH GARAGE STANDARDS WE WILL TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT AS WELL THAT FOLKS WHO ARE USING. AS LONG AS THEY ARE MEETING THE MINIMUM PARKING STANDARDS IN A VARIETY OF WAY, THAT WILL BE PERMISSIBLE. APPRECIATE THE CLASSIFICATION AND CLARIFICATION ON THE PLAN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I CAN, INQUIRE OF STAFF AND MISS BY THE. WHAT YOU HAVE PRESENTED TO US AND PUT INTO THE RECORD, ARE THESE ON THE CERTIFIED SITE PLAN THAT HAS BEEN FILED BY THE CLERK? >> THE REVISIONS AS SOON AS. >>MARTIN SHELBY: WHAT YOU FILED PASSED OUT. >> THIS COLORIZED VERSION IS NOT, BUT BASED ON THE CERTIFIED SITE PLAN IN THE RECORD THAT MR. THOMAS HAS. >>MARTIN SHELBY: WITH THE DIMENSIONS, THAT'S CORRECT? >> WITH THE DIMENSIONS, YES. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THE CERTIFIED SITE PLAN REFLECTS THESE DOCUMENTS. >> YES, IT DOES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PUBLIC COMMENT. YES, MA'AM. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> YES, MA'AM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD MORNING, STEP STEPHANIE POYNOR. GLAD THAT THE APPLICANT FIXED THE GARAGES. I THINK THAT WAS THE HONORABLE THING TO DO. THE ENCROACHMENT ON OUR INDUSTRIAL LAND SOUTH OF DALE MABRY HIGHWAY HAS GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE IT IS ABSURD. I JUST GAVE YOU A SPREADSHEET. ALL OF THE BIG DEVELOPMENTS -- EVERY TIME I GIVE YOU A LIST OF THE BIG DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE COME IN SOUTH OF GANDY, WEST OF DALE MABRY HIGHWAY, SINCE I STARTED. SINCE THE LAST COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY, 217 ACRES OF LAND THAT WAS NOT RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY. WHEN WE HAVE -- WE HAVE THIS INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT REPORT FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF AND SAYS THIS CAME OUT TO IN 2020, LOST 790 ACRES OF SDRIL LAND. A LOT WHAT WAS ON THAT LIST -- THIS PINK LIST -- WAS FORMALLY INDUSTRIAL LAND. THAT WAS IN 2020. WE HAVE LOST AN ADDITIONAL 100 ACRES OF INDUSTRIAL LAND SINCE THEN. THESE ARE COMMERCIAL CORNERS. THE APPLICANT WHEN THEY GOT UP THERE AND SPOKE AND SAID, OH, IF WE PUT A GAS STATION ON THIS CORNER, THERE WILL BE 580 TRIPS. YOU KNOW WHAT THOSE 580 TRIPS WOULD BE, 580 CITIZENS WHO ALREADY LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAVE TO DRIVE NORTH OF GANDY TO GET TO A GAS STATION. WE WOULD LOVE A GAS STATION. THERE ARE ACTUALLY POSTS ABOUT IT ON FACEBOOK THAT WE ARE SO DISTRAUGHT THAT OUR NEIGHBORS WERE LIKE, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A GAS STATION THERE. I KNOW THAT SOUNDS CRAZY. I KNOW YOU GUYS THINK THAT I ONLY GET UP HERE AND COMPLAIN. I SUPPORTED TWO LARGE DEVELOPMENTS, WHICH IS UNUSUAL, ONE BECAUSE THEY PUT AFFORDABLE IN THERE. A GAS STATION. I HAVE SUPPORTED SEVERAL RESTAURANTS, COFFEE SHOPS. YOU NAME IT, ANYTHING BUT RESIDENTIAL. AND YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT EVEN IF IT IS A DECENT PROJECT -- BECAUSE I AM NOT GOING TO TELL YOU THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT. EVEN IF THIS IS A DECENT PROJECT, I HAVE TO COME UP AND SAY WE DON'T HAVE A GAS STATION. I LIVE IN A FOOD DESERT. I LIVE IN A FOOD DESERT. LET ME SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME, I LIVE IN A FOOD DESERT AND HERE WE ARE AGAIN GIVING AWAY OUR COMMERCIAL SPACE, OUR INDUSTRIAL SPACE FOR MORE RESIDENTIAL FOR AN AREA THAT DOES NOT HAVE A GAS STATION. THESE UNITS COST THEM -- THIS IS WHAT THEY TOLD ME. I DIDN'T -- WE ASKED THEM WHAT IS THE COST. THEIR COST IS $450,000 WITHOUT THE DIRT. WITHOUT THE DIRT! NO TELLING WHAT THEY PAID FOR THE PROPERTY. YOU GUYS FOUND UNANIMOUSLY THIS WAS A GOOD PROJECT AND IT SHOULD BE PASSED. I WOULD QUESTION -- NONE OF YOU ASKED OF PUTTING ANY COMMERCIAL IN THIS PROJECT. WHY NOT? THIS IS A TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU, MA'AM. >> THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYONE ELSE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU KNOW ADDRESSING THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO HAVE THAT KIND OF DISCUSSION AS WE MOVE FORWARD AS A CITY. THE CITY OF TAMPA IS EVOLVING AND CHANGING AND WE ARE -- YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT THE MAP OF WHAT THE CITY OF TAMPA LOOKED LIKE. Y, LONG AND LINEAR GOING FROM HISTORICAL PORT TAMPA GOING UP TO PASCO COUNTY IN THE NORTHEAST. WE ARE BECOMING MUCH MORE URBANIZED IN A MUCH MORE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY. NOT THAT WE ARE LOSING INDUSTRIAL IN OUR AREA. THE AREA IS SHIFTING. YOU GO OUT TO 01 AND YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE REDEVELOPMENT PROPERTIES AROUND THE PORT THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY IN THE CITY PROPERTY BUT WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. SO ALL OF THESE INDUSTRIES AND THIS PROPERTY IS SHIFTING OUT OF WHERE PEOPLE ARE LIVING TO THOSE AREAS. THEY ARE STILL PROVIDING JOBS. IT IS JUST -- JUST A REALIGNMENT. I THINK THAT IS ONE THING TO CONFER. THE OTHER THING IS WHILE I AGREE WITH -- I MEAN I WOULD LOOK LOVE TO SEE US -- WE JUST CAULKED WITH THE CLARION REPORT OF LAND DEVELOPMENT AND ENCOURAGING COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. PROBLEM IS A LOT OF US IS PERSONAL PROPERTY. WE DON'T OWN THE PROPERTY, SO WE CAN'T -- AS SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T OWN A PIECE OF PROPERTY. WHY DON'T WE PUT A GROCERY STORE THERE. WELL, I CAN'T DICTATE. IT IS PERSONAL PROPERTY. PERSONAL PROPERTY RIGHTS WHAT GOES ON THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY. IF SOMEBODY WANTED -- YOU WILL OF YOU SOUTH OF GANDY AND BUY A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND OPEN UP A GAS STATION, I AM SURE IT WILL BE AMICABLE WITH THAT IF IT IS ON THE RIGHT PIECE OF PROPERTY. SOMETHING WE HAVE TO CONSIDER. I HEAR THINGS ALL THE TIME LIKE THE DOG TRACK. GO UP THERE AND REDEVELOPMENT THE DOG TRACK. WE DON'T OWN A DOG TRACK. A PRIVATE PERSON GOES AND OWNS THAT DOG TRACK. I CAN'T GO UP THERE AND TAKE HER PROPERTY. ALL THESE THINGS -- ALWAYS SOUNDS GREAT AND WE LIKE TO PONTIFICATE ABOUT THAT IN CONVERSATIONS OVER COFFEE OR A COCKTAIL, BUT THE REALITY IS PEOPLE OWN THEIR OWN PROPERTIES AND HAVE CERTAIN LAND RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND WHAT WE HAVE TO MAKE OUR DECISION WHEN WE VOTE ON THIS STUFF. WHILE I AM EMPATHETIC WITH THE LACK OF GROCERY STORES AND THOSE TYPE OF ESTABLISHMENTS. WE HAVE TO BALANCE THAT WHEN WE MAKE THESE DECISIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON, MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: GO AHEAD. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, CHAIR. I APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING THIS. I HAPPEN TO LIKE THIS PROJECT. IT IS NOT OVERDONE. BUT THAT IS SOMETHING TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, THE COMMERCIAL SPACE AND INDUSTRIAL SPACE AND HOW WE, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT WHAT IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE US. I DO APPRECIATE THAT. THIS ONE JUST SEEMS IDEAL TO ME BECAUSE ONE OF THE BIGGER ISSUES WAS THE FIGHT FOR THE GARAGES AND THE -- THE DEVELOPER IS OBVIOUSLY LISTENING TO THAT, BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT. AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS FIXABLE. THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST CLEAR EXAMPLES THAT IT WAS VERY INTENTIONALLY DONE BECAUSE OF PUBLIC COMMENT. SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT ONE. BUT I WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. . >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MA'AM, DO YOU HAVE REBUTTAL? >> KAMI CORBITT AGAIN. JUST BRIEFLY. EVERYTHING IN REAL ESTATE IS LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION RIGHT. AND SO THE MARKET IS REACTING TO THIS MIXED USE LAND USE CATEGORY. AND THE MARKET IS DECIDE WHAT THE APPROPRIATE MIX OF USE IS BASED ON SORT OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AREA. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MATT McGRAW COME UP REAL QUICK AND GET FEEDBACK FROM COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LANDS IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COME ON UP, SIR, WERE YOU SWORN IN. >> YES, MA'AM. MACK McFWRAU, WEST NICHOLAS STREET IN TAMPA, FLORIDA. WE DID HAVE A LICENSED REAL ESTATE BROKER DO AN INDUSTRIAL AND RETAIL STUDY OF THE SITE. WE ARE OBVIOUSLY INVEST IN IT. WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE USING THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE. HER NAME IS LAUREN CAMPBELL WITH THE ARCHER GROUP AND A TAMPA RESIDENT. I THINK FROM A RETAIL STANDPOINT. WE ARE BUILDING A SIDEWALK AND HELPING TO CONNECT UP TO GANDY AND VERY WALKABLE ALONG GANDY AND PLENTY OF RETAIL ALONG THE GANDY CORRIDOR. IN ADDITION TO THAT, A LACK OF FOOT TRAFFIC, A LACK OF VEHICLE TRAFFIC TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF RETAIL THERE. AND THAT IS ALSO SHOWN BY A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL VACANCY RATE FOR RETAIL. WHEN WE GO TO INDUSTRIAL, IT IS EVEN -- IT IS EVEN WORSE. 55% OF THE PROPERTIES IN THIS STUDY AREA THAT WE DID -- THIS WAS IN YOUR PACKAGE FROM OUR -- THIS RECTANGLE HERE IS THE STUDY AREA WE DID. 55% OF THE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES ARE VACANT IN THAT AREA. JUST NOT A DEMANDS FOR IT ANYMORE. MOSTLY BECAUSE THE STREETS -- THE STREETS AROUND OUR PROPERTY ESPECIALLY DON'T DO WELL WITH A LOT OF TRAFFIC. A LOT OF HEAVY INDUSTRIAL TYPE TRAFFIC. BETTER SUITED RIGHT OFF OF GANDY AND I THINK AN INDUSTRIAL PROJECT COMING ALONG GANDY, A NEW ONE. SO I DON'T THINK -- I DON'T THINK THAT AREAS THAT BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF IT. AS YOU TRANSITION SOUTH, IT MAKES SENSE TO START PUTTING IN THE PROJECT LIKE WE ARE PUTTING IN. THAT'S IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYTHING FURTHER WITH THE REBUTTAL? IF NOT, WE ASK -- WE ALREADY HAD A MOTION TO CLOSE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO CLOSE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: SECONDS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, BACK TO YOU, SIR. OR VIERA, BECAUSE WE SKIPPED OVER AND WENT TO VIERA. MIRANDA, GO AHEAD, SIR. >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR, AN ORDINANCE REZONINGS PROPERTY IN 5200 SOUTH MANISCALCO, AVENUE ARE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE QUICKLY DESCRIBED IN ZONING CLASSIFICATION CI COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE, PD, RESIDENTIAL PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. SECONDED FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON BEING ABSENT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT SETTLES THE LAND USE ITEMS. WE CAN'T TO THE 1:30 WHICH IS 80. WE CAN GO TO STAFF REPORTS. I DON'T KNOW IF LORI HERNANDEZ IS AVAILABLE. LISA CLOSER RENAMING OF THE PARK. IF SHE IS NOT, WE WILL HAVE TO BAIT UNTIL AFTER LUNCH. I KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA HAS A FUNERAL AT 12:00 TO GO TO. SO WE CAN BE MINDFUL OF THAT. THE OTHER ITEMS ARE VIK BHIDE AND MR. ROGERO AND CARL BRODY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. BRODY IS IN THE BUILDING. >>LYNN HURTAK: I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO THAT IN MA HALF HOUR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU WANT TO TAKE A VERY LONG LUNCH. >>LYNN HURTAK: SURE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE WILL BREAK FOR LUNCH UNTIL 1:30 -- YOU WANT TO DO IT AT 1:00 AND PICK UP SOME ITEMS LIKE CLOSER BACK. IS THIS FOR THE LISA CLOSER PARK? >> YOU WANT IT TO BE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: KNOCK IT OUT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHY NOT, LET'S GO. MISS LOCKET, ARE YOU GOOD? HAVE A GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD TO SEE YOU. YES, MA'AM. WE ARE GOING TO DO ITEM 82. >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: MICHELLE VAN LOAN, REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION FOR THIS ITEM. THEY GOT CAUGHT OFF GUARD TOO. SO WHILE THEY ARE BRINGING IT UP, YOU GUYS HAVE A COPY. LISA CLOSER WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT NO MATTER WHO -- LISA CHESSER, ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE NO MATTER SO SHE MET, SHE WOULD HELP. AND SHE WOULD DO FOR PEOPLE IN NEED. SHE STARTED HER OWN NONPROFIT FOUNDATION. WENT OUT TO FUND RAISE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE IN DONATION AND DO MORE FOR PEOPLE THAN SHE RAN INTO. ESPECIALLY THOSE MOST AT RISK. VOLUNTEERED NOT ONLY FOR TOYS FOR TOTS BUT DID HER OWN TOY DRIVE BECAUSE TOYS FOR TOTS EARLY IN THE SEASON AND RUNNING INTO FAMILIES WHO NEEDED MORE TOYS AS THEY GOT CLOSE TO THE HOLIDAYS. HER HEART JUST WENT OUT THERE FOR ANYBODY WHO HAD THOSE NEEDS AND COULDN'T STAND THE THOUGHT OF A CHILD NOT HAVING SOMETHING AND THE GUILTY AND WHAT IT DOES FOR A PARENT KNOWING YOU CAN'T DO THOSE THINGS FOR YOUR CHILDREN. SHE HELPED PAY FOR HOTEL ROOMS FOR PEOPLE TO GET THEM OFF THE STREET OR KEEP THEM OFF THE STREET. PAID FOR INSURANCE AND RENT. SHE WAS ALWAYS GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND WHEN SHE SAW SOMEONE IN NEED. SHE WAS PART OF THE LADIES AUXILIARY. SHE SENT CARE PACKAGES TO SOLDIERS EVEN THOUGH NO LONGER IN THE LEADERSHIP AND INVOLVED, SHE STAYED INVOLVED INDIVIDUALLY AND KEPT VOLUNTEERING TO SEND THOSE PACKAGES TO OUR SOLDIERS OVERSEAS. THIS WAS A WOMAN THROUGHOUT HER OWN TIRE LIFE WHO NEVER STOPPED LOOKING FOR WAYS TO ALWAYS GIVE BACK TO HER COMMUNITY FOR THE GANDY COMMUNITY CIVIC CENTER AND EVERYTHING THEY DID FOR PEOPLE AT RISK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IN REVIEWING OUR HER BIOGRAPHY, MISS CHESSER MET THE CRITERIA AND ALL THE OTHER CRITERIA SET IN THE ORDINANCE FOR A MAJOR ASSET RENAMING .THIS PARK IF WE GET THE POWERPOINT UP IS LOCATED -- OH, YOU GOT IT? THERE YOU GO GO. AND SO YOU CAN SEE IT THERE. IT IS JUST WEST OF THE ENTRY TO THE MacDILL AIR FORCE BASE JUST OFF OF DALE MABRY HIGHWAY OFF OF PINEWOOD AND MARKUM STREET AND THE PARK ITSELF WILL BE DONE BY THE DEVELOPER WHO IS BUILDING THE MOTEL TO THE WEST OF THIS. IF THE COUNCIL MOVES FORWARD WITH THE HONORARY RENAMING, THE DEDICATION OF THE PARK IS A COUPLE OF YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. REQUIRED BY THE DEVELOPER TO BE BUILT AS A CONDITION OF THE C.O. OF THE HOTEL, AND THAT IS IN OUR AGREEMENT. IF YOU SO CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD, I WOULD REQUEST A SETTING OF A DATE OF A RADDYING OF FIRST ORDINANCE AT LEAST 30 DAYS OUT FROM TODAY SO WE HAVE TIME TO DO OUR PUBLIC POSTING AS REQUIRED BY THE ORDINANCE. AND I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BEFORE I GO TO COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK AND MIRANDA. I HAVE HEARD NOTHING BUT POSITIVE THINGS OF THIS INDIVIDUAL FOR A LONG TIME. AND NOT A SINGLE PERSON AGAINST IT OR QUESTIONING. EVERYBODY IS LIKE. WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT? WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT? THE PEOPLE AND THE COMMUNITY ARE VERY EXCITED. THOSE WHO KNEW HER ARE VERY EXCITED. I WOULD BE TOTALLY ON BOARD TO SUPPORT IT. COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK AND COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. BECAUSE COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON IS NOT HERE TODAY, I WAS -- I WAS TOLD THAT WE NEED TO SCHEDULE THIS ACTUALLY IN MAY BECAUSE OF SOME -- SOME FAMILY AND HEALTH ISSUES. SO I AM GOING TO RECOMMEND MAY 15 AS THE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA SECONDS IT. SIR, YOU WANT TO SPEAK? COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: LIKE YOU SAID, I NEVER HEARD ANY CROSS WORDS OR ANYTHING NEGATIVE AT ALL. SO WELL DESERVED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR MAY 15 UNDER -- WELL, FIRST READING, CORRECT. MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? YES? >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: THANK YOU, ENJOY YOUR CHURCH. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IF I GET HIT BY A TRUCK THIS AFTERNOON. CAN YOU DO MY EULOGY? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION. >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: AS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, USUALLY WE -- WE INVESTIGATE REAL ESTATE AND LAND. WE ARE NOT USED TO DOING DUE DILIGENCE AND BIOGRAPHIES ON PEOPLE, BUT WHETHER IT HAS BEEN MR. ALESSI AND MR. McDONALD AND SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE TO HAVE THE PLEASURE TO RESEARCH AND GET TO KNOW, SOMETIMES POSTHUMOUSLY OF ALL OF THEIR GOOD DEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY. IT IS ALWAYS VERY HEARTWARMING. I AM ALWAYS TRULY HONORED TO COME UP HERE AND DO THESE PRESENTATIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. BRODY, FOR YOUR ITEM, DO YOU WANT TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER LUNCH? WHAT DO YOU THINK? >> CARL BRODY, LEGAL DEPARTMENT. I DON'T THINK IT WILL TAKE -- YEAH -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, SIR. >> I WILL USE THE ELMO. WHAT WE WILL DO -- I INTRODUCED MYSELF RIGHT? CARL BRODY, LEGAL DEPARTMENT. WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY IS A PROPOSED ORDINANCE. THIS IS NOT FINAL, BUT PROPOSITION THAT WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD FOR YOU TO CONSIDER FOR A CODE OF CONDUCT FOR OUR CITY CONTRACTORS AND VENDORS. CAN YOU -- CAN I MAKE THAT BIGGER. CAN YOU SEE THAT? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ZOOM IN WITH THE WHEEL. THERE YOU GO. SO THIS SITUATION APROSE BY A COMPLAINT REGARDING THE TREATMENT OF THE CITY CONTRACTOR ACTUALLY TO ANOTHER CITY CONTRACTOR AND A SEPARATE COMPLAINT BY A CITY EMPLOYEE. THAT PERSON RECEIVED FROM A CITY CONTRACTOR. SO WE WANTED TO PUT SOME RULES IN PLACE JUST TO CLARIFY AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR CONTRACTORS AND VENDORS KNOW THAT THOSE SERVE US WHEN THEY RECEIVE A CONTRACT TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY. AND I WILL JUST WALK THROUGH THIS VERY QUICKLY. AND, OF COURSE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, JUST JUMP IN. SO OUR SUBSET -- INITIALLY, WE ARE PUTTING IT IN THE WIMBY ORDINANCE, 26-5. WE FURTHER IT THERE BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE CONTRACTORS THAT WE ACTUALLY CERTIFY. WIMBY OR SMALL LOCAL BUSINESS IN THE CITY, YOU HAVE TO IT BE CERTIFIED AND GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. WMBE. A GROUP WITH A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP WITH. AND WE PUT IT IN THAT SECTION. SO WE ARE JUST REFERENCED IT. YOU KNOW WE WANT OUR CONTRACTOR AND VENUES TO SERVE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF INTEGRITY AND ETHICAL STANDARDS. AND IN SUB B, WHAT WE DO IS WE WANT OUR CONTRACTORS AND VENDORS TO PASS THIS ON TO THEIR SUBCONTRACTORS, THEIR EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS THAT THEY KNOW WHEN THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE CITY THROUGH THE CONTRACTOR THEY HAVE TO SATISFY THESE STANDARDS. IN SUB C, PROHIBIT THREATENING LANGUAGE, THREATENING ACTIVITY. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS PRETTY MUCH IDENTICAL TO WHAT WE PROVIDE FOR -- IN OUR PERSONNEL MANUAL FOR OUR OWN CITY EMPLOYEES. SO, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO HAVE THAT STANDARD APPLY ACROSS THE BOARD. AND THEN IN SECTION D, AGAIN WE REFERENCED IT. WE WANT ALL OF THE CONTRACTORS TO SERVE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ETHICAL CONDUCT. AND IMPORTANTLY, WE NOTE THAT -- YOU KNOW, THE OTHER PURPOSE IS THAT THESE CONTRACTORS ARE OUT THERE. PUBLIC DOESN'T REALLY KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR PUBLIC CONTRACTORS AND VENDORS AND OUR CITY EMPLOYEES. SO WE DON'T WANT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO -- TO HAVE A BAD INTERACTION WITH SOME OF THESE CONTRACTORS AND HAVE THAT FALL BACK ON US. SO WE SET THIS HIGHER STANDARD FOR THEM TO COMPLY WITH. THAT IS THE BACKGROUND FOR -- OF THAT. AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO ENFORCE IT THROUGH THE MANAGER OF EVO. SHE MISS BERTHA MITCHELL HAS EXPERIENCE WITH THIS. AND THE THEORY -- THE THOUGHT IS THAT PRIMARILY, WE WANT THEM TO COMPLY WITH THESE REQUIREMENTS. IF THERE IS A MINOR VIOLATION, THERE WILL BE NOTICED OF IT THAT WE NEED TO COMPLY. IF THERE IS A MORE SERIOUS VIOLATION, WE WILL TAKE FURTHER STEPS ON IT. WE ALSO HAVE A DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROVISION. AND THIS IS ALSO IN THE ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS THE MANAGER TO COORDINATE WITH THE CONTRACTORS TO BE ABLE TO COME TO SOME AMICABLE OUTCOME IF THERE IS DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM. AND, OF COURSE, AN APPEAL PROCESS. WE THROW THE APPEAL PROCESS IN FOR DUE PROCESS PURPOSE. THAT IS REALLY QUICK. A PROPOSED ORDINANCE. IF YOU SEE ANYTHING YOU WANT CHANGED, LET ME KNOW NOW. WE CAN MAKE THOSE CHANGES AND BRING IT BACK FOR FIRST READING SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE. UH-OH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OF ALL THINGS. COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. AND MR. -- I AM LAUGH BEING THAT -- POOR GUY. WHAT WAS I GOING TO SAY? THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS, MR. BRODY. WE HAVE MET ON THIS A FEW TIMES AND YOU ALWAYS ARE A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH. AND WE WORKED ON OTHER THINGS BEFORE. AS YOU SAID, THIS CAME ABOUT FROM A FRIEND OF MINE FROM MY DISTRICT, A VERY NICE GENTLEMAN, A GOOD MAN, WHO ENCOUNTERED SOME VERY PREJUDICE UNFORTUNATELY BEHAVIOR. AND, OF COURSE, THERE IS A PROCESS FOR THAT WHICH WE -- MYSELF I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH, BUT SHOULD DO EVERYTHING WE CAN DO WITH THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE AND THAT IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT TO MAKE SURE CONTRACTORS KNOW THAT CERTAIN BEHAVIOR IS -- WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. THAT THERE ARE ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS AND WE WORKED WITH THE CONTRACTOR COMMUNITY AND OTHERS ON THIS. SO I WILL BE HAPPY TO REPORT THIS TO THIS GENTLEMAN, AND I AM SURE HE WILL BE PLEASED. JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. DO WE MOTION AFTER THE -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AFTER THE DISCUSSION. >>LUIS VIERA: HOW DOES THIS WORK? THANK YOU, MR. BRODY, YOU ARE ALWAYS A GENTLEMAN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NOT YET. COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. DOES IT COVER -- SO YOU SAID IT IS BEING PUT UNDER THE WMBE AND SLBE, BUT COVER ALL CONTRACTORS? >> CARL BRODY: IT DOES. >>LYNN HURTAK: I WANTED TO CHECK BECAUSE THE PUBLIC UNDERSTOOD IT. I AM CONCERNED OF THE ENFORCEMENT SECTION, BECAUSE HOW MANY VIOLATIONS ARE TOO MANY VIOLATIONS? I THINK WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE STRUCTURE. NOT A TON OF STRUCTURE, BUT I REALLY FEEL LIKE MORE STRUCTURE IS IMPORTANT HERE. BECAUSE, THE IDEA IS, WE ARE GOING TO BE TARGETING BAD ACTORS. IF WE KNOW ANYTHING OF THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT WE GET OF SPECIFIC CONTRACTORS IS THEY CHANGED THEIR TACTIC JUST A LITTLE BIT. I WOULD LOVE IF YOU -- I DON'T KNOW IF -- IF YOU ALL HAVE SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO ADD SOMETHING TO THAT, TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE -- AND I AM HAPPY TO TALK TO YOUR OFFICE ABOUT IT BETWEEN NOW AND FIRST READING, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO DO SOME TYPE OF -- I DON'T KNOW -- AGAIN, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT KIND OF ENFORCEMENT PENALTIES, THREE STRIKES THING. OBVIOUSLY WOULD YOU HAVE DIFFERENT THINGS FOR SMALL INFRACTIONS VERSUS LARGER INFRACTIONS. I AM WORRIED JUST LEAVING IT TO SANCTION BASED ON THE NATURE OF THE VIOLATION ALONE WITHOUT IT AT LEAST HAVING A NUMBER IN THERE. >> CARL BRODY: THAT IS UNDERSTANDABLE. WE CAN WORK WITH SOMETHING TODAY AND BEFORE IT COMES BEFORE YOU ON FIRST MEETING. WORK WITH BERTHA MITCHELL, THE MANAGER AT EBO. AND WE WILL LOOK AT OTHER ORDINANCE AND RULES IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS TO COMPARE AND SEE IF THEY HAVE ANYTHING MORE SPECIFIC IN TERMS OF PROVIDING ENFORCEMENT. >>LYNN HURTAK: I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE WE CAN ALWAYS -- I WOULD LOVE TO -- FEEL FREE TO SEND ME A DRAFT OF THAT. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT. I NOTICED IN THE -- IN THE MOTION ITSELF, SAID TO A DISCUSSION ON PARKING TO BE INCLUDED. AND I DO REMEMBER THAT ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT -- I DON'T KNOW IF THIS -- IF THIS IS THIS OR A DIFFERENT -- A DIFFERENT ONE? >> CARL BRODY: IT GOT MIXED. >>LYNN HURTAK: I SAW IT IN THE MOTION AND I THOUGHT IT IS NOT HERE -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: READY FOR A MOTION? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, GO AHEAD. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MOTION THAT THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT PRESENT -- COME BACK ON MAY 15 WITH AN ORDINANCE FOR FIRST READING AND CONSIDERATION ON CODE OF CONDUCT OF CHAPTER 26-5 OF THE CITY OF TAMPA CODE FOR WMBE AND SLBE CERT TIDE CONTRACTORS WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA. PERIOD. >>LUIS VIERA: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. BRODY. WE ARE GOING TO RECESS FOR LUNCH UNTIL 1:30 SINCE WE GOT THOSE ITEMS OUT OF THE WAY. THANK YOU.