CITY OF TAMPA. [ SOUNDING GAVEL ] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER. AT THIS TIME, I YIELD TO COUNCILMAN CARLSON FOR TODAY'S INVOCATION. >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU, SIR. TODAY, WE HAVE CHAPLAIN TIM SPRINGER WHO IS FROM MARION, ILLINOIS. HE GRADUATED WITH A BACHELOR OF ARTS IN BIBLE -- WITH BIBLICAL LANGUAGES FROM SOUTHWEST BAPTIST UNIVERSITY IN MISSOURI. HE WENT ON TO RECEIVE HIS MASTERS OF DIVINITY FROM SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS. HE IS CURRENTLY TAKING SEMINARS TOWARD A DOCTORATE IN MINISTRY FROM GATEWAY SEMINARY, ONTARIO, CALIFORNIA. HE HAS BEEN MARRIED TO HIS WIFE KATHY FOR 26 YEARS. THEY ARE THANKFUL TO HAVE FOUR CHILDREN, THREE SONS AND ONE DAUGHTER. HE WOULDN'T LET ME READ THE REST OF THIS VERY LONG BIO, BUT HE IS WITH SOCOM AT MacDILL. WE THANK YOU FOR HIS SERVICE, ESPECIALLY TO ALL THE OTHER SERVICE PEOPLE WHO ARE HELPING OUR COUNTRY EVERY DAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE. YES, SIR, GO AHEAD. >> LET US PRAY. MAJESTIC LORD, I HUMBLY INVOKE YOUR PRESENCE THIS DAY IN PREPARATION FOR TAMPA'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING. I THANK YOU FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE PUBLIC SERVANTS WHO DUTIFULLY CARRY OUT THEIR GOD-GIVEN TASK TO SERVE AND TO MINISTER TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS TOWN WHICH SPANS BAY TO BAY. AS A SAILOR IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY, I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR THESE PUBLIC SERVANTS WHO WELCOME AND RECEIVE US, THE U.S. MILITARY, FROM OUR VARIOUS HOMES OF RECORD. THESE DEVOTED LABORERS SHELTER US FROM HURRICANES. THEY EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN, AND THEY MAINTAIN THE VAST ARRAY OF HIGHWAYS, SIDE STREETS AND BYWAYS BY WHICH WE TRAVERSE ON A DAILY BASIS. TO THEM, WE RARELY OFFER ENOUGH THANKS. I TURN NOW TO THE HOLY SCRIPTURES THAT REMIND EACH OF US THAT WE ARE TO BE A CITY SET ON A HILL WHICH CANNOT BE HIDDEN. MAY WE SET THIS LIGHT UPON A LAMP STAND TO PROVIDE LIGHT TO ALL WHO ARE IN THIS HOUSE. AND MAY WE LET OUR LIGHT SHINE BEFORE MEN IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY MAY SEE OUR GOOD WORKS AND GLORIFY THE FATHER WHO IS IN HEAVEN. MAY YOU EVER FAITHFULLY STRENGTHEN AND SUSTAIN THESE CITIZENS' SERVANTS AS THEY LABOR FOR THE TOWNSPEOPLE OF TAMPA. IT IS IN YOUR MOST HOLY NAME I PRAY AMEN. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. CAN I HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? >>BILL CARLSON: HERE. >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT. >> VIERA? MIRANDA? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE. >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A LOT OF BIRTHDAYS TODAY. SO THIS IS NOT THE USUAL COURSE. I WANT TO WISH A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CHARLENE FROM THE CLERK'S OFFICE. THAT WAS MONDAY. MARTIN SHELBY, OUR ATTORNEY, YESTERDAY. RON WIGGINTON, HIS BIRTHDAY IS TODAY. AND SULING'S HUSBAND MIKE'S BIRTHDAY. A LOT OF BIRTHDAYS TODAY. MR. SHELBY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND READ THE RULES AND PROCEDURES OF PUBLIC COMMENT? >>MARTIN SHELBY: I WOULD BE HAPPY TO, MR. CHAIRMAN. GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY. I WOULD LIKE TO VERY BRIEFLY REVIEW THE RULES OF DECORUM AND THE PROCESS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER THE CEREMONIAL TODAY, PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD WHICH ARE AVAILABLE OUTSIDE AND PLACE IT IN THE BOX OUTSIDE THE DOOR IN THE LOBBY. ONE CARD PER SPEAKER. CARDS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL THE START OF GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND 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. NOW, IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA THAT IS SET FOR A PUBLIC HEARING THAT IS NOTED AS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE AGENDA, USE THE SIGN-IN SHEET INSTEAD AT THE PODIUM OUTSIDE, AND IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE, PLEASE SEE THE CITY STAFF. A REMINDER THAT SPEAKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE TO REFRAIN FROM DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING MAKING VULGAR OR THREATENING REMARKS OR CAUSING DISRUPTIVE NOISES OR SOUNDS OR DISPLAYING SIGNS OR GRAPHICS. SPEAKERS ARE ALSO REMINDED TO REFRAIN FROM LAUNCHING PERSONAL ATTACKS AGAINST ANY CITY OFFICIAL, STAFF MEMBER, OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. PLEASE DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE BOARD AS A WHOLE. THE CHAIR WILL RULE OUT OF ORDER ANY PERSON WHO SPEAKS WITHOUT BEING RECOGNIZED OR ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL FROM OUTSIDE THE SPEAKER AREA AT THE PODIUM. PERSONS FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE COUNCIL RULES MAY ALSO BE RULED OUT OF ORDER BY THE CHAIR AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE CHAMBERS FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY'S MEETING. FINALLY, CITY COUNCIL, PLEASE REFRAIN FROM ENGAGING A SPEAKER DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT TAKE QUESTIONS OR HAVE A DIALOGUE DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS YOUR POSITION TO THE CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR SESSION OF FEBRUARY 6, 2025, AND THE EVENING SESSION OF FEBRUARY 13, 2025. MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. LET'S GO THROUGH APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER 3, THERE IS A MEMO TO RESCHEDULE THIS TO APRIL 17 UNDER CEREMONIAL ACTIVITIES AND PRESENTATIONS. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIR, COULD I SAY SOMETHING QUICK ABOUT NUMBER 4? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WAIT, LET ME DO THAT AND I'LL GO TO YOU REAL QUICK. LET ME FINISH. ITEM NUMBER 15, THERE IS A MEMO TO REMOVE THIS ITEM FROM THE AGENDA. IT WILL BE BROUGHT BACK AT A FUTURE DATE. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HEN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ITEM NUMBER 50, A MEMO WAS RECEIVED REGARDING A CONTINUANCE TO MARCH 6, 2025. THAT'S JUST TO SCHEDULE THE HEARING. THE MEMO SAID THAT THEY NEEDED MORE TIME BECAUSE THIS IS FROM THE ADMINISTRATION OR THE STAFF -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MOVE TO RESCHEDULE THE HEARING FOR APRIL 3 -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, NO, NOT RESCHEDULE THE HEARING. BUT TO CONTINUE THE ITEM TO MARCH 6, AND THEN WE'LL SCHEDULE IT. COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN WITH A MOTION. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ITEM NUMBER 72, THERE IS A MEMO TO CONTINUE 72 TO JUNE 5th. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. WE HAVE A MEMO FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON TO REMOVE ITEM 73. GO AHEAD, SIR. >>BILL CARLSON: I MADE A MOTION, THIS IS IN REGARD TO THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD AREA. I MADE A MOTION TO HAVE ON THE AGENDA TO PROHIBIT PARKING METERS IN THAT AREA. SINCE THEN, COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK WORKED WITH STAFF TO COME UP WITH A RESIDENTIAL EXCEPTION, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER 71. SO 71 SUPERSEDES 73. SO I MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE -- [INAUDIBLE] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THERE IS NO ADMINISTRATION UPDATE PER CHIEF BENNETT. I WILL GO THROUGH THESE ITEMS ONE BY ONE. ITEM NUMBER 61, DO WE NEED STAFF PRESENT FOR 61? ANYBODY? NO FOR 61. ITEM 62, DO WE NEED STAFF PRESENT? THERE WAS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WAS TRANSMITTED. DO WE NEED STAFF? >> NO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. 63, WE HAVE A SUBSTITUTE. THERE IS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM MICHELLE VAN LOAN. DO WE NEED STAFF HERE PRESENT FOR 63? >> I'M GOOD WITH IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. ITEM 64. DO WE NEED STAFF PRESENT? OKAY. ITEM 65. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES ON 65. >>LYNN HURTAK: BECAUSE WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT IF WE'RE EVEN GOING TO HEAR THIS BECAUSE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HEAR IT AT THE CRA, AND THEY PULLED IT. I'M UNCOMFORTABLE VOTING ON IT PERSONALLY UNTIL CRA DOES. SO I THINK WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT THAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM 65 IS A YES FOR SOMEONE PRESENT. WE HAVE AN IN-PERSON REPORT FOR 66 FROM JEAN DUNCAN, SO THAT IS A YES. 67, THERE IS A PowerPoint. SO THAT IS A YES. 68 THERE IS A WRITTEN REPORT. DO WE NEED STAFF PRESENT FOR THAT? THIS WAS A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: I HAVE TO MAKE ONE PHONE CALL. THIS WILL BE AFTER LUNCH. I DON'T ANTICIPATE SO, BUT I WANT TO -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL HOLD 68 UNTIL AFTER LUNCH. ITEM 69, THERE IS A WRITTEN REPORT. DO WE NEED ANYBODY PRESENT? WE HAVE A YES ON 69. ITEM NUMBER 70, THERE WILL BE A VERBAL UPDATE, SO THAT'S A YES. ITEM 71, YES. 72 AND 73 WERE TAKEN CARE OF. ITEM 74, THERE WAS A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA TO REMOVE IT FROM THE AGENDA AND INCLUDE IT IN THE FY '26 BUDGET, IS THAT CORRECT? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT'S WHAT THE BUDGET OFFICE SUGGEST AND I AGREE WITH THAT. ALL COMPREHENSIVE ALL AT ONCE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE 74 FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. WE HAVE WRITTEN REPORTS -- SORRY, ITEM 76 -- WAIT, 75 WE'LL RECEIVE AND FILE IT, BUT CAN I GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE? MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ITEM 76 A REQUEST TO CONTINUE TO APRIL 17. MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? ITEM 77, THERE IS A MOTION TO CONTINUE SAID ITEM TO MAY 15, 2025. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CAN I ASK COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME BACKGROUND ON THIS? I WAS KIND OF CONFUSED ON THIS ONE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WHAT IT IS, I THINK THERE IS AN ORDINANCE IN PLACE THAT PROHIBITS THINGS BEING PARKED IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE, LIKE A BIG WORK TRUCK. IN SOME CASES COMPLAINTS RECEIVED IN MY OFFICE THAT THEY ARE PARKING, NOT ONLY THE HOUSE AirBnB, BUT THEN THEY ARE COMING IN A MOTOR HOME AND PARKING IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING. THERE IS A CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TWO ITEMS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES, SIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CONTINUE -- WAIT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THAT'S TO CONTINUE THE ITEM. MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: JUST A REMINDER, COUNCIL, TO REQUEST THAT AFTER THE END OF THE CONSENT DOCKET, WITHOUT STAFF NEEDING TO BE PRESENT YOU CAN MOVE 61, 62, SUBSTITUTE FOR 63 AND 64 AT THAT TIME. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SOUNDS GOOD. COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER -- >>LYNN HURTAK: YES, I WANTED TO PULL A FULL ITEMS. I'M SORRY. I HAVE NOT BEEN WELL THIS WEEK, SO I AM A LITTLE BEHIND. I WANT TO PULL 18 AND 19 FOR A CONVERSATION AND SEPARATE VOTE. I WANT TO PULL 36 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE AND 49 FOR A CONVERSATION AND A SEPARATE VOTE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 36 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >>LYNN HURTAK: AND 49. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PULL IT FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING. 18 AND 19 BECAUSE THEY GO TOGETHER. 36 AND 49. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE THOSE ARE PULLED FOR OUR OWN DISCUSSION, NO STAFF PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT ITEM 4 AND THEN WE'LL ASK FOR APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. >>BILL CARLSON: BEFORE ITEM 4, COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK BROUGHT UP 65 ABOUT WHETHER IT SHOULD BE ON THE AGENDA OR NOT. SHOULD WE TALK ABOUT THAT? I THINK WE SHOULD HOLD IT TODAY, BUT INSTEAD OF MAKING PEOPLE WAIT ALL DAY, ARE WE ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT WHETHER TO KEEP IT ON THE AGENDA? >>MARTIN SHELBY: I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU WANT TO HAVE STAFF PRESENT FOR THAT. >>BILL CARLSON: IT WOULD NEED MORRIS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S WAIT UNTIL WE GET A RESPONSE. ITEM NUMBER 4. >>BILL CARLSON: ITEM NUMBER 4, MISINFORMATION SENT AROUND AND INFORMATION SAYING TO PEOPLE PLEASE SHOW UP AND SUPPORT THE JACKSON HOUSE TODAY. WHILE WE WELCOME SUPPORT ON THE JACKSON HOUSE, JUST FOR EVERYBODY WATCHING, THE BUCKHORN ADMINISTRATION ORDERED THE JACKSON HOUSE DESTROYED IN 2013. CITY COUNCIL WAY BEFORE I GOT ON SAVED THE JACKSON HOUSE UNANIMOUSLY. THAT'S WHY IT EXISTS TODAY. THE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN WORKING ON IT THE LAST FEW YEARS TO TRY TO SAVE IT. AND THIS CITY COUNCIL AS THE CRA BOARD PUT IN A MILLION DOLLARS A FEW YEARS AGO, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SAVE IT. THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S DISCUSSION IS TO HAVE THE JACKSON HOUSE FOUNDATION PRESENT THEIR PLAN FOR RENOVATION. SO IT'S NOT -- WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE ANY ACTION ON THE JACKSON HOUSE TODAY. JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS, I MET WITH THE JACKSON HOUSE SEVERAL TIMES THE LAST FEW DAYS. THE PURPOSE OF TODAY IS JUST FOR THEM TO PRESENT THEIR PLAN. AS SOON AS THE CITY SAYS GO, THEN THEIR PLAN WILL START, WHICH THEY'LL GO THROUGH IN A LITTLE WHILE. WE'RE ALL ON BOARD FOR SAVING THE JACKSON HOUSE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SOUNDS GOOD. AND THEY ARE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT. WE'LL HEAR FROM THEM SHORTLY. >>GWEN HENDERSON: MADE A MOTION TO PULL IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, HE JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ON IT. THAT'S ALL. THEY ARE GOING TO PRESENT. NOTHING IS PULLED. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AND ADDENDUM? MOTION FROM CLENDENIN AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. FIRST ITEM IS COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN FOR THE ATU EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. GO AHEAD, SIR. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. THIS IS LIKE ONE OF MY FAVORITE DAYS OF THE MONTH BECAUSE I GET TO STAND HERE WITH ONE OF MY FAVORITE CITY OF TAMPA PERSONS, THE PRESIDENT OF THE ATU. HE REPRESENTS SO MANY OF OUR CITY EMPLOYEES THAT KEEP THE CITY OF TAMPA WORKING. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE LISTENING, IF THE SERVICES YOU'RE BEING PROVIDED, YOU'RE HAPPY, BLAME HIM. IF YOU'RE NOT HAPPY, BLAME GUIDO. I WANT TO INTRODUCE THE PRESIDENT OF THE ATU, MR. SIMON. AND HE'S GOING TO INTRODUCE THE RECIPIENT OF THE ATU EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. MR. SIMON. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN. GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. AND GOOD MORNING CITY OF TAMPA. I'M STEVE SIMON, PRESIDENT OF THE AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION LOCAL 1464 AND WE KEEP THE CITY OF TAMPA RUNNING. I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE THIS MORNING TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE ATU EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, MR. ALEXANDER WARREN. [ APPLAUSE ] ALEX WARREN WAS NOMINATED FOR ATU EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH RECOGNITION AND AWARD BECAUSE OF HIS LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION TO THE CITY OF TAMPA, THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, AND THE COMMUNITY. ALEX HAS BEEN A MAINSTAY OVER THE YEARS TO THE TEAMS LEADING CHANGE AT THE GWENDOLYN MILLER COMMUNITY CENTER AND EXPANDED HIS REACH TO 129 COLLEAGUES WITH PROGRAM PLANNING AND ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE NORTH SERVICE AREA. HE IS ALSO A MEMBER OF OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME PLANNING, AND THE STAY AND PLAY COMMITTEE. ALEX STARTED SHARING HIS LOVE FOR CHESS MORE THAN A DECADE AGO AND REMAINS STEADFAST IN HIS VISION TO BRING THIS GAME OF STRATEGY TO THE KIDS AT CENTERS AND PLAYGROUNDS. THE PLAN STARTED OUT SMALL WITH ABOUT THREE KIDS IN THE AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM AT GWENDOLYN MILLER. AND HAS NOW EXPANDED TO MORE THAN A DOZEN CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF TAMPA, REACHING MORE THAN 200 KIDS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 7 AND 17. THERE ARE QUITE A FEW STAFF MEMBERS WHO HAVE EMBRACED THE GAME AS WELL. BECAUSE OF THE POPULARITY OF THE PROGRAM, ALEX AND SOME OF HIS COLLEAGUES HAVE ORGANIZED TWO CHESS TOURNAMENTS PER YEAR FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS WITH AN EVER-GROWING AUDIENCE. ALEX IS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE ANTIVIOLENCE AND ANTI-BULLYING SANDY HOOK PROMISE AND SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING CLUB, NOT ONLY AT HIS PARK BUT AT OTHER PARKS AND SEVERAL SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS. HE IS AN AMBASSADOR AND IS RECOGNIZED BY THE SANDY HOOK PROMISES ORGANIZATION FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT IN PREPARING KIDS FOR CHALLENGING SITUATIONS AT SCHOOL AND BEYOND. ON ONE OCCASION, ALEX FOUND HIMSELF IN MORE THAN 30 AFTER-SCHOOL PARTICIPANTS IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION. BECAUSE OF THE EXTENSIVE PREPARATION HE HAD TAKEN THE KIDS THROUGH, EVERYONE REMAINED CALM AND CONFIDENT. ALEX TAKES HIS JOB VERY SERIOUS AND IT SHOWS. THIS PAST SUMMER, ALEX STEPPED UP AS THE NEXT PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND PLAYGROUND, AND HE EXCELLED IN PLANNING AND LEADERSHIP. AS A WRITER, ALEX HAS SHARED HIS PASSION FOR POETRY BY CREATING WRITING CLASSES FOR THE KIDS AT THE CENTER AND HAS WRITTEN AND PERFORMED SOME OF HIS OWN WORKS AT EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY. ALEX CONTINUES TO STRIVE FOR A GREATER LEVEL OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ATTENDS TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AS OFTEN AS HE IS ABLE TO. BECAUSE OF HIS OVERALL INVOLVEMENT, ALEX RECEIVED AN AWARD FROM THE COMMUNITY FOR VOLUNTEER WORK THAT HE DOES DURING HIS OWN TIME AWAY FROM THE JOB. DUE TO ALL OF THIS, WE APPRECIATE YOU AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO TO HELP KEEP THE CITY OF TAMPA RUNNING. SO ON BEHALF OF ATU LOCAL 1464, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING THE AWARD RECIPIENT AND PRESENT YOU WITH THIS AWARD. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ONE, I FEEL VERY INADEQUATE AFTER HEARING ALL OF THAT. IS CHESS LIKE CHECKERS? I'M REALLY GOOD AT CHECKERS. YOU ALSO, OBVIOUSLY, MUST BE A VERY POPULAR PERSON BECAUSE WE HAVE OCEA WYNN AND TONY MULKEY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? >>OCEA WYNN: IT IS WITH PLEASURE THAT I STAND BEFORE YOU AND SAY THAT I AM JUST OVEREXCITED TO HAVE ALEX AS PART OF OUR TEAM. WHEN I FIRST WAS APPOINTED TO THIS POSITION, ALEX HAPPENED TO BE -- YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS. YOU WERE ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE I MET -- TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE DO IN OUR CENTERS. I WAS REALLY ENTHRALLED WITH THE FACT THAT ALEX DEDICATES SO MUCH TIME AND ATTENTION TO OUR KIDS AND BY EXPOSING THEM TO CHESS AND TO POETRY, THAT JUST BLOWS ME AWAY. UNFORTUNATELY, I ASKED HIM TO TEACH ME CHESS. THAT HASN'T GONE TOO FAR JUST YET BUT WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON THAT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I CAN HELP YOU WITH CHECKERS. >>OCEA WYNN: I HAVE CHECKERS COVERED. YOU CAN HELP ME WITH CHESS. I'M GOOD. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR PARKS AND RECREATION FAMILY. THANK YOU FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN OUR KIDS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING. I'M SO PLEASED TO BE HERE FOR THIS WELL-DESERVED RECOGNITION. ALEX IS AN EXAMPLE OF GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND AND BEING VERY PROACTIVE IN TRYING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE WITH THE KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY. I'LL KEEP IT SHORT AND JUST SAY CONGRATULATIONS. WELL DESERVED. [ APPLAUSE ] >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ON BEHALF OF A GRATEFUL CITY AND TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, REPRESENTED BY CHAIRMAN GUIDO MANISCALCO AND THE OTHER SIX OF US, I PRESENT TO YOU ATU EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH ALEX WARREN, A TAMPA CITY COUNCIL COMMENDATION. [ APPLAUSE ] WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS? WE CAN DO THIS FIRST. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU SOME THINGS. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. MIKE McARTHUR, STEPP'S TOWING SERVICE. CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS AWARD. WELL DESERVED. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THE CITY. ON BEHALF OF TODD STEPP'S AND STEPP'S TOWING, PLEASE ENJOY DINNER OUT ON US. GIFT CARD. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. CONGRATULATIONS. MY NAME IS LORI OSBORNE. I AM WITH THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA. I HAVE TO TELL YOU, MY MOM WAS PART OF MY HOMETOWN'S PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT, SO I GREW UP IN THESE TYPES OF COMMUNITIES, RECREATION DEPARTMENTS. I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO AND HOW YOU INSPIRE OUR KIDS. I REALLY DO. ON BEHALF OF THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA, WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO ATTEND ONE OF OUR PERFORMANCES, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. GOOD MORNING, MR. SIMON. MR. WARREN. I'M GRACE GONZALEZ HERE ON BEHALF OF THE GONZMART FAMILY AND 1905 FAMILY OF RESTAURANTS. WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR INVESTING SO MUCH TIME IN THE CHILDREN OF TAMPA. THANK YOU FOR TEACHING THEM AN INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE LIKE CHESS. WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO. PLEASE ENJOY YOURSELF AT THE COLUMBIA, ULELE, ANYWHERE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ENJOY, HAVE A NIGHT OFF AND HAVE SOME SANGRIA. [ LAUGHTER ] [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. JILL WITECKI WITH TAMPA THEATRE. HI, MR. WARREN. I STARTED PLAYING CHESS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS WELL. I KNOW THE LIFE SKILLS THAT THAT GAME TEACHES. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. IS THAT YOUR WIFE TAKING PICTURES. ON BEHALF OF TAMPA THEATRE, THIS IS AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FOR YOU AND YOUR WIFE TO COME JOIN US FOR ALL OF THE THOUSAND THINGS WE DO OVER THERE EVERY YEAR. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] >> I'M LAURA TAYLOR FROM OXFORD COMMONS. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO ONE OF OUR RESTAURANTS. OXFORD EXCHANGE, PREDALINA. THANK YOU FOR INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. GOOD MORNING, SIR. GOOD MORNING, ALEX. I'M BRIAN FORD. I'M WITH THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS. ON BEHALF OF THE GLAZER FAMILY AND OUR ENTIRE ORGANIZATION, WE HAVE A LITTLE TRADITION AT ONE BUC. ANYBODY THAT GOES OVER AND ABOVE GETS A GAME BALL. I'LL GIVE YOU MY CARD BECAUSE I HAVE A LITTLE STORY ABOUT YOUR GAME BALL. IT'S NOT HERE. THIS IS A GENERIC ONE. BUT THE BEAUTY OF THAT IS YOU NEED TO EXCHANGE THIS WITH ME AND BRING YOUR FAMILY AND SUPPORT STAFF BECAUSE YOU DON'T DO IT ALONE. ONE BUC FOR A LITTLE TOUR AND THEN WE'LL GIVE YOU YOUR GAME BALL WITH YOUR NAME ON IT. SECONDARY, I LOVE YOUR STORY AND WHAT YOU DO FOR THE KIDS AND THE CHESS PROGRAM. I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THE WINNER AN INDIVIDUAL GAME BALL. LET'S HAVE THAT DIALOGUE. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION, COMMUNITY, CAN'T HAVE A FUMBLE. YOU HAVE TO BRING THAT BACK AND I'LL GIVE YOU YOUR GAME BALL. NO FUMBLES. >> GOOD MORNING, STEVE MICHELINI. I BROUGHT MY GRANDSON HERE TO HELP ME OUT. HE IS A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, SULPHUR SPRINGS POOL. HE HAD SOME EXCITING THINGS HAPPEN OVER THERE. HE'S GOING TO HELP ME WITH THIS. MEAT MARKET GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR YOU. YOU CAN ENJOY YOURSELF OVER THERE FOR A HUNDRED DOLLARS. DON'T LOSE THESE LETTERS. YUMMY HOUSE CHINA BISTRO, PROVIDING WITH YOU A GIFT CERTIFICATE. GIFT CERTIFICATE AND A LETTER. ON BEHALF OF JACKSON'S BISTRO ON HARBOUR ISLAND, HUNDRED DOLLAR GIFT CERTIFICATE. ENJOY YOURSELF OVER THERE FOR LUNCH OR DINNER. AND THEN FOR CICCIO RESTAURANT GROUP, GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR OVER THERE, ENJOY YOURSELF BREAKFAST, LUNCH DINNER. THEIR RESTAURANT IS ON SOUTH HOWARD. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, BELLABRAVA GIFT CERTIFICATES OVER THERE. I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT NICHOLAS WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN PREVENTING THE DROWNING OF THREE ADULTS AT SULPHUR SPRINGS POOL. [ APPLAUSE ] >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ALEX, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOME WORDS? OR GO RIGHT TO THE RESTAURANTS AND START EATING? >> THAT WILL HAPPEN. I WANT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR PRESENTING THIS AWARD AS WELL. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK -- ALSO LIKE TO SAY THERE'S NO ME. THERE'S ALWAYS A WE IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS. I DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN THE LINE BECAUSE I'LL MISS NAMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AGAIN, I'M VERY GRATEFUL. A LOT OF GRATITUDE IN MY HEART AND THANK YOU AGAIN. [ APPLAUSE ] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. ALL THE THINGS YOU SAID AND ALL THE THINGS YOU'VE DONE, ONE REALLY CAUGHT MY EAR. THAT IS THE ONE ABOUT CONVERSATION. TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO SOMEONE. AND I THINK THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING RIGHT THERE SOLVES A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE TODAY IN SOCIETY BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE AN ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE TO SOME DEGREE. A LOT OF US DO. INCLUDING MYSELF. PARKS AND RECREATION, I REMEMBER THE TWO POSTERS I HAD. ONE FOR THE BOYS AND ONE FOR THE GIRLS, MS. MEXICO. THEY TAUGHT US ABOUT CONVERSATION. WASN'T ABOUT PLAYING THE GAME AND WINNING. PLAYING THE GAME AND NOT LOSE. I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE FOR PARKS AND REC. CONGRATULATIONS AND CONTINUE DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: JUST BRIEFLY, WHEN I SAW THE PEOPLE HERE I THOUGHT OF AN OLD SAYING FROM A GREAT GUY WHO LEFT TOO SOON. SENATOR PAUL WELLSTONE. WE ALL DO BETTER WHEN WE DO BETTER. WHEN I SEE YOU, THAT'S WHAT I THINK OF. GOD BLESS YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CONGRATULATIONS. WE'RE REALLY SO LUCKY THAT YOU ARE PART OF THE CITY OF TAMPA FAMILY. EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, YOU GO ABOVE AND BEYOND. YOU MAKE OUR CITY A BETTER PLACE. WHAT YOU DO WITH THE YOUTH, WHAT YOU DO WITH THE COMMUNITY, YOU'RE A TRUE PUBLIC SERVANT GIVING BACK. AGAIN, THANK YOU. THIS IS A SMALL TOKEN OF APPRECIATION. WE WISH WE HAD A HUNDRED MORE PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU BECAUSE, AGAIN, YOU'RE WHAT MAKES TAMPA A BETTER PLACE, A GREAT PLACE. THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> MR. CHAIRMAN, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I FORGOT TO READ THE LETTER. CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING SELECTED AS THE ATU EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, FOR YOUR PROFESSIONALISM, STRONG WORK ETHIC AND FOR GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND IN ALL ASPECTS OF YOUR POSITION AS REC LEADER 2. INSTRUMENTAL IN A WIDE RANGE OF YOUTH PROGRAMS AND YOUR POSITIVE ATTITUDE MAKE YOU HIGHLY DESERVING OF THIS SPECIAL RECOGNITION, AND YOU ARE WELL KNOWN FOR YOUR FOCUS ON THE WELL-BEING OF OUR YOUTH AND THE EXTENSIVE VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS FOR YOU TO PARTICIPATE OUTSIDE OF YOUR WORK WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA. YOU DEMONSTRATE A FIRM COMMITMENT TO THE CITY OF TAMPA, PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, AND TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND YOU SET A SHINING EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW. IT IS EMPLOYEES LIKE YOU, ALEX, THAT MAKE ME PROUD TO SERVE AS MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION, MAYOR JANE CASTOR. [ APPLAUSE ] >> IF I MAY, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT OR ANNOUNCEMENT, SO TO SPEAK, IN REGARDS TO US ACTUALLY QUALIFYING FOR RECERTIFICATION. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO THE CITY FOR HELPING US IN THIS ENDEAVOR. MY EXECUTIVE BOARD, ALL OF THE MEMBERS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT REALLY SAVED US. WE SAVED OURSELVES, SAVED OUR UNIONS, WE LIVE ANOTHER DAY TO BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA AND MOVE FORWARD PROGRESSIVELY. SO THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I'LL JUST SAY, MR. SIMON, WHAT KIND OF HOURS WERE YOU WORKING? I SAW YOU 6 A.M. TO 6 P.M. YOU WERE WORKING NONSTOP TO MAKE EVERYTHING HAPPEN. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR WHOLE TEAM BECAUSE I KNOW YOU DIDN'T STOP. YOU DIDN'T STOP. YOU WERE GOING AND GOING AND GOING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. >> YES, SIR, THANK YOU. ALSO TO PUT A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE ON IT. WE REALIZED IN NOVEMBER WE LOST 600 MEMBERS. SO WE WERE ABLE TO RETRIEVE 600 MEMBERS IN SIX WEEKS. HARD JOB. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MS. WYNN, BEFORE YOU GO, HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY. I WAS GOING DOWN THE LIST. I KNOW YOURS IS TOMORROW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL TAKE A MOMENT HERE BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT ITEM WITH COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, YOU ARE UP FOR ITEM NUMBER 2. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE MEMBERS OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL. JUST LIKE THE PREVIOUS HONOREE THAT WE HONORED THIS MORNING, I HAVE ONE JUST AS IMPORTANT AND ONE THAT AT AGE 17 HAS DONE MORE THAN MOST OF US HAVE DONE IN OUR WHOLE LIVES. HONORED TO BE STANDING NEXT TO VALENTINA MICHELINI. I'LL READ A FEW OF THE THINGS SHE'S DONE. IT IS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL PROFOUND PLEASURE AND RECOGNITION TO THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF VALENTINA MICHELINI WHO ACHIEVED THE RANK OF DISTINGUISHED HONOR OF EAGLE SCOUT, IN THE SCOUTS OF AMERICA. PART OF HER ENDEAVOR WAS PERFORMED BY OASIS NEST WILDLIFE SANCTUARY AND INVOLVED BUILDING AND MAINTAINING HABITAT FOR INJURED ANIMALS, A LONG ARDUOUS, DIFFICULT ENDEAVOR. IN ADDITION, SHE HOLDS THE PRESIDENTIAL GOLD SERVICE AWARD FOR COMPETING AND WORKING HARD FOR 500 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE. AFTER THAT AWARD, VALENTINA WENT ON TO COMPETE IN THE ADDITIONAL 1,200 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE IN THE MOST VALUABLE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. SHE HELPED THOSE THAT REALLY NEED HELP. SHE HAS CONTINUED THIS EFFORT FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. THAT RIGHT THERE IS UNBELIEVABLE. IN ADDITION TO ALL THAT SHE'S MANAGED TO SPEND TWO WEEKS IN A COUNTRY CALLED ETHIOPIA TEACHING AND WORKING WITH ORPHAN CHILDREN. SHE MAINTAINS A 4.0 GPA AT HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND IS LOOKING TOWARDS OBTAINING AN AA DEGREE THIS COMING FALL. SHE PLANS TO TRANSFER TO A FOUR-YEAR UNIVERSITY AND BECOME A TEACHER. ALL THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLETED -- COMPLETED AT AGE 17. NOT 77, BUT 17. TAMPA CITY COUNCIL WISHES VALENTINA EVERY POSITIVE SUCCESS AND GOOD FORTUNE IN FUTURE ENDEAVORS PRESENTED THIS 20th DAY OF FEBRUARY 2025. WITHOUT YOU, WE MAY NOT BE THAT GREAT COMMUNITY. [ APPLAUSE ] >>STEVE MICHELINI: ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION IS THAT VALENTINA WILL BE ONE OF THE FIRST WOMEN TO RECEIVE AN EAGLE SCOUT AWARD ALONG WITH HER BROTHER WHO HAS ALREADY RECEIVED THE EAGLE SCOUT AWARD. SO WHEN THEY COMBINE THE SCOUTING INTO SCOUTS OF AMERICA, SHE IS ONE OF THE FIRST. THEY MAY BE ONE OF THE FIRST BROTHER AND SISTER EAGLE SCOUT AWARDEES IN THE STATE. I'LL TELL YOU A COUPLE OF THINGS. NICHOLAS VOLUNTEERS ON SATURDAY WITH THE HOMELESS FIXING BICYCLES AND WHEELCHAIRS. VALENTINA SERVES ON THE HOMELESS AND FRANCESCA ORGANIZATION THE HOMELESS FEEDING. ABOUT 150 TO 200 INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE FED EVERY WEEKEND. THEY CONTINUE DOING THAT AS A SERVICE BACK TO THIS COMMUNITY. THEY HAVEN'T STOPPED. SO THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING? >> THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE HERE TODAY AND GIVING ME THIS COMMENDATION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. [ APPLAUSE ] COUNCILMAN VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: I DID WANT TO SAY SOMETHING BECAUSE I'VE WORKED WITH THIS FAMILY BEFORE. STEVE SAID ABOUT THE BROTHER AND SISTER ISSUE. THEY ARE WITH EAGLE SCOUT AND THAT IS A BIG DEAL. YOU MENTIONED THE ISSUE WITH THE HOMELESS AND I'VE BEEN OUT THERE AND I'VE SEEN NICHOLAS FIX BICYCLES AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS. HE'S A PERSON WHO HAS SUCH GREAT SKILLS AND TALENTS. VALENTINA HAS A BIG HEART OUT THERE WORKING. I REMEMBER WHEN FOLKS WERE FLOODED YOU ALL GOING OUT TO TIMBERFALLS AT 113th ON WHAT I CALL A GOOD OL' BOY BOAT. IT WAS NOTHING FANCY. YOU ALL WENT OUT THERE AND YOU SAVED PEOPLE AND HOPE YOU GOT YOUR TETANUS SHOT AFTERWARDS, BECAUSE I DID. YOU ALL HAVE A REALLY BIG HEART. I MEAN THAT. YOU WERE TAUGHT TO SERVE AND TO GIVE BACK JUST BECAUSE IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO AND TO HELP PEOPLE. THAT'S WHAT BEING AN EAGLE SCOUT IS ALL ABOUT. GOD BLESS YOU GUYS. >>GWEN HENDERSON: DIDN'T I WRITE YOU A NOTE? I THOUGHT SO? I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. THERE ARE PRESIDENTS WHO HAVE THE TITLE OF EAGLE SCOUT AND THE GIRL POWER IS SHINING THROUGH. I'VE ACTUALLY ATTENDED A CEREMONY BEFORE FOR ONE OF MY PAST STUDENTS AT JEFFERSON. AND IT IS REALLY AN HONOR TO STAND BEFORE YOU, SIT HERE BEFORE YOU TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS BECAUSE THEY DON'T GIVE THOSE AWAY. WELL DESERVED. I WISH YOU ALL THE SUCCESS AND, OF COURSE, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR MOTHER BECAUSE SHE HAS PUT YOU ON THE RIGHT PATH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: I WANT TO SAY ALSO CONGRATULATIONS. I DROPPED OUT AT WEBELOS, ALL THREE DROPPED OUT OF WEBELOS. I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS AFTER THAT POINT. CONGRATS TO ALL OF YOU FOR GOING ALL THE WAY. NOT ONLY PRESIDENTS, ASTRONAUTS AND OTHERS, ALL KINDS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE, YOU COME FROM GREAT FAMILY STOCK, AND YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT TRAJECTORY. LET US KNOW IN THE FUTURE HOW WE CAN HELP YOU. YOU PROBABLY DON'T NEED ANY HELP, BUT IF WE CAN HELP YOU IN ANY WAY TO CONNECT WITH WHAT YOU WANT, THE RIGHT UNIVERSITY, WE WANT TO RECRUIT YOU BACK, WE NEED YOU ALL TO BE LEADERS BACK IN THE COMMUNITY LIKE YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS ARE. LASTLY, I WAS LOOKING AT SPENDING TIME IN ETHIOPIA A FEW YEARS AGO, WHAT AN AMAZING COUNTRY. AND THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING TIME THERE. SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES EVER SEEN, SOME OF THE WORST PLACES I'VE EVER SEEN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION THERE. YOU PROBABLY KNOW THIS, BUT FOR THE PUBLIC LISTENING, THERE ARE TWO ETHIOPIAN CHURCHES HERE. I WENT TO ONE RECENTLY. IT'S LIKE STEPPING INTO ETHIOPIA. SO AMAZING AND FASCINATING. >> THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CONGRATULATIONS. WHEN PEOPLE SAY THE SKY IS THE LIMIT, NOW THAT YOU ARE AN EAGLE SCOUT, REMEMBER, YOU HAD A PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT GERALD FORD EAGLE SCOUT AND NEIL ARMSTRONG, THE FIRST MAN TO WALK ON THE MOON, EAGLE SCOUT. WHEN YOU SAY THE SKY IS THE LIMIT, YOU HAVE EAGLE SCOUTS THAT HAVE WALKED ON THE MOON. IT IS REALLY LIMITLESS, BUT IT'S NOT EASY WHAT YOU DO. I REMEMBER WHEN NICHOLAS BECAME AN EAGLE SCOUT, IT'S A BIG DEAL. EVERYTHING HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID. JUST THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT YOU HELP. MOST RECENTLY WITH THE HURRICANES, WHEN YOU FEED THE HOMELESS, WHEN YOU ARE FIXING THE BIKES, FIXING THE WHEELCHAIRS, I'VE SEEN YOUR SETUP OVER THE YEARS. YOU DO A LOT OF GOOD WORK IN THE COMMUNITY. WE'RE ALL VERY PROUD OF YOU. YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF YOURSELVES BECAUSE IT IS A LOT OF WORK AND YOU VOLUNTEER. YOU DO IT FROM THE GOODNESS OF YOUR HEART. WE APPRECIATE YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] ALL RIGHTY. WE'LL TAKE A MOMENT. WITH ITEM NUMBER 4, WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME DR. CAROLYN COLINS AND HER TEAM. THERE IS A PowerPoint PRESENTATION, WHICH WE'LL BRING UP IN JUST A MOMENT HERE. WE'LL GET EVERYTHING SET UP. >>BILL CARLSON: WHILE SHE'S STEPPING UP, I WANT TO THANK DR. COLLINS AND HER TEAM. WE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS THE LAST FEW DAYS AND THEY WORKED REALLY HARD PUTTING THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER. I HOPE THE PUBLIC LOOKS FORWARD TO SEEING IT LIKE WE DO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, DR. COLINS. HOW ARE YOU? >> GOOD MORNING TO E EACH OF YO. THIS IS A BLESSED DAY BECAUSE I'M BEHIND SOME GREAT INDIVIDUALS WHO RECEIVED SOME GREAT COMMENDATIONS. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM AND CONGRATULATE YOU IN EXPOSING THIS TO OUR CITY SO WE SEE THE GREAT THINGS THAT PEOPLE IN TAMPA ARE DOING. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. I'M GOING TO ASK THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE. MR. WILLIAMS AND ALSO DR. SCOTT. I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS PowerPoint PRESENTATION REASONABLY FAST BECAUSE WE GAVE YOU A COPY OF IT. AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT A LOT OF TIME IN WHAT YOU CAN READ, BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ANSWERING SOME QUESTIONS. WE'VE SPOKEN TO A COUPLE OF YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE PRESENT TO YOU HERE BRIEFLY, BUT BEFORE I EVEN START THE PRESENTATION AND I GO THROUGH THIS, ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, WE ARE MANDATED BY OUR GRANT THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE STATE TO SUBMIT TO THEM A QUARTERLY REPORT. TWICE A YEAR, WE HAVE TO UPDATE THAT REPORT TO MAINTAIN THAT GRANT. A COPY OF THAT I WILL BE SENDING TO THE BOARD SO THAT WHETHER WE ARE HERE OR NOT, YOU WILL GET THE SAME UPDATE AND YOU WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ACTUALLY WHAT IS GOING ON. IT ACTUALLY IS EXTREMELY THOROUGH. I LITERALLY DO IT DAY BY DAY SO YOU'LL HAVE A LITTLE READING BECAUSE WE KEEP A SCHEDULE OF EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING TO MAKE OURSELVES SOMEWHAT WORTHY OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, THE BOARD IS TRYING TO DO FOR THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. WE ARE COMMITTED AS THE JACKSON HOUSE. OUR FOCUS AND COMMITMENT IS TO PRESERVE TAMPA, FLORIDA,'S NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK. I HAVE TO DO THIS WHEN I MAKE A PRESENTATION. I AM COMMITTED BECAUSE WILLIE ROBINSON, THE LAST LIVING AND THE ONLY SON OF THE RAI ROBINS E TO ME AND HE IS DOING WHAT HIS MOTHER ASKED ME TO DO. WE HAVE TO GIVE HOMAGE TO HER BECAUSE SHE IS THE ONE THAT PURSUED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS AT THE NATIONAL, AT THE STATE, AND AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, PRIOR TO HER PASSING. SHE WANTED THE STORY TO BE TOLD AND THE HOUSE TO BE MAINTAINED. THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE. AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. WE WANT TO PRESERVE THAT HISTORY. IT'S NOT JUST THE DOWNTOWN TAMPA HISTORY. IT'S "NO" JUST THIS HOUSE THAT WAS OFF FROM THE SCRUBS. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PRESERVE A HISTORY THAT WILL TELL THE STORY OF A FAMILY WHO CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY, NOT JUST TO MUSIC, BUT TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, FOR TRAINING, FOR EDUCATION, ET CETERA. SO WE REALLY HAVE THE INTEREST IN PRESERVING THAT. WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW WE'RE DOING IT AND WHERE OUR NEXT STEPS ARE IS ALL WE WANT TO GIVE TO YOU. NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS. THIS IS A SHORT LIST OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE HAVE COLLABORATED WITH IN ORDER TO DO THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING. MANY OF THEM WE GO BACK TO ON A VERY FREQUENT BASIS. SOME WE ONLY GO TO WHEN THEY ASK AND SOME ARE OUT OF PLACE NOW. MR. DEBBING WITH BRACKEN ENGINEERING THAT'S NO LONGER HERE. WHETHER IT IS THE CITY OF TAMPA, THANKS TO THE CRA, TAMPA BAY HISTORY CENTER, THE VINIK FAMILY, ACTUALLY THAT REALLY GAVE US OUR FIRST BOOST WITH THE $50,000 THAT MR. RONNIE WILLIAMS CONTRACTOR ACTUALLY DID THE INITIAL STABILIZATION OF THAT HOUSE. IF YOU SEE ALL THOSE WOODS, THAT IS THE STABILIZATION MR. WILLIAMS DID THERE. PLETHORA OF ENTITIES, BUSINESSES INDIVIDUALS ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH. WE ACTUALLY TRY TO MEET ON A REGULAR BASIS. WE MEET MONTHLY. WE ALSO HAVE BIMONTHLY COMMITTEE MEETINGS WITHIN THAT. YOU SEE THE GROUPS THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH THAT THEY HAVE GONE OUT. WE'VE WORKED WITH ARCHITECTS. WE PAID A CONTRACT TO HAVE AN ARCHITECT. SOME OF THE INFORMATION YOU'LL SEE TODAY AND THEN YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHY YOU HAVE THAT SECOND DOCUMENT AS WELL IN YOUR PACKET. WE HAVE MET WITH COUNCIL. WE'VE MET WITH THE MAYOR. WE'VE MET WITH ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM WITH THE MAYOR ON A CONSISTENT AND CONSTANT BASIS, TRYING TO GET TO WHERE WE NEED TO GET SO WE DON'T SEE THE HOUSE LOOKING LIKE IT LOOK ANYMORE AND DEFINITELY WE DO. LET ME MAKE THIS CLEAR, WE DO NOT WANT TO SEE THE JACKSON HOUSE FALL DOWN. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THE ARCHITECTURAL PROCESS IN THE REBUILD. SO WE NEED HELP WITH EVERYBODY THAT'S WILLING TO HELP IT. YES, WE DO MEET AND HAVE RECENTLY MET MORE FREQUENTLY WITH THE ACCARDIS, TRYING TO COME UP WITH A FINAL DOCUMENT THAT YOU'LL SEE IN HERE SHORTLY. OUR GOAL IS WHAT YOU SEE DOWN THERE NOW, THIS HISTORICAL LANDMARK, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN RESTORE IT. WE DON'T WANT IT LOOKING LIKE THAT. THE REASON I SAID YOU'LL SEE IT, IF YOU SEE ALL THE WOOD CROSSINGS, THAT'S ALL IN THERE THAT YOU CAN SEE FROM THE FRONT, THAT IS THE WORK THAT MR. RONNIE DID IN 2018, 2019. SO WE GIVE HIM CREDIT BECAUSE IT WAS THAT, THAT HAS FOUGHT BACK AGAINST DEBBY AND ALL OF THESE OTHER STORMS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH IN ADDITION TO THE EXTRA HELP THEY HAD THAT WE COULDN'T CONTROL THAT COME FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE. WHERE WE ARE WITH THE PROGRESS AT THIS PHASE, WE ARE FINALIZING TWO AGREEMENTS. WE CALL ONE APPROPRIATION AGREEMENT. WE WANT TO TAKE ALL THE MONEY AND PUT IT INTO ONE AREA THAT WE HAVE. WE HAVE MONEY FROM THE COUNTY, FROM CRA, FROM THE VINIKS, FROM THE STATE, TWO POOLS OF MONEY FROM THE STATE. THE POOL THAT WE GAINED AS A GRANT, A MILLION DOLLARS AND THANKS TO SENATOR RUSSO, HALF A MILLION DOLLARS THEY GOT FOR THE MAYOR TO GO WITH THAT AND THOSE TWO POOLS OF MONEY. WE WANT ALL THAT IN ONE PLACE BEING FINANCIALLY MANAGED THE WAY IT IS NOW. AND BECAUSE WE HAVE OTHER MONEY COMING IN, THAT'S AN AGREEMENT THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR US TO BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER SO WE WILL MAINTAIN THOSE FUNDS AS WELL AS THE MOU THAT WE ALREADY HAVE THAT SAYS, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FUNDS AND WHOEVER IS THE FISCAL AGENT HAS GOT TO BE RESPONSIBLE TO US. SO WE OKAY EVERYTHING BEFORE WE ARE SCHEDULED TO OKAY EVERYTHING BEFORE IT IS SPENT. AND THEN THE SECOND BIG THING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET IS THE EASEMENT. YOU'LL SEE THAT SHORTLY, BUT THE EASEMENT IS A MANDATE. THAT IS A MANDATE THAT WE GOT FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT AND EVERYONE SAYING FIRE SAFETY, FEMA. YOU GOT TO HAVE IT. THIS IS A WOODEN HOUSE. WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE IT AS A WOODEN HOUSE CURRENTLY, AND WE ALSO PUT SOME BIDS OUT THERE TO SEE WHO CAN DO IT. EVERYBODY CAN'T WORK ON HISTORICAL HOMES. EVERYBODY JUST CAN'T DO IT. WE LOOKED. WE FOUND INDIVIDUALS. WE NEED TO GO BACK BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO HAVE CURRENT RFQs, RFPs IN ORDER TO DO THAT. CURRENTLY TODAY IN YOUR PACKET, YOU SEE WHAT WE LITERALLY WANT TO PUT ON THE STREET, AS THEY SAY. WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT OUT THERE BEFORE, BUT WE DECIDED WE WOULD BRING IT HERE. LET YOU SEE IT, AND HOPEFULLY BY TOMORROW, TONIGHT OR NO LATER THAN MONDAY, THAT WILL BE ON THE STREET. DOING THE 30 DAYS REQUIRED IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES WITH THE CITY. WE'RE PUTTING IT OUT BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING FOR AN ARCHITECT, YES, WE HAVE ONE. HE WILL ALSO APPLY, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO KNOWS HOW TO DO THIS AND THE STATE TOLD US THEY WILL WORK VERY WELL WITH US, BUT TO SPEND THEIR FUNDS, WE CAN'T USE SOMETHING THAT WE GOT THREE YEARS AGO OR TWO YEARS AGO, A YEAR AGO. IT HAS TO BE CURRENT. THAT'S WHY WE'VE GOT TO GO BACK OUT AND DO THE RFQ, PUT IT OUT THERE, FIND OUT WHO CAN COME AND WHO IS WILLING TO DO THE WORK. WE ALREADY LOOKED AND FOUND THERE ARE VERY FEW PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY THAT CAN DO THE WINDOWS IN THAT HOUSE. IT IS MANDATED AND WE FOUND ONE COMPANY. SO WE KNOW WE CAN PUT RFQ OUT FOR THAT OR ENGINEER CAN PUT IT OUT OR CONTRACT MANAGER, ABOUT YOU THAT PERSON IS GOING TO STILL HAVE TO GO TO THE ONE PERSON THAT WE'VE ALREADY DID THE RESEARCH ON. WE ARE IN THAT PROCESS AS I INDICATED TO YOU, AND YOU HAVE A COPY OF IT IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS, ANY MODIFICATIONS, ANY CHANGES, ADDITIONS, MORE THAN HAPPY TO ACCEPT THEM FOR YOU. MENTIONING EARLY, THE EASEMENT, THE ORANGE SECTION THAT YOU SEE AROUND THAT GREEN BUILDING AND I DIDN'T DO THOSE COLORS, ORANGE AND GREEN, SHOULD ANYONE ASK, BUT THAT ORANGE SECTION, THE GREEN IS THE JACKSON HOUSE. THE ORANGE SECTION IS THE EASEMENT THAT WE NEED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE JACKSON HOUSE ON THE EAST AND THE WEST FOR PEOPLE, WHAT IS THE EAST AND THE WEST? THE WAY I DO IT, EAST SIDE IS THE TRAIN STATION SIDE. THE WEST SIDE IS THE COURT HOUSE SIDE. WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THAT FOR SAFETY PURPOSES, FOR FIRE, ET CETERA. CAN WE BUILD ON THAT WITHOUT THAT? YES. WE'VE DONE ENOUGH WORK. WE'VE GONE TO THE FIRE. WE'VE BEEN TO THE FIRE MARSHAL, CODE ENFORCEMENT, WE'VE BEEN EVERYWHERE WE NEED TO GO. WE CAN BUILD. WHOEVER BUILD NEXT TO US, IF THEY COME DOWN TO GET A PERMIT, THEY SHOULD BE TOLD YOU HAVE TO STAY SEVEN FEET FROM EACH SIDE OF THE HOUSE. WE CAN BUILD ON IT BUT SO MUCH BETTER IF WE HAD THAT EASEMENT. THIS IS PART OF THE DOCUMENTATION THAT WE HAVE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE ACCARDIS AND THEY CALL IT ADDITIONAL LAND. WE ALWAYS CALL IT EASEMENT BECAUSE IT COMES WITH THE HISTORICAL LANGUAGE THAT'S REQUIRED BECAUSE WE ARE DOING A HISTORICAL RENOVATION HERE. ENGAGEMENT AND THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING. I KNOW WE'VE SAID THESE. I'M NOT GOING TO BE REPETITIVE. WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH A VETTING PROCESS. WE WILL DO THAT VETTING PROCESS. WE'RE HOPING BY MARCH 20, AS SOON AS YOU GUYS, THE CITY SAY GO, WE ARE READY TO PUT THAT RFP OUT. WE HAVE ALL OF THE PLACES, MR. RONNIE BEING A CONTRACTOR, TOLD US WHAT TO DO, HOW TO DO IT, WHEN TO DO IT AND WHERE TO DO IT. WE'RE READY TO MOVE. ALL WE NEED IS THE GO SIGN. I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS ABOUT THREE, FOUR MONTHS. WE'RE TAKING A LEAD ROLL BECAUSE WE ARE TAKING THE WHIPPIN'. PEOPLE ARE SAYING WHAT WE ARE NOT DOING, SO THIS IS WHAT WE ARE DOING. WE'RE JUST TAKING THE LEAD. WE DID THE RFP. WE'LL GO OUT THERE WITH IT AS LONG AS THE CITY SAYS IT'S OKAY AND THE STATE SAYS IT'S OKAY. MR. SMITH AT THE STATE WILL LOOK AT IT. THE CITY WILL LOOK AT IT AND IT'S READY TO GO AND YOU HAVE EYES ON IT NOW. THE QUARTERLY MEETINGS, WE WANT TO MENTION THOSE FOR YOU. I UNDERSTAND FLORIDA SUNSHINE. WE DO MEET EVERY OTHER MONDAY. I'VE INVITED A BOARD MEMBER TO ATTEND THE MEETINGS. IF ANY OF YOU GUYS WANT TO JOIN ON, IT IS WHAT WE CALL -- IT'S VIRTUAL. IT'S NOT IN PERSON. BUT WE'RE GOING TO RESUME THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN ASK THE QUESTIONS OF US, SEE WHAT WE ARE DOING. WE STOPPED THEM WITH COVID. NOW WE'RE GOING TO RESUME, AND THE FIRST ONE, YOU SEE THE SCHEDULE. WE ARE DOING IT QUARTERLY. WE'RE DOING THEM ON THE SECOND OR FIRST SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 10:00, AND WE'RE DOING THEM VERY SHORT, GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A KIND OF SEMI BREAKFAST BRUNCH. AND THE FIRST MEETING IS ALREADY SET UP. MARCH 8, CARVER CITY LINCOLN GARDENS. WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE IT IN THE SAME AREA. WE'LL TRY TO CARRY IT AROUND THE CITY SO THAT IT WILL BE IN THE COMMUNITY SO PEOPLE WANT TO COME OUT, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO COME. WE ARE THERE FOR THEM AND THEY ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO ATTEND AND ASK US QUESTIONS. WHAT WE'RE DOING IN PHASE ONE THROUGH FIVE HERE, FIVE IS WHEN YOU ALL ARE COMING WITH US TO HELP CUT THE RIBBON AND WE ASK ALL OF YOU GUYS TO BE THERE. THE FIRST PHASE IS WHERE WE ARE NOW. AND THAT IS TO GET THESE RFQs OUT THERE SO THAT WE CAN GET THE BIDDING PROCESS STARTED AND WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE SCOPE OF WORK. THE SCOPE OF WORK HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED, STABILIZING THE FLOORS. YOU CAN FORGET THAT. WE HAVE TO REDO THE FOUNDATION. IT'S CALLED SCALING AND STABILIZING THE WALLS. EVERY ONE OF THOSE NINE SCOPE OF WORK ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN OUR GRANT THAT WE HAD TO DO AT THE STATE, WE'RE COMPLYING WITH THEM WHILE WE ALSO UPGRADE THEM AND BRING THEM UP CURRENTLY TO WHAT THE CURRENT REQUIREMENTS ARE. IT IS FROM THAT POINT ON WE'LL GO IN THE FOUNDATION. WE ARE NOT PUTTING A TIMELINE ON IT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT TO GET CODES APPROVAL, ET CETERA. THIS IS ONE OF THE SIMPLE INITIAL GETTING STARTED, LAYING OUT. THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE, NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THIS, BUT WE WENT INTO THE HOUSE. WE MARK THINGS. WE HAVE TAKEN THEM OUT. WE ARE PAYING FOR THEM. THEY WERE FUMIGATED, THEY WERE CLEANED AND PUT IN STORAGE. SOMEBODY SAID WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF WHAT CAME OUT OF THE HOUSE THAT YOU NEED TO SAVE. THAT'S NOT MY BALL OF WAX. MINE IS TO KNOW ONCE WE GET THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERS ON, THEY KNOW THE PERCENTAGE. THEY CAN GO IN AND LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY AND VERY INSTRUMENTAL. THEY WERE ORIGINALLY STORING IT. FROM THE BRICKS ON THE CHIMNEY TO THE WALLS IN THE HOUSE, TO THE DOOR KNOBS, ET CETERA, EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN REUSE HAS ALREADY BEEN PUT IN STORAGE. IT IS THERE, AND WE ARE PAYING ON A MONTHLY BASIS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS KEPT IN A PRISTINE STATE. JUST ANOTHER KIND OF LAYOUT DRAWING OF WHAT THE ARCHITECT HAS ALREADY PUT TOGETHER. WE HAVE A WHOLE LAYOUT OF THIS. IT'S NOT LIKE WE'VE NOT BEEN DOING ANYTHING. WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT. WE JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS AS YOU HEARD EARLIER THAT MAY HAVE BEEN LIMITING WHERE WE GO WITH IT. OUR GOAL IS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH OUR VISION, OUR MISSION AT THE JACKSON HOUSE, AND THAT IS TO RESTORE THE HISTORY TO INSPIRE FUTURE GENERATIONS. I DON'T KNOW OF ANOTHER WAY THAT WE CAN MOVE FASTER, EXCEPT ASKING EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY TO HELP. PEOPLE ASK WHY YOU GUYS ARE NOT ASKING FOR MONEY. WE HAVE LAW FIRMS THAT HAVE US COME AND DO PRESENTATIONS TO THEM. THEY GIVE US DONATIONS. WE HAVE PEOPLE GO IN ON OUR WEBSITE AND GIVE US DONATIONS. MONEY IS NOT WHAT -- WE NEED MONEY. WE NEED MONEY. WE NEED MONEY. EVERYBODY NEED MONEY. BUT MONEY IS NOT EXACTLY THE CRITICAL PIECE HERE. THE CRITICAL PIECE HERE IS WHAT CAN YOU ALL DO AS THE COUNCIL TO HELP US HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA MOVE THIS NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK FORWARD AND GET THE THINGS. I MUST ADMIT, THANKS TO THE COUNCIL THAT I HAVE SPOKE TO, AND I KNOW I SPOKE PERSONALLY AT LEAST WITH THREE OF YOU AND TO THE OTHERS, WE'RE STILL COMING BECAUSE WE WANT TO TALK WITH EACH OF YOU AND ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THOSE TWO MAJOR THINGS THAT WE HAVE, AND WE'VE HAD OFFERS. WE'VE GOT TO DO APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WE HAVE NOW TO MOVE FORWARD SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE. I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO WALK IN -- I WANT ANYBODY TO WALK IN ANY DAY AND AUDIT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND I DON'T WANT -- I'LL SAY THIS PUBLICLY NOW. JACKSON HOUSE IS NOT WRITING THE CHECKS FOR THIS. THE JACKSON HOUSE FOUNDATION PURPOSEFULLY AGREED WAY LONG TIME AGO WITH MR. VINIK, AND WE PUT IT IN THE TAMPA BAY HISTORY CENTER HAND SO THEY HAVE THEIR CFO, IT WOULD BE MANAGED FROM THERE. DO WE LOOK AT EVERYTHING? YES. DO WE SIGN OFF? WE'RE SIGNING OFF ON EVERYTHING GIVEN TO US AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT ALL OF THE CONTRACTS AND WE HAVE AN MOU WHERE THERE ARE THREE OF US THAT SIGN OFF. BUT WE ARE NOT HANDLING THE MONEY AND WHOEVER HANDLES THE MONEY, WE WANT THEM TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR EVERY PENNY. WE WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT AS WELL. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I'M AT THE END. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DR. COLLINS, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. I HAVE 110% FAITH IN YOU AND YOUR BOARD. I KNOW THAT YOU'LL GET THIS VERY SIGNIFICANT IMPORTANT HISTORICAL HOME RESTORED. NEXT MONTH IS GOING TO BE TEN YEARS THAT I HAD MY FIRST CONVERSATION AS COUNCIL MEMBER-ELECT WITH MAYOR BUCKHORN AND THE FIRST QUESTION I ASKED HIM, WHAT ABOUT THE JACKSON HOUSE? I'VE ALWAYS BEEN FASCINATED WITH THE HOME, THE HISTORY OF THE HOME, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HOME. IT WAS JUST OVER FOUR YEARS AGO THAT I TOURED THE HOME. YOU MENTIONED MR. RONNIE WILLIAMS REGARDING ALL THE WOOD BOTTOMS THAT ARE INSIDE KEEPING THE HOUSE UP, I WALKED THROUGH THE SECOND FLOOR, THE FIRST FLOOR. I'LL SHOW YOU THE PICTURES. IT'S BEAUTIFUL INSIDE. IT'S VERY COLORFUL. IT'S FROZEN IN TIME. IT'S A PIECE OF HISTORY. LIKE THE FUSE BOX IS THE ORIGINAL BOX FROM 50 YEARS AGO. THERE ARE SO MANY ELEMENTS. BUT I HAVE COMPLETE AND TOTAL FAITH THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM WILL GET THIS DONE WITH YOUR PARTNERS. I'M BEHIND YOU 150%. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, BUT IT'S IN GOOD HANDS. I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO COME TO FRUITION. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR. COLLINS, AND YOUR TEAM. YOU HAVE A WHOLE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD ON THIS. THIS ANSWERS, I THINK, THE QUESTION THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ASKING US FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. WHAT IS THE PLAN TO SAVE IT? FOR NOW AND IF ANYBODY -- EVERY TIME IT RAINS, EVERY TIME WIND COMES BY, PEOPLE SAY WHY ISN'T THE CITY SAVING THE JACKSON HOUSE? I THINK THE FACT THAT YOU'RE DOING THIS HERE AND THAT YOU'RE PRESENTING SHOWS EVERYBODY THAT WE'RE LEGITIMATELY TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER TO SAVE IT. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT. AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, AND YOU GUYS PUT MORE DETAIL IN THAN YOU TOLD ME ABOUT YESTERDAY, WHICH I APPRECIATE, BUT WHAT I WANTED TO DO TODAY IS JUST SHOW THE PLAN. BUT SOMEBODY IS GOING TO ASK THE QUESTION, WHAT IS THE HOLDUP? WE NEED A MORE DETAILED PLAN, WHICH THE ARCHITECT WILL GIVE. MY SUGGESTION TO THEM IS THAT THEY PUT -- I WANT THEM TO INCLUDE THE RFP HERE SO WE COULD SEE IT. I THINK THEY SHOULD PUT THE RFP OUT MORE QUICKLY SO WE COULD GET A DETAILED PLAN, AND THAT WILL HELP US SHOW THE PUBLIC WHAT WE CAN DO. IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS EXACTLY FOR THAT, I WOULD SUGGEST SHE COME BACK BEFORE THE CRA. MAYBE THE CRA -- IT'S NOT GOING TO BE VERY MUCH FOR THAT STAGE OF IT. THE OTHER THING IS IN TERMS OF THE EASEMENT, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH ON THAT. PART OF IT IS THAT ALIS DRUMGO WHO WAS HERE, SPENT A LOT OF TIME NEGOTIATING THAT. THAT DEAL WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL AND MAYBE IN THE CRA MONTHS AGO. THERE WAS SOME MISINFORMATION ABOUT THE DEAL. THE DEAL WAS THAT THE CRA WOULD PROVIDE FOR A D.O.T. CUTOUT TO ALLOW ANOTHER ENTRANCE FOR THE ACCARDI PROPERTY BECAUSE THEY OWN ALL THE PROPERTY AROUND IT. AND THE CRA PAID, I THINK, $1.5 MILLION. THE MISINFORMATION WAS THAT SOME FOLKS SAID, WELL, THE CITY IS TRADING THE ALLEYWAY FOR THIS RIGHT-OF-WAY. WHAT THE CRA DID WAS TO PAY FOR THAT CUTOUT WITH D.O.T. IN EXCHANGE FOR THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. BUT THAT CONTRACT HAS A STIPULATION THAT IT'S DEPENDENT ON THE VACATION OF THE ALLEYWAY. JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS, BEFORE MARTY STOPS ME, THE VACATION OF THE ALLEYWAY IS QUASI-JUDICIAL. SO THE CITY CANNOT GIVE IT -- IT IS A DECISION OF CITY COUNCIL SITTING QUASI-JUDICIAL FORMAT, WE HAVE TO DECIDE THAT BASED ON THE EVIDENCE IN THE ROOM. IT CAN'T BE PART OF ANY DEAL. IT CAN'T HAVE ANY -- SOMEBODY CAN GIVE EVIDENCE ABOUT THE JACKSON HOUSE, BUT IT WOULD BE THERE. YOU ALL KNOW ALSO THAT WHEN A VACATION HAPPENS, YOU OUTLINE, DR. COLLINS, THE SPACE AROUND THE OUTSIDE, BUT YOUR PORTION OF THE ALLEYWAY, ALSO IF THE VACATION OCCURS, WOULD, IN THEORY, GO OVER TO -- SO WHERE THE TREE IS IN THE BACK TO THE LEFT THERE, THERE WOULD BE SOME PORTION OF THE ALLEYWAY THAT WOULD GO TO THE JACKSON HOUSE AS WELL. THE HOLDUP IS THAT THE ONLY HOLDUP NOW IS THAT THE ACCARDIS HAVE TO APPLY FOR THE VACATION OF THE ALLEYWAY. THEY ARE AFRAID THAT THE FOUNDATION WILL OPPOSE IT. SO THEY WANT THE FOUNDATION TO AGREE IN ADVANCE THAT THEY'LL SUPPORT IT. THAT IS THE LAST PIECE, WITHOUT GOING INTO A LOT OF DETAIL, THAT IS THE LAST PIECE THAT HAS TO BE WORKED ON. I'VE COMMITTED TO TRY TO WORK WITH THE FOUNDATION. I TALKED TO JASON ACCARDI. I TALKED TO HIS REPRESENTATIVES. I THINK WE'RE NOT THAT FAR. I THINK THAT WE CAN RESOLVE THIS QUICKLY IF WE ALL WORK TOGETHER AND MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY. AND THEN SIMULTANEOUSLY THE FOUNDATION WORKS ON THE PLAN WITH THE RFP AND THE ARCHITECT, WE'LL HAVE A DETAILED PLAN. THE ARCHITECTS I TALKED TO AND THESE ARE NOT PEOPLE WHO HAVE STUDIED IT BUT TALKED ABOUT IT, SAY PEEVE TO PEEL ALL THE PIECES APART AND PUT IT BACK TOGETHER. THERE MAY BE A TIME WHERE THERE IS NOTHING THERE AND PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WILL PANIC. BUT WE'VE GOT TO TAKE IT APART TO REBUILD IT. AND TRY TO REUSE AS MUCH OF THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTATION AS WE COULD. THE LAST THING IS I WANT TO REITERATE AGAIN WHAT I SAID EARLIER, THIS IS THE LETTER THAT I SHOWED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WHEN THIS CAME UP. MARTY, COULD YOU PASS ONE OF THESE TO DR. COLINS. I THINK YOU HAVE THIS. THIS IS A LETTER FROM THE BUCKHORN ADMINISTRATION, NOVEMBER 13, 2013, THAT THEY WERE GOING TO TEAR IT DOWN. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I MET WILLIE ROBINSON. HE GAVE ME THIS LETTER. IT WAS WEDNESDAY, THE WEEK BEFORE THANKSGIVING. AND WHAT THIS SAYS IS THE CITY WAS GOING TO TEAR IT DOWN THE SATURDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING, PRESUMABLY WHEN NOBODY WAS PAYING ATTENTION AND THEY WERE GOING TO FINE WILLIE FOR TEARING IT DOWN AND ALSO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT FINES. I THINK SHE'S PUTTING IT ON THE OVERHEAD. LINDA SAUL-SENA CAME IN THE NEXT DAY TO CITY COUNCIL AND PROBABLY THE ONLY PERSON THAT WAS HERE IS CHARLIE MIRANDA. SO THANK YOU TO HIM FOR HELPING TO SAVE IT. I WAS NOT HERE. BUT CITY COUNCIL SAVED IT FROM BEING TORN DOWN, AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER DR. COLINS AND HER FOUNDATION STEPPED UP. IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD TO TRY TO FULFILL THE DREAM OF THE ROBINSON FAMILY, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY TO ME, I THINK THE JACKSON HOUSE TELLS A STORY THAT MY KIDS KNOW, AND I HOPE EVERY KID GROWING UP IN THE FUTURE KNOWS, WHICH IS NOT ONLY WAS THERE FAMOUS MUSIC AND FAMOUS PEOPLE THERE, BUT WHEN AFRICAN AMERICANS LEFT, EVEN WAR VETERANS WHEN THEY LEFT TAMPA UNION STATION, THEY COULDN'T STAY IN WHITE HOTELS. AND THIS IS LAST IMPORTANT PIECE OF CENTRAL AVENUE, WE NEED TO PRESERVE THAT HISTORY. THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING THAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS MORNING. I'M SURE YOU KNOW WE GET BOMBARDED WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT THE JACKSON HOUSE. I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED -- I THINK THAT, ONE, HOW DID WE GET HERE. IT'S BEEN SO LONG IN THE COMING AND NOT A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING. I KNOW YOU CAN'T GO BACKWARDS. MY CONCERN IS I DON'T SEE A LOT OF PROOF POSITIVE STEPS. IT SEEMS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE MISSING A PROJECT MANAGER. IS THERE A PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS? >> IT'S A PROJECT MANAGER, WHAT THEY CALL A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER. THE STATE HAS ASKED US TO ASK MR. RONNIE WILLIAMS, HE CAN STAY ON THE BOARD IF HE DOESN'T GET PAID OR TO STEP OFF THE BOARD BECAUSE HE KNOWS THE PROJECT AND TO HAVE HIM BE THAT. WE WILL GET A PROJECT MANAGER. TAMPA BAY HISTORY CENTER HAS SOMEONE THAT WAS WORKING WITH THEM THAT WAS SOMEWHAT KIND OF SERVING THAT PURPOSE WITH THEM BECAUSE IT IS NOT AT THIS PHASE, DAY-TO-DAY MANAGEMENT IS NOT JUST THE JACKSON HOUSE. WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FITTING AND PRUDENT TO BRING IN OTHER INDIVIDUALS. SO WE'VE BEEN USING OTB CONSULTANT TO ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS, BUT THEY ARE NOT THAT CONSTRUCTION MANAGER. AND BE UP FRONT WITH YOU, THERE IS A COMPONENT MISSING BECAUSE I'VE WRITTEN TWICE, TWO YEARS IN A ROW, I'M DOING IT AGAIN NOW FOR A GRANT. I AM NOT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE JACKSON HOUSE. I'M NOT A DIRECTOR FOR THE JACKSON HOUSE. I CHAIR THE BOARD AND I SHARE MY LIFE TO DO THIS FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS. SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD FIND -- I HAD A GENTLEMAN CALL ME FROM CALIFORNIA SAY WHAT YOU NEED? I SAID WHY DON'T YOU GIVE ME ENOUGH MONEY SO WE CAN GET AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR DIRECTOR, SOMEBODY THAT COULD BE THERE AND DO DAY TO DAY ALMOST ON A FULL-TIME BASIS. I'M STILL PURSUING THAT BECAUSE WITH A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER THAT WILL ACTUALLY BRING IN ALL THESE PEOPLE. MR. WILLIAMS, IF I SAY IT WRONG, IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE THAT ENGINEERING FIRM OR THAT ARCHITECT FIRM MAKE SURE THEY HIRE THE PERSON ON OR HAVE THEM SERVING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COME ON UP, SIR, SO WE CAN GET YOU ON THE MICROPHONE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: LET ME INJECT. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH -- I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT IT SEEMS AS THOUGH A PROJECT MANAGER WOULD BE MUCH MORE OF AN ALL-ENCOMPASSING, BE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER ALL OF THESE ELEMENTS FOR YOU ALL AND HELP YOU GUIDE THIS ENTIRE PROJECT FOR ALL THE COMPONENTS. SO A PROFESSIONAL PROJECT MANAGER SEEMS LIKE THAT WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO FACILITATE AND MAYBE ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE FRUSTRATION THAT I'M SURE YOU'RE EXPERIENCING WITH -- FROM FOLKS AND SOME OF THE FRUSTRATION THAT THE ELECTED FOLKS AND OTHERS THAT HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN THIS. I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYBODY THAT'S LISTENING TO HELP FACILITATE YOU GUYS GETTING A PROFESSIONAL PROJECT MANAGER, SOMEBODY WHO IS CAPABLE OF DOING THIS TYPE OF WORK AND UNDERSTANDS THE NUANCES OF WORKING WITH THE DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION, AND THE SENSITIVITIES THAT THIS PROJECT INVOLVES TO GET THIS THING DONE. I THINK THAT PROBABLY WOULD BE A CATALYST TO HELP YOU ALL OUT IS MY ADVICE. >> YOU'RE RIGHT. FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, THE PROJECT MANAGER PIECE. >> I THINK HE'S SPEAKING OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT BEFORE CONSTRUCTION STARTS. OTB CONSULTANT, CONSULTING HAS BEEN PROVIDING SOME OF THAT SERVICE. TRYING TO GET ALL THIS INFORMATION TOGETHER AND DEVELOP A PLAN TO GET US TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN START CONSTRUCTION. >> THAT'S WHY YOU ARE RIGHT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE DECIDED. BUT BEFORE WE GO WITH A PROJECT MANAGER, DESIGN PLAN, THEY HAVE INDICATED TO US THAT WE HAVE ONE, ON WHAT WE WANT THE HOUSE TO BE SO THAT WHEN THAT INDIVIDUAL COME IN, THEY GET THE PROJECT MANAGER, AND THEY CAN RUN IT WITH EVERYTHING. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, NO MATTER WHAT WE DO, WE WANT THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND ONE CRITICAL PIECE. WE CAN TEAR THE HOUSE DOWN NOW. WE CAN REBUILD THE HOUSE WITH CEMENT BRICKS, ET CETERA. AND ONCE THE HOUSE IS COMPLETED, PART OF THE COMPLETION, YOU WOULDN'T SEE THE BRICKS. YOU'LL SEE A FACADE ON THE OUTSIDE, WHICH WOULD BE THE WOOD SIDING, AND IT WILL LOOK JUST LIKE THE OLD JACKSON HOUSE BUT ALSO DO A MAJOR THING THAT WE DO NOT WANT TO DO. WE WOULD LOSE THE HISTORICAL DESIGNATION. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: LIKE I SAID, I FEEL LIKE EVEN ON THE FRONT END OF THIS, IF YOU GUYS MAYBE LOOK AT THAT AND TALK TO SOME FOLKS ABOUT -- THAT MAY, AGAIN, BE THE SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM. SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, CHAIR. APPRECIATE IT. GOOD MORNING, DR. COLLINS, HOW ARE YOU? CAN YOU PUT UP THE RENDERING, THE FUTURE RENDERING AS A VISUAL? YOU ANSWERED A LOT OF DIFFERENT QUESTIONS, BUT I WANT TO GET VERY SPECIFIC, IF YOU CAN ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS. >> CAN YOU BRING THE SLIDES UP, PLEASE? >>GWEN HENDERSON: JUST THE RENDERING OF WHAT THE JACKSON HOUSE SHOULD LOOK LIKE. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE AS WELL AS THE BOARD. I KNOW IT'S NOT JUST YOU ALONE. THE ONE PIECE THAT YOU DISCUSSED THIS MORNING WAS THAT YOU ARE IN MORE RECENT CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ACCARDI BROTHERS AND THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY. NOT THAT ONE. THE ACTUAL SLIDE OF WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE. THERE. THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH. 1 WE KNOW THE ACCARDI BROTHERS OWNS THE SURROUNDING PARKING LOT PROPERTY AROUND THE PROPERTY. FOR THE JACKSON HOUSE IN COMPLETION, FOR VISITORS TO HAVE ACCESSIBILITY, THAT BACK PIECE, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS? >> THE BACK PIECE ON THIS SECTION THAT LOOKS GLASSED IN, THAT IS A SECTION THAT WE COULD DO WHAT WE WANT BECAUSE THAT SECTION OF THE HOUSE CAN BE TORN DOWN. IT'S NOT A PART OF ANY OF THE HISTORICAL DESIGNATION. IT WAS ADDED ON. IT IS NOT REQUIRED. RATHER THAN TEARING IT DOWN TO HAVE CONTINUITY TO THE HOUSE, WHAT WE DID IS WE TOOK THAT SECTION AND WE HAD TWO OPTIONS WHEN WE STARTED TALKING WITH THE ARCHITECT. TEAR IT DOWN. GIVE US THREE TO FOUR PARALLEL PARKING FACING EACH OTHER OR LET'S DO SOMETHING ELSE. BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE HOUSE OVERALL AND WE'RE GOING TO LOSE SOME OF THE LOOMS WITH SOME OF THE DESIGN PLANS, WE DECIDED THAT WOULD BE THE RECEPTION AREA. THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE COME IN, WHERE THE ELEVATOR WOULD BE, SO THAT WOULD BE THE ENTRANCE, THE MAIN ENTRANCE AND WHAT THEY CALL ADL ACCESS. THE RAMP YOU SEE IS RUNNING UP TO GO INTO THAT ROOM. THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. NOW, BEHIND THAT IS THE TREE AND THE REFERENCE THAT COUNCILMAN CARLSON MADE REFERENCE TO IS IF WE CLOSE -- IF THE ALLEY IS VACATED AND, YES, WE DID OPPOSE TO VACATING THE ALLEY IN THE PAST ONCE WE VACATE THE ALLEY, WE LOSE THE BACK. >>GWEN HENDERSON: EXACTLY. >> TO BE HONEST, HOW DO WE GET BACK THERE? THAT IS THE EASEMENT. >>GWEN HENDERSON: DR. COLLINS, I'M TRYING TO GET VERY SPECIFIC WITH YOU. WHAT IS THE HOLDUP WITH THE ACCARDI BROTHERS THAT'S PREVENTING THIS FROM HAPPENING? BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GIVE UP THE VACATION OF THE LAND. THAT IS A PROBLEM. SO THAT NEGOTIATION, WHAT IS IT THAT THEY ARE ASKING OF YOU? WHY CAN'T YOU ALL GET THAT PART DONE BECAUSE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE A LONG TIME AGO. I KNOW THAT'S VERY BOLD AND DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT. THIS IS THE MISSING PIECE RIGHT HERE, BECAUSE WE SHOULD BE MOVING FORWARD. IF YOU CAN'T SAY IT, JUST GO AHEAD AND SAY YOU CAN'T SAY IT. WHAT IS IT IN THEIR AGREEMENT OR WHATEVER YOU ARE NEGOTIATING THAT IS PREVENTING THIS FROM HAPPENING SO WE CAN MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD. >> WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE THAT OUT OF THE AGREEMENT NOW. >>GWEN HENDERSON: IT'S JUST A PARKING LOT FOR THEM. WHAT IS IT -- WHAT IS THE CONCERN FOR THEM? CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT? MAYBE THEY CAN THERE'S, BUT CAN YOU ADDRESS IT FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT? >> THEY WERE WILLING TO BE HERE WITH US TODAY, AND I THINK MAYBE THE ATTORNEY MAY HAVE BEEN HERE. BUT HERE IS THE ISSUE FOR US. THE EASEMENT WE ASKED FOR WAS FOR 20 FEET ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDE OF THE HOUSE. THEN WE WENT DOWN TO 15 FEET, AND THEN WE ARE NOW AT 10 FEET EASEMENT ON EACH SIDE. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET THE EASEMENT, EVEN IF THE EASEMENT IS GIVEN TO THE CITY TO MOVE THINGS POSTHASTE, GIVE THE JACKSON HOUSE THE EASEMENT. WE WILL TAKE THE HIT AND WE WILL GIVE UP THE BACK ACCESS TO THE HOUSE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YOU CAN'T GIVE UP THE BACK ACCESS. IF YOU GIVE UP THE BACK ACCESS, THEN WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE CELEBRATION AND THE ENTRYWAY OF WELCOMING PEOPLE AND MAKING IT A VIABLE SPACE THAT IS -- >> WE WILL GAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE BACK, BUT WE WILL HAVE WHAT WE NEED ON THE SIDE. AND I WILL SAY -- I'M GOING TO SAY THIS, THE STATE SAID, WHERE IS YOUR CITY ON THIS HISTORICAL PROJECT? IS THE CITY SUPPORTING YOU? I'VE HEARD THE SUPPORT FROM EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. I'VE GOTTEN THE SUPPORT FROM THE MAYOR. THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM AT THE CITY. >>GWEN HENDERSON: ARE THE ACCARDI BROTHERS SUPPORTING YOU? >> THE ACCARDI BROTHERS ARE NOW TALKING WITH US AGAIN. AND IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD BUY, WHICH WE WOULD LIKE TO PAY FOR IT. >>GWEN HENDERSON: HAVE YOU OFFERED? HAVE YOU OFFERED THEM -- PARKING LOT SPACE? >> -- SINCE WE GOT THE PLANS ALMOST DRAWN, WE'VE OFFERED EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY TO TRY TO DO WHAT IS NECESSARY. WE HAVE NOW DECIDED -- IN DECEMBER OF 2023, I HAD OFFERING. I DECIDED TO SAY TO THE BOARD AND ARCHITECT, GIVE US TWO PLANS. ONE WITH THE EASEMENT AND ONE WITHOUT. AND I WILL TELL YOU, THE ONE WITHOUT IS LOSING THE HISTORICAL DESIGNATION, BUILDING A BRICK HOUSE, SO THAT WE WON'T HAVE A WOODEN HOUSE THAT THEY SAY EXPLODES IN FIRE IN 20 MINUTES COMPARED TO BRICK. THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE A ZERO LOT LINE DOWNTOWN TAMPA THAT IS TWO HOURS. THE JACKSON HOUSE BEEN THERE SINCE, WELL, I'M GOING TO ROUND IT OFF. WE'VE BEEN THERE SINCE 1899, 1900. THE CODE WENT IN EFFECT IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA IN 1954. THE ACCARDIS PURCHASED THE PROPERTY IN 2012. SOMEBODY HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR SEVEN FEET EASEMENT ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT, THE EAST AND WEST, AND EVEN IF THERE WAS A WAIVER AS WE CAN GO ALL OVER THE CITY AND SEE WAIVERS, THERE ARE SOME HOUSES BEING BUILT NOW THAT ARE NOT SEVEN FEET. I UNDERSTAND THAT YBOR CITY AND MAYBE SOME OTHER AREAS HAVE BEEN GIVEN WAIVERS OF THREE FEET. BUT WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THE THREE FEET THERE. AND WE WERE THERE FIRST. AND WE'RE NOT IMBUILD AING THE CITY. WE'RE NOT BLAMING ACCARDI BECAUSE THEY PURCHASED IT, ALL WE'RE SAYING IS PLEASE HELP US GET WHAT WE NEED SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. AND ARE WE WILLING TO MAKE AN ULTIMATE SACRIFICE, GUYS? THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR US TO GET THE HOUSE BUILT SO WE DON'T HAVE -- IS WE'LL AGREE TO VACATE THE ALLEY AND GIVE US THE EASEMENT. WE WANT THE EASEMENT TODAY SO WE CAN GET STARTED. >>GWEN HENDERSON: I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT PUBLICLY AND GIVING SOME BACKGROUND. >> WORKING WITH JASON ACCARDI. MET WITH JOHN AND THE ACCARDIS AND THEIR ATTORNEYS AND ALL, AND THEY ARE WRITING BACK AND FORTH WITH US, ONE OF OUR ATTORNEYS WORKING WITH US. RIGHT NOW, I'M TALKING WITH JASON. JASON LITERALLY CALLING ME EVERY WEEK. >>GWEN HENDERSON: SAYING WHAT? >> WHERE ARE WE? ARE YOU READY TO SIGN THIS -- >>GWEN HENDERSON: SIGN WHAT? >> SIGN THE AGREEMENT. >>GWEN HENDERSON: WHAT KIND OF AGREEMENT NONDISCLOSURE? >> -- WE CAN'T SHARE IT WITH YOU OR ANYONE ELSE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: WHY? >> YOU HAVE TO ASK THE ACCARDIS. THAT I CAN'T ANSWER. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THEY WANT YOU TO SIGN A NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT THAT YOU CAN'T MAKE PUBLIC BECAUSE IT IS A NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY CHALLENGING FOR THIS BOARD -- >> AND IT'S CHALLENGING FOR MY BOARD. >>GWEN HENDERSON: IT NEEDS TO BE KNOWN. IT'S JUST TIME TO PLAY HARD BALL A LITTLE BIT. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I DON'T WANT TO DANCE AROUND IT. YOUR PRESENTATION WAS GREAT, BUT THE MEAT OF MOVING FORWARD IS THIS PIECE RIGHT HERE THAT HAS TO BE RESOLVED. I KNOW THAT IT IS PRIVATE PROPERTY, AND REALLY, IT'S ABOUT A LOT OF GOODWILL WILL HAVE TO TAKE PLACE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. LIKE YOU SAID, THIS IS -- THE CRAZY PART FOR ME AND THE THING I STRUGGLE WITH AS A COUNCIL MEMBER IS THAT THIS IS THE LAND WHERE THEY PERMITTED THE ENSLAVED TO LIVE AFTER EMANCIPATION. SO THE FEW REMAINING STRUCTURES AS A CITY. NOT A BLACK THING. IT IS A CITY THING. THE FEW REMAINING STRUCTURES, WHETHER PRIVATE OR PUBLIC, IT DOESN'T MATTER, EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO PRESERVE HISTORICAL BLACK SPACES IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE FIGHT FOR OTHER THINGS AND WE GIVE AWAY A LOT OF BLACK SPACES. THIS IS REALLY INCREDIBLE TO ME THAT THIS PROJECT REALLY IS BEING HELD UP BY SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN TALK ABOUT. THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME. I'M JUST GOING TO LEAVE IT AT THAT. I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP TOO MUCH TIME CHAIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA AND CARLSON. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR. WE OBVIOUSLY APPRECIATE -- I KNOW I DO -- COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON'S PERSPECTIVE TALKING ABOUT THE SYMBOLIC AND REAL LIVING HISTORY AND HOW WE HAVE SEEN SO MANY PARTS OF BLACK HISTORY ATTACKED LOCALLY AND STATEWIDE AND NATIONALLY, AND WE LIVE IN A TIME WHERE THINGS LIKE THAT AREN'T JUST BEING UNDERMINED; THEY ARE BEING ATTACKED. SO HAVING THIS TODAY IN FEBRUARY, BLACK HISTORY MONTH, BUT IN THE YEAR 2025 IS, I THINK, A REAL BIG THING. IN OUR CITY OF TAMPA, WE HAVE TO PROMOTE TAMPA HISTORY, OUR BLACK HISTORY, NAMES LIKE GARLAND STUART. ARTHENIA JUNIOR, FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ, NAMES WE DON'T TALK A LOT ABOUT. ROBERT JOHNSON. CHAMBERS. THAT'S IMPORTANT AND THAT'S WHAT THE JACKSON HOUSE REALLY, REALLY MEANS OBVIOUSLY. GOD WILLING -- I DO MEAN GOD WILLING, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS ON THE SIDE OF DECENCY. WE CAN HAVE BIG MOVEMENT ON THIS WHERE WE CAN ERECT THIS AND HAVE IT IN THE PROPER SPACE WITH -- COUNTY COMMISSIONER GWEN MYERS ALSO WORKING ON AN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND ARTS MUSEUM. THESE TWO THINGS, ALONG WITH EVERYTHING ELSE, CAN REALLY PROVIDE FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA AND FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SUCH A GREAT STATEMENT ON WHERE WE STAND ON THAT MORAL ISSUE, THE HISTORY THAT IS PAINFUL ACUTE AND REPRESENTS WOUNDS FOR TOO MANY AMERICANS THAT IS REPRESENTATIVE TODAY INJUSTICE, INDIGNITY FOR PEOPLE TODAY ARE THINGS THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT AND INCORPORATE IN OUR POLICIES. I SAY THAT TO SAY, DOCTOR, THAT ALL SEVEN OF US 100% SUPPORT THIS. I KNOW WE HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS SET ASIDE I BELIEVE IT IS IN THE CRA FOR THIS. AND I THINK CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD SAY THAT ANY OTHER AMOUNT WE CAN GIVE TO HELP OUT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS PRESERVED, WE'LL DO IT. BECAUSE EVERY TIME I KNOW ALL SEVEN OF US PASS BY THAT STRUCTURE, IT'S PRETTY -- THE FACT THAT THAT BUILDING IS STILL UP, WE HAVE TO WRITE POPE FRANCIS AND REPORT A MIRACLE. I MEAN THAT. MA'AM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK. AS HAS BEEN SAID, WE STAND BY YOU A HUNDRED PERCENT ON THIS. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH, THIS IS -- OUR COLLEAGUE, COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON TALKED ABOUT SAVING BLACK SPACES, THIS IS IMPORTANT, AS I SAID EARLIER, IT IS AN IMPORTANT BLACK SPACE WE NEED TO PROTECT. 2013, CITY COUNCIL SAVED THIS FROM BEING TORN DOWN. WE SHOWED THE LETTER A FEW MINUTES AGO. THE SAME YEAR, AT THE SAME TIME I GOT THE LETTER FROM WILLIE, I ALSO PROMISED HIM THAT I WOULD WORK TO HELP, SIMILAR TO THE PROMISE DR. COLLINS GAVE. DR. COLLINS AND MANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS KNEW HIM BETTER THAN I DID. WE DID A LOT OF THINGS OVER THE YEARS TO TRY TO SAVE IT. I WAS PART OF AN EFFORT TO TRY TO RESTORE IT BEFORE THE FOUNDATION, AND I PASSED OUT THE LETTERS LAST TIME, BUT THE BUCKHORN ADMINISTRATION ALSO STOPPED THAT. THE REASON WHY IT'S TAKEN SO LONG, ONE, WE HAD AN ADMINISTRATION THAT WANTED TO TEAR IT DOWN. THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH ON THIS. THIS COUNCIL OR THE PREVIOUS ONE HAVE SPENT FIVE YEARS I THINK WORKING ON THIS. IT'S FRUSTRATING FOR US BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN PUSHING IT AND TRYING TO GET TO A CONCLUSION. I THINK WE'RE DOWN TO A NEGOTIATION, AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN KEEP EVERYBODY AT THE TABLE AFTER THIS CONVERSATION. THE CONVERSATION I'VE HAD OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS ARE REALLY GOOD. JASON ACCARDI IS ON A CRUISE SHIP RIGHT NOW IN THE CARIBBEAN. I TALKED TO HIM ON THE PHONE YESTERDAY AS HE WAS ABOUT TO GET ON, BUT HE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. HE SENT STEVE MICHELINI, WHO MAYBE WE'LL ASK TO SAY SOMETHING IN A MINUTE. I ALSO TALKED TO HIS ATTORNEY YESTERDAY. WHAT THEY SAID, DR. COLLINS APPARENTLY CAN'T TALK ABOUT THE DOCUMENT. MAYBE STEVE BROUGHT A COPY OF IT. WHAT JASON SAID TO ME AND HIS ATTORNEY IS SIMPLY SAYS THEY WANT THE JACKSON HOUSE FOUNDATION TO AGREE IN ADVANCE THAT THEY'LL SUPPORT THE VACATION OF THE ALLEY. THAT'S AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THEM. THE CITY AND CRA HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT. BUT I THINK THAT WHEN JASON COMES BACK, IF WE CAN GET EVERYBODY TO TALK TOGETHER, MAYBE WE'LL TRY AGAIN. BY THE WAY, ALIS DRUMGO SPENT MONTHS AND MONTHS BEFORE HE LEFT TRYING TO NEGOTIATE THIS. HE WENT BACK AND FORTH WITH ALL THE OFFICIALS. I TALKED TO ABBYE ABOUT SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS SHE'S HAD. MORRIS HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN IT. IT'S NOT A LACK OF EFFORT OF EVERYBODY TRYING TO COME TOGETHER, BUT WHAT WE NEED AT THIS POINT IS FOR EVERYBODY TO COME TO THE NEGOTIATION TABLE AND MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET HUNDRED PERCENT OF WHAT WE WANT. THINK ABOUT THE ACCARDI'S POSITION. THEY HAVE A LOT OF LAND. ONE OF THE CRITICISMS IS THEY DON'T DEVELOP IT. THEY CAN SIT ON THE LAND FOREVER IF THEY WANT. THEIR BUSINESS IS PARKING. THEY CAN WAIT OUT THIS CITY COUNCIL, WAIT OUT THIS ADMINISTRATION, WAIT OUT THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION. AND THE JACKSON HOUSE WOULD FALL DOWN. THEY OBVIOUSLY ARE TRYING TO WORK WITH US TO SAVE IT BECAUSE THEY ARE NEGOTIATING SOMETHING. NOT NEGOTIATING EVERYTHING WE WANT, BUT NEGOTIATING SOMETHING. IF WE CAN GET THAT AS THE STARTER, AT LEAST WE CAN SAVE IT BECAUSE THE NEXT STORM WILL TEAR IT DOWN. >>GWEN HENDERSON: WHY DO THEY NEED A VACATION OF THE ALLEY? I'M SORRY. I'M OUT OF ORDER. I APOLOGIZE. >>BILL CARLSON: MARTY WILL PROBABLY CUT US OFF BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SIT IN A QUASI-JUDICIAL TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND DISCUSS THAT SEPARATELY. WE'RE NOT TRADING THE ALLEY FOR THIS AREA. WE TRADED THAT CUTOUT AND THE MONEY WE GAVE TO D.O.T. FOR IT. REQUIREMENT OF THEIR FINAL APPROVAL TO ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD. BUT I THINK ALL OF THAT IS GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. MICHELINI SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. THE PRESENTATION WAS FOR THE JACKSON HOUSE FOUNDATION. >>BILL CARLSON: THE OTHER THING I SHOULD SAY, WHAT IS YOUR NAME, RONNIE, COULD YOU JUST TELL US YOUR PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS TOO? I THINK COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN WAS ASKING A LOT OF GOOD QUESTIONS. I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU SAID YOUR NAME. ALSO SAY YOUR PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS REAL FAST. >> I'M A GENERAL CONTRACTOR. LICENSED IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA SINCE 1989. I'VE DONE A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. >> LET ME ADD SOMETHING BECAUSE HE IS SO NICE. RONNIE, WHEN WE LOOKED FOR A CONTRACTOR AND BID IT TO GET SOMEONE TO STABILIZE THE HOUSE, HE SURFACED TO THE TOP. WE SELECTED HIM. HE STABILIZED THE HOUSE. HIS EXCITEMENT IN THE STABILIZATION WAS THE HISTORY THAT HE SAW IN THE HOUSE. HE TOLD US THINGS WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW. A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER, I WENT TO -- SAID, YOU'RE NOT WORKING NOW. YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING ON THE HOUSE, WOULD YOU COME AND BE ON OUR BOARD. HE SAID YES. HE IS THAT VOICE THAT I AGREED THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, BUT WE ARE FORTUNATE BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO I HAVE HIM EVERY MONTH, I CAN CALL HIM ANYTIME OF THE DAY OR NIGHT. THIS IS COMING UP, WHAT DO WE DO NEXT, MR. WILLIAMS? AND I'M ASKING HIM. HE'S IN ESSENCE HIS OWN FORM OF A CONTRACT MANAGER FOR US ON THE BOARD. SO WE ARE NOT -- WE THINK THE PROJECT NEEDED OVERALL. THAT'S WHY I AGREE WITH YOU. WE DO HAVE ACCESS TO MR. RONNIE. WE HAVE ACCESS TO ATTORNEY ON OUR BOARD. WE HAVE CPAs ON OUR BOARD WHO SAY, NO, WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO THAT, YES, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS. YES, WE ARE, AND IF I CAN SAY NOTHING ELSE, THANK YOU, MR. RONNIE, AND DR. SCOTT HERE, WHO CAME ON WITH US A LITTLE LESS THAN A YEAR AGO AND JUST WORKED HERSELF TO NO END. SHE'S JUST BEEN VOTED IN RECENTLY AS VICE-CHAIR OF THE BOARD. BUT HEAR THIS. THAT HOUSE SITS AT 851 ZACK STREET TODAY. IT WAS NOT THE ADDRESS A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN MR. ROBINSON, HAD TO SIGN SOMETHING, I THINK 839 ZACK. HOUSE NEVER MOVED. ADDRESS CHANGED. THE HOUSE SITS AT 851. I PROMISE YOU THAT, ANOTHER STORM WILL NOT COME. I'M TALKING WITH JASON NOW AGAIN, BECAUSE I MET WITH HIM THREE, FOUR YEARS AGO, WE SAT DOWN AT THE TABLE AND MET AND TALKED TOGETHER. JASON ASKED TO SPEAK WITH US THANKSGIVING AND WE'RE TALKING TOGETHER AGAIN. I NEED JASON TO UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THIS EASEMENT IS FOR US TO MOVE. BUT IF WE DON'T GET IT, FOLKS, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOSE MONEY THAT WE HAVE, TRY TO RAISE SOME MORE, BUT IT WILL BE CHEAPER TO BUILD A BRICK HOUSE AND PUT A FACADE ON THE OUTSIDE. AND WE WILL SEE THE JACKSON HOUSE AGAIN IN DOWNTOWN TAMPA THAN TO BUILD THAT HISTORIC STRUCTURE. AND MY HEART DESIRE IF WE DON'T NEED TO GO TO THAT. BUT I PROMISE YOU, I PROMISE YOU, IF THE GOOD LORD -- WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. WE CAN'T AFFORD TO WAIT. I AM SO GRATEFUL TO COUNCILMAN CARLSON THAT MET WITH US. I'M GRATEFUL TO -- I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY. SINGLING HIM OUT NOW, SUNSHINE, I CAN DO ONE AT A TIME, COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON, AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAND AND TALK WITH UNOFFICIALLY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA AT AN EVENT AND TALK. EACH OF THEM ALL SAID THE SAME THING. YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO MOVE IT FORWARD. WE NEED TO SEE THE HOUSE MOVE. WHAT IS THE HOLDUP? WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP? I HAVE THE CONFIDENCE IN THE OTHERS OF YOU THAT YOU HAVE THE SAME COMMITMENT. I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE COMMITTED TO IT. I CAN TELL YOU OUR BOARD IS AT 200 PERCENT. DOESN'T BOTHER ME TO STAY UP 5:00 AND GET UP 8 THE NEXT MORNING TO BE DOWN HERE. WHY YOU ALWAYS LATE? BECAUSE I FORGET TO GO TO BED. I CAN PROMISE YOU, IT'S NOT MOUNT PLEASANT, NOT FAMU, IT'S NOT MY FAMILY, IT'S THE JACKSON HOUSE. THEY ASK ME WHAT I MAKE. I MAKE ONE MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR TEN YEARS, AIN'T NOBODY PAID ME YET. I DO WANT TO SAY I GOT INTO THIS BECAUSE OF CHLOE CONEY. THE SAME TIME HE SAID WHAT THE MAYOR BUCKHORN SAID, I CALLED MAYOR BUCKHORN. I WENT AND TALKED TO HIM. I SAID WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS ON AT NAACP. DON'T TEAR THAT HOUSE DOWN. EVERYBODY WAS ON HERE. THEN I GET A CALL FROM CHLOE CONEY, CC, AND SHEA GOING TO TELL ME THAT KATHY CASTOR WANT ME TO DO SOMETHING FOR HER. AND SHE WANT TO TALK TO ME. I HAD A GOOD RELATIONSHIP TALKING WITH CONGRESS WOMAN CASTOR. WHAT IT IS. SHE SAY SAVE THE JACKSON HOUSE. IT IS A LOT OF PRESSURE ON ME TO DO SOMETHING THAT I GET PAID A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR FOR AND MY PAYMENT WILL BE WHEN WE SEE THE HOUSE UP. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DR. COLLINS, I HAVE COMPLETE AND TOTAL FAITH IN YOUR LEADERSHIP. I KNOW YOU'LL GET THIS DONE. I HAVE NO DOUBT YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND ALL THE PARTNERS INVOLVED. I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO SEE IT SOONER THAN LATER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I JUST WANTED TO SAY REFERENCE THE ALLEY VACATION, I APPRECIATE THE FACT WHAT YOU BROUGHT FORTH IS YOUR CREATIVE THINKING THAT YOU'LL GET IT DONE REGARDLESS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. I ALSO DON'T LIKE THE FEELING THAT THERE'S EXTORTION GOING ON REFERENCE TRYING TO GET MORE THAN A PRIVATE ENTITY DESERVES, TO BE ABLE TO GET YOU GUYS THE ACCESS THAT YOU NEED. COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK AND I AGREE ON, I DON'T NECESSARILY AGREE THAT WE'RE GOING TO VACATE EVERY ALLEY. WE FREQUENTLY TURN DOWN ALLEY VACATIONS. WE ALREADY DID THE F.D.O.T. STUFF. I THINK WE HAVE GIVEN QUITE A BIT ON THIS MOVEMENT. I APPRECIATE YOUR POSITION ON THAT. YOU'RE RIGHT SET IN YOUR HEAD ABOUT WHICH WAY TO GO. STAY STRONG AND KEEP PUSHING FORWARD. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM. >> THANK YOU. THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. HAVE A HAPPY CONTINUOUS BLACK HISTORY MONTH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. NOW IT'S TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. I HAVE A FEW REGISTERED SPEAKERS AND THEN I'LL GO TO THE SPEAKERS IN THE ROOM. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS MICHAEL RANDOLPH FOLLOWED BY LARRY PRE-MACK AND AILEEN HENDERSON. GOOD MORNING, MR. RANDOLPH. >> MY NAME IS MICHAEL RANDOLPH. I'M WITH THE WEST TAMPA CDC. AN ENGAGED COMMUNITY IS AN EMPOWERED COMMUNITY. ON FEBRUARY THE 24th, DURING A ZOOM MEETING, WE WILL HAVE OUR NEXT ENGAGEMENT FOR EMPOWERMENT MEETING. TODAY WE HAD OVER 60 RESIDENTS TO SIGN UP FOR THIS MEETING IN ADDITION TO NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS AND PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY. I WANT TO EXTEND AN OPEN INVITATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL, AS WELL AS IN PARTICULAR AND AGAIN TO THE CAC, BOTH THE MANAGER FOR WEST TAMPA AS WELL AS THE MANAGER FOR THE WHOLE CAC. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE SILENT MAJORITY OF RESIDENTS THAT DO NOT ATTEND MEETINGS. I DO WANT TO ALSO THANK JOE ROBINSON WHO WILL BE ATTENDING AS WELL AS THE OTHER CAC MEMBERS TO TALK TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS. LAST WEEK, WE GAVE AN OVERVIEW OF OUR ECONOMIC INITIATIVE THAT FOCUSED ON A.I. THIS WEEK, WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY HELP INITIATIVE. HEAVILY BLACK AND HEAVILY UNHEALTHY WHEN IT COMES TO DIABETES, BLOOD PRESSURE AND OTHER IS A VERY UNHEALTHY COMMUNITY. MOST OF THESE ILLNESSES CAN BE CONTROLLABLE OR PREVENTED BASED -- BUT FOR THE HEALTH. IN TERMS OF DEALING WITH MENTAL HEALTH. JUST AS IMPORTANT IS THE PUBLIC HEALTH. FOCUS ON DATA DRIVEN AND EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH TO REDUCING VIOLENCE BASED ON LESSONS LEARNED FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY. ECONOMIC APPROACH TO REDUCING CRIME. FINALLY, THE WEST TAMPA VIRTUAL COMMUNITY HUB THAT WILL CONNECT BUSINESSES AND LOCAL RESIDENTS TO DO THINGS. NATIONAL DISCUSSION THAT WILL BRING WEST TAMPA FRONT AND CENTER. IT IS NOT TOO LATE. PLEASE CONNECT WITH US AT THE WEST TAMPA CDC @GMAIL.COM. IMPORTANT DISCUSSION, WEST TAMPA CULTURAL CENTER AND RETURN OF THE YELLOW JACKET. SHOUT-OUT TO ROBIN LOCKETT WHO REALLY BROUGHT THIS ISSUE TO THE COUNTRY. .AN ENGAGED COMMUNITY IS EMPOWERED COMMUNITY. SHOUT-OUT TO THE CDC OF TAMPA, BEST PRACTICE AND I TALK ABOUT THEM THROUGHOUT THE NATION WHEN I TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A GREAT DAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. RANDOLPH. LARRY PRE-MACK AND AILEEN HENDERSON. AILEEN IS NOT ON. MR. PRE-MACK, ARE YOU ON? >> MY NAME IS LARRY PRE-MACK. PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ON HARBOUR ISLAND. I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MR. SHELBY ON HIS BIRTHDAY. THE MAN NEVER AGES. HE MUST BE DRINKING THE SAME FOUNTAIN THAT COUNCILMAN MIRANDA DRINKS OUT OF. I DON'T KNOW HOW HE DOESN'T AGE GIVEN HIS JOB. IN ANY EVENT, I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE TWO PROPOSED TRAFFIC LIGHTS IN FRONT OF THE CONVENTION CENTER. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MAY NOT HAVE LINE ITEM VETO OVER THE LIGHTS. HOWEVER, YOU CAN ASK THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT TO CONDUCT A MORE COMPREHENSIVE TRAFFIC STUDY THAN THE ONE DURING COVID FIVE YEARS AGO. OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER, BILL OLIVER, WILL PRESENT LATER ON DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, ALTERNATIVES WHICH SHOULD BE STUDIED. IN FACT, THE MAYOR HAS ADMITTED IN WRITING TO OUR RESIDENTS THE LIGHTS MAY NOT WORK. AS A RULE, ISN'T IT BETTER TO MEASURE TWICE AND CUT ONCE? IN THIS CASE, THE STUDY DONE BY STANTEC IS INCOMPLETE AND DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ALL OPTIONS. IN FACT, IF THESE LIGHTS ARE INSTALLED AS PRESENTED, IT MAY CAUSE INJURIES OR EVEN WORSE. WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT. HOWEVER, IF WE PRESENT COMPETENT, SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE IN FRONT OF YOU AND THE MAYOR, I THINK IT DESERVES A SECOND LOOK. I'D REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT HARBOUR ISLAND WANTS WHAT IS BEST FOR THE CITY AND HARBOUR ISLAND. WE HAVE HAD PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN THE PAST. THE BIGGEST EXAMPLE OF THIS IS THE FORCE MAIN PROJECT. THE CITY INITIALLY PROPOSED A REPLACEMENT WHICH WOULD HAVE CUT OUR COMMUNITY IN HALF. WE ARGUED THROUGH A THREE PERSON TASK FORCE WITH AN ENGINEER THAT PERHAPS A BETTER ROUTE MIGHT BE AVAILABLE FOR ALL PARTIES. I WAS PART OF THAT TASK FORCE. WE WORKED WITH BRAD BAIRD AND ERIC WEISS FOR AN UNDERWATER SOLUTION WHICH THE CITY NOW BRAGS ABOUT IN TRADE MAGAZINE, THE SECOND LARGEST IN THE NATION. WE HAVE THE UTMOST RESPECT FOR THE RANK AND FILE IN THE CITY, BUT SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO PRY OPEN SOME POLITICIANS' EYES OPEN TO MAKE OUR POINT. I ALSO POINT OUT THAT THE MEDIANS ON KNIGHTS RUN AND ALSO BENEFICIAL AS WELL AS THE BRIDGE, WE FINANCED ALL THAT. WE PAY FOR THE IRRIGATION. WE'RE NOT HERE WITH OUR, YOU KNOW, HAT IN HAND LOOKING FOR HANDOUTS. WE JUST WANT THE PROPER THING TO BE DONE AND STUDIED FOR OUR ISLAND. SO THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD PROPOSE. WE'D ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE A MOTION TO ASK THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT TO CONDUCT ANOTHER STUDY. IF THEY REFUSE, YOU CERTAINLY CAN'T BE SUED INDIVIDUALLY BECAUSE THEY IGNORE YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD ADD IS AT THE BASE OF KNIGHTS RUN AND HARBOUR ISLAND BOULEVARD, THE LIGHTS, THE CITY LIGHTS HAVE BEEN OUT SINCE SEPTEMBER 26 AND NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOW WHY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. OUR IN-HOUSE SPEAKERS ARE GOING TO BE BILL OLIVER, JOHN SOLAR, AND STEPHEN MICHELINI. GOOD MORNING, SIR. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS BILL OLIVER. I'M A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER AND FORMER CITY OF TAMPA TRAFFIC DIVISION EMPLOYEE. I SHOULD SAY DITTO TO WHAT LARRY PREMACK JUST SAID. THE CITY STUDY DOES NOT CLEARLY STATE THE PROBLEM THAT'S IN NEED OF A CURE OTHER THAN TO SAY THERE'S HIGH PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY. THE CRASH REVIEW IN THAT REPORT IDENTIFIES ONE CRASH INVOLVING A PEDESTRIAN UP AT THE NORTH END OF THE STUDY SEGMENT AND THREE CRASHES INVOLVING BICYCLES DOWN AT THE SOUTH END AT KNIGHTS RUN. THE SOLUTIONS PROPOSED, THOUGH, ARE MOSTLY IN THE MIDSECTION OF THE SEGMENT. SO IN MY MIND, THE LACK OF CLEAR STATEMENT OR EVIDENCE OF ANY PEDESTRIAN VEHICULAR CONFLICT ISSUES AT THE SOLUTION LOCATIONS DETRACTS FROM ANY URGENCY TO IMPLEMENT A CURE. AS I MENTIONED IN MY COMMENTS TO YOU A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THE FLORIDA D.O.T. POLICY IS TO CONSIDER ROUNDABOUTS AND OTHER POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS BEFORE INSTALLING TRAFFIC SIGNALS. ALSO, THE FEDERAL MANUAL ON UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES CLEARLY INDICATES ONCE WARRANTS ARE MET, AN ENGINEERING STUDY SHOULD BE UNDERTAKEN TO IDENTIFY ALTERNATIVES AND CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS BEFORE SIGNALS ARE INSTALLED. THE CITY WOULD BE ACTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FEDERAL AND STATE GUIDANCE TO INVEST SOME TIME INTO AND REQUEST A MORE COMPREHENSIVE, LONGER TERM SOLUTION APPROACH. HARBOUR ISLAND IS SEEKING A MORE THOROUGH CONSIDERATION OF HOW TO BEST SEPARATE VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENTS. THE STUDY SHOULD MAYBE LOOK TO HIRING DISNEY STYLE IMAGINEEERS MASTERS AT CONTROLLING PEDESTRIAN FLOWS TO LOOK AT MORE CREATIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS, INCLUDING DEVELOPING A SECOND-LEVEL CONCEPT TO PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION. SUCH SYSTEMS DO WORK WELL WHEN WELL DESIGNED. THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE CONNECTING THE BILL POE PARKING GARAGE TO THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER WAS A VERY EFFECTIVE SOLUTION AND GOOD EXAMPLE. THERE IS AN EXISTING BRIDGE CONNECTING THE CONVENTION CENTER ACROSS FRANKLIN STREET TO THE EMBASSY SUITES HOTEL AND A STAIRWELL THAT ALLOWS ACCESS DOWN TO FRANKLIN STREET, BUT THAT CONNECTION IS NOT VISIBLE, NOR IS IT PUBLICIZED AT ALL. IT DOES NOT EFFECTIVELY SERVE THE PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENTS THAT ARE THERE. SO HARBOUR ISLAND HAS A PROPERTY TAX BASIS UPWARDS OF $1.3 BILLION, THE CONVENTION CENTER AND AMALIE ARENA BRING IN SUBSTANTIAL TOURIST TAXES IT MAKES SENSE TO THINK IN TERMS OF CONTINUING TO INVEST IN THE PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE AROUND THESE WORLD-CLASS FACILITIES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN SOLAR. STEPHEN MICHELINI. MENTESNOT. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> JOHN SOLAR, WITH INSTRUMENTS FOR LIFE, A LOCAL NONPROFIT THAT SERVES THE YOUTH OF TAMPA BAY. SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE JACKSON HOUSE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BECAUSE OF THE MICROPHONE -- >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YEAH, YEAH. >> OKAY. COOL. SO LAST YEAR, WE STARTED A NEW INITIATIVE CALLED CENTRAL AVE LIVE. COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON ALLOWED US TO PROMOTE THERE AND HAD FLYERS THERE. THIS EVENT INVITED COMMISSIONER MYERS, MAYOR CASTOR AND OTHERS, MR. FRED HEARNS. WE WERE TEACHING ALL OF OUR HISTORY ABOUT CENTRAL AVE LIVE. DURING THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS, WE HELPED SPREAD THE WORD, LOCAL MUSICIANS AND SOME STUDENTS PERFORM BECAUSE THEY LEARNED ABOUT THE HISTORY AND PRESERVING THE HISTORY. WHEN WE GET TO THIS CURRICULUM AND WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE JACKSON HOUSE, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE JACKSON HOUSE FOR THAT HISTORY, HOW DO WE TELL THE KIDS THAT? THAT'S MY TOUGH JOB. EARLIER I HEARD A QUOTE, WHEN WE ALL DO BETTER, WE ALL DO BETTER, RIGHT? THAT FEELS LIKE THE MISSION RIGHT HERE BECAUSE WE'RE ALL TRYING TO COME TOGETHER. ANYTHING I CAN DO TO HELP MANIFEST IT, I AM ABOUT. I'LL TRY TO KEEP GIVING OUR YOUTH THE KNOWLEDGE BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES CHANGING IT. BUT THE DIFFICULT CONVERSATION FOR THEM, ESPECIALLY OUR BLACK YOUTH, THEY WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THAT. THESE QUESTIONS THAT THEY ASK ABOUT, IT'S INCREDIBLE. I WOULD INVITE ANY ONE OF YOU ALL TO ANY OF THEIR SHOWCASES OR ANYTHING WE CAN DO. I WISH THEY WERE HERE TODAY OR ALLOWED TO BE. US TRYING TO DESCRIBE WHY WE'RE NOT SAVING THAT HISTORY, THAT IS A VERY DIFFICULT THING FOR 8-YEAR-OLD OR 18-YEAR-OLD OR 98-YEAR-OLD. WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE NOT DOING BETTER, BUT IF WE COULD ALL DO BETTER, I PROMISE YOU OUR KIDS ARE TRYING TO MAKE LIFE MUSICAL. THEY'LL SPREAD THE WORD. SO MANY ADULTS AROUND US THAT DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY, BUT THESE KIDS, THEY ARE GOING TO DO IT. I BRING THEM THERE AND WE WALK THERE AND OUR NEXT INITIATIVE WILL BE AT KID MASON WHICH FINALLY GOT RENOVATED, AND WE'LL NEVER LEAVE THERE. WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE TO WALK BY THAT JACKSON HOUSE. WHEN WE BRING IT BACK, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE OPEN JAMS WITH THOSE KIDS PLAYING IN THERE AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO TELL THOSE STORIES. THAT'S WHAT TAMPA DESERVES, RIGHT? OUR MUSIC HISTORY TO SURVIVE, BLACK HISTORY, ALL OF OUR HISTORY. IT'S TAMPA'S HISTORY. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: STEPHEN MICHELINI. MENTESNOT. MRS. STEPHANIE POYNOR. >> STEVE MICHELINI. LET ME EXPLAIN SOMETHING, WHY THAT EASEMENT, RELEASE OF THE ALLEY IS IMPORTANT. IT GOES THROUGH THREE CITY BLOCKS. IT SEPARATES ACCARDI'S PROPERTY ON BOTH SIDES. THAT'S WHY IT IS IMPORTANT. THE JACKSON HOUSE DOESN'T HAVE ACCESS IN THE BACK. THEY JUST DON'T. THAT'S AN EXAGGERATION AT BEST. WHAT THE AGREEMENT TALKS ABOUT IS NOT EXTRACTION. IT'S NOT STRONG-ARMING. IT SAYS SIMPLY DON'T OBJECT TO THE REQUEST FOR VACATING. OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S UP TO CITY COUNCIL TO GRANT THAT OR NOT. PREVIOUSLY, WE FILED FOR A VACATING FOR THAT ALLEY AND THE JACKSON HOUSE AND DR. COLINS WERE ALL SUPPORTED. I MET WITH THEM. I MET WITH GILMORE -- RICARDO -- GILMORE -- HE WAS THEIR ATTORNEY. WE HAD AN AGREEMENT UNTIL THE MORNING OF THE HEARING AND THEY FILED A LETTER OF OBJECTION. SO WE WITHDREW THAT PETITION. THEY MET, DR. COLLINS AND THE ATTORNEYS ALL MET IN DECEMBER AND AGREED ON THE CONTENTS OF WHAT WAS TO BE DONE, INCLUDING LAND TRANSFERS ADJACENT TO THE SIDE OF THEIR BUILDING TO GIVE THEM ACCESS AND PARKING. THIS, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS AGAIN, THIS PARKING LOT, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THE JACKSON HOUSE SERVES THAT BUILDING, WHICH IS LEASED. THIS IS THE PARKING LOT FOR THEM. THEY ARE WILLING TO GIVE UP SPACES ALONG THIS SIDE AND THE OTHER SIDE SO THAT THEY DO HAVE ACCESS AND PARKING. I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO THE DETAILS OF ALL OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT, BUT DR. COLINS AND THE JACKSON FOUNDATION HAVE HAD THE AGREEMENT SINCE DECEMBER, AND IT WAS REDRAFTED ACCORDING TO THEIR WISHES AND WE HAVE HEARD NOTHING FROM THEM. JASON ACCARDI AND THE ATTORNEYS HAVE BEEN CALLING THEM. THEY TOLD ME WEEKLY WITH NO REPLY. THE ACCARDIS ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING THIS HAPPEN AND PRESERVING IT, DOING WHATEVER THEY CAN TO ASSIST IN PRESERVING THE JACKSON HOUSE. THE REQUESTS THAT HAVE GONE OUT TO THE JACKSON FOUNDATION HAVE NOT BEEN ANSWERED AT ALL. PUTTING THIS ON THE ACCARDIS, SOMEHOW THEY ARE STRONG-ARMING, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SIMPLY, COMPLETELY INACCURATE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD REQUEST IS THAT PERHAPS ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD ACT TO HELP FACILITATE THE CONCLUSION OF THIS MATTER. NOT IN CAPACITY OF A COMMITMENT BUT IN THE CAPACITY OF HELPING TO FACILITATE SO THAT WE STOP THIS GOING CROSS-WAYS ON THE DISCUSSIONS, AND WE GET THE AGREEMENT DONE AND GET THE JACKSON HOUSE SAVED. I WOULD HOPE THAT ONE OF YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD VOLUNTEER TO DO THAT AND INTERFACE SO THAT WE HAVE THE OPEN LINE OF COMMUNICATION INSTEAD OF SILENCE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MENTESNOT. MRS. STEPHANIE POYNOR. MS. CONNIE BURTON. GOOD MORNING, SIR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> UHURU. LEARN THE WORD UHURU. FREEDOM IN SWAHILI. NAME IS MENTESNOT, MEANS ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. LIKE SOME PEOPLE ARE SO DISINGENUOUS, THEY DON'T KNOW WHEN TO STOP. THE FACT OF THE MATTER, I'M NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE JACKSON HOUSE. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT CHILD SUPPORT. ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT'S NOT SAID IS THE NEW LOUNGE. MILLIONS AND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS, NOTHING SAID ABOUT CENTRAL PARK. MILLIONS AND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF AFRICAN PEOPLE HAVE INVESTMENT RIGHT THERE, RIGHT AT THAT SPOT. RIGHT AT THAT EXACT SPOT. WHO SO FAR THE ACCARDI, BACARDIS, WHOEVER THEY ARE, THEY NEED TO GIVE THAT LAND UP. THEY NEED TO GIVE IT AWAY. SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO DO THE RIGHT THING MORALLY, SOCIALLY POLITICALLY ECONOMICALLY. FOR WHAT THAT MEAN TO AFRICAN PEOPLE, THEY JUST NEED TO GIVE THE LAND AWAY AND LET THE PEOPLE AT THE JACKSON HOUSE MAKE THE DECISION OVER IT. NOTHING MORE. NOTHING LESS. I'M NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE JACKSON HOUSE. WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT IS, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I LIKE TO APOLOGIZE FOR ANY NAME CALLING, CALLING ANYBODY OUT OF THEIR NAME. I LIKE TO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. I LIKE TO APOLOGIZE FOR MY STANCE LAST WEEK IN CALLING PEOPLE GARBAGE BECAUSE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I DO IN TEACHING MY KIDS IS TELL THEM DON'T ALLOW ANYONE TO BULLY YOU AND DON'T ALLOW ANYONE TO CALL YOU OUT OF YOUR NAME. I HAVE TO LIVE BY EXAMPLE. DON'T LET ANYONE CALL YOU THE N WORD. DON'T LET THEM -- TRY TO EDUCATE THEM. DON'T LET THEM USE IT AROUND YOU TOO MUCH. TRY TO EDUCATE THEM. IF NOT, REMOVE YOURSELF AWAY FROM THEM. DON'T LET ANYONE PHYSICALLY ABUSE YOU, SEXUALLY ABUSE YOU, HARASS YOU, NONE OF THOSE THINGS. THAT'S NOT MY INTENTION TO CALL ANYONE OUT OF THEIR NAME, TALK ABOUT THEIR RELIGION, TALK ABOUT ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE. THAT'S NOT ME BY NATURE. WASN'T RAISED THAT WAY AND I'M NOT THAT PERSON. I'M THE KIND OF PERSON THAT HELP PEOPLE IN ANY WAY I POSSIBLY CAN. BUT I ALSO LIVE BY THE EXAMPLE OF WON'T BE BULLIED. WON'T BE PUSHED AROUND. SO HONESTLY AND TRULY AND SINCERELY LIKE TO APOLOGIZE. THAT'S NOT ME AND IT'S NOT IN THE SPIRIT OF MY EXISTENCE. BUT WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT IS CHILD SUPPORT. I ALSO LIKE TO TALK ABOUT MS. SCOTT OVER AT MEACHAM LEARNING CENTER. A LOT OF PEOPLE, MENTIONED -- PEOPLE LIKE THAT IN CENTRAL PARK. THE LADY, MS. SCOTT, SHE'S DONE SO MUCH FOR THE AFRICAN COMMUNITY AND NOBODY EVER SAY ANYTHING ABOUT HER. BUT THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, THE NAMES CHARLES DENTON, ARABELLA CAMPBELL, SABRINA FRYE, AND THE CHILD SUPPORT AREA, THEY ARE THE KU KLUX KLAN OPERATING RIGHT OVER THERE IN THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COURTHOUSE, AND THIS CITY COUNCIL NEED TO TAKE A LOOK INTO WHAT THEY ARE DOING. THEY ARE CROOKED AS EVER. AND THEY ARE PUTTING THE PRESSURE ON BLACK MEN. THAT IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM BLACK MEN HAVE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CHILD SUPPORT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. MRS. STEPHANIE POYNOR. MS. CONNIE BURTON. IS IT NICK EWING? >> GOOD MORNING, STEPHANIE POYNOR. NUMBER 18, THERE IS A GRANT FOR NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS FOR PICNIC ISLAND. WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO DISCUSS THIS WITH THE COMMUNITY? WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT. I THINK I KNOW WHAT IT IS BECAUSE SOMEBODY MENTIONED IT TO ME A YEAR OR SO AGO. BUT IT IS A HUGE GRANT FOR LIKE $2 MILLION TO DO SOME WORK OFF OF PICNIC ISLAND. I WOULD THINK THE NEIGHBORHOOD SHOULD KNOW ABOUT IT. I HAD TO GO TO PAGE 27 OF THE 65 PAGE DOCUMENT IN ORDER TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE HELL IT WAS FOR. NUMBER 30, THAT MOBILITY STUDY HAS BEEN IN MY HANDS SINCE SEPTEMBER OF 2023. WE'RE PAYING FOR IT NOW. I'M KIND OF CONFUSED. I WANT TO KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE PRESENTED AND WHEN WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT IN PLACE BECAUSE WE ARE CURRENTLY CHARGING LIKE 13 OR 14 HUNDRED DOLLARS. I DIDN'T BRING THE DOCUMENTS WITH ME TODAY. AND WE SHOULD BE CHARGING ABOUT $9,000 FOR EACH SINGLE-FAMILY HOME. SO WE ARE LOSING $800 EVERY TIME SOMEBODY BUILDS A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME IN THIS CITY. NUMBER 61, ARE THOSE CREDIT CARD USERS PAYING FOR THOSE FEES OR ARE WE PAYING FOR THEM OUT OF POCKET? THANK YOU FOR ASKING. NUMBER 74, WHY WAS THIS REMOVED? I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT BREAKDOWN OF THE SPENDING IN THIS CITY BY THE DISTRICTS. HERE'S WHY. BECAUSE IN SOUTH OF GANDY, NOT SOUTH TAMPA, SOUTH OF GANDY ALONE, THESE NEW APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT SINCE THE LAST COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WE HAVE SEEN A $9.3 MILLION JUMP IN TAX DOLLARS. $9.3 MILLION JUMP. THAT WOULD BE THE ONE-YEAR JUMP. NOW, OVER TIME, IT'S GOTTEN TO BE, I THINK IT WAS $14 MILLION THIS YEAR. FOR THOSE 10,000 PLUS APARTMENTS, MULTIFAMILY UNITS. I WANT TO SEE WHERE THE MONEY IS BEING SPENT. ALL I CAN SEE IS THAT HARBOUR ISLAND IS GETTING A LIGHT SHOVED DOWN THEIR THROAT BUT NOBODY HAS DONE ANYTHING IN MY COMMUNITY FROM THE CITY OF TAMPA TO HELP US WITH THE PAVING, WITH THE TRAFFIC, WITH ALL OF THE ADDITIONAL STUFF THAT'S GOING ON DOWN THERE. SO I WANT TO SEE THE SPENDING HISTORY EVEN IF COUNCILMAN MIRANDA DECIDED THAT HE DOESN'T WANT TO. I THINK YOU NEED TO ASK FOR IT BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE WHERE THE MONEY IS BEING SPENT BECAUSE IT SURE AS HECK ISN'T BEING SPENT WHERE THE TAX DOLLARS ARE COMING FROM. NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT ROME YARD BECAUSE THIS IS MY NEW FAVORITE THING. IT WAS APPROVED, THE RFP WAS AWARDED IN 2021. HERE WE ARE, HANNA STREET WAS AWARDED SIX MONTHS AFTER THAT ONE. SIX MONTHS AFTER. AND IT'S BEEN OPEN FOR TWO YEARS. AND ROME YARD STILL LOOKS LIKE THIS. AND SUPPOSEDLY THE GROUNDBREAKING WAS IN MAY OF LAST YEAR. WHY DOES IT STILL LOOK LIKE THIS? NOW, I HAVEN'T BEEN BACK OVER THERE. I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE LAST TIME I BROUGHT THIS UP AT CITY COUNCIL, THE ROME YARD WEBSITE WAS DOWN, BUT IT'S BACK UP NOW. THEY FIXED THE WEBSITE. NOW YOU CAN ACTUALLY -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM. >> PLEASE ASK WHY WE DON'T HAVE THESE APARTMENTS BEING BUILT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MY NAME WAS MENTIONED. BETTER TO HAVE IT ALL COMPREHENSIVE IN ONE WITH THE BUDGET PRESENTED ALL OVER. I NEVER SAID I DIDN'T WANT TO. LET ME CLEAR THAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MS. CONNIE BURTON. MR. NICK EWING. MS. VALERIE BULLOCK. >> GOOD MORNING. CONNIE BURTON. IN THE SPIRIT OF BLACK HISTORY, IF OUR REVOLUTION POLITICAL ACTIVIST WAS STILL AROUND BY THE NAME OF HUEY PUGH NEWTON, WE WOULDN'T BE ASKING WHY THE JACKSON HOUSE IS NOT BUILT. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BUILT. BECAUSE WHAT WE SEE CONSTANTLY IS THIS FORCED REMOVAL THROUGH POLICY OF ELIMINATING BLACK FACES AND WELL NEW FACES. AND IT IS VERY DISGUSTING TO NOTE HOW THE POWERS THAT BE PUT PLANS TOGETHER THAT SOMEBODY DISCUSSING AS BOB BUCKHORN WOULD SAY IT'S GOING TO BE TORN DOWN, THEN YOU SEE THE DEVELOPERS BUYING UP EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEVER WANT TO HAVE THEIR HANDS ON BLACK LIFE TO EVEN THINK THAT THIS BLACK COMMUNITY WOULD SUPPORT HIM AND HIS REELECTION BID WOULD BE SIMPLE TO US. MOVING RIGHT ALONG. HUEY PUGH NEWTON, WHAT DID HE DO FOR US? HE WAS ABLE TO PUT FORTH 60 GOOD COMMUNITY PROGRAMS THAT STILL LASTING TODAY. THE GOVERNMENT HIJACKED, THE FREE BREAKFAST PROGRAM, SICKLE CELL ANEMIA PROGRAM, THE HOUSING COOPERATIVE. WHEN WE HAVE AND WE SUPPORT OUR TRUE BLACK LEADERSHIP, WE GET THINGS DONE. SECONDLY, WHAT I CAME HERE FOR TODAY IS TO SAY IN THE RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE, WE RUNNING INTO SOME BRICK WALLS THERE. MOST OF US AIN'T GOING TO SIT AROUND AND JUST GO ALONG QUIETLY WITH. WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE NOT SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS. I WANT TO READ TO YOU WHAT WE HAVE ASKED THE CITY FOR. IT SAYS FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA, A REQUEST IS MADE THAT A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT IN EACH OF THE POLICY AREAS COMPLETED, POLICY AREA COMPLETES THE SITUATION ANALYSIS WORKSHOP THAT CORRESPONDS TO THAT POLICY AREA, PROVIDES IT TO THE COMMITTEE CARE AND 14 DAYS PRIOR TO THE MEETING THAT ADDRESS THE POLICY AREA AND INTEND TO CORRESPOND IN MEETING AND THE ONLY AND WORKSHOP ARE ATTACHED AND REFERENCED. I AM QUITE SURE THAT LUIS VIERA AND THE ATTORNEY WILL BE ABLE TO ELABORATE ON THAT MORE. I AM JUST SO UPSET SITTING HERE TODAY. I AM UPSET LOOKING AT THIS AGENDA AND SEEING THE MILLIONS OF OF DOLLARS GOING AT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SOMEBODY SHOULD BE ABLE TO TELL US HOW DO BRIGHT LIFE IMPROVED AND THE QUALITY OF OUR ECONOMIC CONDITION. IT IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU ALL TO PASS SORT OF BILLS WHEN YOU COME ALONG AND SAY, YOU KNOW, TAMPA IS A BETTER PLACE. GOD DAMN, HOW WILL BLACK PEOPLE PROSPER IN THIS CITY! IT IS ON ALL OF YOU ALL. IT IS ON TO EVERYBODY THAT WAS ONCE THE MAYOR HERE AS WELL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM. NICK EWING, MISS VALLEY BULLOCK AND MRS. CHLOE CONEY. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. NICK EWING, THE AUTHOR OF ARTS AND THROUGH A COMPANY ALL ARTISTRY GARDEN. PLEASURE TO SEE THE COUNCIL DO WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN IN OUR COMMUNITY. I'M IMPRESSED BY THE COMMUNITY BEHIND ME REPRESENTING THE FUTURE OF THIS INCREDIBLE CITY I LIVED IN FOR 25 YEARS NOW COMING FROM PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA. I HAVE BEEN PERFORMING MUSIC FOR TWO DECADES. MANY OF HAVE YOU SEEN THE MUSIC. PARTICIPATING WITH INSTRUMENTS FOR LIFE FOR THEIR MAKE LIFE MUSICAL SYSTEM HAPPENING IN CENTRAL LIVE AND PLEASURE TO LEARN OF THE HISTORY OF WHAT WE HAVE HAD IN THIS CITY. I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT I HAVEN'T HEARD IN THIS PARTICULAR MEETING IS THE FUTURE OF WHAT THE CITY OF TAMPA WILL SHOWCASE AS HOW THEY CARE ABOUT MUSIC AND ARTS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HERE IN THIS AREA. I REALIZE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT, THE SOCIAL HEALTH, AND A MYRIAD OF OTHER EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS THAT COME FROM BEING ABLE TO SHOWCASE WHAT ART AND ORGANICS CAN DO FOR A COMMUNITY. AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE PURE VALUE THAT COMES FROM INITIATING NEW POLICY AND CREATING A WAY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE REPRESENTED, WHOLLY AND VISIBLY THROUGH SOUND AND ALL OF WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE A BETTER WORLD. I FEEL THAT WE ARE AT A CRUX. WE ARE AT A TIPPING POINT WHERE WE CAN REALLY SEE A FUTURE THAT WE ALL WANT TO SEE IN OUR LIVES. AND I BELIEVE THROUGH CLEVER NEXT, COMMUNICATION ABOVE ALL, WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO FIND THAT SOLUTION. AND I FIND IT VERY POSSIBLE AMONGST ALL OF YOUR HEARTS AND THE HEARTS BEHIND ME THAT WE CAN SEE THESE THINGS COME INTO FRUITION. AND I WANT TO PLEDGE MY SUPPORT TO THE COUNCIL. PLEDGE MY SUPPORT TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE BEHIND ME. HOME ARE NOT HERE. PEOPLE WHO ARE LISTENING AND PEOPLE WHO ARE TO COME. THE FUTURE HOLD MORE THAN WHAT THE PAST HAS BEFORE US AND UPON US TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SOMETHING THAT CAN REALLY STAND THE TEST OF TIME. SADLY, THE WAY THAT THE JACKSON LIFE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO. QUITE LITERALLY AS COUNCILMAN CARLSON SAID ONE STORM AWAY FROM BLOWING OVER. AND I THINK EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS ROOM HAS HEARD THE MUSIC THAT COMES OUT OF THOSE HALLS OF THOSE ROOMS THAT HAS AFFECTED GENERATIONS BEFORE AND GENERATIONS TO COME. AND ALL I ASK AND ALL I WANT TO COME SAY ON MY LAST POINT, WE CAN MAKE A LIFE THAT IS BETTER FOR ALL. AND I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN DO THAT THROUGH ARTS. AND I THINK THAT WITHOUT THAT, WITHOUT THAT FUTURE IN MY LAST 30 SECONDS, I WANT TO YOU KNOW THAT WITHOUT THAT, PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF WHO HAVE BEEN PERFORMING AND CREATING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL BENEFIT FOR THIS COMMUNITY FOR THE LAST TWO DECADES, I DON'T SEE A FUTURE HERE FOR MYSELF IF I CANNOT SEE THE HISTORY OF WHAT THE WORLD OF THIS TAMPA COMMUNITY IS TREATING THE HALLS AND THE MUSEUMS AND THE PILLARS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAVE ESTABLISHED ARTS AS A STRONGHOLD. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, AND I AM PROUD OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS DOING. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU, SIR. MISS VALLEY BULLOCK, CHLOE CONEY, MISS DIANE ZIGLER. >> VALLEY BULLOCK FROM COLLEGE HILL AND PONCE DE LEON. THE REASON I SAY THAT. IT IS THINKS FOR CAL. I AM NOT FROM EAST TAMPA FROM 3514th STREET APARTMENT 115 COLLEGE HILL. THAT THE SART I CAN'T THAT RAISED ME, THAT REARED ME. THAT GAVE ME THE FIGHT THAT I GOT IN ME. WHEN I GET KNOCKED DOWN, I GET BACK UP. THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO I LEANED ON TO BECOME THE PERSON THAT I AM. AND I AM REAL, WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT. THIS VALLEY UNAPOLOGETICALLY. BACK TO THE JACKSON HOUSE. IT IS A DARN SHAME WE RIGHT HERE AGAIN. LET'S PLAY BALL. LET'S DO THIS. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. YOU KNOW IT IS REAL H HARDBREAKING. IT REALLY IS. IT SHOULDN'T BE LIKE THAT. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE AN HONEST CONVERSATION AND ADMIT SOME WRONGS THAT WE DID. COME TOGETHER AND MAKE IT RIGHT. BECAUSE JUST LIKE THE MUSICIAN SAID, MUSIC IS THE LANGUAGE THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND. I HAVE ONE THING TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE IN POWER. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WORD IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE -- I CAN'T FIND ONE -- THE PEOPLE THAT WILL SACCHARINEFIES THE EXISTENCE OF ORGANIZED HUMAN LIFE SO THEY CAN PUT FEW MORE COLORS INTO HIGHLY STUFFED POCKETS. THE WORLD "EVIL" DON'T EVEN BEGIN TO APPLY. WHEN PEOPLE IN POLITICAL POWER MAKE IT THEIR AGENDA TO CREATE GENERATIONAL WEALTH FOR THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS, THEY NEED TO BE KICKED OUT. IF I AM A POLITICAL PERSON AND A PERSON IN POWER, IT NEVER SHOULD BE ABOUT ME. IT SHOULD BE ABOUT THE PEOPLE. AND WE ALL SHOULD WALK INTO -- AND WALK IN INTEGRITY, BECAUSE ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE -- THEY ARE HELD AT A HIGHER LEVEL THAN SOMEBODY LIKE ME. I MIGHT SAY, YOU SEEN WHAT VALLEY BULLOCK DID? OH, YEAH, SHE WAS HAVING A BAD DAY. BUT WHEN ELECTED OFFICIALS GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO SABOTAGE SOMETHING AND THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES AS A SHEEP, BUT REALLY THEY ARE A WOLF. WE NEED TO LOOK AT THEM PEOPLE. BECAUSE WE GOT TOO DEMOS RUNNING AROUND, DEMOCRAT IN NAME ONLY BECAUSE THEIR HERE FOR PERSONAL GAIN. HOW CAN SOMEBODY GO AGAINST THE JACKSON HOUSE? I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. THE PEOPLE THAT BOUGHT ALL THE LAND AROUND IT, THERE IS A RAT SOMEWHERE. SOMEBODY TOLD THEM ABOUT THE JACKSON HOUSE. THEY BOUGHT ALL THE LAND, BECAUSE THEY HAD AN AGENDA. AND WE NEED TO GO BACK AND SEE WHAT HAPPENED. ESPECIALLY TO THE EASEMENTS. IF WE DON'T GET NOTHING ELSE, WE WANT THE EASEMENTS BACK. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CHLOE CONEY, DIANE ZIGLER, ROBIN LOCKETT, SANDY PERDUE. THAT WILL CONCLUDE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> I AM CHLOE CONEY, THE WOMAN THAT WEARS MANY HATS. FIRST I WANT TO THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL, I CAME LAST MONTH AND YOU APPROVED THE LAND FOR THE EAST TAMPA INTERVENTION CENTER. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE ONCE THAT IS BUILD WE WILL GET GOOD JOBS, MANUFACTURING, CONSTRUCTION AND HOSPITALITY. I WANT TO STATE THIS MY MENTOR, DON MAX WELL OF KANSAS CITY, 33 YEARS AGO WHEN I STARTED, TOLD ME CHLOE, IF YOU WILL BE A DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, YOU HAVE TO BUY SOME LAND AND OWN THE DIRT. NOW IT IS A GHETT NEW YORK CITY EAST TAMPA. IT WILL BE A GOLD MINE. I TOOK THAT ON AND MY SON TOOK IT ON AND WE ARE ON THE EAST TAMPA BUSINESS CENTER, THE BUILDING ON HILLSBOROUGH. APARTMENTS AND SO ON. BUT I COME TO SAY TODAY, I WANT TO REMIND SOME FOLKS BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN HERE ALL MY LIFE. I REMEMBER YEARS AGO WHEN WE HAD THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE THAT PUT THEIR MONEY AND THEIR TIME IN BUILDING A WHITE ELEPHANT ON HOWARD AVENUE. UNFORTUNATELY WE KNOW WE LOST A HISTORICAL BLACK ORGANIZATION. OUR URBAN LEAGUE WAS AROUND 85 YEARS -- I WANT TO MAKE SURE Y'ALL KNOW THAT, 85 YEARS. AND OVERNIGHT, WE LOST IT. THEY LOST ALL THEIR MONEY. AND THEY CLOSED DOWN. AND THAT BUILDING -- THAT FACILITY THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BLACK-OWNED -- WAS GIVEN TO THE HILLSBOROUGH EDUCATION FOUNDATION THAT IS THERE TODAY. NOW TO THE JACKSON HOUSE AND DR. CAROLYN COLLINS WAS RIGHT. WORKING WITH CONGRESSMAN CASTOR AND THANK YOU, BILL CARSON FOR CALLING ME TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS TIME. I TOOK IT ON AND THANK GOD FOR THIS COMMITTEE. I WANT TO SAYS IT A SHAME IF WE SIT HERE THE CITY OF TAMPA, ALLOW THE SAME THING THAT HAPPENED TO THE URBAN LEAGUE HAPPEN TO THIS JACKSON HOUSE. I HAVE BEEN KNOWING WILLIE ROBINSON ALL MY LIFE AND HIS FAMILY. WE KNEED MORE BLACK-RUN ORGANIZATIONS. WE NEED THE HISTORY OF THE JACKSON'S HOUSE. NOT ONLY ME, I WANT IT FOR MY CHILDREN AND MY CHILDREN'S CHILDREN TO SEE THAT WE CAN OWN SOME LAND. AND WE CAN MAKE AN IMPACT UPON OUR CITY. SO, AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY TO YOU, CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. I THANK THE COUNTY AND EVERYBODY ELSE. THE VINICKS. BUT WE CAN DO THIS. WE CAN DO THIS IF WE ALL WORK TOGETHER. I WILL STAND TALL AND KEEP COMING DOWN HERE TOO BECAUSE WE REFUSE TO GIVE UP. I KNOW IT CAN BE DONE. SO LET'S DO IT. GOD BLESS Y'ALL. LET'S DO IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DIANE ZIGLER, MISS ROBIN LOCKT AND SANDY PERDUE. >> DIANE ZIGLER AND HOMEOWNER IN EAST COMPANY AND TO EXPRESS MAY REPORT FOR THE JC NEWMAN PROJECT. A HISTORIC PIECE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN EAST TAMPA. IT WILL PROVIDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, NEW JOBS, REDUCE SLUM AND BLIGHT. IT IS A TERRIBLE BROOKING BUILDING. LOOKS AS BAD AS THE JACKSON HOUSE, MAYBE WORSE. I REALLY SUPPORT THE FAMILY INVESTING THEIR TIME, THEIR MONEY, THEIR WORK INTO EAST TAMPA. AND IT IS A GOOD PROJECT WILL. AND I -- THEY ARE BRINGING THEIR OWN MONIES TO THE PROJECT AND THEY NEED EXTRA HELP. I AM IN SUPPORT OF IT. AND I HOPE YOU WILL TOO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MISS ROBIN LOCKETT AND SANDY PERDUE IS OUR FINAL SPEAKER. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. ROBIN LOCKKETT. I WANT TO GO OVER A FEW THINGS. THIS MORNING IS BUSY. FIRST OF ALL WITH THE RACIAL RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE. I WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK THE CONVERSATION I HAD WITH CHIEF BENNETT -- CHIEF -- JOHN BENNETT. I CALL THEM JOHN. BUT CHIEF BENNETT WITH REGARDS TO MAKING SURE THAT IF WE FOLLOW A PROCEDURE, THAT HE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE DATA THAT WE NEED. I APPRECIATE IT. THAT'S HELPFUL. AND AS -- IT CALMS A LOT OF NERVES. WE PLAN ON DOING OUR PART, AND I APPRECIATE YOU OFFERING YOUR ASSISTANCE WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO DO SO. SECOND, WILLIE ROBINSON. NAACP. AGAIN, GREAT MAN AND THANKFUL DR. COLLINS AND THE FOUNDATION THAT YOU ARE CONTINUING THAT EFFORT WITH THE REBUILD -- THE RESTORATION OF THE JACKSON HOUSE. I ASKED THE QUESTION EARLY ON IN REGARDS TO, YOU KNOW, IF IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE -- BECAUSE WHEN THINGS DON'T MAKE SENSE, MY MIND GOES CRAZY. I HAVE A QUESTION ALSO WITH REGARDS TO WHEN THE ZONING CHANGE -- WHEN IT WENT TO NO LOT SIZE -- OR LOT LINES OR DEALING WITH THE LINES. FINDING OUT ALL OF THAT. BECAUSE, AGAIN, THAT HOUSE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE. IT IS THE ZONING THAT HAS CHANGED BEFORE IT. IT WAS A RESIDENTIAL AREA BEFOREHAND. SO WHEN DID THAT -- WHEN DID IT CHANGE AND WHY WASN'T THAT AND THE PROPERTY GRANDFATHERED IN? YELLOW JACKETS. KEEP COMING UP ABOUT THE YELLOW. JACKETS. I THOUGH WE ARE MOVING FORWARD BUT I WANT TO KEEP THE YELLOW JACKETS IN THE FOREFRONT BECAUSE WHAT HAS BEEN SAYING, THIS ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO BE GONE IN A COUPLE OF YEARS AND SOMETHING WITH THE NEED OF THE YELLOW JACKETS, SOMETHING SHOULD BE PUT FORTH AND STARTED AND THAT SHOULD BE RESOLVED BEFORE THIS ADMINISTRATION LEAVES. SO I WOULD LOVE TIMELINES AND SO FORTH. NOT FOR US TO JUST LINGER ON IT BUT SPECIFIC WHEN THINGS ARE COMING BACK TO SEE MOVEMENT ON IT. NOW I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT REALLY, REALLY UPSET ME LAST -- LAST WEEK WITH CHIEF TRIPP. YOU KNOW WHEN YOU GUYS -- WHEN CITY COUNCIL BRINGS CHIEF TRIPP UP HERE. AND YOU ARE ASKING HER, IN HER DUTY, YOU KNOW, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. YOU GUYS BRING THE UNION UP HERE. AND THE UNION CONTRADICTS -- I LOVE NICK, BUT THEY HAVE ISSUES. HE DOES NOT HAVE TO SOLIDIFY WHAT SHE SAYS. SHE IS THE EMPLOYEE. AND SHE IS THE EMPLOYEE. SO IT IS DISRESPECTFUL FOR YOU GUYS -- FOR YOU GUYS TO ALLOW THAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM. OUR LAST SPEAKER IS SANDY PARDUE I AM SANDY ,ARDUE. I LIVE IN THE RIVER ARTS NEIGHBORHOOD CLOSE TO HERE. I DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC CONCERNING MY POINT. IT IS A GENERAL POINT. THE GENERAL POINT IS, IT IS BETTER TO BE PROACTIVE THAN THE REACTIVE. THE REACTIVE WITH THE JACKSON HOUSE IS THE PERFECT PROOF OF THAT. MY POINTS RELATE TO ABANDONED ISSUES AND IN ALL OF YOU ARE NEIGHBORHOODS IN TAMPA. NOT JUST MY NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT A FEW. IN EAST, WEST TAMPA, YBOR -- MAYBE NOT TOO MANY IN SOUTH TAMPA BUT I AM SURE THERE ARE SOME DOWN THERE TOO. MY QUESTION AND COMMENTS, WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE CITY CODE. I DON'T HAVE THE EXPERTISE TO GET INTO ANY OF THAT, BUT I JUST KNOW THAT YOU REQUIRE WHEN SOMEBODY BUILDS A BUILDING OR WHEN SOMEBODY DOES A NEW RENOVATION, THERE IS A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE. ONCE A BUILDING HAS BEEN ABANDONED AND SITS VACANT FOR SO LONG, WHAT DO THE CODES SAY IS REQUIRED OF THE OWNERS OF THOSE BUILDINGS? I KNOW THERE ARE NUANCES AND LOTS OF SITUATIONS THAT GO INTO WHY THESE THINGS ARE CREATED, BUT I AM JUST TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE CITY OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A WAY TO THE PROACTIVE IN TERMS OF PREVENTING SOME OF THE SITUATIONS THAT HAPPEN WITH THIS BUILDING. THERE OUGHT TO BE A CERTIFICATE OF NONOCCUPANCY THOSE BUILDINGS HAVE TO PASS. THAT IS ALL I AM SAYING. SEEMS LIKE A SILLY THING MAYBE, BUT MAYBE SOME OF THE SITUATIONS WE ARE SEEING IN OUR CITY WON'T BE SO BAD OR AS CRITICAL HIGHER STANDARDS FOR THE NONOCCUPIED. THE DECREPIT ONES, THE ABANDONED ONES, THE MUSIC STORE WHOSE ROOF COLLAPSED TWO OR THREE MONTHS AGO EVEN BEFORE THE HURRICANE. BUILDINGS LIKE THAT. WHAT DOES THE CODES SAY. DO WE HAVE EXAMINATIONS OF THE CODE PER ODDLY. OR ARE THEY THERE AND UNTIL A CRISIS HAPPENS. THOSE ARE MY POINTS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE GO TO ITEM NUMBER 5 AND 6, BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION APPOINTMENTS. MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THESE ARE THE MAYORAL APPOINTMENTS. UNLESS THERE IS ANY DISCUSSION, YOU CAN JUST MOVE THE RESOLUTION. >>BILL CARLSON: SO MOVED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY REQUEST FROM THE PUBLIC OF RECONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATIVE MATTERS. I SEE NONE. YES, MA'AM. >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT ABOUT NUMBER 6. WHEREAS THESE ARE THE APPOINTMENTS BY THE MAYOR BUT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING WE HAVE QUITE A FEW CITY OF TAMPA APPOINTMENTSES TO THIS. AND I BELIEVE MR. SHELBY WILL TALK ABOUT THIS LATER. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NOT THE ENTIRE BOARD. THE MAY Y'ALL PART. THERE IS A CITY COUNCIL PART. >>LYNN HURTAK: I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC KNEW THAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: UNDER NEW BUSINESS. WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. >>LUIS VIERA: CAN I TALK JUST BRIEFLY. I WAS AT THE RACIAL RECONCILIATION MEETING ON MONDAY -- WAS IT TUESDAY EVENING? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: TUESDAY. >>LUIS VIERA: I WILL BE BRINGING UP THEIR MOTION TO FORWARD THAT WITH THE ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE FOLKS ARE HERE. OBVIOUSLY DURING NEW BUSINESS FOR THE PUBLIC'S INFO. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER VIERA, THIS IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY CHAIR. >>LUIS VIERA: I MOVE 7-14. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. FOR THE NEXT COMMITTEE COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON. HENDERSON HEN WE WILL PULL 18 AND 19. I AM AWARE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU GOT IT. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, CHAIR. FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, I MOVE ITEMS 15-17, AND ITEMS 15-27. 15 WAS REMOVED AS WELL? 15, 18, 19, THE ONES THAT WERE PULLED? >>LYNN HURTAK: 15 WAS REMOVED. WE ALREADY TOOK IT OFF. >>GWEN HENDERSON: 16, 17, 20-27. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON. SECONDED BY CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. SO COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, YOU HAD PULLED 18 AND 19 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE AND DISCUSSION. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. THE REASON I WANT TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION THIS IS A FEDERAL APPROACH I CAN'T YIGS OF $2 MILLION. BUT WHEN -- APPROPRIATION OF $2 MILLION. I ASKED MR. ROGERO, A REIMBURSABLE GRANT. WE DO NOT HAVE $2 MILLION SITTING IN THE BANK RIGHT NOW TO SPEND ON A PROJECT. I ASKED WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE DON'T GET REIMBURSEMENT. BASICALLY WE WILL HAVE TO STOP THE PROJECT AND DISCUSS IT AMONG OURSELVES IF THIS IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO CONTINUE. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS QUITE A FEW OF THESE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW. AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL NEED TO START TALKING ABOUT AND THAT IS THE REASON I PULLED THIS. NEXT WEEK DURING THE WORKSHOP SESSION, WE ARE HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT BONDING AND WE ARE HAVING A CONVERSATION OF THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE LEFT OVER FROM FY 2024. I WANT TO HIGHLY, HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU GO THROUGH THE MONTHLY REPORT WE JUST GOT WHICH IS ACTUALLY A QUARTERLY REPORT. IT IS KIND OF THICK. BUT IT HAS SOME REALLY GOOD INFORMATION ABOUT POSSIBLE PROPERTY TAX DECREASES, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT ARE DOUBLING, AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL WILL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT NEXT WEEK. I AM PARTICULARLY CONCERNED BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PROJECT, BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY? WHERE ARE WE GOING TO FIND $2 MILLION? I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON FOLKS' RADAR, BECAUSE IF WE SIGN A CONTRACT WITH A COMPANY TO DO THIS WORK, WILL WE STILL HAVE TO PAY THEM? AND MR. ROGERO SAID HE WILL STILL HAVE TO ASK LEGAL ABOUT THAT BUT CONCERNS ME AND IT SHOULD CONCERN ALL OF US. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH 18 AND 19. >>LYNN HURTAK: I DON'T KNOW. UP I THINK IT IS AN IMPORTANT PROJECT BECAUSE IT WORKS TORT STORMWATER. WE MAY END UP BEARING THE BURDEN -- THIS IS JUST A STUDY. NOT OUT OF COMES OUT OF THIS. THE STUDY WILL BE MORE OR WHAT ACTUALLY COMES OUT OF IT. I WANTED TO BRING IT TO OUR ATTENTION NOW BECAUSE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN D.C. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. SHELBY, COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MY SUGGESTION IS ALL THESE ITEMS YOU ARE HOLDING FOR DISCUSSION, CAN YOU TAKE IT OFF AFTER YOU FINISH THE CONSENT DOCKET. FINISH THE CONSENT. YOU PULL THEM FOR A SEPARATE VOTE IS ONE THING. IF YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE A POLICY DISCUSSION, PLEASE DO NOT DO IT WHILE YOU ARE HANDLING THE CONSENT DOCKET. >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT IS FINE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WILL HOLD 18 AND 19. NEXT UP COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK WITH ITEMS 28-36, BUT 36 WAS PULLED. >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT IS THE SAME THING. I APOLOGIZE. SAME THING, A POLICY DISCUSSION. I WILL MOVE ITEMS 28-35. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, 37 AND 38. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I MOVE 37 AND 38. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION AND IS A A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED. COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. 39-47. >>BILL CARLSON: I MOVE 39-47. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ITEMS 48. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. >>LUIS VIERA: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ITEM 49 HAS BEEN PULLED. NOW THAT WE HAVE DONE THE CONSENT AGENDA, CAN WE DISCUSS -- >>MARTIN SHELBY: ANY OTHER ITEMS. >>LYNN HURTAK: I AM FINE TALKING ABOUT THESE AFTER LUNCH, BUT I REALLY BELIEVE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO START TALKING ABOUT NOW. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AFTER LUNCH NOW. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MAY BE ABLE TO GET TO THEM BEFORE LUNCH. MR. ROGERO IS HERE. THE THING IS, MR. CHAIRMAN, AFTER YOU HAVE DONE THE CONSENT DOCKET TO GO BACK DO THOSE HIGH TICKET BUDGET ITEMS THAT YOU PULLED FROM THE STAFF REPORT FOR A VOTE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM 61. THERE WAS NO REQUEST FOR SOMEBODY HERE. CAN I GET A MOTION TO MOVE 61? >>LYNN HURTAK: I MOVE 61, 62, THE SUBSTITUTE FOR 63, 64. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MR. SHELBY, DO WE CONTINUE ON WITH 65? THIS IS REQUESTING STAFF TO BE HERE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: YOU HAVE THE SECOND READINGS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CAN I GET A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECONDED FROM CLENDENIN. LET ME CHECK HERE. OKAY. ITEMS -- WAIT. MIGHT AS WELL SWEAR EVERYBODY IN. IF YOU WERE GOING TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, PLEASE STAND, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE WILL SWEAR YOU IN. EVERYTHING 54 AND BEYOND. [SWEARING IN] >> I DO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THESES ARE NONQUASI-JUDICIAL AND START WITH ITEM 51. WAIT, IS STAFF HERE FOR 51. MR. SAMONS. >>ROSS SAMONS: ROSS SAMONS, ITEM 51 FILE NUMBERVAC-24-16. TO VACATE A PORTION OF HILLSBOROUGH RIVER SOUTH OF BIRD STREET, EAST OF 19th STREET AND WEST OF ROWLETT PARK DRIVE WITH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. SAMONS. THIS DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT FOR 51? YES, SIR, COME ON YOU UP. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. HARVEY HALBERN FOR THE APPLICANT. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD. EVERYONE IS APPRISED OF THE SITUATION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON 51. MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED. COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, READ 51. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ITEM NUMBER 51, FILE NUMBERVAC-24-16, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, VACATING, CLOSING DISCONTINUING AND ABANDONING THAT PORTION OF MULBERRY DRIVE, LOCATED NORTH OF HILLSBOROUGH RIVER, SOUTH OF BIRD STREET, EAST OF 19th STREET AND WEST OF ROWLETT PARK DRIVE WITHIN THE PLATS OF CATHERINE PARK AND FERN CLIFF SUBDIVISIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2 SUBJECT TO CERTAIN COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRIKESES MORE PARTICULARLY SET FORTH HERE IN, PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS, PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATIONS AND REREPEALING CONFLICTS. PROVIDING SEVERABILITY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>CLERK: MOTION CAR HEYS WITH HURTAK VOTING NO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM NUMBER 52. ITEM NUMBER 52. ANYBODY FROM A? >>ELAINE LUND: HELLO, ELAINE LUND, HISTORIC PRESERVATION STAFF HERE VIRTUALLY THIS MORNING. THIS ITEM IS AN ORDINANCE TO DESIGNATE THE DOBY HOUSE AT 1405 WEST AZEELE STREET AS A LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK. STAFF IS PLEASED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A COMPLETE PRESENTATION OF THIS ON THE FIRST READING AND I AM AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? APPLICANT FOR 52. YOU AND MR. FERNANDEZ. THERE WAS NO APPLICANT. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR 52. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO CLOSE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, READ ITEM 52. >>LUIS VIERA: I MOVE AN ORDINANCE FOR SECOND READING OF THE DOBY HOUSE LOCATED 1405 WEST AZEELE STREET, TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 3 HEREOF AS A LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ORDINANCES AND PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNAN UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM NUMBER 53, COUNCIL MEMBER MEMBERS CLENDENIN AND CARLSON OF MISSING AT VOTE. DID YOU REVIEW THE RECORD. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>JENNIFER MALONE: JENNIFER MALONE WITH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF. ITEM 53 A MAP AMENDMENT FROM RESIDENTIAL-20 TO COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35 AT 801 EAST 26th AVENUE. WE PROVIDED A COMPLETE INTERVIEW ON JANUARY 30. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS MALONE. >> RYAN IN,ANASSE WITH RYAN AND POPE DEVELOPER OF PLANNING. I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS BUT IF NOT, REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON 53. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO CLOSE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED? COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES, CHAIR. FILE NUMBER TA/CPA 24-12, ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT, FUTURE LAND USE MAP, FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 801 EAST 26th AVENUE, FROM RESIDENTIAL-20, R-20 TO COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35, CMU-35 PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING A AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OUR VOTES ARE NOT APPEARING ON THE CHART. BUT SHE DID SAY IT LOCALLY -- VERBALLY. ITEM 54. WE SWORN EVERYBODY. >>SAMUEL THOMAS: SAM THOMAS, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. 54, RE-25-12, REZONE 702 WEST COLUMBUS DRIVE, 2502 AND 2504 N. BOULEVARD AND FOLIO NUMBER 183355-0005, THE REQUEST IS REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY 06, COMMERCIAL GENERAL, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL, ALL NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL USES. JUST AS QUICK REFRESHER, THIS CASE WAS BEFORE YOU ON JANUARY 23. HOWEVER, IT BECAME A FIRST READING INSTEAD OF A SECOND READING BECAUSE THE APPLICANT NEEDED TO MAKE SOME ADDITIONAL REVISIONS TO THE SITE PLAN. AFTER WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO ADDRESS SOME CONCERNS, A GATE WAS ADDED ALONG THE ALLEY AND NOTES ADDED WITH EXTERIOR LIGHTING, CONSTRUCTION VEHICLE USE OF THE ALLEY, PAVEMENT WIDTH OF THE ALLEY, PRESERVING THE ROOTS OF THE GRAND TREE FROM A NEIGHBOR ADJACENT AND INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF THE GATE. AND I HIGHLIGHTED THOSE CHANGES FOR YOU HERE ON THE SITE PLAN. ALL REVISIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN? APPLICANT MR. MALLOY ROAR COME ON UP EVEN THOUGH I JUST SAID IT WILLIAM MALLOY, 325 SOUTH BOULEVARD. BACK HERE FOR THIS LOVELY CASE. FOLLOWING THIS TO ADD WITH WHAT SAM PRESENTED. I BELIEVE WE ARE AT COMPLETE PEACE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT NOW WHICH WE ARE HAPPY TO BE. I DO WANT TO THANK THIS COUNCIL, BECAUSE ABOUT A MONTH AGO WE WERE ON LIFE SUPPORT HERE. AND YOUR DIRECTION AND PROBABLY SCOLDING THAT PROBABLY GOT US TO WHERE WE NEEDED TO BE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN? ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON 54. MOTION DO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, 54. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MOVE FILE NUMBER REZ-25-12. ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, OOSHD ON IN REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 0672 WEST COLUMBUS DRIVE, 2502 AND 2504 N. BOULEVARD AND FOLIO NUMBER 183355.0005 IN CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, IS SECTION 1 ARE ZONING DISTRICT RS-60 TO CG, AND PD AND PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL USES. PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION AND A SECOND. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CONGRATULATION ON A GOOD PROJECT. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM NUMBER 55 AND THEN THERE IS A RESOLUTION FOLLOWING THAT. YES, SIR. >>SAMUEL THOMAS: SAM THOMAS, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM NUMBER 55, REZ-24-52, REZONE 205, 207 AND 209 EAST COLUMBUS DRIVE. 2301, 03 AND 07 AND 15 NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE AND 204 AND 206 EAST AMELIA AVENUE AND THE FROM RM-24 TO PD AND CI. JUST AS THE CASE BEFORE, THIS WAS BEFORE YOU ON JANUARY 23 FOR SECOND READING. THAT BECAME A FIRST READING AGAIN IN ORDER FOR THE APPLICANT TO MAKE SOME REVISIONS TO THE SITE PLAN TO ADDRESS SOME CONCERNS THE SITE PLAN SHOWS THE ADDITIONAL RETAIL ADDED AND UPDATES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. ADDITIONALLY, A NOTE WAS ADDED TO THE SITE PLAN REGARDING THE RETAIL IS SQUARE FOOTAGE AND THE BUILDING HEIGHT WILL NOT BE CHANGED. ALL THOSE REVISIONS HAVE BEEN GREETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE. AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM. >>GWEN HENDERSON: JUST A QUICK QUESTION. I REMEMBER THE CHANGE WAS REALLY THEY JUST TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF THE LOBBY AND MADE MORE RETAIL SPACE. THAT WAS THE ACTUAL CHANGE. CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT? >>SAMUEL THOMAS: YES, MA'AM, SO THEY INCREASED THE RETAIL SQUARE FOOTAGE UP FROM 4500 TO 5500 SQUARE FEET. THEY MADE THAT CHANGE ON THE SITE PLAN TO INCREASE THE RETAIL SQUARE FOOTAGE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: BY 500 SQUARE FEET? >>SAMUEL THOMAS: 1,000 SQUARE FEET. >>GWEN HENDERSON: 1,000, THANK YOU. >>SAMUEL THOMAS: UP DATED THAT THERE, THERE, AND THE CHANGE NOTE THAT THE SQUARE FOOT AND OF THE RETAIL COULD NEVER BE CONVERTED TO RESIDENTIAL USES. >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY. THANK YOU. >>SAMUEL THOMAS: YES, MA'AM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. HUDSON, COME ON UP. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. TYLER HUDSON, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE. I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD TO SAM'S SNUR ROW OVE-- THOROUGH OVERVIE >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO CLOSE AND -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I HAVE TO ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO CLOSE AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON 55. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO CLOSE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. BEFORE WE READ IT. COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, GO AHEAD. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THIS WAS A DIFFICULT ONE FOR ME AS I SAID IN THE FIRST READING WHEN I VOTED AGAINST IT AND CHANGED ON THE SECOND ONE AFTER THE APPLICANT CAME BACK WITH -- WITH -- I MEAN, REALLY A VERY SMALL CONCESSION WHICH IS PART OF THE REASON YOU SEE SOME OF THE NO VOTES ON THIS. BUT I DID WANT -- AGAIN, I KIND OF JUST TILTED A LITTLE BIT IN FAVOR OF THIS, BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A CONSEQUENTIAL PROJECT. AND THE AMOUNT OF HOUSING BEING PROVIDED AND THE QUALITY OF THE PROJECT WAS GOOD. SO I WOULD RATHER HAVE SEEN A MORE TRADITIONAL-LOOKING MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT IN THIS. AND I THINK WHY I WANT TO SAY THIS BECAUSE FOLKS WHO ARE LISTENING, WHEN YOU ARE COMING TO US ON THE KEY TRANSIT CORRIDORS, KEY INTERSECTIONS AND CORRIDORS, HOW WE ENVISION WHAT THE CITY OF TAMPA WILL LOOK LIKE LIKE. MUCH MORE MIXED DEVELOPMENT AND THE SERVICE COMPONENT AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTIAL. AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND COME FORWARD WITH PROJECTS, WE ARE GOING TO EXPECT MORE. AND, AGAIN, I AM -- I AM OKAY WITH THIS ONE. BUT -- WE I SAY BARELY, I MEAN BY A HAIR -- BY A HAIR I AM BARELY OKAY WITH THIS. I WOULD RATHER SEE MORE. BUT I WILL SAY YES TO THIS ONE BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF RESIDENCES. QUALITY CONSTRUCTION. WOULD I WOULD -- IF IT WAS MY PROJECT, WOULD I LIKE TO SEE IT A LITTLE BETTER, WHY HE, BUT I WILL VOTE YET. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK AND HENDERSON. >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT IS WHY I AM VOTING NO. SUCH AN IMPORTANT CORNER. EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU PASS THAT BUILDING, IT WILL BE A REGRET. THAT IS WHY I HAVE TO BE SO VOCAL ABOUT THIS. BECAUSE THE ONE -- THE PROJECT THAT WE JUST APPROVED FOR SECOND READING WENT BACK AND WORKED AND GOT IT RIGHT. AND THAT -- EVEN THOUGH IT IS A SHORTER AND SMALLER DEVELOPMENT, WILL BE REMEMBERED AS A MUCH BETTER DEVELOPMENT. IT WILL. IT IS NOT EVEN REMOTELY CLOSE. BECAUSE THAT BUILDING FITS IN WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE OTHER ONE IS FITTING A SUBURBAN-TYPE DEVELOPMENT INTO AN URBAN CORE. I DON'T EVEN THINK THERE IS REMOTELY A HAIR. A HUGE LEAP. VASTLY DIFFERENT. I COULDN'T DISAGREE WITH YOU MORE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU. I AM NOT GOING TO REPEAT WHAT COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK SAID BECAUSE I GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK FOR ME, THIS IS TRULY A MISSED OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THIS PROPERTY LITERALLY DOES SIT IN THE COMMUNITY OF TAMPA HEIGHTS. AND WHEN IT INITIALLY WAS PRESENTED ABOUT STOREFRONT, YOU KNOW, I WAS DISAPPOINTED WHEN ONLY LESS THAN -- THE 5,000 SQUARE FEET CAME BACK AND THAT IS WHAT WE VERBALIZED BECAUSE IT IS SITTING IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREA ON A TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR THAT MAKES IT WALKABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY BUT NOT MUCH THERE IN THE 5,000 SQUARE FEET. AND WE CLEARLY INDICATED THAT. AND SO TO COME BACK AND A I CAN A LITTLE BIT OF THE LOBBY, YOU KNOW, TO TRY TO SATISFY US. IT WAS REALLY, FOR ME DISINGENUOUS AND I CANNOT SUPPORT IT FOR THAT REASON. IT IS NOT ENOUGH THERE FOR THE COMMUNITY. BECAUSE YOU ARE ASKING FOR SO MUCH. YES, THERE WAS A STEP DOWN BECAUSE OF THE BACK NEIGHBORS PROPERTY. THAT WASN'T ENOUGH. MISSED OPPORTUNITY WAS THE STOREFRONT MAKING IT ACCESSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY AND I AM JUST DISAPPOINTED. THAT IS WHY I CAN'T SUPPORT IT. SO I AGREE WITH COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK AS WELL. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER PROJECT, WHICH I ACTUALLY FLIPFLOPPED ON IF YOU ALL REMEMBER. AND IT WAS VERY SPECIFIC THAT I DID THAT, BECAUSE IT FORCED A THEM TO GO BACK AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMUNITY AND CLEAN UP THAT ONE PIECE THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT. THIS IS NO DIFFERENT FROM THAT. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ 55? >>BILL CARLSON: NUMBER 55, FILE NUMBER REZ-24-52, ORDINANCE FOR SECOND READING ADOPTION, ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY GENERAL HAVE I SIN SEE OF 205, 207 AND 209 EAST COLUMBUS DRIVE. 2301, 2303, 2307, 2315 NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE, 204 AND 206 EAST AMELIA AVENUE AND FOLIO NUMBER 191272-000 IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED THIS SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RM-24 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY AND CI COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH MIRANDA, HENDERSON AND HURTAK VOTING NO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHO WISHES TO MOVE THE REVIEWINGS. >>LUIS VIERA: SO MOVED. >>BILL CARLSON: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA AND SECOND FROM CARLSON. DO WE DO IT OR DO A ROLL CALL. >>LYNN HURTAK: NO. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>GWEN HENDERSON: NO. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>CLERK: MOTION VOTED YES WITH HURTAK, HENDERSON AND MIRANDA VOTING NO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: FOR ITEMS 56 AND 57, DID YOU VERY VIEW THE RE RECORD. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SIR, YOU ARE UNMUTED. LEO, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. NO, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. IF HE MUTED ON HIS END. IT IS ON YOUR END. CAN YOU HEAR US? >> YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NOW WE GOT YOU. GO AHEAD. >> SORRY ABOUT THAT. GOOD MORNING, LEO DEBARDELEBEN. LOCATED AT 1901 EAST 67th AVENUE, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE, LARGE VENUE, BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR FOR CONSUMPTION ON PREMISE AND PACKAGE SALES OFF PREMISE. SITE PLAN MODIFICATION REQUIRED BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE. PLAN CERTIFIED AND A COPY AVAILABLE TO THE CLERK AND I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS. >> COLON RICE. WEST CASS. I HAVE BEEN SWORN. WITH LEO, TO CLARIFY, NO PACKAGE SALES BEING PROPOSED. JUST WANT TO MAKE IT ALL CLEAR. NO PACKAGE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> I AM AVAIL AFFORDABLE I DIDN'T QUESTIONS. REVISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE AND SUBMITTED AND I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: THIS IS THE ONE WITH THE RESTAURANT ON THE ROOF. >> YES, MA'AM. >>LYNN HURTAK: WAS THAT ADDED TO THE SITE PLAN, THE HOURS. >> I CAN SHOW YOU THE CONDITIONS IF YOU WOULD LIKE. >>LYNN HURTAK: I WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK. I CAN ASK LEO AS WELL. BUT, OKAY, I APPRECIATE IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYTHING ELSE. IF NOT, ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON 56? A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED .COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK -- >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I -- YOU WANT ME TO DO IT AFTER THE MOTION. I WANT TO SAY I REVIEWED THE RECORD OF IT. STAFF FOUND IT INCONSISTENT BECAUSE OF THE 250-SETBACK. AND WE WAIVED IT. IF THIS WAS -- YBOR IS A NEIGHBORHOOD. IT IS A COMMUNITY. AND WE WOULD NOT ALLOW THIS DENSITY OF -- OF ALCOHOL LICENSE WITHIN ANY OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD, SO I AM GOING TO VOTE NO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU, FILE NUMBER SNOWFALLAB 2-24-46, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ABORTION TAMPA SPECIAL USE PERMIT SU-2 FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES LARGE VENUE CONSUMPTIONS ON-PREMISE ONLY AND MAKING LAWFUL THE SALE OF RECORDING OF BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR ON THAT CERTAIN LOT, PLOT OR TRACT OF LAND LOCATED 1901 EAST 7th AVENUE, TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION, ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT ARE REPEALED. REPEALING AB 1-16-28 PROVIDING BE A EFFECTIVE DATE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MURPHY AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. PLEASE ROD YOUR VOTE. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIES CAN WARMSON VOTING NO. >>LEO DEBARDELEBEN: THANK YOU, COUNCIL. DEBARDELEBEN, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM 57, AB 2-24-49 FOR THE PROPERTY AT 2501 WEST BUSCH BOULEVARD. REQUEST FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES, SMALL VENUE CLASSIFICATION FOR BEER AND WINE CONSUMPTION ON-PREMISES ONLY. SITE PLAN MODIFICATIONS BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING AND CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE AND THE PLAN HAS BEEN CERTIFIED AND PROVIDED TO THE CLERK AND I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPLICANT. MR. HUDSON. >> TYLER HUDSON FOR THE RECORD. LEO SAID IT AS WELL. HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, THANKS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. >> ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISHES TO SPEAK. MOTION BY MR. CLENDENIN. AND SECONDED BY MR. MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ITEM NUMBER 57. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ITEM FILE NUMBERAB 2-24-49, ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION ORDINANCE APPROVING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT SU-2 FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES SMALL VENUE ONLY FOR A CERTAIN LOT, PLOT OR TRACT OF LAND LOCATED 2501 WEST BUSCH BOULEVARD AND UNIT NUMBER 5A TAMPA, FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2 PROVIDING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT BE REPEAL. PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>LUIS VIERA: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. >>LYNN HURTAK: CAN I TALK ABOUT THAT -- WE HAVE 15 MINUTES. IS IT OKAY IF I BRING UP THE REST OF THE STUFF NOW. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE 58 AND 59. LET'S SEE HOW WE DO WITH THIS. 58. MR. BRODY. >>CARL BRODY: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. CARL BRODY, LEGAL DEPARTMENT. HERE FOR FIRST READING ON AN ORDINANCE CREATING A BE EVENT ZONE FOR THE FINAL FOUR EVENT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, TONY MULKEY, DIRECT HE OF PARKS AND REC ARE HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. SHELBY, TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THESE ITEMS. >>MARTIN SHELBY: COUNCIL MADE A MOTION TO OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT INDIVIDUALLY ON FIRST READINGS AS WELL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. MULKEY, ANYTHING TOED TO. >>TONY MULKEY: TONY MULKEY, PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE SIMILAR TO NATIONAL EVENTS THAT ESTABLISH GUIDELINES FOR ACTIVATION OF THE PUBLIC SPACE AROUND THE TIME OF THE EVENT. TO PROTECT CONSUMER AND PROTECT THE EVENTS COMING IN FROM AMBUSH MARKETING, COUNTERFEIT MERCHANDISE, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT GET ATTRACTED DURING THIS. A LOT OF IT IS REINFORCE WHAT IS ALREADY ON THE BOOKS, BUT JUST KIND OF CLARIFYING PROCEDURES FOR ANY KIND OF OTHER EVENTS THAT WANT TO COME IN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON 58. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO CLOSE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED. COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: MOVE AN ORDINANCE FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION. ORDINANCE DESIGNATING TAMPA AS AN EVENT JOAN TO REGULATE ACTIVITIES APRIL 2, 2025 THROUGH APRIL 7, 2025 IN PREPARATION FOR HOSTING THE 2025 NCAA WOMEN'S FINAL FOUR DESIGNATING GUY GRAPHIC BOUNDARIES DATES AND TIMES FOR THE EVENT ZONE, REGULATING AND PROHIBITING TEMPORARY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, TENTS, SIGNAGE AND COMMERCIAL PROMOTION AND THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND PROVIDING FOR INSPECTIONS AND PERMITS. PRO RIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION MARCH 27, TO 2025 AT 10 OKAY A.M. AT CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 05 E. KENNEDY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM 59 SAYS SEE ITEM 71 THAT TALKS ABOUT FRANKLIN STREET. YES, MA'AM. COME ON UP. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. EMMA GREGORY WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT. I HAVE THE PARKING DIRECTOR HERE. TODAY WE ARE HERE FOR ITEM 59. THIS IS A PROPOSE ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING TO AMEND SECTION 15-104 TO INCLUDE THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD AREA. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO ITEM NUMBER 71 WHICH IS COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK'S MOTION. IT DOES EXACTLY WHAT THE MOTION HAS REQUESTED. SO WE ARE HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. MENTESNOT FREDERICK. >> PARKING DIVISIONS MANAGER. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE 1,000 PHONE CALLS FROM MY OFFICE. MY AIDE BRINGS YOUR NAME UP ALL THE TIME AND YOU ARE SUPER, SUPER HELPFUL. THANK YOU FOR BEING SO HELPFUL TO ANY CONSTITUENT ISSUES. YOU ARE ALWAYS THERE. I APPRECIATE THAT. COUNCILMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS. THIS IS THIS ALSO THE ENTIRE ONE WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER OR JUST THIS SPECIFIC ONE? >> THIS IS JUST -- CITY OF TAMPA PARKING DIVISION. THIS IS SPECIFIC TO ADDING THE FRANKLIN STREET. >>LYNN HURTAK: THE OTHER CONVERSATION WILL COME UP LATER. >> YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: I APPRECIATE YOU MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE REST OF THE PARKING CHANGES COMING FORWARD THAT WILL ALSO HELP OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR. >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD LIKE TO THANK FRED AND STAFF AND COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK FOR FINDING THE SOLUTION. IT WAS HEARTBREAKING STORY IN THIS SITUATION. AND THIS IS A GREAT SOLUTION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC -- COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON? >>GWEN HENDERSON: KUDOS. >>LYNN HURTAK: READY TO READ. >>GWEN HENDERSON: KUDOS BECAUSE YOU CAME UP WITH A SOLUTION AND I REALLY APPRECIATED, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT IS A WIN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON 59? A MOTION TO CLOSE? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO CLOSE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES, CHAIR, I MOVE FILE NUMBER E 2025-8 CHAPTER 15. ORDINANCE FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION. ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, RELATED TO CHAPTER 15, PARKING, ARTICLE II, REGULATIONS, PERMITS, PENALTIES AMENDING 15-104, RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT ONLY PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED? >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIES WITH VIERA BEING ABSENT AT VOTE. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION MARCH 27, 2025 AT 10:00 A.M. IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS 315 E. KENNEDY, THIRD FLOOR, FLORIDA, FLORIDA, 33602. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: RESOLVES ITEM 71 ON YOUR AGENDA. >>LYNN HURTAK: MOVE ITEM 71. >>GWEN HENDERSON: SECOND. >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY, THEN NEVER MIND. >>LYNN HURTAK: RECEIVE AND FILE ITEM 71. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION AND A SECOND TO RECEIVE AND FILE 71. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. I HAVE A PROM SIGNIFICANCES FOR YOU. IF WE BREAK FOR LUNCH NOW, CAN WE START UP AT 1:30 WITH YOUR ITEMS THAT WERE PULLED. BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE WILL GET IT DONE IN NINE MINUTES. >>LYNN HURTAK: GIVING YOU A WORKOUT TODAY. I APOLOGIZE. BUT WAIT HERE. I WILL TALK TO YOU IN JUST A SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BEFORE WE BREAK FOR LUNCH, SAM WHO WAS JUST HERE IS ALSO HAVING A BIRTHDAY. >>LYNN HURTAK: WOW! >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WISH EVERYBODY WHO IS HAVING A BIRTHDAY. WE ARE IN RECESS UNTIL 1:230.