>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER. I YIELD TO COUNCILMAN CITRO FOR TODAY'S INVOCATION. COUNCILMAN CITRO. >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. TODAY'S INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY PASTOR GABRIEL MORGAN. HE IS THE PASTOR OF THE ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH ON CENTRAL AVENUE HERE IN TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND OF FAITH LUTHERAN ON NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE. HE IS A GRADUATE OF UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IN NEW YORK CITY RECEIVING THE MASTERS OF DIVINITY DEGREE THERE AND HOLDS A DOCTORATE OF PHILOSOPHY FROM THE SEMINARY IN PHILADELPHIA. HE IS ORIGINALLY FROM TAMPA. HE IS ALSO AN ALUM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA -- GO BULLS -- WITH A BACHELORS IN PHILOSOPHY. HE AND HIS WIFE LIVE IN SOUTHEAST SEMINOLE HEIGHTS. STSTOR, ARE YOU WITH US? >> YES, I AM. >>JOSEPH CITRO: IF WE CAN ALL PLEASE RISE AND REMAIN STA STANDING. GO AHEAD, PASTOR. >> THANK YOU, LET US PRAY. MOST HOLY GOD, SEND YOUR SPIRIT OF WISDOM WHICH IS KNOWN TO THE PEOPLES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND THROUGHOUT HISTORY. SPIRIT TO GUIDE THE DELIBERATIONS OF THIS BODY IN MATTERS BOTH GREAT AND SMALL. A SPIRIT WHICH SOWS WITHIN US DERERE TO SERVE EACH OTHER AS CHRIST WASHED THE FEET OF HIS OWN STUDENTS. AND A READINESS TO YIELD TO THE NEEDS OF OTHERS AND NOT INSIST ON OUR OWN WAY. SEND THAT SPIRIT OF WISDOM NOW TO GUIDE EVERYONE HERE AS THEY SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE MEMBERS AND RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, THOSE WHO ADVICE KNIT OUR AREA FOR TOURISM OR FOR VISITING WITH FAMILY DURING THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, AND FOR ALL THOSE WHO MAY PASS THROUGH. IT IS IN THE NAME OF THE HOLY ONE THAT I PRAY. AMEN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AMEN. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH PASTOR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHAT A GREAT MOUSTACHE. >>JOSEPH CITRO: ISN'T IT. >> THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ROLL CALL PLEASE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE. >>BILL CARLSON: HERE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HERE. >>JOSEPH CITRO: : HERE. >>CLERK: MIRANDA AND MANISCALCO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE. >>CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD WITH THE THING. >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL. MARTIN SHELBY, THE CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY. THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 2021. WE AS OLD CITY HALL IN TAMPA. AND THIS IS DURING THE COVID-19 STATE OF EMERGENCY. THIS MEETING IS BEING CONDUCTED WITH A LIVE, IN-PERSON QUORUM OF T CITY COUNCIL PRESENT IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS; HOWEVER, IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY THROUGH VIDEO TELECONFERENCING REFERRED TO BY FLORIDA STATUTE AND RULES AS COMMUNICATION MEDIA TECHNOLOGY. THESE MEETINGS ARE HELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EMERGENCY RULES OF PROCEDURES ADOPTED BY RESOLUTION 2020-225 AND AMENDED BY RESOLUTION 2020-490, AND 2 2021-241. THE PUBLIC AND CITIZENS OF TAMPA ARE ABLE TO WATATCH, LISTN AND VIEW THIS MEETING ON SPECTRUM 640 AND FRONTIER CHANNEL 14 AND LIVE ON THE INTERNET AT TAMPA.GOV/LIVE STREAM. THERE HAVE BEEN WAYS FOR THE PUBLIC TO COMMUNICATE. ALTERNATIVE METHODS TO COMMUNICATE WITH CITY COUNCIL AMONG THEM TO SPEAK REMOTELY DURING PUBLIC COMMENT WHICH REQUIRES PREREGISTRATION AND THAT IS TO -- TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY COUNCIL'S WEB PAGE AT TAMPA.GOV/CITYCOUNCIL, ONE WORD. ALSO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO DO NOT HAVE A ACCESS TO A COMMUNICATION MEDIA DEVICE HAVE THE OPTION OF PARTICIPATING CMT WHICH IS MADE AVAILABLE BY THE CITY OF TAMPA DURING THIS MEETING AT OLD CITY HALL 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD ON THE SECOND FLOOR. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE USE OF MASKS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING IN THE BUILDING ARE REQUIRED. NOW COUNCIL, WITH REGARD TO THE QUASI JUDICIAL HEARINGS THAT ARE BEING HELD TODAY, THOSE INSTRUCTIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PARTICIPATING ALSO THROUGH THE CITY'S -- CITY COUNCIL'S WEB PAGE SITE. COUNCIL, THE -- THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN WRITTEN -- THE WRITTEN COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO COUNCIL ARE MADE AVAILABLE AND AS WELL THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TIMELY TO THE COUNCILMEMBERS AND MADE PART OF THE PERMANENT MEETING OF QUASI JUDICIAL MATTERS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION THROUGH THE WEB PAGE. AND COUNCNCILUBUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED TIMELY BY MAIL, E- E-MAIL, WEB OR VIA CMT WILL BE AFFORDED EQUAL CONSIDERATION AS IF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS WERE MADE IN PERSON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHTY. COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WITH REGARD TO THE AGENDA, I APOLOGIZE IF THIS WAS LATE-BREAKING NEWS YESTERDAY -- YESTERDAY LATE AFTERNOON. ITEM 45, WHICH IS THE -- THE REVISED AUDIT ORDINANCE. I PROROVID D MI G GRISS WITH SOME OF MY WRITTEN COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND I DON'T THINK SHE HAS ANY OBJECTION WITH WE CONTINUE THIS FOR ONE MORE MONTH TO BANG OUT SOME OF THOSE DETAILS. SO THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION ON THE -- ON THE AGENDA. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS FOR MAY 6 AND PUT UNDER STAFF REPORT, COR CORRECT? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES, SIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON. ALL IN FAVOR. OPOPPODD? YES SIR? >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WASN'T HERE FROM THE BEGINNING. I WAS SPEAKING TO SOMEBODY. I WANT TO SAY THAT I DON'T THINK WE MENTIONED CAPTAIN MICHAEL ANYONE FROM WHO PASSED ON FROM TAMPA POLICE DEPA DEPARTMENT. OF COURSE HIS WIFE -- JUST GOOD PEOPLE. AND CAPTAIN FLYNN PASSED ON ABOUT -- PROBABLY TWO WEEKS OR SO AGO. BUT I JUST -- I JUST INFORMALLY WANTED TO SEND OUT COUNCIL'S CONDOLENCES TO THIS LAW ENFORCEMENT FAMILY AND TOTO T FAMILY AND LOVED ONES OF CAPTAIN ANYONE FROM. HE WAS A GREAT PUBLIC SERVANT AND A GREAT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND JUST OUR CONDOLENCES, THAT'S ALL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I HAVE A QUESTION HERE FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT ON ITEM NUMBER 44 TO CONTINUE THIS I ITEM. WHO HERE IS FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO TALK ABOUT ITEM 44? >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I CAN, MR. CHAIRMAN. JUST TO LOOK AT -- I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY IS HERE, BUT JUST TO REMIND COUNCIL THERE WAS A MEM DPRUM CAROLE POST REQUESTING CONTINUANCE TO MAY 27. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I SEE IT HERE. MAY 27. CAN I HAVE A MOTION. MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO. ALL IN FAVOR. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, ONE MORE ITEM IF I CAN. WITH REGARD TO THE STAFF REPORTS FOR THE AFTERNOON, SOME OF THEM ARE ON THE AGENDA PURSUANT TO COUNCIL'S RULES -- COUNCIL'S MOTION REGARDING THE DOLLAR AMOUNT. ARE THERE ANY RECEIVED OR FILED MEMORANDUM THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED ON ANY OF THE ITEMS THAT WON'T REQUIRE STAFF SO THEY CAN BE EXCUSED FOR T DAY? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE IEM 41, 42. THOSE ARE MULTIMILLION DOLLAR ITEMS. WE HAVE A MEMO FROM -- FROM BRAD BAIRD ON ITEM 42. DO YOU NEED HIM -- ANYBODY NEED HIM ON THE LINE? HEARING NONE, THEN WE WON'T WORRY ABOUT 42 AND WE CAN RECEIVE AND FILE THAT -- THAT MEMO. WE HAVE CHIEF TRIPP WITH A WRITTEN REPORTN N 43. DO WE NEED CHIEF TRIPP ON LINE FOR THAT? COUNCILMAN VIERA? WE WILL LEAVE HER THERE. ITEM 46. AND ITEM 47, WE WILL GET TO THOSE AT THAT TIME. AND FOR ITEM 41, REGARDING THESE $11 MILLION IN FEDERAL COVID FUNDS. SO THERE IS -- THERE IS NO MEMO ON THAT. SO WE WILL JUST LEAVE IT AS IT IS IF THERE IS NOT ANYTHING ELSE, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ADDENDUM AND THE AGENDA. >>JOSEPH CITRO: SO MOVED. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER ONE IS MY ITEM SO I WILL PASS THE GAVEL OVER TO CHAIR PRO-TEM CITRO. THIS IS GOING TO BE DONE VIRTUALLY. I DO HAVE AN ACTUAL COMMENDATION PLAQUE BUT -- THERE WE GO. MR. VIK BHIDEDE TO ACCEPT THIS COMMENDATION ON BEHALF OF MR. PETE BRETT. I AM JUST GOING TO READ THIS QUICKLY. IN HONOR OF MR. PETE BRETT, CITY OF TAMPA PRESENTS THIS COMMENDATION FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS DISTINCTIVE CONTRIBUTIONS AND PROVIDE CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO COMPLEX TRANSPORTATION AND STORMWATER ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT AFTER NINE YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITY OF TAMPA AND ITS RESIDENTS. YOUR EXPERIENCE, LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE RESULTED IN THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF MANY KE. MAYOR BRIGHT LIGHT, STREET NIGHT PROGRAM, IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, RESTRUCTURING THE BRIDGE OPERATIONS, PROGRAMS, THE C CITY'S FIRST BRIDGE MAINTENANCE, $500,000 CONTRACT, SEAWALL STABILIZATION PROJECT, VARIOUS STORMWATER AND TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, MANAGEMENT OF MULTIBILLION DOLLAR BUDGETS, DECENTRALIZATION OF THE FLEET DIVISION, PLANNING THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT DIVISION, YARD EXPANSION MASTERFULLY IMPLEMENTING THE HANNA STREET AND TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS. AND SERVING IN YOUR MOST RECENT LEADERSHIP AS DIRECTOR OF THE LOGISTICS AND ASSET MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT WAS ALSO KEY TO THE CITY OF TAMPA'S FORWARD PROGRESS. IT IS WITH MREVSHTURE THAT WE THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL PRESENT WITH YOU THIS WELL EARNED COMMENDATION ON THE FIRST DAY OF APRIL 2021 AND WISH YOU HEALTH AND HAPPINESS IN YOUR FORTHCOMING RETIREMENT. ON BEHALF OF MR. PETE BRETT, VIK BHIDE TO ACCEPT THIS COMMENDATION. ANYTHING FROM COUNCICILMBEBERS? >>JOSEPH CITRO: I MAY, MR. CHAIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR. >>JOSEPH CITRO: PETE, ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE. TAMPA HAS BEEN MOVING SO RAPIDLY IN ITS GROWTH AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE SAFE IN THIS CITY. THANK YOU, PETE, FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE THE LAST NINE YEARS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. VIK BHIDE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING SIR? >>VIK BHIDE: YES, SIR, VIK BHIDE, DIRECTOR OF MOBILITY DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND COUNCIL. WHILE PETE COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY, I KNOW THAT HE IS VERY HONORED TO RECEIVE THIS RECOGNITION AND COMMENDATION. PETE IS ALWAYS CHAMPIONED EFFICIENCY AND PROCESS. AND HE BROUGHT BETTER EFFICIENCY TO EVERYTHING THAT WE DID AND, YOU KNOW, YOU READ OUT THE LONG LIST OF HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS. I WILL JUST ADD BY SAYING THAT HE HAS H A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OF THE PEOPLE HE WORKED WITH, BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY AND HE HAS PASSED ON THE BATON TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERSHIP WITH MISS FELINA AND WE ALL WISH PETE ALL THE BEST. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHTY, THAT CONCLUDES ITEM NUMBER ONE. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS COUNCILMAN MIRANDA FOR A PRESENTATION OF COMMENDATION. I BELIEVE COUNCILMAN MIRANDA WAS GOING DOWN TO THE SECOND FLOOR. SO IF WE COULD GO TO THE KIOSK. HE SHOULD BE THERE. ALL RIGHT. ONE PERSON. THERE HE IS. GO AADAD. COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. WE ARE MUTED ON -- AT THE KI KIOSK. IF WE CAN UNMUTE. THERE WE ARE. GO AHEAD, SIR. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE COUNCILMEMBERS. MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS MORNING WITH A YOUNG LADY WHO HAS DONE A YEOMAN'S JOB FOR THE CITY FOR 44 YEARS. YOU KNOW NUMBER 44 IS ALSO VERY FAMOUS NUMBER THAT WAS USED BY ONE OF THE NICST GUYS TO EVER PICK UP A BASEBALL BAT, GLOVE AND A BALL. AND HE BROKE HOME RUN RECORD NAME HANK AARON AND SHE BROKE EVERY RECORD THAT I CAN THINK OF BECAUSE SHE IS THE LONGEST SERVING CITY EMPLOYEE EVER IN THE ARCHIVES OF THE CITY OF TAMPA AND THE RECORDS DEPARTMENT DIVISION. SHE IS THE LONGEST SERVING MEMBER OF THAT DEPARTMENT. SO SHE IS HISTORIC FOR HERSELF AND WHAT SHE HAS DONE WITH THAT NUMBER 44. NOT TO MENTION THAT FOR OVER FOUR DECADES, SHE HAS REPRESENTED ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS, ALL THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, AND SHE DID THAT UNDER WHAT? SESEVE MORORS. YOU DESERVE SEVEN MEDALS JUST FOR THAT. [ LAUGHTER ] AND I TELL YOU, IT'S AN HONOR FOR ME AND HONOR FOR THE COUNCIL TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU, JUDY LARRY-POOLE. IT IS A PLEASURE TO SEE SOMEONE WHO HAS DONE THE JOB AND WHO IS TENURE AND CHANGED WITH SOCIETY AS THE INVENTIONS WERE INVENTED APPROXIMATELY. LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. EVERYTHING THAT STARTED MICROFILMED. WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT. >> THEY GOT RID OF THE MICRO FILM. >>CHARLIE MIRARAND BU THEY DIDN'T GET RID OF YOU. THAT'S WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. OUR OPTIMISM AND WILLINGNESS TO CHANGE AND LEARN TECHNOLOGY WAS MADE YOU PART OF THAT UNDERSTANDING INDIVIDUAL BUT BESIDE THAT, WHAT IS INSIDE YOUR HEART AND WILLINGNESS TO PARTICIPATE AND HELP PEOPLE. AND THAT IS WHAT LIFE IS ALL ABOUT. JUST MORE THAN THIS COMMENDATION FROM THE COUNCIL, IT IS THE MANNERISM OF WHICH YOU TOOK THOSE 44 YEARS AND DID SOMETHING WITH THEM. YOU HELPED THE CITY CHANGE. YOU HELPED THE PEOPLE WITH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND YOU HAD TREMENDOUS ASSISTANCE IN HELPING OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE COME UP T THRGHGHOUT RANKS. SO IT IS JUST MORE THAN A COMMENDATION FROM US. BUT FROM THE HEART OF EACH COUNCILMEMBER. THE HEART OF THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR 44 YEARS. CONGRATULATIONS. WE LOVE YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: GO ON. THE MIC IS YOURS. >> IT WAS HARD, BUT I GOT THROUGH IT. AND CHANGING OVER FROM ONE THING TO THE OTHER, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW HARD THAT WAS. AND THEN TO HAVE CHILDREN AND STILL CONTINUE TO WORK AS I D DID. TT I JUST LOVE THE COMPANY THAT I WORK FOR SO MUCH. THAT EVEN WHEN I WAS SICK, I STILL WANTED TO COME TO WORK. AND THEY ALLOWED ME TO COME IN, BRING MY KID. SO I CAN'T SAY NOTHING FOR THE CITY EXCEPT I LOVE THE CITY AND I WILL TELL EVERYBODY THAT I WORKED FOR GOOD PEOPLE. I MEAN, THEY WERE VERY UNDERSTANDABLE FOR ME. AND I TRY TO BRING IN SOME M MORE, BUT -- THEY ARE NOT LIKE ME. [ LAUGHTER ] >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IF YOU CAN BE HERE FOR SEVEN MAYORS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY COUNCILMEMBERS, 50, 60 OR 70, AND COME OUT HERE AND SAY THE THINGS AND DONE THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE. I REMEMBER WHEN YOU HAD TO DO -- BY MENU GRAPH. AND NOW THINGS ARE DONE WITH COMPUTER AND WE ARE NOT DOING IT FAST ENOUGH. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FOR THE ASSET YOU HAVE BEEN TO THE CITY OF TAMPA FOR 44 YEARS. >> ALWAYS TRYING TO MAKE MY BOSSES LOOK GOOD. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: COU COUNCILMEMBERS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN GUDES, CITRO, VIERA AND THEN DINGFELDER. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU CAN TELL THAT SHE LOVES HER JOB. WHEN SHE IS SICK, SHE STILL WANTS TO COME TO WORK. >> THAT IS RIGHT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: A GREAT FEELING WHEN PEOPLE SAY THEY LOVE THEIR JOB AND THE WORK THEY ARE DOING. I THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE. A LOT OF CITIZENS KNOW IN OUR CHARTER THAT THE CLERK'S OFFICE IS -- IS A CHART -- SEGMENT IN THE CHART WORKS WITH TWO BO BODIES. THE ADMINISTRATION AND THIS COUNCIL. AND PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT THAT THIS COUNCIL APPRECIATES THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE AND GO THROUGH THATANANY YOYORS AND IT PRIVILEGE TO SAY WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. >> I WILL BE RETIRED AFTER A WHILE. I AM STILL WORKING. >>JOSEPH CITRO: MISS JUDY, I OTEN SAY THAT WE ARE FAMILY. NO MATTER WHETHER YOU WORK FOR ONE DEPARTMENT. NO MATTER IF YOU ARE THE MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THIS FAMILY. AND YOU WILL ALWAYS BE A PART OF THIS FAMILY. >> YES, I WILL. >>JOSEPH CITRO: NOW I WANANT TELL YOU THAT YOU WERE THE FUEL THAT DROVE US. WHAT I MEAN, YOUR EXPERIENCE, YOUR KNOWLEDGE WAS WHAT KEPT THIS MOTOR, THIS CITY OF TAMPA RUNNING. AND I THANK YOU FOR DOING YOUR JOB SO WELL. PLEASE, COME BACK AND SEE US AS OFTEN AS YOU CAN. >> I WILL. >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIMAN VIERA AND THEN DINGFELDER. >>LUIS VIERA: I WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR OVER FOUR DECADES OF WORK HERE. SO SOMETHING TO BPRPROUD OF. I AM GLAD THAT COUNCILMAN MIRANDA IS THERE WITH YOU WHO HAS BEEN PART OF THIS CITY GOVERNMENT WHILE YOU HAVE BEEN HERE. SUCH A GREAT THING. WHEN YOU WORK SOMEWHERE, PEOPLE BECOME FAMILY. PEOPLE BECOME FAMILY. I REMEMBER THERE WAS A LAW FIRM I WAS AT FOR JUST TEN YEARS, A QUARTER OF HOW YOU HAVE BEEN HERE. AND SATURDAY I AM GOING OUT WITH SOME OF MY EX-STAFFERS JUST BECAUSE WE ARE FAMILY. YOU WORK SOMEWHERE FOR A WHILE, YOU BECOME FAMILY BECAUSE YOU GO THROUGH THINGS WHILE YOU ARE AT WORK. YOU GO THROUGH A MARRIAGE. MAYBE, GOD WILLING, A DIVORCE. BUT YOUOU GTHTHROHH HAVING KIDS, GRANDKIDS. YOU GO THROUGH DIFFERENT STAGES IN YOUR LIFE. IMAGINE YOU AT 25 VERSUS 45 VERSUS 55. YOU GO THROUGH DIFFERENT SNAIJS YOUR LIFE AND ALL THOSE STAGES YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA AND WE HAVE A GREAT WORK FORCE HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA AND I AM GLAD YOU HAVE COUNCILMAN MIRANDA BECAUSE NOBODY IS MORE PROTECTIVE OF OUR WORK FORCE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA THAN COUNCILMAN MIRANDA BECAUSE HE KNOWS HOW THINGS WORK AND HE KNOWS PEOPLE LIKE YOU MAKE IT WORK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND GOD BLESS YOU. >> THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDLDER. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MA'AM, WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE OF YOU AND -- AND FOLKS LIKE YOU IN THE CITY WHO PUT IN THEIR -- THEIR -- REALLY THEIR WHOLE CAREER TO HELP AND SUPPORT. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR CLERK, SHIRLEY FOX NOELS BEHIND YOU AND JENNIFER DEETS AND COUNCIL INDICATED YOU ARE A TEAM. A GREAT PART OF THAT TEAM. I REMEMBER YEARS AGO I WAS WORKING WITH H THSTSTATOFOF FLORIDA, AND WE WERE ON MICRO FITCH. I DON'T KNOW IF MICROFICHE IS BEFORE MICROFILM OR WHAT. BUT AFTER A WHILE WE FEEL A BIT DINOSAURISH. WE WISH YOU BEST OF WILL YOU BE OF ALL YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: GLAD TO HEAR YOUR INSPIRATIONAL WORDS AND GLAD TO HEAR YOU ARE NOT QUITE READY TO RETIRE. WHEN YOU DOUBLE THIS 88 YEARS, IA WILL GIVE YOU ARE ANOTHER COMMENDATION. [ LAUGHTER ] >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WILL BE 160 BY THEN. .>BILL C >>BILL CARLSON: I AM SURE YOU WILL BE AROUND TOO. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES THE COMMENDATIONS AND GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. EACH SPEAKER HAS THREE MINUTES. WE WILL SANITIZE THE LECTERN FOR SAFETY AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH IN-PERSON AFTER THIS FOR JUST A MOMENT. >>> BEGIN WITH PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND WE WILL SANITIZE AFTER EACH SPEAKER. >> CALLIE DINNER, THE PRESIDENT OF THE PORT TAMPA CIVIC ASSOCIATION. I COME HERE VERY ENCOURAGED WITH A MEETING THAT MYSELF AND OTHER LEADERS HAD WITH CITY STAFF. DURING THAT MEETING WE DISCUSSED OF NEIGHBORHOOD CHALLENGES AND HEARD OF CITY'S PLANS. WE DISCUSSED NEXT STEPS OF MOVING FORWARD. I ASKED THE CITY COUNCIL TO DELAY ANY DECISION ON THE ORDINANCE IN ITEM 46 FOR SIX MONTHS TO GIVE THIS PLAN A CHANCE. THANK YOU TO CITY COUNCIL AND THE TIME AND DEDICATION YOU HAVE GIVEN TO THIS MATTER. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCHH ALL RIGHT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT SPEAKER. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR, GO AEAD. >> GOOD MORNING, -- GARCIA. A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER. I OWN A MINORITY-OWNED ARCHITECTURAL COMPANY AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT ITEM 46 ON YOUR AGENDA. THIS IS A TROUBLESOME ITEM FOR ME AND FOR US AND SOME OF THE -- SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES. I THINK THAT A BROAD PAINT STROKE IS BEING PAINTED OVER THIS ISSUE WITHOUT REALLY THINKING WHAT OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS THIS IS REALLY EFFECTING. FOR EXAMPLE, , YB C CIT. YBOR CITY IS AN IMPORTANT URBAN CORE IN THE CITY. IT IS THE HEARTBEAT OF TAMPA. AND MOST OF THE ZONING IN YBOR CITY IS UMU-60, CC-35. AND THE THIRD ZONING THAT IS BEING PROPOSED TO -- TO BE CURRENTLY CHANGED. NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF THIS ZONING IS CREATING SOME UNDESIRABLE DEVELOPMENT IN OTHER AREAS, BUT I BELIEVE THAT, AGAIN, IT CAN NOT BE GENERALIZED AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE LOOKED AT MORE SPECIFICALLY ON HOW IT RELATES TO IMPORTANT URBAN CORES THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF TAMPA. SUCH LIKE YBOR CITY. THE F. A. R. VERSUS UNIT -- AS A MEASURE TO COME UP WITH DENSITY FOR A PROJECT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN URBAN AREAS, ESPECIALLY IN YBOR C CITY. BECAUSE PROPERTIES ARE SMALL. YOU ARE RESTRICTED. SO, THEREFORE, THE UNITIT P PER ACRE IS NOT A FEASIBLE WAY OF DEVELOPING AND CREATING A VIBRANT URBAN SCENARIO. SO I AM HERE TODAY AS A CON CONCERNED CITIZEN AND AS A CONCERNED LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME AND HEARING ME. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. ALL RIGHT, NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, SIR. GO AHEAD. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS SAM HARRIS. I AM WITH SAM GEN COMMERCIAL REALITY. I AM THE PRINCIPAL BROKER, OPPORTUNITY ADVISOR AND DEVELOPER. OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, I HAVE L TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE A PART OF OPPORTUNITY ZONE EVENTS THAT MY FIRM PUT ON TO EDUCATE THE CITY OF TAMPA THE NEED AND IMPORTANCE OF OPPORTUNITY ZONE PERSPECTIVES. TO NO AVAIL, THAT INFORMATION AND THE NEED TO DO THAT WAS NOT HEEDED. OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS, THERE WAS AN RFP PUT UP FOR OPPORTUNITY ZONE PERSPECTIVES. MY COMPANY DID NOT RECEIVE THE INITIAL RESPONSE TO BE ABLE TO BI O ON THE OPPORTUNITY ZONE; THEREFORE, WE PUT TOGETHER A COALITION OF INDIVIDUALS -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WAIT A MOMENT SIR. ONE OF OUR ATTORNEYS IS -- IS GOING TO SPEAK. YES, MISS ZELMAN. >> I APOLOGIZE FOR INTER INTERRUPTING, ANDREA ZELMAN, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY. I BELIEVE THE GENTLEMAN IS ADDRESSING A RFP THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN AWARDED AND DURING THE PROCUREMENT THERE IS SOMETHING IN EFFECT CALLED THE CONE OF SILENCE WHERE ALL INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING I IN THE PROCESS ARE NOT TO DISCUSS THE RFP WITH ANYONE OTHER THAN CERTAIN IDENTIFIED INDIVIDUALS, WHICH CERTAINLY DOES NOT INCLUDE THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OR THE PUBLIC. SO I WOULD -- I WOULD CAUTION THIS GENTLEMAN TO NOT DISCUSS A PARTICULAR RFP WHICH IS STILL UNDER A CONE OF SILENCE. HE CAN JEOPARDIZE HIS OWN POSITION IN THE PROCESS AS WELL AS THE PROCESS ITSELF. THANK YOU. >> MISS ZELMAN. I AM GOING TO CONTINUE. THE CONE OSISILENCE DOES NOT APPLY TO ME BECAUSE MY COMPANY HAS AUTOMATICALLY BEEN RED L LINED IN THIS PROCESS. OKAY. AFRICAN-AMERICANS ALL ACROSS THIS CITY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO OPPORTUNITY ZONES PROJECTS AND HAVE BEEN DENIED TIME AND TIME AGAIN. MY FIRM HAS OVER 125 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. AND THE INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS REVIEWING THE FILE, CAROLE P POST, GAVE MY COMPANY A 1 RATING. AT THIS POINT I AM NOT INTERESTED IN A OPPORTUNITY ZONE PERSPECTIVE. WHAT I AM INTERESTED IN T TO KEE SURE THAT AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH THE CITY. IT IS APPALLING THAT THIS CITY, THAT THIS MAYOR, THAT THE EXECUTIVES ARE -- ACTUALLY THE REVIEW COMMITTEE IS TO NOT NEVER HAPPEN BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC. WHEN THEY ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC THEY COME UP WITH SMALL BIASS THAT THEY GET OFFENDED BECAUSE SOMEONE TELLS THEM THE TRUTH. I AM ASKING FOR THIS CITY COUNCIL TO STOP THE RFP IN ITS TRACKS. I DON'T CARE ABOUT A CONE OF SILENCE. WHAT I CARE ABOUT IS FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHER PEOPLE. I DON'T NEED THE OPPORTUNITY ZONE PERSPECTIVES. I DON'T. I GOT PROJECTS ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES. BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT DON'T HAVE A VOICE. THAT CAN'T GET IN AND IT IS APPALLING THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA IN 2021 WILL ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN. I HAVE BEEN MORE THAN PATIENT. I HAVE BEEN COURTESY. I HAVE BEEN OUT HERE B BEHD D TE SCENES FIGHTING FOR MEN AND WOMEN WHO LOOK LIKE ME. IN 1992 I STOOD BEFORE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR THE SAME ISSUE. I WAS 19 YEARS OLD THEN. I WAS A STUDENT IN COLLEGE. MY GOAL WAS TO BE AN ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER. MY FEAR WAS, I WOULD BE DENIED NO MATTER HOW GOOD I WAS, NO MATTER HOW MANY DEGREES I HAVE. MY TEAM HAS FOUR MBA DEGREES. WE HAVE THREE INDIVIDUALS ON OUR TEAM WITH CCIM DESIG DESIGNATIONS. THAT IS THE EQUIVALENT OF A PhD. IT IS ABSOLUTELELY SASANE FOR AY PUBLIC OFFICIAL TO REVIEW A RFP IN THE WAY THEY DID MY FIRM AND THEY ARE DENYING OPPORTUNITY FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, AND AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED, BUSINESSES CLOSE FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA IF YOU WERE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING GOOD AND SHOULD NOT BE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE SOME COUNCILMEMBERS THAT WANT TO RESPOND. COUNCILMAN GUDES -- >>MARTIN SHELBY: WAIT, IF I CAN, MR. CHAIRMAN. I WANT TO REMIND COUNCIL ABOUT YOUR RULES AND YOUR PREROGATATIV AND COUNCIL'S PREROGATIVE BUT TO ENGAGE THE SPEAKER IN PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT TAKES PLACE -- IF COUNCIL WANTS TO DO THAT BUT I CAN READ YOU THE RULE THAT DISCOURAGES THAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, I UNDERSTAND. >>MARTIN SHELBY: CERTAINLY COUNCIL'S PREROGATIVE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I KNOW. AND I UNDERSTAND. COUNCILMAN GUDES, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER AND COUNCILMAN CI CITRO. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I DON'T WANT TO JEOPARDIZE THE PROCESS. I DO UNDERSTAND MR. HARRIS'S FRUSTRATION. THIS COUNCIL IS WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURURE THAT THE NUMBERS ARE INCREASNG ON THE PROGRAMS AND CONTRACTS, AND RECENTLY I HAVE BEEN SEEING THAT WITH SOME OF THE CONTRACTS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH, BUT WE STILL HAVE A FEW CHALLENGES. I DID MAKE A CALL TO MISS POST FOR SOME E-MAILS THAT I GOT. SHE DID TELL ME IN REFERENCE TO THAT -- THAT PROCESS IS -- >> EXCUSE ME. SO SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT PLEASE DON'T DISCUSS THE RFP I SHALL AT ISSUE. AGAIN, IT IS STILL -- IT IS NOT BEEN AWARDED -- AND INAPPROPRIATE FOR ANYONE TO O BE DISCUSSING IT AT THIS POINT IN TIME. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I WILL TAKE YOUR ADVICE, MISS ZELMAN AND CONVERSATIONS AND HOPING THIS THING WILL BE RESOLVED. MR. HARRIS, I DO UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION AND THIS COUNCIL IS WORKING HARD TO CORRECT SOME WRONGS DONE IN THE PAST. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE MAYOR AND WITH PROJECT COMING ON BOARD AND WILL MONITOR ALL PROJECTS SHORTLY AND WE WILL BE MONITORING EACH AND EVERY PROJECT TO MAKE SURE THERE IS FAIRNESS AND OPPORTUNITY AND EQUITY IN ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I AM GOOD, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. COUNCILMAN CITRO, NO? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. >> MY PARTNER WANTS TO SPEAK AS WELL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT, MA'AM, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> I WON'T NEED ALL OF THAT TIME, BUT THANK YOU. THE GREATEST I THINK THAT NEED TO SAY AS -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PLEASE SAY YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. >> B J HARRIS WITH GEN COMMERCIAL REALTY. I WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, ALL OF YOUR ATTENTION, AS LONG AS WE ARE SILENCED AND TOLD WE CAN NOT HAVE AN O OPPORTUNITY TO BASICALLY ENGAGE AND HAVE THIS CONVERSATION, CHANGE WILL NOT HAPPEN. AT ALL. MY COMPANY, OUR COMPANY WAS THE ONLY COMPANY SO-CALLED INVESTIGATED DURING THIS PROCESS TO JUSTIFY IF WE WERE EVEN LICENSED OR LEGITIMATE. WE WERE ALSO ASSUMED THAT WE PROVIDED FALSE INFORMATION FOR CERTIFICATION. NOW IF THAT'S NOT A FORM OF SYSTEMIC RACISM WITHIN THE SYSTEM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS. SO I WANT IT TO BE HEARD THAT THIS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. THAT IF YOU WANT TO BE FAIR IN THIS COMMUNITY, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE TRANSPARENT. AND IT DOES NOT NEED TO FALL ONLY ON THE HANDS OF THE COMMITTEE. IT NEEDS TO BE THE COUNCILMEN AWNDZ GUYS NEED TO COME TOGETHER AND YOU NEED TO CREATE A BETTER SYSTEM. BECAUSE UNTIL THAT IS ACCOMPLISHED, NOTHING MOVING FORWARD. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE GOING TO SANITIZE THE LECTERN AND HAVE THE NEXT SPEAKER. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT SPEAKER PLEASEE. YES, MA'AM, GO AHEAD. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> MY NAME IS REM AMA COY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM, GO AHEAD. >> I'M HERE AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN AND DO MY CIVIC DUTY TO SPEAK AND RAISE OUR VOICE BECAUSE I SPEAK FOR MANY WHO ARE NOT HERE, BUT WE ARE MANY THAT FEEL THE SAME WAY. WE WANT MORE CHANGE IN EAST TAMPA AND FOR SULPHUR SPRINGS. I AM A SULPHUR SPRINGS RESIDENT AND HOMEOWNER FOR THE LAST 16 YEARS. I HAVE SEEN A LOT THAT HAS DEVELOPED AND I HAVE SEEN IT IS REALLY SAG MAN IN THE WHERE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT WORKING. OKAY. I AM SEEING THAT THERE IS A LOT OF PROMISES THAT ARE BEING MADE AND I WANTED TO GO ON RECORD SAYING IT IS NOT BEING DELIVERED. THOSE PROGRAMS ARE NOT HELPING. WE HAVE TRIED A LOT, SO THIS IS ONE WAY THAT I AM TRYING TO GET MY VOICE ACROSS TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE -- WE JUST -- YOU KNOW AS A PERSON AND WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF STUFF HAVE GOT TO STOP. I BELIEVE WE -- WE WANT MORE EVER COUNCILMAN GUDES. I ALSO WANT TO -- I WAS ON A ZOOM RECENTLY AND YOU MADE A COMMENT OF BLACK MEN. YOU DON'T THINK THEY WANT MUCH. THEY WANT TO SIT UNDER THE TREE. AND YOU SAID THEY REALLY DON'T WANT TO WORK. LIKE THEY ARE LAZY. I DISAGREE WITH THAT. AND I WANT TO GO ON RECORD THAT I COMPLETELY DISAGREE WITH THAT. THEY DO WANT MORE AND WANT IT REALLY BAD AND I AM VERY DIPPPPOIEDED A V VERY OFFE OFFENSIVE. I AM A MOTHER OF TWO BROWN BOYS AND I KNOW THE FEAR THEY GO INTO THE WORKPLACE JUST WORKING AND GOING OUT IN PUBLIC, YOU KNOW. IT IS -- IT IS REALLY DISCOURAGING TO SEE THAT PEOPLE -- YOU KNOW, EVEN IN EAST TA TAMPA, YOU CAN PRACTICALLY HAVE A DEAD BODY ON THE ROAD AND IT WON'T EVEN MATTER ANDS IS TO HORRIBLE OUT THERE AND WE KNOW THE CONDITIONS. WE KNOW WHAT THEY ARE FACING. WE KNOW ON THE JOB THAT WE ARE FACING A LOT OF DISPARITIES. WE GOT TO BE REAL ABOUT THIS. WE DESERVE A PRICE. WE WANT MORE JOBS. DID YOU PROMISE MORE JOBS AND I HOPE YOU MAKE DODON IT. WE NEED BETTER HOUSING WE CAN OWN, RATHER THAN CRUMBS THAT CAN BE SNATCHED AWAY. AND THINGS ARE GETTING WORSE. I DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE INFOR MANATEES IN OUR A AREA. YOU ALSO MENTIONED INFORMANTS. I DON'T BELIEVE WE NEED INFORMANTS TO STOP THE CRIME. THE JAILS ARE OVERCROWDED. WAY MORE THAT WE NEED TO DO TO HELP PEOPLE THAN TO KEEP LOCKING THEM UP, BECAUSE WHEN THEY GET OUT THEY STILL WON'T HAVE A HOME AND EVEN MORE DISCOURAGED AND PISSED OFF. THE MOTHER OF A 28-YEAR-OLD BLACK MALE AND 21-YEAR-OLD BLACK MALE AND IT IS SCARY OUT THERE. I AM HOPING THAT YOU MAKE GOOD ON GOOD PROGRAMS FOR OUR CHILDREN SO THEY CAN DO SOMETHING AND HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GO, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY CROWDING IN THE STREETS IN SULPHUR SPRINGS AND MAKING A MESS. I DON'T BLAME THE KIDS. I BLAME THE POLICYMAKER BECAUSE THERE SHOULD BE MORE FOR THEM TO DO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> YOU ARE WELCOME. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH SEVERAL OF SULPHUR SPRINGS NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THIS IS ANOTHER BIG FOCUS ON OUR PLATFORM ON THE SECOND HALF OF COUNCIL FOR ME. THAT CONVERSATION WAS RECORDED. I MADE IT CLEAR ABOUT SOME PROGRAMS THAT WE WITH A LIKE TO TRY GET UP THERE AND APPR APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS, MAKE SURE THAT WORK THAT IS GOING UP THERE, WE HAVE FOLKS IN THOSE NAIRDZ WORKING. I MADE COMMENTS BUT NOT DEROGATORY TOWARD MY BLACK MALES. EVERYBODY KNOWS I FIGHT FOR THOSE BLACK MALES. WE HAVE TO HAVE PROGRAMS TO GET THOSE GUYS FROM UNDERNEATH THE TREES, TO GET THEM WORKING. THOSE WHO HAVE BAD BACKGROUND WORK ISSUES OR TAINTED BY THE SYSTEM, TO GET THEM INVOLVED. SO LET ME SAY IF I OFFENDED THE YOUNG LADY -- BUTI MADE MYSELF CLEAR THAT DAY WHEN SHE SAID SHE WAS OFFENDED. ANYBODY ELSE ON THE CALL, ON THE ZOOM CALL, ALSO HEARD WHAT I SAID AND CONCURRED SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS SAYING. SO LET ME MAKE THAT CLEAR. I ALWAYS TAKE CARE OF MY OWN. I MAKE SURE MY OWN HAVE AND TRY TO GET PROGRAMS TO BE ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL. BECAUSE IF YOU WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL YOU CAN'T SUCCEED AND GET TO THE NEXT LEVEL. I WANT TO MAKE SURE AND CLEAR THAT. IF SHE WAS OFFENDED LET ME APOLOGIZE FOR MY VERBIAGE. I WANT OUR YOUNG BLACK MALES WORKING. I WANT THEM CRIME-FREE. I WANT THE BEST FOR THEM. BECAUSE EVERYBODY KNOW ON IN DAIS, HOW MANY YOUTH PROGRAMS I PUT TOGETHER AND HOW MANY BLACK MALES I SENT TO SCHOOL -- OR PAID TO GO TO SCHOOL. IF SHE WAS OFFENDED I APOLOGIZE FOR HER BUT I STAND BY WHAT I SAID. GET THOSE YOUNG BLACK MALES FROM UNDER THE TREES AND GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITIES AND I STAND BY THAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEYES,A'A'AM STATE YO. >> GOOD MORNING, CONNIE BURTON. I WANT TO CONGRATULATIONS WATT THE EMPLOYEE THAT ENDURED 44 YEARS. HOPEFULLY SHE HAD MORE JOY THAN PAIN. BUT I CAN TELL YOU, I HAVE BEEN COMING DOWN HERE FOR -- ABOUT 30 YEARS IF NOT MORE. I HAVE SEEN SOME COUNCILMEN COME AND GO AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE SAME ISSUES. SO WE ARE FAMILY. WE ARE GOING TO KEEP ON ECHOING THE NEEDS OF THE FAMILY. PART OF YOUR AGENDA ITEM, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT RESOURCES TO -- FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT. I HOPE THOSE AGENCIES ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN EVICTED. I KNOW THERE SEEMS TO BE LANGUAGE THAT IN SOME OF THESE RESOURCES THAT IS ONLY DEALING WITH RENTAL PROPERTIES, FOR LANDLORDS TO GET THEIR PAY WHICH THEY SHOULD, BUT THERE IS A HOMELESS CMAMATE THAT IS GROWING EVERY DAY LARGER AND LARGER WITH SO MANY FAMILIES THAT ARE BEING FORCED OUT OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE THERE. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS CULTURE, AND LET ME JUST SAY THIS AS WELL. I AM ENCOURAGED WHAT I HEAR COMING OUT OF WASHINGTON D.C. FROM THE LEADERSHIP OF THE DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL PARTY BECAUSE HE UNDERSTANDS THAT THERE IS A DEBT DO AND THE PROMISE BY POLITICAL LIPS AT ONE POINT IN TIME HAVE TO BE A RECKONING. MOVING FORWARD IN JOB CREATION. WHEN WE COME DOWN HERE HEAR FROM 000.1% THE LEVEL OF AFRICAN PARTICIPATION. WHEN WE TALK OF HOME TO HOME OWNERSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY, THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN SOLVE PROBLEMS IN EAST TAMPA THAT IT CAN BE IN EAST TAMPA FOR ALL. YOU KNOW, I HEAR THIS COMMENT THAT WE ARE AFRAID OF THE OTHERS. THE OTHERS THAT ARE COMING. WELL, THE OTHERS IS PT T OF LARGER, BROADER COMMUNITY THAT WE WANT TO BE INCLUSIVE FOR A ALL. AND WE ARE GOING TO STAY DUG INTO THAT. STAY FOCUSSED. WE BELIEVE THAT THIS COUNCIL CAN DO IT. WE HEARD THE MAYOR WHEN SHE TALKED OF HER TRANSFORMING TAMPA FOR TOMORROW. IT IS NOT TO EXCLUDE US, BUT TO INCLUDE US IN A -- IN A HOUSING PROJECT THAT CAN BE MORE REFLECTED ON THE INCOME AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE. AND WE ALSO SAY THAT FOR THE FAMILIES THAT ARE THERE, WE WANT TO UTILIZE THE RESOURCES SO WE CAN UPGRADE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS WHO ARE THERE. WE DO NOT WANT TO BE LIVING IN THE PROCESS THAT WE SEE A REBUILT SOUTH AFRICA IN TAMPA. AND IF YOU ARE NOT CAREFUL, YOU MIGHT SAY ALL IS WELCOME, BUT ALL WILL NOT BE WELCOMED IF THIS IS BASED ON INCOME. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> MENTESNOT, TAMPA, FLORIDA. I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND SOME OF THE WHITE PEOPLE IN GENERAL. THEY HAVE A PROCESS OF EVOLVING OPPRESSION. EVOLVING RACISM. TAKING IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL. WHEN YOU COME RIGHT HERE TO CITY COUNCIL, YOU GOT POLICE OFFICERS WATCHING YOU. SECURITY GUARDS HARASSING YOU. JUST BECAUAUSEOUOU WTT TSPSPEAK FOR THREE MINUTES. THE CITY IS SO DISRESPECTFUL THE FACT OF THE MATTER THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE AN OPEN MIC TO SPEAK FOR THREE MINUTES. THAT IS -- THAT IS NOT AN AGENDA, THEY INTERRUPT YOU. AND URGENCY. AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAN MR. SAM HARRIS -- OH THAT IS NOT AN AGENDA THIS THIS. GARBAGE. A GARBAGE CITY COUNCIL. THAT IS WHAT IT IS. A CERTAIN KIND OF HATE. A CERTAIN KIND OF HATE YOU HAVE FOR BLACKNESS. A CERTAIN KIND OF HATE YOU HAVE FOR BLACK SKIN. CERTAIN KIND OF HATE YOU HAVE FOR BLACK EXISTENCE AND THAHAT NDND OF HATRED HAVE TO STOP. NOW RESPECT FOR AFRICAN PEOPLE. NO RESPECT FOR DIVERSITY. NO RESPECT FOR REFORM. NO RESPECT FOR RECONCILIATION. NO RESPECT FOR REPARATIONS. YES REPARATIONS. 600 YEARS, 400 YEARS ON THIS COULDN'T MEANT. NO RESPECT -- IN THIS CONT CONTINENT. NO RESPECT FOR THE 26% OF THE AFRICAN POPULAION AND PUSH US OUT AND PUSH US UNDER AND YOU ARE FINDING THESE GRAVEYARDS PUSHING UP EVERYWHERE. NO RESPECT. EVEN IN DTHTH, NO RESPECT FOR US. NO RESPECT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE FOR US IN LIFE. YEAH NONE. NONE WHATSOEVER. NO RESPECT FOR AFRICAN DIGNITY. NO RESPECT FOR OUR MEDICAL CONDITION. NO RESPECT FOR OUR KIDS, FOR OUR FAMILIES, FOR OUR YOUN YOUNGSTERS. NONE WHATSOEVER. WE GET NO RESPECT IN THIS CITY LIKE RODNEY DANGERFIELD SAY, WE GET NO RESPECT. ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY NO RESPECT. SHOT OUT FOR MR. MOSES KNOTT TRYING TO GET RESPECT AND TRYING TO TAKE HIS PROPERTY AND NO RESPECT ANDE E DEASASED AND GONE BUT AT LEAST THE EMBODIMENT OF THE RESISTANCE OF A RIFF CAN PEOPLE NO MATTER WHAT OR NO MATTER HOW YOU COME, HOW MUCH YOU TRY TO SUPPRESS US, KEEP US BACK, SAY NASTY THINGS ABOUT US. NASTY THINGS COME FROM YOUR MOUTHS ABOUT US. NASTY THOUGHTS. THAUTS OF HATRED. GEORGE FLOYD TO BE AN EXAMPLE AND THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE WE ARE SEEING ON TELEVISION. BUT WE EXPERIENCE THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY. 600,000 BICYCLE STOPS IN THIS CITY. OVER 600,000 BICYCLE STOPS AND NONO RPEPECT NO APOLOGIES INTO NOTHING. NO JOBS, NO OPPORTUNITIES, NO HOUSING. PUSHING US OUT OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND LAUGHING ABOUT IT AND THINK UNCLE TOMS AND AUNT JEMIMA'S TOGETHER AND HOLD A FEW PREACHERS AND GIVE AN INVOCATION AND SAY HOLD THAT DOWN. THIS CITY COUNCIL HAS TO TIGHTEN UP. YOU HAVE TO TIGHTEN UP. YOU LIKE LIVING IN THE PAST SOMEWHERE AND WANT AFRICAN PEOPLE TO LIVE IN THE PAST WITH YOU. TO THINK THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO ENDURE OPPRESSION AND BE COOL WITH IT. NO, , WERERE N C COOL WITH IT AT ALL. YOU ARE GROWN FOLKS TELLING PEOPLE HOW TO DRESS AND WHAT SIGN THEY CAN HOLD. BUT DEVELOPERS CAN BRING ALL KIND OF SIGNS IN HERE TO EXPRESS THE WAY THEY FEEL BUT AFRICAN PEOPLE OPPRESSED FOR 400 YEARS. WE CAN'T BRING A SIGN TO EXPRESS THE WAY WE FEEL. MAN, TIGHTEN UP, MAN. OUR PEOPLE SHOULD NOT ACCEPT AND WOULD NOT ACCEPT THOSE CONDITIONS OF OPPRESSION ANYMORE. IT'S DONE AND OVER WITH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT, NEXT SPEAKER. YES, SIR, GO AHEAD. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME IS GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JOHN GRANDOFF. ADDRESS SUITE 3700 BANK OF AMERICA PLAZA. AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 46 THAT HAS BEN PROPOSED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. AND MRS. POST'S OFFICE AS WELL. INITIALLY GIVEN THE GRAVITY OF THE ORDINANCE, I ASK THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO SPEAK WHEN THE AGENDA ITEM IS CALLED. IF OTHER ISSUES ARE RAISED ABOUT THE ORDINANCE. AND I AM CERTAIN THAT IS AT THE COUNCIL'S DISCRETION, BUT PERHAPS WE CAN TALK AGAIN IF OTHER ISSUES COME UP. AS TO O THMEMEMONDNDUM AS PREPARED BY MISS POST AND MISS GRIMES, I TEND TO BE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE -- WITH THE INTENT OF THE DOCUMENT. I DO, HOWEVER, HAVE SOME -- SOME CONCERNS THAT THE -- AND I AM READING FROM THE MEMORANDUM THAT YOU ARE ELIMINATING THE F. A. R. CALCULATION IN THE UM UMU-06, CCU 35HIHICH T THINK IS OKAY. IT IS QUITE CONFUSING, IN FACT, AND REQUIRES A EXTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND I DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH DISAGREEMENT WITH THAT AND WE WILL BUILD ACCORDING TO THE DENSITY AND THAT IS THE GOVERNMENT'S PREROGATIVE BUT I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED IN THE NEXT PARAGRAPH THAT, QUOTE, CITY COUNCIL RETAINS THE DISCRETION TO DIRECT A MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE PERCENTAGE OF NONRESIDENTIAL FOR ANY PROPOSED MIXED USE MULTIFAMILY PROPOSAL ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS. I THINK THAT IS F. A. R. BY ANOTHER NAME; HOWEVER, THE CITY COUNCIL DICTATES REGARDLESS OF MARKET FORCES WHETHER YOUR PROJECT IS APPROVED OR NOT DEPENDING ON WHETHER THE CITY COUNCIL LIKES THE AMOUNT OF MIXED USE OR THE TYPE OF MIXED USE. AND I THINK THAT IS A VERY TRICKY WAY FOR LAND USE APPROVALS TO GO ESPECIALLY IN THE MIXED USE CONTEXT. THAT NEEDS TO BE DICTATED BY MARKET FORCES. YOU CAN'T JUST MANDATE 25% RETAIL ON A PROJECT WHERE THERE IS NO RETAIL DEMAND. FOR ISTANCE,, L LOOK AT SOME OF THE CORNERS DOWNTOWN WHERE MIXED USE HAS BEEN PUT IN AND LOOK AT, FOR INSTANCE, THE ENCORE PROJECT. YOU CAN NOT CENTRAL PLAN AND CONDITION OF ZONING. DISCRETION TO DIRECT AND CASE-BY-CASE BASIS. IMCONCERNED OF THOSE TWO WORDS. I THINK IT CREATES MISCHIEF AND I AM OKAY WITH THE F. A. R. ISSUE BUT DON'T COME A AROD D TE BACK OF F. A. R. FOR WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL THINKS IS A PROPER FAR AND YET WE ARE NOT OPERATING IN THE MARKETPLACE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MARK BENTLEY, 401 EAST JACKSON STREET. I REPRESENT THE CAPITANO FAMILY AND THE OWNERS OF PROPERTY IN THE GREATER YBOR DISTRICT. YOU DIDN'T INTEND TO BE HERE THIS MORNING. WE RECEIVED A MEMO DATED MARCH 30, YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. AND THE INTENT OF THE DISCUSSION IS, WE HAVE BEEN MONITORING WAS TO DEAL WITH ISSUES RELATED TO SOUTH OF GANDY. AND THIS MEMORANDUM AUTHOREDD BUSINESS MISS POST AND MISS GRIMES MENTIONS MEETINGS CONCERNING GANDY. AND THEN ON PAGE TWO, SAYS IF ADOPTED, THEY WOULD ELIMINATE THE F. A. R. ABILITY TO DEVELOP AS AN OPTION UNDER UMU-60, CMU-35, AND CC-35. THE STAKEHOLDERS IN YBOR CITY, I THINK TAMPA HEIGHTS AND THE OTHER URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AR AREAS, HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON THIS. AND I THINK IT IS KIND OF A POOR WAY TO DO BUSINESS ACTUALLY SCRAMBLING OVER HERE TO GET THREE MINUTES OF TIME IN FRONT OF YOU. BUT IN ANY EVENT, OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED THREE LAND USE CHANGES IN YBOR CITY THAT I REPRESENT THE OW OWNERS ON THAT ALLOW FOR THE USE OF THE F. A. R. TO FACILITATE URBAN REDEVELOPMENT. ELIMINATING THE F. A. R. OPTION TOTALLY CONTRADICTS THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES IN THE URBAN VILLAGE THAT INCUR HIGHER DENSITY NEAR MASS TRANSIT. THE URBAN DEVELOPMENTSS SMALLER PROPERTIES, HIGHER LAND COSTS, RIGID ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STANDARDS, UNREASONABLE HEIGHT LIMITATIONS, 45, 60 F FEET, ON-SITE PARKING REQUIRED. YOU CAN SEE UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES YOU NEED THE ABILITY TO HAVE AS MANY UNITS AS POSSIBLE. THE BARRIO LATINO COMMISSION ARE NOT CONCERNED OF THE NUMBER OF UNITS BUT CONCERNED OF THE EXTERIOR APPEARANCE. SO WHAT WE WOULD SUGGEST IS -- AND WE WORKED VERY HARD WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO ELININATTHTHE BONUS REQUIREMENT TO FULFILL DENSITY IN YBOR CITY AND ALLOW THE F. A. R. AS THE OPTION FOR THE DEVELOPER. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE COUNCIL NOT TO MAKE A HASTY DECISION. GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH THE PLANNERS OR WHOEVER ELSE IS INVOLVED YOU FEEL NECESSARY IS ENGAGED IN THE DISCUSSION, AND DON'T MAKE A HASTY DECISION ON THIS THAT WILL HAVE FAR-REACHING NEGATIVE IMPLICATIONS. IT HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE ARE WORKING ON THREE PROJECTS THAT UTILIZE F. A. R. IN YBOR CITYTY A W WE ULULDN HAVE DONE THESE PROJECTS IF THE SITUATION EXISTED WITH THE THREE MIXED-USE CATEGORIES ELIMINATED THE ABILITY TO DO THAT. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. I BELIEVE THIS IS ALL OF OUR IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE HAVE 12 REGISTERED SPEAKERS FOR VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT. AND OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS RANDY COHEN. >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR. RANDY, IF YOU WERE ON THE LINE PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU H. >> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS RANDY COHEN. GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 46 AND I WILL BE VERY BRIEF. I HAVE DONE A PREPARED PRESENTATION REGARDING THE RESOLUTION BASED UPON TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS. AND UNDERSTAND THAT IS NOW ON THE WAYSIDE AND WE ARE DEALING WITH THE ALTERNATIVE RESO RESOLUTION. I WOULD SIMPLY SUGGEST AND URGE TO YOU FOLLOW THE PRINCIPLES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHICH DIRECTS GROWTH TO DOWNTOWN, WEST SHORE, USF AND THE URBAN VILLAGES CONTAINED IN THE COMP PLAN. THOSE AREAS I RECOMMEND THAT YOU NOT ELIMINATE THE F. A. R. OPTION FOR CMU-35, CC-35 AND UMU-60. IN THIS WAY, YOU WOULD BE ENCOURAGING GROWTH IN THOSE AREAS THAT THE COMP PLAN DIRECTS GROWTH TOO. AND WILL BE PROVIDING A HINDRANCE FOR FOLKS WANTING TO DEVELOP IN OTHER AREAS WHICH I BELIEVE WILL BE IN THE SPIRIT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MH.H. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVID MECHANIK. >>CLERK: DAVID, IF YOU WERE ON THE LINE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SP SPEAK. >> YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, COU COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS DAVID MECHANIK. CAN YOU HEAR ME? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR, GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU. I'M HERE -- I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 46. I REPRESENT PIPER VENTURES WHICH IS A SUBSTANTIAL PROPERTY OWNER RATTLESNAKE POINT AREA. WE -- MY CLIENTS HAVE ASKED ME TO SAY THAT WE SUPPORT THE IDEA OF PURSUING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CHANGES THROUGH THE NORMAL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS. WE ARE NOT NECESSARILY ENDORSING THIS SPECIFIC ONES THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING PRO PROPOSED, BUT WE DO SUPPORT THE IDEA OF GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS. ON THE OTHER HAND, WE OBJECT TO THE FACT THAT THIS RESOLUTITIONNDND PROPOSED ORDINANCE MAKES CHANGES THAT WILL GO INTO EFFECT IMMED IMMEDIATELY. AND I THINK THAT IS A CONCERN REGARDING THAT IS HEIGHTENED GIVEN THE FACT THAT YESTERDAY WAS THE FIRST TIME WE SAW A DOCUMENT THAT WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT CITYWIDE. THE ENTIRE CITY WOULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF THIS CHANGE OF LANGUAGE. WHICH THINK DOING THAT IS SILYLY WNGNG. AGAIN, WE WOULD ENCOURAGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO FOLLOW A NORMAL PLAN AMENDMENT PROCESS WHICH WOULD EVOLVE VETTING OF LANGUAGE, PUBLIC WORKSHOPS, PUBLIC HEARINGS, AND ALLOW FULL TRANSPARENCY AND AIRING OF ALL KIND OF DIFFERENT POINTLE VIEW NOT JUST REGULATIONS BUT THROUGH THE NORMAL PLAN AMENDMENT PROCESS. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE NEXT SPEAK SERGEI COULD BE KRAMER. >>CLERK: JACOB, IF YOU WERE ON THE LINE PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. >> COUNCIL, GOOD MORNING, JAKE KRAMER AT STEARNS WEAVER. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO BUILD ON DAVE MECANIK'S COMMENTS. I AGREE WITH HIM AND SOME OTHER MEMBERS OF THE LAND USE WHO HAVE SPOKEN ALREADY. YOU KNOW, THE PROPER WAY TO GO ABOUT THIS IS TO M MOVFOFORWARD WITH THE ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSAL TO GO THROUGH THE NORMAL PROCESS THAT WE DO HERE IN THE CITY. I THINK THAT ONE OF THE -- ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LIKED ABOUT WORKING IN THE CITY OF TAMPA IS THAT IT IS A DELIBERATIVE CITY. AND WE HAVE A GOOD PROCESS TO GO THROUGH -- GET FEEDBACK FROM THE CITIZENS, FROM THE COMMUNITY, FROM STAFF OR DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS HERE. AND FROM PROPERTY OWNERS. AND SO THE WAY TO GO THROUGH THIS IS THROUGH THAT PROCESS. I Y CONCERN WITH THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU TODAY IS INCLUDES THE TERM ORDINANCE. AND MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE WAY THAT WOULD BE APPLIED IS IT WILL BE A MORATORIUM UNDER ANOTHER NAME WHILE WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS TAKE A LONG TIME AND INTO ONE TO MY KNOWLEDGE HAS ANALYZED THE EFFECTS OF WHAT THAT MORATORIUM UNDER ANOTHER NAME WOULD HAVE ACROSS THE CITY PERSONAL PERSONALLY WE WERE GIVEN THIS PROPOSAL YESTERDAY AND IT WOULD HAVE MERIT BUT PUSHING THE PAUSE BUTTON ACROSS THE CITY IN THE LAND USE CATEGORIES IS NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO GO THROUGH THIS DELIB DELIBERATION. YOU ALL PROBABLY SAW THE RECENT ARTICLES IN THE "TIMES" OF RENTS ESCALATING AT A REALLY INCREASING RATE ACROSS THE C CITY, AND ONE OF THE CONCERNS I HAVE OF THE CURRENT PROPOSAL IS THAT IT COULD PUSH AGAINST OUR EFFORTS TO BUILD MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WORK FORCE HOUSING THE CITY AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I THINK THE PENDING ORDINANCE DOCTRINE IS NOT APPROPRIATE AND WE HAVEN'T ANALYZED THOSE QUESTIONS YESTERDAY. SO, AGAIN, I THINK WE ARE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THERE ARE SOME REALLY GOOD COURSES AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS YOU GOING THROUGHOUT NORMAL PROCESS. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT IS ELISE BASEL. >>CLERK: ELISE, IF YOU WERE ON THE LINE. UNMUTE YOURSELF. >> ELISE BASEL WITH STEARNS, WEAVER AND MILLER 401 EAST JACKSON STREET. I WAS ONE OF THE FEW MEMBERS OF THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY THAT ATTENDED THE MEETING BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE SOUTH OF GANDY NEIGHBORS. AND THE FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY AFTER ATTENDING THE MEETING, WE DO APPRECIATE ALL OF STAFF'S WORK TO ADDRESS AND TRY TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS THAT ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF THE SOUTH OF CANDY NEIGH NEIGHBORHOOD. I AM VERY SUPPORTIVE OF ELIMINATING F. A. R. SOUTH OF CANDY. WE KNOW THAT ANY SOLUTION ISN'T PERFECT, BUT AFTER HEARING THOSE CONCERNS, WE DO FEEL LIKE ELIMINATING THE F. A. R. SOUTH OF GANDY CAN BE A VERY GOOD FIRST STEP IN ADDRESSING SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS. WE DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE MIXED USE REQUIREMENT, AND WANT TO BE SURE IT THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND THE LAND BAR IS PART OF THE DISCUSSION GOING FORWARD WITH RESPECT TO HOW THTH. WE ALSO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE CITY WIDE APPLICATION OF THE F. A. R. AFTER FRIDAY'S MEETING, WE STARTED TO LOOK AND REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPLICATIONS AND WE ARE CONCERNED OF AREAS THAT STAFF HAS IDENTIFIED AS URBAN VILLAGES WHERE YOU WANT DENSITY TO BE LOCATED. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AN IMPEDIMENT TO AFFORD B9, LIMITS THE ABILITY TO DERIVE DENSITY TO THE AREREAS- - TH AREAS THAT WE KNOW DENSITY IS ENCOURAGED. SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO CONSIDER LIMITING THIS F. A. R. ELIMINATION TO THE AREA WHERE IT WAS ORIGINALLY SENT TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS WHICH IS THE SOUTH OF CANDY NEIGHBORHOOD AND IF THERE IS AN INTENT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A CITYWIDE LIMITATION, I WOULD ENCOURAGE CITY AND STAFF TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT AND WE AS A COMMUNITY ARE ENCOURAGED AND ULULD LIKE TO CONTINUE WORKING ON SOLUTIONS FOR THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. .>GUIDO MA >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER IS JENNIFER M OTSINGER. >>CLERK: JENNIFER, IF YOU WERE ON THE LINE, UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. >> GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL JENNIFER TERM AMENDMENT PROCESS. >> WANT CERTAINTY. THEY NEED CERTAINTY OR THEY WON'T NEED THE VALUE OF INVESTING HERE. AND TA A HA BEEN VERY CONSISTENT IN THAT REQUEST OF AT LEAST 30 DAYS COMMUNICATION BEFORE ANY CHANGE IN POLICY OR PROCESS TAKES PLACE. AND THAT EFFECTS A LOT OF RESOURCES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE AND IT IS JUST PROFESSIONAL COURTESY. I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING PART OF A PROCESS THAT IS MORE TRADITIONAL IN NATURE ON THESE POLICY ISSUES AND I DO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME MORNING. >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MISS MO SSINGER. WHO OUR NEXT SPEAKER. >>CLERK: NEXT WEEKIE IS ANN COLANE. IF YOU WERE ON THE LINE UNMUTE YOURSELF. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. THANK YOU. ANNE CULIG, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE WEST SHORE ALLIANCE AND ALSO TO SPEAK ON ITEM 46. AGAIN AS THE OTHER SPEAKERS SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS. CHALLENGING TO BALANCE THE CONCERNS OF SO MANY DIFFERENT PARTIES. THEIR APPROACH THROUGH THE COMP PLAN PROCESS IS MUCH BETTER THAN INSTITUTING AHOHORT-TERM MORATORIUM. YOU KNOW OTHERS HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS, BUT AFTER REVIEWING THE STAFF PROPOSAL, I DO THINK WE NEED TO CONSIDER EXEMPTING THE MAJOR PLANNING AREAS, CENTRAL TAMPA, WESTSHORE, UNIVERSITY AREA THAT ENCOMPASSES NORTH TAMPA HEIGHTS AND COMP PLAN SAYS WE WANT GROWTH AND GROWTH IS APPROPRIATE. ANY CHANGES OF REDUCE THE MAXIMUM DENSITY IN THE AREA IS COUNTER TO WHAT YOU SAY YOU WANT IN YOUR CAMP PLAN. THE LAND CATEGORIES THAT ARE SUSE UMU-60, THE CC-35, THE CCU-35 MAKE UP A RELATIVELY SMALL PORTION OF THE MAJOR PLANNING DISTRICTS AND ALL OF THEM ARE ADJACENT TO EXISTING TRANSIT CORRIDORS EXACTLY WHERE WE NEED TO BE ENCOURAGING EXACTLY MORE RESIDENTIAL DENSITY. I UNDERSTAND THE CITY'S PROPOSAL PROVIDES FOR GETTING THAT F. A. R. DENSITY, BUT I CONTEND THESE MAJOR PLANNING EAEAS ARE ALREADY MIXED USE DISTRICTS. THEY HAVE A VARIETY OF RETAIL, OFFICE, HOTEL USES I KNOW IN THE CASE OF WEST SHORE WE HAVE PLENTY OF THOSE USES. THE USE WE NEED MORE OF IS RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE COMP PLAN SPECIFICALLY MENTIONS ATTRACTING MORE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TO WESTSHORE. AGAIN I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. WE ARE ENCOURAGED BY THE CITY ADMINISTRATION'S APPROACH OF USING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO DO THIS. HOWEVER, AS OTHERS HAVE STATED, THPEPENDING ORDINANCE DOCTRINE EFFECTIVELY BECOMES A MORATORIUM IMMEDIATELY. SO, AGAIN, WE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT COMP PLAN PROCESS. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE EXEMPTIONS FOR THE MAJOR PLANS DISTRICTS WHERE YOU ALREADY DETERMINED THAT GROWTH IS APPROPRIATE AND REALLY, IF YOU CAN, WE WOULD PREFER IN NOT GO INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. WE DON'T THINK THERE HAS BEEN ENOUGH NOTICE OR DISCUSSION WITH ALL OF THE AFFECTED CITYWIDE AREAS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER. GO AADAD. >>CLERK: THE NEXT SPEAKER IS STEVE MICHELINI. MR. MICHELINI, IF YOU WERE ON THE LINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. STEVE MICHELINI. I THINK THAT EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE -- WE ARE POSITIVE ABOUT THE APPROACH REGARDING LOOKING AT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND GOING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND COLLECTING THE DATA NECESSARY. WHAT WE DON'T AGREE WITH IS THE IMMEDIATE ADOPTION OF ALL OF THE ACTIONS THAT WOULD BE COMING IN AND WE ARE ASKING YOU NOT TO MAKE THIS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. AGAIN, EXCLUDE THE URBAN VILLAGE AS ANN AND SOME OF THE OTHERS HAVE POINTED OUT. THIS IS WHERE YOU DIRECTED GROWTH TO OCCUR. AND THERE HAS BEEN NO DISCUSSION OUTSIDE OF THE SOUTH OF GANDY AREA THAT ANY PROPOSAL WILL BE AFFECTING THEM AT ALL. WE WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY THE APPLICATION IN SECTION TWO THAT THE CITY WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY REZONING A APPCACATIS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. WE WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT IT NEEDS TO BE SPELLED OUT. IT REFERS BACK TO SECTION ONE, BUT IT IS NOT CLEAR EXACTLY HOW THAT WOULD WORK BUT DO YOU JEOPARDIZE DOWNTOWN, YBOR CITY, USF, EAST TAMPA AND ALL OF THE INFILL AREAS YOU DESIGNATED ALREADY AS BEING IN NEED OF REDEVELOPMENT PARTICULARLY FOR MULTIFAMILY. GO AHEAD, TRANSMIT THIS DOCUMENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION SO WE CAN BEGIN THE STUDIES, THE BASE DECISIONS AND COLLECT THE DATA NECESSARY TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION. AND AT THIS POINT, THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY DEMONSTRATED URGENCY REGARDING THIS PLAN OF WHY IT HAS TO BE ADOPTED IMMEDIATELY AND WHY IT WOULD HAVE TO GO INTO EFFECT TODAY. IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PROJECT TODAY, THEN YOU ARE BASICALLY SHUT OUT. SO THERE ARE SOME TWEAKING THAT WE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IN HERE, AND THAT IS, AGAIN, EXCLUDES THE URBAN VILLAGES, ELIMINATE THE PENDING ORDINANCE WHERE IT WILL NOT GO INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. AND CLARIFY THE F. A. R. ELIGIBILITY AND HOW IT WOULD BE APPLIED TO OTHER PROJECTS THAT THANK ARE NOT NECESSARILY MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER. >>CLERK: NEXT WEEK IS CAROL ANN BENNETT. MISS BENNETT, IF YOU WERE O O THE LINE, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. >> MY NAME IS CAROL ANN BEN BENNETT. I AM A LIFE-LONG RESIDENT OF SOUTH TAMPA. THE RESIDENTS OF SOUTH COMPANY ARE CONCERNED AND STRESSED OF THE FEEDING FRENZY OF GROWTH THAT IS OCCURRING ON OUR FL FLOOD-PRONE PENINSULA. OUR CONCERN IS FOCUSED ON THE HE CAN IMPLOSION OF LARGE APARTMENT COMPLEXES. SOUTH TAMPA IS A SUBURB. AND THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SPECIFICALLY OUTLINES FOUR REASONS WHY IT IS INAPPROPRIATE FOR URBANIZATION. REPRESENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVEEEEEN RKRKINFOFOR A YEAR AND A HALF TO ENFORCE THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE COMP PLAN THAT GROWTH SHOULD BE DIRECTED AWAY FROM THE COASTAL HIGH HAZARD AREA AND EVACUATION TIMES SHOULD BE MAINTAINED OR REDUCED WHICH CERTAINLY IS NOT HAPPENING. ESSENTIALLY, WE WANT GROWTH TO OCCUR WHERE IT IS BENEFICIAL AND NOT HARMFUL. THE EXACT GOALS OF THE COMP PLAN AND A VISION ALL OF THE CITY'S DEPARTMENTS. RECENTLY IT WAS SAID WE DO NOT REPRESENT THE RESIDENTS OF SOUTH TAMPA THAT WE ARE A FEW MALCONTENTS AND ONLY REPRESENT OUR OWN VIEWS. OUR NEIGHBORS FOUND OUT THEY RESPONDED AND RESPONDED WITH A VENGEANCE. CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WAS FLOODED WITH PHONE CALLS. THIS HE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN MORE IF THE PHONE LINES DID NOT GO DOWN. CITIZENS WANT TO BE HEARD AND PROTECTED. CHIEF OF STAFF JOHN BENNETT PATIENTLY LISTENED TO ALL OF OUR CONCERNS. LAST FRIDAY MAYOR CASTER AND CHIEF BENNETT AND CAROLE POST AND MANY DEPARTMENT STAFF MET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZAZATIS S ANTHTHEYI LISTENED. I AM ENCOURAGED BY THIS ADMINISTRATION, THE MAYOR, CHIEF OF STAFF, THE CITY DEPARTMENT HEADS AND THEIR STAFF. IMENCOURAGED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. UP TRULY BELIEVE YOU CARE ABOUT THE RESIDENTS AND YOU WANT TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR US AS A WHOLE. ITEM NUMBER 46 IS THE FIRST STEP PROVE TICKETING SOUTH TAMPA RESIDENTS OF DEADLY HURRICANES AND CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. NO REASON TO DELAY THIS. THIS IS NOT A MORATORIUM. THE MORATORIUM IS WHAT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAVE DONE SXIP TO YOU VOTE YES ON ITEM 46 AND TABLE AN ACTUAL MORATORIUM FOR SIX MONTHS TO GIVE CITY STAFF TIME TO WORK ON ISSUES WE HAVE DISCUSSED WITH THEM. I WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE MAYOR AND ALL OF THE STAFF FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND ATTENTION TO OUR CONCERNS. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER. >>CLERK: NEXT WEEKER IS JEAN STROHMEYER. IF YOU ARE ON THE LINE PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, WE CAN. GO AHEAD. >> HELLO, JEAN STROHMEYER, PRESIDENT OF INTERBAY SOUTH OF NDNDY ORGANIZATION. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING TO THE TABLE LAST FRIDAY, FINALLY, AFTER A YEAR OF CONVERSATIONS OF CONVERSATIONS AND MEDIATIONS. WE FINALLY CAME TOGETHER. THIS INCLUDES THOSE FROM THE DEVELOPER SIDE, MR. HAD LOEHMANN AND ATTORNEY CASTILE. WE DON'T ALWAYS SEE TO EYE TO EYE BUT SHOULD WORK TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS BEFORE LITIGATION. WE ALL KNOW THERE WILL ALWAYS BE "THAT GUY." LET'S NOT BE "THAT GUY." CI ATTORNEYS CATE WELLS ANDUR GINA GRIMES FOR US WE THE PEOPLE AND CITY COUNCIL AND THE EXEC BRANCH. A HUGE THANK YOU FOR MARIE HOLMES. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE HER FOR COMMENDATION COMMENT BEHALF OF OUR SOG ORGANIZATION. WE WANT TO THANK ABBYE FEELEY, RANDY GOE, R, CHIEF OF STAFF JOHN BENNETT, CAROLE POST AND THE MAYOR FOR COME TOGETHER TABLE WITH US AND LISTENING TO OUR CONCERNS AITIT RELATES TO SOUTH TAMPA, MORE SPECIFICALLY SOG. WE NEED IT TO BE HEARD, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY WE NEEDED ACTION. WITH THAT SAID, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON MANY ISSUES AFFECTING THE PENINSULA, ESPECIALLY SOG. THOSE ASKING AND SAYING THAT NOT BEING EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY -- THOSE -- DOES NOT CHANGE THE PROJECTS ALREADY ZONED AND UNDER WAY. THAT IS INCORRECT WHAT THEY ARE SAYING. FOR THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THINGS ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS IS A GOOD IDEA. IT IS NOT A BLANKET FOR ERERYBYY. BUT TODAY WE ASKED CITY COUNCIL TO NOT KILL THE MOTION MORATORIUM BUT TO SHELF IT FOR SIX MONTHS TO ASSESS HOW THINS ARE GOING WITH THE ORDINANCE THAT WILL GIVE US THE CONFIDENCE TO DO AWAY WITH THE MOTION ALL TOGETHER. FOR NOW, I SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION AS PROPOSED MARCH 30 PENDING ANY REVISION BUSINESS OUR WISE AND STUDIOUS CITY COUNCILMAN. VOTE YES FOR NUMBER 46. THANK YOU, GUYS. AND HAVE A GREAT DAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER, STEPH ME POYNTER OR SHAWN BROWN. >>CLERK: IT WILL BE SHAWN BROWN. IF YOU WERE ON THE LINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEN. CAN ALL OF YOU HEAR ME? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, WE CAN. >> GOOD MORNING, SHAWN BROWN, PRESIDENT OF THE GANDY CIVIC ASSOCIATION. HERE SPEAKING ITEM 46 ON AG AGENDA. AS ALL OF YOU KNOW FOR MAIN MONTHS MUCH BACK AND FORTH ON THE SUBJECT OF A MORATORIUM. WHAT NO ONE REALLY TRULY WANTED THIS AS A SOLUTION FOR THE PROBLEMS OF SOG ALL TOO LONG IT SEEMED LIKE T THIISIS ALL WE WEE GOING TO GET. THE MAYOR, CHIEF OF STAFF AND KEY MEMBERS OF THE MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION AND VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT TO LISTEN TO OUR CONCERNS. THAT WAS A BREAKTHROUGH MEETING AND THAT WAS LONG -- I EMPHASIZE LONG OVERDUE. THE NEARLY 100 PEOPLE THAT CALLED TWO WEEKS AGO FOR THE MARCH 18 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THEIR VOICE WAS HEARD. THE PEOPLE TOOK THE TIME TO E-MAIL CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR, THEIR VOICE WAS HEARD. THE REALIZATION THAT THE FIGHT ALL OF US COME FORTH WAS NOT JUST FROM SIX DISGRUNTLED PEOPLE. IT CONTINUES TO BE ON BEHALF OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. WHAT ALL OF YOU EXPERIENCED AS A SNAPSHOT FROM MANY FRUSTRATED PEOPLE. THE DEVELOPMENTERS HAVE MENTIONED THIS HE NEED TIME. THEY WANT TIME GO OVER THIS. TIME DO STUDIES THERE ARE AND THAT. WELL, TIME IS NOT NO LONGER ON OUR SIDE, QUITE FRANKLY. AND TO JUST ADD MORE TIME TO SOMETHING IS GOING TO KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD EVEN FURTHER UNTIL MORE DEVELOPMENTS CAN COME IN AND BY THEN, IT IS JUST -- IT WILL BECOME TOO LATE. AT THIS POINT IT IS EASY TO KICK THE CAN, A LOT HARDER TO ACTUALLY ENACT SOLUTIONS. SO ANYWAY, WE DISCUSSED A LOT OF THINGS AT THE MEETING, TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT COASTAL HIGH HAZARD AREA AND SUCH. WE PRESENTED 14 DIFFERENT ITEMS TO THE CITY THAT WE WANT TO SEE ACTION ON THAT WILL IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR EVERYONE IN SOG AND SOUTH TAMPA. THE CITY LISTENED AND IMMEDIATELY PROPOSED BRINGING FORTH THIS RESOLUTION TO SUSPEND F. A. R. FOR ALL SI SINGLE-USE RESIDENTIAL APPLICATIONS WITHIN THE UM I-65 AND CC-35. AND THE FIRST TIME ON THE LIST. IN ADDITION WE DRY WITH CITY COUNCIL HAVING THE DISCRETION TO DETERMINE MIXED USE BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, MIXED USE PROJECTS CREATE JOBS. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO NEED. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET TO WORK CLOSELY. AND IF -- AS ONE DEVELOPER, THEY WANT THESE PROJECTS TO REDUCE COLLUSION. YOU WANT TO TAKE CARS OFF THE ROAD INSTEAD OF INCREASING DRIVE -- DRIVE TIMES OR FREQUENCY OF HAVING TO BE ON THE ROADS. ANYWAY, AN A ALTNANATIVE SOLUTIN TO THE PROPOSED MORATORIUM AND I AGREE WITH WHAT THE CITY BROUGHT -- IS GOING TO BRING FORWARD TO YOU AND I WILL DO ALSO AGREE THAT THE MORATORIUM. THE ORIGINAL MOTION WILL BE POSTPONED FOR SIX MONTHS TO SEE HOW THINGS MOVE FORWARD AS WE CONTINUE TO DISCUSS THE VARIOUS ISSUES. I DO WANT TO THANK THE CITY STAFF, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, CHIEF BENNETT AND MANY OTHERS FOR MEETING WITH US AND LISTENING. THEIR HARD WORK IS GREATLY APPRECIATED AND WE CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR THK K YOU, EVERYONE. WITH THEM. APPRECIATE IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAK HER IN. >>CLERK: NEXT PEAKER IS STEPHANIE POYNTER. STEPHANIE, IF YOU WERE ON LINE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. >> GOOD MORNING, GENTLEMEN. THE MORATORIUM. LET'S CALL THE ELEPHANT WHAT IT IS. THROWN OUT THERE BY STAFF AND WE TOOK HOLD OF IT AS SOMETHING WE COULD UNDERSTAND AND DIGEST. WE ARE NOT EXPERTS. AS IT POINTED OUT REPEATEDLY BY THOSE WHO ARE. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR OVER 18 MONTHSOWOW. WE ASSUMED IT WOULD TURN OFF THE FIRE HOSE LONG ENOUGH TO SEE THE PROJECTS AND PROCESS -- COMPLETED PRIOR -- PRIOR TO YOU APPROVING MORE. WHAT DO WE WANT? STOP BUILDING MONSTER APAR APARTMENTS IN SOG. I DIDN'T SAY THE CITY OF TAMPA I JUST SAID SOG. I HAVE TO AGREE WITH MISS BESTEL ON THAT ONE. I BELIEVE THAT THE AUTOMOTIVE PRESENTATION TODAY THAT WILL BE BROUGHT BY CITY STAFF, THE ELININATE NATION OF F. A. R. IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. WE PRESENTED A LIST OF 14 ITEMS TO STAFF LAST FRIDAY, AND -- BUT WE ARE REASONABLE ADULTS AND REALIZE WE WON'T ALWAYS GET EVERYTHING WE ASK FOR. BUT IF WE ASK FOR NOTHING, THAT'S WHAT WE WILL GET. SO WE HAVE TO ASK. CAROLE POST WENT THROUGH THE LIST. SHE NOTED THE RESPONSES TO EACH ITEM. NOT ONE WAS CALLED RIDICULOUS OR UNREASONABLE. THEY WERE IMMEDIATELY CATEGORY EASED AND VERBALLY GIVEN OWNERSHIP BY STAFF IN ONE WAY THE OTHER. WE WOULD LIKE CITY STAFF TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THIS LIST PRIOR TO PUSHING FORWARD WITH THE MORATORIUM. WE ARE NOT SAYING THROW IT OUT. WE ARE SAYING LET'S PUT IT ON THE BACK BURNER AND REVISE AT THIS TIME IN SIX MONTHS. LET'S GIVE STAFF A CHANCE TO DO WHAT THEY SAID THEY WOULD DO FOR US. WE HAVE THE MAYOR AT THE HEAD OF THE TABLE, LET US ALLOW HER TO LEAD STAFF TO GET THESE PROBLEMS FIXED. STOP BUILDING MONSTER APARTMENTS IN SOG. I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT THE CITY OF TAMPA BECAUSE NONE OF HOUSE ARE SPEAKING HERE TODAY AS ADVOCATES FOR SOG HAVE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF OTHER AREAS. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THEY TALKED OF URBAN VILLAGES, CRA, CHANNELSIDE, INFILL AREAS AND ALL OF THESE THINGS WHERE THE COMMUNITY HAVE THEIR OWN DESIGNATION AND WE HAVE NOTHING TO PROTECT US. WE HAVE ASKED ABOUT ALL OF THESE THINGS AND NOBODY HAS GIVEN US ANY KIND OF PROT PROTECTION. WE DO JUST WANT FOLKS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE LIVE IN AN UNIQUE GEOGRAPHIC AREA THAT NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED. OH, AND I SECOND EVERYTHING THAT JEAN SAID. KUDOS. I CAN'T NAME EVERYBODY'S NAME THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER. >>CLERK: CHAIR, THE NEXT SPEAKER WAS MATH KNEW LIPALSKI BUT HE DID NOT CALL IN TO PARTICIPATE SO THAT WILL CONCLUDE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BEFORE WE GO INTO THE AGENDA, WE WILL BREAK FOR LUNCH AT 12:00 AND COME BACK AT 1:30 TODAY. 12 O'CLOCK AND 1:30 TAYAY. COUNCILMAN.CAR >>BILL CARLSON: CARLSON MR. CHAIR, GOING TO NUMBER THREE. I NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF. MY COMPANY HAS A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH ONE OF THE PARTIES INVOLVED AND I WOULD LIKE FOR -- TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE MY FOR AND I WILL LEAVE THE ROOM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES AND SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. TO FILE THE FORM BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. FOR ITEMS THREE AND FOUR, SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCES JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, ITEM NUMBER THREE. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. ELAINE LUND WITH HISTORIC PRESERVATION STAFF IS HERE. I'M HERE FOR ITEMS THREE AND FOUR, BOTH HISTORIC PROPERTY PRESENTATION. WE WILL HAVE A FULL PRESENTATION FOR YOU AT THE SECOND READING OF THE ORD ORDINANCE. I AM AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? ALL RIGHT.. WHO WOULD LIKE READ ITEM NUMBER THREE. COUNCILMAN GUDES. REMEMBER THIS IS THE SUBSTITUTE THAT IS HERE ON THE ADDENDA. >> FILE NUMBER E 2021-8 CH 27. FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROPERTY TAX EARNINGS APPLICATION RELATIVE TO THE RESTORATION, RENOVATION OR REHABILITATION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNED BY YBOR MARTI LOCATED AT 130 2 EASAST 7th AVENUE, IT, FLORIDA, AND THE NOTICE OF THE PROPERTY PRAISER, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABIITY, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GUDES AND SECOND BY MIRANDA. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON ABSTAINING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 4. SAME THING. A SUBSTITUTE ON THAT OPINION ITEM NUMBER 4 >>ELAINE LUND: AGAIN, COUNCILMEMBERS, ELAINE LUND, HISTORIC PRESERVATION STAFF. WITH THIS ITEM WE WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR YOU AT THE SECOND MEETING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEARING AND SEEING NONE. COUNCILMAN CITRO, READ A SUBSTITUTE FOR ITEM NUMBER 4. JOJOSEPH CITRO: FILE NUMBER E 2021-8 CH 27. I MOVE A SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING FOR APPROVING A HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION APPLICATION RELATIVE TO THE RESTORATION, RENOVATION, REHABILITATION OF A CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNED BY SIGHT BF FLATS, LCC, LOCATED AT 3108 NORTH JEFFERSON STREET, TAMPA, FLORIDA, IN THE TAMPA HEIGHTS HISTORIC DISTRICT BASED UPON CERTAIN FINDINGS, PROVIDING FOR NOTICE TO THE PROPERTY APPRAISER OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO AND SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.. SECOND READING AN ADOPTION MAY 6, 2021 AT 9:30 A.M. IN ADDITION TO ITEM NUMBER 3. >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE GO TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION ITEMS 5-6. COUNCILMAN CITRO. >>JOSEPH CITRO: I WILL MOVE ITEMS 5 AND 6. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CITRO. ROLL CALL. DINNERTIME. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT IS PARKS AND REC. COUNCILMAN GUDES. ITEM 7-13. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOVE ITEMS 7-13. >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ROLL CALL VOTE. >>CLERK: CARLSON YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT. YOU YOU CAN PICK WORKS WITH COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.. 14-18. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU WILL CHAIRMAN. BEFORE I MOVE THOSE ITEMS I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR STAFF, SPECIFICALLY MR. BENNETT, MR. HART, MR. BAIRD AND MR. CHUCRAN AND MISS DUNCAN WITH BBE ISSUES. WE FUSS AT THEM WHEN THINGS AREN'T GOING GOOD BUT A COUPLE OF ITEMS WORTH MENTIONING. ITEM 17 IS A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. 100% DBE COMPANY. AND ITEM 31 IS $200,000. THAT IS 100% BBE PARTICIPATION. ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT. I MOVE ITEMS 14-18. >GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CHAIR, I JUST WANT TO -- BEFORE I CAST MY VOTE -- I JUST WANT TO MAKE A LITTLE MENTION. I WAS -- EARLIER TO SEND BRAD BAIRD A LITTLE CONGRATULATIONS AND CHIEF BENNETT ALSO TEXTED ME ABOUT IT. I AM HAPPY WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND FROM THE TEXT I GOT, GREATER WORK FOR ON THESE ISSUE SO AS I VOTE YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT UP COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. 19-22. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE ITEMS 19-22. >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION AND SECOND. ROLL CALL VOTE. CHCHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BUILDING AND ZONING, 23-30. >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE 23-30. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION AND SECOND. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>CLERK: MOTOTIO CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT UP COUNCILMAN VIERA WITH ITEM 31. FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA AND SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>LUIS VIERA: I THINK COUNCILMAN CARLSON HAD HIS HAND UP FIRST. >>BILL CARLSON: WANT TO SAY REAL FAST 23-30. BUDGETING IN THERE FOR DEALING WITH HOMELESS POPULATIONS. I HAD MEETING WITH CHIEF OF STAFF AND JUST ABOUT EVERY DEPARTMENT HEAD AND HE HAS EXPERIENCE WITH THIS IN PENINSULA COUNTY AND HE IS TRYING -- IN PINELLAS COUNTY AND FLYING EARNEST WITH MAYOR AND STAFF TO HELP EVERYBODY TO TRANSITION FINDING A PLACE TO LIVE. I APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS IN DOING THAT. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMAN VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: AID GENERAL INQUIRY ON 13,, THE ROUGH RIDERS MEMORIAL PARADE. HAVE THE ROUGH RIDERS EVER DID THE MEMORIAL DAY PARADE. COUNCILMAN CITRO OPINION I KNOW YOU ARE INVOLVED. >>JOSEPH CITRO: NO, WE HAV HAVEN'T. WE -- THE ROUGH RIDERS ARE NOT MAKING UP, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET BACK IN THE GAME AS FAR AS PARADES GO. >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY. I WAS GOING -- WE CAN URGE YOU AND WORK ON THIS. BECAUSE THIS ISN'T ANYTHING THAT SUNSHINE, BUT MAKE SURE THAT BE IN TOUCH WITH THE GOLD STAR FAMILIES. BECAUSE I -- WHEN I SAW THAT I WAS INTERESTED BECAUSE I NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE AND YOU TEXTED A FEW AND THEY HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT IT SO MAKE SURE THAT OUR ROUGH RIDER FRIENDS GET IN TOUCH WITH THE GOLD STAR COMMUNITY WITH THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW MEMORIAL DAY IS A DAY TO MOURN AND A VERY SERIOUS AND SOMBER DAY AND I AM SURE THAT THE PARADE WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH THAT. MY THOUGHTS, THANK YOU. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES, I WILL -- IF YOU COULD PLEASE GIVE ME THE CONTACTS, I WILL PASS THAT ON TO OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT. YOU KNOW ST. PADDY'S DAY PARADE IS USUALLY THE ROUGH RIDER PARADE AND WE TAKE P PRIDE IN THAT. BUT THEY WERE CONTEMPLATING ONE PARADE FOR THE WHOLE CITY OF TAMPA AND I THINK IT WAS GOING TO BE CALLED THE CINCO DE MAYO GASPARILLA FOURTH OF JULY PARADE AND SOMETHING CONSIDERED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMAN VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: I AM BEING HONEST. IF THIS PARADE WILL BE A BIG, HAPPY-GO-LUCKY PARADE, THE CITY IS GOING TO BE HEARING FROM A LOT OF VETERANS GROUPS AND RIGHTFULLY SO. I KNOW IT IS NOT GOING TO BE BUT JUST AGAIN, MY TWO CENTS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. A MOTION TO OPEPEN. ITEM NUMBER 32 THROUGH 39. OPEN THE 10:30. MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. ITEM NUMBER 32, THESE ARE ALL SECOND READINGS. WE WILL BEGIN. MR. MANASSE. >> ITEM 32 IS A VACATING. BARBARA LYNCH. SECOND READING FOR VAC 20-13. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS A THIS TIME? DO WE HAVE THE PETITIONER ON THE LINE FOR THIS? ALL RIGHT, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 32? >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOVE TO CL CLOSE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES -- WAIT, MR. RYAN MANASSE. >>RYAN MANASSE: FOR THE RE RECORD, RYAN MANASSE -- WE HAVE TO BE SWORN IN FOR THIS SECOND READING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, I APOLOGIZE. OKOKAY. MICHELINI, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. >> I AM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: TURN YOUR CAMERA ON, PLEASE, MR. MICHELINI. >> OKAY. >>CLERK: PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY BURR TO GIVE IT THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. OKAY.. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. MR. MICHELINI, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING SIR? >> THIS -- THIS PETITION WAS SUPPORTED BY ALL OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS. WE SUBMITTED 14 PAGES OF POLICE DOCUMENTS REGARDING INSTANCES. AND IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD FOR THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS AND WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? NO? ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO IS HERE TO SPEAK ON THISIS ITEM? >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOVE TO CL CLOSE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR. COUNCILMAN VIERA, MIND READING ITEM NUMBER 32. >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR, MR. CHAIR. I MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING ADOPTION ORDINANCE VACATING, CLOSING, DISCONTINUING AND ABANDONING A PORTION OF A RIGHT-OF-WAY ALLEYWAY LOCATED SOUTH OF 17th AVENUE, NORTH OF COLUMBUS DRIVE, EAST OF 9th STREET AND WEST OF 109 STREET WITHIN THE PLAT OF BONNIEHAVEVE, A SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1, HEREOF SUBJECT TO CERTAIN EASEMENTS, RESERVATIONS AND COVENANTS CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS AS MORE PARTICULARLY SET FORTH HERE IN PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ROLL CALL VOTE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: NO. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON VOTING NO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM NUMBER 33, APPLICANT JOHN WOLF. IF YOU TURN YOUR CAMERA ON. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL. MR. WOLF, IF YOU WERE ON, TURN YOUR CAMERA ON AND UNMUTE YOURSELF AND WE WILL WEAR YOU IN. >>CLERK: PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY BURR TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. I I DO. >>CLERK: THANK YOU. >> ITEM NUMBER 33, FILE NO. VAC 20-14. BARBARA LYNCH. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? ALL RIGHT, MR. WOLF, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING SIR? >> THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL AND MISS LYNCH FOR THE HELP ON THIS. I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND RESPECTFULLY REQUEST APPROVAL O ON THE SECON. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY HEE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 33. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOVE TO CL CLOSE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIMAN GUDES. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO. COUNCILMAN CITRO, READ 33. >>JOSEPH CITRO: FILE NUMBER VAC 20-14. ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. AN A ORDINANCE VACATING, CLOSING, DISCONTINUING AND ABANDONING A PORTION OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY ALLEYWAY LOCATED SOUTHH OFF LEROY STREET, NORTH F DEWEY STREET, EAST OF LINCOLN AVENUE, WEST OF MATANZAS AVENUE WITHIN THE PLAT OF JOHN H. DREW'S FIRST EXTENSION, A SUBDIVISION OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 HEREOF, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN EASEMENTS, RESER RESERVATIONS COVENANTS CONDITIONS, AND RESTRICTION AS MORE PARTICULARLY SET FORTH HEREIN PROVIDE FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>BILL CARLSON: NO. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: NO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON AND DINGFELDER VOTING NO. >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY RING ADMINISTERED FOR ITEM NUMBER 34. APPLICANT OR OTHERWISE. >>CLERK: I HAD NO ONE REGISTERED ON THAT. >>RYAN MANASSE: GOOD MORNING, CHAIR AND CITY COUNCIL, RYAN MANASSE. FILE NO. REZ 20-41. WEST EUCLID AVENUE. THE ASK TO REZONE FROM ZONING CLASSIFICATION RS-60 TO RS-50. EUCLIDEAN REZONING. AND STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS OFF THIS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? MR. GRANDOFF IF YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, WE WILL SWEAR YOU IN. >> I'M HERE. >>CLERK: DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM TT T THTETESTONONY YOU ARE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? >> I DO. >>CLERK: THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, SIR. >> GOOD EVENING -- GOOD MORNING, JOHN GRANDOFF. REQUESTING APPROVAL OF SECOND READING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK. I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY REGISTERED FOR 34. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO CLOSE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL IN FAVOR. COUNCILMAN GUDES, READ 34. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, FILE NO. REZ 20-41 BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY 2912 WEST EUCLID AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE LIKE DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-60 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY TO RS-50 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY. SILT. >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ROLL CALL VOTE. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>>>ORNDNDO DEDES: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>CLERK: CLERK MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >> THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM NUMBER 35, THE BRICKLEMYERS REGISTERED. IF YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE CAN SWEAR YOU IN. PLEASE TURN ON YOUR CAMERAS AND UNMUTE YOURSELVES. >> MY CAMERA IS ON AND I AM UNMUTED. >> RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, SIR. >> DO YOU WEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT TO GIVE WILL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. >> IT IS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: VERY GOOD. MR. MANASSE. >>RYAN MANASSE: THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 35, REZ 20-49. REZONING THE PROPERTY 2328 WEST SAINT JOHN STREET. REQUEST BORORE U U ON FIRST READING WAS TO REZONE FROM RS-50 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY TO RM-24 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY. EUCLIDIAN AND NO SITE PLAN NEEDED. STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMEN? MR. BRICKELLMEYER, GO AHEAD. >> NOTHING ELSE FOR COUNCIL OTHER THAN WHAT WE COVERED IN THE PRIOR MEETING. WE ARE HEAR HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC FOR ITEM NUMBER 35. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO CLOSE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL IN FAVOR. COUNCILMAN CARLSON, WOULD YOU MIND READING ITEM NUMBER 35. . >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE REZ 20-49, SECOND ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 23 28 WEST ST. JOHN STREET IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT RS-50 TO RM-24 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ROLL CALL VOTE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM NUMBER 36. TURN YOUR CAMERAS ON AND WE WILL SWEAR YOU IN. ALL RIGHT, I SEE MR. COHEN. DO WE HAVE CAME CORBITT ON THE LINE? IS SHE -- THERE WE GO. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HANDS. WE WILL SWEAR YOU IN. AND WE HAVE -- MR. MECHANIK IS FOR 39 -- OR IS HE -- OKAY. YOU ARE GOOD. >>CLERK: PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? >> I DO. >>CLERK: THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: VERY GOOD. MR. MANASSE. >>RYAN MANASSE: THANK YOU, CHAIR. DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. NUMBER 36 REZ 20-65, REZONING THE PROPERTY AT 3815 AND 3825 HENDERSON BOULEVARD AND 1002 SOUTH CHURCH AVENUE AND 3816 WEST MORRISON AVENUE AND REQUEST FROM PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PD. STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND CERTIFIED SITE PLANS HAVE BEEN TURNED IN THE CITY CLERK. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? NO? ALL RIGHT. MR. COHEN AND MIS-C ORBITT, WHOEVER WISHES TO PRESENT. >> GOOD MORNING, RANDY COHEN. CAMMIE CORBITT HERE AND WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM 36? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO CLOSE. >> SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA AND SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CITRO. ALL IN FAVOR. COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, WOULD YOU MIND READING ITEM NUMBER 36? >>CHARLIE E MINDNDA: REZ 20-65. ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND REAL OF THE PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 3815 AND 3825 HENDERSON BOULEVARD, 1002 SOUTH CHURCH AVENUE AND 3816 WEST MORRISON AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OFFICE BUS BUSINESS/PROFESSIONAL AND MEDICAL, ADULT EDUCATION, BANK WITH DRIRIVE-IN WINDOW, RETAIL SALES RESIDENTIAL DAYCARE AND POST OFFICE, TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL, AND MEDICAL, COLLEGE BUSINESS/VOCATIONAL SCHOOL, BANK WITH DRIVE IN WINDOW DAYCARE ALL COMMERCIAL GENERAL USES AND PROVIDING EFFECTIVE DATE. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE OPENED ALL THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND 37 WHICH IS A REVIEW HEARING. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO OPEN THE REVIEW HEARINGS. >> SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THEY ARE ALREADY OPEN. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SORRY. I TAKE IT BACK. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. CO COTTON. >> GOOD MORNING, ERIC COTTON, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. MAY I SHARE MY SCREEN PLEASE. >> HOLD ON. ONE SECOND. EXCUSE ME CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OF OFFICE. MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, THIS ITEM IS BEFORE YOU ON A PETITION FILED BY MICHAEL SICA, S-I-C-A, THE APPLICANT OF THE SPECIAL USE EXCEPTION 1 REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7711 DARTMOUTH AVENUE. THEY ARE SEEKING REVIEW ZONING ADMINSTRATOR'S DECISION DENYING THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT WHICH REQUESTED FROM SECTION 27-132. EARLIER COUNCIL WAS PROVIDED A COPY OF THE HEARING PROCEDURES FOR TODAY'S REVIEW AS WELL AS SAMPLE MOTIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF TODAY'S HEARINGS,, CITY COUNCIL APPLIES TO REVIEW WHICH MEANS YOU ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE RECORD CREATED BY THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR. INSTEAD YOU CAN ACCEPT TESTIMONY AND TAKE NEW EVIDENCE OF THE APPLICATION MEETING CRITERIA 27-132. ERIC COTTON WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE RELIEF REQUESTED IN THE APPLICATION AND THE BASIS FOR THE CITY'S DECISION. AFTER CONSIDERING ALL THE EVIDENCE INTRODUCED INTO THE RECORD OF TODAY'S HEARING, CITY COUNCIL WLL UPHOLD THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR'S DECISION AND THEREBY DENY THE SPECIAL USE OR COUNCIL MAY OVERTURN THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR'S DECISION AND THEREFORE APPROVE THE APPLICATION FOR THE SPECIAL USE ONE ACTION. WITH THAT, I WILL TURN OVER TO MR. COTTON FOR HIS PRESENTATION. AND I AM AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I AM SORRY TO INTERRUPT. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BUT COUNCIL, JUST TO FOLLOW THOSE PROCEDURES, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK COUNCIL TO RECEIVE AND FILE ANY EX-PARTE WRITTEN DOCUMENTS OR ANY VERBAL EX-PARTE COMMUNICATION TO PLEASE DISCLOSE THEM INTO THE RECORD. A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL IN FAVOR. >>MARTIN SHELBY: SORRY TO INTERRUPT. I WILL TRY GET THAT SOONER NEXT CASE. >>ERIC COTTON: GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS, ERIC COTTON, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. MAY I SHARE MY SCREEN, PLEASE. THANK YOU. SO AS CAMARIA INDICATED A REQUEST FOR A ZONING MIMINISTRATOR APPEAL FOR SU 1-21-16 AT A PROPERTY AT 7711 NORTH DARTMOUTH AVENUE. THE CURRENT ZONING RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY AND THE SPECIAL USE FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT. THE CRITERIA IN THE CODE FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT 27-132. COUPLE OF THE REQUIREMENTS. HAS TO BE -- IT CAN NOT EXCEED 950 SQUARE FEET. AND IT CAN NOT BE IN A STRUCTURE THAT IS NOT CURRENTLY CONFIRMING OR MAY CONFIRM AS A RESULT OF A VARIANCE. A A RULULT, ADMINISTRATIVELY, WE DENIED THE REQUEST. THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IS -- EXCUSE ME? NO. THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AS PROPOSED WITH THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT IS 985 SQUARE FEET. BUILDING INTO AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE -- WITH ADDITIONAL ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.1 STAFF DENIED REQUEST BECAUSE IT DIDN'T MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CODEE. IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, CITY OF HILLSBOROUGH RIVER, NORTH DARTMOUTH COULD THE THE CORNER OF DARTMOUTH AND HAMLIN. AND THIS IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN. WHAT IS SHOWN RIGHT HERE THAT I AM HIGHLIGHTING IS THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT. IT IS GREATER THAN THE 950 SQUARE FEET. AND THERE IS AN EXISTING SHED ON THE PROPERTY PROPOSED TO REMAIN ON THE SITE AS A RESULT. IT EXCEEDED THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE WOULD BE ALLOWED TO APPROVE THROUGH THE CODE AND AS A RESULT, WE DENIED THE REQUEST. THTHISS S JU A FLOORPLAN OF THE PROPOSED DWELLING UNIT. THIS IS THE FRONT VIEW OF THE PROPERTY FROM DARTMOUTH. A SIDE VIEW PROPERTY. THINKABLE IS THE EXISTING ACCESSORY STRUCTURE THEY ARE CONVERTING TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT. AND IT IS SURROUNDED BY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. THE ADJACENT PROPERTY. AGAIN ACROSS THE STREET. AND DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. COTTON? NO? DO WE HAVE THE APPLICANT ON THE LINE FOR THIS? >>CLERK: I DID NOT HAVE ANYONE REGISTERED FOR THIS ITEM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYONE HERE IN PERSON FOR ITEM NUMBER 37. THERE WE GO. RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE WILL -- WE WILL SWEAR YOU IN. >>CLERK: DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY THAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TR TRUTH? >> YES. >>CLERK: THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. >> MY NAME IS PATRICK TRPRPE ALLEGEDLY. MAY I REMOVE MY MASK. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALLEGEDLY IS THE NAME OF HIS COMPANY. WHEN HE SAYS THAT -- HIS NAME IS PATRICK THORP. >> A MUCH DEEPER MEANING THAT I I WILL HAVE EXPLAIN TO YOU ONE DAY. ON THE OVERHEAD PROJECTOR, I WILL PLACE A COUPLE OF IMAGES HERE. THIS IS THE EXISTING SITE PLAN AS IT SITS TODAY FOR THE PROPERTY AT 7711 NORTH DARTMOUTH. WHAT WE SEE HERE IS AN EXISTING DRIVEWAY THAT LEADS UP TO THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE AND INTO A COVERED AREA. THEN A SECOND DRIVEWAY THAT LEADS AROUND TO THE BACK OF PROPERTY AND TO THE EXISTING WOOD-FRAMED STRUCTURE. , WHICH IS CURRENTLY A GARAGE. WE ARE PROPOSING THAT CURRENTLY WE WILL REMOVE BOTH DRIVEWAYS ALONG WITH AN EXISTING WOOD DECK TO INCREASE THE IMPERVIOUS AREA ON-SITE, AND AT THE SAME TIME REPLACE THE TWO DRIVEWAYS WITH ONE DRIVEWAY THAT IS FURTHER AWAY FROM THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE PROVIDING A COMPLIANT CONCRETE APRON FOR THE CURRENT TECHNICAL TRANSPORTATION TECHNICAL MANUAL STANDARDS AS WELL AS TRYING TO IMPROVE THE LOOK OF THE PROPERTY BASED ON THE EXISTING SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ZONING CODE THAT DOES NOT ALLOW FOR PARKING IN FRONT OF THE HOME. SO WITH THAT, THE ISSUE WE ARE HAVING WITH THISTRTRUCK, YOU IS WE ARE LOOKING TO DO AN INTERIOR ONLY IMPROVEMENT TO THE ACCESSORY BUILDING WHICH STATED 985 SQUARE FEET. THE 98 5 STARE FEET IS LESS THAN 5% OVER THE 9 950-SQUARE-FOOT MAXIMUM. OUR ISSUE THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT ORIGINALLY IN 1949, IT SITS ON AN EXISTING DOUBLE LOT. WE ARE NOT ASKING TO CHANGE THE FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING SOLELY BASED ON COST. THE OPPORTUNITY TO REDUCE THE BUILDING BY 35 SQUQUAR FEET WOULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT COST OVERRETURNS FOR THE PROJECT AND IT IS NOT REALLY FEASIBLE. IN ADDITION, THE EXISTING S SETBACK IS 19 FEET, TWO INCHES. WHEN YOU ARE OVER THE 950 SQUARE FEET YOU ARE FROM THE BUILDING SETBACK AND THE EXISTING LOCATION OF THE BUILDING IS LESS THAN 5% OUTSIDE OF CONFORMANCE WITH THE CURRENT ZONING STANDARDS. SO AT THIS TIME, THE PROPERTY OWNER, MR. MICHAEL SICA IS HERE AS WELL AND WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, SIR. >> HELLO, EVERYBODY. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MY NAME IS MICHAEL SICA. I AM THE PROPERTY OWNER. I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW I AM MARRIED. I HAVE A COUPLE OF KIDS. FREQUENT VISIT FROM PARENTS OUT OF STATE. WE USE -- WHICH TRY TO USE AS MUCH SPACE AS POSSIBLE. THE GOAL WAS TO CREATE MORE LIVING SPACE SO WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THAT. AT THIS POINT, PATRICK HAS ADVISED ME TO GO THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT SO I DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN SHOULD I TRANSFER PROPERTY OR MOVE TO ANOTHER PROPERTY AND DECIDE TO KEEP IT AND USE IT AS A RENTAL. SO, YOU KNOW, I AM -- AT THIS POINT, I AM ASKING YOUR PERMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR PLANS AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN? NO? ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC. >>JOHN D DINELELDE I DID HAVE A QUESTION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. SICA OR YOUR REPRESENTATIVE, DID YOU THE REQUIRED MAILING TO YOUR NEIGHBORS CORRECT? >> YES, SIR. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: DID YOU HEAR BACK SPECIFICALLY FROM ANY OF THEM? >> NO, NOT ONE NEIGHBOR. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, SIR. >> ABSOLUTELY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS EYE THEM. WE HAVE NOBODY REGISTERED. >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOVE TO CLOSE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION AND SECOND. AYE. WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL. TO OVERTURN OR STAND BY THE DECISION OF THE SGLONZ. >>CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE: EXCUSE ME, MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY IN ADDRESSING THE -- I JUST WANT TO REMIND COUNCILMEMBERS TO ALSO ADDRESS NOT ONLY THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR'S DECISION REGARDING THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT BUT TO ALSO ADDRESS THE PARKING REQUI REQUIREMENT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WOULD THAT BE IN THE FORM OF A WAIVER, MADAM ATTORNEY? >> IF I CAN -- IF I GO BACK AND CLARIFY THE DRIVEWAY ON THE PROPOSED PLAN. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WE SAW THE DRIVEWAY. WHAT I AM ASKING IS LEGAL COUNSEL IS ASKING THAT WE INCLUDE IT IN OUR MOTION. WOULD THAT BE IN THE FORM OF A WAIVER OR WHAT -- HOW WOULD WE HANDLE THAT PROCEDURALLY MA'AM? >>>>CARIRIA TTTTIS-MACKLE: I SE THAT COUNCILMAN MIRANDA HAS HIS HAND RAISED. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO GO AHEAD AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO ASK PERTINENT QUESTIONS AND I WAS RAISING MY HAND AND INADVERTENTLY OVERLOOKED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GEL WITH DINGFELDER'S QUESTION FIRST AND THEN COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. >>CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE: CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE JUST FOR THE RECORD. ININ MR. COTTON'S PRESENTATION AND IN THE DECISION LETTER, THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT GAVE THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE -- THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS PROPERTY IN THAT -- PARKING FOR THE PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURE CAN NOT BLOCK EACH OTHER WHEN PARKED. THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT SAID PLEASE REDESIGN PARKING TO ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACE. HAS TO BE ACCORDING TO CITY CODE SECTION 27.211.2.2 SUBSECTIONS C WHICH I PROVIDED TO COUNCIL A TOTAL OF THREE SPACES ON THE LOT PROPERTY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY. COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE WERE TO OVERTURN THE DENIAL, WE WOULD NEED TO INCLUDE A WAIVER OF THE THREE PARKING SPACE REQUIREMENT? >>CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE: THAT SECTION NEEDS TO STILL BE MET PER THE SITE PLAN THAT IS PROPOSED BY THE PETITIONER. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SO WE WOULDN'T WAIVENYNYTHG?G? >>CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE: CORRECT. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY, THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO ASK A FEW QUESTIONS. I KNOW THE PETITIONER MR. SICA SAID FOR THE FAMILY TO COME TO VISIT AND SO FORTH AND SO ON AND THE BUILDING WAS BUILT IN THE '40s. I DID HEAR THAT ALL CORRECT? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HAS THIS BUILDING, HAS IT BEEN USED AT ALL OR JUST A BUILDING THAT HAS GOT TO BE REMODELED TO BE HABITABLE. AND WITHIN THAT DISTRICT, I THINK SOME OF THESE BUILDINGS ARE ALLOWED. AM I CORRECT OR NOT? ? >>. >>ERIC COTTON: ERIC COTTON, THEY ARE ALLOWED >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I JUST WANTED TO KNOW FOR THE RECORD. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: TWO QUESTIONS. I WANTED TO ASK STAFF, WHAT ARE THE RULES AROUND THE ABILITY TO RENT THE ACCESSORY DWELLINGS SEPARATE FROM THE HOUSE? >> THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS COULD BE A RENTABLE PIECE OF PROPERTY. BUT THE PROPERTY HAS TO BE HOMEOWNER OCCUPIED IN THE FRONT. YOU CAN'T HAVE TWO RENTALS. THE OWNER OCCUPIED, THE SECOND UNIT WILL BE THE RENTABLE UNIT. IT WOULD ALL BE RENTED AS ONE. THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT CAN BE RENTED BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE TWO RENTALS. YOU CAN'T HAVAVE B BOTH THE FROT AND THE BACK RENTED. >>BILL CARLSON: I GOT IT. SO THE ATTORNEY SAID THAT THEREE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR THREE PARKING SPACES. DOES YOUR DESIGN MEET THAT REQUIREMENT? >> YES, SIR. IF WE GO BACK TO THE OVER HEAD PROJECTOR, I CAN SHOW ON THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN. IN THIS AREA, THEY HAVE THE STATE DRIVEWAY THAT COMES IN TO AN 18 BY 36 PARKING AREA, THEN ALSO FLARES OUT TO PROVIDE PARKING FOR THREE CARS AT A MINIMUM. >>BILL CARLSON: I'M HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION, OKAY. MOTION TO CLOSE? >>BILL CARLSON: MOTION TO CLOSE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECONDED FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO OVERTURN THE ZONING ADMINISTRATION DENIAL SPECIAL USE APPLICATION SU-1-21-000016 BECAUSE PETITIONER DEMONSTRATED THAT THE PETITIONER IS CONSISTENT WITH THE APPLICABLE GENERAL STANDARDS SET FORTH UNDER SECTION 2 27-12, DD HAS MET THE REQUIREMENT FORBE THE PARKING SPACES, AND MADAM ATTORNEY, WHAT DID I FORGET? >>CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE: I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN, A COMMENT? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: JUST BRIEFLY, FOR ANYBODY WHO IS WATCHING, AND I KNOW SEMINOLE HEIGHTS IS VERY CAUTIOUS AND CONCERNED GENERALLY ABOUT THESE SORT OF ISSUES. AND ESPECIALLY ANY KIND OF WAIVERS. BUT IN THIS CASE, THIS IS AN EXISTING GARAGE THAT'S BEING REMODELED, AND, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY TURNED INTO KIND OF A GRANNY FLAT, IN THIS CASE, FOR HOPEFULLY FOR FAMILY USE. BUT ANYWAY, I CAN SUPPORT IT BASED UPON THE FACT THAT BARELY I THINK 30 SQUARE FEET OR SOMETHING. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. WE CONTINUE ON WITH THE ROLL VOTE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT UP. >>MARTIN SHELBY: WITH REGARD TO THIS ITEM ON 7510 NORTH OLA, IF COUNCICIL WILL RECEIVE ANY DOCUMENTS PURSUANT TO -- >> SO MOVED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND BY CITRO. AULT IN FAVOR? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE BEGIN WITH ITEM NUMBER 38. >>CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE: ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY. THIS ITEM IS BEFORE YOU ON A PETITION FILED BY SEAN AND MELISSA WOLF. THE ALTERNATIVE DESIGN EXCEPTION 1 REQUEST FOR THE PARTY LOCATED AT 7510 NORTHLALA AVENUE. THEY ARE SEEKING REVIEW OF THE ZONING ADMINISTRATION DECISION DENYING THE INCREASE IN HEIGHT OF A FENCE IN THE FRONT YARD FROM 3 FEET TO 6 FEET, WHICH REQUESTED RELIEF FROM SECTION 27-60, SUBSECTION E-5. COUNCIL WAS PROVIDED WITH A COPY OF THE HEARING FOR REVIEW AS WELL AS SAMPLE MOTION. FOR PURPOSES OF TODAY'S HEARING THE CITY COUNCIL APPLIED THE DE NOVO VIEW. YOUR DECISION IS NOT LIMITED TO THE RECORD CREATED BY THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR, INSTEAD CAN TAKE PUBLIC TESTIMONY, ACCEPT THE EVIDENCE AND MAKE ANY DECISIONS BASED UPON THE APPLICATION -- THE APPLICANT, MEETING THE CRITERIA IN SECTION 27-60 SUBSECTION E-5. MR. COTTON WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE RELIEF REQUESTED IN THE APPLICATION AND THE BASIS FOR THE CITY'S DECISION. AFTER CONSIDERING ALL OF THE EVIDENCE, INTRODUCED INTO THE RECORD, AT TODAY'S HEARING, CITY COUNCIL MAY UP HOLD THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR DECISION AND THEREBY DENY THE ALTERNATIVE DESIGN EXCEPTION APPLICATION OR COUNCIL MAY OVERTURN THE SCONE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR'S DECISION AND THEREBY APPROVE THE APPLICATION FOR THE ALTERNATIVE DESIGN EXCEPTION. AND WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR. COTTON. AND I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. COTTON. >>ERIC COTTON: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. AS CAMARIA WAS INDICATING, THE PROPERTY IS AT 7510 NORTH OLA AVENUE. THE APPLICANT IS SEAN AND MELISSA WOLF. FROM 60 IN THE FRONT YARD. ON SECTION 27-290.1 GOVERNS HEIGHT FOR A SOLID FENCE, THE HEIGHT LIMITATION IS THREE FEET. SO AS A RESULT, IF COUNCIL RECALLS WORKSHOP FROM A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, STAFF IS HESITANT TO APPROVE FENCES IN THE FRONT YARD. SO AS A RESULT, STAFF DENIED THE REQUEST. THESE ARE THE STANDARD FOR THE 27-60 FOR ALTERNATIVE DESIGN. IT'S A 100% INCREASE IN THE HEIGHT OF THE FENCE. THIS IS ON THE RIVER, OLA, THIS IS HILLSBOROUGH RIVER. THIS IS THE SITE PLAN THAT WAS SUBMITTED. WHAT WAS IN PINK WAS AN EXISTING 6-FOOT TALL VINYL FENCE, CORRUGATED ALUMINUM ON THE FRONT LAWN WITH A GATE. THIS IS THE CURRENT VIEW OF THE PROPERTY. WHEN I WAS OUT THERE, PROBABLY ABOUT THREE OR F FOU WEEKS AGO, THIS IS THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION. THEY HAVE AN EXISTING FENCE. IT IS SET BACK OFF THE SIDEWALK. THE PROPERTY LINE IS PROBABLY ABOUT WHERE THE TREES ARE, THAT FAR BACK INTO IT. THIS IS THE EXISTING FENCE FROM OLA. THE PROPERTY IS OVER HERE WITH WHERE THE LARGE TREE IS. THIS IS THE VACANT PROPERTY NEXT DOOR. AND ACROSS OLA. THAT'S OUR PRESENTATION. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE DENIAL? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CHAIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN GUDES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE ARE SAYING A FENCE ACROSS THE FRONT, OR IS THAT THE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY? >>ERIC COTTON: IT'S THE FENCE ON THE SITE PLAN THAT'S IN YELLOW. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I THINK THE SIDES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE, WHAT, 3 FEET O44 FTT IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE? >>ERIC COTTON: THE FRONT YARD IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS IS BASED ON WHERE THE HOUSE -- THE FRONT YARD FOR THIS PROPERTY IS PROBABLY ABOUT HERE. ANYTHING FROM THAT POINT BACKWARDS, IF YOU GO SIX FEET, BUT AT THE PROPERTY LINE, IT WOULD BE LIMITED TO THREE FOOT SOLID FENCE, AND WROUGHT IRON OR SOMETHING, OR PICKET FENCE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYTHING ELSE? NO? ALL RIGHT. I SEE THE TWO APPLICANTS AT THE KIOSK. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. WE ARE GOING TO SWEAR YOU IN BEFORE YOU BEGIN SPEAKING. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? (OATH ADMINISTERED BY CLERK). >> I DO. >> PLEASE GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR NAME. >> MY NAME IS SEAN WOLF. WE ARE HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS THE MATTER. THIS IS MY WIFE MELISSA. I AM A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA IN DREW PARK SPECIFICALLY. MY WIFE IS A COUNTY EMPLOYEE. WE ARE HERE TODAY TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION. WE FEEL AS THOUGH THEHE INFORMATION THAT WAS GIVEN WAS A LITTLE BIT ASKEW FROM WHAT WE WERE ACTUALLY INTERESTED IN GETTING. THEREFORE WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU THE TYPE OF FENCE THAT FITS THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IS THE IN THERE. WE HAVE HAD AN EXTREME AMOUNT OF PROBLEMS SINCE MOVING IN, IN 2018, DUE TO THE UNIQUE SITUATION OF THE PROPERTY. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 222 FEET FROM MY FRONT DOOR TO THE STREET. WE HAVE PROVIDED CITY COUNCIL WITH NUMEROUS POLICE REPORTS OF ANYTHING FROM TRESPASSING TO PEPY FIGS TREES AND DOG WASTE AND WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH ONE OF THE, I GUESS RYAN -- RYAN, HE DOES ANY CODE ENFORCEMENT OF ISSUES THAT WE HAVE. SO WE ARE TODAY WITH A HARDSHIP NOW. WE CAN'T PARK OUR VEHICLES IN OUR HOUSE. I DON'T FEEL SAFE GOING INTO MY PROPERTY WITHOUT HAVING A MEANS TO DEFEND MYSELF. WE JUST LITERALLY A FEW WEEKS AGO GOT ITS RID OF A SEX OFFENDER, WHO WOULD STAND AT THE END OF MY PROPERTY AND LOOK T TO URUR LEFT, YOU WILL SEE THE HOUSE THAT IS NOW BEING RESTORED FROM A PREVIOUS SEX OFFENDER, ONE OF THE WORST, CHILD POACHER, IF YOU LOOK AND DO A SMALL SEARCH OF A MILE OR TWO MILES OF WHICH WE DID A SEX OFFENDERS IN THE AREA YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THAT IT JUST LIGHTS UP THE WHOLE SCREEN AS WELL AS CRIME. SEMINOLE HEIGHTS IS A FANTASTIC AREA. WE LOVE THE HOUSE. WE WORK EXTREMELY HARD. WE HAVE GREAT NEIGHBORS. OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT OF US ARE ACTUALLY IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSED FENCE. WHAT WE DID WAS UNFORTUNATELY GIVE A DESCRIPTION OF -- WE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND, WE ARE FIRST TIME HOMEOWNERS. THE FENCE WE ACTUALLY WANT IS THE FENCE THAT OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE. WE HAVE GONE AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, LOOKED AT THE OTHER FENCES, AND WE DO HAVE A LARGE TREE IN THE FRONT YARD OF WHICH WE ARE INTERESTED IN PROTECTING. THAT'S ONE OF THE AREAS THAT STABILIZES THE FRONT OF OUR HOUSE. WHAT WAS NOT NOTED IS THAT THE HOUSE WHERE IT'S LOCATED IS ALSO CHANGE OF ELEVATION SO WE HAVE A FLAT ROOF HOUSE. IT'S A VERY SMALL HOUSE, 1200 AND SOMETHING SQUARE FT.T. SO IT SITS BACK VERY FAR. WE ENJOY THAT BECAUSE WE ARE SO CLOSE TO THE WATER. WE ARE GRANDFATHERED IN. OUR HOUSE IS FROM 1955. IT HAS CHARACTER. IT'S WHAT SEMINOLE HEIGHTS IS ABOUT. AND THAT'S WHY WE CHOSE THE AREA NOW. THIS IS AN AREA THAT'S UP AND COMING. YEAH, IT'S GOT ITS PROS AND CONS BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY WE LOOKED AND SAID, NOW WHAT? THIS SAN FANTASTIC PLACE TO RAISE A FAMILY. AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW I AM NOT COMFORTABLE WITH HAVING CHILDREN PLAY OUT FRONT, WITH PEOPLE WALKING IN WHEN THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO, OF PEOPLE SLEEPING UNDER MY TREE, NOT COMFORTABLE WITH HAVING 150 FOUND DOGS SCALE A FIVE FENCE FENCE ON THE BACKSIDE OF MY HOUSE AND DRINK WATER OUT OF MY POND AND THEN URINATE ON MY VERY EXPENSIVE PLANTS AND ALL OF THE THINGS IN MY BACKYARD. THAT'S JUST A SNIPPET OF THE ISSUES THAT WE ARE HAVING. WE DID TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO CONTACT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE CAN DO NOTHING BUT APPLAUD THE POLICE FOR HAVING OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE WITH US BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD SO MANY ISSUES. WE WANTED TO BRING IT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE PEOPLE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS. APPARENTLY, WHAT WE WILL OUTLINE IN SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT OPPOSE THE F FEN IS A LOT OF MISLEADING INFORMATION WHICH WE FEEL AS THOUGH IS VERY ONE SIDED. YOU KNOW, WE ARE NEW TO THIS. WE DO HAVE LETTERS FROM OUR NEIGHBORS THAT ARE INTERESTED AND ADOPT OPPOSE THE FENCE, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY PAID BETWEEN MYSELF AND BOTH OF THE NEIGHBORS. EVERYBODY WAS IN AGREEMENT. WHEN WE DECIDED HEY, YOU NOTICE WHAT WHAT? WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF PEOPLE COMING UP TO OUR PROPERTY, ENOUGH OF PEOPLE GOING IN OUR YARD, TAKING THINGS, STEALING AND DOING ALL THESE THINGS, AND WE ARE CAT PEOPLE. WE CONTINUE HAVE A LARGE DOG. WE DON'T HAVE ATTACK DOGS, PIT BULLS OR WHATEVER TO DEFEND OUR PROPERTY, WE HAVE GONE AS FAR AS HAVING NO TRESPASSING SIGNS. WE HAVE A RING CAMERA THAT DOES NOTHING. THE ONLY THING WE DO IS CATCH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THERE. I HAVE WORDS THAT MAKE THE PEOPLE LEAVE, AND THEN THAT'S IT. BUT THAT'S STILL NOT STOPPING THE PEOPLE FROM GOING THERE. OUR NEIGHBORS DO HAVE EXTREMELY NICE HOUSES AND HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME. THEY HAVE THESE BEAUTIFUL HOMES WHICH IS ONLY GIVEN US, YOU KNOW, HOPE THAT THE AREA HAS INCREASED AND IS GETTING BETTER, BUT TWO BLOCKS OVER I IT' A VERY ROUGH PART OF TOWN. I WOULD ASK ANY OF THE TAMPA BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GO OVER TO ARTILLERY LIQUORS OR WHATEVER THE NAME OF THE PLACE IS AND IT'S NOTHING BUT BUMS AND HOMELESS PEOPLE AND VAGRANTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. OUR HOME WAS VACANT FOR A WHILE BEFORE WE BOUGHT IT, SO THIS IS AN AREA WHERE PEOPLE DECIDED THAT, HEY, THEY CAN GET IN THERE, AND NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH. WE DON'T EXPECT ANYBODY IN NEIGHBOHOOD WATCH TO PROTECT MYSELF, MY WIFE OR MYAMAMIL WE WILL DO WHAT IT TAKES TO DEFEND OUR FAMILY FROM ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS. WE DO HAVE POLICE REPORTS SHOWING THAT. THE POLICE HAVE BEEN ON OUR BACK AND HAS SAID, HEY, WHATEVER YOU GUYS NEED TO DO, TO DO THAT. WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. WE WOULD LIKE A FENCE IN THE FRONT OF OUR PROPERTY THAT MIMICS THE FENCE OF THE NEIGHBORS, AND THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE THAT SAFETY. WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIAL PRIVILEGES. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. OUR HOUSE IS UNIQUE. YES, IT SITS EXTREMELY FAR BACK. IF YOU ARE ON YOUR BOAT LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE THERE ON THE WEEKEND, YOU CAN TELL IF I PUT BUTTER OR JELLY ON MY TOAST. IT'S CLOSE. SO THE UNIQUE SITUATION WITH THE PROPERTY IS THAT THE HOUSE IS LOCATED SO CLOSE TO THE WATER, SO OUR BACKYARD IS OUR FRONT YARD. AND WE ENJOY OUR PRIVACY. THE FENCE THAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN IS FIVE FOOT TALL FENCE, IT'S MADE OF ALUMINUM. WE CALL IT GALVA ALUMINUM, AND ME TELLING MY WIFE BECAUSE SHE HAS BETTER PENMANSHIP OF WHAT WE WANT. ANYWAY, WE ARE GOING TO SHOW THE FENCE THAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN. OUR WATER JUAN DAVIS WHICH IS NEXT TO US, HE ACTUALLY APPLIED FOR THE FENCE AND HE WAS DENIED ALSO. AND I WOULD LIKE T T N NOT THATT KIND OF STARTED IN I GUESS 2019 WHEN WE WERE HAVING ISSUES, THE HOUSE WAS STILL BEING CONSTRUCTED, WE WERE ALREADY OCCUPYIN OUR HOUSE, WE KEPT AN EYE ON OUR PROPERTY, TOO. THESE ARE PEOPLE WE LIVE NEXT TO. IF YOU FALL OFF THE LADDER, THE PERSON YOU NEED TO RELY ON IS THE PERSON NEXT DOOR TO YOU, NOT THE POLICE AND THIS AND THAT. YOU NEED TO RELY ON PEOPLE THERE. NOT ONLY DID WE GET A FANTASTIC HOUSE IN A FANTASTIC AREA WITH AWESOME NEIGHBORS. APPARENTLY THERE ARE SOME NEIGHBORS THAT DISLIKE US OR DISLIKE WHATEVER WE ARE DOING. WE GET IT. WE DO WANT TO KEEP THE AESTHETICS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ALTHOUGH IT'S INCONSISTENT WITH THE FINDINGS OF WHAT WE FEEL THAT CAME BACK WITH. AND WE CAN SHOW THAT WITH THAT. OUR NEIGHBOR WENT AS FAR AS MEASURING THESE FENCES WHICH WHETHER THEY ARE LEGAL OR ILLEGAL, THEY ARE STILL THERE. SO IT'S SELECTIVE ENFORCEMENT OF WHO GETS TO KEEP WHAT BECAUSE NOBODY COMPLAINED ABOUT IT. SO IF YOU HAVE A HOUSE AND YOU HAVE -- YOU NEEDED TO HAVE A PERMIT. SO ON THAT STREET WHICH THERE'S PLENTY OF PEOPLE THAT DO, AND SOME PEOPLE HAVE PROTECTED ADDRESSES. I DON'T K KNO A ALL T THE PEOPL. I MIND MY BUSINESS. I COME HOME. AT 2:00, SOMETIMES AT 8:00 AT NIGHT. I HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS. I'M LUCKY THAT I CAN LEAVE ON LUNCH AND COME CHECK ON MY PROPERTY BUT THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO DO. TO ME, IT'S VERY DISHARDENING TO NOT WANT TO PUT MY TRASH OUT BECAUSE PEOPLE DECIDE THEY WANT TO THROW DOG WASTE IN MY TRASH, THROW IT ON MY TREE, UNDERSTOOD THE TREE, IN THE HOUSE, CONTINUOUSLY WALK ON THERE. I CAN SNELL PEE STAINS FROM WHERE PEOPLE LET THEIR DOGS DO THAT. THE HOUSE IS SET SO FAR BACK. THERE'S NOT A PHYSICAL BARRIER IMM NOT ASKING FOR 15 FEET WALL REQUEST CONSTANTINE WIRE. I AM ASKING FOR A FENCE THAT'S SMALLER THAN WHAT PEOPLE HAVE ON THE STREET. IF THEY WENT DOWN AND LOOKED AT THE OTHER PROPERTIES THEY WILL SEE THAT THIS FENCE THAT'S RIGHT ON THE STREET, AND LIKE I SAID, WE ARE HAVING ISSUES. IT'S CONTINUING. WE DO CALL THE POLICE. WE DO ALL THE THINGS NECESSARY BECAUSE IF WE ARE HAVING A PROBLEM, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS. IT WAS MORE MAYBE TWO OR THREE WEEKS AGO, WE HAD SOMEBODY THAT WAS -- THEY WERE ON METH, CRACK COCAINE, I DON'T KNOW. SOMETHING WAS WRONG W WIT THEM. MY NEIGHBOR SAID HEY, I HAVE A PROBLEM, THERE'S A GUY IN THE TREE AIRBNB. WE GET A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT NOT THERE THAT LIVE THERE. SO WE HAVE 3 OR 4 AIRBNBs SO WE COULD INSTANTLY SEE AN INFLUX OF PEOPLE, PEOPLE THAT WE ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH, SO THERE'S NOT ANY SECURITY BLANKET WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THREE DOORS DOWN BECAUSE THEY HAVE MULTIPLE AIR B&Bs. HE WASN'T COMFORTABLE APPROACHING THIS PERSON DIRECTLY, WE DON'T KNOW IF HE'S SICK OR WHAT WHAT HAVEOUOU. IT JUST HAPPENS THAT THIS IS A CRAZY GUY SITING OFTEN A BEVERAGE. THIS IS GREAT FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE LOCAL BUT IT'S BAD FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CONTRACTED OUT AND ON MEDICINE OR WHATEVER. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW. SO I CALLED THE POLICE. I SAID HEY, LISTEN, THERE'S SOME GUY IN THE BURNS, WE DON'T KNOW IF HE'S DRUNK, ON DRUGS. I'M NOT APPROACHING ANYBODY. I STAY ON MY PROPERTY. I'M NOT APPROACHING THAT PERSON UNLESS IT'S MY DIRECT NEIGHBOR THEY ARE BLEEDING OR SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THEM OR THERE'S AN EMERGENCY. THEN YES, WE DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE APPROACHING SOMEONE BECAUSE TWO BLOCKS AWAY IT'S A VERY ROUGH AREA. IT'S A ROUGH AREA. WE HAVE THE MAYOR THAT LIVES RIGHT IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO US. WE HAVE JUDGES AND SPECIAL MAGISTRATES THAT LIVE ON THE STREET. WE WERE APPROACHED BY THE NEIGHBORS. THIS IS A GREAT PLACE. WE LOVE THIS, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE. IT'S FANTASTIC. WE CAN'T DO ANY BETTER LITERALLY. WE ARE IN AN AREA OF TAMPA THAT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST EXCLUSIVE LOCATIONS IN TAMPA. IN 15 MINUTES I CAN BE DOWNTOWN. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION, MR. WOLF? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, GO AHEAD. JOJOHN DINGFELDER: I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE ABUNDANTLY CLEAR ON WHAT YOU ARE ALLOWED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: >> YES, SIR. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: AND STAFF CAN CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG. BUT BASICALLY, ON THE PORTION OF YOUR PROPERTY, UP ON THE STREET, OKAY, RIGHT AT THE PROPERTY LINE, YOU COULD BE ALLOWED A 4-FOOT SLATTED FENCE. >> AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE IN TO PUT UP. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: LET ME FINISH. >> SORRY. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ON THE TWO SIDE YARDS, OKAY, AND WE ARE NOT PICKING ON YOU. THIS IS CODE ACROSS THE CITY. >> SURE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WE DON'T ALLOW THE 6-FOOT COMING UP THE SIDES, OKAY, BUT WE DO ALLOW -- CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG, ERIC -- WE DO ALLOW THE SAME 4-FOOT SLATTED ALL THE WAY BACK TO WHERE YOUR HOUSE STARTS OF THE FROM THAT POINT BACK, YOU CAN HAVE THE 6-FOOT FENCE, AND SO THAT'S A BASIC RULE FOR EVERYBODY. WE ARE NOT PICKING ON YOU. WE UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS PROBABLY IN A BIT OF TRANSITION IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE DESCRIBED. >> ABSOLUTELY. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: BUT WHAT YOU ARE ASKING FOR, AT LEAST THE PICTURES THAT SHOW HAS ALREADY BEEN CONSTRUCTED, IS THE 6-FOOT SOLID PVC FENCE ALL THE WAY UP THE STREET. >> AND THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE DOING THIS CORRECTLY. YOU HAVE TO EXCUSE US, IT'S OUR FIRST TIME WE HAVE EVER -- >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THAT'S THE PICTURE THAT'S BEEN SHOWN. >> YES, SO THAT FENCE IS THERE AND ISS ACTUALLY A MUTUAL FENCE BETWEEN MY NEIGHBOR ON THE EAST AND WEST OF US. SO -- >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I UNDERSTAND BUT SOMEBODY PUT IT UP. >> YES, SOMEBODY DID PUT IT UP. THIS IS THE FENCE BETWEEN MY NEIGHBORS AND MYSELF THAT WE HAVE THERE. WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS TO PUT A FENCE LESS THAN FIVE FEET BEHIND THE SIDEWALK WHICH STILL GIVES EVERYBODY THE SAME EXACT ACCESS, IT STILL GIVES EVERYBODY THE SAME EXACT VIEW. WHAT IT DOESN'T DO IS IT DOESN'T ALLOW FOR PEOPLE TO SLEEP UNDER MY TREE AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IFOUOU STILL HAVE THAT 4-FOOT SLATTED FENCE ON THE FRONT, YOU ARE NOT ASKING TO CHANGE THAT, CORRECT? >> NO, WE DON'T HAVE A SLATTED FENCE ON THE FRONT. THE FENCE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO ADD IS A SLATTED FENCE BY -- BETWEEN 4 AND 5 FEET TALL. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THE CODE ALLOWS 4 FEET, ALL RIGHT? >> AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT BECAUSE THE OTHER NEIGHBORS HAVE FENCES THAT START WITH LIKE 50 TO 60 INCHES OF MY NEIGHBOR ACTUALLY WEPT AND MEASURED ALL OF THESE FENCES, LITERALLY THE FENCES THAT WE HAVE THERE, IF YOU GO DOWN THE STREET, AND WE A ARE HPYPY TO -- >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MY POINT IS, IF YOU HAVE A 4-FOOT SLATTED FENCE ON THE FRONT, THEN YOU GO UP TO 6 FEET ON THE SIDE, TO ME, IT DOESN'T PROVIDE ANY EXTRA SECURITY, BECAUSE IF I AM THE GUY THAT WANTS TO CLIMB OVER, I AM GOING TO TAKE THE ROUTE OF LEAST RESISTANCE, WHICH IS EITHER THE 4 FEET OR MAYBE EVEN THE 5 FEET IF YOU GET A VARIANCE FROM US. >> YES, THAT'S -- >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ON THE 5 FEET. BUT TO ME I DON'T SEE THE JUSTIFICATION OF THAT SOLID 6-FOOT FENCE ON EITHER SIDE, HOW THTHAT PVIVIDES YOU ANY ADDITIOL SECURITY, FROM SOMEBODY WHO TRULY WANTS TO BREAK INTO YOUR YARD. >> WELL, NOW, HERE IS THE THING. WE ARE ASKING FOR A VARIANCE THAT WOULD INCREASE THE HEIGHT FROM THE 4 FEET TO THE 5 FEET OF SLATTED. WE MADE THE MISTAKE OF CALLING THE TYPE MUCH FENCE WE WANT GALVALUM. THAT WOULD STOW STOP 95% OR MAYBE EVEN MORE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE ARE HAVING IN THERE. WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING SPECIAL. WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR ANY PRIVILEGES. WE ARE JUST SAYING, HEY, WE ARE >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO REDUCE THOSE SIDE YARD FENCES TO THE SAME MATERIAL OF SLATTED 5 FEET FENCE? >> WELL -- >>JOHN DINGFELDER: BECAUSE IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THIS COUNCILMAN MIGHT BE ABLE -- >> WELL, THE ONLY REASON I WOULDN'T WANT TO DO THAT IS BECAUSE IT PROVIDES -- THE WAY MY HOUSE IS SITUATED AND THE NEIGHBORS' HOUSE IS SITUATED, MY FRONT YARD IS THE BACKYARD SO LITERALLY WHEN MY NEIGHBORS ARE THERE, IF THE FENCE WERE OPEN, THEY HAVE NO PRIVACY IN THEIR BAF THOSE THINGS. ADDITIONALLY THE EXPENSE THAT WE INCURRED TO DO THIS IS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE. WE ARE ALREADY AT A LOSS BECAUSE WE NEED TO PUT A GATE. WE ORIGINALLY DIDN'T WANT TO PUT A GATE OR PUT A FENCE BECAUSE IT'S EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE. WE HAVE OTHER THINGS ON THE PROPERTY THAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN DOING BEFORE THAT. AND THAT WAS THE THING. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE LETTERS FROM THE NEIGHBORS THAT WERE ALSO INTERESTED IN THIS. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE PROPOSED AND EXISTING 6-FOOT FENCE AS SHOWN IN THE COMPELLA PORTALAL I APPROVED. THIS IS A LETTER THAT WE RECEIVED FROM ERIC COTTON DIRECTLY ON JANUARY 11th, 2021. SO WE ARE NOT QUESTIONING THE 6-FOOT FENCE. THE 6-FOOT FENCE IS NOT AN ISSUE. WHAT WE ARE HERE FOR TODAY IS TO PRESENT FOR A FENCE IN THE FRONT YARD. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I THINK WE NEED CLARIFICATION FROM MR. COTTON ON THAT. THE 6-FOOT FENCE ON THE SIDE YARDS IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE, I BELIEVE MR. COTTON SAID IS P PAR OF THE VIOLATION, AND IS PART OF THE ISSUE. BUT MR. COTTON OR LEGAL STAFF CAN CLARIFY THAT. THANK YOU. >>ERIC COTTON: DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. THERE WERE TWO REQUESTS IN THE DESIGN EXCEPTION. ONE WAS FOR THE 6-FOOT FENCE ALONG THE SIDE. TECHNICALLY IT'S IN THE FRONT YARD BUT IT WAS ALONG THE SIDE PROPERTY LINE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CHAIR, POINT OF ORDER. MR. COTTON, PUT THE PHOTOS UP. >>ERIC COTTON: SO THIS IS THE SITE PLAN. YOU ALL CAN SEE IT. WHAT'S IN PINK WAS APPROVED. SOMEWHERE BACK HERE IS THE FRONT YARD. AND INCREASE THE EXISTING FENCE HEIGHT TO 6 FEET. THAT WAS APPROVED. SO YOU CAN SEE THIS WAS APPROVED AS PART OF THE DESIGN EXCEPTION. THE NEIGHBORS ON EITHER SIDE. THAT WAS APPROVED. WHAT WAS DENIED WOULD HAVE BEEN A FENCE ACROSS T THE FRONT OF TE PROPERTY THIS WAY. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ALL RIGHT. THEN I STAND CORRECTED. SORRY. >> AND YOU WILL HAVE TO EXCUSE ME. I MAY HAVE BEEN THE ONE THAT TOLD MY WIFE, JUST BEAR WITH ME ONE SECOND HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CITRO. >>JOSEPH CITRO: I AM JUST WONDERING IF THE APPLICANT IS FINISHED WITH YOUR PRESENTATION, IF A QUESTION LOW LISTEN TO THEIRS, WE MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN THE ANSWERS. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I WASN'T HEARING A LOT OF ANSWERS IN 15 MINUTES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE THE COMMENT. >>JOSEPH CITRO: THAT'S WHY I AM ASKING IF THEY ARE F FINHEHED WH THEIR PRESENTATION. >> WE WANTED TO KIND OF SHOW WHAT THE TYPE OF FENCE THAT WE WERE INTERESTED IN PUTTING. WE DID A SEARCH FOR GALVALUM FENCE PANELS. THIS IS WHAT CAME UP. THIS IS WHAT WE WERE INTERESTED IN DOING. SO WHEN WE GAVE THE DESCRIPTION, I THINK PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT THIS STYLE OF FENCE THAT GOES COMPLETELY ACROSS TENSE BY WOULD BLOCK PEOPLE'S VIEWS, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN. WE ARE INTERESTED IN THIS TYPE OF FENCE. WE HAVE LETTERS FROM OPPOSITION AS WELL AS OUT OF THE 35, I THINK WE SENT OUT, WE HAVE FIVE OR SIX PEOPLE TTT WERE OPPOSED TO IT AND WE FEEL AS THOUGH THAT MAY HAVE BEEN PART OF THE ISSUE THAT THEY WERE OPPOSED BECAUSE THEY WERE THINKING IT WAS GOING TO BE 6-FOOT HIGH ACROSS THE FRONT. THIS IS FIVE FEET TALL WHICH FITS IN WITH WHAT THE NEIGHBORS HAVE. WE HAVE MEASUREMENTS THAT WE WANT TO ENTER INTO EVIDENCE AS WELL AND WE ALSO HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF -- ONE IN PARTICULAR LETTER FROM LYNN KANELLA, BUT SHE SAID OUR STRUCTURE IS UNOCCUPIED. THAT WAS FALSE. SHE GAVE AN IDEA -- AND THESE ARE RECENT C CRINANAL ACTIVITY N THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SHE GAVE A BUFFER ZONE OF A QUARTER MILE, AND THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE THE AIR B&B, DOESN'T INCLUDE THE QUARTER MILE FROM HER HOUSE. THERE'S FOUR SEX OFFENDSERS DIRECTLY RIGHT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I AM NOT SURE WHAT THEY ARE GETTING WITH THIS. THAT THE CRIME LOG WAS SUBMITTED FROM 2019 IS REMOTE. IT'S NOT REMOTE BECAUSE WHAT WE ARE SHOWING IS THIS IS A CONTINUING ISSUE. WE HAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH PROGRAM. THEY LITERALLY HAVE DONE NOTHING. I HAVE TAKEN PICTURES OF THE WOMAN THAT WAS FREES PASSING AND THAT APPROACHED MY NEIGHBOR, AND IF IT WASN'T FOR ME WITH THE HELP OF MY NGHGHBO AND THE TAMPA BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT, THIS WOMAN WOULD STILL BE AT LARGE. WE HAVE THAT PAPERWORK. WE SENT IN THE FOR YOU GUYS TO REVIEW AND YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS THE TYPE OF PEOPLE THAT WE ARE HAVING COME UP TO OUR HOUSE. SO THIS IS A SECURITY REASON. WE HAVE EXISTING CAMERA AND SIGNAGE. WE HAVE PICTURES OF THE PEOPLE TRESPASSING ON OUR PROPERTY AND THE CAMERA DOES NOTHING OTHER THAN TAKE THEIR PHOTO, AND GREAT, SO THAT'S NOTHING. A WOMAN IS UP THERE STEALING MY ROCKS OR STEALING FRUIT, IT'S OKAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO? SO IT'S DISHEARTENING. YOU U KN,, THE 6-FOOT FENCE ON THE FRONT OR THE SIDES OF THE PROPERTY, WHAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IS THAT ON THE BACKSIDE OF OUR PROPERTY IS THE RIVER. WE LITERALLY HAVE NO WAY TO RETREAT AND IT'S NOT OUR DUTY TO RETREAT OUR PROPERTY BUT IF WE NEED TO RUN OUT OF OUR HOUSE THE ONLY WAY WE CAN GO IS THE BACKYARD AND STARE AT THE PEOPLE COMING IN OUR FRONT YARD. I DON'T WANTS SOMEBODY BETWEEN ME AND MY HOUSE OR ME AND MY FAMILY. ONCE AGAIN IT'S A SECURITY I SHALL YOU HAVE. WE ARE A RIVERFRONT COMMUNITY. THIS IS ONE OF THE ONLY TRUE STATEMENTS THAT'S I IN T THERE,U KNOW. HOUSES ARE IN THE 450 AT THE LOW END TO $1 MILLION. OKAY, THAT'S FANTASTIC. THIS IS A GREAT AREA. BUT THERE ARE STILL ISSUES THAT ARE HERE. THEY HAVE GARDEN TOURS. I HAVE NICER PLANTS THAN PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE GARDEN TOURS SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT STANDS OR WHAT THIS IS. THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A B A FENCE. WE HAVE -- ISSUES DIRECTLY RELATING TO CRIMES THAT ARE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THIS PERSON APPARENTLY HAS TAKEN A LIKING TO US, AND SAID THAT THERE'S S NORIRIME THERE. WE LITERALLY HAVE THE CRIME REPORTS THAT ARE THERE. DID SHE NOT KNOW THAT THERE'S A SECONDS OFFENDER RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM HER, WHILE THIS CRAZY PERSON WAS WALKING IN FRONT OF OUR PROPERTY, THEY WENT TO ONE OF THE PROPERTIES OF A PROTECTED ADDRESS AND WAS KNOCKING ON THE OR DOOR. I WAS THE PERSON THAT WENT OVER THERE AND CHASED THIS LADY AND GOT THIS LADY ARRESTED. THIS IS THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT I AM. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. WE ARE IN A HARDSHIP. WE ARE JUST ASKING FOR HELP. WE JUST WANT A FIVE FOOT FENCE IN FRONT OF THE PROPERTY THAT'S OPEN AREA THE SAME AS EVERYBODY ELSE ON T THE STREET AND THAT'S IT. THAT'S ALL WE ARE ASKING TO DO. IF YOU GUYS DO THAT FOR US THEN -- >> MELISSA. WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR ANY SPECIAL PRIVILEGES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU ARE SAYING THAT EVERYONE ON YOUR STREET HAS A FIVE OR SIX FOOT FENCE IN FRONT OF THEIR PROPERTY? >> YES, JUST ABOUT ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE A FENCE -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: I ASKED YOU, ALL THE PEOPLE ON THAT STREET WHO HAVE A FRONT YARD WHICH YOU HAVE A FRONT YARD HAVE A FIVE OR SIX FOOT FENCE? >> NO, SIR, THEY DO NOT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ERIC, DO YOU KNOW WHAT ON THAT RDDOWOW MANY HOUSES HAVE FENCING IN FRONT, AND WHAT'S THE HEIGHT OF THOSE >>ERIC COTTON: NO, SIR, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION. >> WE HAVE ADDRESSES. WE HAVE INFORMATION. WE HAVE PHOTOS WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO PRESENT TO YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WHAT IS THE HEIGHT? >> ABSOLUTELY, GIVE ME ONE SECOND. LET ME PULL IT UP. I'LL SHOW YOU. SO LET ME SWITCH PLACES WITH YOU. SO WE HAVE THE APPLICATION FROM OUOUR NEIGHBOR JUAN DAVIS WHICHS OUR NEIGHBOR IN FAVOR AND I SENT HIM A LETTER, TOO. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS ON OUR STREET. THE ADDRESS -- >> 7214 NORTH OLA AVENUE. >> THIS IS 7222 NORTH OLA AVENUE. >> 7222 NORTH OLA AVENUE FOR THE RECORD. >> THE HEIGHT HERE IS THE HEIGHT THERE'S THE HEIGHT. COLUMNS. THERE'S THE HEIGHT OF THE GATE. 7302 NORTH OLA. 6 FEET. 6-FOOT FENCE PLUS LAMP ON TOP. 102 INCHES TALL. >>ORLANDO GUDES: NOW I AM KIND OF CLEAR WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. >> THIS IS ONE OF THE ONLY FENCES IN OUR ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ACTUALLY HAS A 4-FOOT FENCE, VERY CLOSE IN FRONT. >> 7306 NORTH OLA AVENUE. >> SEAN: THIS IS ONE OF THE FENCES THAT WAS PERMITTED WITH THE COLUMNS. TO MY KNOWLEDGE AND WHAT WAS FENCED THERE, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON OUR STREET, THAT IF YOU PUT A COLUMN IN YOU HAVE TO GET BUILDING PERMITS. SOME OF THESE ARE LEGAL BUT THEY ARE STILL STANDING. >> 7514 WAS A PERMITTED FENCE. >> SO THIS IS THE PROPERTY, 7710 NORTH OLA, POST 106, GATE -- 56 TO 58. >> I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THIS IS ONE OF THE AIR B&B'S LOCATED ON OUR STREET, NORTH OLA AVENUE. >> THIS IS 7500. THIS IS THE WOMAN THAT I GUESS -- >> HAS A STRONG OPINION OF US. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE LOST THE IMAGE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU SAY THE LADY THAT'S OPPOSED TO YOU, THAT'S HER HOUSE? >> THIS PICTURE AT 7500 -- >>JOHN DINGFELDER: POINT OF ORDER, MR. CHAIRMAN. I THINK WE NEED VIDEO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, WE DON'T HAVE IT ON OUR SCREEN. COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I THINK WE ARE GOING INTO AN AREA HERE THAT'S VERY RISKY. I APPRECIATE THE PETITIONER'S TIME. BY THE WAY, WE ARE THE CITY OF TAMPA, KNOW IT THE CITY OF TAMPA BAY, NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO IS THAT ALL THESE STORIES ABOUT ILLEGAL FENCES, THAT'S FOR THE CODE ENFORCEMENT, TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. WE HAVE THE CASE BASED ON ITS OWN MERIT, NOT DOWN THE STREET OR ANYTHING ELSE. THAT'S MY OPINION AND I AM GOING TO STOP RIGHT THERE. >> I'M SORRY, COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? BECAUSE WE DIDN'T SEE THE SCREEN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. NOW THE OVERHEAD. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THEY PROBABLY WANT TO HEAR MR. MIRANDA. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IF YOU COULD REPEAT THAT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I JUST SAY I UNDERSTAND THE PETITIONER'S POINT, PRESENT HIS CASE, AND IF THERE ARE ILLEGAL FENCES, THAT'S UP TO CODE ENFORCEMENT. AND THE ADMINISTRATION TO GO OUT AND CITE THEM. THIS IS NOT PART OF THE CASE. >> WE JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU, TOO, THE PERSON THAT WAS EXTREMELY OPPOSED TO IT. THEY HAVE A FENCE THAT IS NOT WITHIN THE LEGAL TYPE OF SEMINOLE HEIGHTS. >> AND WAS NOT PERMITTED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS THAT THE FENCE THAT YOU ARE -- >> A REQUIREMENT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THIS COUNCIL HEARD ME SAY THAT IT'S VERY DANGEROUS TO HAVE THE OWNER, OR WHOEVER, BECAUSE ONCE YOU HAVE A FENCE AND HAS OPENINGS THAT YOU CAN SEE THROUGH, YOU CAN SEE SOMEBODY IN YOUR BACKYARD WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING IN. IF YOU ARE NOT YOU ARE RISKING YOUR LIFE AND YOU CAN'T SEE -- >> ABSOLUTELY. WE WANT TO HAVE THIS SAME EXACT STYLE FENCE -- >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM JUST MAKING A STATEMENT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN, I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE WANT TO GO WITH THIS. MAYBE POSSIBLY CONTINUE IT. WHAT CONCERNS ME IS -- AND I APPRECIATE THESE FOLKS GOING OUT AND TAKING PICTURES, OKAY. WHAT CONCERNS ME IS WE ARE NOT SEEING EVERY ADDRESS. I MEAN, THE YOUNG LADY, WE APPRECIATE YOU SAID THIS ADDRESS, THIS ADDRESS, IT'S CLEAR THAT WE AREOTOT SEEING EVERY NEIGHBOR, WE ARE NOT SEEING EVERY HOUSE UP AND DOWN THE STREET. THERE ARE PROBABLY A FEW THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE ANY FENCES, THERE MIGHT BE A FEW THAT HAVE 3-FOOT FENCE OR 4-FOOT FENCE, ALONG WITH THE 6-FOOT FENCE THAT YOU SHOWED US. IT'S NOT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO DO THAT. NEXT TIME I WOULD URGE STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, STAFF GOES ALONG AND TAKES ALL THOSE PICTURES SO WE HAVE A COMPLETE RECORD IN TERMS OF HOW TO MAKE OUR DECISION. >> ALSO IF I MAY ADD, TERERSO THAT WAS IN GREAT OPPOSITION TO THE FENCE, BECAUSE WE MAY HAVE GIVEN INFORMATION OF THE FENCE BEING COMPLETELY OPAQUE, WE JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN THE SAME STYLE FENCE, THAT SHE ACTUALLY ATTACHED THE STYLE OF FENCE THAT SHE WOULD BE OKAY WITH, WHICH IS RIGHT HERE. SHE ATTACHED MULTIPLE ONES AND SHE SAID THAT WE WANT THIS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND SHE ACTUALLY ATTACHED THESE, AND WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM WITH DOING A FENCE LIKE THAT, EXACT ONES THAT SHE WAS OKAY WITH. THOSE RANGE IN HEIGHTS FROM 55 INCHES TO 65 INCNCHE WEWE ARE MOY OF THESE STYLE ONES THAT ARE RIGHT ON THE CORNER, AND THAT WAS IT. I THINK THAT SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORS THOUGHT THAT WE WERE PUTTING UP SOME TYPE OF BARRICADE OR SOME TYPE OF FALLOUT SHELTER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE WANT TO CONFORM. WE DON'T HAVE AN HOA. WE WANT TO HAVE EVERYTHING THE SAME AND ULTIMATELY WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE SECURITY. I'M THER SEW, I TALK A LOT. WE ARE VERY PASSIONATE. THIS IS A BIG DEAL FOR US. THIS IS OUR FIRST HOUSE. WE PUT A LOT OF SWEAT EQUITY. WE HAVE TAKEN OFF TODAY TO BE HERE. WE ARE SUPER THANKFUL FOR YOU GUYS. I KNOW THEHERE A A LF INFORMATION, BUT THIS IS HOW DESPERATE WE ARE. WE NEED THE HELP. WE ARE JUST ASKING FOR YOU GUYS TO DO WHATEVER YOU CAN FOR US AND HELP US OUT WITH IT. WE DON'T WANT A SITUATION. WE WANT TO BE THERE. WE ARE NOT MOVING. WE ARE NOT LEAVING. I AM GOING TO DIE ON THAT PROPERTY, SO THIS IS SOMETHING FOR US TO WORK OUT AND DO, YOU KNOW. WE HAVE COULD HAVE EASILY JUST MET THAT NEIGHBOR -- >> THANK YOU. >> YES, SIR. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON, YOUR MICROPHONE. >>BILL CARLSON: WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED TO DO? TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AND C CLO T THE HEARING. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 38? WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY REGISTERED. >>MARTIN SHELBY: COULD WE CONFIRM THERE'S NOBODY ELSE ON -- >>> IS THERE ANYBODY ON THE SECOND FLOOR HERE IN PERSON THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? MR. WOLF, COULD YOU PEEK AROUND THE CORNER AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYBODY THERE? I DON'T THINK SO. >> MOVE TO CLOSE. >> I DON'T SEE ANYONE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I'M FINE WITH MR. DINGFELDER TO LOOK AT A CONTINUANCE ON THIS ITEM. >> WE DON'T HAVE ANY OPPOSITION WITH US TODAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE? >>MARTIN SHELBY: BEFORE YOU DO THAT, MR. GUDES, I DO -- WHEN YOU DO MAKE THE MOTION IF YOU COULD BE SPECIFIC AS TO WHAT IT IS THAT'S NOT IN THE RECORD TODAY THAT THIS COUNCIL DETERMINES NEEDS TO BE IN THE RECORD IN ORDER TO MAKE THE DECISION, AND I JUST ASK THAT YOU SET A BASIS FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE CONTINUANCE SO THAT EVERYBODY IS CLEAR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT STAFF GO OUTOO THAT PARTICULAR AREA, VIEW THE STREET, THE PROPERTIES, SO WE CAN MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT'S GOING ON ON THAT STREET, AND IF THERE'S COMPLIANCE, NONCOMPLIANCE FOR THIS PROPERTY, TO MEET THE CRITERIA FOR THAT STREET, FOR THAT AREA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER MIRANDA. AND COUNCILMEMBER DINGFELDER HAS HIS HAND UP. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: QUESTION ON THE MOTION. COUNCILMAN GUDES, I'M SORRY. THE INTENT OF THE MOTION IS FOR STAFF TO GO OUT THERE MAYBE A OCOCK TWO ON EITHER SIDE, TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS, BRING BACK ALL THE PHOTOGRAPHS PHOTOGRAPHS AND ALSO DO RESEARCH IN TERMS OF WHICH OF THOSE FENCES ARE LEGAL OR ILLEGAL? IS THAT PART OF IT? >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE GRANDFATHERED HOUSES SO FORTH, THEY MAY BE GRANDFATHERED AND DON'T KNOW. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE TOTAL SITUATION TO BRING BACK COMPETENT EVIDENCE TO THIS BODY. >> SECOND. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A A MOTION. CAN WE GET CLARIFICATION ON THE MOTION? >>MARTIN SHELBY: QUESTION FROM THE -- >>ERIC COTTON: YOU WANT STAFF TO GO OUT TWO BLOCKS FROM OLA SPECIFICALLY? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ON THE RIVERSIDE, I THINK. I THINK THAT'S MOST CRITICAL IS ON THE RIVERSIDE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THIS PROPERTY ALONG THE RIVERSIDE WHICH IS ON THAT STREET, FIND OUT IF ANY EVERYBODY GRANDFATHERED IN, IF WE HAVE ANY S STILALATIS,S, IN REFERENCE TO GIVING US AN IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON ON THE STREET. I MEAN, I CAN'T USE -- I'M LOOKING AT ALONG THAT STREET. THAT'S WHY I HAVE TO BE CLEAR WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE SIDES. I WAS ASKING WHAT'S IN FRONT OF THE YARD, SIDE YARD, THE FRONT OR BACK OF THE YARD. >>BILL CARLSON: I AM GOING TO VOTE AGAINST THE CONTINUANCE JUST BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE HAD 30, 45 MINUTES OF EVIDENCE PRESENTED. I THINK WE HAVE SUFFICIENT INFORMATION. >>CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE: IF MR. COTTON COULD PLEASE PUT ON THE RECORD WHETHER OR NOT DURING HIS ANALYSIS FOR THE DESIGN EXCEPTION WHETHER OR NOT HE CONSIDERED THOSE -- WHETHER OR NOT IT'S ROLE ADJUVANT, THE INFORMATON REGARDING THE OTHER PROPERTIES NEAR THE APPLICANT PETITIONER? >>ERIC COTTON: DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. STAFF DOES NOT LOOK AT SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. WHEN A DESIGN EXCEPTION COMES ,, STAFF LOOKS AT WHAT IS SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT. THAT'S THE RECORD THAT'S CREATED. THAT'S WHAT WE UTILIZE TO MAKE A DETERMINATION. THE FACT THAT A PROPERTY 4 DOORS DOWN MIGHT HAVE A IFENS IN THEIR FRONT YARD, AGAIN NOT KNOWING IF IT WAS LEGAL OR ILLEGAL, AND WHEN IT WAS PUT UP, IN MOST CASES, WON'T KNOW WHEN IT WAS ERECTED. WE DON'T TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. TO THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: QUESTION. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT IN 27-60-E-5-E, WHICH IS ON THE DOCUMENT THAT WAS PROVIDED TO US, OUT OF OUR CITY CODE, AND PART OF THE CRITERIA SAYS IF APPROVAL OF THE EXTENSION OF STANDARDS CONDITIONS AS NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT THE ADJUSTMENT GRANTED DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A GRANT OF SPECIAL PRIVILEGES INCONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE VICINITY AND WITHIN THE SAME ZONING DISTRICT. SO TO ME, THAT SUBPARAGRAPH E SPECIFICALLYLY INVITES US TO LOK AT THE OTHER PROPERTIES WITHIN THE VICINITY. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN LOOK AT THIS IN A VACUUM. BUT ANYWAY, I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO A BIG LEGAL BATTLE, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT APPEARS TO ME. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMEN GUDES. A DATE AND TIME CERTAIN, PLEASE- PLEASE? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: TELL ME, SIR. I HAVE THE CALENDAR HERE. WOULD YOU LIKE MAY 6th, REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING? WE HAVE MAY 20th, REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. MAY 6th IS GETTING BUSY. MAY 20th -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: MAY 20. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS MAY 20th OKAY? >>ERIC COTTON: YES, SIR. MAY 20th WILL GIVE ME PLENTY OF TIME TO GET OUT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER GUDES TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO MAY 20 AT 10:30. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? MIRANDA WITH THE SECOND? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES, I DID. >>BILL CARLSON: DOEETET THE PETITIONER'S AGREEMENT? >>JOSEPH CITRO: WE SHOULD ASK PETITIONER IF THEY ARE AGREEMENT. THEY MAY WANT TO PROCEED TODAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PETITIONER, MR. WOLF. THE MOTION IS TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO MAY 20th. ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? OR WOULD -- >> I'M OKAY WITH IT. I HAVE A BUNCH MORE EVIDENCE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE TO OTHER PROPERTIES THAT ARE SIMILAR THAT ARE CLOSE THAT ARE IN THE SAME PRICE RANGE. WE HAVE ADDITIONAL POLICE REPORTS. WE HAVE SEXUAL PREDATOR REPORTS. WE HAVE POLICE REPORTS. WE HAVEE PICTURES THAT WERE ALSO ADDED. WE CAME PREPARED. UNFORTUNATELY, I TALK A LOT. WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION. SO IF YOU GUYS NEED THAT TIME TO LOOK AT IT, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LOVE TO SEND THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR YOU GUYS TO HAVE A VERY WELL-BALANCED IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT FITS AESTHETICALLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND NOT TO ALLOW ANY SPECIAL PRIVILEGES. THE VARIANCE THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR WE FEEL AS THOUGH IS MINIMAL AND WOULDN'T BE A SPECIAL PRIVILEGE. WE JUST WANT WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS ON THE STREET AND THAT WOULD HELP US. AT THAT POINT THE CITY HAS DONE EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO HELP U US AND GRANT THAT VARIANCE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER GUDES. AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER MIRANDA. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ON THE CONTINUANCE? YES. AYE. >>BILL CARLSON: NO. >>JOSEPH CITRO: NO. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH MANISCALCO, CARLSON AND SIT ROB VOTING NO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY. OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM HAS A LOT OF REGISTERED PUBLIC SPEAKERS. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S PEOPLE HERE IN PERSON. I DO NOT WANT TO CUT THAT UP AND INTERRUPT IT. SO WE ARE GOING TO BREAK NOW FOR LUNCH. WE ARE GOING TO COME BACK AT 1:30. AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE. WE HAVE ONE ITEM AND THEN WE GO RIGHT INTO ITEM NUMBER 39. THEY HAVE BEEN WAITING PATIENTLY. I APOLOGIZE TO ITEM 39 BUT WE WILL GET TO YOU ONCE WE RECONVENE AT 1:30. WE ARE IN RECESS UNTIL 1:30. [ CITY COUNCIL RECESS ]