CITY OF TAMPA [ SOUNDING GAVEL ] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I YIELD TO COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK FOR THE INVOCATION. YES MA'AM. A MOMENT OF SILENCE. PLEASE STAND FOR THAT AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [MOMENT OF SILENCE] PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MAY I HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? >>BILL CARLSON: HERE. >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT. >>LUIS VIERA: HERE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE. >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES FROM MAY 1, 2025 AND EVENING SESSION HELD ON MAY 8, 2025? MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER A PRIOR DECISION OF THE CITY COUNCIL FROM THE LAST REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING, WHICH WAS TWO WEEKS AGO DURING THE DAY, BUT IT WAS THE LAST REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING. I WAS ON THE PREVAILING SIDE. THE VOTE WAS FOR CHAIR AND MAYBE ALSO VICE-CHAIR. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THAT. THE REASON IS THAT AFTER THE MEETING, WE HAD A MEETING TO DISCUSS DECORUM AND WE FOUND OUT BRIEFLY IN THE MEETING BUT THEN DISTURBINGLY IN AN ARTICLE IN THE TIMES LATER THAT THE MAYOR HAD SENT A VERY STRONGLY WORDED LETTER TO US. I WILL PASS OUT COPIES OF THIS THAT HAS A COPY OF THE LETTER THE MAYOR SENT, THE ARTICLE IN THE TIMES, AND THEN ALSO THE E-MAIL FROM THE CHAIR'S STAFF PERSON. THE MAYOR SENT THIS LETTER TO THE CHAIR ON MARCH 14. THE ARTICLE WAS ON MAY 8. AND THEN WE RECEIVED IT ON MAY 12. I'M DISTURBED BY THAT BECAUSE THE CHAIR IS SUPPOSED TO BE ELECTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND REPRESENT THE CITY COUNCIL. AND WE ASKED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING WHAT THE AGENDA WAS. THE LETTER HAD NOT BEEN PUT INTO OnBase AND WE WERE NOT INFORMED IN DETAIL WHAT THE DISCUSSION WAS GOING TO BE ABOUT. MY MOTION IS TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE FOR CHAIR -- TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE FOR CHAIR THAT WE HELD AT THE LAST REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR. I WOULD ASK FOR THIS, FOR CHAIRMAN MANISCALCO AND FOR COUNCILMAN CARLSON, WE HAVE SOME PRESENTATIONS. THIS MAY REQUIRE SOME ROBUST COMMENTS AS WELL AS CONTEMPLATION ON THE PARTS OF MEMBERS, ET CETERA. I WOULD ASK THIS BE DONE AFTER OUR THREE PRESENTATIONS JUST BECAUSE THIS MAY REQUIRE SOME TIME. AND I WOULD HATE, IF WE HAVE SOME, INCLUDING A VERY MEANINGFUL PRESENTATION, A COUPLE OF THEM, IN FACT. I WOULD HATE FOR THESE FOLKS TO HAVE TO WAIT DURING THIS, WHICH IS -- AGAIN, I HAVE MY FEELINGS ON IT, WHICH I WILL SHARE. BUT I'D ASK THAT THIS BE DONE AFTER THE PRESENTATIONS, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU'VE ALREADY MADE A MOTION, CORRECT? >>BILL CARLSON: AS WE UNDERSTAND THERE WILL BE TWO MOTIONS. ONE IS TO RECONSIDER. THE SECOND WOULD BE FOR THE VOTE. IF THERE'S NOT SUPPORT TO RECONSIDER, THERE'S NO SENSE CONTINUING ON. IF WE COULD VOTE TO RECONSIDER. IF THERE ARE THE VOTES, THEN MAYBE I'LL MAKE A SEPARATE MOTION JUST TO HAVE THE VOTE FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR MOTION. >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, AS BEING ONE OF THE VOTES ON THE PREVAILING SIDE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE FOR CHAIR THAT WAS HELD AT THE LAST SCHEDULED MEETING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE A SECOND? >>LUIS VIERA: I'LL SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA WITH THE SECOND. DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU ARE ON THE PREVAILING SIDE. ABSOLUTELY 110% CORRECT. HOWEVER, YOU SAID MAY 12, MAY 14, WHATEVER IT IS, ARE WE SAYING THE MAYOR HAD AN INFLUENCE IN PICKING OF THE CHAIR? >>BILL CARLSON: I'M NOT SAYING ANY OF THAT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'M SAYING THAT. WHAT IS THE REASON FOR BRINGING IN THE MAYOR'S NAME? I'M NOT HERE TO PROTECT THE MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHY. THE PUBLIC WANTS TO KNOW WHY. >>BILL CARLSON: MY POINT IS THE MAYOR SENT A LETTER AND WE DIDN'T SEE IT UNTIL AFTER THE MEETING. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WHAT IS THE CAUSE FOR THE RECONSIDERATION? >>BILL CARLSON: BECAUSE WE NEED A CHAIR WHO -- MY REASON IS WE NEED A CHAIR WHO REPRESENTS CITY COUNCIL AND WOULD NOT ALLOW US TO WALK INTO A MEETING BLIND, AND GET BLINDSIDED BY THAT DISCUSSION. WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT IT WAS WHEN WE WALKED IN. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I REALLY DON'T GIVE A DAMN WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT ME. THIS IS THE MOST DYSFUNCTIONAL COUNCIL I'VE EVER WORKED WITH. >>GWEN HENDERSON: NOT ME, CHARLIE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'M NOT SAYING INDIVIDUALS. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING ELSE LIKE THIS. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU HAVE TO GET USED TO IT NOWADAYS BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS. DIVIDED ON ONE SIDE, TORE UP ON THE OTHER SIDE. WHEN WE WERE KIDS, ALL OF US GROWING UP, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING AND EVERYBODY WAS HAPPY. NOW WE HAVE A LOT MORE AND VERY FEW ARE HAPPY. THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH US, ALL OF US. THIS COUNTRY IS FALLING APART FOR WHATEVER REASON. IT'S NOT ABOUT DEMOCRATS OR REPUBLICANS. IT'S ABOUT HUMANS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND IT'S TIME THAT WE STOP THIS BICKERING AND STOP DOING -- AND START DOING THE JOB WE WERE HIRED FOR THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY. THIS IS EVERY WEEK. YOU KNOW WHAT, CALL IT QUITS, GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE. I CANNOT TAKE THIS MUCH LONGER. THOSE WHO SPEAK EVERY WEEK -- WHAT ARE WE HERE FOR? SERVE OURSELVES? I DON'T GIVE A DAMN WHAT THE MAYOR SAYS. ALL SEVEN OF US GOT ELECTED HERE TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE THAT WE DO EVERY WEEK. HOWEVER, THEY BLAME THE PEOPLE WHO LEFT ON THE MAYOR. I'M NOT HERE TO REPRESENT THE MAYOR. I HAVE NEVER TALKED TO THE MAYOR ABOUT THIS AND I'LL TAKE AN OATH AND LIE DETECTOR TEST. WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE WE GOING? FIRST OF ALL, THE ONE THAT LEFT FROM THE CRA HAD NEVER WORKED FOR THE MAYOR. THE CRA IS A COUNCIL RESPONSIBILITY HEADED BY THE COUNCIL, AND SHE LEFT. YOU WANT TO BLAME HER ON THAT ONE? WHAT ABOUT THE OTHERS THAT LEFT? WHAT ABOUT THE ONE WE HIRED AT 10:00 IN THE MORNING. CALLS 10:00 AT NIGHT WHEN HE SAW US ON TV AND SAID I DON'T WANT TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS. YOU GUYS ARE DISRUPTIVE. THAT IS A LIE TOO? CALL HIM. HE'LL TELL YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE FOLKS IN ORDER. COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON AND COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. >>LUIS VIERA: I HAVE A POINT OF ORDER. HATE TO DO THIS. I HAD DONE THE SECOND ONLY SO WE COULD VOTE ON THIS AND THEN HAVE THE REMAINING AFTER THE PRESENTATIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF THAT, I HEREBY WITHDRAW MY SECOND. I DO WANT TO GET TO THIS MOTION, AGAIN, I WANT TO GET TO IT AFTER PRESENTATIONS. THAT'S WHY I DID THE SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS THERE ANOTHER SECOND TO KEEP IT GOING? IF NOT, WE'LL HOLD IT UNTIL AFTER THE PRESENTATION. >>LUIS VIERA: THAT IS MY INTENT. TO HOLD IT AFTER. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO OTHER SECONDS. THE SECOND IS WITHDRAWN. >>BILL CARLSON: I'LL DO IT AFTER THE -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. MR. SHELBY, I HAVE TO GO OVER THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AND THE ADDENDUM. YOU GO THROUGH THE RULES AND PROCEDURES OF PUBLIC COMMENT AND I'LL DO THE HOUSEKEEPING. GO AHEAD, SIR. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY. I'M HERE TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE RULES OF DECORUM FOR THE CONDUCT OF TODAY'S MEETING. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALLOWED A REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY AT THE BEGINNING OF TODAY'S MEETING, AFTER THE CEREMONIAL, TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA BEFORE CITY COUNCIL TAKES OFFICIAL ACTION ON AN ITEM. A THREE-MINUTE TIME LIMIT APPLIES TO ALL SPEAKERS PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT. SPEAKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALSO REMINDED THAT YOU ARE TO PLEASE REMAIN -- REFRAIN FROM DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING MAKING VULGAR OR THREATENING REMARKS OR MAKING OR CAUSING DISRUPTIVE NOISES OR SOUNDS OR DISPLAYING SIGNS OR GRAPHICS. SPEAKERS ARE ALSO REMINDED TO REFRAIN FROM MAKING PERSONAL ATTACKS AGAINST ANY CITY OFFICIAL, STAFF MEMBER, OR MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. THE CHAIR WILL RULE OUT OF ORDER ANY PERSON WHO SPEAKS WITHOUT BEING RECOGNIZED OR ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL FROM OUTSIDE THE SPEAKER AREA AT THE PODIUM. PERSONS FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE CITY COUNCIL RULES MAY ALSO BE RULED OUT OF ORDER AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE CHAMBERS FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY'S MEETING. NOW, IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM SET FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, YOU'LL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY WHEN THE ITEM IS HEARD LATER IN THE AGENDA. NOW NO PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE TAKEN DURING STAFF REPORTS. THE TIME TO SPEAK ABOUT THOSE ITEMS AND THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IS DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. NOW, IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY BY FILLING OUT A SPEAKER CARD AND PLACING IT IN THE BOX OUTSIDE THE COMAIM BETTERS, ONE CARD PER SPEAKER. CARDS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL THE START OF GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. EACH PERSON SUBMITTING A CARD WILL BE RECOGNIZED BY NAME TO APPROACH AND SPEAK. A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT APPLIES. PLEASE PRINT LEGIBLY. A NAME THAT CANNOT BE READ WILL NOT BE CALLED. IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE, PLEASE SEE THE CITY STAFF. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HOUSEKEEPING, MEMBER FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN PULLING ITEM 35 FOR DISCUSSION. HEARD FIRST UNDER STAFF REPORTS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I ACTUALLY HAD A BRIEFING WITH THE LEGAL STAFF YESTERDAY, AND THEY ANSWERED ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAD PERTAINING TO ITEM 35. UNLESS ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY ISSUE -- >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD LIKE TO PULL IT FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PULL ITEM 35. UNDER STAFF REPORTS OR SEPARATE VOTE WHEN WE GET TO THE COMMITTEE? >>BILL CARLSON: SEPARATE VOTE. SEPARATE DISCUSSION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PULL IT AT THE COMMITTEE TIME. NOT AT STAFF. I'LL KEEP NUMBER 35 IN MIND OR WE WILL KEEP NUMBER 35 IN MIND WHEN WE GET TO THAT. I'LL GO THROUGH THE STAFF REPORTS. >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD LIKE TO PULL 45 AND 46 FOR SEPARATE VOTE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHEN THE TIME COMES, SEND A VERBAL REMINDER. 45 AND 46 PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. ALL RIGHT. STAFF REPORTS. IS THERE AN ADMINISTRATION UPDATE? >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I CAN, DIRECT COUNCIL'S ATTENTION TO TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION. IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC REGARDING THOSE ITEMS. I WONDER IF COUNCIL WOULD CONSIDER AMENDING ITS ORDER OF BUSINESS, IF IT SO CHOOSES OR JUST KEEP THEM WHERE THEY ARE. THEY ARE ITEMS NUMBER 67 AND 68, AND THEY BOTH CONTEMPLATE THE RENAMING OF A PARK, OR IN THIS CASE, A PLAYGROUND, PARTICULARLY I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE WITH REGARD TO LISA MARIE CHESSER NAMING. AND THEY WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. WOULD COUNCIL ALLOW THEM TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THOSE TWO ITEMS BECAUSE THEY ARE FIRST READING CONSIDERATION? AND WOULD COUNCIL CONTEMPLATE WANTING TO TAKE ANY ACTION OR LEAVE THEM WHERE THEY ARE? IT'S UP TO YOU. >>LYNN HURTAK: WE CHANGED OUR RULES SO THEY CAN SPEAK ON FIRST READING. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THEY ARE ALL HERE THIS MORNING AND THEY WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WOULD MOTION TO MOVE ITEM 67, 68 TO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS AFTER THE COMMENDATIONS. >>BILL CARLSON: AFTER COMMENDATIONS OR PUBLIC COMMENT? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE CAN DO THEM AND ALLOW THEM TO SPEAK TO THE ISSUES AND THEN DO PUBLIC COMMENT. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT WILL BE FINE. >>BILL CARLSON: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? I'LL GO THROUGH THE STAFF REPORTS. CHIEF OF STAFF BENNETT, ANYTHING FOR ADMINISTRATION UPDATE TODAY? >>JOHN BENNETT: NO, CHAIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'LL GO THROUGH THE ITEMS. 72, WOULD WE LIKE STAFF PRESENT? >>LYNN HURTAK: WE GOT A BRIEFING ON THIS ALREADY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 72. COUNCILMAN VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: I WAS TALKING TO MYSELF. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO ON 71. HOW ABOUT 73? 72 IS NO STAFF NEEDED IN PERSON. ITEM 73, YES. YES ON 73. HOW ABOUT 74? IT'S $5 MILLION. NO ON 74. HOW ABOUT 75? NO ON 75. 76? THAT'S A NO. ITEM NUMBER 77, YES, WILL BE IN PERSON. 78, YES, WILL BE IN PERSON. 79? >>LUIS VIERA: I WAS GOING TO SAY, IF I MAY, FOR 79, YES. WE HAD ALSO MOTIONED TO HAVE THE PROJECT MANAGER COME AND BRIEF US ON THE STATUS OF STATION 24. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BEING DONE TODAY OR FOR THE NEXT QUARTER, BUT JUST MAKING A REFERENCE TO THAT. YEAH, I WOULD SAY SINCE 79 GOES WITH 78. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. THEN I'LL MAKE A NOTE BECAUSE THEY ARE SIMILAR. ITEM NUMBER 80, IS DO WE NEED FOLKS IN PERSON? THERE IS A MEMO FROM MRS. WYNN, ADMINISTRATOR WYNN. THIS IS ABOUT THE INCREASING THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM TO POTENTIALLY 72 PARTICIPANTS. >>LUIS VIERA: I'M FINE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE HER COME. SO MUCH PUBLIC INTEREST. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I SPOKE TO AT LEAST ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC AT CHRISTMASTIME SAYING I WOULD SUPPORT IT. I WANT TO KEEP MY PROMISE. ITEM 81. >>LUIS VIERA: YEAH, FOR 81, I HAVE TO MAKE SOME CALLS IN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. SO YES FOR THIS. BUT I MAY NEED TO CONTINUE OR SEEK TO CONTINUE, BUT YES FOR NOW. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 82? WE HAVE A MEMO FROM MR. MULKEY. NO ON 82. HOW ABOUT 83? NO ON 83. HOW ABOUT 84? 84? WMBE AND SLB CONTRACTORS. I'M SORRY. CARL BRODY IS ASKING FOR AN EXTENSION TO JUNE 5th TO PRESENT. LET MOVE 84 TO JUNE 5 UNDER STAFF REPORTS. MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. WRITTEN STAFF REPORTS, MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE 85, 86, 87, 88. WE HAVE A MOTION. SECOND FROM -- MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >>LYNN HURTAK: SORRY. I JUST WANTED TO SAY ITEM 86 IS REALLY IMPORTANT. IT'S TALKING ABOUT THE RULES TO ALLOW MOTOR HOMES TO BE IN FRONT OF PEOPLE'S HOMES. WE HAD AN ISSUE THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW OF THE LEGALITY OF THAT AFTER THE HURRICANES. NOW WE'VE COME BACK TO HAVE A SOLID RULING ON THAT TO ALLOW THAT, SO PEOPLE CAN LIVE IN THEIR RV ON THEIR PROPERTY WHILE FIXING THEIR HOMES. IT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT THING AS WE BEGIN THIS NEXT SEASON. I WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT WAS DONE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM 88, THEY ARE ASKING FOR A CONTINUANCE TO THE NEXT AVAILABLE COUNCIL MEETING. THESE ARE WRITTEN STAFF REPORTS. IS THERE ROOM ON JUNE 5th UNDER WRITTEN STAFF REPORTS? MOTION FOR 88 TO BE CONTINUED TO JUNE 5, 2025 UNDER WRITTEN STAFF REPORTS? MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. WE HAVE A CONTINUANCE REQUEST ON 65 BUT CAN'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL THEN. MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, MR. CHAIRMAN. WITH REGARD TO THOSE ITEMS THAT NEED NO DISCUSSION, WILL COUNCIL THEN PLEASE TAKE CARE OF THOSE AFTER ALL THE OTHER ITEMS ON THE CONSENT SO THEY CAN MOVED THIS MORNING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AFTER WE DO CONSENT? >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, AT THE END OF CONSENT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JUST REMIND ME OR REMIND US, CLERK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL GO TO COMMENDATIONS. COUNCILMAN VIERA IS GOING TO START WITH GOLD STAR FAMILIES AND THEIR PRESENTATION ABOUT MEMORIAL DAY. GO AHEAD, SIR. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THE KIDS HAD BEEN HERE A LITTLE LONGER THAN I ANTICIPATED. THERE'S TESTING TODAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I'M SORRY. >> I DON'T THINK KIDS WILL OBJECT TO BEING LATE TO A TEST. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM 2, COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. >>GWEN HENDERSON: GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE CHAIR AND FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS. GOOD MORNING TO THE PUBLIC. TODAY I AM PRESENTING A COMMENDATION FROM THE CITY OF TAMPA TO THE SLIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL ROBOTICS CLUB. I'LL READ THE COMMENDATION WITH THE STUDENTS IN FRONT OF ME FOR EFFICIENCY AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SOMEONE COME UP AND SPEAK. WHEREAS, THE CITY OF TAMPA TAKES GREAT PRIDE IN RECOGNIZING THE EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE ACADEMY AT SLIGH MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL ROBOTICS CLUB. IN ONLY THEIR SECOND YEAR, THE TALENTED STUDENTS HAVE DEMONSTRATED OUTSTANDING SKILL, TEAMWORK, AND DEDICATION, EARNING COMMENDABLE SUCCESS IN THE FIELD OF ROBOTICS. AND WHEREAS, THE ROBOTICS CLUB HAS EXCELLED IN COMPETITION WITH THREE OF ITS TEAMS EARNING FIFTH PLACE RANKINGS AMONG 20 COMPETITORS, A TESTAMENT TO PERSEVERANCE AND TECHNICAL EXPERTISE. FURTHERMORE, THE CLUB'S RECEIPT OF THE ESTEEMED SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD REFLECTS ITS COMMITMENT TO INTEGRITY COLLABORATION AND EXCELLENCE. AND WHEREAS, THE UNWAVERING SUPPORT OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, TAMPA CITY COUNCIL THROUGH THE UNANIMOUS ALLOCATION OF SOCIAL ACTION IN ARTS FUNDS THROUGH THE BULLOCK FAMILY FOUNDATION HAS PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN FOSTERING ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, CRITICAL THINKING AND TEAMWORK AMONG ITS INNOVATORS. NOW, THEREFORE, ON THIS 15th DAY OF MAY, HISTORIC OLD CITY HALL, THE CITY OF TAMPA PROUDLY COMMENDS THE ACADEMY AT SLIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL ROBOTICS CLUB EXPRESSING SINCERE ADMIRATION FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS AND DEDICATION TO ADVANCING S.T.E.M. EDUCATION AND INNOVATION. [ APPLAUSE ] THIS WAS FUNDED THROUGH THE SOCIAL ACTION FUNDS, AS I SAID, THROUGH THE BULLARD FOUNDATION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD MORNING SIR. >> GOOD MORNING. THADDEUS BULLARD, AKA TITUS O'NEIL. I FIRST AND FOREMOST WANT TO THANK COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON FOR HER UNWAVERING SUPPORT ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE COUNCIL FOR GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY. AS MANY KNOW, I DO A LOT IN THIS COMMUNITY, BUT SLIGH MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL HAS BEEN A PROJECT OF MINE SINCE 2015 TO TURN THE SCHOOL FROM AN F SCHOOL INTO WHERE WE ARE NOW, B STATUS SCHOOL, WHICH IS WHY I'M VERY GLAD YOU SKIPPED AHEAD TO WE COULD GET THE KIDS BACK TO TESTING. THESE KIDS WENT FROM NOT HAVING A ROBOTICS CLUB AT ALL TO FIELDING THREE ROBOTICS TEAMS. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF JOY, NOT WHERE THEY PLACED AT, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THREE TEAMS THAT COME FROM THE ZIP CODE CHILDREN LIVING IN POVERTY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. AT ONE POINT, THIS SCHOOL WAS VERY INSIGNIFICANT, THESE CHILDREN, THESE FAMILIES, AND THESE PEOPLE WORKING HARD, TEACHERS COLLECTIVELY, ARE SHOWING MORE AND MORE THAT THEY ARE VERY SIGNIFICANT, NOT ONLY TO THE SUCCESS OF THE SCHOOL, BUT THE SUCCESS OF THE COMMUNITY. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T ADDRESS SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT MR. MIRANDA WAS SPEAKING ON IN REGARDS TO MY DISGUST WITH POLITICAL -- THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE. IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY YOU GUYS HARDLY SEE ME IN THIS CHAMBER. ONE OF THE REASONS YOU'LL NEVER SEE ME IN TALLAHASSEE OR IN D.C. MY LIFE WAS CHANGED BY PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE. BEING A PERSON THAT WAS A PRODUCT OF A MOTHER RAPED AT 11, HAVING ME AT 12 YEARS OLD, IF IT WASN'T FOR THE INFLUENCE AND INVESTMENT FROM PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN MUSLIM CHRISTIAN I WOULDN'T BE IN THE POSITION THAT I'M IN TODAY, TO NOT ONLY ASK THE COUNCIL FOR THEIR SUPPORT, BUT ALSO BE ABLE TO BE A LIGHT FOR THESE CHILDREN. AND IN RETURN, THESE KIDS ARE A CONSTANT LIGHT, NOT JUST THEM, BUT EVERY KID THAT I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE, WHETHER IT'S HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA OR THROUGHOUT THE GLOBE AS GLOBAL AMBASSADOR FOR THE WWE. I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO THERE HAVE BEEN MANY DAYS THAT I'VE WOKEN UP, LIKE, WHAT THE HELL ARE WE DOING AS ADULTS? WONDERING WHAT CAN WE DO ON A CONSISTENT BASIS TO CHANGE THE NARRATIVE OF WHAT A GOOD HUMAN BEING LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT GREAT OPPORTUNITIES CAN DO FOR PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, NOT ONLY IF YOU HAVE, BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE. I DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING ELSE MY ENTIRE LIFE AND I'LL BE FINE. I'M DEBT FREE. I'M STRESS FREE. MY KIDS ARE IN COLLEGE. BUT I DO THIS BECAUSE PEOPLE ASK ME ALL THE TIME, WHY DO I DO WHAT I DO FOR PEOPLE? HOW CAN I NOT? I'M VERY FORTUNATE. YOU GUYS AND LADIES AND THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE VERY FORTUNATE. EVERY DAY WE GET A CHANCE TO WAKE UP AND BE ABOVEGROUND. SO WHAT'S THE CHOICE? MY CHOICE IS TO CONTINUOUSLY PUT BACK THE GRATITUDE AND DIGNITY THAT WAS PLACED INTO ME, INTO THESE KIDS AND THESE FAMILIES. AND I AM VERY UNAPOLOGETIC ABOUT THAT. I HAVE ZERO DESIRE TO EVER RUN FOR ANY OF YOUR OFFICE, THE MAYOR, THE PRESIDENT, THE GOVERNOR. SO I HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE VERY OPEN AND HONEST AND TRUTHFUL, WHICH I THINK TRANSPARENCY AND TRUTHFULNESS IS SOMETHING THAT IS A LOST ART IN THE LAND OF POLITICS. SO I ASK WHETHER IT IS THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK ON DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU DON'T, YOU CONDUCT YOURSELF, MAKE YOUR ARGUMENT, BE STRONG IN YOUR ARGUMENT BUT DON'T ATTACK PEOPLE. IT'S NOT GOING TO RESOLVE ANYTHING. OUR KIDS ARE WATCHING. AND THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY AT THE END OF THE DAY IS THAT IT'S NOT THE CARS OR THE CLOTHES OR THE HOUSE THAT I PROVIDED TO MY KIDS. IT'S A GOOD LAST NAME. AND THAT IS THE BEST GIFT I CAN EVER GIVE TO MY FAMILY. THE BEST GIFT I CAN GIVE TO MY COMMUNITY BECAUSE AT ONE POINT WHEN MY LIFE WAS INSIGNIFICANT, PEOPLE MADE IT TO THE POINT WHERE I CAN HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANCE. SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT AT THIS POINT IN MY LIFE. I THANK YOU FOR NOT ONLY YOUR ABILITY TO SIT UP HERE ON A CONSISTENT BASIS AND HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO HEAR, MAKE VOTES ON WHAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE VOTES ON, BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. BUT THE NUMBER ONE PROMISE THAT I WOULD ASK ALL OF YOU TO KEEP IS THAT YOU DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO MAKE THIS COMMUNITY BETTER. NOT BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF SOMEONE'S SKIN OR THEIR POLITICAL AFFILIATION OR WHERE THEY COME FROM, BUT BECAUSE IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. GOD BLESS YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU ARE A GOOD MAN, MR. BULLARD AND TO ALL THE STUDENTS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. [ APPLAUSE ] GOLD STAR FAMILIES. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I APPRECIATE THAT. WE HAVE HERE TWO WONDERFUL PEOPLE EVERY YEAR FOR MEMORIAL DAY. WE ALWAYS HAVE OUR GOLD STAR FAMILIES COME AND TALK TO US ABOUT THE MEANING OF MEMORIAL DAY. WE HAVE TWO REALLY REMARKABLE PEOPLE HERE. MEMORIAL DAY IS COMING UP. I THINK THIS IS THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING -- THIS IS THE LAST ONE WHERE WE CAN HAVE A PRESENTATION ON MEMORIAL DAY. TWO WONDERFUL PEOPLE. MS. LORI FLEMMING. LORI'S SON WAS SERGEANT TERRY MICHAEL LISK WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON JUNE 26 OF 2006 OF INJURIES SUSTAINED WHEN HIS UNIT RECEIVED FIRE FROM ENEMY FORCES IN IRAQ. JOINED THE UNITED STATES ARMY IN 2004 KNOWING HE WOULD BE DEPLOYED IN A POST-SEPTEMBER 11th WORLD. HE CARRIED FORWARD. LEFT BEHIND A FAMILY, INCLUDING THEN A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER. WHEN SERGEANT LISK WAS KILLED IN ACTION, THE NEW YORK TIMES PROFILED THAT, THAT WHEN HIS BODY WAS RETURNED TO THE UNIT, ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE THERE STOOD UP AND SALUTED IT. INCLUDING AN INDIVIDUAL HURT AND IN A STRETCHER. WE HONOR THE LEGACY OF AGENT LISK. >> WE HAVE ANNETTE KIRK. PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION. NEXT YEAR THEY WILL BE HAVING THEIR CONVENTION HERE IN TAMPA, FLORIDA. HERSELF, SHE, ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND, UNITED STATES ARMY VETERAN AND HONORABLE VETERANS TREATMENT COURT MENTOR. HER LATE SON, LATE ARMY PRIVATE FIRST CLASS PAUL THE II WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM IN AFGHANISTAN, AUGUST 8 OF 2010. HE WAS 23 YEARS OLD AND HAILED FROM PLANT CITY. HE WAS A GRADUATE OF ARMWOOD HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HE WOULD GRADUATE IN THE TOP 20% OF HIS CLASS. A WEEK BEFORE HIS PASSING, HIS DEATH, HE WAS HONORED WITH AN ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL FOR HIS EFFORT TO SAVE AN AFGHAN CHILD'S LIFE WHO LOST BOTH LEGS AND AN ARM. WE HONOR THEIR SACRIFICE. NOW WE'LL HEAR FROM THE TWO WONDERFUL WOMEN ON MEMORIAL DAY. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN VIERA. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PLEASE STATE YOUR NAMES. >> MY NAME IS ANNETTE KIRK. THANK YOU. I'M HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY AS THE MOTHER OF PAUL THE II. I REALLY WISHED THAT THOSE BOYS WHO WERE STANDING HERE BEFORE US COULD BE HERE TO LISTEN TO US TALK ABOUT OUR CHILDREN. IT'S SO IMPORTANT. AS I'VE SAID BEFORE IN SPEECHES, THESE YOUNG CHILDREN NEED TO LEARN GROWING UP THAT IF THEY CHOOSE TO GO INTO THE MILITARY, IT DOES NOT MATTER. THEY ALL CAME FROM DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE, DIFFERENT RACES, RELIGIONS, AND POLITICAL VIEWS. WHAT DID THEY ALL HAVE IN COMMON? IT WAS PATRIOTISM AND A SENSE OF SELFLESS SERVICE. AND THEY ALL SUPPORTED THEIR BELOVED COUNTRY. MEMORIAL DAY IS A REFLECTION FOR MANY. FOR THOSE BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN ARMS THAT SERVED WITH THOSE THAT DIED. IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE FAMILIES. THESE VETERANS, THEY MADE FRIENDSHIPS ALONG THE WAY THAT THEY WILL REMEMBER FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. WE KNOW THAT MEMORIAL DAY, IT'S BUILT AROUND BARBEQUES AND IT'S OKAY. IT'S OKAY TO HAVE THE BARBEQUE, BUT TAKE ONE MOMENT TO REMEMBER WHY WE HAVE THE BARBEQUES AND ALL THE SALES. JUST SAY THEIR NAMES. DO A GOOGLE SEARCH. GOOGLE KNOWS EVERYTHING. >> JUST REMEMBER, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEMORIAL DAY AND VETERANS DAY. >> BIG DIFFERENCE. BIG, BIG DIFFERENCE. I SERVED. I'M STILL ALIVE, THOUGH. I AM A VETERAN. MY SON, HE DOES NOT HAVE A DD 214. I DO. BIG DIFFERENCE. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> SHE SAID EVERYTHING. >>LUIS VIERA: LET'S GIVE THESE WONDERFUL LADIES A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT'S AN HONOR THAT YOU ARE HERE. EVERY DAY IS MEMORIAL DAY. LIKE YOU SAID, SAY THEIR NAME. I'VE SAID THIS UP HERE BEFORE, THAT WE DIE TWICE. WHEN WE TAKE OUR LAST BREATH AND WHEN SOMEBODY SPEAKS OUR NAME FOR THE LAST TIME. THANKFULLY WITH THE INTERNET, DO A GOOGLE SEARCH. I GOOGLE SEARCH VIETNAM VETERANS ALL THE TIME. I VISIT THEIR GRAVES TO LEAVE A LITTLE AMERICAN FLAG. JUST -- I'M BORN 40 YEARS AGO, BUT TO THIS DAY, THEY MAY HAVE DIED IN THE 1960s, BUT THEIR NAMES ARE SAID. I'LL SHARE THEIR PICTURES ON Facebook. IT KEEPS THEM ALIVE. SO EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] OUR LAST CEREMONIAL ITEM IS COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN TO PRESENT THE ATU LOCAL 1464 EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE TIMES OF THE MONTH. CELEBRATE LABOR BROTHERS AND SISTERS FROM ATU AND STEVE SIMON IS HERE TO INTRODUCE THE ATU EMPLOYEE IS OF THE MONTH, STACY JACKSON. >> THANK YOU, SIR. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD MORNING SIR. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. GOOD MORNING, CITY OF TAMPA. I'M STEVE SIMON, PRESIDENT OF THE AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION LOCAL 1464. WE KEEP THE CITY OF TAMPA RUNNING. I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE THIS MORNING TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE ATU EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, MR. STACY JACKSON. [ APPLAUSE ] STACY IS ONE OF OUR TRUSTED TECHNICIANS THAT KEEPS OUR DISTRIBUTION PIPELINE IN WORKING ORDER ON OUR LATER SHIFT WHICH INCLUDES WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS. HIS ROLE REQUIRES HIM TO BE OUR EYES AND EARS WHILE MOST OF THE WORKFORCE IS AT REST. SERVING ALSO AS AN AMBASSADOR WHEN THE PUBLIC WANTS ANSWERS. ON SUNDAY, APRIL 13, HE DEMONSTRATED THIS CLEARLY WHEN HE RESPONDED TO A CALL THAT CAME FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON ABOUT A -- ABOUT WATER FLOWING ON SAN MIGUEL STREET. UPON ARRIVAL, STACY ASSESSED THE SEVERITY OF THE LEAK, RECOMMENDED THAT WE WAIT TO BRING A CREW IN TO BEGIN THE REPAIRS UNTIL THE NEXT DAY SO WE COULD ALERT PLANT HIGH SCHOOL AND OTHERS THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED AND ALLOW THEM TO PLAN AROUND THE DISRUPTION THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE. HE TOOK THE TIME TO EXPLAIN TO THEM THE PLAN AROUND THE DISRUPTION THAT WOULD TOOK PLACE. HE TOOK THE TIME TO EXPLAIN THE OPERATIONS AND THE LOGIC BEHIND THIS APPROACH DIRECTLY TO COUNCILMAN CARLSON ON-SITE THAT MORNING. HIS CALM AND CONFIDENT EXPLANATION LEFT THE NEIGHBORHOOD FEELING REASSURED THAT THE WATER DEPARTMENT CARES ABOUT THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES. AND WE THANK YOU, STACY, FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN KEEPING THE CITY OF TAMPA RUNNING AND ON BEHALF OF ATU LOCAL 1464, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS AWARD. [ APPLAUSE ] IF I MAY, I WOULD LIKE TO READ A PORTION OF A LETTER FROM THE MAYOR. DEAR STACY, CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING SELECTED AS THE AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION'S EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR YOUR EXCELLENT PROFESSIONALISM, STRONG WORK ETHICS AND FOR GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND IN ALL ASPECTS OF YOUR POSITION. YOU DEMONSTRATE A FIRM COMMITMENT TO THE WATER DEPARTMENT AND TO THE CITY, AND YOU SET AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW. IT IS EMPLOYEES LIKE YOU, STACY, THAT MAKE ME PROUD TO SERVE AS MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND SERVICE. SINCERELY, MAYOR JANE. [ APPLAUSE ] ALSO, I HAVE THE WATER DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR, MR. RORY JONES HERE, AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. >> I WAS GOING TO SHARE THE EXAMPLE. IT'S NOT JUST THAT EXAMPLE. THIS GENTLEMAN WORKS WEEKDAY, WEEKEND, DAY, NIGHT, AND THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF MANY THAT I CAN PROVIDE TO YOU. YOU ARE A GREAT EXAMPLE. APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR US. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU'VE GOT THE WHOLE CROWD. YOU HAVE YOUR COWORKERS. ANYBODY ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE? >> MOST OF THEM ARE MY SUPERIORS, MY COWORKER, MY TEAM LEAD. I'M GLAD TO BE HERE. AGAIN, STACY JACKSON, CERTIFIED DISTRIBUTION LEAD TECH. I JUST WANT TO GIVE A THANK-YOU TO THE CITY OF TAMPA, MORE SO THE WATER DEPARTMENT, FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BE AN ASSET TO THIS MUNICIPALITY. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS WORK FOR 20 YEARS. I DID 18 YEARS CITY OF ST. PETE. >> YOU UPGRADED. >> YEAH. YOU BEAT ME TO IT. [ LAUGHTER ] TWO AND A HALF YEARS, BY FAR, THIS IS THE BEST PART OF MY CAREER SO FAR. I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS. AGAIN, THANKS FOR THE RECOGNITION. IT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME AND I'M FOREVER GRATEFUL. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: STACY, ON BEHALF OF CHAIRMAN MANISCALCO AND THE REST OF CITY COUNCIL, I WON'T READ IT, YOU CAN READ IT YOURSELF. THIS IS A COMMENDATION THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY OF TAMPA. WE REALLY GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. I'LL THINK OF YOU EVERY TIME I TURN THE SPIGOT ON AND I HAVE CLEAN, GOOD TASTING WATER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THAT'S WHAT I DO. I AM WATER. [ APPLAUSE ] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE GIFTS. WE HAVE A LINE OF FOLKS READY TO GIVE YOU SOME PRESENTS TODAY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NOW YOU GET ALL THE GOODIES. >> MIKE McARTHUR, STEPP'S TOWING SERVICE. CONGRATULATIONS ON A JOB WELL DONE. IF WE COULD CLONE THIS GUY, THE CITY WOULD BE A WHOLE LOT BETTER PLACE. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA AND ALL THE RESIDENTS. ON BEHALF OF TODD STEPP, STEPP'S TOWING, GIFT CARD, GO OUT TO DINNER. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. TAKE CARE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. JILL WITECKI, TAMPA THEATRE. GOOD COMMUNICATION SOLVES A MULTITUDE OF PROBLEMS. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU KNOW THAT WELL. ON BEHALF OF THE THEATER, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH A MEMBERSHIP TO COME SEE SOME MOVIES. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. LORI OSBORNE WITH THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA. MR. JACKSON, YOUR GOOD DEEDS PERSONALLY IMPACTED ME. BECAUSE OF YOUR AMAZING COMMUNICATION SKILLS, WE KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON. I CAN'T THANK YOU PERSONALLY ENOUGH. ON BEHALF OF THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA, WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO AN UPCOMING CONCERT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. BRIAN FORD WITH THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS. GOOD MORNING, MR. JACKSON. BEHIND-THE-SCENES GUY TO ANOTHER, YOUR STORY IS INCREDIBLE. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU, YOUR FAMILY AND THE SACRIFICE YOU PUT FORTH EVERY DAY ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR GREAT CITY. WE HAVE A LITTLE TRADITION AT ONE BUC, WHENEVER ANYBODY GOES OVER AND ABOVE, THEY GET A GAME BALL. HEARING YOUR STORY, YOU DEFINITELY GO OVER AND ABOVE. ON BEHALF OF THE GLAZERS, THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING, SIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. STEVE MICHELINI, HERE ON BEHALF OF A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FOLKS WHO WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE SOMETHING IN GRATITUDE. THERE ARE THE GIFT CERTIFICATES. YOU NEED TO TAKE THE LETTER WITH YOU. THIS IS REGARDING BELLABRAVA, WHICH IS OVER IN THE MIDTOWN SECTION. THEY ARE PROVIDING YOU WITH A GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR LUNCH OR DINNER. MEAT MARKET IN OLD HYDE PARK, CLOSE TO WHERE YOU HAD THE WATER DISASTER, THEY ARE GOING TO PROVIDE WITH YOU A GIFT CERTIFICATE. ENJOY YOURSELF OVER THERE FOR LUNCH OR DINNER. ON BEHALF OF THE CICCIO RESTAURANT GROUP, BREAKFAST, LUNCH, DINNER AT ANY OF THEIR LOCATIONS. BEHALF OF JACKSON'S BISTRO ON HARBOUR ISLAND, ANOTHER GIFT CERTIFICATE. DON'T LET STEVE TAKE THEM FROM YOU. [ LAUGHTER ] >> I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >>BILL CARLSON: STACY, I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU AGAIN. WE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE'RE ON THE FRONT LINE WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC. WE GET 50 TO 200 CONSTITUENT ISSUES A DAY. ALL WE CAN DO IS PUSH THEM TO THE DEPARTMENTS. THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE WHO REALLY CARE IN THESE DEPARTMENTS AND RESPOND. I THINK YOU'RE A GREAT EXAMPLE OF IT. I WISH SOMEDAY SOMEBODY WOULD DO A PUBLIC RECORDS SEARCH TO SEE ALL THE TIMES SAID THANK YOU. IT'S NOT ENOUGH. THERE ARE SO MANY QUICK RESPONSES THAT I'M CONSTANTLY SAYING THANK YOU. I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUES ARE. RORY IS DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THE WATER DEPARTMENT IN LEADING THAT. AND HAS BEEN VERY COMMUNICATIVE WITH THE PUBLIC AND WITH US. THE QUICK STORY IS, THE CONSTITUENT CALLED AND STACY DIDN'T KNOW THIS, SHE HAPPENS TO BE TAMPA ROYALTY. MEL'S DAUGHTER FROM MEL'S HOT DOGS. SHE CALLED AND SAID THE ROAD WAS LEAKING AND MAYBE THE ROAD WAS GOING TO COLLAPSE. IT HAPPENS TO BE RIGHT NEXT -- IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PLANT HIGH DROP-OFF AND PICKUP LINE. SO THAT STARTED A WHOLE PROCESS WHERE THE WATER DEPARTMENT HAD TO COMMUNICATE WITH PLANT, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND EVERYTHING. AND THEY DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB WITH THAT BECAUSE I DIDN'T HEAR ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT IT. I GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH THE CONSTITUENT. CALLED RORY ON SUNDAY MORNING. HE PICKED UP, THANK YOU. I GOT MY CAR AND DROVE UP TO PLANT HIGH. WHEN I GOT THERE, STACY WAS ALREADY THERE. THAT JUST SHOWS HOW FAST HE WAS. FROM A CONSTITUENT POINT OF VIEW AND SEVERAL CONSTITUENTS CAME OUT AND TALKED TO HIM, THEY WERE SO APPRECIATIVE. IS YOUR HOUSE GOING TO ALL IN? THE ROAD FALL IN? CAN I DRIVE ON THIS? I TALKED TO STACY A COUPLE OF MINUTES. HE ALREADY DIAGNOSED IT. HE WAS ON THE PHONE WITH PEOPLE. THEN AS I WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE, HE WAS TAKING CALLS FROM SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE. FOR STACY AND THOSE, THE CONSTITUENTS ARE SO THANKFUL. WE PROVIDE GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE AND CARE AS YOU DID, THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO BE A GREAT PLACE. THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOUR JOB IS NOT ONLY YOU. IT IS YOU SHOWING THE WAY TO OTHERS WHAT YOU DO. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS THING, YOU TALK ABOUT WATER. THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE WATER SYSTEM HAS ABOUT 2,000 MILES OF WATER LINES UNDER THE CITY OF TAMPA. >> YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AND THEY SERVE HOW MANY PEOPLE? 700,000. WHAT YOU DO IS AN AMAZING JOB. WHAT THE WATER DEPARTMENT AND ALL THE EMPLOYEES DO IS EQUALLY JUST AS HIGH. BUT YOU'RE THE ONE THAT RESPONDED. YOU'RE THE ONE THAT DID THE RIGHT THING. YOU ARE THE ONE THAT MADE THE CALL. YOU ARE THE ONE THAT SAID I'M NOT LEAVING UNTIL THIS IS FIXED. ONE TIME, USED I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HUNDREDS OF BREAKS A YEAR. BOTH DIVISIONS HERE. -- DON'T WANT ME TO BRAG ON THIS, BUT THE WATER DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF TAMPA IS ONE OF ONLY EIGHT IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THAT HAS A TRIPLE-A BOND RATING. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. [ APPLAUSE ] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU ARE THE UNSUNG HEROES IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. PRESIDENT STEVE SIMON HERE, YOU KEEP THE CITY RUNNING. IF IT WASN'T FOR YOUR WHOLE TEAM, ALL THE CONSTITUENT REQUESTS WE GET, YOU ARE BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, WORKING NONSTOP, MAKING OUR CITY BETTER. TAKING CARE OF THE PEOPLE. WITHOUT YOU, WE COULDN'T SERVE THE CONSTITUENTS LIKE WE DO. YOU DESERVE THIS. >> I APPRECIATE IT. [ APPLAUSE ] >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THINK IT'S CLEAR THAT THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL SUPPORTS THE WATER DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. WE REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WOULD GO WITH COUNCILMAN CARLSON FIRST. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IT'S COUNCIL'S PLEASURE. THE QUESTION, YOU MIGHT WANT TO INQUIRE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON 67 OR 68 OR HOLD IT. WHATEVER YOU WISH. THERE ARE PRESENTATIONS ON THOSE FROM MICHELLE VAN LOAN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S WAIT FOR COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK TO COME BACK. >>LUIS VIERA: I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY THIS, WHICH IS TODAY IS POLICE MEMORIAL DAY WHERE WE HONOR OUR OFFICERS WHO WERE KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. WE HAVE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE DIVISION CHIEF OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FIRE, MORRIS LOPEZ, WHO IS A GOOD MAN AND CITY OF TAMPA RESIDENT AND CONSTITUENT. HIS GRANDFATHER, PATROLMAN OFFICER LOPEZ, I BELIEVE IT WAS 1936 OR 35 -- 49, EXCUSE ME. WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 7th AVENUE IN YBOR CITY WHEN HE PUT HIS BODY IN THE WAY OF A NEWSPAPER BOY WHO WAS ABOUT TO COME INTO CONTACT WITH SOME BULLETS THAT CAME OUT OF THE GUNS OF SOME GANGSTERS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE SPEAKING LATER, SIR, BUT WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE YOU, AND WE HONOR YOUR FAMILY, ESPECIALLY TODAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MY OTHER HALF FOR OUR 40th ANNIVERSARY TODAY. CONGRATULATIONS AND HAPPY ANNIVERSARY. [ APPLAUSE ] >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I JUST WANT TO SAY OFFICER LOPEZ, I WAS A YOUNG BOY WHEN THAT HAPPENED. THAT WAS IN YBOR CITY. HIS WIFE HAD A SISTER NAMED OLGA. THE REASON I KNOW THAT, MARRIED TO MY UNCLE. I REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED. I UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMAN CARLSON, YOU HAVE YOUR MOTION. >>BILL CARLSON: DO YOU HAVE IT? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER A VOTE FROM THE LAST REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING WHERE I WAS ON THE PREVAILING SIDE AND THE VOTE WAS FOR CHAIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE A SECOND? >>LUIS VIERA: LET ME SPEAK ON IT, IF I MAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ARE YOU THE SECOND? SO YOU ARE SECONDING IT TO SPEAK? >>LUIS VIERA: YES, JUST TO SPEAK. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS, HOW CAN I SAY THIS, WHEN THIS ISSUE FIRST CAME UP, I VOTED FOR COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN AS CHAIR. THIS IS A MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION ON IT. THERE ARE DECISIONS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE ON CITY COUNCIL THAT ARE 51/49, SO TO SPEAK. THIS IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THOSE. THIS ISN'T YOUR EVERYDAY MOTION TO RECONSIDER AND EVERYTHING. IT'S A CHALLENGE. BUT THAT'S ALL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND. LET'S DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER'S MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE FOR CHAIR THAT TOOK PLACE TWO WEEKS AGO SINCE HE WAS ON THE PREVAILING SIDE. LET'S DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. >> HURTAK? >>LYNN HURTAK: WE HAVE TO MAKE THIS MOTION BEFORE WE HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT? IS THAT IT? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. SHELBY, THIS IS UNUSUAL. I DON'T REMEMBER THIS EVER HAPPENING. >>BILL CARLSON: THIS IS JUST A MOTION TO RECONSIDER. NOT A VOTE FOR WHO WOULD BE CHAIR. >>LYNN HURTAK: AGAIN, I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO DO THIS DURING OLD BUSINESS BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT TO DO TODAY. I REALLY WANT TO LISTEN TO THESE FOLKS WHO ARE HERE FOR LISA CHESSER. I STRUGGLE WITH THIS WHOLE IDEA. WE HAVE SO MUCH TO DO. THIS WOULD BE A LOT EASIER IF IT WAS A MOTION TO RECONSIDER SOME MONEY. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO DO THIS AT THE END OF THE DAY BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE HERE AND WE HAVE SO MUCH IN FRONT OF US TODAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I KNOW. BUT THERE IS A MOTION TO RECONSIDER ME BEING CHAIR. I'M BEING ASKED TO RUN THE WHOLE MEETING, WHICH COULD BE UNTIL 6:00 TONIGHT, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON. COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I UNDERSTAND YOUR PLEA. I UNDERSTAND IT. IT'S ALREADY ON THE FLOOR. ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, THAT WAY THE PUBLIC CAN GET ALL THE FULL CONTENTS, LISTEN TO WHAT THEY NEED. >>LYNN HURTAK: I DON'T WANT TO SPEND ANY MORE TIME ON THIS, SO I'LL SAY NO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: SECOND IS WITHDRAWN BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS WITHDRAWN. THE FIRST MOTION IS DEAD. NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER MOTION WITH A SECOND. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WE'RE DOING THE SAME THING WE DID BEFORE. THE PUBLIC IS HERE. LET THE PUBLIC HEAR IT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO TABLE CONSIDERATION UNTIL OLD BUSINESS. >>LYNN HURTAK: I'M GOING TO WITHDRAW. IF WE TALK ABOUT IT DURING OLD BUSINESS -- LET'S MOVE ON. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COULD COME UP YOU DID NEW BUSINESS. >>BILL CARLSON: I'LL BRING IT UP AGAIN UNDER NEW BUSINESS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I GUESS I'LL HAVE TO RUN THE MEETING LIKE THIS. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YOU ARE THE CHAIR SIR. LET'S MOVE FORWARD. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM 67 AND 68 BECAUSE WE HAD MADE A MOTION TO GET THIS ITEM UP. IS THAT CORRECT, MR. SHELBY? >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF IT'S COUNCIL'S PLEASURE, IF COUNCIL WANTED A MIND BY A SHOW OF HANDS HOW MANY PEOPLE WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM 67 AND 68, IF THEY ARE HERE TODAY TO SPEAK? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 67 IS FOR NEW ABILITIES PLAYGROUND FOR HARRISON BOONSTOPPEL. BLACK SHIRTS ARE FOR LISA CHESSER, IS THAT CORRECT? I SAW MS. POYNOR. >>MARTIN SHELBY: JUST SO THE PUBLIC AND COUNCIL IS AWARE, THIS IS HERE ON FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, WHICH MEANS THAT THERE WILL BE A PRESENTATION REQUIRED BY THE STAFF, UNLESS -- >> IT'S LIKE A MINUTE AND A HALF. >>MARTIN SHELBY: RIGHT. IT DOES NOT GET ADOPTED TODAY. THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW OFFICIALLY WHEN THE ORDINANCE IS ADOPTED, IT WILL COME BACK ON SECOND READING, ADOPTION PUBLIC HEARING AND THAT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO SPEAK. THERE WAS A QUESTION OF WHETHER THIS SHOULD BE CEREMONIAL THAT I HAD WITH A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. THAT'S NOT SET FOR CEREMONIAL TODAY BUT AS A CONSIDERATION TO THE PEOPLE WHO WERE WAITING, I WAS ASKED TO BRING IT UP TO COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. HOWEVER YOU WISH TO MOVE FORWARD. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL START WITH ITEM 67. MS. VAN LOAN, COME UP. >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: GOOD MORNING. ITEM 67 IS HONORING NAMING REQUEST FOR HARRISON BOONSTOPPEL FOR THE NEW TAMPA ALL ABILITIES PLAYGROUND. MARCH 27 I MADE A PRESENTATION TO YOU ON THE BACKGROUND AND INFORMATION ON THE YOUNG MR. HARRISON. WE POSTED IT ON THE WEBSITE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FROM MARCH 28 FOR ALMOST THREE WEEKS. WE RECEIVED NO COMMENTS. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. VAN LOAN? I DON'T HAVE ANY SIGNED UP PUBLIC SPEAKERS FOR ITEM 67, IS THAT CORRECT? I DON'T SEE ANYONE. COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, THIS WAS YOUR MOTION. WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ ITEM 67? >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR. AGAIN, THIS IS FOR HARRISON BOONSTOPPEL, WHO WAS KILLED HERE IN YBOR CITY IN TAMPA IN OCTOBER OF 2023. A VERY SPECIAL YOUNG MAN WHO WAS A PEPIN GRADUATE WHO WAS A YOUNG MAN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND WHO WITH THE HELP AND LOVE OF HIS FAMILY, HIS MOM, DAD, SIBLINGS AND SO MANY OTHERS REALLY LIVED A REMARKABLE LIFE. AND THIS PARK, WHICH IS FOR ALL ABILITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES, AUTISM, PHYSICAL DISABILITIES, ET CETERA, THE VALUES OF IT FIT 100% WHO HARRISON BOONSTOPPEL WAS AND FOREVER WILL BE. WE SPEAK A LOT TODAY ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE NO LONGER WITH US AND WHOSE HEARTS WE LOVE AND WE REMEMBER, AND HE'S CERTAINLY ONE OF THE MOST SPECIAL ONES. I MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE NAMING OF THE NEW TAMPA ALL ABILITIES PLAYGROUND OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, TO HONOR HARRISON BOONSTOPPEL; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? YES, MA'AM, PLEASE READ THE VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH CLENDENIN BEING ABSENT AT VOTE. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 5, 2025, AT 10 A.M. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM 68, LISA MARIE CHESSER. >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: NUMBER 68 IS HONORING NAMING OF PROPOSED PARK AT MARCUM STREET AND PINEWOOD STREET NEAR THE MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE IN HONOR OF LISA MARIE CHESSER. I MADE A PRESENTATION ON HER CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE IN NEED IN HER AREA. POSTED TO WEBSITE MARCH 6 THROUGH APRIL 4. WE RECEIVED NO COMMENTS. I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WE HAVE FOUR PEOPLE THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. THE FIRST ONE IS JANE PERKOVSKY. ONLY THE PEOPLE I'M CALLING UP TO SPEAK WILL SPEAK. JANE IS THE FIRST SPEAKER. COME ON UP. I KNOW THERE ARE QUITE A FEW. >>BILL CARLSON: JUST AS EVERYBODY IS WALKING UP, LISA WAS VERY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY. IN FACT, A FEW MONTHS OR A YEAR BEFORE SHE PASSED WE GAVE HER A COMMENDATION HERE AT CITY COUNCIL, AND SHE WAS ABLE TO SPEAK TO US SOME AND THEN AFTER SHE PASSED, AS THIS NEW PARK WAS BEING PROPOSED, THE COMMUNITY LED BY STEPHANIE PROPOSED THAT WE NAME THIS PARK AFTER HER. AND IT WAS SUPPORTED BY CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU -- WE PROBABLY GOT A HUNDRED OR 200 E-MAILS FROM FOLKS. THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY FOR HONORING LISA. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JANE, IS THIS YOU? >> EMILY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JANE IS THE FIRST SPEAKER. >> THAT WOULD BE ME. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, MA'AM. >> MY NAME IS JANE PERKOVSKY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD. >> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT LISA AND WHAT SHE DID IN OUR COMMUNITY TO HELP OTHERS IN THE WHOLE SOUTH TAMPA COMMUNITY. SHE PACKED 500 BOXES A MONTH FOR THE G.I. JOES AND SENT OVERSEAS. SHE DID THAT EVERY MONTH TO MAKE SURE THEY HAD JUST PERSONAL HYGIENE THINGS, THINGS TO REMIND THEM OF BEING HOME. THE SMELL OF DRYER SHEETS WAS SO IMPORTANT. HAVING HER PACK BOOK BAGS MONTHLY WITH HER GRANDSON WITH HER AND GOING AROUND AND DISTRIBUTING THEM TO HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT HAD ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. NOTHING. TOOTHBRUSHES TOOTHPASTE DEODORANT, THINGS LIKE THAT. SHE CARED ABOUT EVERYBODY. SHE DIDN'T TURN ANYBODY AWAY. I REALLY THINK THAT THIS PARK WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD HONOR HER MEMORY FOR EVERYBODY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER, IT SAYS JACKIE IS WHO I SEE. YES, MA'AM, COME ON UP. PLEASE STATE YOUR FULL NAME. >> JACKIE BEDFORD. I TOO WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT LISA VERY MUCH LOVED VETERANS. AND WE DID PACK BOXES. LISA WAS ONE OF THE FEW CIVILIANS THAT EVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE MARINES FOR TOYS FOR TOTS. EVERY YEAR SHE MADE SURE AND THE BROKEN TOYS WE FIXED. WE PACKED THEM UP AND WE MADE SURE THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY AND THE UNNEEDED TOYS WENT TO WHERE THEY WERE NEEDED AND LOVED. LISA, SHE RALLIED. SHE WOULD SAY I NEED DONATIONS. WE NEED DONATIONS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A YARD SALE SO WE CAN EARN MONEY TO SEND THOSE BOXES THAT WE ALL PACKED TO IRAQ. BOOTS ON THE GROUND, WHEN THE HOMELESS CAMPS WERE THREATENED TO BE THROWN OUT AND EVICTED FROM WHERE THEY WERE, WE WENT TO THE WOODS AND UNDER LISA'S LEADERSHIP, WE CLEANED UP THE WOODS JUST SO THOSE PEOPLE COULD REMAIN WHERE THEY WERE. SHE MADE SURE EVERYONE ATE. SHE WENT TO HER GRANDSON'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE TURKEYS IN SOME OF THESE COMMUNITY FAMILIES. LISA SAID, OH, YES, THERE WILL BE TURKEYS. EVERYBODY WILL HAVE THANKSGIVING. SHE GOT US ALL TOGETHER AND MADE THAT HAPPEN. LISA ALWAYS MADE THINGS HAPPEN FOR EVERYBODY. LISA LOVED -- SHE WAS TRANSPARENT. EVERYTHING WAS FACTUAL. LISA WAS ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AT AMERICAN LEGION 138. PERSONALLY, SHE HELPED ME THROUGH A LOT OF THINGS MYSELF. BUT LISA WAS FOR EVERYBODY. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYBODY WHO COULD GO FROM 4 IN THE MORNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT EVERY DAY AND HELD UP EVERY PROMISE THAT SHE MADE. NOBODY WENT WITHOUT EVER. IF YOU KNEW LISA, YOU WERE VERY FORTUNATE. SHE WAS A BLESSING TO HER COMMUNITY AND TO HER FRIENDS AND HER FAMILY. SHE WAS A WONDERFUL WOMAN, AND I'M SO PROUD OF HER. PLEASE, PLEASE SEE THIS THROUGH. WE NEED THIS. LISA DESERVES TO BE HONORED WITH THIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU. YES MA'AM. [ APPLAUSE ] OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BETSY. YES, MA'AM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> MY NAME IS BETSY RANDALL. THAT'S HARD TO FOLLOW. THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT -- SHE DID EVERYTHING. SHE SHOWED UP. WHEN YOU DESCRIBE LISA CHESSER, BOOTS ON THE GROUND, JUST DO IT. SHE'S THERE. SHE HAD HOW MANY PHONES? [ LAUGHTER ] SHE WOULD DO A REGULAR JOB, AND THAT WAS ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT MOST WOMEN COULD DO AND YET SHE SPENT TIME. I DON'T KNOW, IT MUST HAVE BEEN A DIVINE INTERVENTION WITH LISA. SHE WAS PUT HERE FOR A PURPOSE. PERSONALLY, SHE'S DONE SO MUCH FOR ME WHEN I NEEDED HER. SHE WAS THERE, SHE WOULD DROP EVERYTHING FOR ME. YOU'LL HEAR A THOUSAND OTHER STORIES FROM PEOPLE IN NEED AND PEOPLE WHO COULDN'T MAKE IT HERE TODAY FOR ONE REASON OR THE OTHER. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME LISTENING TO US. I CONSIDER THIS PARK TO BE A THANK-YOU BECAUSE WE CAN NEVER OUTGIVE LISA. AND IT WOULD BE A BLESSING TO HAVE A MEMORIAL FOR HER. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR LAST SPEAKER WAS EMILY. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS EMILY BEAL. IN FULL TRANSPARENCY, LISA CHESSER WAS MY SISTER. OUR FAMILY MOVED TO TAMPA IN 1972. LISA ATTENDED SCHOOL IN TAMPA AND ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE. FOLLOWING GRADUATION, SHE HELD A SERIES OF JOBS, INCLUDING WAITRESSING AT THE NCO CLUB ON MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE AND WAS THE OWNER AND PROPRIETOR OF THE SILVER DOLLAR SALOON AT PORT TAMPA. SHE BECAME A GENERAL CONTRACTOR, OFTEN FIXING HOMES FOR FREE BECAUSE PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX THEIR HOMES. LISA WORKED AS A CONCRETE ENGINEER FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND FOR SEVERAL YEARS WORKED AT JACOB CIVIL ENGINEERING. LISA'S DNA AND FINGERPRINTS ARE LITERALLY ALL OVER TAMPA. HER LAST PROJECT SHE WORKED ON WAS THE EXPANSION AT TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, THE SELMON EXPRESSWAY AND EVEN THE SUNSHINE SKYWAY. SHE WAS AND REMAINS DEEPLY CONNECTED TO THE CITY. LISA MADE HER HOME IN SOUTH TAMPA. HAD BOTH OF HER CHILDREN, SARAH AND JOSEPH AT TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL. THEY ARE BOTH HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT HER. WHILE HER CAREER MAY HAVE BEEN IN CONSTRUCTION, HER VOCATION WAS HELPING PEOPLE. LISA ALWAYS MADE TIME FOR OTHERS WHO WERE DOWN ON THEIR LUCK, LESS FORTUNATE, AND NEEDED A LITTLE HELP. SHE WOULD LITERALLY GIVE SOMEONE THE SHIRT OFF THEIR BACK IF THAT'S WHAT THEY NEEDED IN THE MOMENT. SHOWING KINDNESS AND PRESERVING PEOPLE'S DIGNITY WAS THE CORE OF WHAT SHE WAS AND INSPIRED OTHERS TO DO. EARLY ON, LISA WOULD TAKE FOOD INTO THE HOMELESS CAMPS SOUTH OF GANDY, OFFER A MEAL AND HAND UP TO THOSE WHO WOULD ACCEPT IT. AS EFFORTS GREW, HER CORE SUPPORTERS ENCOURAGED HER TO ESTABLISH HOPE ON THE HORIZON, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION PROVIDING FOOD CLOTHING HOUSING FURNITURE, AND HOME GOODS TO VETERANS, THE UNHOMED AND FOOD INSECURE IN SOUTH TAMPA. THROUGH HER CHARITABLE WORK, LISA REPURPOSED, UPCYCLED AND REDISTRIBUTED TONS OF ITEMS. WHICH IN TURN KEPT THEM OUT OF LANDFILLS AND GAVE THEM TO THOSE WHO HAD LESS AND NEEDED MORE. IT MADE A DIFFERENCE. LISA'S CHARITABLE WORK TOUCHED THE LIVES OF HUNDREDS, MAYBE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY. AND TAMPA, THE CITY OF TAMPA, THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO IMPACT GENERATIONS. NAMING THIS PARK AFTER HER IS A FITTING CONTRIBUTE TO THE WORK SHE'S DONE AND HOPEFULLY HELPS PEOPLE REMEMBER THE DIFFERENCE SHE MADE AND INSPIRE THEM TO CONTINUE IT, PAY IT FORWARD AND MOST, IMPORTANTLY, BE KIND AND REMEMBER THAT EVERY PERSON DESERVES TO LIVE WITH DIGNITY. I'VE ONLY TOUCHED ON A FEW EXAMPLES OF THE IMPACT SHE MADE AND WHAT MAKES HER WORTHY OF CONSIDERATION FOR THIS HONOR. I CERTAINLY HOPE YOU'LL AGREE AND CONSIDER VOTING YES ON RENAMING THIS PARK. [ APPLAUSE ] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ON ANOTHER CARD -- >> LISA'S NAME IS ON MY CARD. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE ROME YARD. >> LISA'S NAME WAS ALSO ON THERE. CAN I SPEAK OR NOT? THAT'S THE QUESTION. I SHOULD BE ABLE TO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY. THAT'S FINE. >> MY NAME IS STEPHANIE POYNOR. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BRINGING THIS FORWARD THIS MORNING. THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT THIS AND I'LL WORK WITH STAFF AND GET THIS STRAIGHT ON HOW THE PROCEDURE SHOULD GO FROM THIS POINT FORWARD. I MISUNDERSTOOD AND ALL THESE PEOPLE WERE HERE AND I WAS VERY STRESSED OUT ABOUT IT. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. YOU THINK I NEVER SLEEP, LISA MADE ME LOOK LIKE AN AMATEUR. SHE WAS IN CONSTRUCTION LEADERSHIP. SHE WAS AN ANGEL IN STEEL-TOED BOOTS. THAT IS THE MOST ACCURATE DESCRIPTION. I GUARANTEE YOU THAT EVERYBODY HERE WAS A BETTER PERSON BECAUSE SHE MADE THEM. I NEVER COOKED A TURKEY IN MY LIFE. SHE HAD ME COOKING FIVE TURKEYS ONE YEAR. FIVE TURKEYS I MADE FOR ONE THANKSGIVING BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE GOT FED. BUT HER MOTTO, JUST LIVE, HER DISPOSITION, HER FAVORITE SONG WAS MAN IN THE MIRROR BY MICHAEL JACKSON BECAUSE SHE SAID YOU CAN MAKE THE CHANGE, AND NOT ONLY DID LISA MAKE THE CHANGE, BUT SHE MADE US ALL BETTER. RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU DID SOMETHING BECAUSE LISA TOLD YOU TO. SHE WAS JUST A AMAZING. THE HAIRS STAND UP ON THE BACK OF MY NECK. CHRISTMAS GIFTS, THOUSANDS OF KIDS GOT CHRISTMAS GIFTS. SHE NEVER STOPPED. HER WHOLE LIFE WAS GIVING AWAY TO OTHER PEOPLE. I GUARANTEE, I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA ABOUT HER MONEY. SHE MADE GOOD MONEY AND GAVE MOST OF IT AWAY. I WOULD CATCH HER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD PULLED OVER, HEY, LISA, WHAT ARE YOU DOING BECAUSE I NEEDED TO TALK TO HER. I'M CALLING THIS LADY'S INSURANCE COMPANY SO I CAN PAY HER INSURANCE SO SHE CAN STILL DRIVE A CAR TO WORK. NEXT TIME, WHAT ARE YOU DOING, LISA? PAYING SOMEBODY'S ELECTRIC BILL. IF NOT, THEY'LL SHUT OFF THEIR ELECTRIC. THERE WAS NEVER AN END. SHE NEVER, EVER SAID NO. NOT IF IT MADE SENSE. I WILL ALSO SAY THIS, THERE ARE VERY FEW PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD WHO SCARED ME AND WHO I WOULD NOT GET INTO A FISTFIGHT WITH, BUT LISA CHESSER WAS ONE OF THEM. I WANT TO SAY THAT. SHE IS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE I'VE EVER MET. I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING, MY MOM HAS BEEN DEAD FOR 11 YEARS, BUT LISA CHESSER'S HOUSE SMELLED LIKE MY MOM'S HOUSE. WHEN I WALKED IN THERE, I WAS LIKE, OH, MY GOSH, I'M HOME. YOU CANNOT IMAGINE ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO LIVE SOUTH OF GANDY AND WHO LOVE SOUTH OF GANDY, THEY KNOW THAT SHE WAS JUST AMAZING AND SHE WOULDN'T LET US HAVE A CELEBRATION OF LIFE AFTERWARDS AND THIS IS IT TODAY. I THINK THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SO MANY FOLKS HERE. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WOULD BE HONORED TO SUPPORT THIS. COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. WHEN YOU HAVE A PERSON LIKE LISA, WE NEED A HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE LIKE LISA. I LEARNED TWO THINGS TODAY. LEARNED ABOUT LISA AND WHERE I CAN GO EAT THANKSGIVING TURKEY. IT BETTER BE WELL COOKED AND DONE RIGHT. LISA IS THE ONE THAT INSPIRED ALL OF YOU ONE BY ONE DOING DIFFERENT THINGS THAT MAYBE YOU NEVER THOUGHT OF. BECAUSE OF HER PERSISTENCE IN SAYING THESE PEOPLE NEED HELP, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, THANK YOU FROM THIS COUNCIL BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE WAS DOING AND GIVE A SHOVE TO DO WHAT SHE WAS DOING. THAT SHOWS LEADERSHIP WITHOUT PRESSURE, AND ALL OF YOU HAVE SUCCEEDED IN THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMAN CARLSON, DO YOU WANT TO READ IT? >>BILL CARLSON: JUST A COMMENT AND I'LL READ IT. YOU ALL ALLUDED TO THIS, BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE FOREST IN SOUTH TAMPA. MANY PEOPLE LOOK AT IT AND SAY, CAN YOU SEND THE POLICE IN AND CHASE THEM OUT? LISA KNEW ALL THEIR NAMES, AND SHE WOULD TRY TO HELP THEM FIND HOUSING. IF THEY LOST THE HOUSING, SHE WOULD HELP THEM FIND IT AGAIN AND HELP THEM FIND FOOD AND PUT TOGETHER THE FOOD KITCHEN AND OTHERS THINGS. SHE INSPIRED ALL OF US TO HAVE EMPATHY AND HUMANITY, AND WE CAN'T THANK HER ENOUGH AND HOPEFULLY REMEMBER THAT. MOVE 68, FILE HN 25-14352, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE NAMING OF THE PROPOSED PARK AT MARCUM STREET AND PINEWOOD STREET IN TAMPA, FLORIDA, TO HONOR LISA MARIE CHESSER; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? GO AHEAD AND READ THE VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 5, 2025, AT 10 A.M. AT 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD TAMPA FLORIDA 33602. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHTY. [ APPLAUSE ] WE'LL TAKE A MOMENT FOR THE ROOM TO CLEAR OUT A LITTLE BIT AND THEN WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. IS ADRIENNE RODRIGUEZ REGISTERED AND ONLINE? MICHAEL RANDOLPH, ADRIENNE RODRIGUEZ AND THEN THE IN-PERSON. >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU TO MICHELLE VAN LOAN AND HER STAFF. THIS IS A VERY TIME-CONSUMING PROCESS. THANK YOU FOR PROCESSING THROUGH ALL OF IT OVER MANY MONTHS. >> THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A GOOD DAY. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE TWO REGISTERED SPEAKERS. MICHAEL RANDOLPH IS THE FIRST SPEAKER FOLLOWED BY ADRIAN RODRIGUEZ. AND THEN GO TO THE IN-PERSON, WHICH I HAVE HERE. MICHAEL RANDOLPH, IF YOU ARE ON, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND STATE YOUR NAME. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> MICHAEL RANDOLPH. I'M WITH THE WEST TAMPA CDC. ON APRIL 30th, FROM AROUND THE NATION REFLECTING THE WIDESPREAD IMPACT OF FUNDING REDUCTION. FLORIDA IS ONE OF THREE STATES WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF FEDERAL BUDGET CUTS OF ALL WITH THE STATE OF FLORIDA REDUCING FUNDING FOR NONPROFITS IN GENERAL. SINCE THE EARLY 2025, THOUSANDS OF NONPROFITS HAVE CLOSED NATIONWIDE, FROM CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK, AND FLORIDA, SEEING THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF REDUCTIONS. COMMUNITY BASED NONPROFITS, ARTS AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND HEALTH CARE SERVICES HAVE BEEN ESPECIALLY AFFECTED BY THESE CUTS. LOSSES IN NONPROFIT SECTORS FROM JANUARY TO MARCH OF 2025, NONPROFITS LOST 10,000 FULL-TIME JOBS, MAINLY IN HEALTH CARE SERVICES -- THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION GOVERNMENT HAS DOWNSIZED 280,000 FEDERAL JOBS HAVE BEEN CUT IN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF 2025. 216,000 WERE CUT IN THE MONTH OF MARCH ALONE. OUR UPCOMING WORKSHOP ON NONPROFIT DEVELOPMENT AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANY TIME BEFORE, ESPECIALLY FOR GROUPS NAVIGATING THE FINANCIAL TIMES. FINALLY, OTHER RESOURCES OF FUNDING, WHETHER PRIVATE, CORPORATE FOUNDATION OR GRASSROOTS FUNDING IS CRITICAL. OUR UPCOMING WORKSHOP ON MAY 31st WILL BE ON NATIONAL NONPROFITS. ON JUNE THE 25th, WE'LL FOCUS ON NONPROFITS IN WEST TAMPA. DON'T FORGET OUR UPCOMING WORKSHOP ALSO FOR UNDERSTANDING INVESTMENT IN LENDERS, CREATING A MARKABLE BUSINESS PLAN, SALES AND MARKETING 101 AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE HOME-BASED BUSINESS WORKSHOP. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. RANDOLPH. ADRIENNE RODRIGUEZ IS THE NEXT SPEAKER. MR. RODRIGUEZ, IF YOU ARE ONLINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD MORNING, CAN YOU HEAR ME? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. GO AHEAD. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> ADRIEN RODRIGUEZ. GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT REPARATIONS TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY ARE LONG OVERDUE. I HOPE THAT THE MAYOR, THAT THEY'LL DO THE RIGHT THING AND WORK WITH THE RACIAL RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE BECAUSE TAMPA HAS A BIG DEBT TO PAY. I'M ACTUALLY WANTING TO SPEAK AGAIN ON THE PARCELS AT WOODLAWN CEMETERY. IF YOU GO TO WOODLAWN CEMETERY, FIND A GRAVE AND YOU TOP IN THE TOP FIVE SURNAMES OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE EARLY 1900s, LATE 1800s, WILLIAMS, JOHNSON, SMITH, JONES, AND BROWN, YOU WILL SEE -- MANY, MANY ARE BURIED IN POTTERS FIELD, BUT ALSO MANY THAT DO NOT HAVE A GRAVE LOCATION. AS WE KNOW, CITY OF TAMPA OWNS MOST OF THE 40 ACRES AT WOODLAWN. I WOULD SAY ABOUT 95%, WHICH IS OCCUPIED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CEMETERY. THE BIG QUESTION WAS, WHERE ARE THE WILLIAMS AND THE JOHNSONS AND THE SMITHS AND THE JONES AND THE BROWNS THAT DID NOT HAVE A BURIAL SPACE, LOT NUMBER. SO THAT PUTS A BIG QUESTION MARK OVER THE PARCEL OF LAND. CITY OF TAMPA RESPONDED BY SAYING AT THIS TIME, THE CITY IS NOT PURSUING ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTY. THE PARCEL LIES OUTSIDE OF A DESIGNATED CRA AREA AND ANY POTENTIAL PURCHASE WOULD THEREFORE REQUIRE USE OF GENERAL FUNDS. THE CITY DOES NOT TYPICALLY ACQUIRE OR MANAGE PROPERTIES OF THIS NATURE AND NO FUNDING SOURCE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED TO SUPPORT ACQUISITION OR ONGOING MAINTENANCE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAINTENANCE ON A 1.46-ACRE PARCEL OF GRASS. THAT IS WHAT IT WOULD COST TO MAINTAIN, IF THEY NOW OWN ABOUT 95% OF WOODLAWN, WHY WOULD THEY NOT WANT TO OWN 95.5 OR 95.6. SO I DON'T KNOW WHY THE CITY OF TAMPA SPENDS MONEY LIKE A DRUNKEN SAILOR ON THE THINGS THAT THE MAYOR WANTS, THE HANNA CENTER. THE WEST RIVERWALK PROJECT THING. I'M NOT GOING TO GO OFF ON THAT. LET ME JUST SAY THAT THE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT ARE SPENT ON BULL CRAP, I'M TRYING TO ABIDE BY THE RULES OF DECORUM, WE'RE ASKING FOR A PARCEL TO BE PURCHASED BY THE CITY. THERE ARE BLACK BODIES ON THAT PARCEL OF LAND. I'M NOT GOING TO GO BACK TO 2014, ARTHUR GREEN JR. SHOULD I BRING UP BIKING WHILE BLACK? WELL, I'VE DECIDED TO CALL THIS BURIED WHILE BLACK, BECAUSE THEY ARE BEING SHOWN DISRESPECT IN-DEPTH AS THEY WERE IN LIFE. SO I'M ASKING ONE FINAL TIME BECAUSE THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A MAYOR DECISION BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, SHE HAS A PROBLEM WITH BLACK PEOPLE. THAT'S MY OPINION. TAMPA CITY COUNCIL TO AGGRESSIVELY PURSUE THE CITY LOOKING INTO PURCHASING THAT PARCEL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A BLESSED DAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU TOO, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR SPEAKERS IN PERSON BEGINNING ARE MRS. STEPHANIE POYNOR. SHE SPOKE ON WHAT WAS A PUBLIC HEARING. THIS IS FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. CAROL BENNETT, TINA -- CARROLL ANN BENNETT, TINA ADAMS. >> ALWAYS FUNNY. STEPHANIE POYNOR. ROME YARD HAS COME UP TODAY. YOU GUYS KNOW ROME YARD IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS TO TALK ABOUT. WE HAVE THIS MAYOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER. ON THE SECOND PAGE, THIS IS IN YOUR PACKETS, I'M SORRY. I SHOULD HAVE WAITED. BUT MY FAVORITE PART OF THIS IS THE INTERRUPTION OR STOP WORK ORDER OF THREE OR MORE YEARS IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROJECT SUBJECT TO CONTRAST FOR PROFESSIONAL BLAH BLAH BLAH. THAT IS REASON FOR TERMINATION OF A CONTRACT. IT SAYS RIGHT HERE ON THE NEXT PAGE, PAGE 3 OF YOUR HANDOUT, IT SAYS MAY 5, 2022. THAT WAS TWO WEEKS AGO IT WAS THREE YEARS. I'M JUST SAYING. I ALSO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT I THINK YOU ALL WANT TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES AND ASK YOURSELVES AND ASK WHEN THE ITEMS 45 AND 46 COME UP. I WROTE THEM ON THERE FOR YOU. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THEM BECAUSE EVERYONE UP THERE CAN READ. ALSO, BECAUSE STAFF OR BECAUSE MR. SHELBY DOES NOT LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO GO INTO ACCELA, BUT I WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHAT WAS IN ACCELA FOR ROME YARD. NONE OF THIS LOOKS LIKE ANYTHING MOVING FORWARD. I FORGOT TO PRINT OUT THE PICTURES. I WENT BY THERE TWO DAYS AGO AND IT LOOKS LIKE NOTHING. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IF RELATED GROUP OR ROME YARD, WHOEVER, THE APPLICANT, LET'S CALL THEM WHAT THEY ARE, THE APPLICANT WANTS TO PUSH BACK THE TIMELINE AGAIN, MIND YOU, I CAN'T GET THE FIRST TIMELINE. I ASKED FOR IT THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT TIMES, THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT WAYS BUT ONLY GOT THE ONE FROM LAST YEAR. THE TIMELINE TALKED ABOUT ON THE MEMO IS NOT THE ORIGINAL TIMELINE. THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN IN PLAY SINCE 2022. THAT'S WHEN YOU GUYS APPROVED THE RESOLUTION. NOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE THAT FOR US, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO FOR US? BECAUSE WHEN YOU RENEGOTIATE SOMETHING, YOU GET MORE WHEN YOU GET LESS. FIRST OF ALL, I KNOW THAT THE YELLOW JACKETS NEED SOME SPACE OUT THERE. I KNOW THAT WE ARE DOING -- THAT THE COUNTY IS DOING A CULTURAL CENTER. ARE WE GOING TO ASK FOR THAT? WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT, FOLKS. IF NOTHING ELSE, WE NEED BUS STOPS IN THAT AREA. THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND START ON THAT NOW. HOW MUCH LONGER ARE WE GOING TO SCREW AROUND WITH THIS PROJECT? WE HAVE PROJECTS, FUN LAND. LOOK AT FUN LAND. IT'S ALMOST DONE, AND IT WAS APPROVED AFTER THIS PROJECT. WE NEED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, IF THEY DON'T HAVE TO BUILD A CULTURAL CENTER, THE LAND NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO BE IN THE PROPERTY OF THE CITY OF TAMPA. IT DOES NOT NEED TO GO TO RELATED GROUP. I HAVE OTHER ISSUES WHICH I HAVE POINTED OUT TO YOU IN E-MAILS, LIKE GIVING AWAY THOSE TOWN HOUSE LOTS FOR $2500, AND THEY CAN BE UP TO 199% OF AMI. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU ALL, BUT THAT'S ABOUT 200 GRAND A YEAR YOU CAN MAKE TO PURCHASE THOSE. THAT'S POOP. THAT'S NOT AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR ATTAINABLE HOUSING. THAT'S RICH PEOPLE HOUSING BECAUSE THEY SURE AS HELL HAVE MORE MONEY THAN I DO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT SPEAKER FOLLOWED BY TINA ADAMS. GOOD MORNING, CARROLL ANN BENNETT. >> CARROLL ANN BENNETT, LIFELONG RESIDENT OF SOUTH TAMPA. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, CITY COUNCIL DEBATED THE USE OF F.A.R. AND SINGLE USE PROJECTS IN SOUTH TAMPA. THE CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF RESEARCHED DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH TAMPA AND PRESENTED THIS REPORT. PLEASE PLAY THE VIDEOS. >> COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ESTABLISHES UNIQUE VISIONS FOR THE NEW TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT AND THE SOUTH TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT. THOSE EXCERPTS ARE SHOWN ON YOUR SCREEN. THESE ARE BASED UPON WITH THE LIMITED GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES IN THESE AREAS. AND THE RESEARCH THAT WE PERFORMED, YOU CAN SEE THE SLIDE DISPLAYS THE RESIDENTIAL GROWTH THAT HAS OCCURRED IN THE CITY OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS. THE MOST RECENT TEN YEARS OF GROWTH IS BROKEN INTO FIVE-YEAR INCREMENTS. 2010 RESIDENTIAL UNITS ARE SHOWN IN GRAY. THE GROWTH FROM 2010 TO 2015, THAT INCREASE IS SHOWN IN DARK BLUE AND THE GROWTH THAT OCCURRED FROM 2015 TO 2020 IS SHOWN IN RED. THE TWO DISTRICTS THAT HAVE SEEN THE HIGHEST RESIDENTIAL GROWTH IN THAT PERIOD ARE THE NEW TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT AND THE SOUTH TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT. THIS TREND IS NOT IN LINE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN'S VISION FOR GROWTH, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE LIMITED IN THESE TWO DISTRICTS. LOOKING AT THE NEW TAMPA TREND, IT APPEARS THAT THE RATE OF GROWTH, RESIDENTIAL GROWTH IS DECREASING SINCE THE GROWTH FROM 2010 TO 2015 WAS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN THE GROWTH FROM 2015 TO 2020. SO THE RED IS SMALLER THAN THE BLUE. WE SEE THE GROWTH IS ACTUALLY DECREASING. WHEREAS IN THE SOUTH TAMPA DISTRICT, THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE. THE RED, THE GROWTH IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, IS MORE THAN THE GROWTH THAT OCCURRED IN THE FIVE YEARS PRIOR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS THERE ANOTHER VIDEO OR IS THAT THE CONCLUSION? >> THERE IS ANOTHER ONE. >> VIDEO: BASED ON THE DISTRICT CHARACTERISTICS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAVE VIEWED THESE TWO DISTRICTS AS PROVIDING, QUOTE, LIMITED GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES UNQUOTE. ALSO REFERENCES IN THIS COMP PLAN CALLING THESE TWO AREAS, QUOTE, AREAS OF STABILITY, UNQUOTE. THE COMP PLAN REALLY ENVISIONS THE THREE CORE DISTRICTS, CENTRAL WESTSHORE AND UNIVERSITY, AS HAVING THE MOST GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMPA. THE MAJORITY OF TRANSIT AND EMPLOYMENT IN THE CITY OF TAMPA ARE FOUND WITHIN THE CENTRAL, WESTSHORE, AND UNIVERSITY PLANNING DISTRICTS. >> SO I JUST WANT TO REITERATE WHAT THEY ARE SAYING IS BETWEEN 2015 AND 2020, THE RATE OF GROWTH IN SOUTH TAMPA ACTUALLY INCREASED, AND THAT THE HIGH GROWTH YOU SAW IN NEW TAMPA WASN'T ON THE VIDEO, BUT IT WAS DUE TO LARGE SUBDIVISIONS THAT WERE APPROVED A WHOLE LONG TIME AGO AND THEY ARE FINISHING OUT. THAT IS KIND OF AN ANOMALY IN ITS ENDING. SOUTH TAMPA HAS EXPERIENCED THE HIGHEST RATE OF GROWTH AND UNIVERSITY HAS ONLY HAD A 1% RATE OF GROWTH, AND THEY ARE THE JOB CENTER AND THE AREA THAT TRANSIT CAN BE EXPANDED THE MOST EASILY ACCORDING TO JEAN DUNCAN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: TINA ADAMS, GREEN BURTON. >> I'M TINA ADAMS. FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF TAMPA FOR EXPEDITING PERMITTING AND WAIVING FEES FOR VICTIMS OF THE FLOOD AND PEOPLE WHOSE HOMES WERE FLOODED. I HAVE FRIENDS AND COWORKERS IN PINELLAS COUNTY WHO WERE NOT SO FORTUNATE AS TO LIVE IN TAMPA WHERE YOUR SUPPORT REALLY MEANT A LOT. SO I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR APPROVING THE DESIGN PHASE FOR THE SOUTH HOWARD BUSINESS. THE SOUTH HOWARD FLOOD PROJECTS. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND A NUMBER OF NEIGHBORS IN SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. A LOT OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES AND DOCTORS' OFFICES IN THAT AREA. SOME OF THEM, UNFORTUNATELY, HAVE CLOSED, LIKE SKIN SAVVY. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY YOU'VE THROWN US A LIFELINE OF HOPE, AND THAT MEANS A LOT. IT MEANS THAT WE HAVE HOPE THAT THE CITY AND OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE ACTUALLY LISTENING TO US AND WANTING TO HELP THE HOMEOWNERS AND SMALL BUSINESSES, AND IT REALLY MEANS A LOT. BUT WE NEED MORE THAN JUST A LIFELINE. WE NEED YOU TO PULL US OUT OF THE WATER, LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY. BECAUSE WE'RE ALL DROWNING. I BROUGHT YOU SOME LIFE SAVERS TODAY. BECAUSE I NEED YOU TO BE LIFE SAVERS. I NEED YOU TO HELP US ALL FEEL SAFE IN OUR HOMES AGAIN. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT IS AFFECTING PEOPLE EVERY TIME IT RAINS AND EVERYONE SHOULD FEEL SAFE IN THEIR HOMES, AND WE DON'T. PARKLAND ESTATES CIVIC CLUB NOW SUPPORTS THIS PROJECT AS LONG AS IT IS THE HOWARD TO SWANN ROUTE. I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE ROUTE. I JUST WANT A ROUTE THAT WILL HELP THE MOST PEOPLE, BE THE MOST COST EFFICIENT AND HELP PEOPLE BE SAFE IN THEIR HOMES AGAIN BECAUSE EVERYONE SHOULD FEEL SAFE IN THEIR HOME. YOUR HOME SHOULD BE YOUR SAFE PLACE. PLEASE LET IT BE AGAIN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MARTY GREEN, CONNIE BURTON, VALERIE BULLOCK. MENTESNOT, KELLA McCASKILL. GOOD MORNING, SIR. >> MY NAME IS MARTY GREEN. I WORK WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA MOBILITY. THIS IS POTHOLES AND PATCHING IT. THIS IS THE POTHOLE THAT I HAVE DONE PERSONALLY. AND THIS IS CONCRETE THAT RESIDENTS ARE PUTTING IN POTHOLES BECAUSE THE CITY OF TAMPA WOULD NOT FIX IT. I TOLD THEM THE CORRECT WAY, HOW YOU DO IT. YOU CUT IT, CLEAN IT, THEN PUT THE ASPHALT. I WAS TOLD BY SUPERVISOR ANTHONY STAFFORD THAT AS LONG AS THE POTHOLES POP UP IN THE CITY, I HAVE A JOB. BUT HOW CAN YOU NOT FIX THE THINGS DONE RIGHT? I'M QUITE SURE ALL YOU ALL HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT POTHOLES. WHEN I BROUGHT UP ISSUES, I GOT WRITTEN UP BECAUSE OF THE E-MAILS I HAVE WRITTEN. THEY TOLD ME THEY REFRAIN ME FROM WRITING E-MAILS. MICHAEL BROWN TO BE EXACT. REFRAINED ME FROM WRITING E-MAILS. HOW CAN YOU REFRAIN ME FROM WRITING E-MAILS AND SPEAKING ON THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE. I HAVE WENT TO HR, KIMBERLY ANDERSON. SHE'S RIGHT ALONG WITH THEM. SHE'S WITH MANAGEMENT. E-MAILED JEAN DUNCAN ABOUT IT AND NEVER RESPOND FROM HER. STEVEN SIMON, THE UNION PRESIDENT, HE'S NO GOOD. HE RUB ELBOWS WITH MANAGEMENT. NOT TO BE DISRESPECTFUL, HE WANT TO BE A POLITICIAN. DOESN'T WANT TO HELP US. HE'S TRYING TO GET INTO ANOTHER POSITION. INSTEAD OF GOING AND SPEAKING ON SITUATIONS AS LONG-TERM EMPLOYEES FOR THE PURPOSE OF RAISING THE SALARY, FOR THE MULTIPLIER. FROM 1.2 TO 1.9 TO INCREASE THE COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT FROM 1.0 TO 2.2. THESE ARE CRITICAL CHANGES FOR ALL THE OLD PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA FOR OVER 20 YEARS. SO THEREFORE, THEY ARE FROM THE U.S. AND THE ECONOMY HAS WENT UP. RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE STRUGGLING. THEY ARE RETIRING AND STRUGGLING. INSTEAD OF THE UNION PRESIDENT WANTING TO STEP UP AND TALK TO US AND LET EVERYONE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, NO, THAT'S NOT CORRECT. AND GOING BACK TO BEING WRITTEN UP FOR SOMETHING THAT YOU BRING TO THEIR ATTENTION ABOUT MULTIPLE LAWSUITS THAT POTENTIALLY HAPPEN. I HAVE CAME UP WITH -- SAT DOWN WITH MANAGEMENT AND TOLD THEM, THIS IS HOW WE CAN CORRECT THIS. BUT INSTEAD, WE MAKE CITY TIKTOK SAYING THEY NOT LIKE US. HOW THEY NOT LIKE US AND WE ARE DOING IT WORSE THAN THEY ARE DOING IT. I CAME FROM THE COUNTY. I KNOW WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DONE. RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT DOING IT. THIS SUPERVISOR THAT IS OVER -- GETTING PAID OVER 6 FIGURES A YEAR FOR SOMETHING HE DON'T KNOW ABOUT. HE GOT PUT IN THAT POSITION FROM SOME FORM OF NEPOTISM BECAUSE THAT'S MICHAEL BROWN'S FRIEND. THEREFORE, SOMETHING NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, WE HAVE THREE FIX TRUCKS -- FIVE. $380,000 FROM THE PEOPLE'S MONEY. THEREFORE, OUT OF ALL FIVE, ONLY ONE IS WORKING CORRECTLY. THEREFORE, ALL THIS MONEY THAT WE ARE SPENDING, SOMETHING NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF BECAUSE THE EQUIPMENT IS BAD AND NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. WE SPEND TAXPAYER MONEY. THAT'S YOUR MONEY AND OUR MONEY AS WELL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CONNIE BURTON, VALERIE BULLOCK, MENTESNOT, KELLA McCASKILL. >> GOOD MORNING, CONNIE BURTON. MAY 19th, 1925 WAS OUR -- BROTHER MALCOLM X WAS BORN. DR. KING SAID, YOU KNOW, IT AIN'T NO PROBLEM THAT WHEN YOU EXPOSE WHAT IS WRONG, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PROPER HEALING. IT HAS TO BE EXPOSED. WE HAVE TO HAVE LOUD VOICES COMING FROM UP THERE. EVERYBODY CAN'T JUST BE A HEAD NODDER. WHAT I'VE SEEN THIS MORNING FROM THE DEAR WONDERFUL PEOPLE WHO CAME HERE AND SAID THE PARK SHOULD BE NAMED LISA AND THE OTHER COUNCILMAN SAYING THAT IT SHOULD BE NAMED -- WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR NO MORE WHY WE AS AFRICAN PEOPLE AIN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO NAME FAIR OAKS WHAT WE WANT IT TO BE NAMED. AIN'T GOING TO BE NO TURNING US AROUND BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE OTHER PEOPLE COMFORTABLE. IT'S WHAT WE WANT IN OUR COMMUNITY. WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT TODAY IS ITEM NUMBER 80. PROBABLY WON'T BE ABLE TO SIT THROUGH THE WHOLE DISCUSSION. BUT IN 2010, THAT IS WHEN THE FIRST SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM WAS FUNDED BY THE CRA. AND THE NUMBER IT LANDED IN WAS 36. HOW DID WE COME TO 72, 36 PLUS 36 IS 72, RIGHT? WE SAID THAT THE CITY AND THE BOARD AT THAT TIME, THE CRA BOARD, SAID WE HAD HAD ENOUGH TIME THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM. I WANT TO HEAR THE NUMBERS THAT WAS LANDED, AND THIS IS NOT AN ATTACK ON MRS. WYNN, BECAUSE I BELIEVE SHE WEAR 45 DIFFERENT HATS WITH THE CITY, BUT IF PEOPLE WOULD JUST FORM REAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY, WE COULD HAVE SUGGESTED WAYS IN WHICH PEOPLE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK IN LANDSCAPING AS THEY ARE EXPOSED TO OTHER GREATER OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE CITY. BUT TO, IN MY OPINION, SABOTAGE THAT WE CAN'T GET TO 72, WHEN THIS CITY HAS A $1.9 BILLION BUDGET, THE CRA HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN OUR COMMUNITY IN ALMOST 20 YEARS. WE HAVE TO OFFER OUR YOUNG PEOPLE MORE THAN HOPE. THEY NEED ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. AND IF WE TRACK MANY YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE WILL SEE THAT BASED ON THE LACK OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE SEE THE PATHWAY TO JAIL THAT WAS HANDED TO THEIR DADDIES, THEIR UNCLES, THEIR COUSINS, AND WE ARE PLANNING ON STANDING TOE TO TOE IN THE LEGACY OF MALCOLM X AND OTHERS, THAT SAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO KEEP ON FIGHTING THE STRUGGLE UNTIL WE SEE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE'RE NOT LEAVING IT UP TO JUST OUR REPRESENTATIVE TO DO IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VALERIE BULLOCK. MENTESNOT, KELLA McCASKILL AND SIGRET DOS. >> IT WAS SO HEARTBREAKING TO HEAR THE WOMEN WITH THE SHIRT ON FOR LISA FOR THE PARK. I HEARD ALL THE GOOD THINGS THEY SAID ABOUT HER. I'M SURE SHE IS A GOOD WOMAN AND GOOD HONOR THAT YOU DID. BACK TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY, WHEN FAIR OAKS CAME DOWN HERE IN JANUARY, I BELIEVE IT WAS. WE ALL HAD ON OUR SHIRTS. WE ALL STOOD UP AND TALKED ABOUT COACH ARTIS GAMBRELL, HOW HE WAS THE GRANDFATHER TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, HOW EVERYBODY KNEW HIM AND EVERYTHING . THEN MS. ABBYE FEELEY CAME AND EVERYTHING GOT STOPPED, PUT ON HOLD. SO SOMEONE WENT UP TO HER, ARE THEY GOING TO VOTE ON THAT TODAY? NO, WE'LL PUT IT OFF FOR SIX MONTHS. IT SHOULDN'T BE DISPARAGED LIKE THAT. THE SAME WAY HOW YOU RUBBER STAMP HER, ARTIS GAMBRELL SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN RUBBER STAMPED TOO. IT IS THESE KIND OF DISPARITIES THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR ANSWERS. WHY DID THIS HAPPEN OR WHY DIDN'T THAT HAPPEN? BECAUSE IT WAS THE SAME THING. THE SAME SCENARIO. I'M SITTING HERE AND I'M LIKE, WOW, IS THIS HAPPENING? NOBODY COULDN'T HAVE TOLD ME IT HAPPENED. I HAD TO SEE IT. WE NEED TO RECTIFY THE SITUATION. WE NEED TO PUT WHENEVER YOU PUT HER ON THE AGENDA, LISA ON THE AGENDA FOR JUNE 6, YOU NEED TO PUT FAIR OAKS UP THERE WITH MR. ARTIS GAMBRELL. THAT'S HOW WE REMEDY THAT SITUATION. ANOTHER THING, THE CITY OF TAMPA ALWAYS SAYING THEY DON'T HAVE NO MONEY. SOMEBODY PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME NUMBER 24. $1.1 MILLION FOR SOME DAMN SOAP. PLEASE TELL ME. THAT'S NOT FEASIBLE. DID ANYBODY DO A STUDY, MAYBE WE CAN GET IT CHEAPER. WHY DON'T WE BUY THE CLOROX BUILDING AND HAVE THE SALT THERE TO MAKE THE LIQUID CHLORINE BLEACH. THAT IS A WASTE OF MONEY IN MY OPINION. STUFF LIKE THIS THAT KEEPS SLIDING THROUGH THE COMMUNITY. I COME UP HERE AND SAY I'VE BEEN IN EAST TAMPA ALL MY LIFE, I WANT MY KITCHEN FIXED, OH, YOU HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH THESE HOOPS. WE DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR THAT. WE RAN OUT OF MONEY. OF COURSE, YOU DID BECAUSE OF MAKING STUPID DEALS LIKE THIS. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. MENTESNOT, KELLA McCASKILL,. >> MENTESNOT, TAMPA, FLORIDA, UHURU. UHURU MEANS FREEDOM IN SWAHILI. WE AS AFRICAN PEOPLE SHOULD ALWAYS BE THINKING ABOUT OUR FREEDOM. 828 YEARS UNDER DOMINATION. 825 YEARS. I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING. GET PERSONAL THIS MORNING. MY MOTHER, WHEN MY FATHER WAS IN HIS DYING DEATHBED, MY MOTHER USED TO TREAT HIM. WE DIDN'T KNOW ANY DIFFERENT. WE WAS YOUNGER. SHE USED TO TREAT HIM SO BAD. SHE WOULD BRING MEN IN THE HOUSE. HAVE SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH THEM. MY FATHER WOULD BE IN THE OTHER ROOM. NOTHING HE CAN DO ABOUT IT. SHE USED TO TREAT HIM DIRTY AS A DOG. P DITTY WAS DOING TO CASSIE AND OTHER PEOPLE. MY MOTHER WASN'T THAT BAD AFTER ALL. AND THEN SEE WHAT CITY OF TAMPA DO TO BLACK PEOPLE. MY MOTHER, P. DIDDY AND SOME OF THE OTHER ZACK GROUPS THAT YOU WANT TO CALL BLACK GROUPS LIKE THE EXAMPLE OF AN AFRICAN MAN, BILL COSBY OR WHO SO FAR, WHO SO FAR, WHO SO FAR. THEY WEREN'T THAT BAD AFTER ALL. THEY HAD A PROGRAM RIGHT HERE WHERE THEY HIRED AN AFRICAN MAN TO DO A STUDY WHEN THEY WANT TO DO THE POLICE VIOLENCE WHATSOEVER WHATSOEVER. THE MAN WAS PAID 50, 60, 70 THOUSAND DOLLARS. SOME MAN OUT OF ORLANDO. AFRICAN MAN. THE VIDEO COULDN'T EVEN GET WORKING FOR HIS PRESENTATION. AIN'T NOBODY DID NOTHING ABOUT IT. NOTHING HAPPENED. YOU ALL TREAT BLACK PEOPLE LIKE DIRT AND YOU WANT -- THE FAIR OAKS EXAMPLE VERSUS THE OTHER PARKS, SOUTH TAMPA PARK, THAT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE. THAT'S HOW YOU TREAT US AND WANT US TO EXPECT IT. YOU THINK AFRICAN PEOPLE, THINK AFRICAN YOUTH ACTING OUT WHEN DOING WHATSOEVER YOU MIGHT CALL IT. BUT WE HAVE NO OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS CITY. WESTSHORE BOULEVARD NOW, WESTSHORE BOULEVARD IS LOOKING MORE EXPENSIVE AND BETTER THAN BAYSHORE BOULEVARD. SOUTH TAMPA IS LOOKING LOVELY. EAST TAMPA, THEY JUST RUNNING US UP OUT OF THERE. AND THE OTHER THING I WANT TO SAY FOR AFRICAN PEOPLE AND FOR THIS CITY COUNCIL THAT NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED, IS THAT CHILD SUPPORT. CHILD SUPPORT IS EUGENICS PROGRAM. IT IS EUGENICS PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN GOING ON SINCE JANUARY 4, 1975, AND DEVASTATING AFRICAN PEOPLE. THEY HAVE ALL KIND OF ILLEGAL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL SEPARATION OF POWERS OF VIOLATIONS GOING ON DOWN THERE. THEY NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THE YOUNG MAN IN PRISON, BAYSHORE BOULEVARD, HE NEED TO BE OUT OF PRISON. THIS CITY COUNCIL NEED TO MAKE A MENTION OF THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. KELLA McCASKILL. SIGRET DOS IS OUR LAST SPEAKER. >> KELLA McCASKILL. OFTENTIMES WHEN THE COMMUNITY COMES HERE, PARTICULARLY -- WHEN WE COME HERE ADDRESSING OUR CONCERNS AND SHARE THEM. I BELIEVE IT FEELS AS IF THE DOTS ARE NOT CONNECTED FOR YOU. IT COULD BE BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. YOU HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED WHAT WE EXPERIENCE, BEING PEOPLE OF COLOR AND/OR LIVING IN A MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY. I MOVED TO EAST TAMPA SO NOW I CAN EXPERIENCE SOME OF THE THINGS, THE FROM US THAT COMES OUT WHEN YOU SEE THE PEOPLE. TODAY I CAME BECAUSE I WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION AND HOPEFULLY CONNECT SOME OF THE DOTS TO SEE THE DISCONNECT AND HOW IT FEELS TO US. IT FEELS THAT YOU DON'T HEAR IT. IT FEELS DISRESPECTFUL. I'M HOPING TODAY THAT I CAN DRAW AN ANALOGY TO SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES THAT WE EXPERIENCE AS WE LOOK THROUGH WHAT HAPPENS IN EAST TAMPA, PARTICULARLY THEY MENTION THE PARK. I WON'T REPEAT THAT ONE. I CAME ABOUT AGENDA ITEM 45 AND 46. RECENTLY, ONE OF MY PROJECTS IN EAST TAMPA THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO DO THE PROJECT BECAUSE IT HAD A LOT OF CHALLENGES. THE CITY OF TAMPA -- THE CRA HAD BEEN WORKING WITH THE INDIVIDUAL FOR TWO YEARS. THERE WAS A HORRIBLE PROCESS. THE CONTRACTOR ON YOUR LIST FROM YOUR CCNAs, THIS WAS UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE CITY OF TAMPA. AND IT WAS HORRIBLE. THEY CAME TO ME AND SAID TOO MUCH IN HERE. I DON'T WANT TO DO IT. NO LICENSED PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTOR WILL WANT TO WORK BEHIND THIS PROJECT. THAT HAS BEEN BABY SAT BY THE CITY OF TAMPA. SO I INHERIT THE PROJECT BECAUSE I BELIEVED IN THE WOMEN'S PROJECT. THEN I GET A LETTER APPROVED WAS THE MOST UNPROFESSIONAL LETTER BY THE CITY OF TAMPA. IT DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A SEAL ON IT. NOT EVEN A CITY OF TAMPA SEAL. I SPENT SIX MONTHS BECAUSE I EXPECT BETTER. THIS IS NOT GOING TO WORK FOR ME. I'M NOT GOING TO WORK ON A PIECE OF PAPER THAT HAS HANDWRITTEN NOTES FROM BRETT, CEDRIC McCRAY AND VANESSA ROSS. I WORKED DILIGENTLY WITH NICOLE TRAVIS TO GET AN APPROVABLE LEVEL, ONE ACCEPTABLE, TO PRESENT TO A LENDER OR ANY OTHER CONTRACTOR TO SAY THIS IS WHAT I NEED. LOW AND BEHOLD, CITY OF TAMPA, CRA TERMINATED THE WOMAN'S FUNDS BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T DO IT IN THEIR TIME FRAME, WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS ACCEPTABLE. THEN I LOOK AT RELATED GROUP. NOW, I KNOW FOR 45 AND 46, THINGS HAPPEN AS A DEVELOPER. I KNOW RELATED GROUP IS GOING TO DO EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO. I'M NOT WORRIED WHEN THEY START. I WANT TO LOOK AT THAT, SAME PATIENCE YOU HAVE FOR RELATED GROUP, I WANT YOU TO HAVE FOR REHAB IN EAST TAMPA ON 40th STREET WHERE PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR A CHANGE ON THE STREET. THESE CONTRACTORS, THINGS HAPPEN WHEN YOU GET INTO DEVELOPMENT. I WANT YOU TO HAVE THE SAME ENERGY. I'LL BE MONITORING TODAY TO SEE HOW THIS NAVIGATES THROUGH THE PROCESS. 45 AND 46. WHEN I SUBMIT THIS E-MAIL TO YOU AFTER THIS, I WANT THE SAME TYPE OF RESPONSE. THREE YEARS TO DO THIS PROJECT. THIS WOMAN SAT UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP, CRA AND CITY, FOR TWO YEARS, AND BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T COMPLETE IT IN THE TIME THAT STAFF WHO HAS NO EXPERIENCE DOING THAT, FEELS ACCEPTABLE, I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THAT WHEN I SEND YOU THIS E-MAIL TODAY. 45 AND 46, APPLY THE SAME ENERGY TO EAST TAMPA. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. MR. DOS. >> GOOD MORNING. ROLLING RIGHT ALONG, MAKE SURE I PUT THIS IN, SHOW EVERYBODY, I AM STILL SURGRET DOSS. I'M ALSO A DISABLED AMERICAN VETERAN. USED TO BE THE OWNER OF SEVERAL HOMES. I KNOW ONE THING ABOUT TAMPA, THERE SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM HERE. I WANT TO GET TO IT. IT'S BEEN SAID TO NOT RESIST ANY MAN'S WEAKNESS TO ENCOURAGE IT. I'M HERE TO CALL IT OUT. START WITH JUDGE EMILY PEACOCK, WHO YOU CAN SEE ON THE TRANSCRIPT, PRETTY SAID, HEY, N, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ARGUE WITH WHITE MAN IN MY COURT ROOM. WHEN I STOOD UP, SHE ORDERED ME TO SIGN A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AGAINST MY WILL. I CAN SHOW YOU THAT AS WELL. WHEN YOU ARE BLACK, THE RULES DON'T APPLY ANY DAMN WAY. SHE WAS DEFENDING -- THEY LIKE TO FIND DOCTORS THAT WORK AT THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION TO PERFORM COMPULSORY MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS ON VETERANS, NOT DISCLOSE IT. THE ONLY REASON I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT, I WENT TO A REGULARLY SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT AT THE VA, THE SAME DOCTOR WALKED IN. I DON'T KNOW IF FAMILIAR WITH TITLE 18 -- THAT IS A FEDERAL CRIME. OF COURSE, NOT A PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THEY SEND YOU OVER HERE TO ONE OF THE JUDGES, LIKE JUDGE PAUL HUEY, PEACOCK OR MAYBE GREG HOLDER WHO KIND OF DOES WHAT HE WANTS TO DO. IT'S NOT A SECRET. I KNOW THAT WE ALL KNOW THAT I WAS ACTUALLY AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE MY LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CITY OF TAMPA AND GREG HOLDER. STRANGE TO ME, I FOUND OUT THE SAME MAYOR THAT HELPED TAMPA STEAL ONE OF MY PROPERTIES BY THROWING ME OUT IN THE STREET IS RUNNING FOR MAYOR AGAIN. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MORE DAMN PROPERTIES THIS GUY WANTS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BOB BUCKHORN. BY THE WAY, I HOPE YOU'RE SHOWING THAT TO THE GOOD PEOPLE AS WELL. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I HIGHLIGHTED IT. MICHAEL VICTOR, STILL WORKS FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA, PAT KENNEDY, WE'RE ON SCHEDULE FOR A PRETTY GOOD SITUATION AT THE 11th CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS. I AIN'T GOING TO STOP BECAUSE I'M NOT WIRED THAT WAY. KIND OF STRANGE TO ME, ALL THESE GLOWING THINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY ABOUT VETERANS, GUESS IT DOESN'T APPLY WHEN YOU ARE A BLACK VETERAN. YOU CAN BE HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. DOESN'T MATTER. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU ALL NEXT WEEK. SHOUT-OUT TO THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'LL GO TO BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION APPOINTMENTS. ITEM 4. CONFIRMING APPOINTMENT BY THE MAYOR OF STEPHEN SUTTON, ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN, AS MEMBER OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION FOR THREE-YEAR TERM. MOTION FROM CLENDENIN, SECOND FROM MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL RIGHT, REQUESTS BY THE PUBLIC FOR RECONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATIVE MATTERS. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL, STEVE MICHELINI. I FILED A LETTER REQUESTING A RECONSIDERATION FOR VACATING 25-06. I PROVIDED YOU WITH A LIST OF 21 DIFFERENT FACTUAL STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS MATTER THAT WARRANT RECONSIDERATION. MR. JEFF ITALIANO WAS OUT OF THE COUNTRY AND NOT ABLE TO ATTEND. THE RIGHT-OF-WAY HAS REMAIN UNUSED. WE HAD 20 DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND UTILITY COMPANIES THAT WEIGHED IN ON THIS PETITION AND HAD NO OBJECTION. IN THAT RESPECT, THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR RESERVING AN EASEMENT FOR TECO AND FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA DRAINAGE DEPARTMENT. THERE IS NO ACCESS TO THE BAY. THIS IS APPROXIMATELY A 50-FOOT BY 50-FOOT SQUARE AREA THAT PROVIDES -- WAS DEDICATED AS A ROADWAY, WHICH WAS NO LONGER NEEDED. THAT AREA ABUTS TWO PROPERTIES. ONE IN THE REAR YARD AND ONE ON THE SIDE YARD OF THE PETITIONERS. THAT PROVIDES ACCESS, WHICH POTENTIALLY CAUSES A LIABILITY ISSUE FOR THEM REGARDING ACCESS AND UTILIZATION OF THAT AREA. DRAINAGE EASEMENT HAS ALREADY BEEN PROVIDED IN SOME RESPECTS BY THE COUNTY. CONSERVATION EASEMENT EXISTS WEST OF THIS PROPERTY. THERE IS NO ACCESS TO THE BAY OR ANY OTHER WATERWAY. THE AREA IS APPROXIMATELY 2,000 SQUARE FEET, 2,900 SQUARE FEET. FOR THE PETITION TO BE VACATED. THE RIGHT-OF-WAY IS HELD IN TRUST BY THE CITY. THE OWNERSHIP OF THAT, THE UNDERLYING OWNERSHIP RESTS WITH THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS. IT'S NOT CITY OWNED. IT WAS NOT PURCHASED BY THE CITY, AND IT'S NOT OPERATED BY THE CITY, EXCEPT FOR THE FACT IT HAS A DRAINAGE EASEMENT. THERE ARE ENTITIES WHO HAVE ENTITLEMENTS TO THIS AREA, AND THEY ARE ONLY THREE -- THE CITY AND THE TWO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS. THE VACATING RESTORES LEGITIMATE RIGHTS OF THOSE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS. THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL FOR THE STREETS AND UTILITIES, IT WAS NEVER DEDICATED AS A PARK OR ASSOCIATED ANY WAY AS A RECREATION AREA. THAT WOULD BE A CHANGE IN THE DEDICATION THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THE PLAT ITSELF. THE OPEN AREA IS UNSECURED AND LED US TO UNSUPERVISED ACTIVITIES, PERSONAL INJURY, PUBLIC NUISANCE ASSOCIATED WITH PERSONAL LIABILITY. LIABILITY EXTENDS POTENTIALLY TO THE CITY AS WELL AS ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS. THE AREA UNDER PETITION IS LOCATED ALONG AN EASTERN EDGE OF THE AREA THAT IS VACANT, UNUSED AND FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES EXCEPT FOR THE DRAINAGE AND UTILITY EASEMENTS WHICH WERE RESERVED. ACCESS AND MAINTENANCE WILL STILL BE REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED. THE PROPOSED AREA TO BE VACATED IS NOT A RECREATION AREA. I REPEAT, NOT. AND SHOULD NOT BE USED AS ONE. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THAT WERE STATED THAT THE NEIGHBORS WERE USING IT FOR SOCCER FIELDS, FOR GATHERING SPOTS AND ALL OF THAT. AND THIS IS TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS. THE PROPOSED AREA CANNOT AND WILL NOT BE USED FOR FISHING, KAYAKING, BOATING OR ANY OTHER ACCESS BECAUSE THERE IS NONE. ANYWAY, IT IS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE PETITIONERS, AND THEY WERE RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THAT THEY BE REHEARD AND THAT THIS PETITION BE RECONSIDERED. THE PROPOSED VACATING DOES NOT INCREASE THE CHANCES OF FLOODING NOR DOES IT OBSTRUCT STORMWATER IN ANY WAY. IT MUST REMAIN WITHOUT STRUCTURES. IT HAS TO REMAIN GREEN. I SENT THAT TO YOU VIA E-MAIL. WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST RECONSIDERATION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY IN THE PREVAILING SIDE OF THE DENIAL WISH TO RECONSIDER? COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YEAH, AS I SPOKE DURING THIS PUBLIC HEARING, THIS WAS ONE REALLY DIFFICULT FOR ME BECAUSE IT PULLED ME IN DIFFERENT WAYS. I'VE SUBSEQUENTLY SPOKEN TO ONE OF THE OTHER ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER WHO WAS IN EUROPE AT THE TIME. BASED ON SOME OTHER INFORMATION THAT I'VE RECEIVED, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THIS ITEM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE A SECOND? YOU WERE ON THE SUPPORTIVE SIDE. YOU'RE GOOD. COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA WITH THE SECOND. LET'S DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >> HENDERSON? VIERA? >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: NO. >>LYNN HURTAK: NO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION PASSES WITH HENDERSON BEING ABSENT AT VOTE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. SHELBY, DO WE SCHEDULE THIS FOR THE FUTURE? BECAUSE I VOTED YES, DOESN'T MEAN I WILL SUPPORT IT OR NOT SUPPORT IT. OUT OF COURTESY, BECAUSE WE'RE MISSING A COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU KNOW, SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. DOESN'T MEAN I CHANGED MY VOTE OR WHATEVER, BUT SO WE CAN HAVE A FURTHER CONVERSATION. MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I COMMUNICATED WITH MR. WIGGINTON, WHO IS HERE. NOW THAT YOU'VE ACTUALLY PASSED A MOTION TO RECONSIDER, IT IS NOW BACK ON THE FLOOR, EXCEPT IT REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING. WHICH MEANS, THEREFORE, COUNCIL SHOULD SET A PUBLIC HEARING AND DIRECT THE CLERK OR THE ADMINISTRATION TO PROVIDE THE PROPER NOTICE FOR THE HEARING, BUT WE NEED, I AM TOLD BY MR. WIGGINTON, TWO MONTHS. IS THAT ACCEPTABLE TO YOU, MR. MICHELINI? IT HAS TO BE A NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING IS THAT CORRECT, MR. WIGGINTON? >>STEVE MICHELINI: I UNDERSTAND THAT. IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOUR CALENDAR LOOKS LIKE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JULY 17 IS WHEN THE MAYOR PRESENTS HER BUDGET. THEN WE LIMITED STAFF REPORTS. THAT IS GOING TO BE A BUSY DAY. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND REQUESTING JULY 17. SO AFTER THE FACT. AUGUST 7 IS ANOTHER AVAILABLE DATE. >>STEVE MICHELINI: YES, SIR. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MOVE TO SET THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE RECONSIDERATION ON AUGUST 7, 2025. >>MARTIN SHELBY: WE COULD ASK MR. WIGGINTON. WITH REGARD TO A VACATING, USUALLY 10:00? >> 10 A.M. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE MOTION SO CLEAR, NOT NECESSARILY FOR RECONSIDERATION, IT IS THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE RECONSIDERATION. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER, MR. MICHELINI, DO YOU HAVE THAT FILE NUMBER OR MR. WIGGINTON? >>STEVE MICHELINI: I'LL TELL YOU IN A SECOND. YES, I HAVE IT. >>THE CLERK: VAC-25-06. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MOTION TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING TO HEAR VAC-25-06 ON AUGUST 7, 2025, AT 10:30 A.M. AT 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33602. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE NAYS ARE, IF YOU COULD READ INTO THE RECORD, CARLSON AND HURTAK. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIES WITH HENDERSON ABSENT AT VOTE, CARLSON AND HURTAK VOTING NO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL SEE YOU AUGUST 7. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR. CONSENT AGENDA, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, ITEMS 5-15. COUNCILMAN VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: MOVE THE AFOREMENTIONED ITEMS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. SECOND FROM CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK, VICE-CHAIR FOR 16 THROUGH 21. >>LYNN HURTAK: I MOVE ITEMS 16 THROUGH 21. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM HURTAK. SECOND FROM MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >>LYNN HURTAK: AND I WILL MOVE ITEMS 22 THROUGH 34. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'RE NOT PULLING 35? >>LYNN HURTAK: 35 IS A DIFFERENT COMMITTEE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. SECOND FROM VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >>BILL CARLSON: I PULLED 35. >> CITY COUNCIL, EXCUSE ME, BEFORE YOU MOVE ON 35, THE CLERK HAS A SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION. THERE WAS ONE LAW FIRM THAT WAS ON THE LIST THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN REMOVED. IF YOU APPROVE 35, WHEN YOU TAKE UP 35, YOU DO THE SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION THAT THE CLERK HAS ON FILE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL MOVE THE SUBSTITUTE SHOULD IT BE MOVED. COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON HAS MADE A MOTION TO PULL 35 FOR DISCUSSION. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: TWO THINGS. THE LAST TIME THIS CAME UP, I RECUSED MYSELF BECAUSE MY FIRM WORKS WITH ONE OF THE LAW FIRMS. AFTERWARDS I HAD CONVERSATIONS THAT INDICATED I DIDN'T HAVE TO RECUSE MYSELF. THERE'S NOTHING THAT INURES TO MY PRIVATE GAIN OR LOSS. MARTY, COULD YOU WEIGH IN ON THAT PUBLICLY, PLEASE? >>MARTIN SHELBY: I RECALL THE CONVERSATION. I BELIEVE THAT ON THE BASIS OF OUR CONVERSATION AT THE TIME, I RECALL THAT IT WAS MY OPINION THAT -- OR RISES TO THE LEVEL OF A FINANCIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST. >>BILL CARLSON: SO THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO SAY IS, I WANT TO VOTE NO FOR THIS BECAUSE AS WE TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK WITH CHARTER AMENDMENTS, I BELIEVE THAT IT'S NOT THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA IS A STRONG MAYOR FORM OF GOVERNMENT, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SAY THAT ANYWHERE IN THE CHARTER. THE POWER REALLY RESTS WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT. WHAT THIS DOES, IT ALLOWS THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO HIRE LAW FIRMS WITHOUT OUR APPROVAL. I THINK A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IS TOO MUCH. RAISING THAT I THINK IS WAY TOO MUCH. I THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE PUBLIC SCRUTINY, TRANSPARENCY, AND THAT THEY NEED TO COME TO US. THE OTHER THING IS THAT TYPICALLY THE REASON WHY A GOVERNING AGENCY WOULD DO THIS IS TO TRY TO CONFLICT OUT ALL THESE FIRMS. IF THEY DON'T ACTUALLY DO WORK FOR THE CITY, I THINK BY BAR RULES, THEY DON'T HAVE TO CONFLICT THEMSELVES OUT. I THINK IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA TO DO IT THAT WAY. KEEPING WHAT IT WAS BEFORE IS ENOUGH. I'LL VOTE NO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: FUNNY, BOTH ITEMS YOU BROUGHT UP IS EXACTLY THE REASON WHY I PULLED IT. ENDED UP HAVING A SUBSEQUENT CONVERSATION. I WAS ABOUT CONFLICTING OUT. THAT SEEMS ODD, BINDING EVERY LAW FIRM IN TOWN. I GUESS THAT IS NOT A FACTOR HERE. THEY GAVE AN EXPLANATION THAT REALLY SATISFIED MY POINTS ON THAT. BECAUSE THIS IS A FINITE AMOUNT OF $200,000 FOR THE ENTIRE FISCAL YEAR -- >>LYNN HURTAK: IT'S 200,000 FOR EACH FIRM. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE'RE NOT -- $5 MILLION CONTRACTS. I FELT LIKE IT WAS DE MINIMIS. >>BILL CARLSON: HIRE ALL OF THEM, MULTIPLY ALL THE FIRMS BY 200,000, IT IS A BIG NUMBER. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I ASKED THE SAME QUESTION. I THINK WHAT I WAS TOLD BY LEGAL IS MANY OF THE PEOPLE IN THE CONTRACT, IT IS A CONTRACT -- THEY DON'T ACTUALLY USE THESE FOLKS. THE AMOUNT OF BUSINESS THEY ARE GIVEN. THEY PUT OUT AN RFP TO SOLICIT -- MORRIS IS HERE. CAN HE SPEAK TO IT. >>MORRIS MASSEY: WHILE IT ALLOWS UP TO $200,000 EACH FISCAL YEAR, IT'S SUBSTITUTE TO -- SUBJECT TO BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS. THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT BUDGET TO HIRE OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL IS LESS THAN $250,000. IF WE NEED TO COME -- IF WE NEED TO HIRE A LAW FIRM FOR A LARGE MATTER, WE TYPICALLY HAVE TO COME BEFORE YOU OR HAVE A BUDGET RESOLUTION AT SOME POINT IN TIME THAT ALLOCATES MONEY FOR THAT REPRESENTATION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WAIT, I HAD AN ORDER. MIRANDA VIERA HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT HE SAID. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT'S FINE. >>LYNN HURTAK: HE SAID TOTAL BUDGET IS 250,000. >>MORRIS MASSEY: THAT'S ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED IN OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT BUDGET FOR OUTSIDE COUNSEL, CORRECT. >>LYNN HURTAK: BUT -- >> OTHER DEPARTMENTS HAVE MONEY ALLOCATED FOR SPECIFIC MATTERS, WHICH MONEY CAN BE ALLOCATED FOR OUTSIDE COUNSEL IF WE NEED THEM. THAT'S ANOTHER AVENUE, BUT, AGAIN, IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING IN THEIR BUDGET THAT YOU ALL HAVE APPROVED FOR THAT PURPOSE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT'S NOT LIKE A $5 MILLION -- >>MORRIS MASSEY: NO, IT'S NOT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD RECUSE MYSELF OR NOT. I HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER WHO WORKS FOR ONE OF THE FIRMS AND HAVE MYSELF HIRED A FIRM ON THIS LIST NOT TOO LONG AGO TO DO WORK FOR ME. IF I GO TO HEAVEN OR HELL, ONE OF THE TWO AND DO TIME THAT EVERYTHING IS DONE THE WAY I WANT IT. THAT'S WHERE I'M AT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. SHELBY. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NOT THAT I SAY I'M LEAVING. DOCTORS TOLD ME I'LL LIVE TO 102. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS WHETHER -- MAYBE WE CAN HOLD THIS ITEM JUST SO I CAN TALK TO MAKE SURE IT'S REMOTE AND SPECULATIVE, THEN YOU CAN VOTE. I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT YOU TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE YOU HAVE A RELATIVE WORKING FOR A LAW FIRM AND YOU VOTE AND SOMEBODY ALLEGES A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. YOU CAN EITHER ABSTAIN IN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION OR WE CAN HOLD IT FOR A WHILE AND I'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO AT LEAST MAKE INQUIRIES SO I CAN PROTECT YOU. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT'S FINE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: VIERA AND BACK TO HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: I WANT TO SAY POINT OF ORDER, LET'S MOVE THIS TO FIRST OF STAFF REPORTS. THAT WAY EVERYBODY CAN -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S DO THAT. WE'LL MOVE ITEM 35 TO COME UP AFTER LUNCH. DO WE HAVE AN ITEM. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: [INAUDIBLE] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: FIRST UNDER STAFF REPORTS WHEN WE COME BACK. ITEMS 36 THROUGH 37. COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA MAKES A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, 38 THROUGH 52, BUT SOME ITEMS THAT YOU WANTED. >>BILL CARLSON: I WANTED TO PULL 45 AND 46, PLEASE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 38 THROUGH 52, MINUS 45 AND 46. MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. SECOND FROM CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WANT TO DISCUSS 45 AND 46. CAN WE MOVE 45 AND 46 TO THE SECOND AND THIRD ITEM AFTER LUNCH? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: STAFF CLARIFICATION, WHEN THEY COME BACK PREPARED TO SPEAK, MY INTENTION IS TO ASK ABOUT THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE COUNTY CONSTRUCTION ACROSS THE STREET AND TALKED OVER AND OVER AGAIN ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THE YELLOW JACKETS. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THAT'S TO MOVE THOSE ITEMS AFTER 35. 35, 45, 46 AFTER LUNCH AND FIRST UNDER STAFF REPORTS. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT'S FIRST UNDER STAFF REPORTS WHICH MEANS YOUR 1:30 PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL BE HEARD BEFORE THOSE ITEMS? THE 1:30 PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL BE HEARD AFTER LUNCH. >> [INAUDIBLE] >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WENT THROUGH 52, IS THAT CORRECT? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOVE ITEMS 53 THROUGH 56. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. CAN WE GET A MOTION TO SET THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 57. MOTION TO SET THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 57 FOR JUNE 12, 2025 AT 5:01 P.M. AND JULY 24, 2025 AT 5:01 P.M., CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, 33602. MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? SECOND WAS CLENDENIN. CAN I GET A MOTION TO OPEN THE 10 A.M. AND 10:30 PUBLIC HEARINGS. MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE ONE PERSON REGISTERED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 63. THE FIRST FEW ARE NON-QUASI-JUDICIAL. IF YOU SPEAK ON ANY OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR HAND AND WE'LL SWEAR YOU IN. >>LUIS VIERA: I NEED TO LEAVE HERE AT ABOUT 5:30. MY SON HAS A FINAL PLAY THIS EVENING AT 6:30 IN TAMPA PALMS. IT TAKES ABOUT EIGHT HOURS TO GET THERE. FYI FOR COUNCIL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM NUMBER 58 IS THE FIRST ONE. IS THERE CITY STAFF? THERE'S MR. COLINS. GO AHEAD, SIR. >> GOOD MORNING, DANNY COLINS WITH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF. I WAS SWORN IN. ITEM 58, FILE TA/CPA 24-19. ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT AND FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 706 SOUTH MOODY AVENUE. THE REQUEST IS TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE FROM RESIDENTIAL 10 TO COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35. THIS WAS APPROVED AT YOUR FIRST READING ON APRIL 24 AND IT IS BACK TO YOU TODAY FOR SECOND READING. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR. DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT FOR 58? MR. HUDSON, COME ON UP. >> TYLER HUDSON. NOTHING TO ADD. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON 58? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? ITEM 58, COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ IT? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NUMBER 58, TA/CPA 24-19, ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT, FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 706 SOUTH MOODY AVENUE FROM RESIDENTIAL 10, R-10, TO COMMUNITY MIXED USE-35, CMU-35, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, SIR. ITEM NUMBER 59. >> DANNY COLLINS WITH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF. I WAS SWORN IN. ITEM 59, TA/CPA 24-20. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, SPECIFICALLY THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 701 SOUTH HOWARD AVENUE. THE REQUEST IS TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE FROM RESIDENTIAL 10 TO COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35. THIS WAS APPROVED AT FIRST READING ON APRIL 24 AND BACK FOR A SECOND READING. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS ALSO THE APPLICANT ON THIS ONE AS WELL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. COLLINS? NO. ANYBODY HERE FOR ITEM 59? ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON 59? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM CLENDENIN, SECOND BY MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >>LUIS VIERA: ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT, FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 701 SOUTH HOWARD AVENUE, FROM RESIDENTIAL 10, R-10 AND COMMUNITY MIXED USE-35, CMU-35, TO COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35, CMU 35, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM 60. YES SIR. >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL. CAN YOU HEAR ME. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. GO AHEAD. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >>LEO DEBARDELEBEN: LEO DEBARDELEBEN. I'VE BEEN SWORN. ITEM 60 IS AB 2-24-33 FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3003 WEST CYPRESS STREET. BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR FOR CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES AND PACKAGE SALES OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION. SITE PLAN MODIFICATIONS REQUIRED TO BE MADE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. THOSE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE. PLANS HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED. A COPY HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE CLERK. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN? >> STEVE MICHELINI REPRESENTING THE PETITIONER. WE DID ADD THE COVERED BIKE THAT YOU REQUESTED AS PART OF OUR SITE PLAN AMENDMENTS. WE THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING THE LEGACY OF ALESSI BAKERY. IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT ICON IN TAMPA AND YOU MADE A GREAT PART OF THAT HAPPEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY WIFE AND I WERE LOOKING AT OUR WEDDING PICTURES THE OTHER NIGHT. SHE REMINDED ME THAT OUR WEDDING CAKE WAS FROM ALESSI BAKERY AND HOW DELICIOUS IT WAS. FORGOT TO MENTION IT AT THE FIRST HEARING. ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 60? WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON, ITEM 60. >>GWEN HENDERSON: I MOVE FILE AB 2-24-33, AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT SU-2 FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES, LARGE VENUE, CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES AND PACKAGE SALES/OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION, AND MAKING LAWFUL THE SALE OF BEVERAGES REGARDLESS OF ALCOHOLIC CONTENT, BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR, AT OR FROM THAT CERTAIN LOT, PLOT, OR TRACT OF LAND LOCATED AT 3003 WEST CYPRESS STREET, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2, PROVIDING THAT ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT ARE REPEALED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. >>STEVE MICHELINI: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. ITEM NUMBER 61. GO AHEAD, SIR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD MORNING AGAIN, CITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN. LEO DEBARDELEBEN, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM 61 IS AB 2-25-01 FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 608 NORTH WILLOW AVENUE. REQUEST IS FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES, SMALL VENUE CLASSIFICATION, BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR, FOR CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES AND PACKAGE SALES OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION. SITE PLAN MODIFICATIONS WERE REQUIRED TO BE MADE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READINGS. THOSE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE. THE PLANS HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED AND A COPY HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE CLERK. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN? I SEE NONE. HELLO, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> CHRISTOPHER WALTERS. I'M THE APPLICANT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU WANT TO SPEAK AS WELL? >> [INAUDIBLE] >> SHE IS MY WIFE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD. >> I JUST WANTED TO REPLY BACK TO COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON YOUR BIKE QUESTION LAST TIME WITH THE DEDICATED BIKE RACKS. I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW I DID FOLLOW UP WITH LEADERSHIP AT NORTH HYDE PARK. UNFORTUNATELY, RIGHT NOW, AS IT STATES CURRENTLY, THEY ONLY HAVE BIKE RACKS FOR THE RESIDENTS AT JADE AT NORTH HYDE PARK. I DID SAY WE EXPRESSED INTEREST FOR DEDICATED BIKE RACKS FOR THE BIKERS THAT DO VISIT OUR FACILITY BECAUSE, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID LAST TIME, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT JUST PARK IT ON OUR PATIO OR ANYWHERE ELSE BECAUSE THERE ARE NO DEDICATED BIKE LANES. NOW THAT YOU MENTION THAT, I DO SEE A LOT OF UPS TRUCKS AND FEDEX TRUCKS THAT DRIVE RIGHT DOWN THAT BIKE LANE. I THINK THAT'S THE ONE THAT THE CITY IS ACTUALLY TRYING TO CONNECT ALL THE WAY TO YBOR. UNFORTUNATELY, PEOPLE ARE NOT REALLY USING IT RIGHT. I DID SEE THAT. DID I EXPRESS INTEREST WITH THE LEADERSHIP THERE. THAT'S PROBABLY THE RIGHT THING TO DO IS PLACE DEDICATED BIKE RACKS. >>LYNN HURTAK: GREAT. I APPRECIATE YOU CONTINUING TO ADVOCATE FOR THAT. I BELIEVE SOMEONE -- I DON'T KNOW IF MS. JOHNSON -- I'M GOING TO ASK MS. SCHARFE TO MEET WITH YOU TO GIVE YOU A NUMBER TO CALL WHEN YOU SEE SOMEBODY PARKING IN THE BIKE LANE SO THEY CAN GET A TICKET. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 61? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, I THINK IT'S YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MOVE FILE AB 2-25-01, AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT SU-2 FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES, SMALL VENUE, CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES, PACKAGE SALES/OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION, AND MAKING LAWFUL THE SALE OF BEVERAGES REGARDLESS OF ALCOHOLIC CONTENT, BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR, AT OR FROM THE CERTAIN LOT, PLOT OR TRACT OF LAND LOCATED AT 608 NORTH WILLOW AVENUE, UNIT A100, FIRST FLOOR ONLY AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 3, PROVIDING THAT ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT ARE REPEALED, REPEALING AB 1-24-17, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM VIERA. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES MA'AM. >>LYNN HURTAK: MY AIDE IS OUT THERE SO SHE CAN REACH YOU AND LET YOU KNOW. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM NUMBER 62. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. FOR THE RECORD, CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE WITH DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN. ITEM NUMBER 62 IS REZ-25-06. THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 118 BOSPHOROUS AVENUE. THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY 60 TO RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY 50. THIS IS A EUCLIDEAN REZONING. THERE'S NO SITE PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REQUEST. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN? NO. IS THERE AN APPLICANT FOR ITEM NUMBER 62? YES SIR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> ALEX RIOS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYTHING TO ADD SIR? >> NO, SIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM 62? COME ON UP, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> PATRICK MURPHY. I'M HERE FOR TWO REASONS ON THIS PROJECT. FIRST, ON BEHALF OF THE DAVIS ISLAND CIVIC ASSOCIATION. THE DAVIS ISLAND CIVIC ASSOCIATION SUBMITTED A LETTER OF OPPOSITION OPPOSING THE PROJECT OR OPPOSING THE APPROVAL AT SECOND READING BASED ON THE LACK OF NEARBY RS 50 HOUSING, CITING CONCERNS FROM THE NEIGHBORS ABOUT FLOODING, INCREASED DENSITY IN AN ALREADY DENSE AREA, THE IMPACT ON TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND ISSUES THAT THERE MAY BE SETTING A PRECEDENT, ESPECIALLY GIVEN NEXT TO RS 75 ZONING. THAT'S ON BEHALF OF THE ASSOCIATION. AS MYSELF, I SUPPORT THE PROJECT. I THINK IT'S GREAT. IT'S NEAR MULTIFAMILY HOUSING, STAFF FOUND IS CONSISTENT ON ALMOST EVERY FACTOR. THE PROPOSED LOTS ARE KIND OF IN BETWEEN THE 50 AND 60 ZONE. 55 FEET EACH. I THINK HAVING NEW HOUSES THAT ARE GOING TO BE UP TO THE CODE AND A LITTLE MORE RESILIENT IN THE FUTURE I THINK IS GOOD FOR THE ISLAND AS A WHOLE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I'VE HAD DISCUSSION IN THE PAST ABOUT THIS TYPE OF REZONING, ESPECIALLY DAVIS ISLAND IS SUCH A DISTINCTIVE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S ONE OF OUR LEGACY NEIGHBORHOODS. I GET IT AND I GET SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS' CONCERN, BUT I THINK YOU NAILED IT. ONE, THE PROXIMITY TO THE COMMERCIAL AREA AND TO THE OTHER SIMILARLY ZONED PROPERTIES. THAT PATTERN OF DEVELOPMENT IS SO LINEAR IN THAT AREA. LIKE WHEN STAFF TRIED TO FIND PARCELS, IT WAS ALMOST LIKE DISINGENUOUS BECAUSE TOUGH TO SAY THIS IS EQUAL TO THAT BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING ELSE SO MUCH CLOSER. I WANT THE FOLKS ON DAVIS ISLANDS AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS -- [INDISCERNIBLE] MY INTEREST IS IN PRESERVING THE NEIGHBORHOODS. WE ALSO HAVE TO BE REALISTIC. WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE FLOODING. BUILD THE HOUSING STOCKS TO CURRENT STANDARDS SO THAT WE CAN AVOID THE TYPE OF DEVASTATION WE'VE SEEN. THAT'S WHY I WILL VOTE IN FAVOR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYBODY ELSE? >>LUIS VIERA: I AGREE. MY VOTE WILL STAY THE SAME. I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS BY MR. MURPHY WITH THE POINTS OF DISTINCTION THAT A LAWYER WOULD APPRECIATE. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE? CLENDENIN, SECOND BY MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, WOULD YOU MIND READING THIS? >>LYNN HURTAK: 62, FILE REZ-25-06, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 118 BOSPHOROUS AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-60, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO RS-50 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIES WITH CARLSON VOTING NO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM NUMBER 63. >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE: DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM NUMBER 63 IS REZ-25-14. THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 8414 NORTH 18th STREET. THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY 50 TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED USES. REVISIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE. I AM AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN? I SEE NONE. IS THERE AN APPLICANT FOR ITEM 63? MR. MANSOUR, DID YOU GET SWORN IN? >> YES, SIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE'LL SWEAR YOU IN. >> DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE GOING TO PROVIDE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? >> I DO. >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GO AHEAD, SIR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> MANSOUR. I AM THE APPLICANT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYTHING TO ADD SIR? >> NO. I WANT TO THANK THE CITY STAFF FROM THE ZONING DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR PROFESSIONALISM AND HARD WORK ON THIS PROJECT AND ON OTHER PROJECTS. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ITEM 63? I SEE NO ONE. MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ 63? >>BILL CARLSON: MOVE ITEM 63, FILE REZ-25-14, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 8414 NORTH 18th STREET IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS 50, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM NUMBER 64 IS A 10:30 A.M. PUBLIC HEARING WHICH WE OPENED REGARDING SECOND PUBLIC HEARING TO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. MS. JOHNS, YES, MA'AM. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> REBECCA JOHNS, LEGAL DEPARTMENT. THIS IS THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE 35th STREET MULTIFAMILY PROJECT TO REMIND YOU ALL, THIS IS A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT UNDER HOUSE BILL 1339, WHICH ALLOWS RESIDENTIAL TO BE BUILT IN INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL ZONED PROPERTIES, PROVIDING AT LEAST 10% OF THE UNITS ARE AFFORDABLE UNDER FLORIDA STATUTE, WHICH IS 120% AMI AND BELOW. AT THE FIRST HEARING, IT WAS REQUESTED THAT THE DEVELOPER ADD A NOTE TO THE SITE PLAN ABOUT COVERED, SECURED BICYCLE PARKING. THOSE NOTES HAVE BEEN ADDED. THOSE NOTES HAVE BEEN ADDED HERE AND HERE. IF APPROVED, THIS SITE PLAN WILL BE SUBSTITUTED INTO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT YOU HAVE. SINCE THIS IS THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING, YOU HAVE A RESOLUTION TO ACT ON TODAY, AND I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO THE DEVELOPER, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. MR. BOWEN. >> BOWEN ARNOLD FOR THE APPLICANT. I'VE BEEN SWORN IN. WE HAVE THE ARCHITECT HERE, TIM CLEMONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DID YOU WANT TO DISCUSS THE COVERED PARKING, SIR? >> WE MADE TWO ADJUSTMENTS TO THE SITE PLAN SINCE THE FIRST READING. WE'VE INDICATED THE LOCATION OF COVERED ACCESSIBLE PARKING FOR THE COMMERCIAL SPACE. 2700 SQUARE FOOT COMMERCIAL SPACE UNDER THE CITY OF TAMPA ZONING ORDINANCE, IT REQUIRES THREE BICYCLE PARKING SPACES. WE'VE PROVIDED A COVER FOR FOUR BICYCLE PARKING SPACES. THEN WE'VE ALSO ADDED A NOTE SHOWING THE COVERED SECURED RESIDENT BICYCLE PARKING WITHIN THE PARKING GARAGE. AGAIN, ACCORDING TO THE CITY OF TAMPA ZONING CODE, REQUIRED TO HAVE 20 BICYCLE PARKING SPACES FOR THE PROJECT. WE'VE GOT A SPACE THAT'S LARGE ENOUGH TO HANDLE 30 BICYCLE PARKING SPACES WITHIN THE PARKING GARAGE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CHANGES. ONE PROJECT AT A TIME, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS CITY SUPER BIKE FRIENDLY. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? >> NO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM 64? YES MA'AM. COME ON UP. ANYBODY ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON 64? YOU ARE THE SPEAKER. YES, MA'AM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> MELISSA MILLER. I'M A RESIDENT, LITERALLY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PROJECT. MAINLY OUR CONCERN, MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND MINE ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT'S 50 YARDS FROM MY HOUSE IS REGARDING THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT TO THE PROPERTY. 12th STREET, WHICH IS THE STREET I LIVE ON IS A VERY QUIET, VERY NARROW STREET, AND WE MAYBE GET 30 CARS A DAY DRIVING DOWN THAT STREET. AND WITH PUTTING IN 200 UNITS, THAT'S GOING TO EASILY CHANGE TO 800 CARS A DAY. I HAVE A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL PLAN WHERE THEY HAD, IF YOU CAN SEE HERE, THEY HAD THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT TO THE PARKING STRUCTURE OFF OF 34th STREET WHICH IS A FOUR-LANE STREET. AND THEN THEY CHANGED IT. , INSTEAD, THEY TOOK IT AWAY FROM 34th AND NOW ADDED IT TO 12th AND 35th WHICH IS MY HOUSE IS ABOUT RIGHT HERE. THIS IS A VERY SMALL STREET. I HAVE PICTURES OF IT. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS A REASON THEY CHANGED IT, AND IT WAS ABOUT MAYBE UTILITY TRUCKS OR FIRE TRUCKS OR EMERGENCY TRUCKS BEING ABLE TO DO A THREE-POINT TURN AND OFF OF 34th THERE WASN'T ENOUGH ROOM FOR THAT. I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT. WHAT WE AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS PROPOSING IS MAYBE PUT THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT BACK ON 34th JUST FOR THE PARKING STRUCTURE. THAT MEANS ALL OF THE TENANTS THAT NEED ACCESS TO THE PARKING STRUCTURE WOULD EXIT AND ENTER THROUGH 34th AND THEN THE UTILITY TRUCKS, EMERGENCY VEHICLES, AND EVEN THE GUESTS FOR THE GUEST PARKING, THAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING. THEY CAN ENTER THROUGH 34th -- I'M SORRY, THROUGH 12th AND 35th. THAT WOULD BE A LOT LESS TRAFFIC COMING DOWN 12th STREET. THE MAJORITY OF THE TRAFFIC WOULD STAY ON 34th, WHICH AGAIN IS A FOUR-LANE STREET. I THINK IT'S MORE EQUIPPED FOR THAT. I KNOW ALSO IN THEIR PROPOSAL THEY SAY A TRAFFIC STUDY IS GOING TO BE DONE. I JUST WONDERED IF THEY HAVE DONE THAT ALREADY. OR IF THAT'S GOING TO BE DONE AT A LATER DATE. THEY ALSO HAVE HERE THAT THEY ARE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT 12th AVENUE IS 18 FEET OF PAVED STREET. ONE OF THE RESIDENTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ACTUALLY TOOK IT UPON HIMSELF TO PAY A TRAFFIC ENGINEER. HE CAME UP WITH A LOT MORE INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO HAVE ALL OF THIS TRAFFIC COMING IN OFF OF 12th AND 35th. FIRST OF ALL, THEY NEED TO HAVE 10-FOOT ON EACH DIRECTION. THEY NEED TO HAVE TWO FOOT MIAMI CURBS AND THEY NEED TO HAVE PAVED MARKINGS ON THE STREET AND ALSO INSTALL A TURN LANE. THERE'S LITERALLY NO SPACE ON THAT STREET FOR ALL OF THIS TO HAPPEN. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT COULD STAY THE SAME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I APPRECIATE IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? IF NOT, YOU'LL HAVE FIVE-MINUTE REBUTTAL TIME, MR. ARNOLD. >> YES, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT HAS A REQUIREMENT FOR US TO DO A TRAFFIC STUDY. AND WE CERTAINLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. WE UNDERSTAND -- I MEAN, ORIGINALLY IT PROPOSED COMING OFF OF 34th, BUT IT'S NOT TRUCKS ACCESS. IT'S INFRASTRUCTURE AND EASEMENTS. TIM, DO YOU WANT TO DESCRIBE IT JUST A LITTLE BIT? >> ON THE EARLIER VERSION OF THE SITE PLAN THAT WAS SHOWN BY THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER, A WING OF THE BUILDING EXTENDED OVER HERE ONTO THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY. WE WERE UNAWARE AT THE TIME, THAT ALTHOUGH 35th HAD BEEN VACATED, STILL WAS A 50-FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT THROUGH 35th. WE COULD NOT BUILD ON THAT. WE HAVE TO SHIFT THE BUILDING OVER AND BASICALLY GIVEN THE GRAND TREES, GIVEN THE UTILITY EASEMENT AND SHIFTING THE BUILDING OVER, WE HAD TO LOSE THE ROOM THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE FOR THE DRIVE ACCESS OFF OF 34th. BUT IN ADDITION, AS MENTIONED FOR SANITATION AND FOR FIRE, NEED TO PROVIDE THREE-POINT TURNAROUND ON THE PROPERTY. AGAIN, THE ONLY PLACE THAT REALLY FIT WAS TO UTILIZE THE 35th STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY EVEN THOUGH IT'S BEEN VACATED TO SORT OF BRING IT BACK. WE UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS ON TRAFFIC. WE THINK THEY ARE REASONABLE CONCERNS, AND WE'RE VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF ANY KIND OF APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC-CALMING DEVICES, INCLUDING PERHAPS STOP SIGNS AT THE INTERSECTION OF WHAT WAS 35th AND 12th OR SPEED HUMPS. WE RECOGNIZE THAT AND WE WILL BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH THE CITY AS THIS PROJECT PROGRESSES. BUT WE DON'T THINK THAT CURRENT LACK OF TASK CALMING, WHICH WASN'T NEEDED IN THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION NEIGHBORHOOD SHOULD BE A REASON TO DENY THE PROJECT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF. I DIDN'T KNOW IF SOMEONE WAS ONLINE. I JUST WONDERED IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE COULD PUT ON THE SITE PLAN ABOUT STOP SIGNS, DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO HELP ALLEVIATE THE RESIDENTS' CONCERNS. IF THE DEVELOPER IS IN FAVOR OF IT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ADD OR -- OH, THERE IS MS. FEELEY. WOW, IT IS SORT OF LIKE A SNAP AND YOU APPEAR. DO WE NEED TO SWEAR HER IN? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MS. FEELEY, CAN YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE'LL SWEAR YOU IN JUST IN CASE. >>THE CLERK: DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE GOING TO PROVIDE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? >>ABBYE FEELEY: I DO. >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MS. FEELEY. >>ABBYE FEELEY: GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. ABBYE FEELEY. I JUST WANTED, TYPICALLY WHAT WE WOULD DO IS GIVEN THAT THOSE PARAMETERS GO WITH THE RIGHT-OF-WAY DEPARTMENT AND MOBILITY, WE WOULD TYPICALLY PUT SOME SORT OF NOTE THAT TRAFFIC-CALMING MECHANISMS OR STOP SIGNS WOULD BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS IN COORDINATION WITH THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT OR SOMETHING TO THOSE EFFECTS. ERIC COTTON IS OUT OF TOWN THIS WEEK, AND I KNOW THAT HIS TEAM REVIEWED THIS, AND THEY RAN THIS THROUGH A DRC, JUST LIKE WE WOULD A REGULAR REZONING. TYPICALLY THESE TYPES OF AGREEMENTS CONTROL THE PRIVATE PROPERTY. AND THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND THE PUBLIC AND THE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION ARE HANDLED THROUGH NOT BE ABLE TO. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING LIKE THIS, I THINK THIS IS AT SECOND READING. AGAIN, IT WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK. I COULD DEFINITELY WORK WITH MOBILITY IN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN TO SEE IF THEY LOOKED AT THIS IN TERMS OF THAT, AND THEN WE COULD WORK WITH TYLER AND HIS TEAM ABOUT ADDRESSING THAT MODIFICATION TO THE SITE PLAN OR AT LEAST REPORTING BACK TO YOU PER THAT DISCUSSION, HERE IS THE OUTCOME OF THAT DISCUSSION. THAT IS AT THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL AND WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE WHATEVER DIRECTION YOU WOULD LIKE TO. BUT IT WOULD PUT THIS BACK. MS. JOHNS WOULD CONFIRM, IT WOULD PUT THIS ITEM BACK AGAIN ON A SECOND READING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. >>LYNN HURTAK: I WAS -- WELL, IT SEEMS LIKE -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IF I REMEMBER, THIS WAS SORT OF FOUND CONSISTENT WITH EVERYBODY. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THEY CAN DO, IF THE TRANSPORTATION AND EVERYBODY ALREADY LOOKED AT THIS, MOBILITY FOUND IT CONSISTENT. I AGREE WITH YOU. I WAS CONCERNED TOO. IF THEY FOUND IT CONSISTENT, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S OUT OF OUR HANDS. >>LYNN HURTAK: MS. FEELEY, ARE THERE OTHER WAYS THAT -- SO THE APPLICANT THEMSELVES SAID THAT THEY AGREE THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES. AT WHAT POINT WOULD THAT HAPPEN IN THIS DEVELOPMENT AND HOW COULD WE GET THE NEIGHBORS INVOLVED AT THAT TIME? >>ABBYE FEELEY: TYPICALLY, THOSE TRAFFIC CALMING MECHANISMS ARE GOVERNED BY THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT. THERE ARE STANDARDS THAT GO WITH THEM RIGHT? THE PLACEMENT OF THE STOP SIGNS AT SO MANY INTERSECTIONS. THAT'S ALL UNDER WITH BRANDON'S TEAM. SO I WOULD SUGGEST EITHER CONTINUING THIS, HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND COME BACK WITH A MEANINGFUL TYPE OF RECOMMENDATION FOR YOU OR GET FEEDBACK FROM THEM. I DON'T WANT US -- AND THAT REALLY IS MORE OF A VERY TECHNICAL TYPE OF PROCESS. SO I DON'T KNOW, IF THEY SAY THE SPACING HAS TO BE X OR Y, WE HAVE TECHNICAL STANDARDS FROM THE INTERSECTIONS, HOW FAR THE DRIVEWAYS NEED TO BE, ET CETERA. I DON'T WANT TO OVERPROMISE AND UNDERDELIVER WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING THAT A PUBLIC TYPE OF PROCESS. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO MOBILITY BEFORE WE PUT SOME SORT OF CONDITION ON THAT COULD OR COULD NOT BE UPHELD. I JUST HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT'S FAIR. APPLICANTS, ANY THOUGHTS? >> NO, OTHER -- >>LYNN HURTAK: IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME. >> ARNOLD FOR THE APPLICANT. WE WANT TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS. WE WANT IT TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND A GOOD DEVELOPMENT. WE HAVE TO DO A TRAFFIC STUDY UNDER PARAGRAPH 4 OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT YET. WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT. BUT WE SUPPORT, AS TIM SAID, ANY KIND OF TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES AND WE'LL DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO. THERE IS ALSO A SIDEWALK AROUND THE DEVELOPMENT. SO THAT'S GOING TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT AROUND THIS CORNER. >>LYNN HURTAK: IS THERE A WAY THAT WHEN YOU GET YOUR TRAFFIC STUDY, DO YOU HAVE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE NEIGHBORS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD? >> WE DO. WE HAVE A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. >>LYNN HURTAK: WHAT I MIGHT SUGGEST IS REACHING OUT TO THE WOMAN WHO SPOKE TODAY, MAKING SURE, ESPECIALLY SINCE SHE IS ACROSS THE STREET, THAT AS THAT PARKING STUDY -- OR THE STUDY -- TRAFFIC STUDY GETS DONE, THAT EVERYONE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF INPUT AND UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT GOES ON. >> WE WILL DO THAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ARE WE GOING TO SEND THIS BACK -- ARE WE GOING TO SUPPORT IT TODAY? >> WE WOULD PREFER IT TO MOVE FORWARD TODAY. COULD YOU APPROVE IT SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A TRAFFIC STUDY? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE CAN'T, BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY AT THE FINAL STAGE FOR APPROVAL. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: [INAUDIBLE] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR. >>LUIS VIERA: LET'S PUT IT THIS WAY. FROM THE WORDS I HEARD FROM MR. ARNOLD, THEY ARE GOING TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY ARE GOING TO DO THE TRAFFIC STUDY. THEY ARE GOING TO SHOW IT TO THEM. GIVEN THE CONSISTENT FINDING ALREADY ON THIS ISSUE, WHICH THEY'LL GO A STEP FURTHER, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, I'M FINE WITH VOTING ON IT TODAY. I WON'T SAY ANYTHING FURTHER. I'M FINE WITH VOTING ON IT TODAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. WHO WISHES TO MOVE THIS RESOLUTION? WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PLEASE READ THE VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. WE CAN'T TOUCH THE 1:30 PUBLIC HEARINGS UNTIL 1:30. MR. SHELBY, WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST? WE HAVE THE ITEMS UNDER STAFF -- >>MARTIN SHELBY: I BELIEVE 72, 74 75 76. >>LYNN HURTAK: MOTION TO MOVE 72, 74, 75 -- YEAH, 76. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 72, 74, 75, 76. >>LYNN HURTAK: AND 82 AND 83, I BELIEVE, WE ALSO MOTIONED. >>MARTIN SHELBY: TO RECEIVE AND FILE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DIDN'T NEED STAFF PRESENT FOR IT. YOU WANT TO DO EVERYTHING YOU SAID EXCEPT 82 AND 83? SURE SURE SURE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THAT WAS 72, 74, 75, AND 76. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF YOU WANT TO RECEIVE AND FILE 82 AND 83, STAFF AT LEAST WILL KNOW -- >>LYNN HURTAK: RECEIVE AND FILE 82 AND 83. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >>LYNN HURTAK: CAN WE DO 69 AND 70? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM 69, THERE IS A PowerPoint FOR THIS. YES, MA'AM, ARE YOU READY WITH IT? >> HERE WE GO. WE'RE READY. >>LYNN HURTAK: PERFECT TIMING. >> RAN FROM HANNA TO GET HERE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NEVER KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. >> GOOD MORNING. I'M HEATHER BONDS, HISTORIC PRESERVATION SPECIALIST. TODAY I'M HERE TO PRESENT A REQUEST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION TAX EXEMPTION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. HISTORIC PRESERVATION AD VALOREM TAX EXEMPTION IS ONE OF OUR PRESERVATION INCENTIVE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE THAT ENCOURAGE AND CAN HELP OFFSET SOME OF THE COSTS OF REHABILITATION. BUILT IN 1915, 1807 NORTH MORGAN IS A CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE IN THE TAMPA HEIGHTS HISTORIC DISTRICT. OWNED BY HARVEY SCHONBRUN AS HIS LAW OFFICES. AS PART OF THIS REHABILITATION, THE STRUCTURE WAS RELOCATED FROM THE LOT TO THE WEST AND REORIENTED TO FACE NORTH MORGAN STREET. THIS ALLOWED FOR A NEW MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT ON THOSE WEST PORTION LOTS. HERE IS THE IMPRESSIVE BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS OF THE FRONT FACADE. IT'S ALWAYS FUN JUST TO SEE A HOUSE ON THE MOVE. THREW THOSE IN THERE FOR YOU TODAY. THIS IS THE INTERIOR SIDE FACADE. THIS PROJECT INCLUDED A NEW PARKING LOT AND A PARKING SHADE THAT YOU CAN SEE THERE. THE WOOD PORCH WAS RESTORED AND REFINISHED AFTER THE GRAY PAINT WAS STRIPPED FROM THE EXISTING PORCH. AND IT WAS RESTORED TO TYPICAL HARD WOOD FRONT PORCH. THERE ARE EIGHT UNIQUE CHIMNEY MANTLES. EVERY SINGLE MANTLE THROUGH THE STRUCTURE IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT AND THEY RESTORED EACH OF THE EIGHT MANTLES. THESE ARE TWO BEFORE AND AFTERS. THE ENTRANCE LOBBY WITH THE ORIGINAL BANISTERS AND STAIR TREADS AND WAINSCOTTING WAS ALL REHABILITATED. THE CHANDELIER WAS LIKELY ADDED IN THE 1950s, BUT MR. SCHONBRUN ACTUALLY HAD THE WHOLE THING REHABILITATED AND RESTORED WITH EACH GLASS PIECE TAKEN OFF, CLEANED, AND PUT BACK ON. I FORGOT HOW MANY PIECES HE SAID, BUT IT WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. THE INTERIOR LAYOUT WAS ALSO PRESERVED. MANY OF THE ORIGINAL DETAILS WERE RESTORED AS WELL. OVERALL, MR. SCHONBRUN AND HIS TEAM WITH LEAD ARCHITECT ANDREW MATTSON SAVED A BEAUTIFUL SHOWPIECE HERE IN TAMPA HEIGHTS. THE ARC THOUGHT SO, TOO. THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL ON APRIL 7, AND STAFF RESPECTFULLY RECOMMENDS CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE AD VALOREM BASED ON IT MEETING THE CRITERIA IN ORDINANCE 93-137. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS? IT'S A BEAUTIFUL RESTORATION JOB. ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, 69? I SEE NO ONE. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? IF NOT, MOTION TO CLOSE. MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, LIKE TO READ 69. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: FILE HTX 25-13984, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION. AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION APPLICATION RELATIVE TO THE RESTORATION, RENOVATION OR REHABILITATION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNED BY HARVEY SCHONBRUN, TRUSTY, LOCATED AT 1807 NORTH MORGAN 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, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? GREAT. >>THE CLERK: MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH HURTAK BEING ABSENT AT VOTE. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 5, 2025, AT 10 A.M. AT 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD TAMPA FLORIDA 33602. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM 70. >> HEATHER BONDS. B-O-N-D-S. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM NUMBER 70. >> HEATHER BONDS, HISTORIC PRESERVATION SPECIALIST. I HAVE ANOTHER TAX EXEMPTION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY. GO AHEAD. >> THIS STRUCTURE WAS BUILT IN 1917. IT IS PART OF THE HYDE PARK LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT. DREW NEWMAN AND HIS WIFE ARIEL PETERS ARE THE OWNER AND THEY TOOK SPECIAL CARE IN RESTORING THIS STRUCTURE AS WELL. THE REHABILITATION OF THIS CRAFTSMAN-STYLE BUNGALOW PRESERVED MANY OF THE CRAFTSMAN ELEMENTS, SUCH AS THE LARGE FRONT PORCH, BRICKWORK, AND, AS YOU CAN SEE, NICE PAINT JOB CAN BE INCREDIBLY IMPACTFUL. THERE'S ARE BEAUTIFUL CRAFTSMAN COLORS. ALL OF THE ORIGINAL WINDOWS WERE ALSO RESTORED. HERE IS A CLOSE-UP OF ONE OF THE WINDOWS. THEY HELPED RESTORE SOME OF THE DAMAGED WOOD. THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF WINDOWS ON THIS STRUCTURE, AND THEY TOOK CARE TO RESTORE EACH OF THOSE UNIQUE STYLE OF WINDOWS. THE GABLE ENDS WERE RESTORED WITH THE APPROPRIATE VENTING. YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THE BEFORE PICTURE HOW THEY INSTALLED A VENTING INAPPROPRIATELY AND THEY RESTORED IT BACK TO THE HISTORIC FORM. THE INTERIOR WAS PRESERVED AND RESTORED FROM THE FLOOR TO THE CEILING BEAMS. ALL BUILT-INS REHABILITATED AND MR. NEWMAN EVEN HAD THE CABINET DOORS REPLICATED WHEN SOMEONE BROKE INTO HIS HOUSE DURING THE RESTORATION AND STOLE THE IRONWORK FROM ALL OF THE CABINETS. THEY LEFT ONE, AND HE WENT AND HAD THE OTHER THREE RESTORED TO LOOK JUST LIKE THAT ONE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GEEZ. HE DID A BEAUTIFUL JOB. >> THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE ONES. THEY EVEN PUT THE PUSH-BUTTON LIGHTS TO REPLACE THE MODERN WHITE PLASTIC MODEL TO ADD TO THE HISTORIC AUTHENTICITY. THEY RESTORED THE FIREPLACES THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE AND THE HARD WOOD FLOOR WAS REFURBISHED. WE THANK MR. NEWMAN AND HIS WIFE, MS. PETERS, FOR SUCH INCREDIBLE ATTENTION TO DETAIL. THE ARC VOTED TO RECOMMEND COUNCIL APPROVE THE TAX EXEMPTION ON APRIL 7 AND STAFF FOUND IT MEETS THE CRITERIA OF ORDINANCE 93-137 AND RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS COUNCIL'S APPROVAL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, 70? I SEE NONE. CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE? MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 70 -- OH, IT IS AN ORDINANCE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: WAS 69 ALSO READ? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE DIDN'T READ IT. PLEASE READ ITEM 70 AND THEN BACK TO 69 FOR THE RECORD. >>LYNN HURTAK: I WANTED TO SAY ON 69, I WAS IN THE BACK AND I WAS WATCHING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE TO READ IT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MOVE FILE HTX 25-13986, AN ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION APPLICATION RELATIVE TO THE RESTORATION, RENOVATION OR REHABILITATION OF A CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNED BY ANDREW M. NEWMAN AND ARIEL E. PETERS LOCATED AT 1704 WEST JETTON AVENUE, TAMPA, FLORIDA, IN THE HYDE PARK 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, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? YES MA'AM. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH SECOND READING AND ADOPTION HELD ON JUNE 5, 2025 AT 10 A.M. 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, TAMPA FLORIDA 33602. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO REOPEN 69. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: I WANT TO AGAIN REPEAT IT FOR THE RECORD THAT I WAS WATCHING -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ IT? >>LYNN HURTAK: YES, I AM PREPARED TO VOTE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO CLOSE AGAIN. MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK, 69 SO WE CAN READ IT FOR THE RECORD. >>LYNN HURTAK: FILE HTX 25-13984, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION. AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION APPLICATION RELATIVE TO THE RESTORATION, RENOVATION OR REHABILITATION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNED BY HARVEY SCHONBRUN, TRUSTEE, LOCATED AT 1807 NORTH MORGAN 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; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND -- MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST WANTED TO SAY I'VE BEEN WATCHING THIS ONE GET RENOVATED. IT'S BEEN A REAL PLEASURE. IT'S ON ONE OF MY BIKE ROUTES AND IT'S BEEN REALLY NEAT TO WATCH IT HAPPEN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THESE ARE TOUGH TO READ. THE LANGUAGE IS SO DIFFERENT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PLEASE READ THE VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 5, 2025, AT 10 A.M. AT 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD TAMPA FLORIDA 33602. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. YES MA'AM. WE CAN BREAK FOR LUNCH. HARRY, CAN YOU DO IT IN A FEW MINUTES? WHICH ITEM ARE YOU, MR. PERRY. GO AHEAD, SIR. >> MIKE PERRY, BUDGET OFFICER. ITEM NUMBER 73, I DO HAVE MARLEY CLARK SCHEDULED TO BE HERE AT 1:30 SO SHE CAN ASSIST US. I DON'T THINK I CAN DO THE MIDYEAR REVIEW IN SHORT TIME. >>LYNN HURTAK: THOUGHT WE SHOULD ASK. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BREAK FOR LUNCH AND BACK AT 1:30? WE ARE IN RECESS UNTIL 1:30. [ SOUNDING GAVEL ] [LUNCH RECESS]