CITY OF TAMPA. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO WISH COUNCIL MEMBER LUIS VIERA A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY. TODAY IS THE DAY. [ APPLAUSE ] ♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ♪ ♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY COUNCILMAN VIERA ♪ ♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ♪ >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME I YIELD TO COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON FOR THE INVOCATION. >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU. WE HAVE JARCHICA AND PLUS ONE SPEAKING TODAY. ORIGINALLY FROM SHELBY, NORTH CAROLINA. AFTER 20 YEARS AND COUNTING OF ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE, THE ARMY BROUGHT HER AND HER FAMILY TO SOUTH TAMPA IN 2019. SHE IS THE PRESIDENT OF SOUTH TOWN PARK HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION AND PROUD MEMBER OF AMERICAN LEGION POST 138. SHE IS MARRIED TO HER HUSBAND, STEVE, A RETIRED GREEN BERET. THEY HAVE TWO BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN TOGETHER, PENELOPE -- IS THAT THE TWO-YEAR-OLD? NO. THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A TWO-YEAR-OLD. AND ONE -- AND SEVEN-MONTH-OLD SAMPSON. SHE IS ALSO A BONUS MOM TO CAROLINE 17 AND NATALIA, 15. PLEASE STAND AND WE'LL DO THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >> DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, LORD, FOR BLESSING US ALL WITH THE GIFT OF LIFE TO BE HERE THIS MORNING. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS AMAZING CITY THAT WE LIVE IN. LORD, I ASK THAT YOU BLESS THE LEADERS OF THIS CITY, FROM THE CITY MAYOR TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE AIDES, THE STAFF, THE WORKERS THAT MAKE THE CITY GO AROUND. LORD, EVEN BLESS THE PEOPLE THAT INVEST THEIR TIME TO REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE. LORD, I ASK THAT YOU BLESS OUR LEADERS WITH THE GIFT OF DISCERNMENT AND BLESS THEM WITH YOUR WISDOM. I PRAY, LORD, FOR A PRODUCTIVE SESSION TODAY WHERE WE ALWAYS KEEP IN MIND THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE IN TAMPA. LORD, I PRAY THAT YOU CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FOR AND CARE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE LOST A LOT DURING THE DEVASTATING HURRICANES. WE HAVE COMPLETE FAITH IN YOU THAT YOU WILL PROVIDE FOR THOSE. LORD, WE ALSO PRAY FOR PROTECTION OVER OUR CITY AS GASPARILLA COMES UP. LORD, WE PRAY FOR THE PROTECTION OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS THAT THEY ALWAYS MAKE IT HOME AS PROMISED AT THE END OF THE NIGHT. IN YOUR MIGHTY NAME WE PRAY, LORD AMEN. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ROLL CALL, PLEASE. >>BILL CARLSON: HERE. >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE. >> HENDERSON? VIERA? >>LUIS VIERA: HERE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE. >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. SHELBY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO REVIEW THE RULES AND PROCEDURES OF PUBLIC COMMENT? >>MARTIN SHELBY: MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO REVIEW THE CONDUCT OF TODAY'S MEETING AND GO OVER VERY BRIEFLY THE RULES OF DECORUM. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE START OF THE MEETING AFTER THE CEREMONIAL ITEMS, YOU'LL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL TAKES OFFICIAL ACTION ON THE ITEM. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THERE ARE SPEAKER CARDS OUTSIDE THE CHAMBERS AND A BOX TO PLACE THEM IN. WE ASK YOU USE ONE CARD PER SPEAKER. CARDS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL THE START OF GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU CAN DO THAT UNTIL THE END OF CEREMONIAL. EACH WILL BE RECOGNIZED BY NAME BY THE CHAIR TO APPROACH AND SPEAK. A THREE-MINUTE TIME LIMIT APPLIES. PLEASE PRINT LEGIBLY BECAUSE NAMES THAT CANNOT BE READ WILL NOT BE CALLED. IF YOU ARE HERE ON TODAY'S AGENDA TO SPEAK AT WHAT IS DESIGNATED ON THE AGENDA AS A PUBLIC HEARING, DON'T USE THE SPEAKER CARD. THERE IS A SIGN-IN SHEET INSTEAD. AND YOU WILL BE CALLED AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY WHEN THAT PUBLIC HEARING IS CALLED UP ON THE AGENDA. NOW, SPEAKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALSO REMINDED THAT YOU ARE TO REFRAIN FROM DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING MAKING VULGAR OR THREATENING REMARKS OR MAKING OR CAUSING DISRUPTIVE NOISES OR SOUNDS OR DISPLAYING SIGNS OR GRAPHICS THAT ARE DISTRACTING. SPEAKERS ARE ALSO REMINDED TO REFRAIN FROM LAUNCHING PERSONAL ATTACKS AGAINST ANY CITY OFFICIAL, STAFF MEMBER, OR MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. PLEASE DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE. THE CHAIR WILL RULE OUT OF ORDER ANY PERSON WHO SPEAKS WITHOUT BEING RECOGNIZED AND PERSONS FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE COUNCIL RULES MAY ALSO BE RULED OUT OF ORDER AT THE CHAIR AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE CHAMBERS FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY'S MEETING. FINALLY, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD REFRAIN FROM ENGAGING A SPEAKER UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT. AND THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE AWARE THAT CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT TAKE QUESTIONS OR HAVE A DIALOGUE DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS YOUR POSITION. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES FROM JANUARY 9, 2025 AND THE EVENING SESSION OF JANUARY 16? MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. WITH SOME HOUSEKEEPING, I'LL GO THROUGH THE STAFF REPORTS. NO ADMINISTRATION UPDATE PER CHIEF BENNETT, THAT'S CORRECT? ALL RIGHT. ITEM 56, DO WE NEED SOMEBODY HERE IN PERSON? >>LUIS VIERA: I DON'T THINK SO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO. ALL RIGHT. HOW ABOUT 57? NO. NO ON 56, NO ON 57. HOW ABOUT 58? NO. AND 59? NO. ITEM 60? >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES ON 60. MS. FEELEY IS GOING TO BE HERE TO PRESENT A VERBAL REPORT. YES ON 60. ITEM 61? YES. ABSOLUTELY. ITEM 62, YES. ITEM 63 YES. ITEM 64, THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE TO AUGUST 1, 2025. >>LUIS VIERA: NO, IF I MAY FOR THAT ONE, NO, I SPOKE TO STAFF. THAT SEVEN-MONTH CONTINUANCE WHICH I RESPECTFULLY WOULD NOT AGREE TO. I CAME TO STAFF AND WE AGREED TO EITHER MARCH 6 OR THE 27th. THEREFORE MARCH 6. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEM 64 TO MARCH 6 FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 65 AND 66 WE BROUGHT THIS UP AT THURSDAY NIGHT'S HEARING TO REMOVE THESE FROM THE AGENDA. >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I SAY SOMETHING? 66, I TALKED TO FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES LAST NIGHT AND THIS HAS BEEN CONTINUED LIKE EIGHT TIMES. I THINK IT'S DISRESPECTFUL TO THE FAMILY AND COMMUNITY TO KEEP DRAGGING THIS OUT. WE EITHER NEED TO MOVE FORWARD OR NOT MOVE FORWARD. I THINK IT'S DISRESPECTFUL TO CONTINUE IT. IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FEBRUARY 5, THAT THAT WOULD BE THE LAST TIME. WE EITHER VOTE YES OR NO AT THAT POINT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM 65 WAS MY MOTION. I'D -- >>BILL CARLSON: I MEANT 66. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 65, CAN I GET A MOTION TO REMOVE IT? >>LYNN HURTAK: ALSO FEBRUARY 6. 5 IS NOT A DATE. THE 6 IS OUR MEETING. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: REMOVE ITEM 65 AND CONTINUE ITEM 66 AND THEN -- FEBRUARY 6, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IS THE LAST CONTINUANCE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: JUST A REMINDER, COUNCIL, THERE ARE EIGHT STAFF REPORTS AND UNFINISHED BUSINESS SET FOR FEBRUARY 6 PRESENTLY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOVE TO WAIVE OUR COUNCIL RULES ON THAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR TO WAIVE THE RULES, AYE. ANY OPPOSED. >>MARTIN SHELBY: NOW A MOTION TO -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO REMOVE 65. MOTION TO CONTINUE 66 TO FEBRUARY 6 WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WOULD BE THE LAST CONTINUANCE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. COUNCILMAN MIRANDA WITH THE SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. RECEIVE AND FILE 67, 8, AND 9. >>BILL CARLSON: 8 I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE STAFF COME IN, PLEASE. IT'S A WRITTEN REPORT. OKAY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: YOU CAN SET FOR A FUTURE DATE OR TALK WITH THE STAFF AND THEN BRING IT BACK. >>BILL CARLSON: I DON'T REMEMBER HAVING -- OKAY. WHAT SHOULD I DO? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE IT AND ASK FOR A STAFF PRESENTATION. >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT, PLEASE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: WHAT DATE WOULD BE OPEN ON THE AGENDA NO DO YOU WANT TO HOLD IT UNTIL YOU FIND A DATE? >>MARTIN SHELBY: HOW MUCH TIME IS NEEDED, DO YOU THINK? >>BILL CARLSON: THE SHORT FORM ON THIS IS THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT SAID IT MIGHT NOT MAKE A PARK BUT THE COMMUNITY WANTS US TO TAKE THIS PROPERTY OVER. WE NEED TO HAVE A LONGER DISCUSSION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO YOU WANT TO DO MARCH 27? I THINK THERE'S ROOM ON THERE. >>BILL CARLSON: THE MOTION THAT CLENDENIN SAID -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE ITEM 67 AND 69. CONTINUE 68 TO MARCH 27 WITH STAFF HAVING AN IN-PERSON REPORT. >>BILL CARLSON: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. LET ME MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING CORRECT. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AND THE ADDENDUM? WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE STAFF REPORTS BECAUSE OF THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT YOU DON'T NEED STAFF FOR, IN ORDER TO MOVE THINGS ALONG, I WOULD REQUEST BECOME YOUR CUSTOM TO TAKE THAT AT THE END OF THE CONSENT DOCKET AND MOVE THOSE THEN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ONCE I DO CONSENT, I'LL DO THAT. >>BILL CARLSON: IF THERE'S ANYBODY FROM HYDE PARK THAT HAPPENS TO BE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE PROPERTY ON 68, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND SPEAK IN PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE IT WILL HELP INFORM US FOR WHEN IT COMES BACK IN MARCH. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: VERY GOOD. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AND THE ADDENDUM. ALREADY VOTED ON UNANIMOUSLY. WE'LL GO TO CEREMONIAL ACTIVITIES. WE'LL KICK IT OFF WITH A COMMENDATION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK TO MR. HARRY HEDGES. >>LYNN HURTAK: ANYONE ELSE THAT'S HERE FOR HARRY, IF THEY WANT TO COME UP AND STAND BEHIND US AND SHOW THEIR SUPPORT TODAY. I LOVE WHEN WE DO THAT. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. TODAY WE'RE CELEBRATING HARRY HEDGES JUST A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL PERSON WHO HAS DONE SO MUCH FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IT IS THE CITY COUNCIL'S HONOR TO RECOGNIZE HARRY HEDGES FOR HIS 11 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE ON THE CITY OF TAMPA'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE. FIRST APPOINTED BY MAYOR BOB BUCKHORN IN 2013, HARRY CONTINUED TO SERVE AS AHAC BOARD MEMBER UNTIL JULY OF 2024, INCLUDING EIGHT YEARS AS CHAIR. HARRY HAS SERVED ON SEVERAL OTHER GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMITTEES TO TACKLE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS AND GRACIOUSLY SHARED HIS EXPERTISE AND IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE WITH AHAC. TAMPA CITY COUNCIL WISHES TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA, PRESENTED THIS 23rd DAY OF JANUARY, 2025. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU. IT IS A LONG JOURNEY IN SUPPORTING HOUSING IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. I FIRST STARTED WITH SANDY FREEDMAN, AND SHE TOOK OVER SO THAT GOVERNOR MARTINEZ COULD RUN FOR GOVERNOR. AT THAT TIME, A HOUSE WAS $63,750 IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. WE CAME OVER FROM FIRST FLORIDA BANK AND COMMITTED $3 MILLION TO KICK OFF THE CHALLENGE FUND. THOUGH I MAY HAVE RETIRED FROM THIS, I HAVE NOT RETIRED FROM AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND STANDING UP FOR NOT ONLY THE CITY OF TAMPA, BUT I CONTINUE WITH THE COUNTY AND THE STATE. BUT WE ALL LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING THE PEOPLE THAT NEED THE HELP THE MOST, OUR PEOPLE THAT SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT INCLUDES THE TEACHERS, THE NURSES, THE FIREMEN AND THE POLICEMEN. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT NEED YOUR SUPPORT GOING FORWARD IN HOUSING. I AM HONORED AND THIS LADY WHO SERVED ON MY COMMITTEE FOR SOME TIME HAS BEEN A GREAT ASSET TO WHAT THE CITY MEANS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU ALL. [ APPLAUSE ] >>BILL CARLSON: I JUST WANT TO SAY REAL FAST, THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE. WITH ALL OF YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE DON'T FORGET YOU HAVE OUR CELL PHONES. IF YOU AGREE OR DON'T AGREE, MORE IMPORTANTLY IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH SOMETHING, CALL US AND LET US KNOW. THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK WHO IS BRINGING ALL THE MATERIALS FROM THE COMMITTEE TO US SO THAT WE SEE IT. FINALLY, THANKS TO THE SUPPORTS, ESPECIALLY GOVERNOR FOR COMING TODAY. YOU KNOW YOU HAVE DONE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS IF THE GOVERNOR IS COMING TO HONOR YOU. THANK YOU ALL. >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK HAS A BIG PASSION FOR THIS. THANK YOU, SIR, FOR ALL YOUR YEARS OF WORK. YOU DO THE WORK OF GEORGE BAILEY, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE. I MEAN THAT. THAT CHARACTER TRIED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYDAY PEOPLE HAD ACCESS TO HOUSING AND THAT'S WHAT YOU DO. THE PEOPLE HERE WITH YOU OBVIOUSLY SPEAK TO YOUR WORK AND OBVIOUSLY AN HONOR TO HAVE GOVERNOR BOB MARTINEZ HERE WHO IS A FINE GENTLEMAN. SO LUCKY TO HAVE HIM HERE IN THE ROOM AND HERE IN TAMPA. JUST A WONDERFUL GENTLEMAN. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, HARRY, AND ALL OF YOU, GOVERNOR, AND ALL ON THE COMMITTEE SERVED OR MARRIED TO SOMEBODY WHO SERVED. BECAUSE IF YOU ARE MARRIED TO SOMEBODY SERVING, IN ESSENCE YOU ARE SERVING YOURSELF BECAUSE THEY ARE OUT THERE. WHAT I'M SAYING, YOU KNOW, THE PRICES OF HOUSING ARE DIVIDING CITIES INTO MORE THAN JUST HALVES. THEY ARE DIVIDING IT TO A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN'T LIVE ANYMORE. NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE, WHETHER NEW YORK, MONTREAL, RIO DE JANEIRO OR TAMPA, FLORIDA, IT'S JUST A NECESSITY THAT EVERYONE NEEDS. IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUY A HOUSE -- AND MOST OF US DO NOT NOW -- I'LL GIVE AN EXAMPLE. I -- MY WIFE AND I BOUGHT THE HOUSE IN 1968 FOR $12,800. IF I GET 450,000, I CAN'T MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE. THAT IS THE PROBLEM WE'RE FACING, ALL OF US. IN ESSENCE, IT'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING MORE THAT THE GOVERNMENT CAN DO AND THAT THE LAND -- THE LAND VALUE NOW IS EQUAL TO HALF THE PRICE OF THE HOUSE, TOTAL COST. SO WE HAVE A PROBLEM. IS IT A GOOD PROBLEM? SOMETIMES IT IS AND MOST OF THE TIME IT'S NOT, BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD IT. I WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR THE TIME YOU HAVE GIVEN FOR MANY YEARS TO MAKE THE THING EASIER AND AFFORDABLE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. HAVE A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD AND HAVE HOPE THAT THEY CAN BE BETTER OFF THAN WHEN THEY WERE BEFORE YOU GUYS GOT INVOLVED. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN AND COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES, GOOD MORNING. ONE, I'LL START BY SAYING I THINK -- I SERVED WITH COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK COMING UP ON TWO YEARS NOW. I THINK THIS MAY BE THE FIRST TIME I HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN HER DO AN IN-PERSON PRESENTATION TO SOMEONE. >>LYNN HURTAK: THEY ARE RARE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SHE DOESN'T JUST DOLE THESE THINGS OUT. TO HAVE YOU RISE TO THAT LEVEL AND HER PASSION ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS QUITE A STATEMENT. WORKS TO YOU MAY OR MAY NOT, I'M DEAR FRIENDS WITH MAYOR FREEDMAN. THE HOUSING CHALLENGE FUND, WHAT YOU ALL DID DURING THAT ADMINISTRATION WAS REALLY INSTRUMENTAL IN HOW I APPROACH THESE PUBLIC POLICY DECISIONS IN HOUSING. I THINK IT WAS SO FORWARD THINKING. IT WAS A PERFECT BALANCE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGES AND BEING ABLE TO, ONE, KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES. ENSURING THAT LOTS OR HOUSES NOT UTILIZED WERE REPURPOSED AND WE CHANGED NEIGHBORHOODS. IT REALLY DID CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF THE CITY OF TAMPA. I THINK EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN. I KNOW MS. FEELEY WE'VE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS BEFORE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROGRAMMING THE FUNDS, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO GO BACK AND REVISIT. YOU PAVED THE WAY FOR THE FUTURE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA AND THE PAVEMENT YOU PUT DOWN WE'RE CONTINUING TO DRIVE ON. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, CHAIR. GOOD MORNING, MR. HEDGES. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ON YOUR RETIREMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE. I AM A RECIPIENT OF THE CHALLENGE FUND. I CAN GET EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE CITY DID IN PROVIDING THE CHALLENGE FUND TO CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE GENERATIONAL WEALTH THROUGH HOME OWNERSHIP. THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED. I LIVE IN TAMPA HEIGHTS. DIDN'T COST ME 12,000. COST ME 50,000, WHICH WAS A LOT OF MONEY FOR A TEACHER AT THAT TIME, BUT IT MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR ME AND MY DAUGHTER TO OWN A HOME. I KNOW THAT IT IS BECAUSE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA'S EFFORTS AND THE HOUSING COMMITTEE'S EFFORT TO REALLY CREATE THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILIES. I'M JUST TRULY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT. YOU CALLED HIM GOVERNOR. I CALL HIM A DRAGON. OUR GOVERNOR IS HERE, BOB MARTINEZ. I APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE FOREFRONT AND ACKNOWLEDGING HIM. THE REASON WHY IT IS RARE THAT TEACHERS DO THAT IS BECAUSE EVERYBODY CAN'T GET A TROPHY. THAT'S WHY SHE PICKED YOU BECAUSE IT IS WELL DESERVING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. HEDGES, YOU ARE A TRULY WONDERFUL INDIVIDUAL. I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN YOU NOT SMILING. IT'S ALWAYS -- YOU HAVE THIS POSITIVE ENERGY. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO BE AROUND YOU, BUT YOU ARE A PERSON THAT CLEARLY LOVES AND CARES ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY AS HAS BEEN SPOKEN AND SAID. EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE IN SERVICE AND GIVING BACK. I APPRECIATE YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR FRIENDSHIP. I'M GLAD THAT YOU ARE HERE TODAY THAT COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK IS HONORING YOU. I'M GLAD TO SEE OUR FORMER MAYOR AND GOVERNOR BOB MARTINEZ. I KNOW YOU ARE ALL GOOD FRIENDS. WE'RE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING AWAY BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO CORNERSTONE KIDS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU ARE INVOLVED WITH THAT I'VE SUPPORTED, THAT I WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT. YOU HAVE A HEART OF GOLD. YOU ARE ALWAYS HELPING SOMEBODY ELSE. SO WE APPRECIATE YOU. CONGRATULATIONS, THIS IS VERY WELL DESERVED. [ APPLAUSE ] WE'LL TAKE A MOMENT AND GO TO THE NEXT ITEM. ITEM NUMBER 2 IS COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. IT IS A REAL PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY. I WANTED TO HAVE A PRESENTATION, AS WE'VE DONE FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, FOR HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY, WHICH IS JANUARY 27. THIS IS THE DATE WHERE IT IS CHOSEN TO COMMEMORATE WHEN THE AUSCHWITZ CONCENTRATION CAMP WAS LIBERATED. WE HAVE SOME VERY, VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE HERE WITH US TODAY. WE HAVE MR. JEFFREY BERGER WHO IS HERE, PRESIDENT OF THE TAMPA JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS AND FEDERATION. WE HAVE MR. JOE PROVASCO, FORMER PRESIDENT, AS WELL AS MANAGING PARTNER OF BUSH ROSS, THE LAW FIRM. MAX BRAY, AND MORGAN PAGODA WITH USF WHO WILL BE SPEAKING I BELIEVE. WE HAVE MS. SYLVIE FEINSMITH WITH HILLEL OF FLORIDA SUNCOAST. WE HAVE WITH US HERE, MEETING HER AFTERWARDS, EMILY BERNSTEIN WITH I BELIEVE IT IS THE FLORIDA ANTIDEFAMATION LEAGUE WHO IS ALSO HERE. I WANTED TO INVITE THESE FOLKS TO TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE. OBVIOUSLY SUCH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE. WE KNOW THAT BEFORE OCTOBER 7 OF 2023, 60% REPORTED CRIMES TO FBI THAT ROSE OUT OF ANTI-SEMITISM. VERY, VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE. I WANTED TO INVITE MR. BERGER TO COME FORTH. GO AHEAD, SIR. >> CHAIRMAN MANISCALCO, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU AND TO OUR FELLOW TAMPA RESIDENTS TODAY. COUNCILMAN VIERA, THANK YOU ALSO FOR YOUR KIND INTRODUCTION AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY. THIS COMING MONDAY, JANUARY 27 MARKS INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY, DAY DESIGNATED BY COMMEMORATION BY THE UNITED NATIONS. JANUARY 27 WAS SELECTED BECAUSE IT WAS ON JANUARY 27, 1945 A MERE 80 YEARS AGO NEXT MONDAY THAT THE HELLACIOUS AUSCHWITZ AND BETTER CA NOW CONCENTRATION CAMPS WERE LIBERATED. NEXT SPEAKERS WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THE CAMPS IN A FEW MOMENTS. U.N. GENER GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION, HONOR THE MEMORY OF HOLOCAUST VICTIMS. 6 MILLION JEWS ALONG WITH MILLIONS OF OTHER MINORITIES MURDERED BY THE NAZIS. THE RESOLUTION ALSO ENCOURAGES THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST TO HELP PREVENT HISTORY FROM REPEATING ITSELF. THE RESOLUTION REJECTS ANY FORM OF HOLOCAUST DENIAL AND CONDEMNS ALL MANIFESTATIONS OF RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE INCITEMENT HARASSMENT OR VIOLENCE BASED ON ETHNIC ORIGIN OR RELIGIOUS BELIEF THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. THE MESSAGE OF THE U.N. RESOLUTION, WHICH IS BOTH INSPIRATIONAL AND ASPIRATIONAL, IS JUST AS IMPORTANT TODAY AS IT WAS WHEN THE RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED IN 2005 AND PERHAPS EVEN MORE SO. TODAY, AS WE REMEMBER, HONOR, AND MOURN THE MILLIONS OF LIVES LOST IN THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS, WE ALSO REMEMBER THAT THE HOLOCAUST DIDN'T START IN AUSCHWITZ, BURKE NOW, OR THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS. THE KILLING FIELDS, THE GAS CHAMBERS, CREMATORIA, ALL OF THE HORRIFIC MASSACRE FACTORIES DID NOT SPRING UP IN GERMANY AND NAZI CONTROLLED CENTRAL EUROPE OVERNIGHT. RATHER THE CULMINATION OF GRADUAL RISING TIDE OF ANTI-SEMITISM THAT STARTED EARLIER FIRST WITH RACIST SPEWING ANTI-JEWISH HATE RANTS WHICH THEN GREW INTO PERSONAL ATTACKS ON JEWS UNTIL FINALLY WHEN THE NAZIS CAME TO POWER IN GERMANY, THIS JEW HATE BECAME THE DEFINING JEAN SIDAL IDEOLOGY OF THE ENTIRE THIRD REICH. WE'VE SEEN DRAMATIC INCREASE IN HATE SPEECH AND ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS, THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IS ALARMED. WE'VE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN HATEFUL ACTIVITIES GO UNCHECKED. NOW WE KNOW BETTER. TODAY, AS WE REMEMBER THE HOLOCAUST AND SEE YET ANOTHER RISING TIDE OF JEW HATE IN FLORIDA, AMERICA AND AROUND THE WORLD, WE ARE STANDING UP AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO A SINGLE OVERARCHING PRINCIPLE, NEVER AGAIN. AS WE REMEMBER THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST WE ALSO REMEMBER THE HEROISM OF THOSE WHO REFUSED TO BE BYSTANDERS AND RISKED THEIR OWN LIVES. WE REMEMBER THE SO-CALLED RIGHTEOUS GENTILES, OVER 11,000 RECOGNIZED IN JERUSALEM BECAUSE COURAGE AND MORALITY. WE REMEMBER THE SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT AND DEFEATED THE NAZIS, LIBERATED THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS 80 YEARS AGO, SAVING THE REMAINING JEWS AND OTHER PRISONERS WHO WERE ABLE TO SURVIVE THE NAZI HORRORS. WE RECOGNIZE AND THANK YOU, THE MEMBERS OF THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, FOR SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL JEWISH COMMUNITY. YOU PASSED A STRONG RESOLUTION AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN VOCAL AND STEADFAST PARTNERS WITH US IN OUR FIGHT AGAINST THE RISE OF JEW HATE IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE APPRECIATE YOUR COURAGE AND MORALITY ON THIS ISSUE, AND WE CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS OF TAMPA TO FOLLOW YOUR LEAD AND JOIN US IN TODAY'S FIGHT AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM AND ALL OTHER FORMS OF RACISM, BIGOTRY AND HATRED. FINALLY, I WANT TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF HOLOCAUST EDUCATION. AS TIME PASSES, IT IS INCREDIBLE THAT WE ARE LOSING OUR EYEWITNESSES TO THIS AWFUL PERIOD OF HUMAN HISTORY. PEOPLE WHO LIVED THROUGH THE HOLOCAUST AND ABLE TO GIVE US PERSONAL, FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS OF WHAT HAPPENED. AS THE NUMBER DIMINISHES, IT BECOMES OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR GENERATION AND THE GENERATIONS THAT FOLLOW US WILL NEVER FORGET THE HOLOCAUST. AS THE U.N. RESOLUTION MAKES CLEAR, HOLOCAUST EDUCATION IS CRITICAL TO OUR PRIMARY OBJECTIVE, TO ENSURE THAT NEVER AGAIN TRULY MEANS NEVER AGAIN. OUR NEXT SPEAKERS ARE OUTSTANDING EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE IN THE NEXT GENERATION WHO ARE EDUCATED ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST AND CAN SPEAK ABOUT IT FROM PERSPECTIVES THAT ARE BOTH HISTORICAL AND PERSONAL. AS I TURN THE PODIUM OVER TO MAX AND MORGAN, I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND FOR PROVIDING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY. >> GOOD MORNING, ESTEEMED TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. MY NAME IS MORGAN PAGODA. >> I'M MAX. >> AS WE COMMEMORATE INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY, WE STAND BEFORE YOU NOT ONLY AS PROUD MEMBERS OF AMERICA'S JEWISH COMMUNITY, BUT AS INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD THE HONOR TO BEAR WITNESS TO THE DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES OF UNCHECKED HATRED. >> ALONG WITH OUR CLASSMATES WE RECENTLY RETURNED FROM A LIFE-CHANGING JOURNEY TO POLAND WITH USF AND NEW TAMPA HILLEL. NOTHING SHORT OF TRANSFORMATIVE. TO WITNESS THE REMNANTS OF GENOCIDE RESHAPES ONE'S UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN. >> PARTICIPATING IN THIS FELLOWSHIP TO POLAND ALONGSIDE AMERICAN JEWISH STUDENTS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS WAS AN EYE-OPENING EXPERIENCE IN ITSELF. HOWEVER, THE TRUE PURPOSE OF OUR JOURNEY IS TO SHARE WHAT WE WITNESS AND ENSURE THAT NEVER AGAIN IS A REALITY. >> IT IS CRUCIAL TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE WORD JEWS USE TO DESCRIBE THE HOLOCAUST IS NOT AN EVENT THAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. WHILE MANY SUFFERED UNDER THE NAZIS, THE FINAL SOLUTION WAS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO ADDRESS WHAT THEY CALLED THE JEWISH PROBLEM. ATROCITIES DIDN'T OCCUR SUDDENLY BUT RATHER CARRIED OUT OVER TIME THROUGH THE DEEPEN OF ANTI-SEMITISM, THE SYSTEMATIC EROSION OF RIGHTS AND UNCHALLENGED DEHUMANIZATION OF JEWS. JEWISH LIFE IN POLAND ONCE THRIVING AND MAKING UP 10% OF THE POPULATION WAS DECIMATED OVER THE COURSE OF 12 YEARS. >> IT'S ALSO VITAL TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE GENOCIDE WASN'T COMMITTED BY A SMALL RADICAL GROUP ALONE. MANY ACROSS NAZI OCCUPIED TERRITORIES EITHER ALLOWED OR ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED IN THE ATROCITIES. GROWING UP IN MODERN DAY AMERICA, THE IDEA OF SEEING OTHERS LESS THAN HUMAN SEEMED UNIMAGINABLE, UNTIL I SAW FIRSTHAND HOW PEOPLE WERE MANIPULATED BY THE LIVES OF THE NAZI REGIME. >> HOW COULD PEOPLE BELIEVE PROPAGANDA TARGETING A MINORITY? AS JEWS WE OFTEN REFER TO OURSELVES AS THE CANARIES IN THE COAL MINE. RISING HATRED OFTEN STARTS WITH US. THE HOLOCAUST WASN'T CHAOTIC BUT INSIDIOUS. THE NAZI REGIME'S METHODICAL APPROACH CAPITALIZED ON DEEPLY ROOTED ANTI-SEMITISM TURNING IT INTO A TOOL FOR POLITICAL POWER. WE SHARE THIS NOT TO DWELL ON THE THIRD REICH BUT TO UNDERSCORE HOW EASILY ANTI-SEMITISM, THE OLDEST HATRED, CAN BE WEAPONIZED TO DEVASTATING EFFECT. >> WE NEED YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE DEPTH OF THE NAZIS PLANS, WHICH WERE NOT JUST ABOUT EXTERMINATION BUT THE TOTAL DEHUMANIZATION OF JEWS LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY. AT AUSCHWITZ, WE SAW OVER SEVEN TONS OF HUMAN HAIR TAKEN FROM JEWISH PRISONERS, THE HAIR OF OUR WOMEN, TRADITIONALLY COVERED TO PRESERVE MODESTY AND THE WAY OUR MEN SHOW RESPECT TO GOD WAS SHAVED OFF TO DEHUMANIZE US AND REPURPOSED AS A COMMODITY TO SUPPORT THE NAZI ECONOMY. >> WHILE IT MAY SEEM LIKE DISENFRANCHISING JEWS OF THEIR IDENTITY, CULTURE AND ROOTS WAS ABANDONED IN THE ANNALS OF HISTORY, WE STAND BEFORE YOU TO EXPRESS THAT SINCE THE HORRORS OF OCTOBER 7 WE'VE DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY WITNESSED THE SAME ATTEMPTS, SOME ACCEPTED AND SOME NOT TO WEAPONIZE HATRED AGAINST US AND JEWS IN GENERAL. >> OUR TRIP TO POLAND ALLOWED US TO DISCOVER THE BEAUTIFUL, VIBRANT, RICH JEWISH CULTURE THAT ONCE THRIVED IN POLAND. WHILE WE CAN NEVER FULLY RECOVER FROM THE IMMENSE LOSSES INFLICTED ON OUR PEOPLE DURING THE HOLOCAUST, WE STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH HOPE AND WITH PRIDE. 80 YEARS AFTER THE LIBERATION OF AUSCHWITZ ON JANUARY 27, 1945, JEWISH LIFE IN POLAND IS BEING REANIMATED. >> FROM DANCING IN AN ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUE WITH THE LOCAL JEWISH COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN WARSAW TO MEETING WITH STUDENTS WE SAW FIRSTHAND THAT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY, THOUGH SMALL, IS GROWING AND STRONG. >> WITNESSING THE LIGHT OF JEWISH RENEWAL ALONGSIDE THE DARKEST CHAPTERS OF HUMAN HISTORY HAS HELPED US PROCESS THE TRAGEDY. IT REAFFIRMED FOR US THE POWER OF BEING AN UP STANDER OF ETHICAL AND INTENTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND OF THE IMPORTANCE OF VALUING AND CONTRIBUTING TO SOCIETY. ABOVE ALL, IT REINFORCED THE VALUES AND OPPORTUNITIES AMERICA OFFERED TO OUR FOREFATHERS. >> MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO ESCAPE THE HOLOCAUST AND BUILD A NEW LIFE IN AMERICA. UNFORTUNATELY, HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS WERE NOT. I WAS RAISED WITH THE VALUES OF EQUALITY, FREEDOM AND THE BELIEF OF POSITIVELY CONTRIBUTING TO SOCIETY TO ENSURE THAT THE WHO HORRORS FACED MY GREAT AUNTS AND UNCLES AND HUMANS IN GENERAL WILL NEVER BE REPEATED. >> COMING BACK FROM THE TRIP WE FELT COMFORT KNOWING WE ARE A PART OF A COMMUNITY WITH LEADERS LIKE YOU WHO GENUINELY CARE. WE KNOW YOU SHARE OUR BELIEF THAT ANTI-SEMITISM IS SOMETHING NONE OF US WANT TO SEE FOR OURSELVES, OUR CHILDREN AND EVERY FUTURE GENERATION. TOGETHER, WITH OUR SHARED IDEAS, LEADERSHIP AND VALUES THAT UNITE US, WE BELIEVE WE CAN MAKE NEVER AGAIN MORE THAN JUST WORDS. IT IS SOMETHING WE CAN TRULY ACHIEVE. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, GUYS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] I DID WANT TO SAY VERY BRIEFLY, I WROTE DOWN RECOGNIZE THE LATE NAT ROSS WHO DIED A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO. HE WAS A TAMPA AUSCHWITZ SURVIVOR AND LIVED IN NEW TAMPA AND HIS SON JAY, GRANDDAUGHTER DANA AND OTHERS REMEMBER HIM. HE WAS AN AMAZING PERSON. COUNCIL, IF YOU WISH TO SAY ANYTHING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE IT. [ APPLAUSE ] ITEM 3 IS OCEA WYNN, ADMINISTRATOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REGARDING THE DISABILITY INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. THAT IS ALSO COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR. IF I MAY TEE THIS UP, MR. CHAIRMAN, I APPRECIATE IT. I WANTED TO INVITE THESE FOLKS TO COME AND SPEAK ABOUT THE SPECIAL NEEDS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IN THE CITY OF TAMPA THAT WE SHOULD ALL BE VERY, VERY PROUD OF. WE HAVE RA RAQUEL PANCHO AND THE INTERN HERE FROM OUR PROGRAM. WE HAVE HERE I SEE REGINA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK. WE HAVE SHAWN STEVENSON WITH CITY OF TAMPA. ERIC KAISER, HIS INTERN. I WANTED TO SPECIFICALLY SAY THAT SHAWN HERE HAS TAKEN ON MR. KAISER AS A CONTRACTOR DOING FORMAL WORK FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA. TALKING ABOUT WHAT THIS PROGRAM SHOULD DO. WE ALSO HAVE HERE MS. PHYLLIS GUFFMAN, KAREN LEVY AND RITA HATAB WITH McDONALD'S TRAINING CENTER. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. RAQUEL PANCHO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM TO THE CITY OF TAMPA. I'M ALSO VERY GRATEFUL MAYOR CASTOR, CHIEF OF STAFF BENNETT, OCEA WYNN AND REGINA FOR TAKING THE EFFORTS TO LEAD THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. I'VE BEEN BLESSED WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH TAVY. SHE GRADUATED IN 2023 WITH THE MICROSOFT TRAINING PROGRAM. SHE HAS BEEN A GODSEND TO ME IN THE OFFICE. HELPED ME WITH DATA ENTRY, RESEARCH, FACT SHEETS, DATA ENTRY OF ALL OF THE ADA SURVEYS COMPLETED. ALSO TASKED WITH REPORTING MY CALL LOGS, WHICH IS A LOT OF CALLS. SHE HAS TO READ MY CHICKEN SCRATCH AND TRANSLATE THAT TO ACTUAL LEGIBLE INFORMATION. I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR HER WORK. I'LL HAVE HER SHARE INFORMATION IN JUST A SECOND. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA TO BRING THIS. MANY TIMES EMPLOYERS DON'T TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PASS THE PERSONS DISABILITY SO THEY CAN SHOWCASE THEIR TALENTS AND SKILLS. TAVY IS REALLY HIGHLIGHTING THE TALENTS SHE CAN BRING TO AN EMPLOYER. I UNDERSTAND FROM HER MOM IN HER LAST JOB, SHE WAS ASKING TO WORK MORE THAN NINE HOURS A WEEK AND THEY NEVER INCREASED HER HOURS. HERE WITH THE CITY, SHE'S WORKING CLOSER TO 20 HOURS A WEEK. GRATEFUL FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY. I'M HOPING MORE BUSINESSES WILL SEE HER LEAD AND BRINGING THIS TO THE CITY OF TAMPA AND RECOGNIZING THAT PEOPLE WITH DISABITIES CAN REALLY BRING TALENTS TO THE WORKFORCE. SO THANK YOU. I'LL HAVE TAVY SHARE INFORMATION. >> HELLO. MY NAME IS TAVY. I'M WORKING AS AN INTERN FOR RAQUEL PANCHO, THE ADA COORDINATOR OF THE CITY. BECAUSE OF THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM BETWEEN THE McDONALD'S TRAINING CENTER AND THE CITY, I'M ABSOLUTELY ENJOYING MY TIME WORKING WITH RAQUEL. I'M ALSO APPLYING MY MICROSOFT SKILLS WITH THE MANY TASKS SHE'S BEEN GIVING ME. FOR EXAMPLE, SEVERAL OF THE TASKS ARE MAKING PRESENTATIONS FOR MEETINGS USING PowerPoint, PROVIDING DATA ENTRY USING EXCEL. MAKING RESEARCH PAPERS FOR SERVICE DOGS OR HOW EATING DISORDERS ARE AFFECTED BY THE HOLIDAYS BY MICROSOFT WORD AND ALSO HELPING HER E-MAILING AWARDS FOR THE NOMINEES FOR THE ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER FESTIVAL USING OUTLOOK. I'VE ALSO BEEN HELPING ORGANIZE AND FILING DOING OTHER TASKS FOR HER. HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE, I CAN GET HIRED AND CONTINUE WORKING FOR HER. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> INTRODUCE SHAWN. >> MY NAME IS SHAWN STEVENSON. WITH T & I. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING THIS PROGRAM. THANK YOU, CHIEF BENNETT. PERSONALLY, IT'S BEEN VERY REWARDING. GOT TO KNOW ERIC OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS. IT'S NOT JUST A JOB, NOT JUST AN EMPLOYEE BUT ALSO A RELATIONSHIP NOW. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT. FROM THE JOB PERSPECTIVE, WE BROUGHT IN ERIC TO DO A LOT OF OUR PC DEPLOYMENTS, PHONE DEPLOYMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THOSE THINGS ARE PROCESS DRIVEN. THERE ARE TASK LISTS AND THINGS THAT HE CAN FOLLOW. HE KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK. HE DID SO WELL THAT WE BROUGHT HIM ON AS A CONTRACTOR. NOW WE'VE GOT A PC DEPLOYMENT FOR 2025. WE'VE GOT PHONES FOR ALL OF TPD THAT WE'LL BE DEPLOYING THIS YEAR. WE HAVE THE TEXT MESSAGING ARCHIVE PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW AND WINDOWS 10 THAT WE HAVE TO MIGRATE. ALL THOSE PROJECTS ERIC WILL BE INVOLVED IN. HE'S DONE A WONDERFUL JOB FOR US AND BEEN VERY REWARDING FOR US. >> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING PREPARED LIKE TAVY DID. [ LAUGHTER ] I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE AND PUT YOUR NECK OUT THERE TO GIVE US, THE AUTISM COMMUNITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW OUR MEDDLE AND LET US SHOW THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO IT. WITHOUT YOU GUYS, I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THIS OPPORTUNITY AND I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THE ABILITY TO MEET SHAWN AND MEET THE PEOPLE THAT I HAVE. IT'S BEEN REALLY FUN. IT'S NOT A JOB FOR ME. I ENJOY IT EVERY DAY. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU. I WANTED TO, FOR TAVY, DO YOU HAVE ANY FAMILY HERE? THAT'S FINE. I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU DID. AND FOR ERIC, I WON'T SAY A LOT BECAUSE I'LL GET EMOTIONAL. I'M LATIN, MAN. I KNOW HOW TO GET EMOTIONAL. THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM. I'LL BE MAKING SOME MOTIONS BEFORE I LEAVE HERE AT COUNCIL FOR A COUPLE OF THINGS, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE GOT IS GREAT. WHAT YOU ALL SEE HERE WITH THESE TWO PEOPLE, WE CAN REPLICATE THIS TIMES 20 AND WE SHOULD AND WE WILL. I'VE GOT TWO MORE YEARS LEFT ON COUNCIL AND I'LL BE DAMNED IF WE DON'T DO THAT BEFORE I LEAVE. IT WILL HAPPEN. PARDON MY LANGUAGE. IT WILL HAPPEN. I'LL BE MOTIONING FOR A COUPLE OF THINGS TO LOOK AT THIS PROGRAM, HOW IT'S BEING DONE, ESPECIALLY WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT POLICE, FIRE, EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT OUT THERE HIRES FOLKS LIKE YOU ALL TO GIVE THEM A SHOT, TO GIVE YOU ALL A SHOT. WHAT WE SAW HERE IS REALLY, REALLY BEAUTIFUL. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE APPROPRIATED A LOT OF MONEY TOWARDS THIS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SPEND EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR. BECAUSE WHAT YOU ALL TALK ABOUT HERE IS BEAUTIFUL. I'LL ALSO MOTION THAT THIS YEAR, IF WE DON'T SPEND EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR, REMAINING FUNDS GO TO McDONALD'S TRAINING CENTER AND -- MAKE SURE THAT MONEY GOES TO PROMOTING WHAT WE SAW HERE TODAY. I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL, JUST EVERYBODY RAQUEL REGINA SHAWN, OUR FRIENDS OF THE McDONALD TRAINING CENTER, MAYOR JANE CASTOR, JOHN BENNETT, WHO IS ABOUT AS BIG OF A BLEEDING HEART AS THEY COME FOR THIS. WE'LL TAKE THIS BEAUTY THAT WE'VE SEEN HERE TODAY AND MAKE IT EVEN BIGGER. GOD BLESS YOU, GUYS AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL FOR YOUR STRONG SUPPORT. [ APPLAUSE ] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. WE HAVE ONE REGISTERED SPEAKER. IT'S MICHAEL RANDOLPH. MR. RANDOLPH, IF YOU ARE ON, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MICHAEL RANDOLPH. I'M WITH THE WEST TAMPA CDC. I WANT TO START OFF BY GIVING A SHOUT-OUT TO THE DISABLED STUDENTS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. COME OVER TO WEST TAMPA. WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU. AT THE LAST CRA MEETING, BECAUSE OF TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ON MY PART, I WAS NOT ABLE TO EXPLAIN OUR POSITION SUPPORTING THE $10 MILLION DEAL RELATED TO THE WEST TAMPA RIVER PROJECT. THE BENEFITS TO THE COMMUNITY WAS ACKNOWLEDGED WHAT WASN'T ACKNOWLEDGED THE BENEFITS TO THE RESIDENTS IN WEST TAMPA. WEST TAMPA CDC DEVELOPED A PEOPLE-CENTERED APPROACH FOR TRANSFORMING THE COMMUNITY. WE USE A TWO-PRONG TEST IN THAT PARTICULAR RESPECT. PART OF THE TEST IS DOES IT REDUCE GENTRIFICATION? THE OTHER PART OF THE TEST IS DOES IT BUILD GENERATIONAL WEALTH? WE USE TIE, T-I-E, TECHNOLOGY USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, CHAPT GPT TO INCREASE RESIDENT VALUE INVESTMENT MOVING RESIDENTS FROM A CONSUMER PERSPECTIVE TO -- FINALLY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, CREATING WHAT WE CALL HOME-BASE BUSINESSES. IF THE CURRENT PROJECT ALIGNS WITH THE ROME YARD PROJECT, IT WILL GO BEYOND BRICKS AND MORE MORTAR, AND IT WILL BE A WIN-WIN FOR THE COMMUNITY. AS YOU KNOW, THE ROME YARD DEAL COMMITTED RESOURCES TO HOME-BASED BUSINESS WHICH CREATE ANYWHERE FROM 20 TO 35 RESIDENTIAL BUSINESSES AND CREATE ANYWHERE FROM 15 TO 20 RESIDENT OWNED BUSINESSES. ALSO, OUR TECHNOLOGY CENTER, WHICH WILL FOCUS ON ChatGPT. THE FIRST BENEFIT TO THE CITY IS IT WOULD INCREASE THE TAX BASE BECAUSE OF NEW BUSINESSES COMING TO WEST TAMPA. IT WOULD ENHANCE THE RETURN OF INVESTMENT ON THIS $10 MILLION BY PROVIDING ANYWHERE FROM 500,000 TO A MILLION IN TERMS OF JOB CREATION AND BUSINESS. IT WOULD BOOST INCOME AND SUPPLEMENTAL INCOME TO LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS, INCLUDING DISABLED RESIDENTS AS WELL. ALSO BE PROMOTING RESIDENT OWNED BUSINESSES, INCREASED TECHNOLOGY BY INCREASING THE ECONOMIC WEALTH OF RESIDENTS AND WILL REDUCE THE CRIME RATE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH YOUR DEVELOPERS ON HOW THEY CONTRIBUTE TO THIS PROGRAMMATIC AND SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO MAKING SURE THE RESIDENTS OF WEST TAMPA GET THEIR BENEFIT FROM THE $10 MILLION WE COMMITTED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. RANDOLPH. WE'LL NOW GO TO IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS BILL OLIVER FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL GRATZ AND CONNIE BURTON. GOOD MORNING. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS BILL OLIVER. I AM A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER IN FLORIDA. LET ME INVOKE THE ELMO, IF I CAN. I'M HERE APPEARING ON BEHALF OF THE HARBOUR ISLAND COMMUNITY SERVICE ASSOCIATION TO ADDRESS AGENDA ITEM 61, PROPOSED CHANGES TO FRANKLIN STREET. WITH ONLY THREE MINUTES, I'LL FOCUS ON THE KEY CONCERNS. THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE THINK YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION THAN IS PROVIDED IN THE CONSULTANT REPORT BEFORE YOU CHOOSE A COURSE OF ACTION. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN TO MY CLIENT IS THE PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF A NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT WATER STREET. IN THE REPORT, A SIMPLE STATEMENT IS MADE THAT THE SIGNAL WOULD RESULT IN DE MINIMIS EFFECTS BUT THERE'S NO DOCUMENTATION IN THE REPORT AS TO WHAT THE INCREASE IN DELAY OR OBSTRUCTION WOULD BE. USING ANALYSIS, FILES AND DATA FROM THE REPORT, MY ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT THE NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL WOULD IMPOSE FROM 37 TO 67 SECONDS OF DELAY TO EACH VEHICLE ON FRANKLIN STREET THAT GETS CAUGHT AT THIS NEW SIGNAL. WHEN THE EVENT FACILITIES ARE NOT ACTIVE, THIS INCURS UNNECESSARY DELAY. THIS REPORT -- THE REPORT INDICATES THAT ONLY THE PEDESTRIAN VOLUME WARRANTS WERE MET AND THAT THEY WERE MET ONLY DURING CONVENTION CENTER AND AMALIE ARENA EVENTS. THE USUAL WARRANTS INVOLVING MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC WERE NOT MET IN ANY OF THE TESTED CONDITIONS. SO WHILE PEDESTRIAN VOLUME COUNTS WERE UNDERTAKEN AT EXISTING CROSSING LOCATIONS, THERE'S NO ANALYSIS OF HOW MANY CROSSINGS ARE GENERATED BY EVENTS OF DIFFERENT SIZES OR DIFFERENT TYPES. IS THE EVENT SERVING A LOCAL POPULATION THAT WOULD DRIVE IN OR DOES IT BRING IN A NATIONAL CROWD THAT USE THE HOTELS? WILL MEALS BE PROVIDED OR MUST ATTENDEES FIND MEALS AT NEARBY RESTAURANTS? ARE THEY DAYLONG EVENTS OR AN EVENING RALLY, CONCERT OR SPORTING EVENT? WHERE ARE THESE PEDESTRIANS WALKING FROM AND TO? THIS KIND OF INFORMATION IS NEEDED TO INFORM SHORT-TERM ROUTING AND CONTROL STRATEGIES AND LONGER TERM PERHAPS IN LOOKING AT ELEVATED OR EVEN WEATHER-PROOFED ROOTING STRATEGIES FOR THE PEDESTRIANS. FLORIDA D.O.T. POLICY IS TO CONSIDER A ROUNDABOUT BEFORE ANY NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS INSTALLED. THE CITY OF SARASOTA HAS INSTALLED MANY ROUNDABOUTS AND THAT IS A SMALL ROUNDABOUT, BUT THEY HAVE IMPLEMENTED MANY OF THEM IN THEIR DOWNTOWN AREA. THE SMALLER DIAMETER SHORTENS PEDESTRIAN CROSSING DISTANCES AND THEY PROVIDE MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR TIME PERIODS WHEN TRAFFIC VOLUMES ARE LOW OR SHIFT FROM ONE ENTRYWAY TO ANOTHER AS HAPPENS WITH SPECIAL EVENTS. A ROUNDABOUT SLOWS VEHICULAR TRAFFIC WHICH IS GOOD FOR PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED AREA AND CAN ALSO HELP TO RECOVER FROM BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIAN PAVEMENT NOW DEDICATED TO CARS. BOTTOM LINE, MORE INFORMATION, MORE STUDY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU, SIR. MICHAEL GRATZ, CONNIE BURTTON, MENTESNOT. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MICHAEL GRATZ. I AM THE PRESIDENT OF HARBOUR ISLAND COMMUNITY SERVICE ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS THE MASTER ASSOCIATION FOR HARBOUR ISLAND. I'VE BEEN THAT PRESIDENT FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEM 61 FOR THE PROPOSED TWO TRAFFIC LIGHTS ON FRANKLIN STREET NEXT TO THE CONVENTION CENTER. THIS WOULD RESULT IN THREE TRAFFIC LIGHTS IN AN HUNDRED FOOT AREA, MAIN ARTERY USED BY HARBORED ISLAND RESIDENTS. OUT OF RESPECT FOR CITY COUNCIL'S TIME IT'S JUST BEEN ME AND OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER. WE DIDN'T WANT TO INUNDATE YOU AS WE NORMALLY DO WITH HUNDREDS OF E-MAILS AND MULTIPLE PEOPLE HERE. WE WANTED TO GET RIGHT TO THE POINT AND WE THINK WE HAVE YOUR ATTENTION. THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT FIRST MADE THIS PRESENTATION MULTIPLE TIMES TO HARBOUR ISLAND AND DID A SURVEY WHICH THEY ONLY RECEIVED 35 RESPONSES FROM RESIDENTS. HIXA DID A SURVEY THIS MONTH, OUT OF 4,000 RESIDENTS, WE HAD 4,000 RESPOND, TOTAL OF 10% OF TOTAL BASE OF THE 3,000 REGISTERED VOTERS, HIGHER NUMBER. WE ASKED THREE BASIC QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO THE PLAN FOR THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS. ONE, DID THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT CONTACT YOU FOR FEEDBACK? 99% WAS NO. DO YOU BELIEVE TWO TRAFFIC LIGHTS WILL IMPEDE TRAFFIC OFF AND ON THE ISLAND? AND IT WAS 99% YES. THE LAST ONE IS, DO YOU THINK THE CITY OF TAMPA SHOULD CONDUCT FURTHER ENGINEERING STUDY? AGAIN, 99% YES. THREE BASIC QUESTIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE USING THIS AREA MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY. TYPICAL TRAFFIC IN A WEEK OF OUR WEST GATE, WHICH WOULD BE THE GATE THAT MOST PEOPLE USE, THE FRANKLIN STREET AND HARBOUR ISLAND BOULEVARD IS OVER 7900 PEOPLE. BACK AND FORTH. AND SO THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT DID A TRAFFIC STUDY. IT WAS DONE DURING COVID. I CAN TELL YOU DURING COVID IN THAT AREA, PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO TO WORK AND WEREN'T. ALSO THE FOUR HOTELS THAT ARE IN THAT AREA, I CAN TELL YOU FROM BEING IN THE HOTEL BUSINESS, YOUR OCCUPANCY WAS AROUND 10 TO 30%, NOT WHAT IT IS IN THE NORMAL BUSINESS PERIOD THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TODAY. SO I THINK THAT THE PERIOD THE TRAFFIC STUDY WAS DONE WAS NOT A GOOD REPRESENTATIVE PERIOD TO DETERMINE WHAT THE TRAFFIC SHOULD BE IN THAT AREA. ALSO, THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS THAT WHEN THE STUDY WAS DONE BY STAN TECH THAT THEY HAD TO KEEP THE GRECO CROSSING. IT'S BEEN THERE 40 YEARS AGO, THERE WERE NO HOTELS, MUCH LESS HARBOUR ISLAND RESIDENTS. WE'RE NOT SAYING A SOLUTION IS NOT NEEDED. WE THINK A SOLUTION IS NEEDED. YOU'RE TRYING TO INCORPORATE THE CONVENTION CENTER, THE RIVERWALK, THUNDER ALLEY, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS. AND DOING THE RIGHT ALTERNATIVE REALLY MAKE IT BETTER FOR EVERYBODY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE COUNCILMAN MISSING. TAKE CARE. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE CONNIE BURRTON, MENTESNOT AND MRS. STEPHANIE POYNOR. >> GOOD MORNING, CONNIE BURTON. FIRST, I WOULD SAY TO ALL OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, PRAYERS GO OUT TO THEM FOR THEIR ONGOING SUFFERING THAT THEY ARE ENDURING AS WELL. ITEM 4, I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT IT. THE WAY IT IS WRITTEN AS TO TRAINING THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE GIVING TO MEMBERS OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. WHAT WOULD THAT BE? WE'VE GONE THROUGH BIKING WHILE BLACK. WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TURNING IN INFORMATION TO LANDLORDS. AND I WOULD CAUTION YOU AND PAY ATTENTION TO THAT. LAST WEEK, I WANT TO BRING THIS UP, AT YOUR CRA MEETING, YOU HONORED THE PAST IMMEDIATE PRESIDENT OF THE TAMPA HEIGHTS ASSOCIATION, AND HE MADE IT VERY, VERY CLEAR THAT HE HAD SERVED ON THAT BOARD FOR EIGHT YEARS. AND I THINK ABOUT THE WAYS IN WHICH THE EAST TAMPA CRA BOARD HAD TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE AND THE COMMUNITY WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO BRING FORTH ITS REPRESENTATIVE BECAUSE YOU WANTED US TO COME UNDER COMPLIANCE OF HOW ALL OTHER CRA BOARDS OPERATED. OUR BOARD MEMBERS ARE ONLY ABLE TO SERVE A TWO-YEAR TERM. ITEM NUMBER 42 AND 43, I KNOW IT'S GOING TO PASS BECAUSE IT IS THE TENDENCY THAT OTHERS OUTSIDE OF THE COMMUNITY KNOW WHAT'S BEST FOR US. YOU'VE BEEN TOLD REPEATEDLY, TIME AND TIME AGAIN THE THINGS THAT THE BLACK COMMUNITY WANT AND SURE BLACK VOICES SAY THIS MORNING THIS IS THE BEST DEAL WE CAN GET. BUT THE VERY RESIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY DIDN'T OPT OUT AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THE BEST THING FOR US RIGHT NOW IS RENTAL PROPERTY. THE BEST THING FOR US WOULD BE FOR THOSE THAT HAVE LIVED IN THAT COMMUNITY FOR YEARS AND YEARS TO SEE THE CRA INVESTMENT FUND, THE TIF MONEY, BE APPLIED TO THE COMMUNITY THAT'S THERE NOW. NUMBER 42 AND 43, WE HAVE HEARD IT. WE KNOW THAT PART OF THE PARADE OF PEOPLE THAT'S PART OF THIS, THE EEOC, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL PROMISED TO BRING ABOUT A WHOLE BUNCH OF JOBS. WHEN THEY TALK US, THEY TALK ABOUT CULINARY JOBS AND TRAINING THAT ANY PERSON COMING OUT OF PRISON, PERSON GO FROM McDONALD'S, BUS LINE AND SERVICE LINE, THEY CAN GET THOSE JOBS. THOSE ARE NOT THE JOBS OR THE TRAINING THAT'S GOING TO PROVIDE THE TYPE OF INCOME THAT WILL MOVE OUR PEOPLE TO BECOME ECONOMICALLY SUFFICIENT. IT IS NOT THE TYPE OF TRAINING THAT WE NEED THAT'S GOING TO HELP US CREATE GENERATIONAL WEALTH. YOU TALK ABOUT ALL THESE WONDERFUL PROGRAMS THAT ONCE WORKED FOR YOU, BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT UTILIZING PROPERTIES INSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY TO HELP OUR PEOPLE NOW, YOU CAN'T GET THERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM. NEXT SPEAKER IS MENTESNOT, MRS. STEPHANIE POIPER AND MR. EARNEST CONEY. >> UHURU. FREEDOM IN SWAHILI. MENTESNOT MEANING ANYTHING POSSIBLE. YOU CAN TELL WHEN YOU GET OLDER, WHAT YOU TELL YOUR KIDS OR GRANDKIDS. I TELL MY KIDS WHEN YOU GO TO SCHOOL, LEARN EVERYTHING WHITE FOLKS HAVE TO TEACH YOU. 100% OF IT OTHER THAN THE MATH AND SCIENCE IS 100% FALSE. YOU HAVE TO LEARN IT TO PASS THAT TEST. TODAY WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT. TODAY WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT. PEOPLE COME UP HERE CRYING ABOUT SOME HOLOCAUST REMINDER, WHATEVER WHATEVER IT'S GARBAGE. STRAIGHT GARBAGE. WASN'T 6 MILLION JEWS IN GERMANY, IN EUROPE, AT NO TIME, PERIOD. NO SUCH THING. BASIC WHITE ON WHITE CRIME. NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS. WHAT'S GOING ON IN PALESTINE RIGHT NOW AND THESE PEOPLE HAVE THE GUMPTION TO COME UP AND TALK ABOUT LOOK WHAT HAPPENED OCTOBER 7, THEY ARE THE ONES WHO DID THAT. NO SUCH THING AS HAMAS. NO SUCH THING AS HAMAS. ONLY REVOLUTIONARY ORGANIZATION EVER EXISTED IN THE LAST X AMOUNT OF YEARS WAS THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY. AIN'T AS SIMPLE. WE'VE SEEN WHAT THE FBI AND POLICE DEPARTMENT DID TO THEM. SEEN WHAT THE FBI AND POLICE DEPARTMENT DID TO MARTIN LUTHER KING, FRED HAMPTON AND OTHER PEOPLE. PLAIN AND SIMPLE. THE OTHER THING IS, NOT ONE JEW WAS KILLED UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES. DON'T LET PEOPLE FOOL YOU WITH THE HISTORY. AIN'T NO SUCH THING AS A WHITE JEW. NO SUCH THING AS A WHITE JEW. NO SUCH THING AS A WHITE CHRISTIAN. THAT IS A FAKE CHRISTIAN AND A FAKE JEW. PLAIN AND SIMPLE. RUN THAT GAME WITH SOMEBODY ELSE. IT GOES TO SHOW I HAVE NO DISCIPLINE BECAUSE DIDN'T EVEN COME HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT BUT SEE THE PEOPLE TALKING THEIR GARBAGE WHILE MURDERING THE PEOPLE IN PALESTINE IN PLAIN AND BROAD DAYLIGHT. IT'S OFFENSIVE. THIS CITY COUNCIL CAN'T PASS A RESOLUTION TO DEAL WITH THE SITUATION IN PALESTINE, AND THEY ARE BACK TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING. SAME THING HITLER THEY SAID DID TO THEM, TRYING TO DO TO US. PUT BACK THE GREEN TEAM AND POLICE TEAM AND ALL OTHER KIND OF TEAMS BACK IN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. BLACK PEOPLE GOT TO FIGHT FOR THAT ALL OVER AGAIN. WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT TODAY IS THAT THEY NEED TO DEFUND AND ABOLISH CHILD SUPPORT, PLAIN AND SIMPLE. CHILD SUPPORT CAUSES MORE PROBLEMS INSIDE THE BLACK COMMUNITY THAN ANYTHING ELSE. MORE PROBLEMS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. CHILD SUPPORT, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. IT'S EUGENICS PROGRAM AND RUNNING IT ON AFRICAN PEOPLE SINCE SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1975. IT'S NOT A FAMILY REUNIFICATION PROGRAM. IT IS EUGENICS PROGRAM. THIS CITY COUNCIL NEED TO CALL OVER TO THE COURTHOUSE AND TELL THEM ABOLISH CHILD SUPPORT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. MRS. STEPHANIE POYNOR, EARNEST CONEY, MRS. CHLOE CONEY. >> GOOD MORNING, STEPHANIE POYNOR. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO TOUCH ON CLARITY AND CONSISTENCY IN THE AGENDA. IF I CAN DIG AROUND IN THE AGENDA AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT SOMETHING IS AND I HAVE NO CLARITY ON IT, THEN HOW DO WE EXPECT ANY OF THE OTHER 400,000 PEOPLE BECAUSE I WORK HARD EVERY SINGLE WEEK READING THE AGENDA. FOR EXAMPLE, NUMBER 42 AND 43 THIS WEEK, I KNOW WHAT IT IS NOW BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS WHEN I READ IT BECAUSE IT WAS VERY UNCLEAR. THIS SHOULD BE WRITTEN SO THAT ANYBODY WHO PICKS UP AN AGENDA FOR THE FIRST TIME AT LEAST HAS A CLUE. IF THEY DIG IN THE FIRST TWO DOCUMENTS, THEY SHOULD HAVE A BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S GOING ON. NOBODY SHOULD HAVE A MASTER'S DEGREE OR STUDY THE CITY OF TAMPA IN ORDER TO READ THESE AGENDAS. A LOT OF TIMES I HAVE TO GO INTO THE DOCUMENTS BEFORE I CAN EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE. LAST WEEK, WE HAD STREETLIGHT INSTALLATIONS $700,000. I WENT THROUGH 6, 7, 8 PAGES OF DOCUMENTATION. I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT IF WE WERE PAYING FOR LABOR OR PARTS OR PAYING FOR SERVICE. THERE'S NO INVOICE IN THERE. WHERE DID THOSE STREETLIGHTS GO? WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO BE INSTALLED? I DON'T KNOW. I STILL DON'T KNOW. THE ONE-PAGER HELPED SIGNIFICANTLY. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. BUT SOMEBODY IN ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS, WHEN THEY HAVE MULTIPLE BIDS ON SOMETHING, THEY PUT IT IN THE ONE PAGER. I KNOW HOW TO LOOK FOR IT. I LIKE TO KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY SAVED THROUGH THE BID PROCESS. MANY TIMES I HAVE TO SEARCH THROUGH 40, 70 PAGES OF DOCUMENTATION IN ORDER TO FIND OUT WHO BID ON IT, WHETHER THEY BID ALL THE WAY THROUGH OR NOT BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE HAVE THREE BIDDERS AND TWO OF THEM ARE NONRESPONSIVE. I'M NOT REAL SURE WHAT THAT MEANS, WHAT THE DEFINITION OF NONRESPONSIVE IS. SOMETIMES THERE ARE FIVE BIDS AND TWO ARE NONRESPONSIVE. I DON'T KNOW. BUT I THINK IT SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR. IT'S GOTTEN WORSE OVER TIME. NUMBER 32, I'M AMAZED TO SEE THAT CSX IS DOING SOMETHING SWEET WITH THE CITY, THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY PLAYING NICE. LET'S KEEP THAT UP BECAUSE WE HAVE A TRAIN TRACK ALL THE WAY FROM SOUTH COUNTY ALL THE WAY TO MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE. IF WE CAN GET THESE PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS, OFF OF THE ROADS, IN THEIR CARS, WE WOULD BE A MUCH NICER CITY. SPEAKING OF OUR FOLKS ON HARBOUR ISLAND. I THINK IT WAS FUNNY A TRAFFIC STUDY WAS DONE. YOU KNOW WHAT, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PEDESTRIAN STUDY BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE CROSSING THE STREET. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CROSSING THE STREET ON YOUR FEET, NOT DRIVING IN CARS. THE FOLKS IN HARBOUR ISLAND ARE THE EXPERTS ON THIS AREA. I'M SORRY, BUT THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO CLEAN OUT THEIR EARS AND START LISTENING TO THE EXPERTS IN THAT AREA AND QUIT IGNORING THEIR PROBLEMS WITH THIS ISSUE. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE MISERABLE IN ORDER TO MAKE PEOPLE WHO VISIT HAPPY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. CONEY, MRS. CHLOE CONEY, MS. VALERIE BULLOCK. >> ERNEST CONEY, JUNIOR. CEO OF -- SUPPORT OF CONSENT AGENDA 42 AND 43 IN REGARDS TO THE EAST TAMPA LIVE LEARN DEVELOPMENT. MY COMMENTS COME ONE AS A VOLUNTEER IN EAST TAMPA SINCE LATE '80s WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, DOING DRUG MARCHES, EMPOWERMENT MARCHES AND HOLDING CANDLELIGHT VIGILS. MY COMMENTS COME AS A PERSON WHO WORKS EVERY SINGLE DAY TO HELP IMPROVE THE LIVES OF OUR RESIDENTS IN EAST TAMPA. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD TO RESOLVE IN MY MIND WAS DO I STAY IN TAMPA? AS I WAS BUILDING MY CAREER AS ACTUARY WORKING FOR WELL CARE, I HAD TO THINK ABOUT A JOB OFFER I HAD TO RELOCATE TO D.C. WHAT KEPT ME HERE WAS THINKING ABOUT THE LEGACY OF THE WORK OF MY PARENTS. OF COURSE, MY DAD CREATED THE FIRST INNER CITY YMCA ON FLORIDA AND PALM. I LOOK AT THE KIDS HE SAVED THEIR LIVES AND THEY HAVE PROFESSIONAL CAREERS IN THE NFL. I THINK ABOUT MY MOTHER WORKING AT LEE DAVIS NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTER AND GREAT WORK SHE DID AT CDC OF TAMPA. PEOPLE MY AGE ARE NOT MOVING BACK TO EAST TAMPA. WHY? THEY THINK ABOUT THE '80s AND '90s WHEN THEY FELT TERRORIZED, WHEN THEY FELT LIKE NO OPPORTUNITIES TO GROWTH, EVEN START A BUSINESS IN EAST TAMPA. THEY ARE NOT COMING BACK. HOW DO WE CHANGE THIS? HOW DO WE FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE THIS? WE HAVE TO INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY. THIS PROJECT DELIVERS ON A PROMISE, A BROKEN PROMISE AND DEFERRED DREAMS. THE BROKEN PROMISE WAS EAST TAMPA HAS A COMMUNITY CALLED COLLEGE HILL. THE GOAL WAS TO ATTRACT BLACK RESIDENTS TO MOVE TO EAST TAMPA. THE PROMISE WAS IF YOU MOVE TO EAST TAMPA, WE WILL BUILD A COLLEGE. THAT WAS A BROKEN DREAM THAT NEVER MATERIALIZED. TODAY WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, HCC AND THE CDC OF TAMPA'S VOCATIONAL PROGRAM, TAMPA VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE TO HELP PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND TRAINING FOR OUR RESIDENTS. WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE FAB LAB THAT WE ALSO HAVE, WE HAVE ENTREPRENEURS WHO MAY NEED TO LEARN MANUFACTURING TRAINING. MAY NEED TO EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE ON THESE JOBS. HOW DO WE BEGIN TO ATTRACT KIDS FROM MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL IN ENGINEERING AND THEN PLACE THEM INTO EMPLOYMENT CENTERS. THIS WILL BE THE BEGINNING OF A TRAJECTORY OF HOW DO WE BUILD SMART MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS IN EAST TAMPA? WE HAVE TO BUILD EMPLOYMENT CENTERS, INDUSTRY CENTERS, AND THE CHALLENGE WAS TO BRING THE CDC AND USF TO EAST TAMPA. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. MS. CHLOE CONEY, VALERIE BULLOCK AND ROBIN LOCKETT. >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL. I AM A WOMAN THAT WEAR MANY HATS. MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT I WAS FOUNDER AND FIRST PRESIDENT OF CDC OF TAMPA AND THEY CELEBRATING THIS YEAR 33 YEARS THERE. I'M ALSO ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF EAST TAMPA CRA BOARD. CHLOE CONEY. I LIKE TO SAY THAT WE HAVE RESIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, SAM CANON, VAN BEST, DIANNE HART, BETTY WIGGINS AND MYSELF AND OTHERS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THOMAS SCOTT. WE HAD TO FIGHT FOR THE EAST TAMPA PARTNERSHIP. WE KNOW GOOD AND WELL THAT MANY YEARS WE'VE BEEN NEGLECTED. WE WERE AN AFTERTHOUGHT. THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE STANDING HERE TODAY BECAUSE WE HAVE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES THAT VALUE EAST TAMPA. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK CRAIG RICHARDS WITH THE TAMPA BAY ECONOMIC COUNCIL FOR PARTNERING WITH THE CDC AND THE EAST TAMPA CRA. TOO MANY TIMES I FOUND OUT THAT BUSINESSES COME INTO EAST TAMPA AND WANT TO DO IT FOR US BUT NEVER WITH US. NEVER HAVING ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK THERE, NOT PARACHUTED INTO THAT COMMUNITY. EAST TAMPA BEEN THERE 33 YEARS, WORKED WITH US TO CREATE GENERATIONAL WEALTH FOR OUR RESIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. I COMMEND THEM FOR THAT. JUST LIKE A LITTLE HISTORY YOU DID WITH THE HOLOCAUST, I NEED TO BE HERE, I'LL BE 75 THIS YEAR IF THE LORD WILLING AND WORKING IN EAST TAMPA THE LAST 50 YEARS, TO SAY THAT THE CDC WAS THE FIRST ORGANIZATION ALONG WITH BANK OF AMERICA AND -- TO BUILD THE FIRST APARTMENTS. WE BUILD SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES THERE. WE NOT ONLY DID DRUG MARCHES AND CLEANUP BUT WE WENT AND BUILT THE LAUNDROMAT. WE BUILT A YOUTH CENTER AND SENT A THOUSAND KIDS OFF TO COLLEGE. CDC OWNS ON MARTIN LUTHER KING, THE EAST TAMPA BUSINESS CENTER WHERE I GO AND GET MY NAILS DONE AT PERFECT TEN. WE OWN BECAUSE WE TORE DOWN THAT OLD RUMORS AND WILD CHERRY, THE STRIP CLUB ON HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE. TODAY I STAND TO PROUDLY SAY HIS NAME CHLOE CONEY URBANIZE CENTER. WE OWN THE BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET THAT BANK OF AMERICA GAVE US AND SOLD IT TO SUNCOAST TO BRING IN MORE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE HAVE NOTHING BUT PAY DAY LENDING. TODAY I WANT TO SAY I SUPPORT AGENDA 42 AND 43 BECAUSE WE NEED AN ECONOMIC ENGINE IN EAST TAMPA. WE NEED A PLACE THAT WE CAN SAY THAT RESIDENTS CAN LIVE AS THEY BUILD HOMES THERE, CREATE BUSINESSES THERE AND CREATE WEALTH THERE. I'M SO GLAD THE CDC IS A PART OF THAT. AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. I WANT TO SEE SOME OF THIS WHILE I AM YET ALIVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE COUNCIL. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MS. VALERIE BULLOCK, MS. ROBIN LOCKETT -- >> GOOD MORNING, VALERIE BULLOCK FROM EAST TAMPA. I COME FROM A LONG LINE OF POOR FOLKS THAT BELIEVE IN EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO GET YOUR LIFE TOGETHER AND BE PART OF THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM. I'M ALSO CONNECTED TO THE POOR PEOPLE, THE HOMELESS PEOPLE, THE ONES ON DRUGS, ONES WHO HAVE BEEN TO PRISON AND THE LITTLE GIRL IN EAST TAMPA THAT'S GETTING MOLESTED TODAY, THAT'S WHO I'M CONNECTED TO. YOU ALL DID A GOOD JOB MILLION DOLLARS. THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH. MY NIECE AND FOUR KIDS LIVING IN MY HOUSE. ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, THEY GOT ACCEPTED INTO THE PROGRAM. KUDOS. AND WHEN ARE WE GOING TO DO ANYTHING WITH THE JACKSON HOUSE? I'M GETTING SO TIRED OF EXTENDING THE PAPER WORK? WHEN IS THE BUILD, REMODELING AND RESTORATION COMING? ITEM NUMBER 41, MS. NOREEN MILLER, SHE DIED TRYING TO GET SIDEWALKS FOR EAST TAMPA. NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN HANNA STREET GOING TO GET SIDEWALKS, SO WE NEVER HAVE SIDEWALKS IN EAST TAMPA. 42 AND 43, I'M TOTALLY AGAINST THIS PROJECT. HOW MUCH TRAINING DO WE NEED? WHEN IS WE GOING TO GET A PAYCHECK? WE DO NEED AN CHECK ENGINE IN EAST TAMPA. SO PEOPLE CAN GET A JOB AND BE ABLE TO GO UP AND CONTINUE TO STAY IN EAST TAMPA. WAS THERE A WORKSHOP DONE? WAS THERE ANY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT? I'M TALKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE ON FOOD STAMPS AND WELFARE AND FOUR GENERATIONS LIVING IN THEIR HOUSE. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ALREADY GOT MONEY. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THESE OUTSIDE PEOPLE. I'M TALKING ABOUT WAS THERE ANY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DONE? DID WE GET PUBLIC NOTICE? NO, WE DID NOT. AND WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER TRAINING CENTER. WHY? WE GOT ERWIN. CDT, TAMPA VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE, LESS THAN A MILE FROM THIS SITE RIGHT HERE. HOW MUCH TRAINING DO WE NEED? WE ALSO HAVE CAREER-SOURCE, SKILLS CENTER. EVERY TIME SOMEBODY COME IN TOWN, THEY REALLY SEE TAMPA AS DUMB COUNTRY BUMPKINS. WE COME IN HERE AND GET THIS MONEY. GOUGE THEM FOR ALL WE CAN GOUGE THEM AND TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN. THEY NEVER DELIVER ON THEIR PRODUCTS OR ON THEIR PROMISES. NOW, EAST TAMPA -- THE GPD, IT GROWN BY 4.3%. $198 BILLION RIGHT NOW IN IT. HOW MUCH WAS THAT MONEY USED TO PROVIDE TRAINING OF ENTRY LEVEL JOBS FOR THE PEOPLE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD? HOW MUCH WAS SPENT ON INCENTIVES TO GET THEM TO COME? IF THEY LIKE IT SO MUCH, THEY OUGHT TO COME FOR FREE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM. MS. ROBIN LOCKETT, CHRIS KIRSHNER, STEVE MICHELINI. GOOD MORNING, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD MORNING. ROBIN LOCKETT, FLORIDA RISING. I AM HERE TO SPEAK ON SEVERAL ITEMS ACTUALLY. THE FIRST ITEM IS AN IMPORTANT ITEM FOR ME. AND THAT IS THE YELLOW JACKETS PARK. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY IN REGARDS TO YELLOW JACKETS FOR US TO DO SOMETHING ON IT. I UNDERSTAND THAT COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT IT UNDER CBA, THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT OR WORK SOMETHING OUT WITH THAT. THERE IS A CULTURE CENTER IN WEST TAMPA, GWEN MYERS, COMMISSIONER GWEN MYERS IS BUILDING. SHE HAS FULL FUNDING ON IT OR MOST OF HER FUNDING. FEDERAL FUNDING, SHE'S RAISING MONEY. THIS CULTURE CENTER OR WHATEVER IT IS CALLED, MAY BE CALLED AN AFRICAN AMERICAN CENTER, THE NAME MAY CHANGE, THAT'S UNDER THE ROME YARD PROJECT, WE DON'T NEED TWO OF THE SAME THINGS, JUST LIKE TWO CHURCHES ON THE SAME STREET WITH DIFFERENT RELIGIONS. WE DON'T NEED BOTH OF THEM. THE MONEY YOU'RE HAVING SET ASIDE FOR THE ROME YARD PROJECT, THAT MONEY CAN BE PUT TO MAKE DO OR MAKE THE REALITY OF THAT PROMISE THAT THE CITY MADE TO COACH WRIGHT AND THE YELLOW JACKETS TO MAKE THEM WHOLE. THAT PARK NEEDS TO BE FIXED. THAT PARK NEEDS TO BE JUST FIXED RIGHT? THEY NEED A BUILDING. YOU HAVE COACH WRIGHT -- I CAN'T THINK OF IT, BUT IT'S NOT RIGHT. LEFT A BUILDING WITH A CONCESSION STAND FROM THE ONE THAT WAS IN WEST TAMPA AND WE NEED TO MAKE HIM WHOLE. SO YOU HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO RENEGOTIATE THAT. I AM IN SUPPORT OF 42 AND 43. I SAW THE BAY NEWS 9 STORY THIS MORNING. SOMEBODY SENT IT TO ME. I HAVE TO SAY THAT THE COLUMBUS DRIVE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IS EXACTLY THE TYPE OF INVESTMENT EAST TAMPA NEEDS. THIS IS THE KIND OF FORWARD THINKING DEVELOPMENT WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR, THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ASKING FOR. AGAIN, AS LONG AS IT HAS HOUSING, I AM FOR IT. IF YOU ARE INCLUDING A TRAINING, THAT'S JUST ICING ON THE CAKE. ALL OF THE OTHER FACILITIES THAT OFFER TRAINING MAY NOT OFFER THIS TYPE OF TRAINING. SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT ALSO. SO ANYTHING THAT'S DEALING WITH HOUSING, IF IT'S COMING WITH HOUSING, I AM 100% FOR IT. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. CHRIS KIRSHNER, STEVE MICHELINI, PASTOR FRANK WILLIAMS. >> CHRIS KIRSHNER, LONGTIME RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER HERE IN THE GREAT CITY OF TAMPA. I JUST WANTED TO COME AND SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ITEM 42 AND 43. SO MANY POSITIVES WITH THIS PROJECT, I DON'T NEED TO BELABOR ALL THE WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES ASSOCIATED WITH IT. I DID WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY AS WELL TO COMMEND THE LEADERSHIP WE HAVE IN THIS CITY, IN ADDITION TO THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR'S STAFF, THE EDC, FOR PROFIT, NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE COME TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS A REALITY, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME. A LOT OF EFFORT ON THE PART OF A LOT OF PEOPLE, CITY STAFF HAVE STEPPED UP TO FACILITATE. IT IS A SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL INVESTMENT FOR THE DEVELOPERS THAT ARE INVOLVED. I'M JUST PROUD TO SEE IT AND PROUD OF OUR COMMUNITY AND EVERYTHING THEY HAVE DONE TO MAKE THIS PROJECT HAPPEN. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. MR. MICHELINI IS PASSING ON HIS TIME. PASTOR FRANK WILLIAMS, YOU ARE THE LAST SPEAKER TODAY. PASTOR WILLIAMS, COME ON UP. >> THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, SIR, FOR THE RECORD. YOUR NAME, SIR, FOR THE RECORD. >> FRANK WILLIAMS. I THOUGHT YOU JUST CALLED MY NAME. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I KNOW, BUT FOR THE RECORD. GO AHEAD, SIR. >> YEAH. I PASSED OUT SOME LETTERS LAST WEEK, AND I WONDER IF I WOULD GET A RESPONSE. I TOLD WHOEVER PASSED THEM OUT TO PASS ONE OUT TO EACH ONE OF THE CHAMBER MEMBERS, BUT I DON'T SEEM TO GET NO RESPONSE WHATSOEVER. YOU KNOW WHAT? WE GOT TO UNDERSTAND, PEOPLE THAT SAY THEY WANT TO HELP YOU, THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT. 90 DAYS OF BANK STATEMENTS, PROOF OF AWARD LETTER. WHAT'S ALL THAT ABOUT? I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. THE ONLY THING I CAN SHOW THEM HOW POOR I AM AND LOOK LIKE YOU ALL OUGHT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. ONE THING WE GOT TO UNDERSTAND, WE NEED WOMEN AND MEN COME UP HERE AND SPEAK. SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ALL PEOPLE OF COLOR, BUT YOU ALL DON'T SEEM TO WANT TO HEAR. DON'T HEAR NOTHING WE BE SAYING. WE'RE JUST TALKING TO A WALL. ONE THING YOU GOT TO UNDERSTAND, WE'LL KEEP COMING AND YOU ALL HAVE TO KEEP LISTENING. DON'T WANT TO LISTEN, GET UP AND WALK OUT LIKE YOU USED TO DO A LONG TIME AGO. I WOULD BE HAPPY, WE'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND, WE ARE PEOPLE AND WE ARE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND WE CAN'T BE NO CLOSER THAN THAT. YOU SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE BROTHERS AND SISTERS, BUT BROTHERS AND SISTERS, THAT IS TREATING US LIKE WE ARE LESS THAN DOGS. WE KNOW THAT WE GOT TO DO WHAT WE CAN FOR OURSELVES AND OUR CHILDREN, OUR MOTHERS AND OUR FATHERS, WHOEVER LIVING AND DO THE BEST WE CAN. I WOULD LIKE TO GET A REPLY WHAT YOU'LL DO ABOUT THE PEOPLE COMING AROUND WANTING TO STEAL MY HOME. PLEASE, YOU ALL CAN DO SOMETHING. YOU ARE CITY COUNCIL, AIN'T YOU? DO THE RIGHT THING FOR ALL OF US. I HAVE A LOT OF THINGS. I WANTED TO SING A SONG TO ONE OF MY BROTHERS THAT TOLD ME HE WANTED TO HEAR ME SING. THERE'S NO TIME FOR NO SINGING NOW. IT'S TIME FOR JUSTIFICATION. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO STAND UP FOR. BUT WE KNOW THAT YOU ALL DON'T CARE ABOUT US. WHO CAN WE GO? CAN WE GO DOWN TO THE COUNTY AND PROBABLY GET SOME -- JUST LIKE THE LADY SPOKE ABOUT, THE JACKSON HOUSE, STILL STANDING RIGHT THERE. HOUSE TORE DOWN A LONG TIME AGO BUT NOBODY TEAR. WE'RE NOT GOING TO TEAR IT DOWN. WE DIDN'T BUILD IT UP. YOU ALL GOT TO START TO TEAR THAT THING DOWN NOW, NOT WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW. NOT GIVE US FALSE PROMISES. TEAR THAT THING DOWN. GET RID OF IT. IN THE NAME OF JESUS, YOU ALL DO THE RIGHT THING FOR ALL OF US. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU, SIR. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'LL GO TO CONSENT AGENDA. FIRST IS COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA WITH 4 THROUGH 8, PUBLIC SAFETY. >>LUIS VIERA: MOVE 4-8. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. SECOND FROM MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. >>GWEN HENDERSON: I MOVE ITEMS 9 THROUGH 22, NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK, 23 THROUGH 32. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. I MOVE ITEMS 23 THROUGH 32. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK, SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. YES MA'AM. >>LYNN HURTAK: I ACTUALLY WANT TO JUST MENTION A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT 42 AND 43 BEFORE YOU APPROVE THEM. BECAUSE WE HAD THE CONVERSATION IN THE CRA LAST WEEK ABOUT HOUSING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THIS WAS $2.1 MILLION THAT THE CITY USED. THIS IS NOT CRA FUNDING. THIS IS CITY USED TO BUY THIS PROPERTY WHICH IS 2.1 ACRES. AND WITH THAT, THE COST PER UNIT OF 117 UNITS, LESS THAN $22,000. LESS THAN $22,000. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING ELSE ATTACHED. THIS IS SIMPLY THE HOUSING PORTION. SO I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU ALL WHAT WE CAN DO WITH MONEY. EVERY TIME HOUSING STUFF COMES UP, I'LL BRING IT OUT BECAUSE WE NEED TO START TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO WITH MONEY IN ALL PARTS OF THE CITY. OBVIOUSLY I'M IN SUPPORT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR 43, ALTHOUGH I OBJECT TO MANY THINGS IN IT. I ALSO WAS NOT GIVEN A BRIEF ON IT AT ALL. I DON'T KNOW IF THE NUMBERS YOU MENTIONED ARE TRUE OR NOT. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED AT CITY COUNCIL IN DEPTH. THE RFP SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED, WHETHER IT WAS TRANSPARENT, WHO THE OTHER BIDDERS WERE, ALL OF THAT. SURE WE CAN ASK QUIETLY, BUT THE PUBLIC HAS CONCERNS ABOUT HOW CONTRACTS ARE LET. SOMETIMES WHEN THE CITY IS INVOLVED IN THINGS, COSTS DO NOT APPEAR. THEY DON'T LIKE INCLUDING O AND M COSTS OR INTEREST. ALSO, I DID NOT SEE IN THE DOCUMENTS WHAT THE VALUE OF THE LAND WAS THAT WE'RE LEASING AT A DOLLAR A YEAR. I'LL VOTE FOR IT ANYWAY. I DON'T KNOW IF THE NUMBERS WERE TRUE. I WANT SOMEBODY TO PRESENT IT ALL IN. I THINK THE ADMINISTRATION NEEDS TO BE A LOT MORE TRANSPARENT ON THESE THINGS GOING FORWARD. WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE LIKE SOMEONE SAID IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE CONNECTING THE PUBLIC. ALSO 36, I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THIS. WE HAVE THE JACKSON HOUSE COMING BACK. I'M NOT CONVINCED YET THAT THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD OR THEY HAVE PLANS TO DO ANYTHING. SOME FOLKS MENTIONED THAT IN THE COMMUNITY. I CAN VOTE FOR THIS. AGAIN, I'M CONSIDERING HOW MUCH CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN INVOLVED AND HOW MUCH I'VE BEEN INVOLVED FOR THE LAST 13 YEARS, I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT NO ONE IN THE ADMINISTRATION REACHED OUT TO GIVE ME A HEADS-UP ON THIS. I WOULD ASK THE ADMINISTRATION TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT TO ME AND TO THE PUBLIC ON THESE MATTERS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. I AGREE WITH YOU, COUNCILMAN CARLSON, ON ITEM 36. WAY TOO MUCH DRAGGING FEET ON THIS. SOMETIMES IF IT WALKS LIKE A DUCK, IT IS A DUCK. SOMETHING HAS GOT TO BE DONE. ON THE ISSUE OF 42 AND 43, I CONCUR WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITH COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK ON THIS. THIS IS A GOOD PROJECT. IT'S A GREAT BALANCE. IT PROVIDES A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. PROVIDES A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA AND THE RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT, THE COST FOR THE INVESTMENT IS CLEARLY A BARGAIN FOR US. GREAT IDEA FOR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EDC, THE COMMUNITY, THE CITY OF TAMPA. IT IS A FOUNDATIONALLY A GOOD PROJECT FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA. I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT IT. >>LYNN HURTAK: I FORGOT ONE THING. HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE UNITS WILL BE 80% AND BELOW WITH SOME -- WITH QUITE A FEW SET ASIDE FOR 50% AND BELOW. THIS IS A FULLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, CHAIR. ITEM 36, THE JACKSON HOUSE, WHILE I FULLY UNDERSTAND THE PUBLIC'S CONCERNS ABOUT THE JACKSON HOUSE, I JUST WANT TO GO ON RECORD THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA DOES NOT OWN THIS PROPERTY. IT IS OWNED BY THE FOUNDATION. WE DO WANT TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF GETTING IT DONE BUT WE ARE NOT IN CHARGE OF THAT AT THIS MOMENT. I WANTED TO SAY THAT PUBLICLY BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE COMING BEFORE US. I DON'T WANT THEM TO THINK IT IS US HOLDING IT UP. WE DO NEED TO GET SOME CLARITY FROM THE FOUNDATION ON THE STATUS OF WHY THE PROJECT HAS NOT STARTED BECAUSE THE FUNDING DOES EXIST. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT ON THE RECORD. 42 AND 43 IS IN MY DISTRICT. I MET WITH THE EDC VERY EARLY ON AS A NEW MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL AND CONTINUE TO MEET WITH THEM AND HAVE THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. THE HOUSING PORTION THAT WE'RE VOTING ON TODAY IS A GREAT PROJECT AND ALSO I JUST WANT TO SAY THE OPPORTUNITY IN TERMS OF CULINARY IS NOT THE ONLY THING. IT IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET STARTED AND SEEK THOSE WAYS THAT MANUFACTURING, TRAINING PROGRAMS CAN COME INTO THAT FACILITY. YOU HAVE TO GET STARTED. WE CAN'T HAVE EVERYTHING UP FRONT, BUT IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR US TO BUILD MEANINGFUL SKILLED HIGH SKILLED TRAINING PROGRAMS IN THAT FACILITY AND AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE PROVIDING HOUSING. THE EDC, THIS IS THEIR FIRST CRACK AT IT AND I WANT TO COMMEND THEM ON MAKING THIS EFFORT AND INVESTING IN EAST TAMPA IN THIS WAY. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THIS IS A RARE TIME THAT I AGREE WITH FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS. [ LAUGHTER ] WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY HERE, WHEN THINGS COME AROUND THAT LOOK TOO GOOD, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THEM A LITTLE DEEPER. THIS PROJECT IS GOOD. I DON'T COME FROM THIS LOCATION BUT COME FROM CLOSE TO IT. I CAN TELL YOU, YOU HAVE TO GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY, A HAND UP INSTEAD OF A PUSH DOWN TO KEEP MOVING. NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO IN LIFE. IT'S INCUMBENT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY. INCUMBENT ON THEM TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY, NO MATTER WHAT IT IS OR WHAT JOB IT IS, TO BE THE BEST YOU CAN BE TO MOVE UP THE LADDER, NOT DOWN THE LADDER. I AGREE WITH 42 AND 43 AND THE OTHER ONE THAT THEY BROUGHT UP, ITEM 36. COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON SAID THIS IS SOMEONE ELSE OTHER THAN US, HOWEVER WE ARE THE RUDDER OF THE SHIP AND STARING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I IMAGINE IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS YOU'LL SEE MOVEMENT. SPECULATION THAT THIS HOUSE WILL BE STARTED TO BE REBUILT WITH SOME OF THE LUMBER ON THE PROPERTY NOW. IT WILL BE A HYBRID OF WHAT IT WAS. I'M TAKING A SHOT IN THE DARK LIKE I SAID EARLIER. THANK YOU ALL FOR UNDERSTANDING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BEFORE WE VOTE, 42 AND 43 I'M IN ABSOLUTE SUPPORT. IN THE LAST CAMPAIGN, WHICH IS NOW TWO YEARS AGO, IT WAS ALL ABOUT HOUSING. THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF COST-EFFECTIVE INVESTMENTS FOR BUILDING HOUSING AT THE 80%, SOME WERE EVEN 50%. IT'S CHIPPING AWAY AT THAT GOAL. I'M IN SUPPORT OF IT. I THINK IT IS A WONDERFUL START. IT'S A WONDERFUL PROJECT. ITEM 36 WITH THE JACKSON HOUSE, I MEAN, I'VE BEEN VISITING THAT PROPERTY FOR OVER TEN YEARS. I'VE BEEN PHOTOGRAPHING IT, WATCHING IT IN DECLINE. IF YOU LOOK AT MY PHOTOS FROM 2014 TO NOW IT'S NIGHT AND DAY. I TOURED THE INSIDE OF THE HOUSE IN 2020. I HAVE PHOTOS WHICH I'M HAPPY TO SHOW. I WOULDN'T EVEN WALK IN IT TODAY BECAUSE IT'S DECLINED SO MUCH. AS COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA SAID, IN RESTORING THAT HOUSE, IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU DO A FRAME RESTORATION ON A CLASSIC CAR, YOU PULL IT APART, THAT HOUSE WILL BE PULLED APART. YOU'LL BE SHORING UP THE FOUNDATION AND THE BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND USING A LOT OF THE ORIGINAL WOOD. IT'S WOOD AND THIS IS A TROPICAL CLIMATE, AND IT WILL GET RESTORED. UNFORTUNATELY OVER THE YEARS, SO MANY ROADBLOCKS BECAUSE I BROUGHT IT UP WITH PAST LEADERS AND CURRENT LEADERS, I DON'T KNOW WHY. CENTRAL AVENUE WAS DEMOLISHED 50 YEARS AGO. SO MUCH OF THE HISTORY IS LOST. MY WIFE, WHO IS STUDYING TO GET HER MASTERS, ACTUALLY, I THINK -- SHE TOLD ME SHE DID A REPORT OR ASSIGNMENT AND IT WAS ON CENTRAL AVENUE. SHE WAS SO FASCINATED BY IT. SHE GOES, WHAT CAN WE SEE WITH IT? I CAN SHOW YOU THE JACKSON HOUSE, LONGSHOREMEN'S BUILDING, COUPLE OF RESIDENTIAL HOMES, A CHURCH RESTORED BUT I GO IMAGINE DEMOLISHING YBOR CITY, AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. THE JACKSON HOUSE IS SO SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE OF ITS HISTORY. PEOPLE THAT STAYED THERE. IT'S ONE OF THE LAST REMNANTS OF A BYGONE ERA THAT NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED. I THINK WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, I AGREE WITH YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: I'LL MAKE THE MOTION BUT I WANT TO ADD ONE MORE THING, STARTING FOUR TO FIVE YEARS AGO, I STARTED PRESENTING TAMPA SCORECARD, TAMPA SCORECARD.COM AND SOMETHING I WORKED OUT WITH THE USF ECONOMISTS AND OTHERS. WHAT IT SHOWED, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST ADMINISTRATION, THE MIDDLE CLASS IN TAMPA MOSTLY SHRANK. DAIRTS BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN GOT WORSE. HOME OWNERSHIP RATE WAS TERRIBLE AND WE NEEDED TO TURN THAT AROUND. AT THE TIME, THE EDC WAS MOSTLY FOCUSED ON RECRUITING COMPANIES FROM OUT OF MARKET. SINCE THAT TIME, THE EDC SPENT SEVERAL YEARS WORKING ON TRY TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM IN EAST TAMPA AND WORKED WITH HCC AND USF AND OTHERS. I'VE HAD LONG CONVERSATIONS WITH CRAIG RICHARDS, TONY BROWN, SOME OF THE LEADERSHIP OF THE EDC AND ALSO NICOLE AND ALIS WHEN THEY WERE HERE. I DON'T OBJECT TO THE PROJECT ITSELF. I OBJECT TO THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY WITHIN THE CITY. PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE GUTS OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT LEFT. STILL WE NEED TO GIVE MORE TRANSPARENCY FOR THIS KIND OF THING FOR THE CITY. I WISH THE EDC THE BEST. I HOPE THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS AND THAT IT IS TRANSFORMATIVE. WITH THAT I MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE ITEMS 33 THROUGH 42, INCLUDING THE SUBSTITUTE ON 42. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THROUGH 43. >>BILL CARLSON: SUBSTITUTE ON 43. SORRY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. SECOND FROM HENDERSON. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. NEXT UP IS COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, 44 THROUGH 47. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MOVE ITEMS 44 THROUGH 47. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ITEM NUMBER 48 IS TO BE SCHEDULED, A PETITION FOR REVIEW FOR MARCH 27, 2025, 1:30 P.M. RIGHT HERE, 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD. MOTION FROM HENDERSON SETTING THE PUBLIC HEARING, PETITION FOR REVIEW. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. WE ARE AT 10:38, SO WE CAN OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN THE 10 AND 10:30 HEARINGS? MOTION FROM HURTAK AND SECOND FROM MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? LEE BELL IS IN THE HOUSE. REPRESENTING YBOR CITY. WE HAVE THE ITEMS OPEN. ITEM NUMBER 49 IS NOT A QUASI-JUDICIAL, BUT THE REST OF THEM ARE. IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON ANY PUBLIC HEARING FROM 49 THROUGH 52, PLEASE STAND, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE'LL SWEAR YOU IN. [OATH ADMINISTERED] MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE NEED TO HAVE A FULL COUNCIL. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I THINK WE DO. AND THEY ARE IN THE BUILDING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S DO A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS UP HERE BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME TIE VOTES HERE. WE'LL HAVE A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY. [ SOUNDING GAVEL ] [RECESS] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER. IF WE COULD HAVE ROLL CALL AT THIS TIME. >> CARLSON? HURTAK? >>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. BEFORE WE START THE HEARINGS, I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY TAKE UP ITEMS 56, 57, 58 AND 59. IF I CAN GET A MOTION? WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE ITEMS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO START WITH ITEM 49. MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY. THIS ITEM, NUMBER 49, IS HERE PURSUANT TO RULE 6-H OF COUNCIL'S RULES IN THAT AT THE LAST MEETING, WHICH WAS WHEN THE ORDINANCE WAS BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, IT DID NOT GET A MAJORITY VOTE PER THE CHARTER. IT WAS A TIE VOTE AND IT RETURNS TODAY BECAUSE COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON BEING ABSENT AT THE TIME HAS RETURNED. YOU HAVE A FULL COUNCIL NOW. I SHOULD ALSO POINT FOR PURPOSES OF THE RECORD THAT THERE IS A QUASI-JUDICIAL REZONING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. TRAVELING WITH THIS, ITEM NUMBER 50. ITEM NUMBER 50 DID NOT HAVE A VOTE WHEN PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. RATHER THE MOTION WAS TO CONTINUE IT TO TODAY, TO RUN CONCURRENTLY WITH THIS DUE TO THE 3-3 VOTE UNDER RULE 6H. NOW, THE FIRST THING I WOULD LIKE TO DO, IS THERE ARE SEVERAL HEARINGS TODAY WHERE COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON WAS ABSENT. I WOULD LIKE TO FOR THE RECORD ASK COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, HAVE YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE RECORD AND ARE YOU PREPARED TO VOTE ON THESE ITEMS THIS MORNING? >>BILL CARLSON: YES. I WAS THERE FOR THE FIRST HEARING ON THESE. SO HEARD THE ENTIRE PRESENTATION. AND THEN I WATCHED THE VIDEO THE OTHER DAY. THERE WAS ONE THAT INCORRECTLY SAID I VOTED AGAINST IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 49. CARLSON MIRANDA MANISCALCO NO. BUT IT SHOWS THAT YOU WERE ABSENT. IS THAT A SCRIVENER'S ERROR. >>MARTIN SHELBY: WHAT IS IN RED ON 49 WAS THE FIRST READING VOTE. I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO MY ATTENTION. SO EVERYBODY KNOWS AND THE PUBLIC ALSO KNOWS, NUMBER 49, FILE VAC 23-30, THE VOTES IN RED WERE NO VOTES. IS THAT CORRECT, AS FAR AS PEOPLE KNOW? AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED IS, THE VOTE ON -- ON THE LAST REGULAR MEETING ON JANUARY 9 WAS A 3-3, AND YOU HAVE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO VOTED AT THAT TIME VOTING NO AND COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON BEING ABSENT. >>BILL CARLSON: AT THE MEETING TWO WEEKS AGO, YOU SAID THERE WAS A SCRIVENER'S ERROR, THAT SAID I VOTED NO. >>MARTIN SHELBY: WAS IT CORRECTED ON THIS ONE? WHAT YOU HAVE -- >>BILL CARLSON: THIS IS ALL CORRECT? I WANT TO MAKE SURE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE CLERK INDICATES THAT, YES, THIS IS ALL CORRECT. >>THE CLERK: [INAUDIBLE] >>MARTIN SHELBY: NOW WITH REGARD TO THIS, COUNCIL, MR. MALLOY, WHO IS PRESENT AND REPRESENTS THE APPLICANT IN THIS CASE, BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION A PROCEDURAL DUE PROCESS ISSUE. I REQUEST COUNCIL TO GIVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO BOTH BRING IT TO COUNCIL'S ATTENTION AND TO PUT IT ON THE RECORD. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BEFORE WE DO, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO BRING ONE THING UP, 49 NAMING OF THE STREETS BUT NO ADDRESSES. 50 IT HAD THE NUMBER OF STREETS WITH THE ADDRESSES ON IT. I WANT TO SAY THAT BECAUSE HERE IT SAYS I MOVED IT, WHICH I DID, CHAIRMAN ASKED ME TO MOVE IT. I MEMORIZE NUMBERS. I DON'T MEMORIZE STREETS WHEN I VOTE ON SOMETHING. THE NUMBERS I MEMORIZE LIKE PHONE NUMBERS SO THAT'S WHAT I DID. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. MALLOY. >> WILLIAM MALLOY, SOUTH BOULEVARD TAMPA FLORIDA. COUNCIL MEMBERS, I MADE A MISTAKE LAST TIME WHEN WE PRESENTED THE VACATION. I DID NOT BRING UP OUR SUPPORT. WE HAVE CITIZENS HERE DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE ALLEY, THE AFFECTED CITIZENS HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM. THEY ARE IN FAVOR OF IT. I DIDN'T BRING THEM UP LAST TIME. I WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT IF YOU COULD HEAR THEIR VOICES TODAY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SO MOVE TO HEAR THE PUBLIC COMMENT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ARE YOU THE APPLICANT FOR 49? >> WE CAN PRESENT OR GO RIGHT TO CITIZEN TESTIMONY. THE CASE HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE FIRST READING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO ADD, WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT. WE HAVE NOBODY REGISTERED. IT'S ALL IN PERSON. PLEASE COME UP, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. GOOD MORNING, SIR. ALSO, MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF THERE ARE ANY ISSUES OR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC THAT REQUIRE REBUTTAL FROM MR. MALLOY, I'LL ASK HIM TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HE'LL HAVE THE FIVE-MINUTE REBUTTAL TIME. >> TONY MONK. I'VE BEEN SWORN IN. ACTUALLY, TWO WEEKS AGO, THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN IN SUPPORT OF THIS. SINCE THEN WE'VE HAD A COLLABORATIVE, VERY PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION WITH THE DEVELOPERS. AS PART OF THE WHOLE SITE PLAN, THEY HAVE ADDRESSED OUR CONCERNS. WE CAN TALK IN THE REZONING PART ABOUT HOW MAYBE WE CAN MAKE SOME OF THOSE PROPOSALS BINDING BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT IS JUST THEIR WORD, WHICH IS GREAT. BUT AS FAR AS THE ALLEY VACATION, THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS NEVER PARTICULARLY OPPOSED TO THAT. WE WERE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THE SITE PLAN STUFF, ACCESS ON TO THE NEXT ALLEY OVER THAT BROUGHT THE TRAFFIC FURTHER INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE THINK PROCEDURALLY, TO GET TO THAT CONVERSATION, WE NEED TO SUPPORT THIS ALLEY VACATION SO THAT WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS THE REZONING. WE WOULD SUPPORT THE ALLEY VACATION AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK UP HERE AND TALK TO YOU ALL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE REZONING AND WHAT OUR CONCERNS ARE AND WHAT THE DEVELOPER HAS OFFERED, WHICH WE ACCEPT. LIKE WE SAID LAST TIME, AND TO COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN'S POINT, WE THINK THIS IS A GOOD PROJECT FOR THE CITY. WE SUPPORT IT. WE SUPPORT THE WALKABILITY. WE SUPPORT PRIORITIZING PEOPLE AND QUALITY OF LIFE OVER AUTOMOBILES. WE THINK IT'S GENERALLY PRETTY GOOD. AND IT IS THE BEST DEAL ON THE TABLE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WE'D HATE TO UNDO IT AND REALLY LIKE TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD IN A POSITIVE WAY AND REALLY ENCOURAGED BY THE DEVELOPER COMING TO THE TABLE WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND HAVING THAT CONVERSATION AND ADDRESSING OUR CONCERNS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT'S ENCOURAGING TO HEAR. >>BILL CARLSON: ARE YOU REPRESENTING YOUR OWN OPINION OR ON THE BOARD OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION? >> I'M REPRESENTING BOTH THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS AND THE BOARD. AND WE CAN HAVE THE BOARD COME UP HERE AND SPEAK ALSO. THE LETTER WE SUBMITTED IS SIGNED BY THE BOARD. IT WAS SENT EARLIER THIS WEEK. THAT REPRESENTS THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE THEIR SPECIFIC CONCERNS AND THE LARGER NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD. BOTH ENTITIES. WE'RE ALL IN SUPPORT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER FOR ITEM 49. THIS IS JUST THE VACATING. MR. MALLOY, YOU SAID YOU HAD SUPPORTERS OR WAITING FOR THE REZONING. >> I MAY HAVE USED THE PLURAL. THESE ARE OUR SUPPORTERS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO YOU WANT TO COME UP AND SPEAK? IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO SAY NOW, THERE IS ALWAYS THE REZONING COMING UP NEXT. DO YOU HAVE ANY REBUTTAL, SIR? >> EVERYTHING MR. MONK SAID, WE WHOLEHEARTEDLY ENDORSE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO CLOSE. ALL IN FAVOR? COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, WOULD YOU BE COMFORTABLE READING 49? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WILL NOW. GAVE ME THE LONG ONE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JUST FOR YOU. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT'S MY PENALTY. ITEM 49, FILE NUMBER VAC-23-30, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA FLORIDA VACATING CLOSING, DISCONTINUING AND ABANDONING THAT ALLEYWAY/RIGHT-OF-WAY LOCATED NORTH OF AMELIA AVENUE, SOUTH OF COLUMBUS DRIVE, EAST OF GLENWOOD DRIVE, AND WEST OF NORTH BOULEVARD WITHIN THE PLAT OF RIDGEWOOD PARK SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2 HEREOF, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS AS MORE PARTICULARLY SET FORTH HEREIN, PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS, PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATIONS AND REPEALING CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SECOND, EXCEPT GLENWOOD DRIVE -- [INDISCERNIBLE] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION -- >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THIS IS NOW FOR THE REZONING, ITEM 50, EVERYBODY HAS BEEN SWORN IN. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >>SAMUEL THOMAS: SAM THOMAS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM 50, REZ 25-12, REZONING REQUEST FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 702 WEST COLUMBUS DRIVE, 2502 AND 2504 NORTH BOULEVARD AND FOLIO NUMBER 183355-0005. REQUEST TO REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY 50 COMMERCIAL GENERAL PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL, ALL COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD USES. REVISIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE. MYSELF AND MOBILITY ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN? ALL RIGHT. YES, SIR, COME ON UP. NO. OKAY. ANYTHING TO ADD, SIR? MR. SCOTT? PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> JONATHAN SCOTT, MOBILITY DEPARTMENT. THE COUNCIL ASKED THAT MOBILITY LOOK INTO DEFINITELY ONE-WAYING THE ALLEY. WE HAD DISCUSSED THAT. OPEN TO THE IDEA AND IT COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMITTING PROCESS, WHICH WOULD BE SEPARATE FROM THIS REZONING APPLICATION, BUT WE DID DISCUSS IT. I THINK THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION WITH THE NEIGHBORS AS FAR AS THAT AS WELL. I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT AND PUT THAT -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: I RECEIVED AN E-MAIL ABOUT THAT. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. BUT CAN YOU REPORT WHAT THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT DECIDED ABOUT THAT? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU DO OR DO NOT SUPPORT? >> WE WOULD SUPPORT IT IF THERE WAS LOTS OF TRAFFIC IN THE ALLEY. IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO ONE WAY IT, BUT NOW THERE ARE OTHER DISCUSSIONS COME UP. TYPICALLY THE ALLEYS ARE ALWAYS ONE WAY -- I MEAN, TWO WAY, BUT WE WERE OPEN TO THAT IDEA. IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA IF THERE WAS LOTS OF TRAFFIC ON IT. YOU ARE CORRECT -- >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE THAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. YES, MA'AM, COME ON UP. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> THANK YOU. ISABEL ALBERT, REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT. I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN HAD. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT HERE TO LOOK A BIT AT THE HISTORY OF THE PROJECT AND HOW WE ENDED UP HERE TODAY. THIS IS NOT A LARGE DEVELOPER. THIS IS A HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM. THEY REALLY FELL IN LOVE WITH TAMPA. THEY ARE ORIGINALLY FROM TEXAS, BUT SINCE THEN, THEY HAVE PURCHASED A HOUSE IN THE AREA AND THEY HAVE DECIDED TO INVEST IN THIS COMMUNITY. BY DOING THAT, IT STARTED AS A CORNER LOT, AS YOU REMEMBER A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, STARTED AS A CORNER LOT AND WE RECEIVED A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL AS COUNCIL. NOT ONLY THAT, THEY WON AN AWARD FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THE DESIGN AND PLANNING PORTION CATEGORY OF IT. THAT ENCOURAGED THEM TO GO FORWARD FOR ADDITIONAL PROJECTS. IT JUST SO HAPPENS THE TWO NORTHERN LOTS BECAME AVAILABLE AND THEREFORE THEY PURCHASED THAT, WE WENT THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT AFTER THAT. WE GOT UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL AND NOW LED US TO THIS REZONING. AS STAFF STATED, WE DID REVISE THE PLAN TO MEET ALL THE REVISIONS ON THE SHEET. YOU ALSO HEARD FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND REPRESENTING THE ASSOCIATION THAT WE HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSION WITH THEM AS WELL. A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT WERE ON THE REVISION SHEET OR THIS AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE BETWEEN MR. SATTERLY AND THE NEIGHBORS ARE STUFF THAT COULD NOT BE IMPLANTED ON THE SITE PLAN AT THIS TIME. WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO FIRST READING TO BE ENFORCEABLE. BUT WE DID HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND MRS. ALDERMAN, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION, HAS BEEN IN DISCUSSION WITH MR. SATTERLY SINCE THEN AND DISCUSSING THE TYPE OF USES THAT WERE COMING IN AND THINGS LIKE THAT. HE KEPT THE NEIGHBORHOOD INVOLVED AND UP TO DATE ON THE PROCESS. AS YOU SEE ON THE LETTER THAT YOU RECEIVED, MOST IMPORTANT ITEMS YOU HEARD IN THE PAST AND THAT YOU WILL HEAR AGAIN TODAY, ONE OF THEM WAS TO ADD THE GATE. THE GATE WAS BASICALLY JUST A SIMPLE GATE THAT WOULD BE CLOSED AT ALL TIMES BUT IT WOULD BE OPEN DURING THE DAYS OF SOLID WASTE COMING IN. BUT OTHERWISE, IT WOULD BE KEPT CLOSED TO ELIMINATE THE TRAFFIC THAT THE NEIGHBORS TALKED ABOUT. AND THE OTHER ITEM THAT WAS RAISED AT THE LAST HEARING SAID MAYBE YOU CAN ADD SOME SIGNAGE. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD AGREE TO AS SIGNAGE THAT PROHIBITS CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC IN THIS ALLEY. THE APPLICANT HAS COMMITTED TO DO SO. THERE ARE OTHER ITEMS THAT WERE LISTED. I WILL GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE NEIGHBORS TO SPEAK ON THOSE ITEMS. BUT WE DO HAVE THE SUPPORT, AS YOU HEARD, THE SUPPORT FROM THIS ASSOCIATION, BUT AS WELL AS THE TAMPA HEIGHTS. TAMPA HEIGHTS IS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THIS BECAUSE THEY ARE EXACTLY ADJACENT TO IT, AND EXPRESSED THEIR EXCITEMENT FOR THIS PROJECT. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE NEIGHBORS WANT TO COME IN SUPPORT AND ARE HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT THE NEIGHBORS HAVE TO SAY. IF THERE'S ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 50, THIS IS THE REZONING, PLEASE COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. MR. MONK, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AGAIN FOR THE RECORD. >> TONY MONK. I'VE BEEN SWORN IN. I'LL SPEAK GENERALLY FOR THE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT NEIGHBORS AND THE BOARD. IF I MISS SOMETHING, THEY MAY COME UP AND SPEAK AFTER ME TO FILL IN GAPS. WE'LL TRY TO KNOCK IT OUT IN ONE GO. WE SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE PLAN AS SHOWN CONTINGENT ON OUR CONCERNS BEING ADDRESSED AND WHAT MS. ALBERT SHOWED. THE THING WE NEED TO BE MOST DURABLE IS THE GATE THAT WOULD LIMIT ACCESS, THAT SOLVES ALMOST ALL THE SAFETY AND VISION ZERO AND WALKABILITY CONCERNS BECAUSE IT KEEPS THE TRAFFIC SORT OF CONCENTRATED TO THIS MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, THE VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, AND IT KEEPS IT FROM GOING FURTHER INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE JUST HAD A LOT OF FAMILIES WITH YOUNG KIDS MOVE INTO THE AREA, SO THEY ARE RUNNING BACK AND FORTH IN THAT AREA ACROSS THE STREET, MAKING USE OF THE THIRD SPACES. WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. WE WOULD LIKE CITY COUNCIL TO HELP US MAKE THAT PARTICULAR THING DURABLE, WHETHER THAT MEANS ATTACHING THAT SKETCH TO THE SITE PLAN OR MOTIONING IN, INCLUDE A GATE AS DISCUSSED. IF THERE'S SOME WAY TODAY TO MAKE THAT DURABLE AND THEY CAN CONTINUE, THAT'S GREAT. WE WOULD LIKE IT TO BE ENFORCEABLE. IT MIGHT GET SOLD, MIGHT NOT BE THE SAME DEVELOPER, WHATEVER MIGHT HAPPEN, THEN THE GATE GOES AWAY OR STAYS OPEN, WE WANT A DOCUMENT WE CAN POINT TO, HEY, YOU ALL, CLOSE THE GATE. IT'S NOT JUST FOR EVERYBODY TO COME AND GO AT ALL HOURS. THAT IS THE THING THAT NEEDS TO BE MOST DURABLE. EVERYTHING ELSE IS PRETTY RESOLVABLE THROUGH THE SITE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS IF THE COUNCIL WOULD SUGGEST THAT CITY STAFF WORK IN GOOD FAITH TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS. CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC WAS ALREADY MENTIONED. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S MUCH THAT CITY STAFF AND COUNCIL CAN DO ABOUT THAT. THAT'S MORE US WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER. TO REQUEST ANYTHING WE CAN, CAN CODE ENFORCEMENT HELP OUT OR CAN THE INSPECTION DEPARTMENT HELP OUT DURING CONSTRUCTION, LIKE, HEY, THE DEVELOPER SAID THEY WOULDN'T DRIVE THE HEAVY TRUCKS IN THE ALLEY BEHIND THE HOUSES, THAT WOULD BE SUPER. ONE WAYING OF THE ALLEY, NEIGHBOR AT 2503 NORTH GLENWOOD, THE WAY THEIR GARAGE AND DRIVEWAY IS CONFIGURED ONE WAY WOULD MAKE IT WHERE THEY CAN'T REALLY GET IN AND OUT. THAT GOES TO THE NEXT POINT, FROM A VISION ZERO PERSPECTIVE, WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KEEP THAT ALLEY PAVEMENT AS NARROW AS IT CAN BE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE A MAIN DRIVEWAY TO THE DEVELOPMENT OR THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE PEOPLE JUST COME ON THROUGH THERE. AS YOU ALL HAVE LEARNED IN YOUR TIME, THE WIDER THE PAVEMENT IS THE FASTER PEOPLE GO. AS NARROW AS WE CAN KEEP THAT THINKING ABOUT VISION ZERO, TRAFFIC CALMING, SAFETY, THAT WOULD BE SUPER. I DON'T THINK THAT'S ANYTHING WE NEED TO MAKE ON THE SITE PLAN, BUT JUST GETTING THAT, JUST A REQUEST OF STAFF PERHAPS TO WORK IN GOOD FAITH. WE'LL WORK WITH STAFF ON THE GRAND TREE ROOTS AND THEN THE EXTERIOR LIGHT FIXTURES ABOUT NOT SEEING THE LIGHT LAMP SHINE AT YOU, WE CAN WORK AT PERMIT REVIEW PROCESS. GETTING THE GATE IS MOST DURABLE. INTERESTING TO KNOW HOW COUNCIL OR HOW YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP US WITH THAT. I'LL YIELD IN CASE ANYBODY ELSE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON, COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. >>GWEN HENDERSON: CAN THEY MAKE A CHANGE IN THE SITE PLAN AT THIS POINT IN THE PROCESS? >>CATE WELLS: GOOD MORNING. CATE WELLS FOR THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT. WITH RESPECT TO THE REQUEST TO INCLUDE A GATE ON THE SITE PLAN, THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE SITE PLAN TO BE AMENDED AND FOR THIS ITEM TO GO BACK TO FIRST READING. I APPRECIATE THAT EVERYBODY IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROJECT, WANTS TO EXPEDITE APPROVAL, BUT SIMPLY ATTACHING THIS LETTER TO THE SITE PLAN WOULD NOT BE ANY INDICATION TO STAFF OR ANYBODY ELSE AS TO WHAT THE INTENT IS. SO IT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION, IF COUNCIL IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROJECT, AND THE DEVELOPER IS RECEPTIVE TO AMENDING THE SITE PLAN TO SHOW THE GATE AND INCLUDE A NOTE ABOUT HOW IT'S TO BE OPERATED, THAT THAT BE INCLUDED IN COUNCIL'S MOTION AND THIS CAN GO BACK TO FIRST READING TODAY AND THEN SECOND READING SCHEDULED WITHIN TWO TO THREE WEEKS, WHENEVER THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING IS. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. >>MARTIN SHELBY: WITH REGARD TO -- I DON'T KNOW WHETHER STAFF WILL ADDRESS THIS, BUT WITH THE OTHER ITEMS, IN TERMS OF WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING, MY UNDERSTANDING, THE WAY THINGS WORK, EVERYTHING SHOULD BE IN THE REVISION SHEET BY A DIRECTION OF COUNCIL BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING IF IT IS, IN FACT, ENFORCEABLE, NEEDS TO BE PLACED ON THE SITE PLAN. >>CATE WELLS: WHAT I HEARD IS THE REMAINING ITEMS WOULD BE ADDRESSED DURING THE PERMITTING PROCESS, SO THEY WOULD NOT NEED TO BE INCLUDED ON THE SITE PLAN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THINK I'M GOING TO REITERATE WHAT MS. WELLS JUST SAID. IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING LISTENING TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND THE APPLICANT THAT THIS WOULD BE ADDRESSED INFORMALLY DURING THE ZONING PROCESS AND AFTER THE ZONING PROCESS, YOU GUYS -- IN OTHER WORDS, IF THIS WAS A CHOICE BETWEEN SENDING THIS BACK TO FIRST READING OR YOU GUYS WORKING OUT THIS PROCESS NOW, YOU HEARD SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY? >>LYNN HURTAK: YEAH. MS. WELLS JUST SAID WE HAVE -- THAT BASICALLY WE WOULD DO A FIRST READING TODAY, RIGHT NOW. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THEN IT WOULD GO BACK TO SECOND -- >>LYNN HURTAK: YEAH, TWO WEEKS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. I'M SAYING DO THEY WANT US TO GO BACK TO A FIRST READING TODAY AND HAVE THIS COME BACK TO US AGAIN TO MAKE THESE CHANGES? >> WILLIAM MALLOY AGAIN. IF I FOLLOWED CORRECTLY, NOT SURE I ENTIRELY DID, ARE WE TREATING TODAY AS POSSIBLY A FIRST READING SO WE CAN COME BACK FOR SECOND READING WITH THE CHANGE ON THE SHEET ABSOLUTELY, WE'RE ALL FOR IT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: EVERYBODY IS GOOD WITH THAT. >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS ASK AND SEE IF THAT WAS ACCEPTABLE TO THE APPLICANT. HE ANSWERED MY QUESTION. >> WONDERFUL. MORE THAN ACCEPTABLE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT IS THE CASE, IF WE CAN BRING IT TO FIRST READING TODAY AND PUT THOSE ITEMS ON THE SITE PLAN THAT WERE MENTIONED, NOT THE PERMITTING ITEMS -- >> WE CAN PUT ON THE SITE PLAN, YES SIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WILL GLADLY SUPPORT AND SUPPORT IT AT SECOND READING. I SEE THE CONCERNS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, PEOPLE THAT LIVE RIGHT THERE ADJACENT. I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROJECT, BUT WHEN NEIGHBORS COME OUT, I TRY TO LISTEN. MY VOTING RECORD IS NOT PERFECT, BUT I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL. IF THE ATTORNEYS, THE APPLICANTS ARE AMENABLE TO TAKING IT TO FIRST READING TODAY AND THEN ADDING THOSE ON THE SITE PLAN FOR SECOND READING, YOU'LL HAVE MY SUPPORT ALL THE WAY THROUGH. >>LYNN HURTAK: I DO WANT TO SAY, AGAIN, SAY IT OUT LOUD AND ON THE RECORD HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE WHEN DEVELOPERS WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO FINALIZE EVEN THESE LITTLE THINGS. IT CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN A PROJECT. AS YOU'VE SEEN AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT AND BEING NOT JUST REACHING OUT BUT STAYING CONNECTED THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS, IT IS A NIGHT AND DAY FROM THE FIRST TIME THIS WENT THROUGH AND I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THAT MOVING FORWARD. >> THANK YOU. IT IS OUR WHOLE TEAM AND THE CITIZENS TOO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ELSE IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET ALL PUBLIC COMMENT. YES MA'AM. COME ON UP AND STATE YOUR NAME. >> CANDACE PORTER. I LIVE AT 2503 NORTH GLENWOOD. I'M IN THE GARAGE THAT EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT. I WON'T BE ABLE TO GET IN AND OUT OF MY GARAGE. ALSO, MY 16-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, IF SHE HAS TO PULL OUT ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER. AGAIN, EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT. WE HAVE WORKED A LOT OF HOURS WITH THE DEVELOPER AND THE OWNER, TEAMS CALLS AT NIGHT DURING OUR OFF HOURS, PUTTING THE KIDS TO BED, TRYING TO GET THIS TO WORK OUT. WE ARE REALLY APPRECIATE OF THE DIALOGUE. MY HUSBAND SAID, TONY MONK, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONSTRUCTION ACCESS IS LIMITED ON THAT ALLEY. WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THE LIGHTING IS TAKEN CARE OF SO DOWN-SHIELDED. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE GAS STATION AND ALL THE OTHER STORES THAT BLARES RIGHT INTO OUR BACKYARD. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TWO WAY FOR THE ALLEY FOR OUR NEIGHBORS. WE THINK THIS IS A WIN-WIN, BUT THE GATE IS ABSOLUTELY A NECESSITY BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC GOING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD EVEN FURTHER, PROTECTING THE KIDS, PROTECTING THE ANIMALS, PROTECTING EVERYBODY IN THE AREA. SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS, BUT WE ARE VERY HAPPY THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO COME TO A CONCLUSION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, MA'AM, COME ON UP. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> HELLO. MY NAME IS JESSICA HEINZ. I LIVE AT 708 WEST AMELIA. I'VE BEEN SWORN IN. I LIVE ACROSS FROM -- NOT ON THE ALLEY OF THE REZONING BUT I LIVE ACROSS FROM THE DEVELOPMENT. I'M ALSO THE SECRETARY OF THE RIDGEWOOD PARK CIVIC ASSOCIATION, BUT I'M HERE REALLY TO TALK MORE ON BEHALF OF THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE SMALL CHILDREN. I HAVE TWO TODDLERS. SO SAFETY WAS THE BIGGEST CONCERN OF THIS WITH THE VACATION OF THE ALLEY AND THE TRAFFIC COMING FURTHER INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT WAS OUR BIGGEST CONCERN. I THINK ALL OF OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DEVELOPERS AND THE GATE SOLVES THAT. SO WE'RE FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROJECT, THE REZONING, AS LONG AS THAT INCLUDES THAT GATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYBODY ELSE? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND -- WAIT, DO YOU NEED REBUTTAL? >> NO, SIR. >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. STAFF, THEY SEEM TO BE LOOKING AT THE SITE PLAN. I WANT TO MAKE SURE -- CAN WE MOVE FORWARD OR DO WE HAVE CONVERSATION? >>ABBYE FEELEY: ABBYE FEELEY, ADMINISTRATOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. I WAS NOT SWORN IN FOR THIS BECAUSE I DID NOT PLAN TO SPEAK ON IT. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT STAFF IN GETTING THIS WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE [OATH ADMINISTERED] I DO. THANK YOU. SO IN SUPPORTING WHAT MS. WELLS AND THIS NEEDS TO GO BACK ON FIRST READING. UNLIKE YOUR TYPICAL READINGS, THERE'S NO REVISION SHEET BECAUSE THE REVISIONS ARE COMING FORWARD FROM THE DEVELOPER, NOT FROM STAFF AS STAFF HASN'T REVIEWED SOME OF WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON. LET ME JUST ADD A COUPLE OF THINGS. I'M GOING TO LET SAM READ ALL THE CONDITIONS IN. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID. WE'LL WORK THAT OUT AT PERMITTING. WE'LL WORK THAT OUT AT PERMITTING. IF THERE IS AN EXPECTATION BEING PLACED ON THIS DEVELOPMENT, I NEED TO KNOW THAT NOW. I CAN'T THEN PUT IT INTO PERMITTING AND THE EXPECTATION OF THIS BOARD IS NOT FULFILLED AT THAT TIME. SO ONE THING I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT AND ONCE I SAY THIS, MR. MALLOY MAY WANT TO HAVE REBUTTAL CONVERSATION. SO ONE THING IS THAT ALLEY IS A 16-FOOT PLATTED ALLEY. IT IS NOT SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN. THE DIMENSION IS NOT. I JUST DID TALK WITH MS. ALBERT, THAT DOES NEED TO BE ADDED IN BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. I'LL HAVE SAM CAN READ IN EVERYTHING COLLECTIVELY. I WANT TO TALK TO A COUPLE OF THESE THINGS. I HEAR MR. MONK IN WHAT HE HAS SAID ABOUT MAKING IT MORE NARROW. AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'VE DEALT WITH THIS IN WEST TAMPA WHERE YOU NEED TO LEAVE ENOUGH DIMENSION IN THE ALLEY FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO PULL IN AND OUT OF THEIR DRIVEWAYS AND NOT CREATE A VISIBILITY OR OTHER PROBLEM. >>LYNN HURTAK: I DON'T THINK I HEARD HIM TO SAY TO SHRINK IT. I THINK I HEARD HIM TO KEEP IT AS NARROW AS POSSIBLE, WHICH TO ME, I UNDERSTOOD IT TO MEAN LEAVE IT WHERE IT IS NOW. YEAH, THAT IS -- >>ABBYE FEELEY: 16-FOOT WOULD REMAIN. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. HE'S SAYING HE DOESN'T WANT IT WIDENED PAVED. >>ABBYE FEELEY: WHAT IS THE PAVED DIMENSION? >> [INAUDIBLE] >>ABBYE FEELEY: THIS IS GOING TO NEED TO GO THROUGH THE RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMITTING PROCESS WHEN THEY CHANGE OR ADDRESS THE ALLEY. I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT RIGHT-OF-WAY IS NOT GOING TO SAY THE SAFEST IS 14-FOOT OR 12-FOOT OR WHATEVER. IT IS AT 16 WITH 10-FOOT OF FAULT RIGHT NOW. WHEN THEY IMPROVE THAT FOR THE TRAFFIC THAT'S GOING TO COME OFF OF THIS PROJECT AND OTHER STUFF AND PROBABLY ACCOMMODATE FOR STORMWATER, THAT TEN FEET MAY CHANGE. I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT THE RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMITTING PROCESS IS GOING TO DO ON THAT. >>LYNN HURTAK: BUT WE CAN SAY THAT IT WOULD BE NO WIDER THAN 16 BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IS ALLOWED FOR, PLATTED. >>ABBYE FEELEY: THAT IS WHAT IT PLATTED AND THAT IS WHERE THE IMPROVEMENTS SHOULD TAKE PLACE, WITHIN THAT 16 FEET, BE THAT THE PAVEMENT PLUS ANY STORMWATER, GRADING THAT MAY NEED TO BE DONE OR THE CROWN OF THAT, THAT IS CORRECT. IT WOULD NOT BE WIDER THAN 16, BUT I THINK WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN LIVING WITH RIGHT NOW IS 10 AND THAT'S WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE KEPT, BUT I DON'T WANT TO GIVE THE EXPECTATION THAT ONCE IT GOES THROUGH RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMITTING THAT IT MAY NOT NEED TO BE ADJUSTED. THE COMMITMENT THEY WERE ASKING FOR WAS MINIMIZE PAVEMENT WITH AN ALLEY FOR TRAFFIC CALMING, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND VISION ZERO. IF THE DEVELOPER WANTS TO COMMIT TO THAT, I WOULD ADD TO THE END THAT IT IS SUBJECT TO THE CITY'S RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMITTING PROCESS. >>LYNN HURTAK: THE ONLY THING I WOULD ASK IS THAT THERE'S COMMUNICATION WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON HOW THEY CAN PUT THEIR INPUT WHEN THAT PART COMES UP. LIKE WHEN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, HOW DOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECT WITH THAT RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMITTING AT THE TIME? I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE THROUGH STAFF, BUT I THINK AFTER THIS, I WOULD LOVE IF SOMEONE FROM STAFF COULD SPEAK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND LET THEM KNOW HOW THEY CAN BE A PART OF THAT PARTICULAR PROCESS. >> JONATHAN SCOTT, MOBILITY DEPARTMENT. THAT CAN BE A DISCUSSION WE WOULD HAVE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD DURING THAT PROCESS. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYTHING ELSE? >>ABBYE FEELEY: THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT I MIGHT SUGGEST IS THAT THE DEVELOPER COULD HAVE THE OPTION IF THEY WANTED TO SIGN THE CONSTRUCTION ROUTE SO THAT IT'S CLEAR THAT THERE SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUCTION TRUCKS IN A CERTAIN AREA. THEY COULD PUT THAT ON THEIR FENCING OR PUT THAT IN ANOTHER WAY JUST TO BE ABLE TO FULFILL THAT COMMITMENT. I KNOW THAT WAS ANOTHER ONE TALKED ABOUT AS POTENTIALLY BEING WISHY-WASHY. THAT WOULD BE OPEN TO MR. MALLOY AND WHETHER OR NOT HIS TEAM WOULD BE OPEN TO THAT. OTHER THAN THAT, WHAT SAM WILL DO IS READ IN EVERYTHING ELSE FOR YOU AND THEN YOU WOULD MAKE THE MOTION WITH THE REVISIONS AS READ IN BY STAFF. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CLENDENIN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SAM OR MS. FEELEY, THE ISSUE WITH THE GATE, IT BEING INSTITUTIONALIZED IN PERPETUITY BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING, YOU ALL WILL HAVE THAT LANGUAGE OR WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER TO HAVE THE LANGUAGE? >>ABBYE FEELEY: SO WITH THE ADDITION OF A NOTE THAT THE GATE -- IS THE GATE SET BACK SO THERE WON'T BE A QUEUING PROBLEM IN THE ALLEY? >> [INAUDIBLE] >>ABBYE FEELEY: I WOULD SAY THAT YOU COULD ADD AS A COUNCIL CONDITION TO THIS REZONING THAT AS A COUNCIL CONDITION OF THE APPROVAL, AND THE NOTE WOULD SAY EXACTLY THAT, THAT THE GATE MUST BE INSTALLED AND MUST BE MAINTAINED THROUGH THE LIFE OF THE PROJECT OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO AS A COUNCIL AND NOT SOMETHING THEY DO BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ALL UNDERSTOOD THAT. >>ABBYE FEELEY: IT WILL BE IN YOUR MOTION. I THINK THE QUESTION OF PERPETUITY AND THE ABILITY TO REMOVE THAT, YOU CAN KIND OF SOLIDIFY THAT WITH YOU MAKING IT A COUNCIL MOTION. BECAUSE IF IT IS OPTIONAL AT THE POINT OF THE DEVELOPER, I THINK WHAT IS BEING SAID HERE IS THAT YOU WANT IT INSTALLED AND YOU WANT IT TO REMAIN AND BE OPERATIONAL. IF THAT IS THE CASE, I WOULD PROBABLY ADD THAT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: JUST SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT THE ALLEY, THAT IS SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE HERE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. WE HEAR THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S CONCERNS ABOUT THE ALLEY, BUT THAT PROCESS IS GOING TO BE HANDLED AS A SEPARATE ISSUE FROM THIS REZONING APPLICATION. >>ABBYE FEELEY: YES, IT IS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY. TYPICALLY THE RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARY OF THE -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WANTED TO BRING THAT BACK IN TO CLOSE SO PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD IT WAS SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE APPLICATION PROCESS. >> JONATHAN SCOTT, MOBILITY DEPARTMENT. I MISSPOKE. APPLICANT WAS LOOKING TO PUT THE GATE AT THE PROPERTY LINE AND NOT SET IT BACK AND HAVE IT SLIDE IN, NOT TO AFFECT THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OR SWING OUT OR ANYTHING. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I GUESS THE QUESTION WOULD BE FOR STAFF WHETHER THAT HAS TO BE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE WITH REGARD TO THE SETBACK ON THE SITE PLAN OR NOT, AS A DIRECTION OF COUNCIL AS A CONDITION? >>CATE WELLS: IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THEY ARE NOT PROPOSING FOR IT TO BE SET BACK. THE DRAWING ATTACHED TO THE CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SHOWED THE GATE ON THE PROPERTY LINE. THAT'S WHAT JONATHAN SCOTT JUST CONFIRMED AND THAT THE GATE WILL SLIDE IN AND OUT. THERE WILL ALSO BE A NOTE ON THE SITE PLAN WITH RESPECT TO THOSE DAYS WHICH THE GATE CAN BE LEFT OPEN. SO WITH REGARD TO USE OF THE GATE. BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE GATE WILL NOT BE SET BACK. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AFTER HEARING ALL THAT, ANY FURTHER REBUTTAL, MR. MALLOY? IF NOT, WE'LL HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE. >> NO. I THINK WE'RE GOOD. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. YES. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE THE CONDITIONS READ IN. I THINK IT SHOULD BE READ IN AS PART OF THE RECORD BEFORE YOU CLOSE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL RETRACT THE MOTION. MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES. I THINK THEY WILL BE FINALIZING IT. AS PART OF YOUR MOTION TO MAKE IT ENFORCEABLE AND TO GIVE IT, AS MS. WELLS SAID, PERMANENCY, IT HAS TO BE A MOTION AND A CONDITION OF COUNCIL SO STATED ON THE SITE PLAN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHTY. WE'LL JUST WAIT -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I'LL SAY FOR THE RECORD THAT I STILL AS I SAID IN THE FIRST HEARING, I REALLY AM IMPRESSED BY THIS PROJECT. I FEEL THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS PROJECT AND THE CRITICAL INTERSECTION THAT THIS IS BEING DEVELOPED ON, IT IS A PERFECT BALANCE BETWEEN HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL AND STREET FACING DEVELOPMENT, TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND PERFECT INTEGRATION WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD AND WILL END UP BEING SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS GOING TO BE A JEWEL FOR BOTH THE RIDGEWOOD PARK AND TAMPA HEIGHTS. I WISH OTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS AREA WOULD LEARN FROM THIS AS FAR AS THE TYPE OF, AGAIN, THE APPROPRIATE MIX OF DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL TO ALLOW THE AMENITIES FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ONE MOMENT AS THEY WRAP IT UP. WHEN MS. FEELEY GIVES A THUMBS UP. HOW ABOUT THIS COLD WEATHER? GOING TO BE A COLD GASPARILLA. >>LYNN HURTAK: I'M THINKING ABOUT HAVING TO BUY PROPER, WARM UNDERGARMENTS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: PETTICOAT. [ LAUGHTER ] >>LYNN HURTAK: NO, ALL THOSE FANCY -- THEY HAVE ALL THIS TECHNOLOGY NOW. ALL THE THIN T-SHIRTS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COSTCO. THIS WAS NOT A COMMERCIAL ENDORSEMENT FOR COSTCO. >>SAMUEL THOMAS: DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. I THINK WE HAVE THESE WORKED OUT. BARE WITH ME WHILE I TRY TO READ THESE QUICKLY. REVISION NUMBER ONE WOULD BE ADDING THE WIDTH OF THE ALLEY, SHOWING THAT IT IS 16 FEET WIDE. THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST ONE. SECOND ONE WOULD BE ADDING A NOTE TO THE SITE PLAN THAT THE ALLEY ENTRANCE TO THE DEVELOPMENT WHERE THEY WOULD ADD A GATE THAT WOULD BE ONLY -- ADD A GATE AND THE ENTRANCE WOULD ONLY BE FOR SOLID WASTE. THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE -- >>LYNN HURTAK: CAN I ADD TO THAT? IT WILL BE INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED FOR THE LIFE OF THE PROJECT. >>SAMUEL THOMAS: YES. THE SECOND ONE WOULD BE THAT CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC ON THE GLENWOOD ALLEY, WHICH IS THE ALLEY OFF OF THE ENTRANCE TO THE SUBJECT SITE WILL BE SIGNED FOR CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC NOT TO ENTER OR TO USE THE ALLEY AT ALL. THE OTHER ONE WOULD BE TO MINIMIZE THE PAVEMENT WIDTH IN THE ALLEY FOR TRAFFIC CALMING AND SUBJECT TO PERMITTING -- RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMITTING. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WOULD BE TO PRESERVE THE GRAND TREE ROOTS. WE WOULD ADD A NOTE THAT THE GRAND TREE ROOTS WOULD BE PRESERVED AT ABOVE GRADE CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES FOR ANY NEW PAVEMENT IN THE ALLEY WITHIN THE TREE PROTECTIVE ZONE AND ALSO ADD A NOTE TO THE SITE PLAN REGARDING EXTERIOR LIGHTING FEATURES, NO SPILLAGE ONTO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES. THAT WOULD BE ALL THE REVISIONS WE WOULD HAVE DONE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD TO THE REBUTTAL? WE CAN CLOSE? >> WE ARE MORE THAN FINE WITH THOSE CONDITIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO CLOSE FROM CLENDENIN AND SECOND BY MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? COUNCILMAN VIERA, COMFORTABLE WITH READING -- >>LUIS VIERA: YES. I WROTE DOWN THE REVISION AS WELL AS I COULD. I KNEW THIS WAS ONE. I MOVE FOR FIRST READING AND ADOPTION AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 702 WEST COLUMBUS, 2502 AND 2504 NORTH BOULEVARD AND FOLIO NUMBER 183355-0005 IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-60, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY CG COMMERCIAL GENERAL AND PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL, ALL COMMERCIAL AND NEIGHBORHOOD USES PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE WITH THE ADDITIONAL AND PLEASE, COUNCIL, IF I -- >>LYNN HURTAK: I THINK YOU CAN SAY ADOPT HIS REVISIONS. >>LUIS VIERA: I ADOPT THE REVISIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA SINCE THIS IS A FIRST READING, LET'S DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 20th, 2025, AT 10:00 A.M. IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA FLORIDA 33602. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> [INAUDIBLE] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I THINK IT WAS RENAMED IN '64 OR '66. WHEN WAS GRAND CENTRAL RENAMED TO KENNEDY BOULEVARD? YEAH, IT WAS ONE OF THOSE. ITEM NUMBER 51. IS THERE ANYBODY HERE FOR 51? YES SIR. >>MARTIN SHELBY: COUNCIL, ITEM NUMBER 51, REZ 24-52, AGAIN WAS A TIE VOTE ON JANUARY 9, PURSUANT TO RULE 6-H. AGAIN, AS YOU SEE THE NAMES IN RED AFTER THE FILE NUMBER ARE THE VOTES AT THE FIRST READING AND THE DISCUSSION AT THE END IS THE VOTE OF A 3-3 TIE. COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON BEING ABSENT, HE HAS PREVIOUSLY INDICATED THAT HE IS PREPARED TO VOTE. WHAT YOU HAVE NOW IS YOU HAVE THE PRESENTATION COMPLETE. DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANYBODY, OF STAFF OR THE APPLICANT AT THIS TIME? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT MY CHANGE OF VOTE AND I WANTED TO READ INTO THE RECORD MY REASONING BEHIND IT. SPECIFICALLY CONSIDERING WHAT WE JUST APPROVED ON ANOTHER CORNER OF COLUMBUS, I FIND THAT SECTION 27-136, SUBSECTION 1, THIS DOES NOT PROMOTE THE SUFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF LAND AND INFRASTRUCTURE WITH CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF POTENTIAL ADVERSE IMPACTS TO THE SURROUNDING IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOOD AND CULTURAL RESOURCES. WHICH TO ME GOES WITH SUBSECTION 2 WHICH IS ALLOWING THE INTEGRATION OF DIFFERENT LAND USES AND DENSITIES IN ONE DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD NOT OTHERWISE BE PROVIDED FOR OR ALLOWED UNDER GENERAL ZONING DISTRICT ESTABLISHED IN THIS CHAPTER, WHICH ENCOURAGE COMPATIBILITY AND OVERALL SITE DESIGN AND SCALE BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL TO THE PROJECT. WHAT I MEAN BY COMPATIBILITY, FOR ME, THE COMPATIBILITY IS THE COMPATIBILITY WITH BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND HOW THERE JUST ISN'T ENOUGH IN THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT. WHICH GOES TO THE SUBSECTION 7, PROMOTING A MORE DESIRABLE LIVING AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT THAN WOULD BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE STRICT APPLICATION OF MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF OTHER ZONING DISTRICTS. I JUST BELIEVE WHOLEHEARTEDLY THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH COMMERCIAL IN THIS DEVELOPMENT WHEN IT'S SHOWN THAT SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENTS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO INCLUDE MORE COMMERCIAL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I GUESS I'M GOING TO REITERATE MY LACK OF SUPPORT FOR THE SAME VERY REASON. IT'S INTERESTING IN THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE, IT DISCUSSES RESIDENTIAL, BASICALLY MIXED USE WITH COMMERCIAL STOREFRONT, COMMERCIAL GENERAL USES AND ALL. BUT IT IS SO DISINJENNINGS EWOUS BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF COMMERCIAL SPACE AND STOREFRONT SPACE IS SO DE MINIMIS, HONEST TO GOD, LET'S BE HONEST AND CALL IT WHAT IT IS. THAT'S APARTMENTS ON A VERY IMPORTANT INTERSECTION IN THE CITY OF TAMPA WITHOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE THINGS THAT ARE VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOODS IN THESE COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS THAT COUNCILMAN CARLSON TALKED ABOUT SO OFTEN OF CREATING THE INTERSECTIONS OF VIABILITY AND SOMETHING THAT REALLY IS AN ASSET TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I THINK IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT AS FAR AS AESTHETICS. I THINK THAT THE DENSITY AND MASSING OF THE PROJECT IS APPROPRIATE. I THINK THAT SOME OF THE MODIFICATIONS THEY MADE, BEING CONCERNED WITH THE NEIGHBOR WAS WELL THOUGHT OUT AND INCITEFUL. MY BIGGEST CONCERN, AGAIN, A MAJOR TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR. VERY IMPORTANT INTERSECTION IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. GOD BE WILLING BEFORE I LEAVE HERE, WE'LL HAVE A STREETCAR ON ITS WAY TO BE IN FRONT OF THIS AND AN INTEGRAL PART OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE CITY OF TAMPA AND AS SUCH, IT SHOULD HAVE AMENITIES BEFITTING ITS LOCATION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? IF NOT, WE GO TO THE APPLICANT. HELLO SIR. >> MY NAME IS TYLER HUDSON. 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE. IN CONVERSATIONS WITH MR. SHELBY YESTERDAY, WE DID NOT KNOW WE WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT ALL TODAY. IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT WHEN A VOTE STARTS AND IT'S 3-3, YOU IMMEDIATELY GO INTO THE ROLL CALL VOTE. I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M STANDING HERE. I'LL SAY THAT BASED ON THE LAST PRESENTATION, I BELIEVE AS A MATTER OF PURE LAW THAT YOU COULD CHARACTERIZE THIS HEARING RIGHT NOW AS A FIRST READING. I WOULD ASK MARTY TO CONFIRM WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS TRUE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: NO. IT'S BEEN ADVERTISED AS A SECOND READING. IT'S ALSO PURSUANT TO A TIE VOTE AND THE REMEDY FOR THAT IS SET FORTH IN THE ADOPTED RULES OF PROCEDURE. SO I GUESS THE OPPORTUNITY WAS IF THERE WAS SOMETHING YOU NEEDED TO ADDRESS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE RECORD, AND WHICH YOU DID, YOU'RE SAYING AS A MATTER OF LAW THERE SHOULD BE A FIRST READING? >> WE UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS OF THIS COUNCIL. WE NEED TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD. WE ARE GOING TO BE FILING A NON-SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE DETERMINATION REGARDING RETAIL TO INCREASE IT. THIS COULD BE CHARACTERIZED AS A FIRST READING AND WE WOULD ADD IT TO THE REVISION SHEET. BUT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING SINCE THIS WAS ADVERTISED SECOND READING, THE LAST HEARING WAS ALSO ADVERTISED AS SECOND READING, WE CAN'T MAKE THAT CHANGE. IF COUNCIL WANTS TO ADOPT SPECIFIC CONDITION, ONE WE'RE WILLING TO PUT ON THE RECORD. >>MARTIN SHELBY: WELL, THE QUESTION IS IF IT'S YOUR POSITION THAT THE PROJECT WILL CHANGE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING -- >> THIS IS SECOND READING. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IS IT YOUR REQUEST WITH SPECIFIC CHANGES JUST AS WE DID IN THE LAST HEARING TO SET FORTH WHAT THE CONDITIONS ARE THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE NOT ON A REVISION SHEET BUT -- >> AS A MOTION OF COUNCIL, YES. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IS IT YOUR REQUEST THEN TO DO THAT AT THIS MEETING TO SET FORTH WHAT THE CHANGES WOULD BE? >> YES. >>MARTIN SHELBY: AND TO GIVE COUNCIL THE OPTION IF THEY AGREE TO THOSE CHANGES TO SET IT THEN FOR FIRST READING? AND THEN HEAR IT WITH THE REVISIONS JUST -- I'M SORRY. >> COUNCIL, WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE VOTE ON THE PROJECT AS IT IS. ONCE THE QUASI-JUDICIAL PERIOD IS OVER, WE'LL TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT WHAT CHANGES MIGHT HAPPEN TO THE PROJECT AFTERWARDS. NOTHING HAS CHANGED BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. COUNCILMAN CARLSON IS HERE AND READY TO VOTE AND WE WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE QUESTION. WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT. THERE CAN BE CHANGES AFTERWARDS IF THEY ARE NON-SUBSTANTIAL. BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON, YOU HAD YOUR MICROPHONE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: I WAS GOING TO ASK OUR CITY ATTORNEY, IS THAT EVEN A POSSIBILITY? BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A GATE. THIS IS APPROVED TODAY, THERE IS THE ABILITY TO FILE A REQUEST FOR AN ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL TO DETERMINE WHETHER CERTAIN CHANGES TO THE SITE PLAN ARE OR ARE NOT SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES. IF IT'S DETERMINED BY STAFF THAT THE REQUESTED CHANGE IS NOT SUBSTANTIAL, THEN THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO GET THAT CHANGE ADMINISTRATIVELY. IF IT'S DETERMINED TO BE SUBSTANTIAL, IT WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO COME BACK WITH ANOTHER REZONING. BUT AT THIS VERY MOMENT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS THEY ARE PROPOSING TO CHANGE. AND THEY ARE ASKING COUNCIL TO VOTE ON THE REZONING APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED AND AS APPROVED AT FIRST READING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: TYLER, IS THERE ANYTHING -- I THINK I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT US TO ADD TO THE MOTION OR YOU JUST WANT TO WAIT TO DO THE SUBSTITUTE LATER? >> YEAH, TRANSPARENT. TRY TO GET THE PROJECT APPROVED. ALREADY FOUR APPLICATIONS TO GO THROUGH. THIS IS AN EXCEPTIONALLY CHALLENGING PROJECT ON THE MOST UNDER DEVELOPED PIECE OF LAND IN CITY OF TAMPA. SUBCHANGE, IF THIS IS A SECOND READING BECAUSE WE HAVE A VERY SERIOUS TIME CRUNCH. INTEGRITY IS ALL I HAVE WITH YOU. WHEN I SAY WE HAVE A TIME CRUNCH, WE HAVE A TIME CRUNCH. WE HAVE GOT TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE PROJECT. WILLING TO ADD ANOTHER THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL AND ADD TO THE SITE PLAN THAT SUBCHANGE CAN NEVER BE USED TO DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF RETAIL. PEOPLE DO SUBCHANGES ALL THE TIME. HAPPENS ALL THE TIMES BECAUSE THE PDs ARE VERY RIGID. >>BILL CARLSON: POSSIBLE TO ADD THAT NOW? >> THOUSAND SQUARE FEET LESS OF MULTIFAMILY BECAUSE WE'RE TAKING A PIECE OF THE LOBBY AND MAKE IT ANOTHER 1,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL FOR AGGREGATE TOTAL OF 5500 SQUARE FEET. LOCK IN THE DOOR AND THROWING THE KEY AWAY. ADDING THE NOTE ABOUT PROHIBITION OF SUBCHANGE. ACCOMPLISH THAT AND TODAY IS A FIRST READING THEN AND WE'RE FINE DOING A SECOND READING AT SUBSEQUENT DATE BUT CAN'T COME BACK IN FIVE WEEKS FOR NEW FIRST READING. CANNOT DO THAT. >>CATE WELLS: CATE WELLS, LEGAL DEPARTMENT. AS COUNCIL DID WITH THE PREVIOUS REZONING, IF THERE ARE CONDITIONS THAT THE DEVELOPER WISHES TO ADD TO THE SITE PLAN, THOSE CAN BE ADDED. TODAY CAN BE FIRST READING AND THEN IT WOULD COME BACK TO YOU FOR SECOND READING WITH THE CHANGES SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN. >>BILL CARLSON: TYLER, WHAT IS YOUR REQUEST? >> WE WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT AND GET THIS DONE. IF -- HOPEFULLY -- EXCEPTIONS MAKE FOR BAD RULES. IT IS A WEIRD SITUATION WITH THE VOTE SWITCHING AND ABSENCE. WE'RE IN THIS PURGATORY. WE WANT YOU ALL TO APPROVE THE PROJECT THAT YOU SAW THE LAST TIME AT FIRST READING WITH THE ADDITION OF 1,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL FOR A TOTAL OF 55,000. THAT IS THE NEW PIECE NUMBER ONE. NEW PIECE NUMBER TWO IS AN ADDITION. WE HAVE THE TEXT. THE RED NOTE THERE, WHICH CAN PUT INTO THE RECORD PROHIBITING THE UTILIZATION OF NON-SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE DETERMINATION APPLICATION TO CONVERT RETAIL TO MULTIFAMILY. >>BILL CARLSON: YOU WANT THIS TO BE SECOND READING, RIGHT? >> NO, WE ARE FINE WITH THIS BEING -- IF YOU CAN DO THIS BY SECOND READING, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO THAT BECAUSE THE REVISION SHEET. YOU CAN'T. THIS IS THE FIRST READING NOW IF YOU GUYS ADOPT THIS. THAT'S WHAT WE UNDERSTAND. YES, WE ARE OKAY WITH THAT, YES. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. THOMAS HAS HANDED ME THREE PAGES. IT SAYS REVISED REVISION SHEET DATED JANUARY 23, 2025. >>SAMUEL THOMAS: DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. MYSELF AND THE APPLICANTS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS IN PREPARATION FOR THIS. THEY SENT ME THE REVISIONS AHEAD OF TIME THIS WEEK. WE HAVE REVIEWED THEM. WE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THE REVISIONS AND THEY CAN ADD THEM BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. WE CAN REVIEW THEM EVEN FURTHER AND MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL MODIFICATIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: 5,000, 500. 5,500. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR IT IN THE RECORD, PLEASE SO THAT ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HEAR IT. >> TOTAL GROSS SQUARE FOOT -- TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE 247,086 SQUARE FEET. >>MARTIN SHELBY: WHAT DOES THAT NUMBER REPRESENT? >>SAMUEL THOMAS: ENTIRE GROSS SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE DEVELOPMENT. >> RETAIL WAS 4,000 GOING, ADDING ANOTHER -- >>SAMUEL THOMAS: RETAIL WAS 4,500. THEY ARE INCREASING IT BY 1,000 TO MAKE IT 5,500. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THIS IS THE LOCATION THAT USED TO BE A WAREHOUSE. ACROSS THE STREET IS A BICYCLE SHOP. I WAS GOING TO VOTE FOR IT. I'LL TELL YOU WHY. WHEN YOU LOOK AT HISTORY, YBOR CITY AND DOWNTOWN WERE THE ONLY TWO SHOPPING AREAS YOU COULD BUY AT ONE TIME. ALL OF A SUDDEN BRITTON PLAZA COMES AND NORTH GATE COMES AND THEY ARE BOTH YBOR CITY AND WEST TAMPA DEMISE, NOTHING. WENT TO HELL. ALL OF IT. THEN THE OTHER TWO THAT WERE OPEN, BRITTON PLAZA AND NORTH GATE, THE MALLS COME IN. WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM? THE SAME THING HAPPENED IN YBOR CITY AND DOWNTOWN. NOW WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE ONES THAT ARE MALLS? THEY ARE GOING UP TO HERE. YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE YOU CAN PICK UP THE PHONE AND THE NEXT DAY THEY DELIVER TO YOUR HOUSE. IT'S A DIFFERENT WORLD WE'RE LIVING IN. AND I LOVE THE STREETCAR. I HOPE IT COMES BACK WITH 50 SOME MILES WE HAD BEFORE. HOWEVER, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S EVER GOING TO HAPPEN. I'LL VOTE FOR IT BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S EVER GOING TO HAPPEN. THAT'S WHY I WAS GOING TO VOTE FOR IT. WE'RE BASING ON IDEAS THAT ARE MAYBE GOOD, BUT FROM MY HISTORY AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE RETAIL BUSINESS HAS DONE, COST $48, DELIVERED TO ME IN SEVEN DAYS. IT'S GOING DOWNHILL WHETHER I LIKE IT OR NOT, THAT'S NOT MY DECISION TO MAKE. THE PUBLIC MAKES THE DECISION TO MAKE. IT'S GETTING TOUGHER AND TOUGHER TO MAKE THINGS SUCCEED IN DIFFERENT AREAS. THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY. WHEN YOU HAVE PARKING REDUCTION, DO YOU REALLY THINK PEOPLE WILL LEAVE THEIR CARS HOMES? I DON'T. BUT WE HAVE PARKING REDUCTIONS THAT WE GIVE AWAY. SO THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. THOMAS. ANYTHING TO ADD? >>SAMUEL THOMAS: THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY TO ADD TO THE REVISION SHEET AS WELL IS UPDATE ON THE SITE PLAN ITSELF TO SHOW THE CHANGE WHERE THE ADDITIONAL SQUARE FOOTAGE IS GOING TO BE SHOWN. NEVER MIND. I WAS TOLD IT IS NOT RELEVANT. >>SAMUEL THOMAS: DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. THE LOBBY IS ON FLORIDA AVENUE, IN BETWEEN THE TWO RETAIL SPOTS, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. >> [INAUDIBLE] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DO WE TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS, MR. SHELBY? >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY HERE IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? IF NOT, I'LL GO TO REBUTTAL. >>MARTIN SHELBY: [INAUDIBLE] -- REVISIONS BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. >> TYLER HUDSON, FOR THE RECORD. I THINK IT'S ALL BEEN SAID. NOTHING FURTHER ON REBUTTAL. WE ACCEPT THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED JUST NOW. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE? WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. WHO WOULD LIKE TO READ THIS ITEM? THIS IS 51. COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: MARTY, YOU HAVE TO REMIND ME WHAT TO ADD. MOTION GOES TO FIRST READING? >>MARTIN SHELBY: THIS IS NOW ON FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS AND THE REVISION SHEET AS PRESENTED TO STAFF. >>BILL CARLSON: MOVE 51, FILE REZ-24-52, ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION. ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 205, 207 AND 209 EAST COLUMBUS DRIVE, 2301, 2303, 2307 AND 2315 NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE, 204 AND 206 EAST AMELIA AVENUE AND FOLIO NUMBER 191372-0000 IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RM 24, RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY AND CI, COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE, TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL, ALL COMMERCIAL GENERAL USES, COMMERCIAL PARKING, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, PLUS THE REVISION SHEET. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: NO. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>GWEN HENDERSON: NO. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH HURTAK, HENDERSON, AND MIRANDA VOTING NO. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 20th, 2025, AT 10:00 A.M. IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA FLORIDA 33602. >>MARTIN SHELBY: COUNCIL, THE RESOLUTION REGARDING THE BONUS PROVISION AGREEMENT WILL TRAVEL WITH THAT TO COME BACK AT SECOND READING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL MOVE THAT AT SECOND READING. >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE NOW HAVE A VACATING POSITION ON ITEM 52. MR. WIGGINTON, ARE YOU TAKING THAT UP? >> NO, SIR. STAFF SHOULD BE ONLINE AND GIVE THE FIRST PRESENTATION. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. ERIC COTTON, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. >>LUIS VIERA: MR. COTTON, REALLY FAST, IF I MAY, I HAVE A 12:30 APPOINTMENT FOR THE CITY WITH FIRE AND CHIEF BENNETT. JUST FYI, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THIS WILL RUN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M KIDDING. GO AHEAD, MR. COTTON. WERE YOU SWORN IN, SIR? >>ERIC COTTON: YES, SIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD. >>ERIC COTTON: CAN YOU SEE THE PRESENTATION ON THE SCREEN? THEY'LL MAKE IT BIGGER FOR US IN JUST A SECOND. I KNOW IT'S COMING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WAIT, THEY ARE WORKING ON IT. BRINGING IT UP. VACATING REQUEST. GO AHEAD, SIR. >>ERIC COTTON: YES, SIR, ERIC COTTON DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION, HERE WITH PATRICK FROM THE RIGHT-OF-WAY DEPARTMENT. THIS IS A VACATING FOR VAC 24-16 FOR PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED AT 2039 EAST MULBERRY DRIVE. THAT IS 16,000-SQUARE-FOOT VACATING. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, THIS IS THE PROPOSED VACATING REQUEST. BASICALLY IT IS A PORTION OF MULBERRY DRIVE REQUESTED TO BE VACATED, SOUTH OF BIRD, EAST OF 19th AND ADJACENT TO THE RAILROAD WEST OF ROWLETT PARK. THE APPLICATION WAS FILED WITH OUR OFFICE ON JUNE 18 AND THE GOAL IS TO ACCURATELY REFLECT THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. IN THE STAFF REPORT, THERE WAS A NOTE THAT SAYS THE ROAD WAS NOT BUILT ON THE PLATTED RIGHT-OF-WAY, BUILT ACROSS PRIVATE PROPERTY. I BELIEVE JONATHAN SCOTT FROM MOBILITY IS HERE TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT SPECIFIC ISSUE. THERE IS A CITY-OWNED LOT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF MULBERRY DRIVE REQUESTED TO BE VACATED. THIS IS THE AERIAL OF WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED. PETITIONER'S PROPERTY IS HIGHLIGHTED IN RED. THE PART THAT'S BEING PROPOSED TO BE VACATED IS YELLOW. THIS IS A LOOK AT THE PROPERTY FROM EAST MULBERRY DRIVE, LOOKING SOUTHWEST. THIS IS SOUTHEAST FROM MULBERRY, THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY VACANT. STAFF HAD NO OBJECTIONS TO THE VACATING REQUEST. THERE ARE EASEMENT REQUESTS FROM BOTH WATER, TRANSPORTATION, AND WASTEWATER. WHEN IT COMES TO DEVELOPMENT -- FROM NATURAL RESOURCES, THEY HAVE TO COMPLY WITH CHAPTER 27 REGARDS TO TREE PRESERVATION AND SITE DESIGN. I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'RE HERE TO ASSIST. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. COTTON? NO. IS THERE AN APPLICANT? YES, SIR, COME ON UP. >> HARVEY FOR THE APPLICANT. THANK YOU, MR. COTTON, FOR COVERING WHAT I BELIEVE SHOULD HOPEFULLY BE THE MOST STRAIGHTFORWARD THING THE COUNCIL HEARS THIS MORNING. TO DRIVE THE POINT HOME A LITTLE BIT, THIS IS THE 1927 PLAT FOR THE AREA. THE HIGHLIGHTED AREA IS THE RIGHT-OF-WAY APPLICANT IS SEEKING TO VACATE. TO BE A LITTLE MORE CLEAR ABOUT THE MISALIGNMENT THAT APPLICANT IS REFERENCING, YOU CAN SEE THE GRAY, WHICH IS THE CURRENT PAVED RIGHT-OF-WAY AND THEN THE PINK, WHICH IS THE PLATTED RIGHT-OF-WAY. FRANKLY, IT'S JUST NOT WHERE THE ORIGINAL PLAT WAS SET AND IT'S IMPACTING THE APPLICANT. LASTLY, I BELIEVE EVERYONE HAS SEEN THIS IMAGE FROM STAFF, BUT JUST A CLEAR-COLOR IMAGE OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY TO BE VACATED OR REQUESTING TO BE VACATED. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? SIR, ARE YOU PART OF THE APPLICATION OR PUBLIC COMMENT? >> THIS IS THE APPLICANT HIMSELF. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHAT IS YOUR NAME? >> MIKE CHARLES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? >> IT'S BEEN A LONG -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PLEASE COME UP TO THE CENTER SO THE MICROPHONE PICKS YOU UP. >> IT'S BEEN A LONG PROCESS. WE APPRECIATE FINALLY GETTING IT SQUARED AWAY. IT IS A REAL PROCESS TO GET IT DONE, AND WE'RE FINALLY FINISHED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. >> NOW WE CAN BUILD HOUSES AND YOU GUYS CAN TAX THEM AND SPEND THE MONEY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'RE CAPPED AT 3%. ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? YES, MA'AM, COME ON UP. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD MORNING, STEPHANIE POYNOR. I PROBABLY DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THIS, MAYBE. WHAT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH, AND I SENT E-MAILS AND I TALKED TO RON WIGGINTON YESTERDAY. THIS IS THE STAFF REPORT. THE STAFF REPORT SAYS -- IT SAYS STORMWATER, BUT MR. COTTON JUST PRESENTED THAT WASTEWATER, WATER AND SOMETHING ELSE WERE ON THERE, BUT NOT STORMWATER. BUT THEN WHEN I LOOK IN ACCELA, WHICH YOU GUYS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO, I SEE THAT THIS PART IS CUT OFF AND STORMWATER SAYS YOU CAN'T VACATE THIS PART. BUT I DIDN'T SEE A MAP PUT UP THERE THAT WAS RETAINING THIS PART OF THIS EASEMENT. I HAVE A HUGE PROCEDURAL ISSUE CALLED THE NOTIFICATION THAT GOES OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOES NOT GO IN ACCELA. IT ONLY GOES TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE. SO IF I WERE TO LIVE NEXT DOOR TO THIS PROPERTY AND I GET THIS LETTER IN THE MAIL, I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE GOT IT. I HAVE NO WAY OF TELLING WHO ELSE RECEIVED THAT LETTER. THIS SHOULD BE FILED IN ACCELA ALONG WITH THE ADDRESS BECAUSE IN PERPETUITY, EVEN IF IT'S OnBase, YOU CAN'T GO AND FIND IT BY THE ADDRESS. EVERYTHING THAT PERTAINS TO THIS RIGHT-OF-WAY VACATION, WHATEVER IT IS, SHOULD BE IN ACCELA. IF IT HAPPENS IN THE CITY, IT SHOULD BE IN ACCELA. BECAUSE PEOPLE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GO AND FIND THESE THINGS LATER. WHY WOULD PUBLIC NOTICE NOT BE IN ACCELA? IT WAS NUMBER 13 OF THE 14 DOCUMENTS THAT WERE IN THERE. I DIDN'T SEE ANY DOCUMENTS. I JUST WENT BACK THROUGH, THAT SAW THIS PORTION TAKEN AWAY FROM THAT. MR. COTTON JUST SHOWED YOU A MAP THAT LOOKED THE SAME EXACT SHAPE AS THIS. IT DIDN'T LOOK ANY DIFFERENT. WHEN I TALKED TO PATRICK YESTERDAY, I ASKED HIM ABOUT THIS, AND HE SAYS, AND HE WAS VERY FRUSTRATED WITH ME BECAUSE I KNEW AND HE KNEW THAT HE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING TO CHANGE THIS CRAPPY PROCESS OF IT NOT GOING INTO ACCELA. BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S OUT THERE FOR PERPETUITY, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU ALL, BUT EVERY TIME I SEARCH OnBase AND BEFORE THAT WHATEVER IT WAS BEFORE THAT, IT SUCKS TO SEARCH THOSE. IT'S AWFUL. IT IS HORRIFIC. I HAVE A 300-PAGE DOCUMENT AT HOME WHERE I HAVE MY OWN ROLLING SEARCH SO THAT I CAN FIND THINGS THAT HAPPENED AT CITY COUNCIL TWO YEARS AGO OR THREE YEARS AGO BECAUSE IT'S SO BAD TO TRY AND FIND STUFF. I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON WHO THINKS THAT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THESE DOCUMENTS ARE NOT ALL UPLOADED IN ACCELA TO INCLUDE THE NEIGHBORHOOD NOTIFICATION BECAUSE YOU HAVE NEIGHBORS WHO WERE NOTIFIED AND HAD NO IDEA THAT THEY WEREN'T THE ONLY ONES WHO GOT THE LETTER. YOU HAD NEIGHBORS WHO WERE NOTIFIED WHO HAVE NO IDEA WHO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT WERE NOTIFIED. I HAVE A BIG ISSUE WITH THAT BECAUSE WHAT IS THE POINT IN HAVING A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IF THE NEIGHBOR DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION? I'M JUST SAYING. SOMEBODY NEEDS TO BE CLEAR ON WHAT THIS SITE PLAN IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE OF WHAT THEY ARE GIVING AWAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE HERE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? DO YOU HAVE REBUTTAL, SIR? BEFORE YOU REBUT, COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF ABOUT THIS VACATING REVIEW COMMENT SHEET FROM ALEX AWAD THAT SAYS VACATING IS NOT ALLOWED ON PART OF THIS. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? >> RON WIGGINTON, LEGAL DEPARTMENT. THAT WAS THEIR ORIGINAL REVIEW OF THE APPLICATION. THEY HAVE SINCE REVIEWED IT AGAIN AND HAS MADE THEIR COMMENTS -- REVISED THEIR COMMENTS TO NO OBJECTION AS IS SHOWN IN THE STAFF REPORT THAT WAS UPLOADED. YOU'LL SEE HERE, REVISED CHANGE TO NO OBJECTION AND NO EASEMENTS REQUESTED. >>LYNN HURTAK: BUT MOBILITY DOES. >>RON WIGGINTON: MS. POYNOR PROVIDED WAS PRIOR TO THIS REVISION TO THEIR REPORT. >>LYNN HURTAK: WHAT CHANGED? >>RON WIGGINTON: I BELIEVE THEY REVIEWED IT AND NO FACILITIES FOR STORMWATER THAT WERE IN THIS AREA. AND THERE'S NO RESERVATION OF EASEMENT, SO THEY WOULD NOT HAVE HAD ANY FACILITIES HERE. >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MS. FEELEY? NO. REBUTTAL FROM THE GENTLEMAN. >> HARVEY HALPRIN FOR THE APPLICANT. I WANT TO BRIEFLY MENTION THAT I APPRECIATE THE CITIZEN'S INTEREST IN TRANSPARENCY. HOWEVER, I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ANYTHING SUBSTANTIVE THAT AFFECTS THE APPLICATION. THANK YOU ALL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON, WOULD YOU MIND READING 52? >>GWEN HENDERSON: I WOULD NOT MIND READING IT, CHAIR. FILE VAC-24-16, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, VACATING CLOSING DISCONTINUING AND ABANDONING THAT PORTION OF MULBERRY DRIVE RIGHT-OF-WAY LOCATED NORTH OF THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER, SOUTH OF BIRD STREET, EAST OF 19th STREET AND WEST OF ROWLETT PARK DRIVE, WITHIN THE PLATS OF KATHERINE PARK AND FERN CLIFF SUBDIVISIONS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2 HEREOF, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS AS MORE PARTICULARLY SET FORTH HEREIN, PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS, PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATIONS AND REPEALING CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>LYNN HURTAK: NO. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH HURTAK VOTING NO. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 20, 2025, AT 10:00 A.M. IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33602. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMAN VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU. ARE WE GOING FOR LUNCH NOW? I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GOING TO BE BACK. SOME FAMILY THINGS. MAY I MAKE TWO QUICK MOTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I MENTIONED THEM BEFORE. I MOTION FOR INFORMATION ON HOW AND WHERE THE DISABILITY INTERNSHIP POSITIONS ARE BEING ADVERTISED FOR THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS SUBMITTED AND THE EFFORT THAT HAS BEEN MADE INTERDEPARTMENTALLY TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR PLACEMENTS. THAT INCLUDES INQUIRIES WITH EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT ON THEIR AVAILABILITY AND WILLINGNESS TO HAVE AN INTERN. I WOULD ASK FOR THIS REPORT TO BE BROUGHT BACK ON MARCH 6 OF THIS YEAR. DO WE HAVE SPACE -- IT WAS MEANT TO BE WRITTEN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED. >>LUIS VIERA: THE SECOND ONE, THIS IS WRITTEN AS WELL ON THE SAME DATE. MOTION FOR ANY REMAINING MONEY -- SO LONG STORY SHORT, WE HAD APPROPRIATED I THINK IT WAS HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE'RE SPENDING ALL OF IT. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE IF IT DOESN'T GET SPENT, IT GOES INTO THE GIANT BLACK HOLE. I MOTION FOR THE REMAINING MONEY OF THE DISABILITY INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FUNDING FOR THIS YEAR TO BE GIVEN TO THE MacDONALD TRAINING CENTER, WHICH WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH AND CUP, WHO WE ARE ALL I BELIEVE FAMILIAR WITH AND STAFF TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN REPORT, UPDATE TO THIS REQUEST ON THE FEASIBILITY OF IT AND THEIR POSITION ON THAT. I'M GOING TO DO IT AT THE JULY 17 MEETING BECAUSE BY THEN WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT IT IS. I DO WANT TO STATE, MR. SHELBY, MY BROTHER, JUAN VIERA, IS A CLIENT OF McDONALD TRAINING CENTER. THAT DOESN'T POSE -- I'VE DISCLOSED THAT BEFORE, DOESN'T DO A CONFLICT BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT AGAIN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE A SECOND ON THE MOTION? >>THE CLERK: [INAUDIBLE] >>LUIS VIERA: YES, JUST A WRITTEN REPORT ON THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT'S BEEN SPENT AND THEN THE FEASIBILITY OF PROCEEDING WITH THAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. HURTAK CARLSON CLENDENIN. >>LYNN HURTAK: I'M FINE WITH GETTING JUST A REPORT, BUT WE SHOULD REALLY BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT. THAT SHOULD BE PART OF THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE COMING BACK BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT OVERAGES AND I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHEN IT IS. I THINK WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ADD IT TO THAT. I WISH I COULD REMEMBER EXACTLY WHEN. I THINK IT IS THE 27th OF FEBRUARY DURING A WORKSHOP. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MAKE THE MOTION AND MODIFY IT FOR 27th. >>LYNN HURTAK: COUNCIL MEMBERS TO GO THROUGH THE DOCUMENTS PROVIDED BY THE BUDGET OFFICE AND COME UP WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MONEY THAT WAS LEFT OVER IN FY '24. >>LUIS VIERA: HOW ABOUT THIS? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION FOR JULY JUST SO THAT WE HAVE IT SPECIFIC TO THAT BUT I WILL INQUIRE THAT DATE. >>LYNN HURTAK: SEND THAT QUESTION TO MS. KOPESKY SO SHE HAS IT AND IS WORKING ON IT. >>LUIS VIERA: YES, MA'AM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON AND CLENDENIN. >>BILL CARLSON: CONSIDERING WHAT WE SAW THIS MORNING ABOUT THE RESULTS OF THE CITY'S PROGRAM, WHY COULDN'T WE FORCE THE CITY SOMEHOW TO SET UP A FUND SO WE COULD MOVE THIS TO NEXT YEAR SO WE CAN HELP MORE PEOPLE IN THE CITY? NOT THAT THE NONPROFITS AREN'T GREAT PLACES BUT YOU DEMONSTRATED THIS MORNING THAT EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROGRAM, IT SEEMS TO ME, IF THERE WAS MONEY LEFT OVER, WE WOULD WANT TO HELP MORE PEOPLE IN THE CITY. >>LUIS VIERA: SURE. REASONABLE POINT TO MAKE ON THE OTHER SIDE, SO TO SPEAK. AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING FUNDED AGAIN FOR NEXT YEAR. I'LL MAKE SURE OF THAT, RIGHT, BUT IF WE DON'T FORCE THE HAND ON PROCEEDING WITH THIS AND MAKE SURE THAT THE MONEY THAT WE ALREADY APPROPRIATED GOES TO THE SAME RESULTS, THEN I THINK WE WILL BE SHORTCHANGING OURSELVES. THAT IS MY MOTION, BUT IT WILL BE FUNDED AGAIN NEXT YEAR. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S DONE RIGHT. BECAUSE THESE PROGRAMS, PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS SERVING COFFEE. MacDONALD'S TRAINING CENTER GOES TO THE SAME THING SO IT WOULD GO TO THE SAME PURPOSE. AGAIN, WE WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT MONEY IS LEFT OVER. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CLENDENIN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YEAH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT NEXT YEAR IS GOING TO BRING. OBVIOUSLY WE'LL SEE DRAMATIC IMPACTS ON REVENUE BECAUSE OF THE HURRICANES. THAT BUDGET IS GOING TO BE VERY INTERESTING NEXT YEAR. SO I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY GUARANTEE ANYBODY BANK FROM THE CITY OF TAMPA NEXT YEAR BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY TOUGH YEAR. I'M JUST ANTICIPATING THAT. THAT BEING SAID, I APPRECIATE COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK BRINGING ABOUT THIS IS A LARGER PICTURE. I'M FULLY FINE WITH WHAT YOU ASKED FOR AS FAR AS A REPORT AND WHERE THE MONEY IS BEING SPENT. AS FAR AS REALLOCATION OF RESOURCES AND THINGS WE'VE DONE, I THINK THAT HAS TO BE A MUCH LARGER DISCUSSION BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO DUE DILIGENCE. I'VE HAD FAMILIAR FAMILY CONNECTIONS TO McDONALD'S TRAINING CENTER AS WELL AND APPRECIATE THE MISSION THEY DO BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE A COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSION. >>LUIS VIERA: I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ON MY MOTION. NUMBER ONE, HAVE THE REPORT COME BACK ON JULY 17 ON WHAT HAS BEEN SPENT. AND THEN FOR THE SURPLUS OVER THAT AMOUNT TO GO, THE FEASIBILITY OF IT GOING TO THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION IN THE MEANWHILE. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'LL DO, BECAUSE I IDENTIFIED THESE TWO OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. MY MOTION WILL BE TO HAVE THE SURPLUS OF IT GO TO ORGANIZATIONS LIKE McDONALD'S TRAINING CENTER, LIKE CUP THAT PROMOTE JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND TRAINING FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL NEEDS. I DON'T THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE DISPUTED IN ANY WAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? WE ARE IN RECESS UNTIL 1:35 P.M. [ SOUNDING GAVEL ] [LUNCH RECESS] I ADDED FIVE MINUTES.