BE PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY TODAY. IS SHE ON, MADAM CLERK? >>THE CLERK: I DO NOT SEE HER ON. NO. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MAKE A NOTE THAT UNTIL SHE CHECKS IN AND JOINS US THAT SHE'S NOT PRESENT. >>THE CLERK: CORRECT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MAY I HAVE 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: MAY I GET A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES FROM JANUARY 2023 -- 2025 AND JANUARY 28 2025. MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? >>MARTIN SHELBY: I WANT TO BE CLEAR, THAT IS A TOTAL OF, WHAT, THREE EVENINGS -- EXCUSE ME, THREE SEPARATE MINUTES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, 23rd, 28, AND THE 30th. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE WORKSHOP AND THE EVENING ON THE 30th. >> FIVE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF HOUSE-KEEPING. ITEM NUMBER 2, THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE THIS TO FEBRUARY 20, 2025. CAN I GET A MOTION? MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? ITEM 3, F.D.O.T. DOES NOT HAVE AN UPDATE THIS QUARTER. >>LYNN HURTAK: BUT I DO. SO I'M GOING TO UPDATE. THERE IS A TON OF STUFF GOING ON. THEY JUST HAD A PUBLIC MEETING, SO I DO WANT TO TELL THE COMMUNITY WHAT THEY ARE DOING, EVEN IF THEY DON'T WANT TO. . >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK WILL BE PRESENTING ON ITEM 3. THERE IS A TEN-MINUTE UPDATE. >>LYNN HURTAK: I WON'T BE THAT LONG. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM NUMBER 4, WE HAVE A REQUEST TO WITHDRAW THIS ITEM. MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ITEM NUMBER 22, COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA HAS ASKED THAT THIS ITEM BE PULLED AND BE HEARD FIRST UNDER STAFF REPORTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH ITEM 67. WE'RE GOING TO PULL THAT. ITEM NUMBER 39 IS A REQUEST FROM MICHELLE VAN LOAN THAT THIS BE PULLED FROM THE AGENDA -- REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 56, THERE IS A REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE ON THIS ITEM TO A DATE THAT IS TO BE DETERMINED, BUT WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE THAT OFFICIAL MOTION AT 1:30. I JUST WANT TO GIVE THE HEADS-UP ON THAT. ITEM NUMBER 57, THERE IS A REQUEST TO WITHDRAW THAT. THAT'S ALSO AN E-MAIL THAT WAS RECEIVED. WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL 1:30 TO DO THAT. AND THEN WE HAVE STAFF REPORTS. WE HAVE NO ADMINISTRATION UPDATE PER THE CHIEF OF STAFF. ITEM NUMBER 60, DO WE NEED SOMEBODY IN PERSON? YES. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 61? NO. ITEM 62? NO. ITEM 63? NO. ITEM 64? THERE IS A YES FOR 64. ITEM 65? DID YOU SAY YES ON 65? IT'S WITH 66. IT'S A WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM REPAIR PROJECT. NO. NO ON 65 AND 66 BECAUSE THEY ARE CONNECTED. ITEM 67? YES. YES ON 68. AND WE HAVE CHIEF TRIPP WILL BE APPEARING IN PERSON. 69, THERE IS A WRITTEN REPORT. >>BILL CARLSON: JUST RECEIVE AND FILE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE ITEM 69 FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ITEM NUMBER 70, THERE IS A BRIEF WRITTEN RESPONSE. MICHELLE VAN LOAN IT CAME FROM. >>BILL CARLSON: TALKING ABOUT 70? >>LYNN HURTAK: WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF E-MAIL ABOUT IT, SO I'M KIND OF CURIOUS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU'RE CURIOUS TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS? >>BILL CARLSON: SOME FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE ASKED US TO DELAY IT, BUT I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY, SO FOLKS ASK ME TO JUST LISTEN TO PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE MAKING ANY MOTION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. WE'LL LEAVE IT ON THE AGENDA. NO OFFICIAL ACTION. WE'RE GOING TO LISTEN TO PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE, AGAIN, I'VE BEEN RECEIVING E-MAILS TOO. >>BILL CARLSON: JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS, THIS WAS FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES' ITEM. HE MADE THIS MOTION 2022, SO THREE YEARS AGO. WE'VE JUST BEEN CARRYING IT FORWARD. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING IT TO RESOLUTION. BY THE WAY, HE HAD A FAMILY EMERGENCY LAST NIGHT AND CAN'T BE HERE THIS MORNING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL HAVE TO SAY YES ON 70. 71 AND 72 ARE YESES. ITEM 73 IS A YES. ITEM 74, NO. IT'S JUST THE CALENDAR. >>LYNN HURTAK: I KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE SOME CONVERSATION TO HAVE ABOUT THAT. >>BILL CARLSON: MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE 75. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE 75 THROUGH 79. ANY OBJECTION? THOSE ARE ALL WRITTEN REPORTS. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA TO RECEIVE AND FILE 75 THROUGH 79. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES THE HOUSEKEEPING. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AND ADDENDUM? MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OUR FIRST CEREMONIAL ACTIVITY IS COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA WITH OUR POLICE OFFICER OF THE MONTH. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. WE HAVE HERE FOR DETECTIVE RAY FIGUEROA AND I BELIEVE ASSISTANT CHIEF OWEN WILL BE PRESENTING. GO AHEAD, SIR. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. WE'RE HERE TO RECOGNIZE DETECTIVE RAY FIGUEROA. TEN-YEAR VETERAN OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND RECENTLY PROMOTED TO DETECTIVE BACK IN AUGUST OF 2024. FEW INCIDENTS HE'S BEEN INVOLVED WITH SINCE PROMOTED TO DETECTIVE, AUGUST 16, UNIDENTIFIED SUBJECT STRUCK THE VICTIM WITH A BLUNT OBJECT CAUSING SIGNIFICANT INJURIES. DUE TO THE INJURIES, THE VICTIM WAS UNABLE TO COOPERATE WITH THE INVESTIGATION. DETECTIVE FIGUEROA IN HIS SECOND DAY AS DETECTIVE RESPONDED TO THE INVESTIGATION. HE COLLECTED VIDEOS FROM THE AREA AND POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT. DEFENDANT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY TWO DAYS LATER WHERE THE DETECTIVE OBTAINED A CONFESSION TO THE CRIME. SEPTEMBER 19, 2024, THE SUBJECT ROBBED GROVE FINANCIAL BANK. DETECTIVE FIGUEROA RESPONDED AS ONLY ASSIGNED DETECTIVE. THE DEFENDANT WAS LOCATED WITHIN TWO HOURS. THE DETECTIVE AUTHORIZED A SEARCH WARRANT AND RECOVERED EVIDENCE OF THE ROBBERY. HE ALSO TAPED A CONFESSION IN THIS CASE. NOVEMBER 5, 2024, OFFICERS RESPONDED TO AN APARTMENT COMPLEX WHERE THEY LOCATED A MALE SUFFERING FROM GUNSHOT WOUND. DETECTIVE FIGUEROA ASSUMED THE INVESTIGATION. VICTIM PROVIDED LIMITED INFORMATION AND COULD NOT PROVIDE ANY DEFINITIVE LEADS. DETECTIVE FIGUEROA WORKED THE CASE MORE THAN A WEEK CONDUCTING FOLLOW-UP INTERVIEWS. HE IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT AND THE VEHICLE HE WAS DRIVING. INVESTIGATIVE MEANS, DEFENDANT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. DETECTIVE FIGUEROA AGAIN OBTAINED A CONFESSION AND ALSO GOT THE DEFENDANT TO IDENTIFY HIMSELF AS THE SHOOTER IN THE VIDEO. DECEMBER 8, 2024, OFFICERS RESPONDED TO WEST HILLSBOROUGH JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER WHERE A DELAYED MISSING PERSON REPORT HAD BEEN MADE. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A JUVENILE HAD ESCAPED THE FACILITY. WEEK PRIOR, THE MISSING INMATE WAS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER. DETECTIVE FIGUEROA LED THE INVESTIGATION WHICH DEVELOPED AN ADDRESS WHERE THE JUVENILE WAS BELIEVED TO BE HIDING. DETECTIVES RESPONDED AND WERE ABLE TO RETAKE THAT DEFENDANT INTO CUSTODY. FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF HIS PROMOTION, DETECTIVE FIGUEROA HAS BEEN ASSIGNED COMPLEX INVESTIGATIONS INVOLVING VIOLENT OFFENDERS. HE INVESTIGATED THREE OF THE CASES RESULTING IN POST MIRANDA CONFESSIONS. FOR HIS EFFORTS, WE RECOGNIZE HIM AS TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICE OFFICER OF THE MONTH. [ APPLAUSE ] >>LUIS VIERA: BEFORE WE FORMALLY HONOR YOU, WE HAVE SOME FOLKS HERE WHO WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME GESTURES OF APPRECIATION. >> BRIAN BARCLAY, TAMPA PBA. DETECTIVE, GREAT JOB. PRESENT YOU WITH THIS PLAQUE. >> GOOD MORNING. BEHALF OF THE STRAZ CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, I'M MARY DILLON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. ON BEHALF OF THE STRAZ, PLEASE ACCEPT THE TICKETS TO UPCOMING PERFORMANCE AND ENJOY YOURSELF. THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. HI. CONGRATULATIONS. MY NAME IS LORI OSBORNE. I'M WITH THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA. ON BEHALF OF THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUICK THINKING AND YOUR SKILL SET. WE ARE A SAFER COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO COME AND ATTEND AN ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCE THIS SEASON. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU. THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. GOOD MORNING, CHIEF. GOOD MORNING, DETECTIVE. BRIAN FORD WITH THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS. YOUR STORY IS REMARKABLE. WHAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY DO IN HAD SACRIFICE FOR THE CITY. WE HAVE A TRADITION AT ONE BUCCANEER PLACE. ANYBODY THAT GOES OVER AND ABOVE GETS A GAME BALL. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE GLAZER FAMILY AND OUR ENTIRE ORGANIZATION TO PRESENT YOU YOUR CUSTOM GAME BALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE, SACRIFICE, AND ALL THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> ALWAYS HATE GOING AFTER THE GAME BALL. [ LAUGHTER ] I'M MARY LOU BAILEY HERE ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF ZOO TAMPA. >> MARK HANEY WITH ZOO TAMPA. >> CONGRATULATIONS. WAY TO HIT IT RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE. REALLY AWESOME. APPARENTLY YOU HAVE A KNACK FOR GETTING THOSE CONFESSIONS WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE IT SAVES US MORE TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND GETTING THOSE GUYS LOCKED AWAY. REALLY IMPRESSIVE STORY. THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO SERVES. YOU ARE ALL MY HEROES. INTRODUCE MY TEENAGE DAUGHTERS TO THE OLD SERIES "THE ROOKIE," AND THEY ARE HOOKED. WE WATCHED THREE EPISODES LAST NIGHT. THEY WILL FOLLOW MY FOOTSTEPS IN LOVING THE POLICE AND HONORING. YOUR GIFT FROM THE ZOO. >> WE HAVE A FAMILY MEMBERSHIP FOR A YEAR TO THE ZOO. A COUPLE OF ZOO TCHOTCHKES. AFRICAN PAINTED DOG. IT'S APPROPRIATE TODAY BECAUSE THEY ARE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PREDATORS IN ALL OF AFRICA. THEY GET THEIR PREY ABOUT 80% OF THE TIME. WHEREAS LIONS GET THE PREY 20% OF THE TIME AND YOU CAN SEE THEM AT THE ZOO. >> ENJOY IT IN GOOD HEALTH. THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. JILL WITECKI WITH TAMPA THEATRE. THANK YOU FOR THE SACRIFICES THAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY MAKE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY. ON BEHALF OF THE THEATER, THIS IS AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FOR YOU AND YOUR WIFE. WE HOPE YOU'LL COME SEE US AT TAMPA'S MAJESTIC MOVIE PALACE. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. I'M GRACE GONZALEZ HERE ON BEHALF OF THE GONZMART FAMILY AND 1905 FAMILY OF RESTAURANTS. WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT WITH YOU THE GIFT CARD TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO TAMPA. PLEASE ENJOY YOURSELF WITH THE FAMILY AT COLUMBIA, ULELE, CATCH A FLAMINGO SHOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. BILL CURRIE FORD. CONGRATULATIONS ON WINNING THIS AWARD. I TRULY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. ALL YOU GUYS THAT PUT THE UNIFORM ON EVERY SINGLE DAY TO MAKE THESE SACRIFICES FOR ALL OF US TO KEEP THE CITY SAFE FOR ALL OF US. ON BEHALF OF BILL CURRIE FORD, I WANT TO PRESENT TO YOU A HANDWRITTEN NOTE FROM JENNIFER CURRY WITH A GIFT CARD AND MAINTENANCE ON YOUR PERSONAL VEHICLE AND OTHER GOODIES IN THE BAG. CONGRATULATIONS. TRULY APPRECIATE YOU. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. MIKE McARTHUR, STEPP'S TOWING SERVICE. CONGRATULATIONS. THANKS FOR A JOB WELL DONE. SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU PART OF SERVING OUR COMMUNITY AND TAKING CARE OF THE RESIDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE IT IS A SAFER PLACE BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU. ON BEHALF OF TODD STEPP'S AND STEPP'S TOWING, GIFT CARD FOR DINNER. HAVE A NIGHT OUT ON US. ENJOY THE TIME OFF AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. >> GOOD MORNING, DETECTIVE FIGUEROA. MARYBETH WILLIAMS HERE ON BEHALF OF FRIENDS OF THE TAMPA RIVERWALK. WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT WITH YOU A PERSONALIZED PAVER ON THE TAMPA RIVERWALK. IT WILL BE LOCATED IN MacDILL PARK. IT WILL SAY DETECTIVE RAY FIGUEROA, TPD OFFICER OF THE MONTH FOR FEBRUARY 2025. IN ADDITION, SOME OF OUR CORPORATE MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THE FOLLOWING, TWO ONE-HOUR COMPLEMENTARY PASSES TO RIVERWALK, TWO COMPLEMENTARY ADMISSIONS TO THE LOST PEARL, TWO DINNER FOR TWO ABOARD THE YACHT STARSHIP. $200 GIFT CERTIFICATE TO SPLITSVILLE AND TWO COMPLEMENTARY ALL-DAY PASSES TO PIRATE WATER TAXI. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> CONGRATULATIONS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. STEVE MICHELINI HERE ON BEHALF OF A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FOLKS WHO WOULD LIKE TO HONOR YOU AND DON'T LOSE THESE. ON BEHALF OF YUMMY HOUSE CHINA BISTRO, WE'RE PROVIDING WITH YOU A $50 GIFT CERTIFICATE ON BEHALF OF JACKSON'S BISTRO, PROVIDING YOU WITH A HUNDRED DOLLARS, GO OVER THERE ON HARBOUR ISLAND. BEHALF OF MEAT MARKET OLD HYDE PARK VILLAGE, HUNDRED DOLLARS. HUNDRED DOLLARS, IF YOU LIKE GREEK FOOD. THE RESTAURANT GROUP, CICCIO RESTAURANT GROUP, $50. AND BELLABRAVA, $50. THE CHIEF IS NOT HERE, SO WE CAN'T TAKE YOUR GIFT CERTIFICATES, BUT YOU DO HAVE TO BRING LETTERS WITH YOU. CONGRATULATIONS, WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. [ APPLAUSE ] >>LUIS VIERA: DETECTIVE, ON BEHALF OF A REALLY GRATEFUL CITY OF TAMPA, WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK AND YOUR SACRIFICE AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR US. [ APPLAUSE ] >> WROTE SOMETHING OUT. BEAR WITH ME. MORNING. FIRST LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE WITHOUT GOD THIS WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE FOR THAT. THANKS TO MY WIFE AND FAMILY FOR UNWAVERING SUPPORT. LONG NIGHTS AND HOURS AWAY FROM HOME. THIS REALLY MAKES IT WORTH IT. I APPRECIATE IT KINDLY. COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION OF THIS AWARD. THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN THE DEPARTMENT, OUR STAFF AND AIDING US IN MAKING THE CITY SAFER AND THE BEST CITY IN THE NATION. TO OUR STAFF, THANKS FOR BELIEVING IN ME. THANK YOU FOR THE PROMOTION AND RECOGNIZING ME WITH THIS AWARD. THIS ISN'T A ONE-MAN SHOW. ALL THESE CASES WERE SOLVED WITH TEAMWORK WITH OUR AGENCIES. THE FBI HELPED OUT WITH THE CASES AS WELL WITH THE BANK ROBBERY. DEFINITELY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THEM AS WELL, THE GUYS THAT HELPED OUT WITH CASES. LASTLY, OUR STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, SUSIE LOPEZ, HER STAFF WAS INCREDIBLE AND VERY PROACTIVE WITH OUR INVESTIGATIONS AND ENSURING THAT PROSECUTION IN THE CASES ARE FOLLOWED AND PROSECUTED. THANKS FOR THAT AND MAKING OUR CITY SAFE. APPRECIATE IT. [ APPLAUSE ] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CONGRATULATIONS SIR. THANK YOU FOR THE SACRIFICE THAT YOU MAKE EVERY TIME YOU PUT ON THE UNIFORM AND TO YOUR FAMILY, THE SACRIFICE THEY MAKE. THANK YOU FOR KEEPING US SAFE. THIS IS CERTAINLY WELL DESERVED. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL TAKE A MOMENT AS THE ROOM CLEARS OUT. ITEM 3, COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK, YOU WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE? >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. THERE IS AN OVERHEAD, BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT GOING ON IN THIS LITTLE AREA. FOLKS WHO DRIVE THIS AREA AND LIVE IN THIS AREA, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. SHE'S GOING TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE WOLF CAM. SORRY. YOU HAVE TO USE THE INFLECTION NOW. IT'S NO LONGER AN ELMO. IT'S A WOLF. THEY'LL GET IT TO FOCUS AT SOME POINT. THIS BASICALLY IS, RIGHT NOW A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION IS GOING ON IN THE MALFUNCTION JUNCTION AREA. ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS WAS PUTTING FENCING UNDER SOME OF THE OVERPASSES. THAT'S GOING ON. RIGHT NOW, THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS SEVERAL RFQs OUT FOR I BELIEVE SOME MURAL PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO GO ON TO THE NOW FLAT WALLS. TAMPA HEIGHTS HAS BEEN VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE REPAVING OF TAMPA STREET BECAUSE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO INCLUDE STORMWATER. IT WAS A STORMWATER THAT GOT A FEDERAL GRANT FOR STORMWATER. UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO COST OVERRUNS, IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO END UP BEING ONLY DRAINAGE REPAIR, REPLACING DAMAGED PIPES AND INLETS BUT THEY STILL WILL BE GETTING SOMETHING WITH THAT. THE BIKEWAYS OF BOTH CENTRAL AVENUE AND OLA AVENUE HAVE BEGUN. THEY ARE WORKING ON CENTRAL AVENUE FIRST. BOTH PROJECTS SHOULD BE DONE BY 2026 -- OR THE END OF 2026 WHICH SEEMS LIKE A REALLY LONG TIME, BUT I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THE LIGHTS ARE GOING IN AT MLK AND SLIGH AND COLUMBUS, ABOUT THREE-QUARTERS OF THE WAY THROUGH. SO MAYBE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR. HELP ME IF I'M MISSING ANYTHING. I THINK THAT'S KIND OF IT. TAMPA STREET AND FLORIDA AVENUE ARE BOTH GOING TO BE REPAVED. THAT IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF HEARTACHE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO GET DOWNTOWN DURING RUSH HOUR. I JUST WANT TO PREPARE PEOPLE FOR THAT. I BELIEVE THAT'S GOING TO BEGIN NEXT YEAR OR THE END OF THIS YORE. THERE IS A LOT GOING ON. I JUST FELT LIKE IF THEY WEREN'T GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT, I NEEDED TO. THAT'S IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, MR. SHELBY -- COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON IS ONLINE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I CAN, PURSUANT TO COUNCIL'S RULES, CAN COUNCIL MAKE A MOTION TO PERMIT HER TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. AND MR. SHELBY, DO YOU WANT TO READ THE RULES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE I BEGIN? >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, THANK YOU. IF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THE OPPORTUNITY TO FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AND PLACE IT IN THE BOX IS OUTSIDE THE CHAMBERS. ONE CARD PER SPEAKER. EACH PERSON SPEAKING AND SUBMITTING A CARD WOULD BE RECOGNIZED BY NAME TO APPROACH AND SPEAK. A THREE-MINUTE TIME LIMIT APPLIES. PLEASE PRINT LEGIBLY. NAMES THAT CANNOT BE READ WILL NOT BE CALLED. IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA THAT IS DESIGNATED ON THE AGENDA AS A PUBLIC HEARING, THERE IS A SIGN-IN SHEET, PLEASE USE THE SIGN-IN SHEET. AGAIN, IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE, PLEASE SEE CITY STAFF. SPEAKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALSO REMINDED THAT THEY ARE TO REFRAIN FROM DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING MAKING VULGAR OR THREATENING REMARKS OR MAKING OR CAUSING DISRUPTIVE NOISES OR SOUNDS OR DISPLAYING SIGNS OR GRAPHICS. SPEAKERS ARE ALSO TO PLEASE REFRAIN FROM LAUNCHING PERSONAL ATTACKS AGAINST ANY CITY OFFICIAL, STAFF MEMBER, OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. THE CHAIR WILL RULE OUT OF ORDER ANY PERSON WHO SPEAKS WITHOUT BEING RECOGNIZED OR ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL FROM OUTSIDE THE SPEAKER AREA AT THE PODIUM. PERSONS FAILING TO COMPLY WITH COUNCIL RULES MAY BE RULED OUT OF ORDER AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE CHAMBERS FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY'S MEETING. NOW, FINALLY, COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD BE REMINDED TO REFRAIN FROM ENGAGING A SPEAKER DURING PUBLIC COMMENT AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT TAKE QUESTIONS OR HAVE A DIALOGUE WITH THE SPEAKERS DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS YOUR POSITION. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. SO FAR I HAVE 27 SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. TWO OF THEM ARE VIRTUAL. I'LL TAKE THE TWO VIRTUAL ONES FIRST THAT ARE ONLINE. THE FIRST IS MR. MICHAEL RANDOLPH FOLLOWED BY MR. LAWRENCE PREMARK. MR. RANDOLPH, IF YOU ARE ON, GO AHEAD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AND THEN WE'LL TAKE MR. PREMARK NEXT. GOOD MORNING, SIR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MICHAEL RANDOLPH. I'M WITH THE WEST TAMPA CDC. I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT OUR UPCOMING MEETING ON JANUARY THE 24th AT 7 P.M. IT'S GOING TO BE ONLINE. THE TITLE IS JUSTIFICATION OF THE SAFETY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONNECTING THE DOTS, A NATIONAL DISCUSSION ON WHAT WORKS. WE WILL BE DEALING WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM HIGH-CRIME NEIGHBORHOODS FROM AROUND THE NATION WHO WILL SHARE THEIR STRATEGY. THIS MEETING PRESENTS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LEARN FROM THOSE SUCCESS STORIES AND DISCUSS HOW WE CAN IMPLEMENT OUR INITIATIVE AS WELL. THE TOPICS THAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING IS UPDATES ON MAJOR PROJECTS IN WEST TAMPA, THE TECHNOLOGY, JOB CREATION CENTER. THIS IS A STRATEGY INITIATIVE TO FOSTER ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY USING TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTS, OF COURSE, AI. THE NEXT IS HOME-BASED BUSINESS AND THEN OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH AND ECONOMIC INITIATIVE. THIS DISCUSSION IS ON HOW TO IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN THE COMMUNITY. NEXT IS LOOKING AT HOW DO WE EXPLORE ECONOMIC-BASED SOLUTIONS TO CRIME? THE WEST TAMPA CULTURE CENTER, THIS IS A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE PRESENTATION OF ESTABLISHMENT OF A COASTAL CENTER TO ADDRESS THE HISTORY OF WEST TAMPA WITH A FOCUS ON THE BLACK COMMUNITY. AS YOU KNOW, A LOT OF BLACK COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ERASED. NEXT IS A TOPIC ON WHAT DO WE DO AND HOW DO WE BRING HOME THE YELLOW JACKETS LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM? HOW DO WE BRING BACK HOME AND HELP THEM WITH FUNDING AS WELL? FINALLY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT AVENUES FOR FUNDING TO FUND ALL OF THESE PROJECTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND HAVE A GREAT DAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF, SIR. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW, SIR? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, GO AHEAD. >> YES, SIR. I'M LARRY PRE-MACK, PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WHICH CONSISTS OF 657 RESIDENCES ON THE SOUTHERN HALF OF HARBOUR ISLAND. AT THE JANUARY 23rd COUNCIL MEETING, COUNCIL HEARD OUR REASONS FOR MORE STUDY OF THE PROPOSED TRAFFIC LIGHTS IN FRONT OF THE CONVENTION CENTER. AFTER VIK MADE HIS PRESENTATION, THE CONSENSUS IN THE 28 MINUTE DISCUSSION IS THE COUNCIL AGREED THIS WAS NOT A VIABLE SOLUTION. HOWEVER, NO MOTIONS WERE MADE. WE E-MAILED CITY ATTORNEY ANDREA ZELMAN IN REGARD TO WHO ACTUALLY HAD THE AUTHORITY TO INSTALL THE $500,000 WORTH OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS. MS. ZELMAN RESPONDED THAT THE HEAD OF THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT, VIK BHIDE HAD THE AUTHORITY AND DESPITE THE SURVEY OF 4,000 HARBOUR ISLAND RESIDENTS, A TRAFFIC ENGINEER'S ALTERNATIVE SUGGESTIONS AND THE CITY COUNCIL, THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT WOULD BE INSTALLING THE LIGHT. WE SENT A BROADCAST TO RESIDENTS INFORMING THEM OF THIS AND ASKED THEM TO WRITE TO THE MAYOR TO REVERSE THIS DECISION. THE MAYOR'S WRITTEN RESPONSES TO RESIDENTS WERE INCREDIBLE ON SO MANY LEVELS. SUBSEQUENTLY, I WATCHED WITH GREAT INTEREST THE ASTOUNDING TESTIMONY OF THE TWO BRAVE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES OF HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION. THEIR STATEMENTS WERE COMPELLING. HOWEVER, MAYOR CASTOR RESPONDED TO OUR RESIDENTS ON THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS STATING THAT SHE WAS SADDENED BY PERSONAL ATTACKS ON MR. BHIDE AND SAID, AND I QUOTE, FRANKLY, IT IS THE PERSONAL ATTACKS BY CITY COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE CAUSED SEVERAL GOOD PEOPLE TO LEAVE PUBLIC SERVICE, UNQUOTE. THIS IS A DIRECT ATTACK ON CITY COUNCIL AND OUR RESIDENTS TO THE PRESENTATION BY STEPHANIE POYNOR SHOWING GREAT INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE LEFT THE CITY, A NUMBER OF WHICH I DEALT WITH PERSONALLY, LIKE ERICA MOODY WHO WAS A SUPERSTAR. WHEN THE COUNCIL DISCUSSED THIS INVESTIGATING WHY THESE PEOPLE LEFT, NO COUNCIL MEMBER TRIED TO LAY THE BLAME AT THE MAYOR'S FEET, YET THE MAYOR IS QUICK TO POINT OUT TO RESIDENTS THAT IT IS THE FULL COUNCIL AND RESIDENTS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS MASS EXODUS. ALSO DURING THAT MEETING, CHIEF BENNETT BASICALLY STATED THAT THERE WERE NO COMPLETE EXIT INTERVIEWS DONE, IF AT ALL. IF THERE WERE NO EXIT INTERVIEWS AND CHIEF BENNETT IS STATING THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY INTERVIEWS HIMSELF, THEN WHY IS THE MAYOR THROWING THE WHOLE COUNCIL UNDER THE BUS STATING THAT YOU ARE THE PROBLEM? THE CONCLUSION HAS BEEN REACHED BEFORE THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN STUDIED. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S OBSTINANCE TO EVERY OPPOSING VIEW. I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN MIRANDA'S ASSESSMENT, INVESTIGATE AND FIND ANY WAY YOU CAN TO STOP THESE. AS I SAID TO MOST OF YOU PERSONALLY, I DO NOT KNOW WHY YOU DO WHAT YOU DO, BUT I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO TO THE IN-PERSON PUBLIC SPEAKERS. BEVERLY KEANEY IS THE FIRST SPEAKER. FOLLOWED BY APRIL. I HOPE I'M SAYING IT CORRECTLY. MR. VERN GARRETT SENIOR. YES, MA'AM, COME ON UP. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. IT WILL ACTIVATE IN JUST A SECOND. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS BEVERLY KEANEY. I LIVE IN FOREST HILLS IN NORTH TAMPA. I'M HERE BECAUSE A LOT OF MY NEIGHBORS ARE WORKING. THEY ARE HARD AT WORK AND REALLY CAN'T TAKE TIME OFF TO COME SPEAK TO YOU SO I WANT TO BE THEIR ADVOCATE TODAY AS THE FOREST HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENT, WE'VE BEEN IN OVERDRIVE HELPING OTHERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE THE MORNING OF OCTOBER 10. WE WOKE UP AND THAT'S WHEN THE FLOODING BEGAN, AFTER HURRICANE MILTON AND IN THE DAYS THAT FOLLOWED, WATERS CAME UP TO THE POINT THAT PEOPLE WERE BEING BOAT RESCUED IN OUR NO FLOOD ZONE. I ASK YOU ON CITY COUNCIL TO PLEASE HELP SUPPORT MY NEIGHBORS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. IT'S BEEN OVER 125 DAYS SINCE THAT MORNING. I CAN TELL YOU INTIMATELY THE SITUATION OF MANY PEOPLE WHO LOST EVERYTHING. OF THE 60 HOMES THAT I COUNT THAT WERE FLOODED NEAR ME, I KEEP IN TOUCH WITH A TEXT GROUP OF ABOUT 34. THAT'S NOT EASY TO DO SINCE MOST OF THEM ARE UNABLE TO LIVE IN THEIR HOUSES. YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE INSIDE. IF YOU HAVEN'T VISITED YET, THOSE HOMES WERE FLOODED WITH BOTH STORMWATER AND SEWAGE. BESIDES SHARING LEADS, I ENCOURAGE THEM NOT TO GIVE UP. THERE ARE SO MANY OBSTACLES TO RETURNING TO NORMALCY. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT'S POSSIBLE NOW. WE'VE PROVIDED FOOD, BLANKETS, THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED DAILY, A PLACE TO SIT. EVEN BROUGHT COATS AND SHOES FOR PEOPLE THAT NEEDED THEM. WHEN WE HAD THE COLD SNAP AROUND THE HOLIDAYS. THEIR NEED DIDN'T END WITH THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. THEY ARE STILL BROKEN. SO MOST RUN THROUGH ALL THEIR OWN RESOURCES. NOW THEY ARE IN A DEEP FINANCIAL HOLE. THEY ARE TRYING TO HOLD ON TO AND KEEP THAT GENERATIONAL HOUSE THAT THEY HAVE IN FOREST HILLS. SO EVERY BIT OF FINANCIAL RELIEF THAT THEY CAN GET, IT WILL HELP RESTORE THEM AND THEIR HOME AS WELL AS PRESERVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THEIR STORIES, RIGHT WHEN I LOOK OUT MY OWN DOOR, I LIVE ON EDISON AVENUE AND I LIVE A BLOCK OFF NORTH BOULEVARD AND CLOSER TO THE EAST RIDGE PUMP. WHOLE STREETS WERE AFFECTED ON NORTH BOULEVARD AT 109th. THAT'S WHERE HAMNER AVENUE, OTIS AND THE HOUSES THAT SURROUND THE STORMWATER PONDS THERE ON NORTH BOULEVARD, NEWPORT CIRCLE AND CLIFF. THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING OF IT. CURIOSITY CREEK WHERE THE BACKUP GENERATOR AND THE PUMP DID NOT TURN ON, THERE ARE MORE FAMILIES AND RETIREES FLOODED BY THE PARK AND IT CONTINUES ALL THE WAY UP 113th AND OLA. PLEASE DRIVE BY, GUYS. YOU CAN SEE THE EMPTY HOUSES AND THE PODS IN THE DRIVEWAY IF THEY ARE ACTUALLY IN A CONSTRUCTION MODE. BUT AS YOU HEAR OF THE DAMAGE, IT'S REALLY WIDESPREAD IN OUR AREA. NUMBER ONE, WE WANT TO LET OUR COUNCILMEN, LUIS VIERA KNOW WE APPRECIATE HIS EFFORTS TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE MATTER. PRACTICALLY TO EVERYONE WHO WOULD LISTEN ABOUT WHAT OCCURRED IN NORTH TAMPA. YOU'VE BEEN IN PHENOMENAL IN COMMUNICATING WITH INDIVIDUALS. I REALLY ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL WHEN OUTSIDE GROUPS OF PEOPLE DISCOURAGED AND ANGRY AND YOU WERE ABLE TO STAY LATE AND HEAR WHAT EVERYBODY HAD TO SAY. COLLECTIVE BIG THANK YOU GOES TO TAMPA MAYOR JANE CASTOR FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, THIS IMPORTANT RECOVERY PACKAGE THAT WE HOPE CITY COUNCIL WILL UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORT TODAY. TOP OF MIND IS WHAT HAPPENS DIFFERENTLY AS HURRICANE SEASON BEGINS AGAIN IN A FEW MONTHS. THE COUNCIL'S DISCUSSION ON THESE ITEMS LATER IS REALLY WHAT WE ALL WANT TO AGREE ON. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. I HAVE SOME LETTERS THAT I WOULD LIKE -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GIVE THEM TO THE ATTORNEY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APRIL IS THE NEXT SPEAKER. APRIL SELF. AND THEN MR. VERN GARRETT SENIOR AND MS. TAMMY JACKSON. YES MA'AM. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> MY NAME IS APRIL SELF. GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY HUSBAND IS NOT ABLE TO BE WITH ME TODAY AS HE HAS TO WORK TO BE ABLE TO HELP US REBUILD OUR HOME. WE LIVE IN FOREST HILLS OFF OF NORTH BOULEVARD. WE WERE ONE OF THE HOMES THAT WERE ONE OF MANY HOMES AFFECTED BY THE WATER FLOOD. WE ONLY -- WE FLOODED FROM THE INSIDE OUTSIDE EVERYWHERE. WE TOOK IN ALMOST THREE FEET OF WATER. WHY? THE PUMPS DIDN'T WORK. THE GENERATORS DIDN'T KICK ON OR THERE WERE NO GENERATORS. HOW ARE WE GOING TO ASSESS THAT GOING FORWARD? ARE WE GOING TO BE IN A FLOOD ZONE GOING FORWARD? MY MOTHER LIVES IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS. SHE CAME AND STAYED WITH US THINKING SHE WOULD BE SAFE IN OUR OWN HOME VERSUS HER HOME THAT IS A HUNDRED YEARS OLD. SHE ENDED UP LOSING HER CAR. WE HAD TO FORCE HER TO EVACUATE. SO THE STRESS, I DIDN'T PROTECT MY OWN MOTHER STAYING AT OUR HOUSE BECAUSE THE CITY FAILED US. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? WHAT CAN BE DONE TO PREVENT THIS IN THE FUTURE? OUR NEIGHBORS, THERE'S ONE NEIGHBOR RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM US, HER HOME IS SITTING THERE VACANT BECAUSE SHE CAN'T GET ANY ANSWERS FROM INSURANCE, FEMA OR ANYBODY. WE'RE FIGHTING WITH FEMA TO HELP US PAY OUR RENT ON TOP OF OUR MORTGAGE THAT WE'RE PAYING MONTHLY, ALL OF OUR UTILITY BILLS. INSURANCE TOLD US BASICALLY YOU DON'T HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE, THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO FOR YOU. HOW IS THE CITY OF TAMPA GOING TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES BEING LEFT FOR MANY OTHER PEOPLE, MANY OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE SITTING UNDERWATER STILL? OUR FRONT YARD IS LIKE WALKING THROUGH A SWAMP. IT'S JUST MUDDY FROM EVERYTHING. WE UNDERSTAND THAT'S HOW THE TRUCKS HAD TO PICK UP ALL THE DEBRIS AND MOVE THE DEBRIS FROM NOT HARMING OTHER PEOPLE. NOW THE FRONT YARDS ARE RUINED. WE'RE NOT EVEN BEING TOLD WE CAN GO BACK INTO OUR HOUSE UNTIL HAD THE END OF MARCH. WE'RE GOING BROKE BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO FIX THE PROBLEM THAT THE CITY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR PUMPS WEREN'T WORKING PROPERLY WITH EVERYTHING. WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT ALL THIS IN THE FUTURE? HOW DO WE PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS? IS THE MAYOR GOING TO HONESTLY HELP WITH THE RELIEF PACKAGE? WILL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE TWO WORKING FAMILIES, WILL THEY BE ABLE TO QUALIFY TO GET ANY ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE? HOW DOES THIS WORK? WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET ANSWERS. THE BUILDING PERMITS, YES, WE CAN GET THEM FOR FREE, BUT IT'S STILL TAKING WEEKS TO GET THEM APPROVED THROUGH THE SYSTEM. SO WE'RE BEING DELAYED ON GETTING HOMES REBUILT. WE WANT TO GO HOME. WE WANT TO BE NORMAL. WE WANT TO BE LIKE YOU. YOU SIT IN YOUR HOME EVERY NIGHT. WE DON'T. WE SIT IN A HOTEL OR AirBnB WONDERING WHEN WE GET TO BE LIKE YOU AND GO HOME. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. VERN GARRETT SENIOR. TAMMY JACKSON. HOPE DEMETRIA JACKSON. >> GOOD MORNING. VERN GARRETT SENIOR. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEM. I'M HERE WITH A BUNCH OF SUPPORTERS ABOUT THE RENAMING OF THE PARK. A LOT OF US GREW UP IN THE JACKSON HEIGHTS AREA OFF 34th. MY MOM'S HOUSE BUILT IN 1971. I GREW UP IN THE HOUSE. I HAD TWO SISTERS. WE ALL HAD KIDS, WHICH IS MY MOM GRANDKIDS. EVERYBODY GO TO THE PARK, WHICH IS KNOWN AS FAIR OAKS. WE ALL ARE IN FAVOR OF NAMING IT AFTER MR. ARTIS GAMBRELL. ALL OF US BASICALLY GREW UP UNDER ARTIS GAMBRELL. IF WE DIDN'T SHOW SUPPORT, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHICH WAY IT WOULD GO OR -- THEN IT BECOMES ANOTHER NAME THAT NONE OF US BASICALLY KNOW WHO IT IS GOING TO BE. SUPPORT, HEY, IF RENAMED, ARTIS GAMBRELL. THANK YOU FOR REDOING THE PARK. IT'S LONG OVERDUE, BUT WE ACCEPT IT AND WE BELIEVE IT WILL BE A BEAUTIFUL PARK. STATE OF THE ART IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD, SO WE ACCEPT THAT. IF YOU ARE GOING TO RENAME IT, ALL OF US ARE IN FAVOR OF NAMING MR. ARTIS GAMBRELL. HE WAS A GOOD GUY. REARED ME THE RIGHT WAY. REARED A LOT OF US THE RYE WAY. WE'RE ALL HERE IN FAVOR OF THAT. IF IT'S GOING TO BE DONE, WE HOPE YOU MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION AND RENAME IT AFTER MR. GAMBRELL. IF YOU DON'T SEE THE SUPPORT BEHIND ME I MIGHT NEED TO GET MY GLASSES BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. OTHER SPEAKERS THAT WILL TALK AFTER ME, TALK ABOUT THEIR LIFE AT FAIR OAKS. LITTLE LEAGUE FOOTBALL AT FAIR OAKS. MY SON DIDN'T PLAY FOOTBALL BY MY NEPHEWS PLAYED. CHEER COACHES, FOOTBALL COACHES. FAIR OAKS IS WHAT WE KNOW. MR. GAMBRELL IS WHAT WE KNOW. IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO IT, PLEASE DO IT THE RIGHT WAY AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. I WON'T TAKE UP ALL YOUR TIME. WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT MR. GAMBRELL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] TAMMY JACKSON. HOPE DEMETRIA JACKSON AND CHERYL YOUNG. GOOD MORNING, MA'AM. >> MY NAME IS TAMMY JACKSON. MR. VERN PRETTY MUCH STATED EVERYTHING. I GREW UP THERE. MY CHILDREN, MY GRANDCHILDREN, AND ALL WE KNOW IS FAIR OAKS AS FAIR OAKS. SO WE WOULD BE APPRECIATIVE IF YOU ALL WOULD CONSIDER NAMING IT AFTER MR. ARTIS GAMBRELL, MY BROTHERS EVERYONE. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HOPE JACKSON. FOLLOWED BY MS. SHERYL YOUNG AND MS. VALERIE BULLOCK. GOOD MORNING, MA'AM. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> HOPE DEMETRIA JACKSON. GRANDDAUGHTER OF LATE EVANGELIST JACKSON AND FRIENDS. HE BASICALLY RAISED ME. FAIR OAKS IS ALL I KNOW. MY CHILDREN HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY SPORTS, GO TO THE PARK. I UNDERSTAND GENTRIFICATION IS GOING ON IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT PLEASE KEEP FAIR OAKS EITHER FAIR OAKS OR NAME IT AFTER MR. GAMBRELL. APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MS. CHERYL YOUNG. MS. VALERIE BULLOCK. MR. TYRONE WILLIAMS. IS CHERYL YOUNG HERE? >> PASSES. EVERYBODY SAID WHAT NEED TO SAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: VALERIE BULLOCK, TYRONE WILLIAMS, SHANDA WILLIAMS. >> VALERIE BULLOCK. I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO ALL THE PEOPLE IN COLLEGE HILL PROJECTS WHO POURED INTO MY LIFE AND TRIED TO INSTILL VALUES IN ME TO MAKE ME A BETTER PERSON. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TALK ABOUT, I KNOW WE PASSED ON THIS ONE TIME AND THE PROJECT WAS APPROVED FOR THE NEW HOUSING COMPLEX AND THE NEW INNOVATIVE LEARNING CENTER ON YALE AND COLUMBUS DRIVE. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE PROJECT IS OR WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA, THE PEOPLE ARE BEING OVERLOOKED. NO ONE NEVER COMES OUT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH US. WE ARE BUILDING THIS. WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOUR INPUT ON THIS. WHEN I HIT THE STREETS, NOBODY EVER TELL ME ANYTHING ABOUT THEY WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL AND GET TRAINING FOR CULINARY ARTS. THEY WANT INFRASTRUCTURE JOBS BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THE MONEY IS AT AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GET A JOB TO PAY MARKET VALUE RENT. CULINARY MIGHT DO IT FOR ONE OR TWO PEOPLE, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO DO IT FOR EVERYBODY. WE NEED TO BE BETTER STEWARDS WITH THE MONEY AND PUT THE MONEY WHERE IT WILL HELP THE MOST AMOUNT OF PEOPLE, NOT JUST SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS. WE'RE GOING TO GET TRAINING OR ANOTHER JOB. WE DON'T NEED TRAINING. ON MY STREET, WE NEED PAYCHECKS. THAT IS WHAT WE NEED. WE NEED PAYCHECKS AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO LIVE. THEY GOT SIX AND SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR HOMES OVER ON MY STREET OFF OF 34th AND 24th AVENUE. WE NEED A JOB WHERE WE CAN AFFORD THOSE HOMES. WE SHOULD NOT BE OUTPRICED OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE OF OUR ECONOMIC STATUS. SO IF YOU REALLY WANT TO HELP THE EAST TAMPA RESIDENTS, LET'S NOT DO STUFF SYMBOLICALLY. LET'S DO STUFF THAT WILL REALLY HELP THE PEOPLE. WE WANT THE SAME THING EVERYBODY ELSE WANT. WE WANT A GOOD-PAYING JOB, A CAREER, AND WE WANT A NICE HOUSE. WE DON'T HAVE TO UNPLUG THE REFRIGERATOR TO TURN THE HEAT ON. THAT IS WHAT WE WANT. WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE WANT. WHEN IT COMES TO EAST TAMPA RESIDENTS, WE NEED TO HAVE ENTRY LEVEL POSITION WITH WRAPAROUND SERVICES. WHAT ABOUT THE CRIMINAL BACKGROUND. DON'T HAVE GOOD CREDIT. DON'T HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. OKAY PLUMBING. ALL YOU NEED IS A NINTH GRADE EDUCATION FOR THAT. WE NEED TO STOP GETTING DISRESPECTED AND WHOEVER IS GETTING FUNDING, THEY NEED TO COME WALK THE STREETS AND GET COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, SEE WHAT WE WANT. DON'T FORCE NOTHING DOWN OUR THROAT. THAT IS DISRESPECT. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. TYRONE WILLIAMS. MS. SHANDA WILLIAMS AND CLARICE CRAWFORD, THEN BISHOP. TYRONE WILLIAMS. NEXT SPEAKER. SHANDA WILLIAMS AND CLARICE CRAWFORD PASSED. >> I'M CLARENCE CRAWFORD. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BUT THE NEXT TWO PASS. >> YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, SIR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS CLARENCE CRAWFORD. I AM A RESIDENT OF EAST TAMPA, BORN AND RAISED IN THE FAIR OAKS COMMUNITY. I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE FAIR OAKS REUNION COMMITTEE. LAST YEAR WE HOSTED OUR FIRST FAIR OAKS REUNION AT ROWLETT PARK WHICH WE HAD IN ATTENDANCE OVER 800 PEOPLE. NOW, ALL THIS RENAMING AND ALL THIS STUFF IS NEW TO ME SO I'M TRYING TO GET IN AND CATCH UP. BUT AS MR. GARRETT STATED EARLIER, WE ALL GREW UP IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, BORN AND RAISED. SOME OF OUR PARENTS HAVE LIVED THERE FOR OVER 75 YEARS. I STILL RESIDE IN MY PARENT'S HOUSE WHICH I OWNED FOR 31 YEARS. MY HOUSE IS APPROXIMATELY MAYBE 600 FEET AWAY FROM THE PARK. NOW, THE RENAMING OF FAIR OAKS PARK, IT IS WHAT IT IS. BUT LIKE YOU SAID, ALL WE KNOW IS FAIR OAKS. WE PLAYED THERE WHEN IT WAS JUST DIRT. BUT IF BY CHANCE IT HAS TO BE RENAMED, WE WILL ACCEPT ARTIS GAMBRELL. LIKE SOME SAID, WE ALL COME UP UNDERNEATH HIM. WHEN WE WAS GROWING UP, HE WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO WHERE BACK THEN THE NEIGHBORS COULD WORK THE NEIGHBORS' KIDS. THAT'S WHAT HE DID. THERE WAS A LOT OF TIMES WE WERE GROWING UP THAT WE WERE CHASTISED BY HIM. WE GOT A WHOOPIN' AT THE PARK. BY THE TIME HE WENT AND TELL MY PARENTS, WE GOT ANOTHER WHIPPIN'. THAT'S A LOT OF HISTORY THERE. A LOT OF, LOT OF HISTORY THERE. THE NAME FAIR OAKS, AS YOU CAN SEE, SOME OF US ARE WEARING OUR SHIRTS, BUT IF YOU HAD SEEN THE PEOPLE IN THE PARK ON NOVEMBER 16 OF LAST YEAR, YOU COULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN THROUGH THAT WHOLE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD. WHEN I TELL YOU WE BROUGHT THE CITY OUT, WE BROUGHT THE CITY OUT. WE DID EVERYTHING THE PROPER WAY, ACCORDING TO THE CITY OF TAMPA FOR LEASE, EVERYTHING. WE HAD NOT ONE PROBLEM. WE PLAN TO DO IT AGAIN THIS COMING NOVEMBER 1st. SO WE WOULD JUST LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER THE PEOPLE OF FAIR OAKS COMMUNITY WHEN YOU MAKE A DECISION ON CHANGING THE NAME. WE LOVE OUR FAIR OAKS. BELIEVE YOU ME, FAIR OAKS, NO MATTER WHAT YOU CHANGE YOUR NAME TO IT, IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE FAIR OAKS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE KNOW. BUT IF IT HAS TO BE CHANGED, WE WILL ACCEPT THE NAME ARTIS GAMBRELL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SHANDA WILLIAMS. CASTOR, YOU THE COUNCIL PEOPLE AND ESPECIALLY GWEN HENDERSON TO REPRESENTS DISTRICT 5 AND THE ORGANIZATION THAT IS BUILDING FAIR OAKS. I INITIATED THE BEGINNING FOR FAIR OAKS TO BE REBUILT. I'M HERE TODAY ASKING AND I THINK THERE IS A LITTLE CONFUSION. THE NAME DOES NOT HAVE TO BE CHANGED AND I DO THINK THOSE 800 PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED THE EVENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PART OF DUE PROCESS. I'M JUST SAYING THERE SHOULD BE DUE PROCESS THAT YOU SHOULD ALLOW TO BE OPEN TO ALL THE RESIDENTS OF EAST TAMPA. A LOT OF PEOPLE DID NOT KNOW TODAY THAT THE NAME CHANGE WAS ON THE AGENDA. I RECEIVED MANY PHONE CALLS WHEN IT WAS LET OUT THAT YOU ALL WERE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING THIS. WE HAD ISSUES FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE COMMUNITY NOT GETTING THE RIGHT INFORMATION. THE COMMUNITY FIGHTING AGAINST EACH OTHER BECAUSE THEY WAS NOT AWARE OF WHAT TRUTH WAS. THERE WAS A LOT OF PROPAGANDA THAT WAS GOING OUT. SO I WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO BE NO CONFUSION, NO HARD FEELINGS, NO PEOPLE BEING UPSET. ONE OF THE NAMES THEY TOLD ME ABOUT, MS. YORK, A SCHOOLTEACHER AT BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL. THERE ARE A LOT OF NAMES OF PEOPLE THAT KEPT THE COMMUNITY INTACT WHERE PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE PLAQUES OF THEIR NAMES IN THE BUILDING BUT THEY WANT IT TO STAY FAIR OAKS. EVERYBODY THAT HAS SPOKEN SAY THEY KNOW IT BY FAIR OAKS. WHEN YOU SAY FAIR OAKS, YOU KNOW WHAT PARK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THIS NEED TO BE TAKEN TO THE COMMUNITY. THE COMMUNITY SHOULD BE NOTIFIED OF A HEARING AND THEN THE COMMUNITY SHOULD COME OUT. AND WHATEVER NAME BE SELECTED, THAT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY STAND BY. MAJORITY RULES. BUT JUST TO DO SOMETHING TODAY, I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WAS NOT AWARE THAT THIS SUBJECT WAS GOING TO BE ON THE AGENDA. WE DON'T DO ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN ANY OTHER PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY, SO WHY SHOULD THE AFRICAN COMMUNITY BE RUSHED TO DO SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE NO INPUT. THAT'S WHERE OUR PROBLEM COMES IN AT, WHEN PEOPLE FEEL THEY ARE NOT TALKED TO, THEY ARE NOT GIVEN THE CORRECT INFORMATION, AND THEY DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THE BEHALF. EVERY NAME THAT PROBABLY COME OUT A GREAT NAME. ASK THAT YOU DELAY THIS AND GIVE THE COMMUNITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT AND LET THEIR VOICES BE HEARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. MARVIN KNIGHT. MR. GREGORY SPEARS. MS. KATRINA VICARS. >> GOOD MORNING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOUR NAME, SIR? >> MARVIN KNIGHT. I CAN HONESTLY SAY OVER THE YEARS, NOT ONLY BEEN A PART OF EAST TAMPA AND THE CITY OF TAMPA AND DOING EVENTS, I DO KNOW MR. GAMBRELL, THE LATE ARTIS GAMBRELL. HE WAS ALWAYS THERE TO DO THINGS POSITIVE. WHEN WE DID EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, NOT ONLY WAS HE EMPLOYEE OVER 40 YEARS, BUT HE REALLY GAVE BACK AND NOT JUST FOR THE MONEY THAT HE WAS RECEIVING FROM THE CITY, HE DID A LOT WITHOUT MONEY. THE FAIR OAKS PARK, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, A BUNCH OF OAK TREES AND EVERYTHING. COUPLE GOT TOGETHER AND THEY CAME UP WITH THE NAME. BUNCH OF OAK TREES. FAIREST THING TO DO, WHY DON'T WE NAME IT FAIR OAKS. THAT'S WHERE FAIR OAKS CAME FROM. I SAY, AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN A WHILE ON THIS THING HERE. BEST THING TO DO, NOT WAIT NO MORE. MAKE A DECISION TODAY. I WOULD RECOMMEND ARTIS GAMBRELL SENIOR PARK AT FAIR OAKS. YOU'VE GOT FAIR OAKS. FAIREST THING TO DO, JUST LIKE HOW IT STARTED AND ARTIS GAMBRELL WHO REALLY STOOD UP IN THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA AND THE PEOPLE TO DO THE RIGHT THING. I APPRECIATE THE TIME AND EVEN THE CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE, A LOT OF YOU GUYS, ESPECIALLY CHARLIE, BEEN HERE FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS AND THE OTHER CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE. [ SOUNDING GAVEL ] SO WE WANT TO NOT ONLY THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THE TIME, BUT I ASK YOU TO CONSIDER AND TO VOTE. IF YOU HAVE TO VOTE TODAY, I WOULD SAY HAVE MR. ARTIS GAMBRELL AND FAIR OAKS IN THAT NAME. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GREGORY SPEARS. MS. KATRINA VICARS. >> GREGORY SPEARS PASSES. >> GREGORY SPEARS PASSES, KATRINA VICKERS PASSES. LaCHONE TIMES. SHE LEFT. MS. STEPHANIE POYNOR AND CHARLENE LEVY. MR. STEVE MICHELINI. YES, MA'AM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD MORNING. STEPHANIE POYNOR. SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO GO BACK TO STEP ONE. COUNCIL HAS CHANGED THE PROCESS FOR NAMING PARKS. SOMEBODY NEEDS TO TAKE THIS BABY, THIS FOOTBALL AND RUN WITH IT AND ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO GIVE INPUT FROM THE JUMP. I KNOW WHEN COUNCILMAN GUDES MADE THIS MOTION, THERE WASN'T A PROCESS. THERE IS NOW. LET'S GO BACK TO STEP ONE. SOMEBODY ON COUNCIL PREFERABLY, COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON WOULD PROBABLY TAKE THIS ON AND GET SOME FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY AND DO THE STEPS LIKE WE DID TO NAME THE PARK IN SOUTH TAMPA. BUT I'M NOT UP HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THAT. I COULDN'T HELP BUT COMMENT. TIME IS MONEY, ESPECIALLY IN HOUSING. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS DONE IN FOUR YEARS. CASA BELMAR IS 100% AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I WENT BACK AND CHECKED THE DATES. FIRST TIME IN ACCELA 12 OF 2021. THE GRAND OPENING WAS LAST WEEK. IT IS COMPLETELY FULL. 100% OCCUPANCY BECAUSE 50 TO 80 PERCENT. I HAVE A BIG HUGE, HUGE ISSUE WITH THE FACT THAT THE ROME YARD WAS APPROVED IN 2021. I WENT OUT THERE THIS MORNING. AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU ALL THIS. I STOPPED THIS MORNING BECAUSE I'M NOT FROM TAMPA. I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SAY WHAT THESE FOLKS SAY AND I'VE LIVED HERE ALL MY LIFE. THIS IS ME STOPPING BY THE ROME YARD THIS MORNING. I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY WHERE THE YELLOW JACKETS PLAYED. AGAIN, HERE WE GO THIS MORNING. AND THIS MORNING. ACCORDING TO MY LITTLE TIMELINE HERE, NEXT MONTH WILL BE FOUR YEARS SINCE THE RFP WAS GIVEN TO RELATED GROUP. WHY DOES IT LOOK LIKE A DIRT FIELD? WHY DO WE NOT HAVE TIMELINES ASSIGNED TO OUR RFPs? IF WE ARE GIVING AWAY OUR PROPERTY TO DEVELOPERS TO DEVELOP FOR US, IF WE ARE GOING UNDER CONTRACTS, WHY IS THERE NOT A TIMELINE? EVERY SINGLE PROJECT SHOULD HAVE A TIMELINE. FOUR YEARS LATER, THESE FOLKS STILL HAVE DIRT. 954 UNITS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE BUILT HERE. YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY, BECAUSE JUST YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE, SOMEBODY ASKED ME, WHY DO YOU THINK IT'S DRUG ON FOR SO LONG? I HAVE HYPOTHESIS FOR STARTERS, WE HAVE THIS WONDERFUL RIVERWALK THAT WILL RUN RIGHT NEXT TO IT. DO YOU THINK THAT CHANGES THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY? YOU BETCHA. IT SURE DOES. WE CAN TALK ABOUT ALL THE MONEY WE'LL SPEND ON THE RIVERWALK. WHAT I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING, WHEN I WAS LOOKING FOR MORE INFORMATION AND, OF COURSE, I HAVE TO DIG AROUND A LITTLE BIT, BUT THE ROME YARD'S WEBSITE IS NONEXISTENT ANYMORE. IF YOU GOOGLE THE ROME YARD, IT GOES TO A DEAD PAGE. RELATED GROUP DOESN'T CARE ENOUGH ABOUT THE PROJECT TO PAY FOR THE WEBSITE TO STILL BE UP AND RUNNING? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. YOU ALL HAVE A GOOD DAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SHERYLINE LEVY. AM I SAYING IT CORRECTLY, MA'AM? IS. >> GOOD MORNING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> MY NAME IS SHERYLINE LEVY. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY REGARDING THE FAIR OAKS PARK, I'M FROM HYDE PARK, BUT MY FAMILY IS RIGHT THERE ON WILDER AND 34th. FAIR OAKS WAS MY PARK. I OWNED A SEMI-PRO FOOTBALL TEAM THAT HAD A LITTLE LEAGUE FOOTBALL TEAM. I NEEDED SOMEWHERE TO PLAY. ARTIS GAMBRELL OPENED UP MANY DOORS IN PARKS IN THE CITY FOR US TO HAVE GAMES. FAIR OAKS STARTED OUT AS THE BEARS, THE BANDITS, RATTLERS AND THE WILD CATS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU HAVE TO REALIZE NOT ONLY DID HE HELP THE CHILDREN, HE HELPED ADULTS. I SEE A FEW OF THE WORKERS HERE FROM THE CITY THAT HE ACTUALLY GAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO. AS FAR AS THE KIDS, WE KNOW OUR KIDS NEED A PARK TO GO TO AND ARE THEIS MADE SURE HE HIRED THE RIGHT EMPLOYEES TO WORK WITH OUR CHILDREN. LIKE THE GENTLEMAN SAY, ARTIS WOULD DISCIPLINE THE KIDS THERE ALONG WITH THE STAFF. WHEN I GOT HOME, BECAUSE I WAS ONE OF THEM BECAUSE I WAS A BAD LITTLE GIRL. I KNOW THEY GOT ME REAL GOOD. LOOK AT ME TODAY AND I APPRECIATE THAT. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF WE CAN PLEASE KEEP THE NAME EITHER FAIR OAKS BECAUSE EVERYONE KNOWS FAIR OAKS, ARTIS GAMBRELL, GIVE RESPECT WHERE RESPECT IS DUE. THIS MAN HAS DONE A LOT IN THE COMMUNITY. AS MARVIN KNIGHT SAY, HE DID NOT SPEND JUST MONEY OF HIS OWN, HE SPENT HIS OWN PERSONAL MONEY ALONG WITH THE CITY MONEY. CAN WE BE FAIR ABOUT IT? LET'S GIVE OUR PARK WHAT IT REALLY SHOULD BE NAMED AND THAT'S ARTIS GAMBRELL SENIOR. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. STEVE MICHELINI, SANDRA PARDU AND AILEEN HENDERSON. NO. SANDRA PARDU FOLLOWED BY AILEEN HENDERSON AND MS. ANGELA ALDERMAN WIN. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> SANDRA PARDU. GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY EMPLOYEES AND CITIZENS. I'M IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE TO KEEP OUR PARKS GROWING, IMPROVING AND THRIVING. WE'RE LUCKY THAT TAMPA HAS THE FORESIGHT AND THE ABILITY TO SUPPORT WHAT'S NECESSARY FOR OUR CITIZENS. I HAVE OBSERVATIONS, QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS RELATED TO THE PARK I ENJOY EACH DAY, THAT'S CURTIS HIXON PARK. I LOOK FORWARD EACH DAY TO GOING OVER THERE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITIES OTHERS HAVE TO GO OVER THERE TOO AND EXPERIENCE IT. BUT IT'S SUFFERING. SOME OF MY OBSERVATIONS, WE SHOW IT A LOT OF LOVE, ALMOST TOO MUCH SOMETIMES. PAVERS JUTTING UP FROM THE LARGE VEHICULAR TRAFFIC WHEN WE HAVE FESTIVALS, STAINS ON THE PAVERS AND IN THE GRASS FROM THE FLUIDS VEHICLES PUT OUT. GRASS TURNS TO SAND AND MUD REAL QUICKLY. CIGARETTE BUTTS FROM SMOKING AS CERTAIN PEOPLE OCCUPY PARTS OF THE PARK ALL DAY, THE UNHOUSED FOLKS OVER THERE. CIGARETTE BUTTS OVER THERE AND SMOKE. UNREGULATED HIGH DECIBEL SOUNDS FROM THE MANY FESTIVALS THAT WE HAVE. RATTLING THE WINDOWS AND PERHAPS DAMAGING THE HEARING OF THOSE WHO ARE NOT EVEN AT THE FESTIVAL BUT JUST CLOSE ENOUGH TO EXPERIENCE IT. 600 YARDS AWAY, YOUR WINDOWS RATTLE. SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU THAT I'D LIKE TO YOU CONSIDER AS YOU GO FORWARD TRYING TO MANAGE OUR CITY. ARE THE FESTIVAL USERS PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE FOR THE WEAR AND TEAR THEY PUT ON THE PARK? I DON'T KNOW. PARKS AND REC MIGHT KNOW. YOU MIGHT KNOW. DO WE NEED MORE DAILY CHECKS IN THE PARK FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT OBSERVING THE RULES ABOUT SMOKING AND LITTERING? LITTER IS MORE THAN CIGARETTE BUTTS. SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT USE THE PARK EVERY DAY LEAVE THEIR BELONGINGS LYING AROUND IN THE PARK STACKED SOMEWHERE UNDER A BENCH OR IN THE BUSHES. NEW ORLEANS HAS SOME COOLERS ON THEIR STREET THAT WEREN'T APPROPRIATE. I'M CONCERNED IF YOU ALLOW THAT TO CONTINUE, THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEONE TO DO DAMAGE AND MISCHIEF, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF A SITUATION. WE HAVE NOISE ORDINANCES IN OUR CITY. DO THEY COVER WHAT HAPPENS IN THE PARKS? I REFERRED TO THE RATTLING WINDOWS BEFORE. IF WE DO HAVE THEM, ARE THEY BEING MONITORED? IF THEY ARE MONITORED WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING THAT MONITORING? HEARING DAMAGE AND PROPERTY DAMAGE ARE THE THINGS I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THERE. I'M PRETTY SURE IF YOU CHECK THE CALLS TO THE NONEMERGENCY NUMBER LAST WEEKEND FROM THE FESTIVAL THAT WAS THERE, THERE WOULD BE SEVERAL FROM THE NEIGHBORS, MAYBE MORE THAN SEVERAL. THANK YOU FOR KEEPING OUR PARK SYSTEM AS IT IS AND CONTINUING TO IMPROVE IT. CURTIS HIXON IS A GEM. IT IS A DIAMOND RIGHT NOW. BUT IF WE'RE NOT CAREFUL, NEGLECT OF SOME OF THE ISSUES AS IT AGES, IT WON'T BE A DIAMOND ANYMORE. IT WILL BE A SCRATCHED CUBIC ZIRCONIUMS. LET'S NOT LET THE WEAR AND TEAR ACCUMULATE TO THE POINT THAT OVER-USAGE GIVES US SOMETHING IMPOSSIBLE TO DEAL WITH. THANK YOU FOR HEARING MY THOUGHTS. HOPE YOU WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR GREAT PARKS AND REC FOLKS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AILEEN HENDERSON, ANDREA ALDERMAN WIN. YOU WILL RICK JOHNSON. >> AILEEN HENDERSON. CEMETERY SOCIETY. GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. GLAD TO BE BACK. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE YOU'VE SEEN ME. I'M COMING BACK FULL FORCE. I'D LIKE TO START WITH RECOGNIZING BLACK HISTORY MONTH FOR ALL OF THOSE THAT ARE CELEBRATING. SAD THAT WE HAVE TO CELEBRATE FOR A MONTH BECAUSE IT SHOULD BE EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR. I DO WANT TO MENTION ITEM NUMBER 70. I WAS HERE WHEN YOU ALL VOTED TO FINALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FUNDING. IT WAS A GREAT DAY INDEED. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONTROVERSY ABOUT THIS NAME AS A FIFTH GENERATION OF TAMPA, I KNOW IT AS FAIR OAKS. I FIGHT FOR HISTORY AND HISTORY IS IMPORTANT. WHEN WE START LOOKING AT CHANGING NAMES, I UNDERSTAND DEVELOPMENT HAS TO TAKE PLACE, BUT WE ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE SURE WE TEMPER THAT WITH OUR HISTORY. I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST WE GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD FOR THE NAME AND RECONSIDER HOW WE CAN FOLLOW THAT PROCESS. I DIDN'T REALIZE THERE WAS A NEW PROCESS BUT WE REALLY SHOULD BE FOLLOWING THE PROCESS. MOVING FORWARD, I WANTED TO PRESENT TO YOU TODAY THE PROJECTS FOR 2025 WITH THE CEMETERY SOCIETY IN HOPES THAT YOU CAN BE PROACTIVE AND I DON'T HAVE TO GET OUT THERE IN THE STREETS AND PROTEST AND DO EVERYTHING I DO AND GET WITH MEDIA TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE CHANGES THAT WE NEED FOR OUR HISTORIC CEMETERIES. NUMBER ONE, COLLEGE HILL, WHERE IS THE LETTER TO THE STATE? I WOULD LIKE A FOLLOW-UP. AND THE GPR. I WANT THE ITALIAN CLUB TO HEAR ME CLEAR AND LOUD. I'M COMING FOR YOU. YOU'LL GIVE US THE GPR AND YOU'LL DO THE RIGHT THING AND THAT'S FINAL. MARTY COLON, THE CITY OF TAMPA NEEDS TO PURCHASE THAT PROPERTY, PERIOD. THERE ARE BODIES BURIED THERE. WE HAVE THE PROOF, LET'S DO THE RIGHT THING. MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY, WHERE ARE WE WITH THE VETERANS MONUMENT? LOCATION, RESTORATION, AND SIZE. OAK LAWN CEMETERY, THE FENCE TOPPER, I NEED AN UPDATE. THE UNHOUSED. I WAS JUST THERE RECENTLY AT NIGHT. THE TRASH IS STILL DESPICABLE AND IT'S ON TOP OF THE CEMETERY. THERE ARE PEOPLE SLEEPING ALONG THE WALLS. WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT A DECADES-LONG PROBLEM. IT'S A HISTORIC CEMETERY. AND NOW THERE IS A DAMAGED FENCE. WOODLAWN HAS A DAMAGED FENCE ALONG THE OLD CENTRO ASTURIANO. AND MARKERS, SOMETHING I BROUGHT TO THE TABLE WHEN I STARTED THE CEMETERY SOCIETY. I WAS SORT OF SHOT DOWN. WE HAVE NEW BLOOD WITH THE NEW COORDINATOR IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. LINDSEY IS HER NAME. SHE WORKS WITH US. THERE'S OPEN COMMUNICATION. BETTER THAN ANYTHING I EVER HAD. KUDOS TO HER. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT AND RECOGNIZE THAT. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING MORE TO SAY. I WANT YOU TO KNOW I'LL BE SENDING THIS PROJECTS REPORT TO YOU AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN WORK AND BE PROACTIVE TO GET THESE ITEMS DONE. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MRS. ANGELA ALDERMAN WIN. MR. ULRICH JOHNSON. KATHY FRANKER. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. ANGELA ALDERMAN WIN HERE TO SPEAK IN REGARDS TO COLLEGE HILL CEMETERY AND THE ITALIAN CLUB'S CONTINUED LACK OF TRANSPARENCY WITH SCAN RESULTS. TWO MONTHS INTO 2025, I COME BEFORE YOU TODAY TO ADDRESS THE STATUS UPDATES ON SEVERAL ITEMS DISCUSSED BY COUNCIL LAST YEAR. ONE BEING A LETTER TO BE DRAFTED TO THE STATE REGARDING THE ISSUE WITH THE ITALIAN CLUB AND COLLEGE HILL CEMETERY. COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON'S OFFICE HAS BEEN VERY KIND WITH KEEPING ME INFORMED THAT THIS IS BEING WORKED ON. I AM HERE TODAY ASKING FOR NEW INFORMATION AND DETAILS IF THIS LETTER HAS TAKEN PLACE. I AM ALSO HERE TO CHECK THE STATUS ON THE LETTER THAT WAS TO BE PENNED BY COUNCILMAN VIERA'S OFFICE LAST YEAR TO THE ITALIAN CLUB. DUE TO THEIR LACK OF TRANSPARENCY WITH THE SCAN RESULTS AND IGNORING COUNCIL'S MANY REQUESTS TO ATTEND TO PRODUCE THE RESULTS. I HAVE STOOD BEFORE COUNCIL FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW. NOW WE ARE GOING INTO ANOTHER YEAR. MY HEART WILL REMAIN HOPEFUL THAT 2025 WILL BRING US THE ANSWERS WE NEED. I AM GRATEFUL FOR WHAT COUNCIL HAS DONE AND BEEN ABLE TO DO THUS FAR. I AM ASKING COUNCIL TO PLEASE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT MY EFFORTS WITH CLOSURE AND ANSWERS TO WHERE THE 1200 LOST SOULS ARE THAT REST WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF WHAT IS NOW THE ITALIAN CLUB CEMETERY. I WILL NOT GO AWAY SILENTLY. I WILL NOT LET THIS BE BRUSHED ASIDE AND FORGOTTEN AGAIN AS THE ITALIAN CLUB WOULD LIKE. I WILL NEVER ABANDON THIS ISSUE. HOWEVER, I WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR WHAT IS RIGHT AND GIVE RESTORATION AND DIGNITY BACK TO THOSE WHO WERE DESECRATED AT COLLEGE HILL CEMETERY. I WILL CONTINUE TO BRING TO LIGHT THE TRUTH AND HELP THE COMMUNITY HEAL FROM YET ANOTHER DESECRATED AND FORGOTTEN CEMETERY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. I MAY BE ONE PERSON STANDING BEFORE YOU ALL TODAY, BUT I HAVE 1200 ALONGSIDE ME, WAITING FOR THEIR HEALING AND MEMORY TO BE RESTORED. THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ULRICH JOHNSON. IS THE GENTLEMAN HERE? KATHY FRANKOR. SHAN'TA DAVIS, I BELIEVE. MENTESNOT AND MS. CONNIE BURTON. AND THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR PUBLIC COMMENT. GOOD MORNING, MA'AM. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> KATHY FRANKOR. I LIVE ON WESTLAND, ONE STREET IN FROM HOWARD. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE SOME FEEDBACK ON THAT STRETCH WHERE THEY PUT THE NEW PARKING SPOTS ON HOWARD. I HAVE ALREADY ALMOST AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT HAVING TO SLAM ON MY BRAKES BECAUSE SOMEBODY WAS PULLING OUT ONTO HOWARD FROM THE WEST SIDE OF De LEON. WHEN THOSE PARKING SPOTS ARE FULL, YOU CAN'T SEE COMING OUT ONTO HOWARD. YOU ONLY HAVE A FEW FEET BECAUSE ALL THE CARS ARE THERE AND YOU CAN'T SEE WHAT IS COMING, SO THEY DARTED OUT IN FRONT OF ME. I DON'T KNOW WHO ACTUALLY MADE THE DECISION TO PUT THOSE PARKING SPOTS THERE BECAUSE I DON'T REALLY THINK THEY KNOW WHAT GOES ON AFTER 11 P.M., FROM 11 TO 3. NOW YOU HAVE THE PARKED CARS THERE. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE KIDS, MOST OF THEM ARE DRUNK, DARTING ACROSS HOWARD TRYING TO GET TO THEIR PARKED CARS. THEY DON'T USE THE CROSSWALKS. I HAVE A PICTURE HERE. YOU HAVE ALL THIS TRAFFIC COMING NORTH ON HOWARD. PEOPLE JUST DARTING ACROSS. YOU HAVE UBER -- EXCUSE ME, THE UBER AND LIFT DRIVERS DROPPING PEOPLE OFF AND ADD TO THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE TRYING TO PARALLEL PARK ON THE STREET. IT'S JUST TOO MUCH. SPEAKING OF THE UBER DRIVERS, I UNDERSTAND THEY ARE PLANNING A DESIGNATED DROP-OFF ZONE. I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHERE THEY ARE PLANNING THIS. I'M TRYING TO FIND THAT OUT. WE ARE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. OBVIOUSLY, YOU GUYS ALREADY KNOW WE ALREADY HAVE ENOUGH RUDE, INCONSIDERATE DRUNK PEOPLE JUST GOING THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ON FOOT. WHOEVER DECIDED THIS, I HOPE THEY THINK LONG AND HARD WHERE THEY PLAN ON PUTTING THAT BECAUSE I CAN GUARANTEE NO RESIDENT WANTS THAT NEAR THEIR HOUSE. LASTLY, ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS, THE POLICE BLOCK OFF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SIDE STREETS TO KEEP THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC GOING ON HOWARD. WHAT THAT DOES IS IT BRINGS ALL THAT TRAFFIC FROM HOWARD ONTO OUR RESIDENTIAL STREET, MOSTLY ON WESTLAND. THAT WHOLE REDIRECTION OF TRAFFIC THE POLICE ARE DOING, IT IS A NONSTOP INCREASE OF TRAFFIC INTO WESTLAND. AND NOT ONLY THAT, MY NEIGHBOR HAD HIS CAR SIDESWIPED BECAUSE WE WERE PARKED ON THE RESIDENTIAL STREET AND ALL THIS TRAFFIC WAS COMING THROUGH. LASTLY, I REQUESTED THAT THESE BARRICADES, THE POLICE USE THESE ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THEY SIT HERE ALL WEEK LONG FOR ALMOST A YEAR NOW, AND NOBODY PICKS THEM UP DURING THE WEEK. THEY GET TRASHED. I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT WHO CAN REMOVE THOSE DURING THE WEEK. SO THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CHIEF OF STAFF -- HE'S TAKING NOTES RIGHT THERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM. I APOLOGIZE. I HAVE AN EXTRA SPEAKER. ROBIN LOCKETT WILL BE THE LAST SPEAKER. THE CARD WAS IN THE BOX. SHANTA? IS SHANTA HERE? ALL RIGHT. MENTESNOT. MS. CONNIE BURTON, MS. ROBIN LOCKETT. >> UHURU. MENTESNOT. UHURU MEANS FREEDOM IN SWAHILI. MENTESNOT MEANS ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. ONE THING I CAN SAY, BLACK PEOPLE BORED AS F. BLACK PEOPLE BORED AS F. YOU ALL DOWN HERE TALKING ABOUT NAMING MFING PARK AND WE HAVE SO MANY PROBLEMS INSIDE OUR COMMUNITIES, THAT'S IGNORANT. STRAIGHT IGNORANT. IT'S AS IGNORANT AS ME. ADVERTISE IT. YOU UNDERSTAND. LOT OF BLACK PEOPLE DID A LOT OF GOOD IN THIS COMMUNITY. UNDERSTAND? YOU ALL MAKING FUSS OVER NAMING AN MFING PARK, AS IGNORANT AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN BE. DONALD TRUMP JUST TOOK OFFICE AND BLACK PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT NAMING PARK. WHITE PEOPLE OVER THERE WORRIED ABOUT HOW THEY RUN STUFF THROUGH HYDE PARK AND YOU ALL TALKING ABOUT NAMING A PARK. COACH BARNES, PAPA GREEN, ARTIS GAMBRELL, COACH WRIGHT. GAY PAPA MILES. NOBODY TALKS ABOUT BIG JOHNS FROM BIG JOHNS ALABAMA BARBEQUE. FED A LOT OF PEOPLE. FREE. MR. BAXLEY. LADY OVER HERE IN CENTRAL PARK, DREW A BLANK THINKING OF HER NAME. DID SO MUCH TO HOLD THE HOOD DOWN. LOTS OF PEOPLE. NAME IT THE MAURICE BISHOP PARK, MALCOLM X PARK. SOMETHING THAT BLACK PEOPLE CAN LOOK UP TO. BLACK MAN BEEN IN THE PARK DECADES. TINTED WINDOWS. NOBODY SAID ANYTHING ABOUT HIM. WE'RE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT. I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING SILLY. WHAT I'LL TALK ABOUT IS CHILD SUPPORT. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT CHILD SUPPORT. CHILD SUPPORT IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM INSIDE THE BLACK COMMUNITY FOR THE LAST 50 YEARS. CREATES MORE HAVOC INSIDE THE BLACK COMMUNITY. IT IS A EUGENICS PROGRAM. IT IS ILLEGAL, UNCONSTITUTIONAL. WHITE FOLKS KNOW IT, JUDGES KNOW IT. HEARING OFFICERS KNOW IT. MAGISTRATES KNOW IT. THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA KNOW IT. THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT KNOW IT. THEY ALL KNOW IT. IT'S LIKE SLAVERY. THEY KNEW IT FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS. THE MFERS LET IT GOING ON. EVEN THE DREAD SCOTT DECISION. THEY REAFFIRMED IT. THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE DOING WITH CHILD SUPPORT. HUMAN OWNERSHIP, HUMAN TRAFFICKING PROGRAM. THIS IS THE CHILD SUPPORT APPLICATION. YOU SEE THE FIRST QUESTION IN THE CHILD SUPPORT APPLICATION, THE FIRST ENTRY IN THE CHILD SUPPORT APPLICATION IS, I HAVE A FEAR OF PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL HARM FROM THE OTHER PARENT. THE APPLICATION IS TOTALLY LEADING AND TOTALLY MISLEADING AND TOTALLY ILLEGAL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL. THIS CITY COUNCIL GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT'S RUINING TOO MANY BLACK FAMILIES. TOO MANY OLD BLACK MEN WALKING AROUND HERE WITH NO DRIVER'S LICENSE. OLD, ELDERLY BLACK MEN. TIME TO STOP IT. CHILD SUPPORT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. MS. CONNIE BURTON. OUR LAST SPEAKER IS MS. ROBIN LOCKETT. >> GOOD MORNING, CONNIE BURTON. BLACK HISTORY, 365 DAYS OUT OF THE YEAR. THIS MONTH, THOUGH, IS THE MONTH THAT SHOULD PIQUE THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THOSE THAT LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES THAT CAN GIVE TESTIMONY TO THE FACT THAT BLACK PEOPLE THAT WAS ENSLAVED AND BUILT THIS COUNTRY TO THE LEVEL OF COMFORT THAT IT IS RIGHT NOW, BLACK PEOPLE STILL DON'T ENJOY IT. WHY WOULD WE HAVE TO COME AS YOU REDEVELOP INSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY, BEG, PLEAD, HOPE THAT WE PIQUE YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS TO LISTEN TO THE CRIES OF THE PEOPLE. PARKS THAT WE RECOGNIZE, THAT HAS BEEN A STAPLE HOLDER TO OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD REMAIN AS SUCH. AS THIS CITY CONTINUED TO GENTRIFY, IT CANNOT BECOME THE BELOVED CITY THAT YOU IDENTIFIED IN RESOLUTION 344. WHEN THE OFFICER OF THE MONTH IS BEING RECOGNIZED, I OFTEN LOOK AND SAY WHAT BLACK INSTITUTION CAN PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROCESS? NONE. YOU KNOW WHY? THEY HAVE ALL BEEN DESTROYED. THEY HAVE ALL GONE AWAY. THINGS THAT GAVE US MORE ENCUMPLET, THOSE INSTITUTIONS HAVE GONE. WHEN PEOPLE SAY, WELL, YOU CAN DO IT TO SELL, I'M HERE EVERY WEEK TO SEE HOW THIS MAYOR, THIS CITY GOVERNMENT LENDS $12 MILLION LOANS TO INSTITUTIONS SO THEY CAN PROJECT THEIR PROJECTS. THIS MORNING I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT FOR OVER 115 YEARS, WE'VE HAD A SOLID INSTITUTION INSIDE OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY CALLED THE NAACP. SOME FIND IT TO BE DISGUSTING TO THEM BECAUSE TO THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF MAKING SURE THAT BLACK PEOPLE, BLACK PEOPLE CAN BE GIVEN A SEMBLANCE OF EQUALITY AND JUSTICE. AS MOST WHITE PEOPLE WATCH YOUR NATIONAL LEADERSHIP GET READY TO RUN THIS WHOLE COUNTRY OFF THE RAIL, YOU REMAIN SILENT. WE DON'T PLAN ON REMAINING SILENT. WE PLAN ON CONTINUING AS WE'VE JUST SEEN TWO WEEKS AGO, THE INSTALLATION OF NEW OFFICERS AT THE NAACP THAT WE SAY EVEN TO THIS CITY GOVERNMENT THAT REFUSE TO RECOGNIZE THAT LEADERSHIP, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP ON MOVING FORWARD. WE ALSO RECOGNIZE, TOO, THAT IF YOU ARE TO BECOME A BELOVED CITY LIKE YOUR RESOLUTION 344 LAY OUT YOU WANT TO BECOME, THAT YOU LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY, THAT YOU LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE, THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THAT BOARD, THAT BODY TO COME BACK AND TELL YOU WHAT YOU'RE DOING WRONG. EACH WEEK, IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO INFORM HAD THE COMMUNITY OF THINGS THAT YOU ARE NOT DOING. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR LAST SPEAKER IS MS. ROBIN LOCKETT. GOOD MORNING, MA'AM. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. ROBIN LOCKETT. I WANT TO GO OVER A COUPLE OF THINGS. THINGS THAT I APPRECIATE FIRST. I APPRECIATE THE WAY THAT THE AGENDA IS BEING CREATED. ALSO, THE OUTCOME OF THE AGENDA WITH THE MINUTES AND THE DATES THAT YOU GUYS DECIDED OF NEXT THINGS COMING UP, I APPRECIATE THAT. THAT ALLOWS THE COMMUNITY IF THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE AGENDA, WHAT ACTION ITEMS HAVE HAPPENED AND THEY CAN LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT DATE. WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT THIS SHOULD BE EVERYTHING. YOU GUYS SHOULD NOT MAKE A MOTION AND NOT HAVE -- AND MOTION APPROVED FOR SOMETHING ELSE TO COME UP AND NOT HAVE A DATE TAGGED TO IT. THERE SHOULD BE A DATE TAGGED TO ALL OF YOUR STUFF SO YOU KNOW. WON'T GET LOST IN THE FRAY. IT WILL HAVE TO COME BACK UP. THAT'S JUST A SUGGESTION. FAIR OAKS. I THINK AS EVERYBODY SAYS, I DIDN'T GROW UP OFF OF 34th. I GREW UP ON THE OTHER SIDE OF EAST TAMPA. BUT I THINK THAT IT IS DUTIFUL OF THE COUNCIL TO LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY AND COME UP WITH A NAME. A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME OUT SAYING FAIR OAKS WAS THE NAME, ARTIS GAMBRELL WAS THE NAME. PLEASE DO DUE PROCESS ON IT. FORMER COUNCILMAN ORLANDO GUDES TEXTED ME. HE STATES THAT YOU GUYS RECEIVED A LETTER FROM HIM. HE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO READ THAT LETTER. THAT WAS HIS REQUEST HE WANTED ME TO ASK. THAT WAS IT. FAIR OAKS SHOULD BE -- YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY. IF IT'S COMING OUT, ADVERTISE IT WELL. DON'T ADVERTISE IT IN SECRET AND THEN NOBODY SHOWS UP AND YOU SAY NOBODY CAME OUT. ADVERTISE IT WELL. DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE ON ADVERTISING IT WELL AND BRING THE COMMUNITY SO AS OF THAT DATE, LIKE SOMEBODY HAD INDICATED, AS OF THAT DAY, IT'S DECIDED. AND EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY CAN MOVE ON. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. ANY REQUESTS BY PUBLIC FOR RECONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATIVE MATTERS? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO INTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. PUBLIC SAFETY IS COUNCIL MEMBER -- YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE DID THE AGENDA REVIEW EARLIER TODAY AND KIND OF BYPASSED THIS ITEM ON FAIR OAKS, 70. I SUGGEST WE STRIKE THIS FROM OUR AGENDA FOR NOW UNTIL IT IS READDRESSED, SO REMOVE ITEM 70. >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD LIKE TO READ COUNCILMAN GUDES' MEMO AND HAVE A DISCUSSION. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OKAY. THAT'S FINE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO IT NOW OR WAIT UNTIL THEN, COUNCILMAN CARLSON? >>BILL CARLSON: WAIT UNTIL THE AGENDA. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S GO INTO CONSENT AGENDA THEN. COUNCILMAN VIERA, YOUR ITEM FOR 5-7. >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR. MOVE 5-7. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON, 8 THROUGH 17 IS YOUR COMMITTEE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR. YES, I MOVE COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD AFFAIRS ITEMS AGENDA -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 8 THROUGH 17. >>GWEN HENDERSON: 8 THROUGH 17. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. I'M SORRY. WE NEED TO DO ROLL CALL BECAUSE SHE IS VIRTUAL. >>LYNN HURTAK: FOR EVERY SINGLE THING? >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF IT INVOLVES HER VOTE -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE CAN TAKE IT AS A GROUP, RIGHT? >>THE CLERK: JUST THE ORDINANCES. >>MARTIN SHELBY: JUST THE ORDINANCES? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YEAH. ALL RIGHT. LET'S DO A ROLL CALL VOTE 8-17. >>LYNN HURTAK: I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? LEGALLY SUFFICIENT. >>LYNN HURTAK: WE JUST DID IT FOR ALL THE OTHER ONES. >>MARTIN SHELBY: LET'S DO IT FOR THE CONSENT DOCKET AND LET ME THINK IT THROUGH. UNANIMOUS CONSENT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>LYNN HURTAK: I MOVE ITEMS 18 THROUGH 21 AND 23 THROUGH 34. BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: AYE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. MOVE ITEMS 35 THROUGH 38. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: AYE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU. ITEMS 40 THROUGH 44, COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON? >>BILL CARLSON: YES, SIR. I NEED TO ABSTAIN ON ITEM 43. MY FIRM DOES NOT DO BUSINESS RELATED TO ANY CITY PROJECTS, INCLUDING THIS ONE. HOWEVER, WE HAVE A CLIENT THAT MAY BENEFIT FROM THIS. SO I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE MY FORM 8B. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? >>BILL CARLSON: LIKE TO MOVE ITEMS 40 THROUGH 42 AND THEN 44. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOVE ITEM 45 -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, 43. MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON ABSTAINING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM 45 IS COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. YOU WERE THE VICE-CHAIR OF THE PREVIOUS ONE, THAT'S WHY I CALLED ON YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MOVE ITEM 45. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: AYE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE AN ITEM BEING SET, SEVERAL PUBLIC HEARINGS, MARCH 27, 10:30 A.M., 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, 33602. MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: AYE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE ARE AT 10:30. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I'M SORRY. THE ITEMS ON THE STAFF REPORTS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THERE WERE REQUESTS FOR IN-PERSON FOR SOME OF THEM. I DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANY MISTAKES. 60 AND 64, IT WAS REQUESTED -- IT WAS REQUESTED THAT THEY APPEAR IN PERSON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>LYNN HURTAK: I MOVE ITEM 61, 62, 63, 65, AND 66 AND 69. OH, NO, WE ALREADY DID THAT. SORRY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 65 AND THEN 66. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER LEGISLATURE. ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIS ONE. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CAN I GET A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS OF 10:00? MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ITEMS 47 AND 48 ARE NON-QUASI-JUDICIAL. WE DON'T HAVE TO SWEAR ANYBODY IN. WE HAVE A BRIEF UPDATE FROM THE PURCHASING DIRECTOR ON ITEM NUMBER 47. IF SHE IS HERE, YES, MA'AM, COME ON UP. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DEANNA FAGGART, DIRECTOR OF PURCHASING. WE ARE HERE FOR THE SECOND READING OF THE THRESHOLD INCREASE. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THIS IS BASICALLY TO BRING US UP TO DATE. WE HAVEN'T HAD AN UPDATE TO THE THRESHOLD IN ABOUT 25 YEARS. SO THIS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED BY STAFF AS FAR AS REDUCING WORKLOAD A LITTLE BIT AND KIND OF BALANCING THINGS OUT. I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT SIX MONTHS AGO OR SO, MET WITH STAFF AND CHIEF OF STAFF ABOUT A WHOLE SERIES OF NEW GUIDELINES FOR PURCHASING, LIKE THREE BID MINIMUM AND WAYS TO DO PIGGYBACKING, ET CETERA. PURCHASING AND CHIEF OF STAFF AGREED TO ALL THOSE. WE'VE APPROVED ALL OF THEM AND NOW WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT POLICIES AND CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THEM ALSO. THE ISSUE AT THE TIME WAS THAT CHIEF OF STAFF AND PURCHASING SAID ALL THAT IS GOING TO TAKE ADDITIONAL TIME AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS HAVE RAISED THE MINIMUM THRESHOLD. IN BALANCING THOSE, I THINK IT WAS WORTH THE TRADE-OFF TO GET THOSE ADDITIONAL SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE. I'M VOTING FOR THESE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYTHING ELSE? IF NOT, ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON 47? >> MOTION TO CLOSE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WAIT. SHE'S COMING UP. WE HAVE A SPEAKER. YES, MA'AM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> STEPHANIE POYNOR. IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY ADDRESSING SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY WHERE WE KIND OF STAGNATE OURSELVES AND WE DON'T MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE WE DON'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT INFLATION, CPI, THAT KIND OF STUFF. THIS PARTICULAR THING, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE RAISING OUR FEES, THAT THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA ARE OFFSETTING, ALONG WITH THE IMPACTS OF THESE CHANGES. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE FEES THAT THE CITIZENS ARE OFFSETTING SHOULD BE ADJUSTED FOR CPI AND WHATNOT AS WELL. I THINK THAT IT'S PROBABLY TIME TO MAKE THIS INCREASE. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. I WANTED TO TALK TO MS. FAGGART ABOUT ONE THING WE TALKED ABOUT DURING OUR PREP MEETING OF RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A LIMIT OF 100,000. BUT IF SOMETHING WERE TO BE AT 95,000 TO 100,000, YOU CREATE A MEMO FOR COUNCIL. CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHAT YOUR PLAN IS FOR THIS RAISING UP TO THE 200,000? >>DEANNA FAGGART: YES. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. SO, CURRENTLY, AS COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK MENTIONED, IF WE ARE MAKING A PURCHASE THAT IS BETWEEN 95 AND 100 THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT IS EXEMPT FROM COUNCIL APPROVAL, WE STILL PROVIDE REPORTING ON 50,000 TO 100. BUT FROM 95 TO 100 WE REQUIRE THAT THE DEPARTMENT HEADS PROVIDE A MEMO EXPLAINING THE PRICING, WHY WE'RE IN THAT, JUST BECAUSE IT IS KIND OF SKIRTING THE THRESHOLD. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS CLEAR THAT THIS IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO SKIRT CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL. SO WE DO HAVE THEM WRITE A JUSTIFICATION MEMO, AND WE SUBMIT THAT WITH OUR REPORTS EVERY QUARTER. THE INTENT NOW, IF YOU ALL APPROVE THIS CHANGE, IS THAT WE WILL NOW REQUIRE A MEMO FROM 190,000 TO 200,000. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE FOLKS KNEW THAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, WOULD YOU MIND READING 47? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES, SIR, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 47, FILE NUMBER E2024-8, CHAPTER 2, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, REGARDING BIDDING AND CERTAIN CONTRACTS; AMENDING SECTION 2-276, CITY OF TAMPA CODE, TO EXEMPT FROM CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL ALL PURCHASES REQUIRING AN EXPENDITURE OF LESS THAN 200,000; AMENDING SECTION 2-277, CITY OF TAMPA CODE, TO AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR OF PURCHASING TO ADMINISTER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTS ESTIMATED TO COST LESS THAN 200,000; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ROLL CALL VOTE. YES MA'AM. >>LYNN HURTAK: I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT DOLLARS IS IN THERE. BECAUSE THAT WAS SKIPPED BOTH TIMES. $200,000. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AND NO EUROS, NO YEN, DOLLARS. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>THE CLERK: HENDERSON? >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 48. I THINK THIS GOES RIGHT WITH IT. YES SIR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD MORNING. RICH MUTTERBACK, DIRECTOR OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION, HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON ITEM 48. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN? NO. ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON 48? WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCILMAN VIERA, WOULD YOU MIND READING 48? >>LUIS VIERA: SURE, MR. CHAIRMAN. I MOVE ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AMENDING CITY OF TAMPA CODE CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE V, DIVISION 3, PURCHASES AND CONTRACTS, SECTION 2-280 REQUIRING THAT WORK ORDERS MAY NOT BE ISSUED TO A SINGLE PROVIDER OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES EXCEEDING 200,000 IN THE AGGREGATE PER FISCAL YEAR WITHOUT COUNCIL APPROVAL AND INCREASING THE THRESHOLD AMOUNT FOR CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF WORK FROM 100,000 TO 200,000 DOLLARS; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >> HENDERSON? HENDERSON? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON? >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. I'M SORRY. I'M HERE. CAN YOU REPEAT THAT, CHAIR? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, WE'RE DOING A ROLL CALL VOTE FOR ITEM 48 AND GOING DOWN THE LINE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES, I'M SORRY. MY AIDE WAS IN MY EAR. I APOLOGIZE. YES. >>THE CLERK: VIERA? >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE OUR QUASI-JUDICIAL PUBLIC HEARINGS. WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE REGISTERED. I SEE RODRIGUEZ AND RANDY COEN. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE ON RIGHT NOW. IF THEY ARE, WE'LL HAVE THEM RAISE THEIR RIGHT HAND AND WE'LL SWEAR THEM IN. IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 49 THROUGH 55, PLEASE STAND, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE'LL SWEAR YOU IN. 49 THROUGH 55. >>THE CLERK: DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY THAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO -- IS THE TRUTH? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 49. >> GOOD MORNING. STEPHANIE POPE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM 49 IS REZ-23-71. THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5106 EAST 21st AVENUE. THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM PD AND RM 16 TO COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL. I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT FOR ITEM NUMBER 49? COME ON UP. >> GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, BRIAN SYKES, 4923 WEST CYPRESS STREET, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33607. NOTHING FURTHER TO ADD FROM OUR PRIOR HEARING. APPRECIATE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON 49? SPECOUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN WITA MOTION TO CLOSE. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ 49? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SURE. I MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 5106 EAST 21st AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATIONS PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AND RM 16, RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY, TO CI, COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. >>THE CLERK: HENDERSON? >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON, I ACCIDENTALLY SKIPPED OVER YOU. ITEM 50, I'LL ASK THAT YOU READ IT IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH IT. ITEM NUMBER 50. >>GWEN HENDERSON: IT'S OKAY, CHAIR. I DON'T KNOW IF IT SOUNDS BETTER JUST COMING FROM INSIDE THE CHAMBER. I'M OKAY WITH FOREGOING MY TURN IN READING ANYTHING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY. YES MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM NUMBER 50. IS THERE AN APPLICANT HERE. >>SAMUEL THOMAS: GOOD MORNING. SAM THOMAS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM NUMBER 50 IS REZ-24-61. THE ITEM IS TO REQUEST TO REZONE PROPERTY AT 3704 AND 3706 EAST DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BOULEVARD. REQUEST IS REZONING FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY 50 TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, CONGREGATE LIVING FACILITY. PLANS SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE. I'M AVAILABLE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? I SAW THAT WE HAVE A REGISTERED APPLICANT, ALVARO RODRIGUEZ. IS HE ON? >>THE CLERK: [INAUDIBLE] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 50? YES, MA'AM, COME ON UP. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> YES, SIR. GOOD MORNING. CONNIE BURTON. WE RECOGNIZE THAT A LOT OF THINGS IS COMING TOWARD EAST TAMPA. SO IF THERE WAS A PUBLIC HEARING ABOUT THIS, MANY OF THE RESIDENTS ARE NOT AWARE. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE THAT IS COMING INTO THE COMMUNITY AND WANT TO ACT AS GOOD NEIGHBORS, GOOD STEWARDS, THAT THEY DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS AWARE BECAUSE NOW WE ARE SPECTATORS. I UNDERSTAND WHAT IS WRITTEN AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE. IT'S THEIR PROPERTY. IT'S THEIR LOT. THEY CAN COME IN AND BE, AGAIN, GOOD NEIGHBORS OR BEING SEEN AS VILLAINS TO THE COMMUNITY. JUST BECAUSE WE'RE NOT HAVING ENOUGH ENGAGEMENT AND CONVERSATION AS PEOPLE NOW COME AND DUMP INSIDE OF EAST TAMPA. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON 50? WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK, WOULD YOU MIND READING 50? >>LYNN HURTAK: FILE REZ-24-61, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 3704 AND 3706 EAST DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BOULEVARD, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATIONS RS-50 (RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY) AND CI (COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE) TO PD (PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, CONGREGATE LIVING FACILITY, LARGE GROUP CARE FACILITY); PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >> HENDERSON? >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >> MOVE THE RESOLUTION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA -- NO, VIERA. MIRANDA. I'M SORRY. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >> HENDERSON? >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM NUMBER 51. >>STEPHANIE POPE: STEPHANIE POPE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM 51 IS REZ-24-79. THIS ITEM IS REZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 223 SOUTH HOWARD AVENUE. THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM COMMERCIAL GENERAL TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL COMMERCIAL GENERAL USES. REVISIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE. I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? YES SIR. >>STEVE MICHELINI: STEVE MICHELINI HERE REPRESENTING THE PETITIONER. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. APPRECIATE YOUR APPROVAL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PETITIONER? NO. ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 51? WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, WOULD YOU MIND READING 51? >>BILL CARLSON: I MOVE ITEM NUMBER 51, FILE REZ-24-79, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 223 SOUTH HOWARD AVENUE, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION CG (COMMERCIAL GENERAL) TO PD (PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, ALL COMMERCIAL GENERAL USES); PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ROLL CALL VOTE? >> HENDERSON? >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU, ITEM 52. >> CHRISTOPHER DEMARCH, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM 52 IS REZ-24-92. THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4015 EAST 11th AVENUE. THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RM-16 TO CI COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE. THIS IS A EUCLIDEAN REZONING REQUEST. THERE IS NO SITE PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH THE REQUEST. THIS IS BEFORE YOU TODAY FOR THE SECOND READING. I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN? IS THERE AN APPLICANT FOR ITEM 52? ITEM 52 HAS NO APPLICANT HERE OR ONLINE. ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON 52? WAIT. ARE YOU THE APPLICANT, SIR? >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. SAL SENIOR. 5807 MARINER STREET, TAMPA, 33609. I'M HERE TO REPRESENT THE PROPERTY AT 4015 EAST 11th AVENUE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN? ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON 52? WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, WE LEFT OFF WITH YOU AT 52. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: FILE NUMBER REZ-24-92, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 4015 EAST 11th AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RM 16 (RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY) TO CI (COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE USES); PROVIDING AN DEFECT DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM MIRANDA AND SECOND FROM CLENDENIN. ROLL CALL. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >> HENDERSON? >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM NUMBER 53. >>STEPHANIE POPE: STEPHANIE POPE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM NUMBER 53 IS REZ-24-95. THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2508 NORTH 58th STREET. THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RM 16 TO INDUSTRIAL GENERAL. I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? NO. DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT FOR 53? YES MA'AM. COME ON UP. OH. WELCOME BACK. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> AILEEN ROSARIO, EAST COLUMBUS DRIVE TAMPA FLORIDA. I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR APPROVAL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? DO YOU HAVE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON 53? WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. MY PLEASURE TO READ THIS FOR MS. ROSARIO. ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 2508 NORTH 58th STREET IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RM-16 (RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY) TO IG (INDUSTRIAL GENERAL USES); PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >> HENDERSON? >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 54. >>STEPHANIE POPE: STEPHANIE POPE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM NUMBER 54 IS REZ-24-98. THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1709 EAST HENRY AVENUE. THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, TO SEMINOLE HEIGHTS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. REVISIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? IS THERE AN APPLICANT FOR ITEM NUMBER 54? ITEM 54 HAS NO APPLICANT. ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON 54? I SEE NO ONE. MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, 54. WAIT, COUNCILMAN VIERA, WERE YOU ABLE TO SEE THE RECORD? >>LUIS VIERA: YEAH, JUST IN THE NORMAL REVIEW OF THE FILE, ET CETERA. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I'LL PLAY MARTIN SHELBY, ARE YOU READY TO VOTE? READY AND WILLING. I MOVE FILE REZ-24-98 ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 1709 EAST HENRY AVENUE, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATIONS SH-RS (SEMINOLE HEIGHTS RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY) TO SH-PD (SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED); PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM CLENDENIN AND SECOND FROM MIRANDA. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >> HENDERSON? >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: [INAUDIBLE] >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON BEING ABSENT AT VOTE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. GARDNER, DO YOU HAVE 55? YOU CAME IN AFTER WE SWORE PEOPLE IN. IF YOU'VE COME IN SINCE FOR THIS LAST ITEM AND YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK ON IT, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE'LL SWEAR YOU IN [OATH ADMINISTERED] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS THERE COHEN ONLINE OR NO? >>THE CLERK: HE IS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IF HE'S GOING TO SPEAK, WE NEED TO SWEAR HIM IN. IF NOT -- ALL RIGHT, MR. THOMAS, GO AHEAD, SIR. >>SAMUEL THOMAS: SAM THOMAS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM 55 IS REZ 24-112. THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 509 SOUTH HYDE PARK AVENUE. THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OFFICE BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL AND OFFICE MEDICAL. REVISIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE. I'M AVAILABLE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. THOMAS? MR. GARDNER, COME ON UP. SIR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> TRUETT GARDNER, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE HERE ON BEHALF OF TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL. WE HAD UNANIMOUS APPROVAL AT FIRST READING, BUT COUNCILMAN CARLSON DIRECTED US TO GO BACK OUT ONE LAST TIME I BELIEVE SPECIFICALLY TO SPANISH TOWN CREEK AND WANTED TO REPORT BACK THAT OUTREACH. WE HAD MET WITH SPANISH TOWN CREEK ACTUALLY TWICE PRIOR TO THE FIRST READING BUT REACHED BACK OUT TO THEM TO SEE IF THEY HAD ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. DID NOT HEAR BACK FROM THEM. ALSO REACHED OUT TO -- ALPHABET SOUP HHPI. MARY LOU BAILEY EXPRESSED NO CONCERNS AT ALL. REACHED OUT TO HHPNA. IF YOU RECALL AT THE HEARING, THEY HAD THEIR LETTER OF NO OBJECTION. THEY DID NOT RESPOND BACK TO THAT. LASTLY, LJ AT TGH MET WITH THE NICE LADY THAT CAME BEFORE AT FIRST READING FROM THE PONCE TOWNHOMES, WHICH IS NEXT DOOR, AND MET WITH HER ON-SITE. THEY WROTE A NICE LETTER. I SUBMIT IN THE RECORD. PUT IT IN THE QUASI-BOX BUT I'LL SUBMIT IT TO MARTIN AS WELL. AGAIN, EXPRESSING THAT THEY HAVE NO OBJECTIONS EITHER. JUST WANTED TO REPORT BACK ON THAT OUTREACH SINCE IT WAS REQUESTED. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON 55? SEEING NONE, COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN WITH THE MOTION TO CLOSE. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ITEM 55, YES, MA'AM, COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: FILE REZ-24-112, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 509 SOUTH HYDE PARK AVENUE, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION PD (PLANNED DEVELOPMENT) TO PD (PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OFFICE BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL AND MEDICAL); PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ROLL CALL VOTE. >> HENDERSON? >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT WAS MOTION TO ADOPT. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. THE 1:30 PUBLIC HEARINGS. WE HAVE TO WAIT. THERE IS A REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE AND REQUEST TO WITHDRAW. WE CAN'T TAKE THOSE UP UNTIL 1:30. WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 58, WE HAVE A MEMO HERE WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. IS THERE ANYBODY HERE TO PRESENT? YES MA'AM. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> LEGAL DEPARTMENT. I'M HERE FOR ITEM 58, A PROPOSED ORDINANCE ADDING PETTY CABS TO CURRENT NONMOTORIZED VEHICLE REGULATION CONTAINED IN CHAPTER 25. I'M HERE FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS SHOULD YOU NEED ANY. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON 58? THIS IS NOT A QUASI-JUDICIAL. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE SWORN IN FOR THIS. I SEE NONE. CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE? WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ 58? >>BILL CARLSON: MOVE ITEM NUMBER 58, FILE E2025-8, CH 25. ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, RELATING TO PEDICAB AND NON-MOATIZED VEHICLE REGULATION; MAKING REVISIONS TO CITY OF TAMPA CODE OF ORDINANCE, CHAPTER 25, (TRANSPORTATION); AMENDING SECTION 25-4, DEFINITIONS; AMENDING SECTION 25-48, PERMIT TYPES; AMENDING SECTION 25-60, RESERVED; AMENDING SECTION 25-61; NONMOTORIZED VEHICLE -- PERMIT REQUIRED; ONE PERMIT FOR EACH BUSINESS OR OPERATION; PERMIT TO BE ATTACHED TO EACH VEHICLE; AMENDING SECTION 25-62, SAME -- APPLICATION FOR PERMIT; APPROVAL, DENIAL OF APPLICATION; APPEAL; PERMIT FEE; AMENDING SECTION 25-63, SAME -- ADHERENCE TO PLAN SUBMITTED IN APPLICATION REQUIRED; AMENDMENTS TO PLAN; MODIFICATIONS TO PLAN BY TRANSPORTATION MANAGER; AMENDING SECTION 25-64, SAME -- RENEWAL OF PERMITS; LOST, DESTROYED PERMITS; PERMITS NONTRANSFERABLE; REPLACEMENTS AND SUBSTITUTIONS; DORMANT PERMITS; AMENDING SECTION 25-65, SAME, DRIVER'S PERMIT REQUIRED; APPLICATIONS; QUALIFICATIONS; ISSUANCE OR DENIAL OF PERMIT; DURATION AND RENEWAL; REVOCATION; DISPLAY OF PERMIT; AMENDING SECTION 25-66, SAME, BUSINESS TAX; AMENDING SECTION 25-67, SAME, LIABILITY INSURANCE REQUIRED; FORM, AMOUNT AND COVERAGE; APPROVAL; AMENDING AND RENUMBERING SECTION 25-187 TO SECTION 25-60, NONMOTORIZED VEHICLES; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >> CLENDENIN? HENDERSON? >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CLENDENIN BEING ABSENT AT VOTE. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 6, 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. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, MA'AM. >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST -- MY WONDERFUL AIDE, KELLY SHARP -- I KNOW WE TECHNICALLY HAVE ITEM 70, BUT WE HAVE A MEMO THAT I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO READ THAT SAYS VERY CLEARLY THAT WHILE THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST HAS NOW BEEN REVIEWED PURSUANT TO THE CODE PROCESS, CITY STAFF AT THE JANUARY 23, 2025 MEETING REQUESTED A CONTINUANCE OF THIS MATTER TO SPRING 2026 FOR FOLLOWING REASON: THE PROPERTY ISSUED THE EAST TAMPA RECREATIONAL COMPLEX IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND GENERATED SIGNIFICANT INTEREST IN THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. THE CONTINUANCE WAS REQUESTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO PROVIDE INPUT AS TO THE NAMING OF THE COMPLEX AND THE FACILITIES THERE IN. CITY'S ENGAGEMENT AND PARTNERSHIP STAFF CAN WORK WITH COUNCIL TO SOLICIT COMMUNITY INPUT TO HAVE COUNCIL TO EN GAUGE THE COMMUNITY BEFORE MAKING A FINAL DETERMINATION. THIS IS FROM MICHELLE VAN LOAN. SOUNDS LIKE WE ALREADY -- >>BILL CARLSON: WHAT DATE WAS THAT AGAIN? >>LYNN HURTAK: JANUARY 23. THEY REQUESTED A CONTINUANCE AND IT SOUND LIKE WE GRANTED IT. NO, WE DID NOT GRANT IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MISS FEELEY IS HERE. >>BILL CARLSON: WE HAD A CONTINUANCE UNTIL TODAY. THEY ARE ASKING FOR ANOTHER CONTINUANCE? >>LYNN HURTAK: AT THE JANUARY 23 MEETING, REQUESTED A CONTINUANCE OF THIS MATTER TO SPRING 2026. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MISS FEELEY. >>ABBYE FEELEY: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. ABBYE FEELEY. WE ASKED FOR THAT AND COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON MADE A MOTION TO BRING IT BACK. YOU THOUGHT WE HAD A TYPO IN THE MEMO THAT WOULD NEEDED TO BE FEBRUARY 6. WE ASKED FOR FEBRUARY 5 OF 2026. AND THAT IS WHEN THE MOTION WAS MADE TO BRING IT BACK TODAY WITH NO FURTHER CONTINUANCES. >>LYNN HURTAK: OH, OKAY. >>ABBYE FEELEY: THAT IS WHY A SUBSEQUENT MEMO WITH ADDITIONAL CONTEXT WAS PROVIDED TO KIND OF CLARIFY THAT ORIGINAL REQUEST FOR THE CONTINUANCE. AND THE ALLOWANCE FOR US TO HAVE THAT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT, WE WILL GET TO 70 SOON. >>LYNN HURTAK: I THOUGHT WE COULD SOLVE IT QUICKLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, I APPRECIATE IT. PER COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA'S REQUEST, 22 AND 68 WILL BE TAKEN FIRST UNDER STAFF REPORT. BUT DO YOU NEED A FEW MORE MINUTES FOR CHIEF TRIPP TO COME IN? >>LUIS VIERA: I -- YOU WANTED THAT FIRST? I DON'T KNOW IF CHIEF TRIPP -- >>LYNN HURTAK: CAN WE DO IT AFTER LUNCH? >>LUIS VIERA: I KNOW MR. STOCCO WANTS TO BE HERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS AVAILABILITY AS WELL. MY AIDE ASKED YOU FOR THAT? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ASKED IF WE TAKE STAFF REPORTS BEFORE LUNCH. WE HAVE 58 MINUTES. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY. A REQUEST FROM YOUR OFFICE WHO BE HEARD FIRST UNDER STAFF REPORTS WITH ITEM 22 AND 67 TOGETHER. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO YOU NEED MORE TIME? >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF YOU NEED MORE TIME, WE CAN DELAY IT A BIT. >>LUIS VIERA: DID YOU NEED MORE TIME? >>LYNN HURTAK: GET THROUGH THESE OTHER THINGS FIRST AND BREAK FOR LUNCH, THIS WILL BE A LONG CONVERSATION. >>LUIS VIERA: I MEAN -- SO -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS CHIEF TRIPP AVAILABLE NOW? SHE IS ON HER WAY? OKAY. >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE AN HOUR BEFORE LUNCH. >>LYNN HURTAK: BUT SHE IS NOT HERE YET. LET'S START WITH 06 AND SEE HOW WE GO. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ITEM NUMBER 70 -- >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY, WHILE WE AWAIT THE ARRIVAL OF CHIEF TRIPP, IS IT ALL RIGHT IF WE TAKE 60 AND KEEP GOING ON. >>LUIS VIERA: 60, I DO -- THAT IS THE -- THE PACKAGE MISS FEELEY WILL BE TALKING ABOUT. I PLAN ON SPEAKING ABOUT THAT FOR A COUPLE OF MEN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MISS FEELEY, AS WE AWAIT FOR CHIEF TRIPP, WE WILL START JUST TO KEEP THINGS GOING. ITEM 60. >>ABBYE FEELEY: GOOD MORNING, ABBYE FEELEY, ADMINISTRATOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. ITEM NUMBER 60 ON YOUR AGENDA THIS MORNING IS A AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND ICF FOR 3.2 MILLION DOLLARS. THIS IS THE SHIP MONEY AND ALSO SOME OTHER GRANT FUNDS THAT COME IN, $3 MILLION IN SHIP AND $313,000 FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST WITH HURRICANE RECOVERY. I EXPLAIN THESE FUNDS TO YOU EARLIER I BELIEVED LAST MONTH OF THE SHIP FUNDS, $3 MILLION. SET AN SIDES 30% FOR 50% AMI. 30% FOR 80% AMI. AND THE REMAINDER COULD BE AT THE 140 AMI. AND I DID PROVIDE IN THE MEMO THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ITEM, THE AREA MEDIAN INCOMES ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE AMIs SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THOSE AMOUNTS WILL BE OF THE RESIDENTS WE CAN SUPPORT WITH THESE FUNDS. WHAT THIS DOES IS, THIS GETS US INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH ICF SO THAT WE CAN NOW FINALIZE THE ASPECTS OF EX-PENDING THESE FUNDS AND GETTING THEM TO THE RESIDENTS. ONCE YOU SIGN THAT TODAY, WE ALREADY HAD A CALL WITH I SHALLCF YESTERDAY TO EVEN -- TO START FINALIZING THE PREAPP ITEMS AND THEN THE FINALIZED APPLICATION ITEMS. AS SOON AS WE HAVE THAT, I CAN REPORT BACK TO YOU ON THAT AS WELL. BUT WE WILL ASK FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ON THIS AGREEMENT THIS MORNING IN ORDER TO HAVE THESE FUNDS FEBRUARY EXTENDED BY A THIRD PARTY. LIKE OUR ARPA FUNDS. WE DID THIS WITH ERNST & YOUNG. WE HAVE PEOPLE CALL IN THAT SAID THEY ARE IN TAMPA, BUT NOT IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. WE PARTNERED WITH THE COUNTY WHEN WE DID THIS WITH COVID, BUT A WAY FOR US TO CONTINUE ON OUR REGULAR HOUSING PROGRAMS AND HAVE SUPPORT FROM THIS THIRD PARTY. I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR. AND MISS FEELEY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. WE WORKED TOGETHER ON THIS FOR SOME TIME. I REALLY, REALLY DO -- YOU WORKED A LOT ON THIS. AND I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATED IT. I WANT TO THANK -- I DIDN'T ASK ANYBODY FROM NORTH TAMPA TO COME, JUST BECAUSE I -- I THINK THE THING SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. IF YOU HAVE SEEN THE VIDEOS OR YOU HAVE GONE OUT TO NORTH TAMPA AND YOU SEE WHAT HAS HAPPENED OUT THERE FOR PEOPLE OR SEEN ANY OF THE INTERVIEWS WHETHER IN THE MEDIA, THINGS THAT I HAVE DONE, ETC., WITH PEOPLE OUT THERE. THESE PEOPLE ARE REALLY HURTING, BUT I REALLY WANTED TO THANK OBVIOUSLY BETH KEENEY WHO -- WHO SHE DOESN'T GET PAID A DIME. AND SHE HAS BEEN WORKING SO HARD. WHO CAME OUT HERE AND I MET WITH HER AND HER HUSBAND WHO ARE REALLY, REALLY GOOD PEOPLE. I WANT TO THANK YOU MISS FEELEY AND THE MAYOR AND THE ADMINISTRATION FOR WORKING ON THIS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ABOUT 100 AND SELF REFERRED TO THIS, ABOUT 125 DAYS POST MILTON, AND THIS WILL RADICALLY CHANGE THE FACE OF NORTH TAMPA, A WORKING-CLASS BLUE COLLAR COMMUNITY IF WE DON'T INTERVENE LIBERALLY. I THINK THIS IS GREAT. I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT ADDITIONAL FUNDS. I HAD ORIGINALLY MADE A MOTION OCTOBER 17 ABOUT A WEEK AFTER MILTON CAME TO HAVE THE CITY OF TAMPA LOOK AT SPENDING FUNDS FOR HOUSING AND OTHER ASSISTANCE, BECAUSE I KNOW FEMA CERTAINLY DOES THINGS. AND WE APPRECIATE FEMA, BUT FEMA IS LIKE SOCIAL SECURITY. LIKE I ALWAYS SAY IF YOU ARE GOING TO BUY A SUIT, RIGHT, FEMA WILL GIVE YOU THE TIE, THE BELT, MAYBE THE PANTS AND YOU GOT TO GET THE REST. WHEN YOU LOST EVERYTHING IN A HOUSE AND YOU ARE A WELDER OR A TEACHER OR A FIRE FIGHTER AND, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THAT $130,000 REBUILDING COST, THAT REMAINDER OF THAT SUIT COST AS WHOLE LOT. IF GOES WITHOUT SAYING. SO, YOU KNOW, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE -- AND I AM TALKING OF NORTH TAMPA, THE CITY OF TAMPA. WE HAVE SO MANY OTHER AREAS. WE HEARD A LOT FROM OUR FRIENDS IN SOUTH TAMPA AND THE TERRIBLE HITS THAT THEY HAVE TAKEN AND WERE OBVIOUSLY SUPPORTIVE 100% THERE. YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE THAT I TALKED TO, THEY ARE REALLY GOING THROUGH HELL STILL. YOU ARE ABOUT FOUR MONTHS PAST THIS HURRICANE, PAST MILTON, WHICH WAS UNEXPECTED, VERY UNEXPECTED. I REMEMBER -- I WILL TALK ABOUT THIS DURING THE PUMPS BUT TALKING TO THE ADMINISTRATION SAYING WHY DON'T WE HAVE SANDBAG LOCATIONS. BECAUSE IT IS NOT A FLOOD ZONE. NOT UNREASONABLE, BY THE WAY. NOT DOING THAT TO POINT THE FINGER. BUT NOBODY ANTICIPATED FLOODING OUT THERE, MOST OF ALL, THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE OUT THERE. FOR ME, THIS SHOULD REALLY BE JUST THE BEGINNING ON THE COMMITMENT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO THIS AREA TO ASSIST THEM. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT NORTH TAMPA IS WHAT I CALL THE BLUE COLLAR AND WORKING-CLASS BACKBONE OF OUR CITY OF TAMPA. IT IS A PLACE FILLED WITH FIRST VERY RESPONDERS, TEACHERS WITH WELDERS, WITH ELECTRICIANS, NURSES AND ETC. AND ALSO, BY THE WAY, A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T BELIEVE THAT GOVERNMENT WILL FIGHT FOR THEM. WHICH IS WHY SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. YOU SEE THAT NATION ALLEY. WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS FOR A VERY LONG TIME. A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE TONIGHT BELIEVE THAT GOVERNMENT WILL FIGHT FOR THEM. I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES IN NORTH TAMPA, THE MANY, MANY, MANY PEOPLE THAT THINK TALK TO HAVE TAKEN LIFE'S WORST HITS OFTEN BELIEVED THAT. SO THIS, I THINK, IS A REAL STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. BECAUSE I KNOW -- AGAIN, CITY COUNCIL IS FILLED WITH GOOD PEOPLE WITH BEG HEARTS A AND COMPASSIONATE. AND I AM PRETTY SURE THAT WILL GET UNANIMOUS APPROVAL, BUT THE ISSUE OF NORTH TAMPA IS NOT GOING AWAY. NOT GOING AWAY ON A NUMBER OF LEVELS. WE ARE TALKING DIFFERENTLY -- I KNOW I JUST MET WITH THE CONSULTANT THAT WE WORK WITH THE COUNTY TO GET FOR THE INDEPENDENT REVIEW. THE ISSUE OF TRANSPARENCY IS ONE ISSUE, BUT THE ISSUE OF, NUMBER ONE, DIGNITY AND RESPECT FOR PEOPLE MIKE MISS SELF WHO CAME HERE. I THINK OF THE TRAGEDIES THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH. MY FRIEND GWEN TORREZ THAT SOME OF US MAY HAVE SEEN ON THE NEWS, A WONDERFUL WOMAN, WHO HAS AN AUTISTIC SON AND GRANDSON. SHE HAD A SENSORY ROOM IN HER HOUSE THAT SHE HAD TAILORED TO HER GRANDSON WHO SHE TOOK CARE OF AND SHE WAS FLOODED OUT AND GWEN HAD TO MOVE BECAUSE SHE CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE THERE ANYMORE, BECAUSE GUESS WHAT, SHE CAN'T 'ED FOR TO PAY HER MORTGAGE. AND SHE CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY HER NEW RENT. SHE GETS SOME HELP FROM FEMA AND TALKED TO PEOPLE THAT WILL COST THEM $150,000. GOTTEN $5,000, $50,000, $20,000, FAR OFF FROM WHAT THEY NEED. AND, AGAIN, THESE ARE WORKING CLASS PEOPLE. TO ME THE BIGGEST ISSUE IN TAMPA. WE TALK A LOT ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WORK FORCE HOUSING AND MAKING SURE THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA, POST COVID, DOESN'T TURN INTO MIAMI AND PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING-CLASS AND THE MIDDLE CLASS AND PEOPLE WORKING FOR AND MARGINALIZING AND STRUGGLING TO BE MIDDLE CLASS TO HAVE A SHOT OF HAVING A HOUSE. NORTH TAMPA IS ONE OF THOSE PLACES WHERE THEY HAVE A SHOT AT IT. AND LIKE MISS SELF NOTED AND MISS KEENE NOTED, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN RADICALLY TRANSFORM THE FACE OF NORTH TAMPA. WE HAVE TO HAVE A LONG-TERM COMMITMENT TO THIS. I THINK THIS IS GREAT. I HOPE THAT PEOPLE STRONGLY SUPPORT IT. BUT TO ME, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD JUST BE THE BE BEGINNING. CAN I HAVE ONE MORE MINUTE, MR. CHAIR? NO? >>LYNN HURTAK: YES, ONE MORE MINUTE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU MAY HAVE ONE MORE MINUTE, SIR. >>LUIS VIERA: I KNOW. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU. >>LUIS VIERA: GEE WHIZ -- LIKE I WAS SAYING. AND IF I GO ON ABOUT THIS, IT IS BECAUSE I REPRESENT THIS AREA. AND I AM VERY, VERY -- I AM GOING TO BE HONEST -- LOOK, I WILL BE HONEST. I HAVE A CHIP ON MY SOLD ABOUT NORTH TAMPA. I DO. BECAUSE NORTH TAMPA DOESN'T GET THE KIND OF ATTENTION AND RESPECT THAT OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY DO. WE SEE THAT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. WE WILL SEE THAT WITH FIRE, WHERE WE HAD A STATION IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, STATION 13, OFF BUSCH BOULEVARD. HAS ONE OUT OF 23 STATIONS, TOOK ONE OUT OF SEVEN CALLS HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. THAT IS THE KIND OF STUFF THAT NORTH TAMPA HAS TO DEAL WITH. THIS AREA GOT AN UNANTICIPATED KICK RIGHT IN THE FACE. AND IT HAS TAKEN US 125 DAYS TO GET MERE FOR $3 MILLION. SO IF I AM A LITTLE BIT EMOTIONAL ABOUT THAT, IF I HAVE A CHIP ON MY SHOULDER ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT, I GOT CAUSE. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. AND HURTAK AND CARLSON. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU KNOW, I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA'S ADVOCACY TO THE IT IS STRICT HE REPRESENTS. IT IS ADMIRABLE AND THAT IS WHAT YOU SHOULD DO WHEN YOU REPRESENT A DISTRICT. FIGHT LIKE HELL FOR YOUR DISTRICT. I APPRECIATE THAT. I AM ELECTED CITYWIDE AND THE ACT BY GOD AND HURRICANES WERE DEVASTATING FOR SO MANY NEIGHBORHOODS AND WORKING-CLASS NEIGHBORHOODS. PEOPLE FORGET THERE ARE AREAS -- YOU KNOW, PALMETTO BEACH. WE HAVE AREAS SOUTH OF GANDY. YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE TALK OUTSIDE THE CITY -- THE CITY DISTRICTS ALONG THE RIVER AND A LOT OF WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE JUST HORRIBLY HARMED. I TOO, TOO, WAS UP IN FOREST HILLS RIGHT AFTER THE STORM AND I TOURED FOLKS' CLASSES AND WENT TO MY CAR AND CRIED WHEN I WENT THROUGH A FAMILY'S HOUSE WITH A MOTHER, FATHER AND KID AND THEY DID NOT HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE. THEY -- THEY COULDN'T AFFORD TO GO ANYWHERE. DIDN'T HAVE THE HELP AND DIDN'T HAVE THE RESOURCES AT THAT TIME AND THEY WERE LIVING IN A FLOODED HOME WITH EVERYTHING SOGGY ON MATTRESSES THAT WERE ELEVATED AND ONLY -- I WILL CRY RIGHT NOW THINKING ABOUT IT WAS SO BAD. AN AWFUL SITUATION. UNFORTUNATELY, THE CITY OF TAMPA WE ARE ONLY SO BIG, SO MUCH RESOURCES AND SO MUCH OF THIS IS WHERE WE ARE DEPENDENT. THIS IS THE THING OF THE PURPOSE OF GOVERNMENT. YOU KNOW, WHY WE LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS THE GOVERNMENT -- YOU KNOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS TO STAND UP TO EMERGENCIES. WE HAVE SHARED -- WE HAVE SHARED RESOURCES TO SHARE THE BURDEN OF THESE TYPE OF STORMS. YOU KNOW FEMA -- THEY HAVE THE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR THE SHORT-TERM STUFF AND DIFFICULT TO GET THE COMMUNICATION OUT RIGHT AWAY PART OF WHAT WE SAW AFTER THESE HURRICANES IS WHEN WE STOOD UP AND THE CITY GOVERNMENT DID -- TRIED TO COORDINATE AND CONNECT, AND I THINK US AS MEMBERS COUNCIL, WE TRY TO CONNECT COMMUNITY TO RESOURCES THAT WERE AVAILABLE. AND I THINK IT IS ADMIRABLE. I THINK THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS REALLY RISEN ABOVE AND BEYOND LEVEL OF EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT A CITY CAN REASONABLY BE EXPECTED TO DO WITH SOMETHING AS DEVASTATING AS AN ACT OF GOD AND THE IMPACT THAT WE HAVE BACK-TO-BACK STORMS. ON TOP OF THE PREVIOUS RAIN EVENTS WE HAD PRIOR THAT CREATED SOME OF THIS -- SOME OF THESE ISSUES. AGAIN, THIS, I THINK, WAS VERY CREATIVE. I APPLAUD STAFF AND COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA'S ADVOCACY FOR THIS AND STAFF TO DIG DEEP BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU GOT ALL THESE OTHER PROGRAMS IN FEDERAL AND STATE BUT NOT NECESSARILY SOMETHING THAT THE CITY IS EQUIPPED TO DO, BUT THEY DUG DEEP. REALLY SCRATCHED -- SCRATCHED EVERYTHING THEY COULD FIND TO FIND THESE RESOURCES. OBVIOUSLY NOT ENOUGH. I MEAN 100 TIMES THIS IS NOT ENOUGH TO COMPENSATE FOR THE FOLKS THAT HAVE LOST THINGS AND THE NEED AND THE HURT THAT IS EXISTED IN THE CITY. BUT AT LEAST IT IS SOMETHING. AGAIN, I APPLAUD STAFF FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I OBVIOUSLY -- I CAN'T IMAGINE ANYBODY ON THIS COUNCIL IS GOING TO VOTE AGAINST THIS BECAUSE IT IS RIGHT THING TO DO. BUT THANK YOU. AND I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF HURT IN THE CITY. AND I FEEL BAD FOR EVERYONE. AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE ABLE TO OVERCOME THIS THIS. AND WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF LESSONS LEARNED. WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA THERE STEP UP AND DO THEIR FAIR SHARE TO HELP PUT SOME OF THESE PEOPLE TO RIGHT AND MOVE FORWARD AND REBUILD OUR CITY. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, CARLSON AND MIRANDA. >>LYNN HURTAK: I WANT TO COMMEND COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA FOR HIS ADVOCACY ON THIS AND AN INCREDIBLE ISSUE. I HAVE QUESTIONS FROM MISS FEELEY AND REALLY WHAT I AM HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOUR OFFICE HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY TO FIND SHIP FUNDING AND RE-CREATING IT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL. AND YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES THAT DOES TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. CAN YOU COME AND SPEAK TO WHAT THE RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT COMING FORWARD? A TIMELINE FOR HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE THIS -- THIS PARTNER TO COME UP WITH, YOU KNOW, A PHONE NUMBER FOR FOLKS TO REACH OUT TO. BECAUSE THE QUESTION I KEEP GETTING ASKED IS WHAT IS NEXT. THIS WILL PROVIDE US WITH WHAT COMES NEXT. AND I THINK THIS WILL MAKE THE COMMUNITY FEELING BETTER AND WILL ALSO KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT TO EXPECT, BECAUSE IT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TOMORROW. >>ABBYE FEELEY: BUT I AM HOPING THAT IT WILL HAPPEN VERY SOON. I WAS ON A CALL THIS MORNING ACTUALLY WHEN WE COULD GET THAT SCHEDULE FINALIZED. I DO NOT HAVE THAT FOR YOU THIS MORNING OR I WOULD BE VERY EAGER TO SHARE IT WITH YOU. SO, LIKE I SAID, WE ALREADY HAD A CALL WITH THE COMPANY YESTERDAY AS TO OUTLINING THOSE NEXT STEPS. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I HOPE WE WERE WORKING ON FOLLOW-UP WITH THAT THIS MORNING. THAT IS WHY I AM LOOKING AT THE INFORMATION THAT CAME IN. BY MARCH 15, I MEAN, ABOUT A MONTH FROM TODAY, STARTING THE PREAPP SCREENING. DO YOU LIVE IN THE CITY? OKAY. YOU KNOW, ARE YOU INCOME ELIGIBLE? OR WHAT IS YOUR INCOME? THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. THE INTENTION A VERY SHORT PREAPPLICATION SCREENING THAT WILL THEN BECOME THE FULL APPLICATION ONCE YOU PASS THOSE FIRST FIVE QUESTIONS. AND WE WOULD GO FROM THERE. SO WHAT I NEED IS ABOUT TWO WEEKS TO WORK WITH ICF TO GET THAT SCHEDULE FINALIZED TO COME IN HERE AND TELL YOU. WHY HE, THERE WILL BE A PHONE NUMBER BUT I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS WHILE COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA HAS BEEN PASSIONATE PUSHING THIS, I COME BACK TO SAY I DON'T WANT TO PUT OUT SOMETHING THAT IS HALF-BAKED BECAUSE THAT IS NOT FAIR TO OUR RESIDENT AND I AM STILL STANDING ON THAT POSITION. SO I AM GOING TO GET THOSE DETAILS, AND I WILL GET THEM BACK TO YOU. BUT I HOPE BY MARCH 15 AT THE LATEST -- AT THE LATEST, APRIL 1st, TO HAVE A FULL SYSTEM UP AND OPERATING WHERE THEY ARE CALLING IN. AND WE ARE ALSO TALKING ABOUT HAVING A COMMUNITY NIGHT OR A WEEKLY NIGHT AT HANNA. IF PEOPLE NEED TO WALK IN AND GET ASSISTANCE DIRECTLY FROM OUR STAFF IN FILLING OUT THE APPLICATIONS OR THEY DON'T HAVE A COMPUTER. WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING ON THAT AS WELL AS A COMMUNICATIONS PLAN TO ENSURE THAT THE INFORMATION IS GETTING OUT TO EVERYONE. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. AND THEN ONE ADDITIONAL QUESTION. AS WE ARE WAITING FOR THIS, WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION CAN PEOPLE BEGIN TO GATHER? >>ABBYE FEELEY: SO THESE FUNDS ARE RIGHT NOW GOING TO SUPPORT MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE. I THINK ONE OF THE ELEMENTS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA JUST SPOKE ABOUT IS WE HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTS THAT ARE PAYING TWO RENTS. THEY ARE PAYING THEIR MORTGAGE AND PAYING TO LIVE AS WELL ELSE. THIS WILL ALLOW MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE UP TO $5,000. ALSO REPAIRS. IF YOU HIRED A CONTRACT AND ALREADY PAID YOUR REPAIRS AND PERMITTED THEM, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GET SOME REIMBURSEMENT ON THAT. WE ARE WORKING OUT THE TIME PERIOD FOR THAT. SO PEOPLE KNOW. AND THEN ALSO, INSURANCE DEDUCTIBLES. IF YOU HAD TO PAY YOUR DEDUCTIBLE. AND THERE WILL BE A FINANCIAL HARDSHIP STATEMENT THEY WILL NEED TO BE FILLING OUT TO SHOW. AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED, GIVEN THESE ARE SHIP FUNDS AND SHIP DISASTER RELIEF FUNDS, THOSE INCOME QUALIFICATIONS AND THAT'S THE -- THE CHART IS IN THERE THAT WE DO HAVE CERTAIN AMOUNTS OF THESE FUND THAT BY THE STATE, THE WAY THE FUNDS HAVE COME FROM THE STATE, THEY HAVE TO GO TO INDIVIDUALS OF CERTAIN INCOMES. AND THEN UP TO IT THE 140, A PORTION OF THAT THAT IS UNRESTRICTED BUT RESTRICTIVE UP TO THE 140 AMI. >>LYNN HURTAK: I APPRECIATE THAT FOR TELLING WHAT PEOPLE CAN EXPECT. BUT AS THEY ARE WAITING, WHAT KIND OF DOCUMENTATION DO PEOPLE NEED TO BE GATHERING. SOUND LIKE THEY NEED TO GATHER THEIR MORTGAGE INFORMATION. THEY NEED TO HAVE REIPTS. >> INCOME STATEMENTS. >>LYNN HURTAK: GATHER ANY KIND OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION SURROUNDING THIS. >>ABBYE FEELEY: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: ONLY THING ADDITIONALLY I WANT TO MENTION IS THAT WE HAVE A WORKSHOP COMING IN FEBRUARY WHERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MONEY THAT WAS LEFT OVER FROM FY '24. AND SO THAT WILL BE ANOTHER TIME THAT WE CAN DISCUSS WHAT WE CAN POSSIBLY ME -- IF WE CAN PUT MORE MONEY TOWARD THIS. SO THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON AND MIRANDA. >>BILL CARLSON: MISS FEELEY FROM THE CONSTRUCTION SO FAR, PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING THINK YOU HAVE TO LIVE IN NEW TAMPA OR NORTH TAMPA TO QUALIFY FOR THIS. REQUEST YOU STATE ON THE RECORD -- >>ABBYE FEELEY: THESE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE CITYWIDE. YOU DO HAVE TO HAVE HAD STORM DAMAGE CLEARLY. AND WE HAVE -- PER OUR POST-STORM ASSESSMENT, WE HAVE IDEAS AND WE KNOW, BECAUSE OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT AND INSPECTION STAFF DID GO THROUGH THE CITY, LOT BY LOT, AND WE HAVE A WINDSHIELD SURVEY OF THOSE AREAS THAT WERE HIT. YOU CAN'T -- IF YOU ARE IN A HIGH AND DRY AREA, THIS ISN'T -- I MEAN WE HAVE OTHER PROGRAMS F FOR. >>BILL CARLSON: I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW. THE MAXIMUM -- FOR POEM WHO APPLY FOR THIS, MAXIMUM FOR RENT IS $5,000. IS THAT TOTAL OR PER MONTH? >>ABBYE FEELEY: THAT WILL BE TOTAL. THE MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE. NOT RENTAL. THIS IS NOT FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE. >>BILL CARLSON: FOR REPAIR, WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM? >>ABBYE FEELEY: RIGHT NOW THE MAXIMUM FOR REPAIR WILL $20,000. >>BILL CARLSON: $20,000. CAN THEY GET BOTH OR JUST ONE? FEEL FIELDS I BELIEVE THEY CAN GET BOTH. >>BILL CARLSON: WHAT ABOUT THE DEDUCTIBLE, WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM ON THAT? >>ABBYE FEELEY: THE DEDUCTIBLE IS $10,000. >>BILL CARLSON: I WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNEW IF YOU DON'T LIVE IN NORTH TAMPA OR NEW TAMPA, YOU CAN -- THERE WERE PEOPLE AFFECTED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WERE AFFECTED IN SOUTH TAMPA. AND CONTRARY TO SOME PEOPLE'S PERCEPTION OF SOUTH TAMPA, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT LIVE BELOW 100% AMI. WE HAD SOME HERE LAST WEEK AND ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF GANDY, BUT ALSO WEST OF DALE MABRY, TOWARD GANDY, THERE ARE HUNDREDS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE -- LIVE BELOW THE POVERTY LINE. AND MANY OF THEM DON'T HAVE INSURANCE. PORT TAMPA, THEIR HISTORIC AFRICAN-AMERICAN FOLKS THERE WHOSE HOUSES THEY HAVE EN HER RIGHTED MULTIPLE GENERATIONS AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE INSURANCE BECAUSE -- BECAUSE THEY HAVE OWNED THE HOUSE. BECAUSE THEIR GREAT GRANDFATHER AND GREAT GRANDPARENTS OWNED THE HOUSE. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CAREFUL NOT TO JUST TARGET ONE AREA. AND ALSO NURSES AND POLICE OFFICERS AND FIRE FIGHTERS. NICK STOCCO LIVES SOUTH OF GANDY. AND THERE ARE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE IN OUR MILITARY AND RETIRED FROM OUR MILITARY WHO LOST EVERYTHING. AND MANY OF THEM LIVE -- LIVE BELOW THE POVERTY LINE. I AM DISAPPOINTED WITH THE MAY I DON'T REMEMBER AND THE ADMINISTRATION THEY HAVEN'T SPENT MORE TIME IN SOUTH TAMPA. THEY SPENT MOST OF THE TIME IN NEW TAMPA AND TO PROMOTE $1 30 MILLION PROJECT IN SOUTH HOWARD THAT WE KNOW HOW IS NOT GOING TO WORK. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE PAY ATTENTION TO PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY BARELY SURVIVING AND NOT GOING TO SURVIVE IN SOUTH TAMPA. TO THE POINT ABOUT SANDBAGS. A GOOD POINT. SHOULD HAVE BEEN SANDBAGS IN NEW TAMPA, BUT ONLY TWO PLACES IN THE SECOND HURRICANE FOR SANDBAGS. THERE WERE NO TARPS. AND THAT PEOPLE IN SOUTH TAMPA, THE LINES WERE FIVE HOURS LONG BECAUSE IS IT NOT HAVE ENOUGH SAND. USING THE MACHINES. WE HAD A SHORT AND OF SAND THAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE IT ESPECIALLY WITH FEMA'S HELP. THOSE IN SOUTH COMPANY WENT TO EAST TAMPA AND THOSE LINES WERE FOUR OR FIVE HOURS LONG AND WE NEED TO FIX THESE PROBLEMS NEXT TIME. MORE IMPORTANTLY WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT MONEY, IF WE PAY TO REPAIR PEOPLE'S HOUSES, THEIR HOUSE WILL FLOP AGAIN BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T FIXED THE UNDERLYING PROBLEMS. MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IF NOT BILLIONS TOWARD MAINTENANCE. WE NEED TO PUT MONEY TOWARD MAINTENANCE BECAUSE EVEN IF PEOPLE PAID TO RENOVATE THEIR HOMES, THEIR FLOODS ARE GOING TO COME RIGHT BACK IN AND HIT THEM. WE HAVE TO FIX THE UNDERLYING PROBLEMS. IF WE HAVE A CHOICE, PEOPLE NEED MONEY FOR THEIR OWN HOMES, BUT DOESN'T DO GOOD IF WE REPAIR THEM AND FLOOD THE NEXT WEEK BECAUSE WE DIDN'T DO PROPER MAINTENANCE. THIS $3 MILLION IS SYMBOLIC EFFORT AND NOT ENOUGH AND BARELY GOING TO TOUCH ANYBODY. AND THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO SOLVE THIS. WE HAVE GOT TO FIND -- WE HAVE A TEAM OF LOBBYISTS AND LOBBYISTS IN THE CITY AND WE NEED TO FIND OTHER SOURCES OF FUND. YOU ARE WORKING WITH A FEDERAL AGENCY HERE. BUT FEMA MONEY ISN'T ENOUGH. WE HAVE TO FIGURE WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING TO COME FROM BECAUSE THE CITY -- EVEN IF WE USE ALL OF OUR BUDGET NOT ENOUGH TO MAKE EVERYBODY HOLD. WE NODE TO FIND A WAY TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. MORE IMPORTANTLY SOLVE THE MAINTENANCE PROBLEM BECAUSE WE DON'T FLOOD AGAIN. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN. I WANT TO GIVE SINCERE THANKS TO MY COLLEAGUE, LUIS VIERA. SEVEN COUNCILMEMBERS. FOUR IN THE DISTRICT AND THREE AT LARGE. ALL OF US ARE RESPONSIBLE WHAT HAPPENS. NOT JUST ONE MACE. EVERYBODY WORKS TO GET IT DONE. HOWEVER, AS I LISTEN TO THE CONVERSATION, THERE IS ONE THING MISSING. WE ARE REPAIRING THE HOUSES THE SAME WAY THEY WERE. THAT'S GREAT. BUT IT DOES NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF FLOODING. YOU MAY PUT ALL THE SANDBAG YOU WANT IN FRONT OF YOUR DOOR, BUT YOU CAN'T PUT THEM ON A WINDOW TWO AND A HALF FEET OFF THE GROUND. STILL GOING TO FLOOD. IF IT GOES TO TWO-AND-A-HALF FEET. SO YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE WORLD OF CHANGE -- LAST YEAR ALONE, THE BAY WAS 2.5 DEGREES HOTTER THAN EVER BEFORE. JUST YESTERDAY, I AM LISTENING TO THE NEWS, AND BASED ON TODAY'S -- COMPARED TO LAST YEAR'S, IT IS ALREADY THREE DEGREES OR FOUR AND A HALF DEGREES IN DIFFERENT AREAS HOTTER. SO HURRICANES ARE NOT GOING TO GO AWAY. AND ALL MY TIME LIVING HERE, I NEVER SEEN SIX OR SEVEN COME THIS WAY. THEY USUALLY GET IN THE GULF AND GO THE OTHER WAY, WEST. THEY CAME EAST. SO THINGS ARE CHANGING. AND IT IS GOING TO GET HARDER AND HARDER TO SUSTAIN THE I LIFESTYLE THAT WE HAVE. WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO PUT -- THE DRYWALL PEOPLE WILL COME AFTER ME. DRYWALL IN ANY BUILDING BECAUSE LIKE A SPONGE. IF IT GOES A FEET AND A HALF, IT TRAVELS UP ANOTHER FOOT. YOU CAN'T CONTINUE TO HAVE EAVES ON YOUR HOUSE. YOU CAN'T IT CONTINUE TO DO THINGS WE ARE DOING BECAUSE THAT IS THE WAY WE ALWAYS HAVE DONE IT. THE CODE HAS GOT TO CHANGE. THE BUILDING HAS GOT TO CHANGE THE WAY WE BUILD THINGS. BECAUSE WE CAN NOT SUSTAIN WHAT IS COMING. IT HAPPENS EVERYWHERE. NORTH FLORIDA HAD SNOW, COUPLE OF INCHES. WHEN HAS THAT EVER HAPPENED? YOU GO UP TO CALIFORNIA, THEY HAVE HAD MULTITUDE OF PROBLEMS. IN FACT, MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT -- THAT I READ ABOUT HAVE -- -- A GREAT PERCENT -- I CAN'T SAY HALF, BUT A GREAT PERCENTAGE OF THE PEOPLE ARE RELOCATING FROM CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS. AND INCLUDING FLORIDA. WE ARE LOOKING AT SOMETHING AND WE ARE NOT ADDRESSING HOW TO SOLVE IT. WE TRY TO FIX IT WHAT WE HAVE NOW AND THAT'S IT. THAT IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. I AM NOT TRYING TO PREACH TO EVERYONE. IF WE DON'T CHANGE THE WAY WE DO THINGS, YOU WILL NEVER SOLVE THE PROBLEM. NEVER. BUT LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS. I -- I BELIEVE WE NEED TO HOOK AT THE BUILDING CODES. I BELIEVE WE LOOK HOW WE BUILD ROOFS. ANY ISLAND YOU HAVE OF KEY WEST, BAHAMAS, CUBA. THINK DON'T HAVE ROOFS THAT ARE MADE LIKE OURS. THEY DON'T HAVE IT OVERHANG WHERE THE WIND PICKS IT UP AND THE WALLS COLLAPSE. WATER FROM THE OUTSIDE AND WATER RISING FROM THE FLOOR. YOU DON'T HAVE THAT. WHY? THAT IS THE WAY THEY BUILT THEM TO COMBAT THE STORMS. THEY DON'T HAVE DRYWALL BUT HAVE CEMENT. WHEN IT GETS RENT, YOU LET IT DRY AND PAINT IT. NOT THAT SIMPLE, BUT IT IS DONE. YOU DON'T HAVE THE ROOF THAT FALLS OFF. YOU DON'T HAVE THE SHINGLES THAT FALL OFF BECAUSE CONCRETE AND REBAR WIRE ALL OVER THE HOUSE WHEN IT IS BUILT. AND IT WON'T COME APART. WHAT I AM SAYING EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE DONE WONDERFUL THINGS TO THE PUBLIC, WE HAVE TO LOOK TO THE LONG TERM. I HOPE MY PROJECTIONS ARE WRONG. THEY ARE NOT GETTING ANY BETTER. WILL PROBABLY GET WORSE. >>ABBYE FEELEY: CAN I. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. >>ABBYE FEELEY: ABBYE FEELEY. I WANT TO CLARIFY ONE THING. A MAXIMUM OF $20,000 PER HOUSEHOLD. YOU CAN GET FUND FROM BOTH BUT CANNOT EXCEED $20,000 TOTAL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: I HAVE A QUESTION, MISS FEELEY, MORTGAGE PAYMENTS MUST NOT BE 30 DAYS. IF SOMEBODY A BEHIND IN THEIR MORTGAGE, THEY WILL BE PRECLUDED? >>ABBYE FEELEY: THAT'S CORRECT. >>LUIS VIERA: WHY IS THAT? >>ABBYE FEELEY: I BELIEVE IT IS A STATE -- BECAUSE WE HAVE -- AND THIS KIND OF BRINGS EVERYTHING BACK TOGETHER. BUT WHEN WE BRING YOUR ACTION PLAN TO YOU FOR HOUSING, THAT IS WHERE THESE STRATEGY GOES. SO THE STRATEGIES ARE GOVERNED BY THE STATE IN TERMS OF WHEN WE PUT THEM IN. WE ACTUALLY AMENDED THIS. BECAUSE THESE ARE STATE FUND, I BELIEVE THAT'S WHERE. SO I HAVE MET. WE HAVE FOUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS. ONE IN PORT TAMPA -- WE WERE IN PORT TAMPA TUESDAY NIGHT. WE HAD ABOUT 60 PEOPLE. JC WAS IN COPELAND PARK LAST NIGHT. I THINK WE HAD TEN PEOPLE. A WEEK PRIOR, PALMETTO BEACH AND BABE HARRIS, FOREST HILLS AREA LAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH A NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND A LOT OF THEM ARE PAYING BOTH RIGHT NOW. SO I THINK THIS WILL BE HELPFUL IN THAT ASPECT. I MEAN, I MET A WOMAN WHO WAS STILL PAYING HER MORTGAGE AND RENTING A SMALL SHED FROM ANOTHER PERSON TO BE RESIDING IN. SO WE HAVE BEEN OUT LISTENING. I THINK THESE FUNDS WILL WORK THAT WAY. BUT IT WILL ALLOW US TO HELP GET THEM CAUGHT UP IN MOVING FORWARD. >>LUIS VIERA: I THINK -- IF I MAY, MR. CHAIR. COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON, DOES -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK, MA'AM? PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. WE CAN'T HEAR YOU IS SHE MUTED? OR DO WE HAVE HER MUTED? >>LYNN HURTAK: MAYBE COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA CAN SPEAK. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WANTED TO ADDRESS SOME THINGS. WITH NORTH TAMPA AND THE SOUTH TAMPA THING, RIGHT. I HAPPEN TO REPRESENT NORTH TAMPA. NORTH TAMPA GOT FLOODED. NEW TAMPA WAS NOT FLOODED AT ALL, THE NORTHERN SIDE MORE SO BUT A OLD TAMPA, NEW TAMPA, WHATEVER DID IT. WITH REGARDS TO THE COMMENT OF THE ADMINISTRATION. IT'S FUNNY -- I WILL BE HONEST, I HAD A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OVER THE LAST 120 DAYS, NOT ALL YOU HAVE IT HAS BEEN PLEASANT, RIGHT. BECAUSE WE HAD SOME DISAGREEMENTS AND CAUSTIC CONVERSATIONS. AND -- BUT WE ARE HERE WITH THIS $3 MILLION AND I SAY CAUSTIC CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE STRESSFUL OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS AS THE DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER. AND SEIZE THESE PEOPLE -- GOOD PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. TAKING UNANTICIPATED HITS. TIME WHEN THE ADMINISTRATION WAS OUT THERE WAS OFTEN IN TOWN HALL MEETINGS THAT I CALLED FOR. AND BECAUSE -- IT IS NOT BECAUSE OF SOUTH TAMPA OR EVERYWHERE ELSE. I FRANKLY SAID FOUR DAYS AFTER THIS UNANTICIPATED FLOOD AND HAD A COMMUNITY MEETING WITH 200, 50 PEOPLE OUT THERE. A LOT OF THAT IS AS THE COUNCILMEMBER I PUSH THINGS A LOT. AGAIN, FOR THIS, I SALUTE THE MAYOR 100%. I THINK THAT IS WONDERFUL. A COUPLE OF THINGS REALLY FAST WHICH I MAY. I HAVE ASKED HAGER WHO DOES SUCH A GOOD JOB FOR US TO LOOK AT ADDITIONAL FUND AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE MAY LOOK LIKE. IN TERMS OF THIS BEING AN ACT OF GOD. I WANT TO BE SURE BECAUSE, AGAIN, I REPRESENT THIS AREA AND WHERE WE HAVE THE INDEPENDENT REVIEW FOR AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS THERE. AGAIN, WE GOT TO FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT FOR PEOPLE LIKE THIS EVERYWHERE. WHETHER IT IS FOR SOUTH TAMPA. COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON IS REALLY LIKE. A LOT OF WORKING-CLASS, BLUE-COLLAR IN SOUTH COMPANY AND WE NEED TO HAVE THEIR BACKS FOLLOWING THIS HURRICANE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON. LET'S SEE -- STILL MUTED. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WILL SECOND. >>CLERK: SHE IS UH-UH -- UNMUTED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MICROPHONE THAT IS UNPLUGGED? BUILT IN? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. LET'S DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>CLERK: HENDERSON? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SHE IS SEEING YES AND THUMB'S UP. IS THAT LEGALLY SUFFICIENT? >>MARTIN SHELBY: NO. BECAUSE IT IS AN AUDIO RECORDING. IT IS -- THERE ARE DISADVANTAGES TO REMOTE PARTICIPATION, I HAVE TO SHARE THAT. BUT THAT IS JUST THE WAY IT IS. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH HENDERSON BEING ABSENT AT VOTE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. >>LYNN HURTAK: WE HAVE 30 MINUTES LEFT. AND I DON'T THINK THAT IS ENOUGH FOR -- FOR A ROBUST CONVERSATION. I JUST WANTED TO GET ANYBODY ELSE'S FEEL ON THAT. >>LUIS VIERA: IF I -- WANT TO BREAK AT 12:30, I THINK AN HOUR. >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALL -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LOOK TO BREAKING FOR LUNCH. >>LYNN HURTAK: MIGHT BE A TWO-HOUR CONVERSATION. >>GWEN HENDERSON: EXCUSE ME, CHAIR, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, WE CAN. WE CAN HEAR YOU. >>GWEN HENDERSON: WELL, THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAVE A VOICE IN THIS PROCESS. I APPRECIATE IT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MR. SHELBY, IT POSSIBLE TO REOPEN THE HAVE HER RECORD ODD CONTINUE VOTE. I MAKE A MOTION TO REOPEN THE VOTE AND ALLOW COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON TO TALK AND REVOTE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM, YOU WANT TO SPEAK OR GO AHEAD AND VOTE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT. I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE COMMENTS. COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS AS WELL AS MISS FEELEY AND HER STAFF. THE IMPACT IS -- SADLY IT IS LOW IF IT IS $5,000 TO 640 PEOPLE. IF IT IS $20,000, IT IS 160 PEOPLE. SO I KNOW IT IS NOT SIGNIFICANT, BUT IT IS A START. YOU KNOW, IT IS THE CITY'S WAY OF CONTRIBUTING TO, YOU KNOW, GIVING SOME RELIEF TO PEOPLE. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK IN THIS. >>CLERK: YOU WANT ME TO DO THE ROLL CALL AGAIN? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE DON'T NEED TO CLOSE. BUT WE HAVE -- IT IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING. WE HAVE A MOTION TO -- >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES? >>MARTIN SHELBY: FOR THE SEEK OF CLARITY ON THE RECORD. A ROLL CALL VOTE ON A BIG TICKET ITEM SUCH AS THIS, BEST INTEREST TO DO A ROLL CALL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE WILL HAVE A MOTION -- WHO WAS THE ORIGINAL MOTION MAKER FOR 60. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I GUESS I WAS -- >>LUIS VIERA: I WAS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: VIERA. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 22 AND 67. YOU ASKED FOR THEM TO BE HEARD FIRST. >>LUIS VIERA: BEFORE I HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS AND ETC. IS THERE A PRESENTATION OR -- WITH CHIEF TRIPP. MR. MUDDERBACK. IF NOT, I CAN GO TO QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HE HAS A WRITTEN REPORT. DO YOU WANT TO KICK IT OFF? >>LUIS VIERA: I WILL GO AHEAD AND DO IT. I DO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. WELL, COME, MR. MUDDERBACK OBVIOUSLY -- WHEN I DID THIS AND THIS IS A VERY -- I HAVE VERY STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT THIS ISSUE, SO I WANTED TO MEET BEFORE TO GO OVER MY STRONG FEELINGS TO -- TO GIVE FOLKS A CHANCE TO NUMBER ONE PREPARE THE RIGHT RESPONSE. AND JUST TO BE TRANSPARENT, BUT I -- I WANT TO GO THROUGH -- SO WE ARE DEALING WITH FLEET MAINTENANCE WHICH -- I -- I THINK THERE IS SOME NEWS ON, IF I AM CORRECT. AND THEN WITH STATION 24, WHICH HAD A -- HAD A RELATIVELY LONG JOURNEY IN PITS PRESENT VERSION. IN 2023, WE PASSED DESIGN FOR STATION 24. THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT THE ADMINISTRATION TRIED TO DO THEIR 1.0 MILLAGE TAX INCREASE. I HAD PROPOSED SCALING IT BACK 70% AND HAVING THAT FULL POINT GOING TO POLICE AND FIRE. DIDN'T GET SUPPORT FOR THAT. IT IS WHAT IT IS. WE GO FORWARD AND I SAID LISTEN, IF WE CAN'T DO ONGOING REVENUE FOR THIS, WE ARE GOING TO BOND IT. I DID A MOTION FOR THAT. AND IT WOULD WIND UP PASSING. ONE YEAR AGO -- IT WAS ABOUT ONE YEAR AGO, WE FINALIZED THE MECHANISM OF WHICH HAVE THE ADMINISTRATION COULD USE FUNDS FOR FLEET MAINTENANCE AND FIRE STATION 24. SO WHAT -- WHAT IS INTERESTING IS, IS THAT WE ARE HERE ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF PAST THE TIME WHERE WE, I BELIEVE, FUNDED CAN HE SIGN. ROUGHLY AROUND SEPTEMBER OF 2023. AND I HAD THOUGHT THAT DESIGN WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS -- WAS SUBSTANTIALLY FINISHED. I SPOKE WITH MR. STOCCO AND HE DID AS WELL, CERTAIN ASSUMPTIONS, ETC. I GUESS MY SES SAGE -- MESSAGE IS THAT COUNCIL EMPOWERED EVERYBODY WITH THE TOOLS THAT ARE NEEDED WHAT CHIEF TRIPP WAS PUSHING HARD FOR. AND WE HAD A NUMBER OF PROJECTS AND ASKED CHIEF TRIPP WHEN IT COMES TO BONDING, WHAT ARE YOUR TWO BIG PRIORITIES. YOU SAID FLEET MAINTENANCE AND STATION 24. WE RUN WITH YOUR VISION, CHIEF. AND APPRECIATE YOUR VIGOR IN THAT REGARD. HERE WE ARE A YEAR AND A HALF YEAR LATER. WE GET A NEW TIMELINE THAT SHOW GROUNDBREAKING IN MARCH OF 2026. WHICH IS GOING TO BE -- WHAT IS IT -- TWO AND A HALF YEARS AFTER WE APPARENTLY PASSED DESIGN. AND QUESTIONS IN THAT. AND ALSO WHAT IS UNIQUE IS -- AND I'M GIVING OUT ALL THE INFORMATION PAUSE I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS. OBVIOUSLY IT IS MY DISTRICT. AND WE HAD -- I THINK THIS IS THE THIRD STATION OF NEW TAMPA. HAD TO STATION 25 IN NORTH TAMPA. AND 24. 25 COMES AFTER 24 FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. BUT THIS WAS A COMPROMISE. BECAUSE THERE WERE FOLKS IN THE UNION WHO SAID, WE WOULD LIKE A DIFFERENT LOCATION THAN THAT THIS. SO WE GO, GUESS WHAT, WE GOT THE LAND. SO BECOME MOVE WITH VIGOR. RIGHT. AND HERE WE ARE. SO THAT IS A LOT OF WHERE THE FRUSTRATION IS. AND I COULD GO THROUGH -- WE HAD -- GOSH, I THINK WE HAD SEVEN OR EIGHT MOTIONS OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF ON STATION 24, INCLUDING, I THINK, QUARTERLY REPORTS. SO I GUESS THAT'S -- THAT FORMS THE BASIS OF MY QUESTIONS, I GUESS. AND MR. MUDDERBACK. IF YOU COULD. AND WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS, SIR. IF YOU COULD, GO THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH THE LAND SURVEY EVALUATION AND ETC. THAT WE HAVE DONE SINCE -- AND WE WILL START SEPTEMBER 2023. IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN OPINE ON. M . >> RICHARD MUDDERBACK. GOOD MORNING, AGAIN, RICHARD MUDDERBACK, DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION. GO THROUGH A LITTLE PROGRESS TIMELINE HERE. SO CONTRACT ADMIN'S INVOLVEMENT STARTED APRIL 2023 WHEN THE CITY AND FIRE HAD THIS PROPERTY. AND WANTED TO LOOK TO SEE IF IT IS FEASIBLE FOR A FIRE STATION. SO WE ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH OTERO ENGINEERING IN APRIL, AND THAT AGREEMENT HAD FIVE MONTHS ALLOTTED FOR THOSE STUDIES. AND -- AND THE FIRST STORMWATER PLAN WAS GIVEN TO US IN AUGUST. AND WE HAD SOME CORRECTIONS AND REVISED IN OCTOBER AND THE FINAL SITE INVESTIGATION REPORT DELIVERED TO US IN NOVEMBER. SO SLIGHTLY -- SLIGHTLY OVER THE FIVE-MONTH ANTICIPATION. AT THAT POINT, ONCE WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN HAND ALREADY THAT IS WHEN THE CITY, FIRE, ADMINISTRATION DECIDE, OKAY, WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS PROPERTY IS FEASIBLE. DO WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH BUILDING A STATION HERE? THROUGH NOVEMBER THROUGH MAY. CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION WAS, AGAIN, INVOLVED IN PREPARING FOR A DESIGN-BUILD RFQ TO GO OUT. WHAT THAT ENTAILS IS INVESTIGATION -- I MEAN, INTERVIEW PROCESS BETWEEN MY AMONG ARCHITECT STAFF AND TFR TO SEE WHAT TO YOU NEED HERE? WHAT DO YOU WANT HERE? WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR? THE DESIGN CRITERIA PACKAGES FOR THE RFQs. WHAT THE SUBMITTING FIRMS HAD TO GO OFF OF. WHAT WE WOULD BE EXPECTING. WE ARE PUSH A LOT MORE OF PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS TO GET A MORE REASONABLE COST. MORE REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT WE CAN EXPECT ON THESE LARGER PROJECTS SO YOU HAVE GOT -- IN THAT TIME TIME FRAME BETWEEN NOVEMBER AND APRIL, WE PUT TOGETHER THAT DESIGN CRITERIA PACKAGE. MAY, IT WAS ADVERTISED. ADVERTISEMENT PERIOD ALWAYS TAKES FIVE OR SIX MONTHS AT BEST TO GET THROUGH. STATE STATUTE. CERTAIN DEADLINES THAT ARE BUILT INTO THERE. NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. SO WE WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS. WHICH GOT US THROUGH AUGUST. AND ALL THIS IS STILL TYPICAL TIMELINE. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REAL DELAYS AT THIS POINT. WE HAVE PRESENTATIONS IN AUGUST FROM FOUR DIFFERENT FIRMS. FROM THOSE FOUR FIRMS, ONE WAS RECOMMENDED TO THE MAYOR FOR SELECTION, SELECTED JAY COLAKIS. APPROVED THAT SELECTION. AND WE HAD A KICKOFF MEETING IN LATE AUGUST. FROM AUGUST UNTIL DECEMBER, THAT IS WHEN WE WERE WORKING ON -- THAT IS WHERE WE START THIS INITIAL AGREEMENT IN FRONT OF YOU ITEM 22. THAT IS WHEN THAT NEXT AND SCOPE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE FIRM AND TFR AND CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION HAPPENS. KEEP IN MIND THOUGH BETWEEN THAT TIME FRAME, IT IS USUALLY A TWO OR THREE-MONDAY PROCESS. ANY DELAY THERE, TWO STORMS. AND AND FIRE IS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. BUT STILL IF -- FROM THAT POINT -- I MEAN -- AND JUST, IF I MA -- >>LUIS VIERA: TAKE YOUR TIME, PLEASE. >> RICHARD MUDDERBACK: SO THIS DOCUMENT -- THIS SCHEDULE TRACKER. THIS SOMETHING -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THIS AT THE BOTTOM THERE. I PRINTED THIS SEPTEMBER OF 20234. INTERNAL DOCUMENT THAT WE USE IN PLANNING AND THAT KIND OF THING THAT GIVES US AN IDEA HOW LONG THESE THINGS WILL TAKE SO WE CAN PRESENT TO OUR CLIENTS, THE USER DEPARTMENTS, HOW LONG THIS SHOULD TAKE AND HOW LONG WE SHOULD TELL YOU. THEY ARE PRETTY SPOT ON. YOU NOTICE THIS LINE HERE, THESE MONTHS HERE. FROM THE TIME WE POST, YOU KNOW THERE IS A MONTH FOR THIS, FOR THIS AND THIS. HERE WE ARE AT THE COUNCIL DESIGN AGREEMENT. AND THERE IS ONE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT MONTHS BETWEEN THE RFQ POSTING AND IF THIS POSTED THIS MAY, WE ARE RIGHT AT EIGHT AND A HALF MONTHS NOW. WE ARE RIGHT ON SCHEDULE WHAT A TYPICAL DESIGN-BUILD PROJECT WE SEE IN THE CITY TAKES PLACE. SO -- AND SO THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AS FAR AS ON THE TIMELINE. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU. SO I WILL GO THROUGH THE TIMELINE IN A LITTLE BIT. BUT I WANT TO CONFIRM SOMETHING WHICH YOU SAID THAT GROUNDBREAKING COULD BE AROUND MARCH OF 2026. AGAIN, GIVEN THAT. AND I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE ISSUES YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH. AND WE WILL DISSECT THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT. GIVEN THAT DESIGN WAS FOUNDED IN 2023 FOR ME AND THAT WAS JUST A LOT. AND AGAIN, I MADE REFERENCE TO THIS WHICH IS YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT NORTH TAMPA. YOU ARE TALKING OF HELP FOR STATION THIS, WHICH IS THE BUSIEST STATION THAT TOOK ONE OUT OF SEVEN CALLS. STATION 25 THAT PASSED IN '22 AND -- NO, NO, '21 AND THEN '22 WAS A GOOD DOWNPAYMENT ON THAT. GIVEN THE REAL EMERGENCY WITH THAT. AND THAT WAS -- I REMEMBER CHIEF TRIPP WITH JOE GRECO, THE FIRST JOINT PRIORITY WE HAVE. WHAT CAN WE TO DO DOUBLE UP AND MOVE FORWARD TO HAVE A QUICKER GROUNDBREAKING. BECAUSE I -- I AM GOING TO MAKE SOME MOTIONS ON THAT. BUT I WANT TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT. >> RICHARD MUDDERBACK: THERE ARE A FEW ITEMS -- IN YOUR AGREEMENT, 461 CALENDAR DAYS TO GET TO THAT POINT. AS FAR AS -- JUST FOR REASONABLENESS. A FEW ITEMS THAT -- THAT I PRESENTED IN MY MEMO THAT WE CAN DO. ONE OF -- ONE OF THE TIME CONSUMING PARTS IS THE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE FIRM AND THE CITY REVIEWING EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AT EVERY POINT AT THE 30%, 60%, 90% GMP. WE ARE REVIEWING EVERYTHING AND REFERRING TO THE USER DEPARTMENT WHO NEEDS -- REFERRING TO THEM AS WELL. AND SO THAT REVIEW TIME ONE WAY TO EXPEDITE THIS, TO HIRE A REPRESENTATIVE TO WORK WITH FIRE, AND ACTUALLY THOSE PRESENTATIONS ARE COMING BEFORE US THE 27th OF THIS MONTH. WHERE FIRMS WILL ACT ON BEHALF AS PROJECT MANAGERS. THEY DON'T WORK FOR COCALAKI, FOR CAB. THE THING IS, CHIEF TRIPP FIGHTS FIRES. SHE DOESN'T KNOW ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING AND READING THESE KIND OF DOCUMENTS. THAT KIND OF THING. SAME PLACE WE PUT IN PLACE NOR TPD ON ONE OF THEIR LARGER PROJECTS. ANY OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT DON'T HAVE ENGINEERING OR CONSTRUCTION DIVISIONS WITHIN THEIR DEPARTMENTS. SOME SO HAVING SOMEBODY ON BOARD THAT KNOWS FIRE AND KNOWS PUBLIC SAFETY. THAT KNOWS CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURE AND RELAYING THE INFORMATION BACK AND FORTH WITH CHIEF TRIPP AND JENKINS. THAT WILL EXPEDITE THE REVIEW TIME. A FIRM PRESENTS WITH DOCUMENT TO REVIEW AND GOES TO FIRE FOR THEIR REVIEW, THAT WILL EXPEDITE THAT PROCESS. THERE ARE, LIKE, FOUR STAGES IN THERE. EACH ONE OF THOSE ARE CUTTING OFF A WEEK OR TWO WEEK IN BETWEEN THOSE. >>LUIS VIERA: I WILL BE MAKING A MOTION THAT GOES TO THAT. CHIEF TRIPP, ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT MA'AM? ANYTHING TOED A SUBSTANTIVELY. I HAVE A QUESTION AND MR. STOCCO THERE. WE WILL WANT TO HEAR FROM THEM AS PART OF THE MOTION TOO. DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITION WITH FLEET MAINTENANCE OR ANY UPDATE WITH FLEET MAINTENANCE IN REAL ESTATE AT ALL. >>CHIEF TRIPP: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. FIRST AND FOREMOST, YOU GUYS WENT THROUGH FAST THROUGH THE AGENDA. SURPRISINGLY. FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU ARE TRYING TO DO TO GET US THIS FIRE STATION MOVING FORWARD. AND THANKS TO CONTRACT ADMIN FOR THAT I ASSISTANCE AS WELL. A COUPLE OF ITEMS YOU MENTIONED IN THE BEGINNING WITH THE INTRODUCTION AND I WANTED TO ADDRESS ONE WAS FLEET MAINTENANCE. WE ACTUALLY CURRENTLY HAVE A CONTRACT ON SOME PROPERTY JUST WANT TO DISCLOSE ALL OF THE INFORMATION, BUT WE ARE IN PROGRESS WITH THAT AND I WILL DEFINITELY KEEP YOU UPDATED ON T THAT. >>LUIS VIERA: THAT IS GREAT NEWS. WE ARE THRILLED. IS THAT IN CITY LIMITS? >>CHIEF TRIPP: DEFINITELY IN CITY LIMITS. WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING EVERYWHERE AND SOME WANTED TO LEASE AND SOME WASN'T BIG ENOUGH. WE THINK THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY IS BIG, ENOUGH FOR WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE TWO FACILITIES FOR SUPPLYING FLEET. AS WELL AS OTHER AREAS -- OTHER PROPERTY IN THE AREA POTENTIAL TO ADD ON FOR ADDITIONAL ROOM IF NEEDED .BUT THAT IS A PLUS. I GOT THE GOOD NEWS YESTERDAY, SO WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. >>LUIS VIERA: WE ARE THRILLED. AGAIN, WE HAVE THE MONEY FOR IT. SO GO FORTH, PLEASE. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT, CHIEF. AND MR. MUDDERBACK, WHEN WAS THE ORIGINAL SURVEY ON THE LAND DONE? BECAUSE IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WERE SURVEYS AND ASSESSMENTS AND ELEVATIONS DONE ON THE LAND PRIOR TO 2023. >> RICHARD MUDDERPACK: >> MY FAMILIARITY WITH THE OTERO REPORT. >>LUIS VIERA: ANYBODY IN THE ROOM OPINE WHEN INVESTMENTS AND SURVEYS DONE ON THE LAND. >> RICHARD MUDDERBACK: THE ONLY THAT TO COME FROM CONTRACT AI ADMIN. IF THERE WAS A SEARCH, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION. >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY. SO I HAVE -- AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP ALL OF COUNCIL'S TIME ON THIS. BUT, FOR ME, THE BIG ISSUE IS LOOK, WE ARE WHERE WE ARE. AND FOR ME, YOU TAKE A LOOK AT STATION 24. IN 2023, I REMEMBER WHEN WE PASSED THE DESIGN FOR THAT. AND THE VIGOR AND THE EMPHASIS THAT COUNCIL PUT STATING THAT WE WANT THIS THING BUILT REALLY, REALLY SOON. PUT OUR PRIORITY ON IT. AND SO FORTH. AND HERE WE ARE TWO AND A HALF YEARS LATER. AND WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED WITH DESIGN. SO WE CAN GO THROUGH THAT. BUT MY BIG THING IS, MOVING FORWARD WITH VIGOR. WHEN I HEAR THAT WE HAVE GREAT FLEET MAINTENANCE GOING FORWARD, THAT IS GREAT. I THINK THAT IS WONDERFUL. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT -- AND I AM NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY MOTIONS ON THIS. BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME MOVEMENT, TOO, WITH SOMETHING DOWNTOWN. BUT, WHATEVER. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THIS, I AM GOING TO MOTION FOR A MONTHLY REPORT TO TAKE PLACE AT THE LAST REGULAR SESSION OF EACH MONTH BEGINNING IN MAUFRM WITH AN UPDATE ON 24 AND FLEET MAINTENANCE TO INCLUDE REPORTS ON TAMPA GENT. AND MR. MUDDERBACK, THE PROJECT MANAGER TO KEEP A FORCEFUL EYE ON THIS. AGAIN, I -- AND WE SPOKE A LOT PRIVATELY FOR 45 MINUTES ON THE HISTORY OF IT. AND ANYTHING. AND I AM SURE YOU WEREN'T LOOKING FORWARD TO TODAY'S QUESTIONING YOU GOT -- YOU HAVE THICK SKIN. GOD BLESS YOU .THAT IS WHAT I AM GOING TO BE MOTIONING FOR. SOMETHING THAT A REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GOT TO MOVE FORWARD. BECAUSE, AGAIN, I EMPHASIZE THE REASON WE PUT A PRIORITY ON STATION 24 WAS BECAUSE OF THE HISTORY OF STATION 13, WHICH WAS, AGAIN, A BIG PRIORITY FOR CHIEF TRIP MOVING IT FORWARD AND FINISHING THE JOB. THE GOOD NEWS IS ONCE WE FINISH THIS, THE MEN AND WOMEN AT STATION 13 WILL HAVE THE REAL SUPPORT THEY NEED IN THE COMPLETED JOB. I WILL END AND I KNOW A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO SPEAK. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE FIRE STATIONS IN THE MID-50s. TAMPA UNDER A NEW PERIOD AND CEO AND LANE ADMINISTRATION, ONE AFTER THE OTHER FIRE STATION. AND THEY WORKED WITH SWIFTNESS AND INVESTING IN FIRE. YOU KNOW. AND I JUST -- I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT IN MODERN TIMES. NOW IN 2025, BECAUSE THIS IS A LONG TIME COMING. AND AS EVERYTHING COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA SAID, THE DEMAND IS THERE. OUR CITY HAS GROWN MUCH. THE AMOUNT OF CALLS THESE STATIONS ARE RUNNING I THINK IS SUCH A NECESSARY THING AND I AM GLAD THIS IS ON THE AGENDA TODAY WITH THE DESIGN-BUILD AND MOVING FORWARD AND EVERYTHING. SO COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, YOUR MICROPHONE WAS ON FIRST AN THEN COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I I AGREE HE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. MAYBE I WILL SAY IT A LITTLE BIT STRONGER. FRUSTRATED TAKING THREE TO FOUR YEARS TO GO FORWARD. NOT BLAMING THE TWO OF YOU, BUT FRUSTRATING IN A LOT OF WAYS THAT IT HAVEN'T GONE FORWARD. NOT IN MY DISTRICT BUT COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA AND THE UNION AND OTHERS CLEARLY SHOW THE NEED FOR THIS. AND NOW WE NEEDED TO IMPROVE RESPONSE TIMES. I SUPPORTED IT MULTIPLE TIMES LIKE MY COLLEAGUES DID. AND IN THE CITY ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE TALKING OF PEOPLE'S HIVES, IT DOESN'T HAVE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE SUPPORT IT. FRUSTRATING THING BESIDES HOW LONG THIS HAS TAKEN IS THAT THE UNION AND OTHER EXPERTS HAVE BEEN DEMANDING ADDITIONAL STATIONS IN PLACES LIKE DOWNTOWN AND SOUTH TAMPA. YOU KNOW WE NEED SOME KIND OF MARINE UNIT. STATION BY ME AND NICK. IF THE TRUCK GOES OUT, THERE IS LESS COVERAGE IN OUR AREA. THEY HAVE ASKED -- THEY HAVE ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL VEHICLES. THEY WOULD ASK FOR STAGING DEBRIS REHAB TO PREVENT AIR POLLUTION, OTHER ISSUES. THEY HAVE ASKED FOR NEW EQUIPMENT. AND IT FEELS LIKE SOME OF THAT HAS MOVED FORWARD AND FEELS LIKE HAS BACKED UP BECAUSE OF THIS. I HOPE THAT THIS -- THIS MOVING FORWARD. FIRST OF ALL, I HOPE IT MOVERS FORWARD BECAUSE A NEED THREE YEARS AGO AND EVEN MORE OF A NEED NOW. BUT AS THIS GOES FORWARD, I HOPE WE CAN RELEASE ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT NEED TO GO FORWARD AND START MOVING QUICKLY ON THEM, BECAUSE IT IS NOT FAIR TO OUR FIRE FIGHTERS. AND IT IS NOT FAIR TO OUR CITIZENS THAT WE HAVEN'T INVESTED IN FIRE SAFETY THE WAY WE SHOULD HAVE. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN AND HURTAK. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP STAGING. PART OF THE PROBLEM WE HAVE SEEN FOR THE TWO YEARS NOW -- ALMOST TWO YEARS I HAVE BEEN ON COUNCIL. IT IS KIND OF LIKE SCATTERED APPROACH. AND I THINK CHIEF TRIPZ HAS ATTEMPTED TO COME FORWARD WITH A SCHEDULE AND APPROACH OF WHAT WE HAVE TO ACCOMPLISH. AND WITH ALL THE THINGS WE HAVE -- WE HAVE TO DO A, B, C, D, ANDE BEFORE WE ACCOMPLISH IT. AND DIFFICULT FOR SEVEN OF US TO HERD CATS TO BE ABLE TO STAY FOCUS ON AN AGENDA AND BE THAT KIND -- INJ EKT THAT KIND OF LOGIC INTO THIS PROCESS. WE HAVE TO CONSTANTLY REVISIT THAT. JUST LIKE THE DOWNTOWN THING. HOPEFULLY WE MOVED PAST THE IDEA OF ADDITIONAL STATION AND MORE INTO THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE -- WE HAVE ROOM AT FIRE STATION 1 TOICS AND THAT AND LOOK TOWARD THE FUTURE FOR A NEED ASSESSMENT WHAT WE NEED DOWN THERE. PROBABLY THE DIRECTION OF WHERE WE NEED TO GO WITH A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS. STAY FOCUSED IN THIS DIRECTION AND FACILITATE IN THE MOST MORE EXPEDITIOUS WAY. I SHARE SOME OF THE FRUSTRATION. YOU ALL KNOW I AM A PASSIONATE ADVOCATE FOR MASS TRANSIT, TRANSPORTATION, AND STREETCAR. THE PATH IS SLOW. IF YOU DON'T KNOW, I GET MONTHLY UPDATES FROM THE STAFF OF WHERE WE ARE FROM THE STREETCAR EXPANSION. AND MAYBE INSTEAD -- A LOT OF TIME AT LEAST COUNCIL MEETINGS DRAING ON FOREVER, BECAUSE -- ESPECIALLY AT IN TIME OF THE PROCESS, THAT IT COMES BACK TO COUNCIL EVERY THREE MONTHS AND YOU GET A PERSONAL BRIEFING EVERY MONTH ON THIS PROGRESS. BECAUSE THESE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS -- BUT EVERY 30 DAY IS KIND OF -- NOT A LOT OF MOVEMENT IN A 30-DAY PROCESS, WITH WHERE QUARTERLY THERE IS. I THINK AS FAR AS EFFICIENT USE OF TIME. THAT IS THE MOST EFFICIENT USE OF CITY COUNCIL TIME WILL BE MOI SUGGESTION. AND IF ANYBODY WANTS THE PERSONAL UPDATES. THEY CAN GET PERSONAL UPDATES. FOR COUNCIL'S TIME MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFICIENT STAFF TIME. ALL OF THOSE THINGS TAKE UP AN AWFUL AT OF STAFF TIME AND MOVE THESE PROJECTS FORWARD. THAT IS WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. WHO IS NEXT. COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION THAT HAS OCCURRED. AND THAT HAS REALLY BEEN ABOUT TIMELINE. I AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT MONEY. BECAUSE 24 MILLION FOR A FIRE STATION IS JUST SIMPLY NOT WHAT I SEE WHEN I HAVE ASKED AROUND. BY AND LARGE, WE ARE LOOKING AT AN 11,000-SQUARE-FOOT FIRE STATION. AND WE -- MR. MUDDERBACK AND I HAD CONVERSATIONS BACK AND FORTH THIS MORNING. AND ONE OF THE THINGS HE SAID WAS THAT MOST PEOPLE CAME IN AROUND $11 MILLION FOR THEIR. AND AT THAT THE -- AT THAT, THAT IS $1,000 A SQUARE FOOT. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT FIRST BEFORE I -- >> RICHARD MUDDERBACK: >> THAT 11 TO $24 MILLION CONSTRUCTION COST IS EVERYTHING. IT IS NOT YOUR COST PER SQUARE FOOTAGE, STEEL AND CONCRETE TO BUILD THE BUILDING. BASICALLY THE BUILDING DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ANY OF THE SITE IMPROVEMENT. IS THAT SKEWS THAT NUMBER JUST A LITTLE BIT. >>LYNN HURTAK: I APPRECIATE THAT AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO FLUSH THAT OUT WHICH IS WHY I AM ASKING NOW. MY OTHER QUESTION. THAT THIS $11 MILLION. WHERE IS THE OTHER $13 MILLION COMING GOING? WHY DO WE NEED 13 MORE MILLION. >> RICHARD MUDDERBACK: YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS BUDGETED? >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >> RICHARD MUDDERBACK: THIS 6. 348 FOR DESIGN AND $11 MILLION TO $14 MILLION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION UP UP TO POTENTIALLY $16 MILLION TO $17 MILLION. AND YOU HAVE FURNISHINGS AND EQUIPMENT OUTSIDE OF WHAT WOULD NORMALLY BE THERE THROUGH T&I. AND I CAN IN THIS PARTICULAR ONE R IS THERE AN APPARATUS -- THERE IS A TRUCK INVOLVED FOR THE STATION, I THINK. >>CHIEF TRIPP: I THINK THEY PUT ONE IN. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE IT -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU WILL HAVE TO COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE, MISS TRIPP. >>CHIEF TRIPP: MY APOLOGY SEE -- APOLOGY. FOR REPLACEMENT, WE HAVE ONE ORDERED. >>LYNN HURTAK: WE CAN TAKE VEHICLES OUT OF IT. BECAUSE WHAT I AM SEEING -- WHAT I FOUND IS THAT IN ASKING -- I ASKED MISS COPESKY TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT OTHER STATIONS WERE AROUND HERE. OR THAT ARE BEING BUILT. AND SO THE CITY OF BRADENTON IS BUILDING ONE THAT WILL BE DONE IN THE LAST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR AND IT IS 15,000 SQUARE FEET AND BUILDING IT FOR $7.9 MILLION. PALM COAST HAS ONE THAT WILL BE DONE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR AS WELL. SAME THING. QUARTER FOUR, 2025, 10,000 SQUARE FEET AND THERE IS MORE. THEIRS IS DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTION IS $11.4 MILLION. SOUNDS LIKE THE $11.4 MILLION IS RIGHT AND WHAT I AM LOOKING FORWARD AND I BELIEVE THAT MISS -- MISS SHARP JUST GAVE YOU THE -- THE SPREAD SHEET THAT I HAVE GOT -- OH, SHI HAS IT. FROM COKALAKIS FROM THE TPD INBOUND LOT. THEY HAD A SPREADSHEET THAT BROKE TO DOWN. THEY WEREN'T SURE AND I WANTED TO KNOW. WHAT ARE DETAILED IN THIS. COCOLAKIS IS WORKING ON TWO OTHER PROJECTS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. THEY ARE WORK CAN ON THE TPD ANNEX INBOUND LOUT THAT WILL NOT BE A INBOUND LOT AND SOUTHWEST FACILITIES. LOOKING AT THEIR FEE OF $2.3 MILLION THAT WE ARE APPROVING TODAY, THEIR -- THEIR SHARE OF THAT IS 21% OF THE -- OF THE $2.3 MILLION. BUT WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE SHARE FOR THE TPD INBOUND LOT. THEIR SHARE IS ONLY 14.7%. LOOKING AT THE SOUTHWEST RELOCATION, WHICH IS A GIGANTIC THING. THAT ONLY 12.7%. AND I AM WONDERING WHY -- AND THESE ARE RECENT. THINGS WE JUST DID. IF IT IS 12.7% FOR THIS GIANT SOLID WASTE RELOCATION AND 13.7% FOR THE INPUT LOT THAT IS NOT AN INBOUND LOT. SORRY IT IS ON H WRITTEN ON THERE. THAT IS WHY I WAS READING 21.1% NOR COST, FOR THIS PROJECT WILL. >> RICHARD MUDDERBACK: CAN I BAKE UP TO YOUR PREVIOUS STATEMENT. FIRE STATIONS OPENED UNDER AND BUILT THIS YEAR, AGREEMENTS WERE PLACED IN '250 AND '21. ALL THESE PROJECTS TAKE THREE YEARS. BASING THAT OFF OF NUMBERS ON 2021. NUMBERS OF 2021 DO NOT REFLIKTD NUMBERS TODAY. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? >>LYNN HURTAK: IT DOES, BUT I. >> RICHARD MUDDERBACK: ONE POTENTIAL EXPLANATION. ALSO LOCALITY. A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN COME INTO PLAY IN HERE. AS FAR AS THE PRECONSTRUCTION SERVICES ON -- THESE PROJECTS ARE -- THEY ARE SITE-SPECIFIC. THEY ARE PROJECT-SPECIFIC. AS FAR AS THE SPREADSHEET THAT BREAKS DOWN EVERYTHING IN THE -- FOR THIS AGREEMENT, I -- I DO HAVE THAT COMING TO YOU. I DID NOT HAVE MY -- I HAVE TO GET THAT FROM COCOLAKIS. THEY HAVE IT TO BREAK DOWN ALL OF THOSE. THIS PARTICULAR SITE -- THIS IS A BRAND-NEW SITE. NOTHING ON IT. VACANT SITE. THERE ARE STORMWATER ISSUES. WETLANDS. ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS. BUZZER] SO -- IT IS NOT APPLES TO APPLES. YOU CAN'T SPARE. SERVICE FEES FOR COCOLAKIS, THAT'S HOW MUCH INVOLVEMENT. HOW MUCH INVOLVEMENT WE WILL HAVE ON THIS PROJECT AND MORE COMPLEX SITE AND MORE -- MORE PEOPLE ON THEIR TEAM TO MANAGE ACROSS THE ANYTHING. THAT IS WHERE THAT WOULD COME INTO PLAY, THAT DIFFERENCE WILL BE. IT IS NOT A CUT AND DRY DIFFERENCE PERCENTAGE WIDE PROJECT TO PROJECT. >>LYNN HURTAK: I APPRECIATE THAT, BUT THAT IS MY RESPONSIBLE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER FOR A PROBABLY THAT IS THIS EXPENSIVE FOR WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN OTHER AREAS THAT IS HALF THE PRICE. IF I DON'T ASK THESE QUESTIONS NOW, I MEAN THIS IS -- WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD DOING I DON'T KNOW HUE WE CAN AFFORD BUILD $24 MILLION FIRE STATIONS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. BECAUSE WE NEED TO BUILD MORE FIRE STATIONS AND WE NEED TO FIND A MORE COST EFFECTIVE MANNER TO DO IT. RIGHT NOW WE ALSO HAVE IN THE GREAT EIGHT, YOU HAVE A PUBLIC SAFETY TRAIN FACILITY RENOVATION FOR 17,000 SQUARE FEET ONLY COSTING $13 MILLION JUST -- IT IS GLARINGLY DIFFERENT. SO I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE THE SPREADSHEET REPORT. AND THAT IS WHAT I WANT TO KNOW, WITH ALL THE MONEY IS GOING. >> RICHARD MUD HERBACK: RELATED TO THE INITIAL SERVICE AGREEMENT 2.3 MILLION. AND HAVE TO DEVELOP IT PART OF THE DESIGN OF WHAT IT WILL BE. TO KLA ARE PHI IN CITY COUNCIL IN MY RESPONSE REGARDING THE COST. I CAN'T SPEAK WHY THINGS COST SO MUCH, BUT IN THOSE ESTIMATES, FIRE AND CAD WENT TO ORLANDO TO SEE ONE OF THEIR BRAND-NEW FOUR BAY STATIONS THAT JUST GOT UP. SEVERAL PHONE CALLS WITH HILLSBOROUGH FIRE TALKING OF STATIONS THEY HAVE BUILT RECENTLY AND IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING. AND ADDITIONALLY WE HAVE FOUR QUALIFIED PRESENTER FOR THIS AREA THAT COME TO TAMPA AND ALL GAVE US THE VERY SAME RANGE. I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHY IT COST SO MUCH, BUT IT IS THE COST THAT WE ARE SEEING. >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY. SO, AGAIN, I WOULD JUST LOVE TO SEE THE DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN -- I DON'T KNOW, I AM JUST HAVING A HARD TIME YOU SAYING THAT IT WILL COST -- THAT FOLKS ARE SAYING IT WILL COST $ 1 MILLION AND THEN THE 24 MILLION. A DIFFERENTIAL. THAT'S IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: MAY I MAKE A MOTION THAT IS RELATED TO THAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BRING UP MR. STOCCO. >>LUIS VIERA: I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT. IF MR. STOCK O-- MR. STOCO WANTED TO COME FORWARD? I KNOW HE DOES. >> HEY, GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL. NICK STOCCO THE OF LOCAL 754, TAMPA FIRE FIGHTERS. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO THE SPEAK TODAY AND OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND MONTHS. I WANT TO THANK THE CITY STAFF AND THE DEPARTMENT HEADS FROM CONTRACT ADMIN TO JEAN DUNCAN, BRAD BAIRD, RICHARD MUDDERBUCK AND ALL THOSE WHO EXPLAINED THE PROCESS THEY ARE EXPLAINING. A TIMELINE PURPOSE, WE ARE WONDERING THE SAME THING. HOW DID WE GET HERE SO FAR LATE IN THE GAME. WITH THIS WAS CIP 2021 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHY HERE IN 2025 HAVING THE SAME DISCUSSIONS. LOOKING IN THE REAR VIEW, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD AND APPROVE THIS PROJECT. AND THE BUDGETARY QUESTIONS ARE VALID. IF THE DESIGN-BUILD AGREEMENT IS $275 MILLION TO $2.6 MILLION -- 2.5 MILLION OR $2.6 MILLION. AND FOR A 1,000-SQUARE-FOOT FACILITY LOOKING AT $13 MILLION OR $14 MILLION, WHERE IS THE OTHER $10 MILLION? A TRUCK COMPANY COULD BE $2 MILLION, A RESCUE CAN BE $600,000; HOWEVER, THAT DOESN'T EQUATE TO $10 MILLION TO $11 MILLION. I THINK THOSE ARE VALID QUESTIONS I HOPE TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND GET THOSE ANSWERS. I WOULD CHALLENGE TO SAY MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT AND LOOK BACKWARD AND SAY HOW MUCH DID IT ACTUALLY COST, RIGHT. TO SEE IF THE NUMBERS THAT WERE GIVEN ARE -- ARE SUPPORTED. BUT I DO WANT TO THANK CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY STAFF FOR AFFORDING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN THOSE TIMELINE BURNS FROM THE LEGAL CCN PROCESS. THEY HAVE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB ON EDUCATING AND INFORMING US. BUT WE CAN'T LOOK FORWARD. LET'S -- WE CAN'T LOOK BACKWARDS, LET'S LOOK FORWARD. LET'S MOVE FORWARD ON THIS AND I HOOK FORWARD IT. COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WANTING TO DO THE MONTHLY. THE 30 DAYS. LET'S PUT SOME PRESSURE. MAYBE PUT PRESSURE ON THEM MONTHLY, BUT PUBLICLY THE QUARTERLY MAY BE MORE PRODUCTIVE, UNDERSTANDING THAT CONSTRUCTION, NOT MUCH GETS DONE OVER 30 DAYS UNLESS WE GO OUT AND HELP THEM BUILD IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, BEFORE YOU MAKE YOUR MOTION. ARE YOU GOING TO FOLLOW UP -- IT IS COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK'S COMMITTEE. AND THEN MOVE 22. >>LUIS VIERA: MAY I MAKE THAT -- >>LYNN HURTAK: YOU ARE WELCOME TO. >>LUIS VIERA: MOVE THE ITEM -- 22 WAS IT? >>LYNN HURTAK: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE ITEM 22, WHICH WAS PULLED FOR THIS DISCUSSION. SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. LET'S GET A ROLL CALL VOTE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES C. >>CLERK: CLERK HENDERSON? >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES, YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, YOU HAVE -- >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR. AND MR. STOCCO STAYED AND STAFF INCLUDING MR. MUDDERBACK BECAUSE SPENT A LOT OF TIME. YESTERDAY OR -- SNUS LONG WEEK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS TO PROMOTE THE AGENDA WITH VIGOR THAT I KNOW CHIEF TRIPP AND THE UNION HAS MOVED FORWARD ON WITH REGARD TO NORTH TAMPA THAT STARTED BACK IN 2022. SO THIS KIND OF FINISHES IT WHICH IS GREAT. SO WHAT I AM GOING TO DO COUNCIL IS MAKE A MOTION FOR QUARTERLY IN-PERSON REPORTS. AND OTHERWISE WRITTEN, LIKE EVERY MONTH, IF THAT IS GOOD. AND I CAN MEET WITH FOLKS AND WHOEVER WANTS TO CAN JUST -- I REALLY WANT TO KEEP THIS ON THE FOREFRONT FOR OBVIOUS REASONS LIKE WE HAVE. SO I MOTION FOR MONTHLY REPORTS. QUARTERLY IN FPERSON /*. TO TAKE PLACE REGULAR SESSION WHICH WILL BE IN WRITING WITH AN UPDATE ON STATION 23 AND FLEET MAINTENANCE STATION TO INCLUDE REPORTS FROM CHIEF -- SORRY, 24 -- FROM CHIEF TRIPP, MR. MUDDERBACK AND HIS OFFICE AND THE PROJECT MANAGER AND THIS WILL INCLUDE UPDATES ON THE DATE FOR GROUNDBREAKING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA WAS THE SECOND. SORRY. ALL IN FAVOR. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YOU HAVE TO YOU DO A ROLL CALL, I THOUGHT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S DO ROLL CALL. IT IS VIERA, MIRANDA. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>LUIS VIERA: THANKS. >>LYNN HURTAK: CAN I? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. >>LYNN HURTAK: WHILE WE ARE ON THIS TOPIC. YOUR MOTION WAS ON THE STATUS OF FIRE STATION 24? GREAT. I WOULD LIKE TO DO A SEPARATE ONE FOR FLEET MAINTENANCE. >>LUIS VIERA: I INCLUDED THAT, BUT -- >>LYNN HURTAK: I WOULD LIKE TO DO IT SEPARATE ONLY BECAUSE WE ARE -- WE ARE AT A DIFFERENT POINT. SO I AM ACTUALLY HAVING A QUESTION FOR MISS VAN LOAN BECAUSE I SEE HER IN THE BACK. >>LYNN HURTAK: YOU CAME EARLY AND I SPOTTED YOU, SO I AM GOING TO ASK. WE HAVE BEEN GIFTED THE WONDERFUL NEWS OF KNOWING THAT WE HAVE AN OFFER. CAN YOU JUST BRIEFLY TELL US, YOU KNOW, ON THE AVERAGE, WHAT DOES IT TAKE FROM BETWEEN OFFER TO CLOSING ON A PROPERTY? >>. >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: MICHELLE VAN LOAN, REAL ESTATE. OUR GOAL IS TO BRING YOU THAT CONTRACT FEBRUARY 20 PENDING ALL THE DOTTING OFIs AND CROSSING OF Tstss MARCH 26. CONTRACT WILL INCLUDE TWO 30-DAY OR 60-DAY EXTENSION. ONLY THE REASON WE NEED AN EXTENSION IF THE PHASE ONE ENVIRONMENTAL COME BACK AND SAY WE NEED A PHASE TWO. A TOPO OR TREE SURVEY. IF WE RUN INTO ISSUES WITH OUR DUE DILIGENCE WE WILL NEED TO EXTEND AND OTHERWISE FOR A 60-DAY CLOSING. ALL THE DUE DILIGENCE COMES BACK CLEAN. AND CLOSE 60 DAYS FROM WHEN THE MAYOR SIGNS A CONTRACT AFTER YOU APPROVED THE CONTRACT. >>LYNN HURTAK: JUST A NICE -- MR. MUDDERBACK IS STANDING THERE SAYING HE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TOO. BUT SOUNDS LIKE WORST-CASE SCENARIO IF ALL GOES -- [KNOCKING] -- WELL. FOUR MONTHS SOMEBODY A GOOD BALLPARK. MR. MUDDERBACK. >> RICHARD MUDDERBACK: YES, RICHARD MUDDERBACK, CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION. BEFORE YOU PICK THAT DATE AND REPORT ON THE PROGRESS. WE PROACTIVELY -- WE HAVE A PRESENTATION NEXT THURSDAY FOR A FIRM TO DO AN OVERALL ASSESSMENT OF THE NEED OF FIRE AND FLEET, WHICH WOULD GO INTO -- YOU KNOW, GOING -- ONE OF THOSE PRELIMINARY REPORTS SO JUST -- I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT. >>LYNN HURTAK: YOU WERE ANSWERING MY NEXT QUESTION. WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MOVE FORWARD STARTING IT NOW THAT WE FOCUSED ON THE SITE AND YOU ANSWERED THAT QUESTION. >> RICHARD MUDDERBACK: THAT ASSESSMENT -- WE ARE HAVING THOSE PERSPERESENTATIONS NEXT W A NEEDS ANALYSIS, SPATIAL ANALYSIS. PART OF THAT WAS TO ASSIST ON PROPERTY ACQUISITION, BUT NOW THAT SCOPE WILL SHIFT TO THE SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY AND ITS FEASIBILITY. THAT -- WE WILL HAVE A BETTER IDEA ONCE WE GET THAT AGREEMENT IN PLACE AND THAT WILL COME BEFORE YOU AND THEN WE WILL KNOW THE TIME NEEDED FOR THAT. THEN WE CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AT STARTING THE PROCESS OF THE RFQ. >>LYNN HURTAK: WONDERFUL. I WILL LEAVE THAT UNDER MR. VIERA FOR NOW, AND IF WE NEED TO TEASE THAT OUT. >> RICHARD MUDDERBACK: I CAN GIVE UPDATES ON THAT. >>LYNN HURTAK: WONDERFUL AS PART OF THAT. BECAUSE WE ARE NOT GOING TO -- WE ARE GOING TO MOVE THIS BALL FASTER THAN THE OTHER PUN OPINION THANK YOU SO MUCH. I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. AND MR. STOCCO, WHILE YOU ARE HERE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO ADD ABOUT THAT? AND CHIEF TRIPP? IF ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR. SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE ALREADY WORKING WITH FLEET ON THAT. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, NICK STOCCO, TAMPA FIRE FIGHTERS, PRESIDENT. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP WITH FLEET MAINTENANCE AND CHANNELSIDE. I HAD CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA AND YOURSELF THE OTHER NIGHT. AND I DID BRIEFLY MENTION IT TO THE CFO. AS MUCH AS WE LIKE TO SAY THANKS, WE LIKE TO GIVE A LITTLE CHALLENGE AS WELL. IF WE CAN INCLUDE MULTIPLE PROJECTS IN THAT RFQ SO THE CCN -- SORRY IF I MESSED UP THE ABBREVIATION WILL INCLUDE MORE THAN ONE PROJECT BECAUSE THAT SEEMS TO BE THE LONGEST PIECE TO IT. MAYBE OVER A TIME SPAN -- SHALL SOME KIND OF -- IFT BE INCLUDED IN THAT RFQ, MAYBE BOTH OF THOSE PROJECT, FLEET MAINTENANCE AND CHANNELSIDE TO GET DONE WITHIN THAT X AMOUNT OF TIME TO INCLUDE MULTIPLE PROJECTS IN THAT RFQ AS KIND OF A PROMISE. WE DO GIVE CHALLENGE BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. THAT BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT AND A CHALLENGE I WILL GIVE TO MY COLLEAGUES. LITERALLY EVERY TIME SOMEBODY COMES TO TALK TO ME ABOUT ANY TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT, THEY WANT TO DO A PRE-- THSH IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AND THINKING ABOUT. I BRING UP A FIRE STATION EVERY SINGLE TIME. WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO WORK ON IT. I AM SURE HE ALREADY DOES THAT WELL. THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. I AM HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THE FLEET IS MOVING ALONG. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE TALKED OF STAYING UNTIL 12:30. SQUEEZE IN 68. >>LUIS VIERA: THAT SHOULD BE VERY QUICK, I THINK. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CHIEF TRIPP, IT SAID YOU WILL APPEAR IN PERSON TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PUBLIC SAFETY RECORDS REQUEST DONE BY LOCAL 754. AND MR. STOCCO IS HERE. SINCE WE ARE ALL HERE TOGETHER SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK AFTER LUNCH. >>LUIS VIERA: HE IS HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CHIEF TRIPP, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO START IT OF OFF. >>CHIEF TRIPP: JUST TRYING TO PULL MY NOTES UP HERE. SORRY. CHIEF TRIPP, FIRE CHIEF FOR TAMPA FIRE RESCUE. I IF H GUESS THIS HAS TO DO WIT THE RECORD REQUEST BY LOCAL 754. THE RECORDS -- ONE OF THE SESSIONS THAT I KNOW THAT PRESIDENT STOCCO IS INQUIRING IS FOR DATA FOR 2022, 2023 AND 2024. THAT IS DATA THAT DOESN'T EGGSIST WITHOUT CREATING A RECORD. BASICALLY WHEN YOU ASK FOR A PUBLIC RECORD REQUEST. THE REASON AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WAS QUOTED THIS IS INFORMATION THAT INDIVIDUALS WILL HAVE TO GO IN BECAUSE OF THE OUTDATED EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE. WE HAVE A CAD SYSTEM, OF COURSE, 30 YEARS OLD. THE INFORMATION THAT I DO HAVE AVAILABLE IS '18, '19, '20 AND '21. ACTUALLY '17. AND IT WAS THE DATA THAT CREATED WHEN I DID THE NEED ANALYSIS IN '21 AND '22. IF THIS ADDITIONAL DATA IS NEEDED WHY WE GAVE THE QUOTE. NOT LIKE WE ARE TRYING TO UPPRICE SOMETHING. AND TACK TIME FOR INDIVIDUALS TO GO IN AND LOOK AT THAT DATA AND GET THAT INFORMATION, BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS MANUAL. NOT TO MENTION THE DATA THAT THEY ARE REQUESTING BECAUSE THE SYSTEM IS OUTDATED. IT'S -- IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE IT IS HIT OR MISS BECAUSE WHEN INDIVIDUALS HAVE TO GO ON THE AIR TO GO TO RESPOND TO THE CALL ON SCENE AVAILABLE. OF COURSE THEY ARE FIGHTING FOR RADIO TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF THEIR OUTDATED EQUIPMENT. AND A LOT OF TIME THAT DISPATCH IS NOT AVAILABLE, THEY TELL ME PUT ME AVAILABLE TWO MINUTES AGO, FIVE MINUTES AGO, TEN MINUTES AGO. THAT DATA -- ONE WE GET THE NEW CAD SYSTEM IN. THANK YOU ALL FOR APPROVING THE CAD SYSTEM. WE HAD ONE MEETING AND WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AND HOPEFULLY HAVE THIS DONE WITHIN THE NEXT 15 MONTHS AND, OF COURSE, STEPS ALONG THE WAY FOR THE CAD PROJECT. VI VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: MAY I? I DIDN'T KNOW IF MR. STOCCO OR MR. BRODY IN ANYTHING TO SAY ON THIS. I WANTED TO GIVE MY THOUGHTS ON THAT. CHIEF, I DID INTERRUPT YOU? TRIP TRILZ TRILZ I WENT TO LEGAL TO FIND THE TYPICAL INFORMATION OF PUBLIC RECORD REQUEST. >>LUIS VIERA: MY UNDERSTANDING OF THIS, AND EVERYBODY CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, 2018 UNDER A SEPARATE SYSTEM, THE UNION DID A SEPARATE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION AS WHICH THEY WORKED WITH THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS TO DO WHAT I CALL THE PUBLIC SAFETY MASTER PLAN. SO THE UNION WANTS THIS -- TO DOER THEIR OWN UPDATED ONE. I KNOW IN 2022, THE ADMINISTRATION DID THE FITZ REPORT FOR THEIR MASTER PLAN. AND IS DUE BEFORE COUNCIL IN 2025 THAT MOTIONED FOR. AND THE UNION WANTS THIS SO NECK HAVE THEIR OWN REPORT. SO MR. BRODY, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, SIR, WHICH IS -- YOU ARE SAYING THAT THEY -- THE ADMINISTRATION CAN'T BE COMPELLED TO RESPOND TO A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST WITH THE CREATION OF A SEPARATE DOCUMENT. THE ONLY WAY TO GET THIS THROUGH PROSPECTIVELY A MOTION THROUGH COUNCIL TO IDENTIFY THE ISSUES THAT ARE NECESSARY TO ACQUIRE THE INFORMATION. IS THAT YOUR LEGAL OPINION? >> CARL BRODY, LEGAL DEPARTMENT. YES, THE LAW PROVIDES THAT WE DON'T CREATE ANY RECORD. SO THOUGH RECORDS MIGHT EXIST IN ONE FORMAT, IF THEY DON'T EXIST IN THE REQUESTED FORMAT. IT IS NOT ABLE TO BE PROVIDED IN THAT MATTER. WHAT WE DISCUSSED BEFORE, THE INSPECTION OPTION IS AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE TO COME IN AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE ACTUAL ELECTRONIC RECORDS THAT EXIST. MOVING FORWARD, I THINK THERE ARE OPTIONS. I AM NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW IT WILL WORK WITH -- IN TERMS OF COUNCIL'S AUTHORITY RELATED TO FIRE DEPARTMENT AND -- AND THE ADMINISTRATION. BUT, IT WILL PROBABLY BE DISTINCT FROM A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. BRODY. AND MR. STOCCO, THE PROVISION OF POTENTIALLY INSPECTING THE RECORDS. WE MET ON THIS A FEW TIMES. WAS THAT'S A NO GO? IS THAT NOT A VIABLE OPTION FOR YOU ARE ALL TO GET THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED? >> YEAH, NICK STOCCO, TAMPA FIRE FIGHTERS UNION PRESIDENT. A GREAT OPTION WE WERE PROVIDED; HOWEVER, THE SAME INFORMATION THAT IS TURNED IN WHEN A DEPARTMENT GOES TO GET ACCREDITED IF IT DOES. THE DEPARTMENT IS SUBMITTING INFORMATION TO GET CREDITED. MAYBE A GOOD TIME TO ASK FOR THAT STAPLE INFORMATION. >>LUIS VIERA: HOW ABOUT THIS. THIS IS WHAT I AM GOING TO PROPOSE, COUNCIL. I AM GOING TO SPEAK TO YOU. AND AT THE END OF COUNCIL, MAKE A MOTION OF PART IN ROWLEY TAILORED INFORMATION THAT WE CAN GET IF WE HAVE THAT AUTHORITY WHICH I THINK WE DO. AND THAT BE WOULD BE UNAVAILABLE THROUGH THE INSPECTION OPTION. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? >> YEAH, IT DOES. I THINK WE ARE GETTING THERE VERY CLOSELY. I THINK WE ARE GETTING THERE. AND HOPEFULLY TOGETHER, WE CAN CROSS THAT FINISH LINE. >>LUIS VIERA: I WILL TELL YOU THIS, COUNCIL. WE HAVE BEEN MEETING AN A LOT OF BRIDGES HAVE BEEN BUILT ON THIS I SHALL WHICH IS GOOD AND WE ARE ALMOST THERE. HELPFULLY THIS WE WILL TALK. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, I AM KINDS OF A LABOR GUY. BUT I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THAT LINE BETWEEN THE ADMINISTRATION AND COUNCIL AUTH AUTHORITY. SO DID YOU USE -- MAYBE BE THIS IS A PERSONNEL -- A JOINT UNDERSTANDING OF YOU. MAYBE BE THIS IS -- A MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE INFORMATION -- IF THE LABOR ORGANIZATION NEEDS THIS FOR A NEXT OR -- OR A GRIEVANCE PROTECTION, THEY SHOULD BE ENTITLED TO THE INFORMATION THEY ARE REQUESTING, CORRECT? >> RIGHT, WE ARE NOT -- AGAIN, CARL BRODY, LEGAL DEPARTMENT. WE ARE NOT IN THAT CONTEXT RIGHT NOW. THAT IS WHEN YOU ARE IN AN OFFICIAL LABOR NEXT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: EVEN BE IN MIDTERM, AN ISSUER THAT IS PERTINENT TO THEIR CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT OR ALL THE COVERED ITEMS OF -- WOULDN'T BE THIS CONSIDERED A ULP IF IT WASN'T. IF WE DIDN'T PROVIDE INFORMATION THAT WAS PERMANENT SUBJECT TO THE CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT. >> CARL BRODY: NOT AT THIS POINT, INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS ON PROVIDING THESE RECORDS. SO IT IS IN THE CONTEXT OF A PUBLIC RECORD REQUEST AT THIS POINT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST. NOT A LABOR MANAGEMENT -- >> CARL BRODY: CORRECT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT IS VERY DIFFERENT. >> CARL BRODY: THAT IS STATIONARY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MR. STOCCO, WHY DID YOU CHOOSES TO USE PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST AND NOT THE LABOR AVENUE YOU HAVE AVAILABLE TO YOU TO REQUEST THAT INFORMATION. >> NECK STOCCO, PRESIDENT OF THE FIRE FIGHTERS FOUNDATION. WE MEET WITH MANAGEMENT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND WE REQUESTED THIS INFORMATION IN PERSON SEVERAL MONTHS OVER TIME. AND WE WERE DIRECTED BY THE FIRE ADMINISTRATION TO PUT IN A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WOULD URGE YOU TO YOU, ONE -- WAS IT IN WRITING OR VERBALLY? I WOULD URGE YOU TO GO THROUGH YOUR OPPORTUNITIES TO PUTS IT IN WRITING. SO YOU HAVE A LEGAL -- YOU HAVE A LEGAL BASIS OF BEING NEITHER EITHER APPROVED OR DENIED AND YOU HAVE RECOURSE. IF YOU USE THE POWER GIVEN TO YOU BY STATUTE. COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA HINTED TO IT A LITTLE BIT TOO. A FINE LINE OF WHAT WE AS COUNCIL AND WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSIBILITIES ARE. YOU HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE REPRESENTING YOUR BARGAINING UNITS AND USE THOSE RULES AND LAWS TO ACQUIRE THAT INFORMATION FOR THE ABILITY FOR YOUR WORKFORCE. >> THANK YOU. >>LUIS VIERA: I WILL MAKE THE MOTION AT THE END OF THE COUNCIL -- I WANT TO HAVE IT AS NARROW AS POSSIBLE. 70%. WE WILL TRY FOR THE 30%. I NEED TO FIRST SPEAK TO NICK ON IT AND TFR. WE NEED TO DO IT RIGHT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: ARE WE DONE FOR THIS ITEM FOR NOW? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: MY ONLY REQUEST WHEN WE COME BACK, 64 ALREADY 71 AND 72 HAVE TO DO WITH STORMWATER. AND GREAT IF WE CAN HEAR THEM ALL AT THE SAME TIME. JUST A -- I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD 71 AND 72 TO 64, WHICH WILL BE NEXT WHEN WE GET BACK. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE ARE IN RECESS UNTIL -- >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I? ORDINANCE MANISCALCO YES. >>BILL CARLSON: ITEM NUMBER 70 IS NOT MY MOTION. IT WAS MADE THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO. AND IN TALKING TO SEVERAL FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY, COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES, LISTENING TO PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY. PROPOSAL BY THE COMMUNITY, EVEN THOSE IN FAVOR OF USING THIS GENTLEMAN'S NAME WANT TO KEEP THE NAME FAIR OAKS. A PROPOSAL FLOATED BY THE COMMUNITY TO NAME A BUILDING LIKE THE PROMENADE BUILDING AFTER FLORIDA GAMBREL. I THROW THAT ON TABLE FOR A DISCUSSION. NOT MY MOTION. IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO START THE PROCESS ON THAT, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT. IF YOU DON'T, WE CAN END IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER MEMBER. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MR. GUDES SAID IT TO ALL OF US AT. WITH FAIR OAKS WITH THE NEW INFORMATIONING BLFGS NAMED ART BELL JR. MR. GRAHAM BELL WAS 45 YEARS WORKING DILIGENTLY AND HELPED A LOT OF PEOPLE IN HIS COMMUNITY TO GET JOBS IN THE CITY SO ON AND SO FORTH. AND THIS IS NOT UNIQUE. MANY YEARS AGO, IT WAS STEINBRENNER STADIUM. IT WAS YANKEE STADIUM. MYSELF AND ROSALEE AT THAT LED THE CHARGE TO CHANGE IT TO YANKEE STADIUM. GEORGE STEINBRENNER FIELD. THAT IS HOW IT STARTED. BASICALLY THE SAME THING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THINK YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT AND WHAT I TRIED TO DO EARLIER FOR THE DISCUSSION. WE NEED TO REMOVE ITEM 70 FROM THE AGENDA SO THIS PARK REMAINS FAIR OAKS AND PLACE SAVING AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS WHERE IT IS. AND I THINK -- AND MAYBE COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON. WE HAVE A PROCESS. RENAMING BUILDING AND SOMETHING ELSE AS TRIBUTE TO MR. GAMBREL SENIOR TO START THAT PROCESS AND SOMEBODY NEEDS TO TAKE OWNERSHIP TO WALK IT FLEW. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO THIS RECEIVE AND FILE ON THE RECORD. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION AND A SECOND. >>GWEN HENDERSON: EXCUSE ME, HELLO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: JUST TO RECEIVE AND FILE WITH AN E-MAIL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM, GO AHEAD. >>GWEN HENDERSON: WILL ITEM 70 BE DISCUSSED AFTER LUNCH? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT. >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE PRIOR CONVERSATION PRIOR TO LUNCH HAPPENING NOW. AND, YOU KNOW, MAKING IT A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING. THE PUBLIC IS PROBABLY FOLLOWING THIS AS WELL. SOB RATHER THAN SPEAK TWICE, I WILL JUST WAIT UNTIL AFTER, BECAUSE I DO HAVE SEVERAL COMMENTS REGARDING THIS. AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE DISTRICT REPRESENTATION THAT EXISTS BE HEARD. WHILE I APPRECIATE THE FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER'S LETTER. HE IS NOW A PUBLIC CITIZEN AND HIS LETTER CAN BE ENTERED INTO THE RECORD, BUT TO READ IT PUBLICLY I THINK WILL BE INAPPROPRIATE. IF HE WANTS TO COME AND MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS, HE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT THIS MORNING. BUT TO HAVE HIM STAND OUT WITH A LETTER IS UNACCEPTABLE AS THE DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE. I AM SAYING THAT PUBLICLY AND SAYING THAT TO ALL OF MY COUNCILMEMBERS. I SEE IT AS A FORM OF DISRESPECT. NEVERTHELESS, WITH WE WILL DISCUSS THIS ITEM AFTER LUNCH AND CHAIR I WILL SPEAK AT THIS TIME REGARDING IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY, WE ARE IN RECESS UNTIL 1:45. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.