>>ORLANDO GUDES: GOOD EVENING, ONCE AGAIN, GENTLEMEN. THE CITY OF TAMPA EVENING SESSION WILL NOW COME TO ORDER FOR SEPTEMBER 13, 2021, 5:01 P.M. ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. ROLL CALL. >>BILL CARLSON: HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HERE. >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE. >>LUIS VIERA: HERE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE. >>CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU MADAM DEPUTY CLERK. MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU, MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY. BEING CONDUCTED WITH A LIVE QUORUM IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. IN LIFE THE COVID-19 GOVERNMENT HEALTH ISSUE STANDARDS GUIDANCE IN EFFECT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY THROUGH WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS FLORIDA STATUTES AND RULES AS COMMUNICATION MEDIA TECHNOLOGY. PUBLIC FRONT ABLE TO WATCH, LISTEN AND VIEW THE MEETING ON SPECTRUM 640, FRONTIER 15 AND ON THE INTERNET AT TAMP TAMPA.GOV/LIVESTREAM. NOW THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PERMITTING ANY AND ALL CITIZENS TO DO SO AND TO SUBMIT THEIR CRITICISMS RECOMMENDATIONS SUGGESTIONS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ANNUAL BUDGET DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT IS BEING HELD VIRTUALLY AND THERE HAVE BEEN ALTERNATE MEANS OF COMMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC WHICH ARE SET FORTH IN THE NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC MEETING AND ALSO IN THE AGENDA. FOR INSTANCE, WRITTEN COMMENTS BY INTERNET AND WEB, WRITTEN COMMENTS BY E-MAIL, U.S. MAIL, TO SPEAK REMOTELY DURING PUBLIC COMMENT THROUGH THE USE OF CMT BY REREGISTERING, THE INSTRUCTIONS OF WHICH ARE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEB SITE AT TAMPA.GOV/CITYCOUNCIL. ONE WORD. AND ALSO THERE HAVE BEEN DEADLINES TO PREREGISTER IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE. AND IF DO YOU MISS THEEADLE AND DO WANT TO PARTICIPATE, YOU CAN COME TO CITY HALL AND USE ITS CMT AVAILABLE ON THE SECOND FLOOR AT 315 E. KENNEDY BOULEVARD HERE IN TAMPA. PLEASE NOTE, THAT THOSE ATTENDING THE MEETING IN PERSON SHOULD WEAR FACE MASKS INSIDE OLD CITY HALL. THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED TIMELY HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED AND ARE BEING MADE PART OF THE RECORD. AND THE PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED BY E-MAIL, MAIL, WEB OR VIA CMT WILL BE AFFORDED EQUAL CONDERAON AS IF THE COMMENTS WERE MADE IN PUBLIC. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC BE AWARE THAT COPIES OF THE ENTIRE PROPOSED BUDGET IS AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEB SITE AT TAMPA.GOV/BUDGET OR THE CLERK'S OFFICE 315 E. KENNEDY BOUL BOULEVARD, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 8 A.M. TO 5 P.M. ALSO, PLEASE CHECK THE CITY'S WEB SITE AT TAMPA.GOV FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND UPDATES REGARDING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND THE PUBLIC HEARING THROUGHOUT USE OF CMT OR IN PERSON. AND NOW, MR. CHAIRMAN, BASED ON THAT, IEQUEST A WAIVER OF COUNCIL'S RULES AND REQUEST A MOTION FROM CITY COUNCIL THAT THIS HEARING BE CONDUCTED IN A MANNER IN THE NOTICE OF THE FIRST PUBLIC BUDGE HEARING. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO MOVED IT. MR. CITRO SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR. ANY OPPOSED. MOTION FOR OPENING CAPITAL BUDGETS PUBLIC HEARING. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: Y. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WHAT IS THE NEXT ITEM. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: I NEED I. TOCHLD GIVE A LITTLE VOLUME. WE CAN'T HEAR AND CAN'T SEE HIM EITHER. CHIEF OF STAFF AND -- >> CAN YOU SEE ME? >>ORLANDO GUDES: LITTLE LO LOUDER. I.T., WE CAN'T HEAR HIM IN THE CHAMBERS. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? >> DENNIS ROGERO, CFO. WILL THE FINANCE CHAIR READ THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING STATEMENT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. ROGERO. MR. CHAIRMAN, THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2 2021-'22. 4.56 MORE THAN THE ROLLBACK MILLAGE OF 5.3967 MILLS. PROPERTY TAX FUNDS ARE USED TO SUPPORT THE GENERAL FUND OPERATING BUDGET OF THE CITY. THE FUND INCLUDES SUCH DEPARTMENTS AS FIRE, RESCUE, POLICE, HUMAN RESOURCES, PARKS AND RECREATION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. ROGER O, PLEASE PROCEED WITH YOUR PRESENTATION. >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. WE WILL BRING THAT UP NOW. PLEASE LET US KNOW WHEN YOU CAN SEE IT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WAITING ON I.T. FOR THE PRESENTATION. JUST BEAR WITH US. WE ARE STILL WAITING, SIR. >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, SIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE IT, SIR. >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU S SIR. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE A BRIEF RECAP OF THE FISCAL '21-'22 BUDGET. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THERE WE ARE. AND THERE -- THERE IS THE VERY BRIEF AGENDA. THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET. WE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR DEBT PROGRAM AND PROVIDE YOU AND THE VIEWING PLIC THE NEXT STEP IN OUR BUDGET CALENDAR. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND HERE IS THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 RECOMMENDED BUDGET. $1.8 BILLION. AN INCREASE OF 31% COMPARED TO THE CURRENT YEAR AND AS WE DISCUSSED COUNCIL, THAT INCREASE IS PRIMARILY ASSOCIATED WITH SOME PRIMARY ITEMS. EXPANSION OF OUR WASTEWATER, WATER AND SOLID WASTE, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY THE PIPES PROGRAM. THE AMERICAN RESC PLA OR ARPA FUNDING. TRANSPORTATION GRANTS, ESPECIALLY THAT $25 MILLION BUILD GRANT. STORMWATER DISTILLERY PROJECTS. NEGOTIATED LABOR CONTRACTS. AND ADDITIONAL STAFFING FOR FIRE SERVICES, PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION. WE ALSO -- ALSO HAVE INCREASED FUNDING FOR PARKS AND RECREATION. YOU SEE HERE, OUR BREAKOUT OF THE MAJOR FUNDS AND, OF COURSE, THE TWO LARGEST COMPONENTS THAT WE TALK ABOUT THE MOST OFTEN, THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS AND THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH AS YOU CAN SEE MAKE UP APPROXIMATELY TWO THIRDS OF THE TOTAL BUDGET. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND HERE ARE THE EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES FOR EACH OF THOSE FUNDS. SORRY, NEXT SLIDE. THERE WE ARE. THE GENERAL FUND AND THE EXERCISE FUND. OF COURSE ON THE LEFT, THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES JUST OVER $480 MILLION. IT INCLUDES PUBLIC SAFETY, PARKS AND RECREATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SUPRT OPERATION. AND ON THE RIGHT, THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS AT JUST UNDER OR JUST OVER $735 MILLION. AND, OF COURSE, YOU SEE THERETO WATER, WASTEWATER AND SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENTS MAKING UP THE PRIMARY FUNDING FOR THAT OVERALL ENTERPRISE FUND. AGAIN, THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS ARE THOSE SELF-SUPPORTING DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE ANTICIPATED TO RUN LIKE A BUSINESS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. HERE WE SHOW THE IMPACT OF THE TRANSFER TO THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES OR THE CRAs ON PROPERTY TAX REVENUES. AND WE SHOW HOW THE COST OF THE POLICE AND FIRE BY THEMSELVES ARE WELL OVER HALF OF THE GENERAL FUND. AND FAR MORE AS YOU CAN SEE THAN WE RECEIVED IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. BRINGING OUR ATTENTION TO THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE HISTORY. AS WE DISCUSSED ON MANY OCCASIONS, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT METRIC OF OUR FINANCIAL HELP. OUR ABILITY TO HANDLE FUTURE ECONOMIC RISK AND, THUS, A CRITICAL BENCHMARK FOR RATING AGENCIES. THE COUNCIL RECALL THAT WE RESTRUCTURED DEBT AND DEFERRED EXPENDITURES FOR THE PERCENTAGE OF GENERAL FUND. YOU SEE THAT HERE FISCAL YEAR '20 AND FISCAL YEAR '21 WERE UNUSUALLY HIGH PERCENTAGES COMPARED TO THE HISTORY. FISCAL YEAR '22, SEES US BACK TO A MORE HISTORICAL PERCENTAGE AS YOU CAN SEE AT 24%. THIS CHART ILLUSTRATES A NICE PICTURE OF STABILITY, AND WE CONTINUEO RERENCE THIS AND THE INFORMATION WITH THE CREDIT RATING AGENCIES. NEXT SLIDE. AND A SUMMARY OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, 2.2 BILLION OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD. AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF EMPHASIS ON THE WASTEWATER, WATER AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT AREAS. YOU WILL SEE THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOUNDATIONS PROGRAM IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND MOBILITY ADMINISTRATION LINE OF $14 MILLION. THAT INCLUDES THE EAST TAMPA, FOK AND VIRGINIA PARK AREAS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. COUNCIL, JUST A QUICK REFRESH ON THE FUNDING ALLOCATION FOR VEHICLE PROGRAMS. AS WE DISCUSSED MANY TIMES, WE ARE BEHIND ITS CURB IN ALMOST ALL AREAS AND YOU SEE HERE, $33 MILLION IDENTIFIED NEXT YEAR FOR THAT PROGRAM. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. I WENT THROUGH OUR DEBT PROGRAM NOW. YOU CAN SEE FOR 2021,HE DT ISSUANCES THAT YOU HAVE AUTHORIZED AND THAT WE HAVE ANTICIPATE PUTTING BEFORE YOU IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. OF COURSE UNDER THE AUTHORIZATION, THE CONVENTION CENTER AND OVER $32 MILLION, STORMWATER AND $35 MILLION AND THE LINE OF CREDIT EXTENSION RECENTLY APPROVED FOR $25 MILLION. COMING FORWARD, WE WILL DO THE NEXT CONTINGENT OF THE WATER AND WASTEWATER PROGRAM AND A GENERAL FUND BOND THAT IS GOING TO INCLUDE THESE PROJECTS THAT YOU SEE HERE. THE ANA AVENUE GOVERNMENT CENTER, FIRE STATION 4, FIRE BURN TOWER AND THE POLICE AND FIRE TRAINING COMPLEX. SO YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THOSE AGAIN IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS GOOD NEWS AND CONGRATULATIONS. A RECENT FITCH OUTLOOK THAT CONTINUES TO PUT A FAVORABLE LIGHT ON OUR CITY, GROWTH PROSPECTS AND OUR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THAT WILL LEAD US NELY INTO OUR BOND RATINGS. AS WE SHARED WITH YOU BEFORE, THEY ARE ALL HIGH GRADE OR BETTER. AT THE VERY TOP, YOU SEE THE CITY'S VERSION OF THE FICO SCORE, THE ISSUER CREDIT RA RATING. EITHER THE HIGHEST ON THE RIDE STANDARD AND POORS AAA OR THE SECOND HIGHEST FROM THE OTHER TWO RATING AGENCIES. FITCH RECONFIRMED THE DOUBLE A PLUS RATING AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT. NEXT SLIDE,LEAS. THIS IS YOUR PRINCIPAL OUTSTANDING DEBT SERVICE AS ANTICIPATED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. THE GREEN LINE THE OUTSTANDING DEBT FOR THE WATER AND WA WASTEWATER DEPARTMENTS. THOSE ARE THE ONLY ENTERPRISE APARTMENTS WE HAVE OUTSTANDING DEBT SERVICES AT THIS TIME. THE BLUE LINE IS OUR GOVERNMENT OUTSTANDING DEBT ASSOCIATED WITH STORMWATER, COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TAXES, THE AYOUR Y YUM, PARKING, THE CONVENTION CENTER, AND MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT ON THIS GRAPH, YOU CAN SEE THE DEBT DECREASES SIGNIFICANTLY THE FISCAL YEAR 30 FROM APPROXIMATELY $400 MILLION DOWN TO $100 MILLION. MOST OF THE REMAINING DEBT AFTER THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORMWATER SYSTEM. AND THIS SIGNIFICANT DECLINE, ESPECIALLY UP THROUGH FISCAL YEAR '30 AND THE SLIGHT DEBT SERVICE AFTER THAT REPRESENTS A VERY GOOD DEBT FILE WHICH INDICATES WE HAVE AMPLE CAPACITY FOR LONG-TERM DEBT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND FINALLY AGAIN THIS REMAINING STEP AFTER THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING TAKING PLACE FOR FINAL ADOPTION ON THE 28th OF THIS MONTH. AS ALWAYS, WE CONTINUE TO APPRECIATE COUNCIL'S SUPPORT AND EFFORT. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. NOW WE WILL HEAR AN UPDATE FROM THE CITIZENS BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: CAN I ASK A QUESTION ON THE PRESENTATION? >>ORLANDO GUDE I THINK AFTER -- QUESTIONS ARE ASKED AFTER -- MR. DINGFELDER -- SORRY ABOUT THAT. HEAR FROM MISS POYNOR, CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT. DO WE HAVE HER ON THE LINE? LET'S BRING HER UP. >> HELLO. CAN YOU HEAR ME? HELLO? >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE CAN HEAR YOU. >> OKAY. GREAT. GOOD EVENING, GENTLEMEN. MY NAME IS STEPHANIE POYNOR. I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE CITIZENS BUDGET COMMITTEE. OUR CHAIRMAN MR. JOHNS IS TRAVELLING THIS AFTERNOON. WE WANTED TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION BEFORE YOU MAKE ANY MORE DECISIONS THIS EVENING. THIS MORNING OUR COMMITTEE MET WITH THE REVENUE AND FINANCE DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVE. WE ARE SATISFIED THAT THE INFORMATION SHARED WITH THE COMMITTEE ABOUT THE OTHER SERVICES AND CHARGES THAT WERE PART OF THE BUDGET PRESENTED BY THE CITY IN AUGUST. THESE METHODS FOR RECORDING WERE BASED ON THE FLORIDA UNIFORM ACCOUNTING MANUAL. DETAILED INFORMATION WAS SHARED WITH THE COMMITTEE TO GIVE TRANSPARENCY TO THE FUNDING I QUESTION; HOWEVER, WE WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH ADMINISTRATION TO ENSURE THAT OTHER SERVICES AND CHARGES IS PROPERLY OUTLINED IN THE BUDGET WITH AN ACTUAL BREAKDOWN FOR UCH ITEMS GOING FORWARD FOR THE NEXT BUDGET AND BEYOND. WE REQUEST A REPRESENTATION OF OUR COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL TO OR PRIOR TO THE FINAL BUDGET MEETING AS AREAITI FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO GET BACK US TO ON TUESDAY 21st WITH ANSWERS PERTAINING TO OUR PREVIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, GENTLEMEN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE COMMITTEE. I KNOW IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT COMMITTEE AND YOU HAVE BEEN DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB GETTING ANSWERS FOR THE PUBLIC AND WORKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE US MORE EFFICIENT. MR. ROGERO HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB TO MAKE HOUR WE ARE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE AND SPEND THE PEOPLE'S MONEY CORRECTLY. ESTIS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS. I WILL START OFF WITH MR. VIERA. AND MR. DINGFELDER HAS SOME QUESTIONS. IF YOU WANT TO DEFER. >>LUIS VIERA: THE CHAIR CAN PICK WHOEVER AND I CAN GO AF AFTER. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: DENNIS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION. I THINK THE LAST SLIDE WITH THE TWO DIFFERENT LINES FOR PRINCIPAL DEBT SERVICE. >> YES, SIR. >> I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN PUT THAT SLIDE BACK UP, WHOEVER IS CONTROLLING THAT. >>E WI PUT THAT BACK UP. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THERE YOU GO. WITH REGARDS TO THE GOVERNMENTAL -- THE BLUE LINE STARTING OUT THIS YEAR, SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 400 AND GOING DOWN. DOES THAT INCLUDE THE -- THE ANTICIPATED BOND THAT YOU JUST SPOKE TO ON THE SLIDE BEFORE THAT SPOKE TO HANNA, ETC., E ETC., POLICE, FIRE, THAT BOND. >>DENNIS ROGERO: IT ES NOT, SIR. WE HAVEN'T ISSUED THAT DEBT Y YET. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY. SO -- AS LONG AS YOU MENTION IT, HOW LARGE -- HOW LARGE DO WE ANTICIPATE THAT BOND IS GOING TO BE? JUST SO WE HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF WHAT THAT BLUE LINE IS GOING TO BE AND HOW LONG A DETERMINE WOULD WE -- WOULD WE EXPECT THAT THE DEBT SERVICE WILL BE WITH US? >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, SIR, PRELIMINARILY, WE THINK THAT THE WATER AND WASTEWATER. THE SEND CPONE OF THE DEBT WILL BE $190 MILLION AND THE GOVERNMENT BOND ISSUE AGAIN -- AGAIN THIS IS PRELIMINARY -- ABOUT $150 MILLION. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY. AND HOW LONG ON THE -- ON THE GOVERNMENTAL SIDE, HOW LONG A PERIOD OF TERM. >>DENNIS ROGERO: SORRY. DID YOU ASK THAT. 30-YEAR TERM. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: 30-YEAR TERM. SO BOTH OF THOSE WILL CHANGE THOSE CURVES FAIRLY SIGNIFICANTLY CORRECT? >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, SIR. AND, OF COURSE, WE WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATED CHART FOR BOTH OF THOSE ISSUES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: FINALLY YOU AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING OFF-LINE A LITTLE BIT OF THE OTHER ENTERPRISE FUND WHICH IS SOLID WASTE. >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ON A REVISED CHART, THAT WILL CHANGE THE GREEN LINE AS WELL, COR CORRECT? >>DENNIS ROGERO: CORRECT, SIR. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY. LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON THOSE. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. VIERA, U ARE RECOGNIZED. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR. I HAD A QUICK QUESTION AND I WANTED TO SAY SOME OBSER OBSERVATIONS. MR. ROGER O, FOR THE -- YOU MENTIONED FIRE STATION 24, JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S INFORMATION. WHERE IS THAT GOING TO BE AT? >>DENNIS ROGERO: I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE KNOW YET. DOES ANYBODY HAVE A LOCATION? >>LUIS VIERA: I DON'T MEAN STREET-WISE. NEW TAMPA, NORTH TAMPA? >> JOHN BENNETT, CHIEF OF ST STAFF. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING, COU COUNCILMAN VIERA, THAT FIRE STATION 24 WAS BEING EXAMINED FOR THE NEW TAMPA AREA BASED ON GROWTH BUT WE ARE STILL AWAITING THE FINAL CONSULTANT DATA WITHIN OUR OWN IN-HOUSE DATA OF WHERE THE HIGHEST SERVICE NEEDS ARE. AND 24 MAY BE ACTUALLY DOWN SOUTH OF FOWLER, PENDING FINDING OF AN EXACT LOCATION OF NEW TAMPA BASED ON PROPERTY AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, BUT EITHER WAY 24 WASRIGILLY SCOPED OUT FOR NEW COMPANY AND WE ARE NOT BACKING OFF THAT ANALYSIS AND DESIGN. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND DOES THAT INCLUDE AS WELL AN ANALYSIS AND CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT IN OUR K-BAR RANCH DISCUSSION OF MORRIS BRIDGE ROAD AND K-BAR RANCH. DOES THAT INCLUDE THAT AS WELL? >> EVERYTHING IS INCLUDED TO MAKE SURE WE REACH THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE STANDARD CITYWIDE. WORKING ON ACCESS OR STATION SERVICES OR INCREAED MEDICAL SERVICE SUPPORT. ALL OF THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN EVERY COMMUNITY. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR. AND QUESTION. THIS BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES -- WHETHER YOU CALL IT A NEW STATION, A REFURBISHED STATION OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE, TO HELP STATION 13, CORRECT? AT OLD STATION 11? >> IT DOES. CHIEF TRIPP -- AND I WON'T SPEAK FOR HER -- BUT SHE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB BEING ON THE GROUND, TALKING TO THE TROOPS. GETTING A DATA-DRIVEN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE NEEDS ARE IN THE COMMUNITY AND INCLUDES A REFURBISH WHICH WAS THE OLD STATION 11 WHICH COULD TAKE ON A NEW NUMBER AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE ADEQUATE SERVICES IN THE MORE CONCENTRATED HEAVY CALL AREAS. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU. AND ANOTHER QUESTION, IF I MAY. THAT NEW ADDITIONAL QUESTION, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, REFURBISHED STATION, INCLUDES ADDITIONAL MAN AND WOMAN POWER. CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MUCH? >> IT DOES, THE PRELIMINARY NUMBER IS 27 POSITIONS. AND THAT IS WHERE THE STATION 24 DISCUSSION COMES IN. BECAUSE AS OF NOW, THERE IS SORT OF A NUMBER USAGE OF 24 THAT IS AUGMENTING THE HEAVY CALL LOAD IN THE NORTH END. AND THAT IS NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE NEED OF A PHYSICAL STATION, POSSIBLY IN THE NEW TAMPA AREA. SO WE DON'T WANT THE PUBLIC TO BE CONFUSED BY THE NUMBERS. IT IS BALL SERVICE DELIVERY AND SO IT DOES INCLUDE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY JUST SHY OF 20 NEW UNITS IN THE NORTH END AND ADDITIONAL UNITS DOWNTOWN. WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THE HEAVIEST CALL LOAD FOR MEDICAL RESPONSE. >>LUIS VIERA: GREAT. THANK YOU, SIR. I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE. AND WE HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR TAMPA FIRE RESCUE WHERE YOU HAVE ACUTE DEFICITS. AND I THINK IT IS FAIR TO SAY, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, FOLKS, THAT WE COULD HAVE IN THIS NEW BUDGET UP TO TWO ADDITIONAL FIRE STATIONS, WHICH IS NEW TAMPA AND NORTH TAMPA THAT WE ARE MAKING PLANS FOR SOMETHING ADDITIONAL IN DONTOWN. SO IOTHER WORDS, THIS BT LAYS THE FOUNDATION FOR ONC ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME INVESTMENTS IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND WHATNOT. THAT IS SO VERY CRITICAL. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO MENTION IS I ALWAYS LIKE TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS D DUE. I LOOK AT THIS $80 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS INTO THE AMERICAN RELIEF PROGRAM THAT WE GOT. THAT IS -- JUST TO THE PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE, $80 MILLION THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA IS GETTING FROM THE FEDERAL PROGRAM. THE PAST RELIEF ACT WHICH WAS REMARKABLE AND GREAT. THE CARES ACTS HAVE A LOT OF RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND MUNICIPALITIES COULD DO. THIS GIVES A LOT MORE POWER IN LIBERALITY IN WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THIS MONEY AND WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS DECIDED TO SPEND MONEY ON, $13 MILLION FOR FIRE RESCUE. WITHOUT THESE FUNDS, THAT WOULDN'T BE HAPPENING. 7 MILLION FOR RESURFACING PROJECTS. 3 MILLION FOR BODY WORN CA CAMERAS. 3 MILLION FOR PARKS AND RECREATION. 4 MILLION FOR PARKING, SOLID WASTE TECHNOLOGY ETC. ETC. I WANTED TO GIVE A PUBLIC SHOUT-OUT TO OUR CONGRESSWOMAN KATIE HAD CAST. OR WHO DID SO MUCH TO FIGHT FOR THESE FUNDS AND THESE FUNDS WERE PUT FORTH IN SUCH A WAY IT GIVES THE CITY OF TAMPA A GREAT DEAL OF LIBERALITY AND WE ARE USING FOR ALL THESE THINGS. BECAUSE WITHOUT THESE FUNDS, WE WOULD BE HAVING RADIALLY -- RADICALLY DIFFERENT CONVERSATION AND I LIKE TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE. WHEN I LOOK AT THIS BUDGET, MR. CHAIRMAN, I SEE A BUDGET THAT IS GOOD FOR ALL PARTS OF THE CITY. THAT ONE IS DONE THROUGH COLLABORATION. I KNOW WE ALL MET WITH THE MAYOR OF THINGS WE WANT IN THERE. THE MAYOR -- MR. ROGERO AND MR. BENNETT HAVE BEEN SO COLLABORATIVE WORKING WITH CITY COUNCIL ON THAT. THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS IN THIS BUDGET THAT ARE OUTSTANDING. AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUDGET. I KNOW WHAT COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER AND CHAIRMAN GUDES HAVE WORKED VERY HARD TO PUSH THAT AND I SALUTE THEM WITH THE GREAT ACHIEVEMENT IN THERE. ALSO A PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGET. I PUSHED SOME TIME A A PUBLIC SAFETY MASTER PLAN TO LOOK AT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND SEE WHERE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DEFICITS ARE. FOR THIS BUDGET AND FOLKS IN PUBLIC SAFETY INCLUDING TAMPA FIRE, THEIR JAWS ARE DROPPED TO THE GROUND SO TO SPEAK WHEN THEY SAW THIS BUDGET BECAUSE IT MAKES SUCH ROW HE BUST IMPROVEMENTS OF TAMPA FIRE RESCUE AND PARKS. YOU SEE IMPROVEMENTS IN EAST TAMPA, NEW TAMPA, NORTH TAMPA. I HOPE THAT OUR GOOD FRIEND GUIDO MANISCALCO CAN GET HIS WONDERFUL WISHES FOR FRIENDS AT VILLA BROTHERS. GREAT BUDGE AND WANTED TO MAKE THOSE COMMENTS, SIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND COUNCILMAN VIERA SAID IT ALL BUT A COUPLE OF THINGS. HE MENTIONED ROAD RESURFACING AND THAT IS ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT WE GET. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO PAVE CERTAIN ROADS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. IN A PREVIOUS MEETING I REACHED OUT TO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS EAR MARKED $35 MILLION FROM THEIR FUNDS TO GO TOWARD ROAD RE REPAVING AND IMPROVEMENTS. AS WE KNOW SO MANY COUNTY ROADS GO THROUGH THE CITY -- THE CITY OF TAMPA AND I HAVE STARTED TO SEE ON ONE ROAD THE ORANGE BARRICADES GOING UP WHICH TELL ME THAT ROAD IMPROVEMENT IS COMING THERE AND GOING BEYOND. WE ARE ADDRESSING THOSE NEEDS WHICH, AGAIN, WE GET SO MANY COMPLAINTS ON. AND MY QUESTION IS, VILLA BROTHERS PARK. I SPOKE AT LENGTH ABOUT IT. I DID SPEAK WH THMAYOR ABOUT IT. WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT VILLA BROTHERS PARK? >> I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR PASSIONS AND RECREATION, BUT, YES, I TALKED TO THE CHIEF AND THE MAYOR, AND WE CONTINUE TO PURSUE VILLA BROTHERS PARK AND THE IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT YOU REQUESTED. >> AGAIN, JOHN BENNETT, CHIEF OF STAFF. I WANT TO SAY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO AND ALL THE COUNCIL MEN WHO SUPPORTED THIS, T ONLY HISTORIC PARK, BUT THE SYMBOLIC NATURE OF THIS PARK AND WHAT IT DOES FOR OUR COMMUNITY. HIS MULTIPLE ON-THE-GROUND VISITS WITH SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP INCLUDING SAMMY SANCHEZ. I HAVE LOOKED AT THE IMPROVEMENT BLUEPRINTS. OCEA WYNN, I WON'T SPEAK FOR HER AND THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. EVERYBODY IS INTERESTED IN LEANING FORWARD AND SUPPORTING THIS. IT IS NOT RHETORIC. WE KNOW WE WILL FIND THE ABILITYO DOHOSE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PARK FOR ALL THE REASONS THAT WE KNOW. BUT I ALSO WANT TO REMIND ALL OF US THAT, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE SET OUT TO DO A MASTER PLAN. IT HAS PROBABLY BEEN A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGED THROUGH THE COVID PROCESS TO GET ALL OF THE COMMUNITY INTERACTION, TO LOOK AT THE SHIFTING DEMOGRAPHICS IN THE CITY AND ALIGN THE P PARKS AND REC RESOURCES FOR THE CHANGING COMMUNITIES. IN BETWEEN THE THANK MASTER PLAN, THERE ARE REAL REQUESTS OUT THERE AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE CITY WORKING WITH COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT IOUs THAT ALSO SIT BETWEEN CURRENT STATE AND THE MASTER PLAN. AND ALL OF THOSE ARE BEING FILLED INTO THE BEST ABILITY THAT WE HAVE WITH BOTH TRADITIONAL FINANCE AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, AS WELL AS SOME OF THOSE OUT OF THE BOX. AND I AM VERY CONFIDENT AS COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO MENTIONED AFTER TALKING WITH THE MAYOR, THAT THESE THINGS WILL BE FULFILLED AWAITING THE FINAL MASTER PLAN AND ALL OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COME FORTH THROUGH THE COMMUNITY CHANNELS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOW VILLA BROTHERS, THEY DID THE DESIGN A FEW YEARS AGO AT $2 MILLION AND I BELIEVE WE ALLOCATED SINCE THAT $350,000 TO $400,000 IN PARK IMPRO IMPROVEMENT. MOVED THE REST ROOMS. DONE THE MONUMENTS. DID PLAYGROUND SUN SHADE STUFF. BUT STILL $176 MILLION TO COMPLETE THE PARK. WHAT I HAD MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY WAS THAT TIME IS OF THE ESS ESSENCE. IS PK WAS DEDICATED IN IN 2 2005. 16 YEARS HAVE MASSED AND FIVE OF THE VILLA BROTHERS, ALL SEVEN ARE PRESENT AT THE TIME OF THE GROUNDBREAKING. AND FIVE OF THE SEVEN VILLA BROTHERS HAVE PASSED AWAY. I MET WITH ONE OF THE REMAINING VILLA BROTHERS RECENTLY. I SPOKE RECENTLY WITH MISS SANDY SANCHEZ, WITH MISS MARTHA VILLA, THE WIFE OF MR. HECTOR VILLA, AND I WANT THIS PARK FINISHED AND COMPLETED WHILE THOSE WHO ARE STILL ALIVE ARE STILL ALIVE. AND TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE A POSTHUMOUS COMPLETION. AGAIN FIVE OF THE SEVEN VILLA BROTHERS HAVE PASSED. AND SINCE THE PARK'S DEAD DMAITION 2005, THE CITY HAD ITS UP AND DOWN WITH THE -- WITH THE FINANCIAL CRISIS FROM YEARS AGO AND WHATNOT, BUT HAVING SAID THAT SINCE THEN, WE HAVE DONE CURTIS HIXON. WATERFRONT PARK TAMPA IT HAS BEEN COMPLETED. AND LAYMAN PARK $35 MILLION TO $36 MILLION. THJEWI COMMUNITY CENTER ANDH EVERYTHING IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. VILLA BROTHERS PARK HAS ONLY RECEIVED A PORTION -- LESS THAN 25% OF THE TOTAL FUNDS AND SEEING WE HAVE THE AMERICAN RELIEF AMERICAN RECOVERY FUNDS THAT ARE VERY LIBERAL IN WHAT WE CAN SPEND THE MONEY ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO TO GET THAT 1.6 MILLION. AND WE CAN EVEN COME IN UNDER BUDGET NOT THAT GOVERNMENT USUALLY DOES, BUT WE KNOW IT WAS A $2 MILLION PARK DESIGN TO COMPLETE IT. I WANT TO SEE IT CPLET. I WANT TO GUARANTEE THAT IT GETS COMPLETED. I ORIGINALLY WAS INTENDING TO SPLIT IT UP IN TWO YEARS. LET'S SAYS IT A SOLID $1.6 MILLION THAT WE DO $800,000 IN THIS BUDGET AND $800,000 IN THE NEXT BUDGET. BUT THAT WE HAVE A TWO-YEAR GOAL AND A TWO-YEAR TIMELINE WHERE IT GETS COMPLETED AND IT GETS DONE, BECAUSE, AGAIN, MRS. MARTHA VILLA IS NOW OLDER. ONLY TWO OF THE VILLA BROTHERS ARE ALIVE. AND I WANT TO GET THIS PARK DONE. I HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF MANY OTHER PROJECTS OF MY COLL COLLEAGUES, THE MAYOR AND W WHATNOT IN MUCH LARGER AMOUNTS AND THIS IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET, I BELIEVE, TO GET THAT DONE. BEFORE I STOP, THERE IS ALSO ANOTHER PARK. HENRY AND OLA PARK IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS THAT HAS A TRAILER AS A COMMUNITY CENTER. AND I BELIEVE IT IS THE ONLY PARK IN THE CITY OF TAMPA -- ONE OF THE ONLY ONES -- WHERE THERE IS A TRAILER. WE DON'T OWN THAT TRAILER AND WE PAY RENT ON THAT TRAILER AND WE HAVE BEEN PAYING RENT FOR -- I WANT TO SAY ALMOST YEA ON THAT. THAT NEIGHBORHOOD HAS CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, 10 YEARS. WE HAVE A LOT OF FAMILIES AND CHILDREN. I WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN ALLOCATE FUNDS FOR A DOG PARK, COMMUNITY CENTER, WHATEVER THAT IS BUT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD DESERVES IT. ALL NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA DESERVE EQUITY ACROSS THE BOARD. AND PARKS ARE SO SIGNIFICANT. THE -- THE INVESTMENT WILL GIVE US ENDLESS RETURNS TO QUALITY OF LIFE. SO I WILL STOP THERE. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY? >> I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO'S REQ REQUEST, AND THAT WE ARE WORKING ON THOSE AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT STAFF UNDERSTANDS ITS EXIGENCY THAT HE RECOMMENDED. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>BILL CARLSON: VILLA BROTHERS IS NOT IN MY DISTRICT BUT I WOULD SUPPORT MR. MANISCALCO'S FORT IN THAT REGARD AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO SECOND A MOTION OR SUPPORT A MOTION IN THAT REGARD ALSO. YOU KNOW WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TWO AND A HALF YEARS WRITING WRONGS FROM BEFORE. AND I THINK IF PROMISES ARE MADE BY THE CITY EVEN IF IT IS UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS, WE NEED TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THEM. NOT FAIR AND RIGHT TO HAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE TO PROMISE THE COMMUNITY THAT THE CITY WAS GOING TO DO SOMETHING AND NOT FOLLOW THROUGH, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE DEALING WITH VETERANS, WAR HEROES AND THE FAMILIES OF VETERANS AND WAR HEROES. I FULLY SUPPORT THE CITY KEEPIN T PROMISES OF THE PAST EVEN THOUGH NONE OF US MADE THOSE PROMISES. SECOND JUST TO CLARIFY, MR. ROGE RO FOR THE PUBLIC. THE P & Ls FOR DEPARTMENTS. THE WATER DEPARTMENT SAID 2019 HAD A LOSS OF 23,000. AND THEN A GAIN OF $180 MILLION IN 2020. AND PROJECTED LOSS IN 2021 FOR $137 MILLION AND $237,000 GAIN IN 2022. ARE WE PREDICTING BECAUSE OF THE NEW TAXES, ARE -- OR NEW FEES. ARE WE PREDICTING THAT THAT IS GOING TO STABLE OUT AT THIS POINT? OR ARE THERE JUST BIG CHUNK OF EXPERIENCES COMING PERIO PERIODICALLY. >>DENNIS ROGERO: THAT'S IT, SIR. I DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION IN FRONT OF ME YOU ABOUT THE EBB AND FLOW OF THE MAJOR DEBT SERVICE AND EXPENSES PRIMARILY WITH THE PIPES PROGRAM. >>BILL CARLSON: I GUESS I COULD GET INTO WHAT KIND OF ACCOUNTING YOU USE TOO. BUT EVEN WHEN YOU BOND IT YOU ARE OM AMORTIZING IT OVER THE LIFE OF THE BOND BUT CHARGING A ADDITIONAL YEAR? >>DENNIS ROGERO: I GUESS I DON'T UNDERSTAND. >>BILL CARLSON: IF YOU BOND OUT A MILLION DOLLARS WOULD YOU AMORTIZE IT THROUGH THE LIFE OF THE BOND OR WOULD YOU CHARGE IT BACK IN THE YEAR THAT THE ACTUAL EXPENSE IS MADE? >>DENNIS ROGERO: WE WOULD CARRY THAT -- ESPECIALLY ON THE PIPES, AS AN EXAMPLE. AS WE DISCUSSED WE HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF PAY BILL FUNDING AND FUND THE DEBT SERVICE TO TAK CARE OF THE CURRENT MARKET POSITIONS. WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT IS THE EBB AND FLOW OF THE COUNTY AND ALL THAT FUNDING AND THEY ANTICIPATE EXPENDITURE. I WILL BE HAPPY TO CIRCLE BACK WITH YOU AND GOING WITH MORE DETAIL. >>BILL CARLSON: LETTING THE PUBLIC KNOW. TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION. I THINK WE WILL BE INVESTING IN A BIG CRM SYSTEM. I DON'T THINK THIS IS REFLECTED HERE. MAYBE THAT IS FARTHER OUT THAN 2022, AND SHOWING LOSSES AROUND $27 MILLION, $26ILLION. 2020 AND 2021 AND ALMOST $39 MILLION IN 2020 -- PROJECTED 2021. AND $31 MILLION, $32 MILLION IN 2022. DOES THAT INCLUDE THE BIG ENTERPRISE CUSTOMER SERVICE SYSTEM OR IS IT NOT? >> I DON'T BELIEVE SO. THAT IS PRIMARILY DUE TO OUR ACELA SYSTEM. I WILL CONFIRM THAT AND BRING THAT BACK. >>BILL CARLSON: IS THERE ANY WAY -- NOT MUCH IS OFFSET BY FEES AND INCOME. THERE IS THERE SOME REVENUE MODEL THAT IS OFFSETTING THAT? NO? >>DENNIS ROGERO: NO, SIR. GUDES MR. CARLSON. MR. MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM FINE. >>BILL CARLSON: THE OTHER THING. I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING TO ALL OF US AND ALL OF OUR REQUESTS. ONE OF THE THINGS I REQUESTED THREE TIMES IN A ROW IS TO -- IS TO CAREFULLY MONITOR THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE AND INCREASE IT. YOU KNOW IF THE BONDING AGENCIES TO KEEP OUR AAA BOND RATING REQUIRES US TO HAVE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGETHAT MEANS ANYTHING FROM THAT LEVEL BELOW IS NOT A RAINY DAY FUND. ANYTHING ABOVE THAT IS A RAINY DAY FUND AND A CERTAIN TRADE-OFF BECAUSE CAN'T HOLD TOO MUCH CASH, BUT KNOWING THE UNCERTAINTY IN THE MARKET, I WOULD ALWAYS APPRECIATE THAT WE TRY TO BE FISCALLY PRUDENT AND PUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AWAY TO PRESERVE THAT. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR FOCUSING ON THAT. AN AREA THAT I DID NOT ASK THIS YEAR. AND MAYBE NEXT YEAR FROM THE ARTS. ART AND CULTURE. THE BUDGET IS VERY SMA. WE ALL STARTED -- I KNOW THIS IS AN AREA THAT THE MAYOR IS VERY INTERESTED IN AND OTHER THAN COVID, SHE WOULD HAVE INVESTED HEAVILY IN IT. AND I HOPE WE GO BACK AND AS THE ECONOMY RECOVERS TO INVEST MORE IN THE ARTS. AND I LOOKED AT THE INFO CHARTS THAT GO WITH THAT THAT I AM SURE CHIEF BENNETT WORKED ON, BUT ONE OF THEM SHOW THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE ARTS INVESTMENT THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND ALMOST ALL OF IT IS DOWNTOWN. 98% AND 99%. WE HAVE REQUESTS FOR THE ART EVERYWHERE FROM EAST TAMPA, WEST TAMPA, NORTH AND SOUTH AND FOR EXAMPLE, EVERYBODY SOUTH OF GANDY WANTS THE ARTS IN THEIR COMMUNITY TOO. THAT IS SOMETHING FOR NEXT YEAR AND JUST TO BE MINDFUL. THE LAST THING -- COULD I ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON THE BUDGET IN GENERAL, BUT THE LAST THING IN THE INTRO WHICH IS A LETTER FROM THE MAYOR -- AND I GUESS WE CAN MAKE A MOTION TO REQUEST THAT THE MAYOR WILL EDIT THE LETTER BUT LET ME TELL YOU THIS AS AN IDEA. IN THE LETTER -- I THINK THE LETTER IS VERY GOOD AND REPRESENTS -- IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE HEADS IN THE LETTER, WORK FORCE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY. INFRASTRUCTURE. MOBILITY. OUR CONSTITUENTS WANT PARKS, ROADS FIXED, POTHOLES FIXED, SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE. I THINK CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR ARE ON THE PAGE OF ALL THESE THINGS. THE PRIORITIES OF THE MAYOR ARE PRIORITIES OF THE COUNCIL AND WHAT WE ARE HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY. ONE OF THE THINGS I SAW IN THE SUMMARY THAT LOOKS DIFFERENCE. IF YOU LOOK ABOVE "STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY SERVICES." THE PARAGRAPH WHILE PROVIDING GOVERNMENT FOR ALL GOVERNMENT SERVICES, WE ALSO INCLUDED FUNDS TO START ADDRESSING SEVERAL KEY REQUEST FROM COMMUNITY AND CITY COUNCIL. NUMBER ONE THERE IS THE HANNA AVENUE FACILITY. AND I AM NOT AWARE THAT REQUEST CAME FROM THE COMMUNITY, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE IT DID NOT COME FROM CITY COUNCIL. AND NUMBER FOUR, OF THE THINGS THERE, ONE OR TWO CAME FROM COUNCIL. BUT MY SUGGESTION AND REQUEST IS INSTEAD OF PUTTING THAT THESE KEY REQUESTS CAME FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY COUNCIL. INSTEAD OF PUTTING THAT PHRASE THERE, PUT IT AT THE TOP IN THE INTROPARAGRAPH BECAUSE ALL OF THE THINGS IN THIS LETTER AND THE PRIORITIES THAT YOU ALL SET AND PRIORITIES REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET SHOWING THE TWEAKS AND INCREASES THROUGHOUT ALL THE DETAME ARE REALLY FROM FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR IS ON THE SAME PAGE. THE WAY IT IS WRITTEN, IT LOOKS LIKE CITY COUNCIL IS ONLY INTERESTED IN THOSE FOUR THINGS AND I THINK WE ARE INTERESTED IN ALL OF THEM. JUT THE REQUEST TO WHOEVER WROTE THAT WHOEVER MOVES THE PHRASE TO THE TOP WILL BE CLEAR TO THE COMMUNITY AND SHOW WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE. THAT'S A WE HAVE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I CAN MAKE A COMMENT. COUNCILMAN CARLSON, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IT IS NOT VISIBLE YET, BUT SOMETHING THAT WORK ON VERY WELL IS THE CITIZENS VALUE AND CITIZENS SENTIMENT SURVEY. I WANT TO YOU KNOW SHE ADDED A SENTIMENT ELEMENT.ARTS AND CULTURAL. THAT WILL GET A CITYWIDE FEEDBACK FOR US GOING INTO FUTURE INVESTMENTS IN DECION SUPPORT. SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT HAS BEEN ADDED TO THAT SURVEY LIST. >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH, AND -- WHAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO DO IN SURVEYS, WE NEED TO THINK NOT ABOUT THE ARTS AS AN AMENITY. BUT WE NEED TO THINK OF IT AS AN INDUSTRY. AND EVERY EDC IN THE WORLD HAS FIVE OR SIX -- INDUSTRY CLUSTERS THEY FOCUS ON. IN ST. PETERSBURG, ONE IS THE ARTS BECAUSE A REAL THRIVING INDUSTRY. IF WE LOOK AT IT AS AN AMENITY COMPARED TO OTHER AMENITIES AND PRIORITIZE. WE HAVE THE ONE ABILITY TO BUILD AN ENORMOUS INDUSTRY THAT WILL BRING MONEY INTO OU ECONOMY AND I HOPE WE WILL LOOK INTO IT THAT WAY AS WELL. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK MR. MIRANDA WANTED TO CHIME IN. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM FINE NOW. ONE OF THOSE BONDS WAS FRONT LOADED WITH 47% PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND 53% BEING BONDED OUT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CITRO. >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMAN VIERA FOR HIS EFFORTS FOR A NEW FIRE STATION AND ASKING THAT THAT FIRE STATION BE PLACED IN THIS BUDGET. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO FOR HIS EFFORTS FOR VILLA BROTHERS PARK. NECESSITY THAT HOPE THIS BUDGET WILL PROVIDE. MY CONCERNS, STAFFING. WE HAVE DEPARTMENTS THAT MY CONSTITUENTS ARE SAYING ARE UNDERSTAFFED. AND I AM HOPING THIS BUDGET IS GOING TO ALLOW US FOR MORE HIRING. ONE DAY -- ONE DAY SOON, THIS COVID WILL BE OVER WITH. AND PARENTS WILL TELL THEIR CHILDREN, GOUT A PLA AND OUR CITY PARKS WILL BE VALUABLE FOR THAT. AND I HOPE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE STAFFING SO THAT WHEN THAT EVENT HAPPENS, AND FINALLY OUR KIDS ARE BACK OUT TO THE PLAYGROUNDS THAT WE WILL HAVE THE STAFF FOR THAT CONSTRUCTION SERVICES. PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING TO ME THEY CAN'T GET THEIR THINGS IN FAST ENOUGH AND FOR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES. PERMITTING. GETTING COs FOR THEIR PROPERTIES, FOR THEIR BUSINESSES SO THAT THEY CAN ENTER INTO THE TAX REVENUES HERE FOR TS CITY IS TAKING A LONG TIME. NOT ANY FAULT OF THEIRS, BUT UNDERSTANDABLY, THEY DO NOT HAVE THE STAFFING FOR IT. FIRE. WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING TWO NEW -- HOPEFULLY HAVING TWO NEW STATIONS. BUT WE HAVE THIS -- THIS -- THIS SEPARATION BETWEEN FIRE FIGHTERS AND THE UPPER COMMAND, AND NOBODY IN THERE FILLING THAT. WE NEED MORE STAFFING. AGAIN, I AM HOPING THAT THIS BUDGET IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO HIRE MORE EMPLOYEES FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA. AS CHAIR AS CRA, I AM GLAD THAT CRA COULD HELP IN CERTAIN THINGS, LIKE PARKS WITH FAIR OAKS, BUYING PROPERTIES, THE CULTURAL ARTS. HOPEFULLY LOOKING FOR LAND FOR FIRE STATION DOWNTOWN OF COURSE THE PURCHASE OF LAND FOR WORK FORCE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. GENTLEMAN, PLEASE, IF HE CAN FIND FUNDS FOR STAFFING IN THIS BUDGET, IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED, SIR. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. BEN BENNETT. DO YOU WANT AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO MR. CITRO? >> WELL, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER. IN THE GENERAL SENSE, COUNCILMAN CITRO, AS YOU HEARD MR. ROGERO'S BEGINNING PRESENTATION. QUITE A FEW FTEs FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY IN THE FIRE SERVICE BASED ON THE DATA WE HAVE SO FAR. CHIEF TRIPP AND I HAVE BE WORKING WITH MR. ROGERO'S OFFICE LOOKING AT A THREE TO FIVE-YEAR PLAN TO KEEP UP WITH THE DYNAMICS OF A GREAT CITY LIKE OURS, I THINK YOU WILL SEE ALL THE THINGS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. OFTEN WE WILL TALK OF PEOPLE PROCESSES AND TECHNOLOGY. I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR MISS POST, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT I HEAR DAILY OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GOING ON THERE TO SERVE THE DEMAND THAT IS GOING THROUGH THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT SIDE OF THE CITY. SO I THINK EVERYTHG TH YOU ARE ASKING FOR YOU WILL SEE ON THE PACK ITSELF THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS. >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, CHIEF. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED SIR. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN GUDES. SO WITH REGARD TO VILLA BROTHERS PARK. MR. MANISCALCO, I APPRECIATE YOU REMINDING US ABOUT THAT, AS WELL AS THE FAMILY MEMBERS. I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF PROBLEM WITH THE GENERALITIES THAT WE HAVE HEARD MR. BENNETT AND MR. ROGER O, WITH ALL DUE RES RESPECT. I THINK COUNCIL SPOKE VERY LOUD AND CLEAR OF OUR OWN BUDGET WORKSHOP A FEW WEEKS AGO ON THIS ISSUE I CAN'T REMEMBER IF THAT EXACT NUMBER WAS TOSSED OUT. I THINK WHAT MR. MANISCALCO WAS INDICATING AFFIRMATIVELY THAT IT WAS. I THINK THE -- I THINK IT IS A FAIRLY REASONABLE COMPROMISE TO SPLIT THAT BABY INTO $800,000 PER YEAR SO WE CAN GET THIS THING DONE. AND IT IS EMBARRASSING BECAUSE LAST TIME I WAS ON COUNCIL AND MR. MIRANDA WAS THERE AS WELL GOING BACK IN THE 2000 WHEN WE START THIS CONVERSATION WITH THE VILLA BROTHERS FAMILY AND OF EQUAL IORTAE WITH THAT COMMUNITY. AND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THAT COMMUNITY OF WEST TAMPA, ESPECIALLY AS YOU SLIDE OVER TOWARD THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA IS MASSIVE APARTMENT COMPLEXES. AND, YES, THERE IS A NICE PARK OVER THERE ON THE RIVER THAT MAYOR BUCKHORN AND COUNCIL AND THE CITY BUILT BUT THEY NEED MORE AND WANT MORE AND DESERVE MORE. SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO HAVE A MORE SPECIFICS, WHAT, TWO WEEKS FROM NOW FOR THE FINAL BUDGET. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, SIR, ON THE 28th. DINGFELDER ON THE $800,000 REQUEST THAT I RECALL WAS PREVIOUSLY UNANIMOUS ON THIS COUNCIL. YEARS PAST, WE GOT INTO MOTIONS AND THIS SORT OF THING AND A LITTLE BIT MORE ANIMOSITY WITH THE ADMINISTRATION. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HAS ANY GREAT DESIRE FOR THAT. BUT THINGS GOT DONE AND WE SAW THAT NEEDLE MOVE. SO I AM NOT NECESSARILY. I WILL LEAVE IT UP TO MANISCALCO. I WILL NOT MAKE A MOTION TONIGHT, BUT YOU ARE HEARING LOUD AND CLEAR FROM COUNCIL THAT THAT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND WE NEED TO FIGURE IT OUT. A SMALL BOND REQUEST THAT WAS ON MY LIST AS WELL AS MR. MANISCALCO MENTIONED IT HENRY OLA. IN HER STAFF AND I GOT A PAT ON THE BACK AND THEY SAID THEY WILL MAKE SURE THINGS HAPPEN THIS YEAR, BUT, AGAIN, I HAVEN'T REALLY HEARD MUCH IN THE WAY OF SPECIFICS THAT ONE THE NEEDS ARE OF THE VILLA BROTHERS PARK. THAT IS MY TWO CENTS. WITH REGARDS TO THE VEHICLE PROGRAM A LITTLE BIT ON THE LIGHTER NOTE, MR. BENNETT. DO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES? I MEAN OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE ARE BUYING BIG GIANT TRUCKS AND FIRE TRUCKS, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE A SOLAR POWERED OR ELECTRIC POWER OR WHAT HAVE YOU. BUT WITH REGARDS TO OUR DAY TO DAY VEHICULAR NEEDS. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF ELECTRIFYING OUR FLEET AND GET AWAY FROM GAS VEHICLES. >> WE DID AD HOC PROJECTIONS. AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. TO MOVE FUEL TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES. >> OKAY -- >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WE ARE GETTING WEIRD FEEDBACK, SAL. >> LITTLE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY FOR SOME REASON. LAST YEAR WE PURCHASED -- AS AN INTRO WE PURCHASED SIX ELECTRIC VEHICLES THE NISSAN LEAF. AND WE MAINLY ISSUED THEM TO THE WATER DEPARTMENT AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR THE SUPERVISORS. JUST TO TRY THEM OUT. AND WE GOT GOOD RESULTS OUT OF TAT. SO THIS YEAR, WE PURCHASED ANOTHER 11. AND SIX OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY ON THE ROAD RIGHT NOW WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT. THREE IN RISK MANAGEMENT AND TWO WITH CONTRACT ADMIN. WE ARE GOING TO -- THESE NISSAN LEAFS ARE REALLY PUTTING UP TO THE TEST. WE ARE GOING TO ADD MORE. DEPARTMENT, FIRE AND WE WILL INTRODUCE A LOT ARE THESE EVs INTO OUR SYSTEM. THE OTHER THING WE ARE GETTING GOOD RESULTS IS ARE THE HYB HYBRIDS, AND THE POLICE INTERCEPTORS. THEY ARE PERFORMING VERY WELL. AND THERE ARE ALSO BIGGER TRUCKS COMING ONLINE THAT WE ARE MONITORING AS FAR AS SOLID WASTE. BUT -- BUT THEY ARE NOT OUT ON THE STREET YET. AND WHEN THEY ARE, WE ARE GOING TO INVESTIGATE THE POSSIBLE USES OF THAT. SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILMAN, YES, WE ARE VERY IN TUNE WITH THE EVs. THE MAYOR'S RESILIENCY IS HIGH ON THIS ISSUE. AND WE ARE GOING TO DO THE BEST TO INTRODUCE A LOT MORE ELECTRIC VEHICLES AS WE CAN. THANKS. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I GUESS AS FAR AS SOLID WASTE IS CONC CONCERNED SAL. HAVE WE CONVERTED SOME OF THAT FLEET. I KNOW WE HAVE THESE GAS -- YOU KNOW, NATURAL GAS TANKS. HAVE WE CONVERTED SOME OF THE FLEET TO A NATURAL GAS INSTEAD OF DIESEL? >> YES, SIR, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 90-PLUS VEHICLES THAT RUN ON CNG GAS. AND EACH YEAR WHEN WE DO OUR -- YOU KNOW, OUR VEHICLE ORDERS WE KIND OF SPLIT IT. WE ARE TRYING TO GET A GOOD MIX IN THERE OF CNG AND DIESEL. WHEN WE CAN, I KNOW THERE ARE SOME EVs COMING ONLINE FOR SOLID WASTE VEHICLES. I FACT WE DID A VIRAL TOUR OF A COMPANY THAT IS PRODUCING THEM AND THEY HAVEN'T HIT THE STREET YET AND WE ARE GOING TO INVESTIGATE THAT WHEN WE DO. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, WHEN WE TALK OF REPLACEMENT OF AUTOMOBILES AND EQUIPMENT AND TRACTORS AND FIRE ENGINES AND HAULERS AND SOLID WASTE MATERIALS TO PICK UP. HOW MANY VEHICLES DO HE? YOU CAN'T BUY THEM ALL AT ONE TIME. BY THE WAY, THENVIRONMENT OF THE ELECTRICAL MOVEMENT IS GOING TO MOVE SO FAST THAT WHETHER WE WANT TO OR DON'T WANT TO, WITHIN NOT ONLY THIS GOVERNMENT, BUT ALL THE GOVERNMENTS, BY 2030, I WOULD SAY THAT MOST GOVERNMENTS ARE GOING TO HAVE ELECTRIC VEH VEHICLES, 50% TO 100% OF THE VEHICLES WILL BE POWERED BY ELECTRICITY. BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT GOING TO FIND TOO MANY CARS THAT ARE COMING OUT WITH ELECTRIC -- WITH ENGINES THAT ARE -- LIKE THEY ARE GASOLINE OR DIESEL ENGINES, INCLUDING THE SEMIS. THERE ARE THREE OR FOUR COMPANIES ALREADY THAT ARE GOING TO BUILD THEM OUT. THEY ARE ALREADY BEING TRIED OUT. THEY DON'T GO 200 TO 300 MILES. THEY GO MUCH FURTHER. THE BATTERY THAT MAKES THE ELECTRIC ENGINE GO OBSOLETE -- OBSOLETE AND THE BATTERY SYSTEM AND EVERY TIME BATTERY FOR SOLID WASTE, THERE IS ANOTHER ONE BETTER THAN THE SOLID BATTERY NEXT. POWER 400, 500 MILES INSTEAD OF 300. I ALWAYS SAY, ON'T ASK WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO DO, ASK WHAT YOU ARE DOING YOURSELF. NO OFFENSE MADE TO ANYONE. JUST THINK ABOUT IT. WHAT DO YOU DRIVE? WHAT IS IN YOUR HOUSE. WHAT YOU DO. THE SAME AS THE GOVERNMENT. WE ARE NO BETTER THAN THE GOVERNMENT. WE ARE A REFLECTION OF WHO WE ARE. SO I AM ASKING ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS TO DO THE SAME THING YOU ARE ASKING FOR. THAT IS NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, REGARDING VILLA BROTHERS. I HAD A COMMITMENT FROM THE ADMINISTRATION NOT YESTERDAY BUT FROM SOME TIME THAT VILLA BROTHERS WILL GET ONE THIS YEAR AND THE OTHER NEXT YEAR. I TALKED TO SOMEONE IN THE VILLA BROTHERS ORGANIZATION, WHICH IS MR. SANCHEZ. AND WE MADE NO COMMITMENTS. I THINK WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE FIRST IS THE WALK AROUND THE PARK. AND THE DOG PARK NEXT YEAR. THAT WAY IF YOU HAVE A DOG P PARK. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? STAY AND WATCH A DOG. IF YOU HAVE A DOG WITHOUT THE DOG PARK, FIRST YOU HAVE THE COMPLETE CIRCLE AROUND, YOU CAN WALK THE DOG AND INDUSTRIAL YOUR EXERCISE AND SEE THE YOUNG KIDS PLAYING A ENJING THEMSELVES. I BELIEVE THAT IS WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO DO. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THEM, BUT THE FIRST PART IS THE WALK WITH MR. GUIDO MANISCALCO. AND YOU ARE RIGHT, SIR, I AGREE WITH YOU. AND ALONG WITH SOLID WASTE, ONE THING WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED. AND THIS IS ANOTHER THING. I AM NOT TAKING UP FOR THE ADMINISTRATION, BUT I WANT TO THANK MAYOR IORI O, BECAUSE SHE IS THE ONLY MAYOR I WORKED WITH IN THE LAST 20 YEARS WHEN SHE CAME HAD H-E DOUBLE STICKS WENT TO HELL. TLVING THERE WAS KNOWING. REDUCED BY 700 EMPLOYEES. SHE HAD TO DO THE HARD JOB WE ARE BEARING THE FRUITS FOR. SHE TOOK THE HIT AND MADE THE CITY WORK AMONG ALL THOSE THINGS. IT WAS HER THAT DID THE HARD JOB SO WE CAN HAVE A PROS PROSPEROUS. THE REST WAS DIFFICULT BECAUSE NOW WE ARE FACED WITH THE OPPOSITE. WE HAD -- IF YOU HAVE 5,000, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN TEN KIDS, THAT MEAT IS NOT GOING TO LAST THAN IF YOU WERE LIVING ALONE. THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE NOW. IN REALITY IF YOU LOOK AT IT, A GROWTH IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT SPURRED SO QUICKLY THAT EVEN THE ANALYSTS WERE WRONG. THE WATER GOING TO SOUTH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. WE PROJECTED IT FROM ANOTHER AGENCY. AND GUESS WHAT, IT GOT THERE A FEW YEARS BEFORE AND THAT IS WHERE THE PROBLEM IT TODAY. WE ARE GROWING SO MUCH BECAUSE OF PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY ARE LOOKING AT THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS WHERE IT WANTS TO COME TO. FOR WHATEVER REASON. WE VOTED NUMBER ONE THE OTHER DAY. THE WHOLE COUNTRY FOR TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION. I THOUGHT THAT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN TO BE HONEST WITH Y. BEATING NEW YORK, CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, BEATING ALL OF THEM. THE CITY OF TAMPA IS RATED NUMBER ONE. I READ THAT, SAW THAT ON TV. THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE AMAZING TO ME. BUT SOLID WASTE NEEDS A LITTLE HELP WITH ALL THE TRAFFIC AND ALL THE STREETS IN SOUTH TAMPA. I BELIEVE WE ONLY HAVE ONE SMALL VEHICLE THAT CAN SERVICE THAT AREA AND I AM A LITTLE CONCERN -- NOT LITTLE, I AM A LOT CONCERNED THE INDIVIDUALS THAT DRIVE THE BIG TRUCKS PARKING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET AND TY SOTIMES CANNOT PICK UP THE GARBAGE BECAUSE PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET. I AM NOT TELLING PEOPLE TO NOT DRIVE A CAR, BUT WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 6:00 IN THE MORNING AND 11:00. PARK ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET ON THE DAY WE PICK UP THE GARBAGE AND WE ONLY HAVE ONE SMALL TRUCK AND I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE ADMINISTRATORS AND I THINK WE WILL GET SOMETHING DONE IN THE NEAR FUTURE SOONER RATHER THAN LA LATER. THOSE ARE THE THINGS I AM LOOKING AT AND THANK THE EMPLOYEES FOR HAVING AT CY CLEAN -- A CLEAN CITY. ALL THE SOLID WASTE PEOPLE. ALL THE FIRE. ALL THE POLICE WITHOUT THE WORK THAT THE EMPLOYEES DO FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR, I HATE TO INTERRUPT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED SIR. >>JOSEPH CITRO: VERY QUICKLY, GENTLEMEN, THERE IS A NAME THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION. ANGUS GOSS. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO SEE THAT MEMORIAL, THAT PARK, THAT POOL STILL HONORING THAT BRAVE SOLDIER. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU ARE WELCOME SIR. WELL, I THINK WE ALL RECEIVED CALLS ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. WE ALWAYS GET COMPLAINTS. NEVER GOING TO MAKE ANYBODY HAPPY. IT IS NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN. NEVER. BUT WE CAN DO OUR BEST TO EASE THE PAIN. EASE THE BURDEN A LITTLE BIT THOUGH. WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUTI FIRST. THE CALLS THAT I AM GETTING AND SOMEBODY TRIED TO WALK ME THROUGH THE WEB SITE LAST NIGHT REFERENCING THE BUDGET. FOLKS ARE SAYING IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO READ THE BUDGET ON THE WEB SITE. THEY CAN'T MANEUVER IT. I TRIED TO GET ON IT LAST NIGHT TO GET A WALK-THROUGH AND I HAD DIFFICULTIES AS WELL. WITH A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON. AT THIS TIME, PEOPLE NEED TO HIT THE BUTTON AND CLICK WHATEVER TO GO TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO TO GET THE INFORMATION THEY NEED AND PEOPLE FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO READHE BGET THE WEB SITE. WE MAY NOT GET DONE BEFORE THE 28th, BUT I AM HOPING THE FUTURE WE WORK ON GETTING THE WEB SITE FOR THE BUDGET SO THAT ANYBODY CAN GET ON THERE, A SMALL KID CAN GET ON THERE AND LOOK AT THE WORD "BUDGET 2025" GO ON IT AND GO FIND WHATEVER TO GET THEIR ANSWERS. THAT IS THE CHIEF COMPLAINT I AM GETTING IN REFERENCE TO OUR BUDGET PROCESS THAT PEOPLE DO NOT FEEL IT IS TRANSPARENT ENOUGH OR CAN BE THAT WE CAN'T FIND IT AND UTILIZE THE SYSTEM. IF WE CAN LOOK AT THE SYSTEM AND NAVIGATE THAT. MR. CITRO MADE A POINT ABOUT STAFFING. THE CITY IS GOING -- MR. MIRANDA JUST ALLUDED TO THAT. EVERYBODY WANTS TO COME HERE NOW. HOUSING MARKET IS UP. PEOPLE SELL THEIR HOUSES UP NORTH. THEY HAVE CASH, THEY COME DOWN HERE. FOLKS WHO LIVE HERE CAN'T GET A PLACE -- CAN'T GET A PLACE BECAUSE THEY HAVE CASH IN HAND, SO THE FOLKS LIVING HERE, BORN AND RAISED HERE, LOSE OUT. WHEN YOU TALKBOUTTAFFG, WE GET CALLS ABOUT CONSTRUCTION SERVICE. I THINK MISS POST HAS DONE A GREAT JOB TRYING TO GET SOME OF THE ASPECTS AND THE KINKS OUT, BUT WE ARE STILL MISSING THE POINT TO WHERE PEOPLE ARE SAYING THEY CAN'T GET THEIR WORK COMPLETED TO GET THEIR JOBS DONE. SO THERE IS STAFFING ISSUE. AND IT TURNS INTO MY HOUSING ISSUE AND LOOKING AT STAFFING FOR HOUSING. YOU KNOW, WE CAN TALK ABOUT FIRE NEEDS AND THE FIRE STATION I A NEED. WE KNOW THAT. BUT I AM GOING TO TELL THE COUNCIL, THE BIGGEST CRY SAYS AT WE ARE GOING TO FACE IS HOUSING. I DON'T CARE HOW YOU LOOK AT IT. IT IS HOUSING. WHEN A PERSON DOESN'T A PLACE TO LIVE OR A PLACE TO LAY THEIR HEADS, THAT IS A PROBLEM. BECAUSE THE PROBLEM FOR OTHER PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY LOOK FOR HELP OTHER PLACES THAT THEY CAN'T FIND IT. SO REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE BULK SO THE COMMUNITY CAN KNOW HOW WE ARE GOING WITH HOUSING AND HOW MUCH MONEY WILL WE ALLOCATE FOR HOUSING IN A NONSUBSIDIZED ASPECT SO PEOE COD BE ABLE TO GET WHAT THEY NEED AND WE CAN HELP THEM. BECAUSE THAT SEEMS TO BE THE BIG CRY RIGHT NOW. HOUSING. IF THE CHIEF OR WHOEVER IS ON THE LINE FROM HOUSE ASKING TALK TO US OF THE TOTAL MONEY THAT WILL BE ALLOCATED IN A NONSUBSIDIZED WAY TO BRING PROGRAMS THAT WILL HELP EVERYBODY AND NOT HAVE CERTAIN STRINGS ATTACHED OR CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT PEOPLE CAN GET HELP. IF I CAN HEAR THAT BECAUSE I GET SO MANY CALLS IN REFERENCE TO HOUSING. >> THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. JOHN BENNETT, CHIEF OF STAFF. I THINK THE BEST PART TO GO AOUT YOUR QUESTION, WHICH IS A GOOD ONE, AND CLEARLY ONE OF THE MAYOR'S HIGHEST PRIORITY FOR HOUSING AS WELL IS WHAT LET OUR CFO DENNIS ROGERO TALK ABOUT IT IN A QUANTITATIVE BUDGET WAY AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO CAROLE POST AND HER PORTFOLIO TO TALK OF THE PROGRAMMATIC SIDE OF THE FY '22 BUDGET. >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU, CHIEF. MR. CHAIR, IN FISCAL YEAR '22 AND I BELIEVE PART OF OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION, WE DISCUSSED $16 MILLION OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING FOR THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT. WE ALSO HAVE AN ANTICIPATED $18 MILLION IN ANTICIPATED GRANTS FOR THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT IN FISCAL YEAR '22. WE ALSO HAVE AN AMOUNT THAT IS UNSPENT IN THE CURRENT YEAR THAT WILL CARRY FORWARD FOR EXPENDITURE IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. NEARLY $35 MILLION IN HOUSING BETWEEN ARPA AND THE ANTICIPATED GRANT NEXT YEAR. FOR MORE DETAIL AS THE CHIEF SAID, I WILL DEFER TO MISS P POS. >> CAROLE POST: GOOD AFTE AFTERNOON, CAROLE POST FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. CAN YOU HEAR ME. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE CAN HEAR YOU CAROLE. >> I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH EACH OF YOU AND CHAIR GUDES OF THE NEEDS THERE AND OUR DESIRE TO DRIVE A VERY AGGRESSIVE AGENDA FORWARD TO SUPPORT AND BEGIN TO FILL THOSE NEEDS AND WE HAVE THOSE ON MANY FRONTS. AM JOINED THIS AFTERNOON BY ABBYE FEELEY, OUR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT WHO CAN ADD SOME DETAIL OF SOME OF OUR PRO PROGRAMMING. I DO WANT TO ECHO WHAT DENNIS ROGERO MENTIONED, THOUGH, FROM A BUDGET PERSPECTIVE IS THAT WE HAVE -- WE NOW HAVE THE BENEFITS OF MULTIPLE FUNDING SOURCES -- THANK YOU -- OF MULTIPLE FUND SOURCES THAT WE HAVE NOT OTHERWISE HAD AT OUR DISPOSAL. THE GRANT FUNDS WERE REFERENCED THAT BRING UTO ABOUT A $19 MILLION TOTAL. AND AS WE ALL KNOW, THOSE CARRY A FAIR AMOUNT OF RESTRICTIONS. THEY DO SERVE A WIDE RANGE OF NEEDS AND WE ARE -- WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE THAT BALANCE, BUT THE DOORS HAVE BEEN OPEN TO US IN A MORE LIBERAL WAY THROUGH THE USE OF BOTH CARES FUNDS OF WHICH WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY $14 MILLION LEFT TO BE SPENT THROUGHOUT THIS FISCAL YEAR AND THEN INTO A FEW FISCAL YEARS MOVING FORWARD. AND NOW WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE ARPA FUNDS AND FURTHER GROW THAT BALANCE AND HAVE LESS RESTRICTIONS. I DO WANT TO NOTICE THAT THESE ARE NOT COMPLETELY UNRESTRICTED FUNDS. THEY DO HAVE CRITERIA. THERE ARE CERTAIN ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA. AND THERE ARE EXPENDITURE DEADLINES THAT COME. THERE ARE SOME STRINGS ATT ATTACHED FULL. AND THEY ARE FAR LESS RESTRICTIVE THAN THE FUNDS WE ARE TYPICALLY EXPOSED TO AND FOR THAT REASON, WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO OPEN A NUMBER OF DOORS TO NEW PROGRAMMING, AS WELL AS EXPAND EXISTING PRO OGRAMMING TO INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD NOT OTHERWISE QUALIFY FOR MANY OF THE FEDERAL FUNDS THAT WE ALREADY RECEIVE. SO WITH THAT, I WILL PAUSE AND ABBYE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD ANY DETAIL -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: I WANT TO SAY THIS CAROLE. I RESPECT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING AND I WENT TO THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES AND LISTENED TO THE PRESENTATION. AND NOT A LOT OF RESTRICTIONS ON THE FUND. PEOPLE WHO ARE PUTTING A VAST MAJORITY OF ARPA MONEY TO HOUSING BECAUSE NO RESTRICTIONS TO RELATE TO THA. I WANT TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT WE HAVE THESE DOLLARS AND BECAUSE OF A NONSUBSIDIZED WAY TO GET THEM OUT TO THE PEOPLE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR ON TAT. YES, THERE MAY BE SMALL, SMALL RESTRICTIONS BUT NOT MANY WHEN IT RELATES TO HOUSING. >> I AGREE 100%. ONE OF THE -- ONE OF THE CONSTRAINTS THAT DOES EXIST IS EXPENDITURE DEADLINES. BUT WE ARE MINDFUL OF THOSE, BUT WE ARE EAGER TO RAPIDLY BEGIN MOVING THESE FUNDS OUT. THE OTHER REALLY EXCITING THINGS ABOUT THE FUNDS IS THAT THEY CAN BE PUT FOR ACQUISITION AND LOT READINESS IMPROVEMENTS. AND WE KNOW THAT IS A PRIMARY WAY FOR US TO ACTIVATE ASSETS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY EXISTED AND NOT HAVE FUNDING BEFORE TO BE ABLE TO PUT THEM BACK IN THE MARKETPLACE. OFTEN THAT WOULD FALL TO A DEVELOPER OR CONTRACTOR OR BUILDER TO BRING THAT ONLINE. SO WE ARE ABLE TO, AS WE SET OUT FOR THE USE OF THE 16 MILLION, PROBABLY LARGELY HALF MUNICIPAL ASSETS IN A WAY THAT PUT THEM. SO THAT THEY CAN BECOME ACTIVE HOUSING STOCK. I DON'T KNOW YOU ALL HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. AGAIN, I HAVE ABBYE HERE WITH ME, IF YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO ELABORATE ON SOME OF THE PROGRAMMING AND PLANNING FOR THE ARPA FUNDS, WE WILL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT. OR IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, WE ARE READY, WILLING AND ABLE FOR DISC DISCUSSION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THE THING WITH ABBYE IS MAKING SURE WE HAVE A ROBUST REHAB PROGRAM THAT WE D'T -THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT RESTRICTIVE FUNDS TO DO THIS AND THAT. I THINK THAT IS KEY. WE HAVE HOUSING SNORK A LOT OF THE AREAS LIKE YOU SAID. WE NEED TO PUT OUR MONEY TO ACQUIRE THAT HOUSING STOCK TO PUT PEOPLE IN THOSE HOUSES AS FAR AS DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDINGS TO MAKE APARTMENTS OUT OF THEM FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. FOR THE MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. AND THOSE DOLLARS WILL BE UTILIZED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER DEVELOPER TO HAVE A ROBUST HOUSING PROGRAM WITHIN SOME OF THESE COMMUNITIES. I HOPE THIS IS GEARED TO DO -- NT OF REHAB AND -- AND BUILDING COMMUNITIES THAT ARE ALREADY EXISTING. ANY OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS RELATED TO HOUSING? MISS FEELEY, DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? >>ABBYE FEELEY: GOOD EVENIN, CHAIR -- CHAIRMAN GUDES, CITY COUNCIL. I DID JUST WANT TO REMIND THAT YOU WE DID COME BEFORE YOU JUST AT THE END OF JULY ON THE ACTION PLAN THAT HAD FUNDS, AND THE END OF THIS MONTH,EMEMR BRINGING BACK THOSE AGREEMENTS FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF THOSE FUNDS AS WE OUTLINED IN THAT PROGRAM. THE OTHER ITEM THAT AS CAROLE JUST MENTIONED WE ARE LOOKING AT WILL BE TO EXPAND THE OWNER-OCCUPIED REHABILITATION, THE DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND THE -- OUR -- THE THIRD ONE -- ESCAPING ME RIGHT NOW -- WITH ONE RESTRICTIVE FUNDS. AS YOU -- AS WE DISCUSSED IN PREVIOUS, WE HAVE THOSE RESTRICTIONS RIGHT NOW UP TO THE 80%. OUR GOAL IN THIS FISCAL YEAR IS TO EXPAND THAT AS YOU JUST MENTIONED TO SERVE THE 80 TO THE 140 BECAUSE THESE FUNDS ARE UNRESTRICTED IN THAT MANNER. WE WILL BE TAKING THOSE EFFORTS AND MOVING FORWARD ON THAT AS THE FUNDS ARE RECEIVED. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANYONE ELSE ON THIS TOPIC? I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUES QUESTIONS. MR. ROGER O, WHAT'S UP NEXT, STIR. >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. WILL YOU OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE OPERATING AND OPERATING BUDGET. >>ORLANDO GUDES: PUBLIC COMMENT IS OPEN FOR THE MANAGING AND OPERATING BUDGET. MADAM CLERK, WE HAVE THE SECOND FLOOR. ONE PERSON REGISTERED? OKAY, ALL RIGHT. WE WILL GO DOWNSTAIRS FIRST AND THEN GO TO THE PHONE LINES NEXT. SECOND. ANYBODY DOWN ON THE SECOND FLOOR? >> YES, SHE IS COMING. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. >>ORLANDO GUDES: GOOD EVENING. STATE YOUR NAME FOR US. >> MARISA BOUGHTEN. CAN YOU HOLD THE TIME WHILE I PUT SOME PHOTOS ON THE BOARD, PLEASE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I WILL HOLD IT FOR YOU. IF YOU LIFT YOUR MICROPHONE A LITTLE BIT SO I CAN HEAR YOU. FLORIDA YOU GO. >> I SHOULD JUST BE THREE MINUTES BUT MRS. GRANT ME IF I AM A FEW MINUTES OVER. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE WILL LET YOU PUT IT ON THE ELMO THERE. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL START THE TIMER. >> OKAY. I AM MAKING THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FC '22. FOR THE $40 MILLION WHICH THE CITY HAS RECEIVED FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR COVID RELIEF, I BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE USING ITEMS OF ITEMS THAT BENEFIT THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA WITH REGARDS TO COVID. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE ARTICLE ENTITLED "5 G TECHNOLOGY AND INDUCTION OF CORONAVIRUS AND SKIN CELLS." 5G IS BY SKIN CELLS TRANSFERRED TO OTHER CELLS AND GENERATE COVID CELLS. SU NGA IS A STONE FOR ABSORPTION OF 90% OF MICRO RADIATION EMITTED BY ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND OTHER MACHINERY SUCH AS THE CELL TOWERS IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE. THE CHEMICAL MAKE-UP OF THE STONE CONTAINS A MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF THE MAKE-UP OF THE GEOLOGY OF EARTH. IS SHUNXITE ROOM OF A FLOOR WITH SHUNGITE TILES OR MAIDS WITH PAINT WHICH IS GROUNDS-UP OF SHUNGITE POWER. IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE MILITARY ACADEMY IN ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA IN 1996. SUCH ROOMS ARE COMMOIN REHAB CENTERS AND HOSPITALS ALL OVER THE WORLD. ACCORDING TO SCIENTISTS SR. SHUNGITE ROOM HELPS RECOVERY FROM VARIOUS DISEASES BY HAVING THE IMMUNE TESTIMONY TO COMBAT DISEASE FASTER. 25 MINUTES IN A SHUNGITE IMPROVES BLOOD PRESSURE AND METABOLISM. IT HELPS BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA AND RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES. FOR THIS REASON MEDICAL TREATMENT IN A SHUNGITE ROOM HAS INCREASED EFFICIENCY. THE OVER ALL RECOVERY INCREASE BUSINESS THREE DAYS. THEY CAN TREAT PERSONS TREATED WITHOUT MUCH ADDITIONAL COSTS. THEREFORE, IN SUMMARY, I ASK YOU ARE WE GOING TO SPEND A DONATION BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITH ITS PURPOSE BEING TO HELP AMERICANS RECOVER FROM COVID FOR SOMETHING OTHER THAN RECOVERY FROM COVID? SHUNGITE PAINT IS SHUNGITE POWDER MIXED WITH PAINT. IT COSTS $44 FOR A TWO-POUND BAG. >> CAN I FINISH THE LAST -- THE MIXTURE TO CREATE SHUNGITE PAINT IS ONE TABLESPOON POWDER TO ONE GALLON OF PAINT. DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF PAINT THE CITY OF TAMPA DECIDES TO USE AND THE AMOUNT OF ROOMS THE CITY PARENTS, THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR THE COST OF THIS PROJECT WOULD BE MAINLY THE AMOUNT IT WOULD TAKE TO PAY THE PAINTERS. THAT IS IF YOU PAINT EXISTING ROA NEW FACILITY. SOME OPTIONS FOR THIS ARE DESIGNATING ONE ROOM OUT OF THE PARKS AND REC COMMUNITY CENTERS OR ISSUING THE FUNDS TO OUR LOCAL HOSPITALS OR MEDICAL TREATMENT CENTERS FOR SUCH DESIGNATED. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT IS YOUR TEN SECONDS. I GAVE YOU TEN SECONDS OVER. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYBODY ELSE ON THE SECOND FLOOR? ANYBODY ELSE ON THE SECOND FLOOR? >> NO, THAT'S ALL. GO TO THE PHONE LINES. >>CLERK: ANGELO DeANGELO. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> ANGELO DeANGELO, BORN AND RAISED IN TAMPA, FLORIDA. I WANT TO ECHO COUNCILMAN GUDES' SENTIMENT ABOUT HOUSING. A CRISIS WE CAN AVOID. ALL OF THIS IS AVOIDABLE AND THAT IS BESIDE THE POINT. WE NEEDS TO PRIORITIZE NOT JUST FOR HOMEOWNERS BUT RENTERS. A RENTERS BAILOUT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE GET CAUGHT UP TO AVOID THIS HOUSELESS CRISIS. LOOK AT UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AS AN OPTION REGARDLESS OF YOUR INCOME STATUS OR HEAD START DOESN'T COVER ENOUGH -- YOU HAVE TO BE FIVE YEARS OLD AND 100% OF THE POVERTY LINE OR BELOW AND NOT SUFFICIENT ENOUGH FOR PEOPLE IN TAMPA. LOOKING AT A JOBS PROGRAM THAT LOOKS AT PEOPLE WITH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY, BLACK, BROWN, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, GETTING THEM EMPLOYED, GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT. WE NEED TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. TAMPA IT NEEDS TO GO DIRECTLY TO US INSTEAD OF GIVING ANY MORE MONEY. WE HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING IN P PD AND HAS NOT GOTTEN BETTER OR SAFER. AND THINGS HAVE GOTTEN WORSE AND COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS HAVE NOT GOTTEN BETTER. I ECHO FOR DEFUND THE POLICE AND DEFUND THE COMMUNITY IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD SO WE CAN HAVE AN EQUITABLE SOCIETY THAT WORKS FOR EVERYBODY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT CALLER. >>CLERK: NEXT SPEAKER LOUISE THOMPSON. IF YOU CAN HEAR ME. PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> CAN YOU MARRY ME BACK >> CAN YOU HEAR ME BACK? LOUISE THOMPSON OF TAMPA BAY COMMUNITY NETWORK AND A TAMPA BAY RESIDENT FOR 40 YEARS. I WANT TO THANK YOU, FIRST OF ALL. I INKT WAS TREMENDOUS THAT YOU GOT US BACK IN THE BUDGET, SPEAK UP TAMPA BAY AND TAMPA BAY COMMUNITY NETWORK THAT YOU GOT US BACK IN THE BUDGET AFTER A THREE-YEAR HIATUS AFTER THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTERING DEFUNDED US. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. I AM THAWING YOU BUT AT THE SAME TIME I AM ASKING FOR MORE. WE WERE FUNDED AGAIN BUT AT A VERY LOW RATE. WE HAD BEEN FUNDED FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA FOR $540,000. THAT GOT DWINDLED DOWN TO THE FACT THAT WE WERE AT $207,000 PRIOR TO BEING DEFUNDED. AND WE REALLY NEED THE MONEY, BECAUSE WE HAVE EQUIPMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. AND -- AND NEW EQUIPMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE PURCHASED IN SOFTWARE. WE HAVE A GREAT MISSION WHERE WE ARE TRAINING INDIVIDUALS. WE ARE DOING WORK FORCE TRAINING AND NONPROFITS IN VIDEO PRODUCTION WHICH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IS THE PLACE TO BE THESE DAYS, BECAUSE EVERYTHING HAS TO BE ON VIDEO TODAY. SO WE ARE HELPING PEOPLE GET THEIR MESSAGES OUT ON CABLE, THE INTERNET, AND ALSO HELPING THEM GET EMPLOYED. WE GET A LOT OF INEXPERIENCED HANDS USING OUR EQUIPMENT, WHICH IS COSTLY TO MAINTAIN, REPAIR AND REPLACE. RIGHT NOW THAT IS WHERE WE ARE. NEEDING TO REPLACE THEM. SO I ASK TO YOU AT LEAST IF YOU CAN PUT US IN THE BUDGET FOR $300,000, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. IF YOU CAN'T, IF YOU CAN TAKE US BACK TO OUR PRIOR TO THE DEFUNDING LEVEL, $207,360, THAT WOULD BE ENORMOUSLY APPRECIATED. BUT, AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO. I DO APPRECIATE IT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. >>CLERK: SPEAKER IS ANTONIA McHUTCHIN. IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. >> YES. HELLO. CAN YOU HEAR ME? >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, MA'AM. >> WONDERFUL ALL RIGHT. GO EVENG. HOPE YOU ALL ARE DOING WELL. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. ANTONIA McCUTCHEN AND THE PROGRAM MANAGER OF TAMPA BAY NETWORK. THE REASON I'M CALLING IS TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022. I WANT TO KNOW HOW GRATEFUL WE ALL ARE WE ARE ONCE AGAIN IN THE CITY BUDGET OF $108,000. VERY GRATEFUL. THIS AMOUNT WAS ROLLED OVER LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE VOTED BACK TO THE BUDGET WITH THE HELP OF THE CITY COUNCIL. ON BEHALF OF EVEBODY HERE, WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. HOWEVER, AS GRATEFUL AS WE ARE, UNFORTUNATELY IT IS STILL NOT ENOUGH. I WISH IT WERE. WE HAD MANY LOSSES THROUGHOUT THE THREE YEARS AFTER MAYOR BUCKHORN CHOSE TO CUT US OUT OF BUDGET. WE SUFFERED LOSS AFTER LOSS INCLUDING NOT BEING ABLE TO PURCHASE NEW EQUIPMENT OR FIX THE BROKEN EQUIPMENT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. WE HAD TO LAY OFF STAFF AND HAD TO CUT OUT MANY OF OUR WONDERFUL PROGRAMS. WE HAVE BEEN OPERATING ON A LOSS BY LOSS BASIS AND ALTHOUGH THE CURRENT CITY FUNDING HAS HELPED US A LITTLE BIT, IT HAS BEEN UNABLE TO COMPLELY GET US OUT OF THE BARE BONES PREDICAMENT AND WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE THE INCREASE IN FUNDING IS TRULY A NECESSITY AS OUR EQUIPMENT IS IN DIRE NEED OF REPLACEMENT AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO BRING BACK SOME OF THE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS THAT WE LOST. WE ASK YOU, CITY COUNCIL, PLEASE CONSIDER GETTING US BACK TO AT LEAST WHAT WE WERE RECEIVING BEFORE MAYOR BUCKHORN CUT US OUT OF THE BUDGET IN 2018, AND THAT WAS THE AMOUNT OF $207,000. THE CITY OF TAMPA RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES NEED US. IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER, ESPECIALLY IN THE AGE OF THE INTERNET. AND WE ARE NOT JUST A TV STATION. BUT WE ARE EVERYTHING VIDEO. IN STUDIO AND ONLINE. WE ARE A VERY BIG PART OF THE WORKFORCE AND IN THE NONPROFIT SECTOR. VIDEO IS AN EVER-GROWING FIELD AND CONTINUES TO GROW EXPONENTIALLY, ESPECIALLY HERE IN TAMPA. AND INTOWHERE ELSE THE COMMUNITY CAN GO TO GET THEIR NEEDS MET. WE ARE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MA'AM. >>CLERK: NEXT SPEAKER IS ZUMA RAMOS. IF YOU HEAR ME. UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> I AM ZULIMA RAMOS IS THE TAMPA HOUSING COMMITTEE AND A GROUP OF 50 RESIDENTS COMMITTED TO GET A ROOF OVER EVERYBODY'S HEAD. WHEN DECIDING ON THE BUDGET, THE 134th AMENDMENT OF THE UNITED STATES CON STUTION ABOLISHED SLAVERY AND INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE EXCEPT FOR CRIME. AND RAZOR WIRE AND TRAINED PEOPLE TO ENFORCE IT. I CO-RUN A HOTLINE AND THESE ARE ONE OF THE MESSAGES I RECEIVED. I NEED HELP. I AM ABOUT TO LOSE MY HOME TODAY AND I HAVE THREE KIDS. I AM A YOU SINGLE PARENT WHEN MY HUSBAND DIED OF COVID. I USED TO WORK BEFORE THIS COVID VIERA CAME AROUND. PLEASE, PLEASE, I NEED TO PROVIDE THE LANDLORD WITH SOMETHING ANYTHING. I CAN'T LOSE MY HOME. I JUSLOST MY HUSBAND AND I NEED MONEY, PLEASE. FOR HOUSING, GARDENS, FOOD DESERT, HEALTH CARE, SOLAR POWER, PUBLIC TRANSIT, CHILD CARE, EDUCATION, PARKS AND REC, GREEN ENERGY, CLIMATE CRISIS, WEATHER PREPAREDNESS, PANDEMIC RELIEF AND OTHER EXISTING COMMUNITY-LED PROGRAMS THAT STOP CRIMINALIZED BEHAVIOR. WE DO NOT NEED MORE MONEY FOR A SLAVERY DEPARTMENT LIKE TPD WHO THUGH FUNDS. CITY RESIDENTS USE CHEMICAL AGENTS AGAINST CHILDREN. WHO DISPLACE HUNGRY AND HOUSELESS PEOPLE AND MURDERED DISABLED ELDERS LIKE ARTHUR GREEN JR. THE SOLUTIONS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED AND STUDIED FOR YOU AND THEY COST LESS MONEY AND LIVES. ASK THE INSTITUTE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN ARTS WHICH PROVIDES TRAINING AND RESOURCES FOR SHIFTING POLICY AND PRACTICE AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE AN GATHERS EXPERTS THAT SHARE STRATEGIES AND SUCCESSES AROUND ILLUMINATING LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM CRISIS CARE. AND MENL HEALTH FIRST OAKLND A MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE THAT PROVIDES ASSISTANCE AND PUT CALLERS' NEEDS FIRST AND BASED ON A CULTURE OF SOLIDARITY, C COMPASSION AND COMMUNITY AID THAT ALREADY EXISTS AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR THAT HAVE POLICE BRUTALITY AND HARA HARASSMENT. WE THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD TO COMPLETELY END POVERTY AND JUSTICE. AND DEFUND THE POLICE AND REFUND THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. >>CLERK: NEXT SPEAKER LUNDY HARRISON. IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, UNMUTE YOURSELF. >> GOOD EVENING. CAN YOU HEAR ME? >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE CAN HEAR YOU SIR. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. HARRISON LUNDY. I AM TAMPA BAY RESIDENT. AND THE MAIN MESSAGE THAT I JUST WANT TO GET ACROSS PERSONALLY AS IT RELATES TO THIS BUDGET IS THE ISSUE OF HOUSING. AND I THINK THAT IT IS VERY GOOD THAT THIS IS BEING ECHOED AND I HOPE IT CONTINUES ON AFTER TONIGHT. I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT A VERY RECENT RORT.BY THE "TAMPA BAY TIMES" THAT IT TAKES UP TO THREE MINIMUM WAGE JOBS TO MAKE RENT AND THE AVERAGE WOR WORKING-CLASS WORKER PAYS 30% OF THEIR INCOME ON RENT AND DEFINITELY A BUDGET ISSUE. IN THE SAME METRO AREA WHERE ROADS AND SIDEWALKS ARE IN NEED OF CONSTRUCTION AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS THAT ARE CLIMBING AS A REFLECTION OF THE CITY. SO WE DO NEED A RESILIENT TAMPA AS MAYOR CASTER SAYS BUT ALSO A RESILIENT TAMPA THAT CONSIDERS OUR COMMUNITY VOICE AS WELL. MANY GRASS-ROOTS ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS AREA -- I CAN NAME A FEW PSL TAMPA BAY, DREAM DEFENDERS AND SO ON HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR A REVAMP ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING, A RE-EXAMINATION OF POLICE BUDG BUDGET, ESPECIALLY BETWEEN -- WITH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND A CALL TO ACTION ON HOW WE CAN SET THE STANDARD FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY. OUR FISCAL EXAMINATIONS NEED EVERYBODY, ESPECIALLY OUR WORKING-CLASS COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY OUR COMMUNITIESF COLOR, AND ESPECIALLY AT-RISK COMMUNITIES NAVIGATING THE PANDEMIC THAT WE ARE ABLE TO INCLUDE FOLKS IN THE WAY WE GOVERNOR OUR BUDGET. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. >>CLERK: NEXT SPEAKER JASON CAMPBELL. IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS COVID-19 RELIEF FUNDS. AND I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO REVIEW THE BUDGET TO SEE WHERE FUNDS ARE GOING, BUT MY PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE ABOUT TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL. IF THERE ANY FUNDS GOING TO TGH OR TGH DOCTORS TO CONSULT ON ANYTHING FOR THE CITY. THERE IS A DIRE SITUATION GOING ON RIGHT NOW AT TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL THAT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS AWARE OF AND I HAVE FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE OF IT. THEY ARE INTUBATING EVERYONE THAT GOES INTO TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW AS A FIRST LINE OF ACTION. THEY ARE USING HIGH FATALITY TREATMENT PROTOCOLS, AND I THINK THAT THE CITY COUNCIL REALLY NEEDS TO DO AN INVESTIGATION. IT MIGHT BE OUTSIDE THE PURSUE OF THIS HEARING BUT I THINK YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THAT TAMPA CITY RESIDENTS ARE IN DANGER WHEN THEY GO TO TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL. AND I THINK THAT ANY OF THE CITY'S INVOLVEMENT PRESIDENT HOSPITAL NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED. AND ESPECIALLY FROM A BUDGET STANDPOINT, ANY SORT OF FUNDS AND ARE GOING OVER TO THEM. AND IT -- IT IS A DIRE SITUATION. THEY ARE INTUBATING PEOPLE ILLEGALLY. I AM GOING TO SEND -- FOLLOW UP WITH THIS AND SEND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SOME INFORMATION WHAT IS GOING ON OVER THERE. BUT ESSENTIALLY, WHEN YOU CALL 911, AND YOU G TO AT HOSPITAL, YOU ARE GOING INTO A BAD SITUATION. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET TREATMENT. YOU ARE GOING INTO A VERY BAD SITUATION. AND I WANT TO MAKE EVERYONE AWARE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I AM FINDING THIS OUT FROM THE WEEKEND AND THURSDAY AND FR FRIDAY, THINGS TAT I FOUND OUT, EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. PLEASE REMEMBER THIS AND LOOK AT TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL AND THE TREATMENT OF THEIR RESIDENTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>JOHN DINGFELR: OINTF ORDER AND WE RESPECT THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. I WILL REBUT THAT LAST COMMENT. I THIN IT IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS COMMENT TO BE SP SPREADING TO THE COMMUNITY THEY SHOULDN'T GO TO TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL. TO THE CONTRARY, TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL IS IF NOT THE MOST, FINEST HOSPITAL IN THIS COMMUNITY, IT IS ONE OF THE TOP ONE OR TWO HOSPITALS IN THIS COMMUNITY. I USED TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL YEARS AGO. AND THERE IS NO FINER PLACE. THE DOCTORS AND STAFF ARE DEDICATED TO SAVING LIVES. AND IF I WERE SICK WITH COVID OR ANYTHING ELSE SIGNIFICANT AND I NEEDED IT TO GO TO HOSPITAL, I WOULD GO TO TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL. NOT AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR TGH, BUT A VERY DANGEROUS COMMENT FROM THAT INDIVIDUAL AND PEOPLE LISTEN TO RIDICULOUS COMMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, FOR SOME REASON, THEY DON'T DO THEIR OWN RESEARCH. SO ANYWAY, I FEEL VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT, MR. CHAIRMAN. I RARELY CHIME IN AND RESPOND TO PEOPLE'S COMMENTS AND THAT ONE I THINK WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO THE GENTLEMAN. HE CAN HAVE HIS OWN OPINIONS AND THAT IS FINE, THIS IS MY PIN AS WELL. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO ECHO MR. DINGFELDER'S REMARKS. FROM HEART, DIABETES, KIDNEY TO ONE OF THE TOP IN THE WHOLE AREA. TOP TEN IN FLORIDA FOR SURE IN OFOLUM THAT THEY DO.THE AMOUNT THE DOCTORS AND NURSES. WHEN I AM SICK AND I AM NOT HERE ADVERTISING FOR TAMPA GENERAL OR ANY OTHER HOSPITALS. WE HAVE GREAT HOSPITALS HERE, BUT TAMPA GENERAL IS WHERE I GO. WHEN I HAD COVID, HERE IS WHERE I WENT. I DIDN'T STAY OVERNIGHT. I WAS TREATED THERE AND RELEASED. NOT ONE, BUT TWICE. I CAN ONLY SAY THAT I WAS TREATED WITH THE UPMOST RES RESPECT, NOT ANY DIFFERENT THAN ANYONE ELSE THAT I NOTICE. I WENT THROUGH THE EMERGENCY ROOM LIKE ANYONE ELSE DOES. FOR EVERYONE -- NOT BECAUSE I WAS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL I WAS TREATED LIKE ANY OTHER PATIENT. AND I CAN TELL YOU ONE OF THE FINEST HOSPITALS I HAVE BEEN IN. NOTHING WRONG WITH ST. JOSEPH OR ADVANT OR ANYTHING ELSE. MY CHOICE. EVERYONE ELSE HAS THEIR OWN PERSONAL CHOICE. IS ALL I CAN SAY. THANK YOU, MR. DINGFELDER. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO. YOUR HAND IS UP. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JUST A QUICK FACT OF TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL. I BELIEVE IT IS RANKED NUMBER FOUR IN THE COUNTRY FOR TRANSPLANTS. IT IS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED BEYONDS THIS COMMUNITY. I WANTED TO THROW THAT. IN. THANKS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I CAN SAY I HAD EXPERIENCE AT TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL AS A POLICE OFFICER, GETTING PEOPLE THERE. WHO HAVE BEEN SHOT, BRUTALLY BEATEN. ALL KIND OF SITUATIONS AND ME HAVING COVID, I WAS A PATIENT THERE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CALLER'S INTENT AND WHAT KNOWLEDGE HE HAS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THOSE FOLKS OVER THERE, ■THEY%-W COVID IS A TOUGH TIME, BUT MOST PEOPLE THAT GO TO THE HOSPITAL WITH COVID, THEY ARE PRETTY SICK. I AM TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW. YOU GO TO THE HOSPITAL WITH COVID, YOU ARE PRETTY SICK. AND I GUESS THEY ARE TRYING TO DO WHATEVER THEIR PROCEDURES ARE. I CAN TELL YOU WHEN I WENT THERE, I WAS SICK. THEY DID WHAT THEY HAD TO DO AND I CAME OUT. I KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO WENT THERE WHEN I WENT THERE DIDN'T COME OUT. AND I LOST SEVERAL FRIENDS OVER THE LAST WEEK THAT DIDN'T GET VACCINATED, AND DIDN'T MAKE IT. AND WENT TO THE HOSPITAL. SO WE RESPECT THE CALLER'S COMMENTS, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL IS ONE OF THE FINEST HOSPITALS IN THE COU COUNTRY. WE NEED TO MOVE ON. ANY MORE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, MRS. DEPUTY CLERK. >>CLERK: ONE OTHER PERSON DANA ROSARIO BUT SHE DID NOT LOG ON. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND ROUNDS OF QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM FINE. WE DID WELL WITH THE PRESENTATION AND ANSWERED QUESTIONS. ALL COUNCILMEMBERS DID AN EXCELLENT JOB AND I SECONDED IT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, ANY FURTHER COMMENTS SIR? .>JOHN DIN >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ON THE BUDGET OR NEW BUSINESS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ON THEBU BUDGET. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CITRO. >>JOSEPH CITRO: I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MR. MIRANDA FOR COMMENT ON OUR EMPLOYEES. IF NOT FOR THE EMPLOYEES, OUR CITY WOULD NOT OPERATE PRO PROPERLY. THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY ON OUR STAFF AND THANK YOU TO OUR TAMPA FAMILY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: NO THANK YOU, SIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MNISCALCO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WITH VILLA BROTHERS PARK. I HEARD WE ARE LEANING ON, WORKING ON, IN THAT DIRECTION AND WORKING TO. AND REALLY NO GUARANTEE. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE BETWEEN NOW AND THE SECOND READING OF THIS BUDGET IS A GUARANTEE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION AS TO WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO, WHAT THE TIMELINE WILL BE FOR VILLA BROTHERS PARK. WHETHER THEY BONDED OUT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS GET DONE, THIS HAS BEEN 16 YEARS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ASKING FOR IT. THE FAMILY HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR IT. THIS NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE 16 YEARS HAVE GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY. AND A LOT OF OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY RECEIVED EVEN MORE IN REGARDS TO PARKS. I REMEMBER WHEN WE SUPPORTED JULIAN B. LANE PARK AT $36 MILLION. THE MAYOR WANTED IT OPEN BY MOTHER'S DAY. BY MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND AND IT WAS OPEN BY MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND. SO WHEN SOMEONE WANTS TO GET SOMETHING DONE AND GETS DONE, I WOULD HOPE THAT THE ADMINISTRATION FEELS THE SAME WAY AND THIS THEY COME BACK AT THE SECOND READING WITH WHAT THE PLAN IS. I CAN'T HAVE -- WORKING ON IT AND NEXT YEAR WE HAVE THE DISCUSSION. I NEED IT FINISHED. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANI MANISCALCO, ARE YOU MAKING A MOTION? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT WILL BE A MOTION THAT THE ADMINISTRATION COME BACK -- THAT WOULD BE CHIEF OF STAFF JOHN BENNETT AND OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER UPON SECOND READING WHICH I BELIEVE IS, AN LET US KNOW HOW WE WILL BE FUNDING THIS PARK. AGAIN, I WANT TO SEE IT COMPLETED. I WANT A PLAN IN PLACE, WHETHER IT IS PART OF A BONDING PROCESS, WHETHER THEY FIND THE MONEY FROM CERTAIN AREAS OF THE BUDGET. AGAIN, WE CAN SPLIT IT UP IN TWO PARTS, TWO PAYMENTS. BUT WE FINISH THAT MASTER PLAN THAT THE CITY PREPARED AND FINISHED SEVERAL YEARS AGO. SO WE KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO. EVERYTHING HAS BEEN DONE. IT IS ABOUT BREAKING GROUND AND BUILDING AND MOVING FORWARD. SO THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WILL SUPPORT THE MOTION BUT I GUARANTEE YOU WHERE I GOT IT FROM, IT WILL GET DONE, BUT I SUPPORT THE MOTION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. VIERA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>LUIS VIERA: LET ME ADD TO THAT AND MAYBE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, I DON'T KNOW. BUT MAYBE COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO WANT TO DO A SEPARATE MOTION WHERE WE GO AHEAD AND CALENDAR, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS ADMINISTRATION WILL GET THIS DONE. I FUNDAMENTALLY BELIEVE THAT AND I BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE SAYING IT IS GOING TO GET DONE AND I BELIEVE IT BECAUSE OF THE VALUES THAT VIL LA PARK REPRESENTS. A PARK THAT IS A PATRIOTIC PARK THAT SUPPORTS THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT SUPPORT IN MILITARY. THIS CITY DOESN'T HAVE A PARK LIKE THAT, LIKE -- ANOTHER PARK LIKE THAT. WE DON'T HAVE A PARK LIKE THE COUNTY VETERANS PARK. AND THIS IS SOMEWHERE THAT WE CAN REALLY, REALLY START -- I ALWAYS TRY TO GO TO MANY VETERAN EVENTS THAT I CAN, AND ALWAYS JOKE WITH PEOPLE THAT A LOT OF TIMES HISTORICALLY THE CITY HAS ALLOWED THE COUNTY TO TAKE THE LEAD ON SOME OF THESE EVENTS AND I JOKE THAT WE CAN'T ALWAYS LET OUR FRIENDS IN THE COUNTY TO TAKE THE LEAD ON T AN THIS PARK IS A VALUES-BASED PARK THAT THE ADMINISTRATION STRONGLY SUPPORTS; HOWEVER, I WILL ASK COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO IF HE WISHES TO CONCUR WITH HIS MOTION AND MAYBE SCHEDULE FOR NOW -- WE ARE IN, WHAT, SEPTEMBER. MAYBE MAY OF NEXT YEAR TO HAVE A REPORT NEXT MONTH TO HAVE A REPORT ON THE STATUS OF VILLA PARK. SEVEN MONTHS, WHERE ARE WE AT? TRUST BUT VERIFY. I DON'T THINK THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT AND WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ON FINDING THE MONEY. WHERE IS IT GOING TO COME FROM. THE RESERVES. WHEREVER IT MAY BE. JUST A THOUGHT IN THAT REGARD. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I SAW MR. CARLSON'S HAND. >>BILL CARLSON: I LIKE COUNCILMAN VIERA'S IDEA. A GOOD IDEA IF MANISCALCO ACCEPTED TO ADD A REPORT AT SOME POINT. I SAID THAT BEFORE IN A WAY. IT BREAKS MY HEART EVERY TIME MATHA VILLA AND HER FAMILY HAVE TO BEG US FOR THE MONEY THAT THE CITY PROMISED THEM FOR LAST ADMINISTRATION. IT IS REALLY SAD. AS YOU ALL TALKED ABOUT THIS, THIS PARK IS NOT JUST A NEIGHBORING PARK BUT REPRESENTS WAR HEROES AND VETERANS AND WIDOWS AND FAMILY MEMBERS AND WE CAN'T TREAT THEM LIKE THAT. W HAVE TO FIX THEM WRONG. I THINK WE HAVE TO INSIST ON PUTTING THIS IN THE BUDGET. THAT $8800,000 HAS TO -- THAT $800,000 HAS TO BE IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET OR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. WE NEED TO GET THIS DONE. WE HAD A PRESENTATION BY THE -- BY THE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE LAST WEEK. THEY SAID THERE MIGHT BE $40 MILLION IN SLUSH FUNDS. I WAS HEARING THIS WEEK, $15 MILLION OR $ MILLION. THERE IS MONEY AND WE NEED TO EXPLICITLY DO IT. THE REASON TO BE EXPLICIT SO THE VILLA FAMILY DOESN'T HAVE TO BEG FOR THIS ANYMORE AND NOT THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY JUST WANT. SOMETHING THEY WERE PROMISED AND WE NEED -- EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T MAKE THE PROMISE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE CITY LIVES UP TO THE PROMISE. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO MADE A MOTION. MR. VIERA ASKED FOR A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. IS YOUR PLEASURE. YOU HAVE A SECOND. MR. DINGFELDER. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: FOR THE ADMINISTRATION, MEANING CHIEF OF STAFF JOHN BENNETT ON THE CALL TODAY AND OUR CFO TO TELL ME HOW THEY FUND IT. I NEED A GUARANTEE. I WANT TO KNOW. WE CAN MAKE PROMISES ALL DAY BUT I WANT TO SEE IT DONE AND A SEPARATE MOTION THAT WE GET A REPORT APRIL 7, 2022 ON THE STATUS OF CONSTRUCTION WORK, UPDATES, ANYTHING THAT IS GOING ON IN THE REPORT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I AM TWO MOTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT WLL BE SEPARATE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: LET'S GET THROUGH THE FIRST ONE, SIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION IS AT THE SECOND READING OR SECOND BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING THAT OUR CFO AND THE CHIEF OF STAFF COME BACK WITH HOW VILLA BROTHERS WILL BE FUNDED FOR THAT $1.6 BILLION, HOW WE WILL COMPLETE IT. I WILL LOOK FOR A GUARANTEE AND A COMMITMENT NOT -- WE ARE H HEADED IN THAT DIRECTION. I NEED MORE OF THAT TO PUT THIS TO BED AND MOVE FORWARD. THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MADAM CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ALL OF THAT. MOTION BY MR. MANISCALCO. SECOND BY MR. DINGFELDER. ALL IN FAVOR. >>MARTIN SHELBY: WNEED A ROLL CALL. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. SHELBY SAYS WE NEED A ROLL CALL. >>MARTIN SHELBY: PLEASE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: ABSOLUTELY. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE SECOND MOTION IS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION COME BACK AFTER, OF COURSE, STAFF REPORTS ANTICIPATE 7, 2022. A REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND GIVE US AN UPDATE OF THE STATUS OF PARK IMPROVEMENTS AND HOW THINGS ARE COMING ALONGN VILLA BROTHERS PARK. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: A MOTION BY MR. MANISCALCO AND SECOND BY MR. DINGFELDER. ROLL CALL, MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IN KEEPING CONSISTENT WITH THIS HEARING, WHY DON'T WE DO THAT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MADAM DEPUTY CLERK, ROLL CALL -- >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I -- SORRY TO ADD A WRINKLE -- DO YOU WANT TO SET UP ANOTHER ONE SIX MONTHS -- A YEAR AFTER THAT SO WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION LATER. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MY SUGG SUGGESTION, COUNCIL, JUST SO YOU KNOW THE CALENDAR DOESN'T GO THAT FAR OUT. CERTAINLY YOU CAN BRING IT B BACK. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOES TO OCTOBER -- I AM LOOKING AT THE WRONG YEAR. OCTOBER. WE WILL MAKE THAT MOTION LATER ON. PLENTY OF TIME. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MADAM CLERK, THE CURRENT MOTION. MOTION BY MANISCALCO AND SECONDED BY DINGFELDER. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. .>GUIDO MA >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED, MR. CHAIR. >>LUIS VRA: FOR THE -- COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO IS SICK. GOD BLESS HIM FOR DOING THAT WHILE HE IS SICK. BUT TO TRY TO FIND WAYS IN THE BUDGET TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. TOP OF THE HEAD RESERVES AND -- JUST AN IDEA IN THAT REGARD. THANK YOU, SIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK I LEFT OFF AT MR. DINGFELDER. MR. CITRO HAD NOTHING. >>JOSEPH CITRO: I HAVE ALREADY SPOKE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON. MR. MANISCALCO MADE HIS MOTION. MR. VIERA, YOU HAVE THE LAS ONE. I HAVE NOTHING. WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR OPERATING CAPITAL BUDGETS. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO CLOSE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE DON'T NEED A MOTION FOR THAT. MR. SHELBY? MR. VIERA, WHAT IS NEXT -- >>DENNIS ROGERO: WILL THE FINANCE CHAIR MAKE A NOTION ADOPT THE TENTATIVE MILLAGE RATE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES, SIR. THANK YOU. I MOVE TO TENTATIVELY ADOPT THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE OF 6.2076 MILLS.456 OF THE ROLL JOCK 4.93 FOR PROPERTY TAX THAT IS USED TO SUPPORT THE GENERAL FUND OPERATING BUDGET OF THE CITY OF TAMPA. >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA MADE A MOTION. MR. CITRO HAS SECONDED IT. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. ROGERO, WHAT IS THE NEXT ITEM. >>DENNIS ROGERO: MAY THE FINANCE CHAIR READ FIRST ORDINANCE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THE FISCAL YEAR OCTOBER 1, 2021 ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 AS PRESENTED BY THE MAYOR PROVIDING FOR THE LEVY AS PROVIDED BY LAW OF AT TAX ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTIES OF THE CITY OF TAMPA AND FIXING A MILLAGE RATE WITHIN SAID CITY, MAKING APPROPRIATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECISIONS OF SAID BUDGET AUTHORIZING THE MYOR AND CITY CLERK AND PROPER AUTHORITIES OF THE CITY OF TAMPA TO CERTIFY THE PROPERTY AMEER OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE MILLAGE TO BE LEVIED FOR ALL PURPOSE FOR THE FISCAL 2022 FOR THE CITY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND. GUDES MOTION BY MR. MIRANDA AND SECONDED BY DINGFELDER. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. ROGERO, WHAT IS THE NEXT ITEM. >>DENNIS ROGERO: PLEASE MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> SOLVED. >>LUIS VIERA: I APPRECIATE PEOPLE'S INDULGENCE. I WANT TO MAKE A REQUEST AND I KNOW EVERYONE WILL SUPPORT THIS 110% AND BE HAPPY ABOUT IT -- NOT HAPPY ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES. OUR GOOD FRIEND JOE GRECO IS LEAVING -- HE IS NOT LEAVING TAMPA FIRE BUT LEAVING THE PRESIDENCY OF FIRE FIGHTER 754. HE WANTS TO COME IF THE CHAIR PRMITS FIVE MINUTES ON SEPTEMBER 23 TO SPEAK BEFORE CITY COUNCIL JUST IN HIS THOUGHTS OF BEING THE OUTGOING UNION PRESIDENT. WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING YOU WOD ALLOW, SIR? >>JOSEPH CITRO: THAT TRO TROUBLEMAKER? >>LUIS VIERA: I KNOW. >>JOSEPH CITRO: I WILL SECOND THAT, IF THAT IS A MOTION. [ LAUGHTER ] >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. SHELBY, CAN WE MAKE THAT MOTION AT THE BUDGET HEARING. >>LUIS VIERA: MAYBE NOT MAKE A MOTION BUT BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. SHELBY? >>MARTIN SHELBY: WE DO HAVE A INFORMATION REPORTS AND NEW BUSINESS BY COUNCILMEMBERS. MADAM CLERK, WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING YOU WOULD CONSIDER FOR THE BUDGET HEARING? >>CLERK: YES, YOU CAN MAKE THAT MOTION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. VIERA HAS MADE A MOTION. MR. MANISCALCO HAS SECONDED IT. AND MADAM CLERK, DID YOU GET THAT? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. I BELIEVE MR. DINGFELDER HELD UP HIS HAND. DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: IF YOU WERE DOING NEW BUSINESS ON THIS DIRECTIVE BY THE ILLUSTRIOUS CYNTHIA STARK TO MAKE A MOTION. AND SO ON OCTOBER 21, THE INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY A FANTASTIC LADY SHERRY SILK, THE LONG-TIME PRESIDENT OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF TAMPA BAY. AND SHE LIKES TO GIVE US PERIODICALLY AN UPDATE ON THE HUMANE SOCIETY AND THE GOOD WORK THEY DO FOR THE LITTLE ANIMALS. SO THEY ARE ASKING FOR FIVE MINUTES FOLLOWING HER INVOCATION OR WHENEVER MR. CHAIR WOULD ACCOMMODATE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING ON OCTOBER 21. >> SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. SHELBY, YOU EECOGNIZED. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF IT IS FIVE MINUTES, COUNCILMAN, I WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION OCTOBER 21 YOU HAVE ONE, TWO, THREE COMMENDATIONS AND A PRESENTATION OF FDOT ON YOUR REGULAR SESSION ON OCTOBER 21. >>ORLANDO GUDES: POLICE AND FIRE -- >>MARTIN SHELBY: PRESENTATION. NO, THE COMMENDATION OF THE HOUSE OF HOPE PROVIDING SUP SUPPORT. AND WE HAVE HANDS OF HOPE SICKLE CELL AWARENESS FOUNDATION AND COMMENDATION FOR THE USA SOFTBALL SILVER MEDALISTS IN HONOR OF THE COACHING TEAM, KENNER RICKSON AND THEN THE FDOT PRESENTATION OF THE UPDATE FOR CITY COUNCIL OF PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WELL, TWO THINGS. NUMBER ONE, SHE IS COMING FOR THE INVOCATION. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE CONVENIENT. AND NUMBER TWO, I SO RARELY REQUEST ANY OF COUNCIL'S TIME DURING ANY OF THESE TYPES OF CEREMONIAL STUFF, AND THING IS REALLY IMPORTANT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER MADE A MOTION. SECOND BY MR. CARLSON. ALL IN FAVOR. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. MR. ROGERO, ANY OTHER ITEMS BEFORE I CLOSE THE HEARING? >>DENNIS ROGERO: NO THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION TO CLOSE THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOTION TO MOVE THE CLOSING. >>LUIS VIERA: SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: A SECOND BY MR. VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR. MR. SHELBY, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>MARTIN SHELBY: JUST BEFORE YOU ADJOURN, MR. -- CHAIRMAN, JUST A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE. >> SO MOVED. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT WAS MR. MIRANDA. MR. VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA. SECOND BY MR. CITRO. ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION CARRIES. WE STAND ADJOURNED. RECOLLECTION WAS IT BECAME A PINCH POINT AT EACH -- THIS IS