CITY OF TAMPA. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: TO TODAY'S TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. FOR INVOCATION, WE'LL JUST HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE. IF WE COULD PLEASE STAND AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [MOMENT OF SILENCE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] ALL RIGHT. WE'LL HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. >>BILL CARLSON: HERE. >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT. >>LUIS VIERA: HERE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE. >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. SHELBY, DID YOU WANT TO GO OVER SOME RULES AND PROCEDURES? >>MARTIN SHELBY: SURE, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. MARTIN SHELBY, TAMPA CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY. I'D LIKE TO VERY BRIEFLY REVIEW FOR YOU THE RULES OF DECORUM FOR THE CONDUCT OF TODAY'S MEETING. NOW, YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD TODAY. IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT'S SET ON YOUR AGENDA FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, THE TIME TO SPEAK TO THAT IS WHEN THAT PUBLIC COMMENT IS OPEN DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THE TIME THE ITEM IS CALLED UP TO BE HEARD. IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON SOMETHING THAT IS CONSENT AGENDA OR A STAFF REPORT, THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT THIS IS EARLY IN THE AGENDA DURING A PERIOD THAT'S CALLED GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. AND IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, WE ASK THAT YOU FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD WHICH IS AVAILABLE IN THE LOBBY. AND WHAT YOU DO IS YOU PLACE IT IN THE BOX WITH ONE CARD PER SPEAKER. AND THOSE CARDS ARE ACCEPTED UNTIL THE START OF GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. AS YOU SEE ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY, THERE ARE CERTAIN ITEMS THAT WE WILL BE DISCUSSING IN ADVANCE OF GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, SO YOU DO HAVE THE TIME TO FILL OUT THAT CARD. EACH PERSON SUBMITTING A CARD WILL BE RECOGNIZED BY NAME TO APPROACH AND SPEAK. A THREE-MINUTE TIME LIMIT APPLIES. PLEASE PRINT YOUR CARD LEGIBLY. NAMES THAT CANNOT BE READ WILL NOT BE CALLED. IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE, WE HAVE CITY STAFF OUT THERE TO BE ABLE TO HELP YOU IN THE PROCESS AND TO HELP YOU FILL OUT THAT CARD. IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE, PLEASE SEE THE CITY STAFF. WITH REGARD TO DECORUM, WE ASK THAT THE PUBLIC REFRAIN FROM DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING MAKING DISRUPTIVE NOISES OR HOLDING DISRUPTIVE SIGNS. NOW, IF SOMEONE IS FOUND TO BE ENGAGING IN DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR, THE CHAIR MAY RULE THAT PERSON OUT OF ORDER. IF THAT PERSON IS RULED OUT OF ORDER, COUNCIL RULES ALLOW THAT PERSON TO BE REMOVED FROM THESE CHAMBERS FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY'S MEETING. SO PLEASE REMAIN MINDFUL. ALSO, PLEASE KNOW THAT CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT ENGAGE IN A DIALOGUE DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS THAT CITY COUNCIL CAN ENGAGE IN. SO PLEASE BE AWARE OF THAT. WE ASK THAT YOU BE MINDFUL OF THESE RULES OF DECORUM. ALSO, COUNCIL, THE CHAIR HAS ASKED ME TO REMIND TO YOU REMEMBER THAT TO WAIT TO BE RECOGNIZED BY THE CHAIR BEFORE YOU BEGIN SPEAKING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, JUST ONE MORE THING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I WANT TO REMIND COUNCIL BECAUSE THIS IS A NEW RULE THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE. PLEASE DO NOT INTERRUPT PRESENTATIONS DURING THE PRESENTATION. WAIT FOR THE APPROPRIATE TIME DURING THE MEETING TO ASK YOUR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE NEED A MOTION TO.TO DO THE MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR SESSION ON JUNE 20, 2024 AND THE WORKSHOP AND EVENING SESSIONS OF JUNE 27, 2024. MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER THE AGENDA REAL QUICK, AS WE APPROVE IT. ITEM NUMBER 3 IS GOING TO BE HEARD AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT. ITEM NUMBER 5 IS GOING TO BE HEARD AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT. ITEM NUMBER 4 IS A REQUEST BY COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM. SIR, DO YOU HAVE A DATE FOR ITEM NUMBER 4? >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR. I AM GOING TO BE -- I'LL ADDRESS THAT. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE THAT TO ANOTHER TIME BECAUSE I'M LOOKING TO CHANGE THE RULES ON WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE. I'LL ADDRESS THAT IN NEW BUSINESS. I'LL REMOVE FROM THE AGENDA RIGHT NOW TO SAVE TIME. I'LL DO IT DURING NEW BUSINESS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED THEN. WE HAVE A MEMO TO REMOVE ITEM -- >>LUIS VIERA: STRIKE THAT. I'M SO SORRY, MR. CHAIR. I WAS SUPPOSED TO MOVE MR. GRECO TO AUGUST 1st. MY APOLOGIES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE WILL CONTINUE ITEM NUMBER 4 TO AUGUST 1. MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. WE RECEIVED A MEMO REQUESTING ITEM NUMBER 10 BE REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA. IT WILL BE RETURNED AT A FUTURE DATE. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ITEM NUMBER 27 IS A REQUEST BY COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA TO PULL IT FOR DISCUSSION. STAFF DOES NOT NEED TO BE PRESENT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE IT TO STAFF REPORTS OR WHEN WE DO CONSENT? >>LUIS VIERA: CONSENT IS FINE. WHATEVER IS EASIER. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL PULL ITEM 27 FOR DISCUSSION. STAFF WILL NOT NEED TO BE PRESENT. MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ITEM NUMBER 91, WE'RE GOING TO HOLD UNTIL WE HEAR 101 -- SORRY, 100 AND 101. AFTER WE DO 100 AND 101, WE'LL GO TO ITEM 91. IF SOMEONE WANTS TO MAKE THE MOTION. MOTION THERE COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. WE HAVE A REQUEST, A MEMO THAT ITEM NUMBER 92 BE CONTINUED TO AUGUST 1st. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK HAS SENT A MEMO REQUESTING THAT ITEM NUMBER 120 BE REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA, IS THAT CORRECT? >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. I WILL HAVE A MOTION TO REPLACE IT AT THE END OF THE DAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK TO REMOVE ITEM 120 FROM THE AGENDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THEN WE HAVE A MOTION REQUESTING ITEM NUMBER 126 BE REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA. WE HAVE A MOTION -- ACTUALLY, IT WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA. THIS IS GOING TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE AUGUST 8 CRA SESSION. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. LET ME GO THROUGH STAFF REPORTS STARTING WITH 115. LET ME KNOW IF WE NEED STAFF PRESENT. 115? YES. YES FOR 115. YES FOR 116. 117? YES. ALL RIGHT. 118? DO WE NEED STAFF PRESENT? WE DO HAVE A MEMO FROM THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND THE FIRE. >>LUIS VIERA: THAT'S MINE, IF I MAY. SO I'M GOING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES DURING NEW BUSINESS. BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, FOR ITEM 118, I SPOKE WITH THE FIRE CHIEF AND SHE INFORMS ME THAT SHE IS STILL IN THE PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THE PRIOR REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS AND WOULD PREFER MORE TIME BEFORE CONFERRING WITH ANOTHER CONSULTANT. BEING THAT THIS IS RETURNING FOR AN ANNUAL REPORT MARCH 27 OF 2025, SHE REQUESTED THAT SHE COULD BRING FORWARD A CONSULTANT QUOTE WITH A NAME AT THAT TIME FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION. SO AT THIS TIME, I DO REQUEST TO HAVE THIS RECEIVED AND FILED BUT I AM GOING TO BRING THIS UP, INCLUDING A REQUEST FOR -- YES, SIR, TO HAVE THIS RETURN ON MARCH 27 WITH SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS AS WELL AS REQUESTS FROM LOCAL 754 FOR SOME INFORMATION FOR THEIR REPORT AT THAT TIME. AGAIN, JUST TO NOT HAVE A DISCUSSION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE AND FILE ITEM 118. MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. NUMBER 119, STAFF WILL BE PRESENT. 120 HAS BEEN ADDRESSED. ITEM 121, THERE IS AN IN-PERSON PRESENTATION. SO THAT'S A YES. ITEM NUMBER 122, COUNCILMAN VIERA, THAT'S YOUR MOTION. DO YOU WANT STAFF PRESENT? >>LUIS VIERA: NO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO STAFF PRESENT FOR 122. ITEM 123, WE'RE REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE TO AUGUST 22. >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR. ACTUALLY, I'LL GO ONE FURTHER. FOR ITEM 23, I'VE SPOKEN TO STAFF AND WE RESOLVED THIS ISSUE. I'M ACTUALLY, TO NOT CLOG UP COUNCIL'S AGENDA, I'M ACTUALLY JUST MOVING TO HAVE THIS RECEIVED AND FILED AND NOT TO BE ADDRESSED FURTHER. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ITEM NUMBER 124, THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE THIS TO OCTOBER 17, 2024. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? ITEM NUMBER 125, REQUEST TO CONTINUE TO OCTOBER 4. MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL RIGHT. WE TOOK CARE OF ITEM 126. ITEM 127, THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE TO OCTOBER 3, 2024. MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THAT SETTLES THAT. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AND THE ADDENDUM? WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MAYOR CASTOR. WE HAVE YOUR PRESENTATION. YES MA'AM. GOOD MORNING. >>MAYOR CASTOR: ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. COUNCIL CHAIR MANISCALCO, CITY COUNCIL AND FOR THE PUBLIC HERE TODAY, I AM VERY PLEASED TO BE HERE TO PRESENT THE 2025 BUDGET. BEFORE I GET INTO THE PRESENTATION, I DO JUST WANT TO TALK FOR A MOMENT ABOUT WHAT GOES INTO CRAFTING THIS BUDGET. WE HAVE SPENT HOURS UPON HOURS OVER SEVERAL MONTHS GOING OVER EVERY SINGLE LINE ISSUE BY ISSUE TO COME UP WITH THIS BUDGET. I TELL YOU, I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS AS I AM EVERY BUDGET YEAR IN THE EFFORT THAT GOES INTO CRAFTING A BUDGET THAT NOT ONLY PROVIDES FOR THE SERVICES FOR OUR COMMUNITY BUT ALSO IS A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE BUDGET. SO I HOPE THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL FIND TODAY. BUT I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY COMMEND OUR GROUP BECAUSE THERE WERE MANY LATE FRIDAY NIGHTS THAT WE SAT AND WENT ISSUE OVER ISSUE AND HAD TO MAKE SOME CUTS THAT SOME OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS DIDN'T WANT TO SEE. BUT FOR THE GOOD OF OUR COMMUNITY, THEY DID WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE. THE FY 2025 BUDGET THEME IS YOU WILL FIND THAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET REFLECTS THE SHARED BELIEFS AND ASPIRATIONS OF OUR RESIDENTS IN BUILDING A TAMPA OF TOMORROW THAT IS PROSPEROUS, SUSTAINABLE, AND AFFORDABLE. IT REFLECTS PRIORITIES THAT RESIDENTS IN EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT HAVE TOLD US EVERY YEAR IN OUR COMMUNITY VALUES SURVEY AND WHAT WE'VE ALL HEARD FROM EACH OF YOU, FROM OUR NEIGHBORS AT THE GROCERY STORE, DURING CIVIC MEETINGS AND ALSO AT THE BALLOT BOX, THAT THEY WANT OUR CITY TO HAVE A HIGH-QUALITY OF LIFE, SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS AND SOLID FOUNDATION BUILT ON RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE. THEY WANT US TO BE A CITY THAT PROVIDES QUALITY SERVICES, EMBRACES FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND MAKES DECISIONS STRATEGICALLY. A CITY THAT RESPECTS THE DIGNITY OF HARD WORK, EXPANDS OPPORTUNITIES FOR BETTER JOBS, AND PROVIDES AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS SUPPORTIVE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ECONOMIC GROWTH. THEY WANT THE CITY OF TAMPA TO PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE WHILE AT THE SAME TIME ADDRESSING TODAY'S NEEDS. MANY OF THOSE CHALLENGES ARE THE RESULT OF OUR SUCCESS IN GROWTH. WE HAVE MORE DRIVERS OUT ON OUR ROADS, MORE COMPETITION FOR A LIMITED SUPPLY OF HOUSING AND A SHORTAGE OF SKILLED WORKERS IN MANY INDUSTRIES. IN 2023, WE HAD THE HIGHEST MILLENNIAL POPULATION GROWTH RATE IN THE NATION WITH NEARLY TWICE AS MANY MILLENNIALS MOVING TO TAMPA AS MOVING AWAY. WE ARE THE ONLY BIG CITY IN FLORIDA WITH A POSITIVE NET MIGRATION OF GEN Z RESIDENTS UNDER 28. I CAN TELL YOU THAT THOSE STATISTICS MAKE ME FEEL VERY, VERY OLD. BUT IT SPEAKS TO THE VIBRANT GROWTH OF OUR COMMUNITY. WHEN IT COMES TO INFRASTRUCTURE, WE HAVE TWO JOBS AS CITY GOVERNMENT. TO MAINTAIN WHAT WE HAVE AND TO BUILD WHAT WE NEED. BOTH ARE EQUALLY IMPORTANT AND MUST BE DONE CONCURRENTLY. INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING WATER, SOLID WASTE, AND TRANSPORTATION, BUT IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT PARKS AND FACILITIES. THIS BUDGET ACKNOWLEDGES THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING THE HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICES, PICKING UP THE TRASH ON TIME, KEEPING OUR STREETS AND PARKS CLEAN, FIXING IT FAST WHEN IT COMES TO POTHOLES AND CONTINUING TO BE ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES OUR SIZE IN THE NATION BY INVESTING IN OUR POLICE AND FIRE. THE GREAT NEWS IS THAT OUR RESIDENTS TRUST CITY GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS THESE BIG ISSUES. YOU WILL SEE OUR CITY SURVEY -- VALUE SURVEY HERE. ACCORDING TO THE PRELIMINARY DATA FROM OUR 2024 COMMUNITY VALUES SURVEY, OVER 97% OF RESIDENTS EXPRESSED TRUST IN THEIR CITY GOVERNMENT. THESE NUMBERS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE RESULTS FROM THE PREVIOUS FOUR YEARS. LIKEWISE, AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF RESPONDENTS CONTINUE TO SAY THAT TAMPA IS A GREAT PLACE TO START AND OPERATE A BUSINESS, AND THAT THEY WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND TAMPA AS A PLACE TO LIVE TO THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. OVER 99% OF THOSE SURVEYED EXPECTED TO BE LIVING IN TAMPA IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. THAT LEVEL OF TRUST IN GOVERNMENT IS NOT ONLY REMARKABLE, BUT IT'S ALSO BEEN CONSISTENTLY HIGH HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. THIS 2025 BUDGET IS CENTERED AROUND OUR FIVE KEY STRATEGIES TOMORROW.FORMING TAMPA'S- STRENGTHENING THE SERVICES FOR OUR RESIDENTS, ENHANCING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, ENSURING THAT WE HAVE HOUSING THAT IS AFFORDABLE, AND FOCUSING ON SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY. NOW, BEFORE WE GO THROUGH THIS BUDGET IN MORE DETAIL, I'D LIKE TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR THIS DISCUSSION. THIS IS A STATUS QUO BUDGET. REVENUES HAVE RISEN BY ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT AS THE CITY'S COST. SO WE ARE NOT EXPANDING. THIS BALLOT WILL LOOK FAMILIAR TO SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE. THE CITY IS ABLE TO MAINTAIN OUR CURRENT LEVEL OF SERVICES WITH VERY LITTLE LEFT OVER. AS YOU KNOW, HIGHER INTEREST RATES HAVE SLOWED DOWN GROWTH IN AD VALOREM TAX REVENUE. BETWEEN 2019 AND 2023, WE SAW NEARLY A 40% INCREASE IN THE COSTS FOR MANY GOODS AND SERVICES THAT WE PURCHASE FOR OUR CITY. GOVERNMENTS HAVE HAD TO BE MUCH MORE COMPETITIVE IN TERMS OF PAY AND BENEFITS TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN RETAIN AND ATTRACT A VERY STRONG TEAM HERE IN TAMPA. GOOD NEWS, TAMPA'S ECONOMY IS STRONG. OUR INFLATION IS NOW AT A LOW 1.8%. UNEMPLOYMENT IS VERY LOW. INCOMES HAVE OUTPACED INFLATION FOR AVERAGE WORKERS. NEW BUSINESSES ARE BEING CREATED AND HOUSEHOLD WEALTH HAS INCREASED ESPECIALLY FOR HOMEOWNERS. I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF OUR STAFF FOR THINKING CREATIVELY ABOUT HOW TO ACCOMPLISH MORE WITH LESS. THE INFLUX OF FUNDING RELATED TO COVID IS OVER, BUT WE CONTINUE TO SECURE SIGNIFICANT FEDERAL AND STATE DOLLARS TO HELP PAY FOR MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. THROUGH THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS INVESTING HISTORIC LEVELS OF FUNDING INTO INFRASTRUCTURE, AND I AM COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT TAMPA RESIDENTS GET OUR FAIR SHARE OF TAX DOLLARS RETURNED TO OUR COMMUNITY. I'D LIKE TO THANK CONGRESS WOMAN CASTOR AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF TAMPA'S INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. THANKS TO OUR HARD WORK AND FISCAL DISCIPLINE, TAMPA CONTINUES TO HAVE SOME OF THE BEST BOND RATINGS IN THE ENTIRE NATION. AND, FRANKLY, I WISH THAT MY REPORT CARDS HAD HAD SO MANY As ON THEM. MY PARENTS WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH HAPPIER. BONBONDING IS QUITE OFTEN COMPAD TO PAY-GO, WHICH MEANS SAVING UP OVER 30 YEARS TO PAY FOR A PROJECT. BUT BONDED PROJECTS ARE COMPLETED AND CAN BE UTILIZED DECADES SOONER. AND WE ALL KNOW IF WE WERE TO SAVE UP OVER 30 YEARS TO PAY FOR A PROJECT, THE PRICE OF THAT PROJECT WOULD ALSO INCREASE DURING THOSE 30 YEARS. BONDING ALSO ALLOWS US TO SPREAD THE COST OF A PROJECT OVER A DECADE SO THAT THE GENERATIONS USING THAT INFRASTRUCTURE CAN ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COST OF BUILDING IT. BECAUSE OF OUR GREAT BOND RATINGS, WE HAVE LOWER INTEREST PAYMENTS, AND THIS IS SAVING OUR TAXPAYERS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EACH YEAR. TRANSPORTATION CONTINUES TO BE A TOP PRIORITY. DATA FROM THE COMMUNITY VALUES SURVEY SHOWS THAT FOUR OUT OF FIVE OF THE TOP AREAS WHERE RESIDENTS SEE A NEED FOR IMPROVEMENT ARE RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION INCLUDING PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE SAFETY, TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND THE CONDITION OF OUR STREETS AND FLOODING. THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF THIS BUDGET YEAR, WE RESURFACED 33 MILES OF STREETS IN 9 NEIGHBORHOODS AND DOUBLED THE SIZE OF OUR IN-HOUSE PAVING TEAM. SINCE 2019, WE FILLED OVER 11,000 POTHOLES AND PAVED 140 MILES OF STREETS. THE IN-HOUSE PAVING TEAM IS SAVING TAXPAYERS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND DRAMATICALLY -- DRAMATICALLY ACCELERATING THE RESURFACING PROJECTS. PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLE SAFETY RANK AS A TOP TRANSPORTATION PRIORITY FOR OUR CITY RESIDENTS. BY WORKING TOGETHER AND LEVERAGING FEDERAL AND STATE DOLLARS, THIS ADMINISTRATION, ALONG WITH CITY COUNCIL, ARE MAKING HISTORIC PROGRESS IMPLEMENTING OUR WALK, BIKE AND VISION ZERO PLANS. IN 2025, WE WILL COMPLETE THE REMAINING PHASES OF THE GREEN SPINE BIKE TRAIL CONNECTING EAST TO WEST TAMPA. WE'RE WORKING WITH F.D.O.T. TO COMPLETE BIKEWAYS ALONG CENTRAL AVENUE AND OLA, CONNECTING SEMINOLE HEIGHTS TO TAMPA HEIGHTS AND CONNECTING SULPHUR SPRINGS AND SEMINOLE HEIGHTS TO EAST TAMPA AS WELL, ALL THROUGH OUR GREEN SPINE BIKEWAYS. THE NEW WEST RIVER WALK IS WHERE OUR EAST-WEST AND NORTH-SOUTH NETWORKS WILL COME TOGETHER, LINKING PEOPLE TO JOBS, SCHOOLS, AND ACTIVITIES. WE APPRECIATE HOW THE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER TO ADVOCATE FOR THE $24 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE FOR THIS PROJECT. AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING READY TO BREAK GROUND ON THAT. THE WEST RIVER WALK IS MORE THAN A TRANSFORMATIONAL LINEAR PARK AND WORLD-CLASS BIKE-PEDESTRIAN TRAIL. IT IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO PROTECT PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE ENTIRE WEST TAMPA RIVERFRONT, AND THAT WILL BE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME TO ENJOY THAT. THAT WEST RIVER WALK IS GOING TO BE A GAME-CHANGER FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH EXCITING QUICK-BUILD PROJECTS AS PART OF OUR VISION ZERO INITIATIVE CITYWIDE ON OUR HIGH INJURY NETWORK, INCLUDING MANY THAT ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE FEDERAL SAFE STREETS FOR ALL PROGRAM. THESE INCLUDE NEW SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS LIKE CROSSWALKS AND BIKE LANES I TALKED ABOUT. WE WILL ALSO BE FILLING CRITICAL SIDEWALK GAPS IDENTIFIED IN THE MOVES PLAN AS PART OF A $2 MILLION DESIGN-BUILD PROJECT. WE JUST RECEIVED A $24 MILLION FEDERAL RAISE GRANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BERMUDA BOULEVARD SEAWALL IMPROVEMENTS IN PALMETTO BEACH. THIS WILL HELP PROTECT A LOW-LYING NEIGHBORHOOD FROM FLOODING WHILE IMPROVING SAFETY THROUGHOUT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE RFQ IS BEING RELEASED FOR THE STREETCAR EXTENSION, WHICH WILL BE A GAME-CHANGER FOR THE COMMUNITIES THAT CONNECT YBOR CITY TO CHANNELSIDE TO WATER STREET TO DOWNTOWN AND NOW ADDING TAMPA HEIGHTS. HEALTHY INFRASTRUCTURE IS THE FOUNDATION OF A STRONG CITY, WHICH IS WHY THE CITY OF TAMPA LAUNCHED THE PIPES PROGRAM. WITH PIPES, WE ARE INVESTING IN THE FUTURE BY TAKING A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO RENEW INFRASTRUCTURE PREVENT BREAKDOWNS, AND PROVIDE LONG-TERM PERMANENT FIXES TO WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEMS. FOR FY '24, THE CITY HAS COMPLETED 29 PIPES PROJECTS WORTH OVER $120 MILLION. AND WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 119 PIPES PROJECTS WORTH OVER A BILLION DOLLARS IN THE WORKS. IN 2025, WE WILL MAKE $64 MILLION WORTH OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CITY'S AGING WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND 87 MILLION TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF WATER PRODUCTION PROGRAMS. FOR WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT, THE FY '25 BUDGET PLAN INCLUDES $61 MILLION TO REMOVE NITROGEN FROM THE WATER THAT WE EXPEL OUT INTO THE BAY. IN THE PAST YEAR, HIGHER INTEREST RATES HAVE CAUSED HOME VALUES TO STABILIZE AND THE SUPPLY OF NEW APARTMENTS COMING ONLINE IS STARTING TO REDUCE RENT. THAT SAID, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS STILL ONE OF THE TOP CHALLENGES FACING OUR RESIDENTS AND THE CITY OF TAMPA. IN 2025, WE WILL CONTINUE TO USE GRANT FUNDING, TAX CREDITS, AND OUR INFILL PROGRAM FOR THE CREATION OF ADDITIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS. WE WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE WITH TAMPA HOPE AND OTHER PARTNERS TO EXPAND TEMPORARY HOUSING OPTIONS TO MEET EMERGENCY HOUSING NEEDS AND TO PREVENT DISPLACEMENT. WE WILL PRIORITIZE PROTECTED, VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, INCLUDING FAMILIES, VETERANS, SENIORS, AND THOSE WITH DISABILITIES. AND WE WILL ALSO FOCUS ON STABILIZING RENTERS AND HOMEOWNERS IN LOW INCOME AND MAJORITY/MINORITY NEIGHBORHOODS VULNERABLE TO DISPLACEMENT AND GENTRIFICATION. WE'VE EXPANDED THE AVAILABILITY OF SERVICES THAT HELP ACCELERATE HOME OWNERSHIP AND BUILD WEALTH THROUGH THE EXPANSION OF OUR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE AND OWNER OCCUPIED REHABILITATION PROGRAMS. THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE RENTAL ASSISTANCE ALONG WITH CREDIT AND BUDGET COUNSELING TO HELP RENTERS AND EXISTING HOMEOWNERS ACHIEVE HOUSING SECURITY AND EXPAND THEIR HOUSING OPTIONS. AS YOU ALL AGREE, EVERY TAMPA RESIDENT HAS A RIGHT TO FEEL SAFE IN THEIR HOME, BUSINESS, AND SCHOOLS REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY LIVE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN COMMITTED TO THROUGHOUT MY CAREER. PUBLIC SAFETY IS A PREREQUISITE TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AND OUR QUALITY OF LIFE. A SUCCESSFUL CITY IS BUILT ON A FOUNDATION OF SAFETY AND SECURITY. WE CONTINUE TO BE ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES OUR SIZE IN THE NATION THANKS TO THE HARD WORK OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR, VIOLENT CRIME HAS FALLEN BY NEARLY 3%, WHICH IS ON TOP OF LAST YEAR'S REDUCTION OF 8.3. TOTAL CRIME IS DOWN MORE THAN 11% OVER THE PAST 18 MONTHS AND VIOLENT CRIME WITH A FIREARM IS DOWN NEARLY 30%. TAMPA FIRE RESCUE ALSO HAS A LOT TO BE PROUD OF. THE MEN AND WOMEN OF TAMPA FIRE RESCUE HAVE A DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS JOB. RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY COUNT ON THEM TO BE THERE DURING THEIR MOST DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES. LAST YEAR, THEY RESPONDED TO NEARLY 11,000 FIRE CALLS AND MORE THAN 81,000 MEDICAL CALLS. THIS YEAR'S PROPOSED BUDGET FOR TAMPA FIRE RESCUE INCLUDES ALL OF THE CIP FUNDING THAT WAS AGREED TO LAST YEAR, INCLUDING MOVING FORWARD ON STATION 24 AND CONTINUING THE RENOVATION PROJECTS AT OTHER STATIONS. SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN EVERYTHING FROM PLANNING TO BUDGETING TO IMPLEMENTATION. BOTH HAVE BECOME AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR CITY'S CULTURE. PROMOTING CONNECTED, HEALTHY, AND VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE INTEGRATING SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY INTO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO AND INCREASING THE LEVEL OF COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION WILL IMPACT OUR FUTURE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. IN 2025, WE WILL BE FOCUSED ON THE FOLLOWING: WE WILL CONTINUE IMPLEMENTING KEY PARTS OF TAMPA'S CLIMATE ACTION AND EQUITY PLAN, INCLUDING PROJECTS THAT INCREASE RENEWABLE ENERGY, GROW OUR URBAN TREE CANOPY AND ADDRESS EMERGING TRENDS LIKE HEAT VULNERABILITY. WE WILL LEAD BY EXAMPLE AND INSTALL HUNDREDS OF NEW SOLAR PANELS, IMPLEMENT NEW ENERGY SAVINGS PROGRAMS, TRANSITION CITY FLEETS TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES, AND ENSURE OUR WORKFORCE AND CITY PRACTICES OUR MEETING HIGH LEVELS OF SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE BEST PRACTICES. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS AN ISSUE THAT IS NOT A PART OF THE BUDGET PRESENTATION, PER SE, BUT IT IS A PROJECT THAT SPEAKS TO OUR SENSE OF COMMUNITY. AND THAT IS THE SULPHUR SPRINGS POOL. WE ARE ALL AWARE OF THE SIGNIFICANCE THIS POOL HOLDS FOR MANY NEIGHBORHOODS, FROM THE CHILDREN THAT WALK UP FOR AN ENJOYABLE SUMMER EXPERIENCE TO SWIM TEAMS THAT PRACTICE THERE, AND FOR THOSE WHO CHERISH THEIR WATER AEROBICS OR AT LEAST THE INSTRUCTOR. SULPHUR SPRINGS IS ALSO MY POOL. THAT'S WHERE I SWIM LAPS AFTER I RETIRED FROM THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT. I WANT COUNCIL TO KNOW THAT WE ARE ENTERING THIS BUDGET YEAR WITH A SAVE OUR POOL MENTALITY. WE CURRENTLY HAVE APPROXIMATELY 2 MILLION IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT DOLLARS SET ASIDE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THE POOL, AND I KNOW THAT THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER TO ATTAINING -- IN ATTAINING THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME. SO BEFORE I TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO OUR AMAZING CFO, DENNIS ROGERO, I'D LIKE TO EMPHASIZE A COUPLE OF THINGS. THIS BUDGET REALLY IS OUR RETURN TO NORMAL BUDGET. AND WE ARE IN GOOD SHAPE. HOWEVER, WITH CURRENT LEVELS OF REVENUE, I WANT TO BE CLEAR, IT WILL NOT ADDRESS MANY OF OUR GAPS AND GROWTH CHALLENGES. THAT'S WHY IT IS SO CRITICAL THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY, AS A COUNTY, PASS THE RENEWAL OF THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TAX THIS NOVEMBER, AND THAT WE CONTINUE TO EXPLORE EVERY POSSIBLE FUNDING STREAM AVAILABLE. THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR WORKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO ADDRESS THE IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT WE FACE EVERY DAY, AND I HOPE THAT YOU FIND THIS BUDGET SATISFYING AGAIN TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. ROGERO. >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU, COUNCIL. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR. DENNIS ROGERO, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY TO FINISH PRESENTING THE FISCAL YEAR '25 RECOMMENDED OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET. COUNCIL WILL RECALL AT YOUR REQUEST, WE ARE BRINGING THIS PRESENTATION AND THE MAYOR'S RECOMMENDED BUDGET TO YOU ABOUT THREE WEEKS EARLIER THAN IS TYPICAL. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK AGAIN SO WE CAN ALL HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME TO DIGEST, GET DOWN INTO THE DETAILS AND TRADE SOME COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, ET CETERA, BACK AND FORTH IN ANTICIPATION OF OUR TWO WORKSHOPS COMING UP IN AUGUST. OUR TABLE OF CONTENTS, YOU SEE THAT ON THE SCREEN. FAIRLY TYPICAL. JUMP RIGHT INTO THE OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET AND THEN INTO OUR FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM OR C.I.P. AND FINALLY, OUR DEBT PROGRAM. WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE A RELATIVELY COMPREHENSIVE DEBT PROGRAM PRESENTATION TODAY, COMPLEMENTING THE COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM PRESENTATION WE GAVE YOU AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AROUND JANUARY OR FEBRUARY. ESPECIALLY ON THE NON-AD VALOREM PLANS FOR DEBT ISSUANCE BECAUSE THOSE COME FROM THE GENERAL FUND. SO LET'S DIVE RIGHT IN. HERE IT IS THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET. ALL FUNDS JUST OVER 1.8 BILLION. AN INCREASE OF JUST OVER 3% COMPARED TO THE CURRENT YEAR. AND THOSE INCREASES ARE PRIMARILY IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES AND, OF COURSE, WE'LL HAVE WEEKS AND WEEKS TO GET INTO FURTHER DETAIL. HIGHER SALARIES. HIGHER HEALTH CARE COSTS. HIGHER PENSION COSTS. INFLATIONARY COSTS. THE MAYOR MENTIONED THE PHENOMENAL -- THERE'S NO OTHER WORD FOR IT -- INCREASE IN COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH INFLATION FOLLOWING THE PANDEMIC -- WELL, DURING AND FOLLOWING THE PANDEMIC. VEHICLE MAINTENANCE. WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS OFF-LINE IN OUR BRIEFINGS ABOUT VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AND THE NEED TO CONTINUE REPLACING VEHICLES. THE ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA CONTRIBUTIONS. EVERY SINGLE YEAR, IF OUR REVENUES ARE -- IF OUR AD VALOREM VALUE ACHES GO UP -- VALUATIONS GO UP WE CAN EXPECT TO CONTRIBUTE MORE FUNDING TO THE CRAs. SOME ADDITIONAL STAFFING AND PROVIDE DETAIL ON THAT IN A MOMENT AND, OF COURSE, CONTINUING THE WATER AND WASTEWATER PROJECTS PRIMARILY PIPES. AS WE ALWAYS DO, WE BREAK OUT THE MAJOR FUNDS FOR YOU HERE, INCLUDING THE TWO LARGEST COMPONENTS, AND THEY ARE ALWAYS THE LARGEST COMPONENTS. I DON'T SEE THAT CHANGING AT ABOUT THREE-FOURTHS OF THE ENTIRE BUDGET. THAT'S THE ENTERPRISE AND GENERAL FUNDS. WE'LL GET INTO MORE DETAIL IN THOSE -- OF THOSE RIGHT NOW. AND HERE ARE THE EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES FOR THOSE FUNDS. THE GENERAL FUND ON THE LEFT, YOU SEE OVER 60% OF THE BUDGET GOING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. AGAIN, A VERY LARGE COMPONENT OF OUR GENERAL FUNDING. PRIMARILY, TAMPA FIRE RESCUE, TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT IT DOES INCLUDE CODE ENFORCEMENT. THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY ARE POLICE AND FIRE. CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, THOSE ARE THE SUPPORT AGENCIES THAT KEEP THE CITY RUNNING BEHIND THE SCENES, INCLUDING MY SHOP, REVENUE AND FINANCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION, HUMAN RESOURCES, PURCHASING, AND NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. WELL, I TAKE THAT BACK. THEY ARE NOT SO BEHIND THE SCENES. THEY ARE PRETTY OUT THERE. OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHICH INCLUDES THE TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER. ON THE RIGHT, THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS. THOSE ARE THE DEPARTMENTS PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY AND CHARGING SEPARATELY AND SOLELY FOR THOSE SERVICES. AGAIN, WHAT THEY CHARGE IN THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS CAN ONLY BE SPENT ON WHAT THEY DO IN THE ENTERPRISE FUND. THEY ARE RUN LIKE A BUSINESS. ON THE LEFT.AND AS IS TYPICAL, YOU SEE PROPERTY TAX REVENUES BY THEMSELVES, EVEN FOR THE COST OF POLICE AND FIRE SERVICES. YOU SEE POLICE AND FIRE SERVICES IN FISCAL YEAR 25, NEARLY $390 MILLION. OVER AT THE TOP RIGHT, YOU SEE OUR TOTAL PROPERTY TAXES ARE ONLY ANTICIPATED TO BE -- SAY ONLY, IT IS A BIG TICKET BUT NOT QUITE UP TO FUNDING PUBLIC SAFETY -- $354.2 MILLION. BUT AS COUNCIL KNOWS, BUT TO REITERATE, THAT'S NOT THE WHOLE STORY. YOU SEE AFTER THE NEARLY $54 MILLION COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY COMPONENT, WHAT WE HAVE LEFT, WE ANTICIPATE HAVING LEFT IS A LITTLE OVER 300 MILLION. SO, OBVIOUSLY, BUT IT IS WORTH REITERATING, I THINK, EVERY YEAR, BECAUSE I CONTINUE AND PROBABLY WILL ALWAYS CONTINUE IN THE COMMUNITY TO TALK TO PEOPLE WHO ASSOCIATE OUR GENERAL FUND SOLELY WITH PROPERTY TAXES. OF COURSE, THAT'S NOT THE CASE. IT'S OUR BIGGEST REVENUE, NOT OUR ONLY GENERAL FUND REVENUE. IN AND OF ITSELF IT WILL NOT PAY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. OUR PROPORTIONAL COMPONENT OF THE CRA CONTRIBUTION IS GOING UP THIS YEAR. IT IS NOW ABOUT ONE-FIFTH OF OUR PROPERTY TAXES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. CONTINUING WITH THE GENERAL FUND, HERE IS OUR GENERAL FUND BALANCE HISTORY AND OUR PROJECTIONS FOR THE CURRENT YEAR AND NEXT YEAR. FIRST AND FOREMOST, LET ME THANK YOU ALL AGAIN. I'M VERY PLEASED TO CONTINUE THANKING YOU FOR YOUR VERY, VERY STRONG SUPPORT OF MAINTAINING OUR FUND BALANCE. AS I WILL ALWAYS REITERATE, IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENT AS WE DISCUSS OUR CREDIT RATINGS. AS ALWAYS, TO MAINTAIN THAT PREFERRED RATIO OF 23 OR 24 PERCENT AS THE BUDGET GOES UP, THE AMOUNT NECESSARY GOES UP, AND YOU SEE THAT REFLECTED IN THE GRAPH. AS WE PLAN AND EXPECT THIS, IT STILL REMAINS ABOVE OUR BOTTOM-LINE POLICY NUMBER OF 20%. ABOUT $19 MILLION MORE THAN OUR 20%. AND 20% IS HEALTHY, DON'T GET ME WRONG, BUT WE ENJOY AND VERY PRIVILEGED TO HAVE A PERCENTAGE ABOVE THAT. THIS CONSISTENCY -- AND I'VE SAID IT BEFORE, I'LL SAY IT AGAIN -- PAINTS A VERY NICE STABLE PICTURE OF OUR FINANCES, ESPECIALLY OUR FINANCES FOR THOSE BLACK SWAN EVENTS, FOR THOSE UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, ANOTHER REASON WE ARE VIEWED SO STRONGLY. THE MAYOR MENTIONED THE INCREASE IN REVENUES AND THE INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES, AND WE'RE PROVIDING A BIT MORE DETAIL HERE FOR THOSE. THE FISCAL YEAR 25 MAJOR REVENUE INCREASES YOU SEE HERE AT THE TOP, PROPERTY TAXES, A LITTLE OVER $20 MILLION, WHICH I'LL BE THE FIRST TO TELL YOU IS NOTHING NOTEWORTHY THAT THIS REPRESENTS A 6% INCREASE IN OUR PROPERTY VALUATION. LAST YEAR, IT WAS DOUBLE THAT. IT WAS 12%. SO WHEN OBVIOUS SLOWING DOWN IN THE HOUSING MARKET, SOME WOULD SAY STABILIZATION WAS A BAD THING BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE IT REPRESENTS HALF OF THE INCREASE WE ENJOYED LAST YEAR. AND YOU'LL SEE THAT AS A CONSISTENT THEME AS THE MAYOR LED OFF WITH. IT IS A BIT OF A TIGHT BUDGET. YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM, WE ORIGINALLY ESTIMATED NEARLY 27 MILLION, AND WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE AT 8%. BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. OTHER TAXES COMING IN AT NEARLY 19 MILLION. AND THIS IS NEARLY ALL ASSOCIATED WITH ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY REVENUES. OUR ELECTRIC FRANCHISE FEES AND OUR ELECTRIC UTILITY TAXES. WITH JUST A BIT OF AN INCREASE IN OUR COMMUNICATION SERVICES TAX AND OUR WATER UTILITIES TAX. SO WE'LL TAKE IT. CHARGES FOR SERVICE, INCREASE IS MINOR BUT AGAIN WE'LL TAKE IT 3.5 MILLION. THIS IS FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER, PARKS AND RECREATION, THINGS LIKE THAT. FINALLY, OUR MISCELLANEOUS REVENUES, AGAIN, MUCH MORE DETAIL PROVIDED IN THE BUDGET AND THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET, BUT THESE INCLUDE INTEREST REVENUES, HURRICANE REIMBURSEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH IAN AND IDALIA. TOTAL REVENUE INCREASE OF $57.4 MILLION. WHICH IS HEALTHY, BUT AS YOU'LL SEE ON I THINK OUR NEXT SLIDE, LET'S GET TO THAT RIGHT NOW, PRETTY MUCH MATCHING OUR EXPENDITURE INCREASES FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. AT THE TOP, PAY AND BENEFITS INCREASED NEARLY $37 MILLION AS WE'VE HEARD COUNCIL SAY, AS YOU JUST HEARD THE MAYOR SAY, KEEPING UP, EXPANDING SERVICES, AND MAINTAINING A COMPETITIVE EMPLOYEE BODY TAKES FUNDING. AND YOU SEE THAT HERE. FIVE NEW POSITIONS AT JUST UNDER $1 MILLION. A VERY SLIGHT INCREASE IN POSITIONS. FTEs, THAT'S FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS. THE CRA CONTRIBUTIONS INCREASED $3 MILLION. WE'VE MENTIONED THAT. PAY-GO CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDING. THAT IS FOR THE TAMPA FIRE RESCUE COMPUTER-AIDED DISPATCH OR CAD PROJECT. SIMPLY MAINTAINING SERVICES WITH THE INCREASED COST WAS ALMOST $11 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND. NO EXPANSION OF SERVICES, JUST TO MAINTAIN, AS YOU HEARD THE MAYOR, THE STATUS QUO. THAT'S A CHUNK OF CHANGE. A SLIGHT INCREASED LEVEL OF SERVICE, NEARLY $2 MILLION AND SOME NEW SERVICES AT NEARLY $1.5 MILLION. BUT, AGAIN, THE TAKEAWAY IS VERY LITTLE TO EXPAND WHAT WE'RE DOING. AGAIN, THE MAYOR MENTIONED STATUS QUO. SPEAKING OF THOSE SALARIES, HERE ARE THE ANTICIPATED SALARY ADJUSTMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR '25. YOU SEE 4.5% FOR THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING EMPLOYEES. AND FOR THE NON-BARGAINING EMPLOYEES, 3% ACROSS THE BOARD WITH THE MAYOR STILL DECIDING ON DIRECTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS PAY INCREASES. OUR SUMMARY OF POSITION INCREASES, I'LL START AT THE TOP THERE. WE ALWAYS LIKE TO PROVIDE THIS HISTORICAL EMPHASIS BECAUSE WE DO THINK, YOU KNOW, PRIOR TO THE GREAT FINANCIAL CRISIS, WE HAD ALMOST 5,050 EMPLOYEES. WE STILL HAVE LESS THAN 5,000 EMPLOYEES. WE VIEW THAT AS CONTINUING EFFORTS AND WE'RE -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES. THANK YOU. >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU. AGAIN, WE VIEW THAT AS CONTINUING EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESSNESS IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE YEARS, STILL TRYING TO STAY BELOW THAT LEVEL WHEN THERE WAS AMPLE MONEY RIGHT BEFORE THE RECESSION AND THE GREAT FINANCIAL CRISIS. YOU SEE THE MILLAGE RATE COMPARISON HERE. AGAIN, PART OF WHAT WE WOULD SUBMIT IS A FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE MANAGEMENT STYLE. WE COMPARE FAVORABLY, YOU SEE TO ORLANDO, ST. PETERSBURG, AND MIAMI IN TERMS OF OUR MILLAGE RATE. CONTINUING TO COMPARE FAVORABLY WHEN WE GET TO THE PERSONNEL POPULATION RATIO COMPARISON. HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DO WE HAVE VERSUS THE POPULATION. WE ARE SECOND ONLY TO ORLANDO, YOU SEE IN THE LIGHT GREEN. ALL THE WHILE, OF COURSE, AND INCLUDING THESE CITIES -- I DON'T WANT TO SINGLE US OUT -- EXPANSION CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. GROWTH CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. DEMAND FOR SERVICES CONTINUE TO HAPPEN. SO WE THINK WE'RE DOING VERY, VERY WELL IN COMPARISON. MOVING ON TO OUR GRANTS PROGRAM, YOU HEARD THE MAYOR MENTION OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING AND ANOTHER BANNER YEAR. YOU SEE IT RIGHT THERE. NEARLY $76 MILLION AND, OF COURSE, YOU SEE THE PROGRESS SINCE WE REVAMPED OUR GRANT PROGRAM IN THE YEAR 2020. VERY AGGRESSIVE AND AMBITIOUS APPLICATIONS. VERY AGGRESSIVE COORDINATION BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY WITH OTHER PARTNERS, WITH TALLAHASEE, WITH WASHINGTON, D.C., AND YOU SEE IT PAYING OFF. BY THE TIME THIS FISCAL YEAR ENDS, WE ANTICIPATE WE WILL HAVE APPLIED FOR OVER A QUARTER OF A BILLION DOLLARS IN OUTSIDE FUNDING. THAT'S VERY, VERY AGGRESSIVE AND IT'S VERY OPTIMISTIC BECAUSE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MONTHS WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET IT ALL. WE NEVER ARE GOING TO GET IT ALL BUT THAT DOESN'T KEEP US FROM PUSHING APPLICATIONS AND REQUESTS FOR OTHER FUNDING. MOVING NOW INTO OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. MAY I BEG A LITTLE BIT OF INDULGENCE FROM COUNCIL ON THIS NOTE. WE HAVE A DELIVERABLE DUE TO YOU. IT IS NOT READY YET. COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, YOU WILL RECALL WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE YOU A SUMMATION OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND AMOUNTS THAT HAVE FALLEN OFF SINCE THE CURRENT YEAR. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT ARE STAYING THE SAME AND NEW CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS GOING FORWARD. MIKE PERRY AND HIS SHOP, THE BUDGET OFFICE, HAVE CRAFTED A VERY, VERY NICE DRAFT. IT'S NOT QUITE READY YET. WE'LL NEED ABOUT A WEEK OR SO FOR THAT. WE WORKED VERY HARD TO TRY TO HAVE IT TO YOU TODAY, BUT IT WILL BE COMING VERY, VERY SOON. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. YOU SEE HERE OVER THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD JUST UNDER $1.7 BILLION OF RECOMMENDED PROJECTS. IT REMAINS VERY CONSISTENT I THINK WITH ONE NOTABLY EXCEPTION WHICH I'LL POINT OUT IN A MINUTE, CONSISTENT WITH OUR CURRENT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. AND THOSE ARE WASTEWATER AND WATER. AGGRESSIVE, HEAVY EMPHASIS ON CONTINUING THAT PIPES PROGRAM. ONE OF THE EXCEPTIONS, THOUGH, IS YOU SEE FIRE RESCUE HOLDING ITS OWN AT OVER 120, ALMOST $126 MILLION OVER THAT FIVE-YEAR PERIOD. YOU HEARD THE MAYOR MENTION THE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT THAT WE ANTICIPATE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS IN TAMPA FIRE RESCUE. THAT'S REFLECTED THERE. HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF OUR MAJOR PROJECTS, THE COMPREHENSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR TAMPA'S NEIGHBORHOODS, THAT IS AN ONGOING PROJECT. IT CONTINUES. WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO REFERENCE THAT OUR PIPES PROGRAM, AS I JUST MENTIONED, IT'S MANY DIFFERENT COMPONENTS TO IT. AS YOU KNOW, IT IS A 20 YEAR, NEARLY $3 BILLION PLAN AND THAT'S DRIVING, YOU HEARD THE MAYOR MENTION, SOME OF THE SUCCESSES AND IT CONTINUES TO BE SUCCESSFUL. WE CONTINUE TO TAKE IN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF MONEY AND SPEND SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF MONEY GETTING THINGS DONE. SO A VERY -- IT'S A SUCCESS LOGISTICALLY FROM A PERFORMANCE PERSPECTIVE AND THIS IS IMPORTANT TO US. IT'S A SUCCESS FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE. WE'RE NOT BORROWING MONEY AND SITTING ON IT AND PAYING INTEREST ON MONEY WE'RE NOT PUTTING TO WORK. PARKS AND RECREATION AND POLICE, ATHLETIC FIELD LIGHTING, K-BAR RANCH PARK AND GUIDA HOUSE RENOVATIONS AND POLICE, HOWARD AVENUE ANNEX BUILDING. WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT WITH FORENSICS AND IMPOUNDS. OUR MOBILITY PROJECTS OVER THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, NEARLY $70 MILLION. YOU SEE RESURFACING, ET CETERA. THE MAYOR MENTIONED VISION ZERO. WE'LL GET INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON THIS ALSO. TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION. THERE IS THE COMPUTER-AIDED DISPATCH ITEM I MENTIONED EARLIER AND, OF COURSE, THE RELOCATION OF THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT FROM SPRUCE AVENUE TO 34th STREET AT THE McKAY BY A COMPLEX. BAY COMPLEX. THESE ARE THE PROJECTS BY DISTRICT. AGAIN, ON THE WEBSITE, WE HAVE ANY NUMBER OF DIFFERENT LINKS FOR GPS LOCATIONS, FURTHER DETAIL, OF COURSE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, AND ACCESS TO OUR OPEN GOV SYSTEM FOR WHAT WE FEEL IS VERY, VERY DETAILED FOR THOSE THAT WANT THE INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH THESE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. THERE AGAIN IS THE COMPREHENSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR TAMPA'S NEIGHBORHOODS IN DISTRICT FOUR, THE SOUTH HOWARD FLOOD RELIEF AND STREETSCAPE. I DO WANT TO MENTION -- YOU'LL SEE IT LATER TODAY ON YOUR AGENDA -- THE WEST RIVER WALK. LITTLE AHEAD OF MYSELF. DISTRICT FIVE, AGAIN, THE WEST RIVER WALK. EAST TAMPA RECREATIONAL COMPLEX. AND, AGAIN, THAT COMPREHENSIVE% -- I'M JUST GOING TO CALL THAT NEIGHBORHOOD INFRASTRUCTURE FROM NOW ON BECAUSE I DON'T SEEM TO BE ABLE TO -- TO DISTRICT 6, AGAIN, THE NEIGHBORHOOD INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT. AGAIN, THE BUILD GRANT, THE WEST RIVER WALK ITEM THAT YOU'LL HAVE LATER ON TODAY. THE ANNEXED BUILDING FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE STATION NUMBER 9, THE MAYOR MENTIONED THE SULPHUR SPRINGS POOL. I BELIEVE SHE MENTIONED THE AMOUNT. IF SHE DIDN'T, I'LL REITERATE IT, NEARLY $2 MILLION FOR SULPHUR SPRINGS POOL IMPROVEMENTS. IN DISTRICT 7, AGAIN, THE NEIGHBORHOOD INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT. FIRE STATION NUMBER 4, THE K-BAR RANCH. FINALLY, FOLLOWING OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, BECAUSE IT IS SO INTERTWINED WITH FINANCING AND BOND ISSUANCES, WE'RE GOING TO ROLL RIGHT INTO OUR DEBT PROGRAM. THE MAYOR ALREADY MENTIONED THIS, BUT I THINK IT'S WORTH MENTIONING TWICE AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MAYOR, THE CITY COUNCIL, AND TO THE DEPARTMENTS FOR, AGAIN, OUTSTANDING CREDIT RATING. REALLY ACROSS THE BOARD. GOES HAND IN HAND WITH BIG PROJECTS. AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, IT ALLOWS US TO DO MORE BECAUSE OUR INTEREST RATES OR OUR INTEREST PAYMENTS, EXCUSE ME, ARE CHEAPER. WE'VE HAD TWO UPGRADES SINCE 2019. YOU SEE THOSE IN GREEN. I'VE SAID IT BEFORE, I'LL SAY IT AGAIN. COUNCIL, THE MAYOR, AND THE COMMUNITY SHOULD EXPECT NOTHING LESS. AT THE TOP, YOU SEE THE ISSUE CREDIT RATING THAT FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES IS OUR FICO SCORE. S&P OVER TO THE FAR RIGHT YOU SEE HAS GIVEN US THE HIGHEST IT CAN GIVE. IT'S AN OUTSTANDING FICO SCORE FOR THE CITY. MOODY'S FITCH, GIVEN US THE SECOND HIGHEST. WE WILL CONTINUE TO TRY FOR THE HIGHEST BUT WE'LL TAKE SECOND HIGHEST FOR NOW. I WOULD LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DEBT CAPACITY. THE SUBJECT HAS COME UP QUITE OFTEN. WE'VE TRIED TO SPEAK TO IT. WANT TO SPEAK TO IT A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO WE'LL GET A LITTLE DETAILED HERE. ATYPICALLY DETAILED FROM WHAT WHAT WE'VE PRESENTED IN THE PAST. AS WE TALK ABOUT CAPACITY, YOU SEE HERE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ELEMENTS. BEFORE I GO ON, LET ME STATE AND CREDIT AND THANK THE OUTSIDE TEAM MEMBERS THAT WE WORK WITH. I'VE GOT A FANTASTIC REVENUE AND FINANCE TEAM, BUT WE HAVE A FANTASTIC FINANCIAL ADVISOR. WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST FINANCIAL ADVISORS I THINK IN THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES. FANTASTIC BOND COUNSEL, DISCLOSURE COUNSEL. FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY CONSULTANT. SO WE HAVE A VERY LARGE EXPERIENCED AND INTELLIGENT TEAM WHEN WE'RE COMING UP WITH WHAT IS THE CITY'S DEBT CAPACITY. YOU SEE HERE REVENUES. HISTORIC AUDITED REVENUES. I'M GOING TO REEMPHASIZE THAT IN THE PRESENTATION BECAUSE AS WE DECIDE WHAT THE CAPACITY IS, THE BUDGET OFFICE, FOR INSTANCE, NORMALLY ALL ABOUT LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE, RIGHT, AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. EDUCATED GUESSING, ALL KINDS OF RESEARCH. BUT WHEN SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS DECIDING WHAT THE CITY'S DEBT CAPACITY IS, WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT HAS ACTUALLY HAPPENED. THAT'S WHAT WE LOOK AT. AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND REVENUES. SECOND, REQUIRED DEBT SERVICE COVERAGES. WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO THAT A LITTLE MORE IN A MINUTE, BUT CAPACITY LEADS INTO, HEY, DO YOU HAVE THE FUNDING? ARE YOU ANTICIPATED TO HAVE THE FUNDING TO COVER YOUR DEBT SERVICE? AND NOT ONLY COVER YOUR DEBT SERVICE, BUT MORE THAN COVER YOUR DEBT SERVICE AND TAKING INTO ACCOUNT OUTSTANDING DEBT. WE TALK A LOT, OF COURSE, AROUND HERE ABOUT ISSUING NEW DEBT, BUT WE ARE ALWAYS -- ALMOST ALWAYS -- PAYING OFF EXISTING DEBT THAT WE HAVE. SO IT'S A DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT AND IT WILL ALWAYS BE A DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT, I THINK, FOR A CITY OF THIS SIZE AND A CITY WITH THESE ASPIRATIONS. THE ANTI-DELUSION TEST. DON'T WANT TO GET TOO WONKISH BUT SOMETIMES UNAVOIDABLE. THIS IS TO PROTECT EXISTING BOND HOLDERS. PEOPLE COMPANIES WHETHER RETAIL, MOM AND POP SHOPS OR ORGANIZATIONS HAVE MADE AN INVESTMENT IN THE CITY. WE HAVE BORROWED MONEY FROM THEM THROUGH BONDS. THEY WANT ASSURANCE, JUSTIFIABLY THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE POOR DECISIONS IN THE FUTURE THAT WILL JEOPARDIZE THEIR INVESTMENT IN THE CITY, AND THAT IS WHAT AN ANTIDILUTION TEST DOES. IT HAS TO MEET A TWO-PRONG TEST. AGAIN, WE HAVE TO MEET THAT MINIMUM REQUIRED COVERAGE, WHICH I'LL GET TO IN A MINUTE, AND WE HAVE TO ESTABLISH WHAT IS A MAXIMUM ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE. WHAT THAT MEANS IS HOW MUCH ARE WE PAYING EVERY YEAR. HOW MUCH ARE WE ANTICIPATED TO PAY EVERY YEAR. BECAUSE IT'S ONE THING TO SAY, HEY, WE'LL ISSUE A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS OVER 30 YEARS, WE HAVE TO VERIFY THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE DEBT PAYMENTS EACH AND EVERY SINGLE YEAR. CALCULATED BY THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR, PAY SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS USING, AGAIN, AUDITED FINANCIAL DATA. IT'S NOT WHAT WE THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN. IT'S BASED ON WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE RECENT PAST. EXISTING FINANCIAL MARKET DATA. TALK ABOUT DYNAMIC, I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS BY NOW THE FINANCIAL MARVEGHTS ARE NOTHING IF NOT DYNAMIC. THERE ARE A GREAT MANY MOVING PARTS. AND IT IS A LEGAL TEST. IT IS A LEGAL TEST TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE COMPLYING WITH OUR BOND COVENANTS. HERE IS OUR ANTIDILUTION TEST. THE FIRST TEST. YOU SEE ON THE TOP OUR LEGALLY AVAILABLE NON-AD VALOREM REVENUES. THOSE ARE OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES. I'LL REITERATE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE PUBLIC, NON-AD VALOREM MEANS NON-PROPERTY TAXES. THE FISCAL YEAR '22 AMOUNT, FISCAL YEAR '23 AMOUNT AND OUR AVERAGE. OUR ANTICIPATED MAXIMUM ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE, INCLUDING OUR PROJECTED DEBT, WHAT WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO PAY EVERY YEAR FOR NON-AD VALOREM, IS A LITTLE OVER $60 MILLION. THE NEXT LINE DOWN YOU SEE MINIMUM DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE IS 1.5 TIMES. WE HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST 1.5 TIMES THESE LEGALLY AVAILABLE REVENUES IN ORDER TO MEET THAT FIRST TEST. THE LAST LINE YOU SEE WE EXCEEDED SIGNIFICANTLY. WE HAVE NEARLY SIX TIMES THE COVERAGE AS OPPOSED TO ONE AND A HALF TIMES THE COVERAGE. THAT'S THE FIRST TEST, WHICH YOU SEE WE PASSED EASILY. IN THE SECOND TEST, YOU SEE THE GOVERNMENTAL REVENUES. GOVERNMENTAL REVENUES FOR FISCAL YEAR '22 AND '23 AND THE AVERAGE OF JUST OVER $793 MILLION. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OUT SALES TAX. WE'LL TAKE OUT STORMWATER. HERE ARE THE AVAILABLE GOVERNMENTAL REVENUES YOU SEE, $735.5 MILLION. WHY SALES TAX? WHY STORMWATER? THOSE ARE SEPARATE REVENUE STREAMS. OUR CURRENT MAXIMUM ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE, YOU REMEMBER THAT FROM THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. WE ANTICIPATE 60 -- ALMOST 60.5 MILLION. THE MAXIMUM WE'RE ALLOWED IS 20. WE'RE 8%. THAT'S $60.4 MILLION IS 8%. SO MOVING FURTHER DOWN, BASED ON OUR AVAILABLE GOVERNMENTAL REVENUES, IF WE COULD OR IF WE WANTED TO, EXCUSE ME, BECAUSE WE CAN, WE CAN GO TO 20%. NOW, WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING THAT, AND I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL RECOMMEND THAT. THAT WILL BRING YOU AT THE VERY BOTTOM AN ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT OF $148 MILLION. WE ANTICIPATE MUCH LESS THAN HALF THAT. SO WE HAVE PASSED OUR SECOND ANTIDILUTION TEST. TO RECAP, CAPACITY IS BASED ON ANY NUMBER OF THINGS, FINANCIAL MARKET CONDITIONS, REQUIRED DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE, OUR CREDIT RATINGS. AGAIN, CREDIT RATINGS DRIVE A GREAT DEAL OF WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO BORROW. AGAIN, THE REPAYMENT OF EXISTING DEBT AND ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL DEBT. 148 MILLION GIVES US A LEGAL DEBT ISSUANCE CAPACITY OF NON-AD VALOREM FUNDING OF ABOUT $1.5 BILLION. WE DON'T ANTICIPATE EVER RECOMMENDING NEAR THAT, BUT WE COULD. FINAL NOTE AT THE BOTTOM, IF SOMEONE ANTICIPATED ISSUING A MUCH DEBT, IT WOULD AFFECT THE CITY'S CREDIT RATING. THERE IS A TIPPING POINT. AND HERE IS OUR NON-AD VALOREM DEBT PROGRAM THROUGH FISCAL YEAR '29. A VERY DETAILED, ITEMIZED LIST OF WHAT WE INTEND TO DO WHEN WE INTEND TO DO IT FROM A FINANCING PERSPECTIVE. YOU SEE THE FIRE STATION IS AT THE TOP. WE HAVE THAT YELLOW BOX AROUND THOSE PROJECTS TO INDICATE POTENTIALLY WHAT KIND OF BONDING RELIEF PASSING OF THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TAX COULD PROVIDE. YES, THE CIT EXACTLY. THANK YOU. ALSO AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS THE CIT. AS YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THE COUNTY COMMISSION APPROVED GOING FORWARD YESTERDAY. WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL NOVEMBER. IF IT IS SUCCESSFUL, WE WON'T RECEIVE THE FUNDING UNTIL THE OUT YEAR 2026. BUT WE DO WANT TO KEEP IN MIND IT HAS BEEN ASKED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS IN BRIEFINGS AND, OF COURSE, WE SURFACED IT OURSELVES, SPEAKING OF A DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT, HOW CAN WE LEVERAGE THAT FUNDING OR USE THAT FUNDING TO RELIEVE SOME OF OUR DEBT OR SOME OF OUR BONDING REQUIREMENTS. THE CONVENTION CENTER, HANNA AVENUE MOBILITY. THIS IS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION AROUND HANNA AVENUE. WE STILL HAVE THE FINAL DEBT COMPONENT FOR THE HANNA AVENUE CITY CENTER. TPD HEADQUARTERS. WE DO NEED TO DO SOME WORK THERE. THE FIRE TRAINING SIMULATOR AND SKILLS TOWER AND, OF COURSE, THE EAST TAMPA RECREATION CENTER AT FAIR OAKS. THAT IS JUST THE FIRST PAGE. HERE IS THE SECOND PAGE OF ANTICIPATED NON-AD VALOREM DEBT. THE ANNEX BUILDING FOR TPD, 40th STREET, PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING FACILITY, HOUSING PROGRAM PROPERTY ACQUISITION. SULPHUR SPRINGS POOL THAT I MENTIONED. WE HAVE ANOTHER 300,000 NONFINANCING TO GET TO THAT NEARLY $2 MILLION. GUIDA HOUSE RENOVATIONS AND K-BAR RANCH PARK, WE HAVE OUTLINED THOSE IN GREEN TO AGAIN SURFACE AND KEEP IN MIND PRETTY BIG TICKET PROJECTS. NOW, OF COURSE, WHEN AND IF THE CIT IS APPROVED, THERE ARE ANY NUMBER OF WAYS THAT WE CAN GO, BUT WE DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME PROJECTS THAT COULD BE RELIEVED FROM A FINANCING PERSPECTIVE BY THE CIT. THE WEST RIVER WALK, WHICH, AGAIN, COUNCIL WILL SEE A LITTLE LATER ON IN THIS MEETING. AND WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED IN THAT BLACK SQUARE ALL OF THE GRANT MATCHES, ALTHOUGH WE ARE VERY SUCCESSFUL IN ORDER TO GET MONEY, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO SPEND MONEY, AND WE ARE GOING TO FINANCE OR WE INTEND TO FINANCE SOME OF THOSE GRANT MATCHES. WRAPPING IT UP FROM A CAPACITY PERSPECTIVE, YOU SEE IN GREEN WHAT WE COULD BORROW FROM A LEGAL BONDING CAPACITY PERSPECTIVE AND WHAT WE ANTICIPATE BORROWING IN BLUE. THIS IS ACTUALLY A VERY CONSERVATIVE GRAPH BECAUSE YOU SEE WE LEAVE THE BONDING CAPACITY CONSISTENT AT 1.5 BILLION. I BELIEVE JUST SIX MONTHS AGO WE SHARED WITH YOU A BONDING CAPACITY OF 1.3 BILLION. IN HALF A YEAR, THINGS CHANGED. OUR BONDING CAPACITY HAS GOTTEN BETTER. ABSENT A BLACK SWAN EVENT, I ANTICIPATE THAT OUR BONDING CAPACITY WILL CONTINUE TO GET BETTER. BUT THIS WILL WORK FOR NOW, I THINK. 1.5 BILLION, AGAIN, WELL BELOW THAT. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT SOME CREDIT RATING VULNERABILITIES BECAUSE WE DO LIVE IN THE REAL WORLD. THESE ARE QUOTES FROM ALL THREE OF THE CREDIT RATING AGENCIES. WE'VE ASKED THEM AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO ASK THEM, THEY ARE HAPPY TO TELL US, HEY, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN OR WHAT COULD HAPPEN THAT WOULD LEAD TO YOU DOWN-GRADE OUR CREDIT RATING. YOU SEE THAT HERE. A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN DEBT. WHAT WE PLAN, WE DO NOT THINK BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM THEM AND OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS WILL BE DEFINED AS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN DEBT. A MATERIAL DECLINE IN FUND BALANCE. AGAIN, THANK YOU COUNCIL AND THANK YOU MAYOR FOR STICKING TO THAT FUND BALANCE LEVEL. S&P YOU SEE CONSECUTIVE YEARS OF STRUCTURAL IMBALANCE. WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT. WE DON'T INTEND TO HAVE THAT. LEADING TO MATERIAL -- DETERIORATION OF BUDGET PERFORMANCE AND AVAILABLE RESERVES. FITCH SAYS, HEY, A SUSTAINED WEAKENING OF PLEDGED RESERVES OR UNEXPECTED LEVERAGING. WE ARE LEVERAGING, BUT IT'S WITHIN THE BOUNDS, AND IT'S NOT UNEXPECTED. WE ABSOLUTELY EXPECT IT. AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT WONKISH BUT WE WANT TO REITY ATE TO COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC THAT WE DO NOT THINK ANYTHING WE PLANNED IS GOING TO ADVERSELY IMPACT OUR CREDIT RATING. COUNCIL HAS SEEN A VERSION OF THIS CHART BEFORE. WE HAVE UPDATED IT FOR FISCAL YEAR '24. I WOULD SUGGEST CONCENTRATING PERHAPS ON THE PURPLE LINE. THE PURPLE LINE REPRESENTS NEARLY QUARTER-CENTURY HISTORY OF WHAT OUR DEBT HAS BEEN COMPARED TO OUR BUDGET. YOU SEE CONTINUING DECLINE UNTIL AROUND 2015 WHERE IT PRETTY MUCH LEVELED OUT. AT THE SAME TIME, OF COURSE, OUR BUDGET HAS EXPANDED DRAMATICALLY, FROM LESS THAN HALF A BILLION IN 2000 TO NEARLY 2 BILLION 25 YEARS LATER. OUR PRINCIPAL OUTSTANDING DEBT SERVICE, THIS IS WHAT WE'VE GOT RIGHT NOW. I'VE SAID IT BEFORE, IT CONTINUES TO BE A VERY NICE DEBT PICTURE, A GRADUAL DECLINING. THIS IS WHAT WE'VE GOT RIGHT NOW. NO SURPRISES. NO BALLOON PAYMENTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. MOVING TO OUR DEBT SERVICE BY BOND YEAR, WE DO HAVE A BALLOON PAYMENT, BUT I'M GOING TO EXPLAIN THAT. IN 2029 -- OH, I WAS REMISS IN NOT AT LEAST EMPHASIZING THAT THE GREEN ARE OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS AND THE BLUE IS OUR GOVERNMENTAL. AGAIN, A NICE SMOOTH DECLINING DEBT PICTURE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THAT 2029. WHAT IS THAT? YOU SEE THE NOTE THERE, THAT IS THE BALLOON PAYMENT FOR THE BANK NOTE WE JUST APPROVED FOR SOLID WASTE AND THE WASTE TO ENERGY PLANT. AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO GET RID OF THE BALLOON PAYMENT BECAUSE WE'LL ROLL IT UP INTO A 30-YEAR BOND. WHEN WE FINALIZE THE DEBT ISSUANCE FOR THE RELOCATION OF SOLID WASTE. WHAT WILL THAT DO? THAT WILL MAKE IT NICE AND SMOOTH AGAIN. AGAIN, FULL TRANSPARENCY, WE DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT YOU GOT A BIG LIFT IN 2029, BUT WE HAVE A PLAN FOR THAT. OUR NON-AD VALOREM PRO FORMA DEBT SERVICE FOR FISCAL YEAR 25, WE ANTICIPATE BRINGING THIS TO COUNCIL IN THE FIRST OR SECOND QUARTER YOU SEE THERE. ABOUT 150 ODD MILLION DOLLARS INTEREST. GOING TO BE ABOUT THAT. INTEREST RATES HISTORICALLY, AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE. IF YOU LOOK BACK DECADES AND DECADES, NOT TOO BAD. RECENTLY, PRETTY HIGH. YOU SEE THAT HERE, ANNUAL BOND PAYMENTS OF OVER $10 MILLION. WE THINK THIS IS A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE OF 4.4%. I WON'T BOTHER GOING DOWN A RABBIT HOLE OF POTENTIAL FEDERAL RESERVE DECISIONS IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE ON RATES, BUT WE THINK THIS IS A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE. MOVING INTO OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER, AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN CONCENTRATING MOSTLY ON OUR GENERAL FUND, NON-AD VALOREM. THIS IS OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER. WE ANTICIPATE COMING TO COUNCIL IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO FOR OVER $300 MILLION IN PROCEEDS. AGAIN, PART OF THE PIPES PROGRAM, INTEREST COSTS FOR REASONS I WON'T GET INTO RIGHT NOW ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE HIGH COMPARED TO THE PROCEEDS, ALTHOUGH, AGAIN, WE THINK IT'S CONSERVATIVE. THE REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION HAS ALREADY BEEN ADOPTED. I SHOULD STATE ON THE WATER AND WASTEWATER DEBT AND THE NEXT SLIDE, SOLID WASTE, WE'RE GOING TO COME IN AGAIN WITH A VERY DETAILED SIGNIFICANT PRESENTATION AGAIN REGARDING CAPACITY, REGARDING WHAT WE ANTICIPATE DOING AND HOW THAT WILL AFFECT US. AND FOR SOLID WASTE, OF COURSE, ABOUT 130 MILLION WE ANTICIPATE FOR RELOCATION OF THE HEADQUARTERS FROM SPRUCE STREET. AGAIN, WE'LL DO A SHORT-TERM ISSUANCE AND WRAP THIS ONE UP WITH THE OTHER ONE FOR 30-YEAR BOND. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. SPEAKING OF INDULGENCES, THANK YOU FOR INDULGING ME. I KNOW IT WAS DETAILED BUT A LOT OF DISCUSSION HAS OCCURRED REGARDING BONDING AND FINANCING. I ANTICIPATE A GREAT DEAL OF DISCUSSION WILL CONTINUE. WE'RE HAPPY TO ENGAGE IN THAT. BUT TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY, WE WANT T MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S EYES ARE WIDE OPEN AND ALL THE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. THE NEXT STEPS, OUR C.I.P. WORKSHOP AUGUST 5. AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE THAT PRODUCT TO YOU. OPERATING WORKSHOP AUGUST 19. WE WOULD ASK CITY COUNCIL TO REQUEST THE FOLLOWING MOTIONS: FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 3 AND THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 17. MR. MIRANDA OR COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT DETAILED INFORMATION TO YOU. HERE IS A SNEAK PEEK OF WHAT'S COMING UP. AGAIN, WE HAVE TO WORK AROUND THE SCHOOL BOARD AND COUNTY COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING DATES. WE'RE THIRD IN LINE AND THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE LANDED. THE BUDGET CAN BE FOUND AT THIS LINK. FROM THERE, YOU CAN GO INTO OPEN GOV, AS YOU KNOW, BUT FOR THE PUBLIC'S BENEFIT, ANY NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TOOLS ARE AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY WHO CAN ACCESS THAT LINK. WE HAVE HARD COPY BUDGETS COMING. WE'VE GOT THEM COMING RIGHT NOW. YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. AGAIN, APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK. WE WANT YOU TO HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU THINK IS NECESSARY FOR YOUR COMFORT IN MAKING THESE DECISIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT CONCLUDES YOUR PRESENTATION? >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, ONE EXCEPTION. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T THANK A NUMBER OF PEOPLE. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T THANK YOUR BUDGET ANALYSIS. THANK YOU, MS. KOPESKY. I APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT, OUR DISCUSSIONS AND YOUR EFFORTS AND THE CITIZENS BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THEY HAVE ALREADY MADE THEIR PRESENTATION TO YOU. THEY HAVE MET EXTENSIVELY AND FREQUENTLY. SO APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS ALSO. AS ALWAYS, WE THINK THIS IS A CAREFULLY CRAFTED AND BALANCED BUDGET. THERE ARE ANY NUMBER OF INTERRELATED ITEMS IN HERE, SO MAKING CHANGES IN ONE AREA IS LIKELY TO AFFECT A CHANGE IN ANOTHER AREA, AS COUNCIL KNOWS. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME, AGAIN, LETTING ME GET INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL THAN IS TYPICAL. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A TEN-MINUTE RECESS. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING IN. POLICE OFFICER OF THE MONTH AND THEN PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'RE IN A TEN-MINUTE RECESS. [ SOUNDING GAVEL ] [RECESS] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING BACK TO ORDER. IF WE COULD HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. >>BILL CARLSON: HERE. >> HURTAK? CLENDENIN? HENDERSON? >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT. >>LUIS VIERA: HERE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE. >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL GO TO POLICE OFFICER OF THE MONTH. CHIEF BERCAW, WANT TO KICK IT OFF? COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR. OUR GREAT PLEASURE HERE TODAY TO DO OUR TAMPA POLICE OFFICER OF THE MONTH FOR DETECTIVE AMANDA BARANOWSKI. WE DO THIS TO REFLECT THE VALUES OF THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE, CITY OF TAMPA THAT SUPPORTS OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND INCLUDES OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND OUR COPS. HERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL HONOREE AND THIS WONDERFUL WOMAN I JUST SPOKE WITH, WE HAVE TAMPA CHIEF OF POLICE, DR. BERCAW. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. I'M HONORED TO PRESENT DETECTIVE AMANDA BARANOWSKI, OUR OFFICER OF THE MONTH FOR JULY 2024. WHEN YOU HEAR THIS STORY, YOU'RE GOING TO BE GLAD SHE'S WORKING FOR THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE KIDS OR GRAKDZ. -- GRANDKIDS. THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT DETECTIVE AMANDA BARANOWSKI AS OFFICER OF THE MONTH. HER DEDICATION AND EXCEPTIONAL INVESTIGATIVE SKILLS WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN BRINGING A DANGEROUS PREDATOR TO JUSTICE. IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, SHE WAS ASSIGNED A COMPLEX CASE INVOLVING THE CYBERBULLYING OF A JUVENILE. A SEXUALLY EXPLICIT VIDEO FEATURING TWO MINORS HAD BEEN CIRCULATED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. DETECTIVE BARANOWSKI IDENTIFIED THE MALE JUVENILE IN THE VIDEO WHO INFORMED HER THAT HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND, A HOMESCHOOLED STUDENT THAT HE MET ONLINE, HAD ACCESSED AND SHARED A VIDEO WITHOUT HIS CONSENT. DETECTIVE BARANOWSKI INVESTIGATED AND REVEALED NO RECORD OF THIS FEMALE JUVENILE. SHE USED VARIOUS RESOURCES, INCLUDING DATABASES, EMPLOYMENT RECORDS, AND WITNESS INTERVIEWS IN HER COMPREHENSIVE AND METICULOUS INVESTIGATION. SHE WAS ABLE TO UNRAVEL A WEB OF DECEIT. RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF TRUTH SHOCKING REALITY THAT THE EX-GIRLFRIEND WAS NOT A JUVENILE BUT A 22-YEAR-OLD ADULT WHO HAD METICULOUSLY CRAFTED AN ONLINE PERSONA AS A TEENAGER. ARMED WITH THIS NEW INFORMATION, DETECTIVE BARANOWSKI IDENTIFIED 25 ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL VICTIMS. EACH A JUVENILE WHO BELIEVED THAT THEY WERE INTERACTING WITH ANOTHER ONLINE TEEN. WORKING TIRELESSLY, SHE WAS ABLE TO PROPERLY IDENTIFY EACH VICTIM AND SECURE PERMISSION FROM THEIR PARENTS TO SPEAK WITH THEM. THIS COMPREHENSIVE INVESTIGATION RESULTED IN 11 FELONY CHARGES AGAINST THE SUSPECT WHO IS CURRENTLY IN JAIL. DETECTIVE BARANOWSKI'S COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING CHILDREN SERVES AS A POWERFUL REMINDER OF THE DANGERS LURKING ONLINE. THIS CASE HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF OPEN COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PARENTS AND GUARDIANS AND THEIR CHILDREN REGARDING INTERNET SAFETY, ONLINE ACTIVITY, AND BEING AWARE OF POTENTIAL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. THANKS TO DETECTIVE BARANOWSKI'S EXCEPTIONAL WORK, A PREDATOR HAS BEEN STOPPED AND CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE SAFER. HER DEDICATION IS A SHINING EXAMPLE OF THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT'S UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO SAFEGUARDING THE WELL-BEING OF ALL RESIDENTS. FOR THAT, SHE IS AWARDED OUR OFFICER OF THE MONTH. CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] >>LUIS VIERA: BEFORE WE FORMALLY HONOR THIS AMAZING INDIVIDUAL, WE'RE -- WE HAVE SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU AND HONOR YOU. WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO COULDN'T BE HERE. WE'LL BE DOING THAT AFTERWARDS. WE'LL START WITH MR. MICHELINI. >> I'M NOT SURE WHO IS LEFT. I APOLOGIZE TO YOU. MY COMPUTER WAS ACTING UP YESTERDAY, SO I DON'T HAVE THE PRINTED DOCUMENTS THAT YOU MIGHT NEED, BUT I DO HAVE GIFT CERTIFICATES HERE FOR BELLABRAVA, WHICH IS IN THE MIDTOWN SECTION OF TAMPA. AND YUMMY HOUSE CHINA BISTRO WOULD LIKE TO HONOR YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION. >> THANK YOU, SIR. [ APPLAUSE ] >> BRANDON BARCLAY, TAMPA PBA. PRESENTING THIS PLAQUE TO DETECTIVE BARANOWSKI. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN GREAT. I'VE WORKED WITH AMANDA ON THE STREET WHEN SHE WAS AN OFFICER AND SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN PHENOMENAL. CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] >>LUIS VIERA: UNFORTUNATELY, SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO USUALLY COME TO HONOR OUR POLICE OFFICER OF THE MONTH COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF THE BUDGET PRESENTATION, BUT, IF I MAY, THIS WOULD APPEAR TO BE FROM THE TAMPA THEATRE. A GIFT FOR YOU, FROM OUR GOOD FRIENDS AT THE TAMPA THEATRE. THIS IS FROM ZOO TAMPA. VERY NICE GIFTS. WE HAVE GIFTS HERE FROM 1905 FAMILY OF RESTAURANTS, GOOD FRIENDS AT THE COLUMBIA AND GONZMART FAMILY. THIS IS FROM OUR GOOD FRIENDS AT STEPP'S TOWING, ALWAYS VERY PROFIRST RESPONDER AND WONDERFUL PEOPLE, WONDERFUL GIFT FROM THEM. I BELIEVE THAT IS A FREE RIDE IN A LIMO. AND THEN FROM OUR GOOD FRIENDS AT THE STRAZ CENTER, SOME NICE TICKETS. AND THEN WE HAVE HERE FROM THE TAMPA BUCS, HERE AT ONE BUC PLACE, WE HAVE A TRADITION TO GIVE OUR POLICE OFFICER OF THE MONTH A GAME BALL. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >>LUIS VIERA: IF WE MAY, HERE IT IS, MA'AM, ON BEHALF OF A VERY GRATEFUL CITY OF TAMPA AND TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, WE REALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROTECTION OF OUR CHILDREN AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND FOR EVERY DAY WEARING THAT UNIFORM, GOING OUT THERE AND TAKING HITS FOR ALL OF US. WE APPRECIATE YOU, WHO YOU ARE. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOT TO PULL IT UP. NOT QUITE USED TO PUBLIC SPEAKING, SO MY APOLOGIES. BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO SAY AND SOME PEOPLE I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE. FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY OF TAMPA COUNCIL FOR THE HONOR OF BEING RECOGNIZED TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR CITY LEADERS, TAMPA POLICE CHIEF BERCAW. OUR ASSISTANT DEPUTY CHIEFS AND DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP AND STAFF, THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY SERGEANT, MY SQUAD AND SPECIAL UNIT DEVOTED TO THEIR PROFESSION AND THE CASES WE WORK. THEY ARE ALL DESERVING OF THIS RECOGNITION. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND 13th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, THE UNIT FOR GUIDANCE AND TENACITY WITH SEEING THESE CASES THROUGH TO THE END. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE TAMPA PBA, OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, THE CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND SUPPORT NEEDED TO OPERATE AND UPHOLD OUR AGENCY'S MISSION. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF THESE CASES THAT WE WORK BECAUSE IT TAKES IMMEASURABLE COURAGE TO COME FORWARD AND TELL THEIR STORIES TO EVERYBODY. SO WE CAN BRING THEM JUSTICE. LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY WIFE AND MY FAMILY, BLOOD AND CHOSEN FAMILY, STANDING UP WITH ME FOR THE PAST 13 YEARS. MY WIFE'S COMMITMENT AND SACRIFICE TO WHAT I DO. SHE HAS SUCH HUMILITY. SHE PROMOTES ADVOCACY AND HAS AN OBSESSION WITH TRUE CRIME WHICH HAS ALLOWED ME TO DO WHAT I DO. [ LAUGHTER ] FOR THIS LONG. THANK YOU SO MUCH BEING A PART OF THE SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT AND ALLOWING ME TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK THESE CASES. IT'S BEEN AMAZING. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >>LUIS VIERA: NOW, COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, YOU MAY. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND WHAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO ON A DAILY BASIS ALONG WITH THE OTHER THOUSAND OR SO POLICE OFFICERS. IT'S NOT EASY TO THINK HOW SOMEBODY ELSE THINKS AND CATCH THEM. YOU HAVE TO OUTTHINK THEM ON WHAT THEY ARE DOING, WHAT YOU HAVE DONE WHEN JUST ALL THE WAY -- ABOUT HOW YOU FOUND THEM, LOOK FOR THEM, SEARCH FOR THEM AND WHAT YOU DID IN MAKING THE ARREST. FIRST NOTIFIED OF THIS WHEN WATCHING ONE OF THE TV STATIONS AND SAW THAT. THAT PERSON DID LOOK LIKE A TEENAGER, THE CAMERA SHOT I SAW. I WANT TO THANK YOU PERSONALLY. EVERY CITIZEN IN THE CITY OF TAMPA FOR YOUR LOYALTY, YOUR COMMITMENT TO "I WILL CATCH THAT PERSON NO MATTER WHAT." CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND THE WHOLE POLICE DEPARTMENT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR. >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU. AND THANK YOUR WIFE FOR SUPPORTING YOU. I CAN'T IMAGINE THE EMOTIONS THAT YOU GO THROUGH IN LOOKING AT THIS AND SEEING HOW THIS AFFECTS KIDS' LIVES AND FAMILIES' LIVES. AS THE PARENT OF THREE KIDS, I'M TERRIFIED ABOUT THIS EVERY DAY. WE ALL HAVE TO HAVE LONG CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR KIDS TO WARN THEM. BUT IT'S JUST A CONSTANT BARRAGE OF ATTACKS OF PEOPLE, PHISHING TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM IN SOME WAY. APPRECIATE YOU ON THIS END CATCHING THEM. I WISH WE COULD CALL ON YOU A HUNDRED TIMES TO CATCH MORE OF THEM. WE REALLY, REALLY NEED THIS. THIS IS THE HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR KIDS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WANT TO THANK YOUR WIFE, ONE, AND THE FAMILY. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE ALWAYS FORGET WITH EVERY POLICE OFFICER THAT STANDS BEFORE US AND PROTECTS US AROUND THE CITY, THERE ARE HUSBANDS, WIVES, KIDS AT HOME THAT SEND YOU GUYS OUT THE DOOR EVERY DAY AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO FACE. THEY ARE THE UNSUNG HEROES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUPPORTING YOUR WIFE AND BEING HERE TODAY FOR HER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. WE'RE CERTAINLY VERY, VERY PROUD OF YOU. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING ON THAT UNIFORM EVERY DAY AND MAKING THAT SACRIFICE AND TO YOUR FAMILY. YOU GO OUT EVERY DAY. YOU MAY OR MAY NOT COME HOME, BUT YOU STILL GO OUT THERE, YOU PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY. CLEARLY AS YOU'RE BEING HONORED TODAY FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN KEEPING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE SAFE, OUR YOUTH SAFE. WE'RE HONORED TO BE HERE WITH YOU. THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL TAKE A MINUTE AS THE ROOM CLEARS OUT AND KICK OFF PUBLIC COMMENT. MR. SHELBY, I HAVE A FEW SPEAKERS THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK REGARDING THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT. IF THEY SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, WILL THEY GIVE UP THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK DURING THAT ITEM? >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT IS A VERY GOOD POINT, MR. CHAIRMAN. THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON NUMBER 3 WOULD HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. IS MR. MERRITT HERE. MR. MARIN, WE'LL BRING THAT UP AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT. MR. MARIN WILL ASSIST COUNCIL. THIS IS A FIRST-TIME EVENT FOR YOU, CHOOSING PEOPLE TO SERVE ON THESE COMMITTEES. SO IF YOU'RE HERE AND ARE GOING TO SPEAK AS AN APPLICANT FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT, YOU CAN HOLD YOUR COMMENTS TILL WHEN THAT ITEM COMES UP, WHICH WILL BE TAKEN UP AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH REGISTERED SPEAKERS. WE HAVE THREE. JESSICA FRANKLIN IS THE FIRST REGISTERED SPEAKER. IS JESSICA ON? >> HI. I AM ON. CAN YOU HEAR ME? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND GO AHEAD. >> HI. MY NAME IS JESSICA FRANKLIN. I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE I HAVE BRONCHITIS AND LOST MY VOICE SO I DID NOT WANT TO AFFECT THE AUDIENCE. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I AM HONORED THAT I'M ABLE TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY. I'M EXTREMELY INTERESTED IN THIS COMMITTEE. [INDISCERNIBLE] CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA. NINE YEARS. I HELP THEM WITH INFRASTRUCTURE -- [INDISCERNIBLE] TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT A TON OF PROGRAMS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MS. FRANKLIN, IF I COULD STOP YOU FOR JUST A SECOND. YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 3 WHICH IS GOING TO BE COMING UP RIGHT AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU WANT TO HOLD YOUR COMMENTS UNTIL THEN SINCE IT'S PART OF THAT COMMITTEE. IF YOU COULD ADJUST THE MICROPHONE. WE HAD TROUBLE HEARING YOU. IT WAS MUFFLED. BUT WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU AND GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK FOR ITEM NUMBER 3. PLEASE STAY ON AND WE'LL BE BACK WITH YOU SHORTLY. NEXT SPEAKER IS JUNE FLEMMING. NO. OKAY. THEN WE HAVE STEPHANIE HARRISON BAILEY. IS STEPHANIE HARRISON BAILEY ALSO FOR ITEM NUMBER 3? >> YES, I AM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: STEPHANIE, WE'RE GOING TO JUST HOLD YOU UNTIL ITEM NUMBER 3. WE'LL DO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT BUT WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU AND YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. THAT TAKES US TO IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT. WE HAVE PAULA FLORES. PLEASE COME ON UP. FOLLOWED BY CHRISTINA COSTA. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS PAULA FLORES. I AM A BOARD MEMBER OF WALK BIKE TAMPA. OUR ADDRESS IS PO BOX 173327 TAMPA FLORIDA. WALK BIKE TAMPA IS A NONPROFIT CITIZEN BASED ADVOCACY GROUP FOCUSED ON PROMOTING SAFE CONNECTED ROUTES FOR PEOPLE WALKING, RIDING, AND ROLLING WITHIN OUR CITY. THE WALK BIKE TAMPA BOARD IS UNANIMOUS IN OUR SUPPORT FOR THE WEST RIVER DISTRICT MULTIMODAL NETWORK AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. IN ADDITION TO THE MULTIMODAL PATH ALONG THE RIVER, THE PROJECT INCLUDES COMPLETELY STREET ENHANCEMENTS IN THE SURROUNDING STREET SEGMENTS IN ORDER TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO THE MULTIMODAL CONNECTIONS AS WELL AS PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SAFE TRANSPORTATION CHOICES. THE MULTIMODAL PATH WILL TRIED TO IMPROVED ACCESS TO PARKS, UT, TAMPA PREP, BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL, STUART MIDDLE SCHOOL AND REC CENTERS IN THE AREA. INVESTMENT IN A PROJEC OF THIS CALIBER IN OUR COMMUNITY IS CRITICAL TO CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THESE DESTINATIONS AND POINTS BEYOND. THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN PLANNING FOR YEARS AND IN RECEIVING THE U.S. D.O.T. GRANT OF 24 MILLION WILL PROPEL THIS PROJECT NOT JUST FROM A VISION TO AN ACTUAL, VITAL LINK IN OUR TRANSPORTATION COMMUNITY AND NETWORK. THIS PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES A LOT OF SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS TO ADDRESS THE HIGH NUMBER OF PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE CRASHES IN THE AREA. THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S VISION ZERO POLICY AND THE ACTION PLAN, AND IT IS THE CITY'S ETHICAL OBLIGATION TO ADDRESS THESE CRASHES. SO IN ADDITION TO PROJECTS LIKE THE RIVERWALK, NOT ONLY DO THEY SUPPORT WALKING, BIKING AND BEING ACTIVE, BUT THEY ALSO COST ABOUT 75% LESS TO BUILD PER MILE COMPARED TO A TYPICAL CAR-FOCUSED TRANSPORTATION PROJECT. BUT IT ALSO CAN BRING A BROAD RANGE OF ECONOMIC BENEFITS THAT OFTEN GO UNMEASURED. BENEFITS SUCH AS INCREASED RETAIL AND FOOD SALES. NEW JOBS, NEW BUSINESSES, INCREASED PRIVATE INVESTMENT AND TOURISM REVENUE, INCREASED PROPERTY AND SALES TAX REVENUE. AND SOME PEOPLE DON'T RECOGNIZE THAT -- CRASHES AND HEALTH CARE COSTS RESULTING FROM SAFER STREETS, CLEANER AIR AND MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE PROJECT WILL CREATE MORE AFFORDABLE, SUSTAINABLE, AND SAFE TRANSPORTATION CHOICES. THIS PROJECT IS A LONG-TERM INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY, NOT JUST A COST PROJECT. WALK BIKE TAMPA SUPPORTS THIS PROJECT, AND WE ASK THAT YOU DO TOO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT UP, WE HAVE CHRISTINA COSTA FOLLOWED BY VALERIE BULLOCK. >> GOOD MORNING, TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MR. CHAIRMAN. MY NAME IS CHRISTINE ACOSTA. I'M A LOCAL TAMPA RESIDENT, 2402 WEST MORRISON AVENUE, AND I'M ALSO A BUSINESS OWNER, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ADVOCATE AND A PERSONAL BICYCLE COMMUTER. I'M HERE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO ADVANCE THE WEST RIVER WALK PROJECT, ITEM NUMBER 115, ON TODAY'S AGENDA. FOUR AND A HALF YEARS AGO, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ON ONE OF THE TEAMS THAT CREATED A PROPOSAL TO DEVELOP THE ROME YARD. WHILE MY TEAM DID NOT WIN, THE MOBILITY PLAN THAT I WROTE FOR THAT AREA SCORED 99 OUT OF 100 POSSIBLE POINTS. AND THAT WAS BECAUSE ITS FOCUS WAS ON THE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE AND COMMERCE, ESPECIALLY GOODS AND SERVICES THAT ARE GENERATED BY OUR SMALL LOCAL BUSINESSES. CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AND THE BACKBONE OF OUR ECONOMY. SO THE MOBILITY PLAN HAD AT ITS CORE, VERY MULTIDIMENSIONAL, AS YOU WOULD IMAGINE, HAD AT ITS CORE THE WEST RIVER WALK. SO THIS IS A CRITICAL LINK IN OUR EMERGING NETWORK OF SAFE AND COMFORTABLE FACILITIES FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ALL ABILITIES TO MAINTAIN A HEALTHY AND SUSTAINABLE LIFE AND CHOOSE MOBILITY OPTIONS THAT ENABLE THEIR HOUSEHOLD BUDGET TO EITHER BE CAR-FREE OR CAR-LIGHT. FACILITIES OF THIS TYPE HAVE BEEN STUDIED BY THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE AND FOUND TO DELIVER ENORMOUS RETURN ON INVESTMENTS FOR THE BUDGET FOR WHICH YOU ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY. THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND RESULTING TAX GENERATION ARE FANTASTIC. WE NEED ONLY CONSIDER THE ICONIC FACILITIES. THERE ARE TOO MANY TO LIST, BUT WE HAVE OUR PRESENT RIVERWALK WHICH SHINES EVERY TIME LIGHT IS CAST ON IT. THE PINELLAS TRAIL, THE ATLANTA BELTLINE, THE NEW YORK HIGH LINE. INDIANAPOLIS CULTURE TRAIL AND MANY OTHERS. ONE THAT IS NOT AS GOOD AS WHAT WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BUILD HERE, I WENT TO A CONFERENCE IN MIAMI, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CITY TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS, ENACTO, AND WHILE IN MIAMI I HAD A TOUR OF THEIR CURRENT RIVERWALK, WHICH IS BEING BUILT INCREMENTALLY AND IT'S PATCHWORK. IT STARTS AND STOPS AND STARTS AND STOPS. IT IS INCONGRUOUS AND DOES NOT SERVE THAT COMMUNITY WELL. THE MATERIALS ARE ALL DIFFERENT, AND WE JUST DON'T WANT THAT. WE HAVE A SHOT AT DOING SOMETHING MUCH, MUCH BETTER, AND I HOPE YOU'LL SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT UP IS VALERIE BULLOCK FOLLOWED BY CHRISTIE LEE. >> GOOD MORNING. VALERIE BULLOCK, PONCE De LEON COLLEGE HILL. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT RESOLUTION NUMBER 27, APPROVING RETURNING CITIZEN TRAINING PROGRAM BETWEEN BROWN AND THE CITY OF TAMPA. WHEN THE PROGRAM DO BECOME AVAILABLE, I WOULD LIKE FOR SOMEONE, IF IT'S POSSIBLE, AND YOU ALL COULD DO IT, JUST PUT A SENTENCE IN THERE FOR RETURNING CITIZENS LIKE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE SIT ON OUR PORCH AND WE SEE THE RETURNING CITIZEN GOING TO ABE BROWN MINISTRIES, BUT THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY CAN'T GET A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM. I SPOKE TO MR. ROBERT BLOUNT ONE TIME ABOUT THAT. HE SAID BECAUSE OF THE FUNDING THAT HE GET AND EVERYBODY NEED A JOB, NOT JUST PEOPLE THE -- WHO ARE JUST GETTING OUT OF PRISON, BUT THE PEOPLE ALREADY BEEN TO PRISON AND THEY STAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, STAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 20 YEARS, IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT THEY WOULD HAVE FIRST CHOICE TO THE PROGRAM. SO WHEN YOU ALL DO THE PROGRAM, PUT SOME KIND OF LANGUAGE IN THERE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT'S IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S NOT JUST GETTING OUT OF PRISON OR SOMEBODY, A RETURNING CITIZEN, SOMEBODY WITH A CHALLENGED BACKGROUND, WHETHER THEY ARE JUST GETTING OUT OR THEY HAVE BEEN OUT TEN YEARS, THEY ALL NEED THE SAME OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CHRISTIE LEE. I'LL COME BACK TO THAT. WE HAVE EDDIE FELICIANO. BUT THIS GENTLEMAN IS SIGNED UP FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING 104 AND 105, SO YOU CAN SPEAK AT THAT TIME. WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THOSE. LORI HARRIS, THAT IS IN REGARDS TO ITEM NUMBER 3. YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WHEN WE GO TO NUMBER 3, WHICH IS COMING UP RIGHT AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT. MR. BOBBY CREIGHTON. YES SIR. AFTER BOBBY CREIGHTON, WE HAVE ROBIN LOCKETT. GOOD MORNING, SIR. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. BOBBY CREIGHTON, TAMPA, FLORIDA. I SAW THERE WAS AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY THAT WAS RELATED TO PROBLEMATIC PROPERTIES IN TAMPA'S NEIGHBORHOODS. SO I WANTED TO COME AND SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT TODAY. I WAS RAISED TO BE A HUMBLE PERSON. I DON'T REALLY LIKE TO TALK ABOUT MYSELF OR THE THINGS THAT I DO. I TRY TO LET MY ACTIONS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T REALLY SEE THE THINGS THAT I DO BEHIND THE SCENES. I KIND OF DO A LOT OF RESEARCH SO WANTED TO SHARE SOME OF THAT WITH YOU. I RECENTLY COMPLETED A PILOT STUDY OF VACANT PROPERTIES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT INCLUDED 53 PROPERTIES. FIGHTING WITH THE ELMO TODAY A LITTLE BIT. YOU CAN SEE ALL THE PROPERTIES SAMPLED THERE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN. THAT'S JUST A SMALL PROPORTION OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VACANT PROPERTIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH I PULLED FROM THE PROPERTY APPRAISER DATA. YOU CAN SEE THERE IS 151 WITH THAT, PLUS MY SAMPLES, QUITE A NUMBER OF VACANT PROPERTIES JUST IN THE YBOR HEIGHTS AND VM YBOR NEIGHBORHOODS. I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT WAS COMPOSED OF IN TERMS OF THE RECORDS AND INTERACTIONS WITH THE CITY. I PULLED THAT DATA. GOT THAT FROM ACCELA, FROM THE PROPERTY APPRAISER WEBSITE, KIND OF CORRELATED SOME OF THAT. IF YOU PUT ALL THE RECORDS OVER TEN YEARS FROM 2014 TO 2024 INTO A BUCKET AND YOU PULLED A RECORD OUT, THIS IS THE CHANCES YOU WOULD GET ONE OF THE RECORDS. 42% COMPLAINTS, ABOUT 40% CODE OR CIVIL CASES. SO OVERALL, IF YOU REACHED INTO THAT BUCKET OF RECORDS AND PULLED ONE OUT, 80% CHANCE THAT YOU'LL FIND SOMETHING DETRIMENTAL TO A NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THOSE 53 VACANT PROPERTIES. WHO OWNS THESE? ABOUT 50% ARE OWNED BY LLCs OR SINGLE OWNERS. SO THOSE RECORDS, THAT BUCKET OF RECORDS, IF YOU PULLED ONE OUT, ABOUT A 50-50 SHOT THAT THAT RECORD BELONGS TO A LLC OR A SINGLE OWNER OF A PARCEL. SO IF YOU TAKE THAT 50%, YOU CAN IMAGINE OF THE LLCs AND SINGLE OWNERS, 80% OF THOSE RECORDS ARE DETRIMENTAL FOR NEIGHBORHOODS. I WAS CURIOUS WHAT CODE ENFORCEMENT DOES ABOUT IT. HOW THEY KIND OF PATROL THIS OR IF THEY ARE STRATEGIC ABOUT THEIR APPROACH. I GOT RECORDS FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT, FROM 2020 TO 2024, RUNNING OUT OF TIME. YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS ARE RELATIVELY SMALL FOR THE PERCENTAGE OF PROACTIVE CASES THAT THEY RECORD. BUT THE NUMBERS ARE RELATIVELY HIGH, COMING UP TO THE END HERE, AIR PROPERTIES ARE A MAJOR PROBLEM IN TAMPA'S BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS AND DESERVE SPECIAL ATTENTION. I OVERLAID ESTATE PROPERTIES ON TO ACS DATA TO SHOW EVERYTHING IN MAGENTA IS 50% OR GREATER BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT THE MAJORITY OF ESTATE PROPERTIES AND AIR PROPERTIES ARE IN BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS IN TAMPA. NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ABOUT HOW WE APPROACH THE PROBLEM OF VACANT SPACES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. BUT IT'S SOMETHING I THINK DESERVES STRATEGIC AND SPECIAL ATTENTION. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NO BACK AND FORTH. >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST WANTED TO ASK IF HE COULD LEAVE THAT INFORMATION FOR US SO WE COULD HAVE A COPY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YEAH, IF WE CAN GIVE IT TO THE ATTORNEY SO WE CAN HAVE COPIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT UP, WE HAVE ROBIN LOCKETT. FOLLOWED BY PASTOR WILLIAMS. NO. PASTOR FRANK WILLIAMS, SIR, AND MENTESNOT. GOOD MORNING, PASTOR WILLIAMS. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS PASTOR FRANK WILLIAMS LOCATEDED AT 1112 EAST SCOTT STREET PARADISE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. I'VE BEEN THERE FOR OVER 30 YEARS. NOW THE CITY IS TRYING TO TAKE MY CHURCH AWAY FROM ME. YOU GOT TO KNOW, I'M ABOUT GOD'S BUSINESS. GOD TOLD ME TO READ SOMETHING TO YOU. I HAVE TO READ SOME SCRIPTURE TO YOU. YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR WAS HERE THIS MORNING. AS SOON AS SHE GET THROUGH READING WHAT SHE GOT TO SAY TO US, SHE OUT OF HERE. WE WANT YOU TO BRING HER HERE SO WE CAN QUESTION HER ABOUT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HOW THEY ARE TREATING THE POOR BLACK. I HOPE YOU ALL GIVE ME ENOUGH TIME KNOWING THAT I AM AN OLD MAN AND HALFWAY BLIND. BUT I WANT TO READ THIS SCRIPTURE OFF TO YOU. PSALMS 59. DEFEND ME FROM THEM THAT RISE UP AGAINST ME. LIVE WITH ME FROM THE WORK OF INEQUITY AND SAVE ME FROM BLOODY MEN. WAIT FOR MY SOUL. THE MIGHTY ARE GATHERED AGAINST ME. FOR MY TRANSGRESSION, NOT FOR MY SIN, O LORD. BEHOLD, THEREFORE O LORD, GOD -- BE NOT MERCIFUL TO ANY WICKED TRANSGRESSION. RETURN AT EVENING, MAKE A NOISE LIKE A DOG AND GO AROUND. BEHOLD -- FOR GOD IS MY DEFENSE. I READ 59th CHAPTER. GOD GAVE ME THAT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. TOLD ME TO READ IT TO YOU ALL. I HAVE TO DO WHAT GOD TELL ME TO DO. I KNOW MEN DON'T CARE NOTHING ABOUT ME. I GOT TO TELL YOU ALL SOMETHING, I WISH YOU ALL WOULDN'T RING THAT BELL ON ME SO QUICK. POLICE KILLED MY BROTHER IN NEW YORK. BUT I'M NOT GOING TO GET ANGRY AT NO POLICE DOWN HERE IN TAMPA, BUT GIVE ME JUSTICE. THAT'S ALL I ASK FOR. GIVE ME JUSTICE AND TREAT ME LIKE A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. YOU ALL GOT A RAISE THE OTHER DAY, 30% RAISE, THAT WAS A BLESSING FROM GOD. THANK GOD FOR THE BLESSING AND GIVE THEM THE PRAISE. YOU ALL DIDN'T GIVE ME A CHANCE TO SAY NOTHING HERE. BUT I THANK GOD YOU ALL HEARD ME. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MENTESNOT. GOOD MORNING, SIR. >> UHURU. UHURU MEANS FREEDOM IN SWAHILI. WE SAY WE AS AFRICAN PEOPLE SHOULD ALWAYS BE THINKING ABOUT OUR FREEDOM BECAUSE FOR THE LAST 624 YEARS WE HAVE EXPERIENCED NOTHING CLOSE TO FREEDOM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> MENTESNOT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR. >> NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE TO SAY IS CAPITALISM IS THE BIGGEST TRICK ON EARTH. IT'S BIGGER THAN RELIGION. IT'S BIGGER THAN CHRISTIANITY, BIGGER THAN JUDAISM, BIGGER THAN ISLAM. BIG THAN ALL THAT. CAPITALISM IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST TRICKS ON EARTH. BIG TRICK. HERE IN THE HEART OF CITY GOVERNMENT, WE NEVER TALK ABOUT CAPITALISM. NEVER TALK ABOUT CAPITALISM. NEVER TALK ABOUT SOCIALISM. NEVER TALK ABOUT COMMUNISM. NEVER TALK ABOUT THE THINGS -- NEVER TALK ABOUT BLACK POWER. WE ARE HERE TODAY, WE TALK ABOUT $2 BILLION BUDGET, BUT NOBODY TALKS ABOUT, SINCE PERRY HARVEY BEEN IN THAT SEAT, NOBODY TALKS BUDGET COMING TO AFRICAN PEOPLE. NOBODY EVER TALKS ABOUT THAT. AND THAT'S PART OF CAPITALISM IN THE FORM OF 85 PEOPLE POSSESS MORE WEALTH THAN 4.5 BILLION PEOPLE ON THE PLANET EARTH. THIS CITY COUNCIL AND WHITE PEOPLE HAVE TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT THE WAY THEY DEAL WITH ISSUES. AFRICAN PEOPLE HAVE TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT THE WAY WE DEAL WITH ISSUES. AND THE REASON THAT AFRICAN PEOPLE CAN'T GET SERIOUS ABOUT THE WAY WE DEAL WITH ISSUES IS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN UNDERDEVELOPED AND DISPOSSESSED. DE-EDUCATED MISEDUCATED THE AVERAGE AFRICAN PERSON YOU TALK TO HAVE ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY NO SENSE. COULDN'T CARRY ON A DECENT CONVERSATION WITH YOU. WHY IS THAT? THE AVERAGE AFRICAN PERSON YOU TALK TO IS IGNORANT. IGNORANT. TOTALLY IGNORANT. WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF AFRICANS RIGHT NOW IN FRANCE PLAYING SPORTS AND ALL OF AFRICA IS SUFFERING. SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT. YOU HAVE AFRICANS SINGING AND DANCING AND ALL OF AFRICA IS SUFFERING. AFRICANS INTERNATIONALLY ARE SUFFERING. SOMETHING ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY WRONG THE PICTURE. SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE IS CITY COUNCIL CAN COME WITH A $2 BILLION BUDGET AND IF OUR REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISTRICT 5 CAN'T SAY WHERE 26 OR 21 PERCENT OF THAT BUDGET SHOULD GO TO AFRICAN PEOPLE. SOMETHING INTRINSICALLY WRONG IN THAT. SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT. WHEN YOU GO THROUGHOUT THE BLACK COMMUNITY, WHAT USED TO BE BLACK COMMUNITIES, CARVER CITY, AND OTHER PLACES, LINCOLN GARDENS, GRANT PARK, ALL THROUGHOUT EAST TAMPA, IT LOOKS HORRIBLE. AND INTENTIONALLY LETTING IT GO DOWN. ALL THAT HAVE TO CHANGE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE INDIVIDUALS HERE FOR ITEM NUMBER 3. THEY ARE GOING TO BE CALLED UPON. SO WE ARE GOING TO GO TO ITEM NUMBER 3, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE ITEM NUMBER 5. HELLO SIR. >>JAVIER MARIN: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. JAVIER MARIN, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY DIVISION. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BRING FORTH THE NAMES OF CIVIC-MINDED INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE REQUESTED TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS ADVISORY COUNCIL. OUR PURPOSE TODAY IS FOR COUNCIL TO APPOINT ONE STANDING MEMBER THAT WILL SERVE FOR TWO YEARS AND ALSO TO APPOINT TWO AD HOC MEMBERS THAT WILL SERVE ON THE GASWORX PROJECT, AND THEIR SERVICE WILL BE WE ESTIMATE FOR ABOUT THREE TO FOUR MONTHS, BASED ON COMPLETION OF THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT FOR THE PROJECT. WITH THAT, MR. CHAIR, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE NAMES THAT YOU HAVE ON THE LIST. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR. I HAVE ALL THE APPLICANTS HERE, BUT I DON'T HAVE -- LET ME SEE IF I HAVE THE INDIVIDUAL BROKEN DOWN LIST. >>JAVIER MARIN: WE DO HAVE SOME CHANGES. IF YOU'D LIKE, I CAN GO FROM MY LIST. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU GO AHEAD. I HAVE EVERYBODY HERE, BUT IF YOU CAN READ IT OFF QUICKLY -- >>JAVIER MARIN: I KNOW WE'VE HAD CHANGES. I THINK WE CAN START WITH MS. AMBER BOSKERS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU SAID THERE IS ONE SPOT AND VARIOUS APPLICANTS AND THEN WE HAVE THE TWO IN THE SEPARATE VOTE. >>JAVIER MARIN: CORRECT. YOU HAVE TWO SEPARATE LISTS. THE MEMBERS THAT WE'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE FIRST ARE GOING TO BE FOR THE STANDING COMMITTEE. AND YOU WILL PICK ONE OUT OF THAT FIRST LIST. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. PLEASE COME UP. STATE YOUR NAME. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AND SHOW MY INTEREST FOR THIS POSITION. MY NAME IS AMBER BOSKERS. I LIVE DOWN ON SHELL POINT ROAD, BALLAST POINT COMMUNITY OF SOUTH TAMPA. I AM A CO-OWNER OF KOEHLER HOUSE REMODELING. WE ARE A WOMAN OWNED GENERAL CONTRACTING AND RESIDENTIAL REMODELING BUSINESS. WE'VE BEEN IN THE TAMPA AREA SERVING OUR RESIDENTS FOR TEN YEARS. I'M A NEW OWNER. MY PARTNER AND I ACQUIRED THE BUSINESS IN DECEMBER WITH THE GOAL TO TEN X IN FIVE YEARS AND ALREADY TWO X'D IT. I CONCUR WITH THE COMMUNITY COMMENTS OF THE SURVEY THAT WAS SENT OUT. TAMPA IS A PHENOMENAL PLACE TO LIVE AND PHENOMENAL PLACE TO BE AN ENTREPRENEUR. SO OUR CLIENTS ARE THOSE THAT LIVE IN THE TOWERS. THEY LIVE, SERVICE CONDOMINIUMS. SMALL BUSINESSES AND NONPROFITS. SOME OF OUR PROJECTS RIGHT NOW ARE IN CHANNELSIDE, ALONG THE TOWERS OF BAYSHORE AND HYDE PARK. WE ARE ALL ABOUT THE CLIENT EXPERIENCE AND POURING INTO OUR COMMUNITY, AND THIS IS ANOTHER WAY FOR US TO DO SO BY GIVING BACK. I'M ACTUALLY A NEW RESIDENT AS WELL. OUR FAMILY MOVED HERE FROM ARIZONA THREE YEARS AGO. AND WE ARE STILL FULLY GETTING COMFORTABLE AND ENJOYING ALL THE BENEFITS OF TAMPA. WE ARE DEFINITELY THOSE THAT WORK, PLAY AND SPEND OUR TIME DOWN IN THE DOWNTOWN CORE. THE INTERESTS THAT I CAME TO APPLIED THIS POSITION, MY BACKGROUND IS REAL ESTATE INVESTING. I'M HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH THE REAL ESTATE INVESTING COMMUNITY AND THAT'S HOW THE GASWORX PROJECT CAME UP AND IT SOUNDS LIKE A FASCINATING PROJECT. WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE URBAN DENSITY THAT'S COMING TO THE AREA. THE PARKS, JUST THE COMMUNITY BUILDING OF THE RESIDENTS HERE AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF BRINGING NEW RESIDENTS TO THE AREA. SO I HAVE A BACKGROUND AND I HAVE THE COMMITMENT TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY AND THIS AREA. I JUST THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES MA'AM. THANK YOU. >>JAVIER MARIN: THANK YOU, MS. BOSKERS. THE NEXT CANDIDATE IS ALESIA SAVAGE FOLLOWED BY RYAN MEISSNER. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD MORNING MA'AM. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD MORNING. I AM ALICIA SAVAGE. FOR TIME SAKE, I'LL READ OFF MY NOTES. OTHERWISE I CAN SPEAK OPEN-MINDEDLY. I SPEAK TO YOU TODAY IN RELATION TO BEING CONSIDERED AN AT-LARGE MEMBER FOR THE CBAC. CURRENTLY A REAL ESTATE BROKER ASSOCIATE AT CALDWELL BAKER. I'M ALSO A DOWNTOWN TAMPA RESIDENT IN THE RIVER ARTS DISTRICT OVER NEAR BY CURTIS HIXON PARK. I AM INTERESTED IN JOINING THE CBAC FOR TWO SPECIFIC REASONS. ACTUALLY, A VARIETY OF REASONS, BUT TWO MAIN REASONS. BUN BEING BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT I AM A BROKER ASSOCIATE, I DO DEAL WITH BUYERS WHO ARE CONSIDERING MOVING TO THE TAMPA BAY AREA ON A REGULAR BASIS. THEY PROVIDE ME WITH FEEDBACK AND SHARE WHAT IT IS THAT THEY ARE SEEKING WHEN IT COMES TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CITY AND WHAT IT IS THAT WILL BE THE DECIDING FACTORS THAT PLAY INTO THE PART OF THEM ACTUALLY PURCHASING A RESIDENCE IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA. THE OTHER REASON, MAIN REASON WHY I AM INTERESTED IS BECAUSE I AM A MEMBER OF WHAT IS CALLED THE DOWNTOWN RIVER ARTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, ALSO KNOWN AS DRANA. I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN VERY WELCOMING TO SPEAK TO US AS MEMBERS. OUR MISSION OF DRANA IS TO REPRESENT THE RESIDENCES, THE BUSINESSES, AND THE VISITORS OF THE TAMPA BAY AREA. AS A BOARD MEMBER, WE SEEK OUT TO ACHIEVE THAT MISSION AND TO ALWAYS SEEK OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO BE ABLE TO BRING FORTH WHAT% THE RESIDENCES ARE SAYING AS WELL AS THE BUSINESSES AND VISITORS DIRECTLY TO OUR COUNCIL. SO IF YOU WERE TO ELECT ME, APPOINT ME AS THE AT-LARGE MEMBER, I WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO BRING THOSE COMMENTS AND INTERESTS DIRECTLY TO YOU ALL AND THE MAYOR. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT. >>JAVIER MARIN: THANK YOU. NEXT IS MR. RYAN MEISSNER FOLLOWED BY -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD MORNING SIR. >> RYAN. SEEKING APPOINTMENT FOR AT-LARG SEAT ON THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS ADVISORY COUNCIL. I'VE BEEN A TAMPA RESIDENT SINCE 2003. A DOWNTOWN TAMPA RESIDENT SINCE 2013. GRADUATE FROM USF WITH A MASTERS IN BUSINESS AND CAREER IN THE FINANCIAL SECTOR. TREASURER OF THE CONDO BOARD OF SKYPOINT. 32-STORY HIGH-RSE ON ASHLEY DRIVE. WITH 3 MILLION BUDGETARY IN RESERVE ALLOCATION DOLLARS. AND THE TREASURER OF DRANA, DOWNTOWN RIVER ARTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. I'M ALSO A FREQUENT CONTRIBUTOR TO THE SKYSCRAPER CITY OF TAMPA PAGE WHICH IS A GREAT RESOURCE FOR ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA. IF SELECTD FOR THE APPOINTMENT, I WOULD BE A HUGE PROPORTIONATE OF HEIGHT. THE PROPOSAL FOR ROME YARD ARE FANTASTIC. I LOVE THE IDEA OF ASSISTED HOUSING ALONG WITH MARKET-RATE PROPERTIES. ROME YARD WILL TOP OUT AROUND 135 FEET. ADDITIONAL FLOOR ON FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS COULD BRING IN POTENTIALLY MILLION DOLLAR MARKET RATE UNITS, CONTRIBUTING PROPERTY TAXES TO THE CITY AS WELL DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION, ASSESSMENT FUNDS TO THE DOWNTOWN TAMPA PARTNERSHIP. IF SELECTED FOR THE APPOINTMENT, I WOULD BE A HUGE OPPONENT WHAT IS CALLED VALUE ENGINEERING. THIS IS A PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTION THAT LOWERS COSTS, INCREASES THE PROFITS FOR THE DEVELOPER, BUT IT DOES NOTHING ARCHITECTURALLY TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY, THE TAMPA CITY SKYLINE OR THE WALKABILITY SCORE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THESE ARE ISSUES I ALWAYS BELIEVED SHOULD BE ADDRESSED AT THE DDR, THE DESIGN DISTRICT STAGE DEVELOPMENT APPROVALS. THESE ARE SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS ARTISTIC PARKING GARAGE SCREENING LIGHTING AND POTENTIALLY REQUIRES FIRST FLOOR RETAIL WHICH WOULD GREATLY BENEFIT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS A WHOLE. I HAVE MANY MORE IDEAS BUT NO TIME. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR THE CITY. APPRECIATE IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. >>JAVIER MARIN: NEXT MR. SOTO FOLLOWED BY JOSEPH ROBINSON. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. MR. SHELBY, MADAM CLERK, CAMILLEA SOTO, YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD TAMPEÑO. YOU MAY RECOGNIZE ME FROM I GUESS VARIOUS FACETS. I WORK WITH THE TAMPA HEIGHTS CIVIC ASSOCIATION. ADVOCACY FOR FLOOD MITIGATION, PARTICULARLY IN TAMPA HEIGHTS. MS. HENDERSON MAY RECOGNIZE ME FROM THE LOVE THAT WE SHARE FOR A LOCAL COFFEE SHOP THAT WE ALWAYS BUMP INTO EACH OTHER AT. IN ANY EVENT, I AM SEEKING APPOINTMENT TO THIS AT-LARGE POSITION ON THE CBAC. BECAUSE AS A TAMPEÑO, I'VE SEEN THE GROWTH THAT TAMPA HAS EXPERIENCED. I CAME TO TAMPA IN '97 TO DO MY UNDERGRADUATE USF. AND JUST THE TRANSFORMATION THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE IN THE CITY HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE. MY BACKGROUND AS AN ATTORNEY, I WORK FOR A LOCAL GOVERNMENT HERE IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA. I ALSO HAVE EXPERIENCES AS AN URBAN PLANNER. I THINK MY EXPERIENCE, MY 17 PLUS YEARS EXPERIENCE AS AN ATTORNEY AND AS A PLANNER WOULD BE A BIG VALUE. WOULD BRING LOTS OF VALUE TO THE CBAC. IRONICALLY ENOUGH, I VOLUNTEERED IN TAMPA. I'VE NEVER REALLY PUT MY ATTORNEY URBAN PLANNING SKILLS TO DIRECT USE FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA. I VOLUNTEERED FOR THE TAMPA HEIGHTS CIVIC ASSOCIATION. I TRIED TO GET CERTAIN POLICIES IN PLACE. BUT AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT ON THIS COMMITTEE WOULD BE INCREDIBLE. I WOULD ABSOLUTELY RELISH THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO BRING THAT VALUE, BRING THAT EXPERTISE FORWARD WITH THIS COMMITTEE. IN ANY EVENT, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO AT LEAST GIVE YOU ONE FINAL UPDATE REGARDING FLOODING IN TAMPA HEIGHTS. THE F.D.O.T. PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS AT TAMPA AND FLORIDA AVENUE HAB SCOPED DOWN. THE DRAINAGE MITIGATION THAT WAS PROPOSED ORIGINALLY IS NO LONGER GOING TO BE PART OF THE PROJECT. I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO KEEP COGNIZANT OF THAT IN FUTURE PROJECTS IN PARTICULAR THE EXTENSION OF THE STREETCAR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>JAVIER MARIN: THANK YOU, MR. SOTO. MR. JOSEPH ROBINSON. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. MARIN, JESSICA FRANKLIN, JESSICA HARRISON BAILEY AND LORI HARRIS. ARE THEY ON THE LIST? TWO ARE VIRTUAL. GOOD MORNING, MR. ROBINSON. >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL. YOU HAVE MY RESUMÉ. RESIDENT OF CITY OF TAMPA FOR 65 YEARS. THIS PROJECT IS FOR THE WHOLE CITY, NOT THE ONE PART. IT'S ANY REDEVELOPMENT ANYWHERE IN THE CITY. I'M ON THE SPORTS AUTHORITY. WEST TAMPA CRA. AND I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH COMMUNITY BENEFITS -- THE VERY FIRST ONE, ROME YARD. I HELPED DEVELOP IT. I HELPED REVIEW IT AND I'M IMPLEMENTING IT NOW. I ALSO HAVE PROVIDED CONSULTING FOR THE ST. PETERSBURG RAYS BENEFIT AGREEMENT THAT THEY ARE OVER THERE VOTING ON NOW. SO I HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE, LICENSED PROFESSIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEER SINCE 1982. SERVED COMMUNITY FREE, NO CHARGE WITH MY EXPERTISE. AND I THINK THAT WOULD HAVE ADDED VALUE. I AM ALSO FAMILIAR WITH THE ORDINANCE OF ARTICLE 11, COMMUNITY BENEFIT PROGRAM FOR TIER ONE, TIER TWO, AND TIER THREE AND THE BENEFITS THAT IT REQUIRES THE DEVELOPERS AND THE WAY THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PRESENTED AND THE PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATING THOSE BENEFIT AGREEMENTS. SO I THINK THAT MY BACKGROUND AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT WERE THE VERY FIRST AT ROME YARD, VERY SUCCESSFUL WEST TAMPA. MY BACKGROUND IN WORKING AND GIVING BACK TO THE CITY OF TAMPA AND MY KNOWLEDGE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA AS A WHOLE, NOT JUST DOWNTOWN, NOT JUST WEST TAMPA, NOT JUST EAST TAMPA, BUT CITY HALL, INCLUDING UP THERE IN NORTH TAMPA AS WELL. SO I WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION, AND I WOULD ASK FOR YOUR FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION BASED UPON MY COMMITMENT AND MY DESIRE TO BRING MY EXPERTISE AND MY BACKGROUND TO WORK ON AS FOR TWO YEARS, ONLY TWO YEARS, FOR THE AT-LARGE, SO THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO BRING THAT EXPERTISE. THIS IS A START-UP COUNCIL AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO NEED SOMEONE WHO NEEDS EXPERIENCE IN DEALING WITH CITY ORDINANCES, DEALING WITH CITY PROGRAMS AND DEALING SPECIFICALLY WITH WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS AND WHAT COMMUNITY BENEFITS THEY WANT TO GET PURSUANT TO THE ORDINANCE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. I HAVE LORI HARRIS. YES MA'AM. COME ON UP. THEN I'LL GO TO THE VIRTUAL SPEAKERS. GOOD MORNING. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIRPERSON AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. LORI HARRIS. I AM THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE CBAC. YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE RESEARCH ON ALL OF YOUR APPLICANTS SO I WON'T DIVE DEEP INTO MY CAREER, OTHER THAN SHARING 14 YEARS OF HABITAT INTERNATIONAL. VENTURE IN MY EFFORTS LOCALLY AND SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE CITY OF ORLANDO AND SERVED UNDER FORMER MAYOR CITY OF AUSTIN, MAYOR ADLER. I HAVE ALSO SERVED IN SIMILAR CAPACITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND WORKING AROUND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE MOST RECENTLY WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL CENTER. CURRENTLY PROVIDING LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL ELECTED OFFICIALS WITH ADVISING ON PROCESSES AND INCREASING HIGH-LEVEL ENGAGEMENT WITH DIRECTLY IMPACTED MEMBERS ON COMPLEX ISSUES AND POLICY MAKERS LIKE YOURSELF WITH AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO CREATE AND IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES THAT ACTUALLY FOSTER EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL. AND THE CORNERSTONE OF THAT APPROACH IS SOMETHING CALLED EQUITY CENTERED COMMUNITY DESIGN AND DECISION MAKING. THIS MEANS NOT ONLY ARE WE RECOGNIZING THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ACTIVELY INVOLVING THOSE WHO ARE MOST IMPACTED BY THE DECISIONS THAT WE ALL MAKE IN THE POLICY MAKING PROCESS. THE OVERALL QUESTION IN CREATING EQUITY CENTERED COMMUNITY DESIGN AND EQUITABLE OUTCOMES IS HOW ARE WE MAXIMIZING BENEFITS AND MINIMIZING HARM AS WE CONSIDER A PROJECT IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE'RE ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS THROUGH AUTHENTIC AND TRANSFORMATIONAL AND MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WHERE THE SHARING OF DECISION MAKING POWER IS BETWEEN COMMUNITIES DIRECTLY IMPACTED AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. I HAVE HAD THE HONOR AND BLESSING TO BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF SOME REALLY INCREDIBLE WORK ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT I SHOULD ALSO SHARE I AM A PERSON WHO IDENTIFIES AS BEING INDIGENOUS, PERSON FORMERLY HOMELESS, A PERSON DISPLACED, A PERSON WHO HAS HAD EXTREME POVERTY. I BELIEVE THAT MY UNIQUE BLEND OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE, LIVED EXPERIENCE AND PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO EQUITY WOULD BRING VALUE TO THE PROCESS THAT YOU GUYS ARE BRINGING TO THE CBAC. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE JESSICA FRANKLIN ONLINE. MS. FRANKLIN, IF YOU ARE ONLINE, GO AHEAD. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES. IF YOU WOULD UNMUTE YOURSEF. >> I DEEPLY APOLOGIZE. MY NAME IS JESSICA FRANKLIN. I HAVE LOST MY VOICE. SO IT WILL BE VERY FAINT, BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. MEMBERS DOWNTOWN 2018. I NOW LIVE AT -- POINT. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE LIVING IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. MY PASSION FOR TAMPA HAS GONE WAY BEYOND JUST HOW I FEEL BUT WHAT I DO ON A DAILY BASIS. I HAVE SEEN THE GROWTH, AND I WANT NOTHING MORE THAN TO BRING MORE DOLLARS TO THIS DOWNTOWN AREA ALONG WITH BEING ABLE TO ALLOW PEOPLE WITH VAST VARIETY TO BE ABLE TO BRING PEOPLE TO TAMPA, MY DRIVE AND PASSION TO GIVE BACK TO COMMUNITIES IS WHAT FILLS MY CUP. NOT ONLY WOULD I BE HONORED TO BE A PART OF THIS, BUT I FEEL LIKE MY DESIRES AND PASSION BRING SO MUCH TO TAMPA AND -- MORE PEOPLE DOWNTOWN TAMPA. I WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION. SOME OF MY BACKGROUND ALSO DESCRIBES THAT. MULTIPLE COMMITTEES FROM DRANA, SKYPOINT ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE TO BEING ON THE -- ADVISORY COMMITTEE. I'VE LOBBIED ON THE HILL BEFORE. I VOLUNTEERED WITH MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS. MAKE A WISH. ST. JOE'S. I WORK ALMOST EVERY OTHER WEEKEND AT THE STRAZ CENTER. I ALSO WORKED IN REAL ESTATE FOR YEARS IN MULTIPLE ROLES. I FEEL LIKE THE MORE GROWTH WE CAN BRING TO THIS COMMITTEE IN THE DOWNTOWN THE BETTER. I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS AGAIN. I'M SO SORRY FOR MY FAINT VOICE BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT TO CONTAMINATE EVERYONE TODAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. OUR FINAL SPEAKER IS STEPHANIE HARRISON BAILEY. IF YOU ARE ON. >>JAVIER MARIN: IF I MAY. THE NEXT CANDIDATE IS MS. HANNA HUGHES. MS. STEPHANIE BAILEY IS A CANDIDATE G FOR THE GOES WITH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL HOLD STEPHANIE -- >>THE CLERK: MS. HUGHES IS NOT ONLINE. SHE DID PROVIDE A WRITTEN COMMENT THAT I SUBMITTED TO EVERYONE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE CLERK SUBMITTED AN E-MAIL TO US, I RECEIVED IT. WE ALL RECEIVED IT. >>JAVIER MARIN: EXCELLENT. LASTLY WE HAVE JARRETT. THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE STANDING MEMBER CANDIDATES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AT THIS TIME, WILL YOU HAND OUT A BALLOT AND ALLOW US TO VOTE? >>JAVIER MARIN: IF YOU PREFER TO VOTE ON THE CANDIDATES FIRST AND THEN MOVE ON TO GASWORX. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GASWORX IS VERY SHORT. MADAM CLERK, DO YOU HAVE THE BALLOTS? ARE YOU GOING TO BE TALLYING OR MS. FOXX-KNOWLES? OKAY. WHILE THE CLERK TALLIES, DO WE WANT TO MOVE ON TO THE GASWORX ONES SICE IT IS A FEW PEOPLE? >>JAVIER MARIN: YES, SIR. WE CAN START WITH MR. GRANT MEHLICH. >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL. GRANT CONNER MEHLICH. I'M HERE TO ASK FOR CONSIDERATION FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE CBAC. I FEEL THAT I AM WELL QUALIFIED. I AM AN 18-YEAR RESIDENT AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNER IN YBOR CITY. IN FACT, MY BUSINESS, GCM INSURANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT ALSO DOES ENSURE THE STREETCAR SYSTEM AND WAS RECENTLY JUST NOMINATED AS TOP 25 FASTEST GROWING BUSINESSES IN THE COUNTRY. THE WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE, SERVED ON YCDC EIGHT YEARS, EVERYTHING FROM BOARD MEMBER ALL THE WAY UP TO TREASURER, VICE-CHAIR AND THEN EVENTUALLY CHAIRMAN. I HAVE A VERY GOOD PULSE AND FEELING FOR YBOR RIGHTS AND IN GENERAL OF HOW THINGS KIND OF FUNCTION IN THE CITY. I AM AN ARDENT SUPPORTER OF MR. SHAW'S PROJECT. I HAVE MET WITH THE GENTLEMAN. I BELIEVE THIS OPPORTUNITY IS ONCE IN A LIFETIME FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA AND FOR YBOR CITY. IF GASWORX SUCCEEDS, THAT MEANS ALL COMMUNITIES FROM YBOR CITY TO GASWORX TO TAMPA HEIGHTS, TO WATER STREET, TO DOWNTOWN WILL ALL BE ONE COMMITTED AND UNIVERSAL CITY AND COMMUNITY. A STRONG YBOR CITY CAN ONLY MEAN ONE THING, THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA IS STRONG, VIBRANT AND HEALTHY. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I PLEASE STAND TO ANSWER THEM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. >> THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. >>JAVIER MARIN: I THINK WE CAN GO NOW TO MS. STEPHANIE HARRISON BAILEY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: STEPHANIE HARRISON BAILEY, IF YOU ARE ON, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES. >> HI THERE. STEPHANIE HARRISON BAILEY HERE. GOOD MORNING. I KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU KNOW MY NAME. SORRY I'M NOT THERE IN PERSON THIS MORNING. I'M SURE I WILL BE THERE FOR SOMETHING NEXT WEEK. I WANTED TO SPEAK TO MY INTEREST ON THE AD HOC PROJECT SPECIFIC MEMBER FOR GASWORX PROJECT REALLY FOR TWO REASONS. NUMBER ONE IS MY LOVE OF YBOR. I AM AN YBOR RESIDENT ON AND OFF SINCE 2010, FULL-TIME SINCE 2019. I AM ON THE BOARD OF THE HISTORIC YBOR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. I OWN PROPERTY IN YBOR AND MY BUSINESS IS ALSO LOCATED IN YBOR. I DO DAILY WALKS AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I GET TO TALK TO ALL OF MY NEIGHBORS. I LIKE TO THINK THAT I HAVE A PRETTY GOOD EAR TO THE GROUND IN TERMS OF WHAT RESIDENTS -- HOW RESIDENTS ARE FEELING, WHAT THEIR MOOD IS, PERTAINING TO NEW AND POTENTIALLY EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE OTHER REASON THAT I HAVE APPLIED FOR THIS POSITION IS MY PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND. AT THIS MOMENT, I AM AN ENTREPRENEUR DOING MICRODEVELOPMENT. SO KIND OF THE OPPOSITE END OF THE SCALE FROM GASWORX. I'M DOING THINGS THAT WOULD FIT IN A PARKING SPOT IN GASWORX, BUT I UNDERSTAND HOW BIGGER DEVELOPMENTS WORK. I HAVE A BACKGROUND IN ARCHITECTURE AND REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT CONSTRUCTION. I KNOW ALL THE PUZZLE PIECES THAT NEED TO FIT TOGETHER FOR A SUCCESSFUL PROJECT. I ALSO UNDERSTAND, GIVEN MY LOVE OF YBOR AND GIVEN MY PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND, I UNDERSTAND THE BALANCING ACT THAT'S GOING TO NEED TO OCCUR AS GASWORX GETS OFF THE GROUND, THE BALANCE BETWEEN THIS HUGE GROWTH AND THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS ENTIRELY NEW NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WILL CONNECT YBOR WITH OTHER MODES OF TAMPA, BUT ALSO THE SUPPORT THAT'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED FROM AND FOR THE EXISTING COMMITTEE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I DO. THANK YOU, STEPHANIE, FOR BEING ONLINE AND APPLYING FOR THIS. CLEARLY, YOU'RE A WELL-QUALIFIED CANDIDATE AND WE ALL APPRECIATE YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO YBOR. MY ONLY CONCERN, EVEN IN YOUR APPLICATION, YOU TALKED ABOUT PROJECTS THAT YOU HAVE THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THESE PROJECTS. DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE ABLE TO SHIELD YOURSELF FROM THE SELF-INTEREST OR CONFLICT OF INTEREST? >> I DO. I DO. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. I THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTAN QUESTION, SO THANKS FOR BRINGING IT UP. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. MARIN IS THAT EVERYONE? >>JAVIER MARIN: YOU HAVE A STATEMENT OF INTEREST FROM MS. SHANNON JORDAN IN YOUR PACKET AS WELL AS THE APPLICATION FOR MR. GAVIN MAXI. THAT CONCLUDES THE NAMES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL HAVE THE BALLOT -- DO YOU HAVE A TALLY ON THE OTHER? YOU DO. IF YOU'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THAT. >>THE CLERK: LORI HARRIS HAS ONE VOTE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. RYAN MESSMER TWO VOTES FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS CARLSON AND CLENDENIN. JOSEPH ROBINSON HAS FOUR VOTES FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS VIERA, MIRANDA HENDERSON AND MANISCALCO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: FOUR VOTES IS SUFFICIENT? CONGRATULATIONS, MR. ROBINSON. >>MARTIN SHELBY: A MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CAN I GET A MOTION FOR A RESOLUION FOR THE APPROVAL? MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. ENJOY YOUR DAY. ALL RIGHT. LET'S VOTE ON THESE NEXT CANDIDATES. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR APPLYING AND SHOWING INTEREST. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. I KNOW YOU SAT FOR QUITE A WHILE, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING PART IN THE PROCESS. WHILE THE CLERK IS TALLYING THAT, WHEN ASKED FOR THE MOTION FOR 125 TO BE CONTINUED TO OCTOBER 4, SUPPOSED TO BE OCTOBER 3. WE HAVE A MOTION TO CORRECT THAT 125 CONTINUANCE TO OCTOBER 3. FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THAT IS CORRECTED FOR THE RECORD. YES MA'AM. MR. MARIN, IS IT TWO POSITIONS? >>JAVIER MARIN: THAT IS CORRECT. WE HAVE TWO POSITIONS FOR THE AD HOC MEMBERS. WE'LL WAIT FOR COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON TO COME. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL WAIT FOR COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON TO COME BACK. WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE TALLY AND FOR THE FULL COUNCIL, CAN WE GO TO ITEM NUMBER 5 REAL QUICK? THIS IS FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF THE MAYOR OF MR. BUSANSKY TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR A THREE-YEAR TERM. IS MR. BUSANSKY HERE? NO. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. THIS IS APPOINTING MR. BUSANSKY TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? >>LUIS VIERA: IS THIS GENTLEMAN RELATED TO PHYLLIS BUSANSKY? DOES ANYONE KNOW? IS HE RELATED TO PHYLLIS BUSANSKY? >> I DON'T KNOW. HAS TO BE. >>LUIS VIERA: IF SO, I'D VOTE FOR HIM ANYWAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MY MOTHER KNEW HER PRETTY WELL. >> [INAUDIBLE] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON, WE HAD TO VOTE -- YOU NEED TO SELECT ONE MORE PERSON ON YOUR BALLOT. >>GWEN HENDERSON: WELL, GOOD. THAT MAKES IT A LOT EASIER FOR ME. >>THE CLERK: I HAVE GRANT MEHLICH WITH FIVE VOTES FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK, MANISCALCO VIERA MIRANDA AND HENDERSON. STEPHANIE BAILEY HAS SIX VOTES FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS CARLSON, HENDERSON HURTAK VIERA MIRANDA, AND CLENDENIN. LASTLY, SHANNON JORDAN HAS THREE VOTES FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON HENDERSON AND MANISCALCO. SO YOUR TWO CANDIDATES WILL BE GRANT MEHLICH AND STEPHANIE HARRISON BAILEY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CONGRATULATIONS. >>GWEN HENDERSON: SO MOVED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. OH, COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON WITH THE MOTION FOR THE RESOLUTION AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE ITEMS 6 THROUGH 14 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 10. COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: SO MOVED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU. CHAIR, I HAVE -- I MOVE ITEMS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, ITEMS 15 THROUGH 33. WE'RE PULLING ITEM NUMBER 27 FOR DISCUSSION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, YOU ASKED TO PULL THIS ITEM FOR DISCUSSION 27 CORRECT? >>LUIS VIERA: I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE BRIEFLY, IF I MAY, MR. CHAIR. THIS IS A REALLY GOOD PROGRAM I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT BECAUSE IT DEALS WITH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IN PART WITH OUR RACIAL RECONCILIATION COMMISSION WHICH IS MOVING FORWARD. SOMETHING I DON'T THINK LOCAL GOVERNMENTS DO NEARLY ENOUGH ON. I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SAY UNDER THE CASTOR ADMINISTRATION WE HAVE MADE GAINS IN THAT REGARD. I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL. EVERY YEAR NATIONALLY IN THE UNITED STATES, ABOUT 750,000 INDIVIDUALS LEAVE THE PRISON CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. WITHIN THREE YEARS, ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THEM WILL REOFFEND. AND THAT'S A MAJOR ISSUE OF EQUITY, OF JUSTICE, OF PUBLIC SAFETY, OF FAMILIES, OF COMMUNITIES, AND WE REALLY, REALLY NEED TO DO A LOT. WE'VE BEEN ABLE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS TO PUT IN INCENTIVES FOR CONTRACTORS, TO HIRE RETURNING CITIZENS, BAN THE BOX. THIS REPRESENTS A NEARLY QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS INVESTMENT IN THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE WORKED ON WITH COUNTY COMMISSIONER GWEN MYERS IN PUTTING FORTH ABOUT ALMOST A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR JO TRAINING FOR RETURNING CITIZENS. WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE EVENTUALLY AND I DO PLAN ON MOTIONING FOR THIS IS FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA TO HAVE A FORMAL OFFICE FOR RETURNING CITIZENS. THE CITY OF BOSTON HAS THAT AND OTHER CITIES DO, TO HAVE A CITY WHERE WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO PEOPLE CAN COME TO AND WHO IS THAT POINT PERSON FOR RESIDENTS HERE ON ISSUES INVOLVING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, HEALTH CARE, VOTER REGISTRATION, RESTORATION OF RIGHTS SO THAT THEY CAN REFER FOLKS OFF TO THE PROPER INSTITUTIONS. I KNOW THAT OUR RACIAL RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE IS GOING TO BE WORKING ON THAT ISSUE AS WELL. THAT'S ALL. WANTED TO SPEAK ON IT. THIS IS A WONDERFUL THING. THE CONTRACT WAS AWARDED TO ABE BROWN MINISTRIES RETURN TO WORK. ABE BROWN MINISTRIES TO ME IS AN AMAZING INSTITUTION. IF I MAY, I'LL BE GLAD TO MOVE IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION. >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST WANTED FOR THE PUBLIC NOTE THAT IT MIGHT BE A QUARTER MILLION DOLLAR LIKE INVESTMENT BUT THE CITY OF TAMPA AND THIS IS ONLY PUTTING A HUNDRED THOUSAND IN. >>LUIS VIERA: YES, MA'AM. >>LYNN HURTAK: JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE IN PUBLIC COMMENT THERE WAS TALK ABOUT HOW THE MONEY IS SPENT. WAS THERE A RESTRICTION ON SPENDING THIS MONEY FOR JUST PEOPLE THAT ARE FRESHLY OUT OF PRISON VERSUS PEOPLE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT MAYBE OFFEND? >>LUIS VIERA: I'M UNAWARE OF THAT. I CAN INQUIRE FOR MS. BULLOCK, WOULD BE GLAD TO DO THAT AND SEE WITH ROBERT BLOUNT AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS ON THE BOARD THERE HOW IT'S PLANNING ON BEING SPENT. ALL I KNOW IS IT WILL BE FUNDS TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS WHO ARE LEAVING THE PRISON SYSTEM WHO WANT TO WORK HARD TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE FOR THEIR FAMILIES CAN DO IS. IN TERMS OF WHAT GROUP THEY WILL BE GOING AFTER -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I KNOW IT IS NOT A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY. I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS A NEED OR UNMET NEED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. >>LUIS VIERA: THIS IS TO ME A SINGLE OR A DOUBLE. I LOOK FORWARD TO HITTING A HOME RUN. I REALLY HOPE WE DO GET AN OFFICE OF RETURNING CITIZENS IN THE CITY. I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO PIGGY BACK OFF OF COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. THAT IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION.% OUR FUNDS ACTUALLY COME FROM THE -- THE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS COMES FROM SOCIAL ACTION. IT SHOULDN'T BE RESTRICTED IN ANY WAY. THAT IS A WAY WE COULD ADDRESS OUR PUBLIC COMMENT, VALERIE BURTON CAME UP AND SAID WE COULD EASILY ADDRESS IT THAT WAY BECAUSE THAT MONEY DOESN'T HAVE THE RESTRICTION AS THE POSSIBLE GRANT. CONSIDERATION WITH THE RACIAL RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE FOR SURE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MAYBE STAFF HEARD OUR COMMENTS LOUD AND CLEAR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, YOU HAVE THE MOTION. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THAT TAKES CARE OF ITEM 27. COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK, 34 THROUGH 49. >>LYNN HURTAK: I MOVE ITEMS 34 THROUGH 49. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, 60 THROUGH 79. >>BILL CARLSON: MOVE 60 THROUGH 79. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIR, I WANT TO VOTE NO ON NUMBER 80. COULD WE VOTE SEPARATELY? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, WOULD YOU MOVE 81 THROUGH 88. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MOVE ITEMS 81 THROUGH 88. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. SEPARATE VOTE, COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, WOULD YOU MOVE 80? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MOVE ITEM 80. THEN I HAVE A QUESTION FOR COUNCILMAN CARLSON. WHAT IS YOUR CONCERN WITH THAT? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. GO AHEAD. >>BILL CARLSON: I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THESE MICROMOBILITY DEVICES AT ALL. I JUST CAME BACK FROM FOUR DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. I'VE BEEN TO LIKE 20 OR SO OF THE TOP CITIES IN THE WORLD IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO. THE BEST CITIES IN THE WORLD DON'T HAVE ANY OF THIS. THIS IS STUFF FOR B AND C LEVEL CITIES THAT ARE TRYING TO CATCH UP ON TRANSIT. I WAS JUST IN BANGKOK. THEY HAVE ONE OF THE MOST ADVANCED TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN THE WORLD. REALLY EMBARRASSING THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON THINGS LIKE THIS. THE PUBLIC DOESN'T LIKE THEM. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I APPRECIATE THAT INPUT. I THINK PROBABLY -- I'LL VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS BECAUSE LAST MINUTE, BUT I THINK MAYBE WE COULD HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF TRANSIT IN THE CITY AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND SUPPORTING WITH PUBLIC FUNDS. >>BILL CARLSON: NONE OF THE BEST CITIES IN THE WORLD HAVE THESE. THEY HAVE ALL GOTTEN RID OF THEM. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THINK IT'S PROBLEMATIC. I THINK IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THIS AS A LONGER TERM AGENDA ITEM. I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN ON ITEM 80. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? >>BILL CARLSON: NAY. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON VOTING NO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE NEED A MOTION TO SET 89 AND 90 FOR THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS TAKES US T OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS. I DON'T WANT TO CUT OFF -- MAKE IT ALL CHOPPY. I WAS THINKING ABOUT BREAKING FOR LUNCH AT 12 AND COMING BACK AT 1:30. WOULD ANYBODY BE AGAINST BREAKING NOW FOR LUNCH AND COMING BACK AT 1 AND GOING RIGHT INTO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS? ANY OBJECTION? >>LYNN HURTAK: IT JUST SEEMS LIKE SOME OF THESE ARE SECOND READINGS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 91 HAS TO COME AFTER 100 AND 101. >>LYNN HURTAK: BUT WE HAVE ALL OF THE SECOND READINGS WE CAN GET THROUGH AND LET THEM LEAVE. I RECOGNIZE SOME FACES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY OBJECTION TO KEEPING ON AND GOING ON? LET'S DO THAT. LET'S GET A MOTION TO OPEN ALL PUBLIC HEARINGS. 9:30 AND 10. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THAT INCLUDES THE 9:30, 10, AND 10:30 PUBLIC HEARINGS. MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T HAVE A 1:30 TIME CERTAIN. THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE OPEN. 91 IS GOING TO BE HEARD AFTER 100 AND 101. WE'LL KICK IT OFF WITH ITEM 93, WHICH IS A SECOND READING. ITEM NUMBER 93. CAN I GET A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEM 92 TO AUGUST 1? WE DID THAT AT THE BEGINNING. MOTION TO CONTINUE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THAT'S CONTINUED TO AUGUST 1st AT 10 A.M. ITEM NUMBER 93. IS THERE ANYBODY HERE FOR ITEM NUMBER 93? IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 93? NO. CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON, SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, MIND READING ITEM NUMBER 93. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: FILE E 2024-8 CHAPTER 2, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE REVISED CHARTER OF THE CITY OF TAMPA OF 1975, AS AMENDED, TO AMEND SECTION 6.01 TO REVISE THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR CITY OFFICE TO APPLY ONLY TO ELECTED OFFICERS; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON AND HURTAK VOTING NO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR COMING. ITEM NUMBER 94. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. ABBYE FEELEY, INTERIM ADMINISTRATOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. ITEM NUMBER 94 IS THE TEXT AMENDMENT CYCLE THAT CAME BEFORE YOU ON FIRST READING ON JUNE 27. I WAS NOT IN TOWN THAT DAY. UNFORTUNATELY I MISSED THAT FIRST READING, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS SOME MATTERS THIS MORNING, SPECIFICALLY IN RELATION TO THE YBOR PARKING SECTION OF THE TEXT AMENDMENT CYCLE. AT THE FIRST READING, COUNCIL DIRECTED A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE WAS A CHANGE TO INCLUDE LANDSCAPING BACK AND THE SECOND WAS DIRECTIVE TO MEET WITH THE HISTORIC YBOR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WHICH WE DID. WHAT I'M ASKING FOR TODAY IS THAT THE YBOR PORTION OF THIS TEXT AMENDMENT CYCLE BE PULLED. I'VE ALREADY ASKED LEGAL TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE THAT REFLECTS THAT IN ORDER TO TAKE CARE OF A FEW THINGS. AFTER WE MET WITH THE HYNCA GROUP, I WENT BACK, REREAD ALL OF THE LANGUAGE AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF AMBIGUITIES IN THE LANGUAGE AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF CHANGES THAT ARE GOING TO BE REQUESTED TO BE MADE. WE ALSO NEEDED CLARIFICATION ON THE LANDSCAPE MOTION BECAUSE THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT LANDSCAPE STANDARDS FOR PARKING LOTS IN THE CITY CODE. THERE ARE TWO WITHIN YBOR. THERE IS ONE IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, AND THERE IS ONE CITYWIDE. SO WE COULD NOT ACCURATELY REFLECT THE INTENTION OF THAT MOTION IN THE CHANGES AND STILL PROCEED WITH SECOND READING TODAY. THAT BEING SAID, I DID BRING THOSE WITH ME. I DON'T WANT TO HOLD UP THE WHOLE CYCLE BECAUSE THE SOCCER STADIUM, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE IS IN THIS SCHOOL, THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS ARE IN THIS CYCLE SOME OTHER CLEANUPS ARE IN THIS CYCLE. BUT I AM COMMITTED TO IMMEDIATELY HANDLING THIS. I ASK COUNCIL SET IT TO COME BACK BEFORE YOU ON AUGUST 8 AT 5:01 P.M. AS THE FIRST ITEM. I DID NOT WANT TO TRY TO ADOPT THIS ORDINANCE AND COME BACK TWO WEEKS LATER AND ADOPT IT A SECOND TIME. I JUST DON'T THINK IT IS IN THE SPIRIT OF THE WAY WE HAVE PROGPROGRESSED WITH THIS TEXT AMENDMENT OVER THE PAST 18 MONTHS. >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE A FEW THINGS THAT I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO LEGAL ABOUT REGARDING THIS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THERE IS A WAY TO BRING THE YBOR PARKING LOT PORTION BACK AFTER LUNCH SO I HAVE A CHANCE TO FINISH MY CONVERSATIONS WITH LEGAL. BY AND LARGE, MS. FEELEY AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS AND I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS. THIS ONLY MOVES THIS TWO WEEKS. IT DOES NOT MOVE IT TO A FULL NEW CYCLE. SO IT WILL STILL BE HAPPENING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. BUT BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE LANDSCAPE QUESTIONS AND CHANGES AND SOME OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT BEFORE I MOVE THAT. I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW WE CAN DO THAT. BUT IF WE COULD BRING IT BACK AFTER LUNCH, MR. SHELBY, HOW CAN WE DO THAT? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CAN WE HOLD LET'S HOLD 94 UNTIL AFTER LUNCH. >>LYNN HURTAK: I APOLOGIZE. IT'S BEEN A HECTIC DAY. >>ABBYE FEELEY: I'M HERE ALL DAY. I'M HAPPY TO COME AFTER LUNCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL REVISIT 94 WHEN WE COME BACK AFTER LUNCH. THAT WILL BE FIRST ON THE AGENDA. ITEM 95. THE HEARING REMAINS OPEN. ITEM NUMBER 95. YES SIR. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. DANNY COLLINS WITH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF. TODAY I WILL BE PRESENTING SECOND READING FOR TA/CPA 24-01, MAP AMENDMENT FOR THE PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 307 NORTHWESTLAND AVENUE AND 2109, 2111 AND 2113 WEST NORTH B STREET. THE REQUEST IS TO CHANGE FUTURE LAND USE FROM RESIDENTIAL 20 TO RESIDENTIAL 35. COUNCIL APPROVED THIS ORDINANCE AT FIRST READING ON JUNE 27. WITH THAT, I CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION AND AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. COLLINS? NO. YES, SIR, MR. MALLOY. >> COUNCIL, GOOD MORNING. NOT HERE TO WASTE A MINUTE OF YOUR TIME. NOTHING CHANGED SINCE LAST SESSION. JUST HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. WILLIAM MALLOY FOR THE RECORD. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 95? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, WOULD YOU MIND REVIEWING 95? DID YOU REVIEW THE RECORD? >> YES. >>LUIS VIERA: ABSOLUTELY TO THIS. MOVE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT, FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 307 NORTH WESTLAND AVENUE AND 2109 AND 21111 AND 2113 WEST NORTH B STREET FROM RESIDENTIAL 20 TO RESIDENTIAL 35, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU SO MUCH. ITEM NUMBER 96. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. RON WIGGINTON, LEGAL DEPARTMENT. ITEM NUMBER 96 IS A SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 2003-23 TO CONFIRM COMPLIANCE WITH CONSTRUCT NORTH-SOUTH ALLEYWAY AND DELETE REQUIREMENT THAT PARCEL ON EITHER SIDE OF VACATED RIGHT-OF-WAY BE DEVELOPED AS ONE PROJECT. THIS WAS APPROVED AT FIRST READING UNANIMOUSLY WITH COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK BEING ABSENT AT VOTE. I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK -- >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE REVIEWED THE RECORD. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ITEM 96? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. >>GWEN HENDERSON: FILE C02-26, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2003-23 PASSED AND ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TAMPA ON JANUARY 23, 2003, WHICH VACATED, CLOSED, DISCONTINUED AND ABANDONED THOSE RIGHTS-OF-WAY IN THE VICINITY OF 711 EAST HENDERSON AVENUE AS FURTHER DESCRIBED BELOW, AMENDING AND/OR DELETING CERTAIN CONDITIONS PRECEDENT AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 5 THEREOF IN ORDER TO FACILITATE DEVELOPMENT OF PROPERTIES ADJACENT TO THE VACATED RIGHTS-OF-WAY; REPEALING CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON WITH A SUNG SECOND. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE NEXT ARE QUASI-JUDICIAL. IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 97 THROUGH 110, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE WILL SWEAR YOU IN. [OATH ADMINISTERED] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL KICK IT OFF WITH ITEM NUMBER 97. YES SIR. >>STEVE MICHELINI: STEVE MICHELINI, REPRESENTING THE PETITIONERS. RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ANYBODY IN THE P YOU BELIEVE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 97? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. SECOND FROM VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 7105, 7109 AND 7111 KISSIMMEE STREET AND FOLIO NUMBERS 138665-0000 AND 138666-0000 IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS CG, COMMERCIAL GENERAL AND RS-SO, RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY, ATTACHED AND DETACHED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM NUMBER 98. >>STEVE MICHELINI: STEVE MICHELINI REPRESENTING THE PETITIONER. RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL, AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE PETITIONER? I SEE NONE. ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 98? WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? >>LYNN HURTAK: FILE REZ-23-94, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 8026 INTERBAY BOULEVARD IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-50, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU. MOTION TO REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO REOPEN ITEM 98 FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IS MR. THOMAS ONLINE FROM STAFF? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WERE YOU SWORN IN? YOU ARE MUTED. >>MARTIN SHELBY: DID YOU SWEAR HIM IN, MADAM CLERK? >>THE CLERK: [INAUDIBLE] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: UNMUTE YOURSELF SIR. >>MARTIN SHELBY: HE CANNOT UNMUTE HIMSELF? >>SAMUEL THOMAS: STAFF HAD ME MUTED. >>THE CLERK: PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT TO PROVIDE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? >>SAMUEL THOMAS: I DO. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. THOMAS, IN YOUR ROLE, HAVE YOU HAD THE NECESSITY TO HAVE THESE SITE PLANS CERTIFIED BY SECOND READING? >>SAMUEL THOMAS: YES. SITE PLANS HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED AND DELIVERED TO THE CLERK. >>SAMUEL THOMAS: WAS THAT TRUE FOR NUMBER 97 AS WELL? >>SAMUEL THOMAS: YES, SIR. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IS THAT TRUE FOR ALL THE OTHER ITEMS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ON QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTERS. >>SAMUEL THOMAS: YES, SIR. >>MARTIN SHELBY: ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED TO ADD IN PARTICULAR TO ANY OF THE CASES, WOULD YOU PLEASE SIGNAL TO THE CLERK OR IN SOME MANNER BE ABLE TO BE RECOGNIZED SO WE CAN ADD IT TO THE RECORD. ANYTHING ELSE YOU WISH TO ADD IN RELATION TO THIS HEARING? >>SAMUEL THOMAS: WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO INTRODUCE EACH CASE OR MOVE THROUGH THEM AS YOU ARE NOW? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL TO ADD THAT HAS CHANGED OR ANYTHING? >>SAMUEL THOMAS: NOTHING HAS CHANGED. THERE IS FOR I BELIEVE ONE CASE, THERE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE APPLICANT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO MEET WITH THE RESIDENTS. THAT APPLICANT IS THERE IN PERSON TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I'LL CALL YOUR NAME JUST OUT OF PRECAUTION ON EACH CASE. IF THERE'S NOTHING, THERE'S NOTHING. IF NOT, WE'LL GO THERE. WE'RE GOOD TO CLOSE THE HEARING. MOTION TO CLOSE ITEM NUMBER 98 FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >>LYNN HURTAK: MY READING STILL STANDS. MY MOTION STANDS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I STILL SECOND IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION. IT WAS READ IN ENTIRETY BY COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>STEVE MICHELINI: THANK YOU, COUNCIL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM NUMBER 99, MR. THOMAS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING, SIR? >>SAMUEL THOMAS: NO, SIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT FOR 99? >> ANGELA HALBER. 101 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD. HERE FOR THE APPLICANT FOR THE REZONING APPLICATION FOR 3900 MARGUERITE STREET. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 99? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, 99. >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU, SIR. LIKE TO MOVE FILE NUMBER REZ-23-114, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 3900 NORTH MARGUERITE STREET, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-50, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, OFFICE, BUILDING/PROFESSIONAL PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM NUMBER 100. >>SAMUEL THOMAS: SAM THOMAS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM 100. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE APPLICANT. >> ELISE BATSEL ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT. WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? >>LYNN HURTAK: WASN'T THIS THE ONE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING? >> NO, MA'AM. >>LYNN HURTAK: OH, NO, THAT'S 101. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON 100? WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, WOULD YOU MIND READING 100? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ITEM 100, FILE NUMBER REZ-24-02, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. AN ORDNANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 17302 MORRIS BRIDGE ROAD AND FOAL KNOW NUMBER 59222-0004 IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION PD-A, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE, TO PD-A, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, ALTERNATIVE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY, DETACHED AND ATTACHED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM 101 AND THEN WE TAKE 91. >> ELITES BATSEL, STEARNS WEAVER MILLER ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT. OUR DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MR. THOMAS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO 101? >>SAMUEL THOMAS: NO, SIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? NO. ALL RIGHT. MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: MOVE AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY NORTH OF PICTORIAL PARK DRIVE AND K-BAR RANCH PARKWAY, FOAL KNOW NUMBERS 59222-003 AND 59224-0000 IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATIONS PD-A TO PD--- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM NUMBER 91. >> SUSAN JOHNSON VERY LESS. DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT SETS FORTH THE TIMING AND PHASING OF TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS RELATED TO THE REZONING THAT WERE JUST APPROVED AS ITEMS 100 AND 101. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. IF COUNCIL PLEASURE TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT, THERE IS A RESOLUTION THAT WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU ADOPT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. JOHNSON VELEZ? ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 91? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER -- I'M SORRY. MOVE THE RESOLUTION. WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION FOR ITEM 91 -- >> [INAUDIBLE] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YEAH. OKAY. WE CAN CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE WE MOVE THE RESOLUTION? I DIDN'T GET TO IT YET. WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. CAN I GET A MOTION TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION? MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK, SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? >>MARTIN SHELBY: I WAS DISTRACTED FOR A MINUTE, MR. CHAIR. ALSO, FOR THE RECORD, DID YOU ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT PARTICULAR ONE? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT TAKES CARE OF 91. WE'LL GO TO ITEM 102. >>STEVE MICHELINI: REPRESENTING THE PETITIONER. RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? MR. THOMAS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. >>GWEN HENDERSON: FILE NUMBER REZ-24-13, AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 3108, 3110, 3112, 3114 WEST VARN AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICLARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATIONS RS-60 (RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY) TO PD (PLANNED DEVELOPMENT RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED); PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>STEVE MICHELINI: THANK YOU, COUNCIL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM NUMBER 103. YES, MA'AM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> [INAUDIBLE] HERE REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT. I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 103? WE HAVE A MOTION -- MR. THOMAS, ANYTHING TO ADD? >>SAMUEL THOMAS: NO, SIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, 103. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 5016 NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE AND 104 WEST WILDER IN THE CITY OF TAMPA FLORIDA MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATIONS SH-RS, SEMINOLE HEIGHTS RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY, AND SH-CI, SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE, TO SH-PD, SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESTAURANT AND BAR OR LOUNGE, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM 104. THIS IS THE ONE TO MEET WITH THE COMMUNITY. >> KATHERINE O'DONNILEY STERNER FOR THE APPLICANT. WE HELD A COMMUNITY MEETING AS WE DISCUSSED AT THE FIRST READING. HELD THAT ON JUNE 27 AND HAD A NICE GROUP OF FOLKS WHO TURNED OUT AND HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION. IT WAS VERY POSITIVE AND GOT A LOT OF CLARITY AROUND WHAT THE APPLICATION IS AND IS NOT. AND WE ACTUALLY HAD A GENTLEMAN WHO WAS HERE WAITING THIS MORNING NAMED FELICIANO WHO WAS A KIND OF POINT PERSON AND HE WAS HERE TO SPEAK POSITIVELY ABOUT OUR APPLICATION AND EXPRESS SUPPORT BUT HE HAD TO DUCK OUT FOR SOME WORK OBLIGATIONS. SO, UNFORTUNATELY, HE'S NOT HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU ALL. WE ENDED ON A POSITIVE NOTE WIT% FOLKS SUPPORTING US. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? >>LUIS VIERA: I THANK YOU FOR THAT. I KNOW THE FOLKS WHO WERE HERE, THAT'S A REALLY -- HOW SHALL I SAY -- TEXTBOOK WAY THAT THINGS LIKE THIS SHOULD BE HANDLED. PEOPLE COME HERE. THEY HEAR WHAT'S HAPPENING. SOMETIMES THEY ARE RIGHT. SOMETIMES THEY ARE WRONG. SOMETIMES THEY ARE RELYING ON MISINFORMATION. SOMETIMES THEY ARE NOT RELYING ON MISINFORMATION, BUT IN THIS CASE, I WAS GLAD TO SEE THAT. COLONEL MIKE, ONE OF THE NICEST GUYS I KNOW. GLAD YOU GOT TO MEET HIM. HE IS A STELLAR MAN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY IN THE PUBIC WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO YOU. >> THANK YOU. YOU TOO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. Facebook. MOTION TO CLOSE. [ LAUGHTER ] >> I THINK WE ARE BIRTHDAY TWINS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I'M THE 13th. MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 104 YES MA'AM. >>LYNN HURTAK: FILE REZ-24-23, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 8748 HIDDEN RIVER PARKWAY, 14090 RIVEREDGE DRIVE AND FOLIO NUMBER 034776-1204 IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATIONS PD-A, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE TO PD-A, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, ALTERNATIVE OFFICE BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL, AND MEDICAL, RESEARCH ACTIVITY, CLINIC, RETAIL SALES, HOTEL, RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY AND SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM NUMBER 105. DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT? >> KATHERINE O'DONNILEY STERNBERG FOR THE APPLICANT AGAIN. THIS IS THE COMPANION DEVELOPMENT ORDER THAT GOES WITH THE REZONING. I SHOULD MENTION ALSO THAT JOE TAGGER IS HERE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MY CLIENT, HE'S ALSO ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT ANYTHING AROUND THE HISTORY OF THE PROJECT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? MR. THOMAS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING SIR? >>SAMUEL THOMAS: NO, SIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NO. CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE 105, FILE DRI 24-5971, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, APPROVING A TENTH AMENDMENT TO A DEVELOPMENT ORDER RENDERED PURSUANT TO 5 CHAPTER 380, FLORIDA STATUTES FOR THE HIDDEN RIVER CORPORATE 6 PARK, A DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT, DRI NUMBER 108, PROVIDING FOR 7 SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE WAS THAT CORRECT? 7 SEVERABILITY. >>LYNN HURTAK: I THINK THERE ARE EXTRA NUMBERS, THE 5, 6 AND 7. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YEAH, ERROR. DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE NUMBERS. MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM NUMBER 106. YES MA'AM. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> HI, COUNCIL MEMBERS. I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT JAMES LASCARA WHO COULD NOT BE HERE. HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. THOMAS, ANYTHING TO ADD? >>SAMUEL THOMAS: NO, SIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, 106. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: 106, FILE REZ-24-37, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 1505 WEST ARCH STREET IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-50, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO RM-18 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM MIRANDA, SECOND FROM CLENDENIN. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM 107. WE DO HAVE ONE REGISTERED PUBLIC COMMENT SPEAKER, CARLOS RAMIREZ. IS HE ON? MAKE SURE THAT WE SWEAR HIM IN. YES MA'AM. >> JULIA MANDELL WITH THE LAW FIRM OF GRAY ROBINSON. YOU HAVE HEARD THIS ON FIRST READING TWICE BECAUSE AS A RESULT OF OUR LAST HEARING, SOME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAME FORWARD WITH SOME CONCERNS. AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE MADE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES. I WANT TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD FOR ANYBODY WHO IS LISTENING. WE HAVE A CONDITION ON OUR SITE PLAN THAT ALREADY PROHIBITS OUTDOOR AMPLIFIED NOISE AS WELL AS WE PLACED ON THE SITE PLAN A LIMITATION THAT THE RESTAURANT NEEDS TO CLOSE 11 ON THE WEEKDAYS AND 12 ON THE WEEKENDS. AND THERE IS ALSO AN ADDITIONAL CONDITION ON PROPOSED DECK AREA TO ALLOW OUTDOOR EATING, THAT THERE WILL BE NO BAR PLACED UPON THAT AREA. WE PUT THOSE ON THE SITE PLAN. THOSE HAVE BEEN PROCEEDING FORWARD, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? NO. WE HAVE MR. CARLOS RAMIREZ ONLINE. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE'LL SWEAR YOU IN. YOU'RE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >>THE CLERK: DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT TO PROVIDE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? >> I DO. >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, SIR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> THANK YOU, SIR. CARLOS RAMIREZ, NORTH HYDE PARK CIVIC ASSOCIATION. BEFORE I START, CAN I SHARE MY SCREEN? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SURE. GO AHEAD AND WE'LL BRING IT UP. >> I HAVE THREE SCREENS. I APOLOGIZE. WHICH SCREEN IS SHOWING? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE ONE THAT HAS THE SITE PLAN WITH THE RED AND THE YELLOW. >> PERFECT. I'M READY IF YOU WANT TO START MY TIME. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, SIR. >> AGAIN, GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. WE MET WITH THE DEVELOPER WITH MR. KNOWLES AND HIS WIFE ON JULY 8 TO DISCUSS THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAD. WE ARE HAPPY THAT THEY ADDED THOSE NOTES REGARDING THE OPERATING HOURS AND ALSO AMPLIFIED SOUND. WE DID HAVE CONCERNS WITH SOME OF THE OUTDOOR SPACES. I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO GO OVER THOSE REALLY QUICKLY. THE OUTDOOR SPACE OVER HERE IS A WALKING AREA. WE FEEL THAT THIS IS INAPPROPRIATE RIGHT NOW. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR WHEN THERE IS AN OUTDOOR ZONE WITH THE COMMUNITY IS TO HAVE SOME KIND OF A SEPARATION, SOME KIND OF ENCLOSURE TO BE ABLE TO SEPARATE CERTAIN USES. THIS ONE IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE PARKING LOT AND THIS IS KIND OF LIKE THE ACCESS INTO THE BACK SIDE OF THE BUILDING. THIS IS KIND OF A PICTURE I TOOK THIS MORNING FROM OREGON GOING INTO THE SIDE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS A FIVE-FOOT SIDEWALK, NOT REALLY WIDE ENOUGH TO DO ANYTHING THERE. AGAIN, ACCORDING TO THE PLANS, THEY ARE NOT DOING ANY KIND OF CONSTRUCTION, ACCORDING TO NUMBER FOUR. SO WE WOULD BE APPROVING A WET ZONING THERE WITH JUST THAT WALKWAY. THE OTHER ISSUE WE HAD WITH THE ZONING ON THE WEST SIDE IS THAT IT IS RIGHT NEXT TO THIS PARK, PARKLET OWNED BY NOHO FLATS. AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS A PUBLIC USE PARKLET WITH WALKWAYS. GRILL SET UP. THEY HAVE GRASS AREAS. THIS IS THE WAY IT LOOKS FROM THE EDGE OF THAT PROPERTY INTO THE APPLICANT'S PROPERTY. OUR CONCERN HERE IS THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE ENCLOSED RIGHT NOW. IT'S UNEVEN GROUND. NOT DOING ANY KIND OF CONSTRUCTION HERE. WE'RE GOING TO BE, AGAIN, GIVING THEM CARTE BLANCHE APPROVAL OF THIS WET ZONING THAT IS REALLY CLOSE TO THIS PARKLET, VERY CLOSE TO THESE FOLKS' HOMES. WE FEEL THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE PEOPLE KIND OF GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE USES, SO WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE USING OR DRINKING IN PUBLIC AREAS, HERE ON THE SIDEWALK AS WELL. WE DID HAVE THOSE CONCERNS. THE BOARD HAS MET. WE ARE OKAY WITH IT INDOOR. WE ARE OKAY WITH THE ZONING ON THE NORTH SIDE. WE ARE NOT IN SUPPORT OF THE OUTDOOR SEATING ON THE REAR SIDE AND ON THE SIDE, THE WEST SIDE NEXT TO THE PARKLET. AS YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND, THESE WET ZONINGS CONTINUE WITH THE PROPERTY, SO EVEN THOUGH THE APPLICANT HAS 20 YEARS OF GREAT SERVICE IN SOHO, WHICH IS AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL AREA, AND EVENTUALLY THIS PROPERTY MAY CHANGE HANDS. SO WE HAVE TO LOOK OUT NOT JUST FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING IN NORTH HYDE PARK TODAY, BUT ALSO THE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE COMING IN THE FUTURE. THAT IS WHY WE DO NOT SUPPORT THE RED AREA HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYBODY ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? MA'AM, DO YOU HAVE REBUTTAL? >> YES. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS, FIRST OF ALL, AND I APPRECIATE AND UNDERSTAND FOLKS RAISING THESE CONCERNS. WE HAD SIMILAR CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED AT THE SECOND READING, WHICH WE TURNED BACK INTO FIRST READING TO ALLEVIATE THE CONCERNS OF ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. WHILE I SAY I UNDERSTAND WHAT HE'S SAYING, THE IDEA OF THIS DECK BEING THERE HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING WHICH WAS MAY 20. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE ACTUALLY HEARD THAT THAT WAS AN ISSUE. DO I KNOW THAT MY CLIENT DID HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH CARLOS -- I CAN'T RECALL HIS LAST NAME -- AND WE DID INDICATE TO HIM AT THAT TIME, HE DID, THAT WE PUT ALL THESE CONDITIONS IN PLACE IN ORDER TO ALLEVIATE THOSE CONCERNS. THE PARK THAT HE IS SPEAKING ABOUT IS NOT A PARK. IT IS PRIVATE SPACE FOR THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS NEXT DOOR. SO ACTUALLY I WOULD AY THAT CREATES MORE OF A BUFFER THAN IT DOES CREATE A PROBLEM SINCE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO JUMP OVER THE FENCE AND GO OVER THERE. THAT WOULD BE A VIOLATION OF THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY. IT IS NOT A PUBLIC PARK AREA. FINALLY, LET ME JUST SAY, THIS IS THE CENTER OF THE CITY. THIS IS RIGHT IN FRONT, THIS BUILDING HAS THE TRAIL GOING RIGHT IN FRONT OF IT. IT IS INTENDED TO BE AN OUTDOOR/INDOOR AREA. AND THE DECK HASN'T BEEN CONSTRUCTED. IF IT CAN'T MEET BUILDING CODE REQUIREMENTS, IT WON'T BE CONSTRUCTED BUT SINCE WE WERE IN THIS PROCESS, IF THEY DO CONSTRUCT IT AS OPPOSED TO PROCESS FOR TWO SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, WE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THAT COULD BE A FUTURE PLAN. AS I STATED, THERE IS NO OUTDOOR AMPLIFIED NOISE. THERE IS NO BAR THAT WILL BE ON ANY DECK THAT IS CONSTRUCTED OUTDOOR. THIS WOULD SIMPLY ALLOW PEOPLE TO TAKE THEIR DRINKS FROM THE INDOOR TO THE OUTDOOR IF THAT AREA IS CONSTRUCTED, WHICH IS IN LINE WITH WHAT IT IS WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IN THIS PART OF THE CITY. I THINK WE PUT IN PLACE A NUMBER OF CONDITIONS THAT WOULD ENSURE THAT IT WOULDN'T BECOME PROBLEMATIC. THE FINAL THING I WILL SAY IS THERE ARE OTHER AREAS IN THIS WEST TAMPA DEVELOPMENT THAT DO HAVE OUTDOOR SEATING AREAS, DO HAVE OUTDOOR AMPLIFIED NOISE THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED. THIS IS REALLY NOT INTENDED TO BE A PARTY PLACE. THIS IS INTENDED TO BE A RESTAURANT WHERE YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EAT, RIDE YOUR BIKE UP, EAT. IF YOU HAVE A DOG, IF THEY HAVE THE OUTDOOR SPACE, YOU CAN HAVE YOUR DOG OUTSIDE AND TO BE ABLE TO DO ALL THOSE THINGS. AGAIN, I RESPECT THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS CONCERNS, BUT WE HAVE REALLY TAKEN IMMEASURABLE STEPS TO TRY AND ALLEVIATE THOSE, AND REALLY THIS IS GETTING VERY DIFFICULT FOR THIS PROPERTY OWNER TO CONTINUE TO KEEP CONTINUING THESE ITEMS SO THAT THEY CAN ADDRESS MORE CONCERNS THAT ARE COMING UP THROUGH THE PROCESS. SINCE WE DO HAVE ENOUGH ITEMS IN PLACE I THINK WHICH PROTECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I WOULD ASK FOR YOUR FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. THOMAS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? >>SAMUEL THOMAS: NO, SIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, YOU'RE UP WITH 107. >>LUIS VIERA: MOVE AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT SU-2 FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES, SMALL VENUE CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES ONLY AND MAKING LAWFUL THE SALE OF BEVERAGES REGARDLESS OF ALCOHOLIC CONTENT, BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR, AT OR FROM THAT CERTAIN LOT, PLOT OR TRACT OF LAND LOCATED AT 1500 WEST CASS STREET, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2, PROVIDING THAT ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT ARE REPEALED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'RE GOING TO STOP AT 110 AND BREAK FOR LUNCH AND CONTINUE FROM THERE. 108. IS THERE ANYBODY HERE FOR 108? MR. PRESSMAN, ARE YOU HERE FOR 108? >> YES. SECOND READING. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS YOU MIGHT HAVE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN? IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? MR. THOMAS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD, SIR? >>SAMUEL THOMAS: NO, SIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. YOU ARE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> TANTIANA MORALES ON BEHALF OF VMB TAMPA. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND TO SWEAR YOU IN. >>THE CLERK: DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY THAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO PROVIDE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? >> YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. GO AHEAD. >> SO I SPECIFICALLY WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS PROJECT BECAUSE I LIVED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. WHEN I WENT BACK AND LOOKED OVER THE HEARING, THERE WERE A LOT OF CONCERNS FROM THE NEIGHBORS OF HOW WE LIVE NEXT TO MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT. I USED TO LIVE THREE MINUTES FROM THERE. THAT'S WHERE I LIVED FOR TEN YEARS AND GOT PRICED OUT OF BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE MOVING IN AND WEREN'T THAT MANY OPTIONS. RIGHT NOW IN THE TERRACE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T GO INTO. IT'S IN THE UNIVERSITY PLANNING DISTRICT, RIGHT ABOVE USF, THE USF AREA NEEDS MORE MULTIFAMILY HOUSING. WE NEED MORE OPTIONS AND THE CONCERNS ABOUT MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT ARE ONES FROM PEOPLE THAT LOOK AT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND ONLY ASSUME SINGLE-FAMILY IS THERE. IF YOU LITERALLY GO TO THE PROPERTY AND TURN TO THE RIGHT, THERE'S MULTIFAMILY LITERALLY JUST SPREAD OUT AMONG SINGLE STORY BUILDINGS RIGHT NEXT DOOR. IF YOU TURN THE CORNER, THERE ARE A TON OF GIANT BUILDINGS THAT ARE APARTMENT BUILDINGS. I WANT TO REITERATE, THE CONCERNS FROM THE COMMUNITY HOW LIVE NEXT TO MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS ARE ONES FROM PEOPLE USED TO -- SOMEONE USED TO LIVING IN APARTMENTS, APARTMENTS ARE VERY NORMAL IN TERRACE PARK, AN AREA WHERE A LOT OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS LIKE MYSELF WANTED TO SETTLE DOWN, BUT A LOT OF THEM CAN'T BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD OR AREN'T ENOUGH OPTIONS. I REALLY DO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. NEAR THREE BUS LINES, NEAR A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS. IT IS VERY NICE TO BIKE WITHIN THE TERRACE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT REALLY DO DESPERATELY NEED THIS HOUSING. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT EVEN THOUGH PLACES ARE GETTING A MONTH OFF FOR RENTS, THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE MOVED OUR WAY OUT OF THE HOUSING CRISIS. WE HAVE TO REALLY LOOK AT THIS PROJECT TO SAY THE TERRACE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION LIKES MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS -- THIS NEIGHBORHOOD KNOWS THE GROWTH THAT IS COMING AND WANTS IT. AS SOMEONE THAT GOT PRICED OUT OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD BUT LIVED THERE TEN YEARS AND LOVES THE PARK AND WOULD LOVE TO GO BACK, PLEASE SUPPORT THIS MOTION, PLEASE SUPPORT THIS PROJECT BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CHALLENGE THE NEIGHBORS SAYING I CAN'T IMAGINE LIVING NEXT TO A BUILDING AND SAYING, HEY, TURN THE CORNER, MULTIFAMILY IS EVERYWHERE. IT IS A PART OF THE CORE AND FABRIC OF OUR CITY AND WE NEED TO SUPPORT MORE OF IT SO OUR FUTURE CAN BE UPHELD. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO YOU HAVE ANY REBUTTAL, MR. PRESSMAN? >> VERY SHORT. JUST TO CLARIFY, AT THE ORIGINAL HEARING, THERE WAS ONE WOMAN WHO WAS CONCERNED ABOUT HEIGHT. WE'VE REDUCED THE HEIGHT. WE REDUCED THE DENSITY. THAT WAS THE ONLY NEIGHBOR THAT HAD COME FORWARD. SHE WAS NOT PRESENT AT THE SECOND HEARING THAT WE HAD, WHICH YOU CONTINUED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. THOMAS, ANYTHING TO ADD? >>SAMUEL THOMAS: NO, SIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. THANK YOU, CHAIR. FILE NUMBER REZ-23-84, AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 5006 EAST 97th AVENUE AND FOLIO NUMBERS 142834-0025, 142830-5075 142830-5050 142830-5025, AND 142830-5000, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATIONS RS 60, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY, TO RM 18, RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. MANASSE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCIL. RYAN MANASSE WITH JOHNSON POPE. HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY FOR THIS ITEM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN? NO. ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 109? SIR, ARE YOU COMING UP? NO. MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, 109. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT SU-2 FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES, RESTAURANT, CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES ONLY AND MAKING LAWFUL THE SALE OF BEVERAGES REGARDLESS OF ALCOHOLIC CONTENT, BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR, ON THAT CERTAIN LOT, PLOT OR TRACT OF LAND LOCATED AT 226 SOUTH BOULEVARD, 825 WEST PLATT STREET AND 217 SOUTH FIELDING AVENUE, TAMPA, FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBD IN SECTION 3, PROVIDED THAT ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT ARE REPEALED; REPEALING AB 1-22-008, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. ITEM 110, YES, SIR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS TERRY HAILEY. I'M REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT FOR TODAY'S AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 110. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, ALL MINOR MODIFICATIONS AND AMENDMENTS WERE ADDED TO THE SITE PLAN. WE'RE HERE FOR SECOND READING AND HOPE FOR YOUR APPROVAL. AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 110? WE HAVE NOBODY. MR. THOMAS, ANYTHING TO ADD? >>SAMUEL THOMAS: NO, SIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: FILE AB 2-24-10, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT SU-2, FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES, SMALL VENUE, CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES AND PACKAGE SALES/OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION, AND MAKING LAWFUL THE SALE OF BEER AND WINE AT OR FROM THAT CERTAIN LOT, PLOT OR TRACT OF LAND LOCATED AT 6102 SOUTH MacDILL AVENUE, SUITE F, TAMPA, FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2, PROVIDING THAT ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT ARE REPEALED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. WE'RE IN RECESS UNTIL 1:45. [ SOUNDING GAVEL ] [LUNCH RECESS]