>>ORLANDO GUDES: GOOD MORNING, GENTLEMEN, AND GOOD MORNING TO THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA. THE MAY 27, 2021 TAMPA CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP WILL COME TO ORDER. WILL CITRO, THE INVOCATION. JOSE CIT: YES, MR.S, MR. CH CHAIR. WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE CHAPLAIN DELIA HARRIS COLEMAN. SHE HAS BEEN LIVING IN TAMPA FOR 24 YEARS AND STUDIED WITH THE CATHEDRAL OF FAITH AND HAVE BEEN A CHAPLAIN AND MINISTER FOR 13 YEARS. SHE HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR SEVERAL YEARS FROM HOSTING WORKSHOPS ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TO HER PARTICIPATION IN THE WELLSPRING OUTREACH MINISTRIES. MISS HARRIS COLEMAN, IF WOULD YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION AND IF EVERYONE COULD PLEASE RISE AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. MISS COLEMAN. >> WE LOOK TO THE HILLS THIS MORNING WHICH COMETH OUR HELP AND OUR HELP COME FROM THE L LORD. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER CHANCE TO WAKE UP THIS MORNING AND PRAISE YOU. WE THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR MANY BLESSINGS YOU HAVE BE BESTOWED UPON US. WE REALIZE WITH YOU WE CAN DO ALL THINGS BUTITHO YOU, WE CAN DO NOTHING. FATHER WE COME THIS MORNING PRAYING AND GIVING HONOR AND GLORY TO YOU. AND AS THE CITY COUNCIL COME TO MEET, LORD, WE ASK TO YOU GIVE THEM WISDOM, SHOW THEM HOW TO STRATEGIZE AND TO COME TOGETHER FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR CITY. AND AS THEY WORK TOGETHER, LET US ALL WORK TOGETHER TO BUILD UP OUR CITY, NOT TO TEAR IT DOWN. AND FATHER, WE ASK YOU FOR GUIDANCE THIS MORNING. WE ASK YOU FOR PEACE. WE ASK YOU FOR YOUR JOY THIS MORNING. FATHER, ANYBODY OF THE SOUND O MY VOICE HAVING ISSUE IN THE BODY WE ASK FOR HEALING TODAY. WE ASK FOR, LORD, WE ASK FOR PEACE TODAY. FATHER, WE KNOW WE HAVE WENT THROUGH A LOT WITH THE COVID AND STILL TRUST IN YOU AND WE KNOW THAT ALL THINGS ARE WORKING TO THE GOOD. MAY NOT LOOK LIKE IT. MAY NOT FEEL LIKE IT. BUT WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE STILL IN CONTROL. AND FATHER, AS THE TIME WINDS DOWN, FATHER, WE ASK YOU, LORD, JESUS, TO GIVE US A PLACE IN YOUR KINGDOM THAT WE MAY SERVE YOU FOREVERMORE IN JESUS'S N NAME AMEN. >> AMEN. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR WITH YOUR PERMISSION I WILL TAKE A FEW SECONDS TO GO DOWNSTAIRS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, SIR. MADAM CLERK, ROLL CALL PLEASE. >>BILL CARLSON: HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER ADVISED HE WILL BE A FEW MINUTES LATE. >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE. >>CLER WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. GO TO CEREMONIAL ACTIVITIES AND PRESENTATIONS. MR. CITRO IS GOING DOWN FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE FOR POLICE OFFICER OF THE MONTH. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIR, WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO MAKE MY STATEMENT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: IN THE FUTURE WE WILL DO LIKE WE DO IN THE FUTURE MR. SHELBY. BUT MAKE THE STATEMENT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO. >>MARTIN SHELBY: GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, MARTIN SHELBY, THURSDAY MAY 27, 2021. AND AT OLD CITY HALL DURING THE COVID-19 STATE OF EMERGENCY. THIS WORKSHOP OF CITY COUNCIL IS CONDUCTED WITH A LIVE IN-PERSON QUORUM PRESENT IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. BUT WITH RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENCING AS COMMUNICATION MEDIA TECHNOLOGY AS CMT. THESE MEETINGS ARE HELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EMERGENCY RULES OF PROCEDURES AS ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL IN 2020-225 AND AMENDED BY RESOLUTION 2020-490 D RESOLUTION NUMBER 2021-241. THE PUBLIC AND THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF COMPANY ARE ABLE TO WATCH THIS MEETING ON SPECTRUM CHANNEL 640, FRONTIER CHANNEL 15, AND LIVE ON THE INTERNET AT TAMPA.GOV/LIVESTREAM. NOW PEOPLE HAVE MULTIPLE WAYS TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PUBLIC MEET BIG SENDING WRITTEN COMMENTS OR -- OR ON THE WEB BY E-MAIL, BY U.S. M MAIL, AND THOSE INSTRUCTIONS, COUNCIL, A AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON THE CITY COUNCIL'S WEB PAGE AT TAMPA. TAMPA.GOV/CITYCOUNCIL. ONE WORD. TODAY PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO PHONE IN AND SPEAK PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WAY BY REREGISTERING AND ALSO THEY CAN USE CMT AND, AGAIN, THOSE ARE -- THOSE INSTRUCTIONS FOR REREGISTERING ARE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY COUNCIL'S WEB PAGE. THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO A COMMUNICATION MEDIA DEVICE, THEY HAVE THE OPTION OF COMING HERE TO OLD CITY HALL, WHERE ON THE SECOND FLOOR, THE CITY HAS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC DURING THESE MEETINGS COMMUNICATION MEDIA TECHNOLOGY. THAT IS 315 E. KENNEDY BOULEVARD, OLD CITY HALL, AGAIN, ON THE SECOND FLOOR. PLEASE NOTE THAT USE OF MASKS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING INSIDE THE BUILDING ARE ENCOURAGED. NOW ALL WRITTEN COMMENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE SUBMITTED AND, AGAIN, ARE DISTRIBUTED TO CITY COUNCIL. AND, AGAIN, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PROCESS THAT IS AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEB SITE. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MR. SHELBY. ITEM NUMBER 1, CEREMONIALS. MMENDATION OF THE MONTH. MR. CITRO IS DOWNSTAIRS NOW. >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR. I AM GLAD WE ARE GETTING BACK TO OUR HONORING OUR POLICE OFFICERS OF THE MONTH AND OUR FIRE FIGHTERS OF THE QUARTER. TODAY, WE ARE GOING TO HONOR CORPORAL STEVEN HOGAN. HE IS WITH ME RIGHT NOW. ALSO THE CHIEF IS HERE. AND I AM GOING TO ASK THE CHIEF TO EXPLAIN WHY THIS OFFICER DESERVES THIS COMMENDATION, CHIEF. >>CHIEF DUGAN: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. IT IS MY HONOR TO PRESENT TO YOU CORPORAL STEVE HOGAN WHO IS HERE AS OUR OFFICER OF THE MONTH. AS YOU ALL KNOW, THAT VIOLENT CRIME HAS TICKED UP A LITTLE BIT ACROSS THE NATION. CORPORAL STEVE HOGAN HAS ACTUALLY MADE IT A POINT TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN REDUCING VIOLENT CRIME IN OUR COMMUNITY. CORPORAL HOGAN IS A SAC OFF OFFICER, A STREET ANTI-CRIMES OFFICER IN DISTRICT ONE. AND HE HAS SIX YEARS ON THE DEPARTMENT. AND JUST IN THE MONTH OF MARCH, HE RECOVERED OVER SIX FIREARMS OFF E STREET IN DISTRICT ONE. I WILL HIGHLIGHT JUST A FEW OF THE INCIDENTS THAT THIS HAPPENED. SO ON MARCH 12, HE DID A TRAFFIC STOP AT THE GANDY AND HIMES, SAW DRUG USE IN THE VEHICLE. AND MADE AN ARREST AND RECOVERED A FIREARM OFF THE VEHICLE. ON THE 18th OF MARCH, HE WAS DOING SURVEILLANCE IN THE AREA OF COLUMBUS COURT APARTMENTS WHICH HAD SEEN AN INCREASE IN VIOLENT CRIME. THROUGH AN INVESTIGATION, HE WAS ABLE TO RECOVER A FIREARM WHICH WAS REPORTED STOLEN IN NORTH PORT, FLORIDA. ON THE 26th, CORPORAL HOGAN CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP IN %-@G SUSPICIOUS AND THROUGH HIS INVESTIGATION, HE WAS ABLE TO RECOVER A FIREARM IN THAT CASE AS WELL. ON MARCH 27, HE SAW SEVERAL VEHICLES THAT WERE PARKED SUSPICIOUSLY AND HE ALSO NOTICED NARCOTICS IN THE VEHICLE. THROUGH THAT INVESTIGATION, NOT ONLY WAS HE ABLE TO RECOVER A LARGE AMOUNT OF NARCOTICS BUT RECOVERED TWO FIREARMS OUT OF THAT VEHICLE. AGAIN, ON SAME DAY, ANOTHER TRAFFIC SP OCCURRED ON AN UNREGISTERED VEHICLE. AND IN THAT VEHICLE, HE ALSO RECOVERED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF NARCOTICS AND ANOTHER FIREARM. IT IS FOR THIS OUTSTANDING WORK AND DEDICATION THAT CORPORAL HOGAN WAS NAMED OFFICER OF THE MONTH FOR APRIL 2021. >>JOSEPH CITRO: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THAT MAY BE LISTENING ON TELEVISION, YOU HAVE HEARD ME SAY THIS MANY, MANY TIMES, IF YOU WANT TO JUST SCRATCH THE SURFACE OF WHAT THIS OFFICER DOES, OF WHAT ALL THE BRAVE WOMEN AND MEN OF THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT DO, WHEN WE OPEN THE POLICE ACADEMY. PLEASE GO. FIND OUT WHAT THEIR DAILY LIVES ARE LIKE. I ALSO -- CORPORAL HOGAN, I MENTIONED YOUR LOVELY WIFE. AND SHE IS ONE OF THE TRUE HEROES. AS ARE ALWAYS THE FAMILY MEMBS O. THIS WOMAN MARRIED THIS MAN KNOWING THAT HE IS GIVING HIS CAREER, GIVING HIS LIFE FOR THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA, BUT SHE IS ALSO A HERO. SHE KNOWS WHAT HE HAS TO DO. AND I THANK YOU FOR BEING THAT TYPE OF HERO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BECAUSE OF YOUR DEDICATION TO SERVICE CORPORAL COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE AND GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY, YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FOR THIS MARK OF DISTINCTION OF OFFICER OF THE MONTH. THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, YOUR PEERS AND SUPERVISORS RECOGNIZE YOU FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING ETHIC AND DEDICATION TO KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. WE COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR PROFESSIONALISM, EXCUSE ME, FAIRNESS, AND LEADERSHIP BY EXAMPLE. IT IS AN HONOR TO THE CITY OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL TO PRESENT CORPORAL STEVEN HOGAN WITH IN COMMENDATION ON MAY 27, 2021. CORPORAL, CONGRATULATION TO YOU SIR. [APPLAUSE] NOW YOU ARE GOING TO STAND HERE -- YOU ARE GOING TO STAND HERE AND RECEIVE ACCOLADES FROM SOME PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY. YOU JUST SIT BACK AND RELAX. AND WE NORMALLY HAND THEM OFF TO -- TO THE UNION BUT YOUR WIFE IS HERE. GIVE HER ALL -- GIVE HER ALL THE GOOD STUFF. >> ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. >>JOSEPH CITRO: UNION IS UP FIRST. >> WE HAVE HELD ALL OF THAT FOR YOU. IT IS A LOT OF STUFF. GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMAN. DARLA PORTMAN WITH THE POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION. VICE PRESIDENT JIMMY OWENS IS HERE AND PRESENT STEVE SHOWINGWIN A FEW THINGS THAT WE HAVE. AN OFFICER IN D 1 THAT MADE THIS BLACK FOR HIM. STEVE, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH YOU SIX YEARS AGO AND I KNOW HOW PROACTIVE AND THOROUGH YOU ARE AS AN INVESTIGATOR AND NO SURPRISE TOO ME THAT YOU ARE HERE. YOU ARE A GREAT MEMBER OF THE UNION AND WE WANT TO GIVE YOU BEING FROM BUSCH GARDENS. SERGEANT CAN'T BE HERE FROM BUSCH GARDENS AND WILL GIVE YOURH GARDENS. WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE. >>CORPORAL HOGAN: THANK YOU. >> CONGRATULATIONS ON A JOB WELL-DONE. WE ARE WITH STEPH'S TOWING SERVICE. WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT WITH YOU A $50 GIFT CARD AND A NIGHT OUT IN OUR COMPANY LIMOUSINE. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST LIMOUSINE CERTIFICATE THAT WE HAVE GIVEN OUT SINCE COVID STARTED. SO WE HOPE YOU GUYS CAN ENJOY IT WITH YOU AND 18 OF YOUR FRIENDS AND HAVE A NIGHT OUT ON US. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. >>CORPORAL HOGAN: THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL. I WOULD GIVE YOU A CAR, BUT IT IS A VEHICLE THAT IS SMALL. AND HE COULDN'T GET ALL OF YOU, BUT A NICE DINNER OF FOUR FOR THE TWO OF YOU. IF YOU HAVE KIDS, IF YOU DON'T, GIVE TO YOUR GRANDPARENTS. BUT REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. YOU DO SO MUCH AND THE SACRIFICE FOR HIS LONG DAYS AS WELL. AND WE GIVE A LOT BACK TO OUR TPD FAMILY. SIR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>CORPORAL HOGAN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. >> CORPORAL HOGAN WITH THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS. ON BEHALF OF OUR FOOTBALL TEAM AND OUR ORGANIZATION, WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU. I HAVE BEEN WITH THE RESERVE NOW -- FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT FOR OVER 35 YEARS. PEOPLE LIKE YOU THAT REALLY MAKES OUR CITY SIGN. ON BEHALF THE BOSS AND ALL OF US, I WANT TO GIVE YOU THIS AS A TALKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION AND HOPEFULLY WHENEVER WE GET BACK TO LITTLE BIT MORE -- WE ARE ALMOST THERE INVITE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO GIVE YOU A FULL TOUR AND INDIANA INVITE YOU FOR LUNCH. >>CORPORAL HOGAN: YOU ARE VERY KIDS, THANK YOU. >> CONGRATULATIONS, MA'AM. >> GOOD MORNING, MARY LOU. BAILEY HERE ON MAV OF ZOO TAMPA. I SERVE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND SO THANKFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND WE ARE GIVING YOU AN ANNUAL PASS TO THE ZOO AS A FAMILY MEMBERSHIP. AND IT IS A GIFT FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO RECOGNIZE YOUR -- YOUR GIFT TO US IN YOUR SERVICE. IT IS AWESOME. I HAVE BEEN TO THAT CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY AND I HAVE A LITTLE GLIMPSE OF YOUR LIFE. IT IS AMAZING WHAT YOU GUYS DO. WE LOVE THE POLICE. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. >>CORPORAL HOGAN: THANK YOU, MY CHILDREN WILL LOVE THIS. >> AND YOU WILL TOO. IT IS VERY COOL. >>CORPORAL HOGAN: OF COURSE. >> HAVE A GOODS TIME. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. MICHAEL KILGORE WITH THE COLUMBIA RESTAURANT GROUP. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU TO DO KEEP US SAFE. TAKE THAT LIMO TO OUR NEWEST RESTAURANTS STEFANO IN YBOR CITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>CORPORAL HOGAN: THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING, COCIL GOOD MORNING. ON BEHALF OF TAMPA THEATRE, WANT TO GIVE YOU THE GIFT OF A MEMBERSHIP. WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THIS WILL GIVE YOU FREE TICKETS TO TAMPA THEATRE, DISCOUNT ON TICKETS, DISCOUNT POPCORN, TOUR TO THE THEATRE AND CAN BE FOR THE KIDS. >>CORPORAL HOGAN: THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >>OOD RNING, CORPORAL. STEVE MICHELINI. I THINK THIS IS A LITTLE BIT LOUD HERE, BUT I WANTED TO -- I THINK I WILL WAIT FOR THE FEEDBACK TO STOP. DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC CRISIS, THE YMCA PROVIDED FREE DAY CARE TO FIRST RESPONDERS, AND THEY ARE ALSO PROVIDING A GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR YOU TO ENJOY A MEMBERSHIP AT THE Y FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. THESE TWO RESTAURANTS ALSO PROVIDED MEALS TO FIRST RESPONDERS THROHOUTHE -- ALMOST TEN WEEKS WHEN THE SHUTDOWN OCCURRED. AND THEY PROVIDED THAT AT NO COST TO THE FIRST RESPONDERS. THEY ENDED UP DELIVERING 10,000 MEALS DURING THAT PERIODS OF TIME. AND WE ARE ALSO PROVIDING -- FROM CHICO'S RESTAURANT GROUP A GIFT CERTIFICATE AND YUMMY HOUSE CHINA BISTRO. AND PORTRAITS AT PRESTIGE PORTRAITS. THANK YOU, SIR, VERY MUCH. >>CORPORAL HOGAN: THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE IT. >> CORPORAL, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE STRAZ CENTER COULD NOT BE HERE. YOU HAVE RECEIVED TICKETS FROM THE STRAZ CENTER TO SEE A SHOW, THE JOBSITE THEATRE, SHOUT, THE MUSICAL AND DR. RIDE. EVERY TIME I HAVE GONE THERE, I HAVE ENJOYED MYSELF. PLEASE TAKE YOUR WIFE AND ENJOY YOURSELF. CORPORATE, BEFORE YOU GET A CHANCE TO SAY ANYTHING, COUNCILMEMBERS, WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO SAY THINKING TO CORPORAL. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. VIERA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. RPORAL, JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY. OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, THAT INCLUDES OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND OUR FIRE FIGHTERS AND EMERGENCY PERSONNEL, REALLY REPRESENT THE BEST. IN US. I AM SO GLAD YOUR WIFE IS HERE. I KNOW SHE IS SO PROUD OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO. I AM SURE SHE SEES YOU GO EVERY DAY TO WORK, AND SHE SENDS YOU YOU OFF TO A JOB THAT IS VERY, VERY DANGEROUS. A VERY, VERY DANGEROUS JOB BUT A VERY, A VERY CRITICAL JOB AND MY HOPE AND MY PRAYER, COR CORPORAL, THAT WE JUST, NOT JUST HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, BUT EVERYWHERE, CAN SHOW OUR APPRECIATION TO MEN AND WOMEN LIKE YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES FOR WHAT YOU DO EVERY DAY. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA. I SEE YOUR LIGHT ON. YOU ARE RECOGNIZE $. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU ARE A FACE OF EVERY POLICE OFFICER IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. MALE AND FEMALE. THE FACE OF EVERY CITIZEN AND WHOLEHEARTEDLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOU AND EVERY MEMBER OF THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES DAY IN AND DAY OUT 365 DAYS OF THE YEAR. THE CAREER THAT SUFFICIENT A VERY DIFFICULT ONE AND WE HONOR YOU FOR THE SACRIFICES THAT EVERYONE MAKES TO MAKE TAMPA THE CITY THAT IT IS. WITHOUT A CITY THAT HAS A LEVEL OF CIVILITY AND REDUCTION IN CRIME TO SOME DEGREE IS A CITY NOT GROWING AT ALL. NO ONE WANTS TO MOVE TO A CITY THAT IS DIVIDED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO. >>CORPORAL HOGAN: THANK YOU, SIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>BILL CARLSON: I WANT TO ECHO THE GREAT THINGS THAT EVERYONE HAS SAID. THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FOR SACRIFICE AND COMMITMENT. I AM UNFORTUNATELY OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER A TIME WHEN WE IN THE COMMUNITY DIDN'T FEEL AS SAFE AND WE ARE ALL VERY THANKFUL FOR ALL THAT YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES TO DO KEEP US SAFE. AND JUST WANT TO SAY WE ALL THINK ABOUT YOU AND PRAY FOR YOU THAT YOU ALL STAY SAFE AND COME BACK TO YOUR FAMILIES. THANK YOU. >>CORPORAL HOGAN: THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO. I CAN'T SEE -- DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, SIR? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I APPRECIATE YOU AND THE SACRIFICE YOU MAKE PUTTING ON THAT UNIFORM EACH AND EVERY DAY AND THE CITY OF TAMPA. WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOUR SERVICE. I LOOKED OVER, YOU KNOW,HERE YOU RECEIVED THE OFFICER OF THE MONTH. AND YOU KNOW PARTS ARE IN MICE DISTRICT. AND AREAS THAT WE GET CALLS FOR, YOU KNOW, OF INCREASES IN CRIME AND WHAT NOT. AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ANSWER TO THOSE CALLS AND RESPOND TO THE NEEDS AND REQUESTS OF THE COMMUNITY. AND WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>CORPORAL HOGAN: THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. MR. CITRO, I KNOW YOU ARE THE CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND DO AN EXCELLENT JOB. OFFICER, I HAVE BEEN WHERE YOU HAVE BEEN BEFORE, SO I KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND. WHAT AM I GOING TO SAY. I GOT THIS ACCOLADE. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE JOB YOU HAVE DONE. THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU DO DO. IF WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING SIR. >>CORPORAL HOGAN: YES, HE WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION TODAY. THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL FOR THE RECOGNITION. IT IS VERY HUMBLING, BUT WITH THAT SAID, THIS IS NOT MY WORK ALONE. I COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT FIRST MY WIFE, DAN DANIELLE. SHE TAKES CARE OF OUR FOUR-YEAR-OLD AND OUR TWO-YEAR-OLD AND WITHOUT HER SUPPORT AND HER STEADFAST DEVOTION TO OUR FAMILY AND OUR KIDS I COULDN'T GO OUT THERE EVERY DAY AND DO WHAT I DO. AND TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM THE WAY THAT I DO. BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT I WORK WITH ON MY SQUAD. EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE READ TODAY ON THAT PAPER OR WAS S SAID, I DIDN'T DO ALONE. I WORKED WITH THE GREAT MEN AND WOMEN OF THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THEY COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY AND ARE NOT GETTING THE RECOGNITION THAT THEY DESERVE AS WELL. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM, STREET ANTI-CRIME SQUAD 131. AND THANK MY SUPERVISION, SERGEANT MANNY CEVINA AND THE MAJOR, MAJOR DEFELISE THAT WAS JUST HERE. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THEM FOR PUTTING THE TRUST -- [ LAUGHTER ] -- I AM A NEW CORPORAL. I HAVE BEEN A CORPORAL FOR SEVEN MONTHS NOW AND LIKE TO THANK THEM FOR PUTTING THE TRUST IN ME. GIVING ME THE CAPABILITY AND THE -- AND THE ABILITY TO DO AND GO OUT THERE AND WORK AND PROTECT THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA AND REALLY TAKE THE DANROUS CRIMINALS OFF THE STREET. ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU TO MY FAMILY, THOSE I WORK WITH IN THE COMMUNITY FOR COMING OUT AND SAYING KIND WORDS AND DOING FAR TOO MUCH FOR ME. I APPRECIATE IT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. CITRO. >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CORPORAL, THANK YOU. CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA ASK SO MUCH. I AM GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID TODAY. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, MY BROTHER. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. [APPLAUSE] MR. CHAIR, GIVE ME ONE SECOND, PLEASE AND THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ITEM NUMBER TWO, FIRE FIGHTER OF THE QUARTER. >>JOSEPH CITRO: COME ON IN HERE THEN. MR. CHAIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, SIR. .>JOSEPH >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY PLEASURE -- FIRST, LET ME SAY, WE HAVE GOT HAND AND GLOVE. WE HAVE THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT KEEP US SAFE FROM CRIME. THEN WE HAVE GOT THE GLOVE OF THE BRAVE WOMEN AND MEN OF OUR TAMPA FIRE RESCUE. AND THIS KEEPS US ALL SAFE. WHEN WE HAVE EMERGENCIES, WHO DO WE CALL? WHEN WE HAVE FIRES, WHO DO WE CALL? SO IT IS MY HONOR TODAY TO INTRODUCE TO YOU OUR FIRE FIGHTER OF THE QUARTER, CAPTAIN ROBERT THOMAS. AND NOW CHIEF IS GOING TO EXPLAIN WHY THIS CAPTAIN IS DESERVED OF FIRE FIGHTER OF THE QUARTER. CHIEF? >>ORLANDGUDE CEF, BEFORE YOU SPEAK. I SEE YOU HAVE YOUR BIG YELLOW BUTTON PLANNED GRECO HAS HIS AND WILL SHELBY WAS TRYING TO GET ONE. RUSTLE UP A FEW SO PEOPLE KNOW WE ARE VACCINATED. >>CHIEF TRIPP: WE WILL MAKE SURE. INTERIM FIRE CHIEF BARBARA TRIPP HERE TODAY. I WANTED TO EXPLAIN WHY WE HAVE MR. -- OR CAPTAIN ROBERT THOMAS SELECTED AS FIRE FIGHTER OF THE QUARTER FOR THE SECOND QUARTER. CAPTAIN ROBERT TROM MASS IS A 25-YEAR VETERAN WITH TAMPA FIRE . OVER THE COURSE OF HIS CAREER, HE HAS RISEN THROUGH THE RANKS OF FIRE FIGHTER, PARAMEDIC, LIEUTENANT AND CAPTAIN. HE IS A TECHNICIAN, MARINE OPERATION, WHICH IS FLORIDA SEARCH AND RESCUE ROPE TECHNICIAN AND VEHICLE AND RESCUE TECHNICIAN. A STATE CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR AND LIVE FIRE TRAINING INSTRUCTOR. UNLIKE MOST WITH ONLY A FEW YEARS REMAINING IN HIS CAREER, HE USE HIS EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION TO MENTOR AND ADVANCE OUR ORGANIZATION AND TEACHING NEW RECRUITS OR LESS EXPERIENCED LEADERS, HE NEVER MISSES THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE THAT THOSE IN HIS COMPANY AND COMMAND ARE BETTER PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE WITH TAMPA FIRE RESCUE. MOST RECENTLY HE AND HIS ENTIRE CREW USED THEIR PERSONAL TIME COMPLETE A TRAINING PROGRAM OVER THE COURSE OF TWO WEEKS TO BE VEHICLE AND MACHINERY RESCUE TECHNICIAN, ENHANCING THE PROFICIENCY WHICH FIRE FIGHTERS OPERATE DURING TECHNICAL RESCUE INCIDENTS. TRUCK 21 B IS WHERE CAPTAIN ROBERT THOMAS IS. HE IS CURRENTLY THE ONLY TRUCK COMPANY IN THE CITY OF TAMPA WHERE EVERY MEMBER HOLDS THIS CERTIFICATION. THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO CAPTAIN'S LEADERSHIP AND PASSION. ALTHOUGH HE HAD AN ENTIRE CAREER DEDICATED TO IMPROVING OUR ORGANIZATION, IT IS DUE TO THE COUNTLESS HOURS HE HAS VOLUNTEERED TO DEVELOP TRUCK COMPANY OPERATIONS TRAINING FOR HIS ABILITY TO MENTOR AND EMPOWER HIS FELLOW FIRE FIGHTERS AND HIS PASSION FOR HELPING OTHERS IN OUR COMMUNITY. THAT BEING SAID, CAPTAIN ROBERT THOMAS HAS BEEN SELECTED AS FIRE FIGHTER OF THE QUARTER FOR TAMPA FIRE RESCUE. >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH CHIEF. CITY COUNCIL, WE ARE GOING TO PRAISE THIS FIRE FIGHTER FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT HE HAS DONE BY GIVING HIM IN COMMENDATION. TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, YOUR PEERS, YOUR SUPERIORS COMMEND YOU FOR THE DEDICATION TO SERVICE, COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE AND GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY. YOU VE BEEN SELECTED FOS DISTINCTION AS FIRE FIGHTER OF THE QUARTER. RERECOGNIZE YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOUR ABILITY TO MENTOR, AND EMPOWER OTHERS. WITH YOUR 25 DEDICATED YEARS OF SERVICE OF TAMPA FIRE RE RESCUE. IT IS WITH PLEASURE THAT THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL PRESENT CAPTAIN ROBERT ROBBIE THOMAS WITH THIS COMMENDATION ON THE 27th DAY OF MAY, 2021. >>CAPTAIN THOMAS: THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>JOSEPH CITRO: CONGRATULATIONS. NOW YOU ARE GOING TO STAND HERE AND RECEIVE ALL THESE WONDERFUL ACCOLADES. DON'T MOVE. >>CAPTAIN THOMAS: I CAN DO THAT. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING THIS IN-PERSON MEETING AND BEEN A WHILE AND WE ARE GLAD TO GET BACK TO IT. ORIN HANSON, CHIEF OF TAMPA FIRE RESCUE AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE AWARDS REVIEW BOARD. ON BEHALF OF THE AWARDS REVIEW BOARD CONGRATULATE CAPTAIN ROBERT THOMAS FOR HIS SELECTION AS THE FIRE FIGHTER OF THE ON PERSONAL NOTE, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I HAVE KNOWN CAPTAIN THOMAS 10 YEARS AND I WAS A DRIVER AT ONE POINT. AND SPENT A FEW GOOD YEARS THERE. HAD A GREAT CREW THERE AND A GOOD TIME AND A LEADER WORTHY OF THIS RECOGNITION. ON BEHALF OF THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. GOOD MORNING, ROBBIE AND CHIEF. I AM JOE GRECO, THE PRESIDENT OF TAMPA FIRE FIGHTERS 74. I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE CAPTAIN THOMAS FOR ALL HIS DEDICATION AND YEARS OF SERVICE AND HIS IMMENSE SKILLS ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THIS PLAQUE IS TO RECOGNIZE HIM FOR FIRE FIGHTER OF THE QUA QUARTER, SECOND QUARTER OF 2021. WE APPRECIATE ALL YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE AND, OF COURSE, ALL THE GREAT SKILLS YOU HAVE ON THE TRUCK AND W WHATNOT. >>CAPTAIN THOMAS: THANK YOU. >> ALSO A THING FROM BUSCH GARDENS. PETE BREVY, THEY WANT TO GIVE YOU PASSES TO BUSCH GARDEN AND FROM THE UNION -- ALTHOUGH MATT DIDN'T GIVE IT TME -- SOME CARDS FOR YOU. >>CAPTAIN THOMAS: THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, ROB. >> GOOD MORNING I AM MARY LOU BAILEY ON BEHALF OF ZOO TAMPA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. AWESOME THAT YOUR STORY -- I REALLY LOVE THE FOCUS ON MENTORING AND TEACHING WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED TO OTHERS AND INSPIRING THEM TO LEAD AS YOU BECOME A LEADER. ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT WHO WILL VEER AT ZOO TAMPA PROVIDING WITH YOU A FAMILY MEMBERSHIP OF ZOO TAMPA FOR A YEAR A BRI FRIENDS WITH YOU. A FEW FRIENDS INVOLVED IN THE CARD, AND YOU CAN GO TO SOME OF OUR ANNUAL EVENTS FOR FREE LIKE CHRISTMAS IN THE WILD AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO ENJOY IT. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. >>CAPTAIN THOMAS: THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> GOOD MORNING. >>CAPTAIN THOMAS: GOOD MOR MORNING. >> MICHAEL KILGORE WITH THE COLUMBIA RESTAURANT GROUP AND THE GONZMART FAMILY A A GIFT CARD TO RESTAURANT IN TAMPA HEIGHTS. YOU MAY BE GETTING A RIDE THERE SOON. >>CAPTAIN THOMAS: THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> CAPTAIN, CONGRATULATIONS. ON BEHALF OF STEP'S TOWING, MIKE McARTHUR CHRISTIE. WE KNOW HOW STRONG THE BOND, FAMILY AND BROTHERHOOD OF THE FIREHOOD FIREMEN. WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO BE A PART OF THAT. SUPPORT YOU RAIN OR SHINE. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY. ON BEHALF OF STEPP'S TOWING, $50 GIFT CARD AND NIGHT OUT ON OU COMPANY LIMOUSINE. YOU ENJOY IT. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. >>CAPTAIN THOMAS: THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL, DUSTIN PORTILLA WITH McDO McDONALD'S. AND THE 4,000 EMPLOYEES OF TAMPA AND JACKSONVILLE, WE HEAR OF FIRE FIGHTERS RESCUING CATS FROM TREES AND WE READ THOSE IN BOOKS AND PEOPLE STUCK IN THEIR BATHTUBS BUT DON'T SEE THE REAL WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. IT IS REALLY GREAT EVERY SINGLE QUARTER TO GET THAT LITTLE BIO ABOUT WHAT YOU DO AND HOW SIGNIFICANT OF A ROLE YOU PLAY WITHIN THE FIRE INDUSTRY. AND SO -- WELL, HOPEFULLY ISN'T A FIRE INDUSTRY. HOPEFULLY YOU ARE PUTTING OUT THE FIRES. AND REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO AND THANK YOU SO MUCH AND CULTIVATING A PRETTY GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH CHIEF HANSON AND HOPEFULLY DO A LOT MORE WITH YOU ALL. A LITTLE GOODY BAG OF MINT GOODIES, DINNER FOR FOUR AND OTHER GREAT STUFF. SIR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>CAPTAIN THOMAS: THANK YOU. >> APPRECIATE YOU. >> GOOD MORNING. ON BEHALF OF THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS CAPTAIN AND MYSELF, AND THE DEPARTMENT AND PART OF YOUR FAMILY FOR THE LAST 35 YEARS, THANK YOU FOR THE SACRIFICE THAT YOU HAVE DONE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS TO PROVE YOURSELF. OBVIOUSLY WORTHY. I AM LEAVING YOU MY BUSINESS CARD BECAUSE WE COULDN'T GET ALL YOUR ACCOLADES PUT IN THE BOWL FAST ENOUGH, BUT I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY SENDING YOU AN HONORARY BALL FROM ALL OF OUR TEAM. CONGTULATIONS AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO COME UP AND SHOW YOU APPRECIATION. >>CAPTAIN THOMAS: THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. TAMPA THEATRE. CAPTAIN, ON BEHALF OF TAMPA THEATRE, I AM HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY TO GIVE YOU A GIFT OF A MEMBERSHIP TO COME AND VISIT US ON FRANKLIN STREET. WE JUST ANNOUNCED OUR SUMMER CLASSIC SERIES WITH FREE TICKETS, DISCOUNT ON POPCORN AND FREE TOURS. CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH R YOUR SERVICE IN OUR COMMUNITY. >>CAPTAIN THOMAS: THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING, SIR. I HAVE ONE QUESTION, WILL YOU LET ORIN DRIVE THE TRUCK? >> I DID. >> WELL, I GUESS WE ARE OKAY. YOU SURVIVED. >>CAPTAIN THOMAS: WE DID SURVIVED. >> HE IS A GOOD GUY. I AM PULLING A LEG A LITTLE BIT. ON BEHALF -- STEVE MICHELINI ON BEHALF OF THE TAMPA YMCA PROVIDE WITH YOU A GIFT CERTIFICATE TO GO AND ENJOY YOURSELF OVER THERE. CHCHO'S RESTAURANT GROUP, ENJOY BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER AND YUMMY HOUSE CHINA BISTRO AND ORIN WANTED TO GO WITH YOU FOR LUNCH OR DINNER. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT ONE. PRESTIGE PORTRAIT PROVIDE YOU WITH A GIFT CERTIFICATE TO HAVE YOUR PORTRAITS DONE. THANK YOU. >>CAPTAIN THOMAS: THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>JOSEPH CITRO: CAPTAIN THOMAS AND AS BEFORE, THE STRAZ CENTER WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE. YOU HAVE TICKETS TO ONE OF THEIR LOVELY SHOWS, THE JADE, THE MASANI OR OTHER THEATRE THEY HAVE. THEY HAVE SEVEN THERE AND THEY WANTED ME TO LET YOU KNOW. NOW TIME FOR COUNCIL TO TALK TO YOU. COME ON UP HERE. COUNCIL PLEASE. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. VIERA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED SIR. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE FOR TAMPA FIRE RESCUE. YOU JUST HEARD A LOT OF GOOD WORDS FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT SUPPORT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, INCLUDING OUR FIRE FIGHTERS. AND I THINK AGAIN THAT REFLECTS THE VIEWS OF I THINK 99% OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORTING OUR FIRST RESPONDERS INCLUDING OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND FIRE FIGHTERS, EMERGENCY WORKERS AND THAT INCLUDES YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, SIR. GOD BLESS YOU. >>CAPTAIN THOMAS: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>BILL CARLSON: TO ECHO WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE SAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND KEEPING US SAFE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. WELL, AGAIN, PUBLIC SAFETY IS NUMBER ONE IN THE CITY. FIRE FIGHTERS, I UNDERSTAND, AGAIN, I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT THEY HELPED MY DAD. I UNDERSTAND THE NEED OF WHAT THEY DO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND I KNOW CHIEF TRIPP HAS A HANDLE ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND DOING AN EXAMINE MATDZS FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU, MR. CITRO. >>JOSEPH CITRO: ALL RIGHT, YOUR TURN. >>CAPTAIN THOMAS: GOOD MOR MORNING. I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF BY THANKING CITY COUNCIL FOR ALLOTTING THIS TIME DURING YOUR MEETING. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY DISTRICT CHIEF, JUSTIN BAXTER, WHO IS NOT IN ATTENDANCE TODAY FOR THE NOMINATION AND ALSO THE AWARDS COMMITTEE FOR THE DECISION AND ALSO THE CREW THAT I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITFOR ARS THAT MAKE ALL OF THIS POSSIBLE. AND NOW FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF. THIS MAY BE A LITTLE OFF TOPIC BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY 25-PLUS YEARS WITH THE DEPARTMENT I CANNOT REMEMBER THE MORALE BEING AS IT IS CURRENTLY AS IT IS NOW. ONLY A FEW MONTHS SINCE THIS ADMINISTRATION IS IN PLACE AND THE VISION FOR TFR HAVE NEVER BEEN BRIGHTER. CHIEF TRIPP, THANK YOU. FIRE FIGHTER OF THE QUARTER IS A TRUE HONOR AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS. >>ORLANDGUDE THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCIL, IF I MAY TAKE ONE MOMENT. MR. CHAIR, PLEASE, IF I MAY, AS THE CHAIRMAN OF PUBLIC SAFETY, I NEED TO TAKE THIS MOMENT AND MAKE A STATEMENT. OUR BUDGET IS COMING UP. OUR BUDGET REVIEW IS COMING UP. AND EVEN THOUGH THE CITY HAS BEEN HIT HARD BY THE PANDEMIC, WE NEED TO LOOK DEEPLY INTO NEW FIRE STATIONS FOR TAMPA FIRE FIGHTERS. NOT ONLY DOWNTOWN WHERE THERE ARE 3,000 NEW PEOPLE COMING INTO THIS CITY WITH WATER WORKS. ALSO NORTH TAMPA. I KNOW THAT COUNCILMAN VIERA HAS A LOVE FOR FIRE STATION N NEW. IT IS OF MY OPINION THAT WE CAN NO LONGER DO WHAT WE HAVE. WE NEED SOME NEW FAIR STATIONS. AND I HOPE WE TAKE A LONG, HARD LOOK AT OUR BUDGET AND FINDW WAYS, IF NOT TOMORROW WITHIN THE NEXT FEW YEARS TO ADD A F NEW FIRE STAYINGS TO OUR CI CITIES. AGAIN, THIS IS MEANT TO OFFEND NO ONE. BUT THIS IS REALITY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. THE CITY OF TAMPA IS GROWING, RAPIDLY. AND THE FIRE FIGHTERS NOT ONLY NEED THE BRICK AND MORTAR THAT THEY DESERVE BUT THE EQUIPMENT THEY DESERVE. THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY LI LISTENING TO ME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO OUR FIRE FIGHTERS. [APPLAUSE] >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE WILL GO CONTINUE TO ITEM NUMBER 3. FAMILY TIME NOW. MR. VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU MR. CHAIR, CHAIRMAN GUDES. I APPRECIATE THAT. MY HONOR TO GIVE A CITY OF TAMPA COMMENDATION TODAY TO A GENTLEMAN WHO UNFORTUNATELY LEAVING US. MR. CREW, IF YOU CAN COME UP HERE FOR A MINUTE. JIM CREW, I HAD A GREAT PLEASURE OF KNOWING JIM FOR 14 YEARS OR SO. I GOT TO MEET JIM WHEN HE SERVED ON THE CIVIL SERVICE REVIEW BOARD AND I IMMEDIATELY TOOK A LIKING TO JIM. HE IS A NICE GUY AS I WILL TALK ABOUT. FIRST BACKGROUNDS ON JIM, HE HAS SERVE THE 26 YEARS F THE CITY OF TAMPA INCLUDING 15 YEARS SERVING IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, THE FIRST 11 YEARS HE SERVED IN THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CAPACITIES. JIM SERVED IN THREE DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF THE MILITARY INCLUDING THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD, NAVY AND AIR FORCE RESERVE FOR 23 YEARS. AND JIM COMES LIKE SO MANY OF OUR VETERANS DO FROM A MILITARY FAMILY. HIS SON HAS SERVE $IN THE NAVY RESERVE. HE HAS TWO BROTHERS WHO SERVED INCLUDING ONE THAT WAS IN VIETNAM AND HIS LATE FATHER WAS IN THE U.S. ARMY AIR CORP D LOVE SEEING -- IF YOU GO PAST JIM'S OFFICE YOU SEE A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OF HIS FATHER AND HE LOOKS JUST LIKE HIS DAD. HE COMPLETED HIS MASTER OF DIVINITY DEGREE FROM LIBERTY UNIVERSITY IN 2014 AND PRESENTLY SERVES -- TALK ABOUT FIRST RESPONDERS -- WITH OUR FRIENDS AT PASCO FIRE RESCUE AS A VOLUNTEER CHAPLAIN AND WITH THE TAMPA BAY REGION ALACRITY CAL INCIDENT. MARIA CREW, HIS WIFE. A WONDERFUL NAME. MY MOTHER'S NAME MR. OR, MARIA FOR 32 YEARS. HE HAS A SON AND A DAU DAUGHTER-IN-LAW. JIM IN HIS PERSONAL LEVEL, ACHIEVEMENT OF SERVING FIRST RESPONDERS AND CITY OF TAMPA IN UNIFORM IS GREAT, BUT ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, JIM IS A GENTLEMAN. THE KIND OF PERSON -- I CAN'T IMAGINE THIS GUY EVER BEING RUDE TO ANYBODY AT ALL. BUT A GENTLE MAN. HE IS A GENTLE PERSON. JIM IS A VERY, VERY GENTLE PERSON. HE HAS A GENTLE VOICE AND I REALLY BELIEVE A GENTLE SOUL. JIM IS VERY, VERY HUMBLE. JIM IS A VERY, VERY HUMBLE PERSON AND JIM IS A PATRIOT WHO LOVES HIS FAMILY A LOT AND FAMILY SERVICE THAT RECOGNIZE THAT. BUT THE REAL CORE OF JIM, I THINK, COMES FROM HIS RELIGIOUS FAITH. JIM HAS ALWAYS BEEN KNOWN AS I FIRST KNEW HIM AND WILL BE KNOWN TO THE DAY HE DIES AS A VERY DEDICATED CHRISTIAN WHO LIVES HIS LIFE BY THE TEACHINGS AND VALUES AND THE FAITH OF JESUS CHRIST. THAT IS WHAT REALLY, REALLY MATTERS TO JIM. AND I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT JUST INFORMS THE KIND OF PERSON THAT HE IS AND THE SERVICE THAT HE GIVES TO OUR CITY AND TO OUR COUNTRY. SO I WANTED TO PRESENT THIS CITY COUNCIL COMMENDATION TO JI, BUT BEFOREHAND -- AND WE HAVE OUR CLERK'S OFFICE HERE. IF MISS FOX 'NOLES IF YOU WANT TO COME AND SPEAK, MA'AM. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. SHIRLEY FOXX-CUSHION NOW LE, CITY CLERK. WE REALLY ARE GOING TO MISS JIM. JIM A PROFESSIONAL. HE IS KIND AND HARDWORKING. ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. WE APPRECIATE IT SO, SO VERY MUCH. HE HAS HELPED US OUT WITH OUR, OF COURSE PUBLIC RECORDS AND HE HANDLES THE MULTIDEPARTMENTAL PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST. AND THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. HE JUST HAS BEEN WONDERFUL. AND, AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE HIM AND ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP OUT IN ANY WAY THE TRAINING, WHATEVER. SO HE IS -- HE IS A INSPIRATION AND, AGAIN, WE ARE GOING TO MISS HIM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OH, I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE ST STAFF. >>ORLANDO GUDES: COME ON UP, FAMILY. >> WE HAVE OUR ARCHIVES AND RECORDS DIVISION HERE, ALSO WITH JENNIFER AND ALISON, OF COURSE, SU LINE, CARENSIA AND BRITTANY. SO WE HAVE A FEW OTHERS TOO, BUT THEY ARE HERE RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL STAFF, INCLUDING JIM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>LUIS VIERA: AND BEFORE -- BEFORE WE HAVE MR. CREWS SPEAK. IT IS FUNNY WE HAVEN'T -- DOES CITY COUNCIL SPEAK BEFORE MR. CREW. >>ORLANDO GUDES: DOESN'T MATTER. WE DO WHAT WE DO HERE. WE MAKE IT WORK. >>LUIS VIERA: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST. IF ANYBODY GETS A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST AND NOBODY LIKES THAT, JIM IS THE FIRST PERSON WE TALK TO. SO ALWAYS A GOOD THING. MR. CREWS, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP AND SPEAK AND MY PLEASURE TO GIVE YOU THIS FROM TAMPA CITY COUNCIL. GO AHEAD, BUDDY. >>JIM CREW: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I ALREADY HAD A BIG HEAD, NOW IT IS GOING TO BE A PUMPKIN. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE KIND WORDS. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR KIN KINDNESSES OVER THE YEARS AND A PLEASURE WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU AND NOW THAT I HAVE DONE 43 YEARS OF GOVERNMENT SERVICE WITH THE ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE AND CITY OF TAMPA TIME FOR ME TO REALLY DECIDE TO DO WHAT I WANT WHEN I GROW UP AND THAT'S WHEN I AM RETIRING AND MOVING CONTINUE TO WHATEVER THE LORD HAS NEXT. A GREAT PLEASURE TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU AND THANK YOU -- THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR THE CITY. I WOULDN'T WANT ANY ONE OF YOUR JOBS. YOU HAVEHANKLESS JOBS AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE OVER THE YEARS AND CONTINUE TO DO FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA. SO THANK YOU. AND IT HAS BEEN MY PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO WORK WITH YOU AND FOR THE CITY THESE MANY YEARS. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. I SAW YOU -- >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WAS LOOKING AT JIM'S SPEECH AND I THOUGHT HE WOULD BE A GREAT POLITICIAN. [ LAUGHTER ] HE MIGHT -- HE MIGHT BE LEAVING US TO RUN FOR OFFICE SOMEWHERE E. BUT I HAVE KNOWN HIM FOR MOST OF HIS CAREER. NOW I GOT HIM MOTIVATED. HE IS COMING BACK TO THE MIC. >>JIM CREW: YOU HAD THE TRUE HEROES HERE BEFORE ME THE FIRST RESPONDERS AND WAY TONIGHT CONTINUE TO SERVE THEM IN MY RETIREMENT AS A VOLUNTEER CHAPLAIN WITH FIRE RESCUE AND LA ENFORCEMENT. THAT IS MY DREAM AND MY GOAL. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ALL OF THE CITY EMPLOYEES ARE HEROES WITH THE WAY THEY WORK AND DO THINGS TO HELP EVERYONE ELSE IN THE CITY. I MEAN THAT SINCERELY, WHETHER YOU WEAR A BADGE OR A FIRE FIGHTER OR YOU -- YOU ARE A DELIVERYERSON OR YOU WORK IN RECORDS OR YOU WORK EVERYWHERE ELSE. AND RECORDKEEP SOMETHING ONE THING THAT IS SO DILIGENTLY -- AND SO NEEDED BECAUSE IF YOU WANT A RECORD, YOU GOT TO FIND IT IMMEDIATELY. SOMEBODY DOESN'T PLAN THREE MONTHS AHEAD I NEED TO LOOK FOR TO RECORD BECAUSE I NEED IT. THEY ASK FOR IT TODAY AND GOT TO BE DELIVERED QUICKLY. ALL OF YOU IN THE DEPARTMENT, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. JIM, I HAVE KNOWN YOU FOR MOST OF YOUR CAREER. YOU HAVE BEEN A STALL WALT. VERY GENERAL AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OFF THIS DONE FOR YOUR CAREER FOR THE CITY AND THE CITY OF TAMPA. BEST OF LUCK FOR YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: DOWN THE L LINE. MR. CITRO'S LIGHT ON. >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. JIM, I HAVE BEEN WITH THE CITY IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER FOR 16 YEARS, STARTING WITH CIVIL SERVICE BOARD GOING ON TO VARIANCE REVIEW, GOING ON IT TO CODE ENFORCEMENT. IT -- I SAY THIS A LOT, AND I MEAN IT. EVERYBODY WHO WORKS FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA IS FAMILY. AND YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A GREA . YOU ALWAYS HELPED ME. WHENEVER I NEEDED SOMETHING, I WOULD ALWAYS COME TO YOU. AND YOU HAVE BEEN THERE. YOU ALWAYS HAVE BEEN THERE FOR CITY COUNCIL AND OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE LEAVING US, YOU ARE STILL FAMILY, BROTHER. WE WILL MISS YOU. BUT, PLEASE COME BACK AND SEE US, ALL RIGHT? >>JIM CREW: ABSOLUTELY. >> WHEN I SAW THE ANNOUNCEMENT THE OTHER DAY THAT YOU WERE RETIRING, I WAS REALLY SAD. YOU HELPED ALL OF US SO MUCH OVER AT LEAST THE SHORT TIME THAT IAVE BEEN HERE ALL THE GREAT THINGS OFF THIS DONE. WE NEED MORE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD WITH YOUR HEART, C COMPASSION AND DEDICATION AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEE WHAT YOU WILL DO NEXT. I KNOW YOU WILL DO GREAT THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE WORLD. YOU DON'T HAVE BE ELECTED TO DO GOOD THINGS, AS YOU KNOW. AND I AM SURE YOU WILL DO POSITIVE THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GREAT APPRECIATION FOR ALL YOUR WORK. YOU ARE A VERY, VERY, VERY NICE MAN AND VERY HUMBLE. COUNCILMAN VIERA SAID IT ALL. A GENTLE SOUL. I THINK WHEN PEOPLE MEET YOU AND SEE YOU, THEY KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU ARE JUST ONE OF THOSE NICE GUYS. WE APPRECIATE THAT. BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT CITY COUNCIL CANNOT FUNCTION WITHOUT THE CLERK'S OFFICE. YOUR ENTIRE TEAM, THE ENTIRE FAMILY, WE REALLY ARE IN THIS TOGETHER. AND ALL THE WORK OFF THIS PUT IN. ALL THE WORK THAT EVERYONE IN THAT OFFICE PUTS IN TO ALLOW ALL OF US TO FUNCTION AND SUCCEED EACH AND EVERY DAY. WE IRISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK, AS YOU SAID WHATEVER THE LORD HAS NEXT FOR YOU. MAY YOU LIVE TO BE 100 YEARS OLD, HEALTHY AND HAPPY. AND THAT, "HAPPY." YOU HAVE SERVED -- I OFTEN SAID IT IS OKAY TO SERVE, IT IS OKAY TO GIVE, BUT ALSO OKAY TO PUT YOURSELF FIRST. FOCUS ON JIM CREW. DO WHATEVER MAKES YOU HAPPY AND I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST OF LUCK. THANK YOU, SIR. >>JIM CREW: THANK YO. GUDES GLOOUDZ DINGFELDER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: GOOD MORNING OPINION I WAS VERY SAD TO SEE THAT MEMO THAT YOU WERE LEAVING. I UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY. YOU SERVED OUR COUNTRY, YOU SERVED OUR COMMUNITY, AND NOW IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ARE GOING TO GO OFF AND SERVE THE LORD IN YOUR OWN UNIQUE WAYS. AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE SO MUCH. AND YOU HAVE BEEN -- WE HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO HAVE YOU. AND YOU HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO SERVE WITH THESE FINE PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THESE FINE LADIES, SHIRLEY AND SUELINE AND THE REST OF THE CREW. A GREAT TEAM THAT SHIRLEY HAS PUT TOGETHER. AND YOU WILL BE LEAVING A BIG GAP THERE, BUT WE WISH YOU W WELL. THANK YOU, JIM. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU KNOW, MR. CREW, FROM THE MOMENT I MEANT YOU, HUMBLE, READY TO WORK, READY TO DO WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE, ESPECIALLY IN NIGHT COUNCIL. I REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE TRAINING MICHELLE WHEN SHE FIRST CAME ON BOARD. THAT WAS FAMILY. IT SHOWED -- MAKE SURE SHE HAD IT. AND BY GOLLY, SHE'S GOT IT NOW. SHE IS ON HER OWN OPINION AND THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE YOU ARE THE TRAIN THEIR HELPED HER OUT ON THAT. LIKE HE SAID EVERYBODY HERE IS FAMILY. AND WE HAVE A SPECIAL HOUSE AND PROTECT THE HOUSE. AND YOU PROTECTED THE NOWLONG WITH MISS SHIRLEY -- WE FRY TO PROTECT YOU GUYS BECAUSE WE KNOW YOU PROTECT US. AGAIN. BEST WISHES ON YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVOR. I KNOW WHEN YOU SAY TO RETIRE. GO DO WHAT DO YOU BEST. GO HAVE FUN. >>JIM CREW: THANK YOU. I JUST WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T THANK ALL THESE FOLKS THAT I WORKED WITH, ESPECIALLY SHIRLEY, BEST BOSS TO WORK FOR FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS. I COULDN'T HAVE ASKED FOR A BETTER BOSS. AS I SAID MANY TIMES I AM THE ONLY THORN ON THE BUSH. [LAUGHTER] BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK THEM. I WOULD BE RISS SO IF I DIDN'T THINK MY LOVELY WIFE. SHE COULDN'T BE HERE BUT SHE WILL BE HERE TOMORROW WHEN WE SEE THE MAYOR. THANK MARIA, 32 YEARS. THE BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. [APPLAUSE] >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT, MR. VIERA, ARE YOU GOING DOWN FOR ITEM 4. >>LUIS VIERA: I AM GOING TO GO DOWNSTAIRS SIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. SHELBY, YOU, YOU ARE PART OF THIS HOUSE AND I SAW YOUACK ERE. DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING TO MR. CREW. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I THINK DANIELLE WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING. >>ORLANDO GUDES: DANIELLE WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING. >> I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE DANIELLE. LOOKING BACK HERE. RECOGNIZE DANIELLE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT'S RIGHT. MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I HAD THE TREMENDOUS PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH JIM FOR QUITE SOME TIME. AND I WANT TO YOU KNOW THAT I RELY ON HIM, HAVE RELIED ON HIM, AND I THINK HE HAS SERVED THE CITY COUNCIL VERY WELL. HE IS THE CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL AND I HAVE THE UPMOST RESPECT FOR HIM AND I AM VERY SAD, FRANKLY, THAT HE IS LEAVING. AND I KNOW THAT -- THAT THE WORK WILL CARRY ON. AND HE HAS SET THE BAR VERY HIGH. AND HE IS GOING TO BE MISSED BY ME ESPECIALLY. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, FOLKS. AND WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR CLERK'S OFFICE AND THEN MISS SHIRLEY WILL HAVE THE BEST PEOPLE HERE TO DO THE BE JOB FOR US. THANK YOU. YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT DAY. MR. VIERA, ITEM NUMBER 4. >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY GREAT PLEASURE TO BE WITH SOME WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL PEOPLE. MISS -- YOU KNOW WHAT, BEFORE WE BEGIN, ACTUALLY, MR. CHAIR, WE HAD A TWO-MINUTE VIDEO ON MEMORIAL DAY. I WILL LIKE TO ASK THAT OUR FRIENDS BEGIN THAT. AND THEY ARE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT, SIR. I.T. HAVE THAT VIDEO READY TO GO? >> THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VETERANS DAY AND MEMORIAL DAY. WIKIPEDIA SAYS ARMED FORCES DAY IS CELEBRATED ON THIRD SATURDAY IN MAY TO HONOR AMERICANS WHO ARE CURRENTLY SERVING IN THE FIVE U.S. MILITARY BRANCHES. VETERANS DAY IS AN OFFICIAL U.S. PUBLIC HOLIDAY OBSERVED ANNUALLY ON NOVEMBER 11 THAT HONORS MILITARY VETERANS, THAT IS PERSONS WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES. MEMORIAL DAY IS A FEDERAL FO REMEMBERING THE PEOPLE WHO DIED WHILE SERVING IN THE COUNTRIES ARMED FORCES. I WANT TO CHALLENGE EACH PERSON TO REMEMBER AND HONOR OUR FALLEN MILITARY SERVICEMEMBERS, OUR WARRIORS THIS MEMORIAL DAY BY SETTING AN EMPTY PLACE AT YOUR DINNER TABLE. THE EMPTY CHAIR AT THE TABLE REPRESENT THAT THE FALLEN ARE NOT PRESENT. SPRINKLE THE PLATE WITH GRAINS THE SALT TO REPRESENT THE COUNTLESS TEARS OF THE FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COMRADES IN ARMS THAT MOURN THEIR DEATH AND MISS THEM DEARLY, SO I CHALLENGE YOU IN THE NAME OF SPECIALIST CAWAL WHO DIED ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2009 TO SET UP A PLACE OF HONOR IN REMEMBRANCE AT YOUR TABLE. I CHALLENGE YOU IN THE NAME OF CORPORATE FRANK ROSE WHO DIED JULY 16, 2011. >> I CHALLENGE YOU IN THE NAME OF LANCE CORPORAL WILLIAM FONZ O DIED OCTOBER 16, 1968. >> I CHALLENGE NEW THE NAME OF DANIEL ANGUS WHO DADE JANUARY 24 2010. >> I CHALLENGE YOU IN THE NAME OF PFC WILLIAM OAKLEY WHO DIED JULY 28, 1965. >> I CHALLENGE NEW THE NAME OF SERGEANT LEE MILLS WHO DADE APRIL 28, 200136 I CHALLENGE YOU IN THE NAME OF SERGEANT TERRY LISK WHO DIED ON JUNE 26, 2006. >> PLEASE, THIS MEMORIAL DAY, TAKE THE CHALLENGE AND SET AN EMPTY PLACE AT YOUR TABLE TO SHOW THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT MEMORIAL DAY MEANS THAT SOM SOMEONE'S CHILD, SPOUSE, PA PARENT SIBLING FRIEND MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR YOUR FREEDOM. >> I CHALLENGE YOU. >> I CHALLENGE YOU. >> I CHALLENGE YOU! >> I CHALLENGE YOU. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT AND WE HAVE VERY SPECIAL GUESTS WITH US TODAY. WE HAVE WHO IS GOIG TO BE SPEAKING MISS KELLY COLWA LOSHTION IS A LOCAL GOLD STAR MOTHER AND A GREAT AMERICAN WHO OPERATES MY WARRIOR'S PLACE IN RUSKIN TO HELP POLICE OFFICERS, FIRE FIGHTERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS AND THEIR FAMILIES SUFFERING FROM PTSD. THE MOTHER OF THE LATE WERE AY SPECIALIST CORY COLWAL. WE HAVE COLD STAR PAYMENTS OF PAUL CAZUPPE II KILLED IN ACTION IN OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. THEY ARE HERE TO SPEAK OF MEMORIAL DAY AND I ALWAYS LIKE TO DO THIS EVERY YEAR TO HAVE GOLD STAR PARENTS WITH US ON MEMORIAL DAY. MEMORIAL DAY IS MISS KOWALL WILL SPEAK ABOUT A VERY, VERY SOMBER DAY. A SOMBER DAY FOR THESE FAMILIES AND SHOULD BE A SO MBER TE FOR US ALL OF US, KELLY. >> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK LUIS VIERA FOR INVITING US HERE TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SAY A FEW WORDS. AS LUIS SAID I AM KELLY KOWALL AND THE PROUD GOLD STAR MOTHER OF CORY KOWALL WHO WAS KILLED IN A COMBAT ANYTHING AFGHANISTAN IN 2009. AS THE VIEW STATED THREE DIFFERENT HOLIDAYS FOR AMERICAN HEROES, ARMED FORCES DAY, MEMORIAL DAY AND VETERANS DA 11 YEARS SINCE MY SON'S DEATH, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I DON'T THINK OF HIM OR HE IS NO LONGER IN MY LIFE. I AM STILL SO VERY PROUD OF HIM FOR BEING ABLE AND WILLING TO PUT ON THE UNIFORM AND GO FIGHT FOR OUR FREEDOMS WE HAVE AS AMERICANS. AND I AM ALSO SO VERY GRATEFUL THAT THERE IS ONE DAY, ONE SPECIAL DAY THAT IS DEDICATED TO HONOR ALL THOSE WHO PUT ON A MILITARY UNIFORM AND DIED WHILE ACTIVELY SERVING IN THE MILITARY. THAT IS MEMORIAL DAY. OUR FALLEN HEROES DESERVE THIS ONE DAY TO BE REMEMBERED. IT IS ALSO HURTFUL TO THE FAMILIES OF THE FALLEN TO HAVE IT TURNED INTO VETERANS DAY. I IMPLORE EVERYONE PLEASE REMEMBER THE DIFFERENCES OF THE THREE HOLIDAYS. TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WHO DIED WHILE SERVING OUR COUNTRY AND THE FAMILIES OF THE FALLEN HAVE THIS ONE SPECIAL DAY. AND DON'T LET ANYONE USURP IT FROM US. THANK YOU. >> IF I CAN JUST SAY SOMETHING REAL QUICK. I JUST WANT TO SAY REAL QUICK THAT EVERY MEMORIAL DAY AT 3 P.M., IT IS JUST A MOMENT OF SILENCE. JUST TAKE THAT ONE MOMENT, TAKE TEN SECONDS, 20 SECONDS, 30 SECONDS, ONE MINUTE, JUST TO REMEMBER ALL OF THE FALLEN. IT'S JUST A SHORT TIME. JUST TO TAKE THAT MOMENT AND ST THINK ABOUT ALL OF MEN AND WOMEN THAT HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES WHILE SERVING. YOU MAY NOT KNOW THEM. AND THAT'S OKAY. BUT JUST THINK OF THAT BLANK CHECK THAT THEY SIGN. THANK YOU. >>LUIS VIERA: I JUST WANTED TO THANK THESE FAMILIES FOR COMING HERE TODAY. I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WHO IS WATCHING OVER THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, I KNOW THERE IS MANY EVENTS ON SUNDAY. I BELIEVE THERE IS AN EVENT AT OUR WONDERFUL VETERANS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PARK ON MONDAY WHICH IS MEMORIAL DAY. THERE IS AN EVENT POST 5 AMERICAN LEGION. ANOTHER EVENT NEAR THE RIVER WALK, I BELIEVE. BUT JUST TO HONOR THE TRUE MEANING OF MEMORIAL DAY. MEMORIAL DAY STARTED MAY 1, 1 1865 IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA. WHEN A GROUP OF AFRICAN OF AFRICAN AMERICANS WANTED TO HONOR ABOUT 257 AMERICAN SOLDIERS WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED IN ACTION, UNION SOLDIERS WHO HAD BEEN KILLED IN ACTION AND D A PARADE AND THEN DECK RATED THEIR NEW GRAVES AND CALLED DECORATION DAY. EVENTUALLY BECOME MEMORIAL DAY. BUT THE MEANING FOR US TODAY IS VERY, VERY SOMBER, AND WE SHOULD REMEMBER THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY COUNCILMEMBERS? MR. MANISCALCO, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT EACH AND EVERY DAY IS MEMORIAL DAY. AND AS HAS BEEN -- AS WHAT WAS JUST SAID, WE MAY NOT KNOW THEM, THEY THAT HAVE SACRIFICED FOR US, THEY MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN US, BUT THEY GAVE ACTUAL THIS COUNTRY. AND WE ARE FREE BECAUSE OF T THEM. AND THERE IS A SAYING THAT S SAYS, WE DIE, ONCE WHEN WE TAKE OUR LAST BREATH, AND ANOTHER TIME WHEN SOMEONE SAYS OUR NAME FOR THE LAST TIME. SO WHEN WE REMEMBER THESE FALLEN SOLDIERS, THESE FALLEN HEROES AND WE STAY THEIR NAMES, WE KEEP THEM ALIVE. WE KEEP THEIR SPIRITS ALIVE KNOWING THAT THEY DID NOT DIE IN VAIN. THEIR SACRIFICE KEEPS AMERICA FREE, OUR COUNTRY GREAT, USO BECAUSE THEY GAVE ALL.GIVEN SO MEMORIAL DAY IS A SOMBER DAY, AN IMPORTANT DAY AN SHOULDN'T BE -- AS ALREADY WAS SAID SHOULDN'T BE CONFUSED WITH THE OTHER DAYS AND WE SHOULD TAKE A MOMENT EVERY DAY AND REMEMBER THOSE THAT WE KNEW OR DID NOT KNOW THAT HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES AND SERVICE TO THIS COUNTRY. AND, AGAIN, FOR OUR FREEDOMS THAT WE CAN NEVER TAKE FOR GRANTED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>BILL CARLSON: I HAVE THREE SONS, SO THESE STORIES ARE VERY EMOTIONA FORE. I CAN'T IMAGINE THE THINGS THAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES WENT THROUGH. -- SORRY TO TEAR UP LIKE THAT. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE FAMILIES, LIKE YOU, WHO HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR OUR COUNTRY AND OUR WORLD. I WILL TELL YOU THAT MY THREE SONS AND I WILL DEFINITELY REMEMBER YOUR CHILDREN AND THE CHILDREN OF THE OTHERS OUT THERE AND WE WILL BE THINKING WITH YOU ALL ON MONDAY. AS MR. MANISCALCO SAID, WE WILL THANK YOU EVERY DAY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CITRO, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE GOLD STAR FAMILIES FOR THE SACR SACRIFICES THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN, FOR THE BURDENS YOU HAD TO B BEAR. BUT I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES FOR MY FREEDOMS. FOR MY ABILITIES TO BE ABLE TO SAY THE THINGS I WANT, VOTE THE WAY I WANT, AND DO SOME OF THE THINGS THE WAY I WANT. I THANK THEM FOR MY FREEDOMS. AND I THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN I THINK IT IS BEYOND WORDS ANYTHING WE CAN SAY TO APPRECIATE THE SACRIFICE THAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES AND ALL THE GOLD STAR FAMILIES HAVE MADE FOR THIS COUNTRY. BUT I APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN HERE AND REMINDING US HOW IMPORTANT THIS TIME IS AND MONDAY IS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU TO THE GOLD STAR FAMILY WHO SUFFERED ENORMOUS SACRIFICES. YOU KNOW WITHOUT THE RIGHT TO DISAGREE, WITHOUT THE RIGHT TO SAY WE HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION, THIS COUNTRY WOULDN'T BE WHAT IT IS. ONE OF THE FEW COUNTRIES LEFT WHERE YOU CAN STILL SAY WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE DONE AND HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION. AND DEMOCRACY DOES NOT COME CHEAP. DEMOCRACY IS WHAT YOU HAVE SUFFERED BECAUSE OF SONS AND DAUGHTERS THAT HAVE GONE TO THE OTHER WORLD AND I AM SURE THEY ARE IN HEAVEN AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THIS COUNTRY CANNOT -- CAN CONTINUE BECAUSE OF GOOD PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELVES. THISOUNT MUS COME TOGETHER TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS. WE HAVE ENORMOUS PROBLEMS IN THIS COUNTRY THAT WE HAVEN'T CAUSED OURSELVES. FROM OUTSIDE OF THIS COUNTRY, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE BEING DONE TO THIS COUNTRY, TO UNDERTAKE MINE THE FREEDOM THAT YOU AND I HAVE AND WE HAVE IT ONLY BECAUSE SOMEONE GAVE THEIR LIFE SO THAT YOU AND I CAN HAVE AN EXPRESSION OF WHAT THE FUTURE LIES FOR OUR CHILDREN. WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SOMEONE WHO HAS SERVED THE PUBLIC AND WHO HAD TO CARRY A GUN, NOT KNOWING O YOUR FAMILY. THE SACRIFICE. YOUR LOVED ONE'S SACRIFICE TO THIS COUNTRY. TO HONOR THIS COUNTRY AND TO PROTECT THE FOLKS AND THE LIBERTIES AND THE FOLKS WHO LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY. IT IS A HECK OF A SACRIFICE, GENTLEMEN. A HECK OF A SACRIFICE. WHAT I WILL SAY TO YOU IS THAT THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING YOUR LOVED ONES TO SERVE. THANK YOU. MR. VIERA, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT -- ABOUT CIVIL SERVICES ON MONDAY. I WILL BE ATTENDING A SERVICE AT WESTHAVEN CEMETERY. MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY ON 43rd AND ANA. MR. MELVIN COLLINS IS THE COMMANDER OF THE POST. AND HIS NEPHEW, MICHAEL COLLINS, I SERVED WITH HIM AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I WAS HONORED THAT HE CALLED TO ASK FOR ME TO BE A GUEST SPEAKER AT THE EVENT. AGAIN, IF THOSE FOLKS CAN GET OUT THIS WEEKEND AND PUT A FLAG -- I KW BEFORE I BECAME A PUBLIC OFFICIAL I PUT THE FLAGS ON ALL THE SERVICEMEN'S GRAVES AND JUST READING THE STONES OF THE YEARS, IT WAS VERY IMPACTFUL. AGAIN, I THANK YOU MR. VIERA FOR ALLOWING THESE FOLKS TO COME BEFORE US AND SHARE WITH US. THANK YOU, SIR. >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, MR. CHAIRMAN. WHEN IS THAT EVENT AT MEMORIAL CEMETERY? >>ORLANDO GUDES: GOING TO BE MONDAY. MONDAY AT 11:00. >>LUIS VIERA: DARN IT. I HAVE ANOTHER CONFLICT WITH ANOTHER MEMORIAL DAY EVENT. BUT THAT -- THAT IS -- IS THAT POST 167 TAKING THAT UP? >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK SO. I KNOW -- >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT, MR. SHELBY, GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. I BELIEVE WE HAVE A FEW -- HOW MANY DO WE HAVE DOWNSTAIRS? >> GOOD MORNING, CONNIE BU BURTON. AS I REFLECT ON MEMORIAL DAY, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING HONOR AND ATTENTION TO MANY OUT OF THE AFRICAN COMMUNITY THAT WENT, FOUGHT FOR LIBERTIES AND THINGS THAT THEY THOUGHT WOULD IMPACT AT THE TIME TO TRANSFORM AN AMERICA THAT ALL PEOPLE WILL BENEFIT. WE KW HISTORY -- HISTORY HAS SHOWED US THAT THE STRUGGLE FOR AFRICAN PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY IS AN ONGOING PROCESS. ONE YEAR AFTER GEORGE FLOYD -- THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD, ONE YEAR AFTER THE PANDEMIC THAT I THOUGHT SOFTENED SOME OF THE HEARTS IN THIS COUNTRY AND STARTED DEALING WITH SOME OF THE DISPARITIES THAT EXIST. WE SEE -- WE STILL SEE EXISTING DISPARITIES THAT EXIST IN OUR COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF BEING DESCRIBED AS ALMOST A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS. THE FAILURE OF SO MANY SCHOOLS IN OUR COMMUNITY, OF S SUBSTANDARD HOUSING, THE ISSUES OF GUST BEING A FOOD DESERT. I COME THIS MORNING TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, AGAIN, THAT EVEN WHEN WE ARE AT THE TABLE AS FAMILY, AND I HEAR THAT THROWN AROUND A LOT AS WELL, THAT THE FAMILIES IN EAST TAMPA HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM CRA FUNDS. WE STARTED IN OCTOBER WITH $11 MILLION ON THE TABLE, ONLY TO SEE AUT $ MILLION HAVE BEEN EX-TRAN TRACTED.3 MANY OF IT FOR SERVICES THAT WERE ALREADY ALLOCATED, AND THIS BOARD HAS ONLY BEEN ABLE TO UTILIZE $50,000, AND THAT IS FOR AN UPCOMING LEADERSHIP TRAINING ACADEMY. WHILE WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT REPAIRS THAT NEED TO BE DONE IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHILE WE WATCH HOUSES IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE SELLING WELL OVER $300,000, WHILE WE TALK ABOUT HAVING A DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. MANY OF THE HOMES BEING BUILT. EVEN REHAB HOUSES. PEOPLE CAN'T UTILIZE THAT ASSISTANCE FUND. SO IT IS GOOD SEEING ALL SEVEN OF YOU HERE TODAY BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN MAKING THESE DEMANDS ONLY TO BE PACIFIED AT OUR MEETING THAT TELL US IT IS A PROCESS SO EIGHT MONTHS INTO THIS PROCESS, THE FAMILY OF EAST TAMPA IS LOOKING FOR TANGIBLE RESULTS. I WANT TO THANE VOLUNTEERS IN OURCOMMUNITY THAT -- TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY THAT IS NOT URBAN PLANNERS, THAT ARE NOT GETTING PAID A DIME IS MAKING THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE TO SEE HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO PUSH THE BALL. $11 MILLION. ONLY $2 MILLION BEING SPENT AND ONLY $50,000 OF THAT HAVE BEEN TOWARD A GUARANTEED LEADERSHIP TRAINING WHEN WE CAN UTILIZE SO MANY RESOURCES TO UPLIFT OUR COMMUNITY TOWARD ENTREPRENEURIALSHIP AND TAKE CARE OF REALYSTEMIC THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED OVER AND OVER AGAIN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. >> THE QUESTION IS ARE WE FAMILY OR STEPCHILDREN? THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. >> MANTESNOT, TAMPA, FLORIDA. I WANT TO SAY AND I SAID.BEFORE AND I WILL DAY IT AGAIN. GARBAGE CITY COUNCIL. I DON'T CARE WHO IT IS OR WHAT FORM. THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING. THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING FOR AFRICAN PEOPLE. NEVER DID ANYTHING FOR AFRICAN PEOPLE WITH 26% OF THIS POPULATION. WE DON'T ENJOY 26% OF THE GOODNESS. THESE FOOLS HERE TALKING OF MEMORIAL DAY AND WHAT IT MEANS AND MEANS IN THE CONTEXT OF PEOPLE GOING TO WAR AND BEING AGGRESS STOVE OTHER PEOPLE IN OTHER COUNTRIES AND TALKING OF THEIR FREEDOM AND WE ARE RIGHT HERE AND WE DON'T GOT NO DAMN FREEDOM. WE AIN'T GOT NO FREEDOM. WE AIN'T GOT NO CIVIL RIGHTS. WE AIN'T GOT NO HUMAN RIGHTS. WE GOT NOTHING. ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY NOTHING. WE AFRICAN PEOPLE NEED TO RESTART THE -- IT IS HONORABLE THAT THE PERSON RECOGNIZED THAT MEMORIAL DAY WAS STARTED BY AFRICAN PEOPLE, BUT WE NEED TO RESTART THIS MEMORIAL DAY FOR ALL THE AFRICAN WOMEN AND ALL THE AFRICAN MEN, ALL THE AFRICAN MOTHERS, ALL THE AFRICAN FATHERS LOCKED UP IN THESE STINKING PRISONS ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE ALL THIS FREEDOM. NO FREEDOM FOR AFRICAN PEOPLE. WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET FOR FREE DOOM. BEGGING FOR FEDOM. TRYING TO INTEGRATE FOR FRE FREEDOM. WE HAVE BEEN DOING DIFFERENT THINGS TO GET FREEDOM AND A SEMBLANCE OF FREEDOM BUT NO FREEDOM FOR AFRICAN PEOPLE. WHAT WE NEED IT, WE NEED REPARATIONS AND WE NEED A NUCLEAR WEAPON. WE NEED OUR REPARATIONS, $621 TRILLION OF IT. AND WE NEED A NUBLING ALREADY A WEAPON THAT NUCLEAR WEAPON WILL GIVE THE RESPECT WITH WE NEED. THE BLACK NUCLEAR WEAPON WHAT AND IN PALESTINE. WHAT HAPPENED IN PALESTINE WON'T HAPPEN TO US. IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING TO US 621 YEARS ALL OVER THE WORLD. THAT BLACK NUCLEAR WEAPON IN OUR HAND AMONGST OUR PEOPLE WILL LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT IS TIME FOR US TO BE RESPECTED. IT IS TIME FOR US TO BE RESPECTED. WE CAN'T KEEP ON AT THIS PACE. YOU CAN'T LIVE YOUR LIFE FROM ZERO TO WHATSOEVER FROM ZERO TO DEATH AND NEVER SEE ANY SEMBLANCE. ANY SEMBLANCE OF DIGNITY. ANY SEMBLANCE OF DIGNITY. ONE THING TO ANOTHER. ONE CRISIS TO THE OTHER. YOU UNDERSTAND IF NOT GEORGE FLOYD,S IS SOMEBODY ELSE. SOMEBODY ELSE MR. GREEN DYING BY ROBLES PARK. OTHER THINGS. ALWAYS GOING ON. IT IS ONGOING. IT IS ONGOING. JONAS BEING SHOT 60 SOMETHING TIME BY THAT GARBAGE POLICE DEPARTMENT YOU HAD SITTING UP IN HERE TODAY. YOUNG LADY DYING BECAUSE THE PARAMEDICS -- GARBAGE PARAMEDICS WON'T TAKE HER TO THE HOSPITAL AND GARBAGE FOOLS GOT THEIR JOBS BACK. NO, MAN, WE NEED REPARATIONS AND WE NEED A NUCLEAR WEAPON. PLAIN AND SIMPLE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ED INTO MORNING, STATE YOUR NAME FOR US. >> MY NAME IS TIFFANY AND GO BY MAKING MOVES ON SOCIAL MEDIA. I AM NEW TO THIS, HOWEVER, I AM A BLACK WOMAN. I'M HERE FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY. I JUST MET MISS CONNIE AND HOWEVER I SAY I STAND BY WHAT IT IS SHE STANDS FOR. I WILL EDUCATE MYSELF ON WHAT IT IS I DON'T KNOW IN ORDER TO HELP OUR BLACK COMMUNITY. BUT MY POSITION AND MY TAKE ON ALL OF THIS IS, IF WE ARE A COMMUNITY, IT IS NOT ABOUT COLOR AND NOT ABOUT RACE, IT IS ABOUT UNITY. NO MATTER THE COLOR AND THE RACE. NOW, IF I HAVE TO STAND TO FIGHT FOR OUR BLACK COMMUNITY, I THINK THE COMMUNICATION IS BEING LOST BECAUSE ALL WE ARE ASKING FOR IS PEACE UNITY. WE ARE BUILD OUR OWN BLACK COMMUNITY IF THAT IS WHAT IT CALLS FOR. MY TAKE ON IT IS WE HAVE A LOT OF ENTREPRENEURS LIKE MYSELF. I HAVE MY OWN PRODUCTION COMPANY. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF ENTREPRENEURS. I HAVE SIX ENTREPRENEURS FROM THE AGE OF 15, 13, 9, 7, 4 AND 2. AND WE HAVE TO PUT THAT IN OUR CHILDREN. BECAUSE THE SYSTEM OF TEACHING OUR CHILDREN IS NOT CORRECT. BECAUSE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM DOES NOT TEACH US ABOUT CREDIT. THE SCHOOL SYSTEM DOES NOT SEARCH US ABOUT BUYING PROPERTY. THE SCHOOL SYSTEM DOES NOT TEACH US ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS THAT THE WHITE PEOPLE ARE AHEAD OF US. NOW WHEN I SAY "WHITE PEOPLE" I SAY THAT ONLY IN THE FORM OF OUR BLACK COMMUNITY FEEL LIKE THE WHITE PEOPLE HAVE SO MUCH POWER, BUT THEY DON'T. WE HAVE EQUAL POWER. IT IS ALL ABOUT KNOWLEDGE, O OKAY. AND WHEN WE HAVE KNOWLEDGE, CAN'T NOBODY TAKE ANYTHING PHYSICALLY AY FROM US. BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU DO, WE HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE TO GO GET IT AGAIN. AND THAT IS WHAT I STAND FOR. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE CAN EITHER DO THIS PEACEFULLY AND WORK TOGETHER AND BUILD THIS COMMUNITY TOGETHER OR WE WILL BUILD A BLACK COMMUNITY WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION. AND THAT'S WHERE I STAND. NOW MY QUESTION TO YOU ALL IS, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? BECAUSE WE ARE WILLING TO DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. I DON'T WANT TO COME HERE AND MAKE DEMANDS. I WANT TO COME HERE AND PUT IN ACTION. ACTION. SO ALL I AM ASKING IS WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE TO START THE PROCESS OF WORKING TOGETHER. FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THAT'S ALL I ASK. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. IF YOU WANT SOME ANSWERS, CALL MY OFFICE AND MY OFFICE WILL GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU AND I CAN TELL YOU WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR THE COMMUNITY. >> THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU FOR COMING >> NO MORE SPEAKERS AT THIS TIME. >>ORLANDO GUDES: NO MORE SPEAKERS. ANY REGISTERED SPEAKERS? >> YES, SUE LANE LUCAS, DEPUTY CLERK. STEPHANIE POYER SAID SHE WOULD NOT BE SPEAKING PLANNED SHAWN BROWN IS NOT LOGGED ON. MISS JEAN STROHMEYER. IF YOU HEAR ME, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SP SPEAK. JEAN STROHMEYER, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME. PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> DID STEPHANIE TALK YET? I DON'T THINK STEPHANIE DID. I GOT INTERRUPTED. CAN YOU HEAR ME. >>CLERK: YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> I AM JEAN STROHMEYER. THAT MEMORIAL VIDEO WAS AWE AWESOME. BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES AND IF CITY COUNCIL CAN PUT IT ON THE TAMPA WEB SIT OR CITY COUNCIL AND MAKE IT SHAREABLE. IT IS JUST REALLY GOOD AND I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THAT ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA. LET'S SEE. I'M HERE TODAY ON A FEW ISSUES. FIRST, I SENT EVERYBODY A WEEKLY REVIEW. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS ONE ITEM THAT I SPOKE ABOUT 8 AND 9 THAT MAY HAVE COME ACROSS AS PREJUDICIAL OR OFFENSIVE AND I DON'T KNOW, THAT WAS NOT MY INTENTION. I WANT TO LET YOUNOW AT I HAVE NO PREJUDICE AT ALL. I MARRIED A -- 23 YEARS AGO I MARRIED A BLACK MAN, SO FRANKLY I AVE NO ISSUES. THAT WAS BEFORE IT WAS IN VOGUE AND I LOVE ALL PEOPLE. SO I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO BE CREATED TO BE -- TO BE TREATED EQUALLY. MY ISSUE -- SIGH I AM CALLING ABOUT ITEM NUMBER -- LET'S SEE THE -- JESUS, I WASN'T PREPARED. ON -- THE 10 AND 11, LIMITING CITY COUNCIL POWER NOT QUITE SURE I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I WOULD LIKE -- IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. GOVERNMENT PEOPLE DON'T REALLY RELINQUISH POWER. SO I AM NOT REALLY SURE WHAT THAT IS ABOUT. I WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. I SENT AN E-MAIL ON THAT TO EVERYBODY. ALSO, I AM SPEAKING AGAINST -- AND JUST -- I KNOW THIS IS A WORKSHOP, BUT ITEMS 5 AND 6. NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU CALL IT, I THINK IT IS UNNECESSARY, EXPENSIVE AND PRETTY DISG DISGUSTING. WE HAVE PLENTY OF WATER. WE HAVE A ROBUST RAINY SEASON MOST OF THE TIME. AND WE SOMETIMES HAVE 46 DAYS OF STRAIGHT RAIN. AND THAT USUALLY MAKES UP FOR WHEN WE DO HAVE DRY SEASONS LIKE WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW. NO RAIN AT ALL. NONE IN SIGHT. I JUST FEEL THAT -- TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT AND -- YEAH. A LOT OF PEOPLE -- THAT THEY ARE SAYING -- A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING HERE ARE GOING TO LEAVE ONCE THE HURRICANE SEASON STARTS. ER IN NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE HURRICANE SEASON. COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND THE MOSQUITOES ALONE SENT HER BACK TO NEVADA. PEOPLE GO BACK -- WE WILL SEE HOW THAT GOES. I THINK THAT IS IT. I AM GOING TO HAVE MY VACATION NOW. HAVE A GREAT DAY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, JEAN. GENTLEMEN, I NEED TO TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS ON A COUPLE OF ISSUE. TAKE A QUICK FIVE MINUTES AND WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ROLL CALL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HERE. >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE. >>LUIS VIERA: HERE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE. >>CLERK: OFF PHYSICAL QUORUM. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. GO TO ITEM NUMBER 5. >> GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR, CITY COUNCILMEMBERS, THE OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: TURN IT ON, JAN. YOUR MIC IS NOT ON. >> OKAY. I AM STILL TRAINABLE EVEN AT MY AGE. JAN MCLEAN WITH THE OFFERS OF CITY ATTORNEY TO PROVIDE YOU A REPORT ON A RECENTLY PASSED PIECE OF LEGISLATION COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE RECLAIM BILL, SENATE BILL 64. THIS -- THE SUBJECT MATTER, OF COURSE, WHEN OFF A BILL SHOULD ONLY BE OF ONE SUBJECT MATTER AND THIS BILL SUBJECT MATTER IS RECLAIM WAT; HOVER, THERE ARE THREE PRIMARY AREAS THAT THIS BILL COVERS. AND ONE IS THE REDUCTION AND ELIMINATION OF DISCHARGE OF EFFLUENT RECLAIMED WATER OR REUSE WATER TO SURFACE WATERS. THE SEND AND EQUALLY IMPORTANT PIECE OF THE LEGISLATION IS POTABLE REUSE. AND THE ALTERNATE WATER SUPPLY AND ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLY FINANCING IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF RECLAIMED WATER FOR POTABLE REDUCE REUSE. AND THE THIRD SECTION OF THE BILL IS THE GRAY WATER TECHNOLOGIES INNOCENTIZATION FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT USE OF GRAY WATER TECHNOLOGY. THE BILL AT THIS TIME HAS NOT BEEN PRESENTED TO THE GOVERNOR, AT LEAST NOT AT THE LAST CHECK OF THE INTERNET AND CHECKING WITH SOME OF THE FOLKS. AND IT WOULD BECOME EFFECTIVE UPON BECOMING LAW. SO UNDER THE CONSTITUTION, A BILL BECOMES EFFECTIVE IF IT IS PRESENTED TO THE GOVERNOR DURING THE COURSE OF THE LEGISLATIVESSI AND HE HAS SEVEN DAYS TO ACT ON IT. IF THE SESSION IS COMPLETED AND MORE THAN A 30-DAY ADJOURNMENT, HE HAS 15 DAYS TO ACT ON IT. OTHERWISE A BILL BECOMES LAW ON THE 60th DAY AFTER THE ADJ ADJOURNMENT SINE DIE OF THE LEGISLATION. AT THIS POINT IN TIME WE ARE AWAITING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE PIECE OF LEGISLATION. I WOULD LIKE TO GO THROUGH IT. I AM -- IT IS A RATHER DETAILED BILL. IT'S DIFFICULT NOT TO GET DOWN INTO THE WEEDS WITHOUT GETTING INTO THE WEEDS, B I WILL TRY TO KEEP IT AT SUCH A LEVEL. AND PLEASE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO STOP AND ASK ME QUESTIONS AS I GO THROUGH IT, FEEL FREE TO DO THAT. THE FIRST SECTION OF THE BILL DOES ESTABLISH A TIME LINE AND A PLAN FOR WASTEWATER UTILITIES THAT DISPOSE OF EFFLUENT RECLAIMED WATER OR REUSE WATER BY SURFACE WATER DISCHARGES. WE SHALL SUBMIT A PLAN TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BY NOVEMBER 1 OF THIS YEAR, WHICH A VY ACCELERATED TIMELINE FOR ANY UTILITY LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE THAT KIND OF A PLAN TO DEP. THE PLAN MUST INCLUDE AND VERY SPECIFIC AND IDENTIFY WE -- I AM GOING TO SAY "WE" THIS IS APPLICABLE TO THE CITY OF TAMPA AND MAY BE OTHER PIECES OF THE LEGISLATION THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY APPLICABLE TO THE CITY, BUT THIS SECTION CERTAINLY IS. SO THE PLAN MUST INCLUDE THE AVERAGE GALNS ELIMINATED FROM THE SURFACE WATER DISCHARGE, THE DATE OF SUCH ELIMINATION. THE AVERAGE GALLONS OF THE DISCHARGE THAT MAY CONTINUE WHEN IT FALLS WITHIN THE EXCEPTIONS HERE UNDER THE LEGISLATION. THE DISCHARGE ASSOCIATED WITH INDIRECT POTABLE REUSE PROJECT. IF THE -- IF THE WET WEATHER DISCHARGE IS PURSUANT TO A FDEP PERMIT. AND IF THE DISCHARGE IS IN A STORMWATER SYSTEM AND USED FOR IRRIGATION. OR IF IT IS REUSED 9 OF THE AVERAGE ANNUAL FLOW. OR IF THE DISCHARGE PROVIDES DIRECT ECOLOGICAL OR PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY BENEFITS THAT IS REHYDRATING WETLANDS OAR MFL OR RECOVERY STRATEGY. ALL OF THOSE ITEMS MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE PLAN AS FAR AS WHAT WE SUBMIT TO DEP. THE PLAN MUST INCLUDE -- THE PLAN, EXCUSE ME, MAY INCLUDE CONCEPTUAL PROJECTS, BUT THE PROJECTS THAT IDENTIFY THE ELIMINATION AND REDUCTION OF THE DISCHARGE ARE CONCEPTUAL, THE LACK OF SPECIFICITY DOES NOT EXTEND THE TIME OF THE PLAN TO BE IMPLEMENTED. THE DEP MUST TAKE ACTION ON THE PLAN, APPROVE AND DENY WITHIN NINE MONTHS AFTER THE RECEIPT OF THE PLAN. THE D EP MAY NOT EXTEND THE TIME FOR THE RECEIPT OF THE PLAN NOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN AND NOT CHALLENGE UNDER AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING UNDER CHAPTER 120. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IF YOU WILL EXPLAIN TO US IRS McLEAN, WHAT THE 90% OF FLOW MEANS. >> IF WE ARE -- IF WE TAKE HYPOTHETICALS, IF WE HAVE 100% ANNUAL AVERAGE MGD DISCHARGE, IF WE REUSE 90% OF THAT, THEN WE HAVE THE ABILITY OF -- OF INCLUDING THAT IN OUR PLAN AND THAT WILL ALLOW US TO NOT NECESSARILY COMPLETE THE PLAN BY -- WITHIN A CERTAIN DATE. SO THAT IS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT IF YOU USE YOUR DISCHARGE, IF YOU REUSE 90% OF YOUR DISCHARGE, THAT IS A BENEFIT TO YOU AS ONE OF THE EXEMPTIONS. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO ABOUT 60, 65 MILLION GALLONS A DAY, IF YOU USE 90% OF THAT, WHAT HAPPENS? IN LAYMAN'S TERM? >> I AM GOING TO BE REFERRING BACK TO THE LEGISLATION BECAUSE I HAVEN'T COMMITTED IT TO MEMORY LIKE CATECHISM AND READINGS. I APOLOGIZE. IT'S -- OKAY. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL APPROVE A PLAN THAT INCLUDES ALL -- SO THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IF THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE P PLAN, THAT THE -- THE DEPARTMENT WILL APPROVE THE DEPARTMENT SHALL APPROVE A PLAN OF ALL THE INFORMATION REQUIRED UNDER THE SUBSECTIONS OF MEETING REQUIREMENT OF THE SUBSECTIONS INVOLVED. IF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET. ONE OF THOSE CONDITIONS IS THAT IF THE UTILITY OPERATES A DOMESTIC WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY BAUER REUSE SYSTEMS OF 9% AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT USING MONITORING DATA FOR THE PRIOR FIVE CONSECUTIVE YEARS FOR REUSE BURNS AUTHORIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT. SOMEBODY APPROVE THE PLAN. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THE WORD "SHALL" IS REAL STRONG, BUT I GUESS THAT IS THEIR LANGUAGE, NOT OURS. >> YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED, MR. CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: SINCE WE OPENED IT UP TO QUESTIONS. THE DEFINITION OF THIS -- THE CITY ALREADY PARTIALLY TREATS THE BAY, RIGHT?AND PUTS IT INTO AS -- AND THE DEFINITION OF THE NEW LEGISLATION, WHAT -- WHAT IS COUNTED UNDERSTAND? SO ONE OF THE PROPOSALS THAT IS GOING TO BE DISCUSSED LATER IS TREATING IT ALL THE WAY TO DRINKING WATER QUALITY STANDARDS SO TWO-PART QUESTION, THE PARTIALLY TREATED WATER COUNTS UNDER THIS. AND IF WE TREATED IT COMPLETELY -- DRINKING WATER STANDARDS DURING BAY, DO WE HAVE TO STILL FILE IN REPORT BECAUSE OF THE SOURCE OF IT? THE SRCE OF IT? OR WHILE IT IS TREATED AT THE OTHER ENDS. >> ACTUALLY BECAUSE IT IS NOT REUSED. IT IS DETERMINED, PREDETERMINED THAT BECAUSE IT IS RECLAIMED WATER IT IS ADVANCE TREATED RECLAIMED WATER GOING INTO THE BAY THAT IS NOT BEING USED FOR A BENEFICIAL PURPOSE, IT IS JUST BEING DISCHARGED INTO A SURFACE WATER, WHEN THEY HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN. SO FOR INSTANCE -- I KNOW WE ARE JUMPING AHEAD, BUT, FOR INSTANCE, IF WE FINDS A PROJECT THAT INCORPORATES THE USE OF ALL OR PORTION OF THE RECLAIMED WATER WHICH IS WHAT WE WILL HAVE TO PUT IN OUR P PLANS TO BE SUBMITTED TO D EP, IT WOULD BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH A STATUTE THAT IS NEARLY CREATED UNDER THIS LEGISLATION. >>BILL CARLSON: ONE LAST FOLLOW-ON. ONE OF THE POSSIBILITIES THAT WE COULD TALK TO TAMPA BAY ESTUARY AND SAY THAT THE FLOW OF THIS WATER IS BENEFICIAL TO THE ESTUARY AND LIFE IN THE B BAY. IS THAT AN ACCEPTABLE FORM? OR DISCOUNTING THAT MUCH COMPLETELY AN SAY WE HAVE TO USE IT FOR SOME OTHER PURPOSE. >> UNDER THE LEGISLATION THAT IS WRITTEN RIGHT NOW, THERE HAVEN'T BEEN -- IT WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED BENEFICIAL. WE WOULD HAVE TO ARGUE THAT POINT BUT THE PRESUMPTION IS BECAUSE IT IS NOT BEING REUSED, THEN IT IS NOT BENEFICIAL. SO WE COULD -- I WOULDN'T PREDISPOSE OR PREVENT ANYTHING FROM HAPPENING. WE COULD ALWAYS ARGUE THAT IT'S A BENEFICIAL DISCHARGE TO THE BAY, BUT UNDER THE RULES ON THE PAPER, UNDER THE LEGISLATION, THAT WOULDN'T COUNT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA, SAW YOUR HAND FIRST. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I SEE A HAND ON THE TABLE THAT IS IN THE WAR ROOM, I GUESS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SOMEBODY IS A HAND UP? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ANYBODY WANT TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM? >>ORLANDO GUDES: BRAD, JOE, JEAN? >> I DON'T SEE HANDS. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I THOUGHT I SAW A HAND GUDES GLOOUDZ CITRO, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>JOSEPH CITRO: MISS McLEAN PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO ARE SAYING, WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT? WHAT DO WE DO WITH OUR WATER, RECLAIMED WATER. PEOPLE ARE SAYING THEY DUMP IT INTO THE BAY. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT WE DO WITH USUALLY DO WITH THIS TYPE OF WATER? >> SURE. WE DO HAVE A PORTION OF THE WASTEWATER TREATED IN OUR WASTEWATER PLANT IS USED FOR RECLAIMED WATER. WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT IS IN A PORTION OF SOUTH TAMPA THAT HAS RECLAIMED WATER FOR IRRIGATION. WE DO PROVIDE RECLAIMED WATER FOR SOME INDUSTRIES OVER IN THE PORT AREA, AND WE PROVIDE RECLAIMED WATER TO THE AVIATION AUTHORITY FOR THE AIRPORT PROPERTY. AND I AM SURE THERE ARE OTHER PROPERTIES AS WELL. SO WE DO HAVE RECLAIMED WATER USE FOR INDUSTRIAL AND IRRIGATION USE. HOWEVER, WE DON'T USE ALL OF IT. AND SO THE REMAINDER OF THAT WASTEWATER THAT IS TREATED WITH ADVANCED TREATMENT IS DISC DISCHARGED INTO HILLSBOROUGH BAY IN COMPLIANCE, I MAY SAY, WITH FEDERAL AND STATE ISSUED PERMITS FOR NATIONAL POLLUTION ELIMINATION. SO WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE. AND WE HAVE BEEN OPERATING LIKE THAT FOR MANY YEARS. >>JOSEPH CITRO: SARASOTA WE CAN ARGUE -- "WE" MEANING THE CITY CAN ARGUE THAT THIS RECLAIMED WATER THAT WE HAVE BEEN FILTERING BACK INTO THE BAY IS BETTER THAN ANY TYPE OF STORMWATER, JUST RUNNING -- WATER RUNNING OFF THE LAND FROM FERTILIZERS AND FREE OF OILS AND OTHER TYPES OF MINERALS THAT GO INTO THE BAY. AND WE CAN ALSO ARGUE THAT OUR BAY IS PROBABLY THE CLEANEST IT HAS BEEN IN THE LAST 40 YEARS BECAUSE OF THIS. AND WE CAN ALSO ARGUE THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIV IN THE CITY OF TAMPA WHO LIVE IN OTHER CITIES AROUND FLORIDA. I AM GETTING TO A POINT. THEY ARE DICTATING WHAT THE CITY OF TAMPA IS DOING. SO WE CAN ARGUE THAT THIS IS VIOLATING HOME RULE. I WILL STOP THERE AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS NOD YES OR NO. >> I WILL JUST MOVE TONIGHT NEXT SECTION. >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU. SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO GET NEW THE CROSSHAIRS OF MY -- MY HOME RULE, BUT JUST -- >> NOT AT ALL. >>JOSEPH CITRO: JUST MAKING MY SELF CLEAR. >> NOT AT ALL. I'M HERE AS A PUBLIC SERVANT IN A MUNICIPALITY THAT PROTECTS OUR HOME RULE. >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA, YOU CAN REMEMBER NICEED. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ALONG WITH WHAT MR. CITRO SAID AND MY UNDERSTANDING, THAT THE BAY IS JUST AS CLEAN AS IT WAS IN THE '50s. AND THE AMOUNT OF ACREAGE IS EQUAL TO -- SUM IS EQUAL TO OR GREATER THEN BECAUSE THE WATER WE HAVE PUT IN THERE AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS SAID HERE YEARS AGO AND I AM NOT CERTAIN AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL NUMBERS, BUT FROM WHAT I REMEMBER, THE CITY OF TAMPA H DONE AN OTSTANDING -- THIS IS A ADVANCED TERTIARY TREATMENT PLANT AND SOMETHING THAT FEW OTHERS HAVE THIS. AND I HOPE I AM CORRECT. THIS ADVANCED TERTIARY PLANT AND PACK IN DICK GREGCO'S FIRST ADMINISTRATION A $200 MILLION GRANT GIVEN TO THE CITY AND ANOTHER CITY ACROSS THE BAY AND I AM NOT GOING TO NAME IT AND THEY CHOSE TO GO INTO A DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM WHICH IS FINE. MAJOR GRECO CHOSE TO EXPAND THE PLAN BY 30 MILLION GALLONS OR 25 MILLION GALLON, AND WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF -- LET'S FACE IT. NUMBER TWO WATER AND NUMBER ONE WATER AND ALL DIRTY WATERS THAT GO THROUGH THAT COME OUT AT THE OTHER END OF THAT TERTIARY TREATMENT PLANT AS PRISTINE AS YOU CAN DROP A DIME FROM 18 FEET DOWN AND WATCH THE DIME GO ALL THE WAY DOWN. DRINKING WATER THERE? NO, AND EQUAL TO 90% OF THE WORLD'S DRINKING WATER THAT SOMEONE IS DRINKING SOMEWHERE ELSE AND WE DON'T WANT TO DRINK THAT WATER 90% AND THE CITY OF TAMPA SITS ON A VAST AMOUNT OF 55 TO 60 MILLION BEGAN LONS A DAY OF RECLAIMED WATER IT IS USING NOW TO STABILIZE THE BAY AND HAVE DONE THAT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND ALL THE MAYORS HAVE DONE THAT, CONTINUED THAT PROCESS AND CET TOYOTA EVERY MAYOR WHO SERVED THE CITY OF TAMPA THEY HAD THE FORESIGHT AND THE VISION TO DO THAT AND THANK THE MAYORS AND THE CITIZENS FOR DOING THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARON, YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY. >>BILL CARLSON: JUST REAL FAST. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU ARE RECOGNIZE. >>BILL CARLSON: ANYBODY WHO DON'T WANT TO DRINK POOPY WATER CALL THE GOVERNOR AND PROTECT HOME RULE AND ASK THE GOVERNOR TO VETO THIS. BUT THE SECOND THING -- AND WE CAN GET INTO THE WEEDS MORE LATER, BUT IT SOUNDSED LIKE IN THE BEGINNING THERE WAS AN ENVIRONMENTAL EXEMPTION. AND I KNOW LATER, WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT MINIMUM FLOWS AND THE RIVER AND ALSO SALT WATER INTRUSION, BUT DO YOU THINK HYPOTHETICALLY THAT AN ARGUMENT COULD BE MADE THAT BASED ON WHAT MR. MIRANDA JUST SAID THAT THIS CLEAN WATER PUT IN THE BAY HAVE HELPED REJUVENATE THE BAY AND MY OTHER COLLEAGUE SAY THE BAY IS BETTER AND COULD WE SAYS IT ALREADY AN ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT AND NOT SPEND $1 BILLION. >> LIKE YOU SAY, YOU GET A LAWYER YOU CAN MAKE ALL KINDS OF ARGUMENTS. .>BILL C >>BILL CARLSON: OKAY, THANK YOU. >> I KNOW THE UPGRADE OF THE HOWARD F. CURRAN PLANT WAS THE RECOVERY OF TAMPA BAY. AND WE DID ACHIEVE THE ACRES OF SEAGRASSES THAT WERE THERE IN THE BAY AS OF 1950 UP UNTIL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND I AM SURE EVERYBODY HAS SEEN THE PRESS RELEASE AND WE HAVE LOST ACREAGE IN SPECIFIC LOCATIONS AND WE HAVE GOT -- THERE IS AN AWESOME ORGANIZATION THAT THE CITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PARTICIPANT IN CALLED THE NITROGEN MANAGEMENT CONSORTIUM THAT IS PART OF THE TAMPA BAY ESTUARY PROGRAM. AND WE MET YESTERDAY TO TALK ABOUT THAT SPECIFIC AMONG OTHER THINGS ABOUT THE -- THE STATUS OF THE SEAGRASSES AND WHAT COULD BE OCCURRING THAT COULD BE AFFECTING THEM THAT WE WERE SEEING THE LOSS. SO IT IS NOT IN THE LOCATIONS NECESSARILY OF -- TRUTHFULLY OF WHERE CURRAN IS CURRENTLY. AND THERE WILL BE MORE DISCUSSION AS FAR AS WHAT THAT DISCHARGE DOES OR DOES NOT PROVIDE TO THE BAY AS WE MOVE ALONG. BUT THE FOCUS OF THE BILL IS ESSENTIALLY -- NOT JUST OUR DISCHARGE BUT ALSO OTHER DISCHARGES THAT MAY OR MAY NOT COME TO BE THE LEVEL OF THE QUALITY OF WATER THAT IS BEING DISCHARGED INTO THE BAY. THE MERE FACT THAT IT IS BEING DISCHARGED AND NOT USED IN THE BENEFICIAL MANNER THAT THE LEGISLATURE HAS IDENTIFIED THINKING THAT IT SHOULD BE USED WHETHER IT IS RECLAIMED WATER FOR IRRIGATION, WHETHER RECLAIMED WATER FOR INDIRECT OR DIRECT POTABLE REUSE, WHETHER IS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION FOR WETLAND ENHANCEMENT AND RESTORATION WHETHER TO MEET OR PREVENTION STRATEGY FOR MINIMAL LEVELS. ALL THE USES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS BEING BENEFICIAL TO USE THE DISCHARGE THAT IS NOT NOW OTHERWISE BEING USED IN THAT MANNER. SOME THAT IS THE FOCUS OF WHAT THE BILL DOES, TAKE YOUR DISCHARGE, WHOEVER YOU ARE AND WHATEVER LEVEL YOU ARE TREATING IT AND USE IT IN A MANNER THAT IDS OF HOW YOU CAN TUESDAY. POPE IS THEN AND PUTTING IT IN PLAIN ENGLISH, SUBMIT A MAN TO THE DEP ON NOVEMBER 1 HOW YOU ARE GOING TO USE IT, HOW MUCH YOU ARE GOING TO USE IT, IF YOU FALL INTO ONE OF THOSE CATEGORIES I IDENTIFIED. TELL US HOW MUCH YOU ARE GOING TO ELIMINATE. AND BY WHAT DATE YOU ARE GOING TO ELIMINATE IT. BUT NO LATER THEN 2032 MUST YOU HAVE THESE PROJECTS IN PLACE SO AT -- THAT THE CORE OF THE FIRST SECTION WHICH EVERYBODY IS FOCUSED ON AND IS THE ONE THAT HAS DRAWN THE MOST ATTENTION AS FAR AS GETTING -- HAVING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IMPLEMENT THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS SHOULD I MOVE ON. NEXT SECTION -- AND I HOPE I AM NOT SKIPPING ANYTHING. WE CAN ALWAYS GO BACK AND ASK, IF YOU WOULD LIKE, IF SOMETHING COMES TO YOU AND WE CAN GO INTO IT MORE DETAIL. E SECOND SECTION IS INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH FOCUSED ON POTABLE REUSE. "POTABLE REUSE" HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE LEGISLATION THAT CAN BE USED AS A SOURCE OF WATER TO ASSIST FUTURE WATER DEMANDS. THEY, THE DEP HAS BEEN DIRECTED TO HAVE TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP AND COORDINATE RULE MAKING AND REVIEW OF RULES FOR POTABLE REUSE USE. POTABLE REUSE IS IDENTIFIED AS AN ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLY FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE DEFINITION 373019 WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT STEP BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT POTABLE REUSE PROJECTS ELIGIBLE FOR ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLY FUNDING AND MUST BE INCLUDED IN WATER SUPPLY PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE. THERE ALSO HAS BEEN A DIRECTION TO THE DEP AND THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS TO ENTER INTO A MOU FOR EXPEDITED PERMITTING THAT COULD BE USED VOLUNTARILY BY APPLICANTS THAT E PROPOSING POTABLE REUSE PROJECTS. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THOUGH, AND THIS IS JUST WHERE I LOOK AT THE DETAILS. THE MOU MUST BE ENTERED INTO BY DECEMBER 31 OF '23. BUT A LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAS TO PROVIDE A PLAN TO DEP BY NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR. SO IF WE HAD A PROJECT THAT INCORPORATED POTABLE REUSE AND WE WANTED TO AVAIL OURSELVES OF THE EXPEDITED PERMITTING THAT MIGHT BE ALLOWED UNDER THIS MOU, THAT MIGHT NOT BE IN EXISTENCE FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS. THE THIRD SECTION OF THE BILL -- AND THIS BILL HAS BEEN AL ALIVE, BEEN UNDER DRAFT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS SO THIS PORTION OF THE BILL WAS CREATED ABOUT A YEAR, A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, AND WAS PART OF DISCUSSION BETWEEN DEVELOPERS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. SO THIS IS THE SECTION THAT IS INCENTIVES FOR GRAY WATER TECHNOLOGY. AND IT SAY THAT'S A LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHALL AUTHORIZE THE USE OF RESIDENTIAL -- RESIDENTIAL GRAY WATER TECHNOLOGY MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THAT THE DEVELOPER AND THE HOME -- OR THE HOMEBUILDER RECEIVE ALL APPLICABLE PERMITS AND AUTHORIZATIONS THERETO FOR ITS USE. THEY DO THAT, THEN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUST PROVIDE 25%F DENSITY OR INTENSITY BONUS TO THE DEVELOPER OR HOMEBUILDER IF 75% OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOP OR EXISTING DEVELOPMENT INSTALLS A GRAY WATER SYSTEM OR 35% BONUS OF THE SAME DENSITY OR INTENSITY IF 100% IS PROPOSED IN EXISTING OR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE THE GRAY WATER TECHNOLOGY INSTALLED. THESE BONUSES ARE IN ADDITION TO ANY BONUS PROVIDED BY ANY COUNTY MUNICIPALITY OR SPECIAL DISTRICT IN AN ORDINANCE IN EFFECT AS OF JULY 1, 2021. IN ORDER TO QUALIFY THE DEVELOPER OR HOMEOWNER MUST CERTIFY THAT THE -- TO THE APPLICABLE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES THAT PART OF THEIR APPLICATION FOR THE DEVELOPER APPROVAL OR AMENDMENT IS 25% OF A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE IS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT. THAT EACH WILL HAVE ITS OWN GRAY WATER SYSTEM. IT IS NOT A GRAY WATER SYSTEM THAT GOES FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE. NOT LIKE A RECLAIMED WATER SYSTEM. EACH RESIDENCE WILL HAVE ITS OWN GRAY WATER SYSTEM FOR ITS OWN USE. MUST SUBMIT MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY AND FUNCTION IN DESIGN AS ANTICIPATED AND MUST IDENTIFY THE POTABLE WATER SAVINGS FOR EACH UNIT. THERE IS THE BASIS, ARGUABLY, AS TO WHY THIS SECTION IS ACTUALLY IN THIS TYPE OF BILL BECAUSE OFFSETTING THE USE O POTABLE WATER BY INSTALLING THE GRAY WATER SYSTEMS INTO RESIDENCES. THEY ALSO HAVE TO PROVIDE A MAINTENANCE -- IDENTIFY -- EXCUSE ME, IDENTIFY THE MAINTENANCE -- THE MAIN RESPONSIBILITY OF THE HOMEOWNER ONCE THE GRAY WATER SYSTEM IS INSTALLED, THE HOMEOWNER MUST ATTAIN IT AND PROVIDE THE HOME OPENER A MANUAL SO THE HOM HOMEOWNER CAN MAINTAIN IT. IF ALL OF THE ABOVE IS MET, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT MUST INCLUDE THOSE INCENTIVES AT THE TIME IT APPROVES THE DEVELOPMENT OR AMENDMENT OF A DEVELOPMENT ORDER. AND MUST INCLE A PROCESS TO VERIFY THE PURCHASE OF EACH SYSTEM. AND THAT IS THE THRUST OF THE MAJORITY OF THE BILL AND THE THREE MAJOR SECTIONS OF IT. I KNOW WE WERE FOCUSING ON THE IDENTIFICATION OF USING RECLAIMED WATER FOR POTABLE WATER, BUT IT IS ACTUALLY MUCH BROADER THANHAT. AND I WILL BE GLAD TO TAKE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM AT THIS TIME. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>BILL CARLSON: JUST ONE THING AN MAYBE A QUESTION FOR IAN AND MARLEY INSTEAD OF YOU. APOLOGIZE IF IT IS. I HEARD FROM A LOT OF LOBBIES AROUND TALLAHASSEE THAT THE SENATE PRESIDENT PUSHED THIS THROUGH. WOULD NOT ALLOW QUESTIONS IN COMMITTEE. AND AS OFTEN AS THE CASE, WE HAVE SEEN EXAMPLES THIS YEAR ONCE THE LEADER PUSHES SOMETHING THROUGH, IT IS VERY POSSIBLE THEN IN THE NEXT YEAR OR YEAR AFTER, THAT WOULD BE WITHED. >> DRAWN. ANY IDEA IF -- IF THIS IS MAYBE WITHDRAWN NEXT YEAR OR THE YEAR AFTER SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO THIS? >> THAT WOULD BE SPECULATIVE ON MY -- I CAN TELL THAT YOU IN THE COURSE OF MY CAREER AND IN THE PARTICIPATION AND THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS, IF OFF SPEAKER OR PRESIDENT THAT HAS PUT THE WEIGHT OF HIS OFFICE BEHIND A BILL AND HAVE IT PASSED, I WOULDN'T WANT TO SPECULATE THAT IT WOULD BE REPEALED. . >>BILL CARLSON: JUST FOR MY COLLEAGUES. IF YOU CAN TALK TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS IN HALL HAS SEE AS WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT DECISION. IF WE THINK IT WILL BE WITHDRAWN A YEAR OR TWO NOW MAYBE DO THE BASICS WE NEED TO DO TO COMPLY, BUT THIS -- OVER A 20-YEAR PERIOD A $1 BILLION INVESTMENT FOR THE TAXPAYERS AND RATEPAYERS AND IF IT -- WE HAVE SEEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN POLICIES IN TALLAHASSEE GET PASSED AND THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION, THE PEOPLE JUMP E GET CHEATED OUT OF IT WHEN IN THIS CASE SEEMS LIKE THE WATER IS HELPING THE BAY ALREADY. IT IS GOING TO COST US A LOT MORE TO DO SOMETHING ELSE WITH IT. WE DON'T HAVE A SHORTAGE OF WATER AND >> ONE OF THE THINGS WE FIND ANY LOCAL GOVERNMENT FEIGNED ITSELF CAUGHT IN IS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PIECE OF LEGISLATION, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU WOULDNT WANT TO IGNORE HOPING SPECULATIVELY THAT SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN TO AFFECT THE LEGISLATION IN LATER YEARS. ALBEIT A PLAN, THAT'S STILL GOING TO TAKE RESOURCES TO PUT THE PLAN TOGETHER AND MAKE THE IDENTIFICATION. LUCKILY WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THINGS THAT POTENTIALLY COULD INCORPORATE OUR RECLAIMED WATER. SO WE ARE PROBABLY IN BETTER POINT FOR SUBMITTING THE PLAN THAN A LOT OF OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. BUT YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO -- I WOULD NEVER ADVISE THAT WE WAIT TO SEE IF ANYTHING WOULD HAPPEN IN TALLAHASSEE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS, GENTLEMEN? THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 6. >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT RECLAIMED WATER, AND WE AREERE THIS MORNING WITH OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS WHO WE'LL INTRODUCE TO GO FORWARD. I'M JEAN DUNCAN, ADMINISTRATOR, AND WANT TO TAKE A VERY BRIEF RECAP, IN PLANNING THIS WORKSHOP TODAY, AND THEN I WILL HAND OFF TO THE OTHERS TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE DETAILS WITH YOU TS MORNING. WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE TWO SEPARATE PowerPoint PRESENTATIONS FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, FOR EACH PORTION OF THE WORKSHOP TODAY THAT ENCOMPASSES THE EXPERT PANEL, AS WELL AS THE ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS INFORMATION WE ARE WORKING ON AS WELL. VERY QUICKLY JUST TO KIND OF GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, PRECEDING THAT, WE SUBMITTED AN APPLICTION TO SWFWMD FOR FUNDING, YOU ARE NOW CALLING PURE. AND WE CAME TO YOU IN JANUARY TO GIVE SOME DETAILS ABOUT THAT CONCEPT, AND WE ALSO -- FUNDING FOR THE PLAN AND DESIGN OF THIS PROJECT. AND WE SCALED BACK OUR REQUEST TO $650,000, AND LAST FEBRUARY WE CAME BACK, WITH REVISED FUNDING ALLOCATION REQUEST, AND AGAIN, THIS CONVERSATION WITH ALL OF YOU ON CITY COUNCIL, IT WAS APPROVED FOR DETAILED ANALYSIS AS WELL AS HAVING AN INDEPENDENT BODY LOOK AT DATA ALREADY PRODUCED THAT WOULD UTILIZE -- EACH FURTHER. SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT ON THE TOP I CAN. SO SINCE FEBRUARY, WE HAVE THE ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS, WE PUT TOGETHER THE INDEPENDENT PANEL, BUT ALSO ON ENGAGEMENT, FEEDBACK OF THE PUBLIC, TO YOU NEXT MONTH, AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH SWFWMD FUNDING FOR A 30% DESIGN, AND ALSO ACTIVITIES, THOSE BEING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO ENSURE OUR PROJECT -- FOR THIS TYPE OF PROJECT. SO WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER AN INDEPENDENT PANEL. THAT PANEL IS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, AND WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE COMMENTS, AND GIVE US FEEDBACK ON THE DOCUMENT. WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL STAKEHOLDERS, AND WE APPRECIATE THE INPUT WE RECEIVED FROM MANY OF YOU, SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THE SIERRA CLUB, FRIENDS OF THE RIVER, AND [~DISTORTION~] STAKEHOLDERS WHO WE HAVE BEEN APPRECIATIVE TO HEAR YOUR INPUT. SO WE REQUESTED INPUT FROM THEM, AND RECEIVED [~DISTORTION~] WITH THOSE MEMBERS. WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF MEETINGS WITH BOTH GROUPS. WE ALSO CONDUCTED A WORKSHOP WITH THE INDEPENDENT ADVISORY PANEL. WE ALSO WORKING WITH CONSULTANTS TO EVALUATE A WHOLE SET OF SERVICE OPTIONS FOR THE PROJECT. WE HAVE HAD SEVERALEETIS, AND A RESPONSE ON THE PROJECT TO GET THEIR THOUGHTS WHAT ALTERNATIVE METHODS TO CONSIDER GOING FORWARD. THE STAKEHOLDERS FOR THE PROJECP THEM INFORMED, AND CONTINUE TO HEAR YOUR INPUT AND SUGGESTIONS. WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO CONSULTING FIRMS FOR ENGAGEMEN VERAL MONTHS AGO, AND SHARE WITH YOU THE RESULTS NEXT MONTH. SO WITH THAT I AM GOING TO ASK TO GO INTO MORE DETAILS WE ARE PRESENTING TODAY, INTRODUCE YOU TO SOME OF THE EXPERTS WE HAVE HERE IN THE ROOM WITH US, AND AS WE GET THROUGH THE PRESENTATION WE HAVE FOR YOU TODAY. >> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL. BRAD BAIRD, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE. THE ORDER OFHE PRESENTATION TODAY, THE FIRST PRESENTATION WILL BE FROM NWRI AND THE INDEPENDENT ADVISORY PANEL THAT WAS SELECTED. AND THE SECOND PRESENTATION WILL BE THE ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS, ACTUALLY THE GRAPH RESULTS OF THAT, AND PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON THE PUBLIC OUTREACH EFFORT OF THE CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP JUNE 24th, AND AFTER YOU HEAR THE NWRI PRESENTATION YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER HEARING AN UPDATE ON THE NWRI FINAL RESULTS AT THE JUNE WORKSHOP, TOGETHER WITH THE PUBLIC OUTREACH. BUT IT'S CERTAINLY YOUR PLEASURE WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT MAKE THAT HAPPEN. SO IN A MINUTE I WILL INTRODUCE E EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NWRI, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR THAT WORK. THIS WORK IS NOT THE END, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THE ENVIRONMENTAL STAKEHOLDERS -- IT'S BEGINNING TO DEVELOP PLANS, DESIGNS, AND BUILD THE PROJECT. IT'S TO MAKE SURE FIRST THAT THE SCIENTIFIC WORK PERFORMED TO DATE IS SOU, AND THEN SECONDLY, I THINK THE ROLE IS NOT TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE ANY PROJECT, BUT TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO IMPROVE IT, TO ENSURE PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY. SO WE'LL USE YOUR FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO DATE. SO WITH THAT, I AM PLEASED TO INTRODUCE ERIN, THE DIRECTOR OF WATER NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, OR NWRI, TO CONTINUE DEVELOP RECYCLED WATER AND INCREASE OUR FACILITY. BEFORE GOING TO NWRI, WAS GENERAL MANAGER OF THE WASTEWATER AUTHORITY, PUBLIC AGENCY THAT PROVIDES RECYCLED WATER, AND WASTEWATER THROUGH THE SURFACE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. HE IS PAST PRESIDENT OF CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION AND AGENCIES AND CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION -- AUTHORITY. AND HE IS JOINING US TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE NWRI INDEPENDENT ADVISORY PANEL PROCESS, AND THEN HE WILL ALSO INTRODUCE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE INDEPENDENT ADVISORY PANEL, GLEN DAGGER, IF GLEN WILL COME UP ON SCREEN AS WELL, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. WITH THAT, ON BEHALF OF CTTV, PLEASE PULL UP THE NWRI PRESENTATION AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO KEVIN HARDY. >> KEVIN HARDY: THANK YOU, BRAD. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR AND ON RABBLE MEMBERS OF THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL. I AM KEVIN HARDY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL WALLET RESEARCH INSTITUTE, AND WE ARE HONORED AND HUMBLED TO JOIN YOU THIS MORNING, INTRODUCE YOU TO NWRI AND TO THE CHAIR NWRI INDEPENDENT ADVISORY PANEL THAT IS SERVING THE CITY OF TAMPA AND THE TAMPA PURE PROJECT. WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING THERE WITH YOU IN PERSON SOON AND WISH WE COULD HAVE BEEN THERE TODAY, BUT VIDEO WILL HAVE TO DO. SO LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT NWRI. IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1991 BY FORWARD THINKING CITIZENS HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. WE ARE A 501(C)3 NONPROFIT THAT'S BASED IN FOUNTAIN VALLEY, IN CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY. BOD OF DIRECTORS COMPRISED OF BOTH ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS ACROSS THE LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE COUNTY GROUNDWATER BASIN. OUR FOUNDERS HAVE A SHARED VISION OF INSTITUTE WITHOUT WALLS, INTENTIONALLY DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF THOUGHT LEADERS, INNOVATORS AND FOCUSED ON IMPROVING WATER RESOURCES SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND POLICY TO CREATE NEW HEALTHY SOURCES OF WATER TO SUPPORT RAPIDLY GROWING REGIONS LIKE TAMPA. TODAY 30 YEARS LATER THE SUN IN SITS ON THE WORK AROUND THE GLOBE. IN FACT IN ADDITION TO THIS GREAT WORK WE ARE DOING IN FLORIDA, WE HAVE RECENT ENGAGEMENTS ACROSS ALL OF NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARIZONA COLORADO IDAHO, MARYLAND, NEW MEXICO AND WASHINGTON STATE. WE ALSO WORK INTENTLY WITH THE ISRAELI NATIONAL WATER COMPANY, AND THE JAPANESE FEDERAL MINISTRY AND TRADE INDUSTRY. SO WHAT IS NWRI? IT'S THE NATION'S CLASH RAH TIFF RESOURCE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, SCIENCE, POLICY INNOVATION, THE INDEPENDENT ADVISORY SERVICES PROVIDER OF CHOICE FOR CHALLENGING WATER QUALITY, WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED INNOVATION ISSUES. AND WE PROVIDE INSIGHT AND UNDERSTANDING OF CURRENT TRADITIONS IN WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE THE CITY OF TAMPA GROWING INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE CONFRONTING REGIONAL WATER RISKS DIRECTLY. NEXT SLIDE. PROVIDE EXPERT REVIEW OF COMPLEX MULTI-BENEFIT WATER RESOURCE PROGRAMS ACROSS THESE GREAT UNITED STATES THAT ARE NOT UNLIKE THE TAMPA PURE PROJECT. EVERY PANEL IS CREATED, ADMINISTERED AND FACILITATED BY NWRI TO MEET THE MOST IMPORTANT PROJECT SPECIFIC NEEDS OF ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICILS, ENGINEERS AND OTHER TECHNICAL PROFESSIONALS, AND STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATORS, ALONG WITH STAKEHOLDERS WHERE IT'S APPROPRIATE TO DO SO. AND LEGACY IN EVERY COMMUNITY WE SERVE IS MEANINFUL PRACTITIONERS TO HELP CITIZENS MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS THAT PRODUCE COMMUNITY APPROPRIATE INVESTMENTS IN WATER RESOURCES AND IN PUBLIC ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. THE PANEL ASSEMBLED FOR THE TAMPA PURE PROJECT INCLUDES EXPERTS WITH RELEVANT REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CREDENTIALS AND INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE. THESE EXPERTS INCLUDE CHAIRMAN GLEN DAIGGER FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. ALSO INCLUDES WENDY GRAHAM, DIRECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF JO ROSE FROM MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY WHO IS NOT ONLY A CLARK PRIZE LAUREATE FROM NWRI BUT ALSO A RECIPIENT OF THE STOCKHOLM HOME WATER. MATT SIMCIK, MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY AND PROFESSOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. SAM UPCHURCH, A FLORIDIAN, ONE OF OUR EXPERTS AS WELL. AND ROUNDING OUT THE PANEL IS MIKE WEHNER, FORMER ASSISTANT MANAGER OF THE ORANGE COUNTY WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT HERE IN CALIFORNIA AND WHO IS AN EXPERT BOTH IN PUBLIC HLTH AND IN PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE AROUND WATER RECYCLING ISSUES. WE WILL BE ADDRESSING THE SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL ISSUES PRESENTED AT THEIR INITIAL MEETING ON MAY 13, 2021. REPRESENTING NWRI EXPERT ADVISORY PANEL FOR THE TAMPA PURE PROJECT HERE TODAY IS GLEN DAIGGER, THE PANEL'S CHAIR. ALSO THE SANITATION ROSE DISTRICT OR SWIFT PROJECT. MR. DAIGGER IS A MEMBER OF THE FACULTY OF UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER, MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERS, AND AMONG THE MOST DISTINGUISHED AND EXPECTED WATER REUSE PRACTITIONERS IN THE UNITED STATES. IT'S NOW MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE GLEN BUT I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARD WORK OF MS. MCLEAN, MR. BAIRD, MRS. WEBER, MR. PARK AND THE WHOLE TEAM IN TAMPA. THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF PULLING TOGETHER A L OF COMPLEX INFORMATION IN A WAY THAT WAS VERY UNDERSTANDABLE AND VERY EFFECTIVE FOR THE PANEL. AND WE APPRECIATE THEIR SUPPORT ON THE PANEL DOING THIS VERY IMPORTANT WORK. WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT OVER TO YOUR CHAIRMAN, DR. GLEN DAIGGER. >> THANK YOU, KEVIN. JUST MAKE SURE THAT MY VOICE IS COMING THROUGH WITH THE SYSTEM HERE. GREAT. SO I WILL SAY FIRST OF ALL FOR THE PANEL THAT WE ALL APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE OF SERVICE, LOOKING AT THIS VERY INTERESTING AND INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO MANAGING QUITE A COMPLEX OF WATER SUPPLY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. AS KEVIN ARTICULATED AND MR. BAIRD BEFORE HIM, OUR ROLE IS TO LOOK AT WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED HERE, AND PROVIDE OUR EXPERTISE, OUR KNOWLEDGE AND OUR ANALYSIS IN TERMS OF OH-I THINK IT'S BEEN ARTICULATED, IT'S STILL IN A FORMATIVE STAGE. I THINK FOR THE PANEL WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE TO BE INVOLVED AT THIS POINT IN TIME TO LEND ASSISTANCE TO THE CITY AS IT LASS TO TAKE THIS CONCEPT AND FUHEREVEL IT. SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THE NEXT SLIDES LISTS OUR BRIEF, WHAT WE ARE BEING ASKED TO DO, WHICH IS REVIEW AND ASSESS THE SCIENTIFIC TECHNICAL POLICY VALIDITY OF THE TAMPA PURE PROJECT, EVALUATE THE TAMPA PURE PRODUCT WATER QUALITY, WITH SUITABILITY AS A RESOURCE FOR THE LOWER HILLSBOROUGH RIVER, MINIMUM FLOWS AND THE HILLOROU RIVER RESERVOIR AUGMENTATION, AND REVIEW AND ASSESS THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL VALIDITY OF THE SEAWAT GROUNDWATER MODEL WHICH IS THE MATHEMATICAL MODEL BEING USED TO EVALUATE THE RECHARGE AND RECOVERY OF THE WATER, ADJACENT TO THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER AND HILLSBOROUGH RIVER RESERVOIR. GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THE WAY WE ARE SPECIFICALLY DOING THIS, THE CITY OF TAMPA WORKING WITH NWRI HAS CRAFTED THIS INTO FOUR SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. I WON'T READ THEM SPECIFICALLY FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU WILL SEE THAT THEY TAKE THE OVERALL BRIEF AND TURN THESE INTO SOME SPECIFIC -- MORE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. AND OUR REPORT WILL LARGELY THEN PROVIDE RESPONSES TO THESE QUESTIONS. SO WHAT YOU WILL SEE FROM US IN THE REPORT WILL BE AN INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION, AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT FOUR SPECIFIC SECTIONS SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING EACH OF THESE FOUR QUESTIONS WITH A RESPONSE, WITH THE NARRATIVE, AND THEN THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COME FROM THAT. SO THAT'S THE PROCESS THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING. IN TERMS OF PROGRESS, AS WAS INDICATED, THE FIRST MEETING OF THE PANEL WITH STAFF WAS MAY 13th. WE WERE GIVEN SOME MATERIAL BEFORE THAT, ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE THAT, SO WHERE THE PANEL IS AT IS JUST IN THE DETAILED PHASE OF OUR ANALYSIS, AND BEGINNING BY THE INDIVIDUAL PANEL MEMBERS TO ASSEMBLE THEIR COMMENTS AND ANALYSIS, WHICH WE WILL BE THIS NEXT WEEK, WE WILL HAVET. THAT ASSEMBLED AND THEN AS A PANEL WILL BE MOVING THIS TOWARDS OUR CONSENSUS REPORT. THIS IS A CONSENSUS REPORT, SO WHAT WE WILL PROVIDE TO YOU IS THE CONSENSUS OF THE GROUP. IF THERE ARE DIFFERING OPINIONS WE WILL INDICATE THAT, BUT THE INTENT IS TO COME TO A CONSENSUS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN TERMS OF RESPONDING TO THESE QUESTIONS. WE WILL PROVIDE THAT TO STAFF AND THEN ISSUE A FINAL REPORT. I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER SLIDE. AND THIS SUMMARIZES WHAT I HAVE GIVEN YOU AS AN OVERVIEW. WE ARE GATHERING COMMENTS FROM THE PANEL, DRAFTING THAT INTO A REPORT, AND GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF REACHING CONSENSUS, CLARIFYING WITH THE CITY THAT WE HAVE UNDER THE SITUATION, ISSUING A FINAL REPORT BY THE END OF JUNE. SO THE FINAL REPORT SHOULD INCLUDE A CONSENSUS RESPONSE TO THE PANEL CHARGE QUESTIONS. AND EXAMINE THE ENVIRONMENTAL STEHOLRS QUESTIONS AND CONCLUSIONS. WE ARE NOT GOING TO RESPOND TO THOSE SPECIFICALLY BUT THAT WILL INFORM OUR ANALYSIS TO SEE THAT WE HAVE RESPONDED TO THOSE AT LEAST IN CONTENT AND IN SPIRIT, IN THE CONTEXT, OVERALL REPORT, AND AGAIN YOU WILL HAVE THAT BY THE END OF JUNE. THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AT. I THINK AGAIN FROM THE PANEL'S PERSPECTIVE, INUR INTERIM DISCUSSIONS, WE ARE QUITE PLEASED TO BE AT THIS STAGE OF THE PROJECT. AND QUITE WHERE WE ARE EXPERIENCE OUR EXPERIENCE TELLS US THAT WE CAN OFTENTIMES BE QUITE HELPFUL IN TERMS OF OUTSIDE VIEW OF VERY EXPERIENCED PEOPLE TO OFFER SUGGESTIONS IN TERMS OF THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE TO AT THIS POINT FURTHER CLARIFY AND IDENTIFY THE STRONGEST PROJECT TO THE CITY OF TAMPA FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I BELIEVE MR. DINGFELDER WILL BE FIRST. WE'LL GO WITH MR. DINGFELDER, MR. CARLSON, AND MR. VIERA. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU, DR. DAIGGER, IS IT? >> DAIGGER. I TELL PEOPLE DAGGER BUT PUT AN I IN THERE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: DROP THE I. ONE OF THE PROBLEMS I HAD WITH THIS PROPOSED PROJECT IS THE POTENTIAL IMPACT ON OUR UNIQUE COST GEOLOGY, AND I AM SURE THAT STAFF SHARES THAT CONCERN. I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN MANY STUDIES OVER THE YEARS. I DID NOT SEE THAT IN YOUR LIST OF THE THREE MAIN PROBLEMS SUBJECTS THAT WERE ON YOUR LIST, AND MR. HARDY, FEEL FREE TO CHIME IN AS WELL. AND/OR MR. BAIRD. BUT IF IT'S NOT ON THE LIST, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT ADDED TO THE LIST, BRAD AND JEAN. SO SOMEBODY HELP ME OUT. IS IT ON THE LIST? AND, IF NOT, WOULD IT BE A BIG DEAL TO ADD IT TO THE LIST? BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT -- WELL, IT'S ONE OF THE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THGS IHINK THAT THE COMMUNITY IS CONCERNED ABOUT, IS WHAT IS THE LONG-TERM IMPACT TO THE CARST GEOLOGY UNDER THESE MANY SQUARE MILES THAT WE WOULD BE PUMPING TENS OF MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF TREATED WATER UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE? >> THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS THAT IT IS THERE, IT IS PART AND PARCEL, THE KEY WORDS ARE THE -- AT LEAST SOME OF THE KEY WORDS ARE THE EVALUATION OF THE SEAWAT MODEL. BUT T THIS IS A MATHEMATICAL MOL FOR THAT AQUIFER SYSTEM, AND THE PORTION OF IT THAT WOULD BE INFLUENCED BY THE RECHARGE AND RECOVERY. SO OCTOBER TO REVIEW THE MODEL, YOU NEED TO REVIEW THOSE, AND OUR REVIEWING THE IMPACTS. ALTHOUGH THE WORDS ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY THERE, IT IS ABSOLUTELY A PORTION OF IT, AS WELL AS PHYSICAL CHEMICAL CHANGES THAT WOULD OCCUR BECAUSE THAT'S PART AND PARCEL TO THE ANALYSIS, AS WELL AS THE WATER COMING OUT IN THE BIOLOGICAL CHEMICAL REACTIONS THAT AFFECT THE CHEMICAL OF THE WATER COMING OUT, WHICH THEN AFFECTS ITS IMPACTS ON THE RIVER AND RESERVOIR. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I AM OBVIOUSLY NOT OVERLY WELL VERSED IN WHAT THE SEAWAT MODEL IS, BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWER, AND I WILL LOOK VERY, VERY CLOSELY AT THE PRELIMINARY AND FINAL REPORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT MY QUESTIONS AND THE COMMUNITY'S QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED. AND I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT NOT ONLY THE PHYSICAL DYNAMICS OF THE CARST GEOLOGY BUT ALSO ANY CHEMICAL IMPACTS. THANK YOU. >>BRAD BAIRD: TWO OF THE MEMBERS -- >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I SEE THEM. WE HAVE A GATOR. WE ALREADY START AHEAD, BRAD, BECAUSE WE HAVE A GART ON THERE. I SAW BOTH OF THEIR NAMES AND I LOOKED UP THEIR CREDENTIALS AND I AM GLAD THAT THEY HAVE LOCAL CARST CREDENTIALS. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: R. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS, MR. DAIGGER. I LISTENED TO ALMOST ALL THE COMMITTEE MEETINGHE OTH DAY, ALMOST THREE OR FOUR HOURS. I JUST WANT TO TELL THE WATER STAFF, CITY WATER STAFF, I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH DID PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE, AND TO YOUR ORGANIZATION ALSO. I SHOULD SAY THANK YOU. IT WAS A DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE. I HAD A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN THE PEOPLE THAT WERE AROUND THE TABLE. THEY ASKED VERY TOUGH QUESTIONS. ONE PERSON ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT ARSENIC, FOR EXAMPLE. THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CARST ENVIRONMENT. THEY ALL HAD DIFFERENT PER SPENCE RESPECT TIFFS ON LOOKING AT THIS. SO I THINK THAT THIS COMMITTEE REVIEWING THI WH THE COMMITTEE IS A GREAT IDEA. IT IS AT LEAST FOR THE FIRST MEETING I LISTENED TO PROVIDING OBJECTIVITY. I TALKED TO SOME FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ALSO LISTENED TO IT AND THEY HAD CONFIDENCE WITH THE COMMITTEE THAT'S LISTENING TO THIS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE REPORT. MY CONCERNS ABOUT IT, IF I COULD JUST LIST THREE CONCERNS AND MAYBE DR. DAIGGER OR SOMEBODY TO RESPOND. DR. DAIGGER, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD GOING BACK MONTHS AGO, IS PURE A PROCESS OR A PROJECT? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD THE PRESENTATION EARLIER,UT IF WE DO THIS, IT WILL BE IN PART BECAUSE THE STATE IS FORCING US TO DO IT. AND SO IF THE STATE HAS IDENTIFIED A PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE TO MATCH, THEN WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE ALTERNATIVES, AND BASIC SCIENTIFIC METHOD WE LEARNED IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM YOU LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS, YOU FIGURE OUT WHAT'S SAFEST FOR THE ENVIRONMENT FOR HUMANS, WHAT'S THE MOST ECONOMICAL, AND THEN FROM THOSE CHOICES YOU LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY AND THEN YOU PICK A CHOICE. IF PURE IS A PROCESS, THEN WE WILL PRESENT MULTIPLE ALTERNATIVES, AND WE'LL GET FEEDBACK FROMN INDEPENDENT PANEL LIKE YOURS ON THE ALTERNATIVES. WAY HEARD THE OTHER DAY IS THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE PURE WAS MORE LIKE A PROJECT, IT IS A SPECIFIC PROJECT THAT WAS BEING PRESENTED. YOU ARE ASKING TO GET FEEDBACK ON A SPECIFIC PROJECT, NOT THE ALTERNATIVES. SO I WONDER, MY FIRST QUESTION WOULD BE, AND I WILL JUST RATTLE OFF THE OTHER TWO REAL FAST, IN YOUR PROCESS, ARE YOU GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS, OR ARE YOU JUST LOOKING AT PURE AS A PROJECT? NUMBER TWO, IT SEEMED LAKE THE COMMITTEE WAS VERY CONFUSED MANY TIMES THAT THE DATA THAT WAS BEING PRESENTED WAS FROM TOWN, AND CITY STAFF HAD TO KEEP CLARIFYING THAT MUCH OF THE RESEARCH HAD BEEN DONE FOR TAP, WHICH IS A DIFFERENT PROJECT. AND THAT PART OF THAT DATA WAS APPLICABLE OR PART OF IT WASN'T. DO YOU THINK THAT THERE MAY BE CONTINUED CONFUSION AMONG THE PANEL ABOUT LOOKING AT TAP VERSUS PURE? AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT REALLY CONCERNED ME IS -- AND THIS GETS BACK TO THE ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS -- OUR REGIONAL REGULATORS, SWFWMD, IS GIVING US LESS MONEY AND IS ESSENTIALLY DEMANDING THAT WE PARTNER WITH OUR REGIONAL WATER SUPPLY, TAMPA BAY WATER, AND IN THE WHOLE THREE HOURS OR SO THAT I LISTENED TO THE PRESENTATION THE OTHER DAY, I HAD NEVER HEARD THE COMMITTEE BRIEFED ON THE FACT THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE A WHOLESALE WATER SUPPLIER. SO IF WE ARE LOOKING AT, FOR EXAMPLE, REDUCING SALTWATER INTRUSION IN SULPHUR SPRINGS, WHY WOULDN'T WE JUST BUY THE 11 OR 12 MGD SO WE DON'T HAVE TO PUMP THAT AT ALL? WHY DO WE NEED TO PUMP THIS OTHER WAY? SO AS THESE DIFFERENT OPTIONS ARE PRESENTED, ARE YOU ALL GOING TO BE LOOKINGT THEM, AND HAS ANYBODY MENTIONED OR DO YOU THINK THERE WILL BE A MENTION OF THE RANGAL KILOWATT SUPPLY AS PART OF THE SOLUTION? THANK YOU. >> IN TERMS TERMS OF WORKING BACKWARDS A LITTLE BIT, WHETHER THIS IS A PROJECT OR PROCESS, I THINK THE CITY STAFF WILL NEED TO RESPOND TO THAT. BUT IN TERMS OF THE INFORMATION WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDED, WHETHER IT WAS IN THE WORKSHOP DISCUSSED AT THE WORKSHOP, ORHE INFORMATION PROVIDED, FIRST OF ALL, YES, WE ARE -- WE WERE PROVIDED WITH A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING, THAT TAMPA BAY WATER DOES EXIST, AND SOME OF THE INFORMATION, THERE WERE ALTERNATIVES, BROADER SENSE OF ALTERNATIVES EVALUATED INCLUDING PURCHASE OF WATER FROM TAMPA BAY WATER. SO IN TERMS OF YOUR LAST QUESTION, WE ARE AWARE -- WERE AWARE THAT THAT OPTION EXISTS AND ALTERNATIVES HAVE IN THE PAST BEEN EVALUATED. WITH REGARD TO TAP VERSUS PURE, I THINK THE DISCUSSION THERE, CERTAINLY ANY TECHNICAL WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE, NO MATTER UNDER WHAT BANNER, TECHNICAL WORK THAT'S RELEVANT, IS RELEVANT. SO I THINK THE COMMENT REALLY WAS CLARIFYING US MAKING SURE THAT WE CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE PRESSURE PURE PROJECT IS, SO THAT THE -- I THINK WE GENERALLY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS TAP PROJECT WAS ITSELF BEING EVALUATED IN THE PAST. WE WANTED TO SEPARATE OUT, CLEARLY UNDERSTAND, WHAT THE PURE PROJECT ENTAILS, WHATS BEING PROPOSED, AND THEN ANY RELEVANT INFORMATION, NO MATTER WHERE IT'S PRODUCED, IF IT'S RELEVANT, THEN IT DOESN'T MATTER UNDER WHAT MANNER, LOOKING AT THE TECHNICAL CONTENT OF THE INFORMATION. SO I THINK THIS DISCUSSION YOU HEARD WAS JUST KIND OF SORTING OUT TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT WE WERE PROVIDED WITH HAVE VERY RELEVANT TECHNICAL INFORMATN,UT HAD THE WORD TAP RATHER THAN PURE. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS BEING PROPOSED FOR THE PURE PROJECT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: BEFORE YOU GO ON, I NEED TO GET MR. CARLSON'S FIRST QUESTION ANSWERED. I THINK THAT'S REAL IMPORTANT FOR THIS COUNCIL, AND IF YOU HAVE BEEN PAID TO BE A CONSULTANT AND YOU DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER THEN WE NEED TO HAVE STAFF ANSWER THAT QUESTION. MR. CARLSON. >> THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING WAS TO GO BACK AND ASK STAFF TO COMMENT IN TERMS OF HOW THIS FITS INTO THE OVERALL PICTURE. >>BILL CARLSON: I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, IS THIS COMMITTEE, WHICH I THINK IS A GREAT COMMITTEE, ARE THEY GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE ALTERNATIVES OR JUST ONE PROJECT? >> WHAT THE CHARGE IS, JUST TO EVALUATE TECHNICAL INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER. WE WERE VERY AWARE IN THE WORKSHOP WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT WAS ONE OF THE ALTERNATIVES, [INDISCERNIBLE] BEING EVALUATED. SO THE INDEPENDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL IS DOING IS THEY ARE LOOKING AT TECHNICAL INFORMATION THAT COULD BE USED FROM ALL FOUR ALTERNATIVES, BY CONTROL, MONITORING, AND PROTECTION THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO, THE ENHANCED AND SHHH SHOULD BE USED FOR ANY ALTERNATIVE. IF WE HAVE ANY ALTERNATIVES, WHETHER IT'S POTABLE WATER, [~DISTORTION~] AND TO LOOK AT AS WELL. SO THERE AREOMPONTS OF WHAT WE STATED PREVIOUSLY THAT APPLY -- SO THAT'S THE WORK THE INDEPENDENT PANEL IS DOING, SO THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE PIECES, SAY AND THEY ARE ALSO LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVES AS A WHOLE. BUT THEY ARE CERTAINLY DOING AN ANALYSIS ON BEHALF OF THE OTHER ALTERNATIVES NEED TO BE DONE AS WELL, AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE -- TO ADDRESS THESE MULTIPLE ALTERNATIVES. IT IS A PROJECT, BUT HAS MULTIPLE ALTERNATIVES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. VIERA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED, SIR. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR, AND DR. DAIGGER, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. YOU HAVE BEEN VERY PROFESSIONAL AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT, SIR, FOR EVERYBODY WHO IS HERE. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE EXPERTS. AS AN ATTORNEY IN CIVIL LITIGATION AND TRIAL ATTORNEY, YOU ALWAYS LOOK TO HAVE THE BEST EXPERTS FOR THE JURY, AND I APPRECIATE YOU AND OTHERS EXPERTISE. AND WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT DIALOGUE AND TALKING WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS, SIERRA LEAGUE OBVIOUSLY VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER BRINGS UP I THINK IS SOME VERY GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. SOMETHING THAT I WAS DISCUSSING WITH THE STAFF YESTERDAY IS THE INVOLVEMENT OF CITY STAFF TALKING WITH OUR FRIENDS, BECAUSE WE HEAR A LOT FROM OUR FRIEND AT TAMPA BAY WATER ON THE PURE PJECT OR REGIONAL IDEAS AND SOLUTIONS, AND MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT JAN OR SOMEONE FROM CITY STAFF CAN ANSWER. BUT IS THERE ANY SORT OF A DIALOGUE OCCURRING WITH OUR FRIENDS OVER AT TAMPA BAY WATER AT ALL? >> I THINK THAT WOULD BE A RESPONSE BY STAFF. >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR. THAT'S WHY I WAS GIVING YOU ALL THOSE COMPLIMENTS BEFORE, SIR. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: TURN YOUR MIKE ON, JAN. TURN YOUR MIKE ON. >>JAN MCLEAN: OKAY. JAN MCLEAN FOR THE LORD, OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE ARE NOT ENGAGING IN A DIALOGUE WITH STAFF OF TAMPA BAY WATER. THEY SAID THAT THEY ARE AVAILABLE IF WE WANT TO GIVE THEM A CALL AND HAVE INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSIONS, BUT THEY ACTUALLY WERE AWAITING FOR THE CITY TO IDENTI AN ALTERNATIVE, AND THAT WAY THEY COULD FOCUS THE DIALOGUE ON THAT ALTERNATIVE. I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE THE MOST CORRECT CHARACTERIZATION OF WHERE WE STAND WITH STAFF FOR TAMPA BAY WATER. WE ARE KIND OF WAITING -- THEY ARE KIND OF WAITING FOR US TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT WE ARE DOING GOING FORWARD. >>LUIS VIERA: SO THEY ARE WAITING FOR US TO HAVE A RESOLUTION OF THIS ISSUE WHICH I THINK MAY VERY WELL TAKE A LONG MA THAT INQUIRY., AND I JUST I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE USEFUL AND WHATNOT. AND I DON'T SEE THE NEED TO HAVE IT PREDICATED IN A RESOLUTION FOR TAMPA CITY COUNCIL WHEN THAT DIALOGUE COULD BE PART OF OUR RESOLUTION RESPECTIVELY. >>JAN MCLEAN: AND I THINK ONCE YOU HEAR THE PRESENTATION ON THE ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE DEPTH AND BREADTH OF THE ALTERNATIVES BEING PUT FORWARD THAT ACTUALLY DON'T INCLUDE TAMPA BAY WATER. SO BECAUSE LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, I AM JUST GOING TO THROW ONE OUT THERE, I AM WAITING FOR THE ROOM TO OPEN UP, BUT IF WE THEY'RE WAS A CONSIDERATION OF EXPLAINING OUR RECLAIMED WATER SYSTEM FOR IRRIGATION, THAT WOULDN'T INCORPORATE ANY KIND OF CONSIDERATION BY THE TAMPA BAY WATER AUTHORITY, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT TRIPPING ANYTHING THAT'S IN THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. SO I COULD CONCEDE MAYBE THEIR POSITION, BUT ARE THERE OTHER ALTERNATIVES THAT WE COULD AT LEAST GENERALLY DISCUSS? BUT THAT'S WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU CAN RECOGNIZED. >>BILL CARLSON: IF I COULD RESPOND TO THAT REAL FAST. I THINK WHAT MS. MCLEAN SAID IS ABSOLUTELY ACCURATE. I HEARD THAT THERE WAS A MISCONCEPTION BECAUSE OF A COMMENT THAT CHUCK HART, INTERIM GENERAL MANAGER AT TAMPA BAY WATER MADE TO HIS BOARD, WHERE HE SAID THAT THEY WANT -- WE GOT A COLLEAGUE ON THE BOARD HERE, BUT HE SAID THAT HE WANTED TO WAIT AND HEAR WHAT CITY STAFF CAME BACK WITH. I CALLEHEM TO CLARIFY THAT, AND HE SAID WHAT MS. MCLEAN JUST SAID WAS THEY ARE AVAILABLE ANYTIME CITY STAFF WANTS TO TALK. THEY ARE NOT IN A POSITION TO EVALUATE ANY SPECIFIC PROPOSALS, BUT IF THE CITY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT COLLABORATING, THEY CAN. AND I ALSO TALKED TO CHUCK WEBER, WHO HAS HAD CONVERSATIONS ONGOING CONVERSATIONS, I KNOW MS. DUNCAN AND OTHERS HAVE AS WELL. SO I APPRECIATE THAT STAFF HAS BEEN HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS. I HOPE THEY CONTINUE IT. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS. IF IT ENDS UP WE DON'T NEED TO PARTNER WITH THEM, GREAT. BUT IF THERE IS A REGIONAL SOLUTION I THINK THAT' WHAT OUR REGIONAL PARTICIPATES WOULD APPRECIATE AND ALSO WOULD BE AT LEAST FROM WHAT I KNOW WOULD BE MORE PRUDENT FISCALLY. THANK YOU. >>JEAN DUNCAN: IF I COULD COMMENT ON THAT. JEAN DUNCAN. I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE [~DISTORTION~] BEING DISCUSSED WITH STAFF FOR -- IN REGARDS TO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. SO WE ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING THAT IN PROCESS. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: HOW MUCH MORE DO YOU HAVE ORION. PRESENTER: ATION FOR ITEM 6? HOW MUCH MORE DO YOU HAVE ON YOUR ITEM 6? >>BRAD BAIRD: I'M SORRY. DO WE WANT TO START WITH THE NEXT PRESENTATION? >>ORLANDO GES: IF IT WILL GET US TO 12 AND GET THE ITEM NUMBER 7, HOW MUCH MORE DO YOU HAVE FOR YOUR PRESENTATION? >>BRAD BAIRD: I WILL INTRODUCE THE ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS TEAM HERE AND PROVIDE YOU BACKGROUND ITEMS TO ADD TO WHAT JEAN SAID EARLIER. BASED ON SPECIFIC CRITERIA AND DETAILS -- AND THE SELECTED FIRM PROCESS AND ANALYSIS, REQUIREMENTS IN TAMPA BAY AREA WATER RESOURCES KNOWLEDGE. AND I AM GOING TO SAY IT MADE IT A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO SELECT FIRM OR TEAM TO SUBMIT, TO BE PART OF A DESIGN BUILD TEAM THAT WOULD DESIGN AND BUILD THE SELECT PROJECT. SO THAT WAS COUNCILMAN CARLSON'S, A REQUEST FROM YOU, AND WE WANTED TO HONOR THAT. THE SELECTION PROCESS RESULTED IN SBE, AND WITH THAT, I WILL INTRODUCE THE LEADERS TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION. FIRST, WE HAVE ACROSS FROM ME IS SUZY, THE OWNER OF -- CONSULTING AND WAS PREVIOUSLY A SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER WITH TAMPA BAY WATER. AND THEN TO HER RIGHT WE HAVE -- A SPECIAL ENGINEERED WITH APPLIED SCIENCES, AND PREVIOUSLY THE ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WITH SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. SO MARK WILL BE LEADING OFF WITH THE PRESENTATION. SO IF WE COULD HAVE PULLED UP THE MARKET ANALYSIS PRESENTATION. MARK, TAKE IT AWAY. >> MARK: THANK YOU, BRAD. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS MARK -- AND IN A FEW MINUTES I WILL BE TURNING IT OVER TO SY FOLSOM, PRESENTING THE WORK DONE ON THE ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS. NEXT SLIDE. WE VOTED ALTERNATIVES, TO EVALUATE THE ALTERNATIVES TO SOLVE THESE THREE PROBLEMS THE CITY HAS FACED, THE ELIMINATION OF RECLAIMED WATER DISCHARGE FROM HOWARD F. CURREN. TWO, COMPLIANCE WITH THE LOWER HILLSBOROUGH RIVER MINIMUM FLOWS AND LEVELS. THREE, SUSTAINABILITY OF THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER RESERVOIR AS A WATER SOURCE FOR THE DAVID L. TIPPIN WATER TREATMENT FACILITY DURING PERIODIC DROUGHTS. AND ALLOW THE CITY PERMITTED FOR. NEXT SLIDE. THE BACKGROUND, THE CITY OF TAMPA'S PRIMARY SOURCE OF WATER IS HILLSBOROUGH RIVER. THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER DAM FORMS WATER OUT OF AND IT'S TREATED AT THE DAVID L. TIPPIN WATER TREATMENT FACILITY. SINCE BESIDE 1980s THE CITY HAS BEEN ABLE TO MOVE WATER FROT THE RESERVOIR WITH WATER FROM THE TAMPA BAY BYPASS PACAL, BUT IT'S ALSO USED -- WHEN IT FLOWS INTO HILLSBOROUGH RIVER, THEY ARE ABLE TO -- WATER FROM THE BYPASS CANAL. SINCE 2000 THE CITY WAS ABLE TO USE A RECOVERY SYSTEM, ASR, WHERE THEY ARE ABLE TO UTILIZE -- TO TREAT WATER FROM THE RIVER, STORE IN THE GROUND AND RECOVER FROM THE AQUIFER TO AS A MEMBER OF TAMPA BAY WATER, THE LARGEST WATER IS TAMPA BAY WATER, WHAT FLOW FROM THE RIVER FLOWS FROM THE BYPASS CANAL, AND ASR IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO MEET THE CITY'S DEMAND. IN ADDITION, THE CITY'S FACILITY, LAST YEAR THEY TREATED 4 MILLION GALLONS A DAY DISCHARGED INTO HILLSBOROUGH BAY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE EVALUATED 16 DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES INCLUDING COMPONENTS AND SUBCOMPONENTS THAT WERE INDIVIDUALLY OR THAT SOLVED THE THREE PROBLEMS THE CITY IS FACING. THE ALTERNATIVEOMPONTS, ONE WAS LOOKING AT EXPANDING THE CURRENT ASR FACILITY, GETTING WATER FROM THE RIVER, TREATING IT, STORING IT INTO THE AQUIFER, A NUMBER OF ALTERNATIVES THAT INVOLVED RECLAIMED WATER, DISCHARGED, ONE WAS LOOKING AT TAKING OUT THE RECLAIMED WATER, TREATING IT AND THEN DISCHARGING IT AT THE BASE OF THE DAM TO MEET MINIMUM FLOWS, AND ANOTHER LOOKED AT TREATING THE RECLAIMED WATER, RECHARGING THE AQUIFER, AND DISCHARGING IT INTO THE RESERVOIR, TO BE ABLE TO USE -- AND ALSO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE LEVEL ON THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER. ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE WAS TREATING IT TO DRINKING WATER STANDARDS AND USING IT FOR POTABLE DRINKING WATER. LASTLY ON THE RECLAIMED WER, EXPANDING OUR EXISTING RECLAIMED WATER SYSTEM, EITHER IN AREAS OF THE CITY OR CITY-WIDE, AND ALSO LOOKED AT ALTERNATIVES THAT WOULD LOOK STRATEGICALLY AT ANY LARGE USER. THESE RECLAIMED WATER ALTERNATIVES THAT WE LOOKED AT, ALTERNATIVES THAT LOOKED AT A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, BY DISRUPTING WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES THAT MAY O R PROVIDE PROCESSES -- [~DISTORTION~] BECAUSE THE SOURCE OF RECLAIMED WATER IS A POTENTIAL SOURCE, SELL RECLAIMED WATER. CONSERVATION. THE CITY HAS A LONG HISTORY IN CONSERVATION. IT'S BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE. DEEP WELL INJECTION. THIS IS DISCHARGE WATER, RECLAIMED WATER INTO THE GROUND, DISPOSAL -- [~DISTORTION~] FOR RECLAIMED WATER. PURCHASE ADDITIONAL WATER FROM TAMPA BAY WATER, NOT ONLY FOR WATER SUPPLY, BUT TO ALLOW MINIMUM FLOWS. AND ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE IS THE DO-NOTHING ALTERNATIVE, WHICH THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES TO DOING NOTHING. WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MS. FOLLOW SOME. FOLSOM. >> THANK YOU, MARK. OUR NEXT SLIDE. WE DECIDED THAT -- [ INAUDIBLE ] AND ELIMINATING WASTEWATER DISCHARGE, AND MEET THE MINIMUM FLOWS OF THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER. NEXT SLIDE. COMBINATION 1. EXPANDED ASR AND RECLAIMED WATER DISTRIBUTION. [INDISCERNIBLE] THE RECLAIMED WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND DOWN EVERY STREET IN EAST TAMPA. THIS WOULD MAKE RECLAIMED WATER AVAILABLE TO ALL PERSONS IN THE CITY. CONTINUING THE PIPES, AND [INDISCERNIBLE] DEEP WELL INJECTION. THE WATER IS INJECTED TO 1,000 FEET. FINALLY, INCREASING WATER FROM TAMPA BAY WATER DURING THE DRY SEASON. NEXT SLIDE. COMBINATION 2. BENEFICIAL DISCHARGE TO MEET MFL, SELL RECLAIMED WATER. A NEW PIPELINE TO THE BASE OF THE DAM. TAMPA BAY WATER FOR INDUSTRIAL USES. NEGOTIATED AND AGREEMENT, AND THAT AGREEMENT, TERMS, LOCATION, AND QUALITY AND WATER QUALITY. CONSERVATION AND DEEP WELL INJECTION FOR RECLAIMED WATER. NEXT SLIDE. COMBINATION 3. THE CITY STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON. AQUIFER RECHARGE, RECOVERY AND DISCHARGE. NEW PIPELINE, AND DEEP INJECTION WELL. RECOVERY WELLS THAT ARE ABO 200 FEET DEEP, HILLSBOROUGH RIVER ... SALTWATER INTRUSION BARRIER. NEXT SLIDE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: HOW MUCH MORE DO YOU HAVE? IT'S GOING ON 12 RIGHT NOW. >> I HAVE SIX MORE SLIDES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: IF WE HAVE A LITTLE TIME, MAYBE 15 MORE MINUTES 12:15 GENTLEMEN? ARE YOU FINE? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT. WE WIL BREAK AT 12:15 IF NOT SOONER ONCE SHE FINISHES HER PRESENTATION. YOU MAY CONTINUE. >> COMBINATION 4 PROVIDES, DIRECT PORTABLE WATER DIRECTLY DISTRIBUTED. [INDISCERNIBLE] THIS WILL REQUIRE A NEW DISTRIBUTION PUMP STATION, WATER PLANT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. CONSERVATION, ADVANCED METERING. SOME OF THE EXISTING POTABLE WATER CAPACITY IS NO LONGER UTILIZED IF THIS OPTION IS PURSUED. ALSO, THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW POTABLE WATER BY THE CITY -- AND PURSUE ALTERNATIVES WITH AN AGREEMENT FROM TAMPA BAY WATER BY TAMPA BAY WATER. NEXT SLIDE. EVALUATION SCORING CRITERIA. THIS SLIDE THE CRITERIA. 30 POINTS FOR HILLSBOROUGH BAY DISCHARGE REDUCTION. 25 POINTS MFL COMPLIANCE. 20 POINTS SUPPLY RELIABILITY. IMPLEMENTATION FEASIBILITY CATEGORY. PROPERTY ACQUISITION, PERMITTING AND APPROVALS, INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS REQUIRED, PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS, SOUGHT WATT INTRUSION, STANDARD ASSETS, DURATION TO IMPLEMENT, TAMPA BAY WATER INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT CONSIDERATION, GRANT FUNDING POTENTIAL, PUBLIC IMAGE. NEXT SLIDE. ALSO LOOKED AT COSTS. ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, 30 YEAR LIFE CYCLE COST. NEXT SLIDE. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE COST ESTIMATES AND RANKING. NEXT SLIDE. ALTERNATIVE COMBINATION, COST RANKING, BENEFIT RANK, COMBINED RANK SCORE. NEXT SLIDE. AS JENN MCLEAN SAID EARLIER, THE PLAN [INDISCERNIBLE] FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF THE FOLLOWING STRUCTURE COMPONENTS OF COMBINATION 2 AND 3. COMBINATION 2, DIRECT DISCHARGE TO LOWER HILLSBOROUGH RIVER TO MEET MFL. COMBINATION 3, RECHARGE TO AQUIFER, RECOVERY TO RESERVOIR. HOWEVER IT DOES RELY ON TWO THINGS [~DISTORTION~] [INDISCERNIBLE] I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED, SIR. >>BILL CARLSON: THANKS TO THE ENGINEERING FIRM FOR DOING THIS AND FOR AGREEING TO NOT WORK ON THE PROJECT AFTERWRDS. I THINK THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. THANK YOU TO BRAD AND STAFF FOR INSISTING ON THAT. SUBJECTIVITY ON THIS. THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH OUR REQUESTS TO DO THIS ANALYSIS. THIS IS THE FIRST THAT I HAVE SEEN THIS. AS OF THIS MORNING, ANYWAY. I HAVEN'T SEEN IT ON SIRE. SO PLEASE EVERYBODY POST IT AND LET'S TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET IT TO THE PUBLIC. BECAUSE I HAVE JUST SEEN IT, I CAN'T COMMENT ON ANY OF THE ANALYSES. I KNO WHAT MY GUT RESPONSE IS BUT I WANT TO LOOK AT IT AND WHAT WE ASKED FOR IS A FAIR ANALYSIS. SO I WANT TO GO THROUGH THAT. ONE THING ON THE PURPLE PIPES PROJECT, OR PROSPECT, IS THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT AN ALTERNATIVE MODELING WHERE WE SAY IF SOMEBODY HAS ACCESS TO PURPLE PIPES THAT WE WOULD PAY FOR THE HOOKUP AND THEN IF WE DID THAT THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO USE THAT FIRST FOR THEIR YARDS, AS A CONSERVATION METHOD. I THINK MOST PEOPLE IN FLORIDA UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A SHORTAGE OF POTABLE WATER AND PEOPLE WOULD RATHER PUT THE WATER ON THEIR LAWNS THAN DRINK IT. AND WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A WILLING BUYER, WE JUST HAVE TO PUT IT IN THE GROUND. BUT THAT LEADS TO THE NEXT PART, WHICH I KNOW THERE'S PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT COMING UP. WHEN WE DID THE RATE INCREASE A COUPLE YEARS AGO, I WENT TO I THINK THREE OF THE FOUR PUBLIC MEETINGS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SCHEDULE IS, BUT I HOPE THAT WE HAVE A LOT MORE THAN FOUR MEETINGS, AND I HOPE THAT THERE'S EXTENSIVE OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS ONE -- YOU SAW THE NUMBERS. IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST DECISIONS WE ARE GOING TO MAKE. THE NUMBERS ARE EVEN HIGHER THAN I EXPECTED. AND SO IT'S BIGGER THAN THE WHOLE PIPES PROJECT, JUST FOR ALTERNATIVE 3. SO WE NEED TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS, AT THE END OF THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ON THE RATE INCREASE, MANY PEOPLE WHEN THEY GOT THEIR FIRST BILL COMPLAINED TO US BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY HAD NO IDEA THE RATES WERE GOING TO GO UP EVEN THOUGH WE HAD PUBLIC MEETINGS. SO I KNOW THE DEPARTMENT HAS PUBLICKEN GAIN AM, STAFF AND CHIEF OF STAFF IS WORKING ON BUILDING A PUBLIC FACING COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT, BUT WE NEED TO BE REALLY THOROUGH ABOUT REACHING AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE IN THE PUBLIC, AND PLEASE ALSO INVITE US, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, TO ATTEND EVEN THOUGH WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO EACH OTHER. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW WHAT THE PUBLIC SAYS FIRST HAND AND HOW THE PUBLIC RESPONDS TO THIS OTHER THAN JUST GETTING THE E-MAILS AND CALLS. WE NEED TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF WHAT THE PUBLIC THINKS, NOT JUST THE PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY HAPPY OR REALLY ANGRY WITH IT. THANKS TO EVERYBODY FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. ANYONE ELSE? MR. BAIRD? >>BRAD BAIRD: THE ONLY THING, I DO WANT TO SAY THE REPORT, WORKSHOP ANALYSIS, IS DUE IN EARLY JUNE, AND NWRI TOWARD THE END OF JUNE. AND BOTH OF THOSE -- YOU SAW TODAY IN THE PRESENTATION. SO WE WILL BE SHARING THOSE OF COURSE WITH CITY COUNCIL. >>JEAN DUNCAN: I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT IT IS ALREADY ON YOUR AGENDA TO COME BACK IN JUNE FOR THE WORKSHOP. WE CERTAINLY AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN CARLSON, WE DO WANT TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE -- HEAR ANY CONCERNTHEY HAVE. I DO WANT TO ASK IF WE COULD INCLUDE IN THAT SAME WORKSHOP THAT BRAD REFERENCED, THE ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS REPORT, AND HAVING QUESTIONS ANSWERED IN THE INTERIM FOR THE NEXT WORKSHOP IN JUNE, AND AT THAT POINT WILL FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THE DETAILS AND THE COMPLEX UNDERTAKING AND HAVE A CHANCE TO IS ASK QUESTIONS BEFORE THE NEXT WORKSHOP, SO WE ARE READY TO PRESENT ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD. IF WE COULD -- GET INFORMATION, WE COULD SET THAT FOR THE NEXT WORKSHOP IN JUNE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYTHING ELSE, GENTLEMEN? >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN. I LOOKED AT AND YOU HAVE THE CALENDAR IN FRONT OF YOU, AND MS. DUNCAN DID MAKE REFERENCE TO THE WORKSHOP ON I BELIEVE -- AND BE MOR SPECIFIC -- THIS IS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS AND THE PUBLIC SURVEY RELATED TO THE PURE PROJECT SPECIFICALLY, OR HOW WOULD YOU PHRASE THAT? BECAUSE WHAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT, MR. CHAIRMAN, FOR THE BENEFIT OF BOTH COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC, IF YOU LOOK AT THE 11:30 ITEM ON THE 24th OF JUNE IT DOESN'T MAKE SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO WHAT PROJECT OR WHAT DEPARTMENT. AND YOU MIGHT WANT TO AMEND YOUR CALENDAR BY MOTION TO THE CLERK TO BE ABLE TO NOTICE THE PUBLIC AS WELL THAT THIS IS COMING, IN WHATEVER FORM YOU WISH TO COMMUNICATE IT SO IT'S CLEAR ON YOUR CALENDAR. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MR. SHELBY. MR. CARLSON MADE REFERENCE TO MAKING SURE WE HAVE ENGAGEMENT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY ARE AWARE OF THESE ITEMS THAT DO COME BACK, BECAUSE WHAT I AM FINDING OUT SOMETIMES THAT WE HAVE THESE LAST-MINUTE THINGS THAT POP UP AND THE COMMUNITY IS NOT AWARE, THEN WE GET YELLED AT FOR THE COMMUNITY NOT KNOWING ABOUT THEM. SO I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT ON THAT NOTION. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MBE RIGHT NOW IT READS THE ADMINISTRATION TO APPEAR AND PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON PUBLIC COMMUNICATION, WHICH INCLUDES THE FINDINGS FROM THE FOUR COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS AND THE PUBLIC SURVEY. MAYBE STAFF OR MS. MCLEAN COULD ACTUALLY MAKE A SUGGESTION TO% COUNCIL AS TO HOW IT SHOULD READ ON THE CALENDAR JUST FOR PUBLIC NOTICE AND CLARITY, FRANKLY. MAYBE REFERENCE THE DEPARTMENT, MAYBE REFERENCE THE PROJECTS THAT ARE CONTEMPLATED. >>JAN MCLEAN: OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY. I WOULD DEFINITELY SUGGEST THAT WE INCLUDE THERE PROPOSED PROJECTS, INCORPORATING THE USE OF THE CITY'S RECLAIMED WATER, AND CONSIDERATION, FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THE ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS AND THE REPORTS THERETO. SO THAT YOU HAVE A BETTER NOTICE OF WHAT -- WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT'S WHAT THE ITEM WAS ON THAT DATE. THAT'S ALL THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY THAT ONE IS. SO IF THAT'S AMENABLE TO THE COUNCIL, I THINK THAT WOULD GIVE THE PUBLIC AND THE COUNCIL A BETTER IDENTIFICATION OF WHAT YOU ARE COMING BACK HERE TO HEAR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AND MORE IMPORTANTLY BY THAT TIME YOU AND THE REST OF US SHOULD KNOW WHAT TALLAHASSEE HAS DECIDED THROUGH THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH REGARDING WHAT WE HAVE TO DO AND A TIMETABLE BY NOVEMBER 1st, AND ALL THE WAY OUT, SO THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS WHY ALL THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. >>JAN MCLEAN: YES, SIR. WE SHOULD HAVE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THAT BY THEN. YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WOULD YOU LIKE A MOTION ON THAT? >>MARTIN SHELBY: IT COULD BE BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT BASED ON MS. MCLEAN'S REPRESENTATIONS. @DOES L INFORMATION? WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE SOMETHING IN WRITING TO BE ABLE TO -- >>THE CLERK: SOMETHING IN WRITING WOULD BE GREAT. THAT WAY WE COULD HAVE THE CURRENT WORDING AND REFLECT IN THE CALENDAR THAT WE PUT OUT BEFORE THE NEXT AGENDA MEETING. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I'LL WORK WITH MS. MCLEAN AND PROVIDE THAT TO THE CLERK. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION BY CITRO, SECOND BY MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? APPROVED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT. ALL RIGHT, GENTLEMEN, WE STAND ADJOURNED TILL 1:30. [SOUNDING GAVEL]