CITY OF TAMPA. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: TAMPA CITY. GOOD MORNING. I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME OUR NEWEST COUNCILWOMAN, NAYA YOUNG. [ APPLAUSE ] I ALREADY TOLD HER SHE CAN ONLY BE THE SECOND PRETTIEST PERSON ON COUNCIL BEHIND ME. SHE HAS THE BAR SET. COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THE INVOCATION? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HAVE YOU HAD YOUR EYES CHECKED LATELY? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. IT IS MY PLEASURE TODAY TO INTRODUCE JASON SOWELL. FOUNDER AND CEO OF CURRENT INITIATIVES, ALSO ONE OF THE CHAPLAINS FOR THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT. HE HAS WORKED IN THE PASTORAL MINISTRY IN THE NONPROFIT SECTOR IN TAMPA MORE THAN 20 YEARS. AS CHURCH PASTOR, LAW ENFORCEMENT CHAPLAIN AND NONPROFIT FOUNDER. HE LED TAMPA-BASED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CURRENT INITIATE SINCE 2008 WITH A MISSION OF HOPE TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE HOPE FOR HOMES PROJECT AND AFFORDABLE CHRISTMAS INITIATIVE. HE'S BEEN SERVING AS CHAPLAIN IN THE CITY OF TAMPA SINCE 2016. MR. SOWELL, PLEASE RISE FOR THE PRAYER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AFTER THE PRAYER, I'M SORRY. AFTER THE PRAYER. MY MISTAKE. >> QUICKLY, TOO, CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME TO THE COUNCIL. LET'S BOW OUR HEADS TOGETHER. HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR A BEAUTIFUL DAY THAT WE CAN LIVE AND REPRESENT THIS GREAT CITY. THANK YOU FOR THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT LEAD US. WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM WISDOM AND STRENGTH AS THEY LEAD US FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY AND REPRESENT OUR CITIZENS, OUR COMMUNITIES WELL. MAY WE BE A CITY OF HOPE AND PEACE AND JUSTICE AND AN EXAMPLE TO THE REST OF OUR COUNTRY OF WHAT IT MEANS TO LOOK TO THE FUTURE AND LEAD WELL AND REPRESENT WELL. WE THANK YOU FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR OFFICER OF THE MONTH AND HOW THEY SERVE US AND PROTECT US. AND WE ASK YOUR WISDOM AND BLESSING ON THEM AS THEY SACRIFICE EVERY DAY TO PROTECT AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES. WE LOVE YOU. THANK YOU FOR LOVING US FOR WHO WE ARE. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THIS PLACE TO CALL HOME. IN JESUS NAME WE ASK THESE THINGS. AMEN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, WOULD YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE? [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] VERY GOOD. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE. >> HURTAK? YOUNG? >>NAYA YOUNG: HERE. >>LUIS VIERA: HERE. >>BILL CARLSON: HERE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE. >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A QUORUM. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK IS IN THE BUILDING. SHE HAD SOME WORK TO ACCOMPLISH. THAT'S WHY I HELD THE MEETING FOR A LITTLE BIT. SHE SHOULD BE ENTERING ANY MOMENT. SHE'S BACK IN HER OFFICE. I WOULD LIKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 23, 2025 AND WORKSHOP AND EVENING SESSIONS HELD OCTOBER 30, 2025. MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT WITH COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK VOTING AYE AS WELL. LET'S GO TO THE AGENDA REVIEW. WE HAD A MEMO THAT ITEM NUMBER 19 IS BEING REMOVED BECAUSE IT WAS A DUPLICATION. MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO TO REMOVE 19, ASK HE HAD FROM MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. MEMO FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK TO PULL ITEMS 23 AND 26 FOR DISCUSSION. >>LYNN HURTAK: I WOULD LIKE THE ITEMS TO BE HEARD TOGETHER, PLEASE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION TO PULL FOR DISCUSSION AND HEARD TOGETHER FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. WE NEED TO HAVE A MOTION TO PULL ITEM 25 FOR DISCUSSION AND HEAR IT WITH STAFF REPORT 63. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU. STAFF REPORTS, UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING ELSE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? THERE IS NO ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE STILL, CHIEF? STILL NO ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE. 58, DO WE NEED STAFF? GIVE YOU A MINUTE TO LOOK. >>LYNN HURTAK: I'M GOOD WITH THIS, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK -- I MEAN, I GOT A BRIEFING ON THIS. I'M SURE OTHER PEOPLE DID, TOO. I'VE TOLD THEM I REALLY WANT AN UPDATE AFTER A YEAR. LIKE, WHAT ARE WE GAINING FROM THIS? LIKE, IS IT WORKING? I WAS TOLD IF IT'S NOT WORKING, WE DON'T HAVE TO CONTINUE WITH IT. SO EXPECT A MOTION ABOUT THAT LATER. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VERY GOOD. SO NO STAFF FOR 58. 59? NO STAFF FOR 59. 60. NO STAFF FOR 60. 61? >>LUIS VIERA: I'M FINE WITH CHIEF BERCAW'S WRITTEN REPORT ON IT. I'M GOING TO HAVE SOME FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH HIM ON THE ISSUE OF -- I DON'T THINK YOU CAN CALL IT A SUBSTATION, BUT SOME SORT OF PHYSICAL PRESENCE IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF NEW TAMPA. I THINK WE NEED IT OUT THERE AND EVERYTHING. BUT FOR PURPOSES OF TIME, I'M GOING TO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE LATER. HE AND I ARE HAVING A MEETING ON IT. I'LL ACCEPT THE WRITTEN REPORT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ONE ELECTION IN NEW YORK AND NOW YOU ARE THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF TAMPA. NO STAFF ON 61. 62. >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR. 62 YES ABSOLUTELY. ERIC KAISER IS COMING FOR THAT REPORT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM HIM. HE IS A FINE YOUNG MAN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OKAY. WE ALREADY DISCUSSED 63. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE STAFF AND HEAR ITEM 23 WITH THAT -- I'M SORRY 25. 64? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. REALLY, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT A YEAR. IT WILL TAKE ONE OR TWO MINUTES. I WOULD SAY YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: STAFF FOR 64. >>LYNN HURTAK: I TALKED TO ABBYE ABOUT THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATES. SINCE WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT SHE'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME TO US UNTIL FEBRUARY, AFTER WE HAVE DONE THE COMP PLAN, SHE'S ASKING TO HOLD THESE TO START AGAIN IN THE NEW YEAR. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I HEARD A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO TO CONTINUE ITEM 65 TO JANUARY 20, 2026. SECOND -- JANUARY -- GOSH. WHAT IS WITH MY READING? I NEED TO PUT THE GLASSES ON. JANUARY 8, 2026. SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. 66. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. ALL IN FAVOR AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. I MISSED ONE. I NEED TO -- WE NEED TO REMOVE OR CONTINUE -- I HAD CONFLICTING INFORMATION ON 28. >>LYNN HURTAK: SO MOVED. MOVE NUMBER 28, FILE DEO 25-1697. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK TO REMOVE ITEM 28. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. MR. SHELBY? >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, SOME INFORMATION VERY RECENTLY HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT WILL CAUSE AN ISSUE WITH COUNCIL TAKING ACTION TODAY ON NUMBER 2, THE APPOINTMENT TO THE HILLSBOROUGH CITY-COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION. WE CAN TAKE IT UP WHEN THAT ITEM IS UP. WHAT I'M GOING TO SUGGEST, THOSE WHO ARE HERE TO SPEAK TO IT, CAN SPEAK TO IT. I BELIEVE AFTER TALKING TO THE CLERK, IT WILL ULTIMATELY HAVE TO BE CONTINUED TO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING. BUT I CAN TALK ABOUT IT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHY DON'T WE TALK ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW? >>MARTIN SHELBY: RIGHT NOW? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE HERE -- >>MARTIN SHELBY: WELL, THERE ARE SOME ISSUES THAT ARE NOT RESOLVED WITH REGARD TO CITY RESIDENCY, WHICH ISN'T REFLECTED IN THE APPLICATIONS NECESSARILY. AND THERE ARE ALSO SOME ISSUES WITH REGARD TO NOT HAVING COMPLETED THE BACKGROUND CHECKS, WHICH ARE REQUIRED FOR ALL APPLICANTS FOR ALL POSITIONS IN THE CITY. SO WHEREAS THE QUESTION IS WHETHER COUNCIL WOULD MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO SOMEBODY WHO HAS YET TO HAVE COMPLETED THE BACKGROUND CHECK. I NEED TO WORK THROUGH THAT BECAUSE ON YOUR MEMO THAT YOU RECEIVED FROM THE CLERK'S OFFICE, THERE IS AN ISSUE THAT SAYS PENDING, BUT IT HAS -- IT GOES FURTHER THAN THAT. THERE IS A REASON WHY WE DO THOSE NOW AS A MATTER OF COURSE FOR ALL POSITIONS AND WHETHER IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT YOU EVEN HAVE THEM ON THE BALLOT AT THIS POINT WITHOUT THE BACKGROUND CHECK BEING COMPLETED. I WOULD LIKE TO RESOLVE THAT. THE THIRD THING ON THE MEMO IS IT SHOWS MR. KUGLER'S APPOINTMENT CONTINUES THROUGH 2029. THAT RIGHT NOW IS INCORRECT. MR. KUGLER'S APPOINTMENT ACTUALLY, FROM COUNCIL'S MOTION, EXPIRED ON THE 30th OF SEPTEMBER. AND COUNCIL HAS NOT TAKEN ACTION FOR HIS NEXT TERM AND THAT WILL BE COMING TO YOU ON THE NEXT REGULAR AGENDA. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT ISSUE IS NOT GERMANE TO THE AGENDA FOR TODAY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IT VERY WELL MIGHT BE BECAUSE WHAT YOU HAVE IS YOU HAVE TEN APPLICANTS FOR ONE POSITION. OR YOU HAVE SEVEN APPLICANTS FOR ONE POSITION, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE DETERMINATION IS GOING TO BE AS TO GOING FORWARD WITH SOMEBODY WHO DOES NOT HAVE BACKGROUND CHECK DONE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I GET THAT PART. THE KUGLER PART. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE KUGLER PART IS THAT COUNCIL HAS NOT TAKEN ACTION ON THAT APPOINTMENT SPECIFICALLY. SO THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THAT IF COUNCIL -- I'M NOT SAYING TO SAY ANYTHING PERSONAL TO MR. KUGLER AND HIS ABILITIES, BUT YOU HAVE TEN APPLICANTS OR SEVEN APPLICANTS FOR ONE POSITION NOW. AND IF FOR WHATEVER REASON YOU NEED TO HAVE APPLICANTS FOR THAT POSITION, THOSE APPLICANTS ARE ALREADY PENDING. I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THE ISSUE. THERE IS A LONG STORY BEHIND MR. KUGLER, A BREAKDOWN OF COMMUNICATION WITH REGARDING GETTING THE PLANNING COMMISSION THE RESOLUTION IN A TIMELY FASHION. AND THAT'S ANOTHER DISCUSSION THAT WE CAN HAVE, PREFERABLY OFF THE RECORD. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BASED ON THE ADVICE FROM COUNSEL TO CONTINUE ITEM 2 TO A DATE TO BE DETERMINED. >>MARTIN SHELBY: HERE'S WHAT I'M SUGGESTING, COUNCIL, IF WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO DO IS HAVE PEOPLE HERE TO SPEAK TO IT, YOU CAN HEAR THEM AND HAVE THEM BE INTERVIEWED. THEY HAVE TAKEN THE TIME TO DO THAT. YOU CAN TAKE PERSONAL NOTES. AS LONG AS YOU DON'T SHARE THEM OR DISTRIBUTE THEM, THEY ARE YOUR PERSONAL NOTES TO REFRESH YOUR RECOLLECTION WHEN THE TIME COMES WHEN IT COMES BACK ON THE AGENDA SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO IF THEY DON'T CHOOSE TO COME BACK AT A LATER DATE WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO ACTUALLY BE TAKING ACTION. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE MOTION WOULD BE TO CONTINUE ITEM 2 TO A DATE TO BE DETERMINED AND ALLOW APPLICANTS THAT ARE PRESENT HERE TODAY PREPARED TO SPEAK TO SPEAK WITH THOSE CAVEATS ABOUT NOT SHARING NOTES. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU CAN'T GIVE COUNCIL TOO MANY OPTIONS. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE OTHER OPTION IS TO CONTINUE IT TO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING. THEN I'LL HAVE A WEEK TO BE ABLE TO GET EVERYTHING SQUARED AWAY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WILL THE BACKGROUND CHECKS BE DONE -- >>MARTIN SHELBY: WITHIN TWO WEEKS WE'LL KNOW. >>BILL CARLSON: I MOVE TO CONTINUE TO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: AND ALLOW THE APPLICANTS TO SPEAK TODAY? COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: HOW MANY APPLICANTS -- IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON THAT, IF YOU ARE AN APPLICANT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. I SEE FOUR HANDS. DO WE WANT TO ASK THEM IF THEY WOULD RATHER COME BACK OR SPEAK TODAY? >>MARTIN SHELBY: YOU CAN GIVE THEM THE OPTION. >>LYNN HURTAK: HOW MANY OF YOU -- OF THOSE FOUR, HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD PREFER TO SPEAK TODAY? I HAVE ONE. HOW MANY WOULD PREFER TO COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS? BUT TWO WEEKS IS TRICKY BECAUSE WE'RE NOT STARTING UNTIL 11. I HAVE ONE THAT WANTS TO COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: AND TWO THAT DON'T CARE. >>LYNN HURTAK: TWO ARE LIKE, WHATEVER. WHAT SAY YOU ALL? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SINCE IT'S NOT UNANIMOUS, I SAY -- IN DEFERENCE, SINCE IT IS JUST THE ONE FOR TODAY, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE EVERYBODY AT THE SAME TIME FOR EQUITABLE TREATMENT, HAVE EVERYBODY COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS AND DO IT AT THE SAME TIME. >>LYNN HURTAK: OR ALLOW FOLKS WHO CAME TODAY AND CANNOT MAKE IT IN TWO WEEKS TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO US VIRTUALLY. THAT'S ALWAYS AN OPTION. EVEN IF IT IS SOMETHING WE WOULD BE THE NORMALLY DO, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GIVE FOLKS THE OPPORTUNITY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO -- AND I KNOW I WILL FAIL. I'M TRYING TO MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY AND INFORMED. I HAVE TO SHARE THIS BECAUSE THE LATE HOUR THAT I LEARNED ALL THIS INFORMATION, I HAVE NOT INFORMED THIS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF. IF THEY ARE WATCHING, THEY ARE GOING TO BE LEARNING THIS NOW AS THEY HEAR IT. I APOLOGIZE TO THEM SINCERELY. WITH THE 11:00 START -- THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME, COUNCILWOMAN, I DID NOT RECALL THAT -- IF YOU WANT TO DO IT AT THE MEETING IN DECEMBER, WE CAN DO IT THEN. >>LYNN HURTAK: NO, LET'S GET IT DONE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON, SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING. >>LYNN HURTAK: NOVEMBER 20 THAT STARTS AT 11 A.M., 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: APPLICANTS WILL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY. THEN WE WILL CONTINUE THE PROCESS, HOPEFULLY HAVE A DECISIVE ANSWER AS TO THE APPLICANTS WHO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE ENTIRE APPLICATION PROCESS. WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>MARTIN SHELBY: AS TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY, ARE YOU STILL ALLOWING THAT? NO. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: EQUITABLE TREATMENT. EVERYBODY AT THE SAME TIME. >>MARTIN SHELBY: FOR THOSE PEOPLE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 2, IT HAS BEEN CONTINUED. >>BILL CARLSON: MARTY, WE HAVE THE SECOND POSITION THAT WILL BE REVIEWED AT THE SAME TIME. IF THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT APPLIED, WILL WE STILL CONTINUE TO TAKE APPLICATIONS AS WE HAVE ANOTHER SEAT OPEN? >>MARTIN SHELBY: THOSE ARE THINGS -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: LET'S TAKE THAT OFF-LINE. >>BILL CARLSON: IN CASE ANYBODY IS WATCHING, IF THEY HAVEN'T APPLIED YET -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE'RE NOT DOING THAT ONE TODAY. PLANNING COMMISSION WE'RE NOT DOING TODAY. WE ARE NOW GOING TO DO THE COMMENDATION OF THE POLICE OFFICER OF THE MONTH. COUNCILMAN VIERA. WE'LL SEE YOU GUYS IN TWO WEEKS. >>LUIS VIERA: IT IS OUR GREAT PLEASURE AS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL TO GIVE THE OFFICER OF THE MONTH TO MASTER POLICE OFFICER GRAYSON BETTER WHO IS HERE. LIKE I ALWAYS SAY, WE ALWAYS DO THIS TO REFLECT THE VALUES OF THE TAMPA COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE THAT ALWAYS SUPPORTS OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, BOTH OUR POLICE OFFICERS AS WELL AS OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND THE WORK THEY DO. THIS IS A VERY, VERY SMALL TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION TO THE AMAZING WORK THE COPS DO IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. TO SPOKE ABOUT THIS VERY, VERY WORTHY HONOREE, WE HAVE CHIEF BERCAW TO SPEAK. >>CHIEF BERCAW: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. GOOD MORNING TO OUR NEWEST COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG. THIS IS MORE THAN A SMALL TOKEN. THE OFFICERS APPRECIATE YOU ALL RECOGNIZING OUR OFFICER OF THE MONTH. THE ONE STORY YOU'LL HEAR TODAY, THIS IS LITERALLY FROM A TV SHOW. THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT OFFICER BETTER IS AMAZING. WE PROUDLY RECOGNIZE MASTER POLICE OFFICER GRAYSON BETTER AS OUR OFFICER OF THE MONTH FOR NOVEMBER 2025. HE HAS SERVED THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR 15 YEARS, AND HE'S CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO THE FUGITIVE APPREHENSION UNIT AND FEDERALLY SWORN AS SPECIAL DEPUTY U.S. MARSHAL WITH THE U.S. MARSHAL FLORIDA REGIONAL FUGITIVE TASK FORCE. THEY NEED AN ACRONYM FOR THAT. HE'S DEDICATED 23 YEARS TO THE U.S. COAST GUARD WHERE HE SERVES WITH THE U.S. COAST GUARD INVESTIGATIVE SERVICE AS INVESTIGATOR FIRST CLASS. THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, HE HAS EARNED THE REPUTATION FOR HIS RELENTLESS WORK ETHIC, TEAMWORK AND SKILL IN SOLVING COMPLEX CASES. HIS DEDICATION HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE CAPTURE OF MORE THAN 3,000 FUGITIVES HELPING MAKE OUR COMMUNITY SAFER. THAT'S AN AMAZING AMOUNT. SOME SPECIFIC CASES I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, DURING THE PAST MONTH, MPO VETTER HAS APPREHENDED NUMEROUS FUGITIVES WHO WERE WANTED FOR VIOLENT FELONIES. RECENTLY, HE COORDINATED WITH THE NEW JERSEY TASK FORCE AND TAMPA PORT SECURITY TO ARREST A SUSPECT WANTED FOR FELON AND POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AND SALE OF COCAINE ABOARD A CRUISE SHIP DOCK AT THE TAMPA PORT. HE ALSO LED THE INTERNATIONAL EFFORT TO LOCATE AND RETURN A FUGITIVE WHO WAS WANTED FOR DUI MANSLAUGHTER AND VEHICULAR HOMICIDE WHO HAD FLED TO COLOMBIA. HIS PROFESSIONALISM, INTEGRITY AND DEDICATION TO SERVICE REPRESENT THE VALUES DEFINED IN TAMPA, AND HE IS CLEARLY MAKING OUR COMMUNITY SAFER WITH ALL THE EFFORTS THAT HE'S DONE OUT THERE TO ARREST THESE VIOLENT FUGITIVES. SO FOR THAT, HE IS BEING HONORED AS OUR OFFICER OF THE MONTH. CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] >>LUIS VIERA: OFFICER, YOU HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS HERE WHO WILL COME FORWARD TO HONOR YOU FROM THE COMMUNITY. STARTING WITH THE PBA. >> BRANDON BARCLAY, TAMPA PBA. GREAT JOB AS ALWAYS. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MARY LOU BAILEY. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF ZOO TAMPA. >> I'M MARK HANEY, CHIEF EXTERNAL RELATIONS OFFICER AT THE ZOO. >> WE'RE VERY HONORED TO HONOR YOU. WE HAVE PREPARED FOR YOU AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP TO THE ZOO AS A GIFT. THIS IS MY LETTER. >> WE HAVE A FLORIDA PANTHER, WHICH IS ALSO A GREAT HUNTER. THIS IS THE MEMBERSHIP FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. >> VERY IMPRESSIVE STORY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DILIGENCE AND I GUESS RELENTLESSNESS. IS THAT THE RIGHT WORD, CHIEF? THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY WHO SERVES. YOU GUYS ARE ALL AWESOME AND OUR HEROS. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. GOOD MORNING, OFFICER VETTER. GRACE GONZALEZ, BEHALF OF THE GONZMART FAMILY AND 1905 FAMILY OF RESTAURANTS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE IN TAMPA FOR OVER 15 YEARS. WE'VE BEEN HERE OVER 120. WE HOPE YOU ENJOY A NIGHT OUT WITH YOUR FAMILY. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. WE'RE SO HAPPY THAT YOU ARE HERE. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >>ALAN CLENDENIN: JUST REMEMBER, ARCHIVAL PURPOSES, IF YOU JUST KIND OF POINT THIS WAY SO YOUR VOICE IS PROJECTED TOWARD THE MICROPHONE AND THE DAIS SO EVERYBODY AT HOME CAN HEAR YOU AND WHAT ORGANIZATIONS YOU REPRESENT. >> I PROMISE TO PROJECT. GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL, WELCOME, COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG. JILL WITECKI FROM TAMPA THEATRE. I AM TALKING OVER MY SHOULDER TO THE OFFICER OF THE MONTH. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO IN THE COMMUNITY. WE WOULD LOVE TO GIVE YOU AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP TO THE HISTORIC TAMPA THEATRE AS WELL TO SEE YOU THERE FOR SOME SHOWS IN THE NEXT YEAR. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING. MARY DILLON FROM STRAZ CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. ON BEHALF OF STRAZ WE WANTED TO OFFER TWO TICKETS TO UPCOMING PERFORMANCE, BEVERAGE COUPONS IN THERE AS WELL, HOPE YOU ENJOY IT ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER GIFTS YOU RECEIVE, MAYBE COMBINE A REALLY NICE EVENING FOR YOUR FAMILY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. MR. CHAIR. CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME, COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG. VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU AND LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING YOU. CHIEF, OFFICER VETTER, BRIAN FORD WITH THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS. VERY EXCITED. YOUR STORY IS AMAZING. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE GLAZER FAMILY AND OUR ENTIRE ORGANIZATION TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, FOR YOUR SACRIFICE, YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR STORY IS REMARKABLE. AT 1 BUCCANEER PLACE, WE HAVE A TRADITION, ANYBODY THAT GOES OVER AND ABOVE GETS A GAME BALL. I'M HERE TO PRESENT YOU YOUR VERY OWN GAME BALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. MIKE McARTHUR, STEPP'S TOWING SERVICE. START OFF WITH LEO FROM BILL CURRIE FORD. APOLOGIZES HE COULDN'T BE HERE. HE PUT TOGETHER A NICE BAG AND LETTER FROM JENNIFER CURRY HERSELF. SHAMELESS PLUG, IF YOU NEED YOUR CAR TOWED TO BILL CURRIE FORD -- [ LAUGHTER ] ALL SERIOUSNESS, I AM A FATHER OF A -- THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND EVERYTHING YOU DO AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY. TODD STEPP'S AND STEPP'S TOWING, $100 GIFT CARD FOR DINNER, NIGHT OUT ON THE TOWN FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. CONGRATULATIONS COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE, OFFICER VETTER. MARYBETH WILLIAMS HERE WITH THE FRIENDS OF THE TAMPA RIVERWALK TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY. ON BEHALF OF FRIENDS OF THE RIVERWALK, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT WITH YOU A RIVERWALK PAVER, WHICH WILL BE ENGRAVED FROM THE FUTURE. WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN IT IS ENGRAVED. IN ADDITION, A COUPLE OF OTHER GOODIES. THERE IS A LOT. GIFT CERTIFICATE FROM FLORIDA AVENUE BREWING FOR $200. A GIFT CERTIFICATE FROM SPLITSVILLE FOR AN ADULT'S NIGHT OUT. AND THEN IN HERE, WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT ITEMS. TWO PIRATE WATER TAXIS, TWO LOST PEARL ADMISSIONS, DINNER OF TWO ABOARD YACHT STAR SHIP. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING. STEVE MICHELINI. I'M IN THE CENTER AND FACING COUNCIL. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU KNOW THE RULE. >> I KNOW THE RULES. FOLLOWING THE DRILL HERE. I HAVE A SUGGESTION, THOUGH. THE FOOTBALLS HAVE TRACKING MECHANISMS IN THEM ON GAME DAY. I THINK MAYBE IF YOU GIVE OUT THE TRACKING MECHANISMS TO HIM, HE'LL HAVE AN EASIER TIME FINDING THOSE FUGITIVES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: TRYING TO PUT OUR POLICE OUT OF WORK? >>STEVE MICHELINI: NO. JUST MAKING HIS JOB EASIER. ON BEHALF OF JACKSON BISTRO WE'RE PROVIDING YOU WITH HUNDRED DOLLAR GIFT CERTIFICATE. ENJOY YOURSELF. THERE IS YOUR CERTIFICATE THERE. ON BEHALF OF YUMMY HOUSE CHINA BISTRO -- I ALWAYS SAY THIS, THE CHIEF WANTS TO GO WITH YOU -- YOU CAN GO OVER THERE FOR LUNCH. APPARENTLY THERE WAS AN INCIDENT THERE THAT POLICE INTERVENED IN AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THEIR ASSISTANCE. BEHALF OF MEAT MARKET IN OLD HYDE PARK, PROVIDING YOU WITH A GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR LUNCH OR DINNER. ON BEHALF OF THE CICCIO RESTAURANT GROUP, PROVIDING WITH YOU A GIFT CERTIFICATE. AGAIN, ENJOY YOURSELF. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] >>LUIS VIERA: ON BEHALF OF A VERY GRATEFUL CITY OF TAMPA, TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S RELEVANT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR FAMILY, THAT YOU HAVE FOLKS WHO SERVED AS POLICE OFFICERS BEFORE YOU IN THE COAST GUARD, THAT'S SOMETHING WE FIND WITH A LOT OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS, FAMILY TRADITION. NUMBER TWO, A LOT OF MILITARY. LIKE METHODISTS, MR. BY TEARIANS EPISCOPALIANS THEY ALL GO TOGETHER. WE GIVE YOU THE CITY COMMENDATION. WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. >> FIRST OFF, THIS IS HUMBLING ALL THIS STUFF. WE DON'T DO IT FOR THIS STUFF, BUT I WANT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. THANK CHIEF BERCAW, COMMAND STAFF, MY CHAIN OF COMMAND AT 411. MOST IMPORTANTLY IS THE GUYS STANDING BEHIND ME AND THOSE WHO COULDN'T MAKE IT HERE. TASK FORCE, IT IS A TEAM EFFORT. WE COULDN'T DO THIS STUFF BY OURSELVES. I THINK THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART. ALL THOSE GUYS BEHIND ME AND COULDN'T MAKE IT. THANKS TO THEM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: I JUST WANT TO MENTION A COUPLE OF THINGS REAL FAST. ONE, I GOT TO MEET THE OFFICER AND THANK HIM BEFORE. HE IS WEARING A PIN, I WON'T SAY WHAT CITY, IT'S IN COMMEMORATION OF HIS FATHER A FORMER POLICE CHIEF. >> GRANDFATHER. >>BILL CARLSON: IT IS A FAMILY TRADITION. HIS FAMILY IS IN THE BACK PROBABLY BECAUSE OF THE WORK HE DOES, THEY ARE NOT FRONT AND CENTER. HE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE THANK THEM FOR THE SUPPORT. AS HE SAID, THE FOLKS ALONG THE WALL, SOME OF THEM CAN'T COME UP FRONT ON CAMERA, BUT THE FOLKS ALONG THE WALL, KNOWING THAT THEY ARE HERE AND KNOWING THAT PEOPLE LIKE THAT ARE IN THIS COMMUNITY I THINK SHOULD ALL MAKE US FEEL SAFER. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ONE, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY OF TAMPA. I THINK ONE THING I'M MOST PROUD OF, I THINK YOU KNOW THAT THIS COUNCIL IS 100% BEHIND YOU AND YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS THAT WEAR THE BADGE. WE SUPPORT OUR POLICE OFFICERS. WE UNDERSTAND THE SAFETY AND OUR SECURITY DOESN'T COME -- IT'S NOT AN ACCIDENT. IT'S DUTIFUL BASED ON WHAT YOU ALL DO EVERY DAY TO KEEP OURSELVES AND OUR FAMILIES SAFE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND CONTINUE TO DO FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA. ENJOY ALL THOSE NIGHTS OUT ON THE TOWN. SOME OF MY FAVORITE PLACES TO GO. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] WE'LL GIVE A FEW MINUTES FOR THE ROOM TO SHIFT. COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WANT TO SAY WELCOME TO COUNCIL MEMBER YOUNG. I SEE YOUR WONDERFUL GRANDMOTHER IN THE AUDIENCE, LENA YOUNG GREEN WHO I GOT TO MEET WHEN I FIRST STARTED HERE, FIGHTING TBX AND A LOT OF THINGS IN TAMPA HEIGHTS. AND ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU DO, THANK YOU. >>BILL CARLSON: HER HUSBAND IS THERE TOO. SAY HI TO HIM. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HI, MOM. VERY GOOD. HI CAIRO. HOW ARE YOU DOING, BUDDY? MY WORK DOG BACK THERE. WE'VE CONTINUED ITEM 2. WE'RE MOVING TO ITEM 3, WHICH IS APPROVING -- CONFIRMING THE APPOINTMENT BY THE MAYOR OF WILLIAM BABCOCK, ALTERNATE, AS A MEMBER OF THE ARC FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE THREE-YEAR TERM COMMENCING NOVEMBER 6 AND ENDING FEBRUARY 1, 2026. >>LYNN HURTAK: WE NEED TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST BECAUSE SOMEONE MAY WANT TO SPEAK ON IT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NOW I KNOW WE HAVE TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE I HAVE CARDS IN MY HAND. THANK YOU. MR. SHELBY, YOU ARE ON. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY, HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU BRIEFLY ABOUT THE RULES OF DECORUM FOR THE CONDUCT OF TODAY'S MEETING. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AND PLACE IT IN THE BOX OUTSIDE. ONE CARD PER SPEAKER. CARDS ARE ACCEPTED UNTIL THE START OF GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. EACH PERSON SUBMITTING A CARD WILL BE RECOGNIZED BY NAME TO APPROACH AND SPEAK. NAMES THAT CANNOT BE READ WILL NOT BE CALLED. PLEASE PRINT LEGIBLY. IF YOU NEED TO SPEAK AT A PUBLIC HEARING AND YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT IS SET FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE AGENDA, YOU WILL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY WHEN THE ITEM IS HEARD LATER IN THE AGENDA. NO PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN DURING STAFF REPORTS. THE TIME TO SPEAK ABOUT THOSE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND THE STAFF REPORTS IS NOW DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. A THREE-MINUTE TIME LIMIT APPLIES TO ALL SPEAKERS. SPEAKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALSO REMINDED THEY ARE TO REFRAIN FROM DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING MAKING VULGAR OR THREATENING REMARKS OR MAKING OR CAUSING DISRUPTIVE NOISES OR SOUNDS OR DISPLAYING SIGNS OR GRAPHICS. THE CHAIR WILL RULE OUT OF ORDER ANY PERSON WHO SPEAKS WITHOUT BEING RECOGNIZED OR ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS COUNCIL FROM OUTSIDE THE SPEAKER AREA AT THE PODIUM. PERSONS FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE COUNCIL RULES MAY ALSO BE RULED OUT OF ORDER AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE CHAMBERS FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY'S MEETING. FINALLY, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD REFRAIN FROM ENGAGING A SPEAKER UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE AWARE THAT CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT TAKE QUESTIONS OR HAVE A DIALOGUE DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS YOUR POSITION TO THE CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WAS CONSULTING ON THE NAME BECAUSE I COULDN'T READ IT. IS IT ALYSSA DATE? ALISON DATE? NOT HERE. OKAY. SORRY. >> THAT'S ALL RIGHT. I NEED TO WRITE MORE CLEARLY. I WANTED TO PUT THIS ON. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THERE IS A WHEEL ON THE TOP OF THE APPARATUS ON THE VERY, VERY TOP. >> MY NAME IS ALISON DATE. I'M WITH TAMPA TREE ADVOCACY GROUP. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE TREE TRUST FUND, ITEM 63 AND I GUESS 25. SOMEHOW THAT GOT IN THERE, TOO. FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED FOR THEIR -- INVOLVED WITH THIS TREE FUND FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND WITH THE LIMITED FUNDING AND PERSONNEL THAT THEY HAVE. PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW THE NEW TRUST FUND TO BE CHANGED OR HAVE MONEY DISBURSED UNTIL ALL THE INFORMATION FOR THE CITY'S REPORT IS PROVIDED AND CAN BE ANALYZED. WE THINK SOME ASPECTS OF THE USE OF THE TREE FUND AND MANAGEMENT PLAN ARE NOT BEING FOLLOWED. AND AS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THAT DOCUMENT SAID, IF THIS PLAN IS NOT FOLLOWED, IT WILL NOT WORK, AND IT IS NOT WORKING. NOW IS THE TIME TO TRY AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO HOW THE REST OF THE TREE FUND WILL BE USED. CLEAR OVERSIGHT OF THE REMAINING TREE FUNDS NEEDS TO BE ESTABLISHED. THE CITY WAS SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE A DETAILED ANNUAL REPORT THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THE INFORMATION NOW REQUESTED BY CITY COUNCIL AND THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED. CONSEQUENTLY, THE OLD TREE FUND WAS USED WITH MINIMUM OVERSIGHT. THIS IS THE CITY'S FIRST REQUEST FOR PAYMENT FROM THE NEW TREE FUND, AND IT REQUIRES THAT THE MONEY REMAIN IN THE DISTRICT IT CAME FROM. THE CITY HAS SAID THAT THEY FIND THIS TOO CUMBERSOME, BUT WE DISAGREE, AND FEEL THAT THE ACCOUNTING FOR THIS REQUEST IS UNCLEAR. REPORTING WHAT TYPE OF TREE AS WELL AS WHERE, WHEN, AND HOW IT IS PLANTED IS VITAL FOR MAINTAINING ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE REMAINING TREE FUND MONEY. TAMPA HAS NOT STOPPED LOSING ITS GRAND LIVE OAKS, ITS KEYSTONE SPECIES, AND NOW THERE IS LESS SPACE FOR THE LARGER TREES WHOSE LOSS CREATED THIS FUND. PLANTING TYPE ONE NATIVE TREES SHOULD BE A PRIORITY. THE CITY SAYS THEY AGREE, BUT THEIR ACTIONS DON'T SHOW IT. INSTEAD, THIS PROJECT IS A BLATANT EXAMPLE OF OVERPLANTING NON-NATIVE TYPE 3 TREES WITH THE TREE FUND OF THE 275 TREES PLANTED AT THE TWO LOCATIONS, ONLY 36 OR 13 PERCENT WERE TYPE ONE. PLANTING NATIVE TYPE ONE TREES INSTEAD OF SMALLER NON-NATIVE TREES NEEDS TO BE A PRIORITY FOR THE USE OF THE TREE FUND. NONE OF THE CITY TREE PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS MENTION THIS. THERE IS A NEED TO ACTUALLY SEEK OUT, SET ASIDE SPACE FOR THE LARGER TREES AND REQUEST -- AND THE REQUESTED REPORT WILL HELP TO OVERSEE THAT IS HAPPENING, MEANWHILE, PLEASE VOTE NO. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: APPRECIATE THAT. NEXT SPEAKER IS RICHARD RIVAS FOLLOWED BY STEVE MICHELINI. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS RICHARD REVAS. I'M A FORMER MAGISTRATE WITH THE CITY FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 55. WHAT WE HAD WAS A UNIQUE SITUATION WHERE AN EVERYDAY CITIZEN WHO HAD A VIOLATION WAS ABLE TO HEAR THE CASE, LISTEN TO ALL THE ISSUES AND FIND A SOLUTION BEST SUITED TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE, LEVY A FINE. THAT FINE WAS BASED ON ALL INFORMATION THAT WAS ASCERTAINED DURING THAT MEETING. WE NOW HAVE A SITUATION WHERE THE MAGISTRATE IS SOMEONE BEING PAID BY THE CITY WHO IS LEVYING FINES DICTATED BY THE CITY AND THEY ARE NOT -- THERE'S NO EMPATHY WITH THAT MAGISTRATE. WHAT -- THIS HAS BECOME A ONE-SIDED JUDGE, JURY AND EXECUTIONER. WITH THE NEW PROCESS, IT'S PREDOMINANTLY GOING TO AFFECT LOW-INCOME CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA. BECAUSE FINES ARE BEING LEVIED AT A GREATER RATE. THERE'S NO MORE THAT THE MAGISTRATE CAN SIT THERE AND BEFORE IT WAS ALWAYS BASED ON THE MAGISTRATE'S DISCRETION. NOW THE CITY IS DICTATING WHAT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IS GIVING THE MAGISTRATE TO SAY. I RECOMMEND THIS FINE OF EXPONENTIAL AMOUNTS. WHAT I SAW YESTERDAY WAS EGREGIOUS. I WENT DOWN AND OBSERVED THE CASES YESTERDAY. THEY TRIED A NEW PROCESS. FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, A COUPLE OF OBSERVATIONS THAT I'VE BEEN TO. THIS IS A FAILED PROCESS NOW. YOU NO LONGER HAVE CITIZENS COMING BEFORE ANOTHER CITIZEN TO LISTEN, TO HEAR. YOU NOW HAVE A PAID PERSON MAKING DECISIONS. IS THERE BIAS? YES. IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS YES? WE NEED TO GO BACK TO SOMETHING WHERE THE CITIZENS HAVE MORE SAY. USED TO BE UNIQUE. I'M REQUESTING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DENY THE ORDINANCE CHANGE ON ITEM 55, REVISIT THIS PROCESS OF THE MAGISTRATES FOR THE CITY CODE ENFORCEMENT AND A POSSIBLE REVERSE AND GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL SETTING WHERE THE CITY'S CITIZENS HAVE MORE SAY RATHER THAN HAVE A PAID PERSON MAKING THE DECISIONS FOR THE CITY. THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, RICHARD. STEVE MICHELINI FOLLOWED BY BOBBY CREIGHTON. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. I'M HERE SPEAKING ABOUT THE TREE TRUST FUND ISSUE AND THE CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUE. THE TREE TRUST FUND WAS NEGOTIATED. IT WAS SET UP TO CREATE ACCOUNTABILITY. ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT WE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU, INCLUDING THE LETTER THAT I SUPPLIED TO COUNCIL, WERE DISCUSSED IN JUNE. THERE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE SOME ADDITIONAL DIALOGUE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND THE BUILDERS WHO PAID INTO THAT FUND AND THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. IT SIMPLY DID NOT HAPPEN. THE ISSUES ABOUT GETTING TREES -- YOU TRANSFER MONEY FROM THE TREE TRUST FUND TO THE CITY TO PLANT TREES AND A NORMAL HOMEOWNER CAN'T EVEN GET THROUGH THE PROCESS. THE REASON WHY YOU HAVE SO MUCH MONEY SITTING IN THAT ACCOUNT. $6 MILLION BY THE LAST ACCOUNTING SITTING IN THE TREE TRUST FUND AND THEY WANT TO TAKE OUT 300 AND SOMETHING THOUSAND AND TRANSFER IT TO A CITY PROJECT. EVERY PROJECT SHOULD STAND ON ITS OWN MERITS. YOU SHOULDN'T BE TAKING MONEY FROM A TREE TRUST FUND THAT WAS DESIGNED FOR HOMEOWNERS TO MITIGATE TREES THAT WERE REMOVED FROM NEIGHBORHOODS AND PUT THEM BACK IN PLACE. IT SIMPLY MAKES NO SENSE. AGAIN, WE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND NO FOLLOW-UP DISCUSSION OCCURRED WITH ANY OF THE FOLKS. AND I APPEARED BEFORE YOU AT THAT TIME AS WELL AS THE HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS. I SAT THROUGH TWO YEARS OF NEGOTIATING AND TRYING TO CRAFT A CODE THAT WOULD WORK, INCLUDING PROVIDING THE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE TREE TRUST FUND. DON'T ROB THE TRUST FUND. LEAVE IT ALONE. SEND THEM BACK. EVERY PROJECT SHOULD STAND ON ITS OWN MERITS. I ALSO SENT YOU A LETTER REGARDING THE CODE ENFORCEMENT. WHAT HAPPENS IS, YOU HAVE A BUILDING CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUE, AND YOU HAVE A CODE VIOLATION. THOSE TWO TRACK SIMULTANEOUSLY, AND YOU'RE ACCRUING FINES ON BOTH OF THEM. THERE USED TO BE A PROVISION WHERE IF YOU WERE IN THE PROCESS, THE FINES STOPPED, BUT YOU'RE IN A PROCESS THAT COULD TAKE SIX OR EIGHT MONTHS TO RESOLVE IF YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A REZONING AND THEN PERMITTING. IN THE MEANTIME, YOU HAVE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS THAT ARE ACCRUING IN FINES. THEN YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND ASK FOR FORGIVENESS OR FOR A FINE REDUCTION. AS MR. REVAS SAID, THE ACCOUNTABILITY IS NOW WITH AN ATTORNEY WHOSE PROFESSION IS MAGISTRATING CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES. THEY ARE BEING PAID AS ATTORNEYS. THEY USED TO BE VOLUNTEERS AND THEY WERE REIMBURSED FOR MINIMAL EXPENSES. I WOULD SAY -- ASK YOU TO SEND THIS CODE BACK FOR REVISIONS. LOOK AT IT VERY CAREFULLY. IT ALSO REMOVES COUNCIL'S ABILITY TO APPOINT THE MAGISTRATE. IT SAYS THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN NOW APPOINT A MAGISTRATE. YOU SHOULD NOT BE GIVING UP THAT AUTHORITY. IT SIMPLY IS NOT WARRANTED. I'VE SENT YOU A LETTER. IT HAS MORE DETAILS IN IT, AND I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE PEOPLE. IT'S DISCRIMINATORY AGAINST PROPERTY OWNERS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BOBBY, FOLLOWED BY NANCY STEVENS. >> GOOD MORNING. BOBBY CREIGHTON. I'M ALSO HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 55. I THINK THE COMMENTARY THAT YOU'VE HEARD IN PUBLIC COMMENT SO FAR IS INDICATIVE OF THE NEED OF A BROADER LOOK AT CODE ENFORCEMENT AND HOW MECHANISMS AND PROCEDURES ARE IMPLEMENTED IN THE CITY. WE'VE HAD A MAGISTRATE COME UP. WE'VE HAD SOMEONE WHO TENDS TO REPRESENT THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. I'LL SPEAK ON A DIFFERENT ANGLE TODAY. FROM ALL SIDES OF THE ISSUE, YOU HAVE PEOPLE COMING UP TO SAY SOMETHING ISN'T WORKING HERE. WE NEED TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT HOW THIS ALL COMES TOGETHER. I SENT YOU AN E-MAIL WITH SOME OF MY MORE TECHNICAL ISSUES WITH THE POLICY AND HOW THEY INTERRELATE WITH ORDINANCES. THANK YOU TO THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT WHO I AM SURE WILL GIVE A VERY THOROUGH REVIEW OF THAT AND HOW THOSE POLICIES AND ORDINANCES ALL INTERRELATE. I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DATA AND TIMELINES SO WE CAN COUCH THIS IN A REALISTIC PERSPECTIVE. IN 2008, THE FINANCIAL CRISIS INCREASED THE HOUSING STOCK THAT WAS AVAILABLE FOR INVESTORS. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WOULD ARGUE WITH THAT. THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS HAD THE GREATEST EFFECT IN TAMPA'S LOWEST INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS, EAST TAMPA, WEST TAMPA, SULPHUR SPRINGS. WITH RECOVERY FROM THAT CRISIS CAME CHANGES IN THE OWNERSHIP COMPOSITION IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, EAST TAMPA CRP DRAFT JUST RELEASED WE SAW THAT RENTAL UNITS INCREASED FROM 30% OF AVAILABLE UNITS TO 50%. SO 50% OF THE UNITS IN EAST TAMPA ARE RENTAL UNITS. 30 TO 50 FROM 2000 TO TODAY. THE OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS HAVE DECREASED FROM -- BY AROUND 10% IN THAT SAME TIME OVER THE 2000 TO 2024 PERIOD. YOU HEAR ANECDOTALLY ALL THE TIME, OR AT LEAST I DO IN COMMUNITY DISCUSSIONS, ABOUT LLC OWNERS, SLUMLORDS, LOOKING AT THE STATISTIC I JUST GAVE YOU, THAT SHOULD MAKE SENSE. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ALIGNS WITH WHAT THE DATA IS TELLING US IS THE COMPOSITION OF OWNERSHIP IN THE TYPES OF NEIGHBORHOODS I MENTIONED. CODE ENFORCEMENT PLAYS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT ROLE TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH, SAFETY, STABILITY, AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR CITY. IF YOU THINK OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE MOST AFFECTED BY DETRIMENTS IN THOSE ATTRIBUTES I JUST LISTED, THEY ARE PEOPLE IN WORKING-CLASS NEIGHBORHOODS WHOSE HEALTH, SAFETY, QUALITY OF LIFE ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED IF CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS ARE NOT CARRIED OUT APPROPRIATELY. WE HAVE TO BE VERY SENSITIVE ABOUT THIS ISSUE BECAUSE THOSE SAME PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE ALSO AT RISK BECAUSE THEY ARE THE LEAST LIKELY TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR HOMES. SO, WHAT I RECOMMEND IS WE NEED A BROADER LOOK AT HOW CODE ENFORCEMENT TRULY INTERACTS WITH THE VARIOUS OTHER ASPECTS OF OUR CITY MEANT TO HELP OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS AND WE NEED A REAL COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF HOW ALL THESE THINGS WORK TOGETHER TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, BOBBY. NANCY STEVENS FOLLOWED BY TARAH BLUMA. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. WELCOME COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG. MY NAME IS NANCY STEVENS. VOLUNTEER WITH THE SIERRA CLUB AND TAMPA TREE ADVOCACY GROUP. I'M SPEAKING ON ITEMS 63 AND 25 REGARDING THE PROPOSED TRANSFER OF $34,000 FROM THE TREE TRUST FUND TO THE CITYWIDE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. I URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON THIS TRANSFER. THE REASON IS SIMPLE. THE 237 TREES HAVE ALREADY OPINION PAID FOR. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT PUBLIC PROJECTS AREN'T REQUIRED TO MITIGATE FOR TREES AND DON'T PUT MONEY INTO THE TAMPA TREE TRUST FUND. IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT FUND CAN'T BE USED FOR CITY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. CERTAINLY EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITIES WHEN DOING PARK IMPROVEMENTS TO ADD TREES INTO PROJECTS YOU GO AUTO THE TREE TRUST FUND -- USING THE TREE TRUST FUND AND INCREASE OUR URBAN CANOPY. BUT THOSE PROPOSALS SHOULD BE PRESENTED BEFORE THE FUNDS ARE SPENT, GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THEM AND ENSURE THAT THEY ARE APPROPRIATE AND EFFECTIVE. FURTHERMORE, TYPE 1 NATIVE TREES SHOULD BE THE PRIORITY IN USING TREE TRUST FUNDS TO MOST EFFECTIVELY REPLACE OUR CANOPY. APPROVING THIS TRANSFER NOT ONLY FAILS TO REPLENISH OUR TREE CANOPY AS THE TREE TRUST FUND WAS INTENDED, BUT IT ALSO SETS A TROUBLING PRECEDENT FOR FUTURE USAGE OF THE FUNDS. WE MUST SAFEGUARD THE PURPOSE AND INTEGRITY OF THE TREE TRUST FUND TO THE BENEFIT OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR ENVIRONMENT. PLEASE VOTE NO ON ITEM 63 AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND YOUR COMMITMENT FOR TAMPA'S TREES AND GREENSPACES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, NANCY. TARAH BLUMA FOLLOWED BY PAMELA JACKSON HAIN. >> GOOD MORNING. I AM ALSO GOING TO TALK ABOUT ITEM 63, THE TREE TRUST FUND. YOU ABSOLUTELY SHOULD NOT APPROVE MONEY BEING TAKEN FROM THE TREE TRUST FUND TO GO TO REIMBURSE FOR TREES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN PAID FOR THROUGH THE PIPES PROJECT. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOU HAVE ALL NODDED YOUR HEADS AT ME WHEN I SAID THE CRAPE MYRTLES SHOULD NO LONGER BE ALLOWED TO BE PLANTED IN MITIGATION. WHAT I'M ASKING FOR YOU TO DO, RATHER THAN APPROVE THIS, IS PASS A MOTION TODAY ELIMINATING CRAPE MYRTLES FROM THE LIST OF ACCEPTABLE TREES. THAT WOULD BE A GREAT STEP THAT YOU COULD EASILY TAKE. I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT OF THE TREES THAT WERE PLANTED, ONLY 13% WERE TYPE ONE TREES. THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE BEING ASKED TO APPROVE TODAY. IT'S COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. I ALSO DID RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM A CITY STAFF MEMBER THAT CURRENTLY THE TREE TRUST FUND HAS A MORATORIUM ON IT AND MONIES CANNOT BE SPENT OUT OF THERE RIGHT NOW, WHICH I WAS NOT AWARE OF. I THOUGHT THAT YOU WERE JUST WAITING TO DECIDE IF YOU WANTED TO TRANSFER SOME OF THIS MONEY. SO IF WE COULD LOOK INTO THAT AS WELL, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. FINALLY, ON ITEM 54, I HOPE THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DENY THAT RIGHT-OF-WAY TO BE VACATED. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I'M SORRY. IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT, YOU DO SO AT THE PUBLIC HEARING. >> THANK YOU. WILL DO. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL THEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, TARAH. PAMELA JACKSON HANEY FOLLOWED BY LENA YOUNG GREEN. >> GOOD MORNING. I AM HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 63 AND 25. PAMELA JACKSON HANEY. I'M A MEMBER OF THE TAMPA TREE ADVOCACY GROUP. I'M ASKING YOU TO DENY IN VOTING NO ON TRANSFERRING ALMOST $335,000 FROM THE TREE TRUST FUND TO A PIPES PROJECT. THE TREE TRUST FUND CURRENTLY HOLDS $6 MILLION, AS YOU'VE HEARD, WHICH IS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT. HOWEVER, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER WHY THESE FUNDS EXIST, AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE DESTRUCTION OF TYPE ONE TREES IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS LOST SIGNIFICANT ACREAGE OF TYPE ONE TREES, PRIMARILY GRAND LIVE OAKS, THE WORKHORSES OF OUR TREE COMMUNITY AND CANOPY, DUE TO OVERDEVELOPMENT CITIZEN LAWLESSNESS AND THE DESTRUCTIVE IMPACT OF HURRICANES. THE CITY COLLECTS $300 PER TREE IN FINES, BUT SPENDS $1,400 AND UP TO PLANT A NEW ONE. THE MATH DOESN'T MATH. THIS DISCREPANCY HIGHLIGHTS THE NECESSITY OF SAFEGUARDING AND WISELY SPENDING THE TREE TRUST FUND TO RESTORE OUR DWINDLING TREE CANOPY. OUR PROGRESS WAS SEVERELY SET BACK BY HURRICANES AND IN MANY WAYS, WE ARE STARTING OVER. OF THE TREES PLANTED FOR THE PIPES PROJECT, 87% WERE TYPE 3 TREES, SUCH AS CRAPE MYRTLES AND BOTTLE BRUSH. THESE SPECIES PROVIDE MINIMAL ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT WHILE CURB APPEAL MAY BE ENHANCED, USING THESE FUNDS FOR THAT PURPOSE IS NOT JUSTIFIED. THE MONEY SHOULD NOT BE SPENT TO BEAUTIFY STREETS BUT TO REPLENISH ENVIRONMENTALLY VALUABLE TREES. ALREADY, 150,000 HAS BEEN SPENT FROM THE NEW TREE TRUST FUND WITHOUT ANY EXPLANATION FOR ITS USE. SUCH UNACCOUNTABLE ACTIONS ARE UNACCEPTABLE AND MUST BE PREVENTED IN THE FUTURE. THE FUND IS A TRUST FOR A REASON, TO PROTECT ASSETS FOR ITS BENEFICIARIES. THE CURRENT AND FUTURE CITIZENS OF TAMPA. THE DAMAGE TO OUR TREE CANOPY HAS ALREADY OCCURRED AND WE HAVE ONLY ONE OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT IT. THE FUND MUST NOT BE USED TO OFFSET BUDGET DEFICITS OR FOR ANY PURPOSE OTHER THAN PLANTING TYPE ONE TREES. THAT IS THE SOLE REASON THE MONEY IS AVAILABLE, AND IT MUST NOT BE USED TO PLANT ANYTHING ELSE. THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LENA YOUNG GREEN. WELCOME. GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING. IT IS SUCH A PLEASURE FOR ME TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY. USUALLY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY ISSUES -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: EXCUSE ME. WE HAVE TO HAVE YOU START WITH YOUR NAME. START YOUR TIME ALL OVER AGAIN. >> OKAY. MY NAME IS LENA YOUNG GREEN. I WAS SAYING IT'S SUCH A PLEASURE TO BE BEFORE YOU ALL TODAY. USUALLY WE ARE HERE TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY ISSUES. TODAY WE ARE SO DELIGHTED TO HAVE MY GRANDDAUGHTER SITTING ON THE DAIS. WE WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT, THOUGH, TO REMEMBER AND HONOR OUR CITY COUNCIL WOMAN GWEN HENDERSON. WE LOST HER SO UNEXPECTEDLY, AND IT WAS SUCH A SHOCK THAT WE ARE STILL RECOVERING FROM THE LOSS OF HER. IN HER PLACE SITS NAYA YOUNG, AND WE WANT TO BE APPRECIATIVE OF THE VOTERS WHO SUPPORTED HER, WHO DECIDED SHE WOULD BE THE ONE TO SIT THERE WITH YOU. WE WANT TO THANK EACH OF YOU FOR SUPPORTING HER AS SHE COMES INTO THIS NEW ARENA, AND WE ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO STAND BEFORE YOU AND HELP TO GUIDE YOU TO MAKE GREAT DECISIONS FOR US. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. [ APPLAUSE ] >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU FOR SHARING HER WITH US. PASTOR WILLIAMS FOLLOWED BY ISMAEL. GOOD MORNING. START WITH YOUR NAME, PLEASE AND WE'LL START YOUR TIME OVER. >> I CAN'T HEAR WHAT YOU SAID. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: STATE YOUR NAME. SAY PASTOR WILLIAMS. >> MY NAME IS PASTOR WILLIAMS. FRANK WILLIAMS, LOCATED AT 1112 EAST SCOTT STREET. THIS IS A SHACKLE. A SLAVE SHACKLE. I BROUGHT THIS BECAUSE I WANTED YOU ALL TO KNOW EXACTLY -- I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO PASS AROUND AND LET EACH ONE FEEL IT AND SEE IT. PASS IT TO YOU. AND GIVE IT BACK TO ME. [ LAUGHTER ] WE WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THE TRUTH. OUR ANCESTORS WERE SLAVES WHEN THEY BROUGHT THEM TO AMERICA. NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT MOST OF THEM WERE SLAVES WHEN THEY BROUGHT THEM TO AMERICA. THAT SHACKLE THERE IS FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN. DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THE MEN. THEY HAD SOME A WHOLE LOT STRONGER THAN THAT. THAT'S STRONG ITSELF. THAT'S ONE REASON I WANTED YOU ALL TO SEE WHAT OUR ANCESTORS HAD TO GO THROUGH. THEY WENT THROUGH A WHOLE LOT FOR US TO BE WHERE WE ARE TODAY. NOT ONLY US, BUT YOU TOO. AND GOD HAS BEEN EXTREMELY GOOD TO ALL OF US. I WANT YOU ALL TO SEE THAT AND UNDERSTAND IT. THESE SHACKLES DON'T MEAN ANYTHING TO ME NOW. HANDED DOWN FROM MY DADDY. I LEFT A HOLY BIBLE WITH ME, 1825, AND HE LEFT A WORLD DICTIONARY AND I'M KEEPING THAT. ALSO, I WANT TO WELCOME YOU, NAYA YOUNG. THAT'S YOUR NAME, RIGHT? I THINK I MIGHT KNOW YOUR PEOPLE. GOD IS SO GOOD TO US. I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU UP THERE. I WANT YOU TO BE PRESENT WHEN WE MAKE OUR COMMENT SO YOU CAN INTERFERE WITH AND LET US KNOW SOME THINGS AIN'T RIGHT. NOW, WE GOT LAND THAT THEY DONE TOOK FROM AND CALL IT PUBLIC LAND AND ALL THAT STUFF. OUR MOTHER AND FATHER LEFT HOME FOR US BUT THEY TORE DOWN THE HOME AND LEFT THE LAND, BUILD A REPUBLICAN POND THERE. YOU KNOW, IT'S BAD AND SERIOUS THE WAY SOME PEOPLE TREAT US. I BASICALLY COME UP HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE WATER DEPARTMENT. THEY STILL HAVEN'T PUT MY WATER ON. I'VE BEEN WITHOUT WATER FOR A WHOLE YEAR. THEY ARE SAYING I DON'T HAVE TO PAY -- I PAY EVERY MONTH. JUST IN CASE THE PEOPLE COME DOWN -- YOU ALL HAVE MERCY. YOU ALL DON'T GIVE ME ENOUGH TIME. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, PASTOR WILLIAMS. IT WAS VERY MEANINGFUL AND MOVING THIS MORNING. ISMAEL COST, FOLLOWED BY DIANA COST. GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS DIANA COST. I LOST MY SON IN A FATAL DUMP TRUCK ACCIDENT ON MARCH 17, 2025, HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. MY SON WAS ORDERED BY HIS EMPLOYER TO PLACE A SNIPE SIGN FOR ADVERTISING WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY THE TRUCK. I'M DISSATISFIED WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR NOT PROPERLY AND THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH. THE INVESTIGATION DID NOT PROVIDE ANY ANSWERS AS TO WHY DROVE HIS TRUCK INTO STOPPED TRAFFIC. HE KILLED TWO MEN AND INJURED SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE. I WANT TO KNOW WHY HE DID NOT SEE THE TRAFFIC STOPPED. I WANT TO KNOW SOMETHING OTHER THAN HE WAS DAYDREAMING, WHICH IS WHAT THE DETECTIVE TOLD US. BECAUSE THE DETECTIVE HIMSELF DOES IT ALL THE TIME. DAYDREAMING IS -- THAT IS NOT A GOOD EXCUSE FOR KILLING PEOPLE. I'VE REVIEWED THE INVESTIGATION, AND THE DETECTIVE COACHED AND WARNED THE OFFENDER NOT TO SAY ANYTHING. HE WALKED AWAY WITH A TICKET. THE DETECTIVES WEREN'T PRESENT AT THE SCENE. NO ONE DID ANY BREATHALYZER TEST, ANY IMPAIRMENT TEST, NOTHING. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND GIVEN A TICKET. MY SON'S DEATH CANNOT BE DISMISSED AS A SIMPLE MISTAKE. HE WAS READY TO SERVE THIS COUNTRY. HE HAD JOINED THE NAVY, AND HE WAS ONLY 20 YEARS OLD. HE HAD HIS WHOLE LIFE AHEAD OF HIM. IT'S NOT FAIR THAT THESE POLICE OFFICERS, DETECTIVES JUST DIDN'T WANT TO DO THEIR JOB. THEY DIDN'T INVESTIGATE. THEY DIDN'T DO THEIR HOMEWORK. THEY DIDN'T LOOK INTO THIS MAN'S FILE. HE HAD BEEN IN PREVIOUS ACCIDENTS FIVE MONTHS PRIOR. THE CITY SEEMS TO BE ON THE SIDE OF THE OFFENDER, AND IT'S VERY DISAPPOINTING. I JUST WANT THE CITY LEADERS TO REOPEN THIS CASE SO THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. WE WANT ANSWERS. WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO AWAY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, DIANA. I'M SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS. ISMAEL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK AS WELL? >> I WANT TO REITERATE WHAT MY WIFE SAID. ISMAEL COST. WE LOST OUR SON AND WE JUST WANT ANSWERS FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE WAY THE INVESTIGATION WENT THROUGH, IT JUST DOESN'T GIVE US ANSWERS. HOW DOES SOMEONE RUN OVER SOMEONE, A PEDESTRIAN AND JUST WALKS AWAY WITH A FINE AND A TICKET AND ABLE TO CONTINUE ON WITH THEIR LIVES LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED. WHILE WE ARE LEFT HERE EVERY DAY TRYING TO FIND ANSWERS AND TRYING TO FILL THIS GAP, THIS WHOLE, THIS VOID THAT WE HAVE IN OUR LIVES AND OUR HEARTS. WE JUST WANT ANSWERS. WE DEMAND ANSWERS. WE WANT JUSTICE FOR OUR SON AND DRIVING OVER SOMEONE AND WALKING AWAY WITH A TICKET IS JUST NOT ACCEPTABLE ANY COURSE, ANY MANNER. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. WE'RE SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS. CARROLL ANN BENNETT FOLLOWED BY ASHLEY MORA. >> CARROLL ANN BENNETT. SECTION 27, THE TREE FUND'S INTENT IS TO PRESERVE TAMPA'S TREE CANOPY. THIS MOTION DOES THE OPPOSITE. IT SQUANDERS THE FUND ON TYPE 3 TREES THAT DO NOT RESTORE OUR LOST CANOPY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CTTV, CAN YOU PUT THE WOL -- HOLD ON. WE'LL START YOUR TIME OVER AGAIN. CTTV -- THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. I'LL START OVER. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WITH YOUR NAME. >> CARROLL ANN BENNETT. SECTION 27, THE TREE FUND'S INTENT IS TO PRESERVE TAMPA'S TREE CANOPY. THIS MOTION DOES THE OPPOSITE. IT SQUANDERS THE FUND ON TYPE THREE TREES THAT DO NOT RESTORE OUR LOST CANOPY. ONLY 13% OF THIS MONEY WAS SPENT ON TYPE ONE TREES. NEXT SLIDE. THEY CHARGED $52,000 FOR VIRGINIA PARK, WHERE I LIVE, AND WE GOT ONLY 9 TREES THAT WILL RESTORE CANOPY. FIVE MAGNOLIAS, TWO WINGED ELMS AND TWO OAKS. THE OTHER TWO OAKS DIED. HERE IS ONE OF THEM. IT IS TOTALLY APPROPRIATE TO BUDGET FOR LANDSCAPING AND PROJECTS, BUT THE TREE FUND ISN'T FOR LANDSCAPING. THAT IS A MISUSE OF FUNDS. THE DEPARTMENT SAYS THEIR PRIMARY GOAL IS TO PLANT SHADE TREES, BUT I HAVE SEEN NO EVIDENCE OF THAT. THE GANDY CIVIC ASSOCIATION ASKED FOR OAK TREES. THE CITY SAID NO. PARENTS ASKED THE CITY TO HELP PLANT OAKS AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THEY WERE TOLD THE CITY HAS A MORATORIUM ON TREE PLANTING. A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, T-TAG AND THE JOE CHILLURA FAMILY ASKED THE CITY TO PLANT OAKS AT FIRE STATIONS AND POLICE STATIONS. NONE HAVE BEEN PLANTED. NEXT SLIDE. LONG AGO, I SHOWED THIS PICTURE OF A BUS STOP IN THE BLAZING SUN IN FRONT OF A LARGE RETENTION POND AND ASKED FOR OAKS TO BE PLANTED. FOR YEARS, I'VE ASKED FOR OAKS TO SHADE THE GADSDEN PARK TRAIL, WHICH IS IN FULL SUN. NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS A Facebook POST EXPRESSING FRUSTRATION BECAUSE YBOR CITY CAN'T GET HELP WITH THEIR TREE-BOR CITY PROJECT. THIS CONTRACT CHARGED $1,400 PER TREE. I THINK YOU NEED TO FIND CONTRACTORS WITH SHARPER PENCILS. IF THE CITY WILL PAY $1,400 FOR CRAPE MYRTLES AND BOTTLE BRUSHES, THEY CAN PLANT OAKS IN ALL THE PLACES I CITED. THE CITY PAID $1,400 PER TREE. THEY COLLECTED $300 PER TREE. WITH THAT IMBALANCE, THE MONEY WILL GO FAST. IF THEY USE IT FOR CRAPE MYRTLES AND BOTTLE BRUSHES, WE'LL HAVE NO CANOPY TO SHOW FOR IT. IF YOU PLANT ALL THE POSSIBLE SHADE TREES AND HAVE MONEY LEFT OVER, THEN USE IT FOR UNDERSTORY TREES, BUT NOT UNTIL THEN. WHEN YOU VOTED YES ON THESE RESOLUTIONS, THEY HAD A FUNDING SOURCE. THE WORK WAS DONE AND PAID FOR. WHY ARE THEY ASKING TO CHANGE THE FUNDING SOURCE? WERE YOU TOLD THAT WAS THE INTENT WHEN YOU VOTED YES? MOVING MONEY FOR PAST PROJECTS IS EASY. LOOK, WE PLANTED 237 TREES. APPARENTLY PLANTING OAKS IS HARD, BUT THE HARD WAY BENEFITS OUR COMMUNITY BY RESTORING CANOPY AND THE EASY WAY MISUSES THE TREE FUND FOR LANDSCAPING. PLEASE VOTE NO. THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. ASHLEY FOLLOWED BY CHRISTINA COSTA. >> HELLO. MY NAME IS ASHLEY MORROW. I WILL BE SHARING TAMPA'S BLACK HISTORY. TODAY, BEFORE I GO INTO THE 1860s AND WE GET INTO ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND ALL THAT WE'LL TAKE A PAUSE. I WANT TO JUST TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS. A LOT OF THE THINGS I LEARNED FROM THAT PERIOD HAVE COME FROM ARTICLES AND BOOKS BY THESE INDIVIDUALS. DR. JERRELL SHOTNER, DR. LARRY RIVERS, AND DR. CANTER BROWN. IN DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH DR. CANTER BROWN. I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT BECAUSE HE KNOWS A WHOLE LOT ABOUT TAMPA'S BLACK HISTORY. I WANT TO TAKE US BACK TO ANGOLA. THAT IS THE WHOLE REASON WHY I TALK ABOUT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE WE LEARN OVER AND OVER AGAIN THE ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS THAT THERE WERE NEGROES HERE IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA. THE NEGROES, NOW SEPARATED AND AT A DISTANCE FROM THE INDIANS AT THE HAMMOCKS, NEAR THE HAMMOCKS OF TAMPA BAY. IT SAYS THE BAY OF TAMPA, LAST RALLYING SPOT FOR THE DISAFFECTED NEGROES. WITH NEGROES TO BE FOUND AT TAMPA BAY. 1813 1818 1819. FORT BROOKE IS HERE IN 1824. I BELIEVE THERE WAS SOMETHING HERE. I KNOW ANGOLA WAS IN THE SARASOTA AREA NEAR PEACE CREEK, THAT RIVER. BUT I BELIEVE THERE WAS SOMETHING HERE. GADSDEN POINT IS PUT AT THE LOCATION WHERE THE MILITARY BASE IS RIGHT NOW. BUT IT WAS PLACED ON THIS SHORE FOR SOME REASON. I BELIEVE SOMETHING WAS ALREADY CULTIVATED HERE, AND IT WAS PROBABLY THE NEGRO POPULATION THAT'S MENTIONED IN EACH OF THE ARTICLES. WE WON'T FIND PROOF OF IT BECAUSE THEY WERE TRYING TO BE HIDDEN. HATE TO BE THE CONSPIRACY THEORIST IN THE ROOM BUT I'M USING ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS LIKE I SAY IN QUOTES FROM THAT TIME WHERE THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE ACTUALLY LIVING IN THIS AREA. ERA. I LIKE THIS ACRONYM BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT EDUCATION. WHAT I'M DOING HERE IS SMALL IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS. FIRST, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT EDUCATION AND LEARN THAT SOMETHING EXISTS. THEN YOU RECOGNIZE IT. RECOGNITION. AND THAT'S WHERE YOU RECOGNIZE IT WHEN YOU SEE IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. SOMETIMES IT'S JUST A MARKER. SOMETIMES IT'S JUST SAYING IT EVERY YEAR. BUT ACCOUNTABILITY IS WHERE THAT MONEY COMES IN. I FEEL LIKE THAT'S WHERE WE FALL SHORT SOMETIMES. I THINK WE NEED TO BE HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE. MY NAME IS ASHLEY KANAY. I AM A PHOTOGRAPHER. I WOULD LOVE IF YOU BOOK A SESSION. HOLIDAY SESSION AND I ALSO DO HEAD SHOTS. ASHLEY CANAY.COM. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CHRISTINA COSTA FOLLOWED BY MENTESNOT. >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL. I'M CHRISTINE ACOSTA. A SPECIAL WARM WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST CITY COUNCILWOMAN NAYA YOUNG. I HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU BEFORE ON BEHALF OF ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT FOCUS ON ROAD SAFETY AND MULTIMODALISM. TODAY I'M JUST MAKING AN APPEAL TO YOU AS A PERSONAL CITIZEN. BEFORE I TALK ABOUT STUFF THAT IS NOT GREAT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, I DO WANT TO GIVE A THANK-YOU TO THE TAMPA MOBILITY DEPARTMENT FOR THE TRAFFIC CALMING INITIATIVES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE ON MY STREET. I WILL JUST GIVE YOU A MOMENT OF ORIENTATION HERE. I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT MORRISON AVENUE HERE AND HOWARD AVENUE. SO THIS IS MY AREA. A FEW YEARS AGO, I EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF MOBILITY, AND SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW THE WORK I DO IS PROMPTLY BY HAVING CARE FOR MY FATHER AT THE END OF HIS LIFE AND HE WAS IN A WHEELCHAIR. MOBILITY IMPAIRMENTS REALLY RESTRICT OUR ABILITY TO LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND EXPERIENCE THE BEST THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER. WITH MY KNEE SCOOTER, I HAD FRESH EYES AND WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION MISSING SIDEWALK HERE. WE HAVE NO SIDEWALK ON THIS BLOCK. WE HAVE NO SIDEWALK. NOW, THIS IS THE INTERSECTION OF MORRISON AND HOWARD. IT IS A FABULOUS ENTRY POINT TO ALL THAT IS WONDERFUL ABOUT HOWARD AVENUE. WE HAVE SO MANY ASSETS THERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. I KNOW THE SMALL BUSINESSES THERE CONTRIBUTE GREATLY TO OUR TAX BASE. BUT THERE'S NO SIDEWALK THERE. SO ON THE KNEE SCOOTER AND ON A REGULAR BASIS, EVEN AS A HEALTHY WALKER, THESE ARE SOME OF THE CONDITIONS THAT WE FACE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THE SIDEWALK, THAT IS THE TERMINUS OF THE SIDEWALK AS YOU'RE HEADING TOWARDS HOWARD AVENUE ON MORRISON. IT DOESN'T LOOK THAT BAD IN THE IMAGE. I CAN TELL YOU IT IS ABOUT THREE INCHES OF DIRT AND IT JUST IS UNTENABLE FOR ANYBODY WHO IS NEEDING A MOBILITY DEVICE. SO THIS IS THE VIEW. YOU CAN SEE THE STREET CONDITION HERE, VERY CRUMBLY. ON MY KNEE SCOOTER, I WAS RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LANE. IT WAS THE ONLY WAY TO MOVE ABOUT MY COMMUNITY BECAUSE THERE'S NO SIDEWALK HERE. SO I'M URGING YOU TO ADVANCE THE MULTIMODAL IMPACT FEE INCREASE THAT COMES YOUR WAY AGAIN ON NOVEMBER 20. I CANNOT BE THERE THAT DAY, SO I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK TO YOU. I HAVE ONE EXAMPLE HERE OF A NEW HOME THAT'S BEEN BUILT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S VALUED AT $2 MILLION. WE CAN'T AFFORD NOT TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU ALL. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MENTESNOT FOLLOWED BY SURGRET DOSS. >> EWE HULU. MENTESNOT. UHURU MEANS FREEDOM IN SWAHILI. WE AS AFRICAN PEOPLE SHOULD ALWAYS BE THINKING ABOUT OUR FREEDOM. THE LAST 825 YEARS WE HAVEN'T HAD FREEDOM. IT'S DIFFICULT TO SPEAK AFTER YOU HEAR PARENTS LOST THEIR CHILD. VERY DIFFICULT. MY CONDOLENCES. THAT TAKES A TOLL ON YOU. BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TODAY ABOUT IS SOME PEOPLE ARE PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE. SOME PEOPLE ARE AGGRESSIVE, AGGRESSIVE AND SOME PEOPLE ARE OUTRIGHT BULLIES. THIS CITY COUNCIL ARE BULLIES. NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS. AND WHEN YOU SEE BLACK PEOPLE, YOU HAVE A WAY THAT YOU HAVE GERRYMANDERED. YOU HAVE DONE DIFFERENT THINGS TO OUR DISTRICT. EX-CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS COMING IN TALKING ABOUT HOW IT'S GOING TO AFFECT POOR AND WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE, THAT TELLS YOU WHAT THE WHITE FOLKS ARE DOING. IT TELLS YOU WHAT THE WHITE FOLKS ARE DOING, BUT IT'S PART OF GENTRIFICATION. IT IS ADMINISTRATIVE GENTRIFICATION. AND THEY THINK BLACK PEOPLE NEVER GOING TO CATCH ON TO THESE THINGS. THEY ARE DOING GERRYMANDERING AND VOTE RIGGING IN DISTRICT FIVE. NOBODY IN DISTRICT FIVE -- NOBODY IN DISTRICT FIVE HAS EVER HEARD OF NAYA YOUNG. NOBODY. AND SOME VOTING REGULARITIES THERE. WHITE PEOPLE PUTTING WHO THEY WANT TO PUT IN OFFICE TO REPRESENT DISTRICT FIVE. THAT'S YOUR OPINION. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT WE AS AFRICAN PEOPLE HAVE TO STAND UP AGAINST THAT. THE LAST PERSON THEY PUT IN OFFICE, GWEN HENDERSON, NOBODY KNEW WHO THAT WAS. THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE DOING FOR THE REPRESENTATION. BUT LOOK, VOTING IRREGULARITIES GOING ON IN DISTRICT FIVE. VOTING IRREGULARITIES THAT'S GOING ON. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, IRRESPECTIVE OF WHO THEY PUT IN THERE FROM PERRY HARVEY TO NAYA YOUNG, THEY DON'T TALK ABOUT A DAMN THING, NOTHING. THEY DON'T TALK ABOUT REPARATIONS. THEY DON'T TALK ABOUT POLICE VIOLENCE. THEY DON'T TALK ABOUT FREE HOUSING. THEY DON'T TALK ABOUT EMPLOYMENT. THEY DON'T TALK ABOUT FREE MEDICAL. THEY DON'T TALK ABOUT EDUCATION. NOTHING. THEY TALK ABOUT GARBAGE, ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY NOTHING THAT'S INDICATIVE OR REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ASPIRATIONS OF A PEOPLE THAT'S TRYING TO BE FREE AND SELF-DETERMINING. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, SIR. SURGRET DOSS. >> I'M SURGRET DOSS. I WANT TO WELCOME MS. YOUNG TO HER NEW POSITION. I WANT TO PUT THIS OUT HERE AND SAY -- I WANT TO THANK ALL MY FELLOW VETERANS FOR THEIR SERVICE COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION TO A SET OF PRINCIPLES. I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICES, INCLUDING MY CLASSMATE JOHN JORDAN FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL. ONLY 6% OF AMERICANS HAVE PUT ON A UNIFORM. OF THAT, 14% ARE BLACK AND SOME 30 PLUS MIGHT BE MINORITIES, WHICH WOULD BE WOMEN AND OTHER PEOPLE. BUT I WANT TO THANK THE FORERUNNERS, LIKE MY GRANDFATHER WHO ALSO SERVED IN WORLD WAR II. THAT YOUNG GENTLEMAN, ALMOST 30 SOME ODD YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS IN GERMANY. COLIN POWELL WAS MY COMMANDER. MY DAD AND MY MOM. GENERAL BUTLER AND MR. CALDWELL FROM LAST WEEK, THEY CAME UP HERE AND YOU PARADE THEM AROUND. THIS CITY NEEDS TO STOP WITH THE PROPAGANDA. I WANT YOU ALL TO START LIVING UP TO THE WORDS YOU PUT ON THAT PARCHMENT WE CALL THE CONSTITUTION. I'M POSITIVE THAT THOSE TWO BLACK MEN AND I KNOW MY FATHER AND MOTHER WENT THROUGH, I KNOW WHAT I WENT THROUGH IN THE MILITARY. LOVED THEIR NATION. THEY WERE WILLING TO SACRIFICE THEIR LIFE FOR THE COUNTRY AND STILL HAD TO ENDURE THIS MANIFEST RACISM, NOT ONLY FROM THOSE IN THE MILITARY, BUT FROM THOSE IN THIS COUNTRY WHO WOULD NEVER MAKE THAT KIND OF SACRIFICE, YET THEY WANT TO GUARD THEMSELVES AS SOME SORT OF TRUE PATRIOTS. BRIGADIER GENERAL, HE IS TESTING WHAT BLACK PEOPLE CAN DO IN THE PLAYING FIELD LEVEL. NO SUCH THING AS DEI. WHEN THE PLAYING FIELD IS LEVEL, WE DO WHAT WE DO. EVERYTHING IN THE CHAMBER NOTHING BUT BLUSTER. A MONTH AGO, I GAVE YOU INFORMATION DETAILING HOW JUDGES, ATTORNEYS, AND DOCTOR AT THE VA HAD CREATED A COBULL ABOUT VETERANS KILLED IN. THE DCA IS CARRYING THE WATER FOR THOSE PEOPLE, KNOWING THEY ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF UNSUSPECTING VETERANS. SECOND DCA DEVIATED FROM WELL ESTABLISHED LAW. I THINK YOU ALL HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT. I GAVE IT TO YOU AND THIS CRAZY ORDER THAT CAME OUT. I HAVE TO DO MANDAMUS TO THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT AND ULTIMATELY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. I'M ALREADY IN THE 11th CIRCUIT AGAINST YOU ALL. THAT BEING SAID, ONCE AGAIN, SHOUT-OUT TO ALL THE VETERANS WHO SERVE, THOSE WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACK FOR HIS AND SHOUT-OUT TO THE GREATEST INSTITUTION IN THE CITY, UNIVERSITY OF THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, SIR. BRIAN HAYES FOLLOWED BY ROBIN LOCKETT. BRIAN HAYES AND CAIRO. >> GOOD MORNING. RYAN HAYES. FIRST AND FOREMOST, WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MS. NAYA YOUNG. TRAIL BLAZE AND I WANT TO BE HERE TO SEE HISTORY IN THE MAKING. I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT ANY AGENDA ITEMS. IT'S SOMETHING REALLY CONCERNING. I'M A CLINICAL THERAPIST AND COUNSELOR. A LOT OF CLIENTS AND SO FORTH HAVE BEEN ASKING ME TO SPEAK UP. I'M GOING TO SPEAK IN A VERY RUDIMENTARY PLATFORM. SINCE COVID, THERE'S BEEN A FESTERING OF BRINGING AWARENESS TO MENTAL HEALTH AND SO FORTH. I JUST WANT TO SPEAK BEHIND THE CURTAIN OF WHAT'S GOING ON. A THERAPIST OR A COUNSELOR CAN ONLY SEE A PATIENT OR A CLIENT FOR 45 MINUTES FOR A WEEKLY SESSION AND THEN ANOTHER 30 MINUTES FOR A WEEKLY UPDATE. SO THAT'S 75 MINUTES IN A WEEK. THAT'S SOMEBODY THAT IS SUFFERING FROM FAMILY GRIEF, SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND SO FORTH. SO WHEN YOU ADD THAT UP, THAT'S 300 MINUTES AND A MONTH. WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO A CLINICIAN TO SEEK MENTAL HEALTH AND THERAPY, IT'S JUST ON THE FRONT LINE. SERVICES REALLY CAN'T BE COMPELLED TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS IF YOU CAN ONLY SPEAK TO A COUNSELOR FIVE HOURS OUT OF A MONTH. ANOTHER THING WHAT'S GOING ON IS INSURANCE AND SO FORTH. THE LOWEST INSURANCE. $15,000 THE HIGHEST IS MAYBE ABOUT $60,000 A MONTH. YOU ADD UP THE NUMBERS, YOU CAN SEE HOW THERE CAN BE A CONSISTENT -- INDIVIDUALS BEING FACILITATED TO EXHAUST THEIR INSURANCE. I KNOW THERE IS NOTHING THAT THE CITY CAN DO, BUT THIS IS MORE TO BE BROADCASTED TO THE COMMUNITY TO HOPEFULLY GET PEOPLE AWARE AND JUST HOPEFULLY MORE COMPASSIONATE AND SPEAK UPON THE TRUE MERITS OF THERAPY, COUNSELING, AND HOW JUST THE FRONT LINE OF IT IS NOT TRULY BENEFITING NOR IN THE CORRECT AVENUE TO SUSTAIN AND HELP PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THESE TYPES OF TRIVIALATIONS. IF YOU ARE IN THERE THREE MONTHS, ONLY SPEAK TO YOUR THERAPIST FOR 15 HOURS THROUGHOUT THAT WHOLE TIME. I'M JUST SPEAKING SOLELY ON MY OWN EXPERIENCE WITH INDIVIDUALS. IT'S REALLY DISHEARTENING BECAUSE A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS ARE COMING TO ME, JUST ASKING ME TO SPEAK UP ABOUT WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON IN THE CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH FIELD AROUND THE WORLD. THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE COMMITMENT TO HOPEFULLY CHANGE, REFORM THE INSURANCE OF HOW INDIVIDUALS CAN ACTUALLY RECEIVE BETTER CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH AND THERAPY SERVICES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN MS. NAYA. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BYE, CAIRO. ROBIN LOCKETT FOLLOWED BY STEPHANIE POYNOR. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. ROBIN LOCKETT. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE MS. NAYA YOUNG. THIS WAS A HARD-FOUGHT WIN, BUT WELL DESERVING. I WANT TO TALK TO, WITHOUT GETTING EMOTIONAL ABOUT THIS, THIS RACE IN THIS COMMUNITY. THIS WAS A HARD-FOUGHT RACE. THE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER. YOU SAW COMMUNITY WORKING IN DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE COMMUNITY TOWARDS THE SAME GOAL. YOU HAD FLORIDA RISING. YOU HAD LGBTQ. YOU HAD MAGNIFY VOICES. YOU HAD COMMUNITY COMING OUT. COMMUNITY HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH ONE ANOTHER. ABOUT WHO THEY WERE GOING TO SUPPORT. I CAN TELL YOU NOW IN REGARDS TO KNOCKING ON DOORS AND HAVING A FIELD GAME, I WILL NOT LET ANYBODY DISGRACE THE WORK THAT WAS DONE IN REGARDS TO THIS RACE AND THE OUTCOME THAT THE COMMUNITY MADE. THESE ARE NOT MAKEUP NUMBERS. THE COMMUNITY DECIDED THIS, THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING BACK AND THEY WERE MOVING FORWARD. SO THAT IS A HINT TO ANYBODY ELSE. NAYA, THIS SEAT IS WELL DESERVING. WELL DESERVING OF YOU. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALONG WITH COUNCIL ALSO, AS USUAL. YEAH, YOU TOO. [ LAUGHTER ] BUT THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY IS ABOUT RIGHT? IT'S NOT YOUNG. IT'S NOT OLD. IT'S NEW. YOU ARE GOING TO BUILD, BY SITTING IN THAT CHAIR, YOU ARE GOING TO BUILD A RESILIENCE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED. THE ARM THAT'S GOING TO PROTECT YOU. GOD IS ALL IN THIS. HE'S ALL IN THE MIST OF IT. YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD -- HE'S GOING TO PROVIDE WITH YOU THAT ARMOR TO DEFLECT ALL THIS OTHER STUFF THAT'S GOING TO COME AT YOU. YOU STAND TALL. YOU REMAIN TO BE STRONG. YOU REMAIN TO BE A STUDENT. AND A STUDENT IS NOT A STUDENT IN SCHOOL. A STUDENT IS A STUDENT THAT WILL LISTEN, GAIN INFORMATION, TAKE IT, DECIPHER IT AND MAKE A DECISION, THE BEST DECISION. SO YOU REMAIN THAT. DON'T LET ANY OF THIS NEGATIVITY TOUCH YOU. THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. AMEN. [ APPLAUSE ] STEPHANIE POYNOR. >> GOOD MORNING. STEPHANIE POYNOR. THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I LIKE TO GO AFTER OTHER PEOPLE BECAUSE I AGREE WITH ALL MY TREE HUGGING FRIENDS. I'M NOT A TREE HUGGER BUT MY FRIENDS ARE. I AGREE WITH WHAT ROBIN JUST SAID 100%. I WANT TO TOUCH ON A FEW THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, WHERE ARE ALL THE TREES WE PAID FOR ALREADY? WHERE ARE ALL THE TREES WE PAID FOR ALREADY? I ASK EVERY TIME THAT THERE IS A BIG, MILLION-DOLLAR AGENDA ITEM TO BUY TREES, WHERE ARE THEY GOING? IT WAS CONFIRMED TO ME EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT THERE IS NOT A DISTRICT FOR THE PARKS. WHY NOT? WHERE DID THEY GO? I'VE SEEN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE I'VE EVER SEEN IT REFERRED TO. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE DISTRICTS ARE AND WHERE WE PLANT THE TREES. IF YOU BUY A MILLION DOLLARS' WORTH OF TREES, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LIST. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MAP. YOU HAVE TO KNOW. I MEAN, MR. JONES JUST HANDED ME THE MAP FOR WHERE THEY PLANTED THE TREES FOR THE PROJECT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY. HE JUST HANDED IT TO ME. SO WHERE ARE THE MAPS? I KEEP ASKING ABOUT IT. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT NUMBER 40. NOBODY TALKED ABOUT THAT TODAY, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE IT IRRITATES THE CRAP OUT OF ME. DITCH MAINTENANCE AND MOWING IN THE SOUTH AND CENTRAL DISTRICTS. WHAT THOSE ARE? I DON'T KNOW. THAT IS NOT A MOBILITY TERM. SO IT MUST BE THE PARKS DEPARTMENT THAT WE DON'T HAVE DISTRICTS FOR. HERE IS THE THING. THESE GUYS COME OUT ONCE EVERY SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS. THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE CLEANING THE DITCHES ALONG THE ROADS. NUMBER ONE, I JUST DID A CODE ENFORCEMENT FOR 7400 INTERBAY BECAUSE THEY HAD HUGE PILES OF BRANCHES. I HAVE DRIVEN UP MANHATTAN BEFORE AND WATCHED THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN CITY VEHICLES DOING CITY RIGHT-OF-WAY CLEARING, PICKING HUGE BRANCHES, FOUR INCHES AROUND AND PUTTING THEM OVER ON TO PRIVATE PROPERTY OR PUTTING THEM OVER ON TO PARKS PROPERTY. AND SO THEY ARE NOT HAULING OFF ANYTHING. MAINTENANCE TO ME MEANS YOU TAKE THE GARBAGE WITH YOU AND YOU PUT IT TO THE DUMP. THAT'S WHAT EVERY OTHER YARD CARE GUY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH DOES. I WANT TO KNOW WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THESE PEOPLE, BECAUSE EVERY TIME THEY COME TO MY COMMUNITY, THEY LEAVE A BIG PILE OF CRAP ON THE ROAD THAT SOLID WASTE DOES NOT PICK UP. I HAVE TO PUT IN A CODE ENFORCEMENT COMPLAINT FOR IT. AND THE DITCHES BY MY HOUSE, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN CLEANED IN YEARS. THEY ARE HALF FULL. WHAT HAVE THEY BEEN DOING? THEY COME, BUT THEY DON'T DO A VERY GOOD JOB IN MY OPINION. PERMITTING, WHY ARE WE CHANGING THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCESS WHEN WE DON'T HAVE ANY LEADERSHIP IN CODE ENFORCEMENT RIGHT NOW? OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT GUY IS OUT ON PAID LEAVE. I'M SORRY, PAID VACATION IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO ME. HE SHOULD BE LEFT WITH NO PAY UNTIL HE'S FOUND GUILTY OR INNOCENT, WHICHEVER ONE HE IS. IF HE'S INNOCENT, THEN, BY GOD, YOU PAY HIM. BUT TO GET FREE VACATION ON OUR TAX DOLLARS, NOT ACCEPTABLE. I'M SURE I'M FORGETTING SOMETHING, BUT I SUPPORT MY TREE HUGGER FRIENDS AND WHATEVER THEY SAID. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MS. POYNOR. WE HAVE THREE REGISTERED -- WE ONLY HAVE TWO NOW. WE HAVE TWO ONLINE SPEAKERS THIS MORNING. MICHAEL RANDOLPH, CAN YOU HEAR ME? GOOD MORNING, MICHAEL. >> GOOD MORNING. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW. GO AHEAD, START WITH YOUR NAME, SIR. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY SPEECH TODAY IS FOCUSED AROUND A NEW ERA -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I'M SORRY. START WITH YOUR NAME, MICHAEL. >> I'M SORRY. MY NAME IS MICHAEL RANDOLPH. TODAY, I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT A NEW ERA, A NEW PLAYBOOK. CONGRATULATIONS COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG. TODAY I FEEL A SHIFT IN THE AIR. WITH A NEW ELECTION, A NEW ERA BEGINS. YOU REPRESENT NOT JUST A NEW VOICE, BUT A NEW GENERATION -- BOLD, BRILLIANT, AND READY TO LEAD. 14 CONTENDERS TO ONE, YOU ARE THE CHOSEN ONE. YOU ARE CUT FROM A DIFFERENT -- YOUR GENERATION ISN'T HERE TO ENCOURAGE THE OLD PLAYBOOK. YOU ARE HERE TO WRITE A NEW ONE. TRANSFORMATION AND LEADERSHIP. TENANT PROTECTION AND EQUITY ZONING, YOU CAN ENSURE -- TECHNOLOGY WILL BE YOUR CLOSEST ALLY. WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND DIGITAL -- YOU CAN MAKE CITY GOVERNMENT MORE EFFICIENT, TRANSPARENT AND RESPONSIVE. STREAMING SERVICES -- YOU MUST BE MORE THAN A PUBLIC SERVANT. YOU MUST BE A TRAINED -- A CHANGE AGENT, USING YOUR CRITICAL THINKING AND CREATING TO THINK BEYOND. THE ROAD AHEAD IS GOING TO BE TOUGH WITH THIS CLIMATE. REMEMBER THE WORDS OF OBAMA, YES, WE CAN. AND ALSO REMEMBER THE WORDS FOR REVEREND -- CELEBRATE THE ELECTION, WE CELEBRATE THE PASSING OF THE TORCH. WE CELEBRATE THE BEGINNING OF A NEW CHAPTER, GENERATION -- TO BE YOUNG, GIFTED -- THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, PASTOR RANDOLPH. LORRAINE PERINO, ARE YOU ON? LORRAINE? LORRAINE? >> HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW. START WITH YOUR NAME AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS LORRAINE PARRINO. PRESIDENT OF THE TAMPA TREE ADVOCACY GROUP. T-TAG IS OPPOSED TO THE PROPOSED TRANSFER OF $334,748.48 FROM THE SOUTH TAMPA AND CENTRAL TAMPA TREE TRUST FUND TO THE CITYWIDE CAPITAL PROJECTS IMPROVEMENT FUND FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS: WHEN CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE PROJECT IN VIRGINIA PARK AND MacFARLANE PARK, IT WAS STATED THAT THE TREE PLANTINGS WOULD BE FUNDED BY THE FOLLOWING: THE WASTEWATER BONDS CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND, STORMWATER BONDS CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND, WATER BONDS CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND, AND THE NON-AD VALOREM BONDS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FUND. THE RESOLUTIONS THAT COUNCIL VOTED ON SPECIFY PAID FROM THESE DESIGNATED FUNDS. NOW ONE YEAR LATER, THE CITY WISHES TO RAID THE TREE TRUST FUND OF A HUGE SUM OF MONEY TO PLAY FOR THE TREE PLANTINGS. T-TAG BELIEVES NOT ONLY A MISUSE OF REVENUES IN THE TREE TRUST FUND BUT IF COUNCIL APPROVES THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS IT WOULD SET A NEGATIVE PRECEDENT FOR THE FUTURE USE OF MONIES IN THE TREE TRUST FUND. 85% OF THE 237 TREES THAT WERE PLANTED IN THESE TWO DISTRICTS WERE TYPE 3 TREES, BOTTLE BRUSH AND CRAPE MYRTLE. INSTEAD OF THE MORE VALUABLE TYPE ONE TREES LIKE LIVE OAKS WHICH BENEFIT THE ENTIRE CITY BY MAKING TAMPA A HEALTHIER PLACE IN WHICH TO LIVE. FURTHERMORE TWO OF THE LIVE OAKS PLANTED DIED AND HAVE NOT BEEN REPLACED. LAST FIVE YEARS, CENTRAL TAMPA LOST 8,723 TREES. SOUTH TAMPA LOST NEARLY 8,000 TREES. IN TOTAL, TAMPA HAS LOST 20,000 TREES IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. T-TAG WISHES FOR COUNCIL TO RECOGNIZE THAT IT IS THE REMOVAL OF SO MANY OLD GROWTH LIVE OAKS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE MAJORITY OF FUNDS IN THE TREE TRUST FUND. SO MANY OLD GROWTH TREES HAVE BEEN REMOVED THAT ACCORDING TO THE 2021 TREE CANOPY ANALYSIS, THEY ARE NOW CLASSIFIED AS BEING, QUOTE, RARE, IN TAMPA. T-TAG ALSO WISHES TO EMPHASIZE TO COUNCIL THAT THE MITIGATION FEE FOR REMOVING AN OLD GROWTH LIVE OAK IS SERIOUSLY OUTDATED AT $300 PER CHAIR. THE CITY SPENDS IN EXCESS OF $1,400 TO PURCHASE A TYPE ONE TREE, A SERIOUS IMBALANCE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY COUNCIL. THERE IS ONLY $6 MILLION LEFT IN THE TREE TRUST FUND. THIS IS TAMPA'S LAST BITE AT THE APPLE. NOW THAT NEARLY ALL OF TAMPA'S OLD GROWTH LIVE OAKS ARE GONE AND THE TREE TRUST FUND WILL NOT BE REPLENISHED AT THE SAME RAPID RATE THAT IT WAS BEFORE. TAMPA MUST PRIORITIZE THE USE OF THE TREE TRUST FUND TO PLANT TYPE ONE LIVE OAK TREES WHEREVER SHADE TREES ARE NEEDED AND CITY FIRE STATION AND CITY PARKS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY. TAMPA MUST BE HYPERVIGILANT TO USE THE TREE TRUST FUND MONEY TO PLANT THE SAME VALUABLE TYPE ONE TREES THAT IT HAS LOST BY THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. NOT TO REIMBURSE CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT WISH TO USE IT AS A SLUSH FUND. PLEASE VOTE NO ON THIS TRANSFER REQUEST. THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, LORRAINE. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION APPOINTMENTS. ITEM 3. MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO TO APPOINT WILLIAM BABCOCK, ALTERNATE, ON THE ARC. ANY DISCUSSION? >>LYNN HURTAK: ARE WE SUPPOSED TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT? OH, WE DID. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IS MR. BABCOCK IN THE ROOM? IF HE WAS HERE, GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE. APPROVED. AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE ON TO REQUESTS BY THE PUBLIC FOR RECONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATIVE MATTERS. HEARING NONE, CONSENT AGENDA. COUNCILMAN VIERA, WOULD YOU MOVE ITEMS 4-10. >>LUIS VIERA: I MOVE SAID ITEMS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM VIERA, SECOND FROM MANISCALCO. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY. COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG, YOUR FIRST MOTION, WOULD YOU MOVE ITEMS 11 AND 12, PLEASE? >>NAYA YOUNG: I MOVE ITEMS 11 AND 12. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG, A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, WOULD YOU MOVE ITEMS 13-18. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ITEMS 13-18 BUT ALSO ON 18, I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS REGARDING THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE FERRY. I THINK WE NEED TO EMBRACE ANY ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS THAT WE CAN IN THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE THIS WILL HELP CREATE REGIONALISM AND CONNECTIVITY. WE SAW FROM THE ORIGINAL FERRY HOW WELL -- HOW THE RIDERSHIP WAS, HOW PEOPLE USED IT. THIS IS ANOTHER TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX WITH GETTING TRAFFIC OFF THE STREET, CARS OFF THE ROAD AND CONNECTING COMMUNITIES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. >>LYNN HURTAK: I WANTED TO SAY THE SAME THING. IT'S A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL PROGRAM. WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT PSTA WHO HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB. HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE UP AND RUNNING SOON. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I HAVE TO DISAGREE ON 18 FOR A REASON THAT WE NEED 350,000. WE REALLY WANT TO DO THE BUS. THE LAST TIME, I DIDN'T VOTE FOR THAT LANE BECAUSE WE HAD OTHER LANES THAT HAD VERY LITTLE RIDERSHIP ON THE HARTLINE. I WOULD RATHER SPEND MY MONEY SPENDING ON HARTLINE, PEOPLE WHO REALLY NEED TO TRAVEL TO GO TO WORK FROM A TO B NOT BE ON THE WATERWAYS HAVING FUN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WOULD YOU LIKE TO PULL 18 FOR SEPARATE VOTE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I PULL 18 FOR SEPARATE VOTE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I MOVE ITEMS 13 THROUGH 17. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. I WASN'T IN SUPPORT OF THE FIRST FERRY SYSTEM BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS INFREQUENT, ONLY ONE FERRY. I THINK THE PLAN PSTA IS THREE STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I HOPE TO SEE IT FULLY BUILT OUT AND HAVING FREQUENT SERVICE, PREDICTABLE SERVICE, YEAR-ROUND SERVICE. WE ARE SURROUNDED BY WATER. THIS IS THE FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION IN TAMPA BAY. I REALLY AM VERY HAPPY THAT OUR PARTNERS ACROSS THE BAY ARE TAKING A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN THIS. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. COUNCILMAN VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: I WANT TO COMMENT ON IT BECAUSE COUNCILMAN MIRANDA'S REMARKS. I AM SYMPATHETIC TO YOUR VIEW. I AM. MY POINT OF DISTINCTION WITH THAT IS THESE FUNDS ARE A SUPPLEMENT TO FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT WE'RE RECEIVING. FOR ME IT'S 20 TO 1. IN OTHER WORDS, EVERY FEDERAL DOLLAR THAT IS THERE, $15 WE PUT IN ONE, WE GET $15 FOR THE REGION. FOR ME, THAT IS THE POINT OF DISTINCTION. BUT I AM SYMPATHETIC TO YOUR VIEW. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: FIRST VOTE FOR THE CONSENT ITEM IS ITEMS 13 THROUGH 17. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I MOVE 18. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE 18 THE TRANSFER FOR THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR PSTA FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AYE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CLERK, WOULD YOU ANNOUNCE THE VOTE, PLEASE? >>THE CLERK: MOTION PASSES WITH MIRANDA VOTING NO. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, WOULD YOU MOVE ITEMS 20 THROUGH 24, 26, 27. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: 20, 21, 22, 24. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: 20 THROUGH -- >>LYNN HURTAK: 23 IS BEING PULLED. HE HAD IT RIGHT. 20 THROUGH 22 AND 24. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. AYES HAVE IT. >>LYNN HURTAK: AND 27. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AND 27. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA TO MOVE ITEM 27, SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN CARLSON, WOULD YOU MOVE 29 THROUGH 38? MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON, SECOND FROM MANISCALCO. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. >>LYNN HURTAK: I MOVE ITEMS 39 AND 40. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO SCHEDULE 41 AND 42 WITH RESPECTIVE DATE FOR THE HEARING. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO TO SCHEDULE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON RESPECTIVE DATES. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. MOTION TO OPEN ALL PUBLIC HEARINGS? WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? AYE HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY. >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE A RANDOM QUESTION. WE ARE ABOUT TO DO THE SECOND READINGS BUT COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG WAS NOT HERE FOR THOSE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THESE ARE NON-QUASI-JUDICIAL. WE'LL GET TO THE QUASI-JUDICIAL. NON--- FAIRLY DEBATABLE STANDARD. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VERY GOOD. WE ARE NOW ON ITEM 43. >>ROSS SAMONS: DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. PRESENTING VAC 25-14 FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ITEM 43? IS THERE AN APPLICANT FOR ITEM 43? >> CATHERINE COYLE, BOGS ENGINEERING, 601 SOUTH ALEXANDER STREET, PLANT CITY. AS YOU MAY RECALL, THIS IS LINKED TO THE REZONING ON THE AGENDA AS WELL. THE VACATING IS A PARTIAL VACATING, JUST THIS PORTION WITHIN THE NEW PARKING LOT FOR THE MIXED USE BUILDING ON 29th. WE JUST RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK TO ITEM 43? HEARING NONE, CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. SECOND FROM VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. COUNCILMAN CARLSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ ITEM 43? >>BILL CARLSON: SURE. MOVE NUMBER 43, FILE VAC-25-14, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA VACATING CLOSING DISCONTINUING AND ABANDONING THAT ALLEYWAY LOCATED NORTH OF 29th AVENUE, SOUTH OF LAKE AVENUE, EAST OF 29th STREET AND WEST OF 30th STREET WITH THE -- WITHIN THE PLAT OF MAP OF CAMPOBELLO, A SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2 HEREOF, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS AS MORE PARTICULARLY SET FORTH HEREIN, PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS, PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATIONS AND REPEALING CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VERY GOOD. WE ARE NOW TO ITEM NUMBER 44. THESE ARE QUASI-JUDICIAL. HAS EVERYBODY WHO IS HERE TO SPEAK -- EVERYBODY WHO IS HERE TO SPEAK, PLEASE STAND, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND BE SWORN IN BY THE CLERK [OATH ADMINISTERED] >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OKAY. 44. MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, WITH REGARD TO THE QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTERS, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE INQUIRY OF COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG. HAVE YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE RECORDS AND ARE YOU PREPARED TO VOTE TODAY? >>NAYA YOUNG: YES. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: STAFF FOR 44. >>STEPHANIE POPE: GOOD MORNING. STEPHANIE POPE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM 44 IS REZ-25-93. THIS ITEM IS REZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3801 3803 3807 3809 3811 3813 38131/2 3815 3817 3819 3729 3723 3719 3615 3603 AND 3601 NORTH 29th STREET AND 2803 EAST 32nd AVENUE. THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RM 16 CG AND PD TO PD FOR MULTIFAMILY AND STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL OFFICE, ALL CG USES EXCEPT BAR, LOUNGE, PLACE OF RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY, RESTAURANT GREATER THAN TEN SEATS. THE REVISIONS INCLUDING WALK-UP UNITS WITH PORCHES AND ACTIVATION ALONG 29th STREET HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE. THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT AND WILL BE AVAILABLE TO SHOW YOU RENDERINGS AS REQUESTED. I AM AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, APPLICANT, PLEASE. I SEE YOU HAVE THE PRETTY PICTURES FOR US. >> CATHERINE COYLE. I HAVE BEEN SWORN. BOGS ENGINEERING 601 SOUTH ALEXANDER, PLANT CITY. JUST THE QUICK RENDERING TO REMIND YOU THIS IS NORTH 29th. THESE ARE THE FOUR PARCELS ALONG THE FOUR BLOCKS. WE HAVE MADE ALL THE CORRECTIONS ON THE REVISION SHEET. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT COUNCIL SPECIFICALLY ASKED ABOUT. I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE ELEVATIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED. ALL THE PORCH FEATURES NOW INCLUDE CANOPIES AS WELL ABOVE THEM. SO THEY HAVE COVER AND SHADE, AND THEN -- I'LL SHOW YOU JUST THIS ONE. I HAVE A WHOLE PACKET OF THEM. BUT YOU CAN SEE THEM ACTUALLY OVER EACH ONE AS WELL AND DOWN THE STREET. EVERYBODY WILL HAVE A NICE COVER. THEY CAN SIT OUT THERE WITHOUT DEALING WITH THE RAIN. YOU HAD ALSO ASKED, COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, ABOUT THE BICYCLE STORAGE AND THE ARCHITECT HAS BEEN HARD AT WORK TO DO THE TYPICAL FLOOR PLANS. THIS IS THE ONE BEDROOM. GIVEN IT'S SMALL SO THE BIKE STORAGE IS ACTUALLY A WALL UNIT. THIS WAS A WALL BETWEEN THE LIVING ROOM AND KITCHEN. THEY TOOK IT OUT AND DID A VERTICAL RACK WHICH IS LIKE A REGULAR CITY APARTMENT. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE ILLUSTRATED VERSION OF IT. IT HAS A WHEEL GUARD ON IT. YOU PLACE IT ON THE WALL AND DOESN'T SCAR THE WALL. THE TWO BEDROOM BECAUSE THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM, I ASKED THEM TO LOOK AT BUILDING RIGHT INSIDE THE FRONT DOOR, NOT A LINEN CLOSET BUT A COAT CLOSET. THEY WERE ABLE TO FIT IN A DOUBLE WIDE HERE AND ALSO VERTICAL STACK LIKE THIS. THEY ARE ACTUALLY STAGGERED. LIKE THIS, SO YOU CAN PLACE TWO BIKES RIGHT INSIDE YOUR FRONT DOOR. DON'T HAVE TO CARRY IT IN. TAKE IT RIGHT BACK OUT THE DOOR. WE WERE HARD AT WORK MAKING SURE THAT HAPPENED. WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL FOR THIS. WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO GET THE PROJECT GOING AND HOPE TO SEE YOU AT THE GROUND BREAKING IF YOU APPROVE THE APPLICATION. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS? >>LYNN HURTAK: I WANT TO SAY I LOVE THE INSIDE BIKE STORAGE FEATURE. FOR ALL THOSE OTHER DEVELOPERS LISTENING, FOLLOW UP. LIKE TO SEE MORE OF IT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HEARING NO QUESTIONS, ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK TO ITEM 44? WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA TO CLOSE. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. COUNCILMAN VIERA, WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW CLOSELY TO MAKE SURE YOU GET ALL -- >>LUIS VIERA: I WAS THINKING THAT RIGHT? I HEREBY MOVE AN ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 3801, 3803, 3807, 3809, 3811, 3813, 3813 1/2, 3815, 3817, 3819 3729 3723 3719 3615 3603 AND 3601 NORTH 29th STREET AND 2803 EAST 32nd AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA IN ORDER AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RM 16, RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY, CG, COMMERCIAL GENERAL, AND PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY AND STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL/OFFICE, ALL CG USES EXCEPT BAR/LOUNGE, PLACE OF RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE, PLEASE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU CAN SEE THE VOTE. IT'S ACCOUNTED FOR. HE'S ANNOUNCED IT, YEAH. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. ITEM 45. >>STEPHANIE POPE: STEPHANIE POPE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM NUMBER 45 IS REZ-25-30. THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2741 AND 2747 WEST GREEN STREET. THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM CG, COMMERCIAL GENERAL, TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, FOR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED AND ATTACHED USES. REVISIONS, ALONG WITH THE ADDITIONAL CHANGES AS REQUESTED HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE. I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, APPLICANT? SOMETHING CYNTHIA SPIDLE, 2002 WEST CLEVELAND STREET. I'VE BEEN SWORN. WE'RE HERE TO SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF CITY COUNCIL. WE MADE ALL THE CHANGES THAT WE AGREED TO AT THE FIRST READING. WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HEARING NONE, ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE? MOTION FROM MIRANDA. SECOND FROM MANISCALCO. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ ITEM 45? >>NAYA YOUNG: I MOVE ITEM 45, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 2741 AND 2747 WEST GREEN STREET IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION CG, COMMERCIAL GENERAL, TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY, DETACHED AND ATTACHED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION THERE COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG. A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. SINCE WE'RE HAVING ISSUES -- YOU THINK IT IS WORKING NOW? PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. YAY. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. ITEM 46. >>STEPHANIE POPE: STEPHANIE POPE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM NUMBER 46 IS REZ 25-82. THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6008 SOUTH 6th STREET. THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RS 60 TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED. REVISIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE. I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, APPLICANT. >> I'VE BEEN SWORN. MS. YOUNG, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR APPOINTMENT. WELCOME. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERATION. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO THE ITEM? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. WE ARE ON 46. FILE NUMBER LEZ-25-82, AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 6008 SOUTH 6th STREET IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS 60, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON VOTING NO. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 47, STAFF. >>STEPHANIE POPE: STEPHANIE POPE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM NUMBER 47 IS REZ-25-83. THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6307 SOUTH MAIN AVENUE. THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RS 60 TO RS 50. I AM AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, APPLICANT? IS THERE AN APPLICANT FOR ITEM 47? HEARING NONE, ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO SPEAK TO ITEM 47? WE HAVE A MOTION TO CHOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN. ITEM 47, AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 6307 SOUTH MAIN AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS 60, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO RS 50, RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. CAN YOU MUTE YOURSELF REAL QUICK? >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OKAY. KEVIN, IF YOU ARE LISTENING, 47 PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM NUMBER 48, COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. I AM RECUSING MYSELF FROM BOTH THE REZONING AND THE BONUS RESOLUTION BECAUSE I HAVE AN INTEREST IN REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE CLOSE VICINITY TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. SO I HAVE MY FORMS. I'M GOING TO SEND THEM TO THE CLERK, CAN I GET A SECOND. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT A RECUSAL FORM FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? THANK YOU SO MUCH. STAFF ON ITEM 48. >>STEPHANIE POPE: STEPHANIE POPE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM NUMBER 48 IS REZ-25-84. THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5802 NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE, UNITS A, B, C, AND D, 5804 NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE AND 101 AND 103 WEST HENRY AVENUE. THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM SEMINOLE HEIGHTS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO SEMINOLE HEIGHTS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL OFFICE AND ALL CG USES. REVISIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE. I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, I SEE RYAN. HAVE YOU BEEN SWORN IN? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND HAVE THE CLERK SWEAR YOU IN, PLEASE. [OATH ADMINISTERED] >> DO I. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: APPLICANT, ANYTHING TO SAY ON THE ITEM? >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS RYAN, ENGINEER AND AUTHORIZED AGENT FOR ALGO FLORIDA LLC. WE HAVE ADDRESSED EVERYTHING OF CONCERN FROM THE FIRST READING. THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH SEMINOLE HEIGHTS CORRIDOR. AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING THE PROJECT TO FRUITION. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK TO ITEM 48? CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE? COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, SECOND MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, WOULD YOU READ ITEM 48 AND FOLLOWING THAT THE RESOLUTION. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ITEM 48, FILE REZ-25-84, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 5802 NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE, 5802 NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE UNITS A, B, C AND D, 5804 NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE AND 101 AND 103 WEST HENRY AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA FLORIDA MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION SH-PD, SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO SH-PD SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL/OFFICE ALL CG USES, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH HURTAK ABSTAINING. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE THE RESOLUTION FOR ITEM 48. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU. UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM 49. >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE: DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM 49 IS REZ -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CHRIS, WERE YOU SWORN IN? >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE: YES, SIR. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE: I CAN START OVER IF YOU WOULD LIKE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT'S OKAY. CONTINUE. >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE: ITEM IS REZONING REQUEST FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3802, 3802 SUITE B AND SUITE B 2, 3804, A, B AND C, DALE MABRY HIGHWAY. 3802 BRITTON PLAZA A AND C AND 3618 WEST EUCLID AVENUE. THIS REQUEST IS TO REZONE PROPERTY FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY 50, RS 50, TO COMMERCIAL GENERAL CG. THIS IS A EUCLIDEAN REZONING, SO THERE'S NO SITE PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH IT. I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, ALEX, I SEE YOU ARE ONLINE. WILL YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND BE SWORN IN BY THE CLERK, PLEASE? >> DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? >> I DO. ALEX SCHALER, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE. PROVIDE A QUICK UPDATE ON THIS. WE WERE AT FIRST READING, THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN THAT ATTENDED AND HE WAS ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS. HE WAS LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. I WAS ABLE TO CONNECT WITH HIM VIA E-MAIL. I SENT HIM THE CURRENT CONCEPT PLANS FOR THAT AREA IN QUESTION THAT'S ADJACENT TO HIS HOUSE AND I TOLD HIM AS WELL WE'LL KEEP THAT LINE OF COMMUNICATION OPEN. AS OUR PLANS EVOLVE AND GET MORE FINE TUNED WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO SHARE THOSE WITH HIM. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. COUNCIL HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO SPEAK TO ITEM 49. WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. COUNCILMAN CARLSON, WOULD YOU READ ITEM 49? >>BILL CARLSON: MOVE ITEM NUMBER 49, FILE REZ-25-85, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 3802 SOUTH DALE MABRY HIGHWAY, 3802 SOUTH DALE MABRY HIGHWAY, SUITE B AND SUITE B2, 3804 SOUTH DALE MABRY HIGHWAY, 3804 SOUTH DALE MABRY HIGHWAY A, B AND C, 3802 BRITTON PLAZA, A AND C, AND 3618 WEST EUCLID AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS 50, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO CG, COMMERCIAL GENERAL, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 50. >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE: CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM 50 IS REZ 25-95. THIS ITEM IS REZONING REQUEST FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2802 WEST KENNEDY BOULEVARD. REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM CG COMMERCIAL GENERAL TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR RESTAURANT, DRIVE IN AND ALL CG USES. REVISIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS HAVE BEEN COMMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, TROY COGGER IS YOUR CAMERA ON? APPLICANT, TROY CARTER? >> SORRY ABOUT THAT COUNCIL. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: TROY, HOLD ON. WE DON'T HAVE VIDEO ON YOU. >> IT'S SHOWING AS BLOCKED ON MY SIDE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MR. SHELBY, QUASI-JUDICIAL, WE HAVE TO HAVE VIDEO ON HIM, RIGHT? >>MARTIN SHELBY: DOES HE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE OTHER THAN AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ARE YOU GOING TO PROVIDE? >> NO, SIR. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THEN WE CAN MOVE ON. >>MARTIN SHELBY: WE CAN MOVE ON. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO SPEAK TO ITEM 50? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. COUNCILMAN VIERA, WOULD YOU READ ITEM 50, PLEASE? >>LUIS VIERA: I MOVE AN ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 2802 WEST KENNEDY BOULEVARD IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION CG, COMMERCIAL GENERAL, TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT RESTAURANT DRIVE-IN AND ALL CG USES, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. ITEM 51. >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE: FOR THE RECORD, CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE WITH DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM 51 IS REZ-25-101. THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1501 WEST GRACE STREET. THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY RS 50 TO RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY RM 18. THIS IS A EUCLIDEAN REZONING, SO THERE'S NO SITE PLAN. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, APPLICANT, GISELE, ARE YOU ON? OR JAMES? WE DON'T HAVE CAMERAS ON YOU YET. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE CAN HEAR YOU BUT DON'T HAVE CAMERA ON YOU. >> I'M TRYING TO CLICK -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL -- JUST HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS? >> THERE WE GO. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CAN YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND BE SWORNED IN BY THE CLERK, PLEASE? >>THE CLERK: DO YOU SWEAR THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? >> YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VERY GOOD. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? >> NO, SIR. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: START WITH YOUR NAME. >> MY NAME IS GISELE, AUTHORIZED AGENT. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. DOES COUNCIL HAVE QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK TO ITEM 51? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG, WOULD YOU READ ITEM 51, PLEASE? >>NAYA YOUNG: MOVE ITEM 51, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 1501 WEST GRACE STREET IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS 50, RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY TO RM 18 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG, A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. ALL IN -- SORRY, PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE ON ITEM 52, PETITIONS TO VACATE AND PUBLIC HEARINGS ON LEGISLATIVE MATTERS. >>McLANE EVANS: ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY. ITEM 52 IS THE SECOND AND FINAL PUBLIC HEARING FOR PROPOSED BROWNFIELD AREA DESIGNATION OF THE PROPERTY CONSISTING OF THREE CONTIGUOUS PARCELS GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF 1002 NORTH HOWARD AVENUE, 2315 AND 2331 WEST CYPRESS STREET. THE CITY OF TAMPA IS REQUESTING DESIGNATION OF THESE PROPERTIES AS BROWNFIELD AREA TO ASSIST IN THE ASSESSMENT AND REMEDIATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS THAT MAY EXIST ON THOSE PROPERTIES. DETAILS OF THE DESIGNATION HAVE BEEN OUTLINED IN THE DOCUMENT ENTITLED STAFF REPORT, CYPRESS HOUSING PROJECT PROPOSED BROWNFIELD AREA DESIGNATION AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE OR OnBase. CITY STAFF DETERMINED THAT ALL STATUTORY AND PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET AND RECOMMENDS CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THIS DESIGNATION. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS SECOND PUBLIC HEARING, COUNCIL WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING CYPRESS HOUSING PROJECT A BROWNFIELD AREA AS SPECIFIED IN CHAPTER 376 FLORIDA STATUTES. STAFF AND I ARE AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY GUESS? HEARING NONE, VIK, I SEE YOU ARE ONLINE. DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. STILL CAN'T HEAR YOU. >>McLANE EVANS: I BELIEVE HE IS AVAILABLE FOR YOUR QUESTIONS. I SPOKE TO HIM BEFORE THE HEARING. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OKAY. VERY GOOD. NO QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK TO ITEM 52? HEARING NONE, WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE THE RESOLUTION -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO TO MOVE 52, SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. VERY GOOD. 53. >>McLANE EVANS: McLANE EVANS, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY. ITEM NUMBER 53 IS THE SECOND AND FINAL PUBLIC HEARING FOR PROPOSED BROWNFIELD AREA DESIGNATION FOR PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 4801, 4803 EAST HILLSBOROUGH AND 4710 SHADOWLAWN AVENUE. CITY OF TAMPA IS REQUESTING DESIGNATION OF THESE PROPERTIES AS BROWNFIELD AREA TO ASSIST IN THE ASSESSMENT AND REMEDIATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS THAT MAY EXIST ON THOSE PROPERTIES. DETAILS OF THE DESIGNATION HAVE BEEN OUTLINED IN THE DOCUMENT ENTITLED STAFF REPORT EAST HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE AND SHADOW LAWN AVENUE PROPOSED BROWNFIELD AREA DESIGNATION AVAILABLE IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND ONLINE IN OnBase. CITY STAFF DETERMINED THAT STATUTORY AND NOTICE REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET AND RECOMMEND CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE DESIGNATION. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING, COUNCIL WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING EAST HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE AND SHADOWLAWN AVENUE AREA A BROWNFIELD AREA AS SPECIFIED IN CHAPTER 376 FLORIDA STATUTES. VICTOR AND I ARE AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO ITEM 53? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE RESOLUTION. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ITEM NUMBER 54. >>ROSS SAMONS: ROSS SAMONS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION, PRESENTING FILE VAC-25-06. THIS IS A PROPOSED VACATING REQUEST. THE APPLICANT'S NAME IS STEVE YERRID, LITTLE HOUSE LLC. REPRESENTATIVE'S NAME IS GARNER BREWER HUDSON. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 5001 WEST SAN GABLE COURT. PROPOSED VACATING REQUEST IS VACATE A PORTION OF WEST BRIED A STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY NORTH OF -- EAST OF OLD TAMPA BAY AND WEST OF DUNDEE STREET. BACKGROUND, THE APPLICATION WAS ORIGINALLY FILED FEBRUARY 5, 2025. THAT ORIGINAL APPLICATION WAS HEARD, THE ORDINANCE FIRST READING WAS HEARD ON MAY 1st, 2025, AND DENIED. APPLICANT REQUESTED A RECONSIDERATION. THAT MOTION TO RECONSIDER AND SET THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS INITIATED ON MAY 15, 2025. AND TO BE SET ON AUGUST 7, THAT WAS CONTINUED TO TODAY. RIGHT-OF-WAY IS CURRENTLY UNIMPROVED. RIGHT-OF-WAY WAS CREATED BY SUBDIVISION PLAT. EXISTING RIGHT-OF-WAY IS APPROXIMATELY 2,923 SQUARE FEET. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BEFORE YOU CONTINUE, WE'LL PAUSE ONE SECOND. WE'LL TAKE A LITTLE JEOPARDY PAUSE. ANYBODY WANT TO SING? >>LYNN HURTAK: NO. >> SORRY FOR GOING TO THE BATHROOM. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU ELIMINATED MY NEED TO ASK WHERE YOU WERE. >>ROSS SAMONS: ROSS SAMONS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION PRESENTING FILE VAC 25-06. THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPOSED VACATING REQUEST. PROPOSED VACATING AREA IN YELLOW. DRYAD STREET. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL PLAT. PLATTING AND DEDICATING THIS PORTION OF DRYAD STREET HERE PROPOSED VACATING AREA IS HERE. AGAIN, I'VE GOT AND HIGHLIGHTED IT RED TO SHOW YOU HERE. THIS IS THE PROPOSED VACATING REQUEST. THIS IS AN IMAGE LOOKING WEST FROM NORTH DUNDEE STREET. AGAIN, PROPOSED VACATING AREA HERE. NOT THE ENTIRETY OF THE AREA BUT A PORTION OF IT. STAFF HAS NO OBJECTIONS. VACATING REQUEST, EASEMENT RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED BY STORMWATER AND TECO. SPECIAL CONDITIONS, NATURAL RESOURCES MUST COMPLY WITH CHAPTER 27 AS REGARDS TO TREE PRESERVATION AND SITE DESIGN FOR ANY IMPROVEMENTS. PLACED ADJACENT TO TREES IN ANY VACATED AREA. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU'VE GOT ANY QUESTIONS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SIR, THE IMAGE YOU SHOWED OF THIS PARCEL, WHAT'S BEHIND THE WALL? IS IT JUST WATER? >>ROSS SAMONS: IT IS. IT'S PART LAND AND WATER, YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHO MAINTAINS THAT WALL? WHO DOES IT BELONG TO? WHO PUT IT THERE? THE CITY? >>ROSS SAMONS: ONE OF THE ABUTTING OWNERS MAINTAINS THAT FENCE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHO MOWS THE GRASS? WELL, THE GRASS IS DYING THERE? >>ROSS SAMONS: THE ABUTTING OWNERS. AND PER CODE, SECTION OF CODE, I CAN'T CITE IT PERFECTLY, BUT THE ABUTTING OWNERS ARE REQUIRED TO CENTER LINE TO NOT ALLOW PUBLIC NUISANCE AND OVERGROWTH. SO THE ABUTTING OWNERS TAKE CARE OF THAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NO OTHER QUESTIONS? APPLICANT? >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. TYLER HUDSON. ADDRESS IS 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE. THE CORD IS NOT HERE. WE'LL DO THIS MANUALLY. THERE ARE TWO APPLICANTS FOR THIS. THERE'S MR.IER I HAD AND MR. ITALIANO. MY CLIENT IS MR. YERRID. THAT IS THE AREA THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. MR. YERRID OWNS THE LAND TO THE LEFT. THAT IS TO THE SOUTH. MR. ITALIANO OWNS THE HOME TO THE RIGHT, THAT'S TO THE NORTH. THE YELLOW LINE IS THE EXTENT OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO ASKED WHAT HAPPENS BEYOND. BEYOND THAT YELLOW DASHED LINE IS PORT-OWNED PROPERTY. PORT TAMPA BAY OWNS THAT LAND IN FEE SIMPLE. THE YELLOW DASHED LINE IS WHERE THE SHORELINE STOPS IN 1919 WHEN THIS WAS THE DEAD END OF DRYAD. BUT BECAUSE OF DREDGE AND FILL AND ACCRETION, THE COASTLINE WENT FURTHER WEST. RIGHT-OF-WAY DOES NOT TRAVEL FURTHER WEST TO THE SHORELINE. SO THAT LAND AND THERE HASN'T BEEN A SHRED OF EVIDENCE IN THE RECORD THAT I'M AWARE OF TO DISPUTE. WE KNOW THIS BECAUSE WE LOOKED THROUGH EVERY POSSIBLE TITLE COMPANY, THE LAND BEYOND THE YELLOW DASHED LINE TOWARDS THE WATER IS OWNED BY PORT TAMPA BAY. WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE SOME NEIGHBORS BEYOND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO OBTAIN LAND FROM PORT TAMPA BAY FOR THEIR DOCKS THAT ARE ACTUALLY ON THE WATER. SAME VIEW, DIFFERENT WAY. LEFT SIDE, THE VIEW TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS LAND THIS SUBJECT RIGHT-OF-WAY, WE'VE HAD SURVEYORS OUT THERE, COUNTLESS TITLE EXAMINATIONS. THERE IS ZERO QUESTION THAT THIS LAND STOPS WELL SHORT OF THE SHORELINE. IT DIDN'T ALWAYS BACK IN 1919. IT WAS ON THE SHORE THEN. IT IS NOT NOW. THE ONLY WAY TO ACCESS THE WATER THROUGH THIS PIECE OF RIGHT-OF-WAY IS TO TRESPASS ONTO PORT PROPERTY AND THEN CLAMBER OVER WHAT WOULD BE A ROUGH MANGROVE SITUATION ON TO A STORMWATER OUTFALL FACILITY THAT THE CITY OWNS. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND. I THINK I SAID THIS ENOUGH. THE LAND IS PRIVATELY OWNED. THERE IS A TENOR IN A LITTLE BIT OF THE OPPOSITION THAT THE LAND, THAT IT IS A LAND GRAB. GIVING LAND TO THE PRIVATE PROPERTY. THIS LAND IS PRIVATELY OWNED. 1919 WHEN THEY ORIGINALLY PLATTED THIS OUT, THEY SAID, WELL, WE'LL GIVE YOU 25 EACH OF EITHER SIDE TO MAKE FOR 50-FOOT RIGHT-OF-WAY OF DRYAD STREET. NEVER GOT BUILT. NEVER WILL GET BUILT. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT. THE CORE ISSUE THAT YOU HAVE TO DECIDE AND THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE THE CONVERSATION WAS MEANDERING A LITTLE BIT. IS IT IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST OF THE CITY TO GIVE UP AN EASEMENT FOR A ROAD THAT WILL NEVER BUILD TO GET AN EASEMENT FOR STORMWATER THAT IT DOES NOT HAVE RIGHT NOW AND IT NEEDS? THERE ARE TWO GRAVITY MAINS RUNNING BENEATH THE PROPERTY. STORMWATER DOESN'T HAVE A STORMWATER EASEMENT. RIGHT-OF-WAY IS A SERVICE EASEMENT FOR PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR TRAVEL ACCESS. THE REASON THE STORMWATER SUPPORTED THIS APPLICATION IS BECAUSE APPROVAL OF THIS GETS THEM THE EASEMENT THEY CURRENTLY LACK. I'LL SKIP THIS IN THE INTEREST OF TIME. WE KNOW THIS IS THE END OF THE ROAD. KIND OF THE END OF THE ROAD FOR MY PRESENTATION. WE BRING A LOT OF RIGHT-OF-WAY VACATINGS BEFORE YOU. IT IS VERY, VERY UNUSUAL TO HAVE ONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE A SINGLE DEPARTMENT OBJECTION. I CANNOT RECALL ONE IN MY CAREER BRINGING THESE BEFORE YOU. THESE ARE SCRUTINIZED. THESE ARE VETTED BY THE INFRASTRUCTURE DEPARTMENTS. EVERYONE THAT CAN POSSIBLY TOUCH THIS HAS NOT A SINGLE DEPARTMENT HAS OBJECTED TO THIS VACATING REQUEST. HERE IS WHY. THE ENTIRE PROPERTY IS GOING TO BE SUBJECT TO A STORMWATER EASEMENT. YOU CAN'T PUT TEMPORARY STRUCTURES. YOU CAN'T PUT PERMANENT STRUCTURES. YOU CAN'T PUT LANDSCAPING OTHER THAN SHRUBBERY, SHRUBS, SHRUBBERY, SMALL SHRUBBERY. THAT'S ALL YOU CAN DO. ISN'T LIKE A NEW BACKYARD. THERE AREN'T HOMES GOING IN HERE. THIS IS TRANSFERRING A ROAD EASEMENT THAT WILL NEVER GET BUILT. IN MY VIEW, LEGALLY DOESN'T ACTUALLY COVER THE STORMWATER FACILITY UNDER THE GROUND BECAUSE RIGHT-OF-WAY IS FOR SURFACE. AND THE CITY IS GETTING A STORMWATER EASEMENT THAT IT NEEDS TO PROTECT GRAVITY MAIN THAT DOESN'T JUST OUTFLOW FOR THE TWO HOMES ADJACENT. IT OUTFLOWS TO THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE FOLKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEED NO REMINDER OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT. SOME FOLKS AREN'T BACK IN THEIR HOMES IN THIS PART OF SUNSET PARK. APPROVING THIS GETS THE CITY THE STORMWATER EASEMENT THAT IT DOES NOT HAVE TODAY AND NEEDS. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN THINGS OVER TO MR. MICHELINI. >>STEVE MICHELINI: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. STEVE MICHELINI REPRESENTING JEFFREY ITALIANO AND HIS ESTATE. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS. THIS IS A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT ORIGINALLY BELONGED TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE WESTERN END AND WHERE DOES IT GO, IT'S OWNED BY A COMBINATION OF McDONAUGH WHO HAS A HOME THERE AND A PORTION OF IT BELONGS TO THE TAMPA PORT AUTHORITY. THE RIGHT-OF-WAY REMAINED UNUSED AND UNIMPROVED FOR 106 YEARS. PORTIONS OF IT WERE PREVIOUSLY DEDICATED AND SURRENDERED BY THE CITY OF TAMPA TO THE PORT AUTHORITY FOR THEIR USE AND ACCESS BECAUSE THE PORT AUTHORITY HAS JURISDICTION OVER RIGHTS-OF-WAY, HAS JURISDICTION OVER WATERWAYS. THERE IS NO ACCESS TO THE BAY. THERE'S BEEN SOME E-MAILS BACK AND FORTH ABOUT CARRYING KAYAKS AND FISHING AND ALL OF THAT. IT IS PRIVATE PROPERTY. THEY CAN'T GET THERE. YOU SAW THE WALL AND THE FENCE THAT RUNS ACROSS THE WEST END. THIS HAS TO DEAL WITH THE EAST END OF THAT PROPERTY. THERE IS NO ACCESS TO THE BAY FROM THERE. THERE IS A DRAINAGE EASEMENT THAT HAS TO BE PROVIDED TO THE CITY BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO CULVERTS. IF YOU LOOK IN THE PICTURES, TYLER SHOWED YOU, THERE ARE TWO PARALLEL DRAINAGE CULVERTS THAT RUN OUT TO THE BAY. THE CITY HAS TO HAVE THAT AND HAS TO HAVE THAT EASEMENT AND HAS TO HAVE ACCESS FOR MAINTENANCE, ALL OF WHICH WILL BE PROVIDED. NOTHING CAN BE BUILT THERE. THIS IS NOT A BUILDABLE LOT. IT HAS TO REMAIN GREEN. THE PROPERTY OWNERS, THE ADJACENT ONES, ITALIANO AND YERRID HAVE BEEN MAINTAINING IT. THERE IS A CONVERSATION EASEMENT THAT ALSO RUNS ACROSS IT, WHICH MEANS IT HAS TO REMAIN GREEN. ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS, 20 CITY DEPARTMENTS HAVE REVIEWED THIS AND DECIDED -- THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS. THE ONLY ISSUE THAT'S IN THERE IS THE EASEMENT THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE STORMWATER DEPARTMENT FOR THE STORMWATER PIPES. THIS IS AN EASEMENT -- THIS IS A RIGHT-OF-WAY THAT'S HELD IN TRUST. THE CITY IS THE TRUSTEE. AND WE'RE ASKING FOR THE CITY TO RELEASE ITS TRUSTEE-SHIP AND RETURN IT TO ITS RIGHTFUL OWNERS, THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS. THERE ARE THREE ENTITIES THAT HAVE ENTITLEMENTS IN THIS AREA. ONE OF THEM WAS REMOVED BY THE CITY BECAUSE IT DIDN'T DIRECTLY ABUT THE REQUESTED VACATED AREA. THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE WAS FOR A STREET. THAT STREET AND THE UTILITIES ASSOCIATED WILL NEVER BE BUILT, EXCEPT FOR THE STORMWATER THAT IS IN THERE AND THE CITY PUT IT IN THERE WITHOUT PERMISSION, WITHOUT THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT. BUT ANYWAY, PART OF THE PETITION IS TO PROVIDE A PERMANENT EASEMENT FOR THAT TO BE DEDICATED BACK TO THE CITY. THE OPEN AREA IS UNSECURED, AND IT CREATES A SECURITY ISSUE FOR BOTH PROPERTY OWNERS. MR. ITALIANO AS WELL AS MR. YERRID CAN SPEAK TO THAT CONCERN REGARDING THEIR LIABILITY FOR MAINTENANCE SAFETY AND SECURITY. THE ACCESS TO THE CITY MAINTENANCE WILL BE PROVIDED. SO THE CITY WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS THIS AREA FOR THEIR OWN MAINTENANCE FOR THOSE STORMWATER PIPES. THE PROPOSED AREA IS NOT A VACATION RECREATION PLAYGROUND, OR ANYTHING ELSE. NEVER WAS, NEVER INTENDED TO BE, AND IT CAN'T BE USED FOR THAT. THE LIABILITY THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THAT TRANSFERS TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS WHICH THEY HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT. AS I SAID, IT DOES NOT PROVIDE AN ACCESS FOR FISHING, UNLESS YOU ARE GOING THROUGH SOMEBODY ELSE'S BACKYARD OR KAYAKING OR WHATEVER. THE PROPOSED AREA TO BE VACATED LIES DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THESE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE REQUESTING THAT THIS RIGHT-OF-WAY BE RELEASED. THE AREA IS PROPOSED FOR THE VACATING DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO OLD TAMPA BAY. THEY HAVE ACCESS PERHAPS TO THE STREET AND THE DRAINAGE, STORMWATER RETENTION -- I MEAN, THE STORMWATER CULVERTS. THE PROPOSED AREA DOES NOT INCREASE THE CHANCES OF FLOODING. IT DOES NOT. AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT PROVIDES BETTER ACCESS FOR THE CITY, WHICH THEY CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE. IT MUST BE MAINTAINED GREEN AND NO PERMANENT STRUCTURES. AND NO PERMANENT STRUCTURES CAN BE BUILT ON THE EASEMENT. MR. ITALIANO, WILL YOU COME UP, PLEASE? >> JEFF ITALIANO. I AM THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER. COUNCILMAN, YOU ASKED BEFORE WHAT WAS BEHIND THE WHITE FENCE? IT IS THE NEIGHBOR'S YARD. THE PART THAT THERE'S WATER IS ABOUT 15-FOOT. RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF MY PROPERTY ON THE RIGHT. IT IS ALL MANGROVES EXCEPT FOR A LARGE LIKE THREE-FOOT STORMWATER SEWER. IF YOU WERE TO TRY TO GET IN THAT WATER, YOU WOULD BE CLIMBING ON A SEWER AND THEN JUMPING IN MUCK. IT'S NOT NICE THERE. I HAVE CONCERNS OVER LIABILITY BECAUSE AT TIMES THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THAT YARD. AT NIGHT, I INSTALLED CAMERAS. I INSTALLED FLOOD LIGHTS. I HAVE A NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET WHO HAS CALLED THE POLICE ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS BECAUSE SHE FEELS LIKE THERE ARE DRUGS BEING SOLD OUT THERE. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT BUT IT DOES CONCERN ME. I DID HAVE MY GATE -- A LOCK INSTALLED. WHEN I BOUGHT THE PROPERTY, I ASKED MY REALTOR, I SAID THIS ISN'T PUBLIC, RIGHT? I DON'T WANT TO BUY AN EXPENSIVE HOUSE NEXT TO PUBLIC PARK THAT COULD BE DANGEROUS. I'M AN INSURANCE AGENT. WHEN PEOPLE CONGREGATE IN AREAS THAT ARE NOT MONITORED, YOU TYPICALLY END UP WITH PROBLEMS. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYONE PLAY IN THAT AREA IN YEARS, SEVERAL YEARS. I DID NOTICE LAST WEEK FOR THE FIRST TIME THERE WERE SOME KIDS THERE THAT I THINK IS BECAUSE WE'RE HERE TODAY, HONESTLY. IT HASN'T HAPPENED. IT'S NOT A PARK. IT'S BASICALLY THE LAND THAT BELONGS TO ME AND MR. YERRID THAT THE CITY TOOK TRUST IN TO ACCESS THE STORMWATER. THEY ARE NOT USING IT, AND IT SHOULD BE RETURNED TO US. IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. YOU CAN'T JUST DECIDE WE WANT TO THROW A PARK THERE, BUILDING THERE, RESTAURANT THERE. IT IS OUR LAND. IT'S NOT BEING USED AND IT SHOULD BE RETURNED TO US. I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT. >>STEVE MICHELINI: COUNCIL, I THINK YOU'VE GOT A CLEAR PICTURE OF WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. IT'S NOT PUBLIC LAND. NEVER WAS. SHOULDN'T BE USED THAT WAY AND IT CREATES A LIABILITY FOR THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS. WE RESPECT FLOE REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. -- RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG. PAUSE FOR A SECOND FOR CONSULTATION WITH THE ATTORNEY. >>LYNN HURTAK: I'LL TAKE THIS MOMENT TO SAY THANK YOU TO LUIS FOR GIVING ME THE HEART AWARD THIS MONDAY. THAT WAS REALLY EXCITING AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ARE YOU SAYING THAT COUNCILMAN VIERA ISSUED A COMMENDATION TO SOMEONE. >>LYNN HURTAK: I KNOW. IT'S VERY RARE. HE DOESN'T DO THEM VERY OFTEN. BUT THAT'S WHY I FELT SO HONORED TO RECEIVE. >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, MR. CHAIR, YEAH, SO WHAT COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, I WAS GOING TO BRING IT UP AT THE END. BUT THE HART BOARD CHOSE TO HONOR COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK AS CHAMPION OF TRANSIT FOR HER CHAMPIONING FOR TWO STRAIGHT YEARS THE FUNDING OF ROUTE ONE OF $3 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR MASS TRANSIT BECAUSE OF HER LEADERSHIP AND SO WE ON THE HART BOARD WANTED TO HONOR THAT AND COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN AND I WENT UP AND DID THAT. GOD BLESS YOU FOR THAT. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ARE WE READY? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR CITY LEGAL STAFF. THE ISSUE BEFORE US TODAY IS ABOUT THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND NOT OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY, CORRECT? IT'S JUST WHETHER THE CITY IS RELINQUISHING THE ABILITY TO BUILD A ROAD THERE. >>RON WIGGINTON: YES, SIR. LEGAL DEPARTMENT. THE ONLY ISSUE BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL TODAY IS WHETHER THE APPLICANT HAS SUSTAINED THEIR BURDEN TO ESTABLISH THAT IT SERVES THE PUBLIC INTEREST TO RELEASE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. THIS IS NOT ANY KIND OF DETERMINATION OR THERE SHOULD BE NO REPRESENTATION MADE AS TO WHO WILL ULTIMATELY OBTAIN THE FEE. THAT IS UP TO POSSIBLY THE COURT OR THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S OFFICE OR CERTAINLY THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS. BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING FOR THE CITY TO RESOLVE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: ONE OTHER QUICK QUESTION. WHAT ARE THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS TODAY? >>RON WIGGINTON: SO FOR RIGHT NOW, PURSUANT TO SECTION 1946 AND 1950, BASICALLY THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE TO MAINTAIN THIS RIGHT-OF-WAY. BUT AS FAR AS LIABILITY, I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK TO THAT. AGAIN THAT REALLY DEALS WITH THE FEE INTEREST AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD OPINE ON. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >>NAYA YOUNG: I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM -- HE ALREADY ANSWERED THAT QUESTION. SO NOTHING CAN BE BUILT ON THIS PROPERTY YES? JUST CONFIRMING THE INFORMATION THAT WE WERE GIVEN. >>ROSS SAMONS: NO, NOTHING CAN BE BUILT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HEARING NO OTHER QUESTIONS, ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? IF YOU WOULD LINE UP ON THE WALL, WE'LL CALL YOU UP FROM THE FRONT. WHO WANTS TO GO FIRST? TAG, YOU'RE IT. START WITH YOUR NAME, PLEASE. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MICHAEL RICH. I LIVE ON WEST DRYAD STREET IN SUNSET PARK. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. CONSIDERING THERE IS A NEW MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF A RECAP OF THE LEVEL OF OPPOSITION THERE IS TO THIS APPLICATION. YOU HAVE RECEIVED 17 E-MAILS FROM PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY OBJECTING TO IT, INCLUDING FROM THE SUNSET PARK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. WE'VE GOT TWO PETITIONS, ONE THAT WAS COLLECTED BY HAND, ONE COLLECTED DIGITALLY. 7 PEOPLE ATTEND THE MAY 1st HEARING IN OBJECTION. AND TODAY, I COUNT AT LEAST TEN. SO A LOT OF PUBLIC OPPOSITION. THE SECOND THING I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS REFRAME THE DISCUSSION A LITTLE BIT. I'LL START WITH A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY. ALSO ON THE AGENDA, YOU HAVE A MESSAGE FORWARDED FROM MARYANNE RHODES. MARYANNE WAS A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF SUNSET PARK. SHE MOVED HERE IN THE 1960s. SHE NOTED IN THAT MESSAGE THAT PEOPLE HAVE USED THIS PROPERTY FOR RECREATION BACK FROM THE 1960s AND PROBABLY BEFORE THAT, ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL TODAY. THERE'S CLEARLY A PUBLIC GOOD THAT IT PROVIDES AND PUBLIC USE. THE APPLICANT MOVED INTO THEIR PROPERTIES IN 1987 AND 2018 RESPECTIVELY KNOWING FULL WELL THAT THERE WAS A RIGHT-OF-WAY THERE. SO THE IDEA THAT THEY FRAMED AROUND RETURNING THIS PROPERTY TO THEM JUST DOESN'T FLOAT TO ME. IT FEELS A LITTLE BIT DISINGENUOUS. MRS. RHODES ALSO INFORMED ME BACK IN 1987 ONE OF THE APPLICANTS MADE A SIMILAR ATTEMPT AT VACATION APPLICATION. THAT FAILED. OCTOBER 1987, FAILED BACK THEN. I DON'T SEE ANY REASON IT SHOULD PASS TODAY. THIRD THING, ADDRESS THE NOTION THAT THIS APPLICATION SHOULD BE RUBBER STAMPED OR TREATED LIKE ANY OTHER ALLEYWAY. I WENT BACK AND PULLED ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS TO VACATE FROM TAMPA CITY COUNCIL THE LAST TWO CALENDAR YEARS. THERE'S 39 ITEMS. 18 OF THEM ARE RESIDENTIAL MATTERS. MOST OF THEM ARE ALLEYWAYS. 10 TO 15 FEET WIDE. THIS ONE IS 50 FEET WIDE AND EFFECTIVELY 85 FEET DEEP. I KNOW THEY WANT TO SAY IT'S ONLY 55 FEET DEEP. EFFECTIVELY 85 FEET DEEP. OF THE 18 RESIDENTIAL CASES, ONLY FOUR OF THEM HAVE BEEN APPROVED. THE FOUR APPROVED, ONE WAS FOR A FIRE STATION. THE OTHER THREE EITHER HAD ZERO OPPOSITION OR ONE PERSON OPPOSING THEM. SO THERE IS A DEGREE OF PRECEDENT THAT THIS CITY COUNCIL HAS SET. THE APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN DENIED, THE MOST COMMON REASON WAS FAILURE TO PROVIDE A COMPELLING EVIDENCE THAT IT WAS IN THE PUBLIC'S BEST INTEREST. YOU SET THE PRECEDENT. MOST OF THESE APPLICATIONS FAIL. THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR I THINK SETS -- HITS BOTH OF THOSE PRECEDENTS, PUBLIC OPPOSITION AND PUBLIC GOOD. I ASK YOU TO AGAIN DENY THIS APPLICATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT. START WITH YOUR NAME, MEASE. PLEASE. >> ANDREW RINEHART. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY STAFF FOR ADDRESSING THE PROPERTY RIGHTS CONCERN BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THAT SHOULDN'T BE ADDRESSED AT THIS TIME, BUT IT IS NOT CUT AND DRY. IT IS NOT CLEAR WHO OWNS THIS. DOES NEED TO GO TO COURT OF LAW TO DETERMINE OWNERSHIP BECAUSE IT WAS CREATED IN 1919. I WANT TO BRING THIS UP JUST TO SHOW THIS IS NOT A PROPERTY RIGHTS ISSUE. EVEN MULTIPLE TITLE COMMITMENTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED ON THIS SHOWING THE VESTED INTEREST AND THE APPLICANT, CITY OF TAMPA, BACK TO THE APPLICANTS, BUT I'M GLAD WE'RE NOT DISCUSSING THAT TODAY. WHAT THIS APPLICANT DID NOT DO IS GIVE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY TO THE CITY. THIS IS NOT A RANDOM RIGHT-OF-WAY TRAVERSING A SINGLE PARCEL OWNED BY ONE ENTITY TO BE REDEVELOPED AND NOT THE FORM OF DEBATE WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY. LEFT UP FOR A COURT TO DECIDE, NOT CITY COUNCIL. ONE THING NOT UP FOR DEBATE IS THIS IS A CITY RIGHT-OF-WAY AND ANY TITLE COMMITMENT YOU PULL IS GOING TO SHOW RESERVATIONS ON IT. RIGHT HERE, THIS RIGHT-OF-WAY IS SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT AND USE OF ALL OTHER OWNERS OF THE PLAT OF THE SUNSET CAMP COMMUNITY. SUBJECT TO THE RIGHTS OF THE PUBLIC AND THEN ALSO REPAIRING AND LITTORAL RIGHTS. ALL PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE SUNSET CAMP PLAT HAVE A RIGHT TO ACCESS THIS RIGHT-OF-WAY. IF YOU VACATE IT, YOU'LL BE FAVORING RIGHTS OF TWO PROPERTY OWNERS OVER THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. NUMBER TWO WHAT IS NOT UP FOR DEBATE, IF YOU APPROVE THIS PETITION, THIS LAND WILL BECOME PRIVATE PROPERTY. AND THAT IS AN ASSET THAT THE CITY WOULD BE GIVING UP AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S -- YEAH. WHY SHOULD WE VOTE TO DENY THIS APPLICATION? THIS WOULD RESTRICT ANY POTENTIAL ACCESS TO THE WATERFRONT. APPLICANT AND CITY HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS THAT THE RIGHT-OF-WAY DOES NOT TOUCH THE WATER, THEREFORE IT'S NOT WATERFRONT PROPERTY. BUT IT DOES TOUCH CREEK AND LANDS OWNED BY THE PORT. THEREFORE, I WOULD ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO EXPLORE THE OPTION OF PETITIONING THE PORT AUTHORITY TO DISCLAIM -- CREATED BY THE ACCRETION TO THE CITY OF TAMPA TO EXPAND ACCESS TO THE WATERFRONT FOR THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY. WHICH WOULD ALSO FALL IN LINE WITH THE CURRENT LAND USE CODE OF THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ALSO THE PARKS AND REC'S PRESENTATION TO THIS CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIZE THE DEVELOPMENT OF GREENWAYS AND MULTIUSE TRAILS FOR BOTH NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIVITY AND REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY AND IMPROVE ACCESS TO THE WATER THROUGHOUT THE PARK SYSTEM. I KNOW THIS IS NOT A PARK, BUT IT IS A RIGHT-OF-WAY. LAST, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, I DON'T BELIEVE THE COMMUNITY IS BEING UNREASONABLE. WE HAVE TRIED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE APPLICANT TO DISCUSS THE CONCERNS. INSTEAD OF ENGAGING US IN CONVERSATION, THEY DECIDED TO SERVE ME WITH A CEASE AND DESIST LETTER FOR CONTACTING MY LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES TO DISCUSS THIS CASE. MY HOPE IS YOU ALL WILL DENY THIS PETITION TO VACATE AND UPHOLD THE PUBLIC TRUST DOCTRINE. NO SECURITY CONCERNS AND A BUNCH OF THE NEIGHBORS IN THESE COMMUNITIES ARE STILL DISPLACED FROM THE HURRICANE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. THE FIRST DOCUMENT, CAN YOU GIVE THAT TO THE ATTORNEY SO WE CAN REVIEW THAT, PLEASE? ALL OF THEM, I GUESS. START WITH YOUR NAME, PLEASE. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS STEVE HOLTZMAN. MY WIFE GAIL AND I PURCHASED OUR HOME AT 2201 SOUTH VENUS STREET IN JUNE 1986, CLOSE 40 YEARS AGO. OUR HOME IS ONE BLOCK FROM THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION. NONE OF THE CURRENT HOMES ON SAN GABLE WERE IN EXISTENCE IN 1986 AND, IN FACT, SAN GABLE DID NOT EXIST AT THAT TIME NOR DID MR. ITALIANO OWN HIS HOME AT THAT TIME. HOWEVER, THE RIGHT-OF-WAY TO THE BAY, AND IT WAS FULLY TO THE BAY AT THAT TIME, WAS IN EXISTENCE IN 1986. AND THAT ACCESS IMPRESSED US AS PART OF OUR DECISION TO PURCHASE OUR HOME. OUR HOME AND OTHERS ON OUR BLOCK ARE LANDLOCKED, THIS RIGHT-OF-WAY PROVIDED DIRECT ACCESS TO THE BAY, APPARENTLY UNTIL JUST RECENTLY. THE RIGHT-OF-WAY ADDS VALUE TO OUR PROPERTY AND OTHERS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND SHOULD NOT BE USURPED FOR PRIVATE GAIN. THIS RIGHT-OF-WAY SHOULD REMAIN ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC FOR ITS ENJOYMENT AND BENEFIT. WE DO NOT BELIEVE THERE IS ANY REASON OR PROBLEM WARRANTING REMOVAL OF THIS RIGHT-OF-WAY FROM THE PUBLIC DOMAIN, AS THIS COUNCIL HAS RULED ON PRIOR OCCASIONS. GRANTING THIS VARIANCE WOULD RESULT IN AN UNWARRANTED, DIMINUTION OF OUR PROPERTY VALUE AND OUR NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY, WHICH ALREADY HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY RECENT HURRICANES. WE ASK THAT THE COUNCIL'S PRIOR DECISIONS TO DENY THE VARIANCE BE UPHELD AND THAT THIS REQUEST BE DENIED ONCE AGAIN. I MIGHT ADD PERSONALLY, IF THE CITY WANTS TO TAKE AN EASEMENT ON THE PROPERTY FOR STORMWATER ENHANCEMENT, I'M SURE THE NEIGHBORS WOULD BE RECEPTIVE TO THAT. BUT THIS PROPOSAL GOES TOO FAR. THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER, START WITH YOUR NAME. >> LESLEY FARRELL. I LIVE A COUPLE OF BLOCKS FROM THE GREENSPACE. I FEEL LIKE THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS. THIS IS A GREENSPACE THAT'S GOOD FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THERE'S REALLY NO BENEFIT IN US LOSING THIS. SOME NEIGHBORS I'VE TALKED TO HAVE ENJOYED THE SPACE FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND THEY REMEMBER FINDING IT WHEN IT HAPPENED BEFORE, WHEN THEY TRIED TO TAKE IT AWAY. ANYWAY, IT JUST HAS A LOT OF BENEFITS. IT WAS NEEDED BACK THEN. IT'S NEEDED NOW AND EVEN MORE SO IN THE FUTURE, I THINK, BECAUSE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY ARE TEARING DOWN ALL THE SMALL HOUSES, PUTTING UP HUGE HOUSES AND TAKING AWAY A LOT OF THE YARDS THAT WOULD NATURALLY BE THERE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE PUTTING IN FAKE GRASS. THE FAKE GRASS HEATS UP THE GROUND AND IT DOESN'T ABSORB THE WATER. SO AS FAR AS FLOODING, IT'S JUST A FLOODING CONCERN. A LOT OF US ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF THIS. WE JUST DON'T KNOW, LIKE, ONCE THAT IS GONE, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THAT IN THE LONG RUN. WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET THAT BACK. I HAD THREE FEET OF WATER IN MY GARAGE LAST YEAR, AND A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORS LOST THEIR HOMES. WE'RE JUST VERY WORRIED ABOUT THAT. AS FAR AS UPKEEP OF THAT, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, SUNSET PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HAS CONFIRMED THAT THEY WILL, IF NECESSARY, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE CARE OF THAT SPACE. WE ALSO NEED GREENSPACES FOR, LIKE, YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I HAVE A GRANDSON WHO IS TWO AND IT IS A SMALL, SAFE PLACE. IT IS A REALLY NICE PLACE THAT YOU CAN TAKE YOUNG CHILDREN TO PLAY. I HEARD SAFETY BEING A REASON FOR THIS PETITION. BUT THE GREENSPACE REALLY MAKES OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SAFER. I THINK MOST OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT I HAVE MET HAVE BEEN LIKE AT THAT GREENSPACE. WE WALK OUR DOGS, CHAT, AND KNOWING YOUR NEIGHBORS, I THINK THAT IS A PROVEN WAY TO IMPROVE SAFETY. SO I THINK THAT CAN ONLY BE A BENEFIT. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S BEEN ANY ARRESTS. I HEARD ABOUT THE RUMOR ABOUT THE NEIGHBOR WHO THOUGHT SOMETHING WAS GOING ON THERE. I THINK THAT WAS NOT TRUE. WE REALLY FEEL LIKE IT IS A VERY SAFE AREA. YOU'VE SEEN HOW MUCH THIS LITTLE GREEN AREA MEANS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I HOPE YOU WILL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND NOT TAKE IT AWAY. THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER, START WITH YOUR NAME PLEASE. >> SHOULD I WAIT? HELLO AND GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS NATALIE RINEHART. I RESIDE IN BEAUTIFUL SUNSET PARK WITH MY HUSBAND, OUR TWO SONS AND OUR DOG. TO ANYONE OUTSIDE OF SOUTH TAMPA, THIS ISSUE MAY SEEM SMALL, MAYBE EVEN INSIGNIFICANT, BUT IN OUR COMMUNITY, OPEN SPACES AND GREENWAYS ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN. MANY OF WHICH ARE SEPARATED BY BUSY ROADS AND LOADS OF TRAFFIC. THIS LITTLE GREENSPACE IS A LITTLE SLICE OF PARADISE FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. LET ME TELL YOU, IT IS THE LAST, AND THAT IS A FACT, LITTLE PIECE OF UNDEVELOPED, UNBUILT GREENSPACE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. IT IS A PARCEL FOR NEIGHBORS TO WALK THEIR DOG, WATCH THE SUN SET, CHAT WITH A NEIGHBOR, JUST GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER. BUT TODAY I'M HERE AS A MOM, A JOB THAT I TAKE EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY. MY NUMBER ONE GOAL AS A MOTHER IS TO RAISE CHILDREN WHO ARE GOOD HUMANS AND WHO WILL BECOME CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF SOCIETY ONE DAY AND TAKE PRIDE IN TAMPA, LIKE I DO. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF CHILDHOOD IS PLAY, UNSTRUCTURED PLAY. THE KIND OF PLAY WHERE I HAVE TO SIT BACK AND LET MY KIDS USE THEIR IMAGINATION. A STICK BECOMES A SWORD AND SUDDENLY THEY ARE A MEDIEVAL KNIGHT FIGHTING A DRAGON. IN ORDER TO PLAY, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE TWO THINGS, TIME AND A SAFE PLACE. MY JOB IS TO PROVIDE THE TIME AND OUR JOB AS THE COMMUNITY, EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM, IS TO PROVIDE THE SAFE SPACE. SO, BY VACATING THIS RIGHT-OF-WAY, YOU WILL DENY ALL OF THE CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY THIS SMALL LITTLE GREENSPACE TO PLAY ON, KICK A BALL, PLAY TAG, SET UP A LEMONADE STAND, IMAGINE A TOTALLY NEW WORLD. WE DON'T NEED PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. WE DON'T NEED SUPPLIES. WE JUST WANT TO YOU KEEP THIS GREENSPACE EXACTLY AS IT'S ALWAYS BEEN -- AN OPEN FIELD FOR EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO ENJOY IF THEY'D LIKE TO. I KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU IN THIS ROOM ARE CHAMPIONS FOR PUBLIC SPACES AND A SENSE OF COMMUNITY, SO PLEASE HELP ME AND HELP US IN SUNSET CAMP TO KEEP OUR KIDS OUTSIDE INSTEAD OF BEHIND A SCREEN. SECONDARILY, I AM CONCERNED THAT IF THE APPLICANT'S ARE GRANTED THIS LAND THAT THEY WILL FENCE IT IN. IT'S ACTUALLY WHAT THEY HAVE STATED IN THEIR APPLICATION. CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE NO SAY-SO OVER THAT FENCING. FENCING IT IN IN ANY WAY WILL CREATE A NEGATIVE STORMWATER IMPLICATION, PLAIN AND SIMPLE. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT IS A WALL. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT IS A FENCE THAT WATER CAN FLOW THROUGH. NO ONE IN THIS ROOM CAN SAY DEFENTIVELY HOW A STORM WILL ACT OR HOW WATER WILL FLOW WHEN IT NEEDS TO FLOW. THIS LAND HAS ALWAYS SERVED AS THE END OF A CANAL WHERE WATER CAN GO SAFELY WHERE IT NEEDS TO. OVER ONE-FOURTH OF THE RESIDENTS IN SUNSET PARK ARE STILL DISPLACED, SO PLEASE HELP US TO RETURN HOME TO A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS BETTER AND NOT POSSIBLY WORSE. THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME ON THIS ISSUE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER, START WITH YOUR NAME PLEASE. >> HI. GOOD MORNING. LAUREN RICH. I LIVE ON WEST DRYAD STREET ABOUT FIVE HOUSES DOWN FROM THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. IN FACT, WHEN WE MOVED INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD 12 YEARS AGO, I REMEMBER THINKING HOW GREAT IT WAS TO HAVE A GREENSPACE AT THE END OF THE STREET THAT WAS PROTECTED BY THE CITY. THEN I HAD TWO CHILDREN WHO ARE NOW AGES 3 AND 7 AND HAVE WATCHED THEM LEARN TO KICK A SOCCER BALL, PLAY CATCH AND RUN AROUND ON THE GREENSPACE. THAT'S SOMETHING OF TRUE VALUE TODAY WHERE NOT MANY AREAS OF SOUTH -- WHERE MANY AREAS OF SOUTH TAMPA ARE OVERDEVELOPED AND YARDS ARE SMALL. NOT ONLY DO WE VALUE THE SPACE PERSONALLY, BUT THERE'S ALSO EVIDENCE THAT PROPERTY VALUES ARE INCREASED WHEN THERE ARE PUBLIC AREAS ACCESSIBLE TO PRIVATE PROPERTIES. A RIGHT-OF-WAY IS DEFINED AS A LAND DEDICATED, DEEDED TO BE USED FOR A STREET, ALLEYWAY -- I'M GOING TO PARAPHRASE -- OR OTHER PURPOSE BY THE PUBLIC. RIGHT-OF-WAYS ARE HELD IN TRUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC. THIS CITY COUNCIL HAS THE FULL DISCRETION TO DETERMINE WHETHER THIS LAND CONTINUES TO SERVE A PUBLIC PURPOSE AND THAT IS THE ONLY QUESTION BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL TODAY. THE OVERWHELMING OPPOSITION TO THE APPLICATION TO VACATE COMES FROM RESIDENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, INCLUDING MYSELF, WHO HAVE SAID THAT THE GREENSPACE SERVES MANY PUBLIC PURPOSES. OPEN SPACE FOR CHILDREN TO PLAY, A PLACE TO WALK THE DOGS, RECREATION, ENJOYING THE OUTDOORS TO NAME A FEW. NO ONE IS ASKING FOR WATER ACCESS. THE APPLICATION ALSO STATES SECURITY CONCERNS AND THE REQUEST IS TO BUILD A FENCE. IF A FENCE IS ERECTED THERE IS NO BENEFIT FOR THE PUBLIC THERE. IF THE CITY COUNCIL AGREES THAT THE LAND SERVES A PUBLIC PURPOSE, WHICH WE HAVE CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED, THE CITY MUST DENY THE MOTION TO VACATE. IN FACT, I WAS DOING A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH AND THE SUPREME COURT DETERMINED IN 1937 THAT THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT VACATE A STREET FOR THE BENEFIT OF A PURELY PRIVATE INTEREST. NO ONE WILL BENEFIT FROM THE VACATION EXCEPT THE ADJACENT LANDOWNERS WHO WILL USE THE PROPERTY FOR THEIR OWN PRIVATE INTEREST AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD WILL BE DEPRIVED OF THE GREENSPACE. CITRUS COUNTY COMMISSION WAS RECENTLY FACED WITH A SIMILAR APPLICATION TO VACATE BY ONE OF ITS OWN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WHO RECUSED HERSELF FROM THE VOTE. SHE WAS HOPING TO PUT UP A GATE AT THE DEAD END ROAD NEAR HER HOME IN ORDER TO AVOID TRAFFIC TURNING AROUND SO CLOSE. COMMISSION DENIED THE VOTE 4-0 DUE TO LACK OF NEIGHBORHOOD BUY-IN AND OPPOSITION POSITION THAT REQUEST ONLY BENEFIT THE MOVEMENT AND INCREASE PROPERTY VALUES AT THE EXPENSE OF THE NEIGHBORS. THE SAME CONCLUSION SHOULD BE REACHED HERE. WE ARE NOT ASKING -- SO USUALLY THE REVERSE IS CORRECT. IF YOU ARE TAKING PRIVATE PROPERTY, YOU HAVE TO COMPENSATE. HERE, PUBLIC PROPERTY IS BEING PROVIDED TO PRIVATE. WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR COMPENSATION BUT FOR THE CITY TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC INTEREST. ONCE VACATED, IT IS VACATED FOREVER. THEREFORE I REQUEST YOU DENY THE MOTION. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. REBECCA BAVINGER. I'LL KEEP MY PRESENTATION SHORT AND SWEET. I VEHEMENTLY OPPOSE THIS APPLICATION AS PREVIOUS SPEAKERS AND NEIGHBORS SAID THIS WOULD TAKE AWAY LAND THAT OUR KIDS USE. I'M A MOTHER OF TWO, ALSO A SOCCER COACH. WE NEED THE LAND. THIS IS A LAND GRAB, PURE AND SIMPLE BY TWO PRIVATE CITIZENS TO FENCE IN AND MAKE THEIR YARD BIGGER WHILE REDUCING THE PUBLIC SPACE. THE ONLY PUBLIC SPACE THAT WE HAVE LEFT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. PLUS, THEIR PRESENTATION WAS SO DISINGENUOUS, THEY SAID THERE WERE NO OBJECTIONS. LOOK AT ALL THE PEOPLE. WE ALL OBJECT AND THERE WERE TWO OBJECTIONS FROM THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT IN THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION. TOOK TWO MONTHS OF NEGOTIATION, FINALLY PUT UP THAT NO OBJECTION. THEIR PRESENTATION TALKS ABOUT SECURITY CONCERNS. THE ONLY CONCERN I HAVE SEEN IS WHEN MY DAUGHTER FELL DOWN AND HAD TO GIVE HER A BAND-AID BECAUSE SHE WAS PLAYING SOCCER. NO SECURITY ISSUES. THAT WAS LUDICROUS. JUST A LAND GRAB. WE KNOW YOU'LL DOT RIGHT THING. THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. >> MY NAME IS WILLIAM SCANLON. I LIVE ON SAN JOSE. JUST HERE TO SUPPORT MY NEIGHBORS IN OPPOSING THIS APPLICATION TO VACATE THE PROPERTY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER. >> HI. CARROLL ANN BENNETT. LIFELONG RESIDENT OF SOUTH TAMPA. I THINK THE STORMWATER EASEMENT CAN PROBABLY BE NEGOTIATED SOMEHOW SEPARATELY FROM THIS. WHAT I SEE HERE IS AN AREA OF LAND THAT'S AVAILABLE TO ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY TO USE, INCLUDING THE TWO PROPERTY OWNERS THAT HAVE ASKED, THAT ARE HERE TODAY ASKING FOR THIS VACATION. THEY CAN USE IT, BUT I WAS HERE FOR THE FIRST HEARING, AND THEY SAID THEY WANT TO PUT UP A FENCE WHICH WILL MEAN THAT ONLY THEY CAN USE IT AND NO ONE ELSE CAN USE IT. AND I DON'T REALLY SEE HOW THAT BENEFITS THE PUBLIC. I DON'T REALLY SEE HOW THAT BENEFITS THE CITIZENRY. IT'S BASICALLY GOING TO FENCE OUT EVERYBODY ELSE. THE NEIGHBORS CAN TUESDAY NOW. THEY DON'T HAVE TO PUT UP A FENCE TO USE IT. THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD MORNING. STEPHANIE POYNOR. THIS IS HOW MUCH THEY ARE PAYING PER SQUARE FOOT FOR THIS EASEMENT. PER SQUARE FOOT. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW BIG IT WAS UNTIL THE GENTLEMAN TALKED ABOUT IT. 4250 SQUARE FEET. $573 IS WHAT THEY ARE PAYING FOR THIS HEARING. HOW MUCH TIME HAS STAFF SPENT ON THIS? THIS IS YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHY WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE FEES IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. $573 IS WHAT THEY CHARGED ME FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO TO GET AN ALLEYWAY THAT WAS FILTHY, NASTY, DIRTY, ATTACHED TO MY PROPERTY. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THEY SAID THAT THE PORT OF TAMPA OWNS THE AREA CLOSEST TO THE LAND, BUT WE FOUND OUT IN LA GACETA LAST WEEK THAT THE PORT OF TAMPA IS PULLING IN $11 MILLION A YEAR IN OUR TAX DOLLARS, BUT THEY CAN'T SEE FIT TO LET THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THAT COMMUNITY TO ACCESS THE WATER? THAT'S JACKED UP. HONESTLY, I HOPE, BECAUSE THIS IS THE SECOND TIME AROUND. CARROLL ANN SAID SHE SPOKE LAST TIME. I DID, TOO. I'M REALLY THOROUGHLY CONFUSED HOW WE GOT BACK HERE WITH A VACATION AGAIN INSTEAD OF IT BEING AN APPEAL. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING THINGS TO ME THAT I'VE SEEN IN THIS WHOLE CASE. WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT, THAT'S NOT FAIR MARKET VALUE FOR OUR LAND. WHY ARE WE GIVING AWAY OUR PROPERTY THAT BELONGS TO THE CITY OF TAMPA FOR 14 CENTS A SQUARE FOOT? YOU CAN'T BUY ANYTHING ELSE FOR 14 CENTS A SQUARE FOOT. WHY ARE WE DOING IT AGAIN? DID IT LAST TIME. SURE A LOT MORE NOW BECAUSE BIG-DOLLAR ATTORNEY STANDING UP HERE. BUT ULTIMATELY, THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE PAYING THE CITY OF TAMPA. THE ATTORNEYS SITTING HERE COST MORE THAN THAT. WE'VE GOTTEN SCREWED ONCE AGAIN. THANKS, BOB BUCKHORN, FOR NOT RAISING ANY FEES FOR THE WHOLE TIME YOU WERE IN OFFICE. THANKS THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION FOR SCREWING AROUND WITH IT FOR YEARS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. >> COUNCIL MEMBERS, GOOD MORNING. WILLIAM MALLOY. 325 SOUTH BOULEVARD. I SPEAK JUST AS A SPOKESPERSON FOR SEVERAL OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY HEARD FROM. I DON'T WANT TO COMPROMISE THEIR MESSAGE FOR ONE SECOND. IT IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S MESSAGE. I HEARD SOMETHING STARTLING WHICH WAS NOT PRESENTED IN THE FIRST HEARING. IF IT IS APPROPRIATE, I WOULD LIKE CLARIFICATION ON IT. IS THERE, IN FACT, A CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY OR ON THIS PARCEL OR IS IT JUST GOING TO BE THE STORMWATER AND ACCESS? AS I UNDERSTAND IT, A CONSERVATION EASEMENT IS PERPETUAL AS OPPOSED TO PERMANENT. AN EASEMENT ACTUALLY GUARANTEED WHETHER THIS COUNCIL OR FUTURE COUNCIL, NONE UNWOUND AND PROPERTY DEVELOPED WOULD GO A TREMENDOUSLY LONG WAY TO ASSUAGING THE CONCERNS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DURING REBUTTAL OF STAFF, WE CAN -- WE DON'T PROVIDE TESTIMONY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF THE CITY COUNCIL WISHES, THEY WILL ADDRESS THAT WITH STAFF IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. WHATEVER IS SAID HERE CAN BE ADDRESSED ALSO BY THE APPLICANT AT REBUTTAL. >> VERY GOOD. THAT WOULD CONCLUDE WHAT I HAVE ON THIS. WE STRONGLY FEEL THAT EVEN WITH THE EASEMENTS IN PLACE, THOSE CAN BE UNWOUND. THERE IS NOTHING ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT CAN'T BE UNDONE THAT MAKES IT BUILDABLE. I'M A PROFESSIONAL AT DOING THAT. I UNDERSTAND IT. I VERY RESPECTFULLY STAND WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND REQUEST THAT YOU DENY THE PETITION. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MR. MALLOY. APPLICANT REBUTTAL. MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MY SUGGESTION IS THAT IF COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT OR THE STAFF OF ANY SUBJECT THAT CAME UP DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, THAT YOU ADDRESS THOSE QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU GIVE THE APPLICANT REBUTTAL FOR LAST WORD. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I CONCUR WITH THAT ADVICE. WE'LL GO TO Q & A BEFORE WE GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL SO YOU CAN WRAP EVERYTHING TOGETHER. COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I HEARD MR. HUDSON SAY AT THE BEGINNING SHRUBS IS WHAT YOU COULD PUT THERE. BUT THEN FROM THE PUBLIC I HEARD FENCING. SO WHAT ARE THE RESTRICTIONS SHOULD THIS BE GRANTED? ARE THEY ALLOWED TO PUT A FENCE? ARE THEY STUCK TO HAVING TO PUT SMALL -- I SEE GRASS OR SMALL SHRUBBERY. NO PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY STRUCTURES. IS A FENCE CONSIDERED, IF IT IS A CHAIN-LINK FENCE IS THAT TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT? OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN TAKE IT APART. WHAT ARE THE RESTRICTIONS? >>ROSS SAMONS: A FENCE WOULD BE, IN MY OPINION, CONSIDERED A TEMPORARY STRUCTURE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A FENCE WOULD BE ALLOWED? >>ROSS SAMONS: NOT NECESSARILY, NO. >> THESE THINGS ARE NOT ALLOWED WITHOUT THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT'S APPROVAL. IF THERE'S CONCERN ABOUT WHETHER TEMPORARY -- TYLER HUDSON, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE. IN MY EXPERIENCE, RON AND I HAVE WORKED ON A LOT OF THESE ONES, A FENCE IS A STRUCTURE, IT IS A TEMPORARY STRUCTURE. GIVE COUNCIL MORE CONFIDENCE TO ADD THAT IN THERE, THAT'S FINE. THE GOAL IS THAT YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING HERE OTHER THAN GRASS OR SHRUBS WITHOUT THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT'S APPROVAL. AND I THINK THAT THIS ORDINANCE SAYS THAT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ONE OTHER QUESTION WAS, SO IF THIS IS DENIED, DO THEY HAVE TO STILL MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY? ARE THEY REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN IT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS TODAY? >> YES, IT IS RIGHT-OF-WAY. WE ARE SEEKING TO REPLACE THIS BEING RIGHT-OF-WAY, WHICH BENEFITS THE PUBLIC, NOW HAVE A STORMWATER EASEMENT THAT BENEFITS THE PUBLIC, WHICH YOU DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE DESPITE THERE BEING GRAVITY MAINS THAT DRAIN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD BENEATH THE EARTH. THIS IS TRADE OF ONE TYPE OF EASEMENT FOR ANOTHER. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF REFERENCE THE STORMWATER EASEMENT. SO THE STORMWATER EASEMENT IS SOMETHING WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE BUT WE HAVE STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE UNDERNEATH THIS PROPERTY? >>ROSS SAMONS: I WOULD LIKE RON TO ANSWER THAT. >>RON WIGGINTON: LEGAL DEPARTMENT. TYLER AND I MAY HAVE LITTLE BIT OF A DISAGREEMENT HERE. WHEN YOU HAVE A RIGHT-OF-WAY, IT AS SUPER EASEMENT. MULTIPLE THINGS THAT CAN BE PUT IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. MOBILITY AUTOMOBILE PEDESTRIAN UTILITIES UTILITIES ARE PRIMARILY. THE ONLY REASON HOW WE'RE ABLE TO RESERVE AN EASEMENT FROM THIS ORDINANCE IS BECAUSE WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE THAT IN THERE BECAUSE IT IS A RIGHT-OF-WAY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MR. HUDSON, WAIT FOR REBUTTAL? >> NO, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT BECAUSE THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS SUPER EASEMENTS. YOU HAVE STORMWATER GRAVITY MAINS RIGHT THERE. RIGHT-OF-WAY ABSENT ANY OTHER DEDICATION ON THE PLAT WHICH THEY WILL OFTEN SAY, WRITE IN CALLIGRAPHY IN 1919 THIS IS FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES, THINGS LIKE THAT, DID NOT SAY THAT. IT IS A ROAD FOR DRYAD STREET. RIGHT-OF-WAY IS A SURFACE-LEVEL RIGHT OF ACCESS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO TRAVEL TO AND FROM A PLACE LIKE FROM A ROAD TO THE SHORELINE, WHICH WAS THE PLAN IN 1919. THAT NEVER HAPPENED BECAUSE THE ROAD NEVER GOT BUILT. THAT'S CITY GIS. YOU HAVE STORMWATER FACILITY IN THIS RIGHT-OF-WAY. YOU DO NOT HAVE A STORMWATER EASEMENT. IF YOU APPROVE THIS, YOU GET ONE. IT'S PERMANENT AND COVERS THE ENTIRE BLUE AREA. IT DOESN'T JUST COVER THE HALO AROUND THE ACTUAL LINES. ALL OF THE LAND GOES FROM BEING ENCUMBERED FROM ONE KIND OF EASEMENT TO ANOTHER KIND OF EASEMENT. THAT'S IT. THAT'S ALL THIS IS ABOUT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE CITY'S POSITION IS THAT YOU DO HAVE A CURRENT EASEMENT ON THAT? WHEN YOU SAY SUPEREASEMENT, WHAT IS THAT REFERENCING IN LAW? >> IT MEANS IT IS A RIGHT-OF-WAY THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE LIMITED BY SPECIFIC UTILITY. IT CAN BE FOR MULTIPLE REASONS, MULTIPLE PUBLIC PURPOSES. THAT'S WHY WE DON'T HAVE AN EASEMENT OVER THIS AREA BECAUSE IT IS A CONSIDERED A RIGHT-OF-WAY. AGAIN, UTILITIES CAN GO INTO RIGHTS-OF-WAY. AND THIS IS WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER AS SUCH A UTILITY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: READ TO ME -- >> THAT'S IN 1988. YOUR PREDECESSORS ON THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION ASKING THE PORT AUTHORITY TO GIVE THEM A STORMWATER EASEMENT. HEREBY REQUEST THE TAMPA PORT AUTHORITY. HASN'T HAPPENED. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IT WAS NOT ACTED UPON? >> NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE PULLED TITLE ON THIS. THERE IS NOT A STORMWATER EASEMENT. THIS IS THE DEAD END OF DRYAD STREET. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG, YOU HAD A QUESTION? >>NAYA YOUNG: YES, A FEW QUESTIONS. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ON EXACTLY WHO OWNS THIS PARCEL OF LAND. IT CAME IN PUBLIC COMMENT. I WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHO IS IT. IS IT CITY OWNED? IS IT THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT? >>RON WIGGINTON: I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T HEAR YOUR WHOLE QUESTION. HEARD PART OF IT. YOU ASKED IF THE CITY OWNS THE AREA IN FEE? >>NAYA YOUNG: IT CAME UP IN PUBLIC COMMENT LIKE THE OWNERSHIP OF THIS PROPERTY. I'M JUST WONDERING WHO, IS IT THE CITY THAT OWNS THE PROPERTY? >>RON WIGGINTON: NO, MA'AM. THE CITY DOES NOT OWN THE UNDERLYING FEE AT ALL. I'M PRETTY SURE THAT IS UNDISPUTED. >>NAYA YOUNG: IS IT THE TWO HOMEOWNERS ON THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT THAT OWN THE PROPERTY? >>RON WIGGINTON: THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY USUALLY GETS INTO WHO GETS THE UNDERLYING FEE ONCE THE VACATING OCCURS, IF IT OCCURS. THE SITUATION IS QUITE UNIQUE. THIS IS PART OF ONE BIG PLAT AT ONE TIME AND MANY OTHER PLATS GOT CARVED OUT OF THIS BIGGER PLAT. SO THAT COULD HAVE AN EFFECT AS TO WHO GETS THE FEE. I DON'T KNOW. IT'S UP TO THE COURT TO MAKE THE DETERMINATION. >>NAYA YOUNG: LEGALLY WHAT CAN THE CITY DO WITH THIS SPACE, LEGALLY? >>RON WIGGINTON: WE CAN USE IT AS A RIGHT-OF-WAY BECAUSE IT IS PLATTED AS A RIGHT-OF-WAY. WE CAN'T USE IT AS A PARK BECAUSE IT IS NOT PLATTED AS PARK. CAN'T USE IT FOR ANY OTHER REASON OTHER THAN THE PURPOSE OF IT BEING PLATTED AS A RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DID YOU GUYS REACH A RESOLUTION OF YOUR DISCUSSION OVER HERE? THE CITY'S POSITION ON YOUR CLAIM -- >> CITY DOESN'T OWN THE LAND. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SIMPATICO. >> I WAS TRYING TO MAKE NO GREATER POINT OTHER THAN THE CITY DOESN'T OWN THE LAND. WE'RE IN Q & A. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IS THERE A POINT BETWEEN THE APPLICANT AND THE CITY STAFF TO STIPULATE, WE CAN STIPULATE THE FACT THAT THE CITY DOES NOT OWN THIS PROPERTY? >> CORRECT. YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THERE'S NO CONFLICT. THE CITY DOES NOT OWN THE PROPERTY. THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS OWN THE PROPERTY. >> THERE IS NO DAYLIGHT BETWEEN US THAT THE TITLE TO THIS LAND IS OWNED DOWN THE MIDDLE BY THE NEIGHBORS ON EITHER SIDE. IT IS NOT OWNED BY THE CITY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NO, NO. YOU CAN'T TALK DURING THIS POINT. MR. SHELBY, YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I THINK THE CITY LEGAL DEPARTMENT HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT THE ISSUE HERE IS THE FACT THAT THE CITY DOES NOT OWN THE PROPERTY. AS TO WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY IS NOT THE CITY'S BUSINESS. THAT IS GOING TO BE TAKEN UP AS IT WAS DONE, AS MR. HUDSON SAID, THAT WAS GOING TO HAVE TO BE RESOLVED TO WHICH THE CITY IS NOT A PARTY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: STRIKE EVEN WHO ACTUALLY OWNS THE PROPERTY. WE JUST KNOW THE CITY DOES NOT. >>RON WIGGINTON: CORRECT. YES SIR. WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY REPRESENTATION AS TO WHO DOES. IN FACT, WANT TO BE SURE THAT IT IS UP TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS TO RESOLVE THAT ISSUE IN THE COURT OF LAW. BUT IN OUR PARTICULAR CASE, AGAIN, SINCE WE HAVE A RIGHT-OF-WAY, WE DON'T NEED A STORMWATER EASEMENT. IF WE GET RID OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, THEN WE WILL NEED A STORMWATER EASEMENT BECAUSE THAT IS THE MECHANISM BY WHICH WE CAN REMAIN IN THAT AREA. I'VE BEEN CLEAR ABOUT THAT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IF THIS COUNCIL APPROVES THIS REQUEST, WHAT WE'RE APPROVING, ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TODAY AND TOMORROW IF THIS IS APPROVED IS THAT THE CITY IS NOT GOING TO BUILD A ROAD ON THE SURFACE OF THIS PROPERTY. >>RON WIGGINTON: EVER, CORRECT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ONLY THING GIVING AWAY. >>RON WIGGINTON: CORRECT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHAT ELSE ARE WE GIVING AWAY? ANYTHING ELSE WE'RE GIVING AWAY? >>RON WIGGINTON: NO, SIR. WE'RE GIVING AWAY THE RIGHT-OF-WAY INTEREST. WE'RE KEEPING A STORMWATER INTEREST AND TECO ALSO HAS THEIR EASEMENT RESERVED AS WELL. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CAN I SIMPLIFY THIS AND SAY THAT THE QUESTION BEFORE US, IS THE CITY EVER GOING TO HAVE AN INTEREST BUILDING A ROAD ON THE PROPERTY? >>RON WIGGINTON: THAT WOULD BE UP TO MOBILITY TO MAKE THAT DECISION. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IF THAT IS THE ONLY THING BEFORE US, WHETHER A ROAD WILL BE BUILT. >>RON WIGGINTON: MOBILITY HASN'T OBJECTED TO THE REQUEST. I ASSUME THEY HAVE NO AMBITION -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MY QUESTION IS, THE ONLY THING WE'RE GIVING UP IS THE ABILITY FOR THE CITY TO BUILD A ROAD ON THE SURFACE OF THIS PROPERTY. >>RON WIGGINTON: YES, SIR. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE CITY THAT WANTS TO CONTEST THAT STATEMENT? MR. SHELBY, ANY OBSERVATIONS, LEGAL POINTS? >>MARTIN SHELBY: NO, SIR, OTHER THAN THE TESTIMONY THAT YOU'VE HEARD AND THE STATEMENTS OF THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I SEE ALL THE NODS AND THE EMOTION BACK THERE. WE'RE TRYING TO GET DOWN TO THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF THIS. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I GUESS A QUESTION COULD BE ASKED OF THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, OTHER THAN A ROAD, WHAT ELSE CAN THE CITY DO WITH THE PROPERTY? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OTHER THAN A ROAD, WHAT CAN THE CITY DO WITH THIS PROPERTY? >>RON WIGGINTON: CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WE CAN BUILD A ROAD, BUILD SIDEWALKS, PUT UTILITIES IN THERE, WE CAN DO ANYTHING THAT WE NORMALLY WOULD DO WITH A RIGHT-OF-WAY. IF WE GET RID OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, WE ARE NOW ONLY GOING TO HAVE IT FOR THE PURPOSE OF A STORMWATER EASEMENT. THEN, OF COURSE, THERE'S STILL GOING TO BE A TECO EASEMENT OVER IT AS WELL. THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY USE FOR IT GOING FORWARD IF THIS IS APPROVED. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COULD YOU USE IT AS PUBLIC PARK SPACE OR PUBLIC USE SPACE? >>RON WIGGINTON: NO, SIR BECAUSE IT'S NOT PLATTED AS SUCH. THERE ARE MANY PLATS THAT DEDICATE POCKET PARKS, SHOW DEDICATION OF PARK. IN THIS CASE IT WAS DEDICATED AS A RIGHT-OF-WAY. THERE'S NO OTHER WAY THAT I CAN THINK OF TO INTERPRET IT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. RON, IF THE CITY, THIS IS AN EXCEPTION TO WHAT WE SEE OTHER RIGHT-OF-WAY PLACES THAT WE SIGN OFF AND SAY, YEAH, YOU CAN HAVE THAT 30 FEET OR 25 FEET OR 10 FEET, WHATEVER IT IS AROUND YOUR HOUSE THAT NOBODY OWNS SO WE DON'T OWN ANY RIGHT-OF-WAY? >>RON WIGGINTON: NO. SOMETIMES WE DO BECAUSE WE DO ACQUIRE PROPERTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF HAVING A RIGHT-OF-WAY. THERE'S, IN FACT, ONE CASE THAT I CAN THINK OF RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WHERE IT WAS SEVEN FOOT PLATTED ALLEYWAY. OBVIOUSLY, CAN'T USE THAT AS A RIGHT-OF-WAY. HAD TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY RIGHT NEXT TO IT TO MAKE IT INTO A 20-FOOT RIGHT-OF-WAY, SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY USE IT. THEN WE OWNED THE UNDERLYING FEE BECAUSE WE ACQUIRED IT AND USING IT FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY PURPOSE. MOST CASES, NO. RIGHTS-OF-WAY ARE DEDICATED BY PLATS AND THEY DON'T GIVE US THE FEE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WHEN IT GOES BACK HOWEVER IT WAS PLATTED SOMETIME BACK. >>RON WIGGINTON: WELL, AGAIN, IT DEPENDS ON THE PLATS AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES, WHO GETS WHAT. THAT'S WHY WE KEEP GOING BACK IN A CIRCLE AROUND HERE. THERE ARE SOME OCCASIONS WHERE YOU SPLIT IT DOWN THE MIDDLE AND ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS ACQUIRE IT. OTHER CASES WHERE ONLY ONE SIDE ACQUIRES IT BECAUSE ONLY PART OF ONE SUBDIVISION AND NOT PART OF ANOTHER SUBDIVISION WHICH IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ALLEY WAY. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU'RE SAYING THEY ARE ALL DIFFERENT. >>RON WIGGINTON: THEY ARE ALL DIFFERENT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG AND COUNCILMAN CARLSON. >>NAYA YOUNG: DO WE KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY PARKS OR GREENSPACES NEARBY? WHERE IS THE CLOSEST? >>RON WIGGINTON: I THINK THERE IS ONE ON WESTSHORE AND BAY TO BAY. >>NAYA YOUNG: HOW FAR IS THAT FROM THIS SPACE? >> WITHIN A HALF MILE. MIGHT BE THE NEWEST PARK. BAY TO BAY BOULEVARD PARK. THREE-MINUTE BIKE RIDE, 13-MINUTE WALK. IT'S A PARK. IT IS AN ACTUAL MAINTAINED PARK THAT WAS VERY RECENTLY OPENED BY THE CITY. MR. YERRID MAY TOUCH ON THAT IN A SECOND. THERE IS A, QUOTE, REAL CITY-MAINTAINED PARK VERY CLOSE BY THAT SERVES THE NEIGHBORHOOD. >>NAYA YOUNG: THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: MR. WIGGINTON, SO YOU SAID IT DEPENDS ON HOW THE PROPERTY IS PLATTED AS TO WHAT IT COULD BE USED FOR. IF THERE WAS A PUSH -- HYPOTHETICAL, IF THERE WAS A PUSH TO SAY WE NEED TO MAKE THIS INTO A PARK, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR THE CITY AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW TO TURN IT INTO A PARK? >>RON WIGGINTON: I WOULD HAVE TO GIVE THAT MORE THOUGHT JUST TO ANSWER YOU OFF THE CUFF. I THINK IT WOULD BE SOME DEDICATION WOULD NEED TO BE MADE TO MAKE IT INTO A PARK. THERE MAY BE SOME EMINENT DOMAIN THAT MAY BE REQUIRED TO TURN IT INTO A PARK. WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT IF WE CAN KEEP IT AS A RIGHT-OF-WAY. I NEED TO GIVE THAT SOME MORE THOUGHT AND FIGURE OUT MAYBE A POSSIBLE WAY. >>BILL CARLSON: YOU SAID BECAUSE OF THE MOBILITY EASEMENT THAT A SIDEWALK COULD -- HYPOTHETICALLY COULD A SIDEWALK BE BUILT IN THE MIDDLE ALL THE WAY, IF THE PORT ALLOWED, ALL THE WAY TO THE WATER? >>RON WIGGINTON: IF WE GO ON PORT PROPERTY, WE'D HAVE TO GET AN EASEMENT FROM THEM. >>BILL CARLSON: SET THAT ASIDE. JUST THE FIRST 55 FEET. >>RON WIGGINTON: YEAH, GENERALLY SPEAKING, THAT'S CORRECT. >>BILL CARLSON: I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT OWNERSHIP, BUT IF SOMEBODY GOT HURT ON THAT PROPERTY TODAY, WHO WOULD BE LIABLE FOR IT? >>RON WIGGINTON: THAT I DON'T THINK I CAN ANSWER FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS. >>BILL CARLSON: IF SOMEBODY CALLED THE POLICE AND SAID SOMEONE IS IN THAT PROPERTY AND SHOULDN'T BE THERE, HOW WOULD THE POLICE DECIDE WHETHER -- >>RON WIGGINTON: I CAN SPECULATE. I IMAGINE POLICE WOULD HAVE A HARD TIME FIGURING OUT WHO THE PROPERTY OWNER IS TO EVICT THEM, EXTRACT THEM. >>BILL CARLSON: WHAT YOU'RE SAYING NOT AN EASY ANSWER FOR THE POLICE TO SAY WHO CONTROLS IT. >>RON WIGGINTON: CORRECT. VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO DETERMINE THAT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HOLD ON. >> I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO ANSWER HIS QUESTION. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OKAY. MR. YERRID, GO AHEAD. START WITH YOUR NAME PLEASE. >> STEVE YERRID, 5005 SAN GABLE COURT. I WANTED TO THANK MY COUNCILMAN MR. CARLSON FOR THE RECONSIDERATION. THERE ARE SOME THINGS OCCURRED AT THE LAST ONE. GLAD WE'RE GETTING A FAIR SHAKE. I ASK FOR NOTHING MORE. THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS WE ARE. WHO IS LIABLE? WE ARE. WE ARE. THAT'S WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING. IF SOME KID IS PLAYING ON THAT VACANT LOT AND RUNS OUT, NO FENCE, SOME KID RUNS OUT ON THE STREET, HIT BY A CAR, WE'RE LIABLE. SOMEBODY BREAKS THEIR NAME OR BECOMES A QUADRIPLEGIC, WE'RE LIABLE. I CAN ASSURE YOU THE DEPTH POCKETS OF THE CITY ARE NOT MORE THAN $300,000 DEEP. IF SOMEONE GETS SEVERELY HURT, THEY WILL GET A LAWYER AND WE WILL BE SUED. >>BILL CARLSON: WHAT IF THEY ARE ON MR. ITALIANO'S SIDE? >> WELL, I BLAME MR. ITALIANO. >>BILL CARLSON: YOUR OPINION IS THAT IF THE PART TO MR. ITALIANO'S SIDE, HE WOULD BE -- MR. ITALIANO WOULD BE LIABLE IF THEY WERE ON HIS SIDE. YOU WOULD BE LIABLE IF THEY WERE ON YOUR SIDE. >> CAN I GIVE YOU MY BEST LEGAL OPINION. WE BOTH WOULD BE SUED AND BOTH BE IN A COURTROOM. I WOULDN'T POINT MY FINGER AT MR. ITALIANO. AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WOULD BE TAKING A MEASUREMENT WHICH SIDE OF THE FIELD THEY WERE WHEN THEY GOT HURT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILPERSONS HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL. >>MARTIN SHELBY: FIVE MINUTES. THAT IS STANDARD FOR REBUTTAL. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: FIVE-MINUTE REBUTTAL. FOR BOTH OF THE APPLICANTS. >> WE'RE NOT DOUBLING UP. I'LL BE QUICK. I RECOGNIZE THE HOUR AND THE PATIENCE. TYLER HUDSON, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE. MR. YERRID IS GOING TO GIVE THE MAJORITY OF THE REBUTTAL. I WANT TO COMMENT, WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR. WE'RE HERE A LOT. WE'RE FAMILIAR THAT APPLICANTS AND OPPONENTS DON'T ALWAYS SEE EYE TO EYE. BEAR WITNESS TO THAT AS LONG AS COUNCIL EXISTS. I HAVEN'T SEEN A CASE WHERE THE APPLICANT AND A LOT OF THE OPPOSITION SEEMS TO BE OPERATING IN JUST DIFFERENT FACTUAL REALMS. ALL OF THIS REQUEST REVOLVES AROUND WHAT I MENTIONED AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF MY PRESENTATION AND WHAT'S BEEN ALLUDED TO IN THIS DISCUSSION, IS DO YOU WANT TO TRADE AN EASEMENT FOR A ROAD YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO BUILD FOR AN EASEMENT THAT YOU NEED AND DON'T HAVE FOR STORMWATER. THAT'S IT. THERE'S BEEN TALK ABOUT THIS BEING A PRIVATE LAND GRAB. IT'S NOT. THIS IS PRIVATELY OWNED LAND. NOT AN OUNCE OF EVIDENCE HAS BEEN PUT FORTH TO THE CONTRARY. IT'S ON THE WATER, NOT ON THE WATER. TAMPA PORT AUTHORITY OWNS THE LAND NEXT DOOR. IF YOU THINK THEY WANT TO BUILD A PARK, OKAY. IT'S NOT A PARK. PARKLAND ESTATES, SWANN CIRCLE, EQUALLY OLD PLATS LIKE A TREASURE MAP, KID'S MENU AT SEAFOOD RESTAURANT, THEY DRAW PARK. THIS ISN'T THAT. IT'S A ROAD. WITH THAT, I'LL TURN THINGS OVER TO MY CLIENT, MR. YERRID. >> COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS YOU AND JUST SAY THAT YOUR PREDECESSOR WAS A WONDERFUL CIVIL SERVANT AND SHE WILL BE MISSED. ALTHOUGH YOUR OPPONENT WAS A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE FOR MANY DECADES, MAYBE IT'S TIME TO PASS THE BATON. NOT SURE BUT WELCOME. I WILL TELL YOU THAT I DON'T LIKE REBUTTALS AND DON'T LIKE HOSTILITY AND DEFINITELY SICK OF DIVISIVENESS. HATE TO HEAR PEOPLE RIDICULE AND TALK FROM THE BACK OF THE ROOM. THE WAY I WAS RAISED WAS TRUTH BOTH IN PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL LIFE. I COULD HAVE HAD A HUNDRED PEOPLE HERE AT LEAST TO SUPPORT WHAT WE'RE DOING. THEY REMAIN SILENT BECAUSE THEY DON'T THINK IT IS AN ISSUE. WHAT IS AN ISSUE AND WANT TO BE CLEAR, I MOVED INTO SUNSET PARK IN 1964. I ATTENDED PLANT HIGH SCHOOL. I LIVED ON SUNSET BOULEVARD. 4827 SUNSET BOULEVARD. THAT FIELD THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WAS JUST THAT WHEN I BECAME ACCOMPLISHED ENOUGH TO BUY THAT FIELD AND TURN IT INTO MY RESIDENCE. SON'S RESIDENCE AND TWO GRANDCHILDREN RESIDENCE. I RESENT THE FACT THAT SOMEHOW I AM A NEWCOMER AND TRYING TO DO A LAND GRAB. EVERYONE ON THIS CITY COUNCIL KNOWS WHO I AM AND NOBODY WOULD BELIEVE THAT I'M TRYING TO DO A LAND GRAB HERE. I'M TRYING TO PREVENT PERSONAL LIABILITY. I'M TRYING TO PREVENT PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT INTENDED TO BE THERE, I CERTAINLY DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE MY NEIGHBORS, PEOPLE NOT INTENDED TO BE THERE AT 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 IN THE MORNING. I'VE GOT A THREE-YEAR-OLD GRANDSON THAT LIVES RIGHT THERE ON THE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY ACROSS FROM ITALIANO AND A SEVEN-MONTH-OLD GRANDDAUGHTER. MY NAME IS NOT UNKNOWN. YOU ALL KNOW I'VE HAD THE SKYWAY BRIDGE CASE AND THE TOBACCO CASE FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA. I'VE HAD FIVE DEATH THREATS IN BOTH OF THOSE CASES. FIVE. DO YOU THINK THAT I'M NOT KNOWN, WORRY AT NIGHT WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE GRANDCHILDREN -- COME AFTER ME. THE POINT IS, I WAS VERY AWARE WE DIDN'T HAVE A PLACE IN SUNSET PARK FOR THE KIDS TO PLAY. I'M EXTREMELY AWARE OF THAT. I HAVE GRANDCHILDREN. MY SON WAS A LITTLE BOY WHEN I BUILT THAT HOUSE ON THE FIELD THAT I USED TO FISH FROM. I AM THE ONE, ALONG WITH OTHERS, CERTAINLY OTHERS ARE MORE IMPORTANT, TO HELP GET THAT PARK BUILT AND ESTABLISHED. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT PARK HAS NOW? THAT PARK HAS A HUGE AREA. COSTS US ABOUT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. LAND GRAB, THAT PARK HAS GOT A METAL FENCE AROUND IT. THE CITY PUT IN TWO SPEED BUMPS ON WESTSHORE TO SLOW THE TRAFFIC THAT IS SO OUT OF CONTROL SOMETIMES. THE PEOPLE FLY DOWN DUNDEE. ASK ANY OF THE NEIGHBORS, THE ONES THAT PROTESTED. PEOPLE FLY DOWN DUNDEE. ONE OF THE KIDS DARTS OUT WITHOUT A FENCE THERE WITHOUT ANYTHING THERE, ONE OF THE KIDS DARTS OUT AND GETS HIT, WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN? GEE, SOMEBODY SHOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. STOPLIGHT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE. HINDSIGHT. THEY NEVER OWNED THE PROPERTY. WAS NEVER A PARK. I WISH WE WERE UNDER OATH. IF I WERE UNDER OATH, I WOULD TELL YOU IN THE 35 YEARS I BUILT THE SUBDIVISION AND PUT MY HOUSE THERE AND BROUGHT MY MOTHER TO SEE WHAT I WAS ABLE -- HER SON WAS ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH, I HAVE NEVER, NEVER SEEN ANYBODY KAYAK OR FISH THERE. NEVER. AS FAR AS SOCCER, THE KIDS WERE PLAYING SOCCER UNTIL THE OLDER ADULTS STARTED DRINKING BEER AND RAISING HELL THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. EXCUSE ME, NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, AFTER THEY GOT OFF OF WORK INTO THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT. THEY DON'T REMEMBER THAT, THEY WEREN'T LIVING THERE. THAT'S WHY. I DON'T MEAN TO BE HOSTILE. I'M NOT AN ANGRY PERSON. YOU HAVE A JOB TO DO. IF I WAS TRYING TO TURN THIS INTO A PARK OR SOME GAME, I WOULD HAVE DONE IT. I DON'T WANT TO GO TO COURT OVER THIS. SORRY I TOOK TOO MUCH TIME. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OKAY. THAT CONCLUDES THE CASE. WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL? MOTION TO CLOSE? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO REOPEN FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. SECOND FROM HURTAK. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. >>RON WIGGINTON: ONE MORE COMMENT TO MAKE JUST TO BE CLEAR BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COMMENTS BACK AND FORTH. RON WIGGINTON, LEGAL DEPARTMENT. THERE'S BEEN SOME COMMENTS MADE ABOUT OUR STORMWATER FACILITIES BEING THERE ILLEGALLY, ALLEGEDLY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AN EASEMENT. AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO REPEAT MYSELF AND SAY IT IS NOT THE CASE. THIS IS A RIGHT-OF-WAY. WE HAVE OUR STORMWATER FACILITIES THERE LEGALLY. IF WE GET RID OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, THAT'S WHY WE ARE GOING TO BE RETAINING AN EASEMENT SO WE CAN REMAIN THERE. THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: FOR THE RECORD, APPLICANT, DO YOU WANT TO REBUT THAT? >> NOTHING FURTHER. I THINK WE ARE AT THE END OF THIS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY. WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL? COUNCILMAN VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: I'LL READ IT AND SEE WHERE IT GOES. 54. MOVE AN ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA VACATING CLOSING DISCONTINUING AND ABANDONING A PORTION OF WEST DRYAD STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY LOCATED NORTH OF SAN GABLE COURT, SOUTH OF SAN MIGUEL STREET, EAST OF OLD TAMPA BAY, AND WEST OF DUNDEE STREET WITHIN THE PLAT OF SUNSET CAMP SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2 HEREOF, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS AS MORE PARTICULARLY SET FORTH HEREIN, PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS, PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATIONS AND REPEALING CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. IS THERE A SECOND? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'LL SECOND IT FOR DISCUSSION AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SECOND FROM DOWM MIRANDA. DISCUSSION. COUNCILMAN CARLSON? >>BILL CARLSON: WE HEARD PART OF THIS BEFORE AND BOTH SIDES HAVE VERY COMPELLING ARGUMENTS IN THIS. THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS I HAVE STILL. ONE BIG ONE IS THAT THEY SAY THAT THE UNDERLYING OWNERSHIP HAS TO BE RESOLVED WITHIN THE COURTS OR IN SOME OTHER AREA. WITH THAT NOT BEING RESOLVED, RIGHT NOW, I'M GOING TO VOTE NO JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A CLEAR INDICATION AS TO WHO OWNS IT. IF THAT IS CLEARED BY THE COURTS AND THEY COME BACK AND IT SHOWS THAT EACH ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER OWNS THAT, THEN WE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE TO GO FORWARD. BUT IN THE CASE WHERE THERE IS A QUESTION ON THAT OR CONFUSION ABOUT IT, I WOULD VOTE NO FOR NOW. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I'LL SAY THAT THIS IS A REALLY -- EMOTIONALLY, IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT BECAUSE MY HEART IS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND EVERYBODY, PEOPLE WERE SAYING, THE PROBLEM IS, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I SUPPORTED THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER ON THIS IS BECAUSE THINKING THROUGH THE PROCESS AND WHAT YOU HEARD TODAY ABOUT THE OWNERSHIP OF THE ISSUE. I STARTED THINKING ABOUT CONSISTENCY WITH PAST DECISIONS OF THIS COUNCIL WHEN WE PROVIDE THESE VOTES. HONESTLY, THE CONSISTENCY WAS FELT LIKE LITTLE PREJUDICIAL IN FAVOR OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS. I RAISE MY KIDS SOUTH AND A LOT OF FRIENDS IN THE AREA. I FELT YOU WERE GIVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD MORE DEFERENCE. LIKE, IF THE ISSUE CAME UP IN EAST TAMPA OR SOMEWHERE ELSE, I WOULD HAVE VOTED TO VACATE IN A SECOND. WE DO IT ALL THE TIME. WE DO THESE VACATIONS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ALLEYS. WE DON'T VACATE ALLEYS ANYMORE FOR THE MOST PART EXCEPT FOR ONES NOT USABLE. THAT'S PART OF MY THING. I REALLY STRUGGLE WITH THAT. EQUITY OF OUR DECISION MAKING AND I FELT LIKE I WAS NOT BEING EQUITABLE IN THE DECISION MAKING IN THE FIRST GO AROUND. BASED ON THE INFORMATION I'M GETTING, I'M REALLY EMPATHETIC WITH WHAT YOU GUYS ARE SAYING. I SEE YOU BACK THERE. IT SEEMS THIS PROBLEM RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NO COMPELLING BECAUSE THE INTEREST IS THIS WAS PLOTTED OUT TO BE AN EXTENSION OF THE ROADWAY. WE'RE GIVING UP THE ABILITY FOR THE CITY TO EXTEND THE ROADWAY. WE WILL RETAIN THE EASEMENT -- WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE A NEW CLEARLY DEFINED EASEMENT FOR STORMWATER. IT DOESN'T GO TO THE WATER. IT IS A 51, 49. I THINK I AM 51 ON THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON THIS ONE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO ECHO WHAT YOU SAID. I'VE BEEN HERE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FROM 1974 TO 79, COME BACK TO '95. IN MY 31 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE, THIS IS THE DAMNEDEST ONE I'VE HEARD IN MY LIFE. WE OWN THE LAND, DON'T OWN THE LAND, HAVE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, NOT OUR RIGHT-OF-WAY, OTHER GUY'S RIGHT-OF-WAY. PLAY SOCCER, CAN DRINK, CAN'T DRINK. THIS IS LIKE A MOVIE. WHO IN THE HELL DID WHAT? I'M CONFUSED AS THE REST OF YOU. I FEEL FOR BOTH SIDES. I CAN'T VOTE DOWN THE MIDDLE. THAT IS THE PROBLEM I'M FACING. THIS HAS CHANGE FROM THE FIRST TIME TO 15, 20 DEGREES ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. THEREFORE, I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, MR. CHAIRMAN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN VIERA AND THEN COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS IN LIFE THAT ARE BLACK AND WHITE WHERE IT IS A DEFINITE ANSWER AND THEN GRAY. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A CASE WITH A LOT OF GRAY. I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE ON THAT, THAT THERE IS A LOT OF SPIRIT ON BOTH SIDES, NO FOLKS -- KNOW FOLKS ON BOTH SIDES. A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE I KNOW AND WHATNOT. WAY I SEE IT, CONSISTENT WITH HOW I VOTED THE FIRST TIME AROUND, WHAT THE CITY WOULD BE PROSPECTIVELY GIVING UP I THINK IS OVERCOME TO THE EXTENT WE GIVE UP ANYTHING IS VASTLY OVERCOME BY THE RISK MANAGEMENT OR THE LIABILITY THAT PROPERTY OWNERS PRESENTLY HAVE BY HAVING THIS PROPERTY AS IT IS RIGHT NOW. THAT IS A VERY, VERY, VERY HEAVY BURDEN FOR THESE PROPERTY OWNERS TO CARRY, THAT CONTINUES TO JUSTIFY MY VOTE IN THE FIRST HEARING. THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. >>LYNN HURTAK: FOR ME, I JUST DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING NEW. SO MY VOTE ISN'T CHANGING. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: TO ECHO WHAT COUNCILMAN VIERA SAID REGARDING THE LIABILITY ISSUE AND WHAT I HEARD IN THE CLOSING REMARKS, THIS IS AMERICA, AND EVERYBODY SUES. THEY FIND -- NO OFFENSE TO THE ATTORNEYS. I DID WANT TO GO TO LAW SCHOOL, BUT THE LIABILITY ISSUE, AND IT WAS BROUGHT UP, WHAT IF SOMEBODY GETS HURT, WHAT IF, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THAT OPENS UP QUITE A DOOR. THAT WAS CONCERNING TO ME. THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: BUT THAT WAS THE EXACT SAME ARGUMENT THEY GAVE US LAST TIME. AGAIN, NOTHING HAS CHANGED. WE'VE JUST GIVEN THEM ANOTHER BITE AT THE APPLE. BUT FOR ME, LIKE, I DIDN'T GET ANY NEW TESTIMONY. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT SAYS I SHOULD CHANGE MY VOTE. SO I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: NO. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: NO. >>NAYA YOUNG: NO. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIES WITH CARLSON, HURTAK, AND YOUNG VOTING NO. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON DECEMBER 4, 2025 AT 10 A.M. IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33602. >>STEVE MICHELINI: THANK YOU, COUNCIL. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I DON'T WANT TO SCARE COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG OFF, THEY ARE NOT NORMALLY THIS HARD. THIS IS A TOUGH ONE. YOU'RE DONE NOW. >>LYNN HURTAK: DECEMBER 4. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL, IT IS LUNCHTIME. IT IS 12:31. CAN WE DO AN HOUR OR DO WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE? 1:30. WE ARE AT LUNCH FOR ONE HOUR. 1:30. 1:30. [LUNCH RECESS]