>> TO ORDER, 9:00. MR. CITRO, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE THE INVOCATION THIS MORNING, SIR. >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THIS MORNING'S INVOCATIONY PASTOR GABRIELLE MORGAN. THE PASTOR IS THE PARISH PASTOR OF ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH ON CENTRAL AVENUE, AND FAITH LUTHERAN ON NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE. HE IS A GRADUATE OF UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IN NEW YORK CITY. HE RECEIVED HIS MASTERS OF DIVINITY DEGREE THERE AND HOLDS A DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEGREE FROM THE LUTHERAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF PHILADELPHIA. ORIGINALLY FROM TAM, GABRIEL WAS ALSO AN ALUM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA -- GO BULLS! -- WITH A BACHELOR OF PHILOSOPHY. HE AND HIS WIFE ERIN LIVE IN SOUTHEAST SEMINOLE HEIGHTS. PASTOR, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION AND EVERYBODY COULD PLEASE RISE AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >> BLESSED ARE YOU LOVING CREATOR AND GOVERNOR OF THE UNIVERSE. YOU'VE WRITTEN YOUR LAW OF LOVE ON EVERY HUMAN HRT, AND YOU CALL OUGHT TO ALL PEOPLE THROUGH THE VOICE OF WISDOM IN MANY RELIGIONS AND PHILOSOPHIES. GRANT THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS TODAY. THAT THEIR DELIBERATIONS MAY REFLECT YOUR DESIRE FOR THE PEACE AND WELL-BEING OF ALL. GRANT THEM A SPIRIT OF LOVE, THAT THEY MIGHT NOT INSIST ON THEIR OWN WAY BUT INSTEAD HAVE CLARITY ABOUT THE NEEDS OF THOSE THEY ARE ELECTED TO SERVE. FINALLY, GRANT EACH OF US YOUR SPIRIT OF HUMILITY SO THAT WE GROW TO VIEW THE RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY NOT IN TEMPLES WHAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED -- TERMS OF WHAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED BUT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE HAVE SFERE I ASK THIS IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, THE ONE WHO SUFFERED FOR OTHERS. AMEN. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] >>JOSEPH CITRO: PASTOR MORGAN, I YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. >> THANK YOU. GOD BLESS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MADAM DEPUTY CLERK, ROLL CALL, PLEASE. >>BILL CARLSON: HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HERE. >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE. >> VIERA? MIRANDA? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE. >>ORLANDO GUDES:ERE. >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MADAM DEPUTY CLERK. LET'S GO THROUGH THE AGENDA PLEASE SIR. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MAY I BEGIN WITH A FEW COMMENTS, MR. CHAIRMAN? >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, SIR, YOU MAY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: TODAY'S MEETING IS HELD DURING THE COVID-19 STATE OF EMERGENCY, AND IT'S BEING CONDUCTED WITH A LIVE IN-PERSON QUORUM OF THE CITY COUNCIL PRESENT IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. HOWEVER, IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY THROUGH VIDEO TELECONFERENCING REFERRED TO BY FLORIDA STATUTES AND RULES AS COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA TECHNOLOGY, OR CMT. THESE MEETINGS ARE HELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EMERGENCY RULES OF PROCEDURE AS ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NUMBER 2020-229 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION NUMBER 2020-490 AND RESOLUTION 2021-241. THE PUBLIC AND THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA ARE ABLE TO WATCH, LISTEN, AND VIEW THIS MEETING ON SPECTRUM CHANNEL 640, FRONTIER CHANNEL 15, AND ON THE INTERNET AT TAMPA.GOV/LIVESTREAM. THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE THROUGH MULTIPLE MEANS IN THIS MEETING, WRITTEN COMMENTS, BY THE INTERNET OR WEB, WRITTEN COMMENTS BY E-MAIL. WRITTEN COMMENTS BY U.S. MAIL. ALSO, TO SPEAK REMOTELY DURING PUBLIC COMMENT WITH THE USE OF CMT, AND THAT REQUIRES PREREGISTERING, AND THAT IS AVAILABLE AT TAMPA.GOV/PUBLICCOMMENT. AND THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEB PAGE, THE CITY COUNCIL'S WEB PAGE AT TAMPA.GOV/CITYCOUNCIL, ONE WORD. NOW, FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE REMOTE,HE CY OF TAMPA HAS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC DURING THIS MEETING COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA TECHNOLOGY ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF OLD CITY HALL AT 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD. AND PLEASE NOTE THAT THE USE OF MASKS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING INSIDE THE BUILDING ARE ENCOURAGED. NOW, THERE ARE LAND USE HEARINGS TODAY, AND THOSE REQUIRE, IF YOU WISH TO APPEAR REMOTELY, WILL REQUIRE PREREGISTRATION PRIOR TO TODAY. NOW, THE COMMENTS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HEARD WHEN IT APPEARS ON E AGENDA. ALL WRITTEN COMMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE HEARING TO BE DISTRIBUTED TIMELY TO CITY COUNCIL AND MADE PART OF THE PERMANENT RECORD OF QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTERS. NOW, PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED TIMELY BY MAIL, E-MAIL, WEB, OR VIA CMT WILL BE AFFORDED EQUAL CONSIDERATION AS IF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS WERE MADE IN PERSON. FINALLY, FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE PARTICIPATING ON THE VIRTUAL PLATFORM, GO TO MEETING, PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT THE CHAT BOX IS NOT TO BE USED FOR COMMUNICATIONS WITH MEMBERS OF CY COUNCIL. ITS ONLY PURPOSE IS TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS TECHNICAL ISSUES. SO, AGAIN, PLEASE DO NOT COMMUNICATE THROUGH THE CHAT BOX EXCEPT TO REPORT TECHNICAL CONCERNS. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MR. SHELBY. MADAM DEPUTY CLERK, FOR NOTATION, MR. VIERA WILL BE HERE IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES. FOR THE RECORD, HE WILL BE HERE. LET'S GO THROUGH THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AND THE ADDENDUM, PLEASE? WALK-ON ITEM BY COUNCILMAN CITRO ACCOMMODATION. >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, THAT'S GOING TO BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA PER DIRECTION OF THE CHAIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, SIR. >>MARTIN SHELBY: ALSO, I BELIEVE THERE IS A REQUEST FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO TO REMOVE ITEM -- EXCUSE ME, TO PULL ITEM 30 FOR DISCUSSION UNDER STAFF REPORTS. IS THAT CORRECT? MAN'S [INAUDIBLE] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: [INAUBLE] >>MARTIN SHELBY: 28 IS ABUSION RESOLUTION FILED WITH THE CLERK. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. GENTLEMEN, JUST A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. IT'S COME TO MY ATTENTION IN REFERENCE TO SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS GRUMBLING A LITTLE BIT AND ALSO THE CLERK'S OFFICE, MR. SHELBY, IN REFERENCE TO THE RULES OF PROCEDURE AS IT RELATES TO INFORMATION FOR COUNCIL'S BUSINESS FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. I HAVE ASKED MR. SHELBY TO LET US KNOW WHAT THE RULE IS ON THAT SO IF YOU CAN ELABORATE ON THAT NOW, MR. SHELBY,LEAS >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU. MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY. CHAIRMAN GUDES IS MAKING REFERENCE TO RULE 7A UNDER YOUR GENERAL POLICIES OF RULES OF PROCEDURE, AND IT STATES AS FOLLOWS: ALL PETITIONS, COMMUNICATIONS, STAFF REPORTS, RESOLUTIONS, ORDINANCES AND OTHER MATTERS INTENDED FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL BE FILED WITH THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON OR BEFORE 2 P.M. ON THE THURSDAY PRIOR TO THE MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THE CITY CLERK IN TURN SHALL ASGN SH PETITIONS, COMMUNICATIONS RESOLUTIONS ORDINANCES, AND OTHER MATTERS TO THE MOST APPROPRIATE PLACEMENT WITHIN THE AGENDA TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE REQUEST MADE AT THE TIME OF PLACEMENT ON THE AGENDA. ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS RELATED TO FEES ARE TO BE PLACED UNDER STAFF REPORTS. THAT IS THE RULE, SIR. 7A. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO PUT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. I'LL HAVE TO PASS THE GAVEL. MR. DINGFELDER. ORLANDO GUDES: I'M ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL, REQUEST THE ADMINISTRATION TO HEAR THE RULE 7A MOVING FORWARD, INCLUDING PowerPoint PRESENTATIONS THAT SUPPORT CITY COUNCIL IN HAVING TIMELY INFORMATION PRIOR TO ITS MEETINGS FOR DISCUSSION, DELIBERATIONS AND DECISIONS. IF I CAN GET A SECOND. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? >>BILL CARLSON: I MENTIONED THIS BEFORE. I HAVE GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE ALTHOUGH THE AGENDA ITEMS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HERE ON THURSDAY OR FRIDAY, I HAVE TO READ IT ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SOMETIMES I HAVE TO READ IT TWICE. LIKE NUMBER 28 WAS CHANGED SUBSTANTIALLY YESTERDAY. I THINK AT LIKE 4:00. IF ANY OF US HAD EVENTS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO LOOK AT IT. BUT, MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT'S ABOUT TRANSPARENCY FOR THE PUBLIC. LAST WEEK, WE HAD THE PRESENTATION ON TOILET TO TAP, AND IT WASN'T HERE UNTIL WAY LATE, AND THERE WASN'T EVEN AN AGENDA ITEM FOR IT. SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC HAS ACCESS TO INFORMATION. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MY UNDERSTANDING, YEARS AGO, MR. MIRANDA WAS CHAIR, AND MY UNDERSTANDING, MR. MIRANDA WAS A STICKLER ON GETTING THOSE ITEMS IN A TIMELY FASHION, I'VE HEARD. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADHERING TO THE POLICY. WE KNOW SOMETIMES THERE WILL BE SITUATIONS AND WE CAN LOOK AT THOSE SITUATIONS AS THEY ARISE. WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CLERK'S OFFICE IS BEING ABLE TO DO THEIR JOB AS WELL. GET A LITTLE FRUSTRATED OVER THERE. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR THIS HOUSE. I THINK, MR. DINGFELDER, YOU DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY MYSELF AND SECONDED BY MR. CARLSON. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: COULD YOU DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THAT, PLEASE, SIR? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. MADAM CLERK. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >> VIERA? MIRANDA? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH VIERA BEING ABSENT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MADAM DEPUTY CLERK. WE HAVE CEREMONIAL PRESENTATION AT THIS TIME. I ALREADY SEE THE YOUNG LADY FROM THE ACADEMY OF HOLY NAMES ARE ALREADY INSIDE THE ROOM. IF YOU DON'T MIND, GENTLEMEN, WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER 2 AND THEN COME BACK TO 1 AND THEN 3 FOR CITRO. MR. MIRANDA. >>JOSEPH CITRO: SAVING TIME I'M GOING TO FOLLOW COUNCILMAN MIRANDA DOWN THERE. WE STILL HAVE A QUORUM. I THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: CAN THOSE ACADEMY GIRLS HEAR US IN THERE. LET'S SEE SOME ENTHUSIASM, GIRLS! [ CHEERING ] >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I SAW YOU GUYS OUTSIDE AND IT LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE HAVING A GOOD TIME. [ LAUGHTER ] >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIR, I NEED TO GO DOWN IN A MINUTE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE'LL WAIT UNTIL MR. MIRANDA COMES UP AND YOU CAN GO DOWN SO WE KEEP A QUORUM. JUST HOLD ON, COACH. WE'RE WAITING FOR MR. MIRANDA TO GET DOWN THERE TO DO WHAT HE DOES BEST. I SEE HIM IN THE MIDDLE THERE. >>CHLIE RANDA: GOOD MORNING. IT'S MY PLEASURE THIS MORNING TO BE HERE WITH THE CHAMPIONS OF THE 2021 SOFTBALL SEASON 3-A CHAMPIONSHIP FROM THE ACADEMY OF HOLY NAMES. THEIR SCHOOL IS ONE OF GREAT LEGEND IN THE CITY OF TAMPA IN ACADEMIA, AND STARTED IN 1881 UNDER MAYOR NAMED GEORGE BOSCOM SPARKMAN WHO WAS THE MAYOR AND HE CUT THE RIBBON. AND I WAS THERE HOLDING THE RIBBON. MR. VARGAS, I'VE KNOWN YOU SINCE YOU WERE A LITTLE YOUNG BOY. AND YOUR MOTHER AND YOUR FATHER WERE TEAMMATES OF MINE IN HIGH SE DISTINCTION OF CATCHING MY FIRST PITCH IN CUBA THAT THEY HIT FOR A HOME RUN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU KNOW YOU WERE THE LEGEND. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: COOL, YOU HAVE TO ADMIT. LET ME SAY THIS, I KNOW THAT YOUR SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IS NOT HERE TODAY. STEPHANIE, AND I TURN IT OVER TO YOU, MR. SPARKMAN AND MR. VARGAS, I MEAN, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I WANT TO PLAY THE VIDEO FIRST SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THEY ARE HERE AND HOW THEY GOT HERE BECAUSE IT'S WHAT THESE LADIES CANNOT BE DUPLICATED. ONLY BY THEM. CAN YOU PLEASE PLAY THE VIDEO? >> WE CAME INTO THE INNING DOWN -- >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: LET'S REPLAY THAT AGAIN SO MR. VARGAS CAN NARRATE WHAT HAPPENED. >> WE CAME DOWN IN THAT INNING, DOWN A RUN, AND IT WAS A TIGHT GAME THROUGHOUT. WE WERE GOI U AGAINST A WINDEMERE PREP TEAM THAT HAD BEEN 25 AND 1 BUT DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO PLAY A TEAM LIKE US YET. COMING INTO THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE 7th INNING AFTER DOWN 3-2, THE CONFIDENCE THE COACHING STAFF AND THE GIRLS HAD AND BEING ABLE TO COME OUT, IT WAS ALMOST LIKE IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. IT WAS WITHOUT A DOUBT. SO THE CONFIDENCE OF THE KIDS AND THE COACHING STAFF REALLY PAID OFF, AND, OBVIOUSLY, THE EXECUTION OF THAT REALLY WAS THE KEY. BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD A CELEBRATION LIKE THAT IN ACADEMY SINCE 1996. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE END RESULT HERE, IT WAS INCREDIBLY SPECIAL MOMENT AND ONE THAT WE'LL NEVER FORGET AS ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT, AS A COACHING STAFF OR, OBVIOUSLY, AS A GROUP OF YOUNG LADIES WHO WILL BE ENTRENCHED IN HAD HISTORY TOGETHER FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU CAN SEE WHY AND HOW, NOT ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS OR IS THE ABILITY ANDH PLAR, I CHARACTERISTIC TO MAKE A TEAM TO WIN THE GAME. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT BY EVIDENCE HERE HOW THERE WAS A LITTLE MISTAKE MADE ON THE FIELD BY THE OPPOSITION AND THAT RUNNER NOTICED THAT AND KEPT HEADING FOR HOME AND BEAT THE THROW. THAT'S WHAT WINNING AND LOSING IS ALL ABOUT. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A WINNER AND A LOSER? A LOSER FALLS AND NEVER GETS UP. A WINNER FALLS AND GETS UP. AND IF HE OR SHE FALLS AGAIN, THEY GET UP AGAIN AND KEEP TRYING. AND THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS WHEN YOU ARE A WINNER, Y HE FALLEN BEFORE, AND YOU GET UP AND GO OUT AND DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO. THAT'S WHAT THESE YOUNG LADIES ACCOMPLISHED. [ APPLAUSE ] NOW FOR THE CERTIFICATES THAT WE HAVE HERE. THE FIRST ONE TO KEVIN VARGAS, THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH PINS JUST FOR THE TEAM. THOSE PINS ARE ABOUT 40 YEARS OLD. WE HAVEN'T MADE ANY IN A LONG TIME. I DON'T KNOW HOW MARY FOUND THEM, BUT SHE FOUND THEM. THE HEAD COACH, JEFF CROOM. DO YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS? I KNOW THE MIKE GETS YOU SCARED. WE MUST BE RELATED. [ LAUGHTER ] ASSISTANT COACH MICHAEL VALDEZ. [ APPLAUSE ] ELISE COURTNEY. SAMANTHA MILLER. [ APPLAUSE ] SAMANTHA, CAN YOU COME UP FOR A SECOND? SAMANTHA IS A UNIQUE PLAYER THAT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY. SHE GOT A SCHOLARSHIP AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY. I CAN'T EVEN SPELL THE WORD "GEORGETOWN." SAMANTHA NOT ONLY GOT A SCHOLARSHIP, SHE WAS A STAR ATHLETE A YEAR BEFORE SHE GRADUATED AS A SENIOR. AS I RECALL FROM WHAT I'VE READ -- NOT THAT I RECALL IT, I READ . YOU WERE DOING VIDEO GRAPHING AND UNDERSTANDING UNIVERSITY OF GEORGETOWN. YOU WERE TAKING YOUR FIRST CLASS AT HOME. HOWEVER, YOU FELT YOU HAD TO GIVE SOMETHING BACK TO THE TEAM, SO YOU WENT BACK AND BECAME AN ASSISTANT COACH WHILE GOING TO COLLEGE AT THE SAME TIME A THOUSAND MILES AWAY FROM YOUR SCHOOL. AND YOU DIDN'T DO IT BECAUSE YOU GOT PAID FOR IT. YOU'RE DOING IT BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO GIVE BACK FROM WHAT YOU LEARNED. THANK GOD. LOOK AT ALL THESE PLAYERS THAT LEARNED SOMETHING FROM YOU AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOU TO SIT OUT A YEAR BECAUSE OF COVID-19 AND COME BK AND GO COACH EXACTLY WHERE YOU PLAYED. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. >> THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AND THE TEAM SUPPORTS THAT, FOR DONALD SHAFER, KRISTA SEVRINI. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] THIS IS THE FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE 1996. THERE WERE ONLY THREE OTHER CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE SCHOOL'S 140 YEARS OF BEING THERE. ONE WAS IN BASKETBALL IN 1996. AND THE LADY WHO WAS ON THAT STAFF IS NOW WHAT? WHERE IS SHE AT? I KNOW WHO YOU ARE. SHE WAS A STAR BASKETBALL PLAYER IN 1996. CHARISSE. SHE IS NOW THE HEAD OF WHAT? >> PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHERE YOU WORK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE JOB YOU'RE DOING. YOU'VE BEEN DOING A FANTASTIC JOB. I WANT YOU TO PLAY JOHN BENNETT ONE DAY BECAUSE I KNOW YOU CAN BEAT HIM. >> ABSOLUTELY. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WE WANT WITNESSES TO BE THERE, TOO. THE OTHER WAS IN VOLLEYBALL BACK IN 1970. THIS IS THE FIRST EVER THAT THE SCHOOL FROM 140 YEARS IN EXISTENCE HAS WON A CHAMPIONSHIP IN SOFTBALL, LADIES' SOFTBALL. IT'S A MARVELOUS THING, NOT BECAUSE YOU WON IT, BUT BECAUSE YOU PLAYED AS A TEAM AND THE RESULTS ARE THERE. 15 LADIES ON THE TEAM. SEVEN ARE SENIORS. IF WE COULD HAVE THE SENIORS COME UP AND WE'LL GIVE THE -- WHEN YOU COME UP, SAY YOUR NAME AND WHAT COLLEGE YOU'RE GOING TO. >> I'LL START. I'M DEVON. GOING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA. >> I'M CHASE. I'M GOING TO FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY. >> I'M ZADA. GOING TO ST. MARY'S NOTRE DAME. >> I'M AUDREY. I'M GOING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA. >> I'M RACHEL. AND I'M GOING TO PROV DENSE COLLEGE. >> I'M BELLHAM GOING TO FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN. >> I'M KEIRA, GOING TO VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY. [ APPLAUSE ] >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THIS MAKES A VERY WELL FEELING THAT NOT ONLY ARE THEY GREAT ATHLETES, THEY ARE ALSO VERY ECONOMICALLY PREPARED FOR WHAT'S COMING, THE WORLD THEY ARE GOING TO FACE. NOW THE REST OF THE TEAM, PLEASE. THESE ARE NOT THE REST OF THE TEAM. THEY ARE NOT THE ONES THAT ARE SENIORS. >> I'M LUCY. I'M A JUNIOR. >> I'M AMBER TORRES. I'M A SOPHOMORE. >> I'M A SOPHOMORE. >> MAZY AND I'M A FRESHMAN. >> I'M GENEVIEVE. I'M A SOPHOMORE. >> I'M KAYLA, A FRESHMAN. >> CAMILLE, A FRESHMAN. >> I'M CHLOE. I'M A FRESHMAN. [ APPLAUSE ] >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A FRESHMAN AND A SENIOR IS WE'RE IN A ROOM SO SMALL, THEY ARE ALL GOING TO BEOPHORES BY THE TIME WE LEAVE. THEY ARE GOING TO GO BACKWARDS IN LIFE. THE ROOM IS KIND OF SMALL FOR THESE PEOPLE. APPRECIATE IT. THIS TEAM PLAYED 24 GAMES, 7 PLAYOFF GAMES, 14 CONSECUTIVE WINS AS CHAMPIONSHIPS. AND IT'S AMAZING THAT THEY HAD A REAL TOUGH SCHEDULE. EVERYONE CONTRIBUTED ON EACH PLAY, AND AMAZING WORK ETHIC SUPPORTED ADMINISTRATIVE COACHES AND PARENTS AND THEY HAD A CHAMPIONSHIP. HOWEVER, CAN SOMEONE TELL ME THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A WINNER AND A LOSER IN SOFTBALL? I JUST GAVE YOU THE ANSWER EARLIER. >> A WINNER FALLS AND DOESN'T -- OR A LOSER FALLS AND DOESN'T GET UP. AND A WINNER WILL GET UP -- >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: EXACTLY RIGHT. NOW, ANYONE ELSE? COACH, DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? ATHLETIC DIRECTOR? >> I JUST WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL. THAT'S IT. I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR INVITING US DOWN HERE TODAY. OBVIOUSLY, AS COUNCILMAN MIRANDA MENTIONED, THIS IS HISTORIC FEAT FOR OUR SCHOOL AND ONE THAT WE@. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU IS THESE YOUNG LADIES AND OUR COACHING STAFF DIDN'T ONLY MAKE THE ACADEMY OF THE HOLY NAMES PROUD, THEY MADE THE ENTIRE CITY OF TAMPA PROUD. WE'RE HONORED TO BRING THE CITY OF TAMPA OUR MOST RECENT CHAMPIONSHIP. ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR HONORING US AND CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2021, 3A STATE CHAMPIONS. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S PRESENTATION. AGAIN, WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. NOT BECAUSE YOU WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, BUT HOW YOU WON IT AND HOW HARD YOU WORKED FOR IT. IF YOU DO THAT IN LIFE, YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL. KEEP TRYING AND YOU'LL GET THERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CITY COUNCIL, FOR ALLOWING US. I WANT TO THANK THE PARENTS THAT ARE DOWN STAIRS FOR MAKING WONDERFUL KIDS LIKE THIS ONE HERE. BROUGHT THEM UP IN A GREAT ATMOSPHERE AND AN AREA THAT YOU UNDERSTAND ABOUT LIFE. AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PARENTS. APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. >>BILL CARLSON: I WANTED TO ECHO THE COMMENTS OF MY COLAGUEND THANK ALL OF YOU AND CONGRATULATE YOU FOR THE BIG WIN. THANKS ALSO TO CHARISSE HILLS FOR LEADING THE WAY AND ALSO FOR HER LEADERSHIP IN THE CITY. THOSE OF YOU SENIORS MENTIONED YOUR CREDENTIALS AND WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO SCHOOL. VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE. I THINK ALL OF US WERE IMPRESSED WITH THAT. CONGRATS ALSO TO THE PARENTS THAT HAVE RAISED ALL OF YOU ALL TO BE SMART AND SUCCESSFUL. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS, WE NEED MORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU SMART AND SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE TO COME BACK TO TAMPA. I THINK ALMOST ALL OF YOU ARE STUDYING OUTSIDE OF TAMPA. IN TWO OR THREE YEARS, AS YOUE GETTING READY TO GRADUATE OR DURING THE SUMMERS IF YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S ANY OPPORTUNITY IN TAMPA FOR YOU, PLEASE LET US KNOW. WE'RE ALL CONNECTED AND WE NEED INTERNS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA AND WE CAN HELP YOU IN THE COMMUNITY. WHATEVER YOUR INTEREST IS, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR YOU IN TAMPA. AND TO THE PARENTS IF YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE RECRUITING THEM BACK, PLEASE LET US KNOW BECAUSE THESE ARE THE KIND OF PEOPLE WE NEED TO COME TO TAMPA TO START BUSINESSES AND MAKE OUR COMMUNITY THRIVE. CONGRATS AGAIN FOR YOUR SUCCESS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, AND YOUNG LADS, CONGRATULATIONS. AWESOME ACCOMPLISHMENT. I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN WITH YOU GUYS EVEN THOUGH I HAVEN'T BEEN TO ONE GAME, BUT JOHN BENNETT, WHO I THINK IS HANGING AROUND OUT THERE. WHICH ONE IS HIS DAUGHTER? THERE SHE IS. ANYWAY, JOHN BENNETT HAS BEEN KEEPING US POSTED GAME BY GAME. I COULDN'T BELIEVE HE WAS SO EXCITED AT YOUR WIN. AND WE WERE, TOO. ACADEMY OF HOLY NAM HAS AN AMAZING HISTORY OF ACADEMICS AND ALSO SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. SOME OF THE YOUNG LADIES AT YOUR SCHOOL ARE INVOLVED WITH MR. CITRO AND MYSELF WITH OUR ROTARY CLUB. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU GUYS DO THE ROTARY, THE YOUTH ROTARY PROGRAM, BUT GREAT SERVICE YOU PROVIDE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR BIG WIN. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CITRO IS IN THE BACK THERE. >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. LADIES, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ON YOUR WONDERFUL YEAR. BUT LET'S NOT FORGET THE ONES THAT HAVE TAUGHT YOU HOW TO PLAY THE GAME. CONGRATULATIONS LADIES. >> THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WHERE IS THE COACH AT? HEAD COACH. COACH, I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS TO BE A COACH, TO COACH FOR MANY, MANY YORES IN YOUTH ATHLETICS. MANY, MANY YEARS IN YOUTH ATHLETICS. BASEBALL PROGRAM. I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS TO BE A COACH. BUT I UNDERSTAND THE FEELING OF BEING A CHAMPION. IT IS THE MOST EXCITING FEELING THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO COACH YOUNG PEOPLE. THEY LISTEN TO YOU. INSPIRE TO BE THE BEST. AT THE END, THEY HAVE A CHAMPIONSHIP. NO ONE CAN EVER TAKE THEM AWAY. SOMETHING YOU CAN NEVER, EVER TAKE BECAUSE IT'S IN THE RECORD BOOKS. YOU'RE A CHAMPION. THE SCHOOL IS A CHAMPION. THE PARENTS ARE A CHAMPION. I MY GOOD FRIEND, PRINCIPAL DiCAPRIO GADSDEN, THE PRINCIPAL AT SHE HIGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, TALKS ABOUT THE GREAT PROFESSORS AT THE SCHOOL. I LOOK AT OUR PARKS DIRECTOR, MS. HILLS, WHO IS A BASKETBALL CHAMPION HERSELF. I JUST LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP WITH THESE YOUNG LADIES. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL AND TO YOUR PARENTS. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT. WE'L- >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YOU ARE DISMISSED. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I SEE MR. CITRO DOWN THERE. WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER 3 SINCE HE'S DOWN THERE. THEN MR. CARLSON WILL GO DOWN THERE FOR ITEM NUMBER 2. ONCE SHE CLEANS THE LECTERN, ITEM NUMBER 3, MR. CITRO HAS THE WALK-ON. >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A GIRLS RULE KIND OF DAY. I WANT TO SAY, FIRST OF ALL, I AM SO PROUD OF THIS YOUNG LADY, BUT I AM ALSO JEALOUS OF THIS YOUNG LADY. THIS IS MS. ELYSE MEERDINK. DID I SAY IT CORRECTLY? SHE WENT UP TO AUGUSTA NATIONAL. NOW, IF NO ONE IN THIS ROOM KNOWS ABOUT AUGUSTA NATIONAL, THAT IS WHE THE MASTERS PLAY. AND JUST FOR THIS YOUNG LADY TO SINK A PUTT ON THE 18th HOLE, AGAIN, I AM SO JEALOUS. SHE WAS THE WINNER OF THE DRIVE, CHIP, AND PUTT NATIONAL FINALS AGAIN IN AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, AT THE MASTERS, WHERE THE MASTERS IS PLAYED, FOR THE GIRLS AGES 10 AND 11 DIVISION FOR THIS LAST YEAR. NOW, I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF HER STATS. HER DRIVE. HER FIRST ATTEMPT WAS 227 YARDS. HER SECOND ATTEMPT WAS 226 YARDS. WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THIS YOUNG LADY IS ONLY 11 YEARS OLD. I DOUBT THERE'S ANY MEMBERS ON COUNCIL THAT COULD HIT IT MUCH PAST HER. HER CHIPS WERE -- ONE WAS A LITTLE OVER TWO FOOT. ONE WAS A LITTLE OVER EIGHT FOOT. HER PUTTS, HER FIRST PUTT AND, AGAIN, THE GREENS AT AUGUSTA NATIONAL ARE LIKE PUTTING ON A BASKETBALL COURT. LIGHTNING FAST. FIRST PUTT WENT BY 8-FOOT. I WATCHED THE VIDEOS. YOU COULD SEE THERE WAS A LITTLE SHAKING IN HER EYES IN HOW FAST THE GREENS WERE, BUT SHE SUNK HER SECOND PUTT IN ONE PUTT. AGAIN, I AM AMAZED AT THIS YOUNG LADY, AND I KNOW THAT GREAT THINGS ARE GOING TO COME FROM HER. AND THAT IS THE REASON WHY I ASKED CITY COUNCIL TO GIVE THIS MMENTION. IT IS PRESENTED TO MS. ELYSE MEERDINK, THE 2021 NATIONAL DRIVE, CHIP AND PUTT CHAMPION. THE CITY OF TAMPA COMMENDS YOU ON YOUR FIRST-PLACE WIN AT THE GIRLS 10 AND 11 AGE DIVISION AT THE 2021 DRIVE, CHIP AND PUTT NATIONAL FINALS AT AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. YOUR PERSISTENCE, DEDICATION, COMPOSURE HAS SERVED YOU WELL ON THE GOLF COURSE AND WILL SERVE YOU WELL IN LIFE. WE CELEBRATE YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE LEGACY OF CHAMPIONS FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA. IT IS WITH PLEASURE THAT THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL PRESENT YOU, ELYSE MEERDINK WITH THIS COMMENDATION ON THE 3rd DAY OF JUNE 2021. [ APPLAUSE ] NOW, MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I COULD, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM HER. COME STAND UP HERE. WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND WHEN YOU MISSED -- SORRY -- WHEN YOU MISSED THAT FIRST PUTT AND COMPOSURE TO MAKE THE SECOND PUTT? >> WELL, WHEN I HIT THE PUTT, I KNEW THAT IT WAS PROBABLY TOO HARD. AND I WAS JUST HOPING IT WOULDN'T GO TOO FAR BY BECAUSE BEFORE I HIT MY FIRST PUTT, I LOOKED UP AT THE SCOREBOARD AND I SAW THAT I HAD 11 FEET OR CLOSER BETWEEN THE TWO PUTTS TO WIN. SO I WAS JUST HOPING THAT IT WOULD BE WITHIN THAT 11 FEET SO THAT I STILL HAD A CHANCE ON THE SECOND PUTT, WHICH IT WAS, AND I WAS KIND OF SHOCKED AT FIRST WHEN IT WENT REALLY FAR BY, BUT I KNEW THAT I HAD TO KIND OF COMPOSE MYSELF AND JUST FOCUS ON THE SECOND PUTT. OTHERWISE, IF I DIDN'T, IT WOULDN'T HAVE GONE WELL. >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR, THANK YOU. I OPEN IT UP TO YOU AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO, ANYTHING SIR? MR. DINGFELDER, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANKS, JOE. THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS FANTASTIC YOUNG LADY INTO COUNCIL. I IMAGINE THOSE TWO FOLKS SMILING BACK THERE MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH HER ACCOMPSHMES. DO YOU WANT TO BRING THEM FORWARD JOE? WE'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM AS WELL. WHAT'S THE HOME COURSE? THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING ABOUT. WHERE DO YOU GUYS PLAY AT? >> MY HOME COURSE IS AVILA GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: VERY NICE. WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. YOU'RE STANDING NEXT TO COUNCILMAN CITRO WHO I PLAYED GOLF WITH ONCE AND ONLY ONCE BECAUSE HE'S WAY TOO GOOD FOR ME. JOE HITS A MEAN BALL. THE TWO OF YOU NEED TOO OUT TOGETHER AND SEE HOW WE DO. BUT CONGRATULATIONS, ELYSE. FANTASTIC. I ONLY HAVE ONE WORD FOR YOUR FUTURE, SEVEN YEARS FROM NOW IS GO GATORS. THINK ABOUT IT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA, ANYTHING SIR? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS. GOLF IS A VERY DIFFICULT GAME TO PLAY. I'VE HIT EVERY POND AND EVERY RIVER AND EVERY OCEAN, EVEN THOUGH THERE WASN'T WATER, I'D FALL IN WATER. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO MUCH BETTER THAN 99% OF US THAT PLAY THE ME. ANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. >>ORLANDO GUDES: IT'S SO IRONIC WE HAVE A GOLFER HERE THIS MORNING. I WAS JUST GETTING ONLINE, GOLFING TOURNAMENT THIS WEEKEND, I WAS LOOKING AT THE CLUBS I HAVE, AND I DON'T HAVE A RIGHT-HAND PUTTER. IT IS A LEFT-HAND PUTTER. THE LAST TIME I GOLFED I WAS WONDERING WHY I HAD DIFFICULTY. IT WAS THE WRONG SIDE PUTTER. WHAT DO YOU USE, ELYSE? OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE A GREAT PUTTER MAKING THIS 18th HOLE SHOT. WHAT DO YOU USE? WHAT BRAND? >> I USE A RIGHT-HANDED TAILOR-MADE PUTTER. IT'S AN ARDMORE 3. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION. WHAT I CAN TELL YOU, YOU SAW SOME OTHER CHAMPIONS JUST BEFORE YOU. OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE ON THAT WAY TO BEING A GREAT CHAMPION AND EVERYTHING YOU DO ESPECIALLY ON THE GOLF COURSE. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR PARENTS. >> THANK YOU. >>JOSEPH CITRO: I'VE GOT THREE REQUESTS OF YOU. NUMBER ONE, IF YOU EVER NEED SOMEONE TO LOOP FOR YOU, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO CARRY YOUR BAG. NUMBER TWO, DON'T GIVE UP NOW. YOU'RE ON A GREAT PATH. I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU BE THE FIRST FEMALE TO PLAY IN THE MASTERS. AND NUMBER THREE, WOULD YOU SIGN MY GLOVE, PLEASE? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: JOE, YOU'RE A GROUPIE. >>JOSEPH CITRO: I'M TELLING YOU, YOU HAVE TO FIND OUT WHAT EQUIPMENT THEY USE, WHAT KIND OF BALL THEY USE, WHAT KIND OF GLOVE. WHEN SHE TURNS PRO, I CAN'T DISPLAY THIS ANY LONGER. SHE USE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF GLOVE, CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS. A LITTLE SMILEY FACE. I LOVE IT. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: CONGRATULATIONS PARENTS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK MR. CARLSON IS UP NEXT WITH ITEM NUMBER 1, CEREMONIAL ACTIVITIES. >>BILL CARLSON: READY, MR. CHAIR? >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, READY ANYTIME YOU ARE. >>BILL CARLSON: I'M EXCITED TODAY TO GIVE A COMMENDATION ON BEHALF OF CITY COUNCIL TO ONE OF THE GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS OF SOUTH TAMPA, MARLIN ANDERSON. THERE'S A LOT THAT I COULD SAY ABOUT MARLIN. I'LL READ THE COMMENDATION WE'LL GIVE HIM, BUT I'VE KNOWN HIM BECAUSE I WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVIST INVOLVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. AND HE PUT TOGETHER YEARS AGO AN ORGANIZATION OF ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS IN SOUTH TAMPA FIGURING IF WE ALL WORKED TOGETHER THAT WE COULD GET MORE DONE. THEY ALSO, AS PART OF THAT, EVERY FOUR YEARS PUT TOGETHER MAYORAL AND CITY COUNCIL DEBATES, WHICH WE ALL PARTICIPATED IN, AND MARLIN DOES A GREAT JOB OF BEING NEUTRAL THROUGH THOSE THINGS AND ALSO ASKING TOUGH QUESTIONS. SO THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING SOUTH TAMPA AND FOR ALL YOUR LEADERSHIP THERE AND FOR MAKING SURE THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS IN SOUTH TAMPA ARE EFFECTIVE AT WHAT THEY DO. I'LL READ THIS COMMENDATION, IT SAYS: IT IS WITH SINCERE GRATITUDE THAT THE TAM CIT COUNCS COMMENDATION TO MARLIN ANDERSON IN HONOR OF HIS SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP TO THE SOUTH TAMPA NEIGHBORHOODS. YOU STARTED YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF THE SUNSET PARK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION SERVING AS PRESIDENT FOR EIGHT YEARS. DURING THAT TIME YOU WERE ENGAGED IN NUMEROUS NEIGHBORHOOD ISSUES INCLUDING STORMWATER DRAINAGE, WATER QUALITY AND TRAFFIC CONGESTION AS FOUNDER OF SOUTH TAMPA COALITION, UNITED SOUTH TAMPA NEIGHBORHOODS ON ISSUES AFFECTING SOUTH TAMPA WHILE ALSO ORGANIZING AND PROMOTING A NEW LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT FOR MANY CITIZENS AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR INVOLVEMENT. AS THE ORGANIZER OF SOME OF THE BEST ATTENDED CANDIDATE FORUMS IN THE CITY, YOU HP TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THE VARIOUS POLITICAL CANDIDATES. SPIRIT AND LEADERSHIP THAT HAS INSPIRED COUNTLESS CITIZENS HAS MADE THE CITY OF TAMPA A BETTER PLACE. I'D LIKETO HAVE HIM SPEAK A FEW MINUTES. MAYBE CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING FIRST. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR, MARLIN, I MET YOU ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO. COUNCILMAN CARLSON SAID IT ALL REGARDING THE FORMS YOU PUT TOGETHER WITH THE CANDIDATES, YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. YOU'VE ALWAYS INSPIRED ME. YOURE VERY GOOD MAN. YOU ARE A VERY KIND INDIVIDUAL. I APPRECIATE YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND YOUR DEDICATION TO SERVING THE COMMUNITY AND YOUR MANY WAYS THAT YOU'VE DONE SO. SO THANK YOU. IS THIS YOUR FIRST COMMENDATION FROM CITY COUNCIL? IT'S LONG OVERDUE. YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED FOREVER. I'M SURPRISED, YOU KNOW. WELL DESERVED, SIR. THANK YOU. IT'S GOOD TO SEE ■YOU. >>JOSEPH CITRO: I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY. THIS, AGAIN, THIS IS LONG OVERDUE. YOU HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT DIDN'T WANT TO BE POLITICAL, BUT WAS SO MUCH INTO POLITICS. YOU MADE SURE THE INFORMATION OF ALL THE CANDIDATES WERE OUT THERE. YOU HELD FORUMS. YOU HELD QUESTIONS. YOU HELD DEBATES. AGAIN, YOU WEREN'T BEING POLITICAL, BUT YOU WERE BEING POLITICAL IN LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THE CHOICES THEY HAVE BEFORE THEM. I REMEMBER THE TWO THAT I ATTENDED WITH MS. VICKY POLLIER AS ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS. I THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE, NOT ONLY FOR YOUR AREA, BUT FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA. CONGRATULATIONS, MY FRIEND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, ANYTHING SIR? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: GOOD MORNING, MARLIN. MARLIN AND I NOT ONLY GO BACK IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT WE RAISED OUR CHILDREN TOGETHER. ANYWAY, MARLIN, CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT ALL YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY. IT ALL STARTS IN NEIGHBORHOODS AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, AND WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE A LEADER LIKE YOU. KEEP IT UP. THANK YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU, MARLIN. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. TO DO WHAT YOU'V DONE AND HOLD THESE POLITICAL MEETINGS WHERE YOU HAVE ALL THE CANDIDATES COME UP AND YOU DO IT IN A FASHION OR HAVE DONE IT IN A FASHION, I HOPE YOU CONTINUE SOMEHOW TO DO IT, THAT WAS NOT FAVORABLE TO ONE OR FAVORABLE TO ANOTHER, BUT FAVORABLE TO ALL. AND YOU HELD THE CROWD IN CHECK AS TO WHEN THEY GOT TOO MUCH ON ONE SIDE, ONE CANDIDATE. YOU SAID SPREAD IT OUT AMONG ALL THE CANDIDATES. YOU DID SOMETHING THAT VERY FEW CAN DO. WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN THERE A LONG TIME AGO. FRANK HOUSE. MARGARET VIZZI, THE REST OF THEM HAVE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB. YOU WERE PART OF THE CORE OF THE APPLE THAT PUT A TREE ON THAT DEVELOPED AN ORCHARD. WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I'VE SEEN YOU AROUND DOWNTOWN A LOT. DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, TALKING TO PEOPLE. UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE NEED TO HAVE STRONG COMMUNITIES AND ASSOCIATIONS. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU, MR. CARLSON FOR RECOGNIZING. >>BILL CARLSON: I SHOULD ALSO ADD WE WERE GOING TO GIVE THIS TO HIM ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND THEN VID HIT. WE THOUGHT IT WAS SO IMPORTANT WE WANTED TO DO IT IN PERSON. DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? >> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS A GREAT HONOR. I DIDN'T REALLY EXPECT THIS, BUT IT HAPPENED. YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I LOVE THE CITY OF TAMPA. I LOVE THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, AND IT HAS BEEN MY PLEASURE TO DO MY PART TO HELP MAKE THIS GREAT CITY A BETTER PLACE IN WHICH TO LIVE. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. MADAM DEPUTY CLERK, WE DID NOT APPROVE THE AGENDA, THE ADDENDUM. MOTION BY MR. MANISCALCO. SECONDED BY MR. CITRO. ALL IN FAVOR? AS FAR AS STAFF REPORTS, I LOOKED AT THEM AND MOST OF THEM HAVE TO DO WITH BEING PRESENT. WE WILL GO TO AS PROMISED. I KNOW CHIEF BENNETT HAS SOMETHING FOR 57. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON 58? 59? WE NEED TO RELEASE ANYBODY? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: 61 I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE SOMEBODY SPEAK TO. >>ORLANDO GUDES: 61 AND 59 ASTERISK BY. 58, NO PROBLEM WITH RELEASING MR. BEARD ON 58? 59? THAT'S A REPORT ANYWAY. WE'LL HEAR FROM THAT. 60? ALL RIGHT. THAT'S A REPORT ON THAT. 61, NEED TO APPEAR. 62 IS A DRAFT PRESENTATION. 63 NEED TO APPEAR TO PRESENT. I THINK THE ONLY ONE WE NEED TO RELEASE IS MR. BEARD ON 58. MR. BAIRD ON 58. WE'LL MOVE INTO PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'LL GO TO THE SECOND FLOOR. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THERE WAS A MOTION AND A VOTE? >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >> TRAY WINEGUARD, ATTORNEY AT HILL WARD HENDERSON. I'M HERE SPEAKING ABOUT RESOLUTION NUMBER 30 ON THE AGENDA. IT INVOLVES A RELEASE OF EASEMENT, ROE 21-16. THE REQUEST WAS MADE BY THE PROPERTY OWNER AT 505 SOUTH ROYAL PALM WAY. I'M HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF GORDON AND BARBARA BABBITT WHO LIVE ADJACENT AT 4604 WEST BEACH PARK DRIVE. A BIT OF BACKGROUND, THAT PROPERTY EXISTS -- IT'S IN ORANGE HERE ON THE SHEET. PREVIOUSLY, THE PROPERTY HAD AN ALLEYWAY BEHIND IT AND SORT OF A ROUNDABOUT CALLED LOT E HERE. LOT E WAS A NONBUILDABLE LOT WHEN IT WAS PLATTED APPROXIMATELY 100 YEARS AGO AND AN EASEMENT THAT RAN THROUGH THE ALLEY THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW. THAT ALLEYWAY AND THE EASEMENT STILL EXISTS TODAY. NEVERTHELESS, ABOUT A YEAR AGO, THIS PARCEL WAS COMBINED SO THAT LOT 4 AND LOT E WERE COMBINED INTO ONE LOT. HOWEVER, THE EASEMENT NEVER WAS RELEASED AND LOT E NEVER BECAME A BUILDABLE LOT. THE CITY COUNCIL OR THE CITY CODE REQUIRES THAT A LOT HAVE NO INTERIOR ANGLE OF LESS THAN 30 DEGREES. HOWEVER, THIS ANGLE IN LOT E IS ONLY 26 DEGREES. SO THIS LOT IS NOT CURRENTLY BUILDABLE. HOWEVER, THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS BEGUN CONSTRUCTION IN LOT E IN WHAT IS STILL AN EASEMENT. NOW, THE REASON THAT WE'RE HERE TODAY AND THE REASON THIS IS IMPORTANT IS THAT WHEN THE BABBITTS AND THEIR NEIGHBORS IN THIS AREA PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY, THEY DID SO WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS EASEMENT ACTED AS AARRI BETWEEN THE STRUCTURES AND THE HOMES IN THE HISTORIC BEACH PARK NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT'S THE WAY IT'S BEEN FOR A HUNDRED YEARS SINCE IT WAS ORIGINALLY PLATTED. THE RESULT OF RELEASING THIS EASEMENT TODAY WILL BE TO THE CONSTRUCTION IN THE EASEMENT WILL CONTINUE AND A HOME -- A BUILDING THAT IS 36-FOOT TALL WILL BE BUILT ONLY SEVEN FEET FROM THE BABBITT'S BACKYARD, FROM THEIR POOL. WHAT THAT WILL MEAN IS FOR THE BABBITT'S PROPERTY SPECIFICALLY, TWO-STORY BUILDINGS ON ALL THREE SIDES NOT FACING THE STREET OF THEIRROPERTY, BUILT ONLY 7 FEET FROM THE LOT LINE. IN THIS BEAUTIFUL BEACH PARK NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS EXISTED IN THIS STATE FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY, THERE WILL BE LOT LINE TO LOT LINE CONSTRUCTION. I BROUGHT A COUPLE OF PICTURES DEMONSTRATING. THIS IS WHAT THE AREA LOOKED LIKE BEFORE THE CONSTRUCTION BEGAN. YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE TREES AND EVERYTHING IN THE AREA. THIS IS SINCE THE CONSTRUCTION BEGAN. THE TREES HAVE BEEN REMOVED IN THIS WHOLE LARGE AREA, AND YOU CAN S THAT THERE'S A VERY SMALL SLIVER THAT EXTENDS BACK, FAR BACK INTO THE PROPERTY. AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW. YOU CAN SEE HOW SLIM THAT AREA IS, AND THAT IS RIGHT WHERE THE EASEMENT RUNS AND THAT'S WHERE THE CONSTRUCTION IS BEING CONDUCTED CURRENTLY. THE REASON WE'RE HERE AND THE REASON THAT WE'RE ASKING THAT THIS EASEMENT NOT BE RELEASED IS BECAUSE, AS I STATED, THE BABBITTS AND THE NEIGHBORS IN THE BEAUTIFUL AND HISTORIC BEACH PARK NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE RELIED ON THIS EASEMENT FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY AND THE OVERALL -- THE WAY THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN AND THE WAY THE NEIGHBORHOOD SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE. SO WE ASK THAT THE COUNCIL PLEASE DENY THE REQUEST FOR RELEASE. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, SIR. I DIDN'T CATCH YOUR NAME AT THE BEGINNING. >> TRAY WEINGARDT. I'M WITH HILL WARD HENDERSON. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: COULD YOU PUT UP THAT PICTURE? I THINK IT WAS THE SECOND TO THE LAST PHOTOGRAPH. WAS READING THROUGH SOME OF THIS YESTERDAY. >> IS THAT THE ONE? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >> IF I COULD INTERRUPT. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I DON'T THINK IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING. I THINK IT'S JUST ON THE AGENDA ON CONSEN. >> CORRECT. THE RELEASE OF EASEMENT -- ANDREA ZELMAN, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY. MY CONCERN IS WE ARE AWARE THROUGH OTHER CORRESPONDENCE FROM MR. WEINGARDT, THAT THEY MAY BE PURSUING LEGAL ACTN AGAINST THE CITY WITH REGARD TO NOT THE RELEASE OF EASEMENT THAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY, BUT A PRIOR DETERMINATION MADE BY THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR. SO I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT GETTING TOO DEEP INTO THE WEEDS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WILL BE AT ISSUE SHOULD THEY PURSUE LITIGATION. SO I WOULD ASK THAT YOU KEEP ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS CONFINED TO THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS SIMPLY THE RELEASE OF EASEMENT. D R WIGGINTON OF OUR OFFICE IS PREPARED TO DISCUSS THAT WHEN THE ITEM COMES UP. I KNOW IT WAS PULLED FROM THE AGENDA TO BE DISCUSSED AS PART OF THE ADDENDUM. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I APPRECIATE THE HEADS-UP. ONE OF MY QUESTIONS WAS GOING TO BE RELATED TO THE CONSTRUCTION, BUT I WILL NOT ASK THAT QUESTION. I DO HAVE A QUESTION AS RELATED TO ITEM 30, UNLESS SOMEBODY IS GOING TO TELL US THAT ITEM 30 IS GOING TO BE STRUCK FROM TODAY'S AGENDA. >>MARTIN SHELBY: NO. MARTIN SHEY, CY CNCIL ATTORNEY. YOU HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM MR. WIGGINTON FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT RELATIVE TO THE BACKGROUND OF THIS BEFORE YOU ASK YOUR QUESTIONS THAT MAY BE RELEVANT TO WHAT YOU WILL BE ASKING. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I'M LOOKING AT A PICTURE. WHAT I WANTED TO ASK THE GENTLEMAN WAS IF HE COULD USE HIS FINGER TO SHOW US WHERE THE SUBJECT EASEMENT IS. IT'S BEEN HARD TO SEE FROM THE COMPUTER SIDE OF THINGS. SO IF YOU COULD JUST SHOWS WHERE THE SUBJECT EASEMENT IS FOR ITEM 30. >> I'LL DO MY BEST WITH THE ELMO. IF YOU REMEMBER THE PLAT, AND YOU SAW LOT E, THIS IS LOT E RIGHT HERE. THE EASEMENT RUNS SORT OF ALONG WHAT LOOKS LIKE A WHITE FENCE LINE HERE AND COMES AND CURVES RIGHT HERE WHERE THE PROPERTY NARROWS. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WHERE IS THE BABBITT HOUSE? >> THE BABBITT HOUSE IS THIS HOUSE RIGHT HERE. IF I CAN SWITCH PICTURES FOR YOU JUST MOMENTARILY. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WHEN WAS THE VACATING? BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THE ALLEY WAS ACTUALLY -- OR THE -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS -- AN ALLEY OR RIGHT-OF-WAY -- WAS VACATED A WHILE BACK. DO YOU KNOW WHEN THAT WAS, MR. WEINGARDT? >> YOU'RE RIGHT. THERE WAS A RIGHT-OF-WAY AND SEPARATE UTILITY EASEMENT. I BELIEVE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY WAS ABANDONED BACK IN THE '50s. FROM MY REVIEW OF THIS, IT APPEARS THAT IT WAS -- THE LOTS THAT ARE TO THE WEST WERE ORIGINALLY GOING TO BE COMMERCIAL LOTS, AND THAT ALLEYWAY WAS GOING TO SERVE THEM. ULTIMATELY THEY BECAME INDIVIDUAL NOT COMMERCIAL AND BECAUSE OF THAT THE ALLEY WAS ABANDONED. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, SIR. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, AGAIN, MS. ZELMAN, FOR YOUR HEADS-UP. >> THANK YOU. I'LL STICK AROUND IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS DURING THE DISCUSSION OF THE AGENDA ITEM. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: NEXT SPEAKER. ANYTIME YOU ARE READY, SIR. >> STEVE MICHELINI. I'M HERE REPRESENTING MILANA HOMES WHO IS REQUESTING THIS RELEASE OF EASEMENT. I'D LIKE TO REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT THE EASEMENT IS ON PROPERTY THAT THEY OWN. IT'S NOT PROPERTY THAT THE BABBITTS OWN OR THEY HAVE ANY RIGHTS TO. THERE IS NO NEED FOR THAT EASEMENT. IT'S BEEN ALREADY DETERMINED BY THE CITY THROUGH ITS REVIEW PROCESS THAT THERE ARE NO RESERVATIONS THERE FOR ANY KIND OF UTILITIES. IT'S CURRENTLY NOT BEING USED. THAT'S WHY IT'S COMING TO YOU AS A REQUEST TO RELEASE THE EASEMENT BECAUSE TYPICALLY THE EASEMENTS ARE HELD IN TRUST BY THE CITY FOR PUBLIC USE. AND THERE IS NO PUBLIC USE THAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED, AND THAT'S PER THE STAFF REPORT. AS FAR AS MR. WEINGARDT'S PRESENTATION REGARDING WHAT IT WAS HISTORICALLY, THAT THAT'S NOT RELEVANT TO THIS REQUEST. IT MAY HAVE BEEN USEFUL A HUNDRED YEARS AGO OR 50 YEARS AGO, 60 YEARS AGO, WHENEVER BUT IT'S NOT CURRENTLY BEING USED AND HAS NO PUBLIC PURPOSE RIGHT NOW. THAT'S WHY THE EASEMENT REQUEST, THE RELEASE IS IN THERE. THE ALLEY, AS MR. DINGFELDER POINTED OUT, HAS ALREADY BEEN VACATED. SO THE RIGHTS OF PASSAGE THERE HAVE BEEN RELEASED. I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHY THEY DIDN'T RELEASE THE EASEMENT WHEN THEY RELEASED -- WHEN THEY VACATED THE ALLEY, BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY DIDN'T. A LETTER HAS ALREADY BEEN SENT TO MR. WEINGARDT REGARDING THE CITY'S DETERMINATION FOR SETBACKS AND RELATED ISSUES. TYPICALLY ON TRIANGULAR SHAPED LOTS, THE NARROWEST PART OF THE LOT IS THE FRONT, AND THEY HAVE ALREADY DETERMINED THAT THIS IS A FRONT THAT IS ON ROYAL PALM WAY, AND THEN THE SIDES ARE RESPECTILY O THE BABBITT SIDE, ALTHOUGH THAT'S THEIR REAR YARD, IT IS THE SIDE YARD FOR THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL. I'LL BE STAYING AROUND FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION LATER ON. WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND WITH LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION REGARDING THE MATTER, AND WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RELEASE OF EASEMENT AS PETITIONED AND SUPPORTED BY THE CITY STAFF AND CITY LEGAL DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU, MR. MICHELINI. MR. CHAIRMAN, JUST FOR EXPEDIENCY, I'D HAVE CONCERN VOTING ON THIS TODAY BECAUSE NOW WE'VE HEARD FROM MS. ZELMAN ABOUT POTENTIAL LITIGATION. WE HAVE TWO LAWYERS HERE WHO ARE TELLING US -- NOT TWO LAWYERS -- WE HAVE A LAWYER AND A VERY, VERY SMART LAND USE GUY, STEVE MICHELINI, TELLING US TWO DIFFERENT -- YOU KNOW, TWO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THIS. I WOULD SUGGEST WITH RESPECT TO TO MR. MANISCALCO THAT WE DEFER THIS FOR TWO WEEKS SO LEG CAN MEET WITH US INDIVIDUALLY AND BRIEF US INDIVIDUALLY IN TERMS OF WHAT THE CITY'S ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE AS OPPOSED TO HAVING THIS DISCUSSED IN THE PUBLIC FORUM, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF MS. ZELMAN EXPRESSING CONCERN ABOUT LITIGATION. THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MS. ZELMAN, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. >>ANDREA ZELMAN: ANDREA ZELMAN AGAIN. I WOULD ASK THAT YOU LET RON WIGGINTON GO AHEAD AND EXPLAIN TO YOU THE ACTUAL EASEMENT REQUEST AS DISTINGUISHED FROM SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT UP. I'M NOT SURE YOU CAN'T GO FORWARD. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I'M NOT SAYING WE CAN'T GO FORWARD. I'M JUST SAYING THAT IT MIGHT NOT BE PRUDENT TO GO FORWARD. I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT ANY EXIGENCY OF GOING TODAY. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE MORE PRUDENT TO DEFER TWO WEEKS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I WOULD PREFER WE WAIT TILL WE GET TO ITEM NUMBER 30 AND AT THAT TIME WE CAN MAKE A DETERMINATION. WE'LL CONNUE WITH PUBLIC COMMENT. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ALL RIGHT, NO PROBLEM. >>RON WIGGINTON: AGAIN, AS MENTIONED, THIS IS GOING TO BE SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROPERTY. IT'S A SIMPLE RELEASE OF EASEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED BY RIGHT-OF-WAY MAPPING COORDINATOR THAT IS NO LONGER NEEDED. AS FAR AS DEFERRING, I HAVE NOT BEEN INFORMED THAT THERE'S ANY URGENCY TO THIS ITEM. WE ARE IN AGREEMENT IF THAT IS THE COUNCIL'S PLEASURE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, SINCE YOU PUT IT OUT THERE AND MR. RON HAS SAID NOT GREAT URGENCY, I'LL GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TWO WEEKS. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: IT'S UP TO -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I SPOKE TO MR. WIGGINTON YESTERDAY TO GET CLARITY ON THIS BEFORE I SENT THE MEMO TO PULL THE ITEM. I'M GOOD WITH IT, BUT IF YOU WANT TO, AS HE SAID, THERE'S NO SENSE OF URGENCY IF YOU WANT TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS JUST SO EVERYBODY CAN GET ON THE SAME PAGE, IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OFF-LINE WHATEVER. I DON'T MIND AT ALL. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECD T DEFER. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION BY MR. DINGFELDER, SECONDED BY MR. MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IS TWO WEEKS ENOUGH TIME? >>ANDREA ZELMAN: I APOLOGIZE. I JUST RECEIVED A TEXT FROM THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. THEY ASKED FOR A 30-DAY WINDOW. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THAT TAKES TO US A VACATION DAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JULY 15 WOULD BE THE FIRST REGULAR MEETING WHEN WE COME BACK FROM THE SUMMER BREAK. >>THCLERK: JULY 15 WILL BE THE NEXT REGULAR SESSION AFTER THE BREAK. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: CHANGE THE MOTION TO JULY 15, I'LL SECOND. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SO MOVED. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? -- >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU, SIR. THAT RESOLVES THE ISSUE FOR ITEM NUMBER 30. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT IS CORRECT SIR. >>MARTIN SHELBY: ON THE AGENDA. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT IS CORRECT. WE'LL CONTINUE ON WITH PUBLIC COMMENT. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. SHELBY, WERE YOU SAYING THAT SHOULD COME UNDER UNFINISHED BUSINESS INSTEAD OF CONSENT? IT WOULD BE VOTED ON SEPARATELY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT WOULD BE YOUR PLEASURE. CERTAINLY THAT WOULD BE THE CASE -- UNFINISHED BUSINESS THEN, PLEASE. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: GOOD MORNING, SIR. >> GOOD MORNING. MEESNO TAMPA, FLORIDA. ONE THING YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO RECOGNIZE AND ALWAYS AFRICAN PEOPLE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE. THEY DO US DIRTY AND THEY DO US NASTY. THEY CUT MY TIME OFF. THEY CUT MY TIME OFF, SENT SOMEBODY ELSE UP. THEY HAVE ALL KIND OF DISCUSSIO. 30 YEARS I'VE BEEN COMING DOWN HERE, WE 26% OF THE POPULATION. THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT A RIGHT-OF-WAY OF ALLEY AND WHO HAVE RIGHTS TO IT AND WHATNOT. I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WE'RE 26% OF THIS POPULATION AND WE DON'T ENJOY 26% OF TITY BUDGET ANYWAY WHATSOEVER. WE GET ABOUT 90% OF THE BAD TREATMENT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND EVERYBODY ELSE. AND NOTHING ABOUT THAT, ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY NOTHING ABOUT THAT. IT'S A DISRESPECT AND A DISREGARD THEY HAVE FOR AFRICAN PEOPLE. IT IS A HATRED THEY HAVE FOR AFRICAN PEOPLE. AND THEY HAVE US LIKE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE COOL ABOUT PARTICIPATING IN OUR OWN OPPRESSION. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE COOL ABOUT OVER 600,000 BICYCLE STOPS. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BEOOL ABOUT WHAT CODE ENFORCEMENT DO THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITIES. WE SUPPOSED TO BE COOL ABOUT POLICE VIOLENCE. ALL THESE THINGS WE SUPPOSED TO BE COOL ABOUT. WE SUPPOSED TO BE COOL THAT THEY ADDING ON TAXES TO HELP BUCCANEER, A TEAM WITH A RACIST NAME, BUCCANEER, ADDING ON TAXES TO HELP THEM BUT NOT TO HELP OUR COMMUNITIES OR OUR PEOPLE OR OUR YOUTH. AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE COOL WITH THAT FORM OF OPPRESSION. AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE INSULTED AND COOL ABOUT IT. SUPPOSED TO BE COOL ABOUT WEING SHIRT DOWN HERE AND YOU ALL HAVE POLICE OFFICERS THAT WANT TO PUT YOU OUT, ARREST YOU, PUT YOU IN HANDCUFFS. AND MY SHIRT LOOKS OFFENSIVE, BUT WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SOUTH TAMPA, THAT JUNKYARD THEY HAVE RUNNING THROUGH GANDY BOULEVARD, A STRAIGHT JUNKYARD THAT THEY HAVE RUNNING THROUGH GANDY BOULEVARD THAT THEY CALL AN EXPRESSWAY THAT NEED TO BE REMOVED, AN EYESORE. AND THE JUNKYARDS THEY HAVE AROUND EVERYBODY'S HOME IN SOUTH TAMPA THEY ARE CALLING APARTMENT COMPLEXES. T TH ARE OFFENDED BY A SHIRT THAT I WEAR. AND THEY WANT TO PUT THE POLICE ON ME TO ARREST ME, BUT THEY GOT A JUNKYARD RUNNING DOWN THROUGH GANDY BOULEVARD. EVERY TIME IT RAIN, THEY HAVE A CESS PIT, A CESSPOOL UP AT HENDERSON AND DALE MABRY. THEY CAN'T FIGURE OUT FOR 50 YEARS, THEY CAN'T FIGURE OUT THE WATER LEAKAGE OR THE WATER DRAINAGE ON HENDERSON AND DALE MABRY. MAN, YOU ALL OFFEND AFRICAN PEOPLE. YOU ALL OFFEND BLACK PEOPLE. YOU ALL OFFEND US IN THE WORST WAY, SAME WAY THEY OFFENDED US IN ROSEWOOD, FLORIDA, TULSA, OKLAHOMA, AND OTHER PLACES. IT'S OFFENSIVE. IT'S HIGHLY OFFENSIVE, AND THE WAY THEY SKIPPED MY TURN THIS MORNING, THAT WAS HIGHLY OFFENSIVE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MR. MENTESNOT. THANK YOU, SIR. THAT'S IT FOR IN PERSON. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR. MICHAEL RANDOLPH REGISTERED TO SPEAK, HOWEVER HE DID NOT PHONE IN TO PARTICIPATE. TRAY WEINGARDT PARTICIPATED IN CHAMBERS WITH YOU ALL THIS MORNING. SO THE NEXT SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE BARBARA BABBITT. BARBARA, IF YOU'RE ON THE LINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. BARBARA, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. >> GOOD MORNING. CAN YOU HEAR ME? >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, WE CAN. >> I'M BARBARA BABBITT, AND MY HUSBAND AND I BOUGHT OUR HOME AT 4604 WEST BEACH PARK DRIVE OVER 23 YEARS AGO. AND AT THAT TIME, WE RELIED ON EXISTING EASEMENT BEHIND OUR PROPERTY AND BUFFER FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. IT WAS OUR UNDERSTANDING THE ABANDONED ALLEYWAY WHICH INCLUDES THE EASEMENT KNOWN AS LOT E ON THE PAPERWORK WAS A NONBUILDABLE LOT WITH NO STREET ACCESS. BEFORE THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY BY MR.ARTI LOT E WAS HOME FOR A VERY LONG TIME TO MANY, MANY MATURE TREES. I HAD THE PLEASURE -- I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF WATCHING BEACH PARK NEIGHBORHOOD EVERY DAY. WE HAVE A WEALTH OF NEW HOMES JOIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD DURING THE 23 YEARS WE'VE LIVED HERE. ALL OF THESE NEW HOMES HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT AND RESPECTFUL OF KEEPING WITH THE BEAUTY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. I WATCHED FROM MY BACKYARD ALL OF THESE TREES WERE CHOPPED DOWN AND CARRIED AWAY, INCLUDING ONES ON THE EASEMENT. MADE ME FILL ILL. THE REMOVAL OF ALL THE TREES WAS A DEVASTATING LOS TO OUR HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD. THE RELEASE OF THIS EASEMENT WOULD CAUSE NOT ONLY COMPLETE LOSS OF OUR PRIVACY IN OUR BACKYARD AS THE TWO-STORY SECONDARY STRUCTURE IS SEVEN FEET FROM OUR WROUGHT IRON FENCE BUT IT WILL ALSO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF OUR PROPERTY VALUE. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE TWO-STORY HOME, SEVEN FEET FROM THE PROPERTY ON BOTH SIDES. THE RELEASE OF THIS EASEMENT WILL MAKE ALL SIDES OF OUR PROPERTY SEVEN FEET FROM TWO-STORY STRUCTURES, ESSENTIALLY BOXING US IN ON ALL THREE SIDES. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT CONSTRUCTION ON 505 ROYAL PALM HAS ALREADY BEGUN ON TOP OF THE EASEMENT, EVEN THOUGH THE EASEMENT HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. THE BUILDING IS ALREADY ABOUT FOUR FOOT OUT OF GROUND. APPLICATION FOR THE RELEASE OF EASEMENT WAS FILED ONLY AFTER WE -- CONSTRUCTION ON THE EASEMENT. I GUESS MR. MARTIN IS ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS INSTEAD OF PERMISSION. IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THE STARTING OF CONSTRUCTION ON AN EASEMENT BEFORE APPLYING HAVE EASEMENT RELEASED IS LAWFUL. AGAIN, WE RELIED ON THIS EASEMENT IN MAKING THE DECISION TO PURCHASE OUR HOME YEARS AGO, AND I RPECTLLY ASK THAT YOU DENY THE APPLICATION FOR ITS RELEASE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. >>THE CLERK: CHAIR, THAT'S GOING TO CONCLUDE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 3. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FROM STAFF TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, DID COUNCIL WAS A DISCUSSION OR PRESENTATION ON THIS, BECAUSE WE COULD MOVE THAT TO THE 1:30 TO HAVE A PRESENTATION. THIS IS THE ISSUE OF COUNCIL'S INITIATIVE TO AMEND THE CODE TO ALLOW FOR AUTHORITY TO ISSUE CITATIONS FOR PARKING TICKETS. IN RESPONSE TO COUNCIL'S REQUEST. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MR. CHAIRMAN. THIS IS WHAT I BROUGHT UP REGARDING PARKING ON THE RIGHT-OF-WAY COMMERCIAL VEHICLES AND WHATNOT, ANYTHING FROM SEMITRUCKS, GENERAL COMMERCIAL EQUIPMENT, EQUIPMENT MEANING LIKEARGE TRUCKS, VANS THAT PEOPLE ARE PARKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND IT WOULD ALLOW US TO ISSUE CITATIONS, PARKING TICKETS TO HOPEFULLY ENFORCE THIS AND REMEDY THIS BECAUSE I'VE RECEIVED SO MANY COMPLAINTS, MANY OF US HAVE, FROM SO MANY PARTS OF THE CITY IN REGARDS TO FOLKS JUST PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES WHEREVER THEY WANT. I HAD MADE THIS MOTION THAT IT COME BACK FOR FIRST READING, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE TODAY, AND THAT WOULD BE IT. SO WE WOULD ALLOW OURODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THE AUTHORITY TO TICKET AND CITE THESE INDIVIDUALS AND ENCOURAGE AND MOTIVATE THEM TO STOP PARKING ALL OVER THE NEIGHBORHOODS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. I SEE MS. ZELMAN UP AND SOMEONE ELSE FROM LEGAL ON THE SCREEN. >>ANDREA ZELMAN: I WAS GOING TO TELL YOU THAT PATRICK PEREZ IS AVAILABLE. HE HAD PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED A REPORT TO YOU AND THE DIRECTION WAS FOR HIM TO GO AHEAD AND PREPARE THIS ORDINANCE FOR FIRST READING. BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, HE IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER THEM. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS, GENTLEMEN? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU. I WANT TO AGREE WITH MR. MANISCALCO. THIS IS NOT IN SOME AREAS, IT'S MUCH MORE EVIDENT THAT THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING. IN THE AREAS THAT THIS IS HAPPENING IN, IF IT CONTINUES THAT WAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WILL DETERIORATE AND WILL NOT KEEP UP WITH THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. FOR EQUALITY, I WANT TO THANK MR. MANISCALCO FOR WORKING DILIGENTLY ON THIS AND GET THIS DONE AND OVER. I HOPE IT'S NOT ONLY THE POLICE E CITY DEPARTMENTS TO VEER IN AND EXPLAIN IT TO THE CHIEF OF STAFF THROUGH THE DIRECTION THAT HE GAVE US TO GET THESE THINGS DONE. CALL THEM IN SO THEY CAN SEND SOMEBODY TO VIEW. YOU'VE GOT TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON BEFORE THEY START GIVING OUT TICKETS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CITRO. >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE ATTENTION. THIS IS SOMETHING I HATE TO SAY IS LONG OVERDUE. THE CITY IS LACKING IN SIDEWALKS. IFE HEOMMERCIAL VEHICLES OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF VEHICLES THAT ARE PARKED ALONG OUR SIDEWALKS RIGHT NOW, IT JUST FORCES PEOPLE TO WALK INTO THE STREETS. AGAIN, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYONE ELSE? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ONE MORE BITE AT THE APPLE, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN. THIS IS NOT ONLY ON SIDEWALKS, AS MR. CITRO SAID, WHICH IT IS, THIS IS ALSO ON THE RIGHT-OF-WAY WHERE YOU PARK NOT ONLY THE TRACTOR, BUT THE TRACTOR AND THE TRAILER RIGHT HERE AND LEAVE IT THERE FROM FRIDAY TO SATURDAY, SUNDAY, SOMETIMES THREE, FOUR, FIVE DAYS. YOU CAN'T SEE BEHIND THE BIG VEHICLES. SOMEBODY WILL GET HURT. OR SOMEBODY WILL GET KILLED. PUBLIC SERVICE NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND, AS SMALL AS IT IS, SOMETHING BETWEEN LIFE AND THE ULTIMATE OF NOT HAVING LIFE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN NEEDED A LONG TIME. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO SCARE ANYBODY OUT OF THE CITY. WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT THE SAME HOLISTIC QUALITY OF LIFE ALL OVER THE CITY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I SEE LEGAL ON THE SCREEN. ANYTHING TO SAY, SIR? >> PATRICK PEREZ, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY. NO SIR. I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I CAN HELP ANSWER. AS COUNCILMAN SAID, THIS IS WHAT WE BROUGHT BACK AFTER COUNCIL'S MOTION. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. FOR THE RECORD, MR. VIERA IS HERE. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 3. MR. MANISCALCO HAS MADE A MOTION. MR. MIRANDA SECONDED IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WAIT, I HAVE TO READ THE ORDINANCE. FIRST, MR. PEREZ, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING SO RESPONSIVE ANSWERING ALL QUESTIONS AND BRINGING THIS TO FRUITION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK, SIR. I HAVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST REANG CONSIDERATION. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, RELATING TO THE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE PARKING CITATIONS; MAKING REVISIONS TO CITY OF TAMPA CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 15, PARKING; AMENDING ARTICLE 1, ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS; DIVISION 1, GENERAL PROVISIONS ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY DEFINITIONS SECTION 15-4.5, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH. PROVIDING SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO MOTION AND MR. MIRANDA SECONDED IT. ROLL CALL. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON JULY 15, 2021 AT 9:30 A.M. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MA'AM. PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE CONSENT AGENDA, 4 THROUGH 7. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I'D LIKE TO MOVE ITEMS 4 THROUGH 7. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CITRO MOVED ITEMS 4 THROUGH 7. MIRANDA SECONDED. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: PARKS AND RECS, ITEMS 8 AND 9. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I MOVE ITEMS 8 THROUGH 9. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION BY MR. MANISCALCO. SECONDED MR. MIRANDA. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE, ITEMS 10 THROUGH 23, MR. DINGFELDER. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. BEFORE I MOVE MY ITEMS, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT WHO I ON OCCASION LIKE TO POKE AND JAB AT, BUT ON THIS OCCASION, IN REGARD TO ITEMS 13 AND ITEM 21, THESE ARE MULTIMILLION DOLLAR CHEMICAL PURCHASES. IN LOOKING AT THE BID SHEETS, THE CITY AND ESPECIALLY THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT DID AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH THESE BIDS. SAVED THE CITY TAXPAYERS AND RATEPAYERS HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. PUTTING THESE OUT TO BID, AND IT WAS A VERY COMPETITIVE BIDDING ATMOSPHERE. I WANTED TO COMMEND THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, MR. SPEARMAN AND HIS TEAM, ITEMS 13 THROUGH 21. WITH THAT, MR. CHAIRMAN, I WILL GLADLY MOVE ITEMS 10 THROUGH 32. 23. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER MOVED. MR. MANISCALCO SECONDED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: FINANCE COMMITTEE ITEMS 24 THROUGH 46. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE ITEMS 24 THROUGH -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: ROLL CALL VOTE. >>THE ERK: DINGFELDER. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. WE'LL GO TO BUILDING AND ZONING, ITEMS 27 THROUGH 39. 28 HAS A SUBSTITUTE. NUMBER 30 ALREADY VOTED ON AND WILL BE CONTINUED TO JULY 15. MR. CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: I NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEM 38. I HAVE A FORM THAT I WOULD LIKE TO FILE IF I COULD TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE JUST FOR THE PUBLIC DISCLOSURE, THE COMPANY WITH WHOM I AM RETAINED IS A TENANT OF THE PROPERTY WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS RESOLUTION. I'D LIKE TO FILE THIS FORM, IF POSSIBLE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: IF YOU CAN MOVE ALL THE ITEMS EXPECT 38. >>BILL CARLSON: ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO SEPARATELY MAKE A COMMENT. I ASKED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 28. I'M SURE YOU ALL DO RESEARCH ON THESE ITEMS AS WE'RE LOOKINGT THEM. AS I READ THE ORIGINALLY VERSION, YOU SAW WE GOT AN AMENDED VERSION YESTERDAY, IT APPEARED AS IF THE MONEY WAS GOING TO -- IT WAS NOT CLEAR WHERE THE MONEY WAS GOING ON THIS. I DID TALK TO STAFF AND CLARIFIED THAT IT IS GOING TO REACH INSTEAD OF ONE TAMPA. BUT IN THAT, I FOUND OUT THAT ONE TAMPA A YEAR AGO WAS A PROGRAM OF THE CITY. NOW IT'S BEEN -- I LOOKED ON SUN BIZ, IT'S BEEN SET UP AS A NONPROFIT. THERE'S NOT MUCH INFORMATION ON IT YET BECAUSE IT'S IN THE PROCESS OF BEING SET UP AND SET UP WITH SEPARATE BANK ACCOUNTS. BUT I JUST WANTED TO STATE, I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE CITY OWNING AND CONTROLLING NONPROFITS. I THINK THAT IF THE CITY IS GOING TO PARTNER WITH A NONPROFIT, IT SHOULD BE A NONPROFIT THAT IS KNOWN BY THE PUBLIC AND HAS TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE PUBLIC. YOU ALL KNOW I'VE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THE EDC WHICH DOES NOT PROVIDE FULL TRANSPARENCY, ALTHOUGH IT'S A KNOWN NONPROFIT. IF THEY ARE NONPROFITS -- SOUNDS LIKE SEVERAL NONPROFITS OWNED BY THE CITY, I THINK WE NEED TO PROVIDE FULL TRANSPARENCY ON IN THIS CASE IT APPEARS IT WILL BE TRANSPARENT BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO A KNOWN NONPROFIT. IN THE FUTURE, I WOULD WATCH THIS TO MAKE SURE WE KNOW WHO THE NONPROFITS ARE THAT MONEY IS GOING TO, HOW THEY ARE GOING TO ALLOCATE THE MONEY, WHO THEY NEED TO DISCLOSE WHO THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE AND HOW THOSE ARE MADE, ADMINISTRATIVE FEES ARE AND IF IT IS A NONPROFIT OWNED BY THE CITY I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT MORE CLOSELY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SOMETHING TO BRING UP UNDER NEW BUSINESS, SIR. >>BILL CARLSON: WITH THAT SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ITEMS 27, 28, 29, AND THEN 31 THROUGH 37, AND THEN 39. >>THE CLERK: SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION FOR -- >>BILL CARLSON: SUBSTITUTE ON 28. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I THINK BY STRANGE COINCIDENCE I POKED DOWN THAT RABBIT HOLE AS WELL THIS WEEK AND SPOKE WITH MR. MASSEY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE -- BECAUSE I SAW THAT HE HAD BEEN THE ATTORNEY WHO CREATED THE ONE TAMPA NONPROFIT, AND SAW W SOME E THAT WERE LISTED ON THE STATE'S WEBSITE. SO ANYWAY, WE HAD A LITTLE CHAT ABOUT IT. THERE HE IS ON OUR SCREEN IN CASE HE WANTS TO GIVE US A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION, MR. CHAIRMAN, BEFORE WE VOTE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MASSEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. >>MORRIS MASSEY: YES, SIR. POINT OF CLARIFICATION, ONE TAMPA INC. IS NOT INVOLVED WITH ANY OF THE ITEMS ON YOUR AGENDA. ONE TAMPA INC. IS NOT REALLY THE PROGRAM THAT WE INSTITUTED BACK IN APRIL OF 2020 WHEN COVID FIRST HIT. THE NAMES ARE THE SAME,UT THEY ARE DIFFERENT THINGS. ONE TAMPA INC. WAS FORMED BY THE CITY. IT'S PRIMARILY AN ENTITY TO PROVIDE -- TO SEEK PRIVATE FUNDS TO ASSIST US IN OUR VARIOUS STRATEGIC EFFORTS. SINCE IT RELATES TO THE CITY, ALL THE MEETINGS ARE IN THE SUNSHINE. THERE'S NOTICE TAKEN. YOU ALL CAN ATTEND THEM. WE HAVE MINUTES THAT WE ARE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU. MR. CARLSON IS CORRECT. WE ARE STILL IN KIND OF THE ORGANIZATION STAGE OF THAT, BUT THAT'S REALLYHE PURPOSE OF ONE TAMPA INC. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MR. MASSEY STATES ON THE RECORD THAT THIS IS NOT FOR ANY NONPROFIT THING OF ANY POLITICAL -- NO POLITICAL ENTITY. JUST TO HELP SOMEBODY WHO IS IN NEED, IF I RECALL. >>MORRIS MASSEY: CORRECT. ONE TAMPA PROGRAM WAS SET UP TO HELP FOLKS AFFECTED BY COVID. ONE TAMPA INC. CANNOT BE POLITICALLY INVOLVED AT ALL. PRARILY FUND-RAISING TO ASSIST IN CHARITABLE EFFORTS AND COMMUNITY EFFORTS BY THE CITY. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IN FACT, I CONTRIBUTED TO ONE TAMPA BACK IN APRIL OF 2020. I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG, I NEVER WOULD HAVE MADE A CONTRIBUTION TO THAT 501(C)(3) I GUESS. THAT ORGANIZATION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HAVE ALL THE RECORDS FROM DAY ONE TO NOW? >>MORRIS MASSEY: WELL, AGAIN, THE PROGRAM WAS SET UP BEFORE THE CORPORATION WAS SETP. THE CITY PROGRAM, BUT, YES, FROM THE DATE OF INCORPORATION ON, ALL THE RECORDS ARE PUBLIC RECORDS AND OPEN TO EVERYONE FOR INSPECTION. HAPPY TO PROVIDE ALL THAT INFORMATION TO ALL OF YOU. IT'S TOTALLY BEING OFFERED, SUBJECT TO PUBLIC RECORDS AND SUNSHINE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THE OTHER 501(C)(3)s, DO THEY ADHERE TO THE SAME RULES? OPEN RECORDS, RECORDS OF EVERYTHING AS FAR AS TRANSPARENCY. >>MORRIS MASSEY: NOT EVERY 501(C)(3) IS SUBJECT TO PUBLIC RECORDS AND SUNSHINE LAWS. BECAUSE THIS IS RELATED TO THE CITY, WE ARE TAKING THE ADDED STEPS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS OPEN AND SUBJECT TO PUBLIC RECORDS LAWS AND SUNSHINE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON HAS MOVED -- >>BILL CARLSON: ONE FOLLOW-UP. EVEN IN THAT CONVERSATION, THE CONFUSION IS THE SAME NAME HAS BEEN USED WITH A PROGRAM OF THE CITY THAT PROBABLY THE CHECK YOU WROTE WENT TO THE CITY AND NOT THE NONPROFIT. THE NONPROFIT IS NEW. IT TURNS OUT ONE OF OUR CONSTITUENTS SENT US AN E-MAIL ABOUT THIS ALSO. WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE PUBLIC THAT WE ALL KNOW WHAT WE'RE PUTTING MONEY INTO AND NOT IMPLYING THAT ANYTHING WRONG HAS HAPPENED. WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FULLY COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC WHO IT IS, AND I WAS CONFUSED BY THE FACT THAT THERE ARE TWO ENTITIES OR TWO PROGRAMS THAT HAVE THE SAME NAME. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I APOLOGIZE. I NEVER GOT THE E-MAIL. IF I DID GET IT, I DIDN'T READ IT. I APOLOGIZE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MAKE A MOTION, THEY CAN HAVE A REPORT AND GIVE US SOME INFORMATION IN THE FUTURE. WE HAVE ITEMS 27 -- WITH THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION, ARE YOU MOVING THAT SIR? MR. CARLSON MOVES IT. MR. MIRANDA SECONDS IT. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON WILL STEP OUT A SECOND. THE ALTERNATE WAS MR. VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR. I HEREBY MOVE THE ITEM THAT -- WHAT ITEM WAS THAT? >>ORLANDO GUDES: 38, SIR. >>LUIS VIERA: 30. I MOVE THAT ITEM. 38. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. VIERA HAS MOVED ITEM 38. MR. MIRANDA HAS SECONDED IT. ROLL CALL VOTE ON THE ITEM? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >> CARLSON ABSTAINS. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON ABSTAINING. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT. MR. VIERA, TRANSPORTATION,TEMS 40 THROUGH 41. >>LUIS VIERA: MOVE ITEMS 40 AND 41. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. VIERA MOVED IT. MR. MANISCALCO SECONDED IT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ITEM 42. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO SET PUBLIC HEARING FOR 42 THROUGH 47. >> [INAUDIBLE] >>ORLANDO GUDES: [INAUDIBLE] 42 -- >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: 43, 44, 45, 46 AND 47, I BELIEVE, SIR, ARE ALL FOR AUGUST THE 26th AT 9:30 A.M. I MOVE THOSE, SIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA MOVED THOSE. MR. MANISCALCO HAS SECONDED, I BELIEVE. ROLL CALL VOTE ON THAT. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IS 42 PART OF THE MOTION TO SET? >>ORLANDO GUDES: IT IS. >>MARTIN SHELBY: 42 THROUGH 47. >>ORLANDO DES:ES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: CLARIFICATION ON 42, DIFFERENT DATE, JULY 29 AT 10:30 A.M. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU WOULD BE CORRECT SIR. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WE PASSED 42 BY ITSELF EARLIER. YES SIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. WE HAVE A SECOND. ROLL CALL VOTE, MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, PLEASE. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>BILL CLSONYES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET SOMEBODY TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED, MR. CHAIRMAN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. MR. CITRO HAS SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ITEMS 51 THROUGH 55, I BELIEVE -- >>JOSEPH CITRO: I HAVE SEEN AND WATCHED THE VIDEOS OF ITEMS 51 THROUGH 55. I W ABSENT AT FIRST , AND I HAVE SEEN ALL THE DOCUMENTATION. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. SHELBY, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>MARTIN SHELBY: JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, YOU HAVE THE 9:00 PUBLIC HEARINGS, 48 AND 49. ARE THOSE OPEN? >>ORLANDO GUDES: EVERYTHING IS OPEN NOW. GOING ON 10:30. >>THE CLERK: MINUS 56 BECAUSE IT IS NOT 10:30 YET. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IS IT THE COUNCIL'S INTENT TO GO IN ORDER AND TAKE 48 AND 49 FIRST THEN? >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ITEM NUMBER 48. >> GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, JAN McLEAN, OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY. I'M HERE ON ITEM 48, THE FIRST OF TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THE PROPOSED DESIGNATION OF A BROWNFIELD FOR THE REHABILITATION PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 376 OF FLORIDA STATUTES. THIS PROPOSED BROWNFIELD IS A DESIGNATION OF A PROPERTY THAT IS LOCATED AT 7210 INTERBAY BOULEVARD. APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED BY THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY, HAS BEEN S BEEN DETERMINED TO MEET ALL OF THE CRITERIA PURSUANT TO THE STATUTE. THE DETAILS OF THE DESIGNATION HAVE BEEN OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE SIRE PACKAGE TO YOU FOR YOUR REVIEW. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH WILL BE THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE COUNCIL WILL ADOPT A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY AS A BROWNFIELD. SO THIS PARTICULAR HEARING WOULD BE FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENT THAT ANYONE HERE TO MAKE COMMENT OR QUESTIONS THAT I COULD ANSWER. >>ORLANDO GUDES: OPEN FOR DISCUSSION. >>JOSEPH CITRO: MS. McLEAN, JUST TO LET THE RECORD SHOW, THIS IS JUST FOR DESIGNATION OF BROWNFIELD. IT HAS NOTHING ELSE TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY AT ALL. >>JAN McLEAN: CORRECT. JUST THE DESIGNATION OF THE BROWNFIELD. >>JOSEPH CITRO: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT PERFECTLY CLEAR NOT JUST FOR OURSELVES BUT THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SOME SPEAKERS THE CLERK: NO ONE IS REGISTERED TO SPEAK OUTSIDE OF THE APPLICANTS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT. MS. McLEAN, ARE YOU DONE? >>JAN McLEAN: THAT'S ALL THE ACTION REQUIRED OF COUNCIL TODAY. THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING, THERE WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK OR ANY QUESTIONS OR ANSWERS TO BE HAD, AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD ADOPT THE RESOLUTION DESIGNATING THE PROPERTY AS A BROWNFIELD. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. SHELBY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, SIR. THANK YOU. JUST TO CONFIRM WHETHER THERE IS NO ONE ON THE SECOND FLOOR IN PERSON HERE TO SPEAK. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS FROM THE LIST I HAVE. >>THE CLERK: THEY ARE THE APPLICANTS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYBODY ON THE SECOND FLOOR ON THIS ITEM? ANYBODY ON THE SECOND FLOOR? >>JAN McLEAN: THE APPLICANTS ARE HERE ONLY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AS MR. CITRO HAD ASKED ME, THIS IS ONLY FOR THE DESIGNATION OF THE BROWNFIELD. WE WOULDN'T WANT TO GET OUT OF THE CONTEXT OF THAT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION ON 48. >>JAN McLEAN: THERE'S NO MOTION. THERE'S NO ACTION NEEDED TODAY. IT WAS JUST THE PUBLIC HEARING. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MOTION TO CLOSE THEN PLEASE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO MOVED TO CLOSE. SECOND? SECONDED BY MR. DINGFELDER. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING JUNE 24, 2021, 6 P.M. FOR ANYONE LISTENING. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ITEM NUMBE49. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. THIS IS DENNIS ROGERO, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT. ON THE NEXT FIVE-YEAR COMPONENT OF THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TAX. MA'AM, IF I COULD ASK YOU TO SHARE MY SCREEN, PLEASE. ARE YOU SEEING IT ADEQUATELY? >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, SIR. >>DENNIS ROGERO: OUTSTANDING. OUTSTANDING. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, AS YOU KNOW, THIS WILL BE THE SIXTH AND FINAL FIVE-YEAR SEGMENT OF THE 30-YEAR COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TAX OR AS WE AFFECTIONATELY CALL IT, THE CIT. E'LL BE TALKING ABOT FIVE-YEAR PLAN AND DISCUSSING HOW WE PLAN FOR ITS EXPIRATION. OF COURSE, AS WE DISCUSSED, THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT ANOTHER CIT WILL FOLLOW THIS ONE. I BELIEVE YOU HEARD COUNCILMAN MIRANDA SPEAK TO THAT POSSIBILITY LAST WEEK, BUT IT'S ONLY SENSIBLE FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE AT THIS TIME TO PLAN FOR NOT HAVING THAT FUNDING IN FISCAL YEAR 2026. FIRST, A QUICK REFRESH ON THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND HOW WE GOT HERE. AS YOU REMEMBER, IT IS A COUNTYWIDE HALF-CENT SALES TAX VIA ORDINANCE IN THE SUMMER OF 1996 THAT INCLUDES THE COUNTY, THE CITIES, AND THE SCHOOL BOARD. IT SUCCESSFULLY WENT TO REFERENDUM IN THE FALL OF 1996. PARDON ME. AND HENCE 30 YEARS LATER JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FISCAL YEAR 2026. I'LL HIGHLIGHT SOME AUTHORIZED USES YOU SEE HERE, GENERALLY, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, FACILITIES INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLES, AND DEBT ASSOCIATED WITH PROJECTS. AS OF SEPTEMBER 2020, WE SPENT NEARLY ONE HALF A BILLION DOLLARS. IT'S OBVIOUSLY BEEN AND CONTUES T REVENUE SOURCE FOR US. HERE IS OUR COLLECTION HISTORY. YOU SEE IT STARTED OUT RATHER MODEST, ABOUT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS. AND OVERALL HAS CONTINUED TO INCREASE. OF COURSE, THE GREAT RECESSION INTERRUPTED WHAT WAS QUITE A RUN, AS DID THE PANDEMIC. YOU CAN SEE WE WERE ON TRACK FOR QUITE A NICE INCREASE THERE. WE'LL SEE IF WE GET BACK TO IT. BUT IT HAS COME FROM $5 MILLION ANNUALLY TO OVER $20 MILLIO ANNU. SO WE'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT TRANSITIONING FROM THIS REVENUE SOURCE. DURING THE LAST FIVE-YEAR COMPONENT, THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF FUNDING THAT ISN'T OBLIGATED TO PAY FOR DEBT SERVICE HAS BEEN USED TO PAY FOR WHAT YOU SEE HERE, PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLES, NEARLY $30 MILLION, AND PARKS AND RECREATION PROJECTS, REPAIRS AND RENOVATIONS, NEARLY $9 MILLION. LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE, IT'S PRUDENT TO START THINKING HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH THE LOSS OF THIS REVENUE WHEN WE STILL HAVE THESE NEEDS AND THE NEEDS ARE ONLY INCREASING. SO TO THAT END, OUR NEXT SLIDES DETAIL OUR RECOMMENDED PLAN. FIRST UP, OUR VEHICLES. YOU SEE HERE AND AS I'VE SHARED WITH YOU, WE RECENTLY WENT OUT TO AN EXTERNAL THIRD-PARTY PROFESSIONAL, AND THEY'VE RECOMMENDED THAT WE INVEST $11 MILLION ANNUALLY FOR GENERAL FUND VEHICLE REPLACEMENT. WHEN I SAY GENERAL FUND VEHICLE REPLACEMENT, I DON'T NECESSARILY MEAN SOLELY FROM THE GENERAL FUND. IT'S THOSE VEHICLES THAT CANNOT BE FUNDED, FOR INSTANCE, BY YOUR UTILITIES, BY SOLID WASTE, BY WATER, WASTEWATER, ET CETERA. AND $11 MILLION IS QUITE A SUM, BUT LET ME BE CLEAR, OVER THE YEARS WE'VE APPROPRIATED A GREAT DEAL OF FUNDING OF VEHICLES, BUT WE HAVE AND HAVE HAD A GREAT DEAL OF VEHICLE NEEDS ACROSS THE CITY, SO WE'VE FALLEN BEHIND. QUITE SIMPLY, WE NEED TO CATCH UP WITH REPLACING VEHICLES ACROSS THE CITY AND PLAN FOR THE NEW ONES GOING FORWARD. OUR AGING FLEET CONTINUES TO HAVE AN ADVERSE IMPACT ON OUR MAINTENANCE COSTS AND WORKLOAD. SO THE MAYORS AND CITY COUNCILS CONTINUING EMPHASIS ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND OUR NEED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLES, YOU SEE HERE WE CRAFTED A PLAN TO MAINTAIN THE RECENT CIT FUNDING OF ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS YEAR, AND BEGIN TO RAMP UP THE GENERAL FUND SPENDING. WHEN WE GET TO THE POINT WE RUN OUT OF THAT CAPITAL -- I'M SORRY, COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TAX REVENUE, THE SAME TIME, THIS PLAN WILL ALLOW US TO CATCH UP ON THOSE VEHICLES BACK LOGS. NEXT UP, OUR PARKS AND RECREATION SYSTEM. AS YOU KNOW,OUNC, WE HAVE AN EXTENSIVE SYSTEM, MANAGING OVER 3500 ACRES, NEARLY 200 PARKS, AROUND 1600 PROGRAMS. THE LIST JUST GOES ON. AND, BY THE WAY, IT'S NATIONALLY -- IT'S BEEN NOMINATED NATIONALLY FOR A GOLD MEDAL, THREE YEARS IN A ROW. WE'LL KNOW THIS YEAR BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR. WE LOVE OUR PARKS, AND RIGHTLY SO. SO, AGAIN, GIVEN THE MAYOR'S AND YOUR CONTINUING EMPHASIS AND PRIORITY ON PARKS AND RECREATION GOINGORWA WE THINK IT'S PRUDENT TO CONTINUE THE PAST PARKS AND RECREATION CIT FUNDING LEVEL OF ABOUT $8 MILLION OVER THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, AND SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SAW WITH THE VEHICLES, START RAMPING UP THE GENERAL FUND COMMITMENT FOR THAT TIME WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TAX FUNDING ANY LONGER. NOW, ON TO THE TOTAL FIVE-YEAR PLAN. PUT IT ALL TOGETHER, HERE'S WHAT THE PLAN LOOKS LIKE. A LOT OF INFORMATION, SO I'D LIKE TO START WITH THE MAIN ITEM. YOU SEE, OF COURSE, THE ESTIMATED REVENUES. LITTLE OVER $20 MILLION A YEAR. IF WE GET BACK ON TRACK, WE ANTICIPATE THAT WILL KEEP GOING UP, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS, BUT YOU'VE HEARD ME MENTION DEBT SERVICE AND BOND PAYMENTS EARLIER, AND YOU SEE HERE IN YELLOW ABOUT HALF OF THE FUNDING THAT COMES IN EVERY YEAR IS ALREADY OBLIGATED TO DEBT RVICE, LEAVING US ABOUT 10 MILLION OR SO DOLLARS ANNUALLY. HERE YOU SEE THE PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLE COMPONENT WE TALKED ABOUT. AND LINE NUMBER THREE, THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, I'D LIKE TO ENTER INTO MORE DETAIL. THAT'S PRIMARILY PARKS, AS WE DISCUSSED. LINE 8, LINE 9, REPAIR AND RENOVATION AND, OF COURSE, THE MASTER PLAN COMING UP. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT A PLAN TO FUND WHAT WENTICIPATE WILL BE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN NEEDS FROM THAT MASTER PLAN. YOU WILL RECALL, COUNCIL, THAT WE RECEIVED A BUILD GRANT, THAT'S $25 MILLION FOR COMPLETION OF THE RIVERWALK ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RIVER AND IMPROVEMENTS ALONG ROME AVENUE. AGAIN, $25 MILLION. THAT'S GREAT NEWS, BUT IT DOES REQUIRE A $5 MILLION MATCH. SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL ITS FORMER NAME OF TIGER,ND IT SIGNIFICANTLY FUNDED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RIVERWALK ON THE EAST SIDE. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THAT ONLY ON THE OTHER SIDE. IN SUMMARY, THIS IS EXHIBIT A IN YOUR PACKAGE. NEARLY $109 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS IN FUNDING THAT CONCENTRATES OUR PRIORITIES, AGAIN, ON PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLES AND PARKS AND RECREATION. BUT IS FRAMED TO GIVE US FLEXIBILITY AS OUR NEEDS, OUR PRIORITIES YOURRIORIESAY CHANGE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. FINALLY, OF COURSE, THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE HAVE TO HAVE A COMPLETED RESOLUTION TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BY THE END OF THIS MONTH. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE TIME THIS MORNING AND THE TIME IN OUR BRIEFINGS, AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, I SAW YOUR HAND FIRST. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU, DENNIS, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. ON A LIGHTER NOTE,'M GLAD THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO USE THAT GREEN PEN INSTEAD OF A RED PEN. I RECEIVED AN E-MAIL IN REGARD TO THIS ITEM. THE YOUNG LADY SORT OF ACCUSED THE CITY AND ACCUSED COUNCIL OF NOT BEING ABLE TO LIVE WITHIN OUR MEANS, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A LITTLE HARSH BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY 25 YEARS AGO, AND WE ALL REMEMBER IT. MR. MIRANDA REMEMBERS IT VERY WELL. PASSED THIS HALF-CENT SALES TAX. WE IMPOSED IT ON OURSELVES AS A COMMUNITY BECAUSE AS A COMMUNITY WE FELT THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO FUND THESE PROJECTS. AND OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS,% GOING ON 30 YEARS, I THINK THE CITY HAS USED THE MONEY FAIRLY WISELY FOR PARKS AND REC, FOR BUYING POLICE CARS, FOR BUYING FIRE ENGINES, ET CETERA, TO THE TUNE -- AND THEN I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR THESE BOND ISSUES, BUT PROBABLY RELATED TO SOME BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS AND THAT SORT OF THING. WE KEPT OUR MILLAGE PRETTY MUCH STATIC FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, EXCEPT FOR I THINK ONE YEAR WHEN IT WAS BUMPED UP SLIGHTLY, I THINK, PERHAPS IN RESPONSE TO THE RECESSION. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THE MILLAGE RATE HAS STAYED THE SAME. AND WHEN YOU DO RUN INTO SHORTFALLS, IT'S WONDERFUL THE COMMUNITY IMPOSED THIS HALF-CENT SALES TAX ON ITSELF TO HELP WITH THESE IMPORTANT ISSUES. SO MY ONLY QUESTION, AND YOU AND I DISCUSSED THIS BRIEFLY THE OTHER DAY, DENNIS. WE'VE ALREADY GOT A BEAUTIFUL RIVERWALK ON ONE SIDE OF THE RIVER AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NICE RIVERWALK ON THE OTHER SIDE. HAVE YOU HEARD ANY TALK WITH MS. DUNCAN OR ANY OF THE OTHER FOLKS IN CONSTRUCTION ABOUT A POSSIBLE BRIDGE TO CONNECT THE TWO? IS IT POSSIBLE WE COULD DO THAT WITH ANYF THE TIGER, SLASH, BUILD MONEY? >>DENNIS ROGERO: I HAVE READER, OF COURSE, AT VARIOUS TIMES OVER THE YEARS, ESPECIALLY UPON RECEIPT OF THE TIGER GRANT AND THE BLOSSOMING, IF YOU WILL, OF THE RIVERWALK ALONG THE EAST SIDE, I HEARD OF A POTENTIAL BRIDGE CONNECTING THE TWO SIDES. I'VE SEEN NOTHING. I WOULD DEFER TO MS. DUNCAN. OF COURSE, WE CAN REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL. I'VE SEEN NOTHING CONCRETE ABOUT THAT EVENTUALITY. WE TALKED FROM A LOGISTICAL PERSPECTIVE HOW NICE IT WOULD BE, ESPECIALLY IF THAT SIDE OF THE RIVER GETSS ACTIVATED AS THE CURRENT EAST SIDE OF THE RIVER. NOTHING CONCRETE AS FAR AS I'M AWARE OF, THOUGH. OF COURSE, SPECIFIC TO THE BUILD GRANT, WE CAN LOOK AND SEE WHAT SORT OF RESTRICTIONS MAY OR MAY NOT BE IN PLACE REGARDING. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. ROGERO, I THINK I CAN SPEAK ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL, WE APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND KEEPING US IN THE GREEN INSTEAD OF THE RED. THANK YOU. >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA, MR. VIERA, MR. MANISCALCO, CITRO AND CARLSON. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY. ALONG WITH THE SAME LINES MR. DINGFELDER WAS SPEAKING ON, SEE, THAT VOTE -- THERE WERE TWO VOTES TAKEN ON THE CIT TAX. ONE WAS TAKEN IN FEBRUARY OF THAT SAME YEAR, THE LATTER IN SEPTEMBER OF THAT SAME YEAR. THERE WAS A VOTE TAKEN BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN FEBRUARY OF THAT YEAR. WHAT HAPPENED IS THIS: IT FAILED. IT DIDN'T FAIL BECAUSE OF THE COMPONENTS. IT FAILED BECAUSE THERE WAS LITTLE BACKING FROM THOSE THAT WERE GOING TO BENEFIT FROM THE ONE THAT WAS COMING BACK LATER. YOU SEE, IN FEBRUARY, NO ONE SPENT ANY LARGE AMOUNTF MONEY OR ANY AT ALL TO PASS THAT SO IT WOULD BE FOR THE SCHOOLS, THE COUNTY AND THE CITIES FOR THE PROJECT THAT THEY LISTED. HOWEVER, NEVER CAUGHT FIRE BECAUSE THERE WAS LITTLE DEBATE AND NOT ADVERTISING ON TV, ON RADIO, ON NEWSPAPERS, BACK YOUR CITY, BACK YOUR COUNTY OR BACK YOUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, SO IT FAILED. HOWEVER, THOSE THAT WANTED IT PASSED -- PARTICIPATE IN THE FIRST ONE. SEPTEMBER VOTE O96 PASSED. AFTER SPENDING ABOUT $464,000 ON ONE SIDE, THE PUBLIC SIDE, MINIMAL TO NOTHING. NOT A PENNY, MAYBE. SO IT PASSED 51-49. THE LION'S SHARE WAS TAKEN AWAY IN SOME INSTANCE. NOT ONLY WAS IT TAKEN AWAY. THERE WERE EVENTS PUT IN THE CONTRACT THAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THAT ENTITY, I'M TRYING TO MAKE IT AS VAGUE AS POSSIBLE SO WE UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE AT, THAT THE FIRST $2 MILLION OF ANY EVENT ON THAT LAND WENT TO THE OWNER OF THAT TEAM. THAT'S REALLY, REALLY NICE. AND THE SECOND MONIES AFTER THAT FIRST TWO MILLION WILL BE SPLIT. WONDERFUL IDEA. WHAT DID THEY DO FOR THE 2 MILLION AND WHAT DID THEY DO FOR THE SPLIT? TELL YOU WHAT THEY DID. NOTHING. THEY COLLECTED THE MONEY. THE SPORTS AUTHORITY IS THE ONE THAT'S ON THE HOOK TO PUTTING ON THESE EVENTS AT CERTAIN NAMED STADIUM. THEY KEPT THE FIRST 2ILLION OF THE MONIES AND THE SPORTS AUTHORITY WAS ON THE HOOK TO MAKE THE MONEY. I'M NOT AGAINST. I'M NOT HERE TO ASK ANYONE TO LEAVE. NOT HERE TO ASK ANYONE TO STAY, BUT THEY ARE RUNNING OUT OF CITIES. IN FACT, GOING DOWN INTERNATIONAL. BOTH. MOST PORTS NOW ARE NOT PLAYED IN AMERICA BECAUSE THEY HAVE SATURATED THE AMERICAN PUBLIC SO MUCH THAT IN ORDER TO GET MORE REVENUE IN, THEY HAVE TO GO TO MEXICO SPAIN ITALY BRITAIN ENGLAND, SOMEWHERE TO GET THE FUNDS TO RAISE THEIR REVENUES COMING IN. I THINK THIS CASE IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT. I THINK THE PUBLIC HAS HAD AN AWARENESS. WHETHER I'M HERE OR NOT, I REALLY DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW IF THE REST OF US WILL BE HERE OR NOT. BUT WE HAVE TO GET PREPARED BECAUSE THIS IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER. FIVE YEARS MAY SEEM A LONG WAY OUT, BUT IT'S REALLY A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WHEN YOU LOOK AT HISTORY, WHAT HAPPENS IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. IF THIS CITY, THIS COUNTY, AND THIS SCHOOL SYSTEM WANT ANYTHING TO GO RIGHT, THEY BETTER START GETTING TOGETHER ANDTART MAKING A PLAN. I WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TODAY, BUT I WILL THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, THAT THOSE THREE ENTITIES, THE SCHOOL BOARD, THE COUNTY, AND THE CITY START LOOKING AT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THIS AREA WHEN THIS TAX ENDS AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO SUPPLEMENT IT. BECAUSE IF IT ENDS THE WAY IT IS, WHERE IS THE SCHOOL SYSTEM GOING TO GET THE MONEY? WHERE IS THE COUNTY GOING TO GET THE MONEY AND WHERE IS THE CITY GOING TO GET THE MONEY TO DO WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING NOW FOR 30 YEARS WITH THAT MONEY? IT'S GOING THE RIGHT WAY. I'M NOT HERE TO TAX THE PEOPLE. THAT'S UP TO THEM. BUT SOONER OR LATER, THERE WILL BE ANOTHER VOTE TAKEN ON HOW WE WANT TO FUND THIS AREA. I'VE HEARD RUMORS AND RUMORS YOU CAN'T RELY ON. HEARD ONE RUMOR THAT ONE ENTITY WANTS SOMETHING TO COVER SOMETHING THAT THEY NOW LEASE FOR ALMOST NOTHING FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS WITHOUT INCREASE IN RATE. JUST THINK OF 30 YEARS. I'LL GO BACK AND DO A LITTLE STUDY ON MY OWN. WHAT GASOLINE COST 30 YEARS AGO, WHAT A LOAF OF BREAD COST 30 YEARS AGO AND WHERE IS IT AT TODAY. WHAT AN APARTMENT RENTED FOR 30 YEARS AGO AND WHAT IT RENTS TODAY. WHAT AN AUTOMOBILE COST 30 YEARS AGO, WHAT ITOSTS TODAY. WHAT WAS A TICKET TO RIDE AN AIRPLANE TO GO FROM POINT A TO POINT B? WHAT WAS YOUR INSURANCE ON THE CAR 30 YEARS AGO AND WHAT DOES THE INSURANCE COST TODAY? WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT THAT, YOU'RE GOING TO REALIZE THAT WE GAVE IT AWAY. THAT'S GOT TO STOP, NOT ONLY IN THIS CITY -- AND THE WHOLE COUNTRY HAS TO STOP. WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE TALK ABOUT OTHER THINGS WE HAVE TO DO YET WE CAN'T DO IT REALLY THE WAY WE WANT DO IT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY, THE CASH, THE DOLLARS TO DO IT WITH. I'LL STOP THERE. I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE A SERMON, ALTHOUGH I STARTED TO GIVE ONE, I'LL STOP MYSELF. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. VIERA, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I WANTED TO SINGLE OUT COUNCILMAN MIRANDA YOU ALWAYS BRING THIS ISSUE UP, SIR, SEEMS EVERY COUPLE OF MEETINGS. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THAT REGARD, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE. NEEDS. A LOT OF THE ITEMS THAT THIS TAX PAYS FOR ARE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN WANTS AND NEEDS, BUT I WANT TO FOCUS ON THE NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC SAFETY. THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS IN WHICH YOU CAN SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY AS A COMMUNITY, AND I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE THAT IT DOESN'T END WITH PUTTING A LAPEL, SOMETHING ON YOUR LAPEL OR PUTTING A NICE STICKER ON YOUR CAR. A LOT OF TIMES YOU HAVE TO DIG INTO YOUR PARKING LOT BECAUSE FIRST RESPONDERS RELY ON PUBLIC BUDGETS. PUBLIC BUDGETS ARE FUNDED THROUGH SOMETHING THAT IS A FOUR-LETTER WORD IN POLITICS. TAXES. I GUESS A FIVE-LETTER WORD. IN POLITICS. WHEN THIS COMES UP FOR RENEWAL, WHATEVER TERM YOU WANT, SOME SORT OF REPLACEMENT REVENUE TYPE OF MECHANISM, I HOPE THAT WE HAVE THE LEADERSHIP TO LEAD WHENEVER IT COMES TO THIS ISSUE, ESPECIALLY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. I TALKED ABOUT FOR ALMOST A YEAR AND A HALF NOW HAVING A PUBLIC SAFETY MASTER PLAN FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA, MAKING SURE THAT WE KNOW WHERE ALL OF OUR DEFICITS ARE AT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A FINANCIAL BRIDGE TO ADDRESSING THOSE DEFICITS. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY, VERY PASSIONATE ABO. ONE OF THE REASONS I RAN FOR PUBLIC OFFICE ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO IS BECAUSE OF MY PASSION FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. WE'VE GOT TO ADDRESS THAT CORE CRITICAL ISSUE IN THIS REVENUE FORMULA BECAUSE OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ARE WATCHING, OUR COMMUNITIES ARE WATCHING. THE COMMUNITY HAS TO KNOW. WHEN I SAY THE COMMUNITY, I MEAN ALL THE COMMUNITY HAS TO KNOW THAT WHEN WE SUPPORT OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO, OUR FEFIGHTERS AND THE WORK THEY DO, OUR EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AND THE WORK THEY DO,% THAT IS BACKED UP BY TAX MONEY. THAT IS BACKED UP BY TAX DOLLARS. TWO-THIRDS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA BUDGET GOES TO PUBLIC SAFETY. REAL RELATEDNESS OR CONNECTED. THAT WE HAVE TO KNOW. THIS ISSUE IS A PUBLIC SAFETY FIRST RESPONDER ISSUE. AND IF WE AS A COMMUNITY LET THIS GO WITHOUT APPROPRIATE FUNDS. BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY -- TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS THAT WE'VE SEEN. WE'R ALRDY RUNNING BACKWAR. TAKE A LOOK AT TAMPA FIRE. THESE ARE -- THESE AREN'T SOMEWHERE BETWEEN WANTS AND NEEDS. THIS IS A CORE CRITICAL NEED. TAKE A LOOK AT SOMETHING I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT, FIRE STATION 13, ONE OF THE 50 BUSIEST FIRE STATIONS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA -- STRIKE THAT, IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THE BUSIEST FIRE STATION IN THE CITY OF TAMPA BY FAR AND AWAY, THE NUMBER OF CALLS BETWEEN STATION 13 AND STATION 11 LEAVE A 25% DIFFERENCE. BY FAR AND AWAY THE BUSIEST FAIR STATION IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. ONE OF THE 50 OR SO BUSIEST THIN THE UNITED STATES. OUR FRIENDS AT CHANNELSIDE BADLY NEED -- NEED A FIRE STATION. FOUR OUT OF THE SIX STATIONS WITH THE LONGEST RESPONSE TIMES ARE IN A GROWING AREA OF THE CITY, NEW TAMPA. WEST TAMPA, WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT WORKFORCE HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE'RE EXPANDING THINGS IN WEST TAMPA. WHERE ARE THE ACCOMPANYING FIRE STATIONS FOR THOSE ISSUES? WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT PUBLIC SAFETY MASTER PLAN VISION, WE'RE RUNNING BEHIND. WE'RE RUNNING BEHIND WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT. YOU FAST-FORWARD FOUR, FIVE YEARS LATER TO THE ISSUE THAT COUNCILMAN MIRANDAAS TALKED ABOUT SO MUCH, WE'RE NOT RUNNING BEHIND. WE'RE GOING TO BE DROWNING. AND IT'S UP TO US TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT IF YOU SUPPORT FIRST RESPONDERS, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO SUPPORT MONEY TO SUPPORT THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS. AND THIS PROVIDES SUCH A KEY CRITICAL ISSUE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY WHENEVER IT COMES TO OUR VEHICLES. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ISSUE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. ROGERO, I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION. AS THE CRITERIA COMES TO AN END, WE DON KNO WHAT WILL REPLACE THAT, IF ANYTHING. LOOKING AT ALL FOR TRANSPORTATION AND HOW THAT'S TURNING OUT, WE DON'T KNOW EVEN IF SOMETHING GETS ON THE BALLOT, IF IT WILL SURVIVE ON THE BALLOT AND HAVE THAT FUNDING MOVING FORWARD. COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, COUNCILMAN VIERA, THEY HAVE SAID A LOT AND TOUCHED ON A LOT OF KEY POINTS. MY THING IS, AND BEYOND THE IMPORTANCE OF FUNDING PUBLIC SAFETY, BEYOND THE IMPORTANCE OF ALL THE NEW PEOPLE THAT ARE MOVING HERE, ALL THE NEW CONSTRUCTION, AND THE -- HOW BEHIND WERE IN THOSE FIRE STATIONS, IN THOSE SERVICES THAT ARE THERE FOR THE COMMUNITY. I MEAN, THIS IS A PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. WE'RE NOT KEEPING UP. WE'RE FALLING MORE AND MORE BEHIND. ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPLAINTS I GET ARE THE QUALITY OF OUR ROADS. I KNOW THIS IS NOT STRICTLY A CRITERIA ISSUE, BUT OUR ROADS ARE DISGUSTING. I DRIVE THROUGH THE CITY AND I KNOW THERE ARE SOME COUNTY ROADS WITHIN THE CITY AND CONFUSION OF WHO FUNDS WHAT. BUT OUR ROADS ARE IN TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE SHAPE. I KNOW WE APPROVED THE PIPES PROGRAM AND MY OF OUR ROADS WILL BE TORN UP FOR THE NEW INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL BE LAID DOWN AND REPAVED, BUT OUR ROADS ARE A MESS. OUR SIDEWALKS ARE INCOMPLETE, LACKING INEFFICIENT. I THOUGHT THAT ALL FOR TRANSPORTATION MOVING FORWARD AND SURVIVING WOULD GIVE US THAT FINANCING AND THOSE FUNDS IN PLACE TO REMEDY THOSE, AND THAT'S NOT THE CASE. UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THAT MONEY. BUT WE'RE FALLING FARTHER AND FARTHER BEHIND. THE COST OF LIVING IS GOI UP. WE'RE NOT KEEPING UP. JUST THINGS ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE, AND THAT FUNDING ISN'T THERE. LOOKING AT THE COMMUNICATIONS TAX AND THE LOSS OF REVENUE OVER THE LAST 10, 20 YEARS, BECAUSE OF CELL PHONES AND REPLACING LANDLINES AND WHAT THE CITY HAS LOST. IT'S MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. WHEN I HEAR COMMENTS OR READ COMMENTS THAT SAY "TAMPA DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO LIVE WITHIN IT'S MEANS,," I MEAN, IT IS A GENERAL IGNORANT STATEMENT. LOOK AT THE SITUATIONS WE'RE FACING. THEY BUILT A STADIUM IN THE '90s. OKAY, THAT'S ONE THING. LOOK AT EVERYTHING ELSE THAT IMPACTS OUR BUDGETS AND WHY WE HAVE TO MAKE THE TOUGH DECISIONS IN MOVING FORWARD. WE HAVE NEEDS. COUNCILMAN VIERA SAID IT ALL. WE HAVE CRITICAL NEEDS THAT CANNOT BE IGNORED BUT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW DO WE FUND THOSE THINGS MOVING FORWARD. IF THE CRITERIA -- WHEN THE CRITERIA ENDS IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, WHAT'S GOING TO REPLACE THAT? THAT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER HIT TO OUR BUDGET MOVING INTO THE LATTER PART OF THIS DECADE AND GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'LL STOP THERE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CITRO, YOU'RE RECNIZED. >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WON'T PONTIFICATE TOO MUCH. JUST GET TO A FEW POINTS. COUNCILMAN MIRANDA WHO HAS BEEN THE LEADER IN THE CIT TAX AND HOPING TO GET A NEW TAX, AS HE STATED TWO DIFFERENT VOTES. FIRST VOTE FOR FIRE AND POLICE AND FUNDING THEM. THE SECOND VOTE CAME WITH ANOTHER INPUT, ANOTHER PART OF THAT. I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT'S HOW THE MAN IN BLACK GOT STARTED. ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, WE ALL HEARD THE THINGS THAT THE TIZE WANTED, REQUESTED FROM US. THE BASIC NECESSITIES. FRESH, CLEAN DRINKING WATER. TAKE AWAY WASTE, BOTH SOLID AND LIQUID. GOOD ROADS, BUT MORE ESPECIALLY, THEY SAID KEEP ME SAFE. GIVE ME THE POLICE AND FIRE THAT WE NEED. THIS TAX, I HOPE THAT OUR FRIENDS, OUR COLLEAGUES OVER IN THE COUNTY ARE LISTENING, AND THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO CE UP WITH ANOTHER FORM OF TAX THAT WILL HELP BOTH THE COUNTY WITH SCHOOLS AND THE CITY OF TAMPA WITH OUR FIRE AND POLICE. AS I MADE A STATEMENT LAST WEEK, WE NEED NEW BRICK AND MORTAR AND FIRE STATIONS WITHOUT A DEBT. MR. ROGERO, YOU HEARD THAT FROM ME EARLIER THIS WEEK ON MY WISH LIST. >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, SIR. >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. ROGERO, THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US IS GREAT PLANNING, AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, AND AS I SAID TO YOU ELIER THIS WEEK, WE NEED TO PLAN FOR THE WORST AND HOPE FOR THE BEST. PLANNING FOR THE WORST IS THIS TAX GOES AWAY. HOPING FOR THE BEST IS, AGAIN, OUR COLLEAGUES OVER IN THE COUNTY, CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR COME UP WITH ANOTHER FORM OF -- AND I HATE TO USE THE WORD -- IT IS A TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE WORD -- TAXATION TO FUND US TO KEEP US SAFE THAT WILL BENEFIT OUR FIRE AND POLICE, BUT, AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. ROGERO, F THI. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: GENTLEMEN, WE ALL HAD GREAT POINTS. >>BILL CARLSON: I JUST WANT TO ECHO SOME OF THE THINGS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID ABOUT THE NEED FOR INVESTING IN BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE. CHAIR GUDES HAS OFTEN SAID THAT HIS DISTRICT IS HUNGRY AND WE'VE TRIED TO ADDRESS ISSUES IN EAST TAMPA AND THE REST OF HIS DISTRICT. MY DISTRICT, WHICH IS SOUTH TAMPA, I WOULD CHARACTERIZE AS BEING ANGRY. WE GET SOMETIMES A HUNDRED OR MORE E-MAILS A DAY FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY, VERY UPSET. THEY ARE UPSET THAT THEY PAY A LOT OF TAXES AND OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, THEY HAVE SEEN THEIR TAX MONEY GO TO FRIVOLOUS PROJECTS LIKE A $12 MILLION BOATHOUSE ON THE RIVER INSTEAD OF BEING SPENT ON BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE. THEY ARE MAD BECAUSE THEY PAY THE TAXES AND THEY DON'T SEE THE IMMEDIATE BENEFIT OF IT. IF YOU PAY A LOT OF TAXES AND YOUR ROAD IS TORN UP BECAUSE OF POTHOLES AND THERE'S NO CITY MONEY TO REPLACE IT, THEN, OF COURSE, YOU'RE GOING TO GET ANGRY OR THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO PUT A STOP SIGN IN OR A RED LIGHT IN TO PROTECT PEOPLE, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO GET ANGRY. ALSO, AS PEOPLE HAVE GONE OUTSIE MORE DURING COVID, THEY REALIZE THAT THEIR PARKS ARE FALLING APART. IT'S NOT JUST PARKS FALLING APART IN EAST TAMPA. IT'S PARKS FALLING APART IN SOUTH TAMPA. WE HAVE BENCHES THAT PEOPLE CALL AND SAY THEIR KIDS GOT SPLINTERS IN THEM BECAUSE THE BENCHES ARE FALLING APART. SOME PLACES THERE AREN'T BENCHES AND NOT ENOUGH MAINTENANCE. PEOPLE ARE VERY UPSET ABOUT THAT. THEY WANT THE CITY AND COUNTY TO OF JUST SPENDIN ON FRIVOLOUS PROJECTS. YOU ALL TALKED ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, THE FOLKS IN SOUTH TAMPA IN PARTICULAR I THINK DON'T COMPLAIN ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY BECAUSE I THINK THE PERCEPTION, THE REALITY IS THAT THE POLICE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DO A GREAT JOB. THEY KEEP FOLKS SAFE AND THEY SAVE LIVES EVERY DAY. AND PEOPLE AREN'T SEEING THE POTENTIAL PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE HAVING IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY TO FUND ALL THE FUTURE NEEDS IN PUBLIC SAFETY OR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PROBLEMS IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. ANYWAY, BOTTOM LINE IS I THINK MR. ROW -- I THANK ROGERO FOR FOCUSING ON THE BASIC NECESSITIES. YOU'RE NOT INCLUDING ROADS IN THIS. ROADS AND FIXING POTHOLES IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART. BUT FIXING PARKS THROUGOUT THE CITY IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT AND ALSO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN PUBLIC SAFETY TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC IS PROTECTED. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MR. CARLSON. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I HAVE A LITTLE DIFFERENT VIEWPOINT. AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY. MY BROTHER GAVE ME A CALL ABOUT 8:00. THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY, PROBABLY A 7 OR 8-MONTH OLD BABY, A 6-YEAR-OLD THAT WAS SLEEPING ON THE GROUND IN BETWEEN OUR LOT,. NO BLANKET. NO NOTHING. AND IT HAD BEEN REMOVED, THE MOTHER HAD NO PLACE TO GO. I GOT THREE CALLS ON THAT BECAUSE SOME OF THE OTHER BUSINESSES CALLED ME ABOUT IT. WHAT DISTURBED ME WAS ONE OF THE HOTELS, WHEN ALL OF THE FOLKS SAW WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO THAT YOUNG MOTHER AND THE CHILDREN, THEY TRIED TO GET HER A PLACE TO STAY AT ONE OF THE LOCAL HOTELS, MOTELS. SHE REFUSED. REFUSED BECAUSE THE OWNER SAID MIGHT MESS UP THE SHEETS. AND I LOOK AT THE LITTLE HOTEL, AND -- GET A CALL AROUND 5:00. MOTHER STILL HADN'T FOUND A PLACE YET. EVERYONE GAVE HER MAYBE SIXTY, SEVENTY BUCKS, I'MOLD. SO WE TALK ABOUT C.I.T. AND THESE PROJECTS, I LOOK AT HOUSING. INFRASTRUCTURE. MR. VIERA, YOU TALK ABOUT THE WANTS AND THE NEEDS. YES, WE NEED FIRE STATIONS. WE NEED POLICE. BUT WE NEED INFRASTRUCTURE, HOUSING GENTLEMEN. I DON'T CARE HOW YOU LOOK AT IT, YOU GOT NO PLACE TO STAY, YOU GOT NO HOPE, YOU HAVE NOTHING. YOU CAN'T LAY YOUREAD. WE CAN'T CONTROL SOME OF THE HOUSING MARKETS, BUT IF WE HAD DOLLARS OF OUR OWN NONSUBSIDIZED AREA WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE. NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE A LOT OF LUXURY HOMES INTO MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE THERE, THEY ARE FORCED TO LIVE AT DIFFERENT PLACES. FOR ME WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TAXES, TAX DOLLARS, TO KNOW EXACTLY TAX DOLLARS BEING UTIZEDAND TO HELP THOSE IN NEED. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE BUILDING BUILDINGS THAT YOU CAN PUT PEOPLE IN, AND SOME OF THE CONVERSATION WITH HOUSING, EVERYONE KNOWS OUR HOUSING DEPARTMENT HAS A LOT OF CRITICAL ISSUES. THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO GET THE WORK OUT. THE MONEY. THEY AREN'T WORKING FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE. THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, AND NOW MR. SHELBY AND A FEW OTHS, CSTRUION SERVICES, LAND USE, TO IDENTIFY HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS WORKFORCE IT REALLY BOTHERS ME. I LOOK AT THE CATEGORY THEY ARE PUTTING PEOPLE IN, AND DEVELOPERS. YOU CAN'T BRING IN 300 UNITS AND SAY, OH, WE GOT 20 AFFORDABLE UNITS. THAT DOESN'T WORK FOR PEOPLE. SO IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT LOOKING FOR ANOTHER TAX, THAT HAS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT. AND IT HAS TO BE THE FIRST COMPONENT OF THE PROJECT. BECAUSE YOU CAN SELL THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, PEOPLE NEED THE HOME, THE SHELTER. IF I GOT A PLACE TO STAY, IF I AM WORKING AT McDONALD'S, BURG AREA KING OR WALMART, I GOT SHELTER, I GOT HOPE. BUT GOT TO FIND A PLACE TO GO. LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, PEOPLE TALK ABOUT GOVERNMENT, PEOPLE TALK ABOUT WHAT WE DON'T DO. I CAN TELL YOU THIS COUNCIL -- MORE OF US TO MAKE SURE WE GET ON BOARD. THAT'S WHY I AM GLAD SOME OF YOU GET OUT AND WHAT PEOPLE ARE LIVING THROUGH AND UNDERSTAND THE FACTUAL BASIS OF IT. IF YOU DON'T VISUALIZE WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING, I DON'T BELIEVE IT BUT ONCE YOU GET OUT AND S FOR YOURSELF, AN IDEA CAN HELP THE COMMUNITY. AND I THINK THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN -- SEEING WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE SAYING BUT WE HAVE TO BE LOOKING AT THE BIGGER PICTURE OF EVERYTHING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THINGS GROW. WITH THAT BEING SAID, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? MR. DINGFELDER, MR. MANISCALCO. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. YOU BRING UP SOME GOOD POINTS. I DON'T KNOW, AND PERHAPS LEGAL CAN HELP US OUT OR DENNIS, IF CIT MONEY EVEN CAN AT THIS TIME BASED UPON THE ORIGINAL REFERENDUM, IF C.I.T. MONEY COULD BE USED FOR HOUSING, IF IT COULD, IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE A FEW MILLION GO IN THAT DIRECTION, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE CITY HAS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND THAT MONEY. SO THAT'S QUESTION NUMBER ONE. AND I SEE CATE POPPING UP. MAYBE SHE'S GOT THE ANSWER TO THAT. PERHAPS FUTURISTICALLY, AND I DON'T KNOW, HAVE WE AS A BODY SENT A LETTER OVER TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION IN REGARD TO RE-UPPING THE NEXT C.I.T. AGAIN? HAVE WE DONE THAT YET? OKAY. AND MAYBE WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN NEW BUSINESS. AND THEN SECONDLY, IF WE DO DISCUSS THAT AND DECIDE TO DO THAT, MAYBE THE NEXT C.I.T. PROGRAM, IF THERE IS ONE, WOULD INCLUDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AFFORDABLEOUSING, BECAUSE I THINK EVERYBODY IN THIS COMMUNITY KNOWS AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A VERY REAL NEED, AS REAL AS PUBLIC SAFETY AND IT ACTUALLY IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE, IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE DOWN TO THAT INDIVIDUAL LADY WHO HAS BEEN SLEEPING ON THE GROUND. ANYWAY, SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME THOUGHTS, CATE. DID YOU WANT TO GIVE ME ANY GUIDANCE IN REGARD TO THE CURRENTS PROGRAM? >> BRIAN MORRISON. SO THE PROCEEDS OF THE SURTAX HAVE TO BE SPENT IN VERY SPIFIC AREAS. REQUIRING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT PURPOSES, PUBLIC EDUCATION, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND THE DEFINITION OF INFRASTRUCTURE COMES FROM THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE THAT WAS ON THE BALLOT WHEN THIS WAS PASSED. BUT CAPITAL EXPENDITURES, CAPITAL OUTLAY ASSOCIATED WITH CONSTRUCTION, OR IMPROVEMENT OF -- FACILITIES WHICH HAVE A LIFE EXPECTANCY OF FIVE OR MORE YEARS, AND ANY LAND ACQUISITION, LAND IMPROVEMENT [INDISCERNIBLE] >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SO HOW DOES THAT TRANSLATE TO THE POSSIBILITY THAT CONSTRUCTION IS ASSOCIATED WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING? >> SIR, FOR A PARTICULAR PROGRAM LIKE THAT, THIS WOULD HAVE TO BE INCLUDED. I KNOW WE HAVE TALKED SOME TODAY ABOUT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO AS THIS PARTICULAR C.I.T. SURTAX HAS EXPIRED. AS WE LOOK TOWARD THE NEXT ONE, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WANT TO BRING UP, AND THOSE ARE THEROJES THAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I HEAR YOU FUTUREIS IF I CAN BUT I MEAN WE HAVE A LIST IN FRONT OF US TODAY THAT DOESN'T INCLUD AFFORDABLE HOUSE BEING. BUT MY QUESTION IS, COULD IT INCLUDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IF THIS CITY AND THIS COUNCIL DESIRES? BASED UPON YOUR READING OF THE EXISTING ORDINANCE AND REFERENDUM? >> BASED UPON MY READING, THAT WOULD BE QUITE A STRETCH. WE DO HAVE OTHER REVENUE SOURCES, OF COURSE THAT CAN BE USED FOR PUBLIC HOUSING, AND AS WE PRIORITIZE THOSE, I THINK IT WOULD BE BEST TO LOOK TO THOSE OTHER REVENUE STREAMS, SO THE FOCUS IN THAT DIRECTION. WE WOULD BE REALLY STRETCHING THE BOUNDARIES OF WHAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO DO WITH THIS TAX IF SPENT IN THAT AREA. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU FOR THAT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK PINELLAS DID IT WITH THE C.I.T. PINELLAS DID INCLUDE HOUSING. SO IF THIS BODY CHOOSES TO SEND A LETTER TO THE COUNTY I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED BECAUSE PINELLAS DID IT. MR. VIERA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>LUIS VIERA: I JUST WANTED TO CITE, BECAUSE MY NAME WAS MENTIONED, WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAMS UNDER THE C.I.T. I AM TALKING ABOUT THE PROGRAMS UNDER THE C.I.T. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THINGS LIKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FROM C.I.T. I THINK OF THE TWO BIG TICKET ITEMS WHICH ARE PARKS AND RECREATION, AND PUBLIC SAFETY, AND PARKS AND RECREATION OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT. BUT IF YOU TAKE THOSE TWO ISSUES, PARKS AND RECREATION VERSUS PUBLIC SAFETY, ONE IS LIKE I SAID SOMEWHERE BETWEEN A WANT AND A NEED. THE OTHER ONE IS A NEED. A COUPLE YEARS AGO, I MEAN, THIS COUNCIL, OR THE PRIOR COUNCIL, ADDRESSED I THINK A GOOD BALANCE ON THOSE WITH THE FISCAL YEAR 2018 BUDGET WITH A MILLAGE THAT COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER BROUGHT UP THE ISSUE OF THE HISTORY OF THE MILLAGE RATE. THROUGH THAT BUDGET WE WERE ABLE TO FUND A GOOD NUMBER OF PARKS AS WELL AS FIRE STATION 23 AND SOME OTHER ISSUES. BUT THE C.I.T. TAX AS I UNDERSTAND IT, WHICH IS WHY I TALKED ABOUT PARKS AND PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES WITH POLICE AND FIRE, AND GO TO THAT. NOW WHETHER WE HAVE A DISCUSSION TO EXPAND IT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. BUT WITHIN THE UNIVERSE WE LIVE RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST NOT AN OPTION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED, MR. MANISCALCO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: TO PIGGYBACK ON SOME OF YOUR COMMENTS, AND THIS IS NOT REALLY A C.I.T. TOPIC BUT YOU TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND JUST MY THOUGHTS THIS MORNING WHEN I WAS HAVING COFFEE, WE READ DAILY PROPERTY SOLD, APARTMENTS COME, AND THIS PART OF THE CITY OR A CERTAIN PART OF THE CITY, IN THE SOUTHERN PENINSULA, WHERE IT'S HAPPENING. WHY DON'T THEY FOCUS, THESE DEVELOPERS, ON OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY? YOU HAVE A MOTHER AND HER CHILDREN IN A CERTAIN PART OF TOWN, LET'S SAY EAST TAMPA, EAST OF THE INTERSTATED, DISTRICT 5. WHY THE DEVELOPERS ARE NOT FOCUSING ON THIS PART OF THE CITY? I HAD A CONVERSATION THE OTHER DAY AND SAID WHAT IS THE FOCUS POINT OF EAST TAMPA? I SAID WHY NOT MAKE HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE LIKE A DALE MABRY, MEANING THE INVESTMENT IN DALE MABRY, THAT WAS NOTHING 60 YEARS AGO, 50 YEARS AGO, NOT LIKE IT IS TODAY, WHEREAS HILLSBOROUGH WAS A BUSY COMMERCIAL HUB WITH RESIDENTIAL ALL AROUND IT. IF THE REAL ESTATE MARKET AND THE DEVELOPERS ARE SO HOT MAKING SO MUCH MONEY, WHY NOT TAKE THEIR FOCUS AWAY FROM THAT GANDY AREA, THESE AREAS THAT FLOOD, THESE AREAS THAT ZONE 1 EVACUATIONS, AREAS WHEN HURRICANES COME IN, PEOPLE GOT TO GET OUT AND THERE'S NARROW ROADS, WHY DON'T THEY FOCUS THEIR INVESTMEN ON PTS OF THE CITY THAT AGAIN IT'S NOT A C.I.T. DISCUSSION, ON PARTS OF THE CITY THAT NEED THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHERE PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE A PARK AND WALK TO WORK. YOU HAVE A STRONGER MIDDLE CLASS AND INVEST IN THAT COMMUNITY IN A IS LACKING AND PARTS OF THE CITY THAT ARE NEEDED, THE DESIRE IS THERE, THE DEMAND IS THERE, YET THEY ARE BUILDING MORE AND MORE APARTMENTS THAT ARE UNAFFORDABLE. YOU LOOK AT THE RATE, IN NICER PARTS OF THE CITY, 1800 A MONTH, 2,000 A MONTH, 2400 A MONTH FOR A SINGLE BEDROOM. YOU GO TO A THREE BEDROOM, 3, 4,000. HOW IS THAT AFFORDABLE? WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE DOING FOR A LIVING THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO AFFORD THESE RENTS? IT'S NOT HOME OWNERSHIP. THIS IS NOT THE AMERICAN DREAM. THEY ARE PAYING THE LANDLORD, PAYING THE DEVELOPER. WHY CAN'T THE DEVELOPERS FOCUS THEIR ATTENTION ON OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY? WE NEED IT. THE COMMUNITY DEMANDS IT. THE DEMAND IS THERE. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. SO I KNOW THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DISCUSSION IS NOT PART OF THE DRITH. THE C.I.T. IS PUBLIC SAFETY AND PARKS AND WHATNOT. BUT JUST TO GET THAT DISCUSSION GOING. I DON'T GET IT. IT'S JUST LIKE MORE APARTMENTS BEING BUILT. IS THAT ALL WE ARE GOOD FOR IN THE CITY OF TAMPA? AT LEAST DO IT RIGHT. NOT ONLY SOUTH TAMPA, ONLY THIS, ONLY THAT. ANYWAY, I AM ON A TANGENT HERE BUT I WANTED TO EXPRESS MY FRUSTRATION BECAUSE WE GET E-MAILS AND CALLS DAILY. COUNCILMAN CARLSON IS FLOODED BECAUSE OF HIS DISTRICT. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE GOT TO BE BETTER -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: I WILL LET MR. CARLSON GO NEXT AND THEN I WILL ADDRESS SOME CONCERNS I HAD ABOUT THOSE SAME CONCERNS. >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE UP. YOU KNOW THAT I AM IN FAVOR OF TRYING TO FIND SOLUTIONS FOR THIS TOO. WITH OUR CRA HATS ON A YEAR OR SO AGO VOTED TO SPEND 30% OR MORE ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I MELT WITH THE CONSULTANT WHO IS DOING THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN FOR EAST TAMPA, AND I HAVE ALSO MET WITH ANOTHER ONE. MY FEEDBACK, MY NUMBER ONE FEEDBACK TO THEM WAS WHY ARE YOU ROLLING MONEY OVER YEAR TO YEAR? YOU SHOULD BE SPENDING IT. THERE'S NEED RIGHT NOW AND THERE'S MONEY SITTING IN AN ACCOUNT. THERE'S MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SITTING IN AN ACCOUNT. WHY AREN'T WE MOVING FORWARD ENTOURAGE? AND PART OF IT IS THAT THERE'S BUREAUCRACY IN SOME OF THE STRUCTURES IN THE COMMUNITY. ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING, I THINK WE NEED TO -- IT'S PART OF THE AMERICAN PROCESS, WE NEED TO DISTRIBUTE IT. THERE ARE LOTS OF NONPROFITS AND EVEN FOR-PROFITS THAT BUILD AFFORDABILITY HOUSING, AND WE NEED TO HAVE LOTS OF PARTNERS TO BUILD HOUSING FASTER. PRIDE A MORE EQUITABLE PROCESS FOR BRINGING IN PARTNERS ON THESE PROJECTS. AND WE KNOW FROM STUDYING POVERTY THAT IT'S ALSO NOT A GOOD IDEA TO CREATE CONCENTRATED AREAS OF POVERTY, EITHER WE NEED TO BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, AND SO I THINK BY WORKING WITH SOCIAL AND OTHER ENTREPRENEURS, WE CAN HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN. LAST THING REAL FAST IS THAT A FRIEND OF MINE WHO IS BELOVED, I WON'T SAY HIS NAME, BUT A BELOVED SERVICE WORKER IN SOUTH TAMPA. I JUST FOUND OUT WAS WORKING WEEK TO WEEK, AND HE HAD TO HAVE A HIP REPLACEMENT, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, HE COULDN'T WORK ANYMORE. BECAUSE HE WAS WORKING WEEK TO WEEK HE COULDN'T AFFORD TO PAY RENT ANYMORE AND NOW HE'S STAYING IN A $65 A NIGHT MOTEL. AND WHAT IS THAT, $2,000 A MONTH WHICH IS A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT. THANK GOD THERE'S A NONPROFIT THAT'S HELPING HIM, AND I HAVE HAD TWO PHONE CALLS WITH HIM ALREADY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN BRING SOME VOLUNTEERS INTO RESOURCES BECAUSE HE HAS SO MANYRIENDS TO HELP HIM. BUT THAT'S JUST ONE PERSON. WHAT DID THEY TELL US A YEAR AGO, 50,000 PEOPLE IN OUR CITY IN OUR CITY DON'T HAVE HOMES. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WELL, I KNOW FOR A FACT THERE IS A CRISIS. I KNOW THE C.I.T. MONEY IS BUILT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND SO ON AND SO ON. BUT I DO KNOW IF THIS IS RE-UPPED, WE HAVE GOT AN INCLUSIVE THING, AND I THINK THE VOTERS WILL GO FOR THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A NEED FOR THAT. MR. CARLSON, I KNOW YOU ARE NOT A BIG FAN BUT I HAD A TOUR, GAVE THEM A TOUR OF THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN, BECAUSE I NEED TO GO IN THERE AND LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE INDUSTRIAL AREAS, PROPERTIES THAT ARE JUST SITTING, AND TRY TO BRING SOME JOBS TO GET THE ECONOMY, A PLACE TO WALK AND WORK OVER THERE. AS RELATES TO HOUSING, MR. MANISCALCO, I DID HAVE A MEETING WITH HOUSING. MR. BRYANT, WHO IS THE ATTORNEY, ABOUT WE ABOUT HOW WE CAN COME UP WITH BIG-TIME APARTMENTS, AND PEOPLE BEING FORCED OUT. BUT TO LOOK AT ZONING, I ASKED ALSO TO COME BACK AND TELL ME WHAT AN ESSENTIAL WORKER IS, WORKFORCE HOUSING. THE CITY HAS A POLICY, THEY DON'T -- COUNCILMAN, WE HAVE GOT WORKFORCE HOUSING, LIKE, WAIT, THIS NUMBER OF HOW MANY DOLLARS THERE ARE. SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE POLICIES HERE AS RELATES TO SOME DOLLARS. I ALSO TALKED TO CHIEF OF STAFF TO HAVE A NONPROFIT FUND THAT THE GENERAL FUND, THEY NEED TO START PUTTING A SEPARATE FUND FOR HOUSING BECAUSE A LOT OF PROGRAMS, GOVERNMENT RELATED, AND PEOPLE CANNOT GET IN THOSE PROGRAMS FOR WHATEVER REASON. THEY ARE TOO DIFFICULT. SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I KNOW STAFF IS LISTENING, WATCHING, AND HAV TOE ABLE TO START DOING WORK ON. ALSO, WHILE I HAVE YOU ON THE LINE, I AM GOING TO TALK TO MRS. VAN LOAN TO GET WITH YOU, SIR, BECAUSE WE HAVE OH TO R TO SEE HOW WE CAN LEVERAGE THE CRA DOLLARS WE HAVE NOW FOR BOND, MONEY IN THE BANK. I TALKED TO ONE OF THE GUYS WHO RAN SEVERAL CRAs, AND LEVERAGE THOSE CRA DOLLARS AND HAVE MORE CAPITAL TO START DOING MORE WORK RAPIDLY TO HAVE THOSE FUNDS. THAT'S A CONVERSATION I WOULD LIKE YOU TO GET WITH MRS. VAN LOAN HOW WE CAN START LEVERAGING THOSE DOLLARS AND HAVE MORE MONEY WITH THE DOLLARS WE HAVE. MR. MANISCALCO AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO BRING THIS IN FOR FINAL LANDING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THERE'S NO EXCUSE WHY HOMELESSNESS SHOULD EXIST IN 2021 ESPECIALLY IN THIS COUNTRY. SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO AS A GOVERNMENT ENTITY, WE HAVE TO TAKE THOSE STEPS. MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. >> SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA AL IN FAVOR? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I MOVE THE RESOLUTION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. BRYAN CATE? >> YES. IF WE CAN HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE A RESOLUTION. >> SO MOVED. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? >>THE CLERK: NO ONE REGISTERED FOR THIS ITEM. >>MARTIN SHELBY: ANYONE ON THE SECOND FLOOR? >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOVE TO CLOSE? SECONDED BY MR. MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANYONE OPPOSED? MOVE THE RESOLUTION? MR. MANISCALCO MOVED. DINGFELDER SECONDED IT. DO WE NEED ROLL CALL, MR. SHELBY? INCHES YES, SIR, PLEASE. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>ORLAND GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: FOLKS, I KNEW WE TOOK A LOT OF TIME ON NUMBER BUTOU C SEE A LOT OF PASSION ON EVERYONE HERE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. WE HAVE TO GET A PLAN AND GET IT DONE. SO WE APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LONGER BUT EVERYONE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS ISSUE. ITEM NUMBER 50. >>ABBYE FEELEY: DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT. I BELIEVE THAT BRIAN MORRISON WANTED TO LEAD OUT ON ITEM 50 IS MORNING. >>BRIAN MORRISON: YES, THANK YOU, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY. THIS IS THE FIRST TWO OF REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARINGS TO BE HELD BY TAMPA CITY COUNCIL ON THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN ADDRESSING FEDERAL CDB, ESG, HOME AND HAPPA PROGRAM. U.S. HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND THE CITY OF TAMPA CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN DICTATES THAT THIS FIRST PUBLIC HEARING MUST BE HELD BEFORE THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN IS PUBLISHED FOR COMMENT. ON JULY 29, 2021, A SECOND PUIC HRINGILL BE HELD BY TAMPA CITY COUNCIL FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. MS. FEELEY WILL NOW PROVIDE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC WITH MORE DETAIL REGARDING THE 2022 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE PLAN. PUBLIC COMMENT IS ENCOURAGED NOW AND THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN UPDATING AND ADOPTION PROCESS. >>ABBYE FEELEY: THANK YOU, BRIAN. IF I CAN GO AHEAD AND SHARE MY SCREEN PLEASE. ARE YOU ABLE TO LOOK AT MY PRESENTATION? >> YES. >>ABBYE FEELEY: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. CHAIRMAN GUDES AND HONORABLE MEMBERS OF TAA CI COUNCIL, WE ARE EXCITED TO BE HERE THIS MORNING. I THINK THE DISCUSSION THAT COUNCIL JUST HAD IS A REALLY GREAT SEGUE INTO PART OF THE DISCUSSION WE ARE GOING TO HAVE WITH YOU THIS MORNING ABOUT OUR HUD FUNDING THAT COMES IN AND THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN WHICH REALLY IDENTIFIES THE ACTIVITIES FOR THE COMING YEAR, THAT THOSE FUNDS WOULD GO OUT TO AGENCIES FOR. AND OVER THE PAST YEAR, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TOELIV SERVICES FOR OUR CUSTOMERS, RANGE FROM REHABILITATION, EXISTING HOMES, THE CREATION OF NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, AS WELL AS HOME OWNERSHIP SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE, AND HOMELESS SERVICES. I HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION FOR YOU THIS MORNING. AND IT HAS BEEN PREPARED BY KAON HENDERSON, OUR ACTING MANAGER AND MYSELF, AND KAON IS A BIT UNDER THE WEATHER THIS MORNING. SHE IS ON FOR SUPPORT AND TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ASSIST WITH THIS MORNE IT MY BEST SHOT. AND WHAT WE'LL REALLY DISCUSS UP WITH THIS MORNING IS OUR FEDERAL FUNDS, THE HUD FUNDS THAT COME IN, AND MANY OF THESE DO HAVE QUITE LENGTHY REGULATIONS AS TO HOW WE CAN SPEND THOSE MONEYS. ON AVERAGE WE GET ABOUT 9 TO $10 MILLION A YEAR, AND SOME OF THOSE FUNDS ARE 3 YEAR CONTRACTS AND SOME OF THEM GO ON ANNUAL CONTRACTS. SO QUICKLY WE ARE GOING TO GO OVER THE PURPOSE OF OUR ACTION PLAN PROPOSED FUNDING THAT WOULD BE COMING IN FOR FISCAL YEAR '22. OUR PRIORITIES. AND THEN PUBLIC INPUT. AND I JUST BRIEFLY WENT OVER, SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE CONSOLIDATED ACTION PLAN WHICH IS A FIVE-YEAR PLAN, AND EACH YEAR WE PREPARE THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. AND THE ACTIVITIES IDENTIFY IN THE ACTION PLAN ARE SUPPORTED BY FOUR FUNDING SOURCES. THESE ARE ALL FEDERAL SOURCES. THE CDBG FUNDS, THE ESG FUNDS, WHICH ARE EMERGENCY GRANTS, HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES, FOR PEOPLE WITH AIDS, AND I KNOW WHEN WE PRESENTED TO YOU IN OCTOBER, ON OUR ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, THAT WAS A LITTLE LATE ADOPTION. THIS YEAR, WE EXPRESSED TO YOU THAT WE ACTUALLY RUN THE HAP PA PROGRAM FOR FIVE SURROUNDING COUNTIES. SO PART OF WHAT YOU SAW ON THE AGENDA WAS MONEYS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AS WELL. THEN WE HAVE OUR HOME INVESTMENT PROGRAM. THIS IS A QUICK SUMMARY OF EACH OF THOUGHTS GRANT FUNDS AND HOW AND OWN WHAT THEY CAN BE SPENT. AND OUR ESG AND OUR HOPWA OR ON A THREE YEAR CONTRACT AND THAT CAME TO YOU LAST YEAR. THIS YEAR WE ARE REALLY FOCUSING ON OUR CDBG AND OUR HOME FUNDS. WHAT I HAVE DONE HERE IS SHOWN YOU THOSE SIX CATEGORIES OF WHAT HUD BELIEVES OUR PRIORITY NEEDS AND THEN IN THE ITALICS ARE OUR CURRENT FRAM THAT ALIGN WITH THOSE NEEDS. WE DO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE OTHER PROGRAMS, OR ADDRESS OTHER ISSUES RELATED SPECIFICALLY TO THESE PRIORITY NEEDS, AND THAT'S PART OF THE FEEDBACK WHERE WE ARE HOPING TO GET FUNDS TODAY FROM YOU, AS AND OUR CLIENTS THAT WE AREIES SERVING THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS. HERE IS THE ESTIMATED FUNDING AWARDS. AS I MENTIONED TO YOU, THE HOPWA AND ESG FUNDS ARE ON THREE YEAR CONTRACTS AND THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN ALLOCATED, 4.3 MILLION AND THE 274,000. THE SHIP FUNDS ARE THE FLORIDA FUNDS THAT COME FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA. SO THE TWO PRIMARY FUND SOURCES WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AND WE WILL BE WORKING FOR ASSIGNMENT THROUGH THE ACTION PLAN ARE THE CDBG AND THE HOME FUNDS. SO BASED ON THE NUMBER THAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING FOR FY 22 THAT SHOULD BE ABOUT $5 MILLION. YOU CAN SEE HERE A TOTAL, THAT THERE IS ABOUT $16 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDS COMING FROM THESE FIVE PROGRAMS IN THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR PROGRAMMATIC EXPENSES AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR PROGRAMS FOR FISCAL YEAR 22. TODAY IS THE KICKOFF. THESE ARE STATS FROM THE HUD PROCESS, AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE THIS MORNING, CHECKING ALL THE BOXES IN ORDER TO FULFILL OUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO RECEIVE THESE FUNDS FROM HUD. TODAY, JUNE 3rd, WE ARE LAUNCHING WITH YOU IN THIS FIRST PUBLIC HEARING, TOMORROW WE WILL RELEASE THE RFA ON OUR WEBSITE FOR THE CDBG AND HOME FUNDS, AND R APPLICANTS -- FOR APPLICATIONS, AND THESE ARE FROM TYPICALLY OUR RECIPIENTS THAT PUT IN TO BE FUNDED AND I KNOW MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS OVER THE YEARS WHEN THESE PRESENTATIONS WOULD COME BACK TO YOU OF DIFFERENT AGENCIES REQUESTING MONEY FOR CDBG FUNDS AND HOW THOSE WERE GOING TO BE ALLOCATED. AND TOMORROW WILL BE THAT KICKOFF. THAT IS POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE. IT'S ALSO BEING POSTED IN THE "TAMPA BAY TIMES," LA GACETA, SENTINEL, AS WELL AS DEMAND STAR, WHICH IS THROUGH THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, TO NOTIFY ALL THE POTENTIAL APPLICANTS THAT THIS PROCESS IS OPENING. WE WILL BE CONDUCTING A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WORKSHOP ON JUNE 15th, AND THAT IS LIKE ANY STANDARD RFPOR RFA THAT GOES OUT, A WORKSHOP, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR QUESTIONS TO COME IN, AND THEN WE PROVIDE RESPONSES TO THAT. WE HAVE THE RFA SUBMISSION. THAT LINE COMING ON JUNE 25. THEN THE 30-DAY COMMENT PERIOD BEGINS ON JUNE 29th. THIS WHOLE PROCESS WILL TAKE PLACE AND THEN WE WILL COME BACK BEFORE YOU WITH THE FINAL -- THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN WITH ALL OF THESE INPUTS AND ALL OF THESE ALLOCATIONS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION ON JULY 29. AND THEN IT GOES TO HUD FOR ACCEPTANCE AND FINAL APPROVAL. AND THEN WE WOULD BEGIN WITH THOSE FUNDS COMING ON OCTOBER 1. BRIEFLY, I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU ON OUR WEB PAGE, THE REQUEST, IT WILL BE POSTED THERE, AND THAT STARTS TOMORROW MORNING. WE ALSO DO PRESENTATIONS. WE HAVE A SURVEY INSTRUMENT THAT WILL GO OUT. I HAVE THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE. THROUGH OUR AGENCIES WHO ARE CURRENTLY SUBRECIPIENTS, AS WELL AS MANY OF OUR OTHER PARTNER AGENCIES. THE SURVE GOE OUT TO THEM, AND THEIR CLIENTS. AND THEN THAT INFORMATION COMBS BACK TO US, AND IT HELPS US TO DRAFT THE SERVICES THAT WE WILL BE PROVIDING. IT DOES GO OUT -- AND WE COLLECT THOSE, TYPICALLY THIS HAS BEEN DONE THROUGH A SERIES OF PUBLIC MEETINGS, WILL GO OUT TO LIBRARIES IN THE COMMUNITY, AND HOLD DIFFERENT COMMUNITY MEETINGS, BUT DUE TO COVID BOTH LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR, THAT HAS BEEN SUSPENDED. SO WE HAVE BEEN USING OTHER MECHANISMS TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT. THIS SURVEY ALSO IS PUBLISHED ON OUR WEBSITE. SO PART OF US BEING HERE TODAY IS ALSO GETTING THAT WORD OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND TO THOSE THAT WE CAN SERVE TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK ON THOSE ITEMS OF GREATEST NEEDS, THAT THESE PROGRAMS CAN START TO FOCUS ON. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ABBEY? >>ABBYE FEELEY: YES, SIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT SURVEY YOU HAVE, I KNOW HOW SURVEYS KIND OF WORK SOMETIMES AND YOU DON'T GET ALL OF THE BACK INFORMATION. I'M HOPING THAT THE ADMINISTRATIT MAYBE SOME PSAS ON TELEVISION, RADIO AND TV STATIONS, HOW THIS SURVEY RELATES TO HOUSING. PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHEN THEY SEE HOUSING, THEIR ANTENNAS KIND OF GO UP. WE NEED TO DO A MORE ROBUST COMMUNICATION WITH THIS VERSUS JUST BRINGING SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE. AND SOME PEOPLE -- A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T. THEY NEED TO KNOCK ON DOORS, A LOT OF DIFFERENT SITUATIONS. AND I THINK WE HAVE TO KICK THE FOOTBALL DOWN THE FIELD A LITTLE FURTHER TO HAVE A ROBUST COMMUNICATION TELEVISION STATIONS, PSA ASKING THEM TO HELP US TO GET THE WORD OUT. THIS HAS GOT TO BE CRUCIAL. THANK YOU. >>ABBYE FEELEY: I'LL SEE WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO TO SERVE THAT NEED. I KNOW MANY PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT, AND ARE WAITING THROUGH THE TYPICAL FORMAT. NOT TYPICAL ROLLING OUT FOR THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY CAST A WIDE NET. SO THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE HERE THIS MORNING TO ALSO JUST ASK, I HEARD DEFINITELY SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURES, I MEAN, WE DO HAVE LOTS WITHIN OUR OWN PORTFOLIO THAT DO NOT HAVE WATER AND SEWER CONNECTION RIGHT NOW, AND THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL THROUGH CDBG FUNDING TO LOOK AT POTENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE. THERE IS NOT THAT MUCH MONEY TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS NECESSARILY. WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT THOSE COSTS WOULD BE AND WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT HAVING THE CITY APPLY AS AN APPLICANT TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, BUT BASED ON YOUR CONVERSATION THIS MORNING, I DID ALREADY REACH OUT TO KAON AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY WAY FOR US TO POTENTIALLY USE SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT WE KNOW WE WILL HAVE COMING IN TO LOOK AT THAT, AND POTENTIAL TO CREATE SOME OF THOSE LOCALITIES BE BUILDABILITY AND SEE IF WE CAN MAKE THOSE STRUCTURE CONNECTIONS. WE HEAR A LOT DURING YOUR WEEKLY DISCUSSIONS ON WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE AND HOW DO WE START TOE VENT VIES HOUSING IN OTHER AREAS. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OTHER PRIORITIES FOR HOUSING RIGHT NOW, THE PURE INCREASE IN OUR INVENTORY, AND ALSO I KNOW THE OWNER OCCUPIED REHABILITATION PROGRAM, AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT AS PART OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, WE DID PUT IN TO GET SOME FENN J GENERAL FUNDS TO SUPPORT SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS. AS MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE, WE DO HAVE A LIMITATION BASED ON THE GRANT THAT COMES IN THAT WE CAN ONLY GO UP TO 80% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME, AND THAT DOES LIMIT THE POPULATION THAT WE CAN ASSIST WITH THESE PROGRAMS. SO WE DID REQUEST GENERAL FUNDS THIS YEAR TO START BRIDGING THE GAP, WHAT WE CALL THE MISSING, AND BEING ABLE TO GO UP TO 140% OF AMI. AND IN THE INDUSTRY DISCUSSIONS THIS IS REALLY WHAT MANY PEOPLE REFER TO AS WORKFORCE, THAT 120 TO 140 AMI, THAT 100 TO 140 AMI. SO WE ARE LOOKING TO EXPAND THOSE SERVICES. WE ARE LOOKING TO EXPAND THOSE PEOPLE THAT WOULD GIFT WITH MANY OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE BUT EXPECTING TO DO MORE GRANT FUNDING. SO THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN UP TO ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, INPUT THAT YOU ALL HAVE THIS MORNING, GET US ON OUR WAY, GET THE REQUIRED HAD YOU HAD FUNDS UNDERWAY AND WE WILL BE BACK BEFORE YOU ON THE 29th. >>LAND GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS? ABBEY, I RECEIVED AN E-MAIL THE OTHER DAY, AND IT MADE SENSE TO ME. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE PEOPLE IN THESE COMMUNITIES, THESE MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, THEY DIE, AND WE CAN'T FIND ANYBODY, AND THEN THE PROPERTY GOES INTO FORECLOSURE. AND THEN WRITE UP VIOLATIONS ON THE PROPERTY, VIOLATIONS IT PROPERTY, AND GET LIENS ON THE PROPERTY. BUT E BANK HAS A LIEN. THE BANK IS FORECLOSED. AND THAN THE QUESTION WAS, WELL, IF WE KNOW THIS IS HAPPENING BEFORE IT GETS THAT FAR DOWN THE ROAD, WHY CAN'T WE LOOK AT HAVING A PROGRAM TO WHERE EVEN WITH THE CRA, OR WE JUST GO AND BUY THAT PROPERTY, AND SAVE THAT PROPERTY BEFORE IT NEEDS ALL THE REPAIRS AND WORK ON IT. IT MADE PERFECT SENSE TO ME. IF HE DIED AND HE HAS NO FAMILY AND NOW WE SEE HOW THE PROPERTY IS STARTING TOETERRATE, WE DO NOTHING. NOW WE GET SQUATTERS, WHATEVER, PEOPLE, DRUG OR ALCOHOL, START TO TEAR THE PROPERTY UP, WE HAVE TO BE PROACTIVE. WE ARE REACTIVE. WE HAVE A PROGRAM IN PLACE AS WELL TO BE ABLE -- I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY. THE POLICE, THE FIRE, YOU HAVE GOT PUBLIC WORKS, YOU HAVE ACTUAL CITY WORKERS EVERY DAY GOING INTO THE COMMUNITY, SOLID WASTE GUY, LOOKING AT HOUSING PROPERTY. WE SHOULD HA A STEM IN PLACE TO WHERE WE IDENTIFY, SUCH AND SUCH STREET, AND WE HAVE SOME SQUATTERS HERE, WE HAVE GOT SOME PROBLEMS. AND WE RUN A SEARCH TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, AND IN THE CRA, IN MARGINALIZED AREAS, SAY HOW DO WE BUY THAT PROPERTY? REHAB IT, SO WE DON'T NEED THAT MUCH MONEY INTO THAT REHAB. WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT DEALS WITH -- WE HAVE PARROT, IT'S ON THE TIP OF MY TONGUE, AND ENCOURAGING THOSE BECAUSE EVERYONE DOESN'T NEED A NEW HOME. WE NEED TO START ENCOURAGING THAT PROGRAM AS WELL, PUTTING THAT OUT THERE. WE NEED TO START REHABBING SOME OF THE EXISTING PROPERTIES AND START THAT PROGRAM TO GET PEOPLE IN THAT'S AFFORDABLE AND GET THEM IN. WE NEED TO START THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX RATHER THAN BEING REACTIVE, AND LOOK AT THOSE PROGRAMS AND MAYBE SOME OF THESE FUNDS THAT YOU HAVE TO REALLY HELP THOSE PEOPLE OUT, AND AGAIN START PUSHING, ADVOCATING BUYING THOSE PROPERTIES EARLY VERSUS WAITING FOR ALL THESE LIENS TO GET ON, WHICH THERE ARE LIENS. AND GET THAT BALL ROLLING. SO I AM HOPING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THAT, TO GET A GENERAL IDEA OF THAT. NO IDEA IS A BAD IDEA. YOU JUST HAVE TO GET THE RIGHT IDEA GOING. THESE MY TAKE ON THE HOUSING MARKET AND THE STOCK THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. WE HAVE GOT STUFF THAT'S ALREADY THERE. LET'S TAKE IT BEFORE IT GOETZ GETS DILAPIDATED AND I KNOW WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT AND STILL TRYING TO GET ALL THIS INFORMATION. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, MS. FEELEY? >>ABBYE FEELEY: I BELIEVE WE WERE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND -- GO AHEAD BRIAN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I LIKE BRIAN. PUT SOME IDEAS OUT. >>BRIAN MORRISON: I WAS JUST GOING TO REMIND YOU TO PLEASE CHECK WITH THE PUBLIC AND SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY INPUT AS RELATES TO ESPECIALLY THE CDBG AND THE HOME PROGRAM THAT WE WILL BE OPENING UP TOMORROW. >>ORLANDO GUDES: DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ON THE SECOND FLOOR OR ANYONE REGISTERED? >> NO ONE REGISTERED FOR THIS ITEM REMOTELY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYBODY ON THE SECOND FLOOR? >> MOVE TO CLOSE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO. MR. MIRANDA SECONDED IT. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ABBYE FEELEY: I'M SORRY, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TOET THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE JULY 29th DATE? AND WE INDICATED TO BRING YOU BACK THE ACTION PLAN FOR CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: LOOKING AT THE 29th. OR IT'S ALREADY SCHEDULED. BRIAN? >>BRIAN MORRISON: YES, SIR. WE HAVE HAD A MOTION ON THIS ALREADY. WEEP WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU WITH A RESOLUTION JUST TO SOLIDIFY IT SO IT'S OUT THERE FOR THE PUBLIC. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT'S THE 29th? >>BRIAN MORRISON: YES, AND THAT WILL BE AT THE NEXT -- [INDISCERNIBLE] >>MARTIN SHELBY: I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO BE PUT THROUGH SIRE FOR THE NEXT AGENDA. IS THAT CORRECT? >> CORRECT. A MOTION WAS MADE AT THE LAST -- >>> I WITHDRAW THE MOTION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: HE WITHDREW IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MS. FEELEY. WE GO TO ITEM 51. THEY ARE ALREADY OPEN. >>RYAN MANASSE: I NEED T B SWORN IN WITH ANY OF THE AGENTS OR SPEAKERS. >>THE CLERK: PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SWEAR OR AIR R AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? >> I DO. >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU. >>RYAN MANASSE: ITEM NUMBER 51 -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANASSE, CAN YOU GET THE PRESENTATION ON THE SCREEN? THANK YOU. >>RYAN MANASSE: DEVELOPMENT IT NUMBER 51 FILE REZ 20-83, AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED TO YOU FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION FOR REZONING THE PROPERTY AT 1909 WEST VERNA DRIVE. THE REQUEST WAS FROM RS-60 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED. ERNA. THE REVISED SITE PLANS HAVE BEEN TURNED INTO OUR DEPARTMENT AND CERTIFIED AND TURNED OVER TO THE CITY CLERK AND STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. OOPS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS BY STAFF? APPLICANT? >> PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. (OATH ADMINISTERED BY CLERK). PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. YOU MAY UNMUTE YOURSELF. >> MICHELLE LAMONT: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. I AM HERE TODAY, FOR THE SECOND HEARING TO HAVE APPROVAL FROM AN RS-60 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY. I DO OWN THE HOME. WE HAVE POSTED THE PROPERTY AND WE HAVE NOTIFIED ALL RESIDENTS, ALSO ALL CHANGES, CORRECTIONS TO THE SITE PLAN, AND ANY ADDITIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AS PER THE COUNCIL'S REQUEST. AND I AM RESPECTFULLY ASKING FOR AN APPROVAL TO GRANT THIS AND BUILD A HOME ON THIS PROPERTY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: QUESTIONS BY COUNCIL? ANY SPEAKERS ON THE SECOND FLOOR? DO WE HAVE ANYBODY REGISTERED DEPUTY CLERK? >> NO ONE REGISTERED FOR THIS ITEM. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOVE TO CLOSE BY MR. MIRANDA, SECOND BY MR. CITRO. ROLL CALL. I'M SORRY, NUMBER 51, SIR. >> REZ 20-83, AN ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 1909 WEST ERNA DRIVE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED FROM N SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-60 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ITEM 512. >>RYAN MANASSE: ITEM NUMBER 52 IS FILE REZ 21-21, AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED TO YOU FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. THIS IS FOR THE REZONING PROFIT IT LOCATED AT 704 EAST LIKE AVENUE FOR SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED. CERTIFIED SITE PLANS HAVE BEEN TURNED INTO THE CITY CLERK AND STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS BY STAFF? ANY QUESTIONS BY STAFF? ALL RIGHT. WE WILL HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT. WERE YOU SWORN IN? >> HILL HOMES, 5073 SOUTH MACDILL AVENUE. I NEED TO BE SWORN IN, PLEASE. >>THE CLERK: (OATH ADMINISTERED BY CLERK). >> AND I AM HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS, GENTLEMEN? NYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC ON THIS ITEM ON THE SECOND FLOOR? ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK ON THE SECOND FLOOR? ANY REGISTERED? >> NO ONE IS REGISTERED FOR THIS ITEM. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO MOVED TO CLOSE, SECOND BY MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: IN REGARD TO FILE REZ 21-21, I WILL READ THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 704 EAST TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATIONS RS-50 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOVED BY DINGFELDER, SECOND BY MANISCALCO. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >> >>RYAN MANASSE: DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER ABSTAINS FROM ITEM NUMBER 53. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: AND I WILL ABSTAIN ON SECOND READING, AND MR. SHELBY WILL PROVIDE ME WITH THE DOCUMENT AT A LATER DATE. >>LAND GUDES: MR. MANASSE, CONTINUE. >> FILE REZ 21-27 BEFORE YOU FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION FOR PROPERTY AT 3807 AND 3811 WEST SWANN AVENUE AND IT WAS TO REZONE FROM CLASSIFICATION RM 616 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, OFFICE, BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL. CERTIFIED SITE PLANS HAVE BEEN TURNED INTO THE CITY CLERK AND STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS FROM OF STAFF? >>THE CLERK: PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. (OATH ADMINISTERED BY CLERK). >> I DO. >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU. >>DAVID MECHANIK: MY NAME IS DAVID MECHANIK HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT ON ITEM 53, AND I AM HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND WOULD REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL OF THIS APPLICATION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE APPLICANT? ANYBODY ON THE SECOND FLOOR FOR FURTHER COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM? >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOVE TO CLOSE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYBODY >> NO ONE IS REGISTERED FOR THIS ITEM. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CITRO MOVED THE ITEM. SECOND BY MR. MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MR. CITRO, WILL YOU READ ITEM NUMBER 53? >> FILE REZ 21-27 AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 3807 AND 3811 WEST SWANN AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RM-16 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OFFICE BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CITRO MOVED. MR. MANISCALCO SECONDED IT. MR. DINGFELDER WILL BE ABSTAINING. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH DINGFELDER ABSTAINING. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ITEM 54. >>RYAN MANASSE: DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM NUMBER 54 IS FILE 21-28 INFORM SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. THE REZONING OF THE PROPERTY IS 4110 GEORGE ROAD AND THE REQUEST WAS FROM PD TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS, PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL OFFICE, RETAIL SALES, ALL COMMERCIAL GENERAL USES, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED, AND MULTIFAMILY, HOTEL MOTEL COLLEGE AND RESTAURANT. CERTIFIED SITE PLANS HAVE BEEN TURNED INTO THE CITY CLERK AND STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >>ORLANDO GUD: ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? WE HAVE AN APPLICANT? >>DAVID MECHANIK: DAVID MECHANIK HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT. I HAVE RANDY COEN WITH ME AS WELL. WE ARE HERE SIMPLY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, AND TO BE ASK YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS APPLICATION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WERE YOU SWORN AGAIN OR IS HE OKAY? ALL RIGHT. MR. COEN? (OATH ADMINISTERED BY CLERK). >>RANDY COEN: I DO. >>ORLANDO GUDES: DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MECHANIK OR MR. COEN? NO QUESTIONS? ANYBODY ON THE SECOND FLOOR? ON THE SECOND FLOOR? >>THE CLERK: NO ONE IS REGISTERED FOR THIS ITEM. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CITRO WAS THE SECOND, I BELIEVE TO CLOSE. I'M SORRY, MR. CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FILE REZ 21-28, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 4110 GEORGE ROAD IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL OFFICE, RETAIL SALES, HOTEL, ADULT EDUCATION, RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, BUSINESS, PROFESSIONAL, AND MEDICAL OFFICE, RETAIL SALES, ALL COMMERCIAL GENERAL USES, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED AND MULTIFAMILY HOTEL, MOTEL COLLEGE RESTAURANT PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ROLL CALL. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>BI C. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ITEM NUMBER 55. >>SUSAN JOHNSON-VELEZ: SENIOR ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY. COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS EXPLAINED, AT FIRST READING FOR THIS ITEM THE PRIOR REZONING THAT YOU JUST APPROVED ON SECOND READING IS PART OF A DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT, AND THIS CHANGE IS SIMPLY TO REVISE THE MATRIX SO THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT IS FOR THE REZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DRI. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT? >>DAVID MECHANIK: DAVID MECHANIK HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT. I HAVE RANDY COEN WITH ME AND WE BOTH HAVE BEEN SWORN. WE ARE JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AND TO ASK YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS APPLICATION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ON THE SECOND FLOOR OR RISTERED? >> NO ONE IS REGISTERED FOR THIS ITEM. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA MOVED TO CLOSE, SECOND BY MR -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I HAVE AN ORDINANCE FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA APPROVAL THE THIRD AMENDMENT TO A DEVELOPMENT ORDER RENDERED PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 380.06 FLORIDA STATUTES FOR THE INDEPENDENCE PARK DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT DRI NUMBER 250 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIE DATE. >> SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO MOVED. MR. MIRANDA SECONDED IT. ROLL CAL >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: IT'S ALREADY OPEN. WE GO TO ITEM 56. >>RYAN MANASSE: REZ 20-103. THIS IS FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5426 BAY CENTER DRIVE. THE REQUEST WAS FROM PD, OR IS FROM PD TO PD FOR OFFICE BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL, MEDICAL OFFICE, HOTEL MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL. STAFF HAS DONE A PRESENTATION IN PREVIOUS HEARINGS, AND IS NOW BEFORE YOU TODAY. I WILL DEFER BACK TO CHAIR OR THE AGENT FOR THEIR PRESENTATION FROM THE CONTINUANCE. STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. IT'S GOINGN FIVE MINUTES. HOW MANY REGISTERED SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE? >> WE HAVE 20 REGISTERED SPEAKERS AND I BELIEVE APPROXIMATELY THREE DOWNSTAIRS. >>LUIS VIERA: GENTLEMEN, WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I SAY WE BREAK FOR LUNCH AND TAKE THIS UP WHEN WE COME BACK. >>JOSEPH CITRO: I AGREE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANASSE, WE WILL TAKE THIS UP AT 1:30. MOTION BY MR. CITRO -- MR. MANISCALCO. SECOND BY MR. MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. WE STAND ADJOURNED OR RECESS UNTIL 1:30.