ALAN CLENDENIN: MIAMI HANUKKAH. MERRY CHRISTMAS. WELCOME TO CITY COUNCIL. BEST SHOW ON CABLE TELEVISION. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. ROLL CALL. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE. >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE. >>NAYA YOUNG: OH, HERE. >>BILL CARLSON: HERE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE. >>CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU SO MUCH. WHERE WE ARE ON THE AGENDA. ANY REQUEST FOR LEGISLATIVE MATTERS. PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, MOVE ITEM 6-9. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I MOVE ITEM 6-9. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. SO WHERE DID I EVEN PUT IT. I AM GOING TO VOTE FOR ITEM 9 TODAY, BUT I SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR STAFF TO WORK ON FINDING SOME INFORMATION ON COST GOING FORWARD PARTICULARLY COST FOR POLICE AND OTHER COMMUNITIES. THEY HAD ISSUE LAST YEAR AND THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO GET ME A LOT OF DATA. I THINK THIS IS A LOT OF MONEY PER PERSON. SO I STILL WANT SOME -- OH, THERE IT IS. I AM GOING TO VOTE TO APPROVE THIS CONTRACT TO TFR IS NOT LEFT WITHOUT A CONTRACT OF SERVICE REARED BY STUDENTS BUT I ASKED MISS KOPESKY TO WORK WITH CHIEF TRIPP AND DEANNA FAGGART FORKS COST AND UTILIZATION OF SERVICES AND COMPARE COSTS TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES. I WANTED TO SAY THAT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IN THE FUTURE REQUEST TO PULL THE ITEM. >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION AND A SECOND. AYES HAVE IT. NEIGHBORHOOD AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. COUNCIL MEMBER YOUNG, MOVE ITEMS 10-21. >>NAYA YOUNG: 10-17, AND I PULLED 18. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SO SORRY. >>NAYA YOUNG: AND 19-21. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION TO MOVE ITEMS 10-17. 19, 20 AND 21. WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED, THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU. INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, 22-33. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DID WE PULL ANYTHING BETWEEN THOSE TWO? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I DON'T HAVE ANY BETWEEN THOSE TWO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM 22-33. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO. A SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED. AYES HAVE IT. COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: BIG ITEM, NUMBER 34. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED. AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY. COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, MOVE ITEM 35. >>LYNN HURTAK: HE CAN'T. >>NAYA YOUNG: IT WAS CONTINUED. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ITEM 35 WAS CONTINUED? HOW I DID MISS THAT. NEVER MIND COUNCILMAN CARLSON. COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: MOVE 36-39. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. A MOTION TO SET THE PUBLIC HEARING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO FILE REVIEW HEARINGS TO BE SCHEDULE FEBRUARY 5, 1:30 P.M., 315 E. KENNEDY, TAMPA, FLORIDA, THIRD FLOOR, 33602. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED, AYES HAVE IT. >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIR, POINT OF ORDER. JASON MARLOW SAID HE HAS WITHDRAWN HIS NAME FROM THE CHARTER REVIEW. IF YOU WANT TO MOVE THAT NOW OR WAIT. ONLY ONE CANDIDATE -- JUST IN TERMS OF SCHEDULING. ONLY ONE CANDIDATE NOW, ALISON. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THINK WHAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE WITH THAT INFORMATION, WE HAVE TO TAKE THE V VOTE, AND PEOPLE CAN CHANGE THEIR VOTE. WE WILL MOVE THIS AND MOVE THAT AS SOON AS WE FINISH THIS. 54, 57, 58, 59 AND 06. NEED A MOTION. >>LYNN HURTAK: MOTION. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED. AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU. SO LET'S GO BACK TO THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION. >>LYNN HURTAK: I MOVE TO NOMINATE ALISON HEWITT. MIRANDA SECOND. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. VERY GOOD. THAT IS FOR THE ALTERNATE POSITION FOR THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE. COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, WE MOVED THIS BACK TO THE END OF THE MEETING. SO I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY GET SECOND READINGS DONE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE ISSUE IS WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE THIS -- WE REALLY NEEDED TO GET THIS BEFORE LUNCH FOR HIM -- SOMETHING HE NEEDS TO DO BEFORE WE CLOSE BUSINESS TODAY. I SEE OTHER MICS DOWN HERE. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ON THIS? WE HAVE THE RESOLUTION -- MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: NOT YET, NOT UNTIL I HAVE A FEW MINUTES TO PUT IT IN THE PAPERWORK TO GET IT TO THE CLERK. I JUST SCRATCHED OUT WORDS TO BE DETERMINED AND WROTE ALISON HEWITT AND I NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET ON MY WORD PROCESSOR AND GET A FINISHED -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE CAN STILL VOTE ON THAT. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU? AS LONG AS I GIVE IT TO YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YEAH, OKAY. >>BILL CARLSON: CAN YOU ALSO READ OUT THE NAMES? I SAW MICHAEL BISHOP. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: PATIENCE, EVERYBODY. WHERE THE COUNCIL IS NOW. WE HAVE A CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION. PER OUR CHARTER, WE ARE ESTABLISHING THIS COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT THE CHARTER FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA. FOR THE PUBLIC DURING THE NEXT YEAR, COMING UP IN JANUARY. EACH COUNCIL MEMBER HAD AN OPPORTUNITY APPOINT ONE PERSON. AND THEN THE MAYOR'S WHO WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPOINT TWO FOLKS. THEN THE MAYOR HAD AN OPPORTUNITY APPOINT AN ALTERNATIVE MEMBER. AND THE COUNCIL HAD AN ALTERNATE MEMBER. WE PASSED THE ALTERNATE BY COUNCIL VOTE FOR ALISON HEWITT TO BE OUR ALTERNATE. THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS HAVE BEEN NOMINATED BY MEMBERS OF COUNCIL FOR DISTRICT 12, MYSELF, I NOMINATE GARRETT GRECO. DISTRICT 2, COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO, STEPHEN BENSON. FOR DISTRICT 3, COUNCIL MEMBER LYNN HURTAK, BOBBY CREIGHTON. DISTRICT 4, BILL CARLSON, BILL SHAFINO. DISTRICT 5, COUNCIL MEMBER NAYA YOUNG NOMINATED ASH LOW MARLOW. DISTRICT 6, SELF CHARLIE MIRANDA NOMINATED BECKY KIRK. AND DISTRICT 8, ALAN KOHN. AND FOR THE MAYOR'S APAINTMENTS KATHLEEN SHANAHAN, RON CSSTALE AND THE ALTERNATE IS SUE CARLTON. WE HAVE A RESOLUTION BEFORE US THAT INSTITUTIONALIZED THIS PROCESS AND INCLUDING THE FACILITATOR AND THE ATTORNEY THAT WILL BE WORKING WITH THE COMMITTEE TO EVALUATE AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL ON -- I'M SORRY THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL TO SUGGEST CHANGES TO THE CHARTER, WHICH WILL BE VETTED BY THIS COUNCIL AND THEN SENT TO THE MAYOR FOR SIGNATURE AND THINGS PASSED WILL BE PUT ON THE BALLOT FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO VOTE ON. MR. SHELBY, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE TO SAY? >>MARTIN SHELBY: NO, SIR. ONLY BY PASSAGE OF THIS RESOLUTION TODAY WILL INSTITUTIONIZE THAT AND MAKE YOUR NOMINATIONS -- THEY WILL BE APPOINTMENTS NOW. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: APPOINTMENTS. >>MARTIN SHELBY: AGAIN THE DESIGNATION. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO -- I THINK -- THAT IS SUFFICIENT. THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WANT TO COMMEND MY COLLEAGUES. THESE ARE AMAZING PICKS. EACH AND EVERY ONE HERE. I KNOW ALL OF THEM. IT IS A REALLY -- GOING TO BE A GREAT COMMISSION. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS. THANKS. >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I SAY ONE THING. I MENTIONED THIS COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, MY APPOINTMENT BILL SHAPINO JR. BECAUSE'S FORMER BAR PRESIDENT. IN THE PAST WHERE THERE IS A DISPUTE BETWEEN CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAY I DON'T REMEMBER, THEY HAVE GONE TO A FORMER BAR PRESIDENT TO INTERVENE AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE BEST POSSIBLE LEGAL -- THEY ARE NOT GIVING LEGAL ADVICE BUT LEGAL PERSPECTIVE OF HOW TO LEGALLY MANEUVER SOME OF THESE ISSUES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BEFORE WE MOVE THIS RESOLUTION, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MARTIN SHELBY THROUGH MY OFFICE AND HAGAR KOPESKY AND AMAZING LAWYER TEAM WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA, MISS ZELLE HAHN EVERYBODY HOLES HAD A HAND IN CRAFTING THIS. A QUITE UNDERTAKING AND A LOT OF WORK BEHIND THE SCENES. ONE MOMENT IN TIME BUT PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE, PART OF THE STRESS POINT BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO GET THIS DONE BEFORE THE MEET COULD BE CLUEDED BECAUSE THE LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR AND SO STRESSFUL TRYING TO MOVE THE AGENDA FORWARD. THANK YOU. WE HAVE THE RESOLUTION BEFORE US FOR THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED. THE AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I HAVE ONE MORE RESOLUTION. AND THAT IS THE PROCESS OF ACCEPTING THE LIMITED SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR THE PROVISION OF LEGAL SERVICES TO THE CHARTER REVIEW FROM ATTORNEY KENNETH TINKLER OF CARLTON FIELDS. >>LYNN HURTAK: SO MOVED. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. SHELBY. GOOD WORK. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU, COUNCIL. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VERY GOOD WORK. THAT IS LIKE A HUGE WEIGHT OFF OF US. A MAJOR WEIGHT OFF THE SHOULDERS. OKAY. LET'S SEE WHERE ARE WE AT. WE DID 41. NOW GOING TO 42. WE ALREADY OPENED THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS SO NOW WE ARE READY. 42. >>EMMA GREGORY: GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. EMMA GREGORY, LEGAL DEPARTMENT. TODAY WE ARE HERE FOR ITEM 42, SECOND READING ON AN ORDINANCE PROPOSING AN INCREASE TO THE MULTIMODAL IMPACT FEE. FOR SOME BACKGROUND, THE CITY HELD ITS FIRST READING ON DECEMBER 4, AND BEFORE THAT, WE HELD TWO WORKSHOPS ON -- IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER. SO THE CITY HAS A MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEE. THIS IS A TYPE OF IMPACT FEE THAT WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO IMPOSE UNDER EXCEPTION 163.31801 FLORIDA STATUTES. AS WE DISCUSSED BEFORE, THE FEE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE 1989. SO THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE ADOPTS THE DECEMBER 2025 IMPACT FEE STUDY MAKES A FINDING OF EXTRA ORLANDO CIRCUMSTANCES AND REPLACES EXHIBIT 1 OF CHAPTER 25, WHICH IS THE FEE SCHEDULE, WITH A NEW FEE SCHEDULE WHICH WOULD BE PHASED IN OVER FOUR YEARS. AND WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF JULY 1. SO I SUBMITTED A SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE AND A MEMO UPDATING THE EFFECTIVE DATE FROM JUNE 1 TO JULY 1. IN THE INTERIM PERIOD BETWEEN FIRST READING AND NOW, THERE WAS SOME LEGISLATION INTRODUCED THAT OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS JUST TO KICK OUT THAT EFFECTIVE DATE ONE MONTH. SO THAT WOULD HELP US ADMINISTER IT MORE EFFECTIVELY, IN OUR OPINION. AND IT STRIKES OUT SOME OUT-OF-DATE LANGUAGE IN SECTION 25-69. SO WE ARE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MAY HAVE. AND THE -- THE COUNCIL RECEIVED SOME COMMUNICATIONS YESTERDAY, I BELIEVE. AND WE HAVE OUR CONSULTANT KATHRYN TELLIS HERE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE RAISED. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. QUESTION? COUNCILMAN CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: MISS POYNOR MENTIONED THIS MORNING IN PUBLIC COMMENT THAT THE OTHER FEE STUDIES HAVE BEEN DONE. BUT SOMEHOW WE HAVEN'T BEEN GIVEN A COPY OF IT. IT SEEMS LIKE IF THAT HAD BEEN DONE, WE SHOULD HAVE SEEN THAT IN THIS CONTEXT AND UNDERSTOOD WHAT FEES WE MAY RAISE UP. IS IT TRUE THAT THE STUDY IS DONE BUT WE HAVEN'T YET GOTTEN IT? >>EMMA GREGORY: I THINK THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION THERE. OPINION TO MY RECOLLECTION, COUNCIL MADE A MOTION IN 2022 OR 2023 ASKING FOR A STUDY TO BE DONE. AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT IN THAT TIME. THERE HAD BEEN DRAFT STUDIES CIRCUMSTANCE, CIRCULATED INTERNALLY FOR REVIEW, BUT AS SOON AS WE HAVE OUR STUDY, WE -- WE PRESENT IT TO CITY COUNCIL. >>BILL CARLSON: CAN WE GET A COPY OF THE DRAFT AS IT STANDS NOW? >> ADAM PURCELL, INTERIM TRANSPORTATION SERVICES DIRECTOR. WE DIRECTED THE DRAFT STUDY TO COUNCIL BEFORE THE DECEMBER 4 HEARING ON THE ORDINANCE. >>BILL CARLSON: THE ONE YOU HAVE ALL THE FEES? NOT JUST THIS ONE, BUT ALL -- MY QUESTION IS, IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE OTHER -- THE STUDIES OF THE OTHER FEES IN CONTEXT WITH THIS SO WE COULD SEE -- >> SO WE ARE TALKING OF OTHER IMPACT FEES ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY -- >>BILL CARLSON: OR OTHER FEES. APPARENTLY ALMOST NONE OF THE FEES HAVE BEEN RAZED IN YEARS AND BASED ON PUBLIC INPUT, THERE WAS A STUDY THAT WAS DONE ON THE OTHER FEES. AND MY -- MY POINT IS THAT IF WE ARE MAKING A DECISION ON THIS ONE, IT SEEMS LIKE WE WOULD LOOK AT THE OTHER IN CONTEXT INSTEAD OF ONE AT A TIME OUT OF CONTEXT SO WE CAN SEE WHAT NEEDS TO BE RAISED AT ONCE. >>DANA CROSBY COLLIER: IF I MAY, DANA CROSBY COLLIER, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. THE STUDY TO WHICH YOU REFER ARE THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND CONSTRUCTION FEE STUDIES. AND THOSE WERE ITEMS 66 ON THE AGENDA TODAY AND THEY HAVE BEEN CONTINUED, BUT THAT IS SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE IMPACT FEE STUDY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT. I HAVE REQUESTED THOSE AS WELL FROM STAFF. SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET THEM. >>BILL CARLSON: THE -- YOU ALL HAVE HEARD ME SAY -- NOT YOU ALL BECAUSE I NEVER REALLY DEALT WITH YOU ALL, BUT THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS A REPUTATION OF NOT BEING TRANSPARENT. WHEN INFORMATION IS NOT GIVEN LIKE THAT -- NOT BY YOU ALL BUT I AM JUST SPEAKING OUT. IT REINFORCES THE IDEA THEY ARE NOT TRANSPARENT. I THINK WHOEVER IS WATCHING THAT MIGHT HAVE THAT WILL CIRCULATE THAT SO THE PUBLIC CAN SEE IT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: IF -- MISS GREGORY, IF I AM CORRECT, WE NEED A -- A -- WHY IS THE WORD ESCAPING ME. A SUPERMAJORITY FOR THIS VOTE. I AM SAYING WE MIGHT NEED TO HOLD THIS UNTIL WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA BASED ON THE FIRST READING. SO BEFORE WE GET VERY FAR, I WANTED TO BRING THAT UP. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >>LYNN HURTAK: I MOVE THAT WE MOVE THIS ITEM FURTHER DOWN ON THE AGENDA. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: UNTIL THE ARRIVAL OF COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. >>LYNN HURTAK: UNTIL THE ARRIVAL OF COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. IS THERE A SECOND? A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED, THE AYES HAVE IT. >>EMMA GREGORY: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL BE BACK. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I KNOW WE HAVE PEOPLE HERE TO SPEAK TO ITEM 42. IF YOU WERE HEAR TO SPEAK TO 42, IT WILL BE HEARD WHEN COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA RETURNS. VERY GOOD. WE ARE NOW AT 43. >>DANA CROSBY COLLIER: DANA CROSBY COLLIER. CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. ERIC COTTON OUR DEVELOPMENT MAJOR IS ON THE LINE. WE ARE ON 43 THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE TEXT AMENDMENT REGARDING THE YBOR CITY PARKING REQUIREMENTS. YOU RECALL SINCE WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS SINCE THE SUMMER, NECESSARY DUE TO RECENT CHANGES IN STATE LAW. I HAVE A POWERPOINT, IT IS VERY BRIEF IF YOU WOULD LIKE FOR ME TO PRESENT IT. I ALSO COULD -- OKAY, THERE WE ARE. OKAY. SO I AM NOT GETTING COOPERATION -- NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. >>LYNN HURTAK: YOU CAN USE -- >>DANA CROSBY COLLIER: I CAN USE THE ELMO. I CAME PREPARED. WOLF. HERE WE GO. WE WILL GO TO WOLF. >>LYNN HURTAK: NO CLICKER UP THERE. >>DANA CROSBY COLLIER: IT IS NOT WORKING. OKAY, SO EACH YEAR WE DO OUR TWO CYCLES OF PUBLICALLY INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENTS. JANUARY OF 2024, WE HAD IN YBOR PARKING STANDARDS AND SECURITY AMENDMENT IN THAT CYCLE; HOWEVER, IT GOT PULLED OUT THROUGH THE PROCESS. IT CAME BACK SEPARATELY FROM THE JULY -- THE JANUARY 2024 CYCLE, AND COUNCIL ADOPTED IT SEPTEMBER 5 OF 2024. MEANWHEEL. WH -- MEANWHILE WHEN WE WERE DOING ALL THAT, THE SENATE ADOPTED 180. THE GOVERNOR SIGNED IT AND PART OF SENATE BILL 180 WE CAN NOT ADOPT ANY LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION THAT IS MORE RESTRICTIVE OR BURDENSOME. WE CAME IN SETTLEMENT TO DISCUSS THE ISSUES WE HAD DISCOVERED WITH REGARDS TO THE YBOR PARKING ORDINANCE. WE HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE OF THOSE FROM A LOCAL LAWYER. AND AT THAT TIME, YOU -- IN OCTOBER, YOU APPROVED A RESOLUTION TRANSMITTING PROPOSED LANGUAGE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR CONSISTENCY REVIEW. THEY DID FIND THAT OUR AMENDMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. JUST GIVE YOU A REAL QUICK SUMMARY OF WHAT IS BEFORE YOU TODAY. ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE ARE DOING IS GOING BACK TO WHAT WAS IN EFFECT AUGUST 1, 2024. THE ORDINANCE IN EFFECT AT THAT TIME IN 2019-54, REQUIRES THE REQUIREMENT OF PARKING LOTS AND STAFF THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND REMOVES THE REQUIREMENT THAT EACH LOT HAS A SECURITY GUARD AND REMOVES THE REQUIREMENT FOR PRINCIPAL USE PARKING LOT OPERATORS FOR OPERATION AND SAFETY PLAN TO THE CITY STAFF. BLC APPROVALS GO BACK TO APPROVAL BY THE ADMINISTRATOR RATHER THAN THE BOARD. AND REVERTED LANDSCAPE AND BUFFER REQUIREMENTS TO PREVIOUS STANDARDS. AS MISS GO GREGORY ALLUDED TO, A BILL PROVIDED IN THE HOUSE. SENATE BILL 840. A BILL THAT IS SEEKING TO CORRECT SOME OF THE DAMAGE OF SENATE BILL 180. WE ARE TRACKING IT VERY CLOSELY. IT DOES NOT HAVE A COMPANION YET. ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS IT DOES THIS YEAR IN 2026, IT ALLOWS US -- THE DATE FOR NO MORE RESTRICTIVE OR BURDENSOME AMENDMENTS GOES UNTIL OCTOBER OF 2027. IT BRINGS IT BACK TO JULY OF 20 2026 WHICH IS REALLY GOOD. WHICH MEANS THAT ALL THE THINGS WE PUT ON HOLD IN THE LAST YEAR WILL BE ABLE TO PULL BACK OUT, OFF THE SHELVES AND BRING THEM BACK TO YOU INCLUDING THE JULY 2024 CYCLE APPLICATION WE HELD BACK INCLUDING RESTORING THE YBOR PARKING LANGUAGE AND ALSO IT WILL HELP US WITH OUR COMP PLAN AMENDMENT UPDATE AS WELL. WE HAVE OUR FINGERS CROSSED THAT SENATE BILL 840 GETS A COMPANION PASSES THE HOUSE, PASSES THE SENATE FOR SIGNATURE SO WE CAN RESUME BUSINESS AS USUAL. SO TODAY, THIS IS FIRST READING OF OUR YBOR CITY PARKING REQUIREMENTS TAKING THEM BACK TO WHAT THEY USED TO BE HAD. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >>LYNN HURTAK: I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE UPDATE ON THAT. BECAUSE THIS BILL WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST -- ORDINANCE THAT WE ARE HAVING TO WHERE REPLACE WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ORDINANCES USED BE CITIES TO SHOW THE LEGISLATURE THAT WE ARE IMPEDING ON A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT I WORKED WITH TPD ON FOR A LONG TIME. SOMETHING THAT THEY WANTED. AND SO THE FACT WE HAD TO RESCIND IT WAS PRETTY TERRIBLE. AND MAKES THEIR JOB A LOT HARDER. I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO PUT THIS BACK IN PLACE HOPEFULLY IN JULY INSTEAD OF HAVING TO WAIT ANOTHER YEAR AND A HALF. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, THERE ARE NO RULES SO WE HAVE TO PUT SOMETHING IN PLACE. I UNFORTUNATELY UNDERSTAND, BUT I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS FORWARD. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS EYE THEM. HEARING NONE. THAT'S RIGHT, WE HAD A BAILEY -- DAVID. ARE YOU ONLINE? THANK YOU. DA DAVID? >> I AM ON LINE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW. VERY GOOD. GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL. I UNDERSTAND SB-18 TO HAS BEEN A DISASTER FOR THE PUBLIC AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND RATHER LITIGATE AND FREEZE THE CLOCK, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DECIDED TO -- THAT IT WAS TOO EXPENSIVE AND DIDN'T DO WHAT A LOT OF OTHER CITIES DID WHICH IS FIGHT BACK. AS A RESULT, WE HAVE 840 HEADED TOWARD LEGISLATURE LIKE MISS DANA CROSBY COLLIER MENTIONED. BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, I THINK THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO STANDUP AND NOT JUST GO ALONG FOR THE RIDE. I WAS ALSO DISTURBED TO HEAR, YET AGAIN, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE INCORRECTLY STATE THE POWERS AND AUTHORITIES OF MR. DENNIS ROGERO, THE BLC ADMINISTRATOR WHEN DECIDE WHAT THEY CALL A ROLL-BACK TEXT AMENDMENT. AND WE ASKED THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO GIVE CLARIFICATION TO THIS MISSTATEMENT. AND THEY SENT A SECTION OF THE CODE. THEY REALLY THINK THAT THEY AND YOU SHOULD READ AGAIN BECAUSE I CAN UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WORD "REVIEW" AND THE WORD "APPROVED." SO IN LAYMAN'S TERMS MR. FRIENDS AND STAFF ARE INSTRUCTED TO REVIEW ACTIONS, BUT NOT APPROVE ACTIONS UNLESS THEY ARE FOR NOMINAL THINGS LIKE PAINT COLORS OR FENCING. ONLY THE BLC COMMISSION, NOT STAFF, HAS THE POWER TO VARIANCES AND IMPROVE ENTIRE SITE PLANS. THINK OF IT THIS WAY. IF THE STAFF DID HAVE THOSE POWERS, WHY WOULD OFF COMMISSION AT ALL? IT PAINS ME TO SAY THAT MR. FERNANDEZ HAS DEFIED THE YBOR DESIGN GUIDELINES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR STANDARDS AND HAVE APPROVED VARIANCES WITHOUT PUBLIC HEARING AND THE RESULT IS WITHOUT QUESTION. IF YOU STOP AND WALK AROUND HISTORIC YBOR, YOU WILL SEE THE GASHES THAT HAVE BEEN LEFT IN OUR LANDMARK HISTORIC DISTRICT. NORWEGIAN MR. SFEFERNANDEZ IS A GOOD MAN AND AN ADVOCATE, WE CAN ONLY SAY THAT A SUPERIOR HAS INSTRUCTED HIM ON WHAT WAS DONE. AT THE END OF THE DAY, HE IS SIGNING OFF ON THE SITE PLANS THAT DEFY THE CODE. WHAT AM I ASKING YOU TO DO TODAY? I AM ASKING YOU TO DO WHAT HAS BEEN AVOIDED FOR WAY TOO LONG WHICH IS TO MEET WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ONE ON ONE AND SEE FOR YOURSELF. NUMBER TWO, USE YOUR POWER TO STOP MR. FERNANDEZ AND OTHER STAFF FROM APPROVING SITE PLANS WITHOUT PUBLIC HEARING WHICH IS A VIOLATION OF CODE. NUMBER THREE, I SAID THIS SO MANY TIMES AND I HAVE TO SAY IT AGAIN. NOT ONE GOOD NEIGHBOR NOTICE WENT OUT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION REGARDING THIS PROCESS. NOT THE SEPTEMBER MEETING, NOT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, AND NOT THIS MEETING TODAY. AND THIS IS SHAMEFUL. IT IS ABSOLUTELY SHAMEFUL. WHAT WE GOT IN RESPONSE WAS THAT WE COMPLIED WITH THE CODE WHICH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WHO SITS AROUND AND READS EVERY LEGAL NOTICE IN THE BACK OF LA GACETA? NOT US. IT IS VERY EASY TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND AGAIN THE CITY FILES DO SO. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, DAVID. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. OKAY. HEARING NOBODY ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? HEARING NONE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: 42, RIGHT? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: 43. THE PARKING. ROLLING BACK PENDING THE OUTCOME. MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO. A SECOND FROM -- ANYBODY? SECOND? IF YOU DON'T WANT TO CLOSE THE HEARING, WHAT ELSE DO YOU HAVE TO SAY? >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I -- HE JUST -- HE JUST SAID THAT THERE WAS NOT PROPER NOTICE OF THE COMMUNITY AND AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WILL LET STAFF THEN A QUESTION. PUBLIC NOTICE. >>DANA CROSBY COLLIER: DANA CROSBY COLLIER, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. WITH REGARDS TO LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENTS WHICH WE DO TWICE A YEAR. THE NOTICE REQUIREMENT 166.041 OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES. THAT STANDARD NOTICE FOR ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE HAS IT ALL CITIES MUST COMPLY WITH. NOW THERE ARE GOOD NEIGHBORS -- AS MR. BAILEY MENTIONED, GOOD NEIGHBOR NOTICE PROVISIONS IN OUR CODE, AND THE CODE DIRECTS OUR APPLICANTS SPECIFICALLY IN CERTAIN CASES TO PROVIDE GOOD NEIGHBOR NOTICE. FOR EXAMPLE, BLC CASES CASES ARC, BLC, HPC, GRAND TREE REMOVAL, HARGS AND D.E.s. STANDARD LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE WE DO NOT PROVIDE NOTICE INDIVIDUALLY TO ALL THE CITIZENS. WE PROVIDE IT IN 1.66041 OF THE STATUTES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: JUST TO BE CLEAR, THERE IS A THE INTENT IS TO KEEP US IN COMPLIANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTE AND LAW, AND OUR HOPE IS THAT THIS GOING TO BE CHANGED AND ROLL THIS BACK HERE SHORTLY? >>DANA CROSBY COLLIER: YES, SIR, THAT'S CORRECT. WE NEED TO PUNT SOMETHING BACK ON BACKS BUS SENATE BILL 180, ANYTHING RESTRICTIVE -- VO VOID ABSENTIA. VOID SINCE IT WAS ENACTED OPINION SINCE THAT WAS ENACTED WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING ON THE BOOKS. AN EFFORTS TO RESTORE EXACTLY WHAT WE HAD IN AUGUST 1, 2024. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ABSENT THIS, WE HAVE NOTHING. >>DANA CROSBY COLLIER: WE HAVE NOTHING. CLENDENIN CONTACT LENSES I W-- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE? >>BILL CARLSON: YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION. IF WE DON'T APPROVE THIS, NOTHING TO REGULATE IT. IT IS WORSE IF WE DO NOTHING. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THIS IS THE BEST CHOICE OF BAD. OKAY. >>DANA CROSBY COLLIER: FOR NOW THIS IS THE BEST CHOICE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION TO CLOSE IN COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. WE ALREADY DID PUBLIC COMMENT. THAT CAME AND WENT. THEY ALREADY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TH THAT. WE HAD PUBLIC COMMENT. THEN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ONLINE ON TOP OF THAT. AND THEN I ACTUALLY AFTER THAT, HE CALLED AGAIN. I CALLED IT TWICE. YEAH. OKAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: LEAVE IT AT THAT, BUT I WILL WITHDRAW. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE HEARING IS CLOSED. I AM GOING -- WHO WOULD LIKE TO READ THIS? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I HAD READ IT. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, ITEM NUMBER 43, PETITION NUMBER 2025 CHAPTER 8-27. ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION. ORDINANCE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, RELATED TO THE PUBLICLY INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENT MAKE REGULAR VISIONS TO THE CITY OF TAMPA CODE OF ORDINANCE ACE MENDING SECTION 27-178 PARKING REQUIREMENTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITIES; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH; PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE DATE. A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. -- OH, WE HAVE TO RECORD THE VOTE. >>LYNN HURTAK: FOR A FIRST READING? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT WAS THE FIRST READING. I AM ALREADY CONFUSED. I DON'T NEED FOR TO YOU CONFUSE ME MORE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: 20 SOME YEARS AGO FOR WORKING ON THIS, THANKS THEM. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: FAVOR. OPPOSE STANDARDS THE AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY JANUARY 8, 2026 OLD CITY HALL 15 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD INTO, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33062. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 44. JO . >>REBECCA JOHNS: REBECCA JOHNS, THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE USF CAMPUS REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. FIRST HEARING WAS JANUARY 4, 2025. A FEW REFRESHERS. THIS AMENDMENT AS A RESULT OF CHANGES THAT WERE MADE TO USF CAMPUS MASTER PLAN APPROVED BY THE STATE. THIS ADDS IF THE CAMPUS MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT ADDED THE STADIUM AND SOME BEDS TO THE PLAN. THIS AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ONLY ADDRESSES THE IMPACT OF THE DEVELOPMENT TO PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES. THIS AMENDMENT DOES NOT APPROVE THE USES ALLOWED ON THE LAND AS THAT IS OUTSIDE THE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATUTES. ALSO, THIS AMENDMENTS ONLY ADDRESSES THE IMPACTS RELATE $TO THE STADIUM AND INCREASE IN BEDS. DOES NOT ADDRESS ANY PROPOSED FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF OTHER USF LAND. I WON'T GO THROUGH THE SPECIFICS OF THE AMENDMENT AS THEY WERE DISCUSSED IN THE FIRST HEARING; HOWEVER, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND USF HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. SINCE THIS THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING, A VOTE IS REQUIRED TODAY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SO NOT JUST FOR THE FUTURE TO HEAD THINGS OFF. I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDER STAND WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED. THE AUTHORITY OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL REGULATING THE FUTURE LANDS USE AT USF. CAN YOU STATE THAT AGAIN SO PEOPLE -- PEOPLE IN THE BACK CAN HEAR. >>REBECCA JOHNS: A SPECIFIC STATUTE THOUGHT ADDRESSES CAMPUS MASTER PLANS. THAT STATUTE. HE HIP SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS PROCESS IS EXEMPT FROM CHAPTER 163 WHICH WOULD BE LANDS USE. ONLY PORTION 163 THAT IS APPLICABLE TO THIS PROCESS IS THE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS. THIS -- THE STATUTE GOES THROUGH TO STATE THAT THE CITY'S ONLY ROLE IS TO COMMENT ON AND ADDRESS THE EFFECT OF THE DEVELOPMENT TO PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES. SO THAT -- THAT IS WATER, WASTEWATER SEWER TRANSPORTATION, STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT WE DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY SAY, YES, WE AGREE WITH WHAT YOUR PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS ARE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: MISS JOHNS, HELP ME WITH THE RESPONSE I SENT TO SOME OF THE CONSTITUENTS THAT E-MAILED. THANK YOU FOR THAT. JUST TO SAY IT ANOTHER WAY, AS YOU SAID THE USF UNIVERSITIES HAVE A MASTER PLAN. NOT ONLY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNED NOT UNDER OUR CODE. INSTEAD OF COMING BEFORE CITY COUNCIL, THEY GO TO THE STATE AND ALL THE DECISIONS AND THE ONES THAT COME ROOPS MAD-- COME NOT BY US. AND ITS OTHER THING YOU SAID TO US IN THE BRIEF SOMETHING THAT -- LIKE YOU SAID THIS IS JUST ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE CONNECTIVITY AND THEY EVEN PROVIDE THEIR OWN WATER, RIGHT. >>REBECCA JOHNS: SO FOR THIS, YES, THEY USE ON-CAMPUS WELLS. THERE ARE CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE CAMPUS THAT, I THINK, HAVE CITY SERVICES. AND THIS IS ADDRESSED IN THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. FOR THIS, IT IS ON-CAMPUS WELLS. >>BILL CARLSON: THE OTHER THING YOU TOLD NEWS OUR BRIEF -- TOEFLDZ NEWS THIS BRIEFING. IF WE TURN DOWN THE PROVISION OF SERVICES, THE STATE -- I READ THE LAW ITSELF. OVERRIDE THIS. IT WOULD BE A WASTED EFFORT TO TURN THIS DOWN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO, WOULD YOU LIKE READ THE ARE RESOLUTION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I JUST MOVE THE RESOLUTION FOR 44. >>LYNN HURTAK: PUBLIC COMMENT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU ARE RIGHT. THAT WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR. ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISHES TO SPEAK TO ITEM 44? YOUR BIG MOMENT. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, STEPHANIE POYNOR. AS FAR AS STORMWATER, WASTEWATER, BLAH-BLAH-BLAH GOES, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS MASTER AGREEMENT DOES NOT CHANGE THE FLUE FOR THE CLAW. OKAY. AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T, I AM WOK THAT. ONCE WE START CHANGING THE FLUE FOR THE CLAW, THEN WE HAVE A PROBLEM. BECAUSE CURRENTLY, THE FOLKS THAT LIVE AROUND THAT GOLF COURSE GET FLOODED. CURRENTLY, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AROUND THAT GOLF COURSE GET FLOODED. THAT WAS TWO YEARS AGO BEFORE WE HAD TWO HURRICANES BACK TO BACK. NO, DO YOU HAVE TO PASS THIS, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UP THERE UNDERSTAND S THAT AND CONFIRMING WITHER NOT CHANGING THE FLUE FOR THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY. NOT ONLY THAT, MY UNDERSTANDING THERE ARE NATIVE-AMERICANS BURIED UNDER THAT GOLF COURSE. AND, YES, THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE OFF BASE, BUT YOU NEED KEEP THAT IN THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD BECAUSE PERSONALLY I HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM WITH USF BECOMING A DEVELOPER WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY INTEND TO DO EVENTUALLY. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE FOOTBALL FIELD, BUT THAT IS GOING TO IMPACT STORMWATER AND WASTEWATER IF WE DO SOMETHING THERE THAT DOESN'T BELONG THERE ANYWAY. THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANYBODY ELSE IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? YES, MA'AM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO? >> I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY AS I STATED EARLIER, THIS ONLY APPLIES TO THE STADIUM. DOES NOT APPLY TO ANY OTHER PROPOSED FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO CLOSE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: FAVOR. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. AND COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO, YOU MOVED THE RESOLUTION. WHO IS THE SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA SECOND IT. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED, AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ITEM NUMBER 45. >>ROSS SAMONS: ROSS SAMONS, CANNED DEVELOPMENT -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HOLDS ON. THERE YOU GO. WE GOT YOU NOW. >>ROSS SAMONS: AGAIN, RO ROSS SAMONS, LANDS DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION, VAC-20-06 ORDINANCE WITH A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED VACATING ORDINANCE 2021-6 PASSED IN JANUARY 14, 2021, VACATING ORDINANCE VACATE TWO PORTIONS OF RIGHT-OF-WAY LOCATED SOUTH OF 26th AVENUE NORTH-SOUTH OF PLYMOUTH STREET AND EAST OF TALIAFERRO AVENUE AND WEST OF NEBRASKA AVENUE. PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ORDINANCE HAD CERTAIN CONDITIONS AND ONE OF THOSE WAS FIVE-YEAR REVERTER TO -- FOR THE APPLICANT TO COMMIT CONVICTION WITHIN A FIVE-YEAR TIME PERIOD. THIS ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED TODAY IS TO AMEND THAT CONDITION AND ADD AN ADDITIONAL FIVE-YEAR REVERTER WITH THE ORDINANCE TO TODAY. I AM AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: FIVE YEARS IS A LONG TIME. WHY HADN'T ANYTHING BEEN DONE? >>ROSS SAMONS: I WILL LET THE APPLICANT ANSWER THAT QUESTION. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: TOLD THAT QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT. >> RYAN MANASSE WITH RYAN POPE, DIRECTOR OF PLAN 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE, SUITE 4100. AS ROSS -- I APPRECIATE HIS STAFF REPORT AND PRESENTATION. IT IS STRAIGHTFORWARD AND I WILL ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. WE ARE SEEKING TO AMEND THAT REVERTER CLAUSE TO ADD ADDITIONAL FIVE YEARS. SUBJECT CONTEXT, THE SUBJECT RIGHT-OF-WAY HAS BEEN VACATED CURRENTLY AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO DILIGENTLY ADVANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY. YOU MAY RECALL ME BEING HERE FOR A COMPREHENSIVE PLANNED MAP AMENDMENT AND EUCLIDIAN REZONING TO CG THIS LAST YEAR AND I BELIEVE THE END 20624. BOTH WERE APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL. AS YOU KNOW, THESE PROCESS DO TAKE TIME AND WE ACCEPT RATED OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MAP AMENDMENT FROM THE REZONING AS COUNCIL LIKES AS WELL. THAT ADDS ADDITIONAL TIME. WE WANTED TO REDEVELOP OUR PROPERTY IN A MATTER CONSISTENT WITH CITY CODES. SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT MAY HELP ANSWER YOUR QUESTION THERE ARE PROPERTY WAS ORIGINALLY REZONED TWICE IN 2020, 2021 THROUGH A PD PROCESS. OBVIOUSLY COVID HIT US IN 2020. THINGS -- THE MARKET CHANGED. THINGS CHANGED. THAT DELAYED THE PROCESS. AND THEN WHEN WE GOT INVOLVED, WE LOOKED AT THE PROPERTY HOLISTICALLY AND WHAT ARE THE MOST FLEXIBLE USES AND THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER AND THE PREVIOUS ,D WAS -- PD WAS APPROVED FOR MULTIFAMILY AND IT OPENED UP THE USE OF THIS PROPERTY. HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS MOST OF THAT QUESTION. BUT I CAN ELABORATE IF YOU -- IF THAT ANSWERS THE MAJORITY OF YOUR QUESTIONS. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. DO YOU HAVE A MAP? >> SURE. I CAN PULL -- AND ALSO THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER HAS BEEN PAYING TAXES, OBVIOUSLY MAINTAINING THIS AREA CURRENTLY. I KNOW FIVE YEARS SEEMS LIKE A LOT. BUT COUNCIL, AS YOU KNOW, WITH THE LAST ITEMS, WE HAVE LDC UPDATES, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATES. OBVIOUSLY SENATE BILL HAS MOVED OF THAT AROUND A LITTLE BIT. BUT ALL THIS PUT TOGETHER, FIVE YEARS IS NOT A LOT TO START VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION. ALSO I WANT TO POINT OUT, I DID RESEARCH JUST THIS LAST YEAR AND THIS REVERTER CLAUSE IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY USED ANYMORE. GOES BACK TO THE TIME WHEN I WAS AT THE CITY. AND I CAN TELL YOU AT ALL OF 2025, NO REVERTER CLAUSE ON ANY DEVELOPMENT REZONINGS. I KNOW FIVE YEARS SOUNDS LONG, BUT I CONFIRMED WITH MY CLIENT THAT HE IS READY AND WILLING AND WILL REDEVELOP THE PROPERTY WITHIN THAT TIME FRAME. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. >> YES, MA'AM. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: TO BE CLEAR, IT IS NOT FIVE BUT THEN NOW. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IT WAS NOT FIVE. IT WAS TEN. >> EXPIRES JANUARY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: TEN YEARS DEVELOP THE PROPERTY IS A LONG TIME. >> THOSE ISSUES THAT CAME UP, COVID, YOU KNOW, THE TWO REZONING PROCESS ACE LOAN THROUGH A PD PROCESSES TALKING SIX, EIGHT MONTHS EASY IF THINGS GOES SMOOTHLY EATS AWAY AT THE FIVE YEARS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IRONY, YOU KNOW HOW WE ARE WITH ALLEYS AND THESE RIGHT-OF-WAYS. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS COUNCIL WOULD HAVE APPROVED THE VACATION. >> TO THE POINTS, IT IS A DEAD-END STREET. I DON'T KNOW IF WOULD YOU HAVE APPROVED THAT. IN THIS CASE, WHEN IT IS DEVELOPED, IT IS GOING TO BE A CG USE AJAY STOENTS RESID TO HOUSE THAT IS A NICE B BUFFER. >>LYNN HURTAK: JUST SO YOU KNOW IF YOU PUT THE MAP BACK UP. THAT SECTION, THAT IS BURRELL PARK. SO THIS S THIS IS DEFINITELY AN AREA WE WANT TO SEE MOVEMENT. THAT IS WHY I WANTED TO PUT THE MAP UP, TO REMIND PEOPLE WHERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO THIITEM? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECONDED FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. FAVOR. OPPOSED. AYE HAVE IT. COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: ORDINANCE PRESENT FOR FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA AMENDING ORDER NUMBER 2021-OF PASS AND ORDAINED JANUARY 14 ALREADY 2021 VACATED, CLOSED, DISCONTINUED OR ABANDONED TWO RIGHT-OF-WAY OF NORTH OF PLYMOUTH STREET, EAST OF TALIAFERRO AVENUE AND WEST OF NEBRASKA AVENUE AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED BELOW TO EXTEND THE FIVE-YEAR REVERTER CLAUSE, FIVE ADDITIONAL YEARS ALLOW MORE TIME TO COMMENCE VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION, REPEALING CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITIES AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION AND A SECOND AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA ABSENT AT JOY THE. JANUARY 8, 2026. 315 E. KENNEDY, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CAN I HAVE A MOTION OPEN THE 1:30 HEARINGS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED. 1:30 PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE OPEN. IF YOU WERE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 46 OR 47, PLEASE STAND, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND BE SWORN IN BY OUR CLERK. THAT [SPEARING IN] CLENDENIN CONTACT LENSES ITEM NUMBER 46. >>CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE: GOOD AFTERNOON, CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT. ITEM NUMBER 46 IS A REVIEW HEARING WITH REGARDS TO THE CITY APPLICATION SU 1-25-54 FOR THE PROPERTY AT 2901 NORTH ALBANY AVENUE. PETITIONER IS MISS SEEMA PATEL AND MISS COYLE AGAINST OF THE PETITIONER. TO HAVE A DWELLING MULTIFAMILY UNIT. STAFF DENIED THE REQUEST, THE APPLICATION ON OCTOBER 10, 2025, ON THE BASIS THAT THE APPLICATION DOES NOT MEET THE CRITERIA, THE SPECIFIC CRY TER YE IN 27-132, PART 1, WHICH IS ARE, IT DOES NOT HAVE THE ACT TO AN ARTERIAL OR COLLECTOR ROAD. CITY COUNCIL, YOU ARE REVIEWING -- YOUR PACKET RIGHT NOW, I HAVE PROVIDED THE PROPOSED RULES OF PROCEDURES FOR CITY COUNCIL IN ORDER TO CONDUCT THIS HEARING THAT. A COPY OF CODE SECTION 27-61, THAT GOVERNS THE REVIEW HEARING PROCESS. AND THE STAFF REPORT INCLUDES COPIES OF -- OR INFORMATION REGARDING CODE SECTION 27-132, WHICH PROVIDES THE TWO SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR A MULTIFAMILY DWELLING UNIT. IT ALSO INCLUDES CODE SECTION 27-129, GENERAL STANDARDS FOR SPECIAL USES AND CODE SECTIONS 27-130, WHICH IS REGARDING CONDITIONS AND SAFEGUARDS THAT CITY COUNCIL CAN IMPOSE. I ALSO PROVIDED ON THE LAST PAGE SAMPLE MOTIONS REGARDING THIS MAT MATTER. AS I PREVIOUSLY STATED, CODE SECTION 27-61 GOVERN THIS TYPE OF HEARING. A REVIEW HEARING. SPECIFICALLY CODE SECTION 27-61, SUBSECTIONS J-3 STATES THAT THIS HEARING IS A DE NOVO HEARING WHICH MEANS THAT YOU ARE SITTING IN THE SHOES OF THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR. YOU CAN ACCEPT NEW EVIDENCE AND NEW INFORMATION IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH THIS APPLICATION. CITY STAFF SHOULD BE ONLINE TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE APPLICATION AND THE DECISION OF STAFF AND WHY THEY DENIED THE APPLICATION. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE HEARING, CODE SECTION 27-61 STATES THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CAN AFFIRM THE DECISION OF THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR AND DENY THE SU-1 APPLICATION OR YOU CAN OVERTURN THE DECISION OF THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR AND, THEREFORE, APPROVE THE SU-1 APPLICATION. I AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS CLENDENIN HAVE COUNCIL HAD ANY EXPRESS LANES THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE RECEIVED AND FILED? HEARING NONE. CITY STAFF. PRESENTATION. WELL, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. YOU ARE MUTED. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCIL. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW. START WITH YOUR NAME. >> LAURA MARLEY, ZONING COORDINATOR. IF I CAN SHARE MY SCREEN, PLEASE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT ENTAILS. OH, IT IS COMING UP. >>LAURA MARLEY: CAN YOU SEE THAT? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE CAN SEE YOUR SCREEN NOW, THANK YOU. >>LAURA MARLEY: PETITION FOR REVIEW FOR SU-1 25-54. PETITIONER AND PROPERTY OWNER IS SEEMA PATEL. SATING MISS DPROIL BOSTON ENGINEERING. ADDRESS 2901 NORTH ALBANY AVENUE AND SPECIAL UNIT ASK FOR DWELLING PV. HERE IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROPERTY AND LOCATION. HERE IS A COPY OF THE SITE PLAN. HERE A TWO-STORY MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING. IT SHOWS THE PARKING AND THE ACCESS OFF OF WEST ST. JOSEPH STREET. THE PROPERTY IS SHOWN IN -- IN THE BLUE AND THE PINK OUTLINE. AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT IS ON ST. JOSEPH STREET AND NORTH ALBANY AND TO THE NORTH, THE BLACK LINE, THAT'S WEST COLUMBUS DRIVE. AND THAT IS AN ARTERIAL. FOR THE DWELLING MULTIFAMILY, THE SPECIAL USE CRITERIA HAS TWO. ONE OF THEM HAS DIRECT ACCESS TO AN ARTERIAL COLLECTOR. DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THAT WITH THE CODE. LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF NORTH ALBANY AND WEST ST. JOSEPH STREET WHICH ARE CLASSIFIED AS LOCAL STREETS. B, IT DOES MEET THE DIT MENTIONAL CRITERIA OF RM-24. IT IS IN THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY AND URBAN DESIGN HAS REVIEW IT AND FOUND CONSISTENT WITH THE OVERLAY STANDARDS. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES? A PROPERTY ALREADY EXISTING? >>LAURA MARLEY: YES, MA'AM. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? APPLI APPLICANT. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. CATHERINE COYLE WITH BOSTON ENGINEERING 607 SOUTH ALEXANDER STREET, PLANT CITY. BEFORE I BEGIN THE PRESENTATION, I DO WANT TO READ THE OPENING STATEMENT FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER FROM HER OWN WORDS. THAT IS LOCATED ON THE NARRATIVE REPORT THAT WAS HANDED OUT. I PURCHASED THIS NORTH N DECEMBER 2024 WITH THE INTENTION OF FIXING IT UP AND RENTING IT OUT TO WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE NEEDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IT IS HER INTENT TO MEET THEED FOR DEFINITION IN 27-43 CAPS AT 120% OF THE AMI AND 30% OF THE ADJUSTED MONTHLY GROSS INCOME. I LOOKED UP THOSE NUMBERS IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE. I SOON DISCOVERED THAT THE INDIVIDUAL -- I HIRED THE PERSON WHO SOLD ME THE PROPERTY TO DO THE WORK OF THE REMODELING OF THE STRUCTURE AND SOON DISCOVERED THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS PERFORMING WORK WITHOUT PERMITS. AGAIN SHE PURCHASE IT DECEMBER OF 2024 AND RECEIVED HER FIRST CITATION IN FEBRUARY OF 2025. IT WAS BROUGHT US TO LATE JUNE, EARLY JULY OF 2025. AND THEN WE SUBSEQUENTLY FILED FOR THE SPECIAL USE AND FILED TRY THE PROCESS. TAKES LITTLE WHILE TO GET TO COUNCIL ON A APPEAL -- ON A PETITION FOR REVIEW. AROUND AT THE SAME TIME, I WAS NOTIFIED FROM THE CITY THAT A PRIOR OWNER CONVERTED FROM A DUE FORECASTS A FOUR FLEX UNDER THE CI ZONING DISTRICT. BASED ON MY RESEARCH, THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTED IN 196 6 WITH TWO DWELLING UNITS UPSTAIRS AND ONE OFFICE DOWNSTAIRS. TODAY IT IS STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL, OFFICE COMMERCIAL. SOMETIME AROUND 2006, THE BUILDING BEGAN OPERATING PAZ A FOUR PLEX. TWO UNITS UPSTAIRS AND TWO UNITS DOWNSTAIRS. APPROXIMATELY ALMOST 20 YEARS. MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IS HOW THE BUILDING HAS BEEN OPERATED UNTIL THE TIME I PURCHASED IT. I AM SEEKING APPROVAL OF THE SPECIAL USE ONE TO ALLOW THE BUILDING TO CONTINUE TO BE OPERATED AS MULTIFAMILY IN A CI DISTRICT. THIS WILL ALLOW ME TO CONTINUE FIXING UP ITS BUILDING, OPERATING AT A FOUR PLEX. MY GOAL TO HAVE THIS PROPERTY RENOVATED AND POSSIBLE PIED PROVIDE THE NEEDED AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND COMP PLAN POLICIES AND THE DIFFERENT CODE PROVISIONS THAT THE PROPERTY IS COMPLIANT WITH. GUILT THROUGH THE PRESENTATION REALLY FAST. JUST AS AN OVERVIEW, CC-35, COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL 35, THAT IS IN RED. R-35 WHICH IS 35 OUUNITS PER AC SOUND IT. AREA CC-35 TO THE SOUTH AS WELL. CC-35 ALLOWs UNITS PER ACRE BY THE STANDARD CALCULATION AND 35 UNITS PER ACRE WITH A BONUS AGREEMENT. USING THE STANDARD ALLOWS FIVE UNIONS ON THE PROPERTY. THIS IS ONLY PROPOSING FOUR WHICH IS 80% WHAT IS ALLOWED UNDER THE STANDARD MAXIMUM AND WITHIN THE EXISTING BUILDING. IT ALSO ALLOW AS 1.50 F.A.R. THAT WEST TAMPA IS IN AN URBAN VILLAGE AND ALLOWS USING F.A.R. OPPOSED TO THE DENSITY, 7478 OF FLOOR AREA THIS BUILDING 1342 SQUARE FEET WHICH IS ONLY 28% OF THE FLOOR AREA ALLOW NOPD BONUSES SOUGHT. SHE IS SIMPLY LOOKING TO USE THE EXISTING STRUCTURE AND RENOVATE IT. FOR REFERENCE, A BONUS AGREEMENT WILL ALLOW SIX UNIONS OR 14,796 SQUARE FEET. I DID HIGHLIGHT FOR YOUR WAY FOR YOUR REFERENCE, THE BOUNDARY OF THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY BUSINESS CORE. UNDER THE BUSINESS CORE AND THE OVERLAY, PARKING IS NO NOT RI REQUIRED FOR NEIGHBORHOODS WITH EATING AND DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS UP TO 3,000 SQUARE FEET. ZONING IN THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY IS ZONED CI AND THE RED PATTERN FOLLOWS THE LANDS USE CATEGORY. FOR EXAMPLE, PERMITTED USES THAT GIVE THE COMPLEX OF INTENSE ALLOWED ON ITS PROPERTY AND THE ISSUE REALLY AT PLAY BEFORE YOU IS THE REQUEST FOR THE WAIVER OF AN ACCESS OF AN AN TERRITORIAL COLLECTOR. AS A REESTABLISHED PROPERTY, RES RE-ESTABLISH THIS AS A COMMERCIAL USE AS IS LANDS NOT BE REQUIRED TO ACCESS AN ARTERIAL COLLECTOR BECAUSE IT ONLY HAVE ACCESS TO LOCAL STREETS. PROFESSIONAL VETERINARY, CLINIC, HOTEL, MOTEL, SMALL OR LARGE KENNELS, LIGHT MANUFACTURING WHICH IS IMPORTANT AND I WILL EXPLAIN EARLIER, VEHICLE SALES AND REPAIR, TRUCK RENTAL, RETAIL SALES, RESTAURANTS AND SO ON. THE FULL LIST IS ON THE REPORT THAT I GAVE. SITE NEEDS APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF EAST TAMPA OVERLAY WITH THE ALLEY ACCESS. AND THE ALLEY IS TO BE PAVED PER THE CITY OF TAMPA STANDARDS AND FRONT SETBACK AVERAGE COMPLIES WITH THE BLOCK AVERAGE AS REQUIRED BY CODE. SURROUNDING USES -- GETS BACK TO THE LIGHT MANUFACTURING. DIRECTLY NORTH, WHICH ACTUALLY USED TO BE CONNECTED TO THIS PROPERTY, THERE IS A 1118-SQUARE-FOOT BUILDING, THE LOT IS 1790 SQUARE FEET. PARTIAL LOT ACROSS THE ALLEY THAT IT HAS ACCESS TO. TO THE EAST, IMMEDIATELY TO THE EAST ON THE OTHER SIDE, A SMALL PARKING AREA. IT IS A 1500-SQUARE-FOOT BUILDING, 4709-SQUARE-FOOT LOT. NO ALLEY ACCESS. ACROSS THE STREET IN A CHURCH. 294 SQUARE FEET. PARKING FROM ST. JOSEPH. ACCESS FROM AND ALONG -- NOT A REALLY DEFINED PARKING AREA. QUITE FRANKLY A LOT OF DIRT THAT GOES IN THE PROPERTY AND BROKEN ASPHALT. TO THE SOUTH IS LIGHT MANUFACTURING. A DAB MEAN -- CABINET MAKER. 7900-SQUARE-FOOT BUILDING. 10,550-SQUARE-FOOT LOT AND PARKING IS LOCATED ALONG ST. JOSEPH STREET WHICH IS A LOCAL STREET. HISTORICAL USE. BUILT IN 1966 ACCORDING TO THE PROPERTY APPRAISER. BLOOMINGDALE AS A MAKESED USE WITH TWO RESIDENTIAL UNITS ABOVE WITH OFFICE BELOW. 1966 POLK DIRECTORY HIGHLIGHT TWO PEOPLE LIVING UPSTAIRS. 2901. THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS IN NOSE TWO DIFFERENT. 2901-A WAS A CAR CLEANING BUSINESS ON THE FIRST FLOOR. I DID GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE -- OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T HAVE PICTURES FROM A LONG, LONG TIME AGO AND GOOGLE STREET VIEW GOES BACK TO 2007. SHE NOTED RESEARCH SHOWED 2006 IT WAS CONVERTED. YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE FOUR MAILBOXES ON THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING ALL THE WAY -- '07 UP TO THE CURRENTS PICTURE WAY WAS AVAILABLE 2023. THIS IS THE SITE PLAN. AND YOU HAVE IT BEFORE YOU AS WELL. EXISTING CHANCE ARE REMAIN ON THE PROPERTY. EXIST BUILDING BUILT IN 66. TWOP. ONE-BEDROOM UNITS UPSTAIRS AND DOWNSTAIRS. 24, 32, TWO 18-INCH OAKS AND TWO PALMS IN THE REAR. PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS ARE PAVING THE ALLEY, ADDING IN THE FOUR PAVED SPACES WITH THE A.D.A. SPACE, AS WELL AS ADDING FOUR NEW TYPE ONE SHADE TREES AND ONE PALM BACK HERE. THE SPECIAL USE CRITERIA OF 137.12 WAIVER BECAUSE OF ACCESS TO COLLECTOR OR ARTERIAL. AND A SECOND CRITERIA MEETS THE STANDARDS AS REQUIRED WITH THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY. LOOKING AT THE GENERAL STANDARDS AUNLDZ WE KNEE IT MEETS THE SPECIAL USE CRY TER YE WITH THE USE OF THE ACCESS. TO AND FROM THE ALLEY WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY REQUIRED UNDER WEST TAMPA OVERLAY. THE ALLEY WILL BE IMPROVED WHICH IS BENEFIT TO THE CITY AND THE SURROUNDING BLOCK. THE SECOND ONE IS THE USE WHICH IS LISTED AS SPECIAL USE IN THE DISTRICT TO BE LOCATED AND COMPLIES WITH ALL REQUIRED REGULATIONS, WHICH IT DOES. I DID NOTE A DE-1 FILED FOR THE SLIGHT PARKING REDUCTION SEVEN TO FOUR AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND THE STAFF DID APPROVE IT WITH A CONDITION THAT THE SPECIAL USE IS APPROVED. IT DID MEET ALL OTHER STANDARDS. THE USE IS COMPATIBLE AND CONTIGUOUS WITH SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. I NOTED THAT THE EXISTING BUILDING IS CHAT IN SIZE AND SURROUNDING PROPERTIES AND SERVES AS TRANSITION OF USE OF THE HEAVY COMMERCIAL USES BETWEEN COLUMBUS AND THE LIGHT MANUFACTURING TO THE SOUTH. TRANSITIONING BETWEEN THAT AND THE CHURCH AND THE SINGLE-FAMILY ON THE NORTH AND WEST. AS FAR AS BEING IN COMPLIANCE AND IN CONFORMITY WITH THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, I DID CITE SEVERAL POLICIES HERE UNDER CITY PLANNING STRATEGY, URBAN VILLAGE, URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS, RESIDENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT. ALL OF THESE SPEAKS TO EMPHASIZING A COMPACT OF MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THIS ENVIRONMENT. AND MAINTAIN SETBACK FROM THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY WHICH MEMBERS THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY. THIS ONE AT THE BOTTOM IN PARTICULAR, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT POLICY 9.257 SPECIFICALLY SAYS EMPHASIS SHOULD BE ON THE EXISTING BUILDING STOCK, WHICH THIS MEETS THAT PROVISION. CONTINUING WITH NUMBER 4, MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL, 9.6.1. ENCOURAGE THE DIVERSE MULTIFAMILY HOUSING TIMES AND MIXED-INCOME RESIDENTIAL. HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND ALL 9.91. WITHIN THE NEW DOWNTOWNS AREAS OF WEST TAMPA, WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT. ALSO THIS -- NUMBER 5 IS -- WILL NOT ESTABLISH A PRECEDENT AND ENCOURAGE MORE INTENT SELF AND INCOMPATIBLE USE. THIS BUILDING IS EXISTING AND COMPATIBLE IN SIZE WITH THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES AS I PREVIOUS LEAVE MENTIONED. IT IS KIND OF RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE AT 2142 SQUARE FEET IS CONSISTENT WITH A SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE ANYMORE. THE PROPOSED USE FOR MULTIFAMILY UNITS IS LESS INTENSE AS THE OTHER USE ALLOWED MENTIONED BEFORE WITH THE UNDERLYING LANDS USE MAXIMUM DENSITY AND INTENSITY. WITH THAT, WE DO BELIEVE IT MEETS ALL OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE CODE. AND I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL AND WAIVER OF THAT REQUIREMENT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HI HEARING NONE. STAFF, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? ARE YOU THERE? >>LAURA MARLEY: YES LAURA MARLEY, ZONING COORDINATOR. AFTER YOU MAKE A MOTION WHICH WILL -- I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A CHANCE TO ASK COUNCIL A QUESTION. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OKAY. I MEAN -- WE ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC. I AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW THAT YOU WOULD FIT INTO THIS HEARING. THIS WOULD BE YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INFORMATION, STAFF. >>LAURA MARLEY: LAURA MARLEY, ZONING COORDINATOR. IT IS NOT INFORMATION THIS APPLICATION. IT IS INFORMATION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO COLUMBUS THIS SPECIAL USE ONE PROCESS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VERY GOOD. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I HAVE ONE QUESTION I WANT TO ASK. >>LYNN HURTAK: OF STAFF? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MISS COYLE. >> YES, SIR. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ARE THESE SEPARATE METERS OR SEPARATE WATER METERS. >> FOUR SEPARATE ELECTRICAL METER AND ONE METER, AND SHE SPLITS IT FOUR WAYS. DIVIDES THE COST UP OVER THE FOUR. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: FOUR ELECTRIC AND ONE WATER IS WHAT I HEARD. >> CORRECT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? >> GOOD AFTERNOON, STEPHANIE POYNOR. SOMEBODY WHO OWN AS PROPERTY ALMOST EXACTLY LIKE THIS BUTS IN KENTUCKY AND KIND OF THE SAME SET-UP. I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WATER AND THEY ALL HAVE SEPARATE ELECTRIC BILLS IN MICHIGAN. IT IS KIND OF DISCOURAGING TO SEE -- AND I FULLY SENT YOU GUY AS TIK TOK THIS WEEK WITH -- TALKING ABOUT THESE KINDS OF PROPERTIES THAT THEY -- THAT THEY WERE THERE. THEY ARE MISSING MIDDLE AND WE ARE SHUTTING THEM DOWN. AND I UNDERSTAND STAFF CAN'T -- IT JUST BEFUDDLES ME. BUT STAFF COULDN'T MAKE THE DECISION TO APPROVE SOMETHING THAT THANK WOULD BE COMMON SENSICAL AND APPROVE THINGS THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY NONSENSICAL. WE TALKED BUT THOSE KIND OF THINGS BEFORE, BUT I ABSOLUTELY THINK YOU SHOULD APPROVE IT. THE LANDLORD BOUGHT IT FOR THE BEST INTENTIONS TO PROVIDE HOUSING THAT WOULD BE REASONABLY PRICED. AND DO WITH WHAT THE PROPERTY LOOKS LIKE THIS SHOULD DO. AND OBVIOUSLY SHE GOT SHAKEN DOWN BY SOMEBODY WHO WAS TELLING HER THEY WERE DOING EVERYTHING THE WAY THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO, WHICH THIS WON'T LAST TIME WE TALK ABOUT THAT EITHER. BUT I ABSOLUTELY THINK YOU SHOULD APPROVE THIS PROJECT. A PROPERTY I WOULD HAVE BOUGHT THINKING I COULD RENT IT OUT. ESPECIALLY IF IT HAS SEPARATE ELECTRIC METERS. IF IT WAS ALL ON ONE ELECTRIC, THAT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION. BUT YOU WITH IT BEING ON SEPARATE ELECTRIC METERS. THAT -- THAT SHOWS YOU THAT AT SOME POINT IN TIME, TECO MUST HAVE THOUGHT IT WAS LEGAL AND THEY WILL NOT PUNT A SEPARATE ELECTRIC METER ON MUCH OF ANYTHING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BEFUDDLE IS THE WORD OF THE DAY. OKAY. I AM ASSUMING THAT DO YOU NOT HAVE A REBUTTAL BECAUSE THE ONLY THING THAT CAME AFTER YOUR TESTIMONY WAS POSITIVE IN YOUR LIGHT. >> CATHERINE COYLE FOR THE RECORD. NO, I DO NOT. THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VERY GOOD. CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. NOT ABOUT THE THIS ITEM. A MOTION TO CLOSE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO. A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED, AYES HAVE IT MOP WOULD LIKE TO READ THIS. COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO OVERTURN THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR'S DENIAL. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION FOR SU 1-25-54 FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2901 NORTH ALBANY AVENUE BECAUSE THE PETITIONER HAS COMPETENT AND SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE OF THE CODE THAT THE PROPERTY HAS DIRECT ACCESS TO AN ARTERIAL AND COLLECTOR STREET AS SHOWN ON THE STREET MAP. THE FOLLOWING, LOOK AT THE PRESENTATION. IT WAS SO DETAILED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE -- I DON'T THINK SHE MISSED ANYTHING. I MEAN EVERYTHING FROM TREE PRESERVATION. COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA ASKED ABOUT THE ELECTRIC METERS AND THE WATER METERS. THE DISCUSSION REGARDING -- THE COMMENTS OF THE MISSING MIDDLE. THE -- THE AMI, WHICH WAS BROUGHT UP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION. IT IS ADDRESSING HOUSING. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: LAND USE POLICY 9.2.5, EMPHASIS ON THE RECYCLING OF THE EXISTING BUILDING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHAT WAS THAT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: 9.2.5. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 9.2.5. IT'S TRUE. IT IS OLDER AND BEING REUSED AND REPURPOSED, SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING THE NEED OF HOUSE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. THAT IS MY MOTION. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO. A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I JUST WANT TO HE CAN KWHEE MR. MANISCALCO SAID. ALTHOUGH IT DOES NOT MEET THE CRITERIA PER SE, THAT BUILDING HAS BEEN THERE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME AND HAS BEEN OPERATING THAT WAY FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. EVEN BEFORE WE HAD THOSE SATELLITES THAT GO BY AND TELL YOU WHAT YOU HAVE THERE. FOR ME TO PICK THIS ONE OUT -- AND ALTHOUGH I MAY NOT LIKE IT 100%. ANOTHER TEN BUILDINGS SOUTH THAT ARE OPERATING LIKE THIS TODAY. IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, I WILL TAKE TO YOU THEM. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NEARING FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: VOICE VOTE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. SAY AYE. OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. LAURA, AWED QUESTION -- CLERK, RAISE THAT AND THEN I WILL GET TO YOU LAURA. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY, SPGD, SECOND HEARS JANUARY 8, 2026 CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS 315 E. KENNEDY, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL. HAPPY HOLIDAYS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: LAURA, YOU HAD A QUESTION FOR US. >>LAURA MARLEY: YES, LAURA MARLEY, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. AS YOU KNOW YOU HEAR QUITE A LOT OF THESE SPECIAL USES FOR MULTIFAMILY THAT DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO ARTERIALS. AND YOU HAVE OVERTURNED QUITE A FEW OF THEM. SO WHAT STAFF WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH YOUR APPROVAL IS ADD IT TO THE 2025 CYCLE SO WE CAN POSSIBLY AMEND THE SECTION OF THE CODE. WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE CODE. WE CAN'T USE OUR JUDGMENT ON THIS. SO WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE CODE. THAT IS WHY YOU SEE MANY OF THESE PETITIONS FOR REVIEWS BECAUSE OF OF THIS CRITERIA. IF YOU WERE OKAY WITH LETTING US ADD THAT TO THE CYCLE, WE WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED WITH THAT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: LET'S A CONSENSUS. WE CAN DO SOMETHING IN NEW BUSINESS AND SUGGEST THAT. CAN I GET A CONSENSUS OF COUNCIL. WOULD THAT BE APPROPRIATE? >>MARTIN SHELBY: I AM SORRY, MR. CLAIM. WHAT EXACTLY IS THE REQUEST. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THIS COUNCIL IS CONSISTENTLY OVERTURNING THE DECISION OF THE ADMINISTRATION ON THESE I SHALL USE LACK OF ACCESS TO ARTERIAL ROADS FOR THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT. SHE WANTS TO BE ABLE TO ADD IT TO THE CYCLE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I THOUGHT THAT WAS COME TO COUNCIL BEFORE. I MAY BE MISTAKEN. CLENDENIN I AM SEEING A HEAD SHAKE NO. >>MARTIN SHELBY: OKAY. I -- I THINK IT MAY WARRANT DISCUSSION. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A NEW BUSINESS ITEM. I WANTED TO GIVE HER SOLACE FROM THIS WAS THE WILL -- >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NOT TAKING IT PERSONAL, I SAY THAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SHE IS SAYING TO INCLUDE IT BECAUSE WE OVERTURN SO EVEN IN TAKE OUT OF THE -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IF THE RULES KEEP GETTING OVERTURNED, WHY DON'T WE CHANGE THE RULE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT IS THE THING. EACH CASE IS UNIQUE AND WE SHOULD LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC. NOT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IS THE SAME. AND I WOULD AVOID THAT. I KNOW WE OVERTURN A LOT, BUT NOT 100%. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: LAURA, CAN WE TAKE AN IOU FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION. IT IS NOTED AND IF STAFF WANTS TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND PRESENT THAT, MAYBE WE CAN LOOK AT THAT. AND, AGAIN, THIS COUNCIL DEFINITELY UNDERSTANDS THAT WHEN STAFF IS MAKING THESE DETERMINATION, MAKING THE DETERMINATIONS BASED ON THE AUTHORITIES THEY ARE GIVEN AND THE COUNCIL HAS OPPORTUNITY INTERJECT SOMETIMES MORE COMMON SENSE THAT YOU GUYS CAN'T DO BALLS OF YOUR OWN RESTRICTIONS. WE UNDERSTAND THAT. PLEASE DON'T TAKE THIS ANY OF THIS STUFF PERSONAL. >>LAURA MARLEY: I JUST WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION SINCE I HAVE BEEN NEAR ABOUT FIVE YEARS, COUNCIL HAS NEVER APPROVED ONE OF THESE JUST FOR YOUR AWARENESS. AND MISS FEELEY IS ON THE ONLINE. I DON'T KNOW IF MISS FEELEY WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING TO THAT BEFORE WE CLOSE THE DISCUSSION. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: AT THIS POINTS WE WILL MOVE MOVE ON IN THE AGENDA. THIS WANTS TO BE BROUGHT UP AT ANOTHER TIME WE CAN GO THROUGH THE CYCLE AND BRING IT UP FOR COUNCIL'S ATTENTION AND DISC DISCUSSION. >>LAURA MARLEY: THANK YOU, COUNCIL FOR LISTENING. I APPRECIATE IT. >>CLERK: FOR CLARIFICATION. BLAME MY MIND, BREAK TIME. THERE IS NO SECOND READING. A REVIEW HEARING. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT CONFUSE IMMEDIATE. "BEFUDDLED" IS THE WORD OF THE DAY. COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK SAID THAT TO ME. THEN AGAIN MY MIND IS BLOWN TOO. ANYBODY CAN CONVINCE ME THAT ANYTHING IS TRUE RIGHT NOW. >>MARTIN SHELBY: AGAIN -- THE DECISION IS FINAL BY CITY COUNCIL. IT IS SUBJECT TO COURT REVIEW ULTIMATELY, BUT WHAT WAS THE DECISION. >>CLERK: MOTION BY MANISCALCO AND SECOND BY HURTAK THAT THE MOTION WAS TO OVERTURN THE DECISION OF THE ADMINISTRATOR. >>MARTIN SHELBY: FOR THE PUBLIC AGENCIES INFORMATION. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: UNANIMOUS CONSENT. >>LUIS VIERA: NO WORRIES, SIR. SO I WANTED TO CLARIFY WITH TOWARDS ITEM 62. I SPOKE TO PARKS AND RECREATION ON IT. -- IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO DO IT NOW, MR. CHAIRMAN, I CAN DO IT WHEN IT PROPERLY COMES UP TO FINANCE TO JULY 28. THEY RELY -- CLENDENIN CONTACT LENSES WE HAVEN'T DEALT WE WILL IT YET AND WE WILL DEAL WITH IT WHEN IT COMES UP. >>LUIS VIERA: I WAS ONE OTHER THING I WAS GOING TO SAY AND I FORGOT. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT MR. COHEN WAS PUT ON THE CHOORTER REVIEW. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COHEN AND ALISON HEWITT BECAUSE JASON WITHDRAW. 47. >>CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE: GOOD AFTERNOON, CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENTS. ITEM NUMBER 47 IS REGARDING CITY COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION OF THE RECOMMENDED ORDER FROM HEARING OFFICER FOR A REVIEW HEARING REGARDING FDN 25-87 FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 58 ALBERMARLE AVENUE. THE REVIEW HEARING FOR THAT MATTER WAS HELD ON SETTLEMENT 5, 2025. SO UNLIKE THE PREVIOUS MATTER THAT YOU JUST HEARD, THE REVIEW HEARING ALREADY TOOK PLACE. THE HEARING OFFICER FOR THAT MATTER IS DERR REMEMBER SCHROTH. PETITIONERS ARE EDWARD MOORE AND ANGELA EFFINGER AND REPRESENTED BY TRUE YET GARDENER AND ADDIE CLARK, WHO PRESENT. PETITIONER FOR THE MATTER FILED A FORMAL DECISION APPLICATION SEEKING DETERMINATION REGARDING PROPOSE RED ORIENTATION OF THE PROPERTY AND LOT SPLIT. THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR DENIED THE REQUEST TO THE PROPOSE RED ORIENTATION OF THE PROPERTY AND LOT SPLIT BASED ON THE APPLICATION NOT MEETING THE CRITERIA IN CODE SECTION 27-161. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE REVIEW HEARING THAT BASS HELD BY M MR. SCHROTH, THE HEARING OFFICER FILED A RECOMMENDED ORDER APPROVING THE PETITION AND OVERTURNING THE DECISION OF ZONING ADMINISTRATOR. THEREFORE, GRANTING THE PETITIONER'S REQUEST. WE ARE NOW AT THE PHASE ACCORDING TO CITY OF TAMPA CODE SECTION 27-61 FOR CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THE RECOMMENDED ORDER. NOW I HAVE A COUPLE OF SLIEFDZ, AND I WILL PUNT THEM ON THE WOLF JUST TO EXPLAIN WHERE WE ARE. ACCORDING TO 27-61 SUBSECTIONS J 1 THREE LITTLE Is. ACCEPT IT AT FINAL, REJECT THE RECOMMENDED ORDER OR MODIFY IT. FURTHERMORE, THE CODE SLATES CITY COUNCIL MAY NOT REJECT OR MODIFY ANY FINDINGS OF FACT REACHED BY THE HEARING OFFICER. THAT GIVES -- THERE IS MORE INFORMATION ONLY THE SLIDE REGARDING FURTHER ACTIONS THAT CITY COUNCIL CAN DO. IF CITY COUNCIL REJECTS OR MODIFIES THE CONCLUSION OF LAW MUST STATE WITH PARTICULAR TEE ITS REASONS AND MAKE A FINDING THAT IS FINDS OF THE SUBSTITUTION OF THE FINDING OF LAW IS MORE REASONABLE JONATHAN SCOTT WAS REJECT ORDER MODIFIED. AS I PREVIOUS LEAVE STATED, THE HEARING OFFICER FILED A RECOMMENDED ORDER OVERTURNING THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR'S POSITION. I PROVIDED A RECOMMENDED ORDER TO CITY COUNCIL. ADDITIONAL STEP THAT CITY COUNCIL CAN TAKE ACCORDING TO CODE SECTION 27-616. ENTERTAINING REQUESTS FOR ORAL ARGUMENT IF MOTION FOR EXCEPTIONS FILED RELATED THIS MATTER. CITY DID NOT FILE REQUESTS FOR ORAL ARGUMENT OR EXCEPTIONS REGARDING THIS. SO THERE ARE NO REQUESTS FOR ORAL ARGUMENTS. THE CODE DOES SAY THAT CITY COUNCIL MAY OPEN THIS HEARING ON YOUR OWN MOTION, BUT THE CITY HAS NOT PROVIDE ANY -- ANY REQUEST FOR EXCEPTIONS OR ORAL ARGUMENT REGARDING THIS MATTER. SO ESSENTIALLY NOT CHALLENGING THE REQUEST FOR THE FINDINGS OF THE HEARING OFFICER. SO WITH THAT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I AM AVAILABLE BUT YOU HAVE THE RECOMMENDED ORDER. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WANT TO BE CLEAR SO WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE TASK IS. WITHOUT OPENING EVERYTHING UP FOR ORAL ARGUMENTS. WE ARE TO TAKED FINDINGS OF FACTS AND CONCLUSIONS FLAW THIS DOCUMENT MAKE A DETERMINATION WHAT WE FIND IN THIS DOCUMENT WHETHER WE UPHOLD IT OR REJECT IT, IS THAT CORRECT? >>CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE: THAT WILL IS -- THAT IS CORRECT, BUT I -- THE CITY HAS NOT PROVIDED ANY BASIS FOR YOU TO ADDITIONALLY ARGUE AGAINST -- TO ARGUE AGAINST IT. UNLESS YOU FIND THAT ON YOUR OWN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF IS YOU A RECOMMENDED ORDER, AND IT HAS FINDINGS FACTS AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND A RECOMMENDATION. IF YOU FIND FLAWS WITHIN IT, THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS TO THIS FILED BY ANY PARTY FOR DECISION. NO SOMEONE REQUESTING ORAL ARGUMENT. NO ONE IS REQUESTING TO BE HEARD REGARDING CHALLENGING IT. THAT BEING SAID, THE CODE DOES PROVIDE YOU UNDER YOUR OWN MOTION IF YOU FIND FLAWS IN IT, THEN THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS YOU HAVE TO POINT OUT AS A MOTION TO OPEN IT UP FOR ORAL ARGUMENT. THEN YOU HAVE TO STATE THAT ON THE RECORD, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO THEN -- AFTER TAKING PUBLIC COMMENT BE LIMITED TO WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH REGARD TO FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW WHICH MISS PETTIS MACKLE STATE YOU HAD TO. IF YOU WOULD WANT, I CAN READ IT VERBATIM SO YOU CAN FOLLOW IT BUT BASICALLY WHETHER YOU ARE CHALLENGING A FINDING OF FACT OR CONCLUSION OF LAW. AGAIN, COUNCIL, FLOSS ASK FOR ORAL ARGUMENT BASED ON THE FACT NO EXCEPTIONS HAVE BEEN FILED BY ANY PARTY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SO I THINK IT WILL BE APPROPRIATE TO TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE BECAUSE TO LET COUNCIL REVIEW THE DOCUMENTS AND LET'S GO THROUGH AND REVIEW THE DOCUMENTS, REVIEW THE CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND FINDINGS OF FACT. >>LUIS VIERA: MR. CHAIRMAN, MAY QUESTION SOMETHING. NOTHING TO DO -- AS SOON AS -- THAT I WOULD BE RECOGNIZED ON A CALENDAR ITEM THAT -- IN THE MIDDLE OF MY CRAZY DAY I NEGLECTED TO DO SOMETHING ON. WHEN THIS HEARING IS DONE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: FYI WHEN THIS IS DONE, WE WILL GO BACK TO 42. JUST FYI. 2:54. LET'S GO TO 3:05. WE WILL RECONVENE AT 3:05. YOU CAN SIT HERE OR NOSY AROUND -- >>MARTIN SHELBY: I ASK YOU DON'T DISCUSS IT OUTSIDE -- OR WITH EACH OTHER. CLERK MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH HURTAK ABSENT AT VOTE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE ARE PAST THAT. OKAY, SO -- OKAY, GO AHEAD BECAUSE WE ARE WAITING FOR COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR, MR. CHAIRMAN. ON ITEM 49, THIS WAS, AGAIN, A LOT OF THINGS ON MY MIND TODAY, SO TO SPEAK. THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO COME UP AFTER LUNCH. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL IS. IF THERE IS SOME ISSUE WE CAN HEAR IT NOW. I BELIEVE THAT THE -- THE GENTLEMAN IS WAITING ONLINE, I BELIEVE. I KNOW OUR FRIENDS FROM LOCAL 754 ARE HERE AN FIRE CHIEF TRIPP I AM SURE IS WAITING AS WELL. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL IS OF THIS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE NEED TO GET TO 42 FIRST. AND THEN -- I TELL YOU WHAT, I WILL ENTERTAIN THAT, BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE WAITING FOR A LONG TIME FOR 55 AND 56. AND, I MEAN, SO -- EVERYBODY IS WAITING THIS WHOLE THING. >>LUIS VIERA: JUST RAISING IT. THAT'S PULL. I DIDN'T BRING IT UP IN THE BEGINNING. AUTOMAKERS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: RECONVENE ON 42. I KNOW WE STARTED THAT. STA STAFF. >>EMMA GREGORY: GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. EMMA GREGORY, LEGAL DEPARTMENT. HERE FOR ITEM NUMBER 42. I WILL GO OVER BRIEFLY WHAT I SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VERY BRIEFLY HERE FOR THE SECOND READING. FIRST READING ON IN 2025. THIS ORDINANCE ADOPTS THE DECEMBER 2025 IMPACT FEE STUDY AND MAKING A FINDING OF EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES. REPLACES EXHIBIT ONE OF CHAPTER 25 WITH NEW FEES PHASING OVER FOUR YEARS AND MAKES THE EFFECTIVE OF THE DAY JULY 1, 2026 PER MY SUBSTITUTION ORDINANCE THAT WAS SENT TO YOU EARLIER THIS WEEK. THERE WAS SOME CORRESPONDENCE THAT COUNCIL RECEIVED THAT OUR CONSULTANT KATHRYN TELLIS IS PREPARED TO SPEAK ON IF THAT IS COUNCIL'S PLEASURE. OTHERWISE, TO -- TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE IN THIS FORM, WE WOULD NEED A TWO-THIRDS VOTE OF COUNCIL TO 'PROVE IT. SO PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE ARE HERE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? NO? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK WE CAN ALL DO THE MATH. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC TO WISHES TO SPEAK TO ITEM 42. START WITH YOUR NAME, PLEASE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE, BY THE WAY. >> MY NAME IS ERIC ORDIO, DIRECTOR FOR THE BAY AREA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. LET ME FIRST OFF BY SAYING I APOLOGIZE. ON THE DECEMBER 4 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, I CAME IN AND I PRESENTED A NUMBER OF CALCULATIONS I PUNT TOGETHER BASE AND A 1.4 PERSON TRIP FACTOR AS AN ALTERNATIVE OF 1.6 TRIP FACTOR IN THE REPORTS. CONSULTANT NOTED THERE WAS A MISTAKE THERE THAT APPLIED IT IN ONE PLACE AND A SECOND PLACE AND CAME UP WITH A REALLY DIFFERENT NUMBER THAN I SHOULD HAVE. BOTTOM LINE IS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOU USE THE 1.4 OR 1.69-PERSON TRIP FACTOR, YOU WILL COME OUT TO ABOUT THE SAME DOLLAR AMOUNT IN TERMS OF MAXIMUM IMPACT FEE AMOUNTS. I CAN'T PROMISE I WON'T EVER MAKE A MISTAKE AGAIN. BUT I CAN PROMISE THAT I WILL OWN UP TO IT AND LEFT YOU KNOW THAT I OWN UP TO IT. THAT WAS A MISTAKE. I SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT THAT AND I DIDN'T. I APOLOGIZE. WE DID SEND A LETTER AS WELL YESTERDAY WITH A COUPLE OF OTHER POINTS RELATED TO POINTS WE MADE IN THE FIRST LETTER WE SENT DEALING WITH HOW THAT SAME DATA POINT RELATES TO COUPLE OTHER ASPECTS OF THE FLORIDA IMPACT FEE STATUTE, AND IN PARTICULAR, LANGUAGE THAT TALKS ABOUT FOUR YEARS AND LANGUAGE THAT TALKS ABOUT MOST RECENT. SO I THINK YOU ALL PROBABLY IS A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK THAT THE LETTER AND SEE THE BASIS GROW WE THINK THERE MIGHT BE SOME CONCERN THERE. AND WE WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT, UNLESS YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR ME, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE THAT. NEXT, START WITH YOUR NAME PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, STEPHANIE POYNOR. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT ANYONE WOULD VOTE AGAINST THIS. I AM SORRY. THESE FEES HAVEN'T BEEN CHANGED SINCE I TURNED 18. I AM MUCH, MUCH, MUCH OLDER THAN THAT NOW. AND THERE IS NO REASON WHY -- THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THAT WE CAN GO AND BUY FOR THE SAME PRICE WE BOUGHT FOR IT IN 1989. SORRY. BUT IT IS RIDICULOUS. IT IS TIME TO GET IT TOGETHER AND MOVE FORWARD. AND I APPRECIATE COUNCILMAN CARLSON ASKING OF THE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT FEES. AND I APPRECIATE COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK HAS ASKED FOR THOSE ALREADY AS WELL, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK I NEED ANYBODY TO EXPERIMENT THEM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE THEM. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A CARD FOR END WARD BRIGGS. I DON'T SEE HIM IN THE AUDIENCE HIM I AM ASSUMING HE IS GONE. NO OTHER TO SPEAK? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED? THE AYESES HAVE IT. WE ARE TAKING TURNS. COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA NOW. >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR. I READ THE SUBSTITUTE CORRECT. SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND CHAPTER 25, ARTICLE 1 ALREADY SECTION 25 MACHINE 69. COMPUTATION OF AMOUNT OF MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FOR REPEALING AND REPLACING THE CITY OF TAMPA CODE OF ORDINANCES ARTICLE 1 BY INCREASING THE MULTIMOW TALL TRANSPORTATION FEE MAKING FINDS ADOPTING AN UPDATED IMPACT FEE STUDY PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION AND IMPOSITION OF AMENDING MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION, PROVIDING SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE -- OH, WAIT. COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I UNDERSTAND THIS IS WHAT IT IS AND WHERING IT GOING. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, BUSES AIN'T GOING TO MAKE IT. YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE LIGHT RAIL. YOU GO THE TO CHANGE THE NODE OF TRANSPORTATION THAT WE USE, BECAUSE THIS DOES NOT WORK IN THE CITY. THE STREETS HAVE SO CROWDED WITH CARS AND OTHER VEHICLES AND TRUCKS DELIVERING, YOU CAN'T EVEN TURN AROUND -- YOU HAVE TO TURN AROUND AND TO GO SOME OTHER WAY. IF WE DON'T CHANGE THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS AND GO TO THE AN AIRPORT MODEL, WE WILL NEVER GET TRANSPORTATION IN THIS CITY. AND I AM NOT AN EXPERT IN TRANSPORTATION, BUT WHAT I SEE ON THE STREETS AND THE ROADS THAT WE HAVE, YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE WIDTH OR DOING ANYTHING ELSE. BUT WE HAVE TO SWALLOW THE BLOOD. SO I AM HOPING -- I WILL CHANGE MY VOTE AND SAY YES SO A TAX IS AVAILABLE FOR SOMETHING ELSE IN CASE THIS FAILS. I WILL GAR RAN THEE YOU, SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE THIS IS GOING TO FAIL. YOU WILL NOT HAVE ENOUGH TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE THE STREETS ARE LOADED WITH CARS AND TO GO FROM POINT A. YOU COME FROM NEW TAMPA ON A BUS TO HERE. WILL TAKE YOU A WEEK. OR AN HOUR AND A HALF OR TWO OR MAYBE TWO HOURS TO DO SO. IF DO YOU IT BY RAIL, LIGHT RAIL, WILL TAKE YOU 15 MINUTES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN CARLSON FOLLOWED BY COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>BILL CARLSON: I WAS PLANNING ON VOTING YES LAST TIME AND BASED ON PUBLIC COMMENT THAT ALD ADMINISTRATION WITHOUT ANY RULES CAN SPEND THIS ANY WAY THEY WANT. THIS ADMINISTRATION IS NOT TRANSPARENT. THEY PLAY SHELL GAMES WITH COLORS AS WE SAW WITH STATION 24 AND A LOT OF OTHER PROJECTS. I DON'T TRUST THEM TO SPEND THIS MONEY CORRECTLY. I AM IN FAVOR OF THIS OVERALL BUT NOT WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: I AGREE YOU WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA FOR RAIL, BUT FOR THIS, THIS IS MOSTLY HELPING MOBILITY CHALLENGES LIKE ADDING STOPLIGHTS WHERE WE NEED TO. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC KNOWS THAT. ADDING -- FOR ME THE LEFT-HAND TURN LANE DID IT. I HAVE NEVER LIVED IN A CITY WITH FEWER LEFT TURN LANES. SO I AM REALLY EXCITED OF ADDING THESE TYPES OF THINGS CAN HELP PEOPLE MOVE IN WHATEVER VEHICLE, MANNER THEY CHOOSE. BUT REALLY CARS. THAT IS OUR MAJORITY. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT WE CAN DO IN MOBILITY AS CITY WITH THIS, AND THIS IS WELL -- A LONG TIME COMING. THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON VOTING NO. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VERY GOOD. CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WOULD LIKE TO -- KIND OF SEE WHO IS IN THE AUDIENCE. ANYBODY HERE SITTING AROUND ALL DAY WAITING TO TALK ABOUT 55 AND 56? THAT IS NOT GETTING PAID? [LAUGHTER] OKAY. SO -- SEEING THAT IT IS NOT OVERWHELMING NUMBER MAJORITY. WE HAVE CONFLICTS WITH FOLKS FROM FIRE. WOULD COUNCIL ENTERTAIN THE IDEA OF MOVING ITEM 49 BEFORE 55 AND 56 BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE FROM FIRE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE PUT 55 AND 56 A MOTION COULD COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. AND HEAR ITEM NUMBER 49 NOW AND THEN MOVE TO 55 AND 56. ON ITEM NUMBER 49, FIRE STATION NUMBER 24. TRIPP THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. BARBARA TRIPP WITH FIRE RESCUE WE ARE HERE TO TALK OF STATION 24. AND WE HAVE SOMEONE ON THE LINE AND WE HAVE A PRESENTATION, BECAUSE THIS IS OUR TIME TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION. THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR FIRE. AND WE ALSO HAVE THE MEMBER FROM COCALACA THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY WHO WILL GIVE YOU ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THEM, YOU KNOW THE PROGRESS AND WHAT CAN BE DONE, THE FLOOR WILL BE OPEN TO YOU ALL GO AHEAD AND PUT THE POWERPOINT. KEN, IF YOU WERE AVAILABLE. SAY YOUR NAME. >> HI, CHIEF. YES, I AM. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNSELORS, KEN GAYETTE. PROJECT LEADERS. WE ARE THE PROJECT MANAGERS FOR THE TFR. IF I CAN SHARE MY SCREEN. PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO SIMILAR FORMAT TO HOW WE PRESENTED LAST TIME. A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE STATUS OF THE PROJECT AS OF TODAY. AGAIN, JUST THE CORKY ON WHO IS WORKING ON THE PROJECT. SAME GROUP THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA -- WE HAVE TAMPA FIRE RESCUE, THE DESIGN-BUILD COMPRISED OF AGG ARCHITECT AND COCOLAKIS CONTRACTING. AS FAR AS THE UPDATE IS CONCERNED, AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE RECEIVED, AGAIN -- WE TALKED ABOUT THIS THE LAST MEETING, BUT 30% OR THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN PLANS WCOMPLETED IN SEPTEMBER. WE RECEIVED A BALANCE OF THE DELIVERABLE FROM COCOLAKIS THROUGH THE END OF -- END OF DECEMBER ARE EARLY OKAY. WE DID A MEM DEVELOP COCCAKIS. THEY AND THE DESIGN TEAM WILL CONTINUE TO STRIVE TO, AGAIN, REDUCE COSTS, REDUCE TIMING, REDUCE THE SCHEDULE. TRY TO FIND AREAS WHERE WE CAN, AGAIN, PULL SOME TIME BACK. WE HAD THE CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATE. IT WAS HIGHER THAN EXPECTED. IT WAS WITHIN BUDGET, BUT, AGAIN, DOLLARS PER SQUARE FOOT WAS HIGHER THAN WE ANTICIPATED. THIS NUMBER WILL LIKELY BE REVISED AND, AGAIN, WILL -- WILL GET MORE AND MORE CLEAR AS THE DESIGN IS COMPLETED. AND MORE AND MORE OF THAT DESIGN IS -- BECOMES A REALITY. AND COCOAKIS WILL PRICE THINGS ACCORDINGLY. ALSO THE DRAFT SCHEDULE THAT WAS SUBMITTED WAS LONGER THAN ORIGINALLY CONTEMPLATED A AND COCOAKIS TALKED OF PULLING BACK IN STATE AS WELL. WE ARE PUSHING ON THE TEAM TO BETTER THE COST, FIND AREAS WHERE WE CAN HAVE EFFICIENCIES AND BE EFFECTIVE IN TRYING TO GET IN DONE SOONER. WE ARE CURRENTLY SEVERAL DAYS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE RIGHT NOW. WE ARE HOPING TO LENGTHEN THAT TIME OF DAY INTO WEEKS, HOPEFULLY MONTHS AS WE CONTINUE ON THE PROCESS. RECENT OUR DESIGN DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS THE 60% DOCUMENTS FROM THE ARCHITECT WAS DELIVERED ON DECEMBER 10 THE CITY STAFF HAS DONE THE REVIEW COMMENTS AND GIVEN IT BACK TO THE DESIGN BUILDER. AND THIS IS CURRENTLY WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW. CO KRSH C COCAAKIS IS WORK ON THE 60% BUILDING COST ESTIMATE THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO US IN EARLY JANUARY FOR OUR REVIEW AND WE WILL GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS WITH THE QUESTION MATTIC DESIGN AND GO THROUGH IN GREAT DETAIL AND COMMENT BACK ON ANY CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE. AS FAR AS THE DESIGN ITSELF, AS YOU WILL SEE AS WE KEEP GOING THROUGH THESE -- THESE OVERSIGHT MEETINGS AND SUMMARY MEETINGS WITH COUNCIL, YOU WILL SEE MORE AND MORE DETAIL IN THE DOCUMENTS AS WE GO ALONG. FOR EXAMPLE THERE ARE WAS THE SITE PLAN WE HAD SHOWN LAST TIME. THE AREA HAD MUCH LESS ON IT THAN CURRENTLY SHOWING. PRICED INTO THE PROJECT AS WE CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS LIKELY WITH THIS FIRST FLOOR PLAN AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS MORE INFORMATION ON THIS FLOOR PLAN THAN WE ORIGINALLY SHOWED LAST UPDATE AND THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BE REFINED AS WE CONTINUE ON FROM DESIGN DEVELOPMENT INTO THE NEXT PHASE WHICH WILL BE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS THAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER JANUARY. THE RENDERING ARE THE SAME AS YOU HAVE SEEN PREVIOUSLY. SO THIS IS THE EXTERIOR RENDERINGS OF THE BUILDING. NOTHING HAS REALLY CHANGED ON HERE. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH THE DOORS AND THE BAYS TO GET SOMETHING THAT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE ROBUST AND LITTLE BIT LESS EXPENSIVE. THESE DOORS ARE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE, THESE BI-FOLD DOORS AND WE ARE ASKING THE DESIGN TEAM AND THE DESIGN BUILDER TO LOOK AT ALTERNATIVES THAT MAY BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE AND LESS MAINTENANCE FOR THE CITY. AGAIN, THE REAR SIDE OF THE BUILDING AND THE REAR OF THE BUILDING WHICH HAVE THE OVERHEAD DOORS FOR THE APPARATUS BAYS IN THE BACK AND THE TOWER, THE TRAINING TOWER AND THE BACK OF THE BUILDING. THIS IS THE SAME SCHEDULE WE HAVE BEEN SHOWING WITH OBVIOUSLY THE RED CURRENT STATUS MARKER JUST MARCHING ITS WAY DOWN ITS SCHEDULE. SO WE ARE CURRENTLY JUST ABOUT IN THE MIDDLE OF DESIGN DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS THE 60% HERE IN DECEMBER. GOING TO ISN'T THAT RIGHT EARNEST THE PLANNING PROCESS AND GET AHEAD AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND SUBMIT THINGS EARLY SO WE HAVE TIME FOR EVERYBODY IN THE DOCUMENTS TO REVIEW THE PROCESS AND GET THE ANSWERS THEY ARE LOOKING FOR PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION STARTING. IT IS STILL ANTICIPATED AS OF TODAY THAT CONSTRUCTION WILL BE STARTING IN SEPTEMBER, LATE SEPTEMBER OF 2026. AGAIN, WE ARE TRYING TO PULL THAT DATE BACK IN THOSE AREAS WHERE THAT CAN GET -- GET PULLED BACK AND GET SOME TIME CAUGHT UP IN THERE AS WELL. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNSELORS? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, SIR FOR THAT. AND THANK YOU, CHIEF TRIPP. I DIDN'T SEE YOU WHEN YOU WERE SPEAKING. SOMEBODY WAS COVERING YOU AND YOU KNOW HOW THAT IS. I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD. LOCAL 754. ANYTHING TO ADD OR A THUMBS UP? THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I APPRECIATE THIS. YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT SEPTEMBER 2026 FOR A GROUNDBREAKING. AGAIN, HOW SHOULD I SAY THIS, THAT ISSUE HAS BEEN ADDRESSED IN TERMS OF MY SENTIMENTS ON IT. MY GREAT DISPLEASURE ON THAT GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE PASSED THE FUNDING FOR IT IN 2023 AFTER THE BUDGET. SOME BONDING PROGRAMS FOR THAT, SO IT WILL BE THREE YEARS FROM THE FUNDING SOURCE UNTIL GROUNDBREAKING. AND SO I KNOW THAT LOCAL 754 AND CHIEF TRIPP SHARED THAT, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY EVERYBODY SUPPORT THIS AND EVERYBODY WANTS TO GET MOVING ON THIS AND SO FORTH. BUT I -- I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR PURPOSES OF TODAY TO TALK ABOUT, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE TIMELINE OF HOW WE GOT TO STATION 24 AND ULTIMATELY WHAT THE REPERCUSSIONS OF THAT WILL BE ON A CITY I THINK WHERE WE NEED MORE FIRE STATIONS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. WE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF OUR EXISTING FIRE STATIONS AND MAKE MONETARY INVESTMENT IN THAT. I THINK ULTIMATELY THE END OF THIS WILL BE TO SLOW DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE END OF THE MAYOR'S TERM, FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON MORE FIRE STATIONS AND I THINK THAT IS VERY UNFORTUNATE. ORIGINALLY WE HAD STATION. >>, WHICH WAS THE BUSIEST STATION OF THE CITY OF TAMPA. ONE OUT YOU HAVE 23 STATIONS AT A TIME TOOK ONE OUT OF SEVEN CALLS. WE KNOW THAT. AND SO WE ALL WORK TOGETHER, THE FIRE UNIT, THEN WITH JOE GRECO AND WITH CHIEF TRIPP WHEN YOU FIRST GOT IN AND WE WORKED TOGETHER FOR FIRE STATION 25, WHICH WAS A VERY QUICK VICTORY BECAUSE IT WAS ON LAND. REFURBISHED STATION AND ALL THIS GOOD STUFF. THE PLAN WAS TO SORT OF SET ASIDE K-BAR RANCH FOR FINISHING WHAT WE STARTED WITH -- WITH THE NORTH TAMPA AREA, WITH STATION 13, WITH STATION 24, BUT ULTIMATE ULTIMATELY I WOULD SUGGEST HAVING A THREE-YEAR DELAY BETWEEN THE BUDGET IN 2023 AND WHERE WE ARE AT TODAY OR THE THREE-YEAR GAP, I SHOULD SAY, FOR GROUNDBREAKING THAT SLOWS DOWN DISCUSSION ON OTHER THINGS. UP PRINTED THIS ARTICLE I SAW IN THE TAMPA BAY TIMES SAYING THAT TAMPA'S WATER STREET WILL GET NEW CONCERT VENUE AND MORE. FROM THE TAMPA BAY TIMES. I ASKED MY AID TO FINGERPRINT OUT. I DID IT BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING OF ASSISTANCE FOR DOWNTOWN FIRE, RIGHT, THAT WE NOW HAVE WITH WATER STREET, A CITY WITHIN THE CITY. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE HAVE BEEN TALK ABOUT HAVING AN ADDITIONAL FIRE STATION FOR CHANNELSIDE FOR THAT AREA FOR SOME TIME. AND I THINK BECAUSE OF THE DELAY ON THIS, THAT BURDENS THE DISCUSSION ON THIS. IT BURDENS THE DISCUSSION ON K-BAR RANCH. AND I KNOW WITH FIRE STATION NINE, WE ARE WORKING ON THAT. WE WILL GET UPDATED WITH THAT LATER ON WITH REGARDS TO POTENTIAL PROPERTY FOR FLEET MAINTENANCE. I THINK THE ULTIMATE EFFECT OF THIS TO DELAY A DISCUSSION WE SHOULD BE HAVING AS A CITY OF MORE FIRE STATIONS. I HAVE BEEN WITH THE OPINION FOR A LONG TIME PUBLIC SAFETY FOR POLICE AND FIRE THAT WE NEED A SEPARATE REVENUE SOURCE. AN ADDITIONAL REVENUE SOURCE THAT 100% DEDICATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY. I DON'T THINK PEOPLE ARE ANTI-TAX, I GET THAT, BUT I DON'T THINK PEOPLE MIND PAY AN DOLLAR OR $2 IF IT MEANS IT WILL GO TO COMES AND FIRE FIGHTERS AND GO TO NEW STATIONS. I REALLY BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE EVERY TIME I ASK PEOPLE, REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS, AND INDEPENDENTS. PEOPLE TEND TO SUPPORT THAT. ULTIMATELY THAT'S WHERE WE GOT TO GO AND NOBODY LIKES TO ASK MORE OF TAXPAYERS.THIS DISCUSSION WITH REGARD TO POTENTIAL FIRE STATIONS. WE WILL BE VOTING IN NOVEMBER 2026 ON PROPERTY TAX REFORM. AND ULTIMATELY, IN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, WHAT IS AMONG THE BIGGEST LOSERS WILL THIS BE IF WE DO SIGNIFICANT TAX RELIEF, RIGHT. IT IS GOING TO BE POLICE AND FIRE. IN TERM OF FUTURE INVESTMENT. WHILE POTENTIALLY THE STATE LAWS AND WHAT NOT THAT WILL PRECLUDE FOLKS FROM CUTTING PRESENT INVESTMENTS, FUTURE INVESTMENTS ON ADDITIONAL FIRE STATION, SUBSTATIONS FOR POLICE, ETC. I THINK IT WILL BE BURDENED. SO ULTIMATELY I THINK THIS IS A BIG DISCUSSION ON REVENUE AND THE KIND OF INVESTMENTS WE HAVE TO MAKE. BUT, AGAIN, I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT HAVING A GROUNDBREAKING IN SEPTEMBER OF 2026 OR BEFORE. AND, AGAIN, I THINK YOUR HELP FROM THIS -- IF I HAD A DOLLAR FOR EVERY DISCUSSION WE HAD ON THIS I WOULD BE SLIGHTLY RICH AND YOU KNOW HOW THAT IS. I APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU, SIR, FOR YOUR PATIENCE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK AND THEN CARLSON. >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE MORE DETAILED QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WHAT IS THE WHY UP DATE ON THE POWER LINES. WILL THEY BE UNDERGROUNDED OR NOT? HAS THAT DECISION BEEN MADE? >> WE MET WITH TECO AND DISCUSSED BOTH OPTIONS WITH THEM. OBVIOUSLY THE OPTION WE PREFER WOULD BE FOR THEM TO BE UNDERGROUND FOR RESILIENCE PUR PURPOSES. SO WORKING WITH TECO. ONE INITIAL MEETING WITH THEM AND WILL HAVE ANOTHER MEETING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION. RIGHT NOW IT IS FACTORED INTO THE BUDGET THAT WE ARE BURY THOSE LINES. THAT COST IS ALREADY IN THE BUDGET AND THAT IS THE WAY WE ARE GOING TO BE PUSHING TO GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF YOU ARE OPEN THAT TECO UNDERSTANDS WITHER GOING TO BE FOOTING THE BILL IF THEY WILL ALLOW US HAVE THE LINES AN AND THE PROJECT. >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY. WHAT WOULD THE COST OF THAT BE? >> I WILL HAVE TO ASK KYLE AND JOSE, I THINK WE HAD $165,000 IN THE BUDGET FOR THAT, IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN. >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY. WHAT IS THE STATUS ON THE TRAINING TOWER? >> SO THE TRAINING TOWER IS CURRENTLY IN THE PROJECT. IT IS -- WHAT WE HAVE DECIDED TO DO AS A GROUP IS SHOW THAT AS A DEDUCT ALTERNATE IN THE EVENT THAT SOMETHING CATASTROPHIC HAPPENS BEFORE WE GO OUT TO BID AND BID COME IN HIGHER. AND WE CAN MAKE THAT ASSESSMENT AT THAT POINT IN TIME IF THE TRAINING TOWER SHOULD STAY IN THE PROJECT OR COME OUT. IT MEANS HAVING -- WHETHER WE HAVE A BUILDING PROJECT OR NOT IS WHEN WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. BUT RIGHT NOW IT IS IN THE PROJECT. >>LYNN HURTAK: GREAT. WHAT ABOUT SOLAR? >> SOLAR IS NOT IN THE PROBABLY. ONE OF THOSE THINGS WAS TALKED ABOUT VERY EARLY ON AND IT WAS DECIDED AT THAT POINT IN TIME NAT BUILDING WILL BE SOLAR READY, BUT NO PANELS ON THAT -- ON THE BUILDING AT THIS POINT. >>LYNN HURTAK: AND A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AS SOON AS. >> SO I DON'T BELIEVE WE DECIDED THAT THERE WOULD BE A TRAFFIC SIGNAL OUT IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING. I BELIEVE THERE IS SOME MORE STUDY THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH THE ENGINEERING GROUP ON WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR THAT. AND THAT WILL BE FURTHER DEVELOPED IN THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PHASE AT THIS POINT. >>LYNN HURTAK: I KIND OF FIGURED THAT WAS SORT OF A RULE. >>CHIEF TRIPP: BARBARA TRIPP, FIRE CHIEF. DEPENDS EXACTLY WHERE IT IS LOCATED. YOU LOOK AT WHERE THE PROPERTY IS, IT IS MORE RESIDENTIAL. AS FAR AS HAVING HIGHWAY TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, THAT -- THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL HAVE TO BE 'SEED, BUT THE NEXT BUSIEST ROAD OR HIGHWAY CLOSE WILL BE 46th STREET. >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY. JUST CURIOUS. WHAT HAS BEEN DONE OR THERE COMPRESS -- OR WHAT HAS BEEN DONE SINCE THE LAST TIME WE TALKED TO COMPRESS THE SCHEDULE? >> SO, AS HE MENTIONED BEFORE, WE ARE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT FORMS OF CONSTRUCTION. DIFFERENT WAYS TO CONSTRUCT THE BUILDING FOR HOPEFULLY REDUCE THE OVERALL SCHEDULE AND THAT WAS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE. LOOK AT TILT WALL CONSTRUCTION, FOR INSTANCE, INSTEAD OF STICK BUILD CONSTRUCTION FOR THE BUILDING THAT WILL INCREASE THE EFISH EN SHOW OF ERECTING THAT BUILDING AND GETTING IT OFF OF THE GROUND MUCH QUICKER. DURING THE DESIGN PHASE, WE ARE PUSHING THE DESIGN TEAM TO TURN THEIR DESIGNS AROUND AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND INTERNALLY, WE ARE GETTING OUR INTERNAL REVIEWS WITH THE CITY DONE VERY QUICKLY. SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO RECOUP SOME OF THAT TIME AS WELL. CONSTANT STRUGGLE TO GET THEM TO COMPRESS THEIR TIME. BECAUSE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THEY NEED TO JUST BE ABLE TO DO THEIR WORK AND A CONSTANT TYPE OF WAR FOR US TO KEEP PULLING THAT BACK TO SAY WE NEED MORE TIME AND CONTINUE TO PULL AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. >>LYNN HURTAK: WHEN DO YOU EXPECT TO BEGIN PUBLIC INPUT SESSION? >> WE DISCUSSED THAT. SO WE ARE INTENDING TO HAVE THOSE SESSIONS, INFORMATION SESSIONS, RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. AND HAVE THOSE AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME WITH THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT NOW, AND THERE WILL BE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO BE CONVEYED TO THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM ENOUGH INFORMATION TO GO ON WHAT IS BEING ON AND HOW WE ARE ABLE TO ADDRESS ALL QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE. >>LYNN HURTAK: WILL THOSE MEETINGS BE CONDUCTED, LIKE, BY INTERNAL STAFF OR AN EXTERNAL PROVIDER. P IF SO, WHO? >> WE HAVEN'T DISCUSS IT YET, BUT THE DESIGN-BUILD GROUP WOULD PARTICIPATE. GIVE PRESENTATION. I AM SURE CITY STAFF AND PRF STAFF WILL BE THERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS BUT THE LIKELIHOOD WITH WE DO MOST OF THE PRESENTATIONS WITH THE CONSULTANTS. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ROUND TWO. COUNCILMAN. >>BILL CARLSON: CARLSON I WANT TO AGREE AND DISAGREE WITH MY COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA AND I THANK HIM WITH HIS LEADERSHIP ON THE ISSUES. AGREE -- YOU FIRST STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS SIX OR SEVEN YEARS -- SORRY, MY KIDS ARE LAUGHING ARE,ING, I SAID 6-7. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: 6-7. [LAUGHTER] >>BILL CARLSON: THE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I AM OLD, I DON'T KNOW. [LAUGHTER] >>BILL CARLSON: BUT -- I SUPPORTED -- I SUPPORTED THE -- THE STATION IN COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA'S DISTRICT EXPECTING THAT WE WOULD GET THE STATIONS IN MY DISTRICT AND OTHERS REPAIRED, BECAUSE -- BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER PROBLEMS THAT WE ARE SEEING. FIRE FIGHTERS COME US TO AND SHOWING US THAT -- THINGS THIS HE TO -- AND CONDITIONS THEY ARE IN. AND THEY ARE PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE AND IT IS UP TO US TO DEFEND THEM. WE SHOULD HAVE HAD THIS DONE -- IF THE WEST -- IF THE FAIR OAKS BUILDING CAN BE BUILT WITHIN A YEAR AND HANNA BELT WITHIN A YEAR OR TWO, THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO. THE THING I DON'T AGREE WITH IS THAT IT IS ABOUT MONEY. IT IS ABOUT MONEY IN THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION IT YOU NOT SET FIRE RESCUE AS A PRIORITY. WHAT WE NEED -- THE SOLUTION IS NOT GETTING MORE MONEY. THE SOLUTION IS GETTING A MAYOR THAT CARES ABOUT FIRE RESCUE BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD AT LEAST THE LAST SEVEN YEARS AND AT LEAST A LOT LONGER. IF -- IF THIS ADMINISTRATION SET FIRE RESCUE AS A PRIORITY, WOULDN'T HAVE SPEND 220 MILLION ON HANNAH AVENUE AND WOULDN'T HAVE SPENT THAT MUCH MONEY ON WEST RIVER. WOULDN'T HAVE PUSHED FOR CEREMONY, SEVEN YEARS TO PASS A $2 BILLION TO $6 BILLION TAP. FOR A PROJECT ON HOWARD AVENUE. AND INSTEAD. I KNOW I AM TALKING OF DIFFERENT BUCKETS OF MONEY, BUT THE POINT IS, YOU HAVE TO SET A PRIORITY. AND THE PEOPLE -- THE PEOPLE THAT WORKED WITH THE MAYOR AND PEOPLE WHO WORKED THERE NOW TOLD ME IN STAFF MEETINGS THEY HAVEN'T BEEN BUILDING FIRE STATIONS. NOT WITHOUT CONSENSUS WITH US. THE UNION WANTS IT WE WANT IT. IF THE MAYOR DOESN'T WANT IT, LET HER COME HERE AND SEE GET SAL AREO,GGIERO AND THE TEAM THAT MADE THESE FAST TO GET THE FIRE INSTALLATION. IT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE NOT IN HER SCRIPT OR VIDEO TO FOR A YEAR AND A HALF. WE NEED TO COME TO THE CONCLUSION WE NEED TO FIND LEADERSHIP AND WORK AROUND HER LACK OF INTEREST IN FIRE RESCUE. IF SHE DOESN'T LIKE A PROBABLY, SHE SLOW WALKS IT. FOR YEARS, THE -- THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TOLD US WE COULDN'T USE CR MONEY ON FIRE RESCUE. THEN WE HAVE CLIFF SHEPHERD, TOP EXPERT ON CRA. AND I MADE A MOTION TO PUT CRA IN IT AND GUESS WHAT, THE ADMINISTRATION STALLED. WE WERE LOOKING FOR LOCATION. I WENT TO ONE LOCATION. I TALKED TO ALL THE PARTY MEMBERS. THEY AL THEY ALL SAID IT WAS GREAT. AND ADMINISTRATION CAME UP WITH A LETTER SAYING IT IS NOT A GOOD LOCATION AND NOT AVAILABLE. THE MAYOR SHOULD SAY I AM NOT SETTING FIFIRE STATIONS AS A PRIORITY. I DON'T CARE OF FIRE RESCUE AND I ONLY CARE OF THESE PET PROJECTS BECAUSE FIRE RESCUE IS NOT IN MY VIDEO. THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY THAT RELY ON FIRE RESCUE TO RESCUE THEM. THEY DESERVE BETTER. THE PEOPLE WORKING IN FIRE RESCUE DESERVE BETTER. WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO APPLY -- THE CRA MONEY WE CONTROL. WE PUT IN THERE. CAN'T FORCE THEM TO DO IT. SAME WITH TAMPA UNION STATION. TAMPA UNION STATION WHICH IS IN A BELOVED BUILDING. THEY WON'T TENT THE BUILDING TO GET THE TERMITES OUT. IT IS ILLEGAL NOT TO TENT THE BUILDING. BECAUSE IT WASN'T THEIR IDEA, THEY SLOW WALKED IT. ONE OF THE IDEAS THEY DID STEAL FROM US WAR FAIR OAKS. PASS MAYOR WAS AGAINST RENOVATING FAIR OAKS. YOU CAN GOOGLE IT AND LOOK AT THE "TAMPA TIMES" STORY AT A CRA MEET WHERE THE BE YOU LICK SAID THEY WANTED TO REPLACE THE BUILDING. WE SAID OKAY. MAYOR HAD A VIDEO WHO SAID I DECIDED TO PUT IN MY BUDGET THAT I WAS GOING TO RENOVATE THE BUILDING. IF SHE SAID THAT, THEN WHY DID SHE COME AROUND AND SPEND $46 MILLION AND WHATEVER THE NUMBER WAS ON THAT. THAT MONEY COULD HAVE BEEN SPENT ON OTHER PARTS OF EAST TAMPA AND COULD HAVE BEEN SPENT ON FIRE STATIONS. THIS MAYOR NEEDS TO STEP UP AND SUPPORT FIRE RESCUE BECAUSE OUR MEN AND WOMEN OF FIRE RESCUE DESERVE BETTER. THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO GIVE YOU A MAYORAL SPEECH, BUT I MAY RUN FOR MAYOR AFTER I HEARD THAT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CHARLIE CARES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. I HAVE BEEN LISTENING FOR THIS A WHILE. LONG AFTER I AM LONG DEAD AND BURIED SOMEBODY HERE IN STATE OF FLORIDA WILL BE DRINKING TAP WATER. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HOW DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH FIRE STATION 24? MAYOR MIRANDA, HOW DOES THAT -- >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THE GENTLEMAN WHO SPOKE BEFORE ME. SO I AM JUST HERE AS A GUEST. TIME LISTENING TO WHAT ELSE SAYING. AND NOW HE KNOWS WHERE I LIVE. I GOT TO CHANGE HOUSELESS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU BETTER MOVE NOW. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WHAT I AM SAYING, I LOVE -- I ENJOY ALL THIS STUFF BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. FIRE STATION CAME -- HE GAVE A LECTURE OF A LOT OF THINGS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE ARE SLAP HAPPY GIDDY. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU HAVE BEEN HERE TOO LONG ALREADY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: EXACTLY. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: EVERYTHING COMES IN TIME. AND IF THEY DO -- IF WE HERE IN THE CITY DRAW A CHART OF EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED THE LAST FOUR YEARS, YOU WOULD BE AMAZED WHAT THIS CITY HAS GONE THROUGH. FROM A TO Z, AND MAYBE WE SHOULD ASK FOR THAT. AND I AM -- IN FACT, I AM NEVER HARDLY MAKE ANYTHING MOTION BUT I WILL MAKE THREE MOWING BUSINESS THE TIME THIS COUNCIL IS FINISHED TONIGHT. BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND YOU KNOW WHAT, I NEVER HAVE BEEN AGAINST ANYTHING OR FOR EVERYTHING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. ROUND TWO. ARE. >>LYNN HURTAK: A COUPLE OF MOTIONS I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE. SO BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ACCELERATING THIS, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A MOTION. I MOVE TO SCHEDULE A PRESENTATION ON FEBRUARY 19, 2026, WHICH IS THE DATE OF THE NEXT WRITTEN REPORT FOR THE -- FOR HOW THE TEAM WILL ACCELERATE THE CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION BEA MINIMUM OF ONE MONTH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND. >>LYNN HURTAK: I WILL HAVE THAT BE A WRITTEN REPORT IT GO ALONG WITH THE OTHER WREN REPORT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WOULD THIS BE NOT ANOTHER ITEM ON THE AGENDA, BUT -- >>LYNN HURTAK: A WRITTEN REPORT IT GO WITH THE WRITTEN REPORT. BECAUSE NOW THESE ARE BIMONTHLY, SO THE NEXT REPORT WILL BE AT THIS TIME IN FIB, WH-- IN FEBRUARY. AND WHY I ASKED FOR IT. IF WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT, I CAN SCHEDULE A MOTIONING FROM THERE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. NAY. OPPOSED NAY, NAY. THAT WAS ME. TWO OF US. CHARLIE AND MYSELF WERE NAYS. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH CLENDENIN AND MIRANDA VOTING NO. MIRANDA I DIDN'T SAY NO. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH CLENDENIN VOTE NOTHING. >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY. THE OTHER THING YOU NODE PROJECT THE MACRO SCHEDULE AND THAT COUNCIL -- THE COUNCIL APPROVAL TO BE -- THAT -- THAT IS CURRENTLY PROJECTED FOR AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER. I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE GMP CONTRACT PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL TO BE MOVED UP TO JULY 16, 2026. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS THAT WHEN THE BUDGET IS PRESENTED? >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: FAVE FAVOR. OPPOSED. >>LYNN HURTAK: YOU ARE ASTUTE. THAT IS EXACTLY WHY I DID IT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANYTHING ELSE? >>LUIS VIERA: CAN I SAY SOMETHING IF I MAY, SIR. IT IS ON FIRE. SINCE I AM DISTRICT 7 WITH REGARDS TO DOWNTOWN TAMPA. I DON'T -- I NEVER LIKE TO GET IN OTHER FOLKS' DISTRICTS UNLESS I AM CITYWIDE OR OBVIOUSLY COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG. SO THIS WOULD BE TO THE CITY-WIDE FOLKS WITH JUICE INDUCTION AS WELL AS COUNCILMAN YOUNG BECAUSE -- I SAY THIS BECAUSE WE CAN'T TALK OF THIS OUTSIDE OF HERE TO MAYBE START A CONVERSATION NOW ON SETTING SOME SEED MONEY FOR SOMETHING FOR DOWNTOWN FIRE. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE GOT AN ELECTION A YEAR AND A HALF. WE HAVE CHANGE IN ADMINISTRATIONS. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING SET UP FOR -- EITHER ONE OF THE CITY-RIDES FOR COUNCILMAN YOUNG. I WOULDN'T DO IT. BUT JUST TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THE BUDGET. I DON'T KNOW THHOW MUCH THAT WI COST. MAKE A PRIORITY BECAUSE WHEN THE NEXT MAYOR -- THEY COULD STOP IT BUT NOT MUCH DHOIK -- NOT MUCH TO DO TO STOP IT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT. THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT ON THAT THAT FIRE STATION 1, THE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE WITH THE PLAN TO MOVE OUT THE ADMIN AND ENOUGH REAL ESTATE THERE TO ADD ON AND IF WE HAD TO ADD A RESCUE VIDEO SOMEWHERE, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE INFORMATION WE GOT THAT REALLY THE REAL DEFICIT IS THE SOUTH TIP OF HARBOR ISLAND, THAT'S CORRECT, TIME RESPONSE AS FAR AS SERVICES FOR RESCUE. >>CHIEF TRIPP: YOU MEAN FOR DOWNTOWN TAMPA? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: RESCUE TIMELINES. SOUTH TAMPA, HARBOR ISLAND WHERE WE HAVE A DEFINITE. >>CHIEF TRIPP: IF THE UNITS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: RESCUE RESPONSE TIME. >>CHIEF TRIPP: ENGINE 2 HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE. WE ARE TRYING TO ADD MORE RESOURCES IN AT AREA. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NOT THE CHANNELSIDE AND DOWNTOWN, THE SOUTH TIP OF HARBOUR ISLAND. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SOLUTION IS. WE HAVE THIS HUGE SWATH OF REAL ESTATE AT FIRE STATION 1. IF WE MOVE THE ADMINISTRATION OUT OF THERE AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO BAY THERE IS. WE HAVE A LOT OF POE TLENGS. I WILL GO ONE, TWO AND THREE. COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO. UP WITH AND TWO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WITH COUNCILMAN VIERA MENTIONED SEED MONEY FOR THE DOWNTOWN AREA. A FACEBOOK POST FROM A GUY NAMED NICK STUCCO. AND IT SAID IT TOOK AN HOUR AND A HALF -- AN HOUR AND A HALF TO GET FROM DOWNTOWN TO, I BELIEVE, WATER STREET OR THE CHANNEL DISTRICT. AND I WALKED THERE FROM HERE. I NEVER DRIVE DOWN THERE BECAUSE I KNOW HOW HECTIC. I DROVE DOWN THERE EARLIER TODAY BECAUSE I HAD TO GET SOMETHING, BUT IT IS MAYHEM, RIGHT. I WALK, BUT PEOPLE DRIVE, AND A FIRE TRUCK -- A RESCUE VEHICLE NEEDS GET DOWN THERE. IF WE CAN LOOK AT DOING SOMETHING BECAUSE IT CAN HELP WITH HARBOUR ISLAND. IF WE HAVE THAT DEFICIT ON SOUTHERN TIP. RESCUE VIDEO -- SOMETHING THAT WILL AID. IF A VEHICLE IS NOT AVAILABLE OR THE UNIT IS NOT AVAILABLE. WHAT COUNCILMAN VIERA -- IS IT A MUSIC VENUE WITH WATER STREET? SO THERE IS THAT DENSITY INCREASE. OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T WANT BE LEFT EMPTY-HANDED. SOMETHING GOING IN THIS NEW BUDGET, SET SOME MONEY ASIDE. WATER STROOEPT -- WATER STREET GOING INTO MORE DENSITY. MORE HOTELS. WE WANT TO MAKE HOUR TAMPA FIRE HAS THE EQUIPMENT NECESSARY WITHOUT THAT HOUR AND A HALF. I BELIEVE IT. WHEN THERE IS A GAME. MY DAD GAINED THE OTHER NIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT BECAUSE HE WANTED TO GO DOWN THERE. I SAID NO, AN EVENT AT MAALIE. I WAS STRIVING TO LEAVE HERE AT 8:00 AND I COULDN'T GET TO FLORIDA AVENUE. TOOK CASS TO BOULEVARD TO GET OUT OF THE AREA. THE ONE-WAY STREETS DON'T MAKE IT EASY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE -- IN TE IN /* TERMS OF RESPONSE TIME. MAY BE A RESCUE VIDEO. JUST SO WE ARE PREPARED. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: I THOUGHT SOMEBODY ELSE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HE DECIDED NOT TOO. >>BILL CARLSON: I MISSED PART OF THIS. BUT THE STUDY THAT JOE GRECO DID WITH AS A FEW YEARS OLD SAID THAT THE STATION SHOULD GO IN THE START -- THE PARKING LOT NEXT TO STARSHIP. SPP HAVE PLANS FOR THAT. AND THERE IS NO SPACE IN THERE. I PROPOSED THE PARKING LOT ACROSS THE STREET. SPP AND THE PORT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE MAYOR GOVERNMENT A LETTER SAYING IT IS NOT FINE. SHE HAMS TO BE ON THE BOOR OF THE PORT. BECOME GO BACK AND GET THAT. THAT SPACE IN THAT PARKING GARAGE, THE LAST HE CHECKED, WAS BEING LEARNED BY SPP AND FINE GIVING IT UP RATHER THAN PUNTING IT IN THAT SPACE. IF THE STUDY SHOW IT IS SHOULD BE WITH OTHER BUILDINGS, THAT IS FINE. BUT FOR A TARGET OR A BIG STORE INSIDE IS WHAT THEY ORIGINALLY ENVISIONED WHICH IS BIG ENOUGH IN THERE AND OTHER SPACES. WE HAVE THE MONEY IN THE CRA. THIS GOES BACK TO US GETTING CONTROL OF OUR OWN CRA MONEY. I CAN BEG YOU AS THE CRA ATTORNEY IS BRIEF CAN YOU. MY VERSION INSTEAD OF THE CITY ELSE VERSION AND PUNT CONTROLS ONLY THE CRA. ONE OF THINGS GET THE CRA STAFF THAT FLOSS MONEY LEFT EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE NOT ALLOCATED MONEY. THEY ARE SECRETLY STOCKPILING FOR SUBSIDIES FOR DEVELOPERS. WE HAVE THE MONEY RIGHT NOW IN CHANNEL DISTRICT THAT WE CAN SPEND ON A FIRE STATION. WE NEED TO SOMEHOW SET IT ASIDE AND WE CAN'T FORCED A ORGANIZATION IN DO IT, BUT START -- SINCE IT TAKES SIX OR SEVEN YEARS TO BUILD A FIRE INSTALLATION TO START THE PROCESS GOING. THE OTHER THING. TRAFFIC. I THINK TRAFFIC IS GOING TO ADD -- I HAVE AN ITEM COMING UP IN JANUARY. AND THEN I THINK AGAIN IN FEBRUARY A DIFFERENT ONE OF TRAFFIC DOWNTOWN. I DON'T KNOW HOW EMERGENCY VEHICLES CAN GET IN. LAST WEEK I WAS LATE BECAUSE THEY SHUT DOWN THE ROADS TO BRING BUSES OF SOMEBODY THROUGH, AND THOSE BUSES WITH EMERGENCY SIRENS GOING COULDN'T GET THROUGH. I DON'T KNOW HOW RESCUE TRUCKS COULD GET THROUGH THIS. AND I AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS IN NEW BILLS, BUT WE NEED TO STOP ALLOWING FOR ANY OF THE ROADS IN DOWNTOWN TO BE SHUTDOWN ACCEPT FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSES. YOU TOO I TO GET OUT OF THE PARKING LOT AT WATER STREET, AND FOR SOME REASON, THEY ESSENTIALLY YOU EITHER TOWARD -- WON'T LET YOU GET ON THE SELMON. BUT BACK TO THE ARENA. IDIOTIC. THEY SHUT DOWN ROADS. EVEN VIK BHIDE TOLD US BEFORE HE LEFT, IF THEY LET PEOPLE GO WITH THE LIGHTS, THEY CAN GET THROUGH. BUT WILL AFFECT THE PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLES. I DON'T KNOW HOW PEOPLE COULD GET THROUGH. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DITTO. >>NAYA YOUNG: I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY. I AM JUST BEING POLITE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU WILL GET OVER BEING POLITE REAL QUICK. COUNCILMAN YOUNG. >>NAYA YOUNG: I WANTED TO SAY I KNOW IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING WITH THIS NEW FIRE STATION, BUT I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING IT ONLINE. AND I HAVE MY FIRE STATION TOURS COMING ONLY SOON. AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THOSE RIDE-ALONGS. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE FIRE -- THE FIRE -- LOCAL FIRE FIGHTERS HAD THEIR HOLIDAY PARTY AND SEEING ALL THE DIFFERENT FIRE TRUCKS AND THE EVOLUTION OF FIRE. AND SO JUST SEEING THIS COME ONLINE. AND IT LOOKS LUKE IT WILL BE REALLY MILES TO. I AM HOPING THAT WE ARE AUTOMOBILE TO GET IT DONE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TOURING IT. SO THAT WAS ALL. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MEAN -- >>NAYA YOUNG: THAT IS ALL I HAD TO SAY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ALL GOOD. JUST PUNCH ME. YOU ARE SITTING RIGHT HERE. YOU CAN PUNCH ME. I WILL KIND OF DOUBLE DOWN -- YOU HEARD IT FROM ME BEFORE. I AM SURE YOU ARE JUST AS FRUSTRATING. MIND BOGGLING THAT IT TOOK THIS TIME TO GET STATION 24 OUT OF THE GROUND AND GOING. IT IS JUST -- I KNOW YOU SHARED THAT. I KNOW THE UNION BACK THERE SHARES IT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW IN THE WORLD IT THAT YOU CAN LONG TO DO THIS. I MEAN, IT'S CRAZY. JUST INSANE. I DON'T BUILD FIRE STATIONS, BULL I THINK I CAN DO A BETTER JOB. A GROUP OF US -- NERVE THIS ROOM SHOULD HAVE STARTED WITH THE DESIGN AND DID IT OUR 70s. WE WOULD BE DONE BY NOW. THANK YOU, CHIEF. APPRECIATE IT. APPRECIATE THOSE OF NEW THE BACK -- IN THE BACK ROW BACK THERE LISTENING, THANK YOU, GUYS FOR WHAT DO YOU EVERY DAY. WE APPRECIATE IT. OKAY, WE ARE MOVING ON. ON 55 AND 56. UNLESS YOU WANT TO SEPTEMBER THERE AND WATCH US FOR THE AFTERNOON. >>BRAD BAIRD: BRAD BAIRD, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS GOES BACK TO NOVEMBER. COUNCILMAN CARLSON MADE A MOTION THAT STAFF BE WELLED -- REQUESTED TO DO THEIR BEST TO MOVE OF IT T TO A SEPARATE WATER PROBABLY NOT CONNECTED TO THE SOUTH HOWARD PROJECT. WE FOUND A WAY TO DO THAT. AND THE CITY -- [ INAUDIBLE ] >>ALAN CLENDENIN: FOR THE PURPOSE. AND WE WILL SEE THAT. DOTTED LINE IS THE WATER LINE REPLACEMENTS ON THE -- ON THE STREETS OF >>BILL CARLSON: ANGRY WE ARE NOT REDOING THE ROADS AND MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT PULLING CLOSE TO $1 MILLION OUT OF A BUDGET THAT CAN BE USED OF BEAUTIFUL REBRICK AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS REBUILD THEIR ROADS. >>BRAD BAIRD: YEAH, SO THIS WAS -- ORIGINALLY WE WERE GOING -- WE WERE GOING TO PROPOSE SINCE WE HAD THIS SOHO PROJECT WEDS COMING UP. AND -- BUT -- SO WE HAVE ACCEPT RATED THIS OUT. AND IT IS -- THE STREETS, FULL NOTICE, THEY ARE CONNECTED OR THEY ARE AN EXTENSION OF WHERE THE WATER LINES GO IN. THAT'S WHERE IT MADE SENSE. IF THEY HAVE A LOW PCI, LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE END OF THE STREET, FULL. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF? COUNCILMAN HURTAK, YOUR LIGHT IS ON. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? >>LYNN HURTAK: YOU KNOW -- YEAH -- NEVER MIND. I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING. BECAUSE I HAD A QUESTION ALONG THE SAME LINE. BUT ULTIMATELY, WE SIMPLY ASKED TO YOU NOT PAY FOR IT WITH THE FRUNLDZ SOUTH HOWARD AND YOU FOUND A WAY TO DO IT. AND -- >>BRAD BAIRD: CORRECT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: TO BE MOVE THE RESOLUTION OF 55. A MOTION TO MOVE 55 FROM COUNCILMAN HURTAK. WE HAVE TO DO IT SEPARATELY FOR THE COLLECT. SECONDED FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSE $. AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY. MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN HURTAK TO MOVE ITEM 56. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED, AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW WE NEED A MOTION TO REMOVE ITEMS 50 AND 5 IS FROM THE OF AGAIN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MOVED. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND CLENDENIN ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED. AYES HAVE IT. >>BRAD BAIRD: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BE PATIENT WE ARE NOT THERE YET. DO ITEM 18 ANY, PLEASE. 18. ABOUT GOING BACKWARDS. WE ARE MOVING FORWARD BY GOING BACKWARDS. OKAY. ITEM 18. IS STAFF ONLINE FOR ITEM 18? TO ARE HERE? YOU ARE HERE. RIGHT UP FRONT. TALK OF BEING PATIENT. HI MR. MELISSA. >> MELISSA DAVIS, ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VERY GOOD. ANYTHING YOU WANT TO PRESENT OR TALK ABOUT THIS, OR JUST BE HERE FOR QUESTIONS. >> I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER YOUNG, YOU ASKED TO HAVE THIS ITEM PULLED? >>NAYA YOUNG: YES. SO WE -- I DID HAVE A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION WITH MELISSA YESTERDAY. THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING WITH ME. I WANTED TO BRING THIS UP JUST BECAUSE I JUST HAD, YOU KNOW, SOME ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS AFTER WE SPOKEN. AND PRIOR TO BEING ON COUNCIL. I DID A LOT OF WORK IN THE COMMUNITY AND NONPROFIT SPACE AND I WORK WITH A LOT OF LOCAL ARTISTS, YOUNG, NEW AND UP AND COMING ARTISTS AND LOOKING AT THIS CONTRACT -- THIS CONTRACT AND ALSO AS WE ARE DOING THINGS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE, YOU KNOW, THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO ENGAGE OUR LOCAL ARTISTS. I WORK YOUNG A TISZ WHO -- A $09,000 CONTRACT COULD CHANGE THEIR LIFE. AND REALLY HELP TO GET THE ART OUT THERE AND GET THEIR ART NOTICED. SO, FOR ME, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS A SPECIFIC CRITERIA THAT WENT INTO CHOOSING THE ARTISTS FOR THIS PUBLIC ART CONTRACT. BUT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT -- ONE OF THE THINGS I SPOKE WITH MELISSA ABOUT WAS, YOU KNOW, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE, AS A CITY, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE HELP LOCAL ARTISTS TO, YOU KNOW, BE ELIGIBLE. IF THEY ARE NOT ELIGIBLE NOW, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TO DO MAYBE, YOU KNOW, PARTNER OR HAVE SOME TYPE -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, BUT JUST TO THOEFLZ OPPORTUNITIES SOME OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, UP AND COMING ARTISTS OR YOUNG ARTISTS OR LOCAL ARTISTS IN THE CITY. YOU KNOW, SO THAT WAS REALLY MY POINT OF BRINGING IT UP. I SAW THIS NUMBER AND I THOUGHT BACK TO SOME OF THE ARTISTS THAT I WORKED WITH. AND I AM LIKE, MAN, THIS COULD REALLY CHANGE SOMEONE'S LIFE. AND REALLY -- REALLY GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US -- FOR AN ARTIST TO REALLY BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE THEIR PART IN THIS BEAUTIFUL BUILDING. BECAUSE I KNOW WE ALL WERE AT THE FAIR OAKS RIBBON CUTTING AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW FOR THE -- WITH THE CONTRACT WITH MR. -- WITH MR. RYAN McCULLOUGH. THAT IS NOT ME. KNOW THERE WILL BE LIKE A COLORING BOOK COMPONENT. IS THERE GOING TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY INPUT OR MAYBE LIKE SOME WORKSHOPS WITH SOME OF THE FAIR OAKS, YOU KNOW, KIDS THAT WERE DISPLACED. BECAUSE THEY HAD TO GO TO ANOTHER CENTER FOR SOME TIME. SO WAS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THEM TO DO THIS COLORING BOOK OR INPUT FROM COMMUNITY OR STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, ON THE ARTWORK THAT WILL GO INTO FAIR OAKS. IF YOU LOOK BEHIND US, WE HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL ART FROM COMMUNITY STEPPING STONES. AND IT IS -- IT IS BEAUTIFUL. AND WE GET TO DISPLAY IT. AND THOSE WERE THE KIDS THAT MADE IT. IS THERE OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS A TEST WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE A PROFESSOR TO WORK WITH THE STUDENTS. IN MY NONPROFIT SPACE FOR THREE -- FOR TWO SUMMERS WORKED WITH A LOCAL ARTIST WHAT HAPPENED SHE DID WAS TEACH THE STUDENTS HOW THIS PAINT MURALS THROUGH -- THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER FOR EIGHT WEEKS. AND AT THE END, A MURAL -- TWO MURALS ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING THAT THE KIDS ACTUALLY PAINTED AND THEY LEARNED HOW THIS DO MURAL PAINTING. I WANT TO JUST EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR LOCAL AND OUR YOUNG ARTISTS AND OUR STUDENTS TO REALLY -- FOR US TO COLLABORATE AND REALLY HELP -- HELP THOSE ARTISTS. THAT WAS REALLY MY MAIN REASON FOR WANTING TO PULL IT AND TALK ABOUT IT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DO YOU HAVE A RESPONSE TO COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG. >> FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THOSE COMMENTS. I APPRECIATE THOSE. YES, A COMPONENT, AND A SCOPE FOR THE ARTIST TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY, YES. >>NAYA YOUNG: THE KIDS OR THE COMMUNITY. WHEN YOU SAY "COMMUNITY" YOU MEAN COMMUNITY AND THE KIDS OR -- >> THEY ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITY, SO, YES. WITH THE -- WITH THE COMMUNITY -- WITH FAIR OAKS. WE WILL BE WORKING WITH PARKS AND REC ON THAT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I SAW COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK FIRST. OKAY, COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I SERVED ON ITS ARTS BOARD, THE CITY OF TAMPA ARTS COUNCIL, WHATEVER THE OFFICIAL TITLE IS FOR AT THAT WHILE NOW. AND WE HAVE HAD MANY OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THEY ARE LOCAL ARTISTS AND SOME ARE YOUNG. FOR EXAMPLE, ON FLORIDA AVENUE AT THE WAYNE PAPPY CENTER. I REMEMBER TWO CANDIDATE. ONE WAS, LIKE A A LOCAL INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS VERY TALENTED. HOW DID THAT WORK OUT? THE AUDIENCE WHO WAS SELECTED BRING ANOTHER COLLABORATE NOTING. >> YES, ACTUALLY. THAT DID HAPPEN. THAT WAS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AND NOW THEY ARE TEAMING UP ON OTHER PROJECTS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHAT YOU SAY SOMEBODY LOCAL AND SOMEBODY YOUNG. WHEN IT IS -- LET'S SAY $909,000. THAT IS A DOWN PAYMENT ON A HOUSE. THAT IS LIFE-CHANGING. BUT I THINK THE BOARD HAS DONE A GOOD JOB -- YOU KNOW SOME PROJECTS ARE BIG. LIKE WHAT WE HAVE AT THE CONVENTION CENTER WHAT HAPPENEDNOT. WE HAVE AN ARTISTS. WE GO INTERNATIONALLY AND WEST TAMPA AND McFARLAND PARK WITH THE MURAL WITH THE WEST TAMPA ICONS. LOCAL ARTISTS. APPEAR LOCAL GENTLEMAN. I CAN GO ON AND ON. PERHAPS, YOU KNOW -- FOR EXAMPLE, FAIR OAKS IS A BIG STRUCTURE. AND THERE IS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY, BUT, AGAIN, A LOT OF YOUNG ARTISTS AND WE SHOULD EXPLORE. EVEN AS BOARD MEMBER AND IN THE FUTURE WHERE WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT, WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME TO OUR MEETINGS AT HANNAH. USUALLY WEDNESDAY AT 9:00. GEMS COME AND EXPRESS THEIR THOUGHTS AS WELL. BUT THANKS FOR PULLING IN ITEM AND HAVING THIS DISCUSSION. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU. OUTSIDE THE DOG PARK. WE ARE NEIGHBORS. SO, FIRST OF ALL, I HAD THIS EXACT SAME CONCERN SEVERAL YEARS AGO. AND WHAT WE WERE TOLD, ALSO, IS THAT WE -- WE CAN'T JUST BE LOCAL BECAUSE OUR FOLKS CAN'T -- LIKE, IF WE DON'T -- IF WE DON'T PULL PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY ALL OVER THE WORLD, THEN WE CAN'T EXPECT OUR A TIPSES TO HAVE THE SAME CONSIDERATION. I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND ALTHOUGH I LOVE IT WHEN WE FOCUS ON LOCAL ANY QUESTION FOR THE REST OF THE 200,000. HOW MUCH DOES PIECES OF ART DO WE GET FOR THE $110,000 AND DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT HART MIGHT BE? >> I THINK PER MY DIRECTOR, WE LOOK TO PURCHASE WORKS BY LOCAL ARTISTS FOR FAIR OAKS. AND THEN ADDITIONAL MONEY ALSO BE POOLED FOR SUCH THINGS AS MATE NANCE AND OTHER PROJECTS IN THE REGION. >>LYNN HURTAK: THE 200,000 WON'T NECESSARILY GO TO ISN'T THAT RIGHT. >> OH, IT WILL TO SUPPORT FOR ART AND OTHER FUNDS IN THE AREA OR AT THE SITES. THAT IS -- THAT WILL BE LIKE GO TO THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE AND BE DISCUSSED AT THAT POINT. >>LYNN HURTAK: THE $200,000 NEEDS TO BE SPENT ON HART. >> MAINTENANCE FOR ART. >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY, THANK YOU. >> I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO STATE THAT THE ARTIST FOR THIS CONTRACT A LOCAL ARTIST. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VERY GOOD. COUNCILMAN CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: FIRST I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF. YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING ALL DAY. YOU HAVE BEEN THERE A LONG TIME. THANK YOU FOR WAITING. I RESPOND TO MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG. YOU ARE STIRRED SOME IDEAS. AS COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK SAID, THE LOCAL PREFERENCE RULES -- AS SOMEONE WHO HAS DONE BUSINESS WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTS. I DIDN'T DO BUSINESS WITH CITY OF TAMPA EVEN BEFORE I WAS ON COUNCIL, BUT WHEN OTHER CITIES HAVE LOCAL PREFERENCE RULES, IT BLOCKS OUR COMPANIES FROM GETTING IN THERE AND VICE VERSA. HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIND A WAY TO COM COMPETE. I HOPE THAT WHATEVER WOULD COMMIT LOCAL ARTISTS. AT PERRY HARVEY PARK, BIG STAMP OF STATUE THE. A LOT OF CRITICISM. CRITTISM IS THE ARTIST WAS A WHITE ARTIST IN A PARK THAT IS SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT BLACK HISTORY. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS IT TRUE OR NOT. ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW RULES, WE CAN'T CHOOSE BY RACE, BUT I WOULD ALSO REMIND EVERYBODY -- I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS A TEST WE ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE AT LEAST THREE OR FOUR NATIONALLY KNOWN BLACK ARTISTS IN TAMPA. DEAN MITCHELL THAT WAS AT AN EVENT OF HIS. HE SOLD $$500,000 WORTH OF PART IN ONE NIGHT. THIS YALA NATIONAL GUARD I KNOW THE CITY HAS BOUGHT FROM BOARD. AND THIS IS JUST PEOPLE THAT HAPPEN TO LOVE COMPANY. AND YA IS SELLING ALL OVER THE WORLD AND HERS IS $300,000 TO $400,000 APIECE WHICH I CAN'T AFFORD. A LADY ANIKA. SHE WAS A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA AND DOES ONE OR TWO "TIME" MAGAZINE COVERS. DO WE HAVE ANY OF HER STUFF. >> WE HAVE TWO OF HER WORKS IN OUR COLLECTION. >>BILL CARLSON: HER STUFF IS PHENOMENAL. TOO EXPENSIVE NOW. VERY EXPENSIVE. A GUY NAMED FERRY. HE IS KNOWN AS JUNKYARD. DO YOU KNOW HIM? I KNEW HIM -- HE WAS A USF STUDENT YEARS AGO AND HE DID AN EXHIBIT -- I DIDN'T STAY IN TOUCH WITH HIM. HE INVITED ME TO AN EXHIBIT AT THE EDITION. HE HAD 1,000 PEOPLE AT THE POOL DECK AT THE EDITION. AND THE -- THE SOME OF THE PEOPLE THERE WERE. THAT WAS PHENOMENAL. LOCAL ARTIST, MUSIC, DEEJAY AND EVERYTHING. HE IS -- I DON'T KNOW HOW OLD ELSE. 30 OR LITTLE BIT YOUNGER BUT THESE FOLKS ARE INCREDIBLY TALENTED AND SELLING ALL OVER THE PLACE AND SOME I DON'T EVEN THOUGH. ONE THING THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO DO IS LOOK AT THE ARTS ORDINANCES TO SEE HOW TO YOU BROADEN THE DEFINITION OF ART AND MAKE SURE WE ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY. ALSO COUNCILMAN YOUNG MENTIONED HAVING THE A THIRST. FEW YEARS AGO ON AN ART TOUR IN BROOKLYN AND HARLEM. IN HARLEM, A PUBLIC HOUSING BUILDING DESIGNED AS THE SAME PERSON AS THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM. ON THE GROUND FLOOR, THEY HAVE READING SPACE, A LIBRARY, ART SPACE, CREATIVE SPACE FOR KIDS, AND THEY ALSO HAVE AN ARTIST IN RESIDENCE. AN ARTIST DEREK FODOUR FROM MEMPHIS. IN GUY -- AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARTIST. PHENOMENAL WORK AND SELLING ON AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL RIGHT NOW. EVEN IF IT IS NOT THE KEY ARTIST THAT -- THAT IS BEING HIGHLIGHTED AS WE ARE BUYING OTHER ART. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO IT THROUGH THE CRA OR WHAT, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE AND CREATIVE PLAY TIME. TO BE EXAMINE HE I HAVE IT IN THE FUTURE THE KIDS WHO ARE HERE NOW HAVE TO THINK OUTSIDE OF AI. WE HAVE TO TEACH THEM TO THINK ANALYTICALLY OR THEY WON'T BE SUCCESSFUL. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ONLY TIME I SEE YOU MORE EXCITED ABOUT ART THAN WHEN YOU ARE TALKING OF JANE CASTOR AND BOB BUCKHORN. >>BILL CARLSON: NOT EXCITED WHEN TIME TALKING ABOUT CHARLIE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMAN CARLSON MENTIONED HARLEM. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE AND HOW MUCH HOW DISCRETION WE HAVE OVER IT, BUT WHEN IT COME TO THE ARTS, TO BE TALKING OF BLACK HISTORY. I THINK THAT WILL BE SO IMPORTANT. AND I KNOW I AM PREACH TOGETHER CHOIR, EVERYBODY UP HERE -- OH, ALL RIGHT. AND STAFF AND EVERYTHING. THAT WILL BE JUST ON SOME OF OUR LOCAL HEROES LIKE ALTHEA YOYNOR RONLT SANDERS, DELANO STEWART, FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ AND OTHERS. WHEN COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON MENTIONED HARLEM, GOSH, TALK OF GREAT THINGS LIKE THE GREAT MIGRATION WHEN SIX MILLION AFRICAN-AMERICANS FLED STATES LIKE FLORIDA AND REFUGEES IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY GOING UP NORTH FLEEING LYNCHING THAT IT HAPPENED HERE IN FLORIDA TALKING ABOUT THAT. I LOVE STUFF ON PLAQUE HEAVYWEIGHT AND A CHILLING EFFECT ON THAT TOPIC. I THINK THAT IS MARVELOUS. PUTTING IN MY TWO CENTS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG. YOUNG PYONGYANG I WANT TO SAY ONE THING. THANK YOU FOR BRING UP THAT POINT, COUNCILMAN VIERA. I AGREE. I WANREITERATE, WHEN I SAY "LOC IT DOESN'T EVEN IN PEOPLE FROM OTHER PLACES CAN'T COME. I KNOW HAVING PEOPLE IN YOUR CITY BUT GOING OTHER PLACES MAKES IT ATTRACTIVE AND GET OTHER COMMISSIONS AND THINGS. I UNDERSTAND THAT POINT. WHEN YOU HAVE $200,000 AND YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A LOCAL ARTIST. YES, I UNDERSTAND THIS GENTLEMAN IS LOCAL AND A PROFESSOR. I AM TALKING ABOUT LOCAL AND YOU GO TO A VENDOR MARKET AND SEE SOMEONE SELLING ART AND HAD SOMETHING HAPPENED IN LIFE AND THEY ARE LIKE I PICKED THUMB PEN SINCE I WAS 5:00. I AM AN ARTIST. THAT IS WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT. WHEN YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT TWO ARTISTS TOGETHER, MAYBE ONE WHO HAS DONE THESE LARGE SCALE PROBLEMS BEFORE. ONE WHO HAS NOT. THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY THERE. SOME SYNERGY FOR THEM TO WORK TOGETHER. SO NOW YOU ARE CREATING COMMUNITY BECAUSE YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO HAS DONE THIS PUBLIC ART BEFORE AND THEY ARE WORKING WITH SOMEONE THAT HAVEN'T YET AND HELPING TO ELEVATE THEM AND BRING COMMUNITY AND OPPORTUNITIES. I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING ART OR ARTISTS FROM OTHER PLACES AND ALSO HAVING OUR ARTISTS GO AND COMMISSION OTHER AREAS. BUT WE -- EVERYBODY HAS TO START SOMEWHERE. AND WITH THE NEW BUILDING, THE $35 MILLION BUILDING IN THIS BEAUTIFUL SPACE CORRIDOR THIS COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HELP SOME OF OUR LOCAL ARTISTS WHO ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE -- THAT I PUNT THAT OUT THERE. THAT I KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR COLLABORATION AND SYNERGY THERE. JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT THERE. >>LUIS VIERA: ONE LITTLE SMALL THING, IF I MAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. CHAIR. YOU KNOW TWO THINGS I WAS GOING TO SWAY THAT IS -- THAT WOULD BE REMISS MENTIONING THE GREAT MIGRATION. IF ANYONE -- HAS ANYONE HERE READ "THE WARMTH OF OTHER SONS?" WILKERSON IS THE AUTHOR. WROTE "CAST." I REMEMBER SPEAK IT WITH SUSAN JOHNSON-VELEZ. AWESOME BOOK. I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST AGAIN -- OFF THE DAIS HERE. JOHN, WHAT WAS THE NAME -- I THINK HIS LAST TIME IN WAS JOHN -- THE LATE COUNCILWOMAN HENDERMAN'S -- IT WAS HOWLSMAN, WHO WALLS BORN A SLAVE AND DIED IN 1934 AND HE DIED BEING ILLITERATE. COULDN'T READ. MAYBE HAVING SOMETHING -- YOU FOR THE LATE COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON. A LOVELY TRIBUTE SOMETHING FOR HER GREAT GRANDFATHER. I CAN PROVIDE YOU ALL THE INFORMATION ON THAT. >> I WILL TAKE THAT BACK TO MY DIRECTOR, THANK YOU. >>LUIS VIERA: I WILL GABBLING. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG, WOULD YOU LIKE MOVE THIS RESOLUTION? >>NAYA YOUNG: YES. I MOVE THE RESOLUTION. CLENDENIN MOTION C COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG AND SECONDED FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED. AYES HAVE IT. CRAWLING ALONG LIKE A SNAIL. THE MUSEUM OF ART OF COMMUNITY BENEFIT AGREEMENT. >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIR, MY COMPANY WORKS WITH AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS RELATED TO THIS, ALTHOUGH NOT DIRECTLY ON IT, BUT RELATED TO IT. SO I AM GOING TO RECUSE MYSELF SO NOT TO GIVE A PERCEPTION OF A CONFLICT. CAN I PLEASE MOVE MY FORM. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE BY COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. AYES HAVE IT. >> FOR THE RECORD, JAVIER MARIN, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FROM THE CITY OF TAMPA AND JOINED BY DR. BILL FOSSETT WITH THE TAMPA MUSEUM OF ART AND THERE ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE OF THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: STAFF REQUESTED, IT IS JUST ABOUT THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT. >> BEFORE THAT, MAY I SAY I AM THRILLED THRILLED WITH THE EXCITEMENT I SEE ABOUT ART. WONDERFUL THING. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IF I GET TO BE OUT OF IN A REASONABLE TIME, I GET TO THE MUSEUM OF ART MEET. AND MICHAEL LEMORE ANNOUNCED HILLS RETIREMENT. CLENDENIN OH, BOW, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. >> PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT WENT OUT IN AFTERNOON. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WENT OVER THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT. YOU KNOW, I AM GOOD WITH IT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: JUST REMEMBER IF YOU WANT TO GET OUT FOR THAT MEETING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NOTHING. JUST THAT THE MUSEUM IS TRULY A GEM IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE EXPANSION. I WAS THERE WHEN THEY OPENED THE NEW MUSEUM AND I WOULD GO THERE A LOT IN THE PREVIOUS ITERATION 20 YEARS AGO. I APPRECIATE WHAT IS IN THIS -- IT IS -- IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF WHAT A COMMUNITY BENEFIT IS AND REACHES OUT TO A LOT OF PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY ALLOWING MORE PEOPLE ACCESS TO THEY CAN ENJOY IT. NOT A MONETARY ISSUE. NOT AN EDUCATION ISSUE. OPEN TO EVERYBODY. AND THIS SPEAKS -- SPEAKS IT IN THE AGREEMENT. >> IF I MAY, I HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 9:00. BILL FOSSETT, CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR FOR THE MUSEUM OF ART. I HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 9:00 AND HEARD A COUPLE OF POINTS THAT XORPT RIGHT TO OUR PROJECT. PARKS DEVELOPMENT. OUR PROJECT HAS 80,000 SQUARE FEET OF EXTERNAL DEVELOPMENT. SCULPTURE GARDENLESS PAN COVERED PLAZA. IT IS GOING POSSIBLE TO FANTASTIC. IMPORTANTLY, WE ARE REDEVELOP AND REDESIGNING THE CASS STREET AREA. THAT IS A MAJOR ARTERY FROM WEST TO EAST INTO DOWNTOWN TAMPA. STAND WE ARE GOING TO BEAUTIFY IT. WE ARE INCORPORATING A NUMBER OF SAFETY FEATURES. WE ARE HAPPY ABOUT THAT. ANOTHER ONE INCREASED EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. IT WAS NOT TOO LONG AGO THAT THIS WAS A TINY LITTLE MUSEUM. AND NOW WE HAVE 70 EMPLOYEES ON OUR WAY TO 110 WITHIN THE NEXT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD. A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS IN THE PIPELINE FOR THE MUSEUM. I HAD TO BRING IT UP PUBLICLY BECAUSE I HAVE GOTTEN A FEW E-MAILS AND I DID REACH OUT TO MR. TEMORE REGARDING THE TREES ALONG THE RIVERWALK AND WITH THE EXPANSION OF IT MOVING FORWARD, THERE WAS A COUPLE OF CONCERNS, SPECIFICALLY FROM ONE JAP OF THE TREE REMOVAL THERE. BUT AS YOU HAVE -- TALK OF THE LACK OF SHADE. THE OVERHANG THAT PROVIDES AN ADEQUATE AMOUNT OF SHADE. EITHER WAY, IF WE CAN PRESERVE AS MANY TREES THAT WE CAN. I KNOW LOOKING AT THE DESIGN. SOME TREES WILL BE LOST. ANOTHER NOT GRAND OAKS. THEY ARE SMALLER TREES. BUT WHATEVER CAN BE DONE. WANTED TO MENTION THAT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. I PARTICULARLY LOVE THIS COMMUNITY -- WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS EARLIER, BUT I PARTICULARLY LOVE THAT THIS COMMUNITY BENEFIT AGREEMENT REALLY SPEAKS TO OUR VETERANS AND ALLOWS ACCESS. I THINK -- YES. YEAH. JUST -- I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. I THINK OBVIOUSLY THE MORE THAT WE DO WITH CHILDREN AS WELL. BUT PARTICULARLY FOR THE VETERAN COMMUNITY. I REALLY LIKE THAT BENEFIT. AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE EXPANSION ONCE -- >> THAT IS AN IMPORTANT CONSTITUENCY FOR US AND WE HAVE AIRPORT THERAPY INFORMED PROGRAMMING THAT SPEAKS DIRECTLY TO PROBLEMS THAT VETERANS MAY HAVE. PTSD AND OTHER PROBLEMS. WE ARE ANTICIPATE OF OUR ART-INFORMED PROGRAMS. ART THERAPY-INFORMED PROGRAMS AND YOU SEE THAT THROUGHOUT OUR BENEFITS AGREEMENT. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES, THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WILL CLOSE IT OUT BY SAYING I AM A BIG SUPPORTER OF THE MUSEUM I UNDER STAND THE ECONOMIC IMPACT AND -- NOT JUST THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ON PEOPLE'S LIVES, ART MAKES THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. AFTERNOON AND GREAT CITY -- ANY GREAT CITY HAS GOT TO HAVE GREAT ART. I APPRECIATE YOUR MISSION AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE TRANSFORMATION. I LOOK FORWARD THE BENEFIT AGREEMENT AND WHAT THAT WILL BRING TONIGHT COMMUNITY. AND COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, SINCE YOU ARE ON THE MUSEUM BOARD, DO YOU WANT TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION IN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I MOVE ITEM 53. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO. SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON ABSTAINING. >> CLOSING STATEMENT. WE OPENED A EXHIBITION BY JUNE CANECO, A CERAMIST. TAMPA BAY BALLET IN THE MUSEUM FOR A STANDING-ROOM-ONLY CROWD AND WE ARE AIMING FOR. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I AM A BIG SUPPORTER OF THE BALLET. I LOVE THAT SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP AND LOOK FORWARD TO OTHER RELATIONSHIPS LIKE THAT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE PASSED IT. -- YES, WE DID. >>LYNN HURTAK: WE ARE AT 62. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE ARE AT 62. YOU ARE CORRECT, COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. 26. >>LUIS VIERA: IF YOU ALL REMEMBER, HE WAS GOING TO MOTION TO CONTINUE THAT TO JANUARY 8. I SPOKE WITH STAFF. AND THAT'S IT. SO I MOTION TO CONTINUE THAT FIRST ON THE AGE TO JANUARY 8. SECOND TIME WIND TO CONTINUE THIS. I DON'T SAY THAT AS A COMPLAINT. THAT'S WHY I AM DOING IT FIRST THING ON AGENDA, BY THE WAY. I DID WANT TO SAY -- SORRY, LONG DAY. MY BRAIN IS TAXED. WE HAD FOLKS COME AND TALK OF GADSDEN PARK. THIS WAS TALKING OF SOUTH AND NORTH TAMPA. I WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THIS. AND COUNCILMAN CARLSON, I AM NOT MAKE ANYTHING MOTIONS AND IF YOU WANT TO LEAD ON ANY MOTION OF GADSDEN PARK. MY SYMPATHIES. I SPOKE TO EVERYBODY AND FOLKS WITH THE CHALLENGER LEAGUE. CHALLENGE LEAGUE, GREG JONES, LONG WITH HILLS WIFE LAWYER CUPP. HIM BEING INVOLVED IN THE CHAL LEARNINGS LEAD HAD RIM TO BEGIN CUPP. A SPECIAL PLACE IN OUR HEART FOR THIS. THE INTENT WE HAVE CRA MAKING INVESTMENTS IT WOULD APPEAR WITHIN CRA AREAS FOR -- FOR -- FOR ACCESSIBLE PARKS. AND SO WE ARE LOOKING OUTSIDE OF THE CRA AND SOUTH TAMPA. NEW IN NORTH TESTIMONY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I SPOKE -- I SPOKE TO FOLKS AT PARKS AND REC WHEN I WAS OUTSIDE FOR A LITTLE BIT AND I SAID TO MR. FOWLER, I SAID, LOOK, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING ROBUST IN GADSDEN PARK. I SAID, LOOK, I WILL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME BUT MAKE IT LOVELY, RIGHT. IN NEW TAMPA -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ARE WE THING? >>LUIS VIERA: MY INTENT. IN NEW TAMPA, WE HAVE THE ALL ABILITIES PARK. I WILL TALK TO THEM OFF-LINE. WE ARE GIVING THEM MORE TIME AND MAKE REAL. WE APROP YAPTED MONEY FOR THIS AND A BIG DEAL AND GADSDEN PARK IS FAMILIAR AND WITH COUNCILMAN CARLSON AND KNOWS MacDILL. LET ME TALK OF MACK DEL, NO, I AM JOKING. MY MOTION JANUARY 8, IF I MAY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEM 62 TO JANUARY 8. YOU WANT IT AS A TIME CERTAIN FIRST ON THE AGENDA? IS THAT WHAT I HEARD? FIRST ON STAFF REPORTS. IS THAT TO OKAY -- DO WHICH HAVE ANYTHING ELSE WE ARE TOLD WILL BE FIRST ON SNAEJ >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IS IT IN CONFLICT WITH SOMETHING PREVIOUSLY DECIDED? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM 64. HURRICANES. MR. BRANDON CAMPBELL. YOU ARE NOT BRANDON CAMPBELL. >> GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN. BRANDON CAMPBELL, DIRECTOR OF THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT. EMMA GREGORY AND I HAVE UPLOADED A STAFF REPORT IN RESPONSE TO THIS ITEM. AND WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAD A STAFF REPORT, BUT PEOPLE WANTED THE STAFF HERE. WHO WANTED STAFF? >>BILL CARLSON: CAN YOU JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S SAKE IN CASE THEY DIDN'T READ IT, GIVE THEM THE 30 SECONDS ON WHAT YOU SAID IN THE REPORT? >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: SURE. THE MOTION THAT YOU ALL HAD MADE FOR US WAS TO CONSIDER REDUCTION OF THE IN LIEU FEES FROM THE CURRENT RATE OF 220 BACK TO THE PREVIOUS RATE OF $29 PER LINEAR FOOT. FOR HOMES THAT WERE AFFECTED BY THE HURRICANE, DAMAGED AT 51% OR MORE AND UNDER CONTINUOUS OWNERSHIP. SO WE DID SOME RESEARCH AND WORKED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT. WE WERE NOT ABLE TO RELATE ANY RECORDS SPECIFICALLY TO ONE ANOTHER BETWEEN DAMAGE AND IN LIEU FEE APPLICATIONS. SO WHILE WE DON'T KNOW THAT THE NUMBER WOULD BE ZERO, IN THAT SEARCH WE DETERMINED THAT IT WOULD BE VERY FEW. AND FOR THAT REASON, EMMA HAD PROVIDED SOME ADVICE. I'LL LET YOU SPEAK TO THAT. >>EMMA GREGORY: EMMA GREGORY, LEGAL DEPARTMENT. SO GIVEN THE VERY SMALL NUMBER OF POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS OF AN ORDINANCE THAT WE WERE EVALUATING, WHEN WE AS THE CITY ADOPT AN ORDINANCE, IT SHOULD -- IT REALLY HAS TO BE AN OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE ACTION OF A GOVERNING BODY, WHICH ACTION IS A REGULATION OF GENERAL AND PERMANENT NATURE AS ENFORCEABLE BY LAW. SO IT REALLY GETS KIND OF TO THIS GENERAL NATURE OF WHAT AN ORDINANCE REALLY IS. IT'S FOR EVERYBODY. SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAD. ANOTHER CONCERN IS THAT IF WE CREATED AN ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL PROCESS OR AN ADMINISTRATIVE WAIVER PROCESS, THERE WOULD POTENTIALLY BE A LOT OF APPLICATIONS FOR WAIVERS. JUST OPENING THAT UP, WE WERE CONCERNED THERE WOULD BE PERHAPS AN ARBITRARY APPLICATION OF THOSE WAIVERS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT HERE IN THE CITY, EVERYONE GETS TREATED EQUALLY UNDER OUR CODE. AND FINALLY, CREATING DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN -- WHAT EXACTLY DID YOU SAY? CONTINUOUS OWNERS VERSUS REDEVELOPMENT. WE DIDN'T WANT TO CREATE TWO DIFFERENT CLASSES UNDER OUR SIDEWALK IN LIEU FEE ORDINANCE. THOSE WERE THE CONCERNS OUTLINED IN THE MEMO. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I READ THE MEMO. I THINK IT IS A POINT WELL TAKEN, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU FOUND THAT THE UNIVERSE WAS EITHER DIDN'T EXIST OR SO SMALL THAT IT WOULDN'T BE APPLICABLE TO CREATE AN ORDINANCE FOR SUCH A SMALL AMOUNT -- POTENTIAL. WHILE I THINK THIS IDEA -- I SUPPORTED THE CONCEPT OF IT THINKING IT WAS BROADER, BUT I THINK THE IDEA HAD MERIT, BUT THE REALITY IS, WE'RE LOOKING -- I THINK WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING, THIS WAS A SOLUTION LOOKING FOR A PROBLEM. >>BILL CARLSON: JUST QUICKLY, I KNOW I HAD AT LEAST TWO, MAYBE THREE, AND THEY WERE RESOLVED, I THINK. SINCE WE FIRST PUT THIS ON, I HAVE NOT HAD ANY MORE COMPLAINTS ABOUT IT. BUT JUST SO FOLKS KNOW, WHEN YOU LOSE YOUR HOUSE, YOU GO THROUGH A WHOLE BUNCH OF STEPS TO TRY TO RECOVER. FIGURE OUT HOW YOU'LL PAY FOR IT, WHETHER INSURANCE, FEMA AND ALL THESE THINGS. THEN YOU HAVE TO APPLY FOR PERMITS. BY THE TIME THEY GOT TO APPLYING FOR PERMITS SOMETIMES IT WAS JUST PAST THIS DATE AND THEY HAD NO IDEA BECAUSE THEY WERE TRYING TO REBUILD THEIR HOUSE. I THINK THE IDEA WAS TO PROVIDE THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT WAS STATED, WHICH WAS TO PROVIDE A UNIFORM ABILITY TO MEASURE THE THINGS AT LEAST OUTSIDE PEOPLE'S CONTROL. BUT IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN RESOLVED NOW. SO IT IS WHAT IT IS. IF WE GET ANY MORE, WE'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. MY PURPOSE IN ASKING FOR THIS IS I DIDN'T WANT THE STAFF TO HAVE TO MAKE AN ARBITRARY DECISION. I WANTED THERE TO BE A RULE TO BACK STAFF UP. IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING ON THESE. I ASSUME EVERYBODY HAS KIND OF FIGURED OUT WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO. UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF PEOPLE SOLD THEIR HOUSES AT A BIG LOSS AS TEARDOWNS AND OTHER PEOPLE ARE BUILDING NOW. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. HEARING NO OTHER QUESTIONS, THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE. >> THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCILMAN VIERA, ITEM 66. >>LUIS VIERA: AGAIN, NO TIME. I'LL MOVE THE RESOLUTION. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE. I'VE SPOKEN ON IT A LOT, WRITTEN ON IT A LOT. I AM GOING TO SAY SOMETHING, MR. CHAIRMAN. I'VE DONE A COUPLE OF POSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA ON IT. I HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY, VERY DISAPPOINTED MORALLY IN SOME OF THE CRUELTY, A LOT OF THE CRUELTY I'VE SEEN OUT THERE FROM PEOPLE. I'M POTENTIALLY NAIVE, I AM. I DON'T OPERATE IN A NAIVE WORLD AS A POLITICIAN AND AS A CIVIL LITIGATOR, BUT I AM A LITTLE NAIVE ON SOME THINGS. YOU THINK THAT CRUELTY MAYBE HASN'T BEEN PUT TO BED BUT AT LEAST GOES DOWN A LITTLE BIT. WHAT I HAVE SEEN OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, STARTING FROM THE TOP, FROM THE MAN WHO OCCUPIES THE OFFICE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON GOING ON DOWN IS THAT CRUELTY NEVER GOES OUT OF FASHION, IT JUST NEEDS A CHAMPION. RIGHT NOW HAS A CHAMPION AND PEOPLE ARE FOLLOWING AND REALLY PISSES ME OFF AND DISAPPOINTS ME. IF I MAY, I MOVE ITEM 66. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO MOVE ITEM 66 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST WANTED TO SAY I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I WAS SHOCKED AT THE AMOUNT OF COMMENTS ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA. IT WAS HORRIFIC, ACTUALLY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THINK WE CONSTANTLY HAVE TO BE REMINDED THAT THERE IS GOOD OUT THERE, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BATTLE GOOD. THOSE OF US THAT ARE TRYING TO STRIVE FOR A BETTER SOCIETY HAVE TO KEEP PUSHING. YOU CAN NEVER LET YOUR GUARD DOWN BECAUSE WE SEE THIS -- THESE RIGHTS BEING WITHDRAWN FROM PEOPLE. WE'VE SEEN SO MUCH EROSION IN WHAT I THINK MOST PEOPLE HAVE GROWN UP IN OUR GENERATIONS, WE HAVE SEVERAL GENERATIONS HERE ON THIS COUNCIL. WE THOUGHT THAT SOCIETY HAD MOVED TO A CERTAIN POINT, BUT THIS IS A REMINDER THAT YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO KEEP -- YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR GUARD UP AND YOU CONSTANTLY HAVE TO BE PUSHING AND YOU HAVE TO BE VOCAL ON THE ISSUE THAT HAPPENED HERE ON COUNCIL THAT WAS DIRECTED AT ME RECENTLY. I APPRECIATE COUNCIL'S SUPPORT ON THAT. IT'S SOMETHING YOU THINK SOCIETY MOVED TO A CERTAIN POINT. I CAN TELL YOU THAT I KNOW IT'S NOT. PEOPLE IN MINORITIES, YOU KNOW IN YOUR DAY-TO-DAY LIFE, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE MADE GREAT STRIDES. BUT THE MOMENT YOU LET YOUR GUARD DOWN, THEY ARE GOING TO PULL US RIGHT BACK INTO THE SEWER. I APPRECIATE YOUR INITIATIVE ON THIS AS WELL. I HOPE THIS COUNCIL CONTINUES TO STRIVE FOR A BETTER WORLD. THANK YOU. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I ALSO DIDN'T MENTION, I REMEMBER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WE HAD THE TRAGEDY THAT HAPPENED OUT AT USF INVOLVING OUR MUSLIM BROTHERS AND SISTERS. I DID A POST ON THAT. AGAIN, THE RESPONSES THAT I SAW TO THAT SHOCKED ME. THE HATRED, THE HATRED, THE RELIGIOUS BIGOTRY THAT PEOPLE HAVE. I'VE DONE THINGS ON ANTI-SEMITISM AND ON HANUKKAH. YESTERDAY I RESPONDED TO A GENTLEMAN, I USE THE TERM GENTLEMAN VERY LIBERALLY, WHERE HE PUT SOMETHING VERY ADVERSE ABOUT HANUKKAH. I SAID I'M SORRY I TRIGGERED YOU BY MENTIONING HANUKKAH. PLEASE E-MAIL ME AND I'LL GIVE YOU A 24-HOUR WARNING THE NEXT TIME I MENTION HANUKKAH. OBVIOUSLY VERY SARCASTIC. THE THINGS PEOPLE USED TO THINK ABOUT PRIVATELY, PEOPLE YELL ABOUT IT. STARTED WITH TIKI TORCHES IN CHARLOTTESVILLE IN 2017 AND ALL MAINSTREAMED. BREAKS MY HEART AND ANGERS ME SO MUCH. BLACK HISTORY IN AFRICAN AMERICANS, WITH OUR MUSLIM BROTHERS AND SISTERS, ANTI-SEMITISM ALL OVER. THANK YOU. I WANTED TO MENTION THAT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN VIERA FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. JUST A COMMENT ON WHAT YOU JUST SAID, I THINK WHAT STARTED THEN WAS IT WAS STIRRING FEELINGS THAT WERE ALREADY THERE THAT WERE HIDDEN AND BROUGHT THEM TO THE SURFACE. THE BAD NEWS IS THAT THEY ARE ON THE SURFACE AND PEOPLE ARE USING THEM IN ALL KINDS OF BAD WAYS. MAYBE THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT NOW IT CAN FORCE A DIALOGUE AND HOPEFULLY CHANGE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS WILL RESULT IN US COMING TOGETHER. THIS COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED BY IMMIGRANTS AND HAS WELCOMED PEOPLE IN AND DRIVEN ECONOMICALLY BY IMMIGRANTS AND ALL KINDS OF FOLKS. WE NEED TO BE OPEN TO PEOPLE'S BELIEFS AND PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES AND OTHER THINGS. THIS THING, JUST FOR FOLKS THAT KNOW AND BEFORE WE START GETTING SLAMMED ON THIS, CITY COUNCIL HAS NO RIGHT TO CUT PEOPLE'S FREE SPEECH AND TELL YOU YOU CAN'T USE CERTAIN WORDS. WE CAN'T TELL YOU THAT YOU CAN'T USE THIS WORD HERE. ALL THIS IS A RESOLUTION SAYING WE DON'T AGREE WITH IT. THOSE OF US WHO VOTE FOR IT AGREE THAT IS A WORD THAT SHOULDN'T BE USED. I HOPE WE CAN AT LEAST BE AN EXAMPLE AND SET AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHER PEOPLE THAT WE DON'T AGREE WITH IT. EVEN THOUGH WE GET CRITICIZED, WE'LL SAY THAT. MY COLLEAGUE, A LAWYER AND VERY GOOD AT WORDS, AS I SAID SEVERAL YEARS AGO IN A RESOLUTION, I WISH YOU DID HALF A PAGE INSTEAD OF THREE PAGES. WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT FDR AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF, IT BRINGS IN ALL THIS OTHER POLITICAL POTENTIAL MEANING THAT I WISH WE COULD SIMPLY SAY WE DON'T LIKE THIS WORD. FINALLY AS I SAID A MINUTE AGO, I HOPE THAT THE FOLKS THAT WANT THIS CITY AND THIS COUNTRY TO BE BETTER WILL ALL FOCUS ON LIFTING EACH OTHER UP INSTEAD OF TEARING EACH OTHER DOWN. WE SEE OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR COUNTRY BEING HELD BACK BY ALL THIS FIGHTING ALL THE TIME, AND WE NEED TO BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER. THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY. CLERK, IF I HAVE KEPT TRACK OF THIS EXTRAORDINARILY CONVOLUTED AGENDA, I BELIEVE WE HAVE FINISHED WITH OUR REGULAR BUSINESS, IS THAT CORRECT? WOW. I CAN'T BELIEVE I WAS ABLE TO KEEP TRACK. THAT WAS A MESS, MAN. WE ARE AT NEW BUSINESS. START TO MY LEFT. COUNCILMAN CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: SENT A MEMO -- SENT AROUND A MEMO SUGGESTING SOMETHING. NOT GOING TO DO IT TODAY. WE HAVE A NEW CITY ATTORNEY AND I WANT TO TALK TO HIM. IN JANUARY WE HAVE THE ISSUE, THIS IS LIKE THE THIRD TIME WE BROUGHT IT UP, ON DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC. WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO RESOLVE IT AND GET THE ADMINISTRATION TO WORK WITH US. IF ANY OF YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET THE ADMINISTRATION TO COLLABORATE WITH US ON THIS, WE'VE GOT TO STOP CLOSING DOWN THE ROADS. WHAT I HAD PROPOSED AFTER I GOT STUCK IN TRAFFIC -- IT'S NOT STUCK IN TRAFFIC FOR FIVE MINUTES. YOU ARE STUCK IN TRAFFIC GOING TWO OR THREE BLOCKS FOR AN HOUR. THAT'S HOW BAD IT IS. YOU ARE TRYING TO BE OUT OF THE ARENA AND EVENTUALLY GET TO YBOR CITY AND GET ON THE SELMON AND GO BACK TO SOUTH TAMPA. BECAUSE THEY BLOCK THE ROADS UNDER THE CONVENTION CENTER, THE TRAFFIC IS BACKED UP ALL THE WAY TO ROME. ALL THE WAY TO HYDE PARK. BAYSHORE IS BLOCKED. THIS HAS GOT TO BE FIXED. WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO ADD THE THINGS LIKE THEY ANNOUNCED TODAY. HOW COULD WE HAVE MORE ENTERTAINMENT IN DOWNTOWN IF THE CITY DOESN'T FIX THIS. THE PROBLEM IS THEY ARE SHUTTING DOWN ROADS. SO WHAT I PROPOSE TODAY IS THAT WE START AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD PROHIBIT ANYBODY FROM BLOCKING THE STREETS OR SHUTTING DOWN THE ROADS WITHOUT CITY COUNCIL'S APPROVAL. I DON'T KNOW UNDER WHAT AUTHORITY THEY ARE DOING IT OTHER THAN EMERGENCIES. THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO PUT TOGETHER A DRAFT BEFORE JANUARY 8. JANUARY 8, I'LL TALK ABOUT THIS AGAIN. IF WE DON'T FIND ANOTHER SOLUTION, I THINK WE'LL NEED AN ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT THEM FROM DOING IT WITHOUT OUR APPROVAL. IF A PARADE WANTS TO BLOCK DOWNTOWN, THEY NEED TO COME TALK TO US AND LET THE PUBLIC WEIGH IN ON IT. THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE ON HARBOUR ISLAND. THEY CAN'T EVEN GET TO THEIR HOUSES. >> YOU'RE REQUESTING LEGAL AND MOBILITY TO COME AND HAVE THE DISCUSSION AND MOVE ON FROM THERE. >>BILL CARLSON: WE'RE HAVING DISCUSSION ALREADY ON JANUARY 8. I WAS GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TODAY TO START AN ORDINANCE, BUT SINCE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TIME BEFORE JANUARY 8, I'LL JUST DELAY THIS AND DISCUSS IT ON JANUARY 8. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: JANUARY 8, WHAT IS THE DISCUSSION? >>BILL CARLSON: IT'S PROVIDE AN IN-PERSON REPORT ON PREVENTING TRAFFIC JAMS IN DOWNTOWN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MAYBE ADD LEGAL TO THAT AS WELL. >>BILL CARLSON: I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADD TO THAT JANUARY 8 THING TO REQUEST LEGAL TO TALK TO US ABOUT THE LEGAL OPTIONS FOR CITY COUNCIL TO STOP DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC JAMS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION TO AMEND THAT REQUEST JANUARY 8 MEETING FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON. SECOND FIRST FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: I HAVE A FEW. SOME CAME UP FROM SOME DISCUSSIONS TODAY. AGAIN, WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THIS OUTSIDE. COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG, IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE THIS MOTION BECAUSE IT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT. ASHLEY -- I CAN MAKE IT, WHATEVER. ASHLEY MORROW CAME HERE AND TALKED ABOUT THE FREEDMEN'S BUREAU. I TALKED TO FRED HEARNS BEFORE. WHEN I SAW HER TALK ABOUT IT, I GO, THAT'S AWESOME. PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW ON NEBRASKA THERE WAS AN OFFICE OF THE FREEDMEN'S BUREAU, FEDERAL OFFICE BUREAU PUT IN PARTS OF THE SOUTH AFTER THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION TO HELP AFRICAN AMERICANS WITH VOTING RIGHTS EDUCATION, CREATING OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CREATING OF CIVIC INSTITUTIONS. IT WOULD ALL BE TORN DOWN, MANY OF THEM AFTER RECONSTRUCTION. SO I WOULD LOVE TO DO A MOTION AND AGAIN, COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG, IF YOU WANT TO DO THIS, IT'S ALL GOOD, TO DO A HISTORICAL MARKER THERE ADVISING THE PUBLIC THAT A FREEDMEN'S OFFICE WAS THERE. KIND OF A BIG DEAL. LIKE I SAID, DISTRICTS AND ALL THAT. I'D LIKE A WRITTEN REPORT ON WHAT STAFF WOULD BE DOING TO HELP MAKE THIS HAPPEN. TO GIVE THEM TIME, LET'S DO FEBRUARY 19. WRITTEN REPORT. IF THEY NEED MORE TIME, ALL GOOD. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG FOR A WRITTEN STAFF REPORT ON FEBRUARY 19, 2026. >>MARTIN SHELBY: AGAIN, FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF A MARKER TO COMMEMORATE OR ACKNOWLEDGE -- >>LUIS VIERA: EXISTENCE OF FREEDMEN'S BUREAU OFFICE AT THE LOCATION ON NEBRASKA I THINK IT WAS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I ADD ONE THING JUST REAL FAST? ASHLEY MORROW, SHE MENTIONED HERE ONE TIME THAT HER DAY JOB IS THAT SHE IS A PHOTOGRAPHER. IT HAPPENED THAT THE NEXT DAY I QUICKLY NEEDED A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR MY HOLIDAY PHOTOS. SO I CALLED HER. TWO DAYS LATER SHE CAME AND DID MY HOLIDAY PHOTOS. SHE'S REASONABLY PRICED, EXCELLENT AND VERY FRIENDLY AND KNOWLEDGEABLE. YOU CAN TALK ABOUT BLACK HISTORY WHILE GETTING YOUR PICTURES TAKEN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THIS PAID COMMERCIAL -- [ LAUGHTER ] COUNCILMAN VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: TWO QUICK ONES, IF I MAY. I'VE BEEN TALKING TO A GENTLEMAN, VERY NICE GENTLEMAN BY E-MAIL WHO IS A RETIRED TAMPA FIRE DISTRICT CHIEF, GLEN WARNER. SOME OF YOU ALL -- YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT. AUGUST 4 IS GOING TO BE 45 YEARS SINCE THE MURDERS THAT HAPPENED AT THE DOWNTOWN TAMPA FIRE STATION, AUGUST 4 OF 1981. THEN FIRE CHIEF FRANZ WARNER SENIOR AND ISAAC ROYAL, A YOUNG MAN, A TAMPA FIREFIGHTER WERE MURDERED. WON'T GO INTO THE FACTS OF IT, BUT THEY WERE MURDERED. IT'S SOMETHING THAT TAMPA FIRE MARKS ALL THE TIME. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE JUST LOVELY TO INVITE GLEN WARNER, TO INVITE THE FAMILY OF THE LATE ISAAC ROYAL, INCLUDING POTENTIALLY HIS BROTHER, GLEN WOULD BE TAKING CHARGE OF THAT. JUST TO COME AND TALK ABOUT FOR FIVE MINUTES, WHATEVER IT MAY BE ABOUT WHAT THIS DAY MEANS TO THEM. IT'S SO INTERESTING, GLEN, OF COURSE, HE WAS TEN YEARS OLD WHEN HIS FATHER WAS MURDERED. GLEN WOULD BECOME A DISTRICT CHIEF, RECENTLY RETIRED. HE AND I HAVE INTERESTING COMMENTS. WE DON'T AGREE ON POLITICS BUT AGREE ON MUSIC. REALLY GOOD TASTE IN MUSIC. HIS SON IS NOW A TAMPA FIREFIGHTER. THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS THERE, AND I'D LOVE TO COME TO INVITE THESE FOLKS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IF HE AGREES WITH YOU ON MUSIC, I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE CALLED GOOD TASTE. >>LUIS VIERA: JULY 30th, IF I MAY. WE'RE OPEN. IT'S WAY DOWN THE LINE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY. >>LUIS VIERA: LASTLY, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I LOOKED AT THE AGENDA. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE EVER INVITED LOCAL 754 TO COME AND DO THEIR PRESENTATION ON THEIR PUBLIC SAFETY MASTER PLAN AND THEIR GIS STUDY. WE HAVE. WHEN DID THEY DO THAT? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: PROBABLY A YEAR AGO. >>LUIS VIERA: SINCE IT'S A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT GETS UPDATED, SO THIS WAS MY THINKING. I WAS GOING TO INVITE LOCAL 754 AND TFR TO TALK ABOUT RESPONSE TIMES AT K-BAR RANCH. I THINK IT WOULD BE JUST AS WISE SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE CITY TO COME AND INVITE. I SPOKE TO MR. STOCCO, HE'S AMENABLE, ON FEBRUARY 19. IT'S OPEN. FEBRUARY 19 TO INVITE LOCAL 754 TO COME TALK ON THE UPDATED MASTER PLAN AND GIS. TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT PARTS OF CITY OF TAMPA. WE JUST TALKED ABOUT DOWNTOWN. I WOULD LOVE TO GET THE UNION'S IMPRESSION ON THAT. TALKING ABOUT K-BAR RANCH AND THAT'S IT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. >>BILL CARLSON: I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD JUST ADD OR TWEAK TO ASK THEM TO HIGHLIGHT THEIR BUDGET PRIORITIES FOR THIS YEAR BECAUSE THAT WAY WE HAVE SOMETHING ACTIONABLE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO ADD A REQUEST FOR THEM TO PRESENT ON BUDGET PRIORITIES FOR FY '27. ANYBODY OBJECT TO THAT? UNANIMOUS CONSENT. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG. >>NAYA YOUNG: OKAY. [INAUDIBLE] I'LL SAVE THOSE COMMENTS. I HAVE THREE MOTIONS. YOU MENTIONED ASHLEY MORROW. SHE ALSO DID THE PICTURES FOR FAIR OAKS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GOT YOUR PICTURES WITH SANTA. I DID GET MINE. IT IS VERY NICE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SAY YOU WERE NAUGHTY OR GOOD? >>NAYA YOUNG: I'M ALWAYS GOOD. I NEVER GET ANY COAL. I'M ALSO VERY EXCITED TO SEE ASHLEY MORROW ON OUR CHARTER. I HAVE THREE MOTIONS HERE. THE FIRST IS, ONE, I WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF AND LEGAL FOR HELPING JUST TO DO THE CORRECT RESEARCH SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE NEED SO I CAN MAKE THIS MOTION. I'M VERY EXCITED TO DO IT. A PART OF THE SKILL CENTER COLLABORATIVE WHICH IS TO APPLY FOR STATE OF FLORIDA COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION TAX CREDIT FOR A WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT AND JOB READINESS PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM WOULD BE LOCATED IN THE SKILL CENTER. NORTH 22nd STREET IN TAMPA, FLORIDA IN CONNECTION WITH THE APPLICATION FOR THIS TAX CREDIT, THE STATE REQUIRES A RESOLUTION FROM THE APPLICABLE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CERTIFYING THAT THE PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH LOCAL PLANS AND REGULATIONS. MAKE A MOTION TO REQUEST THAT THE CITY LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND ADMINISTRATION REVIEW THE COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION TAX CREDIT APPLICATION OF G 3 LIFE APPLICATIONS INCORPORATED AND PREPARE A RESOLUTION FOR THE JANUARY 8, 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING CERTIFYING THAT THE PROPOSED PROGRAM IS CONSISTENT WITH LOCAL PLANS AND REGULATIONS AND STATING THE CITY'S GENERAL SUPPORT OF THIS APPLICATION. WE HAVE DONE SOME EXTENSIVE RESEARCH, EXTENSIVE RESEARCH. A LOT OF CALLS AND MEETINGS JUST TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL THE CORRECT INFORMATION THAT WE NEEDED FOR THIS. THAT IS MY FIRST MOTION THAT IS ON THE FLOOR. >>LUIS VIERA: [INAUDIBLE] >>NAYA YOUNG: VERY, VERY AWESOME. >> DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS ON JANUARY 8 OR JUST STAFF BRING A RESOLUTION ADD IT UNDER CONSENT. >>NAYA YOUNG: I BELIEVE IT IS STAFF -- CONSENT YES. WE SPOKE WITH THEM FOR THAT DATE AND THEY WERE OKAY WITH THAT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY. >>NAYA YOUNG: MY SECOND, WHICH I AM VERY HAPPY TO DO, I MOVE THAT TAMPA CITY COUNCIL PRESENT A COMMENDATION ON MARCH 5, 2026 UNDER COMMENDATION AND/OR PRESENTATIONS TO STPLAITA PHI BETA SORORITY INCORPORATED, CHAPTER OF TAMPA IN RECOGNITION OF 80th ANNIVERSARY OF BEING CHARTERED, EIGHT DECADES OF DEDICATED SERVICE, LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY INPUT. MARCH 9, 1946, THE BETA SIGMA ZETA CHAPTER HAS CONSISTENTLY SERVED THE TAMPA COMMUNITY THROUGH MEANINGFUL INITIATIVES FOCUSED ON SCHOLARSHIPS, SERVICE SISTERHOOD. OVER THE PAST 80 YEARS, THE CHAPTER DEMONSTRATED UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO UPLIFTING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THROUGH EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH AWARENESS, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVES. THE CHAPTER CONTINUES TO MAKE A LASTING IMPACT BY ADVANCING THE CORE PRINCIPLES OF ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY INCORPORATED OF SCHOLARSHIPS SERVICE SISTERHOOD AND WOMANHOOD WHILE FOSTERING PARTNERSHIPS, MENTORING FUTURE LEADERS AND ADDRESSING CRITICAL -- THIS COMMENDATION SHALL RECOGNIZE THE CHAPTER'S HISTORIC LEGACY, CONTINUED CONTRIBUTIONS AND POSITIVE INFLUENCES ON THE CITY OF TAMPA AND ITS RESIDENTS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY. >>NAYA YOUNG: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ONE MORE. I MOVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PRESENT AN OFF-SITE COMMENDATION FOR TOE BASS 46th ANNUAL DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING BREAKFAST MONDAY JANUARY 19, 2026 AT JW MARRIOTT. THE THEME IS OUR VOICE OUR DESTINY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG. SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. AYES HAVE IT. >>NAYA YOUNG: I DID THE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE, SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO NOW IN THIS SPACE BE ABLE TO DO THAT. LASTLY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW, THERE WAS A STORY -- I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THE TAMPA BAY TIMES OR SPECTRUM, BUT THERE IS A WOMAN, HER NAME, CHRISTINE VICARS. SHE LIVES IN EAST TAMPA RIGHT IN FRONT OF COLE'S POND. THEY DID A STORY ON HER BECAUSE SHE OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS HAD OVER A DOZEN CRASHES THAT HAPPENED RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER HOUSE. DARLENE AND I WERE OUT. WE WENT TO A BIRTHDAY PARTY AT RAGAN PARK. WE STOPPED BY AND LOOKED LIKE AN ACCIDENT JUST HAPPENED THERE BECAUSE YOU COULD STILL SEE THE CAR PARTS IN FRONT OF HER HOUSE. BIG YELLOW POLES KNOCKED OVER. SHE CAME OUTSIDE AND WE SPOKE WITH HER. AND SHE WAS JUST SAYING SHE IS SCARED. SHE'S EVEN HAD CARS COME THROUGH HER YARD. WE WENT BY JUST TO TALK WITH HER. I WANT TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD DO JUST TO HELP HER OR HELP HER FEEL SAFER. WHILE WE WERE STANDING THERE OBSERVING THE CARS, THE SCHOOL ZONE ENDS PAST HER HOUSE, BUT THE CARS WERE FLYING BY. I KNOW IT WAS NOT A SCHOOL ZONE SPEED. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: TO START, MAYBE ALREADY DONE THIS, I WOULD SET UP A MEETING BETWEEN YOUR OFFICE AND MOBILITY AND ALSO YOUR OFFICE AND THE TAMPA PD AND SEE WHAT KIND OF DATA THEY HAVE. THEY CAN MAYBE GIVE YOU GUIDANCE TO BRING FURTHER BUSINESS TO COUNCIL TO DISCUSS THAT. >>BILL CARLSON: I MET WITH A CONSTITUENT RECENTLY THAT HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM WHERE PEOPLE WERE RUNNING INTO HIS HOUSE. HE PUT BIG BOULDERS UP AT THE TURN SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE TURNING, IF THEY GO STRAIGHT, THEY HIT THE BOULDERS. THE CITY FINED HIM FOR THAT. AS I'VE BEEN DRIVING AROUND, I'VE SEEN PROBABLY HUNDREDS OF HOUSES THAT HAVE BIG BOULDERS BUT THEY ARE APPARENTLY NOT GETTING FINED. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU CAN DO IT ON YOUR PROPERTY BUT NOT ON THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. >>BILL CARLSON: I WANT TO RESEARCH IT BEFORE I BRING IT BACK. PEOPLE HAVE TO HAVE A WAY TO PROTECT THEIR PROPERTY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I HAVE A SIMILAR SITUATION AT ONE OF MY HOMES WHERE I HAVE TO HAVE THE SAME THING BUT PUSH IT BACK ON THE PROPERTY SO IT CAN'T BE ON THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: I MOVE TO SCHEDULE A WORKSHOP ON APRIL 23, 2026 TO DISCUSS THE CREATION OF A BIKE PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND A MULTIMODAL AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ON ROADS, PARKS, AND TRAILS. I'M GOING TO WORK WITH TPD, MOBILITY STAFF AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS TO CREATE AN AGENDA FOR THIS WORKSHOP. I WANT STAFF TO HOLD A COMMUNITY MEETING IN MARCH. I WILL WORK WITH STAFF TO CREATE TOPICS OF DISCUSSION FOR THE COMMUNITY MEETING. I JUST KNOW WE'RE ALL AT THE END OF THE YEAR. I WILL BRING FORWARD WHAT I CREATE WHEN IT'S DONE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY. SO THIS IS A MOTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PROVIDE CITY COUNCIL WITH LEGAL MEMORANDUM TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. YES, I ALREADY GAVE THIS TO OUR NEW CITY ATTORNEY-ELECT. WHAT IS THE LAW WHEN A BUILDING PERMIT IS ISSUED OR A SITE PLAN APPROVED THAT WAS BASED ON ERROR OR OMISSION OR MISREPRESENTATION? AND WHAT ARE THE LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THE CITY OF TAMPA? I'D LIKE A WRITTEN REPORT ON FEBRUARY 5, 2026. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. >>LYNN HURTAK: HOPE EVERYONE HAS A LOVELY HOLIDAY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU HAVE ONE MORE. YOU WERE GOING TO BRING UP THE ISSUE OF THE BIKING. >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT'S WHAT I JUST DID. THAT WAS THE MOTION. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WAS THAT. DID YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT? >>LYNN HURTAK: APRIL 23rd. WORKSHOP DAY. >>NAYA YOUNG: I THINK THAT IS A FANTASTIC IDEA. I THINK IT'S GREAT TO WORKSHOP IT. I HAVE LOTS OF COMMENTS, BUT I THINK THEY WOULD BE GREAT FOR THE WORKSHOP. BUT I SAID IT OUT THERE TO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE, BUT I THINK IT WILL BE AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF US TO WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY CAN GET BEHIND. AND THE PRESENTATION TODAY, I REALLY ENJOYED THE PRESENTATION TODAY BY DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP IN PROVIDING EXAMPLES. THE GREAT THING IS WE HAVE OTHER EXAMPLES THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AND WE CAN SEE WHAT WORKS, WHAT DOESN'T WORK. WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK WITH OUR BIKING COMMUNITY, WITH OUR WALKING COMMUNITY, WITH OUR YOUTH AND REALLY PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER THAT WE CAN ALL GET BEHIND. I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKSHOPPING IT. I HAVE LOTS OF COMMENTS, BUT I KNOW WE ARE READY TO GO HOME. I'LL SAVE THEM FOR THE WORKSHOP. MERRY CHRISTMAS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO HAS A MEETING TO GO TO. I KNOW HE WILL KEEP IT BRIEF. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WELL, I INDULGE EVERYONE. LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THOMAS MAN SEEO OF FEEDING TAMPA BAY TO PRESENT THEIR ANNUAL REPORT UNDER CEREMONY AND PRESENTATIONS ON FEBRUARY 5th, 2026. THERE IS ROOM. >>BILL CARLSON: CAN WE SAY FIVE MINUTES? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. WE'LL SET IT TO FIVE MINUTES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO FOR A FIVE-MINUTE PRESENTATION. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER, THE TAMPA THEATRE IS SHOWING A WONDERFUL LIFE I THINK TOMORROW, SATURDAY, SUNDAY AT THE MOVIE THEATER. I'M PROBABLY GOING TO GO. I KNOW YOU CAN WATCH IT ON NETFLIX, BUT NO MORE BEAUTIFUL PLACE THAN TAMPA THEATRE. IN REGARDS TO WHAT WE SAID EARLIER REGARDING THE RESOLUTION PASSED BY COUNCILMAN VIERA, I THINK MAYBE MORE PEOPLE SHOULD WATCH THAT MOVIE BECAUSE IT IS DEEPER THAN WHAT YOU THINK IT IS. AN ANGEL GETS HIS WINGS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE WORLD -- I USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO COMMUNICATE AND WHATNOT, BUT IT IS LIKE THE POISON OF MODERN SOCIETY. WE TALK ABOUT THE MEANNESS OF PEOPLE. AND WE DON'T REALIZE THAT, YES, IT IS THE HOLIDAY SEASON. I MENTIONED THIS THE OTHER NIGHT. PEOPLE OPEN THEIR HEARTS A LITTLE BIT MORE. PEOPLE LOVE A LITTLE BIT MORE, AND WE SHARE COOKIES AND EGGNOG AND HOLIDAY MUSIC AND ALL THAT STUFF, BUT IT CAN'T BE, THIS MIGHT SOUND SILLY, BUT IT CAN'T JUST BE A SEASON. IT'S CHRISTMASTIME. LET'S BE A LITTLE BIT NICER. THE WAY THINGS ARE, YOU SEE THE NEWS, A PROFESSOR WAS ASSASSINATED. THERE WAS A SHOOTER AT BROWN. HAPPENING IN CALIFORNIA WITH SPECIFIC ENTERTAINMENT INDIVIDUALS. IT'S CHAOTIC. WE'RE JUST GOING DOWN THIS PATH WHERE EITHER WE START SETTING BETTER EXAMPLES AND TRY TO BE KINDER AND A LITTLE MORE COMPASSIONATE, BUT IT'S JUST MADNESS. EVERY TIME WE WAKE UP AND LOOK AT THE NEWS, IT'S SOMETHING CRAZIER. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. MERRY CHRISTMAS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR FEBRUARY 26 -- I MEAN, MARCH 26. LIKE TO SEE THE PEOPLE IN THE -- BRING OUT THE FACTS AND FIGURES OF HOW MUCH ELECTRICITY WE USED IN 2024 VERSUS 2025. I THINK WE HAD A LOT OF INCREASE IN SOLAR DURING THAT YEAR AND I WANT TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY DIFFERENCE IN THE PRICE, EVEN THOUGH PRICE CHANGED IN ELECTRICITY, WHAT WE PAY IN 24 AND WHAT WE PAY IN 25. ELECTRICAL COSTS FOR THE YEAR. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE CITY'S. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. ANYTHING ELSE? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THINGS TO THINK ABOUT. I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT IN A LONG TIME, VACATING DIFFERENT PROPERTIES. PROPERTIES ABANDONED OR WHATEVER. IT CREATES HARDSHIP BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SOME PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE AND DON'T LIKE IT. I THINK WE OUGHT TO HAVE SOMETHING MAYBE SELL IT TO A BIDDER. I DON'T KNOW HOW. I'M JUST BRINGING IT UP FOR CONVERSATION, FUTURE DATE TO THINK ABOUT THAT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I'M NOT PARTICULARLY FOND OF GIVING STUFF AWAY. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NEITHER AM I. THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING IT UP. THIRDLY, THE TRANSFER OF MONEY FROM ONE ENTERPRISE FUND, THERE'S FOUR OF THEM, I THINK BASICALLY I DON'T LIKE THAT AT ALL. BUT I THINK WE OUGHT TO DISCUSS IT LATER ON, NOT TODAY. WE'RE ABOUT HALF WORN OUT. THINK WHAT WE'LL DO, IF ANYTHING, REGARDING THOSE FUNDS THAT THEY USE FROM THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS TO LOAN IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE AND THEN -- PAY IT BACK FOR WHATEVER REASON, FOR DISCUSSION LATER ON. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, WOULD YOU MIND TAKING THE GAVEL? >>LYNN HURTAK: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. I HAVE TWO ITEMS OF NEW BUSINESS. ONE ITEM I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ISSUE A COMMENDATION FOR USF MASTER OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING PROGRAM ON MARCH 26, 2026. >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE A MOTION FROM CHAIR CLENDENIN AND A SECOND FROM BOARD MEMBER -- OR COUNCILMAN VIERA. ANY COMMENT? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE NEXT THING IS IOU THAT WE HAVE, WE HAD ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION WITH QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL TO ANSWER AND ALSO OUR OWN SUGGESTIONS. IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE NEED TO SCHEDULE A SPECIAL WORKSHOP. MY LEGISLATIVE AIDE WORKED WITH YOUR OFFICES. I BELIEVE YOUR SCHEDULES ARE CLEAR ON THIS DATE. JANUARY 13, 2026 AT THE SISTER CITY ROOM AT 5 P.M. IT WOULD NOT BE TELEVISED, BUT IT WOULD BE OFFICIALLY NOTICED MEETING. JANUARY 13. IT IS A TUESDAY AT 5 P.M. >>LYNN HURTAK: NOT GOOD FOR ME. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MY LEGISLATIVE AIDE SAID YOUR LEGISLATIVE AIDE SAID IT WAS GOOD. >>LYNN HURTAK: SHE DOESN'T HAVE MY PERSONAL CALENDAR. I'LL WORK AROUND IT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THIS COUNCIL HAD ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE QUESTIONS TO THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION OF WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE ANSWERED IN THE CHARTER AND ALSO OUR SUGGESTIONS AND THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO SEE, TO PROVIDE SOME GUIDANCE. THIS WAS THE WORKSHOP FOR US TO DISCUSS THAT, WHAT WE WANT TO SEE. SO THAT WAS -- BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAD THIS DISCUSSION. IT WAS AN IOU. WE DID NOT HAVE THE MEETING SCHEDULED. THOUGHT IT WAS TIMELY TO ACCOMPLISH THE TASK. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU PASSED SAID THAT UNDER THE SCOPE OF WORK, QUESTIONS BY THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE CRC FOR COMMISSION DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATION. SO YOU ALL, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, EACH HAVE YOUR OWN IDEAS AND YOU'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THEM AND CALL THEM TOGETHER AND PUT IN A FORMAT THAT CAN BE SUBMITTED. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT WAS SOMETHING ALREADY ASKED AND ANSWERED BY COUNCIL. I MOTION TO SCHEDULE THAT JANUARY 13 WORKSHOP AT 5 P.M. IN THE SISTER CITIES ROOM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND. I'LL CANCEL MY FLIGHT FOR YOU. >>LYNN HURTAK: I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN COME. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. >>LYNN HURTAK: SO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM CHAIR CLENDENIN AND A SECOND FROM MANISCALCO. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NAY. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH HURTAK VOTING NO. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. SINCE THIS IS THE LAST MEETING OF 2026, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYBODY, MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HANUKKAH, WHATEVER HOLIDAY YOU CELEBRATE. WINTER SOLSTICE. I KNOW EVERYBODY THAT'S BEEN UP HERE, WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN CHAIRS, YOU DON'T KNOW UNTIL YOU DO ONE HOW GOOD OUR STAFF IS. THE LEGISLATIVE AIDES, COUNCIL STAFF, MS. KOPESKY, MR. SHELBY, THE CLERK AND THE CLERK'S STAFF, THE FOLKS THAT KEEP, THAT PROTECT US, THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR SECURITY PERSONNEL THAT MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SAFE, THE ADMINISTRATION, EVERYBODY WE WORK WITH, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH EVERYBODY. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT, ESPECIALLY IN THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, WHAT YOU BRING TO THE CITY OF TAMPA. I KNOW THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA ARE WELL SERVED. IT'S REALLY EYE OPENING TO SEE HOW MUCH, THE LEVEL OF COMMITMENT IN EVERY BRANCH OF THIS GOVERNMENT AND WHAT THEY BRING TO THE CITY OF TAMPA. I WISH EVERYBODY AND THEIR FAMILIES A MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HANUKKAH, HAPPY HOLIDAYS, HAPPY WINTER SOLSTICE. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: [INAUDIBLE] >>MARTIN SHELBY: MAY I FOLLOW UP -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: EXCEPT FOR THE LAWYERS. [ LAUGHTER ] >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF YOU CAN'T BEAT THEM, JOIN THEM. JUST REFERRING BACK TO THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, COUNCIL, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT -- NOW THAT YOU PASSED THE RESOLUTIONS UNTIL THE FACILITATOR AND THE ATTORNEY GET THEIR ACT UP AND RUNNING, SO I'M GOING TO SUGGEST AND RECOMMEND PERHAPS THAT WHEN YOU DO CALL YOUR APPOINTEE WHO WAS APPOINTED TODAY TO CONGRATULATE THEM, PLEASE DO SO AND REMIND THEM THAT THE SUNSHINE LAW APPLIES TO THEM NOW FROM THIS POINT FORWARD, THAT THEY CANNOT TALK TO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SAME BOARD, THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION. THEY CAN CERTAINLY TALK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND TALK TO YOU, BUT THAT THEY HAVE -- THEIR OBLIGATIONS HAVE BEGUN TODAY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: IS THERE A WAY THAT YOU COULD SEND OUT THE LIST OF ALL THE PEOPLE TO ALL THE PEOPLE SO THEY KNOW WHO THEY CAN'T TALK TO? >>THE CLERK: MY PLAN WAS TO PROVIDE A COPY OF THE RESOLUTION AND INFORM THEM TO FILL OUT THEIR FORM ONE AS WELL. >>LYNN HURTAK: GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I'LL WORK WITH THE CLERK AND WORK WITH THE CHAIR, CERTAINLY, BUT WE MAY HAVE TO BEGIN RATHER QUICKLY TO BEGIN SETTING UP COMMUNICATIONS AND E-MAIL ADDRESSES AND THE LIKE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE EVERYBODY SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO USE THEIR PERSONAL E-MAIL AND HAVE THINGS ARCHIVED FOR SAFETY SAKE. THE PUBLIC RECORDS LAW APPLIES TO THEM AS WELL FROM THIS POINT FORWARD RELATED TO THEIR BUSINESS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: OUT OF TRANSPARENCY, WHEN IT COMES TO OUR WONDERFUL BUDGET ANALYST, HAGAR, I DON'T KNOW IF I GIVE HER SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO WORK ON, IF I'M SUPPOSED TO DISCLOSE IT. I WILL. OUT OF TRANSPARENCY, WE HAD A CONVERSATION THAT RIGHT NOW OBVIOUSLY LOCAL 754 WITH MANAGEMENT ARE GOING BACK AND FORTH ON SOME BUDGET ISSUES. I ADVISE THAT I MAY SEEK HER HELP LATER ON IF THERE ARE ALLEGATIONS MADE BY MANAGEMENT AS TO BUDGET EFFECTS, REQUESTS BEING MADE BY THE UNION SO THAT SHE CAN LOOK AT IT AS WELL BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. THAT WE HAVE OUR OWN BUDGET ANALYST LOOK AT SOME OF THESE TO BE POTENTIALLY MADE ALLEGATIONS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A FULL PICTURE OF WHAT'S GOING ON. TO THE EXTENT WE NEED TO DO THAT, JUST OUT OF TRANSPARENCY. >>BILL CARLSON: SECOND. SHOULDN'T WE JUST SUPPORT THAT? I THINK IT'S BETTER TO GIVE HER DIRECTION IF WE SUPPORT IT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ACTUALLY, THIS HAS BEEN MY TAKE. AND I'VE GOTTEN PUSH-BACK FROM OVER THERE. MS. KOPESKY WORKS FOR ALL SEVEN OF US, BUT, OF COURSE, IS DIRECTLY ACCOUNTABLE TO THE CHAIR AS FAR AS A DIRECT REPORT. I HAVE NOT SUPPORTED THE ISSUES OF LIKE GOING THROUGH BECAUSE, ONE, WE HAVE SUNSHINE ISSUES. I FEEL AS THOUGH IF INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS HAVE WANTS, NEEDS, DESIRES, AND NEEDS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OF THE BUDGET ANALYST, THEY SHOULD HAVE THE FREEDOM TO BE ABLE TO GO TO THE BUDGET ANALYST INDEPENDENTLY OF EITHER THE CHAIR OR MYSELF AND SEEK THAT ASSISTANCE. SO I HAVE REALLY KIND OF PUSHED BACK ON THIS IDEA OF GROUP THINK ON UTILIZING THE STAFF. SAME THING WITH MR. SHELBY. IF YOU ALL HAD SOMETHING VERY SPECIFIC, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WIRE THE CHAIR AND WIRE THE GROUP OF US IN ON THAT. I THINK WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN MY LIGHT IS APPROPRIATE, JUST TO GO DIRECTLY WITH MS. KOPESKY AND HAVE THAT REPORT OUT. IF THERE IS SOMETHING BIGGER OR GREATER NEED THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THAT BUY-IN, I WOULD SAY YES. >>BILL CARLSON: THE ISSUE IS THAT IF WE ASK HER FOR A NUMBER THAT MIGHT BE AN INNOCENT SOUNDING OR QUESTION THAT MIGHT BE AN INNOCENT SOUNDING QUESTION AND THE ADMINISTRATION DOESN'T WANT TO GIVE IT TO US, THEN IT PUTS HER IN A BAD POLITICAL POSITION WHERE SHE COULD BE SEEN AS CAUSING PROBLEMS OR WHATEVER WITH THE ADMINISTRATION. SO IF WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHAT THOSE THINGS MIGHT BE. IT MIGHT BE AN INNOCENT QUESTION. MIGHT TRIGGER SOMETHING. TALKING ABOUT UNION NEGOTIATIONS, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT COULD BE ADMINISTRATION WOULDN'T AGREE WITH. MY ONLY REASON TO MAYBE SOMETIMES GET APPROVAL AND WE DON'T HAVE TO TODAY, IS JUST TO SUPPORT HER SO THAT THE ADMINISTRATION KNOWS THAT SHE'S NOT DOING THIS ON HER OWN. SHE'S DOING IT WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: AGAIN, THE CONVERSATIONS I HAD WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, THAT IS THE -- WHEN SHE IS SEEKING THIS, SEEKING IT ON BEHALF OF EITHER ALL OF COUNCIL OR INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS WHEN THEY ARE TALKING. AND THAT IS PART OF THE ROLE IS, WHY YOU PAY THE BIG BUCKS. [ LAUGHTER ] HER AGENDA IS INDIVIDUALS OF COUNCIL OR COUNCIL AS A WHOLE. COUNCILMAN VIERA, AS THAT ISSUE MATURES, I THINK THAT MAYBE IT WOULD, AS IT BECOMES MORE BAKED, MAYBE IT WOULD BE RIGHT TO COME BEFORE US. BUT I THINK IN THE PRELIMINARY STAGES, I DON'T THINK SO. AS IT BECOMES MORE RIPE AND REACHES AHEAD, YEAH, MAYBE THAT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE TO COME BEFORE THE GROUP. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU. AGAIN, I WAS JUST ADVISING COUNCIL. WHETHER WE DO A MOTION OR NOT, I ASSUME NO ONE OPPOSES IT UP HERE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: REMEMBER, WE ALSO HAVE A ROLE IN THIS, TOO. WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT ROLE. >>LUIS VIERA: PUT THAT IDEA OUT THERE, AGAIN, TO THE EXTENT IT'S NECESSARY. THAT'S ALL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE. YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS -- WE NEED IT TO LIGHT UP IN MY FACE SO I CAN SEE IT OR TAP ME. >>NAYA YOUNG: ONE, TODAY IS MY BEST FRIEND'S BIRTHDAY. ALL THE WAY IN BRONX, NEW YORK. I'VE BEEN IN COUNCIL ALL DAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAKOTA. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT'S NOT A GIFT. >>NAYA YOUNG: DAKOTA, DON'T ACCEPT THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL. IT HAS BEEN AWESOME BEING UP HERE. I'VE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS BUT I'VE REALLY HAD A LOT OF FUN AND REALLY HAVING A GREAT TIME. I THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING OPEN, JUST KIND OF OPENING UP AND HAVING ME UP HERE AND ALLOWING ME TO ASK QUESTIONS AND MAKE MISTAKES IF I DO AND COME BACK. THIS HAS BEEN AWESOME. I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND TO ALL OF OUR STAFF. AND MARTY AND HAGAR, AND SULING, DARLENE IS AMAZING. AND I'M JUST REALLY HAPPY TO BE UP HERE, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE IGNORING ME SOMETIMES. [ LAUGHTER ] >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU SAY -- GOOD THING I CALL YOU BY THE RIGHT NAME. A LOT OF FUN. SHOULD WE CHECK YOU FOR A FEVER? >>NAYA YOUNG: IT IS. I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR EMBRACING ME AND HAVING ME TO BE UP HERE. I'VE REALLY ENJOYED THIS. THIS HAS BEEN VERY AWESOME. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE REALLY APPRECIATE HAVING YOU HERE. REALLY, I DON'T KNOW YOU. I MENTIONED YOUR FAMILY SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE YOUR GRANDMOTHER IS VERY INVOLVED. BUT YOU HAVE A GOOD HEART. I CAN TELL THAT YOU ARE VERY COMPASSIONATE AND THAT YOU CARE. IN POLITICS, THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES, BUT YOU CAN SEE WHEN SOMEONE IS REAL. THAT IS THE FIRST THING I NOTICE. AND IT'S IMPORTANT. IT IS A BIG CITY AND YOU HAVE A VERY BUSY DISTRICT. YOU MIGHT HAVE THE SECOND BEST LEGISLATIVE AIDE HERE BECAUSE I HAVE THE BEST LEGISLATIVE AIDE, YOU KNOW, BUT DARLENE, I VOUCH FOR HER WITH MY EYES CLOSED. YOU HAVE A GOOD TEAM RIGHT HERE. WE'VE WELCOMED YOU BEFORE, BUT WELCOME AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR. >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU ALSO FOR YOUR HEART FOR THE COMMUNITY. IT'S EVIDENT THAT YOU CARE FIRST ABOUT THE COMMUNITY BUT ALSO THANK YOU FOR YOUR POSITIVE ENERGY. AS YOU SEE, IT'S LONG DAYS LIKE THIS AND HARD TO GET THROUGH. HAVING PEOPLE WITH LOTS OF POSITIVE ENERGY, LIKE CHARLIE. I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE CHARLIE HAS MORE ENERGY THAN ALL OF US COMBINED. >>BILL CARLSON: HE WAS DANCING IN THE HALLWAY JUST A MINUTE AGO. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE NEED TO CHECK YOU FOR FEVER AND HIM FOR DRUGS. [ LAUGHTER ] WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? WE'RE ADJOURNED MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY NEW YEAR. [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]