CITY OF TAMPA. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. WELCOME TO TAMPA CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS A SPECIAL CALL MEETING TO DISCUSS THE CIT. LET'S HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. >>THE CLERK: CARLSON? >>BILL CARLSON: HERE. >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE. >> CLENDENIN? HENDERSON? >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT. >>LUIS VIERA: HERE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE. >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT WE HAVE A MEMO RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN THAT HE WILL BE UNABLE TO ATTEND DUE TO A PREVIOUS OBLIGATION. SHOULD HE FINISH EARLY, HE MAY SHOW UP. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER THE PRESENTATION SO WE CAN HEAR THE INFORMATION AND THEN THE PUBLIC WILL SPEAK. CAN I GET A MOTION TO OPEN ALL PUBLIC HEARINGS? >> SO MOVED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? I'VE BEEN WAITING ALMOST 30 YEARS FOR THIS DISCUSSION. CIT. >> 28 TO BE EXACT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 28 TO BE EXACT. MAYOR CASTOR, TAKE IT AWAY. >>MAYOR CASTOR: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TO DISCUSS THE RENEWAL OF THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TAX THAT WILL BE RENEWED IN 2026 HOPEFULLY AND GO ON FOR 15 YEARS. BEFORE I GET INTO THIS DISCUSSION, ONE, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY -- RECOGNIZE AND SAY THANK YOU TO COUNTY COMMISSIONER GWEN MYERS FOR BEING HERE AND DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR GREG HORDELL WHO YOU WILL HEAR FROM IN JUST A MINUTE. AS COUNCIL CONSIDERS THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR THE CIT AND THE SPECIFIC PROJECT LIST, I'D JUST LIKE TO GIVE YOU A VERY QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE CITY'S POSITION AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO GREG TO GO IN A LITTLE DEEPER ON THE TIMELINES AND THE ENTIRE PROCESS. I DON'T HAVE TO TELL COUNCIL HOW CRITICAL THIS FUNDING IS FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TAX FUND, THE VERY BASIC OBLIGATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, LOOKING AT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, FIXING OUR ROADS, MAKING THOSE SAFER, ENSURING THAT OUR PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES ARE MAINTAINED AND AVAILABLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. FOR 30 YEARS, CITY AND COUNTY LEADERS HAVE BEEN EXCELLENT STEWARDS OF THIS TAX FUNDING, OF THIS CIT. AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT THESE PROJECTS HAVE AFFECTED EVERY SINGLE CORNER OF THE CITY OF TAMPA. THEY HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY. NOW, TO SHOW THAT WE'VE BEEN GOOD STEWARDS OF THAT TAX FUNDING, I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHERE THAT MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT TO DATE. AS YOU CAN SEE, $434 MILLION OF FUNDING SO FAR. AND THAT HAS BEEN IN BROAD CATEGORIES, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM UP THERE. AND THEN ALSO, ANYONE HAS THE -- OR THE ABILITY TO REVIEW THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS AND, AGAIN, SEE THE VALUE THAT THEY HAVE BROUGHT TO EVERY SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGHOUT OUR CITY, TALKING ABOUT PURCHASING OUR FIRE RESCUE VEHICLES, RECREATION CENTER ROOF REPAIRS, REPLACING PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, BUYING OUR POLICE CRUISERS, FLOOD RELIEF AND ROAD IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. WE HAVE ALL COME TO UNDERSTAND THE TRUE SCALE OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS NOT ONLY IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, PLANT CITY AND TEMPLE TERRACE, BUT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AS WELL. SOME MONTHS AGO, THERE WAS A SPEAKER DURING PUBLIC COMMENT THAT INDICATED THAT A MAYOR'S JOB WAS TO DO A LITTLE, A LITTLE, A LITTLE, AND THEN PASS IT OFF TO THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION. AND I WOULD SUBMIT THAT THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE FOUND OURSELVES IN THE POSITION THAT WE ARE IN WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AND LOOKING AT A LOT OF THE DELAYED MAINTENANCE THAT WE HAVE FOUND. IT IS OUR JOB TO ACT IN THE PRESENT TO FIX OUR ROADS, TO MAKE THEM MORE SAFER, TO ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY REMAINS SAFE, AND THAT WE ARE MAINTAINING OUR FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. NOW, THIS IS, AS YOU KNOW, 15-YEAR RENEWAL OF THE FUNDING SOURCE THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PAYING FOR 30 YEARS NOW. THEY HAVE SEEN THE RESULTS OF THAT, THE POSITIVE RESULTS OF THAT, BUT I ALSO WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING, A STATISTIC THAT YOU ALL KNOW, THAT AN ESTIMATED 20% OF THIS SALES TAX IS PAID BY INDIVIDUALS FROM OUTSIDE OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. SO THAT'S ALSO AN ISSUE OF FAIRNESS BECAUSE AS THEY TRAVEL INTO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AS THEY COME INTO OUR CITY, HEY ARE USING OUR FACILITIES; THEY ARE USING OUR SERVICES; AND THEY ARE ALSO BENEFITING FROM OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. SO GOING INTO THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS A BROAD OVERVIEW OF THE SPENDING CATEGORIES THAT ARE PROPOSED FOR THE RENEWALS OF THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TAX. NOW, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THERE IS A SLICE UP THERE FOR RAYMOND JAMES AND AMALIE ARENA MAINTENANCE. THAT IS A CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION. AND AS MY FRIEND, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA AND I DISCUSSED, WHETHER YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE, THIS IS A CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION THAT WE HAVE TO PAY TO MAINTAIN THESE FACILITIES. IT IS NOT TO EXPAND THEM OR TO BUILD NEW FACILITIES. THIS IS OUR CONTRACT OBLIGATIONS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THOSE. AS YOU CAN ALSO SEE, WE'VE DOUBLED THE AMOUNT, THE PERCENTAGE THAT HAS BEEN PUT INTO TRANSPORTATION AS WELL BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THE NEEDS OF OUR ROADWAYS AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO JUST BRING THOSE UP TO MINIMUM STANDARDS. SO WHAT I'M ASKING, WHAT WE ARE ASKING OF CITY COUNCIL IS TO MOVE THIS ISSUE FORWARD, THE AGREEMENT AND THE PROJECT LIST SO THAT IT CAN GO ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER AND BE DECIDED BY OUR RESIDENTS AND THE RESIDENTS OF THE OTHER CITIES AND THE COUNTY AS WELL. I WOULD ALSO ASK THAT YOU EACH GET INVOLVED IN SHARING THE VALUE OF THIS FUNDING AND WHAT IT HAS DONE TO OUR CITY AND THE CRITICAL NEED FOR IT MOVING FORWARD. THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE WITH FIXING OUR ROADS, WITH ENSURING THE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS, THOSE ARE ALL GOING TO GO THERE. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DISAPPEAR IF THIS CIT RENEWAL IS NOT APPROVED. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER REVENUE SOURCE, WHICH FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA MEANS OUR GENERAL FUND. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND A REVENUE SOURCE FOR THIS ESTIMATED ALMOST $800 MILLION OVER THE NEXT 15 YEARS. IT'S NO SECRET THAT OUR CITY IS GROWING. WE'RE AMONG THE FASTEST GROWING CITIES IN THE NATION. IT'S ESTIMATED THAT WE'LL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL HUNDRED THOUSAND RESIDENTS BY 2050 IN OUR CITY. AND AS OUR CITY GROWS, OUR NEEDS GROW. WE HAVE ALL SEEN THAT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. SO WE HAVE GOT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE DOING WHAT WE NEED TO KEEP OUR FACILITIES MAINTAINED, THAT WE ARE KEEPING OUR ROADS UP TO PAR, PAVED, AND ENSURING THAT THEY ARE SAFE AND ENSURING THAT THE COMMUNITY, THE CITY OF TAMPA, REMAINS ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES OUR SIZE IN THE NATION. SO THIS IS A CRITICAL DECISION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE MAKING. I THANK YOU ALL "NO" ONLY FOR THE DECISIONS THAT YOU WILL MAKE IN THIS INTEREST, BUT WHAT YOU DO TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY EACH AND EVERY DAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. NOW I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR GREG HORDELL. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. IF WE COULD BRING UP THE NEXT PRESENTATION FROM THE COUNTY. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS GREG, DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I'M DELIGHTED TO BE HERE WITH YOU THIS MORNING. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THE CIT. THIS IS, AS THE MAYOR SAID, PRETTY CRITICAL FOR OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS TAMPA, THAT YOU ALL ARE THE CENTER CITY FOR THE COUNTY. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT'S BEEN ALLOCATED FOR TAMPA'S NEEDS. YOU'VE HEARD FROM THE MAYOR. I'LL TALK MORE GLOBALLY ABOUT THE COUNTY'S NEEDS AND GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND ABOUT HOW THE CIT CAME ABOUT INITIALLY, WHAT IT DOES TODAY AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TO DO IN THE FUTURE. FLORIDA STATUTE 212 GIVES US THE AUTHORITY AS THE COUNTY TO PUT THIS ITEM ON THE BALLOT AND TO ACTUALLY LEVY A HALF-CENT SALES TAX FOR COMMUNITY INVESTMENT. WE CAN ONLY LEVY A HALF CENT BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE A HALF CENT THAT GOES FOR THE INDIGENT CARE FUND, AND THAT'S BEEN AROUND SINCE 1991, I BELIEVE. PHYLLIS BUSANSKY CHAMPIONED THAT. IT'S BEEN A LONG-STANDING PRIORITY FOR THE COUNTY COMMISSION, AND IT DOES CIRCUMSCRIBE OUR ABILITY TO HAVE A PENNY SALES TAX AS PASCO DOES, AS PINELLAS DOES. WE ARE LIMITED TO THE HALF CENT. IT IS LEVIED PURSUANT TO AN ORDINANCE THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSION. THE PROCEEDS ARE DISTRIBUTED BY AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT OR STATE FORMULA. I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT. THE ALLOWABLE USES ARE ONLY FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT. ALL THE GROUPS THAT I TALKED TO, SOMETIMES ARE CONFUSED WHY WE DON'T USE IT TO PAY THE FIREFIGHTERS AND THE FIRE STATIONS THAT WE CAN BUILD. THIS IS LIMITED BY STATUTE TO THE ALLOWABLE EXPENSES AND THOSE ARE CAPITAL EXPENSES ONLY. HOWEVER, THEY DID TWEAK THE STATUTE A LITTLE BIT. THEY ALLOW FOR LOANS, GRANTS, REBATES FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ALSO FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. WE DON'T HAVE ANY IN OUR PENDING PROJECT LIST, BUT DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THAT IS AN ALLOWABLE EXPENSE. THIS DOES EXPIRE IN NOVEMBER OF 2026. WE ARE BRINGING IT NOW BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO TAKE TWO YEARS FOR ALL OF OUR JURISDICTIONS TO PLAN THE TYPE OF MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN MIND. AS THE MAYOR SAID, THIS REVENUE SOURCE IS PAID BY ABOUT 20%. THOSE WHO DON'T LIVE IN THE COUNTY. IF SOMEBODY CAME TO ME AND SAID I WANT TO PAY 20% OF YOUR MORTGAGE AND YOU CAN STILL LIVE IN THE HOUSE AND OWN IT, I'M GOING TO TAKE THEM UP ON THAT DEAL, TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST. IN THE CURRENT ALLOCATION PLANNED, 25% OF CIT REVENUE OFF THE TOP WENT TO TWO SPECIFIC USES. ONE WAS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ONE WAS TO THE RAYMOND JAMES FACILITY. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT JUST FOR A MINUTE. YOU'LL SEE THE BOARD, OUR BOARD PUT A DIFFERENT PERCENTAGE IN THIS TIME AROUND. THE REASON FOR THAT IS IN 1996, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DID NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO AS THEY DO NOW, WHICH IS TO HAVE A HALF CENT OF THEIR OWN. THEY CURRENTLY HAVE THAT IN PLACE, AND THEY ARE USING THAT FOR THEIR FACILITIES. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN HALF-CENT OPPORTUNITY, AND I EXPECT AT SOME POINT WHEN IT'S READY TO BE RENEWED THEY'LL HAVE THAT ISSUE ON THE BALLOT AS WELL. IT WAS APPROVED FAIRLY SIGNIFICANTLY BY THE VOTERS WHEN IT WAS FIRST ON THE BALLOT LAST TIME. THE OTHER PIECE WAS A $9 MILLION CONTRIBUTION TOWARD DEBT SERVICE FOR THE STADIUM CONSTRUCTION. IN '96, WE HAD NEW OWNERSHIP FOR THE BUCCANEERS. THEY SAID, QUITE FRANKLY, IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BUILD US A STADIUM, WE'LL LOOK AT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES IN OTHER COMMUNITIES. THERE ARE ONLY 32 TEAMS IN THE COUNTRY, AND THERE ARE LOTS OF CITIES THAT WON'T THOSE TEAMS. WE DID HAVE IT ON THE BALLOT. THE VOTERS APPROVED IT, SO WE HAD $9 MILLION ANNUALLY THAT WENT FOR DEBT SERVICE. APPROXIMATELY 9% OF THE OVERALL AMOUNT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, THE LAST 28 YEARS, HAS GONE TOWARD THE STADIUM. THE REMAINING REVENUE IS DISTRIBUTED BY POPULATION BASED STATE SHARED SALES TAX FORMULA. AND UNDER THAT FORMULA, THE COUNTY RECEIVES ABOUT 75%. TAMPA RECEIVES ABOUT 22%. PLANT CITY AND TEMPLE TERRACE, BASED ON THEIR POPULATION, LOWER AMOUNTS. BY RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION, THAT MEANS THAT OVER THE PAST 28 YEARS, THE COUNTY HAS RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY $1.2 BILLION. THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS RECEIVED 655 MILLION. CITY OF TAMPA IMPORTANTLY HAS RECEIVED ALMOST 400 MILLION. SPORTS AUTHORITY, AGAIN, FOR THE STADIUM HAS RECEIVED 262, APPROXIMATELY 262 MILLION, AND PLANT CITY AND TEMPLE TERRACE, AGAIN, SMALLER AMOUNTS. EXPENDITURES BY CATEGORY, ALL AGENCIES HAVE REPORTED TO US WHAT THE PROJECTS ARE. I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE HERE AND WHO MIGHT BE LISTENING TO GO TO HCFL.GOV/CIT. EVERY SINGLE PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN FUNDED OR COMPLETED OVER THE PAST 28 YEARS IS AVAILABLE, SO YOU CAN GO SEE THE FUNDING THAT WAS ALLOCATED. THE STATUS OF THE PROJECT AND WHETHER IT'S BEEN COMPLETED OR NOT. I BELIEVE THE MAYOR SAID -- AND I ECHO THIS -- I BELIEVE THE CITY AND THE COUNTY HAVE BEEN GOOD STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS. WE'LL SHOW YOU SOME OF THE EXPENDITURES SPECIFICALLY FOR THE COUNTY. I KNOW THE MAYOR TALKED ABOUT YOUR NEEDS AND THEY ARE ROUGHLY SIMILAR TO THE COUNTY'S OVERALL NEEDS. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE LIST, THERE ARE LOTS OF PROJECTS THAT ARE RELATED TO BRIDGES, INTERSECTIONS STORMWATER POLICE AND FIRE. IT'S REALLY BEEN A VERY BROAD TAX THAT WE'VE USED FOR VERY BROAD USES. WE'VE EXPENDED A LITTLE OVER A BILLION DOLLARS THROUGH FISCAL YEAR '22. PEOPLE ARE SOMEWHAT SURPRISED WHEN I TELL THEM THAT ALMOST 50%, 49%, HAS BEEN SPENT IN THE COUNTY ON TRANSPORTATION. THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY. FOR EVERYONE WHO THINKS OUR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK IS NOT THAT GREAT -- AND I KNOW I HEAR ABOUT IT QUITE OFTEN -- IT WOULD BE EVEN WORST IF WE DID NOT HAVE HALF A BILLION DOLLARS THAT WAS SPENT ON COUNTY ROADS IN THE LAST 28 YEARS. NEXT, PUBLIC SAFETY, THAT MEANS POLICE AND FIRE. PARKS AND RECREATION, ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT FOR US, BUT I KNOW IT'S ALSO SIGNIFICANT FOR YOU ALL. THESE ARE SOME PICTURES THAT CITY STAFF GRACIOUSLY PROVIDED OF PROJECTS THAT HAD BEEN FUNDED. THEY ARE A REPRESENTATIVE EXAMPLE OF THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT YOU ALL HAVE USED, THE DOLLARS THAT ARE APPORTIONED TO YOU SO YOU CAN SEE THE IMPACT IT'S MADE IN YOUR COMMUNITY. I FIND THIS PART REALLY INTERESTING. WE'VE AVERAGED ABOUT 23,000 PEOPLE SINCE 1996 WHO HAVE MOVED INTO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. WITH THAT LEVEL OF GROWTH, WE'RE EXPECTING IT TO CONTINUE TO BE QUITE FRANK. PEOPLE DO WANT TO MOVE HERE THANKS TO FANTASTIC PROJECTS THE CITY HAS DONE AND THINGS THE COUNTY HAS DONE TO MAKE OUR AREA MORE LIVABLE. WE CONTINUE TO SEE POPULATION GROWTH. WE ESTIMATE THERE WILL BE ALMOST 500,000 ADDITIONAL PEOPLE BY 2050. THAT WOULD BRING OUR COUNTYWIDE POPULATION TO APPROXIMATELY 2 MILLION PEOPLE, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT. IN FACT, IF YOU REMEMBER -- I'M SURE COUNCILMAN MIRANDA PROBABLY DOES REMEMBER -- BACK IN '96, ONE OF THE REASONS FOR PASSING THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE WAS BECAUSE THE POPULATION GROWTH OUTSTRIPPED BOTH OF OUR COMMUNITIES' ABILITY TO FUND NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE. WE'RE STILL IN THAT SITUATION BECAUSE OF THE VOLUME OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE MOVED HERE. I WOULD SAY THAT THE VAST AMOUNT OF THE ROUGHLY 70% INCREASE OVERALL, 83% OF THAT HAS BEEN IN THE UNINCORPORATED COUNTY. SO WE COMPRISE ABOUT HALF A MILLION PEOPLE. IT'S LIKE, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, THE CITY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. IT INCLUDES BRANDON, RIVERVIEW, AND ALL THOSE OTHER AREAS THAT ARE NOT INCORPORATED. BUT CITIES HAVE THE NEXT HIGHEST LEVEL OF GROWTH AT 65% AND TEMPLE TERRACE AND TAMPA BOTH AT 40%. IF YOU LOOK AT JUST OUR CALL VOLUME FOR FIRE RESCUE -- AGAIN, I KNOW THESE NUMBERS ARE ROUGHLY THE SAME FOR YOU ALL, THIS REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE -- THE DATES ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM '96 JUST BECAUSE OF THE DATA WE WERE ABLE TO COLLECT. WE'VE HAD 197% INCREASE IN OUR CALL VOLUME. FOR THE SHERIFF, WE'VE HAD 75% INCREASE FROM 2009. SO A 1,300,000 CALLS PER YEAR JUST FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. THAT'S HENOMENAL GROWTH AND IT IS LARGELY BASED BECAUSE OF THE POPULATION GROWTH THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEE. I FIND THE GRAPH AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT-HAND CORNER TO BE INSTRUCTIVE, AT LEAST FOR THE COUNTY PORTION OF THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE 110% GROWTH IN OUR SIDEWALKS WHICH FRANKLY OUR SIDEWALK NETWORK AT THE DISTANCE THAT WE HAVE TODAY WOULD STRETCH FROM HERE TO SEATTLE. IF YOU EVER WANTED TO TAKE A WALK FROM HERE TO SEATTLE, GO ON EVERY SIDEWALK IN UNINCORPORATED COUNTY. REACH THE SAME THING IN MILES, WON'T REACH SEATTLE, JUST HERE. JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE OF EXTENSVE NETWORK WE HAVE. ALSO SAY GIVEN THE NUMBER OF REPAIRS WE HAVE AND FILLING IN THE GAPS, IT WOULD TAKE US APPROXIMATELY $600 MILLION -- LET THAT SINK IN JUST A MINUTE -- $600 MILLION JUST TO FIX ALL OF OUR SIDEWALKS. THE ROAD GROWTH IS LESS, AND I THINK THAT IS INSTRUCTIVE. WE'VE ONLY HAD 31% GROWTH IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA IN OUR ROAD NETWORK. I THINK THAT LAGS BEHIND WHAT OUR POPULATION GROWTH HAS BEEN. IT REALLY IS INDICATIVE OF THE TYPE OF STRUGGLE WE'RE FACING TO FUND ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS. THAT'S WHY THIS IS SUCH A CRITICAL FUNDING SOURCE. AS I SAID EARLIER, WE'VE ALREADY INVESTED HALF OF THESE DOLLARS IN TRANSPORTATION. IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT MONEY, THAT NUMBER WOULD BE FAR LOWER, THAT PERCENTAGE WOULD BE FAR LOWER. THE FOUR CATEGORIES THAT THE BOARD IDENTIFIED AS ELIGIBLE IN 2012, THEY ARE ACTUALLY VERY BROAD. THEY ARE THE STATUTORY CATEGORIES. THEY ARE TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC FACILITIES, PUBLIC UTILITIES. I WON'T READ ALL OF THESE. YOU CAN SEE THEM ON THE SCREEN. THEY ARE EXACTLY AS THEY SOUND. THEY ARE ALL CAPITAL ITEMS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY. IMPORTANTLY, I DID WANT TO MENTION, YOU CAN USE DOLLARS LIKE THIS FOR REPAIRS. SO WE WILL HAVE MONEY THAT GOES TOWARDS SIDEWALK REPAIRS. I'M CERTAIN YOU ALL WILL HAVE REPAIR OF YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL. SO BASED UPON OUR ESTIMATES OF RECEIVING $200 MILLION A YEAR FROM THIS TAX, IF THE VOTERS CHOOSE TO EXTEND IT, WITH A 3% ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, WE'RE PROJECTING THAT OVERALL IN THE 15 YEARS WE'LL RECEIVE ABOUT $3.7 BILLION. AS THAT IS APPORTIONED PER THE FORMULA THAT EXISTS TODAY, THE COUNTY WOULD RECEIVE 2.6 BILLION. CITY OF TAMPA WOULD RECEIVE 782 MILLION, AND THEN FURTHER DOWN THE LINE, PLANT CITY AND TEMPLE TERRACE. TIMELINE IS PRETTY IMPORTANT. WE'VE DONE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK. NOT BEEN A WHOLE LOT OF PUBLIC DISCUSSION ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT'S GONE ON, BUT AS YOU KNOW, SITTING IN GOVERNMENT, THERE IS A LOT OF WORK, KIND OF LIKE AN ICEBERG. YOU ONLY SEE THIS PART UP HERE AND THEN A REALLY BIG PART UNDERNEATH THAT EVERYBODY HAS SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME ON CRAFTING THIS AND GETTING IT TO THE POINT WHERE WE THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH SUPPORT TO GET IT ON THE BALLOT. THE BOARD HAS ALREADY VOTED TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT. WE ARE HAVING PUBLIC OUTREACH MEETINGS. WE AT THE STAFF LEVEL CANNOT SAY ANYTHING IN SUPPORT OR AGAINST. WE CAN'T ADVOCATE FOR IT. BUT CERTAINLY YOU ALL AS ELECTED OFFICIALS AND AS A BODY CAN DO THAT. STAFFS ARE PROHIBITED FROM DOING ANYTHING OFFICIALLY TO ADVOCATE FOR IT. WE CAN EDUCATE, AND I THINK, FRANKLY, EVERY GROUP THAT I'VE TALKED TO -- AND IT'S BEEN A NUMBER -- UNDERSTANDS THE CRITICAL NEED FOR THIS. I CAN'T TELL THEM HOW TO VOTE, BUT I CAN PAINT THE PICTURE FOR WHAT THESE DOLLARS HAVE DONE AND WHAT WOULD LIKELY HAPPEN IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE DOLLARS. SO IN JULY, WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON OUR PROJECT LIST, JULY 17, PUBLIC HEARING ON A PROJECT LIST AND INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH ALL OF OUR PARTNERS. THAT IS A CRITICAL MEETING. IF YOU CAN ATTEND, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT. THERE WILL BE I'M SURE% CONVERSATION AMONGST THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON HOW BEST TO PROCEED WITH THE PROJECT LIST THAT THE COUNTY HAS. WE DON'T HAVE VETO AUTHORITY@OVE HAVE PROVIDED THAT TO OUR COMMISSIONERS. FRANKLY, IT'S REMARKABLY THE SAME. IT'S ALL PUBLIC NEEDS. WE'RE TRYING TO MEET ALL THE CAPITAL NEEDS FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND YOU ALL, FRANKLY, MIRRORS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE AN AUDIT. WE'VE HAD THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE. THAT AUDIT NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED BY SEPTEMBER, AND THEN THE RESULTS POSTED BEFORE THE REFERENDUM CAN TAKE PLACE. IMPORTANTLY, AUGUST 1 IS THAT DEADLINE FOR ALL OF US TO HAVE OUR PROJECT LIST AND OUR INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS APPROVED. IF WE DON'T MEET THAT TIMELINE, THE ORDINANCE SAYS IT DOESN'T GO ON THE BALLOT. IMPORTANT, AS THE MAYOR SAID EARLIER, FOR US TO TAKE THIS ACTION SOMETIME BEFORE THE 17th. I'M HOPEFUL THAT WILL BE SOON FOR ALL OF OUR JURISDICTIONS. PLANT CITY AND TEMPLE TERRACE ALREADY APPROVED THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. THEY ARE HAVING THEIR PUBLIC HEARING ON THEIR PROJECT LIST IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. SAME THING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. OCTOBER WE REST. NOVEMBER WE SEE WHAT THE VOTERS THINK OF THE RENEWAL PROPOSAL. SO THE BOARD DID APPROVE 15-YEAR TERM. I'VE HEARD QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY THE BOARD APPROVED 15 YEARS INSTEAD OF 30. FRANKLY IT IS COMPROMISE. I KNOW THERE WERE SOME COMMISSIONERS WHO WANTED TO SEE A 30-YEAR TERM. THERE WERE OTHER COMMISSIONERS WHO WERE RECOGNIZING THAT WE HAVE A BOARD WITH COMPETING VIEWS ON HOW THIS TAX -- THE TIMELINE FOR HOW THIS TAX OUGHT TO BE EXTENDED. AND I WOULD WELCOME COMMISSIONER HARRY COHEN, DISTRICT ONE, I BELIEVE BOTH HE AND COMMISSIONER MYERS MIGHT WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS AFTER I'M DONE. HE WAS AN ARCHITECT FOR GETTING THAT COMPROMISED APPROVED BY THE BOARD. IT'S SOMETHING THAT NOT EVERYONE WAS HAPPY WITH. BUT, FRANKLY, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAD TO DO TO GET IT TO A POINT WHERE WE COULD PUT IT ON THE BALLOT. SO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS INCLUDED AT 5% OFF THE TOP 187.5 MILLION. THEY DID PRESENT A LIST TO US THAT INCLUDED NINE SCHOOLS OVER 15 YEARS THAT HAD $244 MILLION. I HAVE TALKED WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT. THERE ARE OTHER FUNDING OPTIONS TO HELP FILL THE GAP. I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THAT NOW BECAUSE THAT IS A COMPLETELY SEPARATE TOPIC. HE HAS CONVEYED TO ME THAT HE IS COMFORTABLE THAT THEY CAN FILL THE GAPS TO TAKE THE OTHER STEPS NECESSARY. PROJECT LIST FOR THE ENTIRE TERM, THAT'S WHY WE'RE WORKING ON OURS. IN FACT, WE DEFINED IT PRETTY BROADLY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH A NUMBER OF NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY. I WILL SAY THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT ARE COUNTYWIDE BENEFIT. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY DON'T JUST BENEFIT THE COUNTY. THEY BENEFIT ALSO EVERY CITY. THE COURT SYSTEM, PET RESOURCES, REGIONAL PARKS IMPROVEMENTS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE THINGS THAT OUR RESIDENTS WANT AND NEED AND EXPECT TO HAVE AS PART OF GOOD GOVERNANCE. SO WE'RE PAYING FOR THOSE. WE'RE INCLUDING THOSE IN OUR OVERALL PROJECT LIST. THERE IS A 70% LIMITATION, AS OUR BOARD DISCUSSED. WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME IN 96, ABOUT 95% OF OUR FUNDS WERE BONDED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. WHAT THAT DID WAS, PROJECTS GOT DONE, BUT IT ALSO CIRCUMSCRIBED THE ABILITY OF ALL OF OUR RESPECTIVE BOARDS TO HANDLE ANYTHING THAT MIGHT COME UP, WHETHER AS A RESULT OF AN OPPORTUNITY, A NEED, OR A DISASTER WHERE WE HAD TO REPAIR SOMETHING. IT WAS ONLY UNTIL ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO THAT OUR DEBT SERVICE WAS TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAD SOME EXCESS REVENUE. IT'S ONLY BEEN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WHERE THAT'S BEEN, BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH IN SALES TAX, THAT'S BEEN SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH FOR US TO DO OTHER NEW PROJECTS. INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT MUST BE REACHED BY AUGUST 1. PRIVATE SECTOR OUTREACH IS CRITICAL. I MENTIONED THIS TO EVERY GROUP I TALKED TO. I CANNOT ADVOCATE FOR THIS. I'M NOT AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. WE ARE PRECLUDED FROM DOING THAT. EVERYONE WHO CAN ADVOCATE FOR IT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THEY DO THAT. THAT REALLY CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, AND WITH YOUR INDULGENCE, I WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR TWO COMMISSIONERS TO SAY A FEW BRIEF REMARKS, IF THAT'S OKAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WELCOME, COMMISSIONER HARRY COHEN AND GWEN MYERS. COME ON UP IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING. WELCOME BACK, COMMISSIONER. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US TODAY. LET ME PICK UP WHERE GREG LEFT OFF BY SAYING THAT I AM AN UNABASHED ADVOCATE FOR THIS. WE REALLY HAVE TO HAVE THIS. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY IT ANY STRONGER. WE ALL KNOW THE INFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE. THEY ARE DIFFERENT IN SOME WAYS IN THE CITY THAN THEY ARE IN THE COUNTY, BUT THEY ARE REALLY ALL DRIVEN BY THE SAME THING AND THAT IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE GROWTH THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING. FOR US TO HAVE ANY HOPE OF EVEN KEEPING UP WITH OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, WE NEED FOR THIS TO I WOULD URGE EVERYBODY TO REMIND OUR CONSTITUENTS THIS IS NOT A NEW TAX. IT IS JUST A CONTINUATION OF SOMETHING THAT WE'VE HAD FOR 30 YEARS THAT HAS PAID FOR AN AWFUL LOT OF THINGS. THE POINT THAT MR. HORWEDEL MADE ABOUT PROJECTS THAT ARE COUNTYWIDE THAT AFFECT THE CITIES, THAT ALSO INCLUDES MONEY FOR COUNTY-OWNED ROADS IN THE CITY, WHICH A LOT OF YOU HAVE TALKED TO ME ABOUT OVER THE YEARS IN VARIOUS DIFFERENT INCARNATIONS. WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK GOING ON NOW ON HOWARD AND ARMENIA AND WE HAVE COLUMBUS DRIVE. LAST NIGHT WE HEARD ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS ON WESTSHORE AND BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS TO REALLY MAKE PROGRESS, TO REALLY GET SOME OF THESE LONG-STANDING PROBLEMS SOLVED, THIS MONEY IS GOING TO BE CRUCIAL. SO THAT IS JUST WHAT MY APPEAL WOULD BE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MYERS. >> GOOD MORNING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD MORNING. >> THE MAYOR SAID THE CRITICAL WORD. CRITICAL. VERY CRITICAL. GREG CAME BACK AND SAID THE SAME THING CRITICAL. IT IS VERY CRITICAL THAT WE RENEW THE CIT TAX. WE THE MAYOR FROM PLANT CITY AND MAYOR ROSS FROM TEMPLE TERRACE, THEY ARE ON BOARD. I'M ASKING THIS COUNCIL TO JOIN US SO THAT WE CAN DO THE HEAVY LIFTING TO GET THE TAX PASSED THIS COMING NOVEMBER. FOR OUR VOTERS WHO ARE GOING TO BE VOTING, WE NEED YOUR HELP. IF YOU ARE LISTENING, WE NEED YOUR HELP AS WELL ON NOVEMBER 5 TO GET IT PASSED. ONCE THE TAX PASS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SIGNAGE SO THAT ALL THE VOTERS CAN SEE HOW THE HORWEDELX IS WORKING IN THE COMMUNITIES. THAT WILL LET YOU KNOW THE HALF A CENT, WHETHER HOWARD AND ARMENIA OR HOWARD AVENUE, WE WANT THEM TO KNOW. THE HEAVY LIFTING STARTS WITH US AS ELECTED OFFICIALS. I ASK THAT YOU JOIN US, TALK ABOUT IT, AND LET US GET THIS PASSED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CALL IT HALF CENT FOR HILLSBOROUGH. PENNY FOR PINELLAS, WHATEVER IT IS. BUT I WILL TELL YOU, THIS IS -- THIS WILL BE MAKE OR BREAK MOVING FORWARD. IT KICKED OFF IN 1996. COUNCILMAN MIRANDA WOULD KNOW WAS COUNTY CHER JOE CHILLURA -- COMMISSIONER JOE CHILLURA, HE RECENTLY PASSED AWAY, SO I WANT TO GIVE HIM KUDOS. WE SEE HOW THIS WILL GO TO PAVING OUR ROADS, BUILDING OUR SIDEWALKS, BUILDING OUR FIRE STATIONS. SO MANY THINGS THAT BENEFIT THIS COMMUNITY. AGAIN, 20% OF IT IS PAID FOR BY OUTSIDE ENTITIES THAT COME AND VISIT HERE. IT'S A NO-BRAINER, BUT THE WORD CRITICAL. WE HAVE TO DO THIS. COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU. I HOPE I CAN USE MY FIVE MINUTES. I THINK I WILL. FIRST OF ALL, I'M NOT AGAINST ANYTHING NOR AM I FOR EVERYTHING. I TRY TO LOOK THINGS IS IT LOGICAL CRITICAL. EVERYTHING THAT COMES HERE IS CRITICAL. EVERYTHING. WHEN YOU GO BACK IN HISTORY, GO BACK TO '96, FEBRUARY, MARCH, THERE WAS A BALLOT TAKEN ON THE SAME ISSUE WITHOUT ONE ITEM OUT, AND IT FAILED MISERABLY BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE TALKING TO A CONVENTION THAT HAD EMPTY CHAIRS. NO ONE WAS THERE TO LISTEN BECAUSE NO ONE ADVERTISED IT. SECONDLY, ALL OF A SUDDEN, SEPTEMBER 6 OF 1996, ANOTHER VOTE AND THAT PASSED. SURE IT PASSED. $494,000 TO ADVERTISE THE NEED OF IT. WOULD HAVE PASSED IF DONE IT IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH. TO WHAT, ZERO ON THIS SIDE AGAIN. IT PASSED BY 1.5%. LET'S GO FURTHER. THE CITY OF TAMPA GENERATES I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF TAX, BUT I KNOW IT COLLECTS ABOUT 15 OR 20 PERCENT OF THE TAX, GIVE MORE OR LESS THAN WHAT THE REVENUE IS FROM THE TAX BASE IN THE CITY GOING INTO THE TAX. THAT'S NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, IN THE FINANCIAL OFFICE OF THE CITY HERE AND ANYTIME YOU WANT TO CUT ME OFF TO SAY THAT I'M WRONG, I ACCEPT IT VERY KINDLY. THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS GOING ON. FIRST OF ALL, BEFORE THIS TAX PASSED, PREVIOUS OWNER GOT ONLY 25% OF THE PARKING REVENUE. WHAT DO THEY GET NOW? 100 PERCENT. SECONDLY, IT WAS 250,000 OR SO DOLLARS EVERY TIME THERE'S AN EVENT AT THAT STADIUM, PAID FOR BY THE CITY OF TAMPA FOR THE FIRE, POLICE, AND THE GOOD PEOPLE THAT WORK IN PUTTING UP THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND BRINGING BACK DOWN ALL THE CONES AND SO FORTH, ALL THAT IS NEEDED. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. IF YOU MULTIPLY BY TEN EVENTS, 250,000. MULTIPLY BY 30 YEARS, YOU TELL ME WHAT IT IS. DON'T GET ONE PENNY OF THAT. SECOND OF ALL, YOU HAVE AN AREA THAT'S EVEN MORE TROUBLING TO ME. WHEN THE SPORTS AUTHORITY PUTS ON AN EVENT TO CREATE MONEY FOR THEMSELVES SO THEY CAN FUNCTION, GUESS WHAT, LET'S SAY TAYLOR SWIFT, JUST USING IT AS AN EXAMPLE, COME TO TOWN, FIRST $2 MILLION IN PROFIT DOES NOT GO TO THE SPORTS AUTHORITY. IT GOES TO THEM. THEREAFTER, ANY REVENUE THAT'S CREATED IN THAT STADIUM IS 50-50 IF THERE IS AN EVENT AT THE STADIUM, WHETHER IT IS A CONCERT OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT SOMEBODY SPONSORS. IF IT'S SPORTS AUTHORITY SPONSORED, THEY GET HALF OF THE PROCEEDS. SO I WOULD IMAGINE ON A YEARLY AVERAGE IT'S FOUR OR FIVE MILLION. I'M JUST TAKING A GUESS. TIMES WHAT, 30 YEARS. YOU TELL ME WHAT THAT ADDS UP TO. I'M NOT AGAINST ANYTHING. I JUST WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE VOTING FOR. AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO SAY WHAT I SAID 30 YEARS AGO. IN FACT, I FEEL BETTER NOW THAN I DID 30 YEARS AGO. I HAVEN'T GROWN ANY HAIR. I ADMIT TO THAT. BUT WHERE IS IT THAT WE DO THAT FOR ANY OTHER COMPANY THAT COMES TO CITY OF TAMPA OR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY? WHERE? NOWHERE. PLANT CITY GROWS TERRIFIC STRAWBERRIES. IF TEMPLE TERRACE GREW STRAWBERRIES AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF LAND BUT TAMPA HAS A SMALL ACRE OF LAND AND PRODUCE MORE REVENUE OF STRAWBERRIES, NOT MORE STRAWBERRIES, MORE REVENUE OF STRAWBERRIES, HOW COME WE'RE NOT GETTING A GREATER PORTION? LOOK IN A MIRROR AND ASK YOURSELF THAT. YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. SO WE GO ON AND ON AND ON AND REALIZE WHAT WE'RE GETTING INTO. AND THEN YOU REALIZE BECAUSE THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS AND I'VE SEEN NO DETAILS UNTIL TODAY, SO I'M OPEN FOR DISCUSSION AS FAR AS MY VOTE. I TELL YOU WHAT, UNTIL THESE THINGS ARE ANSWERED AND THE PUBLIC IS UNDER A LOT OF STRESS, YOU HAVE THE PIPES PROGRAM WE DID IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, 2.9 BILLION. AND THANK GOD WE'RE PAYING 53% CASH UP FRONT AS WE GO ALONG AND 47% POSSIBLY. WHEN YOU BOND OUT THIS MONEY, WHATEVER THE CITY OF TAMPA GETS, YOU ONLY GET HALF OF THE PRODUCTION MONEY GOES TO A PROJECT. THE OTHER HALF IS INTEREST. SO THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN DO THIS, IF YOU HAVE NO INTEREST AT ALL AND YOU DO A PROJECT -- THANK YOU FOR YOUR FIVE MINUTES, MR. CHAIRMAN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I GIVE UP THE OTHER 30 SECONDS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR. I WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY. THE MAYOR, EVERYBODY FROM THE COUNTY FOR BEING HERE. YOU KNOW IT'S GOOD. I ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA WORKS VERY WELL WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THAT INCLUDED THE LAST COUNTY COMMISSION, AND THAT INCLUDES THIS COUNTY COMMISSION. THERE WAS OBVIOUSLY A CHANGE IN PARTY AFFILIATION. I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF BEING THE CHAIRPERSON OF HART AND I WORK WITH A LOT OF FOLKS ON THE COUNTY COMMISSION, REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS, AND WE GET ALONG. WE DISAGREE SOMETIMES BUT WE ALWAYS GET ALONG. I KNOW THAT'S TRUE. I NEVER BUY THE COUNTY-CITY DIVISIONS. I REMEMBER 20 YEARS AGO WHEN THAT WAS A BIG THING AND GOD WILLING NEVER GO BACK TO THAT. I KNOW WE'RE NOT THERE NOW. FOR ME, THIS IS JUST COMMON SENSE, WHICH IS IF YOU SUPPORT THINGS LIKE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, IF YOU SUPPORT OUR ROADS, IF YOU SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY, THIS IS COMMON SENSE. TO ME, IT IS A MATTER OF MATHEMATICS. IF YOU SAY YOU ARE FOR COPS, SAY YOU'RE FOR ROADS, SAY YOU'RE FOR FIREFIGHTERS, THEN YOU GOT TO GET THE MATH TO SUPPORT THEM. THAT'S IT, END OF STORY. THIS IS NOT A NEW TAX. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF A TAX WITH A CONTINUED EMPHASIS ON THE THINGS THAT WE NEED HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S IN THE COUNTY OR WHETHER IT'S IN THE CITY. AND I'M GLAD THAT FOLKS ARE TALKING ABOUT, FOR LACK OF USE OF A BETTER TERM, A CAMPAIGN. I LOOK FORWARD TO SPEAKING OUT ON THIS WITH GREAT VIGOR. I SEE OUR FRIENDS HERE FROM THE POLICE UNION AND THE FIRE UNION. I LOOK FORWARD TO SPEAKING WITH MY GOOD FRIENDS AND DOING AS MUCH STUFF AS WE CAN DO ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO GET THE WORD OUT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS ON HOW THIS IS A DO OR DIE MOMENT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH PEOPLE WHO I HAPPEN TO BE A REGISTERED DEMOCRAT. OBVIOUSLY, I'M A NONPARTISAN IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. REGISTERED DEMOCRAT. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH REPUBLICANS TO GET THIS THING DONE. AGAIN, THIS TAX, OR REAUTHORIZING IS ABOUT TIES THAT BIND US ON THINGS WE ALL AGREE ON. WE ALL SUPPORT THE -- THE VAST MAJORITY I THINK IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, COUNTY SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY, AND WE'VE GOT -- AGAIN, IT IS A MATTER OF BASIC MATHEMATICS. I LOOK FORWARD HOPEFULLY TO DOING EVENTS AND WHATNOT WITH REPUBLICAN ELECTED OFFICIALS AND REPUBLICAN LEADERS TO SHOW PEOPLE THAT THIS IS NOT A PARTISAN ISSUE. THIS IS NOT A PARTISAN TAX. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT REPUBLICAN GROUPS AND DEMOCRATIC GROUPS I THINK CAN GET BEHIND. AND WE HAVE TO KEEP THAT IMPORTANT IN OUR MESSAGING. ON THIS ISSUE. GLAD TO SUPPORT THIS. AGAIN, IT IS A DO OR DIE MOMENT FOR OUR ROADS. DO OR DIE MOMENT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE. AND DO OR DIE MOMENT FOR SOMETHING THAT IS DO OR DIE IN LIFE AND THAT'S PUBLIC SAFETY. I'LL BE GLAD TO SUPPORT THIS. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CLENDENIN AND HENDERSON. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: GOOD MORNING. ABSOLUTELY A NECESSITY THAT OUR COMMUNITY RENEW THE CIT FOR THE NEXT 15 YEARS. I APPLAUD THE COUNTY COMMISSION ON 77% ON FUNDS. I THINK THAT WAS A GOOD MOVE AND FOR THE REASONS THAT HAD BEEN EXPRESSED BECAUSE IT PROVIDES FLEXIBILITY IN THE FUTURE. I THINK IT WAS A WISE DECISION OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION, AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE WELL THOUGHT THROUGH FOR OUR COMMUNITY. ECHOING KIND OF EXACTLY WHAT THE OTHER COUNCILPERSONS HAVE SAID IS THAT WE HAVE CRITICAL NEEDS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, AND WE ARE A COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS OUR POLICE AND SUPPORTS OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND OUR FIRE. THEY HAVE CRITICAL NEEDS. THOSE NEEDS HAVE TO BE PAID FOR. IF WE DO NOT HAVE THE CIT, IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE. AND WHERE THAT IS GOING TO BE IS MILLAGE OR MILLAGE INCREASES. SO IF YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR TAX BASE, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT'S AT, THEN THIS IS CRITICAL FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA BECAUSE THOSE -- IT HAS TO BE PAID FOR. WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE -- WE CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE CUT-BACKS IN PUBLIC SAFETY. WE JUST ABSOLUTELY CANNOT DO THAT. SO CIT IS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT TO KEEP OUR CITY FINANCIALLY STABLE AND TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE BASIC SERVICES THAT PEOPLE EXPECT. IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE DEVIL IS ALWAYS IN THE DETAILS, AS WE LOOK AT PREPARING THE SPENDING LIST AND DOTTING THE Is AND CROSSING THE Ts. BUT THE BASIC QUESTION IS, ALSO, WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING IN FROM OUR COMMUNITY THAT DON'T LIVE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY EVERY DAY TO WORK. RIGHT NOW, WITHOUT THIS TAX, IT IS A FREE RIDE. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY WE CAN REALLY RECOUP SOME OF THE COST FROM THEM. THEY COME IN AND WILL BE PAYING THE TAX AND PART OF THE EXPENSES OF THEM WORKIN IN OUR CITY. SO THIS IS -- A LOT OF THIS IS NOT JUST THE TOURIST. IT IS THE DAY TOURIST. IT IS THE PEOPLE WORKING, COMING IN, DRIVING IN FROM POLK COUNTY AND PASCO COUNTY AND PINELLAS COUNTY. IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. REALLY, HONESTLY, THERE'S NO ALTERNATIVE. IF SOMEBODY HAS A BETTER ALTERNATIVE OR KNOW THERE IS A POT OF MONEY TO PAY FOR BASIC GOVERNMENT SERVICES, PLEASE LET US KNOW WHERE IT IS AT. THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH. THIS IS THE ONLY ANSWER TO THE FUTURE OF NOT JUST HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO SPREAD THE ISSUE OF HOW CRITICALLY THIS IS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, CHAIR. I SUPPORT THE CIT TAX. SPEAKING PLAINLY TO THE PUBLIC, IF WE DON'T, THE MONEY IS GOING TO HAVE TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE. OF COURSE, OUR MILLAGE INCREASE WE ASKED FOR DID NOT PASS. THAT WAS SIGNIFICANT. WE COULD HAVE DONE A LOT OF THINGS WITH THAT. I UNDERSTAND THAT FUNDING IS THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF HOW OUR CITY FUNCTIONS, AND WE NEED THE MONEY TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE. THIS ONE YOU DON'T NECESSARILY FEEL THE PAIN OF IT BECAUSE IT ALREADY EXISTS. I WILL SUPPORT IT THAT WAY. I DON'T LIKE THE FACT THAT THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS WAS CUT FROM 25% TO 5%, BUT THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT FUNDING CAN COME FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE. WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATION, ANY SLICING OF FUNDS REQUIRES US TO BE CREATIVE AND AT THIS POINT WITH THE WAY THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE GOING AND THE WAY THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE UNDERPAID IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COMPARED TO EVERYONE ELSE, YOU KNOW, THAT CHALLENGE STILL HAS TO BE FACED AND IT WILL BE A PART OF THE BALLOT INITIATIVE IN NOVEMBER AS WELL. THAT IS ONE OF MY CONCERNS, BUT I DO SUPPORT THE CIT TAX. THANK YOU, CHAIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYBODY ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH, I ECHO THE THINGS THE OTHER FOLKS HAVE SAID. WE DON'T WANT TO RAISE PROPERTY TAXES AND WE DON'T WANT TO FIND A NEW SOURCE OF FUNDING, AT LEAST I DON'T. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT EXISTS. RIGHT NOW WE DESPERATELY NEED HELP WITH ROADS, WE DESPERATELY NEED HELP INCREASING THE NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS AND THE FACILITIES THEY HAVE AND WE NEED HELP WITH FIRE STATIONS AND FIRE EQUIPMENT. I KNOW THIS ONLY GOES TO INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT WE STILL NEED TO INCREASE OUR BUDGETS. IF WE HAD TO TAKE FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE, IT WOULD TAKE AWAY FROM WHAT WE WOULD DO. ON THE 70%, I THANK THE COUNTY FOR PUTTING THE 70% IN. I WISH IT WAS LESS. I REMEMBER VERY WELL WHAT HAPPENED EARLY ON WHEN THE CIT WAS PASSED AND HOW THE MONEY DISAPPEARED AND EVERYBODY ELSE GOT STUCK WITH NO MONEY. I WISH THERE WAS ALSO A REQUIREMENT THAT THE COUNTY WOULD PUT ON THE CITY. IT'S TOO LATE. WISH THE COUNTY PUT A REQUIREMENT ON THE CITY, IF YOU SPEND MORE THAN $20 MILLION, YOU ALSO HAVE TO GET COUNTY APPROVAL BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT HOW MONEY IS SPENT AND THAT MONEY IS SPENT ON IMPORTANT PROJECTS THAT ARE NECESSARY. THE OTHER THING IS THAT A FEW MONTHS AGO, WE WERE TRYING TO CUT THE DOWNTOWN CRA IN HALF. GOING FORWARD, THE MONEY IS COMMITTED FOR THE NEXT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, BUT AFTER THAT, WE COULD GENERATE 20 OR 30 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR THAT'S NOT COMMITTED JUST BY CUTTING IT IN HALF. THAT WOULD GENERATE SEVERAL HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. THE COUNTY HAS ALREADY PULLED OUT OF THE DOWNTOWN CRA, EXCEPT FOR WATER STREET, BUT THAT WOULD BE LIKE FINDING NEW MONEY IF WE COULD MOVE THAT BACK IN. WE WERE TOLD THE COUNTY DIDN'T SUPPORT THAT PROPOSAL. AND SO IT WAS NOT APPROVED BY OUR BOARD. BUT I HOPE THE COUNTY WILL PARTNER WITH US IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE THAT MONEY WOULD BE CRITICAL IF WE COULD MOVE $20 MILLION A YEAR FROM DOWNTOWN WHERE IT'S NICE TO HAVE TO PLACES LIKE EAST TAMPA OR SULPHUR SPRINGS WHERE WE REALLY NEED IT OR FIX ROADS IN SOUTH TAMPA THAT WOULD BE CRITICAL. WHAT VOTERS SAID LOUD AND CLEAR IS THEY DON'T WANT THEIR TAXES INCREASED, ESPECIALLY THEIR PROPERTY TAXES. THEY FEEL BURDENED ALREADY. WE NEED TO PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO FIND EFFICIENCIES. I'M AWARE OF SOME OF THE PROPOSALS GOING ON AT THE COUNTY TO MAYBE SHIFT TAXES OR MAYBE REDUCE TAXES. I THINK ALL OF THAT WILL BE WELCOMED BY TAXPAYERS. LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH YOU MORE IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU. IF NOTHING ELSE, I'LL -- >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND GO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. WE HAVEN'T TAKEN PUBLIC COMMENT YET. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THERE ARE WAYS OF DOING THINGS, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE CIT TAX -- I MEAN, THE CRAs ARE NOT ON THIS ITEM TODAY, BUT I UNDERSTAND ALL THAT. ONE CRA HAS NINE YEARS LEFT. CHANNELSIDE. OTHER LITTLE BIT LONGER WITH THE COUNTY'S HELP WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT VERY WELL. I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CIT TAX, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IT AT A DIFFERENT ANGLE. WHAT WAS A BASE BEFORE ANYTHING STARTED AND WHAT WAS THE CITY AND THE COUNTY GETTING, I'LL TELL YOU, ALMOST NOTHING. IT WAS ALL BLIGHT, ESPECIALLY IN THE CHANNELSIDE AND OTHER AREAS. DOWNTOWN WAS BLIGHTED. NOW IT'S RISING AND CONTINUES TO RISE, SO IS CHANNELSIDE, SO IS EVERY ONE OF THEM. SO WE'RE USING THAT MONEY CORRECTLY. HOWEVER, WHOEVER IS IN OFFICE, WHEN THESE THINGS END, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE AN EASY ROAD ON OUR BACKS, WHICH IS FINE. BECAUSE WHY. THAT REVENUE INCREASE STAYS ALL THE WAY INTO THE GENERAL FUND. DOESN'T GO NOWHERE ELSE. SO YOU HAVE BLIGHT THAT'S BEEN FIXED AND MONIES COMING IN THAT YOU WILL HAVE MORE MONEY THAN YOU CAN SPEND. WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SIDEWALKS ROADS SEWER WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING. LET'S GET BACK TO THIS. WHEN YOU HAVE THIS, ANOTHER ENTITY THAT IS NOT GOVERNMENTAL AND MONEY IS GOING TO THAT ENTITY AND BIG TIME. DO WE DO THAT FOR EVERYONE? ASK THAT TO YOURSELF AND THE ANSWER IS NO. SO WHY DO WE DO IT? DO WE TAKE A VOTE AND PUT IT ON THE BALLOT AND PUT THAT UNIT IN? THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN 1996, SO IT COULD PASS? THAT'S ALMOST LIKE A BRIBE. SO THAT'S WHY THE TAXPAYERS ARE DISAPPOINTED TO SOME DISAGREE. TODAY, ANOTHER DISCUSSION GOING ON ACROSS THE BAY IN A FINE CITY NAMED ST. PETERSBURG AND THEY ARE FACING BASICALLY THE SAME DISCUSSION WE ARE TODAY. I JUST DON'T LIKE TO GIVE AWAY PUBLIC MONEY TO PRIVATE BUSINESS. ESPECIALLY BUSINESSES THAT EVERY YEAR GO UP IN VALUE HALF A MILLION, HALF A BILLION, I SHOULD SAY, 500 MILLION VALUE PLUS AND THE VALUE OF THE ENTITY THAT'S CREATED WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE BUILDING. IN FACT, IN '96, WE WERE SO ANXIOUS TO GET IT DONE THAT WHEN WE TRANSFERRED EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING WAS DONE, ONLY ONE PROBLEM THAT HAPPENED THEN. THE LAND STILL WAS IN THE CITY'S NAME AND YOU CAN'T DO IT. HAD TO DEED IT BACK TO THE COUNTY SO THEY COULD NOT PAY WHAT? NO TAXES. THAT'S WHERE IT IS AT. CONTRACT HAS 30 YEARS. PEOPLE LOSING WHERE THEY LIVE, EITHER RENT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT. THOUSAND, NOW 1500 AND NOW 2,000 OR THEY CAN'T BUY A HOUSE AND HERE I GIVE A LEASE TO SOMEONE FOR 30 YEARS WITHOUT ONE PENNY INCREASE AND WE'RE POUNDING OUR CHEST HOW WELL WE'RE DOING. WHAT A WONDERFUL STORY THAT IS. I'M NOT AGAINST ANYTHING, BUT I'M AGAINST GIVING MONEY AWAY FOR EVERYTHING. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER URTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: I REALLY JUST WANT TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC. I REALLY THOUGHT WE SHOULD HAVE HEARD FROM THEM BEFORE WE STARTED SPEAKING. IT KIND OF SOUNDS LIKE A DONE DEAL. I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC BEFORE -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PUBLIC COMMENT. WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? COME ON UP. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> GOOD MORNING. STEPHANIE POYNOR. I WAS WONDERING. I KNEW EVERYBODY WAS GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS UP THERE. I'M GLAD TO SEE THE MAYOR IS HERE. THIRD TIME. THIRD TIME IS THE CHARM. I WANT TO SEE MORE OF HER HERE. I'M GLAD THAT HER PUBLIC RELATIONS FOLKS ARE HERE. GLAD MR. SMITH IS HERE. BECAUSE EVERY ONE OF YOU NEED TO BE IN VIDEO SUPPORTING THIS. BECAUSE IF WE LOSE THIS, WE'RE SCREWED. WE ARE LOSING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF MONEY. I'M WITH CHARLIE. CHARLIE, I'M NOT INTO SUPPORTING FOOTBALL IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM. BUT, HEY, THEY ALREADY OBLIGATED IT AND WE CAN'T TAKE IT BACK NOW. YOU KNOW WHAT? IF WE DON'T GET THIS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A MILLAGE INCREASE BECAUSE WE CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT IT. I'M VERY, VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT GETTING THIS PASSED, BUT I'M SORRY, BUT THE PUBLIC RELATIONS FOLKS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE VIDEOS FROM EVERY ONE OF YOU AND YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE PART OF THE PROGRAM TO PUSH THIS THROUGH. IT SHOULDN'T BE YOU DOING IT INDEPENDENTLY. IT SHOULD BE THE CITY OF TAMPA AND THEIR STAFF PUSHING THIS OUT. I'D LIKE TO SEE FOR THE FIRST TIME VIDEOS WITH EACH ONE OF YOU GUYS TALKING ABOUT WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE CANNOT IGNORE THAT WE HAVE 8 ELECTED OFFICIALS. WE CANNOT IGNORE THAT WE HAVE 8 ELECTED OFFICIALS. PLEASE, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE PUBLIC TRANSIT ON OUR LIST AND ON THE BOCC'S LIST. THEY OBVIOUSLY WILL DO THEIR OWN THING AND THINK IN THEIR OWN WAY. BUT IT'S EXTREMELY OBVIOUS THAT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO SUPPORT THIS. WE ARE OBLIGATED CONTRACTUALLY TO SUPPORT MULTIBILLIONAIRES, MILLIONAIRES, WHATEVER, AND I BOW DOWN AND THANK JESUS EVERY DAY THAT THE RAYS ARE PINELLAS COUNTY'S PROBLEM. HAVE A GOOD DAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ELSE THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: I THOUGHT WE'D AT LEAST GET SOME OF OUR UNION REPS TO SPEAK, TOO. I GUESS THEY ARE HERE IN SUPPORT, WHICH IS GOOD. YEAH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THE RESOLUTION. >>GWEN HENDERSON: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HOLD ON. MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF WE CAN, THAT'S ITEM 1. WE JUST TOOK THE PUBLIC COMMENT. STILL IN THE PUBLIC HEARING -- >>LYNN HURTAK: OH, THEN MOVE TO CLOSE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK, SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >>LYNN HURTAK: I MOVE RESOLUTION F 24-6494.% >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. MR. -- >>BILL CARLSON: BEFORE WE VOTE, THERE ARE FOLKS WHO ARE SPREADING MISINFORMATION TO THE MEDIA AND OTHERS ABOUT ME AND PUSHING SALACIOUS STORIES THAT AREN'T TRUE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: ABOUT THIS? >>BILL CARLSON: NO, ABOUT MANY THINGS. TO HOPEFULLY PREEMPT ANY NEGATIVE STORY OR SOMEBODY FROM PLAYING DIRTY POLITICS RELATED TO THIS, I WANT TO JUST TELL EVERYBODY, I HAVE BEFORE RECUSED MYSELF RELATED TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS. MY FIRM HAS WORKED WITH THEM FOR LONGER THAN I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, BUT WE DON'T WORK ON ANYTHING RELATED TO THE CITY AND WE DON'T WORK ON THIS AT ALL. WE'RE NOT INVOLVED AT ALL. IT DOESN'T INURE TO OUR PRIVATE GAIN OR LOSS. MARTY, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT? >>MARTIN SHELBY: NO. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? >>BILL CARLSON: NO. DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE AGENCY THING? >>MARTIN SHELBY: WELL, THE QUESTION IS, ARE YOU ASKING AS TO WHETHER YOU SHOULD VOTE ON THIS? >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH. DO I HAVE A CONFLICT FROM YOUR RESEARCH AND YOUR INVESTIGATION? >>MARTIN SHELBY: WITH REGARD TO THIS PARTICULAR SUBJECT MATTER AS YOU'VE DESCRIBED, THE SCHOOL BOARD IN THIS CASE IS AN AGENCY PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATUTES 112312 SUB 2. AND BECAUSE OF THAT IT IS EXEMPTED FROM THE VOTING CONFLICT. IN OTHER WORDS, IT IS NOT A PRINCIPAL BY WHOM YOU ARE RETAINED FOR THE PURPOSES OF A VOTING CONFLICT AND THAT IS IN SECTION 112.31341 A. IN CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEYS WITH THE FLORIDA COMMISSION ON ETHICS, IT IS MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE A VOTING CONFLICT. UNDER FLORIDA STATUTES, IT IS YOUR OBLIGATION TO VOTE. >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AYE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 6-1. PLEASE READ THE VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIES WITH MIRANDA VOTING NO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WHO WISHES TO MOVE ITEM NUMBER 3? >>GWEN HENDERSON: SO MOVED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? DO YOU WANT TO READ THE VOTE? >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIES. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THIS IS ITEM NUMBER 3. WAS THE VOTE ANNOUNCED AT NUMBER 2? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, IT WAS. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND IT. I'M LOOKING AT IT NOW. I'M GOING TO VOTE NO BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THE LEVY IS BASED ON INCOMES THAT ARE CREATED WITHIN THE DISTRICT. IT IS BASED ON POPULATION, NOT THE MONEY COLLECTED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT IS A 6-1 VOTE. ITEM 3. >>THE CLERK: ITEM 3, MOTION CARRIES WITH MIRANDA VOTING NO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>MARTIN SHELBY: ITEM 2 IF I CAN ASK AGAIN, WHAT IS THE VOTE? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 6-1 AND SHE READ IT INTO THE RECORD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE ADJOURNED. [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]