[SOUNDING GAVEL] >> TAMPA CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW COME TO ORDER. TAMPA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING JULY 15, 2021. I THINK YOU HAVE THE INVOCATION THIS MORNING, SIR. >> I PROUDLY INTRODUCE A LONG TIME FRIEND OF CUBAN DESCENT. HE AND HIS WIFE KATY MOVED TO FLORIDA IN 2007. THEY HAVE A TEN-YEAR-OLD SON JAKE AND 8-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER ELIZABETH. JESSE IS A REAL ESTATE CONSULTANT WITH SEVILLES BASED IN L.A., LONDON, SINGAPORE, HONG KONG AND HIS FAMILY IS ACTIVE AT THE CHURCH I GO TO HYDE PARK METHODIST WHERE HE AND HIS WIFE SERVED IN MINISTRIES FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS. I WANT TO THANK HIM PUBLIC FOR FOR THAT BUT ALSO IF YOU ARE NOT A PASTOR, THEY CALL YOU A LAY PERSON, AND HE IS REGULARLY THE LAY PERSON WHO GIVES PRAYERS AT OUR CHURCH AND DOES A GREAT JOB OF IT. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE OF TAMPA GOT TO HEAR HIM THIS MORNING. IF EVERYONE WILL RISE AND HE WILL DO THE INVOCATION AND WE'LL DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THANK YOU. >> MY CHRISTIAN FAITH TEACHES ME THAT GOD'S PLAN FOR SAVING THE WORLD IS IN THE DAILY RESPONSE OF ORDINARY FAITHFUL PEOPLE WHO HEAR HIS CALL AND ACTIVE PURPOSE. SO IT'S IN THAT SPIRIT THAT I WILL READ FROM A HUM THAT ARTICULATES THAT CALL. WILL YOU COME AND FOLLOW ME IF I BUT CALL YOUR NAME? WILL YOU GO WHERE YOU DON'T KNOW AND NEVER BE THE SAME? WILL YOU LET MY LOVE BE SHOWN? WILL YOU LET MY NAME BE KNOWN? WILL YOU LET MY LIFE BE GROWN INTO, AND YOU IN ME? WILL YOU LET THE BLIND SEE IF I BUT CALL YOUR NAME? WILL YOU SET THE PRISONERS FREE AND NEVER BE THE SAME? WILL YOU KISS THE LEOPARD CLEAN AND DO THINGS SUCH AS THIS UNSEEN AND ADMIT TO WHAT I MEAN IN YOU, AND YOU IN ME? WILL YOU LOVE THE YOU, YOU HIDE, IF I BUT CALL YOUR NAME? WILL YOU QUELL THE FEAR INSIDE AND NEVER BE THE SAME? WILL YOU USE THE FAITH YOU FOUND TO RESHAPE THE WORLD AROUND? THROUGH MY SIGHT AND TOUCH AND SOUND IN YOU AND YOU IN ME. THERE'S A FINAL VERSE TO THIS HYMN THAT I WILL NOT READ BECAUSE IT'S THE RESPONSE TO THIS CALL. SO FATHER, MY PRAYER, MY HUMBLE INVITATION, IS THE EACH OF US HEARS THIS SONG IN OUR OWN HEART TODAY AND RESPOND TO YOU, AND THAT WE ARE NEVER THE SAME. AMEN. [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ] [ROLL CALL] >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM. >>MARTIN SHELBY: GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU. MARTIN SHELBY, THE CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY. TODAY IS THE 15th OF JULY AND WE ARE HERE AT OLD CITY HALL, AND WE ARE HERE TO CONDUCT BUSINESS PURSUANT TO YOUR RULES OF PROCEDURE WITH AMENDMENTS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK COUNCIL TO VOTE TO WAIVE THE RULES TO MAKE THEM CONSISTENT WITH THAT WHICH IS IN THE NOTICE THAT WAS POSTED AND PROVIDED AND IS PRESENT IN THE AGENDA. SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, PER COUNCIL'S DIRECTION AT THE LAST MEETING, I AM GOING TO ASK COUNCIL TO WAIVE THE RULES TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE NOTICE. >> MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES. MOTION BY MR. MIRANDA, SECOND BY MR. CITRO. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MR. VIERA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>LUIS VIERA: I HAVE A MOTION FOR RESOLUTION. I ASK IF I MAY, BECAUSE THERE'S PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE WATCHING THIS -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. VIERA, THE ROLE NEEDS TO BE TAKEN BEFORE THE VOTE. WE'LL COME BACK AFTER APPROVAL. MADAM CLERK. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: -- >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH DINGFELDER BEING ABSENT. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IT'S REALLY NOT NECESSARY THE WAIVING OF THE RULES, MAKE IT CONSISTENT WITH WHAT IS NOW POSTED IN THE AGENDA, AND IT IS ALSO THE NOTICE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: PUBLIC COMMENTS SIR. >>MARTIN SHELBY: OH, WITH REGARD TO PUBLIC COMMENTS? IT'S CONTINUING IN THE WAY IT HAS IN THE PAST PER COUNCIL'S DIRECTION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. MR. VIERA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR. I HAVE A RESOLUTION, SIR, THAT I PASSED ON MONDAY TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. YOU JUST RECEIVED A LETTER FROM CONGRESSWOMAN KATHY CASTOR'S OFFICE IN REGARD TO THIS. SINCE CERTAIN PEOPLE ARE HERE AND WATCHING THIS, I WOULD ASK THE CHAIR'S CONSENTS TO HAVE THIS DONE, AND I DON'T ANTICIPATE THIS TAKING A DARN LONG TIME, BUT EITHER BEFORE THE CONSENT AGENDA OR AFTER THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICHEVER ONE THE CHAIR WOULD PREFER IF YOU WOULD SO GRANT THAT, SIR. OH, I'M SO SORRY. OF COURSE. PUBLIC COMMENT, YEAH. >> I THINK WE NEED A ROBUST DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT WE NEED AS A CITY AND COMMUNITY TO HELP PEOPLE AND A RESOLUTION LIKE THIS IS MORE OF A PUBLIC. >>JUDY LISI:TY STUNT LIKE THE PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY AND WE NEED TO THINK HARD. WE PASSED SOMETHING THAT SAYS GENERICALLY, IT'S NOT GOING TO HELP ANYBODY IN CUBA. WE CAN SAY THAT PUBLICLY. I AM HAPPY TO PASS A RESOLUTION THAT SAYS SIMPLY THAT WE SUPPORT PEOPLE IN GIVING POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC FREEDOM BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A ROBUST DISCUSSION ABOUT ACTUAL SOLUTIONS THAT HELP THE PEOPLE, NOT JUST A STATEMENT THAT'S NOT GOING TO HELP THEM AT ALL. THANK YOU. >>LUIS VIERA: MAY I RESPOND TO THAT? >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>LUIS VIERA: IT'S THE FIRST TIME I EVER HAD SOMEBODY WHOSE FAMILY IS NOT FROM CUBA, NOT A CUBAN REFUGIO JAY SAYING THAT SOMETHING IS A PUBLICITY STUNT, AND THAT'S NOT WELL TAKEN AT ALL. I AM SIMPLY SAYING THAT MY MOTION WAS TO COMBAT MY PUBLICITY STUNT, SO TO SPEAK. YOU CAN DO SO AT ANOTHER TIME. BUT I AM ASKING FOR MY MOTION TO BE HEARD AT THAT TIME. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WELL, PUBLICITY STUNTS OR NOT, WE ARE GOING TO RESPECT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS, A PLACE TO CONDUCT -- IF YOU WANT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR ASKING TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION, WE WILL CONSIDER THE RESOLUTION BEFORE A VOTE. IF MR. CARLSON WANTS TO HAVE A WORKSHOP, THAT RESPONSE AS WELL. >>LUIS VIERA: CAN I HAVE IT HEARD AFTER THE PUBLIC COMMENT, SIR? >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, SIR. IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS A DISCUSSION BEFORE I ASK FOR A MOTION. MR. SHELBY, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>MARTIN SHELBY: A MOTION FOR THAT IS ABSOLUTELY APPROPRIATE, PARTICULARLY AS THE POINT WHERE YOU ARE IS FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AND THE ADDENDUM, SO YOU CAN MAKE ADDITIONS, SUBSTITUTIONS DELETIONS CONSENT DOCTOR FOR STAFF REPORTS, SO THIS IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN TAKE UP AND NOT TAKE ACTION ON NECESSARILY RIGHT NOW BUT TO ADD TO THE AGENDA AT THAT POINT IN TIME THAT THE COUNCILMAN REQUESTED WHICH IS AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT. SO THE ANSWER IS, ONCE WE DO THAT, AND THERE'S A MOTION, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A SECOND TO IT YET. I DON'T RECALL. >>ORLANDO GUDES: IS THERE A SECOND TO MR. VIERA'S MOTION? MR. CITRO. >>MARTIN SHELBY: AFTER THAT IS DONE THEN WE CAN COMPLETE THE PROCESS OF THE APPROVAL AND THE AGENDA AND THE ADDENDUM BUT THIS THE FIRST MOTION. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND BY MR. CITRO. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? >> NO. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ROLL CALL, PLEASE. ROLL CALL. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: NO. >>LUIS VIERA: OH, YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIES WITH DINGFELDER BEING ABSENT AND CARLSON VOTING NO. >>ORLANDO GUDES: LET'S MOVE TO THE AGENDA FOR APPROVALS. WE HAVE A CONTINUANCE. WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 3. >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, MR. CHAIRMAN. ITEM NUMBER 3 IS ON FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION. HOWEVER, COUNCIL, THAT NEEDS TO BE HEARD AS A PUBLIC HEARING IN THAT THE PUBLIC WAS NOTICED, AND YOU CAN HEAR IT AT ANY TIME AFTER 9 A.M., BUT THAT IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE AMENDED TO BE HEARD AS A PUBLIC HEARING. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT. WHEN WE GET TO ITEM NUMBER 3, PUBLIC HEARING. >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES. YOU CAN TAKE IT UP ANYTIME AFTER 9:00. IT'S COUNCIL'S PLEASURE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ITEM NUMBER 29. MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: ITEM NUMBER 29 IS A REQUEST FOR IT TO BE HEARD UNDER STAFF REPORTS DUE TO THE AMOUNT EXCEEDING $3 MILLION, SO THAT WOULD BE HEARD AT OR AFTER 1:30 P.M. UNDER POLICY. ALSO, MR. CHAIRMAN, A REMINDER THAT YOU HAD SENT OUT A MEMO TO PULL NUMBERS 5 AND 42 FOR DISCUSSION UNDER STAFF REPORTS AT 1:30 AND I BELIEVE THOSE ARE NOTICE TATED IN THE FINAL AGENDA UNDER THOSE ITEM NUMBERS SO THAT PUTS THE ADMINISTRATION ON NOTICE WITH REGARD TO THAT. THAT TO BE HEARD IN THE AFTERNOON. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SO SUBSTITUTE OF 42, CORRECT? >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES. AND THERE IS A SUBSTITUTION ITEM NUMBER 42. THAT'S CORRECT. LET ME DOUBLE CHECK. YES, IT IS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: CONSENT ITEMS. >>MARTIN SHELBY: AND I BELIEVE THAT'S IT WITH REGARD TO THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AND THE ADDENDUM UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: STAFF REPORTS? >>MARTIN SHELBY: WE CAN FIND OUT WHO CAN BE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION NEEDS TO BE PRESENT, AND THE REST OF THE ADMINISTRATION WHO ARE NOT NEEDED CAN ACTUALLY BE RELEASED TO GO BACK TO WHAT THEY DO. SO IF YOU WISH TO GO THROUGH THOSE ITEM NUMBER 100 IS THE ADMINISTRATION UPDATE. ITEM NUMBER 2 IS A RESOLUTION REGARDING THE RELEASE OF AN EASEMENT WHICH WAS CONTINUED FROM JUNE 3rd. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A STAFF REPORT. THERE PROBABLY IS; CONTINUED. AND THE OTHER ITEMS, FOR INSTANCE FOR INSTANCE, ITEM 102 IS ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT. IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, THEN ALL YOU WOULD NEED TO DO THEN AT THE TIME THE IS TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION. SAME THING WITH ITEM NUMBER 103. AND I BELIEVE ITEM 104. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER IS NOT HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S GOING TO BE HERE OR NOT. BUT I WOULD JUST ASK THAT MAYBE MR. BAIRD STICK AROUND IN CASE MR. DINGFELDER DOES SHOW UP, BUT THERE ARE ISSUES HERE AND I KNOW HE'S ALWAYS INTERESTED IN THOSE ITEMS. >>MARTIN SHELBY: OKAY. IF THAT'S FINE WITH COUNCIL, THAT WILL BE FINE. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT COUNCILMEMBER DINGFELDER IS EXPECTED. HE'S RUNNING LATE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. >>MARTIN SHELBY: SO WHEN HE GETS HERE WE CAN REVIEW THAT IF THAT'S PLEASURE'S -- COUNCIL'S PLEASURE. OTHER THAN THAT I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER. MOTION TO APPROVE WOULD BE IN ORDER. >>ORLANDO GUDES: GENTLEMEN, ANYTHING ELSE? MOTION TO APPROVE? MR. MIRANDA MOVED. MR. CITRO SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MR. CARLSON, I THINK YOU ARE UP FOR CEREMONIALS. GENTLEMEN, WE DO HAVE A FULL PACKED AGENDA TODAY, SO I KNOW EVERYONE HAS ISSUES AND CONCERNS. LET'S MAKE SURE WE LIMIT IT TO A FEW DISCUSSIONS SO WE CAN KIND OF GET OUT OF HERE TODAY BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF ITEMS TODAY. WHENEVER YOU ARE READY, SIR. >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU. I AM PLEASED TO INTRODUCE A LONG TIME FRIEND, ARIZONA JENKINS. I THINK ALL OF YOU KNOW HIM OR ARE FRIENDS WITH HIM ALSO. HE IS VERY, VERY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY. MANY PEOPLE KNOW HIM BECAUSE HE HITS MANY OF THE MAJOR CIGAR PLACES. IN FACT IT'S THE FIRST TIME I HAVE SEEN HIM WITHOUT A CIGAR. ARIZONA IS SOMEONE WHO IS BELOVED BY EVERYONE, SOMEBODY THAT SAID TO ME YESTERDAY, YOU KNOW THERE'S A GUY I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO MEET AND I HAVE BEEN CALLING, CALLING, HE DOESN'T RETURN MY CALLS. BUT ARIZONA WAS WALKING DOWN THE STREET WITH HIM. SO ARIZONA JUST SAYS, HE'S INVOLVED WITH A LOT OF THINGS. I WILL TELL A QUICK STORY. YOU LEARN A LOT BY HAVING FRIENDS LIKE ARIZONA. HE AND I WERE WALKING DOWN THE STREET ONE DAY AND HE SAID, WHY ARE YOU WALKING SO SLOW? AND I AM SAID I THOUGHT YOU NEED TO GO SLOW. HE SAID NO. HE HIT THE GAS ON HIS CHAIR, AND HE ZOOMED WAY PAST ME AND SAID, YOU NEED TO SPEED UP. SO HE'S TAUGHT ME A LOT. HE'S BEEN A GOOD FRIEND. AND HE'S BEEN A GOOD FRIEND TO THE COMMUNITY. AND HE JUST WON A STATE WIDE AWARD FOR HELPING THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY. SO I JUST WANTED TO READ THIS REAL FAST, THE COMMENDATION. TAMPA CITY COUNCIL WISHES TO RECOGNIZE, COMMEND YOUR MANY ACHIEVEMENTS AS A RECIPIENTS. IDELIO VALDES LEADERSHIP AWARD, YOU HAVE GUIDED OUR TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY TO CONTINUE TO MAKE INVESTMENTS IN SERVING ALL THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA THROUGH NEW HORIZONs, YOU HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO MENTOR CITIZENS AND THE YOUTH OF OUR CITY TO BE CHAMPIONS OF THEIR OWN CAUSE AND INDEPENDENCE, POWERS ITS MEMBERS WITH FREE TRANSPORTATION, TRAINING, SOCIAL GATHERINGS AND SELF-ADVOCACY TRAINING, YOUR KINDNESS AND GENEROSITY AND LEADERSHIP INSPIRED COUNTLESS CITIZENS AND MADE THE CITY OF TAMPA A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL THE CITIZENS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO LET ARIZONA SAY SOMETHING BUT WOULD ANY OF YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING FIRST? >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CARLSON FOR THIS COMMENDATION FOR THIS FINE GENTLEMAN. I APPRECIATE IT. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY AND WHATNOT, AND DISABILITIES IS A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE. I SEE RAQUEL WHO DOES SUCH A GREAT JOB WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA FOR ISSUES WITH DISABILITIES. MR. FOX WHO I KNOW HAS A BIG HEART FOR THAT ISSUE AS WELL. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CARLSON FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD, BUT THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO, SIR, IN THE COMMUNITY, TO SHOW PEOPLE THAT THE HEART IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN MUSCLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CONGRATULATIONS, SIR, ON THIS WELL DESERVED AWARD. YOU ARE A GOOD MAN. WE ARE FRIENDS. WE KNOW EACH OTHER THROUGH THE CIGAR SHOP. COUNCILMAN CARLSON MENTIONED, WE KNOW WHERE TO FIND YOU, AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF FANS. YOU HAVE QUITE A FOLLOWING. AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE. CONGRATULATIONS. WE ARE GLAD THAT YOU ARE HERE WITH US TODAY, SIR. >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. ARIZONA, MY FRIEND, AS MANY PEOPLE KNOW THAT ARIZONA AND I WORKED TOGETHER ON LIVABLE ROADWAYS. ARIZONA, YOU ALWAYS BRING UP THE TOPIC OF THE NEEDS FOR DISABLED. AND I THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE. AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP. AND I ALWAYS ENJOY WORKING WITH YOU. ARIZONA CONGRATULATIONS. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. LIKE WAS SAID BEFORE MY COLLEAGUES, IT'S A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU ONCE AGAIN AND YOU AND YOUR GROUP, MR. FOX AND THE REST OF YOU. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO FOR THOSE CAN'T DO A LOT BUT THEY CAN DO MORE THAN MOST OF US WHO CAN DO A LOT. WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. AND GLAD THAT YOU BEAT MR. CARLSON WITH THE LONG LEGS THAT HE HAS. I THINK YOU COULD BEAT HIM IF YOU DIDN'T PUT IT IN HIGH GEAR BECAUSE YOUR HEART IS BIGGER THAN HIS LEGS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WELL, ARIZONA, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. YOU SHOWED THIS COMMUNITY THAT NO MATTER WHAT DISABILITIES YOU HAD, YOU CAN GET OUT THERE AND STILL SERVE THE PUBLIC. YOU STILL GET OUT THERE AND ENJOY THE PEOPLE, SOCIAL ACTIVITIES THAT GO ON IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, MY FRIEND. >>BILL CARLSON: AS ARIZONA IS COMING UP, I WILL JUST SAY FOR ANYBODY WATCHING WHO NEEDS HELP IN THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY OR NEEDS SUPPORT, ARIZONA IS NOT SOMEONE WHO LIKES TO GIVE COMMENDATIONS. HE LIKES TO HAVE THE WORK SHOW INFORM ITSELF. BUT PLEASE CONTACT HIM BECAUSE HE'S A BIG ADVOCATE IN THE COMMUNITY. ARIZONA, DO YOU WANT TO BE SAY ANYTHING? >> ARIZONA JENKINS: THANK YOU ALL, I AM VERY HONORED TO BE HERE. ALWAYS GO TO WORK EVERY DAY TO IMPROVE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. TO IMPROVE EQUALITY FOR EVERYONE. IT GIVES ME PLEASURE TO HELP PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. BUT WE TRAIN, TEACH, I HAVE KNOWN YOU GUYS A LONG TIME. AND THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE. LOVE YOU AND SUPPORT YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. [ APPLAUSE ] >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK MR. VIERA IS UP WITH HIS PRESENTATION, ITEM NUMBER 2. MR. VIERA, YOU ARE UP FOR ITEM NUMBER 2. >>LUIS VIERA: IT'S MY GREAT PLEASURE HEAR TO INCLUDE WITH US HERE, TO WELCOME HERE, MISS RENE WARMACK WHO IS A TAMPA NATIVE, USF ALUMNAE AND FILM MAKER BECAUSE OF SAM. IT PREMIERED IN TAMPA TO A SOLD-OUT AUDIENCE. I WAS GLAD TO BE THERE. THE TALE OF A MAN NAMED SAM PIAZZA DISCOVERED IN THE TAMPA TRIBUNE WHEN HE BECAME HOMECOMING QUEEN. HE HAS A BLACK BELT IN KARATE, LED HIS BEST BUDDY CHAPTER IN HIGH SCHOOL, WORKED AT PDQ, A WONDERFUL PLACE, FOR EIGHT YEARS AND WAS BORN WITH DOWN'S SYNDROME. BECAUSE OF SAM TRANSFORMS HOW THE PEOPLE VIEWS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND INSPIRES EVERYONE TO PURSUE THEIR DREAMS. THIS IS A VERY, VERY WONDERFUL EFFORT. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING SAM, MAYBE SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS ON THE BOARD OF TAMPA BAY BEST BUDDIES, AND SAM IS ONE OF THE NICEST PEOPLE I KNOW WHO COMES FROM A WONDERFUL WONDERFUL WONDERFUL FAMILY. SO I WOULD -- WE ARE FIRST DOING THE TRAILER? IF WE COULD PUT THE FILM ON, PLEASE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: OKAY, I.T. >> YOU HAVE GOT TO PICK IT UP NOW. >> NO WAY. NO WAY! ♪ >> OTHER EMPLOYERS LOOK AT SAM AND KNOW WHAT HE MEANT TO OUR COMPANY. >> BECAUSE OF SAM, OUR LIFE IS RICHER. >>LUIS VIERA: WONDERFUL. SO I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST INVITE FOR A BRIEF PRESENTATION RENE AND SAM. COME ON UP, FOLKS. >> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMAN VIERA FOR HAVING US HERE, AND TO THE DISTINGUISHED COUNCIL THAT'S PRESENT. SUPPORT, BECAUSE OF SAM, HERE TO TALK ABOUT ANOTHER BACK TO BACK CHAMPION, CONGRATULATIONS TO TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING BUT I HAVE SAM PIAZZA, 31 YEARS OLD, AND I AM SO PLEASED TO BE WITH HIM AND TO HAVE PRODUCED THIS MOVIE. CREATING LAWS AND HAVING THEM ON THE BOOKS IS ONE THING, BUT HAVING FOLKS UNDERSTAND THEM AND CARE ABOUT THEM AND SUPPORT THEM AS YOU KNOW IS REALLY WHAT MATTERS. BECAUSE OF SAM TOUCHES HEARTS AND CHANGES MIND, AND WE ARE SO HONORED THAT THE PIAZZA FAMILY AND SAM SHARES THEIR STORY "BECAUSE OF SAM I."AND JULY 31 Z, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER SCREENINGALITY TAMPA THEATRE AT 1:00. TICKETS ON SALE NEXT WEEK. I AM GOING TO HAVE SAM SAY A FEW WORDS HERE. AND I APPRECIATE IT. >> HI, COUNCILMEN. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY TO PROMOTE AWARENESS OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. AS A PERSON WITH INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY, I WANT PEOPLE TO SEE ME FOR WHO I AM BECAUSE OF SAM TEACHES THE WORLD THAT PEOPLE WITH DOWN'S SYNDROME SHOULD NOT BE DEFINED BY THEIR OWN DISABILITY. WE ARE VERY CAPABLE OF LIVING NORMAL LIVES, HAVING A JOB FOR NINE YEARS, AND HAVING A GIRLFRIEND, AND MAKING A POSITIVE IMPACT IN THE WORLD. I HOPE YOU WILL WATCH "BECAUSE OF SAM" AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND BUSINESS COLLEAGUES TO WATCH IT TOO. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >>LUIS VIERA: YOU KNOW, SAM IS ONE OF SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS CITY, IN THIS COMMUNITY, WHO HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES. HE IS ONE OF MANY, THAT HE'S JUST SUCH AN EXCEPTIONAL, WONDERFUL GUY. SO WE WILL NOW LEAVE TO THE OUR COLLEAGUES ON TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, IF YOU GENTLEMEN WANT TO SPEAK. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMAN VIERA FOR BRINGING SAM AND RENEE HERE. YOU ARE AN INSPIRATION. I FOLLOWED YOU FOR MANY YEARS, AND EVERY DAY YOU ARE AN INSPIRATION. YOU SERVE THE COMMUNITY YOU GIVE HOPE TO PEOPLE. YOU INSPIRE PEOPLE YOU MAKE PEOPLE WANT TO BECOME BETTER. JUST BY YOU, BY YOUR PRESENCE, BY YOUR MESSAGES, BY THE THINGS YOU SAY. YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF YOURSELF. AND TO RENEE, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, FOR THE FILM THAT YOU HAVE MADE, AND BRINGING AWARENESS, BRINGING THE STORY OF SAM TO A LARGER AUDIENCE SO PEOPLE KNOW AND UNDERSTAND. BUT I HOPE YOU BOTH REALIZE THE IMPACT, THE POSITIVE IMPACT THAT YOU MAKE ON THE COMMUNITY. AND WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. >>BILL CARLSON: THANKS. AND FIRST OF ALL THANKS TO MY COLLEAGUE MR. VIERA FOR BRINGING THIS UP. HE'S BEEN A TIRELESS ADVOCATE FOR THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY AND I THINK MORE THAN ALL OF US COMBINED ABOUT THAT ISSUE, SO WE ALWAYS RELY ON HIM AND APPRECIATE HIS HELP WITH THAT. THANKS TO RENEE FOR TELLING THIS IMPORTANT STORY. I WILL TELL UP I WILL DO ALL I CAN TO PROMOTE IT SO PLEASE SEND ME A LINK TO THE EVENT ON THE 31st SO WE CAN MAKE SURE IT GETS OUT. AND SAM, IT WAS GREAT MEETING YOU DOWNSTAIRS, WITH YOUR PERSONALITY, YOU ARE GOING TO GO REALLY FAR, AND DO LOTS OF GREAT THINGS. I LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH YOU ON ANYTHING YOU NEED TO DO IN THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR. SAM, WHEN I HEARD THAT YOU WERE GOING TO BE HERE TODAY, I HAD TO GO DOWN AND MEET YOU PERSONALLY, BECAUSE ALL MY FRIENDS TOLD ME ABOUT YOU. AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW, SIR, YOU ARE A SUPERSTAR. IT WAS A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU. AND I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE YOU IN THE FUTURE. AND I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE "BECAUSE OF SAM." MY FRIEND, KEEP UP THE GOOD THINGS THAT YOU ARE DOING. YOU ARE A ROLE MODEL FOR EVERYONE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. SAM, I DON'T KNOW YOU BUT I KNOW RENEE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND SHE'S A GREAT PERSON. SO ANY FRIEND OF RENEE'S IS A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE. WE APPRECIATE THE AWARENESS THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN TO OUR COMMUNITY, BOTH OF YOU, AND ALL THE HARD WORK, AND WE WILL TRY AND MAKE IT TO THE NEXT SHOWING, RENEE. THANK YOU. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I NEVER HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING YOU BUT I HAVE SEEN YOU BEFORE AND I WANT TO THANK FIRST OF ALL COUNCILMAN VIERA FOR DOING THE THING THAT HE DOES BEST, AND WHAT I SEE IN JUST A LITTLE CLIP OF YOUR MOVIE, AND YOU CAN DO THINGS THAT I CAN'T DO. YOU WIDE THAT BIKE MUCH BETTER THAN I CAN. AND I SAW THAT KARATE AND I LOOKED THE OTHER WAY. YOU WERE TRAINED. YOU MAKE YOURSELF WHAT YOU ARE TODAY. AND YOU ARE AN INSPIRATION TO EVERY AMERICAN HONG IS WILLING TO TRY SOMETHING, AND YOU HAVE BEEN TRYING, AND YOU HAVE SUCCEEDED. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I DON'T KNOW OF A MOVIE MADE OF ANY COUNCILMEMBER SO ONE STEP AHEAD OF US. YOU ARE A STAR AND A SYMBOL OF A DREAM THAT IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOD BLESS YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SAM, I HAVEN'T MET YOU BUT I MET FOLKS LIKE YOU. YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHED LIGHT ON WHAT THEY HAVE STRUGGLED WITH AND HOW THEY ARE ABLE TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE WITH THEIR STRUGGLES. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE PEOPLE SEE HOW YOU ARE OUT THERE EVERY DAY, BRINGING JOY, AND PEOPLE ARE WATCHING YOU, GIVING INSPIRATION, THOSE FOLKS IN THAT GYM, THOSE YOUNG KIDS, AND THEY SEE YOU LIFT WEIGHTS AND SEE YOUR SMILE AND SAY, I WANT TO DO THAT, I WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT. SO MR. VIERA, IF YOU WILL GIVE ME THAT LINK SO MY COMMUNITY AND HISPANIC COMMUNITY CAN BE SEE SAM AND GET THAT INSPIRATION, WHAT I SAY THE INFECTION OF SUCCESS, OVERJOYED BY SEEING SOMEBODY AND SAY, HE'S JUST LIKE ME. HE DID IT, I CAN DO IT. SO THANK YOU FOR, MR. VIERA. WE APPRECIATE YOU. >>LUIS VIERA: AND I THINK RENEE WANTED TO SAY ONE LAST THING IF WE MAY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ABSOLUTELY. RENEE. THE VERSION THAT SHOWED IN THE TAMPA THEATER TWO YEARS AGO THIS MONTH DID NOT INCLUDE THE FINAL ENHANCED VERSION AND IT HAS IN IT THE ONE YOU WILL SEE ON JULY 31st. AKA, WWE SUPERSTAR TITUS O'NEILL, ANOTHER HOMETOWN HERO SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO SHOW THAT VERSION AT THE TAMPA THEATER. WE WANT TO SELL IT OUT. 700 SEATS. EIGHTS LOWER CAP DUE TO COVID BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THAT LINK TO YOU AND TICKETS GO ON SALE NEXT WEEK. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. VIERA. WE WILL WAIT TILL MR. VIERA GETS BACK TO HIS SEAT. WE DID MOVE TO DEAL WITH THE RESOLUTION POINT WHEN HE GETS BACK. AND HAVE MR. CARLSON MAKE A MOTION REFERENCE TO THE WORKSHOP FOR OUR CUBAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY. COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER HAS ARRIVED, SO PERHAPS WE CAN ADDRESS THE ISSUE GOING TO ITEMS 100 THROUGH 111 TO SEE WHICH STAFF NEEDS TO BE PRESENT FOR THOSE RESOLUTIONS FOR STAFF REPORTS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MADAM CLERK, MAKE SURE TO NOTE MR. DINGFELDER IS HERE FOR THE RECORD. MR. DINGFELDER, I HELD UP THOSE ITEMS, SO I ASKED MR. BAIRD TO STICK AROUND, IF WE CAN RELEASE ANYONE, NOW IS THE TIME, SIR. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I TOOK A LOOK AT THESE AS I ALWAYS DO A FEW DAYS AGO. HAS THERE BEEN A MOTION TO RELEASE ANY OF THEM ALREADY? >>ORLANDO GUDES: THERE'S NO MOTION TO RELEASE ANYBODY. I THINK MOST OF THEM ARE CONTINUANCES OR SOMEONE HERE TO DO PRESENTATIONS BUT THERE ARE A BUNCH OF INFRASTRUCTURE ITEMS. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: AND I'M OKAY WITH 102, 103, 104, 105, WHICH ARE ALL BIG TICKET ITEMS. I HAVE SPOKEN TO STAFF AND READ THE MEMORANDUM. BUT WHAT I DID WANT TO SAY IS, IN RESPONSE TO THOSE, ESPECIALLY 104 TO MR. BAIRD, THEY HAVE BEEN DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB ON THE EBO WITH SOME OF THESE LARGER TICKET ITEMS. AND WE APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS, AND WE DON'T WANT THEM TO ALWAYS THINK WE ARE FUSSING AT THEM ALL THE TIME, AND WHEN THEY DO A GOOD JOB WE WANT TO GIVE THAT SHOUTOUT. SO WITH THAT, I AM COMFORTABLE WITH RELEASING 102, 3, 4 AND 5. UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE HAD OTHER QUESTIONS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: TOO LOOKED AT THEM. I DID NOT WANT TO RELEASE THEM KNOWING SOMETIMES YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON INFRASTRUCTURE ITEMS. BIG TICKET ITEMS. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I APPRECIATE IT ISSUES WITH THAT BEING SAID, I GUESS WE CAN RELEASE MR. BAIRD ON THIS AFTERNOON'S 1:30. AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 3. I DID RECEIVE A LETTER FROM KATHY CASTOR, OUR CONGRESSWOMAN. I THINK MY AIDE SONYA IS DOWN AT THE PODIUM. SO BEFORE YOU START, I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ASK HER, BECAUSE SHE IS OUR CONGRESSWOMAN AND SHE COULD NOT BE HERE, SHE DID SEND ME A MEMORANDUM, AND I WILL HAVE SONYA ANDERSON READ THAT MEMORANDUM. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN? >>ORLANDO GUDES: I'M SORRY, THE WALK-ON RESOLUTION. YOU MAY PROCEED, MS. ANDERSON. >> SONYA ANDERSON: GOOD MORNING. DEAR CHAIRMAN GUDES, I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT COUNCILMAN VIERA'S RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE PEOPLE OF CUBA AND THE PROTESTS THAT CONTINUE ON THE ISLAND. AS A LONG-TIME ADVOCATE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, I JOIN YOU IN STANDING WITH THE CUBAN PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPRESSING THEIR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF FREE ASSEMBLY AND EXPRESSION. THE CUBAN PEOPLE DESERVE FREEDOM AND HUMAN DIGNITY. GENERATIONS OF CUBANS HELPED BUILD TAMPA INTO A HOME WE KNOW AND LOVE. AS COUNCILMAN VIERA'S RESOLUTION RIGHTFULLY NOTES, TAMPA HAS UNIQUE HISTORICAL FAMILIAL AND CULTURAL TIES TO CUBA AND VALUES OUR BEST ASPIRATIONAL AMERICAN VALUES OF LIBERTY, TOLERANCE, AND FREEDOM. YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THE PEOPLE OF TAMPA THE PROTESTORS OF CUBA AND SUPPORT THEIR CALLS FOR FREEDOM AND DICTATOR SHOW, DISEASE AND POVERTY. WE MUST CONTINUE TO BACK THE CUBAN PEOPLE, NO MATTER HOW LONG THEIR FIGHT FOR LIBERTY AND FREEDOM, THEY MUST PREVAIL. AS JOSE MARTI SAYS, LIKE STONES ROLLING DOWN HILLS, IDEAS REACH THEIR SECTOR DESPITE ALL OBSTACLES AND BARRIERS. IT MUST BE POSSIBLE TO -- BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP THEM. SINCERELY, KATHY CASTOR, U.S. REPRESENTATIVE FLORIDA DISTRICT 14. THANK YOU, MS. ANDERSON. BEFORE YOU SPEAK, MR. SHELBY, I KNOW WE HAVE A RESOLUTION ON THE FLOOR AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME. I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE TO SPEAK. >>LUIS VIERA: I WAS LOOKING AT DOING IT AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT. YES SIR. IF I MAY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT. WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. IT'S MY FIRST TIME HEAR. I'M A CUBAN AMERICAN. AND I WANT TO THANK THE POLICE IN TAMPA FIRST BECAUSE THEY HELP US, AND WE SUPPORT THE POLICE. FOR THE CUBAN COMMUNITY, IT'S BEEN VERY EMOTIONAL BUT ALSO HARD WATCHING. I LEFT CUBA WHEN I WAS 25. MY FATHER IS STILL IN CUBA. I HAVE COUSINS. I HAVE FRIENDS. WHAT IS HAPPENING IN CUBA RIGHT NOW IS HORRIFYING. THE CUBAN PEOPLE ARE BEING -- BY THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT. THIS WHAT I AM DOING RIGHT NOW HERE SPEAKING TO YOU GUYS WILL COST ME MY LIFE IN CUBA. WE NEED THE SUPPORT OF ALL THE COMMUNITIES ON THE FREE WORLD. I WANT TO ASK YOU SOMETHING. THERE IS A MAN HERE, HIS NAME IS ALBERT FOX. HE HAS BEEN WORKING FOR THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT -- FOR US. HE IS NOT CUBAN. HE IS NOT OUR VOICE. OUR VOICE HAS BEEN CLEAR. WE NEED FREEDOM. OUR PEOPLE'S SUFFERING HAS BEEN TOO MUCH, FOR 62 YEARS THE CUBAN COMMUNITY HAVING EVER BEEN AVAILABLE TO CHOOSE THEIR GOVERNMENTS. FOR SAYING IF YOU ARE NOT COMMUNIST, GO TO THE STREET AND KILL OTHERS. LAST NIGHT, MY PEOPLE IN THE STREET OF CUBA ARE STILL FIGHTING FOR THEIR FREEDOM. SO PLEASE HELP US. I WANT TO THANK ALSO KATHY CASTOR BECAUSE SHE HEAR OUR VOICE. I AM FINALLY HERE SPEAKING OUT. IT IS INCREDIBLE. THERE'S STILL PEOPLE CALLING THE REGIME GOVERNMENT. PEOPLE OF CUBA HAVE NEVER VOTE FOR IT. PEOPLE OF CUBA ARE SUFFERING, NOT BECAUSE OF EMBARGO. PEOPLE OF CUBA ARE SUFFERING BECAUSE THEIR GOVERNMENT. WHEN THE CUBAN PERSON LEFT THE ISLAND, EVERYWHERE WE GO, WE WOULD PROSPER. WHERE WE CANNOT PROSPER IN CUBA. WHY CAN MEN NOT PREACH? [BELL SOUNDS] >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. STATE YOUR NAME AND YOU CAN BEGIN. >> MY NAME IS TREY WEINGART, ATTORNEY WITHIN HILL, WARD, HENDERSON HERE ON BEHALF OF BARBARA AND GORDON BABBIT REGARDING AGENDA ITEM 101. THIS DEALS WITH THE RELEASE OF NEXT TO 505 SOUTH ROYAL PALMARE- WAY. I WAS HERE LAST MONTH AND WE DISCUSSED THIS AREA BRIEFLY BECAUSE I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND TO REMIND YOU. THIS EASEMENT WAS PART OF WHAT'S NOW ONE WITH BLOCK BUT WAS ORIGINALLY PLAT AT SEVERAL BLOCKS. THEY INCLUDED WHAT WAS CALLED LOT E, WHICH WAS A SMALL LOT KIND OF BEHIND THE MAIN BUILDABLE PROPERTIES, AND THERE WAS AN ALLEYWAY THAT SURROUNDED THAT LOT E. THESE HAVE ALL BEEN COMBINED, DESPITE THE FACT THAT 100 YEARS AGO THIS BEACH PARK AREA WAS PLATTED, THEY HAVE NOW BEEN COMBINED INTO ONE LOT THAT INCLUDES THIS LOT. HOWEVER, THE ALLEYWAY THAT EXISTS IN THAT AREA HAS NEVER BEEN RELEASED. NOW, THE REASON THAT ROE, RELEASE OF EASEMENT APPLICATION BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TODAY, IS BECAUSE THE EASEMENT HAS GONE BACK FOR 100 YEARS AND KIND OF PROTECTED THE OVERALL PLAN OF THE BEACH PARK NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THE HOMES FROM BEING OVERBUILT. AND FROM THAT TIME UNTIL TODAY, THIS EASEMENT HAS EXISTED AS A BUFFER BETWEEN THE HOMES. INCLUDING THE BABBITT'S HOME. NOW, THE LOT THAT'S BEEN CREATED AS A RESULT OF THIS REZONING PROCESS AND NOW THE EASEMENT APPLICATION IS A LOT THAT'S NONCONFORMING UNDER CITY CODE, BECAUSE INTERIOR LOT OF LESS THAN 30 FEET. THERE'S BEEN LITIGATION FILED OVER THAT AND THAT ISSUE IS SEPARATE FROM THIS. BUT THE EASEMENT ITSELF IS ALL THAT REMAINS TO PROTECT THE 100-YEAR-OLD HISTORY OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, AND STOP WHAT WOULD BE LOT LINE TO LOT LINE BUILDING IN THIS AREA. IN FACT, IF THIS EASEMENT IS RELEASED AND IF BUILDING HAS ALREADY COMMENCED. WHAT THE RESULT WILL BE IS THAT THE 30-FOOT HIGH STRUCTURE WILL BE ONLY 7 FEET FROM MY SIDE OF THE BABBITT'S BACKYARD AND THAT WILL RESULT AGAIN IN THREE STRUCTURES, OR STRUCTURES ON THREE DIFFERENT SITES ONLY SEVEN FEET AWAY. IT'S A TOTAL CHANGE, AND I WOULD SUBMIT NOT FOR THE BETTER CHANGE TO THE BEACH PARK NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH IS REALLY ONE OF THE MOST HISTORIC AND BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOODS IN OUR CITY. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE ARE ASKING THAT TODAY, IF CITY COUNCIL IS GOING TO VOTE ON THIS ISSUE, THAT THEY DENY THE RELEASE OF EASEMENT. I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, SIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. I SEE YOU RAN INTO THE ROOM SO I GATHER YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM AT 1:30, SIR? I WANT TO KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON IT AT 1:00 OR 1:30. >> [OFF MICROPHONE] >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT. WE'LL SEE YOU AT 1:30. CONTINUE WITH PUBLIC COMMENT. >> OBVIOUSLY, WHAT I AM GOING TO SAY I AM NOT GOING TO SAY BECAUSE I NEED TO COMMENT ON WHAT THE PREVIOUS GENTLEMAN SAID. I NEVER MET THAT MAN IN MY LIFE, NEVER SEEN HIM IN MY LIFE, BUT HE SHOULD KNOW AND YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT I HAVE NEVER BEEN PAID A PENNY BY THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT, NOR HAVE I EVER BEEN PAID A PENNY BY ANY CORPORATION IN ANY WORK THAT I HAVE DONE, THE 20 YEARS. AND MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE CONSUL, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I PLEAD WITH YOU TO POSTPONE THIS VOTE ON THIS RESOLUTION THAT'S COMING UP TODAY, BECAUSE IT IS NEVER A GOOD IDEA TO LEGISLATE IN THE MOMENT OF PASSION. AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE. YOU OUGHT TO HAVE ABSOLUTE CLARITY THAT I AM NOT QUESTIONING ANY MEMBERS' MOTIVES OR INTEGRITY. I AM QUESTIONING THE JUDGMENT THAT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE DEMONSTRATIONS THAT TOOK PLACE IN CUBA WAS NOT GENERATED BY CHANGE IN THE GOVERNMENT. THEY WERE GENERATED BECAUSE OF PEOPLE OF CUBA ARE SUFFERING. THERE'S NO FOOD. THEY HAVE NO SYRINGES TO GIVE THEMSELVES VACCINE. THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, THE GREATEST GOVERNMENT ON THE PLANET, STOPPED THE SHIP OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO CUBA, AND THE STRATEGY IS TO MAKE THE CUBAN PEOPLE SUFFER, THEY WILL TAKE TO THE STREETS AND OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT. THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TODAY AND IT HASN'T HAPPENED IN 62 YEARS, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. THE BEST WAY TO HELP PEOPLE OF CUBA IS REMOVE THE UNITED STATES BLOCKADE, AND I WANT TO JUST READ YOU AN E-MAIL THAT I GOT. IT SAYS, THIS IS FROM A FRIEND OF MINE I HAVE KNOWN FOR 20 YEARS, 11:30 A.M., JULY 12th. HE SAYS, IT'S AN UNUSUAL DISTURBANCE BUT SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE UPSET AND DIFFERENT CENTS UNDER, AND THE RESULTS THAT YOU SEE ARE THE VIEWS RIGHT NOW UNDER CONTROL. PLEASE SOMEHOW END IN BIG BOLD LETTERS END THE BLOCKADE AND THAT WILL MAKE 90% OF THINGS EASIER FOR US BUT YOU KNOW THE STORY WELL. HUGS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. SO I PLEAD FOR YOU TO POSTPONE THIS. WHEN CALMER HEAD WILL PREVAIL. THIS IS DONE IN PASSION, AND PEOPLE WERE TAKING TO THE STREETS, THERE'S VIOLENCE TAKING PLACE, AND THERE'S JUST NOT GOING TO ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MR. FOX. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> HELLO. HOW ARE YOU DOING? I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE. MISSED YOU ALL. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT PERHAPS YOU KNOW WHAT, PERHAPS YOU DON'T. >>ORLANDO GUDES: STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. >> I'M HARD OF HEARING. MY NAME IS JOHN MOLL-M-O-L-L, 4104 NORTH VIN AVENUE, TAMPA, FLORIDA. AND I HAVE A PICTURE HERE OF MY HOUSE THAT I RESIDE IN, BUILT IN 1908. PICTURE IS 1920. AND THAT'S THE WAY IT LOOKED THEN. THIS IS MY GRANDFATHER AND GRANDMOTHER AND THE FAMILY THAT THEY HAD AND RAISED IN THIS HOUSE. IF YOU WANT TO SEE HOW IT LOOKS TODAY, YOU CAN GOOGLE HOME OF JOHN MOLL AND IT LOOKS DIFFERENT TODAY THAN IT DID BACK IN 1920. WHAT I AM CONCERNED WITH NOW, I AM TRYING TO GET A MITIGATION CREDIT. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO THAT FOR SEVEN YEARS. AND I AM HITTING A STONE WALL. SO WHERE I GO NOW DEPENDS ON I GUESS WHAT HAPPENS BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT WEEK. THE CITY IS CHARGING HOMESTEADERS FOR HAVING A ROOF OVER THEIR BED. THIS YOU CAN SEE, ONE THAT IS IMPERMEABLE, AND LEAKED AND I WAS SLEEPING, SO THE CITY SENT A SKY WAGON OVER AND SAID YOU HAVE YOU OWE A CERTAIN KIND OF MONEY. AND THEY JUSTIFIED IT BY CITING COMMERCIAL CODE, WHICH I CANNOT MEET, WHICH WAS THAT I HAD TO STORE A 100 YEAR FLOOD TO BE ABLE TO DRAW IT DOWN TO -- I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE THEY ARE IMPOSING THIS ON. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO JUST GIVE A CALL AND THEY GET PART OF THE SAME MITIGATION THAT I HAVE BEEN SEVEN YEARS AND NOTHING AT ALL. THEY SAY YOU HAVE A ROOF THIS SIZE, YOU PAY THIS MUCH. AND WHAT THAT AMOUNT CAN BE IS WHATEVER SOMEBODY SAYS. I GUESS IT COULD BE MY CHARGE NOW, IT USED TO BE $19 WHEN THEY STARTED IT. IT'S NOW OVER 260. WHO KNOWS WHAT IT WILL BE TEN YEARS FROM NOW, PROBABLY A THOUSAND. [BELL SOUNDS] I GUESS THERE'S A TIMER GOING OFF SOMEWHERE. I DON'T SEE IT. ANYWAY, THAT'S MY CONCERN. I AM JUST ASKING THE QUESTION, CAN THE CITY APPLY COMMERCIAL CODE TO HOMESTEADERS TO DENY A MITIGATION CREDIT? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS CEDRIC POWELL. I AM HERE REGARDING THE HISTORIC DESIGNATION APPLICATION ON 1908-36th STREET. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, I'M SORRY, SIR, TO INTERRUPT. MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY. THIS IS ITEM NUMBER 3. IS THAT CORRECT, SIR? MS. PETTIS-MACKLE IS HERE. MAYBE SHE CAN ENLIGHTEN COUNCIL. >> PETTIS-MACKLE: [OFF MICROPHONE] CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. THIS ITEM IS NUMBER 3, A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE TIERRA DEL LAGO CIGAR FACTORY ON FOR PUBLIC HEARING AND I ASKED FOR THIS% ITEM TO BE HEARD AT THE TIME THAT IT'S SCHEDULED, AFTER 9 A.M. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. YOUR ITEM IS COMING UP AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT AND THAT WOULD BE THE TIME TO SPEAK. I WANT TO LINK WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO DO WITH THIS ITEM. JUST HOLD ON. WE WILL GET BACK WITH YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. >> MENTESNOT, TAMPA, FLORIDA. HEY, IF YOU ARE REVOLUTIONARY YOU CALL IT REACTIONARY AND THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE HEARING TODAY. AND YOU SAY REACTIONARY, YOU SEE DISPARITIES, AND THEY ARE UNAPOLOGETIC ABOUT IT, AND THEY ARE REALLY DISINGENUOUS ABOUT IT. AND IN THIS CUBAN SITUATION THEY HAVE GONE, THEY MAKING BIG CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT. IT AIN'T NOTHING. THE REAL PROBLEM IN CUBA IS THE 67 YEAR BLOCKADE. THAT'S THE REAL PROBLEM IN CUBA. CAN YOU HOLD MY TIME, PLEASE? >>ORLANDO GUDES: OKAY. YOU MAY CONTINUE, SIR. >> CAN YOU -- YES. SO WHAT YOU HAVE GOING ON RIGHT NOW IS REACTION. YOU SEE REACTION. YOU JUST SEE HOW DISINGENUOUS PEOPLE ARE. YOU SEE THE FACT OF THE OF THE MATTER IS WHEN PEOPLE STOOD UP FOR AFRICAN LIVES, BLACK LIVES, OH, YOU CAN'T MASH MARCH IN THE STREET, YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO RUN OVER THEM BY CAR, YOU CAN'T SPIN THE BLOCK AND GO THE OTHER DIRECTION, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO RUN OVER THEM. AND NOW YOU SEE A GARBAGE GOVERNOR TALKING ABOUT, WELL, SEE, THAT'S DIFFERENT. YEAH, GOD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS. BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS A 67 YEAR BLOCKADE IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT, THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG ABOUT THAT. YOU UNDERSTAND? BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WON'T UNDERSTAND TO BE A BANANA REPUBLIC, THEN YOU WANT TO TREAT THEM A CERTAIN WAY. AND THEY HAVE WE HAVE OUR REPRESENTATIVE RIGHT HERE ORLANDO GUDES THAT REPRESENTS DISTRICT 5. THEY TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN CUBA. LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN DISTRICT 35. LET'S TALK ABOUT 600 THAT YOU BICYCLE STOPS FOR AFRICAN PEOPLE AND NOBODY STANDING UP FOR THAT. LET'S TALK ABOUT REPARATIONS FOR AFRICAN PEOPLE RIGHT HERE IN AMERICA AND NOBODY IS SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. YOU UNDERSTAND? FOOLISHNESS. STRAIGHT FOOLISHNESS. A BILLION DOLLAR CITY BUDGET. A BILLION DOLLAR CITY BUDGET. AND WE ARE 26% OF THIS POPULATION AND NOBODY SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY NOTHING IS SAID ABOUT THAT. IGNORANCE. STRAIGHT IGNORANCE. AND THEY USE THE CON GAME. THEY RUN A CON GAME ON YOU TO MAKE YOU THINK WE SHOULD ACCEPT THIS AS AFRICAN PEOPLE. WELL, AS A PERCENTAGE OF AFRICAN PEOPLE HOP AND A PERCENTAGE OF REAL PEOPLE, TO KNOW THE PROBLEM IN CUBA ISN'T THE PROBLEM WITH CASTRO, IT ISN'T A PROBLEM WITH SOCIALISM, IT ISN'T A PROBLEM WITH COMMUNISM, IT'S A PROBLEM WITH AMERICAN AND WHITE IMPERILISM. IT'S CALLED MANIFEST DESTINY WHERE WHITE FOLKS THINK THEY CAN RUN ANYTHING AND RUN IT THE WAY THEY WANT. IT'S GREED AND CAPITALISM. THAT'S THE PROBLEM. YOU NEED TO WAKE UP AND THE REAL PROBLEM. AND OUR REPRESENTATIVE RIGHT HERE IN TAMPA, FLORIDA, LET'S NOT GO TO CUBA, LET'S GO RIGHT HERE IN OUR DISTRICT. OUR REPRESENTATIVE RIGHT HERE IN OUR DISTRICT NEED TO STAND UP FOR US AND STOP RUNNING THESE GAMES AND SEE HOW OTHER PEOPLE COMING DOWN HERE AND INSULTING AFRICAN PEOPLE, OH, POVERTY, MENTALITY, I'M NOT AFRICAN, OH, THEY ARE NOT TAXPAYERS, WE NEED TO STAND UP FOR REALITY, AND STAND UP FOR AFRICAN PEOPLE. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. IF YOU WANT TO STAND UP FOR CUBAN PEOPLE, END THE BLOCKADE. WHY IN THE HELL DO THEY HAVE A BLOCKADE ON A COUNTRY THAT CAN'T EVEN GET IN MEDICAL SUPPLIES? THAT'S THE REALITY. THAT'S REAL. [BELL SOUNDS] >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> GOOD MORNING. CONNIE BURTON. I'M ALWAYS TOUCHED WHEN I HEAR THE PRAYER THAT'S OFFERED TO THE COUNCIL PRIOR TO YOU BEGINNING TO DO THE PEOPLE'S WORK. BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THE AGENDA, I AM ALWAYS SEARCHING IN TERMS MUCH WHAT IS GOING TO BE A BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY WHICH I REPRESENT. I TRULY BELIEVE ALL PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO HUMAN DIGNITY. ALL PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO HOUSES. ALL PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE A RIGHT TO LIVE IN PEACE. BUT HOW CAN WE DO THAT BEYOND JUST PROCLAMATIONS? HOW DO WE GET OUR POLITICAL LEADERSHIP FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND STATE LEVEL AND LOCAL LEVEL TO SEE WHAT THE REAL NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE. HOW CAN WE BECOME SO FIXATED WITH JUMPING FROM ISSUE TO ISSUE THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GENTRIFICATION INSIDE OF THIS CITY, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO STOP THAT. WHERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ENDING OPPRESSION, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO STOP IT HERE, INSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND I AM OFTEN HEARING FROM THIS POLITICAL BODY IS WHY WE CAN'T DO IT. WELL, I BELIEVE YOU COULD DO IT IF YOU WANT TO DO IT. IF YOU HAVE POLITICAL WILL AND IF YOU HAVE POLITICAL WANT, YOU CAN TRANSFORM EAST TAMPA TO BECOME THE MODEL. PEOPLE SAY THAT AMERICA IS THE GREATEST COUNTRY OF THE WORLD. AND I HAVE LIVED A LOT OF PLACES. I AM TELLING YOU WHAT I SEE IN EAST TAMPA IS PEOPLE BEING DEMORALISSED BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT THIS AGENDA ITEM OF 111 PAGES RESOLUTIONS AND SAY THAT MONEY IS MOVING ALL THROUGH THIS CITY WITH A $1.3 BILLION BUDGET, AND ALL I SEE IN OUR COMMUNITY MORE CRIME, MORE HOPE -- MORE HOPELESSNESS. IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING TO BE A MODEL FOR OTHER COUNTRIES TO SEE, START AT HOME. LET US MOVE TOWARDS MAKING EAST TAMPA BETTER, SO WE HAVE TO WORK WITH A REVOLUTION. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PLANS FOR 5023 TO HAVE A LIQUOR LICENSE AND REZONING DONE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I BELIEVE THAT IS SET FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. I DON'T RECALL WHICH ITEM THAT IS. IS IT ON FOR SECOND READING? >> HE JUST ASKED ME TO COME UP HERE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: ITEM NUMBER 96 IS A SECOND READING. THAT WILL BE TAKEN UP WHEN THE ITEM IS CALLED UP SPECIFICALLY. YOU WILL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, SIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT'S A PUBLIC HEARING SO WE'LL TAKE IT AT THAT TIME WHEN THAT COMES UP. >> THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MICHAEL FITROW, A SENIOR AT SPEARING COLLEGE IN THE PUBLIC POLICY ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM WITH PROFESSOR COVERAGENOBLE. I AM ACTUALLY HERE FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 3. 2021-8-CHAPTER 127 FOR THE CIGAR FACTORY TO BECOME -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: IF YOU ARE HEAR FOR ITEM NUMBER 3, WOULDENS WE FINISH PUBLIC COMMENT YOU WILL BE A SPEAKER AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME. >> THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMAN. MY NAME IS ANDRE HILL. I'M ORIGINALLY BLACK NATIVE AMERICAN OF TAMPA. THE REASON I AM HERE TODAY IS A CONCERN, YOU KNOW, YOU THE CITY COUNCIL, YOU HAVE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF MOVING FORWARD WITH INDIVIDUALS IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY, DEVELOPING AND STABILIZING THEMSELVES. BUT I AM ANTICIPATING A BOTTLENECK. AND THE REASON I AM HERE TODAY, ONE OF THE THINGS AS A NATIVE TAMPANIAN, WHEN I LIVED AWAY PARTICULARLY IN WASHINGTON, D.C., I LEARNED TWO VALUABLE THINGS. AND I WORKED IN A LAW FIRM. THERE ARE TEMPLATES TO FILE PETITIONS OR ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE. AND THESE TEMPLATES ARE VERY COMMON. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ANTICIPATE IS THAT IN GETTING PACKAGES APPROVED, THE ISSUE IS ALWAYS, IT HAS TO CLEAR LEGAL. AND SO MY CONCERN IS THERE ARE TEMPLATES AND THERE ARE PRECEDENTS SET ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY WHERE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WORKING WITH CAC, THE CRA, CAN GET THINGS DONE EXPEDITIOUSLY. I THINK THAT THERE IS A BOTTLENECK HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA GETTING THINGS APPROVED EXPEDITIOUSLY, AND I THINK THAT THE CRA AND CITY COUNCIL NEED TO ENCOURAGE THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION TO IMPLEMENT SPECIAL PROVISIONS, PARTICULARLY FOR BLACK AMERICANS. NOW, I HAVE SEEN -- WE HAVE REQUESTED SMALL PROJECTS LIKE $50,000. AND I HAVE SEEN ENTIRE BUILDING COMPLEXES GO UP BY OUTSIDE DEVELOPERS THAT ARE COMING IN AND GETTING THINGS DONE. SO I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID OR PROVISIONS MADE FOR THESE SMALL BLACK AMERICANS THAT ARE TYPICALLY FIRST GENERATION ENTREPRENEURS, THAT TYPICALLY DON'T HAVE THEIR OWN BE BANKING SYSTEMS, TO EXPEDITE THINGS THROUGH THE BUREAUCRACY OF THE CITY. SO I AM ENCOURAGING THE CITY OF TAMPA, CITY COUNCIL, TO LOOK INTO THE BOTTLENECK OF GETTING THINGS DONE THROUGH LEGAL. THERE ARE TEMPLATES. THERE ARE PRECEDENTS. AND WHEN I WAS A CONTRACTOR IN WASHINGTON, D.C., THERE WAS A PROBLEM GETTING CONTRACTORS BECAUSE THERE WAS A BOTTLENECK IN THE PAYMENT PROCESS. WELL, I DID GOOD BECAUSE WE HELPED THEM GET ESTABLISHED A PROGRAM TO EXPEDITE THE PAYMENT, AND I GOT A LOT OF -- COMPLETED A LOT OF PROPERTIES IN WASHINGTON D.C. IT JUST TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO SAY, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? YOU KNOW, I WORKED IN A LAW FIRM. DO WE NEED MORE PEOPLE TO COME IN TO DO THE RESEARCH, SET A PRECEDENT THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SET IN OTHER CITIES, YOU KNOW. SO I THINK THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD ENCOURAGE THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION TO LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE WHILE THESE LEGAL -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, SIR. >> THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING. IF YOU CAN HOLD THE TIMER FOR I A SECOND WHILE I GET THESE PHOTOS ON THE BOARD. MY NAME IS MARTHA BODDEN. I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE MANATEE DEATHS THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN FLORIDA. MORE MANATEES HAVE DIED ALREADY THIS YEAR THAN IN ANY OTHER YEAR IN FLORIDA'S RECORDED HISTORY. PRIMARILY FROM STARVATION DUE TO THE LOSS OF SEAGRASS BEDS. THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION REPORTED THAT 841 MANATEE DEATHS WERE RECORDED BETWEEN JANUARY 1st AND JULY 2nd BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 830 THAT DIED IN 2013 BECAUSE OF RED TIDE. BIOLOGISTS BELIEVE THAT WATER POLLUTION IS KILLING THE SEAGRASS BEDS CAUSING THESE DEATHS. MOST DEATHS OCCURRED DURING THE COLDER MONTHS WHEN MANATEES MIGRATED THROUGH THE INDIAN LAGOON WHEN THE SEAGRASS DIED OFF, AND IT IS NOW CLASSIFIED AS THREATENED. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENTAL DOES APPROXIMATELY 6300 MANATEES LIVE IN FLORIDA WATERS WHICH HAS INCREASED. MORE THAN 750 MANATEES HAVE DIED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. THE MOST DEATHS EVER RECORDED IN A 5-MONTH PERIOD. THE PROBLEMS STARTED IN 2011 WHEN AN ALGAE SUPER BLOOM COVERED MORE THAN 130,000 ACRES OF WATER BLOCKING THE SUNLIGHT AND CAUSING A MASSIVE DIEOFF OF SEAGRASS. WHEN THE ALGAE BLAMS ARE REALLY BAD, YOU CAN'T SEE YOUR HAND BELOW THE SURFACE. THE ALGAE BLOOMS STARTED EARLIER THIS YEAR. OVER TEN YEARS PERIOD, THIS HAS DECREASED OF ABOUT 46,000 ACRES, SEAGRASS HAS DECREASED. THE HIGH NUMBER OF MANATEE DEATHS THIS YEAR LED THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE TO DESIGNATE AN USUAL MORTALITY EVENT AND OPEN AN INVESTIGATION. THERE ARE SOME FACILITIES IN FLORIDA THAT HAVE BEEN REHABILITATED, THESE MANATEES. THERE IS MORE TO READ IN THESE ARTICLES, BUT WHAT I WANT TO GET TO IS FOR TAMPA, YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE TWO RIGHT THERE AND THERE, WE HAVE TWO MANATEE VIEWING AREAS RIGHT AROUND THE GULF. SO WE PLAY A PART IN THIS ROLE. ALL OF FLORIDA NEEDS TO ACT BUT ALSO WE CAN ACT AS TAMPA. I RECOMMEND THAT WHAT WE DO IS HELP WITH PLANTING SEAGRASS AND REHABILITATING MANATEES, AND IF WE CAN'T PLANT SEAGRASS, THEN TO HAVE TEAMS GO OUT AND GIVE THEM SEAGRASS FOOD. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. >> NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. HOW MANY DO WE HAVE, SEVEN? >> [OFF MICROPHONE] >> MY NAME IS TOM -- PARK NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENT AND I AM SPEAKING CONCERNING AGENDA ITEM 111 CONCERNING USE OF COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA TECHNOLOGY FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. I AM ASKING THAT THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL PASS A RESOLUTION TO AMEND ITS RULES OF PROCEDURE WHICH WERE LAST MODIFIED ON NOVEMBER 21st, 2013. THE GENIE IS OUT OF THE BOTTLE AND IT'S NOT REASONABLE. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION HAS GROWN WITH CMT AND VOICES TO BE HEARD BY TAMPA CITY COUNCIL. IN FACT IN YOUR RESOLUTION 202490 WHERE THE CITY COUNCIL IS NOT PRESENTED TO CONTINUALLY UTILIZE CMT FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS AFTER EXPIRATION OF 2069, PROVIDED THAT MOST MEMBERS PRESENT IN PHYSICAL LOCATION AND OTHERWISE SUPPLIED WITH CHAPTER -- OF THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION, YOU HAVE RECOGNIZED THAT [INDISCERNIBLE] USE THE TECHNOLOGY, FOR PUBLIC INPUT AND PARTICIPATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE GORDON BABBITT. IF YOU ARE ON THE LINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. GORDON BABBITT, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN YOU HEAR ME? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >> OKAY. FIRST OF ALL, THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I HAVE A CUP OF POINTS AND A QUESTION. MY WIFE BARBARA BABBITT AND I HAVE LIVED AT OUR HOUSE AT 4604 WEST BEACH PARK DRIVE SINCE 1998. WE ARE AGAINST RELEASING THE EASEMENT BECAUSE IT WOULD ALLOW CONSTRUCTION OF A 30-PLUS FOOT TALL STRUCTURE WITHIN 7 FEET OF THE PROPERTY LINE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: [OFF MICROPHONE] MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT IS NOT A QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTER. IT'S BEEN CONTINUED. IT APPEARS UNDER UNFINISHED BUSINESS AND I BELIEVE THAT ITEM WILL BE ADDRESSED WHEN IT COMES UP. BUT IT IS NOT A QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTER. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU MAY CONTINUE, MR. BABBITT. I'M SORRY. WITH YOUR PRESENTATION, SIR. >> OKAY. LET ME START IN THE MIDDLE HERE. MY WIFE BARBARA BABBITT AND I HAVE LIVED AT OUR HOUSE AT 4604 WEST BEACH PARK DRIVE SINCE 1998. WE ARE AGAINST RELEASING THE EASEMENT BECAUSE IT WOULD ALLOW CONSTRUCTION OF A 30-FOOT-PLUS STRUCTURE WITHIN SEVEN FEET OF OUR PROPERTY LINE. WE ALREADY HAVE A HOUSE ON BOTH SIDE OF OUR PROPERTY WITHIN SEVEN FEET. ALLOWING CONSTRUCTION IN THE EASEMENT WILL CREATE A CANYON AROUND OUR HOUSE AND SEVERAL MONTHS OF THE YEAR NO SUNLIGHT WILL ENTER OUR OWN BACKYARD. WE BELIEVE THIS WILL RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN THE VALUE OF OUR PROPERTY. MILANO HOMES IS ALREADY BUILDING IN THE EASEMENT. SO MY QUESTION IS, WHY IS MILANO BUILDING IN THE EASEMENT BEFORE IT WAS RELEASED? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ANY CONSIDERATION YOU GIVE TO OUR ISSUE. >>THE CLERK: THE NEXT SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE CAROLYN BENNETT. IF YOU ARE ON THE LINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. >> MY NAME IS CARROLL ANN BENNETT. I AM THE NEW VICE PRESIDENT OF T.H.A.N. THE ELECTIONS WERE HELD LAST NIGHT. AND I CONGRATULATE STEPHANIE POYNOR AND SANDY SANCHEZ AND STEVE MEADOWS. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM. THEY ARE AN INCREDIBLE BUNCH OF NEIGHBORHOOD ADVOCATES. AND THEY SACRIFICE A LOT OF TIME IN THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES TO HELP TO MAKE TAMPA A BETTER PLACE. AND I AM VERY PROUD TO BE WORKING WITH THEM. THE JOB OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL HAS NOT CHANGED IN DECADES. DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY. WE HAVE SO MANY MORE PEOPLE. WE HAVE SO MANY MORE THINGS COMING BEFORE CITY COUNCIL. AND I THINK COUNCILMAN GUDES IS RIGHT IN SAYING THAT WE NEED TO CUT THINGS OFF AT 11:00. I LOVE THAT IDEA BECAUSE IT'S JUST UNREASONABLE TO ASK PEOPLE TO SIT UNTIL MIDNIGHT SO THAT THEY CAN BE HEARD ON IMPORTANT ISSUES. THE PROBLEM IS, THE CITY HAS GROWN, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS NOT. YOU GUYS SHOULD BE FULL TIME, OR THREE QUARTERS TIME, OR WHATEVER TIME IT NEEDS TO TAKE TO HAVE MORE MEETINGS. THAT IS THE PROBLEM. BUT CUTTING OFF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS NOT THE SOLUTION. THE CMT IS ALLOWING PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE WHO OTHERWISE CANNOT PARTICIPATE, AND THE CITY IS BETTER FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION. THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE THAT COME INTO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, IT'S AN UNSURMOUNTABLE OBSTACLE ALL OF THE TIME. THEY WILL NEVER BE ALLOWED TO DO IT. AND THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE INSURMOUNTABLE OBSTACLE SOME OF THE TIME. HOWEVER, CMT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE AND IT'S A BENEFIT TO THE CITY AND TO EVERYBODY IN TAMPA SO I AM ENCOURAGING YOU TO CONTINUE THAT ALONG WITH THE IN-PERSON MEETINGS. I LOVE SEEING YOU GUYS IN PERSON, BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S JUST TOO HARD TO BE ABLE TO DO IT. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP THE CMT ALONG WITH THE IN-PERSON. AND, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT WE CAN GET MORE MEETINGS, THAT'S THE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM, NOT LOSING PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT. THE OTHER COMMENT I WANT TO MAKE ON ITEM NUMBER 110, I UNDERSTAN% CITY STAFF NEEDS MORE TIME ON THAT. THEY ASKED FOR A CONTINUANCE TO A TIME WHEN I AM GOING TO BE OUT OF STATE FOR A WEDDING AND IS ONE OF THE CO-AUTHORS OF THAT AMENDMENT. I THINK I PROBABLY SHOULD BE THERE. SO I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO ASK FOR A CONTINUANC TO SEPTEMBER AND THAT'S FINE. THANKS GUYS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. >>THE CLERK: THE NEXT SPEAKER WAS STEPHANIE POYNOR. HOWEVER, STEPHANIE DID NOT PHONE IN TO PARTICIPATE SO WE ARE GOING TO JEAN STROHMEYER. JEAN, IF YOU ARE ON THE LINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. >> HELLO EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS JEAN STROHMEYER. SOUTH OF GANDY NEIGHBORHOOD. CONGRATULATIONS TO STEPHANIE AND CARROLL ANN AND STEVE AND SANCHEZ AND T.H.A.N. I AM CALLING TO ASK YOU ALL TO CONTINUE WITH 111 AND CONTINUE THE CMT PROGRAM. I RUN A BUSINESS THAT REQUIRES ME TO BE AT MY COMPUTER. HOWEVER, I CAN LISTEN AND PARTICIPATE. AND MY NEIGHBOR IN OUR INTERBAY SOUTH OF GANDY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION COMES TO ME AND LET'S ME KNOW ABOUT THE MEETINGS AND LET ME KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND THEY ASK THAT I PARTICIPATE ON THEIR BEHALF. SO I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU GUYS TO DEFINITELY KEEP THIS GOING. YOU KNOW, WE SPENT HUNDREDS OF HOURS IN THE CHAMBERS, AS CARROLL ANN SAID, WE MISS SEEING YOU GUYS BUT IT'S NOT ALWAYS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IF WE ARE MISSING DINNER WITH OUR FAMILIES AND JUST MAKING TIME FROM HOME JUST SITTING THERE WAITING. SO I ASK THAT YOU KEEP THIS GOING. WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE. WE ARE GETTING OLDER. YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT DAY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. >>THE CLERK: THE NEXT SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE SHAWDELL. IF YOU ARE ON THE LINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. >> GOOD MORNING HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS SHARDELL AND I AM A CORPORATE AND REAL ESTATE LAWYER WITH MY WIFE, TWO TAMPA BAY CHILDREN IN SOUTH TAMPA. I AM VICE CHAIR OF THE SECOND DCA NOMINATING COMMISSION, I AM A MEMBER OF THE KREWE OF THE NIGHTS OF SANTIAGO AND CHRIST THE KING CHURCH. I AM A PROUD TAMPANIAN. I AM ALSO THE SON AND HUSBAND OF CUBAN IMMIGRANTS. I AM A PROUD CUBAN AMERICAN. AND I SPEAK TODAY ON BEHALF OF COUNCILMAN VIERA'S RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE BURGEONING CUBAN PROTEST MOVEMENT. WHY ARE CUBANS PROTESTING? CUBANS ARE KNOWN THE WORLD OVER BEING HARD WORKING AND INDUSTRIOUS. CUBANS COMPILES MADE THEIR MARK IN EVERY PART OF LIFE, IRONICALLY THE ONLY PLACE THAT CUBANS AREN'T SUCCESSFUL IS CUBA ITSELF, AND THE BLAME FOR THAT LIES SQUARELY WITH ITS TO TALIAN MARXIST LENNONIST REGIME. THE PEOPLE OF CUBA FINALLY HAD ENOUGH. PEOPLE OF CUBA TOOK TO THE STREETS IN MORE THAN 40 CITIES THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND SEEKING NOT JUST FOOD AND MEDICINE FROM THEIR GOVERNMENT BUT RESPECT FOR BASIC HUMAN DIGNITIES. FOR THE LIFE, LIBERTY AND PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. THIS MOVEMENT IS ORGANIC, UNORGANIZED AND GRASSROOTS AND DESERVES OUR COLLECTIVE SUPPORT. THEIR DEMANDS ARE CAPTURED IN THE SLOGAN OF HOME LAND AND LIFE. IT FLIPS THE DICTATORSHIPS MOTTO, HOME LAND OR DEATH, ON ITS HEAD AND STATES THAT CUBA SHOULD BE FOR ALL CUBANS, NOT JUST THE PRIVILEGED PARTY OF ELISE. THIS ISN'T A PARTISAN ISSUE. COUNCILMAN VIERA WHOM I RESPECT, AND I MAY HAVE OUR DISAGREEMENTS, BUT LIKE ALL AMERICANS, WE SHARE A BELIEF IN THE CORE VALUES IN THE CONSTITUTION AND SELF-EVIDENT TRUTHS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND FURTHERMORE THOSE VALUES ARE UNIVERSAL HUMAN VALUES AND INALIENABLE GOD-GIVEN RIGHTS THAT SHOULD BE DEFENDED, AND SUPPORT WHEREVER THEY MAY BE. SOME OF YOU MAY REASONABLY ASK, WITH SO MANY CHALLENGES ON OUR DOORSTEP, WHY SHOULD THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL SPEND ITS VALUABLE TIME FOCUSING ON THE AFFAIRS OF 100? FIRST OF ALL CUBA AND ITS PEOPLE AREN'T SO FOREIGN. TAMPA IS HOME OF THE THIRD LARGEST POPULATION OF CUBAN AMERICANS AS WELL AS IMMIGRANTS FROM COUNTLESS OTHER COUNTRIES THAT COME HERE FLEEING OPPRESSION AND ARE WATCHING THESE EVENTS CLOSELY. THIS IS A DEEP AND PERSONAL ISSUE TO MANY OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS MANY OF WHOM STILL HAVE FAMILIES SUFFERING UNDER THE CASTRO XI JIM. MY WIFE AND I, THERE ARE THOUSANDS LIKE US, AND WE VOTE EARLY AND OFTEN. FURTHERMORE AS MANY OF NOW THE HISTORY OF TAMPA AND THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA. WE AREN'T RECENT IMMIGRANTS. WE ARE SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH GENERATIONS WHO HELPED BUILT THIS CITY IN THE DAYS OF HENRY PLANT. THERE WOULDN'T BE THE CIGAR FACTORIES AND CUBAN IMMIGRANTS -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. >>THE CLERK: THE NEXT SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE STEPHANIE POYNOR. STEPHANIE, IF YOU ARE ON THE LINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. >> GOOD MORNING, COULD I HAVE AN EXTRA MINUTE? >>ORLANDO GUDES: NO, MA'AM. >> OH, YOU ARE NO FUN TODAY. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO START OFF BY ANNOUNCING TO YOU GUYS THAT THE -- INSTALLED AS PRESIDENT OF T.H.A.N. LAST NIGHT, CARROLL ANN BENNETT THE VICE PRESIDENT, STEVE MEADOWS OF PORT TAMPA, AND SANCHEZ IS NOW THE SECRETARY. SO LOOK FORWARD WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU COME TO VISIT. SO BOTTOM LINE I AM NOT HERE FOR THAT. I AM HERE BECAUSE -- I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT CMT. THIS PROCESS WHILE IT MAY SEEM MORE CUMBERSOME TO SOME STAFF, IT ALLOWS FOLKS TO APPEAR WHO NORMALLY WOULDN'T. WITH MY HUSBAND OUT OF TOWN I AM THE SOLE CARETAKER OF MY CHILDREN. HOURS ON END. I WOULD MUCH RATHER BE HERE THIS MORNING. I HAVE BEEN IN TAMPA SINCE 2012. CITY COUNCIL IS DOING BUSINESS ON THURSDAYS. MS. FOXX-KNOWLES RESPONDED TO ME PROMPTLY AND SAID THEY HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR AT LEAST 18 YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN WITH THE CITY. WELL, MAYBE IT'S TIME TO CHANGE THAT. IN 2000 THE POPULATION OF TAMPA WAS 303 THAT YOU. ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS IT'S 404 THAT YOU TODAY. SO YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN A 25% INCREASE IN THE POPULATION OF THE CITY. I WOULD ARGUE THAT IT'S PROBABLY YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO -- MORE THAN THAT. WHILE I PERSONALLY LIKE CMT AFTER SPENDING WEEKS LOOKING AT THE CITY'S BUDGET FROM THE BUDGET COMMITTEE I WAS ASTOUNDED AT THE OVERWHELMING SPENDING FOR THE NONENTERPRISE DEPARTMENT. DEVOTED TO EXPENSES IN MOST AREAS. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD ARGUE THAT STAFF USE CMT TO ACTUALLY INCREASE THEIR PRODUCTIVITY. SITTING IN THE GALLERY WAITING TO SEE IF SOMEONE NEEDS THEIR EXPERT TESTIMONY MAKES LITTLE SENSE IF SOMEONE COULD BE WORKING AT THEIR DESK WAITING TO BE CALLED ON BIN YOU GENTLEMEN. IF POLLED CITY STAFF WOULD AGREE WITH THIS STATEMENT. BY THE SAME TOKEN IF YOU ARE DOING IT FOR STAFF IN ORDER TO BE BETTER STEWARD OF THE CITIZENS MONEY, THEN IT SHOULDN'T BE TERRIBLY DIFFICULT TO INCLUDE THE PUBLIC AS WELL. CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO LOOK AT THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AS TECHNOLOGY HAS BECOME AVAILABLE. BUT REALISTICALLY YOU NEED TO LOOK AT WHY YOU HAVE 111 ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA. IT'S UNREALISTIC AND OVERWHELMING FOR PART TIME EMPLOYEES. CITY COUNCIL, YOUR CONSTITUENT BASE HAS GROWN BY 25% IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, BUT IT'S TIME TO CHANGE THE WAY YOU DO BUSINESS, TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THE CITIZENS WITH THE MOST EFFECTIV- >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MS. POYNOR. THANK YOU. >>THE CLERK: THE NEXT SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE BARBARA AVIVA BADCAMP. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. >> MY NAME IS IRA, AND I AM THE WIFE OF CHARREL WHO YOU HEARD EARLIER TODAY. A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN CUBA, CAME TO THIS COUNTRY WHEN I WAS 15 YEARS OLD. LIVING IN CUBA -- MY DAD WAS A POLICEMAN AND I -- UNTIL MY FAMILY AND I AM CAME TO THIS COUNTRY. WE ARE RIGHT HERE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE, I GOT A TASTE OF WHAT FREEDOM IS, AND THIS BECAME MY COUNTRY AND MY HOME. TODAY, MY PEOPLE HAVE COME OUT TO THE STREETS IN CUBA BECAUSE I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE THAT FELT LIKE I DIDN'T BELONG BECAUSE AFTER PEOPLE TOOK TO THE STREET THOUSANDS OF CUBANS THAT FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T BELONG,% LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE A VOICE. AND THEY ARE ALL TAKING TO THE STREETS NOW. THEY ARE RISKING THEIR LIVES. THE CHILDREN ARE BEING KILLED. THEY ARE RISKING IT ALL TO GET THEIR COUNTRY BACK THAT BELONGS TO THEM. GET THEIR FREEDOM BACK. GET THEIR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS BACK. IT'S NOT WHAT YOU HEAR THEM SCREAM AFTER BEING BEATEN AND SHOT AT IN STREETS. FREEDOM. THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR. AND THEN 62 YEARS OF COMMUNIST DICTATORSHIP, WE AS AMERICANS IN MY HOME CITY OF TAMPA WE NEED TO SUPPORT THAT. WE NEED TO STAND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY. AND WE NEED TO STAND FOR FREEDOM BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THIS COUNTRY STANDS FOR. AND OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CUBA NEED OUR SUPPORT AND THEY NEED IT NOW. THEY ARE BEING KILLED ON THE STREETS. THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS ARE BEING VIOLATED AND THEY NEED ATTENTION NOW. THE ONLY THING IS INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION. OTHERWISE, PEOPLE WILL DISAPPEAR, PEOPLE WILL JUST BE KILLED AND NOBODY WILL KNOW THEIR NAMES. WE MUST DO WHAT WE CAN TO HELP. I AM GOING TO FINISH WITH -- I WILL THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR SUPPORT, AND ANYBODY THAT'S NOT CUBAN THAT WANTS TO STAND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY AND DO SOMETHING TO SUPPORT MY PEOPLE, I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE ALL THEIR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. >>LUIS VIERA: THAT CONCLUDES AGENDAED PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF TODAY'S AGENDA. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. I BELIEVE MR. DINGFELDER SLIPPED ME A NOTE HERE, YES GENTLEMEN, IN REFERENCE TO CONSENT ITEM NUMBER 16, SIR? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I APOLOGIZE FOR REQUESTING THIS A LITTLE LATE. ITEM 16 IS THE NEW MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM THAT TPD HAS INITIATED AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ENOUGH TO HAVE A BRIEF LESS THAN FIVE MINUTE DISCUSSION AS OPPOSED TO JUST APPROVING THIS ITEM ON CONSENT. I AM TOTALLY IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM. I AM VERY SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT CHEF BERCAW AND HIS TEAM HAVE BEEN DOING AS WELL AS CHIEF DUGAN, OF COURSE. BUT I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE COMMUNITY HEAR THAT WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS ON THIS IMPORTANT ITEM. SO I JUST REQUEST THAT WE PULL ITEM 16 FOR A VERY CIVIL AND MO DISCUSSION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: QUESTIONS? >>LUIS VIERA: I KNOW THAT -- I WANT TO SECOND THAT. I THINK MR. DINGFELDER BROUGHT THAT UP LAST YEAR AND I DO AGREE. I THINK THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE AND HAVE A DISCUSSION ON IT HOWEVER BRIEF. SO I WOULD STRONGLY AGREE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED, MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: A QUESTION FOR COUNCIL. IF IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY BRIEF STAFF REPORT, DID YOU WANT THAT A SHORT COMMENT ON ITEM 16 DURING THE CONSENT DOCKET, ASSUMING THAT THE STAFF CAN BE PRESENT? I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU WANT TO HAVE CHIEF DUGAN OR DO YOU WANT TO SET IT FOR 1:30 WITH THE REST OF YOUR ITEMS? >>ORLANDO GUDES: 1:30, MR. SHELBY. >> YOU DON'T HAVE A NIGHT COUNCIL TONIGHT. SO WE WILL HAVE CHIEF BERCAW HERE AT 1:30. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THERE WAS A MOTION BY MR. DINGFELDER. MR. VIERA SECONDED IT. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? I'M SURE STAFF ARE LISTENING AND WE WILL CALL THE CHO SEUNG-HUI'S OFFICE. ALL RIGHT, MR. VIERA, YOU ARE UP SIR. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. YOU KNOW, BEFORE -- AND IF YOU WILL INDULGE ME FOR FIVE OR SIX MINUTES, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND I HOPE I DON'T GET EMOTIONAL TALKING ABOUT THIS. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT PERSONAL ISSUE. WHEN I HEARD PEOPLE LIKE THE FIRST GENTLEMAN THAT SPOKE, MY GOOD FRIEND CRARBEL, WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE, HE'S MORE OF A REASONABLE RONALD REAGAN GUY. I THINK THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE CAN DO WITH THIS ISSUE IS TO QUOTE ARETHA FRANKLIN, RESPECT R-E-S-P-E-C-T. WHEN PEOPLE LEFT CUBE, THE REGIME TALKED ABOUT THIS, THE PRESS CONFERENCE THAT WE HAD YESTERDAY, I WANT EVERYBODY TO LISTEN TO NANCY MILL LON WHO HAD FAMILY IN CUBA. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES OUR RESPECT. IT WAS NOT A PUBLICITY STUNT. RESPECT. WE ARE TAUGHT TO RESPECT PEOPLE WHO COME FROM CULTURES AND TO BE RESPECT REFUGEES. AND IF WE HAVE AN EXCEPTION TO THE RULE FOR THE PEOPLE HERE, THEN GOD HELP US. THIS IS A STATEMENT THAT IS ABOUT AS CONTROVERSIAL AS EATING A HOTDOG AT YANKEE STADIUM. IT'S A STATEMENT ABOUT SOLIDARITY WITH THE PROTESTING RIGHT NOW IN CUBA. THEY ARE PROTESTING FOR LIBERTY. THEY ARE PROTESTING FOR THE RIGHT TO VOTE. THEY ARE PROTESTING FOR PRIVACY FOR EXPRESSION RIGHTS, FOR ECONOMIC DIGNITY, AND FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES. IT TELLS THE PEOPLE HERE IN TAMPA, GENERATIONS OF CUBAN AMERICANS WHO ARE HERE THAT THIS CITY HAS THE BACKS OF THOSE WHO ARE IN THE STREETS RISKING THEIR LIVES NOW IN CUBA. IT PUTS TAMPA ON THE RECORD OF SAYING YES TO LIBERTY, AND TO THOSE RISKING THEIR LIVES IN CUBA. WHO ARE PROTESTING AGAINST THE VERY REGIME THAT MY PARENTS LEFT IN 1960. IT PUTS CITY COUNCIL ON THE RECORD OF OPPOSING THAT SYSTEM. IT'S A STATEMENT THAT WILL UNITE ALL CUBAN AMERICANS IN TAMPA. I AM NOT LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT -- YOU PUT TWO CUBAN AMERICANS IN A ROOM YOU ARE GOING TO GET FIVE OPINIONS ON POLITICS. THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS. LOOK AT ME AND MY GOOD FRIEND SHAVEL. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ENGAGEMENT. WE HAVE HAD RESOLUTIONS IN THIS BODY ON ENGAGEMENT. I HAVE SUPPORTED THEM. I OPPOSE PRESENT U.S. POLICY AS REFERS TO ENGAGEMENT WITH CUBA. I HAVE SAID THAT MANY TIMES. THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION ADDRESSES ISSUES THAT BRING CUBAN AMERICANS IN THIS CITY TOGETHER. THIS IS NOT A STATEMENT ON TRAVEL TO CUBA. I HAVE TRAVELED TO CUBA. MY MOM HAS BEEN TO CUBA A FEW TIMES TO VISIT WHERE SHE GREW UP AND SHE LEFT WHEN SHE WAS ELEVEN YEARS OLD. IN FACT IT TALKS ABOUT THE FACT THAT MANY CUBAN AMERICAN FAMILIES IN TAMPA TRAVEL TO CUBA. IT'S NOT A STATEMENT ON THE MEANS TO THE END. IT'S A STATEMENT ON THE END OF LIBERTY. IT'S NOT AN AFFIRMATION OF PRESENT U.S. POLICY. AND IT'S CERTAINLY NOT MEANT TO DIVIDE NOR SHOULD IT BE SUBJECT TO ARBITRARY ATTEMPTS TO DISRESPECT PEOPLE AND TO DIVIDE US. I HAVE ALWAYS SAID YES TO ENGAGEMENT WITH REGARDS TO CUBA SINCE I HAVE BEEN AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. AND SINCE I RAN FOR OFFICE. THERE ARE MANY, MANY, MANY THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE OF CUBA, INCLUDING A CHANGE OF POLICY, VACCINATIONS, AND THE ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION THAT THAT CHALLENGE HAS CAUSED IN CUBA, THE INTERNET, PEOPLE RANGING FROM CONGRESSMAN DESANTIS TO KATHY CASTOR HAVE SPOKEN OUT ON THAT ISSUE. SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS WE CAN SPEAK OUT ON. THIS RESOLUTION DEALS WITH A VERY NARROWLY TAILORED ISSUE THAT UNITS US. IT'S ALSO A CALL FOR RESPONSIBILITY TO DEAL IN A RESPONSIBLE WAY. WE HAVE SEEN ELECTED OFFICIALS INCLUDING A CERTAIN PERSON IN MIAMI IN AN IRRESPONSIBLE WAY, SOMETHING -- VERY MUCH SO, VERY MUCH SO. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT BRINGS US TOGETHER. MY FAMILY LEFT CUBA IN 1960. MY FATHER CAME HERE. MY WIFE'S FATHER, LIVED IN A BUILDING THAT'S STILL THERE NEXT TO ACADEMY PREP OVER IN THE AREA OF YBOR CITY AREA, SHOVELED FISH FOR A LIVING. MY MOTHER CAME HERE AT THE AGE OF 11. MY FAMILY LEFT EVERYTHING. AND I DON'T CARE IF YOU LEFT IN 1960 OR FREEDOM FLIGHT IN 1965 OR IF IN 1980 OR IF YOU LEFT IN 1995 OR IF YOU CAME HERE FIVE YEARS AGO, THIS RESOLUTION UNITES PEOPLE WHETHER YOU ARE REPUBLICAN OR A DEMOCRAT. IT'S ALL ABOUT PEOPLE'S JOURNEY TO CUBA, AND CUBA'S JOURNEY TO FREEDOM. WHEN I WENT TO CUBA, VERY EMOTIONAL, IT WAS VERY EMOTIONAL. I DIDN'T GO FOR BUSINESS. I WENT FOR FAMILY. AND WHEN I WENT, IT WAS VERY EMOTIONAL. EVERYBODY HAD THEIR JOURNEY BACK TO CUBA. THERE ARE SOME WITH US HERE IN TAMPA WHO WILL NOT RETURN TO CUBA UNTIL THEY DIE. THEY WILL NOT. MY MOTHER CHOSE TO RETURN TO CUBA BEFORE SHE DIED. EVERYBODY HAS THEIR JOURNEY HOME. EVERYBODY HAS THEIR JOURNEY BACK TO CUBA. THIS RESOLUTION IS ABOUT AFFIRM PEOPLE'S BASIC DESIRES FOR LIBERTY, AND WHAT PEOPLE ARE DYING FOR IN THE STREETS RIGHT NOW REGARDLESS OF YOUR JOURNEY BACK HOME TO CUBA. THIS SHOULD NOT BE CONTROVERSIAL. IF SOMEONE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT ANOTHER ISSUE, FINE. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. MY RECORD ON THOSE OTHER ISSUES IS VERY, VERY CLEAR. BUT DON'T ATTACK THIS RESOLUTION. DON'T ATTACK THOSE WHO WENT OUT YESTERDAY TO THE PRESS CONFERENCE. LISTEN TO BE MY FRIEND NANCY MILON AND HER WORDS THAT SHE SAID, THOSE BRING IT TO TEARS THEN CHECK YOURSELVES. THIS IS A COMMON SENSE RESOLUTION. THIS SHOULD NOT TAKE ANY MORE TIME THAN MY LONG WINDED SPEECH. I WILL END IT AT THAT. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THIS IS GOING TO BE A TOP I CAN THAT -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU EVER HEARD THE TERM THE ANGRY BLACK MAN. HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THAT TERM? THE ANGRY BLACK MAN. IF YOU EVER HEARD THAT TERM? THE ANGRY BLACK MAN. IT'S NOT ANGER, IT'S PASSION. SO WHAT WE ARE SAYING, MR. VIERA, COULD BE THE ANGRY CUBAN MAN. BUT I FEEL THE PASSION IN HIS HEART. MR. MANISCALCO, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN VIERA FOR YOUR WORDS, AND FOR BRINGING THIS UP. EVERY MORNING I WAKE UP, AND I AM PROUD AND GLAD TO BE AN AMERICAN. I AM GLAD AND PROUD AND HONORED TO LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY. I WAS BORN HERE BUT I AM A FIRST GENERATION AMERICAN. MY MOTHER IS A CUBAN REFUGEE ALONG WITH BE MY GRANDPARENTS WHO CAME HERE AFTER 1961, AND TAMPA WELCOMED THEM FROM DAY ONE. MANY, MANY GOOD PEOPLE THAT HELPED THEM MAKE THIS PLACE HOME. MY GRANDMOTHER DIED LAST YEAR. MY GRANDMOTHER NEVER WITNESSED A FREE CUBA. HER SIBLINGS ARE DEAD. MOST OF MY COUSINS ARE DEAD. SOME ARE STILL AROUND IN MIAMI. BUT FOR THE MOST PART THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT A FREE CUBA -- THEY HAVEN'T KNOWN AN FREE CUBA SINCE BEFORE 1959. I LOVE THIS COUNTRY AND I LOVE SO MUCH OF WHAT IT STANDS FOR. IF YOU LOOK AT OUR CONSTITUTION AND IT'S ALWAYS A CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE, BUT WE HAVE THE SECOND AMENDMENT. THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS THERE TO PROTECT THE FIRST AMENDMENT, THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS ESSENTIALLY PROTECTS OUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH. ONE OF CASTRO'S FIRST SPEECHES IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY 1959, MAYBE HIS FIRST SPEECH, WAS. (SPEAKING SPANISH) WHICH MEANS ARMS FOR -- WHY DO WE NEED GUNS? TYPICAL OF ANY DICTATORSHIP FROM HITLER TO NORTH KOREA TO CUBA, YOU TAKE PEOPLE'S GUNS AWAY, YOU TAKE AWAY NOT JUST THEIR VOICE BUT YOU TAKE AWAY THEIR WEAPONS THAT HELP PROTECT THEIR FREEDOM OF SPEECH, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT HAPPENED. AND I CAN SEE PEOPLE IN THE STREETS NOW, IN CUBA, THEY DON'T HAVE ANYWAY TO DEFEND THEMSELVES. MAYBE THEY THROW STICKS. MAYBE THEY FIGHT WITH ROCKS. WHATEVER IT IS. BUT THEY CAN'T DEFEND THEMSELVES. THEY CANNOT DEFEND THEMSELVES IN THE WAY THAT CASTRO DID AGAINST BATISTA, HITLER COMES TO MOWER, MUSSOLINI, OR GADHAFI THERE. WERE WEAPONS THERE BUT THE PEOPLE IN CUBA ARE WEAPONLESS FROM THE POLICY OF 62 YEARS AGO, AND I HEAR THE CURRENT INDIVIDUAL IN POWER IN CUBA BLAMING THE U.S. EMBARGO. WHO PUTS BLAME ON FAILED LEADERS, NARCISSISTS, AND I HATE TO SAY IT BUT LOSERS, INSTEAD OF SAYING THEY HAVE DONE THIS TO THEMSELVES AND THE SCAPEGOAT HERE IS THE U.S. EMBARGO. WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF THE WORLD? WHAT ABOUT THE ITALIANS AND CANADIANS AND EVERYBODY ELSE THAT GOES AND TRAVELS TO THIS COUNTRY? WHAT ABOUT ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT THEY TRADE WITH, SO MUCH THAT WE GET IS FROM CHINA. THE FORMER ADMINISTRATION FROM THE PRESIDENT SAID CHINA IN, CHINA THAT, CHINA OWNS SO MUCH OF OUR DEBT. WE BOSCH RT IMPORT SO MUCH FROM CHINA. IT'S NOT TO BLAME THE UNITED STATES, IT'S THEY ARE DOING IT TO THEMSELVES. IT'S COMMUNISM FOR THE MASSES. AND CAPITALISM FOR THOSE IN POWER. FIDEL CASTRO LIVED WELL AND ALLEGEDLY PROVE TO ME THAT I HAVE ONE DOLLAR TO MY NAME AND I WILL RESIGN TOMORROW, WHATEVER HE WOULD SAY. IT IS A FAILED POLICY. YOU CAN LIFT THE EMBARGO TOMORROW AND NOTHING IS GOING TO CHANGE BECAUSE YOU ARE DEALING WITH COMMUNIST AND COMMUNIST DO NOT PLAY FAIR. DICTATORS DO NOT PLAY FAIR. SADLY IT'S ALWAYS BLOOD SHED THAT BRINGS THEM TO POWER. PEOPLE WILL SAY, WELL, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO CUBA, HOW CAN YOU BE A JUDGE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING DOWN THEREIN? I DON'T NEED TO GO TO NORTH KOREA TO UNDERSTAND THAT THINGS DON'T WORK. AND THE PEOPLE OF CUBA ARE TIRED. MY FAMILY GAVE UP, THEY CAME TO THE UNITED STATES, THEY SAID THIS IS OUR HOME AND WE WILL NEVER GO BACK, AND THAT'S HOW THEY DIED. NOT KNOWING A FREE CUBA. BUT IT'S A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS. PEOPLE WANT FREEDOM. PEOPLE WANT ELECTIONS. PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH. PEOPLE ARE SICK AND TIRED. I HEARD MENTION, OH, BECAUSE THEY KNOW COVID PUSHED PEOPLE TO THE EDGE. AND THIS IS NOT A THING -- WE ARE IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT AND PASSION, IT'S 62 YEARS OF BEING IN THIS MOMENT. I WANT TO SECOND THIS, AND I AM GOING TO SECOND THIS, BUT YOU ARE ASKING FOR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS ND THAT WE STAND BY THEM. HOW MANY CUBAN AMERICANS ARE HERE IN TAMPA? HOW MANY CUBAN AMERICANS ARE IN MIAMI? MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVE LEFT. AND I HAVE YET TO MEET ONE CUBAN REFUGEE THAT SAYS, NO, THINGS IN CUBA ARE GOOD, I JUST CAME TO THE UNITED STATES FOR A BETTER JOB OPPORTUNITY. MY FATHER LEFT TO COME TO THE UNITED STATES. LEFT MY MOTHER, MARRIED HER AND FOUND A JOB HERE. SO MY FATHER CAN GO BACK FREELY AND SEE HIS FAMILY IF HE WANTS TO IN SICILY WHERE THEY LIVE WELL. HARD WORKING INDIVIDUALS. BUT YOU DON'T HAVE THAT IN CUBA. SO I AM GLAD THAT THIS IS BROUGHT UP. AND 62 YEARS, MAYBE THERE IS SOME CHANGE. TOTALITARIAN DICTATORSHIPS DO NOT WORK. THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE MILITARY COULD YOU PLEASES. THIS REGIME IN CUBA HAS LASTED BECAUSE OF LUCK. PEOPLE WERE TIRED OF BATISTA, AND CASTRO CAME TO POWER. >>ORLANDO GUDES: 30 SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AND I WILL FINISH IT UP. BUT PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF ONE THING. THE SOVIET UNION HAS COLLAPSED. NORTH KOREA EXISTS BECAUSE IT'S COMPLETELY CLOSED OFF FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD. CHINA EXISTS IN A COMMUNIST STATE EMBRACING CAPITALISM BUT LOOK HOW MUCH WE TRADE WITH THEM. HOW MUCH DEBT DO WE OWE THEM? HOW MUCH DOES CUBA OWE TO CHINA? AT THE END. DAY COMMUNISM DOESN'T WORK, DOESN'T LAST, AND IT'S AN ISLAND SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT INVADING FORCES LIKE DO YOU IN OTHER PLACES. THEY HAVE THE SOVIET SUPPORT FOR A WHILE, THAT COLLAPSED OVER 30 YEARS AGO, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE JUST WANT FREEDOM AND LIBERTY. AND THAT'S WHY THEY COME HERE WHEN THEY COME TO THE UNITED STATES, THEY SEE HOW WONDERFUL THIS COUNTRY IS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THIS IS A HOT TOPIC. MR. CARLSON, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>BILL CARLSON: I HAVE A LOT TO SAY, BUT I WILL SAY SOME THINGS, AND IF WE HAVE TIME I WILL COME BACK. I GOT INVOLVED IN THE CUBA ISSUE DECADE AGO BECAUSE I HAD SO MANY FRIENDS THAT ARE CUBAN AMERICANS IN TAMPA AND OTHER PLACES AND LISTENED TO THE HORROR STORIES THAT BOTH MY COLLEAGUES JUST TALKED ABOUT JUST NOW AND I HAVE THE UTMOST RESPECT FOR THAT. I ALSO WENT TO CUBA SO I COULD HEAR FIRST HAND THE STORIES AND CONDITIONS THAT THE CUBAN PEOPLE FACE AND IT UPSET ME AND HAS UPSET EVERYBODY THAT I HAVE SEEN THAT HAS GONE TO CUBA. AND WE ALL HAVE BEEN WORKING TO TRY TO CHANGE THE CONDITIONS AND SITUATION THERE. WHAT I OBJECT TO, AND THE REASON WHY I USED THE WORD PUBLICITY, WHEN WE MAKE A STATEMENT THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY IMPACT, IT'S ABOUT PUBLICITY. THERE ARE REAL THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF CUBA AND I GET A LIST OF THEM. BUT A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN A HURRICANE HIT PUERTO RICO THE TAMPA BAY RAYS TOOK I THINK ONE OR TWO PLANES FULL OF SUPPLIES TO PUERTO RICO, AND BECAUSE OF THE EMBARGO, YOU CAN READ IN THE MIAMI HERALD, THE CUBANS DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SYRINGES TO INOCULATE PEOPLE. I CAN GO THROUGH A WHOLE LIST OF THINGS THERE. WHAT WAS WORKING WAS PUSHING CAPITALISM IN CUBA. THE NUMBER, BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE, THE NUMBER OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES MORE THAN DOUBLED IN CUBA AND THE CHANGES A COUPLE YEARS AGO, THE ECONOMY FELL APART, AND ABOUT 80% OF CUBANS WHO PUT THEIR LIVE SAVINGS IN STARTING BUSINESSES LOST THEM BECAUSE OF AMERICAN RULES. THE PROBLEMS IN CUBA ARE NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE UNITED STATES, THEY ARE IN PART BECAUSE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND WE IN TAMPA CAN DO THINGS TO DIRECTLY IMPACT THEM. THERE ARE NONPROFITS HERE THAT DIRECTLY SUPPORT THE CUBAN PEOPLE AND WE CAN SUPPORT THEM, AND WE CAN DO OTHER THINGS. THE OTHER THING THAT'S HAPPENED IS THAT THE MAYOR OF MIAMI HAS CALLED INFORM WAR. HE CAN USE WHATEVER WORDS HE WANTS BUT HE'S CALLED FOR WAR. THE CUBAN PEOPLE DON'T WANT WAR. THEY WANT THEIR GOVERNMENT TO CHANGE BUT THEY DON'T WANT WAR. WAR, WE HAVE SEEN, WARS KILL TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY THEY ARE ATTACKING PLUS IT KILLS AMERICAN CITIZENS. I HAD FRIENDS WHO WERE IN THE BAY OF PIGS, AND THEY SAW WHAT HAPPENED THERE, AND THEY WERE BETRIED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, OTHERS, BUT THEY FOUGHT HARD TO TRY TO HELP THE CUBANS GET THEIR FREEDOM. WE ALL NEED TO WORK TOWARD FREEDOM FOR THE CUBAN PEOPLE. WE NEED TO SUPPORT THE CUBAN PEOPLE. WHAT I OBJECT TO WITH THIS RESOLUTION IS NOT THAT IT QUOTE-UNQUOTE SUPPORTS THE CUBAN PEOPLE. WHAT IT DOES IS IT HAS LANGUAGE AND RHETORIC IN IT THAT CAN BE USED BY SOMEBODY LIKE THE MAYOR OF MIAMI AND OTHERS TO JUSTIFY WAR. AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT I AM IN FAVOR OF LOTS OF CHANGES IN CUBA BUT I AM 100% AGAINST WAR. I AM AGAINST A MILITARY INVASION. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO, MR. CHAIR, NOW OR LATER, WE DON'T NEED ALL THE RHETORIC IN THIS RESOLUTION. WHAT WE NEED IS SOMETHING SIMPLE. I'M A COMMUNICATION PERSON. IF WE ARE GOING TO MAKE A STATEMENT TO SUPPORT THE CUBAN PEOPLE, LET'S SAY SIMPLY INSTEAD OF HAVING 3 OR 4 PAGES, WHATEVER IT IS, LET'S SAY SIMPLY THAT TAMPA CITY COUNCIL FULLY SUPPORTS THE CUBAN PEOPLE AND N THEIR EFFORTS TO GAIN POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC FREEDOM AND I WILL MAKE THAT AS AN AMENDED MOTION OR SUBSTITUTE MOTION, AND I WILL FULLY SUPPORT THAT. I FULLY SUPPORT THE CUBAN PEOPLE AND TRYING TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE GOVERNMENT. I DON'T SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION AS IT'S WRITTEN. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON, WHEN WE COME TO THAT TIME FOR A MOTION ON THE FLOOR IF YOU WISH TO PUT THAT ON THE FLOOR AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO MR. VIERA'S RESOLUTION YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT THAT TIME, SIR. MR. CITRO. >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR. IN ALL MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER, 40 YEARS, I HAVE WORKED IN WEST TAMPA. AND DURING THAT TIME I HAVE MET SO MANY CUBAN AMERICANS, SOME WERE BORN THERE, THE MAJORITY WERE BORN HERE. REFUGEES THAT CAME IN MANY DIFFERENT TIME PERIOD, FROM THE 60s 70s 80s. AND I HAVE HEARD VARIOUS -- POLITICALLY FROM MY CUBAN FRIEND AND THE PEOPLE THAT I WORK WITH. WE HAVE GONE THROUGH 13 DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATIONS IN THIS COUNTRY, MORE DEMOCRAT THAN REPUBLICAN. AND THROUGH ALL THAT TIME, MY CUBAN FRIENDS, CUBAN DESCENT, AMERICAN CUBAN, ALL THEY WANTED WAS ONE THING, A POLITICAL CHANGE IN CUBA. THIS COUNTRY HAS HELPED CUBA MANY, MANY TIMES. AND I WILL ALWAYS SUPPORT THE CUBAN PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE OF CUBAN DESCENT. AND I WILL SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION. BUT HEARING THE HORROR STORIES OF PEOPLE GOING TO VISIT CUBA WITH FOUR OR FIVE OR SIX SUITCASES FULL OF THINGS FOR THEIR FAMILY, AND ONLY ONE SUITCASE MAKING IT THROUGH. MEDICAL SUPPLIES BEING SENT DOWN THERE AND ONLY A SMALL FRACTION, AND YOU BETTER NOT TAKE ANY PRESCRIPTION DRUGS OR CASH. NOW IS THE TIME THAT THE CUBAN PEOPLE IN CUBA HAVE SPOKEN UP AND ARE SHOUTING WE WANT CHANGE NOW. AND I WILL STAND BEHIND THE CUBAN PEOPLE IN CUBA, AND I WILL STAND BEHIND THE CUBAN PEOPLE HERE IN TAMPA AND AMERICA. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: -- >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I THINK A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY, MR. CHAIRMAN. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. IN ALL MY YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE, AND I HAVE ENJOYED EVERY ONE OF THEM, I HAVE NEVER SEEN A RESOLUTION BEING DISCUSSED THIS LENGTH IN MY 20-SOME YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE. CALLING UP THE NATIONAL GUARD, AND THIS IS A RESOLUTION, PLAIN AND SIMPLE. WHAT IS A RESOLUTION? CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME WHAT IT IS? ASPIRATION TO GET SOMETHING DONE. EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT OPINION. THAT'S WHAT IT IS. BUT IT MEANS WHATEVER THE SUBJECT MATTER MAY BE OR MAY NOT BE, INTERPRETING, IS IT'S AN EXPRESSION OF FACT TO SAY THAT THIS COUNCIL IS SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT THEY HAVE SEEN ON TELEVISION AND IF IT WAS HAPPENING IN THE STREETS OF TAMPA HOPE. IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY HOPE, YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE A LIFE. THERE IS NO HOPE TOMORROW BECAUSE YOU HAVE GIVEN UP. AND I THINK WHAT THIS RESOLUTION IS, IS MAINLY TO GIVE HOPE TO THE A LONG TIME THAT FELT THAT THEY HAD NO HOPE. AND YES, I HAVE BEEN TO CUBA 35 TIMES SINCE 1954. AND I HAVE BEEN BACK IN 2004. I GOT OFF THE PLANE AND LOOKED AROUND, AND TAMPA ONLY THING WITH ME IS MY MIND. WHEN I GOT OFF THE PLANE, NOT A DAMN THING HAD CHANGED. ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER, THAT'S NOT SAYING IT'S GOOD OR BAD. YOU SEE THE SAME CABS THAT HAD 3, 4, 5, 6, A BILLION MILES ON THE SAME ONE, FROM THE 50s, FROM THE 60s. BUT YOU SEE ONE THING THAT'S REALLY BEEN KIND OF LOST IN THIS COUNTRY. THE SECOND IS THE MOTHER OF -- BECAUSE WHAT THE CUBAN PEOPLE HAVE DONE, THEY HAVE LEARNED TO MAKE DO WITH WHAT THEY HAVE. SOMETHING MOST OF US IN THIS COUNTRY CAN'T DO WITH. ONCE I WAS RIDING IN A CAB, AND I KEPT TELLING THE GUY YOU BETTER PULL OVER, WE HAVE A PROBLEM. THE RADIATOR IS OVERFLOWING. WHEN HE OPENED THE HOOD AND I WENT TO LOOK AT IT, HE HAD MADE A WATER PUMP OUT OF A WASHING MACHINE PUMP. AND THE HOSE HAD BROKEN. HE SAID HOW DID YOU THINK OF IT? HE SAID IT'S NOT HOW I THINK ABOUT IT. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY I HAD TO LEARN TO MAKE SOMETHING TO GET MYSELF FROM POINT A TO POINT B AND MAKE A LIVING. WE DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE IN THIS COUNTRY. WHEN YOU LOOK AT MEDICINE, AND THAT WAS BROUGHT UP EARLIER TODAY, FOR BEING SUCH A SMALL COUNTRY, I HAVE BEEN WATCHING, ABOUT A MONTH AGO I GAVE MYSELF A TRIAL. I GOT RID OF EVERYTHING I HAD ON THE TELEVISION. NO INTERNET. NO NATIONAL NEWS. NO NOTHING. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I FEEL I GAINED MY FREEDOM BACK. I WAS WATCHING WEDU THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, AND IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECT, GUESS WHAT, IT WAS ABOUT CUBA. AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW A SMALL COUNTRY CAN HAVE SO MUCH PRODUCTION AND DIFFERENT AREAS OF MEDICINE. IN FACT THEY EVEN COMPARED THEIR CANCER RESEARCH BEING AHEAD OF OURS. WHETHER IT'S TRUE OR NOT I DON'T KNOW. AND THE PEOPLE IN CUBA WANT AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHAT OTHER PEOPLE IN THE WORLD HAVE. AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, MANY OF THEM ARE NOT HAPPY. MY FATHER TOLD ME ONCE WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, HE SAID, YOU KNOW, CHARLIE, I THOUGHT AMERICA WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM THAT YOU HAVE HEAR, IT'S MUCH WORSE THAN WHAT WE HAVE IN CUBA. HE SAID ANY CUBAN KID GOING TO SCHOOL CAN DO MUCH BETTER THAN ANY AMERICAN DID FROM THE SIXTH GRADE. SEE, YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT SYSTEM, LIKE IN MEDICINE. I AM NOT HERE TO TAKE AN HOUR AND A HALF OF DEBATE. [BELL SOUNDS] BUT IN CUBA WHEN YOU WANT TO BE A DOCTOR, YOU DON'T -- YOU TAKE WHAT YOU WANT WHEN YOU ARE IN HIGH SCHOOL. MEDICINE, YOU PARTICIPATE WITH DOCTORS, AND YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WANT TO BE. HERE, YOU DON'T DO THAT TILL YOU GET TO COLLEGE. AND THEY HAVE AN ADVANCED EDUCATION THAT IS SECOND TO NONE. BECAUSE THEY WANT TO HAVE EDUCATED KIDS. BUT THE PROBLEM IS AT THE END OF THE DAY, NO MATTER WHAT EDUCATION YOU HAVE, YOUR PAY IS THE SAME AS SOMEONE WHO NEVER DID ANYTHING, OR WANTED TO MAKE ANY CHANGES. BUT I AM NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT PHILOSOPHY OR ANYTHING ELSE. THE RESOLUTION HERE, IF I DO LIKE THIS, THE CUBAN REGIME, PEACEFUL MEANS TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVES. IS THAT ALL RIGHT? PICK ONE. ANY ONE YOU WANT FROM WHAT I READ HERE. THEY ARE ALL FACTUAL. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO GET IF WE SIT DOWN HERE FOR A DAY OR TWO DAYS AND HAVE A COMPLETE MEETING OF CUBA. CAN WE CHANGE ANYTHING? TELL ME. CAN YOU SEND THINGS TO CUBA? CAN YOU SEND MONEY TO CUBA? NOT THIS ADMINISTRATION BUT THE PRIOR ADMINISTRATION, THE ONE BEFORE THAT ONE. IT'S CHANGED TWICE ALREADY. THERE HAS BEEN A VISIT FROM THE FIRST TIME OF A SITTING PRESIDENT ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO. DID IT MAKE ANY CHANGE? FOR A DAY OR TWO IT DID. IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS ALL CLEAN. HE DIDN'T LIVE WHERE I LIVE. OR I VISITED. SO WHAT I AM SAYING IS THAT CAN WE CHANGE -- CAN THIS CITY OF TAMPA CHANGE WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS DONE? ABSOLUTELY NOT. SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DEBATE? IT'S UP TO THE CUBAN PEOPLE TO TAKE THE FIRST STEP. AND THEY HAVE. IT'S UNPRECEDENTED THAT THE YOUNG PEOPLE -- AND THERE IS WHERE IT'S AT, FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN ON THE NEWS, IT'S THE YOUNG PEOPLE ALONG WITH SOME OF THE ELDER PEOPLE THAT MARCHING. AND WHEN A COUNTRY REALIZES THAT THE FUTURE IS YOUTH AND THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE MARCHING, CHANGE WILL COME IN SOME FORM OR ANOTHER. AND YOU HAVE TO ADMIRE THOSE THAT ARE WALKING, PROTESTING, BECAUSE THEIR LIVES ARE AT RISK. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO TELL YOU, BUT I AM NOT GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN A CUBAN IDEOLOGICAL FEELING ABOUT THE PROS AND CONS. THEY AREN'T GOING TO MAKE A CHANGE. IT'S UP TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS KNOWN THIS FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. AND THIS IS NOT ABOUT REPUBLICANS OR DEMOCRATS OR LIBERALS OR CONSERVATIVES, IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVES UNDER THAT THEY CAN EXPRESS FREELY, AND THEY WANT CHANGE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS TO MARCH FOR FREEDOM. WE WERE BORN IN IT. SO IT'S UP TO THIS RESOLUTION, LIKE I SAID, IT'S A FEELING OF WE HELP IF WE CAN, TELL US WHAT YOU NEED, THEY ARE MARCHING, THEY ARE DOING THINGS PEACEFUL. THERE WAS ONE OR TWO INCIDENTS@. AND AN ARREST OR TWO OR THREE MAYBE. AND I APPRECIATE THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO WERE WORKING YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE. SO IT'S UP TO US TO SAY YAY OR NAY ON THIS RESOLUTION. BUT I WILL NOT BE DEBATING ON WHAT TO DO WITH CUBA BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A DAMN POWER TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE NOW. THIS IS NOT -- WE ARE NOT IN THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE. WE HAVE NO POWER TO DO ANYTHING. AND IF SOME MAYOR HAS A PROCLAMATION THAT MAYOR IS SICK. SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE FACE, AND I SEE NOTHING WRONG WITH THE RESOLUTION. IN FACT ALL THE WHEREASES THAT I HAVE NEVER SEEN IN MY LIFE AND I AM WILLING TO SUPPORT IT BECAUSE IT'S A NEED TO SHOW THAT WE HAVE THE RESPECT FOR THOSE THAT ARE TRYING TO CHANGE SOMETHING IN THEIR HOME LAND. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WELL, IT'S CALLED HISTORY. YOU KNOW, I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO CUBA. I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO AFRICA, EITHER. I WOULD LOVE TO GO. BUT WHEN I TURN ON THE TV AND I SEE THE SAME UNREST IN AFRICA, THE SAME AS CUBA. I SEE IT HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE ALWAYS HEARD ME TALK AND SAY ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT. THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN AFRICA. THOSE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CUBA. THE PEOPLE ARE EMPOWERING THEMSELVES NOW. JUST LIKE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IN MY EAST TAMPA AREA, EMPOWERING THEMSELVES, AND THOSE WHO NEVER SPOKE OUT BEFORE, THOSE OWNERS WHO LIVE THERE, MR. DANIELS AND MS. BURTON HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR MANY YEARS. THEY CALL MY OFFICE, I NEVER NOT TAKE THEIR CALLS. BECAUSE THEY ARE STILL TALKING ABOUT THINGS NOT BEING DONE. SOME THINGS I TRY TO CHANGE. SOME THINGS JUST CAN'T CHANGE. I DON'T HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE. YOU SIX GAVE ME AN OPTION. I PUT ON THE TABLE A RESOLUTION FOR FORGIVENESS FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS AND IT WAS A 7-0 VOTE ON THAT RESOLUTION. WE KNOW SOME OF THE BAD THINGS DONE TO BLACK PEOPLE. THOSE THINGS STILL GOING ON NOW. WE TRY TO FIX WHAT WE CAN. BUT RIGHT NOW, I HOPE OF THAT SOMEONE WHO IS CUBAN, UNDERSTAND WHAT IT FEELS LIKE BECAUSE YOUR PARENTS LIVED AND YOU FEEL LIKE THEY ARE YOUR FOLKS HOW THEY FEEL. HOW I FEEL AS A BLACK MAN, WHEN MAI MY FOLKS TALK ABOUT A COLORED WATER FOUNTAIN AND WHITEWATER FOUNTAIN, HOW THEY FEEL WHEN THIS PERSON -- THAT PERSON WAS QUALIFIED. YOU LOOK AT CUBA. I LOOK AT CUBA, I SEE SOME CUBANS THAT ARE AS BLACK AS ME. AS BLACK AS ME. SAME RACIAL IMBALANCE. SAME RACIAL IMBALANCE. THE HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS. HOW WOO DO WE CHANGE ALL THAT? THIS BODY CAN'T CHANGE CUBA. WE KNOW WE CAN'T. I SEE WHAT MR. CARLSON IS SAYING: I SEE HIS POINT. BUT I ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT THE REALITY OF THE HUMAN NATURE OF THE REVOLUTION. IT'S NOT ABOUT WAR. I RESPECT EVERYBODY'S OPINION. IT'S WHY I DON'T LIKE FIGHTING ABOUT THE ISSUE. WE CAN AGREE TO DISAGREE NO MATTER WHAT. I THINK THE RESOLUTION IS A RESOLUTION THAT SPEAKS TO THE GENERAL HEART OF HUMANITY. AGAIN WE ARE NOT GOING TO CHANGE CUBA BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE CUBA. WE DO HAVE THE POWER IN TAMPA SAYING WE SUPPORT THOSE FOLKS WHO WANT CERTAIN LIBERTIES, WHO WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A BETTER LIFE. SOME OF THE THINGS YOU FIGHT FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS. I DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH A FEW OF MY CONSTITUENTS, MS. BURTON AND MR. DANIELS BUT I RESPECT THEM, NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY, THEY CALL ME, I AM GOING TO DO THE BEST I CAN FOR WHAT I CAN DO. THAT'S ALL WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW. AND IF WE JUST SEND THIS OFF AND SAY, HEY, WE SUPPORT HUMANITY, WE SUPPORT LIBERTY, WE SUPPORT WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO FOR DEMOCRACY, I'M ONBOARD WITH THAT. I RESPECT WHAT MR. CARLSON IS SAYING. I THINK, AGAIN, WE HAVE TO MOVE THIS ALONG. I DON'T THINK WE NEED ANOTHER ROUND. WE SEE THE PASSION. WE SEE THE FIRE. WE SEE THE HUNGER. I SEE CULTURE. HISTORY CULTURE. SO AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME I THINK WE CAN GO AHEAD. THERE'S A MOTION PUT ON THE FLOOR. MOTION ON THE FLOOR. LET'S MOVE ON. WE HAVE A LONG AGENDA. >>LUIS VIERA: MR. CHAIR, I THINK COUNCILMAN CARLSON HAD A MOTION TO OVERRIDE MY MOTION IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SECOND THAT ONE. >>BILL CARLSON: I THINK IT WOULD BE AN AMENDMENT OR A SUBSTITUTE MOTION THAT IS IN THE SAME SPIRIT BUT TAKES OUT SOME OF THE COMPLICATED LANGUAGE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE AND PLACE THE TWO PAGES HERE A SIMPLE STATEMENT THAT CAN BE USED, BANNERS AND FLAGS AND POSTERS AND EVERYTHING IN TAMPA, MIAMI, CUBA, WHEREVER ELSE AND THE SIMPLE STATEMENT WOULD SAY TAMPA CITY COUNCIL FULLY SUPPORTS THE CUBAN PEOPLE IN THEIR EFFORTS TO GAIN POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC FREEDOM. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU SAY THAT'S ALL YOU WANT THE RESOLUTION TO SAY SIR? >>BILL CARLSON: YES. AND IN MY OTHER BUSINESS, COMMUNICATING, THE SIMPLER IT IS, THE BETTER IT IS. WHAT IS IT FROM THIS TWO PAGES THAT SOMEBODY IS GOING TO BRING OUT THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY USE? A SIMPLE STATEMENT IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT AND SOMETHING THAT'S USEFUL FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES, AND IT TAKES OUT SOME OF THE COMPLICATED LANGUAGE THAT SOMEBODY LIKE THE MAYOR OF MIAMI COULD USE TO START A WAR. BUT IT IS IN THE SPIRIT OF IT BECAUSE IT SAYS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL FULLY SUPPORTS THE CUBAN PEOPLE IN THEIR EFFORTS TO GET POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC FREEDOM. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. IF I CAN SPEAK. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH MAKING TWO MOTIONS. THE FIRST ONE AND THE SECOND ONE. I AM NOT OPPOSED TO MAKING TWO MOTIONS. I DON'T SEE ANYTHING THAT'S IN ANY WAY DEROGATORY OR ANYTHING. IF I DID, I WOULD SAY IT. THERE'S A LOT OF WHEREASES AND A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAPPENED. AND I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS. THIS IS AS NEW TO ME AS IT IS TO ANYONE ELSE AND I AM NOT AGAINST MR. CARLSON'S MOTION. SO WHY DON'T WE PASS THEM BOTH? SO EVERYONE IS SATISFIED HEAR. >>LUIS VIERA: IF YOU WANT WE CAN FIRST VOTE ON MINE AND THEN COUNCILMAN CARLSON'S. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WELL, THIS MOTION IS ALL YOURS. >>LUIS VIERA: I MEAN, IF I MAY PROCEDURALLY, I THINK THAT YOU HAVE GOT -- MAYBE IF I MAY SUGGEST WE MOVE ON MINE AND THEN COUNCILMAN CARLSON CAN MAKE HIS STATEMENT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION ON THE FLOOR IN REFERENCE TO ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER BY MR. MIRANDA, MORE MOTION WOULD OVERRIDE MR. VIERA'S MOTION ON THE FLOOR. MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR, BECAUSE WHAT I HEARD -- AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THIS -- WAS THIS RESOLUTION WAS BROUGHT FORTH BY COUNCILMEMBER VIERA SECONDED BY -- AND I HEARD MR. MANISCALCO DURING THE POINT OF HIS COMMENT SAYING THAT HE SECONDED IT. DOES THE CLERK HAVE THAT AS A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR? >> YES. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF THAT IS THE CASE, SIR, THAT IS THE MAIN MOTION. AND THAT TAKES PRECEDENCE, UNLESS A SUBSIDIARY MOTION IS MADE TO AMEND OR IN THIS CASE ACTUALLY SUBSTITUTE. SO IF THERE IS A SECOND TO THAT, WAS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION TO AMEND AND/OR SUBSTITUTE DEPENDING ON WHAT THAT IS GOING TO BE? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES, MR. DINGFELDER SECONDED MR. CARLSON'S SUBSTITUTE MOTION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WOULDN'T A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT HAVE TO BE ACCEPTED BY THE MAKER OF THE MOTION? >>LUIS VIERA: THAT KILLS MY MOTION. IF YOU GUYS SUPPORT THIS, THIS KILLS MY MOTION. >>MARTIN SHELBY: HERE IS THE QUESTION COUNCIL. WITH REGARD TO A MOTION TO AMEND OR SUBSTITUTE MOTION, THERE'S A SECTION IN ROBERTS RULES CALLED IMPROPER AMENDMENTS. THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF AMENDMENTS ARE OUT OF ORDER. AND NUMBER TWO SAYS, ONE THAT MERELY MAKES THE ADOPTION OF THE AMENDED QUESTION EQUIVALENT TO REJECTION OF THE ORIGINAL MOTION. SO THE QUESTION WOULD BE THEN ULTIMATELY IS WITH REGARD TO A MOTION TO AMEND, CERTAINLY IT'S VERY RARE FOR THIS CITY COUNCIL TO AMEND RESOLUTIONS IN FRONT OF IT BUT LET ME JUST SAY THIS. DEPENDING ON WHAT THE AMENDMENT IS, IT DOES ACT AS IN FACT A SUBSTITUTE, BUT THE QUESTION ULTIMATELY IS, DOES THIS HAVE THE EFFECT THEN, AS MR. VIERA STATES, OF BEING AN IMPROPER AMENDMENT IN THAT IT MAKES THE ADOPTION OF THE AMENDED QUESTION EQUIVALENT TO A REJECTION OF THE ORIGINAL MOTION? AND THAT IS A QUESTION THAT IS -- THE QUESTION OF THE RULES AND ULTIMATELY A DECISION OF THE CHAIR TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT WANTS TO ENTERTAIN THE AMENDMENT WHICH IS A SUBSIDIARY MOTION AND THEN COUNCIL WOULD VOTE ON THAT. IF IT SUCCEEDS, THEN IT TAKES THE EFFECT OF SUPERSEDING MR. VIERA'S MOTION IN ITS ENTIRETY. IF IT DOESN'T, THEN IT FAILS, AND YOU GO BACK TO THE MOTION, THE MAIN MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR, AND THAT'S MR. VIERA'S MOTION, SECONDED BYMAN MANISCALCO. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON, YOU HAVE A RESOLUTION READY TO GO? >>BILL CARLSON: I THINK WE -- MY MOTION IS TO SUBSTITUTE OR AMEND THE MOTION TO SIMPLY HAVE THAT SENTENCE, BUT HERE BASED ON WHAT COUNCILMAN MEMBER MIRANDA SAID, HOW ABOUT THIS, AND COUNCILMAN VIERA WOULD HAVE TO AGREE WITH THIS. I WOULD BE WILLING TO -- WE CAN FIGHT OUT ROBERTS RULES BUT I WOULD BE WILLING TO, WITHDRAW THAT MOTION IF WE COULD VOTE ON BOTH OF THEM WITH MY VERSION GOING FIRST. IT'S POSSIBLE THAT BOTH WILL PASS. IT'S LIKELY THAT BOTH WILL PASS. BUT BEFORE I MAKE A DECISION ABOUT HOW I AM GOING TO VOTE ON THE SECOND ONE I WANT TO MAKE >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE WILL GO TO MR. DINGFELDER THEN BACK TO YOU, SIR. MR. DINGFELDER. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WELL, BASED ON WHAT MR. CARLSON SAID, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD AT THIS TIME. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MR. VIERA'S RESPONSE TO BE THAT. >>LUIS VIERA: I MEAN, IF HE WANTS TO -- I COULD GO ON AND ON, BUT SAY THAT MY RESOLUTION WILL SOMEHOW POWER WAR WITH CUBA, THAT'S JUST OUT OF LEFT FIELD. I CONDEMN WHAT MAYOR SUAREZ SAID IN MIAMI. WE TALKED YESTERDAY AT OUR "PUBLICITY STUNT OH"PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT A PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER IN CUBA. THERE HAS BEEN NO STATEMENTS SUPPORTING THAT WHATSOEVER. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IN ANY WAY THAT COULD GO. IF COUNCILMAN CARLSON WANTS TO MAKE THAT, I WILL SUPPORT IT AS A SEPARATE MOTION SO LONG AS IT DOESN'T SUPERSEDE OR REPLACE MY MOTION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM NOT A LAWYER AND NOT AN EXPERT, BUT IF HE WANTS TO VOTE ON HIS FIRST, THEN IT'S GOT TO BE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION. IF HE WANTS TO MAKE A SEPARATE MOTION, THEN HE'S SECOND IN LINE TO MR. VIERA'S MOTION BECAUSE HE'S NOT SUBSTITUTING, HE'S BRINGING IN AN KNEW MOTION. SO I AM NOT AN ATTORNEY. I AM JUST A GUY ON THE STREET WHO HAPPENS TO BE HERE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. CARLSON AND DINGFELDER. MY QUESTION AGAIN, WITH THAT BEIN SAID, THE ORIGINAL MAKER OF THE MOTION IS MR. VIERA. CORRECT SIR? >> YES. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I ALSO HAVE TO ADD THAT WE USE THE TERM FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, WHICH IN THIS CASE BASED ON WHAT I HAVE BEEN HEARING, I DON'T THINK IT'S ACCEPTED AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, HOW ABOUT WE VOTE ON MY MOTION, THEN WE VOTE ON COUNCILMAN CARLSON'S MOTION AND WE JUST MOVE ON FROM THIS SO WE CAN GET ONTO OUR AGENDA? >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON, I AM GOING TO LET YOU FINISH UP AND MAKE A DECISION. >>BILL CARLSON: THE ONLY MOTION I HAD A MINUTES AGO AND I AGREED THAT MR. MIRANDA IS RIGHT, WHAT I WOULD BE WILLING TO DO, IF WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE, AND THEN ON THE OTHER MOTION, I WOULD BE WILLING TO WITHDRAW THE SUBSTITUTE IF WE CAN VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE AS A SEPARATE MOTION BEFORE WE VOTE ON THE OTHER, BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE -- AND THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE MAKER OF THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO AGREE TO IT. IF HE AGREES TO IT THEN WE WILL VOTE ON BOTH. WE'LL VOTE ON MAIN FIRST. >>LUIS VIERA: I WOULD LIKE MAIN TO GO FIRST, IF I MAY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE WILL DO THIS. >>LUIS VIERA: MR. CHAIR, DO YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE? >>ORLANDO GUDES: DO HAVE A PREFERENCE. >>LUIS VIERA: TELL ME WHAT IT IS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MY PREFERENCE IS SIMPLE. WE WANT TO HAVE UNIFIED COUNCIL HERE. FIRST, I SEE NOTHING WRONG WITH MR. VIERA'S MOTION. I RESPECT WHAT MR. CARLSON IS TRYING TO DO IN REFERENCE TO WHAT HE BELIEVES OR WHAT HE THINKS IT MIGHT SEND A DIFFERENT TYPE OF MESSAGE. SO IF THERE IS TWO RESOLUTIONS THAT WANT TO BE PRESENTED, THAT'S WHY I ASKED IF HE HAS ONE TO PRESENT, OR HE CAN HAVE LEGAL MAKE ONE AND PRESENT THAT MOTION. BUT I THINK THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT ISSUES HERE AT HAND. I THINK IT SHOULD BE TWO DIFFERENT MOTIONS, IN MY OPINION. MR. SHELBY, I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD. I TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS F.MR. CARLSON WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION, HE CAN MAKE A MOTION IN REFERENCE TO HIS RESOLUTION MR. VIERA WAS FIRST. WE VOTE ON HIS RESOLUTION. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, GOT BEYOND A POINT OF PRIVILEGE. LET ME JUST STATE YOUR RULE 4 UNDER PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURES. RULE K, THE CHAIR SHALL DECIDE ALL QUESTIONS OF PROCEDURE AND ORDER AND THE DECISION SHALL STAND UNLESS REVERSED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL. AND. >>LUIS VIERA: AND I DEFER TO YOU, MR. CHAIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, THEN WE MOVE ON. WE HAVE A LONG AGENDA. WE HAVE TO MOVE ON. MR. DINGFELDER. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I THINK PROCEDURALLY, JUST FOR PRECEDENT PURPOSES, I THINK WE ARE A LITTLE OFF TRACK. FROM WHAT I HEARD, MR. VIERA MADE A MOTION. IT WAS SECONDED. MR. CARLSON MADE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION, OR WE COULD CALL IT SOMETHING ELSE, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE WORD, MR. SHELBY USED, BASICALLY ELIMINATING MOST OF THE WHEREASES, VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE WHEREASES CLAUSES AND SUBSTITUTING IN A DIFFERENT WHEREAS CLAUSE. I THINK PROCEDURALLY, AND WESTBOUND PRECEDENT, THAT THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE WHEN WE HAVE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION, WHEN WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION, WE VOTE ON THE SECOND MOTION FIRST, AND THEN WE GO BACK TO THE PRIMARY MOTION. SO IT DOES CONCERN ME THAT WE ARE BREAKING FROM WHAT I THOUGHT WAS TRADITION. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SINCE MR. CARLSON PUT A SUBSTITUTE MOTION ON THE, MR. DINGFELDER SECONDED, WE VOTE ON THAT. IF IT DIES, IT DIES, AND IT SUPERSEDES MR. VIERA'S MOTION? >> YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: IN THAT CASE, ONCE YOU LOOK IT UP, YOU TELL ME WHAT THE RULE IS, WE WILL GO BY THE RULE, WE'LL GO FROM THERE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: WELL, I DID LOOK IT UP. AND WHEN YOU START TO DO MOTIONS TO AMEND AND IT GETS TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S VERY SUBSTANTIVE BECAUSE TECHNICALLY LITERALLY A SUBSTITUTION. I HAVE TO ASK SPECIFICALLY -- AND I LOOK AT ROBERTS RULES -- IT GOES THROUGH QUITE AN EXTENSIVE WAY TO STRIKE WORDS, ADD WORDS, SUBSTITUTE WORDS, TAKE OUT PARAGRAPHS. FOR INSTANCE ARE, YOUR RESOLUTION HAS A TITLE. >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIR, WE CAN EASILY SOLVE THIS. SINCE YOU ARE THE ONE IN CHARGE, IF YOU WILL AGREE TO ALLOW BOTH MOTIONS TO GO FORWARD, I WILL WITHDRAW THE SUBSTITUTE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT'S FINE WITH ME, SIR. >> IN WHAT ORDER? >>BILL CARLSON: THE CHAIR'S OFFER TO ALLOW BOTH TO MOVE FORWARD, WHICH ORDER DO WE TAKE THEM IN? >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK MR. VIERA'S SHOULD GO FIRST AND YOUR MOTION SHOULD BE SECOND, SIR. >>BILL CARLSON: THEN I WILL WITHDRAW, WITH RESPECT TO -- THANKS TO MR. DINGFELDER, I WILL WITHDRAW THE MOTION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY MR. VIERA ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION, WITH MR. MANISCALCO SECONDED IT. ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: SI. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: NO. >>BILL CARLSON: I AM VOTING NO AS I SAID BEFORE BECAUSE I OBJECT TO SOME OF THE WHEREAS CLAUSES AND OTHER LANGUAGE BUT I HAVE FULL SUPPORT FOR THE CUBAN PEOPLE. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH DINGFELDER AND CARLSON VOTING NO. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE HAVE CARLSON WITH A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. IN LIGHT OF WHAT YOU STATED, IF YOU COULD STATE THAT AGAIN. >>BILL CARLSON: I CAN ACCEPTED THIS TO THE CLERK, A MOTION THAT FULLY SUPPORTS THE CUBAN PEOPLE- IN THEIR EFFORTS TO GAIN POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC FREEDOM. EYE O." >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY MR. CARLSON. SECOND BY MR. DINGFELDER. ROLL CALL VOTE. MR. SHELBY, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THIS WOULD BE TO COME BACK THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOMETHING IN WRITING, BECAUSE WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS YOU HAVE A STATEMENT WHICH SOUNDED LIKE A TITLE, WHICH WOULD BE IN THE THEREFORE BUT IN THE PREAMBLE WHICH IS USUALLY WHERE THE WHEREASES CLAUSES ARE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS WILL LOOK LIKE. >> IT'S ONLY ONE SENTENCE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: SO YOU ARE MAKING IT NOT FOR THE RESOLUTION? >> WE CAN PUT IT IN ONE FORM YOU WANT BUT A STATEMENT THAT TAMPA CITY COUNCIL APPROVES A STATEMENT WHERE WE CAN GO TO THE CUBAN AMERICANS IN TAMPA, MAIM, CITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND THE CUBANS IN CUBA AND ELSEWHERE AND SAY, TAMPA CITY COUNCIL FULLY SUPPORTS THE CUBAN PEOPLE IN THEIR EFFORTS TO GAIN POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC FREEDOM. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. SHELBY, I DO THINK IT SHOULD BE IN THE FORM OF A RESOLUTION. THAT WAS THE INTENT OF MR. CARLSON. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT'S WHAT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: DO THE FORMAT AND BRING IT BACK THIS AFTERNOON. >>MARTIN SHELBY: WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK WITH MR. CARLSON TO MAKE SURE IT'S IN THE FORM OF A RESOLUTION. >>BILL CARLSON: IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE ONE SENTENCE. COULD WE JUST VOTE TO BRING IT BACK THIS AFTERNOON? >>ORLANDO GUDES: IT'S YOUR MOTION ON THE FLOOR, SIR. IF MR. SHELBY CAN GET IT TYPED UP IN THE FORM OF A RESOLUTION OR STATEMENT. HOWEVER HE FEELS IS BEST TO COME BACK THIS AFTERNOON. >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES IN THE COMMUNITY FOR TALKING ABOUT THIS SO MUCH, AS THE OTHER RESOLUTION SAYS, TAMPA HAS A LONG HISTORY WITH CUBA, AND I THINK THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, HUMANITARIAN GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY FOR YEARS WORKING WITH CUBA AND THEIR RELIGIOUS GROUPS, RESEARCH GROUPS, THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS THAT WE AS CITY COUNCIL AND AS LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHAT WE HAVE AND CAN DON TO TRY TO ALLEVIATE THE IMMEDIATE SITUATION AND IMMEDIATE URGENT SITUATION FOR THE CUBAN PEOPLE AND LONG-TERM WE CAN SUPPORT THEM. SO I WILL BRING THIS BACK. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY MR. CARLSON, IN THE FORM OF A RESOLUTION/STATEMENT, THAT MR. DINGFELDER SECONDED. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: [OFF MICROPHONE] I THINK MR. SHELBY NEED TO HAVE IN THE WRITING. WE CAN'T PASS SOMETHING THAT'S NOT IN WRITING. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I CAN, MR. CHAIRMAN, TO FOLLOW UP, MR. MIRANDA, I THANK YOU. AND I THINK THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE WAY TO GO. SO BASICALLY THIS VOTE IS TO COME BACK. IT'S A STATEMENT TO DIRECT ME WORKING WITH MR. MIRANDA TO COME BACK -- WITH A RESOLUTION IN WRITING THAT CAN BE SIGNED BY THE CHAIR AND THE CLERK. >> THAT'S FINE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY MR. CARLSON. SECOND BY MR. DINGFELDER. >>LUIS VIERA: AND THIS IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE MOTION. THIS IS A SEPARATE ONE. BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES, MORAL CLARITY IN MY -- MORE CLARITY IF MY MOTION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECONDED BY MR. CARLSON. >>JOSEPH CITRO: NO. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THIS AFTERNOON FOR THAT ITEM. WE HAVE A LONG AGENDA: WE NEED TO MOVE THE BEST WE CAN. ITEM NUMBER 3. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: 3 THROUGH 73. >>LUIS VIERA: SECOND BY MR. MIRANDA. WE ARE NOW OPEN. >>CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE: I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 3, TIERRA DEL LAGO CIGAR FACTORY FOR A LOCAL LANDMARK DESIGNATION. THIS ITEM I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER IS PRESENT DOWNSTAIRS AND A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. I JUST WANTED TO BRING TO CITY COUNCIL'S ATTENTION THAT THIS ITEM IS SCHEDULED FOR PETITION FOR REVIEW REGARDING SPECIAL USE APPLICATION. THAT HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 29th AND I WANTED TO ENSURE THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER OR THE PUBLIC DO NOT SPEAK REGARDING THAT PETITION FOR REVIEW BECAUSE IT'S NOT NOTICED FOR TODAY. IT'S ONLY NOTICED FOR THE CONSIDERATION FOR THE LOCAL LANDMARK DESIGNATION. AND RESPECTFULLY THAT'S ALL I AM ASKING. THAT THE PUBLIC COMMENT BE FOCUSED ONLY ON WHAT IS SCHEDULED FOR TODAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN MS. ELAINE LUND IS HERE FOR STAFF. I BELIEVE SHE'S APPEARING AND HOPEFULLY WILL GIVE THE PRESENTATION FOR THE ITEM NUMBER 3. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT. WE'LL HEAR IT. >>ELAINE LUND: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME OKAY? >> PLEASE PROCEED. >> THIS IS ELAINE LUND WITH HISTORIC PRESERVATION STAFF. ARE YOU HEARING ME? >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE CAN HEAR YOU. >>ELAINE LUND: GREAT. SO THE ITEM FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS MORNING IS THE LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION OF THE TIERRA DEL LAGO CIGAR FACTORY. IF I MAY SHARE MY SCREEN, PLEASE. SO THE TIERRA DEL LAGO CIGAR FACTORY IS 1908 NORTH 36th STREET IN THE COMMUNITY OF GARY. PROPERTIES CONSIDERED BY THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION ARE THE HPC AT A PUBLIC HEARING TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY MEET THE CRITERIA FOR LOCAL HISTORIC DESIGNATION FOUND IN SECTION 27-257 OF THE CITY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES. LOCAL HISTORIC DESIGNATION PRESERVES HISTORIC LANDMARKS AND DISTRICTS, PROVIDES FOR REVIEW, ALTERATIONS TO DESIGNATED PROPERTIES, THE HERITAGE OF THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT. THE TIERRA DEL LAGO CIGAR FACTORY WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1980 IN GARY WHICH IS EAST OF YBOR CITY. THE 1915 MAP SHOWING THE STRUCTURE AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF 36th STREET AND YOU CAN SEE THE CIGAR FACTORY TO THE WEST THERE, AND TO THE NORTH, A SERIES OF HOUSES. THE IMAGE N THE RIGHT IS THE MODERN DAY AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SAME AREA WITH THE SUBJECT SITE OUTLINED IN RED. THE TIERRA DEL LAGO CIGAR FACTORY WAS FOUNDED IN 1904 FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CIGARS. THE FACTORY OPERATED IN A ROOM OVER THE CURRENT BLOCK AT THE CORNER OF -- WHERE THE BUILDING STILL STANDS TODAY. STREET EXPANDED ITS BUSINESS TO GARY IN 1908. THE CIGAR BRICK FACTORY HAS BLOND BRICK CIGAR FACTORY, AND THE TYPES, LARGE MASS EAST-WEST ORIENTATION AND HAVING TYPICAL OR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL STYLE. [~AUDIO DISTORTION~] THE FACTORY WAS DESIGNED BY JAMES, A PROMINENT ARCHITECT IN WEST TAMPA AND TAMPA, FROM THE PRINCIPAL BRAND MANUFACTURING BY THE TIERRA DEL LAGO COMPANY BECAUSE IT IS UNNECESSARY TO ASK THE BUYER WHAT KIND OF CIGAR IS BEST. THE CIGAR COMPANY MOVED TO YBOR CITY IN 1919 AND THE BUILDING -- MASONIC LODGE. GARY WAS A THRIVING COMMUNITY IN THE EARLY 1900S, LOCAL RAIL LINES. INCORPORATED IN THE CITY OF 1919 AND WAS ANNEXED INTO THE CITY OF TAMPA IN 1923. CIGAR FACTORIES MADE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN CONTRIBUTION TO THE FOUNDING, DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE EARLY MUNICIPALITIES OF YBOR CITY, WEST TAMPA AND GARY. THE EARLY POPULATION OF THE AREA GREW IN DIRECT PROPORTION TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMING HERE TO SEEK CIGAR FACTORIES AND OTHER INDUSTRIES. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 11 DESIGNATED CIGAR FACTORIES IN THE CITY. THESE ARE DESIGNATED OR AS PART OF HISTORICAL DISTRICTS. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER NUMBER THAN THE APPROXIMATELY OVER 200 FACTORIES THAT ONCE EXISTED IN THE CITY. THIS APPLICATION WAS MADE ON AUGUST 9th, 2020, BY THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY. IT WAS ADDED TO THE HPCC IN 1920. YOU CAN SEE THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL OR THE DESIGNATION ON MARCH 9th, 2021 AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOUND THE APPLICATION CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ON APRIL 5th. NOTICE HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE OWNER NEARBY PROPERTY OWNERS, REGISTERED ORGANIZATIONS FOR TODAY'S PUBLIC HEARING. THE LOCAL LANDMARK DESIGNATIONS OF THE TIERRA DEL LAGO CIGAR FACTORY WITH A TYPE. THE FACTORY MEETS THREE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA ORDINANCES 27-257 FOR LANDMARK DESIGNATION. CONSTRUCTED DURING THE PERIOD OF HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE, WHICH IS CONSIDERED GENERALLY 50 YEARS. HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT IN THE AREAS OF INDUSTRY AND ARCHITECTURE. ADDITIONALLY, OWNER SUPPORT MUST BE CONSIDERED FOR THE DESIGNATION. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY FOR COMING FORWARD TO REQUEST THE DESIGNATION AND FOR WORKING WITH US THROUGH THIS PROCESS. IN SUMMARY, THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION REVIEWED THE APPLICATION ON MARCH 9th AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS REVIEWED THE APPLICATION AND FOUND IT TO BE CONSISTENT. THEREFORE, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT TAMPA CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE DESIGNATION OF THE TIERRA DEL LAGO CIGAR FACTORY, 1908 NORTH 36th STREET AS A LOCAL LANDMARK BASED ON MEETING THE CRITERIA SECTION 27-257. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MA'AM. ANY QUESTIONS BY COUNCIL? OKAY. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I BELIEVE AT MINIMUM WE HAVE THE PETITIONER, THE APPLICANT WHO WANTED TO SPEAK TO US? (BACKGROUND CONVERSATION). >>ORLANDO GUDES: COMPUTER, PLEASE? WE HAVE A PETITIONER? >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE PROPERTY OWNER, MR. CHAIRMAN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT. STILL THERE, MR. POWELL? >>MARTIN SHELBY: I DON'T BELIEVE -- MR. POWELL IS HERE, THE PERSON WHO IS MAKING THE -- >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YOUR MIKE IS NOT ON. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN. I BELIEVE HE SHOULD BE PRESENT. WE CAN CHECK ON TWO. THERE'S NO ONE ELSE HERE PRESENT? >>ORLANDO GUDES: IS ANYBODY IN THE ROOM, SIR? >>MARTIN SHELBY: ANYBODY OTHER THAN THIS GENTLEMAN? THERE'S A GENTLEMAN WHO WAS HERE EARLIER. HE LEFT. ALL RIGHT. I GUESS WE HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC. YOU ARE WELCOME TO SPEAK. >> HE LEFT. HE WAS IN THE OTHER ROOM. BUT I AM HERE QUICKLY ON THIS MOTION AS WELL. IN SUPPORT OF THAT RECOMMENDATION, I WANTED TO COME TO BE SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF PRESERVING -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOUR NAME, SIR. >> MICHAEL FITROW, A STUDENT AT ST. PETERSBURG JUNIOR COLLEGE, ONE OF MY CASE STUDIES ON SEEING HOW LOCAL GOVERNMENT WORKS AND MAKING A CASE STUDY TO STUDY HOW TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION. BESIDES BEING THE CIGAR FACTORY, IT ALSO SERVED AS A PREMASONIC LODGE AND WAS HEAVILY INVESTED WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS, EVENTUALLY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, AND I DO BELIEVE THAT HAVING SERVED MULTIPLE USES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, EVERYTHING MET ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS AND NEEDS IN ORDER TO BECOME A HISTORIC PRESERVE SITE, AND THEN WITH THE ADDITION TO PUBLIC SAFETY, BETTER SAFETY MEASURES, EDUCATION, AND BRINGING IN TOURISM, FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND I BELIEVE BRINGING FOLKS TOGETHER CLOSER SOCIALLY, PRESERVING HISTORY, HONORING WHERE WE COME FROM, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY AND SUPPORT THAT I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE THIS A PRESERVED HISTORIC SITE, AND I AGREE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION, AND WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? MOVE TO CLOSE? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: BEFORE YOU CLOSE, MR. CHAIRMAN. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION ONE OR TWO THINGS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR BUILDING. BACK IN ABOUT 2004, OR TREE WHEN MR. CARL WAS CITY ATTORNEY, THERE WAS AN EFFORT TO PRESERVE AND HISTORICALLY DECEMBER IG NAIL NIGHT ALL CIGAR FACTORIES IN THE CITY, AND SOME OF THEM GOT DONE VOLUNTARILY, AND THEN SOME OF THEM RESISTED. AND THIS PARTICULAR BUILDING THE PASTOR WHO OWNED THE CHURCH OWNED THE PROPERTY AT THE TIME RESISTED HEAVILY. HE SAID, YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE ME PUT IN NEW WINDOWS AND THIS AND THAT, HE SAID OUR LITTLE CHURCH CAN'T AFFORD IT. AND HE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN RESISTING, AND WE UNDER HIS POSITION AT THE TIME. TIME WENT ON AND NOW IT'S IN THE HAND OF A PRIVATE DEVELOPER WHO OBVIOUSLY HAS THE WHEREWITHAL AND THE CAPITAL TO RENOVATE AND TAKE THIS BUILDING BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL POSITION AND PUT IT TO GOOD USE. THE CHURCH PUT IT TO GOOD USE DURING THE YEARS THEY HAD IT BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX IT UP. BUT NOW REALLY PROUD OF MR. POWELL AND HIS TEAM, THAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO THIS, AND I WILL SUPPORT IT WHOLEHEARTEDLY -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECONDED BID MR. MANISCALCO. ALL IN FAVOR? ROLL CALL VOTE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: FIRST READING BY TITLE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AND I AM HAPPY TO SEE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BECAUSE SO MUCH WAS DEMOLISHED OVER THE LAST 60, 710 YEARS WITH URBAN RENEWABLE AND THE INTERSTATE AND WHATNOT. I HAVE AN ORDINANCE BEING CONSIDERED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA DESIGNATING TIERRA DEL LAGO CIGAR FACTORY LOCATED AT 1908 NORTH 36th STREET TAMPA, FLORIDA AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 23 HEREOF AS A LOCAL LANDMARK PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >> SECOND. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH VIERA BEING ABSENT AT VOTE, SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON AUGUST 5th, THE 2021 AT 9:30 A.M. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANKS TO THE CITY STAFF WHO PUT TOGETHER THAT LONG HISTORY ON THE BUILDING. WE NEED MORE OF THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IT'S SO HELPFUL AND I HOPE THAT VALUABLE INFORMATION IS CIRCULATED IN THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THAT YOUNG MAN OR NOT, MR. POWELL. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW HIM I'M VERY PROUD OF THIS YOUNG MAN. HE'S BECOME QUITE A SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPER ENTREPRENEUR. HE'S TRYING TO FIX THE PLACE UP. AND I AM JUST SO PROUD OF HIM. A GREAT JOB ON THE WORK HE'S TRYING TO DO AND HAS BECOME A GREAT, GREAT YOUNG MAN FOR OUR COMMUNITY. ITEM NUMBER 4. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO CONTINUE TO NOVEMBER 4, 2021. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND BY MR. DINGFELDER. ALL IN FAVOR? SO MOVED. NUMBER 5 WILL BE AT 1:30. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. PUBLIC SAFETY, MR. CITRO, ITEMS NUMBER 6 THROUGH 19, SIR. >>JOSEPH CITRO: I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ALL THOSE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM 16. >> SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CITRO MOVED IT. SECONDED. (. >>BILL CARLSON: SORRY, WE MOVED SO FAST. I HAVE TO RECUSE MYSELF FOR NUMBER 7. CAN WE PULL NUMBER 7 OUT, PLEASE? >>JOSEPH CITRO: IN THAT CASE I WILL MOVE ITEM AGENDA NUMBER 6 THROUGH 19 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 7 AND 16. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: [OFF MICROPHONE] >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>BILL CARLSON: I COULD JUST DATE THE NATURE OF MY CONFLICT? >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, SIR. >>BILL CARLSON: JUST THE COMPANY WITH WHICH I AM RETAINED HAS A CLIENT THAT HAS AN INTEREST IN NUMBER 7 SO I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ABSTAIN AND ALSO FILE MY PAPER FORM WITH THE CLERK. CAN WE VOTE TO ACCEPT THIS? >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE? MR. CARLSON MADE A MOTION. MR. DINGFELDER SECONDED IT. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. NUMBER 7. >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR, I MOVE RESOLUTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 7. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECONDED BY MR. MIRANDA. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON ABSTAINING. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO, ITEM NUMBER 20-28, PARKS AND RECREATION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE 20 THROUGH >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND BY MR. MIRANDA. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON BEING ABSENT AT VOTE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, PUBLIC WORKS, 29 THROUGH 39. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I COULD, MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY. IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, IT WAS ON THE ADDENDUM TO PULL ITEM 29. BUT IF COUNCIL IS WILLING TO TAKE IT TODAY BECAUSE BRAD BAIRD HAS BEEN EXCUSED FROM THE OTHER ITEMS, IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, I AM SURE THE ADMINISTRATION WOULDN'T MIND NUMBER 29 ALSO BEING MOVED EVEN NOW OR LATER AT COUNCIL'S PLEASURE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY CONCERNS IN REFERENCE TO THIS ITEM? >> 29 WAS A DOLLAR AMOUNT. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HERE NOTHING I WILL MOVE ITEMS 29 THROUGH 39. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND BY MR. MIRANDA. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA, WOULD YOU MOVE THE FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORTS EXCLUDING NUMBER 42? >> ITEM 42 THROUGH 50 EXCLUDING 42. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER QUESTION. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I AM GOING TO SUPPORT THE ITEM AND THE MOTION BUT ITEM 40 IS SPECIFICALLY THE APPOINTMENT OF THE PARTICULAR GENTLEMAN, I DON'T KNOW HIM, AS A MEMBER OF THE VRB. AND THESE ARE IMPORTANT POSITIONS, THE VARIANCE REVIEW BOARD AND SOME OF THESE OTHER BOARDS, THE BARRIO, AND SIMILAR TYPES OF BOARDS. AND WHEN I LOOKED AT THE BACKUP FOR THIS -- AND I KNOW THIS IS THE MAYOR'S APPOINTMENT. BUT WHEN I LOOKED AT THE BACKUP, I DON'T REALLY FIND A WHOLE LOT OF PORTION IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, HOW THE PERSON FEELS ABOUT THESE ISSUES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I'M JUST WONDERING -- AND I WILL TALK TO THE CLERK ABOUT THIS, BUT I AM JUST WONDERING IF WE CAN SORT OF BEEF UP A QUESTIONNAIRE SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE PERSON WHO IS APPLYING FOR THIS, YOU KNOW. ARE THEY A HARD CORE PROPERTY RIGHTS PERSON, OR ARE THEY SOMEBODY THAT'S MORE NEIGHBORHOOD ORIENTED, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, TO TRY AND FLUSH THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT BEFORE I FOR ONE AND THE REST OF YOU VOTE ON A PERSON IN THE ABSTRACT. SO, ANYWAY, I AM GOING TO LEAVE IT ALONE, AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP. AND I AM GOING TO TALK TO SHIRLEY, OUR CLERK, ABOUT THAT ISSUE, AND SEE IF WE CAN COME UP WITH SOME MORE INFORMATION FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I'M SURE SHE'S LISTENING. MR. MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A CHANGE ON -- 42, 44 TO ALLOW, IF I REMEMBER THAT COUNCILMEMBER WHOSE FAMILY MEMBER IS GETTING A LITTLE -- SHE WORKED FOR US, SHE'S ENTITLED AND I JUST DON'T WANT SOMEBODY LATER ON IN THE FUTURE TO ACCUSE THIS COUNCIL OF ANYTHING. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I CAN, ITEM NUMBER 44, MR. MIRANDA? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: 44. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. MIRANDA IS REMINDING ME IN REGARD TO ITEM 44, I GUESS HIS MEMORY IS BETTER THAN MINE THAT MY WIFE RECEIVED SOME PROCEEDS, I THINK LAST YEAR, NOT NECESSARILY THIS COMING YEAR, FROM THE TAMPA HILLSBOROUGH FILM AND DIGITAL MEDIA COMMISSION. I'M SURE SHE EARNED MUCH MORE THAN SHE GOT. BUTT WITH THAT SAID, MR. MIRANDA, I APPRECIATE YOU REMINDING ME OF THAT AND I WILL RECUSE MYSELF FROM ITEM 44 JUST OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, MR. SHELBY, AND I WILL FILL OUT THE APPROPRIATE PAPERWORK. THANK YOU, MR. MIRANDA. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT. >>MARTIN SHELBY: TAKE THAT SEPARATELY PLEASE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA MOVES 41 THROUGH 43, 45, 46, 47 THROUGH 50. >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND BY CITRO. ROLL CALL. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: EVERYTHING BUT 44, YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER STEP OUT ONE QUICK SECOND FOR 44 AND WE'LL GET THAT OUT OF THE WAIT AND WE'LL MOVE ON. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: CONSIDER ME OUT. >>BILL CARLSON: I COULD SAY ONE THING? WHILE HE'S WALKING OUT. ADAM SMITH, I DON'T KNOW THE OTHER PERSON HONOR WAS APPOINTED, BUT ADAM SMITH BACK ON 42, I JUST WANT -- >>MARTIN SHELBY: I'M SORRY, WE ARE NOT TAKING 42. >>BILL CARLSON: WHILE I WAS WALKING OUT I WAS GOING TO MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT 42. SAY THANKS TO THE MAYOR FOR ADDED AING ADAM SMITH BECAUSE HE'S A GREAT PERSON, HAS BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ARE YOU GOING TO MOVE 44? >> MOVE ITEM 44. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH DINGFELDER ABSTAINING. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON, BUILDING, ZONING, 51 THROUGH 55. >> I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE 51 THROUGH 65, PLEASE. SECOND SECOND. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR. I HEREBY MOVE ITEMS 66 THROUGH 73. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE ITEMS 74 TO BE HELD FOR REVIEW HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 2nd, 2021 AT 10:30 IN THE MORNING. >>ORLANDO GUDES: [OFF MICROPHONE] AYE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE ITEM 75 TO BE HELD PUBLIC HEARING AT AUGUST 26th, 10:30 A.M., COUNCIL CHAMBERS, THIRD FLOOR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: OPEN PUBLIC HEARINGS ON 76 THROUGH 82. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO. ALL IN FAVOR? HEARINGS ARE OPEN. NUMBER 76. STAFF. >> PATRICK PEREZ, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY, SECOND READING ON THE WORKING ORDINANCE BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO TO ALLOW POLICE OFFICERS AND ENFORCEMENT SPECIALISTS TO WRITE CITATIONS FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES LEFT IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS. THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES SINCE THE FIRST READING BUT I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS BY -- OF STAFF? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I ASSUME IT WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE FOR THE FIRST READING AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCIL FOR THE SUPPORT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYONE ELSE? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND BY MR. MIRANDA. ROLL CALL VOTE. I'M SORRY, MR. MANISCALCO, WOULD YOU READ IT, SIR? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE NEED A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVED. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE ARE MOVING TOO FAST. THANK YOU. MR. MANISCALCO. MR. VIERA SECONDED IT. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MR. MANISCALCO, SIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I HAVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA RELATING TO THE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE PARKING CITATIONS MAKING REVISIONS TO THE CITY OF TAMPA CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 15 PARKING AMENDING ARTICLE 1, ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, DIVISION 1, GENERAL PROVISIONS, ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY, DEFINITIONS, SECTION 15-4.5, AUTHORITY TO ISSUE CITATIONS FOR PARKING TICKETS, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND BY MR. MIRANDA. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.% >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ITEM 77. DO WE HAVE STAFF ON 77? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO CLOSE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOVE TO CLOSE. SECONDED BY MR. DINGFELDER. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. MR. VIERA, WOULD YOU READ 77? >> [OFF MICROPHONE] >>MARTIN SHELBY: 76, 77 AND 78? LOOKS LIKE NUMBER 76 WAS CLOSED AND VOTED ON. IS THAT CORRECT? IS SHE PRESENT NOW FOR 76? >>THE CLERK: JEAN STROHMEYER, IF YOU ARE ON THE LINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. >>MARTIN SHELBY: BEFORE SHE DOES I THINK YOU NEED TO REOPEN. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: REOPEN NUMBER 76. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA, SECONDED BY MR. VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? IT'S REOPENED. MS. STROHMEYER? >> HELLO? WHAT ITEM ARE WE ON, 76? >>ORLANDO GUDES: 76. >> HI THERE. I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF PARKING CITATIONS AS A WAY TO PUNISH PEOPLE FOR PARKING IN THE CITY THAT WE ALREADY PAY FOR. IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT. ANYWAY, THAT'S IT. I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF THAT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. HAVE A GREAT DAY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYBODY ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? >> MOVE TO CLOSE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, MARTIN SHELBY. THE TITLE HAS ALREADY BEEN READ. I GUESS ANOTHER ROLL CALL AS A RESULT OF PUBLIC COMMENT IS IN ORDER, TO PUT A PERIOD AT THE END. STATEMENT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NUMBER 76 I READ IT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I SECOND IT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA SECONDED IT. ROLL CALL VOTE. NEED TO CLOSE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IF I MAY, I WILL READ IT. I WISH THAT HE WOULD READ THE ORDINANCE. THAT IS MY OPINION. WE CLOSED ALREADY TO CLOSE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: COUNCIL'S PLEASURE CERTAINLY. READ THE ORDINANCE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JUST FOR CLARIFICATION ITEM NUMBER 76 ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE. CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA RELATING TO THE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE PARKING CITATIONS MAKING REVISION TO CITY OF TAMPA CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 15 PARKING AMENDING ARTICLE 1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS DIVISION 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY DEFINITIONS SECTION 15-4.57 AUTHORITY TO ISSUE CITATIONS FOR PARKING TICKETS REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN O OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH PROVIDING PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >> SECOND. [ROLL CALL] MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, I'M SORRY. WITH REGARD TO 77, WHERE DO WE STAND, THE CLERK'S POSITION? >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE HAVE ONE PERSON, MS. STROHMEYER AGAIN TO SPEAK. >>MARTIN SHELBY: WAS THE HEARING CLOSED ON 77? IT'S STILL OPEN? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: STAFF ON 77? >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I CAN, MR. CHAIRMAN, JUST TO FOLLOW UP, IF I CAN, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. THIS IS THE SECOND READING BASED ON COUNCIL'S DIRECTION TO THE ADMINISTRATION TO IMPLEMENT BY ORDINANCE THE PROVISIONS THAT WAS PASSED I BELIEVE IN 2016 AS A CHARTER AMENDMENT, AND JUST A REMINDER, COUNCIL, TO BRING TO YOUR SPECIFIC ATTENTION, THAT THERE'S A SECTION OF THIS ORDINANCE THAT TAKES EFFECT UPON THE MAYOR SIGNING IT AND WHAT IT SAYS IS UNDER COUNCIL'S REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INTERNAL AUDITS, THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL MAKE THEIR REQUEST FOR ANY ADDITIONAL INTERNAL AUDITS WITHIN 30 DAYS OF RECEIPT OF THE PROPOSED ANNUAL INTERNAL AUDIT WORK PLAN FROM THE INTERNAL AUDITOR. SO I JUST WANT TO INFORM YOU, IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THAT, THERE WAS AN E-MAIL THAT WAS SENT TO CITY COUNCIL BY THE INTERNAL AUDITOR, I BELIEVE, THE DATE WAS JULY 7th, THAT TRANSMITTED THE WORK PLAN TO CITY COUNCIL. IT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT YOU DID GET A COPY OF IT. I JUST WANT TO REMAINED YOU SO THAT 30 DAYS BEGINS RUNNING FROM THE 7th OF JULY WHICH WOULD MAKE IT AUGUST 7th, AND I BELIEVE THERE'S ONLY TWO REGULAR MEETINGS BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. SO I JUST DIRECT YOU TO THAT UNLESS COUNCIL UNDER NEWSPAPER BUSINESS WE COULD TAKE UP THE ISSUE IF YOU COUNCIL WANTS TO PUT ON THE AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION BEFORE THE 30 DAYS IS UP, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION. WHEN THE MAYOR SIGNS THIS, THIS ORDINANCE TAKES EFFECT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL THAT ARE LOOKING TO HAVE ANY AUDITS DONE? I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE QUESTION AT THE TIME. THIS IS JUST A WAY TO KIND OF CURTAIL THE COUNCIL FROM JUST ASKING FOR AUDITS, THE WAY I LOOK AT IT PERSONALLY. I AM GLAD WE ARE ABLE TO FIND IT HAD NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED. THAT'S THE KEY. IT WAS NEVER IMPLEMENTED WHEN IT WAS VOTED ON BY THE PUBLIC. SO I AM GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO FIND THAT. ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME IN REFERENCE TO THIS AUDIT? MR. DINGFELDER, HE WAS FIRST AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. YES, I SAW THE E-MAIL FROM OUR AUDITOR, AND WITH THE LIST OF AUDITS PROPOSED, AND IT LOOKS VERY COMPREHENSIVE. THE ONLY RESPONSE, AND I SENT AN E-MAIL BACK TO MR. BENNETT AND MS. GLOVER, OUR ONLY RESPONSE BACK WAS -- AND IT'S NOT A DEMAND BY ANY MEANS FROM COUNCIL OR THIS COUNCILMAN, IS ON THE LIST THAT I SAW, I DIDN'T SEE ANY TPD, AND TPD REPRESENTS VERY SIGNIFICANT PART OF OUR TOTAL BUDGET. AND SO I WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED. AND I ASKED THAT QUESTION ABOUT JUST A LITTLE WHILE AGO TO THEM, OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T EXPECT A RESPONSE THAT QUICKLY. BUT SINCE CHIEF BENNETT IS HERE, IF HE HAS A RESPONSE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. OTHERWISE WE CAN BRING IT UP AT A LATER DATE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I DID CALL ABOUT THAT AS WELL. MR. BENNETT? >>JOHN BENNETT: GOOD AFTERNOON OR CLOSE TO GOOD AFTERNOON. JOHN BENNETT, CHIEF OF STAFF. I JUST WANTED TO RESPOND IN SUPPORT TO BOTH MS. GLOVER'S EFFORTS ON THE AUDIT PLAN, AND IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE. THAT MS. GLOVER AND I AND THE SENIOR STAFF, WHAT CHRISTINE REFERRED TO AS AN AUDIT UNIVERSE ANALYSIS BY PORTFOLIO. I WENT BACK FOR FIVE YEARS AND AGGREGATED ALL OF THE AUDITS, BY PORTFOLIO, SENT THEM OUT TO THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP, TO LOOK RETROSPECTIVELY BEFORE THE AUDIT PLAN GOT FINAL, AND TO COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER'S POINT, I BELIEVE AND I AM DOING THIS FROM INDEPENDENT RECOLLECTION WITHOUT LOOKING AT THAT ANALYSIS THAT WAS SENT OUT AND I AM HAPPY TO SHARE A COPY, THAT TPD BY WAY OF AUDITS ARE IN THE T&I SPACE RELATED TO RECORDS MANAGEMENT AND THE FEW OTHER SUPPORTING TECHNOLOGICAL ANGLES IN TPD BUT I WILL GO BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE TWO ARE CONJOINED. AND THESE PART OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LOOK BACKWARDS, NOT JUST IN THE MOMENT OF THE AUDIT BUT TO LOOK RETROSPECTIVELY AS WELL AS PROSPECTIVELY IN OUR LEVELS OF SERVICE. SO I APPRECIATE COUNCIL SUPPORT ON THE ORDINANCE. THE PLAN. AND I ALSO KNOW, I REMEMBER A CONVERSATION ON THE LAST READING ABOUT LOOKING AT THIS. SO I THINK EITHER A WORKSHOP RIGHT AFTER THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, TO SEE HOW WELL EVERYTHING IS MOVING. SO HAPPY TO SUPPORT THAT AS WELL. >>ORLANDO GUDES: GENTLEMEN, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MR. CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: I HAD SOME CONCERNS LAST TIME AND BEFORE ABOUT LIMITING CITY COUNCIL'S AUTHORITY, BUT I ASKED THE QUESTION LAST TIME, DOES THIS EFFECT THE CITY COUNCIL'S RIGHT BY CHARTER TO QUOTE-UNQUOTE INVESTIGATE AND THE ANSWER GINA GAVE WAS NO. THE WAY I LOOK AT AUDITS IS THEY ARE MOSTLY PROCESSED, REVIEWING PROCESSES COMPARED TO BEST PRACTICES, THEY ARE NOT INVESTIGATING, AND INVESTIGATING POWER, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE NEVER LIMIT. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: IS THAT CLEAR, MR. SHELBY? >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, SIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYTHING ELSE FROM CHIEF OF STAFF? >>JOHN BENNETT: NO, SIR. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT, SIR. WE WILL GO TO MR. VIERA, CAN YOU HANDLE NUMBER 77 FOR US? >>MARTIN SHELBY: DID WE TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT? >>ORLANDO GUDES: I'M SORRY. MRS. STROHMEYER. >>LUIS VIERA: JEAN STROHMEYER, IF YOU ARE STILL ON THE LINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. >> I WITHDRAW ANY MORE COMMENTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT DAY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYBODY ELSE? ANYBODY ELSE? MOVE TO CLOSE? >> SO MOVED. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. VIERA, SECOND BY MR. MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MR. VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: I HEREBY MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AMENDING CITY OF TAMPA CODE SECTION 2-71 REGARDING INTERNAL AUDITS, PROVIDING FOR THE PROCESS BY WHICH CITY COUNCIL CAN REQUEST ADDITIONAL INTERNAL AUDITS PURSUANT TO CITY CHARTER SECTION 5.0 SUBSECTION C PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATIONS AND REPEALING CONFLICTS PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ROLL CALL VOTE. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES MAN MAN'S-OH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE REACHED THE 12 NOON HOUR. WE HAVE A LOT TO STILL MOVE FORWARD WITH. I DON'T THINK IF I GAVE 15 MINUTES WE STILL WOULDN'T GET THROUGH WITH IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COME BACK AT 1:30. >>ORLANDO GUDES: COME BACK AT 1:30. I SEE THE CHIEF IS STILL ON THERE. SO WE HAVE A FULL PACKED AFTERNOON. SO -- >>MARTIN SHELBY: BEFORE YOU ADJOURN, I JUST WANT TO HAVE SOME CLARITY, MR. CHAIRMAN. I KNOW STAFF REPORTS ARE NORMALLY AT 1:30. WILL STAFF REPORTS BE TAKEN UP AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE COMPLETED? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SECOND READINGS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THERE ARE SECOND READINGS. I THINK WE SHOULD BE ALL RIGHT. >>MARTIN SHELBY: WITH REGARD TO MR. GRANDOFF, DID HE MAKE A REQUEST FOR THE 10:30 HEARING THAT WANTED A CONTINUANCE? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I DON'T SEE -- >>JOHN GRANDOFF: MR. SHELBY? I WAS DELAYED DOWNSTAIRS. I APPRECIATE YOUR INDULGENCE, MR. CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THERE'S A MATTER SET FOR HEARING AT 10:30. I PLAN TO REQUEST A CONTINUANCE ON BEHALF OF MY CLIENT. THE PETITIONER IS ALSO IN AGREEMENT TO A CONTINUANCE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WHICH ITEM? >>JOHN GRANDOFF: ITEM 98. >> THAT'S A REVIEW HEARING. MOTION TO OPEN PLEASE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION MADE. AND SECONDED. >>JOHN GRANDOFF: I'M REPRESENTING THOMAS BUCKINGHAM WHO IS A PROPERTY OWNER WHO WAS GRANTED A VARIANCE. MR. FAIR HAS FILED A REQUEST FOR THE APPEAL HEARING. MY CLIENT IS OUT OF TOWN TODAY. MR. FAIR IS OUT OF TOWN IN AUGUST. WE BOTH AGREED TO SEPTEMBER 16 DATE, IF THAT IS COUNCIL'S PREROGATIVE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: IS MR. FAIR THERE? >>JOHN GRANDOFF: HE IS NOT HERE BUT HE HAS AUTHORIZED ME TO ASK A CONTINUANCE. I TOLD HIM WE WOULD NOT DISCUSS THE MERITS. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IS THE 16th OF SEPTEMBER OPEN? THERE IS NO MEETING ON THE 16th OF SEPTEMBER. THAT WAS ACTUALLY MOVED TO THE 30th BECAUSE OF YOM KIPPUR. >>JOHN GRANDOFF: WHENEVER THE COUNCIL PREFERS. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MOVE 98 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 10:30 IN THE MORNING. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA SECONDED IT. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. >>JOHN GRANDOFF: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURTESY, MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT.