>>ORLANDO GUDES: THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW COME TO ORDER. GOOD MORNING COUNCILMEMBERS AND CITY OF TAMPA. THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL OF JULY 29, 2021 WILL START. INVOCATION, MR. CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: YES, MR. CH CHAIR. THANK YOU. WE SHOULD HAVE ONLINE REVEREND PATRICIA HOWSER. DO WE HAVE HER ON LINE. >> YES. >>BILL CARLSON: GREAT, WEL WELCOME. THE PASTOR AND FOUNDER OF POTTER'S HOUSE TABERNACLE IN TAMPA. SHE HAS A LONG RESUME. LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES INCLUDE PARTICIPATION ON MINISTERIAL STAFF, ASSISTANT FACILITATOR FOR WOMEN-ONLY MINISTRY, BIBLE DISCOVERY HOUR, VISITATION AND CURING MINISTRY, VISION AND OUTREACH MINISTRY AND ONE OF TAMPA'S BEST GOSPEL RADIO PERSONALITY. PROFESSIONALLY THROUGH -- PROFESSIONALLY, THE PASTOR HOWSER'S PASSION FOR THE H HURTING AND HOPELESS. SHE HAS A PASSION FOR HELPING THE HURTING AND HOPELESS. PRESIDENT OF THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION POTTER'S HOUSE COMMUNITY HOUSE COMMUNITY, INC. TO PROVIDE COUNSELING AND COMFORT TO THOSE IN ARTS, SCIENCES, HUMANITIES AND HEALTH SCIENCES IN AREA OF HIV AND A AIDS. SHE HAS DEGREES AND VERY QUALIFIED. IF EVERYONE PLEASE STAND, REVEREND HOWSER WILL DO THE PRAYER AND WE WILL SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >> GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR ASKING ME TO DO THE PRAYER THIS MORNING. I WILL PRAY IN MY FAITH THIS MORNING ACCORDING TO PSALMS 1 1201:1, AND OF ALL MY HELP COMES FROM THE LORD. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU, FIRST OF ALL, FOR YOU BEING THE RULER, CREATOR OF ALL MANKIND. YOU RULE OVER EVERY NATION AND THE EARTH, EVERY COUNTRY, EVERY STATE, EVERY CITY, EVERY MUNICIPALITY EVERY PRINCIPALITY. AND, GOD, YOU ARE ULTIMATELY UNDER CONTROL AND YOU HAVE EVERYTHING IN CONTROL. GOD, WE RECOGNIZE THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US THIS CONCEPT OF GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO PROTECT US AND TO LOOK AFTER THE COMMON GOOD OF ALL PEOPLE. WE THANK YOU THAT IN THE U.S., THAT THERE IS A SYSTEM CALLED THE CITY COUNCIL. LORD, I PRAY FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM. I PRAY FOR THEIR FAMILIES. I PRAY, GOD, ON THEIR RECOVERY. I PRAY FOR THEIR PROTECTION. I PRAY THAT YOU CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FOR THEM AND THAT YOU SEEK TO REPRESENT YOU AND SEEK TO THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS CITY, O GOD FOR COMMON GOOD. EVEN IF THEY DON'T AGREE, GOD, THAT THEY WILL COME IN AGREEMENT TO DISAGREE. LORD, I PRAY THAT ALL THINGS ARE DONE RIGHT. I PRAY THAT ALL THINGS THAT ARE DONE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF ALL PEOPLE. GOD, WE WON'T FORGET THOSE WHO ARE LESS FORTUNATE THAN WE ARE. WE PRAY, LORD, FOR THOSE CHILDREN WHO NEED SO MUCH SUPPORT MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY AND SOCIALLY. WE PRAY FOR THE GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND AROUND THIS NATION. WE PRAY FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. WE ASK THAT YOU TAKE CONTROL. WE PRAY, GOD, FOR THOSE IN AUTHORITY, FIRST OF ALL AND FOR MOST WILL SEEK YOU AND SEEK THE ANSWERS THAT YOU WILL HAVE THEM TO -- TO RENDER. GOD, WE PRAY NOW FOR NOT JUST THIS BODY BUT, GOD, I PRAY FOR OTHER OFFICIALS, EVEN OUR PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT. WE PRAY FOR THIS MAYOR IN THIS CITY. WE PRAY FOR THE POLICE CHIEF AND ALL THAT THEY HAVE -- DECISONS THAT THEY HAVE TO MAKE AND EVERYTHING THAT IS FACING THEM. WE ASK NOW, GOD, THAT YOU WILL HEAR THIS PRAYER AND ANSWER IT. WE PRAY IT IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. AMEN. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, PASTOR. ALL RIGHT, ROLL CALL. >>BILL CARLSON: HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE. >>CLERK: DINGFELDER? >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE. >>LUIS VIERA: HERE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE. MADAM CLERK JUST FOR RECORD, MR. DINGFELDER DID NOTIFY WE BE LATE. HE IS ATTENDING A SPECIAL MEETING THIS MORNING. MR. SHELBY? >>MARTIN SHELBY: GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I AM MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY. THIS MEETING WITH A LIVE IN-PERSON QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THIS IS DURING -- CONTINUING THE FEDERAL STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR COVID-19. AND IN LIGHT OF CONTINUING COVID-19 GOVERNMENT ISSUED HEALTH STANDARDS AND GUIDANCE IN EFFECT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHALL CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY THROUGH CMT OR COMMUNITY -- EXCUSE ME, COMMUNICATION MEDIA TECHNOLOGY, WHAT SOME PEOPLE REFER TO AS VIRTUALLY OR A HYBRID MEETING AND THAT IS PURSUANT TO COU COUNCIL'S DIRECTION. THIS MEETING IS BEING SEEN BY THE PUBLIC ON SPECTRUM CHANNEL 640, FRONTIER 15, AND ON THE INTERNET AT TAMP TAMPA.GOV/LIVESTREAM. INSTRUCTIONS TO PARTICIPATE ARE IN THE NOTICE OF THIS MEETING AND ALSO CONTAINED WITHIN THE AGENDA. AND, AGAIN, THE USE OF CMT, IT BEING CONTINUED, COUNCIL, AT THIS TIME, UNTIL THE RULES ARE MADE PERMANENT. I AM GOING TO ASK THAT THE CITY OF COUNCIL WAIVE THE RULES OF TODAY'S SESSION TO MAKE IT CONSISTENT WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING THE CMT FOR THE PUBLIC AND WHATEVER ELSE IS NECESSARY TO CONDUCT IT IN THIS HYBRID FASHION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION AND SECONDED BY MR. MIRANDA. MOTION BY MR. MANISCALCO. ALL IN FAVOR. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA, MR. SHELBY? >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, MR. CHAIR, SOME ITEMS ON THE ADDENDUM. >>ORLANDO GUDES: LET ME BACK UP -- ITEM NUMBER 2 WITH THE BUFFALO SOLDIER. WE HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE IT CROSSHAIRS WITH COMMUNICATION. BUT THEIR NATIONAL PRESIDENT WILL BE HERE NEXT MONTH FOR A SIT DOWN WITH OUR CONVENTION BUREAU AND WOULD LIKE TO COME ON THE 19th. I LOOK AT THE CALENDAR AND A CRA DAY. POSSIBLY WE CAN DO THAT AS THE EVENING MEETING SINCE INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT WILL BE HERE. IF I CAN HAVE TO MOTION. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>BILL CARLSON: SO MOVED. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION BY MR. CARLSON. SECOND BY MR. MIRANDA. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. MR. SHELBY ITEM NUMBER 44. FDOT IS HERE. I WANT TO MOVE THAT UP IN PLACE OF THE OF BUFFALO SOLDIERS AFTER ITEM NUMBER ONE. AND IF WE CAN GET A MOTION FOR THE FUTURE WHEN FDOT COMES THEY ARE NOT IN STAFF BUT UP TOP ON THE FIRST PORTION OF THE AGENDA. >>BILL CARLSON: SO MOVED. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION BY MR. MIRANDA, SECOND BY MR. CARLSON. ALL IN FAVOR. OPPOSED. MR. SHELBY, YOU MAY CONTINUE SHELBY SHE WILL THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. WITH REGARD TO SPECIFICALLY IN COUNCILMEMBER DINGFELDER'S ABSENCE, A REQUEST THAT ITEM NUMBER 27 BE PULLED AND MOVED TO STAFF REPORTS FOR DISCUSSION. ALSO, MR. CHAIRMAN, IF YOU WISH TO GO THROUGH THE STAFF REPORTS INDIVIDUALLY AND SEE WHICH ITEMS CAN BE RECEIVED AND FILED AND WHICH REQUIRE STAFF TO BE PRESENT, THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO THE ADMINISTRATION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. SHELBY, CAN WE GET TO ITEM NUMBER 45, FIRST SIR? I HAD A DISCUSSION WITH CHIEF BENNETT IN REFERENCE TO ITEM NUMBER 45. REFERENCE TO CHIEF TRIPP THAT A MOTION WAS MADE BACK ON THE 1st THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE INCLUDED IN TODAY'S PRESENTATION WHICH IT IS NOT AND THEY ASKED THAT WE MOVE THAT -- I TOLD THEM I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO THAT A WORKSHOP DATE IN SEPTEMBER. >>BILL CARLSON: DO YOU WANT TO MOVE THEM TOGETHER? >>ORLANDO GUDES: GOING TO BE XWEEND -- I HAVE A MOTION TO COMBINE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: TAKE THAT MOTION NOW? >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, TAKE THAT NOW, SIR. THAT THE -- FIRE CHIEF'S PRESENTATION AND THE PRESENTATION ON THE POLY GRAPH OF EMPLOYEES AND PROCESS IN THE MEMORANDUM SENT AUGUST 1 BE COMBINED FOR SEPTEMBER WOR WORKSHOP. MR. CARLSON, YOU ARE RECO RECOGNIZED. >>BILL CARLSON: JUST TO ADD IN THE OTHER PART OF THE MOTION WHICH IS FOR HER TO GIVE US HER PLAN ON ALLEVIATING THE -- I FORGOT THE LANGUAGE, THE CIVIL -- PUTTING IN PLACE ANTI-DISCRIMINATION POLICIES. AS I SAID BEFORE, THERE IS WHOLE CONFIDENCE THINK THAT HEARD FROM FIRE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES THAT -- THAT SHE CAN DO THAT AND HAS PLANS. SHE IS NOT AVAILABLE TODAY. AND ALSO THE MEMO SHE SENT HAD FOUR POINTS ABOUT HIRING BUT DIDN'T ADDRESS OTHER ISSUES. AND I AND OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY HAD A LOT OF CALLS, MANY ANONYMOUSLY TO TRY TO GET FEEDBACK. SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HER TO GET A MORE ROBUST DISCUSSION. POINT IS NOT TO PUT HER ON THE SPOT BUT TO HEAR WHAT HER PLANS ARE BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY ARE EXCITED TO HEAR WHAT HER IDEAS ARE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: A MOTION IS ON THE FLOOR. IF YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE SAME MOTION BECAUSE THEY WANT TO TRY TO DO THAT BECAUSE ALL DEALS WITH EMPLOYEE RELATIONS AND EMPLOYEE ISSUES. THE POLY GRAPH AND SEVERAL CALLS WITH THE POLY GRAPH AND BACKGROUND SITUATION THAT WERE PERTAINED TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. >>BILL CARLSON: WHAT DATE WAS THE WORKSHOP. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WORK SHOP IS -- >>MARTIN SHELBY: SEPTEMBER 23. AND JUST FOR COUNCIL'S INFORMATION, THERE WAS ONE COMMENDATION AND ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE ... SIX OTHER ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED THAT DAY PRESENTLY. JUST SO YOU KNOW -- AFTER THAT POINT THAT WILL BE A VERY FULL WORKSHOP. >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE OR CONTINUE ITEM NUMBER 45 TO SEPTEMBER 23 WORKSHOP WHICH WOULD INCLUDE CHIEF TRIPP'S UPDATE ON THE -- AS IT SAYS HERE, THE GENDER RACIAL EQUITY AND ALSO THE DISCUSSION ABOUT POLY GRAPHS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. SHELBY, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, MR. CHAIRMAN. I BELIEVE AFTER OUR AGENDA REVIEW YESTERDAY AND REFRESHING MY RECOLLECTION AND BASED ON WHAT THE CHIEF OF STAFF SAID, I FORWARDED TO YOU A COPY OF THE APRIL 26 MEMO THEY HAD SENT REQUESTING THAT THESE TWO ITEMS BE COMBINED. AND I PROVIDED THAT TO YOU AND PERHAPS YOU CAN PROVIDE THAT TO THE CLERK TO MAKE THAT A TWO-PART MOTION. >>BILL CARLSON: YES, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT DOCUMENT TO THE MOTION, PLEASE. THANK YOU. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MADAM CLERK, DO YOU HAVE THAT? >>BILL CARLSON: DO YOU HAVE THE MEMO. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I HAVE THE MEMO. SECOND ON MOTION. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT? ANY OPPOSED. MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. SHELBY, WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THE AGENDA. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT IS NUMBER 45. THAT ITEM IS COMPLETE AND OFF THE AGENDA. HOW DO YOU WISH TO PROCEED. DO YOU WANT TO GO DOWN THE STAFF REPORTS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE WILL GO TO STAFF REPORTS NOW. MR. DINGFELDER SAID 27 WILL BE IN STAFF REPOTS NOW. >>MARTIN SHELBY: UNLESS YOU WANT TO SAVE THIS ITEM UNTIL AFTER THE CEREMONIAL IN CASE HE WILL BE THERE BY THEN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TIME HE WILL BE HERE. ITEM 41. RESOLUTION. 42. DO WE NEED MR. BAIRD HERE FOR 42. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IS NECESSARY FOR ANYONE FOR 41? ANY QUESTIONS FROM SDMOUNL I JUST WANTED THE INFORMATION TO BE CLEAR TO THE ADMINISTRATION. OKAY, THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: 42. YOU SAID NO. 43. MR. RODGER. -- MR. ROGERIO. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I DON'T KNOW IF MR. ROGERO HAS ANYTHING TO SAY WITH THAT. IF HE DOES -- NO QUESTIONS OF COUNCIL RIGHT NOW. OKAY, THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: STAND BY BECAUSE I WILL NEED HIM FOR 47, MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: OKAY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE MOVED 45. NUMBER 46. ANY QUESTIONS -- ANYBODY NEEDS MR. BAIRD FOR 46. MR. VIERA? >>LUIS VIERA: NO, SIR, I AM SATISFIED. I WILL MAKE SOME REMARKS IF I MAY BRIEF, BUT I DON'T NEED A STAFF MEMBER HERE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ARE YOU SURE, SIR? >>LUIS VIERA: YEAH, ABSOLUTELY AND BRAD AND ANDREA AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS MEMO, A VERY GOOD MEMO. >>ORLANDO GUDES: LET'S HAVE MR. BAIRD TALK ABOUT THAT ABOUT THE BILL AND LET THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE HOME IN KNOW WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. >>LUIS VIERA: YOU WANT THEM HERE? OKAY. I DEFER TO YOU, SIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: HAVE THEM HERE. 47, HE WILL ROGERO WILL BE THERE FOR THAT APPROXIMATELY 48. MANISCALCO AND MIRANDA. MR. WILL FAULK. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM FINE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: AND 49. >>LUIS VIERA: THAT IS MINE. I DON'T NEED ANYONE HERE UNLESS ANYONE ELSE -- I THINK MEMO SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK WE ARE GOING TO HEAR THAT AND HAVE HER COME IN. THE NUMBERS ARE RISING AND WE NEED TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE AT WITH THAT. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT, APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE. >>LUIS VIERA: SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. OPPOSED. MR. CITRO, OFFICER OF THE MONTH. >>JOSEPH CITRO: I THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR. AS ALWAYS, EVERY POLICE OFFICER IS DELVED OF THIS AWARD AND COMMENDATION AND I WISH I COULD GIVE EVERY POLICE OFFICER EVERY MONTH A COMMENDATION; HOWEVER, WE ARE ONLY LIMITED TO ONE. AS I START OFF EVERY TIME, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO SEE WHAT THESE BRAVE WOMEN AND MEN GO THROUGH, PLEASE GO TO THE TAMPA CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY. YOU WILL HAVE TRAINING ON WHAT THESE OFFICERS DO AND HOW THEY DO IT AND WHAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH. CHIEF DUGAN, I WOULD LIKE TO BE THE FIRST TO PUBLICLY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GREAT THINGS YOU HAVE DONE AND THE GREAT CHANGES THAT YOU HAVE MADE TO THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND I AM SORRY TO SEE THAT YOU ARE RETIRING. YOU HAVE SERVED OUR CITY VERY, VERY WELL. CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE. >> THANK YOU. >>JOSEPH CITRO: OKAY. TODAY WE ARE HERE TO GIVE A COMMENDATION TO JOHN M. BAKER JR. AND CHIEF, IF YOU WOULD EXPLAIN AND TELL THE PEOPLE WHY HE IS SO DESERVED OF THIS COMMENDATION. >> THANK YOU, LIKE COUNCILMAN CITRO SAID, IT IS ABOUT JOHN BAKER. ONE OF TAMPA'S FINEST. HE IS ONE OF OUR BRIGHTEST WITH AN INCREDIBLE FUTURE. OFFICER JOHN BAKER SERVING THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT SINCE 2015 AND CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO DISTRICT 2 FIELD TRAINING SQ SQUAD, WHERE HE TRAINS NEW OFFICERS PRIOR TO THEM BEING ASSIGNED TO THE PERMANENT SQUADS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. DURING THE MONTH OF MAY, OFFICER BAKER WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE DISTRICT TWO VIOLENT CRIME SQUAD AFTER A DISCOVERY WAS MADE THAT AN UNIDENTIFIED MALE WAS POSTING PHOTOS AND VIDEOS OF HIMSELF ON SOCIAL MEDIA WHILE IN POSSESSION OF AN AR-15 RIFLE AND AK-47 RIFLE, SEVERAL BUSINESSES FOR PISTOLS AND LARGE SUMS OF CASH. THE VIDEO CLEARLY SHOWED IT WAS FILMED IN THE SUL VERY SPRINGS AREA. DUE TO OFFICER BAKER'S ENCOUNTERS WITH THE MALE, HE WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY HIM AND ASSIST IN THE INVESTIGATION LEADING TO THE ARREST OF THE SUSPECT FOR FELON AND POSSESSION OF A FIREARM. ANOTHER MALE WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE PHOTOS POSSESSING A FIREARM AND WAS ULTIMATELY LOCATED IN A VEHICLE POSSESSING A GLOCK .45 PISTOL DIRECTLY UNDER A SEAT. THE FIREARM HAD BEEN REPORTED STOLEN. OFFICER BAKER IS A FORMER SERGEANT IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY WHO SERVED AS A TOMB GUARD AND LATER SERVED AS A SERGEANT OF THE TOMB GUARD FOR THE TOMB OF UNKNOWN SOLDIER. THIS LEVEL OF DEDICATION AND TRAINING IS SO RIGOROUS AND THRIVES SO GREATLY ON PERFECTION THE THIRD LEAST AWARDED BADGE. THE ONLY BADGES LESS THAN THAT THAN THE TOMB OF THE GUARD IS THE UNITED STATES MILITARY, IS THE MILITARY HORSEMAN AND THE ASTRONAUT BADGE. OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, OFFICER BAKER HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT HONOR GUARD THAT PRESIDES ARE OVER CEREMONIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY AS WELL AS THE FUNERALS FOR FALLEN OFFICERS, RETIRED OFFICERS. USING HIS BACKGROUND AND KNOWLEDGE FROM PREVIOUS APPOINTMENT AS A TOMB GUARD, OFFICER BAKER HAS BECOME THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT ON THE GUARD AND TAKEN THE PRECISION AND APPEARANCE OF THE POLICE HONOR GUARD TO NEW HEIGHTS. THE TAMPA POLICE HONOR GUARD IS A VOLUNTEER UNIT DEDICATED TO HONORING THE MEMORY OF FALLEN OFFICERS JUST FURTHERING THE HIGHLIGHTING AND DEDICATION OF OFFICER BAKER. AS YOU KNOW, ON MARCH OF THIS YEAR, THE DEPARTMENT SUFFERED ITS FIRST LINE OF DUTY DEATH AND OVER A DECADE, MASTER POLICE OFFICER JESSIE MADISON HEROICALLY LOST HIS LIFE IN THE LINE OF DUTY. THE POLICE FUNERAL AND THE HONOR GUARD WAS NOTHING LESS THAN PERFECTED AND IN TRIBUTE TO OFFICER JESSIE MADISON. THE ENTIRE HONOR GUARD IS COMMENDED FOR THE EFFORTS. THE DETAIL IS A TESTAMENT OF THE RARE EXPERTISE THAT OFFICER BAKER MADE TO THE TEAM. IN RECOGNITION TO HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY OF TAMPA, OFFICER JOHN BAKER HAS BEEN SELECTED AS THE TAMPA POLICE OFFICER OF MONTH FOR JUNE OF 2021. CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] >>JOSEPH CITRO: NOW I AM GOING TO READ THIS OFF TO YOU, BUT, OF COURSE, WE HAVE YOUR LOVELY FAMILY BACK HERE THAT I AM SURE YOU WILL INTRODUCE LATER ON AND GREAT PARTNERS WHO ARE GOING TO BE GIVING YOU WONDERFUL THINGS. OFFICER BAKER, BECAUSE OF YOUR DEDICATION TO SERVICE, COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE AND GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY, YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FOR THIS MARK OF DISTINCTION AS OFFICER OF THE MONTH. TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, YOUR PEERS, SUPERVISORS, WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK, DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY IN STREETS FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY, COMMUNITY, AND FELLOW OFFICERS AND FOR YOUR DILIGENCE TO KEEP DANGEROUS FIREARMS AND CRIMINALS OFF OUR STREET. IT IS THE HONOR OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL TO PRESENT OFFICER JOHN M. BAKER JR. WITH THIS COMMENDATION ON JULY 29,2021. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, OFF OFFICER. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >>JOSEPH CITRO: THIS IS YOUR TIME. >> UH-OH, NOW I HAVE TO TALK. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CITRO, THAT IS HIS FAMILY? >> THEY ARE KIND OF SHY LIKE ME, I APOLOGIZE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: BRING HIS FAMILY UP. >> THIS IS MY OLDEST, JOHN. MY YOUNGEST, SCARLET. SHE IS KIND OF LITTLE. YOU CAN'T SEE HER. THE ONE HIDING IN THE BACK IS LILLIAN AND MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE, TAYLOR. MY MOTHER, DONNA. AND THEN MY FATHER, JOHN, BUT EVERYBODY CALLS HIM MATT. >>JOSEPH CITRO: THESE TWO PEOPLE ARE -- THEY WORK FOR WHOM? >> THEY ACTUALLY WORK FOR THE CITY AS WELL. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. >>JOSEPH CITRO: CITY COUNCIL, ANY WORDS? >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. VIERA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. I THINK IT WAS CHIEF DUGAN -- OR I THINK IT WAS CHIEF DUGAN SAID THIS ON YOU BEING ON THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER AT ARLINGTON. WHAT A GREAT HONOR FOR YOU. >> THANK YOU. >>LUIS VIERA: I KNOW YOU LIVE UP TO THAT. WE HAVE SO MANY OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND TAMPA FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS WHO ALSO SERVE IN UNIFORM. AND NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT YOU RUN INTO HARM'S WAY AND YOU RUN INTO SITUATIONS THAT PEOPLE RUN AWAY FROM, BECAUSE THERE IS THAT SENSE OF DUTY WHICH -- WHAT KIND OF A PERSON WANTS TO BE A COP? WHAT KIND OF A PERSON WANTS TO BE A FIRE FIGHTER? WHAT KIND OF A PERSON WANTS TO IN A POST 9/11 WORLD TO SIGN UP FOR THE MILITARY? A KIND OF PERSON THAT HAS A SENSE OF DUTY TO MAKE WRONGS RIGHT AND BE THE PERSON WHO STANDS UP TO BULLIES. IN MY OPINION, THAT IS WHAT YOU ALL DO. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND ALL YOU DO AND ESPECIALLY TO YOUR FAMILY AND THREE WONDERFUL CHILDREN OVER THERE. GOD BLESS YOU, GUYS. YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF YOUR OLD MAN, YOUR FATHER, YOUR WIFE. YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF YOUR HUSBAND AND TO YOUR PARENTS, YOU HAVE TO BE SO PROUD OF YOUR SON. I AM A FATHER MYSELF. IF MY SON OR DAUGHTER OR ANY KIDS I HAVE IN THE FUTURE EVER DID SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I WOULD BE BEAMING WITH PRIDE. SO I KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE RIGHT NOW. SO OFFICER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. I MEAN IS 110% AND JUST KNOW THIS CITY 110% HAS YOUR BACK AND RESPECTS WHAT YOU DO. 110%. THANK YOU, SIR, AND GOD BLESS YOU. >> THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER HAS ARRIVED FOR THE RECORD. MR. MANISCALCO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CONGRATULATIONS SIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. YOUR SACRIFICE. THANK YOU TO YOUR PARENTS. WILL WHO SERVE HERE IN THE C CITY. WE HAVE TO GIVE THANKS TO THE SPOUSES. I KNOW IT IS NOT EASY, BUT OFF BEAUTIFUL FAMILY. YOUR WIFE IS THERE. YU PUT ON THAT UNIFORM, AND YOU PUT YOUR LIFE ON LINE FOR US. THE CHIEF SAID IT ALL. YOUR CITATION AS TO WHY WE ARE HONORING YOU THIS MONTH, YOU KEPT THE CITY STREETS SAFER FOR YOUR APPLICATIONS. YOU DO NOT NOT JUST IN THIS CASE, BUT YOU DO IT EVERY DAY AND WE APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU, SIR. >> THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH, JUST -- EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SAID REALLY, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY. WE SO APPRECIATE THE SACRIFICES YOU MAKE EVERY DAY AND THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU DO. AND THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR FAMILY FOR SUPPORTING YOU. AND -- THE WHOLE COMMUNITY IS WITH YOU. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA, ANYTHING? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: OFFICER BAKER AND WHAT THE OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE SAID, I HAVE A SAYING, YESTERDAY, TO TODAY, TOMORROW AND FOREVER. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT YOU HAVE DONE,S UNBELIEVABLE FROM THE MILITARY. THAT WAS YESTERDAY. TODAY YOU ARE A POLICE OFFICER. TOMORROW, YOU WILL STILL BE WORKING AND DOING WHAT YOU DID YESTERDAY AND FOREVER, YOU ARE GOING TO DO WHAT YOU DID YESTERDAY TODAY. SO YOU HAVE DONE AN OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO NOT ONLY THIS COMMUNITY BUT TO THE WHOLE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. OFF LOVELY FAMILY. AND YOU HAVE EARNED THIS RESPECT LIKE NO OTHER. YOU STAND OUT IN A FOREST OF TREES. AND AN HONOR TO SAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IN THE PAST, WHAT YOU ARE DOING TODAY, AND WHAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>JOSEPH CITRO: OFFICER, NOW COMES ONE OF THE FUN PARTS. I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE DUSTIN PORTILLO OF THE CASPER COMPANY WHO IS USUALLY HERE TO GIVE THE OFFICERS OF THE MONTH TOKENS FROM THAT COMPANY. PETE BREVY FROM BUSCH GARDENS IS NOT HERE. BUT DARLA PORTMAN WILL BE GIVING THAT YOU BUSCH GARDENS TOKEN OF APPRECIATION. >> TICKETS FOR YOUR FAMILY TO GO TO BUSCH GARDENS. >> THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEN, PRESIDENT DARLA PORTMAN, PBA. JIMMY OWENS, HERE, VICE PRESIDENT, TO PRESENT WITH JOHN BAKER WHO I ALWAYS HAVE THE PLEASURE TO WORK WITH -- I LOVE SAYING THAT WHEN I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH AN OFFICER ON THE STREETED GOOD OFFICER. IDENTIFY THE ZONE. ANY TIME WE WANT TO KNOW EVERYBODY, WE CALL UP JOHN. WE USED TO HAVE SIGN I AM TAMPA AND HAVE A POLICE OFFICER ON THERE. I AM TAMPA IS DEFINITELY JOHN BAKER. HE GREW UP IN THE CITY, EAST TAMPA AND GRADUATED FROM MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL. >>ORLANDO GUDES, COUNCIL MAN GUDZ, YOU HIRED PEOPLE FROM THE CITY. JOHN IS FROM THE CITY AND HE KNOWS EVERYBODY IN ZONE. I AM SO PROUD OF YOU AND ONE OF THE OFFICERS IN DISTRICT ONE MADE THIS AND WE WANT TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANKS, JOHN. >> GOOD MORNING, I AM CHRISTIE RENER THE COMMUNITY DIRECTOR FOR STEPP'S TOWING AND TRANSPORT. I WANT TO SAY LISTENING TO EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR THIS COUNTRY, FOR THIS COMMUNITY -- I VISITED THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER AND REVERANT TRADITION THAT YOU BRING. AN AMAZING THING. SO TO SEE YOU STANDING THERE AND KNOWING THAT YOU WERE THERE, IT IS INCREDIBLE. SO ON BEHALF OF TODD STEPP AND THE STEPP'S TOWING FAMILY WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND A GIFT CARD AND A LIMO -- YOU WANT TO GO IN A LIMO -- FOR 18 PEOPLE. >> WOW. >> NOBODY WILL BE LEFT OUT. IT IS PERFECT. PEOPLE PUTTING THEIR HANDS UP BACK THERE. AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU -- >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> -- FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. >> I APPRECIATE IT. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. >> GOOD MORNING. >> WITH THE PUCK NEARS AFTER A TREMENDOUS PERFORMANCE WITH A GAME TO AWARD A GAME BALL. AND ON BEHALF OF GLAZERS AND TAMPA BAY -- YOUR TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS, WORLD CHAMPIONS. WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS BALL INSCRIBED DEDICATION FOR THE SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, JUNE 20, 21. OFFICER OF THE MONTH. THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR COUNTRY. THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING. I AM MARY BAILEY AND HERE ON BEHALF OF ZOO TAMPA IN LOWRY PARK. I SERVE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THERE AND I WANT TO PRESENT AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP. BEFORE I DO THAT, A PERSONAL NOTE, YOUR STORY IS FAMILIAR WITH ME. I AM A SPOUSE OF A OFFICER. MY GOD SON WAS KILLED IN IRAQ AND DIMENSIONS TO UNDERSTAND HOW SPECIAL AND DISCIPLINED YOU ARE. AND I REALLY FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART THANK YOU AND I THANK YOUR FAMILY FOR EVERYTHING YOU ARE ABLE TO DO WITH US. BACK TO THE ZOO, ONE OF MY PASSIONS IS CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE AND PRESENT YOU WITH AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP OF THE ZOO COMPUTERS YOUR WHOLE FAMILY AND GUEST AND GO TO SEASONAL EVENTS CHRISTMAS IN THE WILD AND OTHER THINGS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL, LEA WITH THE TAMPA THEATRE. OFFICER, ON BEHALF OF TAMPA THEATRE WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE OF THE COMMUNITY. HONOR TO GIVE YOU A MEMBERSHIP TO TAMPA THEATRE AND INCLUDES FREE TICKETS TO THE MOVIES, A FREE TOUR TO THE THEATRE AND POPCORN AND CANDY. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY THEY WILL TAKE THE CANDY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. I AM MARKETING AND PR MANAGER FOR THE COLUMBIA RESTAURANT GROUP. I WANT TO THANK OFFICER FOR HIS WORK AND THE SERVICE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. ON BEHALF OF THE FIVE GENERATIONS OF THE GONSMART FAMILY AND 1300 EMPLOYEES OF THE COLUMBIA, WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A $100 GIFT CARD FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY -- SHE WANTS A GIFT CARD NOW. YOU MAY WANT TO GIVE IT TO HER. >> SHE WILL TAKE EVERYTHING. >> SHE WILL TAKE THE FOOTBALL. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND EVERYTHING THAT DO YOU FOR THE COMMUNITY. APPRECIATE IT. >> MY PLEASURE. >> THANK YOU. >> STEVE MICHELINI. I WOULD REALLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE OFFICER BAKER FOR A LOT OF OTHER THINGS, BUT LET'S GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATIONS FIRST REGARDING THE GIFT CERTIFICATES FROM YUMMY HOUSE. I GAVE TO THE YOUNG LADY. DO YOU STILL HAVE THAT? >> JUST GAVE IT BACK TO ME. >> ON BEHALF OF YUMMY HOUSE OWNERS AND STAFF PRESENTING YOU WITH A GIFT CERTIFICATE AND ENJOY YOURSELF AT LUNCH AND DINNER. ON BEHALF OF PRESTIGE PORTRAITS GO AND HAVE YOUR PICTURE TAKEN. SHE WILL SIT RIGHT IN FRONT. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> ON BEHALF OF THE TAMPA METROPOLITAN YMCA, PROVIDING YOU WITH A GIFT CERTIFICATE TO ENJOY YOURSELF AT THE Y. ON BEHALF THE CRG RESTAURANT GROUP A GIFT CERTIFICATE TO ENJOY YOURSELF WITH A BREA BREAKFAST, LAUNCH OR DINNER. NOW WE GET TO THE GOOD PART. I WANT TO TACK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BEING AN HONOR GUARD. IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR OVERHEAD POJECTOR, THEY PERFORM 24-7, 365, AND THEY ARE ON DUTY RAIN OR SHINE. THIS IS WHAT THE HONOR GUARD PATCH LOOKS LIKE. THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE WINTERTIME SERVICE. THEY CAN'T SEE THAT VERY WELL, BUT THAT'S THE -- THE BADGE THAT YOU GET -- YOU EARN IT, YOU DON'T GET IT. BUT YOU EARN IT. AND THIS IS ONE OF THE OFFICERS ON DUTY IN THE WINTERTIME. AND I WANTED TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT -- ABOUT THE OFFICER WE ARE HONORING. HE SERVED IN THE HONOR GUARD, AND IT WAS POURING DOWN RAIN -- THIS IS AN ARTICLE THAT -- ABOUT THIS OFFICER. AND THERE WAS NOBODY THERE EXCEPT AN OLD WOMAN SAID BAKER. SHE WAS LOOKING AT ME AND CRYING WHENEVER I WOULD WALK PAST SHE WOULD SAY THANK YOU. I KEPT THINKING OF ONE OF THEM COULD BE HER HUSBAND AND SHE NEVER SAW HIM COME HOME FROM WORLD WAR II AND THAT IS WHERE IT REALLY SUNK IN AND ADDED THIS IS WHY I'M HERE. REFLECTING ON EXPERIENCE. A SMALL GROUP OF SOLDIERS ENTRUSTED TO GUARD THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER, AND I OWE THEM PERFECTION, SAID BAKER. THEY ONLY GAVE -- THEY NOT ONLY GAVE UP THEIR LIVES FOR THIS COUNTRY, BUT THEY GAVE UP THEIR IDENTITIES AS WELL. AND THEIR STORIES ARE AN O OPEN-ENDED BOOK THAT MAY NEVER BE CLOSED. REFLECTING ON HIS FIRST EXPERIENCE, BAKER SAID HE NEVER THOUGHT HE WOULD BECOME THE DAY TO BE A TOMB SENTINEL. WHEN I WAS FIVE YEARS OLD LOOKING AT A TOMB GUARD, STANDING WITH A RIFLE, 6'4", AND I WAS IN AWE. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK. HIS RECRUITER, HOWEVER, WAS ONE OF THE TOMB GUARDS. I HAVE SEEN VETERANS FIGHTING TO GET IN THEIR WHEELCHAIRS TO PAY RESPECT TO THE UNKNOWN AND THAT IS WHAT REALLY DROVE IT HOME TO ME. WALKING TOWARD THE TOMB, BAKER STOPPED TO PRESENT CEREMONIAL WHITE GLOVES TO MISS MOTHER AND A ROSE TO HIS WIFE AD SON AND PLACED A SINGLE ROSE ON THE FOOT OF EACH CRYPT AND ONE FINAL SALUTE WITH HIS MOTHER, WIFE AND SON BY HIS SIDE. BAKER EXITED THE TOMB OF THE PLAZA FOR THE LAST TIME. BITTERSWEET THAT I AM LEAVING THE TOMB IN GREAT HANDS LEGACY OF TOMB SENTINELS WHO GROW THROUGH TIME AT THE TOMB AND MISS THE SPECIAL BROTHERHOOD AND WILL NEVER FORGET THE BOND HE SHARED WITH THE UNKNOWNS. THAT IS THE SPIRIT AND THE DEDICATION THAT BAKER BRINGS TO TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE HONOR -- WE ARE HUMBLED ACTUALLY. WE ARE TO HONOR HIM AND ALL HIS DEDICATION IN WHAT HE HAS BROUGHT TO THIS COMMUNITY. WE THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE. AND WE THANK HIM FO EVERYTHING THAT HE HAS DONE. SO IN GREAT APPRECIATION FOR HIM AND ALL OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO ARE LIKE HIM AND THEY HOLD THAT -- THAT VALUE AND THAT ESTEEM IN HIGH REGARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >>JOSEPH CITRO: OFFICER. >> I AM SUPPOSED TO TALK NOW? >>JOSEPH CITRO: NOW IS YOUR TURN. >> I WANTED TO THANK CITY COUNCIL, CHIEF DUGAN, CHIEF DELGADO, EVERYBODY THAT CAME OUT TODAY. I AM VERY HUMBLED BY THIS. SOMETHING THINK THAT NEVER EXPECTED I WOULD EVER RECEIVE. I THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY. I AM AT A LOST FOR WORDS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I AM HUMBLED. I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING VERY MUCH. TANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >>ORLANDO GUDES: NOT A MATTER THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO S SAY, A MATTER THAT YOUR WORK HAS SPOKE FOR YOU AND PEOPLE ARE SAYING THINGS THAT NEED TO SAY ABOUT YOUR WORK ETHIC AND WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. A PERSON THAT STOOD BEFORE THAT MIC AND RECEIVED WHAT YOU ARE RECEIVING TODAY IS WHAT YOU DID TO GET THIS HONOR EXACTLY TO TODAY. AND THAT IS ALL THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID. CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT. >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. SHELBY, GO ALONG WITH THE AGENDA. WE SCRATCHED ITEM NUMBER 2 MOVED AT ANOTHER LATER DATE OF TIME. ITEM NUMBER 44. FDOT. ARE WE READY FOR THAT PRESENTATION, MADAM DEPUTY CLERK? THEY ARE ON THE LINE? ALL RIGHT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. ROGER ROSCO FDOT. WE ARE READY. >> GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN. I APPRECIATE THE INTRODUCTION THIS MORNING. I AM GOING TO ACTUALLY TURN IT OVER TO -- TO -- I BELIEVE IT IS GOING TO BE MR. BEADY WITH THE CITY TO DO THE INTRODUCTION OF MR. KEN SMITH FROM F DOT. THANK YOU, SIR AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE COMMITTEE THIS MORNING. AND IF HE IS NOT AVAILABLE, I GUESS I WILL HAVE MR. KEN SMITH DO HIS OWN INTRODUCTION. >> YOU CAN ALL HEAR ME. I AM READY TO GO. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE ARE READY FOR YOU. WE ARE READY. >> OKAY, GREAT. I KNOW THERE WERE SOME SLIDES. I AM NOT SEEING IT ON MY VIEW BUT I CAN GO AHEAD IF YOU WANT TO GET STARTED ON THAT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. SHELBY, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THIS IS NOT VIDEO. THIS IS AUDIO ONLY? >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR. GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. SORRY, I WASN'T CLEAR ON THE SCHEDULE ON ITEM NUMBER 44. I DON'T KNOW IF OUR FDOT PARTNERS ARE ONLINE AND READY FOR THIS PRESENTATION. IF THEY ARE, I WOULD INVITE THEM TO LOG IN RIGHT NOW. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK THEY ARE ON NOW. >> OKAY, THAT'S GREAT. SO TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS PART OF OUR QUARTERLY UPDATE FROM FDOT. AND THE TOPIC OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS THE FOWLER AVENUE CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS. THIS PROJECT IS CRITICAL FOR SEVERAL REASONS: ONE, IT IS IN THE INNOVATION PLACE DISTRICT, WHERE THERE ARE PLANS FOR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT, BRINGING IN TECH AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THEY LOOK FOR SAFER BICYCLE, PEDESTRIAN OPPORTUNITIES AMONG OTHER THINGS IN TRANSIT AS W WELL. THIS CORRIDOR IS ALSO PART OF THE HART'S STUDY BETWEEN DOWNTOWN AND THE USF AREA. AND THIS CORRIDOR IS ALSO IN OUR HIGH INJURY NETWORK. AND THIS PROJECT DOES SOMETHING VERY CRITICAL WHICH IS INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT WHERE 50% OF OUR CRASHES AND FATALITIES HAPPEN. THIS IS A NATIONAL AVERAGE, BUT SOMEWHERE SIMILAR FOR OUR REGION AS WELL. AND FDOT HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER OF OURS ON SAFETY PROJECTS, SO, AS ALWAYS, WE ARE REALLY GRATEFUL TO HAVE THEM AS PARTNERS. AND I WILL HAND IT OVER TO KEN TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT ON THE FOWLER AVENUE PROJECT. KEN, TAKE IT AWAY. >> THANK YOU, VIK. WAITING TO SEE IF WE DO HAVE A POWERPOINT. >> POWERPOINT PRESENTATION WAS SUBMITTED. CAN WE BRING THAT UP, PLEASE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: CCTV, DO YOU HAVE IT? MR. SHELBY IS CHECKING. THANK YOU, SIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: GENTLEMEN, LOOKING AT THE AGENDA I THINK WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS BEFORE LUNCH THEN. IF WE CAN GET THROUGH IT. CAN YOU SHOW YOUR SCREEN, SIR? DO YOU HAVE IT? >> LET ME TRY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: GENTLEMEN, IF WE ARE NOT READY, IF YOU WANT TO MOVE THIS AGENDA -- IF WE ARE NOT READY, VIK, IF THAT IS THE CASE? VICK VINGZ I THINK IF KEN CAN SHARE HIS SCREEN AND HE HAS GRANTED PERMISSION, WE SHOULD BE READY. >> LET ME TRY THAT. OKAY. LET ME SEE IF I CAN DO THAT. >> I APOLOGIZE IT IS GIVING ME PERMISSION BUT NOT CHANGING SCREEN. >>CLERK: WHAT WE SEE NOW IS THE GO TO WEBINAR SCREEN. >> OKAY. >>CLERK: ARE YOU USING TWO MONITORS? >> YES. I APOLOGIZE I AM TRYING O GET IT TO SWITCH OVER TO THE OTHER MONITOR. >>CLERK: IF YOU LOOK AT PANEL, THE PLAY BUTTON SHOW SCREEN, IF YOU DROP THAT DOWN YOU CAN SWITCH TO ONE OR TWO. >> OKAY. LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET THAT. >>CLERK: OR YOU CAN DRAG YOUR PRESENTATION INTO THE SCREEN WHERE YOUR GO TO WEBINAR IS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE HAVE A BAD DEPUTY CLERK. WE GOT IT FOR YOU. >> THERE WE GO. OKAY. SEE IF I CAN MAKE THIS FULL SCREEN ALSO. DID THAT WORK? >>CLERK: YOUR PRESENTATION SCREEN IS UP NOW. >> THAT BETTER? >>CLERK: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU GOT IT. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. POLL GUISE FOR THAT. -- I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION TODAY. GLAD TO BE WITH YOU, KENNETH SMITH, THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING MANAGER AT FDOT DISTRICT 7, AND TODAY WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF OUR EFFORTS ON FOWLER AVENUE AS PART OF THE UNIVERSITY AREA MULTIMODAL FEASIBILITY STUDY. PART OF THAT WAS INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS ALONG FOWLER AVENUE. AND I WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT TODAY AND WITH A LITTLE INTRODUCTION INTO NEW TECHNOLOGIES, NEW METHODS USING TO IMPROVE SAFETY IN CORRIDOR, LPI, LEAD WILLING PEDESTRIAN INTERVALS, URBAN CHANNELS FOR RIGHT TURNS AND PROPOSED DESIGNS FOR SEVERAL INTERSECTION ALONG FOWLER ON OUR FISCAL IMPROVEMENT PROCESS WE ARE LOOKING AT INTERSECTIONS FROM NEBRASKA OVER TO RIVERHILLS DRIVE. INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS THAT HE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT AND SHOWING MORE SLIDESAND SIGNAL PHASE WILLING AT FIVE LOCATIONS AND BRAND-NEW FULL CROSSWALKS AT FOUR OTHER LOCATIONS. JUST FOR A MOMENT ON PEDESTRIAN INTERVAL. THE IDEA OF THE LEADING PEDESTRIAN INTERVAL IS TO ALLOW THE PEDESTRIANS TO BE SEEN, MORE VISIBLE TO DRIVERS. EVERYONE WHO WALKED ON STREETS KNOW YOU WAIT ON THE CORNER AND AS SOON AS THE LIGHT TURNS TO WALK, YOU PROCEED INTO THE INTERSECTION. AT THE SAME TIME, THOUGH, THE GREEN GOES FOR THE VEHICLES HEADED IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS YOU ARE. AND THAT CAN OFTEN CREATE CONFLICTS RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF CROSSING. SO THE IDEA WITH THE LEADING PEDESTRIAN INTERVAL GIVE THE PEDESTRIANS A THREE TO TEN SECOND -- DEPENDING ON THE INTERSECTION -- HEAD START ON THE WALK SIGN. THE CARS BEHIND THEM, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE STILL SHOWN RED WHILE THEY ARE ALLOWED TO PROCEED INTO THE INTERSECTION. THE IDEA THAT IT PROVIDES THEM MORE TIME TO CROSS AND BETTER VISIBILITY SO DRIVERS CAN SEE THAT SOMEONE IS IN THE INTERSECTION, IN THE CROSSWALK AND READY TO GO. ANOTHER IDEA THAT WE ARE USING ON THIS -- ON THESE PROJECTS IS CALLED AN "URBAN SMART CHANNEL." EVERYBODY THAT HAS DRIVEN UNDERSTANDS THE IDEA OF A RIGHT-TURN LANE. YOU COME UP TO IT. SORT OF A SWEEPING, ROUNDED CURVE AS WE KNOW. MANY PEOPLE -- THE LAW REQUIRES YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO STOP AND YIELD TO EVERYONE THERE AND PROCEED WHEN TRAFFIC ALLOWS. OFTENTIMES BECAUSE OF THAT RADIUS, PEOPLE HAVE THE TENDENCY TO SWEEP ON THROUGH. THE IDEA OF A URBAN SMART CHANNEL WE TIGHTEN THAT RADIUS UP A LITTLE BIT AND CAUSES YOU TO SLOW DOWN WHEN MAKING THE RIGHT-HAND TURN AND PRESENTS WITH YOU A BETTER ANGLE TO SEE PEDESTRIANS AND OTHER VEHICLES COME FROM YOUR LEFT ESPECIALLY. SO LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE PROPOSALS THAT WE HAVE AT SELECTED INTERSECTION. THIS IS FOWLER AVENUE AT NEBRASKA AVENUE. WHAT YOU WILL SEE -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SEE MY CURSOR BUT, FOR EXAMPLE, IN HERE, YOU WILL SEE DASHED LINE WHERE EXISTING THINGS ARE, AND IN THAT CASE, IT IS THE CURVED LINE. AT FOWLER AVENUE AND NEBRASKA, WE HAVE PROPOSED TO REDUCE THE CURB RADII, WHICH MEANS WE BRING THE CURB OUT FURTHER FOR INTERSECTION PROVIDES MORE AREA FOR PEOPLE TO WAIT IN THE CROSSWALK BUT SHORTENS THE CROSSWALK DISTANCE. ESPECIALLY HELPFUL FOR FOLKS MAKING THE CROSSING IN CASE PEOPLE NEED EXTRA TIME BECAUSE OF, SAY, PHYSICAL CHALLENGES OR AGE, GIVES THEM MORE TIME. A SHORTER DISTANCE AND THEY ARE ALLOWED TO CROSS IN A QUICKER AMOUNT OF TIME. THIS IS ALSO AN AREA WHERE WE HAD HAVE THE LEADING INTERVAL SIGNAL WHICH IS DEPICTED IN THE ORANGE ARROWS. FOWLER AVENUE AND 15th STREET, AGAIN WHAT IS PROPOSED IS THE INCREASE THE CURB RADII, SLOW DOWN SPEEDS AND REDUCE CROSSING DISTANCE. AT 22nd AVENUE, WE DO HAVE EXTENDED AREAS IN THE MIDDLE -- YOU CAN SEE ON THE MEDIAN, THAT PROVIDES A LITTLE BIT MORE PROTECTION FOR PEDESTRIANS THAT MAYBE NEED TO GET ACROSS THE STREET IN TWO STAGES AS OPPOSED TO MAKING THE TRIP ALL IN ONE. A BIT OF A CURVE THAT SITS OUT IN FRONT OF IT, THE NOSE OF THE CURVE THAT PROVIDES A LITTLE BIT A BARRIER AND PROVIDES MORE BARRIER FOR FOLKS. SHORTENS THE RADIUS ON LEFT TURNS COMING FROM THE SOUTH AND THE NORTH WHO WILL BE MAKING THOSE TURNS. AND, AGAIN, THAT HELPS PEDESTRIANS OUT. WE ALSO -- AS I SAID THEY ARE EXTENDED REFUGE AND REDUCED CURB RADII. AT FOWLER AVENUE AND BRUCE B. DOWNS. THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE ARE TALKING OF THE URBAN SMART CHANNELS. YOU CAN SEE HOW LARGE THEY ARE ALSO. RIGHT NOW THAT AREA IS MORE -- THERE ARE REGULAR ISLANDS THAT ARE OUT THERE -- SORRY, PAINTED ISLANDS BUT WANT TO CHANGE THAT TO REGULAR KIND OF BARRIER CURB ISLANDS. WHAT IT ALSO DOES HERE IS SHORTEN THE CROSSING DISTANCE TO THE ISLAND, AGAIN OFFERING ANOTHER PLACE FOR FOLKS TO WAIT FOR A SIGNAL. WE WILL HAVE THE LPI SIGNAL HERE ALSO. YOU CAN SEE THAT TIGHTENS UP THAT INTERSECTION QUITE A BIT. AND THEN FINALLY AT FOWLER AVENUE AND 56th STREET. AGAIN, HERE WE HAVE THE URBAN SMART CHANNEL ISLANDS AND THE LPI SIGNALS TO HELP PEDESTRIAN CROSSING. YOU WILL NOTICE AREAS THAT HAVE THESE KIND OF STRIPED CHEVRONS AND WHAT THOSE ARE FOR IS WE DO HAVE A LOT OF TRUCK TURNING TRAFFIC AT THIS INTERSECTION. WHAT WE WANTED TO DO THOUGH, WAS SHORTEN UP THE AREA THAT THE VEHICLES SEE THAT THEY CAN USE AND YET STILL ALLOW THE FLEXIBILITY FOR LARGER TRUCKS TO MAKE THOSE TURNS. BUT, AGAIN, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE THAT YOU CAN SEE WE ARE TIGHTENING UP QUITE A BIT ON THIS INTERSECTION WITH THE CROSSWALKS AND THE URBAN SMART CHANNELS. SO THOSE ARE FIVE OF THE INTERSECTIONS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS AT. OTHER INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CORRIDOR, AGAIN, INCLUDING LEADING PEDESTRIAN INTERVALS ARE BEING EVALUATED AT ALL SIGNALS TO THE ONES I MENTIONED ALREADY ARE BEEN APPROVED. TRAFFIC UPGRADES AT EIGHT SIGNALS SHOULD BE COMPLETED THIS YEAR. I BELIEVE THEY ARE INSTALLED ALREADY, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK ON THAT TO BE SURE. LED CORRIDOR LIGHTNING, THE STREETLIGHT CAN THAT ALSO HELPS TO ELIMINATE PEDESTRIANS IN THE CROSSING AREA AT NIGHT, OUR PROGRAM AND WILL BE INSTALLED ALONG THE CORRIDOR. THIS WILL BE -- MIGHT BE A LITTLE TOUGH TO SEE AND I APOLOGIZE, BUT GIVES AN IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE COMING FORWARD FOR ALL OF THESE PROJECTS. I WILL MENTION -- IT WAS MENTIONED, I BELIEVE, BY VIK, WE ARE LOOK ALSO -- THE STUDY FOR THE HART VRT AND WE WANT TO BE FLEXIBLE IN THE FUTURE FOR WHATEVER SERVICE THAT HART MAY PROVIDE ALONG FOWLER. AND THERE HAS BEEN A STUDY DONE THAT THAT. I HAVE BEEN TOLD YOU HAVE AN EXTENSIVE AGENDA AND WANTED TO PROVIDE THE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS FIRST AND WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK AND GIVE YOU THE CONCEPT ON THE FOWLER CORRIDOR THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE VRT SERVICE. MANY OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE PROJECTED TO HAPPEN WITHIN THE NEXT TWO FISCAL YEARS AND WE HAVE FUNDING. FOTSD WE ARE GOING TO PROCEED WITH THOSE. WE WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. VIERA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. JUST STATEMENTS, I GUESS, IF YOU WILL. ONE THING -- AND GUESS IT IS A QUESTION. THE TERRACE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OUT THERE HAS BEEN DOING SO MUCH WORK TO TRY TO IMPROVE THE BUSCH AREA AND I WORK WITH THEM A GREAT DEAL AND I TEXTED THEIR PRESIDENT MR. RAMOS AND WOULD OUR FRIENDS AT FDOT BE WILLING TO BRIEF THEM AT BUSCH BOULEVARD OF THE CHANGES. I ASSUME THE ANSWER IS YES. >> YES, SIR. >>LUIS VIERA: ALSO THE FOREST HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BECAUSE THIS IS AN AREA THAT A LOT OF FOLKS WHO LIVE OUT THERE FEEL IS VERY, VERY IGNORED AND WHAT NOT, AND TO SEE THESE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT NUMEROUS TIMES AND HAD MANY, MANY DIFFERENT DISCUSSIONS WITH F DOT ON THIS AND OTHER EN ENTITIES ON THIS AND TO SEE THIS IN MOVEMENT AS YOU SAY IN THE NEXT TWO FISCAL YEARS WILL BRING IN A SENSE OF RELIEF. AND THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. THIS IS AN AREA THAT I REPRESENT. I KNOW COUNCILMAN GUDES REPRESENTS PARTS OF IT AND DOES A MAGNIFICENT JOB, ETC. , ON IT AS WELL. IT IS AN AREA THAT I GREW UP IN. I GREW UP IN TEMPLE TERRACE. I WAS GOING THROUGH OLD FAMILY PICTURES AND A PICTURE OF ME AND MY TWO BROTHERS WALKING DOWN BUSCH BOULEVARD WHERE THE REUBEN CUBANS USED TO BE AT. A MIRACLE WE DIDN'T GET HIT THERE AND KIDS RUNNING ON BUSCH BOULEVARD AND WHATNOT, BUT TOO MANY PEDESTRIAN DEATHS OUT THERE. TOO MANY PREVENTABLE BICYCLIST DEATH. TOO MANY REAR-END COLLISIONS AND ACCIDENTS THAT CAN BE PREVENTED THROUGH THE MEASURES THAT YOU TALK ABOUT. A LOT OF PEOPLE ON BUSCH AND FOWLER JUST FEEL LIKE -- ESPECIALLY BUSCH BOULEVARD, THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAS JUST ABANDONED THEM. AND THAT THE -- THE COMMUNITY ON BUSCH BOULEVARD HAD A DOWNWARD SPIRAL TURN. WHEN IT COMES TO BUSCH BOULEVARD, BEAUTIFICATION OF BUSCH BOULEVARD, AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS OUT THERE ARE STRONG. VERY, VERY STRONG NEIGHBORHOODS AND DOING VERY WELL. WE GOT IT CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR A LOWER SPEED LIMIT ON BUSCH BOULEVARD. SOMETHING I AM VERY, VERY COMMITTED TO. WE HAD MEL LONE, SUCH A WONDERFUL PERSON WHO OWNS MEL'S HOT DOGS COME IN HERE A YEAR AND A HALF AGO AND TALK ABOUT THAT. I WAS GOING TO DO A MOTION AT THE END OF CITY COUNCIL ON THIS AREA AND A PRESENTATION I WANT TO HAVE BEFORE CITY COUNCIL. AND LEST WE FORGET, TO CONDITION TO KEEP OUR EYES ON THAT GREAT, ROBUST INVESTMENT THAT GOD WILLING WILL BE COMING IF 2022 VOTERS PASS WHAT YOU CAN CALL A REPLACEMENT PENNY SALES TAX. ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I WAS SUCH A STRONG SUPPORTER IN 2018 FOR THE ALL FOR TRANSPORTATION PENNY SALES TAX BECAUSE OF THIS AREA YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. BUSCH, FOWLER, THE NORTH TAMPA AREA BADLY IN NEED OF IMPROVEMENTS. BADLY IN NEED OF BETTER SIDEWALKS. BADLY IN BETTER NEED OF TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS. WHAT I CALL A LIVABLE AGENDA THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT CAN PLAY AN IMPORTANT PART MAKING SURE THAT AREAS ARE LIVABLE. IF YOU WALK DOWN BUSCH BOULEVARD. OFF GOD-GIVEN RIGHT NOT TO BE HIT BY A CAR. YOU KNOW WHAT I AM SAYING. WE CAN MAKE CHANGES TO THAT. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A WHILE AND A LONG TIME COMING BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CITRO, YOU RECOGNIZED. >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCI COUNCILMEMBERS, I DON'T WANT TO GO ON AND ON. THANK YOU, SIR, FOR YOUR RE REPORT. MUCH NEEDED WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ON BUSCH BOULEVARD AND BRUCE B. DOWNS. FDOT HAS GIVEN SO MUCH TO MAKE SURE STREETS BETTER WITH YOUR HELP WITH VISION ZERO, COMPLETE STREETS AND BIKING ON GREENS PINE. SIR YOU ARE A MESSENGER AND PLEASE DON'T TAKE THIS PERSONALLY. >> OKAY. >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR, COUNCIL, I AM ADAMANTLY OPPOSED ANY TIE.TOLL LANES, EXPRESS LANES, TO OR ANY OTHER LANES FOR THOSE WHO ARE BETTER OFF THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. YOU ARE -- EXCUSE ME, FDOT IS -- IS GIVING US AN OPTION THAT ONLY EFFECTS THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOODS. NEIGHBORHOODS BETWEEN HOWARD FRANKLAND AND DOWNTOWN. I AM GOING TO SHOUT OUT A FEW NAMES. AND THESE ARE CITIES THAT ARE THE SAME METROPOLITAN SIZE CITIES AS TAMPA, SOME MAY BE A LITTLE LARGER. SOME MAY BE A LITTLE SMALLER. BALTIMORE MIAMI MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL, THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO, EXPRESSLY MIDWAY AIRPORT, CLEVELAND, ST. LOUIS, SALT LAKE CITY, SEATTLE, AND PORTLAND. AND THEY ALL HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON. THEY HAVE SOME SORT OF RAIL THAT GOES FROM THEIR AIRPORT TO THEIR DOWNTOWN. WE COULD SAVE A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF EFFORT IF WE PUT RAIL FROM OUR AIRPORT TO OUR DOWNTOWN WITH STOPS FOR HARTline AT MAJOR INTERS INTERSECTIONS. WEST SHORE, LOIS, DALE MABRY, HIMES, MacDILL, AND DOWNTOWN. SO THE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE AFFECTED THE MOST BY THIS RAIL COULD ALSO USE IT TO GET TO THEIR WORK AND DOWNTOWN. AGAIN, THESE LANES, TOLL LINES ON 275 WILL NOT BE BENEFIT TO ANY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THEY CROSS THROUGH. THEY WILL EFFECT THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THE MOST. MR. CHAIR, I RANTED TOO MUCH. SIR, I THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK AND THIS PRESENTATION YOU HAVE GIVEN US. I JUST HAD TO SAY THAT. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. MR. DINGFELDER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. WELL, YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE HESITANT TO MAKE QUARTERLY REPORTS. [ LAUGHTER ] >> NOT AT ALL. OUR PLEASURE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ANYWAY, SO I WAS DRIVING DOWN HILLSBORO -- HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE THE OTHER DAY AND I KNOW YOU GUYS -- THAT YOU ALL HAD JUST FINISHED SOME LARGE PROJECTS ON HILLSBOROUGH AND REPAVED IT. I DON'T KNOW -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE YOU DID OVER LAST COUPLE OF YEARS BUT IT LOOKED LIKE A LOT OF WORK, BUT, BOY, WHEN I DRIVE DOWN HILLSBOROUGH, IT IS JUST A BIG SLAB OF CONCRETE. A BIG SLAB OF ASPHALT AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A WHOLE LOT OF BEAUTIFICATION. I KNOW MISS SAUL-SENA OVER HERE AT COUNCIL WORKED WITH DOT FOR MANY YEARS ON BEAUTIFYING KENNEDY AND SOME OF OUR OTHER BOULEVARDS. BUT, BOY, HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE IS JUST BARREN. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WERE EVER ANY >> AND WHEN I WAS DRIVING THE OTHER DAY COUNCILMAN GUDES WOULD BE PROUD OF ME, EAST S SIDE, EAST HILLSBOROUGH, BUT WHEN I LOOK -- WHEN I LOOK AT BOTH SIDES OF HILLSBOROUGH, THEY ARE REALLY ABOUT THE SAME. EAST HILLSBOROUGH AND WEST HILLSBOROUGH ARE JUST BIG, BARREN, YOU KNOW SEGMENTS OF ASPHALT TO FLUSH PEOPLE IN AND OUT WITHOUT ANY AESTHETICS WHATSOEVER. SO IF YOU COULD TALK TO WHOEVER DEALS WITH THOSE ISSUES MORE SPECIFICALLY AND MAYBE GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THAT NEXT QUARTER, WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT. >> I WILL BE HAPPY TO CARRY THAT MESSAGE FOR YOU, COUNCILMAN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYONE ELSE? MR. CARLSON, YOU ARE RECO RECOGNIZED. >>BILL CARLSON: FOR EVERYBODY FROM PUBLIC WATCHING, WE ASKED FOR THEM TO GIVE US AN UPDATE. WE DON'T VOTE ON ANYTHING. WE APPRECIATE THEM GIVES US AN UPDATE. IT IS FOR THE COMMUNITY. I LOOK FORWARD TO CATCHING UP WITH YOU ON SOUTH TAMPA AND YOU ROTATE THROUGH DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY AND I APPRECIATE THAT, BUT ONE THING I WANT TO SAY WITH MY OTHER JOB, I HAVE DONE BUSINESS ALL OVER THE WORLD. AND TRAVELED ALMOST 100 COUNTRIES NOW, AND WHAT THE CEOs THAT I MEET AROUND THE WORLD, THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN TO TAMPA, ALMOST ALL OF THEM HAVE ONLY BEEN TO BUSCH GARDENS AND MOST OF THEM ARE STAYING AT DISNEY AND UNIVERSAL AND THEY COME OVER TO BUSCH GARDENS. I HAVE SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT I APPRECIATE ON YOU ALL, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE GATEWAY OF TAMPA. MOST OF THE CEOs FROM OVERSEAS, AND WE WANT THEIR INVESTMENT IN TAMPA, THEIR IMPRESSION OF TAMPA IS BUSCH BOULEVARD AND FOWLER AVENUE BECAUSE COMING ACROSS I-4 AND GO DOWN BUSCH AND FOWLER. AND SO, WE NEED TO THINK OF THOSE ROADS NOT JUST AS PLACES FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE THERE WHICH IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT BUT ALSO BECAUSE THEY ARE HOW THE REST OF THE WORLD SEES US AND IF IMPRESSED WITH THE DESIGN OF THE ROADS AND THE LIVABILITY OF IT AND THE OPENNESS TO BUS BUSINESS, THEY WILL INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITIES. SO THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYONE ELSE? WELL, MR. DINGFELDER, LET ME SAY THIS, YOU KNOW, YOU -- YOU ROLL THE BOWLING BALL AND HIT THE PINS, BECAUSE, MY FRIEND, I AM GOING RIGHT THERE WHEN I LOOK AT HILLSBOROUGH AND ML KING. AVENUE IS A DUMP. LET ME JUST SAY THAT. SO MANY CALLS ON HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE WHERE IT HAS BEEN BUTCHERED UP, BLOCK STREETS HERE, CONCRETE HERE. I CALLED MYSELF THE SECRETARY'S OFFICE BECAUSE NO ONE WAS MONITORING THE WORK OUT THERE. LATE AT NIGHT, CONCRETE AND ALL THE DUST AND GOING ON EVE EVERYONE'S PROPERTY, EVERYONE'S CARS. WE DON'T CARE OVER HERE, IT IS JUST OVER HERE ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN. I AM JUST SAYING MR. DINGFELDER IS RIGHT, WE NEED SOME KIND OF -- KIND OF UPDATE. WE KNOW WE HAVE THE INNOVATION ZONE FOR FOWLER AND SO FORTH AND SO ON, UNIVERSITY IS THERE AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS GOOD. BUSCH GARDENS. WE ALWAYS SAY THIS BEFORE, BUSCH GARDENS IS OUR HOT SPOT. BUSCH BOULEVARD IS A LITTLE BETTER THAN HILLSBOROUGH AV AVENUE, I CAN TELL THAT YOU, BUT LET ME TELL THAT YOU HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE IS A DUMP AND THE RESIDENTS ARE TIRED OF LOOKING AT IT AND EATING UP THEIR CARS. SOMEONE NEEDS TO DO A STUDY OF THAT HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE AND SEE HOW TO FIX THAT PLACE UP. LIKE YOU SAID A MISTAKE -- IT JUST REALLY NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT STUDIES HAVE BEEN DONE, BUT WHOEVER IS DOING THEM NEEDS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEM AND REALLY GO OUT THERE AND LOOK AT HILLSBOROUGH AV AVENUE. YOU MAY IMPROVE LIGHT POLES AND YAWNED GROUND POLES AND PEOPLE DRVE DOWN THERE AND RESIDENTS SEE -- IT LOOKS HORRIBLE. I AM HOPING NEXT QUARTER YOU CAN GIVE US AN UPDATE ON HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE BECAUSE IT LOOKS HORRIBLE. ANYONE ELSE GENTLEMEN? GO AHEAD. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY AND CARRY THAT -- CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OUTSIDE OF THE AREA I DEAL WITH, BUT I WILL CARRY THE MESSAGE BACK FOR YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE GIVING THE PLAN, BUT YOU CAN GIVE IT BACK TO THE POWERS AT BE. VIK, ANYTHING FROM YOU, SIR? >>VIK BHIDE: NO COMMENTS FROM ME. WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH F DOT. WE HAVE GOT A GREAT LEADER IN SECRETARY GWEN AND WE WILL BRING THAT UP WITH THEM. I CAN TELL YOU HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE HAS BEEN STUDIED. THE BIGGEST PRIORITY IS, OF COURSE, SAFETY ON HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE BEING A VERY BIG ARTERIAL, AND YOU HAVE SEEN THE COMMITMENT FROM D.O.T. OF REDUCING PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES THAT HAVE GONE DOWN AND INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS. BUT THE POINT ABOUT BEAUTIFICATION, QUALITY OF LIFE IS CERTAINLY WELL TAKEN AND WILL WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT, VIK. AND PEOPLE'S CARS. THEY SAID THEIR TIRES ARE BEING DAMAGED. WE THANK BOTH OF YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND LOOK FORWARD TO IT AT THE NEXT QUARTERLY MEETING. GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. LET'S STEAM ROLL THROUGH THAT. SECOND FLOOR. >>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEN. MY NAME IS ANDREW MOORE WITH THE BOWMAN HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND VICE PRESIDENT OF IT. I'M HERE TO ASK FOR YOUR HELP ON AN ISSUE THAT WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. YOU PASSED AN ORDINANCE UNANIMOUSLY 27-215 TO HELP COMBAT COMMERCIAL PARKING IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS. THIS IS A SHOT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE EVERY MORNING. THIS IS JUST ONE PART OF IT. WE ARE RANSACKED WITH COMMERCIAL VEHICLES. WHEN BY TO CODE ENFORCEMENT AND ZONING, THEY SAY THAT THESE ARE NOT COMMERCIAL VEHICLES. NOW I BELIEVE THAT THE ORDINANCES IN PLACE WILL PROVIDE FOR THIS AND ALLOW US TO CLASSIFY THESE AS COMMERCIAL VEHICLES, BUT CODE ENFORCEMENT AND ZONING DOESN'T SEE IT. I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SHOW YOU THE DEFINITION OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES REAL QUICK, VEHICLES, MACHINE REESE OR FURNISHINGS OWNED, USED AND DESIGN EXCEPT THAT OF A PERSONAL VEHICLE OR ONE CAR AND TRUCK USED BY AN INDIVIDUALS TO AND FROM HOME AND THE JOB SITES SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED COMMERCIAL VEHICLES REGARDLESS OF COMMERCIAL NAMES INSIGNIA AND MARKINGS ADVERTISED ON THE VEHICLE. THIS PICTURE JUST SHOW YOU TALKS ABOUT TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM HOME AND THE JOBSITE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL. THERE ARE NO HOMES HERE. THIS IS THE GRAND ENTRANCE TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THERE IS NO JOBSITE HERE. THESE VEHICLES ARE PARKED. OTHER THING IS SECTION 28 -- 27.283.11. THE PARKING OF VEHICLES IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS IS PROHIBITED. I WILL SKIP A LITTLE BIT. SHALL NOT PROVIDE TEMPORARY PARKING. THIS PARKING IS NOT TEMPORARY. IT HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE DAY GOING ON FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS. REQUIRES THAT VEHICLES BE USED O A LOT FOR ACCESSORY OF LAWFUL COMMERCIAL USE ON THE SAME RESIDENTIAL LOT. NO RESIDENTIAL LOT HERE AND THIS HAPPENS DAY IN AND DAY O OUT. OKAY. WE EVEN HAVE SCHOOL BUSES AND OUR CHILDREN COME THROUGH HERE AND WAIT FOR THE BUS STOP. I KNOW THAT COUNCILMAN CHARLIE MIRANDA YOU WERE CONCERNED WHEN YOU PASSED THAT ORDINANCE TWO WEEKS AGO OR LAST MONTH ABOUT CHILDREN AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLES. AROUND THE CORNER FROM THE PICTURE I JUST SHOWED YOU ARE MORE VEHICLES FROM THE SAME BUSINESS THAT PARKED -- THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL LOT. CODE ENFORCEMENT AND ZONING SAY THAT THESE AREN'T COMMERCIAL VEHICLES AND THIS ISN'T COMMERCIAL USE. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE BLIND OR CAN'T READ THE ORDINANCES. MAYBE THEY NEED A BETTER HEALTH CARE PLAN FOR THE CITY, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T SEE. COMMERCIAL USE ON THIS LOT HERE WHICH IS ZONED CG AND ONLY Z ZONED FOR TWO VEHICLES. OF COURSE THEY PACK IT FULL. HERE IS THE SAME ANGLE FROM THE REVERSE SIDE ON A DIFFERENT DAY. THESE ARE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ON A RESIDENTIAL LOT RIGHT H HERE. SAME HERE. THIS IS A LOT THAT IS ZONED CG FOR TWO VEHICLES AND THEY PARK MULTIPLE VEHICLES THERE EVERY DAY. I AM CALLING ON YOU ALL TO PROVIDE CLARITY FOR THESE DEFINITIONS AND FOR THESE ORDINANCES I FEEL LIKE ZONING AND CODE ENFORCEMENT ARE CONFUSIONED AND WE NEED HELP ON THIS ISSUE. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR HEARING MY ISSUE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. MR. MANISCALCO, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED SIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IF I CAN RESPOND TO SOME OF THE COM COMMENTS. I AGREE WITH THE GENTLEMAN. NOT JUST WHAT HE SHOWN IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS, BUT HOW CANNOT BE CONSIDERED COMMERCIAL. OFF BUSINESS LOGO ON THE SIDE OF A VEHICLE. IF YOU PUT A BUSINESS NAME ON THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, I AM ASSUMING THAT IS TAX WRITE-OFF FOR THE BUSINESS BECAUSE YOU ARE USING A VEHICLE FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES, ADVERTISING OR WHATEVER IT IS. I WOULD ALSO ASSUME THAT THE BUSINESS PAYS FOR THE INSURANCE AS A BUSINESS EXPENSE FOR THOSE DRIVERS. I DON'T KNOW WHY CODE ENFORCEMENT OR WHOMEVER IS NOT CONSIDERING THESE VEHICLES AS COMMERCIAL VEHICLES. THEY ARE PARKED EVERYWHERE. THEY ARE PARKED ON THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. NOT SIDEWALKS EVERYWHERE, BUT IF SOMEONE IS IN A MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR OR A MOTHER PUSHING A STROLLER, GO OUT ON THE STREET BECAUSE CLEARLY THESE VEHICLES ARE BLOCKING ANY TYPE OF ACCESS. MIND YOU NOT THE SIDEWALK ALL THE WAY AND GO OUT ON TO THE STREET BECAUSE YOU SAW THE PHOTOS. YOU SAW THE PHOTOS OF WHERE THE SCHOOL BUS WENT THROUGH. WHAT ABOUT EMERGENCY VEHICLES? THEY ARE BASICALLY -- THOSE ARE LARGE VEHICLES. THEY ARE TAKING UP A LOT OF SPACE. I UNDERSTAND THE GENTLEMAN'S FRUSTRATION. IT IS A NIGHTMARE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY CODE ENFORCEMENT CAN'T SEE IT SEPARATELY AND WHY THEY ARE NOT CONSIDERED COMMERCIAL VEHICLES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK SHE IS LISTENING IN AND GET WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER AND ADDRESS THAT FOR YOU MR. MANISCALCO AND GET BACK TO US. MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN AND THANK YOU. I RECOGNIZE COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO'S COMMENTS, BUT I JUST WANT TO REMIND COUNCIL THAT PERHAPS A MOTION TO ASK FOR INFORMATION MAY BE IN OR ORDER. BUT WHAT I AM SUGGESTING TO YOU ESPECIALLY IF ARE GOING TO ENTERTAIN COMMENTS IS -- I AM NOT SURE IN WHAT FORM OR FASHION THIS COULD VERY WELL BECOME BEFORE COUNCIL. SO REMAINING MINDFUL OF THAT AND REMAINING MINDFUL, I BELIEVE THERE HAS BEEN -- THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE FROM WHAT I RECALL. RELATIVES TO THIS LOCATION AND BUSINESS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS PRESENTLY PENDING, IF ANYTHING. SO I AM GOING TO ASK COUNCIL TO CHOOSE YOUR WORDS CAREFULLY AS OPPOSED TO -- STATING A CONCLUSION IS WHAT I AM ASKING YOU NOT TO DO. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU COULD PASS JUDGMENT ON WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN, BUT PLEASE REMAIN MINDFUL THAT THIS COULD COME BACK TO COUNCIL IN SOME FORM AND FASHION AND CERTAINLY CAN BE, PERHAPS, EVEN A SUBJECT OF POTENTIAL LITIGATION. IT MAY HAVE WELL BEEN ON THE PAST. >>ORLANDO GUDES: PUT IT ON NEW BUSINESS. AND MR. MANISCALCO CAN MAKE THE MOTION ON NEW BUSINESS. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I AM SORRY, SIR. SORRY TO GO ALONG JUST FINE. >> GOOD MORNING, VICTOR DEBI. PRESIDENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. YOU HEARD FROM MY BOARD MEMBERS ANDREW MOORE. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL LIKE I DID LAST TIME WHEN PASSED THE ORDINANCE UNANIMOUSLY AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR LAST WEEK. WE MET MONDAY WITH THE ZONING DEPARTMENT AND MR. O'CONNELL OR O'DONNELL FROM ZONING -- THE CODE ENFORCEMENT, AND WE WERE SHOCKED AFTER WORKING WITH YEARS WITH YOU GUYS AND IT WAS REVIEWED -- THIS ORDINANCE WAS REVIEWED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AS WELL -- BY THE WAY NO PENDING ISSUE AT THE TIME -- TO ANSWER MR. SHELBY'S QUESTION. SO WHAT WE WERE SHOCKED AND DISAPPOINTED WAS, AS YOU SAW ALL THOSE PICTURES FOR THOSE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES THAT IS CLEARLY SPELLED OUT THE ORDINANCE FOR YEARS THIS IS A VOLLEYBALL, TPD AND CODE ENFORCEMENT. WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A RESOLUTION AN ISSUE WITH COMMERCIAL VEHICLES IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. NOT JUST FOR BOWMAN HEIGHTS BUT THE CITY OF TAMPA. ACCORDING TO THE CONVOLUTED LOGIC OF CODE ENFORCEMENT, IF IT WALKS LIKE A DUCK, QUACKS LIKE A DUCK, IT IS ACTUALLY A SQUIRREL BECAUSE THE COUNCILMAN POINTED OUT, THIS COMMERCIAL VEHICLE THAT YOU SEE, ACCORDING TO THEIR LOGIC, IF THE EMPLOYEE DRIVES IT HOME AND BRINGS IT BACK, IT IS NOT CONSIDERED A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE WHICH IS THE MOST RIDICULOUS THING I EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE GOING BY. YES, WE DO NEED CLARITY ON THIS. I HAVE SOMETHING ON THE OVERHEAD I WANT TO SHOW YOU IF YOU CAN TURN TO THAT FOR A SECOND. I -- SO WE CAN SHOW WHERE THIS PROBLEM ACTUALLY IS. AND WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR -- AND WE VOTED FOR THIS -- OUR BOARD VOTED ON THIS -- WE HAVE BEEN WORKING THIS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS IS YOU CAN SEE ALL THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES PARKED HERE IN WHAT WE CALL OUR GRAND ENTRANCE. COUPLE OF YEARS BACKS WHEN WE HAVE PROBLEMS ON RIVERFRONT PARK BY COLUMBUS DRIVE BRIDGE AND THE CITY CAME AND PUT NO PARKING SIGNS ON THE ENTIRE RIVER FRONT WHICH IS A PUBLIC PARK. WHAT WE WERE ASKING FOR RELIEF TO SOLVE THIS IMMEDIATELY AND WHY IT HAVEN'T BEEN DONE TWO YEARS IS TO PUT NO PARKING ON THE RIGHT-OF-WAY SIGNS RIGHT HERE ON KATHLEEN AND ON ALBANY AND WHAT WE CALL OUR GRAND ENTRANCE. FROM 8 A.M. UNTIL 5 P.M. SO THE NEIGHBORS COULD USE IT AND WE CAN AVOID THIS PROBLEM WE ARE HAVING, BECAUSE ZONING, BY THE WAY, ALSO REDUCED THE PARKING WHEN THE OLD HENRY GONZALEZ PARKING USED FROM THIS BUSINESS FROM 23 SPOTS TO 17 SPOTS. ALL THE OTHER 30 VEHICLES THAT HE USES PARK THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO IF WE CAN RESTRICT THAT -- THESE LITTLE BLOCKS RIGHT HERE TO NO PARKING ON THE RIGHT-OF-WAY FROM 8 A.M. TO 5 P.M., I BELIEVE THAT WILL RESOLVE OUR ISSUES. BUT THE OTHER ISSUE OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AND NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED, BECAUSE THE PASS THE BUCK THING IS STILL GOING ON. >>ORLANDO GUDES: FINISH UP YOUR STATEMENT SO WE CAN MOVE ON. >> I AM SORRY. I AM DONE. I DIDN'T HEAR THE BELL, BUT I -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: QUITE ALL RIGHT DING DINGFELDER I HAVE A QUESTION, MR. DE MAYO, IF I COULD, MR. CHAIRMAN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DING. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: CAN YOU PUT THE PICTURE BACK UP. >> I AM IN THE OVERHEAD IF YOU WANT TO CUT TO IT. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: DIRECTLY TO THE NORTH OF THE FACILITY -- LOOKS -- IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS THREE OR FOUR HOUSES. ARE THOSE STILL ACTIVE RESIDENTIAL HOUSES. >> THIS IS RESIDENTIAL. THIS IS RESIDENTIAL. >> THIS IS RESIDENTIAL. ALL THESE ARE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. THIS LOT THAT THE BUSINESS BOUGHT. THIS IS RESIDENTIAL -- SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND THESE THREE LOTS ARE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY HO HOMES. OLD HENRY GONZALEZ PARKING LOT, AND HE TRIED TO MAKE THEM COMMERCIAL FOR PARKING, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THERE IS A ESTUARY THAT FEEDS DIRECTLY INTO THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER. IF YOU MAKE THIS A PARKING LOT ALL THE OIL AND GREASE FROM THE CAR ALSO GO DIRECTLY IN THE RIVER AND POLLUTE THE RIVER. THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THIS PARTICULAR LOT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RESOLUTION IS, BUT, YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ONE OTHER QUESTION. WHEN HE SHOWED THE PICTURES OF EARLIER OF THE -- OF THE VANS PARKING ON THE STREET. DO THOSE -- DO THOSE VANS -- I MEAN, DO THEY GO HOME AT NIGHT WITH THE -- WITH THE EMPLOYEES? OR -- OR DO THEY BRING THEIR CARS AND LEAVE THE VANS THERE AT THE OFFICE? >> I DON'T KNOW HOW HE RUNS THE BUSINESS, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, SOME VANS STAY AND SOME VANS GO. SO THERE IS A HANDFUL OF VANS THAT SPEND THE NIGHT AND THE REST, I GUESS, GO HOME WITH THE EMPLOYEES. BUT DURING THE DAY, ALL DAY LONG, THIS IS -- IF YOU WANT TO SHOW THE OVERHEAD PICTURE -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: HAVE YOU FINISHED YOUR QUESTION, MR. DINGFELDER? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES, MR. CHAIRMAN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. WE WILL LOOK INTO THIS MATTER. AND FOR TIME CONSTRAINTS WE NEED TO MOVE ON. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK MR. MANISCALCO WILL MAKE A MOTION UNDER NEW BUSINESS, SIR. >> GOOD MORNING. >>ORLANDO GUDES: GOOD MORNING. >> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY MY FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH CHIEF DUGAN MAYBE SOME 20 YEARS AGO STARTED OUT GOING TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS. ENDED UP WITH SOME VERY STRONG WORDS TO HIM. BUT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, ONE THING THAT I CAN SAY FOR HIM, HE HAS NOT HAD A DEAF TONE TO THE ISSUES OF THE COMMUNITY. SO IN HIS RETIREMENT, OF CO COURSE, WE WISH HIM WELL. I'M HERE REGARDING ITEM NUMBER 47. I AM HOPING THAT THAT IS A WRITTEN REPORT THAT THE COMMUNION CAN LOOK AT AS WELL. WE WOULD LIKE TO ALSO ENCOURAGE THAT WE FOCUS DOWN IN TERMS OF TE COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT MONEY. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE ISSUES OF POVERTY FOR SO -- SO VERY LONG. WE KNOW THAT ORGANIZATIONS DO RECEIVE LARGE SUMS OF MONEY INSIDE OF IMPOVERISHED NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITIES, NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED UNTIL DEVELOPERS COME ALONG. THE VERY COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED AS BEING BLIGHTED, SLUMS, DRUG-I DRUG-INFESTED CRIME-RIDDEN THE EYESORE WHEN IT IS TURNED OVER, WHAT WE ARE SEEING NOW IS THE COMMUNITIES ARE BECOME GENTRIFIED AND A SIGHT, TAMPA PARKS APARTMENTS, ROBLES PARK, AND MOST OF ALL OF EAST TAMPA WITH LIMITED RESOURCES BEING ABLE TO BE UTILIZED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD. ALSO, AT 3609 NORTH 15th STREET, A COMPANY BY THE NAME OF NUTRITION SOLUTION. MY CRITICISM IS NOT AGAINST THE COMPANY, BECAUSE IT HAS COME INTO THIS EAST TAMPA COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE JOBS AND OPPORTUNITY, BUT WHEN YOU GO BACK ON A ONE IN AND OUT ROAD -- A ONE-WAY ROAD, YOU SEE PARKING AND YET TO DATE, I HAVE NOT HEARD THE CRITICISM OF THE COMMUNITY WHERE THERE IS OVER 50 CARS PARKED ON THAT ONE STREET EVERY MORNING. USED TO BE A SANDWICH SHOP. BUT WHAT HAS BEEN SO AMAZING ABOUT THIS BUSINESS AT 3609 NORTH 15th STREET IS THE USE OF CONTAINERS. THE CONTAINERS TO TWO-STORY CONTAINERS, SHIPPING CONT CONTAINERS, ON -- THAT IS BEING UTILIZED FOR FREEZERS, THAT ARE BEING UTILIZED FOR OFFICE SPACE IN EAST TAMPA, AND YET WHEN THE COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR A TRANSFORMATION AND WE HAVE SEEN TRANSFORMATION OF OLD WATER DEPARTMENT ON NEBRASKA AVENUE, BUT WHEN THE COMMUNITY IN EAST TAMPA IS ASKING FOR A TRANSFORMATION ON HOW WE CAN UTILIZE OUR BUILDING THAT THE CRA PURCHASED WELL OVER $200,000. >>ORLANDO GUDES: GIVE YOU 20 SECONDS, MISS BURTON. >> WE STILL GET A RESOUNDING NO. AND WE ARE HOPING THAT THE COMMUNITY IS PAYING ATTENTION TO THOSE WHO ARE TELLING US KNOW THAT WANT TO SEE OUR COMMUNITY IN SUCH DESPAIR UNTIL DEVELOPERS COME. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. MISS BURTON TALKED ABOUT THAT PLACE. I TOOK A TRAVEL WITH MISS -- MIS-C AROLE POST THE OTHER DAY. AND FIRST THING SHE SAW IS WHY ARE THESE CARS AND JUNK CARS. MISS CAROLE POST TOOK A TOUR IN EAST TAMPA WITH ME AND SHE THINKS THAT SOME THINGS NEED TO BE DONE. MR. GRANDOFF. >> GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JOHN GRANDOFF. SUITE 3700 BANK OF AMERICA PLAZA. I'M HERE PUBLIC COMMENT ON BEHALF OF MY CLIENT DOMAIN HOMES WHO OWNS SEVERAL PROPERTIES IN WEST TAMPA. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM WITH THE ZONING CODE. AND I AM GOING TO ASK THAT YOU PASS A RESOLUTION THIS MORNING REQUESTING THAT THE MAYOR DIRECT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT TO NOT ENFORCE A PARTICULAR RULE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLAIN TO YOU. ON FEBRUARY 4, CITY COUNCIL PASSED AN ORDINANCE WHICH STATED AND PICTURE HOME CONSTRUCTION. IF AN -- EXCUSE ME, IF AN EXISTING LOT IS ADJACENT TO AN OPEN AND USED PUBLIC ALLEY, VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE SITE SHALL PROVIDED FROM THE ALLEY AS THE PRIMARY VEHICULAR ACCESS POINT PROVIDED IT MEETS MINIMUM STANDARDS, ET CETERA. I ASK YOU HOW DID LEAVE YOUR HOME THIS MORNING WHEN YOU GOT IN YOUR CAR? THE PLANNING COMMISSION ADOPTED A RESOLUTION SUPPORTS THIS STRICT RULE, BUT IT HAD A FINDING THAT THEY WANTED TO PROVIDE STREET-FRONTING USES WITH EYES ON THE STREET. THE PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION WAS APPROVED, AND THEN YOUR STAFF PROVIDED A REPORT TO YOU IN THIS FORMAT ON FEBRUARY 4 ON COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. THEY SUGGESTED EFFORTS SHALL BE MADE TO PROVIDE VEHICULAR ACCESS AND FLOW WHERE AN ALLEY EXISTS. THAT IS ON A COMMERCIAL. HOWEVER, ON RESIDENTIAL, THEY SUGGESTED ALLEY ACCESS SHALL BE PROVIDED WHEN POSSIBLE. AND THEN FINALLY, THE ORDINANCE BECOMES CODIFIED IN CHAPTER 27 VERBATIM WHAT I JUST READ TO YOU. WHAT IS GOING ON? MY CLIENT HAS SEVERAL PROJECTS IN PERMITTING THAT HAVE BEEN DENIED PERMITS BECAUSE THEY DO NOT NOT PROVIDE DRIVEWAYS ON THE FRONT STREET, AND THEY ARE ORDERING THAT ALL ACCESS BE PROVIDED THROUGH AN ALLEY WHETHER IMPROVED OR NOT IMPROVED. NOW MY CLIENT HAS GOT IN DIALOGUE WITH THE CITY STAFF, AND THE CITY STAFF, AS RECENTLY AS JULY 12, REPORTED THAT INTENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENT WAS TO PREVENT DRIVEWAYS AT THE FRONT OF HOUSE. SO IT DEFINITELY VIOLATES THE SPIRIT OF THE CODE. WHAT IN GENTLEMAN ANDY MIKULSKI IS SAYING OUR REQUEST TO HAVE A FRONT DRIVEWAY LIKE YOU HAVE A AT YOUR HOUSE AND WHAT MY CLIENT BARGAINED FOR WHEN HE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY AND OTHERS HAVE BARGAINED FOR WHEN THEY BOUGHT HOUSES IS TO PREVENT THAT WITHOUT COMPENSATION. THAT IS A PROPERTY RIGHT THAT HAS BEEN DENIED BY THIS ORDINANCE. I SUBMIT TO YOU THE ORDINANCE IS A TAKING, AND THAT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE ORDERED NOT TO ENFORCE IT ANY LONGER. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES, SIR. I APOLOGIZE, MR. CHAIRMAN. I KNOW WE ARE TRYING TO AVOID QUESTIONS. MR. GRANDOFF, CAN YOU GO -- GO BACK TO YOUR LETTER -- THE LETTER -- THE LAST THING YOU HAVE UP. >> SURE, LET ME GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT, AN E-MAIL BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN FRED HENRY AT DOMAIN TO MR. MIKULSKI AT THE -- AT THE CITY ZONING DEPARTMENT. THE CONTEXT IS MR. HENRY IS ASKING FOR SOME TYPE OF EXCEPTION TO THIS -- TO THIS -- THIS DRASTIC RULE. AND MR. MIKULSKI IS REPORTING BACK THAT THE INTENT OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD-INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENT WAS A PREVENT DRIVEWAYS AT THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THE HOUSES THEY ARE PROPOSING REAR LOADED GARAGES. >> NO, JUST TYPICAL FRONT -- >>JOHN DINGFELDER: STANDARD DOMAIN HOMES. I DID THINK IT WAS THE INTENT OF THE WEST TAMPA -- THE WEST TAMPA GROUP AND THE OVERLAY -- THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY AND THE MODIFICATIONS TO TRY TO -- TO TAKE WEST TAMPA BACK TO THAT OLD STYLE OF -- OF GARAGES WHEN THERE IS AN ALLEY AND REAR LOADING IS -- IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT IS AVAILABLE. I DID THINK THAT THAT WAS THE INTENT OF THAT TO -- YOU KNOW -- NOW IN THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE THERE IS NO ALLEY. THE ALLEY DOESN'T FUNCTION RIGHT AND SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SURE, THERE COULD -- COULD OR SHOULD BE EXCEPTIONS, BUT THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT WAS THE INTENT OF THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY REVISION TO -- TO TRY TO GUIDE AND PUSH HOMES TO HAVE REAR LOADING. >> MAY I REPLY? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WELL, PLEASE. >> NO EVIDENCE THAT IS HOW WEST TAMPA DEVELOPED EVERYONE USING THE ALLEY. IT IS RIDICULOUS. THEY USED A FRONT DRIVEWAY IF THEY HAD A CAR IN THE 19 40s AND '50s. THE SOLUTION THAT THE ZONING DEPARTMENT HAS PROPOSED FOLLOW DESIGN EXCEPTION AND WE WILL LOOK AT IT. THAT IS A PROCESS JUST TO DO A PROCESS? YOU DON'T DO THAT TO REMEDY A DEFICIENT LAND USE LAW. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, CAN WE DO THIS FOR SECOND TIME. WHATEVER MOTION YOU WANT TO MAKE TO HAVE SOCIAL SERVICES OR LEGAL LOOK INTO THAT BECAUSE I KNOW YOU PROBABLY HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS IF YOU DON'T MIND. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SURE. I DON'T MIND. I WANTED TO GET CLARITY. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOVING ON WITH PUBLIC COMMENT. >> UHURU. IT MEANS FREEDOM IN SWAHILI. NOTHING LIKE COMING TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO DO WHATEVER THEY SHOULD DO, GIVE THEIR SIDE OF THE STORY, AND THEY GET RUDELY RUSHED OFF AND RUSHED OUT. I AM USED TO THAT. RUDELY RUSHED OFF AND RUSHED OUT BECAUSE OF SOME EXPEDIENCE. THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE IS ALL ABOUT. WHAT PEOPLE WAIT ON THURSDAY MORNINGS TO TALK ABOUT. WILL ANY OF THE CITY COUNCILMEMBERS KNOW THE VALUE OF THIS BUDGET? WOULD ANY OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS UP THERE, SIX OR SEVEN OF THEM UP THERE KNOW THE VALUE OF THIS BUDGET OF THIS CITY COUNCIL AGENDA? WOULD THEY KNOW THE TOTAL VALUE OF IT? THAT IS A QUESTION. I CAN ASSURE YOU, THEY DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER. THEY HAVE A BUDGET UP HERE WEEK AFTER WEEK, LIKE CLOWNS, AND THEY DON'T KNOW THE VALUE OF IT. IT SHOWS YOU FOR OUR REPRESENTATIVES AND OUR DISTRICTS -- THAT WHAT I HAVE BEEN SAYING SINCE PERRY HARVEY HAS BEEN HERE. THEY DON'T KNOW THE VALUE OF IT. THIS BUDGET IS VALUED AT ABOUT $84 MILLION. $84 MILLION. WE ARE 26% OF THIS POPULATION. WE WANT 26% OF THIS BUDGET. WHAT DO THEY GIVE TO AFRICAN PEOPLE? OKAY, I WILL TELL YOU WHAT THEY GIVE TO AFRICAN PEOPLE. THEY TREAT US LIKE CHILDREN AND LIKE CLOWNS. THEY GIVE US PARKS. THEY GIVE US DUMB STUFF. THEY GIVE US ROUNDS ABOUT. HERE ON THIS BUDGET, GIVING YOU BEING OF BUFFALO SOLDIER. S. SOMEBODY SHOULD BE ASHAMED AND AN INSULT. SOME KIND OF COMMENDATION TO THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS. AN INSULT TO THE BUFFALO BUFFALO SOLDIER MOTORCYCLE C CLUB. BUFFALO SOLDIER SHOULDN'T BE UP HERE AT ALL. IT IS A WASTE OF TIME AND INSULT OF THE ASPIRATION OF THE HUMAN BEING. THE BUFFALO SOLDIER WAS NOT GOOD TO THE INDIGENOUS POPULATION PLAIN AND SIMPLE. NO DIFFERENT FROM THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS. PEOPLE GET RACISM CONFUSED. THAT'S WHERE THEY GET IT CONFUSED BECAUSE THEY CAN'T DISTINGUISH BETWEEN RACISM AND HATRED OVERALL, SO THEY CONFUSE IT WITH RACISM, WITH SEXISM, WITH RELIGION AND THE OTHER STUFF. HATRED IS HATRED PLAIN AND SIMPLE. IN ORDER FOR THEIR CITY TO MOVE TOWARD, WE ARE 26% OF THIS POPULATION. WE DEMAND 26% OF THIS BUDGET, WEEK AFTER WEEK. WE DEMAND 26% OF THIS BUDGET PLAIN AND SIMPLE. WHAT WE DO WITH IT AND HOW WE UTILIZE IT IS OUR BUSINESS. IT HAS TO BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE. BUT HOW WE UTILIZE IS -- WE CAN'T GO ABOUT 1% OF THE BU BUDGET. AND UNDER YEAR AFTER YEAR, WHERE IS AFRICAN PEOPLE MOVING? NOWHERE! AND THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS WHEN -- WHEN WHAT WAS SAID WITH 15th AND LAKE, NOT TO HURT THAT BUSINESS. I AM SURE THAT IS NOT WHAT HAD THE SYSTEM MEANS. WE WANT TO SEE BUSINESS IN OUR COMMUNITY. BUT WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS, WHEN WE TRY TO DO SOMETHING INOUR COMMUNITIES IT DON'T WORK THAT WAY AND ALWAYS A PUSH BACK AND FROM INDIVIDUALS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MR. MENTAL HEALTH FOR YOUR COMMENTS -- FOR MENTESNO T FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: GOOD MORNING, SIR. >> MY NAME IS DAVID JONES. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 3 WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO APPROVE, WHAT $150,000. A LITTLE OVER $150,000 FOR -- YEAH, FOR FOUR NEW POLICE INTERCEPTORS. Y'ALL KEEP THROWING MONEY -- YOU KEEP THROWING MONEY AT THE POLICE HERE IN TAMPA. WE SAW IT LAST SUMMER WHEN YOU RAISED THE POLICE BUDGET, LIKE, $13 MILLION MORE THAN IT WAS THE YEAR PRIOR. AND WE SAW IT AGAIN WHEN YOU ALL DECIDED TO ALLOCATE $100 MILLION TO RELOCATE THE TPHQ AND THE CITY CENTER OVER TO EAST HANNA AVENUE OR SEMINOLE HEIGHTS. AND Y'ALL KEEP THROWING -- YOU KEEP THROWING MONEY AT POLICE. YOU KEEP THROWING MONEY -- YOU ALL KEEP PUTTING MONEY WITH THIS TO FIX PROBLEMS THAT YOU THINK IS GOING ON WITH EAST TAMPA WITHOUT CONSIDERING THE REAL PROBLEMS IN EAST TAMPA. THE FACT THAT THERE IS NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. RENT PRICES ARE GOING UP. SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES ARE STARTING TO GO UP TO ALMOST 2500 A MONTH. EVERYWHERE IN EAST TAMPA. THE FACT THAT -- THAT THE HOUSING POPULATION HAS BEEN INCREASING SIGNIFICANTLY WITH COVID. THE FACT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN TAMPA THAT AREN'T VACCINATED AND NOT NECESSARILY SURE -- WHO AREN'T NECESSARILY SURE HOW THEY CAN GET VACCINATED AND NO REAL PLAN BEING DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PEOPLE ARE TAKEN CARE OF. MAKING SURE THOSE PEOPLE ARE HOUSED, FED AND ALL THAT JAZZ. SO ALL THIS MONEY KEEPS GOING TOWARD COPS WITHOUT CONSIDERING THE ACTUAL NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, WITHOUT LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY, AND GETTING REAL COMMUNITY OUT -- INPUT BEFORE Y'ALL ARE MAKING THESE DECISIONS LIKE WE SAW AT THIS H Q WHERE IT WAS RUSHED IN LESS THAN TWO, THREE WEEKS. AND THAT IS NOT RIGHT. NOT RIGHT FOR YOU TO KEEP THROWING MONEY AT THINGS AREN'T HELPING EVERYDAY FOLKS. AND THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO HELP EVERYDAY FOLKS. IF YOU SEE A PROBLEM THAT IS NOT GETTING FIXED -- IF YOU KEEP DOING SOMETHING AND PROBLEM IS NOT GETTING FIXED, YOU NEED TO TAKE ANOTHER APPROACH AND THAT APPROACH IS BY ACTUALLY LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO HELP BY ACTUALLY GOING TO -- BY ACTUALLY LETTING THE FOLKS ON THE GROUND LIKE THE CRA WHO -- DIRECTLY INFLUENCE WHO, YOU KNOW, ARE PEOPLE FROM THAT COMMUNITY, ACTIVE -- ACTIVELY LIVING THERE, ACTIVELY, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING OUT ON WHAT THEY NEED, BUT THEY AREN'T GETTING THE FUNDS THEY NEED TO -- THEY ARE NOT GETTING THE MONEY THEY NEED TO DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO MAKE SURE THEIR PEOPLE ARE GOOD. SO, YEAH, OVERALL, I'M PRETTY MUCH JUST SAYING YOU ALL GOT TO STOP PUTTING MONEY TOWARD COPS WHO DON'T NECESSARILY NEED IT AND PUT IT TOWARD THE PEOPLE. PUTTING IT TOWARD THE PEOPLE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR FOR YOUR COMMENTS. WE APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU. >> NO MORE SPEAKERS AT THIS TIME. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. HOW MANY DO WE HAVE REGISTERED, DEPUTY CLERK? >>CLERK: WE HAVE ONE PERSON. >> GOOD MORNING. WE HAVE TINA SWAIN. TINA, IF YOU ARE ON LINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. >> HELLO, TINA SWAIN HAD TO STEP UP, THIS IS RON FOR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. DO YOU HEAR ME? >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE CAN HEAR YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, TINA RAN OUT FOR ANOTHER PRESENTATION, AND I HAVE JUST SOME COMMENTS FROM TINA I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU. STATE OF FLORIDA IS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE $17 BILLION FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN. $17 BILLION WILL BE SPLIT UP BETWEEN COUNTY AND CITY GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE STATE. CITY OF TAMPA AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE MORE THAN $300 MILLION OF COVID-19 RELIEF FUNDS OF AMERICAN RESCUE ACT OF 2021. DURING PAST YEAR, HABITAT OF HUMANITY COST TO BUILD HAS INCREASED AVERAGE OF $18,000 PER HOME. SUPPLY CHAIN SHORTAGES AND PRICE ADJUSTMENTS, INCREASE COST OF LUMBER AND OTHER MATERIALS DUE TO COVID-19 AND THE RELATED IMPACTS. FOR THE COMING YEAR HABITAT HILLSBOROUGH MUST RAISED 600,000 IN ADDITIONAL DONATIONS OR OTHER FUNDING TO MAKE UP THE EXTRA COST TO BUILD THE 32 HOMES THAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR THIS YEAR. THESE EXPENSES ARE ON TOP OF COSTS FOR LAND AND ENGINEERING OF PROJECTS TO THE VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION PHASE. HABITAT HILLSBOROUGH HAVE A SUCCESSFUL TRACK RECORD OF HELPING THOSE WITH NOT ENOUGH INCOME. OUR ABILITY IS TO GENERATE OUR OWN MORTGAGES THAT MAINTAIN AFFORDABILITY FOR OUR APPLICANTS. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE THE EXPERIENCE TO LEVERAGE GRANT DOLLARS WITH THE SUPPORT OF DONATIONS AND VOLUNTEER LABOR. FOR THIS PROPOSAL, A REQUEST ISBASED ON THE U.S. TREASURY FAX SHEET THAT BASS E-MAILED TO EACH OF YOU. MY COMMENT THAT A PORKS OF THE STIMULUS FUNDS BE MADE DIRECTLY AVAILABLE FOR HOME OWNERSHIP PROGRAMS SUCH AS DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE TO LOW INCOME FAMILY AND BUILD THE WEALTH AND BREAK THE CYCLE OF POVERTY THROUGH HOUSING. ANOTHER POINT IS THAT AN INVESTMENT IN HOMEOWNERSHIP WILL HELP CLOSE THE WEALTH. THE BLACK-WHITE HOME OWNERSHIP IN FIRST QUARTER OF 2021. WE MUST DO BETTER. THE HOUSING STUDY FURTHER OBSERVED INTEREST RATES NEAR HISTORIC LOWS, DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WILL GIVE A SUBSTANTIAL LIFT TO HOMEOWNERS OF COLOR AND OF COUNSELING AS USED IN THE HABITAT, IT INCREASE PERCENTAGE POINTS. WHATEVER PROCESS IS USED FOR THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE FUNDS, PLEASE MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR NONPROFITS TO ACCESS THIS FUND. IF TAMPA CAN PROVIDE AN ALLOTMENT TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, HABITAT HILLSBOROUGH WILL DO AN EXCELLENT JOB PUTTING THESE FUNDS AT USE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. >>CLERK: THAT WILL CONCLUDE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC SECTION. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. JUMP INTO OUR CONSENT. PUBLIC SAFETY, ITEMS 3-4. MOVE THESE. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I MOVE ITEMS 3 AND 4. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO. ROLL CALL. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO, PARKS AND RECREATION 5-7. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ITEM 5-7. >>CARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ROLL CALL VOTE. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: PUBLIC WORKS, 8-19. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I WILL MOVE THOSE ITEMS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND BY MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: FINANCE COMMITTEE 20-24. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE ITEMS 20-24. >> SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ROLL CALL VOTE. >>CLERK: WHO SECONDED? >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CITRO SECONDED THE MOTION. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON, BUILDING AND ZONING EXCLUDING ITEM 27 FOR STAFF REPORT. >>BILL CARLSON: MOVE 25-29 MINUS 27. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ROLL CALL VOTE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: 30-37, MR. VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: MOVE ITEMS 30-37. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ROLL CALL VOTE. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE ITEMS 38-39. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA. AND MR. CITRO HAS SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR. OPPOSED 37 WE ARE NOW OPEN. NUMBER 38. THE QUESTION TO WITHDRAW PETITION. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SO MOVED. STRIKE 38. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION BY MR. DINGFELDER AND SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ROLL CALL NECESSARY? ALL IN FAVOR. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES NUMBER 39. >>MARTIN SHELBY: QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE ALREADY OPENED. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ITEM 39 REVIEW HEARING. >>ORLANDO GUDES: STAFF IS PRESENT. ERIC COTTON. >>ERIC COTTON: YES, SIR. HOW ARE YOU ALL, COUNCIL. I AM ON. SORRY. I NEED TO GET SWORN IN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. SHELBY, SWEAR IN. >>CLERK: PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. >>ERIC COTTON: YES, I DO. >>CLERK: THANK YOU. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IS THERE A PETITIONER INVOLVED IN THIS, MR. COTTON. SOMEBODY REGISTERED? >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. COTTON, EVERYBODY REGISTERED FOR THIS SIR? >>ERIC COTTON: THERE SHOULD BE. THERE IS AN APPLICANT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU DON'T HAVE ANYBODY REGISTERED? ALL RIGHT, MAYBE ON THE SECOND FLOOR. YOU MAY PROCEED, SIR. >>ERIC COTTON: THANK YOU, COUNCIL. MAY I SHARE MY SCREEN, PLEASE? DOES COUNCIL SEE THE PRESENTATION? DO YOU SEE THE POWERPOINT? THERE IT IS. THANK YOU. SO, AGAIN, ERIC COTTON, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. COTTON, LEGAL WANTS TO JUMP IN THERE. >> GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. CAMARIA PETTIS-MAKELL. THIS PETITION BY CEDRIC HOWELL. HE IS THE APPLICANT FOR THE SPECIAL USE GENERAL REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY AT 1908 NORTH 36th STREET. HE IS SEEKING REVIEW FROM THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR'S DECISION DENYING THE PRIVATE RECREATIONAL FACILITY USE WHICH REQUESTED RELIEF FROM 27-132. EARLIER COUNCIL WAS PROVIDED WITH A COPY OF THE HEARING PROCEDURES FOR TODAY'S REVIEW AS WELL AS SAMPLE MOTIONS FOR PURPOSES OF TODAY HEARING. CITY COUNCIL APPROVES A DE NOVO STANDARD OF REVIEW. YOUR DECISION IS NOT LIMITED BY THE RECORD CREATED BY THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR. INSTEAD YOU CAN TAKE PUBLIC TESTIMONY, ACCEPT NEW EVIDENCE AND MAKE A DECISION BASED UPON THE APPLICATION MEETING THE CRITERIA SET FORTH IN SECTION 27.132 IN THE GENERAL PROVISIONS CODE SECTION. AND MR. COTTON WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW AND THE BASIS FOR THE CITY'S DECISION. AFTER CONSIDERING ALL THE EVIDENCE INTRODUCED INTO THE RECORD OF TODAY'S HEARINGS, CITY COUNCIL MAY UPHOLD THE CITY COUNCIL'S DECISION AND DENY THE SPECIAL USE ONE APPLICATION OR COUNCIL MAY OVERTURN THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR'S DECISION AND THERE ARE, APPROVE APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL USE ONE. WITH THAT I WILL TURN THE PREFERENTIAL OVER TO MR. COTTON, BUT I DID HOPEFULLY THE COUNCILMECHANICS HAVE ALL THE RELEVANT SAMPLE MOTIONS AND RELEVANT CODE EXCEPTIONS. >>ORLADO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: A MATTER OF PROCEDURE AND DISCLOSURE. MR. POWELL IS MY LIFE INSURANCE AGENT FOR 15-PLUS YEARS. I BELIEVE HE HAS RESIGNED FROM THAT COMPANY TO DO THE DEVELOPMENT STUFF THAT'S DOING. AS YOU MENTIONED, MR. CHAIRMAN, HE IS DOING A GREAT JOB. BUT ANYWAY, SO I HAVE KNOWN HIM FOR MANY YEARS. WE DID BUSINESS TOGETHER FOR MANY YEARS AS MY LIFE INSURANCE SALESMAN. BUT I DON'T -- I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS ANY RELEVANT CONFLICT, MR. SHELBY. YOU ARE WELCOME TO CHIME IN. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE QUESTION, MR. DINGFELDER, IS CAN YOU BE FAIR AND IMPARTIAL AND MAY BASE YOUR DECISION ON THE EVIDENCE IN THE CASE AND RELY ON THE -- SOLELY ON THE EVIDENCE? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES, TOTALLY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: OKAY, THNK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. SHELBY, FOR THE RECORD I KNOW MR. POWELL, A FORMER STUDENT OF MINE AT ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL MANY, MANY YEARS AGO AND HAS NO BEARING ON THIS CASE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: YOU CAN BE FAIR AND IMPARTIAL BASED ON THE EVIDENCE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ANOTHER THING THAT I AS A REALTOR I PARTICIPATED IN THE SALE OF THIS BUILDING FROM SOME VERY NICE CHURCH FOLKS TO A DIFFERENT GROUP, A DIFFERENT ENTITY, WHO I GUESS HAS NOW SOLD IT TO MR. POWELL, BUT LIKE I SAID THAT WAS LIKE, FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO. I CAN BE FAIR AND IMPARTIAL. >>MARTIN SHELBY: NO FINANCIAL INTEREST? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I HAVEN'T TALKED TO THESE FOLKS ABOUT THIS FOR FOUR OR FIVE YEARS. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> MR. COTTON CAN PROCEED WITH HIS PRESENTATION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. COTTON. >>ERIC COTTON: GOOD MORNING, AGAIN COUNCIL. SPECIAL USE SU-21-35. THE APPLICANT IS CEDRIC HOWELL FOR PROPERTY 1908 NORTH 36th STREET. THE LAGO CIGAR FACTORY THAT HAS SECOND READING NEXT WEEK FOR LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK. CURRENT JOINING IS RM-16. REQUESTING A SPECIAL USE FOR RECREATIONAL USE PRIVATE. PRIVATE RECREATIONAL FACILITY ARE THOSE THAT ARE MEMBERSHIP ONLY, LIKE COUNTRY CLUBS, MEETING HALLS, BOYS AND GIRLS BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS, COUNTRY CLUBS, GOLF COURSES, TENNIS CLUBS, VERSUS LIKE OF A PLANET FITNESS OR PAINTBALL COURT. THOSE ARE BE RESIDENTIAL FACILITY COMMERCIAL. SO A COUPLE OF STANDARDS THAT NEED TO BE MET FOR THE REQUIREMENT. ONE, IT HAS TO BE LIMITED -- IF YOU -- IF IT IS NOT LIMITED TO -- TO MEMBERSHIP -- TO PEOPLE WHO ARE ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY, THE LOCAL STREETS, WILL HAVE TO HAVE OUR ACCESS ON TO AN ARTERIAL OR COLLECTOR ROADWAY. IN THIS CASE, THE PROPERTY DID NOT HAVE THAT. IT DID NOT MEET THAT REQUIREMENT, SO WE COULD NOT DENY IT FOR THAT REASON. THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE CODE IS IT HAS TO HAVE -- IT CAN'T HAVE PARKING FOR THE USE WITHIN 25 FEET OF ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL ZONING -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: EXCUSE ME, MR. COTTON. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I DIDN'T HEAR THAT FIRST PERSON DENIED BECAUSE -- WAS IT ON AN ARTERIAL. >>ERIC COTTON: YES, SIR, NO DIRECT ACCESS OF AN ARTERIAL OR COLLECTOR ROAD. WE EXPECT APPROVE IT ON OUR LEVEL AND THEY CAN HAVE IT GO TO CITY COUNCIL. I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS IS THE AREA MAP. THIS IS EAST 7th AVENUE. THE HIGHLIGHT IN RED IS THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION. THIS IS NORTH 36th STREET. THERE IS COMMERCIAL ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PROPERTY, AND IT IS SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL -- RESIDENTIALLY ZONED PROPERTIES. THIS WAS THE SITE PLAN. YOU CAN SEE THE PROPOSED PARKING IS ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL ZONED PROPERTY ABOVE THE NORTH AND -- EXCUSE ME ON BOTH THE SOTH AND THE -- THE WEST. SO THIS IS THE PROPERTY -- THIS IS THE CIGAR FACTORY. THESE ARE THE TWO USED. ONE FROM THE 16th. ONE FROM THE SIDE STREET. THIS IS THE ADJACENT USES OF CHURCH. THIS IS TO THE WEST. THE CHURCH IS ZONED RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY. THIS IS THE PROPERTY TO THE EAST. I AM NOT SURE WHAT THE USE WAS. ANOTHER BUILDING. 1905 MAY REFER BACK TO THE YEAR IT WAS BUILT. AND THESE ARE THE PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH WHICH ARE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. SO I CAN STOP SHARING MY SC SCREEN. SO AS A RESULT, STAFF -- THE STAFF LEVEL AGAIN WE HAD TO DENY THE ASK AND FILE A PETITION TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL FOR USE OF THE APPROVAL ITSELF. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, I WILL BE HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER THEM FOR YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU SAID THE ONLY REASON FOR THE DENIAL BECAUSE THE FACILITY IS NOT AN ARTERIAL RIGHT? >>ERIC COTTON: TWO REASONS. THE ARTERIAL AND COLLECTOR R ROADWAY AND HAVING THE PARKING WITHIN 25 FEET OF RESIDENTIAL ZONED PROPERTY. BOTH OF THOSE ARE WAIVEABLE BY CITY COUNCIL, IF YOU SO CHOOSE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS? ANY QUESTIONS? WE WILL HEAR FROM THE APPL APPLICANT. IS THE APPLICANT ON TWO? ALL RIGHT, THERE HE IS. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. SHELBY, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>MARTIN SHELBY: HE HAS TO BE SWORN IN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: DEPUTY CLERK, CAN YOU SWEAR IN MR. POWELL. >>CLERK: PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? >> YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MAY PROCEED. >> MY NAME IS CEDRIC HOWELL. BORN AND RAISED HERE IN. LIKE MENTIONED EARLIER A GRADUATE OF ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL. BOTH MY PARENTS GREW UP RIGHT HERE IN EAST TAMPA. BOUGHT THIS BUILDING TWO YEARS AGO OR ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO. AND THE IDEA OF THE PURCHASE OF THIS BUILDING WAS TO HELP KEEP THE FABRIC OF THE COMMUNITY STRONG HERE IN EAST TAMPA. AND ADDS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PAY IT FORWARD. GROWING UP IN TAMPA AND SEEING ALL THE HISTORICAL CIGAR FACTORIES IN WEST TAMPA AND EAST TAMPA WAS ONE OF THINGS I BRAGGED ABOUT GROWING UP HERE, ESPECIALLY ON MY MANY JOURNEYS PLAYING BASKETBALL, BOTH IN AU AND COLLEGE AROUND THE COUNTRY. SO WHEN THIS -- WHEN I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE THIS BUILDING, IT WAS A NO BRAINER. THE GOAL WITH THIS -- WITH THIS PURCHASE WOULD BE TO HELP STRENGTHEN THE GARY COMMUNITY BY HAVING A FACILITY THAT COULD ANCHOR THE COMMUNITY AND THAT EVERYONE WOULD BE PROUD OF. I HAVE ESTABLISHED A REL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PASTOR RICHARDSON, WHO JUST TO THE WEST OF THE -- THE BUILDING, AS WELL AS MANY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IN EAST TAMPA. SO THE -- THE BUILDING WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HOUSE GED PROGRAMMING, I.T. PROGRAMMING. I AM AN INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS -- HAD BEEN MOLDED BY THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. SO A SIMILAR PLACE WHERE KIDS COULD BE SUPPORTED ACADE ACADEMICALLY. IT ALSO -- FUTURE WEDDINGS, GALAS, TOWN HALLS, I.T. TRAINING. THE GOAL OF THE BUILDING IS, ONE, TO KEEP ITS HISTORICAL FABRIC AND LOOK, AS WELL AS TO BE A PLACE, A BUILDING WHERE COMMUNITY FOLKS THAT LIVE IN THE GARY RESIDENTIAL AREA COULD BE PROUD OF. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? MR. MANISCALCO, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR. THIS WILL BE USED AS PAINFUL A COMMUNITY CENTER. PEOPLE CAN COME IN AND WORK AND ACCESS TO WIFI AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WILL IT BE, YOU SAID SPECIAL EVENTS AND WHATNOT? >> YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PEOPLE CAN RENT OUT THE SPACE. >> YES, ALL OF THE ABOVE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NOW, WOULD YOU NEED BEER AND WINE OR ANY KIND OF WET ZONING FOR ANYTHING IN THE FUTURE? IT'S STRATEGICALLY A PROFESSIONAL -- >> YEAH, PERHAPS IN THE FUTURE WITH GALAS AND WEDDINGS, I CAN IMAGINE THAT WOULD HELP IN MOTIVATING PEOPLE TO RENT OUT THE FACILITY. THEY WOULD LIKE TO USE THOSE TO ENHANCE THEIR GALAS AND WEDDINGS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT WON'T BE ANY TYPE OF NIGHTCLUB OR ANYTHING -- >> CORRECT NO NIGHTCLUB. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. POWELL, HOW MANY PARKING SPACES DOES THIS BUILDING HAVE? >> BASED ON THE ARCHITECTURE RENDERINGS, 17 TO 22. HAVE ESTABLISHED A RELATIONSHIP WITH PATRICK RICHARDSON, WHOSE BUILDING IS JUST TO THE WEST, AND HE ASKED AND WE CREATED A DEAL SO I CAN USE HIS 25 PARKING SPOTS THAT'S LOCATED AROUND HIS ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, WHICH IS JUST NORTH OF HIS CHURCH, NORTH MEANING ABOUT 15 FEET. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YOU HEARD THE CONCERNS FROM MR. COTTON OR THE REASONS WHY IT WAS REJECTED FROM MR. COTTON. DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS THAT THE TRAFFIC COMING IN AND OUT OF HERE WILL AFFECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS? >> I DO NOT. SO WITH THE USE OF THE PARKING THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED BY THE CHURCH ACROSS THE STREET AND THE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES ALSO THAT ARE LOCATED NEARBY WHO MAINLY OPERATE FROM 9 TO 5, USING THE COMMUNITY CENTER, MOST OF THE PROGRAMMING WILL BE HAPPENING FROM I WOULD SAY 5 TO 9 P.M. WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AFTER-SCHOOL TRAINING, I.T. TRAINING, THERE'S A NUMBER OF RELATIONSHIPS THAT I'VE ESTABLISHED ALONG 36th STREET THAT WILL ASSIST WITH THE PARKING. SO USING THEIR PARKING WOULD ALLEVIAT THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT IS COMING IN AND AROUND DIRECTLY THE BUILDING. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YOU ANSWERED MY NEXT QUESTION, THAT THE BUSINESSES WILL NOT -- THE BUSINESS OPERATION THERE WILL NOT GO PAST 9:00 AT NIGHT? >> YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: SO THERE IS NO CONCERN OF THE TRAFFIC THAT THIS BUSINESS WILL BE CAUSING IN THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD? >> CORRECT. >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYONE ELSE? MR. DINGFELDER, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU. MR. POWELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE A NEAT PROJECT. WHAT'S THAT STREET? IS IT 36th THAT RUNS NORTH-SOUTH IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH? >> YES, 36th STREET. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THAT'S ALREADY A PRETTY BUSY STREET. I CAN'T REMEMBER IF THAT'S THE ONE THAT GOES UNDER THE INTERSTATE. >> IT DOES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YEAH. I DON'T THINK WE'RE NECESSARILY ATTRACTING ANY SORT OF HUGE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC TO COME INTO THIS FACILITY. I THINK GARRY NEEDS HELP AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU AND WHOEVER WILL BE WORKING WITH YOU ON THIS IS GOING TO HELP ELEVATE THE COMMUNITY WITH THIS TYPE OF CENTER. SORT OF A MULTIPURPOSE CENTER. I THINK IN THE PAST THE CHURCH ACTUALLY OPERATED IN A SIMILAR CAPACITY. I REMEMBER GOING THROUGH THERE AND THEY HAD YOUTH PROGRAMS AND ALL SORTS OF STUFF, BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, THE CHURCH KIND OF SHRANK AND THE PASTOR PASSED AWAY AND THAT SORT OF THING, SO THEY HAD TO MOVE TO THE LITTLE FACILITY BEHIND YOU THERE. BUT OVERALL, I THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD PROJECT. BEST OF LUCK. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYONE ELSE? >> THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. POWELL, JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR, NO TYPE OF NIGHTCLUB ENTERTAINMENT, CORRECT? >> CORRECT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: AGAIN, WE TALK ABOUT BEER AND WINE. SOME WEDDINGS WOULD LIKE THOSE TYPE OF THINGS, JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE KEEP IT AS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. >> YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR ON THAT. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: IS THERE AN HOURS OF OPERATION ON THIS PARTICULAR S-1? >>CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE: I WAS GOING TO ASK MR. COTTON TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION -- CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE, FOR THE RECORD, THEY ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF REMODELING THE CIGAR FACTORY. SO IT'S NOT A COMPLETE PROJECT. THEY ARE NOT READY TO OPEN FOR A BUSINESS, PER SE. BUT MR. COTTON CAN ADDRESS WHATEVER THE QUESTION IS FROM COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER ABOUT THE HOURS OF OPERATION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. COTTON, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. >>ERIC COTTON: THANK YOU, SIR. THE SPECIAL USE 1 FOR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES DOES NOT HAVE HOURS OF OPERATION ATTACHED TO THEM. THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT, YOU CAN OPEN THIS TIME, YOU CAN CLOSE THIS TIME. THERE'S NOTHING IN THAT FOR THE SPECIAL USE CRITERIA FOR A RECREATIONAL FACILITY. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: IS THIS A SITE PLAN CONTROLLED PROJECT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TODAY? >>ERIC COTTON: IT IS IN THE SENSE OF A SITE PLAN WILL BE APPROVED. NOW, I DON'T KNOW, THIS IS A QUESTION MORE FOR CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE AS TO WHETHER THE APPLICANT CAN ACCEPT A CONDITION AS PART OF OVERTURNING THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR. THEY CAN MAKE THE COMMENT TO SAY WE WILL NOT BE OPEN PAST 9:00 OR 10:00 OR NIGHT OR WON'T OPEN BEFORE 8:00 IN THE MORNING OR HOWEVER THAT WOULD WORK OUT. THERE ARE NO STANDARDS FOR TIME LIMITS ON THIS KIND OF -- >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I'LL DEFER TO LEGAL COUNSEL ON THAT ISSUE. BUT, MR. POWELL, I WOULDN'T WANT YOU TO TIE YOUR HANDS TOO MUCH BECAUSE SOMETIMES A WEDDING MIGHT GO TILL TEN OR EVEN 11 ON A FRIDAY OR SATURDAY. AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT. ON THE WEEKDAYS WE SHOULD HAVE MORE MODEST HOURS, LIKE 8 OR 9:00. MR. POWELL, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT PUTTING SELF-IMPOSED HOURS ON YOUR FACILITY AND VARY THEM DAY BY DAY DEPENDING ON A WEEKDAY OR WEEKEND? >> YEAH, I HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING WITH PASTOR RICHARDSON TO MYSELF THAT IT WOULD BE RESPECTABLE HOURS. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WELL, THAT'S OKAY, BUT I'M TRYING TO CODIFY IT -- >> YEAH, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH, LIKE MENTIONED EARLIER, WEDDINGS COULD GO OVER WITH A 9 P.M. WEEKDAY, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: AND HOW ABOUT THE WEEKEND? WHAT WOULD YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE ON THE WEEKEND, FRIDAY-SATURDAY? >> I CAN IMAGINE THE LONGEST WEDDING THAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH PERSONALLY PROBABLY WENT TO 11. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: PLUS YOU'RE GETTING OLD THERE. >> RIGHT, RIGHT. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YOU'VE GOT TO BE IN BED BY 10. >> THAT'S RIGHT. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: IF IT'S ACCEPTABLE TO LEGAL COUNSEL AND TO MR. POWELL IF WE COULD POSSIBLY INCLUDE A CONDITION OF 9:00 SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AND 11:00 SATURDAY -- FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH MR. POWELL AND WITH LEGAL. >>CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE: CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT. COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, PER SECTION 27-130, CITY COUNCIL CAN INCLUDE CONDITIONS FOR AN APPROVAL IF CITY COUNCIL SO DESIRES TO APPROVE THE SPECIAL USE APPLICATION. YOU DO HAVE THE AUTHORITY PER SECTION 27-130 TO PLACE CONDITIONS ON THE SPECIAL USE APPLICATION. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY. WELL, I DON'T WANT TO IMPOSE THEM WITHOUT CONSENT OF MR. POWELL, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE HE'S OKAY WITH THAT. SO ULTIMATELY, WHOEVER MAKES THE MOTION, IF WE MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, I'D LIKE TO INCLUDE THOSE HOUR CONSTRAINTS, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH MR. POWELL. >> YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ANYBODY REGISTERED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. >>THE CLERK: NO ONE IS REGISTERED. >> AND THERE IS NO ONE FROM THE PUBLIC. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOVE TO CLOSE. SECOND BY MR. MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MR. VIERA, COULD YOU DO US THE HONORS TODAY? >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I CAN, JUST A REMINDER THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU THE SAMPLE MOTIONS ON THE LAST PAGE OF WHAT'S BEEN HANDED OUT FOR YOU TO ASSIST. >>LUIS VIERA: I MOVE TO OVERTURN THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR'S DENIAL OF SPECIAL USE 1 APPLICATION BECAUSE THE PETITIONER HAS DEMONSTRATED PETITION IS CONSISTENT WITH THE APPLICABLE GENERAL STANDARDS SET FORTH IN SECTION 27-132 AND 27-129. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECONDED BY MR. MANISCALCO. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: DOES THAT INCLUDE THE MODIFICATION? >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR. >>MARTIN SHELBY: COULD YOU STATE THAT ON THE RECORD. >>LUIS VIERA: IT INCLUDES THE AFOREMENTIONED MODIFICATIONS. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT BEING -- DOES THE CLERK HAVE IT OR MR. COTTON JUST SO IT'S CLEAR. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I'LL STATE IT, MR. CHAIRMAN. SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, 9 P.M. LATEST PUBLIC OPENING. AND FRIDAY, SATURDAY, 11 P.M. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. VIERA, ARE YOU GOOD WITH THAT? >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR, VERY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO. SECOND. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: I AM GOING TO VOTE YES ON THIS, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT 36th STREET IS THE MAIN STREET. MR. POWELL, THERE ARE OTHER RESIDENTIAL STREETS INVOLVED, NOT JUST ONE STREET, BUT YOU HAVE GIVEN ME THE ASSURANCE THAT THERE IS NO CONCERN THAT THIS BUILDING WILL NOT CREATE ANY OTHER TYPE OF TRAFFIC. WITH YOUR ASSURANCE, I WILL VOTE YES. >> THANK YOU. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: GOOD LUCK TO YOU CEDRIC. GOOD JOB CLEANING UP EAST TAMPA. APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE'LL JUMP. >>ORLANDO GUDES: STAFF REPORTS. ITEM NUMBER 40, ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE. I KNOW PROBABLY MR. BENNETT -- MS. OCEA WYNN IS IN THE ACTING POSITION TODAY. LET'S SEE IF WE CAN MOVE THESE THINGS RIGHT ALONG THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING. >>OCEA WYNN: GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS OCEA WYNN, ADMINISTRATOR OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. I COME BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE. WE HAVE TWO UPDATES. ONE FROM ME AND ONE THAT WILL BE GIVEN FROM OR BY GREG SPEARMAN. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MS. WYNN, CAN YOU MOVE THAT MIKE OVER JUST A LITTLE? THANK YOU. >>OCEA WYNN: CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MUCH BERWYN WYNN THANK YOU. ONE GIVEN BY ME AND THE OTHER ONE GIVEN BY GREG SPEARMAN, DIRECTOR OF PURCHASING. SO I WILL START BY SAYING THAT IT IS WITH GREAT EXCITEMENT THAT I COME BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE ONE OF OUR OWN, MS. JANELLE McGREGOR TO SERVE IN THE POSITION AS THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PARTNERSHIPS. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JANELLE'S BACKGROUND, AND I'LL LET HER EXPLAIN WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE ADMINISTRATION, FOR THE CITY, AND THEN YOU AS WELL. JANELLE HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR 17 YEARS. SHE STARTED IN THE CAPACITY AS A SPOKESPERSON AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LEAD WITHIN THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT. SHE WAS HIRED AS AN OFFICE SUPPORT SPECIALIST WITHIN THE EAST TAMPA SECTOR OF TPD. SHE WAS PROMOTED IN 2008 AS THE DIRECTOR -- AS THE DEPARTMENT'S MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICER. AND IN THIS CAPACITY, SHE PROVIDED EXPERIENCE IN THE PERSONNEL UNIT AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS TO BUILD POSITIVE RELATIONS WITH COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS. SHE DID THIS BY SOCIAL MEDIA, BY LOCAL MEETINGS, BY ON THE CAMPUS, IN THE FACE MEETINGS. JANELLE ALSO PROVIDED THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS BY IMPLEMENTING PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES TO HELP BRIDGE THE GAPS BETWEEN THE POLICE AND THE RESIDENTS CITYWIDE. SHE MANAGED THE NEIGHBORHOOD AFFAIRS LIAISONS, AND THROUGH HER EFFORTS, SHE REINVENTED THE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH. IN 2019, MAYOR CASTOR TAPPED JANELLE TO SERVE AS THE LEADER OR THE MANAGER, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WHICH FALLS UNDER MY PORTFOLIO. NOT ONLY WAS SHE KNEE-DEEP IN ALL OF THIS, BUT SHE LED SEVERAL INITIATIVES LAST YEAR DURING COVID TO EDUCATE THE DIVERSE POPULATIONS ABOUT THE COVID AND ABOUT BRINGING AN AWARENESS AS WELL AS BUSINESS SPENDING DURING THAT VERY CHALLENGING TIME FOR ALL BUSNESSES. SO AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING BEFORE YOU JANELLE SO THAT SHE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT SHE WILL BE DOING IN THIS NEW CAPACITY. JANELLE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: NEW HAIRDO. LOOK AT HER. >> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. FIRST, I HAVE TO THANK MAYOR JANE CASTOR, ADMINISTRATOR WYNN, AND ALL OF YOU, OUR HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE TODAY, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD NEIGHBORHOOD RELATIONS. THIS IS A SURREAL MOMENT FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO RISE TO THIS LEVEL, ESSENTIALLY DOING SOMETHING THAT I LOVE TO DO, AND THAT'S EDUCATING AND EMPOWERING OUR COMMUNITIES TO FOSTER PRODUCTIVE DIALOGUE. AND MOST OF ALL, POSITIVE CHANGE. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS NEW ASSIGNMENT. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH ALL OF YOU TO REDEFINE HOW THE CITY CONNECTS WITH NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH A CULTURE THAT SUPPORTS COLLABORATION CIVILITY AND KINDNESS. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR MS. WYNN. WHERE IS MR. SHELBY? I HEARD THE TERM "DIRECTOR," MEANING APPOINTMENT. WHEN I HEAR THAT TERMINOLOGY, I DIDN'T SEE A RESOLUTION FOR ITEM 40, SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR IF THIS IS ASKING COUNCIL FOR THE APPOINTMENT, I DON'T HAVE A RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF US SO COUNCIL CAN VOTE ON HER APPOINTMENT. >> WELL, NO, SIR. IF YOU RECALL, WE HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF DIRECTORS WITHIN THE CITY. SO THIS IS NOT THE DIRECTOR WE DID THE APPOINTMENT FOR SHERISHA HILLS LAST WEEK, A DIRECTOR OVER A DEPARTMENT. THIS IS ONE OF OUR DIRECTORS WHERE WE'RE OVER ACTUALLY PROGRAMS OR A SPECIFIC AREA WITHIN A DIVISION DIRECTOR. SO AN APPOINTMENT IS NOT NEEDED OR AN APPROVAL FROM COUNCIL IS NOT NEEDED. >>ORLANDO GUDES: OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO EVERYTHING ABOVEBOARD AND MAKE SURE SHE GETS WHAT SHE NEEDS TO HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD. MR. SHELBY? >>MARTIN SHELBY: I THINK I GOT THE GIST OF IT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THE DISCUSSION WAS, SIR -- I'LL WAIT TILL YOU GET BACK TO YOUR SEAT. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, WHETHER THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATOR OR DIRECTOR LEVEL THAT WOULD REQUIRE SOMETHING COMING TO COUNCIL. I BELIEVE MS. WYNN DID ADDRESS THE FACT IN THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE CITY, THIS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE POSITIONS THAT COULD COME TO THE COUNCIL, IS THAT CORRECT, MS. WYNN? >>OCEA WYNN: THAT IS CORRECT, YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: IN THAT CASE, MR. SHELBY HAS CONFIRMED THAT. WE HAVE ANDREA ZELMAN. YOU JUST CHIMED IN. >>ANDREA ZELMAN: CAN YOU HEAR ME? >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. >>ANDREA ZELMAN: OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM UNDER THE CHARTER SECTION 6.03 WHAT IS SUBMITTED TO COUNCIL FOR CONFIRMATION AFTER THE MAYOR APPOINTS ARE DEPARTMENT HEADS OR THOSE WITH ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY OR RESPONSIBILITY EQUAL TO OR GREATER AND THAT OF A DEPARTMENT HEAD. THE TERM "DIRECTOR" DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THE POSITION HAS THAT SAME LEVEL OF AUTHORITY OR RESPONSIBILITY AS A DEPARTMENT HEAD. AND SO IN THIS CASE, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE POSITION IS NOT AT THAT LEVEL. IT IS NOT NECESSARY FOR US TO SUBMIT THAT NAME TO COUNCIL FOR APPOINTMENT, FOR CONFIRMATION, I SHOULD SAY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DID MS. JANELLE McGREGOR RIGHT. MR. DINGFELDER, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED SIR. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION BECAUSE THAT WAS A CURIOSITY TO ME AS WELL. THIS IS BASICALLY A POLITE INTRODUCTION FROM MS. WYNN, OF JANELLE AND TAKING ON AN NEW RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE ALL AGREE WITH, I'M SURE. AND WE KNOW SHE'LL DO A GREAT JOB, AND WE CONGRATULATE HER. >>OCEA WYNN: YES, SIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. >>BILL CARLSON: I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS JANELLE. IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'VE DONE -- I HAVEN'T KNOWN YOU VERY LONG, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB WHILE YOU'VE BEEN HERE. I APPRECIATE YOUR ENTHUSIASM FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND YOU TALKED ABOUT POSITIVE CHANGE WHICH IS SOMETHING WE ALWAYS LIKE TO HEAR. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND PARTNERING WITH YOU WITH ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS I'M INVOLVED WITH. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYONE ELSE? CONGRATULATIONS, MS. McGREGOR. >> THANK YOU ALL. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT. WHAT DO WE HAVE NEXT? >>OCEA WYNN: NEXT, COUNCIL, WE WILL HAVE MR. GREG SPEARMAN PROVIDING YOU AN UPDATE AS WELL. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. >>GREG SPEARMAN: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. THIS IS GREG SPEARMAN, DIRECTOR OF THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT. I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT WE RECEIVED WORD THIS PAST TUESDAY THAT WE, AGAIN, WERE THE RECIPIENTS OF THE EXCELLENCE IN PROCUREMENT AWARD THAT'S ACTUALLY ADMINISTERED BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENTAL PURCHASING. SO THIS IS THE 15th YEAR THAT WE HAVE APPLIED FOR THIS AWARD AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY RECEIVED THE AWARD. IT'S NOT AN AWARD WHERE YOU FILL OUT AN APPLICATION AND YOU SEND MONEY AND THEN THEY SEND YOU A CERTIFICATE OR AN AWARD. SO JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA WHAT'S INVOLVED IN TERMS OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND SOME OF THE CRITERIA THAT'S INVOLVED, I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU A FEW OF THE THINGS IN TERMS OF THE CRITERIA THAT'S NECESSARY TO WIN THE AWARD. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THE PROCUREMENT ETHICS STANDARDS, VENDOR, FORMAL VENDOR TRAINING, PERFORMANCE MEASURES, PERFORMANCE METRICS, ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, INTERNAL HOME PAGE, ONLINE ELECTRONIC VENDOR REGISTRATION, USER OF AN ELECTRONIC INTERACTIVE SOLICITATION SYSTEM, INTERNAL PROCUREMENT AUTOMATION, INTERNET SURPLUS AUCTION SYSTEM, P-CARD SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC P-CARD MANUAL, COMPREHENSIVE P-CARD PROGRAM, AUDIT AND CERTIFICATION, CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICIAL, CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF PROFESSIONAL STAFF, EDUCATION OF YOUR CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICIAL AND ALSO EDUCATION OF YOUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF. SO WE WORK REALLY HARD TO MAINTAIN PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND ETHICS AND BEST PRACTICES. WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL TAMPA BAY CHAPTER OF NIGP WHERE WE RECEIVE A LOT OF OUR TRAINING. BUT WE'RE ALSO CONNECTED ON THE NATIONAL SCENE WITH THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT PURCHASING. THAT IS THE GOLD STANDARD IN TERMS OF PUBLIC PURCHASING TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT. NOT MANY CITIES OR ENTITIES ARE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THIS TYPE OF RECOGNITION AND CERTIFICATION. IT CERTAINLY PUTS TAMPA ON THE MAP IN TERMS OF HIGH STANDARDS AND ETHICAL TRAINING AND BEHAVIOR WHICH WE SUBSCRIBE TO IN OUR AGENCY. WE ALSO HAVE A LEADERSHIP TEAM, THAT BEING DEANNA MARSHALL, WHO IS MY PURCHASING ASSISTANT MANAGER WHO IS CERTIFIED. KEVIN FRYE, WHO IS MY GOODS AND SERVICES MANAGER WHO IS ALSO CERTIFIED, AND A NUMBER OF OUR PURCHASING AGENTS. AND I ALSO WANT TO LIFT UP AND GIVE KUDOS TO MY EXECUTIVE AIDE, MICHELLE BLIZZARD, BECAUSE SHE IS THE PERSON THAT WORKS IN OUR DEPARTMENT EVERY YEAR THAT KEEPS TRACK OF ALL OF THE CERTIFICATIONS AND TRAININGS AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO SEND THE APPLICATION. ALSO A SHOUT-OUT TO MICHAEL ASHBY, WHO IS OUR INVENTORY MANAGER, WHO MAKES SURE THAT WE KEEP THE INVENTORY STOCKED WITH ALL THE GOODS AND SERVICES THAT WE NEED TO KEEP THE CITY RUNNING. AND IN PARTICULAR, OUR RESCUE UNITS. WE STOCK AND SUPPLY THOSE RESCUE UNITS AND FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE WITH EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO OPERATE. AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU ACHIEVEMENT, THE NATIONAL AWARD AND RECOGNITION. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND ALSO THE SUPPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. SPEARMAN AND MS. WYNN, FOR BRINGING THIS MATTER TO COUNCIL'S ATTENTION. I THINK -- WELL, GREG, AS YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS 23, 24 YEARS OLD, STRAIGHT OUT OF MY MASTER'S DEGREE, THE FIRST PROFESSIONAL JOB I HAD WAS A GOVERNMENT PURCHASING AGENT UP IN TALLAHASSEE. I NEVER FORGOT IT BECAUSE THERE'S VERY LITTLE MORE IMPORTANT THAN PURCHASING AND DOING IT IN AN ETHICAL AND HONEST AND PROFESSIONAL WAY. THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS REPRESENT. YOU AND I HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER AND YOU'VE BEEN AT IT IN THE CITY OF TAMPA 16 YEARS. I'M SURE MANY, MANY MORE YEARS TOTAL. AND YOU'VE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB. YOU BUILT UP A GREAT TEAM YEAR AFTER YEAR. YOU RECEIVE AWARDS LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY, AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF YOU. BUT THE WORK THAT YOU DO, YOU GUYS ARE UNSUNG HEROES. YOU'RE NOT OUT THERE DOING RIBBON CUTTINGS FOR GOOD PURCHASING EFFORTS. SO YOU'RE BEHIND THE SCENES, AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS THAT YOU HAVE TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>GREG SPEARMAN: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT LEADERSHIP YOU'RE SHOWING IN THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT AND THE FOLKS THAT YOU'VE GOT UNDER YOU DOING A GREAT JOB FOR US EVERY DAY. AGAIN, THANK YOU ON THE AWARD, SIR. >>GREG SPEARMAN: THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN GUDES. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE ON ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATES? >> COUNCILMAN GUDES THAT CONCLUDES THE ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. ITEM NUMBER 41. MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL. ANYONE FROM LEGAL FOR THIS RESOLUTION? >>MARTIN SHELBY: NOT NECESSARY, MR. CHAIRMAN. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I'M COMFORTABLE. I'LL MOVE THE RESOLUTION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER% HAS MOVED IT. MR. MIRANDA HAS SECONDED IT. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 42. THERE HE IS, BRAD BAIRD. >>BRAD BAIRD: GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL. BRAD BAIRD, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON ITEM 42. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. BAIRD, REMIND US OF WHAT YOUR WMB ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. >>BRAD BAIRD: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT. THIS PARTICIPATION BREAKS DOWN AS FOLLOWS. BBE PARTICIPATION 10.4%, HBE AT .1%, AND SLB, YOUR SMALL LOCAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE, AT 4.9%. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: FOR THOSE WATCHING, BBE IS THE BLACK BUSINESS ENTERPRISE, HB IS HISPANIC BUSINESS ENTERPRISE. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW THE ACRONYMS. >>BRAD BAIRD: YES, YES. AND THAT TOTALS 15.4%. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS AN INITIAL DESIGN SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR THREE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE HOWARD F. CURREN TREATMENT PLANT, BUT THE PARTICIPATION, THE BBE PARTICIPATION IS ACTUALLY EARLY PURCHASE OF SEVEN PUMPS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MAIN PUMPING STATION. SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE RECEIVED A HIGH PARTICIPATION THERE BY A FIRM OF SUCCA PIPE SUPPLY ONE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL MOVE THE ITEM. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER HAS MOVED IT. MR. MIRANDA SECONDED IT. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>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. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ITEM NUMBER 43. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, BRAD. >>DENNIS ROGERO: GOOD MORNING, CHAIR, GOOD MORNING COUNCIL. DENNIS ROGERO, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE THIS MORNING TO TALK ABOUT THIS DEBT ISSUANCE. WE'RE ASKING COUNCIL TO APPROVE APPROXIMATELY $35 MILLION OF STORMWATER DEBT. THIS IS THE SECOND PLANNED DEBT ISSUANCE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROGRAM FROM 2016, THE CENTRAL AND LOWER BASIN IMPROVEMENT AREA. SO THIS IS ALL PART OF OUR ONGOING MULTIYEAR PROCESS. COUNCIL MAY RECALL THAT THE IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT WAS INITIALLY ESTABLISHED SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PURPOSE, TO FINANCE DEBT SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH STORMWATER, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. COUNCIL MAY ALSO RECALL THAT IN 2018, WE ISSUED OUR FIRST TRANCHE OF DEBT, APPROXIMATELY $85 MILLION. I'M VERY HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE WE'RE HIRING AN OUTSIDE FIRM TO LOOK AT THESE PROJECTS AND THE PROGRAM IN AN EFFORT OF GETTING AN INDEPENDENT OPINION THAT THESE ARE GREEN BONDS. IF SUCCESSFUL, THESE WILL BE OUR FIRST GREEN BONDS ISSUED BY THE CITY. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT CONFIRMATION. WE PROVIDED A MEMO WITH DETAILS ABOUT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. I'VE BRIEFED MANY OF YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME AND FEEDBACK. AS PART OF THOSE BRIEFINGS, WE WERE ASKED TO PROVIDE JUST A BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE IMPROVEMENT AREA. IF I CAN SHARE MY SCREEN. IF YOU'LL LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU CAN SEE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE CAN SEE IT. BLOW IT UP A LITTLE BIT. THERE IT IS. WE'VE GOT IT. WE HAVE IT. >>DENNIS ROGERO: EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. OF COURSE, YOU SEE THE CITY AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS ALONG WITH THE CITY LIMITS. THE RED HUE IS THE IMPROVEMENT AREA. QUITE LARGE. IT'S THE MAJORITY OF THE SURFACE AREA. AND ON THE NEXT SLIDE, IF I CAN BRING THAT UP, YOU SEE IT IS THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THOSE WE SERVE, ABOUT 326,000, COVERING APPROXIMATELY 70 SQUARE MILES. I'LL BRING THE MAP BACK UP FOR YOU. IT'S A VERY LARGE PROGRAM, A VERY LARGE MONETARY PROGRAM. WE ANTICIPATE TWO OTHER DEBT ISSUANCES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. WELL THOUGHT OUT, AND I THINK WE'RE MAKING VERY GOOD PROGRESS, AND THIS IS THE NEXT STEP IN THAT PROGRAM. I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. WE ALSO HAVE OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR, MOLLY CLARK, ON THE LINE, AND ADMINISTRATOR JEAN DUNCAN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS, GENTLEMEN? >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO HAS MOVED IT, MR. MIRANDA SECONDED IT. ROLL CALL. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 44 HAS ALREADY BEEN DEALT WITH. SO HAS ITEM 45. ITEM 46. I FORGOT 27 -- >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I WAS GOING TO SAY ON 46, 47, 48 AND 49, STAFF HAS ALREADY PROVIDED MEMORANDUMS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE WENT OVER THE AGENDA EARLIER, AND I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR 47, SIR. AND ALSO 49, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM STAFF. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS ON 46? >>ORLANDO GUDES: 46, MR. VIERA WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT THAT. >>LUIS VIERA: MAY I SIR? >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU MAY. >>LUIS VIERA: AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON IT. I THINK THE MEMO WAS VERY GOOD AND DETAILED, AND THANK YOU, BRAD AND ANDREA, FOR THAT AS ALWAYS. AGAIN, I ALWAYS WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY ON THIS ORDINANCE TO THANK THE BOTH OF YOU GUYS. BRAD AND ANDREA, FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS ORDINANCE. THIS WAS A VERY LONG AND WINDING PROCESS AND WHATNOT. I THINK WE WORKED ON IT FOR WELL OVER A YEAR AND BOTH OF YOU ALL WERE SUCH INTEGRAL PARTS OF THIS. THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT THIS MEMORANDUM IS THAT IT SHOWS IT WASN'T FOR NOTHING, AT LEAST SO FAR, WHICH IS GOOD. WE STILL GOT -- I THINK THAT EVERY SESSION WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY BE HOLDING OUR BREATH ON THIS ISSUE. THE GOOD THING IS THAT THIS ORDINANCE WILL NOT BE KILLED IN ITS FIRST YEAR. GOD WILLING IT WILL NEVER BE KILLED. I THINK IT REALLY, REALLY DOES GOOD WORK. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE UPDATES THAT WILL BE COMING FROM CITY COUNCIL OR TO CITY COUNCIL, I SHOULD SAY, ON THE PROGRESS OF THIS ORDINANCE. AND I REALLY, REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS ORDINANCE WORK OUT. FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE WATCHING THIS, THIS IS AN ORDINANCE THAT MANDATES THAT ON SPECIFIC CITY PROJECTS, OVER A MILLION DOLLARS THROUGH CONTRACTORS THAT 12% OF THE WORKFORCE COME FROM A STATE CERTIFIED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM. THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROVISIONS IN THERE. GOOD FAITH EFFORTS, PROVISIONS SO WE ACCOMMODATE OUR FRIENDS IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. AND THEN IF THEY MEET THAT MANDATE, THEN THEY GET, I THINK IT WAS A FIFTH -- IF I RECALL -- THEIR RETAINER BACK, SO THE CITY HAS SOME SKIN IN THE GAME. WE DID THAT WORKING WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY ON THIS. BUT THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT ORDINANCE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE MOST ROBUST ORDINANCES WE'VE PASSED THAT NOT JUST STANDS BEHIND WORKING PEOPLE, BUT THAT GIVES OPPORTUNITIES TO PEOPLE BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ONE OF THESE JOBS AND THESE OPPORTUNITIES, WHETHER IT'S AS A WELDER ELECTRICIAN CARPENTER WHATEVER IT MAY BE, IN ANY OF THE COVERED FIELDS. NOT JUST DOES THIS ORDINANCE PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY THROUGH THE CONTRACTING PROCESS, THROUGH A REASONABLE BUT YET ASSERTIVE MEANS THROUGH SUCH A GOOD COLLABORATIVE PROCESS BUT IT PROMOTES THE SKILLED TRADES THAT SO MANY DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, WHETHER THEY ARE LABOR UNIONS OR DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, ABC, THE CDC, SO MANY -- CDC WORK IN THE TAMPA AREA TO PROMOTE AND WHATNOT. AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HARD WORK IN THIS. WHEN I TOOK THIS UP A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, I WANTED TO MAKE IT A DRAWN-OUT PROCESS BECAUSE WE HAD TO ENGAGE WITH ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS, BUT WE HAD TO DO IT RIGHT, AND YOU ALL HELPED US DO IT RIGHT AND IT TOOK A LOT OF HARD WORK. I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND YOUR HARD WORK AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE CAN SEE THE PRODUCTS OF OUR WORK. SO THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYONE ELSE? WHEN CAN WE LOOK TO START IMPLEMENTING THIS, MR. BAIRD OR MS. ZELMAN? >>BRAD BAIRD: THE ORDINANCE WAS EFFECTIVE ON MARCH 22, 2021. SO THAT IS WHEN THE MAYOR APPROVED IT. AND IT IS TO BE IMPLEMENTED NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 22nd, 2021. THAT IS FOR VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION, AND THEN NO LATER THAN 12 MONTHS AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ORDINANCE WE WILL BE ADDING HORIZONTAL CONSTRUCTION AS WELL. I DO WANT TO ADD ONE THING TO COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ADDRESSING THE MAYOR'S WORKFORCE COUNCIL YESTERDAY, AND I WILL TELL YOU, THERE IS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT AND ENERGY BEHIND THIS ORDINANCE. CITY COUNCIL SHOULD BE PROUD OF PASSING THIS ORDINANCE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU SAID THE MAYOR'S WORKFORCE COUNCIL? >>BRAD BAIRD: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK THAT'S NEW TO ALL OF US. WE NEED TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT. >>BRAD BAIRD: THEY HAD A COUNCIL MEETING YESTERDAY AT THE CONVENTION CENTER. IT WAS PRETTY WELL ATTENDED, AND THEY ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: COULD YOU GET US SOME INFORMATION ON THE WORKFORCE COUNCIL? COUNCIL'S HEADS ARE TURNING. IF YOUR OFFICE CAN GET US INFORMATION ON THE WORKFORCE COUNCIL, THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO KNOW SO WE KNOW WHAT IS WITH THE WORKFORCE COUNCIL, THE DESCRIPTION AND WHO IS ON THE BOARD OF THE WORKFORCE COUNCIL. >>BRAD BAIRD: YES. AND THAT IS BEING KIND OF HEADED UP BY McKENZIE, AND I SURE WOULD BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE. >>OCEA WYNN: OCEA WYNN, ADMINISTRATOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY AWARES. THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FALLS WITHIN MY PORTFOLIO, AND I'LL BE GLAD OR HAVE BRIN TO COME TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF WHERE WE ARE. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WAS THE ONE THAT MAYOR CASTOR'S INITIATIVES, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY. YES, WE'LL PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO YOU ABOUT WHAT THIS IS AND THEN ON SOME OF THE STEPS WE'VE TAKEN TO IMPROVE THE WORKFORCE IN TAMPA. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MAYBE AT A FUTURE COUNCIL, YOU CAN BRING THAT AND THAT WAY WE CAN FIND OUT ABOUT IT. MR. DINGFELDER, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MS. WYNN, WAS THAT A CONTINUATION OF THE ORIGINAL FIVE COMMITTEES FROM TWO YEARS AGO? >>OCEA WYNN: WELL, YES AND NO, SIR. IT WAS NOT ONE OF THOSE COMMITTEES. IT WAS ONE OF THE MAYOR'S INITIATIVES WHERE WE WERE FOCUSING ON A WORKFORCE. WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THAT THIS HAS DEVELOPED INTO -- ACTUALLY, YES, SIR, IT WAS ONE OF THE FIVE COMMITTEES. YES, IT WAS. IT WAS ONE OF THE FIVE COMMITTEES THAT -- >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I HAD A RECOLLECTION THAT WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL FIVE COMMITTEES. I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS CARRYING ON, BUT THAT EXPLAINS IT A LITTLE BIT. >>OCEA WYNN: YES, SIR. I'LL BE GLAD TO REPORT BACK WITH AN UPDATE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THAT WOULD BE GREAT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ITEM 46? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. BAIRD. WE APPRECIATE YOU. >>BRAD BAIRD: THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ITEM NUMBER 47. >>DENNIS ROGERO: HELLO AGAIN, SIR. THIS IS DENNIS ROGERO. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. CAN YOU KIND OF GIVE THE COUNCIL A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THE DEVELOPMENT HERE? AND I WAS CONFUSED WITH QUESTIONS, SOME OF THE STATEMENTS THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE SOME OF THESE FUNDS -- WHERE THE FUNDS FOR PROJECTS HAVE GONE TO. I'M CURIOUS, WHY DON'T WE HAVE THAT IF MONEY IS COMING FOR PROJECTS HERE OR WHO SHOULD HAVE THAT. IF YOU CAN GIVE US A LITTLE BACKGROUND AND HISTORY AND KIND OF ENLIGHTEN SOME OF THE COUNCILMEN WHO DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS POSSIBLY SO THEY CAN BE UP TO DATE AND UP TO SPEED. >>DENNIS ROGERO: CERTAINLY. YOU SEE A PRETTY DETAILED REPORT ABOUT THE FUNDING AND THE AMOUNTS OF FUNDING THAT WE HOLD IN OUR THREE BANKS. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE MEMO, WE HOLD THIS FUNDING IN THE BANKS FOR VARIOUS REASONS AND THE AMOUNTS VARY NOT SIGNIFICANTLY, TYPICALLY, BUT VARY OVER TIME. AND THEN YOU SEE THE BANKS' EFFORTS AT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT UNDER THE FEDERAL COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT ACT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION TO SHOW US? OR ARE YOU JUST TALKING? >>DENNIS ROGERO: I'M JUST TALKING. SPEAKING FROM THE MEMO. >>ORLANDO GUDES: GO AHEAD. >>DENNIS ROGERO: AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE IN THE BANKS USE THE FUNDING OR USE PORTIONS OF THE FUNDING TO PROVIDE A CREDIT TO LOW AND MODERATE INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS. AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE THREE BANKS OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS THAT ENCOMPASS THIS REPORT HAVE REINVESTED OR PROVIDED OVER $310 MILLION. WE GET INTO A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL FOR EACH BANK AS TO WHERE THAT PARTICULAR FUNDING GOES AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE TYPICALLY BY FISCAL YEAR -- EXCUSE ME, FISCAL OR CALENDAR YEAR, WHERE WE RECEIVED IT. FURTHER, TO YOUR POINT, MR. CHAIR, IF YOU'D LIKE US TO PURSUE IN MORE DETAIL WHERE THIS PARTICULAR FUNDING GOES BEYOND THIS REPORT, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO IT. OF COURSE, THESE BANKS, THEY HAVE ANY NUMBER OF RESOURCES AND JUST ANY NUMBER OR VERY, VERY LARGE AMOUNTS OF FUNDING, AND THE CITY'S FUNDING IS A PARTICULAR PORTION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THE REASON I ASKED THAT QUESTION, SOMETIMES PEOPLE RESEARCH THINGS AS WELL AND THEY BRING IT IN MY OFFICE. I HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE BRING THIS TO MY ATTENTION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THOSE DOLLARS ARE SUPPOSED TO GO TO CERTAIN MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. SO MY THING IS OKAY, IF THAT'S THE CASE, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT COMMUNITIES THEY WENT TO AND HOW MUCH WAS SPENT IN THOSE COMMUNITIES. WHEN I LOOKED AT A COUPLE OF OTHER CITIES WHO QUESTIONED THE SAME THING I'M QUESTIONING NOW, THEY FOUND THAT THOSE DOLLARS WENT OTHER PLACES OTHER THAN MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BANKING INSTITUTIONS, OUR MONEY IS THERE, THAT WE ARE DOING IT. I'M NOT LOOKING FOR YOU -- I'D LIKE AN ANSWER ON SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT THEY HAVE ACTUALLY DONE AND DONE WITH SOME OF OUR COMMUNITIES THAT'S VERY VITAL TO THE MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU. NO, I APPRECIATE THAT MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED SOME OF THAT INFORMATION IN OUR QUERIES WITH THE BANKS. WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS, AND I COULD BE REMISS IN NOT PROVIDING ENOUGH DETAIL IN THE REPORT. IF YOU DON'T MIND, WE'LL CIRCLE BACK WITH YOU WITH MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE PARTICULAR PROJECTS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I'D APPRECIATE THAT SIR. MR. CARLSON, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. >>BILL CARLSON: ALSO, I THINK THE QUESTION ON THIS MOTION WAS JUST BANKS. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE ASSET MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTS, RIGHT? >>DENNIS ROGERO: THAT'S CORRECT, COUNCILMAN. >>BILL CARLSON: BUT THAT'S A DISCUSSION FOR ANOTHER DAY, BUT THAT NUMBER IS PROBABLY A LOT LARGER, IF YOU INCLUDE PENSION AND EVERYTHING, IT'S MUCH LARGER THAN THESE NUMBERS. >>DENNIS ROGERO: IT IS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU FOR GIVING US A BRIEF DESCRIPTION. I THINK YOU KNOW WHERE I'M HEADING WITH THAT. HOPEFULLY WE GET ANOTHER UPDATE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, SIR. WE'LL GET RIGHT ON IT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ITEM 48. 48 IS MARK WILFALK, I BELIEVE. DID WE RELEASE HIM EARLIER. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I BELIEVE YOU MIGHT HAVE. UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I'M GOOD WITH IT. ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS? ITEM NUMBER 49. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT'S TO RECEIVE AND FILE THEN. THANK YOU. >>JOSEPH CITRO: I'M INQUISITIVE, IT SAYS SOLID WASTE, PERCENTAGE REQUIRES OUTSOURCING. IS THAT GOING TO ELIMINATE ANY POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE NOW? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WE ASKED THE QUESTIONS AND I ASKED THE QUESTION ALONG WITH THE BOARD OF COUNCIL, WHAT THIS IS -- THERE WAS A PART A LONG TIME AGO, MANY YEARS BACK, I CAN'T REMEMBER -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU, IS MR. WILFALK ON THE LINE AT ALL? OR SAL OR SOMEBODY? MIGHT THEY COME UP BEFORE MR. MIRANDA IS FINISHED. GO AHEAD, SIR. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ANYWAY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE AWAY FROM THE ENTITY, CITY, GOVERNMENT, THAT HANDLES PART OF THE GARBAGE PICKUP. THAT HAS GONE AWAY TO MY UNDERSTANDING. THIS COMPANY IN 2023 IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE RATE IS GOING TO UP LIKE 35, 40 PERCENT. WE ASKED THE CITY TO LOOK INTO IT, AND AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE CONTRACT, WHICH I THINK ENDS IN 2023, THE CITY IS GOING TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO PICK UP ALL OF NEW TAMPA PROJECT AND SAVE ABOUT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN DOING THAT. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. MR. WILFALK CAN TESTIFY TO THAT. MY UNDERSTANDING, THAT'S WHAT IT IS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: IT SEEMS LIKE THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT WE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW AND WE RELEASED THE PERSON. I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A POINT TO COME BACK. I THINK WE MAY HAVE TIME. IF WE CAN GET MR. WILFALK OR SAL ON THE LINE BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT, WE CAN COME BACK TO IT AFTER WE GET THROUGH WITH 49 AND 27. >>OCEA WYNN: YES, SIR, I'M TRYING TO GET HIM ON NOW. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE'LL GO TO 49. MS. AUSTIN. >> GOOD MORNING. CAN YOU HEAR ME? >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE CAN HEAR YOU. >> YES, SIR. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON NUMBER 49, WHICH WAS A READOUT ON THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK COUNCILMEN WERE LOOKING A LITTLE MORE WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS THE NUMBERS, WHERE ARE WE HEADED. I THINK MR. VIERA'S HAND. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>LUIS VIERA: DID YOU WANT TO GO FIRST? >>ORLANDO GUDES: NO. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR. MS. AUSTIN, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I THANK YOU FOR THIS VERY DETAILED MEMO. I DID THIS JUST BECAUSE IN TALKING TO A LOT OF CITY@EMPLOYF STORIES ABOUT THEM UNDERGOING TREATMENT FOR COVID WITH SUCH DISASTROUS PERSONAL CONSEQUENCES. WE SEE IT FROM ATU MEMBERS. WE SEE IT FROM TAMPA FIRE. WE SEE IT FROM TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND IT'S VERY, VERY -- IT'S NUMBER ONE, IT'S DISTURBING, JUST LIKE IT IS WITH EVERY GROUP. I DON'T MEAN THE CITY OF TAMPA IS ANY MORE DISTURBING THAN ANYBODY ELSE, BUT I THINK IT SHOULD GIVE RISE FROM THE PUBLIC TO A SENSE OF APPRECIATION, ESPECIALLY -- YOU KNOW WITH COVID-19, WHERE YOU GOT IT, WHEN YOU GOT IT, WHO KNOWS, BUT WITH A LOT OF THESE EMPLOYEES, SANITATION EMPLOYEES, PARKS AND RECREATION EMPLOYEES, FOR EXAMPLE, WHO ARE ALWAYS AROUND THE PUBLIC, WE SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY THANKFUL TO THEM, FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND OUR POLICE OFFICERS, YOU KNOW, BEING AROUND THE PUBLIC AS MUCH AS THEY ARE AND GETTING COVID, SO MANY OF THOSE -- SO MANY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS I JUST MENTIONED I TALKED TO HAVE REDUCED LUNG CAPACITY, PERMANENTLY REDUCED LUNG CAPACITY. MANY OF THEM GOT IT ON THE JOB. AGAIN, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK THE PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW FOR ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES BECAUSE THEY WORK FOR US IN MANY DIFFERENT CAPACITIES DURING SUCH A DIFFICULT TIME. BUT JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS MEMO. THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, AND I APPRECIATE IT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYBODY ELSE WHILE MS. AUSTIN IS HERE? WITH THAT BEING SAID, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. AUSTIN. >> THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD DAY, COUNCIL. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ITEM 27, I THINK MR. DINGFELDER WANTED A DISCUSSION. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I DON'T KNOW WHOSE ITEM THIS IS FROM STAFF. THERE'S MS. FEELEY. ABBYE, IF YOU COULD GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHAT THE ITEM IS AND WHAT THE PURPOSE IS AND THEN IF I HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL ASK. >>ABBYE FEELEY: GOOD MORNING. ABBYE FEELEY, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT. THE ITEM NUMBER 27 AS COUNCIL IS AWARE, IN 2020, THE CITY RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY $3.2 MILLION IN WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS CDBGCB FUNDS. -- CV FUNDS. THOSE ARE COVID RELATED FUNDS. PER THE CITY'S ACTION PLAN THAT WAS DONE LAST YEAR AND AMENDED TO RECEIVE THESE FUNDS, THIS MONEY IS BEING SPENT TO FACILITATE RELIEF FOR BUSINESSES. IMPACTED BY COVID. ONE OF THE SUBRECIPIENTS OF THAT 3.2 MILLION, AS YOU KNOW, OUR SUBRECIPIENTS IN THE CITY, THEY GO OUT THROUGH AGREEMENTS, AND THEN IF ADDITIONAL FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO FEED THOSE AGREEMENTS, WE THEN AMEND THE AGREEMENT TO INCLUDE THOSE ADDITIONAL FUNDS. AND THAT'S WHAT IS BEFORE YOU TODAY. WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY IS AN ADDITIONAL $240,000 THAT WOULD GO UNDER THE EXISTING AGREEMENT TO TAMPA/HILLSBOROUGH ACTION PLAN IN ORDER TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL BUSINESSES WITH RELIEF THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY COVID. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: IS THAT GEOGRAPHICALLY LIMITED, THESE PARTICULAR FUNDS OR THE TOTAL 3 MILLION IN TERMS OF CERTAIN PARTS OF TOWN, BUSINESSES IN CERTAIN PARTS OF TOWN? >>ABBYE FEELEY: THEY ARE JUST ASKED TO BE A DEMONSTRATION, NOT THE BUSINESS HAS BEEN IMPACTED, AND THERE ARE CRITERIA FOR THAT, AND THEN WE MONITOR THAT AS WELL. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: AND IF FOLKS ARE LISTENING AND THEY HAVE A BUSINESS THAT HAS BEEN IMPACTED AND THEY WANT TO APPLY FOR THESE FUNDS, WHO WOULD THEY GET IN TOUCH WITH? WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY FOR THEM TO REACH OUT INTO THE CITY? >>ABBYE FEELEY: THEY COULD CALL OUR HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PUT THEM IN CONTACT WITH THE APPROPRIATE SUBRECIPIENT AGENCY THAT WOULD BEST BE ABLE TO ASSIST THEM. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SO THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT IS RUNNING THIS SHOW? >>ABBYE FEELEY: YES, THOSE FUNDS DO COME IN THROUGH OUR TRADITIONAL HUD FUNDS AND ARE ADMINISTERED IN A SIMILAR PROCESS TO OUR GENERAL CDBG FUNDS THAT ARE COMING TO YOU TO DISCUSS TONIGHT. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS PLUGGED IN THAT SOME OF THESE FUNDS ARE STILL COMING THROUGH. THANK YOU. SO MOVED. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECONDED BY MR. MIRANDA. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. >>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. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WERE WE ABLE TO GET MR. WILFALK OR SAL ON THE LINE FOR 48? >>OCEA WYNN: WE HAVE MS. DUNCAN ON TO DISCUSS 48. >>JEAN DUNCAN: GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT HAVING MR. WILFALK OR MR. RUGGIERO AVAILABLE FOR THE BRIEFINGS HELD PRIOR TO THIS ITEM. THE CONVERSATION THIS MORNING, WE WERE OF THE IMPRESSION THAT THE MEMO WAS SUFFICIENT FOR YOUR INTEREST ON THIS TOPIC. WE WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OFF-LINE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH OUR CONTRACTOR IN TERMS OF NEGOTIATIONS AND IT BENEFITS APPROPRIATE AFTER ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND DO MORE OF A DISCUSSION FOR THE PUBLIC. SO IF THAT WOULD SATISFY YOUR INTERESTS FOR TODAY, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH ANY OF YOU THAT HAVE PARTICULAR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ITEM. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA GAVE ME A LITTLE CUE. SINCE HE IS THE LEGEND HERE AND KNOWS A LITTLE BIT MORE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT'S WHAT I SAID EARLIER, MR. CHAIRMAN. I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON A CONCEPT OF DOING THE WHOLE ITY. NOT DOING THE WHOLE CITY NOW. NEW TAMPA AREA, SOME OF THE SMALLER PARTS OF THE AREAS AROUND THE NEW TAMPA BEING PICKED UP BY A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR AND THE BILL KEEPS RISING. SO THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO MAKE -- I THINK THE CONTRACT IS THROUGH 2023, AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT NOW MAKING THAT PART OF THE CITY'S PICKUP SERVICE WHICH I THINK WOULD HELP THE CITIZENS AND KEEP EVERYBODY IN THE SAME KEEL. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MR. VIERA, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, FOR YOUR WORDS. I'D ASK -- I'D LOVE TO TALK WITH YOU ALL ABOUT THIS, OBVIOUSLY. I'LL ASK MY ASSISTANT TO SET UP A CALL ON THIS AT A LATER TIME BECAUSE TRASH PICKUP IN NEW TAMPA IS KIND OF AN ACUTE ISSUE RIGHT NOW. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MS. DUNCAN, I'LL HEED WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT NEGOTIATIONS. LET'S GO AHEAD AND LET COUNCIL MEMBERS KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS ITEM AND WHAT'S FORTHCOMING IN THE FUTURE SO WE CAN BE ABREAST OF IT, IF YOU DON'T MIND, PLEASE. >>JEAN DUNCAN: COUNCILMAN, BASICALLY A QUESTION WAS POSED LAST MONTH THAT OUTSOURCING TO PRIVATE ENTITIES AND WHAT WERE THE POSSIBILITIES OF ADDRESSING THE WHOLE CITY IN THAT REGARD. SO THE TEAM PROVIDED A MEMO TO YOU WITH A POSITION ON THAT. BUT LIKE I SAID, WE'D LIKE TO ANSWER ANY PARTICULAR QUESTIONS OFF LINE. SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW THAT THE COUNTY IS HAVING SOME SIGNIFICANT ISSUES WITH THEIR CONTRACT FOR THEIR OUTSOURCING SERVICES WITHIN THE COUNTY, AND THEY HAVE ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO THE CITY FOR ASSISTANCE. SO THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS GOING ON IN THAT REGARD AS WELL. BASED ON THEIR EXPERIENCE, THAT SITUATION, WE WOULD LIKE AT THIS POINT IN TIME RESPECTFULLY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS O ONE ON ONE. WE CAN COME BACK AND HAVE MORE OF A PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON IT, IF THAT'S STILL DESIRED. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT WILL BE FINE, MS. DUNCAN. GIVE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, I KNOW -- THERE ARE LOOKS, I KNOW THEY HAVE QUESTIONS BREWING. WE'LL HOLD BACK AND GET YOUR FOLKS TO GET WITH US OFF-LINE AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE. >>JEAN DUNCAN: REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE GONE THROUGH ALL ITEMS RIGHT AT THE MIDDAY TIME. IF MY GOOD FRIEND FOR NEW BUSINESS, LUIS VIERA DOESN'T HAVE 15 MOTIONS, WE MIGHT GET OUT OF HERE RIGHT AT 12. [ LAUGHTER ] >>LUIS VIERA: MAY I, SIR? >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I MENTIONED THIS BEFORE. I MOTION FOR THE UPTOWN PRESENTATION AT THE REGULAR SESSION MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 2 AT 9 A.M. AND SAID PRESENTATION PLACED INTO CEREMONIAL ITEMS PRESENTATIONS. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT DAY LOOKS. I THINK IT'S OKAY, BUT I'M NOT SURE. SEPTEMBER 2. >>MARTIN SHELBY: TWO PRESENTATIONS SCHEDULED PRESENTLY. HOW LONG IS THIS PRESENTATION, SIR? >>LUIS VIERA: THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. MR. CHAIR, MARTY, DO YOU WANT ME TO MOVE IT TO ANOTHER DAY BECAUSE THIS WOULD BE THREE PRESENTATIONS? WE CAN MOVE IT TO OCTOBER -- >>MARTIN SHELBY: RIGHT NOW, YOU PRESENTLY HAVE A COMMENDATION FOR MR. SWINDLE FOR BEING THE FORMER CHAIR, PRESENTATION FOR COMMENDATION FOR JOE GRECO. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE SCREECHED. >>LUIS VIERA: JOE GRECO, THAT'S -- THAT IS A SEPARATE MOTION. JOE'S IS QUITE A WHILE -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: NOT NOW. IF YOU WANT TO GET TO THAT AND THEN WE'LL ADD IT. >>LUIS VIERA: IS SEPTEMBER 2nd OKAY? >>ORLANDO GUDES: SEPTEMBER 2 IS FINE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: HOW LONG DO YOU SUSPECT THE PRESENTATION? THAT WILL BE FINE. THANK YOU. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ACTUALLY, I MOTION TO TAKE OFF MR. GRECO -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION FOR YOUR -- FOR THE FIRST ONE. SECOND? >>JOSEPH CITRO: I DID. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIED. >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION TO REMOVE MR. GRECO'S COMMENDATION TO BE GIVEN AT A LATER TIME. >>MARTIN SHELBY: DO YOU WANT US TO TAKE THE REASON? MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY, BUT IT'S NOT RELATED TO MR. GRECO'S PERFORMANCE. >>LUIS VIERA: HE IS A FINE GENTLEMAN. HE'S A FINE GENTLEMAN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. VIERA WANTS TO MOVE THE COMMENDATION OF MR. GRECO SECONDED BY MR. MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH SIR. THE NEXT, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME CONCERNS. THERE WAS A STORY OUT ON THE FORTHCOMING BUDGET IN TAMPA FIRE RESCUE WITH FIRE STATIONS. I'M GOING TO BE SPEAKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ON THAT WITH SOME MEMBERS OF TAMPA FIRE. TAMPA CITY COUNCIL THROUGH MOTIONS HAS STATED OUR PREFERENCE WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC SAFETY. I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES LIKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WE'RE EQUALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT. WHEN IT COMES TO THIS, THIS BUDGET IS A REALLY RIGHT TIME TO TAKE CARE OF THAT. I THINK OUR OPINIONS ON THAT ARE VERY, VERY WELL KNOWN, BUT JUST FYI, I'LL BE ENGAGING IN SOME MEETINGS PARTICULARLY AS A LOT OF IT ENTAILS AREAS IN NORTH TAMPA THAT ARE IN ACUTE NEED OF ASSISTANCE. I DID WANT TO MOTION, THOUGH, I WANTED A TAMPA CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP. WORKSHOPS CAN OFTEN TAKE A LOOK AT A LARGER NARRATIVE OF AN ISSUE, AND WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE TERM THE SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE AND WHAT THAT MEANS. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE -- FOR EXAMPLE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE APPRENTICESHIP ORDINANCE. TO ME, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT DEALS WITH THE SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE, WHICH IS TELLING YOUNG FOLKS IN HIGH SCHOOL THAT HEY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN PURSUE A MIDDLE-CLASS LIFESTYLE THROUGH THE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS. I WANT TO DO A WORKSHOP -- WE CAN DO IT IN DECEMBER -- ON WHAT THE CITY IS DOING THROUGH IDEAS LIKE SUMMER JOBS, APPRENTICESHIPS REENTRY PROGRAMS, ET CETERA, FOR THE SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE. I'LL COME UP WITH SOME SPEAKERS ON THAT. I DON'T ANTICIPATE TAKING A VERY LONG TIME. BUT JUST -- BECAUSE THAT'S SUCH AN OFTEN MENTIONED TERM THAT RESONATES WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. THE QUESTION HAS TO BE ASKED: WHAT ARE WE DOING? WHAT ARE WE DOING ON THAT ISSUE? WHAT HAVE WE DONE AND WHAT CAN WE DO BETTER? >>ORLANDO GUDES: I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH MIKE SWAIN, OCEA WYNN LAST WEEK ABOUT THE SAME THING. SCHOOL DISTRICT NEEDS TO KNOW EVERY JOB SO THE NEXT GENERATION CAN STEP FORTH AND FILL SHOES. HOPEFULLY PART OF THE DISCUSSION FOR YOUR WORKSHOP. >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO TOLD ME OCTOBER 28 IS THE LAST AVAILABLE WORKSHOP. I GUESS BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, IT WOULD APPEAR. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT DAY? >>MARTIN SHELBY: THERE'S ROOM, I BELIEVE, MR. CHAIRMAN, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK. >>ORLANDO GUDES: IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S ROOM. THERE'S ROOM. OCTOBER 28. VIERA MOTION ON THE FLOOR. SECONDED BY MR. CITRO. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? >>LUIS VIERA: I'LL SAVE MY 98 OTHERS FOR NEXT WEEK. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE YOU. MR. MANISCALCO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I'D LIKE THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO COME BACK WITH A REPORT AUGUST 28 UNDER STAFF REPORTS ON THE DEFINITION OF WHAT A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE IS. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SECOND. >>MARTIN SHELBY: JUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF THAT IS TO REFERENCE THE ISSUE AND I DON'T RECALL THE SECTION OF CHAPTER 27 THAT DEFINES IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT ORIGINALLY MOVED PARTS OF 27 TO CHAPTER 15. IT'S WHAT WE VOTED ON A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO ON SECOND READING. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION BY MR. MANISCALCO. SECONDED BY MR. DINGFELDER. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? ANYTHING ELSE, SIR? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, SIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. >>BILL CARLSON: NOTHING, THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CITRO, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DURING THE BOAT PARADE I SAW SOMETHING VERY, VERY UNUSUAL. IT WAS A FLOATING BILLBOARD, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE LEGAL STAFF TO COME BACK TO US AND JUST GIVE US A BRIEF COMMENT ON WHETHER OR NOT THOSE ARE EVEN ALLOWED WITHIN OUR CODE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. SHELBY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED, SIR. >>MARTIN SHELBY: DID YOU WANT AN APPEARANCE OR WRITTEN REPORT? >>JOSEPH CITRO: JUST AN APPEARANCE. IF IT ISN'T, WHAT WE'RE DOING ABOUT IT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY MR. CITRO. SECONDED BY MR. CARLSON. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIED. >>JOSEPH CITRO: NOTHING FURTHER, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THEY ARE LITIGATING THAT ISSUE OVER AT THE BEACHES, MR. CITRO. CALL ME LUIS JUNIOR TODAY, I HAVE FOUR. FIRST OFF, AT THE REQUEST OF ADMINISTRATION AND LEGAL, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE OPEN THE APPOINTMENT/NOMINATION PROCESS FOR A CITY COUNCIL SELECTION TO THE CITIZENS POLICE REVIEW BOARD FOR A MEMBER APPOINTED BY CITY COUNCIL WHOSE TERM WILL BEGIN ON OR ABOUT JANUARY 4, 2022. THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT APPLICATION WILL BE SEPTEMBER 3rd 2021. AND THE CONSIDERATION OF THE APPLICANTS AND THE APPOINTMENT OF A MEMBER FROM THE QUALIFIED APPLICANTS BE PLACED ON OUR SEPTEMBER 30th, 2021 OR OCTOBER 7, 2021 REGULAR AGENDA. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED SIR. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I THINK FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE CLERK, TO HAVE A DATE CERTAIN. IS THERE A PREFERENCE, MADAM CLERK? >>THE CLERK: NO PREFERNCE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I SUSPECT IT WOULD BE BEST FOR COUNCIL JUST TO CHOOSE ONE DATE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: LET'S SAY THE OCTOBER 7th. THAT WOULD GIVE PEOPLE PLENTY OF TIME TO REVIEW THE APPLICANTS AND GIVE US PLENTY OF TIME TO REVIEW THE APPLICANTS. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF YOU COULD FORWARD THAT MOTION TO THE CLERK. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOVED TO OCTOBER 7. SECOND. SECONDED BY MR. MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. SHELBY, I KNOW FOR A WHILE LAST YEAR WE WERE DOING WORKSHOPS WITH SUBJECTS, WITH MAJOR SUBJECTS, LIKE THE LAND USE DEPARTMENT TOOK LIKE AN ENTIRE DAY AND WE HAD VERY PRODUCTIVE WORKSHOP DAY ALL ABOUT LAND USE ISSUES. DO WE HAVE A LAND USE WORKSHOP COMING UP? >>MARTIN SHELBY: NO, ACTUALLY, MR. DINGFELDER, WE HAVE NOT FOLLOWED UP SPECIFICALLY. COUNCIL HAS NOT. I SUSPECT IT WOULD BE WISE TO PERHAPS, IF COUNCIL WANTS TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION, WHICH IS SOMETHING THE ADMINISTRATION HAS SUGGESTED, THAT AT LEAST WITH THE WORKSHOPS BEGINNING THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, WE CAN START THAT PROCESS BECAUSE YOU'RE SCHEDULED NOW THROUGH OCTOBER, WHICH IS YOUR LAST WORKSHOP OF THE YEAR. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HOW DOES THE OCTOBER WORKSHOP LOOK? >>MARTIN SHELBY: WE JUST ADDED ONE ITEM AND I BELIEVE THERE'S STILL SUFFICIENT ROOM. THE QUESTION IS, HOW MANY ITEMS AND HOW LONG DO YOU WANT TO SPEND PER ITEM TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE HOW LONG YOUR MEETING IS GOING TO BE. THAT'S FOR COUNCIL'S DECISION. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: AS AN ASIDE, I HOPE NEXT YEAR IN 2022 WE GET INTO THAT HABIT OF TRYING TO DEDICATE JANUARY WORKSHOP IS GOING TO BE LAND USE AND FEBRUARY WORKSHOP WILL BE TRANSPORTATION AND THAT SORT OF THING. I THINK IT'S REALLY HELPFUL. >>MARTIN SHELBY: WOULD YOU LIKE TO ASK IN THE FORM OF A MOTION FOR ME TO WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH A SCHEDULE TO PRESENT TO COUNCIL SO COUNCIL CAN CHOOSE TO ADOPT THAT? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: IF IT'S COUNCIL'S DESIRE, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. ANYBODY LIKE OR NOT LIKE THAT IDEA? >>LUIS VIERA: I DON'T HAVE ANY STRONG OPPOSITION TO IT. I THINK THAT MAYBE WE WANT TO SQUEEZE SOMETHING IN THAT'S NOT SPECIFIC SUBJECT, BUT I'LL VOTE FOR IT. I HAVE NO PROBLEM. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I AGREE, LUIS COMPLETELY. WE COULD HAVE A MAJOR THEME FOR THAT MONTH AND IF WE HAVE TO SQUEEZE SOMETHING IN, THERE'S ALWAYS AN EXCEPTION TO THE RULE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM SUPPORTING IT. SOMETIMES WE DO NEED THINGS THAT COME UP, SO I DON'T WANT TO GET BOGGED DOWN SAYING HOW MUCH TIME IT'S GOING TO BE. MAYBE DESIGNATE TIME AND STILL HAVE THINGS FOR DISCUSSION, I DON'T THINK IT WILL TAKE A WHOLE, WHOLE DAY FOR SOME OF THESE DEPARTMENTS. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YOU KNOW THE INTENT OF MY MOTION, MR. SHELBY. THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND ANYONE? SECONDED BY MR. VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: NOW I'M UP TO FIVE MOTIONS, INCLUDING THAT ONE. SO MY UNDERLYING MOTION IS THAT ASK MS. FEELEY AND HER GROUP TO- COME IN AND DISCUSS WITH US THE ISSUE OF PRIVATE ACCESS FOR NEW PROJECTS MULTIFAMILY LARGER MULTIFAMILY OR COMMERCIAL PROJECTS TO LOCAL ROADS AND STREETS. THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME AMBIVALENCE OR CONFUSION IN THE CODE, AND SOMETIMES PROJECTS, LARGE PROJECTS ARE ALLOWED ACCESS AS A MATTER OF RIGHT TO LOCAL STREETS, AND THAT CAN BE PROBLEMATIC, I BELIEVE, AND WE'VE RUN INTO A FEW OF THESE, AND THEN SOMETIMES THEY CAN'T, BUT IF THEY CALL THEMSELVES A MIXED USE OR A COMMERCIAL PROJECT, THEN THEY CAN. I JUST THINK WE SHOULD TRY AND GET SOME CONSISTENCY IN THAT ISSUE. ANYWAY, SO I'D LIKE STAFF TO COME IN, GIVE US A REPORT OF THE STATUS QUO, WHERE WE ARE TODAY ON THAT ISSUE OF ACCESS ACCESS OF NEW PROJECTS TO LOCAL STREETS AND ROADS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. VIERA SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIED. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU. IT'S FUNNY WHAT YOU READ IN THE OVER IN ST. PETERSBURG, SOMETIMES THEY DO SOME REALLY NEED, PROGRESSIVE THINGS AND THEN WE FOLLOW SUIT. MAYBE THEY DO THE SAME WITH US. I DON'T KNOW. BUT THE OTHER DAY, THEY ADOPTED A COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, I ALREADY HAVE IT AND I'VE GOT THE WHOLE -- >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I WILL DEFER TO YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. SEE, WE DON'T VIOLATE SUNSHINE, SO I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT. ALL RIGHT, MY LAST MOTION. I'M DOWN TO FOUR NOW. OUR GOOD FRIEND MARIO NUÑEZ AND HIS MOTLEY CREW HAVE AS OF LAST YEAR WAS THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TAMPA NATIVE SHOW. I WANTED TO DO THIS MOTION LAST YEAR BUT WE WANTED TO DO IT IN PERSON. NOW WE'RE UP TO THE 11th ANNIVERSARY. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THEM A COMMENDATION ON THE 10th ANNIVERSARY OF THE TAMPA NATIVE SHOW TO BE PRESENTED -- DO WE HAVE A REGULAR MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 16th? NO. 23rd? RIGHT. MAZEL TOV. 23rd. 30th. OKAY. SEPTEMBER 30th. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECONDED BY MR. MANISCALCO. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: AND THAT WOULD BE IT FOR TODAY. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT. MR. MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I HAVE A FEW. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PRESENT A WELL-DESERVED COMMENDATION TO TAMPA POLICE CHIEF BRIAN DUGAN WHO AFTER 30 YEARS OF SERVICE AND HIS LAST DAY WITH THE CITY WILL BE SEPTEMBER 10, 2021. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION TO CHIEF DUGAN ON SEPTEMBER THE 2nd AT 9 A.M. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECONDED BY MR. CITRO. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIED. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THE OTHER FIVE, I WILL BE DOING FIVE FROM NOW ON TO MAKE SURE I KEEP UP WITH MY COLLEAGUES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT, GENTLEMEN. LIKE MR. DINGFELDER STATED, EARLIER WE DID PASS -- A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE KIND OF STARTED THE BALL DOWN THE ROAD A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE INSTITUTED A COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT WITH OUR CRAs, IF YOU RECALL. IT WASN'T LIKE ST. PETE WAS THE FIRST. WE WERE THE FIRST TO GET ON THE BALL AND WE WERE TOLD CERTAIN THINGS IN REFERENCE TO CITYWIDE. OBVIOUSLY, SOMEBODY HAS FOUND A WAY AND CRAFTED A WAY TO DO SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ASKING ABOUT. AT THIS TIME, I MAKE A MOTION FOR THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO REVIEW THE CITY OF ST. PETERSBURG'S RECENTLY ENACTED COMMUNITY -- STUDY APPLICATIONS METHODS -- LIKE TO PLACE THIS ON THE OCTOBER WORKSHOP ON THE 28th. I HAVE THE PROVIDED MATERIALS AND BACKGROUND FOR THE ORDINANCE OVER IN ST. PETE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN MADE A MOTION. MR. DINGFELDER MADE A SECOND. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S APPROPRIATE OR NOT. ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO MAKE THE SECOND? MR. CITRO MADE THE SECOND. I WITHDRAW MINE. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I HAVE TWO MORE THAT I GOT SEVERAL CALLS ON. THE PRESIDENT ENACTED A NEW FEDERAL HOLIDAY. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HAS ALSO ADOPTED THE HOLIDAY. SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR TO INSTITUTE JUNETEENTH AS A CITY HOLIDAY. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN HAS MADE A FANTASTIC MOTION, I SUPPORT IT WHOLEHEARTEDLY. MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IS THAT ANYTHING TIED TO A RETURN DATE IN TERMS OF A RESPONSE OR PLACE IT AS A SUGGESTION TO THE ADMINISTRATION AT THIS TIME. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I CAN PUT A RETURN DATE. GIVE THEM A LITTLE TIME. I WOULD SAY SEPTEMBER 30th SHOULD BE ABLE TO BRING SOMETHING BACK TO US BY THEN. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY. MOTION. WHO WAS MY SECOND? MR. CITRO. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MY LAST ONE BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT, THERE IS A DEAR, DEAR LADY, DELORES GRAYSON. SHE WORKS SO HARD AT GETTING THE VOTER REGISTRATION ON TIME, SHE'S HELPING ALL THE EVENTS. SHE'S IL STRICKEN AND HOMEBOUND A LITTLE BIT. MY MOTHER TOLD ME YOU GIVE PEOPLE FLOWERS WHILE THEY ARE STILL LIVING. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I RECOGNIZE HER FOR THE GREAT LEADERSHIP WORK SHE'S DONE IN THE COMMUNITY. MAKE A MOTION FOR COMMENDATION FOR OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN GET HER, BECAUSE I KNOW SHE'S IN, SO I WOULD JUST GO AHEAD AND SAY, I LOOK AT THE CALENDAR FOR COMMENDATIONS FOR THE 23rd, AND IF SHE CAN'T MAKE IT I'LL PERSONALLY TAKE IT TO HER HOME AND GIVE IT TO HER. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: DID YOU SAY WE HAVE A MEETING -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: I BELIEVE WE HAVE A MEETING ON THE 23rd. SEPTEMBER. >>THE CLERK: [INAUDIBLE] >>ORLANDO GUDES: LET'S -- IT WILL BE QUICK FOR HER. IF SHE CAN'T MAKE IT. EVENING SESSION 5:01, BECAUSE SHE MAY NEED A RIDE TO GET HER IF THAT'S THE CASE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MOTION AND SECOND FOR THE COMMENDATION IN THE EVENING SESSIO OF THE 23rd. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THREE WORDS, MR. CHAIRMAN. RECEIVE AND FILE. >> SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA HAS MADE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE. MR. CITRO. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? WE ARE ADJOURNED, GENTLEMEN, UNTIL 5:01. >>MARTIN SHELBY: 5:01 TONIGHT.