TEST. TEST . >>LYNN HURTAK: ROLL CALL, PLEASE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE. >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE. >>NAYA YOUNG: HERE. >>BILL CARLSON: HERE. >>CLERK: OFF QUORUM. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO WE ARE MOVING ON TO THE 1:30 PUBLIC HEARINGS. SO STAFF FOR PUBLIC HEARING, ITEM NUMBER 49. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO OPEN THE 1:30 PUBLIC HEARING. >>LYNN HURTAK: MOTION TO OPEN 1:30 PUBLIC HEARING FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO. SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED. LET'S DO OATHS. IF YOU WERE HERE TO SPEAK TO ITEM 49 AT ALL, PLEASE STAND AND EVEN IF YOU THINK YOU ARE NOT BUT YOU ARE HERE FOR THAT ITEM. PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. THANK YOU. [SWEARING IN] >>CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE FOR THE REVIEW FOR FILE NO. DE1-25-160-C FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4001 EAST HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE THIS IS A DE NOVO HEARING THAT IS BEFORE YOU. CITY COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE YOUR PACKETS THAT CONTAIN THE RULES OF PROCEDURE IN ORDER TO CONDUCT THIS REVIEW HEARING. IT SHOULD ALSO CONTAIN CODE SECTION 27-61, WHICH IS THE REVIEW HEARING PROCESS THAT GOVERNS THIS MATTER. ALSO, I PROVIDED A SAMPLE MOTION REGARDING THIS ITEM. BUT AS I PREVIOUSLY STATED CODE SECTION 27-61, A DE NOVO REVIEW HEARING WHICH MEANS CITY COUNCIL CAN RECEIVE NEW EVIDENCE REGARDING THIS THE MAPPER. AFTER HEARING FROM STAFF AND FROM THE PETITIONER REGARDING THIS MATTER, CITY COUNCIL CAN EITHER AFFIRM DECISION OF THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR OR OVERTURN THE DECISION OF THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR. AND THE SAMPLE MOTION GIVES YOU SOME GUIDANCE. I ALSO INCLUDED IN THE SAMPLE MOTION THE CRITERIA IN 27-60 SUBSECTIONS E-5 THAT SHALL BE USED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT TO AFFIRM OR DENY THE -- THE APPLICATION -- THE REQUEST BY THE PETITIONERS. I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR. COTTON, WHO WILL BE HERE -- WHO WILL PRESENT WHY THIS APPLICATION WAS DENIED. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER, I AM SORRY, I FORGOT TO DO NUMBER 2 IN THIS -- IN THE PROCEDURES. >>MARTIN SHELBY: NUMBER TWO IS TO ASK IF ANYBODY HAS ANY VERBAL EX-PARTE COMMUNICATIONS THEY NEED TO DISCLOSE AT THIS TIME. OTHERWISE WE CAN MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE WRITTEN REQUESTS. IF THERE IS A MOTION. >>LYNN HURTAK: DO I HAVE A MOTION? AND YOU ARE -- >>MARTIN SHELBY: SORRY, I AM, MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY. >>LYNN HURTAK: A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA WHO HAS JOINED US. DO I HAVE A SECOND? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECONDS. >>LYNN HURTAK: A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA TO RECEIVE ALL WRITTEN MATERIALS, IF ANY. SO ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOW WE ARE READY FOR MR. COTTON. APOLOGIES. >>ERIC COTTON: GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL, ERIC COTTON, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. THIS IS AN APPEAL OF DESIGN EXCEPTION 125-160 FOR THE PROPERTY 4001 EAST HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE. SO PETITIONER AND PROPERTY OWNER IS NEW PLAZA WILL,LC, AGENT WAS CIVIL DESIGN ENGINEERING. SAN. A BRAND-NEW SHOPPING CENTER ON THE PROPERTY AND ASKING FOR PAYMENT FOR THE DESIGN EXCEPTION PROCESS AN ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BY CITY STAFF. THEY ASKED FOR THREE THINGS. ONE TO ALLOW THE FRONT SETBACK TO BE A MAXIMUM OF 138 FEET. THE PRINCIPAL FACADE NOT TO FACE A PUBLIC STREET. AND TO ALLOW PARKING IN FRONT YARD. IF BY SHOW THE SITE PLAN, IT WILL MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE CLEAR FOR YOU ALL. THIS IS THE PROPERTY, OF COURSE, ON 40th. THIS IS HILLSBOROUGH, THE SOUTHWEST -- THE SOUTHEAST INTERS INTERSECTION. THIS IS THE CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DESIGN EXCEPTION THAT IS PROBABLY IN THE PACKET THAT YOU ALL RECEIVED. THESE ARE THE CODE EXCEPTIONS. SO THESE ARE ALL PART OF THE EAST TAMPA OVERLAY DISTRICT, IF YOU ALL RECALL, WAS ORIGINALLY ADOPTEDED IN 2000, 2001, AND HAS BEEN AMENDED PER IODICALLY ABOU TWO YEARS AGO BEFORE THE PUBLICLY INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENTS ARE REMOVED. EAST TAMPA CAME IN AND ASKED FOR CHANGES. WE DID A FRONT YARD SETBACK NOW AS A BUILD-TO ZONE, BETWEEN 10 AND 12 FEET FOR RESIDENTIAL -- COMMERCIAL USES. BUILDING FACADE AND ENTRY WAYS HAVE TO FACE THE PUBLIC STREET AND PARKING LOCATED IN THE REAR OR SIDE YARD. THIS IS THE -- THIS IS THE SITE PLAN AS PRESENTED AS PART OF DOWNTOWN HE SIGN EXCEPTION. THIS IS THE PROPOSED BUILDING. PARK SOMETHING IN THE FRONT. ENTRANCE OFF OF HILLSBOROUGH. AND ENTRANCE OFF OF NORTH 40th. STAFF'S POSITION IS THAT -- I AM NOT AN ENGINEER. I AM NOT AN ARCHITECT. BUT THE STAFF'S POSITION IS THAT THE PROPERTY CAN BE FLIPPED TO A DEGREE. I APOLOGIZE FOR THE LACK OF PROFESSIONALISM ON MY DRAWING HERE, BUT THE STAFF POSITION IS THAT THE BUILDING COULD BE FLIPPED IN A DIFFERENT DESIGN COULD BE SUITLIZED TO BRING THE BUILDING UP CLOSE WHICH IS THE INTENT OF THE OVERLAY DISTRICT TO MAKE IT MORE PETITIONED-FRIENDLY AND MEET THE 10 TO 12-FOOT SETBACK. PUT THE PARKING TOWARD THE REAR. AND IT WOULD HAVE THE FRONT DOOR TO BE DEFINITELY FACING THE STREET AND NOT HAVING A PARKING LOT IN BETWEEN. THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION. DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? >>LYNN HURTAK: COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO. >>ERIC COTTON: YES, SIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THIS RIGHT NOW IS AN EMPTY PARKING LOT WITH A CHECK CASHING SITE ON IT. IS THAT THE SITE? >>ERIC COTTON: THE CHECK CASHING SITE IS AT THE CORNER. NOT PART OF THEIR SITE. IT IS CARVED OUT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HISTORICALLY, WAS THERE IS A GROCERY STORE THERE? WHAT WAS -- THAT IS A BIG LOT. I DON'T KNOW. >>ERIC COTTON: DON'T RECALL WHAT WAS THERE. I AM SURE THE APPLICANT CAN TELL YOU WHAT WAS THERE HISTORICALLY. I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MAYBE A CAR DEALERSHIP. >>ERIC COTTON: A LARGE SITE, ALMOST 20,000 SQUARE FEET. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>LYNN HURTAK: ANYONE ELSE. OKAY, PETITIONER. I'M SORRY -- SO, YES, PRESENTATION BY THE PETITIONER. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS MUBAREK. I AM THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY ON HILLSBOROUGH AND 40th. BOUGHT THE PROPERTY ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO, FREE AND CLEAR. IT HAD A GROCERY STORE WHERE I ENDED UP LOSING THAT BUILDING. I WAS THE LANDLORD OF THE PROPERTY. DOESN'T OWN THE GROCERY STORE. GOT BURNED DOWN FIVE YEARS AGO. TENANTS WERE THERE. I HAD INSURANCE. FULL COVERAGE INSURANCE. HE DID NOT COOPERATE WITH ME ABOUT FIXING SOME OF THE ELECTRIC. I ENDED UP -- I WAS OUT OF THE COUNTRY. I ENDED UP LOSING INSURANCE AT THAT TIME. SO I HAD -- HE MADE ME LOSE THE INSURANCE. THREE WEEKS AFTER ONE MONTH AFTER, THE WHOLE BUILDING CAUGHT ON FIRE. I HAD TO COME BACK. AND THE CITY AFTER A WHILE -- SO I ENDED UP LOSING EVERYTHING. I DID NOT GET A DOLLAR FROM THE INSURANCE. I CAME BACK, AND THEN WITH THE BURN, THE CITY ASKED ME, PLEASE, WE NEED FOR YOU TO DEMOLISH IT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD. WHEN I BOUGHT THE PROPERTY, I HAVE A DREAM. I AM AN OWNER WITH A LOT OF SHOPPING CENTERS. I OWN A LOT IN TEMPLE TERRACE AND AROUND FLORIDA. I HAD A DREAM FOR THIS PROPERTY WITH THE LEASE GOING TO GO UP WITH THE GROCERY STORE, I WAS GOING TO DEMOLISH IT AND REBUILD IT AGAIN BUT I ENDED UP LOSING -- I FOUGHT THE CASE AND CALL ME 700,000 TO $800,000 ATTORNEY FEES TRYING TO GET MY BUILDING BACK. WHY THE BUILDING GOT BURNED. HE MA MADE ME LOSE THE INSURANCE. CAME UP WITH ZERO. I LOST EVERYTHING. I DID NOT GET A DOLLAR BUT $700,000 FOR THE ATTORNEY FEES THAT I HAVE PROOF OF THAT. TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, I WANTED TO BUILD THE PLAZA. I HAD A DREAM. I OWN ACE CASH CHECKING PLACE. BUT THEY HAVE A LEASE UP TO I THINK 2031. ACE CATCHING CHECK PLACE. SO I CAME BACK AND SAID I WOULD DO A L-SHAPED PLAZA FACING THAT WAY ON 40th. IF YOU WANT ME TO GET AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO HILLSBOROUGH TO MAKE IT LOOK -- TO STAND OUT. I WAS GOING -- READY TO BUILD IT. I DIDN'T HAVE TO GO TO THE BANK. I AM READY TO REBUILD IT AND I WANT TO MAKE THIS CORNER HONESTLY -- I AM A REAL ESTATE GUY BESIDE THE 300 LOCATIONS I OWN AROUND THE COUNTRY. I KNOW THE RETAIL IS VERY GOOD EXPERIENCE WITH RETAIL. I WANTED TO MAKE THIS CORNER STAND OUT. TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, I WANTED TO DO THE PROJECT. HE TRULY WANT TO DO IT FACING THE SIDEWALK ESPECIALLY ON THAT CORNER LIKE THAT. I WILL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I CAN ONLY TALK ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE. IT WOULD GIVE ME 60% CHANCE OR MAYBE 55% FOR ME TO FAIL, FOR ME TO GRAB THE RIGHT TENANTS IN THERE. UP DO HAVE THE RIGHT TENANTS. I OWN SHOPPING CENTERS ON FOWLER, FOOT LOCKER, JIMMY JOHN'S, ALL THAT STUFF. I WAS GOING TO GET THE BEST RETAIL LOCATION OF THESE TENANTS AND GET THIS CORNER STAND OUT OVER ON HILLSBOROUGH. I HAVE THE EXPERIENCE. AND I WAS HOPING TO GET IT APPROVED, IF WE CAN, BECAUSE I AM READY TO DO THE PROJECT. AND I THINK THIS IS GOING TO -- FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, IT HAD NOTHING BUT ISSUES. ONE PERSON FROM MY OFFICE JUST TO KEEP VISITING VACANT SITE I OWN AROUND THE CITY. BECAUSE WE HAVE NOTHING BUT ISSUES. WE HAD TO CALL THE POLICE SO MANY TIMES TRYING TO GET THIS PERSON OUT FROM SELLING THIS OR THIS GUY IS PARKING HIS 18-WHEELERS OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER. SO, YEAH, THAT -- SO I HOPE IF WE CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN, I WAS READY TO GET THE PROJECT GOING. >>LYNN HURTAK: COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO. -- SORRY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? >> PRETTY MUCH THAT'S IT. HURTAK HIGH TEMPERATURE OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BUILDING THAT WAS THERE THAT BURNED DOWN. HOW DID IT FACE? SET BACK ON THE PROPERTY FACING HILLSBOROUGH? >> NO, IT WAS SITTING IN THE BACK. SO ALL THE PARKING WAS IN THE FRONT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: FACING HILLSBOROUGH IS WHERE THE PARKING WAS? >> FACING HILLSBOROUGH, THE PARKING. THAT IS WHERE THE PARKING WITH AS. I THINK WITH AS A WINN-DIXIE BACK THEN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, BUT WHEN I PURCHASE IT, IT WAS MORE LIKE A LOCAL SUPERMARKET. I WAS JUST LEASING IT OUT. AND WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT BUILDING, I ENDED UP LOSING IT. ASIDE FROM THE PROPERTY -- HE BOUGHT IT FREE AND CLEAR AND I DID NOT GET A COLLAR OUT OF IT. SINCE THEN I AMMING UP TO THE PROPERTY BECAUSE ONE OF THE FAMOUS PROPERTIES I WANTED TO OWN FOR A LONG, LONG TIME HONESTLY. TAMPA HAPPENED, WHAT HAPPENED. AND THE BUILDING GOT BURNED. AND I JUST WANT TO REBUILD A BRAND-NEW BUILDING. KIND OF SITS HIGH AND HONESTLY -- I AM NOT GOING TO GO THE CHEAP WAY TO BUILD THAT BUILDING. IT WILL BE SOMETHING VERY NICE AND WILL STAND OUT. >>LYNN HURTAK: ANYONE ELSE WITH QUESTIONS? SO I HAVE A QUESTION. >> YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: WHAT IS YOUR ACTUAL REASON FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS. THERE IS A CODE THAT SAYS YOU HAVE TO MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS. YOU HAVEN'T GIVEN US ANY REASON WHY YOU CAN'T. JUST THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO. >> HONESTLY TWO REASONS, THE SITTING ON THE CORNER LIKE THAT. FIGURE THAT WOULD BE THE RIGHT RETAIL. ACE DOESN'T WANT TO GIVE UP THEIR LOCATIONS. THEY SAID THIS IS ONE OF OUR BEST LOCATION. SECOND, WE OWN -- WE OWN OVER 300 LOCATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT OTHER SOURCES -- I PICKED UP FROM OTHER LANDLORDS WHERE I CREATED MY SALES OUT OF IT. IT WAS ONE OF THE LOW EPPS -- LOWEST -- LOWEST PRODUCTION DOORS AND CUSTOMERS WANT TO FACE -- DEPENDS ALSO ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD.SO EACH AREA WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT DITCFFERENT. I FEEL LIKE EVERY TEN MEN, THAT WAY I AM GOING TO HAVE A HUGE RISK OF LEASING THE SPACES COMPARED TO HAVING IT THE OTHER WAY WHICH I HAVE THE RIGHT TENANTS TO MOVE FORWARD TODAY. THIS IS 100% MY EXPERIENCE. >>LYNN HURTAK: BUT YOU -- THAT'S NOT AN ACTUAL REASON THAT WE CAN USE. FINANCES AREN'T A REASON THAT WE CAN USE TO -- >> I'M NOT TALKING OF FINANCES -- WELL, AS AN INVESTOR FOR ME TO -- TO BE EXCITED TO MAKE MY MOVE, THAT IS THE ONLY WAY I CAN GUARANTEE THAT THE TENANTS TO COME -- TO COME AND SIGN LEASES COMPARED TO -- TO OTHER WAYS. I KIND OF SAW IT IN OTHER CITIES. IT WAS NEVER -- TO ME, THAT'S NEVER SUCCESSFUL WHEN IT CAME TO RETAIL. >>LYNN HURTAK: BUT -- >> I CAN GIVE AN EXAMPLE, LIKE -- >>LYNN HURTAK: AGAIN, BUT, AGAIN, FINANCES HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS. WE CAN NOT CONSIDER FINANCES. >> SURE. >>LYNN HURTAK: WE CAN ONLY CONSIDER, YOU NKNOW REASONABLE - I MEAN, WE CAN ONLY CONSIDER WHAT THE DESIGN EXCEPTION -- OR WHAT THE EAST TAMPA OVERLAY IS. I WILL LET COUNCIL MEMBER YOUNG, DO YOU WANT TO -- >>NAYA YOUNG: I GUESS -- I AM TRYING -- I WANT TO HEAR WHAT EXACTLY IS IT THAT THE -- MR. COTTON HAD PUT THE PHOTO UP WHERE YOU ARE JUST TAKING THE BUILDING AND PUTTING IT ON THE OTHER SEED. WHY CAN'T YOU DO THAT? IS THERE -- TO FIT IN WITH THE OVERLAY. SO EAST TAMPA OVERLAY IS THERE -- IT IS THERE FOR A REASON. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY CAN'T YOU JUST APPLY OR COMPLY WITH WHAT THE OVERLAY DISTRICT HAS AND DO IT THIS WAY? IS PUT THE PARKING IN THE BACK. BECAUSE JUST -- BE SWITCHING BUILDING, ONE, THIS IS WHAT EAST TAMPA COMMUNITY WANTS. THEY WANT CORRIDORS THAT ARE PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY. THEY WANT TO WALK UP INTO THE SPACE. TIME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS IT THAT YOU JUST CAN'T DO WHAT IS HERE? >> ALSO, CHECK CASHING PLACE. I TOLD THEM I HAVE A PLAN. HE WANT TO REDEVELOP MY PROPERTY. THEY HAVE A SMALL PORTION BUT THEY ALSO HAVE A LEASE. THEY CAME BACK AND THEY -- HIS ATTORNEY CAME BACK AND SAID THAT -- FOR YOU TO HAVE ALSO SOMETHING CLOSE TO MY BUILDING LIKE THAT, I HAVE A RIGHT TO COME BACK AND SUE YOU IF I -- IF I FEEL LIKE I AM GOING TO -- GOING TO LOSE BUSINESS AND STUFF LOOK THAT. SO HAVING IT ALSO CLOSE TO THAT, THAT COULD CREATE A HUGE ISSUE WITH ME WITH ACE, COMPARING ME SENDING IT DOWN FAR 'WAY IT FROM THEM WHERE I CAN START MY PROJECT RIGHT AWAY. >>LYNN HURTAK: MR. COTTON, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU? >>ERIC COTTON: YES, MA'AM. >>LYNN HURTAK: WHAT ARE THE REQUIRED SETBACKS BETWEEN THEM AND THE PROPERTY ON THE CORNER? >>ERIC COTTON: NOT THE SAME ZONING LAW. THIS IS -- AS FAR AS I KNOW, THIS IS A ZONED PARCEL I.D. THERE IS NO -- A BUILDING SEPARATION BY THE FIRE CODE WHICH IS PROBABLY -- I KNOW FOR RESIDENTIAL IS FIVE FEET. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS FOR COMMERCIAL. TV TO TEN FEET PROBABLY BETWEEN -- HURTAK THURSDAY THAT IS COMPLETELY LEGAL USING THE SETBACKS THAT ARE REARED BY CODE? >>ERIC COTTON: CORRECT, THE SETBACKS REQUIRED BY CODE REQUIRED BY THE PROPERTY LINES THAT IT IS ON. >>LYNN HURTAK: CORRECT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? ARE YOU A PART OF THE TEAM? >> YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT IS NOT PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT YOU HAVE PLENTY OF TIME YET IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, YOU CAN SPEAK. BUT PART OF THAT 15 MINUTES. YOU ARE WELCOME TO SPEAK BUT NOT PUBLIC COMMENT. IT IS PART OF PRESENTATION. >> SORRY, MY BAD. >>LYNN HURTAK: PLEASE START WITH YOUR NAME. SORRY, HOW MUCH TIME DO THEY HAVE LEFT? FIVE MINUTES AND 35 SECONDS. PLEASE START WITH YOUR NAME. >> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE, MY NAME IS ALEJANDRO BOSCH. I AM THE CIVIL ENGINEER HELPING HIM ON THIS PROJECT. WE STARTED THE DESIGN INITIALLY. WE CAME UP WITH THIS ALTERNATIVE. WE DISCUSSED WITH THE CITY THE HURDLES WE WERE GOING TO HAVE, NOT COMPLYING WITH THE CODE. AND THERE ARE REASONS, TECHNICAL REASONS WHY WE DIDN'T WANT TO JUST SHIFT THE BUILDING ON THE OTHER SIDE. ONE OF THEM WAS ON THE SOUTH SIDE, THERE IS AN EASEMENT, CURRENTLY AN EASEMENT, WE WILL NEED TO HAVE TWO POINTS OF ACCESS AS REQUIRED BY THE FIRE CODE. WE WILL NEED TO GO OVER THAT EASEMENT. THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM. ON THE OTHER SIDE, WE ARE GOING TO BE ENCROACHING INTO THE NEIGHBORS IF WE SHIFT THE DRIVEWAY TOWARD THE EAST SIDE. WE WILL BE ENCROACHING TOWARD THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROPERTY LINE, AND CERTAIN DISTANCE SINCE YOU ARE IN EAST HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE, CERTAIN DISTANCE WE NEED TO COMPLY WITH THE DRIVEWAYS. THIS COULD CREATE A PROBLEM IN TERMS OF INTERNAL TRAFFIC CIRCULATION FOR VEHICLES, AND -- AND GARBAGE TRUCKS TO PICK UP THE -- THE TRASH AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. AND QUITE FRANKLY, GENERALLY SPEAKING, ALL THE RETAILS I HAVE SEEN BASICALLY, THEY HAVE THE PARKING IN FRONT AND THE BUILDING ON THE REAR, MOST OF THEM. I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN FROM THE FINANCIAL STANDPOINT. AND I KNOW THIS IS NOT A POINT OF DISCUSSION HERE, BUT I THINK OVERALL IT SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. IT IS A COMBINATION. CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, THE CITY OF TAMPA IS NOT COLLECTING TOO MUCH TAX MONEY ON THIS PROPERTY. IF WE BRING THIS DEVELOPMENT IN, IT WILL -- IT WILL BRING A GOOD CHUNK OF TAX TO THE CITY AS WELL. SO, YOU KNOW, OTHER THINGS THAT COULD BE PROBLEMATIC WITH THIS LAYOUT MARKETING IN BLUE WILL BE MINIMUM DISTANCE BETWEEN EXISTING BUILDING AND THE PROPOSED BUILDING. REDUCTION OF PARKING. BECAUSE THIS CONFIGURATION, IT WILL BE -- THE AMOUNT OF PARKING THAT WE CAN HAVE IS PRETTY MUCH LESS. SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS TO CONSIDER AND WHY WE DID THE LAYOUT THE WAY IT WAS DONE. YES, THAT IS PRETTY MUCH IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE ACTUALLY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? >> GOOD AFTERNOON, STEPHANIE POYNOR. SOUNDS A WHOLE LOT OF I WANT WHAT I WANT TO DO AND I DON'T GIVE A CRAP OF WHAT YOUR RULES ARE. THAT IS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME. IN GENTLEMAN SAT HERE AND SAID HE HAS GOT CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES ALL OVER TOWN. HAVING TO RUN PEOPLE OFF OF HIS OTHER VACANT LOTS. SO HE WANTS TO SET THIS UP THE WAY HE WANTS TO SET IT UP AND HE DOESN'T GIVE A CRAP WHAT THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WANTED. I MEAN, I DIDN'T SAY IT. HE SAID IT. SO, I -- I THINK THAT -- IF THE FOLKS FROM EAST TAMPA WERE ACTUALLY HERE, THEY WOULD SAY WE SET UP THE OVERLAY FOR A REASON AND WE ASKED FOR THIS FOR A REASON, AND THIS GUY JUST WANTS TO DO WHAT HE WANTS TO DO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>LYNN HURTAK: STAFF. ANYTHING ADDITIONAL THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY? >>ERIC COTTON: NO, MA'AM, I'M HERE FOR QUESTIONS. >>LYNN HURTAK: PLEASE PUSH THAT UP. THANK YOU. YOU ARE GOOD. YOU CAN TAKE THAT. OKAY, ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE APPLICANT FOR PETITIONER? YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND. PLEASE START AGAIN WITH YOUR NAME. >> MY NAME IS FAYED MUPAREK, 4001 EAST HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE. HAVING THE PROPERTY SHAPING THAT WAY. AND ONE THING MORE ABOUT THE ACE, I KNOW IT IS NOT FINANCIAL, BUT ACE, FOR ME TO START MY PROBABLY, THEY HAVE UP TO 2031 ON THEIR LEASE. I CANNOT PULL THAT. FOR ME TO DO IT THE WAY YOU GUYS WANT IT, THERE IS NO WAY I CAN MOVE WITH IT. YOU SEE THE BUILDING AND HOW IT SITS. AND I HAVE A LETTER FROM THEM, FROM THEIR ATTORNEY WHEN WE TRIED TO DO THE PROJECT TWO YEARS AGO BEFORE WE KNEW ALL THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. THEY PRETTY MUCH ARE COLONEL WITH THE PERSON HANDLING A LOT OF THE STUFF FOR ME, HE WAS THE ONE DEALING WITH THEM. THEY MADE SURE THAT THEY SAID IF WE FIND OUT AN INTERRUPTION OR IF YOU LOCK US UP OR WHATEVER -- THEY SAY WE CAN'T CREATE OUR ABOUT IS, WE HAVE THE RIGHTS TO GO BACK TO YOU AND -- TO BE -- YOU KNOW, TO -- WHATEVER THE MONEY THEY FEEL LIKE THEY LOSS. TRULY WANT TO DO THE PROJECT, BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE FIGHTING IN COURT WITH OTHER TENANTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. WHEN WE DID THAT HAPPY, WE KEEP -- WE EVEN PROMISED THEM IN THE NEAR FUTURE THAT WHEN YOUR LEASE IS UP, IF YOU WANTED TO TAKE ONE OF THE CORNERS ON OTHER SIDE, WE WILL BE WILLING TO DO THAT. WE HAVE THAT APPROVED ON PAPERER. SO I JUST CAN'T -- THERE IS NO WAY I CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT HAVING THEM CORNERED LIKE THAT. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO AGREE. AND NEXT THING WE WILL HAVE A FEET IN COURT WITH THEIR ATTORNEY BY US LOCKING THEM FROM HAVING THE BUSINESS IN THERE. SO THAT IS SOMETHING AS YOU SEE, WHEN YOU SEE IT ON THE PICTURE. WE ALMOST SLIDE THEM UP IN THE CORNER LIKE THAT. THERE IS NO WEIGH WE CAN DO THE PROJECT. IF WE WISH IT BACK THE OTHER WAY AROUND, DEFINITELY STILL GOING TO HAVE THE ACCESS POINT. CUSTOMER BY THE STORE AND LEAVE THE WAY IT IS SHAPED. >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY, THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR LEGAL. >>CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE: CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT. >>LYNN HURTAK: THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER PROPERTY OWNER SAYING THAT THEY CAN'T DO SOMETHING WITH THEIR OWN PROPERTY. AS LONG AS THEY FOLLOW THE CODE WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA. >>CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE: I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT -- I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT. >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY. >>CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE: YOU ARE ONLY CONFINED TO THE CITY OF TAMPA CODE AND THOSE REGULATIONS. >>LYNN HURTAK: OUR CODE IS THE CODE. AND YOU CAN'T SUE FOR NOT -- ANYWAY. APPRECIATE IT. ANY -- OKAY. SOME APPLICANT, PETITIONER, YOU ARE FINISHED WITH YOUR REBUTTAL? OKAY. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE? >>LUIS VIERA: SO MOVED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND. >>LYNN HURTAK: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE OKAY. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO OVERTURN THE DENIAL. LET ME TELL YOU WHY. WHY THIS PROPERTY IS UNIQUE. THE REASON I ASKED WHAT WAS ON THE PROPERTY BEFORE AND IT WASES THAT GROCERY STORE THAT WAS SET BACK WITH THE PARKING LOT IN THE FRONT LIKE WE TRADITIONALLY SEE. BUT THAT BUILDING BURNED DOWN. HAD THAT BUILDING NOT BURNED DOWN, THAT BUILDING WOULD EXIST IN ITS CURRENT CONFIGURATION AND LOOK WHAT HE IS TRYING TO DO NOT IN AN L-SHAPED BUT NOT TO THE OVERLAY STANDARDS. >>LYNN HURTAK: BUT THE BUILDING BURNT DOWN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BUT IF THE BUILDING WOULD NOT HAVE BURNED DOWN, IT WOULD NOT HAVE ADHERED TO THE EAST TAMPA OVERLAY STANDARDS. >>LYNN HURTAK: YEAH, BUT -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GRANDFATHERED IN. >>LYNN HURTAK: BUT IT IS NOT. IT IS JUST NOT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT IS MY MOTION. >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY, GO FOR IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO OVERTURN THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR'S DENIAL AT FILE NO. DE1-25-160-C FOR 4001 EAST HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE BECAUSE THE PETITIONER PROVIDED COMPREHENSIVE TEN AND SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE TO GRANT THE REQUEST TO ALLOW THE FRONT YARD SETBACK TO BE A MACK MUM OF 138 FEET TO A LOW THE PRINCIPAL FRONT FACADE TO NOT FACE THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY AND APRIL LOW PARKING IN THE FRONT YARD BECAUSE THE ASK MEETS THE CRITERIA IN 27-606 FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS: SAND ANOTHER -- BEFORE I GET INTO THAT. THAT CORNER PROPERTY HE SAYS HAS THE LEASE TO 2031 HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS, BUT YOU HAVE AN EXISTING BUILDING ON THAT CORNER. AND I THINK THAT MAKES IT UNIQUE. NOT JUST AN EMPTY -- COMPLETELY EMPTY LOT. LET'S SEE HERE. SO THE PETITION FOR -- THE PETITIONER MUST BE AN AGGRIEVED PERSON AS DEFINED IN THIS CHAPTER WHO PARTICIPATED BY TIMELY SUBMITTING EVIDENCE OR BY OTHERWISE PROVIDING SWORN TESTIMONY, THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION PROCESS FOR WHICH THE DECISION WAS RENDERED. SO WE HAVE SOME UNIQUE SITUATIONS. FIRST, YOU HAVE THAT CORNER PARCEL WHERE THE CHECK CASHING PLACE IS AT. THAT I THINK WOULD OBSTRUCT THE NEW DEVELOPMENT AND THE L-SHAPE THAT WAS PROVIDED THE ALTERNATIVE BY MR. COTTON. SECOND, THE ORIGINAL BUILDING THAT WAS THERE, GROCERY STORE OR WHATEVER IT WAS, IT SAT BACK ON THE PROPERTY WITH THE PARKING LOT GOING ALL THE WAY TO HILLSBOROUGH. IF THAT BUILDING WOULD NOT ARE BURNED DOWN, THIS PROPERTY WILL LOOK LIKE WHEN IT WAS AS WINN-DIXIE AND STAYED LIKE THAT WITH A DIFFERENT OR NEW TENANT. BECAUSE OF THAT -- IF IT WAS JUST AN EMPTY LOT AND TRYING TO RECONFIGURE IT, IT IT TWO BE DIFFERENT. BUT IT IS ALWAYS HAS BEEN A COMMERCIAL LOT THAT SERVED COMMUNITY AND A GROCERY STORE AND IN THIS CASE SAT EMPTY. BURNT DOWN. DEMO DEMOLISHED. I AIRPORT TO SEE AN EMPTY LOT ON A BUSY COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR LIKE HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE. IT SHOULD BE LIKE A DALE MABRY. AN UNIT WHERE WE CAN BRING LIFE TO THE PARCEL. PAWN SHOP ACROSS THE STREET THAT SERVES THE COMMUNITY. CHECK CASHING ACROSS THE STREET OR ON THE PROPERTY SERVES THE COMMUNITY. AGAIN, THAT -- THOSE ARE MY REASONS. >>LYNN HURTAK: DO WE HAVE -- >>LUIS VIERA: I WILL SECOND IT. >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY. SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. IS THERE ANY -- ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK TO THAT? >>NAYA YOUNG: I DO NOT AGREE. I THINK THAT -- ESPECIALLY KNOWING -- LITERALLY JUST AT A MEETING -- I WAS SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE FROM EAST TAMPA, COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THEY WANT TO ACTIVATE THOSE CORRIDORS. TO HAVE SPACES WHERE YOU CAN WALK UP TO, YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES. AND -- AND THE EAST TAMPA OVERLAY, IT IS THERE FOR A REASON, REGARDLESS WHETHER WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE. TO COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK'S POINT, IT IS NOT ANYMORE. IT IS NOT THERE. EAST TAMPA OVERLAY DISTRICT AS MR. COTTON WAS SAYING, IT IS TO MAKE IT MORE PETITIONED-FRIENDLY. THIS IS NOT PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY. SO I -- WHATEVER WAS THERE BEFORE, I DON'T AGREE. EAST TAMPA OVERLAY DISTRICT IS THERE FOR IS A REASON. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE IT IN PLACE. AND THE MORE THAT WE CAN ABIDE BY IT, WE SHOULD DO THAT. >>LYNN HURTAK: ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. I WILL SAY, AGAIN, THIS IS COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE. THE OVERLAY HAS ASKED TO -- FOR FUTURE BUILDINGS TO BE BUILT TO THE CORRECT -- TO HAVE BUILDINGS UP FRONT, PARKING IN THE BACK. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE WEST TAMPA OVERLY AND WE DECIDED TO IGNORE IT. WE CAN'T DO THAT AGAIN TO EAST TAMPA. THAT -- I AM SORRY THIS PERSON DOESN'T WANT TO BUILD IT, BUT THEY CAN BUILD IT. IT IS A CHOICE. AND THEY ARE CHOOSING NOT TO FOLLOW THE CITY CODE. >>NAYA YOUNG: AND I WILL -- SORRY. >>LYNN HURTAK: GO AHEAD COUNCILWOMAN. >>NAYA YOUNG: I THINK IT IS GREAT THAT WE DEVELOP THIS LOT. IT IS A EMPTY LOT. I DO NOT WANT IT TO SEPTEMBER AS AN EMPTY LOT. BUT AT SOME POINT -- IT IS NOT HARD FOR JUST DO IT THE RIGHT WAY OR WHATEVER. IT IS NOT HARD TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY. >>LYNN HURTAK: EXCUSE KNEE, I AM SORRY. YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK. THIS IS A CLOSED HEARING. >>NAYA YOUNG: GREAT TO DEVELOP THE LAND, BUT DO IT THE WAY THE COMMUNITY WANTS IT TO BE DONE. HURTAK HIGH TEMPERATURE OKAY. ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK? COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IN MY MIND AND I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE OVERLAY, BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WALKING UP. HOW MANY RESIDENTS DO WE HAVE IN 4001 EAST HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE? >>LYNN HURTAK: PEOPLE LIVE BEHIND THAT. YEAH, THAT IS WHERE THE NEIGHBORS ARE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM ASKING A QUESTION AND LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER. >>LYNN HURTAK: WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO REOPEN THE HEARING? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO. >>LYNN HURTAK: ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO. A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: NO. >>NAYA YOUNG: NO. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: NO. >>CLERK: MOTION FAILS. >>LYNN HURTAK: CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE RECORD. >>CLERK: MOTION FAILS WITH MIRANDA, HURTAK, YOUNG AND CARLSON VOTING NO. AND CLENDENIN ABSENT AT VOTE. SORRY ABOUT THAT. >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT MOTION DOESN'T PASS. CAN SOMEONE ELSE TRY ANOTHER MOTION? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE MOTION TO UPHOLD THE DENIAL. >>LYNN HURTAK: GIVE IT AGREE AND PEOPLE CAN ADD IF THEY WANT TO. >>NAYA YOUNG: SO I MOTION TO UPHOLD THE DENIAL. HE MOVE TO AFFIRM THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR'S DENIAL OF FILE NO. DE1-25-160-C FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4001 EAST HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE BECAUSE THE PETITIONER FAILED TO PROVIDE COMPETENT AND SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE TO GRANT THE REQUEST TO ALLOW THE FRONT YARD SETBACK TO BE A MAXIMUM OF 138 FEET TO ALLOW THE PRINCIPAL FRONT FACADE TO NOT FACE THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY AND ALLOW PARKING IN THE FRONT YARD BECAUSE THE REQUESTS DO NOT MEET THE CRITERIA OUTLINED IN THE CITY OF TAMPA CODE SECTION 27-60 FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS. DOES NOT FOLLOW THE EAST TAMPA OVERLAY DISTRICT. >>LYNN HURTAK: SURE. >>NAYA YOUNG: AND ENSURING -- OR, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE THE CORRIDOR MORE PEDESTRIA PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY. THAT'S ENOUGH. OKAY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: DID THEY MEET THEIR BURDEN NECESSARY TO SHOW -- TO BE ABLE TO OVERTURN -- DID THEY PROVIDE EVIDENCE TO MEET THEIR BURDEN? >>LYNN HURTAK: DID THEY PROVIDE ANY EVIDENCE -- >>NAYA YOUNG: NOT FOR ME. NO. >>MARTIN SHELBY: OKAY. >>LYNN HURTAK: DO WE HAVE A SECOND? >>BILL CARLSON: SECOND. >>LYNN HURTAK: A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON. I WILL ADD AN AMENDMENT THAT THE -- THE EXCEPTIONS ARE NOT CONSISTENT WITH -- WITH THE EAST TAMPA OVERLAY, AND THAT THEY INTERFERE WITH THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS. AND ACTUALLY, NEVER MIND. THAT'S OKAY. ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS? OKAY. SO I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER YOUNG. I HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ROLL CALL -- SORRY, VIERA -- NO, CARLSON. I APOLOGIZE, CARSON. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO. >>NAYA YOUNG: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: NO. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH MANISCALCO AND VIERA VOTING NO AND CLENDENIN ABSENT AT VOTE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HE WILL BE RIGHT BACK. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE MOVING ON TO ITEM 50. INCLUDING IN ITEM 50 -- SORRY, ADMINISTRATION UPDATE IS ITEM NUMBER 27, TALK ABOUT PIER AT I THINK PALONAS PARK. WE WILL HAVE THAT PART OF THE DISCUSSION. IS MR. FOWLER AVAILABLE? >> YES, I'M HERE. >>LYNN HURTAK: GREAT. SORRY. THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE CAMERA ON. THERE YOU ARE. >> HOW ARE YOU Y'ALL DOING. >>LYNN HURTAK: DOING WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>LYNN HURTAK: MR. FOWLER. >> YES, I'M HERE. >>LYNN HURTAK: YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE TALKING ON AN ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE ON PIERS? >> I CAN UPDATE YOU ON PICNIC ISLAND PIER. WE -- I DID CHECK, AND WE DO IN FACT HAVE INSTRUMENT ON THAT PARTICULAR PIER. SO WE HAVE AN INSTRUMENT, A PARTS MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR TOMORROW MORNING AT 10:30 TO START THE PROCESS. >>LYNN HURTAK: GREAT. >> WHEN I HAVE AN UPDATE, I WILL GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION, BUT RIGHT NOW THEY WILL GO OUT AND IN THE IT AND SEE WHAT THE DANIEL AND WE WILL GO FROM THERE. >>LYNN HURTAK: GREAT. TNI, CAN YOU HAVE MR. FOWLER UP ON SCREEN. ALWAYS NICE TO SEE PEOPLE. YES, JUST A SECOND. THERE WE GO. GO RIGHT AHEAD, COUNCILMAN CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: MR. FOWLER, THANK YOU FOR MEETING WITH SEVERAL OF US COUPLE OF DAYS AGO ABOUT ATMOSPHERES. CAN YOU JUST IN 30 SECONDS TELL THE PUBLIC WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH BALANCE LAST POINT PEER 2 BECAUSE GETSING SO MANY REQUESTS. YOU TOLD US THE OTHER DAY AND I HAVE BEEN GIVING ANSWERS TO FOLKS AND TELL EVERYBODY. >> I WILL REFER TO MR. MUTTERBACK OR MIKE PERRY IS ON LINE. THEY CAN FILL YOU IN. >>LYNN HURTAK: MR. MUTTERBACK? OH, MR. PERRY. >>BILL CARLSON: MR. PERRY, JUST ASKING IF YOU CAN GIVE THE PUBLIC A 30-SECOND UPDATE WHERE WE ARE ON BALLAST POINT AND HOW LONG IT WILL TACK TO GET IT REPAIRED OR REPLACED. >>LYNN HURTAK: UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN NOT HEAR YOU, MR. PERRY. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: LIKE A PILOT AT SOUTHWEST. >>BILL CARLSON: SAYS GREEN. YOU MIGHT WANT TO TEST. >> TEST, TEST. SORRY ABOUT THAT. >>LYNN HURTAK: NO WORRIES. >> MIKE PERRY, CHIEF DEPUTY FINANCIAL OFFICER. YES, WE ARE WORKING WITH FEMA ON OBTAINING AUTHORIZATION TO PROCEED ON THE REPAIRS OF BALLAST POINT PIER. ON SEPTEMBER 26, THE CITY OF TAMPA REQUESTED A REPLACEMENT AND REQUESTED 50% ON SEPTEMBER 26. SINCE THEN, WE HAVE NOT HEARD UNTIL TWO DAYS AGO. FEMA CHANGED THEIR LOCAL MANAGEMENT IN JANUARY. THEY SEEMED TO BE MUCH MORE RESPONSIVE. BUT, AGAIN, WE EXPECT TO RECEIVE MONEY FROM FEMA, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE -- WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO 'BIDE BY THEIR RULES. THIS PROJECT AND EVEN TO FAIR STATION 17 IS CONSIDERED A MAJOR PROJECT UNDER FEMA RULES. MAJOR PROJECT IS ONE THAT COSTS MORE THAN $1 MILLION. SO THEY WILL BE REVIEWING EVERY STEP OF OUR BIG PROCESS. HOW WE SELECT THE DESIGN BID FIRM OR THE ARCHITECTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. I AM AFRAID IT IS GOING TO BE A VERY SLOW PROCESS BEFORE WE GET THIS -- THE PIER REBUILT, REPAIRED, REBUILT. >>BILL CARLSON: SHORT ANSWER FOR THE PUBLIC IS THAT THE DELAY HAS BEEN BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GET FEMA APPROVAL, BECAUSE FEMA IS HELPING TO FUND IT. >> FEMA IS FUNDING IT 100%, THAT'S CORRECT, MR. CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: CAN YOU GIVE US A ARE UP ESTIMATE HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO REPAIR IT? >> WE -- STAFF WENT THROUGH A SHORT LISTING OF THE DESIGN-BUILD FIRM. SO WE HAVE SHORT LISTED THAT. NOW WE ARE JUST WEIAITING FOR FA TO COME ON BOARD AND REVIEW OUR PROCESSES. LIKE ANY DESIGN BID -- DESIGN BUILD PROJECT, IT WILL PROBABLY TAKE A YEAR TO 18 MONTHS TO DESIGN AND MAYBE UP TO TWO YEARS TO CONSTRUCT. DON'T HOLD THAT TO ME. I AM NOT A PIER ENGINEER. BUT IT WILL BE A -- PROBABLY ABOUT -- GOING BETWEEN THREE TO FOUR YEARS. >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU. I THINK IT IS BETTER TO TELL PEOPLE WHAT -- WHAT IT MIGHT BE AND THEN IF IT ENDS UP BEING SHORTER, THAT IS BETTER. BUT FOLKS CAN THINK IT CAN BE EAGLESLY REPAIRED WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS. AND IT IS GOING TO BE A LONG PROCESS. AND PICNIC ISLAND IS OUT. PEOPLE ARE REALLY UPSET ABOUT IT. >> MR. CARSON, WE ARE NOT TALKING OF REPAIRING IT. WE ARE TALKING OF REPLACING IT. >>BILL CARLSON: THAT IS THE THING. PEOPLE THINK YOU CAN JUST GO IN AND FIX IT. AND THEN, MR. FOWLER, CAN I ASK YOU ONE QUESTION. FOR THE FOLKS IN SOUTH TAMPA, SOUTH OF GANDY. WHERE WILL YOU RECOMMEND THEY GO FOR ANOTHER PIER IN THE CITY? >> IN SOUTH TAMPA, THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. I KNOW IT IS SALTWATER -- FRESH WATER FISHING, BUT WE ARE DOING THE BEST THAT WE CAN. MEETING WITH INSURANCE 'JUSTER TOM -- ADJUSTER TOMORROW AND HOPE PICNIC ISLAND. >>BILL CARLSON: OTHER PARKS IN THE CITY YOU CAN RECOMMEND? >> THEY CAN GO OFF OF THE PIER OF DESOTO PARK AND PALMETTO BEACH. AL LOPEZ PARK HAS PUSHING PIERS. WILLIAMS PARK HAS FISHING AMEN MATERIALS. GASTON PARK HAS A NEW FISHING -- FLOATING DOCK THEY CAN GO TO. >>BILL CARLSON: I CAN MEET YOU WITH YOU OFF-LINE BUT MAY PUT A SIGN ON EACH ONE OF THESE OR ON A WEB SITE AND GIVE IT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF CHOICES. WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL PARKS ALL OVER THE CITY. EVEN THOUGH NOT ONE TEN MINUTES AWAY BUT WITHIN 30 MINUTES THEY CAN GET TO A VERY NICE ONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR POSSIBLY MR. PERRY AND/OR MR. FOWLER. SO THE CITY OF TAMPA PUT OUT A NULLS RELEASE IN EARLY SEPTEMBER THAT BASICALLY SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE GOING TO PUT FULL-STRENGTH IN THE PILING, THE PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS WILL ALSO CAN UPGRADED AND ALL PIER BOARDS WILL BE PLACED. FISH CLEANING STATIONS WILL BE BETTER THAN EVER. NEXT STEP IS THE COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION PROCESS TO HIRE A DESIGN-BUILD TEAM FOR PROBABLY AND DESIGN SAND CONSTRUCTION WILL FOLLOW. DOESN'T GIVE AN ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE AND WENT AHEAD AND DUG UP THE DESIGN-BUILD RFQ. HOOKS LIKE THE RFQ FOR $14 MILLION TO $17 MILLION AND WE HAVE LIKE LOOKS LIKE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX CONTRACTING COMPANIES. I MEAN IN THIS -- IN THIS PRESS RELEASE, NEVER TALKS ABOUT FEMA. DID WE AT ONE TIME BELIEVE THAT FEMA WAS NO GOING TO FUND THIS? MR. PERRY, YOU ARE MUTED AGAIN. NOPE. NOPE. NOPE. >>MICHAEL PERRY: OH. >>LYNN HURTAK: UNFORTUNATELY, WE STILL CANNOT HEAR YOU. YOU HAVE A GREEN LIGHT, BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON. >>MICHAEL PERRY: CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? >>LYNN HURTAK: NOW WE CAN HEAR YOU, GREAT. >>MICHAEL PERRY: OKAY, ESSENTIALS HURRICANE HELENE AND MILTON, BALANCE LAST POINT PIER WAS ALWAYS A PROJECT DESTINED TO BE FUNDED BY FEMA. IT HAS BEEN OUR APPROACH EVER SINCE. >>LYNN HURTAK: AGAIN, I WOULD JUST -- THIS ENTIRE PIECE THAT WAS SENT -- SENT OUT DOESN'T MENTION THE FACT WE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT FOR FEMA. I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE MENTIONED. BECAUSE, I MEAN, THE TITLE OF THIS "PROJECT TO RESTORE THE BALLAST POINT PIER HAS PETITION GUN." GIVING PEOPLE THE IMPRESSION IT IS COMING SOON. IF WE HADN'T ASKED QUESTIONS, WE WOULD STILL BE I WANTING. ADDITIONALLY, THIS KIND OF FLOWS RIGHT INTO THE CONVERSATION WITH ITEM NUMBER 27. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. FOWLER, FOR TALKING ABOUT THE INSURANCE. IT IS GREAT TO HEAR THAT. BUT CANDY AND PALONAS PARK IMPROVEMENTS, IT CHAIRLY SAYS THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A DOCK AND ALL OF THIS STUFF, AND ESPECIALLY NOW THE TWO DOCKS IN SOUTH TAMPA THAT PEOPLE CANNOT REACH BALLS -- YOU KNOW, IN THEY HAVE GONE INTO DISREPAIR. THE IDEA OF HAVING THIS DOCK IS SO IMPORTANT. CAN YOU PLEASE SPEAK TO THE FACT THAT IN THE INITIAL DESIGN, THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A PIER, SUPPOSED TO BE ALL THESE AMENITIES THAT ARE NO LONGER ON THIS PLAN. CAN YOU -- CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? AND HOW YOU PLAN TO MAKE THIS WHOLE? BECAUSE THAT IS STILL WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS EXPECTING. >>TED FOWLER: I CAN SPEAK TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE $ 00,000 CON I THINK IT AGAIN SEE IT AND THAT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN HAVE IT INSTALLED AND THE SEWER SYSTEM THE WAY IT NEEDS TO BE. WE DON'T ANTICIPATE SPENDING IT ALL AND EXACTLY WHERE WE WILL PUT THE DOCK AMENITY IN. IF WE DO FALL SHORT, WE WILL FIND SOME WAY IN OUR BUDGET TO MAKE THAT WHOLE. BUT WE ARE VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE WON'T SPEND THAT $200,000. AND SET IT ASIDE JUST IN CASE. AS WE HAVE SEEN LIKE SATURDAY, THINGS COULD CHANGE IN A MINUTE. WE WOULD NEVER EXPECT IT TO FALL INTO THE BAY, BUT WE ARE AIRING ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION AND WE FEEL THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT DOCK AMENITY FOR THE PUBLIC. >>LYNN HURTAK: ANYONE? YES, COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IF I MAY -- I KNOW A LOT THEM SAYING PARK IN SOUTH TAMPA. MAY BE IN SOUTH TAMPA, BUT I GUARANTEE YOU USED BY A LOT OF PEOPLE IN SOUTH TAMPA. I REMEMBER GOING FISHING THERE WHEN HE WAS A KID 122 YEARS AGO. [LAUGHTER] >>LYNN HURTAK: SO WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS THE DOCK ITSELF AND THE KAYAK LAUNCH AND ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT -- THAT WERE PROMISED BUT ARE NOT IN HERE ARE ONLY GOING TO COST $200,000? >>TED FOWLER: NO, WHAT I AM AUTO SAYING WE HAVE A $200,000 CONTINGENCY. AND THE FACT WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT WE ARE NOT GOING TO USE IT AND SUPPLEMENT THAT WITH THE DOCK. I AM NOT AWARE OF WHAT ANOTHER THINGS WERE CUT. I KNOW THAT WE -- -- AS I MENTIONED BEFORE WATER FOUNTAIN. WE WILL HAVE A WATER FOUNTAIN. I CONFIRMED THAT. AND THE DOCK WILL HAVE LIGHTS. THE BATHROOMS DON'T NEED LIGHTS, BECAUSE THE PARK CLOSES AT SUNSET, BUT WHAT WE WILL HAVE IS -- STAR LIGHT IN THE BATHROOM TO PROVIDE VISIBILITY DURING THE PARK OPERATION HOURS. >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THIS SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MOVED. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>LYNN HURTAK: MOTION AND A SECONDS. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED. >>MARTIN SHELBY: ITEM 27? >>LYNN HURTAK: ITEM NUMBER 27, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, FOR MAKING A POINT OF THAT. AND NOW WE ARE MOVING ON TO ITEM 53. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. FOWLER. >>TED FOWLER: THANK YOU. >>MARTIN SHELBY: ITEM 31, MADAM CHAIR. >>LYNN HURTAK: WE ALREADY PASSED ITEM 31 BEFORE LUNCH. YEP. I BELIEVE ITEM 53 AND 54 SORT OF GO TOGETHER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. EMMA GO EGGRY, LEGAL DEPARTMENT. I'M HERE FOR ITEM NUMBER 53. AND THEN -- >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION. >>LYNN HURTAK: COUNCILMAN CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD -- WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL UPDATES OVER THE YEARS ABOUT HOW THERE IS A PLAN AND -- AND THE STAFF MEET WITH THE -- WITH THE -- SOME OF FOLKS IN DOWNTOWN. BUT FOLKS IN DOWNTOWN ARE ALL UPSET ABOUT THE PLAN. NOBODY CAN GET THROUGH. THERE IS GRIDLOCK. LONG-TERM PREFERENCE BEING GIVEN TO PEDESTRIANS INSTEAD OF CARS AT THE TURN UNDERNEATH THE CONVENTION CENTER THAT DOESN'T WORK BECAUSE BACK UP THE TRAFFIC RIGHT AWAY. WE TALKED OF THIS FOUR OR FIVE TIMES. COUPLE PERLANDS COMING A OUT OF THE GARAGE SO YOU CAN'T GET TO THE SELMON. BLESS CARS ARE THERE AND THEY DIRECT PEOPLE TO THE ARENA WHEN THEY ARE TRYING TO GET OUT OF 'REINA. I WOULD LIKE MAKE AT THAT MOTION TO CREATE AN ORDINANCE THAT PROHIBITS CITY STAFF FROM BLOCKING ROADS OR BLOCKING TRAFFIC WITHOUT CITY COUNCIL'S FRIAR APPROVAL PER EVENT. THE ADMINISTRATION SEEMS INNINGS TO CORRECT THIS. AND THEY PUT THINGS IN THE DOCUMENT THAT IS REALLY DEFENSIVE. SIGNED AND SEALED. NEW EXCUSE FOR EVERYTHING, SHINED AND SEALED. LIKE THE RED LET AT GRECO PLAZA WHICH IS UNNECESSARY. YOU CAN PAY AN ENGINEER TO PUT WHATEVER YOU WANT, BUT WE ARE A BIG CITY NOW. TAMPA IS A BIG CITY. WE NEED A SYSTEM THAT WORKS. BLOCKING THE ROADS FOR HOARDS OF PEDESTRIANS TO GO BY IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. BLOCKING TRAFFIC IN SOUTH TAMPA FROM PLATT STREET TO HIDE IT HI-- TO HYDE PARK IS NOT STEPABLE OR BAYSHORE. VIK BHIDE, I THINK HE IS AN ENGINEER, I DON'T KNOW, BUT HE STATED MONTHS AGO THAT IF WE JUST ALLOW THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS OF TO WORK DURING EVENTS, WE WOULD BE OKAY. BUT THE WATER STREET PEOPLE ARE NOT HAPPY. LIGHTNING ARE NOT HAPPY. PEOPLE ATTENDING EVENTS. WE HAVE TO OPEN THE ROADS. NOT THAT YOU PULL OUT WATER STREET AND UP CAN'T GET ON THE SELMON. LAST TIME, I ALMOST GOT REDIRECTED TO THE ARENA. OPINION I ENDED UP IN YBOR CITY TO GET OUT OF DOWNTOWN. IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO DO THAT. WE NEED TO LEAVE THE ROADS OPEN. IT TAKES TWO HOURS FOR PEOPLE TO GET OUT BECAUSE THE ROADS ARE CLOSED. AND UP DON'T KNOW WHAT ENGINEER IS COMING UP WITH THIS IDEA, BUT IT IS WRONG. WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS DISCUSS THEM ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS. IF THE MOBILITY STAFF OR TPD WANTS TO SHUT DOWN ROADS OTHER THAN EMERGENCY, THEY NEED TO GET CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL BECAUSE PUBLIC CAN WEIGH IN. I CAN MAKE A OFFICIAL MOTION, BUT IF LEGAL WANTS TO RESPOND TO THAT. YOU MAY ARGUE IT IS A ADMINISTRATIVE THING AND WE SET ORDINANCES ALL THE TIME TO PROHIBIT. THIS SHUTS DOWN THE DOWNTOWN. IT WILL DESTROY THE BUSINESS OF OUR DOWNTOWN AND CAUSE PEOPLE NOT TO WANT TO LIVE IN DEW POINT IF WE DON'T FIX THIS. AS SOON AS YOU ARE READY, I CAN MAKE A MOTION IF YOU WOULD LIKE. >>LYNN HURTAK: I THINK -- I DON'T KNOW WITH Y'ALL, YOU WANT TO HEAR OF STAFF FOR 53 AND 54. >>EMMA GREGORY: WELL, EMMA GREGORY, LEGAL DEPARTMENT. I WILL TALK OF CHAPTER 28, THE SPECIAL EVENTS CODE. AND PLEASE BEAR WITH ME, I AM GETTING OVER A STOMACH BUG. SO I AM DOING MY BEST HERE. CHAPTER 28, CODE OF ORDINANCES SETS OUT THE SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT APPLICATION REVIEW PROCESS AND APPROVAL PROCESS. PART OF APPLICATION IS SUBMISSION OF MATE NANCE OF -- MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC PLAN. ALL SPECIAL EVENT IS UNIQUE. AND ALL OF THESE APPLICATIONS ARE UNIQUE. MY UNDERSTANDING THAT MOBILITY STAFF AND TPD REVIEW THESE MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC PLANS. AND THAT'S -- THAT IS SET OUT IN THE CODE THAT THEY ARE THE ONES TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THEM. THEY CAN MAKE REQUESTS, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE EVENT, BUT ONCE -- YOU KNOW ONCE THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED COMPLETE AND SUFFICIENT, IT COMES TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. SO ALL OF SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS ARE APPROVED BY COUNCIL. SO THERE IS CURRENTLY A METHOD IN CODE TO NOT APPROVE THEM IF THEY ARE NOT UP TO CITY COUNCIL'S -- YOU NO, IT IS IN YOUR DISCRETION. >>LYNN HURTAK: COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU. AND YOU KNOW I AM NOT THE SMARTEST GUY IN MATH BUT I CAN COUNT TO TWO. ONE AND ONE EQUALS TWO. PROBLEM AS I SEE IT IS REALLY A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM OF TIMING. IT TAKES A LONG TIME FOR PEOPLE TO GET IN, BECAUSE THEY DON'T ALL ARRIVE AT THE SAME TIME, RIGHT? HOWEVER, REVERSE THAT, THEY ALL LEAVE AT THE SAME TIME. SO WE HAVE A PROBLEM THAT YOU HAVE THE SAME VOLUMES OF CARS GOING IN SYSTEMATICALLY LITTLE BY LITTLE AS THEY GET THERE. PEOPLE GET OFF WORK. THEY LEAVE THE OFFICE OR WHATEVER IT. BUT THEY DON'T ALL ARRIVE AT THE SAME TIME. IT SEEMS LIKE THEY DO, BUT THEY DON'T. BUT WHEN IT EMPTIES, NO MATTER WHERE IT IS, EVERY STADIUM AND EVERY EVENT OF EVERY LARGE VENUE EXIT AT THE SAME TIME. THEY DO NOT ARRIVE TAME. THAT'S HOW I SEE IT AROUND THE STADIUM AND HOW I SEE IT SAT THE ICE PALACE OR BENCHMARK. AND THAT -- MAYBE I AM INCORRECT, BUT WHEN I GO THERE, I -- I DON'T KNOW WHY EVERYBODY ELSE. I ARRIVE WHEN I ARRIVE. SO DOES EVERYBODY ELSE. BUT WHEN YOU LEAVE, EVERYBODY LEAVES AT THE SAME TIME. THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY. >>BILL CARLSON: MAY I SAY SOMETHING? >>LYNN HURTAK: COUNCILMAN CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA. WE HAVE BECOME A BIG CITY NOW. ONE NIGHT IN DECEMBER, I WAS AT AN ART EXHIBITION AT THE -- WHAT IS IT CALLED, ELEMENT HOTEL? ADDITION HOTEL. AND IN THE COURTYARD ON WATER STREET. THAT EVENT PROBABLY HAD BEEN 1,000 PEOPLE. IN THE COURTYARD, A WINTER WONDERLANDS EVENT THAT HAD 2,000 OR 3,000 PEOPLE. SOMETHING AT THE ICE PALACE FOR WHATEVER IT IS CALLED THAT WAS TAMPA BAY HISTORY CENTER ANNUAL GALA AT THE MARE COMBLOT OR J.W. MARE YOPT AND OTHER THINGS GOING ON. THESE EVENTS STARTING AND TOPPING. NOBODY CAN GET OUT OF TOWN OR OUT. PEOPLE IN HARBOUR ISLAND THAT ARE STUCK HALFWAY DOWN BAYSHORE. THEY CAN'T GET TO THE CONVENTION CENTER TO TURN RECENT. AND PEOPLE IN SOUTH TAMPA THAT WANT TO GET TO DOWNTOWN OR GET AROUND DOWNTOWN. BUT PLATT STREET AND TO SOME EXTENT KENNEDY AND BAYSHORE ARE COMPLETELY BLOCKED.NO EXCUSE WHY BAYSHORE SHOULD BE BLOCKED. IF BAYSHORE -- IF IT IS OKAY AND NORMAL THAT BAYSHORE SHOULD BE BLACKED. WE SHOULDN'T BUILD THINGS DOWNTOWN. OTHER CITIES DON'T SHUT DOWN THEIR ROADS LIKE THIS. RIDICULOUS. BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE TO GET OUT. WHAT I WANT TO DO -- I READ CHAPTER 28, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING ON TOP OF THAT THAT MAKES IT MORE EXPLICIT AS AN APPROVAL FOR SHUT DOWN. I WANT TO SET UP A DETER REN FOR ANYBODY TO DO THIS ANYMORE. IT LOOKS ARBITRARY. ENGINEERS AND TRAFFIC PLANNERS I TALK TO SAYS IT RIDICULOUS THE WAY THIS IS BEING DONE. I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS IS IT BEING DONE. SHORTAGE OF FLAVORS. PEOPLE NEED FLAVORS ALL OVER THE CITY AND SENDING THEM UP BLOCKING ROADS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET BY. IF I CAN SEE THE SELMON 100 YARDS WHERE I AM AND TURN AROUND AND GO TO YBOR BECAUSE SOMEONE ARBITRARY SHUT OFF THE ROAD, THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. PROBLEMS -- I SAID IT MANY TIMES BEFORE, THE PROBLEM BACKED UP TO BAYSHORE, SHUTTING DOWN AND LIMITED PEDESTRIANS HAVE GONE BY. YOU CAN'T GO THROUGH THREE TRAFFIC LIGHTS LETTING PEDESTRIANS GO ACROSS AND NOT LET PEOPLE TURN RIGHT, BECAUSE IT BACKS UP EVERYBODY. AND THEY DO THE SAME THING AT PAM IORIO GARAGE. IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO KEEP COMING BACK EVERY FEW MONDAY AND SAY WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING, AND IT IS FINAL. IT IS NOT FINE. PEOPLE WHO ELEVEN DOWNTOWN AND CAN'T GET TO THEIR HOUSES. BUSINESSES ARE SUFFERING BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET TO THEM. WATER STREET -- YOU CAN'T GET TO WATER STREET MOST OF THE TIME BECAUSE YOU GET BLOCKED BEFORE YOU GET TO THE CONVENTION CENTER. >>LYNN HURTAK: HAVE YOU LOOKED AT ANY OF THESE SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS? >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: ONE ON WATER STREET. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE STREET CLOSINGS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN? ITEM 22? >>BILL CARLSON: I WANT TO PROHIBIT ALL STREET CLOSINGS. >>LYNN HURTAK: ARE THERE STREET CLOSINGS FOR THAT ONE? >>BILL CARLSON: I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T REMEMBER. >>LYNN HURTAK: I AM JUST ASKING BECAUSE MISS GREGORY SAYS THE PERMITS COME TO US. AND IT IS UP TO US. IF WE DON'T WANT THESE EVENTS, WE SHOULDN'T APPROVE THEM. >>BILL CARLSON: WHAT I AM SAYING IT SHOULD BE SEPARATED SOD A SEPARATE APPROVAL FOR THEIR EVENT. >>LYNN HURTAK: CHANGE THE EVENT MERITS IF WE CHOOSE, MISS GO EGGRY? >>EMMA GREGORY: IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING -- NOW LET ME CAVEAT BY SAYING THIS IS IT NOT MY NORMAL AREA THE CODE. YOU COULD DENY THEM HERE AT COUNCIL AND THEN I THINK THEY MAY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO AMEND THEIR APPLICATION TO AMELIORATE THE CONCERNS AND THEN THEY CAN COME BACK. BUT AS I SAID, THIS ISN'T MY TYPICAL AREA OF THE CODE. BUT I HAVE IT RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF ME. IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M GOING TO DO A LITTLE CHECK. >>BILL CARLSON: SORRY TO MAKE YOU DO THIS WHILE YOU ARE SICK. >>LYNN HURTAK: I WILL ALLOW MR. MIRANDA AND MR. MANISCALCO. WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM EITHER MOBILE FOR TPD AND I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM BOTH THEM. MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: QUESTION WHETHER, MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY. I KNOW THIS IS NOT MISS GREGORY'S AREA OF EXPERTISE AND NEITHER IS MINE, BUT IT HAS COME UP IN THE PAST. AND THERE HAS BUDGET DISCUSSION WHETHER SPECIAL EVENTS PERMITS SHOULD APPEAR AT ALL ONLY AGENDA BALLS OF FACT IT IS REALLY AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS. AND REALLY NO DISCRETION. BY THE TIME IT GETS TO YOU IT MAY BE A TIME CONSTRAINT BECAUSE MAY BE SOMETHING COMING THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO. AND SECONDLY, IF THEY CHECK ALL THE BOXES, THERE IS REALLY NO BASIS IN THE COULD HE HAD FOR BEING ABLE TO DENY IT, WHICH MEANS IT TWO BE ACTING PERHAPS ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS A AND MAY HAVE AN ECONOMIC IMPACT ON A VARIETY OF SITUATIONS. I HAD THIS DISCUSSION REQUEST LEGAL IN THE PAST, AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE WHERE WE ARE. >>LYNN HURTAK: COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. LET'S LOOK AT THE SELMON. WONDERFUL WHEN IT FIRST OPENED FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS. BUT GUESS WHAT? IT IS NOT WONDERFUL NO MORE, BUT YOU CAN'T GET IN AND OUT OF IT. JUST LIKE STREETS. YOU HAVE TO WAIT IN LINE AND IT BACKS UP ITSELF. WHAT HAPPENS TO IT, ANTIQUATED BEFORE ITS TIME. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT BIG CITIES LIKE US AROUND US THAT ARE MUCH BIGGER THAN US, THEY MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS. YOU KNOW WHY? THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF TRANSPORTATION. THE AIRPORT DOESN'T BACK UP, TO SOME DEGREE. YOU PARK YOUR CAR. YOU GET ON -- AND YOU ZOOM RIGHT AROUND -- RIGHT INTO THE AIRPORT. BUT WE CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE IT COSTS A LOT OF DINERO, A LOT MONEY AND THAT IS WHAT WE REALLY NEED. WE NEED LIGHT RAIL. BUSES IF THE BUS GOES UP STUCK IN TRAFFIC JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. THAT IS OUR PROBLEM. A GOOD PROBLEM, AND A BAD PROBLEM. SO WE HAVE TO SOLVE OF IT BY CHANGING THE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION. YOU NEEDS MORE STREETCARS AND LEEPT RAIL, BALLS YOU ARE NOT GOING FINANCIAL IT NILOTHER WAY. BUSES ARE GREAT IN HE '70s, '80s, AND THE '90s. BUT CONGESTION HAS TO GOT TO THE POINT WHERE THE VEHICLE DOESN'T MOVE IN TRAFFIC AND NOT THEIR FAULT. ABUNDANCE OF PEOPLE MOVING DOWN BALLS THEY DON'T LIKE WHERE THEY LIVE AT. PERIOD. THANK YOU. >>LYNN HURTAK: MR. CAMPBELL. >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL, BRANDON CAMPBELL, DIRECTOR OF MOBILITY. THINGS TO TOUCH ON THAN ARE RELATED TO THIS. COUNCILMAN CARLSON MENTIONED A DATE IN DECEMBER. I DON'T KNOW. THIS IS THE DATE THAT YOU REFRLD TO. WE DIDN'T HAVE AN EVENT ON SUNDAY THE 14th, I BELIEVE. WHERE WE HAD AN EVENT THAT CAUSED ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC BEYOND WHAT TYPICAL 5K RUN WOULD DO. AND IN OUR AFTER-ACTION REVIEW, I MET WITH CHIEF BERCAW, AND, YOU KNOW, WE LEARNED FROM THAT PARTICULAR INSTANCE AND WE WILL NOT SET UP TRAFFIC CONTROL UNTIL THAT SAME MANNER IN THE FUTURE. SO THERE ARE TEAMS WHEN THINGS ARE I THINK CHANGING THAT WE TR SOMETHING NEW AND SOMETIMES IT WORKS WETTER THAN IT DID ON THAT DAY. WE ARE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO EVOLVE AND I DRESS EMERGING KWHAL MENTION AS THEY COME UP WITH SPECIAL EVENTS. THAT IS ONE THING. TO COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA'S POINT. OF COURSE, WE ARE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT ADDITIONAL ACTIONS THAT ARE HIGH-LEVEL LARGE INVESTMENT TYPE OF OPTIONS. REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE ACCELERATOR IS LOOKING AT ITS DOWNTOWN TO AIRPORT CONNECTION. OF COURSE WE HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU ALL SEVERAL DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE POTENTIAL TO EXTEND THE STREETCAR INTO TAMPA HEIGHTS. ARM THERE ARE SOME LARGE SCALE CITY-FOCUSED EFFORTS THAT -- THAT THEY WILL TAKE A WHILE TO COME TO FRUITION, BUT THEY ARE BEING EXPLORED. IN THE INTERIM -- IN THE NEAR TERM, WE HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY CITY LED, BUT THE EXPRESSWAY AUTHORITY, OF COURSE, WILL BE RECONNECTING WHITING STREET OVER TO MERIDIAN. RECONFIGURING THE RAMPS. ONE OF THE BE ISSUES THAT DOES COME INTO PLAY WITH SPECIAL EVENTS PARTICULARLY WITH WATER STREET AND AT THE ARENA IS THAT RAMP, I BELIEVE IT IS 6-A, A SPUR DOWN TO THE MORGAN STREET INTERSECTION BECOMES PROBLEMATIC WITH HIGH PEDESTRIAN VOLUMES. ONE SEGMENT THAT DULLES ROUTINELY GET CLOSED. THAT IS GOING TO BE RECONFIGURED. THE RAMP ITSELF WILL BE REMOVED AND A NEW RAMP WILL BE BUILT IN ITS PLACE UP TO WHITING. THAT SHOULD HELP TAKE SOME OF THE -- SOME OF THE TRAFFIC OUT OF THE HOSPITAL ZONE AND INTO THE -- MORE OF THE MID-PART OF DOWNTOWN SO IT CAN GET IN AND OUT OF THAT AREA. OF COURSE, THEA IS WIDENING THE SELMON EXPRESSWAY FROM DOWNTOWN TO THE SOUTH. THAT MAY HAVE SOME MITIGATING INFLUENCE ON SPECIAL EVENTS. OF COURSE THAT IS NOT ITS PRIMARY INTENT, BUT WE DO EXPECT WHEN THE EXPRESSWAY IS FLOWING A LITTLE MORE FREELY FOR THAT TO BE A MORE ATTRACTIVE OPTION TO PEOPLE THAT MEET OTHERWISE GET CAUGHT IN SOME OF THE TRAFFIC THAT COMES IN SPECIAL EVENT TIME FRAMES. AND THEN LAST, I ALSO WANT TOLLED MENTION, THAT I THINK THAT WE PREVIOUSLY HAD MENTIONED IN THIS COUNCIL THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT A DOWNTOWN SPECIAL EVENTS TRAFFIC STUDY. THAT HAS BEEN -- I THINK THAT IS A COMMITMENT WE MADE MAYBE 18 MONTHS AGO OR NEIGHBOR THAT TIME FRAME. WE ASKED THE TPO TO ADD THAT TO THEIR UPWB, UNIFIED WORK PLANNING PROGRAM. TO ADDRESSES THAT FROM A HIGHER-LEVEL PERSPECTIVE. WE EXPECT THAT TO BE -- IF IT IS FUND $, TO BE IN FISCAL '27. WE PLACED THAT ON THE TOP OF THE ... OF PRIORITIES FOR THEM TO CONSIDER. OF COURSE, THEY ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING THOSE FINAL DETERMINATIONS. BUT SHOULD THEY CHOOSE NOT TO FUND THAT, WE WILL GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND LOOK FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO DO HIGH-LEVEL STUDY OF TRAFFIC DOWNTOWN RELATED TO SPECIAL EVENTS. OH, ONE LAST THING I DID NOT MENTION. PROBABLY TO A LESSER EXTENT WILL IMPACT BUT WILL IMPACT THE EVEN SPACE. WALTON TO FINLEY TO MERE MID IAN TO THE NORTH PART OF WATER STREET. THOSE WILL BE RIGHT-IN, RIGHT-OUT ACCESS POINTS FROM MERIDIAN TO WATER STREET. ALL OF THIS WILL CONTINUE TO DRAW SOME OF THAT DEMAND TO THE NORTH, WHICH WILL HOPEFULLY THEN ALLEVIATE CONCERNS THAT YOU SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED THAT DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THAT CHOICE BUT LESS CONFLICT IN THE SOUTHERNLY PORTION OF THE ACT TEMPT ZONE. >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I ASK ONE QUESTION? >>LYNN HURTAK: CAN WE HEAR FROM TPD FIRST. COUNCILMAN CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: WE CAN ASK TPD AND REQUESTED ASKED VIK. HE SAID THE LIGHTS ARE TIMED C EFKTLY. IF WE LET THE LIGHTS GO AND DON'T BLOCK THE STREETS, THINGS WILL RUN MORE SHOOPTLY. THE REASONABLE I WANT TO SELL RATE THESE. I DON'T WANT TO STOP EVENTS. HE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT EVENTS ARE. BUT AN EVEN THAT CLOSES DOWN THE STREET ONE DAY, YES. BUT ON A REGULAR NIGHT, WHEN THERE ARE EVENTS. CU CUMBERLAND GETS BLOCKED. 100 MEETERS AWAY TO GO FROM THE ENTRANCE. CAN WE JUST IN THE MEAN TIME BEFORE THESE STUDIES ARE DONE LET THE LIGHTS GO AND LET PEOPLE DRIVE? EVEN WHEN WE LEAVE HERE SOME NIGHTS WE CAN'T IT -- I CAN'T DEPARTMENT TO BAYSHORE BECAUSE IT IS ALL BLOCKED INCOME THAT DIRECTION. LET THE LIGHTS THE WAY THEY ARE. LEAVE THE ROADS THE WAY THEY ARE UNTIL A PARADE WHERE YOU HAVE TO SHUT THINGS DOWN. >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: SOME OF CONCERNS YOU EX-PREPARED MEET BE ADDRESSED BY TPD. IF WE SEE ISSUES WITH THE TRAFFIC CONTROL PLAN AND THE RESPONSE OF MOTORISTS AND PEDESTRIANS TO THE TRAFFIC CONTROL PLAN THAT IS IN PLACE, THEY WILL STEP IN AND TRY TO TAKE CONTROL AND MANAGE FROM THE FIELD. THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHERE YOU MIGHT SEE -- I WOULD SAY THE MOST VISIBILITY RESPONSE TOP -- TO YOUR SUGGESTION IS IN PARTICULAR WITH THE OUTBOUND TRAFFIC FROM AND ARENA EVENT. WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS REALLY VERY STRONG COORDINATION FOR, SAY, NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC ON FLORIDA OR THE REST OF THE GRID. AS AN EVENT REPRESENTS OUT, THERE IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF PEDESTRIAN FLOW MOST OF TOOT I BASICALLY A MOMENTARILY SHUTDOWN OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC AND ONCE PEOPLE SORT OF DISPATE AND GET INTO THEIR CARS, YOU WILL SEE VERY GOOD COORDINATION FROM SIGNAL SYSTEM. THAT SAID, IF THE PEDESTRIAN VOLUME IS -- IS EITHER TOO INTENSE OR NOT FOLLOWING THE SIGNALS AS TIMED, THEN THE OPERATION OF THOSE SIGNALS AS THEY PROVIDE THAT MESSAGE AND PROVIDE THE COORDINATION TO DRIVERS, IT GETS A LITTLE BIT FUZZY BECAUSE PEOPLE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET PAST THE FLOW OF PEDESTRIAN. TO THERE IS A DEFINITE TIME FRAME WHERE THE SIGNAL SYSTEM WORK REALLY WELL. THERE IS SORT OF FUZZY OR GRAY AREA WHERE THE INTERACTION AND THE THE BEHAVIOR OF PEDESTRIANS AND DRIVERS MAY NEED SOME ADDITIONAL INTERACTION BY T PD. I WILL SAY HOW THEM TO SPEAK HOW THEY SEE THAT THRESHOLD PLAYING OUT IN THE FIELD AS THEY ARE WATCHING THINGS UNFOLD. >>BILL CARLSON: WHAT YOU DESCRIBED. IF YOU ARE IN SOUTH TAMPA TO GET TO THE EVENT. PEOPLE V TO GO TO HARBOUR ISLAND. TO GO INCIDENT TO AN EVENT, AN HOUR ON BAYSHORE TO GET CLOSE TO WHETHER IT IS. WHEN YOU LEAVE YOU CAN'T ABOUT BACK ON BAYSHORE. YOU HAVE TO DRIVE OUGHT WAY PAST CAN BE DEE AND TAKE 275 TO GO OVER TO DALE MABRY AND GO DOWN. YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GO. ALL THAT IS DOING IS CREATING MORE CONGESTION FOR OTHER PEOPLE AND LET PEOPLE OUT THROUGH THE NORMAL ROUTES. YOU. >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: I COULD LOOK AT THAT. HE. >> EFKL-- SPECIFICALLY AT THE TRAFFIC CONTROL PLAN. WHEN EVERYBODY IS TRYING TO GET OUT TEAM, SOMETIMES OUR BEST PLANS OF TRAFFIC PRODUCT SETUP AND SIGNAL TIMING, GETS OVERRIDDEN BY MASSS PEOPLE TRYING TO GET TO THE SAME PLACE AT THE SAME TIME. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS WHY I WALK EVERYWHERE. I PARK -- I AM SERIOUS. I PARK AT ARMATURE WORKS AND GET TO DAVIS ISLAEYE. I DID THE OTHER DAY. TOOK ME A LITTLE OVER THE HOUR WITHOUT HAVING TO CROSS THE STREET. IT WAS INTERESTING AND I GO THE A CUP OF COFFEE. YEAH, IT IS FRUSTRATING DO UP THERE. HE NEVER PARK AT WATER STREET OR N THAT AREA. WALK FROM HERE OR SOMEWHERE ELSE. I LOOK IF WE LOOK AT EXTENDING STREETCAR BEYOND PALM TO COLUMBUS, THEIR WILL HELP ALLEVIATE WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO TO THESE EVENTS, BUT WITH TOWARDS WHAT COUNCILMAN CARLSON IS AGENCY IS, SO MANY NARROW PATHWAYS DOWN THERE. YES, IT IS WALKABLE, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO CARS, IT IS VERY TRICKY. PEOPLE -- HOW FAR DO YOU GET HARBOR ISLAND AND GET HOME. QUICKER TO DRIVE TO ORLANDO ONLY I-4 THAN TO GET. >> JASON DELHABBE FOR THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT. I WILL LITTLE HIM TALK ABOUT THE ARENA SPECIFICS LOW. HE WANTED TO TOUCH ON SPECIAL EVENT PLANNING. AUTOMAKERS I HEARD IT MOMENTS OF TIME THAT WE ARBITRARILY DO THINGS. I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT MY DIVISION THAT APRECIPSPECIALIZE SPECIAL EVENTS HAVE NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS WITH BRANDON ELSE TEAM TO HIM WITH THE MODE. THEY ARE PROFESSIONALS. THEY ARE THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING. WE ARE ON THE GROUND AND KNOW WHAT PLAN WORKS AND DOESN'T WORK AND RILL LAY THE INFORMATION TO THEM TO MAKE BETTER PLANS IN THE FUTURE. NO ARBITRARILY DOING ANYTHING WHEN WE ARE PLANNING SPECIAL EVENTS. EVERYTHING IS DONE FOR A REASON. EVERYTHING IS DONE WITH A PURPOSE. WE ARE TRYING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN TO CREATE A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT THAT DOESN'T IMPACT THE COMMUNITY AS ANY WORSE THAN IT HAS TO. SO I WILL LET CAPTAIN HILL SPEAK TONIGHT ARENA PORTION HIMSELF SINCE HE IS OVER THE ARENA AND THERE EVERY GAME. AND WE WILL COME BACK FOR THE OTHER PART, 54. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, BRIAN HILL, TAMPA PD CAPTAIN. I HAVE BEEN TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR 19 YEARS. PAST 14 YEARS I HAD EXPERIENCE OF WORKING TRAFFIC OR THE SUPERVISOR OR THE INCIDENT COMMANDER AT AMALIE ARENA -- OR SORRY, BENCHMARK. I SEE THE TRAJECTORY OF TRAFFIC GETTING WORKS. WORKING CLOSELY WITH BRANDON AND HIS TEAM TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT DOING THINGS THE WHOLE WAY BUT WORK FLEW ENLY. WHEN IT COMES TO HOLDING AT COULD THE EARN. WE DON'T HOLD PETITIONEDS BECAUSE WE WANT TO HOLE PEDESTRIANS. ACTUAL VOLUME. WE HAVE TO HOLD THE CARS FOR THEIR SAFETY. SO, YE TEMPORARILY HOLD TRAFFIC FOR THAT REASON. TRAFFIC TRAVELING EASTBOUNDED A CHANNELSIDE IS BACKED UP AND CAN'T CONDITION, WE CONTINUE CONTINUE TO HOLD THEM SO THEY DON'T BLOCK TO ALLOW OUR PEDS CROSS THE STREET SAFELY. WHEN IT COMES TO EGRESS AND OUTBOUND PATTERNS, FROM TRAVELING AROUND THE WORLD AND BEING AT DIFFERENT STADIUMS. I WOULD SAY WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST EGRESSES. WE AVERAGE 45 MINUTES GETTING EVERYBODY OUT. I CAN'T THINK OF ONE TIME WE HAVE BEEN THERE AN HOUR AFTER AN EVEN TOP DIRECT TRAFFIC OUT. COUPLE OF THINGS TO HELP MITIGATE TRAFFIC IN HARBOUR ISLAND, BUT THE RIGHT TURN CONTINUE TO FRANKLIN FROM CHANNELSIDE IS A RIGHT TURN ONLY. PEOPLE IN HARPER ISLAND NO THAT. CUMBER LAND GARAGE. YOU CAN'T MAKE A LEFT TURN TO GET TO SELMON. RELOCATED OUR UBER, RIEPD SHARE TO JEFFERSON, THAT AREA IS CONGEST. GET THEM ON MERE RIPPED DAN TO GET TO THE INTERSTATE. DIFFERENT CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT IN ORDER TO ALLOW TRAFFIC TO MOVE MORE SWEPTLY. SOME -- SWIFTLY. TIMES IT GOES AGAINST THE M.O.T. TO BETTER THE EXPERIENCE FOR THE EVENTS. >>BILL CARLSON: YOU SEE -- I DOESN'T TO ARGUE YOU WITH, BUT OF TALKING BEING ARBITRARY. BRANDON SAID THAT TPD MAKES THE DECISION. IF TPD SAVES BLAME DONE MAKES THE DECISION. PUTTING UBER TO GET BACK TO SOUTH TAMPA SEEMS LIKE AN ASH TREE DECISION. I UNDERSTAND IF YOU HAVE TO TEMPORARY BLOCK ROADS. I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT ARENA EVENTS. HEADED WEST ON CUMBERLAND THEY SEND YOU BACK TO THE ARENA AFTER IT IS OVER. THING CAN BE OPENED AGAIN. OTHER THING IS THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE EVENTS GOING ONLY IN DOWNTOWN. EVENTS HAPPENING ALL OVER THE PLACE AND TRAFFIC IS DONE ALL THE TIME. MY REQUEST TO YOU AND I TALKED TO CHIEF BERCAW ABOUT THIS THE OTHER DAY. MY REQUEST THAT YOU ALL CHANGE THIS AND OPEN IT. AND I BROUGHT IT UP FOUR TIMES NOW. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN DOWNTOWN AND HASH HE ISLAND WOULD BE HERE IF HE SCHEDULE THEM TOO. I AM PLEADING WITH YOU GUYS, THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE THE WAY IT IS. WHATEVER I NEED TO DO TO HELP YOU WORK WITH IT, LET ME KNOW. PEOPLE CAN'T GET TO THE RESTAURANTS ONLY WATER TREEPT. PEOPLE IN HARBOR ISLAND CAN'T GET TO HABER ISLAND, SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE SYSTEM. WE HAVE OVERBUILT DOWNTOWN AND DON'T FRONT TO PREVENT MY MORE DEVELOPMENT DOWNTOWN. THAT IS THE SIGNAL THAT WE CAN'T HANDLE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE TOO MANY PEOPLE. WESTERN SOUTH TAMPA GETS BLOCKED BECAUSE OF MULTIPLE EVENTS, IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. PEOPLE CAN'T GET TO AN EVENT, THEY HAVE TO DRIVE TO US FORKS COME BACK TO TAMPA. DRIVE TO WEST TAMPA TO GET TO SOUTH TAMPA. THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. WHATEVER I NEED TO DO TO HELP YOU GUYS, I WOULD LIKE TO DO IT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M GOING TO GET MORE AGGRESSIVE ABOUT, BECAUSE THIS IS PUTTING -- THIS IS AN ECONOMIC VALUE, WASTING THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF PEOPLE'S TIME. ANGERS PEOPLE. AND IT IS HURTING BUSINESS IN DEW POINT. IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. THANK YOU. >>LYNN HURTAK: COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. >> IF I CAN SPEAK CLOSURES OF DOWNTOWN. ONLY TIME WE HAVE ANY HARD CLOSURES AT THE END OF THE NIGHT. THAT ONE OF THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE IS CHANNEL SIDE. WE HAVE DOZEN OF PEOPLE. AND COMPLETELY UNSAFE TO LET TRAFFIC TO CONTINUE WITH THE LIGHT AND PEDESTRIAN CROSSING SIGNS TO LET THE PEOPLE TO CROSS THE STREET. OTHER THAN THAT, OUR ROADS ARE FREE. IS THERE REDIRECTION, ABSOLUTELY. BUT HARD COMPLETE CLOSURES ARE NOT DONNELL UNTIL THE END OF THE NIGHT. >> JASON DEHAY, AGAIN, MAJOR. EVERY SINGLE EVENT WE LOOK AT, WE KNOW WHAT EVENTS WILL HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE CITY. ONE OF THE SECURITY PLANNERS FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE AUTO HE CONVENIENCE THAT COME THROUGH TAMPA WE GENERALLY -- WE HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PRIVATE PARTNERS TOO. SO A LOT OF TIMES, WE DO KNOW SOME OF THE PRIVATE EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING THERE. ALL OF THAT IS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WHEN WE ARE DOING PLANS WITH BRANDON'S GROUP. ARE THERE CHANGES SOMETIMES THAT ARE MADE ON THE FLY BY LAW ENFORCEMENT? YES. ABSOLUTELY.IT IS TO PRESERVE PUBLIC SAFETY. TO HELP PEOPLE AND PEDESTRIANS. BUT THAT'S NOT DONE LIGHTLY, AND WE JUST DON'T ARBITRARILY DO IT. THERE IS A REASON BEHIND IT. WE ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO IMPROVE OUR PLANS. WE UNDERSTAND -- WE UNDERSTAND THE TRAFFIC ISSUES. WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT IT HAS ON THE COMMUNITY. ALL WE WANT TO DO IS TRY TO LESSEN THAT AS BEST AS WE CAN. >>BILL CARLSON: EASY SIMPLE THING TO MOVE THE UBER. IT WAS SOMEPLACE ELSE. PEOPLE IN SOUTH TAMPA HAS TO GO WEST, NOT NORTH. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU REOPEN CUMBER LAND. LET PEOPLE GET TO SELMON AND THE BAYSHORE. THROUGH THE CRA TO BUY A PIECE OF PROPERTY TO PUT THE UBER THERE. WE HAVE TO FINANCIAL THIS SOMEHOW. >>LYNN HURTAK: COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, GIVEN. -- AGAIN. OTHER YOU HAVE FLAVORS THAT WORK THAT CORNER. TRAFFIC ON THE CORNER OF FLORIDA AVENUE -- YOU GOT TO STOP TRAFFIC FROM COMING THIS WAY. IF NOT YOU REALLY BACK UP EVERYTHING. I CAN TELL YOU WHERE THE O'ER STADIUM IS AT PEOPLE WHO LIVE INFORM THAT AIR CANNOT LEAVE HOME BECAUSE YOU HAVE 60,000 PEOPLE THERE. YOU GOT 40,000 CARS. AND I GUARANTEE YOU MORE ACCIDENTS GOING ON AT THE GAME DAY ON MacDILL BETWEEN COLUMBUS AND MLK THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY. I WAS ONE OF THEM. BUT THE CARS ARE LINED UP FOR TEN BLOCKS WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE TRAVEL EAST AND WEAPONS. AND I UNDERSTAND ALL THAT. WE UNDERSTAND THAT. SO THIS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN WHERE ANYBODY ELSE LIVES. I HAVE COMPASSION FOR IT. HOW DO YOU FIX IT. NEVER HAD A CONVENTION CENTER OR HOTEL DOWNTOWN OR A HOCK COO HE ARENA. YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING. CHANNELSIDE WAS NOTHING BUT AN EMPTY DRY DOCK FULL OF RATS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. NOW YOU HAVE ALL THE NEW DEVELOPMENT. OF COURSE YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A BACK-UP. THAT HAVEN'T FINISHED.WHAT ABOUT THE NORTH SIDE OF CHANNELSIDE WHERE IT IS VACANT LAND. AND UP GOT THE THREE SIDES. ALL THAT HAS GOT TO BE DEVELOPED SOONER OR LATER. PROBLEM IS NOT GOING TO GET EASIER. IT WILL GET TOUGHER TO MANAGE. WE DO NOT HAVE A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. IT IS NO YOUR FAULT OR MY FAULT. IT HAS GOT TO COME AND BETTER COME QUICKER THAN LATER. BALLS IF NOT, NO ONE WILL GAIN ANYTHING. NOT ONLY THE BUSINESSES. PEOPLE WILL RESENT LIVING THERE AND THAT IS WHAT I THINK WILL HAPPEN. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE BELIEVE WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 54. COUNCILWOMAN, IF YOU PUT YOUR LIGHT ON SO I KNOW. >>NAYA YOUNG: I JUST WANT TO SAY -- THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS CONVERSATION UP. I THINK IT IS A GOOD -- A HEALTHY CONVERSATION. WHEN YOU WERE TALKING A NIGHT -- I THINK IT WAS -- WHENEVER THE HISTORY CENTER WAS HAVING THEIR -- HISTORY CENTER, THERE WAS A CHRISTMAS MARKET AND SOMETHING HAPPENING AT THE AMALIE. REMEMBER I WAS GETTING DROPPED OFF. AND I ENDED UP WALKING IN MY GOWN TO THE HISTORY CENTER BECAUSE IT WAS TOO MUCH. GOOD FOR SIT BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE. BUT I THINK IT IS HEALTHY CONVERSATION. AND ALSO GOES BACK TO TRANSMIT THE AND EVEN BIGGER CONVERSATION THAT I REALLY THINK AS PART OF THE FOUNDATION THAT WE REALLY NEED TO START ADDRESSING. IF WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE RIGHT TRANSPORTATION. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A GRANT THAT WE CAN GO FOR TO HELP US WITH THIS STREETCAR OR -- OR SOMETHING, BUT I REALLY THINK WE HAVE TO START LOOKING AT OUR TRANSPORTATION AND HOW WE ARE MOVING PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE CI. BECAUSE I THINK THAT -- THIS IS GOOD BECAUSE A BROADER CONVERSATION OF THE IMPORTANT OF TRANSPORTATION AND ELIMINATING THE CARS AND EVERYTHING. SO THANKS FOR JUST BRINGING THIS UP. GOOD CONVERSATION, A HEALTHY CONVERSATION TO HAVE. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TO KIND OF TALK WITH UPS THROUGH IT. SO I JUST WANTED TO PUNT THAT OUT HAD THERE. >>LYNN HURTAK: I CAN'T SECOND OR THIRD THAT ENOUGH. I WOULD DISAGREE. I THINK THAT BUSES HAVE A ROLE. COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO AND THEN I WILL -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JUST A CLOSING REMARK. COMPLEMENTS TO MYSELF AND TO COUNCILMAN HURTAK. SHE BIKES. I WALK. WE TRY TO DO OUR PART. MOST RECENTLY I WALKED TO THE CONVENTION CENTER FOR THE NAACP GALA AND I HAD A WEDDING IN YBOR. I WHOM ON THE STREETCAR AND CAME BACK. IF WE EXPAND THE SYSTEM AND EXPAND THE NETWORK. WORKS FOR ME TO A CERTAIN CAPACITY. IF WE INVEST ON THIS FURTHER -- I CAN TELL YOU REHN STORIES. NEW YORK CITY I AND TOOK TRAIN. WASHINGTON D.C. TOOK THE TRAIN. I NEVER HAD TO TOUCH A CAR RENTAL FACILITY. HERE, IT IS TRICKY. GROWING UP, I WOULD HEAR TAMPA DOESN'T HAVE THIS. THERE IS NOTHING HERE. NOW IT IS SO CONGESTED AND SO CROWDED. SO LIKE ONE OR THE OTHER. >>LYNN HURTAK: CHICKEN OR THE EGG. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: BRANDON CAMPBELL, DIRECTOR OF MOW GUILTY TO COUNCILMAN YOUNG'S COMMENTS. A COUPLE OF THINGS. WE BELIEVED MOST OF YOU OF THE REGIONAL. AND WE ARE HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU IT ABOUT WHAT THAT PROGRAM IS AND WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. IF WE HAVE NOT BRIEFED OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AND WE ARE HAPPY TO DO THAT AS WELL. YOU MENTIONED THE GRANT FOR THE STREETCAR EXTENSION. WE ANTICIPATE THAT IF AND WHEN WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE ARE READY TO CONSTRUCT, THEIR WILL BE ABOUT A 50% GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION. AND. YOU UNTIL NOW -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE IS WITH THE STATE MATCH, BUT A POINT OF WHICH THE STATEMENT HAD PLEDGED A STATE MATCH FOR HALF OF REMAINING HALF. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT A QUARTER OF THE OVERALL COST. WE HAVE GOT A LOT OF STEPS BETWEEN HERE AND THERE TO GET THINGS LINED UP. BUT THAT IS THE FINANCING THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATED WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS. >>LYNN HURTAK: BUT STILL MESSY. >>NAYA YOUNG: YOU SAID REGIONAL -- >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE ACCELERATOR. YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: COUNCILMAN CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU -- TO SET UP -- THANK YOU FOR 5. 54, TO SET IT UP, THIS IS A MUCH SMALLER PROBLEM, BUT WE WERE DISCUSSING ONE NIGHT. I WAS TRYING TO GET HERE. AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT THAT SHUT DOWN -- I HEAR FOR A GROUP OF COACHES AND PUSHING EVERYBODY TO THE SIDE. CONFUSING AM PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO GO. CARS WERE ALMOST SMASHING INTO EACH OTHER. I WAS STUCK HERE HALF A BLOCK. ONLY HAPPENED ONCE, BUT AS WE WERE DISCUSSING MIGHT BE GOOD TO HAVE YOU ALL COME. READ THE REPORT THAT YOU SUBMITTED ONLY THE REASON WHY. AND I AT LEAST DON'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY POLICE ESCORTS FOR FUNERALS, BUT IF THE PRESIDENT OR SOME HEAD OF STATE COMES TO TOWN, COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND A POLICE ESCORT. HIGH SCHOOL GROUP OF COACHES. IS THERE -- THE QUESTION IS IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO LIMIT WHAT THE POLICE ELSE COURTS ARE BECAUSE IT JUST MAKES THIS TRAFFIC JAM IN DOWNTOWN SO MUCH WORSE. >> HOPEFUL LEAVE -- MAJOR JASON DEHAGAN. HOPEFULLY I CAN PUNT YOUR MIND OF HOW TPD DOES ELSE SUPREME COURT'S. A VAST MAJORITY OF YOUR ESCORTS ARE PREPLANNED THINGS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS, FUNERALS AND DIGNITARIES. THINGS LIKE THAT. WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER AND BLAME DONE'S PEOPLE TO TRY TO USE LIGHT CYCLES TO HELP US GET TO PLACES SO WE ARE NOT HAVING AN IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY. ALSO, IF IT IS A LARGER -- LARGER LENGTH OF TIME AND STUFF, WE DON'T JUST SHUT DOWN. LEAVING POINT A. SHUT DOWN EVERY ROAD TO POINT B. WE DON'T DO THAT. WE TRY TO TIME THE CLOSURE SO IT IS LEAST IMPACTFUL TO THE COMMUNITY. IF YOU GO UP TO THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF THE ESCORTS THAT WE DO, EVEN THOSE ARE TIMED. WE WILL RUN THOSE ROUTES AT THE SAME TIMEP THAT THE ESCORT WILL.COM THROUGH WHAT IT TAKES TO GET A CAR HERE MULTIPLE TIMES SO WE FIGURE OUT WHEN WE HAVE TO SHUT DOWN CERTAIN ROADS BEFORE WE GET TO THOSE LOCATIONS. SO WE TRY TO TIME IT USING BRANDON'S PEOPLE, AND INTELLIGENCE PRIOR TO REALTIME ONLY THE GROUND INTELLIGENCE TO LESSEN THE IMPACTS. SO INTERSECTIONS AND ALL THAT STUFF ARE NOT JUST SHUT DOWN FOR A LARGE AMOUNT OF TIME. >>BILL CARLSON: GREAT. THANK YOU. THANKS A LOT FOR COMING. >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT TOO. SIMILAR TO COUNCILMAN CARLSON, I ACTUALLY HAD NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM CITIZENS WHERE IT IS FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL THAT IS LEADING WHAT WERE AT THE TIME BUSES FOR EITHER LIKE A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHICH DIDN'T SEEM TO ACTUALLY BE AN EMERGENCY. YOU ALL FOLLOW A CERTAIN PROTOCOL, DOES FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL FOLLOW A DIFFERENT PROTOCOL? >> I CAN'T SPEAK TO THEIR PROTOCOL. DON'T WORK FOR THEM. MULTIPLE AGENCIES THAT DO ESCORTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. I CAN ONLY SPEAK HOW WE DO THEM. AND A COUPLE -- SOME EXPERTS WE DO A LEAD AND TAIL AND FLOW OF TRAFFIC AND STOPPING AT LIGHTS BUT HELPING THEM GET THROUGH AND THE WHOLE PACKAGE CAN GET THROUGH THE LIGHT IF IT TURNS RED. AND THEN THERE ARE OTHERS THAT ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH LIGHTS AND TIME IT WITH BRANDON'S PEOPLE WHICH IS MAINLY WHAT WE DO SO WE DON'T HAVE AN IMPACT ON COMMUNITY. >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT IS KIND OF WHAT I FIGURED. BUT THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO ASK. OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM. >>LYNN HURTAK: APPRECIATE YOU. ALL SET. NEXT, COUNCILMAN VIERA. DO YOU WANT TO SET UP YOUR NEXT ONE? >>LUIS VIERA: YES, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS MISS McKENZIE GOING TO BE -- IS SHE VIRTUAL. >> I AM. >>LUIS VIERA: THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. HOW ARE YOU, MISS McKENZIE. CAN I SET THUMB -- >>LYNN HURTAK: SURE, I NEED TO GO SOMEWHERE. VIERA IS NOT HERE. >>LUIS VIERA: I GUESS THAT WOULD BE ME, UNLESS THAT -- THAT IS VERY SLOWLY. I AM GLAD TO DO IT, YES, MA'AM. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WILL BE RIGHT BACK. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAM CHAIR AND I'M WHATEVER ACTING CHAIR, WHATEVER IT IS. THERE YOU GO. HEY, MISS McKENZIE. HOW ARE YOU. GOOD, GOOD, GOOD. UP KNOW WHAT, LET'S DO IN IF I MAY. LET US HAVE YOU DO YOUR PRESENTATION AND THEN I HAVE QUESTIONS AND THOUGHTS ON THAT. GO AHEAD IF YOU WOULD LIKE . >>BRENDA McKENZIE: THANK YOU, COUNCIL, BRENDA MCKENZIE, DIRECTOR OF WORKFORCE CRIMES AND HERE TO SHARE AN UPDATE ON OUR INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY WHICH IS THE MIKE PHILLIPS ALL ABILITIES PROGRAM. CAME UNDER WORK FORCE PARTNERSHIP STARTING IN SEPTEMBER BEEF. SINCE THAT TIME, WE REALLY WORKED HARD TO INCREASE THE UTILIZATION AND THE IMPACT OF THE PROGRAM OVERALL WE REACHED OUT TO THE AGENCIES. WE MET WITH THEM AND HEARD THEIR CONCERNS AND HAD OPPORTUNITIES. WE HAVE A SOLID PROGRAM, BUT WE WANTED TO SEE HOW WE COULD REALLY INCREASE THE IMPACT OF THE PROGRAM LOOKING FORWARD. BASED ON THOSE SESSIONS, A COUPLE OFCON /* OF CON STHAEMEN CAME FORWARD TO HOW TO BETTER IMPROVE THE PROGRAM. REIMBURSABLE ITEMS. PROGRAM WAS SET UP TO ONLY REEMBURNNG ON THE ACTUAL SALARY OF THE EMPLOYEE, ABOUT BUT WHILE THAT IS HAPPENING, AGENCY IS DOING SO MUCH COUNSELING AND CAREER COACHING AND READINESS FOR THEIR ULTIMATE LONG-TERM CAREER AND WE WANTED TO BE REIMBURSED WHAT THEY POUR INTO THE INDIVIDUALS. WE UPDATED THE AGREEMENT THAT UP TO 10% OF THE CONTRACT AMOUNT CAN GO TOWARD THOSE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS RELATED TO COACHING THE INDIVIDUAL TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE READY FOR THAT NEXT STEP. WE RECEIVED THE AMOUNT OF THE NEW CONTRACTS RECENTLY IN THE PAST TEN DAYS.THOSE AGREEMENTS HAVE GONE OUT TO THE AGENCIES. WE RECEIVED THREE OF THEM. I THINK TWO OF THEM -- WE RECEIVED FOUR OF THEM ALVA OF THIS AFTERNOON WITH ONE MORE ANTICIPATED TO COME IN LATER TODAY AND WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU IN SHORT ORDER FOR APPROVAL OF THOSE AGREEMENTS SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. OTHER ITEM THAT CAME UP DUE TO THE CONVERSATION IS HOW THE PROGRAM IS MARKETED OVERALL. WE HAVE DONE EN HANDLESMENT TO THE PROGRAM MANAGING TO MACK SURE PEOPLE EXTERNALLY ARE AWARE OF THIS AND THE WONDERFUL PARTNERS AND I BELIEVE TERMLY THE DEPARTMENTS ARE AWARE OF THE BENEFITS OF WORKING WITH THE STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM AND WHAT THEY WILL GET OUT THE PROGRAM. CONSEQUENTLY, WE SET UP A NEW MARKETING EFFORT FOR THE PROGRAM AND KICKING THAT OFF ON THE 27th OF THIS MONTH, WITH A SHOWCASE WHERE THE ALLEGING /* AGENCIES WILL BE ABLE TO COME IN. TALK OF THEIR STUDENTS AND THE TRAINING THEY RECEIVED AND BETTER MATCH THEM. THAT CONCLUDES THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PROGRAM SO FAR. A PLEASURE TO WORK ON IT. AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM. I AM LOOKING AT MY CALENDAR, ON 27TH, WHAT TIME? >>BRENDA McKENZIE: 1:00. 1 TO 3. >>LUIS VIERA: GREAT. I CAN MAKE IT. COUPLE OF THINGS, IF I MAY. A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE. WE PASSED THIS IN 2022. I SPOKEN BEFORE MY FRUSTRATION ON THIS. BUT WE ARE IN VERY GOOD HANDS WITH YOU, MILLS McKENZIE. YOU HAVE A PERSONAL CONNECTION TO THIS ISSUE LIKE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO WORKED ON THIS BEFORE A GOOD PERSON. AND I CITE ERIC, WHO IS ONE OF OUR INTERN WHO STARTED WITH THE CITY AND NOW A CONTRACTOR WHO THANKS TO THE WORK OF ERIC, WE ARE DEVELOPING A PROGRAM WITH OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WHERE PEOPLE WITH AUTISM WHO ARE PULLED OVER BY LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN HAVE A SLIP THEY CAN GIVE THE OFFICER SO AS TO AVOID ANY MISUNDERSTANDINGS, LACK OF KNOWLEDGE ON SYSTEMS OF AUTISM, BEING ON THE SPECTRUM AND SO FORTH. IMAGINE WE GIVE THIS YOUNG MAN AN OPPORTUNITY AND HE COMES IN AND AFFECTS POLICY CHANGE. THE IDEA HERE IS PEOPLE'S GOD-POTENTIAL MUCH MAX THESING THAT THROUGH LOCAL INVESTMENTS. THAT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. COUPLE OF THINGS. I KNOW -- CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WE DO HAVE THIS UP ON WEB SITE CORRECT? >>BRENDA McKENZIE: THAT'S CORRECT. >>LUIS VIERA: VERY GOOD. WE HAVE REQUEST THAT TAMPA CITY COUNCIL REQUESTED THIS BE NAMED FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. MIKE PHILLIPS ALL ABILITIES PROGRAM. THAT THE NAME, CORRECT? BLEND BRENHAM CORR-- >>BRENDA McKENZIE: CORRECT. THAT IS WHAT IS ON THE WEB SITE OUT IN. >>LUIS VIERA: I WANTED TO CONFIRM BECAUSE MIKE PHILLIPS, GOD REST HIS SOUL. A SPECIAL PERSON AND HIS MOM, KAREN CLAY, IS A WONDERFUL PERSON. SHE HAS HER INAUGURAL LUNCHEON BY THE WAY ON FEBRUARY 13, I THINK IT IS. UP KNOW. I WILL LET ALL COUNCIL KNOW. IF I DIDN'T SAY THAT, KAREN WOULD GET ME AND EVERYTHING. AND SHE IS SUCH -- KAREN IS LIKE ONE OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE. I LOVE HER A LOT. BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, IT IS MY INTENT -- I AM ON CITY COUNCIL FOR ANOTHER NINE MONTHS OR SO, WHATEVER IT WILL. AND I WANT THIS THING TO BE PERMANENT. KNOW OF NO BETTER WAY TO MAKE IT PERMANENT THAN TO HAVE KAREN CLAY ON IT. SOMETHING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. SO A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS FOR YOU, IF I MAY. SO FOR THIS PROGRAM, WE HAVE FUNDING THIS YEAR, CORRECT? >>BRENDA McKENZIE: YES, WE DO. >>LUIS VIERA: GREAT, WHAT IS THE MOM TARRY AMOUNT WE HAVE FUND BLEND BRENHAM EACH AGENCY 50,2789. >>LUIS VIERA: HOW MANY AGENCIES? BLEND BRENHAM FIVE AGENCIES ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROGRAM. >>LUIS VIERA: I LIKE THAT. HOW MANY INTERN WORKING AT THE CITY OF TAMPA UNDER THIS PROGRAM SOMETHING IN BLEND BRENHAM IF WE ARE ABLE TO GET THE FULL AUTHORIZATION THAT WE ARE WORKING ON, APPROXIMATELY TWO INTERNS PER STUDENT -- OR PER AGENCY. SO TEN IN TOTAL. >>LUIS VIERA: GOOD. THAT IS A GOOD NUMBER. TEN INTERMS. HOW MANY DEPARTMENT -- NOT SAY HOW MANY DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, BUT MANY DEPARTMENTS WILL BE WORKING IN THIS. I WANT ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS TO BE INVOLVED WITH THIS, AS MANY AS CAN. MAYBE SOME CAN'T, BUT AS MANY THAT CAN. BLEND BRE BLEND. BRENZ. >>BRENDA McKENZIE: THAT IS WHY WE ARE DOING THE SHOWCASE AND MARKET IT TO CITY DEPARTMENTS. WE WANT TO MAY GO SURE THAT THE CITY DEPARTMENTS KNOW CAPABILITIES OF THE STUDENTS. SOME OF THE PROGRAMS DO CUSTOMERS SERVICE. THEY DO A PLETHORA OF TRAINING FOR THE STUDENTS AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE MATCHING THEM APPROPRIATELY SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE SHOWCASE. >>LUIS VIERA: GREAT. THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. I LOOK FORWARD TO BE AT THE SHOWCASE. THINGS ON MY CALENDAR BUT I WANT TO MAKE TIME THAT DAY. WHAT I WANT TO DO COUNCIL -- MADAM CHAIR, WHENEVER IT IS APPROPRIATE, MISS McKENZIE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. YOU REACHED OUT TO ME. I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO ME AND TO YOU AND TO ALL OF US. AGAIN, THERE ARE IS SOMETHING THAT THOSE OF YOU TOUCHED BY OUR ISSUE -- MY OLD EPPS BROTHER JUAN WHO IS MENTALLY DISABLED. AND HAVING A LOVED ONE WITH THAT TOUCHES YOU PERSONALLY, BUT I ALWAYS SAY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE TOUCHED PERSONALLY TO HAVE EMPATHY, OCMPASSION, DECENCY AND LOVE. THAT IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. >>LYNN HURTAK: GO RIGHT AHEAD. >>LUIS VIERA: MY MOTION, COUNCIL, ON MAY 7, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE CONTINUED STATUS OF THIS PROGRAM EITHER IN PERSON OR VIRTUAL, WHATEVER IT MAY BE. AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO DO A COUPLE OF THINGS, WHICH IS NUMBER ONE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE FIRST WEEK IN MAY -- I DON'T KNOW HOW I CAN DO THIS PERMANENTLY. WHERE WE HEAR EVERY SINGLE YEAR ON THE STAT TUMS OF THIS PROGRAM. SO MY -- SO MY MOTION IS MULTIPART. NUMBER ONE, MAY 7. IN-PERSON REPORT ON INTERN HIP PRO -- INTERNSHIP HOW IT IS GOING. >>LYNN HURTAK: I WOULD MIND YOU TO SEPARATE IT. IF YOU WANT TO DO IT EVERY YEAR, SEPARATE. >>LUIS VIERA: MAY 7, BUNK, IN-PERSON UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THE PROGRAM AS WELL AS, IF YOU ALL COULD, BRING A OF THE FOLKS WHO WERE IN THIS PROGRAM A UPDATE US IN PERSON. MILLS McKENZIE, BY MAY 7, DO WE HAVE LIFTOFF IN BLEND. >>BRENDA McKENZIE: ABLE TO GET INPUT FROM YOU. >>LUIS VIERA: THAT IS MY MOTION MAY 7. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND. >>LYNN HURTAK: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. SECONDED BE COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO. ANY CONVERSATION? MOTION PASSES. >>LUIS VIERA: PURSUANT TO YOUR SUGGESTION, ON THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY OF EACH YEAR, WE HAVE AN IN-PERSON REPORT ON THE STATUS OF THE SPECIAL NEEDS INTERN HIP PROGRAM. >>LYNN HURTAK: MY ONLY RECOMMENDATION TO CHANGE IT BECAUSE ITS NOW PROPER NAME IS THE MICHAEL PHILLIPS ABILITY PROGRAMS. >>LUIS VIERA: MIKE PHILLIPS. >>LYNN HURTAK: MAKE IT ANNUAL, WE NEED THE NAME IN THERE. A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. NAME IS THE MIKE PHILLIPS ALL ABILITIES INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. IT IS IN ITEM NUMBER 56, IN YOU NEED THE FULL NAME. MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? >>LUIS VIERA: THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. MISS McKENZIE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GOD BLESS YOU. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE HOW, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK OUR CLERK STAFF FOR PUTTING ALL THOSE NEXT TO ONE ANOTHER. THAT WAS A GREAT, GREAT CHOICE. SOB I WANT TO LEVEL SET 58 A LITTLE BIT. WE HAD A LOT OF E-MAIL, WHICH I THINK IS VERY EXCITING BECAUSE IT MEMBERS PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION, AND THEY REALLY VALUE WHAT CITY COUNCIL CAN BRING. AND THEY VALUE OUR ROLE IN THE BUDGET, BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THAT FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, WE ARE ALL GOING TO HEAR WHAT EACH OTHER HAS TO SAY ABOUT THIS. SO THIS IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE A FOUR-HOUR CONVERSATION. SO I -- JUST WANT TO SEPTEMBER IT THERE. THAT WE STILL HAVE MOTIONS TO MAKE IN TERMS OF, LIKE, GOING FORWARD FOR RESOLUTIONS. SO WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO INEVENT MISS KOPESKY UP TO INTRODUCE AND TO TALK ABOUT THE SURPLUS. THIS WITH AS MY MOTION, SO HE WILL SAY THAT I AM RESEEKS SIGHTED ABOUT EVERYONE ELSE PARTICIPATION FROM COUNCIL BUT ALSO THE PUBLIC. SO YOUR POWERPOINT IS UP ON SCREEN AS WELL. >>HAGAR KOPESKY: GREAT. WONDERFUL. HAGAR KOPESKY, CITY COUNCIL BUDGET ANALYST. OKAY, I THINK IT WAS A COUPLE OF WEEK AGO, THREE WEEKS AGO, THE CFO PRESENTED THE PRELIMINARY NUMBERS FOR FILLS CAL '25. AND AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS ROUGHLY $10 MILLION THAT WAS PRESENTED AS SURPLUS, SPECIFICALLY, A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT WERE ADDRESSED AS RISK ITEMS THAT WERE TO BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THAT BALANCE. ONE OF THEM WAS THE NEED FOR THE NEW SIDE ARMS AND THE SECOND ONE WAS THE FACT THAT THE SCHOOL SPEEDING PROGRAM IS NOT QUITE MOVING ALONG AT THE PACE THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD. SO THE REVENUE IS NOT COMING IN AT THE TIMING THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED. WITH THAT SAID, THE NET AMOUNT THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE CONSIDERING IS $5.3 MILLION. AND SO OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, I KNOW ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT, TALKING TO CONSTITUENTS OF WHERE WE WANTED TO PRY -- PRIORITIZE THOSE FUNDS. NOW RESPECTFULLY, KNOW YOU WANT TO FOCUS ON CERTAIN THINGS FOR TODAY. ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH ME GOING THROUGH -- >>LYNN HURTAK: ABSOLUTELY BE. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE AGENCY IS A LOT OF THINGS AND OUR CHANNELS TO -- WHAT I WANT TO SAY TO THE PUBLIC -- >>HAGAR KOPESKY: NOT MAKE CAN DECISIONS. >>LYNN HURTAK: PROBABLY WON'T COME TO A FULL BAKED DECISION TODAY. >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I SAY ONE THING BEFORE SHE GALLONS THROUGH THE DETAILS? >>LYNN HURTAK: IF YOU TWO LIKE TO. >>HAGAR KOPESKY: THAT'S FINE. >>BILL CARLSON: JUST REAL FAST. >>LYNN HURTAK: COUNCILMAN CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: TWO THINGS. ONE, WE SAW IN THE PRESENTATION THAT THE CFO GAVE US THAT EACH OF SEVERAL BUCKETS, THERE WERE LIKE $27 MILLION OVERAGE AND ADMINISTRATION SPENT 24 OF IT AND LEFT US $3 MILLION. TECHNICALLY THERE WAS $100 MILLION SUR PLUS. SO WE HAVE GOT -- I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT WE ARE GOING TO ASPESPENDS TIMEY A LITTLE AMOUNT OF MONEY. SECOND THING IS, THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS MAXED OUT THE CREDIT CARDS. WE ARE MORE THA$3 BILLION IN DE WE DON'T HAVE A SURPLUS. I WILL WOULD LIKE TO SPEND MONEY ON ALL OF THOSE THINGS. FOR THE SAKE OF THE COMMUNITY, G GET THEED A IN LOGISTICS AND ASSET MANAGEMENT TO PAY DOWN DEBT. NECK CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR WILL BE SADDLED WITH ENORM MULLS DEBT. >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN TALK ABOUT. WE WILL GO THROUGH THIS FIRST. >>HAGAR KOPESKY: IF I CAN GET THIS VISIBILITY ONLY THE SCREEN. WONDERFUL. JUST TO GO THROUGH WHAT I CALL OUR MAJOR BUCKETS. WE KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS JUST SOME INITIAL FEEDSBACK WHEN FEED -- FEEDBACK WHEN APPROVALS WENT OUT. ONE OF THE FIRST LEVELS OF CONSIDERATION WAS THAT THERE WERE ADDITIONAL REQUESTS FOR SOCIAL ACTION FUNDING. I THINK -- I BELIEVE TODAY BECAUSE THOSE PROGRAMS TEND TO RELY ON THIS FUNDING TO TEENAGE. THAT IS ONE OF THE AREA SS THAT HEAP CONE CENSUS FROM THE GROUP TO PROCEED FEEDBACK FROM THE ORGANIZATIONS. WE WILL GO THROUGH AND VISIBLE WHERE THE ADDITION AM FUNDING WAS REQUESTED FOR THE ORGANIZATIONS. SUMMARY HERE IS JUST INTENDED TO SHOW HAVING TAKEN IN FEEDBACK FROM ALL OF YOU, THIS IS THE SUMMARY OF WHERE WE STAND TODAY AND THE BULK BEING IN FEMA PARKS AND REC -- YES? >>LYNN HURTAK: FINISH IN SLIDE. >>HAGAR KOPESKY: VERY HIGH LEVEL. AT 5.3, WE ARE ROUGHLY 400 OVER THAT. >>LYNN HURTAK: I WANTED TO SORT OF LEVEL SET KNOW, THIS IS NOT ADDITIONAL SOCIAL ACTION ARTS. WE CUT THE BUDGET FOR 47 BY A HALF MILLION. >>HAGAR KOPESKY: FAIR. WHEN YOU WERE PRESENTED WITH THE BUDGET, THE BUDGET HAS BEEN REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY. JUST TO MAKE THAT POINT VERY CLEAR. YOU AGREED TO MOVE THE BUDGET FORWARD AT $1 MILLION. THAT $1 MILLION CONSISTED OF RECOMMENDATION FROM ADMINISTRATION AND THESE ARE ADDITIONAL FUNNELING THAT -- FUNDING RECOMMENDED FROM THE GROUP, CITY COUNCIL. LET'S SEE WHAT I CAN DO HERE. CAN YOU -- I KNOW YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO FIT THE WHOLE THING. BUT THIS IS REALLY -- DO YOU HAVE THIS ALSO VISIBLE IN FRONT OF YOU. >>LYNN HURTAK: AND WE CAN SEE AT THE OUR SCREENS. >>HAGAR KOPESKY: I DIDN'T PLAN TO GO THROUGH EACH ONE. >>LYNN HURTAK: YOU DON'T NEED TO. >>HAGAR KOPESKY: THE DETAIL BEHIND THAT INITIAL $485,000. ANYBODY WANT TO SPEAK TO ANYTHING HERE BEFORE I MOVE ON? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I AM HAPPY WITH THE LIST. >>LUIS VIERA: IF I CAN. >>LYNN HURTAK: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: HE WILL TALK ABOUT THIS LATER, BUT THERE ARE SOME TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE -- THE PORTICO -- AGAIN, I WILL GET INTO THIS. BUT PENITENTIARY GWEN PROJECT, INTELLECTUAL ABILITY AND ARTS PROGRAM CUT BY 75% WILL DISMATE THEM. NOBODY WANTS TO DO THAT. DO WE DISCUSS THAT NOW, MADAM CHAIR? >>LYNN HURTAK: GOING TO LET MISS KOPESKY FINISH, BUT DEFINITELY -- >>LUIS VIERA: SO I WILL HOLD OFF. >>LYNN HURTAK: WE WILL HAVE ROOM TO HAVE CONVERSATION FOR SURE. >>HAGAR KOPESKY: WE WILL GET THE PRESENTATION BACK UP. GREAT. THANK YOU. GIVE ME A MINUTE. >>LYNN HURTAK: WE CAN SEE IT ON OUR SCREENS BUT NOT THERE YET. >>HAGAR KOPESKY: OKAY, EXCELLENT. GOING BACK TO THE SUMMARY PAGE. WHERE YOU WILL SEE THE ADDITIONAL DETAIL BEHIND WHAT -- WHAT INITIAL FEEDBACK I RECEIVED FROM EVERYONE IN TERMS OF PARKS AND REC, STORMWATER, MOBILITY, AND THEN A FEW MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR, TOO, MOBILITY AND STORMWATER MATE NANCE WERE BOTH ITEMS THAT I HEARD -- WOULD SAY CONSIDERATION FOR NEEDING TO AT LEAST BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THEM. THERE WAS NOT NECESSARILY AS MUCH SPECIFICITY AT THAT POINTS, BUT I DIDN'T WANT THEM TO GO WOULDN'T AIR TIME, SORE TO SPEAK. I WOULD SAY THAT ONE THING FOR THE GROUP IS, WE KNOW WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF PAVING MONEY THAT WE HAVE IN 2026 JUST BASED ONLY THE TRANSPORTATION MONEY THAT WE RECEIVED, PLUS SOME OF THE REALLOCATIONING THAT WE ALREADY DONE. ONLY MENTIONING THAT FROM THE ESSENTIALS OF FOR THE CURRENT AND FOLLOWING 12 MONTHS, WE PROBABLY HAVE QUITE A BIT OF FUNDING FOR THE PACE WE CAN HANDLE. AGAIN, STORMWATER MATE NANCE. THOUGHTFUL TO THE TOPIC AT THIS POINT. I WILL LEVEL IT TO YOU IF YOU ARE HEARING FEEDBACK ON THAT NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDING. I WILL SAY BASED ON WHERE WE FINISHED THE PRIOR YEAR AND MONEY YOU HAVE FUNDED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR SURPLUS, STILL AVAILABLE BALANCE FROM THAT FOR -- FOR MEAT NANCE OVEP OVER AND ABOVE THE BUILDING. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THESE TWO ARE HIGH RISK AT THIS POINT. OKAY. I AM GOING TO PAUSE. AND GIVEN AUTOMAKERS THAT THE BIG ITEM AND THE BIG DISCUSSION IS LIKELY TO START WITH PARKS, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO SIMPLY TURN AT THAT BACK OVER TO DISCUSSION TO THE GROUP, BECAUSE AT THAT POINT, THAT IS WHERE THE BULK OF THE INTEREST LIES. >>LYNN HURTAK: SURE. IF WE CAN HAVE THE PEND BACK UP SO THE PUBLIC CAN ALSO SEE. I THINK THEY ARE USES TO OUR VOICE AS THE THIS POINT. I SAW COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO'S LIGHT. I WILL -- SO WHAT -- WHAT -- BEFORE WE GET STARTED ON THIS CONVERSATION, LET'S TALK KIND OF GROUNDS. DO WE WANT TO GIVE EVERYBODY LIKE THREE MINUTES AND THEN -- SO WE CAN DO TWO MINUTES AFTER? THAT WAY -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MAY SPEAK ON SOCIAL ACTION AND THE OTHER PRIORITIES? I CAN SQUEEZE IT IN. >>LYNN HURTAK: WHY DON'T WE TALKFUL THESE PRIORITIES AND COME BACK TO SOCIAL ACTION THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE TALK ABOUT IT IN THREE MINUTES. MISS NEWCOMB, WHAT IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION? >>HAGAR KOPESKY: I AGREE AGREE. I THINK IN TERMS OF THE DEGREE OF INTEREST AND WHERE MOST OF CONVERSATION AND DEBATE WILL BE IN THIS PARTICULAR SLIEPD. -- LIED. THE RATIONALE OF WHERE THE NUMBERS CAME FROM AND THEIR INTERM. >>BILL CARLSON: MADAM CHAIR FROM A PROCESS POINT OF VIEW. MAYBE EVERYBODY WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING. BUT I AM OKAY JUST APPROVING IT. I WONDER IF WE CAN SEE IF ANYBODY IS AGAINST IT. >>LYNN HURTAK: PROBLEM IS, WE HAVE MORE REQUESTS THAN MONEY. AND WE CAN'T STRAIGHT APPROVED IT. HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TOO MUCH. SO WE KIND OF DO NEED TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION. ALSO, YEAH. I THINK THAT IS PART OF ISSUE. >>HAGAR KOPESKY: TO THE EXTENT TOO I WANTED TO LEAVE THE FLEXIBILITY. THINGS THAT HAPPENED SINCE THIS LIST WAS ACCOUPLE LATED. IF ANYTHING NEW THAT YOU WERE GOING TO INTRODUCE, I WANTED THE FOR THAT AVAILABLE TO THAT. >>BILL CARLSON: PUSH IT BACK ONLY THE ADMINISTRATION AND TELL THEM TO FIND THE EXTRA -- >>LYNN HURTAK: SO I WILL THAT IS AN IDEAS. COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO, GO AHEAD. YOUR FIRST THREE MINUTES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I SAW THE COUNCILMAN CARLSON MEMO. IT WAS SENT TO EVERYTHING WITH REGARDS TO -- THAT TOTALS $2.5 MILLION IN SUBTOTAL OF DISTRICT 4. >>HAGAR KOPESKY: CORRECT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WANT TO SUPPORT THAT. LOOKING AT IT LINE BY LINE. SO MANY COLLECTIVE SPOTS THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY THAT SEE PERSONALLY. YOU TAKE MY STEPDAUGHTER TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT PARKS. WE SEE AT THE AND HANG OUT THERE. I DON'T COMPLAIN. I AM A HAPPY PERSON AND ENJOY WHAT IS THERE, SO MUCH HAS BEEN INVESTED IN THE REST OF THE CITY AND OTHER PARKS, NEW PARKS. YOU CAN LOOK AT McFARLAND MARK NEEDS A LOT AND THEIR PLAYGROUND. THE MURAL. QUICK ON AND ON. EAST TAMPA FACILITY WHICH WE JUST DEDICATED WHICH IS SPECTACULAR AND SO WELL DESERVE $. WE ARE INVESTING THERE. I LIKE THE LIST AND WE HAVE A VARIETY OF ITEMS. I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT WHAT COUNCILMAN CARLSON PUT IN THE MEMO. THE YELLOW JACKETS. I THINK THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. ROBIN LOCK KEPT. MISS ROBIN LOCK KEPT. OLD SCHOOL TAMPA PEOPLE SAYING GOING BACK YEARS, PUSHING FOR THE YELLOW JACKETS. ONE POOL IN DISTRICT 5, $3 NOON,000. SULPHUR SPRINGS BOARDWALK NEEDS A LOT OF WORK. HENRY AND OLA. SPEAKING TO THE SEMINOLE HEIGHTS COMMUNITY FOR YEARS. AND NOW COUNCILMAN MIRANDA BROUGHT IT UP SEVERAL TIMES. JUST BEEN -- THEY WERE OUT OF A TRAILER. THEY WERE -- WHATEVER. BUT I WANT TO SUPPORT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. ARE REGARD TO SOCIAL ACTION, I WILL SAVE IT FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF DISCUSSION, BUT PRIORITIES ARE THERE. ONE LAST THING. WE DID GET SEVERAL E-MAILS REGARDING FUNDING ROUTE 1. NONREQUEST THIS WILL TAKE PART OF THIS DISCUSSION. >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE COMMENT ON THAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HE WILL WAIT FOR COUNCIL MEMBER -- CHAIR HURTAK. I WANT TO HEAR WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS TO SAY AND GO TO SOCIAL ACTION. >>LYNN HURTAK: I CAN GO AHEAD AND QUICKLY GIVE THE UPDATE ON THE ROUTE 400 THAT GOES UP TO NEBRASKA. CAME OUT OF A TRANSIT TAMPA BAY MEETING. I KNEW WHAT YOU MEANT. I KNEW WHAT YOU MEANT. BUT -- SO APPARENTLY NO ONE REACHED OUT TO HART. SO WE REECHLDZ O-- REACHED OUT O HART. BRANDON AND JORDAN REACHED OUT TO HART AND THEY SAID AS FAR AS FREQUENCY AND THE -- HART CURRENTLY WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE CITY ON THE FY '27 BUDGET, BUT RIGHT NOW THEY ALREADY HAVE THEIR BUDGET SET AND DONNELL. THEY WOULD PREFER NOT TO PURSUE IT, AND THAT IS COMING RIGHT STRAIGHT FROM HART. AS MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THEM AND HELP THEM, I WILL DEFER TO WHAT HART WANTS. SO I WILL -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE CAN CHAMPION. >>LYNN HURTAK: WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT. NEXT MONTH WE ARE STARTING TO TALK ABOUT 2027. I WANTED TO LEVEL SEPTEMBER THAT AND -- LEVEL SET THAT AND GET THIS OUT OF THE WAY. LUIS. >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCIL MEMBER YOUNG. >>NAYA YOUNG: WE ARE TALK YOU GO OF THIS SLIDE RIGHT NOW. >>LYNN HURTAK: THREE MINUTES FOR THERE ARE GO AROUND. >>NAYA YOUNG: YES, SO WELL, ONE, NO SECRET THAT ANYTHING PERTAINING TO YOUTH, YOUTH ACTIVITIES, OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH, I WANT TO SUPPORT 100%. I WANT TO -- SO THERE ARE TWO ITEMS ON HERE THAT I SPECIFICALLY ARE FOR SULPHUR SPRINGS. AND ONE, YOU WANTED TO BE SURE THAT WE HAVE SULPHUR SPRINGS INCLUDED IN HERE. BECAUSE ONE, THEY DON'T HAVE A CRA. AND EVEN BEFORE COMING ON TO COUNCIL, I KNOW THAT IT COME UP IN CONVERSATION A FEW TIMES JUST MAKING SURE WE ARE ACTUALLY DEDICATED FUNDING TO SULPHUR SPRINGS IN THAT AREA. AND I WANTED TO JUST BE SURE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME MONEY TO GO FORWARD THE AREA. THE SULPHUR SPRINGS ACTION PLAN, THEY ARE FINISHING UP. I BELIEVE THEY ARE -- I THINK IT IS PHASE THREE OR SHOULD BE FINISHED WITH PHASE THREE. SO MY IDEA FOR WAITING TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE MONEY TO GO TOWARD THE PROGRAM, TO GO TOWARD THE PLAN SO IT DOESN'T BECOME A PLAN THAT SHOWS. ALREADY MONEY IN PLACE TO START SOMETHING. AND THERE IS -- THE REPORT IS VERY EXPENSIVE, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN MAYBE SPEAK WITH COMPOUND AND DECIDE WHAT COMES OUT OF THAT WILL BE THE FIRST THING WE WANT TO PUNT MONEY TOWARDS, BUT I WANTED TO BE SURE THAT WE PUT SOMETHING IN THERE TO GET THE BALL ROLLING WITH THAT. I WORKED FOR PHASE ONE OF THAT PROJECT, SO I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SEE IT GO FORWARD. I KNOW COMMUNITY HAS REALLY WORKED HARD AND REALLY PERFORMED A LOT IN THAT PROJECT. AGAIN, THE TEENS LEADING CHANGE PROGRAM. I SMOKE WITH A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF HAVING THAT PROGRAM AND HOW LIFE CHANGING IT IS FOR THE STUDENTS. AND I ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT INCREASING THE YOUTH PROGRAM FOR 48 SLOTS TO 70 SLOTS. WE HEARD OF THAT INCREASING THE NUMBER OF SLOTS FOR OUR TEENSED A STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE. WE HAVE THE PARKS AGAIN, AGAIN, I SPOKEN A LOT ABOUT HAVING PARKS AND PLACES FOR OUR YOUTH TO GO. MAKING THESE CHANGES SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE NICE PARKS FOR OUR CHILDREN GO TO CONTINUE TO HAVE ACTIVITIES AND THINGS TO DO, AS WELL AS THE FAMILIES. AND OF COURSE YELLOW JACKETS, I KNOW THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND WE ALL HEARD ABOUT IT NUMEROUS TIMES. HOPING THAT WE SUPPORT CHANGES FOR THIS DISTRICT. THANK YOU. >>LYNN HURTAK: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SPEAKING OF PARKS ISSUE. A COUPLE OF THINGS. DISTRICT 7. WE TALKED OF DIFFERENT THINGS. I LIKE THIS PARK. I LIKE THIS. DISTRICT 7 IS A QUARTER OF THE CITY, RIGHT. AND I ALWAYS SAY -- THIS IS POLITICAL, WHEN I LEAVE, THE PERSON WHO REPLACES ME HAS GOT TO FIGHT LIKE HELL. I MEAN THAT. AND YOU ARE A CON STSTITUENT, Y KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT. YOU HAVE TO TALK OF DISTRICT 7 AND NEW TAMPA. I WANT SOUTH TAMPA. I WANT TO SUPPORT MY FRIENDS IN SOUTH TAMPA. SUPPORT THAT 110. BUT WE NEED EQUITY FOR DISTRICT 7 AND NEW TAMPA. THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. A MOTION HAVING A COUPLE OF THINGS ASKING PARKS AND RECREATION TO COME BACK WITH SOME OF THEIR SUGGESTED NEEDS TO PUT AN EMPHASIS ON NONCRA AREAS, NUMBER ONE. I AM WILLING TO STIPULATE WHATEVER PERCENTAGE TO SOUTH TAMPA BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF NEEDS OUT THERE. BUT I AM NOT GOING TO LET GO THE NEEDS THAT DISTRICT 7 HAVE IN NORTH TAMPA. A LOT WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE JUST LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS SOUTH OF GANDY THAT ARE WORKING-CLASS AND I WANT TO SUPPORT THEM. WE GOT TO SUPPORT THEM AND SOMETHING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. WE HEAR A LOT FROM A LOT OF PARKS IN TAMPA. A LOT OF TIME MY CONSTITUENTS DON'T SHOW UP TO TAMPA CITY COUNCIL. JUST BECAUSE THEY DON'T SHOW UP AT PUBLIC COMMENT DOESN'T MEAN THEY DON'T GO TO WORK AND FUND OUR SALARIES AND PARKS. I WANT THEM TO HAVE A VOICE AND SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. I REFER FOLKS BACK TO THE PARKS MAST AMERICAN. TAKE A LOOK AT IT. WHAT DISTRICT DID THEY SAY HAD THE MOST AMOUNT OF PARKS AND DEFICIT, DISTRICT 7. ESPECIALLY NEW TAMPA, SOMETHING IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR COMING UP FOR NEW TAMPA. FIGHT FOR A LONG TIME FOR OUR FRIENDS AT K-BAR RANCH AND WE CAN'T FORGET THAT. I WANT TO SUPPORT SOUTH TAMPA. UP HEAR FROM MY FRIENDS AND CONSTITUENTS IN SOUTH TAMPA AND I WANT TO IS SUPPORT COUNCILMAN CARLSON AND THINGS HE WANTS TO DO OUT THERE CERTAINLY. I DO THINK WE NEED GUIDANCE FROM PARKS AND RECREATION FROM ALL APARTMENTS OF OUR CITY TO MODIFY SOME AND PUT ADDITIONAL FUND FOR DISTRICT 7, REALLY NONCRA PARTS. IF YOU WERE IN THE CRA, YOU HAVE THAT BUCKET OF MONEY THAT YOU CAN GO TO, BUT LIKE COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG SAID, YOU HAVE SULPHUR SPRINGS. YOU HAVE OUR FRIENDS IN SOUTH TAMPA. AND THEN YOU GOT NEW TAMPA AND THE WORKING-CLASS BACKBONE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, NORTH TAMPA. THANK YOU. >>LYNN HURTAK: COUNCILMAN CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: TO RESIDENTS OF NORTH AND NEW TAMPA. COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA HAS BEEN A HUGE CHAMPION FOR NINE OR TEN YEARS, WHATEVER, THAT HE HAS BEEN ON COUNCIL. DURING THE TIME I HAVE BEEN, HE HAS BEEN A HUGE ADVOCATE FOR NORTH AND NEW TAMPA. I THINK I APPROVED EVERYTHING THAT HE PROPOSED FOR THAT AREA. SOUTH TAMPA HAS -- AND OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE GOTTEN FIRE STATION OR BUDGETED FIRE STATIONS IN PARKS AND DISABILITY PARKS AND OTHER THINGS IN NORTH AND NEW TAMPA COMMUNITY CENTERS. AND SO I -- THERE IS ALWAYS MORE. WHAT I TELL PEOPLE PARKS ARE FALLING APART ALL OVER THE CITY. SIDEWALKS ARE FALLING APART ALL OVER THE CITY AND ROADS ARE FALLING APART ALL OVER THE CITY, BUT NEW TAMPA IS FUNDING THE CRAS. NORTH AND NEW TAMPA ARE FUNDING THE CRAS BECAUSE -- BECAUSE THAT IS WHETHER THE MONEY IS COMING FROM. STAND WHAT THIS MEMBERS IS IS THAT -- IS THAT WE ARE PAYING POLICE AND FIRE AND THE CRA DISTRICTS ARE NOT. AND SO SOUTH TAMPA HAS BEEN REALLY PARENT FOR A LONG TIME. THIS REQUEST DOES NOT COME FROM ME BUT FROM THE MOMS OF SOUTH TAMPA AND THERE ARE THOUSANDS. THEM FINALLY ARE FED UP. AND COUNCILMEMBER VIERA HAS BEEN A HUGE ADVOCATE FOR DISABILITY, ACCESSIBILITY, AND CONSTITUENTS SHOWING ME THE LAST FEW DAYS, I AM SURE YOU SAW PICTURES REGULAR SWINGS FROM MOLD ALL OVER THEM. THEY ARE FALLING APART. SOME OF THEM ARE NOT SAFE. BUT THE DISABILITY SWINGS AND ACCESSIBILITY NOT WORKING AT ALL, YOU GO THE TO PUNT CONCRETE UNDERNEATH THE FACILITY SO PEOPLE CAN GET IN WHEELCHAIRS. LOOK AT THE LIST OF BASIC MATE NANCE FOR SOUTH TAMPA. I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY APPROVING IT AS HE SAID NOT FOR ME BUT FOR THE THOUSANDS OF MOMS MANY OF THEM WITH KIDS WITH DISABILITIES THAT WOULD LOVE TO GO TO THEIR OWN PARKS. SECOND TO THE TRANSIT ISSUE. UP KNOW COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK IS TAKEN THIS OFF THE TABLE, BUT I REALLY THINK WE SHOULD PUT IN 20,000 TO $50,000 TO TRANSIT NOW AND SEPTEMBER UP -- WE HAD AWAY AT THAT TEST OF FREE SERVICE. WE HAVE AWAY BETA TEST PAYING FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A BETA TEST SEPARATE FROM THE OTHER ARE TRANSIT NOW PROMOTES A ROUTE. ONE OF THEM THAT IS NOT ALREADY BEING FUNDED. WE GIVE THEM LIKE $20,000 OR $50,000 AND ASK THEM TO PROMOTE THAT ROUTE FOR A YEAR. AND I THINK THAT THEY WOULD INCREASE THE RIDERSHIP JUST BECAUSE THEY PROMOTE IT AND MAKE IT FUN, WHICH MEANS THAT COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK WILL HAVE TO GO ON THE BUS TOO. I THINK WITH A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY, WE WILL INCREASE TRAFFIC ON THE BUSES. LAST THING, I THINK WE SHOULD PASS THIS AS IS AND LETTED ADMINISTER FIND THE OTHER $500,000 SINCE THEY SPENT THE REST OF THE $100 MILLION ALREADY. >>LYNN HURTAK: COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, YOU WANT TO SPEAK. PUT YOUR MIC ON. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: DISTRICT 6 BROCK PURDY PUT YOUR MIC ON. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: DISTRICT 6 HAS BEEN NEGLECTED IF YOU LOOK AT THE REST. SOME PAVING STARTED THIS. JUST ONE DAY THE OTHER DAY DRIVING AROUND THE DISTRICT, AND I SAW PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ALMOST COMPLETELY DONE. AND ON GAME DAYS IN CERTAIN AREAS, YOU CAN'T GET IN AND OUT OF YOUR HOME FOR AN HOUR BEFORE THE GAME BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC IS COMING IN, AND THEN YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF YOUR HOUSE FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF AFTER THE GAME. THAT IS ANOTHER AREA WE HAVE. WHEN YOU SEE ABOUT ACCIDENTS -- I AM GOING TO ASK FOR REPORT OF ACCIDENTS AROUND A CERTAIN TIME AFTER THE LET OUT TO SEE HOW MANY ACCIDENTS HAVE CREATED IN NEIGHBORHOOD. BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC TRAFFIC COMES FROM NEIGHBORHOODING STREETS TO GET TO THE SECONDARY TO GET TO THE HIGHWAY. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE WHEN YOU HAVE THE THINGS GOING ON. QUALITY OF LIFE DURING THOSE PERIODS OF TIME ARE LITTLE DIMINISHED, BUT WE MAKE BEST WE CAN BECOME WHAT WE HAVE. YOU LOOK AT OTHER SIDE, THE SIDE AROUND THE AREA WHERE THE MALLS USED TO BE. BALLS NO MALL THERE NOW. I AM NOT EVEN GOING TO MENTION THE NAME. I DON'T WANT TO EMBARRASS ANYBODY. BUT THE MALLS ARE GONE. SO WE HAVE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AROUND. SOONER OR LATER IT WILL BE HAPPENING. SOLID. GREAT PEOPLE LIVE AND WORK THERE. THEY ARE TRYING TO DO BEST THEY CAN FOR FAMILIES INVOLVED AND THANK GOD THAT THEY DO. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, WE ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY PART OF CITY. WE HAVE -- I THINK DISTRICT 6 IS THE MOST DIVERSE DISTRICT IN THE CITY BECAUSE IT HAS EVERYTHING. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, IT IS A WONDERFUL PLACE BECAUSE YOU HAVE A MIX OF PERMITS, RACES, CREED, MONEY, EVERYTHING, LESS, MORE. SO IT GETS ALONG PRETTY WELL FOR WHAT IT IS. AND IT IS DOING VERY WELL AND PROSPERING, I THINK. JUST -- YOU KNOW, KEEP DOING WHAT WE ARE DOING AND GET EVERYTHING AS PERFECT AS WE CAN. >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WILL PUT A FEW THINGS IN. I AGREE. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH SOUTH TAMPA PARKS. THE ISSUE WHEN I READ THE SPECIFICS IS -- THE REQUEST WAS ACTUALLY FOR 2.1 SOMETHING MILLION WITH THE EXTRA GOING TO TREES. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF MONEY IN THE TREE FUND BECAUSE OF THAT. I WOULD PREFER PUTTING EXTRA 300 INTO SOMETHING THAT IS NOT TREES BECAUSE WE HAVE A GYNE TREE FUND. >>BILL CARLSON: A NEW LIST THAT TARA WORKED OUT WITH TED FOWLER. >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT LIST. >>BILL CARLSON: THAT WAS JUST YESTERDAY. >>LYNN HURTAK: I KNOW. THAT'S WHAT I AM SAYING. I THINK WE KINDS OF NEED TO FIGURE THAT OUT, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TO CUT A HALF MILLION FROM THIS LIST. THAT WAS MY FIRST POT. DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS ANOTHER LIST AND IT WAS SENT TO US -- BUT IF PICK STILL HAVE MY TIME PLEASE. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR POMISS KOPESKY. IF YOU CAN ANSWER FOR ME -- AS SHE IS ANSWERING, IF YOU CAN HOLD MY TIME -- FOR THE DISTRICT 6 PARK PLACEHOLDER. WHAT IS THAT? >>HAGAR KOPESKY: RIGHT. AS I WAS MEETING WITH THE DIFFERENT OFFICES. ONE, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT PARKS -- FIRST OF ALL, SHUT OUT TO MR. FOWLER. HE WAS VERY HELPFUL AND ASKED TO PULL FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE WHAT HE HAD VISIBILITY THAT COULD CUES LOVE IN THE PARK SYSTEM. >>LYNN HURTAK: NEED IT. >>HAGAR KOPESKY: I HAVE IT. OF THAT LIST APPROXIMATELY $1.3 MILLION OF HIS 3MILLION WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE LIST YOU ARE LOOKING ON IN THE POWERPOINT. IT WAS A GOOD PARTNERSHIP IS WHERE I AM GOING WITH THAT. IN TERMS OF YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTION, I THINK NOT EVERYONE WAS AS READY TO PULL TRIGGER ON THE SPECIFICITY OF WHERE THEY MAY SEE THE GREATEST NEED IN THAT PARTICULAR DISTRICT. AND SO BY ALLOCATING A COMMITTED AMOUNT, IT WILL SAY HOW MORE TIME TO MAKE A GOOD DECISION WHERE THAT IS BEST SERVED. SO PARTICULAR CASE OUTSIDE OF HENRY AND OLA, LITTLE MORE HOMEWORK TO BE DONE. HURTAK HIGH TEMPERATURE SAME QUESTION FOR MISCELLANEOUS DISTRICT 5. PARK REPAIRS? >>NAYA YOUNG: THAT CAME FROM -- JUST, LOOKING SOME OF PARKS. YOU HAVE A BUILDING THAT NEEDS TO BE REPAYMENTED, MULCH, REPLACING GRASS. THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. MISCELLANEOUS THINGS. >>LYNN HURTAK: LIKE I SAID. WANTED SPECIFICITY ON THAT. AND THEN -- OKAY. THAT -- THAT WAS REALLY MY QUESTIONS. I SUPPORTH PARKS. HE DON'T HAVE ANY PARTICULAR -- SINCE I AM CITYWIDE, I CAN JUST SUPPORT PARKS WHOLEHEARTEDLY. ONE THING THAT I CHAMPION AND I'M THRILLED S IN HERE IS THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM INCREASE. THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM FROM 48 TO 70 BECAUSE THE COMMUNITIES THAT ASKED FOR THAT FOR MANY YEARS AND GLAD WE CAN PARTICIPATE IN DOING THAT. SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND -- THOSE WERE MY COMMENCE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND ROUND? ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ABOUT -- WELL, LET'S TRY TO FINISH THIS SECTION FIRST BEFORE WE HAVE GO TO SOCIAL ACTION ARTS. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE STILL HAVE DISTRICT 6, DISTRICT 5, ADISTRIT 4 THAT WE NEED MORE SPECIFICS, MORE UPDATED SPECIFICS. DISTRICT 7. >>LUIS VIERA: MAY I. >>LYNN HURTAK: THE ONLY ONE THAT HAVEN'T -- >>LUIS VIERA: THERE ARE SOME DISTRICT 7 REQUESTS IN HERE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO COUPLE OF THINGS. I WILL JUST SAY FROM EXPERIENCE WITH THINGS. WHENEVER WE PASS THESE, THERE IS SOMETIMES THE BLACK HOLE OF THE CITY BUDGET THAT WHEN YOU PASS SOMETHING, AND IF YOU DON'T CHECK UP ON IT -- I SAY THIS TO ALL THE DISTRICT MEMBERS, NEXT YEAR YOU GO, HEY, WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT, RIGHT. SO YOU PUT A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR DISTRICT 5. AND YOU GOVERNMENT TO MAKE SURE -- BY THE WAY, NOT BECAUSE ANYBODY IN STAFF WANTS TO HIDE THE BALL. STUFF JUST HAPPENS. PEOPLE MAY FOR GET, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE A. A POINT OF DISCUSSION. ASK PARKS IN TERMS OF SPECIFICITY WHEN THIS IS NEEDED. I WILL BE GLAD TO STIPULATE TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT -- $2.5 MILLION REQUESTED HERE INCLUDING WHATEVER THE MOMENT AMOUNT IS WITH THE TREES. IF WE WANT TO SAY OUT OF THIS $2 MILLION GOES TO SOUTH TAMPA, I AM GOOD WITH THAT. I'M FINE. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. WITH THE PARKNESS, HE HEAR THINGS AND FEEL THINGS. AND SOUTH TAMPA. IF WE NEED SLIGHT MODIFICATION FOR OTHER THINGS ESPECIALLY IN NORTH TAMPA, THE FOWLER AND BUSCH COMMUNITIES. I THINK THAT IS PIVOTAL. >>LYNN HURTAK: MISS NEWCOKOPESK A LIST FROM MR. FOWLER. IF WE CAN SWITCH TO THE WOLF. >>HAGAR KOPESKY: THAT WILL BE GREAT. SOME ITEMS THAT WERE SELECTED. >>LYNN HURTAK: ARE THOSE THE CHECKS. >>HAGAR KOPESKY: MY LITTLE CHECKING WHICH ARE HARDLY VISIBLE. YES. JUST TO -- I WILL USE DISTRICT 5 AS AN EXAMPLE. SO IN THIS CASE, THERE WAS SOME COMPROMISES. THERE WERE TWO POOLS THAT WERE RECOMMENDED TO HAVE DECKING IMPROVEMENTS. AND GIVEN WE KNEW WE HAD SOME CONSTRAINTS, WE NEEDED A DECISION -- COUNCIL WWOMAN MADE DECISION TO SELECT ONE. TO YOUR POINT, COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, WHERE THEY BROUGHT FORWARD WHAT THEY THOUGHT THAT WERE THEY THINK, A, WAS MEANINGFUL FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE STANDPOINT AND THAT THEY COULD GET TO FATHERLY EASILY. >>NAYA YOUNG: AND WE ALSO -- I DID SPEAK WITH MR. FOWLER AS WELL TO GET SPECIFICS ON EXACTLY WHAT ARE THE FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS AM MAINTENANCE. MEL BELL BELMONT HEIGHTS. AND ONCE IT FALLS OUT OF CODE, THEN THEY ARE UNABLE TO USE IT FOR THEIR GAMES. JACKSON HEIGHTS FOR ITS LIGHTS ON ITS FIELD. THEY HAVE LITTLE TO NO LIGHTS. YOU HAVE THE POOL DECK FOR THE CYRUS GREEN SCHOOL USED FOR SUMMER AND PROGRAM. AND KIDS ALL OVER THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT GO TO THE POOL. I DID ASK HIM FOR SPECIFICS ON WHAT EXACTLY THOSE IMPROVEMENTS WERE. >>HAGAR KOPESKY: ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO, COUNCILMAN CARLSON. I KNOW TODAY WE TALKED AB ABOUT PALOMAS. GANDY NORTH AND GANDY SOUTH. I NOTICED IN THIS DISTRICTS 4 EXCEPTION, BOARDWALK REPLACEMENT, GANDY PARK FOR 270 AND IMPROVEMENT. SO MUCH TODAY WAS TALKED DISCUSSING THE NORTH SIDE OF GANDY. I WANTED TO DRAWER DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THAT ANDING THIS THEY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT. AUTOMAKERS. >>LYNN HURTAK: COUNCILMAN CARLSON, THIS THESE ON YOUR LIST? >>HAGAR KOPESKY: SELECTIONS TO MEET THE BUDGET REQUIREMENTS WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTED. >>LYNN HURTAK: COUNCILMAN CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: WHERE IS THIS LIST REFLECTED ON BUDGET YOU JUST SHOWED US? >>HAGAR KOPESKY: IF ITEMS WERE TAKEN FROM THIS LIST. SO -- THE -- I THINK I WILL TELL THAT YOU I BELIEVE THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK GOING ON ALREADY WITH THE GROUP IN DISTRICT 7 DOCTOR DISTRICT 4 TO LOOK AT THE CHILD INTERACTIVE SPECIFIC ITEMS. NOT INCORPORATED IN THE POWERPOINT UNLESS ITEMS WERE LIFTED FROM THIS LIST AND PUNT INTO IT. IN THIS CASE I AM INTENTIONALLY SHOWING YOU YOUR SECTION BECAUSE I KNOW IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA OF GANDY, WE HAD A LARGE DISCUSSION TODAY. BUT, NO, THE SPECIFIC SUGGESTIONS -- >>LYNN HURTAK: THE THINGS ARE CHECKED. >>HAGAR KOPESKY: HE ASKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT HIS. IN DISTRICT 4 -- >>BILL CARLSON: NOT 2.5 -- STORY NOT 5.5 MILLION PLUS 1.2. >>HAGAR KOPESKY: I WENT AHEAD AND WANTED TO KNOW FOR MYSELF WHAT WAS THE VALUE FROM THE PARK RECOMMENDED LIST THAT WAS PUT IN THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION AND THAT IS 1.2. >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU. COUPLE MORE COMMENCE. I AM BEING TOLD IN THE SOUTH TAMPA PROPOSAL THAT THE TREES ARE NOT INCLUDED. MR. FOWLER WENT THROUGH US YELLED OR THE DAY BEFORE ITS WHOLE LIST. AND HE WAS ABLE TO TELL US -- THE REQUEST FROM THE MOMS IN SOUTH TAMPA. THEM WENT AND CREATED THEIR OWN ... OF THINGS BECAUSE WENT PARK BY PARK. THEY HAVE MORE OF A LIFESPAN AND KEEP IT STURDY. AND NEXT THING TO HAVE A GRANT TO COVER SOMETHING. HE SHUFFLED AND. WE CAN ASK HIM TO SEND A FULL LIST. HE WAS VERY PRACTICING THE MAPPIC OF GOING ABOUT IT. -- PRAGMATIC OF GOING ABOUT IT AND WE CAN LOOK AT THAT. THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY, I TRY TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. BUT THE FOLKS -- JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER HEAR A BIG REQUEST IN SOUTH TAMPA, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE IN SOUTH TAMPA KNOW THEY NEED TO MAKE INVESTMENTS IN OTHER PLACES. BUT YOU HOOLOOK AT THE 100-PLUS INVESTMENTS DOWNTOWN YOU COUNT WATER STREET AND ALL THE ARTS STUFF A COUPLE OF HUNDRED MILLIONS. FAIR OAKS PARK INCLUDING INTEREST WHICH IS LIKE 100 MILLION OR AT THE VERY LEAST 40 MILLION OR WHATEVER. WEAPONS RIVER WALK WHICH IS INCLUDING INTEREST ANOTHER 0 MILLION. HANNAH AVENUE, 220 MILLION. SOUTH TAMPA GETS NOTHING LIKE THAT. NOTHING. FOLKS IN SOUTH TAMPA I THINK ARE BEING REASONABLE SAYING WE NEEDS TO YOU FIX THE SWINGS THAT ARE THERE. REPLACE THE ONES THAT ARE R RUSTED. AND CONCRETE INSTEAD OF MULCH SO KIDS WITH WHEELCHAIRS CAN GET IN. OTHER DISTRICTS GOT TENS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND MOMS OF SOUTH TAMPA SAY CAN YOU GIVE US ENOUGH TO FIX THE BASIC MATE NANCE ON THESE THINGS. >>LYNN HURTAK: YOU DON'T HEAR ANYBODY SAYING THEY DON'T WANT THAT. >>BILL CARLSON: SOUTH TAMPA DOESN'T GET ANY BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE CRA. >>LYNN HURTAK: WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT. I THINK COUNCILMAN VIERA MADE A VERY GOOD POINT. IF WE ARE NOT VERY SPECIFIC, I WOULD BE UNCOMFORTABLE APPROVING THIS WITHOUT HAVING AN EXACT LIST. MY REQUEST IF SOMEONE WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION FOR -- FOR MISS KOPESKY TO WORK WITH THE INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE WHO MADE THESE REQUESTS AND MR. FOWLER TO COME BACK WITH THIS TRUE LIST OF ALL THE THINGS, BECAUSE I AM -- I AM UNDER COMFORTABLE WITH THE WORD "PLACEHOLDER." >>HAGAR KOPESKY: UNDERSTANDABLE. AND JUST A HANDFUL AND WELCOME FINAL TO DO THAT. >>LYNN HURTAK: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, BECAUSE IT WILL DEAL WITH SOUTH TAMPA. MAY I HEAR FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON FIRST. GO AHEAD. >>BILL CARLSON: I CAN MAKE THE MOTION THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED. ONE OF MY THINGS WAS TO ASK, WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP. I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF EXPECTATION WE WOULD APPROVE SOMETHING TODAY, BUT BRINGING IT BACK IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH MORE CLARIFICATION. >>LYNN HURTAK: WITH THE RESOLUTION, YES. >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD ASK US TO INCLUDE IN A MOTION OR I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO REQUEST FOR THEED A IN LOGISTICS AND ASSET MANAGEMENT TO FIND THE $500,000 BECAUSE THEY SPENT 95% IN THE OVERAGE AND FIND THAT AMOUNT. THE CITY OF TAMPA HAVE MINIMAL THINGS TO MAKE BETTER IN THE COMMUNITY. >>LYNN HURTAK: I THINK THAT IS GREAT IDEA, BUT HISTORY HAS SHOWN THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THEY ARE LIKELY TO DO. IF WE NEED TO FIND ANOTHER HALF MILLION, I THINK WE CAN ALSO MAKE THAT -- >>HAGAR KOPESKY: MAKE THAT PART OF IT. >>LYNN HURTAK: I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE SEPARATE MOTIONS JUST ON THE. >>BILL CARLSON: WHEN THEY NEED IT, THEY FIND MONEY. >>LYNN HURTAK: I DON'T DISAGREE. >>BILL CARLSON: NOT US ASKING FOR IT. IF THE ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO LOOK GOULD FOR THE COMMUNITY. UP MAKE A MOTION. WHEN DO YOU WANT TO BRING THIS BACK? >>HAGAR KOPESKY: HERE IS WHAT I WOULD SAY. GIVEN I BELIEVE PRIMARY DISTRICT 5 AND 6 GOING BACK WITH MR. FOWLER. >>LYNN HURTAK: AND 4. >>HAGAR KOPESKY: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, ONLY REASON I PAUSED THERE. UP HEARD TWO THINGS. WE HAVE YOURS SPECIFICALLY BROKEN OUT FOR PLAY EQUIPMENT NEW TAMPA, DEL RIO POOL STAND C COPELANDLAND PARK AND YOU SHOT FROM THE HIP YOU WANTED TO CONSIDER ADDITIONAL SOMETHING. AND THAT THE PLACE I WAS PAUSING. >>LYNN HURTAK: WHAT I WILL OFFER COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. TREE TRIMMING WAS PROBABLY MINE. BUT KNOWING THAT -- WELL, THAT IS DIFFERENT. BUT I WOULD SAY THAT I WOULD SUPPORT PUTTING $100,000, TAKING IT OUT OF TREE TRIMMING AND GIVING TO DISTRICT 7. >>LUIS VIERA: SOMEHOW. >>LYNN HURTAK: I AM GOING TO TAKE TREE TRIMMING OFF OF THAT AND TURN IT INTO DISTRICT 7. AND LET YOU WORK WITH THE TWO OF THEM TO FIGURE THAT OUT. DOES THAT WORK FOR YOU. >>LUIS VIERA: MAY I, IF I MAY. I WILL SUPPORT -- MY UNDERSTANDING OF THIS MOTION TO HAVE IT COME BACK. I WILL SAY TO COME BACK SOON FOR PURPOSES OF MOMENTUM AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT TO WORK WITH DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT. TO HAVE IT COME BACK. AGAIN, WITH A LOT OF THE REQUESTS FOR SOUTH TAMPA. REALLY ALL -- I AM VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THEM. VERY, VERY SUPPORTIVE. I WANT TO SEE SOME MORE MOVEMENT IN HERE FOR NOT JUST DISTRICT 7, BUT THE FOWLER AND BUSCH COMMUNITIES. FOR NEW COMPANY AND THE FOWLER AND BUSCH COMMUNITIES. THEY DON'T SHOW UP IN CITY OF TAMPA FOR MANY REASONS. THEIR VOICE AND VIRTUE OF THE HARD WORK THEY DO EVERY DAY. WE CAN WORK IN OUR INDIVIDUALS OFFICES. I AM FINE WITH THAT. >>LYNN HURTAK: WE WILL KEEP THE AMOUNTS WE HAVE. UNFORTUNATELY THE NEXT AVAILABLE DATE THAT WE HAVE SPACE IS MARCH 26. >>BILL CARLSON: WE CAN'T PUNT IT ON MARCH 5. >>LYNN HURTAK: NO MORE ADDITIONAL ITEMS MAY BE ADDED. WE MADE THAT SPECIFIC BECAUSE WE HAVE FIVE COMMENDATIONS AND A PUBLIC HEARING. THAT DAY IS GOING TO BE ABSOLUTELY PACKED. >>BILL CARLSON: WHAT ARE WE CALLING THIS? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE KOPESKY FUND. [LAUGHTER] >>HAGAR KOPESKY: I WISH. >>LYNN HURTAK: CALLING THIS THE F COMBLSHGS -- THE FY '25 SURPLUS. >>BILL CARLSON: MAKE A MOTION AND ASK MISS NEWCOMB TO BRING BACK A MORE DETAILED LITTLE OF THE -- OF FILSCAL -- TO DISCUSS ON MARCH 26 -- >>LYNN HURTAK: BRING BACK RESOLUTIONS AS WELL. >>BILL CARLSON: BRING BACK RESOLUTIONS TO APPROVE THE BUDGET AT THAT TIME AND IN THE MEAN TIME TO HAVE STAFF ASK THE DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE -- TO ASK US FOR EN PUT ON THE SPECIFICS. >>LYNN HURTAK: DO WE HAVE A SECONDS? OKAY. SO I HEAR A LOT OF THINGS. MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD HAVE MISS NEWCOMB LEAD THAT CHARGE AS THE IN BETWEEN BETWEEN STAFF AND COUNCIL MEMBERS SO SHE CAN KEEP AN EYE ON ALL OF IT. AND THEN SAW COUNCILMAN YOUNG'S LIGHT FIRST. >>NAYA YOUNG: SO ARE WE AUTOMAKERS IS THIS FOR THE ENTIRE LIST? >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>NAYA YOUNG: AND WHAT WE ARE WANTING IS TO COME BACK WITH SPECIFICS. WE WANT IT TO SAY CONCESSION STAND OR LIGHT FOR. THAT IS WHAT WE WANT. A MORE DETAILED LIST. >>LUIS VIERA: CAN I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE MOTION? SO ARE WE APPROVING THIS LIST OF PRIORITIES? BECAUSE, AGAIN, I AM -- I AM IN AGREEMENT. >>LYNN HURTAK: NOT THE LIST ON THE SCREEN. TAKE THAT OFF BECAUSE. >>BILL CARLSON: WE ARE NOT APPROVING THE LIST. WE ARE ASKING HER TO COME BACK. >>LUIS VIERA: I SUPPORT A COUPLE OF THINGS. LOOK COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK SAID, EVERYBODY SUPPORT SOMETHING GOING TO SOUTH TAMPA. I A LITTLE MOVEMENT AND I CAN WORK OFF BASE. WE ARE DEALING WITH TEN SUGGESTIONS, NOT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. I CAN VOTES FOR THAT. >>LYNN HURTAK: COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WANT TO REMINDS EVERYONE THAT YOU HAVE FOUR DISTRICTS, 4, 5, 6 AND 7, SUM OF THE DIGITS OF THE TOTAL. YOU HAVE FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS. DISTRICTS MECHANICS AND MECHANICS IN DISTRICT 1 CONSIDER 2 AND 3. TRY SOMETHING WHY WITH YOUR DISTRICT, COUNCIL MEMBER, MAKE SURE YOU INCLUDE IT WITH DISTRICT 1, 2 AND 3. IT IS BETTER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN QUICKER INSTEAD OF ONE INDIVIDUAL CARRYING THE LOAD, FOUR INDIVIDUALS CARRYING. >>LYNN HURTAK: MISS KOPESKY WOULD BE A GOOD GO. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT IS ON THE TABLE. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU FOR REMEMBERING US. YOU HAVE SAT IN THAT SEAT, YOU KNOW. SO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR STAFF TO COME BACK WITH A MORE SPECIFIC -- MISS KOPESKY TO COME BACK WITH A MORE SPECIFIC LIST ON MARCH 26. THE RESOLUTION -- HOW DO WE WANT TO HANDLE THE RESOLUTION? >>MARTIN SHELBY: I AM GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT. >>LYNN HURTAK: I ASKED TO YOU PUT IT IN, BUT MR. SHELBY GAVE ME A LOOK. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I GAVE YOU A LOOK. BUT CORRECT ME, HAS COUNCIL EVER DONE THIS BEFORE IN YEARS PAST? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NOT THAT I KNOW OF. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES, WE DID A RESOLUTION LAST YEAR. >>MARTIN SHELBY: WHO PRESENTED THE RESOLUTION? >>LYNN HURTAK: THE ADMINISTRATION DID. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I HAVE TO JIVE IN WITH THE CHARTER. THIS IS GOING INTO THE FY '26 BUDGET, IS THAT CORRECT? >>LYNN HURTAK: I MEAN TECHNICALLY, YES. IT IS THE LEFTOVER FROM FEBRUARY,Y '25. >>MARTIN SHELBY: AMENDING THE '26 BUDGET. >>HAGAR KOPESKY: IT IS. >>LYNN HURTAK: IT IS. >>BILL CARLSON: WE APPROVED BUDGET AS PROJECTED BEFORE. ADDITIONAL MONEY AND THE ADMINISTRATION WENT AHEAD AND SPENT SOME OF THE EXTRA MONEY WITHOUT TELLING US. CAN WE LEAVE IT AS IT IS. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MY SUGGESTION IS TO LEAVE IT AS IT IS. >>HAGAR KOPESKY: I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ONE THING FOR CLARIFICATION. TO MAKE THE EXERCISE GO AS SMOOTH AS POSSIBLE. UP $400,000 OVER. WE WILL HEARD A COUPLE OF THINGS AND THEY CAN COVER THAT AND MAKE THAT AMOUNT AS A TOTAL. I ALSO HEARD THAT I MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER MOVEMENT FOR DISTRICT ALLOCATION FROM COUNCILMVIERA. AS WE THINK OF LEAVING THIS ROOM, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF WE REMAIN IN TOTAL AT THIS 5.7. IF WE HAVE TO CUT IT IS ONE THING BUT NOT GOING NORTH OF 5.7. >>LYNN HURTAK: COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG, I SAW YOUR LIGHT FIRST. >>NAYA YOUNG: MY AMOUNT IS GOING TO STAY THE SAME. >>HAGAR KOPESKY: THAT'S WHY I AM OPENING UP THE CONVERSATION. >>LYNN HURTAK: COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I HAVE THREE ITEMS FOR LATER ON. >>LYNN HURTAK: YOUR LIGHT IS ON, THAT'S WHY I AM ASKING. COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY WITH THE 5 MILLION OR $5.7 MILLION. I KNOW WE ARE NOT MARRYING OUR 70s TO THE PERCENTAGE. THAT'S WHY I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. I AM GOOD. >>LYNN HURTAK:S THAT PEA WHY GAVE DISTRICT 7. HIGH $100,000 FORP THE TREES. >>BILL CARLSON: ARE PER SUR SUGGESTION I WILL MAKE A MOTION. >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE A MOTION FOR MISS KOPESKY TO WORK WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF TO MAKE THE LIST MORE SPECIFIC. FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, HE BELIEVE SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. MIR RAN A -- MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR. LET'S MAKE THAT MOTION FIRST. DO YOU WANT -- LET'S DEAL WITH SOCIAL ACTION ARTS BECAUSE THAT IS SEPARATE. FINE, GO AHEAD. >>BILL CARLSON: BECAUSE THIS ONE -- THIS ONE IS ABOUT DOING THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT, WHICH IS FIXING THINGS OF GOVERNMENT. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ASK THE CHIEF OF STAFF TO WORK WITH MISS KOPESKY TO FIND AND ADDITI ADDI ADDITIONAL $500,000 TO COVER THE BUDGET AS PROPOSED AND RETURN MARCH 26, ADJACENT TO THE OTHER ITEM, TO REPORT ON BUILD -- YOU WHETHER AND HOWL THEY WERE ABLE TO FINAL THE $500,000. >>LYNN HURTAK: DO I HAVE A SECOND TO DISCUSSION IS THIS IN A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO. MY ONLY REQUEST IS THAT YOU INCLUDE THE CFO IN THAT AND NOT JUST CHIEF OF STAFF. >>BILL CARLSON: I THINK THE CHIEF OF STAFF IS THE ONE THAT CAN LOOK ACROSS THE DEPARTMENTS. HE CAN WORK WITH THE CFO. >>LYNN HURTAK: MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: $500,000 IN THE MOTION SPECIFICALLY FOR WHAT? >>BILL CARLSON: I SAID FOR THE OVERAGE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: OVERAGE. >>BILL CARLSON: IN LIST. >>MARTIN SHELBY: OF THE PRIORITIZATION LIST. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>LYNN HURTAK: A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON. SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO. ANY OR CONVERSATION ON THIS TOPIC? ALL IN FAVOR. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. BACK TO SOCIAL ACTION ARTS FUNDING. COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO, HE WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS FIRST. IT IS THE SAME THING. FIRST ROUND, THREE MINUTES EACH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE GOING BY YOUR LIST. I AM NOT MAKING ANY CHANGES BECAUSE OF BUDGET CONSTRAINTS. THE PORTICO THIS YEAR AND CURRENT BUDGET GOT COMPLETELY CUT CORRECT? >>HAGAR KOPESKY: CORRECT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: TBAE AND SPEAK UP TAMPA BAY AND CRISIS CENTER AND VICTIMS ADVOCATE. IN THIS UPCOMING MAKING THE REQUEST OF 75, 75, 24. AND $100 TO THE PORTICO. >>HAGAR KOPESKY: CORRECT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CUTTING EVERYBODY -- CUTTING A FEW OF THESE ORGANIZATION TO ZERO IS EXTREMELY HARMFUL, I UNDERSTAND, BUT LOOKING FORWARD AND WHAT IS UPCOMING, YOU KNOW, THE PORTICO IS GOING BACK UP TO 100. AND OTHER RECEIVED A HAIRCUT OR A SIGNIFICANT HAIRCUT. BUT I WOULD RATHER THEN GIVE THEM ZERO, 60%, 50% SOMETHING OTHER THAN GOING DOWN TO ZERO. EACH ORGANIZATION LOOKING AT THEM AND TRYING TO LEARN WHAT THEY DO. THEY CONTRIBUTE TO THIS COMMUNITY IN WHATEVER WAY, A $500,000 ITEM OR $100,000. COMMUNITY STEPPINGSTONES WAS MENTIONED EARLIER TODAY. LOOK AT THIS ARTWORK IN THE BACK, BUT THE SERVICE THEY PROVIDE FOR THE SULPHUR SPRINGS COMMUNITY. THE CRY SILLS CENT -- THE CRISI CENTER. I WON'T EVEN GO INTO THAT. PORTICO, THEY WERE HERE RECENTLY. TALK OF THE HOMELESS AND HOUSELESS, AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING. DOWN THE STREET. SKILLS CENTER WHAT THEY DO. >>LYNN HURTAK: GET THAT BACK ON THE SCREEN SO THE PUBLIC CAN HEAR AS THE PUBLIC CAN HEAR AS MANISCALCO IS TALKING OF THIS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: RISE UP FOR PEACE. GUN VIOLENCE. I LOOKED DIRECTLY FROM THAT ORGANIZATION HOW IT EMPOWERED YOUNG MEN. IF YOU HAVE BEEN TO ANY OF THEIR EVENTS. EVERYBODY HAS THEIR STRENGTHS. I DON'T WANT TO CUT ANYBODY DOWN TO ZERO. I AM HAPPY WITH WHAT IS PROPOSED. I WISH I COULD GIVE EVERYBODY EVERYTHING, BUT I THINKING THIS IS WITHIN REASON, COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA MENTIONED THE -- THE PENGUIN PROJECT. I MEAN THAT -- THERE ARE SO MANY SPECIAL ORGANIZATIONS HERE THAT ARE MEANINGFUL, BECAUSE PEOPLE ASK, WHAT YOU GET IN RETURN FOR SOCIAL ACTION AND ARTS. GETTING TO KNOW THESE ONE BY ONE, SO MANY OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS. THE LEAST WE CAN DO FOR THEM. RETURN ON INVESTMENT YOU CAN'T PUT AN APPRAISAL OR MONETARY VALUE ON IT. WHEN YOU ARE SHAPING LIVES. CORNERSTONE KIDS. I KNOW PEOPLE IN ALMOST EVERY ONE OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS BUT THEY MAKE TAMPA A BETTER PLACE. THAT'S IT. >>LYNN HURTAK: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MADAM. QUICK QUESTION FOR MISS KOPESKY. VETERANS HELPING VETERANS, THEY GOT $24,000? >>HAGAR KOPESKY: CORRECT. JUST TO BE CLEAR, NOTICE ORIGINAL AMOUNT WAS SATISFACTORY, IT DOES NOT APPEAR ON THE LIST. YEP. >>LUIS VIERA: JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. I WAS THINKING OF THEM. NUMBER ONE, THE PORTICO. ACCORDING TO MY RECOLLECTION. WE WERE TOLD AT THE BUDGET HEARING THAT $100,000 WILL BE SATISFIED IN THE BUDGET. WHEN I SAW THAT FOR THE PORTICO HOW LONGING SOLUTIONS THE SECULAR ARM OF THE PORTICO. I WAS DISTRESSED. THAT IS TOO STRONG OF A WORD. THAT IS NOT A GOOD THING. HOUSING THAT WAS PROMISE TODAY ARE LOW-INCOME PEOPLE AND RETURNING CITIZENS NEAR THE PORTICO. THAT HAS GOT TO BE SATISFIED IN FULL. IT DOES MORALLY. TO DO ANYTHING ELSE IS TERRIBLE. THE COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I AM REQUESTING HERE. AGAIN, BY THE WAY, OTHER THAN PORTICO, I AM NOT ASKING FOR A FULL AMOUNT REQUESTED. BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO COMPROMISE. AND I AM ALL ABOUT THAT, BUT I DON'T WANT TO COMPROMISE ON THE BACKS OF MENTALLY DISABLE PEOPLE, ETC. SORRY, BUT NOT SORRY. THE PENGUIN PROJECT, 75,000. DOWN TO $15,000. WHY? WHY? 49 -- LONG STORY. GO THE TO IN NEW JERSEY, $49,THE 5 IS ALLOWS THEM TO GET A MATCHING COUNTY GRANT. LIKE 40% CUT. THAT'S EVEN IF. YBOR CITY MUSEUM, AN ORGANIZATION IGNORED YEAR AFTER YEAR AUTOMAKERS CUT DOWN FROM $150,000 TO $45,750. I WILL TAKE A 40% TO 50%. GIVE THEM $90,000. I AM FINE WITH THAT. PORTCO HOUSING SOLUTIONS. TWO THAT HAVE COME. GOLD STAR METROPOLITANERS. THEY ARE NEW. AGAIN $4500. I CAN EXPLAIN THAT. TWO OTHERS ONCE THAT CAME UP, THE CRISIS CENTER OF TAMPA BAY. STARTED A VICTIMS OF CRIME PROGRAM. COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO MENTIONED THE WONDERFUL WORK THAT OUR FRIENDS FROM RISE UP FOR PEACE. THIS WAS ZEROED OUT FOUR VICTIM ADVOCATES. STAGE WORKS, THEY ARE REQUESTING MONEY FROM US. THEY DO AMAZING WORK. THEY -- I AM SAYING IN OTHER WORDS IF WE WANT TO PUT IT IN THERE, YEAH. ARE THEY LET TONIGHT GAME? ABSOB -- LATE FOR THE GAME, ABSOLUTELY. I TRIED TO WORK WITH THEM WITH THE CRA BEHIND THE SCENE THAT HAVEN'T COME TO THE FRUITION. I LOVE TO SUPPORT THEM AND THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY DO. THAT IS WHAT I AM LOOKING AT. SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY WITH THE PENGUIN PROJECT AND PORTICO, GOES A LONG WAY FOR THOSE WITH BIG HEARTS. >>LYNN HURTAK: I WILL STAY CORNERSTONE KIDS $20,000 ALLOWS THEM TO GET A MATCHING GRANT. STEPPINGSTONES, THE POOL IS STILL CLOSED SOMETHING THAT COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON CHAMPIONED AND UP CEMENT THAT UP FOR HER. COUNCILMAN YOUNG. >>NAYA YOUNG: TO ECHO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING. FOR SOMEONE THAT WORKED IN NONPROFIT. NONPROFITS DO AND SOMETIMES -- WE KNOW THESE NONPROFITS. SOMETIMES WE DON'T KNOW THE KIND OF WORK OR PENNIES THAT NONPROFITS HAVE TO RUB TOGETHER TO DO PROGRAMMING. I HAVE BEEN IN THAT POSITION AND IT IS. ESPECIALLY YOU HAVE SOME NONPROFITS IN THE COUNTY, THEY HAVE COUNTRY FUNDING FOR NONPROFITS. YOU HAVE THEM. THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO MAKE PROGRAMMING WORK. BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS -- WHEN -- WHEN YOU ARE IN THE BUILDING, YOU ARE THINKING IF I DON'T HAVE PROGRAMMING, THAT MEANS PEOPLE AREN'T COMING OR KIDS ARE NOT COMING OR KIDS ARE OUT THERE DOING WHATEVER. AND THE SENIORS ARE OUT THERE DOING WHATEVER. AND YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE DECISION, KEEP THE DOORS OPEN AND DO AND HOME THAT SOMETHING COMES IN OR NOT. SO I AM A HUGE SUPPORTER OF -- OF NONPROFITS AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO IN OUR COMMUNITIES. IF IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN FINE THE FUNDING TO -- YOU KNOW, TO DO THESE INCREMENTAL, SMALL INCREASES, I THINK SO IT IS WORTH IT. THEY STAND IN THE GAP WITH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY OR EVEN SCHOOL SOMETIMES CAN'T. SO THAT WOULD JUST BE MY -- MY THOUGHTS. >>LYNN HURTAK: ANYONE ELSE? JUST A REMINDER, THAT ON THE MAY 28 CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP, WE HAVE -- I MADE A MOTION TO TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE SOCIAL ACTION AND ARTS FUND SO WE DON'T HAVE TO BE HERE AGAIN. SO WE KNOW WHAT WE ARE FUNDING. HOW WE ARE DOING IT. I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY OF THAT. SO GOING FORWARD, ARE WE SET, ARE WE GOOD? ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING THEY WOULD WANT TO SAY? >>LUIS VIERA: APPROPRIATE TO MAKE A MOTION ON SOME OF THINGS I TALKED ABOUT FOR GETTING COUNCIL'S SUPPORT FOR SOME OF THESE? >>LYNN HURTAK: I THINK WE HAVE THE MEANS TO SUPPORT THE ONES THAT ARE HERE. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HAVE. >>BILL CARLSON: THE 500,000 OVERAGE FOR THIS ONE HURTAK THURSDAY THAT IS THE ONE THAT IS ALREADY THERE. >>HAGAR KOPESKY: TO BE CLEAR, THE 500 OVERAGE IS INCLUDED THIS. EVERYTHING. I WAS ANTICIPATING THAT BARRING ANY NEW ADDITIONAL PEOPLE COMING IN. THAT THE SOCIAL ACTION COMPONENT WILL BE ACTIONED AND MOVED SO THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS AND WORK THROUGH THE OTHER PAGES. >>LYNN HURTAK: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WILL SAY BEING IN THE CORNER BY MYSELF, BE CAREFUL HOW YOU DO THINGS, BECAUSE, A, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BUDGET IS GOING TO BE, B, YOU DON'T KNOW THE RISE OF COST AND SALARIES AND INSURANCE. YOUR BUDGET MAY NOTABLE WHAT YOU THINK IT IS GOING TO BE IN THE COMING YEARS. >>LYNN HURTAK: WE REASONABILITY GOING TO BE TALKING OF THE BUDGET, BUT THE PROCESS. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: PROCESS IS THE MONEY AND MAY GO UN. THAT IS WHAT I AM TRYING TO TELL YOU. >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT IS TRUE. COUNCILMAN CARLSON. SAW YOUR LIGHT. >>BILL CARLSON: JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS REAL FAST. CHANGE THE NAME OF PORTICO TO PORT PORTICO HOUSING SOLUTION JUST TO BE CLEAR. I HAVE SPOKEN UP IN THE PAST AND ONE OF DIRECTIONS OF THE FUTURE OF THE ECONOMY AND TIED TO ECONOMIC I THINK DEVELOPMENT IF WE WERE DOING REAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INSTEAD OF '80s ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WE WOULD EASILY FUND THAT. WE ARE DOING OLD KIND OF STUFF. COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON RECOMMENDED THAT WE PUT A ONE-YEAR LIMIT ON THESE. I KNOW SHE PASSED AWAY. BUT I DON'T THINK THERE SHOULD BE AN EXPECTATION THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO FUND SOMETHING ON A REGULAR BASIS, ACCEPT THAT AS WE GO TO THE -- TO THIS DISCUSSION IN MAY, I THINK -- IF -- TO A LOT PEOPLE, THIS LOOKS LIKE A POLITICAL LIST. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE IS FOLLOWING THE STRATEGY OF THE CITY AND WE CAN GIVE OUR ST STRATEGY RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE ADMINISTRATION. BUT THEY SHOULD GO UNDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. RISE UP FOR PEACE PROBABLY SHOULD GO UNDER TPD SOMEHOW. THE SKILL CENTER SHOULD PROBABLY BE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. PUNT THESE IN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. NOT TO MAKE THEM PAY FOR IT, BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE AN ALIGNMENTFUL STRATEGY WHERE THE NONPROFITS ARE PROVIDING SOMETHING THAT CITY CAN'T PROVIDE OR PROVIDING AT A BETTER COST. PORTICO HOUSING SOLUTION WEATHER GO UNDER HOUSING. REALLY DON'T LIKE GETTING HUNDREDS E-MAILS FROM PEOPLE ADVOCATING FOR THEIR NONPROFITS. STAGE WORKS, YOU PUT A LOT OF MY OWN MONEY IN THEM OVER THE YEARS. LOVE THEM. I WOULD -- LAB THEATRE IS E-MAILING US NOW. TO ME, IT SHOULDN'T BE A FREE FOR ALL WHERE WE HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS AMONG OUR FRIENDS. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT OBJECTIVELY AND FIGURE OUT WHERE THE MONEY WAS GOING. ALSO ON SOME OF THESE LIKE PENGUIN PROJECTS AND OTHERS, MAYBE IT SHOULD GO UNDER ROCK WE WILL. MAYBE RAQUEL SHOULD HAVE A BUDGET TO TRY TO FIGURE -- MAYBE SOMETHING YOU SHOULD DO BEFORE YOU LEAVE COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCILMAN, VIERA, HOW RAQUEL'S SOLVES NOT ONLY RESPONDING TO PEOPLE. BUT THE STRATEGY TO HELP PEOPLE LIVING BETTER LIVING AND GET BETTER JOBS AND INTERNSHIPS. SOME COULD BE PART OF A LARGER STRAPT GEE THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO WORK OUT AND DOCUMENT BUTTERFLY YOU LEAVE. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. WHOLE POINT OF THE MAY CONVERSATION. COUNCILMAN CARLSON OR MANISCALCO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON, WE ARE AT LDZ 485,000. SQUEEZE IN $15,000 FOR STAGE WORKS. >>LUIS VIERA: I DO ACTUALLY BELIEVE IT OR NOT. AND I READ THIS LONG. SHOULD I MADAM CHAIR TO SPEAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES, COUNCILMAN VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. I READ THIS WRONG. I WAS GOING TO MAKE MOTIONS. ALREADY PUT IN THERE. MY APOLOGIES. IT IS ALREADY IN THERE. I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF $15,000 FOR STAGE WORKS. >>LYNN HURTAK: THE REASON I AM UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THIS IS BECAUSE THIS WAS JUST A GRASS-ROOTS E-MAIL CAMPAIGN. NOT THAT I THINK THAT IS A BAD IDEA, BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE IS A GRASS-ROOTS E-MAIL CAMPAIGN BETWEEN NOW AND MARCH 26 FOR SOMETHING ELSE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO YOU WANT ME TO WITHDRAW MY MOTION? >>LYNN HURTAK: JUST THROWING IT OUT THIS AND PLAYING THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE. I SIDE YOU WITH THAT I LIKE ROUND NUMBERS. HE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT, BUT I AM JUST SAYING -- THAT IS THE WHOLE THING. WE DIDN'T WANT TO GO INCIDENT TO FAR IN THE WEEDS AND ASKED MISS NEWCOMB TO ROU-- MISS KOPESKY T ROUND UP ALL OF THE OPTIONS. MY ONLY HESITATION IF WE CRACK THE DOOR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WILL CRACK THE DOOR AND MAKE IT AN EASY 500. EASY TO REMEMBER 500 RATHER THAN 485. >>LUIS VIERA: SECOND, IF I MAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MAKE A MOTION TO ADD $15,000 TO THE ... FOR STAGE WORKS. >>LUIS VIERA: I WILL SECOND, AND MAY I, MADAM CHAIR. THE INDIANA, WALL IS GOING DOWN, HAT UP, AND GREAT LAKES THE HAT. THIS IS IT. WE ARE DONE. HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. WE ARE DONE. THAT IS WHERE I WILL SUPPORT THAT. AND, YES, THIS LIST WAS GREAT AND HAGAR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. WE APPRECIATE YOU. >>LYNN HURTAK: A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO MO MAKE IT AN EVEN $500,000 BY ADDING $15,000 FOR STAGE WORKS. A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. SO MISS KOPESKY, WHAT IS THE FUTURE PLAN FOR THIS? WHAT DO YOU NEED FOR US TO MOVE THIS FORWARD? >>HAGAR KOPESKY: I THINK WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO REACH OUT TO THE OFFICES INDIVIDUALLY. MAKE SURE WHATEVER IS NOT CRYSTAL CLEAR IN TERMS OF THE PARK-RELATED ASKS -- >>LYNN HURTAK: TALK OF SOCIAL ACTION ARTS COMMITTEE. >>HAGAR KOPESKY: IN TERMS OF THE SOCIAL ACTION. I WAS THINKING I NEED TO CONNECT STAGE WORKS TO THE APPLICATION PROCESS. AND NEED TO REACH OUT TO SOMEONE IN TERMS OF CONTRACT. AND WE WILL GET THE APPLICATION IN AND BE PART OF THE PROCESS. AND OTHER THAN THAT, I CAN BE POINT ONLY GETTING BACK TO THE ADMINISTRATION IN TERMS OF BASICALLY THIS BEING THE REQUEST THAT WE WANT TO ALLOW THEM TO MOVE FORWARD. >>LYNN HURTAK: CAN I GET A MOTION TO REQUEST THAT STAFF COME BACK WITH A RESOLUTION MOVING THIS MONEY AT THE BEGINNING OF MARCH AS PART OF THE -- JUST THE -- NO, THE -- WHAT PART OF THE AGENDA AM I TALKING ABOUT? I AM SORRY, Y'ALL. JUST THE CONSENT AGENDA. CAN I GET A MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA MADE A MOTION TO ASK STAFF TO COME UP WITH A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SOCIAL ACTION ARTS FUNDING. WE ARE TRYING TO GET THE SOCIAL ACTION ARTS MONEY OUT THE DOOR. THAT IS THE REASON FOR THE SPEED. I WOULD ASK FOR THE 19th BUT TOMORROW IS THE LEADLDEADLINE A THAT IS NOT GOING TO WORK. COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA IS ASKING FOR MARCH 6. BECAUSE TODAY IS THE 6th. SORRY, MARCH 5th. TO COME BACK MARCH 5th. WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? IF THERE ARE ANY ISSUES, I AM SURE COUNCILMAN VIERA'S OFFICE WILL BE HAPPY TO HELP. >>BILL CARLSON: MAY I ADD ONE TH THING? >>LYNN HURTAK: COUNCILMAN CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: YOUR ITEM ON MAY 2 28, MAKE A MOTION THAT SAYS THIS IS A DISCUSSION OF STRATEGY AND NOT SPECIFIC ORGANIZATIONS TO FUND? >>LYNN HURTAK: SURE. THAT IS THE INTENT. ABSOLUTELY. >>BILL CARLSON: IS THERE A SECOND? >>LYNN HURTAK: MAY 26 WORKSHOP. >>BILL CARLSON: 28th. MY MOTION SOMETHING ADD SENTENCE AT THE END THAT SAYS THIS IS A DISCUSSION OF STRATEGY, NOT SPECIFIC FUNDING OF ORGANIZATIONS. >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY. DO WE HAVE THAT? >>BILL CARLSON: IT DOESN'T SAY THAT ON THERE NOW. >>LYNN HURTAK: I AM JUST ASKING. MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER YOUNG. ANY IN FAVOR. CARLSON CA DON'T E-MAIL US OF INDIVIDUAL -- WE DON'T KNEELED THOUSANDS OF E-MAILS. >>LYNN HURTAK: E-MAIL ABOUT STRATEGY. IF YOU HAVE AN E-MAIL ABOUT STRATEGY, I AM TALKING TO MI MISS BLUMA ABOUT THAT. SHE IS VERY HELPFUL. OKAY. ARE WE DONE? I AM VERY PROUD OF US. THAT WAS HARD DISCUSSION. YES, THAT WAS ALREADY APPROVED. SO -- SO WE ARE ON TO NEW BUSINESS. I WILL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIRWOMAN. I HAVE THREE ITEMS I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS. HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE THE BUDGET OFFICE STAFF APPEAR MAY 7, 2026, REGULAR COUNCIL SESSION TO BE RECOGNIZED OF THE ASSOCIATION DISTINGUISHED PRESENTATION AWARD WITH SPECIAL RECOGNITION GIVEN TONIGHT STRATEGIC GOALS AND STRATEGIC FOR FISCAL YEAR OCTOBER 1, 2025. >>LYNN HURTAK: COMMENDATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND. >>LYNN HURTAK: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECONDS ONE, I WOULD LIKE NO MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE THE ACCOUNTING OFFICE STAFF APRIL 2, 2026 TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR RECEIVING THE FINANCE ASSOCIATION CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR SENDING SETTLEMENT 30, 2024. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND. >>LYNN HURTAK: COMMENDATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THIRDLY, IF I MAY. A LOT OF DISRUPTION IN SOME OF MY DISTRICT, DISTRICT 6 WHERE THEY GET A PERMIT AND ENTITLED TO THAT AND 50,000, 20,000 PEOPLE. POLICE ARE THERE. URIATING. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE SMOKING PART BUT A LOT OF DRINKING. AND I WOULD LIKE FOR STAFF TO BRING FORWARD IN THE JULY 2026 CYCLE, LANGUAGE FOR REGULATORY SPECIAL EVENTS WITH AND WOULDN'T ALCOHOL ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY BY LIMITING PROPERTIES THAT DO NOT HAVE A NONRESIDENTIAL USE FOR NO MORE THAN 100 PERSONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND. >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO. I WILL TELL YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, THAT MY OFFICE IS LOOKING AT THAT TOO. SO THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS THAT MISS SHARP TOLD ME SHE FOUND OUT THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY REQUESTED A PERMIT FOR NEXT YEAR AND THAT WAS DENIED. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT WAS DENIED. >>LYNN HURTAK: HOW DO WE DO THAT GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU FOR HANDLING THAT BECAUSE THAT E-MAIL WAS ATROCIOUS. UNREAL. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE MERCADO MOVE TO RECEIVE THE DOCUMENT RECUSING MYSELF ON ONE OF THE ITEMS WE PASSED TODAY -- OR LAST WEEK. >>LYNN HURTAK: A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO TO ACCEPT THAT DOCUMENT. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MANISCALCO I MADE THIS MOTION THE OTHER DAY. BUT SINCE THE CRA MEETING WAS CANCELLED AWASN'T ABLE TO CLARIFY, BUT PUT ON AGENDA THURSDAY COMING UP BEFORE THE CRA, PRESENT ACCOMMODATION TO THE NAACP FOR THEIR ANNIVERSARY. REASON IT HAS TO BE THE DATE IS A COUPLE OF THINGS. FOUNDING OF THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION IS ON THAT DATE, NUMBER ONE. I THINK IT WAS THE 12th. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 19089 -- 1909. FROM THE STATE LEVEL,NAACP OFFICEHOLDERS. I WANT TO PUNT THAT ON AGENDA. WE HAD THAT CRA CANCELLATION AND NO CONFUSION. >>LYNN HURTAK: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO. SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MY OFFICE WILL PREPARE THAT COMMENDATION. LAST WEEK, COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK MADE A MOTION TO TENTATIVELY CONTINUE THE COUNCILMAN SALARY DISCUSSION TO THE AUGUST '26 WORKSHOP. NOW THAT I SEE THE CALENDAR, NO WORKSHOP IN AUGUST AND WORK TO AMEND THAT MOEGSZ BY COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK FOR THE SALARY DISCUSSION, 46-58 TO THE SETTLEMENT 24, 2026 WORKSHOP. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU, MR. MANISCALCO FOR DOING THAT FOR ME. COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO'S MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ONE OTHER BASES WE ARE DOING THAT. WE ARE GETTING AGES AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION A WEEK BEFORE. IF IT IS SETTLED WITH THE CHARTER. THAT WILL BE SETTLED WITH THE CHARTER. IF THEY DON'T TAKE IT UP WE WILL TAKE IT UP. THAT IS KIND OF THE FAILSAFE. A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE LAST MOTION IS, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION OF A COMMENDATION TO TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT MacDILL FOR THEIR CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. I WILL HAVE IT OFF-SITE BUT AN EXACT DATE HAS YET TO BE TERMED. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>LYNN HURTAK: A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. I FEEL LIKE YOU NEED YOUR PIPE FOR THIS ONE. [LAUGHTER] CCTV, WE NEED YOU TO ZERO IN. THERE WE GO. [LAUGHTER] OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED. [LAUGHTER] SO I DID -- I REMARK THE LAST TIME THAT COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO WORE THAT SWEATER. HE SAID HE NEEDED A PIPE. SO HE -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT IS NOT LIT AND NOTHING IN IT. IT IS EMPTY. >>LYNN HURTAK: IS THAT IT? EXCELLENT. COUNCIL MEMBER YOUNG. >>NAYA YOUNG: OKAY. ALL RIGHTY. SO I WANT TO START OFF BY, ONE, WE HAD A -- OR WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY TOWN HALL ON SAFETY IN YBOR. IT WAS A VERY WELL ATTENDED. THANK YOU TO STAFF THAT WAS PRESENT. WELD OUR CRA, MOBILITY, TPD AND CODE ENFORCEMENT. REALLY GREAT CONVERSATION. COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK ATTENDED AS WELL. AND IT -- IT WAS REALLY GREAT, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK ALL THE STAFFED THAT CAME OUT AND MADE SURE IT WAS POSSIBLE. IT WAS GREAT. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING MORE OF THEM AND CONTINUING THAT CONVERSATION. I ACTUALLY HAD SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN OTHER AREAS THAT CAME UP TO ME AND SAID CAN WE HAVE ONE OF THESE IN OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL. THEY APPRECIATED WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE AN OPEN CONVERSATION. AND IT WENT -- I FELT IT WENT VERY WELL AND POSITIVE AND WHAT I WANT IT TO BE AND I WAS VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. HAPPY OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH. IN HONOR OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE ABLE TO ATTEND. EAST TAMPA UNVEILED A NEW COMMUNITY MURAL. WE WERE IN COUNCIL THAT DAY. SO I COULD NOT ATTEND AT THE CHLOE CONEY URBAN ENTERPRISE SENT OWNER EAST HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE AND MURAL THEME IS UP ON THE SCREEN THERE "BE ALL YOU CAN BE." SIX REMARKABLE WOMEN. MILLS CHLOE CONEY, THE FOUNDER OF CRC. DR. FRANKIE A. BARRY A WELL-RESPECTED MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATOR. COUNCILWOMAN GWEN MILLER, FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN FEMALE ELECTED TO TAMPA CITY COUNCIL. PATRICIA PEARCE COLEMAN, CITY OF TAMPA FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN FEMALE POLICE OFFICER. SYLVIA RODRIGUEZ KIMBELL, FIRST ELECTED AS A OFFICE AS A HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COMMISSIONER. AROUND ITRY SAIS A EMMANUEL, FIRST OLYMPIAN AND FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN FROM FLORIDA TO COMPETE IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES. AMAZING, AMAZING MURAL. ARTIST AND DESIGNER. HER NAME IS MICHELLE SAWYER AND COLLABORATED WITH STUD ENLTSDZ FROM THE PACE CENTER OF GIRLS, TAMPA MUSEUM OF ART AND VAR YOURS SUPPORTERS TO PUT THIS MURAL TOGETHER. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. IT IS BEAUTIFUL IF -- I HAVE DRIVEN BY IT A FEW TIMES. AND I THINK IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE A FANTASTIC JOB. BLACK HISTORY EVENTS HAPPENING. WE HAVE THE ANNUAL BLACK HISTORY CELEBRATION IS TOMORROW HONORING OUR VETERANS HOSTED BY THE CITY OF TAMPA BLACK HISTORY COMMITTEE. IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN ONE OF THOSE FLYERS AROUND, YOU ARE PROBABLY WALKING WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND EVERYWHERE. IT WILL BE A FANTASTIC CELEBRATION TOMORROW AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. AND THE CITY OF TAMPA COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS HOSTING THE BLACK LOVE SERIES EVERY SUNDAY AT THE TAMPA THEATRE AT 3 P.M. THE -- I LOVE THE TAMPA THEATRE. IT IS JUST -- I -- IT IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING TO THIS WITH ME AND MY HUSBAND. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS. ALSO I WANTED TO THANK ITS COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH OUR LAST MOTION OF PASSING THE FUNDING FOR THE SOCIAL ACTION ARTS FUND, BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF GWEN HENDERSON'S PRIORITIES BEFORE SHE PASSED TO MAKE SURE THOSE ORGANIZATIONS WERE FULLY FUNDED AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT TODAY. SO THANK YOU. I AM AN AVID TEA DRINKER. YOU SEE ME UP HERE A LOT TIME WITH A LOT OF COFFEE, BUT I LOVE TEA. I LOVE YOGI TEAS. THEY HAVE QUOTES ON THE BACK OF THEM. THE ONE I HAD TODAY WAS TH THAT COMPASSION WAS YOUR STRENGTH. COMPASSION AND EMPATHY ESPECIALLY NO YOU IN THIS DAY AND TIME. REMEMBER UP HERE, I AM A PUBLIC SERVANT. I DON'T LIKE TO CALL MYSELF A POLITICIAN. COMPASSION AND EMPATHY IS IMPORTANT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU ARE A BREATH OF FRESH AIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. >>NAYA YOUNG: THANK YOU, GUIDO. >>LYNN HURTAK: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, YES, MA'AM, COUPLE OF THINGS. A WRITTEN STAFF REPORT FOR A SIGNALIZED LIGHT IN NEW TAMPA BOULEVARD TO RETURN ON MARCH 26. AGAIN, A WRITTEN STAFF REPORT. >>LYNN HURTAK: A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO. FAVOR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE MOVIE THEATRE. >>LUIS VIERA: WHERE MY SON WORKS. NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. I HEARD IT ON THE TOWN HALL. SECOND, YOU GOT A LETTER OF SUPPORT OF OUR STREET RENAMING FOR THE LATE OFFICER MORRIS LOPEZ. IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR WHAT YOU ON IT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW NOW. MY MOTION PURSUANT TO THE SATISFIED PROCEDURE UNDER OUR ORDINANCE OR WHATEVER IT WAS ON STREET RENAMINGS. I MOTION A STREET RENAMING FOR THE LATE OFFICER MORRIS LOPEZ IN YBOR CITY TO BE BROUGHT FOR A PRESENTATION RECOMMENDATION BY STAFF ON MARCH 26 UNDER STAFF REPORT IT, REPORTS. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ENOUGH SPACE ON THERE. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES, WE DO. >>LUIS VIERA:IVE I HAVE A MOTION. >>LYNN HURTAK: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED. >>LUIS VIERA: BEFORE I DO MY LAST MOTION I MENTIONED THIS AND I GOT MY AIDBEE TO PRINT IT OUT. FEBRUARY 13, 2026, MICHAEL PHILLIPS FOUNDATION INAUGURAL LUNCHEON. >>LYNN HURTAK: YOU WANT UPS TO PUT IT UP? >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN CARLSON IS GOING TO PUT IF ON THE ZOOM, THE WOLF OR WHATEVER THAT IS. SO ANYBODY JUST PLEASE COME TO THIS. FIRST ANNUAL ONE OF THAT. AND IT IS NAMED AFTER MIKE PHILLIPS, DONE BY KAREN CLAY, WHO IS A WONDERFUL INDIVIDUAL. JUST FOR THAT. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LASTLY, IF I MAY. I HAD DONE A MOTION ON THIS BEFORE THAT GOT A LOT OF DISCUSSION. THIS IS THE MOTION THAT I THINK AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG THAT FOLKS ARE COMFORTABLE WITH, MOTION TO ADD TO THE FEBRUARY 26, 2026 WORKSHOP DISCUSSION OF POTENTIAL INCLUSION OF A TEXT AMOUNT IN THE JANUARY 2027 CYCLE FOR THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE TO AA PORTION OF ABILITY VATED 15 SECONDS PER MESSAGE CYCLE AND I WILL GIVE YOU ALL THE LANGUAGE IF IT PASSES. LIMITED USE FOR A ARENA, STADIUM OR VENUE. WHAT FOLKS WANTED. UNLESS IF I AM WRONG THAT COUNCIL HAD A COMPROMISE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: DATE AGAIN. >>LUIS VIERA: FEBRUARY 26. >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO. AND THAT IS THE CONVERSATION IN THE FEBRUARY WORKSHOP. OKAY, ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. DO YOU WANT TO READ THAT VOTE? >>Clerk: MOTION PASSES WITH CARLSON VOTING NO. HURTAK HIGH TEMPERATURE I AM VOTING NO -- >>LYNN HURTAK: I AM VOTING NO ON THAT. >>LUIS VIERA: WANT ME TO REPEAT IT. 4-2, CORRECT. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: AND CLENDENIN ABSENT. >>CLERK: MOTION PASSES WITH CARLSON AND CARLSON VOTING NO AND CLENDENIN ABSENT. >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY, COUNCILMAN CARLSON. I WILL HAND THIS OVER BECAUSE I HAVE TWO. ON AUGUST 7, 2025, TPD PRESENTED AN IN-PERSON STAFF REPORT ON HOWARD AVENUE EVIDENCE PROJECTS. SIX MONTHS AND CONSTRUCTION BIDDING AND CONSTRUCTION PROCESS IS NOW COMPLETE. I WOULD LIKE THIS COUNCIL TO HEAR ANOTHER IN-PERSON STAFF REPORT IN ADVANCE OF A RESOLUTION COMING TO US FOR APPROVAL TO MOVE WHAT THAT MEANS, I WOULD LIKE STAFF TO PRESENT TO US TWO WEEKS BEFORE THEY BRING US A RESOLUTION. IF THEY BRING US A RESOLUTION, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HEAR IT. THAT'S WHAT THE MOTION SAYS, UNTIL WE HEARD AN UPDATE ON IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. I MOTION THAT TPD AND CONTRACT -- I'M SORRY. THIS IS ALL -- WHOOPS. THIS WAS ONE MOTION. I MOTION THAT TPD AND CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION PROVIDE AN IN-PERSON UPDATED PROJECT STATUS REVIEW ON MARCH 5, 2026. IN ADVANCE OF THAT MEETING, COUNCIL SHOULD DIRECT SPECIFIC QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE PROJECT TO THE BUDGET ANALYST WHO WILL WORK WITH MY OFFICE AND STAFF TO INCORPORATE ALL DESIRED INFORMATION INTO THE MARCH STAFF REPORT. SORRY ABOUT THAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEW MOTION? >>LYNN HURTAK: IT'S ALL PART OF ONE MOTION. I'LL RESCIND MY FIRST MOTION. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE FIRST MOTION WAS SET FOR WHAT DAY? >>LYNN HURTAK: THERE WAS NO FIRST DATE. I READ IT WRONG. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I SEE. >>LYNN HURTAK: I'M PULLING THAT MOTION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: RESCIND THE PREVIOUS MOTION. >>LYNN HURTAK: ALL THAT WAS WAS A PARAGRAPH AND I READ IT WRONG. ALL OF THIS GOES TOGETHER. I HAVE IT TYPED OUT. THE MOTION IS FOR TPD AND CONTRACT ADMIN TO PROVIDE AN IN-PERSON UPDATED PROJECT STATUS REVIEW ON MARCH 5, 2026 IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING, COUNCIL SHOULD DIRECT SPECIFIC QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE HOWARD AVENUE EVIDENCE AND CONTROL CAPITAL PROJECT TO OUR BUDGET ANALYST TO WORK WITH MY OFFICE AND STAFF TO INCORPORATE ALL DESIRED INFORMATION INTO THE MARCH STAFF REPORT. AFTER THAT A RESOLUTION CAN COME FORWARD. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AND RESCINDING THE PREVIOUS MOTION. DON'T NEED TO. OKAY. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANYTHING ELSE, MA'AM? MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE. >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. WE ARE ADJOURNED. [ SOUNDING GAVEL ] ALLOWANCE. >> RIGHT. WE WANT TO MOVE IT, HAVE 2 MORE FEET IF POSSIBLE. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> CLERK: ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE