CITY OF TAMPA. >> FIRST, I WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR CHAIRMAN, CHAIRMAN MANISCALCO IS TRAVELING, SO HE IS NOT GOING TO BE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY. HE HAS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE. WE HAVE COUNCILMAN CARLSON IS NOT FEELING WELL. HE'S UNDER THE WEATHER, BUT HE IS ATTENDING THE MEETING VIRTUALLY. YOU WILL SEE HIS SMILING FACE OR MAYBE GRUMPY FACE THIS MORNING, I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE. NOT FEELING WELL, WHEN HE SPEAKS ON THE TV MONITORS. SO IF EVERYBODY WOULD JOIN ME AND RISE FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE PLEASE. [MOMENT OF SILENCE] NOW JOIN US FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO GET A MOTION FROM COUNCIL TO ALLOW COUNCILMAN CARLSON TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. WELCOME TO THE MEETING, MR. CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I'D LIKE TO RECEIVE A MOTION -- SORRY, ROLL CALL FIRST. >> CARLSON? >>BILL CARLSON: HERE. >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT. >> VIERA? MIRANDA? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE. >> MANISCALCO? WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. LET'S MAKE SURE. I WOULD LIKE A MOTION FOR ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD MARCH 27, 2025. MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED NAY. THANK YOU. LET'S GO THROUGH THE AGENDA APPROVAL. WE DON'T HAVE ANY CHANGES -- >>LYNN HURTAK: YOU WANTED TO MOVE ATU TO MAY 15. I'LL DO THAT FOR YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THE ATU PRESENTATION OF A COMMENDATION TO MAY 15 FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? LET'S GO THROUGH IT. NOTHING UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA. STAFF REPORTS. ANYBODY HAVE ANY SPECIAL REQUESTS FOR STAFF? ANYBODY NEED STAFF? >>LYNN HURTAK: 34, YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: REQUEST FOR STAFF PRESENTATION FOR 34. HOW ABOUT 35? HEARING NONE. 36? >>LYNN HURTAK: YES, BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS A MAP WHICH SHOWS WHICH THINGS ARE GOING TO BE PAVED. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES FOR STAFF ON 36. >>LYNN HURTAK: AND 37 MATCHES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: AND 37 AS WELL. 38? MOBILITY DEPARTMENT. WOULD YOU LIKE STAFF PRESENT FOR THAT? EXCUSE ME, COUNCILMAN CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: I'M OKAY. THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SO NO STAFF. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I CAN, MR. CHAIRMAN, MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY, THAT IS A QUARTERLY UPDATE. A FIVE-MINUTE QUARTERLY UPDATE AND NOW SCHEDULED FOR THE NEXT QUARTERLY UPDATE. IF IT IS COUNCIL'S PLEASURE TO NOT HAVE THAT APPEARANCE, THAT COULD BE CONVERTED TO A WRITTEN MEMO AND NOT HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THINK WE'LL LEAVE THAT TO WHEN THE COUNCILMAN CAN MAKE A MOTION WHEN HE IS PRESENT. >>LYNN HURTAK: 39 YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: 39 YES. 40 YES. 41 YES. AND 42 YES. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE WRITTEN REPORTS WHEN WE GET TO THOSE. I WOULD LIKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. COUNCILMAN VIERA IS HERE. WELCOME. SHOW FOR THE RECORD COUNCILMAN VIERA IS HERE BATTLING THE TRAFFIC ON 275 FROM NEW TAMPA. VERY GOOD. WE'LL START OFF WITH ITEM 1 FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. IT'S MY PLEASURE HERE TO DO THE OFFICER OF THE MONTH FOR OFFICER TRAVIS JOHNSON WHO IS HERE. I KNOW WE HAVE DR. CHIEF BERCAW WHO IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS OFFICER. WE ALWAYS DO HONOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS HERE TO REFLECT THE VALUES OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE WHEN IT COMES TO OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS. CHIEF, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD SIR. >>CHIEF BERCAW: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. OFFICER TRAVIS JOHNSON EXEMPLIFIES THE VALUES OF THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT THROUGH HIS EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP, DEDICATION, AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO BOTH HIS ROLE AND THE COMMUNITY HE SERVES. HE CONSISTENTLY GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND IN EVERY ASPECT OF HIS WORK. SO HE IS A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, AFTER A POLICE OFFICER GOES TO THE ACADEMY, SIX MONTHS IN THE ACADEMY, THEN THEY DO OUR IN-HOUSE TRAINING FOR ANOTHER TEN WEEKS, AND THEN THEY ARE ASSIGNED A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER. BEING A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER MYSELF, THERE IS A LOT OF PRIDE AND ALSO A LOT OF FRUSTRATION IN THAT JOB. SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND A GREAT CANDIDATE, AND YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR TODAY HOW EXCEPTIONAL HE IS IN THIS ROLE. SO FOR THE PAST YEAR, OFFICER JOHNSON HAS SERVED AS FIELD TRAINING OFFICER IN DISTRICT 2 WHERE HE HAS PROVEN TO BE AN OUTSTANDING MENTOR, HELPING TO SHAPE AND GUIDE OUR NEW OFFICERS. TRAINING NEW RECRUITS TYPICALLY IMPACTS AN OFFICER'S PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY, BUT OFFICER JOHNSON CONSISTENTLY DEFIES THIS CHALLENGE. HE NOT ONLY EXCELS IN HIS TRAINING DUTIES, BUT HE ALSO LEADS HIS SQUAD IN ARRESTS, PROACTIVE POLICING EFFORTS AND RESPONDING TO CALLS FOR SERVICE. HIS DEDICATION IS CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED THROUGH HIS WILLINGNESS TO CONSISTENTLY EXCEED EXPECTATIONS, FREQUENTLY MAKING IMPACTFUL ARRESTS EVEN AT THE END OF THE SHIFT, OFTEN REQUIRING HIM TO STAY LATE. ONE NOTABLE EXAMPLE OCCURRED WHILE HE WAS ON PROACTIVE PATROL WHILE TRAINING A NEW POLICE OFFICER, OFFICER JOHNSON'S INSTINCTS LED HIM TO OBSERVE SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY WHICH PROMPTED A SEARCH THAT UNCOVERED ILLEGAL NARCOTICS AND A WEAPON. A SUBSEQUENT RECORDS CHECK REVEALED THE DEFENDANT HAD TEN PRIOR FELONY CONVICTIONS, MAKING HIS POSSESSION OF A FIREARM EVEN MORE SERIOUS. FROM MAKING IMPACTFUL ARRESTS JUST BEFORE THE END OF HIS SHIFT TO SUCCESSFULLY MENTORING NEW OFFICERS, OFFICER JOHNSON HAS SHOWN AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO REDUCING CRIME AND ENHANCING PUBLIC SAFETY. HIS PROACTIVE POLICING, ATTENTION TO DETAIL, AND ABILITY TO HANDLE CHALLENGING SITUATIONS MAKE HIM AN OUTSTANDING FIELD TRAINING OFFICER FOR THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT. THIS IS WHY HE IS RECEIVING OUR OFFICER OF THE MONTH FOR APRIL. CONGRATULATIONS OFFICER. [ APPLAUSE ] >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR. WE APPRECIATE YOU. BEFORE WE FORMALLY HONOR YOU, THERE ARE GOOD FOLKS FROM THE COMMUNITY WHO WOULD LIKE TO HONOR YOU. >> BRANDON BARCLAY, TAMPA PBA. WE'LL PRESENT YOU WITH THIS PLAQUE FOR A JOB WELL DONE. >> HI. MARY LOU BAILEY. >> MARK HANEY WITH THE ZOO. >> HERE ON BEHALF OF ZOO TAMPA. WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU. I LOVE HEARING ABOUT THE T.O.s. AT SOME OF THE MEETINGS IN THE PAST I CONFESSED I AM A JUNKIE FOR THE SHOW THE ROOKI. ARE YOU LIKE A HARD CASE? ANYWAY CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY WHO SERVES. YOU GUYS ARE ALL AWESOME AND WELL DESERVED. WE PRESENTED YOU WITH GOODIES, MOST IMPORTANTLY, AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP TO THE ZOO FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. I HOPE YOU ENJOY IT IN GOOD HEALTH. >> WE HAVE A FLYING BOX HERE, ACTUALLY THE WORLD'S LARGEST SPECIES OF BAT, HOMAGE TO BATMAN, ANOTHER GREAT CRIME FIGHTER. [ LAUGHTER ] >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. GOOD MORNING, OFFICER. I'M GRACE GONZALEZ HERE ON BEHALF OF THE GONZMART FAMILY AND 1905 FAMILY OF RESTAURANTS. WE WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO THE CITY OF TAMPA AND OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU TO YOUR LOVED ONES. WE WANT TO PRESENT WITH YOU THIS GIFT CARD TO VISIT ANY OF OUR RESTAURANTS, COLUMBIA IN YBOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO AND CONGRATULATIONS. >> GOOD MORNING, OFFICER. I'M MARY DILLON FROM THE STRAZ CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ON BEHALF OF THE STRAZ CENTER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS WONDERFUL HONOR. PLEASE ACCEPT PERFORMANCE TICKETS TO AN UPCOMING SHOW FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. JILL WITECKI FROM TAMPA THEATRE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR BEING A ROLE MODEL FOR THE NEXT GENERATION COMING UP. ON BEHALF OF THE THEATER, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT WITH YOU AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FOR TWO TO COME SEE US AT THE MOVIE PALACE DOWN THE ROAD. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. GOOD MORNING, CHIEF. OFFICER JOHNSON, THANK YOU SO MUCH, YOUR FAMILY, AMAZING STORY. ON BEHALF OF THE GLAZER FAMILY, OUR ENTIRE ORGANIZATION, WE HAVE A LITTLE TRADITION AT ONE BUC. ANYBODY THAT GOES OVER AND BEYOND GETS A GAME BALL. HEARING YOUR STORY, WE HAVE A CUSTOM GAME BALL FOR YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO AND ALL YOUR SACRIFICE AND SUPPORT TO MAKE TAMPA THE GREAT COMMUNITY THAT IT IS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. GOOD MORNING, OFFICER JOHNSON. AND CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OFFICER JOHNSON. YOU PROTECT OUR STREETS AND MAKE US SAFER. YOU ARE SUCH A MENTOR. I'M LORI OSBORNE. ON BEHALF OF THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA, WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO ATTEND AN UPCOMING CONCERT OF YOUR CHOICE. AGAIN, WE JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH AND APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. >> COUNCIL, GOOD MORNING. LEO GEARY. ON BEHALF OF BILL CURRIE FORD, WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON THIS AWARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, TRAVIS. LIKE I SAY, EVERY SINGLE TIME, I APPRECIATE AND RESPECT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU GUYS THAT PUTS THAT UNIFORM ON EVERY SINGLE DAY AND MAKE THE SACRIFICES FOR ALL OF US IN THE AREA. ON BEHALF OF JENNIFER CURRY, A HANDWRITTEN LETTER WITH A GIFT CARD AND FULL FREE MAINTENANCE ON YOUR PERSONAL VEHICLE. AND HERE ARE SOME GOODIES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHEN YOU ALL SPEAK, IF YOU WOULD FACE THE PODIUM. THAT'S WHERE THE MICROPHONE IS. >> STEPP'S TOWING SERVICE. CONGRATULATIONS ON A JOB WELL DONE. BEHALF OF STEPP'S TOWING, GIFT CARDS, STARBUCKS, LONG HORN, GO LOCAL TAMPA GIFT CARD. GO OUT AND TAKE TIME OFF. YOU DESERVE IT. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY AND ENJOY YOURSELF. THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING, OFFICER. MARYBETH WILLIAMS FROM FRIENDS OF THE TAMPA RIVERWALK. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. AND TO MEMORIALIZE YOUR SERVICE AND COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH A PAVER ALONG THE TAMPA RIVERWALK WITH YOUR NAME ENGRAVED. PROBABLY GETTING ENGRAVED IN ABOUT A MONTH OR TWO. IN ADDITION, SOME MEMBERS WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND BUT ALSO WANTED TO HONOR YOUR SERVICE. SO I HAVE A DINNER FOR TWO ABOARD YACHT STARSHIP, TWO COMPLEMENTARY PASSES TO PEARL. TWO TO PIRATE WATER TAXI, TWO COMPLEMENTARY ONE-HOUR RENTALS TO RIVERWALK RENTALS. AN ADULT PARTY FOR 12 AT SPLITSVILLE, AND $200 GIFT CERTIFICATE TO FLORIDA AVENUE. THANK YOU AGAIN. >> THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. GIFT CARD FOR EVENING HOTEL HAYA IN YBOR CITY. YOU GUYS ENJOY THAT. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE. >> CONGRATULATIONS. CHRISTINA FROM OXFORD COMMONS. WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO COME TO OUR RESTAURANTS. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY. >> GOOD MORNING. CONGRATULATIONS. I SEE YOU HAVE A TOTE BAG. YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF TOTE BAGS. YOU HAVE THE PLAQUES, THE GIFT CERTIFICATES. YOU NEED ONE OF THOSE LUGGAGE CARRIERS. I'M STEVE MICHELINI ON BEHALF OF A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT FOLKS. WE'LL RECOGNIZE YOU AND PROVIDE YOU WITH GIFT CERTIFICATES. I'M REMINDED THAT EVERY NEW RECRUIT STARTS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH THE FIRST STEP. IT IS THE FIRST STEP THAT IS A COMMITMENT TO SERVE AND TO PROTECT. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU FOR ENGAGING, KEEPING THE FOLKS IN THE RIGHT PATH AND KEEPING OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BE ONE OF THE FINEST IN THE COUNTRY. ON BEHALF OF THE CICCIO RESTAURANT GROUP, WE'RE PROVIDING YOU WITH A GIFT CERTIFICATE. YOU CAN ENJOY YOURSELF OVER THERE FOR BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER. BEHALF OF MEAT MARKET IN OLD HYDE PARK, ANOTHER GIFT CERTIFICATE. ENJOY YOURSELF FOR LUNCH OR DINNER. ON BEHALF OF BELLABRAVA IN THE MIDTOWN SECTION, YOUR CHOICE, LUNCH OR DINNER. YUMMY HOUSE CHINA BISTRO, YOUR CHOICE, LUNCH OR DINNER. THIS IS THE ONE THE CHIEF LIKES TO GO TO. AND JACKSON'S BISTRO ON HARBOUR ISLAND, PROVIDING YOU WITH ANOTHER GIFT CERTIFICATE. CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION. [ APPLAUSE ] >> ON BEHALF OF A GRATEFUL CITY OF TAMPA AND TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, OFFICER, WE'RE VERY PROUD TO GIVE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL COMMENDATION. THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL, AND EVERYONE HERE, COMMAND STAFF. FIRST OFF, I WANT TO THANK MY NEWLY FIANCÉE. [ APPLAUSE ] SHE DOES A LOT PICKING UP THE SLACK AT HOME. WE HAVE A LITTLE ONE THAT'S OUT OF THE CRIB NOW. HE'S IN EVERYTHING. HE'S IN EVERY CABINET WE'VE GOT. USUALLY THERE'S SOMEBODY BEHIND THE SCENES AT MY HOUSE. ALSO, THE SQUAD THAT I'M ON, I FEEL A LITTLE BIT OF GUILT TAKING THIS BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SUCH A GOOD SQUAD. ANYTIME WE'RE DOING PROACTIVE WORK ON THAT FTO SQUAD, THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEBODY PICKING UP THE SLACK WITH THE CALLS OR HELPING ME OUT. ALTHOUGH IT'S AN INDIVIDUAL AWARD, THOSE GUYS KNOW HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THEM AND IF NOT, I HOPE THEY DO. IT'S A TEAM EFFORT FOR SURE. THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL THE GIFTS. LITTLE OVERWHELMING BUT I DO APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, GUYS. [ APPLAUSE ] >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, OFFICER. ON BEHALF OF OUR CHAIRMAN MANISCALCO, WHO IS NOT HERE TODAY, AND THE REST OF OUR TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY OF TAMPA. AS YOU SAID, IT'S PART OF A TEAM EFFORT, AND I THINK THE CITY OF TAMPA IS SO PROUD TO HAVE SO MANY AMAZING FIRST RESPONDERS AND FOLKS THAT KEEP US SAFE EVERY DAY. CITY OF TAMPA IS AN AMAZING CITY BECAUSE OF OFFICERS LIKE YOU AND YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE TAMPA PD THAT PROVIDE FOR OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS ON THE WEDDING AND HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY. ENJOY ALL THOSE NICE -- WHAT A GREAT WAY TO CELEBRATE YOUR COMING UP WEDDING. ENJOY THE ZOO WITH THE FLYING BOX. WE LIKE THAT. [ LAUGHTER ] TAKE CARE. [ APPLAUSE ] WE'LL WAIT FOR A MOMENT FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS TO EXIT AND WE WILL CONTINUE AFTER THAT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS MORNING TO PRESENT A WATER CONSERVATION MONTH AWARD TO THE CITY OF TAMPA. THIS IS A STATEWIDE DAY THAT WE SAY WHAT WE HAVE IN WATER AND WHAT WE DON'T NEED AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SERVE THE PUBLIC OF THE GREAT CITY OF TAMPA. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO HAVE RORY JONES, THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT. BEHIND HIM IS MR. BRAD BAIRD, A SUPER CHIEF OF A COUPLE OF DEPARTMENTS AND THEN THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY DO THE WORK BEHIND THE DEPARTMENT. IN RECOGNITION OF WATER CONSERVATION MONTH CELEBRATED IN APRIL, WE THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF TAMPA OF FLORIDA CALL ON EACH CITIZEN AND BUSINESS TO HELP PROTECT OUR PRECIOUS BUSINESS WATER RESOURCES AND PRACTICE WATER CONSERVATION. I'LL HAVE MR. JONES SPEAK ON THAT IN A MINUTE AND ABOUT OTHER THINGS THAT THE WATER DEPARTMENT DOES THAT WE DON'T REALIZE. IN FACT, I REALLY LIKE TO PUSH THE ADMINISTRATION TO SHOW THE PUBLIC WHAT WE HAVE NOT ONLY IN WATER BUT WHAT THEY DO IN THE TERTIARY TREATMENT PLANT AND ALL THE DEPARTMENT TH THAT TURNS GARBAGE INTO ENERGY THAT SERVES HOMES ON A DAILY BASIS. IT'S A THING THAT WE HAVE, AN ASSET THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY THAT VERY FEW CAN RECOGNIZE WHAT WE'RE DOING ON A DAILY BASIS. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO HAVE MR. JONES COME UP AND SPEAK ABOUT WATER, WHAT IT MEANS, AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING AT THE WATER DEPARTMENT. MR. JONES. >>RORY JONES: THANK YOU. I DO HAVE A HUMBLE BRAG HERE COMING UP. GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. RORY JONES WITH THE WATER DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENDATION AND THE CONTINUED SUPPORT. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE IN RECOGNITION OF WATER CONSERVATION MONTH. WATER IS ONE OF OUR MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCES. IT'S QUICKLY BECOMING THE FUTURE GOLD. WE CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT IT. WE MUST PROTECT IT. THAT'S WHAT THIS GROUP BEHIND US DOES A GREAT JOB. HUMBLE BRAG COMING UP HERE. THE CHOICES WE MAKE ON A DAILY BASIS, WHETHER IT'S FIXING A LEAK, WATERING LESS, USING MORE EFFICIENT FIXTURES REALLY PRESERVES THIS RESOURCE FOR OUR FAMILIES, THE FUTURE CITY, THE FUTURE GENERATIONS. THE CONSERVATION EFFORTS DOESN'T NEED TO BE HARD. EACH SMALL THING TOGETHER CAN MAKE A HUGE IMPACT. AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST EXAMPLES OF THAT IS THE ONE DAY PER WEEK WATERING RESTRICTION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND THE COMMUNITY'S ADAPTATION TO THIS. WITH THAT POLICY IN PLACE, WE SAVED OVER 2 BILLION GALLONS OF WATER LAST YEAR. THAT'S 2 BILLION GALLONS OF WATER THAT WE DIDN'T PUMP, DIDN'T TREAT, WE DIDN'T PAY FOR. IT JUST SHOWS YOU WHAT IS POSSIBLE WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER. SORRY. I'M CHECKING MY NOTES. MAKING SURE I'M HITTING EVERYTHING HERE. HERE IS THE HUMBLE BRAG. WANTED TO REALLY SHOWCASE THE QUIET WORKFORCE BEHIND THE SCENES. THIS TEAM, AND I'LL BRING UP A VISUAL HERE. THE CONSERVATION TEAM BEHIND ME HERE, THEY HAVE BEEN OUT HERE EVERY DAY WORKING WITH CUSTOMERS, DISTRIBUTING WATER SAVING KITS, EDUCATING THE PUBLIC, DOING THE ONE ON ONE EVALUATIONS WITH IRRIGATION EVALUATIONS. THEIR EFFORTS HAVE LED TAMPA TO BE THE NUMBER ONE CONSERVATION MEMBER GOVERNMENT IN THE REGION. THEY HAVE CONTRIBUTED OVER HALF OF THE WATER SAVINGS THROUGH THE TAMPA BAY WATER REBATE PROGRAM. THAT'S NOT JUST GOOD NUMBERS, THAT'S IMPACT. THAT'S MEANINGFUL IMPACT THAT THIS TEAM HAS. INSTEAD OF ME GOING ON TOO LONG ABOUT ALL THE PROGRAMS, I REALLY WANTED TO HAND IT OVER TO THIS TEAM THAT TRULY MAKES IT HAPPEN. THEY ARE THE HEART OF CONSERVATION EFFORT, THE CONSERVATION TEAM. UNDER THE PLANNING MANAGER SARAH BURNS, RYAN SMITH, TONY TORREZ, ILEANA HERNANDEZ, JUSTIN WYNN AND JULIA. LET ME HAND IT OVER TO YOU TO MAYBE DIVE INTO SOME OF THE DETAILS HERE. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. RORY POINTS OUT THAT WATER CONSERVATION IS TRULY A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT. WE LOVE THE RECOGNITION. WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE LISTENING TO US ABOUT WATER CONSERVATION THIS MORNING, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS IT -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: FOR THE RECORD, CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME? >> JULIA PALOSCHOCK, CITY OF TAMPA WATER DEPARTMENT. I GET VERY EXCITED WHEN I TALK ABOUT WATER, THE WHOLE TEAM. RECOGNIZING TODAY THE INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT LEAD US TO BE LEADERS IN WATER SAVINGS. SO COLLABORATING WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AT TAMPA BAY WATER WISE THROUGH THE MULTIFAMILY RETROFITS, WE HAVE A GREAT INVENTORY OF OLDER APARTMENT BUILDINGS. SO THE RETROFIT BRINGS WATER USE INTO FOCUS IMMEDIATELY. WE'RE HAPPY TO OFFER THOSE REBATES IN COLLABORATION WITH WATER-WISE AND THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. SO WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER EVERY DAY AND THE DISTRICT HAS CHOSEN A THEME FOR THIS YEAR'S WATER CONSERVATION MONTH AND THAT IS OUTDOOR WATER USE THROUGH AUTOMATIC IRRIGATION. MOST OF OUR WORK, ONE-ON-ONE WITH OUR IRRIGATING COMMUNITY, AND WE CAN SAVE THOUSANDS OF GALLONS A MONTH WITH EACH OF THOSE CUSTOMERS WHO COME TO US ASKING FOR THAT HELP. WE HAVE A LOT OF EVENTS COMING UP AND WATER CONSERVATION MONTH. I COUNTED 17 EVENTS THAT WE'LL BE AT FROM THE AIRPORT TO SCHOOLS TO USF AND JUST OUT IN THE COMMUNITY SHARING OUR KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCES. FINALLY, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THOSE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES WHO HAVE BEEN EFFICIENT YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR, ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THAT SINGLE DIGIT WATER USE EVERY MONTH. WITHOUT THOSE FAMILIES DOING WHAT'S NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN A LOW UTILITY BILL AND RAISE THEIR FAMILIES WITHOUT THOSE EFFICIENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND FAMILIES, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO WELCOME NEW FAMILIES AND NEW BUSINESSES INTO OUR GROWING CITY. IT ALL DEPENDS ON OUR INDIVIDUALS AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AGAIN, WE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED BECAUSE YOU OPEN THE FAUCET, WHAT'S THERE? WATER. THREE, FOUR HUNDRED MILLION, SAME WATER ON EARTH FOR THREE, FOUR HUNDRED MILLION YEARS. GIVE YOU A LITTLE EXAMPLE AND DON'T WANT TO TAKE TOO MUCH TIME, COUNCIL UNDER PRESSURE TO DO THINGS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITH THE 82 MILLION GALLONS A DAY, THAT'S WHAT WE AVERAGE YEAR-ROUND, NOT TOO MANY YEARS AGO, WE HAD 250,000 PEOPLE LIVING HERE. NOW WE HAVE OVER 420,000 PEOPLE LIVING HERE. NOT ONLY THAT, WE HAVE TAKEN CARE OF OUR GREAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AREA BECAUSE OUR LINES IN THE LEGISLATURE YEARS BACK ASKED IF WE COULD EXTEND IT. THOSE CUSTOMERS WERE THE SAME 82 MILLION GALLONS A DAY, WE ARE NOW SERVING -- HOPE I AM CORRECT, OVER 700,000 INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. WHAT THIS GROUP RIGHT HERE OF SIX OR SEVEN, EIGHT, THEY HAVE DONE A YEOMAN'S JOB IN MAKING SURE THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THE NEED FOR THEM TO CONSERVE WATER. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE. I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBERS ALSO, BUT I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING US THIS TIME. BECAUSE WITHOUT WATER, WE CAN'T LIVE. THE RESERVOIR THAT WE HAVE ONLY HOLDS 1.2 BILLION GALLONS, RIGHT AROUND THERE, THAT'S ENOUGH WATER FOR ABOUT 18 DAYS. TWO, THREE ADMINISTRATIONS AGO, UNDER THE GRECO ADMINISTRATION, EIGHT WELLS FOR WHAT'S CALLED -- WE TREAT THE WATER, PUT IT DOWN BACK IN THE AQUIFER AND THEN WE PULL IT OUT DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH WHEN WE HAVE 8 OR 10 MILLION GALLONS A DAY TO GET US THROUGH THE SEASON WHERE THERE IS VERY LITTLE RAIN. EVERYTHING IS CALCULATED ON PAST HISTORY AND WORKED VERY WELL BECAUSE OF THE INDIVIDUALS BEHIND ME. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND ANY QUESTIONS YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE GROUP, YOU'RE WELCOME. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: CONGRATULATIONS. THIS IS VERY TIMELY BECAUSE THIS WEEK I JUST DID A TOUR OF THE WATER DEPARTMENT AGAIN, WHICH IS REALLY AMAZING. IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE IT, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF NEW STUFF THAT'S GOING IN. THEN I ALSO JUST GOT A REPORT ABOUT THE SIXTH PILOT WHICH WAS ALSO VERY GOOD AND INTERESTING. I JUST WANTED TO SAY, AND THEY TOOK ME ON THE DAM. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN. BIGGEST TURTLES I'VE EVER SEEN. WE'RE SO LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH A PHENOMENAL UTILITY SUCH AS OUR WATER DEPARTMENT. I WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS. I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING. I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE DOUBLE DIGIT WATER BECAUSE I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER GOTTEN THERE. WE TRY TO CONSERVE. I THINK THAT IS A REALLY GOOD GOAL. I LIKE THE WAY YOU PHRASED THAT. I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT IN SINGLE DIGITS. I'LL BE TAKING THAT MESSAGE AND SHARING IT. I DO APPRECIATE IT. IF YOU HAVE LISTS OF PLACES YOU'RE GOING TO BE, WE GET YOUR NEWSLETTER, BUT IF YOU HAVE THAT LIST, FEEL FREE TO SHARE IT WITH US IF WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO STOP BY. IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE IT IN OUR HANDS. SO THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TO COUNCIL TODAY. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS IS ONE DAY WE HONOR YOU, BUT REALLY IT'S 365 DAYS A YEAR. THIS IS A VERY APPRECIATIVE COUNCIL. WE SEE THESE TWO GUYS OVER HERE ON THE END A LOT, BUT NICE TO SEE THE REST OF THE TEAM HERE BEFORE COUNCIL. KNOW THAT WITH CHARLIE MIRANDA, YOU'LL ALWAYS HAVE A CHAMPION FOR WATER AT THE CITY OF TAMPA. HE'S DREAMS ABOUT WATER. DEFINITELY PASSIONATE AND ONE OF YOUR BIGGEST ALLIES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO. APPRECIATE IT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANKS AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE. YOU AND YOUR WHOLE GROUP, WHOLE CITY OF TAMPA RUNS ON WATER BECAUSE YOU GUYS PRODUCE IT, TAKE CARE OF IT AND DISTRIBUTE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. MR. SHELBY. DO YOU WANT TO DO THE RULES? >>MARTIN SHELBY: SURE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY. VERY BRIEFLY, THE PUBLIC COMMENT RULES OF DECORUM FOR THE CONDUCT OF TODAY'S MEETING, THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE OUTSIDE. THOSE WHO HAVE WISHED TO SPEAK SHOULD HAVE FILLED OUT A SPEAKER CARD AND HAVE PLACED IT IN THE BOX. ONE CARD PER SPEAKER. EACH PERSON SUBMITTING A CARD WILL BE RECOGNIZED BY NAME BY THE CHAIR PRO TEM TO APPROACH AND SPEAK. A THREE-MINUTE TIME LIMIT APPLIES. PLEASE PRINT LEGIBLY BECAUSE NAMES THAT CANNOT BE READ WILL NOT BE COLD. IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK FOR THE TWO ITEMS SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON TODAY'S AGENDA, YOU DON'T HAVE TO FILL OUT A CARD. JUST HAVE TO PUT YOUR NAME ON THE SHEET AT THE PODIUM OUTSIDE. IF YOU NEED ANY ASSISTANCE, PLEASE SEE THE CITY STAFF. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALLOWED REASONABLE TIME AT THE BEGINNING OF TODAY'S MEETING TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL TAKES OFFICIAL ACTION ON THE ITEM. A THREE-MINUTE TIME LIMIT APPLIES TO ALL SPEAKERS PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT AND SPEAKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALSO REMINDED THAT THEY ARE TO REFRAIN FROM DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING MAKING VULGAR OR THREATENING REMARKS OR MAKING OR CAUSING DISRUPTIVE NOISES OR SOUNDS OR DISPLAYING SIGNS OR GRAPHICS. SPEAKERS ARE ALSO REMINDED TO REFRAIN FROM MAKING PERSONAL ATTACKS AGAINST ANY CITY OFFICIAL, STAFF MEMBER OR ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. THE CHAIR WILL RULE OUT OF ORDER ANY PERSON WHO SPEAKS WITHOUT BEING RECOGNIZED OR ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL FROM OUTSIDE THE SPEAKER AREA AT THE PODIUM. PERSONS FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE COUNCIL RULES MAY ALSO BE RULED OUT OF ORDER AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE CHAMBER FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY'S MEETING. FINALLY, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD REMEMBER, PLEASE, TO REFRAIN FROM ENGAGING A SPEAKER DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT TAKE QUESTIONS OR HAVE A DIALOGUE DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS YOUR COMMUNITY TO EXPRESS YOUR POSITION. THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE'LL START WITH PUBLIC COMMENT VIRTUALLY FIRST. MICHAEL RANDOLPH. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MICHAEL RANDOLPH. I'M WITH THE WEST TAMPA CDC. I WANT TO TALK TODAY ABOUT OUR UPCOMING BUSINESS WORKSHOP, SUMMER SESSION. IT IS CALLED UNDERSTANDING LENDERS AND INVESTORS. IT INCLUDES KEY FACTORS, LENDERS AND INVESTORS LOOK FOR, STRATEGIES TO SECURE FUNDING AND COMMON MISTAKES AND HOW TO AVOID THEM. THE SECOND WORKSHOP IS MARKETING AND SALES 101. IT INCLUDES UNDERSTANDING OUR TARGET MARKET, EFFECTIVE MARKETING STRATEGIES AND TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL SALES CONVERSION. THE THIRD WORKSHOP IS E-COMMERCE AND HOME-BASED BUSINESS. IT INCLUDES BENEFITS OF HOME-BASED E-COMMERCE, STEP BY STEP GUIDES FOR SETTING UP AND CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS. AS YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING BUSINESSES IS E-COMMERCE AND HOME-BASED BUSINESSES. THE WORKSHOP IS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO GROW YOUR BUSINESS. IT INCLUDES HOW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CAN ENHANCE BUSINESS EFFICIENCY, TOOLS FOR TECHNOLOGY FOR -- AND REAL-WORLD SUCCESS STORIES. IN A RECENT ARTICLE BY McKENZIE INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND I QUOTE, TECHNOLOGY HAS POTENTIAL TO WIDEN THE VIRTUAL GAP, IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE TO SHEPHERD THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY IN AN INCLUSIVE WAY THAT NOT ONLY YIELDS EQUITABLE BENEFITS FOR BLACKS AND MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES BUT ALSO TO ACCELERATE THE CLOSE OF THE RACIAL GAP. THE FINAL WORKSHOP IS LOAN APPLICATION AND FINANCE REPORT. THIS INCLUDES IMPORTANCE OF DETAIL APPLICATIONS, FINANCIAL REPORTS, AND BEST PRACTICES FOR BUSINESSES IN FINANCE. THESE WORKSHOPS ARE VALUABLE KNOWLEDGE FOR ENTREPRENEURS AND PROFESSIONAL BUSINESSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MR. RANDOLPH. MR. RODRIGUEZ, ARE YOU ONLINE? >> YES, I AM, COUNCILMAN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. HOW ARE YOU GUYS? I'M SPEAKING ON THE PARCEL FOR SALE SHOWMAN'S ARREST PARCEL ON WOODLAWN CEMETERY. YES, I SPOKE WITH JOHN PERSIA. HE HAS OVERSEEN IT FOR THE PAST 17 YEARS. HE MAKES ALL FINAL DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF THE LLC. THEY ARE STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY. HE SAID THEY HAD TO TAKE AN $80,000 LOAN OUT FOR MUCH-NEEDED REPAIRS. HE ALSO MENTIONED THAT MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE VIEWED THE PARCEL. ONE LADY IS VERY INTERESTED IN PURCHASING IT. LAST NIGHT, I SENT COUNCIL AN E-MAIL WITH SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION ALONG WITH CONTACT INFO FOR JOHN PERSIA AND THE REALTOR AS WELL. AS I SAID, JOHN PERSIA REPRESENTS AND MAKES ALL THE FINAL DECISIONS REGARDING SHOWMAN'S REST. HE TOLD THE REALTOR TO SELL IT WITH THE CONDITIONS. ONLY ONE HOME IS TO BE BUILT AND THE BUYER CANNOT ASK FOR REZONING. THIS IS A TIME SENSITIVE MATTER. IT CANNOT WAIT UNTIL AFTER MAY 8, THE MEETING THAT WILL ADDRESS ADMIN BEING OVERWHELMED WITH SO MANY MOTIONS. EVERY MOTION IS IMPORTANT. PERHAPS THE CITY CAN HIRE MORE STAFF SO THE COMMUNITY IS NOT ON HOLD UNTIL MAY THE 8th. WOODLAWN HAS BEEN A CEMETERY FOR 137 YEARS AND MANY WHO BUILT THE CITY ARE BURIED THERE. ALTHOUGH THE CITY OF TAMPA IS NOT, QUOTE, IN THE CEMETERY BUSINESS, IT SHOULD BE OBLIGATED TO PERPETUALLY PRESERVE OUR HISTORY AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE CEMETERIES PAST AND PRESENT. PLEASE CONSIDER PURCHASING THE PARCEL. DON'T LET HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF. I ALSO WANT TO YOU KNOW HENRY SENIOR WHO WAS THE ONE WHO THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA IF THE CITY WERE TO PURCHASE IT BECAUSE HE SAID HE'S TIRED OF HEARING IT COME UP OVER AND OVER. AND A LOT OF US ARE. WE DON'T HAVE THE WHEREWITHAL TO GO THROUGH ANOTHER LONG, NASTY, LENGTHY FIGHT WITH THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY. SO WITH THAT SAID, I'M HOPING ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL PROPOSE A MOTION BEFORE MAY 8 TO -- FOR THE CITY TO CONSIDER BUYING THAT PARCEL. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. HAVE A GREAT DAY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. GOOD DAY. WE'LL GO TO IN-PERSON. THE NEXT PERSON IS I BELIEVE TONY DANIELS. >> MENTESNOT, TAMPA, FLORIDA. UHURU. UHURU MEANS FREEDOM IN SWAHILI. WE AS AFRICAN PEOPLE SHOULD ALWAYS BE THINKING ABOUT OUR FREEDOM, EVERY DAY AND EVERY WAY. WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT IS FREEDOM FROM CHILD SUPPORT. I WANT TO SAY TO THIS CITY COUNCIL THAT CHILD SUPPORT, IF YOU'VE NEVER HEARD IT BEFORE, STARTED ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 4th 1975. HANDED OVER FROM RICHARD NIXON TO GERALD FORD, HANDED DOWN FROM FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT WITH THE SOCIAL SECURITY TITLE IV OPERATION THAT WAS RACIST, RACIST TO ITS CORE. ALL THE ALPHABET SOUP PROGRAMS, RACIST TO ITS CORE. HANDED OVER TO RICHARD NIXON AND HANDED OVER TO GERALD FORD AND STARTED TITLE 4D CHILD SUPPORT PROGRAM WHICH IS A REPLACEMENT PROGRAM. FOR THOSE WHO KNOW WHAT REPLACEMENT IS, FOR THOSE WHO KNOW WHAT FINAL SOLUTION IS, IT'S AN ETHNIC CLEANSING PROGRAM THAT'S BEING PARADED AS A CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AND COLLECTION PROGRAM. IT'S A BIG SNITCHING PROGRAM. BLACK PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT PEOPLE NOT SNITCHING BECAUSE SOMEBODY SHOT SOMEBODY OR SOMEBODY STOLE SOMETHING OR BOOSTING MERCHANDISE. AIN'T NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. THE BIGGEST SNITCHING PROGRAM IN AMERICA IS THE CHILD SUPPORT PROGRAM THAT CAUSES AFRICAN WOMEN, MOSTLY AFRICAN WOMEN TO SNITCH ON AFRICAN MEN ON THEIR BABY DADDIES. IT'S A SNITCHING PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM IS SO SERIOUS, GOD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAY BECAUSE THEY -- GOD WOULD PUT THE RIGHT PERSON IN CONTACT WITH THE RIGHT SITUATION. THIS IS A SUMMONS I ALLEGEDLY RECEIVED IN REFERENCE TO CHILD SUPPORT IN 2015 -- 2014. NEVER RECEIVED IT. NEVER RECEIVED IT. FILED ALL KINDS OF COMPLAINTS. UNITED NATIONS. PRESIDENT. PRESIDENT OBAMA. PRESIDENT TRUMP. PRESIDENT BIDEN. THE UNITED NATIONS. UNITED STATES JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT, PAM BONDI, OTHER PLACES, NOTHING HAPPENED. SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COMMISSION, NOTHING HAPPENED. HERE IS WHAT I'M TELLING THE HEARING OFFICER, I'VE NEVER BEEN SERVED. THIS IS DOCUMENTED. NEVER BEEN SERVED. KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS CHILD SUPPORT. HERE IS WHERE A JUDGE JERROD SMITH BANNED ME FROM FILING ANY MOTIONS IN CIRCUIT COURT BECAUSE I'VE NEVER BEEN SERVED. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS THING. MANY BLACK MEN IS EXPERIENCING THIS AND THAT'S RUINING BLACK FAMILIES. DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MS. CARROLL ANN BENNETT. GOOD MORNING, MS. BENNETT. >> MY NAME IS CARROLL ANN BENNETT. THERE ARE SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE VRB APPOINTMENTS. THE TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE APPLYING TODAY, ONE OF WHOM I DON'T KNOW BUT I'M SURE SHE WILL BE WONDERFUL. SHE'S APPLYING FOR A VACANT, ALTERNATE POSITION. THE OTHER ONE IS CURRENTLY SERVING ON THE VRB AS AN ALTERNATE AND THAT POSITION EXPIRES THIS YEAR. I THINK HE'S IMMINENTLY QUALIFIED. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HIM CONTINUE TO SERVE ON THE VRB. HE'S VERY RELIABLE. I GO TO THE VRB A LOT AND HE'S ALWAYS THERE. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HIM CONTINUE TO SERVE ON THE VRB. MY PROBLEM IS THAT THE CODE SAYS THAT THE TERMS ARE FOUR YEARS, AND YOU CAN BE APPOINTED FOR A SECOND CONSECUTIVE TERM, BUT AFTER TWO CONSECUTIVE TERMS, YOU'RE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR REAPPOINTMENT UNTIL A CALENDAR YEAR HAS ELAPSED. BASICALLY YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO SERVE ON VRB MAXIMUM A EIGHT YEARS. TAKE A YEAR OFF BEFORE YOU COME BACK. I UNDERSTAND MR. MURPHY IS CURRENTLY IN AN ALTERNATE POSITION. BECAUSE THE VRB POSITIONS ARE SO HARD TO FILL, HE'S THERE EVERY SINGLE MONTH BECAUSE THERE ARE ALWAYS VACANCIES. HE'S SLIDING OVER FROM AN ALTERNATE POSITION TO A REGULAR POSITION. WONDERFUL GREAT. LOVE TO HEAR IT. THE PROBLEM IS THE EXPIRATION DATES DON'T ALIGN. ALL I'M ASKING IS THAT BE FIXED. THE CURRENT ALTERNATE TERM THAT HE'S IN EXPIRES IN 2025. THE TERM THAT HE'S SLIDING INTO IS TO FULFILL SOMEONE WHO RESIGNED, BUT HER POSITION DOESN'T EXPIRE UNTIL 2027. IF HE REAPPLIES FOR A SECOND CONSECUTIVE TERM AND I HOPE HE DOES, IT WILL BE FROM 2027 TO 2031, WHICH ADDS TWO YEARS, BECOMES A TEN-YEAR TERM, WHICH IS NOT OBVIOUSLY THE INTENT OF THE CODE. AGAIN, I WOULD LOVE FOR MR. MURPHY TO SLIDE OVER AND CONTINUE TO SERVE. I HOPE HE APPLIES FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE -- A SECOND TERM. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE EXPIRATION DATES FIXED. THE VRB WEBSITE IS VERY BAD. I SPOKE TO CHIEF BENNETT ABOUT IT TODAY. I THINK WE'LL GET IT FIXED. IF YOU GOOGLE CITY OF TAMPA VRB, YOU CANNOT FIND OUT WHAT IS A VACANCY. YOU HAVE TO GOOGLE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. NO ONE KNOWS TO DO THAT. SIX MONTHS AGO, THE FOUR POSITIONS THAT YOU ALL APPOINT WERE ALL VACANT. I BET NONE OF YOU KNEW THAT. SO YOU GUYS NEED TO BE KEPT BETTER INFORMED ON WHAT VACANCIES EXIST BECAUSE I'M SURE YOU ALL KNOW PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE GREAT PEOPLE TO SERVE ON THE BOARD AND WE ALWAYS NEED PEOPLE. THERE'S ALWAYS VACANCIES. IF YOU COULD JUST FIX THE EXPIRATION DATES AND THEN PLEASE CONFIRM BOTH OF THE APPLICANTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> GOOD MORNING, STEPHANIE POYNOR. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I WENT WITH COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK ON THE TOUR OF THE WATER COMPANY. I TOURED THE WASTEWATER COMPANY WITH CARROLL ANN ABOUT THREE, FOUR MONTHS AGO, EVERYBODY SHOULD DO THE TOURS, ABSOLUTELY, TO SEE THE ROCK STARS RUNNING THOSE DEPARTMENTS. I REALLY, REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT NUMBER 34, WHICH IS THE ASHLEY DRIVE PROJECT. I THINK IT SHOULD BE 100 PERCENT FUNDED OUT OF THE CRA. IF YOU'RE GOING TO TELL ME, OH, WELL, WE'VE SPENT ALL THOSE FUNDS, 30% ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING, GUESS WHAT, THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING MONEY HASN'T BEEN SPENT. IF YOU WANT THIS DONE, DO IT OUT OF THEIR FUNDS. THE GENERAL FUND SHOULD NOT BE PAYING FOR UPGRADES WITHIN CRAs BECAUSE THERE ARE PLENTY OF MONEY. YOU GAVE THEM $2 MILLION TO SPRUCE UP FRANKLIN STREET, WHICH WAS REALLY OFFENSIVE TO ME BECAUSE I CAN'T GET ANYTHING DONE IN MY COMMUNITY, BUT YET THERE'S MONEY SPRAYING ALL OVER THE PLACE DOWNTOWN IN CHANNELSIDE. I FIND IT VERY, VERY OFFENSIVE THAT THIS PROJECT WAS $10 MILLION TO START AND NOW IT'S 22 MILLION. I KNOW THAT THE PERSON WHO PUT TOGETHER THIS PROJECT INTENDED THAT IT ALL COME OUT OF THE CRA. I KNOW THAT FOR A FACT. THE CITY OF TAMPA PAYS THROUGH THE NOSE FOR THEIR LEASES. $68,000 A MONTH WE PAY TO THE GTE BUILDING, BUT YET THIS LEASE FOR 2302 WEST CHERRY STREET, WHICH IS A VACANT LOT WHICH SOMEBODY PARKS ON, HAS NOT HAD INCREASE SINCE 2020. YOU FIND ME SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU CAN GO TO WALMART, K-MART, ANYPLACE IN THIS CITY AND FIND THAT YOU ARE STILL PAYING THE SAME PRICE FOR IT, YOU PAID FOR IT IN 2020. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN, UNLESS YOU ARE THE CITY OF TAMPA AND WE NEVER RAISE PRICES FOR ANYTHING. WE HAD TO PAY STAFF TO RENEW THAT LEASE, BUT YET WE DIDN'T PUT A 3% CLAUSE IN THERE. IF WE HAD RAISED IT EVERY YEAR, I THINK IT WOULD BE UP AROUND LIKE 375 A MONTH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS THAT WE DON'T HAVE THOSE KIND OF THINGS SET IN PLACE. THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF ITEMS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA ON MONDAY. I WROTE IT IN MY AGENDA REVIEW THAT DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING IN OnBase. MYSTERIOUSLY BETWEEN MONDAY AND NOW. NORMALLY I READ THE AGENDA ON THE WEEKEND. MY UNDERSTANDING THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE IN THERE THE FRIDAY BEFORE. YET TODAY, MIRACULOUSLY, THOSE STAFF REPORTS ARE IN THE -- IN OnBase. THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE LAST FRIDAY. I KNOW OUR STAFF WORKS REALLY, REALLY, REALLY HARD, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, I DON'T HAVE TWO AND THREE DAYS A WEEK TO GO BACK AND REREAD THINGS. IT MAKES IT HARD FOR YOU GUYS. I KNOW SOME OF YOU DON'T READ THE AGENDAS UNTIL TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY BECAUSE THEY CHANGE SO MUCH, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE ON THERE AND YOU DON'T WANT TO FEEL LIKE YOU'RE WASTING YOUR TIME. THAT'S NOT HOW WE SHOULD BE DOING BUSINESS. THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NEXT, RIGHT UP FRONT, ROBIN LOCKETT. >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL. YELLOW JACKETS, YELLOW JACKETS, YELLOW JACKETS. STILL WANT AN ANSWER. STILL WANT A BUILDING. PLEASE PROVIDE A STATUS. FEBRUARY THE 20th, THERE WAS A GREAT CONVERSATION. YOU GUYS ALL AGREED, HEY, WHATEVER IT TAKES, YOU'LL MAKE YELLOW JACKETS WHOLE. WHAT MAKES YELLOW JACKETS WHOLE IS THE BUILDING. WHETHER SOMEBODY IDENTIFIED -- WHETHER IN WRITING OR NOT IN WRITING, IT WAS A HANDSHAKE AND THEY WERE TOLD THEY WOULD BE MADE WHOLE. PLEASE PROVIDE STATUS, LET ME KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND LET'S GET THIS BUILDING BUILT AND THE YELLOW JACKETS UP BEFORE SOMETHING HAPPENS TO COACH WRIGHT. THAT'S MY GOAL. HE'S GETTING OLDER. I WOULD LIKE FOR HIM TO SEE WHAT HE'S ASKING FOR IS DONE BEFORE SOMETHING HAPPENS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO BOARD ADMINISTRATION APPOINTMENTS WITH OUR WONDERFUL CITY CLERK, SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES. >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: GOOD MORNING COUNCIL. SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES, CITY CLERK. I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE APPLICANTS FOR THE VACANCIES ON THE VARIANCE REVIEW BOARD. MR. AARON MURPHY AND MS. MEGAN COCHRAN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: GOOD MORNING, BOTH OF YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR APPLICATIONS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THREE MINUTES EACH, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING ON YOUR BEHALF. >> SURE. AARON MURPHY. I'VE BEEN SITTING ON THE VARIANCE REVIEW BOARD GOING ON FOUR YEARS. I WAS WITH MS. HURTAK WHEN I FIRST JOINED THE BOARD. I HAVE ENJOYED MY TIME UP THERE AND LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA A LITTLE BIT LONGER. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MR. MURPHY. MS. COCHRAN. >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL. AS A RESIDENT OF EAST TAMPA AND ADVOCATE -- MEGAN COCHRAN. AS A RESIDENT OF EAST TAMPA AND ADVOCATE FOR EQUITABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, I AM EAGER TO CONTRIBUTE MY VOICE AND PERSPECTIVE TO THE VARIANCE REVIEW BOARD. MY COMMITMENT TO THIS ROLE STEMS FROM MY DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF UNIQUE CHALLENGES FACING RESIDENTS IN LOW-INCOME AREAS, PARTICULARLY REZONING AND LAND USE AND LAND SHAPE -- LANDSCAPE REGULATIONS. I BEGIN TO THIS POSITION A WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN, LEARN, AND COLLABORATE IN A STRONG DESIRE TO ADVOCATE FOR SOLUTION THAT BALANCE THE NEEDS OF PROPERTY OWNERS WITH THE BORDER INTEREST OF TAMPA'S COMMUNITIES. AS A BOARD MEMBER, I AIM TO WORK DILIGENTLY TO UPHOLD THE PRINCIPLES FOR FAIRNESS AND CONTRIBUTE TO A SHARED VISION OF A COLLABORATE, A VIBRANT, THRIVING CITY FOR ALL. THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING MY APPLICATION. I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT MAKING A DIFFERENCE, AND I WOULD BE HONORED TO SERVE ON THE VARIANCE REVIEW BOARD. THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MS. COCHRAN. MS. SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES, JUST A MOTION FROM COUNCIL SUFFICIENT FOR WHAT YOU NEED TODAY? >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: YES. WE WILL LOOK INTO I.T. WORKING WITH US TO GET IT STRAIGHT ON THE APPOINTMENTS AS FAR AS THE APPLICATION. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IF I MAY, REGARDING WHAT MS. KNOWLES SPOKE ABOUT, RECEIVED AN E-MAIL THIS MORNING. SURE ALL HAVE. ACCIDENTALLY WHEN PUTTING THE ITEMS TOGETHER AND ASKED TO GIVE IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY, AND MR. SHELBY. I'M SURE HE HASN'T HAD TIME TO REVIEW IT, 30 MINUTES AGO, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR OR AGAINST ANYONE, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THE RIGHT THING THE FIRST TIME AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN THE CONFINE OF THE LAW. I DON'T WANT ANY INTENT -- SAYING WE DID SOMETHING WITHOUT HAVING TO CHECK OUT -- I'M NOT TRYING TO STOP IT. MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MIRANDA. CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY. I DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE E-MAIL AND I HAVE SPOKE TO MS. BENNETT THIS MORNING. I HAVE FORWARDED THE E-MAIL TO THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, SUSAN JOHNSON-VELEZ IS AWARE OF THAT. COUNCIL, WHAT I'D ASK YOU TO DO IS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE MEMBERS, EXCUSE ME, THE APPLICANTS, THAT YOU DO MAKE A DECISION AS TO WHETHER TO APPOINT THEM TO THE RESPECTIVE POSITIONS AND WITH REGARD TO MR. MURPHY'S EXACT TERM, WE WILL WORK THAT OUT AND KEEP HIM INFORMED. I WILL ASK THAT YOU INCLUDE IN YOUR MOTION FOR ME TO COME BACK WITH A RESOLUTION AND THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE HOW THE CASE IS RESOLVED AND FORMALIZE THE APPOINTMENT. AS OF TODAY, YOU COULD CHOOSE TO MAKE YOUR DECISIONS. >> COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IF IT'S ALL RIGHT -- >>LYNN HURTAK: I'M CONFUSED. I DIDN'T SEE THE E-MAIL BECAUSE I GUESS I WAS ALREADY HERE. I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT'S GOING ON. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE ISSUE IS MR. MURPHY HAS BEEN SERVING ON THE VRB AS AN ALTERNATE. AND NOW HE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE OF A RESIGNATION TO MOVE -- >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT JUST WASN'T CLEAR TO US THAT THIS IS WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS SOME SORT OF -- >>MARTIN SHELBY: IT IS A MATTER OF LOGISTICS. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. A LOGISTICAL THING, WE CAN DEAL WITH IT LATER. I DID WANT TO SAY I DID ENJOY WORKING WITH MR. MURPHY. HE WAS ON BRIEFLY WHILE I WAS STILL ON THE VRB. I LOOK FORWARD TO MS. COCHRAN JOINING THE BOARD AND LEARNING. IT'S A REALLY FASCINATING BOARD. YOU'LL LEARN A LOT. I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER ONE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TERM AND THAT IS COMPETENT SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. YOU'LL LEARN A LOT ABOUT COMPETENT SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. VRB IS A LOT MORE BLACK AND WHITE, NOT AS MUCH GRAY. IT IS A REALLY GREAT PLACE TO LEARN ABOUT THE CITY AND ABOUT LAND USE. I'M EXCITED FOR YOU BECAUSE LAND USE IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS. I THINK YOU'LL REALLY ENJOY YOURSELVES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I MOVE THE NOMINATION. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND, MOTION FROM MIRANDA, SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK TO ACCEPT THE NOMINATIONS FOR VARIANCE REVIEW BOARD FOR AARON MURPHY AND MEGAN COCHRAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? WOULD SOMEBODY LIKE TO MOVE THE MOTION. >>LYNN HURTAK: MR. SHELBY, COULD YOU STATE WHAT YOU WANT THAT MOTION TO BE? >>MARTIN SHELBY: COUNCIL MOVES TO APPOINT -- >>LYNN HURTAK: WE ALREADY DID THAT. >>MARTIN SHELBY: FOR ME TO COME BACK WITH RESOLUTIONS. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED FOR MR. SHELBY TO COME BACK WITH RESOLUTIONS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: RESOLUTIONS CLARIFYING THE LENGTH OF TERM. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE DATES OF APPOINTMENT. >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY. SURE. I MOVE THAT MR. SHELBY COME BACK CLARIFYING THE DATES OF APPOINTMENT AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S IN OUR PURVIEW TO MOVE THOSE DATES. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTION OR COUNCIL FUNCTION. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IT IS A FUNCTION OF THE CODE AS INTERPRETED. AND I WILL WORK WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, BUT CERTAINLY IT'S COUNCIL'S INTENT TO HAVE THESE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY START THEIR SERVICE AS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. COME BACK AT MY EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. HAVING SHELBY RETURN TO COUNCIL WITH A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE APPOINTMENTS AND WITH CLARIFICATIONS. WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. CONGRATULATIONS. >>MARTIN SHELBY: ONE MORE THING, MR. CHAIRMAN. BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON IS APPEARING REMOTELY, ALL OF YOUR VOTES TODAY, THEREFORE, HAVE TO BE VOICE VOTES TO BE ABLE TO HAVE HIS VOTE REGISTER. VOICE VOTES. ROLL CALL. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IF IT'S NOT LEGISLATIVE, SOMETHING LIKE THIS -- >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, BECAUSE A LOT OF LEGISLATIVE THINGS ARE MULTIMILLION DOLLAR CONTRACTS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WOULD YOU LIKE US TO REPEAT THAT ONE? FOR PRACTICE, WE'LL REPEAT THE VOTE. FOR CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE WE HAVE A COUNCILPERSON THAT IS PARTICIPATING REMOTELY, WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT EVERY VOTES NEED TO BE A ROLL CALL VOICE VOTE. SO WE ARE GOING TO START THAT OFF. >>THE CLERK: CARLSON? YOU ARE MUTED. CARLSON? >>BILL CARLSON: YES. THANK YOU GUYS FOR ACCOMMODATING ME. IT'S BETTER THAN YOU GUYS GETTING SICK. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: 100%. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>THE CLERK: MANISCALCO IS ABSENT. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. MS. FOXX-KNOWLES, WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE? ARE YOU DOING THE NEXT ONE? >>LYNN HURTAK: I'LL MOVE THE RESOLUTION. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE FILE BA 25-13155, CONFIRMING THE APPOINTMENT TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION. MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ROLL CALL, VOTE. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>THE CLERK: MANISCALCO IS ABSENT. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, CLERK. NO CLICKING FINGERS. VERY GOOD. NOW WE MOVE ON TO -- WE HAVE NO REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC RECONSIDERATIONS. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, LUIS VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE ITEMS 6 AND 7. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA, SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. YES. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>THE CLERK: MANISCALCO IS ABSENT. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. >>GWEN HENDERSON: NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, I MOVE ITEMS 8, 9, 10. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON. A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>THE CLERK: MANISCALCO IS ABSENT. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: I MOVE ITEMS 11 THROUGH 16. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>THE CLERK: MANISCALCO IS ABSENT. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: FINANCE COMMITTEE, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE ITEMS 17 THROUGH 19. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >> MANISCALCO IS ABSENT. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE NEXT GROUP WE HAD A REQUEST FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK TO PULL ITEM 26 FOR DISCUSSION. COUNCILMAN CARLSON, WOULD YOU MOVE -- >>BILL CARLSON: YES, SIR. ALSO, I NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM NUMBER 24. A CLIENT OF MY FIRM MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THAT, ALTHOUGH MY FIRM IS NOT WORKING ON THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE. AS A CAUTION, I'LL RECUSE MYSELF. I'LL MOVE 20 THROUGH 23 AND THEN 25 AND 27. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON. A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>THE CLERK: MANISCALCO IS ABSENT. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>LUIS VIERA: I'LL MOVE 24. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE NUMBER 24 FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >> CARLSON BE A ASSASSINNED. MANISCALCO ABSENT. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON ABSTAINING AND MANISCALCO BEING ABSENT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE'LL ADDRESS ITEM 26 BEN WE GET TO THAT -- WHEN WE GET TO THAT ON THE AGENDA. SINCE I AM PRO TEM ACTING CHAIR, WE'LL ASK COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON TO MOVE ITEMS 28 THROUGH 29. >>GWEN HENDERSON: I MOVE ITEMS 28 AND 29 FOR MOBILITY AND ASSET MANAGEMENT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>THE CLERK: MANISCALCO ABSENT. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARINGS? WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. ROLL CALL VOTE. DO WE HAVE TO DO A ROLL CALL TO OPEN? NO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARINGS SAY AYE. OPPOSED? VERY GOOD. THAT WAS THE 10:00 HEARINGS. LET'S GO BACK TO 26 AND ADDRESS THAT NOW, PLEASE. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT? >>MARTIN SHELBY: WHETHER IT'S YOUR INTENT TO HAVE STAFF PRESENT TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. >>LYNN HURTAK: LET'S DO THE TWO QUICK SECOND READINGS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IF ANYBODY IS IN THE CHAMBER TO TESTIFY ON ITEMS 30 OR 31, PLEASE RISE AND BE SWORN IN. [OATH ADMINISTERED] >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE CAN'T DO 32 UNTIL 10:30. LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM 30. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY TO PRESENT FOR 30? >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE: CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM 30 IS REZ 24-113. THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 9220, 9222 AND 9224 NORTH HYALEAH ROAD AND FOLIO NUMBER 141810-0100. REQUEST TO REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY 60, RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY 24 AND RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY 35 TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED AND SEMI DETACHED. REVISIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, APPLICANT, STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD MORNING. CELIA CAROTHERS. THIS CASE HAS BEEN BEFORE YOU PREVIOUSLY. I'M HERE TO TAKE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE A MOTION? ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE HEARING? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? WHO WANTS TO READ. COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ITEM NUMBER 30, FILE REZ-24-113, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 9220, 9222 AND 92224 NORTH HYALEAH ROAD AND FOLIO NUMBER 141810-0100, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA FLORIDA MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-60, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY RM-24 LENGTHS MULTIFAMILY AND RM-35 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI DETACHED AND ATTACHED; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. ROLL CALL VOTE. YES. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>THE CLERK: MANISCALCO IS ABSENT. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE NEXT ITEM, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, YOU ABSTAIN. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THE TRUST I MANAGE HAS A PROPERTY THAT BACKS TO THIS HOUSE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU SO MUCH. RECEIVE AND FILE, PLEASE. >>LYNN HURTAK: SO MOVED. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. LET'S MOVE STAFF ON ITEM 31. >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE: CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM 31 IS REZ 25-09. THIS IS AN ITEM TO REQUEST REZONING FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2520 WEST BEACH STREET. REQUEST IS REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY RM 16 TO RM 18. THIS IS A EUCLIDEAN REZONING. THERE IS NO SITE PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH THE REQUEST THIS MORNING. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS? APPLICANT? >>THE CLERK: THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE IS ONLINE, HOWEVER I AM NOT ABLE TO MOVE HER OVER. THERE ARE TECHNICAL ISSUES. I CAN UNMUTE HER. >>MARTIN SHELBY: CAN SHE TALK ON AUDIO? >> YEAH, CAN YOU HEAR ME? >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE QUESTION IS WHETHER SHE HAS ANYTHING SHE WOULD NEED TO SAY? URKTS TURN ON YOUR. >> YEAH, IT LOOKSIC THE VIDEO IS NOT MOVING. >>MARTIN SHELBY: DO YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTION MOVING FORWARD WITHOUT YOU HAVING ANY COMMENTS? >> NO, SIR. I'M THE AUTHORIZED AGENT FOR JAMES. THERE IS NO FOLLOW-UP STATEMENT ON MY END FROM THE FIRST HEARING. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SO THE APPLICANT IS UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE DUE TO NOT HAVING THE ABILITY TO ACTIVATE THE VIDEO. ANYBODY HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM? MOTION TO CLOSE? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? COUNCILMAN VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: I MOVE AN ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 2520 WEST BEACH STREET, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RM 16, RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY, TO RM 18 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >> MIRANDA IS ABSTAINING. CARLSON? >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH MIRANDA ABSTAINING AND MANISCALCO BEING ABSENT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE ARE MOVING ALONG TOO QUICKLY. CAN'T GET TO 10:30s YET. WE'LL MOVE BACK TO THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 26. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IS THERE ANYONE HERE FROM STAFF ON THAT ITEM? SORRY TO INTERRUPT, COUNCILWOMAN, DO YOU HAVE ITEMS THAT WILL NOT NEED STAFF THAT ARE PLACED UNDER STAFF REPORTS -- >>LYNN HURTAK: I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS IT QUICKLY, 26, TO SEE IF STAFF WANTS TO SHOW UP OR NOT. THE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC MAKE A LOT OF SENSE. OH, IT LOOKS LIKE MS. FEELEY IS HERE. >>ABBYE FEELEY: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT MICHELLE VAN LOAN IS ON HER WAY OVER TO CHAMBERS FOR THIS MATTER. IF YOU WOULD HOLD FOR A MOMENT, SHE WILL BE THERE. >>LYNN HURTAK: I MOVE ITEMS 35 AND 38 -- YEAH, 35 AND 38. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK MOVING ITEMS 35 AND 38 -- >>LYNN HURTAK: SORRY, 35. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK MOVING ITEM 35. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ROLL CALL VOTE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH MANISCALCO BEING ABSENT. >>LYNN HURTAK: I MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE 43 THROUGH 48. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE 43 THROUGH 48. >>LYNN HURTAK: MINUS 47. I'M SORRY, THAT NEEDS TO BE CONTINUED. I'M SORRY. I MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE 43 THROUGH 46 AND 48. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE ITEMS 43 -- WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 47 BY 47 WHICHWE'LL CONTINUE. ROLL CALL VOTE. YES. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH MANISCALCO BEING ABSENT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEM 47? >>LYNN HURTAK: IT'S COUNCILMAN VIERA'S, BUT I WILL MOVE IT. FILE CM 25-12905, REQUESTING TO BE MOVED TO JULY 31st, 2025. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK TO CONTINUE ITEM 47 TO JULY 31st 2025. WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. WE ARE BACK TO CONSENT AGENDA 26. >> MICHELLE VAN LOAN, REAL ESTATE. I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE. I HAD SOMEONE IN MY OFFICE. THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR LEASES DO HAVE ESCALATION CLAUSES. THIS IS NOT A STANDARD LEASE. IT IS A LICENSE AND IT IS A NONEXCLUSIVE LICENSE FOR ONE YEAR. THIS PROPERTY IS ALSO PART OF THE LARGER LEASE FOR THE HILLSBOROUGH EDUCATION ASSOCIATION -- CATCH MY BREATH A SECOND. EVERY YEAR THEY HAVE A RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL TO UTILIZE THE PROPERTY. THAT'S WHY THIS IS A ONE-YEAR LICENSE. ALSO NONEXCLUSIVE. IF WE HAD SOMEONE ELSE WE WANTED TO PROVIDE A LICENSE TO ON THIS PROPERTY FOR AGAIN UP TO ONE YEAR, WE COULD ALSO DO THAT. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ISSUING A NEW RFP FOR THE ENTIRE PROPERTY THAT HEF IS IN SO THAT HEF CAN EXTEND THEIR LEASE FURTHER ON DOWN THE ROAD TO DO ADDITIONAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, SO WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT REDOING THEIR LEASE EARLY AND NOT WAIT UNTIL 2030 SO THEY HAVE HOPEFULLY THAT ABILITY TO KNOW THEY HAVE THE SECURITY AND THEN MAKE THOSE ADDITIONAL SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF CAPITAL INVESTMENTS IN THEIR MAIN BUILDING. SO AT THAT TIME, WE MOST LIKELY WILL BE LOOKING AT SEPARATING OUT THIS PROPERTY AND THEN CAN BE A STANDARD LEASE. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION. IF NO ONE ELSE HAS QUESTIONS, I'LL MOVE 26. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH MANISCALCO BEING ABSENT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE DO NOT HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE. SO WAITING TO BE ABLE TO OPEN UP THE 10:30 HEARINGS, 10:16, HOW ABOUT WE TAKE A QUICK BREAK. IF YOU'LL COME BACK AT 10:30. LET'S TAKE THE 14-MINUTE BREAK. [RECESS] >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CALL TO ORDER. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE. >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM. >> UNMUTED. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN CARLSON, ARE YOU ON? THERE HE IS. COUNCILMAN CARLSON IS IN THE HOUSE. COUNCILMAN CARLSON, LOVE THE PICTURE ON THE BACK WALL. BASED ON ME DRIVING BY THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY, IT HOOKS LIKE THAT PICTURE NEEDS TO BE UPDATED. >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH, THIS IS A DEAN MITCHELL PAINTING FROM SEVERAL YEARS AGO. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VERY NICE. WE LEFT OFF. CAN I GET A MOTION TO OPEN THE 10:30 HEARING? MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. THIS IS NOT QUASI-JUDICIAL, NOBODY HAS TO BE SWORN IN. YOU'RE GOOD, MR. MICHELINI. STAFF. IF YOU'RE GOING TO TESTIFY ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE STAND, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND THE CLERK WILL SWEAR YOU IN. [OATH ADMINISTERED] >> ELAINE LUND, HISTORIC PRESERVATION STAFF. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS AN APPLICATION TO REMOVE A PORTION OF A PROPERTY FROM THE TAMPA HEIGHTS LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT. THIS IS A VACANT LOT RESULTING FROM A LOT SPLIT. THE APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024, AND IT WAS REVIEWED BY THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION ON NOVEMBER 5, 2024, AND THE HPC RECOMMENDED THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THIS APPLICATION. THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE LOT AT 206 WEST COLUMBUS DRIVE. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION ON THE ADJACENT PROPERTY TO THE WEST, AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE PROPERTY THAT IS DIRECTLY TO THE EAST. THIS IS THE PIPPIN HOUSE AT 202 WEST COLUMBUS DRIVE. SO THE PIPPIN HOUSE WAS KIND OF AN UNUSUAL ADDITION TO THE TAMPA HEIGHTS LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT. THERE ARE A FEW PARCELS THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE CONTIGUOUS BOUNDARY OF THE LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT, THE BOUNDARIES OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, THE LOCAL DISTRICT ARE SHOWN HERE IN RED. IN THE INSET, THIS IS THE HEIGHT THAT'S PART OF THE SUBJECT REQUEST. THIS IS A 2022 AERIAL MAP SHOWING IN THE GREEN THE OUTLINE OF THE AREA THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT. IT INCLUDED ALL OF THAT PARCEL AT THE TIME, AND THEN IN THE BLUE DASHED LINE IS THE ADJACENT SITE, 206 COLUMBUS DRIVE. A FORMAL DETERMINATION IN 2023 RECONFIGURED THESE TWO LOTS AT 202 AND 206 WEST COLUMBUS. THIS RECONFIGURATION OF THE LOTS TOOK, I BELIEVE, I WANT TO SAY 32 FEET FROM 202 COLUMBUS AND MADE IT PART OF 206 COLUMBUS. THIS 32 FEET THAT WAS MOVED FROM ONE LOT TO THE OTHER IS THE SUBJECT OF THE APPLICATION, FROM THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION USED THE SECTION 27-257 OF THE CITY CODE, DESIGNATION CRITERIA TO REVIEW AND MAKE THEIR RECOMMENDATION. THE VACANT SUBJECT LOT DOES NOT MEET ANY OF THE CRITERIA FOR LOCAL HISTORIC DESIGNATION AS IT IS VACANT AND THE REMOVAL OF THE SUBJECT LOT WILL NOT HAVE ANY NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. ANYTHING THAT'S BUILT ON THE LOT IN THE FUTURE COULD NOT BY DEFINITION BE HISTORIC AND THEREFORE COULD NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. THEREFORE, THE HPC RECOMMENDED THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THIS APPLICATION TO REMOVE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FROM THE LOCAL DISTRICT. THE APPLICANT IS HERE, AND I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, MR. APPLICANT. >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL. STEVE MICHELINI, REPRESENTING THE PETITIONER. IS THE MICROPHONE WORKING? DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT. THIS IS AN OUTPARCEL. IT'S APPROXIMATELY 32 FEET WIDE BY 125 FEET DEEP. IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY APPROVAL TO BE REMOVED FROM THE DISTRICT AS IT HAS NO ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE DISTRICT. IT ALSO IS RECOMMENDED BY THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION. THE DISTRICT DESIGNATION BISECTS THE PROPERTY, AND IT WOULD NOT ORDINARILY BE ALLOWED TO BE INCLUDED. LET ME SHOW YOU THIS RIGHT HERE. SO THE HISTORIC DESIGNATION LINE IS HERE, AND THIS IS THE REQUEST FOR IT TO BE REMOVED SO THAT THIS IS ALL ONE PROPERTY UNDER ONE JURISDICTION. AS ELAINE POINTED OUT, IT'S NOT CONTIGUOUS TO THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. THIS PARCEL IS RIGHT HERE. IT SKIPS SEVERAL BLOCKS BEFORE YOU EVEN GET TO IT. WE HAD SUPPORT FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL AS THE STAFF AND THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION. THERE ARE NO ADVERSE IMPACTS, NO ECONOMIC, CULTURAL, OR HISTORIC IMPACTS TO REMOVE THIS FROM THE DISTRICT. I HAVE TWO LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ENTERED INTO THE RECORD. >> MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA TO RECEIVE AND FILE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED? >> ALL OF THE CRITERIA HAVE BEEN MET FOR FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION TO REMOVE THIS FROM THE DISTRICT DESIGNATION. WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. THIS WAS FIRST READING ON THE ORDINANCE TO REMOVE IT FROM THE DISTRICT. I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? I HAVE ONE QUESTION. HISTORIC HOUSE TAKING THIS FROM, WHAT IS LEFT AS FAR AS THE SETBACK ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE? DO WE END UP WITH ANOTHER JACKSON HOUSE SITUATION? >>STEVE MICHELINI: IT'S NOT TAKING IT FROM THAT. THAT WAS DECIDED BY A FORMAL DECISION IN 2022. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HISTORICALLY, IS IT -- >>STEVE MICHELINI: IT WAS A MUCH LARGER PARCEL. BUT RIGHT NOW, I CAN SHOW YOU -- I HAVE THE PHOTOGRAPHS. RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE TOWN HOUSES ALL AROUND THIS AND A VACANT LOT. BUT THE HISTORIC HOUSE WOULD BE PROTECTED. WE'VE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH THAT WITH THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND THE STAFF, AND WE WILL MIMIC THE WALL IN FRONT. THERE IS A LITTLE KNEE WALL THAT RUNS ACROSS THE FRONT AND WE WOULD BE RECONSTRUCTING THAT AS WELL. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AT THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION MEETING, AND THEY REQUESTED A MASONRY WALL BE PLACED BETWEEN THE TWO PROPERTIES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DO YOU HAVE AN OVERHEAD FOR THAT? >>STEVE MICHELINI: IT'S NOT PART OF THIS PETITION. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I'M CURIOUS. WHAT THE LAND LOOKS LIKE WHEN IT IS ALL SAID AND DONE. >>STEVE MICHELINI: HE WANTS TO KNOW THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE TWO PROPERTIES. >>ELAINE LUND: THEY MAY HAVE THE INFORMATION IN THEIR APPLICATION, IF YOU'LL BEAR WITH ME FOR A MOMENT. >>STEVE MICHELINI: SEVEN FEET. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SEVEN FEET, OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO SAY FOR THREE YEARS OF MY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: EXPELLED FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND LOOK AT YOU NOW. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I DIDN'T SAY I WAS EXPELLED. I WAS ASKED TO LEAVE. ON ME JOKING WITH YOU, SIR. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANYTHING ELSE? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE? WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. ROLL CALL VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR TO CLOSE, AYE. OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. >>GWEN HENDERSON: FILE HPC-24-39-C, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, REMOVING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 206 WEST COLUMBUS DRIVE, TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 3 HEREOF FROM THE TAMPA HEIGHTS HISTORIC DISTRICT, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON. A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH MANISCALCO BEING ABSENT. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON MAY 1st, 2025, AT 10:00 A.M. IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33602. >>STEVE MICHELINI: I FORGOT TO MAKE THE MOTION ABOUT THE SPECIAL DISPOSITION FOR COUNCILMAN MIRANDA AND HIS SUSPENSION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: FOR THE RECORD, HE WAS ASKED TO LEAVE. VERY GOOD. ENJOY. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO STAFF REPORTS. DO WE HAVE STAFF FOR ITEM 34? MR. ROGERO. >>DENNIS ROGERO: DENNIS ROGERO -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: USUALLY AFTERNOON BY THE TIME YOU SHOW UP HERE. >>DENNIS ROGERO: AND I'M MOVING SLOWER TODAY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY. WE ALSO HAVE MOBILITY STAFF HERE FOR YOU. THIS ITEM ASKS THAT REVENUE BE RECOGNIZED AND APPROPRIATED BY CITY COUNCIL FOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION GRANT. AND THAT EXISTING BUDGET IS FOR TWO PROJECTS BE REALIGNED AND TRANSFERRED TO THE UNITE ASHLEY DRIVE PROJECT. WE PROVIDED A STAFF REPORT, BUT I DO WANT TO REITERATE THIS IS ONLY PART OF WHAT WE ANTICIPATE THE TOTAL FUNDING NEED TO BE. AT THIS TIME, IT'S ESTIMATED TO BE A TOTAL OF 22 MILLION. SO WHAT THIS ITEM ALSO DOES IS GIVE SOME INSIGHT INTO SOME OF THE POTENTIAL FUTURE REVENUE SOURCES TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE OF THAT 22 MILLION. AGAIN, MOBILITY STAFF IS HERE, I'M HERE, AND WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. ROGERO? COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. I THINK MY BIGGEST CONCERN REMAINS THAT WE AREN'T GOING TO GET THIS FUNDING. I THINK THAT ASKING FOR US TO PAY $12 MILLION MORE IS A HUGE CONCERN. WE GOT THIS IN A MEMO ON AUGUST 29 THAT SAID THIS PROJECT ESTIMATED COST WAS GOING TO BE $10.7 MILLION. AND NOT EVEN FIVE MONTHS LATER IN FEBRUARY, WE HAVE A $22 MILLION ESTIMATE. IT TOOK, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG, TO GET THE ESTIMATE FOR FIRE STATION 24, BUT YET WE HAVE SOME QUICK TURNAROUND WHEN IT COMES TO THIS PROJECT. WHY DIDN'T THIS COME TO US IN SEPTEMBER WHEN THIS CAME TO US INITIALLY? WHY DIDN'T THIS OVERAGE, BECAUSE IT WAS CLEARLY KNOWN ABOUT BECAUSE FIVE MONTHS IS LIKE A NANOSECOND IN PLANNING TIME. >>DENNIS ROGERO: I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE TIME FRAME -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BEST IF WE HAVE SOMEBODY FROM MOBILITY SPEAK TO THAT. I SEE OUR DIRECTOR OF MOBILITY, VIK BHIDE, APPROACHING THE PODIUM AND BRANDON. >>VIK BHIDE: VIK BHIDE, MOBILITY. THAT IS A FAIR QUESTION. WE RECEIVED THE UPDATED ESTIMATE LAST JULY FROM OUR CONSULTANT. DRAFT ESTIMATE. AT THAT TIME, THERE WASN'T AN ITEM IN FRONT OF COUNCIL TO BE PRESENTED, BUT -- SO THERE WAS NO OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE COUNCIL ON THE ESTIMATE UNTIL THERE WAS AN ITEM TO COME IN FRONT OF COUNCIL. >>LYNN HURTAK: I'M HOLDING THE MEMO FROM AUGUST 29, WHICH IS AFTER JULY, THAT SAYS THE PROJECT'S ESTIMATED COST IS 10.7 MILLION. YOU DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. >>VIK BHIDE: I NEED TO LOOK AT THE DETAILS, BUT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ERROR ON OUR PART, BECAUSE I DID HAVE AN E-MAIL -- I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS A FINAL ESTIMATE FROM HNTB IN 2024, JULY 2024, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN WITH THE UPDATED ESTIMATE. >>LYNN HURTAK: AGAIN, THIS IS A MONTH LATER. >>VIK BHIDE: CORRECT. >>LYNN HURTAK: THIS IS PART OF THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE OVERALL IS THAT WE AREN'T GETTING CLEAR INFORMATION, AND PERSONALLY, I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD HAVE ACCEPTED THIS GRANT HAD I KNOWN THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY $17 MILLION INSTEAD OF $4.9 MILLION. THAT IS A HUGE DISCREPANCY FOR, QUITE FRANKLY, SOMETHING THAT IS MORE OF A NEED THAN A WANT, OR RATHER A WANT THAN A NEED. I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS. WHEN I LOOK AT THE AWARD AMOUNT AND THE PROJECT, THE BASE PHASE IS $1.2 MILLION JUST FOR DESIGN ALONE. I DON'T KNOW. I'M CURIOUS WHAT OTHERS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO A COUPLE OF THINGS, IF I'M READING THIS RIGHT, HOW MUCH ARE WE GETTING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? >>VIK BHIDE: ABOUT 5.5 MILLION. >>LUIS VIERA: WE WOULD BE ON THE HOOK FOR 17? >>VIK BHIDE: CORRECT. >>LUIS VIERA: YEAH, THAT IS A LOT. SOMEBODY MAY HAVE MENTIONED, I THINK MAYBE MS. POYNOR, REGARDING CRA FUNDS. POTENTIALLY WE COULD CONTINUE THIS AND LOOK TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE IN THE DOWNTOWN CRA FOR THIS. IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS NEEDED IN DOWNTOWN. SPENDING SO MUCH ON GENERAL FUNDS, I'M VERY SKEPTICAL OF THAT. BUT CRA. >>VIK BHIDE: MAY I ADDRESS THAT, COUNCIL? THAT IS A GREAT POINT. WE HAVE STARTED THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE CRAs. WE'VE REQUESTED $8 MILLION OVER THREE OUTER YEARS, FISCAL YEARS. THAT REQUEST HAS FORMALLY BEEN SUBMITTED AND UNDER REVIEW BY THE CRAs RIGHT NOW. THE CAC PRESENTATION IS SCHEDULED. I THINK THE ITEM IN FRONT OF YOU RIGHT NOW IS SO THAT WE CAN COVER THE ENTIRE COST OF THE PROJECT. THIS IS SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO THE WEST RIVERWALK CONVERSATION WHERE WE'RE WORKING ACTIVELY TO LINE UP ADDITIONAL FUNDING, AND THAT SHOULD BE IN FRONT OF YOU AT A CRA MEETING IN THE FUTURE. >>LUIS VIERA: MY PREFERENCE, ARE THERE ANY IMMEDIATE TIMELINES WITH THIS? >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: BRANDON CAMPBELL, MOBILITY DEPARTMENT. WE DO HAVE TWO PENDING WORK ORDERS WITH OUR CONSULTANT FOR CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT AND NEPA EVALUATION. THAT TIMELINE GETS SIGNIFICANTLY COMPRESSED SHOULD WE NOT HAVE THE AVAILABLE FUNDS. SO PART OF THE INTENT OF THE FINANCIAL RESOLUTION TODAY IS TO GET THOSE FUNDS INTO THE ACCOUNT SO THAT WE CAN ISSUE THOSE WORK ORDERS. BUT AS I BELIEVE MR. ROGERO MENTIONED, TODAY'S FINANCIAL RESOLUTION DOES NOT OBLIGATE THAT WHOLE $22 MILLION. IT APPROPRIATES THE FEDERAL GRANT, THE ANTICIPATED FEDERAL GRANT MONEY AS OUTLINED IN THE GRANT AGREEMENT AS WELL AS MOVES FUNDS FROM A COUPLE OF OTHER PROJECTS. >>LUIS VIERA: HOW MUCH ARE WE PUTTING FORTH TODAY IF WE VOTE YES FOR THIS? JUST TO BE CLEAR. >>DENNIS ROGERO: APPROXIMATELY $10 MILLION. IF I COULD JUST POSTSCRIPT THE DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS, AGAIN, HE'S QUITE CORRECT. IT APPROPRIATES FUNDING IN PLACE FOR THOSE WORK ORDERS HE REFERENCES, BUT IT DOES PRESUME THAT THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL FUNDING DOWN THE ROAD TO EQUAL IN A $22 MILLION. JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. >>LUIS VIERA: I THINK THAT ON THIS, SEEING SOME MORE 3406789, I KNOW THE CRA TAKES A LITTLE WHILE, BUT WITH CRA MAY BE WISE FOR THIS SO WE CAN AT LEAST KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING INTO. BECAUSE I WOULD HATE TO BUY INTO SOMETHING RIGHT NOW AND THEN HAVE THE CRA ISSUE NOT BE AS SECURED AS WE MAYBE THOUGHT IT WAS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. ALONG WITH MY TWO COLLEAGUES WHO JUST SPOKE, WHEN I SEE THIS, IF I WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE JUST LISTENING, I WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT THIS $22 MILLION, IF IT HAPPENS, IS FOR WHAT? WHAT IS IT GOING TO DO? HOW MUCH IS IT GOING TO TAKE? IF WE PASS IT TODAY -- IF, IF, IF -- WHAT HAPPENS AT THE END IF THE PRICES KEEP ESCALATING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR DEAL IS WITH THE CONTRACTOR. I DON'T KNOW NONE OF THAT STUFF RIGHT NOW. I THINK WE HAVE TO EXPLORE, WHAT IS IT, WHAT ARE WE DOING, AND WHY WE'RE DOING IT. >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. BRANDON CAMPBELL, MOBILITY. I DID BRING A MAP OF THE PROJECT AREA IN PART BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE IN FRONT OF YOU BACK IN FEBRUARY, THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DIVISION OF THE DIFFERENT WORK ITEMS BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE CURRENT RFP AND WHAT F.D.O.T. MAY BE FOLLOWING ON WITH. SO THE $22 MILLION PROJECT -- ARE YOU ABLE TO SEE -- >>LYNN HURTAK: CAN YOU ZOOM OUT? OTHER WAY. THERE YOU GO. >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: THAT $22 MILLION PROJECT IS ADDRESSING THE AREA THAT'S OUTLINED IN RED SOUTH OF THE LAUREL STREET BRIDGE, WHEREAS TO THE EAST OF THAT, YOU SEE SOME BROWN BLOCKS THAT ARE LABELED AS FUTURE MIXED INCOME HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. WITHIN THE GRANT APPLICATION, THAT WAS LABELED AS STAGE 3. THAT NETWORK IMPROVEMENT WE ANTICIPATE GOING ALONG WITH THE CURRENT RFP FOR THE ARMY NAVY SITE AND ROYAL REGIONAL LOT REDEVELOPMENT. AND THEN THE PORTION THAT IS OUTLINED IN BLUE IS ON F.D.O.T. I KNOW THAT IN OUR PREVIOUS DISCUSSION, THERE WAS SOME QUESTION ABOUT WHAT CONTRIBUTION TO THIS OVERALL EFFORT THEY WOULD BE MAKING AND WHAT THE COST WOULD BE FOR THEIR PROJECT. SO THAT ASSOCIATED PROJECT, THE CURRENT ESTIMATE IS $12.1 MILLION. IT'S NOT YET OBLIGATED, BUT BASED ON STAFF DISCUSSIONS, WE ARE ENCOURAGED THAT PENDING OUR APPROVAL OF OUR GRANT PROJECT THAT THEY WILL PROGRAM THAT SUBSEQUENT TO IT. >>VIK BHIDE: TO YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILMAN, WHAT DOES THIS PROJECT GIVE US? SO THE GIST OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT THE ROYAL REGIONAL LOT DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO IMPROVE CONNECTIVITY AND WALKABILITY BETWEEN EAST DOWNTOWN, PARTICULARLY NORTHEAST DOWNTOWN BY ENCORE AND ALL OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS EAST OF FLORIDA AVENUE TO THE RIVER, AND THAT IS GOING TO BE ACCOMPLISHED BY, IF YOU GO NORTH ON ASHLEY TODAY, IF YOU GET AT TYLER, THERE IS A BRIDGE PAST TYLER THAT STARTS, THAT GOES UP TO 275 AND THEN SPLITS INTO NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND, SO THAT BRIDGE IS CITY OWNED, IT WILL BE REMOVED, AND WE WILL BE REESTABLISHING THE GRID LIKE IT WAS BEFORE THE '50s, WHENEVER THAT BRIDGE WAS BUILT. THE IDEA THERE IS IT WILL INCREASE STREET CONNECTIVITY ACROSS FROM BOTH THE EAST AND THE WESTERN PART OF DOWNTOWN. IT WILL PROVIDE ALTERNATE MODES OF GETTING AROUND. WHAT IT ALSO DOES IS CREATE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR DOWNTOWN THAT TODAY DO NOT EXIST BECAUSE OF THAT. THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE A GATEWAY WHICH IS PART OF THIS PROJECT. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPABLE POSSIBILITIES AND GREENSPACES, WHILE IMPROVING OVERALL CONNECTIVITY. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ALL THAT BEING SAID, IF I MAY CONTINUE, MR. CHAIRMAN, HOW DO WE CODIFY THAT THOSE MONIES THAT THEY ARE GOING TO SPEND, TALKING ABOUT THE STATE, NORMALLY THE PEOPLE THAT DO THAT, WHAT IF THAT DOESN'T COME IN? >>VIK BHIDE: THAT IS A POSSIBILITY, AND THAT'S WHERE THIS PROJECT COORDINATES WITH SEVERAL EFFORTS. THIS PROJECT COORDINATED WITH THE REGIONAL, ROYAL REGIONAL LOT REDEVELOPMENT. IT COORDINATED WITH F.D.O.T. AS WELL. WHEN THE PROJECT WAS FIRST CONCEIVED, IT WAS PART OF THEN F.D.O.T.'S PLANS FOR SEGMENT FIVE WHICH IS THE DOWNTOWN INTERCHANGE PORTION WEST OF I-4. THAT PROJECT IS STILL ON THE BOOKS WITH F.D.O.T. AND GOING FORWARD. IT'S JUST NOT THE SAME PROJECT AS PREVIOUSLY. F.D.O.T. STAFF HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY DO PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT AS PART OF THE WESTSHORE -- >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: DOES THIS IN ANY WAY HELP MALFUNCTION JUNCTION THAT WE HAVE THERE NOW OR NOT? >>VIK BHIDE: THIS HELPS DOWNTOWN SIGNIFICANTLY. WHAT IT DOES IS, ONE, IT REDUCES TRAFFIC ON ASHLEY BY CREATING A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE AT SCOTT AND TAMPA. SO IT REDISTRIBUTES TRAFFIC ACROSS THE GRID, THAT'S ONE THING. ASHLEY, OF COURSE, IS THE MAJOR ROADWAY LEADING INTO DOWNTOWN ALONG CURTIS HIXON AND ALL OF THAT. SO IT ALLOWS US TO CALM THAT. THE CITY HAS A GOES WITH PROJECT WITH THIS PROJECT TO AGAIN ADD BICYCLE FACILITIES ALONG ASHLEY PARALLEL TO THE RIVERWALK TO GET BICYCLES OFF OF THE RIVERWALK. F.D.O.T., WHEN THEY DO THEIR PORTION OF THE SCOTT STREET AND THEY ARE IN DESIGN RIGHT NOW, THEY JUST CAN'T COMMIT BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN THEIR WORK PROGRAM TO SHOW TODAY, BUT WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, THEY WILL IMPROVE THE INTERSECTION OF SCOTT AND TAMPA WITH DUAL RIGHT CONFIGURATION. AGAIN, THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH EVERYTHING ELSE WE'RE DOING, MAKING DOWNTOWN MORE WALKABLE AND MORE SAFE WITH PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS WHILE CREATING A GATEWAY AND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'VE NEVER SPOKEN TO YOU, ONE OF THESE GENTLEMAN, E-MAIL, NOTHING TO THAT EFFECT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? I MISSED YOU, COUNCILMAN CARLSON. GO AHEAD. >>BILL CARLSON: I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES. THE ISSUE THAT WE'RE FACING IS THAT ANY PROJECT PRESENTED TO US SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT PROJECT. THEY ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE NECESSARY AND WILL HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY BENEFIT. BUT THE THING THAT WE'RE HEARING EVERY DAY, MAYBE A HUNDRED TIMES A DAY IS THAT THE PUBLIC WANTS US TO SPEND MONEY ON FIXING THEIR ROADS, FIXING THEIR SIDEWALKS. IF WE HAVE GENERAL FUND MONEY THAT WE'RE SPENDING ON ANYTHING ELSE, THE PUBLIC IS GOING TO GET MORE AND MORE ANGRY. WE'VE GOT TO FIX THE ROADS AND SIDEWALKS FIRST. IF WE HAVE TEN OR MORE MILLION DOLLARS TO FIX ROADS OR SIDEWALKS, WE NEED TO DO THAT. I THINK THIS PROJECT SOUNDS GREAT, BUT UNTIL WE FIX THE ROADS AND SIDEWALKS, WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING ANYTHING LIKE THIS. ALSO, THE PUBLIC IS FRUSTRATED THAT FOR 12 YEARS OR SO, A LOT OF MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT IN DOWNTOWN. VERY LITTLE SPENT EVERYWHERE ELSE. EVERYBODY THINKS THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD IS THE ONLY ONE WITH TERRIBLE ROADS AND NO SIDEWALKS, BUT IT'S NOT BECAUSE IT IS ALL OVER THE CITY. WE'VE GOT TO FIX THOSE PROBLEMS FIRST. THE MORE WE KEEP APPROVING THESE NICE TO HAVE PROJECTS, THE MORE WE'LL GET HIT. AS ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES MENTIONED, THERE IS AN ISSUE ARE OF TRANSPARENCY HERE. THE ADMINISTRATION THROWS PROJECTS ON US AT THE LAST MINUTE AND SAYS, OKAY, NOW YOU HAVE TO DO IT QUICKLY. THEY SHOULD KEEP US UPDATED ALONG THE WAY. NEXT, IT'S ALSO PRE-SUMPTUOUS TO THINK WE'LL GET CRA MONEY. I THINK I VOTED AGAINST IT FROM THE CRA POINT OF VIEW. BUT IT IS PRESUMPTUOUS TO THINK THAT. IF WE DO THIS, PROBABLY SHOULD COME FROM CRA MONEY BECAUSE IT BENEFITS DOWNTOWN AND NOT THE REST OF THE CITY. OTHER PEOPLE IN THE CITY WORK IN DOWNTOWN COULD BENEFIT FROM IT, BUT PEOPLE WANT THEIR ROADS AND THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEY WANT THEIR SIDEWALKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS FIXED FIRST. AND THEN A TIMING ISSUE. AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, I THINK WE SHOULD PUSH THIS PAST THE NEXT CRA MEETING. IT'S NOT JUST WHAT THE CAC -- WE NEED THE CAC REPORT. SITTING AS CRA BOARD, WE SHOULD BE BRIEFED ON THIS AS WELL BECAUSE IT IS A HUGE EXPENDITURE AND WE HAVE VERY LITTLE MONEY IN THE DOWNTOWN CRA. THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CARLSON. >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST ASKED MR. HELPERLINE TO PUT THIS UP SO WE CAN GET AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THE FEDERAL GRANT, IF WE RECEIVE IT, IS 5.3 MILLION. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE 2016 BOND FUNDS AND THESE ARE THE ONES FROM THE TWO BRIDGES THEY WANT TO MOVE OVER BECAUSE THERE WERE OVERAGES. AND THEN 8 MILLION POSSIBLY FROM THE CRA AND THEN 3.9 MILLION WHICH IS FUTURE DEBT, MOBILITY FEES AND/OR CIT RENEWAL THAT IS THE MONEY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COULD POSSIBLY GO TO PAVING OR OTHER THINGS. THE 3.9. I TEND TO AGREE. I CANNOT -- SO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. ROGERO. THOSE CIT SERIES, 2016 BOND FUND, THE EXTRA, AM I CORRECT, 4.7 MILLION THE EXTRA FROM THOSE TWO PROJECTS? >>DENNIS ROGERO: IT IS NOT EXTRA. IT IS NOT EXTRA. THE FUNDING ORIGINATES IN A 2016 BOND. AGAIN, ALMOST A DECADE NOW. BECAUSE THE FUNDING HASN'T BEEN SPENT IN QUITE SOME TIME, IT SEEMS MORE APPROPRIATE TO SPEND IT ON SOMETHING WE CAN SPEND IT ON SOONER RATHER THAN LATER AND THEN FIND FUNDING FOR THOSE PROJECTS AT ANOTHER TIME. >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY. SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE, COULD WE TAKE THAT 4.7 MILLION AND USE IT FOR SOMETHING ELSE? IS IT REQUIRED TO BE SPENT ON INFRASTRUCTURE? >>DENNIS ROGERO: IT IS REQUIRED TO BE SPENT ONLY WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF THE INITIAL BOND ISSUANCE. FOR EXAMPLE, AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, WOULD INCLUDE REPAVING, RESURFACING. >>LYNN HURTAK: SO POSSIBLY WE COULD ACTUALLY PUT THAT 4.7 TOWARD PAVING. >>DENNIS ROGERO: YOU COULD. >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY. AGAIN, TO ME -- OH, I HAD ONE MORE QUESTION FOR YOU, MR. ROGERO. WHERE DO YOU ANTICIPATE THIS MONEY COMING FROM, THE 5.3 MILLION IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BACKS OUT OF ITS DEAL? >>DENNIS ROGERO: EXCELLENT QUESTION. IT WOULD COME FROM ANY OF THOSE OTHER POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE'VE REFERENCED. THE CRA, FOR EXAMPLE, COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TAX VERSION 2 THAT COMES ONLINE. >>LYNN HURTAK: SO US. IT WOULD TAKE FROM PROJECTS THAT THE CITY WANTS TO DO THAT OUR CITIZENS ARE ASKING FOR SUCH AS PAVING OR SIDEWALKS. >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, MA'AM. >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY. IT'S TOO MUCH MONEY. I'M SORRY. I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS, COUNCILMAN CARLSON HAD MENTIONED ABOUT THE NEXT CRA MEETING, WHICH I GUESS IS ON APRIL 10. REQUEST TO THE CHAIRPERSON WHERE WE INQUIRE ON THIS ISSUE AND TALK ABOUT THIS APRIL 17. I FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE, IF THE FEDERAL MONEY IS NOT 100% WRAPPED UP, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE CHAOS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THAT BOTHERS ME A LOT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT US TO BE ON THE HOOK. DOWNTOWN FOR ME IS ALWAYS A BALANCE. MONEY, FOLKS WHO USE DOWNTOWN OFTEN COME FROM ALL OVER THE CITY OF TAMPA. A LOT OF PEOPLE WORK DOWNTOWN. A LOT OF PEOPLE GO HAVE A GOOD TIME DOWNTOWN AND SO FORTH. PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER OUR CITY OF TAMPA, I THINK, OBVIOUSLY USE DOWNTOWN. IT'S A BALANCE. I VOTED AGAINST $35 MILLION IN CRA PROJECTS IN DOWNTOWN TAMPA. BECAUSE MY OPINION ON THOSE THINGS. IT'S ALWAYS A BALANCE. THIS IS PART OF THE PRIOR ADMINISTRATION BIDEN ADMINISTRATION RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES GRANT, WHICH IS SEEKING TO RECONNECT COMMUNITIES FROM PRIOR INFRASTRUCTURE ADDITIONS TO THE COMMUNITIES FROM THE '50s AND SO FORTH. I THINK IT'S WISE TO PUSH THIS ABOUT TWO WEEKS OR SO, SO THAT WE CAN GAIN MORE INFORMATION, HAVE A BETTER PERSPECTIVE ON IT, TO LOOK AT -- WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BY THEN, BY THE WAY. THAT'S JUST NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, NOT WITH THOSE GUYS. AND THEN SO WE CAN AT LEAST LOOK AT THE CRA AND SEE WHAT THE CRA CAN DO, BECAUSE PUTTING FORTH ALL THIS CITY MONEY ON IT WHEN THE FEDERALLIES MAY NOT EVEN COME THROUGH ON IT REALLY BOTHERS ME, IT REALLY DOES. I DON'T WANT TO LET GO OF IT JUST YET, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. I THINK THAT IS A GOOD COMPROMISE TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. THAT'S MY VIEW ON THE 17th. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IF I MAY, MY SECOND TIME, I SOMEWHAT AGREE WITH EVERYTHING SAID. MR. VIERA MAKING COMMON SENSE ABOUT TALKING WITH ANOTHER PARTNER NOT HERE AT THE TABLE, HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? DOUBT IN THE GOVERNMENT MONEY, $5.3 MILLION, WHATEVER. WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORD CIT, I WANT TO GROW HAIR AGAIN BECAUSE I LOST IT ALL DURING THE 1996 ELECTION AND DURING THE PAST ELECTION, $150 MILLION BECAUSE WE DIDN'T TELL THE PUBLIC THE FACT THAT WAS YOUR DAMN MONEY GOING AWAY TO SOMEBODY ELSE. IF WE HAD VOTED THE OTHER WAY, MONEY TO DO ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO DO, BUT WE GOT -- THE PUBLIC VOTED FOR IT. NOT AGAINST THE PUBLIC. THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT. THAT'S WHAT THEY GOT. NOW WE'RE DEALING WITH SOME MONEY THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN OURS THAT'S NO LONGER OURS. LET ME SAY IT AGAIN, $850 MILLION IN A PERIOD OF 15 YEARS YOU'RE GIVING AWAY. THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IF I'M HEARING COUNCIL CORRECTLY, IT SEEMS LIKE AN APPROPRIATE MOTION AT THIS POINT WOULD BE TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO POSSIBLY JUNE 5. ANYBODY WILLING TO MAKE THAT MOTION? >>LYNN HURTAK: BECAUSE THE CRA MEETING IS NEXT WEEK, I DON'T THINK THERE IS ENOUGH TIME FOR THEM TO PLAN. I WOULD SAY WE WOULD DO THE MAY 8 CRA MEETING, AND THEN TO THEN TALK ABOUT IT LIKE YOU SAID, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT, JUNE 5th. I MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE -- TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS DURING -- OH, I CAN'T DO THAT. YOU KNOW WHAT, I CAN MAKE THE MOTION NEXT WEEK DURING THE CRA. WHAT I CAN DO IS MOVE THIS CONVERSATION TO JUNE 5th. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO JUNE 5. A SECOND FROM VIERA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. SORRY, ROLL CALL VOTE. I'M SORRY, BEFORE THAT -- >> I DID WANT TO SPEAK QUICKLY TO THE LEVEL OF CERTAINTY ABOUT THE FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROJECT. I DO HAVE A BIWEEKLY CHECK-IN MEETING WITH A POINT OF CONTACT FROM FHWA. AT OUR MOST RECENT CHECK-IN MEETING, HE DID SHARE WITH ME THAT THOSE GRANTS FOR WHICH WE HAVE AGREEMENTS SIGNED AND IN PLACE, THEY ARE NO LONGER UNDER REVIEW WITHIN HIS OFFICE. NOW, THE LEVEL OF COMFORT THAT MIGHT BRING TO ANY ONE OF YOU, COULDN'T SPEAK TO. I WANT TO BRING THAT TO THE DISCUSSION JUST TO LET YOU KNOW FROM THE STAFF LEVEL, ALL INDICATIONS ARE THAT THIS MONEY, BECAUSE IT IS WITHIN AN EXECUTED GRANT AGREEMENT, IS SAFE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I SAW A NEWS REPORT LAST EVENING FROM THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION SAYING THEIR GRANTS WERE ALL BEING PROCESSED AND PUSHED THROUGH, BECAUSE THERE WAS PRESSURE FROM CONGRESS BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT -- WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND. ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO ADD BEFORE WE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE? WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO JUNE 5. ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH MANISCALCO BEING ABSENT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN VIERA, YOU HAD SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY. >>LUIS VIERA: WITH THE FEDS, THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. MY BIG THING IS TO LOOK AT OUR CRA AND SEE HOW MUCH WE CAN GET OUT OF THEM. GET ANOTHER MILLION OR TWO, LET'S DO THAT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I HEARD THAT COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK WOULD TAKE THAT ON. COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: IN LOOKING AT THIS PROJECT SCHEDULE, SO FOR ME, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS IS THE BASE PHASE WHICH IS THE DESIGN CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING IS 1.2 MILLION. SINCE THIS IS A REFUNDABLE GRANT, I THINK I WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE IF WE USED THE MONEY OR IF WE WENT THROUGH THE DESIGN PHASE PROCESS AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT MONEY. I STILL WON'T SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE IT'S $17 MILLION THAT WE COULD BE SPENDING ON ROADS, TO BE QUITE FRANK. BUT, YEAH, IF YOU ALL WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FEDERAL MONEY, THAT IS A WAY THAT YOU COULD LOOK AT IT. YOU COULD SEE IF THEY ACTUALLY PAY US THE 1.2 FOR DESIGN AND PLANNING BEFORE WE GO FORWARD WITH THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE FINISHED WITH NUMBER 34. WE ARE NOW TO ITEM 36. THANK YOU, GUYS. >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU, COUNCIL. >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: AGAIN, BRANDON CAMPBELL, MOBILITY DEPARTMENT. ITEMS 36 AND 37 GO TOGETHER. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: LET'S DO 36 AND 37 TOGETHER. >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: WE HAVE UPLOADED AN AGREEMENT. IT IS A STATE-FUNDED GRANT AGREEMENT. IT IS ACTUALLY A THREE-PARTY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AND FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR $21 MILLION FUNDING 7 PROJECTS WITH THE FUNDS THAT WERE COLLECTED BY THE 2018 SURTAX AND WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THOSE PROJECTS WERE SELECTED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE WITH OUR INPUT. I DID UPLOAD A MAP. I THINK IT WAS YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE, AFTER DISCUSSION WITH COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, THAT SHOWS THE DIFFERENT SEGMENTS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. >>LYNN HURTAK: CAN YOU SHOW THAT TO US NOW? >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: SOME OF THE SEGMENTS ARE CONTIGUOUS TO ONE ANOTHER, SO IT MIGHT NOT -- IF YOU ARE COUNTING THE RED LINES, IT MAY NOT ADD UP TO 7. ACTUALLY, THE GREEN LINES, I SUPPOSE I SHOULD SAY. THE GREEN LINES ARE THE PROJECTS THAT THE CITY WILL BE TAKING ON, FUNDED WITH THAT $21 MILLION OF SURTAX PROJECTS. THE RED LINES ARE COUNTY PROJECTS THAT OVERLAP INTO CITY LIMITS. YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF OVERLAP IN NEW TAMPA ON BRUCE B. DOWNS AND THEN A COUPLE OF OTHERS THAT COME INTO THE CITY, BUT WILL BE LED BY HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT AT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING YESTERDAY, THEY APPROVED THE SAME AGREEMENT, SO PENDING YOUR APPROVAL AND THE EXECUTION ON OUR SIDE, IT WILL GO UP THROUGH THEM AND THEN HEAD OVER TO F.D.O.T. FOR THEIR EXECUTION OF THE AGREEMENT. ANY QUESTIONS, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO -- >>LYNN HURTAK: I APPRECIATE THE MAP, BECAUSE I THINK IT GIVES A CLEAR DEFINITION AND AN UNDERSTANDING FOR CITIZENS OF TAMPA WHO PUT IN WAY MORE THAN $21 MILLION AND ARE CERTAINLY NOT GETTING THAT BACK. I THINK IT'S VERY NICE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY GETTING FOR THAT MONEY. BUT ALSO, I WAS CURIOUS, IS THIS SIMPLY REPAVING OR WILL THERE BE ANYTHING ELSE DONE? >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: THE PRIMARY SCOPE OF EACH OF THESE PROJECTS WILL BE RESURFACING BUT THERE WILL BE ANCILLARY ITEMS THAT WOULD GO ALONG WITH THAT. ADA RAMP UPGRADES. THERE MAY BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO RECONFIGURE STRIPING, NOT AS A SORT OF PRIMARY EFFORT AND IF THERE ARE SIGNING NEEDS, F.D.O.T. HAS INDICATED TO US THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD TYPICALLY GO ALONG WITH ONE OF THEIR RESURFACING PROJECTS, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO QUESTION ANY. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO BE THE DEVIL AT CITY HALL, WHAT WAS SAID EARLIER WAS CORRECT. CITY OF TAMPA PAYS ABOUT 31% OF THE TOTAL SALES TAX IN THE WHOLE COUNTY. WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE, WE GOT SHORTCHANGED NOT BY YOU, NOT BY ANYONE IN THIS BUILDING HERE, BUT SOMEHOW, SOMEHOW -- AND I DON'T KNOW WHO, WE GET BACK 21 MILLION WHEN THE CITY A THIRD OF OUR SIZE, 10.5 MILLION. THESE ARE THE THINGS YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT. WE GOT TO STAND UP, NOT YOU GUYS, BUT US ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE TO STAND UP TO WHOEVER IS DOING THESE CALCULATIONS BECAUSE WE GET WHAT BACK? HALF WHAT WE SHOULD GET BACK. I'LL SAY THAT. THESE ARE THE FACTS WE'RE SAYING. I'M NOT THE SMARTEST INDIVIDUAL, BUT I CAN COUNT TO TEN. THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR. I'LL OBVIOUSLY SUPPORT THIS. THIS HAS A LOT OF GOOD PROJECTS, BUT I WAS SPEAKING WITH MOBILITY ON THIS, AND IT IS, NUMBER ONE, YOU START OFF WITH THE IDEA THAT IN 2018, ABOUT 60% OF PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY SUPPORTED, SAID, HEY, LISTEN, ROADS ARE SO BAD, PLEASE RAISE MY TAXES. THAT GOT TAKEN AWAY BECAUSE OF THE ALL FOR TRANSPORTATION LITIGATION. 2022, BEFORE WE COULD VOTE ON IT, IT WAS KICKED OUT IN CIRCUIT COURT AND ALMOST PASSED IN A YEAR WHERE FRIENDLY CANDIDATES DID VERY WELL, BUT YET -- STRIKE THAT -- AND NOT SO TRANSIT FRIENDLY CANDIDATES DID NOT DO SO WELL, BUT THE INITIATIVE ALMOST PASSED EVEN WITH THE LITIGATION. YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. WHAT WE'RE PASSING, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, PLANT CITY AND TEMPLE TERRACE, THEY GOT THE SAME AMOUNT AS TAMPA. >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: I DO NOT KNOW -- >>LUIS VIERA: IT'S NOT PROPORTIONATE. >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: CORRECT. >>LUIS VIERA: I GREW UP IN TEMPLE TERRACE. MY MOTHER LIVES IN TEMPLE TERRACE. I LOVE PLANT CITY, ET CETERA. I REALLY DO LOVE TEMPLE TERRACE AND PLANT CITY. BUT IT IS JUST SOMETHING TO LOOK AT. THE FACT THAT WE HERE IN THE CITY DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OF A SAY ON THIS IS FRUSTRATING BECAUSE WE REPRESENT AS WELL THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR THIS AND WHO PAID OUT OF THEIR HARD-EARNED MONEY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. WHEN I LOOK AT WHAT PEOPLE, THE 400,000 PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA PAID FOR THIS, INCLUDING THE PEOPLE, BY THE WAY, OF DISTRICT 7, WHO ARE NOT GETTING MUCH. THAT'S WHY I'M A LITTLE PISSED OFF. IT'S FRUSTRATING. IT REALLY, REALLY IS. AGAIN, IT WAS SOMETHING OUT OF OUR HANDS. I WOULDN'T VOTE AGAINST THIS BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE ADA IMPROVEMENTS. I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL. WE WANT TO REPRESENT THE WHOLE CITY. JUST ON PRINCIPLE, THIS IS VERY, VERY FRUSTRATING. IN 2018 WHAT WE VOTED ON, SUPPORTED, MANY OF US ENDORSED, I ENDORSED IT PROUDLY AND EVERYTHING, WAS NOT THIS. WE HAD A DIFFERENT VISION THAT WOULD HAVE REALLY HELPED WORKING FAMILIES IN TAMPA. THAT'S VERY FRUSTRATING. AGAIN, I'LL SUPPORT THIS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MR. BHIDE, I SAW YOU JUMP UP. I THINK YOU HAVE SOME STATISTICS. COULD YOU SHARE WITH US HOW THESE FUNDS BROKE -- WHAT WAS COLLECTED TOTAL, WHAT WAS DISTRIBUTED, AND HOW IT WAS DISTRIBUTED? >>VIK BHIDE: SURE. VIK BHIDE. FIRST, TAMPA IS RECEIVING SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN TEMPLE TERRACE, COMMENSURATE TO OUR POPULATION AND ALL. PLANT CITY HAS A LARGE NUMBER OF PROJECTS, BUT THE OVERALL AMOUNT ISN'T AS LARGE. I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT BREAKDOWN, BUT I WILL BE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT. OVERALL, $580 MILLION WERE COLLECTED AS PART OF THE SURTAX. $580 MILLION. WHAT WE HAVE THROUGH ALL OF THE ALLOCATIONS FROM THE STATE, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, TEMPLE TERRACE, PLANT CITY, AND TAMPA, IS ABOUT HALF THAT. LITTLE OVER HALF OF THAT. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE BALANCE DID GO TOWARDS THE LEGAL EFFORTS TO GET US TO THE PLACE THAT WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. AGAIN, WE'LL WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS TO GET THESE PROJECTS EXECUTED WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: GO AHEAD. I'LL GO OFF ON A RANT. >>LUIS VIERA: I HEREBY WITHDRAW MY STATEMENT ON THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES. THANK YOU, MR. BHIDE, FOR CORRECTING THE RECORD ON THAT. MY APOLOGIES. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST DOWN RIGHT THEFT AND BAD GOVERNMENT OF WHAT HAS JUST TRANSPIRED HERE. WE'RE TALKING OVER I THINK CLOSE TO $250 MILLION, QUOTE, UNQUOTE, LEGAL FEES. ANYBODY WANTS TO SAY DAMN THE LAWYERS, DAMN THE LAWYERS AND DAMN THE POLITICIANS IN TALLAHASSEE. I'M SORRY, YOU THINK YOU'VE GOT GOD LEGISLATORS REPRESENTING YOU IN TALLAHASSEE. LOOK AT THIS. THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY DOING. DON'T LISTEN TO WHAT THEY TELL YOU THEY ARE DOING, LOOK AT WHAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY DOING. THEY JUST STOLE YOUR MONEY. ESPECIALLY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, YOU LOOK AT THIS MAP, LOOK AT THE RED DOTS, GOD BLESS THEM. THEY REPRESENTED THEMSELVES. WHAT HAPPENED WAS TALLAHASSEE SENT THE MONEY TO THE COUNTY AND THEN THE COUNTY REDISTRIBUTED. GUESS WHAT HAPPENED, THEY TOOK ALL THE MONEY. HOW MANY PROJECTS ARE IN THE COUNTY? HOW MANY PROJECTS ARE IN THE CITY? IT'S LIKE NOTHING. YOU KNOW WHAT I WOULD HAVE SAID TO THE FRICKING COUNTY, PAVE YOUR ROADS IN THE COUNTY FIRST -- IN THE CITY. TAKE THE MONEY -- WHAT YOU'VE NEGLECTED YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR. MOST OF THE COMPLAINTS I GET ABOUT THE ROADS IN THE CITY, THEY ARE NOT EVEN CITY ROADS. THEY ARE COUNTY ROADS BECAUSE THE COUNTY DOESN'T MAINTAIN THEIR PROPERTY THAT THEY ARE LEGALLY OBLIGATED TO PAY FOR IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. AND THE PEOPLE THAT VOTED FOR THIS ON THE COUNTY COMMISSION SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES THAT THEY LET THE CITY HANG. THE TAXES, BECAUSE THE COMMERCE HAPPENS WITHIN THE CITY BOUNDARIES. THESE TAXES, A SUPER AMOUNT OF THESE TAXES WERE COLLECTED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF TAMPA. WE HAVE HAD OUR POCKETS PICKED. EVERY PERSON THAT LIVES IN THE CITY OF TAMPA SHOULD BE OUTRAGED BY WHEN THEY LOOK AT THIS MAP AND THEY LOOK AT WHAT THE PEOPLE -- THEY ELECTED TO REPRESENT THEM IN TALLAHASSEE AND THE COUNTY COMMISSION DID TO THE CITY OF TAMPA ON THIS MAP. IT IS SHAMEFUL AND A DISGRACE. ANYBODY ELSE? >>LYNN HURTAK: I'LL MOVE 36 AND 37. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK TO MOVE ITEMS 36 AND 37. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA AND COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, YOU HAD SOMETHING. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'LL VOTE AGAINST IT. I WILL BE CRITICIZED LATER ON IN LIFE, BUT I'M TIRED OF GETTING PUSHED AROUND, TELLING ME THIS IS WHAT YOU GOT, TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT, HELL WITH YOU. I'M TELLING THEM, THE HELL WITH YOU TOO. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION. CAN WE GET COUNCILMAN CARLSON ON SCREEN SO WE CAN TAKE A VOTE WITH HIM? COUNCILMAN CARLSON, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY? >>BILL CARLSON: NO. WE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE IN THIS BECAUSE THE WAY THE LEGISLATURE BROUGHT IT DOWN. SO I'LL VOTE FOR IT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NO. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH CLENDENIN AND MIRANDA VOTING NO AND MANISCALCO BEING ABSENT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OKAY. THE NEXT ONE WILL BE MUCH MORE PLEASANT, I'M SURE. ITEM 39, STORMWATER. >>VIK BHIDE: 38. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I'M SORRY. 38. >>VIK BHIDE: VIK BHIDE, MOBILITY. HERE TO ADDRESS ITEM 38. I'M JOINED BY BRIAGE ROGER, OUR OPERATIONS MANAGER. BRIAN OVERSEES A TEAM OF OVER 160 PEOPLE ACROSS TRANSPORTATION AND STORMWATER OPERATIONS THAT HELPS WITH ADMINISTRATION. THIS IS OUR MONTHLY STORMWATER REPORT THAT WAS REQUESTED JUST TO SHOW WHAT MAINTENANCE WE DO ON THE STORMWATER SIDE. UNDERSTANDABLY, GIVEN THE INTENSE STORM SEASON THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR. SO THIS IS THE OVERALL WORK EFFORT. >>LYNN HURTAK: CAN I SEE IT. THANK YOU. >>VIK BHIDE: THIS IS THE OVERALL WORK EFFORT FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE DONE WORK ON DIFFERENT CULVERTS AND PIPES OVER 589 MILES. 186 MILES OF DITCHES, 886 OUTFALLS TOTAL. THESE ARE BOTH RIVER AND SALTWATER OUTFALLS. WORKED ON ALL OF OUR PUMP STATIONS. WORK CONTINUES. WE'RE ON TARGET TO HAVE ALL OF THE GENERATORS ACTIVE AND IN PLACE AT ALL OF THE PUMP STATIONS BEFORE JUNE 1st. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON HEAD WALLS, OVER A MILE OF THAT AND THEN RETENTION PONDS, ABOUT 150 RETENTION PONDS, AND THEN A LARGE NUMBER OF INLETS AND MANHOLES AND, OF COURSE, ABOUT 1900 MILES OF STREET SWEEPING ACROSS 32 ROUTES. OUR STREET SWEEPING IS PART OF OUR STORMWATER OPERATIONS BECAUSE STREET SWEEPING REMOVES POLLUTANTS FROM THE STREET WHICH IMPACTS WATER QUALITY, WHICH IS PART OF OUR MS 4 PERMIT, WHICH IS THE MUNICIPALLY SEPARATED STORM SEWER SYSTEMS WHICH IS A PERMIT WE WORK UNDER AND OPERATE UNDER. WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 62 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES UNDER BRIAN'S LEADERSHIP. HE DOES HAVE A STORMWATER CHIEF THAT'S INCLUDED AS PART OF THE 62 THAT OVERSEES MULTIPLE CREWS AND VARIOUS FUNCTIONS. LOOKING AT OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE, WE'RE STILL HOLDING A LARGE NUMBER OF CAVE-IN CALLS. A VERY LARGE NUMBER. ON THAT, JUST YESTERDAY, JURELL TURNER, THE OPERATIONS CHIEF FOR STORMWATER, BRIAN AND I WORKED WITH OUR PURCHASING TEAM TO INITIATE A $1 MILLION CONTRACT TO ADDRESS CAVE-INS. WE'RE GETTING CONTRACTOR SUPPORT AS WELL THAT'S IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW. WE CONTINUE TO DO A WHOLE BUNCH OF CURB, GUTTER, MANHOLES AND ALL KINDS OF WORK. AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT OUR CALLS BY MONTH, OF COURSE, THEY ARE KIND OF STEADY BUT IN THE MONTH OF MARCH, WE HAD ABOUT 161 CALLS, AND THEY REDUCED AS STORM SEASON HAS BEEN FURTHER AND FURTHER BEHIND US. CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE BELOW. THAT IS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE 161. THE MOST PREVALENT CALL FOR SERVICE IS DRAINAGE AND BACKUP ISSUES. NOW, THE TYPE OF CALLS WILL CHANGE DEPENDING ON STORM SEASON VERSUS DRY SEASON. SO AT LAST MONTH'S REPORT, BRIAN HAD SAID THAT WE WOULD BE WORKING ON THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT YOU SAW ON THE TOP. MOST OF THESE ARE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE MOST AFFECTED BY THE FLOODING. UNIVERSITY SQUARE, NORTH TAMPA, FOREST HILLS, BEACH PARK, PALMA CEIA PINES, AND MANY OTHERS. SO WE HAVE WORKED ON THE SYSTEM IN ALL OF THESE AREAS. SOME OF THE AREAS LIKE PALMA CEIA PINES AND BEACH PARK ARE STILL ONGOING WORK, BUT WE'VE EITHER COMPLETED OR AT ALL OF THESE LOCATIONS. THE SPECIFICS OF THE WORK ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE LISTED BELOW. BUT 2900 MILES OF DITCHES, RE-GRADED. ALSO INITIATING A CONTRACT FOR DITCH GRADING, THANKS TO COUNCIL FOR MAKING THAT FUNDING AVAILABLE, AND WE'LL PUT THAT TO GOOD USE IMMEDIATELY. OVER 500 TONS OF DEBRIS REMOVED. AND YOU DID APPROVE A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT HELPS US MOVE THAT DEBRIS ONTO TRUCKS AND THEN WE HAUL IT OUT. AND THEN 82 MILES OFF DITCHES -- AGAIN, 35,000 LINEAR FEET OF PIPES MAINTAINED. OVER 450 STRUCTURES MAINTAINED AND THEN 17 OUTFALL INSPECTIONS. AFTER INSPECTIONS, THEY EITHER DO WHATEVER MAINTENANCE THEY CAN THEN OR SCHEDULE THAT. AND IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, WHETHER WE USE A SPIDER, WHICH IS A SPECIAL PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, WHICH IS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED. WE HAVE TO IMPORT IT, I BELIEVE. IT HAD TO BE IMPORTED. WE'LL BE COMING MAYBE NEXT YEAR TO ASK FOR A REPLACEMENT FOR THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. AND THEN THE BREAKDOWN OF STREET SWEEPING AS WELL. ADDITIONAL WORK THAT THE TEAM HAS BEEN DOING -- RATHER WORK-PLAN FOR APRIL WILL BE IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THAT CLUSTER RAS PARK, LOWRY PARK, UNIVERSITY SQUARE. CONTINUE TO WORK THERE. ARMENIA GARDENS, DREW PARK, McFARLAND PARK, MIDTOWN AND WELLS WOOD. I DO WANT TO SAY THAT OUR TEAM IS CURRENTLY WORKING SIX DAYS A WEEK. THAT IS ADDITIONAL TIME OVER AND ABOVE OUR NORMAL TIME. WE ARE USING MOSTLY OVERTIME, BUT ALSO MOVING OTHER RESOURCES AROUND. THEY HAVE BEEN OUT THERE. WE WILL STAY ON IT. WE FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT MAINTAINING THE EXISTING SYSTEM AS IS TO THE BEST POSSIBLE CONDITION. HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON. THIS IS THE COPELAND PARK PUMP STATION THAT'S BEING CONSTRUCTED RIGHT NOW. CAVE-IN REPAIRS AT HABANA AND SOME BEFORE-AND-AFTER PICTURES. THIS IS BEFORE, DURING, AND, AGAIN, MORE BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER PICTURES OF AN INLET TOP REPAIR. A LOT OF THE INLET TOPS HAVE SUNK DUE TO THE CONDITIONS UNDER THEM. SOIL CONDITIONS. POND MAINTENANCE, GRADING DITCH, BEFORE, DURING, AFTER, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MATERIAL THAT GETS REMOVED AND VEGETATION THAT GETS CLEARED AND HAULED AWAY. MORE DITCH GRADING. THIS IS DE SOTO HEIGHTS BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER. BEFORE, DURING CONSTRUCTION WITH OUR TEAMS OUT THERE, AND AFTER. YOU'LL SEE MUCH OF THAT MATERIAL REMOVED AND THE FLOW LINES ESTABLISHED SO THE WATER IS CHANNELIZED APPROPRIATELY. AND THEN THIS IS JUST AN INTERNAL REPORT, BUT DURING OUR STAFF MEETINGS, WE GO OVER OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT PROCUREMENT TEAM, A TEAM OF ABOUT EIGHT PEOPLE THAT HELP US WITH EVERYTHING FROM LEGAL TO TRACKING. THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT TAKE THE CALLS DURING THE DAY AND THEN WE HAVE A CALL SERVICE CENTER AT NIGHT. AGAIN, THE NUMBER TO CALL 813-274-3101 FOR ANY STORM-RELATED CONCERNS, BUT WE TRACK ALL KINDS OF CONCERNS AND INBOUND VERSUS TCC, THAT RATIO IS IMPORTANT FOR US ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE WANT MORE TAMPA CONNECT CALLS THE AND FEWER INBOUND CALLS. BECAUSE INBOUND CALLS REQUIRE PEOPLE ANSWERING THEM AND THEN ADDITIONAL COORDINATION WHEREAS -- AND THAT IS A VERY HEALTHY RATIO AS YOU COMPARE US TO MAYBE OTHER DEPARTMENTS. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO KIND OF ABSORB THAT. AND THEN WE TRACK OUR POSITIONS AS WELL. OUR VACANCY RATE IS 7%, WHICH IS ABOUT AS HEALTHY AS IT HAS BEEN IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, I WOULD SAY. AND THAT'S FOR VARIOUS REASONS. IN GENERAL, HIRING IS A CHALLENGE. THE DISTRIBUTION OF CALLS BY DISTRICT, WE TRACK THAT AS WELL SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, AND THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. OUR TEAM LOOKS AT HOW MANY WORK ORDERS WERE CREATED AND HOW MANY WERE COMPLETED. NOW, THIS ISN'T A ONE-TO-ONE CORRELATION BECAUSE A LOT OF WORK ORDERS CREATED TODAY MIGHT BE WORKED ON SEVERAL MONTHS FROM NOW, BUT GIVES US AN IDEA OF WHAT'S COMING IN VERSUS WHAT'S GETTING OUT. AND THEN THE TYPE OF FIX IT FAST REQUEST, TYPICALLY POTHOLES ARE THE HIGHEST, OF COURSE, BUT WE MONITOR THAT BECAUSE IF THERE IS A LOT OF CRITICAL SIGN DOWN REQUESTS, WE WANT TO KNOW WHERE THOSE ARE AT, BECAUSE THEY ARE STOP SIGNS AND YIELD SIGNS THAT IMPACT SAFETY DIRECTLY. FINALLY, BY DIVISION, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THE FIVE DIVISIONS. NOW, I WILL SAY THAT PARKING DOES HAVE THEIR OWN CALL CENTER, AND THEY DO A LOT OF INTAKE AS WELL. SO THESE TEN CALLS ARE WHAT COMES IN TO OUR CALL CENTER WITH CAP TEAM. THE PARKING TEAM THEMSELVES GET HUNDRED OF CALLS AS YOU CAN IMAGINE EVERY MONTH. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MR. BHIDE, THANK YOU. VERY ENCOURAGING TO SEE THE AMOUNT OF WORK. THANK YOU. >>LYNN HURTAK: SAME. I DON'T ANTICIPATE THESE GOING ON FOREVER, BUT A FEW MONTHS JUST TO REALLY SHOW THE PUBLIC WHAT WE'RE DOING I THINK IS INVALUABLE. AGAIN, YOUR DEPARTMENT DOES A REALLY GREAT JOB WITH CLEAR REPORTS. I WANT TO REALLY THANK YOU FOR THAT. I KNOW THIS REPORT WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE. WHAT IS YOUR WEBSITE? >>VIK BHIDE: ABSOLUTELY. THIS IS ON THE WEBSITE RIGHT NOW. IT'S TAMPA.GOV/MOBILITY. IF YOU SCROLL ALL THE WAY DOWN, YOU HAVE THE MOST CURRENT PAVING REPORT AS WELL AS STORMWATER MAINTENANCE REPORT. WE HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON TAMPA.GOV/METRICS AS WELL, AND THAT OFFERS MORE INFORMATION. THEN JUST AS A GENERAL PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT, ON APRIL 16, AND THE NOTICES SHOULD GO OUT BY TOMORROW, WE WILL BE HOLDING A VIRTUAL PUBLIC WORKSHOP TO AGAIN, APPRISE ALL NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE MAINTENANCE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. WE WILL BE TAKING QUESTIONS. WE'LL BE ADDRESSING THAT AS WELL. IN FACT, OUR WHOLE TEAM WILL BE HERE IN CHAMBERS FOR THAT WORKSHOP. IT'S FROM 6 TO 7 P.M. ON APRIL 16. AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT THEIR QUESTIONS AS PART OF THE REGISTRATION PROCESS. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. THAT'S WONDERFUL. IF YOU COULD SEND THAT INFORMATION TO ALL OF OUR OFFICES, THAT WAY WE CAN SEND IT OUT FOR YOU AS WELL, THAT SOUNDS WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I GREATLY APPRECIATE THIS FABULOUS REPORT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO THANK YOU. SAME THING AS COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK SPOKE ABOUT. YOUR WHOLE DIVISION IS UNDER PRESSURE TO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO NOW AND YOU HAVE TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE AND FIX THE PAST. YOU ARE IN A VERY PRECARIOUS POSITION THAT YOU HAVE TO DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. THAT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT. DOING A GREAT JOB GETTING IT DONE. I'LL GIVE YOU THREE MORE I SAW JUST YESTERDAY. AT THE CORNER OF GLEN HEADING SOUTH, ABOUT THREE BLOCKS BEFORE SPRUCE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, YOU HAD A HORSE THERE WHERE YOU MAKE A RIGHT-HAND TURN. THE ROAD HAS DONE WELL, THE DITCH, THEY DON'T HAVE NOTHING -- THE ROAD CAVED IN ON THE EXIT TO THE WESTERN PART OF THE ROAD. THEN YOU HAVE ON GLEN HEADING SOUTH AND THEN THE ONE -- CAVE-IN ALSO ON 3124 -- I SAW THE ADDRESS LAST NIGHT GOING HOME, TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD AND LINCOLN. THAT ONE THERE. BOTHERS ME A LOT BECAUSE IT HAS COMPLETE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE DITCH CAVING IN AND A DRIVEWAY THAT GOES IN AND OUT FOR THE RESIDENTS TO HAVE THAT. I'M AFRAID THAT'S GOING TO CAVE IN. THEN ONE MORE ON LINCOLN ALSO -- HATE TO BOTHER YOU WITH THIS -- ON LINCOLN HEADING AGAIN NORTH ON LINCOLN ABOUT THREE BLOCKS, I FORGOT THE NAME OF THE STREET, ABOUT THREE BLOCKS BEFORE TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD, RIGHT-HAND SIDE. SAME THING. VEHICLES MAKING THE TURN AND THAT ROADWAY SUNK INTO THE DITCH. I'M LETTING YOU KNOW WHAT I SAW. AGAIN THANK YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT FOR DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB. IF YOU NEED ANY HELP, I'LL HELP YOU ON WEEKENDS. >>VIK BHIDE: THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DON'T GIVE HIM A BACKHOE. NOTHING WITH ELECTRICITY. >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE ONE TOO. YOU JUST REMINDED ME. >>VIK BHIDE: OUR STAFF WATCHES THE MEETINGS. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, J.T. IS MAKING A NOTE OF THIS RIGHT NOW. >>LYNN HURTAK: THE ALLEY BETWEEN HANNA AND IDLEWILD BETWEEN TAMPA STREET AND HIGHLAND HAS MULTIPLE CAVE-INS. I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHY. IT'S JUST KIND OF SUDDEN. THEY ARE SO BAD YOU SIMPLY CAN'T GET A CAR AND QUITE A FEW PEOPLE HAVE VEHICLE ACCESS IN THAT AREA. >>VIK BHIDE: WERE THESE THERE AFTER THE STORMS? >>LYNN HURTAK: AFTER. I WOULD SAY THEY ARE RECENT. PROBABLY THE LAST MONTH OR SO. VERY UNUSUAL. >>VIK BHIDE: THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION FOR THE TEAM TO KNOW. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CCTV, WE CAN'T SEE COUNCILMAN CARLSON. I CAN'T TELL WHETHER HE'S TRYING TO GET OUR ATTENTION OR NOT. ALTHOUGH I'VE NEVER SEEN HIM LOOK BETTER. THERE HE IS. >>BILL CARLSON: YOU LIKE TO SEE ME FROM AFAR. THERE IS A CAVE-IN AT BAYSHORE. I THINK I FORWARDED IT YESTERDAY. I THINK STAFF ARE AWARE OF IT. THAT'S WORRISOME BECAUSE ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS IT COULD AFFECT. HOUSE ADJACENT TO THE ROAD. TOLD THAT IS A BIG ISSUE. I SAW THE CHANNEL 10 STORY THIS MORNING. I WISH THAT IN THE COMMUNICATION THAT YOU ALL COULD SAY THAT YOU APPRECIATE WORKING WITH CITY COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC. WE'RE REALLY CONDUITS FOR THE PUBLIC'S ISSUES. WE GET HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF THESE. AS WE'RE TURNING THEM IN, I THINK IT WOULD BE SMART FOR YOU ALL TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE LISTENING TO THE PUBLIC. THERE'S SCIENCE ATTACHED TO IT BUT ALSO LISTENING TO THE PUBLIC ON WHAT TO DO, THAT WOULD SET THE PUBLIC AT EASE THAT WE ARE ALL LISTENING TO THEM. THE REASON I MENTION CITY COUNCIL IS NOT TO BOOST US, BUT TO SAY THAT WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO TRY TO GET THIS DONE. ONCE WE GET PAST THE IMMEDIATE CRISES, MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE GO, MANY OF THE STAFF MEMBERS HAVE BEEN GOING WITH ME IN POCKETS OF NEIGHBORHOODS. I UNDERSTAND THAT STAFF IS STRETCHED. THE STORMWATER DEPARTMENT MAY WANT TO GET A NEIGHBORHOOD LIAISON BECAUSE I THINK AFTER THIS EMERGENCY, I THINK WHAT WE OUGHT TO DO IS GO EITHER NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD OR STORMWATER BASIN BY STORMWATER BASIN. AGAIN, IT SHOULD BE CITY COUNCIL WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS AND THE STAFF TO TALK ABOUT WHAT YOUR OVERALL STRATEGY IS AND LONG TERM WHAT YOU'RE PLANNING TO DO. THE MESSAGES GETTING OUT ARE NOT SPECIFIC ENOUGH TO ANSWER PEOPLE'S CONCERNS. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION TODAY. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU. REALLY FAST, I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THAT APRIL 16 VIRTUAL MEETING. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. WE ALSO HAVE A MEETING BECAUSE, AGAIN, NORTH TAMPA IS SUCH A BIG HIT. MEETING ON APRIL 14 THAT I CALLED. WE'LL HAVE A STAFF MEMBER THERE. I THANK YOU AND THE ADMINISTRATION FOR ALL YOUR CONSTANT HELP IN EVERYTHING. I REMEMBER, I GUESS MILTON WAS I THINK OCTOBER 9 OR 10, THURSDAY OR FRIDAY. AND TUESDAY YOU ALL WERE OUT THERE AT A COMMUNITY MEETING, VERY DIFFICULT COMMUNITY MEETING AND YOU GUYS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN OUT THERE AND I APPRECIATE THAT. WE'LL HAVE YOU GUYS, BOB ENRIQUEZ WILL BE THERE TO TALK ABOUT TAX ISSUES WITH PEOPLE'S HOMES AND SO FORTH. AND THE IDEA IS KIND OF LIKE YOUR VIRTUAL MEETING, WHICH IS TO TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING FOR THE COMING STORM SEASON. THERE ARE SHORT-TERM ISSUES AND THEN LONG-TERM ISSUES AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT THAT COUNTY, INDEPENDENT REVIEW SAYS ON LONG-TERM THINGS. MASTER PLAN TYPE ISSUES AND ALL THAT. AGAIN, WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS BECAUSE YOU WORK HARD. THANK YOU. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I KNOW YOU MIGHT BE GETTING A LITTLE BORED OF ME, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU GETTING BORED OF ME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WHAT I'M SAYING IS THIS, WE CAN PREPARE ALL WE WANT, BE READY. THE PROBLEM IS, GETTING LARGER ON THE OTHER SIDE. THE BAY IS THREE DEGREES WARMER THAN IT WAS THE WHOLE WINTER. WHAT'S HAPPENING, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S COMING. WE'RE PREPARING THE BEST WE CAN WHILE WE CAN. THIS SEASON, LOOK AT HOW MANY PROBLEMS CLOSE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. KENTUCKY TENNESSEE GEORGIA NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA. THE PROBLEM THEY HAD, THEY NEVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE. MORE TORNADOES THAN EVER BEFORE. THE ANSWER IS WHY? WE DON'T KNOW WHY. I CAN TELL YOU WHY, I DON'T KNOW EITHER. I CAN TELL YOU SOMETHING, IF DON'T TAKE CARE OF NATURE, DOESN'T MATTER WHAT WE DO. SLAP IN THE FACE OF WHAT'S COMING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE THREE MORE ITEMS FOR STAFF REPORTS AND THEN NEW BUSINESS. IF WE COULD KEEP THIS NEXT STAFF REPORT FAIRLY QUICK, WE MAY BE ABLE TO CONCLUDE THIS BEFORE LUNCH. MR. BRAD BAIRD, THE LEGEND. >>BRAD BAIRD: BRAD BAIRD, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE HERE TO TALK ABOUT ITEM 40. GIVE A PRESENTATION ON PIPES. QUICK HISTORY LESSON, PIPES WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 5, 2019. FOUR MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL WERE ACTUALLY ON THAT COUNCIL. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT IS A LARGE INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM IN THE HISTORY OF TAMPA BY FAR. THAT IS THE PRIMARY REASON WE ARE ONE OF EIGHT UTILITIES THAT HAS THREE AAA BOND RATINGS. ONE OF EIGHT IN THE WHOLE UNITED STATES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE THE ENVY OF THE WHOLE UNITED STATES. WITH THAT, I'LL ASK THE TECHNICAL FOLKS IN THE BACK TO PULL UP THE PRESENTATION AND TURN IT OVER TO ERIC AND RORY. >> GOOD MORNING. ERIC WEISS, WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE WASTEWATER PIPES PROGRAM. THE BACKBONE OF THE PROGRAM IS PUTTING TOGETHER MASTER PLANS. WE HAVE THREE GENERAL ASSETS OF OUR SYSTEM. ONE, OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, THE HOWARD CURREN TREATMENT PLANT. SECOND IS THE WASTEWATER PUMPING STATIONS, 230 OF THESE ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF TAMPA AND LAST, THE ACTUAL PIPES GOING DOWN THE STREET COLLECTING THE WASTEWATER. I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT. ON THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE PIPES, THE ACTUAL PIPES IN THE GROUND, ANOTHER BACKBONE OF THAT MASTER PLAN, IT ALL STARTS WITH WE CLEAN OUR PIPES. EVER SEEN THE BIG TRUCKS WITH ORANGE BARREL ON THE BACK GOING THROUGH TOWN, WE CLEAN THE INSIDE OF THE PIPES, RIGHT BEHIND THEM IN ANOTHER TRUCK, A WHITE TRUCK THAT WE STICK A TV CAMERA DOWN THERE AND ASSESS THE CONDITION OF THE PIPE. BY DOING THAT, WE CONSTANTLY UPDATE THAT MASTER PLAN BECAUSE WE HAVE NEW INFORMATION, SCORES IT. WHY I BROUGHT THIS UP IS EARLIER UNDER CONSENT AGENDA, THERE WERE TWO SEWER CLEANERS THAT YOU APPROVED, SO THANK YOU. THE NEXT THING IS, WHAT HAVE WE DONE SO FAR? SINCE THE START OF IT, WE AWARDED $614 MILLION IN THOSE THREE AREAS. THAT'S AN ADDITION -- SINCE WE DID THE UPDATE SIX MONTHS AGO, ABOUT 153 MILLION. OF THAT WAS DONE, A SIGNIFICANT MAJORITY OF THAT WAS ONE PROJECT AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND IT HAS TO DO WITH THE SOLIDS HANDLING FACILITY. IT'S REALLY SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY. YOU'LL HEAR MORE COMING IN MY QUICK PRESENTATION. THE STANDARD BACK THEN IN THE 1950s AND '60s WHEN IT WAS BUILT, YOU PUT THE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT IN GEAR BELOW GRADE IN A BASEMENT SO YOU DON'T SEE IT. WELL, WITH THE RECENT HURRICANES, WE BARELY MADE IT THROUGH. WE PUT UP FLOOD BOARDS TO TRY TO STOP IT FROM OVERFLOWING AND WE JUST BARELY DID THAT. WHAT THIS PROJECT DOES IS BRING THE EQUIPMENT FROM BELOW GRADE INTO NEW ONES ABOVE THE HUNDRED-YEAR FLOODPLAIN. THE OTHER ONE PART OF THE $153 MILLION NEW FROM SIX MONTHS AGO IS THE NEW FLEET FACILITY AT THE WASTEWATER PLANT. NEXT SLIDE HAS TO DO WITH, WOW, WE DID THIS IN 2019, PRE-COVID, PRE-INFLATION, I KEPT THIS SLIDE THE SAME. MOST OF THE INFLATION IS AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. WE ACTUALLY SAW VERY LITTLE HIGH INFLATION WHERE WE FIX OUR PIPES BECAUSE IT'S REALLY WHERE YOU PUT THE LINER IN. THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPANIES THAT DO THAT, THEY ARE IN AND OUT QUICK AND JUST A LABOR FUNCTION MORE THAN IT IS ANY KIND OF ROTATING EQUIPMENT. BUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS UPDATE OUR MASTER PLAN AT THE TREATMENT PLANT. IT'S NOT THE WHOLE THING OF POPULATION. WE JUST WANT TO SAY HERE'S WHAT IS LEFT, GIVE US AN UPDATED COST FOR WHAT'S LEFT TO DO WITH THE PLANT IN THE MASTER PLAN. REALLY THE SECOND THING IS, NEW REGULATIONS. A LOT OF NEW REGULATIONS WITH FOREVER CHEMICALS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR SOLIDS WHEN DONE TREATING IT. WE KIND OF WANT TO LOOK AT THOSE TOO AND SHOULD MAKE PROGRESS BY THE TIME WE COME BACK TO YOU IN SIX MONTHS. WANT TO HIGHLIGHT STATUS TWO OF PROJECTS. IF YOU'VE BEEN DOWN BAYSHORE AND SEE A BIG GREEN FENCE, THAT IS THE WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT. REAL QUICK, $18 MILLION PROJECT, SAME THING I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, THEY BUILT IN THE 1950s AND '60s, BUILT THE STATION BELOW GRADE. WHAT THIS PROJECT DOES IS PUT IN A NEW BUILDING ABOVE GRADE, ALL THE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT. IT HAS A DOOR, SUBMARINE STYLE DOOR SO WE CAN CLOSE IT WHEN STORMS COME. IT'S ON SCHEDULE. TWO GOOD THINGS ABOUT THIS PROJECT, ONE, WE REALLY GOD AHEAD I THINK IN THE PLANNING STAGE. WE MET WITH THE TOWER RESIDENTS THERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND TALKED ABOUT, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PLANNING, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? WE DID THAT RIGHT BEFORE CONSTRUCTION. I'VE HEARD VERY LITTLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SO FAR. AGAIN, WE'RE ON SCHEDULE. DO WANT TO MENTION ONE MORE THING ABOUT THIS, WE HAD WASTEWATER OVERFLOWS IN THE COACHMAN AREA DURING THE HURRICANES. THIS WILL SIGNIFICANTLY HELP THAT OVERFLOW. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT'S GOING TO FIX IT, BUT IT WILL SUBSTANTIALLY DO IT WHILE WE WORK ON OTHER PROJECTS. UPDATE MY LAST PROJECT, SAME THEME. $80 MILLION PROJECT AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. THIS IS WHERE WE REMOVED THE CARBON FROM THE WASTEWATER. REALLY CONSISTS OF SEVEN LARGE PUMPS IN THE BASEMENT AND WE'RE JUST ABOUT DONE. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DONE IN DECEMBER OF '26. WE'VE BUILT A NEW BUILDING TO RAISE UP ALL THE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT. THAT IS THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT. IT'S OPERATIONAL, AND IT HAS SEVEN OF THESE PUMPS. THREE OF THEM ARE ONLINE. A FOURTH IS SUPPOSED TO BE ONLINE BEFORE THE START OF THE RAINY SEASON AND THEY'LL FINISH UP THIS FALL. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO RORY TO TALK ABOUT THE WATER DEPARTMENT. >> RORY JONES. WATER DEPARTMENT. IF I COULD GET THE PRESENTATION. SO THE ORIGINAL VISION OF OUR PIPES PROGRAM AS IT RELATES TO THE WATER DEPARTMENT, WE HAD A HEALTHY DOSE -- HEALTHY BALANCE BETWEEN TREATMENT PLANT RELATED WORK AND PIPELINE RELATED WORK. SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD HERE, BUT THE COVID IN THE CONSTRUCTION MARKET REALLY SHIFT OUR PRIORITIES, REASSESS HOW WE APPROACH THIS. EVEN THOUGH THE MARKETS HAVE CHANGED, WE'VE SUCCESSFULLY AWARDED SOME OF THE MOST CRITICAL PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE FOCUSED AROUND THE TREATMENT PLANT FACILITY. WE'VE MADE DELIBERATE DECISIONS TO PRIORITIZE THE PLANT-RELATED WORK OVER PIPELINE. THAT'S REALLY BECAUSE OF THE CONSEQUENCE OF FAILURE. IT HAS A GREATER CONSEQUENCE OF FAILURE AT THE PLANT. REGULATORY COMPLIANCE TO MEET LONG-TERM CAPACITY ISSUES. PIPELINE WORK IS STILL HAPPENING THOUGH. DUE TO COST ESCALATIONS, WE'RE ADVANCING A LITTLE MORE SLOWLY AND STRATEGICALLY. THE DEFERRED COSTS, REALLY, COST ESCALATIONS HAS HAD IMPACT. WE'RE NOW DEFERRING ABOUT EIGHT YEARS OF PIPELINE. HARD DECISIONS BUT NECESSARY ONES TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THE MOST IMPACT FOR OUR MONEY. THE DEFERRED PROJECTS AREN'T CANCELED THOUGH. WE'LL DO THESE. WE ARE JUST TAKING A LITTLE DIFFERENT APPROACH WITH IT. I'LL GET INTO THAT IN A LITTLE BIT. WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THE FLAGSHIP PROJECTS. THIS IS A FAIRLY NEW PICTURE REPRESENTING OUR FILTER BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS APPROVED RECENTLY. $150 MILLION PROJECT THAT IMPROVES OUR WATER QUALITY, SYSTEM RELIABILITY AND ADDING 20 MGD CAPACITY. IT ALSO GIVES US A WAY TO SERVICE THE EXISTING FILTERS DURING PEAK TIMES. THIS IS NEEDED CAPACITY FOR US. WE'RE PROUD TO SAY THAT WE DID EXCEED THE EBO GOAL ON THIS ONE, WITH $31 MILLION GOING TO CERTIFIED FIRMS, EVEN IN A TOUGH MARKET. YOU CAN SEE REALLY THE YELLOW FOOTPRINT OF WHERE THIS IS GOING. RECENTLY WE HAD THE LARGEST CRANE TOWER ERECTED THERE AT THE BASE OF THE -- WITHIN THE YELLOW BASIN THERE, THAT YOU MIGHT RECEIVE PHONE CALLS ON. IT IS A SAFE DISTANCE FROM POWER POLES AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND THERE. IT'S GOT A BASE THAT IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT THAT, THAT TOWER CRANE. ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE HERE LOOKING TOWARDS THE WEST, YOU CAN SEE PIPELINE GOING INTO THE MIDDLE. BECAUSE THIS WAS A DESIGN-BUILD PROJECT, WE WERE ABLE TO PERFORM SOME WORK ASSOCIATED WITH THE CHEMICAL SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS, LOWER RIGHT-HAND SIDE, WHILE THEY WERE OPENING UP THE ROADWAYS THERE, WE PUT IN SOME PIPELINE, ULTIMATELY SAVED US $750,000 TO DO IT WHEN THE OTHER CREW WAS PERFORMING THE OTHER WORK. ANOTHER BENEFIT TO THE DESIGN-BUILD. HERE IS A GENERAL THREE DIMENSIONAL PERSPECTIVE OF IT, THE BUILDING ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE IS THE NEW BUILDING. BUILDING ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE IS THE EXISTING FILTERS. NEW FILTERS WILL BE COVERED. THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER, MORE EFFICIENT, HAVE HIGHER CAPACITY WITH LESS BAYS. ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE WITH THE ROOF PEELED OFF DIGITALLY HERE. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE SECOND PROJECT, THE WATER PUMP STATION. THIS PUMP STATION MODERNIZES OUR INTAKE SYSTEM FROM THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER, REPLACING PURPOSE OF THAT DATE BACK TO ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE PLANT, ALMOST A HUNDRED YEARS OLD. THIS ADDS ELECTRICAL REDUNDANCY AND REDUNDANCY WITHIN THE CHANNELS THEMSELVES. GIVES US THE ABILITY TO MAINTAIN SERVICE WHILE TAKING OUT COMPONENTS AND WE'RE ABLE TO MAINTAIN AND REHAB FACILITIES WHEN NECESSARY. THIS INVESTMENT REALLY INCLUDES -- IMPROVES RAW WATER INTAKE BY INCREASING RELIABILITY AND REDUNDANCY. HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES HERE, YOU CAN SEE THE NEW INTAKE. IT'S GOING TO BE A COMPLETELY NEW STRUCTURE. KIND OF SEE AN OVERHEAD VIEW THERE OF HOW IT WILL PROTRUDE OUT IN THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER. HERE IS A QUICK PLAN VIEW OF THE TOP OF IT. EACH ONE OF THE CHANNELS WILL KIND OF TAKE WATER IN THROUGH AUTOMATIC SCREENS. HERE IS A SIDE VIEW OF THAT. THAT SLANTED PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THERE IS THAT AUTOMATIC SCREEN THAT FILTERS OUT ANY FLOATABLES OR THINGS THAT WE GET FROM THE RIVER. ONCE AGAIN, A THREE DIMENSIONAL PERSPECTIVE OF THIS AS WELL. SO WHILE WE'RE DEFERRING SOME LARGE SCALE PIPELINE REPLACEMENT PROJECTS, WE'RE NOT STANDING STILL. WE ARE STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH PIPELINE WORK. AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE HAVE AMPED UP THE USE OF OUR CONSTRUCTION CREW. WE'RE LOOKING TO ADD MORE PROJECTS TO THE ARSENAL. YOU'LL SEE STUFF IN FUTURE AGENDAS THAT WE HAVE TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC ON LARGER SCALE PROJECTS, BUT THEY ARE HELPING TO KEEP SOME OF OUR COSTS DOWN. WE'RE ALSO PRIORITIZING CRITICAL VALVES WHICH ALLOWS TO US ISOLATE AND MINIMIZE MAIN BREAKS. WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THOSE. WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME PIPELINE, AND WE'LL EVENTUALLY CATCH UP, BUT THE HIGHER PRIORITY NEEDS RIGHT NOW ARE THE TREATMENT PLANT RELATED PROJECTS. WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE OF US. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT WAS SO COMPREHENSIVE I DON'T KNOW, OTHER THAN SAYING KUDOS TO YOU. ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO BOTH WASTEWATER AND WATER BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO BE -- SOME OTHER CITIES, COUNTIES, AND STATES ARE VERY ENVIOUS OF WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING. YOU AND YOUR TEAM OF EMPLOYEES YOU HAVE WORKING THERE, WAY ABOVE BEING SUPERIOR, BUT THANK YOU ALSO FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU MUST WALK AROUND THESE CONFERENCES YOU GO TO WITH YOUR CHEST THROWN OUT, LIKE THE QUARTERBACK ON CAMPUS. >> NO, BUT MAYBE EVENTUALLY. MAYBE EVENTUALLY. THAT'S NOT MY STYLE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, YOU HAVE SOMETHING? >>LYNN HURTAK: I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. YOU ARE ALWAYS SHOWING GREAT PRESENTATIONS. LIKE I SAID EARLIER, I WAS JUST AT THE WATER DEPARTMENT, AND I'LL PROBABLY COME BACK TO WASTEWATER TOO. IT'S BEEN A WHILE. TO SEE ALL THE PROJECTS YOU'RE DOING. IT'S JUST REALLY NEAT TO SEE IT GOING FORWARD. WE'RE SO LUCKY THAT THIS PROJECT STARTED WHEN IT DID. AND THAT WE HAVE THIS WONDERFUL MASTER PLAN, EVEN IF WE HAVE TO DEFER PROJECTS. IT'S REALLY GREAT TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A PLAN. THAT IS PRETTY MUCH -- YOU CAN'T DO MUCH WITHOUT THE PLAN. YOU'RE JUST FILLING GAPS. I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU BOTH. YOU'RE DOING GREAT WORK WITH THE MONEY WE HAVE, AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT HAPPENS IN SIX MORE MONTHS. >> THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NORMALLY YOU SIT HERE ALL DAY AND HERE UNTIL 4:00 WHEN WE GET TO YOUR PRESENTATION. YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO TO LUNCH. CONGRATULATIONS. THANKS FOR COMING OUT TODAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 41. THAT WAS WITH MS. COTTON OR MS. FEELEY. MR. COTTON, I SEE YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE TO KICK THIS OFF? >>ERIC CO >> DENNIS FERNANDEZ WITH HISTORIC PRESENTATION. I'LL BE PRESENTING SOME SLIDES DEALING WITH YBOR CITY PARKING LOTS UNDER ITEM 41. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE SCREEN WAS VERY SMALL. WE ASSUMED IT WAS COTTON BECAUSE THE SCREEN WAS SMALL. WE CAN IDENTIFY THAT IT IS YOU, MR. FERNANDEZ. >> THANK YOU. IF I COULD SHARE MY SCREEN, PLEASE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HE'S LOOKING TO SHARE HIS SCREEN. WE'RE GETTING THERE. WE SEE YOUR DESKTOP. WE CAN SEE YOUR DESKTOP. >>LYNN HURTAK: THERE YOU GO. >> VERY GOOD. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MOTION. WE SEE THAT SCREEN. >> OKAY. JUST MOVING INTO -- MOVING INTO THE MOTION WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT ON THE ONGOING EFFORT IN YBOR CITY FOR PARKING LOT AND SOME OF THE NEW PROCESSES PUT IN PLACE WITH THE CODE CHANGES THAT OCCURRED LAST OCTOBER. THIS INFORMATION BELOW WAS PROVIDED BY MR. O'CONNOR THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT IS CONDUCTING INSPECTIONS OF THE PAVED PARKING LOTS. CURRENTLY ALL HAVE BEEN OBSERVED TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CODE. I THINK THAT'S CONSISTENT INFORMATION WITH WHAT HE PRESENTED AT THE LAST UPDATE. IN RELATION TO THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS PROCESS, WHICH DEALS WITH THE LAYOUT AND APPEARANCE OF THE LOTS, BACK IN 2024, APRIL, ABOUT A YEAR AGO, WE OPENED 24 ENFORCEMENT CASES OF THE 72 LOTS THAT EXIST IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. OF THOSE 24, 20 ACTUALLY APPEARED BEFORE THE CODE ENFORCEMENT MAGISTRATE IN JULY OF LAST YEAR. AT THAT TIME, FOUR WERE DISMISSED AND THAT WAS MAINLY BECAUSE THE OWNERS PRESENTED INFORMATION THAT THEY WERE NOT ACTIVELY USING THOSE LOTS AS PRINCIPAL PARKING LOTS. 16 WERE FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION OF THE VARIOUS SECTIONS UNDER 27-178. THOSE 16 IN VIOLATION SINCE THEN, 7 HAVE BEEN ISSUED CERTIFICATES OF APPROPRIATENESS AND COMPLETED THE IMPROVEMENTS AND DEEMED TO BE COMPLIANT. THREE HAVE HAD BLC APPLICATIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN REVIEW. ACTUALLY, SINCE I DID THIS PowerPoint, ONE OF THOSE HAS ACTUALLY COME INTO COMPLIANCE AS WELL. THAT NUMBER WOULD BE 8 ARE IN COMPLIANCE, 2 CURRENTLY IN REVIEW AND 6 REMAIN NONCOMPLIANT. THOSE 6 THAT ARE NONCOMPLIANT ARE BEING FINED BASED ON THE MAGISTRATE'S ACTION ON FEBRUARY THE 5th. PART OF THE UPDATE IN OCTOBER TO 27-178 DID REQUIRE THAT OPERATORS OF PRINCIPAL USE PARKING LOTS SUBMIT AN ANNUAL OPERATION SECURITY PLAN. JANUARY 1 WAS THE DATE FOR THE FIRST ONE THAT WENT INTO EFFECT. CURRENTLY, THERE ARE 31 LOTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT THAT ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE ANNUAL OPERATION SECURITY PLAN. GIVEN THAT THIS WAS A NEW CODE REQUIREMENT TOWARD THE END OF 2024, WE DID SEND OUT LETTERS TO THE PARKING LOT OWNERS REGARDING THIS REQUIREMENT. SINCE THE JANUARY DATE, 18 REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED, 15 HAVE BEEN VERIFIED AS COMPLETE, 3 STILL HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT NEEDS TO BE SUBMITTED. WE'RE WORKING WITH THOSE OWNERS WHO ARE ENGAGED WITH US. 13 OF THE PARKING LOTS WERE ISSUED CITATIONS IN FEBRUARY. FOR THOSE THAT DID NOT FILE THE REQUIRED REPORT. AS OF MARCH 18, THERE WAS A PREHEARING INSPECTION DONE BY OUR CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER. 11 CASES FAILED AT THAT TIME. TWO OF THE LOTS SUBMITTED AFFIDAVITS THAT THEY WERE NO LONGER GOING TO USE THE LOTS FOR PRINCIPAL USE PARKING. WE HAVE UPCOMING ACTIONS WITHIN THAT ENFORCEMENT PROCESS BOTH ON MAY 26, ANOTHER FINAL INSPECTION PRIOR TO THE JUNE 4 HEARING MAGISTRATE FUNCTION. JUST WANT TO ADD THAT WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING WITH MANY OF THE OPERATORS TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE. WE'RE EXPECTING IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS TO HAVE A MORE THOROUGH NUMBER TOWARDS COMPLETION OF OUR GOAL OF HAVING 100% COMPLIANCE. WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MR. FERNANDEZ. COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: THIS WAS MY MOTION. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. IT SEEMS THAT SLOWLY BUT SURELY WE'RE GETTING THERE. THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS REQUESTED THAT THIS BE MAINTAINED FOR AT LEAST ONE MORE REPORT BECAUSE THEY ARE SAYING THE SAME THING THAT IT'S NOT GOING AS QUICKLY. SO, YEAH, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT BIMONTHLY REPORT. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR THOROUGHNESS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THINGS GO WELL, WE CAN ANTICIPATE REMOVING IT FROM THE SCHEDULE -- >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. IT'S BASICALLY FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY OTHER COUNCIL QUESTIONS? WITH THAT, THANK YOU, MR. FERNANDEZ. WE APPRECIATE IT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 42, OUR LAST >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 42. THE LAST AGENDA ITEM. HERE IS ABSOLUTELY. ABC NEWS GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. ABBYE FEELEY, ADMINISTRATOR. JUST A QUICK UPDATE. CLARION ASSOCIATES AND MYSELF WERE BEFORE YOU LAST MONTH AS PART OF OUR UPDATE. A COUPLE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WANTED A FOLLOW-UP OF CLARION AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING THAT UP. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE CODING. THE FIRST INSTALLMENT OF THE CODE WRITE SOMETHING GETTING UNDER WAY AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT COMING AT THE END OF SUMMER. AND I WILL BE MEETING WITH THE CONSULTANT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. MY REGULAR MEETINGS WITH THEM JUST TO GO OVER MORE DETAILED SCHEDULE OF WHAT WE CAN ANTICIPATE WITH THOSE INSTALLMENTS. SO I WILL HAVE THAT FOR YOU AT NEXT MONTH'S UPDATE. AND I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. I ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU A STATUS UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE AND KEEP YOU INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MISS FEELEY. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST WANT TO SAY I SPEAK TO MISS FEELEY AND ASKED IF SHE WANTED TO EXTEND THESE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE ARE IN BETWEEN AND SHE ASKED TO MAINTAIN THEM BECAUSE THE NICE CONTACT BETWEEN US AND HER OFFICE AND THE PUBLIC AND LETTING US KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING DURING THIS CRITICAL TIME. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I GUESS THEN, WITH THAT THE BALL IS IN YOUR COURT IF YOU NEED TO STRETCH IT OUT SOME, LET US KNOW. COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON. >>GWEN HENDERSON: NO. JUST WANTED TO CHIME IN AND SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I NOTICE YOU TAKING NOTES THE LAST TIME THAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY HERE. AND, YOU KNOW, ALSO MAKING THAT RECOMMENDATION THAT WE FOLLOW-UP AND SPEAK TO THEM, YOU KNOW, AND NOT JUST GO OFF OF OUR INITIAL CONVERSATION. AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. DO YOU KNOW THE POSSIBILITY OF THE DATES, THE TIME FRAME THAT WE CAN ANTICIPATE SPEAKING WITH THEM AGAIN. >>ABBYE FEELEY: I BELIEVE ROSEMARY, MY RIGHT HAND, WILL BE REACHING OUT TO SEE WITH YOUR AIDES WHO ARE INTERESTED IN HAVING THOSE MEETINGS AND WE WILL GET THEM ON THE CALENDARS AS THEY WORK FOR YOU. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MISS FEELEY AND ENJOY YOUR LUNCH. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HANG AROUND FOR US. SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA ITEMS. WE ARE READY FOR SOME NEW BUSINESS. COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I PASS. NO NEW BUSINESS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR. I WANTED TO UPDATE -- OH, THANK YOU. THERE WAS A STAFF REPORT WRITTEN ON THE -- ON THE TAMPA FIRE ON THE RECORDS REQUEST THAT THANKFULLY THAT HAS BEEN RESOLVED. AND SO THAT'S -- THAT IS GREAT TO HEAR. IF GOES WITHOUT SAYING. I DID WANT TO UPDATE PEOPLE VERY BRIEFLY ON THE HURRICANE FUNDS BECAUSE WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF -- A LOT OF CALLS AND INQUIRIES ON IT THAT THE 3.2 MILLION THAT PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO SIGN UP FOR, NO ONE HAS BEEN REJECTED BY IT AS OF YET. EXCEPT IF YOU DON'T LIVE IN CITY LIMITS. A DISPOSITIVE ISSUES THAT DISQUALIFIES YOU FROM IT. THE CASES ARE BASED ON RIGHT NOW INCOME THRESHOLD. SO THEY ARE RIGHT NOW GOING TO A CERTAIN INCOME THRESHOLD AND THEN THE HIGHER YOU GO, YOU SEE WHAT FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE LEFT OVER. THAT MAY VERY WELL HAPPEN. I WANT TO THANK ABBYE FEELEY WHO WAS JUST ON RIGHT NOW AND SHE AND HER OFFICE AND ALL THE STAFF HAVE BEEN AMAZING. ON TUESDAY, TWO MEDIATIONS. TWO CASES TO MEDIATE AND GETTING ALL THESE CALLS AND ABBY DID A AVAILABILITY EVENT TO ANSWER PEOPLE AND I COULDN'T DO IT BECAUSE I HAD A PRIVATE SECTOR OBLIGATION. MY HAT IT OFF TO HER. I THINK SHE DOES A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL JOB. THERE IS CONCERN, AND THESE ISSUES ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR HANDS AND THESE FUNDS WERE RECEIVED FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND THERE ARE MANDATES WITH REGARDS TO INCOME THRESHOLDS. A LOT OF CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE MAY NOT ULTIMATELY BE ELIGIBLE. WE WILL FIND OUT ABOUT THAT. BUT, AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT WITHIN ANY ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE THAT WE GIVE, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF TAMPA WHO -- WHO MAY VERY WELL BE AT RISK OF LOSING THEIR HOMES. WE DON'T WANT THAT ESPECIALLY FOR A LOT OF THESE BLUE COLLAR WORKING-CLASS COMMUNITIES THAT CAN SEE THE COST OF LIVING GO UP WITH INSURANCE AND DIFFERENT THINGS LONG TERM. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FIGHT FOR THEM. AND SO THAT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. AGAIN, I DID WANT TO ESPECIALLY SALUTE ABBY BECAUSE ON TUESDAY, I WISH I COULD HAVE BEEN THERE AND HELPED FURTHER BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T STEP IN. SHE JUST CONTINUED TO LEAD. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. I WANTED TO UPDATE EVERYBODY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, CHAIR. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, THE SUMMER YOUTH INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMPA. APPLICATION PROCESS IS UNDER WAY RIGHT NOW WHERE STUDENTS CAN APPLY FOR SUMMER JOBS THAT LAST EIGHT WEEKS. PAYS $15 AN HOUR. WILL BE IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMPA. I, MYSELF, WILL HAVE SOMEONE WORK INCOME MY OFFICE THIS SUMMER. 103 STUDENTS THAT FILLED OUT APPLICATIONS. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATIONS. REMEMBER CRA, WE MOVED THAT -- THAT -- WE -- WE TOOK AWAY CRA FUNDING FROM A SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM WITHIN EAST TAMPA. A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE UPSET ABOUT THAT, BUT THIS IS THE PROPER PLACEMENT FOR IT AND WE ARE ENCOURAGING TO APPLY. I WANT TO SAY KUDOS TO THE NCAA FOR THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT PROJECT AT RIVER FRONT RECREATION CENTER. THE RENOVATION IS ABSOLUTELY Y'ALL. COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK AND CLENDENIN WAS THERE. JUST A FUN, QUICK TIME CELEBRATING THAT RIBBON CUTTING AND WONDERFUL WORK THAT ENHANCED THE BEAUTIFICATION OF THE REC CENTER HASHTAG, GET THE GIRLS PLAY. I HAVE GIVEN YOU ALL YOU A DOCUMENT. MR. CARLSON, I HAD DARLENE E-MAIL IT TO YOU. LARGE FORMAT DIGITAL MEDIA IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT. I HAD SOME TIME TO REFLECT AND I WANT TO BE VERY THOUGHTFUL IN MY APPROACH, YOU KNOW, AS A NEOPHYTE IN THIS SITUATION. SO I WOULD LIKE TO REVISIT THIS MOTION OF MARCH 13, 2025 WHERE I MOVE FOR THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP TO DRIVE DESIGN STANDARDS AND DRAFT AN ORDINANCE FOR LARGE FOR MAT MEDIA IN THE BUSINESS DISTRICT. COUPLE OF THINGS. AFTER CONSIDERATION I MY MOTION. I WANT TO MOVE THE LANGUAGE ANY MODIFICATIONS TO THE ORDINANCES SHALL CONTINUE TO BE LED BY CITY STAFF IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP. I DID NOT SAY THAT. THAT KIND OF GOT A BUZZ GOING -- EVERYBODY SAYING THEY CAN'T WRITE OUT ORDINANCES, BUT YES, PROVIDING LANGUAGES AND BEING A PART OF THAT. ALSO GIVING THE SPECIALIZED EXPERTISE AND RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THE COMPREHENSIVE DESIGN GUIDELINES THAT SHOULD INCORPORATE PLACEMAKING, WAY FINDING. I WILL MOVE THAT MOTION NEXT WEEK, BECAUSE IT IS C RSHGS ASA ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE CRA TO EVALUATE A FUNDING MATCH TO FACILITATE THE DRAFT LONG. REASON BEING THAT IN THE MEMO FROM MISS FEELEY, SHE DID WRITE MR. CARLSON'S POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION AND USE CRA FUNDS. AND SO THAT KIND OF GOT A BUZZ GOING AS WELL. BUT WE HAVE TO DO THAT WITH THOUGHTFUL INTENT. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS CLEAR AS WELL. LASTLY I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND THE TIME FRAME. I KNOW I ASKED COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK TO MOVE THE ACTUAL SALARY DISCUSSION FROM MAY. AND I WOULD LIKE TO PUT THAT BACK TO -- MOVE THAT -- I ASKED YOU TO MOVE IT TO SEPTEMBER. LET'S PUT THAT BACK IN MAY AND THEN MOVE THIS CONVERSATION FOR DIGITAL MEDIA BACK TO SEPTEMBER. WE ARE FLIP-FLOPPING THOSE BACK. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MAY I? >>GWEN HENDERSON: CAN I -- YES -- >>LYNN HURTAK: DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THE MOTIONS SEPARATELY. >>GWEN HENDERSON: I WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL THE FOUNDATION SO WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION. >>LYNN HURTAK: I APPRECIATE YOUR CLARIFICATIONS AND I SUPPORT ALL YOUR MOTIONS. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IN A PROCEDURAL AND HELP FROM MARTY SHELBY. THIS WAS PASSED WHEN THIS CLOSED AND THIS IS KIND OF A NEW MOTION. AND I THINK IT WOULD BE -- HOW DO WE WANT TO DO THIS? >> I THINK SHE IS MAKING A MOTION TO AMEND. AND SET THE DATE OF -- >>GWEN HENDERSON: I DID AMEND. >>MARTIN SHELBY: SEPTEMBER 26. >>MARTIN SHELBY: ARE YOU OKAY WITH IT? THE DIGITAL IS GOING TO BE AMENDED TO -- >> OKAY. SO THE WORKSHOP WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN MAY. AND I AM MOVING IT TO SEPTEMBER 2. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO MOVE THE WORKSHOP TO SEPTEMBER -- WHAT IS THE STATE? >> SEPTEMBER 25. >> SEPTEMBER 25, 2025. >> RETURNING THE SALARY DISCUSSION BACK IN MAY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAD A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED, NAY. AYES HAVE IT. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I CAN SPEAK TO THAT. I AM SORRY. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES? >>MARTIN SHELBY: I NOTICED EIGHT WORKSHOPS. SEVEN WORKSHOPS ON THAT DAY. I KNOW CHAIR MANISCALCO. >>LYNN HURTAK: SEPTEMBER HAS 3. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MAY 22. IF YOU MOVE SOMETHING BACK TO THE MAY 22 DAY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHERE ARE WE IN THIS DISCUSSION. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THE SALARY DISCUSSION. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOVED THE ONE TO SEPTEMBER. THE SALARY -- >>GWEN HENDERSON: LEAVE IT IN SEPTEMBER? THAT IS FINE. I WANTED TO GET YOUR PERMISSION BECAUSE I TOOK IT OUT OF SEPTEMBER. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE WILL LEAVE THAT TO SEPTEMBER. ORIGINAL MOTION. YOU WANT A MOTION TO AMEND YOUR PREVIOUS MOTION. >> TO INCLUDE THE LANGUAGE THAT MOVING THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY PROCESSES. TWO ORDINANCES SHOULD BE LED BY CITY STAFF WITH CONSIDERATION OF THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON TO AMEND HER PREVIOUS MOTION TO REFLECT THE NEW LANGUAGE SHE SUBMITTED TO US. SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED, NAY. AYES HAVE IT. >> OF COURSE JUST SO YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR MIND FOR THE CRA MEETING REGARDING THE FUNDING CONVERSATION ALREADY IN TALKS WITH OUR CITY -- WITH OUR CRA ATTORNEY ON THAT ISSUE. AND YOU KNOW THAT WILL COME UP NEXT WEEK. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS FOR OUR CRA. ALL YOUR NEW BUSINESS. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THAT'S IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF THE TEAMS IN THE FINAL FOUR. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: PICK ONE. SHOW YOUR FAVORITE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: I TOOK SOME PICTURE WITH SOME CHEERLEADERS AND YOU WILL HAVE TO GO TO IT THE SOCIAL MEDIA. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, NEW BUSINESS? >>LYNN HURTAK: NO. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, NEW BUSINESS? >>BILL CARLSON: NEW SUBURB BEAUTIFUL THAT IS SOUTH OF PARKLAND ESTATES. SOMEONE HAS INFORMED THEM THAT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE ROUTE OF THE SOUTH HOWARD PIPELINE WOULD GO THROUGH THE -- THE LOCAL STREETS LIKE GEORGIA. SO WHAT OTHER ALTERNATIVES IS MORRISON, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN TOLD BY SOMEONE IT WILL GO DOWN GEORGIA AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF KIMMINS APPARENTLY AT A MEETING A COUPLE OF NIGHTS AGO. I WILL BE MEET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHERE ALL THIS IS COMING FROM. BUT THEY ARE GOING TO START A CAMPAIGN TO TELL US THAT WE SHOULDN'T ALLOW THIS PROJECT TO GO THROUGH THE LOCAL ROADS LIKE GEORGIA. STILL MAY GO DOWN MORRISON OR SWANN OR SOME OF THE ARTERIOLE ROADS AND DON'T WANT TO GO -- WHERE WE PASS TO PASS DOWN BRISTOL. IF YOU ALL WILL BE PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT IT, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO -- TO ASK THE -- THE STORMWATER STAFF TO AVOID THE LOCAL ROADS AND NEW SUBURB BEAUTIFUL WHEN PLANNING THE SOUTH HOWARD PROJECT. IF YOU WERE NOT READY, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT ANOTHER TIME. BUT IT WILL PREVENT US FROM GETTING HUNDREDS OF E-MAILS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF WE HELD THAT AND HAVE IT -- I THINK IT IS MORE OF A COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSION THAT HE WANT TO HAVE STAFF FOR TOO. I DON'T KNOW IF WE ARE CHASING GHOSTS. WOULD YOU MIND HOLDING THAT FOR A SUBSEQUENT DISCUSSION? >>BILL CARLSON: I DON'T HAVE THE CALENDAR IN FRONT OF ME. DO WE HAVE A DAY THAT WE CAN PUT THAT ON? ANYBODY WHO HAS A CALENDAR. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THINK SOMETHING IS COMING UP. I KNOW THERE IS. >>LYNN HURTAK: THEY ARE COMING TO TALK TO US ABOUT THIS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE ARE LOOKING. IT GETS THICKER AND THICKER I KNOW SOMETHING COMING UP. WE TALKED ABOUT IT. >>LYNN HURTAK: I CAN'T SEE IT RIGHT NOW. >>BILL CARLSON: A TIME WHERE WE CAN GET A QUICK FIVE-MINUTE UPDATE ON THE MEETING AFTER NEXT WHENEVER THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING IS? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OKAY, LET'S DIG. >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT WILL BE MAY 1. >>BILL CARLSON: IF ROOM ON THE SCHEDULE I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF -- OF AVOIDING LOCAL ROADS AND NEW SUBURB BEAUTIFUL FOR SOUTH HOWARD PROJECT. ON MAY 1. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: APRIL 17? >>LYNN HURTAK: I DON'T THINK THERE IS ROOM ON APRIL 17. OH, NO, THERE IS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: APRIL 17 WILL WORK, COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. THAT EXPLAINS THAT. >>LYNN HURTAK: MAY 1. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU WANT TO RESTATE THAT FOR MAY 1, COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. SUELING, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GOT THAT, HAVE A DISCUSSION ON MAY 1 WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ASKING STAFF TO AVOID THE LOCAL ROADS FOR THE SOUTH HOWARD PROJECT. LOCAL ROADS AND NEW SUPERB BEAUTIFUL. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SHE IS NODDING HER HEAD SHE HAS GOT IT. A MOTION AND A SECOND. MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED. >>BILL CARLSON: THANKS THANK YOU, THAT'S IT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MWOMA HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: CONGRATULATIONS OF COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA FILED FOR DISTRICT 67 STATE HOUSE BUSINESS COL'S SEAT BECAUSE SHE IS TERM LIMITED. PUBLICLY CONGRATULATE AND CONDOLENCES. THAT'S WHY I SAID SHE IS LEAVING. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU HAVE WITH THE THINGS I WAS GOING TO LIST OFF. WAY TO STEAL MY THUNDER, COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>GWEN HENDERSON: STEAL HER THUNDER. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: GRIEF FOR OUR CHAIRPERSON WHO LOST A DEAR GRANDPARENT. GUIDO MANISCALCO. FORMER COUNCILMAN JOHN DINGFELDER LOST HIS MOTHER THIS PAST WEEK. I HAD A PRIVILEGE OF MEETING HER MANY TIMES. SHE WAS A BRAL LADY AND MY HEART BREAKS FOR JOHN ON THAT ONE. ONE, AS COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON SAID, THE -- THE FINAL FOUR, WOMEN'S SPORTS. YOU KNOW TAMPA -- TAMPA IS A GROWN-UP SPORTS TOWN. WE ARE ROCKING AND ROLLING. AND THE FACT THAT THEY LOVE THE CITY OF TAMPA -- WHAT DID THEY SAY THE FOURTH TIME THE WOMEN'S FINAL FOUR HAS BEEN IN TAMPA. AND LOOK AT THAT ON APRIL 6 AND 7, IS THAT WHAT IT IS. THIS WEEKEND. AND WE WILL BE A LOT OF ATTENTION PLAYED TO TAMPA AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE GOT BASEBALL PLAYING AT STEINBRENNER FIELD. TAMPA BAY RAYS. THE LIGHTNING. WE HAVE GOT IT ALL. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CITY OF TAMPA. I DO HAVE ONE THING. IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT TOMORROW, SOME OF OUR FOLKS FROM MOBILITY IS WORKING WITH SOME NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE SIDEWALK SITUATION. AND I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE -- WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK OF OUR BUDGET ANALYST AND I HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO HER. AND IT IS KIND OF INAPPROPRIATE. ARE YOU AVAILABLE TOMORROW TO ATTEND THAT MEETING IF YOU ARE ASKED TO BE -- TO BE AVAILABLE? >>GWEN HENDERSON: CHECK YOUR CALENDAR. >>LYNN HURTAK: WHAT TIME IS IT? >>HAGAR KOPESKY: HAGAR KOPESKY, BUDGET ANALYST. THE IDEA WAS THAT I WOULD BE THERE AS ANOTHER SET OF EARS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: FOR COUNCIL. >>HAGAR KOPESKY: OPPOSED TO -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: JUST BEING OUR EYES AND EARS. >>HAGAR KOPESKY: WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY FINE WITH ME. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU HAVE THE DETAILS ON IT? >>HAGAR KOPESKY: I DO. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL TO HAVE HER GO? WE HAD AN UNDERSTANDING -- >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: BETTER FOR US ALL TO KNOW. SEVEN OF US ARE GIVING HER DIRECTION AND ONLY ONE PERSON THERE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VERY GOOD. I DON'T THINK THAT REQUIRES A MOTION. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT'S FINE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WANT TO SAY THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAD A CHANCE TO CHAIR A WHOLE MEETING. THANK YOU, GUYS MAKING IT. >>GWEN HENDERSON: MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WANT TO TALK -- I WANT TO TALK SOME MORE! IT IS MY MEETING, DARN IT. WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE. IS THERE A SECOND? >>LUIS VIERA: I HAD ONE QUICK MOTION. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: I APOLOGIZE. I WAS SPEAKING AT CHRIST THE KING AT THEIR SPECIAL NEEDS MINISTRY AND I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION, IF I MAY, FOR A SEPTEMBER WORKSHOP ON ACCESSIBLE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES SO WE CAN SPEAK ON THAT IN SEPTEMBER, IF I MAY. >> A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, I WANT TO SALUTE -- I SEE MICHAEL GONZALEZ. IF YOU GUYS HAVE NEVER BEEN AND CHARLIE TO THE WEST TAMPA LITTLE LEAGUE. FIELD OF DREAMS OVER THERE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: EXCELLENT. WHERE WE PRODUCE OUR MAJOR LEAGUE PLAYERS. >> AT LEAST 70%. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THERE WAS NO VOTE ON THAT? >>GWEN HENDERSON: MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.