COMING UP NEXT ... TAMPA CITY COUNCIL. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ROLL CALL, PLEASE. >>BILL CARLSON: HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE. >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE. >>LUIS VIERA: HERE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE. >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM PRESENT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. >> SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING, MR. CITRO SECONDED IT. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MR. SHELBY, DO YOU NEED TO SAY ANYTHING TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION, SIR? >>MARTIN SHELBY: MAYBE AS PART OF MS. FEELEY'S PRESENTATION, JUST THE LANGUAGE THAT'S CONTAINED WITHIN THE AGENDA STATES THAT THIS MEETING IS SPECIAL CALL MEETING AND ALSO DISCUSSES THE PURPOSE, I BELIEVE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MS. FEELEY, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>ABBYE FEELEY: GOOD EVENING CHAIRMAN GUDES AND HONORABLE MEN'S OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL CITY COUNCIL. ABBYE FEELEY, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND WITH ME IS OKAYION HENDERSON INTERI MANAGER OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. WE CAME BEFORE YOU AT THE BEGINNING OF JUNE TO KICK OFF THE HOUSING ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR OUR FUNDING SOURCES, AND SINCE THAT TIME, WE HAVE CONDUCTED AN RFA REQUEST FOR SERVICES AND WE ARE GOING TO GET INTO NUMBERS WITH YOU TONIGHT FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR 22, BUT BEFORE WE DID THAT, I DID WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT. I KNOW THAT EACH WEEK WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME DISCUSSING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, HOUSING SERVICES, REHAB, MANY OF THE PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY DOES OFFER, AND A LOT OF TIMES, WE DON'T PUT IN -- HOUSEHOLDS ANDS FAMILIES THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY TESTING. IN OUR LAST YEAR IN FISCAL 20 YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO HELP AND PROVIDE SERVICES TO 40,777 HOUSEHOLDS EQUALING JUST ROUGHLY CLOSE TO $10 MILLION. IT WAS 9.9 MILLION THAT THE PLAN IDENTIFIED AND SERVED. SO IN FISCAL YEAR 21, AND WE HAVE JUST ABOUT 60 DAYS LEFT IN THAT PROGRA YEAR, BECAUSE THAT WILL WRAP UP THE END OF SEPTEMBER, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE THAT TO 4,000 HOUSEHOLDS, AND $12.5 MILLION. AND THE PLAN THAT KAYON IS GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, IN FISCAL CAL YEAR 22 WE ARE PROPOSING TO INCREASE THAT AGAIN, CLOSE TO 4,221 HOUSEHOLDS, AND RAISING THAT AMOUNT TO CLOSE TO $15.5 MILLION. SO I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT KAYON AND HER TEAM'S EFFORTS BECAUSE THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO REALLY GROW THE CITY'S EFFORTS IN THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE. AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO KAYON NOW. THANK YOU. AND I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR CALLING THIS SPECIAL CALLED MEETING. I DID FORGET TO SAY THAT. I KNOW THAT AS PART OF OUR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN AND OUR COMMITMENT, WE DO HAVE ONE EVENING HEARING, THAT IS TONIGHT, AND WE APPRECIATE THE CONSIDERATION TO HOLD THAT THIS EVENING. SO THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU ARE QUITE WELCOME. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU, KAYON. HAVEN'T SEEN KNEW A WHILE. YOU ARE LOOKING GOOD. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> KAYON HENDERSON: THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE PERMISSION TO SHARE MY SCREEN, PLEASE N >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE CAN SEE IT IF YOU BLOW IT UP FOR US. THERE YOU GO. >> KAYON: AS ABBYE STATED WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT OUR ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 22, AND I AM KAYON HENDERSON, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT MANAGER. IT'S NICE TO BE SEEN. WE ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH AND TALK ABOUT THE PURPOSES OF THE ACTION PLAN, WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR WILL LOOK LIKE, AND WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING, WHAT SOME OF THOSE FUNDING SOURCES AND PROGRAMS ARE, GO OVER THE TIMELINE SO FAR, AND ANY PUBLIC INPUT AT THE END WE WILL ALSO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL INPUT. SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY FOR THE OVERVIEW. ACTION PLAN IS WHAT WE SUBMIT TO HUD ANNUALLY. IT'S PART OF A FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN. THE CITY IS IN THE FOURTH YEAR OF THAT PLAN, AND WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REALLY GOING BACK TO WHAT OUR NEXT FIVE YEARS WOULD BE CLOSE TO BEING. SO WE ARE IN YEAR FOUR AND THE FUNDING SOURCES, ALL FEDERAL, WE DON'T HAVE STATE FUNDS IN THIS ACTION PLAN, SOME OF OUR SHIP FUNDS, SO THIS IS JUST OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT, OUR EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT, FOR PEOPLE WITH AIDS AND HIV, AND THEN OUR HOME PROGRAM WHICH IS HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP. ALTHOUGH SHIP IS NOT A PART OF OUR ESTIMATED FUNDING FOR FEDERAL I STILL LIKE TO PUT IN THE THERE SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE AS WE LEVERAGE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS. SO THAT IS JUST AN ESTIMATED FUNDING THAT WE HAVE OVER THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, APPROXIMATELY 16.5 MILLION. OUR ANNUAL ALLOCATIONS FOR EACH OF THESE ARE NOT WHAT YOU SEE HERE. HOWEVER, WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS GONE BACK THROUGH AND ADDED WHAT PROGRAMS WE HAVE IN ANY FIVE-YEAR FUNDING NOT YET EXPENDED. AS A RESULT THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO THE NEXT YEAR AND JUST ALLOCATE FOR SOME PROGRAMS. I DO A LITTLE MORE OF A BREAKDOWN HERE SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS WILL LOOK LIKE AND WE WILL GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT MORE AS WE TALK ABOUT THE REQUEST FOR APPLICATION. THESE ARE SOME OF THE HOUSING PROJECTS, WE WILL CONTINUES TO FUND HOUSING, OUR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE GENERALLY WE FUND ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS BUT WE ARE NOW GOING TO ALLOCATE A LITTLE MORE WHICH IS 1 .5. OUR HOPWA PROGRAM, THE ONES FOR HIV/AIDS FOR HOUSING, THAT IS THE BIGGEST GRANT WE RECEIVE. HOWEVER THAT GRANTS IS FOR FOUR COUNTIES. WE OVERSEE THAT PROGRAM FOR NOT JUST HILLSBOROUGH BUT PINELLAS, PASCO COUNTY, HERNANDO. WE HAVE TO DO AN ALLOCATION OF PUBLIC SERVICES WHICH IS 15% OF OUR CDBGAL OH OCCASIONS AND GENERALLY FUND ABOUT 500,000 ANNUALLY. THEN WE HAVE SOME HOMELESS PROGRAMS. OUR EST FUNDED IS NOT NECESSARILY THE BIGGEST FUNDING. WE GO ABOUT A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS. AND SO WE HAVE ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM OUR HOPE FUNDS TO FOLLOW WITH THOSE HOMELESS SERVICES. SO OUR PROGRAM WHICH ADD TO THE FUNDING THAT WE GET FROM ESG. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS YEAR WITH OUR CDBG ALLOCATION WHICH REALLY KIND OF HELPED TO ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES, EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE WITH LOW INCOME, MODERATE INCOME FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS, CREATE A SUITABLE LIVING ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM, AND THIS MIGHT BE HOUSING AND SERVICES. AND SO I WILL GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT WHAT OUR PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES LOOK LIKE, OUR PUBLIC FACILITIES AND OUR HOUSING COUNSELING. WE RELEASED OUR REQUEST FOR APPLICATION EARLIER THIS YEAR, SO WE THOUGHT NEW AGENCIES, OR AGENCIES THAT WERE CURRENTLY FUNDED BUT HAVE NEW PROGRAMS FOR A QUANTIFIABLE INCREASE TO THEIR PROGRAM, THIS IS WHAT WE PANDEMIC OUTS WITH THE AGENCIES, AND THESE ARE THE FIVE PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO FUND FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR WITH OUR CDBG PUBLIC SERVICES, AND EACH OF THOSE AGENCIES WERE $100,000. WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE APPLICATION WE ASK THEM TO MATCH DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR SO THAT ALLOWS US TO INVEST MORE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, SO THEY USUALLY WILL MATCH IT FROM OTHER SOURCES FROM FUNDS THEY USE. OUR HOUSING COUNSELING AGENCY, WE HAVE THREE APPROVED HOUSING COUNSELING AGENCIES THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH. AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THESE AGENCIES DURING THE SECOND YEAR, THE THIRD YEAR AGREEMENT, SO WE HAVE -- WE GET 100,000 EACH WHICH IS EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY HOUSING, THEY'LL GET 75,000, SO OUR HOME OWNERSHIP PROGRAM, FUNDED AGENCIES IN THE APPLICATION. WE ALSO RELEASED OUR APPLICATION FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES THIS YEAR FROM. THAT WE HAVE CHILDREN'S SERVICES AND THE SKILL CENTER. AND BOTH AGENCIES HAVE BEEN FUNDED BY US IN THE PAST. SUNRISE CHILDREN'S SERVICES WERE OUT THERE SHORTLY AFTER WE FUNDED THEM, KIND OF SHOW HOW OUR FUNDING WAS ABLE TO HELP THEM. THEY HAD KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY SEEMS QUITE SIMPLE TO US. THEY HAD TO BUILD IN A COVERED AREA SO IT'S GUARANTEED. THIS WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PUBLIC FACILITIES THIS YEAR WHICH IS REALLY NICE. WE DID SET OUT TO FUND 1 .5 MILLION. A LITTLE BIT OVER A MILLION DOLLARS. AND WE DO THAT WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND WE WILL RELEASE ANOTHER RFA FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES THIS YEAR. OUR EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT, WE ARE IN YEAR 2, OR GOING INTO YEAR 2, I SHOULD SAY, OF A 3-YEAR AGREEMENT ALSO, SO THIS IS FOR HOMELESS RELATED SERVICES. WE ARE FUNDING EMERGENCY SHELTER OPERATIONS AS WELL AS RAPID REHOUSING. WE HAVE TWO AGENCIES THAT ARE FUNDED FOR RAPID REHOUSING, WHICH IS FAMILY SERVICES AND CATHOLIC CHARITIES. IN TAMPA BAY ARE DB SHELTER, AND WE HAVE BEEN FUNDING THESE THREE AGENCIES FOR QUITE SOME TIME JUST BASED ON WHO FILLS OUTS AN APPLICATION. SO WE ARE IN YEAR TWO OF THAT APPLICATION, AND WE TRY TO DO THREE YEAR AGREEMENTS WITH EACH OF THESE AGENCIES SO WE DON'T DISRUPT SERVICES FOR FAMILIES IN THE CHANCE THAT THEY WERE SWITCHING FROM ONE AGENCY TO THE OTHER. SO IT JUST KIND OF HELPS WITH SOME STABILITY. THE CITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING THIS PROGRAM FOR 4 COUNTIES HOPWA PINELLAS COUNTY, HILLSBOROUGH, WE GET A LITTLE MORE FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SORRY WE OVERSEE FOR THE OTHER COUNTIES. IT REALLY HELPS TO MAINTAIN STABLE HOUSING FOR THIS POPULATION. IT'S ABLE TO ALSO ASSESS WITH RESOURCE IDENTIFICATION, WHERE WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS FUNDED FOR RESOURCE IDENTIFICATION. IT'S KIND OF A CENTRALIZED CAUSE BECAUSE PEOPLE NEED SERVICES, THEY NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS AVAILABLE, THEN THEY CAN KIND OF REACH OUTS TO THAT PERSON AND NONWHAT'S AVAILABLE IN THE FOUR COUNTIES. WE DO HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES TO SUPPORT WITH PERMANENT HOUSING, AND WE CAN DO RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THROUGH SOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND OPERATING COSTS, SO THAT HELPS TO DRIVE DOWN WHAT THE AMOUNT IS FOR THOSE FAMILIES, SO THE AGENCY WILL THEN CHARGE THEM FOR RENTS WITH OUR SUPPORT FOR THE HOPWA FUNDING. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST AMOUNT THAT YOU WILL SEE AS FAR AS HOW MANY AGREEMENTS WE GENERALLY HAVE. THIS JUST LISTS THE AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE EVERY YEAR, CENTERS OVER IN ST. PETE GETS THE SINGLE LARGEST AMOUNT BUT THEY ALSO TYPICALLY SERVE ABOUT 130 TO 140 FAMILIES WITH TENANTS BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE VOUCHERS. THIS IS JUST A BREAKDOWN OF HOW WE GOT TO THAT 4.3 MILLION FOR EACH OF THE AGENCIES THAT WE FUND. THEN THE LAST PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE IS OUR HOME PROGRAM, WHICH CAN HELP US TO BUILD MULTIFAMILY NEEDS INSTRUCTION, SO THE CDBG CAN HELP WITH PUBLIC FACILITIES AND KIND OF HELP WITH SOME OF THAT REHAB, OUR HOME FUNDS ARE THE ONLY FUNDS THAT WE HAVE FEDERALWISE. WE DID AN RFP FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION ALSO FOR OUR HOME FUNDS THIS YEAR. WE SET OUT TO FUND $1 MILLION. I AM HAPPY TO SAY WE DID HAVE A PROPOSER WHO SUBMITTED. THEY ARE THE LEAD IN THIS, WITH PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT. THIS ONE MILLION THAT WE ARE ABLE TO FUND, ADD AN ADDITIONAL 100 AFFORDABLE UNITS TOTS IN VERYR TO THAT WILL BE CAPPED AT 80% OR BELOW OF THE AREA FUND. THIS SLIDE REALLY JUST KIND OF TELLS UP WHERE WE ARE. JUST TO KIND OF DISCUSS WHAT THAT PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE, AND I APOLOGIZE, I JUST NOTICED THAT, THE AUGUST 6th DATE WHERE WE COME BACK. TODAY WE WILL ACCEPT ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT THERE ARE, AND THE ACTION PLAN, THEN COME BACK BEFORE YOU JUST SO WE CAN GET THAT FINAL APPROVAL FROM COUNCIL SO THAT WE CAN SUBMIT THIS PLAN TO HUD ON AUGUST 15th. AND THEN FOR ALL OF THE NEW PROGRAMS, WE ARE LOOKING TO START FOR OCTOBER 1st OF THE NEW FISCAL YEAR. >>ABBYE FEELEY: WE WILL BE BACK BEFORE YOU, COUNCIL, WITH A RESOLUTION, AND THE WHOLE PLAN WHICH KAYON PROVIDED COPIES OF YOU, DEPENDING ON ANYTHING WE HEAR, ANY MODIFICATIONS WE MIGHT NEED TO MAKE, AND THAT WILL BE YOUR APPROVAL NEXT THURSDAY FOR TRANSMITTAL TO HUD. >> KAYON: IF THERE ARE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS I ASK THEY BE E-MAILED TO ME IF THEY ARE NOT RECORDED AND THEY CAN STILL COME IN AT THE ADDRESS LISTED HERE, 4900 WEST LEMON STREET, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33609. THIS SLIDE IS REALLY NOT PART OF YOUR PRESENTATION. AS I WAS PREPARING FOR TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION, I WANTED TO KIND OF REALLY BRING SOME OF THESE NUMBERS BEFORE YOU. I THINK SOMETIMES IT'S EASY FOR US TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S AFFORDABLE AND WHAT ISN'T, AND REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT HOW WE HELP FAMILIES COME THROUGH. WE HAVE ONE GENTLEMAN CAME THROUGH OUR PROGRAM. HE'S HOMELESS AND WENT THROUGH OUR HOME PROGRAM. THROUGH THAT PROGRAM, SOMEHOW, AND REALLY GOT CONNECTED TO A LOT OF STAFF HERE AND FOUND A FAMILY THAT REALLY WANTED TO OWN HIS OWN HOME SO WE ASSISTED HIM FROM OUR HOMELESS PROGRAM AND ACTUALLY IS A HOME BUYER. AND SO NOW HE OWNS HIS OWN HOW MANY AND NOW HIM AND HIS FAMILY LIVE THERE. I JUST WANTED TO ASK FOR NUMBERS. I THINK THE TIME WHEN WE ADD WHAT THAT MAXIMUM SALES PRICE IS FOR OUR PROGRAM, IT SOUNDS SCARY. WHEN WE SAY 240,000 A LOT OF FAMILIES SAY, I CAN'T CONTRIBUTES TO ANYTHING THAT COSTS THAT MUCH. BUT JUST ADDED LIKE THE SALES PRICE, WHAT THE AMOUNTS WERE, WHAT THE RENTS AMOUNT WAS ORIGINALLY, WHAT THESE INDIVIDUALS' MORTGAGE PAYMENT AMOUNTS WERE, WHAT THEY CONTRIBUTED IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THAT AMOUNT, AND SO THIS REALLY IS TO SHOW THAT WITH HOME OWNERSHIP, A LOT OF TIMES I REALIZE NOT EVERYBODY IS MEANT TO BE A HOMEOWNER BUT WESTBOUND HOME OWNERSHIP A LOT OF TIMES WE ARE GETTING A MORE AFFORDABLE RATES, THAN WE ARE WITH RENT, SO I JUST LIKE TO PUT MORE OF AN APPROACH TO IT SO THAT WE CAN SEE THAT AS WE ARE GOING THROUGH REALLY TRYING TO CHANGE LIVES AN GET THESE NUMBERS THAT ARE OBTAINABLE BY THOSE PEOPLE ON FIXED INCOME SO THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY CAN'T ACHIEVE SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY OUT THERE FOR THEM TO ACHIEVE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MAY I ASK A QUESTION, MR. CHAIRMAN? CAN WE -- WERE YOU COMPARING THE RENT TO THE MORTGAGE PAYMENT? IS THE MORTGAGE PAYMENT INCLUDING THE TAXES AND THE INSURANCE ON THAT OR NOT? >> YES, IT INCLUDES THAT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: FANTASTIC. >> AND THESE THAT I AM SHOWING YOU HAVE BEEN IN FISCAL YEAR 21, THE FISCAL YEAR WE ARE IN. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: EXCUSE ME FOR INTERRUPTING. >> THAT'S OKAY. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JUST A FEW COMMENTS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE RENT IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST 90 DAYS, THEY ARE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THIS. I MEAN APARTMENTS HAVE GONE FROM 1500 TO 1800 IN 30 DAYS. SEVERAL COMPLEXES, THEY ARE NOT OFFERING SPECIALS BECAUSE DEMAND IS SO HIGH. BUT RENTS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS ARE OUT OF CONTROL. I OVERHEARD A GENTLEMAN THE OTHER DAY SAYING HIS LANDLORD WANTED TO RAISE HIS RENTS 15% OR 20% AND HE'S MOVING TO ST. PETERSBURG. HE ALREADY MOVED. BUT IT'S INSANE. AND WHAT'S INTERESTING IS, DIFFERENT CONVERSATION IS, A BANG WON'T APPROVE YOU FOR A MORTGAGE OF 800, $IT HUNDRED, BUT YOU CAN GET AN APARTMENT FOR 1600 DOLLARS. IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CITY IS TRYING TO HELP, BUT THE MARKET DEMAND IS OUT OF CONTROL, SO MANY PEOPLE ARE MOVING HERE, THAT I DON'T SEE US KEEPING UP. ESPECIALLY HOW THE HOUSING MARKETS IS. IT'S INSANE. EVEN THE RENTAL MARKET. ANOTHER PERSON THE OTHER DAY ASKING IF THEY COULD FIND A ONE BEDROOM IN SOUTH TAMPA AND THIS IS A PERSON WITHIN A REAL ESTATE BACKGROUND STRUGGLING TO FIND A PLACE DOWN IN SOUTH TAMPA. SO IT'S STORY AFTER STORY REGARDING HOUSING. I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW WE ARE GOING TO KEEP UP. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU, ABBYE, KAYON. SO KAYON, TWO THINGS. THE MAYOR PROPOSED WHEN SHE FIRST GOT ELECTED WITH GREAT SUPPORT FROM COUNCIL TO BUILD% OVER THE EIGHT YEARS HOPEFULLY THAT SHE WILL BE IN OFFICE 20,000 NEW AFFORDABLE UNITS, TO HELP BUILD. FELL I READ 20 SOMEWHERE. BUT ANYWAY, LET'S BE MODEST AND CALL ALSO 10. SO HOW DO WE GETS THERE, AND HOW ARE WE DOING? SO FAR, WE ARE TWO EIGHTHS OF THE WAY IN, A QUARTER OF THE WAY IN. WHAT'S THE PLAN? >>ABBYE FEELEY: KAYON AND I MEANT ON MONDAY WITH OUR TEAM TRYING TO GETS TOGETHER. I THINK IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE IT'S NOT A BAROMETER. YOU ARE GOING TO SEE CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY, GIVEN THAT IT TAKES 18 TO 24 MONTHS TO CONSTRUCT AND OCCUPY SOMETHING. SO WE ARE OFF TO A GOOD START. AND WITH PROJECTS SUCH AS THE ROME YARD AND THE ARMY NAVY STORE AND OTHERS THAT ARE COMING ONLINE, AS WELL AS YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR, THE CITY HAS A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE COUNTY FOR THE 9% TAX CREDIT THAT IS ALLOCATED FROM FLORIDA HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. THIS IS OUR YEAR FOR THAT 9%. APPLICATION SELECTION. AND WE ARE IN THAT RFP PROCESS RIGHT NOW. IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, WE WILL AGAIN HAVE TWO MORE OF THOSE KINDS OF PROJECTS. SO IT IS A COMBINATION OF THAT. WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. THAT WILL BE COMING FORWARD. AND THEN THROUGH OUR IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR IN-FILL PROGRAM, IN-FILL PHASE 1 AND CURRENTLY IN-FILL PHASE 2 WAS JUST AWARDED, PHASE 2-A WHICH IS ANOTHER 14 SINGLE-FAMILY LOTS, WE HAVE ANOTHER SELECTION OF LOTS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING FOR RFP AGAIN, SO WE ARE COMING AT THIS FROM MULTIPLE FACETS, NOT JUST NEW CONSTRUCTION, BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, IN OUR CONSTRUCTION RATE OF EVEN JUST GENERAL MARKET RATE, WE DON'T BUILD THAT MANY UNITS IN THAT TIME PERIOD. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS FROM A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES, AND WE ARE GETTING IT UNDERWAY. WE HAVE HAD MANY COME ONLINE WITH THE WEST RIVER PROJECT THAT TAMPA HOUSING AUTHORITY IS DOING, THAT MURPHY OAKS, MADISON HIGHLANDS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, OUR INVENTORY IS DEFINITELY GROWING. BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU ARE GOING TO SEE CHANGING ON A DAILY OR MONTHSLY OR EVEN YEARLY BASIS, JUST TO THE PURE DURATION OF CONSTRUCTION. THE OTHER THING WE ARE LOOKING AT, AND WORKING TOWARD, IS TRYING TO ACTIVATE SOME OF OUR EXISTING INVENTORY, SO THAT COMES IN THE FORM OF OUR OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB AND MAYBE ENSURING THAT UNITS ARE REMAINING AFFORDABLE AND REMAINING SAFE AND HABITABLE IN A WAY FOR OUR FAMILIES TO CONTINUES TO RESIDE IN THEM. WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT EXISTING APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT HAVE INVENTORY AND THE POTENTIAL TO ACTIVATE SOME OF THAT INVENTORY INTO AFFORDABLE UNITS. SO I THINK YOU WILL BE SEEING THAT IN FLORIDA AS WELL. I KNOW IT'S A LONG-WINDED ANSWER BUT IT'S A BIG AMOUNT. WHEN YOU SAID 20, I THINK YOU SAW KAYON'S FACE DROP BECAUSE 10,000 IS A LOT OF UNITS. BUT WE ARE AGGRESSIVE. WE ARE TO THE TASK, AND WE ARE GOING TO HIT THAT GOAL. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WELL, I'M SURE I CAN SPEAK ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL, AS COUNCIL'S REPRESENTATIVE ON THE AFFORDABILITY HOUSING ADVISORY COUNCIL, THAT WE ARE ALL SUPPORTIVE OF ALL OF THESE IDEAS. I GUESS I WOULD LIKE TO JUST SEE HOW THESE SHAKE OUT IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED THE ROME YARD, SO HOW MANY POTENTIAL AFFORDABLE UNITS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE ROME YARD AS ENVISIONED BY THE RFP, ET CETERA? AND I'M NOT LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER -- >>ABBYE FEELEY: THERE'S JUST OVER 800 THERE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: AFFORDABLE? >>ABBYE FEELEY: YES. THERE'S OVER 1100, CLOSE TO 1100 TOTAL, AND THAT'S A MIX OF HOUSING. THERE ARE TOWNHOMES AND THERE IS OTHER MULTIFAMILY, AND THERE ARE SOME CONDOS AS WELL, I BELIEVE. BUT IT WOULD BE 800. SO THAT WOULD BE A LARGE CHUNK, AND WHEN THAT COMES ONLINE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: JUST OVER THE NEXT THREE TO SIX MONTHS WHEN YOU ALL ARE BRAINSTORMING LIKE THIS, JUST THROW US A PIECE OF PAPER THAT SAYS HERE IS 800, HERE IS 500, HERE IS 1,000, AND JUST SHOW US, YOU KNOW, HOW WE HOPE TO GET TO THAT 10,000 NUMBER. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: JUST A FEW QUICK THINGS FOLLOWING ON THAT. ONE THING WE ALSO AS COUNCIL LIKE TO DO IS LOOK AT THE NET NUMBERS ASSOCIATION THE NORTH BOULEVARD HOMES, HOW MANY UNITS WERE THERE BEFORE, AND THEN HOW MANY ARE WE GOING TO GET FROM THOSE TWO TWO PROJECTS THAT WERE PLACED TOGETHER? AND THEN ALTHOUGH TAMPA PARTNER APARTMENTS WAS PRIVATELY OWNED THAT'S ANOTHER 700 SOMETHING. SO WHERE ARE WE KIND OF NET COMPARED TO THOSE TWO BIG PROJECTS THAT WENT OFFLINE? >>ABBYE FEELEY: I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS WITH ME THIS EVENING. I DON'T THINK WE WERE PREPARED TO DIRECTLY DISCUSS THAT BUT WE CAN BRING THAT BACK. >>BILL CARLSON: MY NUMBERS WON'T BE RIGHTS AND I REMEMBER SOMETHING LIKE 1200 AT NORTH BOULEVARD AND 7 OR 800 AT TAMPA APARTMENTS SO THAT'S LIKE 2,000 WE HAVE TO REPLACE, SO WE WENT NEGATIVE AND NOW WE ARE GOING BACK POSITIVE AGAIN TRYING TO CATCH UP, AND THEN WE WILL GO POSITIVE AFTER THAT. THE NEXT THING AND YOU KIND OF TOUCHED ON SOME OF THESE THINGS BUT TO REITERATE FOR ANYBODY WATCHING, I THINK WE ARE ALL FRIENDS WESTBOUND KAREN CLAY, A DISABILITY ACTIVIST, AND SHE ALWAYS WANTS US TO ADD THE WORD ACCESSIBILITIES. FOR KAREN AND ALL THE MANY OTHER PEOPLE OUT HERE OUT IN THE COMMUNITIES, THAT'S A HUGE ISSUE, AS KAREN REMINDS ALL OF US WE'LL NEED ACCESSIBILITYATES SOME POINTS. CAN YOU JUST TELL US HOW MUCH OF THESE UNITS ARE ACCESSIBLE AND HOW ACCESSIBLE ARE THEY? >> YOU MEAN ADA ACT DECEMBERIBLE? >>BILL CARLSON: YES, I THINK IT'S NOT JUST -- I THINK THE WAY SHE TALKS ABOUT ITSELF IS IT'S NOT ADJUSTS FOR SPECIFIC ADA REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATES DISABILITIES. IT'S MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE ACCESSIBLE FOR SENIORS AND OTHERS. IS THERE A CERTAIN ALLOCATION FOR CERTAIN ADA CATEGORIES, OR -- I AM NOT AN EXPERT ON THIY ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES THAT ARE PUTS IN EACH OF THE UNITS? >>ABBYE FEELEY: ONE OF OURS PROJECTS ARE SENIOR PROJECTS, AND THEY DO HAVE THOSE ACCESSIBILITY ELEMENTS. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE DIRECT EARMARKS FOR THOSE TYPES OF POPULATIONS BUT I WILL LET'S KAYON SPEAK TO THAT. >> KAYON: THIS YEAR BECAUSE OUR SHIP ALLOCATION WON'T APPLY TO FEDERAL POPULATIONS, OUR SHIP IS A LITTLE LARGER BUT A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TOWARDS SPECIAL NEEDS PROJECTS FOR OWNER OCCUPIED, ALSO, KNOWING THAT WE CAN PUTS SOME OF THAT LANGUAGE THAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO IN MULTIFAMILY AGREEMENTS, BUT THINKING ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE MOVING -- HOW DO WE PLAN TO GET THEM MORE COMFORTABLE SO WE ARE PUTTING ABOUT $500,000 FOR OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB AND IT'S NOT YET COMPLETED BUT WE WILL BE PUTTING ONE OUTS FOR DIFFERENT AGENCIES TO HELP SUPPORTS THAT. >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU. AND THE SENIOR HOUSING IN THE NORTH BOULEVARD AREA, THAT'S, WHAT, 200 UNITS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? SO -- WHAT DID YOU SAY? >> MARY BETHUNE. HERE AT WEST RIVER. IT WAS 190 UNITS, RIGHT? >>BILL CARLSON: GOOD. BUT THEY DON'T ALL HAVE ACCESSIBILITIES COMPONENTS, RIGHT? >>ABBYE FEELEY: RIGHT. CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION HAS 120 UNITS AND THEN THEY ARE PREPARING TO PHASE 2 OF THAT DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL THEY GOT SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND THEY ARE PURSUING THAT. SO THAT IS MIXED WITH, YOU KNOW, NON-SENIOR, AND THAT ALLOWS A LOT OF TIME FOR THOSE SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS THOSE PARTNERSHIPS TO FORM BETWEEN THE RESIDENCES IN THOSE AREAS. >>BILL CARLSON: TWO QUICK QUESTIONS. THE BUDGET YOU SHOWED DOESN'T INCLUDE ANY CRA MONEY, CORRECT? THE CRA MONEY JUST FOR ANYBODY WATCHING CRA MONEY FOR FUNDING, CRA HOUSING IS GOING TO BE ON TOP OF THAT SO THAT IS A SEPARATE CRA MEETING. AND THEN THE BIG QUESTION YOU HIT ON THIS IN DIFFERENT WAYS IN YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT THE BIG QUESTION A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY ARE ASKING IS, WHAT ARE YOU ALL DOING DIFFERENT? AND ALTHOUGH THIS IS THE MAYOR'S PLANS, ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN, I THINK CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE, AND THE THINGS YOU ALL ARE DOING HERE, BUT THE PUBLIC LOOKS AT ALL OF OUR PLANS, WHAT ARE WE DOING? AND THE BIG QUESTION THEY HAVE IS WHAT ARE WE DOING DIFFERENT THAN BEFORE? WHAT HAVE WE DONE DIFFERENTLY IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, AND GOING FORWARD. YOU ASKED THAT IN LONG DETAIL BUT IS THERE KIND OF A SHORT ANSWER TO THAT THAT WE CAN GIVE THE PUBLIC, WHAT'S THE THEME AND WHAT ARE WE DOING DIFFERENTLY AND HOW? >>ABBYE FEELEY: I THINK THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN TOUGH BECAUSE OF COVID. I WILL SAY THAT. KAYON: AND AS WE CONTINUES ON AND WE ARE REALLY GOING INTO THE UPCOMING YEARS CURRENTLY, WE ARE CALLED HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND WANTS TO DEVELOP THE COMMUNITY. SO IN THE COMMUNITY -- WE AREN'T AS IN COMMUNITY AS I LIKE TO BE SO WE ARE SETTING UP CENTERS AND GOING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY FOR PEOPLE THAT MIGHT NEED THE HELP, HOW DO WE GO TO BRING THE HELP TO THEM IF THEY CAN'T COME TO US, SO WE WILL BEGIN TO DO A LOT MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SO THAT WE CAN GET EVERYBODY WHO REALLY NEEDS THE PROGRAM TO THE PROGRAM. >>BILL CARLSON: GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED SIR. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. ONE THING TO BUILD ON THAT I WAS TALKING WITH SOME PARENTS OVER AT THE McDONALD'S TRAINING CENTER RECENTLY, SUCH A GREAT TAMPA NSTITUTION, IS INDEPENDENTS LIVING FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENTS DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, FOR APPARENTLY SOMEBODY WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, AUTISM, DOWN'S SYNDROME, CEREBRAL PALSY, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, AND YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT INEVITABLE DAY WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO MOVE OUT. AND YOU LOOK AT A GROUP HOME. MY BROTHER LIVES IN A GROUP HOME, NEW HORIZONS GROUP HOME THAT MY FATHER HELPED BUILD 25 YEARS AGO OR SOMETHING, HE LIVES THERE HALF THE WEEK, THE OTHER HALF WEEK WITH HIS MOTHER, BUT NOT EVERYBODY IS AS LUCKY AS MY BROTHER JUAN. WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT SPECIAL NEEDS, YOU HAVE SENIOR CITIZENS, YOU HAVE PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES, ET CETERA. WHAT ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES WHOSE PARENTS EITHER WERE NEVADA ABLE TO CARE FOR THEM, OR NO LONG KERR CARE FOR THEM, THEY ARE 30 YEARS OLD, THE PARENTS ARE 65, LOOKING AT THE SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER OF THEIR YEARS. WHAT ABOUT THAT? THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU REALLY HAVE TO HIT ON AND I WOULD LOVE TO -- AND BRANDON SET SOMETHING UP ON THAT IF YOU DON'T MIND. BUT FOR ME THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS AND WORKFORCE CRISIS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS JUST KIND OF THE SAME SAYING GOES, IT SEEMS THESE DAYS THAT THE MIDDLE CLASS IS CLOSER TO THE TOP THAN CLOSER TO THE BOTTOM AND PEOPLE DESPERATELY TRYING TO GET INTO THE MIDDLE CLASS ARE FINDING IT HARDER AND HARDER TO GET THERE. THAT'S THE APPRENTICESHIP ORDINANCE WAS ALL ABOUT TRYING TO CREATE THAT PATHWAY TO THE MIDDLE CLASS FOR PEOPLE, AND PUSHING BACK, AND THIS IS ON THE LARGER ZALE, BUT ON SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE SEEN FOR 40 YEARS, I WOULD RESPECTFULLY SAY IN THIS COUNTRY WHERE WE TURN OUR BACKS ON WORKING PEOPLE AND WE TURN OUR BACKS ON GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS AND LAWS AND REGULATIONS TO HELP WORKING PEOPLE, EVEN AFTER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, 30 MILLION AMERICANS WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE, WHO THEY GET SICK RIGHT NOW, CAN'T AFFORD TO GO TO A DOCTOR, INCLUDING IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, WHERE THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION PEOPLE DON'T HAVE DON'T GET MEDICAID EXPANSION MONEY. THE MINIMUM WAYS IN INFLATION ADJUSTED DOLLARS ABOUT 40% LESS THAN IS IT 68. THE AVERAGE CEO EARNS ABOUT 30 TIMES WHAT THE AVERAGE WORK HE SHALL, ABOUT 200, 300 TIMES THAT. WE CONTINUES DON SEE THAT PULLING AWAY FROM THE MIDDLE CLASS, PULLING AWAY FROM THE WORKING CLASS AND BLUE COLLAR FOLKS AND CONTINUES TO HAVE WHAT MICHAEL HARRINGTON CALLED THE OTHER AMERICA, FURTHER SEPARATED AND OUR COLLECTIVE EFFORTS TO HELP THOSE FOLKS ARE MALIGNED, DISPUTED AND CONTINUOUSLY ATTACKED. I THINK THIS IS THE RESULT OF THAT, WHEN WE SEE RUNAWAY HOUSING PRICES LIKE THIS. IT'S FURTHER PUTTING AWAY DIGNITY FROM THE HANDS OF WORKING PEOPLE. BUT I SUPPORT EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING. I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT. AND I JUST WANTS TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. >>JOSEPH CITRO: IF YOU DON'T MIND, MR. CHAIRMAN. I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS WONDERFUL REPORT AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS COMING OUT, COME TO FRUITION. JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD DOESN'T MAKE IT A COMMUNITY. ARE WE ALSO TAKING INTO FACTORS -- WE HEAR THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN -- FOOD DESERTS. ARE WE GOING TO HOPEFULLY GET GROCERY STORES CLOSER TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING? ARE WE GOING TO MAKE SCHOOLS ARE OPEN? LOOK AT WEST RIVER. YOU HAVE DUNBAR AND CHESS ELEMENTARY. WHEN WE GETS THE FLOOD OF PEOPLE MOVING BACK TO THAT AREA, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE SCHOOLS AVAILABLE? ARE WE GOING TO HAVE GREEN SPACES? ARE WE GOING TO HAVE PLACES FOR OUR CHILDREN TO PLAY IN? SO I HOPE WE ARE LOOKING AT THE WHOLE PICTURE AND NOT JUST A ROOF OVER THE HEAD. THANK YOU AGAIN, LADIES. >>ABBYE FEELEY: COUNCILMAN CITRO, IF I MAY RESPOND TO THAT. I THINK FROM MY EXPERIENCE IN THE PLANNING WORLD OF THAT, I NEVER LOOK AS A UNIT AS AN AFFORDABLE UNITS. I LOOK AS A UNIT AS A HOME, AND IT TAKES ALL KINDS OF HOMES TO BUILD OUR COMMUNITY. AND A LOT OF TIMES, KAYON AND I HAVE EVEN TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THAT THAT GOES ALONG WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND HOW, WHEN WE HAVE A LOT OF IT IN OUR CITY, AND YOU WOULD NEVER EVEN KNOW YOU WERE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE. SO THAT'S WHAT OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE THAT INTEGRATED, AND JUST BE A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY LIKE ANY OTHER HOME. WE NEVER EVEN TALK ABOUT IT IN THAT SENSE BECAUSE WE SEE IT AS COMMUNITY, AND WHETHER IT'S RENTED OR OWNED, IT SHOULDN'T MATTER. THOSE SERVICES AND THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING USES, AND THE ITEMS THAT MAKE US A COMMUNITY SHOULD BE PRESENT TO SERVE ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS. >>JOSEPH CITRO: I KNEW WE HAD THE TWO RIGHT PEOPLE WORKING ON THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU AGAIN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. >>LUIS VIERA: I WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING TO THAT, IF I MAY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, FOR YOUR INDULGENCE. ONE THING I THINK ABBYE JUST TOUCHED ON IS THE IDEA OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND, YOU KNOW, BEING IN DIFFERENT KINDS OF NEIGHBORS NEIGHBORHOODS, SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE SEEN THAT'S REALLY COME OUT OF THE CLOSET SO TO SPEAK POLITICALLY IN THE LAST YEAR OR TWO AND IT ADJUSTS ANGERS ME, FRUSTRATES ME OF THE DEMONIZATION OF WORKFORCE BY CERTAIN POLITICAL FIGURES WHO MARABLE RACIAL AND CULTURAL APPEALS THAT I WANT TO SAY THEY ARE BENEATH US BUT THEY ARE NOT, RIGHT? BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE GO FOR THAT. BUT WE HAVE TO FIGHT THAT. WE HAVE TO FIGHT THAT. IT'S REMEMBER ONE TIME TALKING IN MY DISTRICT TO SOME FOLKS ON SOME APARTMENTS THAT WERE COMING AND THEY WERE FRUSTRATED AND THIS AND THAT AND THEY SAY, OH, IS THE CITY GOING TO PAY FOR SOME, WHAT WAS IT THEY SAID, FOR SOME VIDEO CAMERAS, BECAUSE OF CRIME GOING UP? I SAID BUY YOUR OWN DAMN VIDEO CAMERAS. NOW WHAT I AM SAYING? CRIME IS NOT GOING TO GO UP. ADJUSTS THINGS LIKE THAT ARE FOUNDED UPON -- I WILL BE DIPLOMATIC -- BIAS AND WE NEED TO FIGHTS THAT WHICH IS EVERYBODY DESERVES A HELPING HAND, EVERYBODY DESERVES THAT LADDER UP AND AFFORDABLE AND WORKFORCE HOUSING IS PART OF THAT. BUT JUST TRAGIC HOW THESE APPEALS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS ESPECIALLY HAS BEEN WITH US FOR A HECK OF A LONG TIME, BUT THINGS THAT PEOPLE USED TO WHISPER AND NOW THEY YELL, AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT FOLKS HAVE GOT TO STRUGGLE WITH. JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYONE ELSE? WELL, LADIES, YOU BOTH KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE MISSED YOU ON THE RIDE ALONG. WISH YOU WERE THERE. I THINK SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT WERE IN THE VAN HAD SOME EYE OPENING EXPERIENCE IN WHAT THEY SAW. THAT'S WHAT THE EVERYDAY PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THOSE PLACES SEE. YOU SEE NOTHING, YOU LOOKING FOR SOME HOPE. YOU HOPE THAT SOMETHING WILL CHANGE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE. WHEN I LOOK AT THE HOUSING PROGRAM, I LOOK AT WHY IS IT NOT WORKING FASTER? WHAT'S THE HOLDBACK? YOU ALL HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT SOME OF THOSE HOLDBACKS. KAYON, YOU ARE RIGHT F.I DON'T NONABOUT SOMETHING HOW CAN I BETTER MYSELF IF I DON'T KNOW? OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WHEN IT COMES TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THERE ARE SOME GOOD PROGRAMS WITHIN THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT. SOME FOLKS THAT POSSIBLY CAN QUALIFY BUT THEY DON'T KNOW IT. A CONVERSATION I HAD WITH THE MAYOR. WE HAVE SOME HOUSING COUNSELING PROGRAMS, BUT I GOT A PIECE OF BREAD ON TOP, GOT NO MEAT IN THE MIDDLE, SOME FOLKS GET FORTUNATE TO GETS AN END RESULT. WE HAVE TO FIX THE MIDDLE, BECAUSE IF I GO TO A HOUSING COUNSELING PROGRAM, AND I GET MY CERTIFICATE, FINISH THE PROGRAM, I GET CALLS, WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP? WHO GETS ME NEXT? HOW DO I GET TO STEP B, TO GET TO STEP E FOR THE PIECE OF BREAD UP FRONT, IN THE MIDDLE AND THE PIECE OF BREAD IN THE SANDWICH? I TALKED TO THE MAYOR AND SHE CONCURRED. WE WERE MISSING THAT MIDDLE PIECE. IF WE ARE TRULY GOING TO HELP PEOPLE, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A FOLLOW-THROUGH WITH THE WHOLE PROCESS. I THINK THAT'S A POINTS THAT WE ARE MISSING, THE FOLLOW-THROUGH. MR. MIRANDA, IN TRYING TO GET TO HOME PLATE, HAS TO GO PAST THE PITCHER, COME TOTAL SHORT STOP AND GET TO HOME PLATE. WHO IS CATCHING? SO THAT'S WHERE I AM LOOKING FOR. I AM LOOKING FOR THE ENGAGEMENT, LOOKING FOR THE MIDDLE PIECE. BUT WHEN I LOOKED AT SOME OF THESE NUMBERS, I STILL DON'T SEE WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE A DRIVING FORCE TO HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE, BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS IS SUBDIVIDED DOLLARS, GENTLEMEN. A LOT OF US IS SUBSIDIZED DOLLARS. AND THEN WE MISS THAT MIDDLE PIECE THAT MR. VIERA SOMETIMES TALKED ABOUT. THEY GET LEFT OUT. SO WE TALK ABOUT SOME IMPACT FEES, AND SOME MONEY FOR A TRUST TO BE ABLE TO HELP THOSE OTHER FOLKS. SO WE ARE NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM IF WE DON'T FILL IN THE GAPS. WE HAVE GAPS. AND WE TALK ABOUT HOUSING STOCK. WELL, I LOOK AT THE APARTMENT BUILDINGS THAT WE HAVE, TRY TO HAVE MEETINGS WITH SOME OF THESE DEVELOPERS TO COME UP WITH A PLAN OF HOW WE CAN HELP WITH TAX ABATEMENT, MAYBE SOME OTHER INCENTIVES, AND MAYBE BUY COLUMBUS CORE. THOSE BUILDINGS ARE VERY OLD. THOSE PLACES NEED TO BE DEVELOPED AND MAYBE GROW A LITTLE MORE BECAUSE OF THE DENSITY. LIKE TIMBER FALLS, MR. VIERA. AND GOING TO PUT THE MONEY, LIKE MAYBE MR. VIERA HAS SEEN LAST WEEK. AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, GIVE ME THE SOLUTION WITH THE ACTION PLAN. DO IT. AND YOU ARE WORKING VERY HARD. SEE, I KNOW THE PROBLEM. YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO DO WHAT YOU HAVE GOT TO DO. LET'S FACE IT. I TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME. IF I GOT A BUILDING THAT NEEDS WORK, NEED WORK TO GET IT READY. YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH WORKERS TO GET IT READY WITH SOME OF THE PROGRAMS YOU ALREADY GOT EXISTING. THAT'S WHY WE TALK ABOUT IT. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE WORKERS TO, SO OKAY, HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE TO THE PEOPLE? COMMUNICATION OUT TO THE PEOPLE. HOW DO WE DO THAT? HOW DO WE KNOW THE FOLKS THAT ARE IN THAT GAP? I SEE NUMBERS, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I LOOK AT HOUSING STOCK, SAW ALL THESE DIFFERENT LOTS THAT ARE ABANDONED. WE NEED A NONPROFIT TO GO DO A SURVEY OF THIS WHOLE AREA TO SEE WHO OWNS ALL THESE LOTS THAT ARE ADJUSTS SITTING. WHY ARE THEY JUST SITTING? WHAT ARE THEY WAITING ON? WHAT ARE YOU DOING? ARE YOU WAITING FOR A GOLD MINE? SOME OF THESE OLD BUILDINGS THAT ARE SICK, LET'S TALK TO THE OWNERS ABOUT THESE OLD BUILDINGS. HOW CAN WE MAKE HOUSING, GROCERY STORES? THAT'S HOW WE MOVE THE NEEDLE A LITTLE BIT, BE INNOVATORS, SAY OKAY, WE NEED AN OUTPOURS PERSON TO DO THIS. YOU TALK ABOUT EAST TAMPA. WE NEED A PLAN FOR EAST TAMPA. TAMPA CRA -- WE NEED A TRUE PLAN FOR ALL THE PEOPLE. ZONING WISE. DO WE WANT A PLACE FOR ENTERTAINMENT? PUT STUFF IN THERE AND THE PLACE STILL LOOKS A MESS. YOU CAN'T GO TO DAVIS ISLANDS TO DO CERTAIN THINGS. GO TO SOUTH TAMPA. IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER COMMUNITIES. NO DIFFERENT THAN SULPHUR SPRINGS. SO I THINK WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR, YOU TALK ABOUT REHAB, IF WE HAD EXTRA DOLLARS, DOLLARS ALLOCATED INFORM THAT AND YOU HAD THOSE MANY GRANTS THAT I TOLD YOU ABOUT, MR. JOHN NEEDS JUST A ROOF. HE MAY NEED A CEILING. BUT NOW HE HAS TO GO THROUGH 20 PIECES OF AN APPLICATION TO TRY TO MEET EVERY CRITERIA, AND I DON'T NOT WHERE THAT PIECE OF PAPER IS, MS. ABBYE. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT'S AT. SO I TELL YOU, I AM JUST GOING -- IT'S WHAT I HEAR. IT'S WHAT I HEAR. I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT ANYMORE. I WANT TO HEAR PROGRAMS. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY PROGRAMS THAT SAY OKAY, THING ONLY NEEDS AN AC UNIT. WHY DOES SHE NEED TO GO THROUGH 20 FEES OF A CHECKLIST TO GET 2500 BUCKS? SHE'S 80 YEARS OLD. RENT IS HIGH. A LOT OF OLDER PEOPLE. WHEN IT GETS COLD, THEY DO, TOO. SEE, IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE GOOD THINGS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE. IT'S THE SMALL THINGS THAT MAKE IT HAPPEN. THE SMALL THINGS. BECAUSE MR. JOHN IS SO HAPPY. I BARELY MAKE IT BUT IT WAS SIGNING THIS PAPER, AC,. THESE ARE THE THINGS I'M TALKING ABOUT FOLKS. THE SMALL THINGS WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. SO PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. BUT REHAB, YOU DON'T NEED TO BUILD A BRAND NEW HOUSE. THERE ARE A LOT OF HOUSES ALL OVER EAST TAMPA, THE NORTH END OF TOWN, THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT AGAIN. YOU GO OUT AND YOU LOOK AT THESE HOUSES THAT LOOK BAD. MS. SUZY JUST DIED. 80 YEARS OLD. HOUSE IS SITTING THERE. IT'S BEEN SILTING THERE FOR TEN YEARS. NOW GOT SQUATTERS IN THERE, EVERYBODY IN THE HOUSE. WHERE IF SOMEBODY WENT BY THERE, WHO OWNS THE HOUSE? LET'S FIND A WAY TO GET THROUGH THE RED TAPE OF IF THE HOUSES ARE FORECLOSED ON, WE CAN'T FEIGNED OWNERS, OR TRUSTEE. LET'S FIND A WAY THAT LEGALLY WE CAN DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAINTAIN THOSE KIND OF PROPERTIES, FIX THEM UP AND PUTS PEOPLE IN THEM. OR FLIP THEM BACK. BRING THE BACK BACK INTO THE TRUST, WHAT WE NEED TO DO. THAT'S ALL I AM ASKING. I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A LOT BUT WE HAVE GOT TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE SOME OF THESE OUT-OF-MIND THINGS COME TO REALITY. THESE ARE SIMPLE THINGS. AGAIN THEY ARE SMALL THINGS. ANYONE ELSE? MR. DINGFELDER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED SIR. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, FOR YOUR PASSIONATE AND ELOQUENT WORDS. INSPIRATIONAL. SO WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO AS A CITY TO BE MORE SERIOUS ABOUT ATTACKING THESE ISSUES? AND I DON'T MEAN LADIES YOU AND YOUR PEOPLE AREN'T SERIOUS. BUT IT ALL COMES DOWN TO MONEY. AND BECAUSE WE HAVE THE WILL. WE JUST DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY. AND THIS CAME UP AT THE AHAG COMMITTEE MEETING THE OTHER DAY SHALL LAST WEEK AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS $80 MILLION, WHAT WAS IT, $81 MILLION THE CITY WILL BE GETTING. AND IT DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF STRINGS ATTACHED AND IT COULD DEFINITELY BE USED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO I AM GOING SUGGEST TO THIS COUNCIL, AND TO THE MAYOR, AND ANYBODY ELSE ON STAFF WHO IS LISTENING, THAT PERHAPS WE TAKE HALF OF THAT MONEY, YES, $40 MILLION TO GO INTO THAT TRUST, TO GO INTO THESE HOUSING PROGRAMS. THAT COULD MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. EVERYBODY WANTS A PIECE OF THAT MONEY. BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE A BETTER PLACE TO SPEND HALF OF IT THAN ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING BECAUSE THEN WE ARE REALLY PUTTING OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS. AND I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS ON HOW WE CAN USE THAT MONEY, AND SPECIFICALLY WHAT PROGRAMS AND THAT SORT OF THING. BUT I AM SURE THAT MS. HENDERSON ANDS MS. FEELEY AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WORK WITH THEM CAN COME UP WITH A LOT OF CREATIVE AND FANTASTIC PROGRAMS, NOT JUST PROGRAMS FOR TODAY BUT PROGRAMS THAT WILL ROLL OVER. KAYON, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS THE NO MEETING THE OTHER DAY BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE IN SAYING, HERE IS A BUNCH OF MONEY, LET'S FIX IT TODAY. NO, LET'S MAKE PROGRAMS THAT CARRY OVER AND ALLOW THAT MONEY TO ROLL ON AND ROLL ON AND COULDN'T TO HELP AND SUPPORTS THIS COMMUNITY FOR MANY, MANY DECADES TO COME. WE PUT $40 MILLION AND PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS. NOT ONLY WE'LL GETS NOTICED ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I THINK IT COULD PROBABLY GENERATES A WHOLE SLEW OF PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS. PEOPLE WHO WANTS TO MATCH IT, STEP UP AND SAY, OKAY, THE CITY OF TAMPA IS SERIOUS ABOUT THIS. YOU COULD PUT IT INTO THAT TRUST, THAT HOUSING TRUST, AND GO GREAT PLACES. SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE NEED TO WORK WITH THE MAYOR AND WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ON THIS. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I GOT A FEELING THAT THE SEVEN OF US ARE GOING TO HAVE A VERY, VERY BIG WORD IN HOW THAT $80 MILLION IS SPENT. AND I THINK THAT THERE'S NOTHING BETTER THAN WE CAN SPEND HALF OF IT ON. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON, RECOGNIZED SIR. >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR GREAT IDEAS AND COMMENTS. I KNOW YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE LAST WORD. OF I ASKED THE QUESTION EARLIER, WHAT HAS CHANGED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS? AND THERE ARE TWO BIG THINGS FOR THE CHANGE. ONE IS THAT THERE'S A PRIORITY FOCUSING ON THE DIFFICULT ISSUES LIKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND INSTEAD OF TEARING DOWN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND BUILDING MORE DIRECT HOUSING. NUMBER TWO IS THERE'S A FOCUS ON FOCUSING ON THE DIFFICULT THINGS THAT SOMEBODY SAID THIS MORNING DON'T ALWAYS LEAD TO A RIBBON CUTTING OR PRESS CONFERENCE, BUT THEY ARE IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED WITH MONEY AND TIME, UNLIKE FRIVOLOUS THINGS LIKE $12 MILLION BOAT HOUSES. SO THOSE ARE TWO BIG THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED. THE OTHER THING I WANTS TO SAY FOR ANY OF THE BUSINESS PEOPLE WATCHING, WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS A SOCIAL ISSUE, IT IS A HUMANITARIAN ISSUE, A SOCIAL ISSUE, BUT IT ALSO IS A BUSINESS ISSUE AND IT IS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUE. AND I SAT ON THE BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE TAMPA CHAMBER, FLORIDA CHAMBER, AND WE TALKED ABOUT ISSUES LIKE THIS. YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ECONOMIC NUMBERS, AND THE COUNCIL, PRESENT THE TAMPA SCOREBOARD FOR USF AND WHAT HE SAYS IS OUR ECONOMIC STRATEGY CAN'T BE TO SAY THANK GOD FOR MIAMI, AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT AT THE TOP SIX CITIES IN THE STATE, WE COME IN FIFTH ON ALMOST EVERY ECONOMIC NUMBER. AND WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? AS HE SAYS, AND USF BUSINESS SCHOOL IS IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL KINDS OF DECISIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE BY COMPANIES THAT ARE LOOKING TO LOCATE HERE SMALL AND LARGE, AND THE COMPANIES THESE DAYS HAVE BEEN FULL ACCESS TO INFORMATION. THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE BEST DATA ON OUR COMMUNITY, BETTER THAN SOMETIMES WE SEE. THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO SEE THE REAL DATA. AND WHAT THEY SEE IS THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS NOT PERFORMED AS WELL AS IT SHOULD HAVE IN THE LAST TEN YEARS, AND IT IS ESPECIALLY NOT PERFORMING WELL COMPARED TO OUR PEERS OR TO OUR ASPIRATIONAL GROUP OF PEERS. AND A COUPLE OF THINGS HOLDING US BACK, ONE IS OUR POVERTY RATE AND ANOTHER IS OUR HOME OWNERSHIP RATE. IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, STATED AVERAGE IS ABOUT 65% HOME OWNERSHIP, ST. PETE JUST TO PUT IN THE CONTEXT IS 58%, TAMPA IS 48, AND I THINK AFRICAN HOME OWNERSHIP IS ABOUT 42. SO WHAT HAPPENS THESE BIG COMPANIES, AMAZON OR WHATEVER, THEY WILL LOOK AT OUR COMMUNITY AND SEE THESE NUMBERS, AND SURE THEY CAN LOOK AT IT ON ONE HAND AND SAY MAYBE WE CAN GET CHEAP LABOR BUT WHAT THEY REALLY DO IS LOOK AND SEE WHERE IS A REEL WELL-ROUNDED COMMUNITY, WHERE WE WILL MAKE AN INVESTMENT, AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE A WELL-ROUNDED COMMUNITIES, YOU HAVE TO GET SUBSIDIES. YOU ALL REMEMBER TEN OR SOME YEARS AGO THE COUNTY COMMISSION AND I ARGUED AGAINST THIS BUT THE COUNTY COMMISSION GAVE 6 .2 MILLION TO BASS PRO SHOPS TO LOCATE IN THE BRANDON AREA. AND WHAT HAPPENED, YOU SUBSIDIZE COMPANIES, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT PRODUCT. IT'S BETTER, ALL THE TOP INNOVATIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PEOPLE SAY WE NEED DEVELOP A COMMUNITY THAT WILL TRACK COMPANIES THAT WE DON'T TO SUBSIDIZE. AND THE WAY -- I DIDN'T AGREE WITH IT BUT THE WAY THEY JUSTIFY BASS PRO SHOPS, OVER 6 .2 MILLION AND OVER TIME WE WILL GETS PAID PROPERTY TAXES. WELL, IF WE HELP SOMEBODY WITH $5,000 OR WHATEVER IT IS FOR DOWN PAYMET ASSISTANCE, EVENTUALLY THEY ARE GOING TO BE PAYING PROPERTY TAXES ON THEIR PROPERTY, AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE LONG-TERM RETURN INVESTMENT OF THESE THINGS. FOR BUSINESSES ALSO. IF YOUR EMPLOYEES HAVE TO LIVE AN HOUR AWAY YOU ARE GOING TO END UP HAVING TO PAY THEM MORE. WE ALREADY HAVE WAGE INFLATION RAITT RIGHT NOW. DO YOU WANT TO PAY THEM MORE, HAVE FRUSTRATED EMPLOYEES COMING IN TO WORK EVERY DAY? ALSO, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FOR YOUR BEST AND BRIGHTEST PEOPLE THAT YOU WANT TO THE ATTRACT FROM OTHER CITIES? IF YOU LOOK AT THE DATA AND EVERYTHING, IT'S DIFFICULT SOMETIMES FOR REALLY SMART PEOPLE TO MOVE BECAUSE THEY DON'T SEE THE NUMBERS THEY SHOULD. SO THE BOTTOM LINE, I WISH I COULD TALK FOREVER ON THIS, IT IS A SOCIAL ISSUE, IT'S A HUH HUMANITARIAN ISSUE BUT ALSO A BUSINESS ISSUE AND ECONOMIC ISSUE. IF WE DON'T PUT A RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY IN, OUR ECONOMY WILL NOT TAKE OFF THE WAY IT SHOULD. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: LET ME SAY THIS. ARE WE STILL WAITING ON THAT OR DO WE HAVE THAT ALREADY, KAYON? DO WE ALREADY HAVE THAT MONEY? HAS IT BEEN DISBURSED YET? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WHICH MONEY, THE 80 MILLION? >>ORLANDO GUDES: THE 80 MILLION. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: NO. >>ABBYE FEELEY: THE AMERICAN RESCUE? I DO NOT BELIEVE SO. I BELIEVE WE ARE GETTING A THIRD ALLOCATION. AND WHAT WE ARE PRESENTING TO YOU TONIGHT, THESE ARE OUR FEDERAL FUNDS THAT ARE COMING IN FOR OUR HOUSING PROGRAM. THAT'S THE SECOND POT OF MONEY THAT WILL BE HANDLED DIFFERENTLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: RIGHT. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW. GENTLEMEN, N ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >>ABBYE FEELEY: I THINK WE DO NEED TO HERE IF THERE IS ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE'LL GET TO THAT. >>MARTIN SHELBY: CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY. COUNCIL, I WOULD JUST ASK BEFORE YOU TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE RECORD IF YOU COULD JUST WAIVE THE RULES TO ADOPT THE CMT GUIDELINES THAT HAVE BEEN SET FORTH IN THE NOTICE, AND -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION TO WAIVE? MR. MANISCALCO AND MR. VIERA. OKAY. MR. VIERA AND MR. CARLSON. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIED. PUBLIC COMMENT. ANYONE ON THE SECOND FLOOR TO TALK TO THIS ITEM? DO WE HAVE ANY STAFF ON THE SECOND FLOOR? >> WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GO DOWN THERE? >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IN THE MEANTIME ARE THERE ANY PEOPLE REGISTERED? >> NO ONE HAS REGISTERED. >>ORLANDO GUDES: IF YOU WILL RUN DOWN THERE, MR. SHELBY. BRIAN, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY? YOU ARE RECOGNIZED, SIR. >>BRIAN MORRISON: GOOD EVENING. AFTER WE CHECK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, IF I MAY, I WILL JUST ASK FOR A MOTION REGARDING THE ADOPTION NEXT WEEK OF THIS PLAN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. AS SOON AS MR. SHELBY GETS BACK. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MARTIN SHELBY. THERE IS NOBODY TO SPEAK ON THE SECOND FLOOR. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YOU LOOK LOVELY ON TELEVISION. [ LAUGHTER ] >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO HAS MOVED IT. MR. VIERA HAS SECONDED IT. WE NEED A ROLL CALL ON THIS. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ABBYE FEELEY: THANK YOU, COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO HAS MOVED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MR. VIERA HAS SECONDED IT. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIED. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: BRIAN, ARE YOU STILL THERE? >>BRIAN MORRISON: YES, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THERE WAS NO REQUIREMENT TO READ THE TITLE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WAS THERE? >>BRIAN MORRISON: NO. WE WILL APPEAR BEFORE YOU THIS TIME NEXT WEEK WITH A RESOLUTION FOR ADOPTING THIS PLAN AND APPROVING ITS SUBMISSION. AT THAT TIME, WE WILL GET THAT DONE. >>ABBYE FEELEY: IT'S ACTUALLY ON YOUR MORNING AGENDA. >>BRIAN MORRISON: IT IS ON THE REGULAR COUNCIL AGENDA. THANK YOU, ABBYE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. MR. SHELBY, ANYTHING, SIR? >>MARTIN SHELBY: TO RECEIVE AND FILE PLEASE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE BY MANISCALCO, CITRO. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? WE STAND ADJOURNED.