DISCLAIMER: 9:02:30AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 9:03:24AM MIRANDA? 9:04:09AM WELCOME. 9:05:16AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. 9:06:21AM MOTION FOR 12:30. 9:07:27AM THESE TWO ITEMS ARE REALLY RELATED TO WHAT HAPPENED IN SOUTH 9:08:43AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DID YOU WANT TO SET THIS LATER AND MAKE 9:09:35AM ITEM NUMBER 85, WE HAVE A MEMO FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY. 9:10:43AM 20th. 9:11:25AM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, YOU HAVE ITEM NUMBER 1. 9:13:05AM OUR SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES. 9:14:30AM INNOVATE SOLUTIONS TO SECURE OUR WATER FUTURE. 9:15:36AM WATER HERE IN THE CITY. 9:16:51AM SO WE'RE VIOLATING IT ON A DAILY BASIS AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T 9:17:51AM OUT I APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING AT THE OTHER ALTERNATIVES. 9:18:58AM THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO HOOK UP TO IT. 9:20:04AM >> YES, APPROXIMATELY FIVE TO SIX MGD WE'RE SAVING ONE DAY A 9:21:03AM THREE LETTERS MEAN A LOT. 9:22:09AM IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. 9:23:11AM >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, STAFF, 9:24:29AM IF I MAY TAKE A MOMENT BEFORE I READ THE RESOLUTION, I JUST 9:25:44AM AND WHEREAS, THE LEAGUE SERVES IN RECOGNITION OF HONOR OF 9:26:52AM ALL OF THE CITIES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. 9:28:08AM HERE. 9:30:17AM ON TIME. 9:31:51AM STATES OF AMERICA, EVERY YEAR, WE HAVE ALMOST A THOUSAND 9:33:24AM HAVING A SON, DAUGHTER, CHILD, LOSING SOMEONE IS AS PERSONAL 9:34:34AM YOU VISIT. 9:35:39AM HIS YEARLONG HEALTH BATTLE BEGAN WHILE HE WAITED FOR HIS 9:36:53AM FOR HIS TRANSPLANT. 9:38:02AM HOME AT SOME POINT IN THEIR LIFE. 9:39:00AM >> YES, SIR. 9:40:08AM IT IS A WONDERFUL THING TO HAVE A HOSPITAL LIKE THAT, ONE OF 9:41:00AM GRAPHICS. 9:42:04AM FOR THOSE THAT ARE HERE WHO WISH TO SPEAK, COME ON UP. 9:43:40AM BREADWINNERS. 9:45:03AM HELLO, SIR. 9:46:22AM TO SUICIDE? 9:47:41AM 40 SECONDS, ALSO MENTION, THIS EVENT, EVERYBODY IS INVITED. 9:49:04AM UP TO DATE, THREE BLACK CONTRACTORS. 9:50:17AM WE CAN'T HAVE A PROJECT LIKE THAT GOING ON.
TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2024, 9:00 A.M.
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9:02:33AM WELCOME TO THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
9:02:34AM AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOLLOWED BY
9:02:38AM THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
9:02:39AM IF EVERYONE COULD PLEASE STAND.
9:02:42AM [MOMENT OF SILENCE]
9:02:57AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:02:57AM [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
9:03:12AM ALL RIGHT.
9:03:12AM IF WE CAN HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
9:03:15AM >> CARLSON?
9:03:16AM >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
9:03:18AM >> HURTAK?
9:03:18AM CLENDENIN?
9:03:20AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE.
9:03:21AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT.
9:03:23AM >> VIERA?
9:03:25AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
9:03:25AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
9:03:27AM >>THE CLERK: YOU HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
9:03:28AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:03:29AM MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES FROM MAY 2 AND MAY
9:03:33AM 9?
9:03:33AM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
9:03:36AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
9:03:37AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:03:38AM AYE.
9:03:38AM ANY OPPOSED?
9:03:38AM ALL RIGHT.
9:03:40AM LET'S GO THROUGH THE AGENDA.
9:03:42AM I HAVE QUITE A FEW ITEMS.
9:03:43AM I HAVE A MEMO RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
9:03:47AM SHE WILL NOT BE PRESENT TODAY AS SHE IS ATTENDING THE
9:03:50AM CONFERENCE FOR NEW URBANISM IN CINCINNATI.
9:03:53AM WE HAVE THAT MEMO.
9:03:53AM WE HAVE A MEMO FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA'S OFFICE.
9:03:56AM HE WILL BE ARRIVING A FEW MINUTES LATE.
9:03:59AM SO WE WILL NOTE THAT.
9:04:00AM AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME OUR NEW BUDGET ANALYST
9:04:03AM FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, HAGAR KOPESKY.
9:04:07AM SHE IS OFF TO THE SIDE.
9:04:09AM SHE WILL BE PRESENT AT OUR MEETINGS.
9:04:11AM WE HAVE A MEMO RECEIVED FROM MR. ALIS DRUMGO REQUESTING ITEM
9:04:18AM NUMBER 5 TO BE CONTINUED TO JUNE 20th.
9:04:21AM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
9:04:23AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
9:04:24AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:04:25AM AYE.
9:04:25AM ALL RIGHT.
9:04:26AM WE HAVE A MEMO RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA'S OFFICE
9:04:29AM REQUESTING ITEMS 75 THROUGH 79 BE HEARD TOGETHER FIRST AFTER
9:04:34AM PUBLIC COMMENT, AS THEY ARE ALL RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND
9:04:40AM WE'LL TAKE IT FROM THERE.
9:04:42AM TPD HAS A CONFLICT IN THE AFTERNOON.
9:04:46AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HOLD ON A SECOND.
9:04:49AM COUNCILMAN VIERA IS NOT GOING TO BE HERE IN THE MORNING,
9:04:51AM SHOULD WE WAIT FOR THE ITEMS?
9:04:53AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HE'S EN ROUTE.
9:04:56AM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
9:05:01AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
9:05:03AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:05:04AM AYE.
9:05:05AM WE HAVE A MEMO RECEIVED FROM MS. fa*gGART REQUESTING ITEM 29
9:05:10AM UNDER PUBLIC WORKS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA.
9:05:14AM IS THERE A MOTION?
9:05:17AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
9:05:20AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:05:20AM AYE.
9:05:21AM WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE.
9:05:26AM ITEM 71 AND 72 WILL NOT BE HEARD.
9:05:29AM THEY WERE MISNOTICED.
9:05:31AM CAN I GET A MOTION TO REMOVE THEM FROM THE AGENDA?
9:05:33AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
9:05:34AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
9:05:36AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:05:37AM ANY OPPOSED?
9:05:39AM ALL RIGHT.
9:05:40AM WE HAVE A MEMO RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA'S OFFICE
9:05:42AM REQUESTING THAT ITEM NUMBER 80 BE HEARD AT A TIME CERTAIN OF
9:05:46AM 11:30 DUE TO MR. ROGERO BEING UNAVAILABLE THIS AFTERNOON.
9:05:53AM SO ONCE WE DO THE PUBLIC SAFETY, REGARDLESS, WE'RE GOING TO
9:05:57AM GO INTO THAT 11:30 BECAUSE OF SCHEDULING CONFLICTS.
9:06:02AM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
9:06:04AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
9:06:05AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:06:05AM AYE.
9:06:07AM WE ARE GOING TO DO A HARD STOP AT 12:30 FOR LUNCH.
9:06:11AM LET'S GO TO STAFF REPORTS.
9:06:15AM ANYBODY OPPOSED TO THAT?
9:06:22AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, SECOND FROM COUNCIL
9:06:25AM MEMBER MIRANDA.
9:06:27AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:06:28AM AYE.
9:06:29AM ANY OPPOSED?
9:06:30AM WE HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE.
9:06:31AM CHIEF BENNETT, YOU DO HAVE AN ITEM AND WE'LL GET TO THAT.
9:06:34AM ITEM NUMBER 74, WOULD ANYBODY LIKE STAFF PRESENT FOR THAT?
9:06:42AM I'M GOING TO SAY YES.
9:06:47AM COUNCIL MEMBER --
9:06:51AM >>BILL CARLSON: WE HAD A QUESTION FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT
9:06:53AM WHERE THE 8 MILLION WENT.
9:06:54AM I THINK WE SHOULD ANSWER THAT QUESTION AT LEAST.
9:06:56AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
9:06:57AM WE'LL HAVE STAFF PRESENT FOR 74.
9:06:59AM 75 THROUGH 79 WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED REGARDING THE PUBLIC
9:07:03AM SAFETY ITEMS.
9:07:04AM ITEM NUMBER 80 WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED FOR THE 11:30 TIME
9:07:10AM CERTAIN.
9:07:10AM YES ON 81.
9:07:14AM HOW ABOUT ON 82?
9:07:18AM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
9:07:19AM >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH, 82 AND 83 I SPENT A LONG TIME TALKING
9:07:23AM TO STAFF, MS. FEELEY AND SUSAN JOHNSON VELEZ.
9:07:34AM HOWARD ON SUNDAY MORNING, BUT THE IDEA, AS WE DISTILL IT
9:07:46AM DOWN, WHAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT IS NOT THE CREATION OF
9:07:48AM ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS.
9:07:49AM IT IS THE CONCENTRATION OF ALCOHOL LICENSES.
9:07:52AM SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE
9:07:57AM THESE TWO AND THEN PUT ON A WORKSHOP --
9:08:00AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, NO.
9:08:01AM WE'LL WAIT FOR THAT MOTION.
9:08:03AM 82 AND 83, WANT TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
9:08:05AM MAKE THE MOTION FOR THE WORKSHOP LATER.
9:08:07AM 82 AND 83, NO STAFF PRESENT.
9:08:09AM WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
9:08:12AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:08:13AM AYE.
9:08:14AM >>BILL CARLSON: JUST REMEMBER, PLEASE, WHEN I MAKE THE
9:08:17AM MOTION, IT WAS RELATED TO THESE THINGS.
9:08:19AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: UNDER NEW BUSINESS.
9:08:20AM ITEM 84, DO WE NEED STAFF PRESENT FOR THAT?
9:08:29AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MR. CHAIRMAN, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT
9:08:32AM WE'RE GOING AFTER THE WRONG PEOPLE.
9:08:34AM I'D LIKE TO HAVE MAYBE A WORKSHOP ON THIS BECAUSE THIS
9:08:37AM DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
9:08:38AM I VIOLATE THE LAW.
9:08:40AM YOU BUY A HOUSE AND I'M COMING AFTER YOU?
9:08:46AM A MOTION FOR A WORKSHOP?
9:08:47AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MR. BENNETT MAY WANT TO SPEAK ON IT.
9:08:50AM >>JOHN BENNETT: GOOD MORNING, CHIEF BENNETT.
9:08:52AM GOOD MORNING TO THE PUBLIC.
9:08:53AM IN TALKING TO COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA'S OFFICE, HE GAVE US
9:08:57AM LEGAL RESEARCH TO DO.
9:08:58AM I PASSED THAT OFF TO THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
9:09:00AM IF THERE IS A SENSE TO CONTINUE THIS, IT MAY MAKE SENSE.
9:09:02AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: CONTINUE FOR 30 DAYS.
9:09:04AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
9:09:04AM WE'LL CONTINUE THIS TO JUNE 20th?
9:09:09AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: FINE WITH ME.
9:09:10AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE A JUNE 20th REGULAR
9:09:12AM MEETING?
9:09:12AM I'LL LOOK FOR IT MYSELF.
9:09:22AM YES.
9:09:25AM ALL RIGHT.
9:09:25AM MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS TO JUNE 20th, 2024, UNDER STAFF
9:09:29AM REPORTS.
9:09:30AM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
9:09:32AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
9:09:33AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:09:34AM AYE.
9:09:34AM ALL RIGHT.
9:09:38AM THIS MOTION WAS ORIGINALLY MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
9:09:42AM DO YOU WANT STAFF PRESENT?
9:09:43AM >>BILL CARLSON: YES, PLEASE.
9:09:44AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES ON 85.
9:09:45AM YES ON 86.
9:09:48AM ITEM NUMBER 87, YES, WE HAVE TO DO OUR THING.
9:09:53AM LET'S SEE.
9:09:56AM ITEM NUMBER 88, WE HAVE A MEMO, MR. SHELBY, ARE YOU GOING TO
9:10:00AM BE ON STANDBY FOR IT?
9:10:02AM YES ON 88.
9:10:06AM >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I JUST SAY, MR. CHAIR, 85 WE DON'T HAVE
9:10:10AM TO TALK ABOUT THE SUBSTANCE BUT THE SIMPLE THING, TOWARD THE
9:10:14AM END OF THE DAY, THE ONLY THING IS TO APPROVE THE FORM, ALL
9:10:19AM WE HAVE TO DO IS APPROVE THE FORM WHICH JUST CODIFIES THE
9:10:23AM RULES ALREADY OUT THERE.
9:10:25AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE REALLY DON'T NEED STAFF.
9:10:26AM >>BILL CARLSON: IF YOU GUYS ARE OKAY APPROVING THE FORM.
9:10:29AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'M FINE WITH THAT.
9:10:30AM WE OUGHT TO AT LEAST HAVE SOMEBODY IN THE CITY CHECK.
9:10:35AM TAKES TWO MINUTES TO DO THAT.
9:10:36AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S HAVE STAFF ON STANDBY AND TAKE IT
9:10:38AM UP THEN.
9:10:39AM IT COULD BE QUICK.
9:10:40AM ITEM 89, THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE THE ITEM TO JUNE
9:10:43AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
9:10:45AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
9:10:46AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:10:47AM AYE.
9:10:48AM THIS IS THE VETERANS COMMITTEE.
9:10:50AM FINALLY, PARKS AND REC, THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE THIS
9:10:54AM TO JUNE 6, 2024.
9:10:55AM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
9:10:58AM DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
9:10:59AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
9:11:00AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:11:01AM AYE.
9:11:02AM ANY OPPOSED?
9:11:02AM ALL RIGHT.
9:11:04AM WE WENT THROUGH THE STAFF REPORTS.
9:11:07AM THE TIMER WILL BE ON THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
9:11:11AM I BELIEVE THAT IS IT.
9:11:13AM LET ME DOUBLE CHECK BEFORE I ASK.
9:11:15AM CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AND THE ADDENDUM?
9:11:18AM MOTION FROM CLENDENIN, SECOND FROM MIRANDA.
9:11:21AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:11:21AM AYE.
9:11:22AM ANY OPPOSED?
9:11:22AM ALL RIGHT.
9:11:37AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HONORABLE CHAIR, TAMPA CITY COUNCIL,
9:11:39AM HONORABLE MEMBERS OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, IT IS MY HONOR TO
9:11:42AM INTRODUCE A COMMENDATION TO THE CITY OF TAMPA WATER
9:11:44AM DEPARTMENT AS WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFE, CLEAN,
9:11:48AM AND SUSTAINABLE WATER THAT ACKNOWLEDGES FLORIDA LEADERSHIP
9:11:53AM IN WATER USE.
9:11:54AM IN CELEBRATION OF THESE EFFORTS, WE PROCLAIM MAY 19 THROUGH
9:11:58AM THE 25 OF 2024 AS FLORIDA WATER REUSE WEEK.
9:12:02AM THIS WEEK HIGHLIGHTS THE CITY OF TAMPA WATER DEPARTMENT'S
9:12:05AM COMMITMENT TO WATER CONSERVATION, THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USE
9:12:10AM AND RECLAIMED WATER USE.
9:12:11AM JOIN ME IN COMMENCING THE TAMPA WATER DEPARTMENT AND THEIR
9:12:15AM DEDICATION TO PROTECTING OUR PRECIOUS WATER RESOURCES AS WE
9:12:19AM CELEBRATE THESE ACHIEVEMENTS.
9:12:20AM AND THERE'S NO ONE BETTER THAT CAN SAY THAT THAN THE HEAD OF
9:12:24AM THE WATER DEPARTMENT, MR. JONES.
9:12:29AM >> IT IS AN HONOR TO ACCEPT THIS COMMENDATION ON BEHALF OF
9:12:31AM THE WATER DEPARTMENT IN RECOGNITION OF THE FLORIDA WATER
9:12:36AM REUSE WEEK.
9:12:37AM THIS COMES AT A CRITICAL TIME IN WHICH WE ARE BATTLING WITH
9:12:44AM WEATHER DROUGHT.
9:12:48AM WE HAVE A RAPIDLY DECLINING HILLSBOROUGH RIVER RESERVOIR.
9:12:52AM OUR WATER DEMAND IS CLIMBING ABOVE 90 MILLION GALLONS A DAY,
9:12:57AM AND IT QUICKLY REMINDS US ABOUT OUR NEED TO CRITICALLY PLAN
9:13:09AM WATER I BELIEVE IS THE FUTURE GOAL.
9:13:11AM YOU KNOW, WE AREN'T MAKING ANY MORE WATER.
9:13:14AM WE JUST CHANGE ITS FORM.
9:13:16AM AND ALL FORMS ARE EXTREMELY VALUABLE, WHETHER IT BE DRINKING
9:13:20AM WATER OR STORMWATER, OR WASTEWATER, WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK
9:13:24AM AT IT FROM A HOLISTIC STANDPOINT AND CREATE A SYSTEM,
9:13:29AM SUSTAINABLE SYSTEM THAT INCORPORATES ALL THOSE RESOURCES.
9:13:33AM WE DO HAVE A TEAM HERE THAT'S DEDICATED TO THAT.
9:13:38AM SARAH BURNS AND HER TEAM HAVE THAT MINDSET, HAVE THAT FOCUS.
9:13:42AM AS WE MOVE FORWARD EXPLORING OPTIONS, WE UNDERSTAND THAT
9:13:49AM HONESTY AND TRANSPARENCY ARE PARAMOUNT.
9:13:55AM >> SO WATER IS A FINITE RESOURCE.
9:13:57AM THIS IS SOMETHING THAT BECOMES VERY CLEAR DURING PERIODS OF
9:14:00AM DROUGHT, LIKE THE ONE THAT WE'RE IN NOW, AND WE'RE, OF
9:14:03AM COURSE, VERY THANKFUL FOR THE RAIN WE GOT YESTERDAY AND HOPE
9:14:06AM TO SEE MORE OF THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
9:14:09AM OUR COMMUNITY HAS SHOWN REMARKABLE ADAPTABILITY AND
9:14:12AM COOPERATION BY ADHERING TO THE ONE DAY PER WEEK WATERING
9:14:15AM RESTRICTIONS, SOMETHING THAT IS A VITAL STEP IN OUR
9:14:18AM CONSERVATION EFFORTS AND SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE
9:14:21AM YEAR-ROUND MOVING FORWARD.
9:14:22AM OF COURSE, WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS MORE THAT WE CAN
9:14:25AM DO, THOUGH.
9:14:26AM OUR WATER RESOURCES ARE PRECIOUS AND WE MUST CONTINUE TO
9:14:33AM IN ADDITION TO CONSERVATION EFFORTS, ONE OF OUR MOST
9:14:36AM PROMISING AVENUES IS THE BENEFICIAL USE OF OUR HIGHLY
9:14:39AM TREATED RECLAIMED WATER.
9:14:40AM RECLAIMED WATER IS SPECIAL BECAUSE IT IS A CONSISTENT
9:14:42AM SOURCE.
9:14:43AM SO WHILE THE RIVER IS SUBJECT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
9:14:45AM AND THEREFORE HAS HIGH VARIABILITY AND FLOW, RECLAIMED WATER
9:14:48AM ISN'T SUBJECT TO THAT SAME VARIABILITY.
9:14:52AM WHILE WE RECOGNIZE THAT PAST PROJECTS DID NOT RECEIVE
9:14:55AM SUPPORT, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE CONTINUE TO STUDY, PILOT,
9:14:58AM AND EXPLORE NEW METHODS AND TECHNOLOGIES SO WE CAN TRANSFORM
9:15:03AM OUR RECLAIMED WATER INTO A RELIABLE RESOURCE FOR THE
9:15:06AM COMMUNITY.
9:15:06AM AS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT, OUR STAR SYSTEM, OUR IRRIGATION
9:15:09AM SYSTEM WITH RECLAIMED WATER, IS AVAILABLE TO OVER 13,000
9:15:12AM RESIDENTS.
9:15:12AM AND WHILE THIS IS VERY HELPFUL TO OUR POTABLE SYSTEM AND
9:15:16AM REMOVES SOME OF THE BURDEN, ONLY ABOUT 40% OF PEOPLE WHO CAN
9:15:20AM CONNECT TO THE SYSTEM ARE CONNECTED TO THE SYSTEM.
9:15:22AM SO IN THE COMING MONTHS, WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING TO
9:15:25AM UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BARRIERS TO THAT USE ARE, AND HOW WE CAN
9:15:28AM REMOVE THEM.
9:15:29AM ACHIEVING AS CLOSE TO 100% UTILIZATION OF OUR STAR SYSTEM IS
9:15:34AM STEP ONE TOWARDS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OUR VALUABLE RECLAIMED
9:15:38AM I WANT TO THANK CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS COMMENDATION AND FOR
9:15:41AM RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER REUSE.
9:15:43AM LET US CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER AND INNOVATE AND INVEST IN
9:15:46AM OUR WATER FUTURE.
9:15:48AM OUR COMMITMENT TODAY WILL ENSURE THAT TAMPA REMAINS A
9:15:51AM THRIVING AND RESILIENT COMMUNITY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
9:15:54AM THANK YOU.
9:15:55AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IF I MAY, BEFORE I MAKE THE PRESENTATION,
9:15:58AM MR. CHAIRMAN, I FOUND A PICTURE YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS LOOKING
9:16:00AM AT SOMETHING, AND I'VE BEEN HERE SO LONG I DON'T KNOW HOW TO
9:16:04AM USE THIS, BUT I THINK IT'S FINE, THE INDIVIDUAL TO YOUR LEFT
9:16:06AM IS THE FIRST TIME WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY, YOUNG MAN, I
9:16:10AM SHOULD SAY, LEARNING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT.
9:16:11AM I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER THE INDIAN WITH THE
9:16:15AM LITTLE TEAR GOING DOWN HIS FACE, THAT'S HIM.
9:16:17AM THAT'S THE FELLOW THAT I MET IN 1974.
9:16:21AM AND FROM '74 TO THE YEAR TODAY OF '24, THERE ARE A LOT OF
9:16:30AM YEARS AND A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF WATER GOING OVER THE
9:16:32AM DAM.
9:16:33AM BUT IN SAYING THAT, LET ME SAY THIS.
9:16:35AM 1974, OUR WATER USE PERMIT WAS 82 MILLION GALLONS.
9:16:39AM THE CITY WAS MAYBE 250, 260 THOUSAND STRONG.
9:16:44AM NOW OVER 400 THOUSAND PEOPLE AND A WATER PERMIT IS STILL 82
9:16:48AM MILLION GALLONS A DAY.
9:16:55AM GO OVER 82 ON A YEARLY BASIS, WE'RE ALL RIGHT.
9:16:58AM IT'S INCUMBENT UPON ALL OF US TO START THINKING MORE AND
9:17:01AM MORE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL USE, THE NEED OF NOT ONLY
9:17:05AM WASTEWATER, WATER, BUT ALL AROUND WHAT WE'RE DOING TO
9:17:07AM OURSELVES.
9:17:08AM WE'RE GETTING SICKER AND SICKER.
9:17:09AM THERE'S MORE CANCER EVERY DAY.
9:17:11AM I'M NOT BLAMING IT ON WATER.
9:17:13AM I'M BLAMING IT ON WHAT WE'RE DOING TO THE ENVIRONMENT,
9:17:15AM PERIOD.
9:17:16AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:17:16AM I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT AND THE COUNCIL MAY ASK QUESTIONS IF
9:17:20AM THEY WOULD LIKE TO BOTH OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH ME.
9:17:23AM ANYBODY NEXT TO ME IS ALWAYS YOUNGER.
9:17:26AM >> THANK YOU.
9:17:27AM >> THANK YOU.
9:17:27AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:17:28AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:17:28AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:17:35AM >>BILL CARLSON: JUST QUICKLY, I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU
9:17:38AM ALL AGAIN AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GOOD WORK AND HARD WORK
9:17:41AM AND COMMUNICATION THAT'S GOING ON.
9:17:44AM SINCE YOU BROUGHT UP THE RECLAIMED WATER, BECAUSE THAT'S
9:17:47AM BEEN SUCH A HOT ISSUE THE LAST FIVE YEARS, I WANTED TO THROW
9:17:54AM ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAD THE LAST TWO OR THREE TIMES IS
9:17:57AM THAT THERE WERE ALTERNATIVES PUSHED OR LOOKED AT BUT NOT
9:18:01AM SERIOUSLY.
9:18:03AM AS YOU SAID, LIKE THOROUGH AND HONESTLY.
9:18:07AM AND THIS EXPANSION OF THE STAR PROGRAM OR WHAT I CALL PURPLE
9:18:10AM PIPES WAS THE MODEL THAT WAS PICKED CAUSED IT TO LOOK LIKE
9:18:14AM IT WAS MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE THAN IT WAS.
9:18:16AM THAT IS A LONG STORY FOR ANOTHER DAY.
9:18:18AM I THINK THE PUBLIC -- I THINK EVERYBODY REALIZES THAT THAT
9:18:21AM WATER IS A VALUABLE RESOURCE.
9:18:23AM WE HEARD IN THE PAST THAT POLK OR PASCO, MAYBE OTHER
9:18:27AM COUNTIES MIGHT WANT TO BUY IT AS IS AND PUT THEIR OWN PIPE
9:18:31AM LINE IN.
9:18:31AM THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
9:18:32AM BECAUSE WE HAVE A STEADY SUPPLY FROM TAMPA BAY WATER, WHICH
9:18:36AM WE CAN BUY AT A RELATIVELY LOW COST.
9:18:38AM SO IF WE COULD SELL THAT WATER TO SOMEBODY ELSE, THEN WE'RE
9:18:41AM NOT DRINKING IT.
9:18:42AM AND WE DON'T HAVE -- MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE DON'T HAVE TO
9:18:45AM ENCUMBER OUR RATEPAYERS OR OUR CITIZENS WITH A DEBT.
9:18:48AM THE OTHER THING, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS PRIVATELY.
9:18:53AM THE STAR PROGRAM WHEN IT WAS ROLLED OUT, THERE WASN'T
9:18:56AM SUFFICIENT MARKETING FOR IT.
9:18:57AM PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.
9:19:01AM AS WE'RE LOOKING AT IT AGAIN, AS WE CREATE THE MODEL, WE
9:19:03AM CAN'T USE STAR AS THE EXAMPLE.
9:19:05AM WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IF WE DID THOROUGH MARKETING
9:19:08AM WHICH PROBABLY WOULD INCLUDE KNOCKING ON DOORS OR THE
9:19:10AM EXPANSION OF IT OR HIGHER USAGE OF IT THAT WOULD WORK.
9:19:14AM ANOTHER PROBLEM IS PEOPLE HAD TO PAY THEIR OWN WAY TO HOOK
9:19:16AM IT UP.
9:19:17AM I HAD A FRIEND WHO IS A PLUMBER.
9:19:19AM I CALLED HIM, I THINK IT WAS A THOUSAND BUCKS OR SOMETHING.
9:19:22AM BUT PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT.
9:19:24AM DIDN'T WANT TO PAY FOR IT THEMSELVES.
9:19:26AM IF WE WANT FULL SUPPORT, WE MIGHT PUT IN THERE A WAY THAT WE
9:19:31AM WOULD COVER THE HOOKUP OF IT, OR AT LEAST EXPLAIN IT BETTER.
9:19:34AM AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT THE OTHER MODELS DIDN'T
9:19:37AM INCLUDE, WHAT IF WE PASS AN ORDINANCE THAT SAYS IF YOU HAVE
9:19:40AM ACCESS TO IT, YOU HAVE TO USE THAT TO WATER YOUR LAWN.
9:19:43AM YOU CAN'T USE POTABLE WATER.
9:19:44AM THAT MIGHT BE AN EXTREME MEASURE BUT DEFINITELY WOULD RAMP
9:19:47AM UP THE REVENUES.
9:19:47AM BUT IF THE PUBLIC HAS A CHOICE BETWEEN ALL OF THAT VERSUS
9:19:51AM DRINKING THAT, THEY WOULD MUCH RATHER DO THAT.
9:19:53AM LASTLY, COULD YOU JUST REPEAT FOR PEOPLE, WE STILL HAVE ONE
9:19:57AM DAY A WEEK WATERING, AND I FORGOT THAT WE'RE SAVING LIKE
9:20:02AM FOUR OR FIVE MGD.
9:20:08AM WEEK.
9:20:08AM >>BILL CARLSON: THAT'S MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
9:20:11AM THAT'S HOW MUCH WE'RE SAVING.
9:20:12AM SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE FROM THE RIVER, WE
9:20:14AM ONLY GET LIKE 82 MILLION GALLONS A DAY.
9:20:17AM AND YOU'RE SAYING SOMETIMES WE'RE USING 90 NOW.
9:20:21AM >> YEAH, WE'RE PEAKING UP TO 90 AND WE'RE TAKING ADDITIONAL
9:20:24AM WATER FROM THE CANAL.
9:20:26AM WE HAVE AN ASR SYSTEM THAT WE'RE PULLING BACK FROM.
9:20:30AM DONE WITH OUR CHLORINE --
9:20:32AM >>BILL CARLSON: THAT'S WITH THE REDUCTION.
9:20:34AM >> THAT'S WITH THE REDUCTION.
9:20:35AM >>BILL CARLSON: IT JUST SHOWS FOR EVERYBODY WHO IS ANGRY
9:20:37AM THAT THEIR GRASS IS DRYING UP, IT IS ESSENTIAL.
9:20:41AM IT IS THE FASTEST WAY, FASTEST CHEAPEST WAY THAT WE CAN
9:20:45AM COVER THE SHORTFALL DUE TO DROUGHTS IS TO JUST ASK PEOPLE TO
9:20:49AM WATER ONCE A WEEK.
9:20:50AM SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY FOR COOPERATING ON THAT.
9:20:52AM >> YES, I APPRECIATE THAT.
9:20:53AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:20:54AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:20:54AM >> THANK YOU.
9:20:56AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: LET ME SAY ONE THING BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE
9:20:58AM SAY THINGS LIKE ASR, THE PUBLIC, YOU MAY KNOW WHAT IT IS.
9:21:04AM THAT'S AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY.
9:21:07AM IT MEANS THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS IN THE WATER DEPARTMENT
9:21:09AM DURING THE RAINY SEASON, UNDER THE GRECO ADMINISTRATION, WE
9:21:12AM OPENED UP EIGHT ASR WELLS.
9:21:14AM WHAT WE DO, WE PURIFY THE WATER, CLEAN IT LIKE SEND IT OUT,
9:21:20AM BUT INSTEAD, PUMP IT INTO THE AQUIFER.
9:21:23AM SO THE MONTHS OF FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL, MAY.
9:21:26AM SOMETIMES YOU HAVE ENOUGH.
9:21:27AM SOMETIMES YOU DON'T.
9:21:29AM MOST OF THE TIME YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO SUPPLY BECAUSE WE
9:21:32AM KNOW THOSE ARE THE DRY MONTHS OF THE YEAR.
9:21:33AM THAT WAS DONE UNDER A PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION WAY BACK.
9:21:36AM BUT WE'VE GOT TO THANK MAYOR GRECO FOR THAT.
9:21:39AM EIGHT AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY WELLS.
9:21:42AM THANK GOD WE HAVE THAT.
9:21:43AM WE NEED TO DO MORE OF THAT.
9:21:45AM WE CAN HELP OURSELVES ANOTHER 10, 15 YEARS IF THEY GIVE US A
9:21:49AM PERMIT TO CREATE MORE WATER AND PUT IT DOWN.
9:21:52AM HOWEVER, YOU HAVE POLITICS INVOLVED.
9:21:54AM THAT'S WHERE I COME IN, WHERE YOU COME IN.
9:21:56AM SOONER OR LATER, AND I HOPE IT'S LATER THAN SOONER, WE'RE
9:22:00AM GOING TO HAVE A PROBLEM IN THE CITY.
9:22:02AM YOU CANNOT HAVE A CITY GROWING THE WAY THIS IS GROWING AND
9:22:06AM HAVE YOUR WATER CAPPED AT 82 MILLION GALLONS A DAY.
9:22:10AM IF YOU LOOK AT THE WATER SUPPLY AND HOW MUCH WE DO ON A
9:22:13AM DAILY BASIS PER AVERAGE PER HOUSEHOLD, I GUARANTEE YOU IT'S
9:22:17AM ONE OF THE LOWEST.
9:22:19AM THE PUBLIC HAS ALWAYS LISTENED.
9:22:20AM AGAIN, UNDER THE GRECO ADMINISTRATION, WE WERE TWO DAYS OF
9:22:25AM NOT -- WITHIN TWO DAYS OF NOT HAVING ENOUGH WATER FOR THE
9:22:28AM CITY.
9:22:28AM WATER CONSUMPTION WENT DOWN BY 45% AS SOON AS WE LET THE
9:22:31AM PUBLIC KNOW.
9:22:32AM THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA ARE UNDERSTANDING WHAT WATER IS AND
9:22:35AM WHAT IT DOES.
9:22:35AM ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS BE DILIGENT OURSELVES TO MAKE SURE WE
9:22:39AM DO THE RIGHT THING.
9:22:40AM WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT RECLAIMED WATER BEING DRINKING
9:22:46AM WATER.
9:22:46AM I UNDERSTAND THAT.
9:22:47AM LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE.
9:22:48AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:22:51AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU, HAVE A GOOD DAY.
9:22:52AM THANK YOU.
9:22:53AM ALL RIGHT.
9:22:56AM ITEM NUMBER 2, WE HAVE THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES HERE TO
9:23:02AM PRESENT.
9:23:04AM GOOD MORNING.
9:23:14AM AND CITIZENS.
9:23:14AM MY NAME IS ERIN RUSSELL.
9:23:17AM AND I AM THE MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM SPECIALIST FROM THE FLORIDA
9:23:19AM LEAGUE OF CITIES, WHICH IS LOCATED IN TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA.
9:23:22AM JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AUDIENCE MEMBERS WHO MAY HAVE
9:23:25AM NEVER HEARD OF THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES, FOR MORE THAN A
9:23:28AM HUNDRED YEARS, THE LEAGUE HAS SERVED AS THE UNITED VOICE FOR
9:23:32AM FLORIDA'S 411 CITIES, TOWNS, AND VILLAGES.
9:23:35AM AND SINCE THE BEGINNING, OUR MISSION HAS REMAINED THE SAME,
9:23:39AM WHICH IS TO PROTECT LOCAL DECISION MAKING WHICH ALLOWS LOCAL
9:23:42AM VOICES TO MAKE LOCAL CHOICES.
9:23:44AM SO I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF
9:23:46AM TAMPA FOR BEING A DEDICATED MEMBER OF THE LEAGUE AND A
9:23:50AM SPECIAL THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA FOR SERVING ON THE
9:23:53AM LEAGUE'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
9:23:54AM IT'S MY HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY, AND THAT IS TO PRESENT THE
9:23:59AM JOHN LAND YEARS OF SERVICE AWARD TO COUNCIL MEMBER CHARLIE
9:24:03AM MIRANDA FOR HIS 30 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF TAMPA.
9:24:09AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:24:10AM THIS AWARD WAS NAMED AFTER APOPKA MAYOR JOHN LAND WHO SERVED
9:24:18AM HIS CITY FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS.
9:24:21AM THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES ELECTED OFFICIALS LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER
9:24:24AM MIRANDA FOR THEIR DEDICATED YEARS OF SERVICE TO THEIR
9:24:29AM COMMUNITY.
9:24:33AM WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO YOUR
9:24:35AM ARE CITY.
9:24:36AM WHEN YOU SPEAK TO HIM, YOU CAN HEAR HIS PASSION FOR THIS
9:24:39AM CITY.
9:24:39AM WE JUST SAW IT RIGHT HERE WITH THE EARLIER PRESENTATION.
9:24:43AM AND ONE OF THE LINES FROM THE RESOLUTION IS THAT LOCAL
9:24:45AM GOVERNMENT IS THE GOVERNMENT CLOSEST TO THE PEOPLE.
9:24:48AM SO THAT MEANS THROUGH YOUR SERVICE TO YOUR CITY, YOU HAVE
9:24:52AM POSITIVELY IMPACTED COUNTLESS LIVES HERE.
9:24:56AM WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WILL READ THIS RESOLUTION.
9:24:58AM IT SAYS: WHEREAS, AMERICA'S MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE LONG
9:25:03AM RELIED UPON THE UNSELFISH LEADERSHIP OF THEIR CITIZENS FOR
9:25:07AM LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT.
9:25:08AM AND FLORIDA'S MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS SHARE THE TIME-HONORED
9:25:11AM ROLE AS THE LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT CLOSEST TO THE PEOPLE.
9:25:14AM AND WHEREAS, THIS RELIANCE PLACES EXTRAORDINARY
9:25:18AM RESPONSIBILITIES UPON LEGISLATORS, MUNICIPAL ELECTED
9:25:22AM OFFICIALS WHO MAKE SIGNIFICANT SACRIFICES OF THEIR TIME AND
9:25:26AM ENERGY ON BEHALF OF THEIR CITIZENRY, MAKING THIS COMMITMENT
9:25:29AM A TRUE LABOR OF LOVE.
9:25:30AM AND WHEREAS, MUNICIPAL LEADERS STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE
9:25:35AM GOVERNANCE OF THEIR CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE AND COMMIT
9:25:38AM THEMSELVES TO PROVIDING QUALITY SERVICES, GOVERNING
9:25:41AM EFFECTIVELY AND WORKING TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
9:25:48AM JOHN LAND, MAYOR OF APOPKA BETWEEN 1949 AND 2014, A LEADER
9:25:53AM WHOSE DEDICATION UNSURPASSED AT THE NATIONAL AND STATE
9:25:57AM LEVELS AND WHO MODELS THE WAY FOR DECADES OF MUNICIPAL
9:26:01AM LEADERS.
9:26:02AM WHEREAS, SEVERAL TERMS IN OFFICE ARE A HIGH COMPLIMENT
9:26:04AM VOTERS GIVE TO AN OFFICIAL AND WITH THESE YEARS OF
9:26:07AM EXPERIENCE COMES THE STRENGTHENING OF WISDOM, DISCERNMENT
9:26:10AM AND STRONG LEADERSHIP SKILLS THAT BRING TREMENDOUS VALUES TO
9:26:13AM THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS OF FLORIDA.
9:26:15AM AND WHEREAS, CHARLIE MIRANDA HAS HELD OFFICE IN THE CITY OF
9:26:18AM TAMPA FOR 30 YEARS AND IS RECOGNIZED FOR THIS ACHIEVEMENT.
9:26:22AM ON BEHALF OF THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES, I WANT TO SAY
9:26:24AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR MUNICIPAL SERVICE AND CONGRATULATIONS ON
9:26:27AM 30 YEARS.
9:26:28AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:26:30AM I REALLY APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
9:26:31AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:26:36AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: DON'T LEAVE, BECAUSE I HAVE A COUPLE OF
9:26:38AM THINGS TO SAY.
9:26:39AM FIRST OF ALL, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE.
9:26:42AM HONOR TO BE HONORED BY THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES.
9:26:44AM WITHOUT THE LEAGUE OF CITIES, YOU WOULD HAVE LESS OF A VOICE
9:26:48AM IN THE LEGISLATURE.
9:26:48AM THEY ARE THE ONES THAT TRY TO GET ALL THE INFORMATION FROM
9:26:54AM THEY TRY THEIR DAMNEDEST TO DO WHAT THEY CAN TO HELP.
9:26:59AM HOWEVER, DEPENDS ON WHO IS IN OFFICE, WHO IS NOT IN OFFICE,
9:27:03AM WHETHER YOU SUCCEED OR NOT.
9:27:04AM WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, YOUR LEAGUE AND HUNDRED YEARS, I WASN'T
9:27:08AM THERE IN THE BEGINNING, I'LL SAY THAT, BUT IT'S AN AMAZING
9:27:12AM THING THAT YOU CONTROL SOME PARTS OF THE LEGISLATURE TO MAKE
9:27:16AM SURE THE GOVERNMENTS ARE SERVED AND THE PEOPLE ARE SERVED.
9:27:18AM IF GOVERNMENT IS SERVED, THEN THE PEOPLE ARE SERVED THROUGH
9:27:21AM YOUR LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS IN TALLAHASSEE.
9:27:23AM SO THANK YOU AND THE LEAGUE FOR THIS RECOGNITION VERY MUCH.
9:27:26AM BUT DON'T LEAVE YET.
9:27:27AM YOU KNOW, 30 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME.
9:27:34AM HOLD ON TO YOUR SEAT, BECAUSE 30 YEARS FROM NOW, YOU FORGET
9:27:37AM WHAT YOU SAID 30 YEARS BEFORE.
9:27:39AM IT FLIES BY.
9:27:40AM TO MENTION THAT, I'LL SHOW YOU A PICTURE WHEN I FIRST GOT
9:27:43AM ELECTED.
9:27:44AM THAT WAS ME WHEN I WAS TWO YEARS OLD.
9:27:50AM [ LAUGHTER ]
9:27:50AM YOU CAN'T EVEN TELL THE DIFFERENCE.
9:27:54AM I SURE AS HELL CAN.
9:28:03AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: [INAUDIBLE]
9:28:03AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'LL SEND YOU A BILL FOR THAT.
9:28:05AM FURTHERMORE, I WANT TO THANK THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED ME GET
9:28:08AM WITHOUT THE CITIZENS VOTE, I NEVER WOULD HAVE MADE IT.
9:28:11AM IT ALL STARTED WITH ONE THING, HAVING THE WIFE THAT I HAD.
9:28:14AM SHE WAS THE EXPERIMENT OF EXPERIMENTAL.
9:28:19AM SHE WAS A DOORKNOCKER HERE, 25, 30 FRIENDS OF HERS WOULD
9:28:23AM KNOCK IN EVERY PRECINCT ON EVERY DOOR.
9:28:26AM I WAS A PUPPET OF THAT PRECINCT.
9:28:29AM SHE IS THE ONE THAT CARRIED ME THROUGH ALL THESE ADVENTURES.
9:28:32AM IT IS WHAT IT IS BUT I WANT TO THANK HER, SHIRLEY.
9:28:39AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CONGRATULATIONS.
9:28:41AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:28:48AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:29:06AM NEXT UP WE HAVE COUNCILMAN VIERA FOR ITEM NUMBER 3.
9:29:35AM >>LUIS VIERA: MR. CHAIR, IT IS A REAL PLEASURE TO HAVE HERE
9:29:38AM A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE AND MANY OF OURS, MR. CRAIG GROSS, THE
9:29:43AM PROUD FATHER, ALONG WITH HIS WONDERFUL WIFE TONY GROSS OF
9:29:46AM THE LATE CORPORAL FRANK GROSS WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON
9:29:50AM JULY 16 OF 2011 IN AFGHANISTAN.
9:29:53AM CORPORAL GROSS IS BURIED IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY AT
9:29:57AM SECTION 60.
9:29:58AM WE WANTED TO INVITE MR. GROSS HERE TO REPRESENT GOLD STAR
9:30:01AM FAMILIES TO TELL THE COMMUNITY AND EVERYBODY WHAT MEMORIAL
9:30:04AM DAY IS ALL ABOUT.
9:30:08AM >> THANK YOU, LUIS.
9:30:14AM MANY DON'T REALIZE THAT LUIS FLEW IN FROM TEXAS TO BE HERE
9:30:18AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:30:18AM MY WIFE AND I RESIDE IN OLDSMAR, FLORIDA.
9:30:21AM I CAN TELL YOU WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO THE CITY OF TAMPA.
9:30:25AM WE'RE JUST LIKE HALF A MILE FROM THE BORDER.
9:30:28AM I CAN TELL YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS, WE ARE
9:30:32AM INDEBTED TO THE CITY OF TAMPA BAY FOR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE
9:30:37AM OVER THE YEARS TO RECOGNIZE NOT ONLY OUR SON, BUT ALL OF
9:30:40AM THOSE WHO HAVE PERISHED IN THE WARS TO PROTECT OUR FREEDOMS
9:30:47AM AND THIS GREAT REPUBLIC THAT WE LIVE IN.
9:30:49AM I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT I THINK IS THE FACE OF MEMORIAL DAY
9:30:54AM RIGHT HERE.
9:30:56AM THIS IS OUR SON, CORPORAL FRANK ROBERT GROSS.
9:30:59AM A LOT OF PEOPLE GET MEMORIAL DAY AND VETERANS DAY MIXED UP.
9:31:06AM YOU'LL HEAR PEOPLE SAY HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY.
9:31:10AM ACTUALLY, THE BEST THING YOU CAN SAY TO SOMEONE IS PLEASE
9:31:14AM HAVE A NICE MEMORIAL DAY.
9:31:16AM VETERANS DAY IS FOR CELEBRATING THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO HAVE
9:31:23AM SERVED AND SURVIVED THEIR SERVICE IN THE MILITARY AND ALSO
9:31:30AM HONORING THEM AFTER THEY HAVE PASSED.
9:31:32AM MEMORIAL DAY IS STRICTLY TO HONOR THOSE WHO PERISHED WHILE
9:31:38AM SERVING IN THE MILITARY, WHETHER IT WAS WHILE THEY WERE
9:31:41AM ENGAGED WITH THE ENEMY OR IN AN ACCIDENT ON BASE OR A
9:31:47AM TRAINING ACCIDENT OF SOME SORT.
9:31:49AM ONE THING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE, IN THE UNITED
9:31:55AM SOLDIERS WHO PERISH IN JUST TRAINING ACCIDENTS, JUST
9:32:00AM LEARNING THEIR TRADE ON WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
9:32:05AM IT MIGHT BE AIT SCHOOL, IT MIGHT BE IN BOOT CAMP, IT MIGHT
9:32:09AM BE AFTER THEY GRADUATED FROM BOOT CAMP AND ONGOING TRAINING.
9:32:14AM MEMORIAL DAY IS EXACTLY THAT.
9:32:17AM I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO HONOR THIS DAY AS
9:32:26AM BEING SO VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SAID THAT A
9:32:31AM SOLDIER DIES TWICE.
9:32:32AM THE FIRST TIME WHEN THEY ARE KILLED IN ACTION, AND THEN THE
9:32:35AM SECOND TIME WHEN PEOPLE QUIT MENTIONING THEIR NAMES.
9:32:41AM AS LONG AS I'M ALIVE, I'M GOING TO MENTION EVERY NAME THAT I
9:32:44AM POSSIBLY CAN OF EVERY SOLDIER THAT I KNOW.
9:32:47AM THERE ARE SEVERAL GOLD STAR FAMILIES HERE IN THE TAMPA BAY
9:32:49AM AREA WHICH LUIS IS VERY CLOSE TO ALL OF US.
9:32:53AM WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
9:32:55AM IN SAYING THAT, THAT PRETTY MUCH WRAPS UP WHAT MEMORIAL DAY
9:33:00AM IS REALLY ALL ABOUT.
9:33:02AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:33:03AM GOD BLESS YOU, AND GOD BLESS THE CITY OF TAMPA AND THIS
9:33:08AM GREAT REPUBLIC, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
9:33:11AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:33:16AM >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, I ESPECIALLY WANT TO SALUTE CRAIG
9:33:19AM AND ALL THE GOLD STAR FAMILIES THAT COME EVERY YEAR AND
9:33:22AM SPEAK IN PUBLIC FORUMS.
9:33:27AM AS IT GETS.
9:33:28AM TO COME TO A PUBLIC FORUM AND PUT YOUR HEART OUT LIKE THAT,
9:33:32AM IT ALWAYS TOUCHES ME BEYOND EVERYTHING.
9:33:34AM I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO TO A MEMORIAL DAY EVENT.
9:33:37AM IF NOT, CRAIG WORKS FOR MISSION BARBEQUE.
9:33:40AM GO TO MISSION BARBEQUE AND YOU'LL GET A LOT THERE.
9:33:42AM WE ALWAYS REMEMBER NAMES LIKE EAST TAMPA'S WILBERT DAVIS OR
9:33:46AM YBOR CITY LOPEZ OR SALVADOR MARTINEZ YBOR.
9:33:50AM WE REMEMBER ALL THE NAMES.
9:33:51AM AGAIN, CRAIG, THANK YOU.
9:33:53AM >> AND THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING MISSION BARBEQUE, BUT IF YOU
9:33:56AM REALLY WANT TO GET A TASTE OF TRUE PATRIOTISM, COME TO OUR
9:34:01AM RESTAURANT AT ABOUT 11:45 BECAUSE AT 12:00 EVERY DAY, SEVEN
9:34:04AM DAYS A WEEK, WE CLOSE THE RESTAURANT DOWN FOR THREE MINUTES
9:34:08AM TO PLAY THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
9:34:09AM IT REALLY IS A SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE.
9:34:16AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:34:18AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR, FOR BEING
9:34:20AM HERE.
9:34:21AM YOUR SON IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE REMEMBERED AS A GREAT
9:34:24AM AMERICAN HERO.
9:34:25AM I FOLLOW YOU ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
9:34:28AM I SEE WHAT YOU DO AND YOU KEEP HIS NAME ALIVE.
9:34:31AM CORPORAL FRANK GROSS IN ARLINGTON.
9:34:35AM YOU SHOW HIS PICTURE.
9:34:37AM HIS MEMORY STAYS ALIVE BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU DO AND THOSE WHO
9:34:41AM REMEMBER HIM.
9:34:41AM I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY, AND WE APPRECIATE
9:34:44AM IT VERY, VERY MUCH, SIR.
9:34:46AM >> THANK YOU, GUIDO.
9:34:49AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
9:34:49AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:34:49AM NEXT UP WE HAVE MISS TAMPA, CASANA FINK, TO GIVE A
9:35:00AM FIVE-MINUTE PRESENTATION TO DISCUSS THE IMPORTANCE OF ORGAN
9:35:04AM AND TISSUE DONATION.
9:35:05AM YES, MA'AM, COME ON UP.
9:35:07AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
9:35:08AM >> HELLO.
9:35:09AM MY NAME IS CASANA FINK, ALSO MISS TAMPA.
9:35:14AM I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CHAIRMAN AND THE ENTIRE COUNCIL
9:35:16AM FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY.
9:35:18AM I'M HERE TO SHARE THE IMPORTANCE OF ORGAN DONATION AND HOW
9:35:22AM DEEPLY IT CAN AFFECT MANY CITIZENS.
9:35:24AM LIKE MOST AMERICANS, I WAS ONCE UNAWARE OF WHAT ORGAN
9:35:29AM DONATION ENTAILED. THIS CHANGED WHEN MY FATHER WAS FOUND
9:35:32AM UNRESPONSIVE, RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL AND GIVEN A 3% CHANCE
9:35:35AM OF SURVIVAL.
9:35:36AM WE WERE TOLD THAT HE WOULD NEED A LIFESAVING TRANSPLANT AND
9:35:43AM NAME TO REACH THE TOP OF THE TRANSPLANT LIST.
9:35:45AM DURING THIS DIFFICULT PERIOD, I WATCHED MY FATHER BECOME A
9:35:48AM MERE SHADOW OF THE PERSON HE ONCE WAS, LOSING HALF OF HIS
9:35:52AM BODY WEIGHT, HIS HUMOR, HIS MANNERISMS.
9:35:54AM MY MOTHER WORKED TWO JOBS AND FOUGHT TIRELESSLY NOT ONLY FOR
9:35:58AM ADEQUATE HEALTH CARE FOR MY FATHER, BUT ALSO FOR THE
9:36:01AM PATIENTS ON HIS FLOOR.
9:36:02AM DESPITE THE EXCELLENT NURSES AND DOCTORS, IT IS UNDENIABLE
9:36:06AM THAT PATIENTS CAN FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS WITHOUT A CONSTANT
9:36:09AM CAREGIVER.
9:36:09AM MY FATHER WAS ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES WHO RECEIVED A
9:36:13AM SUCCESSFUL TRANSPLANT IN 2014 BUT WITNESSING THE UNCERTAINTY
9:36:18AM AND HOPELESSNESS OF THE EXPERIENCE INSPIRED ME TO MAKE A
9:36:21AM DIFFERENCE FOR OTHERS AFFECTED BY THE CAUSE.
9:36:23AM I BEGAN MY DECADE LONG JOURNEY OF ADVOCATING FOR THE
9:36:26AM TRANSPLANT COMMUNITY, RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THIS
9:36:28AM PREVALENT, YET UNDER-DISCUSSED TOPIC.
9:36:31AM THROUGH MY EFFORTS TO PASS TRANSPLANT LEGISLATION I WAS
9:36:35AM INTRODUCED TO AN INCREDIBLE ORGANIZATION CALLED MORE
9:36:37AM TRANSPLANTS, MORE LIFE, ALSO KNOWN AS MTML.
9:36:42AM I HAVE THE HONOR OF SERVING AS CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER.
9:36:45AM MTML FOUNDED BY LOUIS BETZ, TAMPA NATIVE AND DOUBLE LUNG
9:36:49AM RECIPIENT.
9:36:49AM LOUIS HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE TO MY FAMILY WHILE AWAITING
9:36:54AM HE SAW MANY INDIVIDUALS HE MET ALONG THE WAY PASSING AS THEY
9:36:57AM WAITED ON THE TRANSPLANT LIST.
9:36:58AM HE EXPERIENCED -- HIS EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS THE UNCERTAINTY
9:37:04AM MANY PATIENTS FACE SPENDING MONTHS OR YEARS ON DIALYSIS FOR
9:37:08AM HOURS A DAY OR BEING IN AND OUT OF THE ICU.
9:37:11AM AS I ALWAYS DESCRIBED MY FATHER'S EXPERIENCE, THEY ARE
9:37:15AM SURVIVING, THEY ARE NOT LIVING.
9:37:16AM THIS INSPIRED HIM TO CREATE MORE TRANSPLANTS MORE LIFE AND
9:37:20AM MAKE A LASTING DIFFERENCE FOR THOSE WAITING FOR THEIR SECOND
9:37:23AM CHANCE AT LIFE.
9:37:24AM SINCE ITS INCEPTION, MTML HAS GROWN INTO AN ORGANIZATION
9:37:28AM THAT CONTINUES TO IMPACT THE TAMPA AND TRANSPLANT COMMUNITY.
9:37:30AM WE HAVE ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS TO RENOVATE BREAK ROOMS FOR ICU
9:37:33AM NURSES, DEVELOP AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR FLORIDA PUBLIC
9:37:36AM SCHOOLS, CREATE A PROGRAM TO BUILD TRUST BETWEEN
9:37:39AM MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AND THE HEALTH CARE SECTOR AND
9:37:42AM PROVIDED PATIENTS WITH GUIDANCE THROUGH THEIR TRANSPLANT
9:37:44AM PROCESS.
9:37:44AM I SHARE ALL OF THIS BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE DO NOT THINK ABOUT
9:37:48AM ORGAN DONATION UNTIL THEY ARE AT THE DMV OR BY THE HOSPITAL
9:37:51AM BEDSIDE OF A LOVED ONE.
9:37:53AM THIS CONVERSATION IS INCREDIBLY UNDER DISCUSSED YET MORE
9:37:56AM PEOPLE THAN EVER ARE IN NEED OF LIFESAVING TRANSPLANTS.
9:37:59AM UNFORTUNATELY, MANY PEOPLE WILL FIND THIS CAUSE CLOSE TO
9:38:04AM OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE EDUCATION, ACCESSIBILITY, AND
9:38:06AM ADVOCACY.
9:38:08AM AS THE FOUNDER OF MTML, LOUIS BETZ ALWAYS SAY, YOU CAN'T
9:38:12AM BEAT RELENTLESS.
9:38:14AM WE RELENTLESSLY CHAMPION ORGAN DONATION EVERY DAY BECAUSE
9:38:17AM THROUGH PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WE KNOW THAT BEHIND THE CAUSE
9:38:20AM ARE MILLIONS OF REAL PEOPLE AND REAL FAMILIES TO DESPERATELY
9:38:23AM WANT THEIR SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE.
9:38:25AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:38:25AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:38:27AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:38:27AM I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP LOUIS BETZ.
9:38:34AM I KNOW HE IS A RECIPIENT I BELIEVE OF A DOUBLE LUNG
9:38:37AM TRANSPLANT.
9:38:38AM I KNOW HE IS DOING WELL.
9:38:41AM I SEE HIM OR TALK TO HIM.
9:38:43AM I'M GLAD HE'S DOING WELL.
9:38:44AM HE'S NOT THE ONLY PERSON.
9:38:46AM SOMEONE I WENT TO MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH, DOUBLE LUNG TRANSPLANT
9:38:50AM RECIPIENT.
9:38:50AM LIKE YOU SAID, THEY ARE SURVIVING EACH AND EVERY DAY.
9:38:53AM AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
9:38:54AM WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO.
9:38:57AM I KNOW THAT YOU SERVE AS COO, IS THAT CORRECT?
9:39:01AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AND IT IS A TAMPA-BASED NONPROFIT.
9:39:03AM SO YOU'RE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
9:39:07AM COMING OUT TODAY.
9:39:09AM I'M AN ORGAN DONOR.
9:39:11AM SAYS IT ON MY LICENSE.
9:39:12AM A GENTLEMAN I KNEW PASSED AWAY A FEW MONTHS AGO SUDDENLY AT
9:39:16AM I BELIEVE 49 YEARS OLD.
9:39:18AM HAD A HEART ATTACK, HIS ORGANS, HIS EYES WENT TO TWO OTHER
9:39:24AM PEOPLE IN NEED.
9:39:26AM HE'S A HERO FOR WHAT HE DID.
9:39:29AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING SOMETHING SO IMPORTANT TO
9:39:31AM US TODAY.
9:39:32AM THANK YOU.
9:39:32AM >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:39:35AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:39:36AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IN FACT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WHO
9:39:39AM YOU ARE, NOT ONLY YOUR BEAUTY IN REPRESENTING TAMPA BUT WHAT
9:39:42AM YOU DO THAT REPRESENTS THE WORLD.
9:39:43AM THAT'S MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN BEING BEAUTIFUL.
9:39:45AM WHEN YOU GO BACK, THIS COUNCIL JUST PASSED APPROVAL OF VERY
9:39:52AM CLOSE HOSPITAL CLOSE BY FOR THE EXPANSION OF EXACTLY WHAT
9:39:57AM YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, MORE AREAS FOR TRANSPLANT, MORE ROOM
9:40:01AM FOR OPERATING AND MAKING SOMEONE HELPFUL THAT IS IN NEED OF
9:40:05AM SOMETHING REALLY RARE, SOMEBODY ELSE'S ORGAN.
9:40:10AM THE TOP 50 HOSPITALS IN THE COUNTRY.
9:40:12AM AND THEY DO FANTASTIC WORK.
9:40:14AM I'M NOT HERE TO CRITICIZE ANY OTHER HOSPITAL.
9:40:18AM I THINK ALL HOSPITALS ARE GREAT, BUT THERE IS AN EXCEPTION
9:40:20AM WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TAMPA GENERAL.
9:40:22AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:40:23AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:40:24AM ALL RIGHT.
9:40:25AM THANK YOU.
9:40:25AM MR. SHELBY, WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:40:30AM GO OVER THE RULES?
9:40:31AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
9:40:33AM GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
9:40:35AM MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
9:40:36AM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALLOWED A REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY
9:40:39AM AT THE BEGINNING OF TODAY'S MEETING TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM ON
9:40:41AM THE AGENDA BEFORE CITY COUNCIL TAKES OFFICIAL ACTION ON THE
9:40:43AM ITEM.
9:40:44AM A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT APPLIES TO ALL SPEAKERS PROVIDING
9:40:48AM PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:40:48AM SPEAKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALSO REMINDED THAT
9:40:51AM THEY ARE PLEASE TO REFRAIN FROM DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR,
9:40:54AM INCLUDING MAKING VULGAR OR THREATENING REMARKS OR MAKING OR
9:40:57AM CAUSING DISRUPTIVE NOISES OR SOUNDS OR DISPLAYING SIGNS OR
9:41:01AM SPEAKERS ARE ALSO REMINDED TO REFRAIN FROM MAKING PERSONAL
9:41:04AM ATTACKS AGAINST ANY CITY OFFICIAL, STAFF MEMBER OR MEMBERS
9:41:07AM OF THE PUBLIC.
9:41:08AM THE CHAIR WILL RULE OUT OF ORDER ANY PERSON WHO SPEAKS OUT
9:41:12AM WITHOUT BEING RECOGNIZED OR ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL
9:41:14AM FROM OUTSIDE THE SPEAKER AREA AT THE PODIUM.
9:41:17AM PERSONS FAILING TO COMPLY WITH COUNCIL'S RULES MAY ALSO BE
9:41:21AM RULED OUT OF ORDER AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR MAY BE
9:41:24AM REMOVED FROM THE CHAMBERS FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY'S
9:41:27AM MEETING.
9:41:27AM IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM SET FOR A PUBLIC HEARING,
9:41:31AM YOU WILL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY WHEN THAT ITEM IS HEARD LATER
9:41:33AM IN THE AGENDA.
9:41:35AM NO PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN DURING STAFF REPORTS.
9:41:38AM THE TIME TO SPEAK ABOUT THOSE ITEMS AND ITEMS ON THE CONSENT
9:41:41AM AGENDA IS NOW DURING AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:41:44AM AND FINALLY, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD REFRAIN FROM
9:41:48AM ENGAGING A SPEAKER UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT AND THE PUBLIC
9:41:51AM SHOULD BE AWARE THAT CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT TAKE QUESTIONS OR
9:41:54AM HAVE A DIALOGUE DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:41:57AM THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS YOUR POSITION.
9:42:00AM THANK YOU.
9:42:00AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:42:01AM WE'RE GOING TO GO TO IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:42:07AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
9:42:07AM YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
9:42:09AM GOOD MORNING.
9:42:10AM >> MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:42:12AM I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO BRING HONOR TO SOMEONE IN THE AFRICAN
9:42:19AM COMMUNITY THAT WE CONSIDER TO BE A GREAT PATRIOT, BORN MAY
9:42:23AM 19, 1925.
9:42:27AM WAS TOLD AT A VERY YOUNG AGE HE WOULD AMOUNT TO NOTHING.
9:42:33AM WENT TO PRISON, CAME BACK AND BECAME ONE OF THE GREATEST
9:42:39AM REVOLUTIONARY SPEAKERS THAT SPOKE TO THE ISSUES OF THE BLACK
9:42:42AM COMMUNITY NATIONAL, INTERNATIONALLY, MALCOLM X.
9:42:48AM RESOLUTION 568 THAT YOU WILL BE CONSIDERING TODAY AND THE
9:42:53AM PEOPLE THAT YOU WOULD NAME TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE, IT IS
9:42:57AM THE HOPE OF THE COMMUNITY WHEN WE LOOK AT THE TOTAL DESPAIR,
9:43:02AM NOT WHAT IS BEING OFFERED, NOT WHAT IS BEING WRITTEN DOWN,
9:43:05AM BUT WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN THIS CITY THAT NOW PEOPLE
9:43:09AM ARE BEGINNING TO FEEL THE TERRIBLE EFFECTS OF THE OTHER
9:43:13AM COMMUNITIES.
9:43:14AM BECAUSE WE WILL NOT ADDRESS THE REAL SYSTEMIC ILLS THAT HAS
9:43:20AM DENIED PEOPLE ACCESS TO GOOD QUALITY EDUCATION, GOOD JOBS,
9:43:25AM SOLID FOUNDATION IN HOUSING, THAT IN THIS CITY WE HAVE THE
9:43:30AM OTHER AMERICA.
9:43:31AM WE HAVE THE OTHER AMERICA THAT DON'T GIVE RISE TO OUR
9:43:35AM CHILDREN AND OUR MEN IN OUR COMMUNITY BEING ABLE TO BE GOOD
9:43:41AM SO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS RESOLUTION AND THE
9:43:46AM ESTABLISHMENT OF THAT COMMUNITY I CAN ASSURE YOU WHETHER IN
9:43:50AM THE AUDIENCE OR AT THE PODIUM, THAT WE ARE PLANNING ON
9:43:55AM ENSURING THAT ALL THAT HAS BEEN DONE GET ADDRESSED.
9:44:00AM WE CAN'T HAVE AN AGENDA EVERY WEEK THAT TEARS UP THE
9:44:07AM MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THIS CITY RECEIVES AND WE DON'T SEE ANY
9:44:10AM WAY IN WHICH OUR COMMUNITY IS PROSPERING.
9:44:13AM WE DON'T SEE IT.
9:44:14AM EVEN TO ESTABLISH SHINY OBJECTS INSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT
9:44:17AM IS WELL DESERVED AND EVEN IF THE GENERAL CONTRACTORS ARE
9:44:22AM AFRICAN AMERICANS AND MOST OF THE WORKERS ARE NOT DOES OUR
9:44:27AM COMMUNITY LITTLE TO NO GOOD.
9:44:29AM SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND WE HAVE TRIED TO HAVE THESE
9:44:37AM CONVERSATIONS OVER AND OVER WITH YOU GUYS TO SAY HOW DO WE
9:44:41AM HAVE REAL ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES.
9:44:43AM BROTHER MALCOLM SAID IT AND BROTHER KING SAID IT AS WELL.
9:44:48AM THOSE THAT CONTINUE TO IGNORE THE VOICES OF THE PEOPLE FEEL
9:44:52AM THE EFFECTS OF THE ACTION.
9:44:54AM THANK YOU.
9:44:54AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
9:44:55AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:44:55AM GOOD MORNING, SIR.
9:44:57AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
9:44:58AM IF WE COULD TURN ON -- YES, THERE WE GO.
9:45:04AM THEY CAN SEE IT.
9:45:07AM IT'S GOOD.
9:45:08AM IT WILL COME UP ON THE BIG SCREEN.
9:45:10AM >> BEFORE I SPEAK, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE REAL QUICK.
9:45:13AM CEO AND PRESIDENT -- VETERANS --
9:45:20AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
9:45:22AM >> ELLSWORTH WILLIAMS.
9:45:24AM GO BY TONY.
9:45:26AM AT MEMORIAL PARK AND I MADE SURE MS. GWEN WAS THERE.
9:45:36AM I WANT TO MAKE SURE I ACKNOWLEDGE YOU FOR BEING AT THIS
9:45:39AM EVENT NEXT WEEK.
9:45:40AM GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY.
9:45:41AM NOW I'M ACKNOWLEDGING YOU.
9:45:45AM WHAT I'M HERE FOR, THANK YOU, SIR, AND CITY COUNCIL.
9:45:51AM GETTING READY TO ATTEND MEMORIAL SERVICES, I EXTEND IT A
9:45:55AM LITTLE FURTHER AND THAT'S NOT THE PEOPLE WHO DIED IN COMBAT,
9:45:59AM PEOPLE WHO DIED BY SUICIDE AND VETERANS WHO MAYBE DIED
9:46:02AM OUTSIDE OF COMBAT, WE STILL ACKNOWLEDGE THEM DURING MEMORIAL
9:46:05AM DAY.
9:46:08AM I WANT TO EXTEND THE DEFINITION.
9:46:10AM BUT HE IS CORRECT.
9:46:11AM NEXT WEEK IS MEMORIAL SERVICES.
9:46:13AM REMEMBER OUR BROTHER AND SISTERS WHO DIED IN COMBAT.
9:46:16AM BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, WHAT ABOUT FRIENDS AND FAMILY LOST
9:46:23AM DO THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE ATTENDING A MEMORIAL CEREMONY
9:46:26AM KNOWING THEIR LOVED ONE DIED MAYBE OF SUICIDE.
9:46:30AM WE WANT TO GIVE THEM A SAFE SPACE.
9:46:32AM EVERY YEAR A SPECIAL MEMORIAL CEREMONY FOR THOSE WHO LOST A
9:46:36AM VETERAN AND FIRST RESPONDER TO SUICIDE.
9:46:39AM MY WIFE IS RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRST RESPONDERS
9:46:44AM DYING BY SUICIDE SO WE ADDED THEM AS WELL.
9:46:48AM THIS IS OUR TENTH ONE.
9:46:51AM OUR GUEST SPEAKER IS COLONEL RUSS BARNES.
9:46:54AM HIS SISTER WAS A MARINE, A PROUD MARINE.
9:46:57AM SHE DIED BY SUICIDE.
9:46:59AM HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?
9:46:59AM HER HOA EVICTED HER FROM HER HOUSE UNCEREMONIOUSLY.
9:47:06AM ALL SHE HAD WAS A BATHROBE AND SLIPPERS.
9:47:10AM SHE GOT A HOTEL AND SHE DRANK DOWN A BOTTLE OF ANTIFREEZE TO
9:47:14AM DIE BY SUICIDE.
9:47:16AM THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE A PROUD MARINE.
9:47:19AM RUSS IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
9:47:21AM IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT SOMEBODY DYING BY SUICIDE, BUT GIVING
9:47:25AM THE GRACE TO FAMILIES FOR THE EVENT.
9:47:28AM AND TRY TO PREVENT A VETERAN DYING BY SUICIDE.
9:47:32AM THINKING IF DIE BY SUICIDE, I RELIEVE THAT BURDEN.
9:47:37AM THAT IS NOT THE CASE.
9:47:39AM YOU KNOW YOU MAKE THE FAMILY EVEN WORSE.
9:47:46AM 3810 WEST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, 11:30 TO 12:30.
9:47:50AM MENTION QUICKLY, NEXT WEEK AT THE HILLSBOROUGH VETERANS,
9:47:54AM THEY'LL HAVE A MEMORIAL.
9:47:56AM CASS, A FLORIDA NATIVE AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR.
9:48:02AM ENCOURAGING YOU TO BE THERE ON THE 26th.
9:48:05AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
9:48:06AM I'LL DEFINITELY GET WITH YOU AGAIN, SIR, MR. MIRANDA.
9:48:10AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
9:48:12AM NEXT SPEAKER.
9:48:13AM YES, SIR.
9:48:15AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:48:16AM JARVIS.
9:48:18AM I WANT TO FIRST OF ALL PICK UP ON WHAT SAYING.
9:48:23AM I WANT TO REMIND COUNCIL ABOUT RESOLUTION 568, WHAT YOU SIGN
9:48:27AM ON TO.
9:48:28AM I WANT TO READ THE FIRST POINT ON IT.
9:48:31AM PUBLIC/PRIVATE, ENCOURAGE PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO
9:48:36AM FACILITATE INVESTMENTS IN THE LOW-INCOME COMMUNITY, REDUCE
9:48:41AM INEQUALITY, INCOME AND WEALTH BY MAKING TARGETED, THOUGHTFUL
9:48:47AM INVESTMENTS TO UPLIFT BOTH LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES AND
9:48:51AM COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
9:48:53AM IT'S VERY, VERY PLAIN.
9:48:57AM I WANT COUNCIL TO REVISIT WHAT'S GOING ON ON THE FAIR OAKS
9:49:03AM PROJECT.
9:49:09AM CONTRACTORS BEHIND ME THAT HAVEN'T GOT WORK.
9:49:12AM TALKING ABOUT QUALIFIED BLACK CONTRACTORS.
9:49:14AM NOT TALKING ABOUT NO GIVEAWAY PROGRAM.
9:49:16AM HAD ALL THESE PEOPLE HERE AND PEOPLE SAY THANK GOD FOR LYNN
9:49:21AM HURTAK.
9:49:22AM SHE WAS FIGHTING TO GET IT UP TO 20%.
9:49:26AM WE LEFT HERE THINKING IT WOULD BE 14%.
9:49:29AM AIN'T BE NO 14%.
9:49:30AM I DON'T KNOW WHAT MECHANISM YOU HAVE IN PLACE, COUNCIL, TO
9:49:33AM MONITOR WHAT'S GOING ON.
9:49:34AM THE SAME COMPANY IS GOING AROUND TO ANOTHER ELECTED BODY
9:49:39AM BIDDING FOR MORE CONTRACTS.
9:49:41AM SKANSKA DON'T HAVE NO GOOD TRACK RECORD.
9:49:44AM EVERYWHERE THEY GO THEY HAVE THIS PROBLEM WHERE BLACK
9:49:47AM CONTRACTORS DON'T GET WORK.
9:49:49AM ON TOP OF BLACK CONTRACTORS NOT GETTING WORK, NOT EVEN BLACK
9:49:54AM WORKFORCE.
9:49:54AM WHEN YOU SEE BLACK WORKERS, YOU DON'T SEE NO BLACK WORKERS.
9:49:58AM COMMUNITY EAST TAMPA, PREDOMINANT BLACK COMMUNITY WITH A $40
9:50:03AM MILLION PROJECT, SHAME BEFORE GOD YOU CAN'T GET BLACK
9:50:07AM CONTRACTORS TO BE ON THE JOB, BLACK SUBCONTRACTORS.
9:50:10AM YOU NEED TO REVISIT THAT.
9:50:12AM DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'LL DO IT BUT NEED TO REVISIT IT BECAUSE
9:50:16AM IT'S NOT WORKING.
9:50:19AM YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP HEARING FROM US UNTIL WE GET SOMETHING
9:50:23AM DONE.
9:50:23AM RESOLUTION 568, RESOLUTION MEANS YOU RESOLVE TO DO A CERTAIN
9:50:30AM THING.
9:50:32AM YOU HAVE TO HAVE A RESOLVE ON THIS IN UPLIFTING OUR
9:50:34AM COMMUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO SHARED PROSPERITY.
9:50:37AM $40 MILLION.
9:50:38AM SHARE THE PROSPERITY.
9:50:40AM TALKING ABOUT MEMORIAL DAY, TALKING ABOUT VETERANS DAY.
9:50:45AM TALKING ABOUT AMERICA, ALL OF THIS.
9:50:47AM WE WANT TO FEEL LIKE AMERICANS.
9:50:48AM SHARE PROSPERITY.
9:50:49AM THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
9:50:50AM REVISIT THAT, PLEASE.
9:50:51AM THANK YOU.
9:50:51AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
9:50:52AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:50:52AM SIR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
9:50:55AM >> YES.
9:50:55AM FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY GREETINGS TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
9:51:00AM MY NAME IS RICHARD MOHAMMED.
9:51:03AM I AM THE HONOR OF SUPREME PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
9:51:07AM I'M A RETIRED HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY DEPUTY.
9:51:09AM I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP BROTHER JARVIS WITH THE CONCERNS THAT
9:51:18AM SKANSKA HAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY.
9:51:22AM FOR ONE, I'M A CERTIFIED WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA AS A
9:51:26AM MINORITY BUSINESS.
9:51:27AM I'M CERTIFIED WITH SKANSKA AND I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY WORK.
9:51:32AM NO BLACK CONTRACTOR IS BEING AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO
9:51:39AM COME FORWARD ON THIS PROJECT.
9:51:41AM AND I THINK WE NEED DIVERSITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AS SISTER
9:51:46AM CONNIE SPOKE AND BROTHER JARVIS SPOKE ABOUT, AND WE DO NEED
9:51:50AM TO REVISIT THIS BECAUSE I HAVE APPROACHED SKANSKA FOR
9:51:55AM SECURITY WORK.
9:51:56AM I KNOW HOW THEY PUSH THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD AND USE CAMERAS
9:52:01AM AND KEEP ALL THE WEALTH FOR THEIR SELF.
9:52:08AM WE DEFINITELY NEED TO REVISIT THIS.
9:52:09AM ONCE AGAIN, GREETINGS TO THE COUNCIL AND I HOPE YOU HAVE A
9:52:17AM FOLLOW-UP WITH THESE CONCERNS.
9:52:18AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:52:19AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
9:52:20AM YES, MA'AM.
9:52:22AM GOOD MORNING.
9:52:23AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
9:52:23AM >> HI.
9:52:24AM MY NAME IS PAMELA ALLEN.
9:52:26AM I'M HERE TO REPRESENT OUR BLACK QUALIFIED CONSTRUCTION
9:52:30AM WORKERS.
9:52:31AM WE DEMAND THAT SKANSKA BRING THEM BACK TO THE TABLE, PLEASE.
9:52:36AM WORK ON THIS $40 MILLION PROJECT.
9:52:42AM THIS BEEN BUILT IN THE HEART OF EAST TAMPA, A BLACK
9:52:45AM COMMUNITY, JOBS SHOULD BE CREATED FOR SKILLED CONTRACTOR
9:52:51AM WORKERS.
9:52:51AM THEY SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM LABOR IN THE
9:52:55AM BLACK COMMUNITY.
9:52:56AM A $40 MILLION PROJECT, PLEASE HAVE THEM COME BACK TO THE
9:53:03AM TABLE.
9:53:03AM ALSO, RETURNING CITIZENS, HELP THEM GET JOBS.
9:53:07AM SET UP A MEETING WHERE THEY CAN COME BACK TO THE TABLE TO
9:53:15AM REVISIT SKANSKA ON THIS $40 MILLION PROJECT THAT THE CITY
9:53:21AM PROMISED ONLY TO HAVE 14% AS OF TODAY.
9:53:26AM BLACK CONTRACTORS NEED WORK.
9:53:30AM WE ALSO NEED TO GET THEM BACK IN OUR COMMUNITY WHERE IT'S
9:53:35AM BEING HELD OVER IN A BLACK COMMUNITY FOR WORK.
9:53:38AM WE DON'T HAVE ANY WORK.
9:53:40AM WE GOT GOING BACK TO THE STREETS.
9:53:42AM THAT'S HOW WE KEEP THEM, REVISIT BACK TO THE STREETS WHEN
9:53:46AM OUR BLACK COMMUNITY.
9:53:48AM WE NEED TO GAIN WEALTH WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO GET THE --
9:53:54AM SKANSKA BACK AT THE TABLE SO WE CAN GET IN THERE AND START
9:53:57AM WORKING.
9:53:58AM CAMERAS IS NO GOOD ON THE SITE.
9:54:00AM A BODY IS NO GOOD OUT OF DETERRENCE OF A BODY BEING THERE.
9:54:05AM A CAMERA CANNOT DO WHAT A BODY DO.
9:54:08AM WE NEED THEM TO GET BACK TO THE TABLE AND REVISIT THIS THING
9:54:11AM AND GET IT ALL STRAIGHTENED OUT.
9:54:13AM SO WE ARE ALLOWED AS BLACK COMMUNITY TO GET BACK IN WITH
9:54:18AM BLACK CONTRACTORS TO GET WORK.
9:54:20AM I'M DEMANDING THAT THEY GET BACK TO THE TABLE.
9:54:22AM AND CITY COUNCIL, PLEASE HELP US IN THIS SITUATION.
9:54:28AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:54:28AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:54:29AM YES, SIR.
9:54:30AM GOOD MORNING.
9:54:32AM >> MENTESNOT.
9:54:33AM UHURU.
9:54:34AM UHURU MEANS FREEDOM IN SWAHILI.
9:54:38AM WE AFRICAN PEOPLE SHOULD ALWAYS BE THINKING ABOUT OUR
9:54:40AM FREEDOM.
9:54:40AM WE'RE 26% OF THE POPULATION, WE NEED 26% OF WHATEVER GOES ON
9:54:44AM IN IT.
9:54:44AM WE NEED 26%.
9:54:46AM WE DON'T NEED 60 AND 70% ORIENT ROAD JAIL.
9:54:50AM WE NEED 26%.
9:54:52AM WE WANT 26% OF IT.
9:54:54AM WE WANT 26% OF THIS CITY BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET.
9:54:58AM WE WANT $260 MILLION OUT OF THIS CITY BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET.
9:55:05AM THAT'S BEING FAIR.
9:55:07AM WHO KNOWS THE NAME CITY COUNCIL AS A BODY, WHO KNOWS THE
9:55:11AM NAME OF THE TWO MEN THAT WAS MURDERED A FEW NIGHTS AGO IN
9:55:15AM THE SOHO DISTRICT?
9:55:16AM WHO KNOWS THEIR NAMES?
9:55:27AM WHO VISITED WITH THEIR PARENTS OR THEIR LOVED ONES OR THEIR
9:55:35AM NEXT OF KIN?
9:55:36AM MANY OF YOU ALL DON'T GIVE AN F ABOUT AFRICAN PEOPLE AND YOU
9:55:43AM ALL SHOW IT EVERY TIME.
9:55:44AM EVERY TIME.
9:55:45AM ALL RILED UP WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS BUT WHAT YOU'RE RILED UP
9:55:51AM ABOUT IS NOT THAT BLACK LIVES MATTER, YOU'RE RILED UP ABOUT
9:55:54AM WHITE DOLLARS MATTER.
9:55:56AM THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE RILED UP ABOUT.
9:55:59AM YOU ALL HAVE THESE STUPID MEETINGS OVER AT RAGAN PARK,
9:56:03AM HAVING STUPID MEETING, THIS IS STUPID.
9:56:06AM YOU ALL BLAMING THE VICTIMS.
9:56:08AM WHAT'S UP WITH THE GUN MANUFACTURERS?
9:56:10AM WHAT'S UP WITH THAT?
9:56:12AM WHITE PEOPLE DON'T TALK ABOUT THAT.
9:56:14AM THEY TALK ABOUT, THEY PUT IT OUT THERE LIKE BLACK ON BLACK
9:56:18AM CRIME, IT IS THIS.
9:56:19AM NONSENSE, GARBAGE.
9:56:21AM BUT WE CAN'T FORGET ABOUT PALESTINE BECAUSE IT SHOWS
9:56:25AM SOMETHING.
9:56:25AM IT SHOWS EVERYBODY'S HUMANITY.
9:56:28AM IT EVEN SHOWS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HUMANITY.
9:56:31AM THEY SAY THEY WANT TO SEND $25 MILLION TO PALESTINE.
9:56:36AM MF, HUNDRED PEOPLE RIGHT DOWN THERE BY THE HILLSBOROUGH
9:56:38AM COUNTY BUILDING HOMELESS.
9:56:40AM HOMELESS.
9:56:40AM BUT THEY WANT TO SEND $25 MILLION TO PALESTINE TO DO WHAT?
9:56:44AM SHOW THEY ARE ON BOARD WITH SOMETHING?
9:56:47AM HEY, MAN, PEOPLE HAVE TO WAKE UP TO THIS.
9:56:51AM BUT ANOTHER MATTER, ANOTHER ISSUE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TODAY
9:56:55AM IS CHILD SUPPORT.
9:56:56AM CHILD SUPPORT IS RUINING THE LIVES OF MANY AFRICAN MEN.
9:57:01AM CHILD SUPPORT IS ILLEGAL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND THIS CITY
9:57:05AM NEED TO GET HOLD OF IT.
9:57:07AM GET IN CONTACT WITH CHIEF JUDGE SABELLA AND TELL HIM TO
9:57:11AM FIRE, TERMINATE CHARLES BENSON, SABRINA FRYE, ARABELLA
9:57:16AM CAMPBELL, THEY ARE HEARING OFFICERS.
9:57:18AM EVERYTHING THEY DO IN CHILD SUPPORT IS ILLEGAL AND
9:57:21AM UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
9:57:22AM AND IF YOU SHOW IT TO THEM, AS A BLACK MAN, THEY DISREGARD
9:57:27AM YOU, DISRESPECTING YOU AND THEY RUN IT ON YOU, SUSPENDING
9:57:31AM YOUR LICENSE, PASSPORT, EVERYTHING CONCEIVABLE.
9:57:35AM GET AHOLD OF CHRISTOPHER SABELLA AND TELL HIM TO TERMINATE
9:57:40AM THOSE INDIVIDUALS DOWN THERE.
9:57:41AM THEY WANT TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE iPHONE.
9:57:43AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
9:57:45AM >> TOTALLY DISRESPECTFUL TO AFRICAN PEOPLE.
9:57:48AM THEY WANT TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE AN iPHONE.
9:57:50AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU, SIR.
9:57:53AM >> THANK YOU.
9:57:55AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD MORNING, SIR.
9:57:56AM NEXT SPEAKER.
9:58:01AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:58:01AM MY NAME IS DAVE COLEMAN.
9:58:05AM IT'S WEIRD WITHOUT THE SPEAKER THING HERE, ANYWAY, THIS
9:58:09AM MORNING THERE WAS A PRESENTATION ABOUT CONSERVING WATER.
9:58:13AM I ATTENDED -- I ATTEND A LOT OF MEETINGS.
9:58:17AM ONE WAS ON HANNA AVENUE AT THE HANNA BUILDING.
9:58:21AM THE MAYOR'S FORUM ON WATER CONSERVATION, ABOUT A MONTH OR SO
9:58:26AM AGO.
9:58:26AM I HAVE BEEN HAMMERING HER WITH THE TOILET TO TAP THING WITH
9:58:30AM THE SIERRA CLUB AND FRIENDS OF THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER FOR A
9:58:34AM LONG TIME.
9:58:34AM I FOUND OUT THAT MORNING THAT SHE'S CHANGED HER WHOLE
9:58:38AM CONCEPT THAT WATER CONSERVATION IS THE BIG THING,
9:58:41AM COOPERATION WITH TAMPA BAY WATER AND CONSERVATION WILL GET
9:58:44AM US THROUGH INTO THE FUTURE.
9:58:46AM THAT WAS A WONDERFUL CHANGE TO HEAR THE PRESENTATION THIS
9:58:50AM MORNING, AND I THINK WHAT WAS SAID IS THAT THE COMMUNITY
9:58:54AM NEEDS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS AND THEY ABSOLUTELY DO.
9:58:58AM I APPLAUD YOU ON THAT EFFORT.
9:59:00AM I WILL ALSO DO SOMETHING I DON'T USUALLY DO.
9:59:02AM TWO YEARS I'VE BEEN ASKING TPD TO STOP GUN VIOLENCE FORUMS
9:59:07AM AND ALSO TPD TUESDAYS FOR CAHOOTS OR A CALL TYPE PROGRAM.
9:59:14AM I FOUND OUT ON TPD TUESDAY THAT THEY HAVE BEGUN A PROGRAM.
9:59:19AM THEY MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT IT AND THERE WILL BE A
9:59:21AM ROLLOUT IN A MONTH OR SO.
9:59:23AM AND THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO BE AWARE OF THAT AND I WOULD LIKE
9:59:27AM THE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT IT IN EVERY WAY THAT THEY CAN.
9:59:31AM IT IS A NONEMERGENCY NUMBER.
9:59:34AM WITHOUT POLICE RESPONDING TO MENTAL HEALTH EMERGENCIES, AND
9:59:38AM IT CAN SAVE THE TPD MONEY AND IT CAN ALSO CREATE TRUST IN
9:59:43AM THE COMMUNITY.
9:59:44AM I'M ALL ABOUT TRYING TO FIND GOOD IN WHAT WE HAVE.
9:59:48AM I ALSO HAVE A CONDEMNATION.
9:59:52AM WHEN I LEFT HERE AFTER TALKING ABOUT THE VIOLENCE AT USF
9:59:56AM CAMPUS LAST WEEK, I ENDED UP SPEAKING WITH AN OFFICER
10:00:03AM OUTSIDE.
10:00:05AM HE ENDED UP NORMALIZING GASSING AND BEATING STUDENTS BY
10:00:13AM SAYING WE GAVE THEM A WARNING.
10:00:16AM THAT IS NORMALIZING IT.
10:00:18AM AND WE CAN'T HAVE THAT IN TAMPA.
10:00:20AM TPD TUESDAY, I BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT IN 2020, A WHOLE
10:00:25AM GROUP OF PEOPLE LEFT CYRUS GREENE PARK ON A PEACEFUL MARCH
10:00:31AM AND CHILDREN GOT GASSED.
10:00:32AM TAMPA QUICKLY TURNED AWAY FROM THE POLICY AND STOPPED
10:00:38AM GASSING PROTESTORS IN THE STREET.
10:00:39AM I BROUGHT UP THAT POINT AND THE RESPONSE AND THE CHIEF IS
10:00:43AM HERE, AND HE CAN REFUTE ME IF HE WANTS TO, WAS THAT HE SAID
10:00:48AM SOME GOOD THINGS.
10:00:49AM HE SAID HE'S ALL ABOUT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUT HE ALSO SAID
10:00:53AM HE'LL DO ANYTHING, THE UTMOST THING IS THE SECURITY OF THE
10:00:56AM STUDENTS.
10:00:57AM I WANT TO KNOW WHAT SECURITY OF THE STUDENTS HE WAS
10:01:00AM PROTECTING BY GASSING AND BEATING THE STUDENTS ON THAT
10:01:04AM TUESDAY.
10:01:04AM THANKS FOR LETTING ME SHARE.
10:01:08AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
10:01:09AM GOOD MORNING.
10:01:10AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:01:11AM HUMIRA APSELL.
10:01:13AM I LEFT TAMPA PD OFF THE HOOK TWO WEEKS AGO BECAUSE I DIDN'T
10:01:17AM REALIZE THEY WERE FULL PARTICIPANTS IN THE ASSAULT ON
10:01:19AM STUDENT PROTESTORS AT USF.
10:01:21AM FEWER HOURS LATER I FOUND OUT THEY WERE FULLY INVOLVED SO
10:01:24AM I'M BACK.
10:01:25AM AT A RECENT TOWN HALL TYPE EVENT A TPD REP WAS ASKED ARE YOU
10:01:30AM NORMALIZING GASSING AND SHOOTING RUBBER BULLETS AT
10:01:33AM PROTESTORS?
10:01:33AM THE RESPONSE, IMPORTANT TO FIRST PROTECT ANYBODY'S FIRST
10:01:36AM AMENDMENT RIGHT BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO PROTECT THE SAFETY OF
10:01:39AM EVERYONE INVOLVED INCLUDING THOSE PROTESTING AND INCLUDING
10:01:42AM OTHERS WHO ARE AROUND AND POLICE.
10:01:44AM SAFETY WILL BE PARAMOUNT IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS AND
10:01:48AM WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO MINIMIZE IT WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF
10:01:50AM FORCE WILL BE OUR GOAL.
10:01:52AM THAT'S NOT WHAT IS HAPPENING WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE ARE
10:01:54AM PROTESTING WAR IN TAMPA.
10:01:56AM THE USF PROTESTS WERE PEACEFUL.
10:01:59AM SCARCELY ANYONE AROUND EXCEPT FOR THE PROTESTORS AND AN
10:02:03AM ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS NUMBER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
10:02:06AM THE USE OF FORCE WAS EXCESSIVE.
10:02:07AM COUPLE OF SHOTS HERE.
10:02:13AM SHOWED UP IN FULL RIOT GEAR TO A BUNCH OF PEACEFUL
10:02:16AM PROTESTORS.
10:02:17AM SETTING UP A TENT WOULD GET YOU ARRESTED BUT STUDENTS WERE
10:02:20AM TOLD THAT SITTING ON A BLANKET WAS OKAY.
10:02:23AM A STUDENT WHO DIDN'T HAVE A BLANKET SAT ON AN UNOPENED TENT
10:02:27AM AND GOT ARRESTED.
10:02:29AM COPS LOOKING FOR THE SMALLEST EXCUSE TO ESCALATE AND BE
10:02:31AM VIOLENT.
10:02:32AM THE PERPETRATORS OF THE VIOLENCE WERE COPS AND NOT
10:02:35AM PROTESTORS.
10:02:35AM A DATA ANALYSIS OF ALL THE STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS FROM
10:02:38AM OCTOBER 7 TO MAY 3rd FOUND THAT 97% WERE PEACEFUL.
10:02:43AM 97%.
10:02:45AM JUST LIKE THE ONE HERE IN TAMPA.
10:02:47AM WHY ARE WE BRUTALIZING STUDENTS FOR SPEAKING WHO ARE ASKING
10:02:51AM THAT THE UNIVERSITIES NOT INVEST IN COMPANIES THAT BENEFIT
10:02:56AM FROM WAR OR FROM INVESTING IN COUNTRIES PROFITING FROM
10:03:00AM GENOCIDE.
10:03:01AM THIS IS LUDICROUS.
10:03:03AM REMINDER, THIS IS HAPPENING HERE IN TAMPA AND AGAINST YOUR
10:03:07AM CONSTITUENTS.
10:03:08AM EVEN IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH THE CONTENT OF THE PROTEST, YOU
10:03:11AM SHOULD BE TROUBLED BY THE QUICKNESS AND BRUTALITY WITH WHICH
10:03:14AM THEIR RIGHTS TO FREE SPEECH AND PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY WERE PUT
10:03:17AM DOWN.
10:03:18AM TEAR GAS, RUBBER BULLETS, PEPPER SPRAY, TACKLING PROTESTORS
10:03:21AM AND THROWING THEM ON THE CONCRETE, KNEES ON NECKS,
10:03:24AM INTIMIDATION.
10:03:25AM THIS ONE IS IN ORLANDO.
10:03:35AM QUITE THE PHOTO.
10:03:36AM THIS WAS IN ORLANDO, BUT SIMILAR STUFF IS GOING ON HERE.
10:03:38AM I'M LONG PAST ASKING YOU TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE GENOCIDE
10:03:43AM IN GAZA.
10:03:44AM WILL YOU SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE BRUTALIZATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE
10:03:47AM FOR SPEAKING OUT AGAINST WAR CRIMES?
10:03:48AM WILL YOU SPEAK UP FOR THE FIRST AMENDMENT?
10:03:50AM I HAVE THREE ASKS, INVESTIGATE WHY THE LEVEL OF FORCE WAS
10:03:55AM UNLEASHED ON PEACEFUL PROTESTORS.
10:03:56AM FIND OUT HOW MANY OFFICERS PRESENT HAVE BEEN IN TRAINING
10:03:59AM CONNECTED TO ISRAEL.
10:04:00AM I ALSO WANT TO KNOW WHY THIS GUY WAS IN SOME OFFICIAL
10:04:05AM CAPACITY WAS RUNNING AROUND WITH AN ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES
10:04:09AM T-SHIRT.
10:04:09AM THIS WAS TAKEN AT USF.
10:04:11AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:04:12AM >> AND ANY RELATIONSHIP -- END ANY RELATIONSHIP WHATSOEVER
10:04:15AM WITH ISRAEL AND THEIR TRAINING.
10:04:17AM OH, SORRY.
10:04:18AM THIS HAPPENED RIGHT HERE AT MLK PLAZA.
10:04:22AM QUITE THE IRONY HERE.
10:04:24AM THIS ALL HAPPENED IN FRONT OF THE STATUE.
10:04:26AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:04:27AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:04:40AM >> MY NAME IS MARIA COLOGNE.
10:04:43AM NICE TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY.
10:04:44AM I WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE STUDENTS THERE ON TUESDAY, APRIL
10:04:47AM 30, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE DAY.
10:04:49AM WE WERE PEACEFULLY PROTESTING AND WE WERE MET WITH NOTHING
10:04:56AM SHORT OF EXCESSIVE FORCE.
10:04:57AM I'M PRETTY SMALL.
10:04:59AM I CAN'T REALLY DO MUCH DAMAGE.
10:05:01AM PEOPLE WHO KNOW ME SAY I WOULDN'T HURT A FLY AND THAT'S
10:05:05AM TRUE.
10:05:05AM THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH PROTESTING AGAINST GENOCIDE.
10:05:08AM I THINK USING THAT WORD IS HONESTLY THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE
10:05:12AM WORD.
10:05:12AM IT'S BEEN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AS SUCH BY NOW AND THAT
10:05:17AM IS HONESTLY INDISPUTABLE.
10:05:19AM STUDENTS PROTESTING GENOCIDE OR PROTESTING EVEN LOCAL POLICY
10:05:25AM SHOULD NOT BE MET WITH THE KIND OF FORCE WE WERE MET WITH ON
10:05:28AM THAT DAY.
10:05:29AM ME LINKING FRIENDS WITH MY ARMS, NOT BEING VIOLENT, BUT
10:05:33AM CHANTING, WHICH IS WITHIN OUR LAWFUL RIGHT, WE DID
10:05:39AM ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THAT WAS ILLEGAL.
10:05:40AM WE HELD WOODEN SHIELDS WHICH ARE LEGAL UNDER FLORIDA LAW.
10:05:44AM WHAT WE SAW WAS TERRIFYING.
10:05:47AM WE LITERALLY SAW AT LEAST A HUNDRED DIFFERENT ARMED FORCES
10:05:53AM MARCHING OUR WAY.
10:05:54AM MANY OF THEM IN RIOT GEAR.
10:05:56AM I HAVE NEVER SEEN THAT LEVEL OF VIOLENCE THAT I SAW THAT DAY
10:05:59AM AND THE DAY BEFORE AT THE PREVIOUS PROTEST.
10:06:01AM I'M SCARED.
10:06:02AM THIS IS -- HAS INSTILLED A FEAR IN ME AND MANY OF MY FELLOW
10:06:09AM PEERS, FEAR OF POLICE, A FEAR OF THE PEOPLE THAT SHOULD BE
10:06:11AM PROTECTING US DAY TO DAY.
10:06:13AM THE USF PD AND TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS THE
10:06:20AM PATROL IN THE TAN UNIFORMS, I FORGOT WHAT THEY ARE, NOT
10:06:23AM REALLY GOOD AT PUBLIC SPEAKING, BUT THEY SHOULD BE HELD
10:06:27AM ACCOUNTABLE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW FOR MEETING US
10:06:30AM WITH TEAR GAS, MEETING US WITH RUBBER BULLETS.
10:06:33AM THEIR JOB, FIRST AND FOREMOST, IS TO DE-ESCALATE SITUATIONS.
10:06:39AM THEY WERE THE AGGRESSORS.
10:06:42AM I SAW MY FRIEND FULLY DETAINED, HANDCUFFED BEHIND HIS BACK,
10:06:46AM SLAMMED FACE FIRST INTO THE PAVEMENT.
10:06:49AM THAT WAS DISTURBING TO SAY THE LEAST.
10:06:50AM WE'RE SEEING THESE IMAGES ONLINE.
10:06:52AM IMAGINE LIVING THROUGH IT FIRSTHAND, NOT EVEN SIX FEET AWAY
10:06:57AM FROM ME.
10:06:58AM I'M SEEING STUDENTS GET CHOKED OUT.
10:07:02AM STUDENTS GET SLAMMED.
10:07:03AM IT WAS JUST DISTURBING TO SAY THE LEAST.
10:07:06AM I THINK THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR ENOUGH FROM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
10:07:11AM THAT THEY CARE MORE ABOUT SILENCING STUDENT VOICES THAN
10:07:15AM LISTENING TO THEIR CONCERNS.
10:07:17AM THANK YOU.
10:07:18AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:07:20AM [ APPLAUSE ]
10:07:20AM YES, MA'AM, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
10:07:23AM GOOD MORNING.
10:07:24AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:07:25AM >> MY NAME IS ELLIE MAY.
10:07:27AM I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE GENOCIDE GOING ON IN GAZA, TOO.
10:07:32AM I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THERE'S 35,000 PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
10:07:37AM KILLED.
10:07:40AM YOU GUYS ARE ALL IN A POSITION TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
10:07:44AM I'M ASSUMING THAT'S WHY YOU CHOSE TO BE IN THESE POSITIONS
10:07:48AM IS TO MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE IN YOUR COMMUNITIES AND IN THE
10:07:52AM WORLD.
10:07:53AM FROM WHAT IT SEEMS YOU'VE DONE NOTHING.
10:07:56AM I THINK YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THAT.
10:07:58AM [ENCODER DISCONNECT]
10:08:23AM >> -- TO ENSURE A SYSTEM OF CHECKS AND BALANCES.
10:08:27AM AT THE EAST TAMPA CRA MONTHLY MEETING, THE BOARD VOTED
10:08:30AM AGAINST PURCHASING THE PROPERTY AT 1911 EAST OSBORNE AVENUE.
10:08:36AM THE PURCHASE WAS TAKEN OFF THE AGENDA LAST WEEK.
10:08:41AM THE PEOPLE SPOKE LAST WEEK.
10:08:44AM THE DEMOCRACY SYSTEM WORKS.
10:08:48AM WHEN WE HAD ONE PERSON PUSHING THEIR WILL ON THE PEOPLE, IT
10:08:51AM IS NO LONGER A DEMOCRACY.
10:08:53AM IT IS A DICTATORSHIP.
10:08:55AM EAST TAMPA HAS OVER 30 PROPERTIES ADDING TO THE BLIGHT OF
10:09:00AM THE COMMUNITY.
10:09:01AM NO BUILDINGS, NO PLANS, AND WHENEVER THE POWERS THAT BE WANT
10:09:06AM TO PUSH SOMETHING ON THE PEOPLE, THEY THROW IN AFFORDABLE
10:09:09AM HOUSING.
10:09:10AM NOTHING IS CHANGING FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE FORGOTTEN
10:09:14AM PEOPLE IN EAST TAMPA.
10:09:15AM EAST TAMPA CRA AND DOMAIN HOUSING STARTED BUYING PROPERTY AT
10:09:21AM THE SAME TIME.
10:09:22AM DOMAIN BUILT ON THEIR LOTS AND SOLD THE PROPERTIES.
10:09:25AM EAST TAMPA CRA NEEDS TO START BUILDING ON THE 30 LOTS THAT
10:09:30AM THEY ALREADY HAVE, NOT BUYING MORE PROPERTY JUST TO SIT
10:09:34AM WAITING FOR THE FULL IMPACT OF GENTRIFICATION TO TAKE PLACE.
10:09:39AM IT'S REALLY SAD WHEN I COME DOWN HERE, I GO TO EAST TAMPA
10:09:45AM CRA MEETING.
10:09:47AM LAST WEEK, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING A COFFEE SHOP
10:09:50AM AND MAKING A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IN EAST TAMPA.
10:09:54AM THAT IS NOT WHAT THE PEOPLE IN EAST TAMPA NEED RIGHT NOW.
10:09:57AM RIGHT NOW WE NEED JOBS AND WE NEED ATTAINABLE HOUSING, RENT
10:10:05AM OR SOMETHING WE CAN BUY.
10:10:07AM IF YOU BUILD A COFFEE SHOP IN EAST TAMPA, IT'S GOING TO BE
10:10:10AM ANOTHER ACT OF DISRESPECT FOR THE PEOPLE OF EAST TAMPA.
10:10:13AM YOU BUILD THE COFFEE SHOP, WE COULDN'T PARTAKE IN THE
10:10:18AM BUILDING.
10:10:19AM WE CAN'T WORK THERE, AND WE CAN'T EVEN BUY THE COFFEE
10:10:22AM BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A JOB.
10:10:23AM WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF EAST TAMPA.
10:10:30AM WHAT IS GOING ON?
10:10:33AM WHY ARE THERE SO MANY PEOPLE UNEMPLOYED?
10:10:35AM WHY CAN'T WE GET A MANUFACTURING JOB OVER THERE?
10:10:40AM BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WILL WORK.
10:10:41AM IT'S BEEN PROVEN.
10:10:43AM WHEN SINGLETON WENT OUT OF BUSINESS HAD A BIG IMPACT ON US.
10:10:48AM YOU COULD SEE THE PEOPLE IN THE PROJECT, EVERYBODY -- WE
10:10:53AM NEED A MANUFACTURING, SOME KIND OF ECONOMIC ENGINE IN EAST
10:10:57AM TAMPA WHERE WE CAN WALK AND WORK RIGHT THERE.
10:11:02AM THEN WE CAN START PURCHASING OTHER THINGS, BUT RIGHT NOW,
10:11:05AM IT'S JUST BLATANT DISRESPECT IN EAST TAMPA.
10:11:08AM THE HOUSES ARE 450,000.
10:11:10AM THAT'S THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
10:11:12AM WE CAN'T AFFORD THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A JOB.
10:11:15AM IF WE DO, WE'RE MAKING $20,000 A YEAR.
10:11:19AM AND THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE.
10:11:20AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
10:11:21AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:11:21AM GOOD MORNING.
10:11:23AM NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:11:25AM >> MY NAME IS LENA VU.
10:11:27AM I'M HERE TO URGE YOU TO PROTECT OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO
10:11:31AM PROTEST AND REFRAIN FROM THE USE OF THE TAMPA BAY POLICE TO
10:11:34AM RESTRICT OR SILENCE ANTI-GENOCIDE PROTESTS.
10:11:36AM INVESTIGATE THE EXCESSIVE FORCE USED BY TPD TO SILENCE
10:11:41AM PROTESTORS AND TO BAN CROSS TRAINING BETWEEN THE TAMPA
10:11:44AM POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE VIOLENT ISRAELI OCCUPATION FORCES.
10:11:47AM I RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
10:11:49AM WHERE I HAVE PARTICIPATED IN NUMEROUS PROTESTS AND RALLIES
10:11:52AM FOR PALESTINE AND EVEN A HUNGER STRIKE TO URGE THE BOARD OF
10:11:56AM TRUSTEES TO DIVEST FROM WEAPON MANUFACTURERS THAT SUPPLY THE
10:12:01AM SETTLER COLONY OF ISRAEL, GENOCIDE AND WAR CRIMES AGAINST
10:12:05AM THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.
10:12:07AM APRIL 29 AND 30, USF STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAME
10:12:10AM TOGETHER TO START A SOLIDARITY ENCAMPMENT FOLLOWING THE LEAD
10:12:14AM OF UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE U.S.
10:12:16AM AND LIKE THOSE UNIVERSITIES, THEIR PROTESTS AGAINST GENOCIDE
10:12:21AM WAS MET WITH POLICE AGGRESSION AND TEAR GAS.
10:12:24AM THE USF AND TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENTS WERE FAR TOO READY TO
10:12:27AM USE RIOT GEAR AND RIOT CONTROL AGENTS AGAINST NONVIOLENT
10:12:32AM PROTESTORS.
10:12:32AM TEAR GAS IS BANNED IN WARFARE YET POLICE ARE ALLOWED TO USE
10:12:39AM IT IN PEOPLE EXERCISING THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO
10:12:40AM PROTEST.
10:12:42AM SHIELDS WERE AT THE READY BECAUSE POLICE VIOLENCE IS SO
10:12:45AM COMPLETELY PREDICTABLE WHEN IT COMES TO ADVOCATING FOR HUMAN
10:12:49AM RIGHTS FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR.
10:12:50AM TIME AND TIME AGAIN, WE SEE NONVIOLENT PROTESTS TURN VIOLENT
10:12:54AM BECAUSE OF POLICE AGGRESSION AND BRUTALITY JUST LIKE WE SAW
10:12:57AM IN THE PROTESTS IN THE WAKE OF THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD IN
10:13:00AM 2020.
10:13:00AM PROTESTS ARE MEANT TO BE A NONVIOLENT MEANS OF CIVIL
10:13:04AM DISOBEDIENCE AND RESISTANCE.
10:13:07AM PROTESTS DO NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE PEACEFUL BECAUSE THEY
10:13:09AM ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DISRUPTIVE IF WE WANT TO ENACT MEANINGFUL
10:13:13AM CHANGE.
10:13:13AM DO NOT LET OPPRESSORS WARP THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN PEACE AND
10:13:17AM NONVIOLENCE WHEN THEY ARE THE ONES SUPPORTING THE MASS
10:13:19AM MURDER OF THE PEOPLE OF GAZA.
10:13:21AM THOSE IN POSITIONS OF POWER WHO ARE CONTINUING TO IGNORE THE
10:13:24AM GENOCIDE SUCH AS YOU ALL, THAT WE HAVE ALL BEEN WITNESSING
10:13:28AM AND PROTESTING FOR THE PAST SEVEN MONTHS DO NOT DESERVE A
10:13:32AM MOMENT OF PEACE WHEN PALESTINIANS HAVEN'T HAD A MOMENT OF
10:13:36AM PEACE IN OVER 76 YEARS.
10:13:38AM THANK YOU.
10:13:38AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:13:40AM YES, MA'AM.
10:13:40AM NEXT SPEAKER.
10:13:41AM >> LETITIA BACK AGAIN IN REGARDS TO MADISON HIGHLANDS AND
10:13:47AM LELAND, THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY FOR MADISON HIGHLANDS.
10:13:51AM THEY ARE CONTINUING TO EXPLOIT THE SENIORS, RAISING THE
10:13:54AM RENT.
10:13:55AM THEIR PAYCHECKS, GOVERNMENT CHECKS CAN'T EVEN MEET THE RAISE
10:14:00AM IN THE RENTS.
10:14:01AM THEY KEEP DISGUISING IT AS AFFORDABLE LIVING.
10:14:05AM IT'S NOT AFFORDABLE LIVING.
10:14:07AM AND THE ONES THAT SPEAK UP AGAINST THEM, THEY TRY TO KICK
10:14:10AM THEM OUT.
10:14:11AM AND DISGUISE IT AS LEGAL WAY OF EVICTION.
10:14:15AM THIS IS WHAT MY MOM IS GOING THROUGH.
10:14:17AM THE 9th OF THIS MONTH, SHE WAS VERBALLY GIVEN A NOTICE
10:14:24AM WHICH IS NOT LEGAL TO MOVE OUT BY MONDAY, WHICH WAS FOUR
10:14:27AM DAYS.
10:14:27AM SHE CALLED ME.
10:14:28AM I CAME BACK IN TOWN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
10:14:32AM I'M HER POA.
10:14:33AM THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SPEAKING TO ME DIRECTLY BECAUSE OF
10:14:36AM MEDICAL ISSUES.
10:14:37AM THEY KEEP VIOLATING THAT.
10:14:38AM THEN COUPLED BEHIND THAT, GIVE HER ANOTHER NOTICE WHICH IS
10:14:44AM WRITTEN WHICH IS ILLEGAL AND UNFOUNDED FOR SEVEN DAYS TO
10:14:47AM MOVE OUT TO VACATE.
10:14:49AM SHE HAS DONE NOTHING WRONG.
10:14:51AM HER RENT PAID ON TIME EVERY TIME.
10:14:53AM SHE DOESN'T BOTHER ANYBODY, AND NOT BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
10:14:56AM AND THEY ARE GETTING READY TO BUILD ANOTHER APARTMENT
10:14:59AM COMPLEX.
10:14:59AM THIS IS EXPLOITATION OF SENIORS.
10:15:05AM AFFORDABLE LIVING TO HELP THE SENIORS AND THEY ARE NOT
10:15:07AM PROTECTED.
10:15:08AM WHO IS PROTECTING THE SENIORS?
10:15:09AM WHO IS STANDING UP FOR THEIR RIGHTS?
10:15:11AM WHO IS GOING TO PROTECT THEM?
10:15:14AM HUMAN RIGHTS, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND ALL THAT.
10:15:18AM ALL WE DO IS SIT AND LOOK AND THEY ARE MAKING MONEY OFF OF
10:15:22AM THE SENIORS AND THE ONES THAT SPEAK UP, THEY GET THEM OUT OF
10:15:25AM THE WAY.
10:15:26AM OR WE EVICTED THEM.
10:15:28AM IT WAS A LEGAL EVICTION, NO, IT WAS NOT.
10:15:31AM SOMEBODY HAS TO LOOK INTO THIS.
10:15:32AM HUMAN RIGHTS, SENIOR RIGHTS, DISABILITY RIGHTS, ALL THAT.
10:15:36AM WHAT IS GOING ON.
10:15:38AM ARE WE GOING TO GO WEEK AFTER WEEK AND LISTEN TO ALL THESE
10:15:41AM CONCERNS AND NOBODY STAND UP TO DO NOTHING?
10:15:44AM WHERE IS JUSTICE?
10:15:45AM WHERE ARE THEIR RIGHTS?
10:15:47AM MADISON HIGHLAND LLC AND LELAND MANAGEMENT ENTERPRISE LLC,
10:15:53AM OUT OF ORLANDO/KISSIMMEE.
10:15:56AM SHAME ON THEM.
10:15:56AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.
10:15:58AM YES, MA'AM.
10:15:59AM GOOD MORNING, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:16:01AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:16:02AM STEPHANIE POYNOR.
10:16:03AM I'M SO EXCITED TO SEE OUR NEW BUDGET ANALYST HERE.
10:16:07AM I'M PROBABLY THE MOST EXCITED PERSON IN THE CITY WHO DOESN'T
10:16:10AM SIT UP THERE.
10:16:11AM ANYWAY, WELCOME.
10:16:12AM WELCOME, ABSOLUTELY.
10:16:14AM I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT YOU GUYS LOOK INTO A COUPLE OF
10:16:18AM DIFFERENT CONSULTANTS TO HELP US FURTHER DIG INTO SOME OF
10:16:22AM THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE AT THE CITY.
10:16:24AM ONE, A LAND USE CONSULTANT, HOUSING CONSULTANT, SLASH, AND A
10:16:29AM TRANSPORTATION CONSULTANT.
10:16:30AM IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA.
10:16:31AM WE HAVE BIG ISSUES IN THOSE TWO AREAS.
10:16:33AM WHY CAN'T CITY COUNCIL HAVE A CONSULTANT FOR THOSE TWO AREAS
10:16:36AM FOR A YEAR?
10:16:37AM DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FOREVER, BUT SOMEBODY TO BRING ON BOARD
10:16:41AM TO HELP US MUDDLE THROUGH THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE AT THE
10:16:45AM CITY.
10:16:45AM AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE ACTING IN THE BEST INTEREST OF
10:16:48AM THE COUNCIL AND THE COUNCIL'S WANTS AND DESIRES.
10:16:51AM I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE BUDGET UPDATE TODAY.
10:16:54AM I AM THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY RIVER BOARD.
10:17:01AM MS. LOUIS, MR. BROWN, GOOD TO GO.
10:17:04AM THIRD CANDIDATE.
10:17:05AM MOVE ON.
10:17:05AM PROOF OF RESIDENCY, YOU KNOW, THE HOUSING HAS WENT THROUGH
10:17:09AM THE ROOF IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:17:13AM AND WHEN I BOUGHT MY HOUSE, IT WAS WORTH ONE-THIRD OF WHAT
10:17:18AM IT'S WORTH TODAY.
10:17:19AM I MEAN, WE'VE GOT TO BE REALISTIC ABOUT THIS.
10:17:22AM THE CITY OF TAMPA IS NOT PAYING TOP DOLLAR.
10:17:25AM SORRY.
10:17:26AM THEY ARE MAKING DECENT MONEY, BUT THEY ARE NOT PAYING THE
10:17:29AM TOP OF THE PILE.
10:17:30AM THERE'S ALWAYS OUTSIDE JOBS TO BE HAD.
10:17:33AM TO RUN OFF GOOD FOR WHO KNOWS WHAT IS JUST ABSOLUTELY
10:17:38AM RIDICULOUS.
10:17:39AM BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY.
10:17:41AM THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY DON'T CARE ANY LESS ABOUT US.
10:17:43AM I WANT YOU TO KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO RAN FOR YOUR SEATS
10:17:46AM WHO DID NOT LIVE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA AND THE ELECTIONS
10:17:48AM COMMISSION DIDN'T GIVE A CRAP.
10:17:50AM SO WHY ARE WE WEARING THIS OUT?
10:17:53AM LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I HAVE A MINUTE LEFT, AND I WOULD LIKE
10:17:57AM TO HONOR CAPTAIN JOHN TINSLEY AND NAVAL SEAL PAT BEAKS AND
10:18:03AM THEIR GOLD STAR WIVES WHO BOTH LIVE IN MY COMMUNITY.
10:18:06AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.
10:18:08AM YES, SIR.
10:18:13AM >>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:18:14AM STEVE MICHELINI HERE ON BEHALF OF THE SOHO BUSINESS
10:18:17AM ALLIANCE.
10:18:17AM THERE WERE A NUMBER OF COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE IN TOWN HALL
10:18:21AM MEETINGS REGARDING THE BUSINESSES NOT DOING WHAT THEY WERE
10:18:24AM SUPPOSED TO DO OR THE POLICE NOT RESPONDING QUICKLY ENOUGH
10:18:27AM IN THE RECENT TRAGEDY ON SOUTH HOWARD.
10:18:30AM I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT ALL OF THE BUSINESSES HAD THEIR
10:18:33AM REQUIRED POLICE OFFICERS ON DUTY.
10:18:36AM THERE WERE EXTRA DUTY OFFICERS AS WELL AS SECURITY.
10:18:39AM AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED QUICKLY.
10:18:41AM SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE TALKED ABOUT INCLUDED
10:18:46AM INCREASING SECURITY AND INCREASING POLICE PRESENCE.
10:18:49AM IT OCCURRED WITHIN FIVE MINUTES OF THESE INDIVIDUALS GETTING
10:18:52AM OUT OF THEIR CARS.
10:18:53AM IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED ANYWHERE AND THE POLICE HAVE ALREADY
10:18:56AM SAID THAT.
10:18:57AM I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DO REGARDING INDIVIDUALS THAT COME
10:19:02AM INTO AN AREA, DECIDE THAT THEY WANT TO HAVE A FIGHT AND THEN
10:19:05AM THEY PERPETUATE WHATEVER VIOLENCE THEY WANT TO HAVE UPON
10:19:09AM EACH OTHER.
10:19:09AM THE BUSINESSES ARE RESPONSIBLE.
10:19:11AM THEY DO WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO.
10:19:13AM THIS IS NOT A BAR DISTRICT.
10:19:15AM IT'S MADE UP OF A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ESTABLISHMENTS THAT
10:19:18AM INCLUDE RESTAURANTS AND OTHER BUSINESSES.
10:19:21AM THEY ALL DO WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO.
10:19:23AM THEY HAVE THEIR OWN VIDEO CAMERAS.
10:19:24AM WE HAD EACH OF THEM INSTALL ADDITIONAL VIDEO CAMERAS ON THE
10:19:28AM PREMISES OF THE BARS THAT ARE NORTH OF SWANN AND THE
10:19:33AM RESTAURANTS SOUTH OF SWANN.
10:19:34AM THESE ARE RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE.
10:19:35AM THEY DO WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO AND IT IS MISGUIDED
10:19:41AM STATEMENTS THAT CHARACTERIZE THEM AS BEING NEGLIGENT IN
10:19:43AM THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES.
10:19:44AM WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT EVERY WEEK,
10:19:49AM INCLUDING THE DEPLOYMENT OF OFFICERS, HOW THEY ARE USED, AND
10:19:53AM HOW THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE PUBLIC IS MAINTAINED.
10:19:57AM THE RESIDENTS THAT CAME AND SPOKE WERE MOSTLY SOUTH OF SWANN
10:20:02AM WHICH IS NOT ANYWHERE NEAR THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED.
10:20:06AM I ALREADY SAID ON THE RECORD THAT THE INCIDENT OCCURRED FROM
10:20:09AM PEOPLE COMING OUTSIDE OF THE AREA DECIDING TO MEET AND THAT
10:20:12AM THEY HAD VIOLENCE ON THEIR MIND BEFORE THEY ARRIVED.
10:20:15AM IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED ANYWHERE.
10:20:17AM I'M VERY SORRY THAT IT HAPPENED.
10:20:19AM WE ARE VERY APOLOGETIC FOR THAT.
10:20:21AM HOWEVER, THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN
10:20:24AM MAINTAINED AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE MAINTAINED AND WE'LL
10:20:26AM CONTINUE THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
10:20:30AM TAMPA FIRE RESCUE REGARDING THE PUBLIC SAFETY IN EVERY
10:20:33AM RESPECT.
10:20:33AM IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT, I WOULD BE HAPPY
10:20:35AM TO ANSWER THEM.
10:20:36AM BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
10:20:37AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:20:38AM NEXT SPEAKER.
10:20:39AM DID YOU ALREADY SPEAK, MA'AM?
10:20:44AM >> NO, I HAVEN'T.
10:20:44AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COME ON UP.
10:20:46AM >> HI.
10:20:48AM CHAT E. LEE.
10:20:49AM I'M HERE TO ASK TO YOU INVESTIGATE THE TAMPA POLICE
10:20:52AM DEPARTMENT AND THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA FOR THE
10:20:55AM POLICE VIOLENCE AGAINST STUDENT PROTESTORS AND COMMUNITY
10:20:58AM SUPPORTERS.
10:20:58AM RHEA LAW CLAIMS THAT THE POLICE VIOLENCE WAS FOR THE SAFETY
10:21:06AM OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE ARE PROTESTING AGAINST GENOCIDE.
10:21:11AM I HAVE SEEN OVER THE PAST SEVEN MONTHS THINGS I NEVER
10:21:18AM THOUGHT I WOULD SEE.
10:21:20AM DECAPITATED BODIES, THE STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE
10:21:24AM OUT THERE AT THE SOLIDARITY ENCAMPMENT ARE THE BEST AMONG
10:21:28AM US.
10:21:29AM THEY SAW SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NEVER BE HAPPENING TO ANY OF
10:21:32AM US, AND THEY WERE MOVED TO ACTION, AND THEY WERE PUNISHED BY
10:21:38AM THE VERY VALUES THAT USF WANTS STUDENTS TO HAVE.
10:21:41AM CIVIC DUTY, COURAGE, KINDNESS.
10:21:45AM WHAT HAPPENED WAS TRAUMATIC.
10:21:48AM LIKE I AM -- ONE OF MY FRIENDS.
10:21:52AM I'M A COMMUNITY MEMBER.
10:21:53AM I'M NOT A STUDENT.
10:21:54AM I GRADUATED A LONG TIME AGO.
10:21:56AM ONE OF MY FRIENDS IS A STUDENT AND SHE WAS THERE AT THE
10:22:02AM ENCAMPMENT, THERE BOTH SAYS.
10:22:05AM SAW, WITNESSED WHAT HAPPENED.
10:22:06AM THIS PAST SATURDAY WE WERE IN ORLANDO FOR THE STATEWIDE
10:22:09AM RALLY AND AGAIN WE WENT THROUGH THAT POLICE VIOLENCE.
10:22:14AM AND IT BROUGHT US BACK TO USF AND IT REALLY SHOOK US UP.
10:22:22AM IT'S DISGUSTING AND APPALLING THAT WE ARE MET WITH SUCH
10:22:27AM BRUTAL VIOLENCE FOR SPEAKING UP AGAINST GENOCIDE.
10:22:30AM YOU CANNOT CLAIM TO BE PRIORITIZING COMMUNITY SAFETY WHEN
10:22:34AM YOU PUNISH PEOPLE FOR SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THE MASS KILLING
10:22:36AM OF OTHER PEOPLE.
10:22:37AM THAT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
10:22:39AM I NEED YOU TO PLEASE HOLD TAMPA PD ACCOUNTABLE.
10:22:48AM PLEASE HOLD D. McDONALD AND RHEA LAW ACCOUNTABLE AND FIND
10:22:54AM OUT HOW MANY TAMPA TAXPAYER DOLLARS WERE USED IN THIS WHOLE
10:22:58AM POLICE VIOLENCE BRUTALITY.
10:23:01AM THANK YOU.
10:23:01AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:23:02AM YES, MA'AM.
10:23:05AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:23:06AM GOOD MORNING.
10:23:09AM >> ROBIN LOCKETT.
10:23:11AM FIRST, I WANT TO SAY IN REGARDS TO THESE YOUNG PEOPLE COMING
10:23:14AM OUT, I THINK IS ADMIRABLE THAT THEY ARE COMING OUT TO SPEAK
10:23:18AM OUT.
10:23:19AM THEY HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT AN EXPERIENCE AND HOPEFULLY YOU
10:23:25AM GUYS ARE REACHING OUT TO THEM TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH
10:23:29AM THEM BECAUSE IT TAKES A LOT TO COME UP HERE TO EXPRESS
10:23:34AM THEMSELVES AND TELL YOU THEIR CONCERNS.
10:23:36AM IF THEIR CONCERNS ARE WITH TPD, THEN THERE'S TPD'S TRUTH,
10:23:41AM THEIR TRUTH AND THE TRUTH IN THE MIDDLE AND SOMEBODY SHOULD
10:23:44AM BE INQUIRING ABOUT THAT.
10:23:45AM THAT'S MY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. ITEM 84, I TOTALLY AGREE IN
10:23:55AM REGARDS TO CODING, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT WHEN SOMEONE
10:23:59AM PURCHASES A HOUSE OR DOES SOMETHING THAT THE SELLER IS NOW
10:24:05AM BEING I GUESS YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING INTO CHARGING THE SELLER
10:24:10AM OR MAKING THE SELLER ACCOUNTABLE, I THINK THERE SHOULD BE AN
10:24:17AM ORDINANCE THAT IF A HOMEOWNER OR SOMEONE GOES OUT OF THEIR
10:24:20AM WAY AND DOES NOT HIRE A FAMILY MEMBER TO GET THE JOB DONE OR
10:24:24AM SOMEBODY AROUND THE CORNER, A HANDY MAN, IF THEY GO OUT AND
10:24:28AM THEY MAKE THE EFFORT TO HIRE SOMEONE THAT'S CERTIFIED,
10:24:33AM THAT'S THE COMPANY'S BUSINESS, AND THAT COMPANY DOES NOT
10:24:37AM PULL PERMITS.
10:24:39AM THAT COMPANY SHOULD BE HELD LIABLE IN SOME KIND OF WAY.
10:24:41AM TO PROTECT YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
10:24:46AM WHAT I'M FINDING OUT IS THAT PEOPLE ARE HIRING, GOING TO
10:24:53AM CERTAIN COMPANIES THAT ARE CERTIFIED LATER TO FIND OUT THAT
10:24:57AM A PERMIT WAS NOT PULLED.
10:24:59AM IT SHOULDN'T FALL BACK -- IT SHOULD NOT FALL BACK ON A
10:25:04AM HOMEOWNER TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE THEY ARE HIRING SOMEBODY
10:25:08AM CERTIFIED IN IT.
10:25:10AM SO THERE SHOULD BE SOME TYPE OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND SOME TYPE
10:25:12AM OF SLIGHT PROTECTION FOR THE HOMEOWNER THAT'S TRYING TO DO
10:25:17AM THE RIGHT THING INSTEAD OF HIRING JOE BLOW AROUND THE CORNER
10:25:20AM TO DO THE WORK.
10:25:21AM THAT'S ONE THING.
10:25:22AM THE SECOND THING IS THAT NICOLE TRAVIS IS LEAVING.
10:25:29AM THAT'S A CONCERN.
10:25:31AM SOMEONE TO FILL HER SPOT.
10:25:34AM THAT'S A CONCERN.
10:25:34AM I THINK HER RIGHT HAND PERSON, ALIS DRUMGO, IS THE PERSON TO
10:25:40AM FILL THAT SPOT, NOT AS AN INTERIM, BUT AS THAT DIRECTOR.
10:25:48AM THERE'S NO WAY THAT THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE, SHE HAS
10:25:54AM CREATED, HER TEAM CREATED AN INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND HOUSING
10:25:56AM THAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE.
10:25:58AM IT WOULD MAKE NO SENSE FOR SOMEONE TO DO A NATIONAL SEARCH
10:26:03AM OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE AND COME IN AND TRY TO LEARN AND
10:26:06AM PUT FORTH WHAT HAS BEEN DONE.
10:26:09AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:26:10AM GOOD MORNING.
10:26:14AM >> HI.
10:26:14AM MY NAME IS MARY LOU BAILEY. I CAME DOWN TO COUNCIL TO
10:26:20AM LISTEN TO THE CRIME REPORTS, HEAR WHAT IS GOING ON AND WHAT
10:26:23AM OPTIONS REVIEWED, ET CETERA.
10:26:25AM I UNDERSTAND THERE'S NO TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:26:27AM I WANTED TO BRIEFLY ADDRESS CRIME.
10:26:28AM I WAS AT THE PUBLIC MEETING LAST NIGHT HELD ABOUT CRIME,
10:26:32AM PARTICULARLY ON -- IN THE WAKE OF THE RECENT TRAGEDY ON
10:26:35AM SOUTH HOWARD.
10:26:36AM IN FRONT OF THE RESTAURANT AND OPTIC SHOP AND OTHER PLACES
10:26:40AM MY FAMILY AND I ROUTINELY GO DESPITE THAT I LIVE SOUTH OF
10:26:43AM SWANN.
10:26:44AM I'M STILL VERY MUCH A CONSUMER IN THAT AREA.
10:26:46AM WHAT WAS EXPRESSED LAST NIGHT WAS LIKE A BOILING POINT.
10:26:50AM THIS IS A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY THAT HAPPENED SUNDAY MORNING AND
10:26:54AM I'M SORRY FOR THE FAMILIES OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE KILLED.
10:26:58AM IT'S VERY COMPLICATED.
10:26:59AM WHAT WE HEARD LAST NIGHT WAS A LOT OF ISSUES.
10:27:02AM I JUST WANT TO ASK THE ENTIRE COUNCIL TO PLEASE PAY
10:27:08AM ATTENTION AND NOT WRITE THIS OFF AS A TERRIBLE ONE-OFF
10:27:11AM TRAGEDY, NOT WRITE IT OFF AS THE NEIGHBORS VERSUS THE
10:27:14AM BUSINESSES.
10:27:15AM IT'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS.
10:27:17AM CONCERNS WERE EXPRESSED ABOUT THE PROLIFERATION OF GUNS.
10:27:20AM CONCERNS ABOUT MANY OF THE ESTABLISHMENTS GOT THEIR PERMITS
10:27:24AM FROM THIS COUNCIL BECAUSE THERE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE
10:27:28AM RESTAURANTS THAT WOULD GET 51% OF THE REVENUE FROM FOOD WHEN
10:27:31AM THAT'S NO LONGER THE CASE.
10:27:33AM EXCESSIVE LOITERING.
10:27:34AM THERE'S ALL KINDS OF PUBLIC NUDITY, SEX, GROSS THINGS
10:27:37AM REPORTED LAST NIGHT THAT I WISH I COULD UNHEAR ABOUT THINGS
10:27:41AM GOING ON IN THAT DISTRICT.
10:27:42AM IT'S A LOT OF THINGS.
10:27:45AM PERHAPS THE MOST TROUBLING, THOUGH, IS OVER A SERIES OF
10:27:48AM DECISIONS MADE BY VARIOUS MEMBERS WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE ON
10:27:54AM COUNCIL NOW WITH DIFFERENT INFORMATION, WE'VE GOT TOO MANY
10:27:57AM PLACES IN TOO TIGHT OF AN AREA THAT ARE OPEN UNTIL 3 A.M.
10:28:01AM WITH ALL YOU CAN DRINK SPECIALS AND ALL KINDS OF CRAZINESS
10:28:05AM GOING ON.
10:28:06AM WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER, THE COUNCIL, TPD, THE NEIGHBORS,
10:28:10AM THE BUSINESSES.
10:28:11AM WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO CALMLY GO THROUGH THE
10:28:14AM INFORMATION AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO RESTORE SOME SENSE OF
10:28:18AM NEIGHBORHOOD TO WHAT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:28:19AM WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE PLACES TO GO OUT TO EAT AND DRINK AND
10:28:23AM ALL OF THAT GOOD STUFF, BUT IT'S GOTTEN OUT OF CONTROL.
10:28:26AM AND THIS WAS KIND OF THE TIPPING POINT WHERE TRAGICALLY TWO
10:28:29AM PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:28:31AM BUT IT'S NOT JUST A ONE-OFF.
10:28:33AM IT'S JUST TOTALLY OUT OF CONTROL THERE.
10:28:35AM IT'S NOT SAFE TO BE THERE.
10:28:37AM PLEASE STAY WITH US AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS.
10:28:44AM THE CITY ATTORNEY, MS. ZELMAN WAS THERE LAST NIGHT AND SHE
10:28:47AM EXPRESSED THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME CONCERNS BECAUSE
10:28:50AM WE CAN'T TAKE AWAY RIGHTS ALREADY GRANTED, ET CETERA.
10:28:54AM BUT WE HAVE TO TRY HARDER.
10:28:55AM WE CAN'T MOVE ON, GO, OKAY, THIS IS A TRAGEDY, IT'S GOING TO
10:28:58AM BE OKAY.
10:28:58AM IT'S NOT OKAY.
10:28:59AM WE'VE GOT TO SOMEHOW PUT THE GENIE BACK IN THE BOTTLE.
10:29:03AM IT'S OUT OF CONTROL THERE.
10:29:05AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:29:05AM THIS WILL CLOSE IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:29:08AM THREE PEOPLE REGISTERED FOR ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:29:10AM IS MICHAEL RANDOLPH ONLINE?
10:29:11AM MICHAEL RANDOLPH.
10:29:14AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:29:15AM MY NAME IS MICHAEL RANDOLPH.
10:29:17AM I'M WITH THE CENSUS FOR NONPROFIT AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
10:29:22AM FIRST, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE INCREASE IN VIOLENCE, GUN
10:29:26AM VIOLENCE, HOMICIDES THAT HAVE BEEN OCCURRING OVER THE LAST
10:29:30AM COUPLE OF WEEKS.
10:29:31AM THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT OVER THE LAST FIVE WEEKS, 97%
10:29:37AM INCREASE IN FIREARM HOMICIDES AMONG BLACK YOUTH.
10:29:43AM ADDED TO THAT, 125% HOMICIDE AMONG BLACK FEMALES.
10:29:48AM ON JUNE 16, WE WILL BE HOSTING A MEETING TITLED NATIONAL
10:29:53AM DISCUSSION ON WHAT WORKS IN REDUCING STREET VIOLENCE.
10:29:57AM THIS DISCUSSION WILL INCLUDE VIOLENT -- AROUND THE NATION
10:30:05AM INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER ABOUT WHAT WORKS.
10:30:07AM WE CANNOT ARREST OUR WAY OUT OF THIS NIGHTMARE.
10:30:09AM THE MEETING IS GOING TO BE BROKEN DOWN INTO TWO PARTS.
10:30:12AM THE FIRST PART IS GOING TO BE CALLED WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF
10:30:15AM THE VIOLENCE?
10:30:16AM THAT IS A GROUP OF BLACK PSYCHOLOGISTS, BLACK EDUCATORS, AND
10:30:23AM BLACK SOCIOLOGISTS AND OTHERS THAT HAVE COME UP WITH SCHOOL
10:30:26AM OF THOUGHT CALLED INTERGENERATION.
10:30:31AM THE SECOND PART IS GOING TO DEAL WITH WHAT WORKS.
10:30:34AM THIS INITIATIVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT --
10:30:39AM SUCCESS BASED ON THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND
10:30:40AM PREVENTION.
10:30:43AM WE KNOW IT AS THE CDC.
10:30:45AM IT FOCUSES ON A PUBLIC HEALTH STRATEGY TO REDUCE VIOLENCE.
10:30:50AM THEY USE WHAT IS KNOWN AS SOCIETAL ECOLOGICAL MODEL.
10:30:56AM WHAT WORKS.
10:30:57AM WELL, IN BALTIMORE, WHICH IS THE SECOND HIGHEST STATE, CITY
10:31:01AM FOR VIOLENCE, THEY REDUCED HOMICIDE BY 20%.
10:31:05AM IN KENTUCKY, THEY REDUCED GUN SHOOTINGS BY 30%.
10:31:10AM AND NEW YORK, THEY REDUCED GUN SHOOTINGS BY 50%, AND IN
10:31:16AM PHILLY, THEY REDUCED IT BY 30%.
10:31:19AM IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT
10:31:23AM STUDIES GOING ON.
10:31:24AM ONE STUDY THE PEER RESEARCH CENTER.
10:31:28AM THE NEXT WILL BE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY AND THE
10:31:32AM JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND THEN FINALLY JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
10:31:37AM OUT OF BALTIMORE.
10:31:38AM WHAT DOES NOT WORK, INITIATIVES THAT ONLY FOCUS ON BLACK ON
10:31:47AM BLACK DYSFUNCTION RATHER THAN -- CAUSES AND POTENTIAL
10:31:52AM SOLUTIONS DO NOT WORK.
10:31:53AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS MEETING.
10:31:56AM IT'S GOING TO BE A CONVERSATION ABOUT EVIDENCE-BASED,
10:32:00AM DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH TO REDUCING VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
10:32:04AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:32:06AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MR. RANDOLPH.
10:32:07AM THE NEXT REGISTERED SPEAKER IS FRANKLIN PEREZ.
10:32:14AM >> HI, THIS IS FRANKLIN PEREZ, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
10:32:18AM >> YES.
10:32:18AM >> MY NAME IS FRANKLIN PEREZ.
10:32:23AM I LIVE IN SEMINOLE AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES.
10:32:24AM I HAVE TWO ISSUES TO SPEAK ABOUT -- POLICE ABUSE AT
10:32:24AM UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA ON APRIL 30, 2024, AND ISRAEL
10:32:24AM PALESTINE CONFLICT.
10:32:26AM THE FIRST ISSUE, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK UP AGAINST THE TAMPA
10:32:29AM AND UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA POLICE DEPARTMENT'S
10:32:32AM EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE WHICH I PERSONALLY SAW WHEN THEY
10:32:35AM BRUTALIZED AND ARRESTED PEACEFUL PROTESTORS AT THE
10:32:38AM UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA ON APRIL 30, 2024, FOR RIGHTFULLY
10:32:42AM DEMANDING THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA DIVEST ITSELF
10:32:45AM OF ALL INVESTMENTS PERTAINING TO THE GENOCIDAL ISRAELI
10:32:48AM APARTHEID REGIME.
10:32:50AM I DEMAND THAT THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL LOOK INTO THE EVENTS
10:32:52AM AND CONDEMN THESE VIOLENT ACTS ON PROTESTORS.
10:32:56AM SECOND ISSUE, ISRAEL PALESTINE.
10:32:59AM RESCIND ALL PRO-ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS YOU HAVE MADE IN THE
10:33:01AM PAST.
10:33:02AM ENOUGH.
10:33:02AM ISRAEL IS A JEWISH SUPREMACIST APARTHEID STATE THAT HAS BEEN
10:33:06AM COMMITTING ETHNIC CLEANSING, HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES, AND NOW
10:33:09AM GENOCIDE AGAINST PALESTINIANS FOR 76 PLUS YEARS AS PER
10:33:12AM REPUTABLE HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS LIKE AMNESTY
10:33:15AM INTERNATIONAL, HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, AND B'TSELEM.
10:33:19AM STOP SUPPORTING ISRAEL.
10:33:20AM STOP GIVING IT WEAPONS.
10:33:22AM STOP GIVING IT MONEY.
10:33:23AM AND CONDEMN FOR WHAT IT IS.
10:33:24AM AN APARTHEID AND GENOCIDAL STATE.
10:33:27AM THE ISRAELI APARTHEID REGIME'S PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN
10:33:27AM NETANYAHU HAS INVOKED GENOCIDAL LANGUAGE AGAINST
10:33:31AM PALESTINIANS IN THE GAZA CONCENTRATION CAMP BY REFERRING TO
10:33:34AM AN ANCIENT BIBLICAL PASSAGE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT COMPARING
10:33:38AM PALESTINIANS TO AMALEKITES THAT MUST ALL BE PUT TO DEATH --
10:33:40AM MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN, INFANTS.
10:33:42AM THE ISRAELI APARTHEID REGIME'S DEFENSE MINISTER YOAV GALLANT
10:33:44AM HAS DEHUMANIZED PALESTINIANS BY REFERRING TO PALESTINIANS IN
10:33:48AM THE GAZA CONCENTRATION CAMP AS HUMAN ANIMALS.
10:33:52AM MIKO PELED, ISRAELI JEW, SON OF A FAMOUS ISRAELI JEW
10:33:53AM GENERAL, EX-ZIONIST OCCUPATION FORCES ENFORCER AND
10:33:57AM PALESTINIAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST, HAS STATED THAT THE ISRAELI
10:34:01AM ARMY IS THE BEST TERRORIST GROUP IN THE WORLD.
10:34:04AM EX-ISRAELI JEW ZIONIST OCCUPATION FORCES PILOT, YONATAN
10:34:04AM SHAPIRA, HAS STATED THAT THE ISRAELI ARMY IS A TERRORIST
10:34:10AM ORGANIZATION RUN BY WAR CRIMINALS.
10:34:11AM AT THIS POINT, THE ZIONIST ONLY OCCUPIER SETTLEMENTS IN THE
10:34:15AM WEST BANK, THE ONLY FAIR SOLUTION TO THE ISRAEL PALESTINE
10:34:19AM CONFLICT IS A ONE STATE SOLUTION WHERE EVERYONE, JEW AND
10:34:21AM PALESTINIAN HAS EQUAL RIGHTS IN A FREE PALESTINE FROM THE
10:34:25AM JORDAN RIVER TO THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
10:34:26AM THE REFRAIN THAT ISRAEL HAS THE RIGHT TO SELF-DEFENSE IS A
10:34:29AM RED HERRING.
10:34:30AM THE REAL QUESTION IS, DOES ISRAEL HAVE THE RIGHT TO USE
10:34:32AM FORCE TO MAINTAIN AN ILLEGAL OCCUPATION AND APARTHEID STATE
10:34:36AM THAT COMMITS ETHNIC CLEANSING, GENOCIDE, AND HUMAN RIGHTS
10:34:39AM ABUSES AGAINST PALESTINIANS?
10:34:41AM THE CLEAR ANSWER IS NO.
10:34:42AM ISRAEL HAS NO RIGHT OF SELF-DEFENSE WHEN IT IS THE OPPRESSOR
10:34:45AM AND OCCUPIER WHILE PALESTINIANS DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO
10:34:47AM PHYSICALLY RESIST AND DEFEND THEMSELVES AGAINST THEIR
10:34:50AM OPPRESSOR AND OCCUPIER, ISRAELI APARTHEID REGIME.
10:34:54AM I REQUEST THAT YOU INTRODUCE THE RESOLUTION TO STAND WITH
10:34:56AM PALESTINIANS IN DEMANDING AN END TO THE SIEGE OF GAZA, A
10:35:00AM PERMANENT CEASEFIRE, AND AN END TO ALL U.S. AID TO ISRAEL --
10:35:05AM MILITARY, ECONOMIC, POLITICAL.
10:35:06AM ALREADY 100-PLUS U.S. LOCALITIES HAVE PASSED CEASEFIRE NOW
10:35:09AM RESOLUTIONS INCLUDING CITIES IN FLORIDA.
10:35:11AM CEASEFIRE NOW, CEASEFIRE NOW, AND CONDEMN THE EXCESSIVE USE
10:35:14AM OF FORCE BY TAMPA P.D. --
10:35:14AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:35:16AM OUR LAST PUBLIC SPEAKER IS BAKER ASHAW.
10:35:29AM >> GOOD MORNING, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
10:35:30AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES, WE CAN.
10:35:32AM GO AHEAD.
10:35:32AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEN AND WOMEN.
10:35:34AM I'M ACTUALLY HERE TO ADD MY VOICE TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE AND
10:35:40AM OLD ALIKE.
10:35:41AM WHO VOICE THEIR DISAPPROVAL OF THE WAY THAT TAMPA PD ACTED
10:35:50AM ON USF DURING THE PROTESTS THAT WAS TAKING PLACE ON APRIL 29
10:35:54AM AND 30th.
10:35:56AM IN FACT, I WENT THERE ON THE 30th JUST AS -- I WOULD SAY
10:36:05AM THE MILITARY FORCES THAT WERE THERE BETWEEN TAMPA PD, THE
10:36:08AM SHERIFF'S OFFICE, USF POLICE, THE STATE TROOPERS.
10:36:11AM AND I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE WAS THERE BECAUSE ALL OF THEM WERE
10:36:15AM IN RIOT GEAR READY FOR BATTLE AGAINST UNARMED STUDENTS WHO
10:36:21AM ARE PROTESTING WITH FREE SPEECH.
10:36:23AM AND WHEN THEY TEAR GASSED, THEY ENDANGER THE LIVES OF THE
10:36:28AM STUDENTS.
10:36:29AM ONE OF THE TREES ACTUALLY ON THAT MLK PLAZA CAUGHT FIRE.
10:36:34AM CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT KIND OF DISASTER THAT WOULD HAVE
10:36:39AM CREATED?
10:36:39AM IF PEOPLE WERE ACTUALLY BURNED OR, WORSE, DIED.
10:36:47AM SO I URGE YOU TO TAKE ACTION, LOOK INTO, INVESTIGATE, DO
10:36:54AM WHAT YOU NEED TO DO AND HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE.
10:36:58AM FREE SPEECH IS OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT AND AS LONG AS
10:37:04AM WE'RE NONVIOLENT, WHICH WAS THE CASE IN THE PROTESTS THAT
10:37:09AM USF, THE STUDENTS AT USF WERE HOLDING, THEN WE SHOULD NOT BE
10:37:17AM TREATED THAT WAY.
10:37:19AM JUST REMEMBER, ONE MORE POINT THAT I WANT TO MENTION, ALL
10:37:26AM THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE VOICING THEIR OPINIONS IN SOLIDARITY
10:37:31AM WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING KILLED IN A
10:37:39AM GENOCIDE IN WAR CRIMES ACCORDING TO THE INTERNATIONAL
10:37:44AM CRIMINAL COURT AND YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU CONTINUE ON
10:37:49AM THIS COURSE THAT YOU ARE IN, THESE PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER.
10:37:54AM IT'S NOT JUST FOR JOE BIDEN, GENOCIDE JOE AND HIS CABINET.
10:38:00AM IT'S GOING TO GO TO YOU GUYS.
10:38:01AM YOU WILL BE VOTED OUT OF OFFICE IF YOU CONTINUE ON THAT
10:38:06AM COURSE.
10:38:06AM SO PLEASE CORRECT YOUR ACTIONS, BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF
10:38:14AM HISTORY, NOT WITH THE GENOCIDAL STATE OF ISRAEL.
10:38:20AM ACTUALLY NOT ISRAEL, IT'S NOT REAL IS WHAT IT IS.
10:38:23AM THANK YOU.
10:38:24AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:38:25AM THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:38:26AM PER AGENDA REVIEW, WE'LL MOVE DIRECTLY INTO THE ITEMS
10:38:29AM RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
10:38:30AM ITEMS 75 THROUGH ITEMS 79 WILL BE HEARD TOGETHER.
10:38:33AM I BELIEVE CHIEF BERCAW IS GOING TO LEAD US OFF.
10:38:49AM >>CHIEF BERCAW: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:38:50AM I WAS GOING TO GIVE COUNCILMAN VIERA, IF YOU SO PLEASE, A
10:38:54AM CHANCE FOR THE UNION TO SPEAK FIRST, IF THAT WORKS FOR YOU.
10:38:56AM >>LUIS VIERA: SURE.
10:38:57AM >>CHIEF BERCAW: IN THE MEANTIME, WE'LL GET OUR PowerPoint
10:39:00AM PRESENTATION UP READY TO GO.
10:39:05AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: GOOD MORNING, SIR.
10:39:06AM >> BRANDON BARCLAY, PRESIDENT OF TAMPA PBA.
10:39:10AM THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE MOTION FOR US TO BE HERE TODAY.
10:39:12AM I'LL KEEP IT REAL SHORT AND BRIEF.
10:39:14AM THE PBA HAS BEEN IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH STAFF AND
10:39:17AM CHIEF BERCAW.
10:39:19AM WE PRESENTED WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE A FAIR AND EQUAL
10:39:23AM REPRESENTATION FOR THE BUDGET.
10:39:24AM THE CHIEF HAS COME UP WITH WHAT I THINK IS A PROPER BALANCE
10:39:27AM AND WE FULLY SUPPORT ANYTHING THAT HE'S GOING TO PRESENT
10:39:30AM TODAY.
10:39:30AM THANK YOU.
10:39:31AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:39:32AM BEFORE YOU GO, CHIEF, SINCE WE HAD PBA HERE, I KNOW WE HAD
10:39:35AM GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL 754 FOR
10:39:39AM FIRE TO SPEAK AS WELL.
10:39:40AM BUT I UNDERSTAND HE'S NOT IN TOWN.
10:39:42AM I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
10:39:42AM ANYBODY FROM 754 HERE TODAY WITH US?
10:39:46AM >>LUIS VIERA: THIS IS ONLY FOR POLICE, AND THEN FIRE IS
10:39:49AM COMING AFTERWARDS.
10:39:50AM DONNY, WHO IS THE VICE PRESIDENT.
10:39:52AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I UNDERSTAND.
10:39:53AM I WANTED TO MAKE SURE SOMEBODY WAS HERE.
10:39:56AM GO AHEAD, CHIEF.
10:40:03AM >>CHIEF BERCAW: WE HAVE THE PowerPoint UP READY TO GO.
10:40:06AM GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:40:08AM I'M HERE TODAY WITH SEVERAL OF MY STAFF TO PRESENT OUR
10:40:12AM MASTER PLAN AND HOW WE CAN COMBAT VIOLENT CRIME IN THE CITY.
10:40:15AM WITH ME DEPUTY CHIEF JOHNSON, DEPUTY CHIEF RUTH KATE AND
10:40:20AM MAJOR ERIC DiFELICE.
10:40:21AM I'LL MOVE THE SLIDE.
10:40:27AM THE MISSION.
10:40:29AM STARTING OUT WITH OUR MISSION IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE
10:40:31AM BASE EVERYTHING WE DO ON OUR MISSION STATEMENT.
10:40:35AM OUR MISSION OF THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS TO WORK IN
10:40:39AM PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY TO REDUCE CRIME, IMPROVE THE
10:40:43AM QUALITY OF LIFE AND MAKE TAMPA SAFER TOGETHER.
10:40:46AM WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
10:40:47AM THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE COMMUNITY
10:40:50AM AND OUR GOAL IS NOT ONLY TO REDUCE CRIME BUT IMPROVE THE
10:40:54AM QUALITY OF LIFE.
10:40:55AM THOSE QUALITY-OF-LIFE CONCERNS ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED
10:40:57AM ABOUT THE BROKEN WINDOWS THEORY.
10:40:59AM IT IS ADDRESSING THOSE SMALL ISSUES BEFORE THEY BECOME BIG
10:41:02AM ISSUES.
10:41:03AM OUR CORE VALUES ARE UP HERE IN THE ACRONYM OF SAFE.
10:41:09AM BASICALLY WHAT THAT IS TO SERVE, ADVOCATE FAIRNESS AND
10:41:12AM EXCELLENCE.
10:41:13AM AND WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON OUR CORE VALUES.
10:41:16AM OF COURSE, EXCELLENCE IS PREMIER, THE TRAINING THAT WE
10:41:20AM RECEIVE COMPARED TO SOME OTHER AGENCIES IS ABOVE AND BEYOND.
10:41:25AM OUR DEPARTMENT PILLARS ON OUR NEXT PAGE.
10:41:27AM WE BASE OUR PHILOSOPHY ON FOUR MAIN PILLARS, WHICH IS CRIME
10:41:32AM REDUCTION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, QUALITY ASSURANCE AND
10:41:36AM WELLNESS.
10:41:36AM CRIME REDUCTION, THAT'S JUST BASED ON OUR MISSION STATEMENT
10:41:40AM THAT I JUST READ TO YOU.
10:41:41AM EVERYTHING THAT WE FOCUS IS ON REDUCING CRIME.
10:41:43AM THAT'S OUR PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY.
10:41:46AM COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
10:41:47AM WE CONTINUE TO BUILD UPON OUR COMMUNITY TRUST AND
10:41:51AM TRANSPARENCY, THAT WE HAVE ONE OF THE GREATEST RELATIONSHIPS
10:41:53AM IN THE NATION WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
10:41:55AM AND WE ALWAYS CONTINUE TO BUILD UPON THAT.
10:41:58AM AND THEN OUR QUALITY ASSURANCE, IT'S BASED ON ACCOUNTABILITY
10:42:01AM AND TRAINING.
10:42:01AM AND FINDING WAYS TO HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE, OUR TRAINING
10:42:05AM AND TRUST AND TRANSPARENCY.
10:42:07AM WE ACTUALLY HAVE A QUALITY ASSURANCE UNIT AT THE POLICE
10:42:09AM DEPARTMENT WHEN I WAS A CAPTAIN OF PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, I
10:42:13AM SPEARHEADED THAT UNDER CHIEF CASTOR AT THE TIME TO DEVELOP
10:42:16AM THAT UNIT THEN.
10:42:17AM FINALLY WELLNESS.
10:42:18AM WELLNESS FOR OUR OFFICERS, OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF AND, OF
10:42:22AM COURSE, OUR COMMUNITY.
10:42:23AM IF WE DON'T TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES, HOW CAN WE TAKE CARE OF
10:42:26AM THE COMMUNITY?
10:42:27AM AS YOU SEE, THERE ARE A LOT OF DEMANDS ON POLICING AND IT'S
10:42:30AM IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE CARE OF OUR STAFF.
10:42:32AM SO, OUR CRIME REDUCTION STRATEGY.
10:42:35AM IT'S PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY.
10:42:38AM YOU CAN SEE HERE, HOW DO WE SUSTAIN AND IMPROVE UPON ONE OF
10:42:42AM THE LOWEST CRIME RATES FOR A MAJOR CITY OUR SIZE?
10:42:44AM WE CONTINUALLY EVALUATE THIS.
10:42:47AM WE EVALUATE THIS IN DAILY REPORTS, WEEKLY REPORTS, MONTHLY
10:42:51AM REPORTS AND, OF COURSE, ANNUAL REPORTS.
10:42:53AM WE'RE VERY FLUID IN HOW WE ADDRESS AND MOVE OUR DEPLOYMENT.
10:42:57AM SO WE FOCUS ON ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS REGARDING ILLEGALLY
10:43:02AM POSSESSED FIREARMS.
10:43:03AM LAST YEAR, WE RECOVERED OVER 2,000 FIREARMS OFF THE STREET.
10:43:08AM THAT'S PROGRESSIVE, PROACTIVE WORK FROM OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT
10:43:14AM OFFICERS.
10:43:14AM WE ACTIVELY PURSUE ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDING.
10:43:19AM SOME OF THE TOWN HALL MEETINGS, THERE WAS TECHNOLOGY AND
10:43:21AM THINGS WE WANTED TO GET THAT WE COULDN'T GET IN THE CITY
10:43:23AM BUDGET BUT WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FROM BOTH
10:43:26AM THE STATE AND FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS IN ADDITION TO GRANTS
10:43:28AM TO ASSIST US. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL AVENUES TO GET THAT
10:43:33AM FUNDING.
10:43:33AM WE UTILIZE FOCUSED DETERRENT STRATEGIES THAT INCORPORATE
10:43:38AM COLLABORATION AND TRUST.
10:43:39AM YOU GUYS ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH OUR CDI GRANT, THE
10:43:41AM $1.5 MILLION GRANT THAT IS NOW IN PHASE TWO.
10:43:44AM AND THAT IS A VERY PROACTIVE MEASURE OF GETTING IN THE
10:43:49AM COMMUNITY AND ADDRESSING THE YOUTH AND TRYING TO PREVENT
10:43:52AM CRIME FROM OCCURRING IN THE FIRST PLACE.
10:43:54AM AND THEN OUR CRIME GUN INTELLIGENCE CENTER.
10:43:58AM WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST IN THE NATION TO HAVE A CRIME GUN
10:44:01AM INTELLIGENCE CENTER IN OUR OWN NIBN UNIT.
10:44:05AM WE PRIDE OURSELVES GETTING INTELLIGENCE QUICKLY IN LINKING
10:44:09AM CRIMES FAST TO PREVENT FUTURE CRIMES FROM OCCURRING.
10:44:13AM OUR CRIME STATISTICS WHICH WE PUBLISHED IN THE ANNUAL REPORT
10:44:17AM EARLIER THIS YEAR, TOTAL CRIME DOWN NEARLY 7%.
10:44:20AM OUR VIOLENT CRIME DOWN JUST OVER 8%.
10:44:25AM AND JUST TO GIVE YOU KIND OF A RELATION OF WHERE THAT STANDS
10:44:28AM BASED ON THE MAJOR CITY CHIEF REPORT, THE 70 MAJOR CITIES IN
10:44:31AM THE U.S. PLUS THE MAJOR CITIES IN CANADA, THE AVERAGE
10:44:35AM REDUCTION IN TOTAL VIOLENT CRIME BASED ON THAT REPORT WAS
10:44:38AM JUST OVER 2.5%.
10:44:40AM HOPE YOU'LL GIVE ME MORE TIME BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT MORE
10:44:45AM SLIDES.
10:44:45AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: LET US KNOW HOW MUCH MORE TIME YOU'LL NEED
10:44:49AM AFTER THE PRESENTATION.
10:44:51AM >>CHIEF BERCAW: VIOLENT CRIME WITH A FIREARM LAST YEAR WAS
10:44:54AM DOWN A LITTLE OVER 17%.
10:44:56AM CRIME STATISTICS IN ADDITION, HOMICIDES, WE WERE DOWN 13%
10:45:01AM LAST YEAR.
10:45:02AM OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE OFF TO A ROUGH START THIS YEAR, BUT WE
10:45:05AM PRIDE OURSELVES ON REDUCING VIOLENT CRIME.
10:45:09AM AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, PREVENTING CRIME FROM OCCURRING IN THE
10:45:12AM FIRST PLACE.
10:45:13AM AGAIN, I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE FIREARMS, BUT WHAT'S NOT
10:45:16AM ON THIS SLIDE IS HOW WE CAN ALL DO OUR PART IN KEEPING
10:45:21AM VIOLENT -- GUNS FROM GETTING INTO THE HANDS OF PEOPLE THAT
10:45:25AM SHOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE IT.
10:45:26AM I MENTIONED IT BEFORE.
10:45:28AM WE HAD ROUGHLY 200 FIREARMS THAT WERE STOLEN LAST YEAR FROM
10:45:32AM UNLOCKED CARS, AND THOSE ARE GETTING INTO THE WRONG HANDS.
10:45:36AM SO WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING A MAJOR EDUCATION AWARENESS
10:45:40AM CAMPAIGN ON THAT TO REDUCE THOSE CRIMES FROM OCCURRING IN
10:45:43AM THE FIRST PLACE.
10:45:44AM IN JANUARY OF 2022, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AUTHORED THIS
10:45:52AM REPORT, THIS VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION ROAD MAP.
10:45:54AM AND ON THIS REPORT, IT WAS BASICALLY BASED IN 2020 THE
10:45:58AM NATION SAW, THIS IS A NATION AT WHOLE, SAW 30% RISE IN
10:46:02AM MURDERS.
10:46:02AM THIS SPIKE IS DRIVEN PREDOMINANTLY BY GUN VIOLENCE ACROSS
10:46:08AM THE ENTIRE NATION.
10:46:09AM THIS IS CLAIMING LIVES.
10:46:11AM IT'S CHANGING THE COURSE OF EVERYBODY OUT THERE.
10:46:16AM AS WE'VE SEEN LOCALLY.
10:46:18AM WE CANNOT LET THIS TEAR DOWN OUR COMMUNITY AND KEEP US ALL
10:46:24AM FROM WORKING TOGETHER.
10:46:25AM IT WAS SAID IN PUBLIC COMMENTS TOGETHER, YOU CAN'T LET ONE
10:46:28AM INCIDENT GO.
10:46:29AM WE HAVE TO CONTINUE WORKING TOGETHER AND MOVING FORWARD AND
10:46:32AM FINDING WAYS TO REDUCE CRIME.
10:46:34AM THIS REPORT HIGHLIGHTED TEN ESSENTIAL ACTIONS THAT CITIES
10:46:41AM CAN TAKE TO REDUCE CRIME AND ESPECIALLY GUN CRIME.
10:46:45AM I'LL GO THROUGH THEM BRIEFLY WITH YOU.
10:46:48AM I'M THINKING PROBABLY ANOTHER, FOR THE WHOLE PRESENTATION,
10:46:52AM TEN MINUTES, IF THAT'S OKAY.
10:46:53AM NUMBER ONE, COMMIT TO SAVING LIVES BY STOPPING VIOLENCE.
10:46:59AM IF YOU WERE TO ASK ANY POLICE OFFICER WHAT IS THEIR PRIMARY
10:47:03AM MISSION, IT IS TO HELP PEOPLE BE SAFE AND TO PREVENT
10:47:06AM SOMEBODY FROM LOSING THEIR LIFE.
10:47:07AM I MENTIONED IT IN THE TOWN HALL LAST NIGHT WHEN POLICE
10:47:11AM OFFICERS RESPOND TO A SHOOTING AND THEY ARE GIVING
10:47:13AM LIFESAVING MEASURES, LITERALLY RIGHT AFTER GUNFIRE HAPPENED
10:47:17AM AND THEY ARE TRYING TO SAVE SOMEBODY'S LIFE, THEY ARE GOING
10:47:20AM THROUGH THEIR HEAD AND THINKING, OKAY, CAN I SAVE THIS
10:47:22AM PERSON'S LIFE?
10:47:23AM APPLY A TOURNIQUET, DO CPR?
10:47:26AM THEN AT THE SAME TIME THEY ARE THINKING IS THERE ANY WAY OR
10:47:28AM ANYTHING THAT I COULD HAVE DONE TO PREVENT THIS?
10:47:29AM THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE STRIVE.
10:47:33AM IT'S IN OUR DNA.
10:47:34AM IT'S WHAT WE SIGN UP TO DO.
10:47:35AM OFFICERS, I DID SAY THIS AT THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, OFFICERS
10:47:41AM IN YOUR COMMUNITY WILL GIVE THEIR OWN LIFE TO SAVE SOMEONE
10:47:44AM ELSE'S LIFE.
10:47:45AM WE'VE HAD 32 OFFICERS AT THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT JUST
10:47:49AM DONE THAT AND YESTERDAY WAS A NATIONAL POLICE MEMORIAL DAY
10:47:52AM FOR THE ENTIRE NATION, AND THEY DO IT ACROSS THE NATION.
10:47:55AM IT'S NOT ANY DIFFERENT HERE.
10:47:58AM WE IDENTIFY, NUMBER TWO, KEY PEOPLE IN KEY PLACES.
10:48:02AM I TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE.
10:48:04AM WE DO THIS DAILY.
10:48:05AM WE DO IT WEEKLY.
10:48:06AM WE DO IT MONTHLY, AND WE DO IT YEARLY.
10:48:09AM WE HAVE AN OFFENDER BASED PROGRAM AND WE HAVE PLACE-BASED
10:48:12AM PROGRAMS AND WE ACTIVELY DO THAT.
10:48:14AM NUMBER THREE, PLAN FOR ENGAGING PEOPLE IN PLACES.
10:48:18AM COMMUNITY POLICING.
10:48:19AM IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE REVITALIZED.
10:48:22AM OBVIOUSLY DURING THE PANDEMIC THAT TOOK A SIDE STEP.
10:48:24AM THERE'S NOTHING MORE THAT WE'RE DOING MORE BUT INGRAINING
10:48:29AM COMMUNITY POLICING, FOCUSING ON FOCUSED DETERRENCE, YOUTH
10:48:32AM PROGRAMS, AND OPERATIONAL PLANS.
10:48:33AM AND DEPUTY CHIEF JOHNSON WILL SPEAK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A
10:48:36AM LITTLE BIT.
10:48:37AM NUMBER FOUR, ENGAGING PEOPLE WITH EMPATHY AND
10:48:39AM ACCOUNTABILITY.
10:48:39AM AGAIN, THAT IS WHAT WE DO.
10:48:43AM AND THAT'S WHAT THE OFFICERS, SEIZE EVERY MOMENT.
10:48:47AM COMMUNITY POLICING ISN'T NECESSARILY JUST PLAYING A
10:48:50AM BASKETBALL WITH KIDS.
10:48:51AM IT'S HOW WE INTERACT ON A DAILY CALL FOR SERVICE.
10:48:54AM NUMBER 5, ADDRESSING KEY LOCATIONS USING PLACE BASED
10:49:00AM POLICING AND INVESTMENTS.
10:49:01AM WE DO THIS WITH PROBLEM ORIENTED APPROACHES.
10:49:04AM WE DO THIS WITH THEMATIC MAPS, HOT SPOT POLICING.
10:49:09AM WE DO GRANTS THAT HELP US OUT WITH THIS.
10:49:11AM WE HAVE THE JAG GRANT.
10:49:12AM SO THERE'S JUST A PLETHORA OF THINGS THAT WE DO WITH NUMBER
10:49:16AM FIVE.
10:49:16AM NUMBER SIX, PLACE RESPONSIBILITY FOR VIOLENCE REDUCTION AT
10:49:21AM THE TOP.
10:49:23AM OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S ME.
10:49:25AM IN ADDITION TO THAT, ALL OF OUR COMMANDERS.
10:49:28AM WE MEET TWICE A WEEK IN AN EXECUTIVE STAFF MEETING.
10:49:35AM THE FIRST THING WE TALK ABOUT IS CRIME AND LAST THING WE
10:49:38AM TALK ABOUT.
10:49:39AM WEEKLY MEETINGS IN EACH DISTRICT TO TALK ABOUT CRIME AND
10:49:42AM WEEKLY INTELLIGENCE VIOLENT CRIME MEETINGS.
10:49:44AM EVERY ONE OF THE MEETINGS, CAPTAIN OVER THE AREA, SECTOR
10:49:47AM COMMANDER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR KNOWING EVERYTHING AND
10:49:50AM ANSWERING TO THOSE QUESTIONS.
10:49:51AM NUMBER 7, EMPHASIZE HEALING WITH TRAUMA-INFORMED APPROACHES.
10:49:57AM LAST YEAR, IF YOU RECALL, WE ADDED A VICTIM ADVOCATE, AND WE
10:50:00AM HAVE A SLIDE LATER THAT WILL TALK ABOUT SOME OF HER EFFORTS
10:50:03AM THAT SHE'S MADE IN HER FIRST YEAR.
10:50:07AM NUMBER EIGHT, INVEST IN ANTIVIOLENCE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
10:50:10AM INVESTING IN A STRONG HEALTHY WORKFORCE.
10:50:13AM YOU MAY RECALL WE HAD CHARLENE BAKER UP HERE.
10:50:16AM CHARNELE BAKER AND SHIELDING OUR TEENS, A PROGRAM THAT DOES
10:50:20AM EXACTLY THAT.
10:50:21AM IN FACT, THAT PROGRAM HAS BECOME SO POPULAR THAT OTHER
10:50:23AM POLICE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE NATION ARE EMULATING THAT
10:50:26AM PROGRAM.
10:50:26AM NUMBER NINE, SET ASIDE FUNDING FOR NEW STAKEHOLDERS AND
10:50:34AM STRATEGIES.
10:50:35AM THAT'S SOMETHING I MENTIONED BEFORE WITH THE CVI GRANT AND
10:50:38AM OTHER GRANTS THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE IN ADDITION TO US
10:50:41AM RECEIVING FUNDING, WE'RE ALSO PUTTING FUNDING BACK IN THE
10:50:44AM COMMUNITY AND THAT'S WITH OUR CARES GRANT.
10:50:47AM SO WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE NONPROFITS THAT ARE
10:50:50AM ASSISTING US TO PROVIDE THOSE RESOURCES FOR THEM.
10:50:52AM NUMBER 10, COMMIT TO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT BASED ON DATA,
10:50:58AM EVIDENCE, AND PEER TO PEER LEARNING.
10:51:00AM THAT PEER TO PEER LEARNING IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
10:51:02AM WE HAD PHOENIX POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE JUST LAST MONTH DOING
10:51:05AM PEER TO PEER, AND WE'VE HAD OTHER DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PEER
10:51:08AM TO PEER EXCHANGE PROGRAMS.
10:51:11AM TYPICALLY THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GET IN THOSE PEER TO PEER
10:51:14AM MEETINGS, THE AGENCIES THAT ARE JEALOUS OF THE ONE THING
10:51:17AM THEY CAN'T TAKE BACK WITH THEM AND IT IS OUR RELATIONSHIP
10:51:19AM THAT WE HAVE WITH THE COMMUNITY.
10:51:20AM SO ON THIS NEXT SLIDE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE METHODS
10:51:26AM ON REDUCING PROPERTY CRIME IN ADDITION TO VIOLENT CRIME.
10:51:28AM IT'S PUBLIC OUTREACH.
10:51:29AM PUBLIC OUTREACH ON THE AUTO BURGLARIES.
10:51:31AM IF WE CAN GET SOMEBODY TO THINK TWICE, DID I LOCK MY DOOR,
10:51:36AM DID I TAKE MY GUN OUT OF MY CAR, THEN WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING
10:51:38AM OUR MISSION.
10:51:39AM NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH.
10:51:40AM WE NEED MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH.
10:51:42AM I'M HOLDING MY COMMANDERS ACCOUNTABLE OF CREATING NEW
10:51:45AM NEIGHBORHOOD WATCHES OR REVITALIZING NEIGHBORHOOD WATCHES.
10:51:48AM IN FACT, JUST IN OUR TOWN HALLS THIS WEEK, WE HAD TWO
10:51:51AM RESIDENTS ASKING TO BE INVOLVED IN NEIGHBORHOOD WATCHES.
10:51:53AM SO THAT MESSAGE IS GETTING OUT AND MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE
10:51:55AM GETTING INVOLVED.
10:51:56AM AND ENSURE THAT OUR CRIMES ARE THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED AND
10:51:59AM THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE FOLLOW UP NO MATTER HOW SMALL THE
10:52:02AM CRIME IS, WHETHER IT IS A BURGLARY OR A SHOOTING, OUR
10:52:05AM DETECTIVES ARE WORKING THOSE RELENTLESSLY WITH A HUGE SENSE
10:52:09AM OF URGENCY.
10:52:09AM ON THE NEXT ONE, INITIATIVES, LOCKING YOUR DOORS, WE TALKED
10:52:14AM ABOUT IT, PROJECT LOCK AND UNLOADED, THAT IS US GIVING OUT
10:52:17AM FREE GUNLOCKS TO THE COMMUNITY, NO QUESTIONS ASKED.
10:52:20AM WE'VE DONE IT ALL THREE OF OUR DISTRICTS AND JUST THIS WEEK
10:52:23AM WE'VE ADDED ON FOUR MORE LIBRARY LOCATIONS IN THE CITY.
10:52:27AM WE WANT TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN DO TO GET PEOPLE FREE
10:52:30AM GUNLOCKS SO WE CAN HAVE MORE RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERS.
10:52:33AM THE NEXT ONE HERE IS INCREASING OUR COMMUNICATION WITH THE
10:52:38AM NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH GROUP.
10:52:39AM SO WE HAVE THREE NEW COORDINATORS.
10:52:41AM WE HOSTED TOWN HALL MEETINGS TO BRING IN THE COMMUNITY SO
10:52:44AM THEY CAN MEET THE COORDINATORS AND HAVE THAT OPEN HOUSE WITH
10:52:48AM EACH OF THEM.
10:52:49AM THE NEXT ONE IS QUALITY ASSURANCE.
10:52:53AM WE TALKED ABOUT HIRING THE VICTIM ADVOCATE.
10:52:54AM HERE IS THE ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
10:52:56AM OUR VICTIM'S ADVOCATE HAS ASSISTED NEARLY 180 VICTIMS AND
10:53:01AM FAMILY AND PROVIDED EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, REFERRAL TO
10:53:04AM COUNSELING, AND EVEN ASSISTANCE WITH COMPENSATION PROGRAMS.
10:53:07AM SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE STARTED IN THE FALL OF LAST YEAR.
10:53:14AM AND THIS IS PART OF OUR COMMUNITY POLICING AND GETTING MORE
10:53:17AM FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.
10:53:18AM WE DID THIS COMMUNITY SURVEY WHERE IT SENDS A TEXT MESSAGE
10:53:20AM TO INDIVIDUALS THAT RECEIVE CALLS FOR SERVICE.
10:53:23AM AND IN RESPONSE TO THOSE TEXT MESSAGES, WE'VE HAD A GREAT
10:53:28AM RESPONSE.
10:53:29AM AND IN THE FIRST ONE HERE, THIS IS OVERALL OFFICER
10:53:32AM SATISFACTION.
10:53:33AM AND YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT 89% WERE EITHER SATISFIED OR VERY
10:53:38AM SATISFIED WITH THE OVERALL OFFICER SATISFACTION.
10:53:40AM AND, IN FACT, WE'VE OPENED IT UP WHERE PEOPLE CAN WRITE
10:53:44AM COMMENTS, AND ONE OF THE QUOTES, MANY, MANY OF THE QUOTES,
10:53:47AM THE OVERWHELMING ARE POSITIVE AND THE ONE I WANTED TO
10:53:50AM HIGHLIGHT, THIS OFFICER WAS VERY PROFESSIONAL AND HELPFUL.
10:53:53AM THE NEXT ONE OVER THERE IS OVERALL DEPARTMENT SATISFACTION.
10:53:56AM 88% WERE EITHER SATISFIED OR VERY SATISFIED.
10:54:00AM OBVIOUSLY THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY WERE VERY SATISFIED.
10:54:02AM AGAIN, THE RESPONSE HERE FOR A QUOTE, RESPONSE AND ACTIONS
10:54:06AM OF TPD WERE OUTSTANDING.
10:54:07AM NOW, THE COMPANY THAT DOES THIS SURVEY IS THROUGH VERSA
10:54:10AM TERM, OUR SAME RECORDS MANAGEMENT.
10:54:13AM WHEN WE STARTED THIS UP, I ACTUALLY RECEIVED COMMENTS FROM
10:54:16AM THEM SAYING THEY COULDN'T BELIEVE THE OVERWHELMING POSITIVE
10:54:19AM FEEDBACK THEY WERE GETTING.
10:54:22AM ANECDOTALLY HE WAS GIVING ME THE INFORMATION THAT WE WERE
10:54:24AM GETTING GREAT RESULTS COMPARED TO THE OTHER AGENCIES.
10:54:26AM NEXT ONE, STAFFING AND RECRUITMENT.
10:54:30AM VERY IMPORTANT.
10:54:31AM WE'RE GROWING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT JUST LIKE THE CITY IS
10:54:34AM GROWING.
10:54:34AM WE WANT TO RAISE THE NUMBER OF SPONSORED ACADEMIES, WHICH
10:54:37AM WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE LAST BUDGET YEAR.
10:54:39AM YOU ALL APPROVED THAT.
10:54:41AM SO THANK YOU.
10:54:41AM WE EVALUATE ALL OF OUR POSITIONS EVERY YEAR, BOTH OUR POLICE
10:54:47AM AND OUR PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS.
10:54:48AM WE HAVE AN ANNUAL STAFFING ANALYSIS AT THE POLICE
10:54:52AM DEPARTMENT.
10:54:52AM AND WE PURSUE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.
10:54:55AM IF YOU RECALL LAST YEAR, WE RECEIVED A GRANT FOR 30
10:54:58AM ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICERS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,
10:55:01AM WHICH IS ASSISTING US AND WE ARE FILLING THOSE POSITIONS
10:55:04AM THIS YEAR.
10:55:05AM WE'RE ALSO EXPANDING OUR RESERVE PROGRAM, WHICH IS A HUGE
10:55:08AM HELP FOR THE OFFICER ON THE STREETS BECAUSE THEY CAN WORK
10:55:10AM SOME OF THE PARADES AND OTHER EVENTS.
10:55:11AM THUS LESS OF A DRAW FROM THE OFFICERS WORKING FULL-TIME.
10:55:15AM SO IN OUR STAFFING CONSIDERATIONS, AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
10:55:20AM WE TAKE A MULTITUDE OF THINGS IN CONSIDERATION.
10:55:23AM AND THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS THAT.
10:55:25AM IT'S NOT JUST THE POPULATION OF THE CITY.
10:55:28AM SURE, THAT IS A FACTOR THAT WE LOOK AT, BUT WE ADD IN
10:55:31AM TECHNOLOGY.
10:55:31AM WE ALL KNOW THAT TECHNOLOGY IS EVOLVING FAST, ESPECIALLY IN
10:55:36AM LAW ENFORCEMENT.
10:55:36AM WE'VE SEEN BODY-WORN CAMERAS, WE'VE SEEN OTHER TECHNOLOGY.
10:55:39AM TRAINING, THE AMOUNT OF TRAINING THAT POLICE OFFICERS
10:55:43AM RECEIVE NOW FROM WHEN I STARTED IS BEYOND FATHOMABLE.
10:55:49AM SPECIAL EVENTS, OUR CITY HAS A TON OF SPECIAL EVENTS.
10:55:52AM THE RATIO, AVERAGE RATIO FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT IS 2.4 OFFICERS
10:55:57AM PER ONE THOUSAND.
10:55:58AM THEN WE HAVE THE REAL POPULATION.
10:56:01AM WHAT IS THE REAL POPULATION?
10:56:02AM INFLUX OF PEOPLE THAT COME IN FOR AN EVENT OR COME IN DURING
10:56:07AM THE DAY FOR WHATEVER FUNCTION THAT IS.
10:56:10AM CALLS FOR SERVICE, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY JUST THE NUMBER OF
10:56:12AM CALLS, BUT IT'S THE TIME WE HAVE TO SPEND ON CALLS.
10:56:15AM THE TIME WE'RE SPENDING INVESTIGATING AND SOMETHING AS
10:56:18AM SIMPLE, YOU KNOW THE NUMBER OF CAMERAS THAT ARE OUT, GETTING
10:56:21AM THOSE CAMERAS AND GETTING THE FOOTAGE TAKES TIME AND
10:56:24AM MANPOWER TO DO AND KNOCKING ON DOORS AND THEN ACTUALLY
10:56:27AM RECOVERING IT AND GETTING IT IN EVIDENCE.
10:56:30AM IT TAKES MUCH LONGER THAN IT DOES WHEN AN OFFICER WAS 20 OR
10:56:33AM 30 YEARS AGO ON THE STREET.
10:56:35AM ON TOP OF THAT, WE HAVE OTHER ASSIGNMENTS THAT WE DIDN'T
10:56:37AM HAVE DECADES AGO -- OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNIT, OUR
10:56:42AM REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER.
10:56:42AM OUR SRO PROGRAM IS MUCH MORE STRINGENT THAN IT HAS BEEN IN
10:56:46AM THE PAST.
10:56:46AM SRO CALLS IN, WE HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER OFFICER AT THE SCHOOL.
10:56:50AM COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AGAIN, WE'RE ENHANCING THAT AS WELL.
10:56:53AM SO, RECRUITMENT, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE DO THAT.
10:56:58AM BUT I WANT TO ADD SOMETHING.
10:57:01AM IF I COULD THROW A SLIDE UP HERE ON RECRUITMENT, AND YOU
10:57:05AM GUYS COULD TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
10:57:07AM POLICE EXECUTIVE RESEARCH FORUM DOES STUDIES FOR AGENCIES.
10:57:11AM AND WHAT THIS SHOWS IS THE PERCENT OF CHANGE IN STAFFING.
10:57:15AM AND YOU CAN SEE AFTER 2020 A DECLINE IN STAFFING NATIONWIDE.
10:57:19AM AND THEY HAVE BROKEN IT DOWN BETWEEN SMALL AGENCIES, MEDIUM
10:57:22AM AGENCIES, AND LARGE AGENCIES.
10:57:24AM YOU CAN SEE AFTER 2022, SMALL AND MEDIUM AGENCIES START TO
10:57:30AM INCREASE BUT LARGE AGENCY STAFFING HAS NOT INCREASED.
10:57:33AM FORTUNATELY IN TAMPA, WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE RESULTS OF MANY OF
10:57:37AM THE LARGE CITIES.
10:57:38AM IN FLORIDA, TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS A DESIRABLE PLACE TO
10:57:42AM WORK, BUT THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS HAS DWINDLED.
10:57:46AM WE'RE STILL RECEIVING APPLICATIONS.
10:57:48AM WHAT THIS IS HIGHLIGHTING IS POLICE WORK IN A LARGE CITY IS
10:57:51AM DIFFERENT THAN IT IS IN A SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED CITY.
10:57:54AM I WAS AT THE U.S. CONFERENCE OF MAYORS MEETING LAST WEEK AND
10:57:57AM ALL THE MAYORS TOGETHER WERE COLLECTIVELY COMING UP WITH
10:58:00AM STRATEGIES TO RECRUIT AND APPRECIATE OFFICERS WORKING IN
10:58:03AM LARGE CITIES.
10:58:04AM THAT'S A NATIONWIDE TREND.
10:58:06AM WHILE NOT EXPERIENCED AT THE LEVEL HERE IN TAMPA OF OTHER
10:58:09AM CITIES, WE ARE FEELING SOME OF IT.
10:58:11AM SO TO DO THAT, WE HAVE CREATED A NEW RECRUITMENT VIDEO THAT
10:58:17AM WE HAVE ALREADY PUSHED OUT.
10:58:18AM WE'RE ADVERTISING.
10:58:20AM WE'RE ALREADY GETTING COMMENTS OUTSIDE OF THE STATE ON THIS
10:58:23AM VIDEO, SO I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AND PLAY IT REALLY
10:58:26AM QUICK.
10:58:29AM >> THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT, A PREMIER LAW ENFORCEMENT
10:58:32AM AGENCY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND HOME TO ONE OF FLORIDA'S
10:58:35AM MOST VIBRANT AND DIVERSE COMMUNITIES.
10:58:37AM THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES AND
10:58:52AM FLEXIBILITY FOR A BRIGHT FUTURE.
10:58:53AM OFFER TRAINING PROGRAMS TO ENSURE THAT OUR OFFICERS ARE
10:58:59AM PREPARED AND EQUIPPED WITH THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO SUCCEED.
10:59:03AM >> THE MISSION OF THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS TO WORK IN
10:59:25AM PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO REDUCE CRIME, IMPROVE
10:59:28AM QUALITY OF LIFE AND TO MAKE TAMPA SAFER TOGETHER.
10:59:31AM >> HEART OF OUR MISSION IS UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO BUILDING
10:59:39AM A STRONGER RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
10:59:42AM JOINING THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT MEANS SERVING AND MAKING
10:59:45AM A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY.
10:59:46AM JOIN US IN MAKING OUR CITY SAFER TOGETHER.
11:00:15AM YOUR FUTURE STARTS HERE.
11:00:18AM >>CHIEF BERCAW: WE'RE ALREADY GETTING GREAT FEEDBACK ON THAT
11:00:21AM VIDEO.
11:00:21AM OUR HOPE IS REACHING PEOPLE THAT AREN'T EVEN CONSIDERING LAW
11:00:24AM ENFORCEMENT WOULD LOOK AT THAT AND MAYBE CONSIDER IT.
11:00:27AM ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS AND BENEFITS OF WORKING AT A LARGE
11:00:29AM DEPARTMENT IS THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS THAT YOU
11:00:31AM COULD GO INTO.
11:00:33AM IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TRADITIONAL POLICE WORK.
11:00:35AM IT COULD BE IN REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER, COMMUNITY POLICING,
11:00:38AM LATENT INVESTIGATION, REGULAR PATROL, MARINE PATROL, AIR
11:00:42AM SERVICE.
11:00:42AM SO THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS AVAILABLE FOR NEW
11:00:45AM RECRUITS.
11:00:46AM I'LL GO BACK TO THE PowerPoint.
11:00:47AM AND THEN, OF COURSE, SOME OF OUR INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE
11:00:53AM DOING AT HBCUs, WE HAVE HISPANIC OUTREACH, WE'RE WORKING
11:00:58AM CLOSELY WITH LOCAL MINORITY GROUPS.
11:01:00AM AND THEN, OF COURSE, EXPANDING OUR PROMOTION OF OUR 30 BY 30
11:01:05AM INITIATIVE.
11:01:05AM AND WE DO HAVE RECRUITERS THAT GO OUT TO FEMALE SPORTS AT UT
11:01:08AM AND USF.
11:01:12AM OF COURSE, SOCIAL MEDIA TARGETING.
11:01:14AM WE FOUND ON THE FIRST SOCIAL MEDIA TARGET THAT 10% OF THE
11:01:18AM VIEWS WERE COMING FROM FEMALES.
11:01:20AM SO WE'RE REDIRECTING OUR SOCIAL MEDIA TO TRY TO GET MORE.
11:01:25AM HERE IS KIND OF AN OUTLOOK FOR THE FUTURE.
11:01:29AM THIS IS AGAIN BASED ON HOW THE CITY GROWS.
11:01:31AM AND THIS IS BASED ON ALL THE OTHER FACTORS THAT WE CONSIDER.
11:01:34AM THIS NUMBER COULD CHANGE, BUT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
11:01:38AM ADDING THE 30 OFFICERS.
11:01:41AM I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR, YOU CAN'T JUST SAY I'M ADDING 30
11:01:44AM OFFICERS LIKE THAT.
11:01:45AM IF WE'RE HIRING OFFICERS WITH NO EXPERIENCE AND PUTTING THEM
11:01:48AM THROUGH THE POLICE ACADEMY, IT'S ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF
11:01:51AM BEFORE WE SEE THEM ON THE STREET.
11:01:52AM SO IT TAKES TIME.
11:01:54AM IF WE HIRE SOMEBODY WITH EXPERIENCE, THEN IT'S A LITTLE BIT
11:01:59AM LESS, MAYBE A YEAR OR MAYBE SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS DEPENDING ON
11:02:02AM THEIR EXPERIENCE.
11:02:02AM BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU PLAN AHEAD FOR IN THE FUTURE.
11:02:05AM GOING INTO NEXT YEAR, WE'RE LOOKING AT MAKING THE REQUEST
11:02:09AM FOR THE BUDGET OF ADDING TEN ADDITIONAL OFFICER SLOTS.
11:02:14AM WE FEEL BY OUR HIRING STANDARDS IT WILL PROBABLY TAKE A
11:02:18AM YEAR, TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR TO WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY
11:02:21AM FILL THOSE POSITIONS BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST FILLING THE 30
11:02:23AM AND NOT JUST FILLING 10 MORE, IT'S ALSO FILLING PLANNED AND
11:02:28AM UNPLANNED VACANCIES.
11:02:29AM OUR OUTLOOK FOR NEXT YEAR IS TO COME IN AND REQUEST 10
11:02:34AM ADDITIONAL SLOTS WHICH WOULD INCREASE OUR TOTAL AUTHORIZED
11:02:37AM STRENGTH TO 1,024, WHICH WOULD KEEP THE RATIO AT 2.4 BUT
11:02:42AM MORE IMPORTANTLY BE IN LINE WITH ALL THE OTHER FACTORS
11:02:45AM CONSIDERED IN STAFFING.
11:02:47AM I'M GOING TO BRING UP DEPUTY CHIEF JOHNSON TO TALK ABOUT OUR
11:02:53AM COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND WHEN HE'S FINISHED, ANY ONE OF US
11:02:56AM UP HERE WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
11:02:59AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
11:03:01AM >> GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING.
11:03:02AM AS YOU CAN SEE --
11:03:04AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I KNOW HE SAID YOUR NAME, BUT COULD YOU
11:03:06AM STATE YOUR NAME?
11:03:08AM >> CALVIN JOHNSON, DEPUTY CHIEF TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
11:03:10AM AS YOU CAN SEE, THE CHIEF HIGHLIGHTED EVERYTHING THAT WE DO
11:03:13AM AS FAR AS CRIME AND WHAT OUR OFFICERS DO ON A DAILY BASIS.
11:03:17AM ONE THING I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
11:03:20AM WE'RE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
11:03:21AM EVERY OFFICER THAT YOU SEE HAS A FAMILY.
11:03:25AM WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA IS SAFE SO THEY
11:03:27AM CAN RAISE THEIR CHILDREN ALSO.
11:03:29AM COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR MISSION
11:03:33AM ON TOP OF REDUCING CRIME AND INVESTIGATING CASES.
11:03:36AM SO FAR WE TRY TO REACH OUT TO EVERYBODY, BUT THE MOST
11:03:40AM IMPORTANT THING IS EXPANDING THE YOUTH PROGRAM THAT YOU SEE
11:03:42AM UP HERE, OUR PAL PROGRAM.
11:03:46AM ONCE WE GOT THAT BACK FROM PARKS AND REC, WE STILL PARTNERED
11:03:49AM WITH THEM.
11:03:50AM WE SERVICE ALMOST 4,000 KIDS A YEAR WITH PARKS AND REC AND
11:03:53AM THE PROGRAMS AT PAL MAKING SURE THE KIDS HAVE AN OUTLET TO
11:04:00AM GO TO WHEN AT HOME.
11:04:01AM THE RICH HOUSES HAVE OFFICERS THAT STAFF THEM.
11:04:06AM ROBLES PARK AND SULPHUR SPRINGS.
11:04:09AM WHEN KIDS GET OUT OF SCHOOL AND GO HOME, SOME KIDS HAVE
11:04:13AM NOBODY AT HOME BECAUSE THE PARENTS HAVE TO WORK.
11:04:15AM THE KIDS GO TO THE RICH HOUSES.
11:04:17AM WE WORK WITH THEM ON STUDYING, HOMEWORK AND ACTIVITIES.
11:04:20AM WE TALK WITH THEM ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN DO TO BE BETTER KIDS
11:04:23AM AT HOME WITH THEIR PARENTS.
11:04:24AM MANY ASPECTS THAT GO INTO THAT.
11:04:27AM FIELD TRIPS DURING THE SUMMER.
11:04:28AM WE REALLY EMBRACE THAT PROGRAM.
11:04:30AM WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEM KIDS HAVE EVERYTHING THEY
11:04:32AM NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
11:04:34AM WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO OTHER YOUTH INITIATIVES, THIS PROGRAM
11:04:41AM RIGHT HERE, THE SPORTS PROGRAM, WE WORK WITH HILLSBOROUGH
11:04:43AM COUNTY SCHOOLS.
11:04:45AM WE HAVE OFFICERS THAT GO TO THE SCHOOLS AND TALK WITH THEIR
11:04:48AM SPORTS TEAMS, THE BASKETBALL TEAMS, THE BASEBALL TEAMS,
11:04:53AM FOOTBALL TEAMS AT THE END OF THE SEASON.
11:04:56AM THEY TALK ABOUT LIFE SKILLS.
11:04:58AM THEY TALK ABOUT BEHAVIOR.
11:04:59AM THEY TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SCHOOL.
11:05:00AM THEY TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF NOT BEING INVOLVED IN
11:05:03AM GANGS.
11:05:04AM THEY HAVE THESE REAL DISCUSSIONS, A LOT OF OUR POLICE
11:05:07AM OFFICERS, THEY ALSO PLAY SPORTS.
11:05:09AM THEY TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH IN THEIR LIVES ON HOW
11:05:12AM TO STAY OUT OF TROUBLE AND NOT BEING THE VICTIM OF PEER
11:05:17AM PRESSURE TO GET YOU INTO BAD THINGS THAT HURT THE REST OF
11:05:20AM YOUR LIFE.
11:05:21AM THE OFFICERS WE HAVE DOING THIS, THEY COME FROM THE
11:05:23AM DISTRICTS.
11:05:23AM THEY COME FROM THE STREETS.
11:05:24AM THEY COME FROM CALLS.
11:05:27AM THEY TAKE THE TIME OUT AND REACH OUT TO THE KIDS MAKING SURE
11:05:30AM THEY GET EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE.
11:05:33AM WE ALSO HAVE A SHOE CLOSET.
11:05:37AM A LOT OF POLICE OFFICERS, THEY GIVE FROM THEIR OWN BANK
11:05:40AM ACCOUNTS, FROM THEIR OWN POCKETS.
11:05:42AM WE HAVE THIS PROGRAM RIGHT HERE BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THE
11:05:45AM FAMILIES OUT HERE WITH THESE KIDS, THEY CAN'T AFFORD THINGS
11:05:47AM THAT OTHER KIDS GET AT TIMES.
11:05:49AM THEY REACH INTO THEIR OWN POCKETS AND WE HAVE THREE SHOE
11:05:52AM CLOSETS.
11:05:53AM WE RAISE SHOES.
11:05:54AM WE COLLECTED SHOES SO WHEN POLICE OFFICERS ARE OUT THERE ON
11:05:57AM THE STREET AND THEY SEE A KID THAT MAY NEED SOME NEW SHOES
11:06:01AM OR TALK TO A MOTHER OR A FATHER AND THEY MAY NEED SOME
11:06:05AM ASSISTANCE WITH THEIR FAMILIES, WE'RE ABLE TO GO HERE AND
11:06:09AM PROVIDE THEM WITH THE SHOES THAT THEY MAY NEED AT ANY GIVEN
11:06:12AM POINT IN TIME.
11:06:13AM THIS COUNCIL RIGHT HERE IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE FIND
11:06:19AM THAT A LOT OF KIDS OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY, THEY DON'T
11:06:22AM UNDERSTAND POLICING.
11:06:23AM THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WE DO ON A DAILY BASIS AND WHY WE
11:06:27AM DO IT.
11:06:28AM WE STARTED THIS PROGRAM IN JANUARY.
11:06:30AM IT LASTS FOR FIVE MONTHS.
11:06:32AM AND THIS PROGRAM, WE HAVE KIDS THAT COME AND MEET AT TPD.
11:06:36AM THEY SIT DOWN IN OUR STAFF ROOM.
11:06:42AM WE DISCUSS ALL CRIME, VIOLENT CRIME, EVERYTHING WE DO AS AN
11:06:45AM AGENCY.
11:06:45AM WHAT WE DID HERE IS THESE KIDS, THEY VOLUNTEER FOR THE
11:06:50AM PROGRAM.
11:06:51AM THIS IS AFTER-SCHOOL.
11:06:52AM THIS IS AT NIGHTTIME BETWEEN 6 AND 8.
11:06:56AM THEY COME HERE.
11:06:56AM THEY LEARN ABOUT POLICING AND GO ON FIELD TRIPS TO OUR
11:06:59AM TRAINING.
11:07:00AM THEY GO TO TACTICAL RESPONSE AND SEE OUR TOOLS OUT THERE.
11:07:03AM THEY GO TO COMMUNICATION, SEE HOW WE HANDLE 911 CALLS.
11:07:07AM WHAT THEY ALSO DID WAS THEY GAVE US INSIGHT ON HOW THE YOUTH
11:07:11AM THINK.
11:07:12AM WE ASKED THEM TOUGH QUESTIONS ON WHAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH
11:07:15AM AND HOW WE CAN BE BETTER SERVANTS TO GET THEM THROUGH THIS
11:07:19AM PART OF THEIR LIFE TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
11:07:21AM AFTER THIS PROGRAM RIGHT HERE, WE HAVE A YOUTH ACADEMY.
11:07:25AM THE YOUTH ACADEMY GOES ON DURING THE SUMMERTIME.
11:07:27AM WE GO TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
11:07:31AM WE RECRUIT KIDS TO SPEND A WEEK IN OUR TRAINING PROGRAM, AND
11:07:35AM THEY SEE EVERYTHING FROM MARINE PATROL TO HELICOPTERS.
11:07:40AM THEY GO ON OUR TEST OF PHYSICAL FITNESS.
11:07:46AM THEY TEAM UP AND DO IT AND SHOW THAT PARTNERSHIP, BUT THEY
11:07:49AM LEARN NOT JUST WHAT THE POLICE DO ON A DAILY BASIS, BUT THEY
11:07:53AM LEARN THE STRESSORS THAT POLICE OFFICERS GO THROUGH DOING
11:07:56AM THAT JOB ON A DAILY BASIS.
11:07:59AM A LOT OF TIMES KIDS START THAT FIRST DAY IN THE PROGRAM.
11:08:02AM THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GETTING INTO, AND THEY ARE NOT
11:08:06AM HAPPY BEING THERE THAT FIRST DAY.
11:08:08AM THAT LAST DAY, YOU SEE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT CHILD ONCE THEY
11:08:13AM SEE WHAT THE POLICE DO, HOW WE ENCOURAGE THEM AND HOW WE
11:08:17AM HAVE LOVE FOR THEIR SUCCESS IN LIFE.
11:08:20AM AND YOU SHOULD SEE THAT FIRST DAY AND THE LAST DAY ON HOW WE
11:08:24AM CHANGE THE KIDS' PERSPECTIVE ON LAW ENFORCEMENT.
11:08:26AM UPCOMING INITIATIVES, I HAVE TO SAY THAT WHEN CHIEF BERCAW
11:08:36AM TOOK OVER AS CHIEF, THEIR FOCUS ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, ON
11:08:40AM HOW WE CAN REACH THE FAMILY TO ME IS SECOND TO NONE.
11:08:43AM BETWEEN THE CVI GRANT WHICH REACHES OUR YOUTH WHO ARE BEING
11:08:47AM INVOLVED IN VIOLENT CRIME AND NOT JUST TRYING TO DEAL WITH
11:08:50AM THAT AS JUST A POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE WORK WITH A LOT OF
11:08:54AM NONPROFITS OUT THERE.
11:08:55AM WE TRY TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO STEP UP BECAUSE THEY ARE ON THE
11:08:59AM GROUND FLOOR WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO HOW TO REACH FOLKS IN OUR
11:09:03AM COMMUNITY.
11:09:03AM WE CAN'T GET INTO EVERY HOUSE AS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
11:09:07AM NONPROFITS CAN AND THEY DO ALL THE TIME.
11:09:09AM THAT PARTNERSHIP IS VERY IMPORTANT IN REDUCING VIOLENT
11:09:12AM CRIME.
11:09:12AM THE JUSTICE GRANTS THAT WE GET, WE ENCOURAGE THEM AND WE
11:09:17AM WORK WITH THEM ON HOW THEY CAN GET THEIR OWN GRANTS.
11:09:20AM WE KNOW THAT EVERYBODY WHO IS TRYING TO GET A PART OF THE
11:09:24AM BUDGET, BUT THERE ARE MORE FUNDS OUT THERE ON THE FEDERAL
11:09:27AM LEVEL TO HELP OUT OUR CITY, OUR NONPROFITS, TRYING TO
11:09:30AM IMPROVE OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.
11:09:33AM AND THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE SEE THAT.
11:09:35AM A LOT OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, THEY DON'T HAVE THAT
11:09:38AM BACKGROUND, SO WE WORK WITH THEM.
11:09:40AM TPD CARES GRANT.
11:09:44AM WE UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE ARE HURTING LOCALLY.
11:09:48AM I WENT TO WEST TAMPA LITTLE LEAGUE OVER THE WEEKEND.
11:09:51AM THEY HAD THE END-OF-THE-YEAR CEREMONY.
11:09:53AM NEED HELP WITH THE BASEBALL FIELDS.
11:09:57AM INTERBAY BASEBALL FIELD LAST YEAR, SAME THING.
11:10:01AM ALL THESE NONPROFITS OUT HERE LOCALLY, THEY NEED THAT HELP.
11:10:06AM OUR POLICE CHIEF INCREASED THAT AMOUNT TO HELP THEM OUT.
11:10:10AM SO I JUST WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT HE'S NOT JUST HERE
11:10:14AM SAYING THAT VIOLENT CRIME NEEDS TO BE REDUCED WITHOUT
11:10:18AM PUTTING MONEY WHERE THE MOUTH IS.
11:10:20AM I WANT THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR POLICE
11:10:23AM DEPARTMENT, OUR OFFICERS, THEY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND EVERY
11:10:26AM DAY, NOT JUST RUNNING INTO GUNFIRE, BUT HELPING THE YOUTH ON
11:10:32AM A DAILY BASIS THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE TEN YEARS FROM NOW.
11:10:37AM THANK YOU.
11:10:37AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:10:38AM >>CHIEF BERCAW: JUST CONCLUDE WITH, I THINK SAID IT REALLY
11:10:42AM WELL, IS WE ALL TRULY CARE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
11:10:45AM AND I THINK IT WAS TUESDAY NIGHT IN OUR TOWN HALL IN EAST
11:10:48AM TAMPA, COMMUNITY MEMBER CAME UP AND ACTUALLY SAID THAT SHE
11:10:52AM WAS FROM ANOTHER CITY OUTSIDE THE STATE.
11:10:55AM AND SHE COMPARED WHERE SHE WAS TO WHERE SHE IS NOW.
11:10:58AM AND THE LEVEL OF SERVICE AND THE INDIVIDUAL UNIQUE COMMUNITY
11:11:03AM ENGAGEMENT THAT WE PROVIDE.
11:11:04AM AND IT WAS HEARTWARMING TO HEAR, BECAUSE IT IS A GOAL AND
11:11:07AM ASPIRATION FOR US TO DO.
11:11:08AM AND THE REWARD THAT WE GET FROM THE COMMUNITY IS REWARDING.
11:11:13AM CHANGING PEOPLE'S LIVES IS WHY WE'RE ALL HERE.
11:11:16AM ANY ONE OF US CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
11:11:18AM DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS, I'LL HAND IT TO A SUBJECT MATTER
11:11:21AM EXPERT.
11:11:21AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
11:11:22AM COUNCIL MEMBERS, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE HAVE A
11:11:25AM HARD STOP AT 11:30.
11:11:27AM WE HAVE 19 MINUTES.
11:11:28AM STILL HAVE TO HEAR FROM TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
11:11:31AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
11:11:33AM I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION.
11:11:35AM THAT VIDEO ESPECIALLY WAS WONDERFUL.
11:11:40AM WHEN I THINK OF THE PEOPLE AND TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT, I
11:11:44AM THINK OF THE SPIRIT THAT WE'VE SEEN TODAY.
11:11:46AM IT IS A SPIRIT OF PASSION OF NOT JUST SEEKING JUSTICE
11:11:49AM AGAINST EVILDOERS AND WRONGDOERS BUT ALSO PREVENTING CRIME.
11:11:53AM WE HEARD ABOUT THAT.
11:11:54AM THE MEN AND WOMEN OF TPD ARE SUCH A BENEFIT AND A BLESSING
11:11:59AM TO OUR COMMUNITY.
11:12:00AM I SAW ON THE VIDEO, A FRIEND OF MINE WHO I LOVE A LOT,
11:12:04AM SHARIF, HE IS A GOOD GUY.
11:12:07AM WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHAT A YOUNG COP IS, THAT'S SHARIF, A
11:12:12AM YOUNG GUY WITH A FAMILY WHO IS IDEALISTIC, HAS BIG HEART AND
11:12:18AM WILL DO WHAT HE HAS TO DO.
11:12:19AM THE STRESSORS THAT POLICE OFFICERS GO THROUGH, YOU TALKED
11:12:21AM ABOUT THAT.
11:12:21AM I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT A FEW DAYS AGO.
11:12:24AM I WAS IN TEXAS ON LEGAL STUFF.
11:12:26AM WHEN YOU'RE AN ATTORNEY REPRESENTING A BIG COMPANY, THERE'S
11:12:29AM STRESS.
11:12:30AM YOU WANT TO WIN, DO THIS.
11:12:32AM I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO BE AN OFFICER AND
11:12:34AM SOMEBODY COMES TO YOU AND SAYS I WAS RAPED.
11:12:36AM SOMEBODY MURDERED MY SON OR DAUGHTER, ET CETERA.
11:12:38AM AND THAT'S ON YOU.
11:12:39AM SAME THING GOES FOR THE PROSECUTOR, TOO, BY THE WAY.
11:12:42AM THAT'S TREMENDOUS STRESS.
11:12:43AM WE KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN A VERY, VERY TOUGH TIME TO BE A COP.
11:12:47AM IT HAS BEEN.
11:12:47AM THAT'S A FACT.
11:12:48AM IT'S ALWAYS TOUGH TO BE A COP, BUT ESPECIALLY THE LAST FEW
11:12:50AM YEARS.
11:12:51AM YOU DEALT WITH COVID.
11:12:52AM DEALT WITH CIVIL UNREST.
11:12:54AM DEALT WITH A LOT OF POLITICAL ATTACKS THROUGHOUT OUR
11:12:56AM COUNTRY, ET CETERA.
11:12:57AM PEOPLE WHO, IN MY OPINION, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY HAD TRIED
11:13:01AM TO MAKE POLICE OFFICERS FEEL ASHAMED FOR THE WORK THAT YOU
11:13:04AM ALL DO.
11:13:05AM MY MESSAGE HAS ALWAYS BEEN HAVE PRIDE IN BEING A COP.
11:13:08AM YOU GOT TO BE PROUD TO BE A COP, AND I THINK THAT THE VAST
11:13:10AM MAJORITY OF TAMPE OS AND AMERICANS ACROSS THE POLITICAL
11:13:15AM SPECTRUM AGREE WITH THAT.
11:13:17AM I WAS GLAD TO HEAR, CHIEF, YOU MENTIONED BROKEN WILLIAMS,
11:13:20AM JAMES Q. WILSON.
11:13:21AM I TELL PEOPLE TAMPA IS NOT PORTLAND.
11:13:23AM I WAS IN PORTLAND TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO FOR A TRIP I TOOK
11:13:25AM WITH MY SON.
11:13:26AM WE STAYED IN PORTLAND.
11:13:28AM THE THINGS THAT DISTINGUISH TAMPA FROM CITIES LIKE PORTLAND,
11:13:36AM WE RECOGNIZE THE EFFECT OF VIOLENT CRIME THAT IT HAS ON NOT
11:13:39AM JUST THE COMMUNITY BUT ON MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AS I'LL
11:13:43AM TALK ABOUT, WHICH IS THAT ZIP CODE.
11:13:46AM PEOPLE THINK THAT BECAUSE YOU LIVE IN HUNTER'S GREEN OR
11:13:49AM TAMPA PALMS, BAYSHORE, WHEREVER IT MAY BE, VIOLENT CRIME
11:13:52AM THAT HAPPENS IN OTHER COMMUNITIES IS NOT YOUR PROBLEM.
11:13:55AM IT SURE AS HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM.
11:13:57AM IT IS EVERYBODY'S PROBLEM BECAUSE WE ARE ONE CITY AND ONE
11:14:00AM COMMUNITY.
11:14:00AM I THINK THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
11:14:02AM I ALWAYS SAY THAT WE'VE GOT TO BE TOUGH ON VIOLENT CRIME BUT
11:14:05AM ALSO TOUGH ON THE CAUSES OF VIOLENT CRIME.
11:14:07AM THAT INCLUDES, AS YOU SAID, HIRING MORE POLICE OFFICERS.
11:14:10AM I WAS GLAD TO HEAR THAT THAT'S PART OF IT.
11:14:13AM WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT LONG-TERM FUNDING SOURCES.
11:14:15AM I KNOW WE HAVE STATE AND FEDERAL PARTNERS.
11:14:17AM I KNOW WITH CONGRESS WOMAN LEE, CASTOR, COLLINS, ALVAREZ,
11:14:24AM AMONG OTHERS HAVE BEEN HELPFUL OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS IN
11:14:27AM TRYING TO GET GRANTS, ET CETERA.
11:14:29AM REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS, THAT'S WONDERFUL.
11:14:31AM WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT LOCAL REVENUE SOURCES.
11:14:34AM TALKED ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY IMPACT FEES MOSTLY FOR TAMPA
11:14:37AM FIRE.
11:14:37AM THAT'S NOT GOING TO DO THE WORK.
11:14:39AM THAT IS HALF A CHICKEN McNUGGET AND WE NEED SIX McRIBS.
11:14:44AM I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT MORE ROBUST, LONG-TERM REVENUE
11:14:47AM SOURCES.
11:14:47AM I PROPOSED LAST YEAR A TINY MILLAGE INCREASE, .3 TO BE
11:14:52AM DEDICATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
11:14:53AM WE NEED TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION LONG TERM.
11:14:58AM THINGS LIKE COMMUNITY POLICING.
11:14:59AM SO HAPPY TO SEE THAT CONTINUES TO BE PUSHED ESPECIALLY POST
11:15:02AM COVID.
11:15:02AM THE MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENT THAT WE'RE GETTING EXPANSION ON
11:15:05AM FUNDING ON AND TALKING ABOUT BEING TOUGH ON THE CAUSES OF
11:15:10AM VIOLENT CRIME, YOUTH PROGRAMS, RETURNING CITIZENS, SOMETHING
11:15:14AM THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN INCREASING ITS PRESENCE ON EVERY
11:15:16AM YEAR, THREE-QUARTER OF A MILLION AMERICANS LEAVE THE PRISON
11:15:20AM SYSTEM, TWO-THIRDS REOFFEND.
11:15:22AM THAT IS A MAJOR ISSUE WHENEVER IT COMES TO CRIME.
11:15:25AM TALKING ABOUT VICTIMS OF CRIMES WITH ASSISTANCE.
11:15:27AM BIG, BIG ISSUE.
11:15:29AM FRIENDS AND GROUPS LIKE RISE UP FOR PEACE AND MAKING SURE
11:15:31AM THAT FOLKS WHO ARE VICTIMS OF CRIME GET THE ASSISTANCE THEY
11:15:33AM NEED.
11:15:34AM I RECENTLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO MR. MICHAEL
11:15:38AM BALDWIN WHO YOU GUYS KNOW VERY, VERY WELL, IS THE
11:15:41AM GRANDFATHER OF THE LATE JEVARIO BUIE.
11:15:45AM I WANTED TO SAY, NUMBER ONE.
11:15:47AM I ASKED IF I COULD SAY THIS.
11:15:50AM HE THINKS YOU ARE ALL DOING A GOOD JOB, ET CETERA, HAPPY
11:15:53AM WITH THAT, INCLUDING THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
11:15:56AM THINKING ABOUT PEOPLE LIKE YOUNG JEVARIO, WHO I KNOW -- LAYS
11:16:00AM SO HEAVY ON YOUR ALL'S HEARTS AND SOULS AND MINDS, JUST LIKE
11:16:02AM OTHER PEOPLE LIKE HARRISON BOONSTOPPEL.
11:16:05AM HE WANTED TO BE A WELDER, GO TO TAMPA BAY TECH.
11:16:09AM HE WANTED TO HAVE A FUTURE.
11:16:11AM HE UNFORTUNATELY WAS CUT DOWN BECAUSE OF VIOLENT CRIME.
11:16:15AM SO, AGAIN, I WILL EITHER AT THE END OF COUNCIL, PROBABLY AT
11:16:19AM THE END OF COUNCIL MAKE A MOTION FOR A REPORT.
11:16:22AM IT CAN BE WRITTEN ON THESE STEPS AND HOW THEY ARE GOING TO
11:16:25AM SPECIFICALLY BE IN THE BUDGET MONETARILY BECAUSE I THINK
11:16:27AM THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO SEE HOW WE BRIDGE THAT GAP IN THE
11:16:31AM BUDGET.
11:16:32AM THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
11:16:34AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:16:35AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT.
11:16:37AM IT'S VERY INVIGORATING.
11:16:39AM YOU MENTIONED WEST TAMPA AND HAD THE HONOR OF COACHING
11:16:41AM BETWEEN WEST TAMPA ABOUT 15 YEARS.
11:16:45AM MAYBE A THOUSAND OR SO YOUNG MEN THAT I COACH, ONE, ONLY ONE
11:16:49AM THAT I KNOW OF COMMITTED A CRIME LATER ON IN LIFE.
11:16:53AM ONE, UNO.
11:16:54AM THAT WAS BECAUSE OF DRUGS.
11:16:56AM WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT FEAR AND HOPE, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY FEAR.
11:17:01AM YOU KNOW WHY?
11:17:02AM BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO HOPE.
11:17:04AM THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT FEAR IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE GIVEN UP.
11:17:07AM WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS ATTACKING THE CRIME BEFORE IT STARTS
11:17:11AM WITH YOUR TERRIFIC OPERATION OF SPEAKING TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE
11:17:15AM ALL AT ONCE AND GETTING IDEAS AND SEE WHERE THEY COME FROM.
11:17:18AM VERY WELL SAID WHEN YOU SAID THE PEOPLE YOU HELP IN CERTAIN
11:17:21AM DISTRICTS OF THE CITY THAT HAVE NO PLACE TO GO WHEN THEY GO
11:17:25AM HOME.
11:17:25AM IT'S EMPTY.
11:17:26AM BECAUSE THEY ARE WORKING.
11:17:28AM BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE IT.
11:17:28AM AND THAT CREATES THE NO HOPE SITUATION.
11:17:32AM YOU ARE FACING A MONUMENTUS TASK BECAUSE IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT
11:17:36AM YOU AND I AND THE REST OF US WANT.
11:17:38AM IT'S WHAT THEY SEE AND LIVE EVERY DAY OF THEIR LIVES THAT WE
11:17:42AM DON'T SEE AND LIVE.
11:17:44AM IT IS A DIFFERENCE OF BEING WHO YOU WANT TO BE BECAUSE AN
11:17:47AM OLD SAYING, DON'T BE MAKING -- DON'T TELL ME WHO YOU ARE.
11:17:54AM TELL ME WHO YOU ARE HANGING WITH AND I'LL TELL YOU WHO YOU
11:17:56AM ARE.
11:17:58AM THAT WAS AN OLD THING I REMEMBER AS A KID IN YBOR CITY, THEY
11:18:02AM USED TO TELL ME THAT.
11:18:05AM AND IT'S ALL ABOUT ECONOMICS IN A WAY.
11:18:07AM WAS I A GOOD STUDENT?
11:18:10AM I'LL USE MYSELF.
11:18:12AM ABSOLUTELY NOT.
11:18:12AM WHEN YOU ARE BORN AND RAISED WHERE YOU ARE AT, YOU HAVE A
11:18:18AM CERTAIN LIMIT OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO BECAUSE NOT TOO
11:18:20AM MANY FROM THAT CIRCLE GO ANYWHERE ELSE BUT WITHIN THAT
11:18:25AM CIRCLE THAT YOU HANG OUT WITH.
11:18:27AM THERE'S WHERE THE PROBLEM STARTS.
11:18:28AM I THINK YOU IDENTIFIED THAT BY YOUR TEN ITEMS THAT YOU SPOKE
11:18:31AM ABOUT AND HOW YOU HANDLE IT.
11:18:32AM IT'S GOING TO TAKE YEARS.
11:18:37AM NOT GOING TO SOLVE IN ONE DAY, TWO DAYS OR FOUR
11:18:40AM ADMINISTRATIONS, MAYBE, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO CHANGE A
11:18:44AM MINDSET, AND THAT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO DO.
11:18:47AM FIRST OF ALL, YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING BY SAYING WHERE
11:18:50AM THE GUNS ARE COMING FROM.
11:18:52AM GREAT PERCENTAGE FROM VEHICLES THAT HAVE A GUN INSIDE WITH
11:18:56AM KEYS INSIDE THE CAR AND TWO CAR GARAGE OPEN, INVITE ME, TAKE
11:19:02AM ANYTHING.
11:19:02AM YOU'VE GOT TO UNINVITE CRIME INSTEAD OF ACCEPTING CRIME.
11:19:06AM YOU CAN DO THAT IF YOU REALIZE THAT EVERY TIME YOU LEAVE
11:19:09AM SOMETHING OPEN, IT'S LIABLE TO WALK AWAY.
11:19:11AM IT'S HAPPENED TO ME.
11:19:12AM SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS YOU'VE GOT TO BE VIGILANT, NO MATTER
11:19:17AM WHERE YOU LIVE, GATED COMMUNITY YOU HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM.
11:19:23AM MAYBE NOT AS GREAT EXTENT BUT SAME PROBLEMS.
11:19:25AM THE ONLY WAY YOU DO IT IS BY THE WAY YOU'RE DOING IT.
11:19:30AM TALKING TO THE YOUNG AND UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S NOT ABOUT
11:19:32AM WHAT IS OUTSIDE OF THE REALM BUT WITHIN THEIR PURVIEW OF
11:19:35AM DOING WHO THEY WANT TO BE.
11:19:36AM YOU GOT -- CONFIDENCE IN THEM THAT THEY CAN DO IT.
11:19:41AM BY TALKING TO THEM LIKE YOU'RE DOING AND SHOWING THEM
11:19:46AM SUCCESS, THEY MIGHT CHANGE THEIR MIND.
11:19:47AM NOTICE I SAY MIGHT BECAUSE THEY GOT TO GO BACK TO THAT SAME
11:19:51AM HOUSEHOLD, TO THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD, TO WHERE YOU SEE AN
11:19:55AM INDIVIDUAL WITH SHINY CARS, LOT OF MONEY AND WALKING AROUND
11:19:58AM WITH OLD TENNIS SHOES, YOU AIN'T GOT A DAMN THING TO DO BUT
11:20:02AM HANG OUT, YOUR CHANCES OF MAKING IT OUT ARE NIL.
11:20:05AM I CAN TELL YOU FROM EXPERIENCE YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING
11:20:12AM AND THE PUBLIC HAS TO BE AWARE THIS IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE
11:20:15AM OVERNIGHT.
11:20:15AM GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE.
11:20:17AM THE GUN THAT HAS THE TRIGGER IN THE HAND KILLS THE PEOPLE.
11:20:21AM IT IS YOUTH BECAUSE THERE IS NO FEAR, BECAUSE THERE IS NO
11:20:25AM HOPE.
11:20:25AM THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
11:20:27AM YOU'RE NOT REALLY INCREASING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE I
11:20:29AM BELIEVE FROM NOW AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE FOUR OR FIVE
11:20:31AM RETIREMENTS.
11:20:32AM THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
11:20:33AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:20:33AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:20:34AM WE DO HAVE A TIME CERTAIN AT 11:30 PER REQUEST OF THE CFO.
11:20:40AM WE'LL CONTINUE THIS DISCUSSION.
11:20:41AM WE'LL GO TO THE 11:30 AND THEN FLIP IT BACK TO FIRE.
11:20:45AM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN, CARLSON, HENDERSON.
11:20:48AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, CHIEF, I WANTED TO ONCE AGAIN,
11:20:50AM YOU HEARD IT FROM ME BEFORE, VERY FIRST MEETING WE TALKED
11:20:53AM ABOUT THE POLICE INVOLVEMENT WITH YOUTH.
11:20:56AM YOU REALLY LED BY EXAMPLE AND EXCEEDED MY BEST EXPECTATION
11:21:01AM OF WHAT TAMPA PD CAN DO.
11:21:03AM I ACTUALLY LEARNED A FEW THINGS ABOUT THE YOUTH ENGAGEMENT
11:21:06AM THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING TODAY THAT I WASN'T AWARE OF.
11:21:09AM IT'S EVEN MUCH BETTER THAN I THOUGHT.
11:21:11AM I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS CONTINUING ON THAT EFFORT BECAUSE I
11:21:13AM THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT, NOT JUST
11:21:18AM FOR OUR COMMUNITY BUT ALSO THE INDIVIDUALS, THOSE PEOPLE
11:21:21AM THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
11:21:22AM BECAUSE THOSE ARE GOING TO BE PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF OUR
11:21:24AM SOCIETY ONE DAY.
11:21:25AM I APPRECIATE THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING WHAT YOU DO TO HELP
11:21:28AM THAT OUT.
11:21:28AM WE'RE KIND OF IGNORING THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM WHEN WE TALK
11:21:31AM ABOUT THE SHOOTINGS THAT OCCURRED IN TAMPA FOR THE LAST SIX
11:21:34AM MONTHS OR SO.
11:21:35AM AND THE DIVERSITY OF WHERE THESE THINGS HAVE OCCURRED AND
11:21:38AM COMMONALITY.
11:21:39AM I WOULD KIND OF LIKE TO HEAR YOU SPEAK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE
11:21:42AM WITH YBOR CITY, TAMPA HEIGHTS, DOWNTOWN, SOUTH HOWARD,
11:21:46AM VARIOUS DIFFERENT PLACES, I KNOW A LOT OF THESE FOLKS IT'S
11:21:49AM NOT LOCALLY GENERATED.
11:21:51AM IT'S GENERATED FROM OUTSIDE PEOPLE COMING IN.
11:21:53AM SO MAYBE SHARE SOME OF YOUR THOUGHTS.
11:21:56AM I'M SURE THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF FOLKS ARE HERE TO HEAR YOU
11:21:59AM TALK ABOUT.
11:21:59AM >>CHIEF BERCAW: ABSOLUTELY.
11:22:01AM ANYWHERE IN THE CITY IS OUR TOP PRIORITY.
11:22:03AM AND ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO PREVENT IT IN THE FIRST PLACE, WE
11:22:06AM WILL.
11:22:06AM AND THEN THE BIGGEST MESSAGE OUT THERE IS IF IT DOES HAPPEN,
11:22:11AM SOMETHING UNFORTUNATE, WHAT HELPS US IN MAKING THE ARREST
11:22:14AM AND GETTING CHARGES FILED BY THE STATE ATTORNEY IS
11:22:18AM COOPERATION.
11:22:18AM IT'S COOPERATION THAT WE SEE THAT HAS LED TO THE ARREST IN
11:22:21AM THESE CASES.
11:22:22AM WE DID PUT OUT A VIDEO ON THE INCIDENT ON SOUTH HOWARD.
11:22:27AM WE'RE ASKING THE COMMUNITY FOR HELP AND TIPS IN THAT.
11:22:30AM BUT THAT'S WHAT HELPS US SOLVE THE CASES.
11:22:33AM WE CAN'T DO IT ALONE.
11:22:34AM THOUSAND POLICE OFFICERS ROUGHLY IN THE CITY.
11:22:36AM THERE ARE 400,000 RESIDENTS, NOT TO COUNT ADDITIONAL PEOPLE
11:22:38AM THAT COME IN.
11:22:39AM AND FOR US TO PREVENT CRIME AND SOLVE CRIME, WE WORK
11:22:43AM COLLECTIVELY TOGETHER.
11:22:44AM AND THAT'S WHY I'M OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
11:22:46AM THAT'S WHY I'M OUT DOING FOOT PATROL.
11:22:48AM THAT'S WHY I'M DOING TOWN HALL MEETINGS.
11:22:50AM BECAUSE THE MORE MEETINGS, THE MORE INFORMATION WE GET THAT
11:22:53AM COLLECTIVELY WE CAN ALL WORK TO MAKE TAMPA SAFER TOGETHER.
11:22:58AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON AND COUNCIL
11:23:00AM MEMBER HENDERSON.
11:23:01AM >>BILL CARLSON: FIRST I WANT TO THANK CHIEF BERCAW FOR THE
11:23:05AM CALL ON SUNDAY MORNING WHEN HE WOKE ME UP WITH THE BAD NEWS
11:23:09AM OF WHAT HAPPENED A LITTLE WHILE BEFORE, IT WAS VERY HELPFUL.
11:23:13AM BECAUSE THE FIRST CALL I GOT ABOUT IT WAS FROM HIM AND THEN
11:23:16AM A FLOOD OF CALLS FROM THE COMMUNITY.
11:23:18AM HE AND THE MAYOR PARTICIPATED IN THE TOWN HALL MEETING LAST
11:23:21AM NIGHT FOR SOUTH HOWARD AND WANT TO THANK THEM FOR DOING THAT
11:23:26AM AS WELL.
11:23:26AM I WANT TO -- THERE'S SOMETHING I WANT TO SHOW ON THE SLIDE
11:23:30AM IN A SECOND.
11:23:31AM BUT I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE NUMBERS OF STAFF.
11:23:35AM THE NUMBERS YOU SHOWED, I THINK ADDING UP TO ABOUT 80 STAFF
11:23:39AM OVER FIVE OR SIX YEARS.
11:23:40AM IS THAT NET OF THE RETIREMENTS?
11:23:43AM BECAUSE I HEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE IN DROP THAT WILL BE
11:23:46AM LEAVING.
11:23:46AM IS THAT NET OR JUST REPLACEMENT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LEAVING?
11:23:50AM >>CHIEF BERCAW: WE COULD GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE, IF SOMEBODY
11:23:53AM COULD PUT IT BACK UP.
11:23:54AM NOT THE ELMO, BUT THE PowerPoint.
11:24:00AM SO THE AUTHORIZED STRENGTH BEFORE THE 30 OFFICERS WAS 984.
11:24:15AM SO YOU CAN SEE THE AUTHORIZED STRENGTH.
11:24:18AM I'M NOT SURE IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
11:24:21AM >>BILL CARLSON: IT IS A NET.
11:24:23AM >>CHIEF BERCAW: AGAIN, THAT ALL VARIES YEAR TO YEAR.
11:24:26AM THIS IS PROJECTIONS, BUT THINGS WILL CHANGE, POPULATION
11:24:29AM GROWTH MAY CHANGE.
11:24:30AM THE WORKLOAD ON OFFICERS MAY CHANGE.
11:24:33AM BUT IF WE'RE TRYING TO PROJECT, THIS IS A PROJECTION THAT
11:24:37AM GETS REANALYZED EVERY YEAR.
11:24:41AM >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH, IF YOU COULD KEEP US IN MIND FOR THAT.
11:24:44AM ALL THE POLICE OFFICERS I TALK TO ANYWHERE I GO, THEY SAY
11:24:48AM PLEASE GIVE US HELP, SUPPORT.
11:24:50AM THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE THAN 80 NOW.
11:24:52AM WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT YOU ON THAT, LET US KNOW.
11:24:54AM >>CHIEF BERCAW: I THINK THE BIGGEST THING AND WHAT I WAS
11:24:56AM TRYING TO SAY WITH THE VIDEO AND THE STATS THAT I SHOWED
11:24:58AM FROM THE NATION, IS SUPPORT FOR THE POSITION OF POLICE
11:25:03AM OFFICER.
11:25:03AM THAT'S WHERE THE U.S. CONFERENCE OF MAYORS IS COMING
11:25:05AM TOGETHER FOR THE ENTIRE NATION IS SUPPORTING POLICE OFFICERS
11:25:08AM IN WHAT THEY DO BECAUSE I'M SURE MONEY IS IMPORTANT,
11:25:12AM BENEFITS ARE IMPORTANT, BUT APPRECIATION FOR THE JOB IS THE
11:25:15AM MOST IMPORTANT FOR GETTING --
11:25:18AM >>BILL CARLSON: I WANT TO THANK THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO
11:25:21AM RUSHED INTO THE LINE OF FIRE ON SUNDAY MORNING.
11:25:24AM IT WAS VERY BRAVE, AGAIN, WHAT THEY DID.
11:25:26AM ANDREW, COULD YOU PLEASE SHOW THE SLIDE FOR FLORIDA?
11:25:31AM THIS IS THE STATS.
11:25:34AM CHIEF, YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS ON THE PHONE.
11:25:36AM MAYBE BRING IT DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
11:25:38AM THAT'S GOOD.
11:25:39AM THIS IS LIKE, CAN YOU MOVE IT UP JUST A LITTLE BIT?
11:25:41AM IT'S LIKE 2012 TO 2022.
11:25:46AM YOU CAN SEE THE SHAPE OF THE -- THIS IS FROM THE FBI VIOLENT
11:25:49AM CRIME STATISTICS.
11:25:50AM CAN YOU PUT THE UNITED STATES ONE ON THERE?
11:25:53AM YOU SEE LIKE IN 2018, IT WENT UP.
11:25:57AM BUT 2020, 2021, WENT DOWN.
11:26:00AM SAME THING FOR FLORIDA.
11:26:01AM CAN YOU SHOW THE TAMPA ONE, PLEASE?
11:26:03AM AS WE TALKED BEFORE, THIS IS ONE OF THE STATISTICS THAT THE
11:26:07AM CITY OF TAMPA SUPPLIES TO.
11:26:09AM I SCREEN SHOT THIS FROM MY PHONE, DOESN'T LOOK THAT GREAT.
11:26:12AM WHAT IT SHOWS IS THAT WHILE THE U.S. WAS GOING DOWN AND
11:26:15AM FLORIDA WAS GOING DOWN, WE SPIKED AND THEN IT WENT UP AGAIN
11:26:19AM I THINK THE NEXT YEAR.
11:26:20AM BUT NOW IT'S COME DOWN.
11:26:21AM SO THE QUESTION IS PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF ALL
11:26:25AM THE PUBLICITY AND THE INDIVIDUAL THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED,
11:26:28AM THEY THINK THAT VIOLENT CRIME IS UP.
11:26:30AM THE STATISTICS YOU SHOWED, SHOW THAT IT'S DOWN.
11:26:34AM WHERE IS IT IN COMPARISON TO 2020 OR 2019 OR 2018 WHEN IT
11:26:41AM WAS LOWER?
11:26:42AM ARE WE GETTING CLOSER TO GOING BACK TO THE LOW POINT OR ARE
11:26:45AM WE KIND OF ON A TEN-YEAR AVERAGE RIGHT NOW?
11:26:50AM >>CHIEF BERCAW: FIRST OF ALL, WHEN YOU LOOK AT CRIME, YOU
11:26:52AM HAVE TO LOOK AT US ON A SCALE.
11:26:54AM IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO 2002, I'LL FIND THE SLIDE IN JUST
11:26:59AM A MINUTE, THE AMOUNT OF CRIME WE HAD AND THE CRIME
11:27:02AM REDUCTION.
11:27:03AM AT SOME POINT WE WOULD ALL LIKE TO SEE ZERO CRIME, RIGHT?
11:27:06AM IDEALLY WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO HAVE A POLICE FORCE.
11:27:09AM BUT GETTING THAT NUMBER AS LOW AS IT IS AND WHAT WE HAVE
11:27:13AM WORKED SO HARD TO DO JUST MAINTAINING THAT NUMBER IS A
11:27:18AM CHALLENGE, MUCH LESS GETTING A REDUCTION.
11:27:20AM SO YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IT ON A WHOLE SCALE OVER THE LAST 20
11:27:23AM OR 30 YEARS AS OPPOSED TO JUST TWO OR THREE YEARS BECAUSE
11:27:27AM OTHER CITIES MAY NOT HAVE HAD THAT REDUCTION THAT WE'VE HAD,
11:27:31AM WHICH IS ALMOST 80%.
11:27:32AM AND YOU THINK ABOUT HOW LOW THAT WE'VE GOTTEN IT, NOW THE
11:27:36AM PERCENTAGES ARE GOING TO CHANGE.
11:27:38AM AND, OF COURSE, POPULATION INCREASES.
11:27:39AM SO THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
11:27:43AM WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT.
11:27:44AM THE BETTER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS AND ALL THE GREAT WORK
11:27:47AM THAT THEY ARE DOING, THE HARDER IT IS TO KEEP THAT.
11:27:50AM THINK ABOUT IF YOU'RE GOING OUT AND PLAYING A SPORT OR DOING
11:27:54AM THE OLYMPICS HOW HARD IT IS.
11:27:56AM YOU CREATED THAT WORLD RECORD.
11:27:59AM NOW YOU HAVE TO BEAT THAT WORLD RECORD AGAIN THE NEXT YEAR,
11:28:02AM EVEN THAT MORE CHALLENGE THE STANDARDS YOU ARE SETTING FOR
11:28:05AM YOURSELVES.
11:28:05AM >>BILL CARLSON: BEFORE YOU RUN OUT OF TIME, ANY SIMPLE
11:28:08AM ANSWER THAT WE CAN TELL PEOPLE AS TO WHY YOU'VE BEEN
11:28:11AM SUCCESSFUL WORKING WITH YOUR GREAT TEAM BRINGING DOWN WHERE
11:28:15AM IT WAS HEADED UP BEFORE AND NOW HEADED DOWN?
11:28:17AM ANY SIMPLE ANSWER WE CAN GIVE THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHY WE'RE
11:28:22AM HAVING SUCCESS NOW BESIDES THE FACT THAT YOU ARE THERE?
11:28:24AM >>CHIEF BERCAW: BEST PRACTICES.
11:28:26AM FOLLOW UP ON BEST PRACTICES AND EVIDENCE-BASED POLICING.
11:28:29AM NOT RUNNING OUT ON A CORD AND DOING WHAT WE THINK IS BEST.
11:28:32AM WE DO FOUNDATIONS.
11:28:33AM WE WORK WITH OTHER AGENCIES.
11:28:34AM WE INCORPORATE WHAT IS SUCCESSFUL.
11:28:36AM WE SHARE WHAT IS SUCCESSFUL AND WE PUT OUR ENERGY IN THE
11:28:39AM RIGHT PLACES AND THE RIGHT OFFENDERS.
11:28:40AM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU.
11:28:41AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
11:28:42AM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
11:28:44AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: IT'S 11:28.
11:28:47AM I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF.
11:28:48AM FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, DR. CHIEF.
11:28:53AM I DO WANT TO SAY ABOUT THE VIDEO, I PAY ATTENTION TO THE
11:28:57AM SMALL THINGS.
11:28:58AM THERE WASN'T ENOUGH OF A YOUTH PRESENCE WITHIN THE VIDEO.
11:29:02AM I KNOW THAT WE FOCUSED ON THAT AREA OF ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE
11:29:07AM THAT IS WHERE WE CAN REDUCE CRIME IN THE LONG TERM.
11:29:11AM MAYBE THROWING IN SOME SHOTS OF POLICE ENGAGING WITH OUR
11:29:14AM YOUTH WOULD BE IDEAL FOR THAT PARTICULAR VIDEO SO THAT
11:29:18AM FUTURE RECRUITS CAN SEE THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND
11:29:21AM COMMUNITY POLICING IS A BIG PART OF EVERYONE'S
11:29:25AM RESPONSIBILITY.
11:29:25AM SHIELDING OUR TEENS, IS THAT -- IS DEPUTY BAKER'S ROLE IN
11:29:37AM THAT, IS THAT A VOLUNTEER THING OR IS SHE PAID TO DO THAT?
11:29:41AM DO YOU HAVE OFFICERS TO EXPAND THAT PROGRAM THROUGHOUT?
11:29:45AM >>CHIEF BERCAW: SHE'S IN OUR COMMUNITY POLICING SO THAT'S
11:29:47AM PART OF HER JOB FUNCTION.
11:29:49AM OFF THE RECORD I'M SURE SHE VOLUNTEERS A LOT OF HER TIME AS
11:29:52AM WELL IN ADDITION TO THAT.
11:29:53AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU CONSIDERED
11:29:55AM THAT FROM A BUDGET STANDPOINT, THE SHIELDING OUR YOUTH.
11:29:59AM >>CHIEF BERCAW: SHE'S IN THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH SO PART OF
11:30:01AM HER JOB.
11:30:02AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: IN TERMS OF EXPANSION OF IT BESIDES IT
11:30:04AM JUST BEING DEPUTY, HER.
11:30:08AM >>CHIEF BERCAW: YES.
11:30:09AM SHE IS ASSIGNED TO DISTRICT THREE AND WE HAVE OTHER OFFICERS
11:30:11AM IN OTHER DISTRICTS DOING THE SAME.
11:30:12AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I HEARD YOU TELL THE COMMUNITY AT THE
11:30:14AM MEETING IN EAST TAMPA THE OTHER DAY ABOUT CELL PHONES AND
11:30:19AM PUTTING THOSE IN THE HANDS OF OFFICERS.
11:30:21AM IT WAS IN THE BUDGET LAST YEAR.
11:30:23AM OF COURSE, IT DIDN'T MAKE IT BECAUSE OF THE MILLAGE.
11:30:25AM IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU REALLY PLAN TO DO THIS YEAR IN
11:30:29AM THE BUDGET?
11:30:30AM AND HOW ARE YOUR OFFICERS FEELING ABOUT THAT FROM A PBA
11:30:34AM STANDPOINT?
11:30:35AM >>CHIEF BERCAW: OUR PLAN IS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT THANKS
11:30:38AM TO A GRANT WE SEE FROM FEDERAL FUNDING THROUGH
11:30:41AM REPRESENTATIVE KATHY CASTOR, WHO HAS BEEN A GREAT SUPPORTER
11:30:44AM OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
11:30:45AM AND SHE WAS ABLE TO GET FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR
11:30:47AM TECHNOLOGY AND WE DO PLAN ON USING A PROPORTION OF THAT FOR
11:30:51AM CELL PHONES.
11:30:53AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
11:30:54AM AS IT RELATES TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, THAT ALSO CAN CONTRIBUTE
11:31:01AM TO CRIME REDUCTION.
11:31:02AM THE STAFF RIGHT NOW, DID YOU ASK FOR AN INCREASE IN THAT IN
11:31:10AM A FUTURE BUDGET OR IS IT GOING TO REMAIN THE SAME?
11:31:12AM >>CHIEF BERCAW: AT THIS POINT, LOOKING AT SEVERAL GRANTS,
11:31:15AM THE PROTECT GRANT FOR COMMUNICATIONS TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM.
11:31:18AM THAT GRANT IS ACTUALLY JUST STARTING AND WE'RE APPLYING FOR
11:31:21AM A GRANT TO EXPAND THAT PROGRAM, SO THAT WOULD BE HOPEFULLY
11:31:26AM APPROVED AND BE ABLE TO BE EXPANDED WITHOUT ADDITIONAL MONEY
11:31:30AM FROM THE CITY.
11:31:32AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I KNOW THAT DEPUTY CHIEF KATE HANDLES LIKE
11:31:36AM THESE BIG EVENTS.
11:31:38AM LIKE THE AMALIE ARENA.
11:31:40AM CAN WE TREAT NIGHTCLUBS OR ENTERTAINMENT AREAS IN THE SAME
11:31:46AM CAPACITY WHEN IT COMES TO OFFICERS?
11:31:47AM BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN I ARRIVE AT THE AMALIE ARENA, I FEEL
11:31:51AM SAFE.
11:31:51AM I SEE A LOT OF POLICE OFFICERS.
11:31:53AM I KNOW YBOR IS TREATED THAT WAY, BUT ARE OTHER AREAS?
11:31:59AM BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REDUCE CRIME WHEN
11:32:04AM YOU ADDRESS IT FROM THE SAME WAY YOU ADDRESS IT WHEN YOU GO
11:32:06AM TO PLACES LIKE THE LARGER PLACES LIKE THE TAMPA STADIUM,
11:32:10AM RAYMOND JAMES, AND AMALIE ARENA, THINGS LIKE THAT.
11:32:15AM >>CHIEF BERCAW: GREAT POINT.
11:32:16AM SOMETHING WE ARE WORKING WITH LEGAL ON EXTRA DUTY ORDINANCE.
11:32:18AM THERE IS AN ORDINANCE THERE THAT NEEDS REVISION.
11:32:20AM THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE A WORK IN PROGRESS ON.
11:32:23AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MY LAST THING, IT KIND OF BLOWS ME AWAY
11:32:27AM THAT KIDS GET ACCESS TO GUNS BECAUSE PEOPLE LEAVE THEM IN
11:32:31AM THEIR CARS.
11:32:33AM FROM A MARKETING STANDPOINT, I KNOW THAT WE KNOW THAT, WE'VE
11:32:37AM HEARD IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN, FROM A MARKETING STANDPOINT,
11:32:39AM MAYBE JUST AN IDEA THAT POPPED UP IN MY HEAD IS MAYBE WE CAN
11:32:43AM PUT SOMETHING IN THE WATER BILLS TO TELL PEOPLE TO LOCK
11:32:46AM THEIR GUNS OR LOCK THEIR CARS.
11:32:48AM ANY WAY WE CAN DO IT FROM A MARKETING PERSPECTIVE AND IT'S
11:32:51AM COMMUNICATED TO THE ENTIRE CITY OF TAMPA, EVEN PUTTING IT IN
11:32:54AM OUR NEWSPAPERS.
11:32:55AM I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THAT CAN ASSIST IN THAT PROCESS.
11:32:58AM I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION.
11:33:00AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:33:00AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:33:01AM BEFORE WE PAUSE AND GO TO MR. ROGERO, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY
11:33:09AM PEOPLE -- THIS GUN VIOLENCE THAT WE SEE, WHY PEOPLE SHOOT
11:33:17AM EACH OTHER BECAUSE IT'S MEANINGLESS, FOR THE MOST PART.
11:33:19AM I DON'T SEE, OH, IT'S SELF-DEFENSE.
11:33:21AM WHY ARE KIDS, YOUNG PEOPLE SHOOTING EACH OTHER?
11:33:23AM IT WAS ASKED THIS MORNING, DO YOU KNOW THE NAMES OF THE
11:33:25AM INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE KILLED SUNDAY?
11:33:27AM I WAS DOWN THERE AFTER CHURCH SUNDAY MORNING ON HOWARD.
11:33:32AM THE ROAD WAS STILL CLOSED AFTER EVERYBODY WAS THERE BECAUSE
11:33:35AM I KNOW IT HAPPENED CLOSE TO 3 A.M.
11:33:37AM I WAS THERE ABOUT 8:30 OR SO.
11:33:39AM 24-YEAR-OLD AND APPROXIMATELY ANOTHER 28-YEAR-OLD.
11:33:44AM 96 AND 2000 WERE THEIR DATES OF BIRTH.
11:33:48AM ONE GENTLEMAN'S LAST NAME WAS CHRISTMAS FROM MY
11:33:51AM UNDERSTANDING.
11:33:51AM I SEE THESE THINGS, HOWARD AVENUE, EAST TAMPA, SOUTH TAMPA,
11:33:55AM WHATEVER, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM WITH GUN
11:34:00AM VIOLENCE IN THIS COUNTRY, IN THIS WORLD, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE
11:34:04AM IF IT'S NOT A MASS SHOOTING AT A SCHOOL, I REMEMBER BEING A
11:34:08AM FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL AND IT WAS COLUMBINE.
11:34:10AM I KNOW THERE WERE MASS SHOOTINGS BEFORE, BUT AS A TEENAGER,
11:34:13AM I THOUGHT WHEN I HEARD IT ON THE NEWS, IT MUST BE HAPPENING
11:34:16AM AT MY HIGH SCHOOL.
11:34:17AM I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS NEW.
11:34:19AM IT'S LIKE WHAT -- I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS GUNMEN AT THAT
11:34:23AM TIME.
11:34:23AM I AM A SECOND AMENDMENT, SELF-DEFENSE, PROTECT YOURSELF,
11:34:27AM DEFEND YOURSELF, YOU KNOW, USE A FIREARM RESPONSIBLY.
11:34:31AM LOCK IT UP RESPONSIBLY, BUT THESE YOUNG PEOPLE SHOOTING EACH
11:34:34AM OTHER, KILLING EACH OTHER FOR WHAT?
11:34:37AM THESE MOTHERS AND GRANDMOTHERS AND FAMILY MEMBERS BURYING
11:34:42AM THEIR CHILDREN AND FAMILY MEMBERS.
11:34:44AM IT BREAKS MY HEART.
11:34:45AM BUT THE THING IS, WHAT CAN WE SAY?
11:34:48AM STOP KILLING EACH OTHER.
11:34:49AM THERE'S MORE TO LIFE.
11:34:52AM THERE'S MORE TO -- I DON'T EVEN KNOW THE WORDS.
11:34:57AM BUT WE AS A COMMUNITY, YOU AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE ALL
11:35:01AM NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO EDUCATE AND SHOW THE YOUTH, THE
11:35:05AM YOUNG PEOPLE THAT GUN VIOLENCE IS NOT THE ANSWER.
11:35:09AM I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT THING TO DO IS.
11:35:11AM WE TALKED ABOUT FUNDING PAL.
11:35:13AM WE TALK ABOUT FUNDING AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS.
11:35:15AM BUT JUST GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT THERE.
11:35:17AM STOP KILLING EACH OTHER.
11:35:19AM >>CHIEF BERCAW: IT IS A GREAT POINT AND I COULD WRITE A
11:35:22AM WHOLE DISSERTATION ON THAT.
11:35:24AM QUICK TEN-SECOND ANSWER, AVAILABILITY OF GUNS.
11:35:26AM THERE ARE MORE GUNS OUT THERE AND THEY ARE MORE ACCESSIBLE.
11:35:28AM THAT IS A NATIONWIDE TREND.
11:35:31AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:35:32AM ON THAT, I WILL PAUSE.
11:35:33AM I WILL BRING UP MR. ROGERO.
11:35:35AM HE HAS ABOUT A 15-MINUTE PRESENTATION.
11:35:38AM WE ARE GOING TO BREAK FOR LUNCH AT 12:30.
11:35:41AM WE'VE ALREADY MENTIONED WITH TAMPA FIRE THAT THEY WILL COME
11:35:46AM UP RIGHT AFTER LUNCH.
11:35:47AM DISCUSSED WITH THE MAKER OF THE MOTION AND FOLKS FROM THE
11:35:49AM UNION THAT ARE IN THE AUDIENCE.
11:35:51AM HELLO, MR. ROGERO.
11:35:57AM GOOD MORNING.
11:35:58AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: HELLO, CHAIR AND HELLO COUNCIL.
11:36:02AM IF I CAN HAVE THE PRESENTATION UP, PLEASE?
11:36:10AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:36:13AM AGAIN, GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
11:36:15AM DENNIS ROGERO, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
11:36:18AM THANKS FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.
11:36:20AM I HAVE A LITTLE CRICKET IN MY THROAT.
11:36:23AM THANKS FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY FOR THE PRESENTATION, FISCAL
11:36:27AM YEAR 24.
11:36:28AM THANK YOU ALSO FOR YOUR FLEXIBILITY ON THE TIME CERTAIN.
11:36:30AM I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
11:36:31AM AS YOU KNOW, WE DO THIS ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR EVERY
11:36:37AM YEAR, PRESENTING TO COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC THE STATUS OF THE
11:36:40AM CURRENT YEAR AND SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.
11:36:42AM AT COUNCIL'S REQUEST, WE EXPANDED THE PRESENTATION THIS YEAR
11:36:49AM TO INCLUDE HOW WE ENDED LAST YEAR, FISCAL YEAR 2023.
11:36:54AM IT COINCIDES WITH OUR SECOND QUARTERLY REPORT THAT WAS
11:36:57AM DISTRIBUTED THIS MORNING.
11:36:58AM ALSO AT COUNCIL'S REQUEST, WE ARE PROVIDING IT EARLIER THAN
11:37:04AM WE HAD HISTORICALLY DONE, ABOUT TWO WEEKS EARLIER.
11:37:08AM I THINK YOU'LL SEE THAT EARLY PHILOSOPHY CONTINUE ON THROUGH
11:37:11AM OUR BUDGET PREP PROCESS FOR FISCAL YEAR '25.
11:37:14AM AS A REMINDER TO THE PUBLIC, TYPICALLY THIS IS JUST ONE OF
11:37:17AM TWO ITEMS THAT WE DON'T SHARE AHEAD OF TIME.
11:37:21AM THE OTHER ONE IS, OF COURSE, THE MAYOR'S BUDGET
11:37:23AM PRESENTATION, WHICH COUNCIL WILL SEE IN JUST A FEW MONTHS.
11:37:26AM OF COURSE, AS ALWAYS, WE LOVE TO HEAR YOUR QUESTIONS EITHER
11:37:29AM TODAY OR AFTER YOU'VE HAD TIME TO REVIEW OR AFTER YOUR
11:37:32AM BUDGET ANALYST HAS HAD TIME TO REVIEW -- HELLO, MA'AM.
11:37:36AM THIS PRESENTATION IS ALSO ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
11:37:39AM SO LOOKING BACK, LITTLE RETROSPECTIVE ON FISCAL YEAR 2023.
11:37:48AM THE FIRST THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ABOUT LAST YEAR WAS THAT
11:37:56AM IT COULD NOT HAVE GONE BETTER FROM A FINANCIAL STATEMENT
11:37:59AM PERSPECTIVE AND FINANCIAL REPORTING AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
11:38:02AM ARE A BIG PART OF WHAT WE DO AND AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF
11:38:07AM WHAT WE DO.
11:38:08AM THE GOOD NEWS IS IT TYPICALLY DOESN'T GET A LOT OF ATTENTION
11:38:11AM BECAUSE IT'S DONE WELL.
11:38:13AM WHEN IT'S DONE UNWELL -- WHEN NOT DONE WELL, IT GETS A LOT
11:38:17AM OF ATTENTION.
11:38:17AM OF COURSE, THINGS WENT VERY, VERY RIGHT LAST YEAR.
11:38:20AM AS COUNCIL KNOWS, THE EXTERNAL AUDIT IS REQUIRED BY STATE
11:38:24AM LAW AND THE AUDITOR GENERAL AND FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW,
11:38:27AM YOU SEE IT ON THE SLIDE THERE, WE GOT THE BEST YOU CAN GET.
11:38:29AM A CLEAN AUDIT WITH NO NEGATIVE COMMENTS NOR FINDINGS BY THE
11:38:33AM EXTERNAL AUDITOR.
11:38:34AM OF COURSE, THAT EXTERNAL AUDITOR IS NOT MY EMPLOYEE.
11:38:38AM IT IS AN INDEPENDENT CPA FIRM.
11:38:40AM WHAT'S THAT MEAN?
11:38:41AM WHAT'S A CLEAN AUDIT MEAN?
11:38:44AM IT MEANS THE MAYOR, IT MEANS CITY COUNCIL, IT MEANS THE
11:38:46AM PUBLIC.
11:38:47AM IT MEANS THE INVESTORS IN THE BOND MARKET ARE GETTING
11:38:51AM CRYSTAL CLEAR CLARITY ON WHAT OUR FINANCIAL SITUATION WAS
11:38:56AM LAST FISCAL YEAR.
11:38:58AM THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT.
11:38:59AM SO A TERRIFIC REFLECTION ON THE CITY AND OUR FINANCIAL
11:39:05AM MANAGEMENT.
11:39:05AM WE HAVE A VERY GOOD HISTORY OF CONSERVATIVE AND SUCCESSFUL
11:39:09AM FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.
11:39:10AM CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MAYOR, TO YOU.
11:39:13AM IT REALLY DOES TAKE ALL OF US AND, OF COURSE,
11:39:15AM CONGRATULATIONS TO MY FANTASTIC ACCOUNTING TEAM.
11:39:20AM IT'S PERFORMANCE LIKE THIS THE REASON WHY YOU WERE GIVING
11:39:23AM THEM A COMMENDATION JUST A SHORT TIME AGO, FEW MONTHS AGO.
11:39:27AM HOW END FISCAL '23, IN A WORD ENDED STRONG AS WE PROJECTED
11:39:36AM WOULD AND ZEROING INTO THE GENERAL FUND WHICH IS WHAT WE
11:39:38AM OFTEN CONCENTRATE ON.
11:39:39AM IT IS A GOOD THING WE DID END STRONG BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME
11:39:43AM HEADWINDS THAT WE NEED AND NEEDED TO TACKLE THAT I'LL GET IN
11:39:49AM JUST A MINUTE.
11:39:49AM THE SLIDE AT THE TOP, TOTAL REVENUES WERE MORE THAN
11:39:53AM EXPENSES.
11:39:53AM SO THAT ALLOWED US TO INCREASE OUR TOTAL FUND BALANCE ABOUT
11:39:57AM $19 MILLION.
11:39:58AM AND YOU SEE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT, THE TOTAL IS -- ENDED LAST
11:40:03AM YEAR AT $189 MILLION.
11:40:06AM NOW, THERE IS A LOT MORE TO THAT AND MORE TO UNPACK AND
11:40:13AM WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT VERY BRIEFLY IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES
11:40:15AM BECAUSE FUND BALANCE GETS A LITTLE COMPLICATED WHEN YOU'RE
11:40:18AM TALKING ABOUT GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS.
11:40:19AM SO I WOULD LIKE TO BREAK DOWN THAT $189 MILLION FOR YOU AND
11:40:24AM THE PUBLIC AND INCLUDE A BRIEF PRIMER ON WHAT WE'VE GOT TO
11:40:29AM DEAL WITH CONFORMING WITH OUR FUND BALANCE REQUIREMENTS.
11:40:32AM ON THE SLIDE, FIVE TYPES OF FUND BALANCES.
11:40:41AM THREE OF THEM ARE RIGHT THERE.
11:40:42AM AT THE TOP, YOU HAVE THE NON-SPENDABLE.
11:40:46AM THAT'S BASICALLY YOU HAVE SOMETHING IN A NON-SPENDABLE FORM.
11:40:49AM YOU'VE GOT IT, CAN'T SPEND IT.
11:40:51AM GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT OVER ON THE RIGHT ARE INVENTORIES.
11:40:53AM WE'VE GOT TO ACCOUNT FOR THOSE, BUT WE CAN'T SPEND THOSE.
11:40:57AM THE RESTRICTED FUND BALANCE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY IN THE CITY
11:41:00AM AT THIS TIME, BUT FOR YOUR AND THE PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE,
11:41:04AM INCLUDES GRANT FUNDING AND CERTAIN TYPES OF TAXES.
11:41:07AM THE COMMITTED FUND BALANCE KIND OF AS THE NAME IMPLIES, THIS
11:41:11AM IS FUNDING SET ASIDE FOR PREVIOUS COMMITMENTS, OBLIGATIONS
11:41:14AM THE CITY HAS MADE AND WE HAVE MADE SOME, OR FUTURE
11:41:18AM OBLIGATIONS THAT THE CITY HAS MADE.
11:41:20AM TRYING TO BE VERY BRIEF AND 50,000-FOOT LEVEL FOR YOU HERE.
11:41:27AM THE ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE, AGAIN, FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE,
11:41:31AM ALL FUND BALANCES OTHER THAN THE UNASSIGNED ARE FOR SPECIFIC
11:41:35AM PURPOSES.
11:41:35AM THAT'S WHY WE LABEL THEM IN SUCH DETAIL.
11:41:39AM YOU SEE SOME GREAT EXAMPLES THERE ARE INSURANCES, EMERGENCY,
11:41:44AM HURRICANE FUNDING.
11:41:45AM CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS, HEALTH CARE, AND OTHER COMMITMENTS AND
11:41:49AM OBLIGATIONS THE CITY HAS FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.
11:41:53AM I'LL GET INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL IN A MOMENT.
11:41:56AM OF COURSE, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, NUMBER FIVE IN THE LOWER
11:41:58AM LEFT, THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE.
11:42:00AM THIS IS TYPICALLY WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT BECAUSE IT ANCHORS
11:42:03AM OUR FUND BALANCE POLICY AND ZEROES IN ON THE 23, 24 PERCENT
11:42:08AM THAT WE AND THE RATING AGENCIES LIKE TO SEE.
11:42:16AM PICKING UP THAT PIECE, YOU SEE THE FUNDING HAS BEEN PLACED
11:42:21AM FROM LAST YEAR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
11:42:25AM HERE IS WHERE SOME OF THOSE HEADWINDS WE TALKED ABOUT ARE
11:42:28AM GOING TO COME IN.
11:42:29AM YOU SEE NON-SPENDABLE.
11:42:30AM AGAIN, INVENTORIES.
11:42:32AM VERY LITTLE OF THAT.
11:42:34AM LESS THAN A MILLION DOLLARS BUT ACCOUNTED FOR IT.
11:42:37AM THE PURCHASE ORDERS.
11:42:38AM WE MADE OBLIGATIONS LAST YEAR THAT CARRIED FORWARD THIS YEAR
11:42:42AM IN THE FORM OF PURCHASE ORDERS.
11:42:44AM WE HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT AND THAT'S SET ASIDE.
11:42:47AM THE FIRST OF THE HEADWINDS, RECALL THE DUBOISE SETTLEMENT,
11:42:51AM $14 MILLION TOTAL OBLIGATION SPREAD OVER THREE FISCAL YEAR.
11:42:55AM TWO FISCAL YEAR, FISCAL 25 AND 26 ARE 5 MILLION.
11:42:59AM 3 MILLION, THEN 2 MILLION.
11:43:01AM WE ACCOUNTED FOR THAT AND SET IT IN OUR COMMITTED RESERVES
11:43:04AM BECAUSE WE'VE COMMITTED TO PAY THAT AND WE DON'T WANT
11:43:07AM ANYBODY, INCLUDING CITY COUNCIL, LOOKING FOR THAT FUNDING
11:43:10AM WHEN THE TIME COMES.
11:43:12AM IT'S THERE.
11:43:13AM AND THEN WHEN YOU GET INTO THE ASSIGNED AT THE VERY BOTTOM,
11:43:19AM THERE ARE $44 MILLION.
11:43:21AM CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS.
11:43:22AM WE ARE INCREASING OUR CLAIMS AND JUDGMENT FUND BALANCE
11:43:26AM SIGNIFICANTLY BASED ON EXPERIENCE.
11:43:28AM IT'S PROBABLY I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, IT'S PROBABLY ON THE
11:43:31AM CONSERVATIVE SIDE, BUT WE CAN SEE HOW THE YEAR GOES AND WE
11:43:34AM CAN SEE IF WE CAN BRING THAT DOWN.
11:43:36AM BUT THIS IS AN ACCIDENTAL AND LITIGIOUS SOCIETY, IS IT NOT,
11:43:42AM SO WE PUT SOME FUNDING THERE.
11:43:43AM THERE IS THE CURRENT YEAR OBLIGATION NEXT OF THE DUBOISE
11:43:49AM SETTLEMENT, $9 MILLION.
11:43:50AM WE MADE THAT OBLIGATION; WE SET THAT FUNDING ASIDE; IT IS
11:43:55AM READY.
11:43:55AM HEALTH CARE, I KNOW COUNCIL KNOWS THIS, BUT PERHAPS THE
11:43:59AM PUBLIC DOESN'T.
11:43:59AM WE ARE SELF-FUNDED FOR HEALTH CARE.
11:44:01AM SO IT IS A VERY, VERY SENSITIVE SUBJECT FOR US, AND WE WANT
11:44:03AM TO KEEP OUR EYE ON IT.
11:44:07AM TO THAT EFFECT, WE HAVE INCREASED OUR HEALTH CARE FUND
11:44:11AM BALANCE TO WHAT IS THE INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICE OF 90 DAYS OF
11:44:14AM EXPENSES.
11:44:15AM PRIOR TO US DOING THIS, IT WAS 75 DAYS, WHICH IS NOT BAD,
11:44:20AM BUT THE INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICE IS 90 DAYS.
11:44:23AM AND YOU SEE THAT REFLECTED IN THE HEALTH CARE FUND BALANCE.
11:44:26AM OUR EMERGENCY STORM HURRICANE FUND GOES BY MANY NAMES.
11:44:31AM WE HAVE REPLENISHED IT AFTER USING $5 MILLION OF IT FOR
11:44:36AM HURRICANE IDALIA AND REPLENISHED IT TO THE LEVEL IT HAS
11:44:39AM HISTORICALLY BEEN AT.
11:44:41AM USUALLY BEEN AROUND -- BEEN ABOUT $8 MILLION OVER TIME.
11:44:47AM ITS PRIMARY PURPOSE I THINK, AS YOU KNOW, IS TO FLOAT OUR
11:44:51AM CASH NEEDS IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF A STORM, FOR
11:44:56AM EXAMPLE, AND AS WE AWAIT FEDERAL AND STATE ASSISTANCE.
11:44:59AM AND THEN -- AND THEN WE HAVE SOME OTHER COMMITMENTS THAT ARE
11:45:05AM TOO NUMEROUS TO BE BRIEF THAT I PUT THERE AT $2 MILLION.
11:45:09AM AND THEN THE ASSIGNED TOTAL YOU SEE OF $44.2 MILLION.
11:45:13AM OUR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE BRINGS US BACK TO THAT $137
11:45:20AM MILLION.
11:45:23AM THAT ENDED UP BEING 23%, WHICH IS WHAT WE LIKE TO SEE.
11:45:29AM 3% MORE THAN OUR FUND POLICY.
11:45:32AM I'LL REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT OUR FUND POLICY -- [INAUDIBLE]
11:45:36AM -- IS 20%.
11:45:37AM THIS IS ABOUT $13 MILLION MORE THAN THAT.
11:45:40AM SO VERY STRONG FUND BALANCE.
11:45:42AM MAINTAIN STRONG FUND BALANCE, MANAGE TO FUND SOME UNFORESEEN
11:45:48AM OBLIGATIONS.
11:45:48AM SHORED UP SOME OF OUR SPECIAL FUND BALANCES AND LEFT 23 NICE
11:45:55AM AND STRONG.
11:45:55AM IT'S A GOOD STORY.
11:45:58AM I THINK WE'VE ALSO GOT A GOOD STORY IN THE CURRENT YEAR.
11:46:01AM SPEAKING OF THE CURRENT YEAR, IF WE MOVE ON TO FISCAL YEAR
11:46:07AM 2024, AS WE TYPICALLY DO, AND THIS WILL BE VERY BRIEF.
11:46:13AM JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE TOTAL BUDGET COUNCIL APPROVED
11:46:16AM IN LAST SEPTEMBER, NEARLY $1.8 BILLION AND THE TWO LARGEST
11:46:21AM COMPONENTS ARE WHAT WE TYPICALLY TALK ABOUT MOST OFTEN.
11:46:23AM THE GENERAL FUND AND THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS WHICH MAKE UP
11:46:28AM ABOUT THREE-QUARTERS OF THAT BUDGET.
11:46:29AM AND HERE ARE THOSE TWO MAIN FUNDS BROKEN OUT.
11:46:39AM ON THE LEFT, THE GENERAL FUND, CONSISTING PRIMARILY OF
11:46:42AM PUBLIC SAFETY, PARKS AND RECREATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
11:46:45AM AND SUPPORT OPERATIONS.
11:46:47AM AND THEN PRIMARILY YOUR UTILITIES ON THE RIGHT, WATER,
11:46:52AM WASTEWATER, AND SOLID WASTE.
11:46:54AM ZEROING IN, IF WE MAY, ON THE GENERAL FUND, THIS IS
11:47:03AM TYPICALLY THE MAJORITY OF OUR FOCUS AND OFTEN A MAJORITY OF
11:47:08AM THE CITIZENS' FOCUS BECAUSE IT IS THE MONEY THAT THE MAYOR
11:47:11AM AND CITY COUNCIL HAVE THE MOST FLEXIBILITY WITH.
11:47:14AM AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, AS THE NAME IMPLIES, IT CAN GENERALLY
11:47:19AM BE SPENT ON ANYTHING.
11:47:21AM SO IF THERE IS A DOLLAR WORTH MORE THAN ANOTHER DOLLAR, THIS
11:47:25AM IS IT.
11:47:25AM BECAUSE OF THIS FLEXIBILITY, IT'S ALSO THE ONE WITH THE MOST
11:47:28AM COMPETING AND VARIED DEMANDS.
11:47:31AM IT'S ALSO FUNDED PRIMARILY FROM PROPERTY TAXES AND PROPERTY
11:47:36AM TAXES ALSO TYPICALLY GET A LOT OF FOCUS.
11:47:39AM THE GENERAL FUND IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US.
11:47:41AM SO HOW IS THE GENERAL FUND DOING THIS YEAR?
11:47:47AM OVERALL, IT'S DOING WELL.
11:47:48AM IF WE COULD JUMP INTO OUR MAJOR REVENUES, AND YOU SEE THE
11:47:52AM PROPERTY TAX REVENUES RIGHT THERE.
11:47:53AM THAT IS THE LARGEST SINGLE SOURCE OF CITY REVENUE.
11:47:58AM THE SQUARES YOU'LL SEE IN THE UPPER RIGHT ON THE SLIDES ARE
11:48:02AM GREEN OR RED, WHETHER GREEN FOR GOOD, RED FOR NOT SO GOOD,
11:48:06AM AND YOU SEE THAT PROPERTY TAXES ARE GOOD.
11:48:07AM THEY ARE TRENDING A LITTLE BIT UP.
11:48:09AM WE THINK THEY WILL END WITH MORE THAN WE BUDGETED.
11:48:12AM I APOLOGIZE.
11:48:18AM I KEEP THINKING I HEAR SOMEBODY --
11:48:20AM IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS, WE'LL GET THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S
11:48:24AM PRELIMINARY PROPERTY VALUATIONS FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
11:48:26AM AND THAT IS LIKELY TO CHANGE OUR PROJECTIONS.
11:48:30AM AGAIN, WE START OUT VERY CONSERVATIVELY, BUT WE'LL KNOW FAR
11:48:32AM MORE IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS.
11:48:34AM UNFORTUNATELY, OUR HALF-CENT SALES TAX REVENUE IS NOT DOING
11:48:40AM QUITE AS WELL.
11:48:41AM THE GOOD NEWS WITH THE HALF-CENT SALES TAX IS THAT IT'S
11:48:45AM KEEPING PACE WITH LAST YEAR'S RECEIPTS, BUT IT IS A LITTLE
11:48:48AM BIT SHORT -- PARDON ME -- IT IS SHORT OF WHAT WE BUDGETED.
11:48:54AM WE THINK THAT'S PRIMARILY DUE TO THE ADDITIONAL SALES TAX
11:48:57AM HOLIDAYS BEING GIVEN BY THE LEGISLATURE.
11:49:01AM IT DOES HAVE AN IMPACT ON LOCAL REVENUE, AND WE'RE SEEING
11:49:05AM THAT THIS YEAR.
11:49:06AM AGAIN, KEEPING PACE, BUT NOT AS MUCH AS WE BUDGETED NOR
11:49:10AM WOULD HAVE LIKED.
11:49:11AM OUR REVENUES COMING FROM ELECTRICITY, ELECTRIC FRANCHISE
11:49:19AM FEES AND ELECTRIC UTILITY SERVICES TAX.
11:49:21AM I WON'T GET INTO THE DETAILS ON WHAT THOSE MEAN, BUT THEY
11:49:25AM ARE BASICALLY CORRELATED WITH THE PRICE OF ELECTRICITY.
11:49:28AM YOU SEE BOTH FINISHING STRONG AND BOTH COINCIDENTALLY BRING
11:49:34AM IN ABOUT $46 MILLION THIS YEAR.
11:49:38AM THAT'S GOOD NEWS FROM REVENUE STANDPOINT, BUT AS COUNCIL
11:49:40AM KNOWS, WE'RE ALSO A CUSTOMER, SO WE ALSO PAY ELECTRICITY.
11:49:43AM SO WE WILL NOT RECOGNIZE ALL OF THAT REVENUE.
11:49:46AM WE WILL TAKE A HIT IN OUR OPERATING COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE
11:49:49AM ELECTRICITY COST.
11:49:50AM OUR COMMUNICATION SERVICES TAX, IT'S AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT
11:50:00AM OF OUR REVENUES.
11:50:01AM AND YOU SEE ABOUT $17 MILLION.
11:50:05AM IT HAS PLATEAUED AND IT'S BEEN PLATEAUED FOR QUITE SOME
11:50:08AM TIME.
11:50:09AM IT IS WORTH MENTIONING, THOUGH, THAT WE ARE AT THIS STAGE
11:50:12AM HAPPY THAT IT'S LEVELED OFF BECAUSE ABOUT A DECADE AGO, IT
11:50:15AM WAS BRINGING ABOUT DOUBLE.
11:50:16AM BRINGING ABOUT $30 MILLION.
11:50:19AM SO IT DECLINED VERY, VERY RAPIDLY DUE TO LAND LINE
11:50:25AM CANCELLATIONS.
11:50:25AM PEOPLE ARE USING CELL PHONES NOW.
11:50:27AM THEY ARE SIMPLY NOT USING AS MANY LAND LINES.
11:50:29AM AND THIS IS NOT A FAVORED TAX OF THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE.
11:50:33AM THEY HAVE ATTACKED IT ALMOST EVERY YEAR, BUT IT'S LEVELED
11:50:38AM OUT.
11:50:38AM AT THIS POINT, WE'LL TAKE THAT.
11:50:40AM $17 MILLION IS $17 MILLION.
11:50:44AM MOVING ON TO OUR EXPENSES, PERSONNEL COSTS, THIS IS THE MOST
11:50:49AM EXPENSIVE, AND I WOULD SUBMIT THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF
11:50:52AM RUNNING A LARGE AMERICAN CITY.
11:50:54AM NOTHING HAPPENS WITHOUT THE PEOPLE, AND THIS IS PAYING FOR
11:50:57AM THOSE PEOPLE.
11:50:59AM WE PROJECT PERSONNEL COSTS TO BE PRETTY TIGHT, ABOUT 2%
11:51:03AM VARIANCE.
11:51:04AM A LITTLE BIT OVER.
11:51:05AM AND DUE PRIMARILY TO PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS AND OVERTIME.
11:51:09AM AND OUR OPERATING COST.
11:51:17AM NOT QUITE AS TIGHT.
11:51:19AM ABOUT 4% OVER BUDGET, AND THE PRIMARY REASONS, I DON'T THINK
11:51:22AM IT'S GOING TO BE A SURPRISE TO ANYBODY IN ADDITION TO THE
11:51:25AM ELECTRICITY COSTS THAT I REFERENCED.
11:51:28AM FUEL, VEHICLE MAINTENANCE, AND WE'RE REPLACING OUR VEHICLES
11:51:33AM SLOWLY BUT SURELY, BUT WE STILL DO ON AVERAGE HAVE AN OLD
11:51:36AM FLEET, AND IT COSTS MONEY.
11:51:37AM SO YOU'LL SEE THAT UPTICK IN OUR PROJECTED EXPENDITURES.
11:51:41AM MOVING INTO OUR PENSIONS, A VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF OUR
11:51:51AM FINANCIAL PICTURE AND, OF COURSE, A VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENT
11:51:54AM OF OUR CITY OF TAMPA EMPLOYEES' LIVES.
11:51:56AM OUR FIRE AND POLICE PENSION FUND THAT YOU SEE RIGHT THERE,
11:52:01AM ALONG WITH OUR GENERAL EMPLOYEES PENSION FUND COMBINED ABOUT
11:52:04AM 3 BILLION DOLLARS' WORTH OF ASSETS.
11:52:07AM AS YOU KNOW, THEY RELY PRIMARILY ON INVESTMENTS.
11:52:11AM ON THE THEORY THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE HERE FOREVER, SO
11:52:15AM WE'VE GOT TO KEEP THAT FUNDING GOING, AND HOW THOSE
11:52:17AM INVESTMENTS DO IS RELATED TO HOW MUCH CONTRIBUTION THE CITY
11:52:23AM HAS TO MAKE.
11:52:24AM YOU SEE IT WENT UP FOR 2024.
11:52:27AM WE THINK IT'S GOING TO COME IN RIGHT AT BUDGET, WHICH IS
11:52:29AM GOOD.
11:52:29AM BUT IT DID GO UP.
11:52:30AM AND THOSE ARE THE RAMIFICATIONS OF I THINK WHAT EVERYBODY
11:52:34AM WOULD DESCRIBE TO BE A TERRIBLE YEAR IN 2022.
11:52:37AM TAKES A LITTLE TIME FOR THE GOOD PERFORMANCE OF 2023 TO
11:52:43AM CATCH UP, AND WE'RE SEEING THAT.
11:52:45AM BUT IT'S RIGHT ON TARGET FROM A BUDGET PERSPECTIVE.
11:52:48AM AS IS THE GENERAL EMPLOYEES PENSION.
11:52:52AM SO GOOD NEWS FROM A BUDGET PERSPECTIVE ON THE PENSION FRONT.
11:52:58AM SO WHERE DO WE THINK WE'LL LAND?
11:53:02AM WE ANTICIPATE WE'LL END THIS YEAR ON THE FAR RIGHT.
11:53:04AM YOU SEE IT ABOUT $146 MILLION OR ABOUT $9 MILLION MORE IN
11:53:08AM OUR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE.
11:53:11AM THAT'S A LITTLE LESS THAN WHAT WE'D LIKE THE 23, 24 PERCENT
11:53:17AM THAT WE ENJOYED OUTSIDE OF THE PANDEMIC.
11:53:19AM 22 PERCENT IS STILL STRONG AND WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF MONTHS
11:53:23AM LEFT IN THIS FISCAL YEAR.
11:53:25AM SO IDEALLY, AS YOU PROGRESS THROUGH THE YEAR, YOU'VE GOT
11:53:29AM MORE DATA TO WORK WITH AND YOUR PROJECTIONS BECOME MORE AND
11:53:32AM MORE ACCURATE.
11:53:33AM BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE THINKING.
11:53:34AM AGAIN, WELL ABOVE OUR 20% POLICY, ABOUT $13.5 MILLION.
11:53:38AM AS A REMINDER, AGAIN TO THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC, THOSE
11:53:43AM ANOMALIES IN FISCAL YEAR 2020 AND 21, 28 PERCENT AND 27
11:53:49AM PERCENT, THAT WAS DUE TO THE FEDERAL AND STATE ASSISTANCE
11:53:54AM ASSOCIATED WITH THE PANDEMIC.
11:53:55AM WE BROUGHT IN THE FUNDING.
11:53:57AM WE HELD IT.
11:53:58AM SPENT IT.
11:53:59AM AND YOU SEE THAT FUND BALANCE -- EXCUSE ME, THAT FUND
11:54:02AM BALANCE DECREASE.
11:54:04AM THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF DECREASE IS, OF COURSE, THE GENERAL
11:54:08AM FUND TYPICALLY INCREASES EVERY YEAR.
11:54:11AM SO THE FUND BALANCE, IN ORDER TO RETAIN THAT RATIO, THE 22,
11:54:17AM 23, 24 PERCENT HAS TO INCREASE EVERY YEAR AND YOU CERTAINLY
11:54:22AM SEE THAT IN THE SLIDE.
11:54:24AM AS HAS BEEN THE CASE FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, I GENUINELY
11:54:28AM WANT TO THANK CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONTINUING SUPPORT OF
11:54:32AM THIS STRONG FUND BALANCE.
11:54:33AM I REALLY THINK IT IS AT THE HEART OF SO MANY OF THE
11:54:36AM SUCCESSES WE'VE HAD IN THE CITY.
11:54:39AM AND I THINK OUR PERFORMANCE BEARS THAT OUT.
11:54:42AM MOVING QUICKLY INTO THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS.
11:54:51AM AGAIN, NEARLY HALF THE TOTAL BUDGET, AND THESE ARE THE
11:54:53AM DEPARTMENTS AS COUNCIL KNOWS THAT WE MANDATE TO RUN LIKE A
11:54:56AM BUSINESS.
11:54:57AM THEY ARE TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT.
11:54:59AM THEY ARE TO MAKE THEIR OWN MONEY.
11:55:01AM AND IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR YOU WOULD CALL THEM GENERATING A
11:55:04AM PROFIT.
11:55:04AM THE PUBLIC SECTOR, ANY PROFIT THEY GENERATE IS REINVESTED
11:55:09AM INTO THE PARTICULAR ENTERPRISE AND THEY ARE CALLED
11:55:11AM ENTERPRISE FUNDS.
11:55:12AM YOU SEE PARKING STILL DOING WELL.
11:55:19AM NEW PARKING RATES WENT INTO EFFECT IN LATE 2021.
11:55:26AM AND WE'RE SEEING THE BENEFITS OF THAT AND THEIR FEES
11:55:29AM CONTINUE TO BE INDEXED IN ORDER TO MITIGATE THE ADVERSE
11:55:32AM IMPACTS OF INFLATION.
11:55:34AM WE PROJECT THEY'LL USE LESS FUND BALANCE THAN WE ANTICIPATED
11:55:38AM THIS YEAR.
11:55:39AM THAT'S GOOD NEWS, AND STILL FUNDING NEARLY $9 MILLION OF
11:55:43AM CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
11:55:44AM ON THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM, THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT
11:55:52AM CONTINUES TO GET HIT PRETTY HARD.
11:55:55AM GOING TO USE MORE FUND BALANCE THAN WE ANTICIPATED, ABOUT
11:55:58AM $24 MILLION, AND THAT'S DUE PRIMARILY TO THE LONGER THAN
11:56:02AM ANTICIPATED OUTAGES GOING ON AT THE WASTE TO ENERGY.
11:56:05AM WE ACCOUNTED FOR THOSE OUTAGES BUT IT'S TAKING A LITTLE
11:56:09AM LONGER ASSOCIATED WITH THE REFURBISHMENT AND UPGRADES.
11:56:13AM AS YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE COMING TO COUNCIL IN ABOUT A WEEK,
11:56:16AM WELL, EXACTLY A WEEK FOR THE FIRST OF TWO MEETINGS TO TALK
11:56:20AM ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR RATE INCREASES AND FINANCING SOME OF
11:56:23AM THEIR MAJOR PROJECTS.
11:56:25AM WE'LL GO INTO A LOT MORE DETAIL DURING THOSE TWO MEETINGS.
11:56:29AM WITH DEPARTMENT DOING WELL, ADD A LITTLE BIT TO THE FUND
11:56:39AM BALANCE.
11:56:39AM YOU SEE REVENUES COMING IN HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED AND
11:56:41AM HOLDING THE LINE ON EXPENSES.
11:56:43AM ENDING UP AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT WITH PROJECTED FUND BALANCE OF
11:56:46AM JUST UNDER $125 MILLION.
11:56:49AM THE VARIANCE STILL IS CONSISTENT WITH THEIR LONG-TERM PLAN
11:56:55AM FOR THEIR PROJECTS AND THE PIPES PROGRAM.
11:56:57AM AND THE WATER DEPARTMENT ALSO DID WELL.
11:57:04AM REVENUES IN EXCESS OF EXPENDITURES AND ALSO REDUCTION IN THE
11:57:09AM EXPENSES YOU SEE ON THE FAR RIGHT, ABOUT $177 MILLION.
11:57:14AM AGAIN, CONSISTENT WITH THAT 20-YEAR PIPES PROGRAM.
11:57:18AM BUT A GOOD STORY FOR THEM.
11:57:20AM AND THE BUDGET CALENDAR.
11:57:25AM THIS TYPICALLY OFFICIALLY KICKS OFF THE BUDGET PREPARATORY
11:57:28AM PROCESS FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
11:57:31AM AND YOU SEE IN KEEPING WITH, AGAIN, OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH
11:57:35AM COUNCIL AND COUNCIL'S REQUEST, WE ARE DOING THINGS EARLIER
11:57:38AM THAN WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST.
11:57:42AM THE MAYOR'S BUDGET PRESENTATION MID JULY.
11:57:44AM IT'S OFTEN IN EARLY AUGUST.
11:57:46AM YOU SEE THE TWO WORKSHOPS THAT WE RECENTLY DISCUSSED WITH
11:57:49AM COUNCIL FOR EARLY AND MID AUGUST AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE
11:57:55AM TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS.
11:57:55AM I KNOW THIS IS PROBABLY A LOT OF INFORMATION TO TAKE IN.
11:58:00AM BUT I DO GENUINELY APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY.
11:58:04AM AS I THINK YOU KNOW, I'M WILLING TO TALK ABOUT FINANCES JUST
11:58:08AM ABOUT AS LONG AS YOU'RE WILLING TO LISTEN.
11:58:10AM THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR FLEXIBILITY.
11:58:13AM IN CLOSING, WE THINK WE REMAIN IN A VERY STRONG FINANCIAL
11:58:17AM POSITION HEADING INTO BUDGET DEVELOPMENT FOR NEXT YEAR WHILE
11:58:19AM MAINTAINING OUR FUND BALANCE.
11:58:21AM THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
11:58:28AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE ONE ON ONE BRIEFINGS COMING UP.
11:58:31AM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
11:58:32AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I KNOW YOU SAID IT WAS -- PERSONNEL COSTS.
11:58:38AM OBVIOUSLY DRAMATIC INCREASE FROM 2020.
11:58:53AM FOUR YEARS, WE SEE THAT SPIKE.
11:58:56AM I KNOW PART OF THAT IS.
11:58:58AM YOU SEE EVEN THE PROJECTIONS.
11:59:00AM WHY ARE WE OFF ON PROJECTIONS?
11:59:02AM WE KNOW IT'S SUCH A STATIC EXPENSE.
11:59:07AM CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT?
11:59:08AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT
11:59:10AM COMPONENTS WITHIN THERE, TERMINAL LEAVE, FOR INSTANCE.
11:59:11AM TERMINAL LEAVE IS WHEN PEOPLE ARE PAID OUT FOR LEAVING THE
11:59:14AM CITY UPON RETIREMENT, ET CETERA.
11:59:17AM THAT'S ONE COMPONENT.
11:59:18AM THAT'S ONE OF THE ITEMIZATIONS THAT INCREASE.
11:59:22AM WE TRY TO PROJECT IT TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY, BUT IT'S
11:59:26AM COMING IN HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS.
11:59:30AM MIGHT THERE BE ROOM FOR IT TO COME DOWN IN THE NEXT SIX
11:59:32AM MONTHS, MAYBE.
11:59:34AM BASED ON HISTORY, WE'RE PROJECTING IT WILL BE MORE THAN WE
11:59:37AM ANTICIPATED.
11:59:38AM OVERTIME IS ALSO ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE.
11:59:41AM ONE OF THE THINGS TO REMEMBER NOW THAT I'M THINKING ABOUT
11:59:46AM IT, MAYBE A FURTHER DISCUSSION IS FRAMING IT SO YOU CAN SEE
11:59:53AM SOME PERSONNEL COSTS ARE OFFSET BY REVENUES, FOR INSTANCE.
11:59:57AM WE DO GET REVENUES FOR SOME PERSONNEL COSTS.
12:00:00PM AND YOU'LL SEE THOSE IN OUR MAJOR REVENUES.
12:00:03PM THIS IS SIMPLY A SUMMATION OF ALL OF OUR PERSONNEL COSTS.
12:00:06PM TERMINAL LEAVE, ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT.
12:00:14PM OVERTIME ALSO.
12:00:15PM IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET A BEAD ON IT.
12:00:19PM AS COUNCIL KNOWS, WE HAVEN'T EVEN FINISHED LAST YEAR WHEN
12:00:23PM WE'RE ALREADY ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR.
12:00:25PM SO IT REALLY IS A BEST EDUCATED GUESS IN MANY OF THESE
12:00:29PM THINGS.
12:00:29PM AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE LIKE TO COME WITH SIX
12:00:32PM MONTHS OF SOLID DATA AND SHARE WITH COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC
12:00:35PM WHERE WE THINK WE'RE HEADING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FISCAL
12:00:39PM YEAR.
12:00:39PM AGAIN, I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE SIX MONTHS LEFT, BUT THAT'S WHAT
12:00:42PM THIS INFORMATION IS BASED ON.
12:00:44PM WE'LL CONTINUE TO UPDATE.
12:00:44PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT MORE BITES OF THIS
12:00:47PM APPLE.
12:00:48PM SEEING IT ON A GRAPH LIKE THIS THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FROM
12:00:53PM 2020 TO 2024 IS KIND OF SHOCKING JUST TO SEE THAT.
12:00:57PM OVERTIME, WHAT DEPARTMENTS ARE REALLY SHARING THAT BURDEN OF
12:01:00PM OVERTIME?
12:01:01PM WHERE ARE WE SEEING THAT?
12:01:03PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: PUBLIC SAFETY.
12:01:05PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT'S NOT BROKEN OUT FROM THE PERSONNEL
12:01:07PM COST, INSIDE A DIFFERENT SLIDE, PUBLIC SAFETY?
12:01:10PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: IT'S NOT BROKEN OUT.
12:01:12PM WE CAN PROVIDE THAT BREAKOUT TO YOU YES.
12:01:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: PUBLIC SAFETY IS IN THIS SLIDE?
12:01:18PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES.
12:01:19PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: GOOD TO KNOW.
12:01:21PM PARKING.
12:01:21PM $6 MILLION PROJECTED OVERAGE OVER BUDGET.
12:01:26PM SO THAT MONEY WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO SHIFT TO PAVING?
12:01:31PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: COULD.
12:01:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NOTED.
12:01:35PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: I APPRECIATE WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.
12:01:37PM ONE CAVEAT ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AND I KNOW COUNCIL KNOWS BUT
12:01:41PM WORTH REITERATING, WE WOULD WANT TO PROVIDE YOU WITH HOW
12:01:44PM THAT MIGHT IMPACT THEIR FUTURE PLANS FOR THAT FUNDING
12:01:48PM BECAUSE THEY ARE DOING SOME CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
12:01:50PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE OUR
12:01:55PM THIRD-WORLD ROADS.
12:01:56PM ANY WAY WE CAN DO THAT TO INCREASE FUNDING WOULD BE GREAT.
12:02:02PM WE'VE HAD THE CONVERSATION, AS WE LOOK TOWARDS 2025 BUDGET
12:02:05PM AND FUTURE DISCUSSIONS WE'LL BE HAVING, I'LL BE LOOKING FOR
12:02:09PM SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN OUR ROAD BUDGET TO IMPROVE THE ROADS
12:02:11PM THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY OF TAMPA.
12:02:13PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, SIR.
12:02:14PM I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THAT WITH US AHEAD OF TIME.
12:02:16PM I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR FEEDBACK AND YOUR TIME BRIEFING.
12:02:20PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
12:02:21PM THAT'S ALL FOR NOW.
12:02:24PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:02:24PM ALONG THE SAME LINES, I BELIEVE THAT PAVING, THE CITY HAS
12:02:28PM TAKEN OWN PAVING AND DOING SOME OF IT OURSELVES, ARE WE NOT?
12:02:32PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES.
12:02:33PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I THINK YOU'LL SEE THAT QUITE OFTEN.
12:02:35PM MORE MILES FOR YOUR BUCK THAN EVER BEFORE.
12:02:41PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: CAPITALIZING ON EFFICIENCIES.
12:02:43PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WE HAVE EXPENDITURES ABOUT $250,000 A
12:02:47PM DAY.
12:02:47PM I'LL TALK VERY GENERICALLY IF I COULD REGARDING PAVING -- I
12:02:51PM MEAN REGARDING THE EXPENDITURES, CERTAIN EVENTS HAPPENING IN
12:02:55PM TOWN, CERTAIN AREAS THAT COST THAT MUCH.
12:02:57PM THOSE EVENTS USUALLY HAPPEN BETWEEN AUGUST AND DECEMBER,
12:03:01PM MAJORITY OF THEM.
12:03:03PM WHEN AUGUST COMES, YOU'LL SEE THAT LINE GETS A LITTLE
12:03:06PM SMALLER BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND
12:03:08PM IN FIRE AND POLICE AND TRAFFIC SYSTEMS THAT WE PUT UP
12:03:12PM THROUGHOUT CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY TO COVER WHAT THE
12:03:16PM CONTRACT SAYS IT ENDS IN 27 I BELIEVE.
12:03:20PM SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU LOOK AT.
12:03:23PM I DON'T THINK IT WILL COVER ALL OF IT, BUT IT WILL COVER THE
12:03:27PM MAJORITY OF IT.
12:03:27PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:03:28PM THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TO SAY.
12:03:31PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: IF I COULD POSTSCRIPT THAT, WHAT I
12:03:34PM NEGLECTED TO MENTION IN YOUR QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER
12:03:37PM CLENDENIN, STATE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR RETIREMENTS, FOR THE
12:03:40PM PENSION PROGRAMS ALSO A LITTLE MORE THAN WE ANTICIPATED.
12:03:45PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
12:03:49PM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS AND FOR BEING
12:03:51PM THOROUGH AND SHOWING THE BACK PERSPECTIVE ON IT.
12:03:55PM WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE FUND BALANCE, THIS IS THE CONSISTENT
12:04:13PM NUMBER THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT OVER SEVERAL YEARS.
12:04:15PM I THINK IT WAS PROJECTED TO BE ABOUT 150 THIS YEAR, RIGHT?
12:04:18PM DO I REMEMBER THAT CORRECTLY?
12:04:20PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES.
12:04:21PM I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE.
12:04:27PM >>BILL CARLSON: THIS TIME YOU WENT INTO MORE DETAIL ON WHAT
12:04:30PM MAKES IT UP.
12:04:31PM BUT I THINK IT'S STILL THE SAME NUMBER.
12:04:34PM CAN WE GO TO THAT SLIDE?
12:04:35PM I CAN'T FIND WHAT THE NUMBER WAS.
12:04:37PM IT IS THE LINE GRAPH.
12:04:45PM ROGERO THE BAR CHART.
12:04:49PM >>BILL CARLSON: THE ONE THAT GOES BACK TO 2017.
12:04:52PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: I'M HEADING THE WRONG WAY.
12:04:58PM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU.
12:04:59PM BUT JUST TO SHOW THE PUBLIC, THIS WAS ONE OF THE MAIN ISSUES
12:05:06PM THAT I WAS INTERESTED.
12:05:07PM I KNOW YOU AND THE MAYOR WERE ALSO INTERESTED.
12:05:09PM THE THING IS WE NEED TO HAVE MONEY IN RESERVES FOR A LOT OF
12:05:13PM REASONS OR WE CAN GET IN BIG TROUBLE.
12:05:15PM THIS DOESN'T GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2011, BUT IN 2011, PAM
12:05:23PM IORIO'S ADMINISTRATION LEFT 150 MILLION IN IT.
12:05:27PM BY 2017, WE HAD SOMEWHERE AROUND 85 MILLION.
12:05:31PM THE PERCENTAGES MAYBE WERE CONSISTENT, BUT WE ONLY HAD 85
12:05:34PM MILLION.
12:05:35PM AND THEN NOW THIS YEAR WE JUST SURPASSED 150 MILLION FOR THE
12:05:38PM FIRST TIME SINCE SOMEWHERE AROUND 2011.
12:05:42PM SO THAT'S -- IT ACTUALLY, YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND EVERYONE
12:05:47PM SHOULD GET MORE CREDIT THAN WE ARE BECAUSE IT'S A BIG
12:05:50PM ACCOMPLISHMENT.
12:05:50PM NOW THE OVERALL BUDGET HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED.
12:05:53PM AS A PERCENTAGE, IT'S IMPACTED.
12:05:56PM BUT THE OTHER THING IS AS YOU BROKE IT OUT, ONE, THANK YOU
12:05:59PM FOR DOING THAT.
12:06:00PM IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING.
12:06:01PM I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS.
12:06:03PM BUT THE FIRST 20% OF IT I THINK HELPS US KEEP OUR BOND
12:06:09PM RATINGS.
12:06:09PM AND YOU WENT THROUGH THE BREAKOUT OF SOME OF IT.
12:06:11PM THE WAY I USED TO ROUGHLY LOOK AT IT, IF 20% IS MINIMUM FOR
12:06:15PM THE BOND RATINGS, THEN MAYBE WE HAVE 2 OR 3 PERCENT ABOVE
12:06:18PM THAT.
12:06:19PM KIND OF THE RAINY DAY FUND.
12:06:20PM NOW DOWN TO 22% PLUS THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS -- THIS IS GENERAL
12:06:27PM FUND, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE DON'T HAVE A RAINY DAY FUND AT ALL.
12:06:33PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION AND I APPRECIATE
12:06:35PM YOUR EMPHASIS.
12:06:38PM I WOULD ANSWER THIS WAY, IT IS ABOVE OUR POLICY.
12:06:42PM IF WORSE COMES TO WORSE, AGAIN ABOUT 13 MILLION ABOVE OUR
12:06:46PM POLICY.
12:06:47PM THAT 13 MILLION, I DON'T WANT TO SAY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN
12:06:50PM THE OTHER 20%, BUT I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT WHEN WE'RE
12:06:57PM LOOKING AT -- YOU'VE GOT TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS.
12:07:00PM THE REAL WORLD WHERE WE NEED THE CASH AND WE'VE GOT THAT
12:07:05PM FUNDING IF A HURRICANE HITS AND WE HAVE TO FLOAT A GREAT
12:07:08PM DEAL OF CASH, WE'VE GOT IT.
12:07:10PM BUT ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT THE RATING AGENCY AND THE MARKET.
12:07:13PM WHAT THEY LOOK AT IS HOLISTICALLY HOW MUCH DO YOU HAVE IN
12:07:17PM THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE.
12:07:18PM THEY DO LIKE THE FACT THAT IT IS IN EXCESS OF OUR POLICY,
12:07:21PM BUT WE'RE A LITTLE BIT ON OUR BACK FLIP BECAUSE WE HELD IT
12:07:25PM IN EXCESS OF OUR POLICY FOR SO LONG.
12:07:28PM SO ANY DRASTIC REDUCTION WOULD CATCH THEIR EYE IN A NEGATIVE
12:07:34PM WAY.
12:07:35PM I THINK WE'RE SAYING THE SAME THING.
12:07:38PM >>BILL CARLSON: EXACTLY.
12:07:39PM THE POINT TO THE PUBLIC, EVEN THOUGH 22%, WE REALLY CAN'T
12:07:42PM REDUCE THAT.
12:07:43PM IF WE DO, OUR BOND RATING GOES DOWN AND INTEREST RATES GO UP
12:07:46PM AND COSTS US A LOT MORE, ESPECIALLY SINCE SO MUCH BONDING
12:07:49PM GOING ON.
12:07:50PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: YOU SAID IT BETTER THAN I DID QUARTERLY.
12:07:55PM >>BILL CARLSON: PAGE 14, FEW MILLION DOLLARS ABOVE
12:07:58PM PROJECTION.
12:07:58PM WHAT'S HAPPENING TO SURPLUS?
12:08:00PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: GOOD QUESTION.
12:08:03PM AT THIS TIME I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT OUR REVENUE SURPLUS
12:08:07PM ARE GOING TO BALANCE OUT OR COMPENSATE FOR OUR EXPENDITURE
12:08:11PM OVERAGES.
12:08:12PM AND WE'LL END UP, AGAIN, WE'VE STILL GOT SIX MORE MONTHS OF
12:08:15PM DATA WE'LL END UP WITH A LITTLE MORE THAN WE ANTICIPATED.
12:08:21PM >>BILL CARLSON: JUST REMEMBER FOR MY COLLEAGUES AND THE
12:08:24PM PUBLIC, CITY COUNCIL HAS TO APPROVE THOSE OVERAGES.
12:08:26PM IF SOMEBODY MADE THE DECISION TO GO OVER BUDGET BECAUSE THEY
12:08:29PM THOUGHT THE REVENUES WERE GOING TO BE HIGHER, THAT SHOULD
12:08:31PM HAVE BEEN A STRATEGIC DISCUSSION OF CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE WE
12:08:33PM HAVE TO DECIDE IF WE WANT TO PUT IN ROADS, HOUSING,
12:08:36PM WHATEVER.
12:08:37PM MY FIRST PRIORITY IS TO PUT IT IN THE GENERAL FUND RESERVE.
12:08:40PM MY SECOND PRIORITY IS ROADS AND THEN AFTER THAT, PARKS AND
12:08:48PM PUBLIC SAFETY AND THEN PARKS, THAT WE HAVE SO MANY NEEDS IN
12:08:52PM ALL OF THESE.
12:08:53PM I HOPE YOU AND THE ADMINISTRATION WILL COME BACK AT SOME
12:08:57PM POINT AND TALK TO US ABOUT THAT SO WE CAN BE PART OF THAT
12:09:00PM DECISION MAKING.
12:09:01PM YES BY CHARTER, THE MAYOR PROPOSES THE BUDGET BUT IT'S UP TO
12:09:06PM US TO DECIDE IT.
12:09:08PM I ALWAYS SAY THIS TO MY COLLEAGUES, WHAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS
12:09:11PM WATCHING THE CITY OVER MANY MAYORS IS THAT THE STAFF COMES
12:09:14PM AND TALKS TO EACH CITY COUNCIL MEMBER INDIVIDUALLY AND THEY
12:09:19PM ASK YOU WHAT GOODIES YOU WANT.
12:09:21PM MY ANSWER IS ALWAYS I DON'T WANT ANY.
12:09:24PM MY SUGGESTION TO MY COLLEAGUES IS YOU SHOULD SAY THE SAME
12:09:27PM THING.
12:09:27PM IF WE CAN -- WHATEVER THE PROPOSAL IS, WE CAN TALK ABOUT
12:09:32PM GENERAL THEMES, BUT IF SOMEBODY SAYS WELL I NEED A $200,000
12:09:36PM PARK OR MILLION DOLLAR PARK, COME TO CITY COUNCIL FOR FOUR
12:09:40PM VOTES OR FIVE VOTES AND GET A FIVE MILLION DOLLARS PARK.
12:09:44PM ONCE THE BUDGET IS PROPOSED WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANT.
12:09:46PM THE POWER OF THE BUDGET ON CITY COUNCIL AS LONG AS WE'RE NOT
12:09:49PM CUTTING SIDE DEALS.
12:09:50PM WHAT I OBSERVED IN THE PAST, ESPECIALLY BEFORE I GOT ON
12:09:52PM COUNCIL, IS THAT THERE WERE SIDE DEALS CUT FOR VERY SMALL
12:09:56PM AMOUNTS OF MONEY WHEN CITY COUNCIL COULD HAVE BEEN MORE
12:09:58PM STRATEGIC.
12:09:59PM THIS YEAR WE NEED TO BE REALLY GOOD ABOUT MOVING MORE MONEY
12:10:02PM INTO ROADS.
12:10:03PM IT'S UNACCEPTABLE THE STATUS OF OUR ROADS.
12:10:06PM ALSO, YOU TALK ABOUT OVERTIME WITH PUBLIC SAFETY, THAT
12:10:10PM WASN'T PRESENTED TO US A LITTLE WHILE AGO BUT PART OF THE
12:10:14PM ARGUMENT THAT THE POLICE OFFICERS ARE TELLING US ANECDOTALLY
12:10:16PM IS THAT THERE AREN'T ENOUGH POLICE OFFICERS TO DO OFF-DUTY
12:10:21PM WORK AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE NEED MORE POLICE
12:10:24PM OFFICERS.
12:10:24PM IF WE HAVE MORE POLICE OFFICERS, THE PEOPLE WOULD BE LESS
12:10:27PM STRESSED OUT BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO GET THE OVERTIME
12:10:29PM WORK.
12:10:30PM THEY COULD BE WITH THEIR FAMILIES INSTEAD.
12:10:32PM WE NEED TO THINK STRATEGICALLY ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
12:10:34PM THANK YOU.
12:10:38PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU, SIR.
12:10:39PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AS YOU KNOW, I AM A PROFESSIONAL
12:10:40PM OVERTHINKER AND I HAVE CONCERNS, ESPECIALLY IN REGARDS TO
12:10:45PM THE HALF-CENT SALES TAX.
12:10:46PM I KNOW THAT THERE IS A RENEWAL COMING UP ON THE BALLOT, BUT
12:10:49PM THERE'S ALSO ONE IN REGARDS TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, CORRECT?
12:10:53PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES.
12:10:54PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO THERE ARE TWO PROPOSED TAXES EVEN
12:10:56PM THOUGH ONE IS ESSENTIALLY A RENEWAL.
12:11:00PM MY FEAR IS THAT IT DOESN'T PASS, IT DOESN'T GO THROUGH
12:11:03PM BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO ON THE BALLOT BECAUSE OF THE POLITICAL
12:11:05PM CLIMATE, BECAUSE OF WHATEVER REASON.
12:11:08PM THEN WHAT DO WE DO?
12:11:09PM I KNOW WE SUBMITTED THE CIT MONEY THROUGH UNTIL IT ENDS,
12:11:16PM WHICH IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
12:11:17PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, SIR.
12:11:18PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS WE WANT TO
12:11:20PM DO.
12:11:20PM THINGS WE BONDED OUT THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY PAY DOWN EARLIER
12:11:24PM WITH THAT CIT REVENUE.
12:11:27PM I'M JUST WORRIED THAT WE DON'T OVER-LEVERAGE AND OVEREXTEND
12:11:33PM OURSELVES AND WE FIND OURSELVES WITH -- THE CIT HAS BEEN
12:11:37PM VERY PRODUCTIVE, I THINK, AND VERY FAVORABLE TO US, BUT
12:11:40PM THAT'S A LIFELINE THAT MAY OR MAY NOT RUN OUT.
12:11:43PM I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PREPARE FOR BOTH SCENARIOS.
12:11:47PM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:11:49PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:11:49PM I APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMENTS THAT WERE SAID EARLIER.
12:11:52PM BUT LET'S GO BACK TO THE '90s.
12:11:54PM WE HIRED 100 POLICE OFFICERS UNDER THE GRECO ADMINISTRATION.
12:11:58PM GOT A GRANT FOR THREE YEARS THAT THE FEDS WOULD PAY FOR IT
12:12:00PM AND THE CITY COUNCIL DID APPROVE THAT AND THE CITY COUNCIL
12:12:03PM AND THE MAYOR THAT TIME DID FIND THE MONEY TO FUND THEM FOR
12:12:06PM THE FUTURE.
12:12:07PM LET ME CLEAR THAT PART OF WHAT WAS SAID EARLIER OUT.
12:12:10PM THE SECOND PART THAT YOU WANT TO LOOK AT, WHAT HAPPENED IN
12:12:12PM 1996.
12:12:14PM IN FEBRUARY, MARCH OF '96, THAT TAX WAS PUT ON THE BALLOT
12:12:18PM AND IT WAS REJECTED SOUNDLY.
12:12:21PM SAME PEOPLE THAT WANT TO DO SOMETHING FOR THEMSELVES,
12:12:25PM BROUGHT IT BACK UP WITH ANOTHER ENTITY IN IT THAT COST A LOT
12:12:31PM OF MONEY AND IT PASSED BY 1.5%, I THINK IT WAS.
12:12:35PM IT'S GOING TO COME UP AGAIN.
12:12:39PM MAYBE THAT IS THE PLAY.
12:12:41PM PUT TWO TAXES UP SO IT FAILS.
12:12:44PM THEN THE ENTITY COMES BACK IN AND SAYS I'LL SAVE YOU ALL
12:12:48PM BECAUSE WITHOUT ME, YOU CAN'T LIVE.
12:12:50PM THAT IS THE ONLY ENTITY THAT GIVE PRIVATE MONEY.
12:12:54PM THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT I'M LOOKING AT VERY CAREFULLY.
12:12:59PM I WORE BLACK FOR SIX MONTHS AND THE SUIT IS STILL HANGING ON
12:13:05PM THE WALL AND I MAY WEAR IT AGAIN BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO
12:13:08PM LET THAT HAPPEN AGAIN WITHOUT A FIGHT.
12:13:09PM IT BELONGS TO PUBLIC TAXPAYERS.
12:13:12PM THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE TODAY IN
12:13:15PM SOCIETY BY GIVING IT TO INDIVIDUALS WHO DON'T NEED IT.
12:13:19PM END OF STORY.
12:13:20PM THANK YOU.
12:13:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ELSE BEFORE I GO TO ANOTHER
12:13:22PM ROUND?
12:13:23PM YES, MA'AM.
12:13:25PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: HELLO.
12:13:26PM BEING THE NEOPHYTE HERE, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS
12:13:34PM FOR YOU THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY SOLID WASTE CONTINUES TO
12:13:36PM BE AN ENTERPRISE BUSINESS WHEN IT LOSES MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
12:13:42PM THAT'S JUST NOT UNDERSTANDABLE TO ME, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING
12:13:47PM THAT THE NEEDS OF THEM EVEN COMING TO US RECENTLY FOR SOME
12:13:53PM TYPE OF INCREASE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL SUPPORT IT COMING
12:13:56PM OUT OF THE RED.
12:13:57PM I KNOW THAT THAT'S A LARGER CONVERSATION FOR THE FINANCIAL
12:14:01PM FOLKS THAT HAVE THE SKILL SETS TO ADDRESS THAT.
12:14:04PM I JUST DON'T SEE IT AS AN ENTERPRISE BUSINESS.
12:14:07PM HOWEVER, I DO SEE THE CONVENTION CENTER AS ENTERPRISE
12:14:10PM BUSINESS, AND IT IS NOT LISTED AS ONE.
12:14:13PM IT IS OUR MAJOR HUB WHERE EVENTS COME INTO THE CITY.
12:14:16PM CERTAINLY, IT MAKES A LOT OF MONEY BUT IT'S NOT PRESENTED TO
12:14:19PM US WHERE WE CAN CLEARLY SEE HOW MUCH MONEY THE CONVENTION
12:14:22PM CENTER BRINGS TO US.
12:14:24PM I DO FEEL LIKE THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED AS AN ENTERPRISE
12:14:28PM BUSINESS.
12:14:28PM THE OTHER THING IS, IT'S ON A SMALL SCALE FOR ME BUT I KNOW
12:14:35PM FOLKS ON STAFF LISTENING TO THIS.
12:14:37PM PARKS AND RECREATION IS NOT AN ENTERPRISE BUSINESS.
12:14:42PM BUT IS IT EXPECTED TO BREAK EVEN, THE FEES THAT WE CHARGE
12:14:46PM AND THINGS LIKE THAT?
12:14:47PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: NO, NOT AT ALL.
12:14:49PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WHY DO WE CHARGE FOR THINGS, AND THIS IS
12:14:52PM MAYBE A QUESTION YOU CAN COME BACK AND ANSWER AT A LATER
12:14:57PM TIME.
12:14:58PM FOR EXAMPLE, CATERING.
12:14:59PM THE CITY COLLECTS A 10% FEE FROM THE CATERERS.
12:15:03PM WHY DO WE DO THAT IF IT IS NOT AN ENTERPRISE BUSINESS?
12:15:05PM WHY ARE WE CHARGING THEM FOR THAT?
12:15:07PM I RECENTLY WENT TO AN EVENT AT THE RIVER CENTER BY ONE OF
12:15:13PM OUR CATERERS AND IT COSTS ALMOST $7,000.
12:15:20PM $67 PER PERSON, WHICH WAS RIDICULOUS FOR WHAT WE RECEIVED
12:15:26PM AND IT WAS A CITY ORGANIZATION THAT WAS THERE.
12:15:29PM IT APPEARS TO BE AN ENTERPRISE BUSINESS OVER AT THE TAMPA
12:15:34PM RIVER CENTER BECAUSE A LOT OF MONEY BEING CHARGED.
12:15:37PM CHARGING A FEE TO THE ORGANIZATION TO HAVE THE EVENT THERE.
12:15:39PM ON TOP OF THAT WE'RE CHARGING ANOTHER FEE FOR THEM TO HAVE
12:15:43PM -- TO USE THE CATERER THAT THEY ARE FORCED TO USE.
12:15:46PM ALL OF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I'M INVESTIGATING MYSELF AND
12:15:49PM FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT IF PARKS AND REC IS NOT AN
12:15:53PM ENTERPRISE BUSINESS, WHY ARE CERTAIN ENTITIES OF IT TREATED
12:15:56PM LIKE THAT?
12:15:57PM TO THE PUBLIC THAT ALREADY PAYS FOR PARKS AND REC.
12:16:02PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: WOULD YOU MIND IF WE CIRCLE BACK WITH A
12:16:05PM MORE EXTENSIVE AND RESEARCHED?
12:16:07PM IT IS A GOOD QUESTION.
12:16:08PM I WOULD RATHER PROVIDE YOU WITH A MORE WELL-RESEARCHED
12:16:11PM ANSWER.
12:16:11PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ABSOLUTELY.
12:16:12PM THAT IS ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE AREAS THAT I'M GOING TO
12:16:15PM CONSTANTLY BE DIVING INTO, INCLUDING THE CONTRACTS OF HOW
12:16:18PM THESE BUSINESSES ARE SELECTED TO DO BUSINESS WITH US WHEN IT
12:16:22PM COMES TO CATERING AND CERTIFICATION.
12:16:25PM THOSE ARE JUST SOME POINTS I WANTED TO MAKE, BUT THE
12:16:28PM CONVENTION CENTER IS ONE OF THEM THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED
12:16:31PM AS WELL.
12:16:31PM I DO BELIEVE IT IS A PROFIT-MAKING ENTITY.
12:16:36PM GIVES THE IMPRESSION.
12:16:37PM BUT SOLID WASTE IS CLEARLY NOT.
12:16:38PM THE SHORTFALL IN THIS PARTICULAR PRESENTATION IS, WHAT, $20
12:16:42PM MILLION.
12:16:43PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: 20 PLUS.
12:16:45PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: IF IT'S AN ENTERPRISE BUSINESS, WE'RE NOT
12:16:47PM DOING A GOOD JOB.
12:16:49PM I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
12:16:51PM THANK YOU.
12:16:54PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
12:16:55PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CIRCLING BACK ON A COUPLE OF THINGS AS FAR
12:16:58PM AS EXPECTATIONS BECAUSE IT CLUED ME IN WHAT COUNCILMAN
12:17:01PM CARLSON SAID ABOUT COUNCIL'S PREROGATIVE DURING THE BUDGET
12:17:05PM SEASON.
12:17:05PM TO BE MORE SPECIFIC, I'M LOOKING TO TRIPLE WHERE WE ARE ON
12:17:08PM ROAD IMPROVEMENTS WITH CITY OF TAMPA, LOOKING FOR $45
12:17:10PM MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET.
12:17:13PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: 45?
12:17:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HOPEFULLY THAT'S SOMETHING COUNCIL WILL
12:17:17PM SUPPORT BECAUSE WE'RE SO FAR BEHIND AND SO DERELICT IN
12:17:21PM KEEPING OUR ROADS UP TO DATE.
12:17:23PM I THINK ONE OF THE MOST COMMON THEMES I HEAR ACROSS THE
12:17:25PM ENTIRE CITY IS THE CONDITION OF OUR ROAD SYSTEM.
12:17:27PM SO WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
12:17:29PM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, PART OF THE ISSUE IS LIKE THE STADIUM,
12:17:37PM THE BUCS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY --
12:17:40PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: [INAUDIBLE]
12:17:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT BIG CONCRETE STRUCTURE ON DALE MABRY,
12:17:44PM BUCS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RENEW THEIR LEASE EVERY FIVE
12:17:47PM YEARS AND WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT.
12:17:49PM IT'S GOING TO COST US ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
12:17:51PM BETWEEN US AND THE COUNTY AND KEEPING IT UP --
12:17:54PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: [INAUDIBLE]
12:17:59PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.
12:18:00PM CORRECT.
12:18:01PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: [INAUDIBLE]
12:18:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: EXACTLY.
12:18:04PM BE PREPARED.
12:18:05PM SECONDLY, ON THE TAX, THE SALES TAX ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE
12:18:13PM ONE BIG ISSUE THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUALLY TALK ABOUT AND IT
12:18:16PM IS REPLACEMENT OF OUR POLICE HEADQUARTERS.
12:18:17PM I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON
12:18:20PM TOO WHEN WE GENERATE THAT CIT MONEY.
12:18:23PM IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT SO WE AVOID
12:18:26PM THE BURDEN FROM THE GENERAL FUND OF HAVING TO TAKE THAT BIG
12:18:29PM HIT.
12:18:29PM IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS VERY CLEARLY APPROPRIATE FOR CIT OF
12:18:34PM PARLAYING THAT BUILDING INTO A NEW STRUCTURE SOMEWHERE ELSE
12:18:37PM AND THEN WE CAN HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT WE DO
12:18:39PM WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE NEXT DOOR WHICH I HOPE
12:18:43PM TO KEEP THE GARAGE FOR THE CITY SINCE ALL THE CITY EMPLOYEES
12:18:46PM DOWN HERE, SEEMS TO BE APPROPRIATE.
12:18:47PM I THINK THAT'S KIND OF IT.
12:18:49PM ROADS, ROADS, ROADS.
12:18:50PM POLICE, POLICE, POLICE.
12:18:52PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND, SECOND, SECOND.
12:18:53PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:18:54PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
12:18:55PM I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR ONE-ON-ONE BRIEFINGS REGARDING THE
12:18:58PM BUDGET.
12:18:59PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: AS DO I.
12:19:00PM THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
12:19:01PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
12:19:02PM >>LUIS VIERA: REALLY, REALLY FAST, IF I MAY, AND MR. ROGERO,
12:19:05PM THANK YOU ALWAYS FOR YOUR DETAILED PRESENTATION AND
12:19:09PM PROFESSIONALISM.
12:19:10PM WHEN IT COMES TO THE FUNDS AND I WAS OUT FOR A LITTLE BIT.
12:19:13PM IF THIS WAS ADDRESSED, I APOLOGIZE.
12:19:15PM TALLAHASSEE FUNDS FROM THE PENNY SALES TAX, WHAT'S UP WITH
12:19:19PM THAT?
12:19:19PM WHEN CAN WE EXPECT THOSE FUNDS?
12:19:22PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: THE ALL FOR TRANSPORTATION.
12:19:25PM I DON'T KNOW.
12:19:27PM I CAN CIRCLE BACK TO YOU.
12:19:29PM AS YOU KNOW IT'S BEEN HELD IN KIND OF LIMBO FOR QUITE SOME
12:19:31PM TIME.
12:19:32PM AND I HAVE HEARD AND READ AND BEEN TOLD VARIOUS SCENARIOS.
12:19:37PM I DON'T HAVE A FIX ON IT.
12:19:39PM IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL CIRCLE BACK WITH THE FIRMEST FIX I
12:19:45PM CAN GET.
12:19:47PM >>LUIS VIERA: SURE.
12:19:48PM THERE ARE THINGS THAT THEY REALLY WANT US TO INVEST IN AND
12:19:52PM COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE TALKED ABOUT TRANSPORTATION OR ROADS.
12:19:56PM I ALWAYS SAY THAT IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, PEOPLE ARE IN SUCH
12:19:59PM A CRISIS ON TRANSPORTATION THAT 60% OF THE PEOPLE SAID
12:20:03PM PLEASE RAISE MY TAXES BECAUSE OUR ROADS ARE SO BAD IN 2018.
12:20:08PM IN 2022 VERY ANTITAX YEAR, YOU ALMOST HAD A PENNY SALES TAX
12:20:14PM PASSED EVEN THOUGH STRUCK DOWN IN CIRCUIT COURT BEFORE FOLKS
12:20:19PM VOTE ON IT.
12:20:19PM AGAIN, THERE IS A REAL APPETITE OUT THERE FOR INVESTING IN
12:20:22PM TRANSPORTATION AND BEING ABLE TO FUND IT.
12:20:25PM PUBLIC SAFETY, TALKING ABOUT RENEWAL OF CIT, WE'LL BE
12:20:28PM TALKING ABOUT FIRE STATIONS AFTER LUNCH.
12:20:31PM A BIG, BIG, BIG FOCUS HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
12:20:34PM I FEEL THAT WE'RE FALLING BEHIND IN A LOT OF AREAS FROM
12:20:38PM YEARS AGO, ESPECIALLY DOWNTOWN.
12:20:39PM I THINK CHANNELSIDE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ADDRESS THINGS IN
12:20:43PM NORTH TAMPA AND THAT'S WONDERFUL.
12:20:45PM AND WE GOT TO FOCUS ON DOWNTOWN CHANNELSIDE.
12:20:47PM I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
12:20:50PM THE OTHER BIG THING, AGAIN, HOW DO WE PAY FOR THESE THINGS?
12:20:53PM RIGHT?
12:20:54PM THE PUBLIC WANTS THESE THINGS BUT HOW DO WE PAY FOR THESE
12:20:57PM THINGS?
12:20:57PM WE ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE A VERY HONEST DISCUSSION.
12:21:00PM THAT WAS THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY MASTER PLAN,
12:21:03PM TELL PEOPLE, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED, HOW MUCH IT WILL
12:21:06PM COST TO GET IT AND HOW DO WE PAY FOR IT?
12:21:08PM ONLY PAY FOR TWO-THIRDS OF IT, FINE, WE'LL ABANDON THE OTHER
12:21:11PM THIRD.
12:21:12PM BUT THERE'S MATHEMATICS THAT COMES INTO PLAY AND WE HAVE TO
12:21:15PM BE HONEST WITH THE PUBLIC ON THAT.
12:21:17PM AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, SIR.
12:21:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON AND THEN
12:21:21PM CLENDENIN.
12:21:23PM >>BILL CARLSON: JUST SOME QUICK HITS, COUNCIL MEMBER
12:21:27PM CLENDENIN MENTIONED $45 MILLION FOR ROADS.
12:21:30PM AS I RECALL WE NEED ABOUT $2 BILLION TO FIX THE ROADS THAT
12:21:35PM ARE JUST THE CITY ROADS.
12:21:36PM AND 45 MILLION IS A LOT MORE THAN THE 4 MILLION THAT WAS A
12:21:41PM COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
12:21:42PM THERE WAS AT LEAST 12 YEARS WHERE THERE WAS AN ANTICIPATION
12:21:47PM OF ALL FOR TRANSPORTATION GOING THROUGH, AND SO THE ROADS
12:21:51PM WERE ARTIFICIALLY NOT PAVED BECAUSE OF THAT ANTICIPATION.
12:21:55PM AND NOW -- AND THERE WAS ALSO AN ARGUMENT THAT, WELL, ROADS
12:21:58PM ARE PAID OUT OF GAS TAX.
12:22:00PM WELL, THAT'S NOT ENOUGH TO COVER IT ANYMORE.
12:22:02PM SO WE HAVE NO CHOICE.
12:22:04PM WE CAN'T HAVE ROADS IN THE STATE THAT THEY ARE IN.
12:22:07PM AND WE HAVE TO DO IT IN THE RIGHT WAY.
12:22:09PM I THINK MOBILITY IS DOING A GOOD JOB BY SOMEONE SAID BY
12:22:12PM PAVING THEIR OWN ROADS.
12:22:14PM NOT ONLY SUPPORT 45, I WISH WE WOULD GO UP HIGHER AND
12:22:18PM SPECIFICALLY TALK ABOUT THE ROADS WE'RE DOING, TOO.
12:22:21PM THE CONVENTION CENTER, COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON MENTIONED
12:22:25PM THE CONVENTION CENTER, I DON'T CARE WHETHER WE PUT IT IN
12:22:28PM ENTERPRISE FUND OR NOT, BUT WE NEED TO CLEARLY SHOW THE
12:22:31PM PUBLIC WHAT THE SUBSIDY IS BECAUSE I THINK WE PUT IN LIKE
12:22:34PM $30 MILLION JUST IN THIS ROUND OF THE CRA.
12:22:37PM AND SO WE NEED TO DISCLOSE MAYBE ON TOP OF THAT, IT
12:22:42PM GENERATES A SURPLUS, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND
12:22:45PM WHAT THE TOTAL INVESTMENT IS.
12:22:48PM WITH PARKS, MAYBE THERE IS A DIFFERENT WAY OF LOOKING AT
12:22:52PM PARKS, IF IT'S NOT AN ENTERPRISE FUND, AND SO I THINK HER
12:22:56PM POINT IS A GOOD ONE.
12:22:57PM WHAT IS THE MODEL FOR THESE THINGS?
12:22:59PM I THINK PEOPLE HAVE SAID IN THE PUBLIC THAT IF WE'RE
12:23:01PM CHARGING FOR SUMMER PROGRAMS THERE SHOULD BE SUBSIDIZED
12:23:04PM PROGRAMS OR FREE PROGRAMS.
12:23:05PM BUT FOR PEOPLE WHO AFFORD TO PAY, THEY SHOULDN'T PAY THE
12:23:09PM SUBSIDIZED RATE.
12:23:10PM THEY SHOULD PAY A MARKET RATE.
12:23:13PM EVEN IF IT IS NOT AN ENTERPRISE, WE SHOULDN'T AUTOMATICALLY
12:23:16PM SUBSIDIZE EVERYTHING.
12:23:17PM THE PROGRAMS SHOULD PAY FOR THEMSELVES.
12:23:19PM THE LAST THING IS THAT I'VE HAD MANY CONSTITUENTS CALL AND
12:23:22PM ASK THE ADMINISTRATION WHY SUCH AND SUCH ISN'T PAID FOR.
12:23:26PM WHY HAVEN'T YOU LANDSCAPED THIS?
12:23:27PM WHY HAVEN'T YOU PAID FOR THE ART PROGRAMS?
12:23:30PM WHATEVER.
12:23:30PM THE ANSWER FROM THE ADMINISTRATION IS, WELL, CITY COUNCIL
12:23:32PM DIDN'T APPROVE OUR TAX INCREASE.
12:23:36PM I KNOW FOR SURE THAT MOST OF THE THINGS THAT THE COMMUNITY
12:23:39PM IS COMPLAINING ABOUT WERE NOT IN THE BUDGET.
12:23:41PM THEY WERE NOT THINGS THAT WE CUT.
12:23:43PM SO I WOULD JUST ASK THIS YEAR, AS WE GO TO CUT THINGS, I
12:23:49PM WOULD LIKE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION, IF THEY WANT TO ASK US TO
12:23:53PM MAKE THE CHOICES LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA WAS SAYING, HAVE
12:23:56PM THEM LISTED SO THAT WE CAN VOTE.
12:23:58PM IF WE'RE GOING TO GET CRITICIZED FOR VOTING AGAINST
12:24:02PM SOMETHING AND CUTTING SOMETHING OUT OF THE BUDGET, I WANT TO
12:24:05PM MAKE SURE IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT'S WHAT WE DID.
12:24:07PM WE DID NOT NOT VOTE FOR ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICERS.
12:24:10PM WE DID NOT NOT VOTE TO SUPPORT THE POLICE.
12:24:13PM WE DID NOT NOT VOTE FOR OUR ARTS PROGRAMS.
12:24:16PM SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE
12:24:22PM TAKE OUT OF THE BUDGET, THE ONE THING WE CAN, AT LEAST I
12:24:26PM THINK CLENDENIN AND I CAN TAKE BLAME FOR, WE VOTED AND
12:24:30PM SUPPORTED AND I THINK OTHERS TO TAKE OUT THE SIGNAGE PROGRAM
12:24:32PM IN DOWNTOWN.
12:24:33PM SOME PEOPLE IN THE ADMINISTRATION ARE SAYING, WELL, THAT IS
12:24:35PM THE CAUSE NOW OF ALL THE CONGESTION IN DOWNTOWN, WHICH I
12:24:38PM DON'T BELIEVE EITHER.
12:24:39PM BUT WE DID TAKE THAT OUT.
12:24:40PM SO IF WE ACTUALLY TAKE SOMETHING OUT, WE SHOULD GET BLAMED
12:24:43PM FOR IT.
12:24:44PM IF WE DIDN'T, WE SHOULDN'T.
12:24:46PM LET'S BE EXPLICIT ABOUT WHAT ARE THE CHOICES WE NEED TO MAKE
12:24:50PM AND WHAT IS IT WE'RE APPROVING AND WHAT IS IT WE'RE TAKING
12:24:53PM OUT?
12:24:54PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
12:24:55PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YEAH, I DIDN'T THANK YOU, ONE, FOR MOVING
12:24:58PM THE SCHEDULE UP AND MAKING IT EASIER FOR COUNCIL TO MAKE
12:25:02PM THESE DECISIONS.
12:25:03PM $2 BILLION BUDGET.
12:25:05PM I APPRECIATE THE LITTLE EXTRA BUFFER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO
12:25:07PM THAT.
12:25:08PM OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT OUR NEW BUDGET ANALYST REPORTING TO CITY
12:25:12PM COUNCIL TO HELP US NAVIGATE THIS PROCESS, BUT I WANT TO
12:25:15PM REVISIT THE ALL FOR TRANSPORTATION FUNDS.
12:25:19PM BEING HELD HOSTAGE IN TALLAHASSEE BY POLITICIANS IN
12:25:22PM TALLAHASSEE THAT DON'T HAVE THE INTEREST OF HILLSBOROUGH
12:25:24PM COUNTY OR THE CITY OF TAMPA IN MIND.
12:25:26PM SO MUCH OF THAT MONEY IS BEING -- IS NOW BEING SPENT DAY BY
12:25:31PM DAY ON LAWYERS INSTEAD OF GOING TO OUR ROADS AND
12:25:33PM TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
12:25:35PM THE PEOPLE IN TALLAHASSEE, INCLUDING THE GOVERNOR, SHOULD BE
12:25:37PM ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES FOR HOLDING THAT MONEY HOSTAGE.
12:25:40PM THEY NEED TO RELEASE IT TO THE CITIZENS BACK, THE PEOPLE
12:25:43PM THAT PAID FOR IT AND LET IT BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE THAT IT
12:25:45PM WAS MEANT FOR FOR THE CITY, FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE IN
12:25:48PM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND THE CITY OF TAMPA.
12:25:49PM IF ANYBODY THAT IS LISTENING TO THIS, HOPEFULLY A FEW PEOPLE
12:25:53PM LISTENING, I URGE THEM TO CONTACT THEIR REPRESENTATIVES TO
12:25:57PM CALL THEM AND EXPRESS THAT DESIRE, TO SEND OUR MONEY BACK TO
12:26:02PM US, PERIOD.
12:26:06PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU, SIR.
12:26:07PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WELL, I HAVE TO AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN
12:26:12PM CLENDENIN.
12:26:14PM IT'S THEIR MONEY BECAUSE THEY HAVE IT IN THEIR BANK ACCOUNT.
12:26:17PM IT DOES NOT BELONG TO THEM.
12:26:19PM JUST LIKE GOING AND ROB A BANK.
12:26:22PM SO BANK ROBBERS GO TO JAIL.
12:26:24PM MAYBE THEY OUGHT TO GO TO JAIL.
12:26:26PM THANK YOU.
12:26:26PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I'LL END WITH THIS.
12:26:28PM IT'S INTERESTING.
12:26:29PM WE PULL UP OUR BRICK STREETS.
12:26:32PM WE PULL UP OUR STREETCAR SYSTEM.
12:26:33PM AND NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $2 BILLION IN ROAD REPAVING.
12:26:38PM WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS POSSIBLY
12:26:40PM IN EXTENDING THE STREETCAR THAT WE HAD TO ESSENTIALLY
12:26:43PM REBUILD.
12:26:43PM SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS PROGRESS IS DANGEROUS AND EXPENSIVE.
12:26:47PM AND IN THIS CASE HERE WE ARE.
12:26:49PM IT COMES FULL CIRCLE.
12:26:51PM WE WERE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT A HUNDRED YEARS AGO WHEN WE
12:26:53PM HAD BETTER ROADS.
12:26:54PM WHEN WE HAD PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION THAT WORKED AND HERE WE
12:26:57PM ARE.
12:26:58PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:26:59PM JUST WANTED TO MAKE MY RANDOM UNNECESSARY COMMENT.
12:27:04PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:27:04PM LET'S DO THE CONSENT AGENDA AND THEN WE'LL BREAK FOR LUNCH.
12:27:07PM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, YOU HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY.
12:27:09PM >>LUIS VIERA: I MOVE AFOREMENTIONED ITEMS.
12:27:13PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA TO MOVE
12:27:16PM ITEMS 6-13 WITH A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:27:19PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:27:20PM AYE.
12:27:22PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: FOR PARKS, RECREATION CULTURE COMMITTEE,
12:27:25PM MOVE ITEMS 14 THROUGH 18.
12:27:27PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON
12:27:28PM WITH A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:27:30PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:27:30PM AYE.
12:27:31PM ANY OPPOSED?
12:27:32PM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON IS THE VICE-CHAIR FOR 19 THROUGH 39.
12:27:39PM WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 29.
12:27:41PM >>BILL CARLSON: SO MOVED.
12:27:42PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
12:27:44PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
12:27:45PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:27:46PM AYE.
12:27:47PM ANY OPPOSED?
12:27:47PM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, YOU ARE THE FINANCE CHAIR.
12:27:50PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE ITEMS 40-47.
12:27:53PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:27:55PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
12:27:56PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:27:56PM AYE.
12:27:57PM ANY OPPOSED?
12:27:57PM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, THE CHAIR OF BUILDING, ZONING AND
12:28:00PM PRESERVATION.
12:28:00PM >>BILL CARLSON: MOVE 48 THROUGH 56.
12:28:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
12:28:04PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:28:05PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:28:06PM AYE.
12:28:06PM ANY OPPOSED?
12:28:07PM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN --
12:28:09PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOVE ITEMS 57 THROUGH 64.
12:28:11PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
12:28:14PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:28:15PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:28:16PM AYE.
12:28:16PM ANY OPPOSED?
12:28:17PM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA --
12:28:19PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE ITEM 66 FOR PUBLIC HEARING --
12:28:22PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 65 THROUGH 69.
12:28:24PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THROUGH 69 FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS AT 5:01.
12:28:29PM DIFFERENT ONES.
12:28:31PM 5:01 P.M. ON JULY -- JUNE 17 -- ALL DIFFERENT TIMES.
12:28:38PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU CAN MOVE THEM AS ONE.
12:28:41PM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA TO SET THE
12:28:43PM HESITATION.
12:28:43PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
12:28:45PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:28:45PM AYE.
12:28:46PM WE ARE IN RECESS UNTIL 1:30.
12:28:49PM WE MIGHT BE 1:40.
12:28:51PM SO BEAR WITH ME.
12:28:52PM THIS IS FOR LUNCH.
12:28:55PM IS IT TOO SHORT?
12:29:01PM [LUNCH RECESS]
01:41:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ROLL CALL PLEASE.
01:41:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE.
01:41:10PM >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
01:41:12PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
01:41:13PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
01:41:15PM >>CLERK: YOU HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
01:41:17PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
01:41:17PM WE WILL KICK IT OFF WITH TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
01:41:20PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL, CHIEF TRIPP, TAMPA
01:41:43PM FIRE RESCUE.
01:41:44PM I SUBMITTED A COUPLE OF MEMOS.
01:41:47PM IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO
01:41:49PM ANSWER THEM FOR YOU.
01:41:50PM I DON'T KNOW WHAT ITEM YOU WANT TO DO FIRST.
01:41:52PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA, IF YOU WANT TO KICK IT
01:41:57PM OFF.
01:41:58PM >>LUIS VIERA: QUICK AND THEN THE EUROPEAN GOES AND THEN I
01:42:01PM CAN ASK SOME QUESTIONS ARE MANISCALCO DO YOU HAVE A SLIDE
01:42:06PM SHOW CONVERSATION?
01:42:08PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: THE MEMO I TALKED ABOUT TALKED ABOUT A MASTER
01:42:13PM PLAN.
01:42:14PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
01:42:17PM I WILL TAKE THE UNION UP AND THEN GO BACK FROM THERE.
01:42:19PM YES, SIR, COME ON UP.
01:42:22PM HELLO, GOOD AFTERNOON.
01:42:28PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON, DON SNIPES, LOCAL 754.
01:42:32PM THANKS FOR HAVING US UP HERE.
01:42:34PM A LOT OF TIMES WHEN I SPEAK TO YOU, IT IS USUALLY RIGHT HERE
01:42:40PM FACE TO FACE, EYE TO EYE.
01:42:42PM THERE IS SO MANY BULLET POINTS TODAY, THAT I HAD TO PUT IT
01:42:46PM DOWN ON PAPER.
01:42:47PM I WISH IT COULD BE AS BRIEF AS MY PBA COLLEAGUES, BUT
01:42:52PM UNFORTUNATELY IT IS NOT.
01:42:52PM WE LIKE -- WE LIKE TO QUOTE FAMOUS PEOPLE SOMETIMES, RIGHT.
01:43:00PM SO I PULLED A QUOTE TODAY FROM JELLY ROLL.
01:43:03PM SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE COUNTRY MUSIC FANS.
01:43:05PM SOME OF YOU MIGHT NOT.
01:43:06PM I TOOK THE REAR VIEW OFF OF THIS OLD FORD SO I CAN ONLY SEE
01:43:10PM IN FRONT OF ME.
01:43:11PM THE EYE OF LOCAL 574 HAS BEEN RINGING THE BELL ON THIS
01:43:17PM OVERSIGHT AND FIRE PUBLIC SAFETY SINCE 2019-2019 THREE UNION
01:43:26PM PRESIDENTS.
01:43:26PM THREE FIRE CHIEFS.
01:43:27PM THOSE FIRE CHIEFS ALL WORKED TOGETHER IN THAT ADMINISTRATION
01:43:31PM FOR THAT TIME.
01:43:32PM THEY WERE ALL COLLEAGUES.
01:43:33PM WE LOOK AROUND ALL OVER THE CITY REGARDLESS IF YOU LOOK AT
01:43:41PM THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR VEHICLE, THE LEFT SIDE OR WINDSHIELD
01:43:46PM OR REAR VIEW.
01:43:48PM MILLIONS OF SQUARE FOOTAGE HAVE BEEN RAISED FROM THE GROUND
01:43:54PM UP AND STILL NOT DEDICATING PUB SAFETY TO THE FOREFRONT OF
01:43:59PM THE FIRESIDE.
01:43:59PM I HAVE BEEN AROUND FIRE SERVICE MY WHOLE LIFE, THIRD
01:44:02PM GENERATION FIRE FIGHTER.
01:44:03PM 28 OF MY OWN HAVE BEEN SPENT IN PUBLIC SERVICE.
01:44:06PM MY FATHER WAS ALONE AT FIRE CHIEF AND LED A FIRE DEPARTMENT
01:44:11PM IN CHARGE OF LEADING HIS MEN IN THAT DEPARTMENT AS CHIEF,
01:44:18PM HAVING TO CREATE MASTER AND STRATEGIC PLANS AND GOING IN
01:44:22PM FRONT OF CITY COUNCILS AND DOING THE SAME THING THAT YOU ALL
01:44:25PM HAVE ASKED OF THIS FIRE ADMINISTRATION.
01:44:32PM JUST HITS HOME.
01:44:33PM I AM A HISTORIAN DRIVEN BY DATA AND FACT.
01:44:36PM DATA SHOWS THAT WE ARE BEHIND.
01:44:37PM LEADERS LIKE TO LEAD.
01:44:45PM INFORM GOOD TIMES, THEY LOVE TO LEAD.
01:44:48PM IN THE PAD TIME, THEY HAVE TO LEAVE.
01:44:50PM JUST THE WAY WE HAVE TO GO IF WE HAD TO BE LEADERS.
01:44:55PM MOTION MADE.
01:44:59PM EARLY 2020.
01:45:00PM WORKSHOPS CALLED FOR MARCH OF 2021.
01:45:03PM THE LOCAL 574 PRESENTED TO COUNCIL MULTIPLE TIMES.
01:45:07PM HALF A DOZEN TIMES COUNCIL HAS REQUESTED A MASTER STRATEGIC
01:45:12PM PLAN HIGHLIGHTING DEFICITS AND SOLUTIONS FROM THE FIRE
01:45:14PM DEPARTMENT.
01:45:14PM I EVEN RECALL COUNCILMEMBERS AND COUNCILMEMBERS OF THEIR
01:45:25PM EXPERTISE IN STRATEGIC AND MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
01:45:28PM THE UNION HAS OFFERED OUR ASSISTANCE WITH THE FULL SUPPORT
01:45:34PM OF THE INTERNATIONAL OFFICE IN D.C. TO HELP MOVE THE CITY
01:45:39PM FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE DIRECTION IT NEEDS TO BE.
01:45:43PM MOSTLY COSTLY DATA ANALYSIS WERE DONE BY THE FIRE
01:45:51PM DEPARTMENT.
01:45:51PM THE IFF PROVIDED THIS SERVICE FREE THROUGH THE D.C. OFFICE.
01:45:56PM WE TALK ABOUT THE DATA.
01:46:01PM WE HEAR DATA A LOT.
01:46:02PM WE LIKE TO LOOK AT THE DATA.
01:46:04PM SOMETIMES WE ARE TOLD THAT THE DATA IS OLD.
01:46:06PM SOMETIMES WE ARE TOLD THE DATA IS DELAYED BECAUSE A C.A.D.
01:46:12PM SYSTEM IS NOT UP AND RUNNING.
01:46:13PM DOCUMENTED IN MANY MEETINGS, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
01:46:17PM ADMINISTRATION HAS HOLDING IT COUNCIL THERE WILL BE A C.A.D.
01:46:22PM SYSTEM UP AND RUNNING BY THE END OF THE YEAR 2021.
01:46:26PM I AM LOOKING AT THE DATE TODAY, IT IS MAY OF 2024.
01:46:31PM OKAY.
01:46:31PM WE HEAR DEPENDENT ON YOUR MOTIVATION HOW YOU MAY INTERPRET
01:46:38PM THE DATA.
01:46:39PM WE ALL DO THAT.
01:46:40PM I CAN GIVE YOU DATA THERE AT THE COUNCIL TABLE.
01:46:44PM THERE IS SIX OF YOU HERE TODAY THAT COULD INTERPRET IT
01:46:48PM HOWEVER YOU WANT.
01:46:50PM BUT WHEN WE DRIVE THE DATA, KEV TO DRIVE THE DATA FROM A
01:46:55PM STANDARD POINT.
01:46:56PM PBA AND CHIEF BERCAW WAS HERE THIS MORNING.
01:47:03PM DATA POINTS FROM ALL OVER THE NATION.
01:47:06PM AND DATA POINTS FROM OUR OWN CITY.
01:47:09PM UNEQUIVOCALLY, ALL GOOD DATA.
01:47:15PM THE DATA WE ARE LED TO BELIEVE ON THE IFF SAID IS UNIT HOUR
01:47:22PM UTILIZATION.
01:47:22PM THAT NEVER TAKES INTO AFFECT THAT WHEN THAT UNITS GETS THAT
01:47:30PM 911 CALL AT THE STATION, GETS ON THE ROAD, GETS TO THE
01:47:34PM PATIENT, DOES PATIENT CARE, THEN TRANSPORTS THAT PATIENT TO
01:47:39PM THE HOSPITAL OR IS ON APPEAR WORKING STRUCTURE FIRE OR AN
01:47:42PM EXTENDED BRUSH FIRE, THOSE ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE BUT WE
01:47:49PM ONLY USE THE TIME FROM GOING TO THE CALL TO THE TIME THEY
01:47:52PM GO, OKAY, WE ARE BACK IN THE TRUCK AND HEADED BACK TO OUR
01:47:55PM HOUSE.
01:47:57PM WELL, IF I AM A TRUCK ON THE NORTH END AND I GET INVITED
01:48:01PM INTO THE INNER CITY, IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME BEFORE
01:48:04PM I GET UP TO THE NORTH END TO PROTECT THOSE COMMUNITIES
01:48:08PM AGAIN.
01:48:08PM SO UNIT HOUR AUTHORIZATION IS NOT A VERY GOOD GRADIENT TO
01:48:13PM USE.
01:48:13PM THE NFPA PUTS OUT A STANDARDIZED WAY TO CALCULATE SERVICE
01:48:23PM FOR YOUR DELIVERY ZONE.
01:48:25PM AND IT IS FROM WHEN THE UNIT IS DISPATCHED TO WHEN A UNIT IS
01:48:30PM AVAILABLE TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY IT BELONGS IN.
01:48:32PM THOSE ARE DATA POINTS.
01:48:37PM CALL VOLUME IS STILL A PROBLEM.
01:48:43PM TRAVEL TIMES, STILL A PROBLEM.
01:48:46PM WE'VE GOT CONSTRUCTION EVERYWHERE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
01:48:53PM WE HAVE GOT -- I PULLED NUMBERS FROM CHIEF BERCAW'S
01:48:59PM PRESENTATION THIS MORNING AND OVER 400,000 PEOPLE LIVE IN
01:49:02PM THE CITY OF TAMPA.
01:49:03PM AND BY THE END OF 2028 WHICH IS IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THERE
01:49:08PM IS GOING TO BE ALMOST 460,000 PEOPLE LIVING IN THE CITY OF
01:49:12PM TAMPA.
01:49:12PM THOSE ARE MORE BARRIERS FOR US ABLE TO GET FROM POINT A TO
01:49:18PM POINT B.
01:49:19PM THE UNIT HAS OFFERED STAFFING SOLUTIONS IN ORDER TO HELP
01:49:24PM MEET INDUSTRY STANDARDS AND LIFE SAFETY COMPONENTS TO THE
01:49:30PM RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO THIS CITY.
01:49:32PM TURN ON THE NEWS ANY GIVEN DAY.
01:49:34PM THE CITY OF TAMPA IS ON THE NEWS AS ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATED
01:49:38PM CITIES TO NOT ONLY BRING YOUR BUSINESS TO, YOUR INDUSTRY,
01:49:43PM MOVE IN HERE AND WORK, LIVE AND PLAY READY.
01:49:47PM INDUSTRY USES THE CITY OF TAMPA'S BACKDROP FOR THEIR
01:49:51PM MEETINGS, CONVENTIONS, AND ROLLOUT MAJOR PLANS THAT THEIR
01:49:57PM COMPANIES ARE GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
01:49:59PM IT IS A SOUGHT-AFTER PLACE.
01:50:03PM NOT ONLY DEALING WITH THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE HERE BUT
01:50:05PM DEALING WITH THE INFLUX OF VISITORS.
01:50:07PM ANOTHER ONE IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST TOURISM DESTINATIONS
01:50:14PM CURRENTLY IN THE STATE.
01:50:15PM NFPA SUGGESTS 182 PERSONNEL CURRENTLY OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT
01:50:22PM STAFFS 25 STATIONS WITH 162.
01:50:25PM WE HAVE 162 ON A DAILY BASIS TO COVER 25 STATIONS.
01:50:32PM NFPA SAYS 182.
01:50:38PM WE ARE JUST LOOKING TO PUT THE PEOPLE ON THE STREET THAT
01:50:41PM WHEN A 911 CALL COMES IN, NOT UNLIKE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
01:50:46PM WE CAN RESPOND WITH THE RESOURCES THAT ARE NECESSARY TO
01:50:49PM MITIGATE THOSE EMERGENCIES WHEN THEY HAPPEN.
01:50:52PM OUR STAFFING ALSO HAS BEEN SWAYED THE DAY.
01:51:05PM I WILL GO BACK TO THE DATA, I ONLY HAVE BEEN A UNION REP
01:51:10PM AUGUST OF LAST YEAR.
01:51:11PM VOTED IN BY THE MEMBERS OF LOCAL 754.
01:51:14PM AND I HEARD THE WORD "DATA" AD NAUSEAM.
01:51:18PM I JUST WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A GOOD DATA POINT TO START WITH.
01:51:22PM THE DATA SAYS, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS 792 BUDGETED
01:51:30PM POSITIONS.
01:51:31PM CURRENTLY WE HAVE 764 WHAT WE WOULD CALL BUTTS IN THE SEAT.
01:51:39PM I BELIEVE 12 OR 13 OF THEM ARE CURRENTLY AT THE TRAINING
01:51:43PM GROUNDS FINISHING UP THEIR TRAINING.
01:51:46PM THE FUNNY WAY I CAME TO THAT NUMBER IS FROM THE DATA I
01:51:55PM FOUND.
01:51:55PM IN FISCAL YEAR '23, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGETED FOR SWORN
01:52:02PM AND UNIFORM SALARIES.
01:52:06PM AND ALL THE WAY AT THE FAR RIGHT OF THE PAGE IT SAYS 12.3%
01:52:11PM SURPLUS.
01:52:11PM THAT IS OVER $7 MILLION BACK TO THE CITY, NOT USED FOR BUTTS
01:52:18PM IN THE SEAT.
01:52:18PM THAT WOULD BE -- IF I HAD TO SIM PLY IF FOR MYSELF, WE HAVE
01:52:29PM SEVEN POSITIONS ON COUNCIL.
01:52:30PM YOU KNOW WHAT?
01:52:30PM WE WILL PROBABLY GET AWAY WITH FOUR OR FIVE.
01:52:33PM LET'S BUILD THE SEATS.
01:52:34PM THE BUDGET IS THERE.
01:52:35PM THE NUMBERS ARE THERE.
01:52:37PM THE DATA IS FROM THE CITY.
01:52:39PM NOT THE I.A.F. DATA, THE CITY'S DATA.
01:52:47PM 574 HAS REPEATEDLY HOPED TO HELP OUR FIRE ADMINISTRATION
01:52:53PM WITH THE FULL SUPPORT OF OUR D.C. OFFICE.
01:52:56PM THE ADMIN HAS NOT REACHED OUT.
01:52:58PM THE PAST SIX MONTHS, WE SCHEDULED LABOR MANAGEMENT.
01:53:02PM CONTRACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO HAVE ONCE A MONTH.
01:53:05PM WE HAD FOUR.
01:53:06PM ONE WAS CANCELLED BY THE ADMINISTRATION IN THE MONTH OF
01:53:10PM APRIL.
01:53:10PM AND THAT MOST RECENT ONE UNFORTUNATELY A FIRE CHIEF WAS
01:53:14PM UNAVAILABLE BECAUSE OF OUR SCHEDULING.
01:53:16PM WE STILL HAD A LABOR MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION, BUT A LOT OF
01:53:20PM TIMES WHEN THE DEPARTMENT HEAD ANTIDEPRESSANT THERE IS A LOT
01:53:24PM OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS STILL.
01:53:25PM IN THE PREVIOUS FIRE ADMINISTRATION STRATEGIC MASTER PLAN --
01:53:36PM I DO HAVE SOMETHING FOR THE ELMO.
01:53:38PM I ALWAYS WANTED TO SAY THAT.
01:53:40PM THIS WAS FROM THE MASTER PLAN PRESENTED.
01:53:45PM IT SAYS, EIGHT EMS GOLF CARTS, TWO HEAVY RESCUES, 17 NEW
01:53:55PM RESCUE CAR AMBULANCES, FIVE NEW ENGINES, PUMPER, ONE NEW
01:54:00PM TILLER, K-9, CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, NUCLEAR IN BOAT AND
01:54:07PM TWO AMBU BUSES.
01:54:08PM WE FEEL THAT THE COUNCIL, SINCE YOU ARE PUTTING THIS
01:54:10PM ALLOTMENT OF MONEY ASIDE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE
01:54:13PM BUDGET, WHERE ARE WE ON THESE BENCHMARKS THAT HAVE ALREADY
01:54:19PM BEEN PUT IN FRONT OF YOU BEFORE IN COUNCIL.
01:54:22PM AGAIN, RECENTLY, WE ASKED ABOUT PROJECT STATION 24.
01:54:36PM STATION 24 FROM THAT SAME MASTER PLAN FOR NORTH TAMPA.
01:54:50PM WE STRUGGLE TO FIND SOME PROPERTY IN THE BEGINNING.
01:54:53PM THERE WAS -- THERE WAS DELAYS WITH -- A WITH A FEW OTHER
01:54:58PM HURDLES THAT HAD TO BE OVERCOME.
01:55:01PM AND MOST RECENTLY IN MULTIPLE LABOR MANAGEMENTS, WE HEARD
01:55:06PM HURDLES THAT SINCE THERE IS CHANGING STAFF IN MULTIPLE CITY
01:55:10PM DEPARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE THINGS CAN'T GET DONE.
01:55:14PM WE WILL GET THERE.
01:55:15PM WE ARE 20 YEARS BEHIND.
01:55:19PM I THINK I MADE THAT STATEMENT THE LAST TIME I ADDRESSED
01:55:24PM COUNCIL.
01:55:25PM WE ARE 20 YEARS BEHIND WITH A PROBLEM WE HAVE BEEN RINGING A
01:55:28PM BELL ON SINCE 2019 AND 2019, WE ARE STILL CONTINUING TO RING
01:55:33PM THE BELL, AND WE JUST NEED THESE MEN AND WE WILL OF IFF --
01:55:41PM LOCAL 574.
01:55:43PM THEY NEED THE SUPPORT.
01:55:44PM THEY NEED YOUR HELP IN DRIVING THIS DEPARTMENT IN A
01:55:48PM DIRECTION IT NEEDS TO BE.
01:55:49PM WE SAW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT STAND UP HERE THIS MORNING.
01:55:56PM WE AGREE THAT THE POLICE CHIEF AND THE P.B.A. HAS SAT DOWN,
01:56:01PM I THINK, PRESIDENT BRANDON BARKLEY SPOKE FOR 3 SECONDS.
01:56:05PM WE AGREE AND WE WILL A LOT THAT TIME FOR THE CHIEF TO
01:56:09PM PRESENT YOUR PLAN -- THE PLAN -- THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE PBA
01:56:14PM AND THE ADMINISTRATION AGREE UPON.
01:56:16PM I WOULD LOVE TO BE RIGHT HERE IN THAT SAME SPOT.
01:56:19PM SO TO KIND OF WRAP IT UP.
01:56:22PM I MADE A PROMISE TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE IAFF LOCAL 754
01:56:28PM THAT WHEN I BECAME AN ELECTED OFFICIAL OF THIS UNION, THIS
01:56:33PM LABOR UNION, THAT I WOULD FIGHT.
01:56:35PM I AM NOT GOING AWAY.
01:56:37PM I WILL NOT GO AWAY.
01:56:40PM I WILL CONTINUE TO BE DATA-DRIVEN.
01:56:44PM I WILL CONTINUE TO BE A HISTORIAN AND I WILL CONTINUE TO
01:56:47PM STAND IN FRONT OF YOU ALL.
01:56:48PM AND I WILL CONTINUE TO EXERCISE GIVING THE ADMINISTRATION
01:56:55PM ANY INSISTENCE IT NEEDS FROM THE IAFF.
01:56:58PM AND I SAID THAT IS NOT EVENLY ON THE LOCAL LEVEL.
01:57:02PM ALL THE WAY FROM DC WITH PRODUCTS THAT ARE FREE.
01:57:07PM NOT CHARGED BY AN OUTSIDE ANALYST COMPANY.
01:57:13PM THE LOCAL 754 UNION LEADERS OF THESE MEN AND WOMEN, I
01:57:24PM BELIEVE AT THIS TIME WE HAVE A TARGET ON OUR BACK,
01:57:27PM UNFORTUNATELY.
01:57:27PM I WILL NOT JAYWALK IN THIS CITY.
01:57:32PM I WILL NOT ACCEPT THE FREE CUP OF COFFEE FROM A VENDOR.
01:57:35PM BECAUSE THE LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE ARE HELD AT IS
01:57:40PM FAR BEYOND ANY OTHER POSITION I HAVE EVER SEEN.
01:57:45PM I NEVER FELT THAT WAY IN 21 YEARS.
01:57:48PM BUT I AM FOLLOWING PUT IT ON RECORD.
01:57:51PM -- I AM WILLING TO PUT IT ON RECORD.
01:57:57PM WE ARE SWORN TO PROTECT AND SERVE THIS PUBLIC.
01:58:01PM AND AS I STAND HERE TODAY, I AM GOING TO CONTINUE TO
01:58:06PM ADVOCATE FOR THE LIFE SAFETY OF THE CITIZENS, THE VISITORS,
01:58:12PM THE WORKING CONDITIONS OF THIS LOCAL WERE, THE SAFETY
01:58:16PM CONDITIONS OF THIS LOCAL, AND THE -- PROTECTED BARGAINING
01:58:23PM RIGHTS THAT ARE SIGNED BY THE CITY, THE ADMINISTRATION, AND
01:58:31PM THE FIRE UNION.
01:58:31PM THOSE ARE ALL -- THOSE ARE ALL COLLECTIVE RIGHTS THAT WE
01:58:36PM HAVE.
01:58:36PM THE LAST THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADD.
01:58:38PM WE HAVE 181 F-12 OR F-12-W LABELED CALLS.
01:58:45PM NOW IN FIRE TERMS, THAT MEANS WE ARE RESPONDING TO A
01:58:49PM STRUCTURE FIRE.
01:58:50PM WHEN IT PUTS A "W" CONTINUE TO, THAT MEANS WE ARE GOING TO A
01:58:56PM CONFIRMED WORKING FIRE AND WE WILL BE ENTERING AN IDEAL
01:59:02PM ENVIRONMENT.
01:59:02PM OUR DEPARTMENT SINCE JANUARY 1 HAS OPINION DIRECTORS PATCHED
01:59:06PM TO 118 OF THOSE TYPE CALLS.
01:59:08PM IN OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT THAT STARTED OVER A
01:59:12PM YEAR AGO, WE ARE GUARANTEED BUNKER GEAR.
01:59:18PM A SECOND SET.
01:59:18PM FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS LOCAL TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT
01:59:23PM THEMSELVES FROM CANCERS THAT OUR PEOPLE ARE AT A HIGHER RATE
01:59:29PM OF GETTING.
01:59:30PM LIKE I SAID, I WILL STAND HERE UNTIL -- UNTIL I AM BLUE IN
01:59:35PM THE FACE FIGHTING FOR THE SAFETY AND WELLNESS OF THE MEN AND
01:59:38PM WOMEN WHO ELECTED ME TO BE HERE.
01:59:39PM THOSE PIECES OF GEAR WERE MANUFACTURED.
01:59:43PM THEY SIT ON A SUPPLY RACK IN THE SUPPLY DIVISION, NOT ISSUED
01:59:48PM TO ITS PERSONNEL BECAUSE IT IS MORE CONVENIENT.
01:59:51PM AND THAT IS DOCUMENTED IN LABOR MANAGEMENT.
01:59:54PM IT IS MORE CONVENIENT TO ROLL THAT OUT AS A BIG PROGRAM.
01:59:59PM INCIDENTALLY, THE MANUFACTURE DATE STARTS THE CLOCK ON WHEN
02:00:05PM THAT GEAR EXPIRES.
02:00:06PM SO LITERALLY WE ARE TAKING LIFE SAFETY COMPONENT, PUTTING IT
02:00:10PM ON A SHELF, WAITING FOR THE CONVENIENCE TO DELIVER IT TO THE
02:00:14PM FIRE FIGHTERS OF THIS CITY TO SAY, YEAH, IT WILL BE EASIER
02:00:17PM TO MANAGE IF WE JUST DO IT ALL AT ONE TIME WHILE IT SITS
02:00:21PM THERE AND THE CLOCK IS TICKING ON ITS EXPLORATION.
02:00:25PM TO ME, THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE ARE LOOKING OUT FOR THE
02:00:31PM HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF THOSE FIRE FIGHTERS BY NOT PROVIDING
02:00:35PM THEM WITH THAT GEAR, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAVE 181 NEEDILY
02:00:43PM DANGEROUS TO LIFE AND HEALTH SITUATIONS THEY HAVE BEEN
02:00:47PM DISPATCHED ON I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND I AM NORMALLY PRO
02:00:55PM EVERYBODY.
02:00:56PM AND THAT IS GOING ON.
02:00:59PM THIS IS MY THIRD TIME ADDRESSING IT.
02:01:03PM AND I FEEL IT NEEDS TO BE VOICED.
02:01:08PM I HAVE THE RESPECT AND UPMOST UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CHIEF
02:01:14PM IS DOING THE BEST THAT THEY CAN.
02:01:17PM WE HAVE WORKED FORWARD ON OTHER THINGS.
02:01:19PM WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE STATION OUT THERE.
02:01:21PM GLAD TO HAVE THIS EQUIPMENT ORDERED.
02:01:23PM WE ARE HAPPY TO BE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, IT IS JUST
02:01:26PM THAT WE ARE NOT MOVING IN EMERGENCY DIRECTION.
02:01:31PM THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
02:01:32PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:01:34PM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
02:01:36PM >>LUIS VIERA: DID CHIEF TRIPP WANT TO SAY?
02:01:39PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I THINK SHE SHOULD GO FIRST.
02:01:41PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY, BUT I WANT TO
02:01:44PM COMMENT ON A COUPLE OF THINGS.
02:01:47PM FIRST OF ALL, I AM NOT HERE TO SPREAD ANY NEGATIVE PAUSE THE
02:01:51PM FIRE DEPARTMENT -- THE MEN AND WOMEN OF TAMPA FIRE RESCUE
02:01:57PM WORK HARD EVERY DAY.
02:01:58PM I HAVE BEEN IN THIS ADMINISTRATION THREE YEARS AGO, THIS
02:02:02PM ADMINISTRATION THE FEW SO HARD AND BUST OUR BUTT TO MAKE
02:02:06PM SURE MEN AND WOMEN OF FIRE RESCUE ARE TAKEN CARE OF.
02:02:10PM WHEN LOOKING AT THE BIG PICTURE -- WHEN I GOT IN THIS
02:02:14PM POSITION, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ON A DOWNHILL.
02:02:17PM THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS SLOWED THAT AND WE ARE ON THE
02:02:20PM UPHILL.
02:02:21PM THIS ADMINISTRATION SHUT NOT TAKE THE FACT OF MANUFACTURED
02:02:25PM SITUATIONS, DELAY WHEN IT COMES TO EQUIPMENT.
02:02:27PM WE HAVE PUT EVERYTHING TO THE FOREFRONT AND PUSHING FORWARD
02:02:34PM WHEN WE TALK THE DEFICIT, YES, WE ARE BEHIND.
02:02:36PM NOT THIS ADMINISTRATION'S FAULT.
02:02:38PM WE ARE TAKING IT AND MOVING FORWARD WITH IT TO HAVE THE
02:02:43PM OUTDATED VEHICLES AND C.A.D. SYSTEM THAT IS 28 YEARS OLD.
02:02:47PM WHEN I GOT IN THIS POSITION, A C.A.D. SYSTEM ALREADY IN PLAY
02:02:51PM AND I ENDED THAT BECAUSE IT WAS NOT GOING TO BE SUFFICIENT
02:02:55PM AND EFFECTIVE FOR THE TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
02:02:59PM WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING A NEW C.A.D. SYSTEM AND AS
02:03:04PM EVERYTHING, IT TAKES TIME AND THIS IS GOING UP.
02:03:06PM WE TALK OF THE MASTER PLAN.
02:03:08PM YES, WE NEED A MASTER PLAN.
02:03:10PM AS YOU KNOW FROM THE MASTER PLAN THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN IN THE
02:03:13PM PAST CERTAIN THINGS WE NEED TO STABILIZE BEFORE WE CAN SIT
02:03:17PM HERE.
02:03:18PM WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN ARE THE DEFENSE THE CITY TO ADDRESS
02:03:24PM THAT COMES UP IN THE MASTER PLAN.
02:03:25PM ONCE WE GET THESE VEHICLES IN PLACE AND GET THEM WHERE WE
02:03:29PM NEED TO BE, AS WELL A MASTER PLAN TO SEE HOW WE CAN MOVE
02:03:33PM FORWARD.
02:03:33PM EVERYTHING THAT IS ON THAT SHEET, WE RECEIVED THREE RESCUE
02:03:36PM -- SORRY, THREE ENGINES.
02:03:38PM WE RECEIVED A TILLER IN THE PROGRESS OF BEING PRODUCTIVE
02:03:42PM NOW.
02:03:42PM RECEIVED TWO HEAVY RESCUES.
02:03:44PM RECEIVED TEN OF THE 15 RESCUE CARDS.
02:03:47PM WE RECEIVED TWO OF THE AMBLE BUSES THAT ARE READY TO ROLL.
02:03:51PM AND WE HAVE BEEN USING THEM.
02:03:54PM AND A LOT OF THAT THAT WAS DONE IN '21 IS COMING TO FRUITION
02:04:00PM IN '24.
02:04:01PM NOT IN ADMINISTRATION'S FAULT THAT THE MANUFACTURER SAID WE
02:04:04PM CAN'T GET TO IT.
02:04:05PM WE HAVE TO GO ALONG WITH THE TECHNOLOGY, AS WELL AS
02:04:09PM COMMUNICATION, AS WELL AS WHAT THE VENDORS HAVE OUT THIS.
02:04:12PM WE ARE TALKING OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, TPD HAVING CERTAIN PLANS
02:04:17PM -- THEY HAVE CERTAIN PLATFORMS THAT IS TECHNOLOGY THAT TAMPA
02:04:20PM FIRE DID NOT HAVE.
02:04:21PM I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH ALL DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING TNI TO
02:04:24PM TRY TO GET THOSE DATA-BASED PLATFORMS IN POSITION.
02:04:27PM I WILL GO BACK TO OUR TRAINING.
02:04:29PM WE NEVER HAD VECTOR SOLUTION WHICH IS A TREND TO -- IT IS A
02:04:35PM TRAINING PLATFORM THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY SOME OF OUR DEFICIT
02:04:37PM TO HELP US WITH THE ISO, ONE OF THE LAST LARGE CITIES TO GET
02:04:43PM THAT.
02:04:43PM AND OF COURSE THAT COMPANY LIVES IN OUR BACK YARD.
02:04:46PM THIS ADMINISTRATION MADE SURE WE GOT THAT, OKAY.
02:04:48PM WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING OTHER EQUIPMENT TO GET THAT
02:04:53PM DAY TO HAVE THAT PLATFORM.
02:04:55PM WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING STATIONS AND RESCUE CALLS OUT
02:04:59PM THERE.
02:04:59PM CALL VOLUME.
02:05:03PM WE HAD MANY WOMEN AND WOMEN SAY WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU
02:05:07PM HAVE DONE AND WE SEE A CHANGE AND IT IS GOING FORWARD.
02:05:10PM I AM NOT GOING TO GO INTO DETAIL BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY
02:05:14PM QUESTIONS, I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER YOU.
02:05:15PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, COUNCILMAN VIERA.
02:05:19PM >>LUIS VIERA: CHIEF AND DONNIE AND YOUR REMARKS.
02:05:22PM WITH THE MASTER PLAN, WE FUNDED THAT IN THE BUDGET.
02:05:25PM I WAS GOING TO ASK CHIEF BENNETT ON THE STATUS OF THAT.
02:05:28PM THE PUBLIC SAFETY MASTER PLAN IS A REPORT THAT IS
02:05:32PM PROFESSIONALLY DONE AND WE WANT TO SEE THAT.
02:05:35PM I WILL ASK THAT AT THE END, IF I MAY.
02:05:38PM FUNNY, THE BIG THING I SENSE FOR YOURSELF, MADAM AND 754 IS
02:05:42PM A REAL SENSE OF URGENCY.
02:05:44PM I THINK THERE IS A MISSION THAT STIPULATED FOR THE RECORD
02:05:47PM THAT WE HAVE BEEN RUNNING BEHIND FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND
02:05:50PM YEARS.
02:05:50PM AND THAT WE ALSO MADE GOOD PROGRESS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
02:05:54PM BUT WHEN YOU HAVE COUPLE OF DECADES OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE OF
02:05:58PM NOT ADDRESSING CERTAIN ISSUES.
02:06:00PM I NEVER LIKE TO LOOK BACKWARDS, BUT DEALING WITH PRESENT
02:06:03PM ISSUES, YOU GOT TO LOOK BACKWARDS, RIGHT.
02:06:06PM BEFORE WE TALK OF THE DEFICITS WE HAVE NOW, IT IS IMPORTANT
02:06:10PM TO TALK OF SOME OF THE THINGS WE HAVE DONE TOGETHER.
02:06:13PM WORKED TOGETHER ON FIRE STATION 25.
02:06:15PM REAL SENSE OF URGENCY.
02:06:17PM PUT FORWARD FA FIRE STATION 25.
02:06:20PM FUNDED 20 23, THE PUBLIC SAFETY MASTER PLAN THAT GO FORWARD
02:06:26PM WHICH IS GREAT.
02:06:26PM NEW VEHICLES IN EAST TAMPA, SOUTH TAMPA, NORTH TAMPA, ETC.
02:06:31PM A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND WE HAVE SEEN SOME PROGRESS.
02:06:34PM WHEN YOU SURVEY.
02:06:36PM BY THE WAY I THINK THE THINGS WE ARE GOING TO SAY AND THE
02:06:39PM UNION AND THE FIRE CHIEF AGREE ON.
02:06:41PM I THINK THERE IS FRUSTRATION IN TERMS OF NOT MOVING FORWARD
02:06:45PM WITH AS MUCH VIGOR AS SOME FOLKS BELIEVE WE SHOULD.
02:06:48PM BUT I THINK THE CRISES EVERYBODY AGREES ON.
02:06:51PM LOOK AT NORTH TAMPA, STATION 13, THE BUSIEST STATION IN THE
02:07:00PM CITY OF TAMPA.
02:07:00PM YOU ARE SEEING ADVANCEMENT IN THIS.
02:07:02PM I AM NOW TOLD THAT 1 IS THE BUSIEST STATION.
02:07:06PM NEW TAMPA, A BIG CHALLENGE WITH THE RESPONSE TIMES.
02:07:09PM WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST A STATION FOR K-BAR RANCH.
02:07:12PM PUT THAT ON HOLD AND SOMETHING I WILL ASK YOU ABOUT AT THE
02:07:16PM END IF I MAY, ALTERNATIVE AS CUT-THRU FOR MORRIS BRIDGE ROAD
02:07:19PM AND ADDITIONAL VEHICLE ON THE STATION AT MORRIS BRIDGE ROAD
02:07:22PM AND CROSS CREEK.
02:07:24PM FLEET MAINTENANCE.
02:07:26PM I WILL ASK OF THAT.
02:07:31PM MOVING THAT OUT THE STATION 9, IT WILL BETTER RESPOND TO THE
02:07:35PM NEEDS IN WEST TAMPA.
02:07:36PM WEST TAMPA, WE ARE SEEING TONS OF NEW HOUSING OUT THERE.
02:07:40PM HOW IS STATION 9 GOING TO BE ACCOMMODATED.
02:07:43PM I WILL ASK YOU THAT, MA'AM, TO BUILD ON THAT DOWNTOWN TAMPA
02:07:51PM BIG ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM IN MY OPINION IS DOWNTOWN TAMPA.
02:07:53PM THAT IS HUGE.
02:07:54PM 20 YEARS AGO DOWNTOWN TAMPA WAS SMALL FRACTION OF WHAT IT IS
02:07:58PM TODAY.
02:07:58PM THEY HAD ONE FIRE STATION.
02:07:59PM TODAY, SAME FIRE STATION.
02:08:01PM AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
02:08:02PM AND I KNOW YOU AGREE WITH THAT, MA'AM, 100%.
02:08:06PM YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE THINGS IN THE NEWS.
02:08:07PM ELLIOTT BEING BUILT IN CHANNELSIDE.
02:08:15PM 40,000-SQUARE-FOOT SOCIAL CLUB.
02:08:17PM UNITS WITH ER, TAMPA TOWER.
02:08:20PM YOU CONTINUE TO BUILD.
02:08:21PM AND I AM GLAD FOR CHANNELSIDE.
02:08:24PM A GREAT TAMPA SUCCESS STORY, BUT WHERE IS THE ADDITIONAL
02:08:27PM FIRE PRESENCE?
02:08:28PM RIGHT?
02:08:29PM AND, AGAIN, WE ALL AGREE ON THAT, I THINK.
02:08:31PM WHERE IS THE ADDITIONAL FIRE PRESENCE?
02:08:34PM I THINK THE MAIN ISSUE THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE TODAY
02:08:37PM IS THAT CONTINUED SENSE OF URGENCY, TALKING ABOUT THE THINGS
02:08:41PM WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST AND WORKING TOGETHER TO KEEP IT
02:08:48PM MOVING WITH VIGOR.
02:08:48PM WHEN I HEARD DONNIE SPEAK -- I WAS REMINDED IN THE FAMOUS
02:08:53PM SPEECH OF JOE GRECO THAT I REPLAYED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO
02:08:57PM THAT SAID, WE NEED URGENCY.
02:08:59PM WE NEED URGENCY.
02:09:00PM TO WORK TOGETHER TO MEET THAT.
02:09:02PM THE BIG THING IS REVENUE.
02:09:03PM HOW ARE WE GOING TO PAY FOR ALL THESE THINGS, RIGHT?
02:09:07PM I PROPOSED THE ISSUE OF BONDING AND 24 AND THE FLEET
02:09:13PM MAINTENANCE STATION.
02:09:14PM IF WE ARE NOT GOING TO LOOK AT ADDITIONAL REVENUE, THIS IS
02:09:16PM NOT A PARK IN IS A DESIRE AND BOY, WE WANT THAT, WOULDN'T
02:09:20PM THAT BE NICE.
02:09:20PM THIS WE ALL AGREE IS 100% IN NEED.
02:09:23PM WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THESE THINGS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
02:09:26PM WE HAVE TO DO SO.
02:09:27PM WE TALK ABOUT IMPACT FEES.
02:09:33PM I AM ALL FOR IT.
02:09:34PM WE COULD HAVE PASSED IT FOUR YEARS AGO.
02:09:36PM WE NEVER DID.
02:09:37PM WE BRING IT BACK UP AGAIN.
02:09:39PM THOSE ARE GREAT.
02:09:39PM BUT NARROWLY TAILORED IN IMPACT FEE.
02:09:43PM VERY NARROWLY TAILORED.
02:09:45PM WICK LOOK AT -- WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST CAPPING THE
02:09:49PM DOWNTOWN CRA.
02:09:50PM THAT IS OFF THE TABLE.
02:09:51PM WE ARE ALL SPENT UP UNTIL 2028.
02:09:53PM NUMBER TWO HAVE DON'T HAVE THE VOTES FOR THAT.
02:09:57PM THAT IS OFF THE TABLE.
02:09:58PM WE TALKED OF MILLAGE, LOOKING AT OTHER SOURCES OF REVENUE.
02:10:05PM AND WHEN I BRING THIS UP, WE NEED TO THINK OF A DEDICATE
02:10:09PM HUMID FUNDING SOURCE -- AS LONG AS I AM IN OFFICE I WILL
02:10:12PM CONTINUE TO BEAT ON THIS DRUM.
02:10:14PM A DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCE.
02:10:17PM NOBODY WANTS TO BRING THAT UP.
02:10:20PM NOBODY WANTS TOO TALK OF HIGHER TAXES.
02:10:23PM ASK WALTER MONDALE.
02:10:27PM YOU HAVE TO DO IT AND YOU CAN'T USE LEMONADE STANDS TO SAY
02:10:31PM HAIL MARYS TO BUILD FIRE STATION AND HIRE NEW COPS
02:10:35PM ESPECIALLY IN THE CITY OF TAMPA WITH OUR REVENUE CHALLENGES.
02:10:37PM I WILL ASK A NUMBER QUESTIONS IF I CAN, MR. CHAIR.
02:10:42PM BUT AT THE END HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE SOME OF THESE ISSUES
02:10:45PM COME BACK US TO, SPECIFICALLY THE ISSUE OF FLEET MAINTENANCE
02:10:49PM STATION.
02:10:50PM I WILL ASK YOU THAT, CHIEF, IF I MAY, THE PROPERTY
02:10:53PM ACQUISITION, THE STATUS OF 24, CHANNELSIDE AND THE PUBLIC
02:10:58PM MASTER SAFETY PLAN ITSELF.
02:11:01PM WE FUNDED THAT LAST SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER.
02:11:03PM WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THAT?
02:11:06PM AGAIN, I WANT ALL OF OUR SHIPS SAILING IN THE SAME DIRECTION
02:11:10PM SO TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE.
02:11:11PM I THINK ALL OF OUR INTENT IS THERE.
02:11:14PM AND I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT CHALLENGES.
02:11:16PM I WON'T GET IN SOME OF THESE ISSUES AND I THINK WE ARE IN
02:11:21PM AGREEMENT OF THE SENSE OF URGENCY.
02:11:23PM WE HAVE DONE GREAT THINGS IN THE PAST BUT BEAT ON THIS DRUM
02:11:26PM TOGETHER TO GET THOSE THINGS ESPECIALLY FOR CHANNELSIDE,
02:11:30PM FLEET MAINTENANCE, NATION NUMBER 24, EMPTYING UP STATION 9
02:11:34PM TO MEET THE NEED OF WEST TAMPA.
02:11:35PM SO IF I MAY, REALLY FAST, CHIEF BENNETT, MAY I ASK A FEW
02:11:39PM QUESTIONS, MR. CHAIR?
02:11:41PM THANK YOU.
02:11:41PM BEFORE I ASK CHIEF TRIPP.
02:11:43PM CHIEF BENNETT, IF YOU WERE NOT PREPARED -- I DID NOT DISCUSS
02:11:47PM THIS WITH YOU BEFORE.
02:11:48PM BUT THE PUBLIC MASTER PLAN ITSELF, WE FUNDED IN THE BUDGET.
02:11:53PM SAND I CAN MAKE A MOTION TO REPORT ON THAT IN A COUPLE OF
02:11:56PM WEEKS IF YOU NEED MORE TIME.
02:11:57PM DO YOU KNOW THE STATUS OF THE ACTUAL REPORT.
02:12:00PM >>JOHN BENNETT: OUTSIDE -- JOHN BENNETT, CHIEF OF STAFF.
02:12:04PM OUTSIDE OF FUNDING OUT OF THE BUDGET, BOTH CHIEFS NEED TO
02:12:08PM GIVE US A STATE OF READINESS.
02:12:09PM IT IS THEIR MASTER PLAN.
02:12:11PM THE WAY I LOOK AT MASTER PLANS OVER THE YEARS.
02:12:14PM WHAT IS OUR REVENUE STREAM?
02:12:16PM WHAT IS THE GAP ANALYSIS FOR THE LEVEL OF SERVICE?
02:12:19PM I UNDERSTAND FROM CHIEF TRIPP SHE IS TRYING TO GET A SENSE
02:12:22PM OF STABILIZATION WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF ASSETS THAT HAVE
02:12:25PM ALREADY BEEN ORDERED TO DO THE DATA BACKGROUND WITH A GAP
02:12:30PM ANALYSIS.
02:12:30PM I HAVE SEEN AGENCIES IN FOXHOLES BEFORE.
02:12:33PM I THINK THE PRESIDENT MAY BACK ME UP, EVERY TIME WE TALK.
02:12:37PM I SAY HOW DID WE GET HERE AND HOW DO WE GET OUT OF HERE.
02:12:41PM I THINK IT IS A COMBINATION AND I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU SAID
02:12:44PM EVERYBODY WORKING TOGETHER TO STREAM UPSTREAM.
02:12:46PM YES, I THINK THAT BOTH CHIEFS HAVE TO REPORT ON THAT AND
02:12:50PM THEIR STATE OF READINESS OF EACH DEPARTMENT.
02:12:53PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
02:12:56PM CHIEF TRIPP, COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
02:12:59PM ARE YOU GOING TO TALK OF THE STATUS OF THE FUNDING REPORT?
02:13:02PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: FUNDING?
02:13:04PM >>LUIS VIERA: WE FUNDED IN THE 2023 BUDGET, FUNDING FOR A
02:13:07PM PUBLIC SAFETY MASTER PLAN.
02:13:09PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: YES, SIR, I AM NOT PREPARED FOR THAT.
02:13:11PM >>LUIS VIERA: THAT'S ALL RIGHT, MA'AM.
02:13:14PM I CAN TO THAT.
02:13:15PM REAL QUICK, WITH NEW TAMPA -- I KNOW YOUR WRITTEN REPORT AND
02:13:18PM I THANK YOU FOR THAT -- IT TALKS OF THE ALTERNATIVES WE ARE
02:13:22PM LOOKING AT CUTTING DOWN ON SAFETY AND RESPONSE TIMES
02:13:25PM ESPECIALLY IN THE K-BAR RANCH AREA.
02:13:28PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: AS PRETTY MUCH DISCUSSED BEFORE, THE BIG
02:13:31PM CONCERN IS GETTING IN K-BAR.
02:13:34PM AND ONE OF THE FASTEST AND URGENCY WAY TO HAVE UNITS THERE
02:13:40PM IS ACCESS OFF OF MORRIS BRIDGE ROAD.
02:13:42PM I HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH MOBILITY.
02:13:44PM AND, OF COURSE, I SENT THE LAST MAP.
02:13:46PM AND I GUESS IT IS SOME SORT OF CODES THAT HAVE TO BE
02:13:52PM APPROVED AND MAINTAIN ACCESS ON THAT.
02:13:54PM WITH THAT BEING SAID, MY PLAN IS TO TRANSPORT UNIT IN THE
02:13:58PM AREA TO HELP OUT, BECAUSE CURRENTLY STATION 21 IS THE
02:14:02PM CLOSEST RESCUE TRANSPORT UNIT TO K-BAR RANCH.
02:14:07PM I WANTED TO PUT ONE A LITTLE CLOSER TO HELP OUT WITH
02:14:10PM RESPONSE TIME.
02:14:11PM IF 21 IS OUT, WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER TRANSPORT UNIT IN THAT
02:14:14PM AREA.
02:14:15PM SO I THINK WITH TIME PAUSE, OF COURSE, BUILDING A STATION,
02:14:18PM WE ARE LOOKING AT FIVE, SIX YEARS IT WILL TAKE TIME.
02:14:21PM THE QUICKEST WAYS TO GET ACCESS OFF OF MORRIS BRIDGE ROAD
02:14:25PM AND REASONS TO PART UNIT IN THE STATION.
02:14:30PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM FOR THAT.
02:14:32PM STATION 24.
02:14:33PM OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE THE PROPERTY THERE.
02:14:34PM WHERE ARE WE AT BUILDING A FORESEEABLE TIMELINE?
02:14:40PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: WE ACTUALLY PREPARED -- GET EVERYTHING
02:14:42PM TOGETHER WITH THE RFP.
02:14:43PM WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER TO GO THROUGH THE DESIGN PHASE AND
02:14:46PM DEFINITELY IN THE WORKS.
02:14:47PM I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE CONTRACT ADMIN TO SET UP
02:14:52PM TIME.
02:14:53PM WE ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR PERSONNEL TO BE ABLE TO START
02:14:56PM WITH THE EVALUATION AND SCORING FOR THE DESIGN OF THAT
02:14:59PM PROJECT.
02:14:59PM IT IS FAST MOVING.
02:15:01PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MAMMOGRAM.
02:15:04PM DO YOU -- I AM NOT GOING TO HOLD IT TO YOU -- BUT DO YOU
02:15:07PM THINK -- TIME GOES BY SO FAST.
02:15:09PM MAY 2025, DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING UP?
02:15:13PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: HAVE SOMETHING UP OR BREAKING GROUND.
02:15:16PM >>LUIS VIERA: LET'S JUST SAY BREAKING GROUND.
02:15:18PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: I HOPE WE CAN BREAK GROUND THE FISCAL YEAR.
02:15:22PM THAT IS MY HOPE, BUT I DON'T KNOW THE FINE DETAILS AS FAR AS
02:15:26PM APPROVAL AND STUFF, BUT MY GOAL -- IF I COULD BUILD IT
02:15:29PM YESTERDAY, I WOULD HAVE.
02:15:30PM >>LUIS VIERA: OF COURSE, I GET THAT.
02:15:31PM FLEET MAINTENANCE.
02:15:33PM HOW DO WE DO WITH PROPERTY ACQUISITION FOR THAT.
02:15:36PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: DON'T HAVE ANY PROPERTY.
02:15:38PM WORKING WITH REAL ESTATE FOR PROPERTY.
02:15:45PM WE WANT TO COMBINE THE FLEET WITH SUPPLY TO MAKE SURE IT IS
02:15:49PM MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHEN THEY
02:15:53PM HAVE TO SWITCH VEHICLES.
02:15:54PM I AM LOOKING FOR PROPERTY.
02:15:55PM WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROPERTY.
02:15:57PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU FOR THAT.
02:15:58PM ONE OF THE MESSAGE THAT COUNCIL WILL SAY, WE PUT FORTH THE
02:16:02PM FUNDING SOURCE FOR THAT.
02:16:03PM EVERYTHING IS READY TO FLY.
02:16:04PM LET'S -- AND, AGAIN, I WILL MAKE A MOTION ON THAT.
02:16:08PM WITH BE REGARD TO CHANNELSIDE AND DOWNTOWN TAMPA, WHAT ARE
02:16:11PM SOME OF THE POSSIBLE REMEDIES FOR THE CHALLENGES WE SEE OUT
02:16:14PM THERE.
02:16:14PM AGAIN, TONS OF BUILDING OUT THERE.
02:16:19PM STEP OUT TO CHANNELSIDE A WHOLE LITTLE CITY OUT THERE.
02:16:22PM WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES AND REMEDIES?
02:16:25PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH REAL ESTATE TO SEE
02:16:27PM IF THERE IS ANY TYPE OF PROPERTY.
02:16:29PM BUILDING WITH THE DEVELOPERS AND BUILDERS, I HAVE NOT
02:16:32PM REACHED OUT TO THEM TO SEE IF THEY CAN DO SOME SORT OF
02:16:34PM SUBSTATION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, WOULD IT BE LAW ENFORCEMENT,
02:16:38PM FIRE TOGETHER AND SEE WHAT THE NEEDS IS, BUT I AM DEFINITELY
02:16:42PM WORKING ON THAT.
02:16:42PM MY PLAN IS ALSO TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL RESOURCE TO DOWNTOWN
02:16:47PM TAMPA TO HELP OUT THE CURRENT STATION, AS WELL AS THE PORT
02:16:52PM OF TAMPA AS WELL ONCE WE PUT IN THIS SERVICE.
02:16:59PM IT WILL STABILIZE PUTTING A BAND-AID TO FIND CONCRETE
02:17:04PM RESOURCES TO PUT A STATION IN AND SOME RESOURCES IN.
02:17:06PM LIKE I SAID, I HAVEN'T DEALT WITH THE DEVELOPERS AND
02:17:10PM SOMETHING I NEED GET WITH UM, CONSTRUCTION SERVICES.
02:17:16PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
02:17:17PM LAST QUESTION IF I MAY.
02:17:18PM WEST TAMPA AND STATION 9.
02:17:21PM WHEN WILL WE GET FLEET MAINTENANCE OUT OF THERE.
02:17:23PM WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS, FOR STATION 9 AND INCREASING NEEDS OF
02:17:28PM TAMPA.
02:17:28PM >> I NEED TO GET FLEET OUT OF THERE.
02:17:30PM BECAUSE STATION 9 WAS BUILT BACK IN '58 AND BUILT FOR ONE
02:17:36PM APPARATUS.
02:17:37PM WE HAVE THREE.
02:17:37PM BASICALLY STUFFED IN.
02:17:38PM THERE I WOULD LIKE TO TEAR THE STATION TOWN AND BUILD A
02:17:42PM FOUR OR FIVE BASE STATION SO THE UNITS CAN RUN OUT
02:17:45PM APPROPRIATELY AND PREDICT FOR FUTURE WE HAD TO ADD
02:17:48PM ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
02:17:49PM ONE OF THE THINGS I SEE BACK IN THE 50s YOU NEVER THOUGHT
02:17:53PM ABOUT, YOU KNOW, COMBINING RESCUE WITH FIRE.
02:17:55PM AND, OF COURSE, THAT TOOK PLACE.
02:17:57PM A LOT OF STATIONS ARE BUILT FOR ONE APPARATUS.
02:18:00PM SO TWO BAY THERE IS NOW.
02:18:01PM OF COURSE THE TRUCKS ARE BACKED UP, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TEAR
02:18:05PM A STATION DOWN AND BUILD AT LEAST A FOUR OR FIVE-BAY
02:18:09PM STATION.
02:18:09PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, CHIEF.
02:18:10PM I WILL MAKE A MOTION AT THE END IF THEY WANT TO MAKE OTHER
02:18:15PM MOTIONS AND THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN, COUNCIL.
02:18:18PM AND NICK STOCCO CAME IN LATE.
02:18:21PM HE IS PRESIDENT OF 754.
02:18:23PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:18:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CLENDENIN WAS FIRST.
02:18:25PM THEN CARLSON.
02:18:26PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
02:18:29PM AND THANK YOU FOR 754 AS WELL FOR A GOOD PRESENTATION.
02:18:35PM K-BAR, I APPRECIATE YOUR MEMO AND THE CREATIVE APPROACHES
02:18:40PM FOR THIS.
02:18:40PM TRYING TO RESOLVE RESPONSE TIMES FOR VEHICLES, I THINK IT IS
02:18:46PM CREATIVE AND UP APPRECIATE YOUR INSIGHT IN ADDRESSING THAT
02:18:50PM SITUATION.
02:18:50PM I AGREE WITH -- I HAVE A FEW THINGS TO TALK ABOUT.
02:18:53PM IMPACT FEE.
02:18:55PM I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN VIERA.
02:18:58PM LIKE FOOL'S GOLD.
02:19:01PM IT WON'T SOLVE OUR PROBLEM.
02:19:04PM OUR FIRE SERVICE IS ONE OF THE ELEMENTS WE HAVE IN THE CITY
02:19:07PM OF TAMPA THAT WE HAVE FALLEN WOEFULLY BEHIND OVER THE PAST
02:19:10PM FEW YEARS AS FAR AS INFRASTRUCTURE AND NEEDS.
02:19:13PM AND YOU DEFINITELY WALKED INTO A SITUATION WHERE THE NEEDS
02:19:16PM HAVE BEEN GREAT AND THE RESOURCES HAVE BEEN FEW.
02:19:19PM AND YOU ARE TRYING BALANCE OUT THAT.
02:19:22PM AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND AND YOU HAVEN'T EXPRESSED THAT BECAUSE
02:19:25PM YOU HELD YOUR STOVE A LEVEL OF DIGNITY YOU SET THESE PLANS
02:19:33PM IN PLACE.
02:19:33PM AND SEEDS HAVE BEEN PLANTED.
02:19:35PM YOU HAVEN'T REAPED A CROP AND THINGS ARE MOVING IN THE
02:19:43PM DIRECTION AND AREN'T THERE YET.
02:19:45PM FRUSTRATION AND YOU WILL NEED THE FRUSTRATION OF ALL THE
02:19:50PM SITUATION.
02:19:50PM DEDICATED FUNDING.
02:19:52PM I DON'T KNOW, WE ARE THE FUNDING AND I THINK IF WE HAVE THE
02:19:55PM WILL, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH THE FUNDING TO DO
02:19:57PM THIS.
02:19:57PM I SUPPORTED A MILLAGE INCREASE BECAUSE OF WHERE WE ARE RIGHT
02:20:04PM HERE TODAY.
02:20:05PM WHERE OUR ROADS ARE, WHERE OUR FIRE STATION IS, WHERE OUR
02:20:10PM TRANSPORTATION IS AND POLICE IS, WE HAVE ALL THESE UNMET
02:20:13PM NEEDS.
02:20:13PM AND I THINK THERE IS A CERTAIN LEVEL OF DENIAL AMONGST FOLKS
02:20:18PM HOW FAR A DOLLAR CAN GO IN 2024-'25.
02:20:22PM IT IS NOT -- NOT AS STRONG AS IT USED TO BE.
02:20:25PM LAND ACQUISITION FOR THE -- YOU SPOKE ABOUT MOVING THE
02:20:31PM FACILITIES.
02:20:31PM CHIEF AND ANYBODY ELSE IN THE CITY WHO HAS INPUT ON THIS.
02:20:35PM I THINK AS WE LOOK AT MOVING THIS FACILITY OF FLEET
02:20:39PM MAINTENANCE AND ALL, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT COLLOCATING
02:20:42PM POSSIBLY WITH THE FACILITIES WE HAVE AT LOWRY PARK.
02:20:45PM AND MAYBE AS WE LOOK AT THAT AS CREATIVE WAY OF COMBINING
02:20:49PM THAT AND FUEL AND EVERYTHING ELSE WITH CITY VEHICLES.
02:20:53PM A WASTED OPPORTUNITY.
02:20:55PM MAYBE WE SHOULD LOOK THAT THE TOGETHER GET IT DONE AND
02:20:59PM ACCOMPLISH -- TWO BITES OF AN APPLE.
02:21:01PM HOPEFULLY COMBINE THAT FACILITY.
02:21:03PM BETWEEN WORKING TOGETHER AS A CITY, WE CAN GET THAT DONE.
02:21:07PM ONE OF THE BIGGEST FRUSTRATIONS THAT KNOW MY BACKGROUND.
02:21:14PM I CAME IN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL.
02:21:16PM AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AT THE TIME WHEN UNIONIZED EMPLOYEES
02:21:20PM WERE TERMINATED BY THE THEN PRESIDENT.
02:21:22PM WE CAME IN AND A TENSE AND FRUSTRATING TIME.
02:21:26PM NOTHING WAS GETTING DONE.
02:21:27PM VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY.
02:21:30PM SO MANY THINGS BEHIND AT THE TIME.
02:21:31PM BECAUSE WE CAME FROM -- IT WAS CONFLICTED WORKPLACE.
02:21:34PM AND I THINK LUIS VIERA TALKED OF EVERYBODY IN THE SAME BOAT,
02:21:40PM SAILING IN THE SAME DIRECTION TOGETHER.
02:21:41PM ANY TIME OFF THIS TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT, IT DOESN'T SERVE
02:21:44PM ANYBODY WELL.
02:21:45PM DOESN'T SERVE YOU WELL AND THE PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR YOU
02:21:49PM WELL.
02:21:49PM DOESN'T SERVE THE CITY OF TAMPA WELL.
02:21:52PM SOMEHOW WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY -- I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL
02:21:56PM GOING TO A ROPES COURSE -- BUT YOU ALL GETTING IN THAT SAME
02:22:00PM BOAT WITH 574 -- 754 AND PUTTING THE PAST ISSUES BEHIND AND
02:22:11PM HOW ALL OF YOU CAN GET TOGETHER AND WORK IN THAT SAME
02:22:15PM DIRECTION.
02:22:15PM EVERYTHING THAT YOU BROUGHT UP TODAY AND 754 HAS BROUGHT UP
02:22:20PM TODAY AND COUNCILMAN VIERA HAS BROUGHT UP CAN BE SOLVED BY
02:22:23PM YOUR LEADERSHIP, 754'S LEADERSHIP AND THE WILL OF THE REST
02:22:27PM OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
02:22:27PM I THINK WE ARE VERY CAPABLE OF DOING IT.
02:22:29PM AND I THINK WE CAN DO IT MUCH QUICKER IF WE ARE ALL WORKING
02:22:33PM TOGETHER AND PEDDLING IN THE SAME DIRECTION.
02:22:36PM I URGE YOU AS THE -- AS THE TOP OF THE PYRAMID IN THIS
02:22:42PM ORGANIZATION TO DIG DEEP WHEREVER YOU ARE AND TRY TO FIGURE
02:22:45PM OUT A WAY OF AMENDING SOME OF THOSE FENCES AND BRINGING
02:22:48PM EVERYBODY ON BOARD AND HOPEFULLY -- WHEN WE SIT HERE NEXT
02:22:51PM WEEK, WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER 30-SECOND PRESENTATION A BY THEM
02:22:56PM AND REALLY MOVE FORWARD AND GET A LOT OF IN STUFF
02:22:58PM ACCOMPLISHED.
02:22:59PM I AM VERY ADMIRABLE OF EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE.
02:23:02PM I FORGOT TO MENTION ONE THING.
02:23:04PM DOWNTOWN CHANNELSIDE.
02:23:06PM MY UNDERSTANDING THAT CHANNELSIDE -- THE DOWNTOWN STATION IS
02:23:10PM BIG ENOUGH AND CLOSE ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE -- WE HAVE LAND
02:23:13PM THERE TO ACCOMMODATE TO BE ABLE TO IMPROVE AND EXPAND
02:23:16PM SERVICES.
02:23:16PM BECAUSE, I MEAN THE DISTANCE -- YOU THROW YOUR CIRCLE AROUND
02:23:21PM THAT FIRE STATION ONE, YOU JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING WE ARE
02:23:23PM TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS THE GROWTH AND EXPANSION OF
02:23:26PM CHANNELSIDE, WATER STREET DOWNTOWN STILL WITHIN YOUR PLAN
02:23:32PM AND IN PREVIOUS CONVERSATION ABOUT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT
02:23:34PM BECAUSE USING IS THAT REAL ESTATE THAT WE CURRENTLY
02:23:37PM POSSESSED AND EXPANDING THAT.
02:23:39PM IS THAT STILL YOUR IDEA CIRc*msTANCES?
02:23:42PM OR ARE YOU REALLY LOOKING TO ADD ANOTHER FIRE STATION.
02:23:46PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: YOU SAY "REAL ESTATE" WHERE STATION ONE IS
02:23:49PM CURRENTLY?
02:23:50PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: RIGHT.
02:23:51PM BEING ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE SERVICE AND GROWTH DOWNTOWN.
02:23:55PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: THE CONVERSATION -- YES, I DID MENTION THAT
02:23:57PM BEFORE.
02:23:58PM THE CONVERSATION IF WE TAKE PUBLIC SAFETY WITH POLICE AND
02:24:01PM FIRE AND COMBINE IT TOGETHER, WE CAN RELEASE THOSE OFFICERS
02:24:09PM EXTENSION WITH THE GARAGE AND THE WHOLE NINE YARDS.
02:24:11PM TO TAKE THOSE VEHICLES THAT ARE SITTING THERE AND NOT IN
02:24:15PM SERVICE TO ADD MORE RESOURCE THERE IS CURRENTLY AS A STOP
02:24:20PM THE BLEED TYPE DEAL NOW.
02:24:22PM THAT IS THE PLAN WITH THE CONVERSATION GOES WITH THE PUBLIC
02:24:25PM SAFETY MASTER PLAN OR PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY, THEN, FIRE
02:24:34PM WILL MOVE HEADQUARTERS AND -- CLENDENIN INCLUDING ADDITIONAL
02:24:39PM BAYS SOMEBODY IN TRIPP INCLUDING ADDITIONAL BAYS.
02:24:43PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
02:24:44PM I THOUGHT THAT YOU IS WHERE WE WERE AT.
02:24:47PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: AS I SAID, WE DIDN'T MOVE.
02:24:49PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON AND COUNCILWOMAN
02:24:52PM HENDERSON.
02:24:52PM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU, CHIEF TRIPP.
02:24:54PM FEW DIFFERENT THINGS.
02:24:55PM ONE, THANK TO MY COLLEAGUE, LUIS VIERA, FOR TAKING A LEAD ON
02:24:59PM THIS AND SPENDING SO MUCH TIME STUDYING THE ISSUE.
02:25:02PM THE GOOD THING IS WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT AREA OF EXPERTISE
02:25:06PM AND HE HAS REALLY DEEP EXPERTISE IN THAT.
02:25:08PM AND IT IS GREAT TO HAVE THAT AVAILABLE TO US.
02:25:11PM BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST PRIORITIES IN THE
02:25:13PM COMMUNITY.
02:25:13PM PEOPLE WANT TO BE SAFE.
02:25:15PM AND LUCKILY THEY DON'T HAVE TO THINK OF THIS VERY OFTEN,
02:25:19PM WHEN YOU DIAL 911, THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE SOMEBODY COMES AND
02:25:23PM AVAILABLE AND GETS THERE PAST.
02:25:25PM EVERY SECOND SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME.
02:25:27PM CHIEF TRIPP THERE ARE YOUR -- COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN WAS
02:25:33PM TALKING ABOUT YOUR LEADERSHIP, BEING THE TOP OF THE PYRAMID.
02:25:38PM I KNOW TALKING TO SOME OF YOUR PEOPLE AND PEOPLE IN THE
02:25:41PM COMMUNITY, THAT YOU ARE LAUDED AS A GREAT LEADER.
02:25:43PM YOU HAVE GREAT PEOPLE WORKING FOR YOU.
02:25:46PM BUT YOU ARE NOT -- IN THE CITY YOU ARE NOT QUITE THE TOP OF
02:25:53PM THE PYRAMID.
02:25:53PM YOU ARE THE HEAD OF THIS DEPARTMENT.
02:25:54PM YOU DON'T REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL.
02:25:56PM WE APPROVE THE BUDGETS, BUT YOU REPORT, I THINK, TO THE
02:26:00PM MAYOR.
02:26:00PM BUT JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO EVERYONE ELSE, DO YOU REPORT
02:26:03PM DIRECTLY TO THE MAYOR OR THE CHIEF OF STAFF OR BOTH OR IS
02:26:07PM THERE SOMEBODY ELSE YOU REPORT TO?
02:26:08PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: MY DIRECT REPORT IS TO MAYOR, MAYOR JANE
02:26:14PM CASTOR.
02:26:15PM I CONVERSATE WITH THE CHIEF OF STAFF WITH CERTAIN CONCERNS
02:26:19PM OF MY DIVISION AND MY APARTMENT.
02:26:21PM >>BILL CARLSON: ANYBODY ELSE IF YOU ARE TRYING TO HIT THE
02:26:23PM TIMELINE ON SOMETHING.
02:26:24PM ONE OR BOTH OF THEM -- I AM SURE THE MAYOR CAN VETO.
02:26:27PM CAN THE CHIEF OF STAFF VETO WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
02:26:33PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: I INFORM THEM WITH PLANS FOR THE FIRE
02:26:36PM SERVICE.
02:26:36PM THEY GIVE ME YAY OR NAY AND POINTERS.
02:26:41PM >>BILL CARLSON: ANYBODY ELSE WITH THAT KIND OF POWER, OR
02:26:45PM JUST THE TWO OF THEM?
02:26:46PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: YES, SIR, THAT'S ALL I KNOW OF.
02:26:49PM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU.
02:26:50PM AND -- I THINK IT -- IT IS IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT BECAUSE SHE
02:26:56PM IS AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE.
02:26:57PM SHE AND THE MAYOR MAKING DECISIONS AND CHIEF OF STAFF, AS
02:27:01PM YOU SAID, IS INVOLVED IN SOME OF IT.
02:27:03PM IF THE UNION IS GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION, IT SHOULD BE
02:27:06PM WITH THE THREE OF YOU, NOT TO DISRESPECT YOUR POSITION AT
02:27:09PM ALL, BUT IF YOU AGREE 100%.
02:27:12PM YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE MAYOR, FOR EXAMPLE.
02:27:15PM AND THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF STAFF.
02:27:16PM AND SOMEHOW WE HAVE TO RESOLVE THESE ISSUES THAT THE FOLKS
02:27:20PM TALKED ABOUT.
02:27:21PM BUT ON SOMETHING LIKE THE MASTER PLAN, WITH THAT -- WOULD
02:27:26PM THAT -- WOULD IF BE 100% YOUR DECISION AS COUNCILMAN VIERA
02:27:32PM WAS ASKING.
02:27:33PM 100% YOUR POSITION AFTER WE APPROVE THE FUNDING WILL YOU BE
02:27:38PM DECIDED ON YOUR WORKLOAD THAT YOU NEED TO DO IT FARTHER IN
02:27:42PM THE FUTURE?
02:27:43PM OR A POSSIBILITY THAT ONE OF THE OTHER TWO SAID THIS ISN'T
02:27:46PM IMPORTANT.
02:27:46PM PUT IT FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD.
02:27:48PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: NO, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I SHOULD HAVE THAT
02:27:52PM AUTHORITY MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
02:27:53PM ONE OF MY CONCERNS I EXPRESSED WITH THE CHIEF OF STAFF AND
02:27:58PM THE MAYOR TRYING TO GET THESE RESOURCES OUT.
02:28:00PM THE MASTER PLAN WE WERE GOING TO CREATE -- BUT IT WASN'T
02:28:04PM LIKE A PROFESSIONAL TYPE MASTER PLAN.
02:28:06PM IF THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT, NOVEMBER PROBLEM MOVING FORWARD
02:28:11PM WITH THAT MASTER PLAN.
02:28:12PM YOU LOOK AT THE MASTER PLAN.
02:28:13PM WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO MOVING FORWARD?
02:28:15PM HOW CAN WE PREDICT FOR THE CALLS WITH THE FUNDING.
02:28:18PM THE STATIONS AND WHERE THEY SHOULD BE LOCATED.
02:28:22PM YES, A MASTER PLAN IS BASED ON THE ANALYSIS WE ENDS UP
02:28:29PM GIVING, A LOT OF THAT IS PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
02:28:33PM AND TO STABILIZE THE DEFICIT AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE
02:28:38PM MASTER PLAN.
02:28:38PM NO, HE THEY DIDN'T TELL ME NOT TO DO THE MASTER PLAN.
02:28:43PM >>BILL CARLSON: IS A CONSULTANT HIRED TO HELP YOU WITH THE
02:28:45PM MASTER PLAN?
02:28:46PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: OF THE MASTER PLAN?
02:28:48PM NO, I WILL TAKE FORWARD WITH THAT BECAUSE I DID NOT MOVE
02:28:51PM FORWARD WITH THAT.
02:28:52PM >>BILL CARLSON: YOU NEED A CONSULTANT.
02:28:54PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: I AM GOING TO REACH A CONSULTANT TO GET THIS
02:28:59PM DONE.
02:28:59PM >>BILL CARLSON: ONE THINGS.
02:29:00PM I HAD A BUNCH OF I'M IN THE COMMUNITY THAT LOVED AND
02:29:03PM RESPECTED AND SAY THE PERSON THEY ARE DEALING WHAT IS
02:29:06PM DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE PUBLIC AND SOMEONE SEES THAT YOU AND
02:29:10PM THE UNION NOT AGREEING TO EACH OTHER.
02:29:12PM ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY MONTHS AGO I MET WITH YOU AND
02:29:15PM TALKED TO THE UNION.
02:29:16PM I TALKED TO YOU ON BOTH SIDES, IT SEEMS TO ME YOU ARE PRETTY
02:29:19PM MUCH SAYING THE SAME ANYTHING.
02:29:21PM SOME OTHER DISCONNECT THAT THAT I KNOW ABOUT.
02:29:24PM WHEN Y'ALL COME BEFORE US, IT LOOKS LIKE MORE DISAGREEMENT
02:29:29PM THAN REALLY IT SHOULD BE.
02:29:30PM I AM HOPEFUL THAT THERE IS A WAY TO BRIDGE THIS GAP.
02:29:32PM AND IT SOUNDS LIKE MY COLLEAGUES ARE IN FAVOR OF TRYING TO
02:29:36PM HELP WITH THAT.
02:29:36PM PLEASE LET US KNOW.
02:29:38PM TWO OTHER QUICK THINGS, THE CHANNEL DISTRICT -- I PUT IT ON
02:29:44PM THE AGENDA.
02:29:44PM AND YOUR RESPONSE BACK WAS NO NO, WE CAN'T DO.
02:29:48PM THE BUSINESS JOURNAL THOUGHT THEY WOULD EMBARRASS ME IN
02:29:53PM DOING A STORY.
02:29:53PM I TALKED TO THE PARTIES.
02:29:54PM YES AN EXISTING LEASE ON THE PARKING LOT.
02:29:57PM THERE ARE THE VOTES -- I BELIEVE THERE ARE VOTES IN THE PORT
02:30:00PM AUTHORITY BOARD THAT MAY OR MAY NOT.
02:30:05PM AND WE CAN PUSH THIS FORWARD AND THE CURRENT TENANT SAY WE
02:30:10PM ARE OKAY TAKING AWAY THAT LEAD.
02:30:11PM WE ARE HOPING TO PUT THAT ON THE TABLE.
02:30:14PM THERE IS NO LAND IN CHANNEL DISTRICT.
02:30:16PM I HOPE THAT WHOEVER WAS AGAINST IT WILL COME BACK AND TALK
02:30:20PM TO US.
02:30:20PM PORT ANYTHING THAT THE CITY WANTS US TO PROTECT THEIR
02:30:25PM MARITIME LAND.
02:30:28PM WE COULD HOPE TO SAVE IT.
02:30:30PM I KNOW I AM OUT OF TOWN, BUT I WANT TO MARY FROM THE UNION
02:30:33PM WHAT ELSE WE CAN TO DO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN YOU.
02:30:37PM BUT I WILL YIELD MY TIME.
02:30:40PM THANK YOU.
02:30:40PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
02:30:43PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: GOOD AFTERNOON, CHIEF TRIPP, HOW ARE YOU?
02:30:50PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: GOOD.
02:30:50PM YOURSELF.
02:30:51PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: UP KNOW THE TOP-DOWN APPROACH TO
02:30:54PM LEADERSHIP CAN BE CHALLENGING AT TIMES.
02:30:55PM LISTENING TO THE UNION REPRESENTATIVE AS WELL AS WHAT YOU
02:30:59PM HAD TO SAY, I GET THE IMPRESSION AND JUST MY CONCLUSION THAT
02:31:08PM YOU ARE PUT IN THE MOST DIFFICULT DECISION BECAUSE THE MAYOR
02:31:14PM OF WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH AS THE FIRE CHIEF AND
02:31:17PM THE PEOPLE YOU ARE SERVING, THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE UNDER
02:31:21PM YOUR LEADERSHIP.
02:31:22PM AND I DON'T KNOW, SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE MAYBE YOU CAN'T SAY
02:31:28PM WHAT YOU REALLY WANT TO SAY BECAUSE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST
02:31:31PM TO THE PERSON YOU REPORT TO.
02:31:32PM I AM JUST GOING TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
02:31:34PM IF THAT IS THE CASE, YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT THERE IS SOME
02:31:38PM MEDIAN WHERE YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO PRESENT THAT
02:31:42PM INFORMATION IN A WAY IT THAT SEEMS A LITTLE MORE
02:31:45PM TRANSPARENT.
02:31:46PM DOESN'T SEEM TO BE TO ME.
02:31:48PM I WILL SAY, THAT I AM ALSO INTERESTED IN KNOWING OF THE
02:31:53PM ACTUAL PERSONNEL IS THERE -- ARE YOU UNDERSTAFFED.
02:31:59PM I LOOK AT THE EMPLOYMENT UNDER OUR OPEN COMPETITIVE LISTING
02:32:06PM OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
02:32:08PM ONLY LISTING FOR EXTERNAL FOR A PART-TIME FIRE INSPECTOR.
02:32:11PM EVERYTHING ELSE IS INTERNAL FROM HIRING FROM WITHIN.
02:32:15PM CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT IN TERMS OF BEING A SURPLUS FOR THE
02:32:18PM BUDGET FOR STAFFING.
02:32:19PM >> WE ARE LESS THAN 5% WITH OUR VACANCY RATE.
02:32:25PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WHAT IS THE NUMBER FOR 5%, CHIEF TRIPP?
02:32:29PM 20 PEOPLE?
02:32:30PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: LET ME -- I WANT TO PROBABLY SAY 30 PEOPLE.
02:32:34PM PROBABLY 30 PEOPLE.
02:32:35PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
02:32:36PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: CURRENTLY WE ACTUALLY STAFF 235 PEOPLE PER
02:32:40PM SHIFT.
02:32:41PM WITH KELLY DAYS, R DAYS AND, OF COURSE, UNSCHEDULED LEAVE.
02:32:46PM THAT BRINGS THE NUMBERS DOWN.
02:32:48PM WHEN YOU TALK OF 162 PEOPLE ON AND WE HAVE CERTAIN PEOPLE
02:32:52PM CALL OUT.
02:32:53PM LIKE CERTAIN DAYS OF A WEEK WE HAVE 20, 30, 40 PEOPLE
02:32:58PM CALLING OUT ON THAT IS NOT SCHEDULED LEAVE.
02:33:01PM THAT SAID, WE HAVE THE PEOPLE BUT WHERE ARE THEY.
02:33:10PM ARE THEY KELLY.
02:33:12PM WE SUB FOR THAT.
02:33:13PM A MINIMUM STANDARD -- MINIMUM STAFFING IS 165 NOW AND HAVE
02:33:23PM 233 -- 235 PEOPLE SCHEDULED PER SHIFT.
02:33:27PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: TELL ME OF THE HIRING IN TERMS OF -- WHAT
02:33:30PM ARE THE PLANS FOR THAT?
02:33:32PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: SO THE HIRING -- WE ACTUALLY JUST OPENED THIS
02:33:37PM THE JOB DESCRIPTION UP IN THE FIRST OF THE YEAR SO WE JUST
02:33:42PM BROUGHT ON 14 PERSONNEL.
02:33:43PM THEY CAME OUT I WANT TO SAY APRIL -- THE FIRST WEEK OF
02:33:49PM APRIL.
02:33:49PM OUT ON THE STREETS, 14 OF THEM.
02:33:52PM JUNE 1 WE WILL OPEN THIS UP AGAIN.
02:33:54PM SINCE I HAVE BEEN IN THIS POSITION, WE HIRED THREE TO FOUR
02:33:58PM GROUPS PER YEAR WITH THE SAFER GRANT.
02:34:00PM THE ASSISTANT FIRE FIGHTER GRANT AND ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL.
02:34:08PM WE HAVE OPINION HIRING.
02:34:09PM WE GO TO THE SCHOOLS AND THE DIFFERENT STOOLS, THE COMMUNITY
02:34:12PM COLLEGES, ALL OF THAT AND TRY TO PROMOTE.
02:34:15PM WE HAVE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS WITH OUR HIRING AND LOOKING TO
02:34:18PM HAVE MORE APPLICANTS.
02:34:20PM I WANT TO SAY WE ARE LESS THAN 30 MINUTES TO BE HONEST WITH
02:34:24PM YOU.
02:34:25PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: IS YOUR UNION AWARE OF THAT.
02:34:27PM THEY UNDERSTAND THERE IS A TRAINING CLASS JUST ENDED AND A
02:34:30PM NEW TRAINING CLASS.
02:34:34PM AND WHEN THEY PRESENT IT THEY ACT LIKE YOU ARE NOT DOING
02:34:38PM YOUR JOB.
02:34:39PM ARE THEY AWARE OF THE NUMBERS WITH NEW HIRES AND THE PLAN.
02:34:44PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: ONCE AGAIN WITH ME BEING THE LEADER AND BEING
02:34:48PM VERY RESPECTIVE PAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE TO AIR YOUR LAUNDRY, I
02:34:52PM HAVE MORE THAN ONE TIME TRYING TO COMMUNICATE, IF SOMETIMES
02:34:56PM -- I PUT THE INFORMATION OUT THERETO IF YOU ASK FOR IT, BUT
02:35:02PM BEING TARGETED IS KIND OF HARD TO CONTINUE, YOU KNOW, WITH
02:35:05PM CERTAIN THINGS.
02:35:06PM SO MY THING IS THAT I JUST KEEP GOING AND TRYING TO MOVE
02:35:12PM FORWARD WITH THE DEPARTMENT, WITH THE COMMUNITY, AND JUST
02:35:15PM HIRE THE PERSONNEL.
02:35:16PM AND PUT BUTTS IN THE SEATS AND PUT THE SAFETY OUT THERE FOR
02:35:20PM THE MEN AND WOMEN.
02:35:21PM VEHICLES, ALL OF THAT.
02:35:22PM SO -- I AM SORRY.
02:35:26PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: DO YOU EVER AT A TIME REFUSE TO MEET WITH
02:35:29PM THE LEADERSHIP OF YOUR UNION?
02:35:30PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: NEVER, NEVER.
02:35:31PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THE MEETING HE SPOKE ABOUT THAT YOU HAD
02:35:35PM TO CANCEL WAS CONFLICT BECAUSE OF A PARTICULAR MEETING.
02:35:39PM >> IT WAS A MEETING OF A CONFERENCE -- A CONFERENCE I HAD TO
02:35:44PM ATTEND THIS WEEK.
02:35:44PM PERSONNEL WAS THERE.
02:35:45PM WE WENT OVER THE LIST OF THE AGENDA OF ITEMS THAT WERE GOING
02:35:49PM TO BE TALKED ABOUT.
02:35:50PM AND A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION WAS DISPLAYED TO THEM.
02:35:54PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: AGAIN, WHEN THEY STOOD UP JUST BEFORE
02:35:56PM YOU, THEY PRESENTED IT AS IF YOU DON'T WANT TO MEET WITH
02:36:00PM THEM.
02:36:00PM THAT IS HOW IT SOUNDED ME TO ME UP HERE.
02:36:04PM SOMETHING ELSE THAT I DON'T LIKE.
02:36:05PM TRUST AND BELIEVE YOU HAVE A UPLIER HERE ON THIS DAIS.
02:36:10PM I AM NOT AFRAID TO ADDRESS WHAT I SEE.
02:36:13PM AND I DON'T LIKE IT.
02:36:14PM I DON'T.
02:36:15PM I DO BELIEVE THERE IS UNDERMINING AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN FIND
02:36:18PM A WAY TO WORK IT OUT TO SERVE THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA AND TO
02:36:21PM PROTECT OUR SAFETY, BECAUSE THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
02:36:23PM BUT DON'T PRESENT THE BS TO US AS THOUGH CHIEF TRIPP IS NOT
02:36:34PM DOING HER JOB.
02:36:35PM I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT BECAUSE THAT IS ENOUGH ENTERTAINMENT
02:36:39PM FOR ONE DAY.
02:36:40PM BE.
02:36:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LUIS, ANYTHING -- COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
02:36:43PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:36:45PM [ INAUDIBLE ]
02:36:48PM -- WE HAVE A PROBLEM AND WE WANT TO FIX IT.
02:36:50PM BUT WE HAVEN'T COME TO A CONCLUSION OF HOW THIS FIX IT.
02:36:53PM BOTH YOURSELF AND THE PRIOR -- SPEAKING FROM THE UNION, FROM
02:36:57PM -- 754 HAS SAID BASICALLY THE SAME THING IN DIFFERENT WORDS.
02:37:02PM YOU WANT TO SOLVE SOMETHING BUT SOMETHING MISSING.
02:37:05PM EITHER I DON'T HEAR AS WELL OR THINK WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT
02:37:09PM IT IS.
02:37:09PM BUT THERE IS -- YOU KNOW, AND I DISH DOESN'T -- THE PUBLIC
02:37:14PM VOTED FOR THAT COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TAX YEARS AGO.
02:37:16PM AND HERE IS A PROBLEM THAT WE SHOULD HAVE SOLVED YEARS AGO
02:37:19PM AND NEVER DID.
02:37:20PM WE NEVER PUT NOTHING ASIDE FOR THIS, FOR POLICE, FOR VEHICLE
02:37:25PM REPLACEMENT -- YES, WE HAVE GOT THAT.
02:37:28PM BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE THINGS.
02:37:32PM IT IS SO CONVOLUTED BECAUSE WE ARE COMING BACK.
02:37:35PM WE LONG LOOK AT HOUSING.
02:37:36PM WE ARE NEVER GOING TO FIX HOUSING WITH THE MONEY WE HAVE.
02:37:39PM NEVER.
02:37:40PM YET -- AND IN THAT CONTRACT, A YEAR -- 30 YEARS, NO RENT
02:37:45PM INCREASE.
02:37:45PM NOT ONE PENNY.
02:37:47PM I AM TELLING YOU NOW WHAT IS COMING TO THE PUBLIC IS VERY
02:37:53PM AWARE MUCH ATTUNED TO WHAT IS HAPPENING IN SOCIETY DUE TO
02:37:57PM THE INCREASE IN DIFFERENT AVENUES WHERE YOU CAN GET YOUR
02:38:00PM NEWS PODCAST TO BROADCAST TO WORD OF MOUTH TO CELL PHONES,
02:38:04PM YOU NAME IT, THEY HAVE IT.
02:38:05PM AND THAT IS FINE.
02:38:06PM THAT IS WONDERFUL.
02:38:07PM SO I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO BE MUCH BETTER PREPARED IN ANY
02:38:10PM AVENUE TO DO ANYTHING THEY WANT.
02:38:12PM BUT THERE IS A C.I.T. TAX COMING UP.
02:38:15PM AND A TAX ON -- TOURIST TAX.
02:38:20PM A SIX CENT TAX WE CAN USE IF POSSIBLE.
02:38:24PM THESE ARE THINGS WE HAVE TO WORKED A ORGANIZATION IN MAKE
02:38:27PM SURE IT DONE.
02:38:28PM WE HAVE TO DO OUR PART AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE DO YOUR PART AND
02:38:31PM THE SUM PART IS 100% OF SOMETHING TO FIX A PROBLEM.
02:38:34PM I AM NOT JUST TRYING TO GIVE YOU WORDS.
02:38:36PM I DON'T DO THAT, BUT I THINK ALL THIS COULD BE WORKED OUT IF
02:38:40PM WE USE ALL THE REVENUES WE HAVE AND PARTS OF REVENUES THAT
02:38:43PM WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITIZENS OF THE GREAT CITY OF
02:38:47PM TAMPA.
02:38:47PM WE RANK ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, IN EVERY SATURDAY IN
02:38:51PM AMERICA.
02:38:52PM WE USED TO RANK ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE FROM THE BOTTOM.
02:38:55PM NOW IT IS FROM THE TOP.
02:38:56PM SO THERE HAS BEEN GREAT STRIDES IN THIS CITY.
02:38:59PM GREAT STRIDES MADE IN THIS COUNTY BUT THINGS BOTHERSOME TO
02:39:06PM THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
02:39:07PM WHEN WE DO SOMETHING THAT THEY DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND.
02:39:09PM AND, YOU KNOW, IT IS WHAT IT IS.
02:39:14PM BUT I THINK WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING THAT WE CAN RESOLVE
02:39:17PM THIS PROBLEM.
02:39:18PM I THINK IT IS CRITICAL TO SOLVE IT.
02:39:20PM BUT I DON'T THINK IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO NOT SOLVE IT.
02:39:24PM THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO WORDS I CAN USE.
02:39:27PM I THINK EVERYBODY IS ON BOARD.
02:39:29PM HEARD THE ADMINISTRATION NAME THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT TIMES.
02:39:32PM YOU HAD SOME SUCCESS.
02:39:35PM I KNOW WHEN YOU ORDER A FIRE ENGINE AND A APPARATUS, AT THAT
02:39:39PM TAKES SOMETIMES TWO YEARS TO GET IT.
02:39:42PM THAT IS AMERICA AT ITS BEST NOW.
02:39:44PM WE HAVE GOTTEN SO -- SO RICH AND SO WONDERFUL THAT AT THE
02:39:49PM END OF THE DAY, WHEN WE ORDER SOMETHING, YOU CAN'T GET IT.
02:39:52PM BECAUSE SERVE AHEAD OF YOU ORDERING ALREADY.
02:39:54PM THAT IS A WE HAVE.
02:39:57PM AND THAT IS CALLED CAPITALISM.
02:39:59PM SOMETIMES YOU ORDER THAT IN OTHER COUNTRY AND YOU DON'T GET
02:40:03PM IT, EVER.
02:40:03PM THAT IS THE ADVANTAGE OF IT BEING A DEMOCRACY.
02:40:08PM I THINK THESE THINGS ARE WORKABLE AND AS I MENTIONED PASSED
02:40:12PM BY THIS COUNCIL OF THE INCREASE IN -- HELP ME HERE MR.
02:40:16PM VIERA, BECAUSE THE SERIOUS IN THIS AREA.
02:40:21PM NEW HOUSING AND NEW DEVELOPMENT PAY MORE FOR THE ABILITY OF
02:40:26PM WATER AND SEWER --
02:40:27PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IMPACT FEES.
02:40:29PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: LOOK OF IMPACT FEE.
02:40:30PM THE LAST TIME LOOKING FOR IMPACT FEE SOMEBODY HIT ME WITH
02:40:36PM ONE AND I WENT DOWN TEN ROUNDS.
02:40:38PM A SMALL THING OF WHAT YOU NEED, BUT IT TAKES SOMETHING TO
02:40:41PM GET IT STARTED.
02:40:42PM AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR AND WHAT THE
02:40:55PM 754.
02:40:56PM AND I THINK IT IS DOABLE AND MOST COUNCILMEMBERS THINK IT IS
02:41:00PM DOABLE.
02:41:01PM AND WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE
02:41:03PM FACTS ARE AND WORKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, ALL OF THEM.
02:41:07PM NOT JUST YOU OR 754.
02:41:09PM BUT WHAT COMMENTS COUNCIL HAS FOR ADMINISTRATION.
02:41:13PM I THINK IT IS DOABLE FOR BOTH OF YOU.
02:41:16PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:41:17PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: I WANT TO MENTION WITH THE VEHICLES.
02:41:19PM YOU ARE CORRECT.
02:41:20PM TAKES 24 TO 36 MONTHS TO GET A VEHICLE.
02:41:22PM I JUST RECEIVED VEHICLES THAT I ORDERED IN THE FISCAL YEAR
02:41:27PM '21 AND '22.
02:41:28PM RIGHT NOW THE VEHICLES WE WERE PAYING $600,000 FOR IS NOW
02:41:34PM $900,000 TO $1 MILLION.
02:41:36PM SO EACH VEND HER ANYWHERE FROM A 30% TO A 50% INCREASE ON
02:41:42PM APPARATUS.
02:41:43PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:41:45PM IF NOTHING ELSE, COUNCILMAN VIERA, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR
02:41:48PM MOTION.
02:41:49PM >>LUIS VIERA: SURE, IF I MAY, SIR.
02:41:51PM I WILL SAY VERY BOOST REGARDS TOOT UNION.
02:41:54PM I STRONGLY BELIEVE IN UNIONS.
02:41:55PM I SALUTE THE WORKER ON LINEBAUGH AND DALE MABRY FORMED A
02:42:01PM UNION.
02:42:01PM I THINK THAT IS AWESOME.
02:42:02PM THEY JOINED A UNION.
02:42:03PM A UNION JOB, WHETHER YOU ARE A NURSE UNION, A FIRST
02:42:06PM RESPONDER, PUBLIC SECTOR, WHATEVER IT MAY BE HAVE TO PUSH
02:42:10PM TEACHERS, EDUCATORS, TO PUSH FOR THE WELL FEAR OF YOUR
02:42:14PM WORKERS.
02:42:15PM BECAUSE A LOT OF TIME, THERE IS CONFLICT BETWEEN LABOR AND
02:42:18PM MANAGEMENT.
02:42:18PM AND I POINT AS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT STATION 25.
02:42:23PM WE GOT ADDITIONAL VEHICLE SOUTH THERE 13.
02:42:25PM OKAY, WE ARE GOOD.
02:42:26PM THE UNION CAME AND JOE GRECO THAT SAID LUIS, THINGS NOT
02:42:31PM GOOD.
02:42:31PM THEY ARE PRETTY BAD.
02:42:32PM WITH YOUR ADVOCACY, TOOK IT TO YOU AND GOT IT DONE FAST.
02:42:37PM THAT WAS LIGHT SPEED.
02:42:38PM AND A REAL PERFECT EXAMPLE OF A UNION CHALLENGING THE STATUS
02:42:43PM QUO AND SAYING THINGS AREN'T GOOD.
02:42:44PM WE NEED TO MAKE IT BETTER AND US WORKING TOGETHER ON THE
02:42:47PM ADVOCACY AND FOLKS WORKING TOGETHER.
02:42:49PM AGAIN, I WANT TO REALLY, REALLY DEPEND THE ROLE OF THE
02:42:53PM UNION.
02:42:53PM I KNOW THERE IS -- NOT GETTING INTO ISSUES AND THE NEWS AND
02:42:57PM ALL THIS STUFF THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH PERSONNEL ISSUES.
02:43:00PM I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THAT.
02:43:03PM THOSE ARE LEGAL ISSUES.
02:43:04PM COME TO THE ROLE IN THE ADVOCATING FOR THE WELFARE OF THEIR
02:43:07PM WORKERS, I AM ALWAYS PRO-UNION GUY.
02:43:10PM JUST ME.
02:43:11PM I ALWAYS HAVE.
02:43:12PM AND I BELIEVE IN THAT.
02:43:13PM BUT IN THAT BIG INSTANCE, WE WORK TOGETHER.
02:43:16PM AND THAT IS IMPORTANT.
02:43:16PM I WANT TO SAY WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS TOGETHER,
02:43:20PM BUT WEDNESDAY IT COMES TO THE ABILITY TO PAY FOR THE THINGS
02:43:23PM WE WANT TO DO IN THE FUTURE, I THINK WE ARE IN THE WRONG
02:43:26PM PATH.
02:43:27PM GREAT IDEAS AND INTO WAY TO FUND THOSE GREAT IDEAS.
02:43:33PM REAL FAST, A COUPLE OF QUIRK MOTIONS.
02:43:35PM PUBLIC SAFETY MASTER PLAN.
02:43:36PM THIS WILL BE JUST A MEMO JUNE 6 TO COME BACK ON THE STATUS
02:43:41PM OF IT, A CONSULTANT, ETC.
02:43:43PM JUST A WRITTEN REPORT.
02:43:44PM THAT IS FINE.
02:43:45PM DO YOU NEED MORE TIME FOR THAT?
02:43:47PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: YES.
02:43:47PM >>LUIS VIERA: HOW ABOUT JULY?
02:43:50PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JULY 18.
02:43:51PM JULY 18th?
02:43:55PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: DO WE HAVE A DATE?
02:43:57PM CHECK THE CALENDAR.
02:43:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JULY 18.
02:44:00PM >>LUIS VIERA: JULY 18, IS THAT GOOD?
02:44:03PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: YES, SIR.
02:44:04PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. VIERA, CAN I ASK A QUESTION.
02:44:07PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
02:44:08PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: WITH REGARD TO THE MASTER PLAN ITEM 75,
02:44:11PM THIS IS WHAT THIS IS REFERRING TO.
02:44:13PM TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE AN
02:44:16PM ANNUAL REPORT.
02:44:17PM NOW YOU ARE CHANGING YOUR MOTION ONLY REPLYING TO THE FIRE.
02:44:20PM >>LUIS VIERA: IF I -- THE ANNUAL REPORT STILL STICKS.
02:44:23PM THIS WILL BE COMING BACK NEXT YEAR AT THIS TIME.
02:44:25PM BUT -- I DO NEED TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT OR IS THAT BUILT
02:44:29PM IN?
02:44:30PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: SAYS NEXT REPORT AVERAGE IN 27, 2025.
02:44:34PM SOME THAT IS GOOD.
02:44:35PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, THAT IS FOR POLICE AND FIRE TO REPORT ON
02:44:39PM THE STATUS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY MASTER PLAN WITH A
02:44:41PM CONSULTANT BECAUSE IT WAS FUNDED BY THE BUDGET AND WE WANT
02:44:44PM TO MAKE SURE THAT GOES THROUGH.
02:44:46PM THAT IS MY FIRST MOTION, IF I MAY.
02:44:47PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
02:44:49PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
02:44:51PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
02:44:51PM OPPOSE?
02:44:53PM >>LUIS VIERA: AND THEN.
02:44:54PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: JULY 18.
02:44:56PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JULY 18 UNDER STAFF REPORT.
02:44:57PM WRITTEN MEMO.
02:44:59PM YES.
02:44:59PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION?
02:45:03PM JUST A COMMENT.
02:45:04PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PULL BACK IN VOTE.
02:45:05PM A MOTION AND A SECOND AND THEN DISCUSSION.
02:45:07PM GO AHEAD.
02:45:08PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
02:45:08PM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STOOD OUT TO ME THAT YOU SAID,
02:45:13PM CHIEF,IS THAT SOME OF THE DEFICIENCIES WOULD STILL COME UP
02:45:16PM IN THE MASTER PLAN.
02:45:17PM THAT IS WHY YOU HAVEN'T STARTED IT.
02:45:19PM THAT IS WHAT WE CAN ALSO ANTICIPATE IF IT IS EXPECTED IN
02:45:23PM JULY.
02:45:23PM YOU WILL BE REVEALING SOME OF THE SAME THINGS THAT YOU
02:45:27PM ALREADY TOLD US AND I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
02:45:29PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE EXPECTATION NOT THE REPORT -- JUST THE
02:45:33PM START OF IT.
02:45:33PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I AGREE, BUT I WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT
02:45:36PM THERE THAT IS A POSSIBILITY OF THAT THANK HAPPENING.
02:45:40PM >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, MR. CHAIR.
02:45:42PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
02:45:42PM >>LUIS VIERA: WE WERE JUST IN A TERRIBLE CAR CRASH.
02:45:45PM A HONDA CIVIC AND FOUR HERNIATED DISCS THERE.
02:45:51PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SPOKEN LIKE A TRIAL ATTORNEY.
02:45:55PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
02:45:57PM ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?
02:45:59PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
02:45:59PM AYE.
02:46:00PM >>LUIS VIERA: THEN -- AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.
02:46:02PM I DO ALSO WANT -- SET THIS IN THE FUTURE OCTOBER 3, 2024 FOR
02:46:08PM TAMPA FIRE RESCUE TO REPORT ON THE STATUS OF THE REAL ESTATE
02:46:12PM ON THE PROPERTY OF -- STATUS -- LONG DAY -- PROPERTY
02:46:16PM ACQUISITION FOR FLEET MAINTENANCE.
02:46:17PM STATUS OF 24 AND STATUS OF NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS FOR
02:46:22PM CHANNELSIDE AND DOWNTOWN.
02:46:22PM WILL DO THAT TO GIVE YOU ENOUGH TIME TO CHECK UP ON UPDATES
02:46:26PM WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
02:46:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SECOND.
02:46:28PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
02:46:31PM SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
02:46:33PM ANY DISCUSSION?
02:46:35PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE?
02:46:36PM YES.
02:46:36PM >>LUIS VIERA: LASTLY IF I NAY.
02:46:37PM AND I SAID I WILL DO THIS FOR POLICE AND FIRE, A WRITTEN
02:46:40PM REPORT -- WHO NEED FOR AN IN-PERSON, UNLESS Y'ALL WANT TO OR
02:46:45PM THE UNIONS WANT TO ON AUGUST 1.
02:46:47PM THAT IS WHEN THE BUDGET -- WE SHOULD HAVE THE BUDGET BY
02:46:50PM THEN.
02:46:50PM BUT TO HAVE SPECIFICITY FROM POLICE AND FIRE BASED ON THE
02:46:54PM REPORTS FROM TODAY FROM CHIEF TRIPP AND CHIEF BERCAW, WHAT
02:46:58PM IS IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT WAS DISCUSSED TODAY'S
02:47:02PM MEETING.
02:47:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
02:47:05PM SECONDED FROM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
02:47:07PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: REPEAT THAT FOR ME?
02:47:09PM I WAS SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO YOU --
02:47:12PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, MA'AM.
02:47:13PM CHIEF TRIPP AND CHIEF BERCAW TALKED OF IMPROVEMENTS AND
02:47:18PM PROGRAM FUNDING FOR TFR AND TPD.
02:47:22PM AS WE PASS THE BUDGET END HE SEPTEMBER, I WOULD LIKE A
02:47:27PM BRIEFING IN AUGUST OF WHAT WILL BE IN THE BUDGET THAT THEY
02:47:29PM SPOKE OF TODAY.
02:47:30PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
02:47:31PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
02:47:32PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
02:47:33PM ANY OPPOSE?
02:47:35PM >>LUIS VIERA: THAT'S IT.
02:47:35PM THANK YOU.
02:47:36PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
02:47:37PM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
02:47:38PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
02:47:40PM MEET OUR NEW BUDGET ANALYST.
02:47:42PM I WOULD HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU AS YOU PREPARE YOUR BUDGET TO
02:47:46PM MAYBE WORK TOGETHER SO SHE CAN BRIEF AND HELP US UNDERSTAND
02:47:49PM WHAT YOUR WANTS, NEEDS AND DESIRES ARE SO WE CAN BE SUPPORT
02:47:54PM OF THOSE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS AND HOPEFULLY GET YOU GUYS
02:47:56PM WHAT HAD YOU NEED.
02:47:57PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: EVERYBODY GOOD WITH THAT?
02:48:00PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH TRIPP THANK YOU.
02:48:04PM >> MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN THE 9:30 PUBLIC HEARINGS.
02:48:07PM MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
02:48:10PM SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
02:48:13PM THIS IS A QUASI JUDICIAL PROCEEDING.
02:48:18PM IF YOU WERE GOING TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 70, PLEASE STAND
02:48:22PM AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND BE SWORN IN.
02:48:25PM NOBODY VIRTUAL.
02:48:28PM ANYBODY HERE SPEAKING ON 70?
02:48:34PM >>CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE: I DON'T NEED TO BE SWORN IN.
02:48:35PM CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
02:48:37PM HI.
02:48:38PM I'M HERE ON ITEM NUMBER 70 SECOND READING AND CONSIDERATION
02:48:43PM FOR THE JOHN F. GERMANY PUBLIC LIBRARY TO BE CONSIDERED FOR
02:48:47PM A LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK.
02:48:50PM STAFF IS PRESENT.
02:48:51PM STAFF IS AVAILABLE IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
02:48:55PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
02:48:57PM ANY APPLICANT OR ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM
02:49:00PM NUMBER 70?
02:49:02PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NOTION CLOSE.
02:49:04PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: SECOND.
02:49:06PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: FAVOR.
02:49:07PM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
02:49:08PM WOULD YOU MIND READING THIS?
02:49:10PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MY PLEASURE, CHAIR.
02:49:12PM I MOVE FILE NUMBER ESPECIALLY HL-24-38-46, ORDINANCE
02:49:18PM PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
02:49:20PM AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA DESIGNATING JOHN F.
02:49:25PM GERMANY PUBLIC LIBRARY AND AUDITORIUM 900 NORTH ASHLEY
02:49:31PM DRIVE, TAMPA, FLORIDA, AS DESCRIBED HEREOF AS A LOCAL
02:49:35PM HISTORIC LANDMARK PROVIDING HE PALE OF ALL ORDINANCES IN
02:49:38PM CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
02:49:40PM PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
02:49:43PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON
02:49:45PM WITH A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
02:49:47PM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
02:49:48PM >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH HURTAK BEING
02:49:57PM ABSENT.
02:49:58PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:49:59PM CONGRATULATIONS.
02:50:00PM AT THIS TIME ADMINISTRATION UPDATE WITH CHIEF BENNETT.
02:50:03PM YES, SIR.
02:50:03PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF WE CAN, MR. CHAIRMAN.
02:50:06PM I WOULD LIKE COUNCIL TO RECALL ITEM NUMBER 27, PERHAPS
02:50:09PM NOTION RECONSIDER.
02:50:10PM SOMETHING THAT WAS ON THE ADDENDUM THAT I OVERLOOKED.
02:50:14PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MISNOTICED.
02:50:17PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: NOT ONLY MISNOTICED BUT WITHDRAWN.
02:50:22PM E-MAIL STEPHEN MICHELINI REQUESTING THAT SAID AGENDA ITEM BE
02:50:28PM WITHDRAWN.
02:50:28PM I WOULD LIKE TO RECONSIDER IT BEING WITHDRAWN.
02:50:32PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION TO WITHDRAW ITEM 72 WITH A
02:50:36PM SECOND FROM MR. VIERA.
02:50:38PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
02:50:38PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
02:50:40PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR, CHIEF BENNETT DR. CHIEF.
02:50:44PM >>JOHN BENNETT: GOOD AFTERNOON, JOHN BENNETT, CHIEF OF
02:50:48PM STAFF.
02:50:48PM WE ASKED FOR ADMINISTRATION UPDATE FOR TWO QUICK THINGS.
02:50:51PM THE FIRST ONE TO HAVE OUR EM COORDINATOR JOHN TO GO OVER
02:50:55PM HURRICANE THINGS WE MAY EXPECT THIS YEAR SINCE THIS IS THE
02:50:58PM LAST MEETING BEFORE THE SEASON.
02:51:00PM JOHN HAS A SHORT PRESENTATION AND I HAVE SOMETHING QUICKLY
02:51:02PM AFTER THAT.
02:51:03PM JOHN?
02:51:05PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL, ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC.
02:51:09PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: STATE YOUR NAME.
02:51:10PM >> JOHN ATAPSIR, EMERGENCY COORDINATOR WITH THE CITY OF
02:51:16PM TAMPA.
02:51:16PM FAVORITE TIME OF THE YEAR, HURRICANE SEASON IS AROUND THE
02:51:21PM CORNER AND ASKED BY CHIEF BENNETT AND CHIEF TRIPP OF
02:51:24PM PRESENTATION OF THE OUTLOOK.
02:51:25PM A COUPLE OF BULLET POINTS AS THE CITY OF TAMPA TO GET
02:51:29PM PREPARED FOR THE SEASON AND GO OVER FOR THE PUBLIC THINGS
02:51:32PM THEY CAN TIKE PREPARE AS WELL WHEN IT IS BEAUTIFUL DAYS OUT
02:51:35PM BEFORE WE GET TO THE STORM SEASON.
02:51:36PM FIRST UP ON THE TROP CAM OUTLOOK, COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
02:51:40PM DO THEIR ANNUAL TROPICAL SEASONAL OUTLOOK, AND, AGAIN, THEY
02:51:44PM ARE LOOKING AT A ABOVE-SEASON ACTIVITY FOR THE HURRICANE
02:51:48PM SEASON BECAUSE, ONE, THE ATLANTIC IS WARMER THAN NORMAL.
02:51:52PM ALREADY LOOKING AT JUNE TEMPERATURES, AS WELL AS WE WILL BE
02:51:55PM TRANSITIONING FROM AN EL NINO, TROPICAL CLIMATE TO A LA
02:51:59PM NINA.
02:52:00PM WHAT THAT MEANS BASICALLY FOR US, LESS WIND SHEAR IN THE
02:52:05PM HEIGHT OF HURRICANE SEASON WHICH ULTIMATELY COULD MEAN MORE
02:52:08PM ACTIVITY.
02:52:08PM OVERALL, HER IN LOOKING AT 23 NAMED STORMS, 11 HURRICANES
02:52:12PM AND FIVE MAJOR CATEGORY 3 AND ABOVE STORMS.
02:52:16PM ULTIMATELY TO LEAVE WITH YOU THIS.
02:52:18PM ONLY TAKES ONE, 1992.
02:52:20PM HURRICANE ANDREW.
02:52:21PM AN A STORM.
02:52:23PM A TERRIBLE YEAR FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.
02:52:24PM ONE STORM THAT HITS US IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA WILL BE A BAD
02:52:29PM SEASON.
02:52:29PM IF IT IS NOT AND A LOT OF ACTIVITY AND THEY GO BACK OUT, WE
02:52:33PM DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.
02:52:34PM HUNDRED-PLUS YEARS SINCE TAMPA BAY HIT BY A MAJOR CHUCK
02:52:40PM 1921.
02:52:40PM HOPEFULLY KEEP THAT LUCKY STREAK GOING AND NEED TO BE
02:52:44PM PREPARED GOING INTO THE SEASON.
02:52:45PM FROM THE CITY PERSPECTIVE, WE UPDATE OUR COMPREHENSIVE
02:52:49PM EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN EVERY YEAR.
02:52:50PM THAT DOES THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR OUR DEPARTMENTS
02:52:53PM WHEN WE ARE IN EMERGENCY MODE, AS WELL AS UPDATE MAPS AND
02:52:57PM THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
02:52:58PM WE ARE FINALLY HAVING OUR DRAFT TOMORROW THAT THEN GOES BACK
02:53:02PM OUT TO OUR DEPARTMENTS.
02:53:03PM WE GO THROUGH A LENGTHY TWO-MONTH PROCESS WITH OUR
02:53:06PM DEPARTMENTS TO UPDATE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, LESSONS
02:53:10PM LEASHED FROM HURRICANE IDALIA TO UPDATE OUR PLANS TO THIS
02:53:15PM YEAR.
02:53:15PM WE HAVE OUR CITY KNOW YOUR ROLE WITH THE 4800 EMPLOYEES
02:53:19PM ABOUT THE CITY OF TAMPA.
02:53:20PM WE ALL HAVE EMERGENCY ROLES WE NEED TO BE CALLED UPON.
02:53:25PM WORKING AT SHELTERS.
02:53:26PM GIVING OUT SANDBAGS.
02:53:28PM POST-STORM DAMAGE ASSESSMENT.
02:53:31PM CLEARING DEBRIS OFF ROADWAYS.
02:53:36PM MADE THE ASSIGNMENT AHEAD OF TIME GOING THROUGH APRIL AND
02:53:40PM CONTINUING ON FOR THIS MONTH.
02:53:41PM OUR EMPLOYEES KNOW THEIR ROLES, HAVE THEIR PROPER ASSIGNMENT
02:53:45PM AND HAVE THE PROPER TRAINING AND WHEN A STORM THREATENS OUR
02:53:48PM AREA, WE ARE READY TO GO INTO ACTION.
02:53:50PM NEXT TUESDAY WE DO OUR ANNUAL TABLE-TOP HURRICANE EXERCISE
02:53:56PM WITH LEADERSHIP.
02:53:56PM 29th THE FULL-SCALE EMERGENCY RESPONSE CENTER PUBLIC WORKS
02:54:02PM TEAM WHERE WE GO THROUGH THE CITY AND PUSH THROUGH OUR
02:54:04PM ROUTES, VERIFY OUR ROUTES AND OUR CRITICAL FACILITIES
02:54:07PM THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AGAIN, TO ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING IS
02:54:09PM READY TO GO IN CASE A STORM DOES HAPPEN THIS SEASON.
02:54:11PM JUNE 1 OUR SECOND ANNUAL HURRICANE EXPO AT BARKSDALE AND I
02:54:18PM WILL PUT THE FLYER UP SHORTLY, BUT FOR RESIDENTS TO GET OUT
02:54:23PM EARLY.
02:54:24PM WE DID HAVE SINCE LAST YEAR THREE SANDBAG MANS FROM
02:54:35PM HURRICANE IDALIA.
02:54:37PM WE DIDN'T HAVE LONG LANDS AND THE HURRICANE EXPO.
02:54:41PM IF THEY WANT TO GET THE SANDBAGS AHEAD OF TIME TO HELP
02:54:46PM MITIGATE DEMANDS WHEN THE STORM IS COMING.
02:54:47PM CITY'S END, OFF SEASON, WE ARE WORKING TO CONTINUE TO UPDATE
02:54:51PM OUR TECHNOLOGY.
02:54:53PM SUPPLIES WE NEED AT THE CITY.
02:54:55PM OUR DRONE PROGRAM.
02:54:56PM WE CONTINUE TO ENHANCE OUR PROGRAM.
02:54:57PM IF YOU REMEMBER TWO YEARS AGO, WE IMPLEMENTED DRONES IN OUR
02:55:02PM DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAMS.
02:55:03PM POST STORM AS WE DO WITH HURRICANE IDALIA AND DAVIS ISLAND
02:55:09PM AND FLOODING TO GET OUR LIVE FOOTAGE AND SEE WHAT DAMAGE
02:55:14PM HAPPENS FROM THE STORM.
02:55:14PM NEXT, ALSO, THE COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM HAS BEEN
02:55:19PM WIDELY SUCCESSFUL VOLUNTEER PROGRAM WITH THE CITY.
02:55:22PM WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED THAT SINCE 2021.
02:55:25PM AND THE CERT PROGRAM.
02:55:28PM SO FAR TEN CLASSES SINCE 2021.
02:55:30PM WE ACTUALLY TRAINED 180 RESIDENTS THROUGH THAT PROGRAM.
02:55:33PM AND 70 OF THOSE RESIDENTS HAVE GONE THROUGH LEVEL TWO
02:55:37PM BACKGROUND CHECKS WHERE IT ALLOWS US TO UTILIZE THEM TO GIVE
02:55:40PM OUT SANDBAGS AND OTHER OPERATIONS DURING EMERGENCIES AS
02:55:43PM WELL.
02:55:43PM BUT THAT HAS BEEN WIDELY SUCCESSFUL.
02:55:45PM WE HELD RECENTLY PROGRAM OVER THE WEEKEND WITH THE
02:55:49PM UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA.
02:55:49PM BUT AGAIN LIFE SAFETY TRAINING, CPR, STOP THE BLEED, AND
02:55:56PM OTHER EMERGENCY TRAINING THAT THOSE RESIDENTS GO THROUGH.
02:55:58PM ALSO AT OUR WEB SITE, TAMPA.GOV/HURRICANE.
02:56:04PM RECENTLY UPDATED OUR 2024 DISASTER PREPAREDNESS GUIDE.
02:56:09PM WE ASKED ALL RESIDENTS TO LOOK AT THAT GUIDE OPINION UPDATED
02:56:12PM INFORMATION ON SHELTER LOCATIONS AND EVACUATION.
02:56:15PM AND ALL THE INFORMATION IS ON OUR WEB SITE AT THE TIME AND
02:56:19PM OUR HURRICANE HANG TAG PROGRAM FOR THE RESIDENTS AS WELL.
02:56:23PM THAT IS OUR PROGRAM POST STORM.
02:56:28PM CERTAIN ZIP CODES TO ALLOW EASY RE-ENTRY ONCE CITY OF TAMPA
02:56:33PM HAS ENTRY PLAN AND VISIBILITY FOR OUR OFFICERS THAT THE
02:56:36PM RIGHT PEOPLE ARE BACK IN POST-STORM.
02:56:38PM ON OUR WEB SITE, TAMPA.GOV/HANGTAG.
02:56:42PM RESIDENTS GET THOSE HANG TAGS AND HAVE THEM WITH THEM IN
02:56:46PM THEIR HURRICANE KIT.
02:56:47PM TWO FINAL NOTES.
02:56:50PM JULY 1 WILL BE THE MY SAFE FLORIDA HOME PROGRAM.
02:56:54PM $10,000 FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA TO HELP MITIGATE YOUR HOME
02:56:57PM AND HARDEN YOUR HOME.
02:57:00PM ON THE BLUE SKIES DAYS, THESE ARE THE TIMES WHEN LOOKING
02:57:03PM WHEN RETROFITTING YOUR HOME HARDENING TIME.
02:57:09PM AND JUNE 1st TO JUNE 14.
02:57:13PM CERTAIN ITEMS AND TAMPA.GOV/HURRICANE AND ALL INFORMATION
02:57:25PM AND GENERATORS AND EVERYTHING THAT WILL BE TAX-FREE.
02:57:28PM FOR OUR RESIDENTS, AGAIN, HOW TO PREPARE -- OUR THREE MAIN
02:57:36PM MESSAGES EVERY YEAR IS HAVE YOUR HURRICANE KIT NOW, DON'T BE
02:57:39PM IN THE LINES LIKE WE HAVE SEEN IN PAST YEARS WHERE ALL THE
02:57:42PM SUPPLIES AT THE PUBLIXES, WAL-MARTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
02:57:48PM GET YOUR WATER SUPPLY IN PLACE.
02:57:50PM SEVEN-DAY SUPPLY.
02:57:52PM ONE GALLON PER DAY.
02:57:54PM IN NONPERISHABLES, BATTERIES, CELL PHONE CHARGERS.
02:58:00PM TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE TAX HOLIDAY TO BUILD UP YOUR KIT AT
02:58:03PM THE START OF THE HURRICANE SEASON.
02:58:04PM HAVING YOUR PLAN IN PLACE IS REALLY KEY TO BRING DOWN THE
02:58:08PM STRESS DURING THESE TIMES.
02:58:10PM IF YOU ARE GOING TO THE SHELTER, IDENTIFY THE CLOSEST
02:58:13PM SHELTER.
02:58:13PM YOU SHOULD KNOW YOUR EVACUATION ZONE.
02:58:15PM IF YOU HAVE -- EITHER IN YOUR FAMILY AND FRIEND NETWORK IF
02:58:19PM YOU HAVE A SPECIAL NEEDS SHELTER.
02:58:21PM GET REGISTERED FOR NOW WITH THAT THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF
02:58:24PM HEALTH TO ACCOMMODATE FOR ANY SUPPLIES YOU MAY NEED AT THE
02:58:27PM SPECIAL SHELTER.
02:58:30PM ANOTHER TAKE AWAY.
02:58:32PM IF YOU TAKE PICTURES CON IN YOUR NOW THERE ARE ANY INSURANCE
02:58:36PM CLAIMS, IT WILL HELP YOU GET THROUGH THAT PROCESS MUCH
02:58:38PM EASIER.
02:58:40PM AND WE WANT TO HAVE FOLKS SIGN UP FOR ALERT TAMPA,
02:58:44PM TAMPA.GOV/ALERTTAMPA AND FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA AT ALERT
02:58:48PM TAMPA.
02:58:49PM WE PUT A LOT OF FRAYED PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION FOR THE
02:58:53PM PUBLIC TO STAY INFORMED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND WE WILL
02:58:56PM CONTINUE TO UPDATE FOLKS AS THINGS DEVELOP.
02:58:58PM APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S TIME THIS AFTERNOON.
02:59:00PM UP WANTED TO PUT UP THE FLYER FOR THE HURRICANE EXPO.
02:59:04PM AGAIN THIS IS AT DARKS -- BARKSDALE.
02:59:11PM MISSION BARBECUE AND, AGAIN, SANDBAGS AND SPEAKERS GETTING
02:59:16PM EVERYONE PREPARED FOR THE HURRICANE SEASON, BUT THIS IS TO
02:59:19PM GET EVERYONE PREPARED THIS YEAR TO KICK IT OFF.
02:59:22PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU, SIR.
02:59:24PM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA?
02:59:25PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO SAME I HOPE NOTHING HITS
02:59:27PM BECAUSE WATER IN THE ATLANTIC IS HOTTER NOW THAN IT IS IN
02:59:31PM AUGUST.
02:59:34PM IF ONE COMES, YOU BETTER LEAVE.
02:59:37PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
02:59:41PM WE APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND KEEPING US INFORMED.
02:59:44PM WE GET YOUR E-MAILS.
02:59:45PM WE GET YOUR -- THE SIT REPORTS.
02:59:53PM SITUATION REPORTS.
02:59:55PM YOU WORK 24-7.
02:59:56PM WHEN DISASTER STRIKES -- I HAVE BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH.
02:59:59PM WE HAD IRMA AND OTHER CLOSE CALLS.
03:00:01PM AND YOU ARE WORKING NONSTOP AND YOUR TEAM AND WE APPRECIATE
03:00:04PM YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
03:00:05PM >> THANK YOU, SIR.
03:00:07PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYTHING ELSE, CHIEF?
03:00:09PM >>JOHN BENNETT: JUST ONE THING.
03:00:10PM OPINION CHIEF OF STAFF.
03:00:12PM BRING UP MIKE SWAIN, EMPLOYMENT SERVICES MANAGER.
03:00:16PM I WANT TO TELL COUNCIL IS EXPECT A CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
03:00:23PM REPLACING RUSSELL HALBERT.
03:00:26PM LOOKING TO BRING THAT CANDIDATE TO COUNCIL JUNE 6.
03:00:29PM THREE WEEK AND WILL GET IT OUT WITH THE BACKGROUND ON THE
03:00:34PM SELECTION PROCESS.
03:00:34PM MIKE WAS TIME GET 49 APPLICANTS FOR THAT POSITION.
03:00:37PM WE WORKED IT DOWN TO ONE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE MAYOR
03:00:40PM PROBABLY BY THE END OF THIS WEEK OR THE BEGINNING OF NEXT
03:00:43PM WEEK.
03:00:43PM WE WILL SEND YOU THE MEMO WITH THE BACKGROUND ON THE
03:00:47PM DEPARTMENT AND SELECTION PROCESS.
03:00:48PM UP IN WANT TO TALK TO THE CANDIDATE BETWEEN NOW AND JUNE 6,
03:00:53PM LET ME OFFICE KNOW AND WE WILL SET IT UP.
03:00:56PM I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT MIKE SWAIN DOES A REMARKABLE JOB
03:01:01PM WITH OUR RECRUITING AND APPLICATIONS ALL THE TIME FOR THE
03:01:06PM BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST.
03:01:07PM I WANT TO GIVE HIM PROP THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND A LONG ONE.
03:01:10PM TOOK NATIONAL SEARCHES TO GET 49 BE CANDIDATES FOR ONE OF
03:01:16PM THE -- 94 CANDIDATES FOR ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
03:01:19PM DEPARTMENT HEADS.
03:01:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ABOUT MR. SWAIN, ALWAYS PROFESSIONAL AND
03:01:24PM KELLY AUSTIN IN THE BACK.
03:01:26PM GREAT DEPARTMENT.
03:01:26PM GREAT FOLKS.
03:01:27PM AGAIN, THEY WORK VERY, VERY HARD.
03:01:29PM YES, SIR.
03:01:30PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SAME THING.
03:01:31PM WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE SITTING HERE AT THE TABLE AS FIRST TIME
03:01:34PM ATTENDING OFFICIAL LIBRARY AS CITY COUNCIL.
03:01:36PM NO SONOMA PART DUE TO Y'ALL'S HELP AND ASSISTANCE GUIDING US
03:01:42PM THROUGH THE PROCESS.
03:01:43PM I REALLY EXPECT -- RESPECT YOUR EXPERTISE AND YOUR
03:01:46PM PROFESSIONALISM AND THE INPUT YOU PROVIDED WAS INVALUABLE.
03:01:50PM THANK YOU, KELLY.
03:01:51PM AND THANK YOU, MIKE.
03:01:53PM APPRECIATE IT.
03:01:53PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
03:01:55PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
03:01:56PM HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING TODAY.
03:01:58PM OKAY -- YES, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
03:02:00PM I WANT TO ASK A QUESTION OF NATIONAL SEARCHES IN GENERAL.
03:02:04PM IS THAT S.O.P. PRACTICE WHEN IT COMES TO HIGHER LEVEL
03:02:07PM POSITIONS WITHIN THE CITY?
03:02:09PM AND HOW MUCH DOES IT COST WHEN WE DO THAT?
03:02:11PM >> MIKE SWAIN, EMPLOYMENT SERVICES MANAGER.
03:02:14PM IT VARIES WITH THE POSITION AS FAR AS HOW WE APPROACH THE
03:02:18PM RECRUITMENT.
03:02:19PM WE TEND TO LOOK AT HISTORY AS FAR AS WHAT WE DID THE LAST
03:02:23PM TIME AND WHAT EFFORTS AND THE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES FROM
03:02:29PM WHATEVER IT WAS.
03:02:30PM WE USE THE NATIONAL SEARCH SUCH AS WITH THE -- WITH THE CTO,
03:02:35PM WE WENT OUT TO DICE.
03:02:36PM AND WE WENT OUT TO GOVERNMENT JOB -- GOVERNMENTJOBS.COM.
03:02:40PM DICE COST BUS $500 BUCKS.
03:02:44PM THE GOVERNMENTJOB.COM, ABOUT $250.
03:02:47PM SO THAT IS KIND OF WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT --
03:02:51PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: 250.
03:02:52PM >> YES, MA'AM HENDERSON ATHENS IS AFFORDABLE.
03:02:54PM FOR SOME REASON IN MY HEAD, A NATIONAL SEARCH WAS EXTREMELY
03:02:59PM EXPENSIVE.
03:03:00PM >> YOU ARE TALKING OF BRINGING IN A RECRUITER, THAT'S A
03:03:03PM DIFFERENT SCENARIO THERE.
03:03:04PM BUT OBVIOUSLY WE WILL TRY TO DO IT AS COST EFFICIENT THAT WE
03:03:09PM CAN.
03:03:09PM WE POST IT ON FREE JOB BOARDS AS WELL.
03:03:12PM A COUPLE WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT SPACE THAT WE TEND TO USE
03:03:15PM THAT DON'T COST ANY MONEY.
03:03:16PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I APPRECIATE THAT.
03:03:17PM THANK YOU.
03:03:18PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NATIONAL SEARCH IS DEPENDING.
03:03:20PM I HEARD FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS, IT CAN BE A LOT OF MONEY.
03:03:23PM SO COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
03:03:24PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO.
03:03:27PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO.
03:03:28PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: DO YOU TAKE YOUR DIRECTIVE OF MAYOR OR
03:03:31PM CHIEF OF STAFF FOR NATIONAL SEARCHES OR DECIDED FROM A HR
03:03:35PM PERSPECTIVE.
03:03:35PM >> TYPICALLY A DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE CHIEF OF STAFF AND
03:03:38PM THE HR DIRECTOR.
03:03:39PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WHAT IS IT?
03:03:43PM >> SHAME SORRY?
03:03:45PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: DO YOU DO IT?
03:03:46PM >> I AM THE ACTION GUY.
03:03:48PM THE DECISION IS MADE ABOVE ME AND I AM THE ACTION GUY.
03:03:52PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: PUTTING OUT THERE FOR THE PUBLIC THAT THE
03:03:55PM TOP MAKES THE DECISIONS AND BRINGS IT DOWN.
03:03:57PM PEOPLE DON'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT AND I APPRECIATE YOU
03:04:00PM CONFIRMING THAT TODAY.
03:04:01PM >> YOU ARE WELCOME.
03:04:03PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
03:04:04PM >> YOU ARE WELCOME.
03:04:06PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CHIEF BENNETT.
03:04:07PM NEXT ITEM 74.
03:04:08PM MR. BHIDE IS THERE, $8 MILLION DISCREPANCY DOWN TO $12,000.
03:04:14PM I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR HAD ANYONE ELSE --
03:04:22PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WE ARE ENDING THE CONTRACT.
03:04:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHY FOR CLARITY.
03:04:26PM WE BUDGETED $8 MILLION AND NOW WE ARE NOT SPENDING IT.
03:04:29PM JUST FOR CLARITY SAKE.
03:04:31PM >>VIK BHIDE: SURE, AFTERNOON CHAIR AND COUNCIL, VIK BHIDE,
03:04:36PM DIRECTOR MOVE BUILT HERE TO ADDRESS ITEM 74.
03:04:38PM THAT IS CORRECT, WE ARE TERMINATING YOUR CONTRACT WITH A
03:04:46PM CLOSE-OUT INVOICE OF $12,000 AND DECREASE OF $8 MILLION IS
03:04:55PM THE AMOUNT ON THE CONTRACT AND BUDGET DISCREPANCY WHERE IS
03:05:03PM THE $8 MILLION GOES.
03:05:06PM CITYWIDE CONTRACT OF USE BY MOBILITY AND ONE OF TWO CITY
03:05:14PM OPINION WIDE CONTRACTS.
03:05:15PM ONE WITH AJAX AND OTHER WITH CW ROBERTS WHICH IS ALREADY
03:05:19PM ACTIVE DO NOT A SPEAK A PROJECT OR LINE ITEM.
03:05:30PM AVAILABLE FOR CAPITAL OR OPERATIONS NEED BY MOBILITY AND
03:05:33PM OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS NEEDED.
03:05:35PM SO IT IS NOT LIKE THERE IS NOW $8 MILLION AVAILABLE BECAUSE
03:05:39PM THIS CONTRACT IS BEING TERMINATED.
03:05:41PM JUST THAT THIS CONTRACT IS BEING TERMINATED.
03:05:44PM AND WE DO ANTICIPATE GOING FOR ANOTHER CONTRACT BECAUSE WE
03:05:47PM ALWAYS WOULD LIKE HAVE REDUNDANT PAVING CONTRACTS.
03:05:51PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: FAIR ENOUGH.
03:05:52PM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
03:05:54PM >>BILL CARLSON: , CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE -- THERE ARE A
03:05:59PM BUNCH OF NUMBERS FLYING AROUND.
03:06:00PM WHAT IS THE ROAD REPAIR BUDGET, NOT INCLUDING PIPES OR
03:06:04PM WHATEVER.
03:06:05PM WHAT IS THE ROAD REPAIR BUDGET THIS YEAR?
03:06:07PM >>VIK BHIDE: THIS YEAR, IT IS -- WITH THAT $7 MILLION, ABOUT
03:06:11PM $12 MILLION.
03:06:11PM >>BILL CARLSON: BEFORE THAT IT WAS --
03:06:16PM >>VIK BHIDE: $5 MILLION OF THE $9 MILLION.
03:06:19PM >>BILL CARLSON: HOW MANY YEARS AROUND 4 MILLION TO $5
03:06:22PM MILLION?
03:06:23PM DO YOU KNOW?
03:06:24PM >>VIK BHIDE: IT VARIES.
03:06:25PM THE $5 MILLION DOES NOT INCLUDE GRANTS.
03:06:28PM THE $5 MILLION DOES NOT INCLUDE VARIOUS MATCHES.
03:06:32PM IT HAS BEEN THAT LEVEL FOR A WHILE BECAUSE GAS TAX RECEIPTS
03:06:38PM HAVE BEEN STAGNANT.
03:06:42PM >>BILL CARLSON: YOU THINK AT LEAST TEN YEARS?
03:06:45PM >>VIK BHIDE: EASILY.
03:06:46PM >>BILL CARLSON: SO WE ARE GETTING THE SAME INFORMATION AS
03:06:48PM THE PUBLIC, $112, 12 MILLION, WAS $8 MILLION COMING OUT OF
03:06:54PM IT?
03:06:55PM >>VIK BHIDE: IT IS NEITHER.
03:06:56PM THERE ISN'T A $8 MILLION LINE ITEM THAT THIS IS ASSOCIATED
03:07:00PM WITH.
03:07:00PM >>BILL CARLSON: YOU SAID A FUND THAT CAN BE USED BY ANY
03:07:02PM DEPARTMENT.
03:07:03PM MY FEAR BASED ON WHAT YOU SAID, SOMEONE OTHER DEPARTMENT
03:07:12PM COULD BE GRAB IT.
03:07:13PM AND AN ISSUE THEY HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH FOR YEARS.
03:07:16PM AND IF WE ARE GOING TO VOTE TO TAKE THIS OUT.
03:07:18PM I WOULD LIKE TO VOTE TO PUT IT BACK IN IMMEDIATE LEAD SO
03:07:22PM NOBODY ELSE CAN GRAB IT.
03:07:24PM IT IS GOING TO BE THIS 12 PLUS 8, WOULD BE 20 AND DO -- DO I
03:07:30PM REMEMBER DIRECTLY, $200 MILLION TO FIX THE ROADS.
03:07:37PM >>VIK BHIDE: THAT NUMBER IS IN THE BALLPARK.
03:07:38PM ONE IS, THIS ISN'T A $8 MILLION FUND.
03:07:41PM IT IS A $8 MILLION CONTRACT.
03:07:44PM BASICALLY BY TERMINATING THIS CONTRACT, WE HAVE ONE LESSER
03:07:48PM CONTRACT.
03:07:48PM BUT WE DON'T HAVE $8 MILLION AVAILABLE THAT WILL BE TAKEN
03:07:52PM OUT BY SOME OTHER DEPARTMENT.
03:07:54PM >>BILL CARLSON: WHERE WAS THE MONEY COMING FROM?
03:07:56PM >>VIK BHIDE: ULTIMATELY, THE CONTRACT IS AVAILABLE FOR THINK
03:08:02PM DEPARTMENT TO HAVE FUNDS RELATIVE TO THIS CONTRACT.
03:08:04PM >>BILL CARLSON: THAT IS WHAT I MEAN.
03:08:05PM >>VIK BHIDE: WE WERE GOING TO USE THIS CONTRACT USING
03:08:10PM OUR CIP BUDGET WHICH IS $12 MILLION OR OPERATIONS BUDGET FOR
03:08:13PM PAVING.
03:08:13PM BUT OTHER DEPARTMENTS COULD HAVE AS WELL.
03:08:15PM AND WE HAVE ANOTHER CONTRACT LIKE THIS.
03:08:19PM NONE OF OUR PAVING PROJECTS ARE DELAYED OR SUFFERING JUST
03:08:27PM THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT SR. NOT ACTIVE.
03:08:29PM AND LETTING IT TERM NEAT AND -- TERMINATE AND WE WILL SECURE
03:08:36PM ANOTHER CONTRACT.
03:08:36PM THE NOTION OF FUNDS AVAILABLE BECAUSE THE CONTRACT IS THERE.
03:08:40PM IT IS JUST A MECHANISM.
03:08:43PM >>BILL CARLSON: I WONDER IF WE CAN ASK OUR BUDGET ADVISOR --
03:08:45PM MAYBE IF IT IS INTO PREMATURE TO DO THAT, TO DEFER IT FOR A
03:08:50PM COUPLE OF WEEKS.
03:08:51PM MY FEAR IS THERE ARE SEEING HOW THINGS ARE DIFFERENT OVER
03:08:55PM TIME.
03:08:56PM SOMETIMES WE MAKE A DECISION THAT HAVE OTHER IMPACTS.
03:08:59PM BY THE WAY YOU ARE DESCRIBING IT, IT SEEMS LIKE BUCKET OF
03:09:02PM MONEY THAT THIS COULD COME DOWN AND STAYS IN THAT BUDGET SO
03:09:05PM IS NOT DESIGNATED.
03:09:08PM NOT A LINE ITEM, BUT IF WE CAN KEEP THIS MONEY FOR ROAD
03:09:13PM REPAIR -- THE PRIORITY OF THE PUBLIC IS ROAD REPAIR.
03:09:17PM >>VIK BHIDE: YES.
03:09:18PM IF I CAN CLARIFY, THE BUDGET FOR ROAD REPAIR IS GOING
03:09:22PM NOWHERE.
03:09:22PM THE ONLY THING WE ARE DOING IS TERMINATING A CHART IS NOT
03:09:26PM ACTIVE.
03:09:27PM >>BILL CARLSON: I UNDERSTAND, BUT -- BUT SEE NEVER MIND.
03:09:35PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
03:09:37PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WILL DROP IT DOWN SO YOU CAN
03:09:39PM UNDERSTAND.
03:09:40PM 20.
03:09:40PM THAT IS YOUR CONTRACT.
03:09:41PM THE 20, YOU SPENT $12.
03:09:43PM THERE WAS $8 THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A DIFFERENT --
03:09:47PM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT EQUAL THE SUMS OF THE $20.
03:09:50PM >>VIK BHIDE: CORRECT.
03:09:53PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: OF THOSE SUMS, SOME HAVE NOT DONE THE
03:09:56PM PROJECT.
03:09:57PM I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SUM, EIGHT LEFT AND SPENT 12 OUT OF
03:10:01PM THE 20.
03:10:01PM YOU HAVE $8 LEFT.
03:10:02PM THE MONEY IS NOT THERE BECAUSE IT HAVEN'T BEEN SPENT BECAUSE
03:10:06PM MAYBE YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO SPEND.
03:10:08PM >>VIK BHIDE: SO IF I CAN GIVE YOU A COUNTER EXAMPLE JUST TO
03:10:12PM BRING IT TO LIFE.
03:10:12PM WE HAVE A SIGNALS MAINTENANCE CONTRACT, A TRAFFIC SIGNALS
03:10:17PM MAINTENANCE CONTRACT.
03:10:18PM IF YOU ADD UP ALL THE OF THE LINE ITEMS ON IT.
03:10:23PM IT COMES UP TO 30 MILLION.
03:10:25PM CLEARLY WE DON'T HAVE $30 MILLION TO SPEND ON SIGNALS.
03:10:28PM BUT SIGNALS HAVE.
03:10:30PM POLES, ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, CONDUITS.
03:10:35PM ALL HAS TO BE THERE TO DO THE WORK THAT IS NEEDED.
03:10:39PM THIS CONTRACT SIMILAR TO PAVING.
03:10:42PM A SIMILAR AMOUNT AND DOESN'T MEAN BUDGETED MONEY FOR THEIR
03:10:45PM CONTRACT.
03:10:45PM IT WAS AVAILABLE CITYWIDE ALL IT IS.
03:10:53PM IT IS INACTIVE AND TERMINATING IT.
03:10:56PM I DO INTEND TO GO FOR ANOTHER PAVING CONTRACT.
03:10:59PM NOT A DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN OUR CONTRACT AMOUNT AND OUR
03:11:03PM BUDGET AMOUNT.
03:11:05PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU GOT IT?
03:11:06PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: GOT IT.
03:11:07PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
03:11:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT IS CLEAR.
03:11:10PM I UNDERSTAND.
03:11:10PM THE CONTRACT JUST SITS THERE AS CONTRACT THAT COULD BE
03:11:14PM UTILIZED.
03:11:15PM IT WASN'T FUNDED.
03:11:16PM THERE IS NO LINE ITEM.
03:11:18PM IT IS SITTING THERE IF SOMEBODY HAD AN EXTRA DOLLAR, GIVING
03:11:22PM AND EXERCISE THE RIGHTS UNDER THAT CONTRACT.
03:11:24PM >>VIK BHIDE: EXACTLY.
03:11:25PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: UP HEARD MERE SAY IT A MILLION TIMES, IF
03:11:29PM WE FINDS MONEY, HOPEFULLY SPEND IT ON THE STREETCAR AND
03:11:32PM ROADS.
03:11:33PM [LAUGHTER]
03:11:34PM >>VIK BHIDE: ABSOLUTELY.
03:11:36PM WE WILL GO THROUGH ANOTHER CONTRACT.
03:11:37PM WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE CONTRACT IN CAPACITY, BUT A
03:11:40PM WE DO HOPE SOMETHING HAPPENS WITH THE AFT DOLLARS.
03:11:44PM I KNOW THERE IS A QUESTION ABOUT IT.
03:11:47PM THERE SUBJECT CLARITY ON THIS YET, AND WE ARE HOPEFUL.
03:11:51PM WE HAVE BEEN HOPEFUL.
03:11:51PM THAT IS PRETTY MUCH ALL WE HAVE WITH THAT AND POTENTIAL FOR
03:11:58PM THE C.I.T. AS WELL.
03:12:01PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: JUST FOR NO CONCLUSION --
03:12:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: LET ME FINISH WILL BHIDE, WHILE I HAVE YOU
03:12:08PM CAPPED -- I AM PIVOTING --
03:12:11PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU REALLY DIDN'T HAVE THE WHOLE 20.
03:12:14PM >>VIK BHIDE: CORRECT.
03:12:16PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU BUDGETED IN FOR THE $20, AND YOU
03:12:19PM DIDN'T HAVE THE 20.
03:12:20PM >>VIK BHIDE: CORRECT.
03:12:21PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: 12 OUT OF THE $20.
03:12:26PM YOU? NEVER HAD THE $8 LEFT OVER TO HAVE IT TO SPEND.
03:12:33PM >>VIK BHIDE: THE NUMBER IS POSSIBLE IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER
03:12:36PM PROJECT.
03:12:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHILE WE HAVE YOU CAPTIVE IN FRONT OF US
03:12:40PM AT THE DAIS ON CAMERA.
03:12:42PM EARLIER IN OUR SIX-MONTH BRIEFING ON BUDGET -- I AM SURE YOU
03:12:48PM WATCHED IT.
03:12:48PM WE TALKED OF PARKING AND NEAR AND DEAR TO YOUR HEART AND
03:12:52PM EXCESS REVENUE THERE.
03:12:53PM I -- AS I DID LAST TIME -- WE MADE THE MOTION TO STEAL THAT
03:12:57PM MONEY IN FROM YOU.
03:12:58PM IT BROKE YOUR HEART.
03:12:59PM WHAT IS STANDING IN THE WAY, IN YOUR -- IN YOUR PRIORITIES
03:13:08PM STAFF THAT EXCESS REVENUE WE MAY HAVE FROM '24 OF SHIFTING
03:13:12PM THAT FUNDING FOR PAVING OF THIS YEAR SO WE CAN DOUBLE DOWN
03:13:15PM ON YOUR EFFICIENCY OF BRINGING THIS PAYMENT.
03:13:18PM DOUBLE DOWN ON THE EFFICIENCY HE DOUBLING DOWN OF THE
03:13:21PM EFFICIENCY OF THE STREETS OF TAMPA.
03:13:24PM >>VIK BHIDE: SURE.
03:13:24PM AS LONG AS THAT MONEY STAYS IN MOBILITY AND GOES FORWARD
03:13:27PM MOBILITY PRIORITIES, I THINK FROM EVERY ANGLE, FINANCIAL,
03:13:31PM LEGAL, AND ALSO MOBILITY, IT IS VALID.
03:13:34PM AND WE HAVE NEEDS ACROSS THE BOARD.
03:13:37PM DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AGAIN AND TAKE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK
03:13:40PM ABOUT THE SIGN PACKAGE.
03:13:42PM AND IT CONTRIBUTES TO TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT.
03:13:48PM DOES NOT SOLVE TRAFFIC, BUT WHAT IT DOES IS GUIDE VEHICLES
03:13:52PM TO SPACES IN GARAGES WHERE THEY ARE AVAILABLE RATHER THAN
03:13:57PM ANYONE GOING TO WHERE THEY WANT TO GO AND THEY START LOOKING
03:13:59PM FOR PARKING.
03:14:00PM THAT CREATES ABOUT 30% OF THE TRAFFIC DURING SPECIAL EVENTS.
03:14:04PM AND THAT IS WHAT THIS SYSTEM WILL HELP US DO.
03:14:07PM AND IT IS NOT A SOURCE WARE, NOT SIGNED, NOT AN APP AND NOT
03:14:14PM CONTROLLED.
03:14:14PM IT IS ALL OF THE ABOVE WORKING TOGETHER.
03:14:17PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I UNDERSTAND THAT -- THAT WANT.
03:14:19PM BUT I AM HAVING A HARD TIME -- MAYBE WE NEED TO SIT DOWN OFF
03:14:23PM GRID AND HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THAT TRULY MEANS.
03:14:25PM BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT THE ENTIRE CITY OF TAMPA, AND THE
03:14:29PM GREAT NEEDS WE HAVE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND MAY
03:14:32PM HAVING, I MEAN -- IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING -- OF THE FOLKS
03:14:37PM HAVING SPECIAL EVENTS TO HELP PAY FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT --
03:14:40PM AS WE GROW AND DEVELOP TO PAY FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT
03:14:43PM BECAUSE OUR NEEDS IN SOUTH TAMPA AND WEST TAMPA AND ALL
03:14:46PM ACROSS THE CITY ON ROAD IMPROVEMENT IS SO SIGNIFICANT.
03:14:50PM THESE ARE REAL NEEDS AND NOT NECESSARILY THE WANTS OF -- I
03:14:53PM AGREE.
03:14:54PM I HAVE VISITED SAYS THAT HAVE THAT SIGNAGE PROGRAM AND THEY
03:14:58PM ARE NICE.
03:14:58PM YOU GO TO DISNEY.
03:15:00PM THEY HAVE.
03:15:00PM IT IS NICE.
03:15:01PM WE HAVE -- I AM SURE THERE ARE STREETS IN WAR-TORN COUNTRIES
03:15:06PM THAT LOOK BETTER THAN OURS.
03:15:07PM WE HAVE GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
03:15:09PM I APPRECIATE THAT.
03:15:11PM >>VIK BHIDE: OUR NUMBER ONE COMPLAINT, NO DOUBT.
03:15:13PM ALSO NO DOUBT ON THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT IN THE CITY OF
03:15:22PM TAMPA.
03:15:22PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE BIGGEST IMPACT OF THE TAXPAYERS LIVING
03:15:26PM HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, I WOULD LIKE TO --
03:15:28PM >>VIK BHIDE: SURE.
03:15:29PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: -- WEIGHS HEAVY ON MY SOUL.
03:15:32PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON, ANYTHING ELSE?
03:15:35PM >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD JUST -- I RECOMMEND THAT WE GET OUR
03:15:38PM BUDGET ANALYST LOOK AT THIS AND COME BACK IN A COUPLE OF
03:15:42PM WEEKS.
03:15:42PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY HARM THIS IS DELAYED SINCE IT IS --
03:15:46PM >>VIK BHIDE: THERE ISN'T ANY HARM IF THIS IS DELAYED.
03:15:49PM WE CAN COME BACK IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
03:15:52PM AGAIN, OUR INTENTION SOMEBODY TO LET THIS CONTRACT EX-FIRE
03:15:56PM AND PUT ANOTHER CONTRACT OUT THERE, BECAUSE I WOULDN'T WANT
03:16:00PM REDUNDANT CONTRACTS IN PAVING GIVEN THE CLEAR DESIRE TO HAVE
03:16:04PM MORE PAVING DONE.
03:16:06PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I KNOW JUNE 6 IS FULL AND WE HAD PLENTY
03:16:09PM OF DISCUSSION ON IT.
03:16:09PM I THINK THIS WILL BE A SIMPLE -- SIMPLE DISCUSSION.
03:16:14PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MAYBE JUST ASK FOR A MEMO?
03:16:18PM >>VIK BHIDE: WE CAN DO THAT.
03:16:19PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I ASKED TO SPEAK.
03:16:21PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
03:16:22PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
03:16:23PM MR. BHIDE.
03:16:26PM REGARDLESS, WE STILL OWE THEM $12,000, CORRECT?
03:16:36PM >>VIK BHIDE: YES, WE HAVE TO FAY THAT INVOICE.
03:16:39PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH WHAT MR. BHIDE IS
03:16:43PM SUGGESTING TO ALLOW THIS COURT END AND PAYING THEN THEIR
03:16:46PM BALANCE.
03:16:46PM AND NOT HAVING TO COME BACK.
03:16:49PM STAFF IS ASKING FOR SOMETHING THAT IS REASONABLE AND I THINK
03:16:51PM WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT.
03:16:53PM I DON'T THINK ANOTHER WEEK AND HAVING OUR BRAND-NEW BUDGET
03:16:58PM ANALYST LOOK AT IT AND COME UP WITH A DIFFERENT SOLUTION.
03:17:00PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SIR?
03:17:03PM >>BILL CARLSON: I FEEL BURNED ON SO MANY LEVELS AND UP
03:17:06PM DOESN'T TO GO THROUGH ANY OF THE CASES, BUT I AM NOT TALKING
03:17:10PM ABOUT MR. BHIDE.
03:17:12PM THEY SAY DON'T WORRY, IF YOU GUY ACE PROVE IT, YOU CAN TURN
03:17:15PM IT DOWN ANOTHER TIME AND IT DOESN'T AFFECT IN AND THAT.
03:17:19PM AND IT TURNS OUT THAT IT DID.
03:17:21PM AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT -- I WANT -- ANYWAY, IF
03:17:29PM YOU GUYS WANT TO VOTE ON IT, I WILL VOTE AGAINST IT IF YOU
03:17:32PM WANT TO DELAY IT.
03:17:33PM I THINK $8 MILLION IS A BIG ENOUGH NUMBER -- DOUBLE WHAT THE
03:17:37PM ROAD REPAIR BUDGET WAS UNTIL LAST YEAR.
03:17:40PM MR. BHIDE, ONE OTHER THING REAL FAST.
03:17:43PM WOULD JUST ASK.
03:17:45PM YOU AND I SPENT MANY TIMES TALKING ABOUT THIS.
03:17:51PM I WOULD APPRECIATE -- I DON'T BELIEVE IT IS TRUE THAT THE
03:17:55PM CAUSE OF THE CONGESTION.
03:18:00PM CUMBERLAND GARAGE.
03:18:02PM CUMBERLAND GARAGE IS FAR AWAY FROM WHERE THE PROBLEM IS.
03:18:06PM THE PROBLEM IS, THE WAY THE SITUATION IS SET UP DOWNTOWN,
03:18:10PM POLICE GIVE PRESENCE TO THE PEDESTRIAN.
03:18:12PM WE ARE TRYING TO BE A PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLE FRIENDLY CITY.
03:18:20PM I THINK IT CONFUSES THE PUBLIC.
03:18:23PM AND THE PROBLEM IS THE CITY COUNCIL DIDN'T APPROVE THE
03:18:28PM SCIENCE PROGRAM AND THE REALITY IS WE NEED TO CHANGE THE WAY
03:18:32PM WE ARE GIVING HIGHER PREFERENCE TO PEDESTRIANS AND NOT
03:18:35PM GIVING DRONE CARS.
03:18:38PM THE CARS ARE BACKING UP.
03:18:40PM I CAN'T GET HERE TO IT THE EXACT DAY.
03:18:44PM WE GOT TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR CARS TO GET INTO DOWNTOWN.
03:18:55PM >>BILL CARLSON: NOT THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE PARKING
03:18:58PM IS, THEY WANT TO GO TO PAM IORIO GARAGE AND DON'T WANT TO GO
03:19:04PM TO THE OTHER GARAGES.
03:19:05PM >>VIK BHIDE: IF I CAN PUSH BACK A LITTLE BIT ON THAT.
03:19:07PM WE ARE NOT SAYING THAT THE PARKING GUIDANCE SYSTEM WILL
03:19:10PM SOLVES TRAFFIC, BUT CERTAINLY HELPS TO POINT PEOPLE TO WHERE
03:19:14PM THERE IS PARKING AVAILABLE THAN HAVING FOLKS GO TO THE MOST
03:19:18PM PREFERRED PARKING LOCATION, ABSENT THE INFORMATION WHERE
03:19:22PM PARKING IS AVAILABLE.
03:19:23PM AND IT IS REALLY THAT SIMPLE.
03:19:25PM IT DOESN'T SOLVE ALL OF THE TRAFFIC CHALLENGES.
03:19:29PM IT IS ABOUT NETWORK.
03:19:31PM ABOUT SHIFT.
03:19:32PM IT IS ABOUT THE COMPLETING THE DOWNTOWN GRID WHICH IS
03:19:35PM CURRENTLY ONE-THIRD FINISHED WITH WATER STREET.
03:19:40PM >>BILL CARLSON: SAME THING.
03:19:41PM STEVE GRIGGS WAS LEADING ORLANDO -- IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY,
03:19:44PM HE WAS LEADING ORLANDO WITH THE GREAT PARKING GARAGE WHERE
03:19:47PM YOU CAN GET OUT EASILY.
03:19:48PM AND, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN -- IN THEIR SYSTEM, THEY CAN SEND
03:19:53PM OUT A MAP OF ALL THE PLACES ARE AND HAVE A MAP TO BUY
03:19:58PM PARKING IN ADVANCE BY THE TIME YOU GET THERE, NOT DRIVING
03:20:05PM ANYWHERE AND STUCK IN TRAFFIC.
03:20:08PM ALL OF THAT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED BEFORE PEOPLE GET IN THE
03:20:13PM CARS AND THEY HAVE A PROBLEM.
03:20:22PM PEOPLE DON'T GET TO HARBOUR ISLAND.
03:20:31PM THE THING I DON'T LIKE IS THE FINGER POINTING.
03:20:35PM WE NEED TO -- I DON'T KNOW WHO NEEDS TO DO IT BUT WE NEED TO
03:20:38PM SAY A LOT OF ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS, AND WE ARE
03:20:41PM TRYING TO ADDRESS THEM.
03:20:42PM TRYING TO TAKE TIME AND THIS WE ARE TRYING TO FIX THEM.
03:20:46PM THANK YOU.
03:20:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
03:20:47PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SORRY I MISSED OUTSIDE BECAUSE I WAS
03:20:51PM OUTSIDE DOING PERSONAL STUFF, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THINGS
03:20:54PM LIKE I COME DOWN ASHLEY AND MAKE A LEFT ON JACKSON.
03:20:57PM GOES FROM THREE LANES TO ONE LANE.
03:21:00PM THAT PROBLEM IS EXACERBATED WITH TAMPA STREET MAKING A LEFT
03:21:06PM ON JACKSON.
03:21:07PM HOWEVER IT WAS BETTER TODAY GO AND STOP WITH THE OTHER SIGN.
03:21:15PM I SAID I MUST HAVE DESIGNED THIS BECAUSE IT DIDN'T WORK.
03:21:17PM THE ONE LANE BACKED UP, BUT WHEN THE LIGHT STOPS, YOU GOT TO
03:21:21PM STOP, BUT NO CARS MAKING LEFT.
03:21:23PM NO CARS OF THE TRAFFIC.
03:21:24PM WHY THEY PUT THE SIGN TO STOP.
03:21:29PM NO CARS COMING.
03:21:31PM THEY HAD A POLICE OFFICER, MAYBE THEY COULD RUN IT THROUGH
03:21:33PM AND MAYBE THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT.
03:21:36PM YOU CAN'T HAVE A STOP AND GO SIGN AND GO AND STOP.
03:21:40PM JUST MY OPINION.
03:21:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
03:21:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: JUST TO WRAP THIS UP.
03:21:44PM I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THIS ISSUE.
03:21:46PM WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
03:21:47PM HOWEVER, I AM EMPATHETIC WITH THE FELLOW WHO IS
03:21:53PM UNCOMFORTABLE WITH IT AND THE STAFF DAYS INCONSEQUENTIAL TO
03:21:57PM DELAY IT.
03:21:58PM AND I MOVE THAT WE DELAY CONSIDERATION OF THIS UNTIL --
03:22:03PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JUNE 6.
03:22:04PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: JUNE 6.
03:22:07PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON TO
03:22:11PM CONTINUE IT UNTIL JUNE 6.
03:22:16PM >>LUIS VIERA: I HAVE NO PROBLEM -- LONG DAY FOR ME.
03:22:18PM SO MR. BHIDE, THIS POSES NO PROBLEMS TO ANY PROJECTS OR
03:22:22PM ANYTHING, CORRECT?
03:22:24PM >>VIK BHIDE: THAT'S CORRECT.
03:22:25PM >>LUIS VIERA: THEN I AM FINE WITH THAT.
03:22:29PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION AND A SECOND.
03:22:30PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE..
03:22:34PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: FOR THE RECORD, I WANT TO SAY NAY.
03:22:38PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL IN FAVOR.
03:22:39PM ANY OPPOSED?
03:22:41PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: NAY HE.
03:22:43PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU ARE MEAN.
03:22:46PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I AM NOT MEAN.
03:22:47PM I CAN DECIDE FOR MYSELF.
03:22:49PM I AM NOT SENSITIVE.
03:22:51PM YOU ARE, REMEMBER.
03:22:52PM [LAUGHTER]
03:22:54PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
03:22:55PM WE DID 75.
03:22:59PM 76, 78, 79, 80.
03:23:02PM NEXT IS UP 81.
03:23:03PM THIS IS REGARDING COMMUNITY STEPPING STONES -- OR STEPPING
03:23:07PM STONES IN SULPHUR SPRINGS AS IT IS WRITTEN HERE.
03:23:10PM HELLO, HOW ARE YOU.
03:23:14PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE LEGEND.
03:23:16PM >>OCEA WYNN: OCEA WYNN, GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL, OFFICE OF
03:23:21PM NEIGHBORHOOD AFFAIRS.
03:23:22PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: EXTRAORDINAIRE.
03:23:25PM >>OCEA WYNN: THANK YOU.
03:23:26PM I AM THE MEMO THAT COMMUNITY STEPPING-STONE SENT TO YOU AND
03:23:34PM I ENDED UP WITH IT A REQUEST FOR FUNDING FOR $57,000 FOR THE
03:23:37PM AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS, ARTS PROGRAM, OUTREACH PROGRAM.
03:23:40PM THE REQUEST FROM THE LAST COUNCIL WAS FOR US TO PROVIDE
03:23:45PM FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE NONPROFIT.
03:23:48PM I AM WORKING WITH OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER TO SEE WHAT
03:23:52PM FUNDING IS AVAILABLE DURING THIS YEAR, THIS FISCAL YEAR.
03:23:56PM ONCE I -- ONCE WE HAVE A BETTER IDEA IF THE FUNDING IS
03:24:01PM AVAILABLE OR NOT, I CAN REACH OUT TO COMMUNITY STEPPING
03:24:05PM STONES, IF IT IS NOT AVAILABLE.
03:24:07PM THEY WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO -- TO SUBMIT FOR FUNDING
03:24:11PM FOR FY 25 FOR THAT NONPROFIT FIND.
03:24:16PM I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR FOR COUNCIL AS WITH ALL OF OUR
03:24:20PM NONPROFITS, THAT WE ARE ASKING EVERYONE TO COMPLETE AN
03:24:22PM AGREEMENT.
03:24:24PM AND THAT AGREEMENT WILL INCLUDE THE -- THE REQUEST TO
03:24:29PM DEVELOP A STATEMENT OF WORK.
03:24:31PM AND WE -- WE -- WE IN LEGAL -- AND WE WILL WORK ALONG WITH
03:24:37PM THEM ALONG WITH PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND METHODS.
03:24:42PM WE ARE HOLDING OUR NONPROFITS ACCOUNT FUMBLE THEY ARE NOT
03:24:47PM MEETING THE METRICS ACCORDINGLY, WE ARE NOT REVISITING THE
03:24:52PM AMOUNT OF MONEY THIS THEY ARE GETTING FOR THE NEXT QUARTER.
03:24:55PM I WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE AND SEE WHAT QUESTIONS YOU
03:24:57PM MAY HAVE REGARDING STEPPING STONES.
03:24:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
03:25:02PM THIS WAS YOUR MOTION.
03:25:03PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, I APPRECIATE THAT.
03:25:06PM I WAS GOING TO PUT A REQUEST FOR SOME FUNDS FOR THEM IN THE
03:25:08PM NEXT BUDGET ALREADY.
03:25:10PM SO THAT IS GREAT.
03:25:11PM IF WE CAN PROVIDE FUNDS NOW, THAT IS WONDERFUL.
03:25:13PM YOU KNOW, THERE IS IN SULPHUR SPRINGS.
03:25:16PM I VISITED COMMUNITY STEPPING STONES THE FIRST TIME SIX YEARS
03:25:20PM AGO.
03:25:20PM AND I AM GLAD THAT COUNCIL -- AND I AM SURE THE MAYOR IS
03:25:25PM GOING TO SUPPORT GIVING THEM SOME FUNDING BECAUSE AS GREAT
03:25:29PM RESOURCE FOR FAMILIES IN SULPHUR SPRINGS.
03:25:32PM THANK YOU FOR THAT.
03:25:32PM THIS YEAR NOW WHICH WOULD BE A GREAT BLESSING AND FOR NEXT
03:25:36PM YEAR'S BUDGET OR POST OCTOBER BUDGET, WE WILL GET IT DONE
03:25:39PM FOR SURE.
03:25:40PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMEMBER HENDERSON.
03:25:43PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
03:25:45PM MISS WYNN, HOW ARE YOU TODAY?
03:25:48PM >>OCEA WYNN: I AM QUITE WELL, THANK YOU ARE.
03:25:50PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I VISITED WITH STEPPING STONES IN THE
03:25:52PM PAST 14 DAY AND THEY ARE DOING VERY GREAT WORK OVER THERE.
03:25:55PM THIS IS REALLY MORE SO A STATEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL.
03:25:58PM THEY ARE VERY NERVOUS.
03:26:00PM THEY HAVE BEEN SUPPORTED BY HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
03:26:04PM COMMISSIONERS IN THE PAST IN THE AMOUNT OF $75,000.
03:26:08PM THEY HAVE GREAT FEAR THEY WILL LOSE THAT.
03:26:10PM I.
03:26:13PM THEY FEED THESE KIDS FULL MEALS THAT COME TO THEM.
03:26:16PM SAFETY.
03:26:16PM THEY GAVE ME SOME AMAZING STORIES.
03:26:19PM I HOPE WE CAN FIND SOME FUNDING THIS YEAR TO GET THEM OVER
03:26:24PM THE HUMP, HURDLE EVEN IF IT IS NOT IN THE AMOUNT OF $75,000.
03:26:28PM DO SOMETHING TO SUPPORT THEM.
03:26:30PM SOCIAL ACTION FUNDS OR NONDEPARTMENTAL FUNDS, THERE IS OF
03:26:37PM GREAT INTEREST TO ME PARTICULARLY BECAUSE I AM THE DISTRICT
03:26:40PM REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISTRICT 5.
03:26:42PM SO MANY DIFFERENT SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE NOT ON OUR
03:26:44PM LIST ARE -- THAT SERVE PARTICULARLY FOR ME OUR YOUTH
03:26:50PM POPULATION IS HAVE I IMPORTANT TO ME.
03:26:51PM SO I JUST HOPE THAT YOU CAN EXPRESS THAT TO THE MAYOR AND
03:26:56PM STAFF WHEN YOU ALL ARE MAKING THESE DECISIONS, BECAUSE --
03:26:59PM BECAUSE IT CONTINUES TO ME AS THOUGH IF YOU GET ON THE LIST,
03:27:03PM YOU STAY ON THE LIST FOREVER.
03:27:04PM AND NOW WE ARE HAVING -- WHERE WE ARE -- WE ARE DEVELOPING
03:27:08PM COMMUNITY BENEFIT AGREEMENTS WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT
03:27:11PM CURRENTLY EXIST, HAVING TO LAND ON THAT LIST AND EVEN
03:27:16PM SMALLER NUMBERS, I THINK WE CAN SERVE A LOT MORE PEOPLE.
03:27:20PM OUR ORGANIZATIONS.
03:27:22PM IF -- IF WE ARE NOT AS GENEROUS TO EVERYBODY ELSE.
03:27:25PM THAT IS -- THAT IS A GREAT CONCERN TO ME.
03:27:29PM AND THAT'S WHY PUBLICLY I MADE THAT MOTION A FEW WEEKS AGO
03:27:32PM THAT EVERYONE ON THAT LIST CURRENTLY BE NOTIFIED THAT AT THE
03:27:35PM END OF THE FISCAL YEAR COMES, YOU ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO GET
03:27:39PM WHERE YOU ARE IN THE PAST.
03:27:40PM THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE CAN PROVIDE THE WEALTH TO
03:27:44PM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS EVEN IN SMALLER INCREMENTS.
03:27:46PM I SUPPORT GIVING STEPPING STONES SOME FUNDS.
03:27:48PM THEY SERVE CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IT IS IMPORTANT
03:27:51PM THAT WE NOT OVERLOOK THAT PARTICULAR POINT OVER IN THE
03:27:56PM SULPHUR SPRINGS AREA.
03:27:57PM SO THANK YOU.
03:27:58PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMEMBER CLENDENIN AND CARLSON.
03:28:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I CONQUER WITH THE STATEMENTS MADE ABOUT
03:28:05PM STEPPING STONES.
03:28:06PM ONE -- PURPOSE LISTENING THIS MORNING AND -- IF YOU WERE
03:28:10PM LISTENING THIS MORNING I WAS TALKING TO CHIEF OF POLICE OF
03:28:13PM PROBLEMS INVOLVING YOUTH.
03:28:16PM SO MANY APPROXIMATE CAN BE SOLVED BY EARLY INTERVENTION AND
03:28:20PM ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS THAT GIVE KIDS A PLACE TO GO.
03:28:24PM INSTEAD OF MISCHIEF, THEY ARE UP TO LEARNING.
03:28:28PM AND GREAT RETURN AND INVESTMENT, WE RECEIVE $10 BACK IN
03:28:35PM SOCIETAL CONCERNS.
03:28:36PM AND IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT AREA OF THE CITY THAT WE NEED TO
03:28:39PM FOCUS ON INVESTMENTS AS WELL.
03:28:40PM AND THAT IS A GREAT PROGRAM.
03:28:42PM I AM GOING TO ACTUALLY JUMP AHEAD AND THEY CAN COME BACK AND
03:28:45PM DO SOMETHING ELSE -- I AM GOING TO MAKE A MOTION FOR FISCAL
03:28:48PM YEAR '24 TO ALLOCATE $75,000 TO STEPPING STONES.
03:28:52PM AND SUBSEQUENTLY, LOOKING TO '25 TO BE EQUIVALENT TO THE
03:28:57PM OTHERS.
03:28:57PM I AGREE ABOUT -- PUT A PERIOD THERE.
03:29:00PM THAT IS MY MOTION.
03:29:01PM AND THEN FOR DISCUSSION.
03:29:02PM I AGREE WITH THE ASSESSMENT OF COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON AND
03:29:07PM YOUR OBJECTIVE OF GETTING THIS IN LINE IN A BUSINESS-LIKE
03:29:12PM FASHION ENSURING THAT THE ORGANIZATION DOES THE APPROPRIATE
03:29:14PM PAPERWORK APPLICATION AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY AS WE WOULD
03:29:18PM EXPECT OUT OF EVERY ORGANIZATION AND I WOULD EXPECT THAT AS
03:29:21PM WE APPROVE THIS, THAT THEY HAVE TO FULFILL THE EXACT SAME
03:29:24PM THINGS WE EXPECT -- WE SHOULD EXPECT OUT OF EVERY
03:29:27PM ORGANIZATION.
03:29:30PM PENDING THAT PROCESS THAT WE ALLOCATE THE $75,000 FOR FISCAL
03:29:34PM YEAR '24.
03:29:35PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION.
03:29:37PM COUNCILWOMAN.
03:29:38PM YOU WANT TO SPEAK?
03:29:40PM >>BILL CARLSON: SECOND.
03:29:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU CAN SECOND IT.
03:29:43PM YOU WANTED TO SPEAK?
03:29:44PM >>BILL CARLSON: I WANTED TO SAY THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM.
03:29:46PM COMBINES SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS IN SULPHUR SPRINGS.
03:29:49PM INSTEAD OF CREATING A CRA, WE CAN JUST MOVE MONEY UP THERE.
03:29:53PM IT HELPS KIDS THAT ARE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED.
03:29:59PM ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS TO IT SO KIDS KNOW OF THE ENVIRONMENT
03:30:04PM AND SUPPORT THE ENVIRONMENT.
03:30:06PM AND KNOW ABOUT THE ARTS AND FOOD AND OTHER THINGS.
03:30:09PM SO A GREAT ALL-AROUND PROGRAM.
03:30:11PM A LOT OF OTHER FLOGS SULPHUR SPRINGS.
03:30:13PM I THINK SEVERAL OF US ARE LOOKING AROUND LIKE LAYLA'S HOUSE
03:30:18PM AND OTHERS.
03:30:18PM AND WE NEED TO BE STRATEGIC OF HOW WE INVEST AND HOLD
03:30:23PM EVERYBODY ACCOUNTABLE.
03:30:24PM AND GREAT PROGRAM.
03:30:27PM I BELIEVE IN WHAT COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON SAID THAT WE NEED
03:30:30PM TO NOTIFY NONPROFITS THIS IS NOT A RECURRING THING.
03:30:35PM WE MIGHT RENEW IT ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO, BUT WE NEED TO BE
03:30:40PM ABLE TO SET UP A SITUATION WHERE NONPROFITS DON'T EXPECT TO
03:30:42PM GET FUNDING FROM US.
03:30:43PM THIS SHOULD BE A -- FILL A PETITION GAP AND THE CITY DOES
03:30:50PM HAVE THE RESOURCES TO FUND NONPROFITS ON A GOING BASIS THE
03:31:05PM IDEA SHOULD SHALL THAT THEY BE SELF-SUSTAINABLE IF THE
03:31:07PM COUNTY DOESN'T PICK THEM UP AGAIN.
03:31:09PM THANK YOU.
03:31:10PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SHELBY, YOU HAVEN'T SPOKEN YET.
03:31:13PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IT NAY BE TAKEN CARE OF.
03:31:16PM RELATED TO THIS MOTION.
03:31:17PM WHEN YOU ARE DONE, I WOULD LIKE TO ABLE TO DISCUSS THIS.
03:31:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
03:31:21PM >>LUIS VIERA: I DID ALSO -- WHAT FOLKS HAVE SAID WITH
03:31:24PM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON ON RECURRING FUNDING.
03:31:26PM I GOT LAST YEAR, FOR EXAMPLE $57,000 FOR THE PENGUIN
03:31:34PM PROJECT, THE ARTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED.
03:31:37PM I DIDN'T MEAN THAT TO BE PERMANENT EVERY YEAR AND I THINK
03:31:40PM THEY KNOW THAT BUT IT IS TRUE.
03:31:43PM SOME WE WANT IT TO BE, PERFECT EXAMPLE THE YBOR CITY MUSEUM.
03:31:47PM EVERY YEAR FUNDED.
03:31:48PM INCREASED TO $150,000.
03:31:52PM THERE ARE SOME THAT SHOULD BE EVERY YEAR.
03:31:56PM AND WE HAVE GREAT WORKS.
03:31:58PM THIS SHOULD HELP YOU FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
03:32:01PM AND THAT IS, FOR EXAMPLE.
03:32:03PM THIS IS ONE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING IN THERE
03:32:06PM EVERY YEAR.
03:32:07PM WE DO SOMETHING -- IF NOT AT THE PRESENT LEVEL, LOWER
03:32:12PM LEVELS, SOME CONTINUED SUPPORT.
03:32:15PM I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT.
03:32:16PM BE.
03:32:17PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. SHELBY.
03:32:19PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I STILL HAVE MY LIGHT ON.
03:32:21PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
03:32:22PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I WANT TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION PER SE.
03:32:25PM AND MAYBE MR. ROGERO, IF HE IS LISTENING, MISS OCEA OR
03:32:32PM MISS WYNN.
03:32:33PM IS THAT HOW YOU IT WORKS?
03:32:34PM .STEPPING-STONE WAS NOT PART OF THE BUDGET LAST FISCAL YEAR.
03:32:38PM MR. CLENDENIN MADE A MOTION SAYING I MOVE TO GIVE THEM
03:32:41PM $57,000.
03:32:42PM CAN'T BE AS SIMPLE AS THAT.
03:32:43PM BECAUSE EVERYTHING IN THE BUDGET LAST YEAR FOR THE
03:32:45PM ORGANIZATIONS THAT I ASKED FOR MONEY FOR WILL BE THE SAME
03:32:48PM TYPE OF MOTION.
03:32:49PM I DON'T THINK THAT IS HOW IT WORKS UNLESS THERE IS -- MR. --
03:32:52PM ATTORNEY --
03:32:53PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE I WAS GOING.
03:32:56PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I WANT TO GO BACK AND CIRCLE.
03:32:58PM EVEN $57,000 IS A LOT OF MONEY JUST TO BE EVEN MORE
03:33:02PM TRANSPARENT FOR THE PUBLIC PER SE.
03:33:04PM I ASKED FOR $5,000 FOR MY ORGANIZATIONS AND I UNDERSTAND --
03:33:09PM I SAID THIS EVEN TO THE MAYOR.
03:33:11PM YOU CAN DO A LITTLE WAY LOT.
03:33:13PM I KNOW AS AN EDUCATOR.
03:33:14PM $5,000 IS SUPPORT.
03:33:16PM WE ARE HERE TO SAY WE BELIEVE IN YOU.
03:33:18PM WE LIKE WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
03:33:19PM ADD THIS TO THE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES THAT YOU HAVE.
03:33:23PM WE ARE NOT HERE TO FEED ANY SINGLE ORGANIZATION IN THAT WAY.
03:33:26PM SOME OF THE PEOPLE -- THE YBOR -- WHAT DID YOU SAY, MUSEUM?
03:33:30PM YEAH, THE YBOR MUSEUM.
03:33:31PM IT IS LIKE -- I WOULD WANT TO KNOW -- WHO ELSE ARE YOU
03:33:35PM GETTING MONEY FROM?
03:33:36PM ARE YOU EXPECTING THE CITY TO FUND YOU YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER
03:33:40PM YEAR WHERE THERE ARE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CITY OF
03:33:43PM TAMPA THAT GET ABSOLUTELY NOT ONE DIME FOR US.
03:33:45PM WE CAN'T SAY, WELL, I LIKE ONE AND YOU SHOULD FUND IT UNLESS
03:33:49PM WE ALL HAVE -- DO NOT BANG ME -- UNLESS WE ALL HAVE OUR --
03:33:53PM OUR OWN SET OF DOLLARS THAT WE CAN -- THAT WE CAN LOOK AT
03:33:57PM FOR OURSELVES AND SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS, YOU KNOW, AS A
03:34:02PM PARTICULAR DISTRICT OR AS COUNCILMEMBER.
03:34:05PM BECAUSE THAT -- THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I FEEL WILL BE EVEN
03:34:08PM MORE BEN FISH SMALL.
03:34:10PM BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE COMING TO YOU.
03:34:11PM AND THEY ARE SAYING IT.
03:34:13PM THIS LIST HAS BEEN AROUND ANTICS EXTREMELY LONG TIME.
03:34:16PM WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, SOME OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THESE
03:34:21PM ORGANIZATIONS MAKE A LOT OF MONEY WITH A NONPROFIT AND HERE
03:34:24PM IT IS.
03:34:24PM WHAT ARE WE FUNDING AND WHAT ARE THEY DOING.
03:34:27PM I AM NOT QUESTIONING THEIR WORK, BUT THE QUESTION OF WHY
03:34:30PM THEY FEEL THE CITY YEAR AFTER YEAR WITHOUT HAVING TO DO
03:34:33PM ANYTHING.
03:34:33PM WITHOUT HAVING AN AGREEMENT, YOU KNOW, TO GET DOLLARS.
03:34:37PM DOES HAVE TO END THIS PROCESS HE -- MR. CLENDENIN MAKING A
03:34:41PM MOTION.
03:34:42PM I CAN'T SUPPORT IT IN THAT WAY UNLESS BUDGET IS COMING BACK
03:34:47PM TO US GOING, YES, WE DO HAVE ROOM IN OUR BUDGET OR WE HAVE A
03:34:51PM SURPLUS.
03:34:52PM BECAUSE WHEN THE MILLAGE DIDN'T PASS, ALL OF THE NEW FUNDING
03:34:55PM WENT AWAY FOR NONGOVERNMENTAL FUNDS.
03:34:57PM I SUPPORT THEM BEING IN THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.
03:34:59PM I SAID THAT.
03:35:00PM I VISITED THEM.
03:35:01PM IT IS THAT EASY AND, AND I WILL COME UNDER NEW BUSINESS AND
03:35:11PM WILL DO THE SAME EXACT THING.
03:35:18PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CAN I ADDRESS THAT FIRST.
03:35:22PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I WILL HEAR FROM MR. SHELBY FIRST.
03:35:24PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: A ANSWER UNDER THE CHARTER THAT MAY AFFECT
03:35:28PM YOUR QUESTIONS AND DIRECTION.
03:35:31PM FIRST LET ME SAY WITH THE EXPENDITURE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS,
03:35:34PM IT IS REQUIRED TO HAVE THE MUNICIPAL PERKS OPPOSED TO A POT
03:35:40PM OF MONEY SAYING I LIKE THIS ORGANIZATION AND I WOULD LIKE
03:35:48PM TAXPAYER FUNDS.
03:35:49PM WITH A BUDGET WITH REGARD TO FY '25.
03:35:55PM WITH REGARDS TO THAT WHEN PRESENTED WITH THE BUDGET, YOU CAN
03:35:58PM ADDRESS THAT.
03:35:59PM YOUR MOTION IS FROM FY '24.
03:36:05PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BUDGETED MONEY OUT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
03:36:06PM MONEY.
03:36:07PM WE HAVE -- I ACTUALLY SPOKEN WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, THERE
03:36:11PM IS EXCESS MONEY, ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY FOR THIS.
03:36:13PM AND IN -- IT WASN'T A BUDGET LINE, BUT THE MONEY HAS BEEN
03:36:18PM AUTHORIZED BY CITY COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE EXCESS MONEY THERE.
03:36:23PM SO THIS IS JUST USING THE BUDGETED EXCESS MONEY AND LONG
03:36:27PM ITEMING FOR THIS ORGANIZATION.
03:36:30PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YOU ARE SAYING A SOCIAL SERVICES LINE
03:36:34PM THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS THAT HAS MONEY IN IT?
03:36:37PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I CAN, BEFORE YOU GO THERE.
03:36:39PM BECAUSE THIS MAY FACTOR IN.
03:36:41PM WITH REGARD FOR THAT, I KNOW THAT SPECIFICALLY WITH
03:36:46PM NOT-FOR-PROFITS, A LINE IN THE BUDGET ON THE LINE ITEM PAGE
03:36:48PM FOR NONDEPARTMENTAL EXPENDITURES.
03:36:50PM WHEREBY LINE BY LINE, WE CAN SEE WHAT MONEY THE
03:36:58PM NOT-FOR-PROFITS GET.
03:36:58PM WHAT YOU MAY BE SAYING IS TRUE AND I AM NOT AWARE OF IT.
03:37:01PM WHAT I AM FAMILIAR WITH IS THAT ONCE YOU ADOPT A FISCAL
03:37:06PM BUDGET FOR A FISCAL YEAR, THE CITY COUNCIL CANNOT ON ITS OWN
03:37:11PM VOLITION DO BUDGET CHANGES AND SECTION 7.07 OF YOUR CHARTER
03:37:17PM SAYS UNDER BUDGET CHANGES, THE CITY COUNCIL, UPON THE
03:37:20PM RECOMMENDATION OF THE MAYOR SHALL HAVE THE POWER FROM TIME
03:37:26PM TO TIME OF FISCAL YEAR ADOPTION OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET FROM
03:37:30PM RESOLUTION TO REAPPROPRIATE FOR ANY MUNICIPAL PURPOSE ANY
03:37:33PM FUNDS NOT NEEDED FOR THE PURPOSE ORIGINALLY APPROPRIATED OR
03:37:36PM TO APPROPRIATE ANY UNAPPROPRIATED CASH, SURPLUS TO ANY
03:37:40PM MUNITION PAL PURPOSE.
03:37:42PM YOUR AGENDA ON THE CONSENT DOCKET IS FILLED WITH BUDGET
03:37:48PM AMENDMENTS RECOMMENDED BY THE ADMINISTRATION.
03:37:50PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: RIGHT NOW AS THAT MOTION STANDS WITHOUT
03:37:53PM BEING AMENDED, WOULDN'T THAT BE -- NOW THE MAYOR.
03:37:59PM I AM ASKING.
03:38:00PM FOR 24.
03:38:01PM THE MAYOR WILL COME BACK AND SAY NO.
03:38:03PM AND NOT RECOMMEND IT.
03:38:04PM AND SHE WOULD HAVE THE ULTIMATE POWER.
03:38:07PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: ULTIMATELY, BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE TO BE
03:38:15PM INITIATED BY HER IN ORDER TO COME TO YOU.
03:38:17PM YOU CAN MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION AND REQUEST.
03:38:20PM A LOT OF THE MOTION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION UNDER THIS
03:38:22PM CHARTER ARE IN THE FORM OF A REQUEST FOR ADMINISTRATION.
03:38:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DO I NEED TO REWORD MY MOTION TO BE IN
03:38:32PM ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHARTER?
03:38:34PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, IN MY OPINION.
03:38:35PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WITH MERE MISSION OF THE PERSON WHO
03:38:38PM SECONDED THIS.
03:38:39PM I AMEND, TO RECOMMEND THAT THE MAYORAL KATE $57,000 OUT OF
03:38:44PM FISCAL YEAR '24 MONEY TO STEPPING STONES AND ALSO, THE
03:38:51PM BUDGET PEOPLE THAT ARE LISTENING ADDRESS THIS IN '25 AS
03:38:55PM WELL.
03:38:55PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION -- MOTION FROM
03:39:01PM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
03:39:05PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, AYE.
03:39:07PM OPPOSED?
03:39:08PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: NO.
03:39:09PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HALF THE YEAR.
03:39:10PM ANOTHER ONE CAN COME IN AND SAY THE SAME THING.
03:39:17PM WE START CHAIN THAT IS NEVER GOING TO END.
03:39:21PM I DON'T MIND AND 12 MONTHS BETTER PART OF THE YEAR.
03:39:30PM IF YOU TALK OF YEAR, MONTH BY MONTH.
03:39:32PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
03:39:35PM WAIT A MINUTE.
03:39:36PM SHE IS SPEAKING AND I WILL ASK FOR CLARITY.
03:39:38PM YES, MA'AM.
03:39:44PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MISS WYNN, WHEN YOU STOOD UP AND YOU SAID
03:39:49PM YOU WERE WORKING ON THIS.
03:39:50PM GO INTO FURTHER DETAIL WITH THAT, PLEASE.
03:39:53PM >>OCEA WYNN: I AM WORKING WITH THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
03:39:55PM TO SEE IF ANY FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE.
03:39:58PM WE HAVE I DON'T KNOW -- WE CAN'T SPEAK BUDGET BUT WE ARE
03:40:07PM WORKING TOGETHER.
03:40:08PM HE KNOWS OF THE REQUEST, AND I WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION
03:40:10PM ONCE WE ARE ABLE TO COLLABORATE MORE.
03:40:18PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT.
03:40:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
03:40:23PM >>LUIS VIERA: THIS MOTION -- I AM GLAD TO SUPPORT IT BECAUSE
03:40:26PM MEMORIALIZES WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
03:40:28PM AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM TO THE EXTENT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
03:40:31PM COME AND ASK US FOR HELP THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE CAN JUST SAY
03:40:35PM NO.
03:40:35PM AND THIS ONE I AM JUST SAYING YES TO.
03:40:37PM SO I AM GLAD TO SUPPORT THIS.
03:40:40PM IT FORMALIZES WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
03:40:42PM I THINK THAT IS GREAT.
03:40:44PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
03:40:44PM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
03:40:45PM >>BILL CARLSON: AND I THINK --
03:40:47PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MISS WYNN.
03:40:54PM >>OCEA WYNN: SAID HOW MUCH FUNDING.
03:40:56PM $75,000 IS GREAT, $15,000 GREAT.
03:40:59PM TO WORK WITH HOW MUCH FUNDING IS AVAILABLE TO GIVE TO THE
03:41:04PM ORGANIZATION THIS YEAR.
03:41:05PM AND THEN IF THERE IS NONE AVAILABLE, THEN, OF COURSE,
03:41:10PM ENCOURAGE THEM TO APPLY.
03:41:12PM >> COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
03:41:14PM >> I THINK -- IF THE ADMINISTRATION AGREES, WE WILL
03:41:17PM INDUSTRIAL TO DO A CHANGE OF BUDGET APPROVAL.
03:41:19PM SO IT WILL COME BACK US TO TODAY.
03:41:20PM THE OTHER THING IS WE ALL SAW IN PUBLIC COMMENT WHAT PEOPLE
03:41:26PM ARE SAYING OF THE COMMUNITY AND FOLKS WANT JOBS AND
03:41:29PM AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS.
03:41:30PM IN PARTICULAR, WE KNOW THAT SULPHUR SPRINGS NEEDS SOMETHING
03:41:37PM AND NOT A LINE-UP OF EVERY NONPROFIT, IT IS HELP IN THE
03:41:41PM SHORT TERM TO STOP SPECIFIC PROBLEMS THAT THE COMMUNITY IS
03:41:44PM PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT.
03:41:45PM THE QUORUMS THAT THE POLICE HAVE BEEN HAVING.
03:41:49PM PEOPLE TALK OF THE KIND OF AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS AND FIND
03:41:53PM JOBS.
03:41:54PM WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE.
03:41:55PM THANK YOU.
03:41:56PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ARE YOU ABLE TO COME BACK BY JUNE 6 WITH
03:41:59PM THE ANSWER?
03:42:00PM >>OCEA WYNN: YES, SIR, EITHER THE CFO OR I WILL COME BACK.
03:42:05PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: STILL MAKE THE MOTION TO PROVIDE THE
03:42:09PM FUNDING FOR FISCAL '24 AND COME BACK ON JUNE 6 FOR THE
03:42:14PM ANSWER.
03:42:14PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COLLAR THEE ON THE MOTION.
03:42:16PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, AYE.
03:42:18PM OPPOSED?
03:42:19PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM OPPOSED ON THE YEAR THING -- HALF A
03:42:23PM YEAR LEFT.
03:42:24PM YOU CAN'T SAY '24 BECAUSE -- YOU HAVE OTHER -- OTHER SAME
03:42:29PM TYPES OF INDIVIDUALS, WHETHER THEY ARE GOOD OR NOT, THAT IS
03:42:32PM NOT THE QUESTION.
03:42:32PM OTHER 501 C 3S THAT SAY WAIT A MINUTE.
03:42:37PM I WANTED 30.
03:42:39PM AND WANTED 15.
03:42:41PM YOU GAVE THE OTHER 15 AWAY.
03:42:43PM YOU ARE STARTING A CONVOLUTED THING.
03:42:46PM I KNOW IT IS NOT THE INTENT OF THE MOTION.
03:42:48PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO SPEND THE MONEY
03:42:50PM DURING THE SUMMER PROGRAMS.
03:42:51PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I UNDERSTAND THAT.
03:42:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HAD WE GIVEN IT IN THE FALL.
03:42:57PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NOT THE USE OF THE MONEY BUT THE
03:42:59PM PRINCIPLE OF WHAT OTHERS WILL COME AND ASK YOU FOR THAT YOU
03:43:02PM GAVE THEM HALF OF WHAT THEY WANTED AND THEN GIVING THEM
03:43:05PM TOTAL OF HALF A YEAR WITHIN SIX MONTHS.
03:43:07PM THAT'S ALL.
03:43:08PM JUST A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION ON HOW YOU DO IT.
03:43:11PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION PASSES WITH ONE MEMBER VOTING NO,
03:43:14PM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
03:43:15PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I WANT TO CLARIFY.
03:43:17PM GUILT AHEAD AND SUPPORT IT BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO COME TO US
03:43:20PM ANY WAY FOR APPROVAL UNDER CONSENT.
03:43:22PM MISS WYNN, DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A MOTION BUT MAKE SURE IN THIS
03:43:27PM CONVERSATION THAT ALL THE FUNDS IN THE SIX ORGANIZATION, IT
03:43:31PM WILL BE NICE FOR THOSE TO BE PRESENTED THAT THE SAME TIME AS
03:43:34PM WELL.
03:43:34PM I AM NOT FORCING IT TO BE A MOTION.
03:43:36PM >>OCEA WYNN: YES, MA'AM.
03:43:38PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
03:43:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM 82 AND 83, WE DISCUSSED.
03:43:44PM COUNCILMAN CARLSON WOULD MAKE A MOTION AT THE END OF THE
03:43:47PM MEETING REGARDING THOSE.
03:43:49PM ITEM NUMBER 84, WE DISCUSSED.
03:43:51PM YEAH, CONTINUED.
03:43:54PM ITEM NUMBER 85.
03:43:56PM WE HAVE ANDREA ZELMAN, OUR CITY ATTORNEY FOR 85.
03:43:59PM GO AHEAD.
03:44:02PM >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I JUST SET THIS UP.
03:44:03PM THIS IS ABOUT THE RESIDENCY.
03:44:05PM AND I KNOW ONE OR MORE OF YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS IN
03:44:10PM GENERAL.
03:44:10PM THE VOTERS VOTED TWO OR THREE TIMES FOR A RESIDENCY
03:44:15PM REQUIREMENT.
03:44:15PM IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT, YOU CAN MAKE A
03:44:19PM MOTION TO PUT ON THE BALLOT TO HAVE THE VOTERS TAKE OFF.
03:44:22PM ALL THIS IS TRYING DO IS KNOWING THAT THIS IS A REQUIREMENT
03:44:25PM OF THE -- OF THE CHARTER, HOW DO WE GOD PHI IT THE SAME WAY
03:44:29PM WE GOD PHI OTHER THINGS.
03:44:30PM THE MEMO THAT.
03:44:35PM IT IS ALREADY CODIFIED IN MANY WAYS AND THE ONLY PIECE IS A
03:44:43PM FORM.
03:44:44PM AND THE FORMAT, THERE IS A STAFF PERSON THAT QUALITIES THE
03:44:49PM FOLKS AND ASKS THEM IF THEY COMPLY AND WE MARK IT DOWN.
03:44:54PM THAT PASSES ON THE LIABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY TO THAT
03:44:59PM PERSON.
03:45:00PM AND ALL THIS DOES AN OFFICE THAT MISS ZELMAN, THAT THE
03:45:05PM PERSON MEETS THE REQUIREMENT.
03:45:06PM NOT A NEW REQUIREMENT AND THE PENALTIES ARE NOT NEW.
03:45:08PM THEY ALL EXISTED ALREADY.
03:45:10PM ALL IT IS THE INDIVIDUAL SIGNS OFF THAT THEY DID IT, NOT
03:45:14PM SOMEONE ELSE SIGNING OFF FOR THEM.
03:45:16PM AND SO UNLESS MISS ZELMAN WANTS TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE.
03:45:20PM I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDED FORM.
03:45:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYTHING ELSE MISS ZELMAN.
03:45:28PM >>ANDREA ZELMAN: I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD.
03:45:31PM HE SUMMARIZED IT WELL.
03:45:33PM I WILL REMIND THAT -- ANDREA ZELMAN, SORRY, CITY ATTORNEY.
03:45:39PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK MADE A FOR US TO COME BACK ON JUNE 6 TO
03:45:43PM TALK ABOUT WHETHER IT IS POSSIBLE TO REDUCE THE LIST OF
03:45:46PM THOSE WHO ARE SUBJECT TO THE CHARTER REQUIREMENT.
03:45:49PM SO WE -- WE WILL BE DISCUSSION THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS
03:45:53PM AGAIN, BUT FOR PURPOSES OF TODAY, I THINK COUNCILMAN CARLSON
03:45:59PM SUMMARIZED THE ISSUE WELL.
03:46:01PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
03:46:02PM YES, SIR.
03:46:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CAN YOU SAY THAT WITH A LITTLE MORE
03:46:05PM TOLERANCE.
03:46:06PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
03:46:08PM >>BILL CARLSON: DOES IT HAVE A SECOND.
03:46:09PM IF IT DOESN'T HAVE A -- MY MOTION IS TO --
03:46:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WILL SECOND WITH A DISCUSSION.
03:46:13PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A SECOND?
03:46:14PM GO AHEAD, SIR.
03:46:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: JUST TO MY POINT IS CLEAR.
03:46:18PM I HEARD IT FROM SOMEBODY AND I DON'T KNOW WHO I HEARD IT
03:46:21PM FROM THAT WE OUTLIVED THE USEFULNESS OF THIS.
03:46:26PM THAT THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT.
03:46:28PM THE CITY OF TAMPA, OUR BOUNDARIES, NOT LIKE BEFORE MR. GRECO
03:46:33PM AND.
03:46:34PM IT WAS CONVOLUTED CITY AND WHETHER YOU ARE IN AND OUT.
03:46:38PM AND WE ARE BIG METROPOLITAN AREAS NOW.
03:46:41PM AND WHAT IMPACTS THE CITY OF TAMPA IF YOU LIVE SLIGHTLY
03:46:44PM OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF WHATEVER, YOU ARE STILL BEING
03:46:46PM IMPACT BY THE CITY.
03:46:47PM IN THE SAME MEDIA MARKET.
03:46:49PM YOU ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME LIFE THE REST OF US ARE.
03:46:52PM I THINK I WILL BE FOLLOWING BE ON THE -- ON THE SIDE OF A
03:46:55PM VOTE IF WE WERE TO PUT THIS BEFORE THE VOTE AGAIN CHARTER
03:47:03PM AMENDMENT BECAUSE IT HELPS WITH US THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST
03:47:06PM CANDIDATE.
03:47:06PM I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN.
03:47:08PM THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF GOOD FOR THE GREATEST NUMBER OF
03:47:10PM PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO MOVE PAST THIS AND THE BEST AND
03:47:13PM BRIGHTEST FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA.
03:47:14PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA AND HENDERSON.
03:47:18PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET ME PUT THIS WAY IF I REMEMBER.
03:47:23PM YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST.
03:47:25PM THAT PERSON LIVES ONE BLOCK OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
03:47:29PM THAT COULD BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AIRPORT, WHICH IS
03:47:31PM MUCH CLOSER THAN ANYTHING ELSE WE HAVE.
03:47:36PM THAT PERSON WILL SAY, I LIVE HERE.
03:47:38PM I GOT A HOUSE HERE.
03:47:39PM BUT I NEED TO MOVE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
03:47:41PM I EITHER EXPECT TO PAY RENT AND LIE TO MYSELF BECAUSE THE
03:47:45PM SALARY THEY GIVE ME IS NOT COMMENSURATE WHERE I AM AT, WHY
03:47:49PM SHOULD I APPLY.
03:47:50PM THAT PERSON MAY BE THE BEST PERSON OPINION WE ARE CUTTING --
03:47:53PM I UNDERSTAND THERE HAS TO BE A VOTE TAKEN AT ELECTION TIME
03:47:56PM WHETHER THEY WANT TO CHANGE THE CHARTER -- IS A CHARTER,
03:48:00PM ISN'T IT?
03:48:00PM I SEE 601 AND 03, ASSUME IT IS IN THE CHARTER.
03:48:05PM >> YES.
03:48:06PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: A CHARTER THING THAT WILL HAVE TO COME
03:48:09PM UP.
03:48:10PM DOES IT HAVE TO COME UP IN THE CITY ELECTION OR ANY.
03:48:14PM >>ANDREA ZELMAN: IT CAN BE DONE IN NOVEMBER.
03:48:16PM BUT IF COUNCIL IS GOING THERE --
03:48:19PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM JUST ASKING.
03:48:21PM >>ANDREA ZELMAN: WE INTO NEED THAT VERY QUICKLY.
03:48:22PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO, NO, I AM JUST ASKING.
03:48:25PM >>ANDREA ZELMAN: IT WOULD, YES.
03:48:26PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ALL I WANTED TO KNOW.
03:48:28PM IF YOU WERE REAL LEGAL LOOKING TO HAVE A TOP-NOTCH, WHY --
03:48:32PM THE AREA -- YOUR SQUEEZING IT TO AN AREA SO SMALL, COMPARED
03:48:36PM TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, WE ARE SMALL IN LAND-WISE.
03:48:40PM WE ARE ONLY ABOUT A THIRD OF THE POPULATION IN THE COUNTY.
03:48:43PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: AND LINEAR.
03:48:47PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WE ARE UP VERTICAL, RIGHT.
03:48:48PM LINEAR GETS MIXED UP WITH LINE IN MY MIND.
03:48:51PM >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIR.
03:48:53PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON AND THEN CARLSON.
03:48:57PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I WANT TO SAY ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE,
03:48:59PM THE MAJORITY OF THE STAFF LIVE IN THE CITY.
03:49:02PM I UNDERSTAND THAT.
03:49:03PM LESS THAN TEN PEOPLE IN THE LIST THAT EVEN NEEDED THE
03:49:07PM WAIVER.
03:49:07PM AM I CORRECT OF THAT?
03:49:09PM ABOUT TEN -- I THINK IT WAS LESS THAN TEN.
03:49:11PM THE I THINK THAT STANDS OUT IN MY MIND, WE WERE IN A HOUSING
03:49:14PM CRISIS.
03:49:15PM SO FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T FALL INTO THAT BE PARTICULAR
03:49:19PM CATEGORY TO TRY TO LOOK FOR A HOUSE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA,
03:49:22PM WILL BE PUTTING NEWS A VERY, VERY CHALLENGING SITUATION.
03:49:27PM YOU CAN LOSE A BID ON THE HOUSE.
03:49:30PM I SAW A WOMAN ON THE NEWS ATTEMPTED 20 TIMES TO BUY A HOUSE
03:49:34PM IN THE CITY OF TAMPA AND LOST OUT BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE
03:49:36PM BIDDING PROCESS.
03:49:37PM A FINANCIAL ISSUE WHERE WE SHOULDN'T HOLD -- PIGEONHOLE
03:49:42PM PEOPLE TO THIS PROCESS AND LET THE VOTERS DECIDE.
03:49:45PM I CAN SEE IT NO, SIR THE NECESSARY ESPECIALLY WHEN THE
03:49:47PM MAJORITY OF THE STAFF DOES LIVE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
03:49:50PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
03:49:51PM >>BILL CARLSON: TO REMIND EVERYBODY.
03:49:54PM THAT WHOLE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CHARTER.
03:49:58PM THAT IS ANOTHER TIME.
03:49:59PM SOMEBODY ELSE CAN PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA.
03:50:02PM IT HAS BEEN VOTED ON TWO OR THREE TIMES AND A SEPARATE
03:50:07PM DISCUSSION.
03:50:07PM ONLY DISCUSSION TODAY IS THE PROCESS SINCE IT IS LAW.
03:50:13PM JUST LIKE ANY OF THE OTHER LAWS WE NEED TO CELEBRATE AND THE
03:50:17PM CURRENT PROCESS THAT I HAVE TO ASK YOU.
03:50:21PM AND THANK YOU MISS ZELMAN FOR KNOWING THAT.
03:50:27PM ONCE A YEAR A STAFF PERSON CALLS ON EACH OF THOSE FOLKS.
03:50:32PM THE DIFFERENCE NOW, WON'T BE ON A PERSON TO CALL THEM BUT A
03:50:37PM FORM WE WILL CALL ON THEMSELVES.
03:50:40PM NOT VOTING ON WHETHER WE WANT THIS OR NOT OR VOTING ON
03:50:43PM ACCEPTING THE FORM THAT IS RECOMMENDED TO US.
03:50:45PM THAT'S IT SO ITSELF REPORTED RESPONSIBLE OF COLLECTING IT.
03:50:52PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM NOT QUESTIONING IT AT ALL.
03:50:54PM BUT I AM LOOK CAN AT THE FORM.
03:50:57PM >>ANDREA ZELMAN: YOU SHOULD HAVE IT.
03:51:00PM ATTACHED TO THE MEMO.
03:51:02PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THIS IS THE WRITTEN HOW IT IS.
03:51:04PM WITHIN 30 DAYS' NOTICE, AND MAKING FALSE STATEMENT OF
03:51:09PM IMMEDIATE TERMINATION OF RETURNING TO CITY OF TAMPA AND
03:51:12PM EMPLOYEE OF ONE YEAR FOLLOWING TERMINATION.
03:51:16PM IS THAT WHAT IT SAY AS SOON AS.
03:51:19PM >>ANDREA ZELMAN: EXHIBIT A AT THE TOP AND RESIDENCY STATUS.
03:51:24PM >>BILL CARLSON: ALL OF THOSE ROLES --
03:51:27PM >>ANDREA ZELMAN: A FORM AND PLACE FOR A NOTARY SIGNATURE AT
03:51:30PM THE BOTTOM.
03:51:31PM >>BILL CARLSON: ALL THE RULES ARE THE EXISTING RULES IN THE
03:51:34PM MANUAL.
03:51:34PM ALL WE ARE DOING IS GETTING THE PERSON TO FILL OUT THE FORM
03:51:38PM THEMSELVES INSTEAD OF THE STAFFER DO DOING.
03:51:41PM >> I AM HAPPY THEY SHOULD HAVE THIS WHEN YOU RUN FOR OFFICE
03:51:46PM AS A CANDIDATE.
03:51:47PM AND HAVE YOU SIGN IT AS PENALTY OF LAW.
03:51:52PM IF YOU LIVE IN THE CITY YOU SAY YOU ARE.
03:51:54PM THIS IS ONLY FOR A DEPARTMENT OR PERSONS LIVING HERE.
03:51:58PM HOW ABOUT THE OTHER OFFICIALS IN THEY SHOULD SIGN WITH YOU A
03:52:01PM WANT HERE.
03:52:02PM WHAT WE WANT HERE.
03:52:03PM YOU ARE JUST THE PERSON WHO CALLED IT, OR WROTE IT.
03:52:07PM YOU SIGN THIS.
03:52:08PM ELECTED OFFICIAL.
03:52:09PM >>BILL CARLSON: I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION.
03:52:11PM >>ANDREA ZELMAN: SEPARATE ISSUE.
03:52:13PM I AM GOING TO SAY THAT IS GOVERNED BY ELECTION LAW AND THE
03:52:17PM SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS HAS PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY.
03:52:20PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I CAN'T FOR THIS UNLESS THE EMPLOYEE OF
03:52:24PM THE PEOPLE SEEKING OFFICE DO THE SAME THING.
03:52:27PM I AM NO BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE.
03:52:31PM MA.
03:52:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE DON'T HAVE AUTHORITY OVER THAT.
03:52:34PM WE HAVE AUTHORITY OVER THIS.
03:52:35PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: I AM SORRY, MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL
03:52:41PM ATTORNEY.
03:52:41PM THE ELECTION OFFICER FOR THE CITY.
03:52:43PM IF THAT IS A CONCERN WE WILL HAVE THE DISCUSSION WITH THE
03:52:46PM SUPERVISOR.
03:52:47PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HE OR SHE, BUT IF YOU PUT IT IN ARCH
03:52:52PM ORDINANCE IT.
03:52:53PM >>ANDREA ZELMAN: WE ARE NOT PUTTING IT AN ORDINANCE.
03:52:56PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SHOULD BE AN ORDINANCE IN THE CITY OF
03:52:59PM TAMPA.
03:52:59PM >>ANDREA ZELMAN: THAT'S WHERE THIS STARTED AND I EXPLAINED
03:53:02PM TO COUNCILMAN CARLSON, IT IS -- IT IS ALREADY CODIFIED IN
03:53:09PM THE CHARTER.
03:53:10PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU PUT THE MAYOR AND -- I WILL VOTE
03:53:13PM CONTINUE TO TEN TIMES.
03:53:14PM >>BILL CARLSON: I DON'T CARE.
03:53:15PM OTHER THING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS BY CHARTER THE MAYOR
03:53:19PM RUNS THE ADMINISTRATION, NOT US.
03:53:20PM THE MAYOR USE THIS FORM WITHOUT OUR VOTE, BUT THE IDEA IS TO
03:53:25PM AGREE WITH THE FORM.
03:53:26PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: TAKES FIVE VOTES TO OVERRIDE THE -- IT
03:53:31PM TAKES SEVEN VOTES TO OVERRIDE ARE THE MAYOR.
03:53:34PM >>BILL CARLSON: EVEN IF WE VOTE UNANIMOUSLY.
03:53:36PM >>ANDREA ZELMAN: JUST TO BE CLEAR, ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE TO
03:53:39PM VOTE ON THE FORM.
03:53:40PM THE MAYOR HAS AUTHORITY OVER ALL THESE PERSONNEL ISSUES.
03:53:44PM AND THE FORM WAS ALREADY DESIGNED TO BE -- TO GO INTO
03:53:49PM EFFECT.
03:53:49PM CHANGE COUNCILMAN CARLSON IS SUGGEST SOMETHING JUST FOR
03:53:54PM COUNCIL TO AGREE THAT IS AN APPROPRIATE RESPONSE AND IF IT
03:53:59PM IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CHARTER AND CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE
03:54:02PM ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
03:54:04PM >>BILL CARLSON: MR. ZELMAN'S TEAM WROTE IT.
03:54:07PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO VOTE FOR IT BUT AS
03:54:10PM LONG AS THE ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE NOT HERE, I WON'T SUPPORT
03:54:12PM IT.
03:54:13PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS WORTHY
03:54:15PM OF A WORKSHOP TO EXPAND THIS.
03:54:17PM I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY HARM DOING WHAT COUNCILMAN
03:54:21PM CARLSON ASKS US.
03:54:21PM WHEN WE TALK OF THIS RESIDENCY, CARROT VERSUS STICK.
03:54:25PM I KNOW I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE CHIEF OF A WITH THIS.
03:54:30PM A COLA FOR THOSE LIVE IN THE CITY, USE IT AS AN INCENTIVE
03:54:34PM INSTEAD OF PENALTY.
03:54:35PM WE KNOW COST OF LIVING WITHIN THE CITY.
03:54:36PM IN LIEU OF OTHER TYPES OF COMPENSATION, INCENTIVES AND
03:54:42PM INCREASES, WE CAN LOOK AT REWARDING TIME LIVE IN THE CITY.
03:54:45PM SOMETHING WE CANNED INTO A WORKSHOP AS WELL.
03:54:47PM I AM 23409 GOING TO DO THAT TODAY BUT JUST SOMETHING --
03:54:51PM SOMETHING TO KEEP YOUR MIND TO AND THINK ABOUT.
03:54:54PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM NOT OWE SUPPOSED TO WHAT MR. CARLSON
03:54:58PM IS SAYING.
03:54:58PM 30% OR MAYBE HIGHER OF ALL OF EMPLOYEES THAT LIVE OUTSIDE
03:55:02PM THE CITY LIMITS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE
03:55:05PM CITY OF TAMPA UNLESS YOU BOUGHT A HOUSE IN 1950 AND 1906 AND
03:55:10PM HAVEN'T SOLD IT.
03:55:11PM IF YOU DID, YOU CAN'T BUY ANOTHER ONE NOR WHAT YOU SOLD IT
03:55:14PM FOR.
03:55:15PM DOESN'T WORK.
03:55:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I SAY LET'S CALL THE QUESTION.
03:55:19PM >>BILL CARLSON: THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE FORM.
03:55:23PM SO HE APPROVAL OF THE FORM THAT THE STAFF CREATED.
03:55:26PM BE IT DOESN'T INCLUDE NEW RULES OR ANYTHING, IT ALLOWS --
03:55:32PM SUPPORTS THE STAFF'S EFFORT HE.
03:55:34PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE QUESTION TO BE CALLED.
03:55:36PM A MOTION AND A SECOND.
03:55:37PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE --
03:55:38PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM GOING TO VOTE FOR IT WITH ONE CALF
03:55:43PM THAT THE.
03:55:43PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: TELL ME.
03:55:44PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ARE YOU READY?
03:55:47PM I AM NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE.
03:55:50PM YOU WROTE THIS -- I AM NOT QUESTIONING IT AT ALL.
03:55:53PM DO YOU THINK THAT IF IT IS JUST A FORM, DOES IT CARRY WEIGHT
03:56:00PM IN THE COURT OF LAW?
03:56:01PM >> WHAT I EXPLAINED IN THE MEMO, UNDER OUR PERSONNEL MANUAL.
03:56:08PM IF SOMEONE WAS TO SIGN THIS FORM AND MAKE -- BASICALLY MAKE
03:56:11PM AN UNTRUE STATEMENT ABOUT THEIR RESIDENCY UNDER OUR
03:56:19PM PERSONNEL MANUAL, SUBJECTED TO DISMISSAL.
03:56:24PM AND ON THE FORM THEY ARE ACKNOWLEDGING THIS IS THE CASE.
03:56:31PM SOMEONE LIE ABOUT THEIR RESIDENCY.
03:56:34PM >>BILL CARLSON: THE PROCESS NOW THEY CAN TELL A STAFF PERSON
03:56:36PM AND ARGUE THE SAME THING THAT THEY DIDN'T TELL THE SAME
03:56:39PM THING TO IT THE STAFF PERSON.
03:56:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THING PASSED AND WE NEED TO MOVE ON.
03:56:44PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT A QUESTION, MR. COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
03:56:47PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM FINE.
03:56:48PM LET ME READ THIS.
03:56:50PM DEFINE THE PROOF OF RESIDENCY AS HOMESTEAD EXEMPT PROPERTY.
03:56:55PM >>ANDREA ZELMAN: NO, NO, THAT IS NOT ON THE FORM.
03:56:59PM THE ORIGINAL --
03:57:01PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I SAID EARLIER I DIDN'T HAVE THE FORM.
03:57:03PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THIS IS ON THE AGENDA.
03:57:04PM COPY IS DIFFERENT.
03:57:06PM >>ANDREA ZELMAN: I BROUGHT AN EARLIER VERSION.
03:57:10PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IT DOESN'T HAVE THAT, I AM FINE.
03:57:11PM WRITE A CHECK.
03:57:12PM GIVE THE MONEY BACK AND YOU HAVE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT.
03:57:16PM GIVE ME BREAK.
03:57:17PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU A UNANIMOUS YES VOTE.
03:57:20PM >>ANDREA ZELMAN: CONGRATULATIONS, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, ON
03:57:25PM YOUR HONOR TODAY.
03:57:26PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM 86, COUNCILMAN VIERA'S ITEM.
03:57:31PM >>LUIS VIERA: A COUPLE OF THINGS.
03:57:32PM WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE RACIAL RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE.
03:57:40PM MYSELF, MY AIDE, BRANDON AND MR. SHELBY.
03:57:44PM I WANT TO THANK MARTIN SHELBY FOR THE WORK HE HAS DONE ON
03:57:48PM THIS.
03:57:48PM WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THIS.
03:57:51PM AND SO I THINK MR. SHELBY, WE CAN SAY WE HAVE 90% OF WHAT WE
03:58:00PM WANT TODAY AND I WILL TALK ABOUT THAT VERY BRIEFLY.
03:58:02PM THE ISSUE OF THE FACILITATOR, MR. SHELBY.
03:58:05PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES.
03:58:06PM >>LUIS VIERA: WE ARE TALKING ABOUT -- IS SERVE AWARE OF
03:58:09PM COMMUNITY TAMPA BAY?
03:58:11PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
03:58:11PM >>LUIS VIERA: WE ARE SPEAKING OF THEM.
03:58:13PM WE THINK WE WILL BRING THAT IN NOR A LANDING.
03:58:16PM WE DON'T HAVE THAT YET.
03:58:18PM SO MR. SHELBY, DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD HAVE THE FACILITATOR
03:58:23PM VOTED ON, THE CONTRACT OR THE RESOLUTION FOR THE FACILITATOR
03:58:26PM VOTED ON IN TWO WEEKS?
03:58:27PM BECAUSE WE CAN'T NEXT -- ON IN TWO WEEKS.
03:58:30PM BECAUSE WE CAN'T NEXT WEEK.
03:58:33PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JUNE 6 OR JUNE 20.
03:58:35PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: TWO WEEKS I THINK IS RATHER SHORT, BECAUSE
03:58:38PM WHAT WE HAVE TO DO -- WE HAVE TO GET OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING IN
03:58:41PM WRITING FROM THEM AND THEN WE HAVE TO PUT IT IN A FORM THAT
03:58:45PM ALLOWS THE -- THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO -- WE HAVE TO PUT IT IN
03:58:51PM A FORM WHERE YOU PASS IT BY RESOLUTION.
03:58:53PM AND THEN -- I GUESS YOU ARE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING OTHER
03:58:56PM ITEMS IN ADDITION TO THE APPOINTMENT.
03:58:58PM YOU ARE ALSO GOING TO HAVE THE FUNDING FOR THAT.
03:59:02PM >> SO -- SO, YES, WHAT WE HAVE TO FIND OUT IS THEIR BUDGET.
03:59:07PM AND FOR BACKGROUND, COMMUNITY TAMPA BAY DOES A LOT OF WORK
03:59:12PM IN THE COMMUNITY ON ISSUES JUST LIKE INVOLVING EQUITY,
03:59:15PM INCLUSION, DIFFICULT DISCUSSIONS, ETC.
03:59:17PM AS -- GAVE ME AWARD TWO WEEKS AGO AND HAD NOTHING DO WITH
03:59:23PM OBVIOUSLY PICKING THEM OUT.
03:59:24PM THEY ARE A ORGANIZATION.
03:59:26PM AND MY GOOD FRIEND TAMMY BRYANT HELPS RUN THAT ORGANIZATION
03:59:30PM WITH SOME REALLY GOOD PEOPLE.
03:59:32PM AND THAT WILL PROBABLY NEED TO BE BROUGHT -- WHEN DO YOU
03:59:35PM THINK, SIR?
03:59:36PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MY QUESTION --
03:59:37PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NOTHING ELSE ON JUNE 6.
03:59:40PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: I DON'T THINK JUNE 6 IS SUFFICIENT TIME.
03:59:42PM I THINK JUNE -- HERE IS MY RECOMMENDATION.
03:59:44PM MY RECOMMENDATION IS, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF
03:59:49PM MOTIONS.
03:59:49PM AND DEPENDING ON IF THOSE MOTIONS PASS DETERMINE WHAT WE CAN
03:59:56PM BRING BACK.
03:59:56PM MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT I WILL GET MORE INFORMATION WITH
04:00:02PM BRANDON, JORDAN, YOUR LEGISLATIVE AIDE AND HAVE SOMETHING TO
04:00:08PM REPORT BACK TO CITY COUNCIL EITHER AT THE NEXT NIGHT MEETING
04:00:11PM OR THE 6th AND HAVE IF PUT ON FOR THE NEXT -- AS SOON AS
04:00:16PM POSSIBLE HAVE IN THAT PROCESS.
04:00:17PM >>LUIS VIERA: HOW ABOUT THAT MR. SHELBY AFTER A LAND USE
04:00:21PM HEARING YOU REPORT ON THE STATUS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO
04:00:24PM WORK TOGETHER.
04:00:24PM PUT IN TIME, ETC.
04:00:26PM AND WE CAN DO THAT AND MAKE THE MOTION.
04:00:29PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT THURSDAY EVENING.
04:00:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NOT TOMORROW.
04:00:34PM >>LUIS VIERA: REMEMBER, I WOKE UP IN TEXAS TODAY.
04:00:37PM I AM VERY TIRED.
04:00:38PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: COUNCILMAN VIERA, MY SUGGESTION FOR YOU IS
04:00:42PM TO PRESENT THE MOTION THAT YOU HAVE.
04:00:45PM I PRESENTED THE RESOLUTION.
04:00:47PM I DISTRIBUTE IT TO THE COUNCILMEMBERS.
04:00:49PM WHAT IS ON THE AGENDA IS TO -- TO REPORT SPECIFICALLY ON THE
04:00:53PM MEMBERSHIP.
04:00:53PM AND I BELIEVE YOU HAVE THAT WHERE YOU CAN BRING THAT HOME
04:00:58PM TODAY AND MAKE THAT CLEAR.
04:01:01PM >>LUIS VIERA: I WILL.
04:01:02PM AND EVERYONE PUT IN THEIR -- THEIR COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT I
04:01:05PM KNOW REFLECT WHAT THEIR VISION IS FOR THIS COMMITTEE.
04:01:11PM KNOW COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK IS NOT HERE AND I WANTED TO
04:01:14PM HIGHLIGHT DARYL WHO SHE PUT ON THERE AND A MAN WHO DID A LOT
04:01:18PM TO MOVE THIS THING FORWARD.
04:01:20PM I SAY THAT BECAUSE COUNCILMAN HURTAK IS NOT HERE.
04:01:24PM I WILL SAY THAT AS A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, THE ONE I
04:01:30PM WAS IMPRESS BY WAS CHERYL RODRIGUEZ.
04:01:32PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OF COURSE.
04:01:34PM >>LUIS VIERA: SHE'S WONDERFUL LADY.
04:01:38PM I MEAN THAT.
04:01:38PM SHE IS AWESOME.
04:01:39PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THOUGHT I HAD THE BEST.
04:01:42PM >>LUIS VIERA: DR. CHERYL RODRIGUEZ.
04:01:44PM SHE IS PRETTY COOL.
04:01:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I HAVE THE BEST.
04:01:47PM >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, I MOVE THIS RESOLUTION 2024.
04:01:51PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: SECOND.
04:01:52PM >>LUIS VIERA: MAKING OFFICIAL THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
04:01:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MY LAST -- JUST SO PEOPLE KNOW.
04:01:57PM INITIALLY I HAD -- A NAME HAD BEEN SUBMITTED.
04:02:03PM THAT PERSON HAD PERSONAL CONFLICT THAT HAD TO WITHDRAW, SUB
04:02:07PM IS HE WON'T DO THAT, I NAMED MOORE WHO IS ACTUALLY IN THE
04:02:11PM AUDIENCE.
04:02:12PM STAND UP FOR A SECOND -- AS YOU DON'T KNOW IS WORKING WITH
04:02:15PM REPRESENTATIVE DIANE HART.
04:02:17PM AND HAPPY TO TELLING THAT YOU HE IS 24 YEARS OLD.
04:02:20PM BRINGS A YOUTH PERSPECTIVE TO THE COMMITTEE WHICH I THINK IS
04:02:24PM IMPORTANT.
04:02:24PM THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I THOUGHTS WAS VERY VALUE IN HIS
04:02:28PM INPUT.
04:02:28PM -- SOME PEOPLE MAY HAVE SEEN A DIFFERENT NAME THERE, BUT I
04:02:34PM AM ESPECIALLY THAT MALIK ACCEPTED THAT CHALLENGE WITH THE
04:02:37PM SUPPORT OF HIS BOSS, DIANE.
04:02:39PM AND THE EXPERIENCE HE WHAT IS TALL SASSY.
04:02:41PM CONNECTION WITH THE LEGISLATURE AND A VERY KEY MEMBER OF THE
04:02:45PM LEGISLATURE THAT IS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA IN MISS DIANE
04:02:53PM HEART.
04:02:53PM THANK YOU, MALIK.
04:02:55PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION AND A SECOND.
04:02:57PM AYE.
04:02:57PM >>LUIS VIERA: A SPECKED MOTION I HAVE TO MAKE ON THIS, IF
04:03:01PM YOU MAY MR. SHE WILL SEE ABOUT, I MOVE FOR ADMINISTRATION TO
04:03:07PM SUBMIT A MID-YEAR BUDGET RESOLUTION FOR PRESENTATION CITY
04:03:11PM COUNCIL FOR CONTRACTUAL SERVICES FOR CITY COUNCIL BUDGET
04:03:14PM RELATED TO OUR CITY OF TAMPA RACIAL RECONCILIATION
04:03:18PM COMMITTEE.
04:03:18PM AND MR. SHELBY YOU INDICATED $15,000.
04:03:21PM DO WHICH -- WE WON'T NEED IT BUT $25,000 SO WE DON'T HAVE TO
04:03:26PM GO BACK.
04:03:27PM FOR THE FACILITATOR.
04:03:29PM IT IS EXPENSIVE.
04:03:33PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I AM IN THE WRONG BUSINESS.
04:03:34PM >>LUIS VIERA: THERE WILL BE A NUMBER OF MEETINGS.
04:03:43PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE.
04:03:44PM >> I RECOMMENDED 15,000.
04:03:48PM >> I DISCUSSED -- I DISCUSSED THE FIGURE WITH YOUR
04:03:51PM LEGISLATIVE AID.
04:03:52PM WE HAVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WAS AS BALL PARK PRESENTED TO
04:03:58PM US.
04:03:59PM WE CRUNCHED THE NUMBERS DETERMINING HOW MANY MEETINGS.
04:04:03PM AND WE PUT A LITTLE BIT OF THE CONTINGENCY IN THERE AND THE
04:04:07PM THING IS, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, SIR.
04:04:09PM IF NOT ENOUGH MONEY AND IN FACT WE NEED IT, YOU WILL HAVE TO
04:04:12PM COME BACK FOR A BUDGET AMOUNT.
04:04:18PM >>BILL CARLSON: I THINK WE SHOULD DO $25,000.
04:04:20PM YOU AND I DO THIS FOR A LIVING.
04:04:23PM MORE TIME CONSUMING.
04:04:24PM NOT JUST THE TIME YOU SPEND IN THE MEETING, BUT SPEND TIME
04:04:28PM WORKING WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS AND OTHERS.
04:04:29PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WILL SUPPORT $25,000.
04:04:32PM BETTER TO BE SAFE.
04:04:34PM >>LUIS VIERA: NO OBJECTION TO THAT?
04:04:38PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: NO, SIR.
04:04:39PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION AND A SECOND.
04:04:43PM >>BILL CARLSON: SECOND.
04:04:44PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
04:04:47PM ANY OPPOSE?
04:04:50PM I WILL SIGN THIS RESOLUTION AFTER THE MEETING.
04:04:52PM ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 87.
04:04:54PM THIS IS FOR THE -- IS FOR THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY RIVER AND
04:04:59PM TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
04:05:00PM I BELIEVE WE HAVE THREE APPLICANTS.
04:05:04PM WHO WILL BE BRINGING IT UP.
04:05:05PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: NOBODY IS BRINGING THIS UP.
04:05:09PM THIS IS UNUSUAL.
04:05:10PM NOT A STANDING BOARD THAT YOU HAVE APPLICATIONS FOR.
04:05:13PM THIS IS FOR THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE
04:05:16PM HILLSBOROUGH RIVER BOARD.
04:05:17PM AND -- AND I BELIEVE GENTLEMAN WHO HAS SERVED ON IT FOR A
04:05:26PM VERY LONG TIME RICHARD FORMICA WILL BE STEPPING DOWN.
04:05:29PM SO THAT -- IF YOU WANT TO -- IF YOU WANT TO HAVE THEM
04:05:37PM APPEAR, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN INVITED.
04:05:39PM IF YOU WANT THIS TOME APPEAR, THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY IF
04:05:42PM THEY WANTED TO BE IN TOUCH WITH YOU PERSONALLY OR COME TO
04:05:45PM PUBLIC COMMENT.
04:05:46PM COULD YOU PREPARE TODAY TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION.
04:05:49PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IF I WANTED TO MAKE A MOTION FOR A
04:05:52PM SPECIFIC CANDIDATE, CAN I DO THAT NOW?
04:05:54PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: ABSOLUTELY.
04:05:55PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THEN I AM GOING TO PASS THIS GAVEL AND
04:05:58PM MAKE A MOTION NOR JOEL --
04:05:59PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE YOU YET.
04:06:01PM CHAIR PRO TEM RECOGNIZES CHAIRMAN MANISCALCO.
04:06:05PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
04:06:06PM I MAKE MOTION FOR JOEL BROWN.
04:06:09PM >> SECOND.
04:06:10PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: TECO.
04:06:13PM >>BILL CARLSON: JOEL WORKED WITH S.W.F.W.M.D. BEFORE.
04:06:18PM SO HE KNOWS ABOUT WATER.
04:06:20PM HE HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE OF WATER FROM A
04:06:24PM PROFESSIONAL POINT OF VIEW.
04:06:25PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YEAH, HE HAS I THINK FOR SOMETHING LIKE
04:06:30PM THIS --
04:06:31PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION A SECOND, A DISCUSSION?
04:06:34PM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
04:06:35PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
04:06:36PM I CAME HERE COMMITTED.
04:06:38PM AND I THINK THE WORLD OF JOEL.
04:06:39PM AS A DISCLOSURE, I CALLED HIM AND I SAID I DIDN'T KNOW YOU
04:06:43PM APPLIED WITH THIS WHEN I MADE A COMMITMENT FOR CARRIE LEWIS.
04:06:48PM JOEL IS SO WONDERFUL.
04:06:49PM SO THAT I CALLED HIM.
04:06:52PM NOTHING AGAINST JOEL.
04:06:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
04:06:56PM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
04:06:57PM >>BILL CARLSON: EACH OF THESE PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTING
04:07:00PM THEMSELVES.
04:07:00PM NOT REPRESENTING THEIR ORGANIZATIONS.
04:07:02PM INDIVIDUALS?
04:07:09PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A NEED.
04:07:11PM IF THEY WANTED TO BE HERE, THEY COULD HAVE BEEN.
04:07:14PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE THING IS THEY WERE -- ALL -- TOTAL
04:07:17PM DISCLOSURE, THEY WERE NOT INVITED TO APPEAR FOR THE SPECIFIC
04:07:21PM PURPOSE LIKE WOULD YOU HAVE IF IT WAS REGULAR BOARD.
04:07:24PM BUT IF YOU DO WANT TO DO THAT.
04:07:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE PUT A BUNCH OF PEOPLE ON THE RACIAL
04:07:34PM RECREATION COMMITTEE AND THEY ARE NOT HERE.
04:07:35PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT COME HERE FOR THE CRA
04:07:40PM BECAUSE THEY ARE INVITED.
04:07:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I AM OKAY WITH THE QUESTION.
04:07:42PM SO IS THERE -- WOULD ANYONE FROM THIS COUNCIL LIKE TO MAKE A
04:07:48PM MOTION DIFFERENT THAN THIS?
04:07:50PM RIGHT NOW THIS IS WHAT IS ON THE TABLE.
04:07:52PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I UNDERSTAND THIS IS THE ONLY THING ON
04:07:54PM THE TABLE.
04:07:55PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THIS MAY NOT AFFECT YOUR DECISION, BUT I
04:08:01PM NEED TO TELL THAT YOU MR. FORMICA WILL BE LEAVING AND THAT
04:08:06PM POSITION WILL NOT BE FILLED.
04:08:07PM DOWN THE ROAD IF THERE IS A NEED FOR A REPRESENTATIVE YOU
04:08:11PM WILL HAVE A VACANCY AT THE TIME.
04:08:12PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: LAST DAY JUNE 18.
04:08:14PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BE A SENT A STICK TUITION MOTION.
04:08:20PM APPOINTMENT MUCH THE RIVER ADVISORY BOARD -- TAXABLE
04:08:25PM ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE MAKER OF THE MOTION IS CHAIRMAN
04:08:29PM MANISCALCO WITH A SECOND.
04:08:30PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
04:08:32PM YOU HAVE --
04:08:35PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THE DUTIES OF THIS POSITION.
04:08:40PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE RIVER
04:08:43PM BOARD.
04:08:44PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WAS ON THE RIVER BOARD FOR FOUR YEARS
04:08:46PM AND I WAS JUST APPOINTED TO BE BACK ON THE RIVER BOARD.
04:08:49PM SO YOU HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM TEMPLE TERRACE,
04:08:58PM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, CITY OF TAMPA, THOSE WHO WORK THE
04:09:01PM PLANNING COMMISSION, DIFFERENT CAPACITIES.
04:09:02PM THEY HAVE THEIR MEETINGS.
04:09:05PM THEN YOU HAVE THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHICH WILL BE
04:09:07PM -- LIKE MR. FORMICA SERVED MAYBE 20 YEARS, MAYBE MORE.
04:09:12PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: AT LEAST 10.
04:09:13PM DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG MR. FORMICA SERVED?
04:09:20PM HOW LONG MR. FORMICA?
04:09:24PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MR. SHELLY, YOU ARE OUT OF ORDER.
04:09:26PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: I AM SORRY
04:09:28PM [LAUGHTER]
04:09:29PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHAT THE BOARD DOES, DOC PERMITS.
04:09:32PM YOU HAVE TECHNICAL ADVISORY MEMBERS THAT ARE IN THE
04:09:35PM AUDIENCE.
04:09:35PM THEY WOULD BE PARTICIPATING IN PUBLIC COMMENT.
04:09:38PM BUT THEY ARE THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT, AGAIN, TEMPLE TERRACE,
04:09:42PM HILLSBOROUGH.
04:09:44PM BUT THAT'S IT.
04:09:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ONCE AGAIN, THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS THE
04:09:48PM APPOINTMENT.
04:09:49PM AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
04:09:52PM OPPOSED?
04:09:55PM WE HAVE ONE --
04:09:57PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE SHAWN -- IT COLLEGE?
04:10:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHAT ABOUT MR. COLLEGE.
04:10:05PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. COLLEGE, HE IS WITH THE RIVER BOARD
04:10:08PM AND BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
04:10:11PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: CHAIR CAN ASK FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE.
04:10:15PM WHAT YOU HAVE IS NOT A BALLOT BUT MAKING A MOTION.
04:10:17PM ANOTHER WAY IF COUNCIL WANTS TO DO IT WITH A BALLOT, YOU
04:10:22PM CAN.
04:10:22PM WHAT YOU CAN DO -- AND I JUST HAVE BEEN INVOLVED BY MISS
04:10:25PM EDWARDS, THEY NEED SOMEBODY BY AUGUST.
04:10:27PM IF YOU WANT TO SET THIS FOR JUNE 16 WITH INVITATIONS FOR
04:10:30PM THEM TO COME IN.
04:10:31PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: EXCUSE ME, MR. SHELBY.
04:10:34PM WE ALREADY HAVE A VOTE AND CASTED, 6-1.
04:10:38PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: I DIDN'T CATCH THAT.
04:10:40PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: JOEL BROWN IS NOW THE CITY COUNCIL
04:10:43PM APPOINTMENT FOR THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
04:10:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
04:10:49PM MR. SHELBY, YOU ARE ITEM NUMBER 88.
04:10:52PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: I AM.
04:10:52PM OH, I AM.
04:10:54PM IT IS NOT REAL LEGAL ME, IT IS YOU.
04:10:59PM I PRESENT TO YOU A DRAFT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THE
04:11:04PM AMENDED AND RESTATED RULES OF PROCEDURE BASED ON THE ACTION
04:11:11PM SUMMARY, THE MINUTES OF YOUR SPECIAL CALLED MEETING THE
04:11:15PM BEGINNING OF LAST MONTH.
04:11:16PM AND YOUR PROCESS FOR AMENDMENT IS TO READ IT BY TITLE TODAY,
04:11:20PM AND THEN IT COMES BACK TO YOU ON JUNE 6 FOR A SECOND
04:11:26PM READING.
04:11:26PM AND THAT THE NEXT SUBSEQUENT MEETING AFTER THAT ON THE 16th
04:11:31PM -- 20th TAKES EFFECT.
04:11:32PM IF YOU HAVE ANY CHANGES, ADDITIONS, SUBSTITUTIONS OR
04:11:35PM DELETIONS YOU MAY RAISE THEM ANY TIME BEFORE THEY ARE
04:11:38PM ADOPTED AND THESE ARE YOUR RULES.
04:11:40PM PRESENT IT TO YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
04:11:42PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
04:11:47PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: AFTER THE LAST MEETING WHEN WE DISCUSSED
04:11:49PM THE RULES, THERE HAS BEEN A POINT MADE THAT THE CLERK EAVES
04:11:52PM WAS GOING TO -- GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN ASSISTING PUBLIC
04:11:57PM COMMENT.
04:11:57PM THAT CLERK'S OFFICE CLARIFIED THAT IN AN E-MAIL SAYING THEY
04:12:01PM WERE NOT.
04:12:01PM SO I -- I ALWAYS ASKED THAT QUESTION HAS BEEN ANSWERED AND I
04:12:07PM GOT SHOT DOWN HARD IN FLAMES, BUT I THINK IT WILL PROBABLY
04:12:10PM BE APPROPRIATE FOR SOMEBODY ELSE TO REVISIT THAT DISCUSSION,
04:12:14PM TO ASSIST THE CLERK'S OFFICE IN ACCOMPLISHING THEIR DUTIES.
04:12:17PM SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE HAD DIFFICULTY WITH IN TRANSCRIBING
04:12:20PM THAT -- WILL BE THE SPEAKER CARDS, THE REGISTRATION OF THE
04:12:25PM SPEAKER CARDS THAT PEOPLE WILL HAVE THE NAMES FILLED OUT.
04:12:27PM AND THAT WOULD ASSIST THEM GREATLY AND I HEARD THEIR PLEAS.
04:12:34PM AND I AM EMPATHETIC TO IT.
04:12:35PM BUT, AGAIN, I BROUGHT IT UP, I WILL NOT BRING IT UP AGAIN.
04:12:39PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. SHELBY, COUNCILMAN CARLSON AND
04:12:42PM VIERA.
04:12:42PM YES, GO AHEAD.
04:12:43PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: JUST SO -- AND COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN, YOU
04:12:46PM MAY NOT KNOW THIS, AND COUNCIL MAY NOT KNOW THIS, BUT IT HAS
04:12:50PM COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT THERE MAY BE WAYS WITHIN THE
04:12:53PM ADMINISTRATION THAT THEY ARE WORKING FOR TECHNOLOGY TO BE
04:12:57PM ABLE TO ADDRESS THESE SORTS OF THINGS TO ASSIST THE CLERK.
04:13:00PM IT NAY BE SOMETHING THAT WILL BE USEFUL FOR COUNCIL, BUT IT
04:13:03PM IS IN THE PROCESS BEING FORMULATED.
04:13:05PM MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE, YOU COULD TAKE ACTION ON THAT, BUT I
04:13:11PM THINK THAT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM THE CLERK EAVES THAT
04:13:14PM THERE MAY BE WAYS THAT TECHNOLOGICALLY THEY WILL BE ABLE TO
04:13:17PM ADDRESS THIS.
04:13:18PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MY UNDERSTANDING A KIOSK, BUT NOT
04:13:21PM SOMETHING THAT IS IMMEDIATE.
04:13:22PM AND SO THIS WILL BE SORT OF A -- COULD BE EVEN -- EVEN IF
04:13:26PM THAT ULTIMATELY COMES TO PASS, A BRIDGE TO THAT.
04:13:30PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: A GOOD POINT, SIR.
04:13:32PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
04:13:34PM >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH, THERE IS ANOTHER ISSUE RELATED.
04:13:36PM WE TALKED ABOUT GETTING A LEGISLATIVE AIDE FOR THE CHAIR,
04:13:43PM WHICH LISA WON'T LIKE, BECAUSE SHE LOVES SPENDING -- WORKING
04:13:47PM DOUBLE, TRIPLE TIME.
04:13:48PM BUT I KNOW THE CHAIR IS SUPPOSED TO COME UP WITH THAT IDEA.
04:13:53PM IF WE HAVE A CHAIR'S AIDE THAT WILL FLOAT WITH THE CHAIR OR
04:13:57PM A TEMP THAT THE CLEAR MYERS, BUT THAT PERSON COULD HELP WITH
04:14:00PM THAT.
04:14:01PM AND ALSO HELP WITH THE OVERFLOW AND EVERYTHING.
04:14:03PM IT IS NOT FAIR -- NOW THIS IS A THIRD YEAR THAT LISA HAS
04:14:07PM DONE IT.
04:14:08PM NOT FAIR TO DUMP IT ON ANY OF THE AIDES BECAUSE IT IS A
04:14:12PM FULL-TIME JOB.
04:14:13PM COUNTY -- EACH OF THEM HAVE TWO AIDES.
04:14:17PM THE LEGISLATURE HAS SEVERAL.
04:14:19PM IT SEEMS -- WE ALL HAVE ONE AND THEY ARE MAXED TO OUT.
04:14:22PM IF WE HAD JUST AT THAT CHAIR'S AIDE, THEY COULD HELP WITH
04:14:25PM THAT.
04:14:26PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SOMETHING THAT I JUST DID THINK ABOUT
04:14:28PM WITH -- WITH SOMEONE BRAINSTORMING, AND YEAH, SOMETHING IT
04:14:33PM WOULD CONSIDER.
04:14:33PM I WOULD LIKE THE MOTION AND BRING IT UP, MEANING A
04:14:36PM LEGISLATIVE AIDE WHO TRAVELS WHOEVER THE CHAIR IS.
04:14:43PM >>BILL CARLSON: THAT CHARGE OF RUNNING THE MEETING AND
04:14:48PM BUSINESS OF THE COUNCIL.
04:14:48PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WILL CONSIDER THIS FOR WHAT IS ON THE
04:14:51PM TABLE.
04:14:51PM I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD DO WITH NEW BUSINESS AND
04:14:54PM FOR FISCAL YEAR '25.
04:14:57PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WAS GOING TO BRING IT UP IN TWO YEARS.
04:15:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BY THE WAY I THINK LISA DOES A TREMENDOUS
04:15:10PM JOB WE SHOULD ADD TO HER DUTIES.
04:15:21PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WILL MAY GO MOTION FOR AT THAT
04:15:23PM COMMENDATION.
04:15:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN VIERA?
04:15:29PM >>LUIS VIERA: MR. SHELBY, THESE ARE ALL OF THE RULES WE
04:15:33PM VOTED ON AS A PACKAGE SHELBY ONE OTHER THING I WANT TO POINT
04:15:40PM OUT FOR YOU SHELBY THE NAMES OF THE STANDING COMMITTEES WERE
04:15:54PM CONSISTENT WITH CHANGES AND THE COMMITTEES ARE PRETTY MUCH
04:16:01PM IDENTICAL BUT SOME OF THE HANGS IN HAVE CHANGED.
04:16:02PM PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REMAINS THE SAME.
04:16:05PM PUBLIC WORKS -- RATHER THAN GO THROUGH IT.
04:16:07PM LET ME SAY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IS THAT STORMWATER
04:16:12PM MOVES FROM PUBLIC WORKS TO THE MOBILITY AND ACCESS
04:16:19PM MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND THAT IS WHERE STORMWATER TAKES
04:16:21PM PLACE.
04:16:22PM WORKS HAND IN HAND WITH TRANSPORTATION AND VIK BHIDE, WHO
04:16:25PM YOU -- WHO YOU JUST -- WHO YOU JUST SPENT TIME WITH TODAY IS
04:16:29PM NOW IN ARE CHARGE OF STORMWATER AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
04:16:33PM TALK TO THE COUNCILMEMBERS WHO HAD THAT AND BROUGHT THAT TO
04:16:36PM THEIR ATTENTION.
04:16:36PM OTHER THAN THAT, THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE CHANGE TO YOUR
04:16:39PM RULES, BUT THERE IS NOTHING IN HERE THAT HAVEN'T OTHER THAN
04:16:43PM THAT ALREADY DISCUSSED.
04:16:44PM THE ONLY THING THAT YOU REALLY HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THAT
04:16:47PM ACTUALLY CAME UP TODAY WAS THE FACT OF THE TIMER.
04:16:51PM THE TIMER REFERS TO COMMENDATIONS.
04:16:55PM THE TIMER REFERS TO PRESENTATIONS UNDER COMMENDATIONS AND
04:17:00PM PRESENTATIONS.
04:17:01PM REFERS TO CITY COUNCIL, BUT DOESN'T REFER TO STAFF REPORTS.
04:17:04PM SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT -- YOU
04:17:08PM DON'T HAVE TO PUT IT IN THE RULES, BUT A QUESTION TO BEGIN
04:17:11PM BEFORE SOMEBODY MAKES STAFF PRESENTATION, HOW MUCH TIME DO
04:17:14PM YOU REQUIRE SO THEREFORE YOU SET THE TIMER FOR THAT
04:17:16PM PARTICULAR TIME.
04:17:17PM IF THEY NEED MORE ADDITIONAL TIME, IT IS UP TO COUNCIL.
04:17:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I AM HAPPY TO DO THAT TO BE AS EFFICIENT
04:17:23PM AS POSSIBLE.
04:17:24PM AND IF THEY ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A THOUGHT OR SENTENCE OR
04:17:27PM THIS, AND THEY SAY I AM GOING TO WRAP IT UP IN 60, 30.
04:17:30PM WHATEVER IT IS, I WILL TAKE IT FROM THERE TO KEEP IT
04:17:34PM ORGANIZED.
04:17:35PM AT THE DISCRETION OF COUNCIL.
04:17:38PM THIS IS VERY LENGTHY AND WE NEED ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES.
04:17:42PM WE WILL TAKE FROM THERE.
04:17:43PM IN THE MEANTIME, WE WILL BE MINDFUL OF THE TIME.
04:17:47PM YES.
04:17:47PM >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, MR. CHAIR, THANK YOU.
04:17:50PM I ASK THAT BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT I VOTED
04:17:53PM AGAINST.
04:17:53PM I WILL VOTE FOR THE WHOLE THING, BECAUSE IT IS -- YOU KNOW,
04:17:56PM I SUPPORT 99% OF IT.
04:17:58PM I DO WANT TO RESTATE MY OBJECTION WITH THE ISSUE ON THE
04:18:01PM RESOLUTIONS.
04:18:02PM I SPECIFICALLY WANT TO TARGET THAT.
04:18:04PM BECAUSE I STRONGLY OPPOSE THE MOVE BY COUNCIL TO SAY THAT WE
04:18:08PM DON'T DO RESOLUTION IT IS IT IS NOT, YOU KNOW, 100% RELATED
04:18:13PM TO CITY BUSINESS.
04:18:14PM I THINK THAT IS VERY, VERY MISGUIDED.
04:18:16PM I DO WANT TO STATE MY OBJECTION TO THAT.
04:18:19PM IN EFFECT, WE ARE GIVING THE PUBLIC MORE -- I DOESN'T TO SAY
04:18:23PM EXPRESSION RIGHTS, BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT WHAT
04:18:26PM COUNCILMEMBERS ARE GOING TO GET AND, AGAIN, IF SOMETHING
04:18:29PM THAT WE OPPOSE, RIGHT.
04:18:30PM THAT SOMEBODY ASKS US TO BRING SOMETHING FORWARD, WE CAN
04:18:34PM TELL THEM KNOW.
04:18:34PM NOW UNDER THIS RULE, WE CAN SAY WE HAVE TO SAY NO TO
04:18:37PM EVERYTHING.
04:18:38PM AND I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SAY NO ON
04:18:42PM SOMETHING.
04:18:43PM BUT WHATEVER.
04:18:43PM THAT IS FINE.
04:18:46PM WITH REGARDS TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
04:18:48PM THE PHONE ISSUE BEING ABLE -- I WISH THERE WAS A WAY -- I AM
04:18:54PM NOT REOPENING THIS, BUT I WISH THERE WAS A WAY TO LOOK AT
04:18:59PM PUBLIC COMMENT FOR NONQUASI-JUDICIAL.
04:19:02PM YOU NEED A HARDSHIP.
04:19:03PM QUASI JUDICIAL, THAT IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE THE PUBLIC HAVE
04:19:08PM VESTED RIGHTS AND ALL THAT STUFF AND WE DON'T WANT TO DEAL
04:19:11PM WITH THAT NECESSARILY AT ALL, BUT REGULAR PUBLIC COMMENT,
04:19:15PM SOMEBODY HAS A HARDSHIP, DISABILITY AND CAN'T LEAVE THE
04:19:17PM HOUSE OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE, RIGHT, HAVING THAT -- HAVING
04:19:20PM THAT -- I THINK WE TUTE LOOK AT THAT IN THE FUTURE BUT
04:19:25PM AGAIN, I AM GLAD TO VOTE FOR THIS AND I DO SUPPORT AS
04:19:30PM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN, THE LAST TIME WE DISCUSSED THIS, THE
04:19:33PM CARD FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
04:19:34PM I AM GLAD, IF YOU WANT TO BRING IT UP AGAIN FOR A VOTE.
04:19:37PM MAYBE RECONSIDERATION.
04:19:38PM TWO VOTES.
04:19:39PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I AM HAPPY TO SECOND YOUR NOTION.
04:19:41PM >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY.
04:19:42PM I DO MOTION TO HAVE -- I DON'T WANT TO USE THE WORD
04:19:46PM "RECONSIDERATION."
04:19:47PM BUT MOTION FOR US TO AMEND THE RULES TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT
04:19:51PM CARD REGISTRATION.
04:19:52PM THAT'S IT.
04:19:52PM I WILL SUPPORT THIS.
04:19:55PM THIS IS NOT AN UNREASONABLE BURDEN.
04:19:57PM NOT ANY KIND OF A BURDEN, PUBLIC COMMENT.
04:20:01PM IF YOU COMPARE US -- ONE SIDE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
04:20:04PM THE OTHER SIDE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
04:20:05PM I DON'T WANT TO GO ALL THE WAY TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, OUR
04:20:09PM FRIENDS IN THE COUNTY COMMISSION.
04:20:10PM I JUST WANT TO GO HERE.
04:20:12PM THING GIVES US MORE GUARDRAILS.
04:20:17PM BROKEN WINDOWS, CAULKED OF JOHN WILSON WITH BROKEN WINDOWS.
04:20:21PM TAKE CARE OF LITTLE THINGS.
04:20:22PM WHICH HAVING THE CARDS, YOU PUT IN SOME ORDER INTO PUBLIC
04:20:25PM COMMENT.
04:20:25PM YOU PUT IN THE IDEA THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN EXPECTATION
04:20:29PM OF ORDER.
04:20:29PM IF YOU COME HERE AND YOU WANT TO SPEAK, YOU HAVE TO FILL OUT
04:20:32PM A CARD.
04:20:32PM YOU DON'T HAVE TO REGISTER BEFORE OR YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY
04:20:36PM AND WHO YOU VOTED FOR IN THE 1988 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
04:20:40PM JUST FILL OUT A CARD.
04:20:41PM NOT UNREASONABLE.
04:20:42PM HOW DOES THAT UNDERMINE.
04:20:44PM GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF ORDER.
04:20:47PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I SECOND THAT.
04:20:48PM AGAIN, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT WE -- WE -- I DON'T KNOW IF
04:20:52PM PEOPLE RECOGNIZE.
04:20:52PM I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT UNTIL I WILL GOT ON COUNCIL HOW MUCH
04:20:55PM WE BURDENED THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
04:20:57PM I MEAN, WE -- THE CLERK EAVES IS REALLY, REALLY TASKED BY A
04:21:05PM LOT -- SOME OF OUR WHIMSY AND THINGS THAT WE DO.
04:21:07PM AND THING IS A VERY MINOR EFFORT TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE
04:21:11PM THEIR WORKLOAD AND THEIR ABILITY TO CONDUCT BUSINESS AND DO
04:21:15PM WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
04:21:16PM ON BEHALF OF EVERYBODY THAT WORKS AT THE CLERK'S OFFICE,
04:21:20PM THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO AND I HOPE COUNCIL SUPPORTS THIS
04:21:23PM TO HELP YOU GUYS OUT.
04:21:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION AND A SECOND.
04:21:25PM THIS IS FOR THE CARDS.
04:21:26PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
04:21:27PM ANY OPPOSED?
04:21:32PM OKAY.
04:21:32PM MR. SHELBY, YOU HAVE THE PACKAGE.
04:21:36PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANNOUNCE THAT.
04:21:37PM THAT WILL SHOW UP IN THE MINUTES.
04:21:39PM I WANTED TO BE A BE A CLEAR, UNANIMOUS WITH ONE ABSENT.
04:21:43PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LISA SAID IT WAS OKAY.
04:21:48PM SO -- CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RULES AS PRESENTED BY
04:21:52PM MR. SHELBY?
04:21:55PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: ALL YOU HAVE TO DO TODAY IS READ THE TITLE,
04:21:59PM I WILL MAKE CHANGE THAT IF HE CAN -- EFFECTUATE AGAIN.
04:22:10PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN, DO YOU WANT TO READ IT?
04:22:16PM >>LUIS VIERA: PASS A RESOLUTION ADOPTING RULES OF PROCEDURES
04:22:19PM GOVERNING THE MEETINGS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, CITY COUNCIL,
04:22:23PM CITY OF TAMPA PROVIDING.
04:22:24PM AGAIN I OBJECT AGAINST THE RESOLUTION BUT STILL VOTING
04:22:28PM AGAINST IT. .
04:22:29PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA WITH A SPEEDY MOTION.
04:22:32PM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
04:22:33PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
04:22:34PM OPPOSED?
04:22:36PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
04:22:37PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA.
04:22:39PM OKAY.
04:22:40PM JUST A COUPLE OF ITEMS.
04:22:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES, CHARGE MANISCALCO.
04:22:44PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: FIRST SOME SAD NEWS REGARDING THE
04:22:48PM PASSING OF MICHAEL SMITH, KNOWN AS M.D.
04:22:51PM HE WAS A -- AVENUES TPD OFFICER BEGINNING IN 1970.
04:22:56PM BUT WE KNEW HIM HERE AS A GENTLEMAN THAT STAYED WITH US AND
04:23:03PM PROTECTED US DURING MANY CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR A LONG,
04:23:06PM LONG TIME.
04:23:06PM HIS DAUGHTER, AS YOU KNOW, IS KIMBERLY SULLIVAN, HERE WITH
04:23:13PM THE CITY.
04:23:13PM SHE IS OUR EMPLOYEE RELATIONS MANAGER.
04:23:16PM AND THAT GENTLEMAN WAS ALSO FATHER-IN-LAW TO BRIAN SULLIVAN,
04:23:21PM OUR BELOVED BRIAN SULLIVAN WITH CCTV WHICH IS ON THE OTHER
04:23:25PM SIDE COUNTY WALL HERE.
04:23:26PM THE GENTLEMAN SPENT MORE THAN 50 YEARS WITH TPD AND HE
04:23:30PM PASSED AWAY, I BELIEVE, MAY 6.
04:23:33PM SO JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, BUT HE SERVED FIVE YEARS AS A
04:23:36PM RESERVE OFFICER AT CITY COUNCIL.
04:23:38PM ALWAYS SMILING FACE.
04:23:40PM WONDERFUL GENTLEMAN.
04:23:42PM IF YOU KNEW HIM, YOU KNOW.
04:23:43PM ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE HIM.
04:23:45PM THE SERVICES WILL BE TOMORROW AT CONGREGATION AZEDIC RIGHT
04:23:51PM THERE ON SWANN.
04:23:52PM I DON'T HAVE A TIME.
04:23:53PM BUT PAUL BEARERS WILL BE THE TAMPA POLICE HONOR GUARD.
04:23:57PM HE WILL CERTAINLY BE MISSED BY MANY, MANY PEOPLE AND I WILL
04:24:03PM OFFER MY CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY.
04:24:05PM SECOND, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE CITIZENS
04:24:09PM REVIEW BOARD CHAIRPERSON AND TPD COORDINATOR TO APPEAR AT
04:24:14PM THE JUNE 6 REGULAR SESSION MEETING WITH A TIME CERTAIN OF 10
04:24:18PM A.M. TO PRESENT THEIR ANNUAL REPORT.
04:24:19PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN
04:24:25PM MANISCALCO.
04:24:25PM SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
04:24:27PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
04:24:28PM OPPOSE?
04:24:30PM AYES HAVE IT.
04:24:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
04:24:32PM A BELATED HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO COUNCILMEMBER BILL CARLSON AND
04:24:36PM AN EARLY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY LEGISLATIVE AIDE LISA EDWARD.
04:24:41PM WE CAN CELEBRATE NEXT THURSDAY.
04:24:42PM I AM SURE WE WILL GET A CAKE.
04:24:44PM EARLY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HER.
04:24:46PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
04:24:47PM AND MY STEPDAUGHTER, WHITNEY.
04:24:49PM ONE DAY OFF.
04:24:50PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ANY OTHERS.
04:24:51PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 12 YEARS OLD.
04:24:52PM AND FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER MIKE SUAREZS IS CELEBRATING A
04:24:57PM BIRTHDAY ON MONDAY.
04:24:58PM I THINK I GOT EVERYBODY.
04:24:59PM AND MY LITTLE CALLS SIN HAD A BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK.
04:25:02PM [LAUGHTER]
04:25:03PM AND MY CHILDHOOD FRIEND FROM THE THIRD GRADE, HE TURNED --
04:25:07PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NOW YOU ARE OUT OF ORDER.
04:25:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
04:25:10PM I THINK I GOT EVERYBODY.
04:25:12PM COUNCILMAN.
04:25:12PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MIRANDA MAKE A MOTION TO PRESENT A
04:25:15PM COMMENDATION FOR MR. FORMICA THAT SERVED ON THE RIVER BOARD
04:25:21PM ADVISORY COUNCIL AS A VOLUNTEER.
04:25:22PM JUNE 18 IN THE ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING.
04:25:26PM I WOULD LIKE TO FLIGHT ATTENDANT COMMENDATION FOR MR.
04:25:31PM FORMICA ON THURSDAY, JUNE 20.
04:25:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SECOND.
04:25:34PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
04:25:35PM ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?
04:25:37PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT'S IT.
04:25:37PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
04:25:39PM >>LUIS VIERA: FIRST, I GOT A TEXT FROM DARYL HEISH WHICH I
04:25:44PM DID SEND TO MY CITY PHONE, MR. SHELBY, WHERE HE INDICATED HE
04:25:50PM THOUGHT THAT COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR THE RACIAL RECONCILIATION
04:25:54PM WERE GOING TO BE RECOGNIZED, ETC.
04:25:56PM MAY I JUST FOR HIS SAKE JUST READ THIS --
04:25:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ABSOLUTELY.
04:26:00PM GO AHEAD.
04:26:01PM >>LUIS VIERA: MR. HEISH REQUESTED IT.
04:26:04PM CHAIRMAN MANISCALCO APPOINTED JEFFREY JOHNSON.
04:26:08PM CLENDENIN BE,MALIK MOORE.
04:26:12PM LYNN HURTAK, MR. HEISH.
04:26:15PM CARLSON, MISS DONNIE BURTON.
04:26:19PM GWEN HENDERSON APPOINTED CHERYL RODRIGUEZ.
04:26:22PM CHARLIE MIRANDA APPOINTED BISHOP TOM SCOTT.
04:26:25PM I APPOINTED PASTOR CHRISTOPHER HARRIS.
04:26:29PM NAACP. TAMPA BAY HISTORY CENTER, FRED HEARNS.
04:26:38PM IT BE COALITION OF CLERGY SUTTON FROM TPD AND MINISTRIES,
04:26:48PM ROBERT BLUNT AND FLORIDA RISING, APPOINTED ROBIN LOCKET.
04:26:52PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I THINK IT AS GREAT COMMITTEE.
04:26:54PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MAY ANY ALL SERIOUS REASONS I DO HAVE TO
04:26:59PM ADDRESS SOMETHING ABOUT THIS COMMITTEE AND I AM GLAD YOU
04:27:02PM BROUGHT IT BACK BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO DO IT UNDER NEW
04:27:05PM BUSINESS AND I THINK IT MAY HAVE BEEN MORE APPROPRIATE THEN
04:27:07PM AND IT IS APPROPRIATE NOW.
04:27:08PM COUNCIL, YOU JUST PASSED A RESOLUTION TODAY THAT -- IN IT
04:27:13PM SECTION 2 AS PROVISION SET FORTH IN RESOLUTION NUMBER
04:27:19PM 2024-334 MUCH GOVERN THE CONDUCT OF THE COMMITTEE.
04:27:22PM THAT IS THE ONE THAT ESTABLISHED THE COMMITTEE THAT YOU
04:27:24PM PASSED IN APRIL.
04:27:25PM SO RESOLUTION -- WHATEVER RESOLUTION 220 NUMBER 568 DOES NOT
04:27:32PM GOVERN THIS COMMITTEE.
04:27:33PM I WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
04:27:35PM BUT I DO WANT TO ALSO -- I DO ALSO WANT TO SAY SOMETHING
04:27:40PM ELSE IN THAT SECTION BECAUSE IT IS VERY RELEVANT.
04:27:42PM IF THOSE PEOPLE ARE ON THE COMMITTEE ARE WATCHING, I WILL BE
04:27:46PM CONTACTING THEM BECAUSE IN SECTION 2, THE LAST SENTENCE SAYS
04:27:51PM -- OR THE LAST TWO SENTENCES SAY THE FOLLOWING.
04:27:53PM ALL MEETINGS AND DELIBERATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE SHALL BE
04:28:00PM CONDUCTED IN OPEN -- OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
04:28:03PM ALL MEMBERS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA PUBLIC
04:28:06PM RECORDS AND SUNSHINE LAWS.
04:28:08PM AND THE CODE OF ETHICS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
04:28:11PM SO MY POINT IS, RESPECTFULLY WITH GREAT CONGRATULATIONS, I
04:28:16PM INFORM ALL MEMBERS OF THAT COMMITTEE AS OF TODAY, YOU ARE
04:28:19PM NOW A SUNSHINE BOARD.
04:28:20PM WHICH YOU MAY NOT WITH EACH OTHER OUTSIDE OF THE SUNSHINE
04:28:26PM NOW CONDUCT BUSINESS THAT COULD REASONABLY COME BEFORE THE
04:28:29PM COMMITTEE.
04:28:30PM SO IN ADVANCE OF THE FIRST MEETING, I WILL TELL THAT YOU
04:28:33PM RIGHT NOW, IT WOULD BE IMPROPER AND VIOLATION OF FLORIDA
04:28:39PM STATUTES TO DISCUSS ANYTHING WITH ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE
04:28:42PM COMMITTEE THAT MAY REASONABLY COME BEFORE THAT COMMITTEE
04:28:46PM WITHOUT BEING AT A NOTICED PUBLIC MEETING.
04:28:48PM THANK YOU.
04:28:49PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
04:28:50PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
04:28:52PM MR. SHELBY, MAY WE HAVE YOU WRITE THAT IN A LETTER TO THE
04:28:55PM COMMITTEE MEMBERS?
04:28:58PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: I AM GOING TO SEND OUT AN E-MAIL TOMORROW.
04:29:02PM >>LUIS VIERA: THEY WOULD HAVE NO IDEA.
04:29:03PM LISTEN, I AM AN ATTORNEY.
04:29:05PM I WAS ON THE CIVIL SERVICE REVIEW BOARD.
04:29:07PM I WAS LIKE, WHAT?
04:29:08PM YEAH, WE DON'T WANT THIS.
04:29:10PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: CERTAINLY WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS --
04:29:13PM BECAUSE THE COMMITTEE MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS.
04:29:15PM AND THE SUNSHINE LAW, IT COULD UNDERCUT WHATEVER CITY
04:29:19PM COUNCIL DECIDES IT WANTS TO DO, BECAUSE THE COMMITTEE DID
04:29:22PM NOT OPERATE IN THE SUNSHINE.
04:29:23PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU INCLUDE IN THERE
04:29:26PM THAT ALSO EXTENDS TO THEM ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES THROUGH
04:29:30PM THEIR CACS AND OTHER ORGANIZATION SHE IS MAY BE A PART OF.
04:29:34PM THAT IS THE SAME THING, YOU KNOW.
04:29:35PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE THING IS, THEY CAN NOT ACT AS CONDUITS.
04:29:40PM THEY ARE -- IF THEY ARE ALSO ON A MEMBER OF THE CAC AND
04:29:44PM THIS IS ALSO A SUNSHINE BOARD, THEY HAVE TO ALSO BE VERY
04:29:47PM CAREFUL AS WELL.
04:29:48PM OF COURSE, AT THE FIRST MEETING OF THAT COMMITTEE, I WILL BE
04:29:51PM PRESENT TO GO OVER THE RULES OF THE SUNSHINE -- THE SUNSHINE
04:29:55PM LAWS WITH THEM.
04:29:56PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
04:30:00PM >>BILL CARLSON: PUBLIC RECORDS.
04:30:03PM YOU ARE INCLUDING THAT.
04:30:04PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, SIR.
04:30:05PM >>BILL CARLSON: ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THESE COMMITTEES.
04:30:07PM WHEN I WAS ON THE CHARTER REVIEW.
04:30:09PM WE DIDN'T HAVE A CITY E-MAIL AND WE HAD TO MAINTAIN THOSE
04:30:13PM RECORDS OURSELVES.
04:30:13PM THE OTHER THING, IT DOESN'T -- IT MEANS THEY CAN'T TALK TO
04:30:17PM EACH OTHER.
04:30:18PM IT DOES NOT MEAN THEY CAN'T TALK TO US.
04:30:19PM BUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAVE --
04:30:23PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: CERTAINLY NOT -- I SHOULD LET YOU KNOW.
04:30:26PM YOU KNOW YOU CANNOT TALK WITH EACH OTHER, BUT YOU CAN
04:30:30PM CERTAINLY MEET WITH ALL OF THEM INDIVIDUALLY, BUT TWO OF
04:30:33PM THEM CANNOT MEET WITH YOU AT THE SAME TIME.
04:30:34PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YEAH, EXACTLY.
04:30:36PM >>BILL CARLSON: LAST THING.
04:30:37PM AT THAT MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY RECOMMENDED THAT WE SHORTEN
04:30:41PM THE PROCESS BY CREATING A CHAIR FOR THAT.
04:30:43PM I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD DO IT RIGHT NOW, BUT IT WAS -- IT
04:30:46PM WAS VERY DIFFICULT ON THE CHARTER REVIEW BECAUSE WE DIDN'T
04:30:49PM KNOW EACH OTHER AND SUDDENLY -- THAT CASE THEY DIDN'T PICK A
04:30:53PM CHAIR AND I THINK THAT WAS MAYBE WORSE THAN NOT.
04:30:56PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD.
04:30:58PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THINK I -- I ACTUALLY BELIEVE THE
04:31:00PM COMMITTEE SHOULD PICK THEIR OWN CHAIRS.
04:31:02PM BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE DYNAMICS OF THE COMMITTEE.
04:31:05PM THEY HAVE THAT BUY INTO IT.
04:31:07PM I CAN'T IMAGINE OPERATING ON A COMMITTEE THAT DOESN'T PICK
04:31:10PM THEIR OWN CHAIR.
04:31:11PM OR YOU SAID DIDN'T HAVE A CHAIR AT ALL.
04:31:14PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A FACILITATOR.
04:31:17PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT IS CRAZY.
04:31:18PM BUT YOU NEED A CHAIR.
04:31:19PM THAT SHOULD BE THE EXPECTATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT WE --
04:31:23PM DID WE CREATE RULES FOR THEM FROM THE COMMITTEE FOR PICKING
04:31:26PM A CHAIR?
04:31:28PM >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY.
04:31:29PM THE COMMITTEE SHOULD HAVE A CHAIR, VICE-CHAIR.
04:31:31PM THERE WAS NONE SPECIFIED IN THERE, I DON'T BELIEVE.
04:31:35PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYTHING ELSE, SIR.
04:31:37PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
04:31:38PM I HAVE TO DO TWO CLEANUP MOTIONS REALLY FAST.
04:31:42PM I MOTIONED THIS MORNING ON -- ON OCTOBER 3, 2024, TAMPA FIRE
04:31:46PM RESCUE REPORTING.
04:31:47PM I WANT TO AMEND THAT MOTION TO INCLUDE K-BAR RANCH AS WELL
04:31:51PM FOR THE LIST OF ITEMS.
04:31:52PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
04:31:57PM SECONDED FROM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
04:31:59PM >>LUIS VIERA: LAST WEEK I MOTIONED ON THE IRE ITALIAN CLUB
04:32:04PM PROPERTY.
04:32:05PM CITY OF TAMPA -- STRIKE THAT, ADJACENT PROPERTY AND I HAD
04:32:10PM DISCUSSION WITH CARL BRODY, THE ATTORNEY HANDLING THAT AND
04:32:14PM HAS TO BE THE REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENTS.
04:32:16PM I WILL MAKE MOTION.
04:32:18PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WILL RECUSE MYSELF.
04:32:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
04:32:21PM NO PROBLEM.
04:32:22PM A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
04:32:23PM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
04:32:25PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
04:32:26PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MAY I HAVE THAT VOTE ANNOUNCED FOR PURPOSES
04:32:30PM OF THE MINUTES SO WE ARE CLEARING.
04:32:32PM >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON VOTE
04:32:36PM ABSTAINING AND HURTAK ABSENT AND MIRANDA AT VOTE.
04:32:42PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
04:32:45PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: NOTHING.
04:32:46PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NOTHING.
04:32:47PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
04:32:49PM >>BILL CARLSON: COUPLE OF CLEAN-UP ITEMS THIS MORNING.
04:32:51PM THESE ARE ONES THAT STAFF REQUESTED FOR CONTINUANCES.
04:32:54PM I WILL READ IT.
04:32:55PM ITEMS ON FUTURE AGENDAS THAT THEY WANT TO MO OF TO A LATER
04:32:59PM DATE SO AS TO NOT CAUSE CONFUSION.
04:33:01PM I NOTION CONTINUE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS -- ALSO, I AM GOING TO
04:33:05PM BE -- -- ANNOUNCED THIS A YEAR AGO, BUT EVERY YEAR I GO TO
04:33:09PM AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR MY INDUSTRY, I WILL BE IN
04:33:14PM BRAZIL NEXT WEEK WHEN YOU GUYS ARE MEETING.
04:33:16PM SO THE ITEMS I PUT ON THE AGENDA WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE.
04:33:18PM SO I MOTION TO CONTINUE THE FOLLOWING I'M TERMS FOR MAY 23,
04:33:23PM 2024 WORKSHOP TO THE -- TO THE JUNE 27, 2024.
04:33:28PM NUMBER ONE IS DISCUSSION ON HOW AND WHY DESIGN EXCEPTIONS
04:33:31PM ARE MADE TO PROJECTS AFTER CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED REP
04:33:34PM ZONINGS.
04:33:34PM NUMBER TWO IS, STAFF TO REPORT TO HAVE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE
04:33:40PM CONTRACT OR PARKING PLANS WITH PUBLIC INPUT FOR MAJOR
04:33:44PM CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
04:33:45PM NUMBER THREE, AN ORGANIZATION IN PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE
04:33:49PM CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, CIP.
04:33:52PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SECOND.
04:33:53PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT DATE WAS, AGAIN?
04:33:57PM >>BILL CARLSON: MAY 23 TO JUNE 27 -- SORRY?
04:34:02PM I WILL DO THAT IN A MINUTE.
04:34:03PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: STATE YOUR NAME, SIR.
04:34:05PM I AM KIDDING, I AM KIDDING.
04:34:07PM COUNCILMAN CARLSON WITH A MOTION TO CONTINUE.
04:34:09PM SECOND WITH -- SECOND BY CLENDENIN.
04:34:12PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
04:34:13PM >>BILL CARLSON: SECOND ONE, A AGAIN, A CLEANUP ONE, CLEANUP
04:34:19PM OF WORKSHOP THE JUNE 27, 2024 WORKSHOP TO THE AUGUST 29
04:34:24PM WORKSHOP.
04:34:25PM NUMBER ONE, LEGAL STAFF DRAFTING AN ORDINANCE OF CONTRACT
04:34:30PM ADMINISTRATION, AND GETS THREE BIDS FOR ITEMS THAT EXCEED $5
04:34:35PM MILLION.
04:34:35PM NUMBER TWO, STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MOBILITY,
04:34:39PM MULTIMODAL IMPACT FEE STUDY TO MOVE FORWARD TO INITIATE THE
04:34:44PM INCREASE IN IMPACT FEES FURTHER THAT STAFF PROVIDE AN UPDATE
04:34:47PM ON PROGRESS OF THE STUDY.
04:34:50PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SECOND.
04:34:55PM MUCH.
04:34:56PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
04:34:57PM OPPOSED.
04:34:59PM >>BILL CARLSON: THE ITEM WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS MORNING.
04:35:00PM A LONG CONVERSATION WITH SUSAN JOHNSON-VELEZ AND ABBYE
04:35:03PM FEELEY ABOUT THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS, AND THE -- AND IT
04:35:07PM -- WE CAN HAVE A LONG DISCUSSION, BUT I WILL MAKE IT SHORT.
04:35:12PM THERE WAS CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT THE MOTION WAS.
04:35:15PM AND THERE IS NOT EXACT LEE GREAT CASE STUDIES THAT THEY WERE
04:35:19PM ABLE TO FIND.
04:35:19PM THE PROBLEM IS THAT -- THAT THERE ARE AREAS LIKE HOWARD
04:35:23PM AVENUE THAT WHERE THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEVER ASKED FOR IT TO
04:35:26PM HAVE AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT OR A -- OR A BAR DISTRICT.
04:35:31PM NOTHING CALLED -- NO NORMAL DESIGNATION AS AN ENTERTAINMENT
04:35:36PM OR BAR DISTRICT.
04:35:38PM WHAT HAPPENED OVER TIME, PREVIOUS CITY COUNCILS BEFORE ANY
04:35:42PM OF US WERE ON COUNCIL, APPROVED LIQUOR LICENSE AND PUT HOURS
04:35:46PM OF OPERATIONS IN THE SITE PLAN.
04:35:47PM IT HAPPENS THAT THERE WAS A SHOOTING ON SUNDAY NIGHT.
04:35:49PM BE THIS ISSUE WAS COMING UP ANYWAY, BUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS
04:35:53PM HAVE BEEN UPSET ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
04:35:55PM ORIGINALLY A RESTAURANT AREA AND NOW THIS CONCENTRATION OF
04:35:59PM ALCOHOL LICENSES WE CAN'T TAKE THOSE AWAY EVEN THOUGH ABBY
04:36:06PM AND SUSAN WERE LOOKING AT HOW TO REGULATE -- ESPECIALLY
04:36:09PM HOWARD AVENUE.
04:36:10PM BUT THE PROBLEM IS AREAS ON FLORIDA AVENUE AND TAMPA
04:36:13PM HEIGHTS, SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, WHERE WE ARE APPROVING LOTS OF
04:36:16PM LIQUOR LICENSES.
04:36:17PM IF IT IS ONE BY ONE, WE JUST WAIVE THE -- THE DISTANCE,
04:36:22PM BECAUSE WE ARE NOT LOOK CAN AT IT IN THE CONTEXT.
04:36:24PM SO WHAT ABOUT WE ARE DOING INDIRECTLY IS CREATING
04:36:29PM ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS.
04:36:30PM TAKING ALL OF THAT DISCUSSION WITH THEM, WHAT I WOULD LIKE
04:36:33PM DO IS MAKE A MOTION TO ADD TO THE AUGUST 29 WORKSHOP A
04:36:37PM DISCUSSION OF HOW TO BETTER REGULATE, PREVENT OR CREATE
04:36:42PM CONCENTRATIONS OF ALCOHOL LICENSES WITH COLLABORATIVE INPUT
04:36:46PM FROM RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS.
04:36:48PM SO WHEN THEY DONE THIS BEFORE, IT IS ONE BY ONE AND NO -- NO
04:36:53PM DISCUSSION WITH RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNER WHAT IS THEY
04:36:56PM WANT.
04:36:56PM SO A QUESTION IS, HOW WOULD THEY DO THAT.
04:36:59PM NUMBER TWO, WE MIGHT WANT TO REGULATE WHAT IS ALREADY THERE.
04:37:02PM WE MIGHT WANT TO PREVENT CERTAIN AREAS, ESPECIALLY CERTAIN
04:37:06PM NEIGHBORHOODS THAT MIGHT NOT WANT CONCENTRATIONS
04:37:10PM INDIVIDUALLY.
04:37:11PM SOME AREAS MIGHT WANT IT AND CREATE CONCENTRATIONS.
04:37:18PM ALL OF THIS WILL POTENTIALLY TIE INTO THE PROCESS THAT THE
04:37:21PM PLANNING COMMISSION IS GOING THROUGH AND WHAT HAD THE
04:37:22PM CONSULTANT IS DOING ON THE CODE.
04:37:24PM SO ANYWAY, THE IDEA IS TO PUT THIS ON THE WORKSHOP FOR
04:37:28PM AUGUST 29 TO WORK.
04:37:31PM A SECOND.
04:37:33PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
04:37:36PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WITH SOUTH HOWARD, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH
04:37:40PM WHAT YOU DESCRIBE, BUT I WANT TO SEE WHAT IS REALLY
04:37:43PM HAPPENING HERE IN -- AND MAY HAVE SEEN THAT WITH SOME OF THE
04:37:51PM PLACES PREVIOUSLY BEEN ISSUED LIQUOR LICENSES SUCH AS THE
04:37:54PM EXPERIENCE ECONOMIC SUCCESS.
04:37:55PM THEIR BUSINESS HAS GROWN.
04:37:57PM SO IT HAVEN'T BEEN ANY LIQUOR LICENSE ISSUED IN THAT AREA IN
04:38:01PM RECENT HISTORY IS WHAT I AM TOLD.
04:38:03PM CLEARLY I ONLY HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A YEAR AND THAT IS IT WHAT
04:38:06PM I AM TOLD.
04:38:07PM THE OTHER THING IS THAT -- IT HAPPENS OUTSIDE OF A PIZZA
04:38:11PM PLACE.
04:38:11PM AND IT WASN'T OUTSIDE OF A WAR OR ANYTHING.
04:38:14PM AND THAT GETS CONVOLUTED WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT IS
04:38:20PM HAPPENING.
04:38:20PM ARE THERE PROBLEMS POSSIBLY?
04:38:23PM I THINK NEIGHBOR THAT WORKSHOP WE CAN DOG ABOUT THE SINK OR
04:38:26PM SWIM TYPE OF ALL YOU CAN DRINK WANT GIVEN AMOUNT OF TIME
04:38:30PM WHICH CONTRIBUTES BECAUSE TRUST ME, THIS KIND OF MY
04:38:33PM NEIGHBORHOOD.
04:38:33PM I DRIVE THROUGH IT.
04:38:34PM AND IT IS CHALLENGING TO DRIVE THROUGH IT AT CERTAIN HOURS
04:38:37PM OF THE NIGHT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE STUMBLING ACROSS THE ROAD.
04:38:39PM IT IS DEFINITELY INTERESTING.
04:38:41PM BUT YOU KNOW, THERE IS NOT -- WHEN YOU LOOK -- A LOT OF
04:38:46PM RESTAURANTS THAT HAVE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND THERE ARE
04:38:48PM RESTAURANTS.
04:38:49PM I DON'T THINK ANY OF US WANT TO CLOSE DOWN .
04:38:52PM THERE IS A LOT -- A LOT OF GREAT RESTAURANTS.
04:38:56PM JAPANESE STEAKHOUSES AND SOME -- A LOT OF GOURMET THINGS
04:39:00PM THAT HAVE OPENED UP THERE AND CASUAL PLACES TO EAT AND I AM
04:39:03PM A FREQUENT USER OF THOSE ESTABLISHMENTS.
04:39:06PM NOT SO MUCH THE BARS, BUT THE RESTAURANTS IN THAT AREA.
04:39:10PM SO I JUST -- I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, AGAIN, BECAUSE
04:39:13PM WE -- AS WE DISCUSSED WITH THE POLICE TODAY THE ISSUES AND
04:39:19PM THE VIOLENCE WE EXPERIENCED IN THE CITY IS NOT -- YOU CAN'T
04:39:21PM JUST SAYS IT RELATED TO ONE OTHER THAN THE -- FOR THE GUNS.
04:39:25PM I MEAN WE HAVE DOWNTOWN -- FLOSS BAR AT MARION AND TYLER,
04:39:29PM YOU KNOW.
04:39:29PM IT WAS A RESTAURANT IN TAMPA HEIGHTS.
04:39:31PM IT WAS -- PEOPLE THORP NOT PARTICIPATING OF THE BARS IN YBOR
04:39:36PM CITY.
04:39:36PM A PIZZA PLACE IN SOUTH HOWARD.
04:39:38PM ALL OVER THE CITY, ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
04:39:40PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ALL OVER THE WORLD.
04:39:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IT IS A PANDEMIC OF GUN VIOLENCE.
04:39:44PM SO -- SO I THINK IT IS WORTHY OF DISCUSSION.
04:39:48PM I JUST THINK WE NEED TO FRAME IT THAT -- HOW WE CREATE
04:39:52PM ZONING AND STUFF?
04:39:57PM >>BILL CARLSON: THIS IS A PLANNING DISCUSSION, RIGHT.
04:39:58PM I USED A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES.
04:40:01PM A PLANNING DISCUSSION.
04:40:03PM INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT ONE ALCOHOL LICENSE AT TIME, LOOK AT
04:40:07PM REGIONS AND AREAS AND DECIDE WHETHER WE WANT STRICTER
04:40:10PM GUIDELINES OR LESS STRICT GUIDELINES.
04:40:12PM WE WILL HAVE THE DISCUSSION THEN.
04:40:13P HOWARD THING, WE CAN TALK A LOT ABOUT AND THAT IS A SEPARATE
04:40:20PM ISSUE, IT IS SOMEWHAT CONNECTED PAUSE THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEVER
04:40:24PM SAID WE WANT THIS.
04:40:25PM AND A POINT, IF THERE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD.
04:40:27PM HOW DO WE AT THE SIDE WHETHER WE WANT MORE CONCENTRATION OR
04:40:31PM NEXT.
04:40:31PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
04:40:32PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I THINK YOU GOT TO GO BACK AND LOOK
04:40:35PM ABILITY THE HISTORY, THE MAKE-UP, HOW IT HAPPENED.
04:40:38PM IT HAPPENED MUCH FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, TEN YEARS STRAIGHT.
04:40:46PM WHEN YOU START SAYING I AM GOING TO RENT THAT LOT ACROSS THE
04:40:49PM STREET TO GET MY LIQUOR LICENSE AND THIS WILL BE MY PARKING
04:40:53PM FOR WHATEVER.
04:40:53PM WHATEVER THE ENTITY WAS.
04:40:56PM THAT IS FINE AND DANDY.
04:40:58PM WHAT IF THEY SELL IT THE NEXT DAY, THE PARKING.
04:41:02PM YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO HANG YOUR FEET ON -- YOUR HAT,
04:41:05PM WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.
04:41:06PM EVERYWHERE.
04:41:07PM YOU CAN NOT -- GUN FIGHT AND KILLINGS WITH GUNS,
04:41:12PM UNPREDICTABLE.
04:41:13PM HAPPENS INSIDE OF A WORSHIP PLACE.
04:41:16PM IT IS HAPPENING EVERYWHERE.
04:41:17PM IT IS AT A BANK.
04:41:19PM IT IS HAPPENING IN A LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD.
04:41:21PM YOU LONG AT AMERICA, IT IS EVERYWHERE, COVID WITH A GUN.
04:41:25PM AND UNTIL THEY CHANGE HOPE AND DESIRE AND ALL THIS A NEW
04:41:30PM NEED TO HAVE WHEN YOU ARE GROWING UP, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
04:41:34PM DOESN'T HAPPEN TODAY BECAUSE YOU DID IT TODAY.
04:41:37PM IT HAPPENED BECAUSE 10, 20 YEARS AGO YOU KEPT GETTING WORSE
04:41:40PM AND WORSE AND WORSE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU ARE IN A GANG
04:41:43PM AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU ARE GOING TO FIGHT WITH SOMEBODY
04:41:46PM ELSE.
04:41:46PM IT IS A DIFFICULT EPIDEMIC THAT THERE IS NO CURE FOR UNTIL
04:41:50PM WE FIND THE REAL REASON.
04:41:52PM AND THE REAL REASON AND SOME OF IT -- HOW DO YOU GET -- HOW
04:41:56PM DO YOU GIVE ANYONE A GUN WITHOUT A GUN ESPECIALLY MITT, WHAT
04:42:01PM AGE, HERE A GUN.
04:42:04PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: PEOPLE CAN WALK IN THIS CHAMBER WITH A
04:42:07PM GUN.
04:42:08PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: POLITICAL SOONER OR LATER AND THESE ARE
04:42:11PM THE THINGS I AM TROUBLED WITH AS RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF
04:42:15PM TAMPA.
04:42:15PM EPIDEMIC THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES THAT SHOULD NEVER
04:42:18PM HAPPEN; HOWEVER, YOU -- YOU EITHER ARE ON THE LEFT OR ON THE
04:42:22PM RIGHT.
04:42:23PM YOU EITHER A "D" AND A "R", THE PEOPLE IN THE CENTER ARE
04:42:29PM FORGOTTEN.
04:42:30PM AND THOSE ARE JUST THE REALIST.
04:42:34PM AND I THINK IT GOES BACK WHEN THE LEGISLATURE STOPPED COMING
04:42:38PM HOME AND LIVING IN WASHINGTON.
04:42:43PM THEY LIVE THERE, BOTH PARTIES LIVED THERE.
04:42:46PM THEY WENT TO CHURCH TOGETHER.
04:42:48PM THEY WENT TO FUNCTIONS TOGETHER.
04:42:50PM THEY WENT TO THE THEATRE TOGETHER.
04:42:51PM WITHOUT EVEN SHOWING THEY WERE THERE.
04:42:53PM AND THEY MADE FRIENDS.
04:42:55PM AND THEY HAD FEELINGS FOR EACH OTHER.
04:42:57PM THERE ARE NO FEELINGS FOR EACH OTHER NOW.
04:42:59PM THAT IS A PROBLEM WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY.
04:43:01PM THERE IS NO ONE TO THE LEFT AND NO ONE TO THE RIGHT WANTS TO
04:43:04PM BE IN THE MIDDLE.
04:43:05PM AND I ADMIRE SOME LEGISLATORS THAT NO LONG REMEMBER THERE
04:43:11PM THAT SPEAK OUT.
04:43:12PM AND SOME THAT HAVE LEFT BECAUSE THEY SAY, WE WON'T WANT THIS
04:43:15PM ANYMORE.
04:43:16PM AND THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED DOWN IN CONGRESS.
04:43:18PM SO THAT IS JUST MY OPINION.
04:43:20PM I MAY BE 100% WRONG.
04:43:22PM I MAY BE 100% RIGHT.
04:43:24PM BUT I DON'T SEE UNTIL YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT LIFE IS, THAT USED
04:43:30PM TO THAT BE WE COME HOME FOUR OR FIVE TIMES A YEAR.
04:43:32PM THAT WAS IT.
04:43:33PM THEY LIVED THERE.
04:43:34PM AND IT DOESN'T HAPPEN ANYMORE.
04:43:38PM THAT IS WHAT I THINK IS HAPPENING.
04:43:39PM START OF SOMETHING IN POLITICS.
04:43:42PM THE OTHER PART IS THE YOUTH.
04:43:43PM THEY HAVE SEEN VIOLENCE ALL THEIR LIVES.
04:43:45PM THEY GO HOME.
04:43:46PM THEY WATCH TV ON VIOLENCE.
04:43:49PM GO TO MOVIES ON VIOLENCE.
04:43:51PM TERMINATOR NEVER DIES.
04:43:52PM THIS GUY DOESN'T DIE.
04:43:54PM THIS LADY DOESN'T DIE.
04:43:55PM NOBODY WILL DIE.
04:43:56PM JUST GOING TO SHOOT SOMEBODY.
04:43:57PM I DON'T THINK THEY ARE JUST GOING TO SHOOT SOMEBODY.
04:44:00PM HAVING A CONFLICT AMONG THEMSELVES AND SOME OTHER INDIVIDUAL
04:44:03PM THEY DON'T LIKE, AND THAT IS THE RESULT OF IT.
04:44:05PM IT IS NOT THAT SIMPLE.
04:44:06PM AND -- AND NOT ONLY WILL YOU SHOOT SOMEBODY, YOU ARE
04:44:12PM ACTUALLY SHOOTING YOURSELF.
04:44:13PM BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND A LONG TIME IN JAIL.
04:44:16PM THAT IS THE PROBLEM WE HAVE.
04:44:17PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
04:44:21PM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
04:44:25PM DO YOU HAVE A MOTION?
04:44:27PM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
04:44:27PM SO THE MOTION IS JUST TO HAVE A WORKSHOP ITEM TO TALK ABOUT
04:44:31PM CONCENTRATIONS OF ALCOHOL LICENSES AND WHETHER WE SHOULD
04:44:35PM REGULATE THEM, PREVENT THEM OR PREVENT THEM.
04:44:41PM >>LUIS VIERA: I SECONDED THIS.
04:44:43PM I DON'T NECESSARILY SEE THIS RELATED TO WHAT HAPPENED A FEW
04:44:46PM DAYS AGO.
04:44:47PM THAT IS A PROBLEM.
04:44:49PM A PROBLEM THAT FOLKS COME AND TALK TO US ABOUT.
04:44:51PM I THINK IT IS FINE.
04:44:52PM I --
04:44:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I DON'T KNOW.
04:44:54PM I REALLY DO WANT TO SUPPORT YOU, BUT I JUST CAN'T ON THIS
04:44:58PM ONE.
04:44:58PM I KIND OF FEEL THAT ZONING -- THERE ARE SO MANY BIG
04:45:03PM DIFFERENCES -- I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS RIGHT -- I DON'T KNOW
04:45:06PM IF IT IS RIGHT BECAUSE ZONING AND OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE
04:45:09PM INVOLVED.
04:45:09PM AND -- AND SPECIFIC AND WHAT IS LEGAL.
04:45:13PM I DON'T KNOW.
04:45:14PM I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE ARE THERE YET.
04:45:16PM >>BILL CARLSON: SUSAN JOHNSON-VELEZ AND ABBYE WILL BE HERE.
04:45:21PM TAKE FLORIDA AVENUE, FOR EXAMPLE.
04:45:23PM WE GO ONE BY ONE, AND WE WAIVE THE -- THE SETBACK CRITERIA
04:45:28PM OR THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENT.
04:45:30PM ONE BY ONE, IT MIGHT LOOK FINE, BUT SUDDENLY 20 BARS ARE
04:45:35PM RIGHT KNOWS EACH OTHER AND RIGHT NEXT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
04:45:37PM AND THE IDEA IS, SHOULD WE DO SOMETHING LARGER TO -- TO
04:45:41PM EITHER STRENGTHEN THAT OR TO ALLOW IT.
04:45:43PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I SEE THE SAME FRUSTRATION.
04:45:46PM ISSUE IN YBOR CITY WHERE WE EXTENDED THE OUTDOOR PATIO TO A
04:45:52PM ZACK AND DOESN'T HAVE BARS.
04:45:53PM I HAD THE SAME KIND OF CONCERN, BUT THIS COUNCIL DIDN'T.
04:45:57PM I MEAN WE GET IT.
04:45:58PM I GET WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.
04:46:00PM I DON'T KNOW IT IS RIGHT FOR DISCUSSION.
04:46:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
04:46:04PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU.
04:46:05PM LET ME SAY THIS.
04:46:05PM WHEN IT COMES TO ALCOHOL, NOT THE BUILDING YOU SHALL ZONING,
04:46:09PM IT IS THE LAND.
04:46:10PM THEY GOT THAT PASSED WITH THE LEGISLATURE MANY YEARS AGO.
04:46:13PM THAT LAND IS FOREVER ZONED IN THAT DIVISION.
04:46:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NEED TO THAT INTO ACCOUNT.
04:46:23PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING.
04:46:24PM CHANGE THE LAW THAT WHEN YOU ZONE SOMETHING, IT IS CHANGED
04:46:28PM FOREVER, AND THAT LAND IS ZONED FOR THAT, AND YOU CAN'T
04:46:31PM TAKE IT DAY WAY.
04:46:32PM THAT.
04:46:33PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SHELBY.
04:46:34PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: FOLLOW UP ON WHAT COUNCILMAN MIRANDA SAID.
04:46:37PM THAT IS VERY TRUE.
04:46:38PM FIRST OF ALL, YOU HAVE NO ABILITY TO ADDRESS ALCOHOL
04:46:42PM LICENSES.
04:46:42PM THE TERM IS NOT EVEN APPEAR POLICE DOABLE WHAT YOU DO.
04:46:45PM THE STATE CONTROLS ALCOHOLIC LICENSES.
04:46:49PM YOU CONTROL ZONING THAT IS WHAT POWER AND AUTHORITY THE
04:46:53PM STATE GIVES YOU.
04:46:54PM IF YOU RECALL THE RED-BLUE MAP PREPARED.
04:46:58PM NOT ALWAYS THAT WAY.
04:46:59PM THAT WAS TO GIVE YOU A BIG PICTURE AND A WAY TO BE ABLE TO
04:47:02PM JUDGE WHETHER SOMETHING IS COMPATIBLE OR NOT.
04:47:04PM AND MY GUESS -- IF I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR MOTION IS,
04:47:08PM SOMETHING SIMILAR TO LOOK AT THE GREATER PICTURE WHETHER THE
04:47:11PM OTHER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES, SPECIAL USE PERMITS WHICH
04:47:14PM ARE THE PROPER TERM.
04:47:15PM YOU GRANT A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO GRANT THE PROPERTY ARE THE
04:47:20PM RIGHT TO SERVE ALCOHOL THERE SUBJECTS TO STATE LICENSE
04:47:26PM CHAIR.
04:47:26PM IF I UNDERSTAND -- I DON'T WANT TO MISCONSTRUE WHAT YOU ARE
04:47:29PM SAYING, BUT IF YOU WERE SAYING RATHER THAN WHAT IS REFERRED
04:47:32PM TO AS INCREMENTAL DECISION MAKING.
04:47:36PM YOU WANT TO SEE OVER COURSE OF TIME WHAT IS THE BIG PICTURE.
04:47:39PM >> ZONING WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS.
04:47:42PM GO AND CHANGE BIG AREAS FROM INDUSTRIAL TO RESIDENTIAL OR
04:47:46PM SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
04:47:46PM AREA-WIDE REZONINGS AND THAT IS A SIMILAR THING TO DECIDE --
04:47:51PM SO WE CAN -- WE CAN PLAN.
04:47:53PM SNOB DOING PLANNING FOR ALCOHOL LICENSES.
04:47:56PM ALL HAPHAZARD ALL BY ACTION AND LOOK AT IT AND -- IF ANY
04:48:01PM DISCUSSION COULD BE WHERE WE DECIDE NO TOOLS THAT WE CAN
04:48:04PM USE.
04:48:04PM IF THERE ARE NO TOOLS, THE ONLY THING IS TO HAVE THE
04:48:07PM DISCUSSION AND LOOK AT IT.
04:48:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CALL THE QUESTION.
04:48:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHAT I AM HEARING IS WE CAN'T BE TRUSTED
04:48:12PM WITH THAT DECISION, BECAUSE WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE -- THAT IS
04:48:15PM WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSE TO BE DOING WITH EVERY APPLICATION, TO
04:48:19PM TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT.
04:48:20PM I AM JUST NOT THERE YET.
04:48:23PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION.
04:48:24PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: A SECOND.
04:48:26PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
04:48:28PM MOTION AND SECOND.
04:48:30PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I MIND HAVING DISCUSSION ON THIS, BUT THE
04:48:34PM LAND IS ZONED FOREVER, AND EVEN IF THE BUILDING BURNS,
04:48:37PM THE LAND GOES FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE.
04:48:39PM >>BILL CARLSON: I AM NOT TALKING OF TAKING IT AWAY.
04:48:42PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
04:48:43PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
04:48:44PM ANY OPPOSED?
04:48:47PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NO.
04:48:49PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NAY.
04:48:50PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: AYE.
04:48:51PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU WERE IN FAVOR?
04:48:53PM ENCORE LOT 12.
04:48:54PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
04:48:54PM >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH MANISCALCO AND CLENDENIN VOTE
04:49:04PM NOTHING AND HURTAK ABSENT.
04:49:05PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES?
04:49:08PM YES?
04:49:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHAT WAS THE VOTE, IT FAILED --
04:49:11PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MOTION PASSED WITH MANISCALCO AND CLENDENIN
04:49:16PM VOTE NOTHING.
04:49:16PM >>LUIS VIERA: I HAVE TO GO TO MY NEPHEW'S GRADUATION.
04:49:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYTHING ELSE?
04:49:21PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: I HAVE ONE VERY LAST THING.
04:49:23PM I DON'T KNOW IF COUNCILMEMBER WANTS TO VOTE.
04:49:25PM I DON'T THINK IT IS NECESSARY.
04:49:27PM I -- I AM -- -- I AM MAKING THE REQUEST -- EXCUSE ME.
04:49:31PM I AM ASKING COUNCIL FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE A MOTION SETTING A
04:49:35PM TEN-MINUTE PRESENTATION AT THE REQUEST BY MOTION AND VOTE OF
04:49:38PM THE CITIZENS BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR A PRESENTATION TO
04:49:42PM CITY COUNCIL FOR JUNE 20.
04:49:44PM TEN-MINUTE PRESENTATION.
04:49:46PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND -- I WILL MAKE THE MOTION.
04:49:48PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
04:49:50PM THE CITIZEN BUDGET ADVISORY GROUP TO DO A TEN-MINUTE
04:49:54PM PRESENTATION.
04:49:55PM DO WE HAVE A SECOND.
04:49:56PM >>BILL CARLSON: SECOND.
04:49:57PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: SUBJECT IS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FY '25
04:50:03PM BUDGET.
04:50:03PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ARE THEY MEETING WITH OUR BUDGET ANALYST
04:50:07PM BEFORE THEY MEET WITH US?
04:50:08PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE NEXT MEETING IS THE SECOND FRIDAY IN
04:50:11PM JUNE.
04:50:12PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AHEAD OF OUR 20th MEETING.
04:50:13PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
04:50:14PM ANY OPPOSED.
04:50:15PM A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
04:50:18PM >>BILL CARLSON: WE HAD A LOT OF VERY LONG PRESENTATIONS
04:50:20PM TODAY.
04:50:20PM AND -- AND, YOU KNOW, PLEASE -- SOMETHING WE NEED TO HEAR,
04:50:24PM BUT I THINK THAT THE GUTS OF IT COULD BE IN TEN MINUTES.
04:50:27PM AND SO WE -- WE SAID PREVIOUSLY -- MAYBE WE VOTED TODAY SOME
04:50:32PM WILL BE FIVE AND SOME WILL BE TEN, BUT WE SHOULD LIMIT
04:50:35PM ANYTHING BEYOND 10 MINUTES.
04:50:39PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT IS PART OF MY CONCERN --
04:50:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SIR, I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
04:50:43PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: POINT TAKEN.
04:50:44PM OUR AGENDAS ARE SO PACKED AND SO LONG AND PART OF MY FEAR --
04:50:48PM WHAT I JUST VOTED AGAINST BECAUSE IT IS LIKE -- NOW WE ARE
04:50:52PM JUST TALKING OF SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T HAVE A RESOLUTION AND
04:50:54PM TRYING TO CLEAN THESE THINGS OUT.
04:50:57PM MARTY AND I HAD A SIDEBAR ABOUT THIS.
04:51:00PM WHEN WE INVITE FOLKS, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY ONE OF
04:51:04PM THEM IS TOLD IN ADVANCE WHAT THEIR TIME LIMITS ARE.
04:51:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A COURTESY TO THEM, TO US AND THE
04:51:10PM PUBLIC.
04:51:11PM YES, SIR.
04:51:11PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING ME AGAIN.
04:51:13PM BUT 30 YEARS -- I GOT AN AWARD FOR 30 ZERO.
04:51:19PM THE PUBLIC GAVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE.
04:51:21PM AND WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT IS CORRECT, BUT CAN NOT BE
04:51:26PM APPLICABLE TO TODAY'S SOCIETY.
04:51:28PM WHEN I STARTED IN 1974-'79.
04:51:33PM WE NEVER LEFT AFTERNOON.
04:51:35PM WE NEVER HAD AN AFTERNOON MEETING.
04:51:36PM YOU KNOW WHY?
04:51:38PM BECAUSE NOTHING GOING ON IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
04:51:40PM YBOR CITY WAS DEAD.
04:51:42PM DOWNTOWN WAS DEAD.
04:51:43PM NOTHING THERE WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT.
04:51:45PM NOTHING.
04:51:46PM NOTHING DO OTHER ON THAT COUNT OUT MANY PEOPLE LIVING
04:51:49PM DOWNTOWN.
04:51:49PM THERE WERE 600 AND THEY WERE IN JAIL.
04:51:51PM THAT IS THE PROBLEM WE HAVE.
04:51:53PM WE HAVE BECOME SOMETHING ELSE.
04:51:56PM AND NOW OUR AGENDA ARE DIFFERENT, VERY DIFFERENT.
04:51:58PM BUT THAT'S ALL.
04:51:59PM THANK YOU.
04:52:00PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU HAD MAAS BROTHER AND WOOLWORTH.
04:52:07PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THEY ARE GONE.
04:52:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NOW WE HAVE CVS.
04:52:14PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I DON'T WANT WHAT HE SAID LOST IN THE
04:52:18PM DISCUSSION.
04:52:18PM BUT THEY HAVE TO BE TOLD IN ADVANCE WHAT THE TIME LIMIT IS
04:52:21PM TO CRAFT THEIR MESSAGE FOR THAT TIME LIMIT.
04:52:24PM AND I THINK IT IS A FAIR THING TO DO.
04:52:25PM I THINK THAT IT -- REALLY -- FAIR TO US TOO.
04:52:29PM BECAUSE I AM TELLING YOU, THE WAY WE ARE GOING FOR A SECOND
04:52:33PM MEETING -- WE NEED TO START ADDING MEETINGS IF THESE
04:52:37PM MEETINGS --
04:52:38PM >>BILL CARLSON: I WILL GIVE AN EXAMPLE.
04:52:40PM LAST WEEK AT THE CRA, THE TAMPA THEATRE GOT SOME, AND A
04:52:45PM SECOND ITEM AND PRESENTED FOR 20 MINUTES, AND IT WAS GREAT
04:52:49PM INFORMATION, BUT -- BUT, BUT I SHOULD HAVE TOLD THEM IN
04:52:52PM ADVANCE YOU HAVE TO -- I KNOW TO DO THIS.
04:52:55PM I JUST DIDN'T DO IT.
04:52:57PM YOU HAVE TO FOCUS ON THE TOPIC AND YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
04:52:59PM THAT'S IT.
04:53:00PM >> EVERYBODY SENDS US THESE PRESENTATIONS IN ADVANCE.
04:53:03PM I DO.
04:53:04PM I READ THEM ALL.
04:53:05PM SO I --
04:53:08PM >>BILL CARLSON: I HAVE BEEN PART OF THESE PRESENTATIONS
04:53:11PM BEFORE I HAVE BEEN ON COLONEL AND PEOPLE PRACTICE FOR HOURS
04:53:14PM AND DAYS GETTING READY FOR THEM IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
04:53:16PM FOR US WE GOT -- AND WE JUST GIVE THEM A FIVE-MINUTE LIMIT
04:53:21PM OR TEN-MINUTE LIMIT.
04:53:23PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OUR AGENDAS ARE SO PACKED.
04:53:25PM IF WE CAN'T CALL THIS, I AM TELLING YOU, WE WILL HAVE TO A
04:53:29PM SECOND MEETING.
04:53:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION.
04:53:33PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: PER YOUR NEW RULES WILL THAT TAKE EFFECT
04:53:36PM NEXT MONTH.
04:53:36PM LIMIT SO SEVEN ITEMS.
04:53:38PM MIND YOU SEVEN ITEMS AT AN HOUR EACH IS SEVEN HOURS.
04:53:41PM DO YOU RAISE A POINT, BUT THE THING IS -- THE OTHER THING
04:53:45PM IS, IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN YOU TELL THEM HOW MUCH TIME,
04:53:48PM BUT THE STAFF WANTS TO MAKE A PRESENTATION, THEY CAN ALSO
04:53:52PM INFORM YOU WHAT TIME THEY NEED AND WHAT THEY THINK THEY NEED
04:53:55PM AND ADJUST YOUR AGENDA ACCORDINGLY.
04:53:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OR TELL THEM KNOW.
04:53:59PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: TELL THEM KNOW.
04:54:01PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NOTION RECEIVE AND FILE.
04:54:03PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: A QUICK POINT OF THAT.
04:54:04PM AT THE DISCRETION OF THE JAIL CHAIR.
04:54:08PM THE ZOO PRESENT ONE LITTLE ITEM ABOUT THE ZOO AND THE WHOLE
04:54:12PM BIG PRESENTATION.
04:54:13PM AND I HAD SAID YOU HAVE TWO MORE MINUTES.
04:54:16PM IT WAS THE ZOO.
04:54:18PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I KNOW THE TAMPA THEATRE DID DO THAT.
04:54:20PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YEAH, IT WAS -- THAT'S RIGHT.
04:54:23PM THANK YOU.
04:54:24PM THANK YOU.
04:54:25PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT BASS MY FAULT.
04:54:27PM I APOLOGIZE.
04:54:28PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THEY DID ADD A ANOTHER LITTLE PIECE TO
04:54:31PM THE PRESENTATION AND THE CHAIR -- YOU KNOW --
04:54:35PM >>BILL CARLSON: MY ITEM AND I NEED TO BE ON TOP OF IT.
04:54:37PM WE NEED DO IT FOR ALL ITEMS.
04:54:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MARTY WILL HAVE TO REMIND US AGAIN.
04:54:43PM CHAIRWOMAN HENDERSON WILL REMIND US AGAIN.
04:54:48PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: EVEN IN THE MOMENT.
04:54:50PM SOMETIMES THINGS GET LENGTHY AND YOU SAID LET'S GO.
04:54:54PM LET'S GO.
04:54:54PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
04:54:58PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: SECOND.
04:54:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
04:55:00PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND, Y'ALL.
04:55:03PM COME BACK NEXT WEEK.
04:55:04PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE ARE ADJOURNED.
04:55:05PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK GOD I MADE THE MOTION.
04:55:07PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I KNOW.
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