City Council — July 16, 2026 FINAL

Alan Clendenin

9:03:54AM Good morning, everybody. Welcome to Tampa City Council. Welcome back, Tampa City Council, from our break over the 4th of July holiday. Since we've been gone, we had two birthdays on council. We had Councilwoman Hurtak, and we had Councilman Guido Maniscalco. And then we had a birthday from the City of Tampa. Yesterday, City of Tampa was 139 years old. Happy birthday City of Tampa and happy birthday to Councilwoman Hurtak and Councilman Maniscalco. I'd like to call this meeting of Tampa City Council to order. I would like to recognize Councilwoman Hurtak.

Lynn Hurtak

9:04:29AM Today, we are going to stand for a moment of silence before we do the pledge. The moment of silence is for those who have lost their lives fleeing from or in custody of i.c.e. [Moment of silence]

Alan Clendenin

9:04:54AM Thank you. Councilwoman Hurtak, would you lead us in the pledge? [Pledge of allegiance] thank you. Councilwoman Hurtak, personal mode, thank you for those thoughts. I think all of us watching the news reports have been moved deeply. Followed by the pledge of allegiance, we have to remember what country we live in. Thank you. Clerk, roll.

Charlie Miranda

9:05:26AM Here.

Guido Maniscalco

9:05:27AM Here.

Lynn Hurtak

9:05:28AM Here.

Naya Young

9:05:29AM Here.

Luis Viera

9:05:29AM Here.

Bill Carlson

9:05:31AM Here.

Alan Clendenin

9:05:32AM Here.

The clerk

9:05:32AM You have a physical quorum.

Alan Clendenin

9:05:34AM Thank you. I would like a motion for adoption of the minutes of regular session June 18 and sessions June 25. Motion from Councilman Miranda. Second from Councilman Maniscalco. All in favor, aye. Opposed? Ayes have it. Thank you. Approval of the agenda. Item 1, we have a request to continue to August 6, 2026. Motion from Councilman Miranda. Second from Councilman Maniscalco. All in favor, aye. Opposed? Ayes have it. Number 3, request to continue to September 3, 2026. Motion from Councilman Miranda, second from Councilman Maniscalco. All those in favor, aye. Opposed? Ayes have IT. Staff report and written report, I understand we do not have an administrative report, is that correct, Chief Bennett?

Luis Viera

9:06:15AM Yes, we do. Remember I sent the memo on the cut-thru.

Alan Clendenin

9:06:21AM We will have an administrative update. Go ahead, Chief Bennett, you're recognized.

John Bennett

9:06:29AM Welcome back, council. John Bennett, chief of staff. To Councilman Viera's point, he is accurate on the memo. However, I tend to think they come from the administration, not from council. We're using that agenda item as a placeholder for your memo.

Luis Viera

9:06:43AM Yes, sir. Whatever time, so long as it is addressed.

Alan Clendenin

9:06:47AM No administrative update. It will be addressed during the agenda item. Item 82, request from Councilman Viera to remove from the agenda. Motion from Councilman Viera, second from Councilman Miranda. All those in favor, aye. Opposed? Ayes have it. Number 86, request to continue to the august City Council budget workshop. Motion from Councilman Miranda. Second from Councilman Maniscalco. Councilwoman Hurtak.

Lynn Hurtak

9:07:11AM Yes. I just wanted to give a brief reason. This can be moved but basically the RFQ for anything that really isn't under contract and going, the administration wants to pause because they don't know what will happen with the amendment to reduce property taxes. I was told that beyond Tampa Fire Rescue fleet and supply, also there is a TPD training center that will be on pause for now.

Alan Clendenin

9:07:41AM And the City Council renovations, we're pausing that until after November as well. All the big CIP projects we're pausing. We have a motion and we have a second.

Lynn Hurtak

9:07:56AM It's the mobility workshop.

Alan Clendenin

9:07:58AM I think also we'll talk about the order of these workshops as well.

Lynn Hurtak

9:08:05AM I know. Since it's under infrastructure and mobility it should be the mobility and stormwater workshop.

Alan Clendenin

9:08:12AM That may change.

9:08:15AM Continue to the mobility workshop. And then it will ride with wherever mobility lands.

Lynn Hurtak

9:08:21AM That's why I did that. I didn't give a date. I said with the mobility workshop.

Alan Clendenin

9:08:27AM We have a motion and a second. All in favor, aye. Opposed? Ayes have it. Item 88, request to continue to September 3. Motion and second? Motion from Councilman Miranda. Second from Councilman Maniscalco. All in favor, aye. Opposed? Ayes have it. Item 91, request to continue to August 6. Motion from Councilman Miranda. Second from Councilman Maniscalco. All in favor, aye. Opposed? Ayes have it. 92 request to continue to September 3. Motion from Councilman Maniscalco. Second from Councilman Miranda. All in favor, aye. Opposed? Ayes have it. Thank you. Item 93, continue to August 27. We have a motion from Councilman Carlson. Second from Councilman Maniscalco. All in favor, aye. Ayes have it. Item 95, request to continue to September 17, 2026, motion from Councilman Maniscalco, second from Councilman Carlson. All in favor, aye. Opposed? Ayes have it.

Luis Viera

9:09:19AM Was it 80 or 81 continued?

Alan Clendenin

9:09:24AM No, 82, 86, 88, 91, 92, 93, and 95.

Lynn Hurtak

9:09:32AM I did want to say something about 95. That is to purchase the property connected with marti-colon. I am working on it.

Alan Clendenin

9:09:46AM Let's go to staff reports. You are on a roll. I'm going to recognize our attorney, Mr. Shelby.

Martin Shelby

9:10:01AM Mr. Chairman, if we can, for purposes of the public's knowledge and also for the administration who follows this subject, if we could just go through them individually and be clear whether we wish to have staff present.

Alan Clendenin

9:10:16AM That was my plan. I had an eager beaver to my right. He's rested and ready to move. That's right. We do not have an administrative update. No on 76. 77? No. 78? No. 79? No. 80? Yes. Okay. 81? No?

Lynn Hurtak

9:11:09AM I just want to say -- I may have something to say about this. This is a lot of money and I'm still wondering why we don't hire more people. I don't know that we need staff for it. I just wanted to throw that out there. We can put that down. I think that is a lot of money to hire extra people.

Alan Clendenin

9:11:29AM I'll say no and maybe you can talk about that. 82 we have removed that from the agenda. 83, 84, 85.

Lynn Hurtak

9:11:44AM Nothing in on base for 83 and 85. I prefer all three be heard together.

Alan Clendenin

9:11:49AM Motion to hear 83, 84, 85 together. Second from Councilman Carlson. All in favor, aye. Opposed? Ayes have it. We are going to have staff for those reports. 86 is continued. 87 yes. 88 is continued. 89 staff will be available if we need them. So yes. 90. Yes.

Lynn Hurtak

9:12:34AM Actually, I don't know. No, I don't think we need anyone for 90. Just approving it.

Alan Clendenin

9:12:43AM So no.

Lynn Hurtak

9:12:47AM I move to approve 94.

Alan Clendenin

9:12:51AM We have a motion to receive and file all the written staff reports.

Lynn Hurtak

9:12:55AM Which is only one.

Alan Clendenin

9:12:58AM Motion from Councilwoman Hurtak to receive and file the staff reports. Second -- sorry, written reports. Second from Councilman Maniscalco. All those in favor aye. Opposed? Ayes have it.

Guido Maniscalco

9:13:12AM I know it's on the consent agenda, maybe bring it up under public comment. We received a couple of comments on 50 and 51. They were requests for continuance. That's your committee, though.

Lynn Hurtak

9:13:27AM Yeah. We can talk about it.

Alan Clendenin

9:13:33AM We have a motion to remove items 50 and 51 from the consent agenda. Second from Councilman Carlson. All those in favor, aye. Opposed? Ayes have it.

Bill Carlson

9:13:45AM I would like to do the same for 25 please. Motion to move it to the discussion agenda.

Alan Clendenin

9:13:56AM We have a motion from Councilman Carlson to remove item 25 from the consent agenda. Second from Councilman Viera. All those in favor aye. Opposed? Ayes have it. Anything else? Motion to approve the agenda from Councilman Maniscalco. Second from Councilman Miranda. All those in favor say aye. Opposed? Ayes have it. Thank you very much. We are moving right along. We are now going to our presentation of the toba leadership. I'll recognize Councilwoman Young. Before Councilwoman Young speaks up, let me announce something, we had a technology upgrade to how we interface with folks not in council chambers and with council, our online speakers and our staff that is listening, they may see some technical difficulties. It may show you are muted or not muted. We'll have to stumble through that today until issues are resolved. People online waiting to speak or staff maybe listening, try to chime in on things, they may experience that throughout the meeting today. Councilwoman Young, thank you so much.

Naya Young

9:15:21AM That's not included in my ten minutes, is it?

Alan Clendenin

9:15:25AM It is not. Start the timer.

Naya Young

9:15:27AM It gives me great honor to be able to present this commendation. If I could have our tli toba members and tli alumni to please stand and come up here with me, please. As you all know, I am a graduate from the TOBA Leadership institute class of 2024. So it gives me great honor to be able to present this commendation today to the Tampa organization of black affairs. Tampa City Council proudly applauds the Tampa organization of black affairs for their mission to prepare and elevate leaders within the black community by focusing on an agenda that includes political action, innovation, community, and economic development. The vision of the TOBA Leadership institute is to become top producers of innovative businesses and community leaders who are focused on building and developing sustainable black communities in Tampa Bay. Since 2020, TOBA Leadership institute has successfully graduated seven cohort classes, graduates of TOBA Leadership institute have gone on to serve as elected officials, launch and grow businesses, advance affordable housing, and community development initiatives, lead within corporations and public institutions, and provide dedicated service on nonprofit boards and community organizations. They have used their talent and influence to expand opportunity, address critical community needs and advocate for more prosperous and equitable Tampa. In recognition of toba's continued investment in developing leaders, fostering civic participation, promoting economic advancement and inspiring service, the Tampa organization of black affairs foundation is commended for their valuable contributions to the Tampa Bay community and for building a legacy of leadership that will benefit generations to come. It is with great pleasure and gratitude that Tampa City Council presents this commendation on the 16th day of July 2026 to the Tampa organization of black affairs. [ applause ] Tampa organization of black affairs board, we just appreciate you recognizing us for the work --

Alan Clendenin

9:17:45AM Can you start with your name? I was so excited. Good morning, everyone. I'm faith pullen. I am a toba board member. Sorry about that. But I was very excited. I do want to thank you, thank the council, again, honor our founders who always wanted and had the vision for leadership. I am a graduate of tli as well. Again, just thank you for this honor on behalf of the board and, of course, the tli board chair, I would like to turn it over to her. I am kiana romeo, the TOBA Leadership institute board chair. Thank you, again, Councilwoman Young, and to all of you on the dais, for your consummate support of the TOBA Leadership institute. It would be remiss of me not to mention that we are here because of the vision of a woman named corrine colins who many years ago had the idea for the leadership institute. We were blessed to bring this into fruition in 2020. As my fellow board member faith mentioned, there are several different committees in toba. Our success is based on all of those board members and their support. Also, I want to thank our executive Planning committee for all the work you do, including our program director carrie Knowles who has been a part of the journey from the beginning. I want to publicly acknowledge you as well. Thank you again for your support. Looking forward to graduating more people from this program. To date we've had 100 participants and graduates who have gone on to make a real impact in the community and it is our goal and focus and mission to continue to produce leaders that are able to contribute to the City of Tampa. Thank you. [ applause ] I am the program director for the TOBA Leadership institute. From the inspiration from corrine colins, as kiana mentioned to today, it has been an honor and one of the ultimate privileges of my life to see this program grow. I'm excited to see where it goes in the future. I want to thank you today for taking the time to not only recognize toba, but the leadership institute as well and everything that we are doing in the community. We look forward to many more wins to come. Thank you. [ applause ]

9:20:11AM Councilwoman Hurtak.

Lynn Hurtak

9:20:12AM Thank you. I just want to tell you all that I am thrilled that you've created this committee. I love seeing -- congratulations on the hundred people graduating. There is nothing more important than grassroots organizing and leadership and teaching. So congratulations for starting that. I wish you many, many years of success. And you'll have it because we have a lot to do.

Alan Clendenin

9:20:41AM Councilman Carlson.

Bill Carlson

9:20:43AM I'll put you on the spot. Can I ask you to go back? Thank you to all of you for all you do. As my colleague said, leadership programs are really important and we see evidence of it here. I want to put council member Young on the spot. She talks about proudly this -- her time in this program. Could you just for the public's sake maybe spend 30 seconds telling how the program personally impacted you and what you got out of it?

Naya Young

9:21:12AM Absolutely.

Alan Clendenin

9:21:14AM Start with your name. [ laughter ]

Naya Young

9:21:16AM Naya Young. Well, so I, I think had been -- I went to -- I think it was like a meet and greet. Like a toba meet and greet. That was in 2023 I think it was.

Alan Clendenin

9:21:32AM Councilwoman Young, you are supposed to address the council.

Naya Young

9:21:35AM I'm sorry. This is harder than it looks. I went to a meet and greet in 2023. I was like, oh, I want to do this. I want to do this. The time, felt like I didn't have enough time and things didn't align. 2024 and I said, okay, I'm just going to do it this year. When I tell you, one, the group that I was a part of I'm still really good friends with. We all still communicate with each other. And just what I was able to learn, I was still working a nonprofit at the time. So I was able to really apply some of the things that I was learning in my nonprofit work and make these awesome connections. Just learning more about leadership, you know, being involved, you know, different things that, you know, are going on in the city that I didn't even know about. We were definitely stretched as ct would say, but I learned so much. Now being in this space and then having, you know, to meet the tli, some of the cohort members that just graduated. They were coming to me and talking to me and asking me questions. Man, it's really full circle. I'm really excited to have been a part of the program and see all the amazing leaders that have come out of it. It's really amazing. You learn so much. You learn so much. You gain so much knowledge and you make great relationships and networking. One of the things that we learned, your network is your net worth. Having a network of hundreds of people I think is awesome.

Bill Carlson

9:23:19AM Thank you. One last thing, with the hundred alumni and anybody going through the next classes, you have an ally on City Council, but please remember the other six of us. We're happy to help any of the folks who have gone through this program in any way we can. Our goal is we want to help the community. If we can help folks with introductions for the network or invite them to events or whatever somebody is interested about shifting careers, we're happy to help them. Thank you.

Alan Clendenin

9:23:44AM Thank you, Councilwoman Young for bringing this proclamation, the commendation to council This morning. Thank you ct Harris this morning for getting me out of bed at least an hour earlier. We had a meet and greet prior to council. She got me going. I had very choice words for that when the alarm clock went off. Thank you for showing up today. I hope you enjoy the rest of your day meeting with staff. We are now moving on to the public comment portion of the meeting. I'll recognize Mr. Shelby to read some of the rules.

Martin Shelby

9:24:18AM Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good morning, City Council, members of the public. Martin Shelby, City Council attorney to talk briefly about the rules of decorum for today's meeting. Members of the public are allowed a reasonable opportunity at the beginning of today's meeting to address any item on the agenda before City Council takes official action on an item. A three minute time limit applies to all speakers providing public comment. Speakers and members of the public are also reminded to please refrain from disruptive behavior, including making vulgar or threatening remarks or making or causing disruptive noises or sounds or displaying signs or graphics. The Chair Will rule out of order any person who speaks without being recognized or attempts to address the council from outside the speaker area at the podium. Persons failing to comply with the council's rules may also be ruled out of order and at the discretion of the chair may be removed from the chambers and city hall for the remainder of today's meeting. If you are here to speak on an item that is set for public comment, you will have that item, that opportunity when the item is heard later on in the agenda. And those are items listed on your agenda for public comment, items 61 through 75. No public comment will be taken later during staff reports. The time to speak on those items and the items on the consent docket are now during general public comment. Finally, members of City Council, please refrain from engaging a speaker during public comment, and the public should be aware that the City Council does not take questions or have a dialogue during general public comment. This is your opportunity to express your position. Thank you.

Alan Clendenin

9:25:56AM Thank you very much. Just a reminder, just so everybody understands, we have -- if you wish to speak you should have filled out a speaker form. If you indicated on your speaker card form that you wish to speak to on-agenda items, I will expect that when you come to the podium that you'll speak to on-agenda items because you get priority over everybody else. Then we'll follow up with that with folks that chose to speak to non-agenda items. We'll start with on-agenda items. We'll start with Pamela cannella on items 50 and 51. Good morning, Pamela. I was up late as you all probably know.

9:26:48AM Start with your name. I find it concerning that this administration would continue to support the South Howard flood relief project when there is no funding, our major impacts on the community, and no transparency to the viability of this project. The proposed stormwater grant would be better served to the neighborhoods. If it were to be applied for a citywide cleaning of our stormwater drainage system, our Stormwater Department is still working on catch-up. This needs to be the city's priority. The neglect of this cleaning has left layers of plastics, trash, waste, not only causing flooding, but leaching into our drinking water by way of our drainage pipe to outflows to Hillsborough River and the bay. The AMI hospital pond in Palma Ceia Pines is a good example. Addressing this area and this retention pond would help with the flooding and our drinking water. Last week, I read an article on six. The new pilot program to help reduce levels of pfas, the forever chemical, and the 6 ppdq in our drinking water supply. This is alarming that our drinking water has high levels of both of these chemicals. This pilot program findings state that the highest concentration appear near stormwater outfalls. Testing only confirms removal of 30% of this pfas, and no level is safe. And the facility would not be completed until 2032. Funding our Stormwater Department using grants would be a way to begin addressing both flooding and our drinking water problems. Also -- what did I do with my notes? This grant on 50 and 51, I read the contract and it says being introduced today, applicant signed a compliance agreement with the state for this grant which clearly states that section 286011 of the Florida statutes must comply. Public notice entities must give reasonable notice so public can attend. No reasonable notice was given. This was kind of a surprise on the agenda thing. This resolution appears to be for a new proposal design plan for the Howard project. They are required to give public notice. We need transparency. Thank you.

9:29:43AM Thank you, pam. Morris Lopez on Tampa Fire Rescue. Which I'm assuming is 83, 84, 85 -- no, that would be --

9:30:07AM Good morning. Start with your name, please. My name is Morris Lopez. I have been a resident of New Tampa for 36 years. I'm here today to request that council work with administration, Tampa Fire Rescue, including the fire marshal because this relates to nfpa 1, which is emergency temporary access. You'll see on the screen here the first slide I have. This is the block area showing the Tampa city boundaries station 22 and the k-bar ranch parkway while it was under construction. If you look at the next slide, this is as of yesterday. This is morris bridge road going into k-bar ranch. You can see that it is completely paved and accessible. The next slide is the far west end, which behind this gate are the neighborhoods that are high risk right now with extended response times. As I play this, I did this for you Tuesday. This is a flyover to show you how the road looks. This section here is even open now. People are crossing it. At this time, I'll tell you that I have some experience in road construction on the labor side and 39 years' experience in public safety. Right now, this contractor has plenty of room to work and has no M.O.T. In place. He does not have to provide emergency access at this time. This can be completed very easily with communication and coordination with the contractor so that he can work on either side of the road until it's complete and get the response times that we need. This is just a couple of things that would need to be done. They put a storm pipe in here. They'll dress this up, but it is accessible right now for any apparatus that Tampa Fire Rescue has. The other fix would be this fence right here. Simple 25-foot gates like we have at the school systems with either knocks box key or a regular key with master key that the units carry and also the project manager. And then finally, I'll just let you ponder on this. I don't know how much time I have left. But this is for real. Every second matters. Everything on here is true. What stands out to me is we are still in summertime, and there is a lot of activity at the amenity center. That's one of the areas out of play there and takes a long response time. Minutes matter, and I think that this needs to be done immediately so that we can help the residents and fix the problems out there with the response times. I thank you for listening to me today.

9:33:01AM Thank you, Mr. Lopez. Stephen Michelini. 50 and 51. Steve Michelini. Chair, I had a question. You pulled 50 and 51 for discussion. Is it possible for me to have my -- no. okay. I've sent you an e-mail which all of you should have received. 50 and 51 is not just a grant application for study and for surveys. It obligates you to another $46 million under phase two which means you are now obligated to over a hundred million dollars in matching funds and the city has yet to produce the financial backing that shows where you that money is coming from. It also obligates you -- and I'll read from this e-mail that I provided for you -- that this study area is in Parkland Estates where they want 2,450 linear feet of box culverts on West Fountain Boulevard. This is directly inside the neighborhood. You may remember the City Council made a motion about this, not to run this through the neighborhood. Also, on lakeview road, morrison, Howard, South Howard, and bristol, all of which you've taken positions on and said, no, don't do it. Also extended this to going down elita, which is on the east side of Howard going toward the crosstown which is directly adjacent to the morrison and those other areas. None of this has ever been discussed before. The attorneys for the South Howard business alliance requested that all of the documents related to this project be provided back in march and April. None of this has been provided. So there was no disclosure whatsoever and it suddenly showed up on the agenda for an appropriation for $186,000 for a study and for surveys and all of that. But if you look at the backup documents, it obligates the city to much more. And this is a dramatic change in terms of scope and the areas that were being requested. No one has ever proposed a plan for the South Howard project as it is. You already have appropriated $7 million for the study. Why do you need $186,000 more? It makes no sense. What's happened with the $7 million for the study, the surveys, and all of that that were associated with the South Howard project? We still continue to contest this project, and this is another backdoor way, apparently, of adding additional areas to the study area without any investigation. And it assumes it makes a statement that the service area is under serviced by the existing system. No baseline study to indicate what that service area is or the capacity of the existing system.

9:36:31AM Thank you, Mr. Michelini. Pastor Williams, you are next. You indicated you wanted to speak to on-agenda items. Pastor Williams. Pastor, you're next. Good morning, pastor. Start with your name, please. My name is Pastor Williams. 1112 East Scott Street. No longer there because they run me out of there because of the color of my skin. The people they want there are white people. Puerto rican. Puerto rican go for white anyway. I don't blame them. Better to go for white, that way you get more respect than people of color. I'm good. You know what, I brought something with me. That's basically what I want to talk about this morning. I think I got it in my pocket. Even if I ain't got it, get an upgrade on my cable. I went to a place called t-mobile. That's one of the worst places get a phone. I paid 200 and some dollars just to get the phone thinking I'm going to upgrade. They upgrade all right. But they want four hundred and some dollars. Any of you look into that for me? Pastor Williams. That's why I come down here to speak publicly hoping that you all will hear me. But don't nobody want to hear me. What is the name of the company? T-mobile. T-mobile only want your money. They don't care whether you get service or not. It's so sad. You know what? People in this audience do more for me than you all do. So I can call them, they call the police on me. They don't give a damn about people of color, but we care about ourselves and we care about Jesus Christ, our lord and savior, brought us through many years of hardship and we're happy about that. You know what? I just thank god that we do have Jesus on our side, because if we didn't, we would be in a world of trouble. Phone ringing all the time. We got to talk peacefully. Let you all know, in regards to what color, give us respect. Treat us like a citizen and love us like a person and we would be a whole lot better off. -- talk about t-mobile. You need to get rid of that company.

9:40:11AM Thank you, Pastor Williams. Don't worry.

9:40:23AM All of the rest of the speakers are off-agenda items. Jose Vasquez followed by reva iman. Jose, good morning. Start with your name, please. My name is jose alexander Vasquez figueroa. I'm a partial resident of the program Tampa hope located on 3rd avenue. Business of City of Tampa. I want to say happy belated birthday to the city councilman and woman. I want to show you a birthday present I got too. June 8, 2024. That damaged my vehicle and started my nightmare. I've been here the last two years trying to explain to the City of Tampa to take care of the property that belongs to you. Property located 1999 north 59th street. City of Tampa already say that is an easement, improved road, gave me full access to my property. My neighbors do not want it. Do what they are supposed to do by the city ordinance. Code Enforcement claim, mobility, this department, other department, they have to come together for a week and give citation. Let's move forward. Last month, we got -- meeting in the area, new Code Enforcement in the department say I go to review the survey of the property. Mr. Vasquez, You're right about the trees. We have to issue a citation. Guess what. Survey was done. Followed the case. I'm going to open a complaint, a formal complaint and they told me because the property belongs to the City of Tampa, city do not make a complaint against the city. So I'm here spending my time for two years document this problem and now I understand why we got so many report missing by the Code Enforcement department. Because they don't want to put on black and white what's going on on that property. I'm here because -- we have 54 trees planted intentional, I cannot have light and electricity to open my business for the last two years when we pay permits. I want to know what we're going to do to stop Code Enforcement playing ping-pong and make sure they respect your property and stop the abuse against my person. I don't know if this is personal. I don't know because I speak on behalf of protecting your property because as a taxpayer, it is my property, too. I ask one more time, please try to find out what's going on, why they delay this resolve on this property.

9:43:42AM Thank you, jose. Reva followed by ashley morrow. Good morning, reva. Thank you so much. Start with your name, please. My name is reva iman, a former resident of Robles park village. I'm here speaking on zion. As you know, I come down once a month to speak on zion. It may not be an agenda item but I try to keep it alive. The last time I spoke, I spoke what we were looking for. Today I brought you some things that give you something that you can see why we are seeking the funding that we're seeking so that way -- I have spoken to some of the City Council leaders. I look forward to speaking to a few more that I can get on their agenda, so I may speak with them. It is very dear and personal to me as a resident who stayed in Robles as an advocate for the residents there, I was a resident council president. I advocate for the residents and I'm still advocating for the residents, but I'm not -- I'm advocating for all those bodies that the injust was done as well to make it just. What we are trying to do is make the wrong right, which it wasn't your wrong, but you can make it right. So what I'm trying to say today is for zion sisters, I'll continue fighting, I'll continue to be the voice for those who cannot speak but their spirits can. I'm here representing them, not the living, but the dead. The dead that injust was done to them. I'm their voice right now, not the voice of the people who stand there, but the voice of the people who lay there. It is very important to me for those who have family members that's buried there, that they get the respect of the disrespect that was done to them. I'm asking the City Council to find in your hearts, your spirits that, bodies and soul to make a commitment to do the right thing that was done a long time ago that wasn't right. It is very dear to me as a person, as an African American, as a former resident who may move back there when Robles is built, so I'm asking you to commit to please send this. Thank you.

9:46:35AM Thank you. Ashley morrow followed by jade Scott. Good morning, ashley. My name is ashley morrow. I'll be sharing Tampa's black history. It's archives awareness week. You know I love some archives. I'll share two stories. One a more popular one detailing madam fortune Taylor's life in regards to her land ownership and the second about a priest from sacred heart in the early days who purchased land and sold to black people. We learned about this through these documents. I'm going to show a few of them. Here is the homestead document of madam fortune Taylor when she acquired that land just south of interstate and north of Taylor area. It is eventually sold to e.a. Clark in 1878. She sells the last portion of it in 1890. This is e.a. Clark's subdivision. As you can see, fortune street is listed right here. This was reservation of fortune Taylor. That was probably where her house was. Now, a story we hear a lot is that madam fortune made a deal with mcfarlane. I don't think that is true. Sold the land 1890. Bridge built two years later, 1892. When I looked at the archives, doesn't match up. I'll stop saying that. People who are professional historians, it's okay to say I was wrong. We found more information. I want to encourage historians to try to veer away from just going with a fantastical romantic story for the sake of story telling. Tell the truth. The next one is about reverend bernier, who was the catholic priest during the 1870s. This was the scrub. He purchased this land right here, bernier, lot 7 and 8. 8 parcels of land and sold it to black people. Katherine carter. He sold that to her for $21. And richardson sold it to her for $11. Mary $11. Henry blair, $11. Henry brennan, $11. Laura Allen, $16. And beulah baptist church, $21. This is the second location actually. The first location they got for a $1 from Thomas Jackson, a black man that homesteaded the land right above oaklawn cemetery. That's all of their properties. I'm trying to lay out all these archives into a document. Look forward to sharing that with everybody. Thank you so much for your time.

9:49:45AM Thank you, ashley. Very fast. Jade Scott followed by Janelle Scott. Good morning, jade. Start with your name, please. Is the time going?

9:50:01AM It will start. I am here to talk about and ask for, plead, beg, for more funding for the parks and rec community center so we can have greater programs for adults ages 18 to time and age as well as increasing marketing. I've asked for this before and probably ask for it again. But I am specifically advocating for this because I believe that the community centers can really be the center of the community. It can be a great way for people in the community to meet each other, build the Bonds that make living in Tampa so wonderful and to really have people embrace being the role of citizen and neighbor. In particular, I think that they should have longer hours as well as programs geared towards again adults. We have a lot of community centers that have programs for children, which is fantastic. I love kids. We also have a lot of community centers that have programs for senior centers which is great. I hope to be one someday. But the adults really are an undertapped market. And just because they are working age, it doesn't mean they necessarily have to go to spend $12 for a smoothie to justify being in a place to play some game, to have social interaction and stimulation for the day. I took the liberty of researching what some programs are in other cities in the area, like Orlando, clearwater, and st. pete. And these are pretty low-cost options that can be a great place to start, so they have a pretty low barrier of entry but can still be fun for the community. These programs are things like board game night, chess night, community book clubs, craft night, sewing circles, movie nights, yoga, tai chi, dance classes and programs, community open mikes, writing classes, mah jongg nights, drawing classes, community jam sessions, local musicians come in to play each other, just sort of building up that rapport. Trivia nights, bingo, people love bingo and bird watching club. Really cheap. Some like the community jam session, no down payment at all. Sort of programs, but can still be useful in things. I also took the liberty of looking up locations that might be a good place to start. I selected five and chose them based on the fact they already have programs so they have a base that can be expanded upon and sprinkled throughout the city. Constituents in various districts. Copeland, cordelia b. Hunt, Jackson, Ingram and Forest Hills center could be wonderful places to start. I do think when we invest in our community, we can stay focused on centering the things that matter most, which are each other. I hope you take these things, frankly, astonishing amount of enthusiasm. I hope to see these changes reflected in the next fiscal year budget. Thank you, guys.

9:52:56AM Thank you so much.

Lynn Hurtak

9:52:58AM Can you e-mail that to us?

Alan Clendenin

9:53:02AM Thank you. Janelle Scott followed by linda aiken. Good morning. Can you start with your name, please. I was recently released June 24 for an arrest that happened December 10, 2025, where officers said that he arrested me for trespassing at 352. I was already arrested at 3:40. For violating trespass warning, that the trespass warning time stamp is 3:52. How could I violate a trespass warning if I'm already arrested for trespassing? He also lied on the arrest report and said I was in a juvenile diversion program. I'm 42 years old. My son and I got the same birth date. 9/23/83, son is 9/23/2001. My son is 24 years old. He has been traumatized by having to wrestle a gun out of his big brother's hand while he done shot his little brother. If I had been out here for him it would never have took place in my eyes. I also want to say that I've been advertising everything that I've been going through on facebook. My page is in my last name first because my previous facebook I couldn't get e-mail because of me incarcerated. Long story short with the arrest, the case was dismissed. I had to represent myself because all of the public defenders in the public defender's office has a problem. They try to get you to play let's make a deal with your life. That's what they are doing. Judges prior to that -- let me get prior to that -- prior to that I was tooken from gracepoint on a case where a judge had me sitting in jail 99 days while my bond was actively paid. These are things going on with the judicial system that's been broken. I would like to say something about what the young lady said right here, why we have all these built over black grave sites but not one caucasian, anglo-saxon grave site been found yet. Massacred in a way like that, you all just wanted us to be like, look at those black. We'll have them sleeping in their grave. We are walking over our ancestors. It's an accident. You have to have a building permit before you do anything. That structure ain't changed. I speak on abraham, isaac and Jacob, change needs to happen, especially in the City of Tampa. Because the grace of god can surpass what you all got going on. For one, every black person that was a slave, it was a log of it. We got their last name. We got their -- my last name is Scott. With that being said, this needs to be addressed. I had you on my friends page, previous page when evicted from section 8 because I had fiberglass coming out my ventilation system and I'm rolling in a bed in it not even knowing.

9:56:14AM Thank you so much. Linda aiken followed by donna morrison. We have a three-part presentation. I'm asking because I'm part three. May I defer to kathy and then donna and then me?

9:56:42AM Yes, we'll do that. Start with your name please. Good morning, members of City Council. Thank you for the opportunity to speak today. We're here because the redevelopment of swann park represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to create a public space that serves the diverse needs of South Tampa, not just for today, but for decades to come. We support investing in this park. We support new amenities, improved accessibility, beautiful landscaping and creating a destination that the community can be proud of. Our concern is not whether the park should be improved. Our concern is whether the Planning process that has been broad enough to ensure the investment reflects the needs and priorities of the entire community. Many people may not realize that this park was once a home of a thriving city operated community arts center. It operated alongside basketball courts, a playground and a dog park, coexisted for years. Art center was extremely popular and classes were filled to capacity with long waiting lists. After years of deferred maintenance, the building developed severe termite damage and mold. Portions were closed. Classes continued but the facility was ultimately shuttered. Instead, the building remained closed more than nine years while the park became increasingly underutilized. Two years ago, finally demolished. Program was located to the jcc where demand now exceeds capacity. Residents reported waiting more than three years to enroll in classes. For many in the Tampa arts community, when the redevelopment of the swann park came along it seemed like an ideal opportunity to restore what the neighborhood had lost. Over the past years, my colleagues and I have met with City staff, City Council members, representatives of the mayor's office, parks and rec, neighborhood associations and community leaders to discuss this possibility. Throughout these conversations we were consistently told that meaningful public engagement would occur before any redevelopment plans were put forward. Unfortunately, that level of engagement never materialized. Neighborhood meetings were scheduled and then canceled. Communication became increasingly limited, and many inquiries from us, the arts community went unanswered. Then last week, a public meeting was held with limited notice immediately following the 4th of July holiday. Many concerned neighbors were out of town and unaware. Two concept plans presented none of which included an art center despite years of discussion. Most importantly, when the public survey after the meeting was provided, it invited residents to comment on the amenities provided, not what the community needs and what people want. We believe that this project is important and it deserves a broader public conversation before decisions are made.

9:59:48AM Thank you. Donna morrison followed by linda aiken. Start with your name, please. Donna morrison. Why does this matter? The question before us isn't simply whether to build a park. The question is whether the investment addresses one of Tampa's greatest unmet recreational and cultural needs. Fortunately, we don't have to guess. The city's own parks and rec master plan identified visual arts as the recreation activity with the highest unmet need. The city's own parks and rec master plan showed that 34% of Tampa's households reported a need for visual art opportunities well above the national average. The master plan also identified community arts programming, public art, cultural engagement and support for local artists as priorities for the city's future. These findings confirm what many of us have experienced firsthand for years. South Tampa has no operated arts center. Think about that for a minute. The city operates more than 190 parks. The city has 16 dog parks, approximately 80 playgrounds. Numerous athletic facilities, yet not one municipal art center serving South Tampa. The few city supported art facilities elsewhere in Tampa are small, operate with limited programming, and have lengthy waiting lists. Our own privately owned and run nonprofit organization, Tampa regional artists, operate from a one-room historic schoolhouse of 1100 feet. We are one room with three parking places. Every class is full. We cannot expand to meet this demand. As a result, I regularly recommend that Tampa residents travel to bradenton, sarasota, st. pete, clearwater, dunedin, because we don't have the facilities to help them. Bradenton offers an excellent example. Although the population is only a fraction of Tampa's it recently partnered with the private sector to create a beautiful 28,000 square foot facility that has become a cultural and economic powerhouse for the community. For years, many of us have suggested that Tampa explore similar public-private partnership. We have even offered to help raise private funds. This doesn't have to be an either-or decision. A thoughtful designed art center could easily coexist with playgrounds, courts, trails, greenspace. This park is large enough to accommodate both. This map here shows what the parks and rec presented last week. It's the entire park. It's still showing all this greenspace, this black box is the space that an art center would take up in the middle of that space.

10:03:05AM Thank you, donna. Linda aiken followed by Mr. Heys. Start with your name again. Linda again.

10:03:21AM Full name for the record.

10:03:23AM That's how they document stuff. We have a better vision. I'd like to conclude by discussing the opportunity before us. This park is bordered by the selmon expressway, busy roadways and large expanses of asphalt. While outdoor recreation is important, Florida's increasingly hot climate makes year-round use of outdoor activities more challenging every year. The proposed plan relies almost entirely on outdoor activities. Instead of duplicating facilities, we have an opportunity to provide something South Tampa does not currently have, because many of those facilities already exist nearby. An art center would be open every month of the year. It would serve children, seniors, veterans, working adults, families, and individuals with disabilities. It could host after-school programs, senior programs, veterans art therapy, partnerships with hospitals, community meetings, cultural events, art exhibitions and educational workshops. It would become a community gathering place, not just for recreation but for education, healing, creativity, and civic life. Most importantly, it would benefit every demographic in our community. At last week's meeting, which was mentioned, residents were told that approximately $8 million has been allocated for the project, the swann park project that should move quickly because funding could be uncertain. Respectfully, decisions about a community asset of this importance should not be driven by urgency alone. The community deserves the opportunity to help shape a vision that reflects the broadest possible public benefit. Specifically, we ask the city to conduct meaningful community engagement with residents, arts organizations, neighborhood groups, and other stakeholders to evaluate the feasibility of incorporating a community art center into the redevelopment, as donna mentioned, and explore public-private partnerships that could leverage private fund-raising while maximizing the city's investment. This project has a potential to become one of Tampa's signature community spaces. Let's make sure we seize this opportunity to build not simply another park but a destination that reflects Tampa's creativity, diversity, and aspirations. Thank you for your time, your service, and your thoughtful consideration.

10:05:58AM Thank you so much. Mr. Hayes Followed by Robin Lockett. Robin says no.

10:06:16AM You have a friend with you. I want to start off by stating within our community, send my condolences and positive energy and vibrations to the young father that was killed in West Tampa and highlight this for individuals to not be so quick to give non-accurate information, especially within our community. There was a lot of erroneous and gray follies going around of blame put on TPD about an officer killed this young man. And just someone from the community, I wanted to come up here and speak on behalf of that. Once again, I want to acknowledge the family. I hope that their transition is met with grace. The second thing, cairo will be ten years old tomorrow, and we're going to give a back-to-school community drive if the weather permits at cypress beach. We are going to be giving away a plethora amount of items starting from 9 a.m. until probably showers down on us. We are not a check box agency. Doesn't matter if coming from st. pete, sarasota, bradenton, whatever zip code. If you come, you're going to receive about 80 to $100 of brand-new goods. Got a little flyer for our back-to-school, fourth annual ruffin back to school drive.

10:07:52AM There is a little dial. You can go out so we can see the whole flyer. We're allowing other businesses and other nonprofits to partner with us. Doing a dollar for dollar match as well. Again, straightforward. Everything is brand-new. Wanted to give acknowledgment to the gentleman just left out. That was a very authentic story. I wanted to acknowledge him for getting up here and having the courage to talk about his own disparities. Fourth, once again, Mr. Hayes, also known as Mr. Ruff with cairo and friends. Thank you council members, men and women to allow individuals to sign the cards. It was raining, traffic bad. Probably a dozen individuals that didn't get on time. I want to highlight that. Thank you very much for that opportunity.

10:08:44AM We can control a lot of things, can't control the weather. Bye, cairo. Happy birthday, cairo. Surgret doss, you'll bring it home. You are the last in-person speaker. Good morning, sir. I was expecting robin to get up here. [Off microphone] I always do represent the greatest institution of higher learning in the City of Tampa. My name is surgret doss. Oddly enough, a question spawned this document that you all have. It's crazy. I understand the uphill battle. United states supreme court, so we're up and running. But the question is, who owns stolen property? The thief or the victim? Because that's what caused this whole malaise here. I understand being a pro SE litigant going to the united states supreme court is an uphill battle. I'm not myopic by any means. I don't need them to give me CERT. Just need them to review the case. The gentleman -- wish he hadn't left -- about improper arrest because that's what started the whole thing with me. For the people who are listening, and I really wish the guy had stayed around here, I'm guaranteeing that his story was correct because that happened to me. A police officer at the City of Tampa falsely accused me of a crime that he claims was told to him by a former sitting judge. I can't litigate the case here. I'm not even trying to. What I would like people to do is take inspiration because it's about the fight. It's about not laying down to anything. I hope this gentleman who had his unfortunate circumstance can find somebody who will represent him in his cause. I suffered the same set of circumstances and they offered me a deal on the last day after the Florida supreme court sent the judge in from outside the county to hear my case after being prosecuted in this county for seven months under a charge for something I did not at all, which kind of goes back to the prosecution issue that I raised in the 11th circuit struck it down without giving a proper analysis of the underlying charge. And there was binding precedent for it, but they didn't do it. Conspiracy issue whether they belong to same entity, which don't. Three different jurisdictions. Grab a lot of people's attention, the issue of absolute judicial immunity and whether or not it applies. I want everybody who is out here to also keep in mind that democracy is participation sport. Typically, I am wearing the garb of the united states army which I don't regret having spent my time there. Part of my military service. But today, I was doing some other things and I happened to be wearing a shirt that represents the greatest institution of higher learning in the City of Tampa and an institution that gave me the motivation and the drive to complete that task. The university of Thomas Jefferson high school.

10:12:35AM Thank you, Mr. Dos. We have two online speakers. After those two, that will conclude. Roxie lackman, can you unmute yourself, please? Just a reminder, those of you listening online, we did upgrade our system over the weekend, and there may be some technical difficulties. Roxie, if you hear me --

10:13:15AM There we go. Good morning. Can you start with your name, please? First of all, quick note, I really enjoyed jade Scott's suggestion for the senior adult programs at the community centers as well as the South Tampa ladies who want to get an art center going. Fabulous expansions to our park services. I do hope you heed those requests. I'm here with a simple question. I am wondering why the brand-new beautiful Fair Oaks Community Center where the grand opening was celebrated about ten months ago, May 6, there's still no listed fees for public rentals of the indoor space. I've personally been calling since early June. Every time I inquire -- I'm trying to host an event in October. I'm told that the City Council has not yet approved the rental fees. I have also been told that the City of Tampa officials, there's been some internal events hosted there. I know the space is ready, and I think it's time for the beautiful new space to be filled with local residents for the gathering. I hope those fees can get listed. Anyway, thank you for your time and consideration. I'm very sorry I could not join you in person today. I'm happy that the new tech is up and running. Thank you.

10:14:53AM Thank you, roxie. I'm sure you have seven council members taking note of your comments. The last speaker registered, last but not least, Stephanie poynor. Stephanie poynor. All the speeding ticket profits should go for the school zones, should go strictly to the sidewalks surrounding the schools, not anyplace else. Flock sucks, but it is what it is at this point. Signs should be posted that tickets will be offered throughout the entire school day, not when you just see students on a street. It wasn't discussed before, but I believe the ticket written from a police officer is over $500 for speeding in a school zone. We need throughout all of our committees throughout the entire city, NRAC, the veterans committee, budget committee, blah, blah, blah, on and on. There needs to be uniformity in the way that members can be removed, with or without cause. There needs to be -- I don't understand how any members of City Council can in good conscience appoint somebody for two, three, four years when they know their term expires in a year. There should be a way that people should be able to put their elected officials to be able to put their own representatives in those seats. Number 94, I find it very interesting that the documents are dated this month when we've had those documents for a considerable amount of time. I know that I met with staff members in the last six months and they had that data then. And I'm very, very concerned that the construction services and land development department have used up all of their backup money, all of their reserve funds to pay the difference. I'm very concerned that the citizens of Tampa are paying out of pocket for developers to get their work done by the City staff. That's unacceptable. Last but, of course, not least, the Howard Avenue project. Everyone in that room should be offended by that project because it is going to eat up every single solitary remaining dollar of our stormwater assessment. That means if we want another stormwater project, we're going to be paying more money out of pocket, and nobody has proven at this point that this is a project that's going to be successful and that it's going to provide ample protection for the people that they say it's going to protect. If they just clean out the stormwater gutters instead of spending five weeks a year working on parades, then maybe we can get this stuff done easier. Thank you very much. Have a good day.

10:17:43AM Thank you, Ms. Poynor. Enjoy wherever you are at. That concludes public comment. Thank you so much. Moving on to board and administrative appointments. We have three this morning. Item 4. Right on cue. Recognize our wonderful clerk, Shirley Foxx-Knowles. Shirley Foxx-Knowles, city clerk. I would like to present Jerry Hosey, attorney applying for the position of member of the historic preservation committee.

10:18:28AM Thank you.

10:18:36AM Do you want to make any remarks or introduce yourself? I practice condo HOA law. Before you get the pitchforks out, don't hold it against me, yeah, applying for a position for the Historic Preservation Commission. I moved to the city about eight and a half amounts ago. Immediately fell in love with it. Want to contribute to the betterment of it and try to figure out how to do it. Researched it, found out the Historic Preservation Commission, put an application in. Experience as HOA attorney for the last four years. Part of that job -- while I know that other boards deal directly with that more so, most of our clients would tell you the reason they want to put these restrictions in place is more because to protect the identity of the community, which I believe historic preservation is similar to. Getting my PhD. In history currently. Focus more on american revolutionary era, classes taking, especially in the fall. I think with my experience that I can help contribute to the city and make a better place for everyone here. Hope you guys agree.

10:19:57AM Thank you very much. Does council have any questions? Hearing none, I have a motion to appoint from Councilman Maniscalco. A second from Councilwoman Hurtak. All those in favor, aye. Opposed? Mr. Shelby will bring back a resolution making it official. Congratulations. Appreciate your good work. Ms. Foxx-knowles. Item number 5. Item 5 is approving reappointment of kimberly fruit. Kimberly, are you in the audience? Motion from Councilman Maniscalco to approve appointment. Second from Councilman Viera. All those in favor, aye. Opposed? Ayes have it. Thank you. It was unanimous. Do we bring back a resolution for that one too?

Martin Shelby

10:20:48AM No, that was provided.

Alan Clendenin

10:20:50AM We have another resolution, item 6 for the mayor's reappointment of Ana Wallrapp. Are you in the audience? We have a motion from Councilman Miranda approving the resolution. Second from Councilman Maniscalco. All those in favor, aye. Opposed? Ayes have it. Just fyi, those of you listening, we are working on some standardized procedures and all for future terms and getting the committees standardized. These are critical appointments. We needed to move forward on the appointments. That concludes that portion. Any requests from the public for reconsideration of legislative matters? Hearing none --

Lynn Hurtak

10:21:36AM Right now we have -- and this one, we have a position for the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee for a resident of Tampa. Pretty much anybody. I serve as chair of that committee. We do a lot of really good things. If you know anyone, Ms. Robin Lockett is also on the committee. If anybody has interest in housing, it's just a resident of Tampa. All you have to be, particularly if you are interested in affordable housing that would be great. Two positions for Architectural Review Commission, one an alternate and one a public policy member, two appointments to the Barrio Latino Commission, one for an architect and one just for a resident of Ybor City. Civil Service Board, it says just board member, so I believe that's probably at-large. The Community Benefits Advisory Council, also an at-large position. Enterprise zone development agency for a commissioner, historic preservation for an alternate and for an urban planner. And for the Variance Review Board, the consistent arborist landscape architect urban forester.

Alan Clendenin

10:23:03AM Very good. Now we're moving on to the consent agenda. Councilman Viera moves items 7-8. Second from Councilman Miranda. All those in favor say aye. Opposed? Ayes have it. Councilwoman Young, would you move 9-20.

Naya Young

10:23:20AM I move items 9-20.

Alan Clendenin

10:23:23AM Motion from young, second from Maniscalco. All in favor, aye. Ayes have it. Councilman Maniscalco --

Guido Maniscalco

10:23:33AM I move items 21 through 31 with the exception of 25.

Alan Clendenin

10:23:38AM Motion from Maniscalco. Second from Miranda. All in favor aye. Ayes have it. Councilman Miranda, would you move --

Charlie Miranda

10:23:47AM 32 through 37.

Alan Clendenin

10:23:50AM Councilwoman Hurtak, you had a question.

Lynn Hurtak

10:23:51AM I wanted to remind council that item 37 is the mayoral approved audit work plan and we have about 30 days of which to consider adding things to that plan. There's not a lot of room oftentimes, but I do just want to remind everybody that that's something that we do have the ability to do.

Alan Clendenin

10:24:12AM Motion from Councilman Miranda and a second from Councilman Maniscalco to move 32 through 37. All those in favor say aye. Opposed? Ayes have it. Councilman Carlson. Move 38 through 49. Motion from Carlson, second from Maniscalco. All in favor, aye. Ayes have it.

Lynn Hurtak

10:24:32AM I move items 52 and 53 and 54 with the substitute resolution.

Alan Clendenin

10:24:38AM We have a motion from Councilwoman Hurtak. A second from Councilman Maniscalco to move 52, 53 and substitute resolution and 54. All in favor, aye. Opposed? Ayes have it. Can I get a motion to set public hearings for 55 through 60? Motion from Councilman Maniscalco and second from Miranda to set public hearings of 55 through 60. All in favor, aye. Ayes have it. Motion to open the public hearings. Motion from Councilman Maniscalco, second from Councilman Miranda to open the public hearings. We are moving on to item 61. All those in favor to approve open the public hearings, aye. Ayes have it. Item number 61. Quinn Steele with Planning Commission staff. Can you hear me?

10:25:39AM Can we pump up the volume, cttv? It may be part of this webex upgrade.

Quinn Steele

10:25:51AM It's not letting me turn my camera on either.

Alan Clendenin

10:25:55AM Go ahead. It's really soft.

Quinn Steele

10:25:58AM Quinn Steele, Planning Commission staff, item 61 is file ta/cpa 25-19. This is a comprehensive plan map amendment to change the future land use designation for the subject properties from light industrial and public, semi-public to public/semi-public. The City Council approved this item on first reading on April 23, 2026. It's back before you today for second reading consideration. That concludes my presentation.

Alan Clendenin

10:26:24AM I have a question. I know this is non-quasi-judicial but we're not seeing staff on monitors. Something we have to get resolved before the judicial stuff? Does council have any questions? Councilman Viera, just to confirm, you were absent. You reviewed the record? Very good. Thank you so much. Is there anybody in the public that wishes to speak to item 61? We have a motion to close from Councilman Miranda. Second from Councilman Maniscalco. All in favor, aye. Opposed? Ayes have it. Councilman Carlson, would you read item 61 please?

Bill Carlson

10:27:04AM Move file ta/cpa 25-19, ordinance being presented for second reading and adoption, ordinance amending the Tampa Comprehensive Plan, future land use element, future land use map for the property located at 4615 and 4801 East Fowler Avenue from light industrial LI and public/semi-public p/sp to public/semi-public, p/sp, providing for repeal of all ordinances in conflict, providing for severability, providing an effective date.

Alan Clendenin

10:27:34AM Motion from Carlson. Second from Miranda. Please record your vote.

The clerk

10:27:41AM Motion carried unanimously.

Alan Clendenin

10:27:42AM Thank you so much. Item 62.

Ross Samons

10:27:54AM Ross Samons, Development Coordination, presenting vac-23-20 for second reading and adoption. I'm available if you have questions.

Alan Clendenin

10:28:02AM Council have any questions on item 62? Anybody in the public that wishes to speak to item 62? Motion to close from Councilman Miranda. Second from Councilman Maniscalco. All in favor, aye. Opposed? Ayes have it. Councilman Viera.

Luis Viera

10:28:16AM Move an ordinance presented for second reading and adoption, ordinance of the City of Tampa, Florida, correcting a scrivener's error by amending ordinance number 2024-35 which vacated, closed, discontinued, abandoned all rights-of-way and alleyways located of North Oak Avenue, of South Palm Avenue, of East Tampa Street, and of West Florida Avenue, within the plat of highland park 1st addition subdivision in the City of Tampa, Hillsborough county, Florida, by amending exhibit a to add a small area that was inadvertently omitted from the legal description, repealing conflicts, providing for severability, providing an effective date.

Alan Clendenin

10:28:53AM Motion from Councilman Viera. Second from Councilman Maniscalco. Please -- sorry, Councilman Miranda. Please record your vote.

The clerk

10:29:08AM Motion carried unanimously.

Alan Clendenin

10:29:09AM Very good. Item 63, Councilwoman Hurtak.

Lynn Hurtak

10:29:13AM As I see that we have members of the Police Department here today, I would like to make a motion that 83, 84, and 85 be heard before we vote on 63. I think it will take five minutes at best. Up the to move them during the public hearing -- you want to move them during the public hearing?

10:29:47AM Yes. This is about the school zones and flock cameras.

Alan Clendenin

10:29:53AM Mr. Shelby, is that fine to do this during the public hearing?

Martin Shelby

10:30:06AM If you want it to be part of the public hearing.

Lynn Hurtak

10:30:08AM My vote is contingent on what they say.

Alan Clendenin

10:30:10AM Motion by Commissioner Hurtak to hear 83, 84, 85 at this point during the public hearing. Second from Councilman Maniscalco. All in favor, aye. Ayes have it. Very good. We'll move straight to 83. Is staff ready to present for 83?

Lynn Hurtak

10:30:30AM They can all be heard together.

Alan Clendenin

10:30:33AM 83, 84, 85, now is your time. Speak now or forever hold your peace. We're here for a couple of items here. There were motions made regarding item 63. First, I'll go over item 84, which I think is probably the simplest one. I know this was put into onbase, but I can put it on the projector as well. That is the affidavit that was provided by red speed saying that they will not share any of the data that's captured with the cameras, with flock, with any other provider. That would be a material breach of the contract and the city would be able to terminate the contract. I think that addressed the specific issue that has come up about sharing the data with flock, or sharing the data with other providers because that is prohibited both by state statute and the city ordinance. Items 83 and 85 kind of together. They are pretty much very similar, talking about other potential vendors. We did have the Purchasing Department look at other options for piggyback contracts. There were a total of 3. The issue with that, all of these other providers have stipulations that they will integrate their data with third parties. Flock may not be specifically mentioned, but they do integrate with LPRs if the customer wants that. Because in other jurisdictions where the law does not prohibit that, the customers want that integration. So there are other providers out there that we could potentially piggyback on but you'll still have the same issue that those providers do have the ability to integrate with third parties. Again, because the contract prohibits that, because the statute prohibits that, because the city ordinance prohibits that, whether it's red speed, whether it's any of these other providers that that is not going to be the case in the City of Tampa. And then one of the other items was regarding procurement with a company that does not do business with flock. And our understanding with that is that to disqualify a potential vendor just because they may have a relationship with another company would not be following the city's procurement rules. That would be the answer to those particular questions. But regardless, there is going to be no integration with flock, no data sharing, no retention of the data that was captured by the LPRs -- excuse me, by the cameras, unless there is a violation. That is the only time that the violations are going to get processed is when the cameras do capture a violation, there is going to be no license plate reader used, no surveillance because that is prohibited by both state statute and by the ordinance. Again, we're here today just to change the list. We've already passed the contract. We already do have the ordinance that has the schools in there. We're just changing the list from the original schools to the new number of schools that has a better geographic representation. We were asked to bring maps of the old and the new. This is the new proposal for the cameras that came out of the speed study that was done recently. There is a larger geographic contribution than the previous cameras. You can see we have cameras up, more of them in South Tampa. More of them in the New Tampa area, and then this was the previous study. Most of the cameras there were concentrated in the East Tampa area and in the West Tampa area. So I can try to put these -- the left side is the new proposal based upon the speed study. The right side is what's currently in the ordinance. There are six of those cameras that are currently in the ordinance that are still in the new proposed ordinance. We have already moved forward with the permitting process to get those six cameras operational as soon as possible because they are in the ordinance as it is written. So we would ask you to pass the ordinance on the second reading and I can answer any questions anybody has.

10:35:22AM Councilman Carlson and then Viera.

Bill Carlson

10:35:28AM The original ordinance was approved a long time ago. The contract was approved a long time ago. I voted against the contract for some of the reasons that have been discussed. But this is just, as you said, to expand going back to the maps is to expand to go into other areas. One of the new schools happens to be one that my son goes to. I see the speeding going on around it. We obviously need to do something. Ultimately this is about speeding. We have a parallel motion going through like somebody mentioned in public comment to try to make sure the money is not a slush fund for some administration, but that it's designated for school safety. That will be coming back another time. I don't think it's right that these are concentrated all in East Tampa. If we care about public safety, we need to not look like we're picking on one neighborhood and need to provide safety throughout the city. To the other point about privacy, there is a general concern about overall surveillance of people. We live in a world now where there are cameras everywhere. Cameras pointed at us right now. It's impossible to go anyplace without having cameras pointed at us. In case of federal, state, some other government agency subpoena, files have to be given up, as I understand it. If somebody does not get a ticket, if they get a ticket, that I understand file will be preserved. But general video, is there somebody who could testify to what happens to the general video? If it's streaming all day long, is that deleted, not captured. If it is deleted is it deleted again to make sure a subpoena doesn't ask for imaging of the file to make sure it's not there, if someone has committed a crime, speeding, then it's understandable that would be archived. But people just in general don't like having government surveil them. Can somebody talk to the fact, if a government agency subpoenaed a whole file, would they be able to see the general population moving around and would that be available? Yes, the video is retained for 30 days.

10:37:40AM That's all videos, not just -- I used to manage the red light camera program. The video from the camera is there for 30 days, but unless a violation occurs, those license plates of the cars in the video are not captured. The overall video of cars driving down the road is going to be retained for 30 days, but as far as license plates actually being captured, being able to identify each and every one of those cars, that is not the case.

10:38:10AM After 30 days, is it possible still for someone to image it or is it gone forever that it can't be imaged? Associated with a violation. After the 30 day period elapsed, video is purged, the video is gone.

Luis Viera

10:38:29AM Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the presentation and answering the questions. I voted for this before. I'll continue to support it for reasons I'll briefly talk about. The issue, and I know we've gotten e-mails and concerns about issues involved with i.c.e., things very acute and traumatic for a lot of people in the last year and a half or so, and sympathies or ideas that I'm very sympathetic to where you have about three-quarters of a million people in this country from places like Haiti, Afghanistan, Cuba, Venezuela, who were legally protected by tps and out of nowhere they are illegal, they are illegal immigrants, and the next think you know we're building alligator alcatraz and making jokes about them getting chased by crocodiles. I think that's immoral and that's terrible. But for me, this has nothing to do with that thankfully. I am obviously very, very passionate about that. The sharing of information is precluded by ordinance, by operation of law. Something I'm very, very comfortable with. We have to talk about what this actually does, as you said, sir, it expands it to additional schools. It expands it to additional schools. What is the issue that is at play here? It is if you are going in a school zone during pickup and drop-off, very narrowly tailored times and in excess of 10 miles an hour over the speed limit. If it is 30, going 36, 37, 38, 39, you will not qualify for that. But 40, 41, 42, 43 you will qualify for that. If you're going over ten miles an hour over the speed limit during that time, then you've got it coming and I'll make no excuses for you. I strongly support this. I think we all should. I get it, there are folks who talk about the nature of the programs and privacy, and that doesn't take anything away from their sympathies on issues involving law and order, enforcement of law and public safety and so forth, I have no challenges with them. As it applies to this very narrowly tailored Florida statute. As soon as I heard about it, state representative traci koster championed this in tallahassee, I pushed to have this here in Tampa because this is a good thing. I'm glad to see that we have New Tampa schools here, the areas of chiles where my son went, freedom, where my son went, bonito and other schools in New Tampa, there is support for that. Do I support this. This is a good thing for me. Thank you.

Alan Clendenin

10:41:00AM Councilwoman Hurtak followed by young.

Lynn Hurtak

10:41:02AM I want to say thank you so much for getting the affidavit. That was very important to me. I know we have an ordinance. I know we have state law, but the overwhelming fear of the community is high, especially because of the death that just happened in st. augustine. Now it's coming to Florida more visibly. I do appreciate that. I also appreciate the study that was done to see where the speeding is actually occurring. I'm glad this is not going to be policing minority communities and spread across the city. I think that's very important. We've gotten a ton of e-mail and a lot of support for school zone cameras, but I do want to protect Councilman Viera because my understanding, it's running all day. Even if it's not during the flashing light time, it will run all day that school is in session. I just wanted to make sure that was correct. It runs all day during the school day. Obviously, you still have a ten mile an hour buffer there. That buffer is much lower during the pick-up and drop-off times, goes up higher when the school zone is not active. It does run all day during the school day.

10:42:26AM My only wish, quite frankly, is that it went down to five miles. Instead of ten. Ten is really a lot more. Thank you.

Naya Young

10:42:41AM I echo a few of the sentiments of other council members. Also like to thank you all for the affidavit. Thank you all for doing another study to have the cameras across the city. We know speeding in the school zones is an issue that's across the city. I think having it dispersed is much better. I said this at the last meeting but I'll say it here again. At the end of the day, for me, it's about keeping our children safe. With my own two eyes have seen the speeding happening. We have all seen it. There is speeding happening in the school zones. No if, and, buts about it. People are speeding. I also want to say I still stand by that we should start thinking about we need sidewalks. We absolutely need sidewalks. I know there is a motion coming so we can make sure -- how do we make sure the funding goes toward sidewalks that we're getting from the citations. Also thinking about what kind of infrastructure and mobility projects we can do in the communities, in the school zones, whether it be making the lanes smaller, having the turning out a little bit more for cars. Just something extra. While there may be some that get one ticket and learn their lesson and not speed again, there are some that have the money and keep paying it. I think having the cameras and some type of infrastructure so we can really stop cars, I stand by that and still think we need to pursue that. That's it.

Alan Clendenin

10:44:08AM Councilman Viera.

Luis Viera

10:44:09AM Thank you, Councilwoman Hurtak, because I've said that twice. I think somebody on social media said, it's during all day. Don't I feel dumb. But thank you. Thank you.

Bill Carlson

10:44:23AM One quick clarification. My understanding from what I recall in reading it and what you just said is that it is on all day during the school hours. It's not on at night and weekends. And when school is not in session, it's not on.

10:44:39AM Only during school hours. In between drop-off and pickup, it's on, but not afterwards. We do work with the School Board to get those specific hours because there are things like breakfast and so forth. You might have students coming to the building a little bit earlier. During the school day itself is when it is operational. Weekends, summertime if there's no summer school in that specific area, they are not operational.

Alan Clendenin

10:45:08AM Thank you. That concludes the presentations on the staff reports for the three items. We are moving back to our public hearing portion of this presentation to hear item number 63. Is there a presentation for 63 or does that suffice? Come to the podium and give me an acknowledgment that suffices on presentation for 63.

Bill Carlson

10:45:33AM Can we ask him to clearly tell the public what we're voting on now?

Alan Clendenin

10:45:43AM We're hearing item 63. Item 63, we are here to make an amendment to the existing ordinance regarding the school zone speed cameras to amend the list of schools from the 13 schools from the original study to the 18 schools that is more geographically spread out through the City of Tampa based on the newer speed study.

10:46:08AM Does that conclude your presentation? Council.

10:46:13AM Hearing no other questions, anybody from the public that wishes to speak to this item? Come to the podium and start with your name. I spoke about this at the last meeting when we had public comment. I know this is an easy button for police. Less man-hours spent on writing tickets. More man-hours spent on violent crime and burglaries and really high-value crime, which I appreciate. I will say I appreciate the affidavit from red speed. It's a good step for those concerned with privacy. I will maintain the only way to really ensure privacy is to make sure the cameras don't go up at all. Number two, a private firm headquartered in Illinois who is profiting on lawbreakers in Tampa doesn't sit really well with me. I'm a member of Florida digital rights council and a few other organizations, and just the thought process of what incentive does this firm have to actually stop speeding going on. I will maintain that other avenues are just as important, if not more important to stop speeders. It's like the m and m company sponsoring a dental convention. What incentive do they have? They are making money off of this. Finally I want to live in a neighborhood and many Tampa residents want to live in a neighborhood with our family and neighbors and not with big brother. I appreciate all of the work done on this and the communication. Thank you.

10:47:47AM Thank you very much. Start with your name, please. Agenda item, number 63, amending the city ordinance permitting school zone speed cameras to shift camera placement to a more dispersed range of schools in the city. I am the president and founder of sidewalk stompers, a safe routes to school nonprofit in Hillsborough county. We design and advise on programs to support walking and biking to school with no school buses provided for kids living less than two miles from schools in our state, walking and biking to school is a critical component of our community's transportation needs. It's important to be clear what your vote will do today. If you vote no on this item, school zone speed cameras will still be activated outside 12 schools located solely in East Tampa and West Tampa. If you vote yes, these cameras will be placed at 18 schools located in every district. So to be clear, this is not a vote on whether you like cameras or not. Any discussion or debate on this is outside of the simple issue. 12 schools or 18 schools. It's just political posturing to consider it anything else at this point. This updated list is a result of a more recent speed study. The results of which have been included in your agenda packets. The results are appalling. Over 6,000 people speeding more than ten miles over a posted school zone speed limit in one day at one school. How can we in good conscience permit this? Tampa Police Department has brought you this ordinance because in their experience as law enforcement professionals, automated cameras are the best and safest methods for enforcing speeds at schools. Unincorporated Hillsborough county has been fortunate enough to have these cameras at 28 schools for a year with the same company that we are working with now. In just a few first months of operation, the number of vehicles speeding dropped 48 percent. During that same period in Tampa, thousands and thousands of drivers sped at deadly speeds past our schools. Here today you have law enforcement professionals telling you they need this ordinance to do their jobs, protecting our children more effectively. I myself am in school zones around Tampa all year, joining children, crossing guards and school staff in experiencing traffic conditions in our city. Please listen to the experts, not to the what-ifs and maybes, social media tirades, and the "I heard in the news" theorizing that have confused this very simple ordinance amendment. We could have further information about how to use the funds collected but today the vote is clear. Vote yes to get cameras started in the new school year at 18 schools located in each of your council districts.

10:50:43AM Thank you, Emily. Anybody else in the public wish to speak to this item? Motion to close from Councilman Maniscalco. Second from Councilman Miranda. All in favor, aye. Opposed? Ayes have it.

Naya Young

10:50:56AM Ordinance being presented for second reading and adoption, ordinance of the City of Tampa, Florida, amending City of Tampa Code of Ordinances chapter 14, section 14-56f designation of school zones, by striking and adding site location for installation and operation of school zone speed enforcement cameras within the city and providing an effective date.

Alan Clendenin

10:51:18AM Thank you. I have a motion from Councilwoman Naya Young. Second from Councilman Miranda. Please record your vote.

The clerk

10:51:28AM Motion carried with Clendenin voting no.

Lynn Hurtak

10:51:35AM Moving on to item 64.

Quinn Steele

10:51:43AM Planning Commission staff. Item 64 is file ta/cpa 25-20. This is a comprehensive plan map amendment to change the future land use designation for subject properties from light industrial, heavy industrial, and public/semi-public to urban mixed use 60 and community mixed use 35. The City Council approved this item on first reading on June 25, 2026, and it's back before you today for second reading consideration. That concludes my presentation.

Lynn Hurtak

10:52:10AM Thank you very much. Does council have any questions? Is there anyone in the public that wishes to speak to this item? Motion to close by council member Miranda. Second from council member Maniscalco. All in favor? Any opposed? Mr. Maniscalco.

Guido Maniscalco

10:52:28AM Thank you very much. I have an ordinance being presented for second reading and adoption. An ordinance amending the Tampa Comprehensive Plan future land use element, future land use map for the property located at 11315 north 46th street, 4801, 4615, 4901 East Fowler Avenue, 11302 north 50th street and folio numbers 140,139.0000 and 140,510.0000 from light industrial, heavy industrial and public/semi-public to urban mixed use 60, UMU 60 and community mixed use 35, CMU 35, providing for repeal of all ordinances in conflict, providing for severability, providing an effective date.

Lynn Hurtak

10:53:12AM Motion from Maniscalco. Second from Miranda. Please record your vote.

The clerk

10:53:18AM Motion carried with Clendenin being absent at vote.

Lynn Hurtak

10:53:22AM Okay. Excellent. Item number 65.

Quinn Steele

10:53:27AM Quinn Steele, Planning Commission staff. Item number 65 is file ta/cpa 26-02. This is a comprehensive plan map amendment to change the future land use designation for property located at 1701 east 2nd avenue from light industrial to urban mixed use 60. City Council approved on first reading June 25, 2026. It is back before you today for second reading consideration. That concludes my presentation.

Alan Clendenin

10:53:53AM Does council have questions? Hearing none, anybody in the public wish to speak to the item? Motion to close from Miranda. Second from Maniscalco. All in favor, aye. Ayes have it. Councilwoman Hurtak.

Lynn Hurtak

10:54:03AM File 65, file number ta/cpa 26-02, ordinance being presented for second reading and adoption, an ordinance amending the Tampa Comprehensive Plan, future land use element, future land use map, for the property located at 1701 east 2nd avenue from light industrial, LI, to urban mixed use 60, UMU 60, providing for repeal of all ordinances in conflict, providing for severability, providing an effective date.

Alan Clendenin

10:54:31AM Thank you. Motion from Hurtak, second from Maniscalco. Please record your vote.

The clerk

10:54:42AM Motion carried unanimously.

Alan Clendenin

10:54:43AM Thank you. Item number 66.

Ross Samons

10:54:51AM Ross Samons, Development Coordination presenting file vac-26-09 for second reading and adoption. I'm available if you have any questions.

Alan Clendenin

10:55:00AM Council have any questions of staff? Hearing none, anybody in the public wishing to speak to item 66? Motion to close from Councilman Miranda. Second from Councilman Maniscalco. All in favor, aye. Opposed? Ayes have it. Councilman Miranda, would you please read item 66?

Charlie Miranda

10:55:14AM Item number 66, vac-26-09, ordinance being presented for second reading and adoption. An ordinance of the City of Tampa, Florida, vacating, closing, discontinuing and abandoning that alleyway located north of CSX railroad, south of 7th avenue, east of 23rd street and west of 24th street as dedicated by the plat of Truman's east ybor subdivision, in Ybor City, Hillsborough county, Florida and as more fully described in section 2 hereof, subject to certain covenants, conditions, and restrictions as more --

Alan Clendenin

10:55:54AM Motion from Councilman Miranda. Second from Councilman Maniscalco. Please record your vote.

The clerk

10:56:04AM Motion carried unanimously.

Alan Clendenin

10:56:07AM Thank you. The next 10 a.m. public hearings are quasi-judicial. If you are here to speak with any of the items, items 67 through 75, any of the next public hearings, please stand, raise your right hand and be sworn in by our clerk. [Oath administered]

10:56:56AM Thank you. Councilwoman Hurtak, you were absent during 67 through 71, did you review the records?

Lynn Hurtak

10:57:03AM Yes.

Alan Clendenin

10:57:04AM Item 67.

LaChone Dock

10:57:07AM LaChone Dock, Development Coordination. Item 67 is rez-26-07. This is for the property located at 4201 East Osborne Avenue. The request is to rezone property from RS 50 residential single-family to PD Planned Development for the use of day care and nursery facility. Site plan changes were required to be made between first and second reading. Those changes have been made and the plans have been certified and provided to the clerk. I'm available if you have any questions.

Alan Clendenin

10:57:35AM Any questions of staff? Hearing none, applicant? Wish to speak to this item? I'm here if you have questions. Part of rgm --

10:57:50AM State your name for the record, please. Authorized representative for the rezoning at 4201 east osborne. I'm here if you have questions.

10:58:01AM Thank you. Council have questions? Hearing none, anybody in the public wish to speak to item 67? Motion to close from Councilman Miranda. Second from Councilman Viera. All those in favor say aye. Opposed? Ayes have it. Councilman Carlson, would you please read item 67?

Bill Carlson

10:58:19AM Move item 67, file rez 26-07, ordinance being presented for second reading and adoption, an ordinance rezoning property in the general vicinity of 4201 East Osborne Avenue in the City of Tampa, Florida, and more particularly described in section 1 from zoning district classification rs-50, reasonings, single-family, to PD, Planned Development, day care and nursery facility.

Alan Clendenin

10:58:41AM Seconded by Miranda. Please record your vote.

The clerk

10:58:47AM Motion carried unanimously.

Alan Clendenin

10:58:50AM Thank you very much. Item number 68. Item 68 is rez-26-46. This is an item with rezoning request for property located at 3705 North Darwin Avenue. Request is to rezone from RS 50 to Planned Development for residential single-family detached uses. Revisions have been completed and certified plans have been provided to the clerk's office. I'm available for any questions.

10:59:19AM Council have questions? Hearing none, applicant? Start with your name, please. I've been sworn. Here for any questions you have.

10:59:34AM Anybody in the public wishing to speak to the item? Motion to close from Councilman Miranda, second from Councilman Maniscalco. All in favor, aye. Opposed? Ayes have it.

Luis Viera

10:59:48AM I move an ordinance presented for second reading and adoption, ordinance rezoning property in the general vicinity of 3705 North Darwin Avenue, in the City of Tampa, Florida and more particularly described in section 1 from zoning district classification RS 50, residential, single-family, to PD Planned Development residential single-family detached, providing an effective date.

Alan Clendenin

11:00:07AM Motion from Councilman Viera. Second from Councilman Maniscalco. Please record your vote.

The clerk

11:00:16AM Motion carried unanimously.

Alan Clendenin

11:00:18AM Councilwoman Hurtak.

Lynn Hurtak

11:00:22AM Not to interrupt, but we forgot to do this. I move items 77, 78, 79, 81 and 90. Those are the ones we didn't need staff for.

Alan Clendenin

11:00:35AM Motion to move staff reports from Councilwoman Hurtak. A second from Councilman Viera. All those in favor, aye. Ayes have it. Item 69. Item 69 is rez-26-51. Rezoning request for property located at 9710 and 9720 North Armenia Avenue. Request to rezone from RO residential office to CN, commercial neighborhood. Available if you have questions.

11:01:03AM Council have questions? Hearing none is there an applicant? State your name, please. Representing the applicant, frank chillura. We respectfully request your approval for adoption.

11:01:26AM Anybody in the public wishing to speak on 69? Motion to close from Miranda. Second from Viera. All in favor, aye. Councilwoman Young, would you read 69, please?

Naya Young

11:01:39AM File rez-26-51, ordinance being presented for second reading and adoption, ordinance rezoning property in the general vicinity of 9710 and 9720 North Armenia Avenue in the City of Tampa, Florida and more particularly described in section 1 from zoning district classification ro-1, residential office, to CN, commercial neighborhood, providing an effective date.

Alan Clendenin

11:02:00AM Motion from Councilwoman Young, second from Councilman Viera. Please record your vote.

The clerk

11:02:08AM Motion carried unanimously.

Alan Clendenin

11:02:11AM Thank you. Item 70.

Luis Viera

11:02:14AM Go Temple Terrace. That's where I grew up.

Alan Clendenin

11:02:19AM Item 70, staff. Rez-26-53. Rezoning request for property located at 3817 and 3819 Temple Street. Request is to rezone from RM 16 residential, multiple family 16 and CG commercial general to rm-18, residential, multiple family 18. Available if you have questions.

11:02:43AM Any questions? Hearing none, applicant? Seeing none, anybody in the public wishing to speak to that? Online. Giselle Mota, authorized agent for 26-53. No comment. Here for questions.

11:03:00AM Any questions of the applicant? Anybody in the public wish to speak to item 70? Motion to close. All in favor aye. Ayes have it. Councilwoman Hurtak.

Lynn Hurtak

11:03:11AM File rez-26-53, ordinance being presented for second reading and adoption, ordinance rezoning property in the general vicinity of 3817 and 3819 Temple Street in the City of Tampa, Florida and more particularly described in section 1 from zoning district classification RM 16, residential, multiple family and CG, commercial general to RM 18, residential, multiple family. Providing an effective date.

Alan Clendenin

11:03:39AM Motion from Councilwoman Hurtak. Second from Councilman Maniscalco. Please record your vote.

The clerk

11:03:48AM Motion carried unanimously.

Alan Clendenin

11:03:50AM Thank you. Item 71.

Christopher Demanche

11:03:59AM Development Coordination. Item 71 is rez-25-86. This is a rezoning request for property located at 3101 North Nebraska Avenue. Request is to rezone from RS 50 and commercial general to Planned Development for storefront residential commercial allowing for all CG uses. At first reading, council's direction to the applicant was to update the west and south elevations by providing more details and showing how the facades were being broken up. The applicant has provided updated elevations to staff which show varying materials used as well as facade footprints which indicate changes in the layouts of the facades for all sides of the building but specifically the west and south facades. Revisions have been completed and certified plans have been submitted to the clerk's office. I'm available for any questions.

Alan Clendenin

11:04:53AM Council have questions? Hearing none, Mr. Michelini. Steve Michelini. We took the comments from council into consideration. Worked with the City staff. We prepared alternate designs for them. Submitted on time and they have been certified. We respectfully request your approval.

11:05:12AM Thank you. Is that it? Anybody in the public wishing to speak to the item? Motion to close from Maniscalco. Second from Miranda. All in favor, aye. Ayes have it.

Guido Maniscalco

11:05:24AM I have an ordinance being presented for second reading and adoption, ordinance rezoning property in the general vicinity of 3101 North Nebraska Avenue in the City of Tampa, Florida, more particularly described in section 1 from zoning district classification RS 50 residential single-family and CG commercial general to PD Planned Development, storefront residential, commercial, all CG uses, providing an effective date.

Alan Clendenin

11:05:46AM Motion from Maniscalco. Second from Miranda. Please record your vote.

The clerk

11:05:56AM Motion carried unanimously with Viera absent at vote.

Alan Clendenin

11:06:00AM I think we should go to tiny tap for a cocktail after this. Item 72. Agenda item 72 is ab2-26-08 for the property located at 2105 West Morrison Avenue. The request is for alcoholic beverage sales small venue classification, beer, wine and liquor, consumption on premises only. Site plan changes required between first and second readings. Those changes have been completed. The plan has been certified and provided to the clerk. Available for questions.

11:06:34AM Questions? Hearing none. Is there an applicant? You have questions.

11:06:48AM We're working through the new technology. Thanks for your patience with the tech issues. Just here for any questions. Appreciate your consideration.

11:07:08AM Council have any questions for colin? Hearing none, anybody in the public wish to speak to the item? Motion to close from Maniscalco, second from Miranda. All in favor, aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. Councilman Miranda.

Charlie Miranda

11:07:21AM Item 72, file ab 2-26-08, ordinance being presented for second reading and adoption. An ordinance approving a special use permit su-2 for alcoholic beverage sales, small venue, consumption on premises only and making lawful the sale of beverages regardless of alcoholic content, beer, wine and liquor, on that certain lot, plot or tract of land located at 2105 West Morrison Avenue, Tampa, Florida, more particularly described in section 3, providing that all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict are repealed, repealing ordinance 1463-a, providing an effective date.

Alan Clendenin

11:08:00AM Motion from Councilman Miranda. Second from Councilman Maniscalco. Please record your vote.

The clerk

11:08:07AM Motion carried unanimously.

Alan Clendenin

11:08:08AM Thank you.

11:08:11AM Take care, colin. Item 73. Leo Debardeleben, Development Coordination. Agenda item 73, ab 2-26-09 for the property located at 1281 Ray Charles Boulevard. Request is for alcoholic beverage sales, large venue classification, beer, wine and liquor, consumption on premises and package sales off premises consumption. Site plan changes were required between first and second reading. Those changes have been completed. Plan certified and provided to the clerk. Available for questions.

11:08:44AM Council have questions? Hearing none is there an applicant? Just here to answer any questions. We have agreed to those hours of operation.

11:08:56AM Very good. Any questions? Hearing none, anybody in the public wishing to speak to this item? Seeing none, motion to close from Councilman Miranda. Second from Councilman Maniscalco. All in favor, aye. Opposed? Ayes have it. Councilman Carlson.

Bill Carlson

11:09:11AM Move item 73, file ab 2-26-09, ordinance being presented for second reading and adoption, an ordinance approving a special use permit SU 2 for alcoholic beverage sales large venue consumption on premises/package sales, off-premises consumption and making lawful the sale of beverages regardless of alcoholic content, beer, wine and liquor, on that certain lot, plot or tract of land located at 1281 Ray Charles Boulevard, Tampa, Florida, as more particularly described in section 2, providing that all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict are repealed, providing an effective date.

Alan Clendenin

11:09:47AM Motion from Councilman Carlson, second from Councilman Maniscalco. Please record your vote.

The clerk

11:10:05AM Motion carried unanimously.

Alan Clendenin

11:10:12AM Thank you so much. Item 74, staff. Leo Debardeleben, Development Coordination. Item 74 is ab 2-26-14, this is a special use 2 request for the properties located at 1301 east 4th avenue, 1306 east 4th avenue, 1302 east 2nd avenue and 1315 east 5th avenue. The request is for alcoholic beverage sales, large venue classification for beer, wine and liquor, consumption on premises and package sales off-premises consumption. Site plan modifications required to be made between first and second readings. Those changes have been made. A plan has been certified and provided to the clerk. I am available for questions.

11:10:55AM Council have questions? Hearing none, is there an applicant? Of Gardner brewer Hudson. As Leo mentioned, changes were made to the plan. We did add the condition regarding no single use bar lounge to the barrio market. Happy to answer any other questions, but that's it.

11:11:12AM Anybody in the public wish to speak to the item? Motion to close from Miranda. Second from Maniscalco. All in favor, aye. Opposed? Ayes have it.

Luis Viera

11:11:21AM Move an ordinance presented for second reading and adoption, approving a special use permit SU 2 for alcoholic beverage sales, large venue consumption on premises package sales off-premises consumption and making lawful the sale of beverages regardless of alcoholic content, beer, wine and liquor, on that certain lot, plot or tract of land located at 1301 east 4th avenue, 1306 east 4th avenue, 1302 east 2nd avenue, 1315 east 5th avenue, Tampa, Florida as more particularly described in section 2, providing that all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict are repealed, providing effective date.

Alan Clendenin

11:11:57AM Motion from Councilman Viera. Second from Councilman Miranda. Please record your vote.

The clerk

11:12:06AM Motion carried unanimously.

Alan Clendenin

11:12:08AM Thank you, item 75.

LaChone Dock

11:12:11AM LaChone Dock, Development Coordination. Item 75 is rez-26-28. This request is a request to rezone. Total of 55 parcels. Request is to rezone from IG industrial general YC 1, contractual commercial core, YC 2 residential, YC 4 mixed use redevelopment, YC 5 general commercial, YC 6 community commercial, YC 7 mixed use and YC 8 residential to pda Planned Development alternative mixed use commercial intensive uses and for all residential types. And to YC 9, which is a site plan controlled district. Site plan revisions were required to be made. Required also to the design book. Those changes have been made. The plans have been certified and provided to the clerk. I'm available if you have any questions.

Alan Clendenin

11:13:06AM Anybody have questions? Hearing none, applicant? I don't have anything further to add but happy to answer questions if you have any.

11:13:17AM Anybody in the public that wishes to speak to the item? Dennis Lopez. This is new terrain for me. I first want to thank Eric Cotton who was kind enough to return my call. I spoke to him yesterday. He advised me of the second reading today. I would also like to thank Mr. Harsh Sarah vonner, the city clerk who I talked to this morning, our citizenry receives the type of service I did from her this morning, they would be as grateful as I am for her informing me of what was going on. This is a bit, as I said, unusual terrain for me. Let me tell you why I'm here. The 2416 east 7th avenue address on 7th and broadway is included in this development plan. I'm not here to say that this development plan shouldn't go through at all. I think what Mr. Shaw is doing and I think the intentions that he has are very wonderful and very admirable. The residents at 2416 east 7th avenue was my mother and grandparents' home. When Mr. Shaw Approached us a number of years ago without us offering that property for sale, in addition to that property, my mother, being the only child of two sicilian immigrants, which will tie into why I am here, she had other properties along 8th avenue. Former rental properties. My father's business was at 2703 east 7th avenue. Mr. Shaw Offered to buy it all. My siblings and I, two brothers and sister, agreed. I wanted to keep the home of my grandmother. Charlie is laughing. I appreciate that, Mr. Miranda. I wanted to keep that. It had a lot of wonderful sentimental value for me. But I was outvoted by my siblings. And frankly as I've driven by there, it pains me because I still have affection for the place. Nonetheless, several months ago I was driving by and I saw a rezoning sign. I'm an attorney but I don't do property law. I called a buddy of mine who does. He explained it was coming up for hearing. I was under the mistaken impression this would take place in august. I guess I have 28 seconds. I didn't know there was a time limit. If you would indulge me for a few more moments. You are shaking your head no.

11:16:06AM You get three minutes for this part of the presentation. Looking at the site plan, it appears that this property is still intended to be single story. I don't know if they have the ability to tear it down. Can somebody tell me whether they do if it is in the historic district? Anybody? Chairman?

11:16:28AM We don't provide testimony. I'm sure the applicant will be able to answer that question when she comes up. There will be an opportunity for rebuttal.

Charlie Miranda

11:16:42AM My family has known this family over a hundred years really. Just to clear the record, had horses there. When I was a little boy, my mother would let me for ten cents buy a little chick and grow them in the backyard. I want the record to reflect I believe that casita would be best served as either a museum as a casita, the interior, which probably no one has even looked at, is unique, that or bed and breakfast or something of that ilk.

Alan Clendenin

11:17:19AM Thank you so much. Applicant, would you like rebuttal? I'm trying to pull up the historic district maps. I'm not sure if that is a landmark structure or not off the top of my head. We do have the design guidelines that outline certain different development standards. But we are not to the point yet where we can opine on what individual addresses will look like as part of the pd-a at this point. We can get his info and keep him up to speed.

11:17:49AM Council have any questions? Hearing none, anybody else in the public wish to speak to this item? Motion to close? Motion to close from Viera, second from Maniscalco. All in favor aye. Ayes have it. Councilwoman Young.

Naya Young

11:18:06AM Item 75, file rez-26-28, ordinance being presented for second reading and adoption, an ordinance rezoning a total of 55 parcels of which 38 parcels are located in the Ybor City historic district, consist of 30.64 acres located generally in an area bounded to the north by east 11th avenue, to the east by the selmon connector and the CSX right-of-way, to the south by east 4th avenue and to the west by north 19th street, property, in the City of Tampa, Florida and more particularly described in section 1 from zoning district classifications IG, industrial general, yc-1, central commercial core, YC 2, residential, YC 4 mixed use redevelopment, YC 5 general commercial, YC 6 community commercial, YC 7 mixed use and YC 8 residential to pd-a Planned Development alternative, mixed use commercial intensive uses and residential, all types and YC 9 site plan controlled, providing an effective date.

Alan Clendenin

11:19:10AM Motion from Councilwoman Young. A second from Councilman Viera. Please record your vote.

The clerk

11:19:20AM Motion carried unanimously.

Alan Clendenin

11:19:22AM Thank you. We are on item 25.

Bill Carlson

11:19:37AM 25 is about renewing a contract with two companies for debris cleanup after emergencies. As I understand, at least one of the companies had a contract in 2023 a year before helene and milton hit. We had a lot of complaints about cleanup and debris following that. My recommendation for the sake of the community, we at City Council don't have the power to manage these contracts, but we do have the power to approve or not approve them. My suggestion is -- I'd like to make a motion just to continue this until the 30th and ask the staff to come back and present not to us but to the public about how we can be assured that these companies will be able to clean up more effectively next time. Secondarily, that they will have ways to address the damage that's been done in the community. There's a lot of environmental damage that's been done. If we get the -- I'd like them to have time to think about it and come back. If we get the answer --

Alan Clendenin

11:20:43AM Motion from Councilman Carlson to continue this item. Is there a second?

Luis Viera

11:20:51AM I'll second for discussion. My vote will be contingent on what we hear. If it doesn't affect anything for this season, I'm fine with it.

Alan Clendenin

11:21:00AM Motion and second. Mr. Washington, I see that you are online.

Larry Washington

11:21:06AM Larry Washington, director of Solid Waste. Just to address the contract, both contractors -- [indiscernible] they won award back in December of 2023. To go back to hurricane milton and helene, we met actually since 2017, we met every single deadline that FEMA has set forth. I did research back when this was mentioned at the April 16 council Day. There hasn't been any delays. Of course, during hurricane helene and milton, there was a response that had to be postponed from the contractors whenever we had milton barreling down because the contractors themselves and the subcontractors, they don't want to put themselves in harm's way whenever the storms were coming because if they did that, then they wouldn't have been able to assist us. That's why City of Tampa and everybody, everybody, TPD boots on the ground as well. We all responded immediately afterwards. These contractors, we desperately need them and we're in hurricane season now. So this would adversely affect us if we were in a situation where we had to contact them and have them assist us in debris cleanup.

Bill Carlson

11:22:32AM It's going to adversely affect us if we delay it by two weeks.

Alan Clendenin

11:22:39AM If we continue this for two weeks for further discussion, will this adversely affect the contract or what you're doing?

Larry Washington

11:22:47AM Two weeks, no, sir, it won't.

Bill Carlson

11:22:53AM I'm asking that this be presented to the public, not to us. The public's perception was that it was a disaster. Yes, milton came barreling down, but in between there were all kinds of problems. Mr. Washington, to give him credit, was great at responding to constituent concerns and complaints and went in, but FEMA effectively did nothing for us, although they said they staged things and there were lots of complains about these companies and others. Instead of litigating it all now, I would just like Mr. Washington to come back and just briefly present to us not more than five minutes about why we're sure this will work the next time and then my vote would be yes. If we vote today, then my vote would be no. because my concern is I want to make sure that the public is protected next time.

Alan Clendenin

11:23:42AM Councilwoman Hurtak.

Lynn Hurtak

11:23:45AM Can you be more specific? You said there are all sorts of problems.

Bill Carlson

11:23:50AM Yeah. After helene, thousands of homes had debris in front of their homes. The folks were worried about, as milton was barreling down, that going through. There should have been FEMA working with these consulting firms to go in and clear out as much debris as possible. Perception in South Tampa was very little was taken out in advance. Second part of my motion was that some of it was put in gadsden park and other places where there's concern about chemical and other kinds of environmental damage. We don't often have situations where we have three storms in a ROW, but the public doesn't want debris sitting out in front of their houses for six weeks. As I said, Mr. Washington did a great job. Perception by the public is that the firms did not do a good job. I would like him to come back and have a thoughtful presentation to explain why he thinks they can do a good job.

Alan Clendenin

11:24:52AM We lost Mr. Washington.

Larry Washington

11:24:54AM My camera just went out for some reason.

Alan Clendenin

11:24:58AM We've got you back.

Larry Washington

11:24:59AM I can answer the questions now.

Alan Clendenin

11:25:02AM Miranda wants to say something and then I'll get back to you, larry.

Charlie Miranda

11:25:06AM Just listening to the conversation, this was a citywide thing. Hundreds of miles. Most of us went to different areas. Forest Hills area. Some to Palmetto Beach. Some Davis Islands. Some South Tampa, some East Tampa. Someone was everywhere and it was not even coordinated but that's the way it happened with the council members. We went everywhere like everybody else did. I understand what the conversation is about. But if these contractors did the job, they are entitled to get paid.

Bill Carlson

11:25:47AM This is about renewing the contract.

Charlie Miranda

11:25:49AM I understand.

Alan Clendenin

11:25:50AM I'll chime in before I recognize Mr. Washington again. These were back-to-back natural disasters. I'm not going to disparage some of our neighbors or other municipalities, because of my involvement across the state, I can tell you that we rose way above many other municipalities and jurisdictions in the state. The performance of our Solid Waste and what they did would be the envy of some of the folks around the area.

Bill Carlson

11:26:26AM We did a better job at PR. I disagree with you.

Alan Clendenin

11:26:30AM I get it what you're saying. Because if you have trash in front of your house, that's -- when you look globally across the city, and I get always that exception. Trash in front of your house, horrible thing. People panicking and other storms coming. Globally, holistically looking at the city, I think they did a tremendous job. Again, not that they did a perfect job, but compared -- the dice that were rolled and what came up from an act of god, you've got to do what you've got to do. Mr. Washington.

Larry Washington

11:27:11AM Yes, sir. I want to make sure we can take a step back and recall that during hurricane helene we had a lot of flood damage and that was something new to the City of Tampa. Usually just wind damage is what happened during milton. The flood damage, takes the average person about a month to clear out their home. Some people had items out on the curb immediately. Those that had the means, the resources, but others did not. Cleaning up household hazard debris piles well into the next few months. Going back some, there was no municipality in the general area. Hillsborough county, st. pete, pinellas that cleaned up the entire city within those two weeks. There's no way possible. So what we did, we sent out as many troops as possible to get as much as we could up and then prepare for the next storms. We weren't sure how bad it would be because it was coming directly for us. As soon as hurricane milton passed, so it's more of understanding the differences between storms, flood damage takes a lot longer to collect. Household debris piles three times the size and then takes twice as long to pick up those piles versus just having yard debris out and tree limbs. My team has to take precaution when picking up glass and let's say drywall and those hazards out there because they have to face that themselves when they are collecting. Our response was quick. The contractors were very efficient when they were actually here. But it takes time. And then storms a week or two before in South Carolina, I believe, which is where they are coming from. They need to time to respond here to get down because multiple storms taking place that year back in 2024.

Bill Carlson

11:29:08AM This is about explaining -- my proposal is about explaining to the public what the role, not of Mr. Washington's department, the role of the contractors in cleaning up and how we can be assured this would be done. I would call the question because if you guys are going to vote yes anyway, go ahead and vote yes. I'll vote no. I think it's worth a five-minute conversation in two weeks.

Alan Clendenin

11:29:31AM I have a motion and a second to continue this item. What is the date on two weeks? July 30th. We don't have room. Okay. We have room. I have a motion and second to continue this. All those in favor of continuing item 25 say aye.

Luis Viera

11:29:59AM I have a question on the motion. Councilman Carlson, what I would be willing to vote for, we pass this today and then you were able to put that on the date you have there for a discussion on this to educate the public on what's happening and so forth, I would be fine with that, just for the record.

Alan Clendenin

11:30:18AM That would be a subsequent motion after this.

Bill Carlson

11:30:23AM My thing is he already said it doesn't affect the cleanup if we delay it by two weeks. The motion was to have Mr. Washington or City staff come back to present five minutes or less at this discussion how the public can be assured that these firms will be effective in cleaning up the storms next time.

Alan Clendenin

11:30:47AM I have a motion and second to continue this item for two weeks. All those in favor say aye. Opposed? Nay. The nays have that.

The clerk

11:30:57AM Can I have a roll call vote?

Alan Clendenin

11:31:00AM Roll call, please.

Luis Viera

11:31:01AM No.

Bill Carlson

11:31:03AM Yes.

Charlie Miranda

11:31:04AM No.

Guido Maniscalco

11:31:06AM No.

Lynn Hurtak

11:31:08AM No.

Naya Young

11:31:10AM Yes.

Alan Clendenin

11:31:13AM No.

The clerk

11:31:15AM Motion failed with Viera, Miranda, Maniscalco, Hurtak, and Clendenin voting no.

Guido Maniscalco

11:31:21AM I move item 25.

Alan Clendenin

11:31:22AM We have a motion to move item 25. Second from Councilwoman Hurtak. All in favor, aye. Opposed?

Bill Carlson

11:31:28AM I'm voting no. I'll tell you guys, it was an absolute disaster. It's going to be on you when these guys don't do a good job next time.

The clerk

11:31:39AM Motion carried with Carlson voting no.

Alan Clendenin

11:31:42AM Can you state that again?

The clerk

11:31:45AM Motion carried with Carlson voting no.

Alan Clendenin

11:31:47AM Thank you very much. Item 50.

Guido Maniscalco

11:31:54AM I requested these items be pulled. We received a couple of e-mails and then there was some public comment regarding, if I remember, in one of the e-mails, public participation, there was not, if we didn't follow the rules on that. And then I don't remember off the top of my head. Three people spoke about it.

Alan Clendenin

11:32:14AM Mr. Perry, are you here to talk about these items? Mr. Campbell is here as well. Just to sum up what I think Councilman Maniscalco said and I'm sure you have seen the public comment about implications this has for expansion or further commitment of the South Howard flood project. Would you guys address that?

Lynn Hurtak

11:32:41AM I wanted to frame and just say -- I actually had kelly call and talk to Mr. Campbell. This is literally just helping us pay for the design.

Alan Clendenin

11:32:54AM With that frame, can you please explain to what we're looking at.

Brandon Campbell

11:33:00AM Brandon Campbell, mobility director. Items 50 and 51 are related to a $186,000 grant award for the ongoing design of the South Howard project. It is supplemental funding for the effort that is already underway.

Alan Clendenin

11:33:16AM Does this design further expand what has already been approved or does it commit to us further expenditures?

Brandon Campbell

11:33:24AM No, it does not.

Naya Young

11:33:29AM For this grant, there is a match required, yes?

Brandon Campbell

11:33:35AM Yes, that's correct.

Naya Young

11:33:37AM How much is the match?

Brandon Campbell

11:33:39AM I'd have to look at the exact number. Below the $7 million we already committed to it. Required match. Like Brandon already says, we already have those funds budgeted.

Alan Clendenin

11:33:54AM Councilman Carlson.

Bill Carlson

11:33:56AM Just to further, has the old route. Is this approving going back to the old route or new route?

Brandon Campbell

11:34:09AM The reason for the text as written is that this grant was applied for in 2023 after the late 2022 hurricane ian. So the project has clearly developed significantly since that time. And the language in the grant application and award does not obligate us to go back to that original set of options that were considered.

Bill Carlson

11:34:36AM I'm in favor of getting reimbursement from other government agencies on grants, but I'm against this project as it is. My concern from the beginning is that this was not -- this did not go through a thorough scientific process to look at all the different possibilities. I'm very convinced from the engineers I've spoken to outside the market and even outside the country that what we're doing is old technology. It's a bad solution. It seems to be politically motivated, not based on science. And we know it's not going to work. I'm not voting for anything related to this project. I think the mayor should do the right thing and hit the reset button and go back and look at more innovative solutions for this. Thank you.

Alan Clendenin

11:35:19AM Thank you. Councilman Maniscalco, add anything?

Guido Maniscalco

11:35:21AM No, nothing else.

Charlie Miranda

11:35:23AM Are you an engineer?

11:35:26AM Do you think the project will work or not?

Brandon Campbell

11:35:28AM I believe it will, yes.

Alan Clendenin

11:35:31AM Any further discussion on items 50 and 51? Councilwoman Hurtak.

Lynn Hurtak

11:35:36AM I move items 50 and 51.

Alan Clendenin

11:35:39AM Motion moving items 50 and 51 from Hurtak, second from Miranda. All in favor, aye. Opposed? Roll call, please?

Lynn Hurtak

11:35:48AM Yes.

Naya Young

11:35:51AM No.

Luis Viera

11:35:52AM Yes.

Bill Carlson

11:35:54AM No.

Charlie Miranda

11:35:54AM Yes.

Guido Maniscalco

11:35:56AM No.

Alan Clendenin

11:35:57AM Yes.

The clerk

11:35:59AM Motion carried with young, Carlson, and Maniscalco voting no.

Alan Clendenin

11:36:02AM Thank you very much. I am correct that concludes the consent agenda items that had been pulled. We have finished with our public hearings. We have left is our staff reports. We are at number 80. Let's talk fire stations. I think it's been, what, two weeks since we talked about fire station. Wait, council hasn't been in session for two weeks. [ laughter ] staff. We're here for bringing a design-build service agreement for guaranteed maximum price for fire station 24. We have spoke about this as mentioned several times over the last 16 months. We brought a GMP in front of you. Any questions? Chief Tripp with me as well.

11:37:06AM Recognize Councilman Viera and then Councilwoman Hurtak.

Luis Viera

11:37:08AM I just wanted to acknowledge for all of us, Chief Tripp, all the firefighters, everybody, what a big thing this is for us. This is going to finish the job on fire station 13, which we started six years ago which at the time, numbers people are sick of hearing probably, but they are damning. It was one out of 23 stations took up 1 out of 7 calls in the City of Tampa. Station 13 was the 54th busiest station in the United States of America. They have a huge mural of freddy krueger when you walk in there because it is the station that was where if you worked there, you're not going to sleep. That's a big deal. Starting in 2020, I made a couple of motions to start talking about additional fire stations to help out with station 13, working with Chief Tripp and firefighters and everybody, we got a really quick win. In 2021, we would pass funding for station 25, which would do a great job in getting progress forward on station 13. The statistics have improved, but station 24 was always going to be that last piece. We had moved forward with this. I think it was in 2023. I tried to talk about a revenue source for public safety for police and fire. Pass. Fine. Then we started talking about bonding and seeing -- I brought that up because I wanted to make sure that come hell or high water, we had a funding revenue source, a funding source for this. Now it's three years later. We talked a lot about the timeline in terms of how we've gotten here. I'm not going to go into that just because we talked a lot about that. It's wonderful because this is a big win that especially, guys, for North Tampa, for the busch and fowler communities, this is a very, very hardworking part of Tampa. I call it the working-class backbone of Tampa, and this was the community that had to deal with challenges of station 13. This is a big, big win for us. I think it's something we'll all celebrate and be happy about. Chief Tripp, I thank you for your time and your makes. Mr. Mutterback, I joke with you, when you started getting on this, you were like, what is this because you came in the middle of a big ol' mess. Thank you very much for that. Council, thank you and what have you. Thank everybody.

Alan Clendenin

11:39:36AM For reference, rest of the remarks, after this, two more staff reports. If we are able to complete this, we can get out of here before we break for lunch. If we can keep our remarks brief. Councilwoman Hurtak and then Councilman Maniscalco.

Lynn Hurtak

11:39:53AM Obviously, the nightmare on Annie Street. I have the t-shirt actually. By the way, if you didn't know, each fire station has their own t-shirt and they are for sale at the firefighters museum. It goes towards the firefighter museum. My husband has the two-headed alligator from station 7. Every time he wears it, someone in the neighborhood commence. My question is really about the addition of the owner's contingency, $750,000. So when we got the price of what this station was going to cost, like three weeks ago, maybe four weeks ago, it was 16.9 million. I'm curious, I got an e-mail because I asked about it during my prep meeting, and I was told that it -- the owner's contingency and normal to put in the GMP. If it's normal we need to put it as part of the whole. Doesn't need to be something added. I'm concerned about that. I don't like that the owner's contingency are added to the GMP. I would really prefer that we stop that practice, and that if you need more money, you come back to council. I'm not talking just about this fire station, but in general for projects because I don't know how often we get the money back and I think it's something that we should be talking about. That's my statement.

Alan Clendenin

11:41:22AM Councilman Maniscalco.

Guido Maniscalco

11:41:23AM I'm very excited for this. Thank you for all your hard work, everybody. I'm glad that we're voting on this while Councilman Viera is still with us. While you're here on council. [ laughter ] I'm sorry. I know come November, but you've been a champion since day one on this. That's it. Thank you.

Alan Clendenin

11:41:44AM Councilman Viera, would you like to move the item, the resolution? Motion from Councilman Viera to move item 80, the resolution. Second from Councilwoman Young. All in favor, aye. Opposed? Ayes have it. Thank you. Congratulations. Congratulations, Chief Tripp. Thank you very much. Looking forward to the ground breaking. Item 87. Councilman Reddick. Here we go. Let's talk about Councilman Reddick. Michelle Van Loan, Real Estate Department. I'm here this morning in response to a request for staff to review and present on an honorary naming for the former Councilman Frank Reddick at the Williams park, the activity center building that is there. If you can bring up the powerpoint.

11:42:48AM It's up.

Michelle Van Loan

11:42:51AM I'll let them -- I don't have a controller. If they can go to the next slide.

Alan Clendenin

11:43:01AM The remotes are not up there?

Michelle Van Loan

11:43:02AM Unh-unh.

Alan Clendenin

11:43:04AM Interesting. It's up now.

Michelle Van Loan

11:43:07AM Only three slides. We should be good. Mr. Reddick -- there we go. I must be the first one using it this morning. Mr. Reddick was born in East Tampa and he devoted his life to serving his community both in East Tampa and to the minority community in the greater City of Tampa area. He was a dedicated mentor for most of his career within the Hillsborough County School district and he also worked with rehabilitating juveniles who had been within the juvenile justice system. He also was the CEO of the Florida sickle cell association working hard to raise awareness among especially the minority community of how many people are affected by sickle cell and support the families of people suffering from the disease. He also served on the Hillsborough county hospital authority board, East Tampa partnership was a great proponent and advocate for the East Tampa CRA and the community work and the community-led efforts within the CRA and East Tampa partnership. He was also the president of the Tampa coalition for change. As you all know, he served us very devotedly here on City Council for eight years. On a personal note, the 22nd street roundabout, he was the champion for that. And when there were a couple of people who brought up some issues, he really fought for that roundabout to be included as part of the 22nd street roadway improvements that we did back. Parks and rec has reviewed the request and they are in alignment with the recommendation that the activity center at the Williams park be named after frank a. Reddick. I'm here to answer any questions.

Guido Maniscalco

11:44:56AM Real quick, I know he's looking down from above. I want to thank council member Reddick for always being there for me. He has since passed but he was there for me at the beginning in my campaign when I first won. I'll always be appreciative of that. Interestingly enough, the last photo I have with Councilman Reddick is at the Williams park complex. So he was a very good person and served his city very well. I think this is very well deserving. Thank you very much.

Michelle Van Loan

11:45:25AM In the picture that was up there that was the councilman, when we had the gramatica brothers out there and they re-did the playground and all the kids came in and helped. He was just such a big part of a lot of the improvements that we had throughout the park system in East Tampa.

Bill Carlson

11:45:44AM Thank you to council member Young for bringing this up and remembering him. I was friends, like many of you with Frank Reddick for a long time. Great person. Very involved in the community in many ways. He was one of the people, I was helping him behind the scenes with council member capin and others. And two of the people that turned to me and said, hey, you need to run for office. I guess thank you to him for that. Besides being on council, he was also chair two or three times -- twice. I think we should recognize that as well. He was such a great person and even when his health was failing in the last few months or year, he was still on the phone, calling me probably like the rest of you saying, here is the background on this or that. He really, really cared about the community. I think this is a great decision. Thank you.

Charlie Miranda

11:46:41AM I had the pleasure also serving with him. Our offices were right next to each other. He was a gentleman of very few words. But when he spoke, you listened.

Luis Viera

11:46:59AM Thank you, Mr. Chairman and thank you, council member Young for this. Vivian kitchen had called me on this to seek support. Of course, I'm going to support this. I served with the late council member Reddick for about two and a half years. He was always a very forceful advocate on many, many things. I remember just many, many times when he would bring up issues that a lot of folks wouldn't otherwise bring up. We're talking about the ferry to st. pete. Somebody was here presenting on it. He asked out of nowhere, how many black folks ride the ferry? It caught the person off. It brought up a lot of issues that people should bring up like that, for example. God rest his soul. I'm glad this is happening. Thank you.

Alan Clendenin

11:47:45AM Councilman Viera, he was definitely an interesting soul, great representative. He was a great supporter of mine on the political side of the house. I have him in the political side of his career as well as his work in the public and private sector as well, with the associations that he was a part of. Great member of the community. Thank you, Councilwoman Young, for suggesting the recognition. I would like to recognize you now to discuss this.

Naya Young

11:48:18AM I'm very happy to be able to do this. I think you can tell a lot about someone when you hear the positive things people say about them. Mr. Reddick was quite the force and advocate for the community. I'm glad that we are able to do this. So many people throughout Tampa that have really contributed to this fabric, to the City of Tampa, that I hope we continue to recognize them and give them their flowers while they are here. So I move item number 87.

Alan Clendenin

11:48:53AM You don't have to move it. This is just the first presentation. Staff will come back.

Naya Young

11:48:59AM Okay. Got it.

Michelle Van Loan

11:49:01AM Michelle Van Loan, real estate, if it is the pleasure of City Council, to set this for first reading of ordinance for September 3 and then we will post it on our website for public comment as required by the ordinance.

Alan Clendenin

11:49:17AM Assuming we have a motion from Councilwoman Young to set this for September 3, second from Councilman Maniscalco. All in favor, aye. Opposed? Ayes have it. Thank you so much. We have 89 now.

Luis Viera

11:49:32AM Question on the agenda. We were going to hear from Chief Bennett, administration report on k-bar cut-thru. When is that coming up on the agenda?

Alan Clendenin

11:49:42AM That probably would have been done when talking about 24.

Lynn Hurtak

11:49:50AM Brandon is right here.

Brandon Campbell

11:49:51AM I can give a quick, minor update on this. Brandon Campbell, mobility director. Councilman Viera and I spoke a little bit on this earlier this week. Just to give a quick update, I'll hand these out. I brought a visual aid to put on the projector. I wasn't sure how well it would show up. I have hard copies for you all. Just to preface my statements or my update on this, this is not a City of Tampa or Mobility department project. It is developer driven. So sometimes the timelines on these things are subject to the contingencies and challenges that developers run into. But the extension of the k-bar parkway from its existing open segment on the western portion of the k-bar ranch redevelopment, all the way over to morris bridge road has been underway for some time now. This aerial that I have provided you is from google earth. You can see that it's dated November of last year. And I brought that in part so you could see from that aerial all the grading that had been completed at that time. Brad Baird and I went out there even just last week. Took some pictures. Looked to see really how much progress they had done just to put eyes on it from our perspective so that we could give you really some current, relevant information. The red dot on your sheet there, that is the crossing of k-bar ranch parkway over basset branch. The entire duration of this project, that I believe is the biggest challenge that they have encountered is finding a way to get across the creek. We talked some about a cut-thru and some temporary measures to get from one side to the other. That truly was the primary obstacle to getting that connection made. I'm happy to report that the contractor and the developer out there has completed the series of culverts. There is a bridge there. To get across. And they are currently working on final compaction, getting ready for their final lift of asphalt. The item that stands between today and their final asphalt paving is the utilities testing and acceptance. Once this road is completed, it will be accepted by the city for maintenance, as well as the utilities out there. In talking to their engineer of record, they don't want to get out there, pave something, have something with the utilities acceptance go wrong and then have to dig it up and repave it again. We are working, and in particular our Contract Administration Department is working with the developer on getting those utilities tests done. I know that Councilman Viera and I talked this week about maybe even trying to get that expedited to this week. It looks like that's going to be next week. With the contingency that that has to be completed, they are tentatively projecting paving toward the end of this month, beginning of next month. They are very close to the completion of their project and once that is all completed, inspected, accepted, it will become a City of Tampa Street.

Alan Clendenin

11:53:23AM Councilwoman Hurtak.

Lynn Hurtak

11:53:24AM Councilman Viera, are you going to have a ribbon cutting?

Luis Viera

11:53:28AM Hell yeah.

Lynn Hurtak

11:53:29AM Make sure you invite us.

Luis Viera

11:53:33AM This is a big deal.

Alan Clendenin

11:53:34AM Will there be a camera? Of course -- [ laughter ] any other questions for staff on that? Thank you, Brandon.

Luis Viera

11:53:46AM I wanted to, again, just for council's sake because this is a New Tampa issue. A lot of times we don't hear on this issue just how important this is. K-bar ranch is centralized to having longer response times. Four out of five stations in City of Tampa with longest response times are in New Tampa. This is we're told the way to get response times down. So when there was a -- I followed up with some folks and turned out it was substantially done. When this is done, this is going to be a major movement towards reducing response times in k-bar ranch. This is a big deal. Brandon, just thank you very much for your work because I put a lot of stuff on you, going what's happening on this thing. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Alan Clendenin

11:54:37AM Your bravery for going all the way up there is noted. Should give you a commendation.

Brandon Campbell

11:54:47AM Thank you.

Alan Clendenin

11:54:48AM Thank you, Brandon. Ms. Feeley. Bring it home. You are the last on the agenda today.

Abbye Feeley

11:54:53AM You guys are kicking butt today. Good morning. Abbye Feeley, administrator of development and economic opportunity. Welcome back, council. We hope you had a good break. Today I am providing the bimonthly land development code update. As you know at the beginning of June, we did a series of public meetings. June 1st through 3rd and then also on June 8. And then we participated in the June 10th than meeting, a virtual meeting. Meetings had really strong attendance. It was good 35 to 50 people in some of them. I know Councilwoman Hurtak was there all four nights. Councilman Carlson was there at one of the nights. So I think people got a good opportunity to listen. As expected with this, this is a huge undertaking, and the conversations were very robust conversations. They were candid. There was a level of engagement that was significant, and we really appreciated everyone who participated. Also, we had great support from communications with us and also land development. So everyone did a great job and the effort was moving forward. The public engagement on installment one also had a survey. We received over a thousand fifty responses to that survey. Clarion is working through those now to see what those responses were and how that will feed into the public engagement portion of the code update as well. The outreach highlighted a couple of areas I wanted to talk on today, where some additional education is needed. And we're working on that. The wedding cake, which we all talk about in so much of the presentations that come to you, we are working on updating that and getting that out on the website. Video recording of the public meeting is out on the website now, and the survey is still open and active out on the website. So people can continue to comment on that. We made it clear that during the land development code, it's not just installment one, we're going to close it and then nothing else to be said. This is an iterative process and we'll be working through that. We're also working on updating our cake to be able to show people how all these things work together. We're also working on a new little zoning 101. Many of you know we've done zoning 101, 102, 103. That also got wrapped into the mayor's neighborhood university last year. It was a Saturday morning session where we did zoning 101 and 102. And then we actually coupled it with a permitting section last year. So I think when we go out and talk about the code, sometimes there's some missing pieces of just the fundamental understanding, if you're not using this on a regular basis, as many of us are not. So we're continuing to develop these public information pieces that will be out on the web shortly as well. We heard a lot about preserving neighborhood character, about limiting density in many of the areas of the city. And also it was really very humbling that the effects of the hurricane are still very real for our citizens in their lives, and what the future growth of our city looks like and being cognizant of that is very important as well. The proposal that generated the most discussion that I know you all have heard about is the consolidation of RS 50 and RS 60 into what is being called residential single-family urban. We have shared those concerns with clarion, and we are looking at that and what those other options might be. As we heard from some members of the public, they want some of those opportunities for alternative housing stock. I think the one thing that really was getting lost in that is that the underlying land use is what generates whether or not you would be eligible for that in your zoning, not the zoning. So by putting it in the zoning, that doesn't circumvent the underlying land use but I think some of that was getting lost, but there's also areas of that including the potential for lot splits, the potential for additional intensification, and in lieu of on the fly responding to that, we were very intentional in providing the same information each night, listening, bringing back what was heard and working on clarion, working with clarion on that. So we are in the process of doing that. We're continuing to refine installment one. We are also working on installment two, which is the next iteration of the process and procedures. So that will be forthcoming as well.

Lynn Hurtak

12:00:14PM Thank you so much for the update. When do we expect the second section?

Abbye Feeley

12:00:19PM Staff comments are going to them this week, and then the goal is to have some working sessions with staff. We're looking at July 28th right now for clarion to come back on a number of things. Parking which is in installment three that they are drafting right now. So internal meeting with mobility, land development to see what has been drafted and answer some questions that clarion has. Tree and landscape also talk about installment, comments at the end of the month. Typically they take the staff comments and bring us back another version. I'm hoping august, end of august, and then after school, people are back from summer, we didn't want to be doing anything while people are out enjoying their vacations.

Lynn Hurtak

12:01:10PM Great. End of August sounds like a good time. First of all, I want to say thank you so much. All of the presentations were very good, and I really like what you did about listening at each one instead of changing midstream, I thought that was a really good idea because that makes sense. I appreciate the time you and your staff spent on going. But I do have a quick question that's not related to land development code. Sorry, your phone is blowing up. I had to put it aside. It was driving me nuts. How are we coming on the comp plan?

Abbye Feeley

12:01:50PM The comp plan, that's interesting, because my brief with clarion this week, they asked the same thing, where are we in the comp plan.

Lynn Hurtak

12:01:59PM We were talking about it at ahac yesterday.

Abbye Feeley

12:02:02PM I believe per discussion I had with lauren Vasquez of City Planning, we are very close. There were like four or five comments left. F.D.O.T. Had commented and now they have kind of made their comments more advisory than actual objections. I think one of the challenges was you only have one hearing in august, and they were looking at getting the state items cleared up and then looking at what that date for your adoption would be. So I can follow back with an e-mail on that or also let you know, I know you have back to back meetings, so you'll be here again next week so we can get you an update on that.

Lynn Hurtak

12:02:48PM Actually, we don't have one until the 30th.

Abbye Feeley

12:02:51PM Next week is the 23rd, CRA and night meeting. I think it's very close. I think it's very close to being eligible for adoption.

Lynn Hurtak

12:03:02PM Great.

Alan Clendenin

12:03:03PM Very good. Thank you, Ms. Feeley. That concludes our regular scheduled program. New business. Where did Hagar go? Let me start, out of sequence a little bit. We had some discussion about our budget workshops of reorganizing those to make it a little more sense with the flow. Ms. Kopesky, could you please discuss that? I had presented this slide back when we did the priority discussion, and what I've done here and the reason it is titled revised, after having some dialogue with Revenue and Finance, in consideration of the fact that the budget has now moved from the 16th to the 30th, the first workshop was going to be basically three to four days later. What we decided is to restructure the order of those. We'll do the business departments first. We'll start with them in the morning on the 3rd. This is the recommendation. It's up for discussion. To then move into mobility which would cover both stormwater and transportation. And then the final one would be the big girl in the room, which would be General Fund. What I have done here is just reflect -- these four departments make up close to 60% of the cost of the General Fund area. Mr. Perry and I are still having some dialogue. Could there be a couple of other things that pop in? Perhaps if you have input. This will cover the vast majority of expense. That is what we are recommending for consideration today.

12:04:53PM Does council have questions? Can I get a motion to amend? I have a motion from Councilwoman Hurtak to accept the recommendation to change the public hearings for the budget as presented by Ms. Kopesky. Second from Councilman Maniscalco. All those in favor, aye. Opposed? Ayes have it.

Martin Shelby

12:05:11PM Does the clerk have a copy? A lot occurring in the next two to three weeks. This is the outcome of the discussion. You received it before. It's been since March. Since we did the priority discussion, obviously there were things not known, specifically the vote that will come up in November on property tax. That said, we continue, though, to know that resurfacing and the sidewalk network is a priority. The only reason I put this down is to point out that one of the things you had asked after that meeting was for me to work with mobility and finance to get an accounting of basically how we've been doing with the internal paving. That is very close. Been extremely helpful, need to round it out. You will see requests for briefings because I would like to actually have you go through that in advance so that if there are any questions, you are informed already about what that looks like. Again, just really also wanted to put this down because -- just to reiterate I believe this particular area has not changed in terms of your focus. And then flipping that, again, as we approach these workshops, as we get ready to prepare, these were the comments that came directly from you. Basically a reminder.

Alan Clendenin

12:06:49PM Another reminder, I know we had discussion about the CDBG funds. What's going to happen is happening as we speak is the county commission is working -- all this money flows through the county. They are having to do their things. They are kind of working with the city as secondary side of it to get their list together. There's really no point of us having discussions until the county does their work and does that. Anticipate having discussions on the CDBG funds after the county gets done with what they are doing, fyi. I think that concludes that portion. I also want to recognize Ms. Kopesky and the work she's doing as our analyst. I think she's really proven it's been very helpful having that function. I don't know how she's coordinating with everybody else but keeping me in the loop on a lot of different items we have discussed and things moving through council with the budget and moving into budget season. A lot of this has been on her shoulders. I appreciate the work she's doing on behalf of council working with administration staff. Councilman Carlson.

Bill Carlson

12:07:58PM To add to that, it showed that the process we went through got the right person, too. So the process worked.

Alan Clendenin

12:08:04PM New business, Councilman Carlson. None. Thank you. Councilman Viera.

Luis Viera

12:08:07PM Two quick ones, if I may. So I've been working on an ordinance and going back and forth with the administration on the public safety master plan. And I move on August 6 to have first reading for said ordinance and then on August 26, to have second reading, if I may.

Alan Clendenin

12:08:30PM You looked at the calendar, all good.

Luis Viera

12:08:31PM Yes, sir.

Alan Clendenin

12:08:32PM Motion from Councilman Viera.

Luis Viera

12:08:34PM August 6 and second reading 27.

Alan Clendenin

12:08:42PM Motion for August 6 and August 27. Councilman Viera. Second from Councilman Maniscalco. All those in favor say aye. Opposed? Ayes have it.

Martin Shelby

12:08:54PM Will that be put through the administration through onbase?

Luis Viera

12:09:00PM Yes, that's my understanding. Really quick, if I may, a lot of us know Alex canasi and ben kozich. Alex canasi, father is simon, great guy. They took it upon themselves to go to Venezuela after the terrible earthquakes. They helped with some recovery efforts and different things like that. They went in part because one of our firefighters sadly lost his mother in that. Just tragic. A good man. I'm going to motion to give these two fine individuals Alex canasi and ben kozich, who is an honorary Latino, by the way, after he goes to Venezuela, Tampa City Council commendation. Everybody will get notice. End of July. It's a big deal. They literally went with grey bull rescue. I thought it was a little reckless.

Alan Clendenin

12:10:02PM Off-site?

Luis Viera

12:10:03PM Yes, sir.

Alan Clendenin

12:10:04PM Motion from Councilman Viera. Second from Miranda. All in favor? Ayes have it. Councilwoman Young.

Naya Young

12:10:11PM Okay. I do have an update regarding the fair oaks, rental opportunities. Legislative aide darlene spoke with parks director Mr. Ted Fowler and said that rental opportunities will be available effective August 10th. So that is coming from the director. I will stay on top of that. If there's any additional updates but just wanted to update because I know we heard that this morning. Also, I have a motion -- I move to make a motion to present a commendation to russell stanley junior and Brian hunter, September 17, 2026 to recognize their outstanding contribution, Planning coordinating and executing positive teen take overs in the Tampa Bay community. I've attended two so far. Seven on seven flag football. Also basketball tournament that I went to. I went to both. It was a lot of fun. Wanted to recognize those awesome young men.

Alan Clendenin

12:11:11PM Motion from Councilwoman Young. Second from Councilman Miranda. All in favor, aye. Opposed? Ayes have it.

Naya Young

12:11:20PM I'm sure we all know this gentleman, I move to make a motion to present a commendation on October 1, 2026, Albert Owen, aka bucified for decade of scholarship contribution for youth in the Tampa Bay community. I had an opportunity to go to one of the scholarship presentations for most recent college recipient. Name was mya. Speaks so positively. He does a lot on the remembrance of his mother and being positive in the community. Awesome person to recognize his contributions for years and providing scholarships to students that he still talks to today after they graduate from college.

Alan Clendenin

12:11:59PM All those in favor aye. Opposed?

Naya Young

12:12:02PM I promise, did I take a little bit of vacation, but also, just updates, the historic sanchez y haya building. A lot of progress being made. I think it will be beautiful. They left but shriners international had a parade in Ybor City and they were here. Also attended the barber strong community meeting. Talking about mental health amongst men in our community. Manifestations worldwide. 25th anniversary celebration. I learned so much. They have an orphanage in India that they are building. Doing a lot of work in the community. I went to a community open house, beautiful temple and learned more about the culture and values. Beautiful presentation. Buffalo soldiers also were here. They had a parade. They are looking to come back next year. They will be in North Carolina but want to come back to Tampa. I want to thank my fellow council member Mr. Viera for inviting me to the Roy caldwell birthday celebration. That was a lot of fun. And then also, I was graduation speaker for toba 2026, tli graduating cohort. That was very nice.

Alan Clendenin

12:13:17PM Thank you very much. Councilwoman Hurtak.

Lynn Hurtak

12:13:18PM Yes. I move -- I already talked to them about this -- this is actually coming from Ms. Feeley. I motion that Abbye Feeley administrator of development and economic opportunity, Michael Perry, deputy chief financial officer and the respective team members appear at the September 24, 2026 City Council workshop to present the findings of the raftelis fee study for construction services, Development Coordination and historic preservation, including the study's full cost recovery analysis, provide a summary of the public input received during the August 18, 2026 community meeting, which is obviously coming up. And facilitate a discussion regarding balanced, multiyear strategy for council's consideration to right-size the city's fees, including identifying fees appropriate for movement toward cost recovery and those that should remain below full cost recovery in recognition of broader public benefit.

Alan Clendenin

12:14:13PM Motion from Councilwoman Hurtak. Second from Councilman Miranda. All those in favor, aye. Opposed? Ayes have it. Anything else? Councilman Maniscalco? Councilman Miranda.

Charlie Miranda

12:14:22PM I'll take Viera's place.

Alan Clendenin

12:14:25PM Oh, lord, here we go. Do we need to break for lunch first?

Charlie Miranda

12:14:29PM Make a motion to present Chief Lee Bercaw with a commendation celebrating his 30 years with the Police Department to be presented at his retirement ceremony August 5th.

Alan Clendenin

12:14:38PM Motion from Councilman Miranda. Second from Councilman Viera. All those in favor say aye. Opposed?

Charlie Miranda

12:14:44PM I would like to make a motion requesting Catholic Charities and City of Tampa Bay to come to council September 17 to give an update on services being done within the city and how -- city can be help envelope privatizing recurring expenses. I would like to waiver the one presentation rule that there is only one presentation and no commendation scheduled currently.

Guido Maniscalco

12:15:11PM Second.

Alan Clendenin

12:15:12PM Let's do two separate issues. Motion to amend the council rules to provide for two presentations, seeing that there are no commendations scheduled for that day or anything additional. This is September 17. Now we have one. [Indiscernible]

12:15:45PM Okay. So we have a motion to waive council rules to add another presentation on the 17th. Councilwoman Hurtak.

Lynn Hurtak

12:15:55PM I would like to amend that motion and close commendations and presentations for that day as well. No more.

Alan Clendenin

12:16:03PM We have a motion to add one more commendation to that day -- or presentation with a restriction that there will be no more commendations or presentations added to the 17th. Second from Councilman Maniscalco. All those in favor say aye. Opposed? Ayes have it. Under our new rules, hopefully in effect at that point. We'll enforce the timing on all these, too. I have a motion to add the presentation to the 17th. Is there a second? Second from Councilman Maniscalco. All those in favor, aye. Opposed? Ayes have it.

Charlie Miranda

12:16:36PM Third one and last, make a motion requesting visit Tampa Bay and Mr. David Ingram, executive director of the Tampa Convention Center to come to council September 24 during the workshop to present performance metrics and providing insight forecast of the foreseeable and need for maintaining increasing activation of the center and how it supports our tourist development and community investment fund visit for those visiting the City of Tampa.

Alan Clendenin

12:17:03PM With the ten-minute restriction. Motion from Councilman Miranda. Heard Viera second. All in favor, aye.

12:17:18PM Does that complete your new business?

Charlie Miranda

12:17:20PM Yes, sir.

Alan Clendenin

12:17:21PM That would be completing our new business. Unless anybody else has anything, I would like to hear a motion to receive and file. Motion to receive and file from Councilman Maniscalco. A second from Councilman Viera. All those in favor aye. Opposed? Ayes have it. 95 items and we are adjourned. [ sounding gavel ] disclaimer: this file represents an unedited version of realtime captioning which should neither be relied upon for complete accuracy nor used as a verbatim transcript. Any person who needs a verbatim transcript of the proceedings may need to hire a court reporter. ▶ meeting video the information contained in these pages represents an unedited version of realtime captioning which should neither be relied upon for complete accuracy nor used as a verbatim transcript. Persons requiring a verbatim transcript may need to hire a court reporter. © - City of Tampa (813) 274-8211