CRA — October 8, 2026 FINAL

Naya Young

9:03:30AM Good morning, good morning. This meeting is called to order. Board member Miranda, I'll hand it over to you for the invocation and pledge of allegiance.

Charlie Miranda

9:03:39AM Thank you, madam chair. Please rise for a moment of silence and remain standing for the pledge of allegiance. [Moment of silence] thank you. [Pledge of allegiance]

Naya Young

9:04:13AM Thank you. Roll call, please.

Charlie Miranda

9:04:23AM Here.

Guido Maniscalco

9:04:24AM Here.

Lynn Hurtak

9:04:25AM Here.

Alan Clendenin

9:04:27AM Here.

Bill Carlson

9:04:27AM Here. Young?

Naya Young

9:04:30AM Here.

The clerk

9:04:31AM We have a physical quorum.

Naya Young

9:04:34AM Thank you. Director McCray.

Cedric McCray

9:04:37AM Good morning, Cedric McCray, Tampa CRA director. As it relates to the agenda, there was a request to move item 7 presentation requested by Mr. Viera under the Channel District CAC chair report.

Guido Maniscalco

9:04:55AM So moved.

Lynn Hurtak

9:04:56AM Second.

Naya Young

9:04:57AM Motion from board member Maniscalco. Second from board member Hurtak. All in favor?

9:05:02AM Any opposed? Board member Hurtak.

Lynn Hurtak

9:05:03AM Yes. I want to continue my item, number 5, to November 12, 2026 to give them more time. But they have found all sorts of interesting historical information about it, so I'm glad we're doing this.

Naya Young

9:05:21AM Motion from board member Hurtak. Second from board member Maniscalco. All in favor? Any opposed?

Cedric McCray

9:05:29AM There also was a memo from board member Carlson to continue item 7.

Naya Young

9:05:35AM I have a motion --

Cedric McCray

9:05:36AM I'm sorry. 6. My apology.

Naya Young

9:05:39AM I have a motion from board member Clendenin. Second from board member Maniscalco. All in favor? Any opposed? Okay. Anything else? I have a motion from board member Clendenin, second from board member Hurtak. All in favor? Any opposed? All righty.

Cedric McCray

9:06:01AM Thank you.

Naya Young

9:06:02AM Thank you. We will now move into public comment. Are our online speakers on yet? Are they on yet?

9:06:23AM The continuance for item number 6 is continued to February 11, 2027. They are not on. Okay. If anyone in the public wishes to speak during public comment, if you would please line up against the wall.

Lynn Hurtak

9:06:43AM We need to approve the minutes from September 19, 2026.

Naya Young

9:06:46AM I have a motion from board member Hurtak to approve the minutes and a second from board member Maniscalco. All in favor? Any opposed? Good morning. Stephanie poynor. I don't get down here much for CRAs, but this has really been riding my craw. This project has been in place, it is for the Interbay expansion project. And here is the letter where I walked with staff in November of 2021, and that's on the back side of your front cover, for this project. And it's in -- there are a lot of things I don't understand. First of all, I don't understand why it's been put on the back burner. In the CIP and the CIT, and why we can't get this done. The company that they have contracted it out to has between 105, 100 people. Not my problem if somebody quit. People forget, often forget that MacDill Air Force Base employs just as many people as the Port of Tampa does. And every single solitary one of those people comes through our community. This is -- most people don't have this map. This is a map of where people live who work on macdill. The red areas are the most populated areas in the county that people live in, and every single one of them has to drive through our community. I also gave you -- and I'm a moron -- I gave you all of my copies of the spreadsheet with all of the apartments that have been built South of Gandy, west of dale mabry since 2021 when they started this project. It would be nice, but that's okay. But the bottom line is, we've got thousands more people living there. Thousands and thousands. And in that, since 2021, our tax base jumped, not the annual amount, but when you have a lot that was paying $60,000 a year in taxes and now they are paying 100 -- I'm sorry, one or two million dollars a year in taxes, we went from 60,000 a year to $2 million a year, and yet no money has been spent in our district. No money has been spent in our neighborhoods. So when you get $9 million in jump, that's a one-year jump -- and I haven't updated this since '24, so it's time for me to do this again, but yet we can't seem to find -- this is funny, because this document says it's like 2.5, 2.8 million. And I also gave you a list of areas, places in the budget where you can find 1.6 right now today in undistributed funds or unallocated funds, or whatever you want to call it. But I don't understand -- 2.8 on here. But if you look at the C.I.P. Paperwork, it says $8 million. Why? It's not going to cost $8 million. Why does the Mobility department ask for 8 million? You've got the money in the Interbay transportation area fund to start on it now. Thank you.

9:10:23AM Thank you. Pause for one second. I apologize. Attorney Shepard, I forgot to acknowledge you. Good morning. If you are speaking, we cannot hear you.

Cliff Shepard

9:10:38AM I'm here. It takes me a while to find the microphone.

Naya Young

9:10:42AM No worries. Sorry. I didn't forget about you. Good morning.

Luis Viera

9:10:46AM May I, madam chair, for one second? Just late. Traffic, I left court at 8:25 this morning and took me 35 minutes. I'm often a few minutes late, but this time I have an excuse.

Naya Young

9:10:58AM Thank you. Thank you. All right. Next speaker, please start with your name. You have three minutes. This will take less than three minutes. My name is gloria sims. I live in Tampa, Florida. Clarence and I are here again at the City of Tampa City Council meeting to further address the issue of the stolen alley. We were here before, and that's all on record. The stolen alley by Commissioner Gwendolyn a. Myers. This is not an assertion. We have proof and the proper documentation of this fact. Today we are here for two reasons. One, no one should be allowed to break the law for their personal gain and benefit. That's number one. Two, no one should be allowed to use law enforcement to harass and intimidate us for complaining about corruption. About three hours after we left the last City Council meeting on September 3rd, 2026, two police officers came to our house. One officer, a female, identified herself as a clinician, and she presented her card and herself as clinician. And she presented her card, she wore the clinician badge. The male officer said he didn't have any cards, so the female officer wrote his name on the back of her card. They rang our doorbell and knocked loudly on our door. It was, to say the least, very unnerving to see two police officers at our door considering Code Enforcement had been sicced on us the first time we came down to complain. It was like every other day. I'm just doing my job, ma'am, but we're going to make you open up the alley, which we went through all the proper channels and everything to do. Thanks.

9:13:12AM Next speaker, please start with your name. You'll have three minutes. I live in Tampa. I'm here to remind this city, this county, this state, and this country about the theft of a two to three million dollar alley with the help of county and city employees. Hillsborough county Commissioner Gwendolyn a. Myers of 2704 north 32nd street, Tampa, Florida, 33605 who is also an aka alpha kappa alpha and sorority sister and presidential hopeful kamala Harris. The last time we were here at the City of Tampa City Council meeting on September the 3rd, 2026, about three hours or so, two sheriff's deputies showed up at our home. We later learned in order to baker act us, that's lock us up and then tear down our home or even to murder us. Hillsborough county sheriff Chronister, FBI, you need to look into the theft of this alley and the apparent lockup or murder of us because Hillsborough county Commissioner Gwendolyn a. Myers is a friend of the Hillsborough county sheriff and also a friend of lesbian Mayor Jane Castor and u.s. representative kathy castor. We think all they want to do is silence us and the truth. This is what happens when lesbians, females, and gays male and their friends run government. In my opinion, lesbians and gays hate straight people more than the nazis hated the jews. I imagine in control of Washington, d.c., so you young white guys --

9:14:58AM Sir, sir. [ sounding gavel ]

9:15:04AM You can finish -- you young white guys marching carrying torches saying the jews would not replace us, the jews don't want to replace you but the gays do. So what are you going to do now? [ sounding gavel ]

9:15:19AM Please, you can make your statements without making the other comments. By lesbian, gays, and their friends. Okay.

9:15:44AM Next speaker. Board member Hurtak.

Lynn Hurtak

9:15:50AM I'm sorry, but we can't, like, that person should have been removed. We can't listen -- I mean, I want to apologize for anyone who was in here and had to listen to that. That was just uncalled for and inappropriate. And we shouldn't allow that.

Naya Young

9:16:10AM Start with your name. You have three minutes. My name is Cynthia shellabarger. As the community Redevelopment agency board, your mandate is to protect public infrastructure. But right now, the fast track timeline for 2.3 billion rays stadium district is running completely outside the law. The public has been told this deal is not final until the community benefits agreement is voted on, which cannot happen until at least November 12. Yet, behind the scenes, the rays are already moving to destroy the hcc campus before they even have the legal permission to build the stadium. Back in April, the rays' engineers quietly pulled an environmental permit that outlines an aggressive blueprint to completely bulldoze the hcc tennis center and clear half of the campus into a stadium parking lot this December. They are treating our public campus like a classic land giveaway scandal, knocking down public buildings before they have the final approval and asking for forgiveness after the damage is done. Let's look at the true community harm, a vital -- eight vital academic buildings are slated for total destruction. The technology building which recently underwent a multimillion dollar renovation will be reduced to rubble. Accredited medical labs, like radiology and dental hygiene, are being evicted into off-campus rentals that haven't even been found yet. State-of-the-art cybersecurity lab is being torn down to push students into mobile trailers this January. Tearing down permanent public education buildings to put health care students into trailers is institutional neglect. The total cost to replace these facilities is 216 million, but the state has only committed 50 million. That leaves a staggering 166 million shortfall. Furthermore this demolition is rushing toward without a legally compliant educational plant survey which is against Florida law. As the CRA Board, you hold the financial leverage. We demand that this council refuses to sign and finalize the community benefits agreement unless it includes a non-negotiable provision forcing the rays to front the private capital to bridge that 166 million dollar shortfall. Do not release public tax dollars. Do not approve the final cba, and do not let the bulldozers roll until our local students' replacement buildings are legally guaranteed and fully funded. Oh, and, by the way, we remember when you said there was a 99.9 percent chance this deal was not happening. Was not going to happen. Councilman Carlson, get it right this time.

9:19:17AM Thank you. Next speaker, please start with your name. You have three minutes. My name is ashley morrow. I attended the CRA open house a couple of weeks ago and was glad to learn that the minimum ownership requirement was reduced from five years to two. My situation, I purchased my grandmother's house, and if you had purchased before the five years was up, you could not apply for redevelopment or rehab to your house. I need rehab because my windows are 50 years old and I can hear straight through them. Now I can apply as of December. So I'm really excited. And I wanted to bring up -- oh, I would appreciate if the CRA would speak to City Council about validating parking for these meetings for public comment. That would be great. Lastly, the heritage, milton versus blake, 7:30, go yellow jackets. Thank you.

9:20:14AM Next speaker, please start with your name, you have three minutes. Alison hewitt. Third generation East Tampa resident and business owner. I'm here today for one fundamental question. Who is the Tampa CRA really serving? Because you all know I'm active. I read your information. I participate. But your grant policies, your predevelopment program and especially your homeowner occupied rehab program, I'm starting to see a very disturbing pattern. The people who have invested their lives, their businesses, their families generationally in East Tampa have been left behind. Right now, the question is not administration inefficiency, bureaucratic delays or poorly designed grant programs. This is about public accountability, responsible stewardship and the Tampa CRA's obligation to the community. So let me start real quick with the commercial grants. You guys had workshops about the grants and extensive conversations, but at that workshop, no information was provided to the community ahead of time. You actually walked into that meeting and were given information. So now we have a commercial grant policy that is not conducive to small businesses. They are more conducive to the city who will be applying or people with development companies to be able to come before you. Because you have an opening of September 1 with a closing on November 1, and then you have to have your money between that time. So those folks who are not already wealthy or already developers, they almost close the door. The staff and their ability to help has moved the deadline up to the 19th just so they can review it to see if you even fall within the criteria for November 1. Then we have the gatekeeper. You can't get an application until you have a meeting. You can't even start preparing before you go to the meeting to make sure that you have questions. The next one is the predevelopment program. I will be meeting with you each individually on those. You have a predevelopment group of people who provide services who have never worked with small developments, and it was mirrored off the Florida housing finance to be able to help. Now your predevelopment grant can't go to housing. It only can go towards the rehab of a maximum 150,000. So no real help to have real development in the area. Now let me get to the homeowner occupied rehab program. This is my mother. My family home is one of the recipients. One would hope that alison, who you all know is going to bird dog everything. There would be some consistent conversations as well as good work that's done. But we have experienced flooding, construction deficiencies, unresolved repairs, and serious communication. I want to make sure that you understand that your process has a $150,000, 30-year lien on seniors. But the warranty on the house is one year. After one year, if something happens, how is someone on a fixed income on social security going to borrow money when you have a lien of $150,000 on a senior's home for 30 years? Right now, you don't allow any change orders. So in my mother's case, now we have to replace the septic tank. So now my mom has to find a lien for over $20,000 to put a lift in the backyard because of gravity. A lift and a grinder to take the waste all the way to MLK, but there's no change orders. Now she has to go get a loan at 80, after you have $150,000 lien, so now the only place she has to go is to a hard money lender because every bank has said no because her fixed income. But that is the policy that you are now putting in place that you are approving that is not helping in the generational wealth. Now, understand, I did a public records request because I know this is not just my mother, because I've heard it in the community there are other seniors who are trying to get together money to be able to fix their house. You receive change orders on your agenda for contractors who say in their GMP we have now started and we have problems and we need to have a change order. That you get to review. That you get to approve. But no change orders for 150,000. That is your limit. You cannot go over it. Understand, the homeowners, they don't set the budget. It's the CRA Staff, works with the contractor to make sure they stay within the budget. But if there's a problem, we're left out. Now you have seniors having to try to find money because we have $150,000 lien for 30 years on one-year warranties. How are they supposed to make sure that if something breaks that year, what is their recourse? Because they can't. I can say this because I have worked with my mother to apply for money to be able to have these change orders to fix the septic so she can get back in the house. I would like to thank Chairman Young and also Councilman Maniscalco for being able to come and see the issues at the home. Thank you for making sure that when you talk to my mother, you talk to her with respect as someone who is very stressed, trying to say, how does she get back in her house and stop living with alison. Thank you.

9:26:30AM Next speaker. Please start with your name. You have three minutes. I am Fran Tate. I am the founder and the current president of the Jackson Heights neighborhood association. I want to thank the mayor and Councilwoman Young. This came out in the sentinel yesterday. Now, at this point, we're looking forward to more action. The community is looking forward to being at the meetings, the town halls to follow the plan for the path to moving forward with a flood relief project that's going to go forward. We know it's going to be great. We just want to be included. We want to see the relief taking place. So we want to thank you. I, too, was invited to Ms. Gwen Hewitt's house. I got a chance to look at it. The project has not been finished. I sit on the advisory board of the CAC of East Tampa. I have been told I cannot interject my thoughts because I'm only an advisory committee member, but I do support everything that Ms. Hewitt, her daughter has spoken prior to myself. I support everything I have seen, finished project. We need to do better about everything in East Tampa. We can do better. So I ask that you all please help us to bring up the underserved areas of East Tampa as Sulphur Springs. You all can do better. Help us. That's all I'm asking for. Thank you so very much. Have a blessed day.

9:28:43AM Thank you. Next speaker, please start with your name. You have three minutes. First, I want to just bring attention to the work of a shero of mine, sister fannie lou hamer born in 1917. But the significance about fannie lou hamer, a common woman out of Mississippi was not afraid to stand up to power. Made it be known that the conditions of black people, whether it was for voting rights, women's rights, had to be dealt with fairly in a so-called democracy. So that's why certain names, certain people in history inside of our community, we shall never forget because of their work. I am so sick and tired of coming here and just gurgitating the same things about East Tampa. This broke, that broke. Because I told Ms. Hewitt, take the second -- all of your addresses, throw it in front of your front yard. How is it that we have citizens inside of our community think they are almost to the goalpost and now they have a 30-year lien and can't even get into their house to have common decency. And she's not the only one. That's why people don't even touch the money inside of our community because of this. But the developers come in here and the big-ticket people, the rays, like he has on his display this morning, they get everything they want. And the community gets nothing, nothing. In my calmer voice, what I really want to talk about is the fact that inside of our community, we do have a jewel. And that will be the vocational technical schools that we have right there on 22nd, erwin technical and three other sister schools. Young people in there learning trades, learning skills. If anybody that you partner with, forget the developers and go over there and get them young people. Let them come out in our communities and help real tradesmen skills experience so we can have a genuine relationship, because we don't have anything. The only thing that we know is that we keep on talking about the same issues in East Tampa and after 20-some years, if anybody in here was telling a damn lie, one of you all should stand up and say you're liking. But you can't say it because it's all true. We are tired. We want to see immediate results and not just for a chosen few in our community, because I know there are some people inside of the black community that have that thing called pedigree, have class, can come right here to the podium and get everything that they want. And we are spectators. Working class people are spectators because we cannot get what we want. We get all these compounding little rules and regulations that then we can't touch anything.

9:31:56AM Next speaker. Start with your name. You have three minutes. My name is kella mccaskill. I want to thank the chair for coming out to the rays' outreach for the community, to see our district 5 representative present to remind them of the importance of making sure you see the people that's underserved or underrepresented, receives an opportunity. That was huge. Thank you. I'm here today -- and I haven't been here in a while -- primarily I realize that as we redevelop East Tampa, it's a process. And I also learned that patience is a virtue and a big piece of that process. As many of you know, since August 18, 2022, I really fought to see some opportunities and to see so many people be able to benefit from a grant that I really worked hard to get before you, to see so many different projects coming forward and some of the things that has happened. I'm really happy to see that. But today, I'm concerned about the commercial grants that's not so successful. Commercial grants, special projects grant and how it's been rolled out to the community. I'm concerned because I believe it is in the hands of the wrong people. People that may not be committed to the work in East Tampa. People that probably don't buy bubble gum or even live or care about East Tampa, making decisions on applications and it shouldn't be. For that, I'm going to ask you to read what I sent over to you. I want an exception like they gave some of the other projects. I want an exception for that project on 4709 to receive $99,000 as the scope of work suggested. You made a waiver on other applications. I want you to make a waiver on that. When I send it to you, I'll send it again. It's been before you since 2021. I adopted it, 2024, after declining it three times. I did not want to work with the staff that was represented because I feel like it was unprofessional. Thank you, councilwoman, for sitting in those meetings, ridiculous, embarrassing meetings for the worse of a request, but you got to see how they treat people in certain situations and how they happen. Thank you for sitting in there, Councilwoman Hurtak. My reason for coming today, I submitted, finally I submitted a project for a transformative development on Nebraska, in the middle of the blight. In the middle of the situation. And it doesn't fit the packages that you have for special grants. It doesn't fit the mold. I submitted it under the special purpose grant because it's open today. But when they wrote those grants, I was there when they wrote them. I worked with the team as they wrote those grants. It was written so that when you get an adaptive reuse, mixed use project, it could include the commercial downstairs and housing upstairs. But if you're going to separate them, special purpose project and it's got to be the unit creation, got to be this bucket or that bucket, they are not all open at the same time. A project shouldn't have to wait six months until you open it up. So you have the authority. You have the power to go and look at it, collectively, and figure out a way to make it work for an adaptive reuse for potential 59 units at 3705 north Nebraska. And it's not -- I want to caution you as you look at it, don't look at it as just another project. A community advocate. One that's spend her own money to invest in the community to make it better. Submit with great consideration and thoughtfulness. It was a well-executed plan to bring one of the best developers, creating affordable housing with the commitment to work with the students at erwin technical. A commitment to hire the students at erwin technical. A commitment to go to Tampa Bay tech and work with those students with the graphics and the work required to do a project. I personally would never accept money from the city and not employ the next generation, provide an opportunity for the community and the people that live in it. Thank you.

9:35:34AM Thank you. Next speaker, please start with your name. You have three minutes. Valerie bullock, ponce de leon and college hill. My heart is broken when I walk around East Tampa, my neighborhood, 34th and 29th, because look like to me, what the CRA is doing is welcoming the new people, welcoming business owners, but the people who have been over there forever, the legacy homeowners, they lives have not been changed at all. It's the same I'll try to do this, try to do that, and too many barriers and roadblocks involved in the CRA when it comes to individual. Especially the older people. If you've got somebody that's been in that neighborhood 60 years, they house is already paid off, why can't they be a mirror of the new homeowner's lien. Every new homeowner I talked to and I haven't talked to everybody, they say they only have a five-year lien on they house. That right there is the disparity that I talk about all the time. If I want impact hurricane windows on my house, I have to get a lien 15 to 30 years. But the new people come in, they lien is only five years. By the time they got a house, they done got equity in it and they want to go to Carrollwood or fishhawk, they have enough money to go out there and give them a down payment. I think what should be done in the CRA, if you've been a legacy homeowner over 25 years, if you been there, your lien should never be 30. The max probably should be ten years. You have proven that you are for the community and a member of the community, why do you have to keep running through, walking through all this red tape? It shouldn't be like that. I really would like to see some of the people's lives changed. Everybody in East Tampa, ponce de leon and college hill, they are not homeowners. You've got some renters over there. Them guys on the street, they would like to see their life changed when say remove slum and blight. Nobody wants somebody standing on the street. Let's get them a job. They won't be on the street. We need to look at this in a critical manner because we are being left behind. The people who been there forever. We are being left behind. Thank you.

9:38:04AM We have one online speaker, Mr. Surgret doss. Are you on?

9:38:19AM Yes. Please start with your name. You have three minutes. Discharged united states veteran. I want to talk about item 7 today, if I can. About Mr. Bernard lafayette junior born in the city in 1940. Came from a family that didn't have a whole lot of money. Working odd jobs at 11 years old. 20 years of age, he left for nashville and sat at a lunch corner in 1960 and he didn't get up. He was one of the students who kept the freedom rides alive after the first buses were burned down, by the way, or burned up. Montgomery and Mississippi, they put prison. 1963, he went to selma and he stood and he walked there as well. He did this despite the beatings he took. He eventually became a teacher and kept on teaching. He kept working on voter registration campaign, even in Alabama. When the marching was done, he went to harvard. He earned a doctorate and he spent the rest of his life teaching nonviolence as a discipline. I stand on the shoulders and I don't have that kind of resolve. But anyway, he didn't win by just ranting and shouting. When the time comes to put his name on a building, I want you all to vote yes for that. I think he earned it. He unfortunately passed away on my birthday of this year. I often made mention to the fact that I stand on the shoulders of so many people who came before me. Recently, the supreme court denied my certiorari in the case where the city was also one of the named defendants. I'm going to consider a reconsideration because a couple of things came in that -- which they have the right to deny the certiorari, but I'm going to reraise the issue and some other things go on as well. But I wanted to say as always I appreciate the time. I am remote because I'm out of town taking care of things. Shout out to the greatest institution of higher learning in the City of Tampa, the university of Thomas Jefferson high school.

9:40:40AM Thank you. Do we have other speakers? That concludes public comment. I would like to say you can make your comments without insulting people and using derogatory terms. You can say whatever it is that you have to say without insulting people. One of the beauties of Tampa is that we have so many different people from all different grounds, from all different cultures, from all different walks of life, and I think that's what makes us so great, but you don't have to say negative or derogatory things to people to get your point across. If you have to go to that point, then maybe you don't have a strong enough point. Thank you. Board member Hurtak.

Lynn Hurtak

9:41:34AM I want to approve items 8 and 9. Congratulations, Ms. Bullock.

Naya Young

9:41:39AM I would like to have a separate vote for item number 8. We'll start with Director McCray.

Lynn Hurtak

9:41:49AM We can't approve these now?

Naya Young

9:41:52AM We're going to go to Director McCray to start with our staff reports.

Cedric McCray

9:42:00AM Good morning. I have the pleasure of introducing under item number 1 the chair for the Channel District CAC, Mr. Andy Scaglione. He will be providing the update for the Channel District CRA. He's joined by one of his fellow committee members. As mentioned, I'm on the CAC.

Naya Young

9:42:28AM About how much time do you think you need, Mr. Scaglione?

9:42:36AM I'll give you five minutes.

Andy Scaglione

9:42:37AM Thank you. If Courtney is watching us, Courtney, we miss Ya. Cedric has really filled a big hole that she left. We miss Her.

Naya Young

9:42:51AM Start with your name, please.

Andy Scaglione

9:42:53AM Andy joe Scaglione. I've been involved in channelside since 1983, 43 years. And very, very proud of what we have accomplished and what we also continue to accomplish. Our focus now is parks and the f.a.r., making it similar to the downtown area. I'm going to start out with just the 1125 and 1127 twiggs property acquisition. The closing took place in February '26. The demo on the existing structure, which was a big eyesore, as you all know, was in June of 2026. Environmental remediation is taking place, monitoring Wells, have been installed, and the perimeter fencing has been installed as of September 25, 2026. I can't tell you the excitement of the residents for the additional park and green area for this area that is much needed, which was a big, big part of our strategic plan. More green, green, green for the residents. We have a lot of families there now that are really going to enjoy this. Moving on to the Washington Street park renovations, we are waiting for a completed proposal and scope of work scheduled for October 1, 2026 on the council agenda. The kick-off meeting was held on July 20, 2026, and we're waiting for the construction to provide complete proposal and scope of work. The third item, new neighborhood park, again, parks, parks, parks, at 810 Channelside Drive. Hillsborough county environmental protection has approved our remediation action plan on September 9 of this year. Colliers engineering is working towards a 60% completion for the park construction documents. The art selection committee met on August 6 of this year, and selected three finalists to present at our future art selection meeting. Staff is scheduling finalist presentation meeting for our gateway artwork. Fourth item, Channelside Drive and mckay street infrastructure stormwater improvements. Staff are working with the construction administration on notice to proceed. Kimmins will be making these improvements very shortly. Next item. Multi-district way-finding regarding central park, channelside, downtown Tampa Heights river. The channelside met with api during their design development phase, as we have with the other three CACs, and the CRA Board council approved the program change for fabrication, installation on August 20th. What we have implemented, which I'm very excited about in the channelside, in addition to getting updates, it's about execution. Private sector we don't get paid unless there's execution. This adds accountability. We have gone to a bar chart schedule, similar to what we use -- I use in my business. It keeps everybody accountable on the projects versus just getting an update and not knowing if it's moving forward. You forget what it was the month before. This is a visual that you can tell every project timelines, why you are not meeting those timelines, and it's got out to other CRAs, and I'm sure they will be bringing it forward to you because they want to also implement this. This is going to be very, very, very helpful because it gives you a visual and keeps everybody accountable. It's all about execution. If we don't get projects done, the money is there, we've got to get them done. Anyway, very excited about this to incorporate what we do in the private sector and to this. At this point, I'll open it up for any questions for my vice-chairman mark and I.

Naya Young

9:47:29AM Go ahead. Appreciate it.

9:47:31AM Start with your name, please.

9:47:35AM Start with your name. Resident in the area of the Channel District. To continue on what Andy is talking about here, just give an example of a project, we've asked to have cameras to be put in, extension of cameras, 12 are approved. Actually has come to the CRA about three years ago, and we are still told we're back at square one in trying to get it. Hopefully these kind of format would end up giving a little bit more accountability to make sure the process is moving forward. The last comment I have is relative to the growth in the area has been phenomenal. We are going to get more and more visitors, residents, and that in the area. Got the wheel coming with 350 to 700 thousand anticipated ridership. Fourth terminal coming for the port. They are expecting to have 2 million passengers in the port area. And just the overall construction of the buildings there. We need to make sure the community is safe moving forward with all the amount of people that's there and strongly recommend that hopefully the infrastructure is looking to make sure it's protected going forward. But in general, it's a great community to live in. Appreciate the support in the past. Thank you.

9:49:03AM Board member Hurtak.

Lynn Hurtak

9:49:05AM Thank you. I particularly appreciate your focus on parks. I have a question for you. What is your -- do you have more park acquisition in mind?

Andy Scaglione

9:49:18AM We are looking. As you know, we missed the boat. I say we've done great things at channelside. That's one that we haven't done well. Because of lack of execution of the process of the Real Estate Department that we put things under contract and do due diligence after. The public sector doesn't do that. By the time it gets out, a developer is already putting it under contract, because we have missed a boat on a lot of parcels. There's limited parcels available. We're still looking at them. We're still pursuing them, but if I had to say one thing that we fell short on in the last 43 years I've been involved in, it's that we didn't get more. We have about 2 percent green area. We should have about 12 percent.

Lynn Hurtak

9:50:16AM I'm going to bring up something I brought up before. Have you looked at open streets? Have you looked at possibly -- because every time I'm in channelside, I'm usually on a bike, and it is scary and dangerous. It's one of the few neighborhoods that I'm not comfortable riding. So I was just curious if you thought maybe more about pedestrianizing some of those streets or even like a block. I know you still would have some challenges with moving people around by car, but it seems like for some reason drivers in channelside are just crazy. Also looking at maybe some traffic calming would be really, I think, beneficial in that area.

Andy Scaglione

9:50:59AM I'll respond to that and actually I would like mark to respond. There's going to be a great opportunity with the expressway authority railroad property. That's going to really add a lot. Also, 12th street towards twiggs and the gasworx project, that's going to open up. You'll see roads go through with sidewalks. In addition to that, you're going to see more active use of the expressway underneath the expressway authority. It's going to get better. I'm excited about that. Riverwalk expansion, it hopefully does take place up to adamo. If so, I think that will resolve a lot of the safety issues for bikers at that time.

Lynn Hurtak

9:51:49AM Okay. Thank you.

Naya Young

9:51:51AM Board member Carlson and then Viera.

Bill Carlson

9:51:56AM Mr. Scaglione, you always remind us that we have an impending incoming to the Channel District CRA. You can tell us exactly when it is. The end of it is coming up pretty quickly. Besides what's on your chart right now, what else is in your vision and your committee's vision that you think you need to accomplish in the few remaining years?

Andy Scaglione

9:52:18AM Well, we have until 2034. We have a whole list of infrastructure -- a lot of infrastructure projects that we're still going to accomplish and, again, some opportunities that hopefully we can increase some green area. Those are our laser focus at this point.

Bill Carlson

9:52:37AM As you said, it takes so long to get things going and some of us are leaving in a few months, is there anything that we should be looking to get started now knowing that we have seven years or whatever left?

Andy Scaglione

9:52:49AM We're in the process right now, as a matter of executing the design and construction of it. I think this formula here going to what we do in the private sector is going to change things. Instead of an update once a month and you forget what you heard the month before, now this will be a visual, every month somebody will look and say, well, hell, nothing moved here, why not? This is going to be a great help. I am sure you are going to see other CRAs incorporate this. There are still more projects and development of residential properties coming in. Darryl shaw is the new east ybor and west ybor projects, right around the marina there. The only request I have, and we've had an opportunity when we talked to folks, as part of their plans, if back to the greenspace, if they could possibly add more greenspace. As Andy said, we're far from with us at 2% of the community, far from where we need. I think the only way we can get to it is by future development coming in, that they would help provide us with that. And so we need some support on that negotiation that goes on with the city. Thank you.

Naya Young

9:54:12AM Board member Viera.

Luis Viera

9:54:13AM Thank you, madam chair. Thank you guys both for your presentation. I appreciate you all a lot. Channelside, always love talking with you Andy about channelside, your history there. You are like a lewis and clark or David crockett out there. I was out there for something like two weeks and I was thinking about you because I was looking around. I go, imagine the feeling. It's almost like when you see somebody that you put a lot of work in. And you see them over the years develop. The way you see channelside, I don't think there is a CAC member better than you in terms of analytical, on point, what you say. You got back facts. Your daughter is studying to become an attorney. I know she has your intellect and your analytical skills. She will be one heck of a great lawyer. I've told you that the way you prepare, you come with a big stack. It reminds me of ten years ago, used to go to mediations, big stack of things and go. My hat is off to you all. One of the things I said that's missing and we're a broken record on this. Some sort of fire station presence in channelside. We talk about that a lot. Councilman Carlson did a motion on that through the CRA and specific. Do you all think there's any space there in the future? Any space in the future? Even for something that is medical only. Is there anything at all? It may not be something we can do through CRA, just any space at all where maybe the next mayor can take a look at that? There are some opportunities. I would not want to disclose some of the parcels because the private sector would go in there and try to buy them and flip them to us. But, yeah, there are some opportunities.

9:56:04AM Thank you. Thank you both.

Bill Carlson

9:56:09AM Andy, one more thing. You've seen sbp's plan. They are on the other side of meridian from you all. Meridian seems like crossing dale mabry. Traffic is getting worse and worse. Is there anything -- I know the border is right there somewhere, but is there anything we should be doing to help with the potential integration once sbp is built out?

Andy Scaglione

9:56:35AM I understand there is an RFP right now, RFQ going on with the expressway authority regarding, let's call it the railroad piece. One of the individuals is very, very knowledgeable. Been a great champion. Ken stoltenberg of channelside. Hell, he's done some great projects there. I think you're going to see some really, really -- some exciting things happen there versus what it's been for years. Just a doggone railroad. That's going to bridge downtown and channelside. Not even know the difference. Right now there's actually a separation because of that. I'm really excited about that.

Naya Young

9:57:20AM Councilman Miranda, be our final comment.

Charlie Miranda

9:57:23AM Thank you, madam chair. I would like to see something done that's simple, doesn't cost much. I don't want you to see, working with the City Administration, those in the archives, to show the public what that area was 20, 30 years ago so we can put it up on the screen and show what was there then and what replace it now for the whole drive because it is a transformation of something that should go down in history, like the rest of what's happening in Tampa, because when you look at downtown, all of it, and you look at the rest of the City of Tampa, the changes that have been made in the last 25 years, we take for granted. But really not for granted. There was a lot of hard work behind the individuals that did it. I want to show the public what's happened so they understand what it's meant to the city in developing and getting what we're getting done throughout the city. The taxes that come in. The money that's distributed. When this is all done, then all those taxes 80% and 20 to the city coffers will be reversed to 100% of the city coffers. That's when the general public is going to benefit from something that someone else did. We never talked about that. We never talked about what if it never happened.

Andy Scaglione

9:58:44AM You are 100% right. Channelside -- I mean, hell, I remember when channelside was called 13th street. Across the street you had the banana docks. You had more rats than people out there. It was a bad area. If it wasn't for the CRA to jump start this and for developers to feel that there was some certainty of the beginning and the end of 2034, you would have never, never had the revenue you're going to have from '34 on. That would have never happened. The roi has been tremendous.

Charlie Miranda

9:59:25AM Even if it takes a committee to do it, it's got to be shown in history, not only this, all of downtown what's happening and all the rest of the city. Every neighborhood has been touched truly now that we have another problem because of success. It's called traffic. And roads. And more traffic and more roads need repaired and things that need to be done. Those things will come, and they are going to come as soon as these things much quicker because of what channelside and others, that the money is going to go when we're not more than likely going to be here maybe, I don't mean death, anything like that, I mean in office. Let me qualify that. It's going to help those generations that come because of what we've done here now that's going to be shown 20, 30 years later, they won't know where it came from. That's a problem that I want the public to understand what it is.

Andy Scaglione

10:00:14AM Next time, we'll provide pictures of what channelside looked like, and you'll be amazed.

Naya Young

10:00:20AM I remember, I think there was a bowling alley, sparkman's wharf, a bowling alley there and then lots of dirt lots. Wasn't a whole lot. The transformation has definitely been incredible, but thank you so much, Mrs. Scaglione, for your service. Director McCray.

Cedric McCray

10:00:51AM Cedric McCray, Tampa CRA director. Based on the change to the city agenda, item number 7, and I'll yield to Mr. Viera to introduce.

Luis Viera

10:01:01AM I'll yield to former state representative ed Narain. I'll talk about it after Representative Narain is done. Former Representative Narain came to me after the death of lafayette and indicated it would be a great idea to do a statue for this great Tampa and american icon. I yield the floor to our distinguished fellow public servant. If I may, sir, roughly how much time do you think you need for this? Roughly.

Naya Young

10:01:38AM I'll give you five. Edwin Narain, resident of West Tampa. I'm actually here in my private citizen capacity, not representing my company or any former title that I had. I thought it was important that we recognize that in the City of Tampa, we have a lot of hidden figures. One of those, madam chair, is Dr. Bernard lafayette. As Mr. Doss Called in and talked about earlier today, he's not somebody I feel the city should recognize because he lived here, but we should recognize him because he became a part of the history of the entire country. Couple of weeks I was at the congressional black caucus meetings in Washington, d.c., and he was recognized at the highest levels in our nation's capitol. I feel that Tampa should be doing the same thing for a man of his stature. Those not familiar with Dr. Lafayette, he was born and raised in Tampa in 1940. He went from the streets of the city to the front lines of the american Civil Rights Movement. He became a freedom rider, a founding leader of the student nonviolent coordinating committee, an organizer of the selma voting rights campaign, and later a trusted member of Martin Luther King's southern Christian leadership conference. His entire life's work helped to shape the United States of America. But the reason why Tampa has a special claim to his story is that the seeds of his extraordinary life were planted right here in Tampa. Dr. Lafayette often recounted being seven years old and riding in a segregated streetcar with his grandmother. Black passengers were required to pay in the front and then walk around and enter through the rear. On one occasion, after his grandmother paid the fare, the streetcar pulled away as they attempted to board, knocking her to the ground. Dr. Lafayette would describe that experience and the helplessness that he felt while watching this as one of the experiences that convinced him that something had to change. In other words, one of america's great apostles of nonviolence first confronted the injustice he would spend his life fighting right here in Tampa. He left Tampa as a young man for nashville where he studied nonviolence along with John lewis, diane nash, and other students who would gulf coast giants of the Civil Rights Movement. He participated in the national sit-ins and freedom rides and at only 22 years old was sent to selma, Alabama, to organize black voter registration. The organizing infrastructure he helped to establish there became part of the foundation for the selma movement that culminated in the voting rights act of 1965. Dr. King later selected lafayette to serve as program director of the sclc and Dr. Lafayette met with Dr. King on the morning of April 4, 1968, a day that will live in infamy in this country because it was the day that Dr. King was assassinated. Tampa has a lot of streets and monuments named after people to preserve the history and the events that have happened here so we can tell our story as a city. Dr. Bernard lafayette belongs in that story. Not just because Tampa was where he was born, but because the experiences he had here in Tampa helped shape the same conviction that he took on to buses, to lunch counter demonstrations through selma and ultimately around the world as a teacher of nonviolence. I don't know what you all should do, but I will say that a street, a plaza, a permanent bust on the riverwalk, something bearing his name and likeness would therefore do more than just honor one man, as Mr. Doss Called in and said, it would teach future generations that Tampa produced one of the architects of the modern Civil Rights Movement. Children growing up here, they need to know that someone who walked the same streets that they did ultimately helped change the course of america. Preserving that history that's going to help connect Tampa's past to its present and ensure that Dr. Lafayette's remarkable journey from a child confronting racism on the streets of Tampa to a leader who helped transform america is never forgotten. Again, as I started out, we have a wonderful history in this city. I think a hidden history. I've been here 32 years and learned something new about the figures, we have remarkable plaques and placards to all the time. Here is a chance for this council to honor one of our own. I encourage you to support Mr. Viera's motion today to recognize Dr. Bernard lafayette.

10:05:57AM Thank you very much. Board member Viera and then Maniscalco.

Luis Viera

10:06:03AM Thank you, sir, for your words and, again, for coming to us on this. This is yours and we appreciate it. We have on October 27 for lieutenant baldomero Lopez. I don't know how you feel about this, I would like to see a life-size statue of him in Tampa. I think a marker is wonderful, but something like we're doing for Lieutenant Lopez. You're right, sir, on his Tampa roots, he spent a lot of time in west am at that, Ybor City. You talked about that incident when he was a young person with his grandmother that I believe he said it cut him like a knife or sword. I forgot the terms he used. I believe he was also a middleton high school graduate, I think. And when he died, Brian stephenson from the equal justice initiative, one of the greatest lawyers in the united states, talked extensively about the work he did with Dr. Lafayette, the work that egi did with Dr. Lafayette because he kept on doing that work today when we need it more than ever in recent times, by the way, as I know we all agree. Something else I wanted to point out is that when congressman John lewis died, president Obama obviously spoke at the funeral and talked about an incident, I think it was in montgomery, when Dr. Lafayette, congressman lewis and others were pulled out of a bus by 300 white people carrying pipes and different weapons and all that stuff who were ready to beat them up. Dr. Lafayette said, quote, we didn't run. We didn't fight back. We got back up when slammed to the ground and looked at the attackers directly in the eyes fighting violence with nonviolence. President Obama said imagine the courage of those two people challenging an entire infrastructure of repression. Nobody there to protect him. No camera crews to record the events. I couldn't imagine having hundreds of people there ready to tear to you pieces. No iphone, no cameras, no nothing. Just you and them. And his great work that he did with the poor people's campaign. If I may, one minute. With the southern Christian leadership conference, like you said, is amazing. He also spent time in what was then known as parchman prison in the Mississippi delta, which is today Mississippi state penitentiary, which was the notorious prison in the south for -- what's it called -- for convict leasing of folks after the Civil War. So, yeah, that's what I'd love to see. What I would suggest -- this is my last CRA meeting, right? Madam chair, if somebody can have elected jurisdiction over it, so it's not my motion. If you or someone else would like to make a motion to bring it back, so I don't make it because I won't be here. Maybe that would be preferable. I suggest a statue. I don't know how you feel about that. Let us discuss. That's it. Thank you. Thank you, sir, for your idea.

Naya Young

10:09:02AM Councilman Maniscalco and then Clendenin.

Guido Maniscalco

10:09:05AM Thank you very much, sir, for bringing this gentleman to everyone's attention. As was mentioned by council member Viera, we're going to be honoring baldomero Lopez, medal of honor recipient and Tampa native, in a few weeks with a life-size statue. The other day we honored police Officer Morris Lopez with an honorary street sign in Ybor City. What struck me here in what you wrote is something that I mentioned when I spoke that day was when people walk by here they are going to see that police officer's name. You say here, children growing up here should know that someone who once walked the same streets that they walked helped change the course of american democracy. Why is this person to significant? For everything that you said, but if you look at something else that struck me, April 4, 1968. Famous photograph of lorraine motel and Dr. King that morning. With them is reverend jesse Jackson not too far away. This gentleman was with him that fateful morning in american history. In regards to the Tampa riverwalk, I think there are a couple of things. The person must be -- must have passed away at least 15 years ago. The last I heard and been quite some time, they are not taking names, not putting more busts currently, however, baldomero Lopez is going to be on the riverwalk in a different part by water works park. I would absolutely support a bust, a life-size statue, whatever it is, because like it says here, children growing up here need to know somebody of this caliber and how close he was to Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement and with student nonviolent coordinating committee. We know clarence, the sit-ins at woolworth's, but this is somebody that would be worthy, as council member Viera said, he's leaving. If it's you, Chairwoman Young, I'll make a motion, whatever it is, but I want to see this come to fruition. Thank you.

Naya Young

10:11:13AM Councilman Clendenin.

Alan Clendenin

10:11:16AM Thank you. I'm proud to call you my friend. These are the types of issues that really so many times as you saw earlier in our meeting today, it's a burden being a public official and listening to some stuff. Then you have stories like this come before us that makes you inspired and proud to be sitting in the seat, to be able to champion and remember folks that made our country stronger and better than what we were. Rather than looking backwards the way some folks want to drag us to have inspirational figures like yourself, as you are Representative Narain. Really important. Interesting. As long as I've been around, I did not know Dr. Lafayette and his story. I'm a classic example of why it's important to have these types of tributes and memorials for folks for people like me and the generations that come to remember these stories. Because if you don't, you are doomed to repeat them. This is what is so important for these things. I'm moved by it. It's very important. Thank you, Councilman Viera, working with Representative Narain to bring this to our attention. If you are not, I'll make the motion to ask CRA Staff come back on January 14, 2027 --

Luis Viera

10:12:47AM If I may --

Alan Clendenin

10:12:49AM I'll make a motion unless you wanted to do it.

Naya Young

10:12:52AM Do you want to make the motion --

Guido Maniscalco

10:12:56AM I was going to do February 11, to work with the gentleman.

Alan Clendenin

10:13:02AM I thought January 14, 2027, CRA Staff come back to the CRA Board or City Council with proposals, taking into account what Councilman Maniscalco said, what Representative Narain said, what Councilman Viera said for different types of options to be able to memorialize the life of Dr. Lafayette.

Naya Young

10:13:24AM We have a motion from board member Clendenin. We have a second from board member Viera. All in favor? Any opposed?

Luis Viera

10:13:39AM Whenever you are finished.

Naya Young

10:13:41AM As I was saying earlier, one of the things that makes Tampa so great is we have people from so many different backgrounds, but also the culture and history we have in Tampa. I always talk about ashley because when she comes and gives Tampa's black history, I learn things that I didn't even know. I think we all do. The more and more we start to learn about especially the black history that's in Tampa and how important it is and what it's done, like you said to change the american democracy, I think it's amazing. You always bring the best things. I have to say. I can tell. It's really important to know history. Thank you for bringing this forward. I think it's really important. I'm excited to see. Viera and then Maniscalco.

Charlie Miranda

10:14:34AM Councilman Clendenin said, I never knew the man and I was born in Tampa. The story of the grandmother, walking around the back and falling that had to be a dramatic thing he witnessed. Maybe that's what started him in that direction to make sure it didn't happen to somebody else. That's what I was thinking when I was listening to that. I'm not suggesting this, but maybe the new area where the streetcar is going to go or any area of the streetcar to make a street stop, with his name with a bust there. Psychologically, got to do something. That's what I feel. Maybe I'm wrong.

Luis Viera

10:15:14AM If I may, Councilman Carlson, you haven't spoken --

Naya Young

10:15:19AM We can do Carlson.

Bill Carlson

10:15:22AM Thank you for bringing this up. It's always great to talk about history and culture and rich history of Tampa. I'm finding more and more with statues and memorials that the context is really important. We've gone through the instagram era where people want to take selfies with a statue. But we're getting to the point where it's hard to tell stories. So many stories, things are moving so fast. How do you quickly tell the story? So I would just encourage whoever is going to end up working on this to think about the context of it. If it is a bust sitting on the side of the road, that's a memorial. There are great lessons you talked about that should be told simply. So if instead of just a statue, if there is a context of keywords to help people understand it, because once you tell a story, it brings a statue to life. Thank you.

Naya Young

10:16:24AM Councilman Viera.

Luis Viera

10:16:26AM Yes, ma'am. I wanted to ask, sir, as you stand here, maybe you have to think about it, do you have any preference on it? This was your idea. I would submit that to the citizens of the community here. Quite candidly the Tampa history center has acknowledged Dr. Lafayette for a few years now with an award that is recognized in his name but that was before he passed. When I was in the legislature, I worked on the legislation that brought down the confederate monument and allowed for mary mcleod bethune to go up in d.c. These are the things that we need to do to correct history. I don't know that we can necessarily fix it, but we don't need to forget it. I will tell you whatever the citizens of this city thinks is best, we should maybe put it out to a vote but definitely acknowledge his presence and impact on this country.

10:17:21AM Thank you. I appreciate that. It's funny. I was showing somebody here that I found a picture of me and him together. I met him like three years ago, which is funny. Yeah, that's it. Let the record show I'm showing Councilman Clendenin a picture of me and Dr. Lafayette. I've been working with Judge Salcines for Lieutenant Lopez statue for probably two and a half years or so. I'm a statue guy. I love that. Again, whatever you all want. All awesome. Thank you, guys, and thank you, sir.

Naya Young

10:18:06AM Thank you. Director McCray.

Cedric McCray

10:18:15AM Good morning, again. Cedric McCray, Tampa CRA director, just here with the director's report for the month of October, 2026. We have provided the customary project trackers for special projects, commercial grants, and housing. Any questions?

Naya Young

10:18:34AM Council member Hurtak.

Lynn Hurtak

10:18:36AM Yes. Project tracker being out of date. You said you would have an updated one for us?

Cedric McCray

10:18:42AM Yes. Did you not receive the e-mail?

Lynn Hurtak

10:18:46AM Was it going to be printed or e-mailed?

Cedric McCray

10:18:48AM E-mailed.

Lynn Hurtak

10:18:49AM Well, I didn't look at the e-mail. But, yes, going forward, I think we need to find a way, whether that be something that you bring to us and put on a website for the public. Some way, if it's not going to make it to onbase that we still provide all of that. Thank you.

Cedric McCray

10:19:08AM Absolutely.

Naya Young

10:19:09AM Any other questions or comments? No. all righty. Moving right along.

Cedric McCray

10:19:16AM Next item, wanted to say thank you to members of the board, community, community advisory committees for the support related to redevelopment week across the State of Florida. As you may remember, we did have several social media posts and capstone event in the East Tampa office related to that, open house. It was fairly good attendance from residents within the communities and CRAs, business owners and community advisory committee members. We appreciate your support on that. The next item is Florida redevelopment association conference, which will be taking place October 20th through the 23rd. We do have several of our team members that will be a part of panel discussions. Ms. Thrower, Mr. Nu EZ as well as Ms. Parks to talk about different aspects of redevelopment. We're looking forward to attending that. I know that the presentation that Ms. Parks is going to be a part of will be highlighting and touching on the 30% allocation that this board approved several years ago. And we have other CRAs across the state that are looking to kind of mirror that program. So she will be on a panel to highlight that with the former or immediate past president of the fra. Any questions on that?

Naya Young

10:20:36AM Can you remind everyone when the applications close for the commercial special projects and development grant?

Cedric McCray

10:20:43AM Yes. The application period closes on November 1st. We encourage anyone that has a level of interest to go through the portal to set up a consultation and then the staff will respond accordingly.

Naya Young

10:20:59AM Thank you. Do we have any other questions or comments? No. okay.

Cedric McCray

10:21:03AM And the last item that I would like to -- I know that there was a request and, chair, if we could have Dr. Collins come up just for a three-minute time period to provide a verbal update related to the Jackson house. Dr. Collins. Carolyn collins, chair for the Jackson House Foundation. Dr. Angela Scott is providing you a handout at this time. In the interest of the three short minutes and the necessity not to be repetitive, you actually have a handout copy. I think everyone has it. Basically, we just want to do something on a consistent format on a monthly basis to give you an update. So the top portion of it is primarily what we do. We gave you a very brief summary. It covers what has occurred over the past period of time. You'll see in the current phase where we are in the preconstruction phase, Planning with sinclair group that we actually have contracted with completely. You see there about five things. They are not particularly phases. They are more like bullets, but we are in the emergency stabilization phase, complete the preconstruction Planning, design development, architectural review with ARC. We have completed the ddr, and then we have the permit deconstruction or reconstruction. Under the next section, you'll see the completed work. You'll see the emergency work really that has gone on at the house. The project team coordination meetings that we have been doing. We have our same monthly quarterly meeting. There are other meetings that are being planned. The state, the city, the Jackson house, the county, and anyone that have been very supportive in those meetings as well. And then I think Dr. Scott Has done a great job in laying this out. Also giving you our next steps. You'll have that opportunity on our monthly review to see that we are receiving the contract budget. We're receiving a timeline. Hopefully you will have the opportunity to see those on next month. There are a number of meetings. Other historical groups that they have brought in that they will be meeting with. The remaining information from ddr and ARC and then our report that will be coming to you. With this last 45 minutes, let me do this. In sincere concern of what we've been doing and will continue to do at the Jackson house to make sure we're in compliance with everything. There have been some questions. I would like everyone to know that if there are any problems with any paperwork, I'm in the process currently of investigating to make sure that when we did the emergency repair, which was to cover about five days, the notification that I gave prior to that time to the entity in the letter with the pictures, also they wanted us to do a temporary license, co. I and make sure the insurance and things were in place. We followed through with all that. I'm checking that now to make sure that all of that was done, and there was one other issue that came up during that emergency phase, and it was the parking. If there are any fees that have been accumulated because the workers who didn't know where to park, they have parked in the inappropriate place. I'm asking that the bills be sent to me and I'll be doing that in this investigation. I personally will pay the bill. If there was anything not done, I am the one that's going to take the responsibility because it was a five-day emergency. And what we will alleviate with that is we're in the process right now. Our board been talking about it. We're doing the actual MOU that we will do for the reconstruction. That will be in the final phase. It will come back to us from the property owners. They will tell us what they want, as they did when we did it before. We'll have it ready, but not signed until there is a date, and then when the date comes, all we have to do is put the date in, all of the cois, all the insurance papers and everything will be included. And we'll follow through with that. That concludes it. Thank you for the extra few minutes to close that.

Naya Young

10:25:56AM Thank you. Board member Hurtak.

Lynn Hurtak

10:25:59AM Yes. Thank you so much. I really love the format of this. I think this will be really wonderful. So you noticed that next on our agenda is monthly update on Tampa union station. Would you like a motion to have this monthly update come or do you want it to be part of the director's report? Mr. McCray, what would be easiest for you?

Naya Young

10:26:26AM I think we talked, maybe the last CRA meeting, we talked about it, but we didn't actually make a motion to have it be a part. But if we can make a motion to do that.

Lynn Hurtak

10:26:35AM Yeah, I was going to offer for board member Carlson do it. We'll make a motion that the Jackson House Foundation will provide a monthly update on the Jackson house. Monthly written update. That way you don't have to show up every month.

Naya Young

10:26:58AM Motion from board member Hurtak. A second from board member Maniscalco. All in favor? Any opposed? Thank you very much. And thank you both for your work.

10:27:11AM Thank you.

Cedric McCray

10:27:20AM Good morning again.

Naya Young

10:27:21AM Director McCray.

Cedric McCray

10:27:23AM Chair Young and members of the board, there was one item omitted from the director's report. I believe during our briefings I may have shared this with most of you. But the Tampa CRA has awarded the first commercial design grant in West Tampa. So we're really excited about that. The property at 2113 west main street. The grant will provide 100% funding for professional design and Planning, consulting, and engineering services for the permit-ready construction plans. This will be a transformative space, and it will be tenant ready space for new businesses on main street. Ironically, you may recall that we purchased several years ago the property at the corner of albany and main. Across from that is the liquor store. That was a few months ago. This property is right on the other side of the alleyway to the west. We've been working with the property owner and our commercial grants team has worked really hard between construction services and zoning to help the owner navigate all of that as well as the contractor he selected. It is moving forward, and we do have some good stories that are coming out of the work that we're doing.

Naya Young

10:28:35AM You said this is the first one?

Cedric McCray

10:28:37AM Yes. It is the first one.

Naya Young

10:28:39AM Exciting. Thank you.

Cedric McCray

10:28:40AM Thank you.

Naya Young

10:28:42AM All righty. Any other questions regarding the director's report? Moving along.

Cedric McCray

10:28:54AM The next item is the Tampa union station update. If you have noticed, we did provide photos of some of the work that's going on internally and externally.

Naya Young

10:29:08AM Any questions?

Bill Carlson

10:29:11AM Would you mind for the public giving a 30-second update on where we are?

Cedric McCray

10:29:15AM Yes. Ultimately, there is a lot of facade work going on. The tenting on the property has been completed. So window treatments, doors, and the like, some of the ceilings -- ceiling of the ceiling -- sealing of the ceiling, and I believe you all are aware that the ticket booth that was internal has been moved to the external outside on the ramp to accommodate for the work to take place on the inside.

Naya Young

10:29:50AM Any other questions? No. all righty. Thank you. Board member Hurtak.

Lynn Hurtak

10:29:56AM I was ready to talk about number 4 because it was my motion.

Naya Young

10:30:00AM Okay. You want to introduce it, first?

Cedric McCray

10:30:02AM Yes. There was a request by board member Hurtak related to the roundabouts in Tampa Heights, specifically highland and palm and palm and North Boulevard.

Lynn Hurtak

10:30:13AM Just palm and highland. Just that one.

Cedric McCray

10:30:17AM Yes. I believe individuals from mobility were going to be here, but they did provide a written report for consumption of the board.

Lynn Hurtak

10:30:27AM I want to say thank you for that report and actually told them they didn't need to be here today because I do have an update of some sort. I spoke to both Adam Harden who owns the armature works and happened to have a meeting also with University of Tampa that's looking to more pedestrianize and cycle -- increase the ability for people to cycle and walk along North Boulevard in that area. And both of them were very excited about the possibility of fixing the roundabout. Both of them say they would be willing to do it. Since Mr. Harden Has, I think 83% -- 71% -- 73% of the money that comes into that CRA, I thought it was important to have his buy-in as well. I'm going to be working with Brandon and the mobility team on that more, so I'll have a motion for that coming forward later.

Naya Young

10:31:38AM Any other questions or comments for item number 4? No. all right. We continued item number 5 and 6. Now we are moving to required approvals.

Guido Maniscalco

10:31:54AM Motion to approve item 8.

Lynn Hurtak

10:31:55AM Second.

Naya Young

10:31:57AM Can we do a roll call vote? We're doing a roll call vote for item number 8. The required approvals. Carlson?

Bill Carlson

10:32:25AM Yes.

Charlie Miranda

10:32:26AM Yes.

Guido Maniscalco

10:32:28AM Yes.

Lynn Hurtak

10:32:30AM Yes.

Alan Clendenin

10:32:31AM Yes.

Naya Young

10:32:33AM No.

The clerk

10:32:35AM Motion passes with Viera being absent at vote and young voting no.

Guido Maniscalco

10:32:39AM Motion to approve item number 9.

Naya Young

10:32:43AM Motion from board member Maniscalco, a second from board member Miranda. All in favor? Any opposed? All righty. And that does it for our business. Do we have any new business? Board member Carlson.

Bill Carlson

10:33:08AM Connie burton is talking to -- I went with Ms. Connie and NAACP and other folks to erwin tech the other day with Cedric and some other staff. You all may know this already, but erwin tech is building adus out of containers. It only costs $20,000 that we know of right now. That doesn't include labor, but they are trying to figure out how much it would be to install one. What happens now is they build them and take them apart to teach the students how to build them. Cedric I think wrote this motion or anyway somebody on staff did. I'll make the motion. Motion requesting Tampa CRA Staff in coordination with the city construction services Planning, zoning and Hillsborough County Public Schools to develop a pilot program for construction and installation of affordable accessory dwelling units, adus, on eligible properties within the East Tampa CRA and overlay district, requesting staff return to the January 2027 CRA Board meeting with a proposed approach to launching the pilot, including estimated costs, potential funding sources, partner responsibilities, homeowner eligibility and affordability requirements as well as an implementation timeline.

Naya Young

10:34:29AM I have a motion from board member Carlson. A second from board member Miranda. All in favor?

Lynn Hurtak

10:34:36AM I want to say something.

Naya Young

10:34:38AM Board member Hurtak.

Lynn Hurtak

10:34:39AM I think this is a fabulous idea. You are just doing the pilot for East Tampa? Because I'm concerned because I think other CRAs would also really love that. Is this just meant to be a pilot for East Tampa and then eventually be expanded to the rest of the CRAs?

Bill Carlson

10:34:59AM The thing we're trying to figure out, if they were 20,000 each and we had a hundred thousand, that would be five. I think it will cost at least 5,000 to transport them, put them in, hook up the electric and plumbing and sewage. Also, we've got to figure out what houses have the space to put it on and do they have the financial ability and what would we charge? Yeah, it is a pilot project to figure it out. Also, two other schools, chamberlain -- what was the third one? Middleton. Three schools that they are going to talk to to try to get involved. But if we could for 25 grand each put an adu -- when I went to Austin a few years ago with the mayor of st. pete and the st. pete chamber, Austin told us after they got their adu policy done, they said not as many people as they expected built them because they were so expensive. They were talking prices above a hundred thousand dollars. If we could do these for 25,000, it could be a quick affordable housing solution. And depending on if they don't put holes in the side of them, they are hurricane-proof because they are used to flooding on SHIPs.

Naya Young

10:36:19AM We have a motion from board member Carlson. A second from board member Miranda. All in favor?

10:36:26AM Any opposed? Okay. Any other new business, board member Carlson?

Bill Carlson

10:36:32AM The other thing, I got in just before you did a minute ago. We have to fix the traffic problems in downtown. And we have to fix the traffic problems in other places. Now you all saw on channel 8 what we've seen around is that these autonomous vehicles, waymos and robotaxis, when they run into crowds of people, especially around raymond James, they just stop or they pull into people's parking lots, and they are causing traffic congestion. But we know in downtown, the NAACP dinner was on Saturday night. Took me an hour and a half to get from my house versus right by Gandy to the jw marriott. It should have taken ten minutes. Even in heavy traffic should have taken 30. Completely unacceptable. We invited mobility and TPD in front of us like five times. Somehow we have to fix this problem. Unacceptable that downtown and also the stadium area shut down when there are events. There's something going wrong about the way we're Planning it. I don't know what was happening this morning, about one out of ten times we can't get near city hall. We have to be able to conduct business. This is the economic center, arguably, of our city and our region. And if people can't get around, how are they supposed to get to work?

Naya Young

10:37:49AM I ended up -- I was sitting in traffic for ten minutes. I ended up getting out and I took the streetcar to get to the marriott.

Bill Carlson

10:37:59AM You left your car in the middle of the street?

Naya Young

10:38:03AM No. I was in an uber. When I got out. When I was on the streetcar, the car our uber was behind was still sitting in traffic. I waited like nine, ten minutes for the streetcar, to take the streetcar. I agree. We need to fix it. I don't know what was going on this morning. That was terrible.

Bill Carlson

10:38:20AM I've said this before, we are a modern city. Other modern cities don't have traffic jams like this because they plan better. We should be able to manage much higher density of people going through our downtown. It's unacceptable it's like this. The big problem, this is causing traffic jams all over South Tampa and not just in downtown. The problem is they are redirecting people the wrong way. I mentioned people before, coming out of the parking lot of water street, I can see the selmon a hundred meters away and they send me back toward the arena. How stupid is that? The same thing is happening around raymond James. They are sending people through the side streets and neighborhoods right by where Charlie lives. It's not acceptable that this is happening.

Naya Young

10:39:06AM Board member Clendenin, do you have any new business?

Alan Clendenin

10:39:10AM I don't. Mass transit.

Naya Young

10:39:14AM Board member Viera?

Luis Viera

10:39:15AM Two quick ones, if I may. A couple of months ago I had done a motion to have CRAs have a seat designated for a justice or equity group. And we had supported that. I talked with legal and different things and I spoke to Mr. McCray about this, this motion. I'm sort of tailoring it back. So this is my motion. Again, it's pretty much the same thing that I did before but more narrowly tailored which is, I motion for a feasibility report on the ability of the Hillsborough county NAACP to have a seat on one or more CRAs to come back with a feasibility report. Mr. McCray, is January of '27 is that too early? Okay. So if I may, for January of 2027, that is my motion.

Naya Young

10:40:04AM What's the motion?

Luis Viera

10:40:06AM Yes, ma'am. I can give charlene a memo on it. For the feasibility to have a dedicated seat on one or more CRAs for the Hillsborough county NAACP. That's kind of what I was getting towards in my motion. Long story. I spoke to legal about it, some potential issues. Again, just for feasibility to see if it's something. For one or more CRAs, I'll leave it to the CRA Board to decide, if feasible, which ones to go forward with. That's my motion, ma'am.

Naya Young

10:40:36AM We have a motion from board member Viera. Second from board member Maniscalco. Director McCray.

Cedric McCray

10:40:44AM If I may, as you know, we are in the process of updating the CAC policy for all the CRAs. We haven't touched it since we went through the reorganization in 2024. This probably would be good to dovetail into that and we can move it as one contiguous piece.

Naya Young

10:41:04AM All in favor?

10:41:05AM Any opposed? Okay.

Luis Viera

10:41:08AM One quick one, if I may, channelside, I don't believe -- Mr. McCray, had I ever done a motion on channelside and disability accessible parks?

Cedric McCray

10:41:17AM Not that I'm aware of. There are, as you know, the funding that was available for ADA accessible parks across all the CRAs.

Luis Viera

10:41:26AM I don't want to question you on that now. What I'll do, if I may, I'll have a motion for February of 2027 for a report, if that's good with you for time, sir, on presence of ADA, specifically, be clear we're talking about disability accessible playground equipment at channelside at some of those parks that's there, just for a report on it so we can build on that. There are a lot of young items out there and everything. That's my motion.

Naya Young

10:41:57AM I have a motion from board member Viera. A second from board member Maniscalco. All in favor? Any opposed? Board member Hurtak.

Lynn Hurtak

10:42:07AM Nothing CRA related. But just personal. I finished my halfway mark. I finished my sixth round of chemo yesterday. [ applause ] I feel really good. Yes, I noticed a lot of people are wearing pink and breast cancer awareness ribbons. I want to thank, everyone. Also, I still haven't lost all my hair. I'm not with you all yet. I have a wig. It's ready, but anyway, I just want to thank everyone for the support they have given me. I'm just so, so joyous today. I just wanted to say that I really feel the love. [ applause ]

Luis Viera

10:42:57AM Question for board member Hurtak, obviously, we're in October. If there's any events that you would like us to go to in support, let us know. I know there is the deltas have something. Fight right foundation I think on the 24th. If anything, just let us know.

Lynn Hurtak

10:43:11AM I appreciate that. Actually, I just did a round table or spectrum about breast cancer awareness. If you happen to see it on television. And really my main message is doesn't matter if you are a man or woman, it's not just about breast cancer. Make sure you get your annual physical. That is the biggest thing you can do more than anything else. So make sure you do that. Yeah, check out the spectrum special record. It was really very good. We had a doctor from moffitt and another county commissioner from up in marion county who has gone through two rounds of breast cancer treatment. It was really good. Honestly, just continue to mention it. When you go places and talk about it. That's really it. Don't have to go to anything in particular. I really appreciate that.

Luis Viera

10:44:01AM Yes, ma'am. Thank you.

Naya Young

10:44:04AM Board member Clendenin.

Alan Clendenin

10:44:05AM Not new business, but I just wanted to say congratulations to the Tampa Bay Rays. As you see, I'm wearing the shirt, for last night their victory. Moving forward in the series, and hopefully four more games we'll be going to the world series. Congratulations.

Naya Young

10:44:22AM Congratulations. Board member Maniscalco? Board member Miranda?

Charlie Miranda

10:44:27AM I love the -- [inaudible] however, if they play the white sox, I have to go with the white sox because one of my players that I played with, tony larussa, who is in the hall of fame, is involved with the white sox. I've got to go back to blood.

Luis Viera

10:44:52AM We have a motion forthcoming. Go ahead, ma'am.

Naya Young

10:44:55AM Two things. First, I have a new intern who I would like to introduce. Marissa. Would you come to the podium, please? Please introduce yourself and tell us what you were studying and what your plans are. My name is marissa penton. I'm a recent graduate of the University of South Florida.

10:45:16AM Go bulls. I did a lot of work with student engagement and civic engagement as well as studying restoration of voting rights with Returning Citizens. I'm currently applying for law schools. I hope to become an attorney. [ applause ]

10:45:39AM Marissa just started with us on Tuesday. She has already hit the ground running. We are very happy to have her in the office and getting all the experience. So welcome. I also have a motion. Recently, what we have discovered, we know that we have the housing rehabilitation renovation program. And there are few homes, particularly I know in East Tampa, they are a little bit older than others. So right now the amount is cannot go above the 150,000. I've been working with our CRA director and staff and Attorney Shepard to craft this motion. I'll say it and see how it goes. The motion is requesting the housing rehabilitation and renovation program with the current standard maximum project assistance amount of 150,000 per eligible property to authorize the CRA director to approve HR projects exceeding 150,000 up to a maximum amount of 200,000 on a case-by-case basis when there are documented extreme or exceptional circumstances existing or overall life, safety or habitability concerns, including projects located inside any applicable overlay district established within the CRA areas.

Luis Viera

10:47:09AM Second.

Naya Young

10:47:13AM This will be for any new applications that we get. It wouldn't be retroactive. If there are projects that are already at the $150,000, if it needs to go up to 200, then that would be on the CRA director. We've been seeing there are a few houses that are a little bit older and that amount is not covering everything. For future applications coming in, wanted to put that into consideration. I know I talked with Director McCray, is there anything you want to add that I didn't explain well?

Cedric McCray

10:47:48AM No. Ms. Parks is here. She's under the weather this morning. I did share some of the conversation we had yesterday with her. We will more than likely come back with maybe some more definitive guidelines as it relates to that so it is palatable making sure, because there are several layers involved in the overall program. So we will come back at a future date with that information.

Naya Young

10:48:12AM I made -- well, that's it.

Luis Viera

10:48:17AM Motion by board member Young. Second by Maniscalco. Councilman Miranda, you wish to speak? Any comments? All in favor? Any opposed? Thank you.

Guido Maniscalco

10:48:30AM Motion to receive and file.

Bill Carlson

10:48:32AM Can I say one thing?

Naya Young

10:48:39AM Board member Carlson.

Bill Carlson

10:48:41AM Did we mention in the last couple of weeks that Lincoln tamayo senior died? Senior. They have kept it kind of underground. I think longtime public servant. End on a positive note at least a couple of us in the audience saw buena vista social club last night. Fantastic. There were people crying all over the place remembering Cuba in the '50s.

Naya Young

10:49:08AM I have a motion from board member Maniscalco, a second from board member Clendenin. All in favor?

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