Tampa City Council
Thursday, April 19, 2018
9:00 a.m.
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09:04:09 >>FRANK REDDICK: GOOD MORNING.
09:04:10 WE WANT TO START THIS COUNCIL
09:04:12 MEETING, AND I'M GOING TO YIELD
09:04:14 TO COUNCILMAN VIERA.
09:04:15 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU,
09:04:16 MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:04:18 IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE TO
09:04:19 INTRODUCE TO EVERYBODY HERE
09:04:20 SOMEONE WHO EVERYBODY KNOWS,
09:04:24 DEACON SCOTT PAINE OF ST. MARK
09:04:27 THE EVANGELIST CHURCH IN TAMPA.
09:04:28 SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER SCOTT
09:04:30 FROM THE TIME HE SERVED ON CITY
09:04:31 COUNCIL.
09:04:33 HE HAS REMAINED VERY INVOLVED
09:04:35 SINCE THEN, INCLUDING BEING AN
09:04:37 ORDAINED DEACON SINCE 2009.
09:04:38 SCOTT'S DAY JOB IS WRITING AND
09:04:41 SPEAKING ON LEADERSHIP, ETHICS,
09:04:42 AND COMMUNICATION, MOSTLY TO
09:04:44 ELECTED AND APPOINTED
09:04:46 OFFICIALS, AND WE ALL RECEIVE
09:04:48 THE FLORIDA CITIES MAGAZINE AND
09:04:50 ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO READING
09:04:51 HIS ARTICLES.
09:04:54 DEACON PAINE IS A TRUE SERVANT
09:04:57 TO THE COMMUNITY AND THERE IS A
09:04:59 NOTION BY THE ST. FRANCIS OF
09:05:01 ASSISI, WHICH IS PREACH ALWAYS
09:05:03 AND SPEAK IF YOU HAVE TO, SO
09:05:06 DEACON PAINE, IT'S A REAL HONOR
09:05:08 TO HAVE YOU HERE, AND THANK YOU
09:05:09 FOR JOINING US.
09:05:14 THANK YOU THANK YOU.
09:05:16 IF EVERYONE COULD PLEASE STAND.
09:05:17 >> LOVING CREATOR OF ALL
09:05:19 THINGS, WE ASK YOU THIS MORNING
09:05:24 FOR THREE THINGS, FOR WISDOM SO
09:05:25 THAT WE CAN ALL SEE BEYOND OUR
09:05:29 STEREOTYPES AND PREJUDICES TO
09:05:35 SEE THE TRUTH; FOR COURAGE,
09:05:36 HAVING ONCE DISCERNED THE TRUTH
09:05:38 THAT THESE PEOPLE WHO LEAD OUR
09:05:39 COMMUNITY AND ALL OF US WHO
09:05:40 MAKE OUR COMMUNITY WOULD HAVE
09:05:43 THE COURAGE TO DO WHAT WE OUGHT
09:05:46 TO DO ONCE WE HAVE SEEN THE
09:05:48 TRUTH; AND FINALLY, FOR
09:05:49 COMPASSION, THAT WE NEVER
09:05:52 ENCOUNTER A STRANGER BUT SIMPLY
09:05:54 A FRIEND WE'RE JUST GETTING TO
09:05:55 KNOW.
09:05:56 WE ASK THIS IN YOUR NAME.
09:05:58 AMEN.
09:05:59 >> AMEN.
09:06:00 [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
09:06:17 >>FRANK REDDICK: ROLL CALL.
09:06:18 >>MIKE SUAREZ: HERE.
09:06:19 >>HARRY COHEN: HERE.
09:06:22 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
09:06:23 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
09:06:25 >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
09:06:27 >>FRANK REDDICK: HERE.
09:06:27 ALL RIGHT.
09:06:29 APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AND
09:06:30 ADDENDUMS TO THE AGENDA.
09:06:31 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVE.
09:06:32 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
09:06:33 >>FRANK REDDICK: I'VE GOT A
09:06:34 MOTION FROM MR. MIRANDA, SECOND
09:06:35 BY MR. MANISCALCO.
09:06:36 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
09:06:36 AYE.
09:06:38 OPPOSED.
09:06:38 ALL RIGHT.
09:06:39 WE HAVE NO CEREMONY ACTIVITIES
09:06:41 TODAY.
09:06:44 WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
09:06:46 MR. SHELBY.
09:06:47 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, GOOD
09:06:48 MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS
09:06:49 OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
09:06:51 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, THE
09:06:52 TAMPA CITY COUNCIL WELCOMES
09:06:53 PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
09:06:54 30 MINUTES HAVE BEEN SET ASIDE
09:06:55 THIS MORNING FOR CITIZENS
09:06:57 SPEAKING ABOUT MATTERS NOT SET
09:06:58 FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
09:06:59 IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON A
09:07:01 MATTER THAT IS SET FOR A PUBLIC
09:07:02 HEARING, YOU WILL HAVE THAT
09:07:03 OPPORTUNITY LATER DURING
09:07:05 TODAY'S MEETING.
09:07:07 SPEAKERS ADDRESSING ITEMS ON
09:07:08 THE AGENDA WILL BE GIVEN
09:07:09 PREFERENCE BEFORE CITIZENS
09:07:11 SPEAKING ON NON-AGENDA MATTERS.
09:07:13 EACH SPEAKER IS GIVEN THREE
09:07:13 MINUTES.
09:07:14 PLEASE BEGIN BY STATING YOUR
09:07:19 NAME FOR THE RECORD, AND IT IS
09:07:20 ASKED THAT YOUR COMMENTS ARE
09:07:22 NOT DIRECTED PERSONALLY TOWARD
09:07:24 COUNCIL OR A STAFF MEMBER BUT
09:07:26 RATHER ISSUES DIRECTED TO THE
09:07:27 COUNCIL AS A BODY.
09:07:31 CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS YOUR
09:07:31 COOPERATION IN MAINTAINING
09:07:35 PROPER DECORUM.
09:07:35 THANK YOU.
09:07:36 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:07:37 WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT AT
09:07:37 THIS TIME.
09:07:39 ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK DURING
09:07:40 PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE COME
09:07:43 FORWARD.
09:07:45 >> MAYOR, MEMBERS OF CITY
09:07:47 COUNCIL, I'M ASHER EDELSON,
09:07:51 TRYING TO GET INVOLVED IN
09:07:52 POLITICS BEFORE I GRADUATE FROM
09:07:53 USF.
09:07:54 >>FRANK REDDICK: STATE YOUR
09:07:55 NAME, PLEASE.
09:07:58 >> ASHER EDELSON.
09:07:59 MOST OF YOU ALL KNOW ME, BUT
09:08:02 FOR THE RECORD, ASHER EDELSON.
09:08:04 I'M HERE AND GOING TO TALK
09:08:05 ABOUT AN ISSUE THAT I FEEL IS
09:08:06 VERY IMPORTANT, BIKING WHILE
09:08:06 BLACK.
09:08:07 I WISH MORE PEOPLE HAD SHOWED
09:08:09 UP HERE TO TALK ABOUT IT TODAY.
09:08:10 MAYBE IN FUTURE MEETINGS THEY
09:08:11 WILL.
09:08:14 SOMETIME AGO A DEPARTMENT OF
09:08:20 JUSTICE REPORT WAS DONE ON THE
09:08:22 POLICY, POLICIES THAT I'M SURE
09:08:24 MANY OF YOU ARE ALL FAMILIAR
09:08:27 WITH, A POLICY THAT THE REPORT
09:08:28 DEEMED TO BE NOT ONLY
09:08:31 INEFFECTIVE BUT ALSO BASED WITH
09:08:33 RACIAL BIAS.
09:08:36 I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT THAT
09:08:37 REPORT CAME OUT.
09:08:39 I THINK IT SHOWS US WHAT WE
09:08:41 SHOULDN'T BE DOING AND WHAT WE
09:08:42 SHOULD STRIVE TO DO REGARDING
09:08:44 HOW WE POLICE OUR CIVILIANS.
09:08:46 I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED A POLICE
09:08:47 FORCE THAT'S GOING TO BE HELD
09:08:50 ACCOUNTABLE, A POLICE FORCE
09:08:52 THAT'S GOING TO BE FREE OF
09:08:54 RACIST POLICIES.
09:08:56 I SUPPORT OUR POLICE, AND I
09:08:57 WANT THEM TO BE THE BEST THEY
09:08:58 CAN BE.
09:09:00 I DON'T WANT THEM TO HAVE TO
09:09:02 DEAL WITH CONTROVERSIES AND
09:09:03 THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
09:09:06 RECENTLY, FORMER POLICE CHIEF
09:09:10 JANE CASTOR MADE A STATEMENT
09:09:12 REGARDING HER ROLE WITH THE
09:09:14 BIKING WHILE BLACK POLICY, AND
09:09:15 I THINK IT'S TIME THAT THE CITY
09:09:18 COUNCIL DEMAND AN AUDIT TO
09:09:19 INVESTIGATE THE NATURE OF HER
09:09:21 ROLE IN THE BIKING WHILE BLACK
09:09:25 POLICY AND ANY OTHER ROLES THAT
09:09:27 MAY HAVE HAD SOME IMPACT ON
09:09:29 THIS POLICY DURING ITS
09:09:31 IMPLEMENTATION.
09:09:33 I THINK OUR CITY NEEDS TO BE
09:09:35 PROGRESSIVE ON THIS MATTER.
09:09:36 EACH OF YOU ALL UP THERE HAVE
09:09:38 AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING
09:09:40 ABOUT THIS AND TO MAKE HISTORY.
09:09:41 LOOK, THE REPORT WAS GREAT.
09:09:43 THAT SHOWED US THAT THE POLICY
09:09:46 WAS INEFFECTIVE, BUT WE NEED AN
09:09:47 INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE THE
09:09:48 ROLE OF NOT ONLY THE FORMER
09:09:50 POLICE CHIEF BUT ANYONE ELSE
09:09:53 WHO MIGHT HAVE HAD THIS POLICY
09:09:53 CONTINUE.
09:09:57 I THINK YOU ALL OWE IT TO OUR
09:09:58 COMMUNITY TO DO THIS.
09:10:00 I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU WILL
09:10:03 CONSIDER PASSING THIS AUDIT TO
09:10:05 INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE,
09:10:09 ESPECIALLY SINCE I THINK EACH
09:10:11 AND EVERY ONE OF US IN THIS
09:10:12 ROOM SUPPORT OUR POLICE AND
09:10:13 WANT THEM TO BE HELD
09:10:14 ACCOUNTABLE AND NOT HAVE TO
09:10:16 DEAL WITH CONTROVERSY AND
09:10:18 RACIST POLICY.
09:10:20 BEYOND THAT, BEYOND ASKING YOU
09:10:22 ALL TO VOTE FOR THIS AUDIT,
09:10:24 WHICH I HOPE EACH AND EVERY ONE
09:10:26 OF YOU CONSIDER DOING, I'D ALSO
09:10:28 LIKE TO MENTION TERM LIMITS.
09:10:29 I'D LIKE FOR THERE TO BE A
09:10:31 REFORM ON TERM LIMITS THAT
09:10:34 STATE THAT THE WAY WE ELECT
09:10:37 MAYORS SHOULD BE IN LINE WITH
09:10:38 THE 22nd AMENDMENT.
09:10:41 IF A MAYOR SERVES TWO TERMS,
09:10:42 THEY SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO COME
09:10:43 BACK AFTER WAITING OUT A TERM.
09:10:45 I THINK THE SAME -- I LOVE A
09:10:46 LOT OF YOU ALL UP THERE, I DO,
09:10:47 BUT I THINK THE SAME SHOULD
09:10:49 APPLY TO CITY COUNCIL.
09:10:51 AND BEYOND THAT, IT LOOKS LIKE
09:10:52 I ONLY HAVE UNDER 20 SECONDS
09:10:55 HERE, SO WITH THAT, I'LL JUST
09:10:57 ASK YOU ALL TO PLEASE, EVEN IF
09:10:59 YOU DON'T VOTE ON IT TODAY OR
09:11:02 NEXT TIME, CONSIDER THIS AUDIT,
09:11:04 CONSIDER WHAT'S RIGHT FOR YOUR
09:11:05 COMMUNITY, PLEASE.
09:11:08 I BEG EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU
09:11:09 TO TRULY CONSIDER THE
09:11:11 IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS
09:11:12 INVESTIGATION.
09:11:13 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
09:11:14 TIME.
09:11:16 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
09:11:19 NEXT.
09:11:26 MANCHEZ KNOTT, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
09:11:29 GREATLY STATED, BIKING WHILE
09:11:29 BLACK.
09:11:30 THEY BRAG ABOUT OVER 200,000
09:11:35 BIKE STOPS MADE AGAINST MOSTLY
09:11:36 AFRICAN PEOPLE.
09:11:38 WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE RIGHT
09:11:40 THERE STRAIGHT AHEAD OF ME,
09:11:42 REDDICK, WHO HASN'T DONE A
09:11:46 SINGLE THING ABOUT IT, AND NOT
09:11:47 AB SOLVING --
09:11:50 >>FRANK REDDICK: EXCUSE ME,
09:11:51 MR. SHELBY.
09:11:53 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, SIR.
09:11:54 >>FRANK REDDICK: I DON'T KNOW
09:11:56 IF THE GENTLEMAN WAS HERE WHEN
09:11:57 YOU READ THE STATEMENT, SO I
09:11:58 THINK --
09:12:02 >> STOP MY TIME, PLEASE.
09:12:03 >>FRANK REDDICK: YOU NEED TO
09:12:05 REMIND HIM BEFORE WE HAVE HIM
09:12:06 REMOVED FROM THE CHAMBER.
09:12:25 DO YOU NEED A COPY?
09:12:26 >>MARTIN SHELBY: PARDON?
09:12:27 I HAVE IT HERE.
09:12:28 >>FRANK REDDICK: OH, OKAY.
09:12:29 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU.
09:12:42 IT STATES -- YES, I DO SAY --
09:12:47 IT DOES SAY HERE -- IT SAYS,
09:13:00 RULE F -- 5(F) SAYS -- I JUST
09:13:01 WANT TO BE ABLE TO READ THE
09:13:01 RULE.
09:13:04 IT SAYS, SPEAKERS SHALL REFRAIN
09:13:06 FROM DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR,
09:13:07 INCLUDING MAKING VULGAR OR
09:13:08 THREATENING REMARKS.
09:13:09 SPEAKERS SHALL REFRAIN FROM
09:13:12 LAUNCHING PERSONAL ATTACKS CITY
09:13:12 OFFICIAL, CITY STAFF, OR ANY
09:13:12 MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, AND THAT
09:13:14 COMMENTS SHALL BE DIRECTED TO
09:13:15 THE COUNCIL AS A BODY AND NOT
09:13:17 TO INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS,
09:13:19 AND, SIR, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
09:13:20 WERE IN THE CHAMBERS WHEN I
09:13:21 READ THE STATEMENT THAT SAID
09:13:22 THAT CITY COUNCIL APPRECIATES
09:13:24 YOUR COOPERATION IN MAINTAINING
09:13:26 ORDERLY CONDUCT AND PROPER
09:13:27 DECORUM.
09:13:28 THANK YOU.
09:13:31 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
09:13:35 YOU MAY RESUME.
09:13:38 >> MAN, YOU ALL LIKE TO
09:13:40 INTERRUPT BLACK PEOPLE FOR NO
09:13:42 REASON, PERIOD.
09:13:44 YOU ALL HATE FOR BLACK PEOPLE
09:13:46 TO ARTICULATE IN ANY WAY
09:13:47 WHATSOEVER.
09:13:48 WHEN WE BRING OUT ANYTHING
09:13:50 ABOUT RACIAL INJUSTICE, YOU ALL
09:13:51 HATE IT.
09:13:53 YOU ALL LIKE TO SILENCE BLACK
09:13:54 PEOPLE.
09:13:56 THAT'S WHAT YOU LIKE TO DO.
09:13:58 MAN, YOU'RE WASTING GOVERNMENT
09:13:59 TIME, YOU'RE WASTING CITY TIME,
09:14:01 AND YOU'RE WASTING YOUR TIME
09:14:06 TRYING TO CORRAL ME LIKE SOME
09:14:08 KIND WILD UNTAMED SLAVE OR WILD
09:14:09 UNTAMED ANIMAL.
09:14:12 YOU'RE WASTING YOUR TIME, PLAIN
09:14:13 AND SIMPLE.
09:14:14 WHEN AFRICAN PEOPLE TRY TO
09:14:16 ARTICULATE, IT'S ALWAYS A NEW
09:14:17 RULE.
09:14:18 YOU CAN'T GO INTO STARBUCKS AND
09:14:19 WAIT FOR YOUR FRIEND BECAUSE
09:14:21 YOU END UP GETTING ARRESTED.
09:14:23 YOU CAN'T RIDE YOUR BICYCLE IN
09:14:24 THE CITY OF TAMPA IF YOU'RE
09:14:25 BLACK.
09:14:28 IT'S CALLED BIKING WHILE BLACK.
09:14:30 AND IF SOMEONE IS OFFENDED BY
09:14:32 THE FACT THAT I POINTED THEM
09:14:33 OUT BECAUSE THEY REPRESENT OUR
09:14:35 DISTRICT, WHICH IS DISTRICT 5,
09:14:37 THEN WE WOULD GO BEYOND THAT
09:14:39 AND SAY THIS CITY COUNCIL
09:14:43 ADDRESSING YOU ALL AS A BODY,
09:14:45 THIS CITY COUNCIL HAS DONE
09:14:47 ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY NOTHING
09:14:49 TO ADDRESS PROBLEMS THAT OCCURS
09:14:53 INSIDE THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
09:14:54 COMMUNITY, ABSOLUTELY
09:14:56 POSITIVELY NOTHING.
09:14:57 AND THE PERSON ADDRESSED
09:14:59 SOMETHING ELSE ABOUT TERM
09:14:59 LIMITS.
09:15:01 YEAH, PEOPLE LIKE TO JUMP FROM
09:15:03 THIS OFFICE AND RUN OVER TO THE
09:15:05 CITY COUNCIL OR TO THE COUNTY
09:15:08 COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE.
09:15:10 NO, WHEN THAT TIME COMES NOT
09:15:11 ONE SINGLE VOTE FOR ANYONE
09:15:14 TRYING TO GO TO ANOTHER OFFICE.
09:15:15 NOW, THEY CAN DO -- PLAY
09:15:17 MUSICAL CHAIRS AND SAY NOW WE
09:15:18 HAVE A NEW CHAIRMAN AND WE HAVE
09:15:20 THIS AND WE HAVE THAT.
09:15:23 NO, THOSE INDIVIDUALS, IF YOU
09:15:26 WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A
09:15:28 BODY, DO ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY
09:15:31 NOTHING FOR THE AFRICAN
09:15:33 COMMUNITY, AND IF YOU ALL WANT
09:15:34 THAT DUTY AND RESPONSIBILITY,
09:15:36 I'M SURE THE PERSON WHO
09:15:37 REPRESENTS NEW TAMPA -- THERE'S
09:15:39 A LOT OF NEW DEVELOPMENT GOING
09:15:42 ON IN NEW TAMPA, SO I'M SURE
09:15:43 HIS CONSTITUENTS DON'T HAVE ANY
09:15:44 PROBLEMS WITH HIM AND THE
09:15:46 PEOPLE THAT REPRESENT SOUTH
09:15:48 TAMPA, ALTHOUGH A FEW OF US
09:15:50 FROM BAYSHORE HAVE A PROBLEM
09:15:50 WITH THE FLOODING AND SOME
09:15:52 OTHER THINGS OUT THERE, BUT
09:15:53 WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT
09:15:54 BAYSHORE RIGHT NOW, WE'RE NOT
09:15:56 TALKING ABOUT GANDY FLOODING,
09:15:57 AND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT
09:15:59 ANDERSON AND DALE MABRY
09:16:01 FLOODING, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
09:16:02 DISTRICT 5, NO REPRESENTATION.
09:16:04 MAN, YOU CANNOT CORRAL ME, AND
09:16:07 I HAVE NO RESPECT FOR YOU WHY
09:16:08 YOU TRY TO DO SO.
09:16:10 THAT'S WHY I TURNED MY BACK ON
09:16:12 YOUR STUPID ASS.
09:16:12 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:16:14 ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK AT
09:16:14 THIS TIME DURING PUBLIC
09:16:15 COMMENT?
09:16:15 ALL RIGHT.
09:16:18 WE'LL GO -- ARE THERE ANY
09:16:20 REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC -- FROM THE
09:16:22 PUBLIC FOR RECONSIDERATION OF
09:16:24 LEGISLATIVE MATTERS?
09:16:24 ALL RIGHT.
09:16:25 SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO
09:16:28 COMMITTEE REPORTS.
09:16:32 PUBLIC SAFETY, MR. MIRANDA.
09:16:33 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU,
09:16:34 MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:16:36 CHAIRMAN, I MOVE ITEMS 1-3.
09:16:38 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
09:16:39 >>FRANK REDDICK: I'VE GOT A
09:16:41 MOTION FROM MR. MIRANDA, SECOND
09:16:41 BY MR. MANISCALCO.
09:16:44 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY
09:16:44 AYE.
09:16:45 SIR, YOU'RE TOO LATE.
09:16:47 WE JUST FINISHED THAT PORTION.
09:16:48 >> OKAY.
09:16:48 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:16:50 PUBLIC WORKS.
09:16:50 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU
09:16:51 VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:16:53 I MOVE ITEMS 4-11.
09:16:53 >>HARRY COHEN: SECOND.
09:16:54 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:16:55 A MOTION BY MR. MANISCALCO,
09:16:56 SECOND BY MR. COHEN.
09:16:57 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
09:16:58 AYE.
09:16:58 OPPOSED.
09:16:59 OKAY.
09:17:00 FINANCE COMMITTEE, MR. COHEN.
09:17:01 >>HARRY COHEN: THANK YOU VERY
09:17:02 MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
09:17:11 I MOVE ITEMS 13-19.
09:17:13 >>FRANK REDDICK: GOT A SECOND?
09:17:14 >>MIKE SUAREZ: SECOND.
09:17:15 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY
09:17:16 MR. COHEN, SECOND BY
09:17:17 MR. SUAREZ.
09:17:18 ALL IN FAVOR.
09:17:19 OPPOSED.
09:17:20 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I THINK WE
09:17:21 MISSED ITEM NO. 12.
09:17:23 THERE WAS A MISTAKE ON THE
09:17:23 AGENDA.
09:17:25 WHEN MR. MANISCALCO DID ITEMS
09:17:28 4-11.
09:17:30 THERE IS AN ITEM CONNECTED TO
09:17:31 ITEM 11.
09:17:32 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I MOVE ITEM
09:17:34 12.
09:17:35 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
09:17:37 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY
09:17:38 MR. MANISCALCO, SECOND BY
09:17:39 MR. MIRANDA.
09:17:41 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
09:17:41 OPPOSED.
09:17:42 GO AHEAD, SIR.
09:17:43 [LAUGHTER]
09:17:45 GO TO BUILDING AND ZONING AND
09:17:47 PRESERVATION, MR. VIERA.
09:17:47 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU,
09:17:48 MR. CHAIR.
09:17:50 I MOVE ITEMS 20-31, WITH A
09:17:53 REQUEST FOR SUBSTITUTE FOR ITEM
09:17:54 AGENDA NO. 22.
09:17:55 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
09:17:55 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
09:17:56 MR. VIERA, SECOND BY
09:17:57 MR. MIRANDA.
09:17:58 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
09:17:59 MOTION SAY AYE.
09:17:59 OPPOSED.
09:18:01 ALL RIGHT.
09:18:02 TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, AND
09:18:03 MR. SUAREZ.
09:18:04 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU,
09:18:04 CHAIR.
09:18:06 I MOVE ITEMS 32-35.
09:18:07 >>HARRY COHEN: SECOND.
09:18:08 >>FRANK REDDICK: I HAVE A
09:18:09 MOTION BY MR. SUAREZ, SECONDED
09:18:11 BY MR. COHEN.
09:18:12 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
09:18:13 MOTION SAY AYE.
09:18:14 THOSE OPPOSED.
09:18:15 ALL RIGHT.
09:18:22 PUBLIC HEARINGS, 9:30.
09:18:26 >> WE CAN DO ITEM --
09:18:27 >> DO WE HAVE STAFF REPORTS?
09:18:28 >>FRANK REDDICK: YEAH.
09:18:30 THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING.
09:18:31 ARE YOU OKAY WITH DOING STAFF
09:18:32 REPORTS?
09:18:33 >> THAT'S FINE.
09:18:34 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
09:18:34 ALL RIGHT.
09:18:39 WE'LL GO TO STAFF REPORT, AND
09:18:40 IF A STAFF MEMBER IS NOT HERE,
09:18:41 PLEASE, I HOPE YOU'RE WATCHING
09:18:43 SO YOU COME DOWN AS SOON AS
09:18:44 POSSIBLE.
09:18:49 ITEM NO. 39, IT'S JUST A
09:18:50 RESOLUTION.
09:18:50 STAFF REPORT.
09:18:55 OKAY.
09:18:56 >> GOOD MORNING, ERIC WEISS,
09:18:59 WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT, HERE TO
09:19:00 ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE
09:19:01 ON THIS ITEM.
09:19:02 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY QUESTIONS
09:19:02 FROM COUNCIL?
09:19:03 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE THE
09:19:03 RESOLUTION.
09:19:04 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
09:19:05 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
09:19:06 MR. MIRANDA, SECOND BY
09:19:07 MR. MANISCALCO.
09:19:08 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
09:19:09 AYE.
09:19:09 OPPOSED.
09:19:10 ALL RIGHT.
09:19:15 ITEM NO. 40 UNDER STAFF
09:19:17 REPORTS.
09:19:23 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:19:25 PAUL DIAL WITH PARKS AND
09:19:25 RECREATION.
09:19:27 WE HAVE AN ITEM THAT WAS
09:19:30 REQUESTED OF AN ADOPT-A-PARK
09:19:31 PROGRAM AND A LITTLE BIT OF
09:19:33 RESEARCH RELATED TO THAT THIS
09:19:33 MORNING.
09:19:34 SPECIFICALLY, IT WAS MENTIONED
09:19:37 ABOUT ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, AND
09:19:38 WHAT THEY DO IN THAT LOCATION.
09:19:41 I HAVE BRAD SUDER HERE WITH US,
09:19:42 WHO IS OUR PLANNING DESIGN AND
09:19:43 NATURAL RESOURCE
09:19:44 SUPERINTENDENT, CAN SPEAK TO
09:19:47 THAT, AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE, IF
09:19:48 AT YOUR PLEASURE, WE WANTED TO
09:19:50 HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE OF KEEP
09:19:52 TAMPA BAY BEAUTIFUL WITH US TO
09:19:53 REALLY SPEAK TO WHAT WE'RE
09:19:54 DOING AS WELL HERE IN TAMPA,
09:19:55 AND WE HAVE THE EXECUTIVE
09:19:59 DIRECTOR, DEBBIE EVENSON, AND
09:20:03 SO WE'LL GO WITH BRAD FIRST IF
09:20:05 THAT'S YOUR PLEASURE.
09:20:05 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
09:20:07 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:20:09 BRAD SUDER, PARKS AND
09:20:09 RECREATION.
09:20:11 THERE WAS A MOTION THAT ASKED
09:20:12 ABOUT PARK ADOPTION PROGRAMS
09:20:14 AND FOR US TO LOOK AT IN
09:20:16 PARTICULAR ALEXANDRIA,
09:20:17 VIRGINIA.
09:20:19 WE DID THE RESEARCH ON THAT AND
09:20:21 PROVIDED YOU A REPORT OF WHAT
09:20:21 WE FOUND.
09:20:22 THEY ARE IN THEIR INAUGURAL
09:20:25 YEAR OF PARK ADOPTIONS, AND
09:20:29 THEY WERE ABLE TO DRAW IN 377
09:20:30 VOLUNTEERS FOR DIFFERENT HOURS
09:20:33 OR SERVICE HOURS AND REALLY
09:20:34 START THEIR INITIATIVES TO DO
09:20:35 THIS.
09:20:38 THEY ARE PART OF OVER -- THEY
09:20:40 ARE PART OF KEEP AMERICA
09:20:41 BEAUTIFUL AFFILIATES.
09:20:43 THERE'S OVER 700 NATIONWIDE,
09:20:45 AND WE HAVE THE PLEASURE OF
09:20:47 WORKING WITH KEEP TAMPA BAY
09:20:49 BEAUTIFUL FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS.
09:20:52 NEXT YEAR IS OUR 30th YEAR OF
09:20:54 PARTNERING WITH KEEP TAMPA BAY
09:20:54 BEAUTIFUL.
09:20:55 THEY HAVE AN INCREDIBLE
09:20:58 HISTORY, AND DEBBIE WILL NOT
09:20:59 BRAG ON THEM A LITTLE BIT, BUT
09:21:00 LET ME TELL YOU THAT THEY HAVE
09:21:03 BEEN NAMED THE NUMBER ONE
09:21:04 AFFILIATE OF KEEP AMERICA
09:21:06 BEAUTIFUL FOR THREE YEARS IN A
09:21:07 ROW.
09:21:08 THEN THEY CHANGED THE RULES,
09:21:09 AND THEN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS
09:21:10 AFTER THAT THEY'VE BEEN NAMED
09:21:12 THE TOP HONOR AS WELL WITH
09:21:13 ANOTHER GROUP.
09:21:14 SO WE ARE IN GOOD HANDS.
09:21:17 WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF
09:21:19 VOLUNTEERS EVERY YEAR THAT
09:21:21 DEBBIE'S GOING TO SPEAK ON, AS
09:21:23 WELL AS HUNDREDS OF ADOPTION
09:21:25 PROGRAMS IN JUST THIS ONE YEAR,
09:21:27 LIKE 133 ADOPTION CONTRACTS
09:21:29 THIS YEAR ALONE, SO WITH THAT,
09:21:32 I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DEBBIE.
09:21:33 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:21:36 I'M DEBBIE EVENSON, EXECUTIVE
09:21:37 DIRECTOR FOR KEEP TAMPA BAY
09:21:38 BEAUTIFUL.
09:21:40 I AM VERY PROUD TO BE PART OF
09:21:42 THE ORGANIZATION THAT I AM AND
09:21:43 HAVE BEEN PART OF IT FOR ALMOST
09:21:46 20 YEARS, SO IN THAT, WE DO DO
09:21:48 THE ADOPT-A-PARK PROGRAM AND WE
09:21:50 DO HAVE OVER 130 ADOPTION
09:21:51 GROUPS RIGHT NOW.
09:21:53 WE WORK WITH 16,000 VOLUNTEERS
09:21:56 YEARLY THROUGHOUT HILLSBOROUGH
09:21:59 COUNTY, BUT ALONE, JUST IN THE
09:22:00 CITY OF TAMPA, WE HAVE ABOUT
09:22:03 140 ADOPTION GROUPS RIGHT NOW.
09:22:04 THEY DO -- THEY HAVE TO COMMIT
09:22:07 TO DO A TWO-YEAR TERM WITH US.
09:22:08 MANY OF THEM DO CONTINUOUS
09:22:10 YEARS WITH US, BUT THEY ALSO
09:22:12 HAVE TO COMMIT TO DOING FOUR
09:22:14 CLEANUPS EACH YEAR WHEREVER
09:22:16 THEIR LOCATION IS, AND I CAN
09:22:18 TELL YOU OVER HALF OF THEM DO
09:22:19 MONTHLY CLEANUPS, SO WE'RE
09:22:21 PROUD OF OUR VOLUNTEERS, WE'RE
09:22:22 PROUD OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
09:22:27 THAT WE DO DO, AND WE HAVE
09:22:27 GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH NOT ONLY
09:22:29 THE CITY OF TAMPA BUT WITH THE
09:22:31 CITY OF TAMPA PARKS, AND WE
09:22:32 COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE
09:22:34 SUPPORT OF BOTH, SO I'M HAPPY
09:22:36 TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
09:22:37 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. COHEN.
09:22:38 >>HARRY COHEN: SO HERE IS THE
09:22:40 QUESTION I WANT TO ASK YOU.
09:22:41 IF A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
09:22:43 OR A BUSINESS OR A GROUP OF
09:22:45 CONCERNED CITIZENS WANTED TO DO
09:22:48 ADOPT-A-PARK, WHAT IS THE
09:22:50 PROCESS, WHAT DO THEY DO IN
09:22:51 ORDER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN?
09:22:53 >> THEY GIVE US A CALL AND WE
09:22:53 MEET WITH THEM.
09:22:55 I ACTUALLY MET WITH THE YOUNG
09:22:57 LADY THAT TALKED WITH YOU,
09:22:58 COUNCILMAN COHEN, AND SHE
09:22:59 HAPPENED TO BE IN THE OFFICE
09:23:00 YESTERDAY.
09:23:02 SHE WAS DOING A CLEANUP WE'RE
09:23:03 DOING NEXT SATURDAY, AND SHE
09:23:05 MENTIONED ADOPT-A-PARK, AND I
09:23:07 WAS LIKE, WE DO THAT.
09:23:07 IT'S JUST A MATTER OF
09:23:09 CONTACTING US, HAVE THE
09:23:11 CONVERSATION OF WHAT THEY WANT
09:23:12 TO BE A PART OF, HOW MUCH THEY
09:23:15 WANT TO BE A PART OF THE PARK
09:23:16 AND DOING -- WHETHER THEY WANT
09:23:18 TO DO FLOWER PLANTINGS, TREE
09:23:20 PLANTINGS, OR JUST CLEANUPS,
09:23:20 TRAIL CLEARING.
09:23:21 WE CAN PROVIDE ALL OF THE TOOLS
09:23:22 NEEDED FOR THEM.
09:23:23 THERE'S NO COST FOR THE
09:23:24 ADOPTION PROGRAM FOR
09:23:25 VOLUNTEERS, WHETHER IT'S
09:23:26 CORPORATE, NEIGHBORHOOD
09:23:31 ASSOCIATIONS, CIVIC GROUPS, BOY
09:23:32 SCOUTS, GIRL SCOUTS, WE TAKE
09:23:34 ALL GROUPS TO PARTICIPATE.
09:23:35 >>HARRY COHEN: AND HOW DO THEY
09:23:36 REACH US?
09:23:38 >> THEY GIVE US A CALL AT
09:23:44 221-8733 OR ON OUR WEBSITE AT
09:23:49 KEEPTAMPABAYBEAUTIFUL.ORG.
09:23:49 >>FRANK REDDICK: HOW MANY HOURS
09:23:51 DO THEY HAVE TO COMMIT TO?
09:23:53 IS THIS WEEKLY OR BIWEEKLY?
09:23:54 >> THEY HAVE TO COMMIT TO FOUR
09:23:56 CLEANUPS A YEAR.
09:23:58 BUT HONESTLY, OUR VOLUNTEERS
09:24:00 COMMIT TO A LOT MORE THAN THAT.
09:24:01 THEIR CLEANUPS CAN BE TWO TO
09:24:02 FOUR HOURS.
09:24:04 SOME TAKE A WHOLE DAY OF DOING
09:24:05 PROJECTS BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING
09:24:07 TREE PLANTINGS OR REPLANTING A
09:24:09 GARDEN IN LOWRY PARK.
09:24:11 I KNOW GIRL SCOUT TROOPS LIKE
09:24:12 TO DO PLANTINGS OF THE FLOWERS
09:24:15 AROUND THE SIGN GOING INTO THE
09:24:16 PARK, SO IT TAKES THEM MORE
09:24:17 THAN A COUPLE HOURS TO DO THAT.
09:24:18 DEPENDING ON THE PROJECT, IT
09:24:20 CAN BE A LOT LONGER.
09:24:20 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
09:24:21 MR. MIRANDA.
09:24:22 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I JUST WANT
09:24:24 TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR 563
09:24:25 PROJECTS THAT YOU'VE DONE IN
09:24:28 THE CITY, LOGGING OVER 32,000
09:24:30 HOURS OF SERVICE FOR REMOVING
09:24:33 336,000-PLUS POUNDS OF LITTER
09:24:35 AND DEBRIS, AND FOR REMOVING
09:24:38 25,000-PLUS POUNDS OF INVASIVE
09:24:40 SPECIES, AND I COULD GO ON AND
09:24:41 ON AND ON.
09:24:42 IN FACT, WE'RE NEAR BROKE.
09:24:45 WITHOUT YOU WE'D BE REAL BROKE,
09:24:48 AND IT'S AMAZING THAT
09:24:50 INDIVIDUALS ARE GETTING
09:24:52 INVOLVED, AND I'M SO PROUD OF
09:24:53 EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOUR
09:24:55 THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS FOR
09:24:55 WHAT THEY DO.
09:24:57 IT GOES BACK TO THE OLD DAYS.
09:24:59 WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING BUT WE
09:25:00 HAD EVERYTHING.
09:25:01 NOW YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING AND
09:25:02 YOU'VE GOT NOTHING.
09:25:03 EVERYBODY WANTS IT HANDED TO
09:25:05 THEM ON A SILVER PLATTER AND
09:25:07 NOBODY REALLY GIVES A DAMN, AND
09:25:09 I'M PROUD OF SAYING THANK YOU
09:25:09 VERY MUCH.
09:25:10 >> YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.
09:25:12 THANK YOU.
09:25:12 >>FRANK REDDICK: FINAL
09:25:13 QUESTION.
09:25:14 DO YOU DIVIDE THE NUMBER OF
09:25:16 VOLUNTEERS UP TO THE VARIOUS
09:25:18 PARKS ON THE WEEKENDS?
09:25:20 >> SO AN ADOPTION GROUP CHOOSES
09:25:22 THEIR PARK OR LOCATION THAT
09:25:24 THEY WANT TO DO, BUT OUR
09:25:26 CLEANUPS, IT'S LIKE WE'VE GOT
09:25:28 ONE NEXT SATURDAY, APRIL 28th.
09:25:29 IT'S THE GREAT AMERICAN
09:25:29 CLEANUP.
09:25:30 WE HAVE OVER 4,000 VOLUNTEERS
09:25:32 ALREADY SIGNED UP FOR THIS
09:25:33 ONE-DAY CLEANUP.
09:25:36 WE HAVE 85 SITES THROUGHOUT
09:25:38 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, A LOT
09:25:39 LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF
09:25:40 TAMPA, SO THEY JUST GO TO OUR
09:25:42 WEBSITE, THEY CHOOSE THE SITE
09:25:43 THAT'S CLOSE TO THEIR LOCATION
09:25:45 AND CONVENIENT TO THEM, AND WE
09:25:46 PROVIDE EVERYTHING FROM GARBAGE
09:25:50 BAGS, PICKUP STICKS, GLOVES.
09:25:52 IF IT'S WATER-BASED, WE HAVE
09:25:53 NETS FOR THEM.
09:25:54 WE PROVIDE ALL TOOLS NEEDED FOR
09:25:55 THEM.
09:25:57 >>FRANK REDDICK: WILL ANYBODY
09:25:59 BE AT ROWLETT PARK NEXT
09:25:59 WEEKEND?
09:26:02 >> I BELIEVE ROWLETT PARK IS
09:26:04 ONE OF THEM, YES.
09:26:05 >>FRANK REDDICK: I'LL BE
09:26:06 LOOKING WHEN I GO OUT TO
09:26:06 EXERCISE.
09:26:08 >> THE FIRST PART OF WHAT WE --
09:26:10 IT'S LIKE THE WHOLE FAMILY CAN
09:26:10 JOIN.
09:26:12 YOU CAN BE TWO YEARS OLD AND AS
09:26:14 OLD AS GRANDMA TO COME OUT.
09:26:16 IT'S GREAT FOR THE FAMILY, AND
09:26:19 THERE'S NOT THAT MANY WAYS TO
09:26:20 GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THAT
09:26:21 THE FAMILY CAN JOIN.
09:26:22 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY OTHER
09:26:23 QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
09:26:24 >> REAL QUICK.
09:26:25 THERE'S A COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
09:26:26 WHERE MY DISTRICT IS AT, AND
09:26:27 THEY WERE LOOKING AT ADOPTING A
09:26:31 -- A LAKE -- A SMALL LAKE,
09:26:33 SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD DO.
09:26:39 >> IS THAT NORTHDALE?
09:26:40 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO.
09:26:41 >> HAVE THEM CONTACT US.
09:26:43 WE HAVE THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS.
09:26:44 IF WE CAN'T HELP THEM, WE KNOW
09:26:46 WHO TO CONTACT TO SEE WHAT WE
09:26:46 CAN DO.
09:26:47 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I'LL REACH
09:26:49 OUT TO THEM AND I HAVE THEIR
09:26:50 PHONE NUMBER.
09:26:51 I'LL HAVE THEM GIVE YOU A CALL.
09:26:52 >> GREAT.
09:26:53 THANK YOU.
09:26:54 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:26:56 WE'LL GO TO ITEM NO. 41.
09:27:00 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:27:03 TONY MULKEY, PARKS AND
09:27:04 RECREATION SPECIAL EVENTS, HERE
09:27:06 TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION FOR A
09:27:08 STAFF REPORT ON MOVIES IN THE
09:27:09 PARK.
09:27:10 JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND ABOUT
09:27:12 WHAT WE'VE DONE AND HOW THE
09:27:13 TAMPA THEATRE GOT INVOLVED WITH
09:27:15 MOVIES IN THE PARK THIS YEAR.
09:27:17 EVERY YEAR WE OFFER TWO SERIES
09:27:19 OF MOVIES IN THE PARK.
09:27:20 IT USED TO BE CALLED SCREEN ON
09:27:21 THE GREEN.
09:27:23 WE HAD THEM AT CURTIS HIXON
09:27:25 PARK, WE PARTNER WITH FRIENDS
09:27:27 OF TAMPA RECREATION TO PROVIDE
09:27:28 THOSE MOVIES.
09:27:30 WE MOVED THOSE OVER TO WATER
09:27:30 WORKS PARK.
09:27:32 THEY TAKE PLACE EVERY OCTOBER
09:27:33 AND EVERY APRIL.
09:27:35 THE -- IT WAS KIND OF AN IDEA
09:27:37 TO ACTIVATE THAT SPACE, AND I
09:27:38 THINK THAT'S KIND OF THE
09:27:40 INTENTION TO MAYBE MOVE THOSE
09:27:41 AROUND.
09:27:42 THE TAMPA THEATRE GOT INVOLVED
09:27:45 WITH MOVIES IN THE PARK LAST
09:27:47 YEAR WHEN THEY WERE GOING --
09:27:47 UNDERGOING A SIGNIFICANT
09:27:51 RESERVATION, AND WE HAD OUR
09:27:53 MOVIES IN CURTIS HIXON PARK.
09:27:55 THEY OFFERED MOVIES EVERY
09:27:56 FRIDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING,
09:27:57 THEIR HOLIDAY CLASSIC SERIES
09:27:58 THAT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL, AND
09:28:00 WE ARE OPEN TO REACHING OUT TO
09:28:02 THEM, EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES
09:28:04 FOR THEM TO INTEGRATE SOME OF
09:28:06 THEIR PROGRAMMING AND COME OUT
09:28:08 TO SOME OTHER PARK SITES THAT
09:28:09 WE HAVE.
09:28:10 >>FRANK REDDICK:
09:28:11 MR. MANISCALCO.
09:28:12 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YEAH.
09:28:13 THE GOAL FOR THIS WAS, YOU
09:28:14 KNOW, SOME OF THE OTHER PARKS,
09:28:15 LIKE WHERE SULPHUR SPRINGS IS
09:28:17 AT, WHAT IS IT, RIVER TOWER
09:28:18 PARK?
09:28:19 >> RIVER TOWER.
09:28:21 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU KNOW,
09:28:22 THESE NEIGHBORS, I DON'T KNOW
09:28:24 THAT THEY'RE NEGLECTED, BUT
09:28:26 WHEN WE HAVE THE GREENSPACE TO
09:28:26 DO SO.
09:28:28 LIKE, WHERE THE SULPHUR SPRINGS
09:28:29 TOWER IS AT, THAT WAS A
09:28:31 DRIVE-IN YEARS AGO, SO, YOU
09:28:33 KNOW, IT'S USED TO THE MOVIES.
09:28:35 SO THAT WAS IT, TO ACTIVATE
09:28:36 OTHER PARKS BEYOND THE DOWNTOWN
09:28:39 AL LOPEZ PARK, WHICH IS IN MY
09:28:40 DISTRICT IN WEST TAMPA, A LOT
09:28:42 OF GREENSPACE, A LOT OF
09:28:43 PARKING, AND I THINK WE COULD
09:28:44 DRAW A GOOD CROWD, SO WE'LL
09:28:45 DISCUSS IT FURTHER.
09:28:48 >> ABSOLUTELY.
09:28:49 >>FRANK REDDICK: WHAT TYPE OF
09:28:52 MOVIES WILL NORMALLY BE SHOWN?
09:28:53 >> I THINK LIKE THIS LAST
09:28:55 SERIES, WE HAD, LIKE THE "LEGO
09:28:56 BATMAN" AND JUST KIND OF
09:28:58 FAMILY-FRIENDLY SERIES.
09:29:01 WE'VE DELVED INTO THE HOLIDAY
09:29:02 SERIES OF HAVING SOME HORROR
09:29:05 MOVIES OUT AT CURTIS HIXON
09:29:06 PARK.
09:29:07 WE ACTUALLY TITLED THAT "SCREAM
09:29:09 ON THE GREEN," AND THAT WAS
09:29:10 SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
09:29:12 DURING THE HOLIDAYS, OF COURSE,
09:29:15 ARE HOLIDAY THEMED, THINGS LIKE
09:29:16 A CHRISTMAS STORY.
09:29:19 >>FRANK REDDICK: I HOPE YOU
09:29:20 CONSIDER SHOWING "BLACK
09:29:24 PANTHER" SO I DON'T HAVE TO GO
09:29:26 PAY FOR THE MOVIE.
09:29:27 >> WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT.
09:29:28 [LAUGHTER]
09:29:29 >>MIKE SUAREZ: MR. CHAIR,
09:29:30 BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO PAY FOR
09:29:32 IT AT SOME POINT, HOW MUCH DOES
09:29:33 IT COST TO PROVIDE THOSE
09:29:35 MOVIES, BECAUSE THERE IS A COST
09:29:35 ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
09:29:37 ALTHOUGH WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE
09:29:38 "BLACK PANTHER" ON THE SCREEN,
09:29:40 IT'S MAKING SO MUCH MONEY NOW,
09:29:43 THEY'D PROBABLY LOVE OUR MONEY.
09:29:44 >> SOME TITLES ARE MORE
09:29:44 EXPENSIVE.
09:29:46 WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH A
09:29:47 LICENSING COMPANY THAT PROVIDES
09:29:48 THE OUTDOOR VIEWING FOR PUBLIC
09:29:50 DISPLAY.
09:29:51 TYPICALLY THE ONES THAT WE SHOW
09:29:54 RANGE FROM $6- TO $800 PER
09:29:56 SCREENING FOR THE RIGHTS TO DO
09:29:56 SO.
09:29:58 THEY CAN GO UP BASED ON THE
09:30:00 POPULARITY, AND IF IT'S DISNEY
09:30:02 IT GOES UP, AND THERE'S SEVERAL
09:30:03 FACTORS THAT PLAY INTO THAT.
09:30:04 >>MIKE SUAREZ: AND TYPICALLY
09:30:06 THEY'RE OLDER MOVIES THAT HAVE
09:30:07 BEEN OUT MAYBE FIVE YEARS OR
09:30:08 SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEY'RE
09:30:09 NOT USUAL LIP FIRST-RUN MOVIE
09:30:13 -- USUALLY FIRST-RUN MOVIES OR
09:30:14 ABOUT A YEAR OUT?
09:30:16 >> ABOUT A YEAR OUT.
09:30:17 >>MIKE SUAREZ: MR. CHAIRMAN, WE
09:30:18 MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING ON THE
09:30:19 GREEN FOR FEBRUARY OF NEXT
09:30:22 YEAR, SO -- LIKE "BLACK
09:30:24 PANTHER."
09:30:26 >>HARRY COHEN: I WANT TO SEE
09:30:31 "CHAPPAQUIDDICK."
09:30:32 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY OTHER
09:30:34 QUESTIONS, MR. VIERA?
09:30:35 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU,
09:30:36 MR. CHAIR.
09:30:37 THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM.
09:30:38 I'VE BEEN OUT A COUPLE OF
09:30:40 TIMES, AND IT REALLY BRINGS THE
09:30:42 COMMUNITY TOGETHER, AND I THANK
09:30:43 YOU, COUNCILMEN COHEN AND
09:30:44 MANISCALCO, FOR BRINGING THIS
09:30:44 FORWARD.
09:30:46 I'D LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING IN
09:30:48 DISTRICT 7 AND TALK TO YOU ALL
09:30:49 AND MAYBE DO SOMETHING IN
09:30:51 FOREST HILLS OR SOMEWHERE, AND
09:30:52 I THINK WE COULD SCREEN
09:30:53 "ROCKY."
09:30:55 I THINK THAT'S A GREAT MOVIE.
09:30:57 42 YEARS OLD BUT STILL PACKS A
09:30:57 PUNCH.
09:30:59 >> SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
09:31:00 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
09:31:00 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANYTHING ELSE,
09:31:01 COUNCIL?
09:31:02 WE THANK YOU.
09:31:03 >> THANK YOU.
09:31:03 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:31:05 WE GO TO ITEM NO. 42.
09:31:07 >> MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT'S TO BE
09:31:08 RECEIVED AND FILED.
09:31:08 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
09:31:09 GET A MOTION?
09:31:10 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MOVE.
09:31:11 >>HARRY COHEN: SECOND.
09:31:12 >>FRANK REDDICK: WE'VE GOT A
09:31:13 MOTION FROM MR. MANISCALCO,
09:31:14 SECOND BY MR. COHEN.
09:31:16 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
09:31:17 AYE.
09:31:18 THOSE OPPOSED.
09:31:18 ALL RIGHT.
09:31:19 MOTION CARRIED.
09:31:23 ITEM 43.
09:31:24 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:31:27 ERNIE MUELLER WITH THE CITY'S
09:31:28 LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
09:31:31 I'M HERE ON ITEM NO. 43,
09:31:34 PRESENTING A DRAFT ORDINANCE,
09:31:36 AND I DID PRESENT THAT TO
09:31:36 EVERYBODY MONDAY.
09:31:38 DOES EVERYBODY HAVE A COPY?
09:31:40 OTHERWISE, I'VE GOT SOME EXTRAS
09:31:42 IF YOU'D LIKE.
09:31:42 GOOD?
09:31:42 ALL RIGHT.
09:31:44 THIS ORDINANCE WILL ALLOW THE
09:31:46 CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO
09:31:49 SETTLE CODE ENFORCEMENT SPECIAL
09:31:50 MAGISTRATE AND CODE ENFORCEMENT
09:31:53 BOARD LIENS TO A $250
09:31:54 ADMINISTRATIVE FEE WHEN THE
09:31:56 PROPERTY IS USED AS A COMMUNITY
09:31:58 GARDEN, BUT THE FOLLOWING
09:32:00 CONDITIONS MUST BE MET.
09:32:02 NUMBER ONE, ACTIVE VIOLATIONS
09:32:03 ON THE PROPERTY MUST BE
09:32:05 CORRECTED.
09:32:07 TWO, THE PROPERTY MUST MEET THE
09:32:09 COMMUNITY GARDEN REQUIREMENTS
09:32:11 THAT ARE FOUND IN CHAPTER 27 OF
09:32:13 OUR CODE.
09:32:14 THREE, THE COMMUNITY GARDEN
09:32:16 AGREEMENT -- THERE HAS TO BE A
09:32:17 COMMUNITY GARDEN AGREEMENT
09:32:20 THAT'S EXECUTED BY THE PROPERTY
09:32:21 OWNER, AND IF IT'S BEING LEASED
09:32:25 TO THE LESSEE, THAT WILL THEN
09:32:26 BE SUBMITTED TO BOTH
09:32:27 NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT AND TO
09:32:32 THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
09:32:33 AND THE LEASE MUST BE ATTACHED
09:32:36 TO THAT AGREEMENT.
09:32:37 THE LESSEE MANAGED -- IF THERE
09:32:38 IS A LESSEE MANAGING AND
09:32:40 MAINTAINING THE PROPERTY, THEY
09:32:40 MUST BE A NEIGHBORHOOD
09:32:41 ASSOCIATION OFFICIALLY
09:32:45 REGISTERED WITH THE CITY OF
09:32:46 TAMPA NEIGHBORHOOD AND
09:32:48 COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICE, OR
09:32:49 THEY HAVE TO BE AN INCORPORATED
09:32:51 NOT-FOR-PROFIT.
09:32:53 AND FINALLY, THE PROPERTY MUST
09:32:54 BE USED AS A COMMUNITY GARDEN
09:32:56 FOR A MINIMUM OF ONE YEAR, AND
09:32:58 THAT MUST BE VERIFIED, AGAIN,
09:33:00 BY NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT.
09:33:02 ONE THING I DO WANT TO POINT
09:33:03 OUT SO THERE'S NO
09:33:04 MISUNDERSTANDING, THE LIENS
09:33:06 THAT WILL BE SETTLED ARE THE
09:33:08 CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD AND
09:33:10 SPECIAL MAGISTRATE LIENS.
09:33:12 THOSE LIENS THAT HAVE BEEN
09:33:14 IMPOSED BECAUSE THE CITY WENT
09:33:17 ON TO MAINTAIN THAT PROPERTY,
09:33:19 ABATE A NUISANCE CONDITION, I
09:33:20 SHOULD SAY, THOSE WILL NOT BE
09:33:23 REDUCED WITH THIS ORDINANCE.
09:33:24 SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I
09:33:27 PRESENT THIS ORDINANCE TO CITY
09:33:28 COUNCIL.
09:33:29 >>MIKE SUAREZ: CHAIR, IF I
09:33:30 COULD.
09:33:31 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. SUAREZ.
09:33:32 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU,
09:33:33 MR. MUELLER.
09:33:34 APPRECIATE IT.
09:33:35 ONE OF THE REASONS I BROUGHT
09:33:36 THIS FORWARD, THERE'S A LOT OF
09:33:39 CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT
09:33:40 ARE WONDERING WHAT TO DO WITH
09:33:42 EMPTY LOTS AND EMPTY LAND THAT
09:33:44 THEY ARE GOING IN AND MOWING
09:33:45 AND TAKING CARE OF.
09:33:48 I KNOW THAT MR. ROGERO AS WELL
09:33:50 AS THE REST OF CODE ENFORCEMENT
09:33:52 KNOWS THAT'S A LABOR-INTENSIVE
09:33:53 PROCESS THAT WE HAVE, AND THE
09:33:54 IDEA IS TO MAKE SURE NONPROFITS
09:33:56 CAN GO IN THERE.
09:33:57 A GREAT EXAMPLE WOULD BE IF WE
09:33:58 WANTED TO CREATE A COMMUNITY
09:34:00 FARM IN ONE OF THESE PLACES
09:34:02 WHERE THEY COULD GROW FOOD AND
09:34:05 ACTUALLY PROVIDE THAT TO
09:34:06 FEEDING TAMPA BAY OR ANY OF THE
09:34:07 OTHER NONPROFITS OUT THERE,
09:34:08 THEY WOULD VOLUNTEER TO GO OUT
09:34:10 THERE AND CULTIVATE THE SOIL
09:34:12 AND THEN ACTUALLY GROW THAT AND
09:34:14 COME BACK OUT, AND THAT WAY IT
09:34:16 MAKES IT LOOK BETTER, IT HAS A
09:34:18 PURPOSE, A PUBLIC PURPOSE,
09:34:19 WHICH IS BETTER THAN WHAT IT
09:34:21 HAS NOW, AND THEN I THINK IT'S
09:34:22 GOING TO BE A GREAT WAY OF
09:34:22 DOING IT.
09:34:25 CAN WE, AT SOME POINT, LOOK AT
09:34:26 THE NEXT STEP, WHICH IS THOSE
09:34:29 THAT ARE ALREADY -- AND I KNOW
09:34:30 YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS
09:34:31 PRIVATELY -- THOSE THAT ARE
09:34:35 ALREADY IN THE PROCESS OF BEING
09:34:37 -- I GUESS TRYING TO GET EVEN
09:34:39 MORE MONEY OUT OF THEM WHEN IT
09:34:40 GOES OVER TO THE SPECIAL
09:34:41 MAGISTRATE -- IS THERE A
09:34:42 POSSIBILITY THAT WE MIGHT WANT
09:34:44 TO LOOK AT THAT AND SEE HOW WE
09:34:46 CAN DO THAT?
09:34:48 >> CAN YOU ASK THAT QUESTION
09:34:48 AGAIN?
09:34:49 >>MIKE SUAREZ: YEAH.
09:34:50 REMEMBER, WE TALKED ABOUT THERE
09:34:52 ARE TWO PROCESSES THAT'S PART
09:34:54 OF THIS, ONE THAT WE ARE NOT
09:34:55 TOUCHING, WHICH YOU JUST
09:34:56 MENTIONED AT THE END OF IT.
09:34:58 IS THERE AN ABILITY THAT WE
09:34:59 MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT THAT SO
09:35:00 WE CAN MITIGATE SOME OF THE
09:35:01 COST THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH IT
09:35:03 AND HAVE THESE PROPERTIES BE
09:35:04 PART -- THOSE OTHER PROPERTIES
09:35:06 BE PART OF THIS PROGRAM?
09:35:09 >> NOW, IF YOU'RE ASKING
09:35:10 WHETHER -- YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I
09:35:12 THINK THIS PROCESS -- IF WE CAN
09:35:13 PUT THIS PROPERTY INTO USE --
09:35:15 AND THAT'S, AGAIN, PART OF THE
09:35:17 REASON FOR THE LEASE -- THAT
09:35:19 LEASE WILL SAY WHO'S
09:35:19 RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING
09:35:21 WHICH WILL HELP CODE
09:35:22 ENFORCEMENT OR NEIGHBORHOOD
09:35:25 ENHANCEMENT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW,
09:35:27 WHO TO MAYBE CITE OR BRING
09:35:29 NOTICE TO IF THAT PROPERTY HAS
09:35:31 NUISANCE CONDITIONS ON IT, BUT
09:35:32 ALSO, WE'VE AGREED -- I THINK
09:35:34 WE ALL AGREE THAT PROPERTY THAT
09:35:36 IS PUT IN USE IS BETTER THAN
09:35:37 VACANT PROPERTY, AND THAT'S
09:35:37 WHAT THIS DOES.
09:35:42 NOW, IF YOU'RE ASKING WHETHER
09:35:44 -- YOU KNOW, BY MITIGATING, BY
09:35:46 SOMEHOW REDUCING THOSE OTHER
09:35:46 LIENS --
09:35:47 >>MIKE SUAREZ: EXACTLY.
09:35:49 >> -- I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE
09:35:50 ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO
09:35:51 STAND ON THAT, BUT THAT IS
09:35:53 MONEY WE WOULD LIKE TO GET BACK
09:35:54 INTO THE COFFERS SO WE CAN
09:35:55 ABATE OTHER PROPERTIES THAT
09:35:57 DON'T BECOME COMMUNITY GARDENS
09:35:58 OR ANY OTHER USE.
09:35:59 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I'D LOVE TO SEE
09:36:02 US DO THAT IN THE FUTURE, AND
09:36:03 WE'LL START THIS PROCESS AND GO
09:36:05 FROM THERE AND PROBABLY LOOK AT
09:36:06 THAT SECOND PART OF IT.
09:36:07 IS THIS READY TO GO -- DO WE
09:36:09 HAVE TO PASS THE ORDINANCE BY
09:36:10 TITLE IN ORDER TO GO FORWARD?
09:36:11 IS IT READY TO GO OR --
09:36:13 >> I'M PRESENTING IT TO YOU.
09:36:14 IT'S UP TO -- LET'S SEE WHAT
09:36:16 MR. SHELBY HAS TO SAY, BUT I
09:36:17 THINK IT CAN GO FOR FIRST
09:36:18 READING TODAY.
09:36:19 >>MARTIN SHELBY: IT CAN, IF
09:36:20 COUNCIL WISHES.
09:36:22 USUALLY BEST PRACTICE IS TO
09:36:23 HAVE IT SET AND PUT ON THE
09:36:24 AGENDA AT THE NEXT REGULAR
09:36:25 MEETING FOR FIRST READING.
09:36:26 IT DOES TAKE A LITTLE EXTRA
09:36:28 TIME, BUT IT DOES PUT THE
09:36:29 PUBLIC ON NOTICE AND PERHAPS
09:36:31 GIVES YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO
09:36:32 GET TO CONSTITUENTS.
09:36:33 >>MIKE SUAREZ: IN THAT CASE,
09:36:35 LET'S GO WITH WHAT IS BEST
09:36:36 PRACTICES, AND I'LL MAKE A
09:36:38 MOTION TO PUT FOR FIRST READ
09:36:40 THIS CHANGE TO OUR ORDINANCE ON
09:36:44 MAY 3rd UNDER -- I GUESS WE CAN
09:36:45 PUT IT UNDER REGULAR MEETING
09:36:46 TIME AT 9:00 A.M.
09:36:49 >>MARTIN SHELBY: ACTUALLY --
09:36:49 >>MIKE SUAREZ: IT WOULD BE
09:36:51 UNDER STAFF REPORTS INSTEAD?
09:36:52 >>MARTIN SHELBY: IT WOULD BE
09:36:55 UNDER THE CONSENT DOCKET UNDER
09:36:56 FIRST READING; CORRECT?
09:36:57 >>MIKE SUAREZ: UNDER CONSENT
09:36:58 DOCKET THEN.
09:36:59 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY
09:37:00 MR. SUAREZ.
09:37:01 >>HARRY COHEN: SECOND.
09:37:02 >>FRANK REDDICK: SECOND BY
09:37:03 MR. COHEN.
09:37:04 ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION?
09:37:04 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
09:37:05 MOTION SAY AYE.
09:37:06 OPPOSED.
09:37:06 OKAY.
09:37:07 >> THANK YOU.
09:37:08 >> THANK YOU.
09:37:10 >> GOOD JOB, ERNIE.
09:37:12 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:37:18 ITEM NO. 44.
09:37:21 WHERE'S THE CHIEF AT?
09:37:29 >> RUSSELL HAUPERT FROM T&I.
09:37:33 DENNIS WAS UNAVOIDABLY
09:37:36 DETAINED.
09:37:37 I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.
09:37:38 WE HAVE LOCATED A FUNDING
09:37:40 SOURCE TO REPAIR THE CABLE
09:37:40 PLANT HERE.
09:37:41 THAT MONEY HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED
09:37:44 TO MY DEPARTMENT FOR ACTION.
09:37:46 WE HAVE TWO QUOTES OUT, ONE
09:37:47 WITH THE ORIGINAL CABLE VENDOR
09:37:50 THAT WAS LET BY CTTV AND
09:37:52 ANOTHER VENDOR WE HAVE A DIRECT
09:37:54 CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP.
09:37:55 THEY'RE DOING A WALK-THROUGH
09:37:56 THIS WEEK.
09:37:57 WE EXPECT BY THE END OF NEXT
09:37:59 WEEK WE WILL HAVE AN ACTIONABLE
09:38:01 QUOTE IN PLACE THAT WE CAN LET
09:38:03 AND HAVE THE WORK GET STARTED,
09:38:05 SO WE EXPECT WITHIN THE NEXT
09:38:07 TWO WEEKS WORK COULD START ON
09:38:09 YOUR ITEMS TO FIX YOUR MONITORS
09:38:11 AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE
09:38:13 GETTING THE CABLE SIGNAL THAT
09:38:13 YOU NEED.
09:38:15 IN THE MEANTIME, JUST WANTED TO
09:38:16 REMIND THE FOLKS THAT IF YOU
09:38:19 HAVE A PHONE, A TABLET, OR A PC
09:38:22 WITH INTERNET ACCESS, YOU CAN
09:38:26 LIVE-STREAM THE CONTENTS OF THE
09:38:28 MEETINGS FROM WHEREVER YOU
09:38:29 HAPPEN TO BE.
09:38:30 >>FRANK REDDICK: NOW, THIS WILL
09:38:31 BE -- THIS PROJECT WILL BE
09:38:33 COMPLETED BEFORE 2019?
09:38:34 >>YVONNE CAPIN: YOU TOOK THE
09:38:36 WORDS RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH.
09:38:37 [LAUGHTER]
09:38:38 I WAS LIKE, ANY TIME BEFORE WE
09:38:40 LEAVE WOULD BE GOOD.
09:38:43 >> AS SOON AS WE LET THAT PO, I
09:38:44 WILL UPDATE YOU AS TO WHEN THAT
09:38:46 WILL HAPPEN INFORMALLY, AND
09:38:48 I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN IT'S
09:38:49 SCHEDULED WHEN THAT HAPPENS.
09:38:50 I EXPECT THAT THAT WILL BE
09:38:51 SOMETIME WITHIN THE NEXT TWO TO
09:38:52 THREE WEEKS.
09:38:53 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
09:38:54 MS. CAPIN.
09:38:55 >>YVONNE CAPIN: YOU SAID IT
09:38:56 WOULD START WITHIN THE NEXT TWO
09:38:57 OR THREE WEEKS.
09:38:58 DO YOU HAVE A TIMELINE HOW LONG
09:39:00 IT WOULD TAKE OR YOU WON'T KNOW
09:39:01 UNTIL THE --
09:39:02 >> THAT -- WE'RE WAITING ON THE
09:39:03 QUOTE FROM THE FOLKS.
09:39:04 THAT WILL LET US KNOW WHAT THE
09:39:06 EQUIPMENT IS AND WHAT IT WILL
09:39:07 TAKE TO DO THAT.
09:39:08 THAT WILL GIVE ME THE FINAL.
09:39:09 I'M GIVING YOU MY ESTIMATE
09:39:10 BASED ON THE WORK THAT I'VE
09:39:13 SEEN, BUT WE DO WANT TO HEAR
09:39:14 BACK FROM THE VENDORS.
09:39:15 I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN
09:39:16 THEIR MOUTH.
09:39:17 BUT AS SOON AS I HAVE THAT, I
09:39:18 EXPECT THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO
09:39:19 MOVE FORWARD VERY QUICKLY AT
09:39:20 THAT POINT.
09:39:21 >>YVONNE CAPIN: OKAY.
09:39:22 >>FRANK REDDICK: WELL, I WANT
09:39:23 TO THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING
09:39:25 THROUGH WITH THIS, AND YOU JUST
09:39:27 DON'T KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT
09:39:28 MEANS TO US.
09:39:31 YOU TURN ON ONE TV AND ALL THE
09:39:32 REST OF THEM SHUT DOWN.
09:39:34 >> MY PLEASURE, AND I REGRET
09:39:35 THAT IT'S TAKEN THIS LONG TO
09:39:37 TAKE CARE OF YOUR ITEM, BUT I'M
09:39:38 GLAD THAT IT'S IN OUR COURT AND
09:39:40 WE'VE GOT IT TRACKED DOWN NOW,
09:39:42 SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
09:39:43 PATIENCE.
09:39:43 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
09:39:44 ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
09:39:45 ALL RIGHT.
09:39:45 WE APPRECIATE IT.
09:39:46 >> THANK YOU.
09:39:46 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:39:48 WE'LL GO BACK TO THE 9:30
09:39:49 PUBLIC HEARINGS.
09:39:51 >> I'LL ASK TO OPEN UP THE
09:40:00 HEARINGS 36-38 [OFF MICROPHONE]
09:40:01 >>HARRY COHEN: SECOND.
09:40:02 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:40:05 ITEM NO. 36.
09:40:11 >> MOVE TO OPEN.
09:40:12 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
09:40:14 DOES ANYBODY WANT TO SPEAK ON
09:40:14 ITEM 36?
09:40:16 THEY NEED TO STAND TO BE SWORN
09:40:17 IN.
09:40:19 OH, SORRY, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE
09:40:19 MOTION SAY AYE.
09:40:20 OPPOSED.
09:40:21 OKAY.
09:40:22 ANYONE WHO'S PLANNING ON
09:40:24 SPEAKING ON ITEM 36 NEEDS TO BE
09:40:25 SWORN IN.
09:40:27 WILL YOU PLEASE STAND.
09:40:27 [PARTICIPANTS SWORN IN]
09:40:35 >>BARBARA LYNCH: BARBARA LAND,
09:40:36 PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
09:40:36 COORDINATION.
09:40:38 THIS IS THE SECOND READING FOR
09:40:39 THIS VACATING, AND I DON'T SEE
09:40:41 MY APPLICANT, BUT THERE WAS NO
09:40:42 PROBLEMS WITH THE APPLICATION.
09:40:43 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M
09:40:44 AVAILABLE.
09:40:44 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:40:47 ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?
09:40:49 SEEING NONE, WE NEED A MOTION
09:40:51 TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
09:40:54 >> DO YOU WANT -- DOES COUNCIL
09:40:55 WANT JUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF
09:40:56 THE RECORD JUST TO SEE WHAT THE
09:40:57 LOCATION IS OR -- FROM THE
09:40:58 STAFF REPORT OR NOT NECESSARY
09:40:59 ON THE VACATING?
09:41:00 >> NOT NECESSARY.
09:41:02 >>FRANK REDDICK: NO.
09:41:04 WE SAW THAT AT FIRST READING.
09:41:05 ALL RIGHT.
09:41:06 GIVE ME A MOTION TO CLOSE.
09:41:07 >>MIKE SUAREZ: SO MOVED.
09:41:08 >>YVONNE CAPIN: SECOND.
09:41:09 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:41:09 WE'VE GOT A MOTION FROM
09:41:11 MR. SUAREZ, SECOND BY
09:41:12 MS. CAPIN.
09:41:14 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
09:41:15 AYE.
09:41:16 OPPOSED.
09:41:16 ALL RIGHT.
09:41:18 MR. SUAREZ, WOULD YOU READ 36,
09:41:19 SIR.
09:41:20 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU,
09:41:20 CHAIR.
09:41:22 I PRESENT AN ORDINANCE BEING
09:41:22 PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING
09:41:24 AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE
09:41:25 VACATING, CLOSING,
09:41:27 DISCONTINUING, AND ABANDONING
09:41:28 ALLEYWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY LOCATED
09:41:31 SOUTH OF WEST DOUGLAS STREET,
09:41:33 NORTH OF WEST BRADDOCK STREET,
09:41:35 EAST OF NORTH LINCOLN AVENUE,
09:41:38 AND WEST OF NORTH MATANZAS
09:41:42 AVENUE, IN JOHN H. DREW'S FIRST
09:41:44 EXTENSION, A SUBDIVISION OF THE
09:41:45 CITY OF TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH
09:41:46 COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE SAME BEING
09:41:48 MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION
09:41:50 1 HEREOF; SUBJECT TO CERTAIN
09:41:52 EASEMENT RESERVATIONS,
09:41:54 COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, AND
09:41:55 RESTRICTIONS, MORE PARTICULARLY
09:41:59 SET FORTH HEREIN; PROVIDING AN
09:41:59 EFFECTIVE DATE.
09:42:01 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
09:42:02 >>FRANK REDDICK: WE HAVE A
09:42:04 MOTION BY MR. SUAREZ, SECOND BY
09:42:04 MR. MANISCALCO.
09:42:05 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
09:42:07 AYE.
09:42:09 OPPOSED.
09:42:10 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
09:42:11 >>YVONNE CAPIN: IT WASN'T
09:42:12 FLASHING.
09:42:13 MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT IT.
09:42:14 OKAY.
09:42:18 >> MOTION CARRIED WITH MIRANDA
09:42:20 BEING ABSENT AT NOTE.
09:42:23 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
09:42:27 WELL, OUR NEXT IS AT 10:30.
09:42:28 >>YVONNE CAPIN: YOU MEAN I
09:42:30 SHOWED UP TOO EARLY?
09:42:32 [LAUGHTER]
09:42:38 >> SHOULD WE RECESS UNTIL
09:42:39 10:30?
09:42:41 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:42:42 LET'S STAND IN RECESS UNTIL
09:42:44 10:30.
09:42:46 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
09:42:58 [RECESS TAKEN]
10:32:57 >>FRANK REDDICK: -- AT THIS
10:33:01 TIME, AND DID WE OPEN UP -- WE
10:33:03 DIDN'T OPEN UP --
10:33:03 >> ROLL CALL.
10:33:05 >>FRANK REDDICK: OH, ROLL CALL.
10:33:06 >>MIKE SUAREZ: HERE.
10:33:07 >>HARRY COHEN: HERE.
10:33:08 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
10:33:11 >>YVONNE CAPIN: PRESENT.
10:33:14 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
10:33:16 >>FRANK REDDICK: HERE.
10:33:18 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I'D LIKE TO OPEN
10:33:20 UP HEARINGS 37 AND 38.
10:33:21 >>HARRY COHEN: SECOND.
10:33:22 >>FRANK REDDICK: A MOTION BY
10:33:23 MR. SUAREZ, SECOND BY
10:33:24 MR. COHEN.
10:33:25 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
10:33:26 MOTION SAY AYE.
10:33:27 OPPOSED.
10:33:29 ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON
10:33:31 ITEMS 37 AND 38, PLEASE STAND
10:33:33 TO BE SWORN.
10:33:34 [PARTICIPANTS SWORN IN]
10:33:42 ALL RIGHT.
10:33:44 ITEM NO. 37.
10:33:46 >>BARBARA LYNCH: BARBARA LYNCH,
10:33:49 LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
10:33:53 ITEM VAC18-018 IS A REQUEST TO
10:33:55 VACATE AN ALLEYWAY IN PALMETTO
10:33:57 BEACH, AND I HAVE A MAP FOR THE
10:33:58 OVERHEAD.
10:33:59 THE PETITIONER'S PROPERTY IS IN
10:34:01 RED AND THE ALLEY IS OUTLINED
10:34:02 IN YELLOW.
10:34:05 IT WAS NORTH OF DAVIS AND LIES
10:34:10 BETWEEN 24th STREET AND WEST OF
10:34:10 BERMUDA BOULEVARD.
10:34:13 THE ALLEY IS UNIMPROVED, AND
10:34:13 IT'S GRASS.
10:34:13 [OFF MICROPHONE] EAST OF
10:34:16 24th STREET.
10:34:19 AND THIS IS THE ALLEY LOOKING
10:34:22 WEST OF BERMUDA BOULEVARD.
10:34:25 AND THE PROPERTY -- THE
10:34:26 PROPERTY IS LOOKING NORTH FROM
10:34:29 DAVIS STREET, AND THEY HAVE TWO
10:34:31 LOTS, SO THAT'S THE OTHER LOT.
10:34:32 STAFF HAS NO OBJECTION TO THIS
10:34:33 VACATING.
10:34:38 THERE'S A REQUEST FOR [OFF
10:34:39 MICROPHONE] WASTEWATER AND
10:34:40 TECO.
10:34:41 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:34:43 ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM --
10:34:45 >>BARBARA LYNCH: THIS IS THE
10:34:46 APPLICANT.
10:34:47 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
10:34:47 >> HI.
10:34:48 I'M ANNALAURANE FRAIOLI.
10:34:51 I LIVE AT 6910 NORTH HALE
10:34:53 AVENUE IN TAMPA.
10:34:54 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANYTHING ELSE
10:34:56 YOU WISH TO SAY?
10:34:58 >> NO, JUST THANK YOU FOR
10:34:59 LISTENING.
10:35:01 >>FRANK REDDICK: OH, OKAY.
10:35:01 ALL RIGHT.
10:35:04 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO
10:35:05 SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 37?
10:35:06 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO
10:35:08 CLOSE.
10:35:09 >>YVONNE CAPIN: SECOND.
10:35:10 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY
10:35:11 MR. MANISCALCO, SECOND BY
10:35:12 MS. CAPIN.
10:35:13 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
10:35:13 AYE.
10:35:16 OPPOSED.
10:35:17 MR. COHEN.
10:35:17 >>HARRY COHEN: THANK YOU VERY
10:35:19 MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
10:35:20 I MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING
10:35:20 PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING
10:35:22 CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE
10:35:24 VACATING, CLOSING,
10:35:25 DISCONTINUING, AND ABANDONING
10:35:28 RIGHT-OF-WAY/ALLEYWAY LOCATED
10:35:30 SOUTH OF GORDON STREET, NORTH
10:35:32 OF DAVIS STREET, EAST OF 24th
10:35:34 STREET, AND WEST OF BERMUDA
10:35:36 BOULEVARD, IN MAP OF EAST
10:35:39 TAMPA, A SUBDIVISION IN THE
10:35:39 CITY OF TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH
10:35:40 COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE SAME BEING
10:35:42 MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION
10:35:45 1 HEREOF, SUBJECT SUB SUBJECT
10:35:46 TO CERTAIN EASEMENT
10:35:48 RESERVATIONS, COVENANTS,
10:35:49 CONDITIONS, AND RESTRICTIONS
10:35:51 MORE PARTICULARLY SET FORTH
10:35:53 HEREIN; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
10:35:54 DATE.
10:35:55 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
10:35:57 MOTION BY MR. COHEN, SECOND BY
10:35:59 MR. MIRANDA.
10:36:01 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
10:36:01 AYE.
10:36:02 OPPOSED.
10:36:05 OKAY.
10:36:06 WHAT'S THE DATE OF THE SECOND
10:36:09 READING?
10:36:10 >> THE SECOND READING WILL BE
10:36:18 HELD ON MAY 3rd AT 9:00 A.M. --
10:36:22 9:30 A.M.
10:36:23 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
10:36:35 ITEM NO. 38.
10:36:36 >> GLORIA MOREDA, LAND
10:36:36 DEVELOPMENT.
10:36:39 THIS IS DESIGN EXCEPTION
10:36:42 1-18-51.
10:36:43 THE REQUEST INVOLVES PROPERTY
10:36:45 AT 3701 NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE.
10:36:46 IT WAS A REQUEST TO DECREASE
10:36:48 THE BUILDING PLACEMENT ALONG
10:36:51 THE STREET SIDE PROPERTY LINE
10:36:58 FROM TEN FEET TO ZERO FEET.
10:37:01 THE PROPERTY -- THE AERIAL HERE
10:37:01 -- FLORIDA AVENUE BETWEEN
10:37:04 KNOLLWOOD AND MINNEHAHA, AND
10:37:06 THE PROPOSED ADDITION WAS ALONG
10:37:11 THE NORTHERN PROPERTY LINE.
10:37:19 THIS IS A COPY OF THE SITE PLAN
10:37:21 THAT WAS SUBMITTED AS PART OF
10:37:22 THE DESIGN EXCEPTION SHOWING
10:37:26 THE OUTDOOR PATIO AREA AND THEN
10:37:29 THE PROPOSED CANOPY ADDITION TO
10:37:35 THAT AREA, SHOWING IT AS ZERO
10:37:36 SETBACK.
10:37:37 COUNCIL MIGHT RECALL THIS WAS
10:37:40 THE SUBJECT OF A SPECIAL USE
10:37:42 ALCOHOL APPLICATION, AND THE
10:37:45 OUTDOOR PATIO AREA WAS SHOWN AS
10:37:46 AN OPEN AREA.
10:37:51 IT WAS APPROVED FOR ALCOHOL
10:37:52 BEVERAGE SALES THERE.
10:37:55 THERE ARE LANDSCAPE AREAS THERE
10:37:59 THAT WERE SHOWN ON THE PRIVATE
10:38:02 PROPERTY, AS REQUIRED BY CODE.
10:38:04 URBAN DESIGN REVIEWED THIS
10:38:05 REQUEST AND FOUND IT
10:38:08 INCONSISTENT, SAYING THAT THE
10:38:10 CONTINUOUS CANOPY WOULD
10:38:13 INTERFERE WITH THE MAINTENANCE
10:38:16 OF THE LANDSCAPING.
10:38:18 REVIEWING THEIR REQUEST,
10:38:20 THOUGH, AND IT IS AN OUTDOOR
10:38:23 SEATING AREA FOR THE
10:38:24 RESTAURANT, AS THE ZONING
10:38:25 ADMINISTRATOR HAD INDICATED TO
10:38:27 THE APPLICANT THAT I WAS
10:38:28 WILLING TO APPROVE THE CANOPY
10:38:31 GOING TO EXTEND TO THE AREA
10:38:33 WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE SEATING
10:38:35 BUT TO LEAVE THE LANDSCAPED
10:38:39 AREA OPEN.
10:38:40 THAT WAS MY PROPOSED
10:38:44 COMPROMISE, WHICH THEY ARE
10:38:46 APPEALING TODAY.
10:38:52 I DO HAVE PICTURES OF THE AREA,
10:38:54 AT LEAST FROM ABOUT A MONTH
10:38:56 AGO, I GUESS IT WAS.
10:38:58 THEY DID PLANT PLANTS HERE THAT
10:38:59 ARE ACTUALLY IN THE PUBLIC
10:39:00 RIGHT-OF-WAY.
10:39:02 THEY DID NOT PLANT THE
10:39:06 PLANTINGS ON THEIR PRIVATE
10:39:07 PROPERTY FROM MY INDICATION.
10:39:09 YOU CAN SEE IT HERE.
10:39:12 THE SIDEWALK'S RIGHT HERE.
10:39:14 THE SITE PLAN, THE SPECIAL USE
10:39:16 SITE PLAN SHOWS THAT THERE'S
10:39:18 ABOUT A 13-FOOT SETBACK FROM
10:39:19 THE BUILDING TO THE PROPERTY
10:39:20 LINE.
10:39:23 I'LL GIVE YOU THE -- I FORGOT
10:39:25 TO MAKE COPIES OF THE SITE
10:39:27 PLAN, BUT I'LL PASS THIS SO YOU
10:39:29 CAN AT LEAST LOOK AT IT.
10:39:33 THAT'S REALLY ALL STAFF HAS.
10:39:35 >>HARRY COHEN: CAN I --
10:39:35 >>FRANK REDDICK: YES.
10:39:37 >>HARRY COHEN: SO JUST TO BE
10:39:37 CLEAR, IS ALL WE'RE TALKING
10:39:40 ABOUT HERE THE TWO FEET?
10:39:41 >> ALL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE
10:39:42 IS PRETTY MUCH --
10:39:44 >>HARRY COHEN: THE TWO FEET?
10:39:45 >> YES.
10:39:46 >>FRANK REDDICK: MS. CAPIN.
10:39:47 >>YVONNE CAPIN: I'M CURIOUS
10:39:50 ABOUT THE PLANTING ON THE
10:39:51 RIGHT-OF-WAY.
10:39:53 MANY PEOPLE PLANT TREES ON
10:39:54 RIGHT-OF-WAY ALL THE TIME.
10:39:56 >> WELL, THE REQUIRED TREES ARE
10:39:58 SUPPOSED TO BE PLANTED ON THE
10:39:58 PRIVATE PROPERTY.
10:40:00 >>YVONNE CAPIN: SO THE -- YOU
10:40:02 WERE SAYING THOSE WERE THE
10:40:03 REQUIRED TREES, THAT'S WHAT
10:40:04 THEY WERE CONSIDERING THE
10:40:05 REQUIRED TREES?
10:40:06 >> THEY PLANTED WHAT WAS
10:40:08 REQUIRED TREES IN THE PUBLIC
10:40:08 RIGHT-OF-WAY.
10:40:09 >>YVONNE CAPIN: I GET IT.
10:40:10 I UNDERSTAND.
10:40:11 >> IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PLANTED
10:40:13 ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY --
10:40:13 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU.
10:40:17 >> -- AN SHOWN ON THE SPECIAL
10:40:17 USE SITE PLAN.
10:40:19 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU.
10:40:20 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:40:25 THE APPLICANT.
10:40:28 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:40:33 NINA ALVAREZ, 1320 9th AVENUE,
10:40:35 TAMPA, FLORIDA 33625.
10:40:39 I AM THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR
10:40:41 ELIZABETH GRAHAM, THE AGENT FOR
10:40:43 THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6707.
10:40:46 I THINK MS. MOREDA SAID 37, BUT
10:40:49 THE ACTUAL PROPERTY IS 6707.
10:40:50 WE'RE REQUESTING TODAY AN
10:40:51 APPEAL OF THE ZONING
10:40:52 ADMINISTRATOR'S DENIAL FOR A
10:40:54 REDUCTION OF THE STREET SIDE
10:40:55 YARD FROM TEN FEET TO ZERO
10:40:56 FEET.
10:40:57 WE ANTICIPATE THIS MORNING YOU
10:40:59 WILL HEAR FROM MANY MEMBERS OF
10:40:59 THE PUBLIC WHO ARE IN SUPPORT
10:41:01 OF THIS REQUEST AND FEW, IF
10:41:03 ANY, WHO ARE NOT.
10:41:05 WE WERE LAST BEFORE COUNCIL IN
10:41:07 2016 WHEN THE PARCEL WAS WET
10:41:09 ZONED, AND I'D LIKE TO REMIND
10:41:10 COUNCIL HOW FAR THIS PROPERTY
10:41:14 HAS COME SINCE HEIGHTS PROPERTY
10:41:15 PURCHASED IT IN 2014.
10:41:17 I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A COUPLE
10:41:21 PICTURES.
10:41:25 >> IT'S UPSIDE DOWN.
10:41:27 >> UPSIDE DOWN.
10:41:27 SORRY.
10:41:28 THIS IS THE PROPERTY AT THE
10:41:29 TIME IT WAS PURCHASED.
10:41:30 IT WAS A STRIP CENTER THAT
10:41:33 CONTAINED A PAWN SHOP, A BARBER
10:41:35 DRUGS, KNOWN FOR SELLING DRUGS,
10:41:37 AND A WORSHIP CENTER THAT WAS
10:41:38 CONVERTED FROM A CONVENIENCE
10:41:42 STORE.
10:41:47 AND I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU --
10:41:49 THIS WAS THE RENDERING THAT WE
10:41:52 SHOWED TO COUNCIL AT THE TIME
10:41:54 OF THE WET ZONING, AND THIS IS
10:41:55 HOW THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY
10:41:59 LOOKS TODAY.
10:42:03 HEIGHTS PROPERTY HAS COMPLETELY
10:42:05 REDEVELOPED THE LAND AND THE
10:42:06 STRUCTURE ON THE PROPERTY, AND
10:42:07 I'M SURE THAT YOU ALL WILL
10:42:09 AGREE THAT THE BUILD SOMETHING
10:42:10 BEAUTIFUL.
10:42:13 ITS FACADE AND DESIGN
10:42:14 COMPLEMENT THE NEIGHBORHOOD
10:42:15 HISTORICAL DESIGN AND IT BRINGS
10:42:18 VALUE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:42:19 THE CURRENT TENANTS INCLUDE
10:42:23 REVOLUTION ICE CREAM AND
10:42:24 HEIGHTS BAR.
10:42:26 THEY'VE BEEN IN THE BUSINESS
10:42:29 SINCE 2016 AND ARE THRIVING AND
10:42:30 BRING VALUE TO THE DISTRICT.
10:42:32 MR. ALBERT IS IN THE PROCESS OF
10:42:34 A BUILD-OUT.
10:42:35 HE PLANS TO OPEN HIS DOORS IN
10:42:35 MAY.
10:42:38 THE LARGER STOREFRONT IS THE
10:42:38 SUBJECT OF TODAY.
10:42:39 IT'S LOCATED ON THE
10:42:41 NORTHERNMOST SIDE OF THE
10:42:42 BUILDING ALONG MINNEHAHA
10:42:43 STREET.
10:42:45 MS. GRAHAM HAS SECURED A TENANT
10:42:49 FOR THAT SPACE, AND THEY PLAN
10:42:50 TO OPEN THEIR DOORS TO THE
10:42:53 PUBLIC IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ON
10:42:54 MAY 1st.
10:42:56 YOU'LL HEAR FROM THE OWNER
10:42:57 SHORTLY.
10:42:58 THEY PLAN TO USE IT IN
10:42:59 COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS OF
10:43:02 THE SITE PLAN WITH THE CITY AND
10:43:03 IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE WET ZONE
10:43:05 ORDINANCE FOR THE PROPERTY.
10:43:06 HEIGHTS PROPERTY IS SEEKING THE
10:43:08 PLACEMENT OF A CANOPY ROOF OVER
10:43:10 THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PATIO.
10:43:12 THAT PATIO, AGAIN, WAS APPROVED
10:43:13 IN 2016 ON THE SITE PLAN.
10:43:16 IT JUST WAS NOT COVERED.
10:43:17 IT'S ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE
10:43:19 BUILDING, AND THE PATIO ITSELF
10:43:20 EXTENDS NORTH A DISTANCE OF
10:43:24 13.5 FEET.
10:43:27 THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE
10:43:31 CURRENT PATIO AS IT EXISTS.
10:43:34 SO THE DISTANCE FROM THE
10:43:35 BUILDING TO THE END OF THE
10:43:39 PATIO IS ABOUT 13.5 FEET.
10:43:43 I'LL GIVE YOU A CLOSE-UP.
10:43:44 IGNORE THE DOG, BUT THE PATIO
10:43:46 WILL BE, I'M TOLD,
10:43:50 PET-FRIENDLY.
10:43:52 AND THIS IS A RENDERING OF WHAT
10:43:53 THE PETITIONER IS REQUESTING
10:43:56 TODAY.
10:43:58 IT IS A CANOPY ROOF, WHICH
10:43:59 WOULD EXTEND FROM THE BUILDING
10:44:01 13.5 FEET TO THE ZERO LOT LINE.
10:44:03 YOU WILL SEE HERE THAT IT HAS
10:44:04 NO WALLS OR SIDES, ONLY
10:44:05 COLUMNS.
10:44:07 THE PATIO WILL REMAIN OPEN WITH
10:44:08 THE EXCEPTION OF THE RAILS AND
10:44:10 A GATE FOR EGRESS AND INGRESS
10:44:11 TO COMPLY WITH THE WET ZONING
10:44:13 REQUIREMENTS, AND I ALSO WANT
10:44:15 TO POINT OUT ON THIS RENDERING
10:44:17 THAT AS THE PROPERTY EXISTS,
10:44:19 THESE SHRUBS ARE ACTUALLY
10:44:20 TREES, BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO
10:44:21 OBSTRUCT YOUR VIEW FOR PURPOSES
10:44:24 OF TODAY'S HEARING.
10:44:27 AS MS. MOREDA INDICATED, LAND
10:44:28 DEVELOPMENT WILL APPROVE A
10:44:29 REDUCTION IN THE SETBACK TO
10:44:30 EIGHT -- FROM TEN FEET TO EIGHT
10:44:32 FEET, AND WHILE MY CLIENT
10:44:33 CERTAINLY APPRECIATES THAT
10:44:35 CONCESSION, IT WOULD MEAN THAT
10:44:38 5.5 FEET, APPROXIMATELY, OF THE
10:44:39 PATIO WOULD REMAIN UNCOVERED
10:44:41 AND EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS.
10:44:43 WE BELIEVE A DENIAL OF PARTY'S
10:44:46 REQUEST FOR REDUCTION TO ZERO
10:44:48 FEET WOULD CAUSE AN UNNECESSARY
10:44:48 HARDSHIP.
10:44:50 ONE OF THE PERKS OF LIVING IN
10:44:51 OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY IS WE CAN
10:44:53 ENJOY BEING OUTSIDE 11 TO 12
10:44:54 MONTHS PER YEAR, AND WHILE
10:44:55 THAT'S NICE, WE CAN CERTAINLY
10:44:57 AGREE THAT IT CAN BE HOT AND
10:44:59 VERY, VERY RAINY.
10:45:01 SO IN ORDER FOR THIS TENANT TO
10:45:02 TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE
10:45:03 PATIO, IT NEEDS TO BE FULLY
10:45:05 COVERED.
10:45:06 A DENIAL WOULDN'T AFFORD THIS
10:45:07 NEW BUSINESS THE OPPORTUNITY TO
10:45:09 MAXIMIZE ITS POTENTIAL AND ITS
10:45:10 POTENTIAL USE OF THE PREVIOUSLY
10:45:13 APPROVED PATIO SPACE.
10:45:14 PETITIONER IS MAKING THIS
10:45:15 REQUEST SO THAT HER TENANT WILL
10:45:16 NOT BE COMPETITIVELY
10:45:18 DISADVANTAGED BY NOT HAVING A
10:45:19 FULLY COVERED PATIO THAT CAN BE
10:45:20 USED YEAR-ROUND.
10:45:21 IT'S ALSO OUR POSITION THAT
10:45:22 GRANTING THE VARIANCE WILL NOT
10:45:25 INTERFERE OR INJURE THE HEALTH
10:45:26 OR SAFETY OR WELFARE OF THE
10:45:28 SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS.
10:45:29 FIRST, THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF
10:45:30 THE PROPERTY ABUTS A CITY
10:45:32 GREENSPACE AND THEN AN
10:45:34 UNOBSTRUCTED SIDEWALK, AND
10:45:35 THERE IS ACTUALLY 13.6 FEET
10:45:37 FROM THE END OF THE PATIO, SO
10:45:39 THE ZERO LOT LINE, TO THE
10:45:41 CUSHION MINNEHAHA.
10:45:42 THE PETITIONER HAS SUPPORT FROM
10:45:43 HER NEIGHBORS.
10:45:45 SHE WENT DOOR-TO-DOOR TO ASK
10:45:48 FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
10:45:52 I'LL SHOW YOU A MAP.
10:45:53 THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS IN
10:45:54 YELLOW, AND ALL OF THE
10:45:56 PROPERTIES OUTLINED IN PINK
10:45:59 HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR SUPPORT
10:46:03 FOR WHAT MS. GRAHAM IS SEEKING
10:46:04 TODAY.
10:46:07 SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE OWNERS
10:46:08 IMMEDIATELY SORT OF ABUTTING
10:46:08 THE PROPERTY AND IMMEDIATELY
10:46:11 BEHIND.
10:46:14 THESE ARE THE NEIGHBORS THAT
10:46:15 ARGUABLY STAND TO BE AFFECTED
10:46:17 THE MOST, BUT THEY ARE IN
10:46:19 SUPPORT OF THE SETBACK AND A
10:46:21 FULLY COVERED PATIO.
10:46:23 YOU CAN SEE IT'S OVERWHELMING.
10:46:25 IN ADDITION TO THIS MAP,
10:46:27 MS. GRAHAM HAS A PETITION
10:46:28 SIGNED BY UPWARDS OF 150
10:46:31 PEOPLE, AND SHE HAS AN ONLINE
10:46:33 PETITION THAT WAS SIGNED BY
10:46:36 400-PLUS PEOPLE.
10:46:38 THIS BUSINESS WITH ITS OUTDOOR
10:46:39 FULLY COVERED PATIO IS A
10:46:41 BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY.
10:46:42 IT WILL BRING A CERTAIN
10:46:45 AMBIANCE AND WILL BE AN
10:46:45 ADDITIONAL OUTDOOR RESTAURANT
10:46:46 FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY
10:46:48 TO ENJOY YEAR-ROUND.
10:46:49 THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER
10:46:50 BUSINESSES IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS
10:46:52 THAT HAVE FULLY COVERED PATIOS,
10:46:53 AND WE BELIEVE THAT THE
10:46:54 REQUESTED VARIANCE IS IN
10:46:55 HARMONY WITH THE GENERAL INTENT
10:46:57 AND PURPOSE OF THIS CHAPTER.
10:46:59 NOT ONLY IS IT IN HARMONY WITH
10:47:01 THE IMPROVED SITE PLAN OF AN
10:47:02 OUTDOOR PATIO, BUT IT'S
10:47:04 BEAUTIFUL AND INVITING.
10:47:05 AT THIS TIME, I'LL LIKE TO
10:47:06 INTRODUCE TIFFANI PACKER.
10:47:08 SHE IS THE OWNER OF THE
10:47:10 MEKENITA CANTINA, AND I'D LIKE
10:47:12 TO GIVE YOU THE BACKGROUND OF
10:47:13 HER BUSINESS, HER BUSINESS IN
10:47:15 SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, AND WHY SHE
10:47:16 BELIEVES A COVERED PATIO WOULD
10:47:19 BE AN IMPORTANT ASSET TO THE
10:47:20 DISTRICT.
10:47:29 >> HELLO.
10:47:29 GOOD MORNING.
10:47:30 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING
10:47:32 THE TIME TO HEAR OUR REQUEST
10:47:34 FOR THE EXTENDED PATIO.
10:47:36 OVER THE SPACE OF MEKENITA
10:47:40 CANTINA LOCATED NEXT TO THE
10:47:40 BUILDING.
10:47:41 THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO HAS
10:47:43 COME IN SUPPORT OF OUR REQUEST.
10:47:44 MY NAME IS TIFFANI PACKER.
10:47:46 I OWN THE MEKENITA CANTINA, SO
10:47:50 IT WOULD BE FORTUNATE TO HAVE A
10:47:54 -- BEYOND FORTUNATE TO HAVE A
10:47:56 BUSINESS IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS.
10:47:57 WE HAVE BEEN IN THE RESTAURANT
10:47:58 BUSINESS FOR OVER 25 YEARS.
10:48:00 WE CURRENTLY OWN AND OPERATE
10:48:05 THREE DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS,
10:48:06 AND WE -- PRIOR TO SEMINOLE
10:48:09 HEIGHTS, MEKENITA WAS IN LUTZ
10:48:10 FOR TEN YEARS.
10:48:11 WE ARE COMMITTED TO THE
10:48:12 RESTAURANT.
10:48:14 WE WILL BE EMPLOYING OVER 40
10:48:15 PEOPLE AT OUR LOCATION, MANY
10:48:17 WHO LIVE IN THE SEMINOLE
10:48:18 HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:48:19 WE HAVE AN ESTABLISHED GENERAL
10:48:20 MANAGER AND EXECUTIVE CHEF,
10:48:21 THAT LIVE WITHIN WALKING
10:48:25 DISTANCE FROM THE RESTAURANT,
10:48:27 AND A SOUS CHEF THAT HAS WORKED
10:48:28 AT OUR PREVIOUS LOCATION AND
10:48:31 HAS BEEN EMPLOYED FULL TIME
10:48:33 WHILE DEVELOPING THE SEMINOLE
10:48:33 HEIGHTS LOCATION.
10:48:35 THEY'VE BEEN ON PAYROLL SINCE
10:48:37 OCTOBER WHEN WE CLOSED OUR LUTZ
10:48:38 LOCATION.
10:48:40 WE HAVE USED LOCAL TAMPA
10:48:42 VENDORS FOR OUR BUILD-OUT, MANY
10:48:44 WHO LIVE AND DO BUSINESS IN THE
10:48:45 SEMINOLE HEIGHTS AREA.
10:48:46 WE WILL HAVE INVESTED NEARLY
10:48:48 $700,000 BY THE TIME THAT WE
10:48:49 OPEN THE DOORS.
10:48:50 I TELL YOU THESE FIGURES SO
10:48:51 THAT YOU CAN HAVE A BIT OF
10:48:52 INSIGHT TO OUR COMMITMENT, NOT
10:48:55 ONLY TO OUR BUSINESS, TO OUR
10:48:57 COMMUNITY, TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY
10:48:57 AS WELL.
10:48:59 WE ARE VERY COMMITTED TO THESE
10:48:59 THINGS.
10:49:01 IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US
10:49:03 PERSONALLY THAT WE CREATE A
10:49:05 RESTAURANT ENVIRONMENT THAT
10:49:06 LOCAL RESIDENTS AND THE
10:49:07 SEMINOLE HEIGHTS COMMUNITY WILL
10:49:08 BE PROUD OF TO SUPPORT AND WILL
10:49:10 HAVE THE DESIRE TO FREQUENT
10:49:10 OFTEN.
10:49:12 I GREW UP IN A SMALL TOWN.
10:49:13 IT WAS A COMMUNITY, IT WAS
10:49:15 WHERE PEOPLE GATHERED OFTEN
10:49:16 AFTER A LONG DAY, WHERE
10:49:18 FAMILIES HAD MEALS AND
10:49:19 CELEBRATED AT THE LOCAL
10:49:20 RESTAURANTS, WHERE LOCAL
10:49:21 RESIDENTS CAME AND SUPPORTED
10:49:23 ISSUES BIG AND SMALL.
10:49:25 I FEEL THE WARMTH OF THESE SAME
10:49:27 YOUNG-GIRL MEMORIES IN SEMINOLE
10:49:28 HEIGHTS, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO
10:49:30 OPEN UP OUR RESTAURANT IN
10:49:31 HOPEFULLY JUST A FEW WEEKS.
10:49:32 WHEN YOU THINK OF A COVERED
10:49:34 PATIO, I THINK WE ALL THINK OF
10:49:35 COMFORT, WE THINK OF
10:49:37 RELAXATION, PROTECTION OF THE
10:49:37 ELEMENTS.
10:49:39 WE HAVE A MORE ENJOYABLE
10:49:39 EXPERIENCE.
10:49:41 WE ALSO THINK OF SAFETY, ALL OF
10:49:43 WHICH ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF
10:49:45 ALL THAT'S TAKING PLACE IN
10:49:46 SEMINOLE HEIGHTS.
10:49:48 I DO ASK THAT YOU VOTE IN FAVOR
10:49:49 OF THE EXTENDED CANOPY THAT
10:49:51 WILL COVER THE FULL PAVED AREA
10:49:52 OF OUR PATIO SPACE.
10:49:54 THIS WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR
10:49:56 MY FAMILY, OUR GUESTS, AND THE
10:49:57 SEMINOLE HEIGHTS COMMUNITY.
10:49:58 I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE
10:50:00 CONCERNS ARE BEING PRESENTED,
10:50:01 AND I DO HOPE THAT THOSE
10:50:02 PRESENTING THOSE CONCERNS WILL
10:50:07 ALSO JOIN US AT MEKENITA AND
10:50:09 SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING IS
10:50:10 FAVORABLE TO THOSE AROUND.
10:50:12 I STRONGLY FEEL THAT THE PROS
10:50:13 OUTWEIGH THE CONCERNS, AND
10:50:14 THERE IS NOTHING THAT I WOULD
10:50:16 EVER BE A PART OF THAT COULD
10:50:17 DEVALUE A COMMUNITY THAT IS
10:50:19 BECOMING MORE AND MORE
10:50:19 BEAUTIFUL AND AESTHETICALLY
10:50:20 PLEASING.
10:50:22 I WILL GIVE YOU MY GUARANTEE
10:50:24 THAT WE WILL ABSOLUTELY CREATE
10:50:27 A WARM AND WELCOMING SPACE,
10:50:28 RICH WITH LANDSCAPE, THAT WILL
10:50:31 BE PROTECTED, THAT WILL BE WELL
10:50:33 KEPT -- WELL KEPT, AND THAT WE
10:50:36 WILL CONTINUE TO PLANT AS THE
10:50:37 SEASON VARIES SO THAT WE ARE
10:50:38 ABLE TO MAKE THE AREA TO
10:50:41 CONTINUE TO LOOK NICE.
10:50:43 WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS
10:50:45 A PATIO THAT FAVORS THE
10:50:46 SMALL-TOWN COMMUNITY FEEL, A
10:50:47 SPACE THAT ALLOWS FOR
10:50:49 COMFORTABLE DINING, A SPACE
10:50:51 THAT PROVIDES AN AREA FOR LOCAL
10:50:52 COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND I GIVE
10:50:54 YOU MY GUARANTEE THAT WE WILL
10:50:55 CONTINUE TO ENRICH AND
10:50:57 FINANCIALLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE
10:50:58 LOCAL SCHOOLS AND THE NONPROFIT
10:51:00 ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE HAVE DONE
10:51:02 SO IN THE LAST DECADE.
10:51:04 I FEEL THAT HAVING THE EXTENDED
10:51:06 PATIO SPACE WILL GIVE US MORE
10:51:07 SPACE TO DO SO.
10:51:09 THIS IS PART OF WHO WE ARE AS
10:51:11 FAMILY, AND THIS IS DEFINITELY
10:51:13 WHO WE ARE AS BUSINESS OWNERS.
10:51:15 THIS COVERED PATIO SPACE WILL
10:51:17 CONTINUE TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY
10:51:19 TO DO WHAT WE HAVE DONE BEST AS
10:51:20 RESTAURANT OWNERS, AND THAT'S
10:51:22 PROVIDE THAT FEELING AND THIS
10:51:27 MEXICAN CONCEPT OF OUR CASA ES
10:51:28 SU CASA AND GIVE THAT FEELING
10:51:32 TO OUR PATRONS AND WE THANK YOU
10:51:35 FOR YOUR TIME IN CONSIDERATION
10:51:36 OF OUR REQUEST.
10:51:36 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:51:41 >> I'M GOING TO PUT THE
10:51:43 RENDERING BACK UP.
10:51:44 IN CONCLUSION, WE BELIEVE THAT
10:51:45 A REDUCTION IN THE SETBACK FROM
10:51:47 TEN FEET TO ZERO FEET WILL
10:51:49 RESULT IN SUBSTANTIAL JUSTICE
10:51:49 BEING DONE.
10:51:51 THE APPROVAL OF THE REQUESTED
10:51:54 VARIANCE WILL ALLOW THIS NEW
10:51:55 BUSINESS TO MAXIMIZE THE USE OF
10:51:56 ITS PROPERTY.
10:51:57 IT WILL BE AN EXCELLENT
10:51:59 ADDITION TO THE DISTRICT AND TO
10:52:00 THE BUILDINGS, AND WE HOPE THAT
10:52:03 CITY COUNCIL WILL AGREE TODAY.
10:52:03 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY QUESTIONS
10:52:05 FROM COUNCIL?
10:52:06 MR. COHEN.
10:52:07 >>HARRY COHEN: I WOULD LIKE
10:52:10 JUST TO ASK ABOUT THE TWO FEET.
10:52:14 WHAT -- WHAT MAKES THE TWO FEET
10:52:18 SO SIGNIFICANT IN TERMS OF --
10:52:19 IN TERMS OF THE OPERATION OF
10:52:21 THE PATIO?
10:52:22 >> WELL, I THINK THAT IT'S
10:52:25 ACTUALLY 5.5 FEET, BECAUSE THE
10:52:26 CITY WILL AGREE TO -- LAND
10:52:28 DEVELOPMENT WILL AGREE TO EIGHT
10:52:29 FEET, AND WE'RE ASKING TO GO TO
10:52:31 13.5.
10:52:31 >>HARRY COHEN: OKAY.
10:52:32 >> SO IN TERMS OF THE COVER,
10:52:35 IT'S ACTUALLY 5.5 FEET, WHICH
10:52:37 WOULD ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL
10:52:39 TABLES, SEATS, AND THINGS LIKE
10:52:43 THAT.
10:52:45 >>HARRY COHEN: OKAY.
10:52:45 THANK YOU.
10:52:46 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:52:50 ANYTHING ELSE FROM COUNCIL?
10:52:51 ALL RIGHT.
10:52:52 ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO
10:52:56 SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 38?
10:52:57 PLEASE COME FORWARD.
10:53:13 >> READY?
10:53:15 MY NAME IS DEBI JOHNSON, AND I
10:53:18 RESIDE AT 7908 NORTH HIGHLAND
10:53:19 AVENUE IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, AND
10:53:21 I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE OLD
10:53:22 SEMINOLE HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD
10:53:24 ASSOCIATION.
10:53:25 ELIZABETH GRAHAM AND HER TENANT
10:53:27 ARE REQUESTING THAT THE
10:53:29 EXISTING OUTDOOR SEATING AREA
10:53:30 BE COVERED.
10:53:31 AT THE TIME OF THE APPLICATION
10:53:32 FOR THE DESIGN EXCEPTION, THERE
10:53:35 WAS NO EXISTING OUTDOOR PATIO.
10:53:37 A PAVER PATIO HAS SINCE BEEN
10:53:39 INSTALLED OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF
10:53:42 THE CERTIFIED SITE PLAN AND
10:53:43 OUTSIDE OF THE DEVELOPMENT
10:53:45 STANDARDS FOR COMMERCIAL MIXED
10:53:48 USE AND NONRESIDENTIAL
10:53:48 DEVELOPMENT.
10:53:51 ACCORDING TO CODE, THE STREET
10:53:52 SIDE BUILT-TO LINE IS TEN FEET,
10:53:53 WHICH WOULD ALLOW A PATIO
10:53:56 INSTALL OF ONLY 3.5 FEET.
10:53:57 THE PAVER PATIO THAT HAS BEEN
10:53:59 INSTALLED EXTENDS TO THE ZERO
10:54:02 LOT LINE AND IS CURRENTLY 13.5
10:54:03 FEET.
10:54:04 OUR LAND USE COMMITTEE AND THE
10:54:07 BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE OLD
10:54:08 SEMINOLE HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD
10:54:09 ASSOCIATION HAS REVIEWED THE
10:54:10 REQUEST AND ARE ASKING CITY
10:54:12 COUNCIL TO DENY THE EXCEPTION.
10:54:14 THE PORTION OF THIS PROPERTY
10:54:16 NOW COVERED WITH PAVERS WAS
10:54:18 APPROVED ONLY FOR LANDSCAPING.
10:54:20 ONE PURPOSE OF THE LANDSCAPING
10:54:22 AREA IS TO HELP ABSORB
10:54:24 STORMWATER RUNOFF.
10:54:25 AS COUNCIL SHOULD BE AWARE,
10:54:27 FLOODING ON FLORIDA AVENUE HAS
10:54:29 BEEN A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM.
10:54:31 I SPOKE WITH MS. GRAHAM ABOUT
10:54:32 THE SIZE OF THE PATIO, AND SHE
10:54:35 STATED THAT SHE IS AWARE THAT
10:54:36 IT WAS INSTALLED IN THE AREA
10:54:38 THAT WAS DESIGNATED FOR
10:54:39 LANDSCAPING, BUT THE
10:54:39 LANDSCAPING HAD BEEN INSTALLED
10:54:42 IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
10:54:43 IN ADDITION TO THE STORMWATER
10:54:45 DRAINAGE ISSUE, WE ARE ALSO
10:54:46 CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL
10:54:49 INCREASE IN SEATING CAPACITY OF
10:54:51 THE PATIO AND ITS EFFECTS ON
10:54:51 PARKING.
10:54:53 WHEN THE SITE PLAN WAS APPROVED
10:54:54 IN 2016, THE PROJECT WAS
10:54:59 GRANTED A 25% REDUCTION IN THE
10:55:00 39 SPACES THAT WERE REQUIRED,
10:55:02 AS ALLOWED BY CODE.
10:55:05 IN ADDITION, THERE WERE FURTHER
10:55:09 WAIVERS TO REDUCE THE PARKING,
10:55:11 AND EVENTUALLY IT ENDED UP WITH
10:55:13 17 COMPACT-ONLY SPACES AND ONE
10:55:16 ADA SPACE FOR THE ENTIRE STRIP
10:55:17 MALL.
10:55:19 THERE ARE FOUR MOTORCYCLE
10:55:21 SPACES AND FOUR BICYCLE SPACES.
10:55:23 ADEQUATE PARKING HAS ALREADY
10:55:25 BEEN AN ISSUE AT THIS LOCATION,
10:55:27 EVEN BEFORE THE RESTAURANT HAS
10:55:28 OPENED, WHICH WILL HAVE A
10:55:30 CAPACITY OF 99 PERSONS.
10:55:31 ANY ADDITIONAL SEATING CAPACITY
10:55:33 WILL HAVE A SEVERE EFFECT --
10:55:34 NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THE PARKING
10:55:37 AND THE TRAFFIC.
10:55:38 MANY WAIVERS WERE GRANTED IN
10:55:40 ORDER TO OBTAIN THE AB SALES
10:55:42 APPROVAL, INCLUDING AN
10:55:43 ADDITIONAL WAIVER GRANTED TO
10:55:45 REDUCE THE REQUIRED DISTANCE
10:55:47 FROM RESIDENTIAL AB SALES FROM
10:55:49 250 FEET TO 21 FEET FROM
10:55:50 RESIDENTIAL.
10:55:51 THIS IS AN EXTREMELY GENEROUS
10:55:54 WAIVER GIVEN BY THIS COUNCIL.
10:55:55 IT APPEARS THAT THE CURRENT
10:55:57 CONFIGURATION OF THE PATIO PUTS
10:55:58 IT ONLY 20 FEET FROM
10:56:00 RESIDENTIAL ON THE EAST SIDE OF
10:56:00 THE PROPERTY.
10:56:02 WE WOULD REQUEST THAT THE
10:56:03 PLANNING DEPARTMENT INSPECT
10:56:05 THIS PATIO TO ENSURE THAT
10:56:07 THERE'S NO FURTHER VIOLATION.
10:56:09 THERE'S ALSO AN EXISTING UNDER
10:56:11 CONSTRUCTION DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE
10:56:13 IN THE ALLEY, WHICH EXTENDS 6.5
10:56:14 FEET INTO THE ALLEY.
10:56:17 THIS ALSO NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT
10:56:19 AND REMOVED.
10:56:20 IN MY RECENT CONVERSATION,
10:56:22 MS. GRAHAM IS AWARE THAT THE
10:56:24 EXTENDED PATIO GOES TO THE ZERO
10:56:26 LOT LINE AND THAT SHE HAD
10:56:28 PLANTED THIS LANDSCAPING IN THE
10:56:29 RIGHT-OF-WAY, COMPENSATING FOR
10:56:31 THE LANDSCAPING AT THE EDGE OF
10:56:32 THE PROPERTY.
10:56:33 PERHAPS THE INSTALLATION OF
10:56:38 BOTH THE DUMPSTER PAD AND THE
10:56:40 PATIO WERE DONE WITH THE
10:56:42 ASSUMPTION THAT IT'S BETTER TO
10:56:44 ASK FOR FORGIVENESS.
10:56:46 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
10:56:46 NEXT.
10:56:47 >> HI.
10:56:51 I'M LYNN HURTAK, NORTH TAMPA
10:56:51 STREET.
10:56:54 I'M THE LAND USE CHAIR FOR THE
10:56:54 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AND
10:56:55 AS YOU'VE HEARD, WE ARE
10:56:57 OPPOSING NOT THE COVERAGE
10:56:59 OVERALL BUT HOW FAR SHE WANTS
10:57:02 TO PUT THE PATIO.
10:57:04 IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE
10:57:06 ACTUAL SITE PLAN, WHAT HAPPENED
10:57:07 IS THAT THE TREES WERE SUPPOSED
10:57:12 TO BE IN THE PATIO -- THEY WERE
10:57:14 BASICALLY SUPPOSED TO HAVE THEM
10:57:17 JUT IN FOR THE SPECIFIC
10:57:18 VEGETATION, AND I THINK THAT'S
10:57:21 WHAT, COUNCILMAN COHEN, YOU
10:57:21 WERE ASKING ABOUT.
10:57:24 INSTEAD, -- THE LINE INDICATES
10:57:26 WHERE THE ACTUAL SITE LINE IS,
10:57:27 AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS
10:57:28 PLANTED ALONG THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
10:57:29 AND NORMALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S
10:57:30 JUST A COUPLE OF FEET, BUT THE
10:57:34 MAIN ISSUE IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT
10:57:37 -- LET'S SEE IF I HAVE A GOOD
10:57:38 PICTURE.
10:57:40 I DON'T THINK I DO, SO I'LL
10:57:41 JUST MOVE THIS DOWN.
10:57:42 THE PROBLEM HERE IS THAT WE
10:57:43 DON'T HAVE ANY DRAINS
10:57:44 WHATSOEVER ALONG FLORIDA ON
10:57:47 THIS -- AT THIS AREA.
10:57:49 IT ACTUALLY BLOCKS AROUND IT.
10:57:50 SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN STORMWATER
10:57:52 RUNOFF HAPPENS IS THAT YOU
10:57:53 CAN'T DRIVE ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
10:57:55 IT'S A FOUR-LANE ROAD, BUT YOU
10:57:57 ACTUALLY -- IT BECOMES A
10:57:59 TWO-LANE ROAD WHEN WATER IS SO
10:58:01 BAD, AND SO THIS JUST -- WHAT'S
10:58:03 GOING TO HAPPEN IS THERE'S
10:58:05 NOWHERE FOR THIS WATER TO GO.
10:58:07 IT'S GOING TO RUN OFF THE PATIO
10:58:08 ROOF AND THEN IT'S GOING TO
10:58:09 COME DOWN TO THE STREET, SO
10:58:13 LESS PATIO ROOF IDEALLY WITH
10:58:14 MORE VEGETATION WILL PULL IN
10:58:15 THAT WATER.
10:58:18 THAT'S OUR MAIN CONCERN.
10:58:19 WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH
10:58:21 THE PATIO COVERAGE AS IS.
10:58:22 WHAT WE WOULD LIKE IT TO BE --
10:58:24 WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP IT THE
10:58:26 EIGHT FEET INSTEAD OF EXTENDED
10:58:28 TO THE 13 FEET.
10:58:29 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
10:58:30 NEXT.
10:58:34 >> MY NAME IS BILL HUNTER.
10:58:37 I LIVE AT 5806 NORTH BRANCH
10:58:40 AVENUE IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS.
10:58:41 I OPPOSE GRANTING EXCEPTIONS
10:58:44 FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS: THE
10:58:46 OUTDOOR SEATING AREA ON THE
10:58:47 NORTH END OF THIS BUILDING IS
10:58:48 ROUGHLY 20 FEET FROM THE
10:58:51 NEAREST RESIDENCE.
10:58:53 EVEN THOUGH OUTDOOR'S AMPLIFIED
10:58:54 MUSIC IS NOT APPROVED FOR THIS
10:58:56 LOCATION, THE PRESENCE OF 20 OR
10:58:58 MORE PEOPLE EATING, DRINKING,
10:58:59 AND TALKING THIS CLOSE TO A
10:59:01 HOME IS BOUND TO CREATE NOISE
10:59:05 AT A DISTURBING LEVEL.
10:59:07 THE HOUSE TO THE NORTH AT THIS
10:59:10 LOCATION IS NOT OFTEN -- IT
10:59:11 APPROACHES VERY CLOSE TO THE
10:59:11 ALLEY.
10:59:13 THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION HAS A
10:59:14 LIQUOR LICENSE AND IS APPROVED
10:59:17 TO BE OPEN UNTIL 3:00 A.M.,
10:59:19 ALTHOUGH THE PERSPECTIVE
10:59:24 TENANT, MEKENITA MEXICAN GRILL
10:59:25 HAS STATED THEIR INTENDED
10:59:28 CLOSING IS AT 10:00.
10:59:29 THERE'S NOTHING PREVENTING THEM
10:59:31 OR A SUCCESSOR TENANT FROM
10:59:32 DECIDING TO STAY OPEN UNTIL
10:59:33 3:00.
10:59:36 IF THEY DO SO, THEN THE ABOVE
10:59:38 OBJECTION CARRIES MORE WEIGHT.
10:59:39 IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THE
10:59:40 SETBACK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF
10:59:41 THIS PROPERTY WHERE THE PATIO
10:59:42 HAS BEEN BUILT IS TEN FEET FROM
10:59:44 THE PROPERTY LINE AND THAT THE
10:59:46 SETBACK AREA WAS TO BE
10:59:46 LANDSCAPED.
10:59:48 THE EXISTING PATIO HAS BEEN
10:59:50 BUILT TO THE LOT LINE.
10:59:53 ON A RELATED ISSUE, WHEN I WENT
10:59:55 BY THE SITE, I NOTED THAT IN
10:59:57 THE ALLEY THERE'S A CONCRETE
10:59:58 PAD EVIDENTLY FOR A DUMPSTER,
10:59:59 WHICH EXTENDS OVER HALFWAY
11:00:01 ACROSS THE ALLEY, THUS
11:00:05 EFFECTIVELY CLOSING IT.
11:00:07 ALSO, IF THE DUMPSTER'S INDEED
11:00:08 TO BE PLACED IN THE ALLEY
11:00:10 BEHIND THE BUSINESS, IT WILL BE
11:00:11 ONLY FEET FROM THE NEIGHBORS'
11:00:13 HOUSE AND YARD, AND IT DOESN'T
11:00:16 TAKE MUCH TO IMAGINE WHAT THAT
11:00:17 DUMPSTER WILL BE LIKE FULL OF
11:00:19 MEXICAN LEFTOVERS IN JULY AFTER
11:00:20 A FEW DAYS.
11:00:22 MOST OF US IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS
11:00:23 ARE AWARE OF THE DIFFICULTIES
11:00:25 INVOLVED IN RENOVATING A
11:00:27 STRUCTURE IN OUR AREA.
11:00:29 I MYSELF HAVE JUST COMPLETED A
11:00:32 MAJOR RENOVATION ON A HOUSE IN
11:00:33 THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, AND WE
11:00:35 HAD MANY, MANY RULES TO COMPLY
11:00:38 WITH, THE REGULAR CITY CODES AS
11:00:42 WELL AS THOSE BY THE ARC.
11:00:43 IT WAS A DIFFICULT TRIP, BUT WE
11:00:44 DID ACCOMPLISH IT AND COMPLIED
11:00:48 WITH ALL RULES.
11:00:50 OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS UNUSUAL IN
11:00:51 THAT BUSINESSES ALONG MAIN
11:00:52 CORRIDOR STREETS ARE SEPARATED
11:00:56 FROM RESIDENTS ONLY BY THE
11:00:57 ALLEY BEHIND THEM.
11:00:59 THIS PROXIMITY WOULD REQUIRE
11:01:00 THAT THOUGHTFUL BUSINESS OWNERS
11:01:02 AND PROPERTY OWNERS BE AWARE OF
11:01:04 THIS AND BE CONSIDERATE OF
11:01:06 THEIR NEIGHBORS.
11:01:08 SINCE ACTION'S ALREADY TAKEN
11:01:09 AND EXCEPTIONS REQUESTED DO
11:01:10 NOT, IN MY OPINION, SHOW A
11:01:12 REGARD FOR THOSE LIVING NEAR
11:01:14 THIS BUSINESS, I ASK THAT THE
11:01:19 EXCEPTION BE DENIED.
11:01:20 >>FRANK REDDICK: NEXT.
11:01:23 >> KRISTIN MORA, LEGAL
11:01:24 DEPARTMENT.
11:01:26 I KNOW ALL OF YOU KNOW THIS, SO
11:01:27 I SAY THIS LARGELY FOR THE
11:01:29 BENEFIT OF THOSE THAT ARE
11:01:30 SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE, THAT
11:01:33 THERE MAY BE -- THE ALCOHOL
11:01:34 PORTION IS ALREADY APPROVED FOR
11:01:34 THE SITE.
11:01:36 THAT'S NOT AT ISSUE TODAY.
11:01:38 IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THERE IS
11:01:39 ANY EXISTING CODE VIOLATIONS
11:01:40 FROM MY DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF;
11:01:42 HOWEVER, EVEN IF THERE ARE,
11:01:43 THAT'S NOT RELEVANT, OF COURSE,
11:01:45 TO YOUR DECISION TODAY.
11:01:45 YOUR DECISION TODAY IS SOLELY
11:01:51 BASED ON THE EXTENSION OF THIS
11:01:52 PATIO COVERING, SO I SAY THAT
11:01:54 FOR THE BENEFIT OF EVERYONE
11:01:54 ELSE.
11:02:00 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:02:00 NEXT.
11:02:00 >> HI.
11:02:03 JORDAN MILLER, 4415 NORTH
11:02:04 FLORIDA AVENUE, TAMPA, FLORIDA
11:02:06 33603.
11:02:08 AS A BUSINESS OWNER IN SEMINOLE
11:02:10 HEIGHTS, LONGTIME RESIDENT,
11:02:11 COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL
11:02:13 PROPERTY OWNER IN SEMINOLE
11:02:14 HEIGHTS, AND THE OWNER OF A
11:02:15 STRANGE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IN
11:02:17 SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, I THINK THE
11:02:18 GRAND BUILDING WOULD ALSO BE A
11:02:20 PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT -- IT'S
11:02:21 KIND OF AN UNUSUAL
11:02:22 CONFIGURATION.
11:02:23 THEY'VE CERTAINLY DONE THEIR
11:02:27 VERY BEST TO MAKE IT AN UNUSUAL
11:02:29 PIECE OF PROPERTY WORK IN A
11:02:30 NEIGHBORHOOD THAT DESPERATELY
11:02:32 NEEDS WEIRD PROPERTIES MADE
11:02:34 BETTER, MADE MORE FUNCTIONAL,
11:02:36 MADE MORE ATTRACTIVE, AND ALSO
11:02:37 MADE TO GENERATE MORE REVENUE
11:02:38 FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER.
11:02:40 I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT
11:02:40 PURPOSE OF A COMMERCIAL
11:02:42 PROPERTY LIKE THIS IS THAT IT'S
11:02:43 -- IT GENERATES REVENUE, ALLOWS
11:02:45 TENANTS TO GENERATE REVENUE AND
11:02:46 BE SUCCESSFUL.
11:02:50 I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE COVERED
11:02:52 PATIO, AND AS THE OWNERS HAVE
11:02:53 REPRESENTED IT, I THINK IT'S IN
11:02:56 THE SPIRIT OF WHAT SEMINOLE
11:02:57 HEIGHTS WANTS AND NEEDS, AND I
11:03:02 URGE YOU TO APPROVE -- APPROVE
11:03:02 IT.
11:03:04 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:03:10 >>FRANK REDDICK: NEXT.
11:03:11 >> GOOD MORNING.
11:03:11 MY NAME IS LOIS KESSLER.
11:03:15 I LIVE AT 6814 NORTH RIVER
11:03:16 SHORE DRIVE.
11:03:16 I'M HEARING WHAT SOME PEOPLE
11:03:19 ARE SAYING, AND I'M HERE FOR
11:03:20 QUALITY OF LIFE.
11:03:20 THINGS HAVE HAPPENED IN
11:03:22 SEMINOLE HEIGHTS IN THE PAST
11:03:25 YOU TALK ABOUT FLOODING AND
11:03:26 EVERYTHING, IT'S GOING TO
11:03:28 HAPPEN.
11:03:29 THE BUILDINGS WERE THERE
11:03:29 BEFORE.
11:03:32 ELIZABETH'S BUILDING, SHE MADE
11:03:34 A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING OUT OF IT,
11:03:35 AND YOU SAW WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE
11:03:36 BEFORE.
11:03:37 IT ENHANCES THE COMMUNITY,
11:03:37 OKAY.
11:03:38 WHAT I'M HERE FOR?
11:03:40 I'M HERE FOR THE CANOPY.
11:03:41 THERE'S MANY REASONS WHY.
11:03:43 FIRST OF ALL, I JUST GOT BACK
11:03:44 FROM ISRAEL, AND ONE OF THE
11:03:46 THINGS I LOVE ABOUT ISRAEL IS
11:03:47 YOU CAN SIT OUT IN A RESTAURANT
11:03:50 OUTSIDE AND ENJOY THE CLIMATE,
11:03:51 EVEN IF IT'S REAL DRY.
11:03:52 HERE IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, I'D
11:03:54 RATHER BE OUTSIDE AND INSIDE.
11:03:56 I LIVE IN FLORIDA FOR A REASON,
11:03:57 I LOVE THE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER.
11:03:59 A CANOPY WILL ENHANCE ME
11:04:00 WANTING TO GO TO A RESTAURANT,
11:04:01 AND IF I WANT TO BRING MY DOG,
11:04:03 I COULD BRING MY DOG, AND A LOT
11:04:04 OF PEOPLE IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS,
11:04:06 THEY RIDE THEIR BICYCLES AT
11:04:08 NIGHT AND BRING THEIR DOGS TO
11:04:08 RESTAURANTS AND DIFFERENT
11:04:09 LOCATIONS.
11:04:10 SO WHAT I'M ASKING IS FOR THE
11:04:12 QUALITY OF LIFE, I KNOW THERE'S
11:04:14 ISSUES, BUT THOSE ISSUES WERE
11:04:17 OLD ISSUES, AND, YOU KNOW, I
11:04:17 KNOW YOU ALL ARE TRYING TO
11:04:19 ENHANCE THOSE ISSUES TO MAKE
11:04:20 THEM BETTER, BUT THE THING
11:04:22 ABOUT IT IS, IT'S GOING TO RAIN
11:04:23 IN FLORIDA, AND THERE IS WATER,
11:04:25 AND THAT ONE LITTLE AREA IS NOT
11:04:26 THE ONLY THING THAT'S BRINGING
11:04:29 WATER DOWN TO FLORIDA AVENUE.
11:04:30 IT'S COMING FROM ALL OVER.
11:04:32 AND A CANOPY IS NOT GOING TO
11:04:34 BRING THAT MUCH -- MAKE THAT
11:04:34 MUCH DIFFERENCE.
11:04:36 WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO, IT'S
11:04:38 GOING TO KEEP US LIVING A
11:04:38 QUALITY LIFE.
11:04:40 WHEN WE WANT TO GO TO A
11:04:41 RESTAURANT, EAT OUTSIDE, NOT BE
11:04:43 RAINED ON, AND IF WE WANT TO
11:04:46 BRING ONE OF OUR ANIMALS, WE
11:04:47 CAN BRING ONE OF OUR ANIMALS.
11:04:48 IF WE WANT TO BRING ONE OF OUR
11:04:50 FRIENDS, BE OUTSIDE AND ENJOY
11:04:52 GOOD CONVERSATION, WE WANT TO
11:04:53 DO THAT, AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE
11:04:54 ASKING.
11:04:54 THANK YOU.
11:04:55 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
11:04:56 NEXT.
11:04:59 >> HI.
11:05:00 I'M SARAH TERKOVICH.
11:05:03 I LIVE AT 8113 NORTH OLA
11:05:04 AVENUE.
11:05:05 MY HUSBAND AND I ARE ACTUALLY
11:05:07 RECENTLY NEW TO THE SEMINOLE
11:05:08 HEIGHTS AREA.
11:05:09 I ALSO WORK IN THE SEMINOLE
11:05:10 HEIGHTS AREA, AND WE ARE BOTH
11:05:12 IN FAVOR OF THE CANOPY.
11:05:13 ONE OF THE SPECIFIC REASONS WHY
11:05:15 WE MOVED TO THE SEMINOLE
11:05:16 HEIGHTS AREA IS FOR ALL THE
11:05:18 DEVELOPMENT OF THE RESTAURANTS
11:05:20 AND THE ACTIVITIES GOING ON,
11:05:22 AND WE SPECIFICALLY SEEK OUT
11:05:24 RESTAURANTS WHERE THEY HAVE
11:05:27 OUTSIDE SEATING.
11:05:28 IT VERY MUCH SWAYS OUR OPINION
11:05:29 ON WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT
11:05:30 TO EAT.
11:05:31 AND FROM WHERE MY UNDERSTANDING
11:05:33 IS, IS THE PATIO'S GOING TO BE
11:05:34 THERE, SO WITHOUT THE CANOPY,
11:05:36 IT'S JUST GOING TO BE
11:05:38 UMBRELLAS, WHICH I'VE SEEN
11:05:39 RESTAURANTS WITH UMBRELLAS.
11:05:41 IT'S DIFFICULT TO MOVE AROUND,
11:05:44 IT'S DIFFICULT TO SPEAK, AND I
11:05:45 DON'T FORESEE A COVERING BEING
11:05:47 A HINDRANCE WHATSOEVER.
11:05:49 IF ANYTHING, I FORESEE IT AS
11:05:51 BEING A BEAUTIFUL ADDITION TO
11:05:52 THE BUILDING.
11:05:55 I'VE SEEN THE PLANS, AND I -- I
11:05:56 FORESEE THAT IT WILL BRING A
11:05:57 LOT MORE BUSINESS TO THE AREA
11:06:00 AND CONTINUE TO GROW THE AREA
11:06:01 TO WHAT IT IS TODAY.
11:06:02 SO THAT'S ALL.
11:06:03 THANK YOU.
11:06:03 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
11:06:05 NEXT.
11:06:08 >> HELLO.
11:06:11 MY NAME'S ZACH JACOBS.
11:06:13 I LIVE AT 6915 NORTH LYNN
11:06:14 AVENUE IN TAMPA, WALKING
11:06:16 DISTANCE TO THIS LOCATION.
11:06:17 I ALSO WANTED TO STATE THAT I
11:06:20 DON'T OWN A MEXICAN RESTAURANT
11:06:21 AND I DON'T OWN COMMERCIAL
11:06:22 PROPERTY IN THE AREA AND I HAVE
11:06:24 NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST, AND I
11:06:25 INVITE EVERYONE ELSE TO STATE
11:06:26 THAT AS WELL.
11:06:27 I'VE KNOWN THESE -- I'VE KNOWN
11:06:29 THE GUYS THAT ARE OPENING THIS
11:06:30 RESTAURANT A LONG TIME.
11:06:32 THEY'RE GREAT PEOPLE.
11:06:34 THE AREA IN GENERAL, YOU KNOW,
11:06:35 THE NOISE IS GOING TO HAPPEN,
11:06:37 THE FLOODING'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
11:06:38 I THINK PUTTING A PATIO -- JUST
11:06:39 COVERING THE PATIO IS ONLY
11:06:41 GOING TO MAKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD
11:06:41 BETTER.
11:06:42 I SEE THERE'S NO REASON WE
11:06:44 SHOULD DENY THIS, AND I ASK
11:06:46 THAT YOU STAND BEHIND THE
11:06:47 PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND
11:06:48 APPROVE THIS.
11:06:49 THANK YOU.
11:06:50 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
11:06:55 NEXT.
11:06:56 >> HELLO.
11:07:00 MY NAME IS ERIC ROBINETTE, 1104
11:07:01 EAST LAMBRIGHT.
11:07:03 I DO HAVE SOMEWHAT A VESTED
11:07:04 INTEREST IT.
11:07:05 I'M THE GENERAL MANAGER OF
11:07:08 MEKENITA RESTAURANT.
11:07:10 I GREW UP IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:07:11 I'VE LIVED IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS
11:07:14 MY ENTIRE LIFE, GRADUATED FROM
11:07:15 HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, AND
11:07:16 STILL LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:07:18 SO I LOVE ALL THE CHANGES THAT
11:07:18 ARE GOING ON IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD
11:07:21 THAT I GREW UP IN, I RESIDE IN,
11:07:22 AND NOW I CONTINUE TO WORK IN.
11:07:24 I KNOW THAT WE'VE SPOKEN TO
11:07:27 SOME OF OUR FUTURE PATRONS OVER
11:07:30 THE LAST SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS,
11:07:31 AND BY THE WAY, JUST FOR THE
11:07:34 RECORD, NO OFFENSE, I DON'T
11:07:36 WANT YOU TO DISREGARD THE DOG
11:07:37 BECAUSE IT'S MY DOG IN THE
11:07:38 PICTURE ON THE PATIO.
11:07:39 [LAUGHTER]
11:07:40 AND I'VE BEEN TOUTING OUR PATIO
11:07:43 AS A DOG-FRIENDLY OUTDOOR
11:07:44 ENVIRONMENT TO OUR NEIGHBORS
11:07:47 AND OUR FUTURE PATRONS, AND I
11:07:49 WOULD REALLY, REALLY, REALLY
11:07:51 LIKE TO SEE THE COVERED CANOPY
11:07:54 OVER OUR ENTIRE PATIO SO THAT
11:07:57 MORE PEOPLE, MORE PETS, MORE
11:08:00 BICYCLISTS CAN ENJOY A NICE
11:08:02 COOL AND REFRESHING, INVITING
11:08:05 ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR RESTAURANT.
11:08:07 I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
11:08:10 I DON'T THINK WE'RE ASKING TO
11:08:12 -- ANYTHING THAT'S IRRATIONAL.
11:08:14 WE'RE ASKING FOR ANOTHER FIVE
11:08:15 FEET FIVE INCHES, WHICH WOULD
11:08:18 MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE, TO
11:08:20 COMPLETE OUR PATIO AND NOT MAKE
11:08:21 IT LOOK LIKE IT'S INCOMPLETE.
11:08:22 I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
11:08:24 I APPRECIATE EVERYONE COMING
11:08:25 OUT IN SUPPORT.
11:08:26 I VOTE YES.
11:08:27 THANK YOU.
11:08:28 >>FRANK REDDICK: MS. CAPIN.
11:08:29 >>YVONNE CAPIN: YES.
11:08:30 THIS IS A QUESTION FOR
11:08:32 MS. MOREDA.
11:08:34 YOU HAVE THE ORIGINAL SITE
11:08:38 PLAN?
11:08:40 >> FOR THE ALCOHOL OR THE
11:08:40 ORIGINAL?
11:08:42 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THE ORIGINAL.
11:08:43 YES, THE ALCOHOL.
11:08:46 >> MM-HMM.
11:08:47 >>YVONNE CAPIN: OKAY.
11:08:52 I'M LOOKING AT --
11:08:53 >> THIS IS THE AREA OF THE OPEN
11:08:54 PATIO.
11:08:55 >>YVONNE CAPIN: OKAY.
11:09:00 AND THAT WAS APPROVED THEN.
11:09:03 WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS, IS
11:09:05 THERE ANY -- I CAN'T -- THE
11:09:07 PRINT IS VERY, VERY SMALL.
11:09:11 IS THERE ANY PROVISION FOR NO
11:09:13 OUTDOOR SOUND?
11:09:13 >> YES.
11:09:14 >>YVONNE CAPIN: OKAY.
11:09:15 JUST WANTED TO CHECK.
11:09:16 THANK YOU.
11:09:19 >> THE -- IT SAYS NO AMPLIFIED
11:09:22 MUSIC, SOUND IN ANY OUTDOOR
11:09:27 AREA, SO YES.
11:09:29 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU.
11:09:31 >>FRANK REDDICK: NEXT.
11:09:32 >> HI.
11:09:34 MY NAME IS KIMBERLY COOK.
11:09:38 I LIVE AT 19615 GUNN HIGHWAY.
11:09:41 I AM NOT LIVING IN THE SEMINOLE
11:09:43 AREA, BUT I AM A LOVER OF THE
11:09:44 RESTAURANT.
11:09:46 WHEN I LIVED IN LUTZ, WE WENT
11:09:48 TO THE RESTAURANT OFTEN.
11:09:50 I CAN ALSO ATTEST TO THE OWNER,
11:09:51 TIFFANI PACKER.
11:09:53 SHE IS ALWAYS KIND AND
11:09:54 CONSIDERATE TO THOSE THAT SHE
11:09:55 AFFECTS AND THOSE THAT SHE'S
11:09:57 AROUND, SO I WANT TO ASSURE HER
11:09:59 NEIGHBORS THAT SHE WILL TAKE
11:09:59 INTO CONSIDERATION ANYTHING
11:10:01 THAT MAY BE BOTHERING THEM.
11:10:02 SHE'LL DO EVERYTHING THAT SHE
11:10:03 CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE
11:10:05 A PLEASANT EXPERIENCE AS WELL.
11:10:06 I ALSO WANTED TO BRING UP A
11:10:08 POINT THAT IF WE HAVE A -- WE
11:10:12 ALREADY HAVE A PATIO THERE THAT
11:10:13 IS 13 FEET.
11:10:14 IF YOU SHORTEN YOUR CANOPY TO
11:10:15 EIGHT FEET, THEN YOU'RE GOING
11:10:16 TO HAVE COLUMNS THAT ARE GOING
11:10:17 TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
11:10:21 PATIO THAT ACTUALLY COULD CAUSE
11:10:22 MORE HARM THAN GOOD.
11:10:24 THAT BECOMES KIND OF A HAZARD
11:10:25 AREA, AND IT WOULD -- THAT
11:10:27 WOULD BE ALLEVIATED BY A FULL
11:10:29 CANOPY, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE POSTS
11:10:31 IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR AREA FOR
11:10:32 YOUR GUESTS, WHICH I THINK
11:10:33 WOULD BE A -- DEFINITELY A
11:10:34 BENEFIT.
11:10:35 THANK YOU.
11:10:36 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
11:10:39 NEXT.
11:10:41 >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
11:10:44 MY NAME'S TYLER McMAHON, 307
11:10:46 EAST FERN STREET, TAMPA,
11:10:47 FLORIDA 33604.
11:10:49 I'M ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE
11:10:52 URBAN CORE CHAMBER, WHICH IS
11:10:53 TAMPA HEIGHTS, SEMINOLE
11:10:55 HEIGHTS, AND V.M. YBOR.
11:10:56 I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE
11:10:58 CANOPY OVER THE GRAND BUILDING,
11:11:00 AND I HEAR A LOT OF THE
11:11:02 CONCERNS OF FLOODING ON FLORIDA
11:11:02 AVENUE.
11:11:04 IT'S ALWAYS BEEN AN ISSUE.
11:11:05 IT WAS AN ISSUE WHEN THE
11:11:07 BUILDING WAS THERE AND HAD
11:11:08 GRASS ALL THERE, SO I DON'T
11:11:10 UNDERSTAND HOW THAT BIG OF A --
11:11:11 THAT SMALL OF A CHANGE IS GOING
11:11:12 TO HAVE THAT BIG OF EFFECT ON
11:11:15 RUNOFF OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT,
11:11:16 ALTHOUGH I DO NOT CLAIM TO BE A
11:11:20 WATER RUNOFF EXPERT EITHER.
11:11:24 WE ASK THAT THE -- THE CHAMBER
11:11:25 IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS AND ASKS
11:11:26 FOR YOUR VOTE IN SUPPORT OF
11:11:27 THIS AS WELL.
11:11:28 THANK YOU.
11:11:30 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
11:11:33 NEXT.
11:11:33 >> HI.
11:11:38 MY NAME IS LYSA BOZEL, 1504
11:11:39 EAST PARK CIRCLE, TAMPA,
11:11:40 FLORIDA, AND I'M A LOCAL
11:11:41 BUSINESS OWNER, AND I SUPPORT
11:11:42 THE RESTAURANT BECAUSE YOU DO
11:11:44 NEED A CANOPY.
11:11:45 WE DO HAVE STRONG WEATHER
11:11:48 ELEMENTS THAT AFFECT THE
11:11:50 COMFORT OF OUR EXPERIENCE, AND
11:11:51 I JUST SUPPORT IT.
11:11:52 I THINK A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE
11:11:53 WHO DO NOT SUPPORT IT DON'T
11:11:54 UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, AS
11:11:55 BUSINESS OWNERS, WE INVEST
11:11:56 HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF
11:11:57 DOLLARS.
11:11:59 IT'S NOT JUST FOR US, IT'S TO
11:12:00 BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY, AND I
11:12:01 THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT
11:12:04 THEY HAVE THOSE EXTRA FIVE FEET
11:12:05 BECAUSE IT DOES MAKE A
11:12:06 SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THE
11:12:08 AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN
11:12:09 DO, YOU KNOW, AND IT HELPS
11:12:11 THEIR PROFIT MARGINS, SO I DO
11:12:11 SUPPORT IT.
11:12:12 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
11:12:16 NEXT.
11:12:17 >> HELLO.
11:12:19 MY NAME IS JEFFREY NIETUPSKI.
11:12:22 I LIVE AT 4411 WEST VARN AVENUE
11:12:23 IN TAMPA.
11:12:26 I AM 100% IN SUPPORT OF THIS
11:12:27 CANOPY.
11:12:29 MY PREMISE IS ON
11:12:30 ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
11:12:32 IT TAKES A LOT OF GALL AND
11:12:33 TENACITY TO ACTUALLY HAVE A
11:12:35 VISION TO COME OUT AND WANT TO
11:12:37 OPEN UP A BUSINESS, TO HAVE
11:12:38 THIS CANOPY OUT THERE TO KIND
11:12:41 OF IMPROVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD, TO
11:12:42 REALLY PUT ON PAPER WHAT IT IS
11:12:44 THEY WANT TO DO, GET TO A POINT
11:12:45 WHERE THEY'RE JUST READY TO
11:12:48 OPEN UP THE BUSINESS AND TO
11:12:49 HAVE FOLKS STAND IN FRONT OF
11:12:51 THEM, IT KIND OF BOTHERS ME, IT
11:12:52 UPSETS ME.
11:12:53 WE SHOULD BE DOING EVERYTHING
11:12:56 WE CAN TO HELP SUPPORT THESE
11:12:57 CITIZENS WHO WANT TO OPEN UP
11:12:58 BUSINESSES.
11:13:02 THERE'S A LOT GOING ON THAT
11:13:03 STREET THAT WE COULD BE PUTTING
11:13:04 OUR TIME AND ATTENTION TO BE
11:13:07 OPPOSING, BUT ON THIS
11:13:09 PARTICULAR POINT OF VIEW, WE'VE
11:13:10 GOT SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO OPEN
11:13:11 UP A BUSINESS.
11:13:13 IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY NICE
11:13:13 BUSINESS.
11:13:15 PEOPLE ARE GOING TO ENJOY IT.
11:13:17 THE IDEA OF PARKING BEING AN
11:13:19 ISSUE, I CAN SEE THAT, BUT IT'S
11:13:21 PROBABLY BETTER THAN THE LATTER
11:13:22 OF THE PROBLEMS OF HAVING A
11:13:23 DILAPIDATED BUSINESS OPEN WITH
11:13:25 NO ONE PARKING THERE.
11:13:27 I'M SURE WE'LL FIND PLACES FOR
11:13:28 THEM TO PARK.
11:13:30 I ASK THAT YOU GUYS LOOK DEEP
11:13:32 DOWN AND VOTE YES ON THE
11:13:35 CANOPY, YES FOR
11:13:36 ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
11:13:37 IT'S A YES FOR ALL THE FOLKS
11:13:39 HERE WHO ARE IN SUPPORT OF IT,
11:13:40 AND I EMPATHIZE WITH THE
11:13:41 OPPOSITION.
11:13:42 I JUST THINK THEY FOUND
11:13:43 THEMSELVES ON THE WRONG SIDE OF
11:13:45 THIS, AND I HOPE YOU GUYS ALLOW
11:13:46 THESE ENTREPRENEURS TO CARRY ON
11:13:47 WITH THEIR VISION.
11:13:48 THANK YOU.
11:13:48 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
11:13:50 NEXT.
11:13:51 >> HI.
11:13:53 MY NAME IS FRANK ALBERT, AND
11:13:54 I'M APOLOGIZING IN ADVANCE AS I
11:13:56 FREEZE UP, AS I'M REALLY BAD AT
11:13:57 PUBLIC SPEAKING.
11:13:58 I'M A REALTOR, AND I ACTUALLY
11:14:02 RENTED THE NEXT-DOOR SPACE TO
11:14:05 MEKENITA'S AT 6705 FLORIDA, AND
11:14:07 PART OF THE REASON I RENTED
11:14:08 THAT SPACE IS BECAUSE I SAW THE
11:14:10 POTENTIAL FOR HOW GREAT THAT
11:14:11 PATIO TO THE LEFT OF THE
11:14:12 BUILDING COULD BE.
11:14:13 I ASSISTED MS. GRAHAM IN
11:14:17 LEASING THE SPACE OUT AND SAW
11:14:20 THE VISION THAT MEKENITA'S HAD
11:14:21 FOR IMPROVING THAT SPACE.
11:14:22 I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST
11:14:24 CONCERNS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE
11:14:25 ARE VOICING IS THE WATER
11:14:27 RUNOFF, AND TO ME, JUST FROM A
11:14:29 COMMONSENSE STANDPOINT, I WOULD
11:14:30 THINK THAT THE MORE -- THE MORE
11:14:31 ROOF THAT YOU HAVE OVER THIS
11:14:33 PATIO SPACE GIVES YOU A LITTLE
11:14:35 BIT MORE CONTROL OVER WHERE THE
11:14:36 WATER'S GOING AS FAR AS IF YOU
11:14:38 CAN PUT A GUTTER ON THE SIDE OR
11:14:39 SOMETHING, AT LEAST, THEN YOU
11:14:41 CAN CONTROL WHERE THE WATER
11:14:43 FLOW'S GOING AS OPPOSED TO IF
11:14:44 IT'S JUST BRICK PAVERS.
11:14:45 THERE'S REALLY NO CONTROL OVER
11:14:47 WHERE THAT WATER RUNOFF IS
11:14:47 GOING.
11:14:49 SO AS WELL, THE NOISE
11:14:51 COMPLAINTS THAT A COUPLE PEOPLE
11:14:52 VOICED FOR THE NEIGHBORS, I
11:14:54 THINK MS. GRAHAM'S ATTORNEY
11:14:55 COVERED THE FACT THAT THOSE
11:14:57 NEIGHBORS WERE ALL IN SUPPORT
11:14:59 OF THE CANOPY BEING EXTENDED,
11:15:00 SO THERE CLEARLY WASN'T ANY
11:15:03 PROBLEM ON THAT END.
11:15:04 THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
11:15:05 SO JUST ONE FINAL THING THAT
11:15:07 I'D LIKE TO SAY IS THAT AS A
11:15:09 REALTOR, ONE THING THAT I'M
11:15:12 KIND OF SEEING IN SEMINOLE
11:15:13 HEIGHTS IS THAT IT'S BECOMING A
11:15:14 LITTLE BIT MORE AND MORE
11:15:16 DIFFICULT FOR ME TO LEASE OUT
11:15:17 COMMERCIAL SPACE BECAUSE AS YOU
11:15:18 GUYS MENTIONED, THIS WHOLE
11:15:19 ISSUE IS OVER A COUPLE OF FEET
11:15:21 OF CANOPY SPACE, AND IT'S
11:15:23 BECOMING A PRETTY BIG ISSUE, SO
11:15:24 A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HEARING
11:15:27 STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE --
11:15:27 BUSINESS OWNERS HAVING ISSUES
11:15:29 LIKE THIS AND THEY'RE NOT
11:15:30 WANTING TO COME AND INVEST THAT
11:15:32 MONEY ANYMORE, WHICH IS KIND OF
11:15:33 BEING A NEGATIVE TO OUR
11:15:35 NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH -- WHICH IS
11:15:37 KIND OF A BIG DEAL IN MY
11:15:39 INDUSTRY, AS IT REVOLVES ON
11:15:40 PEOPLE COMING AND INVESTING
11:15:42 MONEY IN THE REAL ESTATE.
11:15:43 SO I REQUEST THAT EVERYBODY
11:15:45 VOTES IN FAVOR OF THE EXTENDED
11:15:46 CANOPY, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH
11:15:48 FOR EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT,
11:15:49 WHETHER YOU'RE IN SUPPORT OR
11:15:49 AGAINST IT.
11:15:51 I LIKE SEEING EVERYBODY BE
11:15:52 PASSIONATE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.
11:15:52 THANK YOU.
11:15:53 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
11:15:56 NEXT.
11:15:56 >> GOOD MORNING.
11:15:58 MY NAME'S DOUGLAS SMITH.
11:15:59 I'M A BUSINESS OWNER IN THE
11:16:00 SEMINOLE HEIGHTS AREA AND WORK
11:16:02 HEAVILY IN REAL ESTATE AS WELL.
11:16:03 I DO MORTGAGE LENDING.
11:16:05 SO JUST TO BACK UP FRANK'S
11:16:06 POINT.
11:16:07 AND THEN ALSO, I'VE BEEN A
11:16:11 PATRON OF MEKENITA'S FOR A LONG
11:16:12 TIME WHEN THEY WERE UP IN LUTZ.
11:16:13 PHENOMENAL FOOD.
11:16:15 WE'D GO THERE EVERY DAY FOR
11:16:15 LUNCH.
11:16:16 AND TO HAVE A COVERED AREA
11:16:17 OUTSIDE IS NICE FOR MYSELF
11:16:20 BECAUSE I'M VERY FAIR-SKINNED,
11:16:21 SO IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A
11:16:23 SHADED AREA WHERE IT'S NICE AND
11:16:25 QUIET AND RELAXING DURING WORK,
11:16:26 SO I WOULD ASK THAT YOU APPROVE
11:16:27 THIS AND SAY YES.
11:16:28 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
11:16:31 NEXT.
11:16:32 >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
11:16:35 MY NAME'S MARINO KELSIE.
11:16:38 I LIVE AT 24743 LAUREL RIDGE
11:16:38 DRIVE.
11:16:41 I'M HERE IN FULL SUPPORT OF THE
11:16:43 FULL 13-FOOT CANOPY.
11:16:45 I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING FOR
11:16:46 THE COMMUNITY.
11:16:48 I DON'T CURRENTLY LIVE IN
11:16:49 SEMINOLE HEIGHTS RIGHT NOW, BUT
11:16:51 I'VE GONE THROUGH A GREAT
11:16:52 LENGTH TO TRY TO FIND A PLACE
11:16:53 TO LIVE THERE.
11:16:54 I HAVE A LARGE FAMILY.
11:16:55 ANYONE THAT KNOWS SEMINOLE
11:16:56 HEIGHTS KNOWS IF YOU NEED A
11:16:58 LARGE HOME, IT'S HARD TO FIND
11:17:00 THERE, BUT WE'VE GONE THROUGH
11:17:02 GREAT LENGTHS TO MOVE THERE, SO
11:17:03 WE'LL BE MOVING THERE SOON, AND
11:17:04 ONE OF THE REASONS WE WANTED TO
11:17:05 MOVE THERE IS BECAUSE OF THE
11:17:08 COMMUNITY, THE PEOPLE THERE,
11:17:09 AND HOW EVERYONE IS KIND OF
11:17:10 LIKE ONE, SO TO SEE SOMETHING
11:17:14 LIKE THIS ALMOST BE SHUT DOWN,
11:17:16 IN MY OPINION, IS NOT A VERY
11:17:19 GOOD LOOK WHEN A LOT OF PEOPLE
11:17:20 IN THE COMMUNITY WANT THIS TO
11:17:21 HAPPEN.
11:17:24 ALSO, TO TOUCH ON THE NOISE
11:17:26 THING WHERE THEY SAY, YOU KNOW,
11:17:27 NO AMPLIFIED NOISE, FOR
11:17:29 SOMETHING TO BE AMPLIFIED, YOU
11:17:30 ACTUALLY HAVE TO PLUG A DEVICE
11:17:32 IN, AND, THEREFORE, THE MUSIC
11:17:34 OR NOISE OR WHATEVER WOULD BE
11:17:38 AMPLIFIED THROUGH A SPEAKER, SO
11:17:39 LET'S NOT CONFUSE THAT WITH
11:17:41 CHATTER BETWEEN LOCALS
11:17:44 PATRONIZING A LOCAL BUSINESS
11:17:46 WHERE WE WOULD ACTUALLY ENJOY.
11:17:49 SO, AGAIN, I'D SAY I THINK WE
11:17:51 SHOULD DO IT, AND LET'S HAVE
11:17:54 SOME TACOS AND BEERS.
11:17:55 [LAUGHTER]
11:17:56 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
11:17:58 NEXT.
11:17:59 >> HEY, GUYS.
11:18:00 HOW YOU DOING?
11:18:02 MY NAME'S CHANDLER THOMPSON,
11:18:05 201 WEST KNOLLWOOD STREET,
11:18:06 TAMPA, FLORIDA 33614.
11:18:08 I'M IN LITTLE WALKING DISTANCE
11:18:10 WITHIN THE GRAND BUILDING.
11:18:11 I'M A NEW RESIDENT TO THE
11:18:12 SEMINOLE HEIGHTS COMMUNITY, BUT
11:18:15 I'M ALSO A REAL ESTATE PERSON
11:18:15 AS WELL.
11:18:17 I THINK IT WOULD BE AWESOME TO
11:18:18 HAVE A SHADED AREA TO SIT.
11:18:19 THAT'S ALWAYS A BIG THING FOR
11:18:20 ME, ESPECIALLY WHEN I GO TO
11:18:21 RESTAURANTS.
11:18:22 I LOVE SITTING OUTSIDE AND
11:18:23 ENJOYING THE SPACE.
11:18:25 MY FAMILY ALSO HAS DOGS, SO I
11:18:26 THINK THAT WOULD BE AN AWESOME
11:18:27 THING FOR THAT, ESPECIALLY FOR
11:18:31 THEM TO ENJOY THE SHADED AREA,
11:18:33 BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS TO BE IN
11:18:35 THE HOT SUN, SO I'M IN FULL
11:18:36 SUPPORT, AND I HOPE YOU GUYS
11:18:37 SUPPORT THIS TODAY.
11:18:37 THANK YOU.
11:18:38 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
11:18:38 NEXT.
11:18:39 >> HELLO.
11:18:40 MY NAME'S CHRISTOPHER BROWN.
11:18:43 I'M ALSO A REALTOR IN SEMINOLE
11:18:45 HEIGHTS, AND I HOPE YOU GUYS
11:18:46 VOTE YES ON THE CANOPY.
11:18:46 THANK YOU.
11:18:47 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
11:18:49 NEXT.
11:18:50 >> MY NAME'S DAVID COUPER.
11:18:54 I LIVE AT 9504 STARLITE DRIVE
11:18:55 IN RIVERVIEW.
11:18:57 AS YOU CAN TELL FROM MY ACCENT,
11:18:59 I'M NOT FROM HERE BUT I'M,
11:19:00 THANKFULLY, A LEGAL RESIDENT
11:19:01 HERE, AND I GET A LOT OF
11:19:02 VISITORS FROM EUROPE COMING,
11:19:03 AND IF YOU NOTICED THE VISITORS
11:19:06 FROM EUROPE COMING, BY DAY TWO
11:19:09 THEY'RE ALL FRIED, AND WE HAD
11:19:10 200 DAYS OF GUESTS STAYING THIS
11:19:12 LAST YEAR, AND EVERY ONE OF
11:19:14 THEM WANTS A RESTAURANT WITH A
11:19:14 COVER.
11:19:16 THEY DON'T WANT TO SIT INSIDE
11:19:17 BECAUSE THEY GET TO SIT INSIDE
11:19:18 IN THE SNOW AND THE RAIN AND
11:19:19 ALL THAT.
11:19:20 THEY WANT TO SIT OUTSIDE.
11:19:21 AND TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
11:19:23 HAVE A BUSINESS IN SEMINOLE
11:19:24 HEIGHTS WITH A GOOD COVERED
11:19:26 PATIO FOR THEM TO GO OUT AND
11:19:28 ENJOY -- I THINK NOT MANY
11:19:29 PEOPLE HERE HAVE TOUCHED ON THE
11:19:32 TOURIST ASPECT, BUT THERE'S --
11:19:33 WE HAVE A LOAD OF TOURISTS
11:19:34 HERE, DON'T WE, AND TO HAVE
11:19:35 THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SIT OUTSIDE
11:19:37 IN THE SHADE AND ENJOY WHAT WE
11:19:38 GET TO ENJOY EVERY DAY OF THE
11:19:42 YEAR SEEMS TO BE KIND OF FIT,
11:19:43 SO THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.
11:19:44 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
11:19:46 NEXT.
11:19:47 >> HELLO.
11:19:49 I'M PAUL RANKIN.
11:19:50 I'M THE EXECUTIVE CHEF OF
11:19:53 MEKENITA CANTINA.
11:19:55 I SUPPORT THE COVER, AND AS FAR
11:19:56 AS THE DUMPSTER PAD IN THE
11:19:57 BACK, IT'S BEING ADDRESSED, AND
11:19:59 WE HAVE SUBMITTED NEW PLANS TO
11:20:01 GET IT APPROVED IN THE PROPER
11:20:03 WAY.
11:20:04 AS FAR AS -- I LIVE IN THE
11:20:05 NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:20:06 I'VE BEEN THERE FOR OVER 15
11:20:07 YEARS.
11:20:08 ANY TIME I GO INTO A
11:20:09 RESTAURANT, I GET REALLY COLD,
11:20:11 SO I PREFER TO SIT OUT ON THE
11:20:12 PATIO.
11:20:13 AND IF YOU'RE NOT SHADED,
11:20:15 YOU'RE GOING TO BURN OUT THERE.
11:20:17 45 MINUTES, YOU'RE GOING TO
11:20:19 COME UP WITH SKIN CANCER, LET'S
11:20:21 SAY, SO IT'LL BE BETTER FOR
11:20:23 EVERYBODY IF IT'S COVERED.
11:20:24 THANK YOU.
11:20:25 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
11:20:27 NEXT.
11:20:29 >> MY NAME'S ANGELA.
11:20:32 I'M A SOUS CHEF THERE AT
11:20:36 MEKENITA.
11:20:37 I DO WANT TO SAY I SUPPORT THE
11:20:38 CANOPY ON TOP.
11:20:39 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
11:20:39 NEXT.
11:20:40 >> HEY, EVERYONE.
11:20:43 MY NAME IS RICARDO GASCOT, AND
11:20:45 I DON'T LIVE IN THE SEMINOLE
11:20:46 HEIGHTS AREA, BUT I DO A LOT OF
11:20:48 BUSINESS THERE, AND I'M IN
11:20:50 FAVOR OF THE EXTENDED CANOPY,
11:20:51 MAINLY FOR THE PROTECTION OF
11:20:52 THE SUN.
11:20:53 I HAVE A YOUNG FAMILY, AND
11:20:55 EVERY TIME WE GO OUT, WE ALWAYS
11:20:56 LIKE TO SIT OUTSIDE IF WE HAVE
11:20:58 THAT OPTION AND JUST PROTECTION
11:21:01 FROM THE SUN I THINK WOULD MAKE
11:21:02 PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, TAKE
11:21:04 ADVANTAGE OF THAT PATIO, SO I
11:21:05 AM IN FAVOR OF THE EXTENSION.
11:21:06 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:21:07 >>FRANK REDDICK: YOU'RE ALSO
11:21:08 TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ADVERTISING
11:21:10 YOUR EMPLOYMENT.
11:21:12 [LAUGHTER]
11:21:13 THANK YOU.
11:21:14 NEXT.
11:21:14 >> HI THERE.
11:21:18 MY NAME IS MELISSA LOMBARDO,
11:21:19 AND I'M HERE IN FAVOR OF THE
11:21:19 CANOPY.
11:21:21 IT SEEMS THE OPPOSITION IS IN
11:21:23 FAVOR OF A FIVE-FOOT CANOPY BUT
11:21:27 NOT A 13-FOOT CANOPY, AND I
11:21:28 DON'T REALLY SEE WHY -- WHAT
11:21:29 THE DIFFERENCE IS.
11:21:31 THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE'RE HERE
11:21:32 FOR A CANOPY, SO I PETITION YOU
11:21:33 TO APPROVE IT.
11:21:34 THANK YOU.
11:21:35 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
11:21:39 NEXT.
11:21:39 >> GOOD MORNING.
11:21:42 MY NAME IS DANA PHILP.
11:21:45 I HAVE RESIDED AT 906 WEST
11:21:46 HENRY AVENUE FOR THE PAST 30
11:21:46 YEARS.
11:21:48 I'M BLESSED TO OWN FOUR HOMES,
11:21:50 INCLUDING MY OWN, WITHIN WHAT
11:21:50 WE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
11:21:53 AFFECTIONATELY CALL THE GOLDEN
11:21:53 MILE.
11:21:54 THAT WOULD BE BETWEEN
11:21:56 HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE TO SLIGH
11:21:57 AVENUE.
11:21:58 MY FAMILY IS THOROUGHLY
11:22:02 ENJOYING, FINALLY, LIVING IN A
11:22:04 WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:22:06 FRITO, OUR DOG CHILD -- THIS IS
11:22:08 MY VALENTINE'S CARD -- IS ALSO
11:22:10 ENJOYING IT.
11:22:13 I HAIL FROM PHOENIX ARIZONA,
11:22:14 AND WHEN I HEARD A MEXICAN
11:22:15 RESTAURANT WAS COMING TO OUR
11:22:18 NEIGHBORHOOD, I FOUND HEAVEN ON
11:22:18 EARTH.
11:22:19 SINCE THAT DAY, I HAVE BEEN
11:22:21 WORKING ON A SKINNY MARGARITA
11:22:23 RECIPE, AND THAT'S GOING REALLY
11:22:23 WELL TOO.
11:22:25 [LAUGHTER]
11:22:27 >>YVONNE CAPIN: PASS IT ALONG.
11:22:27 [LAUGHTER]
11:22:29 >> YES.
11:22:32 THEY SAID THEY WANT IT, SO -- I
11:22:34 RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO APPROVE
11:22:37 THIS REQUEST FOR THE COMPLETE
11:22:39 COVERED AREA DUE TO OUR WALK
11:22:41 BEING OVER A MILE.
11:22:42 IF I WOULD WALK A MILE TO A
11:22:44 RESTAURANT, I WOULD FREEZE TO
11:22:45 DEATH IF I SAT INSIDE.
11:22:48 I'M VERY FAIR-SKINNED, AS IS MY
11:22:54 DOG CHILD, FRITO.
11:22:55 AND OUTDOOR SEATING WOULD BE
11:22:56 WONDERFUL FOR US, ESPECIALLY
11:22:57 COVERED.
11:23:01 SHOULD WE BE ENERGETIC ENOUGH
11:23:05 TO STAY TILL DARK, WE ALSO
11:23:07 WOULD WANT OUR DOG WITH US FOR
11:23:09 A SAFE WALK BACK HOME AFTER AN
11:23:09 ENJOYABLE EVENING.
11:23:11 LIVING ON THE RIVER, I KNOW A
11:23:12 LITTLE BIT ABOUT FLOODING, AND
11:23:14 LIVING IN TAMPA, WE ALL KNOW A
11:23:15 LITTLE BIT ABOUT FLOODING.
11:23:17 MR. ALBERT'S SUGGESTION OF A
11:23:19 RAIN GUTTER AND BEING ABLE TO
11:23:20 CHANNEL ANY RUNOFF WOULD
11:23:22 CERTAINLY BE A REASONABLE
11:23:23 SOLUTION.
11:23:24 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
11:23:25 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
11:23:27 NEXT.
11:23:27 >> HELLO.
11:23:28 GOOD MORNING.
11:23:29 I HAVEN'T BEEN SWORN IN.
11:23:30 >>FRANK REDDICK: YOU HAVEN'T
11:23:31 BEEN SWORN?
11:23:32 ALL RIGHT.
11:23:34 ANYONE ELSE PLANNING TO SPEAK
11:23:35 THAT HASN'T BEEN SWORN, PLEASE
11:23:37 LET'S DO IT NOW.
11:23:37 [PARTICIPANTS SWORN IN]
11:23:43 >> HI.
11:23:44 MY NAME IS ANGGIE ROCCO.
11:23:47 I LIVE AT 6910 NORTH LYNN
11:23:49 AVENUE IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, AND
11:23:52 I AM IN FAVOR OF THE --
11:23:54 SUPPORTING THE WHOLE CANOPY.
11:23:56 I ALSO AM HERE TO TESTIFY TO
11:23:57 THE CHARACTER OF THE OWNERS.
11:23:59 I KNOW THAT THE OPPOSITION IS
11:24:01 SAYING THE TWO MAJOR POINTS IS
11:24:02 NOISE AND THE RAIN, AND I AM
11:24:05 HERE TO TELL YOU THAT IF THAT
11:24:06 IS A BIG CONCERN THAT TIFFANI
11:24:08 PACKER WILL DO ANYTHING TO MAKE
11:24:10 IT BETTER, SO IF THE RAIN'S AN
11:24:11 ISSUE, SHE'LL COME UP WITH A
11:24:11 WAY.
11:24:13 SHE'S A PEOPLE PERSON AND
11:24:14 SHE'LL DO ANYTHING, WHATEVER IT
11:24:17 TAKES TO MAKE IT SAFE IN THE
11:24:18 COMMUNITY AS WELL.
11:24:19 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
11:24:20 NEXT.
11:24:22 >> GOOD MORNING.
11:24:26 MY NAME IS STEVE ZINDER, 1102
11:24:27 EAST ELLICOTT, AND I AM THE
11:24:28 PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHEAST
11:24:29 SEMINOLE HEIGHTS CIVIC
11:24:30 ASSOCIATION.
11:24:32 I'M NOT HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT
11:24:34 OR DENY AN EXTRA FIVE FEET ON A
11:24:36 CANOPY, BUT I AM HERE TODAY TO
11:24:38 SUPPORT -- VEHEMENTLY SUPPORT
11:24:39 PROGRESS IN OUR COMMERCIAL
11:24:44 CORRIDOR AND TO EXTEND THE
11:24:45 TREMENDOUS GROWTH THAT'S
11:24:46 HAPPENING IN -- ALONG THE
11:24:47 SEMINOLE HEIGHTS CORRIDORS.
11:24:49 WE KNOW THAT NEBRASKA AND
11:24:52 FLORIDA HAVE THE TWO CORRIDORS
11:24:53 -- NORTH-SOUTH CORRIDORS THAT
11:24:54 HAVE IMPROVED SIGNIFICANTLY
11:24:56 OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
11:24:57 ONE OF OUR BIGGEST PROBLEMS,
11:24:58 ESPECIALLY IN MY AREA,
11:25:00 SOUTHEAST SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, ARE
11:25:02 VACANT, DILAPIDATED BUILDINGS.
11:25:04 JUST ON THE CORNER OF NEBRASKA
11:25:05 AND OSBORNE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE
11:25:07 HAVE THREE BUILDING OWNERS THAT
11:25:08 HAVE HELD ON TO THEIR BUILDINGS
11:25:11 FOR MORE THAN A DECADE AND
11:25:12 REFUSE TO SELL OR LEASE TO
11:25:13 PEOPLE THAT WANT TO PUT
11:25:15 BUSINESSES IN THOSE BUILDINGS.
11:25:17 WE CAN'T GET THEM TO DO THAT.
11:25:18 ELIZABETH GRAHAM, AS YOU
11:25:19 PROBABLY KNOW, HAS SEVERAL
11:25:21 BUILDINGS IN THE SEMINOLE
11:25:22 HEIGHTS AREAS.
11:25:24 ALL HER BUILDINGS, THE DAY SPA,
11:25:26 THE OLD REFINERY BUILDING, AND
11:25:27 THIS NEW BUILDING WE'RE
11:25:29 DISCUSSING TODAY ARE BEAUTIFUL
11:25:30 ESTABLISHMENTS, WELL KEPT, AND
11:25:32 ALWAYS HAVE REALLY GOOD
11:25:33 BUSINESSES IN THEM.
11:25:35 WE CAN BE GETTING INTO A PRETTY
11:25:37 SLIPPERY SLOPE WHEN WE START
11:25:39 HAVING PETTY TALKS ABOUT SMALL
11:25:40 VARIANCES.
11:25:42 I THINK -- I THINK WE NEED TO
11:25:46 MOVE FORWARD AND I THINK THAT
11:25:48 -- MR. ALBERT MADE A REALLY
11:25:49 NICE POINT, THAT THE BUSINESSES
11:25:51 ARE GOING TO START THINKING WE
11:25:53 HAVE A REPUTATION FOR TRYING TO
11:25:55 MAKE THINGS DIFFICULT FOR THEM
11:25:56 TO MOVE INTO OUR AREA.
11:25:57 I THINK THAT'S A BAD PRECEDENT
11:25:58 TO SET.
11:26:00 I AM IN FAVOR OF PROGRESS IN
11:26:01 THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR, AND IF
11:26:05 IT MEANS THAT A VARIANCE OF A
11:26:07 5.5 FEET ON A CANOPY DOES THAT,
11:26:09 THEN I'M IN FAVOR OF THAT TOO.
11:26:09 THANK YOU.
11:26:10 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
11:26:11 NEXT.
11:26:11 >> HI.
11:26:15 STEPHEN LYTLE, 322 WEST GIDDENS
11:26:16 AVENUE.
11:26:18 I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTH
11:26:22 SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, BUT I'M
11:26:23 SPEAKING ON MY OWN BEHALF.
11:26:25 I WANT TO REITERATE WHAT STEVE
11:26:25 SAID.
11:26:27 I'M DEFINITELY IN FAVOR OF
11:26:28 PROGRESS IN OUR COMMERCIAL
11:26:29 CORRIDORS.
11:26:30 WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE VISION
11:26:31 PLAN AND DETERMINE WHAT IS THAT
11:26:33 VISION PLAN FOR US, WHAT IS OUR
11:26:34 DEVELOPMENT, WHAT IS OUR
11:26:35 GROWTH, IT INCLUDES PROJECTS
11:26:37 THAT INCLUDE OUTDOOR SEATING
11:26:38 AND THESE TYPES OF EVENTS.
11:26:41 I IMPLORE YOU TWICE TO USE
11:26:42 COMMON SENSE AND LOGIC AND
11:26:43 THINK ABOUT IF WE'RE APPROVING
11:26:46 A PATIO THAT'S 13 FEET AND ONLY
11:26:47 GOING TO APPROVE A COVERED
11:26:49 PATIO THAT'S EIGHT FEET, DOES
11:26:50 THAT MAKE ANY SENSE, WHETHER
11:26:51 THE PAVERS ARE 13 FEET OR
11:26:53 WHETHER THE COVERAGE IS EIGHT
11:26:54 FEET, IT'S STILL 13 FEET OF
11:26:56 IMPERVIOUS SURFACE.
11:26:58 I WOULD ENCOURAGE COUNCIL TO
11:26:59 CONSIDER THE RAMIFICATIONS OF
11:26:59 PARKING.
11:27:00 I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT
11:27:01 HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP AND THAT'S
11:27:03 A BIG CONCERN THROUGHOUT
11:27:03 SEMINOLE HEIGHTS.
11:27:05 I KNOW WE'VE RAISED THOSE
11:27:06 CONCERNS PREVIOUSLY.
11:27:08 WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD IS STREET
11:27:10 PARKING IS A LEGAL AND VIABLE
11:27:12 OPTIONS AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT
11:27:13 PARKING IN FRONT OF DRIVEWAYS
11:27:14 OR MAILBOXES.
11:27:16 TO REPEAT, I REALLY BELIEVE WE
11:27:17 HAVE A RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS
11:27:19 OWNER WHO OWNS MULTIPLE
11:27:20 PROPERTIES HERE, VERY
11:27:21 SUPPORTIVE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND
11:27:23 ASSOCIATIONS WITHIN IT, AND IT
11:27:24 WOULD BE BEST TO REALLY INVEST
11:27:25 IN SOMEBODY WHO'S REALLY
11:27:26 INVESTED IN BOTH OF OUR
11:27:29 COMMUNITY AND OUR CITY.
11:27:30 THANK YOU.
11:27:31 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
11:27:31 NEXT.
11:27:34 >> SUSAN LONG, 921 E. BROAD
11:27:37 STREET, AND, YES, I HAVE BEEN
11:27:38 SWORN.
11:27:39 I LIVE IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, AS
11:27:40 YOU KNOW, AND I'M HEARING A LOT
11:27:42 OF PEOPLE SAYING, I WOULDN'T GO
11:27:44 THERE BECAUSE I LIKE TO SIT
11:27:46 OUTSIDE AND WE WON'T HAVE
11:27:46 COVERAGE.
11:27:47 WE HAVE ALREADY APPROVED
11:27:48 EIGHT-FOOT COVERAGE.
11:27:50 I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE ISSUE.
11:27:52 THE ISSUE IS DO WE WANT TO BE
11:27:53 EIGHT OR 13 FEET?
11:27:55 I THINK 13 FEET IS PERFECTLY
11:27:55 ACCEPTABLE.
11:27:57 I KNOW IF I GO TO A RESTAURANT,
11:27:58 I DO ONE OF TWO THINGS.
11:28:00 IF I GO INSIDE, USUALLY I
11:28:02 FREEZE TO DEATH, SO I END UP
11:28:03 OUTSIDE.
11:28:04 I WILL NOT SIT OUTSIDE UNLESS
11:28:05 IT'S COVERED.
11:28:07 I DON'T CARE IF HALF OF IT IS
11:28:08 COVERED, IF THE ONLY SEATS LEFT
11:28:10 IS THE PART THAT'S UNCOVERED, I
11:28:10 LEAVE.
11:28:13 I'M NOT GOING TO STAY OUT IN
11:28:13 THE HEAT.
11:28:14 I'VE HAD TWO SKIN CANCERS
11:28:15 REMOVED.
11:28:16 I'M NOT GOING TO DO ANY MORE OF
11:28:17 THAT.
11:28:18 THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE HAVE
11:28:20 A PARKING ISSUE THERE RIGHT
11:28:21 NOW, RIGHT NOW.
11:28:23 ADDING THAT OTHER FIVE FEET
11:28:24 ISN'T GOING TO MAKE IT BETTER,
11:28:25 IT ISN'T GOING TO MAKE IT
11:28:27 SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE.
11:28:29 IT'S A PARKING ISSUE.
11:28:30 MOST OF THE BUSINESSES IN
11:28:31 SEMINOLE HEIGHTS HAVE A PARKING
11:28:34 ISSUE, SO THAT, TO ME, IS A
11:28:35 MOOT DISCUSSION POINT.
11:28:36 EVERYBODY'S GOT THAT PROBLEM.
11:28:37 THERE ARE A COUPLE THAT DON'T
11:28:38 HAVE A BIG PROBLEM.
11:28:40 I USED TO SAY THE FRONT PORCH
11:28:43 IN WHAT USED TO BE [OFF
11:28:44 MICROPHONE] DIDN'T HAVE PARKING
11:28:46 ISSUES, BUT THAT ISN'T TRUE
11:28:46 EITHER.
11:28:48 THEY'RE NOW DEVELOPING A PLACE
11:28:49 ACROSS THE STREET, THEY'RE
11:28:50 PUTTING UP -- I THINK IT'S A
11:28:52 FOUR-STORY APARTMENT COMPLEX.
11:28:54 THEY'VE GOT PARKING ISSUES.
11:28:55 EVERY BUSINESS IN SEMINOLE
11:28:57 HEIGHTS HAS A PARKING ISSUE, SO
11:28:59 PARKING SHOULD NOT BE A PART OF
11:28:59 THE DISCUSSION.
11:29:01 IT'S A FACT OF LIFE IN SEMINOLE
11:29:01 HEIGHTS.
11:29:03 IF YOU DON'T WANT TO WALK THERE
11:29:05 OR TAKE UBER OR LYFT, YOU'RE
11:29:06 GOING TO HAVE A PROBLEM FINDING
11:29:09 A PLACE TO PUT YOUR CAR, AND I
11:29:09 DON'T CARE WHICH PLACE YOU'RE
11:29:10 GOING TO.
11:29:11 STARBUCKS, THE FIRST ONE, THE
11:29:13 MOST RECENT ONE, THEY'VE ALL
11:29:14 GOT PARKING ISSUES, SO THOSE
11:29:15 ARE MOOT DISCUSSIONS.
11:29:16 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE NOISE AT
11:29:17 3:00 A.M., THESE ARE THE
11:29:19 PEOPLE, SEMINOLE HEIGHTS
11:29:20 PEOPLE, WHO STOOD THERE AND
11:29:22 FOUGHT TOOTH AND NAIL TO GET
11:29:23 THEM TO BE WET ZONED UNTIL 3:00
11:29:25 A.M., SO NOW YOU'RE UNHAPPY
11:29:25 WITH THAT?
11:29:27 I'M SORRY, THAT'S WHAT YOU
11:29:27 FOUGHT FOR, THAT'S WHAT YOU
11:29:28 HAVE.
11:29:30 I THINK THAT THE CANOPY SHOULD
11:29:31 BE APPROVED.
11:29:32 THE PARKING ISSUE ISN'T GOING
11:29:33 TO CHANGE.
11:29:34 IT'S THERE NOW, IT'S NOT GOING
11:29:36 TO GO AWAY.
11:29:37 THE 3:00 A.M. ISSUE IS WHAT
11:29:39 SEMINOLE HEIGHTS FOUGHT FOR.
11:29:40 THAT'S WHAT YOU WANTED, THAT'S
11:29:41 WHAT YOU HAVE.
11:29:42 THE ARGUMENT THAT, YOU KNOW,
11:29:44 WELL, THEY'VE GOT A PATIO, YOU
11:29:46 CAN SIT OUTSIDE, MOST PEOPLE
11:29:47 WON'T SIT OUTSIDE UNLESS IT'S
11:29:48 COVERED, SO THAT'S MY POSITION,
11:29:50 APPROVE THE EXTRA FIVE FEET.
11:29:50 THANK YOU.
11:29:51 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
11:29:52 ALL RIGHT.
11:29:53 ANYONE ELSE?
11:29:56 WANT TO SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 38?
11:29:57 >>YVONNE CAPIN: MOVE TO CLOSE.
11:29:58 >> SECOND.
11:29:59 >>FRANK REDDICK: NO, NO, NO.
11:30:01 >>YVONNE CAPIN: WAIT.
11:30:02 >>FRANK REDDICK: APPLICANT.
11:30:03 >>YVONNE CAPIN: I'M SORRY.
11:30:04 >> THEY'VE GOT REBUTTAL.
11:30:05 >>YVONNE CAPIN: YEAH, YEAH,
11:30:06 YEAH, YEAH.
11:30:08 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:30:09 YOUR TIME, APPLICANT.
11:30:12 >> THANK YOU.
11:30:14 COUNCIL, I'D JUST LIKE TO POINT
11:30:16 OUT, AGAIN, NOT TO SOUND LIKE A
11:30:18 BROKEN RECORD, BUT THIS PATIO
11:30:19 HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED, SO
11:30:21 WHEN -- IN 2016, WHEN WE WERE
11:30:22 HERE, IT WAS CERTAINLY
11:30:24 CONTEMPLATED THAT THE PATIO WAS
11:30:26 GOING TO BE FOR PATRONS.
11:30:27 MY CLIENT AT THAT TIME AGREED
11:30:28 THAT THERE WOULD BE NO
11:30:30 AMPLIFIED MUSIC, WHICH WE
11:30:31 TOUCHED UPON, BUT I JUST WANT
11:30:33 TO REMIND THE COUNCIL OF THAT.
11:30:34 SECOND, AND, AGAIN, NOT TO
11:30:36 SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD,
11:30:37 BUT, YOU KNOW, I HEARD CONCERNS
11:30:39 ABOUT PARKING, I HEARD CONCERNS
11:30:40 ABOUT THE DUMPSTER, I HEARD
11:30:42 CONCERNS ABOUT THE NOISE, AND,
11:30:43 AGAIN, THAT IS NOT BEFORE THE
11:30:44 COUNCIL TODAY.
11:30:46 WE DID THAT IN 2016, AND IT
11:30:51 SEEMS LIKE WE'RE ARGUING THAT
11:30:52 AGAIN.
11:30:55 STORMWATER WAS ANOTHER CONCERN.
11:30:57 MS. MOREDA WAS HERE, AND SHE
11:30:58 DIDN'T INDICATE THAT THE CITY'S
11:31:00 OBJECTION TO OUR REQUEST WAS
11:31:03 BASED ON A STORMWATER CONCERN,
11:31:04 SO IT'S OUR POSITION THAT THAT
11:31:05 IS ALSO NOT SOMETHING THAT
11:31:08 COUNCIL NEEDS TO WORRY ABOUT AT
11:31:11 THIS POINT.
11:31:12 THE TREES, I THINK, ARE
11:31:14 CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WILL
11:31:16 BE DISCUSSED, AND I WILL POINT
11:31:21 OUT THAT, YEAH, THE TREES WERE
11:31:21 UNFORTUNATELY PLANTED
11:31:24 INCORRECTLY IN THE CITY
11:31:25 GREENSCAPE.
11:31:26 THERE ARE SEVEN TREES PLANTED
11:31:29 ALONG THAT NORTH SIDE BORDER.
11:31:30 THE SITE PLAN REQUIRED THAT
11:31:33 THREE BE PLANTED ON MY CLIENT'S
11:31:33 PROPERTY.
11:31:39 I WILL SHOW YOU THE SITE PLAN.
11:31:41 I KNOW IT'S EXCEPTIONALLY SMALL
11:31:43 AND HARD TO SEE, BUT THESE ARE
11:31:45 THE THREE TREES IN QUESTION,
11:31:47 AND CURRENTLY THERE ARE SEVEN
11:31:50 TREES PLANTED IN THE CITY
11:31:53 GREENSCAPE, AND ON THIS SIDE,
11:31:54 OUR CLIENT WAS SUPPOSED TO
11:31:56 PLANT THREE TREES, AND, IN
11:31:58 FACT, SIX TREES ARE PLANTED, SO
11:31:59 I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT TO
11:32:01 COUNCIL THAT MY CLIENT HAS MET
11:32:05 THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE -- FOR
11:32:07 PLANTS ON HER PROPERTY, EVEN
11:32:10 THOUGH THEY WERE -- THE SEVEN
11:32:10 TREES WERE INCORRECTLY PLANTED
11:32:12 ON THE NORTHERN BORDER.
11:32:15 AND, YOU KNOW, SHE IS HERE
11:32:16 TODAY WILLING TO PLANT MORE
11:32:18 TREES IF THAT'S WHAT THE CITY
11:32:20 WANTS HER TO DO, OR SHE IS
11:32:21 WILLING TO MAKE CONTRIBUTION
11:32:23 INTO THE TREE FUND, IF THAT'S
11:32:24 SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL WOULD
11:32:29 CONSIDER.
11:32:33 I ALSO HEARD CONCERNS THAT
11:32:33 NEIGHBORS ARE GOING TO HAVE
11:32:34 ISSUES.
11:32:35 WELL, AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO POINT
11:32:37 OUT TO COUNCIL THAT HERE'S OUR
11:32:41 CONSENTING NEIGHBOR MAP, AND WE
11:32:43 BELIEVE THE NEIGHBORS WOULD BE
11:32:45 MOST AFFECTED BY THIS
11:32:47 NORTHERNMOST BOUNDARY HAVE ALL
11:32:51 CONSENTED TO THE REQUEST TODAY.
11:32:53 MS. GRAHAM HAS BEEN A BUSINESS
11:32:54 OWNER IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS FOR
11:32:56 20-PLUS YEARS.
11:32:57 YOU HEARD MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
11:32:58 SAY THAT SHE OWNS MORE THAN ONE
11:33:00 BUILDING, WHICH IS TRUE.
11:33:02 HER GOAL IS AND -- HER GOAL IS
11:33:03 NOW AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN TO MAKE
11:33:05 SEMINOLE HEIGHTS A PLACE THAT
11:33:06 WILL THRIVE AND WILL ATTRACT
11:33:09 PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE CITY.
11:33:11 WE -- THERE'S OVERWHELMING
11:33:11 SUPPORT HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT
11:33:14 OF THIS REQUEST, AND, AGAIN, WE
11:33:15 BELIEVE THAT A FULLY COVERED
11:33:16 PATIO WILL ALLOW THIS NEW
11:33:18 BUSINESS IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS TO
11:33:19 MAXIMIZE ITS USE OF THE
11:33:21 PROPERTY AND WILL BE AN
11:33:22 EXCELLENT ADDITION TO THE
11:33:24 DISTRICT.
11:33:29 >>FRANK REDDICK: THAT'S IT?
11:33:30 >> THAT'S IT.
11:33:30 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:33:31 ANY QUESTIONS?
11:33:34 >> I CAN PUT THE [OFF
11:33:36 MICROPHONE] BACK UP IF YOU WANT
11:33:37 ME TO.
11:33:38 >>FRANK REDDICK: NO, I WANT THE
11:33:39 MARGARITA.
11:33:39 [LAUGHTER]
11:33:41 >> CAN I SAY ME TOO?
11:33:42 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY QUESTIONS
11:33:43 FROM STAFF?
11:33:43 MR. SUAREZ.
11:33:44 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU,
11:33:44 CHAIR.
11:33:45 APPRECIATE IT.
11:33:46 THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
11:33:47 I APPRECIATE EVERYONE THAT'S
11:33:47 OVER HERE.
11:33:48 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT -- AND
11:33:51 YOU MADE A VERY GOOD
11:33:51 PRESENTATION AND REMEMBERED
11:33:53 WHAT IT WAS LIKE IN 2016 WHEN
11:33:55 WE WERE FIRST LOOKING AT THIS
11:33:56 PARTICULAR PROPERTY, AND WE
11:33:57 DEALT WITH A LOT OF THOSE
11:33:59 ISSUES WHEN IT WAS PRESENTED TO
11:34:00 US, AND, YOU KNOW, THERE IS --
11:34:03 THIS IS, NO DOUBT, NOT A -- IN
11:34:06 ANY WAY AN ISSUE WITH
11:34:07 MS. GRAHAM BECAUSE A LOT OF
11:34:08 PEOPLE WERE PRAISING HER AT
11:34:10 THAT TIME, EVEN FOLKS THAT WERE
11:34:11 NOT NECESSARILY IN FAVOR OF
11:34:12 WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO WITH
11:34:13 THE BUILDING, SO WE'VE GOT THAT
11:34:14 OUT OF THE WAY.
11:34:15 LET'S TALK ABOUT THE REAL
11:34:16 ISSUES HERE, WHICH WERE
11:34:18 PRESENTED BY MS. MOREDA.
11:34:19 YOU KNOW, UNLIKE CONGRESS, WE
11:34:21 DO LIKE COMPROMISE HERE, AND,
11:34:23 YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THE 5.5
11:34:24 FEET IS SOMETHING THAT IS AN
11:34:26 ISSUE FOR YOU ALL, AND IT LOOKS
11:34:28 LIKE MS. MOREDA WAS TRYING TO
11:34:30 FIGURE OUT A WAY TO ALLOW IT TO
11:34:31 GO FORWARD.
11:34:33 THE ISSUE I HAVE IS THAT, YOU
11:34:34 KNOW, WHEN YOU PRESENTED THIS
11:34:36 THE FIRST TIME, WHEN ALL THE
11:34:39 STUFF IS OPENED UP WITHOUT A
11:34:40 DESIGN EXCEPTION, YOU PUT THE
11:34:41 PATIO ON THERE, AND IT -- THAT
11:34:44 WAS NOT CONTEMPLATED, FOR SOME
11:34:44 REASON.
11:34:46 WAS THERE A REASON WHY THAT
11:34:47 PATIO WAS NOT CONSIDERED AS A
11:34:49 BIGGER PORTION OF IT LIKE IT IS
11:34:50 NOW THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO
11:34:51 FOR THE EXCEPTION?
11:34:54 >> WELL, I THINK THAT THE PATIO
11:34:55 IS -- THE FOOTPRINT OF THE
11:34:57 PATIO WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE
11:34:59 THREE CUT-OUTS FOR THE TREES IS
11:35:02 -- IS ACTUALLY THE SAME SIZE,
11:35:03 SO IT'S --
11:35:05 >>MIKE SUAREZ: SO WHAT ARE WE
11:35:05 TALKING ABOUT THEN?
11:35:07 >> MR. COHEN POINTED OUT THE
11:35:09 DISCREPANCY IN FEET.
11:35:12 IN ALL REALITY -- I'LL PUT THE
11:35:14 SITE PLAN UP.
11:35:15 >>MIKE SUAREZ: WE'RE STILL
11:35:17 TALKING ABOUT 5.5 FEET.
11:35:19 >> RIGHT, THE PATIO DOESN'T
11:35:20 INCLUDE CUT-OUTS.
11:35:21 >>MIKE SUAREZ: HERE'S THE
11:35:21 PROBLEM.
11:35:22 YOU MENTIONED PUTTING SIX TREES
11:35:23 ON THE OTHER SIDE.
11:35:25 WE CONTEMPLATED WHEN WE FIRST
11:35:27 MADE THE DECISION ON THIS
11:35:27 PARTICULAR PROPERTY WAS NOT TO
11:35:29 HAVE SIX TREES ON ONE SIDE, WE
11:35:30 HAD THE CONTEMPLATION THAT WE
11:35:31 WERE GOING TO HAVE THREE ON
11:35:33 ONE, THREE ON THE OTHER, AM I
11:35:33 CORRECT ABOUT THAT?
11:35:34 >> I WOULD HAVE TO AGREE WITH
11:35:35 THAT.
11:35:35 >>MIKE SUAREZ: OKAY.
11:35:37 AND THAT'S PART OF THE REASON
11:35:38 WHY WHEN WE HAVE THESE DESIGN
11:35:39 EXCEPTIONS OR SOMEBODY WHO
11:35:42 OPENS UP THEIR LAND USE AGAIN,
11:35:45 I'M ALWAYS CURIOUS AS TO WHAT'S
11:35:46 DIFFERENT NOW THAN WHAT WAS
11:35:48 PRESENTED TO US PREVIOUSLY, AND
11:35:50 I DON'T THINK THAT YOU'VE SHOWN
11:35:50 ANYTHING THAT'S PARTICULARLY
11:35:53 DIFFERENT OTHER THAN YOU WANTED
11:35:55 TO ELIMINATE WHAT WAS REQUIRED
11:35:56 UNDER THE ORIGINAL SITE PLAN TO
11:35:58 HAVE THREE TREES ON THAT SIDE
11:35:59 AS OPPOSED TO THREE ADDITIONAL
11:36:00 ON THE OTHER SIDE.
11:36:02 THAT'S PART OF IT.
11:36:04 >> WELL, AS I STATED, I MEAN,
11:36:05 THERE ARE TREES THERE, THEY'RE
11:36:07 JUST ON THE CITYSCAPE, AND
11:36:09 THERE ARE ADDITIONAL TREES, SO
11:36:11 I THINK THAT THE DIFFERENCE IS
11:36:12 THAT AT THE TIME THERE WAS NO
11:36:14 TENANT, AND SO MAYBE THAT'S WHY
11:36:15 IT WASN'T CONTEMPLATED THAT
11:36:17 THERE WOULD BE A FULLY COVERED
11:36:18 PATIO.
11:36:19 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I DO REMEMBER
11:36:20 THERE WAS A LOT OF
11:36:21 CONTEMPLATION AS TO WHAT WAS
11:36:23 GOING TO GO ON, PRIMARILY WITH
11:36:24 THE WINE BAR PORTION OF IT AND
11:36:25 NOT REALLY A LOT OF DISCUSSION
11:36:27 WITH THE EMPTY SPACE, IF I
11:36:28 RECALL CORRECTLY, SO THERE
11:36:29 WASN'T A LOT OF DISCUSSION,
11:36:31 AND, AGAIN, MY MEMORY MAY BE
11:36:32 FAULTY, ON THE PATIO PORTION OF
11:36:33 IT.
11:36:34 WE REALLY WERE TALKING ABOUT
11:36:35 PARKING AND WE WERE TALKING
11:36:37 ABOUT THE USE THERE, AND THERE
11:36:39 WAS A LOT OF CONSTERNATION AS
11:36:41 TO THE REDUCTION AND THE
11:36:42 WAIVERS THAT WE WERE GOING TO
11:36:43 HAVE FOR THE PARKING
11:36:46 SPECIFICALLY, AND -- WHICH HAS
11:36:47 HAPPENED, AND, YOU KNOW, THE
11:36:48 BUILDING ITSELF IS A BEAUTIFUL
11:36:50 BUILDING, AND I'VE BEEN THERE
11:36:51 MANY TIMES FOR DIFFERENT
11:36:52 THINGS, BUT PRIMARILY THE ICE
11:36:54 CREAM.
11:36:57 BUT THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THOSE
11:36:59 ISSUES ARE NOT PART OF THIS, SO
11:37:00 I'M JUST WONDERING WHY NOT
11:37:02 AGREE WITH THE COMPROMISE THAT
11:37:04 BOTH THE OLD SEMINOLE HEIGHTS
11:37:05 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WAS
11:37:07 PRESENTING AND MS. MOREDA HAD
11:37:09 ACTUALLY PRESENTED TOO SO THAT
11:37:10 WE CAN KIND OF GET BACK TO
11:37:11 WHERE WE'RE AT?
11:37:12 I'M JUST CURIOUS.
11:37:13 >> WELL, AND WE DO APPRECIATE
11:37:14 THE COMPROMISE.
11:37:15 I THINK THAT WHAT THE ISSUE IS
11:37:17 -- AND I THINK THE MEMBERS OF
11:37:17 THE PUBLIC HAVE SORT OF AGREED
11:37:19 WITH US -- IS THAT, YOU KNOW,
11:37:21 THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A
11:37:22 HALF COVERED PATIO AND A FULL
11:37:24 COVERED PATIO, AND SO THEY'RE
11:37:26 ASKING THAT IT BE FULLY COVERED
11:37:27 SO THAT THEY CAN MAXIMIZE THEIR
11:37:30 USE OF THE PORCH FOR 11 TO 12
11:37:31 MONTHS OF THE YEAR.
11:37:32 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I GUESS A POINT
11:37:34 OF LAW, NOT A POINT OF WHAT THE
11:37:37 PUBLIC WANTS, WHICH YOU -- YOU
11:37:38 KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE
11:37:39 TALKED ABOUT IT.
11:37:40 WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
11:37:42 THE EXACT DESIGN EXCEPTION?
11:37:43 IF I RECALL WHAT YOU SAID AT
11:37:45 THE BEGINNING WAS IT WOULD BE
11:37:46 SUBSTANTIALLY UNFAIR TO THE
11:37:46 APPLICANT.
11:37:49 THAT'S WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND,
11:37:50 WHERE'S THE UNFAIRNESS?
11:37:52 >> WELL, I THINK THE UNFAIRNESS
11:37:53 IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO
11:37:55 MAXIMIZE THEIR USE, AND THEY
11:37:56 CAN'T POTENTIALLY DO THAT WITH
11:37:59 5.5 FEET THAT AREN'T COVERED.
11:38:00 >>MIKE SUAREZ: BEING.
11:38:00 ALL RIGHT.
11:38:01 THANK YOU.
11:38:03 >>FRANK REDDICK: MS. CAPIN.
11:38:04 >>YVONNE CAPIN: NO.
11:38:05 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. MIRANDA.
11:38:06 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU,
11:38:07 MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:38:08 I'M GOING BACK TO 2016, AND I
11:38:10 KNOW THIS HAS NO REFLECTION ON
11:38:11 WHAT THE ITEM IS TODAY, TODAY
11:38:14 IS THE PATIO OF 13 VS. EIGHT
11:38:16 FEET OR FIVE FEET DIFFERENCE,
11:38:17 AND IF I RECALL, AT THE TIME
11:38:18 THAT THE PETITIONER CAME IN, I
11:38:21 DID NOT SUPPORT THE WET ZONING
11:38:22 AT THAT TIME BECAUSE IT WAS A
11:38:24 BLANKET WET ZONING WITH NO
11:38:27 TENANT, JUST -- WHICH ISN'T
11:38:29 WHAT I WANTED, IF I RECALL.
11:38:30 >> I RECALL THAT THAT IS TRUE.
11:38:31 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I VOTE SO
11:38:33 OFTEN THAT I'VE GOT TO GO BACK.
11:38:34 I DON'T HAVE A COMPUTER, I ONLY
11:38:36 HAVE A ONE-CELL BRAIN, AND I
11:38:38 HAVE TO KEEP IT ACTIVE.
11:38:38 [LAUGHTER]
11:38:39 I REMEMBER WHAT I SAID, I SAID
11:38:40 I CAN'T VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT
11:38:42 I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING --
11:38:43 AND I'M GOING TO WET ZONE THE
11:38:44 WHOLE THING AND I DON'T KNOW
11:38:45 WHAT'S GOING THERE.
11:38:46 BUT -- THAT'S ONE ISSUE.
11:38:47 I'M NOT AGAINST THIS PETITION
11:38:49 BECAUSE THE ISSUE THAT I STATED
11:38:50 I WAS AGAINST AND VOTED AGAINST
11:38:52 IS NOT THE ISSUE IN FRONT OF ME
11:38:53 TODAY.
11:38:54 THAT WAS YESTERDAY'S NEWS.
11:38:56 I WAS AGAINST THE PARKING, NOT
11:38:57 SUFFICIENT PARKING, I WAS
11:38:58 AGAINST A WET ZONING BECAUSE I
11:38:59 DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING IN
11:39:02 THERE, BUT THIS ISSUE, I'M NOT
11:39:03 COMFORTED BY IT, BUT I
11:39:04 UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE, SO I
11:39:06 WOULD BE SUPPORTING THIS ISSUE,
11:39:08 ALTHOUGH I VOTED AGAINST THE
11:39:09 INITIAL WET ZONING.
11:39:11 SO NOW I'VE SCREWED UP ON BOTH
11:39:11 SIDES.
11:39:12 [LAUGHTER]
11:39:13 >> WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT
11:39:13 TODAY.
11:39:15 [LAUGHTER]
11:39:16 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:39:17 MS. CAPIN.
11:39:18 >>YVONNE CAPIN: YOU KNOW, I
11:39:19 REMEMBER -- IT WAS COMING BACK
11:39:22 TO ME -- IN 2016, AND IT HAS
11:39:23 NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT WE'RE
11:39:24 GOING TO APPROVE TODAY, BUT
11:39:26 EVERYONE THAT COMPLAINED ABOUT
11:39:29 THE PARKING, SEMINOLE HEIGHTS,
11:39:32 EVERY OTHER -- EVERY SINGLE
11:39:34 PLAN THAT COMES BEFORE US HAS
11:39:36 PARKING ISSUES, AND EVERYONE
11:39:38 SAYS IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS
11:39:38 EVERYBODY WALKS AND EVERYBODY
11:39:43 RIDES THEIR BIKE TO THE EVENT,
11:39:46 SO NOW THE ISSUE IS PARKING OR
11:39:48 THE ISSUE WITH SOME OF THE
11:39:49 PUBLIC.
11:39:52 BUT ANYWAY, I SUPPORTED IT IN
11:39:53 '16 AND I WILL SUPPORT IT
11:39:54 TODAY.
11:39:55 >> THANK YOU.
11:39:56 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:39:56 ANYONE ELSE?
11:39:57 MR. COHEN.
11:39:58 >>HARRY COHEN: YEAH, JUST
11:40:00 BRIEFLY.
11:40:02 I WAS A LITTLE SKEPTICAL AT THE
11:40:03 BEGINNING OF THIS CONVERSATION,
11:40:04 BUT I'LL TELL YOU THAT THE
11:40:07 PIECE OF THIS THAT I GLEANED
11:40:09 FROM SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT
11:40:11 WAS THAT IF THERE IS A PARKING
11:40:13 PROBLEM OR A FLOODING PROBLEM,
11:40:14 I DON'T THINK THE ADDITIONAL
11:40:16 FIVE FEET OF CANOPY IS GOING TO
11:40:17 MAKE ANY KIND OF SIGNIFICANT
11:40:19 DIFFERENCE IN IT.
11:40:21 I THINK THE ISSUE OF HAVING
11:40:23 POLES AND PERHAPS UMBRELLAS IN
11:40:25 ORDER TO MAKE UP FOR THE FACT
11:40:28 THAT THE -- THAT THE COVER
11:40:29 CAN'T EXTEND A FEW EXTRA FEET
11:40:34 IS PROBABLY -- IT'S PROBABLY
11:40:36 CUMBERSOME AND NOT REALLY
11:40:39 TERRIBLY PRACTICAL, SO FOR THAT
11:40:40 REASON, I'M GOING TO ALSO BE IN
11:40:42 SUPPORT OF THE APPLICATION.
11:40:44 >> THANK YOU.
11:40:45 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. VIERA.
11:40:45 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU,
11:40:46 MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:40:47 I'M ALSO GOING TO BE
11:40:48 SUPPORTIVE, BUT I ALSO WANT TO
11:40:50 COMMENT ON AN ISSUE THAT
11:40:51 DOESN'T REALLY HAVE ANY DIRECT
11:40:52 BEARING ON A LEGAL BASIS, BUT
11:40:53 IT'S JUST THE MANY NUMBER OF
11:40:54 PEOPLE HERE.
11:40:55 WHEN THE ROOM FILLED UP, I'LL
11:40:57 BE HONEST, I TOOK A PICTURE OF
11:41:00 IT TO SEND TO SOME OF OUR
11:41:00 NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS IN THE
11:41:02 OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY BECAUSE
11:41:06 THIS IS -- IT'S, WHAT, 11:40
11:41:08 RIGHT NOW, WE STARTED AT 10:30,
11:41:08 IT'S A THURSDAY.
11:41:10 PEOPLE HERE HAVE FAMILIES,
11:41:12 PEOPLE HERE HAVE JOBS, PEOPLE
11:41:13 HERE MAY BE IN SCHOOL, ET
11:41:14 CETERA, AND YOU'RE HERE ON THIS
11:41:16 ISSUE, SO I'M VERY IMPRESSED
11:41:19 JUST FOR WHATEVER IT COUNTS FOR
11:41:21 THIS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT,
11:41:22 REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT I
11:41:23 WOULD AGREE WITH YOU, WHICH IT
11:41:25 HAPPENS TO BE THAT I AM, BUT I
11:41:26 JUST THINK THAT'S VERY
11:41:28 IMPRESSIVE, SO I JUST WANTED TO
11:41:28 SAY THAT.
11:41:30 >> I'M SURE THAT MY CLIENT
11:41:31 APPRECIATES THAT.
11:41:32 SHE WORKS HARD FOR SEMINOLE
11:41:33 HEIGHTS.
11:41:33 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:41:34 ANYONE ELSE?
11:41:34 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO
11:41:39 CLOSE.
11:41:40 >>FRANK REDDICK: WE HAVE A
11:41:41 MOTION FROM MANISCALCO --
11:41:42 >>YVONNE CAPIN: [OFF
11:41:42 MICROPHONE]
11:41:43 I'M SORRY.
11:41:44 EITHER WAY.
11:41:46 >>FRANK REDDICK: GOT A MOTION
11:41:47 FROM MR. MANISCALCO, SECOND BY
11:41:48 MS. CAPIN.
11:41:49 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT
11:41:50 MOTION SAY AYE.
11:41:53 OPPOSED.
11:41:54 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
11:41:56 I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT
11:41:59 WE OVERTURN THE DECISION OR
11:42:00 COMPROMISE PROPOSED BY THE
11:42:03 ZONING ADMINISTRATOR AND
11:42:05 APPROVE WHAT MS. GRAHAM, THE
11:42:08 APPLICANT, HAS REQUESTED FOR
11:42:10 HAVING THE CANOPY AT THE FULL
11:42:11 13 FEET.
11:42:13 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
11:42:14 WE GOT A SECOND?
11:42:15 >>YVONNE CAPIN: SECOND.
11:42:18 >>FRANK REDDICK: WE'VE GOT A
11:42:19 MOTION BY MR. MANISCALCO,
11:42:20 SECOND BY MS. CAPIN.
11:42:21 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE
11:42:22 MOTION?
11:42:23 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
11:42:24 OPPOSED.
11:42:26 >>MIKE SUAREZ: NO.
11:42:28 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
11:42:31 >> MOTION CARRIED WITH SUAREZ
11:42:33 VOTING NO.
11:42:36 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:42:39 THANK YOU, AND WE WILL MOVE TO
11:42:42 NEW BUSINESS.
11:42:43 INFORMATION REPORTS.
11:42:43 MR. VIERA.
11:42:45 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR,
11:42:45 MR. CHAIR.
11:42:48 I HEREBY MOVE THAT WE GIVE A
11:42:50 TAMPA CITY COUNCIL --
11:42:51 >>FRANK REDDICK: HOLD UP JUST A
11:42:52 SECOND, MR. VIERA.
11:42:57 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
11:42:59 >>YVONNE CAPIN: A LOT OF
11:43:00 PEOPLE.
11:43:00 MY GOODNESS.
11:43:02 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:43:02 [SOUNDING GAVEL]
11:43:04 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:43:05 WE NEED YOU TO MOVE OUT
11:43:11 QUIETLY.
11:43:11 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
11:43:13 >>FRANK REDDICK: WE'RE GOING TO
11:43:15 TAKE YOU UP ON IT.
11:43:17 >>YVONNE CAPIN: [OFF
11:43:17 MICROPHONE]
11:43:19 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
11:43:36 ALL RIGHT.
11:43:37 ALL RIGHT.
11:43:39 MR. VIERA, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
11:43:40 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:43:42 I HEREBY MOVE THAT WE DO A CITY
11:43:44 COUNCIL COMMENDATION TO TAMPA
11:43:45 BAY BEST BUDDIES TO BE
11:43:47 PRESENTED BY MYSELF AT THEIR
11:43:48 MARCH FOR CHAMPION OF THE YEAR,
11:43:49 THIS SATURDAY.
11:43:49 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
11:43:50 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:43:51 GOT A MOTION FROM MR. VIERA,
11:43:53 SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
11:43:54 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
11:43:55 MOTION SAY AYE.
11:43:56 OPPOSED.
11:43:57 OKAY.
11:43:58 >>LUIS VIERA: NOTHING ELSE.
11:43:59 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. MIRANDA.
11:44:00 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I JUST WANT
11:44:02 TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CODE
11:44:02 ENFORCEMENT.
11:44:08 THEY'VE BEEN WORKING VERY MUCH
11:44:10 ON SEMIS PARKING, AND AFTER
11:44:11 THIS WEEKEND, THERE WAS A SEMI
11:44:13 BURNING ON ANDERSON AND
11:44:16 OSBORNE, I THINK IT WAS, AND IT
11:44:17 BURNED ALL THE WAY TO THE
11:44:18 GROUND.
11:44:19 THEY TELL ME, I DON'T KNOW HOW
11:44:22 TRUE IT IS, THE CITY HAD NO
11:44:24 PARKING SIGNS AND WERE REMOVED
11:44:24 BY SOMEONE.
11:44:26 I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT'S A
11:44:27 FACT OR NOT, BUT THAT SHOWS
11:44:29 WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SOME LARGE
11:44:32 VEHICLE LEFT ILLEGALLY PARKED,
11:44:33 IF IT'S TRUE, THAT COULD HAPPEN
11:44:34 AND CAUSE INJURY, AND ONE OF
11:44:35 OUR FIREFIGHTERS WAS INJURED
11:44:38 CLEANING UP THAT MESS, SO MAYBE
11:44:39 WE OUGHT TO LOOK AROUND AND SEE
11:44:41 IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING THAT IF
11:44:42 SOMEBODY PARKS ILLEGALLY AND
11:44:43 SOMETHING HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
11:44:45 THAT, THEN INSTEAD OF THEM
11:44:46 COMING AFTER US, WE OUGHT TO GO
11:44:48 BACK TO THEM FOR THE COST OF
11:44:49 GOING THERE AND DOING WHAT WE
11:44:51 HAVE TO DO AS A GOOD GOVERNMENT
11:44:53 BUT ALSO TO PROTECT OUR GOOD
11:44:55 MEN AND WOMEN IN THE FIRE AND
11:44:56 POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND I'LL BE
11:44:56 WORKING ON THAT.
11:44:59 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:45:00 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
11:45:01 MS. CAPIN.
11:45:02 >>YVONNE CAPIN: YES.
11:45:04 I WANT TO SAY TRUE BLUE, GO
11:45:06 BOLTS, BRING IT HOME.
11:45:06 >>FRANK REDDICK: THEY'RE GOING
11:45:07 TO DO IT.
11:45:08 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THAT'S IT FOR
11:45:08 ME.
11:45:09 >>FRANK REDDICK:
11:45:09 MR. MANISCALCO.
11:45:10 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:45:11 QUICKLY, I'D LIKE TO
11:45:13 ACKNOWLEDGE THE PASSING OF A
11:45:14 GENTLEMAN NAMED MATT CALLAHAN
11:45:16 OF MAN MADE MURALS.
11:45:17 A LOT OF THE MURALS THAT YOU
11:45:20 SEE THROUGHOUT THE CITY HERE
11:45:21 AND IN ST. PETERSBURG, JUST A
11:45:24 COUPLE, RICK'S ON THE RIVER,
11:45:25 RED STAR ROCK BAR, RIGHT DOWN
11:45:29 THE STREET, THE WOMEN'S NCAA
11:45:33 CHAMPIONSHIP MURAL, FERG'S,
11:45:33 COPPERTAIL BREWERY, CIGAR CITY
11:45:35 BREWERY, SQUARE ONE, THE
11:45:37 FLORIDA AQUARIUM.
11:45:39 THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.
11:45:40 IT WAS AN UNEXPECTED PASSING.
11:45:42 I'M SURE YOU SAW IT IN THE
11:45:44 NEWS, AND I WANTED TO SEND MY
11:45:46 CONDOLENCES OUT TO HIS FAMILY.
11:45:46 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
11:45:46 [OFF MICROPHONE]
11:45:48 OKAY.
11:45:51 YEAH.
11:45:52 I WAS WONDERING IF THAT'S THE
11:45:53 ONE YOU WERE SPEAKING OF.
11:45:54 MR. COHEN.
11:45:56 >>HARRY COHEN: I JUST WANTED TO
11:45:57 MENTION THE PASSING OF BARBARA
11:45:59 BUSH THIS WEEK, WHO, I THINK,
11:46:00 REMINDS US ALL THAT THERE WAS A
11:46:01 TIME WHEN OUR NATIONAL
11:46:03 DISCOURSE WAS MORE CIVIL AND
11:46:05 MORE CONTROLLED THAN IT IS NOW,
11:46:06 AND WE LOOK TO PEOPLE LIKE
11:46:08 THAT, I THINK, AS AN EXAMPLE OF
11:46:11 THE WAY THAT PEOPLE CAN CONDUCT
11:46:13 THEMSELVES THAT ARE IN PUBLIC
11:46:16 LIFE, SO WITHOUT ANY MENTION OF
11:46:18 PARTISANSHIP, I THINK WE WOULD
11:46:19 ALL WANT TO EXTEND OUR
11:46:21 CONDOLENCES TO THE BUSH FAMILY.
11:46:22 >>FRANK REDDICK: SHE WAS A VERY
11:46:24 RESPECTABLE NONPARTISAN PERSON,
11:46:25 SHE WORKED WITH EVERYBODY.
11:46:28 [LAUGHTER]
11:46:28 MR. SUAREZ.
11:46:29 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU,
11:46:29 CHAIR.
11:46:31 I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WERE GOING
11:46:32 TO DO THIS AT THE END, CHAIR,
11:46:33 BUT I THINK WE OUGHT TO
11:46:34 RECOGNIZE OUR INTERNS THAT WE
11:46:36 HAVE HAD OVER THE PAST FEW
11:46:36 TIMES.
11:46:38 IF I COULD GET THE INTERNS TO
11:46:39 GO UP FRONT AND TELL US WHO YOU
11:46:41 ARE AND WHAT YOU'RE STUDYING
11:46:42 OVER AT USF.
11:46:43 THEY'RE GREAT INTERNS.
11:46:45 THEY'RE PART OF OUR LEGISLATIVE
11:46:47 INTERNSHIP PROGRAM THAT'S
11:46:48 THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH
11:46:49 FLORIDA.
11:46:50 THEY'RE GOING TO BE MAKING
11:46:50 PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING
11:46:52 ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE IN LOCAL
11:46:54 GOVERNMENT, AND WE -- I KNOW
11:46:56 THAT ALL OF US ALWAYS ENJOY
11:46:58 HAVING ALL OF THEM UP HERE, SO
11:47:00 IF, KRISTA, YOU WANT TO START,
11:47:01 THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
11:47:02 >> HI.
11:47:07 I'M KRISTA [OFF MICROPHONE]
11:47:09 NORTH 42nd STREET.
11:47:10 SO I STUDY POLITICAL SCIENCE AT
11:47:11 USF.
11:47:12 OBVIOUSLY, PART OF THE
11:47:14 LEGISLATIVE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.
11:47:16 I WAS JUST GOING TO KIND OF SAY
11:47:17 A FEW WORDS.
11:47:19 SO FIRST OF ALL, THIS HAS BEEN
11:47:20 AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE, SO I'M
11:47:21 INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO THE
11:47:23 COUNCIL FOR HOSTING ME, FOR
11:47:25 LETTING ME SIT IN ON YOUR
11:47:27 MEETINGS, AND I'VE REALLY
11:47:28 LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT CITY
11:47:29 GOVERNMENT.
11:47:30 OF COURSE, I HAVE TO THANK
11:47:32 LORENA FOR BEING SUCH AN
11:47:35 INCREDIBLE MENTOR AND HOST AND
11:47:36 KIND OF SHOWING ME THE WAY.
11:47:37 I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO HOST
11:47:38 -- YOU DON'T HAVE TO HOST
11:47:40 INTERNS, SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL
11:47:41 THAT YOU TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY
11:47:43 TO DO IT.
11:47:45 AND, OF COURSE, HAVE TO GIVE A
11:47:47 SHOUT OUT TO COUNCILMAN SUAREZ.
11:47:49 IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO KIND OF
11:47:51 BE ABLE TO LEARN FROM YOUR
11:47:54 WISDOM AND YOUR KNOWLEDGE, AND,
11:47:57 YEAH, I JUST LEARNED ABOUT
11:47:59 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AS A WHOLE, SO
11:47:59 THANKS.
11:48:00 >>MIKE SUAREZ: KRISTA, BY
11:48:02 SAYING THAT, IT DOESN'T MEAN
11:48:03 YOU AUTOMATICALLY FEET A JOB,
11:48:04 BUT THANK YOU ANYWAY.
11:48:05 [LAUGHTER]
11:48:08 BY THE WAY, COULD YOU JUST TELL
11:48:10 US WHERE YOU'RE FROM?
11:48:12 I KNOW YOU'RE FROM ALABAMA, BUT
11:48:13 WHAT PART?
11:48:13 >>YVONNE CAPIN: I'M GUESSING
11:48:15 CUBA.
11:48:19 >> I'M FROM ENGLAND.
11:48:21 >> I DIDN'T KNOW I HAD TO HAVE
11:48:22 A SPEECH PREPARED.
11:48:22 I'M LYDIA.
11:48:24 I'M A JUNIOR AT USF STUDYING
11:48:25 ENGLISH.
11:48:26 I PLAN TO GO TO LAW SCHOOL
11:48:27 AFTER I GRADUATE.
11:48:30 I WAS INTERNING IN DISTRICT 5,
11:48:30 REPRESENT.
11:48:32 I TRULY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU
11:48:34 GUYS HAVE DONE FOR ME.
11:48:35 I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH.
11:48:37 I FEEL LIKE THIS HAS BEEN A
11:48:40 GROWING EXPERIENCE FOR ME,
11:48:41 ESPECIALLY FOR PUBLIC SPEAKING.
11:48:44 IT'S NOT MY FORTE, BUT, YOU
11:48:47 KNOW, MY I GUESS MENTOR SAID
11:48:50 THE KEY COMMENT OF -- YEAH, I
11:48:52 KNOW, MY MENTOR IS AMAZING --
11:48:54 KIND OF FORCED ME IN TO BEING
11:48:57 MORE CONFIDENT IN MYSELF, AND I
11:48:57 APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, THE
11:49:00 PERSONAL ASPECTS OF, YOU KNOW,
11:49:00 CITY COUNCIL, AMAZING.
11:49:02 YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING.
11:49:03 YOU GUYS DO A GOOD JOB.
11:49:04 THANK YOU.
11:49:05 >>FRANK REDDICK: I HAVE TO
11:49:07 APOLOGIZE THAT YOU HAD TO SIT
11:49:10 AND OBSERVE THE COMMENTS MADE
11:49:11 ABOUT ME DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.
11:49:12 [LAUGHTER]
11:49:13 >> I KNOW.
11:49:15 BUT WE KNOW THAT'S NOT TRUE.
11:49:16 WE KNOW IT'S NOT TRUE.
11:49:17 >>MIKE SUAREZ: WE ALL FEEL THE
11:49:19 SAME WAY, CHAIR.
11:49:19 [LAUGHTER]
11:49:20 >> THANK YOU.
11:49:21 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
11:49:22 >> LAST BUT NOT LEAST, HELLO
11:49:24 COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS
11:49:26 SARAH FOSTER.
11:49:29 I'M A JUNIOR AT USF, AND I HAD
11:49:31 THE PLEASURE OF INTERNING WITH
11:49:37 COUNCILMAN VIERA AND CHRIS,
11:49:39 SHOUT OUT, CHRIS.
11:49:42 THIS EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN AN
11:49:44 EYE-OPENING FOR ME.
11:49:47 I LEARNED ABOUT RESOLUTIONS,
11:49:50 DRAFTING COMMENDATIONS, JUST
11:49:51 CONDUCTING MYSELF IN A
11:49:52 PROFESSIONAL MANNER.
11:49:54 I'VE MET SO MANY INCREDIBLE LAW
11:49:55 ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS,
11:49:57 FIREFIGHTERS, JUST OUR LOCAL
11:50:00 HEROES, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH
11:50:02 FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND THANK
11:50:03 YOU, COUNCILMAN VIERA, FOR
11:50:05 HOSTING ME, AND THANK YOU,
11:50:07 CHRIS, FOR YOUR MENTORSHIP.
11:50:09 >>MIKE SUAREZ: WELL, THANK ALL
11:50:11 OF YOU.
11:50:11 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. VIERA.
11:50:12 >>LUIS VIERA: I CAN SPEAK TO
11:50:15 SARAH, WHO, YOU KNOW, CHRIS AND
11:50:17 I WOULD TALK AGAIN AND AGAIN AT
11:50:19 LEAST A DOZEN TIMES OF WHAT AN
11:50:20 IMPRESSIVE PERSON YOU ARE,
11:50:22 YOU'RE VERY SINCERE AND YOU'RE
11:50:24 A HARD WORKER, AND, YOU KNOW,
11:50:26 IT'S FUNNY I FORGOT TODAY THAT
11:50:28 THE INTERNSHIP WAS GOING TO
11:50:30 END, SO I'M AT A LOSS, WE ARE
11:50:32 AT A LOSS BECAUSE YOU'RE AN
11:50:34 INTEGRAL PART OF THE OFFICE,
11:50:36 INCLUDING DRAFTING ABOUT 436
11:50:38 CITY COUNCIL COMMENDATIONS.
11:50:39 [LAUGHTER]
11:50:40 THAT'S A JOKE.
11:50:41 THAT'S A JOKE, BUT, REALLY,
11:50:43 YOU'VE BEEN A GODSEND, AND
11:50:45 YOU'RE A GOOD PERSON AND YOU'RE
11:50:47 A REAL HONOR TO WORK WITH.
11:50:47 THANK YOU.
11:50:49 >> THANK YOU.
11:50:49 >>MIKE SUAREZ: AND WITH CHRIS
11:50:51 OUT, WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE
11:50:53 FOR YOU TO BE HERE, LEARN
11:50:55 SOMETHING COMPLETELY NEW, A
11:50:56 DIFFERENT COUNTRY, A DIFFERENT
11:50:57 TYPE OF GOVERNMENT, AND AS
11:50:59 WE'VE TALKED MANY TIMES THAT
11:51:00 LOCAL GOVERNMENT HERE HAS SO
11:51:02 MUCH MORE POWER THAN IT DOES IN
11:51:05 LONDON, AND -- I MEAN, EXCUSE
11:51:07 ME -- IN ENGLAND BECAUSE
11:51:08 THEY'RE PRIMARILY A PART OF THE
11:51:09 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OVER THERE
11:51:10 OR THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, SO
11:51:12 IT'S -- I'M GLAD THAT YOU WERE
11:51:12 HERE.
11:51:14 I KNOW THAT THOSE FOLKS THAT
11:51:15 YOU TALKED TO A COUPLE DAYS AGO
11:51:17 AT DAVIS ISLAND WERE VERY
11:51:18 IMPRESSED WITH YOUR BRITISH
11:51:20 ACCENT AND WANTED TO KNOW
11:51:21 EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU.
11:51:22 IT'S A GREAT OPENING WHEN YOU
11:51:24 HAVE AN AIDE THAT SPEAKS IN A
11:51:25 BRITISH ACCENT BECAUSE IT MAKES
11:51:27 YOU SEEM MUCH CLASSIER.
11:51:29 [LAUGHTER]
11:51:30 SO IT'S SOMETHING TO BE
11:51:32 CONSIDERED FOR THE FUTURE,
11:51:33 COLLEAGUES, SO THANK YOU,
11:51:34 KRISTA.
11:51:36 >>FRANK REDDICK: THAT'S IT,
11:51:38 MR. SUAREZ?
11:51:39 YES.
11:51:39 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:51:42 I'M GIVING IT TO MR. VIERA AND
11:51:43 WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO EXTEND
11:51:45 THE DEADLINE FOR THE WRITTEN
11:51:48 RECOMMENDATION OF THE CR --
11:51:49 CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION
11:51:49 THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL FROM
11:51:51 THE FIRST MEETING IN MAY TO THE
11:51:53 SECOND MEETING IN MAY TO BE
11:51:56 RECEIVED AND FILED ON MAY 15th.
11:51:57 >>YVONNE CAPIN: SECOND.
11:51:58 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
11:51:58 WE HAVE A MOTION.
11:51:59 WE HAVE A SECOND.
11:52:01 ALL IN FAVOR.
11:52:02 ANY OPPOSED?
11:52:03 THE AYES HAVE IT.
11:52:04 >>FRANK REDDICK: THE SECOND
11:52:05 MOTION IS TO REQUEST A MOTION
11:52:08 TO DISCUSS THE CHARTER REVIEW
11:52:10 COMMISSION REPORT WITH MEMBERS
11:52:11 OF THE CHARTER REVIEW
11:52:13 COMMISSION AT A WORKSHOP FIRST
11:52:16 ON THE AGENDA AS A CEREMONY --
11:52:18 CEREMONIAL ITEM AT 9:00 A.M.,
11:52:20 MAY 24th.
11:52:20 >> SECOND.
11:52:21 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
11:52:22 WE HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE A
11:52:23 SECOND.
11:52:24 ALL IN FAVOR.
11:52:26 ANY OPPOSED?
11:52:28 YEAs HAVE IT.
11:52:30 MR. CHAIR.
11:52:32 >>FRANK REDDICK: YOU HAVE A NEW
11:52:32 BUSINESS ITEM?
11:52:34 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, COUNCIL.
11:52:35 TWO ITEMS QUICKLY.
11:52:37 SOMETHING I WANTED TO BRING TO
11:52:38 COUNCIL'S ATTENTION THAT STRUCK
11:52:39 ME AS I WAS GOING OVER THE
11:52:41 RESEARCH RELATED TO PUBLIC
11:52:43 COMMENT, AND IT RELATES TO
11:52:44 PUBLIC COMMENT ON YOUR WORKSHOP
11:52:46 AGENDA, AND IT'S SOMETHING
11:52:48 UNUSUAL, AND I WENT BACK IN
11:52:49 HISTORY, AND I FOUND OUT THAT
11:52:50 THERE'S NOTHING IN YOUR RULES
11:52:52 THAT REQUIRE IT.
11:52:55 IT'S ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENT, AND
11:53:00 IT WAS NOT ADDED TO THE AGENDA
11:53:03 UNTIL 2013, AND WHAT THAT IS,
11:53:05 IS PUBLIC COMMENT ON CEREMONIAL
11:53:07 ITEMS, WHICH IS RATHER UNUSUAL,
11:53:08 BECAUSE THERE IS NO LEGAL
11:53:09 REQUIREMENT TO TAKE PUBLIC
11:53:12 COMMENT ON CEREMONIAL ITEMS,
11:53:14 NUMBER ONE, AND NUMBER TWO IS
11:53:15 THE PUBLIC COMMENTS COME AFTER
11:53:17 THE FACT; WHEREAS, YOU KNOW
11:53:19 FLORIDA STATUTES REQUIRE YOU TO
11:53:20 TAKE FINAL ACTION ON SOMETHING,
11:53:21 YOU HAVE TO GIVE PEOPLE THE
11:53:23 OPTION TO TAKE -- TO SAY
11:53:25 SOMETHING UP FRONT, SO I'M
11:53:26 BRINGING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION
11:53:30 TO FIND OUT WHETHER COUNCIL HAS
11:53:34 ANY DESIRE TO EITHER, ONE,
11:53:35 DELETE PUBLIC COMMENTS,
11:53:36 PARTICULARLY FOR THE CEREMONIAL
11:53:39 ITEMS; AND TWO, WHETHER COUNCIL
11:53:40 WANTS TO KEEP PUBLIC COMMENTS
11:53:42 AND PERHAPS MOVE THEM UNTIL THE
11:53:43 END OF THE MEETING ON WORKSHOP
11:53:45 DAYS, BECAUSE ORIGINALLY, PER
11:53:46 COUNCIL'S RULES, PUBLIC
11:53:47 COMMENTS WERE RELATED ONLY TO
11:53:48 THE ITEMS THAT WERE SCHEDULED
11:53:51 FOR THE WORKSHOP, AND BECAUSE
11:53:52 THE PUBLIC WISHED TO HEAR THE
11:53:54 PRESENTATIONS BEFORE THEY MADE
11:53:55 THEIR COMMENTS, IT WAS
11:53:56 COUNCIL'S DECISION AT THE TIME
11:53:58 TO TAKE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS
11:54:00 AFTER THE PRESENTATION SO THE
11:54:01 PUBLIC WERE ABLE TO RESPOND TO
11:54:03 THING, SO THAT'S WHY IT WAS
11:54:04 STRUCTURED THAT WAY.
11:54:05 SO IN THE COURSE OF THE
11:54:07 DISCUSSION AND THE RESEARCH OF
11:54:08 PUBLIC COMMENTS, IT STRUCK ME,
11:54:10 PARTICULARLY REVIEWING FLORIDA
11:54:12 STATUTES, AS FAR AS STATUTE
11:54:16 SAYS THAT THERE IS NO
11:54:19 REQUIREMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
11:54:22 ON CEREMONIAL THINGS.
11:54:23 SO I WANTED TO KNOW IF THE
11:54:24 COUNCIL WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT
11:54:26 EITHER TODAY OR SOMEWHERE DOWN
11:54:27 THE LINE.
11:54:29 >> I CAN ONLY SAY THIS.
11:54:31 THE COMPANY HIRED TO WORK WITH
11:54:32 US FOR FOUR YEARS, AND IF THEY
11:54:34 COME HERE, AS FAR AS I'M
11:54:35 CONCERNED, WHETHER IT'S
11:54:38 CEREMONIAL OR NONCEREMONIAL,
11:54:39 THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK.
11:54:40 I'LL NEVER VOTE AGAINST THE
11:54:41 PUBLIC NOT SPEAKING FOR
11:54:43 WHATEVER IT IS, FOR OR AGAINST
11:54:45 OR BEHIND, WHATEVER IT IS.
11:54:46 THAT'S SOMEBODY GIVING UP THEIR
11:54:48 TIME BEING AWAY FROM THEIR
11:54:50 FAMILY, BEING AWAY FROM THEIR
11:54:51 JOB TO EXPRESS SOMETHING.
11:54:52 WHETHER I LIKE IT OR NOT
11:54:53 DOESN'T MATTER TO ME.
11:54:54 THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THE
11:54:57 RIGHT, IN MY VOTE, TO ALWAYS BE
11:54:58 HERE.
11:55:00 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. SUAREZ.
11:55:02 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I WAS GOING TO
11:55:03 REITERATE WHAT MR. MIRANDA JUST
11:55:04 SAID.
11:55:05 HAVING THE PUBLIC COMMENT --
11:55:06 BECAUSE WE KNOW OUR SCHEDULE,
11:55:08 MEANING WE KNOW WHEN WE HAVE
11:55:09 CRA OR WE HAVE OUR WORKSHOP
11:55:11 SESSIONS, I THINK WE STILL
11:55:12 SHOULD HAVE SOME KIND OF PUBLIC
11:55:13 COMMENT BECAUSE THAT MAY BE THE
11:55:14 WEEK THAT THEY KNOW THEY CAN
11:55:16 MAKE IT HERE AND THEY'RE ABLE
11:55:17 TO SAY SOMETHING.
11:55:19 ALMOST NEVER IS IT ANYTHING, I
11:55:21 THINK, THAT WE SHOULD JUST
11:55:22 CHANGE IT ON THE AGENDA THAT
11:55:23 SAYS, YOU KNOW, ON ANY ITEM ON
11:55:25 THE AGENDA, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY
11:55:26 ON WORKSHOP, THEY SPEAK
11:55:28 AFTERWARDS, SO JUST CHANGE IT
11:55:29 TO PUBLIC COMMENT, ANY GENERAL
11:55:32 COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
11:55:33 MEETING, THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE
11:55:35 TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
11:55:37 THAT'S MY OPINION.
11:55:38 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY FURTHER
11:55:39 COMMENT, MR. MANISCALCO,
11:55:41 MS. CAPIN, MR. VIERA?
11:55:42 >>LUIS VIERA: NO, SIR.
11:55:43 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:55:44 >>MARTIN SHELBY: WOULD IT BE
11:55:45 COUNCIL'S CONSENSUS, THEN --
11:55:48 AND MR. CHAIRMAN, I GUESS YOU
11:55:50 COULD ASK THE CLERK TO DO THAT,
11:55:51 TO REMOVE THE PUBLIC COMMENT
11:55:52 JUST TO ADDRESS THE PARTICULAR
11:55:54 ITEMS RELATED TO THE CEREMONIAL
11:55:56 MATTERS AND JUST CHANGE THE
11:55:58 NAME TO JUST PUBLIC COMMENT AT
11:55:58 THAT TIME?
11:56:01 IS THAT COUNCIL'S CONSENSUS?
11:56:02 >>FRANK REDDICK: WHAT
11:56:03 MR. SUAREZ SUGGESTED.
11:56:04 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT WILL BE
11:56:04 FINE.
11:56:05 OKAY.
11:56:06 DOES THAT NEED TO BE IN THE
11:56:09 FORM OF A MOTION, MADAM CLERK,
11:56:11 TO AMEND THE AGENDA JUST TO
11:56:13 STRIKE THOSE WORDS THAT FOLLOW
11:56:14 THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE
11:56:16 WORKSHOP AGENDA?
11:56:17 >>MIKE SUAREZ: IF I MAY OPINE,
11:56:18 I THINK SINCE WE CONTROL THE
11:56:20 AGENDA, I THINK WE CAN PUT IT
11:56:21 IN ANY WAY WE WANT AS LONG AS
11:56:23 IT DOESN'T GO AGAINST FLORIDA
11:56:23 LAW.
11:56:24 >>MARTIN SHELBY: OKAY.
11:56:25 THAT WILL BE GOOD.
11:56:27 I'LL WORK WITH THE CLERK TO DO
11:56:28 THAT, THEN.
11:56:29 IF THERE'S AN ISSUE, OBVIOUSLY,
11:56:31 I'LL RAISE IT WITH COUNCIL.
11:56:33 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:56:34 I APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT ON
11:56:35 THAT.
11:56:37 >> MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
11:56:38 >> SECOND.
11:56:39 >>MARTIN SHELBY: I HAVE ONE
11:56:41 OTHER ITEM I WISH TO BRING UP
11:56:42 TO YOU.
11:56:43 >>FRANK REDDICK: I THOUGHT YOU
11:56:44 SAID THAT WAS IT.
11:56:45 >>MARTIN SHELBY: NO, NO, TWO
11:56:46 ITEMS.
11:56:47 THE OTHER ONE WAS JUST A
11:56:48 REMINDER ABOUT THE FOUR-HOUR
11:56:50 LEGAL REQUIREMENT FOR ETHICS
11:56:53 TRAINING FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR,
11:56:54 AND IT'S EARLY IN THE YEAR, BUT
11:56:55 I'M BRINGING IT TO YOUR
11:56:56 ATTENTION FOR A COUPLE OF
11:56:57 REASONS.
11:56:58 NUMBER ONE, I DID SOME
11:56:59 RESEARCH.
11:57:00 THERE MAY BE A QUESTION, DO YOU
11:57:02 HAVE TO DO IT IF YOU'RE LEAVING
11:57:05 OFFICE AT THE END OF -- EXCUSE
11:57:06 ME -- IN 2019?
11:57:08 THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS
11:57:09 YES, YOU DO.
11:57:10 YOU HAVE TO COMPLETE YOUR
11:57:11 ETHICS TRAINING FOR THIS
11:57:13 CALENDAR YEAR.
11:57:14 THAT'S YOUR LEGAL
11:57:15 RESPONSIBILITY.
11:57:18 THAT BEING SAID, WHAT I AM
11:57:19 OFFERING TO COUNCIL, IF COUNCIL
11:57:23 IS WILLING TO DO THAT, IS YOU
11:57:25 CAN, OBVIOUSLY, HAVE THE
11:57:26 OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND FLORIDA
11:57:28 LEAGUE OF CITIES OR OTHER
11:57:29 OPPORTUNITIES TO GET A
11:57:31 FOUR-HOUR BLOCK.
11:57:33 IF COUNCIL WANTS TO DO
11:57:35 SOMETHING DIFFERENT, MORE
11:57:37 CONTEMPORARY, MORE CURRENT,
11:57:39 LESS PAINFUL, I'M OFFERING THE
11:57:41 COUNCIL, LET'S SAY, ON CRA DAYS
11:57:43 -- IF COUNCIL WISHES TO REMAIN
11:57:46 FOR 50 MINUTES, 5-0 MINUTES,
11:57:48 AFTER EVERY CRA FOR, LET'S SAY,
11:57:50 FOUR IN A ROW, I CAN FULFILL
11:57:51 YOUR LEGAL REQUIREMENTS TO DO
11:57:53 THE FOUR-HOUR TRAINING OVER
11:57:53 FOUR MONTHS.
11:57:55 IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE IN ONE
11:57:55 SITTING.
11:57:56 BUT WHATEVER IT TAKES FOR
11:57:58 COUNCIL, IF COUNCIL WISHES ME
11:58:01 TO DO SOMETHING IN A WAY THAT
11:58:02 PUTS YOU IN A BETTER POSITION
11:58:03 SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
11:58:05 ABOUT THIS COMING UP ON THE END
11:58:09 OF THE YEAR, I WOULD APPRECIATE
11:58:11 BEING ABLE TO DO THAT IN ANY
11:58:12 WAY I CAN, BUT I'D LIKE TO
11:58:13 REMIND YOU NOW, IT BEING APRIL,
11:58:14 THAT YOU DO EACH HAVE A
11:58:15 RESPONSIBILITY TO FULFILL THAT
11:58:16 REQUIREMENT.
11:58:17 >>FRANK REDDICK: MS. CAPIN.
11:58:18 >>YVONNE CAPIN: YES.
11:58:20 I PLAN TO DO MY FOUR HOURS ON
11:58:22 MARCH -- LET'S SEE -- MARCH
11:58:24 30th OF '19.
11:58:25 [LAUGHTER]
11:58:30 GO AHEAD.
11:58:33 I'M KIDDING.
11:58:35 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. MIRANDA.
11:58:36 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MS. CAPIN, I
11:58:37 UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
11:58:38 [LAUGHTER]
11:58:40 CHAIRMAN, I WAS BORN ALONE, I'M
11:58:41 GOING TO DIE ALONE, AND I'M
11:58:42 GOING TO STUDY ALONE.
11:58:44 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:58:45 >>MIKE SUAREZ: CHAIR, I JUST
11:58:46 HAVE ONE QUESTION.
11:58:47 IN TERMS OF DOING IT ALL
11:58:48 TOGETHER, I MEAN, DOES IT
11:58:49 BECOME A PUBLIC HEARING, THEN,
11:58:50 IN ORDER TO DO THAT?
11:58:51 >>MARTIN SHELBY: NO.
11:58:52 I'LL PUT UP THE NOTICE.
11:58:54 OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO
11:58:56 DISCUSS ANYTHING THAT'S GOING
11:58:58 TO FORESEEABLY COME BEFORE CITY
11:58:59 COUNCIL FOR A VOTE.
11:59:01 OTHER BOARDS -- FOR INSTANCE,
11:59:02 IF ANYBODY ELSE IS INTERESTED,
11:59:03 THERE WOULD BE NO PROBLEM.
11:59:05 I'M GOING TO BE DOING THE
11:59:08 FOUR-HOUR COURSE TOMORROW IN
11:59:10 PLANT CITY FOR THE RIDGE LEAGUE
11:59:11 OF CITIES.
11:59:12 >>YVONNE CAPIN: OH, YEAH, I'M
11:59:15 GOING TO DRIVE TO --
11:59:15 [LAUGHTER]
11:59:17 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THERE ARE
11:59:19 MULTIPLE MEMBERS FROM THE
11:59:20 FLORIDA LEAGUE BODIES THAT HAVE
11:59:21 THE SAME TRAINING.
11:59:22 I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU --
11:59:24 JUST SO WE'RE ALL CLEAR, IF YOU
11:59:26 DID IT ON MARCH 30th OR
11:59:27 WHATEVER OF NEXT YEAR, YOU
11:59:29 WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE IN
11:59:30 COMPLIANCE, IT HAS TO BE DONE
11:59:31 BY --
11:59:31 >>YVONNE CAPIN: YES.
11:59:33 >>MARTIN SHELBY: -- THE END OF
11:59:35 THIS YEAR, THE 31st.
11:59:36 >>YVONNE CAPIN: [OFF
11:59:36 MICROPHONE]
11:59:38 >>MARTIN SHELBY: I KNOW THAT.
11:59:39 >>FRANK REDDICK: I JUST WANT TO
11:59:41 KNOW, IF YOU DID THE 50 MINUTES
11:59:44 DURING THE CRA MEETING, AFTER
11:59:47 THE CRA MEETING, ARE YOU GOING
11:59:50 TO BE THE TYPE OF GENTLEMEN
11:59:52 WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO PUT US TO
11:59:52 SLEEP?
11:59:53 [LAUGHTER]
11:59:56 I MEAN, ARE YOU GOING TO BE
11:59:58 SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO FALL
11:59:59 ASLEEP IN 50 MINUTES?
12:00:00 THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW.
12:00:01 >>HARRY COHEN: [OFF MICROPHONE]
12:00:04 A CAPPUCCINO MACHINE.
12:00:05 >>YVONNE CAPIN: DOUBLE SHOT
12:00:05 MUCH DID --
12:00:07 >>MIKE SUAREZ: CHAIR, IF I CAN
12:00:08 ANSWER THAT.
12:00:09 YOU'VE BEEN WITH HIM FOR OVER
12:00:10 SEVEN YEARS.
12:00:11 I THINK YOU CAN ANSWER THAT
12:00:12 QUESTION YOURSELF.
12:00:12 >>MARTIN SHELBY: ALTHOUGH
12:00:15 YOU'VE NEVER HEARD ME DO THE
12:00:16 PRESENTATION, IT'S POWERPOINT,
12:00:18 IT'S SONG AND DANCE --
12:00:19 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
12:00:20 MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
12:00:20 >> SECOND.
12:00:21 >>FRANK REDDICK: I'M
12:00:22 REQUESTING --
12:00:23 >> SO MOVE.
12:00:25 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
12:00:25 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
12:00:26 >>FRANK REDDICK: AND ALL THOSE
12:00:28 IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
12:00:29 OPPOSED.
12:00:29 ALL RIGHT.
12:00:31 YES, SIR.
12:00:32 >> COUNCIL, LAST WEEK YOU ALL
12:00:34 MADE A MOTION TO CONTINUE A
12:00:36 HEARING -- ACTUALLY, IT WAS A
12:00:39 MISNOTICE, AND SO YOU SET A NEW
12:00:41 HEARING DATE, BUT YOU SET THE
12:00:42 HEARING DATE SO THAT YOU
12:00:44 COULDN'T PERFECT THE 30 DAYS'
12:00:44 NOTICE.
12:00:46 YOU SET A HEARING DATE FOR MAY
12:00:48 THE 10th, AND YOU DID THAT ON
12:00:50 APRIL THE 12th, SO THERE WAS NO
12:00:52 WAY FOR US TO COMPLY WITH THE
12:00:54 NOTICE REQUIREMENTS, SO THERE'S
12:00:57 AN ITEM ON YOUR ADDENDUM FOR
12:00:59 THE AGENDA TO SET THAT FOR JUNE
12:01:01 THE 14th.
12:01:03 WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT
12:01:03 YOU --
12:01:04 >> SO MOVE.
12:01:06 >> -- CHANGE THAT.
12:01:08 >> YES, AND MY APOLOGIES TO
12:01:09 MR. MICHELINI THAT I DIDN'T
12:01:11 BRING THIS ITEM UP FIRST.
12:01:12 IT IS ON YOUR ADDENDUM AS NEW
12:01:14 BUSINESS, AND THE REQUEST IS
12:01:18 FOR REZ18-20 TO RESCHEDULE TO
12:01:21 JUNE 14th, 2018, AT 6:00 P.M.
12:01:23 >> SO MOVED.
12:01:23 >> SECOND.
12:01:24 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
12:01:26 >> COULD WE ASK THAT THAT BE
12:01:27 HEARD FIRST?
12:01:27 >>FRANK REDDICK: NO.
12:01:28 [LAUGHTER]
12:01:33 WE'LL TAKE IT UNDER
12:01:34 CONSIDERATION.
12:01:35 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
12:01:36 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
12:01:39 GOT A MOTION FROM MR. COHEN,
12:01:41 SECOND BY MR. SUAREZ.
12:01:42 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION.
12:01:43 OPPOSED.
12:01:44 ALL RIGHT.
12:01:49 WE STAND ADJOURNED.
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