Tampa City Council - 10/15/26

Councilman. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It's my honor and my pleasure this morning to present Pastor Kerry Nance founded the Southside Baptist Church in Tampa, which was established in 2003. He has faithfully served as a pastor since its founding and has led the church in its continued growth and outreach to the community. Pastor Nance graduated from Trinity Baptist College in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts in Pastoral Theology and earned his master's degree in 2005. In addition to his pretorial duties, he has served as the Tampa Police Chaplain since 2004 and has been involved in several Christian ministries and organizations. Kerry and his wife, Amy, have been married since 1993 and together they have three blessed children, Abigail, Andrew, and Avery, all A's. I never made an A in my life. Together they have ministered at revivals, conferences, retreats, and other events, sharing their faith and encouraging others. Outside of ministry, Pastor Nance enjoys spending time with his family, golfing, and flying as a licensed pilot. Thank you for coming and doing the prayer this morning, Pastor. Please rise for the invocation and remain standing for the pledge of allegiance. Let us pray. Our Father, we're thankful today that we can come here and meet and assemble, and Lord, we thank you so much for your hand of blessing that has been upon this city. And Lord, we recognize even in this season with the hurricanes how that you have kept us and prevented us. And Lord, we are very familiar with the danger in those storms. And God, we recognize, Lord, your favor upon that. Lord, we also recognize, Lord, how you have blessed this city. And Lord, that you have kept us and you've given us leadership, direction, growth. And Father, we just want to look to you for that and give you the honor and the praise. Lord, today as we come to this meeting, Lord, I do pray that you might bless these council men and women that sit here. And Lord, we know that there are heavy decisions that they make and burdens that they carry. And Lord, as they guide our city, I pray, Lord, that you would give them wisdom. I pray that you would help them to have the judgments of the Lord before them. And God, I thank you that in the time of need that we are able to pray. Lord, I'm thankful that your ears are open. And I thank you, Lord, that you have a heart that loves us. And so, God, would you guide them? Would you be with them individually, Lord, even with their families? Lord, the burdens they may carry there, would you give them grace? And Lord, we pray for our mayor, that you'd overshadow her. And Lord, with the great decisions that are needed to be made. And Lord, even with our police and our firemen, Lord, as these men and women protect us and, Lord, run into danger, God, help them, be with them. Lord, the decisions they have to make. Lord, may your hand be with them. And Lord, we just want to thank you today for your love, that your love is consistent, that it's faithful, that you never forsake us. And Lord, that you've demonstrated that love, Lord, in the person of Jesus Christ. And it's in his name we pray and ask. Amen. One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Clerk, would you please call the roll? Miranda? Here. Minnescago? Here. Hurtek? Here. Young? Vieira? Here. Carlson? Clendenin? Here. We have physical form. I'd like to announce that Councilman Carlson will not be attending today. He woke up with a little bug and is not feeling well. So you just have us today. Okay. I'd like to get a motion to adopt the minutes from the budget session held on September 22, 2026. No, it's actually September. Yeah. Workshop. And evening sessions held on September 24, 2026. Regular sessions held on October 1, 2026. And evening sessions held on October 8. I have a motion from Councilwoman. Councilman Vieira, was it? Councilman Maniscalco. Second from Councilwoman Hurtek. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed? I just have it. Okay. Agenda reviews. First off, item number 50, they had put in a memo to pull, but they don't need to pull that. So unless anybody wants to discuss it, it's the parking lot. Okay. So we can leave that on the consent. I'd like to have a motion to hear items 87, 88, 89 together right after lunch. It's a pair of green. Okay. Because the chief is going to be, has something he's got to be gone at three. So 87, 88, and 89 right after lunch. Reminder that we have a 130 times certain with Tinkler on charter review. And let's see. I need to, item number 98, motion to continue to October 22, 2026. Second. Item number 98. Okay. I have a motion from Councilman Miranda. Second from Councilman Maniscalco. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Aye. Mr. Chairman, if I can. Yes, sir. Will that be at the evening session so you can take action on it? Yeah, evening session. Yeah. Evening session. Sorry. Thank you. Evening session. Thank you. Do you receive and file? Let's see. Motion to receive and file the staff report from Tom DeGeorge from Councilman Maniscalco. Second from Councilman, Councilman Hartek. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed. Ayes have it. And I think that's all I had. Anybody else have anything? We don't need anyone for 91. I don't, at least. Do we need anybody for 90? Yes. 90, we have to discuss. Yes. 92, I don't think we need any much. No. 93. Be clear for the record and for the public people watching. I'll summarize it. You will? Okay. Yeah. 93, 94. Okay. I think that would be it. No. Okay. So we do not need staff for 91, 92, 93, or 94. We do need staff for 90. Can I get a, I guess we have to get a motion? No, no, we don't need a motion. Yeah. Okay. Very good. Is there a vote on that? There's resolutions. We have to wait until after a public comment, right? Yeah. Okay. Okay. And may I, Mr. Chair? Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Obviously on 96 and 97, if I may, 97, I may talk to staff at lunch. And may I make a, about my in and out today, may I make a quick statement to explain something? Yes. Thank you, sir. My mother had some surgery yesterday and family things. I'll be in and out. I may, after lunch, I may need to step out for stuff. And so if I'm out a lot, I'm taking calls with doctors. So just FYI. But yeah, that's all. Oh, so tell me about 97. 97. Let me talk to, to staff on that. I, I, for right now, yes. But let me talk to them at lunch if I may. Okay. And thank you. And you do want to in person on 96? Oh, yes, absolutely. Thank you. If I, and again, if I'm here, I may, I'll, I'll deal with it when it comes, but yeah. Okay. Anything else? You else want me on? Not, I'm not going to pull it. I'm just, before I move some of the items I'm going to say, I'm just going to say something. Okay. Yep. That's fine. That's fine. Just, just remind me when we get to the point that's there. Okay. Can I get a motion to approve the agenda? Mr. Chairman, Mr. Chairman, again, were you going to summarize whether you don't need people? I did. The numbers? Okay. Okay. Where were you? Did you just blank out? Did you have a mini stroke during that time? No, but sometimes I, if I can't hear it very, and it happens very quickly, I want to make sure. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. I have a motion to approve the agenda. Second. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Hi. Yes, sir. And Mr. Chairman, the ones that you don't need, that need council action on, are there any of those in there as well? The, um, the major ticket items? Yes. Yeah. We had to wait until after the, after public comment for them. Right. Thank you. At the, at the end of consent. Yeah. Thank you, sir. Yeah. Okay. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed. The agenda is adopted. Thank you so much. Okay. A couple of things. This, uh, today's agenda is quite long and complicated, so we need to, uh, clerk, we need to adhere to timers and rules. Um, anybody that is speaking, if they could be as brief as possible, because again, it's going to be a long and drawn out agenda. FYI, we're going to try to get to off agenda item, public comment a little bit early, like possibly around 1115. I need to, uh, we have a special presentation at 1130 and a, and a hard stop at 12. Um, we're going to have, uh, one hour for lunch, so for 12 to one, and those are fairly rigid because of, uh, uh, uh, uh, ceremony that we have downstairs. So that's what the day is going to look like. So please be, um, patient with me as I try to push everybody along. Cause again, it's a long agenda today and we've got a lot of working parts and a lot of people that are coming and going that their times are set in stone. Um, chief, did you have a, uh, a report today? Okay. Thank you. And this will lighten the agenda. If I made for item number three, um, I believe we're going to remove that and I'll discuss that later, but Friday, number three. Okay. Can we do it? Remove it now? I believe so. Yeah. And, and I reserve the right to amend, but we are removing it. Yes. Okay. I have motion to remove item three from the agenda. Second from Councilman Maniscalco. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed. I have it. Thank you, council. Okay. Very good. Okay. That being said, let's get on with the commendations. Let's, uh, Councilman Maniscalco. Let's set the top. So today I'm presenting, good morning council. Today I'm presenting, uh, a commendation to the Tampa Fencing Academy, which fencing as in sword fighting, because people, you know, to clarify, which is a wonderful sport. And I was, I was telling the gentleman who will speak shortly. Uh, I used to fence when I was a kid and, uh, and I was saying, you know, I'm sorry that I didn't continue it because I was good. I was, you know, I think I was good. You know, I was 10, 11 years old, but it would have been, you know, the lessons that I learned from that era. I still remember and they still stick with me today and it's very good exercise. So, um, a lot of people don't know this organization. They're right off of Hillsboro, uh, near Berkeley high school, uh, Berkeley, Berkeley prep. I'm sorry. And, um, you know, a lot of people don't know they're there, but they have people of all ages. I was saying, you know, who are the oldest people? I mean, it's from kids all the way to veterans eating. Yeah. So it's, it's, it's a good exercise. It's total body movement, hand, eye coordination, and, um, a lot of good things. So I'd like to present this commendation to you. Uh, the Tampa city council proudly recognizes Tampa Fencing Academy for its outstanding contributions to the sport of fencing and its commitment to developing discipline, leadership, and character among athletes throughout the Tampa Bay region. Through the dedication of its coaches and fencers, the Academy has earned distinction at the local, national, and international levels. Tampa Fencing Academy celebrates exceptional athletic achievement, including 2026 USA fencing national champion and Y-10 Epe Beta or Beata Jubilee, currently ranked number one in the nation, and national medalist Juliana Urachek, currently ranked number five in the nation. So we have, and who is ranked number 16? 60. Well, my son is 47th and cadet in the nation. Okay. 47th. Okay. So, you know, a lot of good people, uh, serving students ages five to 65 and even a little bit older. The Academy provides opportunities for athletes of all ages to pursue excellence and represent Tampa with pride. The Tampa city council commends Tampa Fencing Academy, its coaches, and its athletes for their dedication, accomplishments, and positive impact on our community. Their achievements bring honor to the city of Tampa and serve as an inspiration to future generations of athletes. And it is Tampa city council's profound honor to present this commendation on the 15th day of October, 2026. Congratulations. And if you want to say a few words. I just briefly wanted to say thank you on behalf of coach Enrique and coach Boyka, who are head coaches. I'm one of the associate coaches that yes, fencing has become a sport that is for all ages. It is one of those that teaches discipline. It teaches honor. It teaches a quick recovery from mistakes. And I just proud to be a part of this organization and thank you to the city, uh, for this commendation. Thank you. Could you state your name for the record? Uh, Joshua Corbin. Okay. Thank you very much. Thank you. And you know, on behalf of a grateful city, we are very glad that you are training these folks. So when the dark Lord comes and they start attacking the city of Tampa and the dragons come that we will have our trained army ready and willing to defend our great city. Yes, sir. We are ready. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Councilwoman Young. Good morning, council. Good morning, council. So today I have the honor of presenting accommodation to LaShawn Thames. Tampa city council is honored to present this accommodation to LaShawn Thames, CEO and founder of 813 Stop the Violence. LaShawn is being recognized for her outstanding contributions as a role model, advocate icon and community advocates in the community activists in the Tampa Bay community. This accommodation recognizes LaShawn for her dedicated service and remarkable leadership in mentoring the youth and for being an individual who represents longstanding dedication to uplifting and advocating for our local Tampa Bay youth and for inspiring future generations through service, generosity and positive leadership. In LaShawn's work with the teen takeover initiatives, she helped transform the futures of nine young people who face potentially life-altering felony convictions. Through her efforts of helping to curate a six-week educational program, she helped these teens have their records cleared, which gave them a second chance and ensured that one moment in their lives would not define the rest of their futures. Moreover, LaShawn has become a pillar of strength and a trusted voice in the community as she serves as a source of guidance, answers, and support for multiple families, navigating some of their most difficult moments. When gun violence impacts a family, LaShawn is someone they know they can turn to, and not only for answers, but for compassion, strength, and hope. Her work reflects the very best of our community. In gratitude to such great efforts, it is with great pleasure that the Tampa City Council presents this combination on this 15th day of October 2026 to LaShawn Thames. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. First, I would give honor to God. None of this would be possible without him. And right after thanking God, my Heavenly Mother, Mama, thank you for teaching me that it's okay to love. It's okay to care about people, even if you don't know them. That lesson lives in me and live in the work I do every day. To my wife and my family, thank you for putting up with the commitment to the community. Thank you for understanding the long days, the phone calls, the cries, the pain, and all the times my heart was out there trying to help somebody else. And it hasn't been always easy. And I love you for standing beside me. To my entire board, thank you for dealing with me in all my orders. You know I have a vision. Thank you for help turning that vision into action. Thank you, Councilwoman Nayewon Young, just for this recognition. Thank you to Ms. Darlene for always answering the calls. Thank you to City Council for giving me this moment to share this journey. I want to take you back to 2014. I want to thank my mentor, State Rep. Hart Lohman for setting the stone for 813 Stop the Violence. Thank you to Kenya Robinson for allowing me to keep her son's name alive. Nico Crawford was murdered in 2014. Thank you for the plans. Thank you for the walk. That walk mattered. One time, the work became even more personal. I met families living with grief. I met children who needed guidance, attention, but hope. I saw so much need, kindness, and consistency. What could mean? This wasn't just something I wanted to do anymore. It came something I knew I was called to do. In 2025, I made 813 Stop the Violence a non-profit. But let me be clear. The paperwork didn't make the mission. This mission already was in motion. Becoming a non-profit gave the work another way to grow. And this work continues. Thank you, Jarlene Robinson. One thing the proudest of is the 813 Stop the Violence tour. We go to the neighborhoods and bring unity to the community. We create spaces where children can laugh, play games, role models, and feel safe. We connect the family's resources and remind the people that their neighborhood matter. Thank you, Freddie Barton with Safe and Sound. But I can go on and on. It don't matter about the giveaways. It's about the conversation that we happen to have when we're there. It's looking at children in the eyes and saying, I see you, and telling parents you're not alone. I stand here pretending that I don't, that I have all the answers, but I don't. I can know that I cannot complain about our community and refuse to work for change. Our children are watching. They need to see adults who keep their word, show up, and believe in their future. So I'm going to keep showing up. I'm going to keep building partnership. I'm going to keep this tour into the neighborhoods. I'm going to keep working for young people and families. To all the angel moms and every parent who lost their child to gun violence, your pain is not forgotten. Your children matter, and their lives are part of why this work must continue. To every sponsor, volunteer, board member, community partner, and family member who have supported 813 Stop the Violence, Inc., thank you. And once again, Councilwoman, now you're young, thank you for seeing the work and recognizing the people behind it. This award is not just for me. It belongs to my family. Thank you. To every child, to everyone who supported 813 Stop the Violence. I started 813 in 2014. I made it a nonprofit in 2025. And here I stand in 2026 telling you we are just getting started. The work continued, the tour continued, the mission continued. We reach one, teach one, save one. No more silence in gun violence. 813 Stop the Violence, Inc. is more than an organization. It is a movement. And we're going to keep moving. God bless you all. And thank you. LaShawn Timms. On behalf of Tampa City Council, thank you. I think I was at your first and maybe second event when you first, the first event you had community in East Tampa. Um, it was, it was a great experience. I think, uh, uh, Diane Hart and I don't, maybe even Robin Lockett pulled me out there. I don't even remember who was, who was out there with me, but, uh, it was, it was a great event. And I think you guys do excellent work and I'm so proud of you and your family and hi to your wife. And thank you for being so supportive of such a tremendous effort for our city. It's community activists and folks that have an interest of our youth, uh, that really will make a difference of what tomorrow will look like. Thank you so much. Thank you too. Yes. Okay. If my staff could bring in our public comment cards, please, Jen, can you get them to get the public cards in? Thank you. Thank you. Take care, Gary. It's good to see you, man. Okay. As always, we're going to start with on agenda items, uh, public comments. I'm going to call your name. You'll come up to the podium. I'll call a couple of times so you guys can queue up and we can expedite the process this morning. Remember, always start with your name and you'll have three minutes. The light will come on. It'll be green. It'll turn yellow. When you have 30 seconds and red, you have to stop speaking. Our first public speaker is going to be Michelle Mastro-Totaro, followed by Pam Cannella and Ashley Morrow. Good morning, Michelle. Ms. Michelle Mastro-Totaro. Um, I'm here on agenda 62 and 30. Let me start off with, um, 30. They did a grant, um, for dredging. Um, we need dredging desperately on West Prescott. Um, I've been told several times we're waiting for swift mud. We're waiting for swift mud. Swift mud has no application from stormwater to dredge the trenches and the outflow. My water is collecting. Um, we need help. We need help over there. Um, people, um, flood insurance is so expensive over there. Um, my taxes are so high. What am I paying for? I'm, I'm, I'm not paying from that. I don't get a sweeper. I don't get nothing in my area. I don't have not one thing. And I'm paying property taxes probably more than many people in my area. And I have nothing. My system works off of, uh, gravity. So it has to be pulled out. It's not being pulled out. It's stuck. And water people have been there working on water. And they say there's a blockage somewhere because our water don't move. And that's also very hazardous to our health. It smells like poop in our area. It's very bad. We need helping. We need help on South Cheryl and West Prescott. Prescott has these trenches that go all along to the Legion and out to the outflow. Something's going on there. And I'm going to talk about 62. Um, this money, this $708 million money for rebuild tomorrow. Um, we I'm on, I'm on the list. Um, I'm worried about the funding because the funding only has done one house so far and the house is a module home. It's a mobile home. Um, and I see that it also is allocated to other things, streets, infrastructure and stuff. So this hunt $708 million of money. Um, it's been five months already. Um, I would like to know what's going on with the money and how are they going to help people because people like me really need it. And, um, my area, you can't even buy a house in my area because it, the flooding is too expensive, the insurance. And that's not fair for people. I mean, we, we need help in our area. And, um, I hope that, you know, moving forward that people can really do help us. Port Tampa is not a rich area and you know, that area needs a lot of help. And I feel that we have been forgotten and I think that it's time to help us moving forward for 2027. Help. Thank you. Thank you, Michelle. Pam Cannella followed by Ashley. Good morning. My name is Pam Cannella. Um, I just want to say, I oppose number six appointee. Um, appointments for Tampa housing authority, uh, recommends initial appointment be usually one year term. Um, application for the Tampa housing authority also states that appointment to a city of Tampa board and committee requires compliance with the city of Tampa ethics code and Florida law concerning appointed officials. Now, an argument can be made by our city attorneys that Janet Cruz Rifkin is not related to Mayor Jane Castor, but Anna Cruz, by her own testimony, continuously refers to herself as Tampa's first lady. Mayor Jane Castor refers to Anna Cruz as her domestic partner. As public figures who have been in a committed relationship since approximately 2009, they are recognized as domestic partners in public and official capacity. Anna Cruz's acknowledgement as Tampa's first lady and domestic partner to Mayor Jane Castor makes Janet Cruz Rifkin, mother of Anna Cruz, a family. Mayor Jane Castor's appointment of Janet Cruz Rifkin to a city position is a violation of Florida state code of ethics under Florida statute 22112.3135 where public officials are prohibited from using their official position to secure special privileges from whom they share a close personal relationship, regardless of marriage status. And I just wanted to say about number 30. It's about the stormwater funding. I just want to know how do I get on that list? Because I've been asking for the AMI and the Zompon and the Pamyra Ditch to be cleaned and taken care of. So if there's funding out there, I would like for them to be on the list as well. Thank you. Thank you, Pam. Ashley, followed by John Green and Bishop Michelle B. Patty. Hello, my name is Ashley Mara. I'll be very brief because I see you guys moved. I think item number 50 anyways, but it was about the arena parking agreement. And as you know, I'm an advocate for validating public parking for public comment or city council participants or attendees as well as school board. Anybody that's coming down here for city business should not be paying for parking if they're coming to voice their concerns. I also want to say, oh yeah, I'm running a blank. Thank y'all so much for your time. Thank you. Thank you, Ashley. Good morning. John and then Bishop, are you going to switch places? You guys switching places? Actually, I was first and I don't know how the cards got mixed up. Yeah, they got mixed up, but no problem. Good morning. My name is Bishop Michelle B. Patty. I'm here on item number 15. If I recall the original contract between the city and the NAACP was for the empowerment center and that they were supposed to do work that would help small businesses. They were supposed to put out information to the community about what the city had to offer. And most of all, it was about job training. Now, uh, I see a resolution that was sent out. It said resolution approving of social action and arts fund service agreement between the city of Tampa, Florida, NAACP, uh, which is a nonprofit. It was effective date was September 1st, 2026. And work was supposed to be completed no later than September 30th, 26. Now, how much said in fact, and now it's for 75,000 instead of the 100,000. So, and then the president, Yvette Lewis did not sign this agreement until September 14th. So it seemed almost like a bait and switch because the empowerment you're supposed to be about training. Now we're getting over here talking about, uh, arts and funding. When we have the young lady who just left, if we're going to put money in the historic people that's given the history, then Ashley Maura, I think this $75,000, some money should go to her. We have Fred Hearns who do an excellent job as a historian going throughout the community, even do trips. We also have Ursula Odom. So now why is it, uh, and I do understand that some receipts supposed to have been submitted to you all where work supposed to have been done. So I am going to be making a public request because there are strict stipulations in there. So I don't know now if y'all trying to, like I say, bait and switch by saying doing things for the arts, uh, and telling history. That was not a part of the agreement. The agreement was to job training. The agreement was to help, uh, do an impact to help businesses, small businesses that needed help, uh, uh, assets in the city government. So I want you all to know that we're watching this. We're looking at it very strictly, strongly, and it should not be just, uh, a generic. There were supposed to be, uh, announcements made to the community when these, uh, classes would have been held. We want to see if they was held by a certified person, not just friendship. So there's a lot of things that is wrong with this and it took a whole year and we had a new fiscal year that they come up at this last minute and trying to submit documentation. So the documentation, every I need to be dotted, every T need to be crossed for one penny of the taxpayer's money go out for this. You're asking us not to support amendment three. Well, if you're going to be wasteful with the taxpayer's money, then people need to take another thought. Thank you so much. John Green followed by Stephen Michelini and Megan. Good morning, John Green. And, uh, I'm just here to follow up on what Bishop Michelle B. Patty said, but I'd look at more the procedure and processes on how people are located on the property over there at, uh, Gary Adult School. The first page that, um, you're seeing in which you have the, at the address for the school listed on your documentation. This is the first page is from the school charter and bylaws. It says that the district or the school system mail system is not used by the community or staff for distribution of non-school materials, so on and so forth. So that's the bylaws for the school, right? So if we're going to be dealing with taxpayer money and government funding, I think it's appropriate that we follow the laws too. I don't think nobody is above the law where they can, uh, disregard policy and get money for, uh, uh, for, for, uh, uh, breaking the law at the same time. The second page will show you that where they're listed. You can Google in real time right now the address of Gary Adult School or Google Hillsboro, uh, NAACP and this will come up, right? In the school, like I said, the information is right there. They're not supposed to be using the address. The city is using the address to, uh, send mail there and it's not supposed to be done. The NAACP has, uh, bylaws for their, uh, for their organization. It says that each of their, uh, executive board members should be bonded, right? Have y'all gotten anything that shows that they're bonded? Have you gotten any, uh, insurance certificates saying that they cover if anybody get hurt or anything happens on that property? And this is just simple law. So I'm, uh, I'm opposed to this and like everybody is, is, is contemplating in their mind with this new tax bill. Should we fund government? Why should we, if you've given away money, where we know the black community knows that the NAACP Hillsboro chapter does zero for the community period point blank. So if you're going to ask us for money to fund the government, if you black in this community, say no, because it's useless. Stephen followed by Megan followed by Connie Burton. Uh, good morning, council Steve Michelinie. Um, I really want to start with, uh, agenda item number 18 where you're asking for the staff is asking for an increase in tree fees from 300 to $475. You know, we've talked about this before where the stewardship of those funds and the ability to get trees planted has been significantly, um, delinquent. And those fees are collected because, um, projects, various housing projects and commercial projects pay into that fund. And there is a, a very large surplus. So it seems to me that if you have a surplus in funds, why are you asking for an increase? You, it's very difficult to get a tree planted. The process is encumbered with a very lengthy, um, process of signing agreements, guaranteeing that you'll, you'll, uh, maintain the tree. And if you don't maintain the tree and it dies, then you got to pay the city back. It's very cumbersome. And I know the council has made motions previously to streamline that process, to get the trees out instead of banking them and to start using those funds. And I, I might be mistaken, but I think the last accounting of that, that budget was there were $3 million sitting in that account that hadn't been spent. So improve the process, allow the trees to be, to be, uh, planted where they're supposed to be planted. Granted, I got the picture costs have risen 300 to 475. That's not the issue. Stewardship is the issue. If you're going to raise a fee, then make it easier to get those trees planted and stop making that people have to pay more money. So you build up a reserve fund and it doesn't go anywhere. Um, item 67, it refers to grant funds being transferred and used for various components. I would think the council would want more information instead of a statement that says various components. That doesn't make any sense. I mean, we have citywide issues regarding stormwater and they should clearly define where they plan to use that money. And as other speakers have already said to you, their area is deficient. They've asked for cleanup. They've asked for maintenance directed toward where it really needs to be in these areas that are screaming for help. Thank you. Thank you, Stephen. Megan Corcoran, followed by Connie, followed by Pointer. Good morning. Good morning, Megan. Good morning. Start with your name, please. My name is Megan Cochran. Regarding number item 60, approving the final benefits agreement between the city of Tampa and the JC Newman as madam chair of the community benefits advisory council for the Sanchez Ohio project. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to our council members for their diligent work and commitment for reviewing their proposed community community benefits agreement for the Sanchez Ohio project and ensuring they are aligned with the project's established recommendations. I would like to recognize and thank Amanda Alfaro, Javier Marlin from the Economic Opportunity Development Department for their work with for working with us to ensure that our recommendations are implemented. I would also like to thank our legal team, Tyler Bolt. Thank you. I extend my appreciation to our vice chair, Heather Hay, as well as Joe Robertson, Kimberly Headland, Dennis Fernandez, Angela Weller, and Cameron Cassidy for their time, dedication, and thoughtful contributions throughout this process. Finally, I want to thank Mr. Drew Newman and him and his family for their commitment and to the benefits community agreement. We appreciate your contributions to our community and your shared vision of making this neighborhood a better place to live, work, and thrive. On behalf of the Community Benefits Advisory Council, thank you for your time, commitment, and dedication to the Sanchez Ohio project. Thank you. Thank you, Megan. And I also would like to say I appreciate you all for approving my application for the CAC, for my application for the CAC member for the East Tampa CRA. Thank you. Thank you, Megan. Congratulations, and we appreciate your work as well. Thank you. Connie, followed by Poynter, followed by Sergret. Good morning, Connie Burton. When I was a child, it was certain programs I thought was funny. You know, like the Three Stooges and maybe some Lauren Hardy. But as I got older, it became redundant to hear the same old, same old every week, every month about an outstanding civil rights organization that has history of doing the work. We want to thank the council as to the format in which it's written. It is not NAACP that wrote that. Maybe Mr. Bennett and others can speak to that. But we are a civil rights organization that do not get that money, but the empowerment center that is so needed in our community to continue to build entrepreneurship, to continue to build on the legacy of the civil rights movement. We are committed in spite of the low key rhetoric that we hear constantly about why we shouldn't. We are committed to standing in that legacy of over 100 years old and doing the people's work and a commitment. And I would say not just a commitment, but an endorsement of those that believe in the NAACP is always shown by our general membership, followed by the annual banquet that had well over 1200 people in attendance. So two or three namesayers that continue to come up here and gurgitate foolishness speaks to their disconnect from the black community. Thank you so much. Thank you, Connie. No, no, no, no. Stephanie Pointer, followed by Sergret and Julie McGill. Okay. Good morning, Stephanie Pointer. Appointments three through five. None of them are appropriate for three years. Nobody is guaranteed to be sitting up there or in the mayor's office seven months from now. And no, nothing should, I believe that we should put them in there for a year because you've got to give those folks time to settle in and figure out who they want in those positions. But there is no, and you guys have zero power to put somebody out. So the person who's coming in behind you will not be able to put them out and put in their person. And I don't think it's appropriate. Um, and this is speaking nothing about any of the people, although I agree with, um, Pam about, um, one of them, but it should not be for more than a year. I mean, you guys have got to stop this. This has been constant over the last three or four months. Number 15, the NAACP. I thought they were getting $100,000 where the rest of the money go. And as a citizen of the city of Tampa, I'd like to see them get all the money that they had applied for and that you guys had set aside for them. And when you get kicked out of a national organization for the rest of your life, um, I guess you're going to come and cry about it publicly all the time. Um, the 49, 91 and 92, I'm just a little bit overwhelmed with $8 million worth of consultation fees. Um, in one fell swoop, um, the CDBDDR funding. Um, we, I often hear it's funny because yes, I live in South Tampa, but you know, I care about all the districts in our city. I really do. And I often hear that's, you know, the city doesn't dis they disproportionately spend money on different districts. So I broke it down by the districts where these projects are going to be. These are all for pump station upgrades, which I completely support. I want to check that with the list of the basins and see which one's funded. Um, 15 of them are in district five, five of them are in district six, five of them district seven, two of them are in district four, which I support because we just gave them a hundred million dollars for a stormwater project. And this is, this is okay with me. Um, two for T, uh, T, TPD two for TFR. Um, it's a total of almost $74 million. I really have a huge issue with the contract between, um, the rays and the county because they tried to give them 30 million dollars of that. And when you see that nifty little map that FEMA made, there wasn't any problems in that area. Yes, this is on the budget. This is on the agenda. Uh, charter review. Continue as a cohesive group. You guys have done a fabulous job with that. I'd like to see the mayor participate in the conversation this afternoon. And that's all I have for the moment. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Pointer. Good morning, Mr. Doss. Hey, good morning, everybody. It's Shigret Doss. And I'm here on, uh, items 87 through 89 is this paragraph thing. And I want people to remember that that money came after 2023 shooting in Ybor city and the legislature funded a crime prevention initiative, uh, that's supposed to include community engagement. But so far that money's bought drones and now a $595,000 data platform from a company founded by a Palantir, a Palantir alum. Uh, it should be bothersome to people. But at any rate, the same kind of platform other Florida agencies are buying and using for immigration enforcement. And TPD's own August 4th memo doesn't mention Ybor or community engagement or the city of Tampa, uh, as a matter. Um, it says that TPD needs pair grind to share law enforcement information across state agencies. Uh, now to me, this thing seems to be more like a statewide data pipeline and the people of Ybor city, well, Tampa, um, were used as justification for getting this thing funded. And when you look at the process, you all asked for a briefing, uh, from the acting chief and set this item, I believe for November 5th. And then it was moved up to today at, at, at you all's request or staff's request. When the people's elected representatives ask for time, staff does not get to decide that time is up. Okay. So consider the people who elected you to do their job, do a job for them and look out for them. And from my own personal experience, um, I know a police report is the only, it's true, it's only as true as the officer who wrote it. And when a false report goes into a statewide system, it doesn't stay in Tampa. It follows a person into every agency that pulls it. And, um, if it's wrong, who corrects it? And by the way, who's going to audit this thing? Well, I'll talk about the IG thing a little bit later. So before you vote, get answers on the record. Um, who's going to get this shared data and let the people know. And also we need to know if it reaches a, any kind of federal immigration enforcement, uh, how long it's kept and who audits it after that, what policy governs it and has the public seen this thing? If those answers aren't on the record today, defer this item to at least November 5th, uh, the date that you all originally chose a community that was promised engagement deserves the benefit of such consideration. Tampa's residents shouldn't be funded anything that might be a potential violation of their civil rights. Okay. And let's keep that in mind. And I said, as a veteran shout out to everybody who may be in harm's way, who wears a uniform shout out to the veterans of the United States and shout out to the greatest institution of higher learning in the city of Tampa, the university, Thomas Jefferson high school. And speaking of tech, one of the greatest and most dynamic athletes I've ever known, Malawi Hills is fighting for his life. A great tech alumni. Let's pray for the brother. Thank you, sir. Julie, bring it home. Morning council, Julia McGill, also candidate for mayor. I'm speaking on agenda item 90. Here's what this means in plain English. Tampa has agreed to put $80 million toward public improvements for serving the raised ballpark. Today vote. Today's vote starts the court approval process for borrowing up to that amount, but residents need to understand this $80 million borrowed is more than $80 million paid back at the interest rate and 30 year repayment period used in the published analysis. The total would be about 140 million that this is an estimate. It's not a final price, but interest is a real cost and residents deserve to see it. We are told taxes from future development will help repay the city, but the bills could arrive years before enough money comes in. The published model shows loan payments starting in 2027. In the target forecast, development revenue starts in 2031, but does not cover the full yearly payment until 2045. Think about that. The city would have to pay bills to pay every year while waiting for the proposed development. So who covers that gap? If this deal pays for itself, show us who pays it until it does. If I take out a loan, I can't tell the bank, oh, my future business is going to cover that. They're going to want to know what I'm making right now, how I'm going to pay it right now. Tampa should do the same. Which city dollars will make those payments? What other projects could be delayed? And who pays if the development takes longer or brings in less money? The financing has a technical name, non-ad valorem bonds. That means the loan relies on revenues other than property taxes. It does not mean there is no cost to the public. Before moving this forward, please give residents a simple year-by-year repayment plan. Show us the loan payments, the expected development revenue, and exactly where the money comes from whenever there is a shortfall. If the rates are required to cover the shortfall, show us that too. If they are not, say so clearly. Our neighborhoods need flood protection, safe streets, and reliable services today. An $80 million commitment deserves more than a forecast. It deserves a clear explanation of who pays, how much, and when. Necessity before vanity, transparency before another financial commitment. Thank you. Thank you, Julie. That concludes our in-person public speaking on agenda items. We do not have anybody online. Michael Randolph, if you are listening, we miss you. We hope you're doing well, and hopefully we'll hear from you next week. Okay, we're going to continue on with our agenda board administration appointments. Our first is item number four. I see Robin Lockett. Robin, would you like an opportunity to speak? So you didn't get a card from me? What's that? A public comment. We did not. Did you fill one out? Yeah. Okay, um, I, you know what, since I believe that you, that is probably correct. Go ahead, start with your name. You'll have three minutes. It'll be quick. And staff, if you could find Robin's card and bring it in for me, I appreciate that, please. And it's on agenda items, right? No, it was off agenda. Oh, then that comes later. That's why. Oh, okay. Okay, then you're right. So now, disregard all of the above, would you like an opportunity to speak about your appointment? Yes, I would. How many minutes am I getting on this season? So I start? Yep. Okay. Start with your name. Uh, Robin Lockett. Uh, and I wrote something out so I can be on, you know. So I want to thank everyone. I want to thank the mayor, uh, Mayor Castor, uh, for the appointment. I want to thank council, of course, uh, for the support also. Um, just placing the confidence and trust, uh, in me, uh, by pointing me to, uh, the heartline board of directors. As someone who has personally depended on public transportation, I understand firsthand how important, reliable, affordable, and accessible transit, transit, transportation is to our community. I look forward to bringing both my lived experiences and my years of community advocacy to the table, ensuring that the voices of everyday riders are heard and are represented. Um, I think this, uh, I take this position as any position I take very seriously. Um, as I stated that I, I used to catch buses to work, right, to make a life for myself and my, uh, then, uh, young son. And, um, I don't know what can be done. I, it would be a learning stage for me to get a good understanding of it. But as you guys know, I'm not, uh, uh, shy to speak out in regards to speaking for people because a lot of times people that sit around the table are not the people that have the experience of catching buses and so forth. So I want to bring that to the table. Um, you know, back in the day, you know, I often talk about villages, right? Uh, Miss Love was my village because, because my bus would be late. She never charged me a late fee picking up my son, right? Cause she knew I was trying to work. Uh, the buses, the bus drivers were a village because if they, if you were a regular and you weren't at that stop, they took a second to wait for you because you may be running late or your bus may be running. So, you know, it was, it was a, it was a unfounded, unheard of village that made just life work. The people on the bus, uh, bus that rode the bus with you every day was that village. So I look forward to bringing insight to, uh, this position. And I want to thank the mayor and I want to thanks to the council. Thank you very much. So, um, just a couple of words about Ms. Lockett. Uh, I have tremendous respect for you. Thank you. I think you're a person of very good moral character. I met you, uh, through Florida Rising when you would come here and advocate for affordable housing and a lot of other issues. And if people don't know, we were in the same race together. We ran against each other. And, uh, through that, we were always respectful. We got to know each other even more. Um, I think that, you know, when you speak, you speak from the heart, you're the real deal. And, um, I don't know. I mean, I can say nothing but, but good things, but I know that you'll be committed to this a hundred percent. And with your life experience, with your work experience, I think you're a very good candidate and I move the resolution. Second. Thank you. I have a motion from Councilman Mascocca. Second, Councilwoman Heretic. Councilman Gere. Uh, yes, sir. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And I'm glad to support you. Uh, Ms. Lockett, you're going to do a great job. I've served on the heart board for a number of years and a couple of things. I believe you're taking Mr. Mechanic's place, right? Yes. And David Mechanic. Um, I, I probably should do some sort of a thing to honor David on, on many levels. Great guy. If you know David, he's a wonderful person. Um, you have big shoes to fill. You're going to fill them because what you're going to fill them with is the stuff you talked about, which is that you live that life that can, that talks about the great benefit to heart is you got a thirst for justice. You get a thirst for dignity, for people, for respect for people. And I'll tell you, um, I served for three years as heart chairman. And one of the best parts of heart is number one, the people that heart serves, but it's also our workers, our bus operators, our mechanics, their ATU, their teamsters, Robin, they're good people. They're the best people. And, and you're going to love working with them. You're going to love working with Scott Drainville, the CEO, who is one of my favorite people. I love Scott a lot. So you're going to do great. So I just wanted to salute you. Thank you. Thank you. Councilwoman Young and Miranda. No, I just wanted to congratulate you. I think you're the perfect person. Um, I just, just recently did, um, a bus ride and I rode, I rode, um, route five and 12. And I think having, and just talking to people on the bus, talking with the, um, with the, the operators, having somebody on that board that understands and knows what it's like, I think it's going to be really important. And you're going to bring, um, a level of empathy and expertise, um, but also experience that is, that is definitely needed. So congratulations. Thank you, council. Thank you. Councilman Miranda. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I, um, I also rode the buses most of my life growing up and constantly on housing projects. However, getting elected in 1974 through 79, re-election in 75, is that we had our own buses in the city of Tampa, called Tampa Transit Authority. And the bus were here on Cleveland street. And we had a great operation going, you had your own little token and so forth and so on. And you rode the bus, you had a transfer and so on. However, then the government stepped in and I never forget, I'm repeating myself every time I say this downstairs, Harry Orr coming down the steps and tells me, boy, he said, let me tell you something. The day you take $1 from the federal government, you're going to regret it the rest of your life. Because now you're going to carry somebody from here to Waimama for a quarter and you can't afford that. And Harry Orr was a thousand percent correct. And although I voted last time for a million six, if I'm here again, I will not vote it because that's another authority that has to create their own funding. Mainly, but Hillsborough County should kick in a lot more. They want to do things their way, even on some taxes that we pass, community investment tax, EIT and so forth. Although we create over 31%, we only get 21% back. I don't know who did that number, but something happened somewhere. And that's all I'm saying. Thank you very much. I love you. I think you do a great job. I echo everyone that the council member said you, your authority and your right to serve, you certainly have earned it. Thank you. Thank you. Councilwoman Hertie. Thank you. I'm particularly proud of this moment because I know you are a transit rider and you're someone who's been working with people with housing because housing and transportation is so interlocked that I just see this as a continuation of the work that you're already doing with Florida Rising. So I'm really excited to see where this takes you. And, but really have, knowing that we're going to have somebody on that board who really has the pulse of the people really matters. And so I'm really excited about this for you. Congratulations. Thank you. Robin, my dear friend. You can't call me friend. I can call you friend. She lectures me all the time that I call too many people friends, that people that are not my friends, I call friends. So just the background on that. Um, you know, I hope you're getting, you're, you're used to doing everything with nothing. Yeah. And cause that's the challenge of heart as that we, this mission is so large and the resources are so small and it's a struggle every day for them to get to do what they're doing. So it's, it's a really impossible task and to be able to accomplish everything they did. And, uh, I, I'm very, uh, proud to support you in this position. And then that, that said about Robin, that while this one's open, I'm going to refer to the next two as well to remind folks, there was a lot of public comment about these and about term limits. These boards are not set and the term limits are not set by the city of Tampa. So just so FYI, the, the term limits in these particular boards are set by other organizations. They're not set by us. So that's, that's, we don't have the flexibility of limiting these types of boards. Now the other boards that are set by within the city, yes, we do, but these we don't. Uh, and then also all three of these are mayoral appointments and we just, we're just confirming and that confirmation process is as long as the person's qualified and you know, it's not a felon or, you know, has something that's really terrible, you know, about them, their, their character that prevents them from being able to serve on these boards. Uh, we have to stay in our land. Again, this was, these are mayor appointments. These are not our appointments. We don't get to pick. These are mayor appointments and we're just confirming this mayor appointment. So that's the pro that's our role today as a city council. Okay. That being said, I have a motion and I have a second. All those in favor, uh, hip hip hooray. The eyes have it unanimously. Thank you, Robin. Okay. Okay. And, uh, and we're going to talk about having a res, uh, something prepared for that. It's already done. Okay, good. Okay. Um, item number five, Sandy, would you like to speak to us? Good morning. Another friend, pretty in red as always. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, I am having some bad allergies, so I'm going to make my comments very brief. Um, thank you very much. Thank you to the mayor for appointing me. Um, I look forward to working with Robin. I admire her, uh, quite a bit. And I, I think my experience of sitting on the hard board for many years, uh, will have a great deal of effect and positively for the residents of the community, but also the fact that, um, I really want to help the city. We've got to solve these transportation issues for the transportation disadvantaged, especially in Louis knows I worked on that quite a bit, uh, councilman VR. I'm sorry. Um, uh, so I really, um, excited about the opportunity and to help folks in these underserved areas that just really don't have any transportation. So thank you all very, very much. Let me just say that I've had the pleasure of knowing the Merman family, Jim and Sandy for many years and had the honor of working with, uh, commissioner then when she was in the county and she became the, uh, the head of Tampa Bay water, the chairman of the board of Tampa Bay water, when things were a little bit different, a little harder to do than they are now. Uh, money was tight and she was the chairman and she did an outstanding job for two years. And, uh, I'm going to move the nomination. Thank you. I have a motion of councilman Miranda. I have a second councilman Vera. Any further discussion? Thank you, sir. And I just wanted to commend you, uh, commissioner Merman, former state rep Merman for your service. You know, it's funny, you don't, you wouldn't remember this, but we met first when I was 18 years old at USF. You're running for the legislature. You wouldn't remember it. I was a kid and it's, it's funny. And there's, there's a lot of funny stories in that obviously, but no, your long legacy in public service is wonderful. And, uh, so just thank you for your willingness, sir. God bless you. Thank you. Thank you. I have two questions that I've never, I haven't asked you these questions. Are you supportive of the streetcar and the expansion? Oh yes. Okay. Very good. Absolutely. And expansion of transit, uh, mass transit through the city of Tampa. Oh sure. Absolutely. Very good. Thank you. I'll ask us a question along that line. What about, um, right now the heart has voted to expand or to the possibility of getting their full mill right now, they take half mill. Are you supportive of them going for the full mill on property taxes? Um, I didn't know they did that. I mean, I will support anything that can help get more funding for heart. Okay. Great. Thank you. Okay. I have a motion. I have a second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed. The ayes have it unanimously. Congratulations. I look forward to working with you. Thank you. Let's get transit in Tampa Bay. Yeah. Very good. Thank you. Yeah. Item number six. Okay. Um, Janet Cruz Rifkin is, uh, in Europe right now. It was unable to attend, but I did speak with her and of course she's looking forward to our support. Um, the mayor has, uh, appointed her for four year term on housing. Uh, for those of you that don't know, she was a housing advocate in her period of time in the state house and the legislature. Uh, so, uh, anybody? Yeah. No, just a couple of comments, you know, knowing, um, when she was state rep Cruz and then, uh, Senate, you know, she understands Sadowski fund. She understands the challenges from Tallahassee, knowing her in that elected position, she was always fighting for the community, you know? And, um, you know, when it came to housing affordability jobs, she would do her job fair. I mean, I would always see her out there, always very active. And, uh, and that's the person that, that I know. So yeah, that's it. You move the moderate resolution. I have a motion. Councilman Maniscalco second Councilman Beer. Any further discussion? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed. I have it. Congratulations. And, uh, I can't remember where you told me. I think you were in Spain. That's right. Spain. Congratulations in Spain. I spun you on. Have a nice big glass of red wine for us. Okay. Very good. Passed unanimously. And now we are moving on. Is there any requests for reconsideration of legislative matters? Mr. Shelby. Do absences. The clerk I'm sure has. Hurtek being absent and vote and Carlson being absent. Thank you for catching up. Thank you. Hearing none. Let's go to the consent agenda. Councilman Vera, would you please move item seven to 14? Yes. Move set items. Second. I have a motion from Councilman Vera. Second from Councilman Maniscalco. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed. My last time moving public safety agenda, by the way. So just saying. I'm not going to cry. I'm not going to cry. Because next week's a workshop. Can we send a combination for him for the last time? And then a second? Second. Second, yeah. Okay. That's the funniest thing you've ever said. I don't know about that. Councilwoman Young, move items 15 through 29. And then before I move. Did he call that vote? I don't even remember now. I think he called. All those in favor of moving this vote, aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed. Aye. Okay. Thank you. Councilwoman Young. Yes. And then before I move the items, just because I know I got some calls and some questions regarding the social action arts funding that we're moving, these were approved for FY 26. So we did have a social action arts funding workshop so that we can have, you know, better oversight, a better process, and more alignment with our city goals. So of course, come, you know, FY 27, we'll have more, you know, it'll be more aligned with what we want to see in the city and what our goals are. But these were approved in FY 26. And you'll see different organizations, hopefully, for FY 27. So I move items 15 through 29. Second. I motioned Councilman Young, seconded Councilman Maniscalco. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed. Aye's have it. Okay. Infrastructure committee 30 through 50. Councilman Maniscalco. Was anything pulled from this or no? Nope. Nope. Okay. I move items 30 through 50. I have a motion from Councilman Maniscalco, seconded Councilman Beer. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed. Aye's have it. Councilman Miranda, would you move items 51 through 55 on the finance committee? I have a motion from Councilman Miranda, seconded Councilman Maniscalco. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed. Aye's have it. Councilwoman Young, would you move items 56 through 65? I move items 56 through 65. I have a motion from Councilwoman Young, seconded Councilman Beer. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed. The ayes have it. and councilman manaskalco would you move 66 through 70. i move 66 through 70. i have a motion from councilman manaskalco second councilman miranda all those in favor say aye aye opposed ayes have it can i get a motion to set the public hearings so move to set items 71 and 72 and they both are uh listed with all the information thank you i have a motion from councilman manaskalco i have a second councilman miranda all those in favor say aye aye opposed i have a motion to open the tenant clock are all public hearings second i have a motion from councilman miranda second Councilman Matascalko. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, aye. Stop it. Okay, he brought me my coffee. It looks like he'll keep his job today. Okay, the public hearings are open. Item number 73. We're in the second readings. Staff? We're moving too fast for staff. Let's talk more. Let's talk more. We could sing. Yeah, it was really good. Yeah, it was really good. At the EDC chair. The EDC. Archie sang it. 525,600 minutes. 525,000 moments. I'm holding all my hair. Do we have anybody? We have some people in the audience. Okay, who's supposed to be presenting to that? Does anybody know? Okay, I guess we don't need anybody, do we? Yeah, does anybody have any questions on it? Okay, anybody in the audience wishing to speak to item number 73? Hearing none. Motion to close. Motion to close. Councilman Rennett. Second. Councilman Matascalko. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed. I say have it. Councilman Vieira, would you read item 73? Yes, sir, Mr. Chairman. I move an ordinance presented for second reading and adoption. Ordinance of the City of Tampa, Florida, amending Chapter 16, Article 5, Section 16-86 of the City of Tampa Code Tree Trust Fund. Providing for annual distribution of tree trust fund monies for the benefit of Tremendous Tampa. Repealing all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict they're with. Providing for stability. Providing an effective date. Thank you. I have a motion from Councilman Vieira. Second. Councilman Matascalko. Please record your vote. Motion carried unanimously. Will Hertech be an absent at vote and Carlson be an absent? Thank you. Is there staff to present for item 74? Emily? I'm online. Hi, Emily. Chair. Hi, good morning. Emily Phelan, Planning Commission staff. Item number 74 is TACPA 2608, a map amendment located at 4707 East Henry Avenue. The request is to change the future land use designation from Residential 10 to Residential 35. This amendment was approved at the September 24th, 2026 hearing and is before you for second reading. I'm available if you have any questions. Council, I have any questions? Hearing none. Anybody in the public wish to speak to this item? I have a motion to close to Councilwoman Young. Second. Councilman Miranda. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Aye. Second. Councilwoman Young. Would you read this, please? I have an ordinance being presented for second reading and adoption, an ordinance amending the Tampa Comprehensive Plan and future land use element, future land use map for the property located at 4707 East Henry Avenue from Residential 10 R10 to Residential 35. Second. Providing for repeal of all ordinances in conflict, providing for severability, providing an effective date. I have a motion from Councilwoman Young. Second from Councilman Beer. I'll please report your vote. Motion carried unanimously with Hurtag being absent at vote and Carson being absent. Emily, you presenting for 75? Yes. Emily Phelan, Planning Commission, stop. Item number 75 is TACPA 2601. A map amendment located at 1605 North Waters Court. The request is to change the future land use designation from Community Mixed Use 35 to Urban Mixed Use 60. This amendment was approved at the September 24th, 2026 hearing and is before you for second reading. I'm available if you have any questions. Council have any questions? Hearing none. Anybody in the public wish to speak to this item? Can I have a motion to close? I have a motion to close with Councilman Miranda. Second from Councilman Maniscalco. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. Councilman Maniscalco, would you read item 75, please? Okay. Item 75, I have an ordinance being presented for second reading and adoption, an ordinance amending the Tampa Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Element, Future Land Use Map for the property located at an ordinance, an ordinance amending the Tampa Comprehensive Plan, Future Land Use Element, Future Land Use Map for the property located at 1605 North Waters Court from Community Mixed Use 35, CMU 35 to Urban Mixed Use 60, UMU 60, providing for repeal of all ordinances in conflict, providing for severability, providing an effective date. Second. I have a motion from Councilman Mascocco, seconded Councilman Vieira. Please record your vote. Motion carried unanimously with Carlson being absent. Thank you. The rest of the 10 o'clock public hearings, the rest of them, items 76 through 80 are quasi-judicial. If you're planning on testifying or speaking to any of these items, you need to be sworn in. Please stand, raise your right hand and be sworn in by our clerk. Thank you very much. Item number 76. Good morning, Mr. Chairman and Council. We are the Barter-Laven Development Coordination. Item number 76 is AB2-2610 for property located at 6203 North Florida Avenue. The request is for alcohol and beverage sales, small venue classification, beer, wine, and liquor, consumption on premises, and package sales, consumption off premises. Site plan modifications were required between first and second reading. Those changes have been completed and the site plan has been certified in the copy of the provider circle. I am available for any questions. Council, do I have any questions? Hearing none. Anybody in the public wish to speak to item 76? Move to close. I have a motion to close for Councilman Miranda, second for Councilman Maniscalco. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed, I say have a councilwoman Hurtek. Would you read 76? Absolutely. File number AB2-26-10, ordinance being presented for second reading and adoption, an ordinance approving a special use permit, SU-2, for alcoholic beverage sales, small venue, beer, wine, and liquor, consumption on premises and package sales, off premises consumption, and making lawful the sale of beverages regardless of alcoholic content, beer, wine, and liquor on that certain lot, plot, or tract of land located at 6203 North Florida Avenue, Tampa, Florida, as more particularly described in section three, providing that all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict are repealed, repealing ordinance number 2021-69, providing an effective date. I have a motion from Councilwoman Hurtek, a second from Councilman Miranda, please record your vote. Motion carried unanimously with Carlson being absent. Thank you. 77. Leo DiBardo, Laban Development Coordination, item number 77 is AB2-26-16 for the property located at 5804 East Columbus Drive. The request is for alcoholic beverage sales, small venue classification for beer, wine, and liquor consumption off-premises and package sales consumption off-premises. Site plan modifications were required between first and second readings. Those changes have been completed. The plan has been certified and a copy hasn't been provided to the clerk and I'm available for any questions. Council have any questions? Hearing none. Anybody in the public who wants to speak to this item? I close. A motion to close. Councilman Miranda, seconded for Councilman Maniscalco. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed? Is there an applicant that wants to speak to this item? No? Sorry, you're right. Motion to close and all those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Ayes have it. Councilman Miranda. Thank you, Chairman. I'm going to number 77 file ABZ-26-16. Orders being presented, second reading, adoption, an ordinance, rezoning, an ordinance approving a special use permit SU-2 for alcohol beverage sales, small venue, beer, wine, and liquor consumption on-premise and package sales off-premise consumption and making law for the sale of beverage regardless of all content, beer, wine, and liquor on that certain lot, plot, or track of land located at 5804 East Columbus Drive in Tampa, Florida as more particularly described in Section 2 from providing that all ordinance or parts of ordinance in conflict are repealed providing an effective date. Second. Thank you. I have a motion from Councilman Miranda, second from Councilman Maniscalco. Please record your vote. Motion carried unanimously with Carlson being absent. Thank you. Item number 78. City Council, Leo DeBarn-Lehman, Development Coordination. Item number 78, AB2-2617 is for the property located at 1601-1607 North Franklin Street. For the record, staff has identified a possible error with the proposed ordinance regarding the specific unit associated with the request and we're asking for a continuance so staff can get with the applicant and verify and confirm that the repeal of the existing ordinance is on track. The applicant is here so I'll recognize the applicant. Okay, thank you, Mr. Chair and Council. Jim Porter with Ackerman 401 East Jackson Street. Yeah, Leo identified a potential issue this morning. We think we have it cleared up but honestly, it's going to take a little bit of time to sit down. This is a situation you'll recall on Upper North Franklin. It's the old historic building. There are four units. We're taking two of the units. There's a question of whether the legal matches or not and there's a little bit of confusion. Again, I think we have it straightened out but Ms. Johnson-Velez feels it's important to make sure we're right and I feel it's important to get it right so if we could continue this to the night meeting next week, it should only take a minute to do if we get it right. If not, we'll withdraw the application and start over again so we're just asking for a continuance until next week. I want to recognize Councilwoman Herjek for the motion. She's got it all right here. Yeah, so I'll move I'll move item number 78 to October 22nd evening session 5.01 p.m. 3.15 East Kennedy Boulevard third floor Tampa, Florida 3.3602 Can I make a motion to have it first so it can be done and out of the way? Second. Yeah. Absolutely. Yeah. I would say thank you very much for that. Okay, I have a motion to continue item number 78 to October 22nd, 2076 from Councilwoman Herjek. I heard the second from Councilman Beyer first. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed, ayes have it. Thank you very much. Thank you, Council. Thank you. See you next week. Thank you. Actually, I won't see you next week. I won't be here. Item number 79 and 80 I was not here. I just want to make clarification on item number 79 on the agenda. It reads for first reading consideration but it's second reading and adoption. Second reading, yeah. Second reading and adoption. Okay. For those of you that weren't listening item number 78 the agenda was typed to say first reading and it's actually second reading and adoption. 79. Oh, I'm sorry. 79. 79 is second reading and adoption and for items 79 and 80 I was not here during the first reading but I reviewed the record reviewed the recording and I am prepared to vote. Item number 79 staff. Item number 79 I'm sorry Leo de Bartolabin Development Coordination Item number 79 is AB2 2619 is for the property located at 6207 Southdale Mabry Highway. The request is for alcoholic beverage sales small venue classification beer, wine, and liquor consumption on premises only site plan modifications were required between first and second readings those changes have been made and the certified plan have been provided to the clerk and I'm available for any questions. Council have any questions? Hearing none is there an applicant that wants to speak? Hearing none anybody in the public wants to speak to this item? Seeing none I have a motion to close Councilman Miranda second from Councilman Veer all those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed I have it Councilman Veer would you read 79? Yes sir my pleasure I move an ordinance presenter for first reading consideration ordinance approving a special use permit SU2 for it's second reading and adoption sorry yeah it's so funny you put something in front of me to read and I'm like yeah that's funny thank you thank you for that an ordinance presenter for second reading adoption or strike that consideration an ordinance approving a special use permit SU2 for alcoholic beverage sales small beer small venue excuse me beer wine and liquor consumption on premises only and making lawful the sale of beverages regardless of how the content beer wine and liquor on the certain lot plot or tract of land located at 6207 South Del Meagry Highway Tampa Florida is more particularly described in section two providing all ordinances or parts in conflict to repeal providing effective date just for clarification this is an ordinance being presented for second reading and adoption it is adoption okay I have a motion from Councilman Vera a second from I heard Miranda please record your vote motion carried unanimously with Carlson being absent thank you item number 80 yes sir Leo de Barley and development coordination item number 80 is AB 22620 for the property located at 210 East Fowler Avenue this is a special use two requests for the alcoholic beverage sales restaurant classification for beer wine and liquor consumption on premises only site plan modifications were required between first and second readings those changes have been completed the plan has been certified and the copy has been provided to the clerk and I'm available for any questions council have any questions hearing none is there an applicant that wishes to speak to this item hearing none is there anybody in the audience that wishes to speak to this item hearing none I have a motion closed Councilman Miranda second Councilman all those in favor say aye aye opposed I just have it Councilwoman Young would you read item 80 file number AB2-26-20 ordinance being presented for second reading and adoption an ordinance approving a special use permit SU-2 for alcoholic beverage sales restaurant beer wine and liquor consumption on premises only and making lawful to sell beverages regardless of alcoholic content beer wine and liquor on that certain lot plot or tract of land located at 210 East Fowler Avenue Tampa Florida as more particularly described in section 2 providing that all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict are repealed providing an effective date second I have a motion of Councilwoman Young and Sacrament Councilman Maniscalco please report your vote motion carried unanimously Carson being absent thank you okay we're going to try to get at least one of the 1030 hearings out so let's move on to 81 I don't know we'll do that after that Ross Samuels without coordination yeah we'll take care of that okay item number 81 oh I was going to say do those okay Ross Samuels information presenting file number BAC 26-07 I'd like to ask the clerk to share the elements screen coming up the applicant is Jeffrey Mason property address is 3902 West Wyoming Avenue this is a proposed vacant request to vacate a portion of Church Avenue right of way and that alleyway located north of Wisconsin Avenue south of Wyoming Avenue east of Grady Avenue and west of Delmavry Highway this application was filed February 2nd 2026 this right of way is partially unimproved right of way was created by subdivision plaque the existing right of way is approximately 26,655 square feet the reason for the request is illegal dumping it's an aerial view of the proposed vacating request the alley east and west and portion of Church Avenue north and south in yellow in which portion of Church and the alleyway was created it's an image looking south from Wyoming Avenue this is portion of Church looking north from Wisconsin Avenue again portion of Church this is looking east from Grady Avenue this is a proximal location of the alleyway staff objects to this vacant request in particular transportation department easement reservations are required by Frontier special conditions, natural resources comply with chapter 27 as regards to tree preservation and site design for any improvements placed adjacent to trees in a vacated area Melanie Calloway with the mobility department is available if you have any questions about those objections and that concludes my presentation staff have any questions? hearing an applicant is there an applicant on this? come up, start with your name please start with your name my name is Jeff Mason thank you hi I'm the homeowner at 3903 West Wyoming I'm here to ask for approval at this petition the request is simple to vacate the two undeveloped segments of the right-of-ways next to my property and others on that street a portion of Church Avenue, formerly Willis Street is an unimproved alleyway in block 19 to plainly put it, these strips of land don't serve any practical traffic or city purposes my home was built in 1966 in nearly 60 years since, the land has never been once paved, utilized, or turned into an actual street there isn't even a sidewalk going through that area in fact, the city has not had to mow the property I am hoping that after today the neighbors and I can finally say that we're mowing our own property and not the city's it carries zero through traffic frankly, the only thing public access to this segment accomplishes is providing public access directly to our backyards leaving it as a dormant strip of the city property officially makes it admissibility maintenance liability I know the city likes to preserve its historical street grids and I respect that but sometimes we just have to look at it to see if it makes sense and make a change for the good for the neighborhood just two streets over on Ohio the city council wisely recognized that vacating unimproved right away was a common sense choice to better accommodate the Southside Baptist Church property my property shares the exact same footprint and situation approving this petition today just applies the same practical logic in our block and I've got some pictures that if you want to see of our there's the picture of it there's a wolf you put it just drop it down face up and it'll automatically come up this is a picture of the church and as you can see that it's taking the unimproved property and making it their own they actually have a big building on it and that's this area right in here and on the backside this is my property right here and you can see that I have a driveway that was expected to run into a street that was never built and eventually I would like the property to be split among four ways so that all the neighbors can share that property any questions for me do you have any questions does anybody the public wishes to speak to this item okay thank you sir thank you start with your name please Stephanie Pointer um five hundred and seventy three dollars five hundred and seventy three dollars I don't have a problem with vacating an alleyway I have never ever driven across by this lot and seen it full with garbage now I have seen that house looking like trash I don't know if it's the current owners or the previous owners or what but I've seen this house with boarded up front windows and all kinds of nonsense going on but I've never seen garbage in this area this is two lots two lots please ask Mr. Sam Diego how big it is it's been two months ago since I talked to him about it but I think it's like a 60 by 140 or something like that you could put two affordable housing units on it this is giving away this land for five hundred and seventy three dollars here's your raft tell us report that's the current cost to do a vacation for an alleyway you can do it for an alleyway and a right of way this is crap um we've got people in South Tampa who've lived there their whole entire lives I'm handing out palm cards and I see there's generations of people living in twelve hundred square foot houses because they want to stay in their community and they can't afford to but y'all want to give away two lots for five hundred and seventy three dollars not no but hell no I mean seriously we have got to reconsider this this raft tell us report it neglects this huge gap in there you know I just I cannot for the life of me understand Carol Ann Bennett wasn't able to be here today she played on these two lots when she was a child if somebody's already built on these lots they need to be backing it up you can't do that you're not allowed to do that church no church house no house you can't build on the city's property without permission to do so make the church buy what they've encroached on already but this is absolutely ridiculous five hundred and seventy three dollars and you're going to give away they're going to have a whole nother lot next door so tomorrow they could tear that place down the last time I tried to sell one of my rental properties three years ago domain offered me about I think it was right at three hundred thousand dollars so you would be given away six hundred thousand dollars worth of city property for five hundred and seventy three dollars when we have people begging for affordable housing in our community you know I don't want any more density but this is ridiculous thank you thank you next speaker please good morning also talk my name is Michelle Mascher I'm also talking on regards to this for five hundred and seventy three dollars I can buy the land and I can build a new house on it and sell my property that my home is is going to shambles because no one wants to help in my area I mean five hundred and seventy three dollars you're given make affordable housing for people to live do something you know to help people you know everybody has this developers can do whatever they want and they get these credits but sometimes they don't follow the rules and to some people affordable housing is twenty three hundred for an apartment that that's not feasible for someone sometimes this maybe we can do something with it not give it away for pretty much free I mean please think about that area the alley okay that piece of property that's two lots that we could do so much with thank you next speaker Jamie Adair today I'm coming to you you as a realtor of twenty years plus experience in the neighborhood Stephanie's not wrong those lots are currently valued at approximately two fifty a piece on my recent walks I've realized that there's tons of these little orphaned parcels that are sitting out there I can appreciate wanting to not have illegal dumping on them I spend a lot of my days working on things like that but it is this particular piece is going to be about a five hundred thousand dollar sale once you deed it over or once it's acquired it can then be split off and then just redeveloped I'm not saying that's what this applicant intends to undoing but it is just a function of it and also it opens the door for every other parcel that is along that route to also be split off and sold the city may be in need of money soon just saying and we would love some more stormwater drainage so we could possibly acquire it and use it for stormwater any other acquisitions you've made for stormwater recently has it been for two fifty or less probably not so these parcels are a valuable piece of land just to keep in mind and I do say that from on the ground real estate professional working with cash transactions currently and the city always pays more okay thank you very much Mr. Shelby you're going to have to remind me does the applicant get rebuttal here actually this is not because this is not quasi-judicial this is legislative I know just double-checking it's been a if you have any questions if you have any questions for him certainly you can ask him questions okay well then motion to close okay I have a motion to close by Councilman Maniscalco second from Councilman Miranda all in favor aye okay yes may I make a motion absolutely I have a motion to deny this vacating based on the objections objections of staff as in the original presentation second can you just VAC 26 I'm sorry yeah VAC 26 07 okay so I have a motion from Councilman Maniscalco I have a second from Councilman Vieira all those in favor aye any opposed motion carried unanimously with Clinton being absent and vote and Carlson being absent okay um I think that we are moving to 82 oh no actually we're not doing 82 I think we're moving back to doing off-agenda public comment um was that what he said he wanted to do wrong one so I'm gonna I know we have something I think isn't there something we have to do at 1130 yes but we have a hard stop at 1130 though and we need to get through all the off-agenda public comment so I'm gonna go ahead and start off-agenda public comment um Stephanie Pointer followed by Cynthia Schellebarger and Michelle Mastra-Totaro I'm Stephanie Pointer uh this is my one of my favorite maps that not everybody has these are all the people who work at MacDill Air Force Base all 30,000 of them and if you notice the red areas they are the most concentrated areas for MacDill and then we have the yellow areas which are less concentrated and less concentrated but you see we all those people have to come through this little this little area in red right here every single one of them all 30,000 of them have to come through there to go to work and they don't work on a regular schedule for most traffic studies I'd like to see the traffic studies that are taking place on Dale Mabry in Manhattan right now I'm curious to see what they say MacDill's an economic engine the same they employ the same number of people as the port does and they're all coming through SOG November 2021 I did a walking tour from the green store all the way to west shore with mobility staff for this project that's been five years ago next month and we had a public meeting in January of 2022 this project was originally projected at $3 million a little bit less than $3 million and right here but for some weird reason it's on the new CIT for $8 million and Mr. Perry even said that it's not going to cost that much so we're not sure why it's there but the bottom line is there is 1.6 million sitting in the inner bay the inner bay mobility district that could be used to keep this moving forward it doesn't all have to happen this year it's not all going to happen this year so the bottom line is that the money is there to keep this project moving forward it should not be deferred we don't have to steal money from anybody else we don't have to rob Peter to pay Paul we just need to keep it moving forward I have checked there's some money somewhere that's come in from someplace and I'm still working on it and I want to correct my numbers from the other night my numbers from the other night I told you it was 9.4 million I actually have an updated spreadsheet on this computer it's 11.2 million jump this is not the annual but the jump in tax in property taxes being paid south of Gandy west of Dale Mabry so our community has taken the brunt of all this but we've gotten no benefits the brunt but no benefits and oh by the way I'm just going to mention because I'm up here the red light at Tyson and West Shore that we were told we needed in 2006 is still a temporary light it's only been there for about a year or so but it's still a temporary light so we have basically in south of Gandy west of Dale Mabry have taken on the brunt of the building and the brunt of the traffic but yet we get nothing and this is also going to work on stormwater because just like Michelle said the more this morning the Prescott flooding on inner bay the water is not draining any longer and it used to thank you and I'm going to remind people in the audience that we can hear everything that's being said so if you need to have a side conversation please take it out to at least the antechamber thank you thank you okay next Cynthia Schellobarger followed by Michelle Mastrochitaro and Ashley Morrow good morning council first I'm handing the clerk a physical copy of my speech and supporting documentation to be entered permanently into today's official public record my name is Cynthia Schellobarger as the community redevelopment agency board your core legal mandate is to protect public infrastructure and ensure absolute transparency but right now the fast track timeline for the 2.3 billion dollar raised stadium district is running directly against the public trust the public has been told this deal tracks toward a critical vote on the community benefits agreement on November 12th yet behind the scenes we must address the structural integrity of this process a key public official voting to authorize this campus eviction on the Hillsborough College Board of Trustees is Clay Hollis Clay Hollis is a vice president at the consulting firm Tucker Hall he works directly under Councilman Bill Carlson who serves as that private firm's president under Florida Statute 112.3143 a public official cannot vote on matters that result in special private gain for their business or associated entities this council deserves an answer answer to a critical question of transparency investigative reports from Florida politics revealed that leadership Tampa Inc. a private 501c4 undisclosed donor network the public has a right to ask does this undisclosed donor network operating under the Tucker Hall roof stand to benefit from private corporations stadium developers or political power brokers tied to this multi-billion dollar stadium district Councilman Carlson has historically done the right thing by recusing himself from votes involving Tucker Hall to reserve public trust I am here today to demand he uphold that exact same standard now if there is any overlap between his private office's resources and the forces driving this ballpark a severe conflict exists tearing down eight vital academic buildings and a tennis center to leave local students with the permanent 188 million deficit is a community disaster not a benefit to the remaining members of this council protect the integrity of this body we formally call on Councilman Carlson to acknowledge this corporate nexus and commit to recusing himself from the vote from the November 12 vote also no CBA should be signed until developers legally contract to fund the entire college infrastructure Thank you very much Michelle Mastro-Tataro then Ashley Morrow and Vicki Tong Good morning again My name is Michelle Mastro-Tataro I'm going off of the money that Stephanie was talking about for our area that we have so much growth 9% most growth in south of Gandy where we don't need it the coastal high hazard area we are suffering we are going under there's not been nothing done in our area Port Tampa has been neglected so severely that I mean are they purposely sabotaging the area just to redevelop? I tend to question the integrity of some of the people that are running this because I've been here since 2020 and I'm going to go for East Tampa too because East Tampa has been neglected too Sulphur Springs was supposed to get a whole revamp that went right out the window for this South Howard project just as south of Gandy got re you know we got directed our money to South Howard also that's going to allocate everybody's money and I'm glad that they have this lawsuit going and hopefully this will keep pushing it out because you know what there's people that need help and you all diligently who are going to be here on board future it needs to happen it needs to be helped our areas are in jeopardy we pay a lot of taxes and I don't get nothing I get nothing I literally get nothing and you know when they don't want us to vote yes on Amendment 3 I tend to say what do I get if I do or don't because I don't get nothing so I mean when you think of the future of all this you know you need to start realizing there's people that need a lot of help and the frills of throwing money to here to there I mean it's really getting to be really sad and corrupted I feel because in my eyes there's people that are in desperate need East Tampa, South of Gandy, Port Tampa, we get hanged up on we're not even allowed to even say we flood they say we know you flood click we can't even put our dot on a map they totally wiped us out of it all and I think that we need to start addressing areas that are very vulnerable and now they're building eight town homes right behind me I don't know how that happened 10 years they sat on that land and now there's eight town homes being built that what's that going to do to my area I mean it's really that bad and I mean I'm more worried about trees getting more mangroves to help the area and to absorb what the apartments took from the area and I just hope that you all can just help us Thank you Michelle Thank you Ashley followed by Vicki followed by Robin Hello my name is Ashley Mara and I'll be sharing Tampa's Black History so last, well a couple weeks ago I spoke about just basically the health industry here in Tampa we know a lot about Clara Frye who owned and ran an early Negro hospital here in the Tampa Bay area specifically over in the scrub on Lamar eventually after she passed away a new hospital was built over where Blake High School my alma mater sits right now but I wanted to take us back to its inception and while she when she was getting it built and she was creating that space there was already a black hospital that was started by Thomas McKnight and the reason that hospital was brought forward was because of that smallpox scare that happened in 1899 and during that smallpox scare a man by the name of MJ Christopher and a black reporter was murdered by allegedly a police officer police woodard from the Tampa Bay Tampa Police Department what happened with this incident something I guess he was in a in a bar a fight happens and the officer does admit to hitting him over the head with his pistol I don't know what the lights went out but he claims that MJ Christopher shot himself with the gun and then when he was getting carried out of the bar he said the police water did not shoot me he kept saying that that's what was claimed in the newspaper looking back at relations I did not believe it but it is written in the newspaper that he committed suicide in some sense and I don't really believe that's how that story went so I do I don't think I have it pulled up here but I was able to pull it up I'm working on a portal actually and I want to bring it to kids that they are able to search for something and these are mainly all my clippings but they'll be able to add their own clippings and pull up different newspaper clippings that I've found that use the campus that talk about the campus black history and the next step to it is they will be able to transcribe the records the reason why that's important is because there may be some text in here that may hold their grandparents name or something like that so once you click on transcribe this record they'll go in here and then they can type they can zoom in and type in the record and for they would do this for community service hours so that's the big idea for that I'm reaching out to different black history club teachers at various high schools here in Tampa and I didn't really come up here for that but what happened was I was in a meeting and I forgot to put the rest of this presentation together so y'all getting a little sneak peek so thank y'all so much for your time with MJ Christopher there's nothing that can really be done about that but just to correct the record I do not think he committed suicide on that day I think he was shot and killed thank you thank you Ashley Vicki followed by Robin followed by Sergrette all right hello everyone my name is Vicki Tong and I am a concerned community member and also a member of the Tampa Immigrant Rights Committee I'm here to demand that Tampa City Council pass an ordinance ending the 287g agreement and ending collaboration with ICE as a Tampa resident and as someone who has personally been impacted by ICE detentions and operations I do not want my tax dollars going to immigration enforcement this agreement uses our taxpayer dollars to train the Tampa Police Department to act as immigration enforcement so far $430,000 has been put to TPD's immigration enforcement training second we have locally seen the direct impact of what happens when local law enforcement collaborates with ICE in August of 2026 a Sefner husband and father and Mexican immigrant Adelaido Chavez Mariano was stopped by a Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office deputy at a traffic stop he was brutalized and injured by HCSO and then because of HCSO's collaboration with ICE ICE had access to his arrest information and detained Adelaido at the Baker Detention Center near Jacksonville Adelaido's story is one of many stories because in the month of August 2026 ICE arrested 50,000 people as a part of Trump's agenda for a nationwide arrest surge ICE is already in the city of Tampa terrorizing, arresting and deporting our immigrant community members that is why TPD should end their collaboration with ICE and end the 287 G agreement ICE has also injured and murdered immigrants and supporters of immigrant rights such as Silvero Viegas Gonzalez, Renee Good and many others cities all across the country including here in Tampa are taking a stand and demanding that their cities take a stand against Trump's agenda agenda and attacks on immigrants that is why I'm here to demand that the Tampa City Council act in the interest of their constituents and to take a stand against the Trump and DeSantis agenda by passing an ordinance to end Tampa's collaboration with ICE and end the 287 G agreement. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Robin, followed by Sir Gret and then Erin Pickern. Good morning again, Council. Robin Lockett. I just want to say something quickly about being good stewards of taxpayer money. I guess back in 26, and I applaud, let me just start off with this. I applaud City Council for coming up with a process in regards to giving out money to nonprofits and so forth, right? Because it's all about accountability. So with this social action and art fund program, I don't believe that one agency should be targeted. If you're going to hold one agency accountable, you need to do it across the board, right? So I'm fair about that. But I think with everybody, the nonprofits, when they deal with the city, in my mind, they're an extension of what the city can't do, right? And they're doing the work, the community work. So in regards to them proving that they're worthy of the $100,000, because y'all are giving out good money, right? $75,000, $100,000, whatever you're giving out. There should be proof that they have done the work, and not only with receipts, how has the work impacted the community? Because you should be able to see that. Because people can doctor up whatever they want to doctor up. But how is that impacting the community? So in regards to all of this, like I said, I'm thankful that you guys put a process in place going forward to 27, and trying to make it as equal as possible. But you have to be accountable for taxpayer money. And this is a great way with putting and allowing, if the administration is supposed to do it, and keep tabs on it, and give them the tools that they need to make that program successful. So that's what I wanted to share with you guys. Thank you. Circuit? Okay. Once again, what's going on, Shrek Dawson? I want to talk about the one office that would answer every question I raised during my earlier comment, which is an unwavering and truly independent inspector general. And maybe if we had one years ago, we'd know a little bit more about the truth of the gentleman Ms. Morrow spoke about a little while ago. But I do want to thank the chair for the rewrite that gives the IG subpoena power, very necessary for legitimate oversight of anything. And you gave him the ability to investigate on his or her own initiative, and gave him proper reach over contractors, vendors, and grantees, and also protection against retaliation. And we have to remember who his office can actually reach, which would be city employees and those paid with city money. And that actually includes police officers who write reports, and the attorneys who represent this city in court, the staff, and outside counsel alike. I've had to deal with them. And I've lived what happens when a report is falsified, or actually when a lawyer walks in and misstates facts to a judge, and no one at city hall is responsible for looking into it. I still don't have 10,000 emails, or 7,000 emails. But when misconduct happens, residents paying tax money, possibly with their freedom, the disruption of their family, and loss of finances. The city owes its citizens honesty from everyone it employs and everybody that it pays. So as you finish the language, I'm asking you all for four things. First thing is, keep it out of human resources and away from under the administration it investigates, that it wouldn't work otherwise. Two, guarantee its budget in the charter so it can't be starved quietly. Maybe I wouldn't have to pay $10,000 for emails I should have gotten anyway. But three, please protect whistleblowers. That should be necessary. That's actually necessary across this state, the employees and residents alike, and anybody who could suffer consequences for retaliation. And four, require the IG to report its work to the public, taxpayers, and do it in plain language, you know, in layman's terms, and that was a whole bunch of legalese. And put the final draft on base before you vote on it, because the public's Uribe goes on the March 2027 ballot before it's decided, not after. And accountability only exists when someone independent is allowed to look over people and give Tampa that kind of official. An independent IG can ensure other veterans like myself won't be violated by false police reports in the weight of a corrupt administration. That being said, shout out to everybody wearing a uniform who's currently in harm's way or being unfortunate in such an unfortunate situation. And as always, shout out to the greatest institution of higher learning in the city of Tampa, the University of Thomas Jefferson High School. Thank you, sir. Aaron. Hello. My name's Aaron Pickern. I'm sure some of you know I have quite a bit to say. Not a lot of time to say it. I know this is off-item speaking, so I'm going to try to keep it off-item. I'm a military veteran myself. I was a virtual systems engineer at SOCOM, and I was also RF transmission systems at SOCSEN, Special Operations Command Central. That will be important later. I'm not saying it to blow myself up. First of all, I want to say some of you, I don't know what is going on in this council, but the helicopter spray is 62% trade secret. You're spraying us with chemicals that 62% of we can't even see what it is. And the one thing that they tell us, the biological thing, is a known irritant. I have a full report. I have a full report. That's county, by the way. It's not city. Okay. It's not being sprayed in this city because it's sprayed on me 15 times in the last 30 days. It's not something the city of Tampa does. I have the records that show that you guys, you coordinated with them to do that, and that you're requesting more to come in. Go ahead. Okay. So that's disgusting that our citizens are being sprayed with a chemical that we can't even see what 62% of it is, and the rest is a non-delayed irritant. Okay. I also want to say, Davis Island Beach currently has an active water quality health advisory due to elevated intracoccus bacteria. That's fecal matter, by the way, for those who don't know. The current status, this was October 8, 2026, issued the advisory on October 8, based on samples taken Wednesday, October 7, that the official threshold used by beaches, the maximum is 100. We are sitting at 120. DOH advises against any water-related activities because of increased risk of illness. The advisory stays in place until retesting shows levels below the accepted threshold. City of Tampa notes it is expected to remain until at least the next results around October 15 to 16. There was no warning sign at that beach. None of the citizens of this city were warned. This whole city is contaminated. It's not just Davis Highlands. I have the map that shows that every water in this city is contaminated. It's a biological disaster of bacteria. There are 15 biological dumps into our water that this city doesn't tell the citizens about in the last 15 years. Thank you. Thank you, Aaron. Okay, thank you. Oh, I still have 20 seconds. I'm sorry. I didn't want to get to something else. Give me, well, give me 15 seconds, I guess. Okay, I can't find it. I can't find it. What I'm going to say is that Peregrine system is a nightmare. None of you know it, but it creates a profile on all of it. Councilman Hertek, you especially should be interested in knowing that this is the nightmare system. Thank you. Your time is up. This connects everything, and I please beg you to protect these citizens. Thank you, sir. Your time is up. Thank you. Okay, that concludes off agenda item, public comment. Is the, that's what I'm saying. Are we ready to present at 82? Somebody? Let's go. We're going to be done in 22 minutes, so let's get this thing done. Ross Amos, the Elm Four Nation. Presenting file number VAC 26-17. The applicant is Stephen Lay. The property address is 2512 West Palm Drive. This is a proposed vacating request to vacate the remaining portion of the alley lying north of Bayshore Boulevard, south of Maryland Avenue, east of Palm Drive, and west of Carolina Avenue. This application was filed June 29, 2026. The right-of-way is partially unapproved. The right-of-way was created by Subdivision Platt. The existing right-of-way is approximately 4,665 square feet. The reason for the request is this is an unapproved alley that has not been used in 40-plus years. We need the City of Tampa to vacate so we can properly secure our property and home. This is the proposed vacating request, the alleyway in yellow here. This is the plat in which the alley was created here. This is a clip of the City of Tampa Atlas sheet showing the remaining portion of the alley requested to be vacated here. As you can see, the other portion was previously vacated. This is looking southwest from Carolina Avenue, the approximate location of the alley. Staff objects to this vacating request. That includes the Transportation Department. Easement reservations are required by TECO and Spectrum. Special conditions, natural resources comply with Chapter 27 as regards to tree preservation and site design. For any improvements placed adjacent to trees in any vacated area. And again, Melanie Callaway with the Mobility Department is available if you have any questions about objections. Council have any questions? Hearing none. Applicant, come on up. Start with your name, please. Hey, good morning. Steven Leigh. Go ahead. My wife, Jennifer Harb, is sitting next to me. So let's see. Yes, I am proposing to vacate that specific alley and more specifically by my home, behind my home. I have a few pictures which kind of further depict. So my home is right here. Ultimately, the reason of this is it creates an interesting message when, you know, homeless people find their way buried in there. Pitching tents and stuff like that. And when you call the City of Tampa for police help, they say that it's public. So you're ultimately harboring a shelter there in a 15-foot alleyway. Again, can be built, can be developed. You know, again, my home is here. I'm asking just for this to be further developed, or excuse me, further to be vacated, as it is partially vacated. Here's actually an aerial of the alleyway. And as you can see, if I reference these here, so these are kind of paralleled. You can see that since my records showed 1939 was the last time maybe a vehicle went down this alleyway past this blockade, which kind of starts where, I guess you'd call it unimproved, or I apologize, I'm a homeowner, so I don't know all the proper terminologies and what have you. But again, these are pictures of trees, full trees in the area. So let alone, you know, for a truck or a utility line or anyone to get through it wouldn't be possible. I have letters also stating from every property owner that there is no objection of who it would be affected by. Again, just furthering the point that, you know, this really doesn't affect anybody except for the three or four residents that are beside it, myself being at the dead end of it. And for the reasons that we'd like to keep our family safe, we find that there's no purpose for any, again, not us to develop it, not anyone to develop it, but for the reason to secure our property and making sure that, you know, we can have reassurance that that alleyway just gets bumped up further so we can further secure our yard. Please. Are you finished? I have a question about your pictures. The pictures that you showed, are those the portions that they, can you tell those portions of the alleyway that has already been vacated? Or is those the pictures of what you're asking to be vacated? I'm only asking for, according to my application, I'm only asking for... Yeah, the pictures with all the clutter you showed. Is that like... This is the entire alleyway that's unimproved. Okay. So what's, where's the alley in that picture? Behind this fence. And that, behind that fence, is that, that's been vacated or no? No, sir. This, behind this, okay, so I'm sorry. I see what you're asking. So I'm standing right here, taking a picture that north direction, right? So... Okay. Yeah. So if this helps, I'm standing right here, taking a picture of all of these mature trees. Again, proving that nothing has been driven down there in 30, 60, 90 years or... Okay. Do you have pictures of the alleyway itself? Like what the alleyway looks like in its current condition? Yes, sir. I'm... I'm trying to figure out a clarification of what I saw for the evidence for... Was it this one? Now, what, what is that? What am I looking at? So, so what you're looking at is... Is that, that's the area that's been vacated, right? Technically, this has formally not been vacated. So, so again, just to further make sure I'm communicating correctly. So there is a fence right here. That's this fence. So I'm taking a picture down here. This is where this little light target is. I guess somebody's practicing archery or something. Um, and that would be sitting right here. All of these dense trees and everything right here. That would be this. Can you show me that concrete wall on the picture with the red lights? The red circles on? Where's that concrete wall that I see to the left? The concrete wall would be... Okay. Staff, can you come up with your pictures and show me this somewhere? Okay. Ross Samu's available for nation. Um, the, the concrete wall that you're speaking of is this development here on the south side. Okay. And that fence line of what you're speaking of is approximately in this location. And then there's about three lots there that this area that hasn't technically been vacated. It's still public alley from this point on west. Let's see. South Southwest has, uh, has been vacated. Okay. So transportation, who do you say is in the audience? Can you come up and explain your objection to this? Melanie Callaway transportation. We had a concern because the property is located here at the corner. Uses this alley to get into their carport. They do. I mean, they have an access off of Carolina, which is right next to the alley. So they do have access, but we had observed that they are using a portion of the alley. And we were just concerned that if you vacate the alley, they wouldn't have all, all the alley into which, to they, which they could maneuver into. So that's really our main objection was this property, but he did have a letter. That's what I was going to ask is what is this letter with that property owner? The 2504 right here. I believe that is the property, but that is the property. Yes. Okay. Councilwoman Herta. So is there a way if that person still wanted access to simply where that first smaller red circle is, could we just vacate to that? Yes. I'm sorry. I'm asking staff. Well, if you're vacating, they get the property. Ross Amosville incarnation. No, it wouldn't be possible due to code. There's some code language. I'm sorry. There's some conversation behind me. I'm sorry. Ross Amosville incarnation. There's some code language that speaks to dead ending alleys with a vacating now, even though this is technically a dead end, I guess, since that period of time till now of some code language has been added. But if that's the reason that I showed the entire alley, the remainder to be vacated. So there's no creating a dead end again. Okay. Thank you. I appreciate it. Okay. Any other questions? Yes. Go ahead. Again, to reiterate that, I definitely understand that you can't create a dead end to an alleyway. Okay. But this already exists. We understand. Okay. All right. We got it. We got it. Okay. Is there any other questions? Mr. Shelby? If I can just ask the applicant, are those letters that you had put up for evidence, are those in the record? They should be, but if not, you can have this as a wet signature and notary and everything. If you could submit that to our attorney, please, to be able to put in the evidence. Yeah. And is the signator on this document or any of the documents the person who has the parcel that is marked in the corner 118623? The person at the corner, has that person signed one of these documents? Yes. That's the one I'm holding. Yes, sir. And here are the other ones, if you'd like. Okay. Are you good? Did I conclude? Are you done with your evidence? Yes, sir. Okay. I have motion closed. I got to hear from public comment. That's it. Okay. Very good. Okay. Thank you, sir. Stephanie Pointer. This is a public comment time. If you're here to speak on this in public comment, please stand against the wall. Start with your name. Good morning, Stephanie Pointer. You can vacate part of an alleyway. You don't have to vacate part of an alleyway. You don't have to vacate part of an alleyway. You can vacate part of an alleyway. You can vacate part of an alleyway. You don't have to vacate the entire thing. You did it. City Council did it for me in 2018 or 2019 because I had a dead end that was fenced in on all four sides. I didn't ask for the entire alleyway. I only wanted the part that belonged to me that I had to clean up because I had garbage in there from the 80s. And so it has been done before. It absolutely has been done. I wish I could remember the name of the address of the house, but they did vacate that particular lot between my house and the house to the south at that time. They didn't vacate the entire rest of the alleyway, so it should be able to be done. There's no reason not to. Thank you. Next speaker. Jamie Adair. This is why this exists. This is what it's for. This is a no-brainer. Totally makes sense. I don't see why you couldn't for the last house leave it open if they cared not to close it off so they could still have access. It's kind of a non-problem. So, yeah. This is like... Next speaker. Start with your name. Steve Michelini. I'm sure they've already reserved an easement across that. Is that correct? Well, anyway. One of the things, the misconceptions that's going around here is that the city owns these alleys in fee. They don't. The alley is held in trust. And when you fail to use it for the dedicated purpose that was contained in the subdivision, it has to be removed by a petition. The $570 is a processing fee for staff. It's not buying the land. It's returning it to the adjacent property owners that rightfully had it to begin with. So, anyway, I heard it in the last hearing that somehow that this was improper because you were buying the land for some nominal fee. It's not. It goes back to the adjacent property owners. This is a dead end. If they want an easement or something to ensure access, I don't think that the property owners that are petitioning have an objection to that. But to mix up these issues regarding you're giving away land and it's only for a small fee is ridiculous. That doesn't happen. And the staff is very careful about telling you if an alley is fee owned by the city, which is a whole different process versus vacating an existing dedicated alley. Support them, please. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. I have a motion to close. I have a second for Councilman Maniscalco. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed. The ayes have it. Okay, go ahead. This is being presented for first reading. This is for VAC-26-17. An ordinance to the City of Tampa, vacating, closing, discontinuing, and abandoning the alleyway described in Section 2 hereof, which is located north of Bayshore Boulevard, south of Maryland Avenue, east of Palm Avenue, and west of Carolina Avenue, as dedicated by the Platts of Revised Map of Boulevard Park and a re-subdivision of Block 24 of Holden Subdivision, both in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, subject to certain covenants, conditions, and restrictions, and more particularly set forth herein, providing for enforcement and penalties for violations, providing for definitions, interpretations, and repealing conflicts, providing for severability, providing an effective day. I have a motion of Councilman Mascocco, seconded Councilman Vieira. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. Clerk, would you please call that with the vote? Yes. Motion carried with Hurtek voting no and Carlson being absent. Second reading and adoption will be held on November 5th, 2026, at 10 a.m. in City Council Chambers, 315 East Kennedy Boulevard, third floor, Tampa, Florida, 33602. So you got that second hearing? Hearing on the board and the documentation of that? No. Okay. That's why I want to make sure you got it. Thank you. And what objection do we have on the name? How can I get more details behind that to make sure everybody's satisfied? Well, I mean, it passed with just one objection. So I don't, you know, call my office and we can talk about it if you want to. Yeah. A win's a win. A win is a win. Oh, okay. Thank you. Yeah. Okay. Let's see. Can we do 85? Thank you. You can't because it's not 130. It's not a public hearing though. So I just wanted to move items 91, 92, 93, and 94. Okay. I've got a motion to move 91, 92, 93, and 94. And what did you decide about? Okay. We're good. Okay. We have a motion. I have a second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Aye. And I agree. Let's do 85. And let's move to 85 real quick. 85? 85. Okay. Great. Hi, counsel. Emma Gregory, Legal Department. I'm here for number 85. I'm looking for funding section 22-308 part of the Transportation Code. Well, really streets and sidewalks. But this updates and clarifies the standards for keeping visibility at intersections clear for vehicle and pedestrian safety. It would be enforced by code enforcement. We run it by them, and they have signed off. I have Robert Hatton and Adam Purcell from Mobility here if you have any questions about the technical standards. I also have any questions. Hearing none. Okay, very – is it an ordinance? We already have a public comment. I'm sorry. With regard to the first readings, there is no public comment. Yeah, we already did. Okay. Any questions? Okay, very good. Who wants to read this one? Go ahead. I have an ordinance being presented for first reading consideration, E-2026-8, Chapter 22, an ordinance of the City of Tampa Court amending the City of Tampa Code of Ordinances, Chapter 22, Article 3, Division 3, Section 22-308, Trees, Shrubbery, et cetera. Second. Obstructing vision of drivers of motor vehicles declared in violation, providing for severability, providing an effect. I have a motion from Councilor Maniscalco. I have a second from Councilor Miranda. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carried unanimously with Carlson being absent. Second reading and adoption will be held on November 5, 2026 at 10 a.m. in City Council Chambers, 315 East Kennedy Boulevard, 3rd floor, Tampa, Florida, 3-3-6-0-2. Okay. Very good. Councilman Vieira, what did you decide about 97? 97? Oh, yes. So, Mr. Brody, this should take one minute, if I may. Okay. Let's go. And may I just really briefly, I don't have here the revisions, but I was going to say, so this is with the lynching marker that we have on the Riverwalk, and I wanted something that would provide proper notice to City Council in case if it's ever moved. And I made two proposed revisions to it, which I think Mr. Brody is good with, which is number one, to include the Hillsborough County NAACP in that proper notice. Number two is to take out the language on thanks of the work of Louis Vieira. I just, I appreciate it, but that's all. So that'll come back in November, I think. That'll come back November, Carl Brody Legal. That'll come back November 4th. There'll be a resolution for approval, and it really just outlines what Councilman Vieira discussed, making sure that we don't remove that marker before City Council's notified. Yes. And if I may, I'll motion for that to come back on November 5th with those changes. It's already on. It's already there. Oh. Oh, okay. Is it on for November 5th? It's used to me. I don't know. On the calendar? Oh, I thought you already, you're bringing it back from staff. We're requesting to bring it back. Okay, so I have a motion to bring back an item 97 for the ordinance on November 5th, 2026. Thank you, Councilman Vieira. If I can, correction. The motion originally said to report on an ordinance, and it appears that the resolution is going to be a resolution as opposed to an ordinance. Is that correct? Right. For a little background, I mean, we had a discussion. Well, there is no ordinance. Is that correct? Correct. You've worked with the councilman to come up with a resolution that supports what his accomplishment, his goal is? So what's coming back on November 5th? So on November 5th, we'll bring a resolution back, upon your approval, we'll bring a resolution back for approval. Okay. And the goal of the resolution will be for what purpose? To achieve the goals that were requested in the motion that we're considering today in item number 97, which is to assure that the marker is not removed without notice to city council. Okay. I have a motion for that for November 5th, 2026. A second from Councilman Brando. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed. The ayes have it. Thank you. Yeah. That is good. Okay. How long do you need for 96, Councilman Rear? That's probably going to be a 10-minute discussion. Okay. So we have to pause that. What's that? Do we have any other in the finished business? Which one? Council, if you want to take a minute, Council, I can hand out what's on the addendum and you can move that and get that out of the way with regard to the appointment policy and procedures. Let's do that. Martin Shelby, City Council Attorney, talking about the off-agenda item under new business on the addendum. This is finalizing for your approval and to get the process started to be able to approve the guidelines and the application that has been prepared. And I want to thank David Herrera from Marketing to be able to put this together in its form. It is a PDF that also can be filled out online and then printed out already pre-pinted. It's a very simple application, as you see, that's been prepared through the Office of the Chairman. It requires a submission with a resume, which is set forth in the guidelines. As part of your motion, I would ask that you direct the clerk to advertise and post it. And just so the public knows, even though the application may be available for download in the next couple of days, according to the guidelines, the clerk will not accept any applications until the vacancy actually exists. Which is November? November 3rd. 3rd at 9 a.m. 9 a.m. Yep. Okay, so I'll make a motion to approve the guidelines and the application and direct the clerk to provide notice. Second. And post. And post. Okay, I have a motion from Councilman Hurtek. I have a second from Councilman Maniscalco. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. Thank you. Look at that, your body's not even cold yet. I know, right? I know. Isn't that... I think it's a great human third. Very good. Okay. Okay. I was anticipating somebody else being here, but okay. You can go. We're going to stay on schedule. Okay. So, by virtue of some people in the audience, when I see people like Jace Cohan and Tim Schumann and Carlos Brito, something's up. Are people waiting to get through security? No. Okay, very good. I was expecting one other person. Okay. Well, for those of you that don't know, we're getting rid of baggage today. We are... This is Councilman Vieira's last official council day, and we are sad to see him go. A lot of his friends are sad to see him go. And I would like to ask CTTV to cue the video of a lot of his friends. Thank you. It's there. I see it there. Your eyes are better than mine. Ah, jeez. I'm not going to make you. See if you cry. What's up, Fletcher? Are you going to cry? Are you going to cry? Oh, hell yeah. Councilman Vieira Lewis, it's your sister in service, Tampa-based Congresswoman Kathy Castor. You are a smart, caring, and outgoing public servant for your Tampa neighbors. Thank you. And as you bring your service on the Tampa City Council to a close, we want to take a moment to reflect on your remarkable impact. Over the last decade, you have consistently put people and public safety first, while never losing sight of the quiet, hardworking champions in our community who so often go unnoticed. You've made it a priority to lift up others and celebrate their contributions. Well, today, we take a moment to celebrate you, your tremendous record of service, your leadership, and the lasting difference you've made in the lives of Tampa residents, veterans, first responders, police and fire, those with special needs, and those in need. Plus, the hard-won expansion of the new Tampa Recreation Center, the construction of three new fire stations, your work toward a public safety master plan, passage of the apprenticeship and returning citizens' ordinances, flooding assistance for Hurricane Helene and Milton victims. You secured $20 million in funding for parks in New Tampa by the end of your term, which includes the Harrison Boonstopple All Abilities Park, the creation of the City of Tampa's Michael Phillips All Abilities Internship Program, an equal justice initiative marker established along the river wall. You served as chairman of heart for three terms and championed the 2019 Warrior Games held right here in Tampa. Most importantly, you've done all this while raising your wonderful son. A role and accomplishment I know means more to you than anything else. Your lasting impact on the people of Tampa will be felt for generations to come, and we know you're just getting started. Love you, Lewis, and keep up the good work. Hey, it's Mayor Jane, and Lewis, this one's for you. For nearly a decade, you've served District 7 with a heart and a real commitment to the people of Tampa. Whether it was standing up for veterans and working families, or championing our special needs community, you've always made sure people had a voice. And public safety has always been personal for both of us. You are a strong advocate for giving our police officers and firefighters the tools that they need to do their jobs and to keep Tampa safe. You also leave behind a legacy through the city's first All Abilities Park and our special needs internship program. Two of us that will continue making a difference for years to come. It's been a pleasure working with you, and even better getting to call you my friend. Tallahassee's getting a good one. Congratulations on this next chapter, representing District 67. Go make Tampa proud, Lewis. Lewis, congratulations on 10 years of service from City Council. Some of my fondest memories are working with you on the Equal Justice Initiative to get the lynching reward marker for Robert Johnson, and for everything that you've done for Tampa Parks, particularly in the North Tampa area where we both served. Millions of dollars, millions of dollars, thank you for everything you've done. Hi, Councilor Lewis there. Thank you for your 10 years of service as a City Councilman here in our city. Your constituents are going to miss you so much because you're involved in it in so many activities in the City of Kansas City. Congratulations as you move forward in your new role, and I'm certainly going to miss you as a partner as we did one project together, and that was helping our inmates, the felons, as we partnered together to make a difference in our community. Thank you for your service. Hi, Lewis, and congratulations on 10 years on the Tampa City Council. You have done an amazing job, and take it from one who knows, it is hard work, and it can be very difficult at times, but you have always handled it with great grace and class, and that is something that all of us appreciate. You are going to do an amazing job in the Florida House of Representatives, and all of us look forward to working with you in your new capacity to make our community better. It's a bittersweet day saying goodbye to my friend, my colleague, Councilman Lewis Vieira. I can't tell you how much it's meant to me to be able to serve next to you on the dais really for the last couple of years. You've been an inspiration. You've always stood up for folks that can't stand up for themselves. You fought for our first responders. You fight for folks with disability. You fight for folks in District 7 like nobody else could. I'm really looking forward to the next chapter in your life going back to Tallahassee and fighting for all of us in the state of Florida. Thank you again for your service to the City of Tampa, and we look forward to cheering you on in Tallahassee. One of my favorite things about working with Lewis was his unabashed support for the Fair Free Route 1 pilot program and the increased frequency we've done every year since. He was a champion from the get-go, and also really supports all of art. He supports the workers, the riders, the staff. It's really something to see. Hey Lewis, it's your favorite karaoke partner. I can't believe that 10 years have passed. It's gone by in a blink of an eye. I've enjoyed working with you on the City Council, serving alongside you. I know you have a deep love and deep passion for the city and for your district. You've always gone above and beyond for your constituents and this community as a whole. I'll miss working with you. I've enjoyed it, but I wish you the best moving forward. I know you're going to continue doing great things, and this is just the beginning. Hi, everybody. This is Councilman Nia Young for BIPTRA 5, and while I've only served with Councilman Nia Young for a short period of time, it has been amazing to watch him also learn from him. He is such a strong advocate for our firefighters or persons with disabilities and programming for young adults, and he is also the best at recognizing his community and giving accommodations. And hopefully, I'm going to see if I can break his record, but it has been amazing to serve next to you, and thank you for all that you've done for the community and for serving District 7. Charlie Moran of Tampa City Council District 6. I really enjoyed working with City Council member District 7, Luis Vieira. He's a top-ended speaker. When he fights into something, he balls on it, because he is a leader of the famous Fire and Police Department of the City of Tampa, one of the best fire police departments in the whole country. And Luis Vieira, as chairman, led the charge. That was my chairman. He was a chairman that got things done. For instance, every time that air came this way forward, and he had to do it like this, he got very excited about UCAPA and the fire station, and the fire station, and the fire station. I thought they built four fire stations in UCAPA, but evidently, they've built some great ones there. And I want to thank Luis Vieira, from the bottom of my heart, and the citizens of the City of Tampa, for what he's done to make the City of Tampa safer, much, much safer. Thank you, Luis. Hey, Luis. Bob Buckhorn. I just wanted to join in here amongst your many friends to wish you all the best as you head to Tallahassee, or as you say, the Alaska of the state of Florida. And to quote Bruce Springsteen, it's the land of hope and dreams, or maybe it's where hope and dreams go to die. Anyway, brother, you've had a great run here. I've enjoyed serving with you. We had a really, really productive eight years, and I am honored to be your friend. I am happy that you are going to be representing us at Tallahassee. I am fully confident that we will have, in our first year in the legislature, at least 20 new fire stations funded by the state of Washington. I know you're excited about going to Tallahassee and to representing Tampa and the entire state. Because instead of just a few hundred thousand streets in Tampa, you now have millions of streets that you can rename for random people. Let's go do this. I'm glad to have an ally and a fighter in Tallahassee on Tampa's behalf. Congrats, my friend. I first encountered Luis Vieira when he was about 16 years old writing letters to the editor of the old Tampa Tribune. And I thought, whoa, these are thoughtful, passionate words. I was a state legislator then, and I thought to myself, this guy needs to run for office. And sure enough, 30 years later, Luis Vieira is exactly the servant leader that I expected and we all expect in all our elected officials. He listens, he learns, and he leads. We need 100 Luis Vieiras in Tallahassee, Washington. It is right to give praise and thanks to Luis Vieira, who has dedicated 10 years to serving us on city council, serving not only as the chairman of city council, but also on other important commitments to the city. He has certainly improved the quality of life in Tampa. We owe him much. He certainly is a minister of public service. I'm waiting for the tears. Now it's my privilege. Now it's my privilege to introduce the mayor of the great city of Tampa, Jane Castor. Oh, all right. Thank you, Chairman Clendenin, and good afternoon to council. Lewis, I hope you were surprised. I don't think there's anything that surprises you, but I hope that you were surprised. And to see everyone that is here right now to honor the service that you have provided for our city and now are going to continue to provide up in Tallahassee. We want to say thank you on the recorded messages. There was great detail about all of the things that you have accomplished, but I think the consistent themes were that you are a servant of all the people. You understand, you listen, and you represent everyone equally. And I think that that is a great characteristic to have. And the values that you have as an individual are much appreciated. One of the things I'll tell you that I'm out on is replacing you in karaoke because I couldn't carry a tune in a bucket. Although some of you guys can't either, but I don't want to get too personal on that. Why would you look at me? No, I just said, I just said. I didn't make eye contact with anybody. But I love the way that you are able to communicate as well, not only in speaking with people and listening more than you talk, but also in the written word and always entertaining as well with using the lines from songs and so forth. But one of the characteristics that is the most touching for me about individuals. And I've seen it in you every single day. And that is an individual who is a good dad or a good mom. And I have seen you as your son has grown through the years. And you are an incredible father to your son. And that speaks volumes about an individual. So thank you for all that you have done. I want to take the opportunity to speak on behalf of the entire community. We owe you a debt of gratitude for all that you have done. And as was said, a little razzing about your street namings. Well, we couldn't let this moment pass by without having a street sign of your own. And you know, not just a street sign, not just a street sign, but maybe a little advice. Maybe we should do it the Louis Vieira way. Thank you, Mayor. I think you should do a post for the cameras now over here. You can come back up here and listen if you'd like, yeah. Oh, no, he notices the TV cameras. Watch his social media. He knows the camera. Okay. You know, for those of you that don't know, Councilman Vieira has been the chair of our public safety committee. And as was said in many of those videos, he's been such a outspoken advocate for public safety and our, so the workers in our fire and rescue department, and as well as our police and our safety officers. So I would like to have an opportunity for those folks to come up and give a few more remarks. Representatives from 754, our firefighters union, could you come up, please? Please introduce yourself. Good morning, chairman and Tampa city council. Thank you for the honor to be here and to speak on behalf of recognizing councilman Louis Vieira. I am Nick Stocko, the president of IFF Tampa firefighters local 754. For nearly a decade prior to that decade, when Louis was born in our union hall in the basement of our union hall, he has always been a supporter of firefighters and Tampa firefighters and all firefighters. There are people of service and Louis Vieira is that person of service. Louis, you have been an outstanding elected official representative chairman of public safety for the Tampa firefighters. Those members that are elected in the office can say that they support public safety and there are a few that actually do and you do just that through all of your videos. We've seen it and it's been proven through all of your votes and voices through the countless holidays that you've spent your time in the second home at a fire station sitting next to firefighters while breaking a donut or sharing your t-shirt that you wore that day. While most people wish they were with their family on holidays, you came to us and spent time with our family in our fire stations and we truly appreciate each and everything you've done. You've been monumental in various items throughout your 10 years. I'm just thankful and honored to be here and say thank you for everything that you've done for the firefighters. Most importantly, you've been a great friend. I remember our countless phone calls, whether they be late at night or early in the morning, and you truly are a great person. So thank you, buddy. We don't have a street sign, but we do have, while you make your way to Tallahassee, we know you're a man of office and that you would like some new office decorations, so we do have some things to present. We'll put our pictures in there so you can remember it. Whoa! This is great. Do I do the pose? Yes, again. And we got to a Luis Vieira Tampa firefighters pull-up. Well, I'll be darned. Thank you, guys. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Walter. Thank you. Thank you, guys. Okay. And introduce yourself. Good morning, Council. Tampa Firefighters Charity Fund President Alex Canassi, alongside with Executive Board Member Wes Stevens, Treasurer Jace Cohan, and my Vice President, Matt Cohan. I'm going to relinquish the mic today because a very dear and old friend of yours who's on our board has some special things to say, and no one can say it better than him, so I'll give that up to him. Luis, come on down here. Start with your name. Hi, Jace Cohan. Jace Cohan. I'm here representing Tampa Firefighters Charity. Also, I'm President of the Luis Vieira Fan Club. Down here, buddy. Man, I remember when it all began. I was representing the union at the time, and we had many conversations, and I knew this was going to be good for the City of Tampa and the firefighters. I could just tell the passion in his heart, and it's never left. So we want to thank you for your support, the support of the charity fund that runs Camp Hopitake, Pediatric Burn Survivors Camp. He was always there every year for the camp. He's always been there for the 5k race. What year did you win that race, Luis? Oh, hell no. I can't even pee-wee. And Luis wears many hats. Marathon runner isn't one of them. Luis, thank you. I know you're doing a great job in Tallahassee, and we have something for you that we want to present. You're going to need a big wall there, and you know that. I know, right? We know how much you love your wall decorations, so Wes Stephens and Black Axe Designs made you this one, and you've got good company going up alongside us, so we're proud to give that to you, sir. Thank you. And really, thank you for all your support. I do have one request. What is it? Maybe a parking spot on that Luis Vieira Way that, since you're leaving town? I know. I'll miss that. I'll miss that. Thank you, Ben. Thank you. God bless you. Thank you. Oh, yes. Okay. Oh, and that's, I guess we do the camera. Sing for us, Luis. Thank you very much. Okay, and now our brothers and sisters from the PBA would like to acknowledge you. You can hang out there. Morning, counsel. Brandon Barclay, Tampa PBA. I had all these words written out. It was a long speech. Lewis, there's a lot to brag about with Luis Vieira. I'm going to make, I'm going to condense it down very short. Not only is he a great politician, not only does he represent the city of Tampa well, he is a tremendous resource to first responders, both police and fire. I purposely did not bring your plaque. I wanted to make sure that our plaque was larger than the fire plaque. So now that we know the size, we're going to have it take up the whole wall. But seriously, thank you for your time. I appreciate you. I'm listening. Love you. Thank you. Counselor, would you like, anybody want to see any words? Councilman Maniscalco. I know we did our, we did our video. Wherever you want to go. This is Luis Vieira. Sit in your chair. You don't have many, many times left. I know. Yeah, I know we did our video and we, we gave some, some brief comments, but I can't believe it's been 10 years and I have a whole photo gallery of all of our good moments and funny times and funny photos together. But I've really enjoyed working with you. And I'm really proud of you because, I mean, you know, when you go to Tallahassee, you're going to continue to do great things. And, and I'm going to miss you. I mean, you're, you're just a good guy. When I say I'm the nicest person in Tampa, not named Luis Vieira, or, you know, I always defer to you. And clearly from the people that are here, I mean, the unions have spoken, the people in the video have spoken. You've done a hell of a job in Tampa and you've made your mark. You, you are in the history books and you're always going to be remembered as a champion for people without a voice, people that public safety for the neighborhoods, people that have, you know, with the storm damage from two years ago, you're just a great guy. And the mayor said it, you're a wonderful father. And that's what I admire most about you is as busy as you are. Cause even my father says it. Okay. And I've told you this, why can't you be more like Vieira? And I go, the guy doesn't stop. The guy doesn't stop. He goes, he's everywhere. But you always put your son first and, uh, and you have a great, you have a great son. And, and that's what's most important. You don't forget family. And, uh, that's it. I mean, we're going to miss you. It's going to be weird looking that direction and not saying, and no offense to anybody, but, and there's a lot of people running and we have, you know, the appointments coming up. There will never be someone of your caliber to represent that district. You have gone above and beyond. So thank you very much. I see Brandon in the audience. Brandon, would you like to say something? Come on up. You know, come on up, come on up. For those of you don't know, this is councilman Vera's long, long standing. I don't want to cry. So I'll keep it short, but I just, you know, I learned very quickly in this office that this matter is outside of our jurisdiction was not a response that we would be undertaking. Louis is everywhere doing everything for everyone. And the room is packed today because there's so much love for you and the work that you've done over the last 10 years. It's a pleasure to be a part of it. True honor and just going to miss you here and excited for what's to come. Thank you. Yeah. I'll close it. I'll close it. I'll close it. Councilman Vera, you know, I consider you a dear friend. You are a role model. You are exceptional at the job of obviously being a father because I've witnessed that as well. And I have the privilege of knowing your son. You're an exceptional member of Tampa City Council. I know you'll be an exceptional member of the legislature. I think that you probably need to seek some mental health for because you've decided to go up there. For the life of me, I don't know why anybody would volunteer to do that, but there you go. I hope you, I hope you are able to accomplish all of your goals and, and fight for folks again that can't fight for themselves in Tallahassee. We need more Louis Spears in Tallahassee and I'm proud that you're going to go up there and take on that champion. Um, and I was wondering, before we, uh, we send everybody downstairs, could you close us out with a song? Born to run. Baby, I was born to run. Councilman Miranda. Oh, thank you. I haven't spoken much, but you know, I'm, I'm usually the humorous guy, but yesterday I was really nervous when I got a call from the White House. And it scared the hell out of me and I said, what have I done? And when I answered the phone, they said, are you Charlie Miranda? I said, yes, sir. He said, do you know Luis Viera? I said, yes, sir. He said, well, we have a problem and we're going to solve it for you. You see, we do tree studies in the city from University of South Florida. We pay for it. They do the trees and the study, it tells how many trees need to be planted and all of this. They said, is it true that he's leaving? I said, yes, I think tomorrow's his last day. He said, well, let me tell you something, Mr. Miranda. By him leaving, he said, be 22 million, 712 trees. Yeah. Oh, you know, they called you too? Oh, so I said, what is that about? He said, we figured out the amount of accommodations that he's given out. Your tree canopy will be solved in three months. You'll have more trees than what we ever counted in any city, because they gave out 22,912,000 accommodations when he was here. And each one was made in wood. So Luis, I want to thank you for solving a tree problem in the city. That's the last outpost I can say about you. I had the honor of sitting close to you and Ms. Henderson for that short time she was with us, and I really enjoyed you, and God bless you and your family. I know your heart is bigger than your body. Thank you, sir. So now I would like to invite everyone down to the second floor for a celebration of Councilman Vieira, and if you have any grievances, you can line up and express those at that time. May I say something really good? Yeah, go ahead, go ahead. If I may, and I'm, when I started seeing people like Jace Cohan and Carlos Brito here, who's one of our great hero cops, Hillsborough County. We love you, Carlos. I got to be careful, because I got to be very careful. But I wanted to thank everybody on Tampa City Council, all of y'all, Councilman Miranda, Councilman Maniscalco, Councilwoman Hurtek, Chairman Clinton, and Chairwoman Young for being in that video. All of y'all, and I could say great things about all of y'all. I mean, Councilman Miranda, just an honor to serve with you. I mean, you are, you're a freaking legend. You really are. No, and I know, I know you're humble. You're a freaking legend. You're a good man. And you've also, we've shared some special moments, including in the last year. And Guido Maniscalco, you're just a hell of a good guy. You are. You're a good person. You're a good dad. You're a great husband. You're a great son. You're a great sibling. You're a good Roman Catholic. You're a good person. I mean it. You're a good person. That's all the people dealing with the world of folks with disabilities that you are the dude to champion that, because you're amazing. Councilwoman Hurtek, I always say this about you. You know, Bruce Springsteen, when they told you to sit down, you stood up, and you do that all the time. I mean, you always stand up for what you believe in, and I've never seen anyone. You mentioned Route 1. That's a big deal. That's one of those legacy things. You're a tremendous fighter. You really have my admiration. I mean that. Chairman Clendenin, you're just a gentleman. You're a good person. You're a champion of working people, and you're a great father. You're a good person. I'm honored to call you a friend. I love you. I mean it. And Councilwoman Young, you are a lovely soul. You have a big heart. You're wonderful. You're a good person, and you have an amazing career in public service. And you know, I hear people talk about you one day, 10, 20 years, whatever. Mayor Young, Congresswoman Young, whatever it is, you've got a big deal ahead of you, because you've got a big heart. I know, and Councilman Carlson's not here, of course, and just he's a fervent champion for the things that he believes in, the things he pushes for, and we salute his service and so forth. And Mayor Jane Castor, just an honor serving with you. And I mean that. You're a good woman. You always champion public safety. And the biggest thing I love about you is, is that you're humble. And, and like, nothing faces you. You're like, dude, I served as a cop for 30 years. I don't care. You know what I mean? You're, you're amazing. And all the public servants, a state senator-elect, I guess it would be, Fentress Driscoll. I've known you for 15 years, back to the days of Jeeba and the Hispanic Bar Association. Look at what we're doing. I love you to death. You're, you're amazing. You're a wonderful person. I, I, and just a great Florida leader and county commissioners, Myers and Cohen, I know I saw here, former Tampa city councilman, uh, uh, and city, there, there you go, and city attorney and county attorney, Chip Fletcher, who's here, uh, Judge EJ Salsinas. Words can't say how much I admire you as a Hispanic attorney. You're, you're our George Washington. And you know that. And, and the fact of what we're going to do on the 27th with Valdimero. And, and for my friends and police and fire, I, um, I love you guys a lot. And, and I, I, I, for me, it's always from the heart for y'all. Y'all are the best. Um, y'all, y'all really are. And everybody, and I'll, and I'll end this by saying, if I may, for, uh, this office's success would have never happened without the heart of this office for eight years, a woman who is an amazing person. She's my sister. She's an amazing person, amazing Tampeno, a wonderful wife, a wonderful mother, a very decent person. Brandon Jordan, Lazzo. Let's give her a round of applause. That's it. Brandon knows me too well. She knows I'm a good person, but a little crazy. So, so we'll go, I could talk a lot more, but I shan't say anything else. There's so many people here of such exceptional character and integrity. I know Colonel Jim Fletcher, general Remo Butler. Let me do the first black officer in the United States to become a general general. That's a, that's a big deal. I just, just everybody who's here, I could talk a lot. We're going downstairs. You have a lot of time to talk. Let's do it. Thank you. Second floor. Everybody come downstairs. We are, we're going to be back at one o'clock.