City Of Tampa CRA 2021, 21 Jan 2021

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Community Redevelopment Agency 01212021

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Morning, all attendees are in listen only mode good morning. Citizens of tampa and board members.

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The community redevelopment agency first meeting of the month of the year of january 21st 2021.

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Will not come to order this morning. Our vocation will be led by my good friend.

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And former coaching buddy, pastor kenneth leon, mudrow he's a youth pastor, the general assembly.

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Church of first born, he is also a husband, father, mentor, retired educator of 35 years.

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And coach as president of sports, kids, underwood and foundation, his personal vision is to inspire.

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And empower individuals to achieve their goals and dreams- pastor mojo leaves loves, god loves his.

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Family and loves his community. I welcome pastor mojo to the podium good morning. Let us pray.

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Lord god almighty, we thank you. For this day, you blessed us to see.

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Thank you for this city council. Thank you for the tampa bay. The state united states.

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We assure blessings will be upon us and, as we travel to our destinations, that will be safe.

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We thank you for a blessed and productive meeting today in your name, we pray, amen, amen.

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Vieira, mr vera called me he has having a little difficult his vehicle this morning, but he is on.

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His way ding felder here carlson here cedric here miranda, mr miranda- is a little ill. This.

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Morning will not be with us here and there's a full corn present. Thank you, madam clerk.

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Mr matthew uh public comment, sir. Yes, sir, um this meeting of the city of tampa community development.

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Agency is a uh is being held during the covet 19 state of emergency. It's a hybrid meeting.

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Meaning that it's conducted live within person quorum present.

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With the option of remote participation using what is referred to by the state of florida,.

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As community communication media technology, the meetings are held in accordance with the admitted.

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Restated emergency rules, a procedure is adopted by the cra last month. Resolution number 2020-2022.

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The public and the citizens of the city of tampa are able to watch, listen or view this meeting.

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On cable tv spectrum, channel 640 or frontier channel 15 or via the internet, www.tampa.gov.

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Listenstream there are various options of participation allowed. Obviously in person at the.

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Convention center, also by the internet or web by email by mail by voicemail or by speaking remotely.

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During public comment or during the public hearing remotely using cmt or participating using cmt.

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At the kiosk at the tampa convention center public comment is generally limited to three minutes.

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Subject to the chair and the board's uh discretion, and uh that in some is our rules regarding public.

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Comment, thank you, mr massey. Do we have anybody for public comments morning? There's no registered.

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Speakers and we did not receive any recorded voicemail anybody in the public for public comment.

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Seeing none we'll move out along staff reports uh before we go into staff reports, I did want.

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To mention a couple of minor changes to the agenda: one relative to item seven: you have on your table.

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And I've given to the clerk a substitute agreement, um the agreement that is was put into sire.

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Did not include exhibit a this includes, exhibit a that is the only change, but if you do choose.

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To move this resolution, I would ask that you knew the substitute agreement. That's on your on your.

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Desk and it's with the with the cra secretary and I believe, uh miss van loan will speak to this, but.

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Item eight, I believe you actually approved at your last meeting, so that does not need to be.

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Approved at this meeting is that correct michelle? Yes, that is correct. We addressed it as a walk-in.

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Approval at the december 10th cra board meeting, so I would ask that you approve the.

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Agenda with these uh those two modifications, if you would so thank you, move the approved agenda.

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Second, this, mr manuscal, could move the agenda and say mr carl, mr carlson, all in favor all right.

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Motion pass with no opposition staff reports good morning, chair and sierra board. Members.

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We'll start our morning with mr thomas murphy from the central park cra as our community speaker, this.

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Give you guys an morning on central park, sierra primarily the urban garden, the.

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Meacham urban garden, um since the last time I was here in october, there's been a lot of.

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I don't know if my slides are up. There's been a lot of progress, one of the biggest.

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Hurdles that they've had to work with was um digging up a lot of cement from the.

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The site that was there before so they've been kind of held back a few months on that, but they.

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Are at about a 95 capacity for all of their crops that are there so that's exciting! um It's.

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Been they asked for a little bit of backstory on that? I guess that tha and the school board.

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Had proposed an idea for this urban garden at that site, the the three farmers travis kristen and joe.

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Had all gotten together and put their bid in for this, I started this actually a few years ago, but.

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Kovid, the permitting lots of roadblocks, but we are actually almost there they're looking to do.

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A february 9th grand opening inviting all the city council members to come. I believe mayor.

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Castro's going to be there as well, so it's going to be exciting to come down and see it.

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All these greenhouses that you see in these pictures right here are all brand new.

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They actually had to have um a special, uh no one in town had ever really had to do permitting for.

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Greenhouses in a downtown urban course, so that was a little bit of a learning lesson for them as well.

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This picture you're seeing right here, is all strawberries they have planted.

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So we do have a little bit of a slower season right now, but they're going to be really looking.

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To pick up in october, tons of different kinds of produce- tomatoes, lettuce, onions, cabbage.

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List goes on, our cac had actually helped them with getting funding for their.

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Shelter basically, so it's going to be a large building that has one side for their vegetable.

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And food prep washing the vegetables things along those lines, the other side is going to be a.

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Community store, so the public will be able to come in and buy the fresh, organic produce. That's grown.

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On this site, as well as another farm, that's um in the area, all organic as well. There was a third.

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Farm that they had planned to get some different on produce, but some things didn't work out with.

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That so it's a little tight now with um with the way the produce is going because what they.

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The way that they do their for profit is through a card that members can purchase almost like, like a.

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Debit card, I guess you put 250 on it, then you get first priority pick of the vegetables as they come.

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Up you can order them once a week online and then come in and pick them up on saturdays, but they are.

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Also going to have a store there, so really hoping to get the community engaged with that. I know that.

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There's tons of people that walk by all the time and are peeking in to look and see. What's going on.

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um One of the great programs they're going to offer as well. Let me get the name on it. There.

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Is the fresh access box program so snap and ebt will double its value at this location.

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So I think that's something that's nice as well, but there's a lot that's going on in central park.

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I don't know if anyone's taken a drive down there lately, but there's so many new builds.

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Going on down there, I think you know valerie's going to go over a few of those more specific, but.

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um It's crazy, it's great, I'm excited, I think it's awesome. I think that for a long time this was kind.

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Of a desert, after all, of the housing was torn down, the school was torn down and it's just kind of.

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Not really been a destination for a while, and now it's really picking up and it's really exciting to.

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See I have photos in here. You know the basketball courts being used more there's families down there.

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Having picnics, you know two years ago, when I would walk through, you didn't really see that as much.

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And so that's really exciting and I see a lot more kids are down there. So I'm it's really nice and.

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I have a good communication with the owner of the be snipped barber shop. His business is down there.

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But unfortunately, there's not a lot of filled commercial space um at the central park, encore.

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Ella buildings so that'll, hopefully be something that'll pick up in the new year as well. But here's.

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An example right there in the corner of central and I believe, that's on harrison one of the new.

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Builds as well and then they're still in the works for putting a grocery store down there. From my.

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Understanding, I don't know exactly what kind of grocery store. I know we have two publix down in.

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Channel side, which is right across the railroad tracks, but I think what they're pushing for is.

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Maybe something that's going to be a little bit more of um affordable grocery, maybe like an aldi.

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Or something along those lines, because I know that that's been a lot of feedback from the community.

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Down there that they really are looking to have a grocery store, but it's a great it's a great.

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Little area that, like I said, I think, has a lot of history that hasn't been told for a long time and.

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I really would like to be a voice to help a lot of the community down. There have them have their.

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Story told because, like I said it's, it's crazy doing a lot of the research on there and seeing.

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How that was downtown area at one time there was tons of you know black owned businesses.

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In the community that had really really built itself up and, unfortunately, was torn down with.

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I-4 275, all those it's heartbreaking to me. um But you know the past is the past and hopefully.

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We can work with the city to um to make this a destination spot again. I took some pictures right.

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I know that's in the downtown sierra, the jackson house, but I really would like to.

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Be an advocate and really try to get the city to really pick up on this and a lot of the black.

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Culture, that's down there. You know we have a few of the different monuments that speak about the.

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Cotton club and the streets that were down there at one time, but I don't feel like that's enough.

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I feel like that's just a small portion of that, so I think with the reconstruction of the jackson.

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House, getting you know more community members or more people to come down to the central park.

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Community garden, um as things start coming up more and more, it's going to be a destination.

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Because it's a fantastic location, we're right there at the peak of the downtown cra.

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Channel side, ebor darrell shaw just releasing his proposed plans for the tampa park. Apartments.

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Which is a huge portion of the cra is going to be really exciting to see what becomes with that.

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Thank you yeah. Absolutely. I know that there was some ques did anyone have any questions regardless.

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Recognized this is really wonderful. It's exciting to see.

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um And- and thank you all everybody- that's uh taking part in bringing this to fruition.

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Because it's beneficial to the community, just as you explained, however, it's just amazing that.

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Our predecessors wipe out an entire neighborhood and we're basically starting from scratch. It's not.

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My fault or your fault, I mean we were born after the fact, but the jackson house I mean that's one.

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Of the few structures that stands, then you have the church that was recently restored. I think.

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It appeared in one of the images there in the corner, but everything else is new, but I mean.

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You know the leadership before us half a century ago just wiped everything out and.

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I know you mentioned the interstate coming through and whatnot, but the interstate is is blocks up and.

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You see like perry, harvey park, it's a big uh piece of land, but that was all imagine a black ybor city.

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That's how I describe it, you know brick buildings and bustling businesses, and I understand that we.

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Had riots in 67- and you know I I talked to the mayor from the 1960s from that air and I said.

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uh How can you just wipe out a whole area? You know he was there when the riots were happening right.

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After- and he said they just want, they wanted to sell, they wanted to sell. People were selling off.

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Their properties, but it's it's like something that a gentleman told me and he who passed away.

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Last year- and he said he was from ybor city and he said you know, we came back to ybor city years.

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Later and we asked well what happened this is before you know, everything is happening in eborn.

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Now- and he said we happen after world war ii, we came back and we wanted better. So we moved out of.

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The neighbor, the old neighborhood and we went out to other parts of the city and then 50 years later,.

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We came back and we said well what happened? You know when, when people don't, uh how should I put it.

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Focus on preserving their neighborhood things like that happen, thankfully ybor city, although.

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Much was demolished much still exists today, but in terms of the central avenue business.

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District in this whole central park area, it was wiped off. However, the positive is.

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What you're doing and what everybody's doing now is you're building a live workplace, sustainable.

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Community you're going back to those routes where you're benefiting the community you're.

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Offering amenities, whether it's the publix, that's nearby, whether it's the garden that you're showing.

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At least, I think we're learning from our past mistakes and focusing on.

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Something sustainable that will last generations and benefit generations. Thank you absolutely thank.

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You and I agree 100, I think one of the big issues with central park is you look around and you see.

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You know at one time we know channel side was warehouses. Now, that's like a small new york city.

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You know downtown was a ghost town. Now downtown is great tampa park. Apartments are going to be.

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Gone ebor we're in that location where we're looking around and seeing everyone around us.

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Booming in central park is still just kind of it's, not really a known area and there's really not a.

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Lot of of coverage of what's going on down there, so I really want to be a voice for that and inform.

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You guys on what's going on down there and have you guys take a time to take a walk down there.

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Don't drive down there take a walk down there because you really absorb so much more when you.

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Look around and you see these buildings and I'm sure that you guys probably have any of you that.

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Have lived here that knew about that harlem of the south. Basically, when central park was down.

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There and it breaks my heart. It really does to see that happen because, like councilman said here, you.

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Know it's like imagine tearing down all of your city. I just don't see how that happened, and so.

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I would really like there's, you know even a couple small homes that are still on scott.

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Street that I was explaining to valerie, I would love if the city could somehow incorporate those.

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And make it a museum almost like the homes are in ybor city, where they show how the cigar rollers.

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Live this is a huge part of our of tampa history. You know this was a big part of what built tampa.

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And it's two of those homes are still existing and I can see somebody buying them and tearing.

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Them down that's another part of history that would be gone, so I really just I'm trying to advocate for everybody to preserve as much as we can.

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About central park, mrs dinfield you're recognized good morning good morning, so um I used to be a.

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Member of the uh sweetwater um uh garden community garden over there uh in town and country and.

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I I just I love community gardens, they're they're, just uh there's such good spirit involved in them.

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um I'm so happy you're doing doing it, and especially in the location that you are did.

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You have a chance. Do you have a chance to go to sweetwater? Yes, yes, you're, familiar correct, because.

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And I haven't been there in a couple of years, but we we used to have on sundays. We used to have.

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Not only the food, you know the food sharing, but also um music, and that sort of thing yeah and.

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I don't know if that's in your plans, but it just that whole community spirit of you know.

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Just getting people involved and and, like you say, creating a focal place and a health healthy living.

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And you know, I think it's fantastic, what you're doing yeah to pick or to follow up on what you had.

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Said one of the issues that they had with someone else who had proposed an idea for the community.

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Garden was because it is a school board owned in tampa or because the school board does own it. We.

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Couldn't have liquor or alcohol, and I know that somebody else had wanted to do like dinners with.

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Wine, so that would be the only thing but music. I agree, 100 having something to incorporate that.

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Yeah we used to just have afternoon folk music and there wasn't any liquor involved, but uh yeah. It.

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Was very, very family oriented fantastic. Thank you. You're very welcome. Let's go recognize! No. I think.

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You see joe's first, mr carlson. Please go ahead. um I I know you said that uh jackson is not maybe in.

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Your district and but I thank you for mentioning it. um One thing I want to say that we haven't said.

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In a while is that city council saved the jackson house several years ago, slated for demolition and.

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I think the only one of us who's on who was on the board then was guido but and miranda and vieira.

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Also were on then, but linda saw seneca became before city council and and pleaded with city.

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Council to stop the execution of the jackson house and it worked, and so thank you, the prior city.

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Council, but the other. The reason why I bring this up also is that I talked to christina barker and.

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Also, the history center- and I know a couple of you all- took tours of the history of the jackson house.

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There will be a time in the next few months when you know they've got to peel apart the whole.

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Building the usf has x-rayed it or laser-scanned it, and they've got to take the whole thing apart.

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And then mark every piece of it and then put new pieces in that for the ones that have to be.

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Replaced but the the point that they were making is. There will be a time when the the jackson house.

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Is not there there's a lot of questions right now uh and christina is out there actively trying to.

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Respond to them, but a lot of people are wondering is anything happening and it is but at some point.

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It will the jackson house won't be there, maybe for a few months, and so I think we all need to.

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Be and the community needs to be part of that education process uh to make sure the community.

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Knows that the fact that it's not there is a good thing, because it will come back in a better form.

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Or a renovated form. Thank you. Thank you. You're recognized. Thank you very much, mr chair. I love.

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The idea of all the rebuilding the community gardens, we talk about the demise of ybor city.

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uh Being tied into the interstate coming through, but what also hurt ybor city was the automation.

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Of the cigar factories and when work is not in the community, the community cannot thrive and grow.

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What type of of employment, what type of jobs? What type of careers are? Is this area hoping to get so.

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That people can live, work and play in the same area. Do you have any uh comments? Do you have any.

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Ideas any thoughts. Does the community have any thoughts? That's a great question and yes, I think.

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You know one would be the grocery store. Obviously that would definitely create employment. There.

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But I've I've kind of run into a roadblock because I've met with uh housing authority and asked about.

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Why so many of these spaces, that are commercial, are vacant down there and they have proposed plans.

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To have a movie theater down there and things along those lines, but they just haven't come to.

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Fruition but um yeah, I um I don't really know the answer to that question right now. As far as what.

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Would you know be a good work play? I talk with a lot of community members down there um and I'm.

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Trying to kind of get that you know ball rolling and get some suggestions from them as well. There's.

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Thoughts of the tech companies coming in and they can teach young americans uh how to do uh coding.

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Which is is wonderful, work you, you spent six eight ten months learning how to code, and you.

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Could walk out and earn 70 80 000 a year correct and I believe that there's there's a building. I.

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Think it might be named after a greco. That's up on uh seventh that the I think, maybe the.

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Housing authority had just built that before uh kovit had really hit, they were talking about.

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um Incorporating members of the community to go up there and do a training program more so.

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Like restaurant, maybe back of the house, food prep or things along those lines and then ultimately.

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Getting them to get job placement in ybor city, so we kind of keep everyone in that same community. So.

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You can go to central from central park up there, get your training and then be a place in a job.

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Placement at maybe one of the restaurants in ebore fantastic. We need all the pieces of the puzzle to.

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uh To make sure it's complete 100 percent. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, mr chair. Welcome, mr.

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For me, I just want to make sure that we keep that community as a mixed level that we're not forcing.

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People out people aren't allowed to come back there. Mr chitchell talked about the workforce.

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He's right, when you have opportunities there, people stay there, you build your families. There.

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You look at I've. Looked at a lot of commercial space down there. When I hear the the rent is.

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Kind of high from my understanding, I don't know that the fact I haven't talked with the housing.

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Authority whoever, but you know, if you're talking about uh a place that that folks need to start.

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Maybe we need to look at a program to help some of those uh empty uh spaces, be a startup.

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For some of those folks, residents can start maybe a little small cigar place where people.

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Can lounge around or something or they can help buy some little knickknacks or whatever.

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Those are starters, you know, uh and if this was it's, that community's supposed to be a community.

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uh I'm hoping that they kind of look at that. If that, uh what they're saying is the rent is so.

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High people can't afford to be there. We don't want that. We want to be able to make sure that we have.

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Something sustainable. I know we have the hotel, that's coming on board down there as well right.

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There's one there's: I think one lot that they are discussing the hotel. That's more so it is in.

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Downtown correct, okay, so you know those are kind of things I'm looking at. You talked about the kids.

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You know I'm a big advocate of the kids 100, I'm going to be asking later on, miss.

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Van long about kid mason, because I think that's going to be a big thing with that, I knew it would.

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Be with central park coming back, they need a recreation center to go to you. That's why I.

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Advocated for that, so we we thank you for your work and uh we hope that you stay involved like.

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You say you would and oh yeah- and this is council uh this book can help any way we can we're gonna.

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Be here to make sure this city is growing and those communities are going, so I thank you, sir.

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Thank you so much. I appreciate you guys this time and for inviting me. Thank you. Thank you all.

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Item number two staff reports: good morning, ms orr.

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Manager for ybor city I'll just wait for the powerpoint to come up.

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Oh the power: oh there we go.

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Ebor city, please next slide.

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So the last I the first item I mentioned on my last report.

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And that was that the ibor cac with the committee chairs, of which we have three.

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Committees met with councilman, orlando gootz and mayor jane, castor, and that was a productive.

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Meeting so I announced it was happening, it did take place and it was productive and.

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uh Appreciated and very helpful to to our group, so we appreciate that participation.

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The eboor advisory group early in december and then later in this month, this body approved.

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The enhanced security of tpd coverage through april, the 10th that started on halloween weekend.

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And then will continue through april the 10th. It includes a sergeant and six officers to patrol.

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Fridays and saturday evenings from 10 pm to 4 am and as requested captain brett owen will appear.

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Here, on february, the 11th to provide an update on the program in the in the progress made to date.

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The newly established subcommittee of the public safety committee.

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Is convening to create an integrated and comprehensive security strategy for ybor city.

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So far we have had a couple of meetings and tpd and community perspectives were gathered to.

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Incorporate into the plan and then consideration to reactivate the former tpd substation at centro.

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Ebor was suggested along with other immediate action items. That's going.

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For to our public safety committee that convenes at 3 30 today and then once the committee is.

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Agreeable to the draft plan that's been created, which is about a six-page document. It'll then.

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Go to the ebor cac for approval on tuesday january 26th and then on on to you eventually.

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We've continued with our coordinated quarterly cra citizen advisory committee, chairpersons meetings.

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And we held that one recently, the next one will be held in march. There are some listed items.

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There of some of the items that were discussed amongst the cac chair persons staff, our staff has.

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Engaged with legal to discuss a host of district district interests- and those are listed here.

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Staff reviewed a new facade grant program application that will come your way eventually.

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At 1514 east 7th avenue, and we, the staff, had an interview with in best tampa bay on the current.

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State of ybor city's economy and by participating in that interview, it helped me to appreciate.

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That, regardless of our current circumstances and the environment that we're in right now,.

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Ebor has done quite well in regard to economic development, progress.

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One new, exciting development is that the mario latino commission in december approved.

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A new dog park to be located at 1804, east 4th avenue and listed are the goals and attributes.

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Of the developer- and this is very key to the progress in ybor city- that we're making with.

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With open space, so open space is a top priority of the community, so this is a very welcomed addition.

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I wanted to let you know that the hillsborough county staff did decide.

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To reject two of the proposals that were submitted for the public-private partnership.

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Development between 21st and 22nd street off palm avenue, it would have incorporated a variety of.

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County uses, as well as as well as our entrepreneur collaborative center.

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And then a very desired parking garage over on the east side. So for now that is not moving forward.

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They're going to do to cova just re-evaluate what it is that they truly want out of that proposal.

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And resubmit eventually, I don't have a timeline on that, but something that we were looking forward to.

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Is unfortunately, not going to occur anytime soon uh we have some movement on more movement, more.

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Momentum on the seventh avenue archway light project, so uh that last second to last bullet.

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Is um engaging an engineer that will be working with us on on understanding the paver inventory.

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And what needs to be replaced or corrected in the sidewalk environment, when the 7th avenue archway.

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Light project commences that we anticipate to happen in the springtime summer. Time of this.

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Year and then palm avenue median enhancements will occur prior to super bowl. Just another.

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Just a sprucing up one of the many sprucing up projects we were doing prior to the super bowl.

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And in regard to my earlier bullet speaking about the invest, tampa bay, article interview.

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These are just some of the businesses that I mentioned that prove that economic development is.

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Is doing quite well in any bore, we have copper shaker that opened cereal, holic casa, santos,.

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Stefano foundation, coffee, hot wax, coffee shop, big daddy crab seafood and daiquiri and dadio's patio.

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So those I those are the listed establishments that will be opening or have recently opened.

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And then we, lastly, we always celebrate economic growth of those businesses that thrive in eboard.

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That they're able to open second locations. So I just wanted to say congratulations to seventh and.

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Grove who'll open its second location at sparckman wharf in the near future, and that ends my report.

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Thank you, mr you're. Welcome any questions. Gentlemen. Thank you.

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uh Okay, good morning, everyone, I'm brenda thrower, I'm the new interim cra manager for.

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East tampa and I'm glad to be here with you, um you're new, you look so familiar. I'm new.

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I'm in a different role, but let's throw just one second, uh madame clerk for the.

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Record you note that uh councilman vieira and miss dingfield are here on the dice.

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Can you repeat that I'm sorry just note that councilman vera was here and.

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Something wrong with that: okay, anyway, good morning, uh brenda thrower with um east tampa cra.

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um I come to you today as the new interim cra manager for that cra. I'm coming on the throes.

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Of the retirement of ed johnson, who retired at the end of december, so we have had a manager.

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Transition, I'm I'm temporary, but I'm there to help the community, I'm I'm enjoying it so far.

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I kind of stepped across the interstate. I guess because I've been in need for so long.

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And working with that community has been really exciting. I've been there about two weeks.

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Let's see next slide. Excuse me miss thrower. Yes, I recall mr dingfield, you made a motion.

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A while back and referencing mrs johnson accommodation, I believe right do we have a.

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Set date on that mental clerk, do you recognize, mrs johnson? What do you guys know michelle.

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We're talking, I I just I spoke with miss van wyn this morning and I believe mr johnson will.

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Be available for the february cra meeting, so we will have accommodation ready for him and.

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On the agenda for the february, thank you, okay. Let's have that noted. Thank you. We may continue.

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Okay, thank you so I'll give you a little report about what's happening.

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In east tampa um number one a very popular program: we have the tree trimming program.

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I know you've heard about it and a lot of the residents are partaking in this program.

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We have processed about 500 applications since it began. So to me, that's a very popular program.

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350 of these applications have been sent over to contractors and they're actively working on it.

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When I stepped into the office, this seemed to be the round-the-clock activity that staff was doing.

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So they're working very hard to process these and get the trees trimmed I'll show you there's some.

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Pictures there well, one of them didn't show up there, but just these are some of the the.

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Houses that you know these are trees that are, for safety purposes, they're hanging over houses.

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um They're really um been an issue with the residents and they're getting some assistance.

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For it, thank you for approving an additional five hundred dollars. Sometimes twenty five hundred.

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500, just doesn't do the job and there are some circumstances where an additional 500 could be.

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Warranted and we're looking at those as they come along um just with any program. I just want you to.

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Know that we will look to evaluate this program, we usually do that about the year mark to make it.

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More efficient to look at how we process things so that we can make it better in the future. The other.

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Thing that's going on it's at the end of the slide, but we're having, of course, in-person and community.

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Advisory committee meetings uh we take these all take place at reagan park. We are working um with.

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Our I.t department to make sure these meetings run seamlessly and that there is good audio.

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There's good, visual and so forth. uh I created a monthly calendar. I I thought: ebore met a lot.

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But east tampa has a lot of meetings. They have a lot of sub-committee meetings, so we created.

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I created kind of a a one page monthly calendar so that we could see everything that's going on.

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And where, where these meetings are taking place and get those out to the community um next, mr.

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Yes, is that communication going to be ready to go uh I'm hearing a lot about communication so.

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I want to make sure that we we're going to be ready for the next meetings that, oh, yes,.

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Yes, actually, all the committees, as you all know, the partnership has eight committees, and so all.

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The committees have been staffed with chairs and we just had the last committee public safety chair.

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So we're just waiting on those dates and I already have it ready. Actually, I have it published.

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It's at the office when they have their committee meetings, but we'll get it out to everyone as well.

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I'll make sure it's on the next agenda so that everyone knows and we'll put it on the website.

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But I want to make sure that we've got the equipment now with it.

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To run the meetings, so people who are virtual can say they can hear it, they can see it and so forth.

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Yes, we're working with that, and that should be up and running by the february 2nd cac meeting.

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Thank you. Okay. Next on the list is uh walking of the strategic action plan um such an exciting.

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Time for east tampa it's right in the middle of the beginning of this strategic action plan. They.

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Have had public outreach, they did a kickoff in december. I know councilman goods, you were there.

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At the reagan park they also did a zoom meeting and I know pete seckler. The consultant came last.

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Meeting to give you all an update of what's going on just so, you know, um two things have.

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Happened, there's been surveys that have been sent out through the school system through.

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uh Through the neighborhood associations, through the partnership and to business and churches,.

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So they're getting these surveys back so we're going to have some data on that. The next step.

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Well, the other thing they did was the website we have. We are east tampa.com. That website is being.

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Updated regularly, it's telling you what what is happening, what the next steps are, and it's.

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A it's a really attractive website, so that folks can go there and get all the information.

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We have the schedule of upcoming events and it's also in english and spanish, so there should be no.

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Language impediments there, so the next steps are walking tours and this will be taking.

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Place kicking off next weekend on january 30th, we identified four saturdays and we're going to kick.

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It off in two neighborhoods uh belmont heights and college hill, which we're going to meet at the tpd.

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Of the cra office to start that tour and the next tour is at the jackson. I'm sorry jackson.

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Heights- and we will talk, start that tour at the nfl yet center and the whole purpose of.

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The tour is to walk about a mile to hear from the residents what's going on in their neighborhood.

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What they'd like to see what they're you know just kind of identifying um all the different needs of.

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The community, so that's kicking off and I'll make sure each of you have that schedule. So you know.

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It'll be on the website, but I'll we're going to be communicating this out. We already did a sentinel.

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Ad last week or this week, and we will also have another notice going out to all the distribution.

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Channels to get that out to the neighborhood, so you'll see some pretty pictures here of folks.

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That were at the kickoff, so that's the kind of excitement we want to see the participation and.

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The next step, of course, is these walking tours, and since we have beautiful weather.

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There should be no problem with people coming out for it. We are avoiding um super bowl weekend, so we.

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Won't be doing that weekend, but we're going to do january, 30th and then three weekends in february.

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And moving right along this is just a fun colorful chart. I just want everyone aware that this project.

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Began it's supposed to begin in october, but it kicked off more near december, where we're at.

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Now, in this chart is in the yellow, the beginning of the yellow in january, we're doing phase two.

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Where we're doing all the public input and the outreach, and then we will move in as we.

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Get past the spring into the summer months into phase through three, where we'll really start.

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Bringing a plan together and just so uh I want to get this out to y'all, because it's been.

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Brought up in a lot of meetings, a lot of folks think an sap is just about bricks and mortar.

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About just improving the physical environment of their community, but this plan and all.

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All the strategic action plans should include the um all the issues that are happening in the.

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Community, including quality of life issues, so a lot of meetings. I've been sitting through I've.

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Been hearing about those issues, the consultant is bringing all of this information together and.

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We did this in ibr with our vision plan. It's the same effort here where we will have um everything.

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Lined up and then then we can prioritize what needs to happen and who's doing what.

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So that's exciting and then I'll end on one one activity that took place in.

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In december, uh the community gardens that seems to be a topic today, well east tampa, has a community.

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Garden and this one opened up on 22nd street on december 19th and there's more to come, I'm going.

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To be meeting with this group, that is doing all these exciting community gardens and I'll report.

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Back next month, and that's it any any questions, thank you. I have one, mr uh the consultant. That's.

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Working on the sap uh be advised that he may have reached out to the school district. But I heard.

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That they're, focusing on the schools in each tampa but keep in mind a lot of the kids who live in.

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East tampa are bust out, so they have to be mindful doing. Surveys in schools, but kids don't live in.

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That community, so let's be mindful of the busing system of where those kids are going to school at.

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So they have an opportunity to bring those assets that they think should be good in their community.

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I know a lot of them go away out to mclean a lot of the kids go to mclean way up there.

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Young has a lot of ib kids in magnet schools that are busting, kids, don't live there. So, let's make.

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Sure the consultant is getting with the school district to make sure we're. Actually the east.

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Table kids, who are being bust out, who are not going to those specialized schools that are.

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Within each tampa district, very good, thank you thank you and ms thriller you're doing.

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A good job for a rookie. Thank you. Thank you, councilman all right. Anybody else. That's it.

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Good morning, jesus nino, the west tampa and drew parks, cra manager.

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Sorry about that just want to let you know that the west tampa cac continues to hold very.

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Successful hybrid meetings, usually at barksdale community center. These meetings are virtual.

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And also we have in-person participation from the community and from the cac members, so we're.

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So that's continuing to be successful, we're continuing to work on any tweaks. We need to make.

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To make sure that the individuals that are listening in can actually hear us, but so far.

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We haven't had too many issues since we're working very closely with tni staff revisions to the west.

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Tampa overlay, they continue to move forward, as they actually went to. The planning commission was.

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Approved there to move forward to city council for first reading, which I think was last week and that.

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It's moving forward to second reading and staff will work with the city's planning.

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Staff to answer any kind of questions the city council may have there at second reading.

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We continue to update the community as much as possible with through our distribution list phone.

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Calls and one of the things that I do a lot is I go out there and actually walk the community so.

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I walk around the blocks. Walk down the street. Look at alleyways talk to individuals on the.

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Street, so I let them know what's going on as far as whatever we're doing here at the city.

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The rfp, which is being led by rob, rosner, that's continuing to move forward as well. uh The.

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Individuals are going to review those proposals, they've all been given copies of the proposals.

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And we're all under a code of silence and once that meeting is first meeting is held, then.

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We'll start reviewing that and kind of discuss the proposals and rank them. Tico continues its.

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Work to extend power or adequate power to the west river development and from what I understand.

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It's minimal disruption to the community and if there is any kind of complaints they can come to.

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Me or to other city staff, and we can talk to the contractors to make sure that's being taken care.

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Of any kind of disruption, yes, sir, you recognize, sir, um just before you move off that screen.

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Oh go back to the screen. There you go in regard to the rfp um for the uh for the rome yard,.

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Do we have anybody from the cra, perhaps michelle or or somebody else,.

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Who is on the review panel myself, michelle van loan, and we also have.

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An individual from our cac on there as well then a back up on our cac okay.

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So, mr robinson, as well, was on there right, sir, yes, joe robinson, and um I know that.

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While that process is going on, it's it's not totally in the sunshine, but perhaps you.

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I don't know if you're, if you are already, but perhaps you could keep the chairman informed, you.

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Know on on, what's going on just so this you know the cra board is plugged into a certain extent.

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We'll make sure to do that as much as possible. Mr dinville, I did have a meeting with uh our economic.

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Development officer and our growth development manager a couple days ago, I did talk about it.

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Came up about the west river project as well, and I made mention about developers making sure.

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That you know we have a lot of developers who who are not really stationed here, but have satellite.

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Offices here that get city contracts- and I may mention about minorities that are in other cities,.

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That do great work in other cities as well, and, let's not make sure we not leave them off the.

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Table just because they might be in another city and say well they're, another city. We want.

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The economic money to stay here in tampa. Well, yes, that's true, but those same companies can.

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Be a part of tampa have satellite programs here and start investing here in tampa with growth.

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And development, with jobs and so forth as well, just like those other big companies, I would call.

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Some of their names that started here because they came someplace else, so we can't be afraid and make.

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Sure you put that on the table to uh look at the minorities in other states that might want to come.

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Here to do work and I'm sure some councilmembers would agree with me. We have to give opportunity.

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Where opportunities available- and this is going to be a big project. So if you refer that to the.

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Next meeting at the uh I mentioned that I'm sure mr dingfield feels the same way, but I.

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Think we must, we must look at that. We just can't keep doing business with the same same people. We.

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Have to give other folks an opportunity to be here in tampa to start up here in tampa and.

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That way, it looks like we're doing the right thing for everybody. Thank you, sir. Thank you.

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The main street corridor study that's continuing to move forward. I think they're going to go ahead.

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And close down their data collection, phase and interview phase at the end of this month. From what.

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I understand they've interviewed a lot of people out there in the community. I've been involved in.

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Many of those interviews to some of the small businesses locally, the bigger individuals.

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Businesses out there real estate people residents and you name it they've interviewed them.

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You recognize, sir yeah. I think you all, I think mike, I'm speaking to my colleagues. I think you.

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All know that that, although it doesn't say it in the name that whatever they call it.

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Main street corridor study is a result of the proposal that we made a year and a half ago.

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To create neighborhood commercial districts and in the beta bay mcdill one they are calling it.

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The neighborhood commercial district study- um this is the same thing, but it has a slightly different.

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Name, but um I think that the neighborhood commercial district idea is one of the most.

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Important things we can do because it helps make the quality life better for our neighbors. It helps.

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Enhance communities and neighborhoods it helps take transportation off the uh you.

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Know off the off the road, because if people have amenities nearby, they can walk to them instead of.

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And you all supported this idea a couple years ago, we twice voted on and supported it. It turned out.

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That, instead of the planning commission doing it, the city is staffing up on planning and house and.

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The idea originally was that we would do one in each district, and so now we're doing one in south.

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Tampa one in west tampa, we need to do at least one in east tampa and then one in north tampa.

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And so um mr goods or whoever. I would recommend that you all talk to randy and carol and try to.

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Start advocating for for doing those, because I think once we have one in each district, we'll.

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Be able to prove the model and prove that it's it's a great way of thinking about an integrated.

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Community, instead of just thinking about the housing part or thinking about the commercial part,.

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We're thinking about an integrated way and how it all works together and instead of just looking at.

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Roads, typically, each piece of infrastructure is looked at differently, so roads are or internet or.

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Pipes or whatever, now they're, looking at the whole thing together to figure out how it integrates.

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To try to build quality of life and if once we get four or five of these, I think it'll be.

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A great model there's potentially 130 of these throughout the city, and we should make sure we.

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Continue it thank you. Well, I think that uh when we get to new business, you can make a motion.

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And uh you can direct mrs van loan to get with the growth management abbey and also.

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The economic development officer for the city and bring back a report on that.

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Thank you and randy goers and frank hall are actually leading this particular study here.

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But they are taking a very holistic approach, I'm pretty impressed by their approach, they're taking.

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They're, looking at everything through through their market analysis, is doing out there and.

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They're hitting it for many approaches, so I agree.

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That construction continues to move forward on a lot of different projects out in west tampa.

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Particularly the west river projects are continuing to move forward.

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I walked around the block a few times last week out there and.

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These buildings are just popping up very quickly. It's a lot of individuals out there working.

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They're not really disrupting the nearby streets or the residents.

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Some of the pictures there kind of didn't come up. That's okay! Then the renaissance at risk river.

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That's already open up for business. Individuals are starting to move in.

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And continue to move in as far as the retail space and commercial space at the bottom.

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They still seem to be kind of vacant, but hopefully the tampa housing authority has.

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A strategy for that and we'll work with them if they, if they want us to do that.

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This other project here is over by howard and armenia in between by lemon street. It's.

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Moving along pretty quickly as well, it's the foundry noho, it's looking very good lately.

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Same thing, like the other projects, minimal disruption to the community.

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This one is a little bit closer to kennedy over at the top. It's the noho square. It's a very large.

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Construction project out there and it's popping up quickly as well. Hopefully they can get that done.

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By the end of the year or the beginning of next year, the mary bethune cookman apartment.

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Project, that's complete and residents are continuing to move into that as well. Then.

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This other project here is a private preschool. It's called the godard school construction on.

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That also continues to move forward successfully. It says there mid 2021, but it's looking like it.

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Potentially might be done at the beginning of 2022, then the green spine cycle track. That's.

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Looks like it's almost complete. I was walking it yesterday and it's it's. I see bikers already on it.

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In our section phase, two at least.

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That concludes west tampa. Any questions. Any questions in reference to west hampton.

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I have certain um yes, sir, I received a phone call from a organization. I think the partners.

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Of seventh and uh partners of seventh, uh I guess they bought the building in west tampa.

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uh I guess they've said they've uh trying to have conversations in reference to uh the cra.

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And in reference to facade, uh I don't know if you've met with them. I've heard of that group.

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What's the name of the group again, the seventh and partners, seventh and grove partners.

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Oh, yes, they owned the restaurant over in ebor city. That's dr wright and mr wright. We met with.

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Them on site- and we had a few telephone- calls conversations with them. We sent them over a.

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Facade grant and we're working with them pretty closely on that they're working their building is.

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Has spray painted on it jet life over on main street by sauciness park, so if they pose that.

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Office can be very beautiful for the areas they're they're planning to move their pharmacies. There.

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That's correct and a little restaurant and a nail salon so we're working with them very closely and.

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The reason I asked that, because uh they did ask in reference to they have parking, but a small portion.

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Of the parking is city parking or or uh city land, and they've asked for some assistance with that. I.

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Did mention that to miss post, but if you can uh next cra, give an update on where we're at and.

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I'm trying to obtain that little. I wouldn't drove it's a little very small piece, so it can have that.

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Parking for the pharmacy. I think that would be very, very good for the west tampa area to have a.

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Pharmacy and a clinic uh on an operator, especially minority business in that community, so I applaud.

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Them for those efforts and they're going to try to do the same thing over in east tampa as well.

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At one of our bad sites that they're trying to work with so if you could work with them on.

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That give us an update in the next cra meeting and brought us through the facade and in reference to.

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That parking be greatly appreciated I'll. Do that and that individual couple they're they're very.

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Young entrepreneurs, go-getters african-american and that's the kind of individuals we uh we like.

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To work with so I'll give you that update. Thank you, sir. Any more questions in west tapa. No, I.

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Don't believe so you can continue, sir okay, moving on to drew park the tampa bay linear park. That's.

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Basically, complete we're just installing two signs on this on there they're going to have historical.

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Language, and once that done that's done then we'll come show you the pictures of those signs.

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We're continuing to work with our consultant to wrap up our strategic action plan, we're happy to.

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Report that a draft has been submitted to us a few weeks ago, staff is reviewing it. Michelle van loan.

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Has sent it out to the different departments in the city for them to review it? Our cac members are.

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Also reviewing it and at our next meeting february, 2nd over at hillsborough community college.

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Which will be a hybrid meeting, we're going to discuss some of those details in that draft plan.

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Then eventually we'll bring it to you, and so we can discuss it in further detail. Was the cra.

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Indirect activity the steakhouse over on del mabre, it seems like those.

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Units have been completed, they have a sign up there with many new tenants that are supposed.

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To move in, I think it mostly is because of the covet some of that activity hasn't.

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Some of those individuals haven't moved in just yet, but hopefully they do pretty soon.

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That concludes drew park and we're continuing to work with the businesses out there as well.

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Very closely on projects. Thank you, sir. I hear highly uh good things about you. uh I was at a.

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Meeting in manatee county, I didn't know, you came from manatee county and her.

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We, gentlemen, we got to steal, I tell you, but I I I might hear some of the people they hated.

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You had to go, you left, but uh we're glad to have you. Thank you for being able. Thank you.

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And mr chair, if I may, I wanted to also add to that just just how impressive you've done.

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uh uh Sir, I've just been impressed uh with you as well as other folks, relatively new to that.

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I know miss thrower is obviously not new, but I think she's doing a great job in her position.

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And we just appreciate everybody: who's come on and being so professional. So just thank you guys for.

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Your hard work, thank you. Thank you very much and mr vera. Thank you for the in the the the.

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Constituents see that they see the enthusiasm, they see the attention, that's being given uh not delays.

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And trying to get things moving to make these areas a better area. We appreciate.

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The work that the newcomers are doing and I can't just keep up the good work good morning.

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Good morning, good morning, I'm valerie farrell. This is my first time presenting so uh go easy on me. I.

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Am the new downtown channel district central park and tampa heights riverfront cra manager, as I like.

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To kid I'm rob 2.0, and this will be my first time presenting, but I'd like to share that. I'm coming.

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To you all, with big ideas with a community focus, and I certainly look forward to working with each.

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Of you on each of these four areas before I begin, though, I'd like to share that the monthly reports.

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I am sharing with you this month is going to be brief, and I would like to hear your feedback if.

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You have feedback on certain points of interest or areas of interest projects. Please share that.

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With myself or miss van loan so that I can bring back specific reports or or areas of interest that.

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You have so that I can make sure I'm bringing back information, that's relevant and timely um for, for.

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Your information, so with that I'll I'll begin, you may begin so into downtown our direct activities.

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Are on cass street and tyler street the road work right in front of the straz performing arts center.

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You may have seen that tyler is open to the straz and it now has the connection to cass.

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Cass is still partially closed, however, that road work is mostly complete. We actually had a.

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Pre-Closeout call yesterday we're getting ready to work with the contractors on preparing for.

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Closeout on that portion of the roadwork, and you can start to see the new mckinnis place.

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Roadway being formed, which is pretty exciting, it hasn't been there, so that's starting to take shape.

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And the riverwalk at the stras performing arts center is now open to the public.

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Indirect activities and I'm sorry that the image is not loading there for everyone else, but.

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uh The the site of many names that has been highly anticipated on the riverwalk. This is.

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On ashley drive known as one ashley tower, it has been submitted for a building permit in december.

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It's expected to start construction in may of 2021. It is a 222 key hotel with 200. Excuse me.

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230 unit multi-family building and we are very excited to see those plans being submitted and.

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We just wanted to give you an update that those building plans have been submitted for permitting.

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And that's all I have for downtown. Are there any questions.

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Regarding this or anything else, downtown related.

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I'm making daily okay, I can move on to channel district. You can move on.

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Thank you, as you can see here, we have a an updated schedule on the channel district-wide projects.

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This just shows you an update on a few design elements and a few of the sub categories for.

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Additional work that's been added to the schedule. The main update here is that channel side drive.

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Will begin in spring in actuality that will probably begin in february and that work.

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Specifically, will begin south of the intersection of kennedy boulevard on the west side of the.

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Right-Of-Way on the southbound side of channelside drive, so look forward to those announcements.

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Coming to you soon and we're excited to get that that large portion of the work underway uh very.

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Soon- and that is a still an eight-month build, but uh we expect to get that moving very quickly.

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Also another very exciting project like east tampa and drew park channel district will be.

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Going through an sap update, as well as a crp update, you just approved the work.

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Order to get that underway, so there will be a huge public engagement and outreach process.

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Going on kicking off, probably in february through the end of may, at the same time, there.

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Will be conditions, assessments and a presentation that you'll be receiving on the channel district.

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So a very exciting time, especially for me being new. I'm excited to really get into the work here.

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To to see what we can uncover in the channel district and and how we can move forward with.

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With the uh progress as of today's date, so that is all I have for channel district. Are there any.

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Questions any questions. Thank you. Okay. Moving on to tampa heights riverfront, there are no direct.

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Activities this month, however, the roundabout progress that soho capital has been working on.

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Is pretty significant on north boulevard? You can certainly see those are taking shape. Soho.

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Continues to finalize the exterior of the heights union buildings, if you visit armature.

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Works or any of those lovely places there you can certainly see the work is progressing.

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Very significantly and the riverwalk is substantially complete. I think it is actually.

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Almost a hundred percent complete at the water works park just short of north boulevard.

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That is all I have for tampa heights. Riverfront anything questions.

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Miss carlson, you recognize it. Thank you uh just an idea for channel side and maybe it's an idea.

J

For all the cra districts, but um you know one of the one of the discussions that we've had uh over.

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The last year and a half is that um there should- or at least I've suggested, is there's there should.

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Be a higher burden for what we spend cra money on, because the rest of the city is subsidizing them.

J

And there's some areas that it's obvious: that we should be subsidizing. But in areas like channel.

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District and downtown, I think, there's an even higher threshold that we should think about.

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It we should not spend the money just because we have the money we need to think about. You know.

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What's fair to the rest of the city, and so along those lines I was just thinking it might be useful.

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To to work within the neighborhood department and hold a round table a virtual roundtable of.

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All the neighborhood leaders throughout the city and just present as part of the sap process for.

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Channel district and present, um maybe the initial findings of the of the plan and just get their.

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Feedback on what's being spent in channel district and if, if the rest of neighborhoods are fine.

J

uh Subsidizing it then that's input that we can use and, if they're not or if they think we should.

J

Set a different threshold um uh that would be some good impact as well. You know from south.

J

Tampa to the rest of the city, uh there are parks that are falling apart. There are roads that are.

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Falling apart, sidewalks that haven't been built or falling apart, and so there's a high demand for.

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Money to um to fix infrastructure and amenities, and uh there there should be some subsidies of.

J

Certain areas, but if an area is already doing really well and doesn't have slim and blight, then.

J

You know what what feedback can we get from the broader community about their.

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Willingness or interest in subsidizing the areas that are mostly doing well now. Thank you.

L

Thank you anyone else. If, if I'm a mystery, you recognize, sir, a good rookie effort.

N

Well done, thank you. I have one more slide. There comments here: okay,.

L

And to conclude, I didn't want to spend a lot of time, but I I will add some comments.

L

My chair, mr murphy, did an excellent job and, and I appreciate his efforts and his excitement.

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Enthusiasm for central park he's actually a great partner for me to begin exploring the needs of the.

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Community, as councilman carlson mentioned, and I can say that I'm I'm learning a lot of history.

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And and central park is a great place to start so in looking forward to to this year.

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One of the number one things that I see is as a as a priority as public engagement and advocacy.

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For our communities central park certainly is a doughnut hole for the communities. The surrounding.

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Communities of of tampa- and I certainly want to see how we can do better at just creating programs.

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That help that that community, so something that our newbies here in in the cra office have been.

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Doing is brainstorming about programs that we can offer in each of our districts whether they.

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Apply to each cra or just certain cra districts, so I can say that that is something that will be.

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Coming to you soon, as we take those through each cac committee and get their feedback on how they.

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Best work within each district and councilman or chair goods. You had mentioned kid: mason renovation.

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That is actually funded through downtown. However, it is directly adjacent to central park.

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And I did just have a brief update with parks and recreation. It is on schedule. I know that the.

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Plans for that renovation are about 90 complete, so I've asked for an update on that timeline for the.

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Schedule to to release those out for construction bids and also to make sure that public engagement.

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Is a part of that because I know the community uses that- and I also want to capitalize on that.

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That utilization to make sure that it's made aware to the community that that facility is there. I.

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Would like to see how we can make that connection, even if it's pedestrian improvements across the.

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The roadway there and and see how we can better utilize our park spaces across neighborhoods.

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Even if we have hard cra boundaries, I'd like to see how we can uh better cross those uh within.

L

Reason, and and within the rules that allow us to do so, but if there are no other questions.

L

um That concludes my presentation. I'm glad you said that, and I like your forward thinking on.

D

That, because that's why I did it, because, if that central park is going to grow, which I.

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Think doesn't have families you need a decent park for those kids to go to as a recreational facility.

D

And for programming, so you can have parks but sometimes park. You know they have a lot of.

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Programs that go on inside those facilities, so I like the forward thinking, I'm very upset that.

D

This project has been taking this long, it's dragging its feet. This project was asked for.

D

Almost almost what two years ago, well now we're going on two years right, one of those counts. We've.

D

Asked for that and I used to understand how we're dragging our feet on this project so long. So I'm.

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Glad and I have been asking for monthly reports on that- uh I'm glad you're gonna bring me something.

D

Back to me on february, but that project is dragging its feet and it needs to pick up. I mean.

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It really needs to pick up. It doesn't make any sense to me. I don't know, what's the, why so long.

D

But we've asked for a long time, so I'm glad that you have some forward thinking about uh cut some.

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Connection with down at downtown in in central because you're right, it may need some improvements.

D

For a crosswalk or whatever, because kids are going to be there and it's like jimmy, said they're now.

D

On the courts out there that I mean I don't know how many gentlemen have been to that kid. Mason.

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But it is a dump. You talked about pharaoh's, mr carlson. Kid mason is worse. I mean 20 times worse.

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It looks like a prison, that's what it looks like, so I'm hoping that we quit dragging our feet and.

D

Let's get that project moving because obviously we've got kids that are out there. That can be.

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Able to come to that park and have a decent place to go for programming. So thank you for.

D

Your forward thinking absolutely anyone else, mr club, just just one more thing to all of you.

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Staff and and welcome to all of you, and I look forward to getting to know you.

J

um But one of the key things that I've heard this morning that that really sounds good to me, is.

J

Is that you're thinking about these plans, as as as vision and interconnectivity of.

J

People and communities not just buildings and infrastructure, and I think in the.

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Past there was a lot of focus on subsidizing development because of the way cras work and.

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The even though there are limits as to how we can spend cra money, we need to be thinking about how.

J

The communities will operate, what are the, what is the quality of life that the communities need.

J

uh Chair goods mentioned uh bringing a farm pharmacy into a neighborhood. We know in in channel.

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District that the community wanted uh publix, and so uh our predecessors worked on getting a grocery.

J

Store there, other neighborhoods throughout the city want uh publix, although gandhi wants one or.

J

Other food markets, and so the good thing is that, even though we're limited by what we.

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Can spend in cra, we need to be listing the community about the vision that they want.

J

Where, in the past, what happened is we thought? Well, if we can just the prior prior administrations.

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Thought if we could just subsidize development, uh then we'll then we'll bring something in what the.

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Community is telling us is, they want a better quality of life, and that means the things like.

J

Pharmacies and supermarkets and crosswalks all those things that you all mentioned, even though.

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We can't directly pay for some of it. At least, we need to know about it and know about how our.

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Investments tie in so thank you all for thinking big, like that. Thank you. Thank you. Good job.

D

Michelle, where you finding these people adam.

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Van loan again, if we can pull up powerpoint number three uh at council member ding, felter's.

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Request we do have the straz performing arts center on the line uh judy lisa. Can you hear us.

O

Yes, I can good morning good morning. I will let her introduce her team that.

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Is also on the phone and then they will move on to their presentation. Thank you.

O

Thank you very much michelle uh good morning. Everyone, I'm judy lisi.

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uh I have been privileged to be president and ceo of our stress center for almost 29 years.

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Excuse me, and we are so happy to be here today, as you know, we were hoping to bring this presentation.

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To you, a year ago, we got sidetracked by the pandemic when we were forced to close in march.

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And so we had to put so many of our energies toward how we were actually going to survive.

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But I'm glad to report, we are making it through. We have found some terrific funding on a federal.

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Level, that's helping us and our donors have been wonderful, the community and their outreach to us.

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Has been amazing, so I want to thank everyone for helping us get through this hard time, while we've.

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Been closed, however, excuse me, we haven't stopped working and uh we have been continually assessing.

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Our master plan, the good news is, we learned so much about our closure and how important our.

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Outdoor areas are and how important and vital outdoor performance spaces are so we've had the.

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Opportunity to be able to actually make our plan even even better. I uh this morning with me, is mr.

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David sher david is a long time and hard working. Member of our stress center board of trustees.

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And chair of our master planning committee and mr lauren shepherd my colleague that has worked side.

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By side with me at the straz he's our chief operating officer and he's project director.

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On the master plan- and I and david will speak uh briefly after the slide presentation.

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uh After nine years of research and planning, we come to you today with a bold master plan for the.

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Stras center, one of the city's most important assets, it's a plan that will make the straz.

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An even more vibrant destination, fueling economic growth, driving tourism and bolstering.

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Our impactful service to the community for years to come when we started this project, we knew we.

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Need to reimagine and update the facility for its next 35 years to keep its state of the art as it.

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Was 35 years ago when it was envisioned, as we've worked to merge from this pandemic, we've come to.

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Realize that our plan contains so many features that are increasingly more relevant to ensure.

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Unparalleled experiences we do hope you will share our excitement and be inspired to invest in this.

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Transformational project slide one please in the 1980s, our city, business and community leaders.

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Built the tampa bay performing arts center as an economic engine that would help make tampa a great.

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City with a wonderful quality of life, attracting businesses, new residents, tourism of all kinds.

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And more and I think if you look at downtown tampa today, it has been transformational today.

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Our mission and vision are also our promise to the community next slide. Our outdoor rivers walk stage.

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With our reopening underway, our riverwalk stage is bustling with outdoor performances. This is a.

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Small example of the kind of outdoor excitement and safe public gathering experience that the.

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Master plan promises next slide from a community's dream and a true public-private partnership. One.

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Of the nation's leading performing arts centers has emerged. Here's our historical impact since.

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The doors opened in 1987. next slide. Please, our cultural impact shows you the breadth of our reach.

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Our attendance and our year-round services, our attendance, is a strong measure of our ability.

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To attract the best shows available and sustain our tradition of artistic excellence. Next slide.

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Our annual economic impact and our growth as an industry leader in the performing arts are.

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Significant, we have grown to become florida's largest, not-for-profit cultural institution.

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From hosting thousands of business and community meetings and events to being the cultural heart.

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And soul of the region, the stras center is an iconic cultural asset that makes our city.

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A marvelous destination each year we bring almost three times the population of tampa through our.

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Doors with more than sixteen hundred world-class performances on our six stages. Next slide, we work.

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Year-Round to introduce arts education to children and adults in our region, especially to those who.

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Might not otherwise have such opportunities. In fact, our performing arts center was the very first.

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In the nation to establish a fully accredited teaching conservatory with scholarships for anyone.

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Who needs them next slide? Our community engagement program leads our mission-based commitment to.

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Enrich our entire community through virtual and live programs, we have continued our focus on.

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Inclusion, diversity, equality and accessibility, even during these challenging times, our highly.

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Diverse arts legacy remix program, riverwalk stage, performances, outdoor art, exhibits and.

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Interactive installations, leverage our location as a cultural destination open to everyone.

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We make the performing arts accessible to all through subsidized ticket programs for students.

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Military families first responders and through scholarships for financially challenged families.

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For the past three years, we have also partnered with the national endowment of the arts and the.

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Department of defense to create a model arts engagement program to help veterans and their.

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Families have healthier transitions back into community life next slide as a responsible steward.

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Of this important city asset, we have always taken extremely good care of this amazing facility.

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We are proud of our adaptive nature and our ability to respond to the.

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Needs and priorities of our civic leaders, the community, our patrons students and artists.

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As shown here, we have made numerous capital improvements, one project at a time to keep.

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The stras center state of the art efficient and sustainable next slide. So here we are on the edge.

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Of a remarkable opportunity, we are calling our project boundless a vision for the new stress we.

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Believe we have the boundless potential to change the future to become an extraordinary gathering.

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Place on our riverwalk that enhances tampa's quality of life and standing on the world stage.

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We will offer boundless cultural experiences plus unequaled opportunities outside our theaters, with.

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More free outdoor programming, we are ready to blow out the walls. Take you to the river.

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Show off the city and send an invitation to the community and to the world next slide. Please.

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To ensure our future success, we are guided by the principles you see here with our public partners.

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And private sector contributors, we will create a new dimension to this draz a renewed place that.

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Will be emulated around the world next slide. As an example, here is the sydney opera house.

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Yes, a world-class destination that began again beautiful, iconic architecture.

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But today they have added all this outdoor space and it's now a public gathering place.

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That does not require you to have a ticket or attend a performance. It is simply the place to.

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Be for the community and for visitors around the world any time of day or night next slide. Please.

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In comparison to our peers and competitors in florida that have been built after the strass.

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Center opened such as the kravis center in palm beach and broward center in fort lauderdale.

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They already have the necessary events, bases that we so desperately need to create next slide. The.

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Stress center master plan will create the new stress. It will offer exciting possibilities for.

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The performing arts center, the riverwalk, the hillsborough river and downtown tampa visitors.

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At the new strats will not need a ticket, let us show you some of the features we have planned.

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Next slide here is our welcoming new entrance on the corner of mcinnes and tyler, a tampa style.

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Times square appeal, and in that picture you can see already the work that you saw before.

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In the downtown cra now you have a direct view right from tyler all the way down to the water.

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Next slide, our arrival plaza on the riverwalk will have a view of tampa's new iconic sculpture,.

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That rises from the river next slide. This is a view from cast street bridge that shows the.

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Flowing new architectural fascia that will give the center a wonderful new, forward-looking.

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Exciting look: a close-up of the floating iconic, sculpture and new dockage for access by boat and.

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The boat traffic now is so big. We're constantly having boats coming right up to our riverwalk.

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Stage and they just stay there and watch the shows next slide, please our new bistro on the.

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Riverwalk will be a place to enjoy casual affair and live entertainment. It will be accessible at.

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The riverwalk level and lobby terrorist level next slide, please, the new grand terrace includes.

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A shading from the new architectural fascia- I don't know if we can see that.

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That's lights. There seems to be a problem with that side. It's like sorry about that.

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uh I maybe we should go to the next slide, because that slide seems to have a problem.

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Okay: let's do that uh uh I'm going to go right to this next one. This will be the new lobby.

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uh You know when you come to the center. Now our lobbies are small and they're. We put so much into.

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Them because we have restaurants in them. These are all the things we didn't have, but they're packed.

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This will be new uncrowded, morsani and ferguson hall, lobbies and they'll be expanded and combined.

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Into one large, a space that moves out into the river next slide, please here's the public cafe on.

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The main level at the north end of morsani lobby, you can see the flowing and almost transparent.

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Architectural fascia and exterior view next slide. Our new full-service restaurant will be open of.

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Course to our stras patrons, but also to the public and will have a wonderful view of the river and.

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West skyline and multiple seating options next slide also accessible to the public. Oh.

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That's not working either it. This was a picture of our rooftop terrace, which I.

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Will have a seating and ample shading and a full bar and will be used year-round. It will be the.

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Largest rooftop terrace in tampa in hillsborough county uh next slide. This is should be slide. 23.

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Do we have another site yep here we go. This is the view. We're almost done here with the slides. This.

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Is the view from the northwest side of the campus along the riverfront, where the expansion will.

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Include a new multi-purpose event center, a much needed extension of the patel conservatory.

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A new outdoor performance space, our experience with our current riverwalk stage and the fact.

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That when we go, we might we'll get past covid, but there could be other times when we'll have to.

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Close for reasons we don't know, but this drives our strategy to expand our outdoor performance.

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Capacity next slide, please the event center. This is the pre-function space of the multi-purpose.

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Event center, the large component of the master plan that will address our needs in three areas.

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Programming, arts, education and hospitality next slide. The event center will be able to accommodate.

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Community meetings, conferences, galas and also also function as a cabaret, style performance space.

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It will also strengthen our capacity for convention business and will be available.

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To visit tampa bay in the convention center as overflow space for their events, uh next.

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Slide the event center can also be used for arts education classes and divided.

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To accommodate different sizes, finally, the new north entrance will help divert traffic congestion.

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And provide access to the conservatory uh event center in morsani lobby. It will include a welcome.

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Center providing customer service to patrons and can also serve as an information center.

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uh Next slide, as you can see, our master plan creates boundless potential that will invite the.

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Community and the world to a vibrant cultural destination, our unequaled artistic guest and.

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Hospitality experiences leverage our significant riverfront opportunities, create additional space.

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For tampa's corporate and convention tourism, business expand facilities for our innovative.

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Nationally recognized arts, education programs and transform the stress center experience.

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For a new generation, and now I'd like to invite david uh to continue the presentation david.

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Is david here, david you're, muted, he's here he's muted and could we advance two slides please, okay,.

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Next slide, please thank you.

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B

David there's a menu, that's on the uh on your screen, where you can unmute your mic.

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Well, um david, if you're, not, if he's not able to david okay, why don't I continue? We don't.

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Want to waste your time, of course, okay. These were these were think of me as david right now,.

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That was scary, that's scary! I got it. I think judy, oh good, good, okay, david.

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Can everybody hear me now we can hear you sorry about that everybody I'm. I got a senior moment.

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In technology, um so you've heard today um are the principles behind uh why we are launching.

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This master plan and why you build why we believe that uh you should join us.

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At the the four key components are that the strat drives an enormous economic impact for downtown.

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And our entire region think of three times the population of the city of tampa coming through.

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Our doors and visiting our six stages every year. The plan is perfect for our time. It's a postcode.

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Plan with features that enhance our performing arts experience and address relevant priorities.

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We've never asked for funding of this magnitude before from the city, but we believe it's an.

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Investment in the future for the city of tampa, this is the city of tampa property.

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So today we are asking the city of tampa and the downtown cra to invest in the strat center.

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One of the city's most important assets- this is our ask. We are respectfully requesting your.

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Commitment to five million dollars per year for the next five years, beginning with fiscal year.

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2022 for the stras master plan- and we are asking the cra board today to direct city staff.

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To work with the stras center to achieve a similar agreement structure.

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Has been afforded to other applicants in the past and that both parties can be comfortable with.

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The public sector will support and will inspire and leverage our private sector campaign.

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Which is also already in place and ready to go together. We can change the future and.

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Create something smart and meaningful the new strats will lift tampa's cultural reputation.

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Our region's economy, our children's education, our community's quality of life generations to come.

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We're ready to do something boundless arm and arm with the city of tampa.

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And the cra, we look forward to partnering with you to launch the next era. Thank you.

P

I think we're all looking for questions and uh comment. Any questions. Jim.

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You're working after dingfield, thank you thank you judith and uh david and lauren lauren. I.

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Didn't know if you had anything to to add today you've been there. I think, uh as long as judith and.

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Doing great work, but thank you, john it it's exciting to be able to to continue our discussions.

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On this master plan, and and I appreciate over the years all the time that many of you have.

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Taken to to delve into the project and understand what we're doing, what we're seeing for the future.

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I'm just very excited to have this active. It's particularly considering that.

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The times that we're in now, I really do think.

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It's a great time to move forward. Thank you and david, mr chairman. If I could follow up.

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David judith probably mentioned it, and maybe you did as well, but I think it's worth stressing.

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That this is a private and public partnership. um So can you extrapolate that a little bit in.

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Regard to the total, the total costs anticipated with this very massive uh community investment.

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And um uh you know what the private uh component of that is anticipated.

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Sure um we expect private uh participation to be approximately 50 percent. um The the.

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Plan, uh depending on the alternatives we we move forward with and we've been examining, the plan.

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Very carefully postponed uh believe it or not. We we really uh inadvertently.

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Produced a post covered plan and post precovet, so we've done some tweaking and may add a few dollars.

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To the plan, but I think it's well worth it we're looking at a plan of about 80 million dollars.

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um And we're looking for for the private sector to uh uh look at half of it. um And um as soon as.

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We have the public, uh sorry, the public sector, to commit to half of it and as soon as we've.

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Gotten that commitment we will move forward very seriously with the private sector. We already have.

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Our cabinet in place our campaign cabinet, which is called the bandus campaign.

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And we have literature in place. We've started very quietly in the private campaign uh prior to covid.

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And uh in the next quarter, we're planning to ramp that up.

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Thank you, mr chairman. um I I have a motion, but I'll I'll hold. It.

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If, in case, there's any other board comments, I have a couple questions. Mr carlson you're recognized.

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Yes, my uh my colleagues and I think the public will know that.

J

That I tried several months ago or have tried over the last year or so to put a cap on the.

J

Downtown cra, um because uh I think that uh if the, if the rest of the community is subsidizing.

J

Something then it should address what the what the the law says about slim and black.

J

um I didn't have support for that. um So, if we're going to keep the money in downtown, if we're going.

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To subsidize downtown and- and it's been a success in the past, um my point is: is that the rest of the.

J

City really needs money also, but if we're going to keep that money in then I think we need to set.

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A high threshold for how we would use that money number one. It should be something that the whole.

J

City can enjoy if the rest of the city is going to subsidize the cras, especially ones that don't.

J

Really have slim and blight, it should be something that that the whole community can enjoy and the.

J

Strat center obviously, is one of those premier venues that people can enjoy and also participate.

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From the shows of all levels to the uh the patel conservatory and now the outdoor events number two.

J

Is it needs to be an economic engine, and clearly the arts are one of the uh greatest economic.

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Engines uh anywhere, if you think about um back in the 80s and nine early 90s, uh that ybor city had.

J

Lots of arts groups and people thought well. That's the beginning of gentrification. It's the beginning.

J

Of renewal but then when when he were turned into a bar district, um the artists left and a lot of.

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Them went to st pete, so they moved to downtown st pete and then they got pushed out of there.

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And then they went to the the warehouse district, and now they were just about to get kicked out of.

J

There, but they were able to buy their own district. The point is that many people think the arts are.

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The beginning of of uh developing or lifting up an area. The fact is that people want to live and.

J

Work near the arts and that's why this one reason why this strat center has been so helpful to the.

J

Community over the years, because of that the arts are a fantastic economic engine, probably.

J

Second, only maybe two universities, and so we need to support them. They've been underfunded.

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Most of the budgets of the arts were cut in the last 10 years and in a way we're doing catch-up.

J

Although we're looking forward to fund this um and and also, I think uh you know another.

J

The first two tests are for the community, but the other test is: is the organization run well.

J

And we know with judy leacy, uh you know david sharer, his predecessors as chairs.

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And the board that they have they've done a fantastic job. uh This center is isn't worldwide.

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uh You know judy is very well known in in broadway and in london and in the art centers of the world.

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It has put tampa on the international map uh which helps attract businesses and high quality people.

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Here to help uh drive our economy, and so it's well run it's an amenity for the whole city and it's a.

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Huge economic engine way beyond even the people that eat at restaurants and everything, and so.

J

um With all that said, I would be happy to second emotion, or you know, support it in any way. I can.

J

Because I think this is essential and vital. Also one last thing judy, hopefully, will be here. Another.

J

20 years, but eventually we won't have her and the good thing is. We have her brilliance and expertise.

J

Looking over all the other experts that are putting this together now, so I feel.

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Honored that we have this unique opportunity to be able to push this project forward. Thank you.

D

Anyone else miss ms van long, a couple of questions.

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Question number one: uh the legalities: can the cra support this project and two can the downtown cra.

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uh Financially support the project for for this extensive period of time, when they're asking for 5.

D

Million a year I'll start with the second question. First, as we discussed over the summer, this and.

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Into the fall, this question has come up several times. As for funding, we did include it in our.

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Planning budget for, as we've discussed over summer in some of the workshops at five million for three.

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Years, we will have to go back and work with the budget office and I'll have valerie update her.

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Planning budget to look at five million over five years would do for the budget. And if we have that.

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Capacity with the current budget and projections, so we will certainly be able, by february to come.

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Back and tell you yes, whether we can do 15 or 25 over those three or five years. So I know at.

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A minimum we had planned for the 15 million, but we will have to come back and redo that analysis.

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For the 25 million as far as legally, I will let morris correct me if I'm wrong, but we have been.

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Looking at this again since last summer, when this first came up, our crp community redevelopment plan.

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For downtown does recognize our cultural assets and the arts and those types of facilities as.

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An important driver for our economic engine and the importance to the redevelopment of downtown.

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We were able to invest in our covid retrofit grant because of the ability to invest in some of these.

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Facilities so I and morrison I talked about how to move forward from here and what next steps are.

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So yes, we legally can do this with the cra dollars our next steps. One of the comments was uh to have.

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The same kind of agreement as the cras have done in the past, the we have not done an agreement like.

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This in the past, so one of the next steps would be for our legal department and morris and brian.

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To work with the straz and with their staff and core team to look at first, their full budget.

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So that we can develop criteria all of our past agreements that we've done have been for public.

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Right-Of-Way infrastructure in our right-of-way, so we have not the tampa bay history center.

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The tampa theater the aquarium, we're not investing those buildings directly to like they're asking.

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For this month, so we have not had that kind of agreement with the cra before, but we will.

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Certainly spend 2021 so that we're ready for that fy 22 budget to be able to have that agreement in.

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Place by the time the funding is ready, and I know certain councilmen were will probably want to put.

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A motion for to approve this, but I would hope that we wait till we get the general information back.

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From ms banlon to see, if we can move forward this before the motion to do it,.

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That would be my my wish to know exactly where we at in the process with the strats to understand.

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How it needs to work to be able to do this, I'm for the arch, but I'm also want to make sure that.

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We can be financial response responsible to make sure that we have it to do it. I don't want to say.

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Do something and then now we come back, we can't do it. We got to go suck some money from someplace.

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Else that may need things done again. My thing is making sure that we have it to do it. uh I.

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Think that's the key right now uh when things are going on with covet and the economy may come when.

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You know it's like they may have to halt their projects. We don't want to do that. So I want to.

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Make sure that we we we're sound with it number one and two making sure we do that. You know you.

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Mr cross main point: uh you know everyone likes the arts and making sure that when we have.

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Programs that come to the strats that they're programming for all cultures, all over the city.

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It's important to have that when you're making this kind of investment that everyone is inclusive.

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Of going to the strats and everyone can be able to partake in shows- and you know of different.

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Cultures, different magnitudes. I know they've done some things, but I think when you're putting this.

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Type of investment, and from what I see on the project that you're going to be making. This is a.

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This is a a huge project that has a lot of activities, so we want to make sure that we're.

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Inclusive to every all communities and everybody when we do a project like this, especially we're.

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Going to spend taxpayers dollars uh this magnitude of taxes over this amount of years.

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uh That would just be my request, but again I'll, listen to the account. Mr james, you recognized.

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Is there anybody else, the spanish real quick? Mr sure, I received your phone call yesterday.

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I called you back, but I didn't leave a message. I just want you to know. I didn't ignore it. So.

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Now you know, thank you, that's it. I think mr moore is having this. Mr fight, let me get mr madison.

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Because he wants to say then I'll go to john, then I'll go to you to sit down all right, go to situat.

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First off finish up all right, sir, just quickly uh to to uh uh repeat a little bit: what miss van loan.

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Was saying you know if the motion is passed by the cra board that we worked with the straz on.

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An agreement, this would be a complicated agreement and one of the things you know typically the way.

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We have funded or assisted private development and I'll give you a more simple example that you.

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All are very familiar with are facade grants and when we we give money for facade grants. One of the.

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Things we want to do and what we see is we look at the overall budget for that project. Make sure that.

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They've got the money there to do the complete project and we're funding approximately fifty.

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Percent up to fifty percent of that that work, it's somewhat a similar idea here, we, I think you know.

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Our participation in public assistance in this yes, the cultural arts district, is a key component of.

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The downtown community redevelopment plan- this is a city-owned facility. There's a lot of things.

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That tie into the redevelopment act, so I do think it can be supported by both the act and by the by.

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The downtown community development plan, so I think legally, we we can work with the straws on such a.

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Project, but we will want to make sure we structure it in such a way that the public dollars are used.

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In a manner, that's appropriate and is in and we're not getting ahead or pre-funding things, it really.

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The private side needs to come in and also uh be participatory, and we need to make that's.

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Some of the details we're going to have to work out in in this type of agreement, so anyway,.

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That is exactly what our intent is, that um that we would we would not look to.

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Spend the money today before we've finished our campaign.

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But that the commitment would be there uh once we are successful with our campaign.

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Mrs citro, you recognize, sir. Thank you very much, mr chair. uh If this city is.

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Going to invest in professional sports, we need to seriously consider investing in the culture.

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That is with the city and, if anything else, miss lisey put it exactly correctly. This is an economic.

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Driver within this cra- and we are there to help the economic impact.

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Of these cras uh I will before this, but I do agree with you, mr chair. Let's let's hear the study.

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And then move on from there and miss lisey, please I saw a picture in there that reminded me of the.

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Parks and recreation, what I call the baby tutus recital and I cannot wait to see those again.

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So, mr chair, I I agree with you on the uh let's: look at uh the directions that we're going to go.

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John, I have a small comment. You want me to go before after you. You have a comment. No.

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That's fine. I wanted to make the motion go ahead. Yeah um I just wanted based on what chair good.

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Said um judy or david, could you please just address what you do, especially in patel in.

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In regard to scholarships and school outings, and things like that, like what um you know, the.

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Broad participation of the community- you know you know, regardless of income and other um attributes,.

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Absolutely uh councilman: uh we have one of the largest uh outreach program, education.

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Outreach programs in the country we have 52 partnerships uh throughout the county.

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In schools and in agencies and every young person who applies to the conservatory.

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Who, uh who wants to study there, will be scholarship? We raise at least a half a million.

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To a million dollars a year to scholarship- and I will tell you some of these young people are have.

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Gone on to do amazing things, it was their bridge to get them to where they needed to go and very.

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Often it's our 52 partnerships in the community that we learned about the talent, that's out.

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There and we're able to bring them then into the conservatory for their pre-professional training.

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Thank you and, and we bring 50 000 young people a year to our uh to.

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All of our other uh live performances as well through hillsborough county schools. Thank you.

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Thank you, mr chairman, um and thank you judith and.

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All of your staff, uh the board member, the members and I am honored to serve with with you on the.

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Board led by gary sasso and everybody does a great job david. Thanks for all your work over.

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The years um bill you um I appreciate, you asked that that really important question, because the.

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Straws doesn't just sit there statically on the river. uh You know catering, uh you know to to the.

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Crowd that comes to it, the straws and I think judith mentioned- does a huge amount of outreach.

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To the community, both in terms of scholarships and programming.

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Etc- and I think that's really really important, mr chairman, and I'm glad you brought that up the.

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I I did want to stress, and- and this goes to ms van loan's comment um over in the spp venic.

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Project we, the cra, invested a lot, has invested and is continuing to invest a lot of money in the city.

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Owned asset of the street uh in this case and a lot of people don't even realize it because.

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The straws folks do such a good job of maintaining their own.

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The property, but they are merely a tenant a hundred year tenant in a city-owned building.

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If I'm not mistaken, mr massey is that right, that's correct and, and and so I really don't- I really see.

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It as pretty similar, um this is a city-owned asset uh for the last uh 30-plus years. um You know the.

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City contributes periodically but not a whole lot, but the straws folks raised you know: 30 million.

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Dollars to do maintenance and upgrades uh over the years they're a very good they're, the kind.

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Of tenant that every every landlord would like to have, but you know the time comes periodically when.

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The landlord needs to kick in and do some made. You know, help do some major improvements.

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And mr sure has pointed out that that this this is very much a private public partnership.

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um On the public side, I believe, eventually they'll probably be circling back to the county as well as.

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The state and maybe even the feds, we hope uh to get to get some additional funding for this total.

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You know 80 80 million dollar project, but the city.

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uh The city being the landlord being the owner of the property, um I I feel totally comfortable.

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um You know that we that we would kick in as long as mr chairman, it's financially prudent.

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And and also, I think, we have to recognize that it's not necessarily taxes that are coming from.

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Other parts of the city to subsidize downtown, it's the downtown taxes that are being kept.

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With within the downtown to subsidize these downtown improvements, so anyway, with all that said,.

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Mr chairman, I agree with you totally. We we take this in baby steps um and the first thing um that.

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uh By motion, what I'd like to do is direct our legal and uh and cra staff to work with the straws.

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Folks and and their attorneys and representatives to uh investigate this, to look at look on our own.

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Side in terms of you know what our budgets look like for the next five years, um and also to.

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Begin working with the straus representatives to draft merely draft not not approved today.

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But merely draft some type of funding agreement and whatever documents uh you know go with that.

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And I don't know what sort of time mr massey miss van loon, uh you would say you would you would.

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Like to come back uh on that um or or if david, I don't know, if you guys have a timetable as well.

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Right, obviously, we'd like to get stuff done as quickly as possible, because.

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um Once we have this um agreement in place, we can really push to our other sources of funding.

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And since it's a partnership um but but I like the motion, I think that um it gives us impetus.

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It opens the door for us to look at all the uh the things that uh come up in an agreement, and uh mr.

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Massey is right, it's you know it's in the details and getting everything sorted out and we we as an.

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Organization will put the time and drop everything else to make this happen. Mr massey, as you have a.

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Timetable on my motion, it's difficult to tell you exactly, but I you know we could give you.

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uh Regular reports, um if you would like monthly, where we are on the negotiations with the strats.

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This is going, I think that I think that sounds appropriate. It will be.

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It will be an evolving process in the involving documents. So um so my motion would stand.

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Directing legal and staff to work with the straws folks and and explore this issue.

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Start developing uh the various agreements uh necessary and report back to us monthly.

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Motion, mrs madison foreign, a second, I don't care anyone called a role in this one here, vieira.

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Maniscaco, yes, ding felder enthusiastically, yes, carlson, yes, cedro, yes, miranda and goods.

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Yes, motion care would be error, being abstinent, beau and miranda being absent.

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Mr cherokee, thank you. You're recognized ms van loan, just for the public. That's watching and.

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We go through the budgets but in case somebody's watching for the first time, can you give? Can you.

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Give everyone a just a general idea: it won't hold you to the exact number, but a general idea as to.

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What budget will be in the in the downtown cra over the next five years or or maybe.

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You know, especially what it would be in in the fifth year as compared to five million dollars.

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Generally, we work on sorry, I didn't bring the planning budget with me. We work on five percent.

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We assume a five percent increase each year over there because of some of our buildings that are.

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Coming online over the next couple of years, a lot of the developments that are coming online.

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We had increased that by, I believe about a million dollars a year for three years. On top of that, five.

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Percent, so as you look at the five you would add each year, one additional on top of that six. Seven.

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Eight, in addition to the five percent that as a standard, the budget office uses in the planning.

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Budget until we get each year's actual revenue so looking out at about four years, I would expect.

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That to be at least to the nine ten million. But I can I'd, have to go back to the planning budget and.

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I don't and there are certain commitments that have already been made, but the point is that.

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um It's not like straz is taking all the money, there's other. There will be other money for.

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Other projects and, as I said in the beginning, you know if I had my choice, I would put a.

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Cap on this and I'd move this money to other areas that desperately need it.

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But unless we do that, I think we need to spend it on something. That's going to be.

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You know important economic engine and and benefits the people throughout the city and.

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And there are more, I know after this we're going to get lots of calls from people who.

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Also want projects, but the arts have been unfunded, underfunded and unfunded. Defunded.

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In the last 10 years and and I think it's important for us to support them, thank you.

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Anyone else all right, we thank you folks and we're going to move on out of number four.

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Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. So much. Thank you. Thank you. So so much we are believe me you. We.

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Will we will do such a great job for this city? So thank you so much. Thank you. Miss lisa and.

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If I could ask this straz folks to stay on the line as number five will be your cultural assets.

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Covered grant that will be coming up uh in two items: miss lisa. If you still on the line, please.

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You want me, yes, we'll just stay on the line. Yes, mr elon, let's go have your mind. Let's go ahead and go.

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She's on the line: let's go into number five and we'll come back before number. Five. Is your brand.

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New cultural assets, retrofit grant for covid related items and the cultural assets that do.

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Set on city of tampa property in the downtown and channel district area, we did receive two grants.

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Since we approved this grant program in december and the first one is the stras, they did receive.

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500 000 from cares funding to help them address most of the hvac improvements that are needed.

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In order to address air quality and fresh air within the building and part of this, grant that.

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Is requested for six hundred and seventy seven thousand seven thirty seven would address their.

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Priorities to complete the hvac work and then also create touchless systems when their public.

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Does come back into the building, such as in your restrooms? Touchless doors touch lists, fixtures.

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Water fountains and any interfaces with the public so that you can limit and reduce multiple people.

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Touching various items throughout the uh facility, so their request is 677 and change for this.

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Product remove the resolution second motion for mr uh second by uh mr uh dingfield. Any discussion.

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Just see mr carlson, you recognize just again for the public. um Strat center is coming up.

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Twice here, uh but if you happen to have heard uh ms lizzi's presentation a few months ago, I don't.

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Sorry, if I don't remember the numbers exactly right, I think because of coveton, because.

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They're shut down they're losing eight to ten million dollars or more in operating expenses.

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And and we as cra cannot fund that, but we can help with physical infrastructure related to disease.

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That's in the statute and in particular, as you just described, these are.

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These are physical changes to make the facility safer so that when people can go back, they don't.

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Have to touch things and it'll it'll, make it safer and, as mr dingfelder said, it is a city owned.

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Facility- and so I think it's a it's a good idea to approve this. Thank you. Anyone else for discussion.

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Their total project, just for the hvac system, is six hundred and twelve thousand.

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They did receive 228, 000 and change from the cares act, and so they requesting the balance of 383.

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598 again to help purify and clean the air.

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And add more fresh air into the building when the public is again using the building.

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Second, mr uh scalco.

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In regard to the tip theater, I think mr man sakaka you're on that board.

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And I know they do great work over there, so thank you.

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Manny, yes carlson, yes cedra and mr chair, I'm going to vote yes, but I cannot wait for another.

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Historic building and a cultural building to open back up after this pandemic ceases. Thank.

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You very much yes, mr chair miranda and goulds yes, motion carry would be ever being abstinent vote.

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In miranda being absent, could I say one thing you recognize just just to add to that tampa theater.

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Is you know one of the few remaining uh theaters like that in the country? It's it's a it's a.

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Facility that we all take pride in uh it literally is a symbol of tampa. um It's a place that has the.

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Arts they're they're training programs for kids. uh You know my kids have participated in video.

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Making programs- uh you know every kid wants to be a youtuber now and they have all kinds of programs.

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Like that, when they're open, tampa theater among the other arts groups in downtown is an economic.

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Engine for sure it adds to the creative industries, but it also has serious capital needs um and and.

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The their budget has been was cut over the last 10 years severely, and I hope that they come back.

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To us, similar to the strata center with capital improvements, because we need to once and for all.

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Protect and support that institution they did a great job on their entrance way and with the.

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Seats and other things restoring the historic look and feel, but but the the major part of the.

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Theater that we all love is really in danger and we need to make sure that we protect it. Thank you.

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Six I'll address that uh chair. This is a revision to your emergency rules or.

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Procedure to recognize that next month you all will be meeting back in city, council chambers.

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And so it's clarifying that we are taking comments via voicemail that wasn't clarified in the last.

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Edition of this, and also encouraging folks to participate virtually given the the.

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Size of the city, council, chambers, and uh making them aware of the the that they do want to come to.

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City council, to to city hall for the meeting there will be facilities available on the second floor.

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For them to participate, so that's the purpose of the item number six. It's to mention your emergency.

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Rules or procedure during the while we're having these hybrid meetings.

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Thank you, sir. Anyone remove the resolution, I'll move. The resolution.

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This interest move resolution. Second, second about mr manuscalco: any discussion.

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Yes, carlson, yes, sidrow, yes, miranda and gold, yes motion k. Would we ever be an abstinent vote.

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And miranda being absent item number seven is a resolution, but it also has a substitute. Yes, sir,.

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And uh let me briefly address that and I believe, um representatives from the tampa allen hotel.

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Inc are also here and they may want to address the cra board. Briefly, um you all will recall.

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um This summer, a motion was made by the cra board after much discussion about hermann massey park.

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The concern that the the tampa allen hotel folks expressed with the design that had that had been.

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Approved by the parks department for the renovation of that park,.

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Would have located a dog park next to their property and they're looking to renovate.

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That building perhaps providing access to the park and maybe incorporating and coming into some paper.

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Potential future arrangement with the city relative to that, and so you all uh were supporting.

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uh An effort to redesign the park and to look at moving the dog park to another area within that.

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That uh relatively small park, but the reason it was estimated to cause.

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About 85 000 on the city staff up the tampa allen. Hotel folks have abundant approximately.

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I better get check for 360 dollars to fund the redesign. This agreement addresses it.

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It sets the score for the redesign move forward that they will make sure that they're included in.

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Discussions, regardless that they have a copy of the proposed redesign of the park.

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Move the dog park: it allows them to each director to see if they get resolved at the.

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Journal that cannot use their level because they're used and for the right would.

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Cause constructive parts, it would come back to the cigarette station.

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That's what's good.

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Thank you. Thank you, mr massey. um My question is twofold, and I can't remember where I saw.

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This on here on the document I was reading this morning, but the it mentions about coming back to.

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The cra, but I didn't see where it mentioned about coming to the cac.

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As a matter of fact, I don't, I don't necessarily see the cac well, I think the csu would be involved.

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In the whole design effort, it does then and the whole, as I understand the way, the whole design.

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Effort uh moves forward and the funding of the the park, the the redesign effort and the ceras.

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Participation and the uh improvements to the park, I think, had has already gone to the cac.

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So the cac has already, I think, philosophically endorsed it, um but you know, as I understand the.

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Way, this effort is is done by the parks department. They have, they have a neighborhood meeting where.

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They invite everyone who is in that geographic area, which would include members of the cac.

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uh To participate in and review the design plans and give their input and how they would like to.

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See the park redesigned and reconfigured, I believe that you know that it's part of the.

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Design effort the cac would also be consulted and be part of that process before the design.

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Is formally approved and and and moves forward for construction drawings? What we have here.

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I'm just trying to get us out of the design phase. What we have here is a design that was.

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Has was approved, there is actually construction drawings that have been already prepared.

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So you know everyone was moved ready to move forward with from the massey park.

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Redesign with the dog park close to the tampa allen hotel property because of the.

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Concerns expressed by the tampa allen hotel folks. What we're doing is we're moving back.

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To basically square one and and then looking and asking our consultant to redesign the park.

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Specifically, to try to move the dog park elsewhere within the park, so it's not.

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Abutting, the tampa, allen, hotel property um and then and then you know the construction of it.

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Would be, I would assume, would go back to the cac for approval and obviously construction contract.

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With the funding coming from the cra, that funding would have to be approved by this.

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This board- okay, mr chairman, um and- and I don't want to you- know- have us rewrite this contract.

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Last minute, but with mr massey and miss van loan's, assurances that the cac as mr sutro often points.

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Out that this is a bottom-up organization and the cac needs to to be deeply involved in this.

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As well as you know, some of those buildings that are directly impacted so I'm sure.

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Miss van allen, you and your staff will make sure that that happens with the consultant correct.

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Yes, sir okay and then the last question I had was down at on page three at the bottom, under 3d.

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And mr massey and I have discussed this briefly so basically, if, if the consultant comes.

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Concludes that there's an alternative plan and uh and then the the he would present that.

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Alternative plan and then it sort of goes on to say the city will proceed to make improvements.

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Consistent with the modified plan- and I assume that when it says the city, it also.

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Implicitly means that the cra would fund it.

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As as modified, is that the intent mr master, I mean the intent was to try to get us out of.

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The design phase process, but the construction contract has to I mean the construction money.

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For this project will have to be approved as part of your budget and be approved by this board. So if.

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You all are still have concerns with the design after the design effort. Then you know there is a.

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There would be a stop gap there. If that's your concern. Okay, all right! Thank you, mr chairman,.

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Anything else on uh mr massey, miss uh belong, question, move item, number, seven resolution and the.

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Substitute item second emotional, mr uh maniscalco segment: sitro any discussion, roll cover vieira.

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Yes, ding felder, yes, maniscaco, yes, carlson, yes, sietra, yes, miranda and ghouls. Yes, motion care.

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With miranda being absent, all right item number eight was removed, we'll go to item number nine.

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Items number nine through 14 are your annual appointments and reappointments to the various.

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Cacs, this will cover most as you notice in your memos. It does say we would still have remaining.

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Openings as some of the ex-officio groups and the.

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Community groups, within our cras change, who they are, the representatives are and some.

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Of our at-large members have expired after two two-year terms, and so we are still soliciting and.

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We will come back to you in february, with more appointments to more fully fill out. The full.

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uh Compliment of cac members, so your first one for number nine is to uh reappoint two members.

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To the downtown cac, mr chairman, can we move from mr mask? Can we move 9 through 14 as one I believe.

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If there's no issues with them, I think you could do a motion if you wanted to go ahead.

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And move them all at one time unless there's any objection or anybody has any questions.

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All right have a motion about mr matt scout could move items number nine through.

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Fourteen second, second by mystery, dean, father in discussion, rokovo vieira, yes, king felder, yes, yes,.

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Carlson, yes, sietra, yes, miranda and goons. Yes, motion k with miranda.

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All right we're down to you information reports and uh new business. uh Mr vera.

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Nothing sir scalco, nothing builder did we vote on number. Eight number eight was removed, sir.

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I'm sorry yeah, it was strict. I was struck. We actually, you actually approved that in december.

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Okay, so nothing thank you, mr mr carlson, just quickly, uh two things, one for your suggestion.

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I'd like to make a motion to ask the cra staff to ask the hcac to come back with their top choice.

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For a recommended area that would be included in a neighborhood commercial.

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District study, understanding that these might not happen right away, but at least we will have.

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Feedback from the cacs as to where they think the top priority would be for their district.

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Have motion for mr carlson clarify the motion. I'm sorry that we would remember earlier. I.

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Was talking about the neighborhood commercial district plans um that we had supported a year.

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And a half ago now two of them are underway and one in west tampa one in south tampa.

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Cra board only has jurisdiction over the cra districts, and so we can't affect areas that.

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Are outside that district in this forum? So what I would suggest is that we have staff to ask the.

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Cacs each cac what their top recommendation would be for a for an area that would be included in a.

J

In a neighborhood commercial district plan, so we still would have to address.

I

North newton, new tampa or north tampa yeah uh as a as a city item. I guess instead of a cra.

J

Yeah and then any other place in south tampa too correct. Okay. Second, second, mr.

D

Mushroom's on the floor by ms carlson. Second, one is dean, felder, amor discussion.

D

Roll cover riera, yes, link, felder; yes, yes, carlson, yes, cedric, yes, miranda.

B

And goons, yes, motion carry with miranda being absent. The second thing is a year and a half ago.

J

uh Before ms van loan moved up into this position, we voted to create a strategic plan for the cra.

J

Not the dis, not the cacs or the districts, but the cra, and we never finished that, and um I guess I.

J

Would like to make a motion that we asked staff to finish that process and the the reason is that.

J

Think about the because of the way we set up the c c because of the law and the way we set up the cra.

J

um We as the board have responsibility, power and responsibility now for the cra districts.

J

And we don't have any document um or guidelines uh for michelle and her staff to follow.

J

That she has the uh the plans from the individual cacs, but she doesn't have any plan for us. There's.

J

There's no way for us to objectively measure her success or her staff success, and I think we.

J

Need to finish that process so that we can get a consensus about how we would how we view the.

J

The uh the cra district or the cra overall, so the motion is that we ask staff to continue with.

J

And finish, the uh cra planning process motion flow with mr carlson have a second.

I

Second, can we modify that bill slightly too to ask michelle to come back and report to.

I

Us about what's involved in that how much it costs what the scope of that would be, etc. I.

I

Mean because, typically, like I know for east tampa, we had to pay a couple hundred thousand dollars.

I

For the outside consultant to do that yeah, that's a good point and probably it should be an outside.

J

Consultant michelle was, she has expertise in doing it. She was doing it herself last time, but.

J

Now she has more responsibility and may want to outsource it. So I'll modify my motion to say that.

J

That we would ask staff to look into finishing the cra planning process and to report back.

J

To us on what steps or budget, we need to complete that. Second, we need to set a date.

J

um Maybe is the is the next cra meeting, okay or two cr meetings.

F

Because january, our current meeting is so late in the month and we meet in three weeks for the.

J

February I would request that it be march okay, so, in the march meeting please cra me.

D

March 11th, yes, sir march 11th, emotional, four of mr carls for march 11, update from miss van long.

D

uh I think it was segmented by mr dingfeld.

D

Any more discussion- rokovo vieira, yes kingfelder, yes, maniscaco, yes, carlson, yes,.

B

Sietra yes, miranda and goons yes, motion carrying with me down there being absent. That's all right!.

A

Nothing today, thank you, mr chair. Thank you, gentlemen. I just have one item, miss van long.

D

I've received- and I should have mentioned to you this on tuesday, at our general review. uh I.

D

Received phone calls from some of the east tampa board members in reference to, I guess not knowing.

D

uh Previous things that are on the way to be done in each town, but have already been approved before.

D

What items that are in the pipeline and I feel there's no clear understanding. I know I was at.

D

The having to walk into that last meeting- and I heard some questions about some things- that.

D

I think was some things were already approved, but some of the members didn't know they were approved.

D

I would ask that you uh get on the next agenda of the past, the past chair and maybe can come in and.

D

Update the new chair in the board of the previous items that have been moved on and passed so they.

D

Are aware, what's in the pipeline versus not knowing what's going on or what uh the staff.

D

Is already doing, I think when you get a you know, I hear from a lot of cc when you get a new board and.

D

Especially these type of lay boards, I think it's good that it should be a transition meeting.

D

That way, they know what's going on, because you've got to be established basically has a whole new.

D

Board over there, so really they don't really know about ca, they're, trying to figure out what's going.

D

On how it works, how it operates, and I really think these eventually, mr carlson, I'm glad you said.

D

That in a strategic plan, if this happens, to make sure that we have an educational portion because.

D

I set on the cc4 and I see how slimmed down the educational portion is of knowing about the cac.

D

And what their roles are and what they can do, what they can't do, so I think eventually, we've got to.

D

Have some type of when, when you're getting a new body coming especially lay boards, they need some.

D

Kind of transition period that the new chair, old chair uh or sit down, so they know what is going on.

D

So no one's in awe- I didn't know that I don't know this, so I think that needs to happen uh in.

D

The future, but definitely right now for each tamp. I think that we need to have the past chair.

D

Go in give it give a pass free as well being said what was done previous, what is in the pipeline so.

D

People can be updated. I think that's appropriate to do and I like to get that done at your next.

D

Meeting if possible, if the chair, if the past chair is available or whatever she can become available.

F

We will reach out to her. Thank you anything else, gentlemen. Again, I thank you. A great.

D

Meeting today for our first meeting back, uh can I get a motion to receive a file.

E

Exactly mostly survivor, mr manuscript second by ms sitro, all in favor aye aye, we are joined. You.