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A
B
Good
morning,
mr
chairman,
thank
you
very
much
this
morning.
I
am
pleased
to
introduce
pastor
joe
harris
pastor
joe,
is
the
senior
pastor
for
calvary
chapel
of
south
tampa,
and
they
meet
at
the
friday
morning,
musical
right
there.
Next
to
gory
elementary
pastor
joe's
been
serving
there
for
seven
years
he
received
his
master's
degree
from
liberty
university
in
lynchburg
virginia.
B
C
C
We
thank
you,
god
for
how
you
have
blessed
our
city
in
so
many
ways,
lord
from
our
sports
teams
to
the
culture
to
the
economy.
We
thank
you,
lord,
for
your
blessing.
We
pray
today
for
protection
over
those
serving
as
first
responders
and
in
public
service.
We
pray
for
an
end
to
this
pandemic
and
for
less
violence
and
crime
in
our
schools
and
streets.
Lord,
we
today
we
ask
you,
god
for
wisdom,
for
those
in
leadership.
We
pray
for
unity
and
guidance.
C
May
this
decisions
that
we
make
today
have
a
positive
impact
on
the
future
and
be
beneficial
for
those
living
in
the
city.
We
pray
for
wisdom
to
make
our
city
more
prosperous,
successful
and
safer
than
ever
and
god.
We
do
pray
that
you
continue
to
bless
our
city
and
our
nation.
We
love
you,
god
and
we
we
need
your
wisdom
and
guidance.
I
pray
that
you
give
peace
and
joy
to
all
those
here
today
in
jesus
name,
amen.
A
D
D
E
Good
morning,
mr
chair,
I
understand
that
there
may
be
some
changes
to
the
agenda
this
morning,
so
you
may
want
to
address
that
before
public
comment
regarding
possible
recess.
A
Yes,
I
was
going
to
let
you
give
the
the
legal
things
we
have
to
get
out
of
the
way.
I
think
you
can
do
that.
A
All
right,
thank
you
very
much.
Fellow
board.
Members.
Miss
pat
frank,
is
gonna,
be
honored
today
at
the
at
the
courthouse
at
10
o'clock,
for
her
wonderful
achievements,
not
only
in
politics
but
in
her
community
service.
I
was
wondering
if
we
all,
as
a
group
want
to
attend
that
ceremony.
If
so,
I
will
entertain
a
motion.
D
A
E
All
right
before
public
comment,
I
do
want
to
go
through
the
legal
direction.
Regarding
public
comment,
this
meeting
of
the
city
of
tampa
community
development
agency
is
being
conducted
with
a
live
in
person
quorum
of
the
cra
board
present
in
city
council
chambers.
E
However,
in
light
of
the
continuing
covet
19
government
issued
health
standards
or
guidance
in
effect,
members
of
the
public
are
encouraged
and
allowed
to
participate
virtually
through
video
or
auto
audio
teleconferencing
referred
to
by
florida
statutes
and
rules.
As
communication
media
technology,
the
public
and
citizens
of
the
city
of
tampa
are
able
to
watch,
listen
or
view
this
meeting
on
cable
tv
spectrum,
channel
640
and
frontier
channel
15
or
through
the
internet,
tampa.gov
livestream.
E
They
may,
as
noted,
speak
remotely
during
public
comment
with
the
use
of
cmt
as
long
as
they
have
registered
in
advance
of
this
meeting,
and
they
may
also
participate
by
using
the
communication
media
technology
available
at
old
city
hall.
On
the
second
floor,
if
they
do
so
use,
some
mask
and
social
distancing
inside
the
building
are
encouraged.
E
D
A
F
Cohen,
good
morning,
honorable
board
members,
it's
really
wonderful
to
be
with
you
this
morning.
My
name
is
harry
cohen.
I
am
on
the
board
of
county
commissioners,
and
previously
I
served
on
this
body
for
eight
years,
seven
of
which
I
served
as
this
board's
designated
representative
on
the
straz
center
board
of
trustees,
and
I
am
now
the
board
of
county
commissioners
representative
on
that
board.
I
wanted
to
come
this
morning
and
lend
my
voice
in
support
of
what
you
are
all
going
to
do
in
support
of
the
straz
center's
master
plan.
F
The
board
of
county
commissioners
voted
unanimously
earlier
this
year
to
put
two
and
a
half
million
dollars
from
this
fiscal
year's
budget
into
the
strasses
master
plan.
As
a
down
payment
on
the
project
and
as
a
sign
of
our
support
for
this
project,
it
is
critically
important
that
we
support
the
arts
in
our
community,
because
the
straz
center
is
not
just
an
asset
to
the
city.
It's
an
asset
to
the
county
and
to
the
region
providing
countless
hours
of
entertainment
and
education
to
citizens
from
all
over.
F
It's
also
very
important
to
point
out
that
the
straz
is
an
economic
engine
to
the
region.
They
fill
hotel
rooms,
they
fill
restaurants,
but
most
of
all,
they
bring
joy
to
our
community,
and
I
wanted
to
lend
my
voice
this
morning
in
support
of
this
very
worthy
project,
and
let
you
know
that
I
am
going
to
do
everything
I
can
to
make
sure
that
the
board
of
county
commissioners
of
hillsborough
county
is
your
partner
in
this
going
forward.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
this
time
to
speak.
I
appreciate
it.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
commissioner.
Councilman
dink
felder.
B
Mr
cohn
yeah,
yes
yeah-
I
just
want
I
just
wanted
to
to
thank
you
not
only
for
coming
down
the
street
and
and
informing
us
of
your
position
and
the
county's
action,
but
also
of
all
your
hard
and
good
work
that
you're
doing
at
the
county
commission
it
was.
It
was
obvious
that
that
was
going
to
happen
because
of
the
good
work
you
did
here
at
city,
council
and
the
cra,
and
we
we
know
you're
continuing
the
same
good
work
up
the
street.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
your
public
service.
G
Commissioner
cohen,
thanks
for
your
service
on
city,
council
and
and
your
support
of
the
arts
last
meeting
this
last
cra
board
meeting,
there
was
some
question
about
the
county's
commitment.
What
the
county
would
put
in
you
just
said
two
and
a
half
million
now
as
a
down
payment.
But
in
our
private
conversation
I
know
you're
trying
to
get
a
much
bigger
number
and
you
can't
commit
to
what
that
number
is
today.
G
But
could
you
just
make
it
clear
to
everyone
that
you're
so
you're
looking
to
get
a
number
much
bigger
than
two
and
a
half
million.
F
Yes,
you
know
the
difference
between
the
way
the
board
of
county
commissioners,
work
and,
and
the
city
council
is
that
we
don't
have
the
ability
to
make
the
same
type
of
multi-year
commitment
that
the
cra
does,
partly
because
we
don't
own
the
facility,
but
also
just
because
of
the
way
that
that
our
finances
work.
But
what
I
can
assure
you
is
that
I
will
be
working
very
hard
to
make
sure
that
we
support
this
project
with
additional
funds
going
forward.
F
As
you
know,
there
are,
there
are
lots
of
of
ways
that
that
funding
can
materialize,
and
what
I
can
tell
you
is
that
our
board
in
passing
unanimously
the
initial
appropriation,
which
was
just
from
this
year's
budget,
signaled
its
support
for
this
project.
This
is
a
facility
that
is
over
30
years
old.
F
At
this
point,
it
does
need
upgrades
and
it's
something
that
we
feel
is
very
very
important
to
invest
in
both
because
it's
an
economic
driver,
but
also
because
it
is
such
an
important
cultural
asset
to
the
county
and
to
the
region.
So
I
will
definitely
be
in
the
fight
for
more
funds
going
forward
and
I'll
be
happy
to
report
back
to
you
on
our
progress
as
we
continue
that
work.
A
Yes,
councilman
vieira.
H
Thank
you
very
much.
I
just
wanted
to
echo
what
was
said
and
thank
you,
commissioner
corn,
for
your
hard
work,
you're
one
of
my
favorite
elected
officials.
It
was
a
pleasure
to
work
with
you
for
two
two
and
a
half
years
and
in
spite
of
any
differences
that
we
may
have
on
this
issue,
I
know
that
you're
very
passionate,
and
I
thank
you
for
your
lbj
defense
of
public
subsidies
for
the
arts.
Thank
you,
sir.
F
Well,
I
particularly
believe
in
public
subsidies
for
the
arts,
when
the
arts
are
such
an
important
economic
engine
for
the
community
that
they
serve,
but
thank
you
thank.
I
Well,
commissioner
cohen,
thank
you
for
coming
here
this
morning
to
give
you
a
take
on
the
issue.
I'm
glad
you
said
what
you
said,
because
those
were
some
of
my
concerns
of
how
much
was
the
county
putting
in
because
this
is
a
big
draw
that
our
cra
is
putting
in
the
cec.
And
you
know
the
cec
has
made
their
decision
how
they
feel
about
the
project.
I'm
going
to
take
that
into
consideration
this
morning.
I
J
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
corn,
it's
been
a
pleasure
knowing
you
and
I
spent
eight
years
with
you,
and
I
learned
a
lot
from
you.
You
very
forward,
and
you
say
the
right
things.
You
say
what
you
feel
in
your
heart
and
a
lot
of
us
that
get
elected
sometimes
stray
away
from
that.
I'm
not
talking
about
this
board
or
your
board,
but
in
government
in
general.
When
you
look
at
the
arts,
these
are
publicly.
Let
me
say
that
again,
these
are
publicly
owned
buildings.
J
J
When
we
had
a
convention
center
downtown
guess
what
was
lacking
a
convention
hotel
when
we
with
your
efforts
and
others,
these
things
became
a
parte
of
road
over
like
the
lottery.
Nobody
hit
the
lottery.
It
goes
up
in
value.
Well
as
soon
as
we
put
the
one
hotel
in
through
subsidies
of
some
sort.
J
Guess
what
happened?
Another
one
came
in
with
no
subsidies.
Another
one
came
in
another
one
came
in
now
we
have
adequate
room,
but
we
can
have
a
larger
convention
with
people
have
the
right
to
stay
in
even
a
five-star
hotel.
Now,
so
things
started
slow,
but
somehow
we
got
here
and
it's
been
a
hardship
but
a
worthy.
J
Nothing
that
comes
easy
is
worth
it.
You
have
to
work
the
struggle
to
get
where
you're
at
and
I
mean
including
government,
including
the
employees
on
or
off
this
diet
on
or
off
in
the
world.
You
have
to
go
out
and
scratch
to
make
things
happen,
and
things
have
happened
because
individuals
like
yourself
being
in
government-
and
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
very
much
for
all
your
years
of
service.
Thank
you.
Councilman.
D
Commissioner
cohen
you're,
one
of
my
favorite
human
beings
and-
and
I
I
love
you
like
a
brother-
and
I
had
the
pleasure
and
honor
of
serving
with
you
for
four
years
on
city
council,
and
I
understand
your
your
hard
work,
your
passion,
your
dedication
here
at
the
city
and
now
at
the
county
level,
and
I
appreciate
you
coming
today
and
giving
us
a
few
more
details
in
regards
to
the
county's
commitment.
D
I
think
we
all
understand
the
importance
and
the
significance
of
the
stras
center.
The
economic
impact
of
this
community,
which
you
really
can't
put
a
dollar
amount
on
the
arts,
are,
you
could
say
priceless
because
of
what
it
attracts
to
the
city,
what
it
does
for
the
city,
how
it
promotes
the
city,
so
it
is
a.
It
is
a
win-win,
and
I
think
you
know
this
kind
of
investment.
Although
large
is
noble
and
it
is
worth
it,
we
see
everything
that
is
happening
downtown.
D
K
Good
morning,
chair
and
cra
board
members
and
welcome
to
this
beautiful
day.
Our
first
item
on
the
agenda
is.
A
Do
we
have
we?
We
have?
No
more
speakers
downstairs.
We
have
one
that
is,
has
registered
to
call
in.
L
M
Good
morning,
everyone
thank
you
for
giving
me
an
opportunity
to
speak
before
the
cra
committee.
I
want
to
start
with
two
updates.
One,
a
update
is
for
the
general
cra
and
then
specifically
for
the
west.
Tampa
cra.
M
As
you
know,
in
dc,
the
buying
administration
is
looking
at
the
current
policies
and
procedures
related
to
cra
that
was
created
during
the
trump
administration
they're
looking
at
the
policy
to
change
it
to
reflect
more
people,
programs
and
things
of
that
nature.
Instead
of
this
rickson
mode,
west
campus
cdc
and
the
west
tampa
overlay
committee,
I'm
sorry
the
west
tampa
the
west
temple
cra,
so
I'll
go
with
the
committees
to
focus
on
economic
growth,
public
sector
and
job
creation.
M
The
first
thing
that
we
have
that's
going
to
be
rolled
out
is
the
west
tampa
cdc
technology,
wealth
field
and
job
creation
center.
That's
part
of
the
wrong
street
project.
That's
going
on
now.
Our
role
in
that
project
is
to
create
business
opportunity
for
residents.
Now
some
of
the
things
that's
coming
out.
This
particular
creation
is
what
we
call
our
technology
center.
As
you,
gentlemen,
know,
most
jobs
are
going
away
for
five
years.
Those
people
that
are
working
at
mcdonald's
and
baltimore
those
jobs
are
being
taken
over
by
by
machines.
M
So
our
focus
is
how
do
we
create
new
jobs
and
technology?
That's
going
to
be
the
focus
of
the
technology
center
and
providing
residents
with
training
and
how
to
code,
how
to
use
artificial
intelligence
and
etc.
The
other
part
of
that
is
the
business
development
center
that
we're
going
to
create
that's
part
of
their
own
yard.
What's
most
important
about
this,
is
it's
going
to
focus
on
giving
residents
an
opportunity
to
start
their
own
business?
What's
important
about
that?
Is
that
we're
going
to
focus
on
people?
M
That's
had
a
hard
time
in
getting
into
the
market
being
a
criminal
record
disability
we're
going
to
work
with
those
generations,
we'll
start
their
own
business,
with
a
focus
on
females,
because
they've
lost
the
most
in
this
market
and
we
want
to
work
work
with
them
in
terms
of
starting
a
home,
our
own
fitness.
The
our
initiative,
that's
coming
out
of
this
is
the
healthy
community
and
social
enabling
safe
neighborhoods.
M
The
initiative
related
to
health
works,
with
people
from
birth
to
death
and
then,
finally,
the
last
part
is
working
with
those
individuals
with
criminal
records
to
get
them
off
the
streets
in
order
to
to
be
part
of
society
again,
I
want
to
thank
you
again
for
giving
me
an
opportunity
to
speak
and,
as
always
for
those
of
us
listen
to
me,
this
is
yours.
This
is
your
elected
body.
You
need
to
come
out
and
speak
and
share
your
thoughts
with
them.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
Thank
you
very
much,
sir.
On
that
note
quickly.
If
I
saw
councilman
dingfelder
there
yesterday
at
the
rome
yard
presentation,
it
looks
as
if
it's
going
to
be
a
wonderful,
wonderful
development
out
there
with
all
sorts
of
levels
of
housing,
economics,
retail,
grocery
and
whatnot.
Did
you
go
also?
Yes,
it
was
it
was.
It
was
wonderful,
yes,
tim.
We
have
one
more
speaker
downstairs.
Yes,
we
do
once
we.
N
I
want
to
bring
something
to
the
people's
attention,
which
is
the
forced
resignation
of
john
gruden,
and
it's
interesting
that
a
person
can
be
forced
to
re
resign
or
retire
or
whatsoever.
They
want
to
call
it
for
his
speech,
but
you
have
people
right
here.
You
got
judges
right
here
that
sending
africans
to
prison
for
life,
for
marijuana
charges
and
other
nonsense
charges
and
they
walking
around
like
ain't.
N
Just
they
got
some
kind
of
immunity
of
some
sort,
and
so
is
something
wrong
about
that
system
is
something
absolutely
positively
wrong
about
that
system
in
the
way
that
the
fact
of
the
matter
is
they're
taking
john
gruden's
stuff
down,
but
this
city
council
right
here
for
all
these
years
since
1851
we've
been
26
percent
or
more
of
this
population,
never
got
any
kind
of
justice.
No
reparations
from
this
city.
There's
something
wrong
about
that
system.
N
N
For,
however,
they
talking
in
the
privacy
of
their
home
or
wheresoever,
and
every
white
people
can
make
trillions
of
dollars
off
every
african
talk
about
killer
end.
Do
this
to
end
whatever
nb
there's
be
that
and
no
check
and
balance
system
on
that.
N
N
It's
a
trick
to
that
system
and
the
people
have
to
wake
up
to
that.
We
have
to
wake
up
to
that
and
we
have
to
expect
more.
We
have
to
expect
more
and
we
have
to
get
more
from
our
politicians
from
our
elected
body
from
our
elected
representative.
We
have
to
expect
more
and
get
more.
The
fact
of
the
matter
is,
you
can't
fix
everything
in
one
day,
but
some
things
got
to
get
fixed
right
away.
N
K
So
our
first
item
on
the
agenda
is
a
resolution
between
the
community
redevelopment
agency
board
and
the
straz
performing
arts
center
inc
for
a
construction
and
funding
agreement
for
this
item.
I
do
have
miss
judy
lisi,
the
ceo
and
president
of
the
straz
performing
arts,
inc
foundation
and
the
non-profit.
We
also
have
david
sher
the
board
member,
and
we
have
miss
donna,
mcbride
and
miss
julie
britton.
So
I
will
bring
them
up
at
this
time
to
make
a
few
brief
remarks.
O
Good
morning,
thank
you
so
much
for
the
opportunity
to
be
here.
I'm
judy
lisey,
I'm
president
and
ceo
of
our
beautiful
strass
center
and,
as
michelle
said
with
me
today,
is
david
sher,
who
is
the
chairman
of
our
master
plan
committee.
O
As
you
know,
the
performing
arts
center
is
a
public
facility
owned
by
the
city
of
tampa
and
managed
by
our
not-for-profit,
which
has
management
agreement
with
the
city.
This
beautiful
performing
arts
center
opened
in
1988.
O
It
is
now
35
years
old.
We've
welcomed
more
than
20
million
people
into
our
six
theaters
and
our
conservatory,
and
we
have
partnerships
throughout
the
entire
50
partnerships
throughout
the
community.
This
is
the
first
master
plan
in
that
time
and
it
is
designed
to
provide
necessary
major
improvements
and
expansion
for
the
future.
O
This
plan
is
totally
aligned
with
the
city
of
tampa's
vision
for
the
future.
The
total
capital
project
for
the
publicly
owned
facility
is
80
million
dollars
and
the
project
is
in
full
compliance
with
all
cra
criteria
and
the
cra
funds
of
25
million
dollars,
which
you
will
vote
on
today,
support
the
entire
public
facility.
It
all
goes
to
the
public
facility.
O
The
strass
center
board
will
match
all
cra
funds
through
a
private
capital
campaign
which
leverages
all
of
these
cra
dollars.
The
plan
was
unanimously
approved
by
the
downtown
cra
community
advisory
board.
The
plan
will
increase
the
center's
130
million
dollar
economic
impact
by
at
least
20
percent,
and
will
have
a
major
increase
on
our
workforce.
O
The
design
has
been
purposely
planned
to
open
up
the
center's
lobbies
and
public
spaces
to
the
entire
community
and
serve
as
exciting
and
uplifting
experience
for
all,
and
today,
I'm
just
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
how
the
plan
supports
our
city's
vision
for
the
future
and
some
human
stories
you
know.
Sometimes
plants
can
get
lost
in
the
numbers,
but
there
are
human
beings
who
are
impacted
on
a
daily
basis.
O
As
we
look
at
the
boundless
potential
of
our
great
city,
we
are
focused
on
making
tampa's
performing
arts
center
more
resilient
and
sustainable
for
the
future.
On
this
side,
you
see
our
goals
for
the
stras
center
master
plan.
These
goals
support
the
city's
t3
and
brazilian
tampa
plans
to
drive
economic
impact,
increase
opportunities
for
all
our
citizens
and
area
visitors,
contribute
to
our
neighborhoods,
enhance
tampa's
infrastructure
and
support
our
community's
growth.
O
The
master
plan
will
help,
will
herald
tampa's,
amazing
tomorrows
by
strengthening
and
improving
the
future
of
arts,
culture,
education
and
entertainment
throughout
downtown
and
regionally
as
well.
The
master
plan
will
together
our
investment
in
the
new
strats,
will
strength,
will
strengthen
the
central
business
district
through
expanded
event.
Spending
increased
community
benefits,
new
business,
new
amenities
and
workforce
development.
O
On
this
slide,
you
see
our
current
annual
economic
impact
and,
as
I
said
earlier,
we
are
projecting
that
this
will
increase,
at
least
by
20,
to
30
percent.
Our
programs
teach
problem
solving
and
innovation
skills
that
are
transferable.
They
build
a
workforce
of
confident,
skilled
and
involved
citizens,
whether
their
careers
are
on
stage
or
off
here's.
One
example
of
many
many
examples
which
I
have,
and
I
just
have
time
for
one
today:
kissy
simmons
was
singing
in
a
church
choir.
She
came
to
us
and
she
had
such
talent.
O
She
worked
on
with
many
of
our
programs
and
our
artists.
She
gained
confidence.
We
helped
her
get
an
audition
in
new
york
and
she
landed
the
lead
role
of
nala
and
lion
king
for
six
years,
and
now
this
is
a
role
that
she
continues
and
now
she's
mentoring,
other
young
people.
Today
the
new
strats
will
align
with
the
resilient
tampa
vision
for
strengthening
community
services
by
providing
amazing
opportunities,
both
programmatically
and
through
physical
changes.
Our
community
engagement
programs
are
part
of
our
organization-wide
commitment
to
inclusion,
diversity,
equity
and
accessibility.
O
Our
award-winning
arts
legacy
remix
programs
on
our
riverwalk
stage
are
free
community
arts
events
each
event
explores
a
different
thread
of
tampa's,
diverse
cultural
fabric
and
builds
collaborations
with
hundreds
of
tampa
artists
and
organizations,
including
celebrations
like
juneteenth,
dr
martin
luther
king
day
veterans,
day
and
latin
jazz.
Our
arts
education
program
served
more
than
50
000
students.
We
have
long
worked
with
schools
and
organizations
to
uplift
vulnerable
communities,
providing
arts
learning
where
there
would
otherwise
be
none
through
scholarships,
internships
and
mentoring.
O
Many
of
our
programs
are
provided
at
no
cost
to
reduce
neighborhood
disparities
and
to
drive
creative
approaches
that
strengthen
all
of
our
citizens.
Here
you
see
jacob
potantis,
a
student
with
autism
jacobs.
Doctors
thought
he
would
never
speak,
but
at
our
patel
conservatory
theater
class,
he
developed
motor
skills
and
confidence
and
today
jacob
acts
and
sings
solo
on
stage
that
young
man's
life
has
been
changed.
O
O
It's
a
partnership
with
the
department
of
defense
in
washington
and
the
national
endowment
of
the
arts,
and
we
have
been
recognized
as
one
of
the
leaders
in
this
program.
We
will
elevate
access
to
the
stress
center
physically
through
a
spectacular
and
transformative
state-of-the-art
design
that
embraces
our
wonderful
position
on
the
riverwalk
and
will
meet
our
future
needs.
O
Now
that
we
have
so
much
river
traffic,
the
master
plan
also
contributes
to
a
thriving
downtown
neighborhood
experience.
The
new
strats
will
contribute
to
the
safety,
health
and
livability
of
our
diverse
neighborhoods,
with
an
open
campus
that
welcomes
everyone
with
an
easy,
green
approach
on
foot
boat,
bike,
scooter
or
skates.
Pedestrians
will
have
the
ability
to
walk
from
the
riverwalk
directly
onto
and
into
our
lobbies
and
facility.
Everyone
will
enjoy
the
water-oriented
character
of
the
strav
at
stras
and
its
vibrant
cultural
environment.
O
Finally,
the
master
plan
aligns
with
infrastructure
improvements
and
sustainability
efforts.
It
will
beautify
downtown
and
provide
smoother
transitions
onto
the
property,
including
easier
access
and
entrance
from
tyler
straighter
streets,
a
real
sense
of
place
on
our
iconic
sculpture,
that
will
be
bursting
from
the
river
and
a
new
north
entrance
that
will
improve
and
add
another
entrance.
O
Finally,
in
closing,
the
master
plan
truly
represents
our
boundless
potential
of
our
wonderful
tampa.
It
is
a
physical
expansion
that
transforms
our
cities
tomorrow
and
fuels
tampa's,
creativity
and
vibrancy.
Please
know
that
with
your
25
million
of
investment
in
this
project,
we
will
not
be
coming
back
to
you
with
another
capital.
Ask
for
our
plan,
we're
proud
to
partner
with
and
recognize
you
in
this
incredible
project,
and
we
understand
our
commitment
to
match
your
investment
and
our
board
is
poised
to
leverage
your
investment
and
to
match
it.
L
Good
morning,
I'll
be
very,
very
short.
Judy
has
given
a
wonderful
explanation
on
the
master
plan.
I
represent
the
board
of
directors,
along
with
bill
west
who's
watching
virtually
and
chuck
sykes,
and
I'm
here
to
commit,
on
behalf
of
the
board
the
raising
of
the
private
section
of
our
campaign
and
that's
approximately
50
million,
and
I
can
tell
you
as
of
right
now,
with
a
very
quiet
start
to
the
campaign.
After
kovit,
we've
already
raised
22
percent
of
our
portion
of
this
partnership.
A
Thank
you
both
very
much.
Let's
go
with
any
questions
and
I'll
start
on
my
left
with
councilman
miranda.
J
Then,
governor
martinez,
when
he
was
mayor
of
the
city
of
tampa,
was
one
of
the
wonderful
things
that
he
did
was
to
bring
this
to
the
public
and
and
to
make
sure
that
this
was
successful
and
through
thick
and
thin,
because
it
hasn't
always
been
easy.
You
know
downtown
at
one
time
had
605
people
living
here,
600
were
in
the
morgan
street
jail
and
500
were
walking
the
streets
and
all
through
that.
J
The
threats
endeavored
that
and
through
the
leadership
of
your
leader
and
of
your
chairman,
then
mr
shah,
david
and
all
the
people
that
worked
there.
All
you
know
when
you
go
there,
even
the
ones
that
are
there
to
help
you
your
attendants,
that
greet
you
at
the
door
and
walk
you
through.
They
feel
like
they're
at
home
and
through
the
public
that
you've
done
to
working
with
a
patel
conservatory
and
doing
things
for
kids
and
opening
the
center.
J
When
you
look
at
downtown
any
city,
that's
over
250
000,
it
doesn't
have
a
functional
downtown,
is
in
essence
dying,
not
living
when
this
city
started
revitalizing
downtown
it
helped
because
downtown
in
any
city
is
the
heart
of
the
city.
Just
like
your
heart
of
a
human
being,
you
can't
live
without
it
and
yes,
there's
areas
of
town
that
are
all
being
remodeled,
including
the
west
shore,
including
look
at
midtown
opening
up
look
at
other
areas
throughout
the
whole
city.
I
Well,
miss
miranda
made
that
that
point.
You
know
the
arts,
I
mean
this
board
know
I
fought
very
hard
to
get
what
we're
trying
to
get
in
each
chapter.
I
So
the
kids
on
that
side
of
town
could
know
about
the
arts,
then
have
an
opportunity
to
go
to
a
school,
maybe
get
a
scholarship
to
dance
gymnastics
be
in
productions.
So
I
am
in
favor
of
arts.
It
is
a
public
facility.
My
only
concern
was,
and
still
is
it's
a
hunk
of
change
and
to
move
things.
Sometimes
you
need
money,
a
lot
of
it.
I
Mr
miranda
said
it
best
when
I've
traveled
with
ball
clubs.
First
thing
you
look
at
the
sights
when
you
come
into
the
town
without
a
thriving
downtown,
it's
a
ghost
town.
I
remember
the
old
soul,
train
used
to
be
on
franklin
street
a
long
time
ago.
It's
changed,
the
block
of
franklin
street
change
always
has
to
come.
Time
doesn't
sit
still.
I
My
only
concern,
like
I
said,
was
making
sure
that
the
cec
was
on
board.
Apparently
now
they
are
on
board.
But
still
my
biggest
concern
is
when
you
give
somebody
something
an
investment,
we
have
to
be
appreciative
of
the
investment,
so
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
the
cec
and
the
cra
is
recognized
for
the
contribution
that
we're
possibly
going
to
give
you
this
morning.
So
people
know
those
dollars
came
from.
I
Is
the
taxpayers
money
within
that
district
and
they
need
to
be
recognized
as
so
giving
that
kind
of
contribution?
That's
why
I
asked
mr
cohen,
what
was
the
county
going
to
be
doing
the
future?
He
said
he's
going
to
be
fighting
he's
only
one,
but
he's
going
to
be
fighting
the
good
fight
to
do
more
to
get
more
dollars
for
that
center
over
there.
So
I
would
just
say
in
in
closing:
you
want
to
make
sure
that
the
people
who
are
giving
the
dollars
are
recognized
for
their
efforts
because
it's
their
money.
A
G
Carlson,
I
I
just
want
to
thank
as
lizzie
and
the
board
for
all
the
hard
work
you
put
in
over
the
years,
and
I
could
say
more
later,
but
people
who've
been
around
a
long
time.
Remember
that
this
this
entity
was
not
as
successful
in
the
beginning
until
we
got
you
and
all
the
enlightened
board
members-
and
this
has
really
put
tampa
on
the
map
nationally
internationally.
G
She
told
me
that,
a
few
years
ago
she
had
lin-manuel
lin-manuel
miranda,
one
of
the
educational
programs,
imagine
their
kids
in
tampa
that
grew
up
getting
trained
by
him
in
this
community
and
there's
so
many
great
stories
like
that.
So
I
thank
you
all
for
your
dedication
and
I'm
very
appreciative
that
you
and
your
board
are
guiding
this
to
the
next
level
of
success
and
also
that
you're
opening
up
so
much
the
public.
Thank
you.
D
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
chairman.
Councilman
miranda
already
said
it
in
regards
to
governor
martinez.
You
know
then,
mayor
of
tampa
before
that
we
have
to
remember
his
efforts.
I
know
there's
a
very
large
plaque
on
the
building
of
you
know
who
brought
this
to
fruition.
To
begin
with,
you
know
we're
here,
looking
at
investing
and
partnering
with
the
25
million
dollars,
but
we
can't
forget
the
people
that
made
this
happen
at
the
beginning.
D
You
know
during
a
period
in
downtown
tampa,
which
was
which
was
dying,
which
was
not
the
downtown
that
we
see
today,
but
they
had
the
insight
to
look
to
the
future
and
make
sure
that
this
facility
was
built
there
in
that
area
and
we've
seen
the
fruits
of
the
that
investment
from
over
30
something
years
ago,
and
what
it's
done
for
that
entire
area,
and
now,
with
the
riverwalk,
with
the
growth
in
downtown,
with
the
residential
coming
up
in
downtown
with
the
retail
with
the
hotels,
you
know
we're
becoming
that
downtown.
That
was
once
vibrant.
D
We
might
be
even
more
vibrant
than
we
were
at
the
at
the
peak.
You
know
half
a
century
or
more
ago,
so
you
know
I
I
said
earlier
when
commissioner
cohen
spoke
of
the
importance
of
all
this
the
importance
of
the
arts.
I'm
wholeheartedly
going
to
be
supporting
this,
because
I
understand
the
the
return
of
investment
on
this
is
immeasurable.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
Councilman
vieira.
H
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
chair.
I
appreciate
it
very
much.
You
know
I've
spoken
publicly
about
this
and
mr
chair
for
clarification.
Is
this?
Isn't
this
a
statement
time
not
question
time,
correct
question.
H
You
prefer
just
making
sure
so
I'll
I'll
state.
My
position,
you
know
this
is
this:
is
my
position
for
my
own,
I'm
not
trying
to
win
anybody
over
everybody's
vote
has
drone,
and
I
respect
everybody,
110
percent-
for
that
I
I
don't
bring
people
to
city
council
on
positions
that
I
take,
because
my
positions
are
my
own
and
I
respect
people
that
disagree
with
me.
H
We
are
a
collegial
body
where
we
all
have
opinions
and
what
makes
us
a
collegial
body,
isn't
the
fact
that
we're
always
going
to
agree
it's
the
fact
that
we
respect
our
differences
of
opinion.
I
I
think
that
we're
all
in
unanimous
support
of
the
wonderful
work
that
the
strat
center
does
here
in
the
city
of
tampa
for
our
downtown
community
for
all
communities
within
the
city
of
tampa.
That,
for
me,
is
not
in
dispute.
I
also
think
it's
not
a
dispute
that
we
all
support
the
arts.
H
I
think
that
the
tampa
museum
of
arts
requests
for
surrounding
infrastructure
will
get.
You
continued
unanimously
support,
et
cetera,
et
cetera.
For
me,
I
have
some
basic
problems
and
challenges
with
this.
I
know
that
a
lot
of
folks
have
worked
very,
very
hard
on
this.
You
know
this
is
this
is
going
to
pass,
it
would
appear
so
and-
and
I
know
this
is
something
that
is
so
important
to
my
friend
and
our
friend
councilman
john
digfelder,
who
has
worked
so
hard
on
this.
H
When
I
was
chair,
I
had
the
pleasure
of
appointing
councilman
dinfelder
to
the
strasbourg
and
he's
done
a
great
job,
and
I
know
he
does
such
great
work
on
this,
and
I
respect
that
110
percent,
but
just
very
briefly
because
I
you
got
to
explain
I'm
the
kind
of
fellow.
If
I
vote.
No,
I
don't
just
want
to
go
no
and
go
silent
to
the
night.
I
want
to
respectfully
say
why
very
briefly,
mathematical
grounds.
H
If
you
take
a
look
at
the
monetary
investment
that
the
cra,
not
the
general
budget,
the
cra
is
making
it's
something
that
goes
up
to
eight.
Unless,
if
I'm
wrong,
please
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong
8.5
million
within
five
years
as
a
percentage
of
the
downtown
cra
revenue
and
budget
that
could
be
anywhere
from
30
to
40
percent,
if
not
more,
who
knows
we're
going
to
be
within
five
years?
That,
for
me,
is
a
challenge
that
leads
me
to
my
no
vote.
H
Second,
is
the
purpose
of
cras,
which
are,
among
other
things,
for
infrastructure,
other
support
in
blighted
areas.
I
take
heat
in
my
district
for
supporting
a
downtown
cra.
I
support
it.
I
think
that
it's
so
important
to
have
a
residential,
vibrant
21st
century
downtown,
that's
a
hundred
and
ten
percent,
something
that
we
need
and,
mr
chair
may
I
have
two
minutes.
Yes,.
H
I
appreciate
it,
sir.
I
supported
downtown
cra
because
I
still
think
that
there's
a
lot
of
work
that
we
got
to
do
downtown.
I
do
not
think
respectfully
that
this
allocation
at
the
level
that
it's
at
is
consistent
with
the
original
intent
of
downtown
cras.
If
anything,
this
is
something
that
will
have
which
I
can
talk
about
later
unintended
consequences.
I
think
to
the
cras.
I
support
cras.
H
I've
talked
about
in
in
the
media
before
other
uses
that
you
could
have
for
this
money
and
again,
when
I
talk
about
the
other
uses,
I'm
not
undermining
the
records
of
other
council
members
who
are
stellar
a
hundred
percent
on
these
types
of
issues
from
affordable
housing,
the
streetcar
curtis
hickson
park,
different
parks
that
we
have
in
downtown
tampa,
et
cetera,
et
cetera,
supporting
our
vibrant
restaurants
and
whatnot
here
in
downtown
tampa
things
that
we
could,
alternatively,
use
this
money,
for.
H
I
typically
give
on
cra,
because
my
district
has
no
cras,
the
the
district
council
members
a
lot
of
deference
whenever
it
comes
to
spending
in
areas
on
cras,
but
these
are
things
that
I
think,
alternatively,
are
so
nobody
likes
saying.
No
in
politics,
it's
not
easy.
You
know
that's
one
of
the
toughest
things
that
we
have
to
do
with
elected
officials,
and
we
have
to
tell
somebody
I
love
what
you
do,
etc,
etc.
But
for
these
reasons
I
will
be
respectfully
voting
no
on
this.
H
That's
the
position
that,
because
of
my
beliefs,
I
have
found
myself
in
and
I'm
going
to
go
consistent
with
that.
It's
never
easy,
not
everything
is
black
and
white
in
life,
and
my
argument,
at
the
very
least,
is
at
the
very
least,
is
that
there's
a
lot
of
gray
hair
that
there's
a
lot
of
gray
here
and.
B
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
mr
yara,
thank
you
for
your
your
kind
words.
Well,
no
great,
surprise
that
that
I
am
supporting
this
wholeheartedly,
but
I
just
wanted
to
enunciate
some
of
some
of
the
reasons
and,
and
some
of
them
are
a
little
bit
redundant
of
of
what
miss
miss
veazey
excuse
me
miss
lisey.
We
we
do
have
a
miss
visa
around,
but
ms
lisi
said
in
regard
to-
and
this
is
something
we
all
talk
about-
regularly
bill
carlson
you're.
B
Judith
has
has
enlightened
us
on
them
over
over
the
years,
but
this
is
a
huge
economic
engine
when
you
have
a
700
000
people
coming
through
the
doors
coming
downtown
and
not
just
folks
from
tampa,
but
this
is
a
regional
asset.
This
is
a
regional
draw,
plus
a
tourist
draw,
I'm
sure
there,
many
people
when
they're
visiting
on
vacation
or
for
the
winter
they
come
and
take
advantage
of
this
in
regard
to
education,
there's
nothing
more
important.
I
used
to
teach
school,
but
but
I
had
a
personal
experience
with
this.
B
My
daughter-
and
I
don't
think
I
don't
think
judith
you
even
know
this,
but
my
daughter
was-
was
a
violinist
with
the
tampa
bay
youth
orchestra
and
you
guys
host
the
tampa
bay,
youth
orchestra
and
I'm
for
free
and
they
get
to
perform
there
and
and
and
these
kids
have
an
amazing
experience
to
really
feel
you
know
not
only
feel
their
music
but
but
but
to
be
on
that
stage
and
to
have
their
parents
there
and
and
and
the
whole
bit.
B
It's
been
a
lifelong
thing
for
my
daughter,
who's
now,
42
years
old
and
still
plays
the
violin
equity
equity's
been
a
big
theme
of
everything
this
council
has
done.
Since
I
came
back
two
and
a
half
years
ago,
this
is
a
totally
equitable
proposition
this.
B
This
engages
the
minority
community,
it
always
has
judith,
and
your
team
has
been
amazing,
with
outreach
of
going
out
to
the
community
in
the
minority,
community
and
ethnic
communities
or
bringing
them
in
to
participate
and
now
over
the
years,
we've
added
veterans,
which
was
a
very
important
component
in
our
computer,
community
and
and
special
needs,
and
I'm
sure
many
more
that
that
I'm
not
even
aware
of
you,
welcome
the
public
and
this
project
by
its
architecture
welcomes
the
public,
and
I
think
that
that's
really
critical
and
what
makes
it
stand
out
if
I
could
have
about
another
minute.
B
Mr
chairman,
one
more
minute,
please
thank
you.
You
know.
Let
me
respond
specifically,
mr
vieira,
just
a
couple
of
things
that
you
touched
on
the
when
the
when
the
cra
was
originally
started.
B
You
can't
build
a
house,
we
all
are
home
owners.
You
can't
build
a
house
in
30
and
35
years
later,
just
kind
of
shrug
your
shoulders
and
say
everything's
great.
You
got
to
put
a
new
roof
on
it.
You
got
to
do
all
those
things,
but
anyway
I
wholly
support
this.
I
hope
council
supports
us.
This
is
25
million
dollars,
but
it's
spread
over
five
years.
So
it's
not
as
big
as
it
looks.
It's
it's
an
average
of
five
million
dollars
a
year.
Thank
you.
Everybody.
H
I
may
thank
you,
mr
chair.
No,
and
I
again
I
appreciate
councilman
dingfelder's
words
I
was.
I
was
the
the
work
that
the
strat
center
does
in
the
community.
I
know,
veterans
were
highlighted,
special
needs.
I
was
joking
with
somebody
that
if
you
put
in
first
responders
here,
you
get
the
lowest
viewer
trifecta
on
the.
H
But
I
I
appreciate
them-
110
percent
and-
and
I
also
appreciate
council's
ability
to
deal
with
an
issue
that
is
so
important
to
a
lot
of
members
in
a
respectful,
collegial
way.
I
think
that's
so
important.
Thank
you,
sir
move.
H
A
A
J
A
Thank
you
very
much
board
members.
Miss
connie
burton
thank.
A
Board
members
miss
connie
burton
was
to
give
us
a
a
report
and
give
us
a
a
final.
The
talk
as
president
of
the
east
tampa
cac.
However,
she
cannot
return
at
11
o'clock.
She
will
be
coming
back
next
month,
miss
burton.
If
you
can
hear
me.
I
thank
you
very,
very
much
for
your
patience
and
I
look
forward
to
hearing
your
report
next
month.
We
are
now
going
to
the
pat
frank
ceremony.
Let's
all
be
back
at
11
o'clock.
We
are
at
recess.