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C
Yes,
sir,
like
to
welcome
Rabbi
Michael
Weiss
is
the
assistant
Rabbi
at
congregation,
Cheryl
zedek.
He
was
ordained
as
a
rabbi
from
Hebrew
Union
College
in
Cincinnati
in
May
of
2020,
after
having
served
as
a
student
Rabbi
in
Richmond
Indiana
and
Sioux
Falls,
South
Dakota
and
as
rabbinic
intern
at
Rockdale
temple
in
Cincinnati
having
been
ordained
during
the
pandemic.
Rabbi
Weiss
has
worked
hard
to
find
creative
ways
to
use
technology
to
connect
with
people
and
learning
and
prayer.
C
D
Thank
you
councilwin.
It
is
an
honor
to
be
here.
One
of
judaism's.
Holiest
prayers
is
called
the
Shema.
It
is
our
Declaration
of
Faith,
hear
o
Israel
Adonai
is
our
God.
Anonia
is
one
traditionally.
Its
recitation
is
strictly
mandated
by
Jewish
law
twice
a
day
in
the
morning
and
evening,
but
as
with
many
things,
there's
a
story
that
dares
us
to
question
this
Norm
we
are
told
Rabbi
Yehuda
was
once
walking
behind
his
teachers,
Rabbi
Akiva
and
Rabbi
elazar
benazaria.
The
sun
began
to
rise,
and
so
the
time
to
recite
the
Shema
had
arrived.
D
But
Rabbi
Yehuda
saw
that
neither
of
his
teachers
stopped
their
conversation.
They
continued
walking
and
talking,
even
as
their
religious
duties
were
pressing.
He
sped
up
to
catch
them
and
said
my
teachers.
It
is
time
to
recite
the
Shema.
Should
we
not
pause,
the
two
rabbis
then
turned
to
him
and
told
him
to
leave
them
alone
because
they
were
busy
discussing
the
needs
of
the
community.
D
How
full
of
blessing
you
are
Eternal,
one
Our,
God
Majesty
of
the
universe
who
has
given
us
Pathways
to
Holiness
and
commanded
us
to
occupy
ourselves
with
the
needs
of
the
community.
May
God
be
with
you
and
support
you
all
the
days
of
your
service.
And
may
you
see
the
divine
presence
in
all
of
the
people
that
you
serve
and
we
can
say
together,
amen.
E
F
C
I
just
want
to
thank
you,
sir
I
just
want
to
thank
Josh,
Bergen
and
Travis
horn
for
bringing
a
delegation
from
Romania
with
a
Romanian
guests.
Please
stand
up.
C
We
have
Business
Leaders
and
a
sitting
Member
of
Parliament,
a
sitting
city,
council,
member
and
and
minister
of
trade.
Several
other
key
folks
from
Romania
I've
been
to
Romania
briefly
beautiful
country,
lots
of
great
potential
economic
ties
with
Tampa
so
want
to
welcome
you
all
here,
they're
going
to
sit
in
for
a
few
minutes
and
then
leave
I
ask
them
to
stay
in
particular
for
a
public
comment,
which
is
always
a
good
time
to
hear
our
version
of
democracy.
So
thank
you
all
for
visiting.
B
Sharing
your
morning
with
us,
we
will
move
on
to
public
comment
if
you
wish
to
speak
at
this
time
for
a
public
comment.
G
I
With
the
volunteer
missionary,
society
and
I
just
want
to
share
a
few
words
with
you.
The
black
business
tour
was
a
great
splintavious
African-American
cultural
Festival,
black
women.
United.
We
had
a
wonderful
day.
We
went
to
the
West,
your
o
and
thank
you
Miss
Candy,
low
and
company.
I
Thank
you
for
all
the
great
achievements
and
opportunity
to
participate
in
the
economic
Enterprise
at
the
end
of
the
boy
store,
I
made
my
homeless
rounds
after
we
got
to
Tampa
Plaza
to
the
bookstore
and
I
was
over
there
talking
to
the
homeless,
and
they
was
telling
me
about
resources
and
places
for
homeless
people
to
go
to
get
help
so
Saint
Peter
at
Clay
Street,
and
we
thank
God
for
all
the
following
followers
of
God
willing
to
lend
a
hand
to
the
poor
for
a
hot
meal
and
other
resources
and
the
last
day
of
services.
I
I
went,
took
a
walk
across
the
bridge
and
ran
into
this
Holiness
Church
from
newts,
and
they
were
out
helping
and
the
power
of
God
just
fell
on
us,
and
we
just
had
a
good
time
and
so
I'm
gonna
make
this
free.
I
went
to
the
CDC
last
evening
to
the
we
be.
We
mean
business,
Workshop,
looking
for
housing
information
and
they
invited
me
and
so
I.
I
The
cabin
I
had
a
few
words,
so
he
hung
up
and
by
then
it
was
dark,
and
there
was
five
guys
coming
at
me
and
out
of
nowhere,
a
Sheriff,
Deputy
rolled
up
right
where
I
was
walking
in
the
dark
and
I
saw
they
had
fear
because
they
was
coming
which
I
didn't
have,
but
two
dollars
just
for
the
bus
and
when
I
was
walking
in
the
dark.
I
I
noticed
all
the
women
out
there
that
are
trying
to
get
home
from
work,
and
it
was
not
one
no
kind
of
Public
Safety
person
in
sight,
and
it
was
really
a
bad
feeling
for
women
trying
to
get
home
out
of
the
dark
sleeping
in
bushes,
my
age
and
on
the
back.
Porches
of
businesses
and
I
just
want
to
say
that
women
in
the
dark
but
and
we
need
prayer
in
school
and
not
guns
and
I.
Just
thank
God
for
my
life
today.
I
I
didn't
get
to
finish,
but
the
ball
is
not
in
the
hands.
I'm
waiting
on
Chief
Bennett
and
his
associate
Gwen,
Miller
and
I
hope
he
don't
forget
about
me,
because
this
Center
is
much
needed
to
help
women
get
referrals
find
out
about
our
resources
and
I.
Just
thank
God
for
my
life
and
I
hope
you
don't
forget
me.
Thank
you.
J
Kayla
mccaskill
I
want
to
say
congratulations
to
all
of
you
for
those
of
you
that
are
leaving
and
those
of
you
that
are
reappointed
to
your
roles,
I've
pondered
for
weeks,
and
what
do
you
say
to
one
of
the
leaving
city
council
members
for
for
the
dedication
the
hard
work,
the
commitment,
the
sacrifices
that
they've
made
in
their
role
as
a
city?
Council
member?
You
know
it
was.
It
was
some
of
you
that
restored
my
belief
in
in
you
know,
coming
through
to
the
elected
officials
to
make
some
things
happen.
J
Some
of
you
make
sacrifices
and
I
know
they
say
not
to
say
their
names,
but
sometimes
they
do
so
much.
You
know.
Councilman
Carlson
spends
his
own
money
and
resources
to
touch
get
the
temperature
in
the
community
two
times
throughout
the
month,
you're
going
to
see
or
actually
four
times.
If
you
go
to
one
of
the
events
and
then
the
other
one
is
something
separate.
You
know
councilman,
council,
member,
councilwoman
land,
her
Tech.
All
that
you
do
councilman
Viera
you've
done
a
lot.
J
We
all
of
you
have
done
so
much
and
then
councilman
Goods.
You
know
you've
done
the
sacrifices.
People
are
able
you've
done
so
much
and
been
so
many
things
for
so
many
people
and
so
I
Ponder.
What
do
you
say?
How
do
you
say?
What
do
you
say?
What
do
you
say
to
them
as
they
exit
and
the
only
thing
I
could
come
up
with
genuinely?
Is
that
you
say
thank
you,
you
continuously.
We
overwhelm
you
with
thanks
and
and
gratitude,
and
we
we
articulate
it
verbally.
We
do
it
publicly.
J
We
do
it
individually,
we
do
it
as
much
as
we
can,
because
you
all
don't
hear
it
enough.
So
for
all
of
you,
I
say
thank
you,
but
specifically
to
you
I
say.
Thank
you
heartfelt.
Thank
you
and
then
I
want
to
know.
What
do
you
do
because
I
don't
think
we
do
enough
I,
don't
think
we
do
enough
for
those
that
sacrifice
their
lives
and
they
spend
their
time
their
money,
their
resources
and
they're
dedicated
to
the
role
that
you've
signed
up
for.
J
We
voted
you
in
you
all
have
definitely
performed
to
to
at
least
the
satisfaction,
and
so
what
do
we
do
now,
after
five
five
o'clock
today,
we
cannot
give
you
gifts,
because
most
of
you
won't
even
accept
a
cup
of
coffee,
not
even
a
bottle
of
water,
but
after
the
day
after
five
o'clock
we
get
to
shower
you
with
gifts.
I've
received
some
I've
received
cards
from
the
community
that
they're
saying
they
want
to
toast
to
you
on
success
on
your
four-year
Journey.
J
Here,
you've
left
so
much
seed
in
the
ground
and
it'll
grow
and
develop
as
you,
you
will
see
fit,
and
the
only
thing
we
to
do
is
be
do
a
better
job
of
trying
to
be
a
unified
Community
to
do
more
for
the
district
that
you
work
so
hard
for
so
again
to
all
of
you.
Thank
you.
Councilman
Goods,
we're
saying
A
Farewell.
We
have
toasted
success
after
five
today,
I
guess
we
can
give
give
you
goals
give.
So.
Thank
you
so
much.
L
Thank
you
Council.
If
I
may,
forgive
me
for
interrupting
I
just
want
to
make
it
clear
for
the
the
the
audience
to
bring
to
your
attention
just
so.
You
know
that
five
o'clock
today
you'll
still
be
in
office
after
five
o'clock
today,
you'll
still
be
in
office,
and
your
term
does
not
end
until
midnight
on
the
on
April
30th.
So
I
just
wanted
to
bring
that
to
your
attention
and
in
case
there's
any
misunderstandings.
I
just
want
to
bring
to
the
Public's
attention
and
I
again
apologize
for
interrupting.
M
Good
morning,
Connie
Burton,
it's
always
something
with
the
prayer
that
always
tie
into
what
I
want
to
say,
and
if
this
is,
you
know
holy
word.
Congratulations
to
all
that
has
been
willing
to
serve
and
to
keep
on
serving
whether
you're
there
or
not,
but
I
do
want
to
bring
to
your
attention
the
resolution
that
you
signed
in
2020.
M
you,
the
council,
with
exception
of
this,
then
her
Tech
said
that
you
understood
the
past
harm
that
had
been
done
to
the
African-American
Community
Based
on
past
and
present.
We
have
the
profoundest
disparities
that
continue
to
exist
in
our
community,
and
in
that
resolution
you
talked
about
declaring
the
creation
of
a
Reconciliation
Commission.
Now
that
was
in
2020
and
now
we're
in
2023,
and
the
issues
are
still
here.
The
issues
of
how
do
we
show
our
young
people
in
our
community
that
a
better
Temple
is
meant
for
them.
M
I
want
on
some
simple
things
that
we
have
asked
for
in
our
cra,
with
the
CRA
funding
that
we
allow
our
children
to
be
able
to
see
the
benefit
of
not
just
work
entrepreneurship,
having
a
better
relationship
with
the
city
of
Tampa
and
the
resistance
that
we're
getting
constantly
is
answer,
no,
not
that
we
are
asking
the
city's
staff
to
do
any
of
it.
The
CRA
has
money
that
can
hire
a
mentor
to
help
navigate
so
children
in
our
community
that
is
always
deemed
to
not
having
hope
hope
can
be
breeded
into
them.
M
I
believe
that
such
a
commission
would
be
able
to
help.
You
understand
that
it
just
can't
be
mere
words
of
how
we
deal
with
disparity
and
ongoing
past
neglect,
but
then
we'll
be
able
to
have
a
framework,
a
measurement.
It's
not
enough
to
say
that
you're
improving
minority
participation
and
then
we
have
small
scales
of
measurements,
so
maybe
four
to
five
percent
on
different
projects.
M
The
disparity
is
real
in
our
community.
We
have
asked
continuously
that
we
be
able
to
use
the
resources
in
our
community,
so
we
can
improve
the
lives
of
our
senior
East.
Tampa
CRA
was
the
first,
and
yet
it
lags
behind
us
to
last.
We
want
to
see
a
change
in
all
of
this.
It's
not
going
to
go
away.
The
request
is
not
going
to
go
away
either.
Your
resolution
that
you
signed
in
2020
was
meaningful,
or
it
was
not.
Thank
you.
N
O
Once
I
felt
as
though
East
Tampa
had
a
voice,
everyone
talks
about
East
Tampa
and
uses
East
Tampa
to
get
elected,
but
then
does
nothing
for
us.
We
gained
a
voice
in
councilman
Goods.
We
had
someone
who
called
out
the
inequalities
in
the
city.
We
had
someone
who
stopped
the
budget
to
mandate
that
East
Tampa
have
a
share
in
the
funding.
We
had
someone
fight
to
give
us
a
rescue,
car,
Community,
Center,
apprenticeship
programs,
things
that
seem
just
regular.
A
voice.
O
East
Tampa
has
been
neglected
for
decades
and
has
been
repeatedly
set
on
Council
and
it
wasn't
happenstance
calculated
institutional
racism
from
as
far
as
the
federal
government
to
as
low
as
the
city
had
a
hand
in
all
of
this.
East
Tampa
didn't
get
here
overnight
and
it'll
take
much
calculated
effort
to
get
us
out
of
it
and
that's
what
councilman
Goods
fought
to
do.
I'm
embarrassed
that
the
shenanigans
we've
witnessed
in
this
city
from
councilman
dingfelder
to
councilman
Goods
to
councilman
Carlson
to
councilwoman
her
attack.
O
It's
embarrassing
to
have
witnessed
this
and,
although
the
other
council
members
haven't
said
so
deep
down,
I
know
you're
afraid
afraid
the
same
thing
could
happen
to
you.
So,
instead
of
fighting
against
the
injustices,
you've
gone
along
with
it.
How
will
we
ever
move
this
city
in
a
positive
direction
for
everyone
if
those
with
the
power
to
affect
change?
Are
scared?
O
I
chaired
the
CRA
for
two
years
and
endured
all
types
of
constant
harassment
and
all
counsel
ever
did
was
applaud
my
efforts
and
thank
me
for
fighting
for
the
people
in
spite
of
the
harassment,
yet
you
all
have
the
power
to
actually
affect
change
for
the
people,
in
spite
of
the
harassment
but
you've
chosen
not
to
so
what
will
happen
to
our
city
if
everyone
who
can
make
a
difference
chooses
not
to
councilman
Goods.
Thank
you
for
everything.
You
fought
a
good
fight.
O
P
Good
morning,
I'm
Bishop
Michelle,
B
Patty,
the
pastor
of
Trinity
and
Faith
Ministry
I'm,
also
the
host
of
what's
really
happening
along
with
Jay
Johnson
and
king
cobra
I'm.
Also
the
owner
of
Michelle
B,
Patty,
auto
accident
referral
service,
I
like
to
say,
congratulations
to
you
all.
Those
that
are
sitting
here
and
I
have
a
different
perspective.
I,
don't
think
anyone
with
want
to
be
elected,
there's
afraid
to
serve
the
people.
P
You
have
shown
that
you
will
stand
up
when
it's
time
to
stand
up,
we're
looking
for
Unity
we're
looking
for
people
to
come
together
and
make
a
difference
to
stop
the
cliquish
attitudes
that
I've
seen
before
I'm,
very
hopeful
that
we're
going
to
be
moving
not
only
downtown,
but
east
Tampa
is
going
to
start
getting
its
fair
share
because
I
know
many
of
your
hearts.
I've
spoken
to
you
all
I.
Some
of
you
know
black
history.
P
More
than
some
of
these
people
who
come
up
every
week
and
Badger
you
so
I'm
asking
that
you
all
be
diligent
that
you'd
say
and
mean
what
you
said.
While
you
was
on
that
campaign,
Trail
and
councilman
Joseph
citro,
we
want
to
say
thank
you
so
much
for
all
the
hard
work
that
you've
done.
We
also
have
gifts
for
you.
We
appreciate
you.
We
appreciate
your
loyalty.
We
appreciate
the
support
that
you've,
given
this
community,
whether
people
received
it
or
not.
You've
always
had
a
smile
on
your
face.
P
E
Good
morning,
Council
chair
Council,
one
Allison
Hewitt
for
904
32nd,
Street,
East,
Tampa
I,
want
to
say
thank
you
to
councilman
gootz,
especially
this
being
his
last
meeting
here.
E
Gentrification
and
the
potential
gentrification
of
East
Tampa
is
on
the
table
and
then
councilman
Dean,
Felder
and
councilman
Goods
asked
for
outside
of
the
box.
Thinking
on
how
we
can
mitigate
it,
because
change
is
coming.
We
just
need
to
do
things
that
will
protect
the
people
who
Blood,
Sweat
and
Tears
for
years,
and
generations
have
invested
in
East,
Tampa
and
so
I
want
to
thank
councilman
Goose
for
proposing
the
pre-development
program
and
thank
each
one
of
you
for
your
support
of
it.
E
I
am
so
excited
with
the
potential
projects
that
you
will
see
for
a
generation
of
landowners
and
property
owners
who
will
bring
forth
a
way
to
be
able
to
participate
in
this
incredible
growth
in
Tampa.
So
thank
you
for
that.
I
would
also
like
to
thank
you
to
understand
that
councilman
Goods
every
day,
whether
it
was
the
car
dealership
or
the
car
repair
shop
or
the
corner
store.
E
E
Some,
how
do
I
say
it
a
line
of
credit
with
the
banks
for
businesses
who
contract
with
the
city
of
Tampa,
because
he
understood
that
a
lot
of
those
folks
they
pay
their
people
before
they
pay
themselves
that
they
make
sure
that
the
people
who
come
to
work
every
day
have
food
on
the
table
and
they're
just
hustling,
Having,
side
jobs.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
for
looking
out
for
the
small
business
owner
as
well
and
East
Tampa,
and
especially
with
the
East
Tampa
CRA.
E
We
are
going
to
need
the
full
force
of
the
CRA
as
we're
moving
forward.
We
are
about
to
update
our
CRP
and
I
am
hoping
that
at
this
time,
since
you
will
have
a
part
of
that
that
you
are
really
looking
to
the
economic
development
aspects
of
it.
When
you
ask
a
community
who
needs
street
lights,
who
needs
security,
who
needs
sidewalks
what
they
want
to
see
in
their
Community?
E
That's
what
they're
going
to
tell
you,
but
you
understand
that
we
also
want
to
make
sure
that
we
look
like
the
channel
side
and
we
look
like
the
downtown
and
we're
having
the
economic
development
opportunity
that
will
Spring
generations
of
wealth
and
business
owners,
and
so
I
ask
you
that,
as
you
are
contemplating
how
to
move
East
Tampa
forward,
that
we
don't
get
bogged
down
in
the
emotions
and
we're
looking
at
the
real
economic
growth
in
East
Tampa.
Thank
you.
H
Manchester
I
want
to
say
means
freedom
in
Swahili
and
I
want
to
say.
Like
you
know,
you
hear
people
here
talking
about
East
Tampa,
it
ain't,
no
more
East
Tampa,
it
ain't,
no
West
Tampa,
it
ain't,
no
central
part:
it
ain't,
no
old
ye
boy;
City,
it
ain't,
none
of
that
it
ain't,
no
more
Progress
Village
it
ain't,
no
more
Carver
City
in
Lincoln
Gardens.
They
pushing
all
Africans
out
the
city
they
trying
to
build
a
stadium
over
there
and
they're,
pushing
all
the
Africans
out
of
the
city
plain
and
simple.
H
So
African
people
coming
down
here:
begging,
bag
and
bagging
they're
on
the
wrong
track.
African
people
voting
out
of
their
mind
a
city
or
a
county
with
a
million
registered
voters
and
like
19
20
000
people
voted.
Nobody
participate
in
that
democracy.
That
word,
democracy
is
subjugation
for
African
people.
It's
always
been
there
623
years
of
that,
623
years
of
that
and
the
the
ignorant
stuff
of
getting
my
mailbox
every
single
day,
some
high
school
trash
with
people
with
elongated
faces
and
all
that
don't
vote
for
this
person.
H
What
they
did,
what
they
did
that
democracy
should
be
ashamed
of
it.
Any
black
person
voting
out
of
their
mind
unless
we're
voting
for
reparations.
Unless
African
people
are
voting
for
reparations,
we
ain't
got
to
be
coming
down
here
begging
every
week.
We
don't
have
to
be
begging
every
week
or
give
us
this.
Give
us
a
part.
Give
us
a
speed
bump
give
us
a
roundabout
African
people.
Don't
have
to
be
doing
that.
You
understand.
H
African
people
really
need
to
get
United,
because
we've
got
two
strong
sisters
right
here:
sister
Michelle
and
sister
Connie
we've
got
two
strong
sisters
right
here
that
if
they
got
united,
we
can
really
see
some
changes
in
this
city.
Not
the
stuff
they've
been
promising
us
put
your
lottery
ticket
in
a
bucket
and
get
pulled
to
see.
If
you
get
housing
and
waiting
on
HUD
and
all
this
nonsense,
no,
we
want
real
changes.
That's
what
we
want!
African
people
don't
have
access
to
anything
and
I'm
going
to
say
this
I'm
going
to
show
this.
H
This
is
some
information
that
I
have
from
the
Florida
Supreme
Court.
That
say
a
case
that
have
tried
to
appeal
to
the
Florida
Supreme
Court
said:
couldn't
file
it
I
hadn't
been
out
here
for
three
weeks,
because
what
it's
an
outstanding
warrant
for
my
arrest,
why?
The
main
problem
black
people
have
child
support
child
support,
white
people
trying
to
tell
us
how
to
run
our
lives,
have
no
legal
representation
and
they
dogging
you
out
most
black
men,
most
black
families,
most
African
families.
H
Getting
dogged
out
in
that
child
support
administrative
hearing
process,
judge
figaroida
who's
been
right
to
this
Podium
at
the
head
of
it
is
at
the
head
of
IT
the
help
African
people
need.
We
don't
have
to
beg
for
that
help.
We
have
to
organize
for
that
health
and
that's
what
the
African
people
need
to
do.
We
don't
need
to
come
down
here
every
week,
begging,
white
folks
or
give
us
this,
give
us
that
we're
not
from
a
Beggar's
race
all
that
skin
color
discrimination
they
doing
is
live
and
as
well.
H
Q
Mr,
chairman
council
members,
my
name
is
Liliana
Phillip
I'm
representing
the
Romanian
group
here.
Thank
you
for
the
warm
welcome
and
special
thanks
to
councilman
Bill
Carson
for
having
us,
and
we
are
here
to
learn
from
you
and
your
community
spirit
is
amazing
and
Inspire
us.
Thank
you
so
much.
We
have
much
to
learn
from
you.
Thank
you.
R
Good
morning
my
name
is
Stephanie
Poyner
I'm,
citizen
of
Tampa
and
I'm.
Also
a
budget
Committee
Member
I'm,
just
cheap
and
I'm
wondering
why.
Today
we
went
out
of
order
because
public
comment
usually
comes
after
accommodations
and
we
have
at
least
10
folks
here
in
their
uniforms,
who
could
be
working
by
now.
Had
we
done
it
in
the
normal
order,
I'm
just
saying
so.
R
If
we're
going
to
change
things
up,
somebody
should
let
somebody
know
councilman,
Goods,
councilman,
citro,
good
luck
with
all
your
future
Endeavors
we're
going
to
miss
you,
councilman
Goods
I,
appreciate
that
you
have
stood
up
on
every
single
opportunity
for
your
community
I'd
like
to
remind
everybody
here
that
these
folks
have
come
here
today
and
asked
for
development
in
East
Tampa
I'm
going
to
stand
up
here
and
tell
you.
We
don't
need
any
more
development
south
of
Gandy.
R
So
when
somebody
comes
to
you
and
says,
I
want
to
build
this
in
South
Tampa
in
SOG,
it's
time
to
start
redirecting
them
to
some
place,
that's
more
appropriate
for
that
kind
of
density,
because
we're
full-
and
we
haven't
even
gotten
finished
with
what
you
guys
have
approved
over
time.
This
Council
has
been
very
supportive
of
the
neighborhoods
in
South
Gandy,
and
we
appreciate
that.
But
please
remember
when
they
come
back
to
you
South
Tampa
school.
Thank
you
have
a
good.
L
Sir,
if
I
can
just
stop
you
just
for
a
minute,
I
just
want
to
be
clear
before
we
do
that,
and
forgive
me
for
doing
this,
but
I
just
want
to
and
I'm
passing
this
around
to
city,
council,
I
I.
Believe,
sir,
are
you
here
intending
to
speak
on
item
number
two
I.
S
L
Okay,
let
me
then,
if
I
can
bring
to
council's
attention
and
your
attention
as
well.
With
regard
to
that
item.
L
In
a
memo
dated
April
18th
of
2023,
the
city
attorney's
office,
the
legal
department
forwarded
a
memo
to
city
council,
reminding
the
city
council
about
the
RFP
solicitation
period
and
has
been
published
with
regard
to
the
the
towing
contract
and
I
just
want
to
bring
to
your
attention.
Sir
and
I
have
a
copy
of
the
letter.
L
The
director
of
the
soliciting
department
or
the
legal
department,
is
permitted
from
any
bidder
or
proposer.
Such
communication
shall
result
in
an
automatic
disqualification
for
the
selection
in
the
pending
solicitation
and
any
subsequent
City
solicitations
for
a
period
of
six
months,
no
matter
the
outcome
of
the
solicitation
or
any
protest
and
or
appeal
so,
sir,
what
I'm
suggesting
to
you
is,
if
you
do
wish
to
discuss
this
pursuant
to
the
city
code,
it
could
affect
your
ability
to
participate
in
the
solicitation
process
and
I
I
would
appreciate
it.
T
T
Massey
I'm
confused.
This
is
supposed
to
be
a
workshop
to
talk
about
the
issues
with
the
towing
company
and
I.
Didn't
know.
Rfp
was
already
done
again
and
so
I
think
that's
unfair
to
the
tow
truck
drivers
in
the
community
to
not
be
able
to
discuss
the
issue
of
their
concerns,
because
that's
what
I
thought
this
workout
was
going
to
be
about
to
discuss
their
concerns
to
some
to
find
some
type
of
resolution,
which
is
an
RFP.
U
Mr
Schmidt,
who
wrote
the
memo
is
not
here
today,
but
my
understanding
is
that,
because
of
the
the
movement
of
the
current
Impound
Lot,
the
city
impound
lot,
which
is
going
it's
being
redeveloped
as
we
speak,
timing
wise
the
RFP
had
to
be
reissued.
There
was
a
meeting
with
all
the
tow
companies
with
tpd
and
purchasing
before
the
new
RFP
was
issued
to
try
to
address
the
concerns
of
the
tow
companies.
My
understanding
was
that
that
was
that
this
solicitation
was
did
address
that
most
of
those
issues,
but
that's
I.
T
Had
a
conversation,
I
told
him
that
you
know
I
felt
that,
after
looking
at
all
the
aspects
of
the
new
impound
lot,
this
Council
got
bamboozled.
That
place
is
too
small.
When
I,
when
I
talked
to
sell
out,
we
were
the
shoot.
This
was
going
to
be
a
sufficient
place
for
the
impounds
for
evidence
and
everything
and
now
to
come
down
in
the
ninth
hour
and
now
say
it's
not
sufficient
enough.
T
Now
to
me,
we
wasted
taxpayers
dollars,
because
we
we
we
we
we
were
assured
and
that's
what
I
was
when
I
went
out
there
and
took
a
walk
through
I
was
sure
this
is
the
perfect
place,
because
you
had
an
inside
shelter.
You
had
an
outside
and
for
me
to
see,
even
though
I'm
leaving
today
to
see
that
the
community
can't
talk
about
this
I
think
it's
wrong,
but
I
yield
back
to
the
gym.
I.
V
You
Mr
chairman
I
yeah.
Some
months
ago,
I'd
heard
a
rumor
that
this
was
happening.
I
didn't
know
exactly
what
it
was
I
started
digging
around
and
then
I
was
told.
That
was
because
of
the
impound
lot
that
we
were
going
to
move
the
cars
out
and
do
something
that
other
than
the
impound
lot.
However,
when
we
forget
one
thing
and
you've
heard
me
say
many
times
and
I'm,
not
speaking
to
you
directly
Mr
Council,
Mr,
Massey
I'm
speaking
in
general
terms,
when
we
forget
and
I
say
something
what,
if
and
the
what.
V
If,
in
my
mind,
is
always
what,
if
this
happens,
then
what
happens
here?
We
didn't
calculate
that
there
was
over
I,
think
there's
30
or
32
individuals
in
the
line
of
rotation,
I'm,
not
sure
how
it
works,
but
I
know
somewhere
in
that
number
and
no
one
thought
of
them,
because
they're
individuals
and
I
did
I
did
dial
up
one
anonymously
and
I
talked
to
that
individual
months
back
and
he
told
me
he
had
just
bought
a
record.
V
He
has
a
small
life,
but
his
payments
on
the
record,
and
if
he
loses
this,
you
won't
have
any
income
coming
in,
not
all
of
it
about
45
or
50
percent.
He
told
me
that
would
not
be
enough
to
cover
his
overhead
on
the
equipment
that
he
bought,
and
this
is
not
your
reflection,
no
Mr
Massey
at
all.
This
is
on
a
system
that
didn't
look
at
the.
V
What,
if
and
there's
I
and
here
again
I
want
to
repeat
that
30
or
32
small
businesses,
that's
what
they
are
they're,
not
huge
and
they're,
not
they
don't
have
the
capacity
others
have
they're
trying
to
do
better.
They
try
to
do
better
for
their
family
and
get
their
kids
educated.
So
they
don't
have
to
be
tow
truck
drivers.
Not
that
there's
something
wrong
with
it.
You
got
to
work
day
and
night,
that's
what's
wrong
with
it
and
when
you
have
those
things
in
mind,
this
is
something
that
it's
hard
to
swallow.
V
Even
though
we
talk
about
helping
the
small
businesses.
What
if
these
30
some
companies
get
together
and
buy
a
lot
somewhere,
an
acre
or
two
acres
or
whatever?
Is
that
outside
the
perimeter
of
the
city,
because
we're
not
going
to
find
that
land
that's
reasonable
in
the
city
and
they
can
create
their
own
love,
but
we
never
gave
that
opportunity,
because
we
never
thought
of
the
what?
If
the?
What?
If
is
that
if
we
go
this
way
the?
V
What
if
this
is
37
companies
there
that
we
talk
about
small
businesses
will
not
be
able
to
facilitate
what
they've
been
doing
on
a
pretty
constant
basis
and
I
would
say
on
a
pretty
good
basis
that
they
deliver
what
the
goods
are.
No
matter,
what,
time
of
day
or
night,
your
rotation
comes
up,
you're,
the
one
that's
got
to
show
and
I'm
not
here
to
argue
about
these,
the
RFP
I'm,
not
speaking
directly
at
the
RFP
I'm,
going
around
in
circles.
U
U
L
X
There
should
be
no
RFP
already
out.
This
is
very
clear
what
we
asked
for.
We
asked
councilman
goods
and
Maniscalco,
asked
that
the
report
include
Financial
background
as
to
why
this
is
a
good
good
idea
to
privatize,
instead
of
keep
it
in-house
with
numbers
attached
to
the
report.
Further
that
said,
report
be
back
brought
back,
April
27
2023
Workshop
session.
There
should
no
be
there
should
not
be
an
RFP
right
now.
I
certainly
will
not
approve
an
RFP.
That
comes
in
front
of
me
until
we
have
this
discussion.
X
X
That's
what
I'm
really
angry
about,
because
I
thought
we
were
going
to
have
a
great
conversation
today
about
why
it's
a
good
idea
to
privatize
I'm,
not
even
to
the
RFP,
yet
I
want
to
know
why
it's
a
good
idea
monetarily
to
privatize
something
whose
costs
will
only
increase
over
time.
I
have
not
been
convinced.
I,
don't
think
anyone
here
has
been
convinced.
I
have
no
problem
with
keeping
our
tow
companies
in
the
rotation,
but
why
are
we
even
talking
about
this?
B
L
Getting
back
to
that
and
following
up
with
your
comments
in
the
comments
of
the
of
councilman
goods
and
and
councilman
councilman
Miranda,
it
does
say
specifically
on
the
on
your
on
your
agenda
today:
staff
to
bring
back
information
pertaining
to
the
tow
company
situation
comma
before
the
RFP
or
anything
moves
forward
for
the
tow
company,
and
it
goes
on
to
state
so
getting
back
to
council
member
Miranda's.
What,
if
the
reason
I
brought
this
to
your
attention,
is
this
was
brought
to
my
attention.
L
I,
don't
know
where
the
council
was
aware
that
an
RFP
had
been
issued
contrary
to
council's
memo.
Excuse
me
the
council's
motion.
I.
Don't
know
the
answer
to
that,
but
with
regard
to
what?
If,
if
the
reason
that
this
was
issued,
because
it
was
time
was
of
the
essence,
the
question
is,
then:
what
if
Council
rejects
the
contract
when
it
comes
before
the
city
council?
What
is
Plan
B
for
the
administration
to
be
able
to
deal
with
that?
L
Because
again,
your
opportunity
to
weigh
in
on
this
issue
is
whether
the
contract
is
going
to
be
issued
or
not
so
I
just
want
to
bring
that
to
council's
attention
and
and
the
reason
I
brought
this
to
the
speaker's
attention
was
for
the
protection
of
the
process
and
protection
of
the
speaker,
not
knowing
necessarily
that
that
and
and
frankly,
I
I
wasn't
aware
of
this
memo
and
for
whatever
reason,
I
didn't
have
it
in
my
mailbox
to
my
availability.
I
apologize
for
that,
but
I
wanted
to
protect
the
speaker
before
this.
B
Y
What
I
was
going
to
say
nothing
to
the
substance,
but
more
of
a
point
of
order
that
maybe
that
we
have
like,
where
we're
kind
of
dealing
with
a
workshop
issue,
now
I
understand
the
the
issue,
but
maybe
we
could
get
to
the
Commendation
continue
this
for
a
couple
minutes,
because
we
have
a
lot
of
police
officers
here
and
I.
Don't
want
to.
You
know
just
my
my
opinion
for
what
it's
worth.
Thank
you.
L
If,
if
that's
council's
pleasure,
but
I
I
would
say
this
Council
that
if
the
gentleman
does
wish
to
speak,
then
it
does
have
consequences
for
him
personally.
I
just
wanted
to
bring
that
to
his
attention.
Maybe
council
could
hold
the
conversation,
and
maybe
the
gentleman
could
speak
afterwards
if
he
chooses
to
do
so.
If
we
can
move
forward
from
there
is
that
is
that
acceptable
to
you,
sir?.
S
L
B
T
V
U
You
could
leave
this
on
the
agenda
if
you
like,
and
there's
a
lot
of
you're
getting
into
a
lot
of
legal
issues.
I
don't
think
withdrawal.
The
RFP
is
something
that's
within
council's
purview.
I
do
think
council
with
a
contract
comes
before
you.
If
you
all
want
to
reject
that
contract,
you
can,
that
is
within
your
purview.
I
do
there
are
some
Salient
facts
about
why
I
think
the
administration
moved
forward
the
way
it
did
I
think
Miss
Newcomb
wanted
to
give
you
a
few
of
those
facts
just
so.
You
were
aware
so.
Z
Yes,
I
can't
address
the
RFP
process,
but
Megan
Newcombe
assistant,
City
attorney
representing
the
police
department,
but
I
just
wanted.
If
some
of
you
council
members
are
not
aware,
this
is
because
the
facility
on
Howard
has
been
delayed,
so
this
is
potentially
a
temporary
issue.
Z
The
police
department
was
was
made
aware
of
this,
and
you
know
with
construction
delays
and
things
time
is
changing
and
deadlines
are
changing,
so,
unfortunately,
we're
dependent
on
an
outside
company
to
tell
us
when
we
can
and
cannot
move
our
impound
lot.
So
this
is
essentially
a
stock
Gap
process.
Okay,
so
that's
why
it
was
a
the
original
RF
RFP
was
brought
to
council,
and
then
that
was
withdrawn
once
we
realized
that
there
were
some
questions
and
concerns.
Z
After
that
point,
myself,
Mr
Schmidt,
Mr
Spearman,
the
director
of
purchasing,
as
well
as
other
members,
had
a
large
meeting
with
everybody
who's
on
the
tow
truck
list,
whether
it's
rotation,
towing
or
police
Towing.
Everyone
was
invited
and
we
sat
down
for
about
two
hours
and
discussed
everything
and
hashed
everything
out
and
essentially
had
an
open
discussion
about
the
position
that
the
police
department
is
in.
Z
With
our
Impound
Lot
having
to
move
at
a
certain
time
and
not
having
the
new
place
be
ready,
we
addressed
those
concerns
and
then
because
of
the
timing
issue
of
when
we're
going
to
have
to
move.
That's
why
this
new
RFP
was
sent
out.
It
closes
on
May
1st,
so
this
silence
for
potential
bidders
has
to
be
enforced
until
May
1st.
During
this
time
period.
There
are
certain
people
which
is
Mr,
Spearman
and
Mr
Schmid
that
are
allowed
to
addre,
address
potential
bidders
and
have
and
answer
their
questions.
Z
But
no
one
else
in
the
city
is
permitted
by
the
rules
to
address
that.
So
that's
the
concern
and
I
apologize
that
the
timing
is
very
wonky,
but
that's
just
the
situation
that
we're
in
so
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
you
all
are
aware
of
some
of
the
background
reasoning
for
why
this
seems
so
disjointed,
but
we
changed
the
RFP
after
the
concerns
and
essentially
what
it
does
is
if
you
have
impound
Towing,
which
is
non-criminal,
non-evidentiary
and
then
police
impounds,
which
are
crime
related
cases.
Things
like
that.
Z
The
initial
one
address
both
of
them
this
this
RFP,
that's
out
now
only
addresses
the
police
Towing.
So
the
the
current
list
of
tow
truck
companies
that
do
rotation
would
not
be
altered
or
affected
in
any
way,
regardless
of
what
happens
with
the
secondary
issue,
and
the
reason
that
that
was
done
was
because
what
the
police
department's
issue
that
we
have
to
resolve
is
we
have
vehicles
and,
in
the
end
of
July,
we're
not
going
to
have
a
location
to
store
them,
while
the
Howard
facility
is
still
under
construction.
Z
Z
Z
T
T
Because
now
you
said
that
we
got
Bamboozled
on
an
impound
lot
and
he
said
Council
that
was
before
my
time
and
I'm
just
trying
to
fix
all
this
I
said
well
I'm
just
saying
Council
asked
for
specific
things,
and
that
was
the
conversation
I
had
with
him,
and
he
said
we
tried
to
work
things
out.
The
tow
truck
drivers
and
I
said
well
we'll
see
Thursday
how
they
feel
about
it
when
they
come
to
talk
to
us.
T
So
again,
they
don't
have
the
opportunity
to
tell
us
now,
because
an
RFP
has
been
pulled
out
until
May
1st.
So
now
we
we're
still
back
to
square
one
to
me,
because
the
the
emotion
was
clear
by
this
Council.
What
we
wanted
done
and
administration
did
what
they
wanted
to
do
versus
doing
what
we
asked
them
to
do,
and
we
asked
that
everything
come
back
to
us
for
discussion
at
a
workshop,
but
the
administration
did
what
they
wanted
to
do.
T
That's
why
we're
in
this
dilemma
today
and
it's
unfair
to
the
tow
truck
drivers
who
are
here
who
want
to
speak?
Everybody
might
not
be
in
agreement
to
what
some
of
the
other
tow
truck
drivers
agree
and
that's
for
us.
This
counts
to
decide
how
we
want
to
proceed
with
our
tow
company
rotations
list,
so
I'm,
sorry,
but
I
think
another
violation
has
occurred
with
this.
Council
Administration
overstepped
their
bounds
with
their
motion
was
made
and
it
was
not
a
YouTuber.
Thank
you,
chairman.
C
C
You
know
I
I
called
the
mayor
after
my
election
and
congratulate
her
and
we're
going
to
be
meeting
next
week.
I
hope
that
she'll
be
meeting
with
everybody.
We
know
Ms
Zellman
and
her
staff
have
been
trying
to
work
more
closely
with
us.
The
last
few
months
and
several
other
people
have
but
they're
afraid,
nerves.
You
know
some
of
the
mayor's
staff
have
intentionally
sabotaged
and
politically
attacked
us
over
the
last
four
years.
C
Some
of
them
are
going
to
be
up
for
Renewal
and
so
we'll
see
how
their
renewal
appointments
go
in
the
last
30
60
days.
Some
people
do
things
accidentally,
not
realizing
that
they
hit
a
tripwire,
because
the
nerves
are
so
afraid,
keep
in
mind
that
we've
all
just
been
through
campaigns,
miss
hertech,
the
the
the
biggest
one
that
was
a
recipient
of
15
or
20
negative
mailers,
probably
cost
three
or
four
hundred
thousand
dollars.
C
If
you
added
all
that,
probably
the
negative
mailers
against
the
three
of
us
anyway
were
probably
two
million
dollars
or
a
million
and
a
half
dollars,
and
we
know
we
know
the
packs
that
they
came
from
and
we're
going
to
see
more
about
where
they
came
from
in
the
past.
A
C
Just
so,
you
all
know
the
kind
of
person
I
am
I
met
with
the
guy
who
ran
against
me.
I
met
with
him
last
week
and
I
said:
let's
start
over,
let's
hit
reset
and
you
know
he
spent
350
000
his
own
money
against
me,
I'm,
going
to
do
the
same
thing
with
the
mayor
next
week.
I
would
ask
that
everybody
around
the
mayor
stop
looking
at
this
as
a
political
issue,
stop
stop
looking
at
at
how
we
can
fight
each
other
and,
let's
all
get
along.
C
We
have
to
we
have
four
years
now.
This
mayor's
Legacy
is
going
to
be
defined
by
the
next
four
years,
more
than
any
of
us,
and
we
all
need
to
work
together.
Let's
please
improve
the
communication.
Collaborate.
We've
we've
six
times
in
the
last
couple
months,
we've
approved
ordinances
or
resolutions
that
Ms
Zellman
and
Morris
and
her
team
have
helped
us
put
together
that
that
show
that
that
we
all
intend
to
work
together.
So,
let's
please
set
aside
the
the
whatever
happened
in
the
last
four
years.
C
Attacks
like
the
ones
against
council,
member
goods
and
dengfelder
were
staff
participated.
We
need
to
get
past
all
of
that
and
we
need
to
work
together
going
forward.
So
please
everybody
in
the
mayor's
office.
Please
set
up
a
dialogue,
work
with
us
and
and
let's
try
to
move
this
city
forward.
Thank
you.
B
B
AA
So,
just
a
couple
of
comments
and
to
everything
that
councilman
Carlson
said,
as
I've
said
before,
were
all
all
of
you
all
of
the
administration,
everyone
in
my
office,
everyone
on
the
staff
are
here
to
do
what's
best
for
the
City
of
Tampa,
but
it
goes
both
ways.
I
agree
with
you.
We
all
we
have
to
be
respectful
of
counsel.
You
all
were
elected,
I,
wasn't
I
respect
that
I
will
defer
to
you.
For
that
reason,
but
I
ask
the
same
in
return.
When
I
hear
comments.
AA
Like
you
know,
you
saw
what
this
motion
was
and
I'm
not
going
to
approve
this
RFP,
because
you
didn't
comply
with
the
letter
of
the
motion
without
hearing
what
Megan
was
trying
to
explain
which
is
tpd
was
under
the
gun.
Tpd
had
a
timing
issue.
They
couldn't
wait
until
after
today
to
issue
this
RFP.
They
had
to
find
a
place
to
put
these
cards.
So
I
just
asked
that
you
give
us
the
opportunity
to
explain.
Mike
Schmidt
I
know
tried
to
reach
each
of
you
if
he
failed
I
apologize
for
that.
AA
He
he
was
supposed
to
talk
to
each
of
you
in
advance
to
explain
the
timing
behind
this
and
why
the
RFP
couldn't
wait.
Yes,
we
knew
the
motion
said
that
but
tpd
couldn't
wait
as
far
as
the
details
of
the
impound
lot
and
what
was
done.
I
can't
speak
to
that.
But
I
can
tell
you
that
in
terms
of
getting
the
RFP
out,
it
couldn't
wait
and
I.
Just
ask
you
to.
AA
Please
give
him
the
opportunity
to
explain
that
to
you
before
jumping
to
conclusions
that
there's
some
kind
of
Nefarious
intent
or
disrespect
being
shown
to
you
by
the
administration
or
in
this
case
by
tpd,
because
that
just
isn't
true
so
I
I.
Just
it's!
It's
I,
just
ask
that
we
both
we
all
treat
each
other
with
respect
and
give
each
other
the
benefit
of
the
doubt
and
take
the
opportunity
to
ask
the
questions
and
explain
these
things
to
each
other.
AA
A
B
AA
The
only
thing
I
want
to
say,
since
this
may
be
my
only
time
with
the
microphone
today
is
I-
want
to
say
thank
you
to
both
you
and
Mr
Goods
I
have
enjoyed
working
with
you
from
when
we
serve
together
on
the
charter
review
commission.
Until
today,
thank
you
for
showing
us
respect
and
working
with
us
and
I
wish
both
of
you
the
best
going
forward.
I
know
this
won't
be
the
last
time
we
see
you
I
hope
we
can
all
continue
to
work
together
in
a
positive
way
for
the
community.
So
thank
you.
T
I
I
have
no
problem
if
there
was
a
time
crunch
Museum,
but
that's
not
the
issue
here.
If
Mr
Smith
knew
or
chief
Burkhardt
knew
that
should
have
been
addressed
when
you
met
with
a
tow
truck
drivers.
You
had
your
discussion
before
you
read
the
RRP
that
could
have
been
a
call
made
the
council
or
or
or
or
a
special
Amendment
on
one
of
the
agendas
to
talk
about
why
we
have
to
move
forward,
but
to
get
a
call,
everyone
didn't
get
it
in
the
ninth
hour
by
Mr
Schmidt.
T
That's
something
told
me
different
versus
you
knew
beforehand
before
today
and
in
the
ninth
hour
versus
if
that
was
the
case
with
the
chief
and
the
situation
with
the
drivers,
we
should
have
been
known,
I've
been
in
the
loop,
then
not
now.
That's
all
I'm
saying
and
that's
what
I'm
talking
about
that
that
this
could
have
been
prevented
today
because
have
we
been
in
the
loop,
then
we
wouldn't
be
talking.
We
could
say
well,
we
know
why
they
did
what
they
did.
V
Welcome
to
America
I
had
to
break
the
news
a
little
bit,
but
anyway,
what
happened
here
is
not
a
a
mistake.
Is
an
error
when
I
play
ball
a
little
bit
just
in
the
little
league
and
stuff
like
that.
If
you
made
an
error,
it
was
acceptable.
You
make
a
mistake,
you
get
bent
for
30
days
because
you
were
stupid
and
that's
how
the
game
is
played
there,
and
what
here
we
have
is
someone
who
dropped
the
ball,
like
in
baseball.
V
That
tried
maybe
communicate
with
seven
council
members,
and
maybe
he
or
she
could
make
it,
but
there's
always
AIDS.
They
could
call
that
the
what
if
that
I've
been
talking
about
for
a
long
time
comes
into
play
in
most
instances,
if
you
had
not
made
a
contact
with
a
council
member,
what
if
they
haven't
ate
what,
if
you
leave
a
message
on
the
phone,
what
is
it
you
sent
him
a
text?
V
V
That
your
Romanians
may
be
close
to
Spain.
You
understand
what
I
said:
we're
trying
to
fix
this
in
front
of
the
general
public
and
that's
what
democracy
is
all
about.
You
see
one
lesson
that
we're
learning
today
is
that
the
seven
of
us
cannot
talk
to
each
other
about
anything,
that's
on
this
agenda.
So
therefore
you
say
that
way.
The
seven
of
us
can't
get
in
trouble
we're
trying
to
avoid
a
system,
and
you
can
communicate
with
the
mayor.
The
American
communicate
with
you
individually,
but
not
together,
and
then
we've
got
one
at
a
time.
V
So
this
is
a
lesson
that
we're
all
learning
on
that
side
and
on
this
side
and
that's
called
democracy.
So
we
welcome
you
here.
Welcome
what
you're
listening
to
and
what
we're
trying
to
figure
out
is
how
we
can
get
facilitate
the
police
department
to
take
their
cars
to
have
evidencia
evidence
into
a
lot.
That's
secured
because
that's
like
CSI
on
TVs,
yes,
I,
New,
York,
CSI
Miami.
They
find
a
speck
of
dust
and
they
can
tell
you
where
you
came
from
in
the
car
and
they
always
catch
the
fellows
I.
V
Don't
know
how
to
do
that,
but
they
always
catch.
So
what
I'm
saying
is
that
these
are
the
things
that
we're
trying
to
work
out
so
that
no
one
gets
hurt,
not
the
police
department,
so
they
can
take
their
cards
which
I
guess
is
50
or
20,
or
something
I'm
just
taking
it
against,
throwing
it
out,
see
how
close
I'm
coming
to
move
those
cars
and
then
the
others
that
are
picked
up
doing
an
automobile
accident
or
stuff
like
that.
They
go
to
another
lot.
Y
I
I,
just
again
what
I
said
20
minutes
ago
we're
an
hour
I
I
the
we
have
about
20
cops,
who
are
waiting
for
a
commendation
I.
This
is
not
to
comment
whatsoever
on
the
substance
of
the
important
issues
we're
talking
about
which
are
entitled
to
a
vigorous
discussion.
Can
we
just
do
the
Commendation
because
we
have
like
20
police
officers
who
are
you
know
not
on
the
streets
right
now,
I
mean
we're.
It's
it's
10
o'clock
and
again
this
is
not
to
comment
substantively
on
the
discussion.
Y
I
respect
everyone's
opinions,
Etc
a
lot
of
very
important
issues
that
are
happening
here
that
I
just
just
I
I
make
a
motion
to
to
have
this
heard
right
now.
Please.
B
C
Where's
Michelle
Miss
sellman,
it's
just
for
everybody,
everybody
watching
on
staff,
please
everybody
understand
that
nerves
are
afraid
right
now.
You
know
you
when
you
get
a
barrage
of
negative
stuff
coming
at
you
you're.
You
know
my
kids
cried
a
couple
nights
looking
at
that
stuff
and
it
affects
you
in
lots
of
ways.
So
everybody
please
understand
that
nerves
are
afraid
and
let's
all
try
to
communicate
and
over
communicate
and
prevent
this
from
having
a
future.
C
The
last
thing,
I'll
say
is
that
I
contacted
Nicole
Travis
ahead
of
Economic
Opportunity
for
the
city
and
she
rearranged
her
schedule,
she's
meeting
with
the
Romanians
now
so
they
have
just
left
the
room
and
we
thank
them
for
coming.
We.
T
Morning
again,
gentlemen,
has
a
distinct
pleasure
of
he
needs
no
introduction.
He
protects
us
every
every
Thursday
or
every
every
meeting
and
make
sure
we're
safe
in
this
chamber.
He's
done
a
great
job.
My
four
years
and
again,
I
didn't
know
him
a
lot
when
I
was
a
police
officer
because
he's
behind
me
a
little
bit.
But
what
I
can
say
is
that
he
stays
true.
T
He
stays
loyal
and
he's
worked
hard
for
us,
especially
this
this
four
years,
because
it's
you
know
it's
been
some
times
in
the
council
chambers,
so
I
wanted
to
personally
say:
congratulations
to
you
when
I
found
that
you
were
retiring
next
week,
Tuesday,
so
I
wanted
to
make
sure
without
robbery.
That
means
you
get
your
accolades
for
the
work
you've
done
for
this
community
and
for
these
council
members
in
this
chamber.
Thank
you
so
I'll,
let
the
chief
come
up.
If
you
want
to
say
a
few
words
and
then
I'll
read
the
accommodation
for
Amari.
AB
AC
So
I've
had
the
opportunity
to
work
with
Amari
for
almost
four
years
now
and
I've
had
the
opportunity
to
supervise
officers
in
all
different
capacities,
and
one
thing
I
will
say
about
Amari
I
talk
with
him
every
morning,
very,
very
professional
in
everything,
whether
it's
casual
conversations
or
what
he's
doing
he's
represented
us
he's
represented
this
Bureau
he's
kind
of
the
set
it
and
forget
it.
He
only
called
me
when
he
needed
to
he
takes
care
of
business
and
when
he
moves
on
to
his
next
Endeavor
we're
gonna.
AC
T
You
all
right,
my
friend
in
recognition
of
Mario
Moore
for
a
year
for
your
dedication
devotion
and
serve
to
the
10th
police
department
and
the
Tampa
City
Council
Office
for
23
years,
more
begin
his
career
with
the
city
of
Tampa
Police
Department
in
May
2000
and
has
since
progressed
from
a
police
officer
to
a
mass
patrol
officer,
a
part
of
the
Department
of
squat
team
for
17
years.
I
did
not
know
you're
a
part
of
SWAT
team.
T
Well,
since
April
2019
and
Mario
certainly
tempts
the
council
chambers
in
his
duties
as
mpo
Mr
Elmore,
you
have
earned
the
respect
of
your
superiors,
peers
and
the
great
cities
of
the
amazing
City.
Congratulations
to
you
on
your
retirement.
You've
exceeded
the
mark
and
went
above
and
beyond
the
Call
of
Duty.
For
a
job.
Well
done
is
our
sincere
gratitude
and
present
to
you
accommodation
today
the
27th
appreciate
you,
my
brother.
Thank
you,
I
appreciate
it.
K
K
Enjoyed
it,
I
was
definitely
a
part
of
my
job
that
I
never
knew
what
was
going
to
happen,
especially
when
we
were
over
at
TCC
during
the
covet
time.
So
I
wanted
to
say
thank
you
for
the
accommodation
on
that.
I
also
want
to
thank
Marty
Shelby,
the
council
aides,
the
city
clerks
and
the
CCTV
guys
for
all
the
assistance
that
they
gave
me
and
made
the
job
like
I,
said
just
kind
of
entertaining,
and
it
was
a
pleasure
to
come.
K
Do
that
part
of
it
I'd
like
to
thank
my
squad
for
showing
up
they
kind
of
bailed
me
out
when
I
couldn't
be
here.
I
know
it
wasn't.
You
know
the
best
part
of
their
day,
but
I
appreciate
them
covering
for
me
and
that's
about
it
all
right.
Thank
you.
AC
V
Street
I
want
to
make
sure
that
the
public
knows
where
was
it
at
the
street.
Okay
I
wanted
I
want
to
make
sure,
but
it's
been
a
process.
I
know
you
when
you
first
came
here
four
years
ago
and
the
mannerism
that
you
would
stand
by
the
door
for
a
while
I
thought
it
was
looking
at
somebody
who
was
stuffed,
but
you
wouldn't
move
and
I
said
Relax.
V
You
can
sit
down
once
in
a
while
when
you
get
tired,
but
you
want
to
do
your
job
perfectly
and
I
admire
you
for
all
that
I'm
married
for
your
mannerism,
the
way
you
look
around
and
you
don't
sit
back
and
relax
you
always
intended.
One
word
means
a
lot
to
you
more
than
it
means
to
us,
because
those
are
key
words
that
you
learn.
V
What
comes
next
and
I
appreciate
all
the
work
that
you've
done
and
congratulations
to
you
and
to
your
family
and
I
hope
that
you
retirement
it's
for
a
long
time
and
I'm
sure
not
because
I'm
guarantee
you
within
60
days,
you're
gonna
be
working
somewhere
else
and
I.
Don't
blame
you
for
that.
The
longer
you
work
remember
this
from
a
guy,
that's
82
years
old
of
your
work,
the
longer
you
live,
the
shorter
you
work,
the
sooner
you
don't
live
so
remember
that.
X
Thank
you
so
much
for
everything.
You've
done.
Not
only
have
you
been
here,
but
I've
noticed
the
little
things
you
do,
helping
people
get
out
or
get
in
just
little
things
that
most
people
might
not
have
done
and
I
just
want
to.
Thank
you
for
that,
because
those
little
gestures
always
mean
so
much
to
the
person,
and
it
really
shows
who
you
are
and
I
just
really
want
to
say.
Thank
you
and
I
wish
you
all
the
best
in
retirement
with
whatever
you
do,
work
or
not,
and
congratulations
to
your
whole
family.
G
Know
we
hate
to
see
you
go
because
you're
so
young
and
when
I
heard
retirement,
you
know
it's
just
it's
amazing,
but
thank
you
for
always
being
so
professional,
always
professionally.
It
was
mentioned
earlier
and
it's
true
from
here
to
the
convention
center,
when
we
had,
you
know
covet
and
social
distancing
very
complicated
times,
but
you
were
there
again,
always
professional,
always
helpful,
always
standing
guard
always
keeping
an
eye
out
and
we've
really
enjoyed
working
with
you
and
I.
G
Y
Thank
you
very
much
and,
and
you
know,
I
I.
Thank
you,
councilman
gootz,
for
putting
this
forward
and
in
Amari
I.
You
know
you're
you're,
a
good
guy
and
you're
very
thoughtful,
and
it's
so
nice
to
see
your
wonderful
wife
and
you've.
You've
talked
about
her
before
what
a
wonderful
woman
she
is,
and
you
know,
you're
you're,
a
friend
and
you're.
We've
had
a
lot
of
good
conversations
over
the
years.
Y
A
lot
of
conversations,
including
on
a
lot
of
you,
know
Civic
and
social
things
and
our
different
thoughts
on
it
and
you're
a
very
thoughtful
person.
You
really
really
are
you've,
got
wonderful
temperament,
you're,
very
calm
and
and
has
been
said
before,
you've
been
with
us
through
some
really
tough
times.
You
mentioned
the
convention
center
I
mean
I,
remember
a
lot
of
times
when
we
had
during
the
post,
George
Floyd
months.
Y
Oh
gosh,
50,
100
people
Maybe,
not
maybe
even
more
there
and
stuff
could
have
happened
and,
and
you
were
over
there
and
you
were
always
going
to
be
our
front
line
of
defense
there.
Just
for
anything
because
you
all
know
all
it
takes
is
one
person
right
and
any
kind
of
incident
right
now,
anyway,
anytime
and
and
you
were
always
there
and
you
were
always
a
wonderful
front
line
of
defense
and
you're
again.
Y
B
C
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much
for
the
public
who
may
not
know
who
he
is
sorry
if
this
is
over
exaggeration,
but
he's
kind
of
like
the
Secret
Service
person
for
city
council
and
where
the
mayor
has
one
person
just
for
her.
We
have
one
for
seven
and
so
plus
all
of
our
our
aides
and
staff.
So
I
mean
you
really
were
the
person
standing
in
the
line
of
fire
if
something
happened
and
appreciate
it
and
to
Jessica.
C
Thank
you
for
supporting
him
and
allowing
him
to
do
that,
and-
and
he
was
not
just
here-
protecting
us
here,
but
nights
and
weekends.
We
had
a
cell
phone
number
and
there
was
an
incident
where
I
was
at
an
event
and
protesters
threatened.
My
kids
and
I
had
to
call
him
and
he
responded
right
away
and
was
helpful
in
dealing
with
that,
and
so
we
there
are
a
lot
of
things
that
you
do,
that
we
don't
see
it's
not
that
you're
just
sitting.
C
There
are,
there
are
men,
many
many
very
good,
experienced
police
officers
that
are
going
to
be
leaving
in
the
next
few
years
and
we're
not
going
to
be
able
to
thank
all
of
them
individually
like
this,
but
you're
a
great
example
of
of
the
hard-working
men
and
women
that
we
have
out
there,
and
we
need
to
make
sure
that
you
all
are
our
best
ambassadors
to
make
sure
we
get
good
people
like
you
to
replace
you,
because
we
need
really
good
officers.
C
B
Everybody
that
walks
through
this
door
is
welcome.
Welcome
to
car
our
government
works
and
to
watch
us
do
our
jobs,
but
every
now
and
then
there
are
a
couple
people
that
you're
a
little
concerned
about
like
the
gentleman
who
was
eating
his
clipboard
the
other
night,
and
you
and
I
developed
this
language
where
we
could
look
at
one
another
and
he
would
he
would
look
at
me
and
say
we
cool.
B
Are
we
all
right?
Is
this
thing?
Okay
and
it
could
even
be
hey?
What
are
we
having
for
dinner
tomorrow
night?
Thank
you
for
all
you've
done.
Thank
you
for
developing
a
different
language
with
me
and
I
know
that
you're
not
leaving
anywhere
I'm,
not
I,
know
you're,
not
going
too
far.
Thank
you
for
everything
you've
done
for
the
last
four
years.
Thank
you
very
much.
W
I
want
to
say
good
morning
and
now
I'm
cigarette
Doss
I
was
here
last
week
and
shortly
after
I
finished,
making
some
comments.
W
Last
week,
I
observed
the
city's
attorney
making
comments
about
me
when
I
was
leaving
the
building
and
although
I
appreciate
her
speaking
so
kindly
about
my
prowess
as
a
process,
self-represented
lydian
I
thought
was
necessary
for
me
to
give
some
context
to
her
comments
and
I
want
to
do
this
without
appearing
to
attempt
to
litigate
or
relitigate
reap
to
litigate
the
cases
I
have
ongoing
in
the
federal
court
or
re-litigate
the
case
that
I
already
won,
which
brings
me
here
and,
like
you
know,
I'm
a
I
didn't
say
it
last
time:
I'm,
a
veteran
United,
States
military,
the
United,
States
Army.
W
In
fact,
and
like
the
people
up
here,
I
took
note
the
polls,
certain
constitutional
principles
so
and
as
a
citizen
of
Florida
I'm
beholding
to
certain
Provisions
in
our
constitution.
Actually,
all
of
them
really
and
certain
legislative
dictates
as
well,
which
is
no
different
than
the
other
public
official
now
and
we
can
go
to
876
of
section
five
of
the
Florida
statute,
which
I'm
sure
all
you
all
are
familiar
with.
But
you
had
to
sign
it
when
you
took
office
and
everybody
who
gets
who
gets
employed
signs
one
as
well,
but
Article
1,
Section
24.
W
The
Florida
Constitution,
gives
me
a
right
to
access
this
meeting
and
to
speak
to
you
all
as
my
Representatives,
and
even
if
I
weren't
litigating
against
the
city
of
Tampa
I
have
a
right
to
come
in
here
and
talk
to
you
all
about
any
issue.
W
I
have
with
my
government
and
which
is
what
brought
me
here
now
so
for
everybody's
edification
I
paid
the
tpd
money
to
get
some
records,
which
is
why
I
had
to
do
the
public
workers
request
because
for
some
reason
they
sent
me
on
a
wild,
goose
chase
and
I
went
to
the
Florida
Department
of
Law
Enforcement
and
the
sheriff
and
I
got
what
I
needed
for
the
most
part.
To
my
knowledge
from
both
of
those
agencies.
The
agency
that
didn't
give
me
anything
is
the
agency
that
sent
me
a
bill
for
ten
thousand
dollars.
W
Now.
What
I'm
asking
the
counselor
to
do
is
to
instruct
somebody
somewhere
to
give
me
an
itemized
list
of
what
would
take
461
and
a
half
hours,
which
is
12
weeks
of
working
time
to
give
me,
and
we
could
probably
come
to
some
sort
of
mutual
inamicable
resolution
as
to
what
it
is
exactly
that
I'm
looking
for,
and
they
can
give
it
to
me.
W
So
with
that
being
said
and
again,
I
want
to
reiterate
in
case
she
runs
up
here
later
on
I'm,
not
trying
to
litigate
the
federal
case,
22
CV,
129
or
any
other
ongoing
cases.
I
just
want
what
I
asked
for,
which
is
my
right.
As
a
citizen
in
the
State
of
Florida,
you
people
take
care
and
I
look
forward
to
the
next
four
years.
Y'all
take
care.
AE
AE
If
you
remember
back
in
the
1990s,
that
was
a
movie
called
living
in
Copper
in
a
place
that
I'm
taking
from
that
is
saying,
Homie
don't
play
me
know
that
West
Campus
and
the
90s
and
early
200s
early
2000.
They
tried
to
close
the
live
bar.
We
were
staying,
we
kept
it
open.
They
also
decided
to
go
to
post
office.
We
was
dead
and
we
kept
it
over
moving
from
F
to
C
plus.
AE
That's
our
proposal
related
to
just
Elementary,
based
on
best
practices
from
around
the
country,
especially
one
that's
called
community
building
and
partnership,
and
the
other
one
is
called
the
Harlem
school
zone
in
New
York
both
of
these
initiatives.
So
when
the
community
come
together,
how
you
can
turn
a
selling
wave
into
a
passive
Grace,
and
this
was
done
through
a
public,
private
and
non-profit
relationship
from
May,
the
8th
of
this
year,
West
Tampa
community
meeting
on
just
Elementary
School
to
present
to
the
school
board
on
May
the
9th.
AE
For
those
that
are
interested
reach
us
at
West,
Tampa,
CDC
gmail.com,
our
current
initiative
includes
the
technology
for
Building
Center,
Community
engagement
and
Public
Safety,
and
now
education
and
Mission
within
the
next
three
days
over
100
neighborhood
boosts
throughout
canceled,
receiving
an
email
asking
your
all
y'all
to
join
us
and
I'll
Endeavor.
To
make
a
difference
like
Charlie
said
earlier,
this
is
but
democracy
looked
like.
Thank
you
very
much.
AD
Hi,
my
name
is
Carol
Ann
Bennett
I
just
want
to
make
a
brief
comment
on
the
recent
elections.
I've
lived
in
Tampa
all
my
life
and
I've
never
seen
local
elections
like
what
we
saw
this
time.
I've
never
seen
anything
so
dirty
and
nasty,
and
apparently
Sandy
Friedman
and
former
Chief
Duke,
and
agree
with
me
because
they
said
so
publicly.
AD
I
can't
even
tell
you
how
many
people
called
me
emailed
me.
Texted
me
DMV
pm'd
me
social
media
in
the
grocery
store
about
how
their
mailboxes,
day
after
day
after
day,
were
being
stuck
with
attack
mailers
and
they
hated
it,
and
you
know
what
they
said
to
me:
every
single
one
of
them.
They
said
that
means
I'm,
not
voting
for
that
person,
because
I
don't
want
that
trash.
AD
Clogging
up
my
mailbox
and
South
Tampa
responded
loud
and
clear.
They
soundly
defeated
anyone
who
did
that
type
of
campaigning,
so
I'm,
just
hoping
that
everybody
takes
notice
that
if
you're
going
to
run
for
office
in
districts,
one
through
four,
you
better
run
a
Clean,
Campaign
or
South
Tampa
is
going
to
give
you
the
boot
I
want
to
thank
councilman,
citro
and
councilman
goods
for
your
years
of
service.
AD
You
couldn't
I,
don't
know
how
much
you'd
have
to
pay
me
to
get
me
to
do
that
job.
In
fact,
I
think
you
the
only
way
you
get
me
to
do
that
job
is,
if
you
paid
off
my
nieces
and
my
nephews
student
loans
and
the
city
doesn't
have
that
kind
of
money.
AD
I'd,
rather
have
hot
poker
stuck
in
my
eyes
than
do
the
job
you
guys
did
so
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
years
of
service
and
councilman
Goods
I
wanted
I
want
to
say
to
you
specifically
I
I,
never
I
knew
nothing
about
you
before
you
got
elected
I've
been
appearing
before
city
council
for
over
five
years
now
it's
a
neighborhood
Advocate
and
when
you
got
elected
I
had
no
idea
what
to
expect
and
I
just
want
to
say
that
one
of
the
things
that
I
noticed
about
you
was
that
you
treated
everybody
the
same,
whether
they
could
vote
for
you
or
not.
AD
You
traded.
Every
citizen
who
came
before
you
the
same
and
I,
cannot
say
that
of
every
councilman
I've
I've
known
on
this
Council
than
the
previous
city
council,
and
sometimes
you
could
tell
just
by
the
way
a
council
person
voted
whether
they
were
in
there,
whether
the
neighborhood
people,
who
were
there
were
in
their
District
or
not.
But
you
can't
say
that
about
you,
you
treated
everybody.
The
same.
Everybody
in
the
city
was
just
as
important
to
you
as
everybody
else
and
I
want
to.
AD
B
Do
we
have
anyone
else
on
the
line?
Okay,
with
council's
permission,
items
agenda
number
six
and
seven
have
been
asked
to
move
to
the
beginning
of
our
Workshop.
G
B
AF
Sir,
thank
you.
This
is
the
update
on
the
tree.
Trust
fund,
I,
believe
both
motions
dealt
with
an
update
to
the
tree
trust
fund
before
I'm
joined
by
director
of
Parks
and
Recreation
Hills,
and
we're
going
to
speak
to
the
both
of
those
items,
but
before
we
get
into
the
nuts
and
bolts
of
the
fund.
This
is
a
timely
motion,
because
the
University
of
South,
Florida
and
University
of
Florida
have
recently
completed
the
tree.
Canopy
analysis
that
has
been
long
awaited
for
and
so
Dr
Sean,
Landry
and
Dr.
AF
Andrew
kozer
are
here
today
to
provide
a
brief
update
that
we
will
then
go
forward
and
release
to
the
community
and
have
some
meetings
and
discuss
and
determine
next
steps
and
what
should
be
done
to
address
the
recent
reduction
in
canopy.
So
before
sharesha
and
I
present
I'd
like
to
ask
Council
to
entertain
a
presentation
from
Dr
Sean,
Landry
and
Dr
Andrew
kozer.
AF
AG
We
go
perfect
and
then
how
do
I
advance
so
I,
just
okay,
awesome!
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much
for
having
me
today.
My
name
is
Andrew
kozer
I'm
here
with
Sean
Landry
and
the
third
in
our
Trio
Dr
Rebecca
zarger
is
actually
going
to
be
voicing
over
her
presentation.
She
did
the
values
assessment
about
the
public
of
Tampa
want
in
the
urban
forest
and
that'll
be
the
third
part
of
this
presentation.
Technology
willing.
So
you
can
see
here.
This
is
the
2021
report.
It
is
2023.,
it's
pretty
hefty.
AG
It
took
a
long
time
to
compile
all
the
data
and
it
was
it's
it's
a
it's.
A
large
effort
and
I
commend
the
city
for
doing
it.
AG
We
have
a
five-year
assessment
if
he
has
a
five-year
assessment
of
its
Urban
forest
and
one
of
the
biggest
questions
that
is
asked
every
five
years
is:
how
does
the
canopy
of
the
city
change
the
canopy
if
you're
looking
at
it
is
the
tree
cover
looking
top
down?
If
you,
you
know
how
much
of
that
area
is
covered
by
tree
and
how
much
of
it
is
covered
by
hardscapes
such
as
roads
and
buildings
and
other
things
or
just
bare
ground.
AG
We
in
this
assessment,
we
look
at
what
the
canopy
is
doing
over
time,
which
is
something
that
few
other
cities
do,
which
is
commendable,
and
we
see
if
that
change
aligns
with
the
goals
of
the
city
and
the
goals
that
are
expressed
by
the
city
as
it
is
now,
is
no
net
change
in
canopy
over
time
keeping
consistent,
even
as
things
change
and
grow
and
then,
in
addition
to
that
top-down
view,
which
Sean
does
we
look
at
the
base
level?
AG
My
crew
goes
through
off
of
the
ground
and
looks
at
the
condition
of
the
trees,
the
species
diversity
and
how
things
look
up
close,
which
you
can't
get
from
a
satellite
or
a
plane,
and
then
this
year
we
had
several
new
aspects
that
we
always
add
a
few
different
things
to
our
assessment,
and
there
was
a
heat
map
assessment
where
the
hot
zones
in
the
city,
which
is
and
I
know,
on
the
minds
of
a
lot
of
cities
in
Florida.
AG
We
look
at
a
potential
tree
planting
areas
and
then
also
a
the
Social
Science
assessment
of
what
people
valued
and
how
much
they
value
and
will
support
efforts
to
Green
the
city
and
then.
Lastly,
there
was
an
assessment
of
environmental
Equity.
So
you
know:
does
everyone
in
the
city
have
stay
at
the
same
access
with
the
access
that
they
want
to
trees
and
green
spaces
and
recreational
areas?
AG
As
I
I
said
before,
there's
it's
kind
of
a
mix
of
a
top-down
and
a
bottom-up
approach.
Kind
of
from
you
know,
aerial
views,
which
is
what
Sean
will
show
you
in
a
little
bit
to
the
bottom
view,
which
is
my
crew.
We
have
201
permanent
plots
throughout
the
city.
AG
My
crew
is
waiting,
Waist
Deep
through
water,
in
cyber
swamps,
dodging
alligators,
or
getting
special
permission
to
go
to
mcdill
to
get
this
data
for
you
to
look
at
it's
it's
quite
an
undertaking,
but
we
take
our
care
to
make
sure
that
you
have
the
best
information
available
to
make
your
decisions,
and
so
there's
several
different
approaches
that
we
do
for
the
aerial
assessment.
AG
This
is
all
part
of
an
existing
management
plan
that
the
city
has
enacted
in
the
past.
The
the
city
has
a
20-year
kind
of
time
frame
and
a
five-year
cycle
where
they
look
at
what
things
are
going
and
for
working
towards
if
you're
working
towards
your
long-term
goals,
with
the
management
efforts
that
they
have
and
they
can
use
that
five-year
assessment
period
to
change
the
course
if
things
are
going
awry.
AG
But
it's
part
of
a
bigger
system
where
we
have
an
internal
working
group
where
the
city
has
all
of
its
experts
internally
in
the
city,
working
towards
common
goals,
to
ensure
that
trees
have
a
place
in
the
city.
They
are
advised
externally
by
folks
experts
from
outside
the
city
in
an
external
advisory
committee
and
then
that
these
two
groups
work
together
to
make
sure
when
they
see
the
data,
whether
or
not
the
city's
on
the
right
course,
and
then
with
that
starts
the
new
cycle
of
five
years,
where
things
are
continuously
monitored.
AG
To
see
where
the
future
will
bring
us
and
a
little
bit
of
my
data
and
then
I'll
pass
it
on
to
Sean,
so
we
can
see
here
that
our
city
is
dominated
by
things
that
are
kind
of
in
the
natural
remnants
of
the
of
the
the
past
Forest
mangroves
along
the
coastlines
cypruses
along
the
swamp
areas,
showing
that
those
untouched
areas
that
are
still
intact
are
providing
a
lot
of
the
benefit
for
the
city
when
it
regard
to
what
trees
are
available.
AG
We
also
have
things
like
Brazilian
pepper,
which
are
from
Brazil,
not
exactly
a
native
species,
but
something
we
deal
with
throughout
the
city
and
then
the
trees
that
you
were
probably
familiar
with:
Laura
Oaks,
Live
Oaks,
cabbage
Palms.
Even
if
you
don't
know
their
names,
they
they
show
up
and
they're
quite
prevalent
in
our
managed
areas.
AG
This
is
what
we
call
a
distribution
of
the
diameters
of
the
trees.
Trees
grow
every
year.
They
live,
they
grow
or
they
die,
so
we
can
use
their
girth
their
size
of
their
trunks,
to
estimate
their
age
and
get
a
sense
of
how
long
they
have
left
on
this
earth
right.
AG
You
can
see
here
that
the
vast
majority
of
the
trees
are
small,
which
tells
you
two
things
you
have
a
future.
You
have
a
future
Forest,
that's
coming,
but
you
know
the
big
trees
are
also
the
ones
that
provide
a
lot
of
the
benefits
and
they
cannot
be
understated.
So
we
have
a
young
population.
Things
are
popping
up
a
lot
of
in
the
remnant
areas
as
well
as
I
said.
AG
A
lot
of
the
swamps
have
a
lot
of
young
New
Growth,
and
we
want
to
continue
to
make
sure
that
those
things
reach
a
bigger
size
to
maximize
the
benefits
and
I'll
leave
you
with
this
speaking
of
benefits.
We
run
all
this
thing
all
this
through
a
forest
service
model
that
was
developed
by
David
Nowak,
one
of
algorith's
Nobel
Laureate
team,
and
we
look
at
quantifying
the
benefits
in
a
way
that
maybe
makes
sense
when
you're
looking
at
the
cost
of
fire
trucks
and
police
cars
and
things
like
that.
AG
What
can
we
quantify
some
of
these
benefits?
Can
we
relate
them
into
things
that
the
public
can
understand?
One
of
the
things
that
we
measured
is
how
much
carbon
tree
sequester.
How
much
do
they
soak
up
in
their
wood
over
time
and
that
counteracts
the
carbon
that
we
burn
off
in
coal
and
fossil
fuels?
AG
Our
ear
Urban
forest
in
Tampa,
soaks
up
the
same
amount
of
carbon
that
is
used
in
the
entire
city
for
13
days
it
cancels
out
the
emissions
from
15
000
cars
in
a
year,
and
it
also
nulls
out
or
nulls
out
actually
20
000
homes
like
what
they
would
emit
through
just
operating
AC
and
things
like
that
from
a
dollars
and
cents
point
of
view.
The
trees
in
this
city-
and
this
is
a
we-
we
look
at
exactly
where
the
trees
are
in
our
plots
and
how
they
relate
to
buildings.
AG
They
save
the
city,
7.5
million
in
cooling
costs
from
Air
Conditioning,
there's,
9.5
million
dollars
in
Associated
reduced
Health
costs
from
like
asthma
from
particulate
inflammation
and
lungs
and
stuff
like
that,
and-
and
this
is
this-
is
something
that
they've
seen
in
other
studies
where,
like
we're,
devastating
infestations,
wipe
through
a
city
and
they
actually
see
the
spikes
of
Health
cases
rise
in
their
local
hospitals
and
then,
finally,
as
you
know,
we
see
in
Fort
Lauderdale
last
week.
Flooding
is
a
problem
in
Florida.
AG
AH
Foreign
thanks
I'm
Sean
Landry
from
University
of
South
Florida.
So
there's
a
lot
in
this
report
which
I
know
you
all
have
a
copy
of,
hopefully
we'll
be
giving
presentations
to
the
public
and
explaining
some
of
it
answering
questions
and
I'm
always
available
to
do
that
anyway.
But
one
of
the
things
we
did
was
we
mapped
out
the
tree
canopy
every
six
inches.
We
know
whether
it
was
canopy
grass
impervious
surface
buildings
and
one
of
the
things
that
we
can
take
from
that
and
obviously
is
a
lot
more
in
the
report.
AH
AH
AH
The
equivalent
loss
in
terms
of
area
of
canopy
since
2011
is,
is
essentially
four
times
the
area
of
Davis
Islands
and
so
just
to
put
that
in
perspective,
we're
currently
at
30
percent
tree
canopy
Citywide,
which
is
sort
of
a
weird
metric
in
the
scientific
community.
That
we
kind
of
based
that
30
percent
is
a
is
a
good
Target
threshold
for
sort
of
various
well-being
and
various
health
effects.
And
so
we
want
to
be
careful
not
to
drop
below
that.
AH
So
I
just
want
to
give
you
a
visual
of
sort
of
1948
to
now,
and
so,
when
you
think
about
the
city
of
Tampa,
what
was
here
before
us
was
essentially
really
sparsely
treed
Pine
Flatwoods,
if
you're
familiar
with
that
kind
of
habitat,
and
so
as
people
move
in
people
are
landscaping
and
it's
really
the
landscaped
Forest.
That
leads
the
canopy
we
have
today
and
so
that
kind
of
reflects
people's
desire
for
trees,
which
is
also
reflected
in
the
survey
results.
AH
So
when
you
break
it
down
by
planning
district,
which
is
sort
of
the
way,
the
urban
Forest
management
plan
sets
the
tone
for
evaluating
no
net
loss
of
of
canopy
in
planning
districts
in
South
Tampa
in
central
Tampa,
there
was
a
decrease
in
canopy
six
percent
down
in
South
Tampa,
3.3
percent
down
in
central
Tampa
and
both
of
those
are
sort
of
statistically
significant
meaning.
You
know
our
measurements
have
error.
Obviously
all
measurements
have
error,
but
if
you
even
consider
that
error,
it's
a
statistically
significant
decline.
AH
AH
Of
course,
because
we
present
to
you,
we
always
like
to
break
it
down
by
city
council
District.
Once
again,
of
course,
South
Tampa
is
down,
there's
also,
you
know
decreases
at
large
and
then
in
District,
which
district
is
it
over
in
West
Shore.
Six,
no
anyway,
there's
some
decreases
that
you
can
see
on
the
map
there's
more
in
the
report,
but
it
won't
dwell
on
that.
AH
Another
thing
we
do
is
we.
We
mapped
out
Urban
Heat
this
time,
so
you
can
kind
of
a
proxy
for
urban
heat
as
the
land
surface
temperature,
which
we
can
measure
from
satellite
imagery.
It's
a
it
reflects
the
kind
of
differences
in
temperatures.
People
are
going
to
be
feeling
in
different
parts
of
the
city
on
the
same
day,
given
the
same
circumstances,
you've
heard
of
the
urban
heat
island
effect.
That's
sort
of
in
that.
In
that
vein,
it's
but
there's
obviously
a
strong
relationship
between
canopy
areas
that
have
canopy
have
much
lower
temperatures.
AH
So
when
we
look
at
the
relationship
between
canopy
and
urban
heat,
you
know
we
see
that
those
areas
with
a
lot
of
canopy
have
lower
heat
and
consequently,
areas
with
more
or
less
canopy
have
higher
heat.
So
it's
one
of
those
things
you
can
use
to
sort
of
strategically
Target,
maybe
tree
planting
efforts
and
other
things
like
that.
AH
We
did
a
sort
of
an
equity
analysis.
If
you
will,
we
just
wanted
to
see
how
the
social
demographics
of
people
in
the
city
in
different
parts
of
the
city
relate
to
some
of
these
factors
so
canopy
and
urban
heat.
One
of
the
stronger
relationships
we
found
is
that,
unfortunately,
Urban
heat
is
higher
in
lower
income
neighborhoods
in
the
city
of
Tampa
they're.
Also,
it's
also
higher
in
areas
with
a
greater
proportion
of
Hispanic
residents.
AI
AI
More
of
that
information
can
be
found
in
the
full
report
and
we
welcome
the
chance
to
chat
more
about
the
full
social
science
study.
So
please
contact
me
if
you're
interested
today,
I
highlight
a
few
key
findings
so
who
took
the
survey
we
had
participation
from
every
part
of
the
city
representing
dozens
of
neighborhood
associations.
The
map
you
see
here
shows
the
number
of
residents
by
ZIP
code
with
darker
shaded
areas
having
the
most
participants
in
the
survey
over
300
people
who
completed
the
survey
also
volunteered
to
talk
with
us
one-on-one
about
trees.
AI
AI
These
are
the
lighter
green
areas
to
ensure
views
from
all
areas
of
Tampa
are
represented
in
equity
and
variability
were
captured
by
our
methods.
Overall,
we
did
35
interviews
to
supplement
the
survey
for
those
who
completed
the
survey.
The
largest
group
were
people
who
were
between
35
to
44
years
old,
tended
to
be
single
family
homeowners
versus
10
percent,
who
are
renters,
was
roughly
even
across
income
levels,
50
white
12,
other
racial
ethnic
categories
and
36
percent.
Declining.
AI
We
wanted
to
understand
values
and
benefits
of
trees
as
well
as
drawbacks.
One
thing
is
clear:
from
our
study:
people
have
strong
opinions
about
trees.
Trees
are
very
connected
to
a
sense
of
place
in
Tampa
and,
as
one
resident
told
us,
these
trees
hold
a
very
intense
and
very
rich
Natural
History,
many
reflected
on
the
cross-generational
aspects
of
trees
and
how
they
relate
to
overall
well-being.
The
number
one
benefit
people
listed
in
the
survey
was
shade.
AI
This
word
cloud
shows
which
benefits
were
mentioned
most
often
in
the
survey
responses,
as
well
as
the
other
top
benefits,
including
improving
air
quality
and
providing
space
for
birds
and
wildlife.
This
matches
up
fairly
well
with
the
scientists
measures
of
ecosystem
services
from
trees
mentioned
earlier.
AI
One
of
the
key
issues
and
takeaways
from
the
study
is
that
the
lack
of
affordable
access
to
tree
maintenance
was
raised
in
many
neighborhoods
across
the
city
most
felt
it
was
either
somewhat
or
very
expensive.
There's
a
great
interest
in
expanding
existing
programs
that
reduce
this
burden.
Greater
attention
to
maintenance
of
trees
could
be
a
way
to
lower
risk
from
tree
damage
like
falling
limbs,
ultimately
preventing
tree
canopy
loss
and
addressing
greater
Urban
heat
and
lower
income
areas
which
we
heard
about
earlier.
AI
Finally,
there's
interest
and
support
for
expanding
tree
planting
and
desired
areas.
Many
residents
who
participated
expressed
concern
about
the
recent
pace
of
tree
canopy
loss
and
the
impacts
of
regulations
surrounding
tree
removal.
There's
a
concern
that
current
rates
of
tree
replacement
are
not
proportionate
to
trees
being
removed.
AH
Okay-
and
that
was
her
presentation,
so
I'm
glad
she
was
able
to
give
it
and
not
me,
let's
if
we
can
go
back
to
the
slides
yeah,
so
one
of
the
things
we
did
by
mapping
out
the
canopy
as
well
as
grass
and
shrub
and
impervious
areas
as
we
can
sort
of
look
at
the
areas
where
we
what
we
can
call
potential
tree
planting
areas.
AH
You
know
a
size
that
was
sufficient
to
plant
a
tree
when
we
look
at
that,
we
can
just
sort
of
map
out
where
you
can
plant
trees
and
the
take
home
from
this
is
that
there's
a
lot
of
room
to
plant
trees
in
the
city
of
Tampa,
and
so
then
one
of
the
things
that
we
can
do
is
you
know
when,
when
the
city
can
use
this
information,
you
know
as
they're
prioritizing
where
to
plant
potentially
they're
looking
at
possible
areas.
Of
course,
you
have
to
look
at
the
on-site
conditions.
AH
AH
People
want
trees,
that's
not
going
to
be
an
issue
you
just
have
to
plant
them,
and
the
other
thing
we
can
do
with
this
is
start
to
identify
priority
particular
areas
where
you
might
plant
trees
and
one
of
the
things
is
the
right-of-way,
and
so
this
is
just
a
map
showing
these
red
areas
are
areas
of
right-of-way
where
there's
tree
planting
potential,
and
so
you
can
imagine
you
overlay
this
with
other
information
about
certain
neighborhoods
or
priority
areas,
and
you
know
really
sort
of
refine
the
potential
for
where
you
want
to
plant
before
you
have
to
spend
money,
sending
people
out
in
the
field
to
actually
inspect
every.
AH
G
Thank
you
very
much
and
first
let
me
compliment
you
on
an
amazing
presentation:
Mr
Benson,
who
I
believe
has
more
to
present.
We
went
over
and
wit
who's
in
the
audience.
We
had
a
very
long
discussion
a
few
weeks
ago
about
this
and
it's
fascinating,
because
it's
it's
something
that
a
lot
of
people
don't
think
about
trees.
You
know
but
look
at
the
importance
of
trees
and
look
at
the
benefits
of
trees,
and
you
brought
up
a
couple
of
interesting
numbers
and
and
in
this
data
the
tree
canopy
reduction.
G
I
was
looking
at
you
you
put
more
years,
but
looking
at
just
from
2011
to
20,
you
know
for
the
last
decade
we've
gone
from
34
to
30
percent
doesn't
seem
like
a
lot.
However,
I
have
this
image
here
of
how
many
homes
have
been
raised
in
South
Tampa
raised
r-a-z-e-d.
You
know,
we've
seen
a
lot
of
new
construction.
G
You
have
mentioned
that
a
10
increase
in
the
canopy
would
reduce
or
could
reduce
heat
related
deaths
3
to
32
percent.
That's
very
significant.
G
We
see
the
impact
of
of
the
Heat
and
how
it
is
worse.
In
the
lower
income
areas
of
this
community.
However,
we
talked
about
the
cost
of
Maintenance
of
trees,
the
damage
that
trees
will
do
with
their
Roots
sidewalks
and
whatnot
whatever.
However,
we
do
have
programs,
we
have
like
the
East
Tampa
tree
trimming
program,
but
is
it?
Is
it
significant
enough?
G
Should
we
expand
that
because
it's
very
expensive
to
prune
and
maintain
and
keep
those
trees
that
we
have
to
that
are
necessary
to
the
health
of
our
environment
and
the
health
of
the
people
in
this
community?
Again,
you
know
we
are.
We
are
recognized
as
one
of
the
best
tree
canopies
in
the
world
here
in
the
city
of
Tampa.
How
do
we
protect
that.
G
Development,
we
have
a
lot
of
other
issues
that
you've
mentioned.
We
can't
continue
seeing
these
declining
numbers,
all
those
small
percentages.
The
the
impact
is
tremendous.
A
couple
of
questions
that
I
have
you
know
regarding
annual
reports
with
the
tree
fund.
Are
we
getting
those
annual
reports
on
the
annual
basis?
I?
Don't
think
we
are.
We
have
natural
resources
advisory
committee-
that's
supposed
to
meet
twice
a
year.
What
is
the
state
and
what
is
the
status
of
that
committee?
G
And
are
they
meeting
that
twice
a
year
because
again,
in
the
last
several
years,
we're
seeing
reduction?
You
know
we're
seeing
a
reduction
in
the
tree
canopy
we're
seeing
a
reduction
in
seagrass
levels
in
our
water
as
a
greater.
You
know
overlooking
everything
our
environment,
we
can't.
We
have
to
be
very
careful.
You
know
if
we
Plateau
that's
fine,
because
we're
not
decreasing
or
treating
canopy
we're
not
adversely
affecting
our
our
environment,
but
are
we
putting
safeguards
in
place?
Are
we
keeping
a
watchful
eye?
We're
we're
not
going
to
continue
this
decline?
G
You
know
those
are
my
questions
and
I
know
I'm
looking
at
Mr
Benson,
but
again
you
gave
you
know
wonderful
day
and
it's
a
really
really
in-depth
presentation
and
it's
eye-opening,
because
you
know
again
the
importance
of
the
tree
canopy
and
protecting
that.
Thank
you.
AF
So
I'm
happy
to
speak
I
think
those
were
the
questions
were
sent
in.
Is
that
that
correct?
Those
were
some
of
the
questions
that
we
received,
so
we
we
can.
We
can
definitely
answer
those
I
think
some
of
them
are
going
to
be
answered
in
our
presentation.
So
if
we
can
go
through
the
slides
and
then
I
can
wrap
up
and
fill
in
the
gaps
at
the
end,
if
that,
if
that's
okay,
okay.
X
X
Everybody
gets
the
bowls.
Rarely
do
I
get
a
gator
moment
so,
but
I
I
want
to
say
thank
you
for
the
in-depthness
of
this
one
of
the
things
that
I
was
happy
to
see
on
this
presentation
was
the
decline
in
camphors,
which
I
know
is
a
huge
problem
tree
and
the
fact
that
it
wasn't
on
the
top
ten
was
I.
Thought
was
a
good
thing.
X
I
want
to
Echo
councilman
maniscalco's
desire
to
maybe
expand
the
tree
trimming
program,
which
you
mentioned
in
there
and
the
fact
that
something
that's
concerning
that
I
think
the
city
really
needs
to
pay
attention.
To
is
the
size
of
the
trees
that
we
are
currently
that
that
make
up
the
canopy
that
that
bar
graph
is
is
very,
very
eye-opening.
X
It's
it's
sobering
how
young
our
trees
are
and
the
concern
that
I
see
and
that
a
lot
of
residents
are
talking
to
me
about
are
the
fact
that
a
lot
of
these
younger
trees
are
mitigation
trees
and
that
our
Pub,
the
public,
does
not
understand
that
they
are
not
allowed
to
cut
mitigation
trees
down
once
they
move
into
a
house.
They
don't
know
that
this
tree
is
supposed
to
stay
there
and
that
they
can't
take
it
out.
X
So
I
know
we'll
talk
about
that,
a
little
bit
with
Mr
Benson's
presentation,
but
I
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you
for
what
you've
done
and
the
only
other
question
I
have
we.
Currently
we
do
have
a
tree
giveaway
program,
but
I
notice.
A
lot
of
those
trees
that
we
give
away
are
not
what
you
would
consider
shade:
trees
or
trees
that
really
add
to
the
canopy.
So
can
you
talk
about
maybe
some
of
the
trees
that
we
should
be
prioritizing
on
that
tree
giveaway?
That
would
really
help
to
encourage
the
canopy.
AG
I
think
a
range
of
trees
is
is
good,
so
you
will
want
your
big
shade
trees
of
your
Live
Oak,
which
can
grow
to
be
120
feet
wide
right,
but
not
every
yard
can
can
handle
that
right
so
having
a
range
of
the
big
trees
that
provide
the
workhorses,
providing
the
canopy
and
the
smaller
trees
that
can
still
provide
some
level
of
benefit,
but
no,
not
all
the
disservices.
We
were
talking
about
like
raising
sidewalks
and
stuff.
AG
AH
To
have
some
other
things
to
obviously
consider
are
the
the
suitability
of
those
different
species
for
storms
for
certain
conditions.
You
know
the
Mantra
of
right
tree
right
place.
You
know
that
you've
probably
heard
before
it's.
You
know,
there's
a
tree
for
every
situation
or
not,
but
you've
got
to
choose
it
carefully.
You
know
you
don't
plant
a
live
oak
under
under
a
power
line.
You
know,
but
you
can
plant
smaller
trees
under
a
power
line
as
long
as
there's
nothing
under
the
ground.
AG
C
Yeah,
thank
you.
Several
questions
and
comments.
You
talked
about
the
possibility
of
public
engagement
or
speaking
to
the
public
did
and
pardon
my
ignorance,
but
did
did
you
all?
Did
the
city
pay
you
all
to
do
this
and
is
there
an
additional
budget
we
need
or
is
there
is
that
included
in
whatever
the
proposal
was
we.
AH
Yes,
we
are
under,
we
did,
we
do
have
a
contract
with
the
city
and
we
USF
has
sort
of
a
technical
services
contract
where
the
city
can
ask
us
anyone
at
USF,
not
just
me
to
do
things,
and
then
we
obviously
we've
been
working
with
UF
forever.
So
we
always
work
together
on
this
project.
I,
don't
I,
wouldn't
say
we're
making
money
per
se.
A
C
AG
The
city
and
I
have
an
extension
appointment
which
is
public
Outreach
I
have
to
do
it
for
my
job,
so
we.
C
Then
could
you
all
go
back
whoever's
running
the
slides?
Could
you
go
back
to
the
one
that
shows
the
timeline?
Please.
C
And
while,
while
you're
doing
that
I
my
understanding
is
certain
neighborhoods,
especially
in
in
South
Tampa.
During
the
bicentennial
1976
people
planted
a
lot
of
trees
and
you
can
see
you
don't
have
the
80s
numbers
but
yeah
I'm.
Sorry,
there
we
go
yeah
there
you
go,
but
you
can
see
a
jump
from
73
to
95
and
I.
Wonder:
do
you
all
have
any
idea?
How
many
were
there
a
lot
of
trees
planted
then
so.
AH
Those
two
two
things
happen:
I,
don't
know
how
many
trees
that
were
planted,
but
two
couple
things
happened
that
might
be
related
to
this.
We
can't
say
with
certainty.
By
any
stretch,
there
was
obviously
the
first
ordinance
tree
tree
protection
ordinance
in
1973,
but
there
was
also
the
development
of
New
Tampa.
And
if
you
look
at
some
of
those
old
aerial
images,
you
see
a
lot
of
New
Tampa
was
rangeland
or
just
sparsely
treed
forests,
and
so,
as
those
areas
developed,
people
planted
trees
in
their
neighborhood
and
that
led
to
a
large
canopy.
C
So
so
my
biggest
questions
are
around
the.
Why
and
where
you
said:
South
Tampa
in
particular
got
hit
and
I
know,
there's
some
members
of
the
public
they're
very
interested
in
in
this
topic,
but
2000.
If
you
look,
if
the
peak
was
in
this
list,
anyway,
it
was
2011
and
then
there
was
a
drop
about
halfway
through
the
decade
and
then
another
drop
again
so
and
and
although
on
a
numbers
basis,
it's
not
big.
It's
a
worrying
Trend.
You
showed
the
heat
map.
C
Do
you
do
you
know
why
during
that
same
period,
I,
don't
know
if
there's
a
correlation
of
this?
During
the
same
period,
the
neighborhood
leaders
came
out
and
said
there
was
uncontrolled
growth
on
uncontrolled
approval
of
massive
apartment
complexes,
especially
south
of
Gandhi.
Some
of
the
places
that
have
been
covered
with
trees
got
torn
down.
AH
We
one
of
the
pieces
of
information,
that's
sort
of
missing
from
this
analysis,
and
hopefully
the
city
will
work
towards
acquiring
it
is.
We
would
like
to
go
back
and
look
at
where
the
specific
Parcels,
where
development
has
occurred
where
tree
permits
were
issued
and
and
find
out.
You
know
when
you
redevelop,
obviously
in
South
Tampa
there's
been
a
lot
of
Redevelopment,
which
is
not
normal.
Sometimes
that
requires
removing
a
tree,
but
it
might
also
require
planting
a
tree.
AH
The
real
question
to
answer
is
in
over
time
the
planting
of
trees
going
to
make
up
for
that
canopy
loss,
and
that's
that's
some
data
that
we
don't
have
through
the
permit
system
without
quite
a
bit
of
work.
I
think
they'll
probably
address
that.
C
C
I
mean
the
biggest
drop
was
in
South,
Tampa
and
but
you're
showing
kind
of
the
beach
park.
West
Shore
area
is
that
am
I
looking
at
maybe
maybe
more
to
the
north.
AH
Yeah
yeah
I
mean
there's
there's
different
areas.
This
is
this
is
by
block
group.
AH
You
can
see
on
the
on
this
on
the
right
side
that
there's
you
know:
lower
canopy,
it's
sort
of
a
real
tight
correlation
between
low
canopy,
higher.
AF
Heat
yeah
this
this
slide
is
the
coverage,
though
not
the
decline,
but
what
I
think
the
information
that
you're
referencing
is
addressed
in
the
analysis
of
the
changing
canopy
by
land
use
and
Zoning
District,
which
we
have,
and
while
the
like,
the
large
apartment
complexes
and
the
commercial
projects
might
seem
like
a
lot
because
they
are
in
terms
of
density
and
development
scale
in
terms
of
land
area
like
where
is
the
most
development
going
by
land
area?
It's
the
single
family,
residential
and
that's
what
was
reflected
in
their
analysis.
C
And
just
from
a
from
a
political
point
of
view
policy
point
of
view,
I
could
say
you
know
if
you
look
at
those
dates.
Most
of
that
decline
happened
in
the
prior
Administration
during
this
city
council,
and
this
Administration
and
and
at
least
anecdotally,
we've
been
very
Pro.
Smart
growth,
not
uncontrolled
growth
and
we've
been
in
favor
of
preserving
trees.
I
understand
the
mayor
also
made
an
announcement
yesterday
on
planting
more
trees,
which
is
a
good
idea.
C
Let
me
one
last
question
some
I
used
to
live
in
Singapore,
which
everybody
is
tired
of
me
saying,
but
some
folks
that
are
tree
Advocates
say
that
that
there's,
an
international
ranking
that
showed
us
ahead
of
Singapore
even
on
on
tree
canopy,
is
that
right
or
where
do
we
stand
internationally?.
AH
Yeah
I
mean
I
could
explain
this
in
the
short
story.
Is
that
the
per
I'm
friends
with
the
person
who
did
the
tree
pedia
and
that
analysis?
It's
based
on
Google
street
view
images
so
sort
of
looking
at
Green
greenness
from
a
ground
level
perspective,
and
so
they
didn't
analyze
every
city
in
the
world.
They
only
analyzed
a
handful
and
the
only
analyze
Tampa
was
because
I
asked
them
to
do
that.
I
also
asked
them
to
analyze
other
cities.
AH
C
It's
something
we
we're
proud
about,
people
talk
about
it
all
the
time
we
talk
about
it,
it's
one
of
the
it's.
The
reason
why
I
bought
a
house
on
my
street-
and
you
know
how
streets
with
lots
of
trees
are
the
are
the
ones
that
people
like
more
than
the
architecture
just
related
to
that,
though,
I
think
we
need
a
a
tree.
Vision
I
I
talked
to
the
tree
Advocates
about
this
too.
C
The
the
founding
prime
minister
of
Singapore,
back
in
the
60s
personally,
went
through
and
picked
species
and
and
and
and
Pla
helped
worked
with
those
folks
on
planning
it,
but
the
next
prime
minister,
when
he
came
to
Tampa,
we
were
going
down
275
from
downtown
to
the
airport
and
if
you
take
the
road
from
Singapore
Airport
to
downtown,
it's
completely
covered
with
trees
and
it's
a
wider
Highway
than
275,
but
it
completely
is
covered
with
tree
canopy.
C
And
when
we
took
the
prime
minister
of
Singapore
down
275
here
we
had
to
talk
to
him
to
distract
him,
so
he
wouldn't
look
and
I
wish.
We
could
have
a
vision
like
that
Bay
sure
now
the
trees
are
getting
large
enough
that
it's
starting
to
provide
some
canopy,
but
I
think
we
need
to
really
push
this
to
the
next
level
and
think
about
not
just
the
numbers
and
replacement
but
think
about
strategically.
How
do
we?
C
How
do
we
build
the
kind
of
canopy
that
will
bring
the
average
temperature
down,
make
us
resilient
and
create
the
kind
of
livable
environment
that
people
want
to
live
in
nowadays,
economic
development
is
no
longer
about
recruiting
companies.
It's
about
creating
a
livable
environment
where
the
best
people
want
to
live,
and
that's
we've
seen
a
lot
of
those
folks
move
here,
the
last
few
years
and
they
won't
stay
and
more
won't,
won't,
won't
move.
Our
kids
won't
move
back
unless
we
have
great
neighborhoods.
Thank
you.
V
AH
V
We
realized
that
I
appreciated
what
you've
done
is
fantastic,
but
even
then,
when
you
you,
if
any
one
of
the
seven
was
a
go,
give
a
speech,
10
percent
of
something
they're
going
to
say
well,
what
is
that?
What
is
this
something
of
ten
percent
I?
Don't
know
what
to
tell
them.
Two
three:
a
thousand
trees,
5003
I,
don't
know.
So
if
you
can
maybe
somehow
give
us
some
information,
so
we
can.
When
we
talk
to
someone,
we
can
tell
them
what
it
is
yeah,
because
we
don't.
V
The
and
you
mentioned
something
that
was
really
really
to
point
when
you
say
you
plant
them
under
you
used
to
plant
them
under
the
what
kill
these
utility
lights.
Well,
that's
why
the
utility
line
sometime
back
10
15
years
ago.
Somebody
got
the
idea
somewhere
and
they
got
a
permit
I
guess
they
were
told
to
do
that
and
anything
there's
a
line.
Instead
of
you
see
your
trees,
you
see
a
tree
that
looks
like
a
slingshot
holder.
V
It's
the
center
of
it
is
missing,
which
most
of
the
other
coverage
that
it
had
to
start
with.
So
I,
don't
blame
anyone,
I
blame
something
that
had
to
be
done:
I
guess
to
save
the
possibility
of
a
high
wind
or
some
type
of
hurricane
coming
by
and
really
creating
Havoc.
But
it's
a
company
of
us
that
even
the
tree
canopy
that
we
pass
and
we
say
you
got
to
have
so
many
trees
and
there's
where
the
city
comes
in
about
what
happened
to
the
streets
where
they
planted.
V
V
We
do
things
because
we
pass
things
in
the
past
and
I'm
talking
about
10
15
years
ago
that
behavior
had
swales
yeah
I
have
a
Swale
to
hold
your
own
water.
Well,
that's
fine,
but
now
you're
a
captain
and
your
wife
kept
it.
But
now
you
sell
the
house
and
what
it
comes
in
doesn't
know
about
the
swales.
They
just
see
them
there's
a
nuisance
and
they
want
to
plant
flowers.
What's
the
first
thing
they
do.
A
V
Cover
the
swell:
what
happens
then?
You
have
flooding
told
these
are
the
things
that
we
have
to
come
up
with
a
solution
that
will
we
put
something
in
the
book.
So
when
you
do
a
study,
when
you
sell
a
house,
it's
recorded
somewhere
that
the
swales
are
part
of
the
sale
somehow,
and
these
are
the
things
that
we're
going
to
work
through
to
make
sure
it's
done
and
I'm
very
appreciative.
I've
been
in
contact
with
the
The
Godfather
of
tree.
V
That
was
Joe,
chalura
he's
a
very
good
friend
and
it
really
hit
hit
the
spot
on
this
year.
Regarding
the
oxygen
that
gives
out,
the
the
benefits
are
just
enormous
So
when
you
say
that
the
Hispanics
and
the
African-American
area
are
the
ones
that
are
in
need.
There's
a
very
easy
solution,
am
I
right,
Mr
Goods.
The
solution
is
that
the
tree
is
very
inexpensive
until
you
come
to
prune
it,
and
now
you
can't
afford
to
prune
it
now
you
have
a
problem
with
your
roof.
V
Now
you
have
a
problem
with
the
sidewalk
getting
up
and
that's
a
problem.
They
don't
plant
trees.
Is
that
economical
thing
that
we
cannot
afford
notice?
I
said
we,
so
these
are
the
things
that
have
to
be
worked
on
somehow,
if
not
we're
going
to
get
trees
in
some
areas,
and
mostly
none
in
others,
and
that's
not
a
good
thing
either.
So,
thank
you
very
much
for
report,
though
we
got
a
lot
of
work
to
do
and
I
think
you're
going
to
find
some
7
14
years.
V
AH
AG
And
yeah
and
I
think
another
thing
to
note
is
when
you
have
a
big
tree
like
on
your
property,
that
thing's
kind
of
like
the
lottery
winner
of
all
the
trees,
how
many
millions
of
acorns
never
germinated,
how
many
hundreds
of
thousands
of
seedlings
got
mowed
over
and
these
things
made
it.
You
know
it's
a
numbers
game
and
when
you
lose
that
you
can
plant
a
bunch
of
trees,
but
there
could
there'll
still
be
attrition
over
the
30
40
years
it's
going
to
take
to
get
back
to
that
size.
B
B
AG
So
yeah
every
tree
has
like
a
functional
lifespan
and
I.
Think
the
one
that
most
people
will
assume
like
think
about
when
they
think
about
that
is
like
a
Laurel
Oak
right,
like
they
they
like
100
years
is,
is
a
good
age
for
that
it's
a
fast
growing
tree
that
grows
fast
dies
young
right,
but
you
know
every
tree
is
different
and
the
best
sense
of
whether
or
not
I
mean
those
kind
of
things
help
with
managing
larger
populations.
AG
But
the
best
way
to
assess
the
future
of
your
tree
is
to
look
at
the
one
in
front
of
you
and
see
how
healthy
it
is,
and
that
takes
a
professional
which
not
everyone
has
the
resource
is
for,
but
you
know,
there's
no
magical
cut
off
age
for
for
a
tree.
You
know
if
it's
in
good
condition
it's
going
to
persist
for
another
10
years,
probably
because
trees
don't
do
anything
fast,
they're
on
their
own
pace.
Well,.
AG
Gonna
be
a
lot
of
things
in
there
yeah,
but
I
would
say
that
you
know
the
age
of
the
neighborhood
if,
if
they
invested
heavily
in
the
lower
Oak
like
that
would
be
one
of
many
explanations
for
why
there'd
be
a
decrease
there.
AG
I
would
say
things
like
hurricanes,
but
we
see
that
it's
regional
you
know
in
within
the
city:
it's
not
across
the
city,
so
that
indicates
that
there's
something
going
on
in
those
areas
differently
which
could
be
age
and
the
trees
that
were
planted
50
years
ago.
You
know
or
development
and.
AH
B
But
then
now
comes
my
next
question:
there
are
no
bad
trees.
There
are
some
invasive
species
that
I
wish
weren't
around
here,
but
there
are
no
bad
trees.
However,
a
palm
tree
is
grass.
A
crepe
myrtle
is
going
to
give
us
the
canopy
that
we
want.
However,
those
are
the
two
biggest
trees
that
are
planted
in
our
residential
areas.
AG
I
mean
I
think
the
bigger
the
tree,
the
more
benefits
right.
You
just
need
to
have
the
site
that
can
house
that
again
so
like.
AG
If
you
shoehorn
a
bigger
tree
into
more
compact
development
in
5
10
15
years,
you
will
have
sidewalks
lifting
and
things
like
that,
which
may
be
problematic
right
and
and
we've
seen
whole
developments
removed
like
a
thousand
trees
at
a
time
in
like
Pasco
County,
because
of
things
like
that,
so
sometimes
the
palm
and
the
crepe
myrtle
are
the
the
only
tree
for
the
site
that
they've
been
given,
and
it's
not
much
of
a
tree,
as
you
said,
you
know.
So
if,
if
there's
enough
space,
yes,
the
biggest
tree,
the
better.
AG
A
AF
This
thank
you
for
the
report.
This
just
want
to
reiterate.
This
is
a
cyclical
process,
so
the
step
that
we're
at
now
is
to
release
the
report
formerly
to
the
public.
We
will
be
hosting
a
meeting
most
likely
in
June
to
go
into
a
lot
more
detail.
It's
probably
going
to
be
a
lot
longer
presentation,
answer
questions
and
then,
as
part
of
the
natural
resources
process,
we
take
the
information
that
we
have
back
to
the
Natural
Resources
advisory
committee.
AF
The
committee
last
last
year
to
it
was
really
reinvigorating
the
committee
because
it
had
been
dormant
for
some
time
and
at
that
time
the
the
committee
decided
they
did
not
want
to
meet
again
until
there
was
data
to
review.
So
now
that
we
have
this
data,
we
can
reconvene
and
determine
what
next
steps
should
be.
The
purpose
of
that
committee
is
to
use
the
management
plan
to
look
at
the
data
and
re-prioritize
what
to
actually
do
next,
based
upon
what
is
the
most
efficient
and
effective
use
of
resources?
AF
What's
what's
most
likely
going
to
get
us
back
to
where
we
want
to
be
with
the
resources
that
we
have
and
with
resources
that
we
need,
so
that
group
is
still
active,
and
that
is
that
is
the
next
step
in
the
process
is
to
reconvene
them.
Have
their
recommendations
go
through
the
internal
technical
working
group
and
then
bring
that
back
forward
as
a
resource
or
a
budget
a
budget
request?
So
the
next
portion
of
the
presentation
is
the
responses
to
the
motion
regarding
the
tree.
AF
AF
C
Stephen
I
just
want
to
ask
a
quick
question
about
what
you
just
said.
Yes,
since
half
the
decline
was
between
2011
and
2016.,
was
there
anything
done
in
2016
like
what
you're
talking
about
doing?
Was
there
any
proactive
plan
that
was
put
in
place
to
try
to
to
change
the
direction
of
it
and
do
we
know
whether
that
those
things
worked
or
didn't
work.
AF
We
we
used
the
management
plan.
That
was
what
was
adopted
in
2014,
and
the
management
plan
is,
is
enormous
and
has
pretty
much
anything
you
could
possibly
think
of
in
it.
The
data
is
used
to
help
us
focus
on
which
of
those
action
items
need
to
be
pursued.
I
know
that
there
were
some
policy
changes
that
were
made
I,
think
in
2019
in
terms
of
the
process
to
remove
trees
on
single-family
Lots.
C
AF
Okay,
so
the
the
tree
trust
fund,
the
purpose
of
the
tree
trust
fund,
is
to
house
the
monies
that
have
been
brought
in
through
permits
the
methodology
for
how
funds
are
collected.
It
is
not
a
one-to-one
ratio.
It's
not!
If
you
take
down
one
small
tree,
you
have
to
put
back
one
small
tree
object.
I
want
a
big
trade
to
put
back
when
a
big
tree.
The
the
trees
that
you
put
back
are
all
based
on
the
same
size,
treat
they're
all
based
on
two
and
a
half
inch
caliper
trees.
AF
The
purpose
of
the
fund
is
for
people
that
cannot
either
fit
it
back
on
their
property
or
are
not
not
able
to
do
so,
for
some
other
reason
to
actually
pay
in
lieu
the
cost
of
those
small
trees
that
they
would
have
had
to
plant
back.
So
that's
why
we
refer
to
it
as
mitigation.
It's
not
a
penalty,
it's
not
a
fine,
it's
mitigation,
and
it
has
to
be
directly
proportionate
to
the
cost
of
the
tree
that
they
are
required
to
put
back,
but
not
the
tree
that
they're
taking
out.
AF
That
is
the
most
important
thing
to
remember
when
it
comes
to
the
fees
and
why
they're
there
and
how
they're
developed
or
determined
it's
a
scientific
process
Brian
and
his
team
of
arborists
throughout
the
city
all
work
to
facilitate
this
process,
but
you
are
required
to
place
back
trees
based
upon
the
method
that
is.
That
is
the
standard.
If
you
cannot
do
that,
you
have
to
go
through
a
rezoning.
AF
You
have
to
go
through
a
variance
to
get
permission
to
not
put
back
that
tree,
but
then
that
is
when
the
fee
is
triggered
to
pay.
Instead
of
putting
the
tree
back
on
the
property,
there
are
two
sets
of
tree
funds.
There
is
the
we
call
it
the
old
tree
fund
or
the
big
bucket
tree
fund
and
then
the
new
tree
fund,
the
old
tree
fund,
existed
prior
to
2019
when
the
the
ordinance
was
changed
and
the
new
tree
fund
is
what's
currently
in
place.
AF
So
this
is
what
the
current
tree
trust
fund
requires
as
funds
come
in
they're
deposited
into
a
sub
fund
within
the
new
fund
based
upon
the
planning
district
in
which
they
were
collected.
The
reporting
to
report
on
the
expenditures
from
the
fund
is
tied
to
the
code
change
in
2019,
it's
tied
to
the
new
buckets
that
are
based
upon
planning
district.
We
are
currently
not
spending
money
out
of
these
buckets.
AF
The
reason
why
is
because
we
still
have
money
in
the
old
fund
based
upon
the
old
code
chain
before
it
changed,
and
that
is
where
the
funding
is
coming
out
of
for
the
programs
that
sharesha
is
going
to
be
talking
about
shortly.
So
just
to
be
clear,
there
are
two
funds,
and
this
is
the
current
fund
before
2019
the
old
fund.
It
was
just
one
city-wide
bucket
and
the
rules
and
the
report,
and
all
that
was
was
different.
All
of
that
did
change
in
2019.
AF
So
when
we
report
to
you,
you'll
see
a
Citywide
fund
that
the
number
is
only
going
to
keep
going
down
and
then
you'll
see
the
new
fund,
which
is
five
separate
accounts,
and
that
those
numbers
will
continue
to
go
up
until
we
spend
on
the
Citywide
fund
and
start
drawing
down
on
the
new
five
district
funds.
AF
So-
and
this
is
the
code
section
that
that
sets
forth
those.
So
again,
there
was
one
funding
source
before
no
new
monies
are
being
added
to
that,
because
that
is
now
sunseted
and
once
that
is
expended,
we
will
switch
over
to
the
five
new
districts
and
the
now
sharesh
is
going
to
talk
through
what
the
balances
are
in
those
districts.
AF
AK
Hills,
director
of
Parks
and
Recreation
all
right.
Thank
you.
So,
as
Steven
mentioned
here
is
the
current
balances
for
the
tree,
trust
funds.
So,
as
he
said
before,
the
fees
collected
and
instant
bold
here
are
mitigation
for
the
tree,
removal
on
public
and
private
property.
This
money
is
limited
to
the
selection,
acquisition
and
solution
and
maintenance.
So
as
of
this
month,
here
are
the
funds
so
when
he
says
the
old
trust
fund,
so
2019
in
Prior,
778,
000
and
then
the
breakdown
of
each
bucket
or
District.
AK
If
you
want
to
call
it
is
listed
there,
recent
expenditures
will
go
through
here
so
between
individual
tree
plantings,
which
is
the
free
tree
program.
The
tremendous
tremendous
tree
also
Parks
projects
that
we
work
with
keep
Tampa
beautiful
and
other
projects
that
are
in
there,
as
well
as
the
analysis
and
planning
support
that
is
here
is
a
current
breakdown,
and
these
are
just
the
most
recent,
not
total,
but
just
recent,
and
then
one
of
the
Motions
was
to
break
down
the
tree
plantings
per
quarter
and
per
year.
AK
AK
on
your
right
is
your
bubble,
diagram
to
showing
you
the
different
types,
so,
whether
it's
tremendous
trees,
partner,
plantings
or
through
our
planning
and
design
team
which
plants
out
in
our
parks
and
right-of-ways,
which
I
mentioned
before,
and
then
these
are
just
the
first
two
quarters
so
thus
far
in
FY
23,
you
see
the
breakdown
of
what
we
have,
which
is
over
1200
trees
so
far,
and
so
that
is
our
current
plans.
What
we
have
plantings
where
we're
at
and
then
I
will
bring.
AF
AL
Hi
good
morning,
Council
whitramer
sustainability
and
resilience
officer,
so
you
know
the
parks
team,
the
tremendous
team
they
do
an
incredible
job,
getting
trees
out,
but
but
clearly,
there's
still
a
lot
of
work
to
do
so.
Yesterday
the
mayor
announced
a
new
strategic
initiative
called
trees
for
Tampa,
with
a
goal
of
planting
30
000
trees
zoom
out,
let's
see
if
I
can
I
do
that
Zoom
there
we
go.
Thank
you
councilman.
AL
Mentioned
kind
of
this
threshold
in
biodiversity
with
30
by
30.
This
is
also
a
federal
initiative
to
preserve
30
of
Conservation
area
by
the
year
2030,
and
we
thought
that
was
a
really
good
goal.
AL
We
obviously
want
to
be
above
that
30
threshold
of
Urban
Tree
canopy,
but
we
like
the
kind
of
alliteration
here
of
30
000
trees
by
2030.,
so
tree
Mendes
does
a
couple
hundred
trees
a
year,
Brad,
suter's
team
and
and
planning
and
design
do
kind
of
planned
big
Mobility
projects,
also
some
partner
plantings,
but
there's
a
lot
of
room
in
the
middle
there
that
we
were
kind
of
missing,
and
so
the
mayor
is
kind
of
suggested.
AL
This
six-part
strategy,
which
dovetails
into
the
urban
management
plan
and
kind
of
reprioritizes
things
I
just
wanted
to
lay
out
a
couple
of
those
for
you.
I
I
mean
I,
am
so
eager
to
go
plant
trees,
but
I
have
to
tell
you
you
know
our
tree.
Experts
in
the
house
or
Arbors
they
say
whip.
You've
also
got
to
focus
on
maintenance.
I
mean
you
asked.
Part
of
the
loss
is
from
growth
and
development,
part
of
the
losses
from
a
age
of
canopy
and
I
really
think.
AL
The
third
thing
is
that
we
have
kind
of
taken
a
hands-off
approach
to
maintenance
in
a
lot
of
ways
and
been
a
very
kind
of
preservationist
type
of
of
community,
where
we
didn't
even
have
the
funds
or
we
didn't
have
kind
of
the
public
understanding
of
the
importance
of
Maintenance
in
our
arborists
and
our
experts
are
really
trying
to
bring
that
forward
and
say.
A
tree
is
just
like
any
other
asset
that
a
city
owns
a
pump,
a
pipe
a
car
that
has
to
go
in
for
that
periodic
maintenance.
AL
We've
got
to
take
better
care
of
the
canopy,
and
so
we're
really
going
to
work
to
find
ways
to
increase
the
maintenance,
and
that
might
mean
spending
down
the
tree,
trust
fund,
General
funds
and,
of
course,
the
historic
Federal
investment
and
the
Urban
Tree
canopy
to
the
tune
of
1.5
billion
dollars,
which
the
city
will
be
actively
applying
for
so
maintenance,
really
important.
Continuing
the
mayor's
tree
giveaway.
We
have
six
varieties
of
trees
this
year.
AL
I
can
tell
you
I
forgot,
who
asked,
but,
but
this
idea
councilwoman
about
what
what
types
of
trees
people
want.
We
had
four
types
of
trees
last
year
for
the
thousand
tree
giveaway
the
first
two
130
trees
that
people
wanted,
because
it
was
first
come
first
serve
or
red
Maples
and
you
know
I
I,
don't
know
what
it
was,
but
Live
Oak
was
the
last
thing
that
people
wanted
and
that
was
that
maintenance
piece
they
don't
want
to
rake.
AL
They
don't
want
the
maintenance
cost,
so
we're
trying
to
offer
a
variety
of
trees.
But
it's
right
tree
right
place,
no
wrong
tree
really,
unless
it's
an
invasive,
but
we're
really
trying
to
provide
a
variety
of
options.
We
are
going
to
make
an
internal
policy
change,
sharing,
Mullins
and
her
team
at
tremendous
is
an
incredibly
High
touch
High
engagement
program.
She
comes.
She
spends
time
with
you
on
your
property.
AL
She
looks
at
where
the
best
place
to
plant
is,
and
we've
been,
limiting
that
program
to
two
trees,
but
with
Sherry
there
on
your
property.
If
you've
got
the
ability
to
plant
five,
let's
do
it,
so
we
want
to
put
more
trees
in
the
ground
through
tremendous.
We
want
to
increase
this
strategic
planting
places.
Storm
water
ponds,
remainder,
Parcels,
working
with
Community
Association,
Civic
associations
who
just
yesterday.
Finally,
we
were
able
to
deliver
a
promise
that
was
made
to
the
Davis
Island
civic
association.
AL
AL
We
want
to
be
able
to
do
more
of
that
in
addition,
kind
of
these
neighborhood
plantings,
where
the
city
will
work
with
neighborhood
associations
that
want
to
get
together
on
a
Saturday,
we'll
drop
trees,
we'll
bring
in
help
with
the
Green
Team
and
neighborhood
leaders
and
we'll
help
each
other
plant
trees
on
private
property
and
on
rights
away
where
it
makes
sense,
and
possibly
looking
at
a
voucher
program
working
with
local
nurseries,
similar
to
the
e-bike
program
that
we
did
where
you
can
go
into
a
lottery
and
kind
of
any
point
in
the
year.
AL
Now
we
know
some,
sometimes
people
take
down
trees
accidentally
or
or
that
they
didn't
know
the
rules,
but
the
the
cases
that
we
know
some
nefarious
activities
going
on,
just
like
we
did
with
the
south
of
Gandy
or
the
Gandy
Boulevard
250
000,
fine,
we're
going
to
continue
to
make
sure
that
we
are
maximizing
those
fines
and
enforcing
those
as
appropriate.
Of
course,
that's
ultimate
up
to
the
magistrate,
but
we
really
want
to
take
a
Hands-On
approach
there.
So
those
are
just
a
couple
of
the
ideas
that
we
have.
Thank
you.
X
Thank
you
all
three
of
you
for
this
fabulous
presentation
to
talk
about
the
things
that
we're
doing
for
trees.
This
gets
me
very
excited,
love,
trees
and
I.
Love
that
we're
going
to
start
focusing
on
them.
I
believe
the
mayor
talked
about
a
new
trees
are
and
I
didn't
hear
about.
That
is
that
we're.
AL
X
Because
I
can
tell
you
that
that
is
what
I'm
hearing
from
the
public
is
that
they
really
want
someone
who's
just
focused
on
trees,
so
I
think
we'd
get
a
lot
of
public
support
for
a
role
like
that.
X
I
think
the
red
maple
thing
was
funny
only
because
I
have
a
maple
next
to
my
house,
not
in
my
yard,
but
in
my
neighbor's
yard,
but
I
end
up
with
the
leaves
that
are
gigantic.
So
I
think
that's
very
funny
that
people
would
rather
have
a
maple
than.
AF
AL
X
I
think
those
leaves
are
much
worse,
but
I
really
love
the
idea
of
working
with
right
tree
right
place
and
that's
something
that
we
might.
It
sounds
like.
We
have
one
wonderful
person
who
can
do
that,
but
that's
just
not
enough
for
a
city
of
400
000
people
and
with
the
with
the
amount
of
land
we
have
so
I
would
love
again
to
be
able
to
focus
more
on
doing
that,
because
that's
what
I
see
a
lot
of
the
Deferred
maintenance
on
the
trees.
X
So
I'm
really
glad
we're
talking
about
that,
especially
in
public
areas.
You'll
see
the
trees
dying
falling
and
maybe,
if
we
had
had
dealt
with
that
earlier,
and
so
I'm
really
happy
to
hear
that
so
hopefully,
when
we
look
at
parks,
I
think
of
parts
I
go
to
almost
daily
or
pass
by
on
on
drives
and
seeing
trees
Decline
and
now
that's
great
that
we're
going
to
be
able
to
deal
with
that
right
away.
Maybe
take
that
tree
out,
put
a
new
one
in
whatever
it
takes.
X
One
thing
that
when
I
talk
to
the
public
they
they
mentioned
is
that
and
Stephen
you.
You
talked
about
this
was,
was
the
cost
of
of
putting
of
paying
for
trees
that
go
into
the
tree
fund,
but
from
my
understanding
it's
a
set
cost
I
believe
it's
300
per
tree.
A
X
AF
X
Exactly
but
what
I'm
hearing
now
is
that
you
can't
buy
a
tree
for
300
dollars,
so
we
have
got
to
change
that
cost,
not
necessarily
to
make
it
static,
but
maybe
to
increase
it
with
inflation
over
time
or
something
like
that,
because
what
I'm
hearing
is
that
300
is
just
simply
not
enough
to
cover
not
only
the
cost
of
buying
a
new
tree,
but
for
maintenance
of
it.
X
It's
not
that
I
want
to
increase
costs
for
folks,
but
if
we
aren't
getting
that
one
for
one
that
this
entire
thing
was
planned
to
do,
then
then
it's
then
then
we're
losing
in
the
in
the
grand
scheme
and
so
that
that
worries
me
a
lot
actually
so
I
would
love
to
see
what
we
could
do
to
increase
that
to
what
is
appropriate.
I,
don't
know
if
we
just
every
year,
look
at
particular
costs,
I
mean
people
that
would
be
wonderful
to
to
look
at
and
see
in
the
budget.
X
How
we
can
do
that
that
treat
committee
shouldn't
meet
twice
a
year,
that
they
should
be
meeting
monthly
yeah,
and
we
should
be
having
people
who
are
committed
to
wanting
to
meet
monthly
to
talk
about
this
and
and
I
think
that
there
are
enough
people
in
this
community
that
would
be
thrilled
to
partake
in
that.
If,
if
the
current
members
can't
can't
fit
that
in
so
I
would
I
would
Advocate
strongly
for
a
monthly
tree
meeting.
X
Also
I
would
love
I,
I
really
appreciated,
knowing
where
the
trees
are
going,
but
I'd
love,
or
that
we
are
planting
them.
But
I
would
love
a
map
of
where
we're
planting
them.
X
Even
if
it's
just
a
heat
map
I
mean
preferably,
it
would
be
an
actual
place
that
they're
being
planted,
but
but
just
a
heat
map
of
where
these
trees
are
going
and
the
types
of
trees
we're
planting,
whether
also
in
in
residential
and
public
spaces,
because
now
that
we
have
this
of
amazing
ability
to
Zone
in
that
that
the
UF
and
USF
folks
brought
us,
we
should
be
able
to
be
tagging
where
we're
planting.
X
What
we're
planting
and
I
think
that
would
be
very
valuable
in
the
future,
going
forward
and
I
oh
and
my
biggest
biggest
issue
overall.
X
It
is
not
their
it's,
not
a
choice,
and
so
I'm
I'm
quite
concerned
about
that,
and
so
what
kind
of
programs
I
think
this
sort
of
goes
along
with
what
we're
going
to
be
talking
about
later
about
the
drainage
ditches
the
basically
the
same
idea?
How
do
we
educate
the
public
that
they
do
not
have
the
right
to
change
water
mitigation
tree
mitigation
type
issues
in
a
in
a
positive
way,
so
that
that
is
I
think
the
much
much
larger
issue
in
the
in
going
forward?
I
love
these
tree
things.
X
AF
X
But
how
do
we?
How
do
we
educate
people
on
that?
I?
Don't
want
the
first
time
people
hear
that
to
be
a
punitive
spot.
I,
don't
know
if
it's
something
we
can
add
with.
You
know
the
thousands
of
signatures
you
have
to
do
when
you
buy
a
house
or
if
it's.
If
there
are
some
particular
tags
we
can
put
on
a
tree.
I
know
there
are
labels
and
things
like
that.
That
just
say
that,
can
you
know
mitigation
tree
or
maybe
it's
a
Once
A.
X
You
know
year
reminder
somehow
like
how
are
other
places
doing
this,
because
the
mitigations,
what
is
going
to
save
us
from
going
down
to
20
I
guess
it
would
be
eight
percent
next
time
we
have
this
report,
so
we
want
to
at
least
be
able
to
stay
at
30
if
not
go
higher.
Thank
you.
AL
Councilman,
if
I
may
just
respond
to
your
your
suggestions,
one
of
my
I
just
can't
go
this
presentation
without
mentioning
that
that
we
have
probably
one
of
in
my
opinions
one
of
the
best
Urban
Foresters
in
the
country
on
staff
Eric
mookie,
and
he
wakes
up
every
Monday
morning.
He
sends
a
report
to
staff
showing
all
the
tree
emergencies
he's
responding
to.
AL
So
their
staff
right
now
is
always
responding
to
City
trees
and
rights,
away
that
have
fallen
over
the
weekend
and
that's
what
a
lot
of
our
resources
are
going
to
so
Eric
does
a
great
job,
compiling
a
lot
of
data
that
I
think
you
may
be
happy
to
share
with
you
all.
Also
I
know
that
tree
Mendes
does
have
a
map
that
that
shows
every
tree
that
the
tremendous
program
put
in.
AL
But
again,
you
know
I
think
that
we
can
do
a
better
job
with
data
and
a
lot
of
the
federal
money
is
really
focused
on
surveying
your
trees
and
being
able
to
to
bring
that
data.
I
know
the
t-tag
group
is
really
emphasized.
The
importance
of
that
as
well.
T
T
T
T
That's
why
I
implemented
tree
granny
stamp
because
they
can't
afford
it
and
when
you
talk
about
communities
when
they
call
somebody
because
the
tree
is
rotten
well,
where's
the
arborist
at
you
know,
if
I
call
somebody
like
Mr
Jones
overall
for
43rd,
Street
and
Clifton
had
called
me
about
every
day
about
that
tree
in
a
yard
or
we
call
Tico
I,
don't
hear
tico
in
this
presentation.
I
get
calls
all
the
time
like
trees
and
wires.
T
You
know
he
can't
get
a
tree
cut
down
because
of
the
tree
is
going
through
the
tico
wire
and
now
forestry.
Somebody
else
can't
touch
that
tree
unless
Tico
come
out,
see
there's
a
lot
of
other
mechanics
in
this
thing
here
that
we
ain't
much
talked
about
and
that's
and
When
Storms
Come
I
mean
that's
90
of
the
problem.
We
have
because
Tico
lines
or
Verizon
are
embedded
in
the
trees
and
then
they
fall
on
the
road.
Now
I
got
power
lines
down,
see
I
I
mean
we're
gonna
do
a
study.
AL
Yeah
councilman,
Goods
I
think
Professor
zarger
is
on
the
line
and
she
conducted
the
social
and
community
outreach
for
the
study
and
and
they
did
an
extraordinary
job,
I
think
trying
to
reach
those
communities
and
professors
orgas
on.
She
might
be
able
to
respond
to
that,
because
that
is
something
that
we
paid
close
close
attention
to
so
I,
don't
know
ensuing
or
Professor
Zager
still
on.
AI
Hello,
this
is,
this
is
Rebecca
zargar.
Can
everyone
hear
me
yeah.
AI
Okay,
I'm
not
sure
if
I'm
on
video
or
not-
maybe
it's
just
audio
but
I,
wanted
to
thank
the
council
for
the
great
questions
I've
been
following
along.
Unfortunately,
I'm
in
New,
York
City,
if
I
wasn't
able
to
be
there
today
for
the
presentation
in
person,
but
there's
been
some
great
questions
and
discussions
and
councilman
boots
to
your
point,
I.
Think
in
this.
AI
In
the
study,
we
have
a
lot
of
information
about
the
issues
that
you
were
just
describing
as
to
information
that
was
shared
with
us
about
the
risk
of
trees,
particularly
in
East
Tampa,
West,
Tampa
and
other
neighborhoods
in
the
city,
where
the
cost
of
tree
maintenance
is
extremely
expensive.
Just
to
give
you
an
idea
of
the
information
we
have
from
the
survey
residents
in
higher
income
brackets,
who
responded
to
questions
about
the
expensive
tree,
maintenance
agreed
that
it
was
expensive.
AI
Think
an
important
finding
of
the
study
that
tree
maintenance
and,
in
particular,
supporting
tree
maintenance
through
the
grant
program,
such
as
the
the
East
Tampa
program,
that's
being
piloted,
is
something
that
residents
are
really
interested
in
the
expansion
of
and,
in
fact,
I
think
among
the
300
plus
people
who
contacted
us
to
talk
with
us
about
trees.
Many
of
those
folks
were
interested
in
that
program
but
lived
outside
the
boundaries
of
East
Tampa,
so
they
weren't
eligible
so
I.
AI
Think
there's
there's
great
demand
for
that
and
I
think
that
the
you
know
the
maintenance
of
current
canopy
is
something
that
that
is
an
item
that
residents
are
are
asking
for.
So
hopefully
that
sheds
some
some
light
on
your
question.
AI
I
would
like
to
say,
too
that
we
are
very
interested
in
the
public
Outreach
portion
of
of
this
report
and
really
finding
ways
to
work
with
the
city
to
share
the
information.
That's
in
it
in
as
many
ways
as
possible
and
also
in
ways
that
are
engaging
for
folks,
so
the
information
is
accessible
and
relevant
for
them.
So
I
look
forward
to
further
conversations
about
them.
Well,.
T
T
You
know
the
East
Tampa
tree
trimming
program
I
had
asked
that
they
have
a
paid
arborist
on
staff
to
help
out
with
that
problem,
we've
yet
to
accomplish
that
which
I
don't
know
why
we
have
the
money
to
do
it
because
I
believe
we
only
have
one
or
two
Arbors
in
our
own
Department
here
and
we
tell
them
how
many
trees
we've
been
cutting
in
East
Tampa
and
that's
been
slowing
the
process
up
of
getting
those
trees
that
are
cut
because
of
lack
of
anonymous.
T
So
I
mean
things
that
you
we
have
resources
to
do
we're
not
doing
you
know.
I
talked
about
Miss
Jones
I
went
out
two
of
the
guys
finally
were
cutting
the
tree
down
that
caught
Sharif.
She
finally
got
them
again.
I
didn't
get
on
it.
Remember
to
that
lady's
house
that
tree
and
I
went
out
and
the
guy
said
man.
We
never
had
a
councilman
come
out
with
cutting
the
tree.
I
said
this
lady
ringing
my
phone
for
a
month,
so
I
don't
know.
T
If
we
have
enough
staff
in
our
Forestry
Department,
which
I
she's
shaking
ahead,
which
we
cut
down
years
ago,
so
I
think
there's
only
they've
only
got
one
truck,
but
I'm
not
mistaken.
So
you
can't
do
a
job.
My
brother
always
told
me
he
says:
if
you
don't
have
the
right
tools,
you
can't
do
the
job
I
I,
you
know
I,
had
to
learn
the
hard
way.
If
you
don't
have
the
right
tools,
you
can't
do
the
job
and
for
the
life
of
me,
I
say
it
repeatedly
all
the
time.
T
T
The
solution
is,
you
need
to
look
at
your
staff
and
how
you
can
help
the
citizens
or
taxpayers
for
the
major
resources
that
they're
asking
for
not
the
Pet
Project
stuff,
but
the
major
resources
and
I
can
tell
you.
Trees
are
a
big
issue
if
you're
going
selfishness
of
God.
This
huge
tree
fell
in
the
back
is
over
by
the
Hillsborough
County
conservative
Museum
on
River
Grove
on
River
Cove.
This
huge
I
mean
it's.
This
tree
is
humongous
I
guarantee
you
go
by
that.
T
That
tree
is
still
sitting
in
this
guy's
backyard
because
he
can't
afford
to
move
it,
but
I
wish
I
had
a
CRA
or
a
tree
money,
because
we
sure
would
go
try
to
cut
that
tree
out
this
man's
backyard,
and
you
might
know
the
guy
I'm
talking
about
I
mean
it's
huge
humongous,
so
I'm
just
saying
we
have
to
be
kind
of
smart
and
look
at
the
resources.
You
know
that
we
don't
have
and
find,
or
look
at
some
federal
dollars
that
have
a
actual
program
for
the
whole
city
that
people
can
call
it.
T
It
may
be
a
couple
of
dollars,
but
something's
better
than
they
help
them
get
these
trees
cut.
Because
if
you
look
at
it,
no
one
on
the
east
side
of
town
cares
about
no
canopy
I'm,
just
gonna
be
honest
with
you.
No
one
cares
about
they
care
about
this
tree
about
to
fall
on
my
house,
the
trees
and
the
power
lines,
and
my
sidewalk
is
breaking
up
because
the
city
won't
come
out
to
cut
the
tree
or
remove
the
tree
and
again
you
get.
T
We
don't
have
staff,
we
don't
have
the
money,
so
I
think
those
are
some
of
the
challenges
that
we
need
to
look
at
and
highlight
the
outline
to
deal
with
those
issues
that
other
tree
Camp.
That's
gonna
work
itself
out
because
those
those
have
the
money
to
do
certain
things.
You
know,
she's
right
about
the
fun
is
low.
You
may
need
to
raise
those
dollars.
You
know
because
it's
low,
it
makes
no
sense
and
look
at
you
know
revamping
you
know
the
wheel
a
bit.
T
AF
If
there
are
no
more
questions
for
staff,
we
have
some
speakers
I'm.
B
Going
to
look
to
my
right
and
left
any
more
questions,
I
have
one
sir
tree
gets
cut
down
and
is
mitigated
someone
plants.
The
tree
saying
I
planted
that
tree
under
the
mitigation.
How
are
we
going
to
be
assured
that
that
tree
is
going
to
grow
to
maturity?
Do
we
have
people
that
go
out
and
check
are
these
trees
that
are
planted
for
mitigation?
How
are
we
going
to
be
able
to
make
sure
that
that
tree
that
the
person
says
I
planted
it
in
mitigation
I,
don't
know
what
happened
to
it?
AM
Right
now
that
that
duty
is
sponsored
with
development
and
growth
management
and
it's
part
of
the
permitting
process,
there
is
a
permanent
there's,
a
process
in
the
permit,
where
we're
supposed
to
follow
up
to
take
a
look
at
the
trees,
once
they're
planted
to
see
how
they're
doing
and
see
if
they
meet
the
grades
and
standards
because
of
staffing
issues
and
the
volume
of
permits
we're
not
able
to
actually
follow
up
on
those.
AM
It
is
something
that
we
discussed
in
our
next
last
natural
resources
group
meeting,
and
it
is
something
that
we
are
looking
into.
But
right
now
we
don't
have
the
ability
or
the
capacity
to
do
that.
B
V
V
AK
So
we
we
actually
do
with
our
forestry
team
that
removes
trees,
and
you
can
pick
it
up
free
at
Laurie
Park,
so
on
the
North
side
closest
to
the
nursery,
it's
they
shape
it
down
to
mulch
and
it's
open
to
the
community.
V
Z
AN
Thank
you
good
morning,
Linda
salsena.
Congratulations!
Welcome!
Thank
you
for
being
concerned
with
trees.
I
just
found
a
resolution
I'd
written
for
the
year
2006
and
it
listed
five
things
I
wanted
to
accomplish
that
year,
one
of
which
was
a
tree
ordinance.
So
it's
been
on
the
minds
of
council
members
for
a
very
long
time.
It's
really
about
the
resources.
We've
heard
a
very
complete
report.
AN
I
applaud
the
administration
for
doing
its
five-year
report,
but
it's
about
you
all
during
the
budget
process
and
about
the
administration
and
if
they
don't
do
it,
Council
needs
to
do
it
to
make
sure
that
there's
adequate
funding
for
the
staff
to
do
and
the
equipment
to
do
what
we
need
to
do.
We
are
all
proud
of
our
tree.
AN
Canopy
we've
had
a
lot
of
information
about
what
it
means
to
us
in
terms
of
climate
change
in
terms
of
the
health
and
happiness
of
the
people
who
live
in
Tampa,
it's
something
that
serves
our
existing
residents.
Well,
we
all
know
this
stuff.
Please
work
hard
to
find
the
resources
prioritize
our
tree
canopy.
Thank
you.
So
much
thank.
B
AJ
Mm-Hmm
good
morning,
Council
I'm
Lorraine
Perino
I'm,
the
president
of
the
Tampa
tree
advocacy
group
I'm
here
to
introduce
our
members
we're
each
going
to
make
a
three-minute
comment
to
you
about
the
tree
canopy
and
we're
going
to
start
off
with
Nancy
Stevens,
Pamela,
Jackson,
Haney
and
Allison
date.
Carol
Ann
Bennett
is
out
of
the
state
and
couldn't
be
here
so
we
we
met
with
some
of
you
individually
and
we
hope
you
are
in
a
client
to
take
our
suggestions.
I'll
speak
last.
F
Thank
you,
Nancy
Stevens
and
yes,
I'm,
one
of
the
founding
funding
members
of
ttag
I'm
speaking
into
that
today,
I'd
like
to
thank
everybody
for
the
presentations
and
the
work
done
and
I'd
also
like
to
thank
the
city
staff
for
all
the
work
that
you,
you
guys
are
doing
to
keep
the
trees
maintained
to
help
stop
illegal
tree
removals
to
plant
new
trees.
The
city
staff
works
every
day
hard
to
do
all
that,
but
all
but
sadly,
all
that
hard
work's
not
been
enough.
F
As
you
saw
by
the
tree
report,
we've
been
our
true
canopies
continue
to
get
reduced.
If
you
look
at
the
numbers,
the
total
tree
canopy
in
Tampa
has
decreased.
The
tree.
Canopy
itself
has
three
decreased
by
13
over
the
last
two
years,
so
it
would
the
monetary
yeah,
the
monetary
canopy
there's
13
lower
in
the
last
10
years
and
in
South
Tampa.
That
number
is
even
worse.
South
Tampa
tree
canopy
has
been
reduced
by
eight
down
by
18
in
just
five
years.
F
So
that's
that's
a
warning
to
us
that
says
what
we're
doing
is
not
enough
that
we
need
to
be
doing
more
and
so
I'm
I
I,
I'm
glad
that
the
mayor's
gone
out
and
making
a
statement
and
taking
I'm
taking
leadership
in
this
area.
She
made
a
statement.
Yes,
it
had
a
really
a
lot
of
good
ideas
and
and
I
agree
with
her
statement
that
she
said
what
did
she
say?
F
We
need
to
act
quickly
and
decisively
to
replenish
our
invaluable
Urban
Forest,
which
has
decreased
over
the
past
decade.
So
I
agree
with
her
wholeheartedly
and
now
it's
time
to
turn
those
words
into
actions.
F
We
need
a
bold
Vision
on
what
we
want
to
look
like
and
bold
detailed
plans
of
how
we're
going
to
get
there
and,
as
I
think
was
mentioned,
someone
in
charge
of
trees
are
or
whatever
it
might
be,
called
to
have.
That
has
the
responsibility
and
accountability
to
make
those
plans
happen,
because
if,
if
there's
no
one
person
in
charge
and
kind
of
right
now,
there's
a
lot
of
people
doing
a
lot
of
different
things,
but
no
one
person's
in
charge.
We
need
someone
in
charge,
and
that
is
just
mentioned
the
funding
to
do
it.
F
The
tree,
the
tree,
trust
funds
are
not
they're
not
allowed
to
use
the
tree.
F
Trust
funds
for
everything
that
needs
to
be
done
more
money
has
to
be
budgeted
to
do
all
the
things
that
need
to
be
done
to
keep
our
tree
canopy
healthy,
including,
as
mentioned,
maintaining
the
trees
and
the
tree
should
be
considered
as
part
of
a
value
of
our
infrastructure,
like
the
pipes
like
the
roads
and
and
the
maintenance
of
it
should
be
a
prioritized
to
keep
that
infrastructure
in
good
shape,
also
protecting
the
trees
that
costs
money
and
unlike
a
building
a
tree,
can't
be
torn
down
and
bigger
ones
planted
a
tree
old
trees
have
much
more
value
than
those
new
little
trees
that
have
been
that
get
planted.
F
So
it's
important
to
protect
the
ones
we
have
and
yet
tricanders
continually
remove
trees.
Fines
must
be
levied
on
the
tree
cutters
in
addition
to
the,
in
addition
to
the
homeowner,
if
you
find
the
tree
cutter
that
tree
cutter
won't,
do
it
again
so
fines
after
you'd
leave
it
on
the
tree.
Cutter
and
developers
continue
to
buy
land
with
protracted
trees
on
them
and
then
request
variances
to
remove
that
valuable
infrastructure.
F
We
must
encourage
smart
development
that
values
both
buildings
and
the
trees
because
they
bought
those
they
buy
those
lands.
They
know
those
trees
are
on
there.
Finally,
we
need
to
plant
more
large
shade.
A
F
Now,
more
than
ever,
we
need
our
trees
to
clean
the
air,
absorb
water
from
the
flooding
areas
and
cool
down
our
city.
They
need
to
be
planted
in
our
Urban
and
specifically,
we
need
to
Target
our
Urban
heat
Islands.
They
need
to
be
planted
in
public
public
places
and
private
properties
and
basically
anywhere,
in
my
opinion,
that
they're
not
blocking
the
solar
panels
that
we're
going
to
be
all
out
there
to
produce
our
electricity.
F
So
if
it's
not
a
solar
panel,
it
should
be
a
tree
and
I
I'm
optimistic
that
working
together,
the
city
council,
citizens,
the
mayor,
the
staff.
We
can
do
this
and
I
hope
that
I'd
like
to
see
a
strong
tree,
canopy
the
environmental
success
of
this
mayor
and
the
city
council.
Thank
you.
AO
Thank
you
hi.
My
name
is
Pamela
Jackson
Haney
I
want
to
thank
you
for
allowing
us
the
time
to
speak
with
you
today
about
the
trees.
Thank
you,
first
of
all,
for
funding
this
tree
report.
AO
Thank
you
so
much
for
all
of
your
comments.
You
have
such
a
good
understanding
of
what
needs
to
be
done
going
forward,
and
we
really
appreciate
that.
AO
You
know
this
has
been
near
and
dear
to
our
hearts.
For
years,
we've
been
working
on
this
and
the
staff
is
wonderful.
They
really
put
up
with
put
up
with
a
lot
of
our
questions
and
concerns
and
patiently
answer
all
of
our
questions,
and
so
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
all
of
them.
Also
with
regard
to
councilman
hertek's
comment,
I
just
wanted
to
say
about
the
300
that
goes
for
the
mitigation.
AO
A
friend
of
mine
wanted
to
do
the
right
thing
by
not
just
paying
into
the
tree
fund
for
two
trees,
which
would
have
been
six
hundred
dollars,
but
they
decided
she
and
her
husband
to
plant
two
Live
Oaks
on
their
property
in
West
Tampa,
and
it
cost
them
one
thousand.
Six
hundred
and
sixty
dollars
to
plant
those
two
Live
Oaks
a
huge
difference
from
the
six
hundred
dollars
that
they
could
have
paid
into
the
trust
fund.
So
I
applaud
people
for
wanting
to
do
this,
but
this
is
something
that
needs
obviously
to
be
fixed.
AO
I
was
fortunate
enough
to
attend
church
last
Sunday
and
many
of
you
might
have
it
was
Earth
Sunday,
the
entire
theme,
music,
scriptures
prayers
was
all
about
helping
us
to
be
good.
Take
caretakers
of
the
earth
good
stewards
of
the
Earth,
the
prayer
of
confession
really
hit
home,
though
it
said
we
said
we
pursue
prophets
and
Pleasures
that
harm
the
land
and
pollute
the
waters.
Leaving
this
world
depleted
and
damaged
for
future.
Generations
have
mercy
on
us.
AO
O
Lord
Empower
us
to
be
courageous
and
committed
in
our
care
of
creation,
so
that
we
and
all
of
your
creatures
may
know
the
joy
of
Life
abundant
amen.
The
latest
tree
report
was
Bleak
and
depressing
there's
no
way
around
that,
but
on
Sunday
we
are
encouraged
to
be
hopeful,
despite
thinking
All
Is,
Lost
I'm.
Looking
at
this
report
as
a
time
to
turn
things
around
now
and
the
city
council
has
the
power
to
do
that.
AO
AO
This
should
be
and
must
be
the
blueprint
moving
forward
for
illegal
tree
removals.
Many
illegal
tree
removals
are
happening
in
our
neighborhoods
around
us
every
single
day.
Why?
Why
can't
we
get
it
under
control?
We
know
there
are
many
arborists
and
tree
cutting
companies
who
know
the
rules
and
follow
them,
and
there
are
many
who
don't.
Why
are
they
still
doing
business
in
the
city
of
Tampa?
Can
we
take
away
their
licenses?
The
mayor
has
talked
about
wanting
to
do
this.
Let's
explore
it.
That
may
seem
like
a
reach.
So
what
can
we
do
now?
AO
We
can
increase
the
fines
and
find
the
arborists
and
the
tree
cutting
companies
who
do
this
illegal
work
and
the
Dirty
Deeds
the
power
to
increase
the
fines
is
in
your
hands.
I
was
at
the
magistrates
hearing
last
week
where
a
homeowner
was
fined
about
four
thousand
dollars
for
carelessly,
allowing
tree
cutters
to
top
and
effectively
kill
a
Grand
Tree
on
the
right-of-way
and
another
Tree
on
his
property.
B
AO
You
another
example
of
very
wealthy
and
well-known
South.
Tampa
developer
took
out
a
Grand
Tree
illegally
behind
me
and
was
charged
eight
thousand
dollars
and
a
lot
that
sold
for
1.5
million
dollars.
That
is
not
even
a
drop
in
the
bucket
for
that
developer.
That's
not
even
the
cost
of
one
high-end
Appliance!
That's
going
to
go
in
that
house
on
that
piece
of
land.
It's
a
measly
fine.
He
should
have
at
least
been
fined
the
fifteen
thousand
allowed.
You
have
the
power
to
max
out
these
fines.
AO
AP
Good
morning
still
morning,
almost
yeah,
okay,
I'm
Allison
date
and
I
am
so
happy
that
this
is
happening.
Let
me
tell
you
so
I've
been
looking
at
this
a
lot
lately
and
I
just
want
to
say
Bravo
to
the
people
who
have
the
foresight
more
than
10
years
ago
to
develop
this,
because
they
were
concerned
about
losing
the
canopy
and
I.
AP
AP
It's
a
the
plan
is
was
due
to
their
concern
about
the
development
that
was
causing
loss
of
Tampa's
tree
canopy
and
it's
data,
driven,
as
we
saw
instituted
by
executive
order
to
provide
information
needed
to
protect
and
expand
Tampa's
canopy.
Unfortunately,
I
think
this
plan
has
not
been
effectively
implemented
because
several
important
items
have
been
dismantled
or
never
completed.
AP
The
problems
surrounding
the
use
of
the
tree
trust
fund
is
only
one
example
of
not
completely
dysfunction,
but
like
people
like
now
we're
finally
getting
told
what
it
what's
involved
with
it,
but
that's
all
of
those
things
have
contributed
to
the
loss
of
Tampa's
tree
canopy.
That's
one
of
my
that's
one
of
the
things
I'm
thinking
the
overarching
problem
to
implementing
this
tremendous
to
implementing
this
strategic
plan
has
been
the
lack
of
ongoing
monitoring
of
Quantified
action,
steps
that
are
based
on
clear
lines
of
responsibility.
AP
That's
hasn't
been
happening,
and
this
plan
requires
more
adequate
funding
to
build
a
tree
program
that
sustains
the
urban
Forest.
It
should
not
rely
solely
on
mitigation
or
grant
funding
as
it
as
it
does
now
for
like
anything
extra,
it
requires
sufficient
sufficient
personnel
and
informed
oversight.
There
was
a
separate
position
to
monitor,
monitor
and
collect
the
tree
information
on
a
monthly
report,
but
that
was
disbanded
along
with
other
personnel
and
natural
resources,
and
those
positions
have
never
been
returned.
AP
The
natural
resources
advisory
committee
was
created
to
ensure
proper,
implement
temptation,
but
they
haven't
met
enough
and
a
lot
of
their
recommendations
were
not
enacted,
so
they
haven't
been
very
effective.
AJ
Good
morning
again,
my
name
is
Lorraine
Perino
I'm,
the
president
of
the
Tampa
tree
advocacy
group
in
May,
2019
28
grand
oak
trees
were
illegally
removed
from
a
former
trailer
park
in
South
Tampa
in
November,
2020
200
trees
were
removed
from
the
former
Georgetown
property.
Also
in
November,
2020
city
council
approved
removed,
removing
30
mature
oak
trees
from
the
Bay
Oaks
property
to
build
luxury
condos
in
March
2021.
The
city
allowed
a
builder
to
remove
a
healthy
Grand
Oak
with
a
canopy
spread
of
93
feet
in
South
Tampa.
AJ
Despite
the
entire
neighborhood
opposing
it
in
October
2021,
eight
Grand
Oaks
were
removed
from
a
single
lot
in
Ballast
Point
in
December
2022
city
council
approved
removing
32
protected
trees
from
the
Circle
C
property
to
build
yet
more
luxury
condos.
These
are
a
few
examples
of
the
wholesale
destruction
affecting
Tampa's
tree
canopy.
In
the
past
several
years.
This
map
details
the
destruction.
AJ
Each
red
pin
signifies
a
house
in
South
Tampa
that
has
been
raised
in
the
past
decade.
Nearly
2
500
the
trees
on
this
properties
were
also
destroyed.
The
recently
released
2021
tree
canopy
and
urban
Forest
analysis
informs
us
that
Tampa
Street
canopy
has
declined
by
four
percent
in
the
past
five
years.
A
Closer
reading
shows
that
Tampa
has
lost
seven
percent
of
its
tree
canopy
since
2016
and
13
of
tree
canopies,
since
1995.
AJ
If
the
city-wide
push
for
growth
and
development
continues
at
Breakneck,
speed
by
2026
Tampa
will
lose
another
seven
percent
of
tree
canopy,
which
will
decrease
to
28
percent
for
a
city
with
a
d
air
quality
rating,
the
worst
in
the
entire
State
and
in
an
age
of
dramatic
climate
change
and
sea
level
rise.
Tampa
is
on
a
very
slippery
slope.
City
council
isn't
responsible
for
destroying
all
of
the
trees
cited
above.
The
city
council
did
approve
removing
122
trees
in
two
years,
and
Oak
takes
50
years
to
reach
Grand
Oak
status.
AJ
A
child
born
today
with
an
oak
tree
planted
in
her
honor,
will
be
50
years
old
before
all
the
benefits
of
that
tree
become
available
to
her.
Yet
these
are
the
very
trees
that
Tampa
is
destroying
Tampa's
tree
ordinance
is
40
years
old
and
in
our
tools
to
prevent
such
a
drastic
loss
of
tree
canopy,
which
are
not
being
utilized.
The
tree
trust
fund,
for
example,
is
flush
with
nearly
three
million
dollars,
yet
it
is
not
being
used
to
utilize
to
plant
where
trees.
AJ
When
we
treat
tamper
tree
advocacy
group
members
met
with
each
of
you
recently,
you
stated
that
you
were
in
favor
of
protecting
the
tree.
Canopy
t-tag
has
proposed
concrete
action,
steps
to
protect
Tampa's
trees.
They
only
need
to
be
implemented.
One
of
the
authors
of
the
2021
tree
study
compared
the
recent
five-year
loss
of
trees
in
Tampa
to
the
clear
cutting
of
four
Davis
Islands
City
trees
are,
would
be
a
good
solution.
The
mayor
says
she's
in
favor.
She
and
city
council
must
work
together
to
fund
it.
AJ
B
S
R
Is
a
see
the
line
across
the
picture?
It's
called
a
BFE.
It's
a
base
floor
elevation
which
nobody's
mentioned
today.
It's
part
of
something
that
we
have
to
take
into
consideration
in
the
coastal
High
Hazard
area.
If
you
notice
that
that's
quite
high,
it's
probably
about
this
high
okay.
So
when
these
folks
are
killing
the
trees
in
South
Tampa,
they
have
to
build
up
that
much.
So
we've
seen
folks
come
in
here
and
request,
not
request
to
take
out
trees.
R
Well,
when
you
build
something
up
this
high
on
the
roots
of
the
tree,
what's
it
going
to
do
to
the
tree,
it's
going
to
kill
it.
So
that's
something
that
has
to
be
taken
into
consideration
and
I
also
want
to
point
out
that
very
little
of
Rattlesnake
Point
had
any
trees.
Very
little
of
West
Shore
Marina
District
had
any
trees,
so
those
areas
didn't
have
a
whole
lot
of
trees
to
start
with,
and
that's
where
a
big
chunk
of
our
building
has
been
done
in
South
Tampa.
R
So
you
can
imagine
where
all
these
trees,
even
though
we've
taken
some
of
the
biggest
hit
so
I
wanted
to
point
that
out
and
and
this
woman
right
here
said
that
people
don't
go
out
and
check
on
the
trees.
R
It's
been
like
that
for
about
six
years
now
so,
but
when
we
raise
homes,
many
of
the
properties
at
the
houses
they
they
didn't,
have
trees
to
start
with.
But
there
were
very
few
and
and
we've
lost
so
many
Big
Lots,
our
commercial
Lots
is
what
we've
lost
down
there,
and
so
they
didn't
have
trees
there.
R
The
mitigation
trees,
poorly
place
I
have
showed
some
folks
on
Council
the
poor
placement
of
mitigation
trees,
just
in
my
neighborhood
alone
that
that
could
severely
damage
our
neighborhood
if
they
were
put
in
now,
I
want
to
show
you
this
little
Nifty
piece
of
paperwork
right
here.
I
know
this
is
a
beautiful
drawing
for
you
guys,
but
this
is
the
Gandy
Civic
Center.
If
any
you
guys,
most
of
you
have
been
there.
Okay,
so
here's
the
center.
There
is
an
easement
that
belongs
to
the
city
of
Tampa
to
the
right.
It's
a
road.
R
It's
a
paved
Road.
The
city
of
Tampa,
actually
pays
the
taxes
on
that
paved
road
because
we
didn't
build
it,
so
they
have
to
okay.
So
we
just
put
in
a
community
garden.
I
know
you
guys
just
talked
about
this
last
week
and
and
we
were
really
excited
about
the
community
garden.
R
If
you
guys
knew
what
kind
of
pain
in
the
butt
it
is
to
start
a
community
garden,
I
just
want
you
to
know
that
it
was
very
difficult
and
I
know
people
to
talk
to,
but
I'd
like
to
point
out
to
you
that
we
were
required
to
put
in
a
buffer
between
this
city
of
tampa
road.
That
goes
to
a
lift
station.
That
is
only
driven
on
by
people
who
are
driving
big
trucks
full
of
poop,
okay,
but
we're
required
to
put
in
a
buffer
and
when
I
asked
the
folks
at
the
city
of
Tampa.
R
If
we
they
could
donate
some
trees
to
us,
because
we
don't
have
enough
places
to
plant
all
the
trees.
We
were
told
that
we
are
the.
We
are
the
developer
on
that,
so
we
couldn't
have
any
trees
from
the
city
of
Tampa.
Why
not
only
did
I
say
hey,
we
can
put
some
in
this
buffer,
but
we
have
a
huge
lot,
an
acre
and
a
half.
You
guys
can
put
some
Folks
up
here
in
the
front
too,
but
we
get
nothing
so
just
take
that
into
consideration.
Thank.
A
J
Good
afternoon
Keela
mccaskill
Tampa
I
support
my
t-tac
sisters
like
councilman
Goods
early
mentioned
earlier,
and
he's
Tampa
there's
not
a
whole
lot
of
Education
to
happen
with
trees,
right
and
so
recently.
I
entered
an
initiative
where
I
my
organization
goes
in
the
neighborhoods
and
we
try
and
help
with
light
tree
trimming
I'm
not
cutting
trees,
I'm
not
supposed
to
t-tac.
J
On
me
about
that
did
I
check
first,
so
I
did
but
I
wanted
to
see
if
there's
a
way
to
provide
some
kind
of
education
outside
of
ttag,
because
I
did
request
Caroline
one
of
t-tac
sisters
to
see
if
there's
a
way
to
come
into
the
community
to
educate.
J
But
then
I
would
also
like
to
see
if
there's
any
resources
or
opportunities
for
you
all
to
educate
at
some
of
the
neighborhood
associations
at
the
East
Tampa
CRA
and
at
the
partnership
either
one
pick
one,
but
to
do
some
education,
because
I
learned
some
of
the
benefits
of
the
trees.
You
know
at
first
I
didn't
know:
I
didn't
care
like
he
said
we
didn't
care
about
trees,
but
there
is
some
benefits
of
the
trees
and
I.
J
Don't
think
we
know
that
so
I,
in
addition
to
t-tac
coming
to
the
CRA
or
to
the
meeting
in
East
Tampa
I
just
want
to
see
if
there's
any
resources
that
could
be
coupled
with
that,
so
that
we
can
be
very
aware
of
what
we
should
know
about
the
trees,
particularly
since
we
do
have
a
tree
trimming
grant
program
and
I'm
not
sure
how
much
educating
they're
doing
while
they're
trimming.
If
that
makes
sense.
Thank
you.
B
AD
AD
She
was
in
effect
the
trees
are,
and
the
thinking
was
that
if
they
spread
the
natural
resources
personnel
out
to
the
various
departments
that
it
would
be
more
efficient,
well
I
think
you
can
tell
by
this
tree
study
that
that
has
not
proven
to
be
the
case.
We
need
to
go
back
to
a
centralized
natural
resources
when
Kathy,
Beck,
retired
her
job
was
never
filled.
That
job
needs
to
be
filled.
You
can
call
it
the
trees.
AD
Are
you
can
call
it
whatever
her
title
was,
but
that
needs
to
be
filled
because
there's
you've
got
all
these
separate
arms
that
none
of
them
know
what
each
other
is
doing.
There's
no
centralization,
there's
no
control
role,
there's
no
oversight,
there's
no
big
picture
planning
and
accountability.
So
we
need
to
go
back
to
our
robust
natural
resources.
Another
thing
I
want
to
talk
about
is
enforcement.
We
cannot
plant
our
way
out
of
this
problem.
We
have
to
enforce
the
laws
that
we
have
and
the
Gandy
trailer
park
should
be
the
blueprint
for
that.
AD
The
big
fines
were
leveled
on
the
tree
cutter,
and
that
is
the
key.
These
people
make
their
living.
They
know
when
they
recently
what
Pamela
alluded
to
they
topped
a
tree
that
was
in
a
right-of-way,
the
homeowner
didn't
know
it
was
in
the
right
ways.
They
know,
though,
that's
how
they
make
their
living.
You
find
them
and
to
stop
that'll,
stop
the
illegal
cutting
of
trees.
Now
that
homeowner,
who
didn't
know
any
better,
is
going
to
have
to
pay
four
thousand
dollar
fine
plus
pay
someone
to
remove
that
tree.
AD
The
tree
cutter,
who
topped
the
tree
should
have
should
be
fined
also
and
that'll
put
an
end
to
it.
I
also
want
to
talk
about
what
councilman
Goods
touched
on.
He
is
absolutely
right.
AD
AD
The
respiratory
problems
that
are
in
lower
income
neighborhoods
is
well
well
documented
and
the
best
solution
to
that
one
of
the
best
solutions
that
is
trees
they
need
low-income
areas,
need
trees
as
much
or
or
more
than
high
income
areas,
and
so
we
need
to
have
the
an
income-based
maintenance
for
people
like
that,
and
we
also
I
want
to
point
out
that
this
loss
of
tree
canopy,
if
you
do
the
math,
they
said
our
tree
canopy-
is
17
million
dollars,
the
percentage
of
that
that's
for
748
thousand
dollars
that
we
are
losing.
AD
That
is
lost
money.
Even
if
you
hate
trees,
you
don't
want
to
lose
that
much
money
and
and
ptag
has
three
things
we
want
you
all
to
do.
We
want
you
to
find
the
tree
cutters.
We
want
you
to
redo
the
formula
for
the
fine
and
we
would
love
to
see
it
become
a
misdemeanor
if
that's
possible
and
want
to
say
that
ttag
has
been
begging,
absolutely
begging
since
2020
to
be
put
on
the
natural
resources
advisory
committee,
and
we
cannot
get
on
that
committee.
AD
B
B
Mr
Benson:
does
this
finish
your
report
councilwoman
hurt
anything.
You
would
like
to
add
any
different
motions,
you'd
like
to
make.
X
G
Quick
in
regards
to
the
Natural
Resources
advisory
committee,
can
we
meet
more
often
I,
as
was
mentioned
once
a
month?
If
not,
you
know
once
every
two
months
and
as
the
final
speaker
mentioned,
you
know
it's
so
hard
to
get
on
that
committee.
How
big
is
that
board?
How
do
they
apply?
How
what
is
the
diversification
from
the
community
from
what
is
it
like?
We.
AF
G
Because
there's
there's
a
a
hunger
and
a
desire
for
the
public
to
be
involved
and
again
to
meet
more
twice
a
year,
I
get
it.
It
takes
50
years
for
an
oak
to
become
a
grand
oak.
However,
we
have,
as
we've
discussed
over
the
last
decade
and
less
than
that,
the
decline
in
the
tree
canopy.
You
know
we
have
so
much
going
on
so
much
construction,
so
many
new
homes,
so
you
know
we're.
We
have
to
stay
on
top
of
this,
I
mean
this.
Is
it's
manageable?
G
Now
we
have
to
stop
and
we
have
to
make
sure
we
don't
see
a
further
decline.
Do
you
need
an
official
motion
for
for
you
to
look
at
this
Advisory
Board
and
or
could
you
just
come
back
with
a
report
or
just
a
memo
of
the
makeup
and
how
we
can
further
expand.
AF
G
Would
you
like
an
official
motion,
perhaps
for
July,
that
you
just
issue
a
memo
and
just
give
us
an
update
that
would
we
can
so
I'd
like
to
make
a
motion
that
July
13th
under
staff
reports
that
you
Mr
Benson
and
your
team
come
back
with
an
update
regarding
the
natural
resources
advisory
committee
and
how
we
can
further
increase
the
meeting
amounts
you
know
meeting
times
during
the
year
and
the
makeup
of
the
board
and
how
we
can
expand
that
and
how
we
can
tweak
it
and
modify
it.
G
C
Yeah,
just
I
I've
said
this
before,
but
my
philosophy
going
forward
would
be
that
boards.
Ideally
any
of
these
advisory
boards
would
have
one
representative
for
each
city,
council
member,
so
we
get
Geographic
diversity
on
it.
If
that
means,
the
mayor
needs
to
have
more
appointees,
I
don't
care,
but
but
it
would
be
I
think
it
would
be
better.
Represented
of
the
community
of
all
advisory
committees
have
had
at
least
one
representative
from
each
city
council.
Member.
Thank
you.
X
I'm
not
going
to
make
a
motion
right
now.
I
want
to
talk
to
you
all
about
the
best
way
to
do
it,
but
I
definitely
want
to
expand
on
the
idea
of
the
map
of
where
we're
planting
these
and
the
types
of
trees,
we're
planting,
maybe
even
adding
it
to
the
gis.
So
people
know
where
it
is:
I
mean
I'm
sure
that
data
is
sort
of
available.
So,
like
I
said,
I'll
talk
to
you
all
about
that.
X
We
can
figure
out
what
the
right
motion
is
there
and
the
time
you
need
and
then
I
will
also
make
a
motion
about
coming
back
to
talk
about
that
trees
are
position
and
where
we
are
on
that
so
again,
I
can
I
can
make
that
now,
but
I'll
probably
make
it
later.
So
again
we
have
that
chance
to
have
that
conversation.