Weekly Agenda Review

January 4, 2024

1/4/24

  1. Police officer of the month
  2. Firefighter of the quarter WHY DO WE have Police officer of the month but Firefighter of the quarter???
  3. FDOT update for Tampa City Council.
  4. Apprenticeship Pilot Program update
  5. Creation of the Gas Worx community Development Disrict (CDD) that will incorporate 2500 acres of the city. Boundaries- Adamo on the South, CSX tracts to the West, 15th st to the East and 5th Ave to the North, there are some parcels that are NOT included in this area, but see the map in ON BASE for those properties.
  6. Receipt of Grant from Commission of Community Service DBA Volunteer FL for $10k, to be used by TFR
  7. See #6
  8. It looks like the COT has paid taxes for things that they should not have paid taxes for because they are Tax EXEMPT- this is requesting that the funds be refunded by the City to the City for taxes paid. $116 million. I could be Totally wrong about this…but that is what it looks like to me?
  9. EdPlan agreement with HCPS- for cooperation with TPD.
  10. Bid for mulch and shell for parks and rec- the bid process saved citizens 38%
  11. CoT and the Grow Group contract for students with disabilities Intern Program. Contract is $41, 667.
  12. CoT and Macdonald Training Center contract for students with disabilities Intern Program. Contract is $41, 667.
  13. CoT and Pepin Academies contract for students with disabilities Intern Program. Contract is $41, 666.
  14. Special Event Permit- MLK Day Parade
  15. Special Event Permit- Soul Food Block Party
  16. Special Event Permit Carmada en Ybor
  17. Special Event Permit- Tutues and Tennis Shoes
  18. Special Event Permit- Fiesta Day
  19. Special Event Permit- Tampa Burger Battle
  20. *$900k of electrical services across three vendors: Tamco Electric Inc., Crevello Electric, Inc., and MCS of Tampa, Inc, as part of a bid process. It looks like they negotiated the pricing after the bids because all the bids were higher than $300k.
  21. Purchase a E450 20 passenger + 2 wheelchair bus for $159k for the solid waste department--- What is the purpose of this purchase? I am trying to figure out why solid waste needs a bus?
  22. $192k for Articulated Lift Boom with JIB, for Solid Waste department
  23. Purchase Dry Organic Polymer for the Water department. Renewal of $275k for two years.
  24. Repairs from single source vendor for Flygt Pump Repairs repairs- $300k for the wastewater department
  25. *Additional water deodorant and degreaser for $90k in addition to the original bid of $148k for services for Wastewater odor control.
  26. Golfview- sewer water rehabilitation plan by CIPP lining for $543k the CIP plan showed a cost of $480k BUT the bid process saved the citizens of Tampa 18%
  27. See #26
  28. Sole source bid from Carl Hankins for a Gunlock Pump Station Generator for $650k for the wastewater department
  29. See #28
  30. $1.2 million for ground storage tank improvement by Razorback LLC .
  31. Bell Helicopter parts for TPD units by Airframe components the bid process saved citizens 1% in the RFP process but this is a renewal.
  32. $1.5 million for pipe lining Ola-MLK to 7th Ave rehabilitation by Insituform Technologies LLC the bid process saved the citizens 18%.
  33. See #32 34. City Wide Tree services- to three companies: Advanced Arborist, LLC, Mid-Florida Tree Service, Inc. and Pete & Ron’s Tree Service each for $534k for a total of $1.2 million
  34. A settlement for solar lighting provided to MacFarland Park for $265k to a subcontractor who was not paid. It looks like the contract filed chapter 7 bankruptcy so they had to deal directly with he city. It is unclear if the original contractor A&A Electric was actually paid for the work as well?
  35. Oracle mission Critical Support for SAAS for $78k for cloud services.
  36. 3.7% CPI increase for the contract renewal with B&B sports for City of Tampa Logo clothing. Up to $275k
  37. $150k settlement with a citizen for a car wreck with TPD.
  38. The Mayor is appointing Tony Mulkey as the new director of Parks & Rec.
  39. The appointment of Giovanny Cardenas to the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee- I like this guy!!
  40. Stormwater Easement from Krusen Douglas to the City of Tampa for Stormwater facitilies near Morris Bridge road and Pictorial Dr.
  41. Release of Easement for 3400 E Fletcher Rd
  42. $300 from CRA for Downtown Core for the roof replacement and bringing up to code at Kidd Mason Community Center. My question is, how old was the old roof and are the original roofers around to offset this costs?
  43. Code enforcement clean up-- (1) 2110 N Boulevard, (2) 8619 37th St, and (3) 4607 W Ballast Point Blvd
  44. The City rents 2609 N Rome from Met min for holiday events, this is a hold harmless agreement for that.
  45. Cost to secure a vacant structure at 8501 N 17th St 47. Replat of Athena Parks Townhomes between I275 and North Central Ave 48. CDBG funds agreement between City of Tampa and Solita’s House for $300k per year for counseling services through September 2025 49. CDBG funds agreement for CoT and Real Estate, Education and Community Housing to provide counciling serives not to exceed $225k. through September 30th, 2025 50. Renewal for CoT and West Central signs for furnishing Ybor Sign installation and maintenance without escalation for $250k for the mobility department. This is CRA funding. 51. Moran Environmental services award without price escalation for ditch regrading for $330k for mobility department. 52. All South Underground with CoT for sediment controls and baffle boxes for Mobiltiy department up to $300k. 53. FDOT and COT agreement with FDOT providing $1.3 million for Interbay Blvd from Westshore to Bayshore. SEE item #54 54. FDOT – Movement of COT funds for the project listed above! It will come from several pots- Transportation Grants, CIP Multi-Modal fund, CIT tas Interbay district Transportation Impact fee construction fund. $2.578k 55. Petition for Review scheduled for March 7, 2024 401 S Howard, DE1-23-235 56. Petition for Review- SU1-24-05—4901 & 4903 S Quincy March 7th 10am. 57. Honorary street naming after James F. Urbanski. 58. 2nd Reading- Code of Ethics 59. 2nd Reading- School Speed Zone cameras 60. Correction of a scrivener’s Error Ordinance 23-128 61. 2nd Reading- Folio Numbers 140515.1214 and 140515.1216, from Heavy Industrial (HI) to Community Mixed Use-35 (CMU-35) 62. 2nd Reading- 2501 East Fowler Avenue 63. 2nd Reading-- 7212 South Sherrill Street I SUPPORT THIS as it is the homeowner of an already existing home and they can’t build any additional units on this site. They just want to be able to put a separate meter on the ADU that is currently part of their home. 64. 2nd Reading 3616 W Ballast Point Blvd- I support this Dutch Brothers Coffee in SOG! 65. 2nd Reading- 2602 & 2616 S Macdill and 3008 W Barcelona Rezoning 66. 2nd Reading- Rezoning- 2006 S Habana 67. 2nd Reading 2816 E Corrine St 68. 2nd Reading 2810 W MLK Jr and 2809 West Virginia Ave 69. 2nd Reading- West of N 46th St Folio # 140515-1213 and 140515-1215 70. Public Hearing for the deleting and replacement of Chapter 5 (the construction code) for the city of Tampa, 2nd reading will be February 1, 2024 71. VACATION of Alleyway- North of W Fribley, S of Peninusular, E of Myrtle and W of Poplar 72. VACATION of Alleyway- S of Hillsborough, north of Giddens, east of Central and W of I-275 73. Development agreement for 4019, 4105 and 4151 E. Fowler Avenue- development of 529 units of affordable housing with 12k sq feet of retail. 74. GOOD NEIGHBOR NOTICE CHANGES!!!! Along with some other code changes. THAN has been working on this for YEARS! 75. Administrative update—I hope that the Mayor is going to explain about our affordable housing?? Can we start with the ROME YARD PROJECT??? 76. Part 1 of 2- Grant assistance from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection 5 million dollars for the Lamb Ave Canal rehab project 77. See item 76- moving $5 million from the COT budget for this project to be matching funds. 78. THIS MAKES MY HEAD SPIN…am I goofy or did the budget only include 1 new fire station, now there are 3+ the maintenance facility? We didn’t even get the grant for the additional 30 fire fighters. There wasn’t ONE fire station in the budget, not even the one approved in 2021, now there are 3???? a. The need another $2 million for Hanna St?? b. I realize the Convention Center funds likely come from the Downtown CRA. c. $62 million for the land trust? Wow? Just wow. 79. Budget Update—I have to get my magnifying glass out to look at this! 80. Credit Card charges for citizens to no longer be paid by tax payers,. I thought that they’d already reported back and the next steps were in process? 81. Parks and Rec to report about what is dedicated to special needs children and those with intellectual disabilities. 82. Staff to update on the Special needs internships. 83. Staff to report on the 2013 Tampa Heights Riverfront Development agreement for women and minority businesses. 84. Report on accessible, disability friendly housing in the city of Tampa 85. Staff report on restaurants with carry out only services. 86. Staff to draft and present an ordienance requiring all persons/entities to file an annual report identifying all conditions and requirements. This is a BRILLIANT motion! Can we start with the ROME YARD PROJECT??? 87. Aisle Style townhomes---AKA CRAPPY tunnel development of property with 10lbs of sugar in a 5lbs sack!! Just say NO! 88. Garage size report—don’t call it two if two won’t fit! 89. Where are the $1 million dollars worth of trees going? Why wouldn’t Whit Reemer be answering this question? Doesn’t he have the tree planning interns???