Weekly Agenda Review

February 15, 2024

2/15/24

  1. Jackson House Foundation—GoodNESS- is it going to fall to the ground before they do something with this property?
  2. Ya'll KNOW how I feel about this issue!!!! Budget advisory committee presentation on raises for TCC—For the LOVE OF GOD… I am so over it. TCC members are paid $54k for their Part-Time position- part time that takes days of preparation to be ready for each and every Thursday. Part-Time that expects them to be available to the public regularly. Part-Time that isn’t part time—it is a FULL-TIME job. So, why are we paying a salary that doesn’t even allow them to pay their RENT/House payment. NO, they didn’t sign up to give themselves raise. I honestly think the LAST council should have done it in April 2023!!! The administration leadership is making closer to $200k per year for many positions. If TCC WAS part time, then they should be making HALF. It doesn’t need to be done all at once, but it needs to be adjusted more than the 3% currently in place until they are making enough to pay their house payments while in office. The Mayor’s FY24 salary is listed as $189k AND she has a spending budget as well. Yet, we expect TCC members to work WITH the public and FOR the public for $54k per year. TCC needs to stand up for their SEATS—this isn’t about THEM indvidually. This is NOT about who is going to run for "your seat next time" This is about the seats they are warming. NOTE- in FY22, the budget gave them a significant increase…but they refused it then. It may have been too much, but there was NO ALTERNATIVE PLAN for getting our elected officials a living wage for the hard work they are doing so that they are NOT beholden for campaign contributions.
  3. Correction of a Scrivener’s Error for TA/CPA 23-16
  4. Correction of a Scrivener’s Error for TA/CPA 23-15
  5. 10% price escalation for a $380k for uniforms for TPD.
  6. Retirement of Oakley the K-9 officer to the home of Detective Marcus Peworchik. Thanks to Oakley for his service.
  7. Mutual agreement between TPD and FDLE for fentanyl eradication.
  8. Subgrant agreement between CoT and Hillsborough Election Supervisor for Urban Area Security Grants
  9. I am confused about this one—So, this resolution is an agreement with Nelson’s Tree Farm signed in July 2023, a sheltered market solicitation, but now, we’re giving them a 5% increase that is back dated to August 4th 2023?
  10. WebTMA agreement for management software for the Tampa Convention center in the amount of $74k
  11. Highway Maintenance Memorandum of Agreement for FDOT and COT for Courtney Campbell Causeway for 10 years
  12. Parks and Rec software purchase for processing payments and enrollments, rentals etc for $65k from RecTrac systems. (Personally as an end user, I have never been impressed with this system)
  13. Special Event Permit- The Dark Embrace Invitational.
  14. Special Event Permit- Tampa Bay Lightning Alumni Pickleball Tournament
  15. Special Event Permit- Piper Spring Carnival
  16. THIS confuses me. The original bid was for $78k and now it is increased to $298k because the bidder failed to include the cost of materials. While, I understand mistakes were made, where are the other 3 bids that were considered? Even if they were higher, the bid sheet should be with this request? Otherwise, how do we know how much the COT saved by using this bidder?
  17. SAT Industrial Supplies for $278k for Polyethylene Water Boxes and Covers. The lowest bidder was non-responsive. The bid process saved COT citizens 4%
  18. 3.2% CPI increase on sheltered market solicitation for grounds maintenance at the Wastewater facilities for $134k
  19. Again—CONFUSING- Paragraph 2 of the Resolution says. Total project Budget estimated at $13 million. But, my math is considerably more? a. 2019-245 $371k b. 2019-617 $1.3 million c. 2020-01 $8.1 million d. 2021-899 $7.5 million e. 2022-839 $1.6 million f. 2024 resolution adds another $55k
  20. REDUCTION of the contract for the Citywide Meter, Hydrant and Valve Installation Replacement from $9.1 million reduced by $1.12 million
  21. Air Piping replacement by PSIC- Pro-Serv Industrial for $738k A savings of 11% for the Citizens of Tampa.
  22. See #21, I’d like to understand why this is two part, not one line item?
  23. A settlement by the City of Tampa to a plaintive who fell into an abandoned tree planter on City property of $137k
  24. Re-appointment Rich Simmons to the Barrio Latio Commission for another 3 years.
  25. Re-appointment as a special magistrate for code enforcement for another three years of Richard Reavis.
  26. Re-appointment as a special magistrate for code enforcement for another three years of Alexander Dunmire
  27. Contract with Kronos for Workforce Cloud Software for $160k for HR department
  28. Approving customer service agreement with Unifirst Corporation for Uniform rentals for $122k
  29. Demolition and removal of 4107 N 30th St by the COT
  30. Re-Plat of 212 W Ross Townhomes. At the corner of N Ola and W Ross
  31. Re-Plat of Greenwood Cove Townhomes: the map isn’t terribly clear but it appears to run between N 39th St and N Temple Crest Circle
  32. Re-Plat of Manhattan East Townhomes- S Manhattan just below Fair Oaks in South Tampa. These are the homes on the East side of Manhattan.
  33. Re-Plat of Madison Townhomes- South of W Carmen- looks like is next to Pineapple Palms and Carmen at Westshore Palms Townhomes.
  34. Vacating easement at 2304 Lila Lane
  35. Release of easement for vacating at 1802 N Morgan St
  36. Deed to the City of Tampa for right of way at 3312 Lila St
  37. Release of easement for 6214 S Elberton
  38. Purchase 3 Ford Maverick trucks for mobility department for total of $108k
  39. Wheel Loader for the mobility department in the amount of $343k
  40. $890k for LEASED mechanical sweeper—3 sweepers for 4 years each for this price. I hope that includes all the maintenance for that kind of $$$ from Elgin Pelican Mechanical
  41. $99k for design for the Golfview Flooding Relief with Kisinger, Campo and Associates
  42. SCHEDULE Petition for Review- 1910 W Gray St
  43. Public Hearing- Designating that Memorial Park Cemetery a historic landmark
  44. Historic Preservation Tax Exemption for 1208 N Howard
  45. 2nd Reading- Magistrate’s report for 3602 N 50th st and 3501 N 46th St
  46. 2nd reading for 3301 W Iowa Ave
  47. Review hearing for 2802 W Bay Ave— I have a comment I won’t make at the moment! The applicant’s representative is Carroll Ann Bennett
  48. 701 W Hillsborough Ave finish the hearing because it was a tie vote at the December 7, 2023 meeting
  49. Multifamily project at 4019, 4105 and 4151 E Fowler Ave 2nd reading
  50. See item #49
  51. ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATES
  52. $10 million for the SOHO Flood relief and streetscape project
  53. 2nd amendment for Biofiltration Odor Control system at Jannus Park for $7.4 million for the wastewater department with Evoqua Water Technologies LLC. It looks like the original bid was done in 2017 with only one bidder? Is there still only one source for this product?
  54. See 53- but I guess this is for the equipment for odor control?
  55. Settlement with Mr. Duboise for $14 million dollars by the COT for 37 years of wrongful conviction.
  56. This moves $9million in the budget to the fund to pay Mr. Duboise. $378k for each year he spent in jail. Good luck to Mr. Duboise.
  57. TFR response time for K-Bar Ranch- KBR had 139 calls out of 92k calls in 2023, that seems like a small amount of call volume to me? See the attached memo.
  58. TFR response time for SOG, New Tampa and Channelside- but the memo is the same as the one for #57?
  59. Revised Reimbursement Resolution to $50 million for Station 24 and the maintenance facility.
  60. The Mayor’s Veteran’s committee—there are no documents attached.
  61. Improved safety for parking lots in Ybor City—GEEEEEEE--- CW Hurtak made this motion in September of 2022. She was out in front of the shootings Halloween weekend. We need to get this addressed!
  62. Credit card fees to the USERS not the tax payers paying for them! Let’s support this! It cost the city $4 million last year!! If you don’t want to pay the fee, use your debit card or write a check!
  63. Tampa Heights Riverfront Development agreement with women and minority businesses.
  64. A Multi-year, Multi-phase development agreement to be required to file an annual monitoring report in connection with the agreement-- I think this is BRILLIANT!! I LOVE IT
  65. Presentation by the Planning Department and the Planning Commission about the Future Land Use updates for 2045 Comp Plan- If you didn’t attend the THAN meeting last Wednesday, I suggest you check it out on YouTube, they did a great job of laying the foundation for this presentation! https://youtu.be/crlok0lS8P4
  66. NAACP- funding GEEEEEE, is this another case of TCC allocation of funds and the administration not following through?? (kind of like the fire station 24?) Sorry, not sorry. We have 8 elected officials in the City of Tampa, not one.