Weekly Agenda Review

September 5, 2024

9/5/2024

TPD officer of the month
Commendation- Pepin Academies
Florida Orchestra- 5 minute presentation--- PLEASE keep it to 5 minutes!
Chase Corley appointment to the Barrior Latino Commission.
Appointment of James McCarthy to the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee- I support this!
Appointment of Al Cooke to the Budget Committee. I support this!
RISE Tampa donating canine valued at $12k to TPD
Resolution for School Crossing Guards- $1.5 million from COT, HCSO for 2024-2025
Grant Adjustment for budget- accepting funds from 21-22 year. Receipt of $246k, not sure why it isn’t showing up until two years later. I don’t care enough to read it all.
Using De-Escalation Grants to pay for train the trainer course in De-Escalation. $47k of $160k grant.
Donation of canine Pancho to Corporal Flannigan.
TFR accepting grant funds of $23k from Homeland Security
See item #12
Digital Advertising services for the Convention Center contract with XpoNet Corporation who will provide advertising within the Convention Center for a fee paid to the COT for 3 years with two one-year renewals available.
Hold Harmless agreement between the COT and SFWMD to allow access to Tappan Park for unique wetland and upland habitat at no cost to the City--- PLEASE___ if there is any way to provide assistance about the increased flooding in the area abutting the park while doing this…that sure would be NICE!
Abror Day Foundation agreement with COT-- $1million worth of TREES donated to the City… I hope like hell Wit Remer can find a place to plant them…I say we start with SOG on Manhattan, each side of the road has at least a 20’ easement… Where do you think would be a great place for trees? Please be sure to comment!
Approving the Lightning Foundation paying for maintenance and Improvement services for outdoor rink at 2401 E Yukon
Special Event Permit-- Greater Bethel Missionary Baptist Church- 131st Anniversary Party
Special Event Permit—Making Strides against Breast cancer on Himes Ave
Special Event Permit—Red Bull Flutag
Renewal of award COT and Univar Solutions LLC w/o Price escalation for $160k to buy Hydrofluosilicic Acid 25%
Purchase Copper Sulfate Pentahydrate in the estimated amount of $369,000 from Brenntag Mid-South
Sulphur Springs Action Plan contract for creation of a plan for the neighborhood. Why is this in Infrastructure? Shouldn’t it be under Economic Development? $250k with Ayers Associates.
McKay Bay WTE plant for a Facility Valve service for $192k for solid waste
$2.5 million for water meters for the water department, this is a Re-Bid… I wonder how much more they cost now than the last contract?
COT WASTEWATER department paying $749k to pave something… they don’t have their own paving department. No idea where? But it sure would be nice to know where… I hope like hell the have coordinated with the paving crews to make sure that those crews aren’t repaving something that the Wastewater department is going to pave with these fund? Just sayin…
CRA funded upgrades to Herman Massey Park Rehabilitation for $1.7 million- again, It would seem this belongs in the Parks Department section?
Transfer $100k for operating expenses for Contract Administration from Personnel expenses?
Surplus Water agreement between Tampa Bay Water and the COT.
Safety Shoe contract for $750k over 3 years for safety shoes.
Cisco Catalyst Switch for $158k for T&I department
Patrick’s uniforms bid of $800k for COT.
Move $500k for Logistics & Asset Management to operating expenses.
Move $60k from Development & Economic Opportunity Personnel to operating expenses.
Demolition by the COT of 2611 N 21st St
Purchase of JOBSEQ Platform $15k for Economic Opportunity department, I think this software sounds very interesting. How will it be shared with small business owners or prospective small business owners?
COT & Keystone Painting- w/o price escalation for painting & maintenance of Tree grates…glad to see someone is working on this CAB and I notice trees that are being stifled by the grates downtown. $135k.
HUD payment to COT for processing human rights issues for $104k, training, $12k, and admin costs for $32k
See #39
Lease renewal between COT and UT for 25 years for property south of University Drive and North of Spaulding Dr.
Traile Easement between COT and UT for construction of trail from N of Kennedy and W of Hillsborough River for micromobility and amending the hours of use of easement.
Renewal of lease between COT and UT for 25 years with the consideration of the West River Multi-modal trail.
Vacating part of easement of K-Bar Ranch Parkway Segment G.
Agreement for Metropolitan Ministries and COT to allow part of the Rome Yard property to be used for parking. (They aren't actually building anything there...why not!)
Memorandum of Understanding between Tampa Family Health and COT for Community Change Grant Environmental and Climate Justice grant program application
Grant agreement Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program between the COT and Federal DOT of $5.3 million for Ashley Dr Unite project. To restore neighborhood connectivity. ( I don’t see this plan on the City of Tampa CIP viewer?) https://www.tampa.gov/projects
$190k for Stantec Consulting for the Brorein Street Resurfacing Project currently projected at $18+ million dollars in the design state of the CIP Viewer.
COT contract without price escalation for the license Plate Reader for Parking department. $300k.
$900k for outfall maintenance services between Bayside Dredging and COT 1st amendment to the contract. Extending for 1 year. It looks like there isn’t a price escalation… it would be nice if the Cover and the ITEM said there isn’t a price escalation??
Contract between Tampa Bay Estuary Program and COT for Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for $384k for complete street and shoreline implementation.
See item #50
Renewal of contract with Personnel Solutions Plus for Temporary Traffic Labor for Special Events estimated at $205k.
Sidewalk Easement from Abundant Life Enrichment Church to COT for installing sidewalks at 5701 N 80th St
Memorandum of understanding for access to Driver and Vheicle information database system with the FDHW&MV for information access.
Moving funds for the mobility department from the CIT fund. $300k for operations from personnel.
Set a public hearing for displacement of the bricks and granite curbs for the right of way for portion of Twig street. Is this the waste management project from week before last? I am all for putting the bricks and curbs to work.
2nd Reading for Parking changes to Chapter 27-178… I want to know if the neighborhood is happy with the changes as they have been revised.
2nd Reading- 3614 Temple Street Rezonnig
2nd Reading- 5825 S 5th St Rezoning
2nd reading 2201 N Glenwood Dr Rezoning
2nd Reading 701, 705, & 801 Wilma St Rezoning
PUBLIC HEARING for Development agreement between Pinewood BF LLC & COT for a park located on the 3800 block of Pinewood St in South Tampa. The neighborhoods were NOT consulted on this plan. The letter that was sent by the developer per code was NOT helpful. The City had NOT filed the plans, they were NOT sent via snail mail. They were NOT entered into Accela. They were NOT IN THE CLERKS office as they stated in the letter. The address was not available. THE paperwork filed indicates that the property will revert back to the care of the COT in one year. (The developer says that it does NOT, that they are responsible for the care of the property for a 20 year period that is renewable for two additional 20 year period.) Why does the COT get to do whatever they want with the land in our community when no one else does?? It sounds like the code for these types of agreements needs to be amended. This is the 2nd development agreement that the COT has made this year without consulting the neighborhoods? (Remember Fred Ball park?)
Petition review hearing for 2115 N Dale Mabry SUB 24-12.
Petition review hearing for 5710 Adamo Dr for DE1-24-153
Administrative Update
$4.5 million contract w/ Brenntag Mid-South for the furnishing of Liquid Caustic Soda (Sodium Hydroxide)- The LINK DOES NOT WORK FOR THIS ITEM.
Bonding $290MILLION dollars for water/wastewater. Does this count towards our overall bond issuance or is water/wastewater separate pots of bonding???
See #68…$290 MILLION!!! SMH this is the first I heard of this!
The LINK DOES NOT WORK FOR THIS ITEM.(I've contacted Suling) Contract for Morris Bridge Flter Building Improvements- rebid for $4million.
Purchase of 5 pierce saber pumpers for a total of $5.5 million for TFR. (fire trucks!) It's about damn time!
Update on Fleet maintenance and station 24….from TFR- After doing the math on the proposed forensics lab, I think that 5005 N Howard makes more sense for TFR Fleet Maintenance--- according to what was reported by TPD last week and my rough calculations, they only need about 2 acres, why not put that 8 acres to work for the city ASAP! (Although after driving out there that does NOT look like 8 acres?)
TPD security plan for Ybor City with consideration of CRA rules.
Staff to report on providing leadership training for mid and senior level employees. OHHHH, I missed this one but this is interesting.
Staff to report on the Creative Loafing Brunched event and non-certified vendors.
Consideration of Rome Yard Agreement to consider the Yellow Jackets on the property.
Abbye Feely report on the Land Development Code Reform process.
Update with visuals on the PIPES program to be done every six months
Neighborhood notices for Live Local projects. YES! This needs to be done. While the neighborhood and the city can’t do much to push back on projects, there should be NOTICE for these projects!
TCC salary increase should be done!! PLEASE WRITE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THIS! We want our elected officials to be focusing on their representation of our city! This is a terrible burden on council to vote on this raise, the MAYOR suggested it in 2022. The poor salary leads to a homogeneous council that is made up of wealthy and lacks diversity because folks must either be independently wealthy, take a vow of poverty or do two jobs to pay their mortgages while serving the City of Tampa. This adjustment is significantly less than half of the salary of the upper-level staff in the COT. It is also still BELOW the Annual Median Income for the City of Tampa. Being on City Council is NOT a part-time job, if it is being done correctly. They don’t just show up on Thursday for a meeting. They have hundreds of pages of documents to read, meetings with staff and the community, and events and boards to participate in as part of their jobs. The MAYOR NEEDS TO SUPPORT THIS ALSO! This bump will bring them to 40% of what she makes. Our city needs a diverse TCC!
The bypass of Bristol Ave for the South Howard Stormwater project. This project should NOT go through Parkland Estates it would endanger TONS of trees and tear up their community when it is the LONG way around!