Weekly Agenda Review

February 6, 2025

AGENDA

TPD officer of the month
ATU Employee of the month
FDOT update---they don’t have an update because all our roads are perfect?? Ba ha ha
Approval of Steven Brent Taylor to the ARC.
$346k for Bomb Disposal Robot for TPD from Homeland Security Grant (I hope we already have the federal funds??)
Donation of a Briggs and Stratton Generator for $800 from Morgan & Morgan for TPD.
Donations of $17k for TFR being moved into operating expenses from an account that Restricted Use of Fund Balance? Huh? For water flow and foam equipment.
Resolution agreement between parks and rec and Instruments 4 Life for after school programs one hour weekly instrument lessons at no cost
Resolution agreement with Florida Education fund with parks and recreation for coding and technology classes at no cost to the city.
Acceptance of $60k from the FL Dept of Environmental protection for a wooden walkway for ADA access to the Ben T Davis Beach.
Approving social action/arts funding agreement between COT and B.E.A.U.T.E Blueprint Foundation a nonprofit for tutoring, mentorship and reading skills fro $50k I see the proposed goals for this agreement but I am trying to figure out how much time their foundation spends with kiddos according to this contract? Where do they meet? Is this part of the after school program at Parks & Rec? How many kiddos are serviced? How many hours of service do they anticipate? I don’t see that these folks are hiring certified teachers to do this program. I also don’t see any mention of a program that has proven these results over time? As a retired teacher, I see this contract is lacking in some basic information. Stamina is a VERY small part in successful reading gains.
Purchase Ungerboeck Systems International Special Event Software for the Convention Center for $218k
Special Event Permit- UNCF Tampa Bay Walk for Education
Special Event Permit- Hollywood Awards night
Special Event Permit- Grown up book fair
Special Event Permit- Winefest 2025
Special Event Permit- Breakthrough TID Walk
Dsign build for Salcines Park Improvements for $1.3million with Phinazee Construction
Agreement for Consultant services for the Lakeshore Pump Station Force Main replacement/design. For $128k, must just be for the design services.
See #19
Purchase of Caterpillar MH3022 Material handler for solid waste department for $428k
Station 24- I am $2.3 million for this design build, funny, because when I googled the address the RFQ was $250k? How much will the station cost overall or are we going to just keep ADDING to it and ADDING to it?? Tarpon Springs is managing to build a nice 3 bay station for $6.5 million. (See attached picture)
Wastewater department installation of the Generator Installation Project for Swann Pumping Station for $776k. That’s one down… 228 more to go! I’m sure it’s not that many but we have 229 pumping stations and we want them all to have them! =)
See item #23
Purchase Freightliner M2 with Lined 10-Yard Dump Body Vehicle for Water department for $155k
Cleaning services for the WTE plant for 3 years for $125k total.
Ballast Point Pumping Station rehabilitation in the amount of $113k, does this imply that there is already a working generator at this location? If not, are we going to add this to the contract to ensure that the folks aren’t flooded out again because of a lack of power? We saved 2% through the bid process for this project.
See #27
The RFQ paperwork is blank for this item, so no telling how much the other bids were on the project there were several bids. It is basically for new roadway for Lois from Cleveland to Boy Scout. $1.8 million
$495k for Howard F. Curren Advanced Wastewater Treatment Facility National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit renewal.
See #30
This is CRAZY- water department deposits paying out interest to the customers who paid the deposits. So, NOT EVERYONE pays a deposit. Only folks who don’t have good credit. IMHO, if they pay their water bill on time for 2 years, they should receive their deposits back. They have established in 24 months of on time payments, the money should be returned to them as a credit on their bills. $500k in interest is being paid out nickel and dime, probably spending money mailing checks to these folks too…instead of crediting their accounts? If they pay on time just give it all back to them!
Grant of stormwater easement for 2301 S Occident St.
Grant of Wastewater easement for TGH at 1307 W Kennedy Blvd
social action & arts fund agreement with MacDonalds Training Center for $25k
Services agreement with Xerox for Technology department for $320k
UKG Kronos Systems contract for 5 years software licensing for free as part of a grant to access the archive.
Internal Audit report of the Tampa Convention Center
Thanks to CW Hurtak for pulling this item. I am guessing that’s why the whole thing was removed. Paying someone $10k per month to park in their grass lots…. Pissing away our tax dollars at its best! SMH…the City has lots of parking they own in Ybor! If they need to rent something for an event, then we rent it for that day or two like other folks do! Interesting enough looking at the LLC paperwork it was signed by Daryl Shaw.
Reducing THHI funding by $40k for their three year contract for their work with the homeless and rehousing. What are they doing with the $40k if they aren’t giving it to THHI?
Private Dock agreement for 6022 River Terrace
COT received $1million RUSH grant for housing for those impacted by disasters.
Utility Easement to TECO for property at 499 Suwanee Circle
Close out for CARES Act grant agreements.
Purchase stuff to make street signs from Osbourn Associates for $150k for mobility department.
Set public hearing for March 6, 2025 and March 27, 2025 for DA25-11751 for 2305 N. 35th Street
2nd reading for raising the spending requirements going before TCC from $100 to $200k. (I can get behind this if we can start seeing the FEES that are under billed to others that are coming from our citizens tax dollars! i.e. sidewalks being billed at $29 a foot when the City must pay $123 a foot!)
I think this is the piggy back clause for the item above, so that a vendor can’t bill multiple items and go over the cap within a year?
1st reading for 5106 East 21st Ave—I am confused as to why this is 1st reading, I think they may have made some big changes? 1st readings generally are done in night meetings.
2nd reading REZ24-61 3704 and 3706 East Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
2nd reading REZ 24-79 223 South Howard Ave
2nd reading- REZ 24-92 4015 East 11th Ave
2nd reading- REZ 24-95 2508 North 58th St
2nd reading- REZ 24-98 1709 East Henry Ave
2nd reading- REZ 24-112 509 South Hyde Park Ave
Petition for Review- 706 East Hugh St for SU124-66
Petition for Review 711 W. Hilda St DE1-24-262
Ordinance- Requirements for Pedicabs in the City of Tampa
Administrative update
SHIP funds available to homeowners impacted by Helene and Milton in the amount of $3.2 million.
COT contract with Insituform Technologies to line the wastewater pipes. 7 bids, saved us 7% on this contract. I’d like to know what part of town this is for??
See #61
Purchase of liquid methanol from Thatcher Chemical of Florida for wastewater department. Saved 8% through the bid process.
Ditch rehabilitation at Grady and 43rd st for $3.4 million by Ferreira Construction.
Adding $4.3 million to a contract with Sunrise Utility Services for Wastewater collection repairs. This is a renewal with what looks to be the same price for construction of $26k lineal feet of pipe for the wastewater department
See #65
See Item #22, So, we’re paying #22 $2.3 and we have to hire a babysitter for the contract on top of that? I would have thought that would have already been in place when they put out for the RFQ? How do we not already have someone to look at the plans BEFORE we tell folks to throw ideas at us? SMH…the cart before the horse, now you already have a contract with J. Kokolakis
Staff to talk about the public records requests by Tampa Firefighters 754. I can’t wait to hear this…NOT one document is attached in ONBASE. All the documents they requested should be added so the public can see what’s up.
Well, this item has been on the agenda since November 2021, with ZERO done about it. What’s the point? Heaven forbid someone pay any attention to SOG. We’ve increased our tax base by at least double in the last 10 years with ZERO improvements for our community. We have been BEGGING for a light at Tyson and Westshore since 2006 yet, they want to cram them down Harbor Islands throat downtown?? Go figure. Oh wait, someone built a monument on a side street to honor veterans that is constantly occupied by homeless folks. (Thanks for that $300k!)
Request to name the East Tampa Complex after Artis Gambrell, heaven forbid they start getting feedback from the neighborhood already in order to do what the memo says they are going to do???
Staff to report on generators for stormwater stations. Will they show that even one has been placed in a station since Helene and Milton?
Short term solutions for flooding in North Tampa, what about we look at City Wide? I’d think that they’d be good for all of us?
Report on Ybor Parking update… I can’t wait.
Draft schedule for 2025-2026 Tampa City Council Calendar
Update on paving. I wish this included sidewalks?
Job Order Contract quarterly report froom Logistics and Asset management.
K-Bar Ranch park design public communication report. (I wish someone had asked us before they built a $300k memorial for the homeless to sleep on.)
Written report on repaving North Blvd, but there isn’t a report attached? Maybe he hits it on Item #75?
Report on Grand Cathedral…they STILL don’t have their ducks in a row?? SMH…interesting.