Weekly Agenda Review

February 20, 2025

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Commendation ATU member of the month
Commendation for Valentina Michelini for becoming an Eagle Scout
10 minute presentation by Feeding Tampa Bay- for annual report
Presentation by the Jackson House Foundation about fixing the house…maybe they’ll get around to it before it falls down??? SMH
Confirm an Arborist for the VRB! Woop, whoop!! They haven’t had an arborist in years!!
Sean Robinson, Don Lott, Sundai Reynoso, Gaston Meredith, Malissiza “Missy” Pitcher, Amie Devero, Tommy Whitehead, Carly Puleo, and Dominique Cagle to the Equal Business Opportunity Advisory Committee. 4 of these folks don’t live in the City of Tampa, two more maybe do/maybe don’t? I don’t know any of them, but does this mean that we couldn’t find residents of the COT that could fill these roles. Some have businesses in Tampa, which IMHO qualifies them, others…don’t show the connection. IDC, but just making folks aware of the issue… folks should have a vested interest in the City if they are on a board.
Mutual Aid agreement TPD and Hernando County Sheriff’s office.
Mutual Aid agreement TPD and Plant City Police
Donation of K-9 Molly, from Garrison & Sloan for TPD.
Grant Agreement Addendum with End Human Trafficking Inc, decrease of $2182 from $79k grant
See #10
Donation from Firehouse Subs Public Safety INC to TFR for 60 Fastwrench tools for $26k
See #12
Donation of 3 K-9- from RISE Tampa to TPD
Business center agreement with FedEx Office for the Convention Center
Agreement with COT and USF for internship opportunity for 1 internship with ADA Coordinator.
Contract with Greenturf Services for medians and parkways North and south of Kennedy? For $718k with a 2.4% CPI increase.
$2million dollars for a Nature Based Solutions Project at Picnic Island. I had to go to page 27/65 to even figure out what they are doing in this $2 million project. Why have a one pager if you can’t understand what you are spending that kind of money on???? Ideally, since it is supposed to help with the flood risk in Port Tampa City, it would be nice if someone had mentioned this to the RESIDENTS in the last 5 months since hundreds of them endured floods from storm surge??!! Who is in charge of this…why is it a SECRET? This project SHOULD have been suggested as a short term Stormwater solution….why NOT??
See #18- this item is where there is any explanation of what the project is….just sayin…
COT paying to clean up 3614 N 26th Street
COT paying to clean up 8714 N Hyaleah Road
Demolition preparation for 1706 W Main Street by the COT
Demolition preparation for 1535 E 7th Ave
Special Event Permit- She is Football 5k
Special Event Permit- St Patrick’s Parade
Special Event Permit- Hyde Park Art Festival
Special Event Permit- 2025 Santa Fest and Holiday Parade
Purchase Natural gas for Solid Waste trucks $300k
COT with Pennoni Associates for Channel District Improvements for design purposes, for 9 street segments? The paperwork looks like necessary work to be done for NEW builds in Channelside, I certainly would LOVE to see what the impact fees were paid by the developers of those buildings vs the COST to the Citizens of Tampa for this RFQ!
$140k for Fehr & Peers for professional services for Mobility and Multimodal fee update services?? This is the study I have had since 9/15/23…are we just now paying for this? I also brought this study up at the Workshop on 1/30? When there was what appeared to be a duplicate expense on that agenda?? When will these FEES be updated so that our tax dollars will quit supplementing new development. The ONBASE items fail to mention the contractor for the services mentioned. I have had the ATTACHED document since 9/15/23, yet, it's not been presented to you?
From 1/30 agenda: 4. File No. CM23-999 Mobility Staff to provide an update on the Mobility/Multi-Modal Impact Fee Study. (Original motion initiated by Hurtak-Henderson on November 2, 2023)(Updated motion initiated by Hurtak-Viera on November 16, 2023)(Continued from May 2, 2024 and August 29, 2024) Memorandum from Brandon Campbell, Transportation Services Director, transmitting a written report for said agenda item. (To be R/F)
Purchase of parts from Endress + Hauser for the wastewater department. $22k it doesn’t specify what parts, but it explains that these will help streamline maintenance for these parts?
Agreement with Mainzer Management for water use restriction services, $914k for 36 months. I sure hope that the fines/fees will offset this cost?
Agreement with Pro Serv Industrial Contractors for WTE plant for mechanical services of $250k up to $1.1 million for environmental management.
Change Order 1 with FL DOEP – grant for $1million for the water department for bicarbonate regeneration
Purchase a Western Star Boat Hauler for the Solid Waste Department for $160k
Port Tampa Community Center Solar project for $280k from the capital projects fund. Did we get dugouts and bathrooms for the Gadsden Park Baseball fields? Want/need items?
Movement of interest and other income into CRA funds $4.6 million
External Audit of Revenue & Finance department for Forvis Mazars, LLP $579k agreement dated 2021
Housing Program Funds agreement for multifamily compliance monitoring. $250k for Neighborhood Lending Partners for 1 year and 2 years renewable
Movement of $1million to RUSH program for housing for survivors.
AIDS housing for $2.25 million to shift $143k for leasing support services.
Sidewalk Easement greant from Mental Health Care of Tampa to COT for sidewalk at 2208 E Henry Ave
Release of Easement for 1307 W Kennedy Blvd.
Release of Easement for 5019 W. Dickens Avenue
Grant of Stormwater Easement for 2024, 2026 and 2028 North 11th Street
Grant of Easement for sidewalk from Love & Glory Learning Center for sidewalk at 4911 North 42nd st
Replatt of West Tampa Townhomes. North Lincoln Ave and West Heiter St and West Tampa Bay Blvd
Agreement with FDOT for 1301 Morgan St for laydown.
Movement of funds for the Ashley Drive project from the CIT bonds and the Federal Transportation grant funds account for $5.4 million.
Petition for Review Hearing Set for 1915 Cherry St
2nd reading- Vacation of the Mulberry Dr Right of Way
2nd Reading- ordinance making the Doby House at 1405 W Azeele St a historic landmark
2nd reading- 801 East 26th Ave- Comp plan change
2nd Reading- 702 West Columbus Drive, 2502 and 2504 North Boulevard and folio number 183355-0005
2nd reading- 205, 207 and 209 East Columbus Drive, 2301, 2303, 2307 and 2315 North Florida Avenue, 204 and 206 East Amelia Avenue and folio number 191372-0000
2nd Reading- 1901 East 7th Ave for AB1 license
2nd Reading- 2501 West Busch Boulevard- AB license
Ordinance designating area of Tampa an Event Zone for 2025 NCAA Women’s Final 4 from April 2,2025- April 7, 2025 Look at the map for the boundaries.
AMENDMENT to Residential Parking Permit ONLY AREAS code! If you live in an area with this designation, look it up!
Administrative update
$4.5 million contract with Bank of America for CC services. Are these fees passed on to the CONSUMER who is using the credit cards or are the Citizens of Tampa paying for them with their tax dollars? I know we changed the Water Bills being paid with CC last year, what about the other areas mentioned in Mr. Rogero’s memo?
a. Solid Waste at McKay Bay b. Tampa Convention Center c. Construction Services d. Parking e. Parks and Rec
I assume these are the Job Order Contracts (JOC)for the OWNER OCCUPIED REHABS in the CRA? COT with AIO Enterprise, LLC dba Lionize Construction, Associated Cost Engineers, Inc. of Delaware, Austin Construction Group Inc., New Vista Builders Group LLC, Promise Construction and Repair Solutions LLC, and S&L Building Solutions, LLC for the furnishing of Job Order Contracting for Residential Rehabilitation and Repair Services in the estimated amount of $1.9million EACH up to $11.4 million.
COT purchase 4801 and 4803 East Hillsborough Ave for the TFR for the Maintenance and Supply Shop. Why does this mention that this is in the East Tampa CRA? Purchase price is $4.6 million and $50k in closing costs. Why would the COT pay 9.5% above appraised value for a property?? SMH… In the rest of the world, the owners would discount the price of the property meet the appraisal. Only STUPID people pay over appraisal unless the Real Estate Department knows something we don’t? Umm, did anyone tell them that the market is in DECLINE in our city?
Purchase Sodium Hypochlorite for Water and Wastewater departments in the amount of $3million, rebid but no price escalation for the product from Odyssey Manufacturing.
Interlocal agreement between Gasworxs and COT and the CRA for Central Park, Downtown and Ybor2 for public infrastructure improvements up to $32.3 million. What will the COT receive in return? How does this compare with #29? We seem to be paying for both?
Comparative costs for WTE plant projections vs. the cost of the private sector continuing to run the plant. No presentation is in ON BASE yet.
5 minute presentation about the $45million renovations of the Tampa Convention Center from staff
Mobility department to report on establishing a school zone in front of Pepin Academies along 40th St
Mobility department to report on why the downtown traffic plan has not been followed according to the property owners in the area.
Update on the Land Development Code from Abbye Feeley
Legal to present a proposal to change the parking code 15-104 for Franklin St between Kay and Florida.
5 minute presentation on Lower Peninsula Watershed Plan- CONTINUED to June 5th, which should be when the project is complete PER my last discussion with Kimmins
Mobility and Legal discussing prohibiting meters in the yellow brick road area? REMOVED per CM Carlson
Staff to report on spending in each district of the City of Tampa (Councilmember districts used, I’d have preferred that they used planning districts or transportation districts as they are a tad more well defined) NO REPORT was uploaded, this will be a LOT of numbers, I hope someone is bringing hard copies for the public. I’d like to see the spreadsheets of data used to create the powerpoint as well.
Revisions of the Design Exception code Memo from staff. I have to look at this more to understand what it means.
Report by Staff about the COT property behind 9419 Forest Hills Dr and the care of the property. (NO REPORT)
Requested Memo on RV parking in front/back of Airbnb properties. Continued to May 15th