Weekly Agenda Review

March 27, 2025

3/27/25

  1. Commendation for Ron Rotella former development official for COT from 1965-1983
  2. Commendation TPD Capt Kurt Rojka on his retirement
  3. Purchasing Month celebration with the purchasing department.
  4. Interlocal agreement with HCPS and TFR partnership academy.
  5. Purchase 22 F-150 for TPD $50k each $1million
  6. Changes for project coordinator for FDOT grant of $290k
  7. Thermo Fisher Scientific with TFR for $261k from a $2.5 million contract for bunker gear. Is the same gear that is in storage not being issued to TFR? It looks like this $261 wasn’t spent in the FY24 budget as they ran out of funding?
  8. Purchase 7 Police Interceptor vehicles for $48k each for total of $335k
  9. Mutal Aid Agreement/memo of understanding between the TPD and with local law enforcement for MAGTF for Gang Task Force.
  10. Nomination for Assistant Chief Ruth Cate to participate in Panasonic Connect of North America.
  11. Agreement with SICO Stage System Equipment for $144k with Tampa Convention Center.
  12. Pollution Recovery Fund agreement amendment for Hillsborough County removal of Invasive Species. From the EPC for $50k
  13. Donation from the NCAA for restoring and beautifying the Riverwalk for the Women’s Final Four tournament. $103k
  14. Donation from the NCAA for $103k for the Riverfront Recreation Center restoration and beautification.
  15. Standard grant agreement between the COT and FL Dept of Environmental Protection. For ADA improvements at Ben T Davis beach.
  16. COT mowing and cleaning up (1) 2207 E 23rd Ave, (2) 6905 S Sparkman St, (3) 6907 S Sparkman St, (4) 6909 S Sparkman St, (5) 2917 E Emma St, (6) 2010 Thrace St, (7) 2012 E Thrace St, and (8) 3506 N 9th St
  17. COT mowing and clean up of (1) 4502 S Shamrock Rd, (2) 8113 N Alaska St, (3) 3007 Thelma St, (4) 211 W Emily St, (5) 8219 N 9th St, and (6) 1514 E Juneau St;
  18. COT mowing and clean up of (1) 2111 E 93rd Ave, (2) 1904 E Annona Ave, (3) 2730 W Main St, (4) 302 N Oregon Ave, (5) 3004 N 20th St, and (6) 918 E Osborne Ave;
  19. Movement of Neighborhood and Community Affairs Department within the General Fund for Audio and Video equipment for $40k for Hanna St
  20. Special Event Permit- Taste of Straz
  21. Special Event Permit- Summer Vibest Car Show
  22. Special Event Permit- NCAA Women’s Final Four Party
  23. Special Event Permit- Tast of Water St
  24. Special Event Permit- TPD Memorial Ceremony
  25. Special Event Permit- TFR Cinco de Dodgeball
  26. For the water department- 7 Ford F350 trucks at $856k.
  27. Contract for $174k with Aecom Technical services for $175k for professional services for Water Main Improvement at Florida Ave from Palm to MLK. FDOT projects
  28. Amendment to Design Build Agreement between COT and Phinazee Construction from Rey Park improvements Design Build $179k.
  29. Purchase 5 Nissan Frontier trucks for the Water department for $42k each for a total of $208k
  30. Purchase 3 Battle motors Chassis with Sidewinder Sideloaders for $1.3 million for Solid Waste
  31. Purchase Loadmaster 13 yard Rear Loader for $319k for Solid waste department
  32. COT contract with Polydyne Inc. for the purchase of Dry Organic Polymer for the Water Department for 24 months $450k
  33. COT contract with SAT supplies with 3% increase for double check detector assemblies for $285k for the water department.
  34. COT contract with Consolidated Pipe w/o escalation for $415k for the water department for Large Diameter Ductile Iron Restraint Devices and Kits
  35. COT contract with Ferguson US holding with 2.4% CPI increase for Large Diameter Ductile Iron Valves for $1.8 million for water department
  36. COT contract with SAT supplies with 4.75% increase for $517k for Large Diameter Ductile Iron Compact Mechanical Joint Fittings (Bends, Plugs, Caps, Reducers) for the water department.
  37. COT contract with SAT supplies for $539k for Large Diameter Ductile Iron Pipe with a 2.4% manufactures increase. For the water department
  38. COT contract with SAT supplies for $526k with 4.75% increase for Large Diameter Ductile Iron Fittings. For the water department
  39. COT contract with Vigiron, LLC for Ferric Humate Residual Material Removal Services Maintenance for $1.1 million
  40. COT contract with Bound Tree Medical w/ 2.7% CPI for medial and first aid supplies for $582k for TFR—Why is this under infrastructure?
  41. COT contract with Carbon Activated Corp w/o price escalation for Grandualar Activated Carbon and Sand Filter media for $1million
  42. Approving bid from Colonial Chemical Company for the furnishing of the WTE Urea for $355k for 3 years for Solid Waste and EPM
  43. COT agreement with Beck Electric Actuators for Electric Actuators for Wastewater Department for $150k
  44. COT agreement with Andritz Separation for replacement Centrifuge parts for Wastewater department.
  45. Approval of payment to FDOT for pipe removal and adjustments to water boxes for $226k.
  46. Not sure, but it looks like 5105 W Tyson has turned over the water infrastructure for their apartments to the COT water department. I believe the cost paid to COT was $478k. Not sure if the COT did the work and that is how much they were billed for it or the developer did the work and those are fees from the city. I wonder what the cost was to the Citizens of Tampa since many of those water fees haven’t increased since the 1980s.
  47. NOHO Flats at 505 N Rome Ave accepting ownership of abandoned water pipes in place from the COT.
  48. Purchase of Audio Visual Equipment for Maintenance training facilities, Hanna S, etc. for T&I from OMNIA Partners.
  49. $200k of banking services from Bank of America for Revenue and Finance Department in an umbrella agreement. (nunc pro tunc – which means NOW for THEN or it should have started on November 16, 2024)
  50. Contract with Verizon for wireless including back ups for texts messages? It doesn’t have an amount of the contract?
  51. Allocation to Elevate Tampa Bay for $5000 for the Social Action and Arts Funding.
  52. 6th Amendment with Salvation Army for Emergency Solutions Grant for $1million in NON-Grant Housing Program funds for a total of $3.8 million for support of homeless persons. In FY2025
  53. Foreign-Trade Zone #79 and Gourmet Foods International with the COT as conduit for the two entities for frozen, chilled and dried foods. I don’t get it but it is small fees in the big picture of the COT government…I am not going to spend more time on it. $1000-5000 ish money between operators.
  54. Acceptance of Grant funds for the “Gulf of Mexico” Program for enhancing water quality and preventing trash from entering the waterways to the GoM. $500k, I wonder if we received the check in the mail or do we hurry up and wait for the funding from the feds??
  55. $2 million from Downtown CRAs for debt service for the Convention Center.
  56. $700k for Streetcar operations. From Downtown, Channelside and both Ybor CRA funds.
  57. See item #53
  58. See item #53 & 57
  59. Sadowski Affordable Housing Act stamp taxes on deeds, I think this is continuation of the funding for that program?
  60. Release of easement for 4936 Saint Croix Dr.
  61. Release of easement for 6303 Bayshore
  62. Release of easement for 2301 S. Occident St
  63. Release of easement for 4814 W. Euclid Ave
  64. Release of easement for 2815 W. Pearl Ave
  65. Release of easement for 4624 N Grady Ave
  66. Release of easement for 110 S. Nebraska Ave
  67. Release of easement for 2500 W. Azeele St
  68. $56k from Personnel budget for DEO department for housing for Tech Staff of Tampa Bay to hire part time assistance for housing, for transition and succession planning. Part time is $56k a year. Interesting.
  69. 1st amendment to the SHIP housing funds for an additional $500k not to exceed $800k over 3years for support of homeless.
  70. Release of Easement for 2630 Dundee St
  71. Emergency Fuel Plan for COT with Macro companies for logistics and assets management for 12 months. I don’t see an exact number but I would assume that is because the price of fuel fluctuates so much it would be difficult to assess that amount.
  72. Mobility department lease/purchase agreement with Leasing2 Inc. for 3- Vactor Vacuum Sewer cleaners for $2 million with maintenance agreement for $121k additional for a total of $2.1 million. ALSO the purchase of 3 Vactor Vacuum Sewer trucks for $318k for a total of $954k from Environmental Products group.
  73. Reallocation of University North District Impact Fees fto be use by Commerce Palms Dr & Compton Dr for new signal. For $298k WHEN will we be seeing this happen in the INTERBAY DISTRICT For the light at Tyson and Westshore???? There is plenty of $$ in the fund, but nothing moving forward???
  74. $500k being transferred from Utilities services for ditch maintenance by mobility department.
  75. Petition for review date 6/5/25-- 2219 East Columbus Dr
  76. Petition for review date 6/5/25-- 909 S Rome
  77. Resolution for public hearing for 2305 N 35th St date 5/1/25
  78. Ordinance declaring an EVENT ZONE for the NCAA women’s final Four events.
  79. Setting of residential parking permits in certain parts of the city.
  80. 2nd Reading for 3807 and 3811 West Swann Ave
  81. 2nd Reading for 3602 West Azeele St
  82. 2nd Reading for 8813 Brooks street, 8901 North 13th Street and 8814 North 14th St
  83. 2nd Reading for 3604 Temple St
  84. 2nd Reading for 402 South Oregon Ave
  85. 2nd Reading for 2902 Melburne Boulevard
  86. 2nd Reading for 622 and 642 West Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
  87. 2nd Reading for 3502 North Lincoln Ave
  88. Vacation ROW for located at West Chelsea St lying North of W Alva St, South of W Cayuga St, East of N Manhattan Ave, and West of N Hubert Ave.
  89. Petition for Review hearing 8406 N Edison Ave
  90. Petition for Review for 4465 W Gandy Blvd. Missed Notice- PLEASE allow it to be continued—this is a neighborhood Petition for review—they got confused!
  91. Parking – WELP, this is the first time I’ve seen the TOTAL revision of the Parking Ordinance. I don’t have time today to ready 26 pages. I guess I have some reading to do this week.
  92. Administrative update
  93. Community benefits agreement for the STRAZ with downtown CRA for $25million, many, it takes FOREVER for some things to happen in the COT. It was in the paper October 14, 2021! The little engine that could.
  94. 3rd amendment to Odor and Corrosion Control with Evoqua Water Technologies for $8.1 million for the Wastewater department, has this been pulled because of the complaints from Davis Island?
  95. See #7, for additional information on the bunker gear, why are we buying MORE if we are HOARDING what we have in a warehouse instead of handing it out as it comes in?? They don’t hold all those new vehicles for TPD until they all come in…why hold onto them? Get them in the hands of the TFR folks they were ordered for ASAP.
  96. Monthly report on the EVER elusive Station 24!
  97. Naming the new All Abilities park after Harrison Boonstoppel.
  98. Staff to provide an update about a Federal grant coming to the COT from Hillsborough county--- NO IDEA what this is…no department and NO documents in OnBASE about it?
  99. SIDE WALK IN LIEU OF FEES!!! ABOUT DAMN TIME!!! Ok, so I am VERY happy that we are moving to the $220 a linear foot, I’d like to see this ordinance say that the fee be reevaluated every three years for insurance that the COT’s cost for sidewalks is actually covered rather than waiting until developers are paying in 10% of what it costs the COT to build a sidewalk!! EVERY SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD THAN visits, complaints about no sidewalks, speeding and the ROADS!! The last time this came up TCC left this increase on the table (If I recall correctly it was October 2021. Back then it cost the COT $80 a LF for sidewalks yet that Council left the In LIEU of FEES at $29 a foot. That means our TAX DOLLARS have been paying the difference!! No wonder developer want to pay in instead of installing them!
  100. Staff appear to discuss the prohibition of residential seawalls for commercial purposes. (Evidently folks were pulling BIG trucks up and loading/unloading on Davis Island if I recall correctly)
  101. TCC to discuss decorum and efficiency—please lower the comments of each TCC member to 3 minutes and then they can always ASK for more IF they need it. Lots of long winded meandering goes on. I think the folks who speak at PUBLIC COMMENT often produce profound information during their 3 minutes. TCC can do that too! Like I said, if you need more time, you can always ask for it.
  102. TPD and TFR master plans annual report. CONTINUED
  103. Stormwater Project presentation- CONTINUED to May 22nd
  104. Stormwater in person report for 3rd party maintenance of stormwater department. (CONTINUED May 22nd)
  105. Leases by the COT for other buildings not owned by the COT. I wish I had the COT as tenants!
  106. Request to investigate purchasing 1305 S Howard to create a pocket park. Umm, I am against this on principle, we couldn’t get the city to invest in the park on Rattlesnake Point that would and still CAN be on the WATERFRONT. Yep, I am SOG and I want see some $$$ spent down here 1st.