Weekly Agenda Review

June 26, 2025

6/25/26 102 items is RIDICULOUS!!!

Karen Clay—who I think is AWESOME! Is explaining what her new 501c3 organization is about (no name in the agenda?)
Natalie Hernandez, 3rd place in “If I were elected mayor” contest from the League of Cities, presentation.
3 Commendations for Code Enforcement Magistrates. Paul Erni, Laura Ware, Richard Reavis, and Alex Dunmire. WHY are all these folks leaving at once??? What is the change??
Resolution to make Laura Harrison Archaeologist member of the Historic Preservation board.
Purchase 4 Police vehicles for $51,920 for a total of $208k.
TFR agreement with FL health sciences center for Emergency Medical Transportation services.
Transfer of general funds to TFR to purchase emergency medical services equipment for $50k
Grant funds to TPD for STING operations GRANT for $8k
See item #8
Accepting Grant funds for Drug Trafficking for $306k from the state for TPD.
See item #10
Approval of Amendment #2 for subgrant for Tampa Safe Travels Grant $290k
REPAIR of 2018 Pierce Quantum to Ten-8 Fire & Safety LLC for $285k, the replacement would be $1 million—Good LORT! Do we NOT have insurance for this shizzle??
Piggyback agreement with for uniforms for COT with Design Lab for uniforms for $600k. The ONE Pager doesn’t declare the original amount. What is the overall amount that the COT is paying for uniforms?????
Interlocal agreement for boat registration fee revenues.
Acceptance of equipment from Planet Fitness to TFR. ($3,400) for ten (10) treadmills, one (1) stairmaster, three (3) stand up bikes, and three (3) elliptical machines
Fire Training Facility License agreement – paying for the fire arms facility use from TPD
Donation of 600 Cardiac Science G5 fully Automatic External Defibrillators (AED) estimated value of $769k from RISE FL for TPD.
TFR grant for station #16 $55k for Wind-retrofit.
TFR grant for station #16 for wind-Retrofit in the amount of $495k from the state
TFR- state grant for Station #13 for Wind-retrofit- $597k
TPD program software for a “Community Report” The ONE pager doesn’t really do this justice for an undisclosed amount of spending?? Who knows? I shouldn’t have to go to the 3rd item to understand WTH is going down?? That is the POINT of the 1 pager??
Good Jesus! How much more $$$ are we going to spend on SHOTSPOTTER? Why does it NOT say how much and what it is for in 23??? I can’t, hell! No one can???
ShotSpotter Gunfire Detection System OMG…. Stop this nonsense!! $1.1 million in spending in communities that are RED LINED in the City of Tampa!!
Sure Streamer monitoring events for $378k We bought it in 2023, but not much of an explanation of means to TPD. WTH do I know? Something about data transfer between helicopters and the ground?
AMENDMENT #1 to Grant from the Department of Financial service and COT for less than $9k for personal protection equipment extractors from TFR. The COT will match 3k to total this at less than $12k
NELSON’S Tree Farm- 2.4% price increase- for $358k. for “north Parks” WHERE ARE THESE TREES GOING?? WHAT TYPE TREES are we planting?? The CPI chart shows they should being going DOWN NOT UP… LOOK at the CPI chart on page 5. I’ve said this before…where are the trees going??? Why do they need MORE trees?? TREES are supposed to be planted and LAST LIFETIMES??? I sent the information to CAB if you’d like to read more!! Funny part is that all of the activity on the TREE spreadsheet isn’t in TCC agendas??
Merion Landscape Services LLC, with a 2.4 % Consumer Price Index – for EAST Parks—Can someone provide a MAP of the Parks districts??? I’ve never seen one. This is for $341k
Merion Landscape Services LLC, with a 2.4% consumer price index (CPI) price increase, for the furnishing of South Parks, AGAIN, where are the maps of the parks districts? $361k with 2.4% CPI increase. Do we actually SEE any of these increases passed on to the folks who do the work or just the owners putting it in their pockets???
Hawkins Water Treatment Group, Inc. for the furnishing of Pool and Fountain Chemicals in the estimated amount of $230k for Parks & Rec
1526 Robson—secure the pool of this home by code enforcement. $7k
Property clean up at (1) 3006 N 24th St, (2) 2109 W North A St, and (3) 2517 W Violet St by the COT.
COT donation to Hillsborough County Veterans Helping Veterans, Inc for $25k
Cot donation FROM Children’s Athletic Network and Dance Opportunities, Inc $81k in VALUE for equipment to Parks and Rec.
KING HR services—you MUST ask yourself… WHO OWNS this??
TECO paying for use of the COT easement on McCoy and Prescott for $650k to be be in the Parks and Rec small project. HOW ABOUT OUR LITTLE LEAGUE FIELDS??? Not somewhere that doesn’t benefit the area! NO STUPID $300k monuments that don’t provide for our community!!! How about fixing all the rusty equipment at Ballast Point Park?? This should only be spent in the AREA IT IS IMPACTING!!!
See #37-
Transfer of funds for Annual lease of Boiler rental for wastewater department for $234k.
Contract decrease $5k and final payment $21k to Poole & Kent Company.
Purchase of water easement by the COT for $65k at 6722 George Rd
Adding $130k to air piping replacement for Curren final sedimentation tanks for waste water plant.
See #42
Contract with CUES for CCTV equipment and parts for use by the Wastewater department for a total of $490k
Purchase of Non-Metallic Polychem Chains and Attachments for wastewater for $500k
Purchase of Aqueous Ammonia from Tanner Industries for $581k
Change order adding $2 million to contract for Tampa’s Neighborhoods with Kiewit Construction for VPNA, East Tampa, Forest Hills, Macfarlane Park. Why are there any funds coming from the South Tampa Tree fund? CAB, did you all get some new trees when they paved your street?? I don’t see anything about trees on AGT-EXE – transferred out of South Tampa tree fund to city wide—WHERE are the trees being planted?? SEE #28, where are the trees being planted??
See #47-Cigar factor office flooding $15k? What is that? Did the vendor flood someone’s private property? I don’t see ANYTHING on page 13 of the final executed pdf that implies there would be trees involved?
Let me see if I understand this? So, Skyline 41 tore up COT property. COT sent them a bill for $79k to fix it. Skyline 41 said, “No, we’ll fix it if you pay us $70k? Because Skyline41 was working on the ROW. They filed for the ROW vacation AFTER they screwed up our land? Wow…I hope someone can explain the reasons WHY this should make sense?
Renewal for sidewalk maintenance contract with Gilliam Construction LLC $386k I am curious to see the if some additional work can be done with the fees imposed by the increase in the sidewalk in lieu of fees?
Oracle Cloud for T&I department $315k
Agreement for Messengerplus Software for T&I for $3k
Purchase Constituent Relationship Management Platform for Marketing and Communications department for $13k. How about someone to work on this for TCC members as well. We have 8 elected officials in the COT
Purchase Tax Compliance and Affordable Care Act Reporting Services from ADP for $100k for T&I department.
The COT accepting $4k for an internship program from the FL bar.
See #55
Report from the Ethic Commission--- Nothing to see there folks. (Although, I think there SHOULD be.)
Dock agreement for 1115 W Virginia Ave
HOME Grant Program for $9k
Dock Agreement for 2719 N Riverside Drive
Stormwater drainage Easement for 4075 Henderson
Grant of sidewalk easement to the COT for 2612 East 18th Ave
Agreement with Nova Engineering for environmental assessment of 701 Channelside Dr that is owned by the COT. WHY? What are they planning to do with that parking lot?
Agreement amendment with Chmura Economics & Analytics, LLC for software for Economic Opportunity department. Not sure why I had to go to the 3rd document to find out it should be around $15k?
$135k for Water Works Park ADA Improvments from the Tampa Heights Waterfront CRA.
Revised Release of Easement form—NO, the Mayor doesn’t need to give away city property without it being signed off on by ALL of our elected officials. There are TOO MANY shady administrative tasks being done currently for TCC to sign off on giving away ANOTHER power. Why are you all there if you’re just going to give away your power?
Sidewalk Easement at 1218 E. Kay Street, Tampa, Florida to the COT for sidewalk work.
WHY are we signing ANOTHER lease for the GTE building when Hanna St isn’t full? At least they reduced the rent equal to the reduction in sq feet being leased. I still think we need to put these emergency ops folks at Hanna and quit paying ridiculous rent.
A NEW Lease for GTE financial where we’ll be building out the property for the call center. The Engineering department isn’t staying at the building—aren’t the moving to the water treatment plant once that is finished? We’re spending $$$ enhancing other folks property when the funds could be used to build out Hanna St.
Amtrak agreement with Unions station hold harmless.
Funlan property is building Condos there as well as the affordable housing.
Replat of Goode’s subdivision at the corner of Columbus Dr and N 52nd St
Declaration of affordable housing Covenant for 3713 North 31st St by Dean Rowe. For 50-80% AMI
Contract with Everon LLC for Fire Alarm inspections for Logistics and Asset Management for $639k.
Contract with Xtremely Clean Janitorial Services LLC w 2.8%CPI increase. For the NORTH parks locations for $633k What is NORTH Parks locations? Is there a map for the parks districts?
2nd Amendment to contract with Southwest Florida Water Management District and the COT for the Southeast Seminole Heights Flood Relief Project $5 million project initially. I was digging to find out the actual cost today?
Conveyance of conservation easement to EPC from Macdill 48—I want to look more closely at these documents.
Accepting a AARP $20k grant for Community Challenge Grant project
See #78
Reallocation of Stormwater funds to pay a payment of $60k for stormwater sweeper.
Set hearing for public hearing AUGUST 7th 1030 am Stormwater IMPROVEMENT assessment annual renewal thing… I seem to recall how much I complained about it last year an some folks were concerned. I STILL have issues with the use of the Stormwater department being used for parades… I DO NOT CARE where the funding comes from. I care that they are spending 28 days a year doing something BESIDES STORMWATER!!
See 81 but for Stormwater Capital Improvement Assessment.
Special Magistrate’s Report for public hearing on 1411 N. 17th Street, 1707 E. 4th Avenue, and 1715 E. 4th Avenue; I’ll comment on this separately. But I can’t find the processes that were supposed to be done before it comes back to TCC under any of these three addresses? This report should include that the applicant should be filing at least 1- DE1 for parking-- yet, they're going to bring this back for council to make a decision on the 2 parking issues that require the DE1 for this case. SMH...what is going on here??
Business code of conduct to do business with the COT. I really wonder about this as we assess how to do business in the community. Do we look at this for CRA supported projects as well?
2nd Reading for AB-- 2330 West Horatio St
2nd Reading for AB-- 1601 East Columbus Dr
2nd Reading for AB-- 2701 North 16th St
2nd Reading for AB-- 1530 East Columbus Dr
2nd Reading for AB-- 1509 East Columbus Dr 90- DE1- petition for review- Withdrawn
DE1- Petition for review- 3701 N. 52nd St
Amending a Rezoning from a Schribner's Error for 4905 Price Ave
Administrative Update- Let's talk about why the Mayor is naming stuff after Buckhorn while he's running for office? SMH...the Optics are BAD!
NO!! The Ashley drive needs to come completely out of the downtown CRA. It should even be taken out of 30% set aside for affordable housing since it will increase the land value of the properties surrounding it. That will offset the cost. $4.7 million for another VANITY project at this point is just ridiculous!! If you support this, support it out of the DOWNTOWN CRA...not the General funds. That $4.7 million needs to go to Stormwater, setting up/tearing down parades/ fixing potholes/installing sidewalks. It is BAD enough that you have the Riverwalk. It is even worse that we have the Rome Yard sitting around doing NOTHING. Maybe the COT can't handle another project? STOP the madness!!
Contract with Air Mechanical & Service Corp for HVAC services for $3.8 million.
What exactly is a Public Safety Master Plan? Why doesn't TFR and TPD have two separate plans? I am fairly certain that the Planning Commission had no input into the plan presented by TPD which really looked like a Public Safety communications publication rather than a master plan. It's my understanding that they should be involved in MP process for its development? I mean it was nice, but it doesn't really tell us what the vision is for the future of TPD. When know what TFR's plan is until 2027, NOTHING because the administration seems to be putting up barrier after barrier for TFR. SMH.... Does the administration think no one notices?
Station 24-- Poor Mutterback, he's a good guy. He wasn't even here when the Station 24 SAGA started, that was before HANNA St, yet the place is finished (falling apart but finished) for quite some time, but we can't even get started on this fire station OR Rome Yard. I think for totally different reasons, but there ARE reasons for both being Slow Rolled!!
Mid-Year review--- I want to see the debt to credit line ratio. FOR THE GENERAL FUND ONLY!! We can't still be at 41%I don't care about the enterprise fund rates, I want to see the GENERAL FUND rates. Everytime I get it, there is a bunch of other stuff thrown in.
STORMWATER update- well, staff finally found their way to SOG! I hope the get the ditches on Interbay at Manhattan. Ask them what they have done with all the stormwater information that we had SOG submit over and over since 2019? It's like we never told them. Let's also talk about the need to fix Manhattan in front of M south apartments, it has flooded since I moved here in 2012!
Budgeting for the Charter review commission? I missed this one. I must have been asleep? I can't wait to hear this. Let's start by the recommendations that Bill Carlson proposed a couple of months ago?!
I am on an airplane, I can't wait to see this. I guess the current plan is to just have the employee resign? They then sing songs for him on the way out the door. UNLESS you are a TCC member that annoys the administration, then you hire attorneys to investigate them. The Optics...TERRIBLE...really REALLY TERRIBLE.
Good, let's figure out if there are bodies there once and for all. Same with the Italian Club.

You know, sometimes by the time I get to the end of the agenda I am just plain disgusted with the behaviors that are recorded in the Agenda. Why? Because our biggest issues are IGNORED and the unimportant are HIGHLIGHTED... that's not the way it is supposed to be! My Momma said you can't spend other people's money but this administration seems to be A-OK with spending our tax dollars on whatever the hell they like!! It's not equitable, not even close. It is all about development being done to glorify this Mayor and the Last for the future. Why? I'd think that someone who SERVED as a police officer for so many years would have gotten to know what our city wants, but she either was so far removed from them or just doesn't give a CRAP.
I have a HUGE issue with the Mayor naming the center at Julian B Lane after Buckhorn when EVERYONE but him knows he's running for office again. AGAIN--- the OPTICS are bad. Why would she do that to a city she proclaims to love? It's just plain embarrassing. Controlling the major media in the City is the only way that this isn't highlighted....AND there is an example in THIS AGENDA!!!
Maybe now that her time is coming to a close, she'll start being more interested in the citizens NEEDS? I hope so. Life is short, Gwen Henderson just left us with that message BIG TIME!
After the hurricanes last year, the administration has focused on a forensics building, a riverwalk (which I still think goes against the COMP PLAN) making Ashley Drive flat...not revising how the Stormwater department does business. Not hiring LICENSED Stormwater engineers to run the department. Not having Stormwater set up and break down for parades. I could go on and on. But you know, it is the TRUTH. The priorities are ALL JACKED up in the City of Tampa and frankly I am SICK of IT.
I am not talking about any particular staff member. They are doing as they are TOLD to do. There are a handful of unethical greedy people running the show and SHAME ON YOU!