Weekly Agenda Review

September 18, 2025

COT purchasing department wins Achievement in Excellence award from National Procurement institute.
FDOT—update—let’s see if they show up?
Confirming Sul Hemani to the Tampa Housing Authority for another four year term ending in 2029.
Confirming Thomas Murphy to the Tampa Housing Authority for a term ending in 2028.
Approving and authorizing payment for School Crossing guards for up to $1.7 million with COT, Hillsborough County and Sheriff’s office for 25-26 school year.
Spending the Urban Areas Security Inititaive Grant by TPD for an armored vehicle for Pinellas Park PD for $365k for armored bearcat vehicle.
8 Chevy Blazers pursuit rated Electric vehicles for TPD for a total of $386k.
6 Chevy Blazers pursuit rated Electric vehicles for TPD for a total of $281k
Interlocal agreement between COT and Hillsborough County the distribution of Emergency Communications Systems fee revenues - $827k total, $677k for TPD and $149k for TFR
Public Emergency letter of agreement from COT with State of Florida Healthcare administration for the COT to send $2 million and the State to send the COT $4.6million. In my mind that’s a good trade.
Agreement with TPO to do air monitoring and Air Quality monitoring in COT parks at no cost to the COT.
PADL LLC contract with COT for Paddle board/Kayak services for Park sand Rec. The COT receives 20% of the revenue generated (gross or net?) It’s in the contract, GROSS.
Special Event Permit—PIG JIG
Special Event Permit—Davis Island Holiday Market
Special Event Permit—Santa Fest and Holiday Parade
Special Event Permit—On Bikes Winder Wonder Ride
Special Event Permit—Ybor City Cigar Festival
Special Event Permit—Riverfront Holiday Festival
Transfer of funds from general fund for FY25 to T&I for customer Relations, Hyland Management software. $950k, what I don’t understand is why we don’t see the motion to spend this kind of money referenced with these fund transfers? When was the purchases approved? I am sure I should have noticed this before but it’s today’s though.
A Joint Funding agreement with the US Geological survey for water data collection program for $91k. Joint means that the USGS is paying $25k? The last time we signed the contract COT paid $74k and USGS paid $25k. Seems like we pay more but the USGS doesn’t? It seems that the contract says where they take the water but it doesn’t say what it is for? How does this data benefit us? What is it for? It would be nice for the previously gathered data to be included in ONBASE?
$189k for conveyor belt maintenance, for the WTE plant from Motion Industries Inc.
Sedimentation Tank Maintenance Services for $300k for wastewater department by Moreno Industrial Services
Grant agreement from the US EPA to the COT for keeping clean the Gulf of MEXICO for $500k previously the funds were used to enhance water quality and prevent trash from entering the waterways!
Change Order 1 reduction of $95k off the $1.1 million contract to rehabilitate the Virginia Pump station. Good Job C&T contracting!!
COT agreement with SWWM for the Lower Peninsula Stormwater project amendment, why it isn’t on the cover letter, but it boils down to SWWM is paying $12.5 million and the COT is paying $34million for the project. Its on page 6 of the 3rd amendment.
An agreement for bank service called CLOVER, not sure what kind of bank services? I am assuming it is a Point of Sale service system? Is this going to mean that the citizens of Tampa will no longer be paying the service fees for those using Credit Cards to pay their bills at the COT?
Amendment to contract with Medicare Advantage Group agreement between the COT and Humana Insurance for retirees and eligible dependents.
Assignment of legal services agreement with COT and Gardner, Bist, Bowden, Dee, Lavia, Wright, Perry & Harper, P.A. to Gardner Bist King & Wood, LLP as they have merged. Effective September 1, 2025
Internal audit about TPD Informant funds.
$500k movement of funds in the YborI CRA fund for the 7th Ave brick paving project.
A private dock agreement for 5802 N River Shore Dr.
A private dock agreement for 1208 W Charter St
A private dock agreement for 317 W Hanlon St
Revision of a Water Tank agreement with Verizon for equipment changes to the telecommunications located at 3602 W Sand Miguel St North. Not sure what water tanks have to do with Verizon?
Utility easement for the COT with USF for 11501 North 30th Street, Tampa, Florida to install public utilities?
Quit Claim deed from Dynamic to COT for ROW purposes. The area is located near Harrison, N Tampa St, N Franklin St and E Tyler.
Improvements to areas near or on item #36, according to the maps.
Encroachment easement for Harrison street for existing canopies and decorative features. See #36-37
Encroachment easement for existing features for same 36-38.
CDBG funds to USF board of trustees for $75k for microenterprises and persons developing microenterprises within the COT. It looks like USF will provide matching funds.
CDBG funds to USF board of trustees for $50k to provide one on one technical assistance to eligible small businesses. Consist of 6-99 employees. (Pardon me, but if you have gotten to the point where you have 6 employees and you are still considered low to moderate income, something is wrong… we should be focusing on smaller companies.) I KNOW some 1-5 person companies that could certainly use this assistance. I am just trying to figure out how a company gets to 20+ employees and still qualifies?
Infill lot issued for 4207 N 30th St for a 140% AMI home to be built by Community Development Alliance, INC. It leads me to wonder why we aren’t putting a townhome (reasonably sized) single family attached, on this lot rather than a single family home that could bring the cost to make it available to 100% of AMI or less. ALSO, why are they allowing this to be a rental? What is the point? It should be sold. This infill housing should be supporting generational wealth. It could realistically be a generational property with an ADU as well. Let’s stop doing the same crap and expecting different results on these infill lots! 140%AMI is $102k for one person….for a family of 4 it is $146k. That is NOT poor folks housing.
Infill lot issued for 3003 E. 38th Avenue, Tampa, Florida – SEE #42 for my comments. Same as above- they are abutting lots! Genesis Capital Group, LLC
Infill lot issued for 4503 N. 30th St SEE comments for 42-43 I G B M LLC
Renewal of award for Personnel Solutions Plus, LLC with the COT with 7.7% price escalation for temporary traffic labor for events. (How much of this increase will be going to employee pockets?) $205k The bill rate is jumping from $18.30 per hour to $19.71 per hour. How much of that is passed on to the employees doing the work? I didn’t see that in the contract?
Renewal of the award to USA fence Company with 2.3% price increase for $300k for pedestrian barricades for the mobility department.
Allocations from a bonus agreement with the COT and Storcon Development LLC for $319k for complete streets. WHAT property is this bonus agreement attached to? Where is the bonus agreement documents? I would expect it would be in ONBASE or at least the address for the bonus agreement should be?
Charter Review Advisory Board—YES! It’s time! I have thoughts… I’ll share later.
2nd reading- Vacation of alley E 4th Ave, this is the property for the Recycling Center for Waste Management.
2nd reading-Vacation a portion of Alcolu Avenue that is located North of Whiteway Drive, South of Liberty Street, East of 48th Street, and West of 50th Street
2nd reading- REZ25-40- 2907 West Bay to Bay Boulevard, 2910 West Barcelona Street, (units 401 through 2303 and Folio number 127264-8338)
2nd reading- REZ25-42- 2420 and 2422 West Stroud Avenue and 1401 South Lorenzo Ave
2nd Reading-REZ25-49- 2425, 2525 and 2601 North Rocky Point Dr with Bonus Agreement. I don’t see the bonus agreement in ONBASE?
2nd Reading- REZ25-53- 4307 West Fig St- SMH…
2nd Reading- REZ25-63- 3804 West San Pedro St
2nd Reading- REZ25-66 - 101, 105, 109 and 111 North Meridian Avenue, 1105 East Washington Street and 102 and 106 North 12th St with a BONUS provision—I don’t see it attached.
2nd Reading- REZ25-67 7402 North Hutton Pl
2nd Reading- REZ25-68- 1320 W Arch St
2nd Reading- REZ25-69 5408 North Habana Avenue and 5411 North Paddock Ave
2nd Reading- REZ25-79 - 4823 and 4825 West Flamingo Road
2nd Reading- REZ25-68 307 South Melville Ave
VAC25-18 – Location-- North of Twiggs Street, South of Zack Street, East of Jefferson Street, and West of Nebraska Ave
Public Hearing for the Petition for Review for 150 Davis Blvd.
Ordinance being presented for first reading consideration- honorary street naming sign at the intersection of North Himes Avenue and West Ohio Avenue in Tampa, Florida, to honor J. Leonard Levy and George Levy someone tell Ron Weaver! =)
Administrative update
Transfer of $10million from the West Tampa CRA to the West Riverwalk improvement project. (EVERYONE KNOWS HOW I FEEL ABOUT THIS!)
See #66
Channel District CRA purchase 1125 and 1127 East Twiggs St for $4.5 million and $50k in closing costs. I sure am glad that Channelside gets to keep all those funds in their community because it is seriously blighted.
Station 24, the station that I’ll believe it when I see it. I hope we get moving on it soon!
Stormwater update. I want to know how all the ponds are maintenance each quarter but then folks find crazy things happening in the areas because they have NOT been maintained?
Report on Hurricane Recovery Assistance dollars, $124k has been distributed to 14 households. They anticipate that they should have the entire $2 million distributed. I’d like to see the zip codes or TCC districts in the break down of spending? Just curious.
Discussion about waiving the in Lieu of fee for hurricane victims.
Requesting staff provide a formal written report on apprenticeship programs for the COT. The state has preempted our previous apprenticeship ordinances. SHAME ON THEM!
AGAIN with Station 24, they answer that its in design phase and that they bought the property for the fleet maintenance yard.
Written report on Zion Cemetery.
Mobility staff to report installing a light at 5147 County Line Rd.
Written report on moving a cross walk on Bayshore Blvd.
Written report on installing a plaque at New Tampa Rec Center in order of Gabe Hassan