Hey. Ladies and gentlemen, it's nice to see everybody this evening and I'd like to call the meeting to order. It is uh Tuesday, April the 7th, a meeting of the Temple Terrace City Council. Uh please remember to silence your electronic devices.
It's a reminder to me to do that, too. And uh if you would please stand and join me in the invocation and the pledge. Lord, we begin our meeting tonight with gratitude for your many blessings upon our city. We pray tonight for the safety of our military members and of civilian
bystanders in the war in Iran. May a peaceful resolution be reached soon. We pray also for the astronauts aboard Artemis 2. May their mission be a success and their return to Earth safe and uneventful. Amen.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> All right. Well, it's great to see
everybody here. I think most of you are used to our council meetings, but for some of us that that you guys don't visit very often, we always start our council meetings with a fun or interesting or historical fact about the city of Temple Terrace or the region or
really we keep expanding because it's getting harder and harder to find stuff that hasn't been covered. So, uh, tonight that duty falls on council member Schist. I hope you know that. >> Yes. >> Okay. Um, as promised, this is the uh sequel to my previous presentations regarding
the uh businesses of Temple Terrace of about 50 years ago. So, this time we're going to go we're going to stroll south on 56th Street on the west side. But before I start, I want to pose a question for everybody to think about while while I'm checking up here. What
do you think is the oldest continually operating commercial establishment within the city? probably, huh? I I have I have my ideas and I pose them to others, but but u I'll I'll wait till
I'm done my dissertation. I'll I'll ask for for for what people uh think it is, but uh same location, same ownership, same businessman, but I'll come back to that name. Uh so we start on Fletcher Avenue way up in the where there's a there's a gas station up there. It's
been there for many decades and but and it was long before it was city temple terrace area. Next to there coming south was an old 7-Eleven where the Bull stop shop now is. Then we had a bunch of small offices and medical buildings and to get to the where Ace Hardware is. Now
keep in mind Ace Hardware relocated there from below Fowler Avenue uh back in the mid 80s wasn't it? I believe um or '9s I guess but uh um in that same area in that same area they got the Watson Insurance Agency and then we had
the AOE shops which uh is now changed. I'm not even sure what it is now. It's it's all different type it's been different type of things. As we move further south we got the the old uh Don Jose site which again was also a relocation above below Fowler. It's now owned by the Greater Tampa Showman's
Association. Before the before the restaurant opened, it was just an open field and all up and down to 56th Street to get to Fowler Avenue uh down to the Beverage Castle Cigar Bar. Um there were numerous shops and offices, some not not
big, but there was some flooding issues on the on that side and some of the smaller shops. So, it was difficult for for people to stay there. That was ultimately fixed. Um, if you get to 56th Street, if you went west on Fowler, you would have found the uh University
Bicycle. And then there's the Ireland's restaurant where the pilot bank is now. Um, that's uh where that stands. And 49 years ago, that's where my wife and I had our first date. So, crossing over Fowler Avenue, there was really nothing on that immediate corner until about
1987, a strip shop, I guess you call a strip shop, was opened there. Uh the corner storefront was a McDuff's appliance store. It eventually changed into into a new restaurant concept called Kurabas. Other businesses in that area included Bellis Tratoria, Tan Bay
Realy, um um which had moved there from Bush Boulevard, numerous insurance and medical and dentist offices including old Doc Bakers down the road for for many years. Moving up the hill, there was no Outback restaurant. There was a but then and there was this office
building that the city of Temple Temple Terrace bought and converted into a city hall. Moving south we find the Normandy Park complex apartments in the back and storefronts in the on the street side. Many of these stores included a Christian bookstore a children's
clothing store which my wife thinks was called Strawberry Soup. I doesn't remember the store. I don't remember the name of it since she said I don't remember the shop specifically. And then also in there was the phone booth pub uh where I will admit that I did watch many Monday night football games there through the in the 70s. And on the
corner there there was a a a gas station on the northwest corner 56 of Wetware. And somewhere on that block prior to me moving here was a I believe was an old battery plant that was ultimately uh create made a super fun site. Now as we
cross Whiteway we find Dairy Queen still there. I don't think there was a year that Jerry at Derry the owner had not sponsored a sports team in the city. Baseball, softball, soccer, football. And I doubt there's any kid that grew up in Temple Terrace that didn't have one of those. Either that or a Fat Man's
Barbecue uh t-shirt or sports shirt in in in their in their closet. Um moving down the strip shop, there was it was stripped up the house Fireorn Dance Studio. Don Stat's old office was there. And my favorite was the Proudfoot Deli um on the corner. There were also flower
shops and Jewish shops sprinkled throughout. Now, if you keep going south, we we would find the GTE facility. Back in the 70s before before converted to Woodmont Charter, it was a GTE switching office with rows of telephone operators worked with
switchboards and plugging in and answering the thing. Um uh if you dialed zero to get the operator in this area, you probably got somebody who was working in that office. Um lots of people worked there. Split shifts 24 hours a day. Um computers and cell phones killed that and sent that away.
Keep moving south, you find First Baptist Church at Temple Terrace, which is now called Mission Hills uh church. And if you move further south, we we where the old po we we we come across where the old post office was that opened in 1969. For those who were here
back then, I'm sure you remember how risky it held, how much fun it was going northbound at 56th Street to try and cross over to get in into that post office. Safest thing was come out the back end onto Beverly. Um, this move ultimately closed. It was moved down to
the uh uh east side annex below Chicago and this location was redeveloped with a whole bunch of new shops and offices. Keep going south, we find the TD Bank where where the TD Bank 50 years ago was undeveloped. Across the street was an Exxon gas station where Hollywood Video
store went up. Now an Autozone. Um next there were numerous general and medical offices notably if you remember there was a store called the Saddler which was there forever. They sold saddles and western tacky gear and there was the everpresent flag store. I believe they
moved out on out to Falenberg Road area over years. Um below there a little bit was the Long Tire Company. little tire company was a Goodyear ser service center. Um and on that corner, that little corny drive back to the c the old
Kmart parking lot. That corner shop held was a ton of different businesses. It was a um uh karate shops, banks, credit union one time, real estate, and at one point back in the 70s was even a country
restaurant, which was quite good. Um, one thing I did forget was uh the GT Financial Building where that is now. Used to be an exchange bank satellite, you know, drive-thru. That's all there was. But, uh, they were on both sides of the street. Exchanges. What's now?
Exchange. >> Bank of America. >> Bank of America. That's had like six different orders in itself. Um, we had Varsity Cleaners, which had been there forever. Survived remodeling and and and and the CRA modeling, but it didn't survive COVID. And where Walgreens now
used is where Walgreens is located now used to be a Phil 66 station and I believe is the only other place our colleague James Chambers ever worked besides the city. >> Um from there too. >> You got fired. >> That's another fun fact story later on.
>> Okay. Next to that if you go on Bush Boulevard was the old university pharmacy. Everybody got their prescriptions there when you were a kid. Um, and uh, somewhere in there was a Hardy's restaurant, but I can't I haven't found anybody knows exactly where that was for years. Um, across
Bliss Boulevard, we found a Gulf gas station where the Firestone store is now. Next to that was the only other 7-Eleven, well, one of three 7-Elevens Temple Terrace used to have. Also, there were numerous small shops, including sandwich shops, chiropractors, baseball card shops, and uh our first local video
store where our our own finance director, Jinger, worked in his younger days. Unfortunately, he's not here to aggravate him about it. Um, and then if if you prior there's a smoke shop down there. Prior to it being
a smoke shop um and a pawn shop, it was the Tottle House. And I don't know how many people remember the Tyler House, but they had the best waffles in town. Um, and beyond that there's a where the there was a local Pizza Hut which uh is now called Stfanados. Below that we had
Temple Terrace back in 50 years ago was called TTLL, Temple Temple Terrace Liquor Lounge, now known as Gas Bars. And I'm finally ending up on the southwest corner of River Hills and 56th Street stands a restaurant. And I would imagine it has been the the cuisine of
every nationality on the planet through the years. Um I believe it's Italian now, but it's been everything uh over the last several years. Okay. So that's pretty much most of the commerce on the west side of 56th Street. Um the uh
again back to my question, the oldest continuing business um in in Temple Terrace. Um, I felt it's a tie between the 7-Eleven on the southwest southeast corner of 56 of White and um, Dairy
Queen. I did some research and um, 7-Eleven was actually about 6 months older than uh, Dairy Queen. 7-Eleven was built in ' 69 and Dairy Queen was built in 70. So, uh, they're still owned by White and they may not count, but they're still owned by Southland
Corporation and the other still owned by Jerry Chabbrrain. Um, so if you have the other candidates, I'd really be curious to know uh who that would be. So, that concludes my historic fact for the week. >> Gaspor is disqualified because it's a son. I'm talking about continuous, but you're
right. You're right. It was >> That's 1960. >> Yeah. Yeah, that was my guess. >> There was a change in that was the only qualifier I had. >> Yeah, that was my guess. So, but that's fine. So, thank you for enjoying that. >> 1960, but the ownership change was >> Well, it's funny. Yeah. Yeah. Well,
people die. >> Good job. You What do you have like a Chamber of Commerce guide from 1972 or something? How'd you get all that? You don't remember all that? >> Yeah, I do. I Yeah, I couldn't remember the name. >> You don't remember the last meeting we had? >> I'm working on that.
>> That's good. Thank Thank you. Good job. I remember some of that, but that some of it is I don't remember that. I don't go back that far. Well, our next uh agenda item is is something equally as interesting and entertaining, and that is to recognize the employee of the
month for February. And uh I'd like to invite Ruben Lynn to the podium, please. >> Yeah. Mr. Lynn, >> thank you very much for being here and thank you guys for coming to support him. fan club. >> So, Ruben Lynn is being recognized as
the employee of the month for February. Uh Rubin's been a valued member of our team for nearly seven years. Uh throughout his tenure with the city, he's consistently demonstrated exceptional professionalism, reliability, and a strong work ethic that sets a high standard for our
residential sanitation staff. His performance consistently exceeds expectations and he approaches his duties each day with a strong sense of responsibility and pride in the important work he performs. Ruben maintains a clean and organized workspace within his assigned sanitation
truck, demonstrating pride in both his equipment and his work environment. He regularly goes above and beyond by supporting other residential staff when they fall behind to help ensure services are delivered efficiently to our residents.
He also assists our fleet maintenance crews by helping transport and moving sanitation vehicles between locations when needed. Ruben volunteers for city events and consistently demonstrates pride in his role within the city and in serving our
community. Employees like Ruben are vital to the success of our operations. His commitment to excellence, teamwork, and dependable service is truly appreciated, and we are grateful for the valuable contributions he continues to make to the city of Temple Terrace and our community. Ladies and gentlemen, I
will tell you that employees like Ruben do not grow on trees. They are very difficult to find. We appreciate all the work that all of you do. And congratulations, Ruben, for being selected as the February employee of the month. Now, it's customary for you to give
about a 10-minute speech. You want me to handle that for you, Ruth? I got it. I got it. I got it. I got it. >> First, I want to just thank the city council, the mayor, city manager for the opportunity, for the recognition, for the employees to be recognized because everybody, you know, when you working
hard, you want to be recognized. So, thank y'all for allowing that opportunity to be to be for us uh employees to have receive that recognition. I also want to thank Jason cuz when he first started, you know, it was a lot of it was a little turbulence
in the beginning and it was some people, you know, we had a lot of turnover in the sanitation staff and so it was a it was a period of time where it was a little challenging to get the get the routes done, getting new employees to learn the routes. So, you know, he did a
good job in getting things turned around to now it's smooth selling. So, I want to thank him and acknowledge him for, you know what I'm saying, stepping in and taking on that role and making things better and smooth them cuz it was a lot of individuals, some that's not here no more who didn't think he was going to survive a mate.
They, you know, I'm just being honest. They they didn't think he was going they they said he didn't know what he was doing. But here we are 3 years later, things running smooth. I also want to um acknowledge and thank my sanitation manager and assistant manager Joe Munos
and Frank Kendricks because also they um their experience and their support they have made things smoother as well. You know bringing in new employees like Nate Muntz Ronnie White Valentine who help make things smoother, help make my job
easier so I can get out and perform and do what I do. And the same thing as them, they help out, help me out. When I need help, I help them out. So, it makes things smoother, makes the process easier. Also want to give a shout out to Fleet Maintenance, Eddie Davis. I know
you back there, Tim Reed, Charles, and Fritz cuz there was a time it was just it was just Eddie and Tim trying to do everything. And I used to see them some of them rough days and sometimes it just be one of them working and they gota you know they got to fix all the city um
vehicles and you know they just I just want to acknowledge them because they keep me keep our trucks fixed and keep us up and running so I can be able to perform as well as my fellow co-workers get the job done so we can be able to service the city and get the job done and keep the keep it moving like
clockwork. And just again just thank thank everybody. Thank for the um the acknowledgement and um acknowledging me to be to be nominated for employee of the month and
hopefully some of my fellow co-workers will receive that same honor. Looking forward to some of y'all stand up at this podium as well. Thank you. Well, I've got to tell you, Ruben, and and to all of you guys, uh, in public works and sanitation in particular tonight, uh, you guys are rock stars,
all of you. You do a jam-up job over there, and it's always a big debate like who's the most popular employees in the city. And the the tossup here is between Joe, the arborist, or you guys. And so, that's a debate depending on the week,
but you do a terrific job. All right, we got to stand up here and get a picture. >> Good job. Thank you. Congratulations. >> You guys want to jump? >> Yeah, let's get Come on, guys. Get one with you and then we'll get one.
>> Yeah. Hide behind somebody. >> I'm little. I got to get down. >> Yeah, you might want to go. >> Heck of an offensive line. in front of the two biggest. >> Okay, let me get a little closer.
>> Let's see. Okay, >> you're good. Yeah. No, I'm going to go to the website. >> Okay. Next, we have Child Abuse Prevention Month and Dexter Lewis, I believe, is here from
Good evening, sir. >> How are you? >> Good. Thanks for being here. Um, ladies and gentlemen, this is Dexter Lewis. He's the uh board of directors um for Hillsburg County Children's Board, director of public relations. And so he's here to receive the proclamation.
Thanks for being here this evening. Whereas ensuring the safety, health, and well-being of children is fundamental to the strength and prosperity of our community and requires the collective efforts of citizens. Child abuse and neglect remain critical issues that demand our attention as
every child has the inherent right to grow in a secure, nurturing, and supportive environment. Promoting the mental, physical, and emotional health of children and their families along with access to essential resources such as economic stability, housing, and education, and health care is vital to
creating thriving communities. The Children's Board of Hills County and the City of Temple Terrace are steadfast in its commitment to preventing child abuse and neglect through advocacy partnerships and funding programs that strengthen families and enhance protective efforts.
Children's Board through its keeping kids safe partnership joins Prevent Child Abuse Florida's Pinwheels for Prevention campaign. That's a mouthful there. Um, prevent child abuse, Florida's pinw wheels pre prevention campaign, the Florida Department of
Children and Families, the ounce of prevention fund, and the Safe Kids Greater Tampa Coalition in Empowering Families. April serves as a national call to action urging individuals and organizations to prioritize the safety of children while understanding that the
mission to protect children is all year round. Now therefore, I, Andrew Ross, by virtue of the authority vested in me as mayor of the city of Tumble Terrace, Florida, do hereby set aside April 2026 as child abuse prevention month. And Dexter, would you like to say a few words?
>> Yes, sir. Thank you so much, Mayor Ross, and the rest of the city commissioners. Thank you for having us. Um, and thank you for the honor and thank you for being partners in this work and making sure children and families are safe and protected and supported. Um, of course, we fund over 100 different local
nonprofit agencies here in Hillsboro County just to do that work to ensure children are healthy and safe. They're developmentally on track. They have family support and they're ready to learn. Um, and again, we can't do that work without each of you, without everyone in this room. A lot of us are
parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles. Uh, I like to remind people during the month of April, if you see something to say something. Um, but really it takes a connected village. And I'm proud to continue to say, I know you know this, Mayor Ross, that we have a beautiful Children's Board Family Resource Center
here in Temple Terrace, uh, 5892 East Fowler Avenue. It's one of seven children's board family resource centers that are here and tasked to do that very work, um, to make sure parents don't feel alone because we know that abuse and neglect happens um, in situations
where many parents and caregivers don't feel supported. Uh, and I want to remind everybody in the room that not only us, the children's board, but everybody in this room, we're here to support everyone and and especially our children uh in in our community. So, uh, I did bring a little gift for each of you to
continue to show the impact that the children's board has in the community. We produced a one-pager report. Our annual report was just finished for 2025 a couple of weeks ago, but we did pro uh produce a highlight and outcome report
for 2024 and 2025, sharing the impact of our funded agencies to make sure everybody knows uh as a tax funded agency that we are good stewards of taxpayer dollars and ensuring that um we we do good by the dollars that we do
levy from our Hillsburg County residents and simple city of Temple Terrace residents as well. So, um, thank you again for so much for having us and we appreciate the support. >> Thank you, Mr. Lewis, and thanks for being here. Of >> course. Thanks. >> Thanks for coming.
>> Sorry. >> One, two, three. >> Maybe I'll do double work. >> No, you're good. >> Okay. >> Of course. Next, we have our friend from Swift Mud, Amber Smith, is here. Amber, would you
like to Miss Smith, thank you for being here with us. Uh, Miss Smith is with the Southwest Florida Water Management District. Has been for quite a while now, haven't you? You've been there >> going on 5 years. >> Yeah, I was going to say it's been a while. Yeah. Good. Well, thank you for
being here tonight. This is a proclamation for water conservation month, which is obviously very timely right now. Um whereas water is a basic and essential need of every living creature. In the state of Florida, water management districts in the city of Temple Terrace are working together to
increase awareness about the importance of water conservation. City of Temple Terrace in the state of Florida has designated April, typically a dry month when water demands are most acute, Florida's water conservation month to educate citizens about how they can help
save Florida's precious water resources. City of Temple Terrace has always encouraged and supported water conservation and every business, industry, school, and citizen can make a difference when it comes to conserving water. Every business,
industry, school, and citizen can help by saving water and thus promote a healthy economy and community. And leak prevention is commonly thought to be the first step in conserving water. The city of Temple Terrace will encourage citiz residents and businesses to focus on
fixing leaks and fixing them quickly. Now therefore, I, Andrew Ross, by virtue of the authority vested to me as mayor of the city of Temple Terrace, Florida, do hereby proclaim April 2026 as water conservation month. And so, thank you for being here. Would you like to say a few words?
>> Sure. Um well, thank you, Mayor Ross, the city council, um want to thank the city manager as well, um the river task force, and the ever popular Jason, um who I had the pleasure to work with in his previous city, but I have to say it's wonderful to work with him here.
>> It's amazing he lasted. Um, so yes, we, you know, tonight we are declaring April as water conservation month, but I do appreciate the city's focus um over the years with not just focusing on water conservation during April, but also focusing on it um
throughout the year. And um I think that's one of the great measures of this city is that uh conscientiousness that you have shown. Uh currently the district has declared a phase three water shortage order. Um and so there's a number of things that people can do uh
to be cognizant of being efficient with water use as we move forward and it is making a difference. So we find uh with the rain, a little bit of rain that we receive as well as water conservation measures of going to one day a week watering, it is helping to stretch our
water resources so that as we move through the dry season and get to hopefully the more regular uh wet season, you know, we'll have those uh healthy natural environments um to continue as well as the water resources available for all of those things that
we need. Um so there's a number of technologies that are available. You can of course uh do different dye tablets you know to uh detect leaks in your toilet. You can do retrofit indoors or when new building is occurring you can build to water efficient standards to
help with that water conservation moving into the future. So thank you again for your time and we look forward to the the conversation. >> Well, thank you. Thank you for being here. Let's give her a round of applause. It's kind of ironic that you come here and it's the first time we've had rain
in like six months. >> Goodness. >> It's good to see you. >> One, two, three. >> Thank you. >> Maybe we should have invited you last month. Listen, it never fails to when we do a water shortage order, it rains on
that. >> Two more. >> And our final proclamation for the evening is National Public Safety Telecommunications Week. And we have our very own Amy Hutcha here. Most of you know Amy. She is the ser
services division commander in the public safety telecommunications unit. You brought some There we go. Okay. You brought some friends. You got backup with you. Good. Well, thank you guys for being here. Um whereas the city of Temple Terrace police and fire public
safety telecommunicators play a vital role in the protection of human life and property in our community and the safety of our police officers, firefighters, and paramedics. Telecommunicators are the first contact our citizens have when calling or texting for help during an
emergency. They are the vital link in a chain of individuals who make up our emergency response system. While enduring long shifts and handling life and death emergencies, Temple Terrace public safety telecommunicators set high standards and performing their duties 24
hours a day, 7 days a week. Last year, the men and women of the Temple Terrace Emergency Communications Unit answered 15,662 911 calls and another 43,588
non-emergency administrative calls. They monitored 52,554 police activity incidents and dispatched in progress calls in an average of 1 minute and 38 seconds. Tumble Terrace public safety telecommunicators were
successful in dispatching 5,24 fire incidents in an average of 40 seconds. Each telecommunicator exhibited compassion, understanding, and professionalism during the performance of their many duties. Now therefore, I, Andrew Ross, by virtue
of the authority vested in me as mayor of the city of Temple Terrace, Florida, do hereby proclaim April 12th through 18th, 2026, excuse me, as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. And thank you all for being here. And would you like to say a few words?
>> Just thank you guys, um, mayor and council for acknowledging us. Um, our team does work 24/7, 365, and they're always, you know, the people behind the scenes. We never get seen, but we're always heard and we carry every call that we answer with us. Some more than
others, but um, we're all very proud of what we do and it takes a lot of resilience and compassion and I'm just really proud of my team >> and you should be. They do an outstanding job and that's a very difficult high stress job. It >> is. and uh working the shift work and
and uh just being in the room and taking those 911 calls when people are sometimes at the worst of their life. And so thank you for that. And a little shameless plug, if you're in the public and watching this and you think this is an exciting profession, we would be happy to take your application. Um
>> we would love to talk to any of you. >> We do have some vacancies. I know it's a very difficult job for people to do for a long period of time. So well, thanks guys for being here. >> Thank you. What? >> Appreciate your work. >> Ready?
One, two, three. Okay. One, two, three. Jason. Okay. Now, if you guys are looking for a good time to exit the meeting with causing lease destruction, you're welcome to stay the whole time. We'd love to have you. But if you're looking
for a good way to get out, now's probably the best time. >> So, it's up to you. >> You You're welcome to stay, but >> unless you have more Jason stories. >> All right, you fine. I could tell they were trying to figure out how they were going to get out of
here. >> Okay, we have a couple of board appointments. The first one is to the bicycle pedestrian advisory committee. There's a uh one alternate board member is uh vacant and there's an alternate member vacant. Well, I just said that. Uh city received an application for an
appointment from Michaela Kegley. Is that Miss Kegley? you if you'd like to say a few words, you're welcome. You don't have to. >> Okay. Um if there is a motion uh to appoint Michaela Kegley, now would be an appropriate time. >> Moved.
>> Second. >> Um I'm assuming that motion would be for a term from April 7th, 2026 until April 7th, 2029. >> Full term. >> Yeah. >> Okay. And that would be the intent of your second. Okay. Any discussion of the
appointment? If not, all those in favor say I. >> I opposed. No nays. Thank you, Mrs. Kegley. >> Next, we have a parking enforcement hearing officer vacancy. Um, we only have one parking enforcement hearing officer, and uh, his term is up, and
we've received an application for reappoint from Mr. Jack Ritter, who's not here tonight, but I think we all know Mr. Ritter. Uh, is there a motion to reappoint Mr. Ritter as the parking enforcement hearing officer? >> Yes. to approve Jack Ritter for reappointment as the uh parking
enforcement hearing officer for a term extending until July 7th, 2027. >> Second. >> Motion second. Discussion. >> If not, all those in favor say I. >> I. I. >> Opposed? No. Nays. Thank you, Mr. Ritter for your service.
Next item is approval of the March 17th minutes of our city council meeting. If the minutes are acceptable, is there a motion? >> Move to approve. >> Second. Any discussion or corrections to the minutes? If not, all those in favor say I.
>> I. Opposed. No. Nay. Minutes are adopted. Next, we have persons wishing to be heard on items not on the agenda or items on the consent agenda. We have forms in the back of the room on the little table. Um, if you would please
fill them out, provide them to the clerk. Um, there is a 30 minute time limit imposed on this portion of the meeting. If we exceed that, we suspend public comment and move on with the agenda and then resume public comment at the conclusion of the meeting. U there's
a threeminut time limit imposed on all comments on each speaker. We ask that speakers come to the podium and state your name and city of residence. We'd like to assure everybody making public comment that the uh council members, the mayor, the city manager, and the
directors in attendance do follow up on your comments. And that's part of the reason for the form is so we have a way to reach back out to you and follow up with you. And so um I currently only have one request to speak from Mr. Loe, but do you have time to fill out forms
if you'd like to address the council on Mr. Lo, you're recognized, sir. Good evening. >> Good evening. Good evening. Good evening everybody. Charles Loe Terrace Park and I want to bring up several subjects. First of all, uh about the library sale. The library sale considering everything
was $1,218. uh but we had a smaller selection but a much larger crowd through the publicity that we had. So I guess had a very good uh ratio of books being sold. The reason is because the fire marshall said that they can't store as many books as they
have in the past. But nonetheless it was a uh I was shocked that we it got over $1,000 from what I saw. The next item I want to talk about is MOSI. Uh if anybody is interested in that uh There's
going to be a zoning hearing about that downtown on April 20, Thursday, April 23rd, 5:00 pm over the old uh Tampa City Hall about what actually is going to be going on over there. People are going to be you know there's talk about what is
going to be over there that's going to affect um you know what's going to be going on around here too. Of course, the talk is the hotel and to and maybe a sports thing or something like that, but whatever it is, and I've looked into this for the Terrace Park Neighborhood
Association and their concerns, we had a meeting on that. So, I did want to mention that if anybody is interested in the audience about that, you you might want to go downtown to hear about that. Uh the next item was I was at the heart board meeting yesterday and I brought
some uh bus tweaks that I hope will uh hopefully uh help them raise money and also get money for you all too because I think we can improve the service without spending a lot of money into doing it. couple of them. One thing that I got the
impression of from the hard board meeting was I've always talked about uh to the board chair over here about being more entrepreneurial and I saw that I it definitely is that talk is definitely needed from what I heard yesterday. And
finally, speaking of being entrepreneurial and speaking about 56 and Fowler, I was thinking about time travel 56 and Fowler but in the other direction into the future. I was wondering if the uh chamber of commerce or somebody would like to organize
uh like like a joint marketing for uh like say for the stadium or for the hotel or whatever they're going to build over at Mosi when they build it up here. they might be able to make out better by organizing their marketing so that you
know they come up with a plan what they want to do and uh you know hopefully get some business into this hopefully get some business to themselves and of course more revenue from that business for you all. So, I did want to bring that idea up. And it's kind of funny
that uh that uh Councilman Schistler would also bring up the idea about 56 and Fowler in the past because I'm thinking about 56 and Fowler in the future. And anyway, I also want to wish you all good night. I'm going home because of the Jewish holiday. And >> thank you, Mr. Lo.
>> You too. Are there other members of the public who wish to address the council at this time? Okay, council has everybody had an opportunity to review the consent agenda and if so, is there a motion? >> Move to approve. >> Second. >> All those in favor say I.
>> I. >> Opposed? No. Consent agenda is adopted. Next, we move into a public hearing and first reading of ordinance 1593 authorizing the issuance of a general obligation of general obligation bonds
subject to a bond referendum in an amount not to exceed $50 million and calling a bond referendum of the qualified electors of the city to be held on August 18th, 2026. I will open the public hearing and
turn it over to city manager Carlos Beio. >> Evening, Mr. Mayor, members of council. Um, as the council directed uh at a recent meeting uh for us to pursue the joint public safety facility which would include a third fire station and a new
police station. Uh we have started that process. We engaged with bond council um Brian Miller Olive. Uh we have the representative here today, Dwayne Draper. In case there are any questions, this is the necessary sort of big first step to allow us to move the question to
the supervisor election so that it can make its way onto the August 18th primary ballot. And with that, I'm happy to take questions. Also, if they're technical questions, obviously Mr. Draper would be better apt to answer those. Good. >> Are there members of the public who wish to comment on this item?
>> Council members questions. Council member Fernandez. Um, so with regard to the verbiage that would go on the ballot, who actually creates that? >> So the wording has already been created. Uh, it was through bond counsel. They they drafted it. We have drafted a we're
required to do a Spanish translation. We've done that as well. So that has all been vetted uh by by the attorneys, not just bond council, also m our city attorney, Mr. Mueller. Um, so the question that's presented is what will be going to the ballot? >> Okay. And then and who has the who's the
final arbiter of the wording or the approval of the wording? >> I probably want to defer to Mr. Draper on that. >> Sure. Good evening. My name is Dwayne Draper and I'm with Bryant Miller Olive and we're privileged to serve as your
bond council. Um so there are so language is presented um you know there it it is um art not science. It needs to be within 75 words in terms of the question itself. It has particulars that
must be in the question under statutory law under case law and um and then the summary above can only be 15 words. So we developed it based upon what we heard from city staff in connection with
meeting those requirements and and to make sure that it withstands you know judicial inquiry uh after the fact. Um so it um it it can be tweaked or it can be modified um I guess between first and second reading and provide prior to
notice um uh if if necessary or helpful. But it's um this was you know this is our best attempt at trying to convey uh this in a way that uh informs the electorate at the same time would pass judicial scrutiny. Um, and then I my only other question is
I know that you're going out to various events during across the city and presenting information about the bond issuance and how it would be used and and how it would function. Um, where can
residents go to get information just on their own? So on our website, we actually have a page dedicated to the uh bond issuance. So that's you can find it right off the landing page. Um we also
are going around meeting with groups to um disseminate as much information as possible. So if and actually I'm glad you brought this up because if there are any community groups out there, uh HOAs, etc. that would like us to come out, we would love to meet with your group, um and provide you as much information as
we possibly can. And then my only other question for staff I think is there there's a lot of confusion about the nature of governmental accounting and people in the community know that we're
looking at remediation of PAS and water treatment and I the so the question comes up if we're doing a general obligation bond request for public safety. What What does that
mean for the PAS remediation? Does that mean that we're not doing something, you know, financially or we are or what? And because people um in the public often don't realize that the the PAS remediation and the water treatment is
an enterprise fund, it's not connected to the general fund at all and it's not it will not be connected to a general bond. obligation um that it'll be two completely different funding structures. So I just
want to make sure I don't know what your um what your presentations how much of that they um explain but that's a question that has come up. >> Sure. And I think you you just explained it pretty succinctly. So it is true that
the the any remediation from PAS and actually if I could right now I was going to mention this in the city manager portion but since you mentioned it I want to let the council know that we plan to have a presentation to the city council as to the final report on the PAS matter with recommendations at
the May 19th council meeting. Uh we are also tenatively scheduling um a town hall on this issue subsequent to that council meeting on May 26th. Uh so that still needs to be confirmed but that looks like the dates right now. So we'll have the information. So we are moving
forward at least bringing it to you. Ultimately you are the deciders as to what you'd like to do but the PAS matter is related to the business enterprise fund the water utility. So it is based on the customer base for that uh has doesn't have any direct causation or
direct link with the general fund which would be the obligation for the public safety complex. >> And my only request for you is that as part of your >> presentation to the public or the information that they can find on the website that that is delineated. So for
people that might be concerned that one struct one funding structure might impact the other >> we can do that. >> That's that's all I have. >> Other questions? Council members, council member Kravitz, >> I do have a question for bond council.
Um can you explain briefly how the revenue source for the go bond is uh time certain and how it differentiates from the millillage tax for operational purposes?
>> Sure, I'd be happy to do so. Um so um your your budget uh works within um works in part based upon an operating millage that you set um you know each fall in connection with with uh with that and I think there's a 10 mil cap
associated with operating the city in terms of your millage rate. This um voted millage is different than operating millage in so far as it um can be um put in place to support debt service payments for capital projects
under the Florida Constitution. Um so this is a uh way in which to get the voters to approve such voted millage above and beyond the operating mill. um they would be uh identified separately on the tax bill and the voted millage
would uh would be set each year based upon taxable value. Uh so if taxable value goes up, the mill in theory could go down even though the debt service payments are level. Uh while the bonds are outstanding um and so that's
generally speaking how it works. So this voted millillage would mean that this project would be uh insulated from your typical operating budget operating millage determination uh from the standpoint of the capital side of it.
Operations are a different matter. Uh that's not subsumed in the in the ballot question. This is just really for bricks mortar land acquisition etc. >> So and then after the 30 years what happens to this >> after the 30 year? So um uh this would
just it would go away. So so your debt service your debt would typically be structured inside u but not to exceed 30 years. So it could be 20-year debt, could be 15ear debt, it could be 30-year debt. So this is a parameter. Um and any bond issued would have to come back to
city council for approval in the wake of this this voter approval. um when the uh bonds mature for example at the end of 30 years um in your scenario the voted millillage would disappear. >> Thank you. I just wanted to clarify that it's not a forever tax in that sense and
um can you also please briefly differentiate this revenue source from the uh sanitation fund? >> Uh so you have um you know cities are comprised of advalorum tax revenues and nonadvalorum tax revenues. Then you have
uh of course you have your your governmental funds which would include your general fund and then you also have enterprise funds. I assume the sanitation fund is is an enterprise fund. Um and so um this would operate inside the general fund this particular
and I assume that the sanitation fund lives in large part based upon the fees generated in that enterprise fund. >> Thank you. Just wanted to get some of those things on the record. I appreciate it. That's all I >> had two questions. One was regarding the verbiage which you answered and the other was the variability of the of the
military yeartoear based upon the taxable value. So you answer both questions for me. Thank you. >> Anything vice mayor? >> No. Okay. If there are no further questions I'll close the public hearing. Thank you Mr. and ask the clerk to read the title of the ordinance.
An ordinance of the city council of the city of Temple Terrace, Florida, authorizing the issuance subject to the bond referendum herein provided for of not to exceed $50 million general obligation bonds in one or more series
for the city of Temple Terrace, Florida payable from the full faith credit and unlimited adorum taxing power of the city to finance the construction and equip prepping of a public safety complex, including a new police station,
a new fire station, and related facilities, providing for and calling a bond referendum of the qualified electors of the city to be held on August 18th, 2026, providing for official ballots,
providing for bond referendum procedures, establishing intent to reimburse such capital expenditures incurred with proced deeds of such general obligation bonds, providing severability, repealing all ordinances or parts of
ordinances in conflict here with and providing an effective date. >> Thank you, Madam Clerk. Council, is there a motion? >> Yes. Move to approve the uh public hearing and first reading of ordinance 1593 authorizing the issuance of general
obligation bonds subject to a bond referendum in an amount not to exceed $50 million and calling a bond referendum of the qualified electors of the city to be held on August 18th, 2026.
>> Second. >> Motion and a second. Is there a discussion of the motion? If not, all those in favor say I. I. I. Opposed. No. Nays. Uh, ordinance is adopted on first reading and will appear for second reading and public hearing on
Tuesday, April 21st, 2026. Thank you, Mr. Next items require polling for exparte communication. Ordinance 1594 pertains to the reszoning of 7911 Harney Road,
also known as RZP-25-04, from agricultural urban to public quasi public. The next item is a resolution approving the final site plan, otherwise known as SP-25-09, for West Coast Brace Limb located at
13401 North 53rd Street. Mr. City attorney, could you please poll the council for expporte communications on either of these hearings? >> Mr. Mayor, has any member of the city council had any communications with anyone regarding any of the matter? >> Microphone.
>> Sorry. Try it again. I'm asking if any member of the city council has had communications with anyone regarding those two matters that are coming up before the board this evening. That would be uh items 12B and 12 C. Uh and
if you've had verbal exparte communications, please disclose the when and where and with whom those communications occurred, as well as the sum and substance of those communications. If you've had any written uh communications, please disclose the form of those written
communications, who sent you the communications, and the sum and substance of those communications. >> I have none. I've had none. >> I had an email from a resident and right this second it escapes me who it was,
but it was asking about the um West Coast Brace and Limb located at 13401 North 53rd Street. And the question was Brent Buffington um and the question was was the developer paying for the movement of the chicane or was the city
paying for that? And I responded that the developer would be paying for that. That's the only communication I've had um expporte communication I've had regarding either of these. >> All right. Well, in light of that conversation, uh do you feel you can be a fair and impartial decision maker in
that matter and base your decision on the evidence and testimony presented at the hearing? >> I do. >> I've had and council member, >> as I said last time, I've had numerous conversations about 7911 Harney Road, but not about the reasonzoning aspect of it.
>> Excellent. Clarify that. Other than that, I had none. Thank you. >> Okay, then I will turn it over for the first for the public hearing and second reading of ordinance 1594 reszoning folio 382-
38206.0000 located at 7911 Hornney Road and Folio 38206.0020 0020 RZP25-04 from agricultural urban to public quasi judicial and I'll open the public
hearing and our city planner Joe Moretta is here to explain. Good evening. >> Good evening mayor, council members, Joe Moretta, community development. For the record, as the mayor indicated, I'm here to make a brief uh presentation on reasonzoning 254.
>> It's off. It's off on the side. >> There we go. Thank you. This is a city initiated resoning from agricultural urban to quai public. It's intended to house a public safety facility, the police department headquarters, and fire
station number three. It's generally located, as indicated on the map in the slide, on south side of Horny Road, approximately 1,500 ft east of the intersection of North 78th Street. Just to give you a brief overview, the
site includes two parcels totaling approximately 5 acres. The site is currently vacant. Uh the future land use in your comprehensive plan is community mixeduse 12 which allows consideration uh for this type of zoning and this type of use. The access will be gained
through Horny Road which is a Hillsboro County arterial roadway. In terms of our evaluation and I'll keep it brief because we went through the full presentation in the last hearing. Uh the DRC had no objections. Uh we felt
that it was compatible with existing zoning and land uses in the area. Uh it was found to be consistent by the comprehensive plan by the planning commission and staff is recommending approval. I'm available if you have any questions. >> Thank you Mr. Moretta. Are there members of the public who wish to comment on
this item? Seeing none, council members questions. There are no questions. I will close the hearing and ask the clerk to read title of the ordinance. >> An ordinance of the city of Temple Terrace, Florida, reszoning two partials
totaling 5 acres plus or minus generally located on the south side of Harney Road approximately at 1500 ft east of the intersection of North 78th Street. more specifically described as Folio
38206.0000 7911 Hornney Road and Folio 38206.0020 0020 and legally described in exhibit A. Changing the zoning atlas map designation on said property from zoning
classification agricultural urban AU to public quasi public pqp providing for amendment of the official zoning atlas map of the city providing for severability providing for
correction of typographical errors repealing all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict here with providing for an effective date. >> Thank you, Madame Clerk. And this is a public Oh, I'm sorry. I'm getting ahead
to the next thing. Okay, very good. Council members, is there a motion to approve? >> Move to approve on second reading of ordinance 1594 reszoning Folio 38206.0000 7911 Harney Road and Folio 38206.0020
0020 RZP-25-04 from agricultural urban to public quasi public >> second >> motion and second discussion of the motion not all those in favor say I
>> I opposed no nays ordinance is adopted on second reading thank you now I got ahead of myself now we will have a public hearing and second reading of a resolution approving final site plan SPR2509
for West Coast Brace and Limb located at 13401 North 53rd Street. I will open the public hearing and want the record to reflect that we've conducted um exparte poll communication um
prior to the previous hearing. So, and our senior planner Alyssa Livingstone is here to present. Good evening. Good evening, mayor and city council members. I am Alyssa Livingstone, the senior planner. This presentation is for
the consideration of approval for final site plan SPR 259 for development of a medical office for West Coast Brace and Limb located at 13401
North 53rd Street. This item came before a city council for first reading and first public hearing on March 17th. The property is 88 acres in size and is
within a planned development zoning district. The applicant seeks to demolish existing single family residents and associated structures on the site. The project involves the
construction of a 10,000 onestory medical office. The property is bordered to the north by West Coast Brace and Limb representing the primary facility for which this
proposed project serves as an expansion. The site is abuted by medical offices to the west, commercial buildings to the east and single family residents to the south.
Here is the overall site plan. There are 33 onsite parking spaces. This includes two accessible ADA spaces. Primary access to the site and the main
parking area is provided via North 53rd Street on the western boundary of the property. A secondary access point is located on the north side connecting the site to
the abuting longstanding west coast brace and limb property. A storm water pond is proposed for the southwestern portion of the site. A landscape plan is included in the plan
set that is designed in accordance with the city's land development code requirements. This is the west elevation which serves as the main entry point as
viewed from the street. This is the north elevation showing the side view of the building. This is the east elevation
showing the rear view of the building. This is the south elevation showing the other side view of the building. The chicane will be relocated by the applicant.
It will be shifted 30 ft south of its original position to allow for two-way access into the medical facility from West Fletcher Avenue. This shift in its positioning is
represented by the shaded arrow to the right of the screen. Traffic flow from the residential neighborhood onto North 53rd Street will remain oneway outbound maintained by the
exit only signs as currently configured. The functionality of the chicane will not change. There are four conditions with this approval. These include standard conditions
regarding date stamp on plans and land development code language. The plan will expire in 2 years as per section 12 380 of the land development code where standards are not specified
herein the city's land development code standards or current code standards will apply prior to any permits being issued by the city. A perpetual easement that is
acceptable to the city attorney must be obtained from the owner of the abutin property to the north. This easement shall allow for the portions of parking spaces, dumpster pad and cross access
isles that encroach beyond the northern property line for the subject property. The easement must be recorded in the official records for Hillsboro County. This easement agreement is currently
under review by our attorney once updated and then recorded by the county. Permits for this site can be issued if approval is granted after both hearings. Thank you. The applicant's representative is
present and available for any project specific questions. >> Thank you, Miss Living Stone. Are there any members of the public who wish to comment on this item? Does the applicant wish to comment or
just respond to questions? >> Okay. Okay. If that is the case, I will close the public hearing. Oh, for council members, are there questions? >> Yes. >> Yes. Council member Fernandez. >> Um, I have a question for you about the buffering requirements between the
property and the adjacent. So, it would be south. >> Okay. Are you have a slide for that? Okay. So, there are landscaping proposed in the
plan set which is acceptable to the L or LDC requirements. and these are to the south and give you some details on it. The proposed site plan includes a landscape buffer between the medical office and
the single family residences to the south to ensure privacy and visual screening. A 6 ft high PVC fence will be installed along the entire southern
property line. This barrier will further enhanced by a landscape palette featuring Florida Royal Palms, Walters Barburnums, and Live Oaks. And just for an additional note that the
proposed storm water pond will have a six-foot chain link fence around installed. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Questions? >> Okay. If there are no further questions, I'll close the public hearing and ask
the clerk to read the resolution. A resolution of the city of Temple terrace, Florida, approving site plan review application SPR-25-09, 4.88 88 plus or minus acres of property located east of North 53rd Street and
south of East Fletcher Avenue with folio number 036993-000000 addressed as 13401 North 53rd Street to allow for the development of a new 10,000 square foot one-story medical office subject to the
conditions of approval providing for the correction of typographical errors, repealing all resolutions or parts of resolutions in conflict here with, providing an effective date. >> Thank you, Madam Clerk. Council, is there a motion to approve a resolution
on second reading approving the final site plan SPR25-09 for West Coast Brace and Lynn located at 1341 North 53rd Street. >> Second motion and second. Discussion of the motion. Seeing none, all those in favor say I.
>> I. >> I. Opposed. No nays. Resolution's adopted on second reading. Thank you. >> Next, we have a resolution approving a piggyback agreement with Sun Civil for Borrow Pit Restoration and our public works director, Jason Warrenfield, is
here to present. Good evening, Mr. Warrenfield. Mayor. Yes, I'm still here. Mayor, city council, staff are seeking a resolution authorizing the restoration of a 7.61 acre parcel in the northwest part of the city known as the borrow
pit. Have a few slides here for this. This is the general area map. As you can see, North 50th Street on the left side, East Fletcher Avenue is on the top. Um, and you can see East 131st Avenue there
on the right of the borrow pit. This is the current conditions of the bar pit as of today. A little overgrown, little little under uh maintenance there. Another photo looking to the east.
Uh, this this map here, this is uh the plan of the ecological restoration plan that has been proposed. Um, and I'll talk about that here a little bit. So the borrow pit was never intended to be a part of a storm water conveyance system. Uh but after years of use as one
FDOT has agreed to transfer the borrow pit to the city to be added to the stormwater infrastructure only after it has been rehabilitated. This project is fully funded by a joint participation agreement with FDOT. Council approved the initial funding agreement on January 20th and after
obtaining project pricing FDOT has agreed in negotiations to provide the additional funding. This resolution seeks approval for the quoted work totaling $869,3820. Additionally, the resolution authorizes the city manager to execute the necessary agreements and approves the
funding from account uh from the storm water rehab count uh utilizing the funds from FDOT in the forementioned JPA. So, in this work here, you can see that the vegetation's going to be in the center of the pond. It's going to be reworked as grading and sloping. Um,
we're going to make this into a storm water uh conveyance pond which will, you know, take storm water from the city, storm water from Hillsboro County, and then we'll, you know, pass it off into the wetland to the north. So, and that's it. That's all I have.
>> Are there members of the public who wish to comment on this? >> Question. Vice Mayor. >> Yes. Uh, could you go back to the first slide after the heading? It has the map on it before that one right there. >> Yes. >> I'm assuming that the zigzag black line
on the north is the boundary between Tumble Terrace and Tampa. >> Hillsboro. >> Is it Hillsboro? >> It's one of those. It's Tampa. >> Okay. One of Okay. All right. Whoever it is, it doesn't matter. My question is it looks like a portion of the burrow pit
is not in our jurisdiction. Will that get renovated too or it just gets cut right to the property line? >> Correct. Yes. The work will only be on the portion that's DOT property. >> Okay. Thank you. All I wanted to know. That's it. >> Council member Fernandez. >> So um this this was not intended to be
part of the storm water um system. But now we are go what we're doing rehab and u dredging or or whatever the rehabilitation we're doing is going to make it function the way a storm water
treatment pond should >> conveyance pond. Yes. So we're going to we'll be pumping water to the pond and that it will pass the water off into the wetland to the north under Fletcher Avenue. So will would this space be intended to be full like a pond
traditionally or would it be dry unless there's a rain or you know some sort of heavy waterfall? >> So it'll balance with the water table. So today it had some water in it. U one of the engineers was there today and got wet feet but yesterday it was dry. So it it'll go with the water table wherever
it sets. >> Okay. And then um I know that this a lot of this space was originally Hillsboro County prior to being annexed into the city of Temple Terrace. So we've had some storm water issues in that area in
in the past where we maybe have not had as much storm water retention or uh ca capacity as we wanted. Will this actually increase our storm water capacity? >> It will slightly with the reduction of
the vegetation. So we're we're only shaping it back to the original shape as the broit was intended the size. So when the DOT was done with the project, they shaped it, they graded it, vegetation has grown, sediment has gotten in there. We're going to remove what is extra and
then put it back to its original intended shape. So yes and no. It's going to gain some because of the vegetation removal, but it's not we're not digging it down. We're not making it any deeper than it's intended to be. >> Okay. So then so once this project is
complete, does the city of Temple Terrace then have ownership over all future maintenance of this space? >> Yes. So once the work is complete, the Department of Transportation will transfer the property to the city for our inventory
>> and then maintenance. And so the city will be responsible for maintaining it. It will remain part of our storm water treatment system. >> Yes. >> That's it. >> Questions? Just minor quick. Will this be fenced in?
>> It is currently fenced in. >> It'll remain fenced in. >> There are natural landscape barriers to the apartment complex in the northeast corner. >> Okay. Council member Kravitz, >> this is a compliment address question. So, you got a neighborhood that was having a lot of drainage issues. You
managed to get the federal, sorry, Florida Department of Transportation to pay for the entire remediation and you got them to give us the property. >> Yes. >> Okay. And now you're going to have control over that area so you can make sure that the storm water is being
directed as it needs to be and that area will be better protected as a result. >> That is the goal. So obviously with rains we can't predict everything but as we're as we're doing the rehabilitation we're going to increase the functionability of the site.
>> Great. Thanks. >> I have a question. If you could put that slide that you had up back up the one with the black zigzag line. There you go. So up on the what would be the northeast
corner of this shaded area of the pond that's right near those apartment complexes. That section of black line there between the apartment complex and the pond is um prone to flooding. In fact, that apartment complex, I don't know if
they're still there or not, but they over the years have placed sandbags along the edge of that pond. >> Yes. to keep the water from rising and flooding into the apartment complex. What are we going to do there? Now, I realize the water table level is not
really going to change, but is this going to change the contour of that or is there anything we can do during this work that would improve that situation so they don't have to keep replacing sandbags? And I mean, I know that's not
Temple Terrace, but still people getting flooded. So, so unfortunately part of that parking lot is designed to take water in a severe storm event. So, part of the drainage path is between the apartment complex and the neighboring uh
community there. The drainage ditch has a spillway that allows water to go into that parking lot. So, it's part of the design for the water to be there. So, will it will it reduce it? It depends on what we get and where it goes. But the idea would be yes, we'd like to see the
reduction in there, but I mean, I can't tell you it's going to completely when it's designed to take water in that lot. >> The pond by design overflows into the apartment complex's parking lot. >> There is a spillway that allows for that. Yes. >> It's not designed for the parking lot to
drain into the pond. >> Nope. It's the other way around. >> Where does it go once it gets into the parking lot? >> So, it's a flood comp area. just it's stays there until the water level reduces. >> Okay. But you've looked at the situation
involving this apartment complex cuz I mean we want to make it better for that part of our city, but we don't want to make it better at the expense of the apartment complex. So, we actually had we reached out to Swift Mud for help with that because during the last storms, the apartment complex had used
the sandbags to block that off, which creates >> um a high water risk for the areas that we pump from. So, when they block off their parking lot, we don't have that flood comp area to push storm water to as it's designed. So, yeah, the parking lot is intended to be part of the
system. >> Okay. >> By design. >> Thank you, Mayor. >> Yes, Vice Mayor. Sorry for this late one. >> Can you explain real quickly what's the difference between a retention pond and a borrow pit? >> So retention pond will hold water and it
allow it to percolate into the borrow pit. It was it was a pit that they pulled the Department of Transportation pulled material out of to build roads. I don't know if it was the interstate or if it was Fletcher or Fowler, but they they borrowed the materials out of there to build the road and then it just it remained as the site. So, we're going to
turn it into a retention pond, which means we're going to put grading and and material on the bottom that should allow the water to to reach the water table. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Any other questions, council? >> There are no other questions. Is there a
motion? >> Move to approve the resolution of a piggyback agreement with Sun Civil for Boro Pit Restoration. >> Second. Any discussion of the motion? Not. All those in favor say I. >> I.
>> Opposed? No. Nays. The resolution's adopted. Next is a resolution approving the purchase of a sanitation truck and our public works director, Jason Warrenfields, who will remain to present. >> Thank you, mayor.
>> You want me? >> Why don't you start it? Well, there's a scriveners there we have in this. We just uh lo uh identified it and it is between the title which I think is correct. Right? >> Correct. >> Title is correct. Hold on. I'm going to
bring up Toby. And this is a scrier's error that can be uh corrected after hopeful approval and but before your signature, mayor. Um all right. Up in the title, it identifies
the contract of as FSA25-V23.0. That is correct. Down in uh item number one after the now. Therefore, uh it's identified as FSA 23-v23.0. It'll be changed to say F the correct number which is FSA 25.
Is there any action needed from the council to make this happen or we just need to be aware of it and have it on the record? >> Um I think when the motion is made just uh make approve the um uh resolution with that correction that's correctified. >> Okay. Very good. Thank you. Okay, Mr.
Warfield. >> Thank you. Mayor, city council establish requesting approval of a resolution authorizing the purchase of a sanitation truck from Nexttr Centers through the Florida Sheriff's Contract FSA25V23.0 in the amount of 390,8041.
The vehicle that will be replaced is a 2011 model with over 18,000 hours of use and it's approaching the end of its useful uh service life. The 2011 truck will be auctioned off after the new unit arrives. This purchase is being made through the Florida Sheriff's
Cooperative Purchasing Agreement, which meets competitive procurement requirements and allows the city to obtain pre-negotiated competitive pricing. Funding for the purchase will come from the designated sanitation uh resources under the sanitation fund. There is an additional funding
uh that will come from the reserves with no impact to the general fund. And I stand for questions. >> Thank you. Are there members of the public who wish to comment on this? Seeing none council members questions? Any questions? If there are no
questions, is there a motion to approve? >> Move to approve the resolution authorizing the purchase of the uh near rel new rear loading sanitation truck um and correcting the scrier error I believe was on the contract number. Okay.
>> Second >> motion second discussion of the motion. Um I just have one comment. I' I'd like to comment. I asked what the price of this same truck was in 2020
and it's about 25% more now than it was in 2020. The reason that's significant is I just would challenge everybody when you hear the lot of talk about local governments are bloated, our revenues gone up so much.
we we're uh essentially been accused of fraudulently fleecing our communities that everything that we purchase on your behalf has gone up equal to the revenue increase. And so it's about a 25% increase in the cost of this truck from
2020 till now. And so, um, I don't want to get on a soap box, but if you look at the cost of everything else, if you look at wages and you look at insurance and you look at fuel and you look at um, chlorine for our pools, everything that
we look at, it tracks the revenue increase. So, everything has gone up together. And so this idea that we have all this extra revenue and and we're just buying gold faucets or whatever. Um that that may be true some places, I don't know, but it's not true in Temple
Terrace. So okay, all those in favor say I. >> I. >> I. Opposed. No. Thank you, Mr. Warrenfeld. >> We always know when you put a tie on it's going to be an expensive night. >> Council, is there any carryover council
business from previous Okay. Is there any new business or board reports? Vice Mayor, >> I have two items. Uh the first was uh we mentioned it in the goal setting the other day. We have a committee that uh supposed to and used to deal with the golf and country club called the strate
strategic action or advisory committee. And uh that is uh not met in a while that group. And uh I'm going to make a motion to uh dissolve that group officially. and notify the uh members of that group. Uh on the city's appointed
members are council leaison uh council member Schistler uh Joe Ephronti and David Pakorich. So um that's my motion. >> Second >> motion second. Discussion of the motion. >> All those in favor say I.
>> I opposed. No nays. Motion is adopted. And madame clerk, there should be a um not a form letter, but there's language already established for a letter to um volunteer board members
that leave the board that turn out or the you know with the board. Could you please have somebody draft those letters to the to the three um members of that committee and for my signature? >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> One more item. >> Yes. One more.
>> Okay. I hope everybody noticed that on the way in the in the hallway we have a new art show in the hall. Um it went up last week. The artist is Daria Vashnak. Um she is a local artist. You can tell
that her artwork is way different than what was up there from Arnold Martinez senior. So u please look at it on your way out and tell your friends and neighbors. >> Thank you. >> Council member Fernandez. So I I have a
similar genre a couple of requests and I don't know how I don't know if we need council approval or if I can just request it and that is one for the marketing team. Is there a way that you could do highlights, like a little video
highlight every time we get a new artist there where maybe do a profile of that artist and show the art on our not just necessarily on like the Facebook pages, but maybe do something a little more robust on the YouTube channel and the TV
broadcast. Um, so along the same lines, I would like to request if it's possible that you can put information about the Temple Terrace app out there, the in the InTouch app, like just maybe put on a
rotation of like once a month of doing something about that to reach out to people. And then uh my final request in this would be maybe um a series highlighting each department and doing
maybe an indepth kind of what this department does and and and highlighting some of the employees in that department and just helping broadcast a little bit about how the city is run. And I'm I was
kind of thinking about it in terms of governmental accounting because it it's often a topic that comes up that people are concerned about comingling funds or how something gets paid for or what different funding streams pay for
different services. And I I don't think anyone wants to sit through a governmental accounting seminar, but maybe if we highlight the different departments and do I mean we have the TV time and we have the um the
YouTube channel just to put some content on that might be interesting to citizens. I don't I don't know what the rest of the council thinks. >> City manager. So um we c we can do all of this uh the
we already do the one with the artist the video highlighting that. So that would be common practice. We can refresh the inouch app in terms of raising awareness and doing that. I think we kind of do it but we'll do it on a more methodical basis. And then the I think you're talking about a video series then about each department talking about
employees. I know Miss Rodriguez and I have talked about something like that. I think we've done it some of it but we haven't done comprehensive thing of every single department. So, we could do it. It would take a little bit of time um in light of everything else going on, but we could probably do that. Get get
one department every I don't know, every several weeks out there and then kind of go from there if that's what the council wants us to do. >> I mean, I I don't have a timeline in mind. I'm just thinking it would be nice to have information. >> Council, any discussion of that? >> Okay,
>> that's all that was all I have. >> Okay. do business board reports on this side. I have one thing if there's nothing else and this is a letter to city manager Carlos Beya. Um
it says, "Dear Carlos, it has come to my attention that you've been selected as one of America's 250 public service champions by local Gov 250 and the National Academy of Public Administration. This prestigious award honors those in
local government who are recognized by their peers as being among the best in the nation. This is a truly remarkable achievement and brings credit to both you and our amazing city. We are all very proud that your distinguished service to the citizens of our city is
being recognized on a national level and we offer our sincere congratulations. That's signed by me with a copy in your personnel file. So, let's give them a round. >> Council, would you join me down here and we'll get a photograph?
>> Yes. >> You want to highlight an employee? >> We don't have to move. So great. >> Hold on. >> Thank you. Appreciate it. >> Okay. One more. Closer. Closer. A little
bit closer. Okay. One, two, three. Okay. Hold on. One more. One, two, three. Guess. So okay. Any other new business to come before
the council? >> I would I would just want to make one comment. >> Okay. >> Um, in in my three terms on council to date, I've worked with I think four city managers and I I would like to say that I think you are a very skilled and
highly qualified city manager and I am grateful that the city hired you. >> Well, thank you. Appreciate that. Thank you. May I just >> Sure. real I don't want to take up too much time, but I I want to thank the council uh Mayor Ross and the entire council for the recognition and thank you for the kind words. Um this is going
to sound cliche, but it's true. I mean, everything I've been able to accomplish is not because of just me. It's because of the team around me. So, I wanted to thank them and thank all the teams that I've worked with and and worked for in the past. And everything has led me to a a point that I feel I've been blessed to
be at and um and I'm very grateful to work here in this community. So, thank you. Very good. Okay. With that, I'll call upon you to give your report. >> Okay. Uh, so we talked early already. Just want to reiterate that again, we are anticipating bringing that PAS
report to the city council on on May 19th, followed by, if council would agree, to a town hall on May 26th, which is a Tuesday. Um, also wanted to mention the council had given us some direction to look into a food truck event or some
sort of event down in the CRA. I'm going to ask Mr. Langfeld to come up and give the council an update of where we are with that. >> Good evening, Mr. Langfeld. >> Good evening, Mayor, members of city council. Carl Langfeld, leisure services director. Uh following comments from city council and conversations that I've
had with uh the city manager, uh leadership services staff have begun planning for a food truck rally to occur in the downtown area on Friday, May 8th. Uh this event would take place from 5:00 pm to 8:00 p.m. include food trucks,
bounce houses, children's games, um music, uh and as well as we are going to attempt to engage some farmers market type vendors to be present as well for this event. This will be structured similar to the one that we had back in
December. Um and we look forward to uh to having another great event in the downtown area. >> Good. Thank you, Mr. Lingfield. Any think any comments? Council member Kravitz. >> Fantastic news. Thank you so much. And just to That was May 8th. >> May 8th, sir. >> 5 PM to 8 PM.
>> Yes, sir. >> It's Friday. Thank you very much for your effort. I really appreciate it. >> Any questions or comments from Mr. Langfield? Thank you, Mr. Langfield. >> Mr. Bea, back to you. >> That's all I have. >> Any questions for Mr. Be?
>> No. >> City attorney's report. Uh, real quick, I have one lean reduction. Uh, came in for a property at 13294 Telecom Parkway, which is owned by ENT Hospitality Tampa LLC. The code board found the property
was in violation uh, with regard to the condition of the parking lot and the roof. Uh the board issued a $50 a day fine that started on August 12th, 2021 and it acrewed until April 26th of 2022 at which time the violations were
corrected. The fine had accured to $12,800. Uh the lean uh was reduced to 2,000 and we collected costs in the amount of $114.58 and that lean reduction has been made.
>> Thank you. Any questions for Mr. Mueller council, just one thing while we're on city attorney's report. I forwarded this to our um city attorney earlier today. There's a city in our region that was just sued last week um involving a quasi
judicial land use issue and whereby a property owner um came before the city council for a land use amendment to enable them to build multif family. Um
the planning commission for that jurisdiction as well as the planning staff for that particular city uh both made a re recommendation of approval based on the pro the zoning and based on the history of the property. Um but the
the city council did not adhere to the and and denied the application and u now they're in court. But the plaintiff is not just challenging the decision, they've also are seeking $7 million in
damages for their trouble. And so, um, just that you can get the nuts and bolts of that from the city attorney if you care to know more, but it's just the importance of being, um, diligent up here and adhering to state
law and adhering to does that doesn't mean that everything comes with a rubber stamp, but it does mean that there are rules that that quasi judicial boards have to adhere to. And and this is a good example. Of course, it's a difference between being sued for $7 million and actually getting a $7 million award. I don't know what the
outcome will be, but Okay. Anything else, Mr. Mueller? >> I have a question about >> Yes, Council Member Kravitz. >> I just want to make sure I had correctly. We're being sued for $7 million. >> We're not. >> No. >> Try one more time. Sorry. >> This was another city in our region.
>> Another city. Okay. I was just curious why why it was coming from you. I I missed that. >> I I thought it might be of interest to you. I'm very relieved. Thank you. That's great. >> Okay, good. Nothing else? >> Nothing else. >> Any other business? Council members, >> I do have one item.
>> Yes, Council Member Travis. >> Uh, this is uh directed to the social media staff. In fact, u is there a plan in place now that I've heard about it to support the food truck event? I'd be curious to know what that would look like going up into the leadup for this event in the next few weeks and how that message is going to get out if there is
such a plan. So, I don't know if Miss M Miss Ludas has a has the I would imagine it'd be similar to what we've done in the past through there's probably been printed material. There's been social media posts. There's been information on the website. So, I would imagine that we would do all of that. Um not sure if
Migas any more at this point or or Mr. Lancel, but those would be typical practices. >> So, so there will be a a social media campaign and or some form of advertising to promote it. Okay. Yeah, I'm happy to hear that. Great. That's all. Thank you.
Any other business, council? If not, we will stand adjourned. Heat. Heat. N.