CITY ATTORNEY S OFFICE GROUPS AND ASSIGNMENTS November2015 ADMINISTRATIVE/GOVERNMENTAL GROUP SAL TERRITO - Chief Assistant (Patty Ayala, Paralegal) Administration Supervision General Office Supervision Business Tax Economic Opportunity Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) (Rachel Peterkin back-up) Complex Development Projects Economic Development (QTI) City Enterprise Zones Revenue and Finance Bond Financing Utility Franchises (share w/julie Hardy) Internal Audit Foreign Trade Zone MARCIE HAMILTON (Debbie Crawford, Assistant) City Clerk Ethics Ethics Commission Purchasing Department Open Government Elections Technology & Innovation Department Public Finance (with Sal Territo) RACHEL PETERKIN ( Patty Ayala, Paralegal) Housing Division Public Art Committee Arts & Cultural Affairs Contract Administration WMBE CRA (with Sal Territo) Streetcar (with Sal Territo)
REAL ESTATE/TRANSACTIONAL GROUP JORGE MARTIN Sr. Assistant ( Mandy Pricher, Assistant) Economic Opportunity Real Estate Division Housing Division Riverwalk Parks and Recreation Department Oversight Facilities and Asset Management Tampa Sports Authority Historic Preservation Trust Fund Financing Documentation (with Ron Wigginton) Lien Collection and Foreclosure Assistance (with Ernie Mueller) Intern/Extern Program (with Ernie Mueller) KATE TAYLOR (Kimber Spitsberg, Paralegal) Parks Special Events Parking Tree Code Revision RON WIGGINTON (Patty Ayala, Paralegal) Leases & Licenses Convention Center Historic Preservation Trust Fund Board Subdivisions Housing LAND USE/DEVELOPMENT/CONSTRUCTION SERVICES GROUP REBECCA KERT Sr. Assistant (Debbie Crawford, Assistant) Land Use Issues Rezoning/Special Use Petitions Land Development Code Text Amendments Zoning Administrator Review Hearings Comprehensive Plan/HCCPC CDD s Developments of Regional Impact Transportation Planning 1 st Amendment Issues on City Property (including Rights of Way) SHAUN AMARNANI (Debbie Crawford, Assistant) Land Use Issues (share with Rebecca Kert)
Development Agreements (not including CRA Agreements) Annexation Agreements Alcohol Permits and Related Issues Signs Comp Plan Amendments (share with Rebecca Kert) Fire Department Emergency Management Impact Fees/Transportation Mitigation/Multimodal Fees Zoning Administrator Appeals (share with Rebecca Kert) JERROD SIMPSON (Laytecia McKinney, Paralegal) Assistant Municipal Prosecutor Prosecution of Ordinance Violations in County Courts Code Enforcement and Neighborhood Enhancement - Legal Advisor and Prosecutor for Civil Citations Code Board/Quasi-judicial appeals Legal Advisor Tree Enforcement Legal Advisor Upland Habitat Tree Code Issues Construction Services Division Staff advisor for Code Enforcement Board and Special Magistrate Hearings QUASI-JUDICIAL BOARDS AND ADVISING City Council Rezoning Hearings Rebecca Kert/Shaun Amarnani (Backup) City Council Alcohol Hearings Shaun Amarnani/Rebecca Kert (Backup) Architectural Review Commission Jerrod Simpson and Robin Horton-Silverman/Shaun Amarnani (Training and Backup) Barrio Latino Commission Ernie Mueller/Rebecca Kert (backup) Code Enforcement Board Carolyn Stewart Public Nuisance Abatement Board - Carolyn Stewart Variance Review Commission-Colin Rice/Ernie Mueller(Backup and Training) Historic Preservation Commission- Rebecca Kert and Rachel Peterkin HUMAN RESOURCES/COLLECTIONS/CODE ENFORCEMENT GROUP ERNEST MUELLER (Laytecia McKinney, Paralegal, Mary Ann Dore, Assistant and Tonia Wilcox, Assistant) Bankruptcy Business Regulation (Chapter 6) Code Amendments (Enforcement issues) Lien Collection/City Foreclosures Foreclosures
Human Resources (Including Insurance and Risk Management Liaison) Quasi-Judicial Board Coordination and Special Magistrate Hearing Coordination City Attorney Office Administrative Matters Intern/Extern Program Coordinator JUSTIN VASKE (Mary Ann Dore, Assistant) Cable General Employees Pension Board Representation Human Resources ADA/Community Affairs Civil Service Board COLIN RICE (Dian Davis, Assistant) Municipal Prosecutor Code Board/ Quasi-judicial Litigation Appeals Code Enforcement and Neighborhood Enhancement - Legal Advisor Code Enforcement Board and Code Enforcement Special Magistrate Hearings PUBLIC WORKS, UTILITIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP CATHY GINSTER (Mandy Pricher, Assistant) Solid Waste Residential & Commercial Waste Collection, Transportation, Separation and Disposal Issues Solid Waste, Special Waste and Hazardous Solid Waste Materials Issues Recovered Materials Program Franchise of Commercial Solid Waste Collections Utility Rates, Fees, and Charges Issues Transfer Station and other Solid Waste Facilities Issues Environmental Program Management Recycling Program McKay Bay Refuse-to-Energy Facility (Operation, Permits, Renewable Energy, Non-Ferrous Metals Recovery) Historic Landfill Program Storage Tank Program City s Brownfields Community Redevelopment Program City s Brownfields Job Bonus Tax Refund Incentive Program EPA Brownfields Assessment Grant Program Wastewater Department Domestic and Industrial Wastewater Collection, Treatment and Disposal Issues Environmental Regulatory and Compliance Work Except TMDLs, NNC, NPDES and BMAPS Wastewater Capacity Issues/Fees/Agreements Special User Surcharge Rates under Clean Water Act Overflows, Back-ups and Odor Complaints
Grease Management Program Transfer of Developer Installed Wastewater Pumping Stations & other Facilities to City for Operation & Maintenance CSX Railroad Crossing Agreement/Issues JAN McLEAN (Lisa Levy, Assistant) Water Department Utility Accounting Division coordinator Department of Public Works Stormwater Division City Projects with Complex Regulatory and/or Multiple Agency Review Reclaimed Water Regulation, legislation, administrative rulemaking, rates and contracts Related Regional & Statewide Legislative Issues for Water, Stormwater and Reclaimed Tampa Bay Water Regional Water Supply Authority Southwest Florida Water Management District Hillsborough County Environmental Protection Commission USEPA & FDEP NPDES Permitting Wastewater and Stormwater Issues and Litigation relating to Numeric Nutrient Criteria Issues and Litigation relating to Total Maximum Daily Load & BMAPs League of Cities Energy and Environmental Quality Committee JULIE HARDY (Dian Davis, Assistant) City Seal Utility Franchises (share with Sal) Transportation Division ROW & Agreements Vacations of Rights of Way and Release of Easements LITIGATION GROUP JERRY M. GEWIRTZ Chief Assistant (Kimber Spitsberg, Paralegal) Litigation Supervision Major Litigation Matters WILLIAM J. TERRY Sr. Assistant (Sharon Crochet, Assistant) General Litigation TOYIN AINA-HARGRETT (Lisa Levy, Assistant) Litigation
URSULA RICHARDSON (Melda Higgins, Paralegal) Litigation Claims (Personal Injury and All Police Claims) KRISTIN SERAFIN OTTINGER (Melda Higgins, Paralegal) General Litigation ROBIN HORTON-SILVERMAN (Sharon Crochet, Assistant) General Litigation STEPHEN M. BARBAS (Part- time) Workers Compensation L. GRAY SANDERS (Part-time) Workers Compensation TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT KIRBY C. RAINSBERGER (Janet Kasper, Assistant) Police Legal Advisor (including real estate and purchasing) General Criminal Law Consulting MIKE SCHMID (Fran Scott, Assistant) Civil Forfeitures Assistant Police Legal Advisor Noise Enforcement Chapter 14-30, Vehicle Immobilization HearingsState Attorney s Office Liaison Police/Staff advisor to Public Nuisance Abatement Board Citizen Police Review Board Legal Advisor