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HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-12386J-03-088 6/18/03 ORDINANCE NO. 12386 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER 2/ARTICLE XI/DIVISIONS 2, 3 AND 16 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED "ADMINISTRATION/BOARDS, COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS/STANDARDS FOR CREATION AND REVIEW OF BOARDS GENERALLY, INTERNATIONAL TRADE BOARD AND SISTER CITIES COORDINATING COUNCIL" TO ABOLISH THE EXISTING INTERNATIONAL TRADE BOARD AND THE SISTER CITIES COORDINATING COUNCIL, AND SUBSTITUTE IN LIEU THEREOF NEW DIVISION 3, ENTITLED "THE MAYOR'S INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL", TO SET FORTH THE COUNCIL'S PURPOSE, POWERS, AND DUTIES, AND PROVIDE FOR GOVERNING BODY, COMPOSITION AND APPOINTMENTS, TERMS OF OFFICE AND VACANCIES; MEMBERSHIP ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS; OFFICERS; OATH; QUORUM AND VOTING; MEETINGS; ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS; INDEMNIFICATION; APPOINTMENT OF AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TERM, QUALIFICATIONS, COMPENSATION, GENERAL POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES; EMPLOYMENT OF ASSISTANTS, COUNSEL; APPROVAL OF BUDGET; ANNUAL REPORT AND AUDIT; ABOLITION OF COUNCIL; AND PROVIDING FOR SUNSET REVIEW; MORE PARTICULARLY BY AMENDING SECTIONS 2-887 AND 2-892; REPEALING DIVISION 3, CONSISTING OF SECTIONS 2-921 THROUGH 2-930 AND DIVISION 16, CONSISTING OF SECTIONS 2-1231 THROUGH 2-1238 IN THEIR ENTIRETY, AND SUBSTITUTING IN LIEU THEREOF NEW DIVISION 3, CONSISTING OF SECTIONS 2-921 THROUGH 2-930 TO SAID CODE; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the International Trade Board of the City has been very successful in implementing international trade promotion policies for the City of Miami; and 12386 WHEREAS, the City of Miami has participated in the International and United States Sister Cities Programs, most recently through its City of Miami Sister Cities Program; and WHEREAS, the City implements many protocol policies for the numerous national and international events and dignitaries that it hosts throughout the year; and WHEREAS, the City Commission wishes to establish one agency to implement and advise the Mayor and City Commission in the areas of international trade, sister cities and protocol; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Ordinance are adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section. Section 2. Chapter 2/Article XI entitled "ADMINISTRATION/BOARDS, COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS," is amended in e following particulars:lt "Chapter 2 ADMINISTRATION ARTICLE XI. BOARDS, COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS DIVISION 2. Standards for Creation and Review of Boards Generally �i words and/or figures stricken through shall be deleted. Underscored words and/or figures shall be added. The remaining provisions are now in effect and remain unchanged. Asterisks indicate omitted and unchanged material. Page 2 of 13 12386 Sec. 2-887. Quorum requirements; exceptions. (b) The following boards are subject to quorum requirements as provided for elsewhere in this Code. Bayfront Park Management Council Brownfields Advisory Board Equal Opportunity Advisory Board internatien de Bea -rd Miami Commission on the Status of Women Parking Advisory Board Street Codesignation Review Committee Urban Development Review Board Sec. 2-892. "Sunset" review of boards. Commencing with the year 1995, each City board shall be reviewed in the following manner: (4) The following boards shall initially be reviewed in the following years and shall be reviewed every four years thereafter: b. 1996: int-ernatiei l trade beard - Page era Page 3 of 13 12386 h. 2002: i. 2003: 1. Mayor's International Council -ij_. 2007: 1. Model City Homeownership Council Section 3. Sections 2-921 through 2-930 and 2-1231 through 2-1238 of Chapter 2/Article XI/Divisions 2 and 16 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended, entitled "Administration/Boards, Committees, Commissions/Standards for Creation and Review of Boards Generally, International Trade Board and Sister Cities Coordinating Council" are repealed in their entirety and the existing International Trade Board and the Sister Cities Coordinating Council are abolished. Section 4. New Sections 2-921 through 2-929 of Chapter 2/Article XI/Division 3 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended, are substituted in lieu thereof to establish the Mayor's International Council, in the following particulars: Page 4 of 13 12386 "Chapter 2 ADMINISTRATION ARTICLE XI. BOARDS, COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS DIVISION 3. MAYOR'S INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL Sec. 2-921. Mayor's International Council created. A limited agency and instrumentality of the City to be known as the "Mayor's International Council" is hereby created and established. Use of the term "Council" in this article shall mean the Mayor's International Council. Sec. 2-922. Purpose; powers and duties. (a) Purpose. The Council shall (1) plan and implement the City's International Trade promotion policies for the purposes of stimulating commercial and residential development and expanding the City's tax base through the promotion of foreign trade and local investment in accordance with the bylaws adopted by the Council; (2) serve in an advisory capacity for the City of Miami Sister Cities Program to plan, implement, and oversee the City's international, professional, and technical educational and cultural exchanges, promotion and policies to create and stimulate friendly and meaningful relationships; and (3) coordinate protocol requirements for national and international events and dignitaries pursuant to the standard and practices adopted by the Council. (b) Powers and duties. Subject to City Commission approval and compliance with the terms and conditions of any existing contractual obligations, the Council shall: 1. encourage the fullest and most active participation and cooperation of private enterprise by actively soliciting contributions and financial support from private business interests and any other governmental authorities for international trade promotion and business development; Page 5 of 13 12386 2. establish independent bank accounts for deposit of revenues generated by the Council and for disbursement of Council expenses; 3. purchase and sell services for international trade promotion and business development and the ability to create Council -sponsored conferences, trade shows and trade missions on behalf of the City; 4. maintain a separate, non-profit 501c6 corporation for the purpose of seeking funding from outside sources; S. recommend affiliation to the City Commission for approval of designation of national or international cities and geographic locations as Sister Cities to the City of Miami; 6. form a committee for each Sister City that will have a President with significant cultural and business ties to the Sister City, said President to be appointed by the Council: (a) The sister cities committee president shall recruit members from the community at -large with membership criteria emphasizing significant cultural and business ties to the Sister City countries having a Sister City relationships with the City of Miami. (b) Local Consul General of the country of the individual sister cities will be afforded the opportunity to appoint an individual to the sister cities committee; thereby, assigning an ex officio member from the consul general's staff to be a liaison between the consulate and the committee. 7. maintain an affiliation policy and direction of Sister City committees established for each Sister City of the City of Miami; and 8. create, coordinate and manage policies and procedures for events related to the Page 6 of 13 12386 Council's purpose and dignitaries visiting the City of Miami. (c) Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary, the Council shall exercise only such powers as are granted pursuant to this Article. Sec. 2-923. Governing body: composition and appointments; terms of office and vacancies; membership eligibility requirements; oath; quorum and voting; meetings; attendance requirements; parliamentary authority and rules of procedure; and indemnification. (a) Composition and appointments, term of office. The Council shall consist of sixteen (16) members (fifteen voting members and one non- voting ex -officio member) who shall serve as set forth herein. All members, except for the Executive Director, shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in official duties. The Governing Body shall consist of: 1. the Mayor who shall be an ex -officio member and serve in accordance with the provisions of Section 2-35 of this Code or until the Mayor leaves office; and 2. a City Commissioner appointed by the City Commission who shall be Vice - Chairperson of the Council and shall serve in accordance with the provisions of Section 2-35 of this Code or until the Commissioner leaves office; and 3. eight individuals appointed by the Mayor who shall serve for a term of one year or until the Mayor leaves office, whichever occurs first; and 4. five individuals appointed by the City Commission who shall serve for a term of four years, staggered with three individuals being appointed in 2003 and two individuals being appointed in 2005; and Page 7 of 13 12386 5. the Executive Director of the Council who shall be a non-voting ex -officio member and serve for the duration of his appointment as Executive Director of the Council. (b) Vacancies. Any person appointed by the Mayor to fill a vacancy due to the death, resignation or removal of any member of the Council shall serve only for the remainder of the unexpired term. No mayor - appointed member shall serve more than eight consecutive years on the Council. Nothing set forth herein shall prohibit any individual from being reappointed after a hiatus of two years. (c) Membership eligibility requirements. (1) Each member of the Council shall reside, work, own real property or maintain a business in the City and shall be an individual of outstanding reputation for integrity, responsibility and commitment to serving the community. Appointed members are expected to participate actively in the functioning of the Council. The chairperson of the Council shall have the power to appoint all members serving on the various committees which the Council shall establish from time to time. (2) No member of the Council shall become a candidate for elective political office during his or her term. Should any member of the Council qualify as a candidate for elective political office, such qualification shall be deemed a tender of resignation from the Council. (3) No employee of Miami -Dade County, Florida, or any municipality therein other than City employees, shall serve on or be appointed to the Council. (d) Oath. Upon the effective date of appointment, or as soon thereafter as practicable, each member of the Council shall assume the duties of a member of the Council, but before doing so, shall take the oath prescribed by section 41(e) and (f) of the City Charter. Page 8 of 13 12386 (e) officers. The Chairperson shall appoint all members serving on the various committees which shall be established from time to time. The Chairperson shall appoint a vice -chairperson from among the Council's members. The Vice -chairperson shall serve as Chairperson in the absence of the Chairperson. The Council shall designate a Secretary and such other officers as may be deemed necessary, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Council. (f) Quorum and voting. At all meetings of the Council, a majority of the then appointed members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and each member shall have one vote on every issue submitted to a vote of the Council. The act of a majority of the members present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Council. The members of the Council shall make and adopt bylaws and rules and regulations. (g) Meetings. The Council shall hold regular quarterly meetings and may hold such other meetings as it deems necessary. All meetings of the Council shall be public. Written minutes of the proceedings of all actions taken at the meeting of the Council shall be maintained by the Council and shall be promptly and properly recorded and submitted to the City Clerk. (h) Attendance requirements. The provisions contained in Section 2-886 of this Article shall be applicable to the members of the Council. (i) Parliamentary authority and rules of procedure. The parliamentary authority of the Council shall be Robert's Rules of Order (Current Edition), unless the Council adopts its own order of business and rules of procedure governing its meetings, and actions on matters within its jurisdiction, not inconsistent with the provisions set forth herein, which rules of procedure shall be filed with the City Clerk. Copies of minutes of all Council meetings shall be furnished to the Mayor, Commissioners and the City Manager. (j) Indemnification. The Council shall maintain officers and directors liability insurance coverage at all times, in an amount and in a form satisfactory to the City's insurance manager. To the extent such coverage does not apply, the City shall indemnify the members in the same manner and to the same extent that it indemnifies all other City advisory boards. Nothing Page 9 of 13 12386 in this section shall be construed in any way to affect the laws relating to sovereign immunity. Sec. 2-924. Executive director; appointment, term, qualifications, compensation, general powers and responsibilities. There shall be an executive director who shall be appointed by the Council subject to City Commission approval. Additionally, each successor executive director shall be similarly appointed and approved. After hiring an executive director, the Council shall submit monthly written reports and one annual oral presentation on the status of the Council's operations and expenses to the City Commission. The executive director shall be a person of good moral character and have an excellent reputation for integrity, responsibility, and business ability, but no Council member shall be eligible for appointment as executive director. The executive director shall receive such salary as shall be fixed by the Council, and approved by the City Commission. The executive director shall take an oath before assuming any duties. The executive director shall act as the chief executive officer of the Council. Subject to the policy directives of the Council, the executive director shall have general supervision over and be responsible for the management and operation of all Council properties, activities, and facilities. The executive director shall execute all contracts on behalf of the Council after approval by the Council. The executive director shall attend all meetings of the Council, shall furnish the Council a quarterly report with respect to the management, operation, and financial condition of the Council, and shall from time to time have prepared and shall furnish such reports, audits and other information relating to the Council as may be required by the Council or the City. In the event that the executive director is for any reason temporarily incapable of exercising the powers and performing the duties and functions of the office, the Council, with the consent of the City Commission, may appoint an acting executive director to exercise such powers and to perform such functions and duties until such incapacity of the executive director ceases. Sec. 2-925. Employment of assistants. Subject to the policy directives of the Council and budget limitations, the executive director may Page 10 of 13 12386 employ such assistants as are necessary to provide for the efficient operation of the Council. Sec. 2-926. Counsel. The City Attorney's office shall provide legal services to the Council as may be necessary and requested by the Council. Sec. 2-927. Approval of budget. (a) Effective immediately, the Council shall establish a fiscal year which coincides with that of the City of Miami. The Council shall submit to the City Commission, in a form acceptable to the City Manager, and no later than April 1 preceding the commencement of each fiscal year, a Council budget request pertaining to management, operation, maintenance and capital expenditures and delineating the financial responsibility of the City for certain categories including but not limited to: insurance, security, utilities, capital improvements and maintenance. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to prohibit the Council from submitting a supplemental budget to the Commission for approval. (b) No expenditure shall be made in any given year without approval by the City Commission of the Council budget for that year and all expenditure shall comply with City procedures for acquisition of goods and services. (c) In conjunction with the submission of the budget, the Council shall submit a master plan reflecting the proposed operations, activities, improvements, and maintenance plans for the forthcoming fiscal year. The City Commission may review and deny any item contained in the master plan within thirty (30) days from the date of its submission by the Council. (d) No provision contained in this Article shall be construed to violate the Anti -Deficiency Act, as set forth in Sections 18-500 through 18-503 of this Code. Sec. 2-928. Annual report and audit. (a) The Council shall submit to the Mayor and City Commission an annual report and an annual audit. Page 11 of 13 1.2386 The audit shall be performed by an external auditor who is a certified public accountant. (b) Additionally, the City shall have the right to audit any books, accounts, expenditures, receivables, and contracts of the Council at any time. Sec. 2-929. Abolition of Council. The City Commission, by an affirmative vote of three Commissioners, may abolish the Council, at which time the powers and duties of the Council shall revert to the City and the City shall resume responsibility for the maintenance, operation and management of powers and duties of the Council." Section 5. All ordinances or parts of ordinances that are inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are repealed. Section 6. If any section, part of section, paragraph, clause, phrase or word of this Ordinance is declared invalid, the remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall not be affected. Section 7. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after final reading and adoption thereof.? PASSED ON FIRST READING BY TITLE ONLY this 25th June , 2003. day of 2/ This Ordinance shall become effective as specified herein unless vetoed by the Mayor within ten days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Ordinance, it shall become effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission or upon the effective date stated herein, whichever is later. Page 12 of 13 1 2 3 0 6 PASSED AND ADOPTED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING BY TITLE ONLY this 17th_ day of _ July , 2003. ATTEST: ' PRISCILLA A CITY CLERK, n', ALEJAN O VILARELLO CITY ATTORNEY 02:BSS CORRECTNESS -t/ Page 13 of 13 12386 Second Reading Ordinance CITY OF MIAMI CITY ATTORNEY' ICE MEMO TO: Mayor and Members of the FROM: Alejandro Vilarello, Ci Al DATE: July 8, 2003 /Z, RE: Proposed Second f eea ' Ordinance -July 17, 2003 City Commission Meeting Amending Chapter 'cle XI/Divisions 2, 3 and 16 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida,amended, Entitled "Administration/Boards, Committees Commissions/Stands for Creation and Review of Boards Generally, International Trade Board and Sister Cities Coordinating Council" (J-03-088) The attached Ordinance presented here for second reading is related to the International Trade Board and Sister Cities Coordinating Council to be consolidated as "The Mayor's International Council." It was passed on first reading as the Mayor's item on June 25, 2003. W903:MJC:AS Attachment c: Joe Arriola, City Manager Elvi G. Alonso, Agenda Coordinator 12386 MIAMI DAILY BUSINESS REVIEW Published Daily except Saturday, Sunday and Legal Holidays Miami, Miami -Dade County, Florida STATE OF FLORIDA COUNTY OF MIAMI-DADE: Before the undersigned authority personally appeared O.V. FERBEYRE.. who on oath says that he or she is the SUPERVISOR, Legal Notices of the Miami Daily Business Review f/Wa Miami Review, a daily (except Saturday. Sunday and Legal Holidays) newspaper, published at Miami in Miami -Dade County, Florida; that the attached copy of advertisement, being a Legal Advertisement of Notice in the matter of PO 11059 CITY OF MIAMI NOTICE OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES in the XXXX Court, was published in said newspaper in the issues of 07/07/2003 Affiant further says that the said Miami Daily Business Review is a newspaper published at Miami in said Miami -Dade County, Florida and that the said newspaper has heretofore been continuously published in said Miami -Dade County, Florida, each day (except Saturday, Sunday and Legal Holidays) and has been entered as second class mail matter at the post office in Miami in said Miami -Dade County, Florida, for a period of one year next preceding the first publication of the attached copy of advertisement; and affiant further says that he or she has neither paid nor promised any person, firm or corporation any discount, re te, commi or refund for the purpose of securing thi adverti nt for ublication in the said newspaper. Sworn to and sub,"r ed before me this 07 r9av of R O.V. FERBEYRE per nally [PF6pTARYSEAL JANETT LLERENA NOTARY PUBLIC STATE OF FLORIDA .,_COMMISSION NO. CC 912958 I'll ?443 �C g ��! 10: 3 '°RIS CIL L ,j CIT YrOF CLE R - TPK NpSoM Nl, FL CITY OF M AM R OWDA NOTICE OF PI DF 0 W NANCES tice is hereby given that the City Commission of the City of Miami, Florida, will consider the following ordinances on second and final reading on July 17, 2003 commencing at 900 a.m., in the City Commission Chambers, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida: ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMEND- ING CHAPTER 42/ARTICLE IV, OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED "POLICE/ TOWING AND IMMOBILIZATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES," TO PROVIDE FOR NOTICE, HEARING PROCESS, AND BOND PROCEDURES FOR THE RECOVERY OF IMR'OUNDED VEHI- CLES; MORE PARTICULARLY BY ADDING NEW SECTION 42-112- TO SAID CODE; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVI- SION, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMEND- ING ORDINANCE NO. 12280, THE CAPITAL PROJECTS AP- PROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE, TO INCREASE APPROPRIA- TIONS FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT NO. 313855 ENTITLED "OCTOBER 2000 FLOOD RECOVERY" IN THE AMOUNT OF $8,500,000 CONSISTING OF $3,15000 OF LO- CAL OPTION GAS TAX REPROGRAMMED FROM CIP NO. 341183, $4,000,000 OF STORM SEWER BONDS, $1,000,000 OF STORMWATER UTILITY TRUST FUNDS AND $350,000 OF STORMINATER UTILITY TRUST FUND INTEREST; CON- TAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. J; ORDINANCE NO. i Ah ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMEND- G CHAPTER 21ARTICLE XI/DIVISIONS 2,3 AND 16 OF THE CODE OF THE CITYOF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, EN- TITLED "ADMINISTRATION/BOARDS, COMMITTEES, COM- MISSIONS/STANDARDS FOR CREATION AND REVIEW OF BOARDS GENERALLY, INTERNATIONAL TRADE BOARD AND SISTER CITIES COORDINATING COUNCIL" TO ABOL- ISH THE'EXISTING INTERNATIONAL TRADE .BOARD AND THE SISTER CITIES COORDINATING COUNCIL, ANO SUB- STITUTE IN LIEU THEREOF NEW DIVISION 3, ENTITLED "THE MAYOR'S INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ", TO SET FORTH THE COUNCILS PURPOSE, POWERS, AND DUTIES,, AND PROVIDE FOR GOVERNING BODY, COMPOSITION AND AP- POINTMENTS, TERMS OF OFFICE AND VACANCIES; MEM- BERSHIP ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS; OFFICERS; OATH; QUORUM AND VOTING; MEETINGS; ATTENDANCE RE- QUIREMENTS; INDEMNIFICATION; APPOINTMENT OF AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TERM; QUALIFICATIONS, COM- PENSATION, GENERAL POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES; EMPLOYMENT OF ASSISTANTS, COUNSEL; APPROVAL OF BUDGET; ANNUAL REPORT AND AUDIT; ABOLITION OF COUNCIL; AND PROVIDING FOR SUNSET REVIEW; MORE PARTICULARLY BY AMENDING SECTIONS 2-887 AND 24192; REPEALING DIVISION 3, CONSISTING OF SECTIONS 2 921 THROUGH 2.930 AND DIVISION 16; CONSISTING OF SEC- TIONS 2-1231 THROUGH 2-1238 IN THEIR ENTIRETY, AND SUBSTITUTING IN LIEU THEREOF NEW DIVISION 3, CON- SISTING OF SECTIONS 2-921. THROUGH 2-930 TO SAID CODE; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION, A SEVERA- BILITY,,CMSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE) 7 003 JUL _ 9104' PRIscitt �a 4�' 3p CIry'T y CjAHKMps�� FL ORDINANCh NU. AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AC- CEPTING A GRANT FROM CORAL GABLES HOSPITAU TENET SOUTH:'FIORIDA HEALTHSYSTEM AND TENET FOUNDATION, TO ESTABLISH A NEW SPECIAL REVENUE FUND ENTITLED *CORAL GABLES HOSPITAL/TENET FO IN - DATION CONTRIBUTION' AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF SAME IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,000; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NEC- ESSARY DOCUMENTS, IN 'A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, TO ACCEPT THE GRANT; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMEND- ING CHAPTER 29, ARTICLE IV, OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED. ENTITLED'"LANDFILLS AND WATERFRONT iMPROVEMENTSIWATERFRONT ADVI- SORY BOARD" TO INCREASE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD FROM TEN TO TWELVE MEMBERS, ELIMINATE THE ALTERNATE MEMBER POSI- TION, AND PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF TWO IN- DIVIDUALS BYTHE.MAYORAND PROVIDE FOR INSTANCES OF A TIE VOTE; MORE PARTICULARLY BY AMENDING SEC- TION11*123OF SAID CODE; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Said proposed ordinances may be inspected by the public at the Office of the City Clerk, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Flori- da, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Ali interested persons may appear at the meeting and may be heard with respect to the proposed ordinances. Should any person desire to ap- peal any decision of the City Commission with respect to any matter to be considered at this meeting, that person shall ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made including all testimony and evidence upon which any appeal may be based. PRISCILLA A. THOMPSON CITY CLERK (#11059) 717 03-"1/377591M