HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 1997-04-10 City Clerk's ReportCITY OF MIAMII
CITY CLERK'S REPORT
MEETING DATE: April 10, 1997
N/A A MOTION DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO
INSTRUCT THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT TO PETITION THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT FOR FUNDS TO ASSIST PERSONS WITH
TERMINAL ILLNESSES OTHER THAN HIV/AIDS.
AG 5 Direction to the Administration: by Vice Mayor Regalado
to provide a written report to the City Commission listing
the outstanding Community Development Grant Fund
loans and explaining why we have not foreclosed on
same.
AG 4 A MOTION TO DEFER CONSIDERATION OF AGENDA
ITEM 4 (PROPOSED EMERGENCY ORDINANCE
AMENDING THE CODE RELATED TO THE CITY OF
MIAMI GENERAL EMPLOYEES' AND SANITATION
EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT TRUST BY DELETING A
REQUIREMENT THAT CERTAIN EMPLOYEES HIRED
AFTER MARCH 31, 1996 SHALL BE MEMBERS OF
THE TRUST) TO THE MAY 8, 1997 COMMISSION
MEETING.
AG 4 Direction to the Administration: by Commissioner Gort to
provide a report with the projected costs in connection
with executive pension package for general and sanitation
employees.
AG 8 Direction to the Administration: by Commissioner
Hernandez to study the cost effectiveness of City vs
private sector clearing lots to remedy violative conditions.
Commissioner Gort further directed the Administration to
properly notify property owners regarding costs involved if
they don't remedy violative conditions existing on lots.
AG 8 Direction to the Administration: by Commissioner
Plummer to study the cost effectiveness of performing lot
clearing services in-house.
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M 97-281
MOVED: PLUMMER
SECONDED: HERNANDEZ
ABSENT: GORT, CAROLLO
(Note: Although absent
during roll call,
Commissioner Gort
requested of the Clerk
to show him in
agreement with the
motion.)
M 97-282
MOVED: PLUMMER
SECONDED: GORT
ABSENT: CAROLLO
CITY OF MIIAMI
CITY CLERK'S REPORT
MEETING DATE: April 10, 1997
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AG
Direction to the CRA Administration: by Commissioner
12
Plummer to use City of Miami Law Department as legal
counsel to the Community Redevelopment Agency.
AG
A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE CITY COMMISSION
M 97-287
12
MEETING AT 9:44 A.M. FOR THE PURPOSE OF
MOVED: HERNANDEZ
CONVENING AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
SECONDED: PLUMMER
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY
UNANIMOUS
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
AG 12
A MOTION TO RECONVENE THE CITY COMMISSION
M 97-288
MEETING AT 9:45 A.M.
MOVED: PLUMMER
SECONDED: HERNANDEZ
UNANIMOUS
AG 3
A MOTION TO DEFER CONSIDERATION OF AGENDA ITEM
M 97-289
3 (PERSONAL APPEARANCE BY ALICIA DIAZ, PRESIDENT
MOVED: PLUMMER
OF HALEY SOFGE, TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION
SECONDED: REGALADO
REGARDING R 96-482) TO THE MAY 8, 1997 COMMISSION
UNANIMOUS
MEETING.
AG 13
A MOTION APPROVING ADMINISTRATION'S
M 97-290
RECOMMENDATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE
MOVED: PLUMMER
REVOCABLE PERMIT ISSUED TO BAYSIDE SEAFOOD
SECONDED: GORT
RESTAURANT, INC., AS FOLLOWS:
NAYS: HERNANDEZ
• $2,500 MONTHLY MINIMUM GUARANTEE;
• EIGHT PERCENT (8%) OF GROSS RECEIPTS
GREATER THAN $500,000 PER YEAR PRORATED PER
MONTH;
• $1,000 ADDITIONAL MONTHLY PAYMENT TO REPAY
$31,000 OWED THE CITY;
• CREDIT BAYSIDE SEAFOOD RESTAURANT AN
ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF $785 A MONTH FOR
SERVICES SAID RESTAURANT HAS PROVIDED THE
CITY;
FURTHER REQUIRING A PERSONAL GUARANTEE FROM
OWNER OF BAYSIDE SEAFOOD RESTAURANT.
AG 13
Direction to the Administration: by Commissioner Plummer to
keep the Commission abreast of proposals for the
development of Virginia Key.
AG 13
Direction to the Administration: by Mayor Carollo to determine
how much collateral Bayside Seafood Restaurant has in order
to consider a credit for said collateral and for the balance of
the debt to the City that the restaurant owner would have to
submit in the form of a personal guarantee.
CITY OF MIAMI
CITY CLERK'S REPORT
MEETING DATE: April 10, 1997
AG 14 Direction to the Administration: by Commissioner Hernandez
to review the impact of proposed fire assessment fee to the
Allapattah/Wynwood area, which comprises approximately
3,800 apartment units, housed in buildings containing five -to -
eight -units each, because their tenants appear to bear the
greatest hardship in connection with the proposed fee.
N/A A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE INSTALLATION OF AN
ART IN PUBLIC PLACES SCULPTURE ON TOP OF THE
EXISTING PEDESTRIAN OVERPASS AND WALKWAY
OVER AND ACROSS FLORIDA AVENUE CONNECTING
THE MAYFAIR III PROJECT WITH THE MAYFAIR IV
PROJECT IN COCONUT GROVE, MIAMI, FLORIDA,
SUBJECT TO THE EXECUTION OF AN INDEMNIFICATION
AND HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT IN FAVOR OF THE
CITY BY THE OWNER OF SAID PEDESTRIAN OVERPASS
AND WALKWAY; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO EXECUTE SAID AGREEMENT AND ANY
OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, IN A FORM
ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR SAID
PURPOSE.
(Note for the Record: R 97-291, above, passed subject to no
objection from any member of the Commission being received
within the next ten days.)
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R 97-291
MOVED: PLUMMER
SECONDED: GORT
UNANIMOUS
CITY OF MIAMI
CITY CLERK'S REPORT
MEETING DATE: April 10, 1997
N/A A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION STATING
THAT: (1) THE CITY OF MIAMI IS ONLY INTERESTED IN
THE LEASING OF THE MARITIME PARK PROPERTY AND
SHALL ACCEPT AT A MINIMUM THE ASSESSED VALUE
OF SAID PROPERTY IN CONNECTION WITH SAID
LEASING; (2) NO ADDITIONAL EXTENSIONS SHALL BE
GRANTED TO METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY TO AGREE
TO THE TERMS OF A LEASE OF SAID PROPERTY
BEYOND MAY 1, 1997; (3) THE CITY SHALL PURSUE THE
LEASE OF SAID PROPERTY TO OTHER ENTITIES
SHOULD THE COUNTY FAIL TO AGREE TO TERMS BY
SAID DATE; (4) THE CITY INSISTS THAT THE MARITIME
PARK BOARD MAINTAIN THE MEMBERSHIP
COMPOSITION ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED BY THE
COUNTY WHICH CONSISTS OF TWO MEMBERS
APPOINTED BY THE COUNTY, TWO MEMBERS
APPOINTED BY THE CITY, AND A FIFTH MEMBER TO BE
APPOINTED BY SAID FOUR MEMBERS SEATED ON SAID
BOARD; DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT A
COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE OFFICIALS
DESIGNATED HEREIN.
Direction to the City Manager: by Commissioner Plummer to
instruct Department of Community Planning and Revitalization
Director Jack Luft to proceed to design a project for the use of
the FEC property (possibly a seaport) in the event
Metropolitan -Dade County fails to successfully negotiate the
terms for the Maritime Park.
N/A A MOTION INSTRUCTING THE CITY MANAGER TO MEET
WITH STATE SENATOR AL GUTMAN AND
REPRESENTATIVE BRUNO A. BARREIRO WHO ARE
SPONSORING A PROPOSED MIAMI RIVER AUTHORITY
BILL IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE IN ORDER THAT
THERE BE BETTER COMMUNICATION AND
UNDERSTANDING IN CONNECTION WITH SAME.
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R 97-292
MOVED: PLUMMER
SECONDED: HERNANDEZ
UNANIMOUS
M 97-293
MOVED: HERNANDEZ
SECONDED: GORT
UNANIMOUS
CITY OF MIAMI
CITY CLERK'S REPORT
MEETING DATE: April 10, 1997
N/A A RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 97-28,
WHEREBY THE CITY MANAGER WAS AUTHORIZED TO
APPROVE A REDUCTION IN A DEMOLITION LIEN HELD BY
THE CITY OF MIAMI, FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT
2111 NORTHWEST 1ST PLACE, MIAMI, FLORIDA,
THEREBY SPECIFYING THAT SAID REDUCTION IS
INTENDED EXCLUSIVELY FOR JUAN DIAZ AS PRESIDENT
OF METRO MIX AND CONTINGENT UPON DEVELOPMENT
OF THE PROPERTY WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS
SUBSEQUENT TO THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION.
N/A Direction to the Administration: by Commissioner Hernandez
to meet with Mr. Bill Murphy to try to reach an agreement in
connection with the Knight Manor/Northwestern Estates
Homes housing project.
N/A A MOTION GRANTING REQUEST RECEIVED FROM
REPRESENTATIVES OF TEMPLE ISRAEL ON 137 N.E. 19
STREET TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE N.E. 19 STREET ON
THE FOLLOWING DAYS AND TIMES:
• ANNUALLY ON "ROSH HASHANAH" (9 A.M. - 2 P.M.
AND 5 P.M. - 10:30 P.M.);
• ANNUALLY ON "YOM KIPPUR" (9 A.M. - 9:30 A.M. AND 5
P.M. - 10:30 P.M.);
• WEEKLY ON FRIDAY EVENINGS (6 P.M. - 9:30 P.M.);
• WEEKLY ON SATURDAY MORNINGS (9:30 A.M. - 12:30
P.M.);
• WEEKLY ON SUNDAY MORNINGS (9 A.M. - 2 P.M.);
• ON SPECIAL EVENT DAYS SUCH AS PASSOVER,
LARGE FUNERALS, LARGE WEDDINGS, ETC.
N/A A MOTION RECOMMENDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
OFF-STREET PARKING TO OFFER "SATURDAY
SPECIALS," LOWERING THE COST OF DOWNTOWN
GARAGE PARKING IN ORDER TO STIMULATE BUSINESS
IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA; FURTHER REQUESTING OF
SAID THE OFF-STREET PARKING BOARD IF THERE ARE
ANY OBJECTIONS OF SAME, TO INFORM THE
COMMISSION.
Direction to the City Manager: by Commissioner Plummer to
instruct the Director of the Building Department to report as
soon as possible what is being done to correct the zoning
violations which are listed on letters submitted into the public
record in connection with this issue today, and which were
turned in to the City Manager.
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R 97-294
MOVED: HERNANDEZ
SECONDED: GORT
UNANIMOUS
M 97-295
MOVED: HERNANDEZ
SECONDED: GORT
UNANIMOUS
M 97-296
MOVED: REGALADO
SECONDED: PLUMMER
UNANIMOUS
CITY OF MIAMI
CITY CLERK'S REPORT
MEETING DATE: April 10, 1997
APPROVED:
Direction to the Administration: by Commissioner Plummer to
schedule on the May 8, 1997 Commission meeting
consideration of the towing problems issue.
Direction to the Administration: by Commissioner Plummer to
submit a report to the Commission on Monday, April 14, 1997,
explaining why the Police Department purchases real
ammunition for practice rounds.
NOTE: AS DULY NOTED ON THE HEREIN AGENDA AND CITY CLERK'S
REPORT, WHICH CONSTITUTE A JOURNAL OF CITY COMMISSION
PROCEEDINGS, THE "UNANIMOUS" NOTATION NEXT TO THE VOTE ON
EACH AGENDA ITEM MEANS THAT ALL FIVE CITY COMMISSIONERS
WERE PRESENT AND VOTED "AYE" ON SAID ROLL CALL VOTE.
NEGATIVE VOTES, PHYSICAL ABSENCE OF A COMMISSIONER OR
ABSTENTION FROM VOTING BY A COMMISSIONER, IF ANY, IS ALSO
DULY REFLECTED IN SAID VOTE.
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