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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 1997-05-22 City Clerk's ReportCITY OF MIAMI CITY CLERK'S REPORT MEETING DATE: May 22, 1997 N/A A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A DONATION FROM NIKE TO REFURBISH FOUR BASKETBALL COURTS AT HADLEY PARK VALUED AT $60,000.00, FOR USE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, TO ACCEPT SAID DONATION. AG 2 A MOTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION GOING ON RECORD THAT COMMISSIONER HUMBERTO HERNANDEZ SHOULD BE APPOINTED AS A MEMBER OF THE W.A.G.E.S. (Work and Gains Economic Self Sufficiency) COALITION; FURTHER STATING THAT IF THE W.A.G.E.S. COALITION DOES NOT ACCEPT HUMBERTO HERNANDEZ AS A MEMBER, THE CITY MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO PETITION THE STATE OF FLORIDA TO CREATE A CITY OF MIAMI W.A.G.E.S. BOARD AND HAVE THE CITY OF MIAMI HANDLE THE ISSUES PRESENTLY BEING HANDLED BY THE W.A.G.E.S. COALITION. N/A Instruction to the City Manager: by Mayor Carollo to direct the Planning and Development Department Head, Jack Luft, to provide the Commission with a cost estimate of building a ramp from the entrance of Key Biscayne Causeway leading into Alice Wainwright Park; further instructing the Administration to schedule same as an agenda item for the Commission meeting of June 9, 1997. N/A Instruction to the City Manager: by Mayor Carollo to direct Planning and Development Department head Jack Luft to meet individually with Commissioners to discuss a proposed lease agreement with Miami Sports and Exhibition Authority (MSEA) in connection with development on ten acres of City - owned land on Watson Island a new regional visitors center and air transportation facility. N/A A MOTION DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING ON JUNE 26, 1997 AT 5 P.M. IN CONNECTION WITH BRICKELL AVENUE ADJACENT TO ALICE WAINWRIGHT PARK AND THE RICKENBACKER CAUSEWAY; FURTHER STIPULATING THAT DURING THE INTERIM, SAID GATE IS TO BE CHAINED IN THE OPEN POSITION. PAGE NO. 1 R 97-341 MOVED: SECONDED: UNANIMOUS M 97-342 MOVED: SECONDED: UNANIMOUS M 97-343 MOVED: SECONDED: UNANIMOUS CAROLLO PLUMMER PLUMMER REGALADO PLUMMER HERNANDEZ CITY OF MIAMI CITY CLERK'S REPORT MEETING DATE: May 22, 1997 PAGE NO. 2 N/A A RESOLUTION RESCHEDULING THE FIRST REGULAR R 97-344 CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF JUNE TO TAKE PLACE MOVED: PLUMMER JUNE 9, 1997, COMMENCING AT 9:00 A.M. SECONDED: REGALADO UNANIMOUS AG 10 A MOTION APPOINTING DOREEN LOCICERO AND JAMES M 97-349 BLACK AS MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING ADVISORY MOVED: PLUMMER BOARD; FURTHER INSTRUCTING THE CITY CLERK TO SECONDED: HERNANDEZ ADVERTISE FOR ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS TO THE UNANIMOUS PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD. (Note for the Record: Ms. Locicero was nominated by Mayor Carollo and Mr. Black was nominated by Vice Mayor Regalado. Pending still are three appointments: one to be made by Commissioner Gort, one by Commissioner Plummer and one by Commissioner Hernandez. The appointments made in the above cited Motion 97-349 are incorporated within later Resolution 97-360.) N/A A RESOLUTION (subject matter: declaring that the most advantageous method to develop certain improvements on City -owned waterfront land is a unified development project (UDP); further authorizing the City Manager to prepare a draft request for proposals (RFP) for UDP, and confirming the scheduling of a public hearing for September 25, 1997 at 10 a.m. to take testimony regarding said RFP for the development of a regional visitors designation complex and a public open space improvement and/or a seaport facility on a City -owned, 60-acre, downtown waterfront property known as Bicentennial Park/FEC). N/A Direction to the Administration: by Commissioner Plummer to review and amend procedure for granting permits for public pay phones to ensure that areas are inspected for adequate parking prior to issuing pay telephone permits. R 97-350 MOVED: PLUMMER SECONDED: REGALADO UNANIMOUS CITY OF MIAMI CITY CLERK'S REPORT MEETING DATE: May 22, 1997 PAGE NO. 3 N/A Direction to the Administration: by Commissioner Plummer to apprise Police Chief Donald Warshaw of certain structures being used as "crack houses" and pursue demolition of said structures presently being used for drug consumption at the following locations: 33 N.W. 13 Street, N.W. South River Drive and 1 Street, including the old Salvation Army building. N/A A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION R 97-351 TEMPORARILY CODESIGNATING THAT PORTION OF N.W. MOVED: HERNANDEZ FIRST AVENUE BETWEEN N.W. SIXTH AND N.W. EIGHTH SECONDED: PLUMMER STREETS AS "MIAMI HEAT STREET" UNTIL DECEMBER UNANIMOUS 31, 1997. N/A Instruction to the City Manager: by Mayor Carollo to direct Police Chief Donald Warshaw to meet with Barbara Howard to review her request for assistance in connection with a reception at the Port of Miami, as part of Attorney General Bob Butterworth's 12th annual conference on preventing crime in the black community, scheduled for May 29, 1997. N/A A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION R 97-352 EXPRESSING SOLIDARITY WITH NICARAGUAN FAMILIES MOVED: GORT AFFECTED BY PASSAGE OF THE IMMIGRANT SECONDED: REGALADO RESPONSIBILITY ACT OF 1996 AND SUPPORTING CLASS UNANIMOUS ACTION SUIT NO. 97-790, FILED MARCH 26, 1997, BEFORE THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL COURT, SEEKING RECOGNITION OF THE REFUGEE STATUS OF NICARAGUANS AFFECTED BY PASSAGE OF THE IMMIGRANT RESPONSIBILITY ACT OF 1996. CITY OF MIAMI CITY CLERIC'S REPORT MEETING DATE: May 22, 1997 N/A AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND ACCOUNT ENTITLED: "SOCIAL PROGRAM NEEDS/WELFARE REFORM" FOR THE RECEIPT OF FUNDS TO BE ACCEPTED BY THE CITY AS DONATIONS FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND OTHER EXTERNAL SOURCES TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THE NEWLY ENACTED FEDERAL WELFARE REFORM ACT; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO: (1) ACCEPT AND DEPOSIT ANY AND ALL DONATIONS RECEIVED BY THE CITY TO SAID ACCOUNT; (2) ACCEPT AND DEPOSIT CITY FUNDS TRANSFERRED TO SAID ACCOUNT; (3) SOLICIT FOR DONATIONS; (4) EXECUTE ANY DOCUMENTS, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, IF NECESSARY, TO IMPLEMENT ACCEPTANCE OF SAID DONATIONS; AND (5) ALLOCATE SAID DONATED AND TRANSFERRED FUNDS AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE CITY COMMISSION AND/OR THE CITY MANAGER IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THE TOTAL MONIES DEPOSITED INTO SAID ACCOUNT; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. N/A A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM ACCOUNT CODE NO. 210201-010, IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000,00, TO THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND ACCOUNT ENTITLED "SOCIAL PROGRAM NEEDS/WELFARE REFORM"; AND AUTHORIZING THE ALLOCATION OF SAID FUNDS AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE CITY COMMISSION AND/OR THE CITY MANAGER. N/A Direction to the Administration: by Commissioner Hernandez to meet with Mr. Leroy Jones in connection with determining if City swimming pools can remain open for at least two months, instead of one month, in order to cover the entire summer. N/A Direction to the Administration: by Commissioner Plummer to follow up on City's prior commitment to provide youth oriented recreational programs in Elizabeth Virrick Park. N/A Direction to the Administration: by Commissioner Plummer restating the Commission's policy that individuals who are not on the City Commission meeting agenda should wait until the end of the agenda to be heard, except in cases of extreme emergencies. PAGE NO. 4 EMERGENCY ORDINANCE 11489 MOVED: REGALADO SECONDED: PLUMMER UNANIMOUS R 97-353 MOVED: SECONDED: UNANIMOUS REGALADO HERNANDEZ CITY OF MIAMI CITY CLERK'S REPORT MEETING DATE: May 22, 1997 N/A Direction to the Administration: by Commissioner Plummer to study the issue of housing all dispatchers at the Fire College. N/A Direction to the Administration: by Commissioner Plummer to provide the Commission with a monthly report listing the number of tows made by each company per zone from the date that the contract was awarded. N/A A RESOLUTION, WITH ATTACHMENT, APPROVING THE TERMINATION OF THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI AND GREGORI INTERNATIONAL OF FLORIDA, INC., FOR THE PROJECT ENTITLED "MELREESE GOLF COURSE RENOVATIONS, B-3255"; SAID TERMINATION CONDITIONED UPON THE CONTRACTOR FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF EXHIBIT "A" ATTACHED HERETO; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, TO EVIDENCE THE TERMINATION OF THE CONTRACT, IF NECESSARY. AG 12 Direction to the Administration: by Commissioner Gort to provide the Commission with a report by June 9, 1997, ascertaining that towing companies are in compliance with applicable City ordinances; further requesting of the Administration to discontinue dispatcher calls for towing companies that are not in compliance until they comply. R 97-354 MOVED: SECONDED: UNANIMOUS PAGE NO. 5 HERNANDEZ PLUMMER CITY OF MIAMI CITY CLERK'S REPORT MEETING DATE: May 22, 1997 AG 12 A MOTION DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO ONLY USE BACKUP TOWING COMPANIES IN CASES WHERE THE COMPANY LISTED FOR THE APPROPRIATE ZONE HAS BEEN CALLED AND DETERMINED THAT SAID WRECKER SERVICE COMPANY CANNOT RESPOND TO A GIVEN VIOLATION WITHIN 30 MINUTES; FURTHER STIPULATING THAT ALL TOWING COMPANIES MUST BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH CITY REGULATIONS, INCLUDING PAYMENT OF CITY FEES, ON OR BEFORE JUNE 12, 1997; FURTHER DIRECTING THE MANAGER TO ELIMINATE COMPANIES NOT IN COMPLIANCE BY JUNE 12, 1997; FURTHER DIRECTING THE MANAGER TO PROVIDE THE COMMISSION WITH MONTHLY REPORTS LISTING THE NUMBER OF TOWS PERFORMED BY EACH TOWING COMPANY WITHIN EACH TOWING ZONE AND THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS RECEIVED AGAINST EACH TOWING COMPANY; FURTHER ELIMINATING MOLINA TOWING, INC. FROM THE LIST OF BACKUP COMPANIES TO PERFORM TOWING; AND FURTHER STIPULATING THAT TOWING FOR SPECIAL EVENTS WILL BE HANDLED BY THE COMPANY LISTED TO TOW IN THE ZONE WHERE THE SPECIAL EVENT IS OCCURRING. N/A A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FUNDING FOR THE 12TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE, "PREVENTING CRIME IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY", TO BE HELD MAY 28-31, 1997 AT THE HYATT REGENCY HOTEL IN MIAMI, FLORIDA, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $3,500 FROM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND, SUCH EXPENDITURE HAVING BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE CHIEF OF POLICE AS COMPLYING WITH FLORIDA STATE STATUTES, CHAPTER 932.7055, AS AMENDED. N/A A MOTION DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO DEFER REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR SALE OF THE LITTLE HAVANA SUBSTATION PROPERTY; FURTHER DIRECTING THE MANAGER TO FIND SUBSTITUTE FUNDS FOR THIS PROPERTY TO ENSURE THE CITY'S COMMITMENT AS PLEDGED UNDER THE ADOPTED FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL RECOVERY PLAN; FURTHER STIPULATING THAT SAID SUBSTITUTE FUNDS SHALL BE PRESENTED TO THE STATE EMERGENCY FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT BOARD, FOR ITS APPROVAL. PAGE NO. 6 M 97-355 MOVED: SECONDED: UNANIMOUS R 96-356 MOVED: SECONDED: UNANIMOUS M 97-357 MOVED: SECONDED: UNANIMOUS PLUMMER REGALADO PLUMMER REGALADO CAROLLO REGALADO CITY OF MIAMI CITY CLERK'S REPORT MEETING DATE: May 22, 1997 N/A Direction to the Administration: by Commissioner Plummer that in the future, any changes made to the adopted Five Year Financial Recovery Plan must itemize at time of Commission consideration what funds are being substituted in order to keep said plan balanced. N/A Direction to the Administration: by Commissioner Plummer to send Commissioner Gort a video tape of the May 21, 1997 Code Enforcement Meeting; further requesting a report on the number of foreclosure actions made by the Code Enforcement Board. N/A Direction to the Administration: by Vice Mayor Regalado to check into feasibility of moving the City of Miami Community Development Neighborhood Jobs Program presently housed at the Dupont Plaza Hotel to the North or the South Police Substations in order to save rent and make such program more accessible to the residents. PZ-13 & Note for the Record: Commissioner Plummer stated that the PZ-14 signs identifying Mariah Brown House at 3298 Charles Avenue and Marjorie Stoneman Douglas House at 3744-3754 Stewart Avenue were in need of replacement. Mayor Carollo stated that the Miami Sports and Exhibition Authority might be able to provide the funding for said new signs. PAGE NO, 7 AG 10 Note for the Record: R 97-360 appointed the following individuals to the Planning Advisory Board: Doreen Locicero (nominated by Mayor Carollo) James Black (nominated by Vice Mayor Regalado Orlando Garcia, Jr. (nominated by Commissioner Gort) PZ-6 A MOTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO M 97-363 PZ-7 SCHEDULE PLANNING AND ZONING AGENDA ITEMS 6, 7, MOVED: PLUMMER PZ-19 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, AND 29 PRIOR TO 5 P.M. ON A SECOND: GORT PZ-20 FUTURE PLANNING AND ZONING AGENDA WHEN SAID ABSENT: HERNANDEZ PZ-21 PZ-22 ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED FOR SECOND READING. PZ-25 PZ-26 PZ-27 PZ-28 PZ-29 CITY OF MIAMI CITY CLERK'S REPORT MEETING DATE: May 22, 1997 N/A Direction to the Administration: by Commissioner Plummer to review present problems created by electric fences which are built close to the street, thereby creating a dangerous situation with cars not having enough room to clear traffic; further directing the Manager to come back with a recommendation on this issue. PAGE NO. 8 N/A AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY OF MIAMI EMERGENCY ORDINANCE CABLE TELEVISION LICENSE ORDINANCE NO. 9332, AS 10504 AMENDED, BY EXTENDING THE TERM OF THE CABLE MOVED: PLUMMER TELEVISION LICENSE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY SECONDED: GORT OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AND MIAMI TELE- ABSENT: HERNANDEZ COMMUNICATIONS, INC. ON A MONTH -TO -MONTH BASIS COMMENCING MAY 18, 1997; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. N/A A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO R 97-364 DRAFT AND DISSEMINATE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS MOVED: PLUMMER (RFP) FOR THE PURPOSE OF SEEKING CABLE SECONDED: GORT TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDERS AND TO SUBMIT ABSENT: HERNANDEZ QUALIFIED RESPONDENT(S) TO THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL. APPROVED: :1L.i7Af, -T CLERK 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.