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Home My WebLink AboutM-94-0889CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM 29 TO : Cesar Odio DATE : November 21st, 1994 FILE .City Vanager SUBJECT : December 1st, 1994 Commission Meeting FROM : Victor H. De Yu REFERENCES: Coconut Grove Propose Ordinance the Commissioner ENCLOSURES: Please schedule the Coconut Grove Propose Ordinance as a discussion item, for the December 1st, 1994 commission meeting. cc: Elvi -Agenda Office Mayor Clark Commissioner 9a- 889 B COLL DAVIDSON CARTER SMITH SALTER & BARKETT PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION ATTORNEYS AT LAW JANIE L. ANDERSON JOHN M. SARKETT FRANCIS L. CARTER MATTHEW P. COGLIANESE NORMAN A. COLL MICHAEL J. COMPAGNO TED C. CRAIG BARRY R. DAVIDSON YALE J. FISHMAN DAVID P. HARTNETT MICHAEL J. HIGER JOHN J. MCNALLY GARY M. MURPHREE DARRELL W. PAYNE VANCE E. SALTER HARRIS C..,SISKIND RICHARD C. SMITH SHERRY A. STANLEY COURTNEY B. WILSON Commissioner Victor de Yurre City of Miami City Hall 35O0 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 Dear Commissioner de Yurre: November 15, 1994 3200 MIAMI CENTER 201 SOUTH BISCAYNE BOULEVARD MIAMI, FLORIDA 33131-2312 (305) 373-5200 TELECOPIER (305) 374-11296 JIMMY L. MORALES PHYLLIS SHAMPANIER OF COUNSEL 19 As we have discussed in the past, I am the coordinator of the South Grove Safe Neighborhood Association, which is a group of homeowners in south Coconut Grove that are attempting to create a special tax district in the south grove to hire off -duty police officers to patrol our streets. We are proposing that the district be created pursuant to Florida Statute 163.511, which requires an ordinance from the municipality and a referendum in the district. I hereby formally request that we be placed on the City Commission agenda for the December 1, 1994 meeting. A draft of the proposed ordinance and district boundaries is attached hereto. We are currently conducting, with the assistance of your office, a survey of homes in the proposed district and should have those results by that time. We have also met with each of the commissioners and are attempting to meet with the Mayor and the City Manager prior to that date. Please contact me if you have any questions regarding the foregoing. Thank you for your consideration and assistance. Enclosures 70407 ry trulA yours, mmy L \ Porales 94- 889 _3 i PROPOSED ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF THE SOUTH GROVE SPECIAL NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, A SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 163.511, FLORIDA STATUTES; CONDITIONING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ORDINANCE ON THE APPROVAL OF A REFERENDUM IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 163.511(2), FLORIDA STATUTES; ESTABLISHING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT; PROVIDING AUTHORIZATION FOR DISTRICT USE OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS PURSUANT TO SECTION 163.514(16), FLORIDA STATUTES; PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. i I i 70263 94- 889 rl n P,VITRU puhlic'referendum If theyy in the tee tor.: ' the 24-hour patrols: by:.four off:dufy officers about $40 a month or $487 a year. per household'— would: be automatically added tq their tax bills. '. Proponents, of the tax were optimistic that the off=duty cops�would be on patrol ey spring ,'I couldn'.t feel °more' ericouraged from the, response When it comes; W; taking care of your h6mc;'the, reaIIty isahere is no other way to get this done," said' Lows Wechsler; president- o presidenf the South,' G rove ,'Homeowners Association. i Bring off duty'ohce, armed and in cruisers, is not new. `Many neighborhoods in the. state and 'all, ovcc Dade have the exclusive service. �mong;ttiose In Dade are :Venetian Islands in Miami Beach and Old Cutler Bay, ,Hammock Oaks ,Snapper:Creek Lakesand Pine Bay;Estate North tn_South.Dade ..,; all of which: use,stateiroop225 residents in six tiny ers Already in;South,.. 'enclaves pay voluntarily .for. a single':off duty city. �r TUESDAY, NOVEMBER"29, 1994 L F THE HERALD Solt Gt-.,� `�'�t�" . extr'lice ro�tctio SOUTH GROVE,' FROM 1A -' `We are.seetnk'Pb officer to patrol on, a part- - tithe basis.- But if the tax is . More in in ' a proved for all of South Grove, < t @ ;area,wouId be,the'largest° in . pYOteCtZiZg t�ZBZY OZ13�2 twee state• to, tax itself for patrols IIA' its owo municipal police. streets. The olZee are Jouth: Grove is'a road map for outmanned. �.,. tF future; supporters say. ,,,.We are seeing people most; it�volved'in protectirig,theirI own, JIMMY MORALES,'' OtSouttiGrove.l. st pets. The,police;are outman- _ nod,"; said resident Jimmy Mbrales `who coordinated the "By' ; exclusive patrols in South Grove straw -ballot: themselves, thh`ey just'' don't ttie ; `vould ..mean a ' faster response .have;, resources," : "Obviously, no one wants to _...- time. for burglar ,alarms; and boost property values in the ` r� p�y more "taxes. But we want a, city of�Mranii olive car on our exclusive neighborhood: :.No es now range from from $160,000 ` f p s t;eets, Morales said. �.. to $2S.million., ` ''Itwou(d be such an advantage;:. hitimidating presence to our property value to have Morales and allies argue that ' four -full-time police on- duty liere," said;rl'nne:Platt,-a',Realtor;'. cl police are more intimidating t n private security guards and who works the neighborhood and " c Oje ;armed with weapons and r c�ios linked to on -duty -.police. T P plan is an affordable way for c3rypne to obtain. more protec- they say. A key to getting residents to agree to Ipay extra for their own police, Wechsler said, was liken- . ing it to the _single service fee for garbage collection. <Still,, of 1,600 ballots' niailed out on Nov: 16;'ohly '412resi- dents'' responded.. Results show 245 for the .service tax and 115 opposed. ;':; , . Critics, who were not orga- nized, contend they already pay Wes for police protection and the'new tax would just force resi= dents to pay more for police who have not done' the job. t'This is terrible., I'm already up•10 my eyebrows in taxes," said Sal Volpe, who voted against the plan. "I don't want to do the 94 889 police's work for them." can afford it yers dhd stockbrokers who jive in $500,000 homes,' drive a Merce-, des and --have a phone` in"� their ear," said Volpe. "I'm trying to leave some property for mykids. This is what 1 sweated for all my Tucker Gibbs of North Grove agrees. whiehpis eopleite buy upsUltrwill balkanize the Grose." said Gibbs, a Soullt Grove nal"C. '•WC should try to sol\,e our problems as a community." Another no vote came from the family oI' Miami ('onu»issioner• Vt fur DcYurrc. \\ how Ironic is vuth (:;rug; time officer. city omciawrne� wmi Miami Police Chief Donald the South Grove effort Monday Warshaw has met with the group, and none. expressed open.d'PM_ egdorses the concept and says>the . tion ��- 889 SOUTH GROVE SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN SURVEY SUMMARY Total Response Cards Returned: 440 Yes No Undecided # 259 125 56 % 60% 28% 12% Submitted into the public record in connection with item-=- i on JAI MattY Hirai CitY Clerk 9 A- 889