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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-89-0840J-89-957 9/1.4/89 I • • A M301MION, WITH ATTACHMENT, APPROVING, IN PRINCIPLE, THE CREATION OF A CITY OF MIAMI UNSAFE STIiU(.'TURES HOARD; ALLOCATING MONIES FROM THE BUILDING AND ZONING ENTERPRISE FUND FOR FUNDING AN ADDITIONAL MONTHLY MEETING BEFORE THE METF40POLITAN DADE COUNTY UNSAFE STRUCTURES BOARD FOR SAID BOARD TO CONSIDER ONLY CASES WHICH INVOLVE STRUCTURES LOCATED IN THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE CITY CAN AGAIN ENFORCE ITS MINIMUM HOUSING STANDARDS AND RECREATE A MINIMUM HOUSING APPEALS BOARD; APPROVING THE HEREIN ATTACHED PLAN DATED AUGUST 23, 1989 SUBMITTED BY PEOPLE ACTING FOR COMMUNITY TOGETHER (P.A.C.T.); AND FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY CLEM TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE HEREIN NAMED OFFICIALS. WHEREAS, Metropolitan Dade County has established an Unsafe Structures Board which currently has exclusive jurisdiction in both the incorporated and unincorporated areas of Dade County, pursuant to Section 8-5 of the Code of Metropolitan Dade County, Florida, as amended; and WHEREAS, Metropolitan Dade County has limited the City of Miami to submission of a maximum of five (5) cases each month to its Unsafe Structures Board; and WHEREAS, the City of Miami has a voluminous number of unsafe structures within the City; and WHEREAS, Metropolitan Dadenty has agreed to the proposal that the City be allowed to hold one meeting each month before the Metropolitan Dade County Unsafe Structures Board for the sole purpose of hearing cases which occur in the City's boundaries; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, 4� Section 1. The creation and establishment of a City of Miami Unsafe Structures Board is hereby approved, in principle, and the Administration and Law Department are hereby directed to take all possible steps toward accomplishing this goal. Section 2. An amount not to exceed $300,000.00 is hereby allocated from the Building and Zoning Enterprise Fund for the costs which will be incurred in scheduling an additional meeting each month before the Metropolitan Dade CITY COMMISSION Uri }� _ 7. �a,iI- q (,-A MEETING OF N� , ►; EP 14 1989 139-840 RESOLUTION No. REMARKS: A 9MOLUTIONl, WITH A MYMT, APPROVING, IN PAtNUPLE, THE CREATION OF A CITY OF MIAMI UNSAFE S'1T:ClMRES BOARD; AtJA)CATING MONIES FRO! THE BUILDING AND 70NING ENTERPRISE FUND FOR FUNDING AN ADDITIONAL 14ONMY MERITING BEFORE THE METROPOLITAN DADS COUNTY LNISAFE STR :XITURES BOARD FOR SAID BOARD TO CONSIDER ONLY CASES WHICH INY%'VE STNUCIURBS LACATED IN THE CITY OF MIAMI, FWRIDA; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TD DETERMINE WHETHER THE CITY CAN AGAIN ENFORCE ITS MINIMUM HOUSING STANDARDS AND RECREATE A MINIMUM HMING APPEALS BOARD; APPROVING THE HEREIN ATTACHED PLAN DATED AUGUST 23, 1989 SUBMITTED BY PEOPLE ACTING FOR COMMUNITY TOGETHER (P.A.C.T.) ; AND FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY CLEW TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS LION TO THE HEREIN NAM® OFFICIALS. WHEREAS, Metropolitan Dade County has established an Unsafe Structures Board which currently has exclusive jurisdiction in both the incorporated and unincorporated areas of Dade County, pursuant to Section 8-5 of the Code of Metropolitan Dade County, Florida, as amended; and WHEREAS, Metropolitan Dade County has limited the City of Miami to submission of a maximum of five (5) cases each month to its Unsafe Structures Board; and WHEREAS, the City of Miami has a voluminous number of unsafe structures within the City; and WHEREAS, Metropolitan Dade County has agreed to the proposal that the City be allowed to hold one meeting each month before the Metropolitan Dade County Unsafe Structures Board for the sole purpose of hearing cases which occur in the City's boundaries; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. The creation and establishment of a City of Miami Unsafe Structures Board is hereby approved, in principle, and the Administration and Law Department are hereby directed to take all possible steps toward ,-AppoWlishing this goal. Section 2. An amount not to exceed $300,000.00 is hereby allocated from the Building and Zoning Enterprise Fund for the costs which will be incurred in scheduling an additional meeting each month before the Metropolitan Dade ATTAM-1 �1"7-- UOU. i0"1'� t o- , $ i ra ' �o < K i ii,4�Lip CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF SEP 14 119899 A No. 83-840 COUfttl unsafe SttuCt MS board w+here said Hoard shall consider only + ihich involve structures located in the City of Miami• Florida. Beaton 3. The City Mfi"er is hero* authorised to determitfe Athw the City of Miami• Florida can again enforce its minimum housing standards as recreate A City of Miami Minimm Housing Appeals board. i 9e0ti+on 4. The attached Plan dated August 23 • 1989 Psed by pwple, Acting for Community Together (p.A.C.T.) is hereby approved. Section S. The City Clerk is hereby directed to transmit a copy of this Resolution to the Board of We County Commissioners and to the County Manager, Joaquin Avino. Section b. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its 1-70� • • • PASSED AND ADOPTED this 14th day of September , 1989. AMOVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: r = T FT"Z . i :. t , �dQa./ ru224 • ;Yt i `� � a � �" .t `ya,C fn `�, & { t x • ,�y ,� 1+iw '�s'itA.z.� � . :- ,m�c�_� 31 t: � t r i PtbPLt ACTING RA I;OtB+ NItV TOOttAft 8111/69 k ). MIAT. ir�ES NDT woRK ' w.wr.r.r`rrr. . Captatnt Miami Buildin_ & Zoni Coun Unsafe Structures 1oird i1. KIiA, Y MILL ARK Coopiatnt Sweeps (Building I Zoning) Niami Building i Coordinator nfn De artment 10 Miami Police Dept. Mleai Unsafe Pffgimum Flousinri Mimi Co e a rd l_ 111. SPECIFIC STEPS 1. Si -monthly sweeps by Miami Building and Zoning to detect sore violations and process more cases. for the period of one year in the following area: 2� w 2. City of Miami appointment of a special "Enforcement Coordinator" to oversee coordination, planning and enforcement of abandoned buildings in Miami. 3. Coordinated use of Chapter 17B by Miami Building and Zoning and Miami Police Department.iocluding the following steps: A. Building and Zoning designate staff to refer suspected cases to the Police Department for computer check of drug incidents; B. Miami Police Department (MPD) check Miami addresses (referred by Miami or Metro) for drug incidents and refer to Minimum Housing staff within two weeks of receipt; MPD be available to accompany Minimum Housing staff to document suspected Ch. 176 buildings; and. MPD provide necessary documentation and record keeping for successful Ch 178 cases. 4. Miami Code Enforcement Board help secure open buildings through: A. Owner compliance (CEB warnings, fines. repeat offender plans. etc.) S. City sponsored blocking up crew/contracts C. Scheduling open buildings as priority cases. D. Ensuring that cases are heard by CEB within 45 days of receiving case 5. Creation of a City of Miami Unsafe Structures Board 6. To arrange for City Manager Cesar Odio to develop a plan incorporating these steps. including timeframe, cost and source of funding, and meet with PACT to review the plan by September 1st. lO To introduce and support the PACT plan to the full Commission on September ltth. 1989 for implementation by November 15. 1989. 89--840, f Good evening, My Name is Rev. Michael Lynch I reside and work at St. Mary's Cathedral, 7527 NW 2nd Avenue. I co-chair the PACT committee to clean-un Miami with 4Lydia Garcia. Who will who would like to say a few words about our being here tonight. netts All the members of PACT are glad to be here tonight, and are happy to have met with most Comissioners on our PACT Plan . We are here because of the crisis of abandonded and open buildings we are forced to live with. In short- crack houses in our neighborhoods. Alot of people here tonight, in the comission chambers and outside and eagerly look forward to your support of Our Plan to Cjean up Miami' . We first presented the PACT PLAN on August 23rd, to Mayor Suarez and Commisioner Dawkins. And thank tyab for their attendance, and concern. That night th y/you agreed to direct the City Manager to develop a plan that addressed our concerns a plan which included our steps. On Sept. b, Mr. Odeo presented his plan to our committee, and members. So this plan (you have before you tonight) aa. (we are presenting tonighq reflects the revisions we agreed to with the City Manager. Your office received a copy of this plan today - but knowing that it has been a busy day for all, I'd like to summarize the key points. 1. i-monthly sweeps by Miami Building and Zoning in the designated area. 2. The appointment of a special "Enforcement Coordinator". Submitted il`1Whe public reco a ill witll item — On J&ttty Hirai City Clerk iris pd V I Our third concern deals with the coordinating of Chapter 17 B. by: a) having the City of Miami's Building and Zoning dept. refer cases to the Police Dept. b) Police Dept. run a check on addresses within 2 weeks c) Police Dept. assign an officers to accompany Miami Minimal Housing Inspectors to document suspect buildings. 4. - a) to use fines, b) develop plan for repeat offenders, to get owners to secure their buildings c) and develop a process to block -up buildings thru the City. S. We want to be clear that the City of Miami have it's own Unsafe Structures Board. In regards to the Miami USB we urge you to take the following steps. a) Request time on the neat available Metro Commission agenda to obtain a change in Metro's Code Section 8-5; further. to urge the Metro Commission to Actively participate in any aditional steps that may be required to empower the City of Miami to create its own Unsafe Structures Board. b) Until the Miami Unsafe Structures Board is operational, the City of Miami will pay for the cost of scheduling one day per month for Miami only. through the Dade Unsafe Structures Boaad begining in October 1989. t� � Y _- --���������������?°°. � �,.:lrf»6��< . - _ - .. _ 22�� .f � � ; ,� , . yy ... . . . �>: ���� . <� � -. .. ,� � - °- � - � � � \ � � {� � � �� � 2 . �. \� � a:� v�� m . y»zym<� � \� 2«««»� 2:< < .� . �w «� � :� + » : v .r :. . ©� . v«»� :w« ©���� . . .w.. ,, > .. � � � � \ ? w \2 « 3:� d?\�d§� �� \�� \� . \ K:� � � \�� � � � � \ ?w » © �2<»�.. \\/» :\<� \� _ �.� z. / \ �.-w,ywyyyy»� ww. . \..§\� \� .� \ >� \ �� «� .�.��: � © \� \y2� ?««\\fly. �©f � « °§�»_�` :.. , . w d� . � . : y \,. \ /� > � a fit xftttl jt- 2v of Atamt _ . i CrMAR H. +Oolo eITY MANAGPER September 14, 1989 P.A.C.T. 1883 N.W 7 Street 48 Miami, Florida 33125 Att: Fr. Michael Lynch Lydia Garcia V 0 iy �? 3 R R. 0. eo*3iSib!! MIAMI. RI.OWDA 33"3-0706 � 308-'S70-eOtO Re: Meeting of September 6, 1989 Dear Fr. Lynch & Ms. Garcia: This is in response to your September 81 1989 letter wherein you listed the agreements and requested operational information. Only one item, under Agreements, needs to be corrected to reflect bi-monthly sweeps (not semi-monthly). They will be conducted through your designated area by the Building and Zoning Department for a period of one year. I have indicated this in my memorandum of September 6, 1989 to the Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission (see attached copy). The following are my responses to your Questions: 1. Budget allocated and source of funding The budget allocated to this function includes: Building & Zoning Department $888,726 Community Development Department $329,390 Solid Waste Department $205,842 Police Department $142,574 Approximate funding required for second monthly meeting before the County's Unsafe Structures Board - $100,000 In addition, there needs to be funding for City and County attorneys to handle the cases. 2. Personnel flow chart (number of employees, job descriptions and accountability) ' Attached is the organizational chart that was proposed by the City of Miami Office of Industrial Engineering when they did the consolidation study. This will be subject to changes as some reassignments are done by the Building & Zoning Department. 89-840 POW k j VVi'? x i4.1 % I ft MIT +'ea V'-z M cam# C-x p.A.C.T. September 14, 1989 page two 3. implementation date and process for evaluation Pablo Canton, Coordinator for the Code Enforcement Division started his new assignemem cedS heemcross -training nod tafive September 8, 1989 we commen r (5) Solid Waste Inspectors. • Edith M. Fuentes, Building & Zoning Director, will be notifying my office directly of her evaluation and ls j productivity reports of this new division. She will communicating communicating with, and gettingfeedback from, y P As to the role of the Miami Police Department in relation to Chapter 17B 1. The Building & Zoning and Police Departments met on September the procedures to be followed in order 11, 1989 and discussed to ensure that once complaints are received, they are checked and inspected immediately. The Police Department will, within fourteen (14ffidays, those f Minimum Housing they finy to d too be yin - _ violation of Chapter 17B. 2. The police & Zoningrtment has and will continue Inspectors to suspected sites, to accompany Building 3. The Building & Zoning Department has scheduled a meeting with the County's Minimum coordinationHousing fficials and he cases.at that time will discuss increased 4. Lt. John Brooks will be in charge of coordination of Chapter 17B for the Police Department. be I mentioned at our c meeting of ntinue meeting a ber with 6you 9 regarding 1 m the more than happy t implementation of these steps. Aptember 1 page three I ai11 notity the At the September 14 Ci su Costionso ssin to request time on the neat r Commissioners of your gge available County Comm asesia ndmtot assist in obtain whatevern change steps may be = 8.5 of the County C required to empower the City to create its own Unsafe Structures Board. In addition, to meet, if we have asked the Code En k rtoem hear as Board many as 100 necessary, as frequent as oriodaofetime until the backload is cases per meeting, for a period diminished. If you have any q uestions, please feel free to contact me. Ve rulyyours , — i Cesar H. Odio . City Manager ccs Sergio Rodriguez, Asst. City Manager ing Director Edith M. Fuentes, Building & Zon • f. i i;*,' # 442df�n3 '�fiY' �.h#'�i , ti, � ky `4•e., A� t C " 'jd• r ; U ' f'_ i 'tn2.t t'F „yr ti".- CITY OF MIAMI, FLOAIDA INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM *O Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission `1404 A; Cesar H. Odio City Manager cATE September 6, 1980 IILE suwECT . P.A.C.T. proposals REFERENCES Meeting of Aug. 23, 1909 ENCLOSURES This is in response to memorandums from Mayor Suarez of August 24 & 28, 1989 concerning the requests submitted to the Mayor and Commissioner Dawkins by this newly formed neighborhood association. —_' The City of Miami's Office of Industrial Engineering has been 1 conducting since June, 1989,a study on consolidation of some of our code enforcement sections. The ultimate goal is to have a coordinated and centralized code enforcement throughout the City. This consolidation will address stepping up of enforcement and will . definitely be a positive response to "People Acting for Community Together." (P.A.C.T.) proposals. At the present time, complaints on code enforcement cases are handled separately by five (5) different departments (Building & Zoning, Fire, Police, Public Works and Solid Waste). This consolidation will centralize the receiving of complaints and enforcement by the Building & Zoning Department with direct referral to the Police and Fire Departments. Coordination will be done by one Division Chief within the Building & Zoning Department with timely follow-ups and monitoring by two (2) Section Supervisors. As a consequence, considerable time will be saved in looking up and finding the status of cases. Inspectors will be cross -trained in order to eliminate referrals of cases to other environmental code enforcement inspectors, thus substantially increasing the number of cases handled without adding new personnel. In response to the specific enforcement steps identified in the P.A.C.T proposal, after the consolidation and reorganization takes place, we will be able to: 1. Have the Building & Zoning Department conduct bi-monthly sweeps for a one year period, in their designated area, in order to detect more violations and process more cases. 2. Have the Building & Zoning Director appoint a Chief of Code Enforcement Division to oversee and coordinate the abandoned structures program. =t h Honorable Mayor and Members x of the City commission Page two 3. Maximise on follow-ups and assistance by the City to the Dade County's Minimum Housing Code in a coordinated use of Chapter ` 170, by: a. Building i Zoning Department referring cases to Police Department directly. b. Police Department following up expeditiously and submitting to Dade County cases for disposition. 4. Step up our present Miami's Code Enforcement Board processing of cases, under Ordinance No. 10563, and help secure and gain compliance of the open/unsecured structures. At present: a. Owners are complying. b. We do not have City crew to do boarding up, but we do contract with private contractors as soon as due dates are up. c. We are scheduling open structures as priority cases. d. Code Enforcement Board cases are heard within 45 days from date of issuance of notice. 5. Increase the number of cases to be heard by the County's Unsafe Structures Board. We are not recommending, at this time, to create our own Unsafe Structures Board. Building & Zoning Department has been working with the County to have a second monthly meeting of the Unsafe Structures Board specifically to hear City of Miami cases only. This has received concept approval from the County Manager. If this goes into place by next month, the 400 pending cases that previously have been limited to 5 cases per month would be substantially expedited. Furthermore, a centralized computer system will be installed in the Building i Zoning Department to ascertain timely follow ups, updating of cases, and centralization of filing system, and expediting of paper work. In response to the Mayor's proposal for a whole new housing code, I have instructed the Building and Zoning Department, in conjunction with the Housing Conservation Agency, to prepare a new ordinance containing the features suggested by the Mayor. We will present it as soon as possible at a City Commission meeting after review by the Legal Department. I concur that this proposal will probably help our existing system of dealing with abandoned and unsafe structures. r ,��, lE.b�#'fi x•�.tt��+�*��1 }' * uM1r3 h'. d w of t�y Ceiiasldo " g Th1s , inietration SUMS ready to respond to the ofialleri� of �-hd giddinq this► City of all v�iolatione, rpecif Leally ut►aaf+r y abandoned gtrnaturest in an iapeditIOU9 Banner. yet Jorge lornandes, City Attorney Sergio Rodriques, Assistant City Manager Herb Bailey, Assistant City Manager Chief Perry Anderson, Police Department Chief C.H. Duke, Fire Department Edith M. Fuentes, Director/Building i Zoning Department Luis Prieto -Porter, Director/Public works Department Joe Ingraham, Director/Solid Waste Department k x _ 1 i, f - i � Y 'F , , : r. The attached represents a request by the P.A.C.T. group to address the Commission on September 14, 1989. Even though we have reached the agreed upon limit of 60 items, this group intends to appear and make their presentation. In view of Charter and Code provisions providing for citizen presentations to the Commission, it is my determination that we hear from this citizens group. Commissioner Dawkins and I have already had time to consider their various requests, and the administration has already been apprised of said requests. In addition, I have myself suggested various code amendments to the manager by memorandum dated August 24, 1989. Copies of both the P.A.C.T. proposal and the memorandum are enclosed for your consideration. XLS/lew Sy-84t� k3ia86�;#/��ae} Icflsx Ntjj'Rx ,t"- '3$ a}±t,i, _'00(fa r ! 4 { � t x s�"Jry • �K �4s, " ����G��'*`k�+1•� +, r ' j - d t� ,4 � ;� a r b i s �sY F C v r.�ry d1` MIAMI. ti.011(hA INTER•OPPICrE MEMORANDUM >` o Cesar olio, UAtt EnE . City Manager August 24, 1989 ' suarEc� P.A.C.T. Meeting o August 23. 1989 onomXavier L. Suarez. Mayor ptf ttv"CES 082489/XLS ENC(OSUpES i At last night's meeting of P.A.C.Te. a newly founded + neighborhood organization, a proposal was made to revamp our system of demolishing abandoned and crack houses. Please prepare responses to the requests embodied in the attached proposal, to which Commissioner Dawkins and I have promised to give serious consideration. In addition, I want to the following features; the a whole new housing code with t 1• Each owner of a residential unit other than declared homestead property would have to file quarterly reports containing the following; } a) Number of residents in the property. 1 b) Na eand address of a resident agent or r parson empowered by the owner to receive complaints of code violations or Of illegal activity in or about the premises and to remedy same. E c) if cited with a City code violation, whether it's been cured. If not, the City should have the power to summarily enter the secure, demolish and dispose of same asrindicated. 2• If such reports are not received by the City, penalties would be assessable and liens imposed for same. Foreclosu Proceedings would be immediately initiated. re XLS/lew c" Commissioner Dawkins h4 / i Ztk i s tM1 7 yf i °i4' + p��3 �� 1}: ��. �rT 9�'< 4`r?� > 1' r • .. F r ;9' X 1 f„ W PEOPLE ACTING FOR Ct1MMdN1ITY TOGETHER , 1. WT ODES NDT 1MRK Complaint Miami Building 1 Zonln County Unsafe Structures board if 11. VRAT MIl1 MDRK Complaint Sweeps (building i Zoningp Miami building i Coordinator Z nin De artment Miami Police Dept Miami Unsafe minimum ous ng lf m o e 4 Board O 111. SPECIFIC STEPS 1. Ei-monthly sweeps by Miami Building and Zoning to detect more violations and process more cases. for the period of one year in the following area: it49 r s, s, « 0I.I 2,-�� h 2. City of Miami appointment of a special "Enforcement Coordinator" to oversee coordination. planning and enforcement of abandoned buildings in Miami. 3. Coordinated use of Chapter 178 by Miami Building and Zoning and Miami Police Department.including the following steps: A. Building and Zoning designate staff to refer suspected cases to the Police Department for computer check of drug incidents; B. Miami Police Department (MPD) check Miami addresses (referred by Miami or Metro) for drug incidents and refer to Minimum Housing staff within two weeks of receipt; MPD be available to accompany Minimum Housing staff to document suspected Ch. 176 buildings; and, MPD provide necessary documentation and record keeping for successful Ch 176 cases. 4. Mimi Code Enforcement Board help secure open buildings through: A. Owner compliance (CEB warnings. finis. repeat offender plans, etc.) B. City sponsored blocking up crew/contracts C. Scheduling open buildings as priority cases, O. Ensuring that cases are heard by CEB within 45 days of receiving case S. Creation of a City of Miami Unsafe Structures Board 6. To arrange for City Manager Cesar Odio to develop a plan incorporating these steps. including timeframe, cost and source of funding, and meet with PACT to review the plan by September 1st. 0 To introduce and support the PACT plan to the full Commission on September 14th, 1989 for implementation by November 15, 1989. V ) 1 S '44p '4 7+#h 1 g t s • a .f • • ' f _ City jop U A". FLO A � INTut-0mcf. MWOPANDUM. ,• , Y j DAte+lE . tto August 29► 1989 COAmissioners Manager . SUBJECT P.A.C.T. Proposals Meeting of 8/23/89 :3. CO(VA Xavier L. Suarez nEFsaEr+ces 082489/XL03 Mayor , eNCIOSURES The attached represents a request by the P.A.C.T. group to address the Commission on September 14, '1989. Even though we have reached the agreed upon limit of 60 items, this group 1 intends to appear and make their presentation. In view of — Charter and Code provisions providing for citizen presentations to the Commission, it is my determination that we hear from this citizens group. Commissioner Dawkins and I have already had time to consider their various requests, and the administration has already been A rised of said requests. In addition, I have myself suggested pP code amendments to the manager by memorandum dated August various 24,, 1989. Copies of both the P.A.C.T. proposal and the memorandum are enclosed for your consideration. XLS / lew f ' k A n if - ,�, s # i•y I � a t 4. tx M f 4 '�ih - � • � ' _ �" r��it tt"$ d�s� � ; t � r � � s 1��y�. � � F` .�e r��.� (*,il'Y OF MIAMI. NANTIOA INTER -OFFICE MEMOhANDUM to r)AM VICE . V Cesar Odio, August 24, 1989 - City Manager sunmc) 5- P.A.C.'l. meeting of August 23, 1909 FIN)%4 Xavier L. �u,trex, � nriFnrr►c:r:� 082409/XL5 t•I�ryor eurtu:u�ncs At last night's meeting of P.A.C.T., a newly founded neighborhood organization, a proposal was made to revamp our system of demolishing abandoned and crack houses. w Pliaase prPpare responses to the requests embodied in -tile attaches] proposal., to which Commissioner Dawkins and I have promised to give serious consideration. .In addition, I want to propose a whole new housing code with the following features: 1. Each owner of a residential unit other than declared homestead property would have to file quarterly reports containing the following: a) Number of residents in the property. b) Name and address of a resident agent or other person empowered by the owner'to receive complaints of code violations or of il.legal. activity in or about the premises and to remedy same. c) if cited with a City code violation, whether it's been cured. If not, the City should have the power to summarily enter the premises, secure, demolish and dispose of same as indicated. 2. If such reports are not received by the City, penalties would be assessable and liens imposed for same. Foreclosure proceedings would be immediately initiated. - XLSt leW Cc:'Commissioner Dawkins ` a f PEOPLE ACTING FOR COMMUNITY TOGETHER I. WHAT DOES NOT WORK •. 8/23/89 Complaint Miami Building A Zoning County Unsafe Structures Board ii. WHAT WILL WORK Complaint Sweeps (Building I A Zoning) O Miami Building 6 7Coordlnator O Zonin Department Miami Police Dept. Miami Unsafe Minimum ous ngg e ptals Board i ent Board 1II. SPECIFIC STEPS 1. Bi-monthly sweeps by Miami Building and Zoning to detect more violations and process more cases, for the period of one year in the following area: � S4 Sr � Y My so z« N 2. City of Miami appointment of a special,"Enforcement Coordinator" to oversee coordination, planning and enforcempt'of abandoned buildings in Miami. 3. Coordinated use of Chapter 17B by Mian►i Building and Zoning and Miami Police Department.iocluding the following steps: A. Building and Zoning designate staff to refer suspected cases to the Police Department for computer check of drug incidents: 8. Miami Police Department (MPD) check Miami addresses (referred by Miami or Metro) for drug incidents and refer to Minimum Housing staff within two weeks of receipt: MPD be available to accompany Minimum Housing staff to document suspected Ch. 17B buildings: and, MPD provide necessary documentation and•record keeping for successful Ch 170 cases. 4. Miami Code Enforcement Board help secure open buildings through: A. Owner compliance (CEB warnings, fines, repeat offender plans, etc.) 8. City sponsored blocking up crew/contracts C. Scheduling open buildings as priority cases, 0. Ensuring that cases are heard by CEB within 45 days of receiving case S. Creation of a City of Miami Unsafe Structures Board To arrange for City Manager Cesar Odio to develop a plan incorporating these steps, including timeframe, cost and source of funding, and meet with