HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 1984-09-13 MinutesCOMMISSION
MINUTES
OF MEETING HELD ON September 13, 1984
(REGULAR)
PREPARED BY THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
CITY H AL L
RALPH Gi.. ONGiI9
CITY CLERK
MINUTES OF B909LAN MEETING
CITT COMMISSION OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
SEPTEMBER 13, 1984
ITEM 393JBCT LEGISLATION PACE
No. NO.
1
RETIREMENT PLAQUE: WILLIAM A. KENNEDY
PRESENTED
1
2
COMMENDATION: 19TH ANNIVERSARY - LATIN CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE - 5TH HEMISPHERIC CONGRESS.
DISCUSSION
1-2
3
ALLOCATE $12,000 TO MIAMI ROWING CLUB FOR YOUTH
PROGRAM.
M-84-966
2-4
4
PRESENTATION: C.O.T.A.L. CONVENTION
DISCUSSION
4-6
5
TRANSFER FEE WAIVER TO COCONUT GROVE EXHIBITION
CENTER -NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN.
M-84-967
6-8
6
ALLOCATE $5,200. FOR HOLIDAY FESTIVAL - DECEMBER
19 2, 1984.
R-84-968
8-9
7
WAIVE RENTAL FEE - COCONUT GROVE EXHIBITION
CENTER 26TH ANNIVERSARY OF ALEX FARIS,
DISTINGUISHED RADIO PERSONALITY.
M-84-969
9-10
8
DISCUSSION: PUERTO RICAN OPPORTUNITY CENTER.
DISCUSSION
10-11
9
APPROVE IN PRINCIPLE: 5TH HEMISPHERIC CONGRESS
OF LATIN AMERICAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.
R-84-970
11-14
10
RENOVATION OF COCONUT GROVE EXHIBITION CENTER.
DISCUSSION
14
11
DISCUSSION ITEM: STREET PEDDLERS/VENDORS IN
COCONUT GROVE.
DISCUSSION
14-16
12
APPROVE PAYMENT OF $5,000 FOR AD FOR CITY IN
SPANISH PHONE BOOK.
M-84-971
16-17
13
PERSONAL APPEARANCE: REQUEST FOR FUNDS - ROBERT
E. LEE SCHOOL 10-14 -84- (REFERRED TO CITY
MANAGER)
DISCUSSION
IT-18
14
GRANT REQUEST OF UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI ATHLETIC
TEAM WAIVER OF RENTAL PERCENTAGE FOR SALE OF
NOVELTIES, ETC.
M-84-972
18-20
15
DIRECT CITY MANAGER TO WORK WITH REPS OF
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY TO BRING OLYMPIC TASK
FORCE FOR SHOW IN MIAMI TO BENEFIT URBAN LEAGUE
AND NEGRO COLLEGE FUND, ETC.
M-84-973
20-22
16
ALLOCATE $5,000 IN SUPPORT OF PRO BIKE 84 - THE
BIENNIAL WORLD CONFERENCE ON BICYCLE
TRANSPORTATION.
R-84-974
22-23
17
REQUEST METRO NOT TO LEASE, RENT PROPERTY TO
PERSONS ESPOUSING PHILOSOPHY OF RACISM, ANTI-
SEMITISM, RTC.
R-84-9T5
23-24
18
APPROVE PARTICIPATION IN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT
FOR CREATION OF GREATER MIAMI CONVENTION
CONSORTIUM.
1-84-976
24,03T
19
APPOINTHRNT OF PERSONS TO CABLE T.Y.
INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE.
N-84-OTT
20 DISCUSSION ITEM: DIRECT CITY MANAGER TO REPORT
EXPENSES INCURRED FOR BODYGUARDS, ETC.
21 BRIEF DISCUSSION: CABLE T.V.
22 DIRECT CITY MANAGER NOT TO EXPEND FURTHER BOND
MONIES FROM POLICE BOND ISSUE PENDING COST
DETERMINATION OF SUB -STATIONS.
23 DIRECT CITY MANAGER TO USE MULTIPLIER SYSTEM IN
CONNECTION WITH CONSTRUCTION OF 200 UNITS OF LOW
INCOME HOUSING.
24 RESOLUTION CONCERNING USE OF INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT BONDS.
25
REASON 184.
26
DISCUSSION ITEM: ALTERNATE LIGHT FIXTURES, F.P.A
L.
27
DIRECTION TO CITY MANAGER: DETERMINE COST OF
BODYGUARDS FROM JANUARY 1 TO PRESENT.
28
DISCUSSION ITEM: ALTERNATE LIGHT FIXTURES -
CONTINUED TO NEXT MEETING.
< 29
SIGNAGE FOR MIAMI CONVENTION CENTER.
30
ALLOCATE $15,000 BISCAYNE-WYNWOOD CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE FOR JOB TRAINING PROGRAM.
31
DISCUSSION ITEM: INSURANCE EXCHANGE OF THE
AMERICAS.
32
REFER TO MEMORIAL COMMITTEE: RENAMING OF
PORTIONS OF N.E. BAYSHORE DRIVE AND 15 STREET -
PLAZA VENETIA WAY AND ALVAH CHAPMAN BOULEVARD.
33
EXTEND R.F.P. FOR WATSON ISLAND DEVELOPMENT TO
FEB. 1985
34
SOUND BARRIERS ALONG ROUTE OF METRORAIL.
35
REFER TO MEMORIAL COMMITTEE: NAMING OF PARK ON
SITE OF FIRE STATION 22 AVENUE IN HONOR OF
MARJORIE STONEMAN DOUGLAS.
36
DISCUSSION ITEM: DEDUCTION OF TAXES FROM MAYORS
TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENTS.
37
DISCUSSION ITEM: SUGARCANE SEMINAR FUNDING.
38
MOTION OF INTENT: NOT TO DELETE ALLOCATION OF
$7729000 FROM D.D.A. FY 84-85 BUDGET REQUEST.
39
EXPRESS POLICY IN CONDEMNATION OF SOUTH AFRICA
FOR APARTHEID POLICIES A INSTRUCT PREPARATION OF
RESOLUTION OR ORDINANCE PROHIBITING INVESTMENT
OF PENSION FUNDS IN RACIST OR MARXIST COUNTRIES.
40
INSTRUCT CITY MANAGER TO PUBLISH R.F.P.S FOR
ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR PRIVATE PICKUP OF
TRASH AND GARBAGE.
41
DIRECT CITY MANAGER TO DISCUSS WITH PUBLISHERS
OF TUB "BOOK OF FLORIDA", CITY PUBLISHING ITS
OWN BOOK,ETC.
42
INSTRUCT CITY MANAGER TO COME BACK WITH FINAL
RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING AMERICAN BARGE CLUB
AT MARINE STADIUM
DISCUSSION
DISCUSSION
M-84-978
M-84-979
R-84-980
R-84-981
DISCUSSION
DISCUSSION
DISCUSSION
DISCUSSION
M-84-982
M-84-983
DISCUSSION
M-84-984
R-84-985
R-84-986
M-84-987
DISCUSSION
DISCUSSION
M-84-988
M-84-989
R-84-990
M-84-991
M-84-992
(Z)
43-44
44-47
47-48
48-50
50-54
55
56
56-59
59
59-61
61-63
63-64
64-65
65-66
66-67
67-68
68
69
69-70
70-72
72-74
74-76
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43
DISCUSSION ITEM: CITY COMMISSION TO DETERMINE
DATE TO CONVENE AS SPECIAL INVESRTIGATIVE
AUTHORITY FOR MATTERS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
DISCUSSION
78
44
BRIEF DISCUSSION ITEM: LICENSE AT KATS.
DISCUSSION
79
45
AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE TEMPORARY
DOCKING SPACE FOR 200' SHIP AT BICENTENNIAL
PARK-MONTY TRAINER.
M-84--993
80
46
FORMALIZATION: APPOINT LAWRENCE 0. TURNER AS
CHAIRMAN OF MIAMI SPORTS AND EXHIBITION
AUTHORITY.
R-84-994
80-83
47
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING DATE OF SEPTEMBER 219
1984 AT 11 A.M. LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATION BY
COMMISSION OF POLICE DEPARTMENT IN ITS HANDLING
OF THE MICHAEL JOHNSON CASE.
R-84-995
83-87
48
EXPRESS CONCERN OVER TRAFFIC PROBLEMS IN
DOWNTOWN AS THEY AFFECT MERCHANTS, PARTICULARLY
LOADINGG ZONES ETC.
M-84-996
87-88
49
CONFIRM ORDERING RESOLUTION -CITY WIDE HIGHWAY
IMPROVEMENT PHASE-I-4497.
R-84-997
88-89
50
CONFIRM ASSESSMENT ROLL: NORTH 59TH STREET
HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT H-4452.
R-84-998
89
51
REQUEST FOR FUNDING FOR 3RD ANNUAL GYMNASTIC
TOURNAMENT BY JR. ORANGE BOWL COMMITTEE -REFERRED
TO THE CITY MANAGER.
DISCUSSION
89-95
52
APPROVE FY 84-85 BUDGET - MIAMI SPORTS &
EXHIBITION AUTHORITY.
R-84-999
95-96
53
FORMALIZATION -APPOINT MANNY MEDINA TO MIAMI
SPORTS AND EXHIBITION AUTHORITY.
R-84-1000
96-97
54
GRANT REQUEST FOR FUNDING - HISPANIC HERITAGE
FESTIVAL 1985 OTI-USA SONG FESTIVAL.
M-84-1001
97
55
ALLOCATE $10,000. TO FLORIDA AFRICA TRADE
4
DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.
M-84-1002
97-101
56
REFER FUNDING REQUEST FROM PAMELA HERNANDEZ FOR
RADIO READING SERVICE TO THE CITY MANAGER.
M-84-1003
101
57
WAIVE COMPETITIVE BIDS: PURCHASE ONE JAMPACK
SOFTWARE SYSTEM FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTERS.
R-84-1004
102-105
58
EMERGENCY ORDINANCE: ESTABLISH NEW PROJECT "LOAN
FOR SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN PARK".
ORD. 9878
105=-10T
3 59
LATIN QUARTER STUDY PUBLIC HEARING
DISCUSSION
107-115
60
APPROVE IN PRINCIPLE: LATIN QUARTER PLANNING
STUDY.
R-84-1005
115-113
61
APPRIVE IN PRINCIPLE: "DESIGN GUIDELINES AND
=
STANDARDS LATIN QUARTER DISTRICT".
R-84-1006
118-119
62
FIRST READING ORDINANCE: ADD NEW SECTION 15140
ENTITLED SPI-14.1, 14.2 LATIN QUARTER DISTRICTS.
ETC.
1 ST READING
119-120
63
FIRST READING ORDINANCE: AMEND ZONING ATLAS AS
DESCRIBED FOR CREATION OF LATIN QUARTER
DISTRICT.
1ST READING
129w124
64
FIRST READING ORDINANCE: AMEND ZONING ATLAS IN
AREAS OF LATIN QUARTER AS DESCRIBED.
1ST READING
124
65
FIRST READING ORDINANCE: AMEND ZONING ATLAS IN
AREAS OF LATIN QUARTER AS DESCRIBED.
1ST RIA01#0
124• ;
�Aa
66
FIRST READING ORDINANCE: AMEND ZONING ATLAS IN
AREAS OF LATIN QUARTER AS DESCRIBED.
1ST READING
126-128
67
FIRST READING ORDINANCE: AMEND ZONING ATLAS IN
AREAS OF LATIN QUARTER AS DESCRIBED.
1ST READING
128
68
FIRST READING ORDINANCE: DESIGNATED PUBLIC
RIGHTS OF WAY IN CONNECTION WITH LATIN QUARTER
DISTRICT.
1ST READING
129-130
69
FIRST READING ORDINANCE: AMEND CHAPTER 62 OF TffE
CODE ESTABLISH LATIN QUARTER REVIEW BOARD.
1ST READING
130-133
70
APPOINTMENT OF PERSONS TO LATIN QUARTER REVIEW
BOARD.
M-84-100T
133
71
CONTINUE TO SEPT. 20 PROPOSED ORDINANCE
ESTABLISHING RATES AT ON STREET METERS AND OFF
STREET LOTS.
M-84-1008
133-138
72
DRAINAGE PROBLEMS IN SILVER BLUFF AREA.
M-84-1009
138-142
73
DISCUSSION ITEM: PERSONAL APPEARANCE BY 2
PERSONS REGARDING GARBAGE COLLECTION FEES.
DISCUSSION
143
74
EMERGENCY ORDINANCE: AMEND 53-161 OF THE CODE
FEES FOR USE OF MIAMI CONVENTION CENTER AND
PARKING GARAGE.
ORD. 9879
143-145
75
PROPOSED ORDINANCE CONCERNING ALLOCATION OF MISS
=
UNIVERSE FUNDING — DISCUSSED AND CONTINUED.
DISCUSSION
145
76
SECOND READING ORDINANCE: AMEND CHAPTER 39 OF
THE CODE PEDDLERS, SMITHS, TOOL GRINDERS, ICE
CREAM VENDORS, ETC.
ORD. 9880
146-148
77
CLOSE CERTAIN STREETS — OCTOBER 11, 12, 13, 14,
1984 THE GREAT COCONUT GROVE BICYCLE RACE.
R-84-1010
148-149
78
AMEND CONTRACT WITH LITTLE HAVANA DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY INCREASE FUNDING UNDER 10TH YEAR C.D.
FUNDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR LATIN
QUARTER AREA.
R-84-1011
149-150
79
CONSENT AGENDA
150
79.1
ACCEPT COMPLETED WORK: MET CORPORATION, INC. —
CITY OF MIAMI/UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI JAMES L.
KNIGHT INTERNATIONAL CENTER ENTRANCE CANOPY.
R-84-1012
151
79.2
ACCEPT BID: PARK STRUCTURES OF AMERICA, INC. C 6
W UNLIMITED, D/B/A/ LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES, INC.,
FOR FURNISHING FIVE (5) ITEMS OF PLAYGROUND
EQUIPMENT FOR DORSEY PARK.
R-84-1013
151
79.3 ACCEPT BID: WALDO ELECTRIC, INC. FOR FURNISHING
ONE ( 1 ) ELECTRIC METER ►ND ALL LABOR AND
MATERIALS FOR INSTALLATION AT THE MIAMI
CONVENTION CENTER. R-64-1014 151
79.4 ACCEPT BID: ROYAL METALS, INC. FOR FURNISHING
AND INSTALLING RAILINGS AND LADDERS AT THE MIAMI
STADIUM CONCERT STAGE. R-84-1015 151
79.5 AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION: CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT
THE PROPOSED DONATION OF A 1920 VINTAGE ANTIQUE
FIRE APPARATUS IN THE APPROXIMATE VALUE OF
$7,000.00. R-84-1016 15
79.6 AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION: DISPERSING OF BEER IN
SOFT CONTAINERS BUY THE MIAMI RUNNERS CLUB IN
BRICKELL PARK ON SEPTEMBER 25, 1984 AND IN MYERS
PARK ON OCTOBER 7, 1984.
l
79.7 ORDERING RESOLUTION: HIGHWAYT IMPROVEMENT -PHASE
I- H-4498. R-84-1016
79.8
ACCEPT COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION: MARTIN-CHANEY
EQUIPMENT RENTALS, INC. AND UNITED STATES
FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY - AUBURN SANITARY
SEWER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT SR-5475-C
R-84-1019
79.9
ACCEPT COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION: RIC-MAN
CONSTRUCTION,INC.-KINLOCH SANITARY SEWER
-
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT SR-5485-C A S
R-84-1020
79.10
ACCEPT COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION: LANZO
CONSTRUCTION COMPANY - KINLOCH SANITARY SEWER
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT SR-5485- C & S
R-84-1021
79.11
ACCPET COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION: M. VILA AND
ASSOCIATES, INC. - LITTLE RIVER HIGHWAY
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT H-4482
R-84-1022
79.12
ACCEPT COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION: RE-GRA
CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. - EAST ALLAPATTAH
HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT H-4481.
R-84-1023
79.13 AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION: DISPENSING OF BEER IN
SOFT CONTAINERS BY CONVENTION SERVICE ASSOCIATES
IN PACE PARK ON SEPTEMBER 25, 1984. R-84-1024
79.14 AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION: ONE DAY PERMIT TO SELL
BEER-WYNWOOD COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM, INC. WYNWOOD FESTIVAL AT CLEMENTE PARK
ON NOVEMBER 11, 1984. R-84-1025
j 79.15 AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION: CITY MANAGER AND CITY
CLERK EXECUTE ON BEHALF OF CITY OF MIAMI A TRI-
PARTY RAILROAD REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION, FLORIDA EAST RAILWAY COPMPANY
AND THE CITY OF MIAMI FOR CONSTRUCTION AND
MAINTENANCE OF THE RAILROAD GRADE CROSSING ON
N.E. 71 STREET AT N.E. 4TH AVENUE. R-84-1026
79.16
79.17
80
81
82
f 83
84
85
FORMALIZING RESOLUTION: ALLOCATE AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED $20,000 TO THE LITTLE HAVANA TOURIST
AUTHORITY, INC. R-84-1027
FORMALIZING RESOLUTION: ALLOCATER A SUM NOT TO
EXCEED $2,000 PER MONTH FOR ELEVEN MONTHS
SUPPORT OF A REDUCTION IN RENTAL FEES AT THE
COCONUT GROVE EXHIBITION CENTER FOR COCONUT
GROVE CARES, INC. R-84-1028
DISCUSSION A CONTINUANCE: PRINTING OF 2,000
COPIES OF MIAMI BUDSINESS REPORT.
ACCEPT BID: VEHICLES FOR DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING
AND VEHICLE MAINTENANCE.
ALLOCATED $724,915 FY 1984-85 FEDERAL REVENUE
SHARING FUNDS TO SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES.
ALLOCATE 1/12TH FOR EXISTING SOCIAL SERVICE
AGENCIES INSTRUCT CITY MANAGER TO ADD $250,000
TO AMOUNT AVAILABLE FOR FY-84-085 SOCIAL SERVICE
PROGRAMS.
AUTHORIZE PRINTING OF 5,000 COPIES OF "MIAMI-THE
STATE OF THE CITY" 1984.
ADOPT TENTATIVE MILLAGE RATE FOR FY 1984-85.
FIRST READINGG ORDINANCE: TERRITORIAL LIMITS AND
MILLAGE FOR FY 1984-85
DISCUSSION
R-84-1029
R-84-1030
R-84-1031
M-84-1032
R-84-t033
M-84-1034
iST READING
(5)
153
153
154
154
155
155
155
155
155
156
157-158
159
159-17
173
176-190
1".191
86
FIRST READING ORDINANCE: APPROPRIATIONS FOR FY
1984-1985
1ST READING
191-192
87
FIRST READING ORDINANCE: DEFINE TERRITORIAL
LIMITS OF D.D.A. AND SET MILLAGE.
1ST READING
192-193
88
FIRST READING ORDINANCE: APPROPRIATIONS FOR
D.D.A. FY 1984-1985.
1ST READING
193-194
89
PUBLIC READING OF INTENDED CITY USE OF FEDERAL
REVENUE SHARING FUNDS IN THE GENERALFUND FOR FY
1984-19859.
DISCUSSION
194
90
APPOINT HERBERT LEE SIMON TO THE ZONING BOARD.
B-84-1035
195
91
EMERGENCY ORDINANCE: INCREASE SELF INSURANCE
TRUST FUND FOR LIABILITY CLAIMS RESULTING FROM
RECENT UNFAVORABLE COURT RULINGS.
ORD. 9881
194
92
EMERGENCY ORDINANCE: AMEND CAPITAL
APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE - APPROPRIATIONS FOR
DOWNTOWN COMPONENT OF PEOPLE MOVER.
ORD. 9882
196-197
93
EMERGENCY ORDINANCE: ESTABLISH ASSESSMENT FUND
FOR PURPOSE OF RECORDING ASSESSMENT LIEN
ACTIVITY FY 1984.
ORD. 9883
198
94
EMERGENCY ORDINANCE: INCREASE APPROPRIATIONS TO
SEVERAL CITY DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICES.
ORD. 9884
199
95
EMERGENCY ORDINANCE: CONTINUE FUNDING FOR XEROX
9400 FOR DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING & VEHICLE
MAINTENANCE.
ORD. 9885
200
96*
FIRST READING ORDINANCE: AMEND LICENSE SCHEDULE
FLEA MARKETS.
1ST READING
201-202
MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF THE
CITY COMMISSION OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
0 • • 6 &
On the 13th day of September, 1984, the City Commission
of Miami, Florida, met at its regular -meeting place in the
City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida in
regular session.
The meeting was called to order at 9:31 O'Clock A.M. by
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre with the following members of the
Commission found to be present:
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
ABSENT: Commissioner Joe Carollo
ALSO PRESENT:
Howard V. Gary, City Manager
Lucia Allen Dougherty, City Attorney
Ralph G. Ongie, City Clerk
Matte Hirai, Assistant City Clerk
An invocation was delivered by Mayor Ferre who then led
those present in a pledge of allegiance to the flag.
Upon motion duly made by Commissioner Plummer and
seconded by Commissioner Dawkins, the Commission Meeting
Minutes of Mav 24. 1984. June 14, 1984 and June 28, 1984
were approved.
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1. RETIREMENT PLAQUE: WILLIAM A. KENNEDX
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Mayor Ferre: At this time I would like Mr. William Kennedy
to step forward, please. "To Mr. William A. Kennedy, Fire
Fighter, in grateful recognition of 32 years and 3 months of
outstanding service rendered to the City of Miami, your
career beginning on April 9, 1952 and ending on August b,
1984, has been distinguished by your professionalism and
outstanding performance on the job, and it is a pleasure on
behalf of the people of Miami and this City Commission to
make this presentation to Fire Fighter William A. Kennedy."
2. COMMENDATION: 19TH ANNIVERSARY - LATIN CN WN OF
CONURCE - 5TH NEMISPNERIC CONGU33.
Mayor Ferre: Ladies and Gentlemen, very recently there was
the celebration of the 19th anniversary of the Latin Ch1Wber
of Commerce. Mr. Eloy Gonzales, the distinguished president
of CLHACOL, along with the Executive Vice -President, Mr.
Luis Sabinas and the conference chairman, Captain William
14 1 September 13v
Alexander did their usual professional and outstanding job
in hosting the Fifth Hemispheric Congress of Chambers of
Commerce, and at that occasion,, we had here represented, 26
nations, from Jamaica and Trinidad to Argentina and Canada.
And these national Chambers of Commerce, and their
counterparts in Chambers, there were 120 Chambers of
Commerce from around the hemisphere that flew from Buenos
Aires, Argentina and Toronto to be at this hemispheric
conference. It was a major achievement. We ended up having
the Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary Brock". We ended up
having four Ministers of Agriculture from different
countries, and about five Deputy, or Assistant Secretaries
of Agriculture. It was a major achievement. Because of
this tremendous response and success, the City of Miami
wishes to recognize the Latin Chambers of Commerce, and the
these three distinguished men that are with us on this
occasion. Since Miami unquestionably is a bilingual
community, those of you that do rot understand Spanish, I
hope you will forgive me while I read this commendation. in
Spanish. (MAYOR FERRE READS COMMENDATION IN SPANISH)
3. ALLOCATE $12,000 TO MIAMI ROWING CLUB FOR YOUTH
PROGRAM.
Mr. Plummer: I was asked by the Miami Rowing Club to bring
before this Commission, and I have looked into the matter.
They exist as you know, or. City property. They brought to
me proof, Mr. Mayor, of what a tremendous job they did, as
other clubs on City property did during a summer program.
It was vivid proof and photographs of what they had done.
They have an important factor that they would like to tie a
winter program as such, in with ar Orange Bowl festivity
kind of an evert, which they have a commitment from the
Orange Bowl to be able to tie or.. They would put on a
similar program from now until Orange Bowl time, which would
cost a total of $12,000. They would be treating for four
months the kids as they did during the summer time, giving
them the opportunity of national exposure during the Orange
Bowl everts and Mr. Mayor, I would like to move at this time
that that monies be granted for this program, which I think
is very important for the kids of this community, but also
for national exposure during Orange Bowl.
Mayor Ferre: J. L., I would be voting with you, except,
that unfortunately we have not yet determined our budget,
and obviously, if we are going to get into the cutting of
all kinds of frills, depending on the garbage fees, curbside
pickup and the D.D.A., you have got all of these other
things to be decided, so it seems to me that this is not the
time. I will vote for it, but I would like for it to be a
conditioned thing, provided that of course we get to the
budget.
Mr. Plummer: All right, well, Mr. Mayor, the reason I did
not bring it up at budget time - as you know, and I know,
budget doesn't become effective until October 1. This
program need to start immediately.
Mayor Ferre: It is not a summer program?
Mr. Plummer: No, sir, the summer program is over where they
took care of the 117 kids during the summer, and they are
going to lose the continuance, if they don't start this
thing immediately, and it would be under this year's budget,
so that is the reason. I brought it up today, and did not
ld 2 September 13, 1934
approach it after October 1, or funding after October 1.
Mr. Mayor, if you have a problem, I will respect that.
Mayor Ferre: No, no. I don't have a problem, and as I say,
I am for it. I just wanted to be understood that all these
things are subject to us getting to the budget, and that
there slight be a reversal on this if we can't agree on some
other things.
Mr. Plummer: Whatever is your pleasure, sir-, I am willing
to make a motion. If it gets a second to be voted on, we
will go from there.
Mayor Ferre: Okay, go ahead.
Mr. Perez: I would like to second without any doubt, but I
would like first that Captain Alexander make some statement
on this issue, because I have a copy of the contract or the
lease agreement of 1977 and the lease agreement of 1981, and
I met with Mr. Joe Meese about two or three weeks ago, but I
received a call in my office yesterday in reference that he
warted to wait for two weeks. Could you clarify that, Capt.
Alexander?
Capt. William Alexander: William Alexander, for the record.
I am the Finance Chairman of the Miami Rowing Club. We were
organizing this program for the last five years. We have an
agreement with the City Parks and Recreation for the City of
Miami, that to do this program, we were of the understanding
that this was a need that we can open this facility. We
have the facility there, we have the boats, we have the
trainers, we have everything that everybody can use the
facility from the Parks & Recreation. - the kids that are
there in the street at the present time, and they car use
the facility and that is the program. We would like to see
the Mayor and the Commissioners agree to give us this money
that we will reed to continue this program for the winter
time.
Mayor Ferre: All right, we have a motion and a second.
Further discussion.? All right, call the roll.
The following motion was introduced by
Commissioner Plummer, who moved its adoption.:
MOTION NO. 84-966
A MOTION INSTRUCTING THE CITY MANAGER TO
ALLOCATE AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $12,000
TO THE "MIAMI ROWING CLUB" FOR THE
PURPOSE OF CONTINUING A YOUTH PROGRAM
FROM NOW UNTIL THE ORANGE BOWL FESTIVAL.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the motion
was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. '.. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio J. Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Joe Carollo
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4. PNE3ENTATION; C.O.T.A.L. CONVENTION.
Mr. Dawkins: Mr. Mayor, I would like to introduce through
the Chair, the President of C.O.T.A.L., so if you will
introduce them and bring them forward.
Mayor Ferre: Ladies and Gentlemen, C.O.T.A.L. is the
Federation of Tourist Organizations of Latin America. It is
an important organization to Miami and to this community.
Several years ago we hosted the A.S.T.A. convention here,
which brought us 10,000 people. The convention at this
time, the Latin American Tourist Convention should bring in
well over 10,000 people into this community and in my
opinion, it is as important, if not more so to the future of
this community, than our A.S.T.A. convention was two years
ago. The City of Miami has been very solicitous in trying
to get this convention here and we honored to have them and
the distinguished president of C.O.T.A.L., Mr. Mario
Amesdoy, who is here with us today.
Mr. Mario Amesdoy: (Translated by Cesar Odio) Good Morning
Ladies and Gentlemen. My name is Mario Amesdoy.He is from
Uruguay and he was elected President of C.O.T.E.L. at the
congress that was celebrated in Cartagena, Columbia on the
3rd through the 9th of June. My presence here today is to
first tell you what C.O.T.A.L. is about. It is an
organization of travel agents composed of 19 countries of
Latin. America, with 3,000 members that covers all the
sectors of tourism industry. We have 16 delegations
throughout the world and in. the United States we have one in
Miami and Los Angeles and in. New York. C.O.T.A.L. was
started in April of 1957 and its main, purposes are promote
tourism throughout Latin America and the promotion and
interchanging with other countries in the world. We have
organized a congress in Cartagena, Columbia, 27 congress
before that one. In that same Citv Miami was elected to
celebrate Congress Number 28. We have to be very grateful
to this City of Miami, Commissioner Dawkins, Cesar Odio, and
Tony Pajares, who assumed from the very first the
responsibility to carry on this Congress. Miami was
selected as the site and after close examination of the
facilities, both of Miami and Miami Beach and the Dinner Key
auditorium, it was decided to hold it at the Miami Beach
Exhibition Center. The reason is that Miami is a very
attractive city to visit from Europe and Latin America and
because of that, the congress that they have celebrated up
to now, they have sold only 200 booths, but because of the
interest in Miami, they feel they will sell more than 400
booths, but besides that, they want to celebrate the working
sessions in the same place that the trade show is being
held. That is why they have moved the site to Miami to the
magnificent convention center they have in Miami Beach.
However, we will use hotels in the center of downtown Miami,
in Miami Beach, in Coconut Grove, and Bal Harbour. We will
do an event that will be the best one that C.O.T.E.L. has
ever had. They expect between 4,000 and 5,000 delegates
with a massive participation of Latin tourist travel agents
from throughout the world and Miami Beach is so attractive
to all of us, that is why it is a challenge for us to be
here so that this congress will be the best that we over had
and daesn't have any mistakes in it, seeing that you have so
many facilities here. Besides the congress that we are
celebrating is to give a good image of Miami, also of the
United States, and to create a closer relationship with all
of Latin America. That is all I have to say today. Thank
you for your attention, and I am at your orders if you want
to ask me any questions. Thank you.
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(NOTE: Commissioner Carollo arrived at 9:48 A.M.)
Mavor Ferre: It is not my attention to create any
controversy over this, but how much money have we put into
C.O.T.A.L.? Cesar, how much money did the City of Miami put
Into C.O.T.A.L.?
Mr. Cesar Odio: None.
Mayor Ferre: None, we haven't put any ...?
Mr. Odio: I told him from the beginning because of the
almost sure participation of the country of Cuba, that we
would not be supportive with dollars. In the only meeting
that I have attended, I told him we would rot be
participating.
Mr. Perez: 1 thought it was supposed to be at the Hyatt
Convention Center?
Mr. Odio: Yes, and they decided, as he was saying just now,
because they expect more participation in the exhibit trade
show. that they were better off having it Miami Beach
Convention Center.
Mr. Perez: What was the main reason?
Mr. Odio: Because, of the exhibition space they want to
have the trade show in the same place where they wart to
have their working sessions, so that they don't have to
travel from one place to the other.
Mayor Ferre: I think that this points out the need that we
have for an exhibition hall in Miami, but I was just
concerned that we had put some money up. As I remember it,
we have been responsible for getting C.O.T.A.L. here.
Mr. Odio: Well, yes, sir, I traveled to
Mayor Ferre: I mean, Tory Pajares and you traveled.
Mr. Odio: I went to the Dominican Republic and I went to
Buenas Aires.
Mayor Ferre: You made the presentation.
Mr. Odio: Yes, I did.
Mayor Ferre: And you went to Buenas Aires?
Mr. Odio: Yes, I did.
Mayor Ferre: Then we have put some ... I mean, there is an
investment.
Mr. Odio: Well, I, yes.
Mayor Ferre: Oh, you got the trip for free?
Mr. Odio: Yes, but if I spent $300, it was a lot.
Mayor Ferre: I see, okay. In other words ...
Mr. Dawkins: We do have expenses, Nr. Mayor,
Mr. Odio: We do have expenses. I thought you were asking
about the financial coaaait®ents.
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Mayor Ferre: In other words, we have ... I mean, we are the
ones that helped get C.O.T.A.L. here to Miami.
Mr. Dawkins: We are the ones who got it, not them.
Mr. Odio: I personally went to the Dominican Republic and
Buenas Aries.
Mayor Ferre: We got it to Miami.
Mr. Odio: Yes, sir.
Mayor Ferre: Now, Miami Beach is now the beneficiary of
that.
Mr. Odio: Well, we always wanted Miami Beach to
participate. It wasn't that it would be only in the City of
Miami.
Mayor Ferre: Are any events going to occur in Miami at all?
Mr. Dawkins: Mr. Mayor, that is why I brought the gentlemen
here this morning. He assured me last night that he was
going to use facilities and hotel rooms equally on both
sides of the bay.
Mayor Ferre: Okay.
Mr. Dawkins: I mean, that is why I had him make that
commitment, and I didn't believe him, so said "Will you come
to the Commission and make that commitment?" He said he
would.
Mr. Plummer: That is what happens when you put all your
eggs in one basket.
Mayor Ferre: All right, thank you very much.
5. TRANSFER FEE WAIVER TO COCONUT GROVE EXHIBITION
CENTER — NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN.
Mr. Perez: I would like if possible, to recognize Mrs.
Elaine Bloom, who wants to request a fee waiver for the use
of Bayfront Park Auditorium and the use of the Coconut Grove
Exhibition Center on behalf of the National Council of
Jewish Women.
Mrs. Elaine Bloom: Thank you, Mr. Perez. Thank you, Mr.
Mayor and members of the Commission. My name is Elaine
Bloom, and I am here substituting for Mrs. Carol Grunberg,
in Item 17 of your agenda. Carl Grunberg is President of
the National Council of Jewish Women, and she asked me, as
the person who was President just twelve years ago (it
hardly seems possible) when we began what we called "Fashion
Spree" which, as you will see 1f you do turn to the yellow
folder that I asked to have distributed to you, National
Council of Jewish Women have used this sale of new and
slightly used clothing ...
Mayor Ferre: I don't mean to cut you off, but let's get ...
first of all, we all want to congratulate you for your
husband's magnificent victory in the last elections. We
are happy that he made it to the judiciary. He will be a
great Judge. It was in major testimony to both his and your
ability and presence and stature in this community. so
congratuiational Secondly, what you want is ... you wade a
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commitment, and the commitment is in place, you are now
embarrassed, and therefore we are embarrassed, because we
are not going to be able to use the auditorium because the
Rouse Company is going to start tearing that down, and .you
need a place, and so what you want us to do is to provide
you a place for the same cost. Is that correct?
Mrs. Bloom: Yes, sir.
Mayor Ferre: Is that the issue?
Mrs. Bloom: The issue is, we are happy that the Coconut
Grove Auditorium is available for a subsequent period of
time In February rather than. the January period, but there
is a differential and we would like to be assured that we
would have the lowest of ...
Mayor Ferre: And the question is covering the differential,
I think fair is fair, and everybody on this Commission
understands that through no fault of your organization, you
have now have been shifted to a place that costs more, and
you shouldn't be asked to have that burden on you, so is
there a motion at this time?
Mr. Perez: Yes, I move.
Mr. Plummer: Second.
Mrs. Bloom: Mr. Mayor, may I make one request though? If
it should turn out that the Bayfront Park Auditorium is
maintained and kept open through that January period, we
would be very happy if we could use that because of the
centrality of the location.
Mavor Ferre: The motion then would include that. Is that
acceptable to the maker of the motion?
Mr. Plummer: Should they have to move, we would pay the
difference, yes.
Mayor Ferre: Are we ready to vote or. this?
Mr. Plummer: Right.
Mayor Ferre: All right, call the roll on Item 17.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner
Perez, who moved its adoption:
MOTION NO. 84-967
A MOTION GRANTING A REQUEST MADE BY
ELAINE BLOOM REPRESENTING THE NATIONAL
COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN FOR THE TRANSFER
OF A FEE WAIVER IN CONNECTION WITH AN
EVENT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED TO BE HELD AT
BAYFRONT PARK AUDITORIUM IN JANUARY,
L985; FURTHER STIPULATING THAT SAID FEE
WAIVER IS NOW TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE
COCONUT GROVE EXHIBITION CENTER AND
RESCHEDULING SAID EVENT TO BE HELD IN
FEBRUARY, L985; AND FURTHER STIPULATING
THAT IF BAYFRONT PARK AUDITORIUM IS
STILL STANDING AND AVAILABLE AS OF
JANUARY 1985, THE PREVIOUS COMMITMENT
FOR ITS USE WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT.
Upor being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the
motion was passed and adopted by the following vote-
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AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vic* -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
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6. ALLOCATE $5,200 FOR HOLIDAY FESTIVAL - DECEMBER 19 2,
1984.
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Mayor Ferre: All right, Commissioner Plummer, who is Agenda
Item 87?
Mr. Plummer: I move Item 87, which is the same setup.
Mayor Ferre: For what organization?
Mr. Plummer: It has beer approved before and it is the
Cancer League, Mr. Mayor.
Mavor Ferre: Is there a second?
Mr. Carollo: Second.
Mavor Ferre: Further discussion.? Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner
Plummer, who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 84-968
A RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 84-
634, ADOPTED JUNE 14, 1984, WHICH
ALLOCATED A SUM NOT TO EXCEED $5,200
FROM SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND ACCOUNTS,
QUALITY OF LIFE FUND, IN SUPPORT OF THE
1984 HOLIDAY FESTIVAL, TO BE HELD
DECEMBER 1 AND 2, 1984 IN BAYFRONT PARK
AUDITORIUM, WITH PROCEEDS GOING TO THE
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE;
SAID ALLOCATION BEING CONDITIONED UPON
SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE WITH CITY OF
MIAMI ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY NO. APM-1-
84, DATED JANUARY 24, 1984, BY AMENDING
THE THIRD WHEREAS CLAUSE AND SECTION 1
OF SAID RESOLUTION NO. 84-634 BY
INCREASING THE ALLOCATION FROM $5,200 TO
$8,288.25 AND BY PROVIDING THAT THE
FESTIVAL BE HELD AT THE COCONUT GROVE
EXHIBITION HALL INSTEAD OF THE BAYFRONT
PARK AUDITORIUM.
(Here follows body of revolution,
omitted here and on file in the Office
of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Carollo, the
resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -
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AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Matlrice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
Mr. Plummer: May I make a fast inquiry? Mr. Manager, it is
my understanding that the auditorium is going to be there
until the day after the Grand Prix Race. That was my
understanding, and I am asking you on the record what the
story is.
Mr. Gary: I will have to get that response for you.
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7. WAIVE RENTAL FEE - COCONUT GROVE EXHIBITION CENTER 26TH
ANNIVERSARY OF ALEX FARIS, DISTINGUISHED RADIO
PERSONALITY.
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Mr. Perez: Mr. Mavor, I would like to recognize a group
that is representing a committee in favor of a tribute in
honor of Mr. Alex Faris, well known personality on WQBA
radio station. They are going to celebrate a meeting next
September 15th, and they are requesting the use free of
charge of the Coconut Grove Exhibition Center. They try to
commemorate the 26th anniversary of Alex Faris as the radio
personality in our Miami radio.
Mr. Carollo: Second,
Mayor Ferre: All right, as I understand it, motion has been
made and duly seconded. Is there further discussion? All
right, call the roll.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner
Perez, who moved its adoption:
MOTION NO. 84-969
A MOTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE
CITY MANAGER TO WAIVE RENTAL FEE FOR USE
OF THE COCONUT GROVE EXHIBITION CENTER
ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1984 IN CONNECTION WITH
THE 26TH ANNIVERSARY OF Mr. ALEXIS FARIS
AS A DISTINGUISHED RADIO PERSONALITY IN
THIS COMMUNITY.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Carollo, the
motion was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ON ROLL CALL:
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Mr. Plummer: This speaks only to the rental?
Mayor Ferro: It speaks only to the rental.
Mr. Plummer: Okay.
Mr. Perez: (COMMENTS IN SPANISH)
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8. DISCUSSION: PUERTO RICRN OPPORTUNITY CENTER.
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Mr. Perez: Mr. Mayor, I have a petition from Mr. Mendoza.
Where is Alfredo Mendoza?
Unidentified Speaker: I am here.
Mr. Plummer: Isn't this a budget item?
Mr. Perez: Okay, the Puerto Rican. Opportunity Center.
Would you explain what you want?
Ms. Grisele Torres: First of all, my name is Grisele
Torres. I am the Executive Director of the Puerto Rican
Opportunity Center, and I am here to formally request the
Commission that our program be considered under F.R.S. - the
proposal that we had submitted to Staff be considered under
F.R.S. funding, since our Jobs Field Program, which is a
self program at this time - it is not going to be available
for next year, and we are requesting the food and shelter
proposal to be considered under F.R.S.
Mayor Ferre: Well, you know, I am all for you, but you are
making an end run., aren't you? In other words, what you are
doing, you are circumventing the whole procedure. Dena..?
Ms. Torres: Sir, I had been advised that I had to make this
request.
Mayor Ferre: Everybody makes that request. I mean, why
should we take you up separately? Dena, is this part of the
presentation that we will be dealing with later one?
Mr. Gary: Yea.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager, do you think that we should take
this separately?
Mr. Gary: No.
Ms. Torres: I should bring it up at the budget ...?
Mayor Ferre: It seems to re, Grisele, that you do yourself
a lot more hare by trying to sake an end run like you are
doing now, then being like everybody else. There are 30
other organizations that want the same thing you do. Now,
why should we take you separately?
Ms. Torres: Sir, I am fully aware of that. I have
requested the Commission shoe June that for us to be
considered under alternative funding, and this is what I am
requesting the Commission. I am not asking ...
Mayor Ferre: This City Commission today will be dealing
with Federal Revenue Sharing. There will be 30 to 40
organizations present here. I don't see any reason, as mueh
as I as supportive of the Puerto Rican Opportunity Center,
why we should take you up at a separate time.
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Ms. Torres: Sir, I think I have been misinterpreted. I am
not requesting our proposal to be considered at this point
by the Commission.
Mayor Ferre: What is it you are requesting?
Ms. Torres: What I am trying to make the Commission aware
is of the fact that I am not coming in for a jobs program,
that I am coming in for F.R.S. under my food and shelter
program.
Mayor Ferre: Wonderful.
Mr. Perez: Yes, but did you present the proposal in time?
Ms. Torres: Yes, sir, I sure did.
Mr. Perez: Oh, you present... well, I believe that you just
told me that you didn't have the proposal in time. You have
to wait for the discussion on the F.R.S.
Ms. Torres: I will, then.
Mr. Perez: It is better that you come back.
Mr. Plummer: That is after 5:00 o'clock at the school
across the street.
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9. APPROVE IN PRINCIPLE: 5TH HEMISPHERIC CONGRESS OF
LATIN AMERICAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.
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Mr. Perez: Mr. Mayor, I would like to recognize the group
from the Latin. American Chamber of Commerce - Camacol. As
you know, and as you mentioned at the beginning of this
meeting, Camacol have the Fifth Hemispheric Congress of
Chamber of Commerce and at that meeting they approve a
resolution that I would like to present - a resolution
approving in principle the resolution that the Fifth
Hemispheric Congress of Latin Chamber of Congress and
Industry, with a total of 25 nations from Latin American and
the Caribbean, recommending the concept of a trade fair. Do
you want to explain anything?
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Gonzalez?
Mr. Eloy Gonzalez: My name is Eloy Gonzalez, President of
the Latin Chamber of Commerce, Camacol. As a result of the
Fifth Hemispheric Congress of Latin Chambers of Comoro*,
the resolution of 26 countries, including the United
States - because we have to include the United States - is
to have a permanent fair, what we can call the market of the
nations, where we can have those nations to show non-
traditional products and try to sell those products, using
the Hispanic market, that is 209000,000 people with a
potential of $80,000,000,000. At the same time, we have to
use two roads. These people having this money, after they
sell their products, non-traditional products to these
countries, they can have the money to buy everything they
need from this country for each road way and we think that
we can implement the economy of this country for South
America that are in bad shape right now because of tb*
foreign debt. In helping these people, not only are we
going to help the economy to grow, but also to stop the
poverty that they have and the need that they have, is one
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of the tools that the Communists are using to destroy the
democratic system in our continent in America. So, we are
asking in principle the support to establish a permanent
market, a permanent fair where they can introduce their
products, and at the same time, we can have the 156 Hispanic
Chambers of Commerce in the United States help by the United
States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in trade and commerce
that helps all of the continents, from Canada, Alaska, to
Argentina.
Mayor Ferre: Thank you very much, President Gonzalez. I
might mention to you,as you know, when. the original concept
of the trade fair of the Americas came out, when I came out
with this about 7 or 8 years ago, the idea was to make it a
permanent fair. The State of Florida gave us $250,000 and
to my chagrin, because we did nothing on the trade fair and
had done nothing now for 4 years, we eventually ended up
losing that money to the City of Tampa and the money, even
though the press never reported it, was disappropriated from
the City and was turned over, unfortunately for us, to
Tampa, and Tampa has been pursuing this matter. Now, it is
now time for us to go back to the Trade Fair of the Americas
in following the tradition that is obviously coming to the
forefront in our country of the private sector taking the
leadership and joint venturing with the public sector. I
might remind you that the last time we did a trade fair, it
cost the taxpayers of Florida, the City of Miami and
Metropolitan. Dade County, well over $1,000,000 and the total
budget for the trade fair was well over $2,000,000. In
those days, the smallest significant trade fair in Europe
had a $50,000,000 budget. So, we were $2,000,000, they were
$50,000,000. Now, for us to do this properly is going to
require ar awful lot of effort and work and a lot of money.
Now, I would like to do this, Demetrio, if it is all right
with you. We have a council that has been established and
that is chaired by Burton. Landy. That council is looking at
the same issue. The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce is
also looking at this. I would like to appoint you, as a the
liaison person to deal with the committee established by the
City, chaired by Burton Landy, the Greater Miami Chamber of
Commerce, the Miami Dade Chamber of Commerce who also has a
major interest in the Caribbean to coordinate this with
CAMACOL under CAMACOL's leadership to do the Fair of the
Americas, but that we also include both the Black Chamber of
Commerce and Miami Dade Chamber of Commerce, and the Greater
Miami Chamber of Commerce and the committee that has already
been established, chaired by Burton Landy. And then,
lastly, I would like the Manager then to report back to the
Commission before the end of the year with a specific
proposal for the establishment of a permanent trade fair.
Mr. Gonzalez: I would like to add for the knowledge of the
people here that through our efforts, CAMACOL and the United
States Spanish Chamber of Commerce, and with the cooperation
of Jose Manuel Casanova in Washington, through the Inter -
American Development Bank we found the figure $1,000,000,000
to help the private sector, because as yourself and
Commissioner Perez in Mexico, they were tremendous witness
to the fight that we had there because we sustained the
deficit that the money that the government gives to other
governments are losing, so we signed for the private sector
$1,000,000,000 to help these people to maintain their
industry. I mean, this concept of the fair or the matching
of the nations that we have here is in participation of the
private sector, so it is not looking for funding and
expecting funding and money of the taxpayers, but we want
the private sector to be involved in this, so we can have a
private sector at the end.
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Mayor Ferre: President Gonzalez, you know there are are lot
of people who don't understand what a $1,000,000,000 is. In
English parlance, as you know, that is a billion dollars. In
Spanish we say a thousand million dollars, rather than a
billion dollars.
Mr. Plummer: Yes, but how come every time Bill Alexander
comes here, he says he only asks for pennies?
(INAUDIBLE BACKGROUND COMMENTS)
Mayor Ferre: All right,, do you...
Mr. Carollo: Maybe we should be asking them for money, not
the other way around.
Mayor Ferre: Are we ready to formalize this?
Mr. Perez: Yes, I would like to move that motion.
Mr. Plummer: Wait a minutet We are not moving any money.
Mayor Ferre: No, no.
Mr. Perez: You are not requesting any money, no? Only to
approve in principle —
(INAUDIBLE BACKGROUND COMMENTS)
Mayor Ferre: Look, you have the resolution before vou. It
is in writing before you. What we are moving is this
resolution amended to one, include Demetrio Perez as the
liaison in the same way that J. L., you have been liaison
for the power boat races or Grand Prix, and Joe has been
liaison for Miss Universe and Demetrio will be liaison on
this for the Commission, and further expand it that under
the CAMACOL's leadership that we would also involve the
Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, Miami Dade Chamber of
Commerce and the committee headed by Burton. Lardy. That is
the motion.
Mr. Perez: That is right.
Mayor Ferre: Is there a second?
Mr. Plummer: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Comissioner
Perez, who moved its adoption:
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RESOLUTION NO. 84-970
A RESOLUTION APPROVING, IN PRINCIPLE,
THE RESOLUTION OF THE V HEMISPHERIC
CONGRESS OF LATIN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE
AND INDUSTRY, A TOTAL OF 25 NATIONS FROM
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN,
RECOMMENDING TO THE PERTINENT
ORGANIZATIONS THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT, ON A
PERMANENT BASIS, OF THE CONCEPT "TRADE
FAIR OF THE AMERICAS", AS THE MOST
PLAUSIBLE STEP ORIENTED 'COWARD THE
PROMOTION OF TRADE AND COMMERCE AMONG
THE NATIONS OF THE CONTINENT,
SPECIFICALLY SPEAKING, THE PROMOTION OF
EXPORTS FROM LATIN AMERICAN AND
CARIBBEAN NATIONS TO U.S. AND CANADIAN
MARKETS WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING
THE PRESENT FINANCIAL CRISIS
EXPERIMENTED BY THE NATIONS OF THE
AFORE -MENTIONED REGIONS, A CRISIS
INDUCED BY A FOREIGN DEBT WHICH IN THE
LONG TERM THREATENS THE STABILITY OF THE
WORLD FINANCIAL MARKETS AND THE ECONOMIC
SYSTEMS OF THE FREE NATIONS ON EARTH;
DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO SEND COPIES
OF THE HEREIN RESOLUTION TO CERTAIN
DESIGNATED OFFICIALS.
(Here follows body of resolution.,
omitted here and on file in the Office
of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the
resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
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10. RENOVATION OF COCONUT GROVE EXHIBITION CENTER.
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Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, I would like to bring up two brief
pocket items, one has to do with the renovation and
additions to the Coconut Grove Exhibition Center. What I
would like is for the representatives that are here,
including John Nichols, who is still here, to come up and
show some of the drawings that they had made of renovations
to the Commission. I believe Mr. Trainer is here
representing this.
Mr. Monty Trainer: I am sorry, Mr. Carollo, I think we are
going to wait and go before the Sports Authority and then
come back to the City Commission.. We have been told that
rather than come to the City Commission., to go to the Sports
Authority first.
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11. D13CUSSION ITEM: STREET PEDDLERS/VENDORS IN COCONUT
GROVE.
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Mr. Carollo: All right, last but not least then, I believe
this is also going to affect a lot of people that are here
in your group, Mr. Trainer, and that has to do with the
ordinance that was amended in the City Code, Chapter 39,
dealing with street peddlers that was passed at first _
reading. A lot of the merchants and business people in
Coconut Grove would like that to be amended to be included
for the Coconut Grove area also. Would any of you care to
speak on that, Mr. Trainer? Jack? ... to include the -
Coconut Grove area.
Mr. Jack Luft: We are currently working on that right now.
We will be meeting with the Chamber and the businessmen on
drafting the regulations for that vending ordinance.
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Manager, before the final ordinance is
brought to us, the one dealing with downtown, can you make
sure that the amendment to include the Coconut Grove area
comes back together with it.
Mr. Plummer: Joe, Number 44 on today's agenda.
Mr. Carollo: Yes, I know that, but I think they would have
time between now and this afternoon.
Mr. Luft: I think in discussions with the Law Department,
it has become clear that we are going to have to do a little
bit more than just simply apply the downtown to Coconut
Grove. There are some different issues that will have to be
brought along with it. I think we are going to have to come
up just after that downtown ordinance with the Coconut Grove
to address this particular issue.
Mr. Carollo: Well, Jack, do you think you have enough time
to make those differences and work them out and bring it
back by the next Commission meeting?
Mr. Luft: I think so.
Mr. Carollo: What I don't wart to happen is that you bring
one part up, and then the other one is forgotten, and if
that is the case, I am going to hold up the downtown until
we get Coconut Grove into it also.
Mr. Luft: No, we can get it back, we just can't add it on
jointly.
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Manager.
Mr. Gary: Commissioner Carollo, I agree with you.
Obviously we need to do something in Coconut Grove. The
issue becomes - on this one we did downtown, we did it in
conjunction with the business people and there are different
kinds of situations downtown and in Coconut Grove.
Mr. Carollo: Most are very similar.
Mr. Gary: It is similar, but yet again at the some time,
you have got different types of spaces in downtown Miami
where you don't have in the Grove, which I think would
probably even make it more restrictive, Commissioner
Carollo. I would suggest, because we see his point too, we
would not hold it up - that we be given the seine
opportunity - I am not talking about a long period of time.
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I am talking about maybe a month to sit down and come up
with a plan that would be applicable to Coconut Grove and
would apply to Coconut Grove which would include the
business people, if it is okay with you and the Commission.
Mr. Carollo: Can we make sure then, Mr. Manager, that by no
later than the last meeting of October that this be
resolved? That should give you plenty of ample time to do
what you just described to me.
Mr. Gary: Yes, sir. Work has already been done,
Commissioner Carollo. The base maps have been done. We
have got the draft of a tentative ordinance that we need to
get together with the business people to finalize it.
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12. APPROVE PAYMENT OF $5,000 FOR AD FOR CITY IN SPANISH
PHONE BOO[.
Mr. Perez: I would like to recognize this group of Miami en
Sus Manos, the Spanish phone book. This item was deferred
two or three times. I would like if possible to have the
opportunity that they
Mayor Ferre: Item "F".
Mr. Perez: You remember that they requested $5,000?
Mr. Alfredo Marrero (COMMENTS IN SPANISH)
Mr. Cesar Odio: (TRANSLATING) His name is Marrero
representing from the Guide of Miami. They placed an ad.
They had 250,000 circulation in the area of Miami, 80,000 to
100,000. Because of that reason he is transferring ... he
expects that the Commissior will talk about this situation..
In other words, he placed an ad that had a circulation of
250,000 and that he wants the City to pay for it.
Mr. Perez: Mr. Mayor, I would like to propose that we
approve the amount of $5,000 they are requesting. No, that
is the bill.
Mayor Ferre: We have a motion on the floor.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, I will second the motion with the
full understanding that at no time in the future that they
ever approach this Commission in the wanner in which they
have done this time, after the facts!
Mr. Odio: (COMMENTS IN SPANISH TO Mr. MARRERO) He said you
are rightl
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, the only area that I would like to
stipulate in an amendment to the motion is that we be
provided with some kind of proof, such as audit fro* the
printers, or what have you, that indeed there were the
amounts of copies printed that he has so stipulated here. I
think if we would not do so, we would be very negligent.
Mayor Ferre: We have a notion. There is a condition on it.
Does the maker of the motion accept that?
Mr. Perez: Yes.
Mayor Ferre: The seconder of the notion?
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Mr. Carollo: Particularly in campaign times like this that
certain individuals that are just looking for any excuse to
start investigations and since I have been reading about the
City of Miami having such huge legal problems that I never
knew about, 1 want to make sure that no one from the
Administration has to call any of their friends in a certain
building in town anymore.
Mayor Ferre: All right, further discussion? _Call the roll.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner
Perez, who moved its adoption:
MOTION NO. 84-971
A MOTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE
CITY MANAGER TO ALLOCATE AN AMOUNT NOT
TO EXCEED $5,000 TO BE PAID TO ALFREDO
MARRERO FOR A CITY OF MIAMI AD WHICH WAS
PUBLISHED IN THE "MIAMI PHONE BOOK"
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THE CITY
ADMINISTRATION IS ABLE TO ASCERTAIN AND
VERIFY THAT THEIR CIRCULATION TO BE THE
ONE PREVIOUSLY STATED BEFORE THE
COMMISSION.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the
motion was pasned and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ON ROLL CALL:
Mayor Ferre: Reluctantly, "yes".
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13. PERSONAL APPEARANCE: REQUEST FOR FUNDS - ROBERT E. LEE
SCHOOL 10-14-64 - (Referred to City Manager).
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Mr. Perez: The last one, Mr. Mayor, is this group, Carnival
184 Wynwood Aliapattah Hispanic Week part of the Spanish
week. I think that the president of the group wants to wake
a presentation..
Mr. Alfredo Mendoza: Good morning, my name is Alfredo
Mendoza. (REQUESTS TRANSLATOR)
Mr. Odio: (TRANSLATING) His name is Alfredo Mendoza. They
reside at 1251 N. W. 29th Street. The civic and cultural
union, they are very proud together with the City of Miami
with the Wynwood Carnival 184, Where they are representing
22 countries to celebrate the 492 anniversary of the
discovery of America. The Department of Parks and
Recreation approved the police, sanitation and the portable
stage and the use of the park. They are asking now for
$9072.23 to be able to obtain ... to create a parade that
will be celebrated October 14th at 2:00 P.M., starting at
the Robert E. Lee School, because all these girls .are
students of that Robert E. Lee School and Jackson Senior
High. They have invited members of the consulate court that
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were representing 19 countries. and they have accepted the
Invitation. And they also very proudly invite the Mayor, }
Maurice Ferre and the Commissioners for them to be there
present when they crown the lady. In your hands I leave
this, and I hope God blesses you all.
Mayor Ferre: Thank you, Mr. Mendoza. Anything else?
Mr. Perez: Mr. Mayor, It think that this _item would be
better sent to the City Manager's o:fice,.no?
Mayor Ferre: Well, we always do it, traditionally.
Mr. Perez: Yes, in order that they discuss the issue and
they make a formal recommendation.
Mayor Ferre: All right, this matter is then referred to Mr.
Gary and to the proper people on his staff.
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14. GRANT REQUEST OF UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI ATHLETIC TEAM
WAIVER OF RENTAL PERCENTAGE FOR SALE OF NOVELTIES, ETC.
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Mayor Ferre: Mr. Rick Remer of the University of Miami is
here regarding their desire to sell souvenirs and novelties
at the Orange Bowl during University of Miami games only.
Mr. Trainer, are you representing the University of Miami.
Mr. Carollo: What do you wart to sell, sir?
Mr. Monty Trainer: My name is Monty Trainer, I live at 2660
Tigertail, Coconut Grove, and I would like to ask the City
Commission to waive the 31% fee that is paid on the
concessions at the Orange Bowl. We have an agreement ...
Mayor Ferre: This is a request formally signed September
12, and I will read it into the record:
"To The Commission - University of Miami Athletic
Department respectfully requests permission to be
placed on the Agenda's Pocket Item September 13th.
We would ask the Commission's consideration of the
the University's desire to sell souvenirs and
novelties at the Orange Bowl during University of
Miami games only, and that the Commission consider
waiving the 31% rental charge as paid by the
current contract holder, the Miami Dolphins. We
have an agreement with the Dolphins (copy
enclosed) indicating their willingness to
participate in this project which would be a
significant fund raiser for the University of
Miami Athletic Department, if the City would waive
its rental percentage. The letter is dated August
9th and is signed by J. Michael Robbie; Executive
Vice -President and General Manager, "Dear Walter:
The Miami Dolphins would be willing to allow the
University of Miami to set up their own stands for
novelty sales at the Orange Bowl for Hurricane
games if the City of Miami would also be willing
to do this on the basis that both the Dolphins and
the City of Miami receive no proceeds and no fees
for these $ales and have nothing to do with these
sales."
In other words, I guess what Mr. Robbie in his wonderful way
is telling us is that he is willing to waive anything it we
also waive, and I think that is a reasonable request.
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Mr. Carollo: I think that is very reasonable and I
compliment Mr. Robbie for the stand he has taken. I will
certainly make the motion and after I get a second ...
Mayor Ferre: Is there a second?
Mr. Plummer: Only if I get security.
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Plummer, the undertaker is seconding it.
Mayor Ferre: All right, under discussion. Monty, I am fully
supportive of the University of Miami's athletic team. I am
fully supportive of the Hurricanes. I fully support the
University of Miami, period. What you have done is
magnificent, and we are proud of what you have done. Would
you please send a message to Mr. Sam Jankovich and to the
University of Miami that I don't think that Mr. Foote, the
President and the others, including Mr. Jankovich realize
that the City of Miami does own the Orange Bowl ...
Mr. Trainer: I've made them aware of it.
Mayor Ferre: ... that it is not owned by Metropolitan Dade
County. It is not owned by Hialeah or Miami Beach. It is
not owned by the State of Florida and that he doesn't really
have to treat us all the same, that I think he has
forgotten, and he has only been here what?...several years,
four or five years, so maybe he doesn't realize that it is
the City of Miami who owns the Orange Bowl and he really
shouldn't be worried too much about other jurisdictions that
seem to concern him a great deal. When we ask certain
things, he says "Well, you know, we can't do that with the
City of Miami, because we would have to do that for Metro
and Miami Beach". Tell him he really doesn't have to do
that. Perhaps if he understands that, then ...
Mr. Trainer: For the record, Mr. Mayor, I had a prayer
meeting with Sam Jankovich and he understands completely who
owns the Orange Bowl.
Mayor Ferre: He knows how to pray now? Okay.
Mr. Trainer: I would like to add, however, that the
University of Miami has enjoyed working with the City. We
are working with the City Manager's office on renovations in
the Press Box and our Hurricane deck, and we are looking
forward in 1986 to being the primary tenant in the Orange
Bowl and we don't want to play any place but the Orange
Bowl. We are not going to be building a stadium on campus,
so we are looking for the Orange Bowl, and we support the
City's efforts to renovate, or do whatever they want with
the Orange Bowl.
Mayor Ferre: Okay, we have got a motion ...
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, for the record, before we vote on
it, since Mr. Trainer has taken his own time to come here
representing the University of Miami, I think this is
something that should be brought up publicly at a meeting
like this. Many people know one side of Monty Trainer, but
the other side that is not widely known is that this man
here is probably the main individual in this Dade County
that has contributed the most funds - personal funds and
funds from his corporations to sports in this town. He has
single handedly contributed an enormous amount of dollars to
the programs, football, swiWing, baseball, others, at the
University of Miami, not to include the monies that he has
spent in the boxing program here and other programs of use
in this city that he has helped, and I think that this is
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something that should be acknowledged publicly and this city
should thank him for it.
Mayor Ferre: Thank you very much, Mr. Trainer for your
continuing support of these great causes that you so ably
espouse. We have a motion and a second, and we are ready to
vote now.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner
Carollo, who moved its adoption:
MOTION NO. 84-972
A MOTION GRANTING A REQUEST MADE BY THE
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI ATHLETIC TEAM FOR
WAIVER OF RENTAL PERCENTAGE IN ORDER
THAT THEY MAY BE ABLE TO SELL NOVELTIES
AT THE ORANGE BOWL DURING "HURRICANE"
GAMES, IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR ONGOING
FUND-RAISING EFFORTS.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the
motion was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
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15. DIRECT CITY MANAGER TO WORK WITH REP3 OF AMERICAN
nPRES3 COMPANY TO BRING OLYMPIC TASK FORCE FOR SHOW IN
MIAMI TO BENEFIT URBAN LEAGUE AND NEGRO COLLEGE FUND,
ETC.
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Mayor Ferre: We have here the Vice -President of Business
Development for American Express Company, Mr. Warner J.
Canno, Jr. Along with Vice -President of American Express.
we have Janice Leventhal, Assistant Manager of Olympic Task
Force and Tina Gonzalez, Manager of Olympic Task Force, and
Judith J. Parker, Manager of the Olympic Task Force of the
American Express Travel related service, and Mr. Canno, we
wish to thank you. We had breakfast with Mr. Canno this
morning - Howard Gary and some of us, and they are very
anxious to come to Miami to put a program which was success
in TusCon, Arizona last year, which in effect, is a fund
raising for both the National Urban League and for the U. S.
Negro College fund. Mr. Canno, the Chair recognizes you.
Mr. Warner J. Canno: Thank you very much, Mr. Mayor. We
have come down here to talk about a sporting event and I
feel this morning as if I were coming down here to move the
headquarters of Americar+ Express, by the way we have been
treated, and I want to thank all of you.
Mayor Ferre: We'd like to talk about that too!
Mr. Canno: I'm sure that they are very generous, but I do
appreciate your many courtesies. We came down here a couple
of weeks ago to talk about a rather unique sporting event
that would benefit the Urban League and the the U.N.C.F. It
is a national event. We spoke first with Mr. Selman Lewis.
We said that Miami is one of the cities that we are looking
at. Mr. Lewis said you don't have to look at any other
city, that Miami will take care of you, and so for we are
very impressed by the courtesy and the enthusiasm that we
have received here. Thank you, and we hope we can move
this forward.
Mayor Ferre: We certainly appreciate that, and Mr. Manager,
do you want to add anything also to that? I don't think we
need any resolutions at this time.
Mr. Gary: No, sir. I think it may be appropriate, Mr.
Mayor, for you, and the Commission to direct me to work with
American Express to come up with a proposal that can be
presented to you that would bring to fruition this event in
Miami.
Mayor Ferre: 1 would like to appoint Miller Dawkins as the
liaison if he will accept - the liaison person on the
Commission on this issue. Is there a motion now that we
instruct the Manager ...
Mr. Carollo: I want to make sure that Miller Dawkins will
accept. Miller?
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Mayor Ferre: All right, is
Mr. Carollo: Second provided that Miller Dawkins accepts.
Mayor Ferre: If he doesn't accept, then I will appoint
somebody else. Further discussion? Call the roll, please.
The following motion was introduced by
Commissioner Plummer, who moved its adoption:
MOTION NO. 84-973
A MOTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE
CITY MANAGER TO WORK WITH
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AMERICAN EXPRESS
COMPANY TO WORK TOWARD THE GOAL OF
BRINGING TO MIAMI THE OLYMPIC TASK FORCE
OF THE AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL - RELATED
SERVICES IN ORDER TO PUT ON A SHOW
SIMILAR TO THE ONE WHICH WAS
SUCCESSFULLY HELD LAST YEAR IN TUCSON,
ARIZONA, AS A FUND RAISING EVENT TO
BENEFIT THE NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE AND
THE U.S. NEGRO COLLEGE FUND; FURTHER
APPOINTING COMMISSION MILLER DAWKINS AS
THE CITY'S OFFICIAL LIAISON WITH SAID
EVENT.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Carollo, the motion
was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
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16. ALLOCATE $5000 IN SUPPORT OF PRO BIKE 64 - THE
BIENNIAL WORLD CONFERENCE ON BICYCLE TRANSPORTATION.
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Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, the one I would like to bring up is
a motion authorizing the City Manager to allocate $5,000 to
the Bicycle Federation for purposes of promoting the City of
Miami at the Pro -Bike 84 convention to be held at Knight
Convention Center in December of 1984.
Mr. Plummer: Second.
Mayor Ferre: The is a motion and a second. Further
discussion? Call the roll.
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The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner
Carollo, who moved its adoption.:
RESOLUTION N0. 84-974
A RESOLUTION ALLOCATING AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED $5,000 FROM SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND
ACCOUNTS, CONTINGENT FUND, IN SUPPORT OF
PRO -BIKE 184, THE BIENNIAL WORLD
CONFERENCE ON BICYCLE TRANSPORUTION AND
RECREATION; SAID ALLOCATION BEING
CONDITIONED UPON SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE
WITH CITY OF MIAMI ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY
NO. APM-1-84, DATED JANUARY 24, 1984.
(Here follows body of resolution,
omitted here and on file in the Office
of the City Clerk. )
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the
resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Nor.e
17. REQUEST METRO NOT TO LEASE, RENT PROPERTY TO PERSONS
ESPOUSING PHILOSOPHY OF RACISM, ANTI-SEMITISM, ETC.
Mr. Carollo: Last, but not least, Mr. Mayor, I have one
additional motion that I would like to bring up. This is
brief. I don't think it should be controversial at all,
but, Mr. Mayor, you recall last year there was a request by
the Klu Klux Klan that they warted permits to espouse and
get a soap box to expound their hate in this community and
this Commission took a stance that we would not issue a
permit for them, that we would not allow them to rent any
City property for them to spread their message of hate,
fear, or racism. Back at the time I made a resolution, if
you will recall, condemning the Klan. That resolution
stated they were not welcome in this City. Just a few days
ago, there was another messenger of hate and racism in the
City, that the Caleb Center, that we do not have control
over - It is Dade County's center, was leased for this
individual to have e soap box to spread his message of hate
and anti-Semitism, and I am referring to Mr. Louis
Farrakhan. I would like to make a
this Commission to take a stance a
Metropolitan Dade County, that we
funds and we, the residents of MI
taxpayers of Dade County, to have
Caleb Center is, to be leased to
racism, such as Louis Farrakhan, th
others. Racism, Mr. Mayor and
Commission, racism and racists come
white. They come in black, and
between. Just like I opposed the
because it was a slap in the face t
o
notion at this time for
nd for it to be sent to
oppose our taxpayers'
smi are also very such
our centers, Ilk* the
messengers of hate and
e Klu Klux Klan, or any
my colleagues in the
in more colors than just
many other shades in
Klan cocain` to this City
a large portion of our
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community, I think that Metropolitan. Dade County leasing
public space to an individual that has expressed his hate
and his racism to another large part of our community, the
Jewish community, is equally as bad. Mr. Mayor, at this
time I would like to make a motion that we request, make a
formal request to Dade County government that they would not
lease or rent any County property to any individuals or
groups whose philosophies are philosophies of racism and
particularly, individuals such as the Klan, and individuals
that represent the philosophy of racism, such as the Klan,
and Louis Farrahkan.
Mayor Ferre: We have a motion on the floor. Is there a
second?
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Is there any discussion on the motion? Call
the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner
Carollo, who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 84-975
A RESOLUTION FORMALLY REQUESTING THE
METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY COMMISSION THAT
IT NOT LEASE OR RENT ANY COUNTY PROPERTY
TO ANY INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP ESPOUSING THE
PHILOSOPHY OF RACISM; IN PARTICULAR,
INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS SUCH AS LOUIS
FARRAHKAN AND THE KLU KLUX KLAN: FURTHER
POINTING OUT, IN SUPPORT OF SAID
REQUEST, THAT CITY CITIZENS ARE
TAXPAYERS AND OPPOSE SAID USE OF COUNTY
FACILITIES SUCH AS THE CALEB CENTER BY
MESSENGERS OF HATE, RACISM, OR ANTI
SEMITISM.
(Here follows body of resolution,
omitted here and on file in the Office
of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the
resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferro
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ON ROLL CALL:
Mayor Ferro: I would like to join the rest of the
Commission in voting on this, and I want to add to it. As I
Said, it is 10:41 A.M. now. this 9:00 o'clock meeting is an
hour, forty minutes into the meeting and we still haven't
taken up the first scheduled agenda item. I do have a
Series of pocket items. I will hold then up until later
this morning and would like the courtesy of bringing than up
before we adjourn, but I will hold mine up. one of them
deals with the pension plans of South Africa. It is fly
opinion that we must be consistent. If we condemn the Klu
Klux Klan, and we oondemn racism in all of its foreav then
it seems to me that this Commission also must take th* # e
kind of posture in a country that has, like the Soviet Union
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does, people of the stature of a Alexander Socarras and we
condemn that, and yet, when a country like South Africa
places similar type of people that are beyond reproach in
their moral standings in jail for the reason that they do
not wish to be treated in a racist society and set aside,
then it seems to me that it is incongruous for the City of
Miami, through its pension plan, to invest money in those
corporations that are in effect, flaming the fires of racism
in a country that is very much a part of the, problematical
world that we live in. I think we must, be consistent. I
vote on this, because 1 think that Minister Louis Farrakhan
has gone totally beyond the realms of propriety in his
condemnations of Jews. I think it has been racist, whether
or not he calls the Jewish religion a gutter religion, or he
denied it, and said that what he meant was that it was a low
religion. He then tried to explain all of this by saying
that Hitler was a great man and that he meant was, he was an
evil great man, and on and on. On Sunday we were exposed to
more of his hate and diatribes against the Jews and other
white people in this country, and I am certainly happy that
this Commission is taking a unanimous position on this, but
I wish to again express that to be consistent, it is my
intention to bring out a resolution, which by the way, is
identical to the one passed by the City of New York and
other American. Cities dealing with South Africa.
Mr. Dawkins: Mr. Mayor, I agree with you, and I would like
to expound on my vote. I am voting unanimous because I too,
despise people who preach and teach hatred, but I also
believe that this is America, and Farrakhan has a right to
speak his opinion., but as my colleague, Mr. Carollo said, he
does not have a right to speak it in a place that is
supported with everybody's dollars, so therefore, I support
this resolution, but I also would like to tell Mr. Farrakhan
that if he gets his own money, and comes to Miami and gets
his own building, then perhaps, he still may be able to
express his own view, although I don't know how many people
would be there to listen to him.
18. APPROVE PARTICIPATION IN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR
CREATION OF GREATER MIAMI CONVENTION CONSORTIUM.
Mayor Ferre: We are now into the Committee of the Whole.
We are on the discussion of Tourist Industry Coalition. and
Mr. Manager, the Chair recognizes you on this item, or did
you want to introduce the subject and then turn it over to
them?
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, if you recall, tome months ago you and
I had a meeting with Dade County and members of the Tourism
Industry Council. Since that time, I have met with them on
two occasions to discuss their proposal, and what the
Administration would be recommending with regard to their
proposal, which is basically the consolidation of all
tourist and convention activities. My position, Mr. Mayor,
is that the philosophy, or the consolidated tourism and
convention effort is one that is commendable. It is one
that should be pursued; however, it is my position also that
with the authority that they are proposing that they accept,
they also accept the responsibility, and my whole position
is that if they wish to have the city's sales staff,
convention marketing staff, that they take over the
responsibility also for the liabilities if those activities
are not performed adequately, and that is basically the note
on the conference/convention renter, also known as Miami
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James L. Knight Convention. Center. That is basically our
Position, Mr. Mayor, with regard to that. Staff has also
had further meetings with them in terms of possibly giving
assistance up to $50,000, which is the money that we have
allotted for promotion and provides that there are certain
conditions attached to that. You should have a copy of that
memorandum before you, which basically outlines those
concerns.
Mayor Ferre: All right, at this time I will recognize the
Industry Committee.
Mr. Steve Sonnabend: Steve Sonnabend of Sonesta Beach Hotel
in Key Biscayne. Mr. Mayor, Commissioners, thank you very
much for seeing us once again. A number of our people are
here, and I would appreciate it if they would stand and if I
could Just quickly introduce them. Juan Franklin from the
Mariott-Biscayne downtown; Bob Dickinson, Carnival Cruise
Lines; Leslie Pantin, whom you all know; Fred Atlas from
Sheraton River House; Bob Lefcourt from the Radd13on and
Merchandise Mart; Chris Perks from the Omni Hotel; Art Caine
from Norwegian Caribbean Lines; Arthur Serins from the
Fontainbleu Hotel; Steve Nostran, who is in communications
advertising; Beverly Reef, of our staff. We are
tremendously excited about the new Great Miami Convention.
Bureau and I am delighted to hear Howard Gary say that
philosophically he thinks it is a wonderful idea. This
certainly is a milestone for the community. It is an
example of private business and government forming a
partnership to accomplish important goals And it is a
county -wide effort. Obviously, we urge the City of Miami to
come into it. Miami Beach has, Bal Harbour, and Metro as
well. Just a few facts - I think you know them. The Bureau
is about to begin. It will have a budget of over
$2,000,000. Number two, the office of the Greater Miami
Convention Bureau consortium will be located in the City.
Yes, we think it makes very good sense to have the office of
the bureau in the City, and we are proceeding with that. We
are still negotiating a space, but we are seriously
considering space ... what can I say, it is equal distance
between the airport, Miami Beach ...
Mr. Dawkins: We are going to put it in the Hyatt to help us
with our deficit.
Mr. Plummer: I think that is reasonable to assume that you
would sell a convention from a convention facility. I don't
think you would want to sell it from Allapattah, or anywhere
else. I mean ...
Mr. Sonnabend: It is a central location. I think it is a
location that you will be very happy with. It is in the
City of Miami, and it will please everybody, which is the
important thing.
Mr. Plummer: Am I to assume by your non -answer that it is
not the Hyatt Convention Center?
Mr. Sonnabend: Right.
Mr. Plummer: Okay.
Mr. Sonnabend: We think that it shouldn't be in a hotel.
We think it is fair for everybody if it is not actually
located inside of a hotel. The Convention Bureau Consortium
will be taking in staff from the Mia®i Beach Convention
Bureau. If the City joins, we are delighted to take staff
in from the City Convention Bureau, and that staff will
retain all their benefits, group insurance, pension, etc.
The Consortium will solicit all potential business for
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Greater Miami, not only long term, but short term. We will
be soliciting Black groups, Latin conventions, the South
American market, and obviously our sales people who are best
attuned to sell those markets. We would like you to join.
We have been talking the last few weeks, I think as you may
know, about possible phase in. I'd like Kenny Myers to
explain that phase -in, if he may.
Sen. Kenneth Myers: Mayor and members of the Commission,
let me pass out to you a proposal which .-has been discussed
with several Commissioners and others in the Consortium for
several weeks on the basis that we recognize clearly the
sensitivity and concerns of the City in coming into the
Consortium. We are hoping that a phased -in sort of a
transition feeling out period - getting to know you period
would make the City comfortable with coming into the
Consortium on a phased -in basis over a year's period in the
following manner. Let me pass this out to you.
Mayor Ferre: Has the Administration had the opportunity to
read this? They do have it?
Sen. Myers: Yes, sir. Obviously, th,
worlds would be that, and the Consorti
City would come into the Consort
understanding that this is going to be
and the concerns of the City ... we
would feel comfortable if you came
options in the world open to you on th
we have drawn this on the basis of
interlocal agreement, which is in e:
three cities. The city would join -
October 1, would be that the Con:
convention promotion services for the
include convention sales, bookings, of
be the promotion services of
advertising, preparation., and diet
materials, public relations, promot
special events and the like, as 1
promotion activities of the Consorti
The City in Phase I would reserve t
participate on their own, with their a
shop, in their own promotion servic
trade shows, exhibitions and specs
market, and the like. Phase II would
phase, whereby the City, still retair
transfer of staff at all as yet, co®e
1985, would coordinate by working a
that is the Tourism Industry Coaliti<
conventions - in other words, the st,
continue doing marketing. T.I.C. wool
marketing and sales and conventions, t
best of all possible
im would hope that the
.um immediately, but
a feeling out period,
thought that the City
in with all of the
following basis, and
an amendment to the
feet now between the
:he first phase, as of
ortium would perform
City. That does not
marketing. It would
,he City, including
ribution of printed
ons of trade shows,
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wn staff and their own
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al events, the flea
be a coordinated sales
ing its own staff, no
encing as of April 1,
greement with T.I.C.,
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iff, your staff, would
d start to pick up the
ut it would be done on
a working agreement with the Tourism Industry Coalition,
which we affectionately call T.I.C.
Mr. Plummer: I strongly suggest you change that namef
Sen. Myers: Well, that is part of the document. They have
put that in as a word - the short term.
Mr. Plummer: Most ticks that I know are bloodsuckerst
San. Myers: We hope it doesn't come out that way,
Commissioner! All right, that is a coordinated sales phase.
At that point, still the City retains all its Options,
retains its own staff - no staff transfer whatsoever. Is
Phase 3, which is one year, October 1, 1985 - assuming that
the City has been happy and is satisfied and the Consortius
Is happy and satisfied with these arrangements - bear i aiee
legally, you have the same rights as all other Qities ems!
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the County has in this agreement. You have a right to get
out at any time. And even though this says Phase III, you
are going to come in ... anybody in. the Consortium, any City
has a right to out, so subject to the city's option by
resolution to stay in for another year, at that point would
be turning over your convention sales and marketing programs
to the Consortium, and the Consortium would then perform for
the City as it is for all of the other participating public
agencies, the marketing and sales efforts for conventions.
We believe even though this is a phased in program that the
City of Miami should have equal standing right off the bat
with all other participating members of the Consortium, so
that as of October 1, 1984, as of the commencing of Phase I,
the Mayor of the City would sit as an equal member of the
Consortium Board, so that instead of three, there will be
four members of the Consortium Board, with the Mayor, or his
designee, which means any elected member of the City
Commission, and the City Manager, sitting as an ex-officio
member, as all other Administrative officers of the City
sit, as the cities and County sits, so that you would be an
equal partner, even at the beginning of Phase I, as of
October 1, 1984 on the Consortium Board. We think this is
the best type of arrangement for a transition - getting to
know you, period. It gives the City all the options in the
world. You have nothing to lose, and everything to gain..
Instead of $650,000 budget for convention promotions and
sales, you will pick up $2,300,000. It seems to me that it
is an offer that the City couldn't, or shouldn't refuse.
That is what we would like to present to you.
_% Mr. Plummer: What does initial Phase I cost?
Sen. Myers: Well, we, at the suggestion of several - the
City shouldn't feel that it is coming in for nothing. You
should feel that you are an equal participating partner, so
it was the suggestion from the City side that you ought to
participate to the extent of approximately $100,000. I put
that figure in here. That is a suggestion to you. We
initially offered that the City should come in for nothing.
However, it seems to me from the City's side, that from the
standpoint of feeling that you are a participating partner,
which you would be, that you ought to participate, even if
it is a nominal amount, and $100,000 would be a nominal
amount.
Mr. Plummer: So, am I to understand what you are saying is
you accept the Manager's recommendation?
Son. Myers: I don't know what the Manager is recommending
with respect to this, Commissioner Plummer.
Mr. Plummer: Make it again., so Mr. Myers understands.
Mr. Gary: What is he recommending?
Mr. Plummer: He is saying that the City come in and he has
recommended at $100,000, or some nominal fee, so we are not
coming in free of charge. You are recommending $50,000, and
that we try it for the year, at $50,000.
Mr. Gary: As a contribution.
Mr. Plummer: As a contribution. So basically, if I
understand, the Manager and Mr. Myers are in accord.
Mayor Ferre: I want to make sure that we are not playing
games on this thing - I mean, let's call a spade a spade and
put our cards on the table. It is the intention of the
resolution that has been presented and the statement that
has been made by Senator Myers that we, and as I understand,
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Mr. Manager. the negotiations that went on between Cesar
Odio, Leslie Panting Mr. Sonnabend and yourself, at one time
also included, that in a six month period, we would begin to
phase in operations. Now, is that included in this?
Sen. Myers: Yes.
Mayor Ferre: That is certainly my intention, and that is
what I am voting for.
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, just for the record, the
Administration did not agree to that. That is what was
discussed, and our recommendation is that if it is a phased
in process, that the phase in does not occur until we assure
ourselves that our fiduciary responsibility with regards to
the Convention Center sealed completely in terms of their
liability, and not the City.
Mayor Ferre: Our fiduciary responsibility, Mr. Manager,
cannot be relieved in any way, since it is the City who is
in debt. Furthermore, nobody is going to assume that
$66,000,000 debt. Secondly, I think it is also pertinent to
point out that we have a right to get out of this at any
time, and therefore, our safeguard is the ability to
immediately at any time, at our choosing, get up from the
table and walk outt
Mr. Plummer: Well, I would have to put in two provisos.
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, it is not that simple.
Mr. Plummer: One, that the $100,000, if that is what it is
assumed, and that is what I had agreed to in negotiations
would be predicated on the monies received in the grant from
the V.C.A. We now get $250,000 from them, an annual
contribution. The T.D.C.t I've got too many of them there.
And the second proviso that I would wart is that before any
other phase were to be kicked in, it would have to have the
approval of this Commission., that it would not be automatic,
that when Phase II is to be considered, that it would come
back before this Commission as approved, then when Phase III
came in, that that was approved. I don't want anybody to
travel under any misconception that it is an automatic
thing. As the Mayor says, I don't agree with too many of
the statements, but if you want me to dance, you have got to
ask. Well, you are asking for us to dance in Phase I. If
we like it, then you will ask us to dance on Phase II, and
hopefully, if we like it, we will join the grand ball in
Phase III. The only question that I have, the only thing I
am asking is when the Coalition people came to see me on a
number of occasions, they made claims which I felt were
exaggerated claims. The claims I heard anywhere up to
$4,000,000 from the private sector annually. Is there
anywhere in that interlocking agreement that Stipulates a
factor form the private sector? That is very important.
Sen. Myers: Yes, it is. The private sector is required to
contribute a minimum amount the first year that you are
familiar with and then, what is the minimum amount the
second year?
Mr. Plummer: That money is already in the bank.
Sen. Myers: That is right. $350,000, but there is also a
commitment that in any future years, the private sector, the
coalition Is required to match any proportionate increase
that all of the other cities come up with. Further, there
is a commitment in there that they will make every effort,
which they are doing right now, as a matter of fact, to
Increase their share of the pot, in a such greater
proportionate share than the City and the County.
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Mr. Plummer : So what you are saying is, that it is not a
dollar figure. It is a matching proportionate figure.
Sen. Mvers: That is right, plus the commitment to make
every effort to come up with even more than their
proportionate share. I understand that there is a strong
effort for next year to come up with a very large dollar
amount which should not be committed to at the moment, but
that the industry is working on a substantially larger
dollar amount than the initial $350,000.
Mayor Ferre: All right, are there any other statements that
need to be made by the industry?
Sen. Myers: Well, let me ask Commissioner Plummer and the
Commission if your agenda regarding the option to get out,
to be applied to the Phase II, the October 1, 1985 phase,
which I think you intended to mean, rather than having it
interrupted right in the middle of the first year. If the
Consortium gears up with employees and staff to do this
effort, and then you opt out in the middle of the six month
period, you have nothing to lose until the first year is
over anyway, so why would you want to opt out in the middle?
Mr. Plummer : I am not opting out at all. I don't opt out
at all, Kenny. When does the second phase kick in? April
of 1985?
Sen. Myers: April 1, 1984, I mean 1985, I am sorry.
Mr. Plummer: It is not different, so I can opt out at any
time. All I am saying is, that if you want us to dance in
Phase II, you ask us. That is all I am saying. We can join
you today, and next month, according to my understanding, we
can withdraw. You get our money, but we can withdraw, so
there is no difference at all, if we can withdraw at any
time, that at the second phase, you come back before this
Commission and ask us to dance.
Mayor Ferre: Are we going to have a duplication of forces
during this whole process? Are we going to have a
convention bureau competing with another convention bureau
and paying $100,000 to boot for the privilege of competing
with each other?
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, according to this, we would not
lose our convention bureau until October of 1985.
Mayor Ferre: Is that acceptable to the Consortium?
Sen. Myers: Yes.
Mr. Dawkins: Well then, if we are in the spirit of
cooperation supposed to be building a coalition to
cooperate, then why aren't we utilizing present staff
members from every tourist thing, and then attempt, if it
doesn't work out, to phase out. But to me, to have ... we
are going to defeat our own purpose.
Sen. Myers: Commissioner Dawkins, we would like that.
Mr. Dawkins: If we have got three our four groups selling
Miami.
Mayor Ferre: Precisely.
Mr. Dawkins: Without some coordination from somae phase.
Mayor Ferre: I agree with you 100%.
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Sen. Myers: We would very much like to have exactly what
you have just stated. We were offering this in the spirit
of compromise, in an attempt to do anything to try to get
the City of Miami into this Consortium} because we felt you
had some sensitivities and concerns. We would hope, our
best position would be that you would come in right away and
transfer all or a portion of your staff.
Mr. Dawkins: No, no, that is not what I.am saying. Let me
say what I am saying maybe a little clearer. We have just
agreed, I think, in principle that we are going to come in
and try this on a trial basis to see if everybody can
produce. That is what we just said. If it does, then at
the end of the trial period, then we are going to form a
coalition. Now, all I am saying is, there is no point in
re -inventing the wheelt If we cannot take what we presently
have to sell all of Miami, then we are defeating our own
purpose. I will give you a point in example. How much
exhibition space does Miami Beach have?
Mr. Plummer: Enough for C.O.T.A.L.
Mr. Dawkins: 360? Okay, now you have got 360. The City of
Miami has none. So, if you are really talking about
cooperating, then it is time for us to sit down and
determine what exhibition needs are for this coalition to
work. Then you have to come back and tell the City of
Miami, okay, we will not add this to Miami Beach. We are
going to work with you to provide this exhibition space, or
whatever is needed, so that again. we are collectively
working together and we are not competing against each
other, and how to utilize the present staff, and we have got
to build ... I spoke last night with the gentlemen from
C.O.T.A.L. We did not compete with each other. It is just
that C.O.T.A.L. needed more exhibition space then we had,
and the City of Miami had more new hotels than the Beach, so
there again, it can be a cooperation, even if we have to bus
the people from the New Hilton. on 30 day basis.
Mayor Ferre: All right, I just wanted to read into the
record that we have here a memorandum from the Commission
signed by all these people. "As members of the Tourism
Industry Council, we support the interlocal agreement for a
unified Greater Miami Convention Bureau and urge the City of
Miami to join the Convention Consortium of Dade County,
Miami Beach and Bel Harbour", and it is signed by the
Directors of Omni, Crown Plaza Hotel, Best Western, Ramada
Hotel, Miami International Airport, Sheraton River House,
Miami Marriott, Howard Johnson's at the Convention Center,
Hotel River Pare, P.L.M., Marina Park Hotel, Biscayne Bay
Marriott, Grand Bay Hotel, Holiday Inn Brickell Avenue, and
the Everglades Hotel, so there seems to be a pretty strong
unified position from the hotel industry in Miami. The
letter from Arthur Hertz and Dan Meyers, President and
Executive V. P. of Wometco, to the Honorable J. L. Plummer
and the other members of this Commission reads:
"We are writing you on a matter of great
importance to our company. Because of the taxes
we pay to the City of Miami and our involvement
in the areas of tourism industry, through our
ownership in the Miami Sesquarium. As we are all
aware, the Great Miami area has lost both tourism
and convention business to locations such as Mew
York, New Orleans, Orlando, Atlanta, to nave just
a few. This is a tragedy in view of the
importance to the tourism and convention business
of our community. It also does not make sense
because we have beautiful new hotels, excellent
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dining and ocean, and fine weather and art deco
historic districts and the exotic flavor of our
Latin American community. In our view, a means
of correcting this situation would be the
establishment of a county -wide convention bureau
through the interlocal agreement, which has
already been signed by Dade County and the cities
of Bel Harbour, Miami Beach. According to the
Tourism Industry Coalition of Greater Miami, this
convention consortium would not involve any
financial contribution to the city. Instead, it
would result in the savings for the city since
the consortium would employ City of Miami
Convention Bureau at its expense. All the
Tourism Industry Coalition asks is the support of
the City, so that the convention consortium can
speak with one voice for our community. You know
that our late founder and President, Col. Mitch
Wolfson, who spent his life working on behalf of
a better Greater Miami would have given his full
support to this interlocal agreement. We urge
YOU to support the agreement on September 13th
when it again comes up before your Commission.
We are confident that you will be guided by the
best interests in the entire community to vote in
favor of it. Cordiallv and with very best
wishes."
It is signed by Dar. Meyers and Arthur Hertz We all received
copies of that. I would just for myself, say that we could
• spend all day arguing back and forth. We all know that the
City of Miami Convention. Center, James L. Knight, is losing
$5,600,000. That is no news. When. J. L. Plummer and those
that were on the Commission and I voted for it, we well
understood at that time that this was a plateau building
operation. That we were beginning with something. That
that was not the end in itself. We knew that we needed an
exhibition hall. We knew that we needed a coliseum. We
knew that we needed a parking garage. We knew that we
needed a major center for international trade and commerce.
This was step one out of ten steps that we needed to take.
We are now beginning to take steps two, three and four. We
are well on our way to do that. In the meantime, it stems
to me that if we want to compete with Atlanta and Houston,
it is very simple. You have got to have $3,000,000. If you
don't do that, you don't start out with that kind of
competition. It is like a basketball game, when on one
side, all of the players are six foot eight, seven feet, and
on the other side they are five foot eight. Now, I've seen
that, because I am a Puerto Rican, and I have seen our
little Puerto Rican teams go up against some of these
giants, and I want to tell you something, our Puerto Rican
basketball players are better players, but they lose! No,
they are better players! And the reason why they lose is,
you can't play basketball when you are five foot nine and
five foot ten and six foot, with guys that are six foot
eight! It doesn't work, and I've got to tell you something.
In 1972 we had two conventions here. I went to one of them
this year, the Democratic Convention in San Francisco. I
want to tell you, those conventions have tremendous impact
on communities. They bring millions of dollars because they
focus the eyes of the world on the city. They bring
tourists and it is repeat business. People get to see how
San Francisco ... I don't know about you, but every tine at
7:00 o'clock in the morning when I hit that television as I
got up, and I saw the Golden Gate, and the Bay of San
Francisco, you know what that means? We go around bragging
about Miss Universe, because we have got $12,000,000 worth
of publicity for $360,000. It was a great coupf We are
proud of that. This is the same thing. Yes, but all of
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that brings tourism, and you may not like it and Plummer,
you said you and I don't agree. Now, the things that we
don't agree, for example, the Miami Police Department - you
are very proud and happy with that. I want to remind you
you voted against that! And you voted against this
auditorium here, which you are very happy about. You wanted
support on that. You voted against that! And now you think
it is a great thing, so you are not infallible. You have
had some votes in the past that aren't very conclusive proof
of the fact that your judgment on these things is always
accurate.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, I also want to remind you, sir, I
voted against the Convention Center - not against the
Convention Center, but the concept which was put forth,
which is being proven right today - that it was a boondoggle
as far as the financial numbers are concerned.
Mayor Ferre: Plummer, you voted ...
Mr. Plummer: No one was against the Convention Center - I
wasn't, but the damn package that was put together was
ludicrous from Day One, as it is today, and 4.8 million
dollars is addressing that.
Mayor Ferre: Plummer, look. I don't want to get into a
debate with you, but God knows over the years you have not
voted for anything that is in any way adventuresome, or
constructive to the City and your positions are fine with
the Fire Department and the Police Department and your
little things, but when it comes time to bite the bullet on
Miss Universe, on the essential things that move this
community forward, your vote is always no. Now, don't come
telling me that you are a great progressive, broad minded
individual that has made this City move forward. Now, we
have moved forward despite your negative votes, and if you
want to vote against this sir, you are welcome to vote
against it, as you always vote against everything that is
progressive and constructive in the City. Now, as far as I
am concerned, I may me a minority of one, and that is fine.
I don't mind doing that. I have done it in the past, and I
have sat through this many times. It is time to bite the
bullet. It is time for us to move forward. The only way we
can move forward is by having sufficient money and if these
people are willing to put $500,000 bucks, if we can get the
kind of money we are going to get from Metro and others, it
is time for us to act like grown up people and stop being so
damn childish and petty and stop being so damn mercurial as
we happen to be around here and so damn provincial and
realize that we have got to act like a grown up community.
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, if your statements are on our
colleague the undertaker were in the forms of a motion, I
will second.
Mayor Ferro: I so move.
Mr. Plummer: It is all right - the undertaker will be
around to bury you all.
Mr. Carollo: You hope!
Mr. Plummer: I know!
Mayor Ferro: All right, I move that we support yen. Myer's
presentation..
Mr. Perez: ...(INAUDIBLE)... the presentation, but to
approve the agreement?
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Mayor Ferro: The basic agreement that Plummer and Cesar
Od io and Kenny Myers and Mr. Sonnabend worked out before it
was changed by the City Manager. That is what I move.
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Mr. Plummer: Did you accept the two amendments?
Mayor Ferro: No, sir. What amendments are they?
Mr. Plummer: One, that the monies that we donate are from
the T.D.C. funds that we received. I was trying to look
those funds in.
Mayor Ferre: That is not acceptable to me. That is not
part of my motion.
Mr. Plummer: All right, and the second amendment was that
each phase would have to come back before this Commission
for renewal.
Mayor Ferre: That is part of the motion., because that was
part of the agreement. Wasn't that part of the agreement?
Mr. Plummer: No, sir. You read the agreement. It is an
automatic ...
Mayor Ferre: What?
Mr. Plummer: Automatic - and according to my City Attorney,
Kenny, and I want you to clarify this on the record, we
cannot pull out at any time. There is a one year
stipulation. Madam City Attorney?
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Plummer, I accept that second part of the
motion.. I think we have to have the right to pull out. You
cannot have a $66,000.000 indebtedness on the City of Miami
and these bond holders get nervous on us. You have got to
understand this, Kenny and Mr. Sonnabend, that we have that
$66,000,000 debt, and we cannot tamper with that. That is
an absolute condition of the City. We have got the right -
we must have the right at any time, for any reason this
Commission want to to pull out.
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, I have had some very mixed feelings
about this for quite some time, but I think you are right -
we have to bite the bullet and since we do have the option
of pulling out at any time, I will second that motion.
Mr. Plummer: Excuse me, just for the record, it is my
understanding - Madam City Attorney, correct me if I am
wrong, that we cannot pull out at any time, according to
this agreement before us.
Mayor Ferro: Mr. Plummer, I guess you don't hear well. Let
me explain it one more time. You asked a question, and I
answered it in the affirmative. Your question is, do you
accept my two amendments. To your first amendment, the
answer is no. To your second amendment, the answer is yes.
The "yes" portion is that portion that says that the City of
Miami Commission can, at it's will, at any time, so advise
the Consortium and pull out.
Mr. Plummer; So, let me understand then, Mr. Myers, with
you. It is my understanding that Phase I is nothing more
than the City participating to the tune of $10090000 period,
seen! Before anything else is done, it will be April 1,
1985, at which time you will come back before this
Commission. Let me ask the maker of the motion. Is that
your understanding?
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Mayor Ferre: No, sir. The understanding was the agreement
you came up with Sonnabend, with Cesar Odio, and that you
agreed to before the Manager changed his decision..
Mr. Plummer: No, sir. I am still on the $100,000.
Son. Myers: Well, rather than put anyone on the spot,
Mayor, let me just clarify the record.
Mayor Ferre: I don't mind putting them on the spot, because
I am tired of this game and this Mickey Mouse stuff that
gets played around here.
Sen. Myers: Well, Mr. Odio ...
Mayor Ferre: Or by innuendo ...
Mr. Cesar Odio: Wait, Maurice ...
Mayor Ferre: If you want to come out on something, God damn
it, you do it head on, like a mar., and stop playing around
games. I am sick and tired of innuendoes.
Mr. Carollo: Well, Mr. Mayor, you are right on thing, that
is something that is very scarce in this City government -
nuts!
Mr. Odio: Mr. Mayor, I want to clarify something on the
record. Maurice, we did not work out an agreement. We had
discussions back and forth. I told him at all times that I
was committing the City of Miami, and I had to go to the
City Manager on that and they understood that, okay?
Mr. Carollo: Well, we have a motion and We have a second.
I call the question..
Mr. Plummer: I asked for clarification of the Motion.
Mayor Ferre: The clarification is very simple, and that is,
that the City of Miami agrees to join the Consortium and
that it outlines the way we are going to do it. We are
putting up $100,000 and in six months we are folding our
operation into theirs and we can go out anytime we want.
That is the motion.
Mr. Perez: We have a motion and a second. Do we have anv
other discussion?
Mr. Plummer: All right, well that is different than what
Mr. Myers t:as presented. Mr. Myers presentation, the City
doesn't fold until October 1, 1985.
Mr. Carollo: Could I make a request that from now on we
have a translator for the English language, Commissioner
Plummer?
Sen. Myers: The only thing that needs to be *banged in
here, in the phases is that the City would have a right to
pull out at any time, and we could add that with your City
Attorney.. Before the interlocal agreement is signed it will
have that understanding in there, with the City Attorney
rewriting it to that it will be understood you can pull out
at any time and I will be glad to work with her, it you want
So to. We have worked on the other interlocal agreeneats
before.
Mayor Ferre: I'm sorry, I apologise for the outburst, but
frankly it just got to me, and I think it is time. Are we
ready to vote on this thing?
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Mrs. Dougherty: Mr. Mayor, could the record reflect this
would be an accomplished fact, subject only to the final
wording by the City Attorney and the Manager?
Mayor Ferre: If there are three votes for this, yes.
Mr. Carollo: I call the question, again.
Mr. Perez: Do we have any other questions? Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Mayor Ferre,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 84-976
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PARTICIPATION
BY THE CITY OF MIAMI IN AN INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT WITH DADE COUNTY, THE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH AND THE VILLAGE OF BAL
HARBOUR, DATED AS OF OCTOBER 1, L984,
CREATING THE GREATER MIAMI CONVENTION
CONSORTIUM FOR THE PURPOSE OF
ESTABLISHING A UNIFIED AND COORDINATED
EFFORT FOR THE PROMOTION AND MARKETING
OF CONVENTIONS AND CONVENTION SALES BY
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE
AN AMENDMENT TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT
WHICH ADDS THE CITY OF MIAMI AS A
PARTICIPATING PUBLIC AGENCY;
ESTABLISHING THE MANNER AND METHOD OF
PARTICIPATION BY THE CITY OF MIAMI:
ESTABLISHING THE INITIAL FINANCIAL
CONTRIBUTION; PROVIDING FOR A PHASED -IN
PARTICIPATION DURING THE FIRST YEAR.
(Here follows body of resolution,
omitted here and on file in the Office
of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Carollo, the
resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ON ROLL CALL:
Mr. Dawkins: I am voting "yes" and I hope sincerely that
this coalition would address the City's need for an
exhibition center and not add on to what is at the Beach at
the expense of not helping us require what we need in the
City. I vote "yes".
Mr. Carollo: While voting "yes", I would like to say for
the record that it is indeed refreshing to see the
leadership that the Mayor has shown in this, and at the same
time, I would like to thank all of the people that have
taken their time to work for this to become a reality.
Mr. Plummer: I as going to vote "yes" only for one reason.
Mayor Ferro: Because everybody else lot
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Mr. Plummer: The City retains the right to pull out at any
time. I will reserve that right in the next vote to see
that this is working and that it is something that is
beneficial to the City as well as the community.
Mr. Perez: At the beginning of this issue I was against
some part of the concept, but I would like to recognize
today all the dedication and the leadership of two members
of this committee that I have had the opportunity to Meet
two, three or four times. They tried to clarify all the
issues and all of the questions and all the concerns that I
had and yesterday they explained to roe and especially that
the Consortium would be in the City of Miami area - that
they plan to have it in our area. I am very proud of the
efforts of these community leaders They have an opportunity
in giving us a great opportunity to discuss this issue and
to giving the whole information. For all of these reasons,
I think this is the proper thing to have Miami and the
Greater Miami area in our national and international
convention map. For this reason, I vote "yes".
Mr. Carollo: Well, I am glad that we were able to handle
this maturely and things didn't get out of hand, because
after hearing about the tempers that some people have in
City government, I came prepared this morning.
Mr. Perez: I would like to salute and recognize Dr. Ben
Grenach, City of Miami Beach Commissioner who is here in
this meeting today.
• Sen. Myers: And we might add Monty Trainer, as well.
Mavor Ferre: See, Miami Beach is not the only place where
people flare up. We flare up around here. We have kind of
taken over your roll! You have calmed down and we have
gotten the other side of it, but unfortunately, to get
things done around here, it looks like you have to operate
that way, but the end result was it got a unanimous vote and
I ...
Sen. Myers: Mayor, members of the Commission, we want to
thank you very much. We understand how difficult this issue
is and we appreciate the statesmen. -like approach to it.
Thank you.
19. APPOINTMENT OF PERSONS TO CABLE T.V. INVESTIGATIVE
COMMITTEE.
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Mayor Ferre: Senator, while we have you here, we may as
well do the Cable T.V. item. We are now on Item "L".
Senator Myers, would you proceed, please?
Sen. Myers: Mr. Mayor and members of the Commission, there
are two items respecting cable that are before you on this
agenda. One is the penalty that was imposed by the Manager
in the amount of $35,000 for an inadvertent incident, which
we believe the penalty to be severely and totally out of
proportion to the incident and we are asking the Commission
to cancel this penalty. That is the first item. The other
item is a request for consideration of an ordinance on First
Reading that will establish what we believe to be a senses of
fairness and orderliness in the way that penalties are
assessed by the City. At the present time, your
Administrative Department under the Manager is both the
finder of facts, the ,fury, the judge, and the executioner,
and is the final determiner unless we come to the City
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Commission by an appeal of any penalty decisions. Based on
some Federal Court decisions that have come out, we believe
this type of procedure is inappropriate and aside from the
legal question, we believe that from the sense of fairness,
that the Commission ought to have some input or
consideration into the very huge penalties that are
authorized to assessed under the license. Let me take the
first issue up, if I may. Mr. Mayor and members of the
Commission, at the end of June of 1984, the Manager notified
the Cable Company that there was a cluster of -residents that
were not being provided the "B" cable of the system. As you
know, there is a dual system, "A" and "B" cable. The
company immediately checked into it and found out that what
had happened is, that there strand mappers, that early on
stranded the City - that is the first portion of ... the
first thing that you do when you start construction of your
system, you have a strand mapper map your system. The
strand mapper had inadvertently left out a cluster of
approximately four or seven homes from the City of Miami and
had accidently included those people in the County. As a
consequence, Americable, which is the County system of Mr.
Hermanowski, connected up those people and was serving those
people. These people were receiving cable television, that
is Number one.
Mayor Ferre: Look, Senator, we are going to get off on all
kind of little details and I just want to see if we can cut
through all of this. You are saying that in your opinion,
as I understand the argument of your company and in very
simple terms cannot be penalized on this because you have
until the end of the year to get your system going, and that
is the crux of the issue.
Sen. Myers: That is the crux of the issue, Mayor. That's
one.
Mavor Ferre: That is one of the issues. The other issue
is, that the penalty that you were trying to service and
there were twenty houses that were involved, or whatever.
Sen. Myers: They are served. They are being served now.
there are four houses.
Mayor Ferre: Four houses, and it was corrected.
Sen. Myers: It was corrected immediately.
Mayor Ferre: All right, now can we hear from the
Administration, Mr. Manager?
Mr. Gary: The facts of the matter are quite different than
what Counsel has conveyed to the City Commission.. The cable
company was not notified in June of 1984, but in May of
1984. Let me give you the general area, Mr. Mayor. It
began May 213t of this year and it affects approximately 100
homes. It is along N. W. 17th Avenue, between 58th Street
and 713t Street and on 413t and 42nd and 58th Street. On
May 21st, Mr. Matt Rowzee, Miami Cablev13ion construction
manager was verbally informed by Dale Kelchner of our staff
that basically, what they had done, was to tape string cable
City of Miami residents from Dade County in Dade County
license area, and it is a different cable system, Mr. Mayor.
It costs such more, and doesn't give as such benefit in
terms of services and number of channels. I think it is
important, Mr. Mayor, that Mr. Rowzee - this violation
occurred from May 21st and vas not corrected until August
2nd. It is also important to note, Mr. Mayor, that the
violation ... the penalty of the violation did not occur
until two months after the violation had ♦xisted, and they
were notified, so ample time was given to then to correct
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it. I think it is important that the construction manager,
Mr. Mayor, has an attitude that basically, the area that was
affected, really didn't "S" cable hooked up to those
residents. I'd like to read to you a report from one of our
inspectors as a result of a meeting with Mr. Rowzee, who is
the supervisor of construction. The memo is from Mr. Walter
Ackerman, Inspector, to Dale Kelchner, , Staff Engineer.
"I met with Matt - Matt is Matt Rowzee, who is the
construction engineer at the above address, which
is 5820 N. W. 17th Avenue at approximately 11:45
this date, which is August 1st, 1984 to observe
correction of single cable fees at this apartment.
Checked at 17th Avenue north of N. W. 62nd Street
is indeed operative, and to show the misfeed at
1888 N. W. 58th Street. Matt was plainly
irritated, albeit friendly. He has two crews
already at work at 5820, first correcting the feed
to Apartment "A" and then to rewire with Siamese
R.G. 59, the entire building. In conversation with
him, he advised that the City was nitpicking him
with regard to dual -cable in this area. The three
new "B" cable amplifiers were being fed from the
existing power supply. He also claimed that the
feeder on the north side of N. W. 71st Street,
east of 17th Avenue "had been there for months",
which I know not to be true. Indeed it was
installed subsequent to July 17. He went on
"These people don't care about "B" cable, they
don't reed it. There is nothing on it but Spanish
• and these Niggers don't speak no Spanish. The
damn City is doing nothing but nitpicking." I
told him of some scrap cable being left and of the
location."
This is not the first time that this person has uttered
these kinds of comments and his philosophy was, they could
have a short out in the system, because they didn't need
cable T.V. in the Black areas because they didn't speak
Spanish at all. That is strictly a violation.. Secondly, it
is poor intent, and thirdly, it is a general philosophy of
this individual who is responsible for construction and it
reflects on the type of work that they are doing. The fact
that he may perceive that nobody in Liberty City speaks
Spanish has nothing to do with requirements that they put in
Spanish cable in that neighborhood. I would like to also
inform you Mr. Mayor, that even though the majority of the
people in that area don't speak Spanish, there are people In
that area that speak Spanish, and it is demonstrated not
only in that area, but also in Overtown. They have been
given opportunities to correct this problem. They took them
from May 213t to August 2rd to correct this problem. They
have not done it until that time, and they were given a
grace period of two months to correct the problem, which
they had not. This is just indicative, Mr. Mayor, of
violations that this company constantly gets itself involved
in, even after it is notified and given ample time to
correct the situation, and at all times they have been given
ample opportunity to correct the situation before fines are
imposed. I would also like to respond to the ordinance that
Mr. Myers has proffered to you. First of all, it reduces the
fines and it relates to the penalties. One of the things
that we were concerned about when we were drafting this
ordinance and this total City Commission was concerned
about, was the performance of the cable companies in view of
what was happening across the country. And you know, we
went through a long discussion in terms of how the City's
interest would be protected to insure that citizens got the
services that were proffered to them and accepted by them
for the license. One of the concerns was that after they
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got the license that we would have assurances that the Cable
Company would comply with the time frame and the promises
that they provided to us, and it was a recommendation of
consultants who had experiences in other cities with regard
to cable T.V. that the fines should be adequate enough to
give incentives to the companies to comply with what they
had legally accepted to do. So, a reduction of a penalty
from $2,500 to $200, in my estimation would be taking teeth
out of the ordinance and would allow this organization,
which has been Constantly violating the conditions of the
ordinance to even further have incentive to do such, because
the penalties do not equal the cost of them doing what is
right and what they have proffered to do in the City of
Miami. In terms of Mr. Myer's statement that in this
particular case the Administration with regards to penalties
becomes the finder of facts, they are also the jury and also
the executioner, I am sure that Mr. Myer didn't mean to say
executioner. It may have been a slip on his part, but I
would like to inform Mr. Myers and this City Commission that
this body right now is an appellate body, where you, as you
do on all cases, have a right to appeal to, and you have a
right to make the ultimate decisions that exists now and
that is why he is before you and as a matter of act, he has
benefited by you making a decision in in his favor as a
result of that appellate process, so the judicial system
does exist in this current ordinance. He has been following
and he has been benefiting from it. I'd like Mrs. Smoller -
you have further comments on what is happening?
Mrs. Sue Smoller: Yes, I think that are a few issues of
concern. The first one was if the single cable wiring that
would affect the potential of 100 residencies was an error
that raises a lot of concerns, because one of the persons
that was wired and giver, service, that was in August of
1983, and another one of the ones that was a subscriber that
was being given service from the County, was, I believe,
July 11, 1984, which was after the letter was sent by the
City Manager, so there is a real, almost a year's span of
time involved that these people were hooked up to the
County's system. The issue is ore of concern not knowning
what is going on. I mean, if you have got 100 homes that
are not be serviced by the Miami system and the other homes
in the area were being served by the Miami system, and as
Mr. Kelchr.er would out, even some of those residences that
were being served by the County System, there was is no
reason they could have been served by the City system. It
was going right by on the same easement. What is going on
here? The second thing is that it took two weeks for the
construction of the "B" cable and the installation. In
setting a time period for the company to come in compliance
43 days were given, over a month, because we figured you
could do it in a week, two weeks certainly - we will give a
month but they didn't start until two days before the time
was up, and then it took two weeks, 14 days!
Mayor Ferre: Sue, let me tell you what I think is going on
around here. In my opinion, you have got too big a staff
and too much money, and you don't know what to do with that
staff, so you are going around looking for every little "t"
to cross, and every "i" to dot, and every little comma, and
every little ity, bitty violation. Let we tell you
something. I think T.C.I. and Americable have not been doing
all of the things that they are supposed to do and they have
been making a mistake, but my goodness, there isn't a thing
that they have done wrong that you haven't had ten people
looking at them with telescopes and microscopes to sake sure
that every little cable is properly tucked away and nipped
and properly done. Now, I want to tell you right now that
you are asking for $1,500,000 in the budget. Last year you
had $600,000. I don't what other votes you have here - you
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don't have my vote. Okay? That is why you don't have my
vote because 1 think that what we need to do here is get
along and get this thing finalized and hopefully worked out
so that we can get this cable system rtinctioning. Now, with
regards to the differences that we have, it is my opinion
that we have got to find a third party objective, arms
length group. The Manager has appointed a committee. The
committee is going to come back and the committee is going
to select somebody who is going to come in here and address
the issues that may be dividing us. In the meantime, with
regards to all of these controversies, the Senator here sent
something to us saying that he wants (his client wants) the
decision making process and the penalty removed from the
Manager, and put on the Commission. I am totally opposed to
that. I don't think that makes any sense, because all of
that does is that puts the burden on this Commission to be
making decisions on things that we don't have either the
time or the inclination to do. I would therefore like to
recommend that this Commission establish a committee and let
it function under the American Arbitration Association
guidelines and that we establish three simple administrative
judges on this thing. I would like to recommend that we
choose Marshall Harris, who is a prominent attorney and a
former legislator and a prominent man in our community who
is now semi -retired and does not have any official
obligations. I would like to recommend Hannibel Cox who is
a leading business man in this community with Eastern
Airlines and a Vice -President and Chairman of the Board of
the Urban League; and I would like to recommend Rev. Anthony
Ramos, who is even though unfortunately, a leading
Republican in this community, has the saving grace of being
a highly recognized member of the Baptist Church and ...
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, that is a plus!
Mayor Ferre: and a well respected businessman in this
community. I would like to recommend that the City Attorney
investigate the arbitration proceedings that the American
Arbitration Society has, and that she negotiate with these
three individuals who would be set up as a administrative
judge to look at these things and come before this
Commission with a specific recommendation. Whoever loses
the arbitration, whenever these charges and counter -charges
are made, would be have to bear the expense of this
arbitration proceedings, and I would recommend that it be
binding on both sides. That way we remove it away from the
Commission and away from the Manager. Let me explain the
logic of that. In American law, you cannot be the accuser,
the prosecutor and judge and the jury, and in effect, what
your veparzmenz is aoong, 13 Lni
those things - you accuse, you prc
wrong, and you impose the penal,
judicial system in America -
couldr.'t survive if that were to
no way that we can do all of tho
what I am saying is, I think thi
limited to be the accuser and the
but I *chink that we need to remo
this - the judgment aspect and I
impartial group that is totally
axes to grind, as far as I am con(
anybody could in any way, quest
toughness of Marshall Harris,
Ramos, and I would recomend the
compensate them. I think we are
their services. They sit
administrative judiciary panel ti
whether or not Senator Myers and
Smoller and the City of Miami is
going to have to pay the bill , or
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secute, you decide what is
.y. I don't know of any
Florida Power and Light
occur that way. There is
ie functions and therefore
Administration should be
prosecutor, that is fine,
,e the judiciary aspect of
ut it in the hands of an
anbiesed and has no other
erned. Now, I don't think
ion the integrity or the
cannibal Cox, or Anthony
those three sit, and we
going to have to pay for
as a judiciary panel,
make the decision as to
is client is right, or Sue
right and whoever loses is
d that therefore, you will
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think twice before you go ahead and impose an arbitrary fine
and they will think before they oppose it.
Mr. Dawkins: Mr. Mayor, I would like to substitute either
H. T. Smith ...
Mayor Ferre: I accept that.
Mr. Dawkins: Or either Mr. Vince McGee, either one.
Mayor Ferre: I accept either one of those.
Mr. Dawkins: I want to get away from using the some ones
over and over.
Mayor Ferre: All right, I accept that. In other words, we
would have Rev. Anthony Ramos, Vince McGee and Marshall
Harris.
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, we have hardly used Mr. Cox. ...
Mayor Ferre: I don't want to get into a hassle as to who is
into this thing. I think there is a good argument to be
made for using an attorney, and I think Vince McGee is a
well known. attorney. With Mr. Ramos in there ...
Mr. Carollo: But, let me say this in all respect, that is
where a lot of the problems begin in this country. We have
too many darn attorneys as it is and they usually complicate
things more than they help.
Mayor Ferre: I Will ...
Mr. Carollo: Excuse me, Counselor, no offense meant for
that.
Mayor Ferre: I don't think anybody questions either Vince
McGee, H. T. Smith, or Hannibal Cox's integrity. And I will
accept any one of those three ...
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, I would go along with Mr. Cox.
Mr. Dawkins: I move that we appoint Mr. Vince McGee to the
commitee that the Mayor just formulated.
Sen. Myers: Why don't you have them all on the panel?
Mayor Ferre: I don't think we can afford nor* than three,
and I think ...
San. Myers: No, so the three would be available to sit at
any given time.
Mayor Ferre: Then would have to sit as a panel.
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, I make a notion that we approve the
three recommendations that you originally •ade.
Mr. Carollo: There is a notion. Is there a seoond?
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion?
Mr. Carollo: I call the question, Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: All right, call the question.
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The following
Carollo, who moved
motion was introduced by Commissioner =
its adoption:
MOTION NO. 84-977
A MOTION TO APPOINT THE FOLLOWING
PERSONS AS AN INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE IN
CONNECTION WITH THE CABLE TELEVISION
FRANCHISE GRANTED BY THE CITY OF MIAMI
FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING VIOLATfONS,
AS ALLEGED BY THE ADMINISTRATION; THE
APPROPRIATENESS OF FINES LEVIED BY THE
ADMINISTRATION; AND OTHER PENDING
MATTERS:
1. MARSHALL HARRIS
2. HANNIBAL COX
3. REV. RAMOS
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the
motion was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
ABSENT: None.
ON ROLL CALL:
Mr. Plummer: I am going to vote "yes" to take it out of the
political view.
Mayor Ferre: I wart to say that this is a motion that will
come back in resolution form that we established this
procedure. I would also like to say that obviously the City
Of Miami Commission always has final jurisdiction on any
policy matter, but it is the intent of this to take this
away from this fight that seems to be going on all the time,
and I frankly don't know who is right and who is wrong. In
my opinion, Mr. Hermanowski, I've got to say, in all
sincerity, that I don't think you are totally 100% pure, and
I don't think that you have been doing everything that you
are supposed to be doing. On the other hand, I do think
that the City of Miami seems to be hell bent to just get
every little thing that goes on, it seems to be almost full
time - I wish that we were as intense and did sa good a job
In crime watch as we do in watching you. It looks like we
have people that it seems to be whose job it is to follow
and make sure that every little cable is properly padded
every time somebody connects it.
I vote yes.
20. DISCUSSION ITEM; DIRECT CITY MANAGER TO REPORT
EXPENSES INCURRED FOR 1lODTGUARDS, ETC.
Mr. Carollo: Well, talking about crime watch Mr. Mayor, if
I may - the last time this Commission not with the approval
of all of my colleagues, I requested of the Manager that at
the next meeting, meaning today, he would present to •e the
full and complete amount of dollars that this City has spent
In personal bodyguards, police protection of himself and
family. I still have not received that information, Mr.
Manager, do you have it available, please? Can I have it
before today is over? ... hopefully right after lunch.
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Mr. Gary: Probably.
Mr. Carollo: Also, can you find out for me, why, together
with yourself, certain members of this Commission have been
receiving police protection at their homes at a steady basis
In the form of watches and some other have not - not that I
need any, or am I requesting any, but I am just curious to
know why two members of this Commission, _together with
yourself have for quite a long of perigd of time in the
past?
Mr. Gary: You have been offered this also, Commissioner,
and sometimes you have accepted and sometimes you have not.
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Manager, let me say this to you. Whatever
watch at my home in the past, the Police Department has
wanted to extend, I have never requested. In fact, even to
the days of your ex -friend, Police Chief Harms, even when
there were threats against my life - they were even reported
by other agencies, I never requested protection to my home.
I always left the decision up to the professionals.
Mr. Gary: That is what I said.
21. BRIEF DISCUSSION: CABLE T.Y.
Mayor Ferre: Is there anything else?.
Sen. Myers: Mr. Mayors, there are two other items.
Mayor Ferre: What are the two other items.
Sen. Myers: Well, the mechanics of this and I respectfully
suggest there is a suggested ordinance on First Reading
only.
Mayor Ferre: Senator, would you let me be the Mayor and you
be the sttcd-~nay?
Sen. Myers: No, no, Mayor, look - I understand ...
Mayor Ferre: Let se explain to you what the intention of
this is. We passed this in the form of a notion.
Obviously, you and the City Attorney, because this is a
legal proceeding, have got to get together and define and
the motion is very clearly spelled out that we are going to
follow the American Arbitration Association•& guidelines for
arbitration. There is a three judge panel and you come up
with the specific guidelines as to what the procedures are.
In ■y mind it is very simple. Whenever the Administration
has an accusation or a fine to impose, they will to inform
you. Within a few days that panel will meet. They will
hear both sides of the issue and come to a conclusion. As
for as I am concerned, that ought to be the end of it.
Sen. Myers: All right, fine. The only thing I an
suggesting mechanically is this requires an ordinance change
to the license - this new procedure.
Mayor Ferre: Yes, sir.
Sen. Myers: All I as suggesting is that you utilise on
First Reading this ordinance so that by the tiae of th#
Second Reading, we can have all of these amendments read
into it and changed.
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Mayor Ferre: If the City Attorney agrees, and I think I see
her shaking her head, so I can't ...
Mrs. Dougherty: This ordinance could not be changed on
Second Reading to include those things. We would have to
bring an ordinance
Son. Myers: Okay, fine. I thought it could be.
Mayor Ferre: Don't push it. Look, the fact is ...
Sen. Myers: I am not pushing, I am just trying to suggest a
mechanical procedure.
Mayor Ferre: The fact is, you know that if you read it on
First Reading, and Second Reading is totally different, the
First Reading is invalid anyway.
Sen. Myers: Fine.
Mayor Ferre: My recommendation to you, Senator, is to meet
with the City Attorney, right now it is lunch break, and if
she can do it by this afternoon, we'll do it then?
Sen. Myers: Whatever her time schedule is, we will do it.
Mayor Ferre: All right, what else do you have?
Sen. Myers: The other thing is the $35,000 fine. By the
time of the penalty period ...
Mayor Ferre: Senator, I am not going to get involved in
that, because that is going to end up, if we do we are
damned, if we don't we are damned again. As far I am
concerned, I am not going to get into this position of
making a judgment at this time. If we start establishing
this pattern that anytime you get fined, you come running to
this Commission, and this Commission right away grants you
all these things without ... I think we need to spend two,
three hours hearing the facts. I don't know whether you
climbed up the ladder the right way or whether four houses
were served or weren't served, or whatever. I think we
shouldn't put ourselves in the position of doing that. That
is not the function of the City of Miami Commission. I
don't think it is the function of the Administration to act
as prosecutor and judge and jury, so let this go before this
panel. Let them come up with an administrative
recommendation. By the way, what I am proposing here is - I
am not inventing the wheel. This is exactly what is done -
you know before the F.C.C., you have got administrative
judges. They hear the case. Staff recommends one thing.
That judge could do anything he wants and it finally comes
up to the F.C.C. Commission for final decision.
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, if I may, I would like to ask a
question of Mrs. Smoller. Your new budget request for this
year is going to be $600,000 more than last, approximately,
correct?
Mrs. Smoller: Approximately, sir.
Mr. Carollo: If I may ask, why do you need the additional
monies for?
Mrs. Smoller: This is to implement government programming
on the government access channels.
Mr. Carollo: Is that going to include a panel that is going
to discuss the Commissioner's votes, things of that nature?
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Mayor Ferre: Did you make that statement?
Mrs. Smoller: Never, I would never. That surprises me,
because ...
Mayor Ferre: It surprised me too.
Mrs. Smoller: I've done government programming for so many
years and my cardinal rule is, if you do a legislative body,
you do it just as so someone is in the room. No comentary,
no movement of the cameras, you know ...
Mayor Ferre: There is a committee. What is the name of the
committee that you met with?
Mrs. Smaller: Which committee are you talking about, sir?
Mayor Ferre: You have a committee. It is called the
community access - it is called M.C.A.C.
Mrs. Smoller: That is the Miami Cable Access Corporation.
Mayor Ferre: Miami Cable Access Corporation. Is that
correct? You know what I am talking about, Sue, don't you?
Don't say what committee, you know what committee I am
talking about.
Mrs. Smoller: I am the City's representative on that Board,
yes.
Mayor Ferre: You met with them two weeks ago - three weeks
ago.
Mrs. Smoller: The last time I was at a meeting was about
two months ago.
Mayor Ferre: Was there a meeting recently of that
committee?
Mrs. Smoller: They meet once a month. They met the other
day, but I wasn't there.
Mayor Ferre: You were not there. At that meeting, by
letter, or at the previous committee by word, did you over
make the statement that it was you and your staff's
intention to have budget hearing televised and with a person
making comments?
Mrs. Smoller: No, never. I would never make that
statement.
Mayor Ferre: You have never •ade that statement? Thank
you. And if we bring up a statement of persons who heard
you make that statement, we will discuss this further.
Mrs. Smoller: That's fine with me.
Mayor Ferre: Thank you.
Mrs. Smoller: My record is - I an really on the record on
that right now.
Son. Myers: Thank you. Do I understand then that it is
your intent the $35,000 tine Question will go before this
new arbitration?
Mayor Forre: Absolutely. That will be the first Case they
have to deal with.
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22. DIRECT CITY MANAGER NOT TO EXPEND FURTHER BOND MONIES
FROM POLICE HOND 13309 PENDING COST DETERMINATION OR
3UB-STATION3.
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Mayor Ferre: The next item to come before us is Item "J".
Mr. Dawkins: Mr. Mayor, I asked that Item "J" be brought
up. When we passed the bonds, we passed a resolution
stating that $5,000,000 would be set aside on 2/4/84,
Ordinance 9803 was passed. Madam City Attorney, in that
ordinance it says "Now therefore be it ordained by the
Commission of the City of Miami, Florida, Section 1, the
following revenue from the anticipated proceeds of the sale
of $20,000,000 police headquarters and crime prevention
facilities, general obligation bonds are hereby
appropriated; an amount not to exceed$5,000,000 for the
establishment of a full service police station facility in
the Liberty City area; and an amount not to exceed
$5,000,000 for establishment of a full -service police sub-
station facility in the Little Havana area." Now, I
received a memorandum dated September 12th, and on it, it
outlined monetary expenditures and in it it said "Two full
service sub -stations, Liberty City and Little Havana,
$2,804,932." Now, no one has been before us to assure us
• that this will build two stations. How do I move to have
the money that this ordinance sets aside that says up to and
not to exceed $5,000,000. How do I move to, for the lack of
a better word, secure this $10,000,000 until the plans, or
what have you come in?
Mrs. Dougherty: Are you talking about the money that has
already been approved by the bond issue?
Mr. Dawkins: Yes, Ma'am.
Mrs. Dougherty: That money cannot be spent without your
authorization in the first place.
Mr. Dawkins: Okay.
Mrs. Dougherty: So, I guess the way to do that would be to
direct the City Manager to send out R.F.P.'s or to do
whatever is necessary to find out what it costs to build the
sub -stations.
Mr. Dawkins: Mr. Mayor, I would like to make a notion that
the Manager not expend one ■ore penny out of this bond issue
until the plans ... of the $10,000,000 until the plans are
in, the bids are in and all supplies that they bought for
those two sub -stations.
Mr. Plummer: Second.
Mayor Ferro: Any problems with that, Mr. Manager?
Mr. Gary: No, sir.
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Mayor Ferre: All right, call the roll
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner
Dawkins, who moved its adoption:
MOTION NO. 84-978
A MOTION DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER NOT
TO SPEND ANY MORE CITY FUNDS OF THE
$10,000,000 POLICE BOND ISSUE UNTIL
R.F.P.'S HAVE BEEN PREPARED, ALL BIDS
ARE I, AND COSTS ARE DETERMINED AS TO
THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION OF TWO POLICE
SUBSTATIONS.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the
motion was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
NOTE FOR THE RECORD: ITEM "B" AND "C" WERE WITHDRAWN.
23. DIRECT CITY MANAGER TO USE MULTIPLIER SYSTEM IN
CONNECTION WITH CONSTRUCTION OF 200 UNITS OF LOW INCOME
NOOSING.
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Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager, on the record I want to make a
statement. As a matter of fact, I want to make a motion to
that effect. Is T. Willard Fair still here? 0fficer, would
you get Mr. Fair to come back in here for a moment, because
I am going to discuss his item. Mr. Fair, I would like for
you to hear this. The Urban League of Miami, the Theodore
Gibson Institute was commissioned, by the way, at my
recommendation to the owners of the project, as Mr. Bob
Traurig will confirm, to do a study. I think it is one of
the best studies that I have seen in thoroughness. I have
used it extensively in Washington and took copies of it, and
gave it to the Ford Foundation, to DISK, and to the Rouse
Company, because I think it is a clear demonstration of the
ability of segment& of this community, in this case, the
Greater Miami Urban League, to properly analyze a serious
and complicated problem, and come up with a well thought out
alternative solution. I would like to recommend that
whatever monies we come up with, the final resolution is to
Mr. Fair of that 200 units of low income housing, which
again for the record, I would like to point out, was my
idea, and I made the motion and oarried it 10 years ago,
that whatever monies be used out of that, that we try is get
a multiplier out of. The way I would like to see that done,
Mr. Manager, is that we ... there seer to be so many groups
out there trying to form themselves to low income boafing,
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that we utilize whatever monies are available for this on a
multiplier not to be any less than two to one in the
beginning, and I would say you might even want to go to a
three to one multiplier, like the UDAG, and we use - we
constitute ourselves as a UDAG agency so that if we go out
and put $100,000, somebody has got to put up $3009000, and
that way, we get more low income housing, than if we Just
ask the squire group to put up that 200 units. In other
words, we need to finalize as to what the final tab is, you
know and your figures, as I recall, you said $6,000,000 for
the housing. I don't know what that final figure is going
to be. You know, they have been talking about $2,000,000
and obviously we are far apart, but I have all the
confidence that the Manager will properly negotiate that,
and come back with a specific recommendation on a negotiated
price. What I am in effect recommending, is that we utilize
that money with the Ford Foundation, with the Mott
Foundation, with LISK, which is another foundation and with
the Enterprise Fund and with the local group that seems to
be forming out of M.M.A.P. called Homes for South Florida,
(H.S.F.S.) and the other one that I am aware of is something
called Miracle Housing, which Mr. Marty Fine is proposing to
create. We will have enough money, in my opinion to cover
all of this, and so, what I am saying is, that we ought to
put on on a first come, first serve, basis, and the Manager
should be instructed to create a system through the
Administration that we, in affect would form a UDAG type of
operation right here in Miami that would be dealing with
these foundations that want to come in here and do low
income housing, and that a Board be created - I think that
the Urban League should be involved, Mr. Fair should be
involved in that Board. We ought to get somebody from East
Little Havana. We ought to get somebody from the different
segments, and that Board ought to constitute an Advisory
Board through our local UDAG operation, strictly for low
income housing, and I would like to just formalize that in .
the form of a motion.
Mr. Perez: Do we have a second?
Mr. Dawkins: I'll second it, and under discussion, Mr.
Mayor, we left one group out. It is a group that Eduardo
Padron is working with through Greater United and they have
gotten a grant from the Ford Foundation to establish low
income, or low moderate income in Little Havana.
Mayor Ferro: You've got it!
Mr. Dawkins: So they should be included also. I think they
have got a $50,000 grant.
Mayor Ferre: $500,000 grant!
Mr. Dawkins: $500,00o they have to work on this, so they
should be included, I think.
Mr. Perez: Mr. Mayor, I would like to include in the
project to giving consideration to the Florida Cooperative
Group, that is a group that is ...
Mayor Ferro: They are included too.
Mr. Perez: They are working very hard in that field.
Include that in the motion then, that they will be also
consulted and challenged to come up ...
Mr. Perez: Yes, let me say I think that is very important,
for example, in the case of this group. This group has
appeared a lot of times to Community Development Department,
and they have never received any answer and information and
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they have to come to my office because it is impossible to
find any information from the Community Development
Department. I think that is very important to clarify,
especially on behalf of this group and any other group. I
would like request from the Community Development Department
today all the information, all the details, all the
proposals that you have in reference to low income housing,
to rehabilitation, to request Federal funds and I would like
to have it in my office as soon as possible. .
Mayor Ferro: All right, would the Chair ...
Ms. Spillman: I didn't hear the name of the group.
Mr. Perez: Florida Cooperate Group, or something like that.
Ms. Spillman: it is called the Cooperative Housing.
Mr. Perez: Yes, my office has called you three or four
times, but anyhow, I want to have first in my office in
order to meet with these people and to know all of the
complaints that they have.
Mayor Ferre: All right, call the roll.
The following motion was introduced by Mayor Ferre, who
moved its adoption:
MOTION NO. 84-979
A MOTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE
CITY MANAGER THAT, IN CONNECTION WITH
THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO HUNDRED (200)
UNITS OF LOW INCOME HOUSING, THAT THE
CITY TRY TO GET A MULTIPLIER OUT OF IT;
AND THAT WE UTILIZE ANY AVAILABLE
DOLLARS ON A MULTIPLIER NOT LESS THAN
TWO TO ONE AT THE BEGINNING, AND LATER,
A MULTIPLIER OF THREE TO ONE, AND THAT
WE CONSTITUTE OURSELVES AS A U.D.A.G.
AGENCY TYPE OF OPERATION IN THE CITY OF
MIAMI, SO THAT WE CAN GET MORE LOW
INCOME HOUSING, UTILIZING THE MONEY WITH
THE FORD FOUNDATION, WITH THE MOTT
FOUNDATION, WITH L.E.S.K. FOUNDATION,
WITH THE ENTERPRISE FOUND AND WITH THE
LOCAL GROUP WHICH IS FORMING CALLED
"HOMES FOR SOUTH FLORIDA* WITH "MIRACLE
HOUSING" WHICH Mr. MARTIN FINE IS
PROPOSING TO CREATE; FURTHER STIPULATING
THAT WE SHOULD PUT IT OUT ON A FIRST-
COME/FIRST—SERVED BASIS, AND FURTHER
INSTRUCTING THE MANAGER TO CREATE A
SYSTEM WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION BO THAT
WE MAY FORM THE U.D.A.G. TYPE OF
OPERATION, WITH A BOARD BEING CREATED
WHICH WOULD FUNCTION AS AN ADVISORY
BOARD TO OUR LOCAL U.D.A.G. OPERATION,
STRICTLY FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner X. the notion
was passed and adopted by the following vote.
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor DeAetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferro
NOES: None.
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ABSENT: None.
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24. 9RSOLDTION CONCINVING USE OF INDOSTRI►L DRULOPMBNT
BONDS.
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Mayor Ferre: We are now on Item Number "G", which is the
I.D.B., Industrial Development Bonds.
Mr. Clark Merrill: Mr. Mayor and members of the City
Commission, the Congress recently passed a Deficit Reduction
Act of 1984 and in that was also called the Tax Reform Act
of 1984 that has changed some provisions of the way in which
Industrial Development Bonds can be used and some other
activities that the City has anticipated utilizing insofar
as tax free bond issues are concerned.
Mayor Ferre: Clark, get to the heart of the issue.
Mr. Merrill: Okay. I was trying to get you up to date on
the Governor's conference.
Mayor Ferre: We can read. It is all in Item "G". Just
tell us what you want us to do.
Mr. Merrill: The result of the Governor's conference is
that they will be establishing some limitations on the
amount of I.D.B.'s that cities and counties can authorize.
The City of Miami has not authorized us. They have the
statutary right to do any I.D.B. I don't think that the
present legislation has an impact on the City of Miami per
se, but there are some problems perhaps in communication
between what Dade County is doing and how it impacts on the
City.
Mayor Ferre: Let me tell you where one member of this
Commission is, alright? I've read your report and it is
very thorough, and I see what you said. Now, I want to say
that I totally agree with the Florida League of Cities and
with the Dade County League of Cities and their position.
Now, that is not what you are put in your memorandua,
because I do not agree with this first come, first serve,
basis. Now, the fact is, that is great for Hialeah, and
that is great for all these little cities, but it is not
great for the City of Miami, for a very simple reason. I
want to explain this to you. The fact that the City of
Miami has not used Industrial Development bonds in the past
is a sign - it 1s a bad mark for us, but it has nothing to
do with the premise that we are not going to do so in the
next year, because if Charlotte Gallogly, who is now sitting
in the audience does her job properly, and if I do my job
properly, and this Commission, we will be pushing I.D.H.113
in the Garment Center. We will be doing so in the other
economic development areas that we need to push to oreate
new jobs in this oommunity, and it is ■y opinion that we
need to become such more aggressive in pushing these things.
We haven't issued one I.D.H., and it seems to se that Is
what the State is doing is putting the fox in charge of the
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chicken coop, because if you put Metropolitan Dade County to
make that decision, you know who is going to get the short
end of it, don't you? The City of Miami!
Mr. Merrill: May I just point out that the Federal
legislation sunsets the ability to authorize I.D.B.'s on
January 10 1987, so what we have is about a little over two
years to do this.
Mayor Ferre: Well, isn't that nice, aqd don't you think
that we ought to be the masters of our own faith for the
next two years?...
Mr. Merrill: Yes, air.
Mayor Ferre: ... and all I am saying is look, let me put it
to you. Let me put it to you this way. I move - I pass the
gavel over to the Vice -Mayor, and I move that the City of
Miami take the position of the Florida League of Cities and
the Dade County League of Cities, with the exemption that we
want a certain portion on a population basis, based on $150
per person. We want our fair share directly in the City's
hands for our Department of Economic Development to utilize
as sales tool to create jobs in this community, and that if
we don't have projects by a date certain to utilize those
I.D.B.'s, that they then be turned over to Metropolitan Dade
County to pool on a first come, first serve, basis. If we
can't do it on a population basis, then I will settle for
whatever you can negotiate out.
s Mr. Merrill: Fine, but this needs to be addressed to the
Governor who is making a proclamation on this issue and has
the right to do so.
Mayor Ferre: I understand that, that is why I made it in
the form of a resolution that that is the official position
of this City of Miami, that we want to be aggressive in this
thing and we want to take a strong position on it.
Mr. Merrill: Secondly, that it needs to be addressed in the
Legislature because there is a bill pending and it needs to
be part of our legislative program.
Mayor Ferre: I accept that into my motion that it be to the
Governor for his ... and that the letter that I wrote to
Barry Kutin be incorporated into the motion. I so move.
Mr. Perez: Do we have a second?
Mr. Plummer: Second.
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Mr. Perez: Do we have any questions? Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Mayor Ferro,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 84-980
A RESOLUTION SETTING FORTH THE POSITION
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI THAT AUTHORITY FOR
THE ISSUANCE OF TAX-FREE INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT REVENUE BONDS BE ALLOCATED
USING A FORMULA OR METHOD SIMILAR TO
THAT PROPOSED BY THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF
CITIES, INC. AND THE DADE COUNTY LEAGUE
OF CITIES, INC. EXCEPT THAT THE CITY
FAVORS ADOPTION OF A DOLLAR LIMITATION
UPON CITIES BASED ON THE POPULATION
FACTOR (POPULATION D $150); FURTHER
EXPRESSING THE BELIEF THAT THE CITY OF
MIAMI'S ALLOCATION BE DIRECTLY UNDER
CONTROL OF THE CITY TO BE USED BY ITS
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS A
SALES TOOL OR LEVERAGE FOR GENERATING
AND CREATING JOBS IN CERTAIN SEGMENTS OF
THE CITY; FURTHER DECLARING THAT IF THE
POPULATION FACTOR IS NOT ADOPTED AS THE
METHOD OR FORMULA FOR SAID ALLOCATION,
THEN SUCH OTHER METHOD OR FORMULA BE
ADOPTED AS WILL RESULT IN AN EQUITABLE
ALLOCATION FOR LARGER CITIES IN THE
STATE.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here
and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the
resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Mayor Ferro: On this issue, there was a misunderstanding,
and I want to say this for the record. I as not out after
Coopers -Lybrand. That is not my intention, but it is my
intention to take this court and it has nothing to do with
Coopers -Lybrand. It has to do with Metropolitan Dade
County. When Congressman Pickle started fighting in
Congress against the misuse of I.D.B.'s, one of the things
he said is, that cities and local governments are using
I.D.B.'s not to create new jobs, but to help some at their
friends. Now, when Coopers -Lybrand goes to Metropolitan
Dade County and gets a tax-free bond so that they can move
their employees out of the City of Miami into the
unincorporated areas, and by the admission of the managing
partner not creating one single new job, to me that is
wrong. That is exactly what Congressman Pickle was talking
about. It is immoral. It is not the type of thing that
ought to be done, and in my opinion, this City should
immediately take legal action to stop that from b ppeoin
I would like to therefore move - one, that to
Administration be instructed to review all of the I.D.B.'s
issued by Metropolitan Dade County in the last two years;
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two, that if there are any I.D.B.Is that have been issued
wherein a firm that is established in the City of Miami is
induced to move out of the City of Miami to establish its
operation in the unincorporated area without any substantial
gain of jobs, that the City of Miami immediately take legal
action to stop those funds from being issued and this is in
the form of a resolution that has to be adopted, and I so
move.
Mr. Carollo: Second.
Mr. Perez: Motion and second, call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Mayor Ferre,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 84-981
A RESOLUTION INSTRUCTING THE CITY
ADMINISTRATION TO REVIEW THE DADE COUNTY
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY'S
EXERCISE OF ITS POWERS IN THE PAST TWO
YEARS PURSUANT TO THE FLORIDA INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT FINANCING ACT (F. S. 159.25-
159.43) IN REGARD TO PROJECTS FINANCED
THROUGH THE AUTHORITY'S ISSUANCE OF TAX-
EXEMPT INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT REVENUE
BONDS TO DETERMINE IF PROJECTS HAVE
INVOLVED THE RELOCATION OF INDUSTRY FROM
AN INCORPORATED AREA TO AN
4 UNINCORPORATED AREA OF DADE COUNTY
WITHOUT SUCH INCREASE IN JOBS AS WOULD
WARRANT THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS AND
THE INDUSTRY'S RELOCATION; FURTHER
AUTHORIZING LEGAL PROCEEDINGS TO
PROHIBIT THE AUTHORITY'S ISSUANCE OF
BONDS TO FINANCE SUCH PROJECTS.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here
and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Carollo, the
resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Mayor Ferro: We have already taken the notion of Lucia to
Clark Merrill to start lobbying on this for the proper
corrective action. I want to put out for the record that
there are states in the Union that specifically prohibit the
issuance of any I.D.B. where the I.D.B. is used to move an
industry out of one portion of the state to another state,
and the reason is, there are states like California and
other states of the nation where San Francisco would go out
to San Diego and induoe and industry to move out of San
Diego, to move to San Francisco, issue and I.D.B., whioh
means it is tax free, the taxpayers are paying for a move of
one industry to another place without any benefit to the
community, and that is exactly what Metropolitan Dade County
has been doing and shame on them and we are going to take
them to court.
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Mr. Plummer: Mr. Merrill, I think you had better bring to
this Commission's attention the other thing that I brought
to your attention for some action at a subsequent meeting,
and that is in relation to the constitutional amendment
change on decision - as it called "Decision 84". I think it
does affect this city.
Mayor Ferre: Is that a State thing?
Mr. Plummer: Yes, it is a tri-party liability. It
basically is, but it is unfortunately caught up in the big
thing between the fight between doctors and lawyers, but a
portion of it does relate to the city. I also think that
you had better make this Commission aware, as I made you
aware of Amendment I. The recall procedure has been
reinitiated. I would hope the copies which I gave you of
that petition you would make aware to this petition, because
not only this time is Proposition I being put forth as
before, but a second portion of it is recall of anyone who
votes against it, so I just hope you would make this
Commission aware.
Mayor Ferre: You heard what the Governor said about that
yesterday.
Mr. Clark Merrill: Mr. Mayor, that's Reason 184. It deals
with malpractice insurance. It limits to $100,000 the
payments of pain and suffering and it does have some ...
Mayor Ferre: Clark, this is much too important an issue to
do it that way. I think you ought to write it, put it in
writing and bring it.
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Mayor Ferre: We are now on Item "H", which is Florida Power
and Light's alternate fixtures. Has this been worked out
properly?
Mr. Gary: It is still being worked on, Mayor. Basically,
this deals with the alternate light fixtures, particularly
those old fixtures that blend into the Coconut Grove area.
Our position is, and it is being worked out that those
lights will continue and the City of Miami would pay for the
installation of those lights when it was needed.
Mayor Ferre: But, there is a major issue here, Mr. Manager,
which needs to be clarified, and that is, that it is not the
intention of this City to pay for the inventory of parts,
and that is a function of Florida Power and Light, and we
are not about to.
Mr. Gary: They are going to do that. We are not accepting
the responsibility for maintaining inventory. That is their
responsibility.
Mayor Ferre:All right,
document as recommended
recommends that we pay fo
we are not about to, but this
by Florida Power and Light,
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Mr. Gary: No, we are not going to accept that.
Mayor Ferre: All right, that has been worked out? As I
understand it, in this particular item, which is Miriam
Meer's memorandum to Lucia Dougherty - Florida Power and
Light, with the recommendation that what has been discussed
was the intention of Florida Power and Light that the City
not only pay for the installation, but that we pay for the
maintenance, that we keep the parts. We are -the ones that
would be responsible for the maintaining of parts to be
replaced. Is that correct, Mr. Manager?
Mr. Gary: Yes, air. We are not accepting the
responsibility for maintaining the inventory in our shop.
We will pay Florida Power and Light just like we do on any
other lights, to install those lights.
Mayor Ferre: Does this then clarify Mr. Triester's request?
Mr. Gary: Yes, it does.
Mayor Ferre: Any other comments? Lucia, do you have any
comments on Miriam Meer's memo?
27. DIRECTION TO CITY KANAGER: DETERMINE COST OF
BODYGUARDS FROM JANUARY 1 TO PRESENT.
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, while you were reading that, we
were just handed in some copies of a memorandum from the
Police Chief to Mr. Eads. This doesn't include the request
that this Commission made for the total amount of dollars
spent this year on police protection to the City Manager.
We like ...
Mr. Gary: It is on the last page.
Mr. Carollo: This only includes from March tat through
April 28th and includes plain clothes officers. It doesn't
include ...
Mr. Gary: This is what the Police Department has given me.
Mr. Carollo: Well, it might be what the Police Department
gave to you, Mr. Manager, but it is not what this Commission
requested.
Mr. Gary: Well, this is ...
Mr. Carollo: What this Commission requested ...
Mr. Gary: We will give you the information that we have,
and this was the information that was provided to you, and I
would also like to ... I will let you finish, now.
Mr. Carollo: Thank you, sir. ♦gain, what was requested was
the full amount of dollars spent on police protection, plain
clothes or uniform, that was spent on personal protection
for you for this whole year of 1984, not just for a month
and one-half, and it includes plain clothes and uniform.
Mr. Gary: Commissioner, this reflects what you asked for,
total cost, also in terms of response to your question, we
have also provided protection for you, one being
specifically that you asked for protection the day that you
were endorsing the Mayor, we gave you protection for that,
also for protection that you asked me for in tomes of the
motorcycles for yourself and the Shiek ...
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Mr. Carollo: Mr. Manager, let me say this to you - let me
say this to you, Mr. Manager, you could include, Mr.
Manager, anything that you would like to ...
Mr. Gary: ... and I will get all of that information for
you.
Mr. Carollo: ... include, anything that you would like to,
but I think that for all of these things that" you mentioned
here, you sent plenty of copies of that to the press in the
past, that you personally gave to different members of the
press, which is fine, it is all public record, and that is
not what is being discussed here. What is being discussed
here is the nearly $100,000 that this City has spent in
personal protection for you, for your paranoia, for whatever
other reasons you have that you need personal protection
for. And all that I am asking for air, is for you to
provide to this Commission the full amount of dollars that
have been spent at your personal protection, uniform or
plain clothes. If you would like to include a breakdown of
anything else that you wish, you go ahead and do that, but
that is not what is being requested of you, sir.
Mr. Gary: First of all ...
Mr. Carollo: And if you want to go ahead and keep acting
the way you have been, with your bosses here, that you do
not want to acknowledge that we are, the insubordination
that you are showing, you go ahead sir. But, if I recall,
those are the same reasons that you gave for firing former
Police Chief Harms. So if you would, sir, I don't want to
hear any other bedtime stories that you want to tell.
Anything else that you want to do, you can do the same thing
that you have been doing in the past, is running to your
friends in the State Attorneys, trying to do damage to the
people of this Commission that don't abide by your wishes
and are getting in your way of total control and destruction
of this City, or you can run to whomever you want in the
press behind our backs, but what I am asking for, in plain,
open view of this whole City is for a full accounting of the
taxpayers monies that have been spent for police protection
and bodyguards, whether in uniform or non -uniform on
yourself for 1984, that is all that I am asking for, air.
Any other comments you might want to make on other issues, I
suggest you send them to whomever you want to. I am not
interested in hearing that.
Mr. Gary: Commissioner, you asked for the information.
This information was prepared by the Police Chief. It is
not $100,000. It has $11,358. Just because the figure does
not reflect what you would like for it to be, I am sorry
about that.
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Manager, let me say this to you ...
Mr. Gary: In terms of ... I didn't interrupt you while you
were talking. In terms of ...
Mr. Carollo: Wait a minute, Mr. Manager. Yes, I have to
interrupt you when you are not answering my question. What
is given to me here, Mr. Manager ...
Mr. Gary: In terms of insubordination, Commissioner ...
Mr. Carollo: ... is only $ 11 , 000 for a month and one-half
of time.
Mr. Gary: And Commissioner Carollo, in terms of
insubordination, I will, and have never been insubordinate
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for those who have acted responsibly, and I would never be
insubordinate for those who act responsibly and these
figures reflect what you asked for. The Chief was asked to
put the information together. He has it. With regard to
the information with regard to protection services that you
have received from the Police Department, that information
was never released by me to the press. That information, if
you recall, was released by the former Chief to the press.
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, if I may, this man still is not
answering my questions. What he is doing is trying to go
around where he doesn't have to acknowledge.
Mayor Ferre: Commissioner ...
Mr. Carollo: Now, if he wants to play Idi Amin, like he has
been playing for quite some time, I would hope he does it on
his own time, but all that I am asking for, Mr. Mayor, is to
have the full accounting for this whole year. What is given
to me here, is something much different than was given to us
entirely in the past.
Mayor Ferre: Commissioner, I think you have made your
point, and I think it is clearly understood and the request
is a fair request for a full accounting for all expenses and
we can now proceed.
Mr. Carollo: But Mr. Mayor ...
Mayor Ferre: Yes, sir.
Mr. Carollo: The Manager, the King, whatever he would like
to call himself is trying to go around the request of this
Commission, this request, by saying that they did give us
the information - $11,000.
Mayor Ferre: I understand your position and I also
understand that you are requesting, first of all, that this
be more extensive in time than what is shown here and
secondly that it include all expenses including police
officers that are in uniform that have at different times
been assigned to survey the house. I understood, and I
think it is the form of the request aside, the issue is
proper. I think your request your request is not only
noted, but I think it's recognized by the Manager, as I
understood, and that's the end of it. Is that correct?
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, he asked for information in terms of
how much was spent this fiscal year on my protection. I
have given that to his. Mr. Mayor, I have not called any of
the Mayor and Commission out of their nano& at this same_
meeting and I would like to have the same courtesy.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager, I think what the issue is, is
that the Commissioner is asking for an accountability of
expenditures within the City of Miami for a period not to be
limited to the period of March 1, 1984 to April 28, 1984.
He wants the accountability for the full year and beyond
that. He also wishes the accountability to include
expenditures beyond those specific officers assigned to your
protection and to include those officers that have also boon
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assigned to be in their patrol cars immediately in front of
your house or with you during this process. I think that is
a proper request.
Mr. Gary: And that is what we have given him, Mr. Mayor.
Mr. Carollo: That is not correct, Mr. Mayor. What has been
given to us is only non -uniform, plain -clothes police
officers from March 1st to April 28th of this year. The
request has been, Mr. Mayor, for a full accounting since
January lot of this year to the present to include plain
clothed and uniform police officers. what he's trying to do
is again try to fool the public into giving only part of it
so he can to hide the full amount of money that has been
spent.
Mayor Ferre: The request has been made that they be from
January 1st to...and I would add to that, I would like to
frankly, from the beginning of the budgetary year, which is
October 1st, broken down in specific categories. Is there
further discussion on this?
28. DISCU33ION ITEM: ALTERNATE LIGHT FIXTURES - CONTINUED TO
NEXT MEETING.
Mayor Ferre: We are now back to the question of Florida
Power and Light. Mr. Sanchez, since you're here, may I ask
you to take the microphone? Mr. Sanchez, you have read Mr.
Treister's letter back in February 1st; you have a copy of
it to Jack Stark, City of Miami Department of Public Works,
regarding special lighting in Coconut Grove.
Mr. Guy Sanchez: No, I don't have that one.
Mayor Ferre: Then I will give you a copy of it and I would
ask that this item be postponed and put on the agenda for
discussion at the next regular City of Miami Commission
meeting. At that time, we will discuss this again.
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29. 3IGNAGE FOR MIAMI CONTENTION CENTER.
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Mayor Ferro: We are now on item "I", signage plan for Miami
Convention Center.
Mr. Dean Hofeeister: Mr. Mayor, members of the Commission,
we have long had a need at the Center to more fully be able
to promote the events at the center. We have been able to
develop, with a firm, a proposal for a signage package that
would enable us to acquire exterior signage to promote the
events in the center, as well as tocumulate some income from
the advertising that would be available on that signage.
Our request to you this morning is for approval in principle
to use this proposal from American Sign Indicator
Corporation to develop an R.F.P. to solicit other firms that
might be interested in entering into this project to see it
we can get the best deal. The cost to the City for the
Insulation and the acquisition of the signage is xero. They
will make their income from selling advertising on the
exterior panels. With no this morning is Tom Connors, ibo
is the General Manager of the Miami Convention Center. Too,
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show them on the diagram where the large exterior sign would
be located. That is near the plaza area, you may recall,
where we had the dedication ceremonies.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager, does this have your
recommendation?
Mr. Gary: The basic concept, Mr. Mayor, but I would ask the
City Commission to bless the concept _a nd give me
instructions to further study this matter.and come up with a
final proposal.
Mayor Ferre: I think I would support that personally. I
don't know whether the rest of this Commission would go
along. I think, Mr. Manager, one of the things you need to
put in is an architectural review, because I'd hate... Not
that I'm scared of Beth Dunlap, but I would hate for the
architectural community, Jorge Arango or somebody else to
write some nasty article about how we are going about
uglying this City up instead of improving it and what have
you. We're not really going to make a heck of a lot of
money out of this. I think we need to approach it from a
service point of view, rather than a money point of view,
because I'm not too sure that even at $35,000 which is I
think the figure you used, wasn't it?
Mr. Hofineister: The potential revenue, right.
Mayor Ferre: That's up at the top. Everything goes
terrific, they make a bundle; we make $35,000, and we may
have the ugliest damn sign in Miami. So, all I'm saying is
that you better make sure that architecturally it's
• acceptable, and two, that the road to the D.O.T. doesn't
have a fit, saying we're causing people to have accidents as
they slow down there reading the signs looking to the right
when they ought to be looking to the front and bumping into
some other car. Then we end up getting sued. So you better
look at the legal. You better look at the D.O.T. You
better look at the architectural.
Mr. Gary: Yes, sir.
Mr. Hofineister: We would, of course.
Mr. Plummer: Turn the sign over.
Mayor Ferre: What does it say?
Mr. Plummer: Is that part of 3t or did you use that?
Mr. Hofineister: No, that's just the backing.
Mr. Plummer: The only point that I would want, Mr. Manager,
to be incorporated is that at all times the City reserve the
right to control what is the advertising.
Mr. Hofineister: Of course.
Mayor Ferre: I would imagine also that this is going to an
R.F.P. procedure and put it out for bids.
Mr. Hofineister: Of course, that's what we're asking for
this morning, your approval in principle, so that we can
develop the R.F.P.
Mayor Ferre: And you will come back to the Commission?
Mr. Hofineister: Of course.
Mayor Ferre: Is there a notion?
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Mr. Plummer: So move.
Mayor Ferro: Is there a second?
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferro: Further discussion on item "I"?
roll.
Call the
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner
Plummer, who moved its adoption:
MOTION NO. 84-982
A MOTION ACCEPTING THE CONCEPT OF
SIGNAGE FOR THE MIAMI CONVENTION CENTER,
IN PRINCIPLE, AND AS PRESENTED BEFORE
THE CITY COMMISSION ON THIS DATE;
FURTHER REFERRING THE PROPOSAL TO THE
CITY MANAGER FOR HIS REVIEW AND
RECOMMENDATIONS STIPULATING THAT
ARCHITECTURAL CONCERNS, LEGAL CONCERNS
AND THE CONCERNS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION ARE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT
DURING THIS PROCESS.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the
motion was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
30. ALLOCATE $15, 000 BISCmyn-wnwooD Cumn OF coma tCE
FOR JOB TRAIEIN PtM>tlM.
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Mayor Ferro: We're on "K", which is $15,000 for the
Biscayne Wynwood College.
Ms. Dena Spillman: Mayor and members of the Commission, on
July 30th you passed a notion of intent to allocate an
additional 515,000 to the Biscayne Wynwood Chamber of
Commerce. This approval was conditioned on administration
review of that request. We have reviewed the program. We
are rocomending that the agency not receive any additional
funding. I tight remind you that this program was funded as
part of the C.D. jobs program on a one-shot basis. There
were five other agencies that were on the sass position as
this a`oncy. The agency supposedly was going to et a great
deal of support from the private sector. They did get some.
They did not et as such as expected. They did spend money
on items on their budget which were not approved and in
effect, what they are asking us to do right now is reimburse
them for these expenses, which we do not normally do. We
have not received a final audit report from the internal
audit department on this project. However, we understand
that they have a severe problem in record -keeping and book•
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keeping. We are concerned about that. We are recommending
against the increase in funding.
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, I think the issue here is that there
are some questions about... Well, the question is whether
or not we give them money before we do an audit,
particularly in view of the fact that we have some questions
that need to be resolved, particularly if those funds that
are being requested are going to be utilized for a program
that may have some problems that may resylt from the audit.
I think it would be appropriate that any decisions with
regard to funding this organization or any other
organization that has not completed a program and not had a
complete audit, we don't recommend that take place.
Mayor Ferre: What is the will of this Commission?
Mr. Perez: I would love to make a motion, Mr. Mayor,
approving the request of the Puerto Rican Center.
Mayor Ferre: It's not Puerto Rican.
Mr. Perez: The Biscayne Wynwood Chamber of Commerce. I
would like to approve the request that they are making.
Mayor Ferre: Is there a second?
Mr. Perez: I think it would be better to have a full
Commission.
Mr. Plummer: Well, let me ask a question, because from what
I hear the Manager saying, I think it is pretty heavy. I
thought it was the policy of this Commission that no funds
would be given to any organization without the audit being
first completed and in this particular case, the audit has
not been done. Am I...?
Mr. Perez: I think there was a misunderstanding in the
intention of the motion. I think I recognize what
Commission Plummer says. I think that the motion, the
intention approval is subject to the Manager's evaluation.
Mayor Ferre: And to the audit. There is a motion. Is
there a second to the... I'll second the motion, J.L.
Mr. Plummer: Motion made, hold on let's get these other two
in.
Mayor Ferre: The motion is to approve subject to the audit
and the Manager's final approval of the disbursal.
Mr. Plummer: Motion made and duly seconded; motion
understood? No further discussion, call the roll.
The following notion was introduosd by
Commissioner Perez, who moved its adoption:
MOTION NO. 84-983
A MOTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE
CITY MANAGER TO ALLOCATE AN AMOUNT NOT
TO EXCEED $15*000 PURSUANT TO A REQUEST
MADE BY THE "BISCAYNE WYNWOOD CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE" FOR FUNDING OF A JOB TRAINING
PROGRAM, SUBJECT TO AUDIT AND FINAL
EVALUATION BY THE CITY MANAGER.
Upon being seconded by Mayor Ferre, the motion was
passed and adopted by this following vote!
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AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
ABSENT: None.
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31. DI3CUS3108 ITEM: I13URANCE EXCHANGE OF THE AMERICAS.
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Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager, on the Insurance Exchange of the
Americas, as you know, we're out a half a million dollars on
that. Charlotte Gallogly, is she still around? As I
recall, it was Charlotte's recommendation back then that we
do it through Miami Capital. The administration approved
and recommended it. The Commission did it that way. So, in
effect, the Commission itself never voted on that half a
million dollar loan.
Mr. Gary: That's the only way you could have done it to
give them money.
Mayor Ferre: I understand, but I mean it was your
recommendation, Charlotte. It was the Manager's
• recommendation. We accepted it. It was never discussed at
the City Commission, I don't think.
Mr. Gary: Oh, yes.
Mayor Ferre: But it was approved.
Ms. Charlotte Gallogly: Yes.
Mr. Gary: You came back and said that we should have the
insurance exchange of the Americas here because we are
getting involved with international trade. We do a lot of
shipping. We are trying to increase our port and our
airport. We decided to have one here. We agreed at half a
million dollar loan. At first we had some problems as how
to structure that. We found out the way we could do it by
giving it to a non-profit corporation to give to them.
Mayor Ferre: And it was done that way and fine.
Mr. Gary: And you voted on all of it.
Mayor Ferre: And we voted on it, and you recommended it.
We accepted, we voted, and it was done. We now have a new
executive. We now have a new chairman. I would like to
tell you on the record publicly I don't know either one of
these gentlemen. I doubt if anybody in this Commission has
ever been paid the courtesy of a call. I don't know what's
going on in that place. We are out a half a million
dollars. I've never not the chairman. I've never not the
new director. There is a new board. We have absolutely no
knowledge. I as ignorant totally of what's going on in that
place. I would like, number one, an update from the
Administration and if it is Miami Capital, whatever, whoever
is watching over these people, what's going on. Secondly,
yyou know when we came up with half a million dollars, it's
becsuse when the City went to Tampa to fight to `et it in
Miami, rather than in Tampa or Jacksonville, we agreed to
put up some bucks. We also asked that the Mate put up some
money and that Metro... That I know of, nobody else other
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than the City of Miami has put up any money. When it comes
time to take credit for glories, you know, there is the
Governor and there is the Secretary of State, and there is
the Mayor of Dade County, and there they all share in the
glory, but when it comes time for putting up bucks, it's the
little old City of Miami thal_ puts up the bucks. That's
fine, that's the way this community works. The Herald and
the JM encourages that; Metro is super-dooper, and you
know Miami is a bad place, bad City, we're bad guys, and the
whole thing, but they don't mind us putting up the money to
do these things. That's all fine. I'll accept that,
because that's part of what you have -to accept to live in
this community and that's the way this City is. As Arva
Parks or somebody ... who was it that in the paper this
morning said "Miami used to be a mean old..." Oh, Marjorie
Stoneman Douglas said, "Miami, when it was born was a mean
little city. Now it is a mean big city." I accept that.
What I don't accept, Charlotte, is total ignorance on the
part of this legislative body as to what is going on in that
place. So, I ask you formally to bring this Commission up
to date and you better tell that Chairman and you better
tell that director that I expect...I want to send the same
message I'm getting tired of the people like University of
Miami's head of the Athletic Department making statements
that he can't do something for the City of Miami or this
Commission because then he would have to do the same thing
for the Commission of Hialeah, the Commission of Miami Beach
and Metropolitan Dade County. Doesn't he know that we own
the Orange Bowl? And doesn't the Chairman and the Executive
Director of the Insurance Exchange of the Americas realize
that's our half million bucks they are playing with?
Ms. Gallogly: Yes, they do realize that.
Mayor Ferre: Well, they better get their tail over here and
get to see all the members of this Commission.
32. REFER TO MEMORIAL COMMITTEE: RENAMING OF PORTIONS OF
N.E. BAYSHORE DRIVE AND 15 STREET - PLAZA VENETIA WAY
AND ALVAB CRAPHAN BOULEVARD.
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Mayor Ferre: The next item that I have is, even though I
sometimes have my differences with the Miami Herald, I would
like to say that we recognize that the one great thing that
this business community has is the leadership and the
tremendous involvement of Alvah Chapman. If it weren't for
Alvah Chapman, this City and this community would have not
made the progress in many fields that we have. I think the
time has arrived when we need to honor Alvah Chapman, we,
the City. We sent this matter of re -naming a street to the
Street and Memorial Committee. They came back and said that
15th Road is already named Plaza Venetia Way. What has
occurred, therefore, was a misunderstanding. I have talked
to Mr. Ted Hollow and he is in full agreement with the
tremendous leadership ability of Alvah Chapman and the need
to honor him. Therefore, he is amenable to the naming of
South Bayshore Drive in front of Plaza Venetia, Plaza
Venetia Plaza, I mean Plaza Venetia Way where South Bayshore
Drive is now in front of the Marriott and Plaza Venetia and
the naming of 15th Street from the bay all the way to the
dead ends near the Lyndsey school building, to rename that
Alvah Chapman Boulevard. I think this is something that is
long overdue. I feel honored to be able to make that notion
and I so move both of them.
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Mr. Plummer: Did you consider where it now exists as Herald
Plaza that you rename that to Alvah Chapman?
Mayor Ferre: Yes, but I think we shouldn't get involved in
renaming Herald Plaza into Alvah Chapman. That would
create, I think, some problems within the Herald
organization and the Knight family. I think Herald Plaza
should remain Herald Plaza. I think that the same privilege
should be extended to Plaza Venetia and we should call it
Plaza Venetia Way, and that 15th Road, be renamed Alvah
Chapman Boulevard. I so move.
Mr. Plummer: Second.
Mr. Perez: Motion and a second; call the roll.
The following motion was introduced by Mayor Ferre, who
moved its adoption:
MOTION NO. 84-984
A MOTION TO RENAME BAYSHORE DRIVE, IN
THE IMMEDIATE AREA OF THE PLAZA VENETIA
DEVELOPMENT AS "PLAZA VENETIA WAY"; AND
TO RE -NAME N.E. 15TH STREET FROM
BISCAYNE BAY TO THE LINDSLEY HOPKINS
EDUCATIONAL CENTER AS "ALVAH CHAPMAN
BOULEVARD".
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the
motion was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
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I 33. 191TUD I.F.P. FOR VAT30M ISLAND DEVEAPNW TO FU. 1945
{ Mayor Ferre: With regards to Watson Island, as you know we
now have this R.F.P. in November. There are some
I developments that I'm not at liberty to discuss at the
specific question of the people that are interested that are
very positive for the City of Miami and I would like to
therefore, request that the R.F.P. be extended from November
to the end of February. I so move.
Mr. Perez: A second?
Mr. Plummer: Second.
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Mr. Perez: Motion and a second, call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Mayor Ferre,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 84-985
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE _CITY
MANAGER TO AMEND THE REQUEST FOR
PROPOSALS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
CULTURAL, RECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENT
FACILITIES ON CITY -OWNED WATSON ISLAND
TO EXTEND THE DEADLINE FOR THE
SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS FROM NOVEMBER
129 1984 TO FEBRUARY 28, 1985; FURTHER
DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO DISTRIBUTE
THE AMENDMENT CONTAINING THE NEW DATE
FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS IN THE SAME
MANNER IN WHICH THE REQUEST FOR
PROPOSALS WAS DISTRIBUTED.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the
motion was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
34. SOUND BARRIERS ALONG BOUTS OF METRORAIL.
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Mayor Ferre: The question of sound barriers, there have
been some of my neighbors that have been discussing with me
that as Metro Rail progresses, it's not only Coral Gables,
because every time you read in the newspapers, it's only
Coral Gables that seems to be having a problem. I rode in
an airplane from Washington to Miami and I said, "I want you
to know that Black people in the community also hear Metro
Rail, and I want to tell you that if you are going to be
putting up barriers, don't you make the mistake of putting
up those sound barriers along U.S.-1 to protect the citizens
of Coral Gables and forget the protection of the citizens of
Miami Black and White. If you are going to put sound
barriers in the White community, you'd better put sound
barriers in the Black community, because those folks have
just as much a right to sleep at night as White folk do.
So. I would like to move that this City emphatically
recommend that Metropolitan Dade County, that after they
have built a billion dollar system, they shouldn't get
chintzy to save five or six or ten million dollars by
putting the sound barriers only in the Coral Gables corridor
and that they do it throughout the City of Miami wherever
there was a residential community.
Mr. Dawkins: I second the notion, and as the Mayor *aid, I
have complaints too, especially on 41st Street, where this
Rapid Transit runs over people's houses. We are prepared to
go to the County Commission to demand that they do not run a
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train no further than downtown until they do something about
this sound barrier. So I second the Mayor's motion.
Mayor Ferre: Call the question.
Mr. Perez: Motion and second, and no other question, call
the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Mayor Ferre,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 84-986
A RESOLUTION SETTING FORTH THE POSITION
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI COMMISSION THAT THE
INSTALLATION OF SOUND BARRIERS ALONG THE
METRORAIL RIGHT-OF-WAY SHOULD BE BASED
ON A SYSTEM -WIDE CRITERION OR METHOD OF
EVALUATING AND ASSESSING THE DISTURBING
EFFECT OF METRORAIL'S OPERATING NOISE
LEVEL UPON THE RESIDENTS OF PROPERTY
ADJACENT TO THE TRACKS OF SAID SYSTEM
AND THAT THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI SHOULD RECEIVE THE SAME
CONSIDERATION AND BENEFIT OF SOUND
BARRIERS AS THOSE RESIDENTS OF CORAL
GABLES AND SOUTH MIAMI WHO ARE SIMILARLY
AFFECTED BY THE OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM,
DIRECTING OFFICIALS OF THE CITY
ADMINISTRATION TO CONVEY THIS POSITION
TO APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OF METROPOLITAN
DADE COUNTY, INCLUDING THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
(Here follows body of resolution,
omitted here and on file in the Office
of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Dawkins, the
resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
35. INFER TO MEMORIAL COMMITTEE: SLUING OF TAU ON SM W
FIRE STATION 22 ♦oE. IN NMI OF 11UJ01112 sTONOW
DOOGLA3.
Mayor Ferre: As you all know, Marjorie Stoneman Dou las
very soon will be celebrating. ..in it her ninety-third or
ninety-fourth, or whatever it is birthday. If anybody 1h
this community deserves to have something named after her,
it's Marjorie Stoneman Douglas. Sometimes, she drives ee up
a tree, and I say that almost literally as well as
figuratively. but I would like to recommend the suggestion
of Judith Arango that we take the old fire station of 22nd
Avenue and name the park that is going to be there after
Marjorie Stoneman Douglas. I would like to so move.
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Mr. Perez: Moved and seconded and no comments, call the
roll.
The following motion was introduced by Mayor Ferre, who
moved its adoption:
MOTION NO. 84-987
A MOTION REQUESTING THE CITY •MANAGER TO
REFER TO THE CITY OF MIAMI MEMORIAL
COMMITTEE A PROPOSAL TO RE -NAME A PARK
PROPOSED TO BE BUILT ON THE SITE OF THE
OLD FIRE STATION LOCATED ON 22ND AVENUE
IN HONOR OF MARJORIE STONEMAN DOUGLAS.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the
motion was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
-. ABSENT: None.
36. DISCUSSION ITEM: DEDUCTION OF TAXES FROM MAYORS TRAVEL
REIMBURSEMENTS.
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Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager, my office has told me that the
City of Miami, to my amazement is deducting from my travel
expenses taxes. In other words, any taxes...the Federal
government has a tax. As I understand it, it has been the
practice of....
Mr. Gary: I don't take care of that. I don't know what
they have.
Mayor Ferre: I want to make sure that is take care of,
because I understand it goes back to the last ten years.
I'd like to get it clarified because I don't....
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Mayor Ferre: The next item that I have is the funding of
the sugarcane seminar. As you know, the sugarcane seminar
is now under way. It is in the City of Miami. There are
something like...how many, Charlotte, 25, 30 countries
present? They have written a request....
Mr. Carollo: $50,000.
Mayor Ferre: I think that is a little bit high.
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, let me be frank with you. The last
time that this was discussed, if I recollect correctly, the
only reason that we agreed to go ahead and pay, I think,
$25,000 at the time was because we had made a previous
commitment; but we all were in agreement that they beat look
for other areas of funding. Mr. Diego Suarez always says
that he doesn't need anything from the City Commission.
That is true on the one hand, but on the other hand, every
year, you see him upping the pot that otherwise his
organization would have to put in. Hey, enough is enough.
These are very wealthy individuals. If 'they want to put a
party like that, they can afford to pay it. It's one thing
when you're looking at organizations that are truly needed.
They're needy and they can't afford it; but his group can
afford it. I think he should stop just taking for granted
the City of Miami is going to give him whatever he asks for
every year. Fine, he is a nice guy. He's a super guy. I'd
love to go out and play golf with him or tennis or have a
cup of coffee. But I don't think the City of Miami should
put 850,000.
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38. MOTION OF INTENT: NOT TO DELETE ALLOCATION OF $772,000
FROM D.D.A. FT 84-85 BUDGET REQUEST
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Mayor Ferre: The next item that I have is the item on the
D.D.A. Just so we can settle down on this, I would like to
put on the resolution, we'll be dealing with this later on
at 5:30, just so we understand each other, I would like to
move that it is not the intention of this City of Miami
Commission to strip $720,000 from the D.D.A. in their budget
that is now earmarked for the general budget, unless of
course we get into a major discussion at which time
everything is open for consideration, including festivals,
Grand Prix, and all of the other events, Miss Universe and
all of the other things that the City of Miami spends money
in. I so move that it is the position of this Commission
that we will not be tampering with the $720,000 from General
Fund to the D.D.A. on a unilateral basis.
Mr. Carollo: So move, Mr. Mayor, second.
Mr. Perez: Motion and a second, no other Question, call the
roll.
The following motion was introduced by Mayor Ferre, who
moved its adoption:
MOTION NO. 84-988
A MOTION DECLARING THAT IT IS NOT THE
INTENTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION TO
DELETE THE ALLOCATION OF $772,000 FROM
THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY'S
BUDGET REQUEST FOR FY 84-859 SUCH FUNDS
DUE TO BE ALLOCATED FROM THE GENERAL
FUND, UNLESS THE CITY COMMISSION GETS
INTO A GENERAL DISCUSSION OF
EXPENDITURES OF SUCH OTHER THINGS AS
FESTIVALS, PARADES, GRAND PRIX, MISS
UNIVERSE, ETC., IN WHICH CITY FUNDS ARE
EXPENDED.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Carollo, the
sotion was passed and adopted by the following vote -
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AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
ABSENT: None.
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34. 6YPRR33 POLICY IB CONDEMNATION OF SO AFRICA FOR
APARTHEID POLICI>IS i INSTRUCT PUPARATION OF M=LUTION
OR ORDIN►NCB PRONIBITINC INVESTMENT OF PIXSION FUNDS IN
RACI3T OR MARXIST COONTRISS.
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Mayor Ferre: I would now like to move that the City of
Miami Commission go on record that it opposes the government
of South Africa and apartheid, that it instructs the City
Administration to take up the resolution, the ordinance that
has been passed in the City of New York and most American
cities dealing with the investment of any City of Miami
related funds, directly or indirectly whether in pension
systems or otherwise, and any corporation that today does
business with the racist government of South Africa. I so
move.
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, I'll second that if I can add to it
that it would also include any communist or marxist country.
Mayor Ferre: I accept that.
Mr. Carollo: See, what happens is the hypocrisy that we
have in certain areas of our government is that while they
rightly condemn South Africa for the policy that they have,
then they are giving anything that they can at a ridiculous
low credit that we never get paid for to the Russians and
other communist allies.
Mayor Ferre: I accept that.
Mr. Perez: I would like to be more specific about Cuba and
Nicaragua.
Mayor Ferre: We don't invest any money in Nicaragua.
Mr. Perez: And all communist countries.
Mayor Ferre: I'm talking about the investment of U.3,
dollars that are in our pension funds. That I know of I
don't know of anybody spending any money in Cuba, or
Nicaragua for investment purposes.
Mr. Carollo: For instance, the only thing that Is koe, ii
the government of Angola afloat, is the over $5002M),
that Gulf Oil Corporation and some otbor Awtertoso
corporations are giving to them.
Mayor Ferret That's correct.
Mr. Carollo: That's what's paying for the Cuban soldiorp
that are in Angola today.
Mayor Ferre ?here is no question, Ctlup$oAor �, *W
aoospt the prefao* of what you're salrilag. �r
that we oondemn apartheid in mouth Africa# asWo
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we equally, I equally condemn the usage by the Gulf Oil
Company of the economic benefits that are given by American
Corporations, such as Gulf to Angola, to keep the communist
army of Cuba over 25,000 strong oppressing people in Africa.
Mr. Carollo: Over 40,000 strong in Angola alone, Mr. Mayor;
probably 75,000 to 1009000 in all of Africa.
Mayor Ferre: I accept that amendment to the motion.
Mr. Perez: Do we have a second?
Mr. Plummer: Carollo seconded it.
Mr. Perez: Motion and a second, call the roll.
The following motion was introduced by Mayor Ferre, who
moved its adoption:
MOTION NO. 84-989
A MOTION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI COMMISSION
EXPRESSING ITS POLICY IN THE
CONDEMNATION OF SOUTH AFRICA FOR THEIR
APARTHEID POLICIES; FURTHER INSTRUCTING
THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO TAKE UP THE
RESOLUTION AND ORDINANCE THAT HAS BEEN
PASSED IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK AND IN
OTHER CITIES DEALING WITH INVESTMENT OF
U.S. DOLLARS IN PENSION FUNDS WHICH ARE
GIVEN TO ANY CORPORATION THAT PRESENTLY
DOES ANY BUSINESS WITH THE RACIST
GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA OR ANY
COMMUNIST OR MARXIST SYSTEM.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Carollo, the
motion Was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
TAPE 8
Mr. Dawkins: I vote yes, and in voting yes, I have to say
that I'm glad to see that we've taken this stand and I'd
like to also see be carried to the point where anybody who
build or anything with the City of Miami cannot buy any
goods made in those areas. I'd also like to say that we,
and I mean all of us, are making the gentiesan who Mr.
Carollo spoke about, bigger than he is. That Is wiry I said
the other notion that the individual would bays to pay to
express himself. I do not want to give his a spring board
to get more publicity by saying we prevent his from
speaking. We're not preventing his from speaking or
attempting to violate his first rights. All we are saying
is you can speak if you pay for it. 'That's all we said.
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Dawkins, that was sort than altar. I'$*
anyonlad you
o from us g their *rights according etonot
our f t ior
governsent. Mat we're saying is we don't want a moist,
anti -**mite individual, like Louis Farokhan coming t#6"to
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speak against Jewish -Americans, to speak against White
Americans, to speak on racism on government owned
facilities, public facilities.
Mr. Dawkins: Which means that we support it.
Mayor Ferre: Now, I would like to say also, because we
have a distinguished member of the Florida press here from
out of the City who covers this community, and we also have
the Miami Herald and the Miami Neale present here so that we
clearly understand each other, because whenever the City of
Miami does this, it comes out that the City of Miami
involves itself in foreign policy. I don't see that anybody
got very excited when Ed Koch flew to Israel and went to an
air carrier off the shore of Lebanon and refused to go into
Lebanon and blasted and came back with resolutions against
the Felange, the P.L.O. and the Lebanese government. Nobody
seems to get too excited about that. I don't see that
anybody gets too excited when Boston involves itself in
Irish politics or the politics of Great Britain and the
Irish community. I don't see that anybody gets too worked
up in Chicago when in Polish neighborhoods there are rallies
sponsored by the City government of Chicago, paid for by tax
payers dollars that deal with issues of captive nations,
including Poland. I don't see that anybody gets too worked
up in San Francisco when there are rallies paid for by local
governments on the issue of South Africa, which has
occurred, sponsored by all different parts of that
community, from the gay community to the right-wing
community in San Francisco. I don't see that anybody gets
too worked up when Mexican -Americans in Texas and in
California takg very strong positions on issues that deal
with Mexico. But whenever the City of Miami speaks up on
issues dealing with Latin America or specifically Cuba or
communism, then everybody thinks that is kind of ridiculous
and it's really funny that the City of Miami has its own
foreign policies. Joke, joke, joke, sarcasm, sarcasm,
sarcasm, I want to say that I don't find this to be any
different than the tradition that exists in our country and
other parts of it. I don't see any reason, I want to point
out that what we are doing here vis-a-vis South Africa has
been done by well over a dozen American cities. I call the
question.
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40. I53TRUCT CITY MANAGER TO PUBLISB R.F.P.s FOR SCONOMIC
FKASIDILITY STUDY FOR PRIVATE PICKUP OF TRASH MD
GARSAGN .
Mayor Ferro: Lastly, Lucia Allen has passed out a
resolution dealing with a request of this Commission that
authorizes the City Manager to publish request an R.F.P. for
qualified professional consultants to prepare a report,
study an analysis on the economic feasib;.lity of private
pick-up of trash and garbage within the City of Miami and
allocating an amount not to exceed =ts,pp0 frog Special
Programs and Accounts Contingency Fund to fund such a
consulting service, directing the Manager to include a
requirement on the R.F.P. that the study oontain a
comparative cost analysis for all pick-up method* of trash
and garbage including curb -side, back yard, private
oollection 01 trash and garbage, which latter analysis shall
contain a proposed form of request for proposals for private
collection to be used by the City if the consultants repwt
a recommendation indicate that such seasure& woult he a
viable option; further directing the City Manager to lst
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a recommendation for the Commission for its selection of a
consultant firm by the first Commission meeting of October
of this year with a report and study to be submitted 60 days
thereafter, and providing that if the consultant's report or
consultants' report and recommendations indicate that such
private collection measure would be a viable option, then
the City Manager shall prepare and publish a request for
proposals for private trash and garbage collection by the
second Commission meeting in October of 184 and include in
the private collection request for proposals" a requirement
that proposals provide alternate quotations for curb -side
and/or back yard pick up and a private quotation for the
take-over of City equipment and/or the retention for one
year of City employees with the Civil Service status as
employees of proposers, directing the Manager to make a
recommendation to the Commission for the selection of a
private collection company by the first Commission meeting
in February 1, 1985. I so move.
Mr. Carollo: Second.
Mr. Perez: Motion and a second, call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Mayor Ferre,
who moved its adoption:
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RESOLUTION NO. 84-990
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO PUBLISH REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
(RFP) FOR QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL
CONSULTANTS TO PREPARE A REPORT, STUDY
AND ANALYSIS ON THE ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY
OF PRIVATE PICKUP OF TRASH AND GARBAGE
WITHIN THE CITY OF MIAMI AND ALLOCATING
AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $50,000 FROM
SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND ACCOUNTS,
CONTINGENT FUND, TO FUND SUCH CONSULTANT
SERVICES; DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO
INCLUDE A REQUIREMENT IN THE RFP THAT
THE STUDY CONTAIN A COMPARATIVE COST
ANALYSIS FOR ALL PICKUP METHODS OF TRASH
AND GARBAGE, INCLUDING CURBSIDE,
BACKYARD AND PRIVATE COLLECTION OF TRASH
AND GARBAGE WHICH LATTER ANALYSIS SHALL
CONTAIN A PROPOSED FORM OF REQUEST FOR
PROPOSALS FOR PRIVATE COLLECTION TO BE
USED BY THE CITY IF THE CONSULTANT'S
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS INDICATE THAT
SUCH MEASURE WOULD BE A VIABLE OPTION;
FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO
PRESENT A RECOMMENDATION TO THE
COMMISSION FOR ITS SELECTION OF A
CONSULTANT FIRM BY THE FIRST COMMISSION
MEETING IN OCTOBER, 1984 WITH THE
REPORT AND STUDY TO BE SUBMITTED 60 DAYS
THEREAFTER AND PROVIDING THAT IF THE
CONSULTANT'S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS
INDICATE THAT SUCH PRIVATE COLLECTION
MEASURE WOULD BE A VIABLE, OPTION THEN
THE CITY MANAGER SHALL PREPARE AND
PUBLISH A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR
PRIVATE TRASH AND GARBAGE COLLECTION BY
THE SECOND COMMISSION MEETING IN
OCTOBER, 1984 AND INCLUDE IN THE PRIVATE
COLLECTION REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS A
REQUIREMENT THAT PROPOSERS PROVIDE
ALTERNATIVE QUOTATIONS FOR CURBSIDE
AND/OR BACKYARD PICKUP AND A PRIVATE
QUOTATION FOR THE TAKEOVER OF CITY
EQUIPMENT AND/OR THE RETENTION FOR ONE
Y AR OF CITY EMPLOYEES WITH CIVIL
SERVICE STATUS AS EMPLOYEES OF
PROPOSERS; DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO
MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMISSION
FOR THE SELECTION OF A PRIVATE
COLLECTION COMPANY BY THE FIRST
COMMISSION MEETING IN FEBRUARY 1, 1985.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Carollo, the
motion was passed and adopted by the following vote.
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vioe-Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferro
HOES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
ABSENT: None.
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41. DIANCT CITY MANAGRI TO DISCUSS dITB POBLIS992S OF THE
sawi OE ELORIDA", CITY PUBLISHINrG ITS OMN BOO[ ETC.
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Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager, the item at hand is this. That
these people from Prosperity International_ have done a
magnificent job of coming up with a book on Florida. You'll
notice that the back side of it is Tampa, Florida rather
than Miami. That is because Tampa took the initiative that
Miami did not take. When I presented this matter to
Metropolitan Dade County, Jean Westphall turned me down.
She thought it would not work. Then I took it to Miami
Beach, and the T.D.C. turned us down. I was reluctant. I
brought it to the Manager, but I didn't press the issue
because it was obvious to me that the City of Miami could
not alone do this. As a consequence, we did not get the
cover. Tampa got it. The Governor was so impressed with
this and the Secretary of State yesterday, that the
Secretary of State said that he was going to take it to the
cabinet so that this might become the official book of
Florida to be handed out to visitors. I would like to make
a motion that the Manager discuss with the people who own
this book that provided they change the back cover and put
the City of Miami in a special edition and that would be the
only other request that I would have since Miami is properly
covered in the text inside, that he come back with a
recommendation for the City of Miami to use this as its
official publication and that we have -and I won't put what
the number is, Mr. Manager- you come back with a
recommendation, whether it is $5,000 or $10,000 of these
things purchased for us to have as an official presentation
on behalf of the City of Miami whenever we have visitors or
whenever we travel. I so move.
Mr. Perez: But instead of being a Florida publication, that
would be a Miami publication?
Mayor Ferre: It'll have Florida on one side and Miami on
the other.
Mr. Perez: Yes, but all the material would be about Miami
only?
Mayor Ferre: We can't change that. That would cost too
much money. What we have is what we get.
Mr. Perez: I would like to have both alternatives. I think
that we have a lot of guests come into this City. We need a
publication, we need a book, something to have both
alternatives.
Mayor Ferre: I accept that.
Mr. Perez: Something to have both alternatives, how such it
would coat in this way, and how such coat a book only the
designed for the City of Miami in particular.
Mayor Ferre: I think you should expand that to include Dade
County so that they can help pay for part of it and I would
accept that as a part of my motion.
Mr. Perez: That's a great publication. We have a second?
Mayor Ferre: J.L., we have a notion. I moved it and
Demetrio just seconded it.
Mr. Perez: Yes, I second.
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Mr. Plummer: Motion understood?
Call the roll.
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Any further discussion?
The following motion was introduced by Mayor Ferre, who
moved its adoption:
MOTION NO. 84-991
A MOTION DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO
DISCUSS WITH THE PUBLISHERS OF THE "BOOK
OF FLORIDA" FOR POSSIBLE PARTICIPATION
BY THE CITY OF MIAMI; PROVIDED THEY
CHANGE THE BACK COVER IN A SPECIAL
EDITION TO REFLECT A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI; FURTHER DIRECTING THE
CITY MANAGER TO COME BACK WITH A
RECOMMENDATION IF THIS NEGOTIATION IS
SUCCESSFUL; FURTHER STIPULATING THAT
THIS PUBLICATION COULD BE THE ONE USED
IN OFFICIAL PRESENTATIONS TO VISITORS IN
THIS CITY AND ALSO REQUESTING THE CITY
MANAGER TO INVESTIGATE THE POSSIBILITY
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI PUBLISHING SUCH A
BOOK ON ITS OWN TO PUBLICIZE THE CITY OF
MIAMI AND OTHER AREAS OF METROPOLITAN
DADE COUNTY.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the
motion was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
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Mayor Ferre: Last, I have two other issues. Mr. Kan&`er,
as you know, the American Barge Club has been for the last
three years asking to have permission to have a rowing
facility, and we've been giving them the run-around, and a
run-around, and a run-around. The last two months ago, we
asked for a final recommendation on the part of the
planners. I think three and a half years is long enough to
give these people a run-around. Cesar, it is my intention
to conclude this. I'll do it any way you want to do it. If
you want to do it hard, I'll do it hard. If you want to do
it soft, I'll do it soft.
Mr. Cesar Odio: I just wanted to say Synterra, who is th•
master planner preparing a recommendation, and we should
have it very soon.
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Mayor Ferre: I've been hearing this for three years now.
When is very soon?
Mr. Gary: No, no, you haven't been hearing this for three
years.
Mr. Carollo: 1988.
Mr. Gary: No, Mr. Mayor, this hasn't been going on for
three years.
Mayor Ferre: The request was three and a half years ago.
Dr. Burty's request on the record in a letter to ■e, given
to the Administration was three and a half years ago.
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, we can give you a chronological
history of what happened, but if you recall, when they came
before this Commission, this City Commission took some time
to make a decision. When you made the decision, there was a
legal issue raised by then City Attorney as to whether or
not we could give them that without going out for bid. Do
you recall?
Mayor Ferre: I don't remember our going out for bid for the
Miami Rowing Club.
Mr. Gary: No, no, just because you don't do it one time,
doesn't mean you have to do it another time.
Mayor Ferre: Fine, if we want to revisit the Miami Rowing
Club's bid and put that out for public bid as well, then I
would accept going out for a public bid.
Mr. Gary: I have no problem, Mr. Mayor. When we proceeded,
the City Attorney then said you cannot because of the
Charter, the law. Then we came up with trying to do an
R.F.P., which would not guarantee that the American Barge
would get it. What I recommend to you, Mr. Mayor, since you
want to accomplish their being there, that...4.K., let me
back up ... then we came back here to you because it was in a
stalemate and you said we wanted to have it a part of the
study of the Dinner Key, the Commission voted to that area.
What I recommend, Mr. Mayor, is that we've now gotten
Synterra to look at it; they came up with a decision for the
next City Commission meeting, and that you consider a use
permit for that, Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: Help me word the motion.
Mr. Gary: The motion should be that, really it's a
direction. You don't need a motion, that you instruct us to
come back with a final study from the consultants as to
where this should be located and come back....
Mayor Ferre: There may be more than one rowing club. I
understand there are several rowing clubs now and that's
fine with me. I don't want to exclude anybody.
Mr. Gary: To come back with appropriate legislation to
effectuate it.
Mayor Ferre: I so move.
Mr. Plummer: Second.
Mayor Ferre: ♦ date certain, Mr. Manager. What's the date
certain on this?
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Mayor Ferre: At the next regular City of Miami Commission
meeting. Call the roll, Mr. Chairman.
Mr. Perez: Have a motion and a second. Call the roll.
The following motion was introduced by Mayor Ferre, who
moved its adoption:
MOTION NO. 84-992
A MOTION INSTRUCTING THE CITY MANAGER TO
COME BACK WITH FINAL RECOMMENDATION FROM
THE CONSULTANT FOR THE USE OF CITY -OWNED
PROPERTY ON VIRGINIA KEY WITH
APPROPRIATE LEGISLATION TO FACILITATE
THE PLACEMENT OF THE AMERICAN BARGE CLUB
AND OTHER SIMILAR REQUESTS FOR PLACEMENT
IN THE AREA.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the
motion was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
43• DISCUSSION ITEM: CITY COMMISSION TO DETERMINE DATE TO
CONVENE AS SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVU AUTHORITY FOR MATTERS
IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
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Mayor Ferre: The last item that I have is the impaneling of
this Commission as a investigative body. Madam City
Attorney, would you tell us the legal way of doing this?
Mrs. L. Dougherty: I'd be happy to, but Mr. Mayor, I had
not had an opportunity to write to you the procedures that
was requested by your aide, Marie Petit. I'd like the
opportunity to visit with you about it before we bring the
topic up, if you wouldn't mind; if we could do it in the
afternoon?
Mayor Ferre: I have no objection to that. We'll do it this
afternoon. I don't have any other items, other than this
item which I will bring back this afternoon.
WHEREUPON, THE CITY COMMISSION WENT INTO
A RECESS AT 1:16 P.M., RECONVENING AT
3:25 P.M., WITH ALL MEMBERS OF THE
COMMISSION FOUND TO BE PRESENT EYCZPT
MAYOR FERRE AND VICE -MAYOR PEREZ. THE
MEETING WAS SCHEDULED TO BE HELD AT
COCONUT GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL;
HOWEVER, PRIOR TO BEGINNING OF MEETING,
AND DUE TO FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT
CUTTING, ACCIDENTALLY A MAIN ELECTRICAL
CABLE, COMMISSIONER PLUMMER ANNOUNCED
THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING WOULD BE
CONTINUED AT CITY HALL. THE MEETING
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RECONVENED AT 3:55 P.M. AT CITY HALL
WITH ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION FOUND
TO BE PRESENT EXCEPT COMMISSIONER
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44. BRIEF DISCUSSION ITEM: LIQUOR LICENSE AT KATS.
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Mayor Ferre: I have a pocket item, which I think is non-
controversial, Kats, Mr. Manager, has a license to operate
until 5:00 o'clock. Is Monty Trainer around here? Well,
J.L., as I understand there is a problem that has arisen on
this issue of Kats. It's my opinion, from what I understand
that there is a license that gives them the right to operate
until 5:00 o'clock in the morning. I don't know what the
controversy is and he's not here to explain it.
Mrs. Dougherty: Mr. Mayor, I can explain it.
Mayor Ferre: Can you explain it? Thank you.
Mrs. Dougherty: Yes, sir, Kats is a restaurant that has an
accessory bar license for the restaurant. That is, by our
City Code, allowed to stay open until 3:00 o'clock. There
'• is another club, which is considered to be a separate club
or night-club in the same building. that is allowed to stay
open until 5:00 o'clock because they went through a
conditional use or a special exception permit granted by the
Planning Board and then you all. That permit would have to
be gotten by Kats in order to stay open until 5:00 o'clock;
it's a supper club or a night-club permit.
Mayor Ferre: What does this Commission have to do to solve
the problem?
Mrs. Dougherty: They have to apply for that type of
license. It would call for a couple of public hearings or
alternatively, you change the law allowing restaurants with
alcoholic beverage licenses.
Mayor Ferro: No, no, we can't do that. Is there anything
else that we can do on this?
Mrs. Dougherty: I've talked to their lawyer already.
Mayor Ferro: Who's their attorney?
Mrs. Dougherty: Mr. Block.
Mayor Ferro: David Block?
Mrs. Dougherty: No, no, Ron Book, excuse se, Ron Hook.
Mayor Ferro: Ron Book?
Mrs. Dougherty: Yes, I have informed his of the proeedura
and he agreed as of yesterday.
Mayor Ferro: So, technically, there is nothing we can do
about it.
Mrs. Dougherty: That's right.
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3PACE FOR 200' SHIP AT BICENTENNIAL PARK- MONTY MINER.
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Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, there is a also a request from Mr.
Trainer that he has the eventuality of bringing a 262 foot
luxurious boat from New York to Miami, which would
accommodate a restaurant for seating of 1,000. He would
like from this Commission and the Manager says that we have
to approve for a 30-day temporary docking space at
Bicentennial Park. I would be willing to offer such a
motion.
Mayor Ferre: I accept it.
Mr. Plummer: And would hope that the Manager would be able
to negotiate also to the extent of trying to keep that in
the Miami area, because they also have been talking to
others.
Mayor Ferre: Is there a second? Carollo seconds. Further
discussion? That the Manager be allowed to negotiate and
execute a 30-day contract to allow Monty Trainer to bring a
major show boat type of restaurant to be docked at
Bicentennial Park for 30 days and to negotiate a long-term
contract that he can bring to the City Commission for
approval.
Mr. Plummer: Hopefully.
Mayor Ferre: Is that the motion?
Mr. Plummer: Yes, sir.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? Call the roll.
The following motion was introduced
Commissioner Plummer, who moved its adoption:
MOTION NO. 84-993
A MOTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
NEGOTIATE A 30-DAY TEMPORARY DOCKING
SPACE IN BICENTENNIAL PARK FOR THE
PLACEMENT OF A TWO HUNDRED FOOT PLUS
SHIP TO BE BROUGHT HERE BY MONTY
TRAINER.
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Upon being seconded by Commissioner Carollo, the notion
was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Denetrio Peres, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
A33911T: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
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46. FORMALIZATION:APPOINT LAWRENCE 0. TURNER AS CHAIRMAN OF
MIAMI SPORTS AND EXHIBITION AUTHORITY.
..ayor erre: I did promise the people from the Sports and
Exhibition Authority that we would take their item out of
turn because several of them have airplanes to catch and
emergencies, so at this time, I will take that out of turn,
Mr. Horrow. Mr. Turner is the Chairperson, the Chair
recognizes Mr. Turner.
Mr. Larry Turner: Thank you very much. It's our purpose
here today to seek approval of our budget for our coming
fiscal year. As you know, the authority was created by
legislation enacted by the Florida Legislature in July of
last year and by an ordinance adopted by this City
Commission on July 12th of last year. We're funded by
County tax that was levied in October of last year. I
pointed these dates simply to indicate that we're a very new
entity and that the budget that we had approved last year in
no way really reflects the on -going work of the Sports and
Exhibition Authority. The purpose of the authority is set
forth both in the State and the City legislation which
created it. The State legislation states that the proceeds
of the convention development tax shall be used to construct
a new, multi -purpose convention coliseum/exhibition center
or the maximum components thereof as funds permit. The City
ordinance, in brief, provides that the authority shall
promote sports, conventions and exhibitions to the greatest
extent feasible and the authority shall strive to generate
and further community support to achieve this purpose. In
addition the authority shall endeavor to attract
professional sports franchises to utilize facilities in the
City. I might just mention briefly that the significant
accomplishments of the authority in the preceding year was
to issue two requests for proposals. The first being the
first phase of the authority's process, which was to
identify interested developers locally and nationally who
might be interested in constructing and financing the sports
facility and the convention center. The second R.F.P.,
which is now to be concluded on November 9th is to ask for a
very specific detailed specification by each of the
developers on how they are going to accomplish it and how
they are going to fund it. This phase that we are going to
be entering into, which is phase II, is totally dissimilar
from the activities of the authority last year. The budget
we are asking for approval for is really an advancement,
since we hope to be able to fund ourselves and repay the
City Commission with appropriate interests out of the
convention development tax, as soon as the litigation
involving that tax comes to a conclusion. The hearing
before the Florida Supreme Court on that tax is scheduled
for October 3rd. We would hope within 60 to 40 days
thereafter to have the issue of the tax resolved. Just very
briefly, the other accomplishments of the authority during
its first fiscal year, which encompassed the ten month
period, was the setting up of the committees. It'll be
necessary to make certain that when the facilities are
constructed, that we, as you might say, bit the ground
running and have events and activities to fill the
facilities once they are completed. We also spend a lot of
the time in making sure that the necessary so-called fix -up
legislation was adopted by the Florida Legislature to
properly levy the tax and as I mentioned earlier, we've also
been attempting to stave off the challenge of litigation
that has been brought against the tax in challenging it. So
with these developments behind us, and with a lot of work
and negotiating a contract with a selective developer ahead
of us, and implementing the facilities that are to be
constructed by the successful developer, we would propose
and ask that the budget proposed for this coming fiscal year
of $362,000, which is the maximum that we would spend, and
only be spent in advance by this Commission if our tax is
not approved during that period; if it is approved we will
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refund not only the monies spent to date in the current
fiscal, but any further advances under the current budget
request. We'll be happy to answer any questions that the
Commissioners might have.
Mayor Ferre: Are there any questions of Mr. Turner or of
Mr. Horrow? Mr. Manager, could we have your good thoughts
on this?
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, we support the Sports Authority. This
is a temporary budget until the legal matter can be cleared
up and we have no objections to what's being proposed.
Mayor Ferre: Are there any other comments or questions? I
think we are going to win the law suit. If, however, Rick,
we lose the law suit and we have to go through an appellate
procedure beyond, in other words, to the Supreme Court, this
Commission may want to hold things in abeyance because I
don't think we want to fund $360,000 out of general
revenues, which is what you're asking us to do now. So,
this is risky business. On the other hand, I am for it
because for us not to vote for this in effect would stop the
progress of the Sports Authority. I do however, have a
request. You have in your proposed budget an expenditure of
$70,000 for a study; $50,000 for one and $20,000 for the
other.
Mr. Gary: Thirty-two and twenty; it's a total of $52,000,
Mr. Mayor.
Mr. Turner: That is not all for the study, a portion of
that is for the hiring of our informational services
consultant and the other portion of it is for a study to
determine the demographics at the area and which types of
activities the area might support.
Mayor Ferre: Yes, but you see, that really is something
that I do not think is fair for the tax payers of the City
of Miami, the ad valorem tax payers to pay for. Therefore,
even though I do think that we should proceed with the
budget vis-a-vis the expenditures of salaries, operation,
office, secretaries, etc., I don't think it's fair for the
ad valorem tax payers to pay for $52,000 worth of studies
that in effect are really Metropolitan in nature.
Mr. Turner: It would not be a serious impediment to defer
because the case will be heard.
Mayor Ferre: I am not making this a part of the notion. I
am just saying that I think you will be well advised to hold
in abeyance the issuance of those things until we have a
clearer picture as to where we are going. Does that do any
irreparable harm to your...? Do you have any objections to
my request?
Mr. Turner: It would place us a little further along our
schedule to be able to negotiate that contract to the
present time, but it would not delay us more than 60 or 90
days, and that would not be an irreparable injury.
Mayor Ferre: Gene Marks.
Mr. Eugene Marks: I'm Gene Marks, a member of the
Authority. This came up at a sooting, Maurice, and fellow
Commissioners. We want the money in the budget but it
wouldn't be expended until we saw it, until we are really
moving ahead, but we wanted it there.
Mayor Ferre: I'm all set.
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Mr. Marks: That is what I wanted to explain to you. They
want it in there, but we don't expect to go out and spend it
tomorrow.
Mayor Ferre: That's what I`m willing to do. Is there a
motion?
Mr. Plummer: So move.
Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves. Is there a second?
Mr. Carollo: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Carollo seconds. Further discussion? Call
the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner
Plummer, who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 84-994
A RESOLUTION APPOINTING LAWRENCE 0.
TURNER AS CHAIRMAN OF THE MIAMI SPORTS
AND EXHIBITION AUTHORITY.
(Here follows body of resolution,
omitted here and on file in the Office
of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Carollo, the
resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ON ROLECALL:
Mr. Plummer: Wait, wait, we better Clarify what we're
moving. I moved Item 81. There are two items, 81 and 101.
We cannot take item 101 until after 5:05. We're moving 81
now.
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Mayor Ferre: Before we broke up, I had one other pendin
item on the pocket items. It was the question of
constituting ourselves as a Commission of the Whole for the
purposes of investigation certain items in the Polio*
Department. Would you pay attention to the 19T4 resolution
dated October 24th, wherein we did this previously. it vent
like this:
"A resolution setting November 6, 1974 for a
special City Comission meeting to be bold between
the hours of 9:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. and to be
continued if necessary at another date to be set
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by the Commission for the purpose of conducting an
investigation into matters relating to the moral
efficiency and performance of the City of Miami
Police Department as they affect the citizenry of
Miami; said investigation to be conducted pursuant
to and in accordance with the provisions of Sec.
14 of the City of Miami Charter."
The motion was made by Mr. Plummer; seconded by Mr. Reboso,
and passed unanimously with the following voting aye:
Plummer, Gibson, Gordon, Reboso, and Mayor Ferre. Now, it
is my opinion that the City of Miami Commission needs to do
this again. I would accept a similar type of resolution and
ask the City Attorney to word it properly so that it is in
compliance with the Charter as it is presently constituted.
Mr. Dawkins: Mr. Mayor, what would we be coming together as
a group for?
Mayor Ferre: We will be discussing specifically the
circumstances surrounding the Michael Johnson case that
occurred four years and some months ago, and which recently
has resulted in disciplinary action, which includes the
dismissal of two police officers and the disciplining of
three officers, the highest of which was a captain -I'm
sorry, a major.
Mr. Plummer: Colonel, I'm sorry.
Mayor Ferre: What's Putman?
Mr. Carollo: The way they've been changing ranks, he might
be an admiral by now, who knows.
Mayor Ferre: Putman is a colonel; so I stand corrected. He
went up to a colonel. When it occurred, he was a captain.
Is that correct? When the Michael Johnson shooting ... and he
was head of I.S. and he was a captain of the Police
Department. Is that correct?
Mr. Plummer: He might have been a lieutenant at that time,
but he was head of I.S.
Mayor Ferro: So the answer is that we will be 013cus3ing
that particular issue. I personally, only have one
interest. That is, I need to understand how high up this
cover-up went and what assurances and verifications we have
that it did not go up to then Police Chief Harms. That is
the purpose. I don't think that we necessarily can limit it
to that, because I don't know what else will be coming out
of this.
Mr. Dawkins: That springs my second Question. Didn't this
body authorize a settlement that said that it in turn
attempted to do what we're doing now that we would be wrong?
Mayor Ferro: No, sir, I don't remember ever having voted on
anything that would in any way, with impunity or otberwise,
give assurance& to Chief Breslow, to other members of the
hierarchy of the Police Department, any immunity on any
alleged cover-ups.
Mr. Dawkins: I'm talking in reference to.....
Mayor Ferro: I'm talking about Chief Breslow, air.
Mr. Dawkins: I'm talking about Chief Harms. Didn't we si n
something saying that under no circumstances that we cou d
not open this up or he could not open this up?
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Mayor Ferre: No, air, absolutely not. First of all, if we
did it, it would be both illegal and unconstitutional.
Secondly, I would never be a party to it if it were legal.
Mr. Plummer: I think what you are referring to,
Commissioner Dawkins, is the portion there that related to
derogatory statements.
Mr. Dawkins: I'm only asking for information_. I just need
information. That's all.
Mayor Ferre: I don't think that former Chief Harms, in any
way, has a waiver from any violations of the law. I'm not
saying that he violated the law. In fact, I would be
surprised if he did. But I, on the other hand, do need to
have some things... I will be very specific in my comments
on this and I will limit them just to this. On the occasion
of the retirement of Chief Gunn in the month of May, I went
to the luncheon where Chief Gunn was given by his friends on
the Police Department upon his retirement. On that
occasion, I discussed with both Chief Bob Warshaw and Chief
Breslow the ... I specifically asked why the Chief Breslow's
March memorandum stating that the Johnson investigation
would be concluded, in his opinion, by April. It was not
concluded in May, which is when I asked him. He said that
there had been some additional things that had to be done.
I asked him, I said, "Have you deposed Chief Harms?" Both
of them answered to me, "No, we have not deposed Chief
Harms." Then I asked both of them on separate occasions,
"Well, don't you think in view of the Lt. Murphy memorandum
implying very clearly that Harms was fully aware of the
investigation and the cover-up, that there's no way you can
conclude this investigation without deposing Harms?" They
both separately said to me that was correct, that they
didn't think this investigation could be properly closed
without deposing Kenneth Harms. When this matter was
concluded, none of which I knew about, none of which I was
privy to until a member of the press called me the night
before the 2:00 o'clock press conference the next day when
this matter was to be released by Chief Breslow; and I am
the Mayor of the City of Miami. I was not aware that any of
this was going to happen the next day, I then inquired as to
whether or not Kenneth Harms had been deposed. The answer
was no. Therefore, based on my question to Chief Breslow,
it was my conclusion that I need an answer specifically as
to why Kenneth Harms was not deposed, why a statement was
not taken from his, so that at least the record would
reflect that he was in no way aware of the investigation as
implied on the August 1983 memorandum of Lt. Murphy. That
is the purpose.
Mr . Plummer: Let me think out loud for a minute . Has any
thought been given that those questions could be asked in a
memo first and then if you're not satisfied with the answer,
then take the action that you are proposing today?
Mayor Ferre: It is my intention to invite Kenneth Harms,
Lt. Murphy, and others that were involved in all of this
along with Chief Breslow to tell us their version of this
whole matter. Is there a motion?
Mr. Carolio: Mr. Mayor, did you take that in the form of a
motion?
Mayor Ferre: No, I just read the resolution T4-1208 that
was the way we did it in 174. This is ten years later.
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, based on the statements that you
made, and based on the legal right the City Charter of Miami
gives us, I make the notion.
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Mayor Ferre: Is there a second?
Mr. Perez: In order the clarify any wrongdoing on this
matter, I would like to second that motion.
Mayor Ferre: The motion, Madam City Attorney, as I
understand it, does not set a date certain. We shall give
you a date certain in the future. I think Commissioner
Plummer's observation is appropriate. For myself I will put
all these questions that I have in writing, then we will
deal with it beyond that. Further discussion? Call the
roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner
Carollo, who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 84-995
A RESOLUTION SETTING SEPTEMBER 219 1984,
AT 11:00 A.M. FOR A SPECIAL CITY
COMMISSION MEETING, TO BE CONTINUED, IF
NECESSARY, TO ANOTHER DATE TO BE SET BY
THE COMMISSION, FOR THE PURPOSE OF
CONDUCTING A LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATION
INTO MATTERS RELATING TO THE EFFICIENCY
AND PERFORMANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI
POLICE DEPARTMENT IN ITS HANDLING OF THE
INVESTIGATION OF THE MICHAEL JOHNSON
CASE, SAID LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATION TO
BE CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO AND IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 14 OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI CHARTER.
(Here follows body of resolution,
omitted here and on file in the Office
of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the
resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, the only thing I would say, if I
may add, I think I'm the only one in this Commission that
has prior law enforcement experience, not only through going
to school for it, but also being out in uniform. I think at
this point in time, time is of the essence, because when the
feathers get ruffled, the chickens start squirming. If
we're going to get to the bottom of this and get the
complete truth out, no matter what that truth might be, then
I think we should proceed as quickly as possible before
things start disappearing or people start changing things
around even more so.
Mayor Ferre: Today is the 13th. We do have a very heavy
week next week. It is my opinion, that you are talking
about the last week of September.
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, what I'm talking about is today is
the 13th. I think we should try to convene at least by the
21st, which is next Friday.
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Mayor Ferre: I have no objections to the 219t. Would you
look at your calendars to see if the 21st is acceptable and
let me know by the end of the day.
Mr. Carollo: I'll make it available.
48. Eumm CODCtR/ Ovn Tn"ic PROBLEMS I■ DOWNTOWN AS
TUT A"19CT MEACH►NTS, PARTICULARLY LOADING ZONES ETC.
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Mayor Ferre: The last item that I have... Is Mr. Eads
here? Mr. Manager, is it all right? Mr. Eads, merchants in
the Flagler Street/downtown area, Mr. Manager, have been
complaining to me and to my office about traffic patterns
and unloading docks. Unfortunately, that is in the hands of
the Traffic Department of Dade County. Mr. Eads has been
dealing with this, and before Jack, Walter was dealing with
it. It's getting to be a serious matter. Mr. Eads, will
you bring us up to date. We faced the same issue at
Christmas time. We thought it was resolved. Now Metro
reversed itself. Would you tell us where we are and what we
need to do?
Mr. Jack Eads: You're exactly right, Mr. Mayor. Last
Christmas time, Mr. Carlton of the Off -Street Parking
Authority, the City of Miami Police Department spent a lot
of time reviewing where loading zones were placed downtown,
particularly as it relates to traffic flow and the
congestion and so forth. We had it resolved. I believe it
was 50 feet there was a loading zone within about 50 to 75
feet of every business in downtown Miami so it wasn't a
hardship on any particular business. Since that time,
Metropolitan Dade County without informing us, the Traffic
Division has removed loading zone signs. Now that then
creates a hardship on certain businesses that now have to go
a protracted distance to get there.
Mayor Ferre: What would you recommend that we do to correct
this? I'm getting calla. The last one I got was a letter
and a call from Mr. Danny Furini, who owns some land on
Flagler Street complaining that this is creating a great
hardship for this business, for his tenants. I think we
need to address the issue.
Mr. Eads: I think, at the very least, the County should
coordinate with the Police Department as to the placement
and any removal of any loading zones in downtown Miami so
that at least we could inform the people what is going on
and have an opportunity to express our opinion, as Mall.
Mayor Ferre: Let ■s see if I can word this motion properly.
I would move that this City go on record and request the
City Manager to inform the County Manager and the Clerk to
pass this resolution to members of the County Cosmission
that the signing by Metropolitan Traffic Department of
loading zoned areas in the downtown since the Christmas time
is causing serious hardships to merchants. Would they, in
conjunction with our own Off -Street Parking Authority, and
in conjunction with -what department would this be in the
City?
Mr. Eads: The Police Department.
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Mayor Ferre: The Police Department...if they would kindly
coordinate the this and see if we could give relief to some
of the merchants that are claiming hardship. Anything else
that you recommend, Mr. Manager, on this? J.L., do you have
anything else you want to add to that?
Mr. Plummer: No, you can't move downtown. Downtown is
completely choked up.
Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves. Who seconds? Carollo seconds.
Further discussion? Call the roll.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner
Plummer, who moved its adoption:
MOTION NO. 84-996
A MOTION EXPRESSING THE CONCERN OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI COMMISSION REGARDING ON-
GOING TRAFFIC PROBLEMS IN THE DOWNTOWN
AREA, PARTICULARLY, IN LOADING ZONES,
WHICH ARE PRESENTLY CAUSING A SEVERE
HARDSHIP TO THE MERCHANTS IN THE
DOWNTOWN AREA; FURTHER REQUESTING OF THE
METRO DEPARTMENT OF TRAFFIC, THE MIAMI
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE OFF-STREET
PARKING AUTHORITY TO COORDINATE THEIR
ACTIVITIES TO ALLEVIATE PRESENT
CONDITIONS: AND FINALLY, DIRECTING THE
CITY CLERK TO FORWARD THIS
-, COMMUNICATION TO THE APPROPRIATE
AUTHORITIES.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Carollo, the
motion was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
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49. tOIIBN ORDUING U30LUTION - CITY VIDE 11IONVAT
IMPROtWUNT PU32 - I, 8-449T•
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Mayor Ferre: We're on item number i, which is confirming
ordering resolution 84-787, construction of the City wide
highway improvement. Is there anybody here who wishes to
speak to item number one? Let the record reflect that
nobody stood up on that. Is there a motion on item one?
Mr. Plummer: Move.
Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves. Dawkins seconds. further
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discussion? Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner
Plummer, who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 84-997
A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING ORDERING RESOLUTION
N0. 84-787 AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY_ CLERK TO
ADVERTISE FOR SEALED BIDS FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF CITY , WIDE HIGHWAY
IMPROVEMENT -PHASE I IN CITY WIDE HIGHWAY
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT -PHASE I, H-4497
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here
and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Dawkins, the
resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
50. CONFIRM ►SSESSMENT ROLL: NORTH 59TH STREET HIGHWAY
IMPROVEMENT H-4452.
Mayor Ferre: Take up item number 2, confirming assessment
roll for the construction of the north 59th Street Highway
improvement at the cost of $55,808.54. Does anybody here
wish to discuss item number two, members of this public in
this public hearing? Let the records reflect no one stood
up. Is there a motion?
Mr. Plummer: Move it.
Mayor Ferro: Plummer moves.
Mr. Dawkins: Second.
Mayor Ferro: Dawkins seconds. Further discussion? Call
the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner
Plummer, who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 84-998
A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING ♦SSESSMENT ROLL FAIR
CONSTRUCTION OF NORTH 59TH STREET HIGHWAY
IMPROVEMENT IN NORTH 59TH STREET HIGHWAY
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT H-4452 AND REMOVING ALL
PENDING LIENS FOR THIS IMPROVEMENT NOT
HEREBY CERTIFIED.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here
and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Dawkins, the
resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
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IMS FOR THE RECOn: Agenda item 14 was taken up but no one
showed up to speak on the personal appearance request of the
American Legion of Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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51. REQUEST FOR FUNDING FOR 3RD ANNUAL GYMNASTIC TOURNAMENT
BY JR. ORANGE BOWL COMMITTER—REFSRRBD TO THE CITY
MANAGER.
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Mayor Ferre: We are now on item 15, which is John Admire of
the Junior Orange Bowl Committee regarding funds for the use
of the Miami Convention Center for their annual gymnastic
tournaments, Mr. Admire.
Mr. John Admire: Mr. Mayor, Mr. Commissioners, thank you
for letting me come and see you this afternoon. I'm a
member of the Board of Directors of the Junior Orange Bowl
Committee and the 1984 Gymnastics Chairman. I brought with
me our Tournament Director, Ginger Cling Smith and Terry
Paris, the Assistant Tournament Director, Linda Tedesco, a
committee member, Ray Actaviano of the host gym, and Jack
Philbrick, who is also a Junior Orange Bowl Committee
member. We are here to ask you to approve a grant of
$5,000, will be used to rent the floor on the first tier of
the James L. Knight Center for our third annual gymnastics
tournament on December 13t and 2nd. The Competition will be
in four categories, the balance theme, the vault, the uneven
parallel bars, and the floor exercise. About 120 gymnasts
and perhaps 250 friends, coaches, chaperones, and other
family members will attend. Approximately half of the
gymnasts will come from outside of Miami and some will come
from out of the State. They will stay a minimum of two full
days in Miami, and should spend conservatively $13,000, plus
air fare, taxis, and entertainment. If you approve this
grant and the tournament is held in the James L. Knight
Center, we predict that most of those in attendance will
stay at the Knight Center, and therefore, that money will be
spent in the City of Miami. We think this tournament is the
type of activity that gives this City a positive image in
its wholesome, family, non -contact competition. Gymnastics,
of course, as a whole has become very popular as a result of
the United States gymnastics team's great showing in the
Olympics. Speaking of the Olympics, we are negotiating with
Cathy Johnson of the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team to have
her appear as our Grand Marshal and to put on an exhibition.
If she can't come, we've been generally assured that we
should be able to have a number of another member of that
committee here. You may not know it, but the Junior Orange
Bowl Committee hosted the largest children holiday festival
in the country and attracts children from all over the
world. There are close to 100 volunteer members and stages
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1$ events ranging from the parade and the queen's contest to
the bay tournaments and the sports ability games, which is
for children in wheelchairs and who are blind or afflicted
with cerebral palsy. People come from all over the world
for that event. As a matter of fact, one of our
representatives went up to the international games for the
disabled in New York a few months ago and met with the
people there. He was assured from a team from Sweden that
if we added swimming to the agenda this year, they would
come. We've added swimming. Each event that -we put on is a
real class event. We'd like this tournament to match the
quality and to attract people from all over the country each
year. The Junior Orange Bowl Committee traditionally hosts
most of its events in the City of Coral Gables. If you
approve the funds for this tournament, it will be the first
time that the Junior Orange Bowl Committee will host a major
athletic event in the City of Miami. The Junior Orange Bowl
Committee, as a whole, brought in $7.4 million into Dade
County last year. This is totally over and above and
entirely separate from anything that the Orange Bowl
Committee does. As a matter of fact, we are an entirely
separate organization. I see no reason that a significant
portion of that money could not or should not be directed
into the City of Miami. We are not asking you for general
revenue funds for unspecified expenditures. We are not
asking you to foot a whole bill for us. We are asking you
to grant us $5,000 to cover the rental of the James L.
Knight Center. If you wish, the money can be paid directly
to the Knight Center and not go through our committee at
all. Any unused funds, any portion of that $5,000 that the
Knight Center does not charge us, of course, will be gladly
refunded to the City. Our committee budget, as submitted,
is over $11,400. We are asking this Commission for less
than half of that. The Junior Orange Bowl Committee is very
proud to more than match that contribution. Channel. 4 has
agreed to cover our meet, and they have assured us that the
City of Miami will be mentioned as a major sponsor on many
public service announcements. John Cosgrove, State
Representative, who is a member of the Junior Orange Bowl
Committee, couldn't be here today, but he authorized me to
tell you that he is solidly behind this project and would
urge you to approve the grant. So for the tourist dollars
that would be spend in the City of Miami, for developing and
maintaining a positive self image, for supporting a very
worth -while, non-profit community organization, for
attracting other Junior Orange Bowl events and revenues into
the City, and for helping us put on the best gymnastics
tournament ever, we ask you to approve the grant.
Mr. Dawkins: Sir, is this all the members of your committee
in the margin of the letter you sent?
Mr. Admire: That is the Board of Directors.
Mr. Dawkins: Is either one of them Black?
Mr. Admire: No member of the Board of Directors is.
Mr. Dawkins: Any of them Latin?
Mr. Admire: I'm not sure, Mr. Commissioner. We do have
Latin members on the Committee, many Latin members.
Mr. Dawkins: How many Black members on the committee?
Mr. Admire: We have no Black members on the committee.
Mr. Dawkins: Wny, air?
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Mr. Admire: Well, there is no reason that they are not
members. There is nothing in our charter that prevents them
from being members.
Mr. Dawkins: How actively have you recruited some, then?
Mr. Admire: Every person that gets involved in the Junior
Orange Bowl, Mr. Commissioner, every one that wants to put
on a tournament, seeks support. This particular gymnastics
tournament has been run in the past. The Junior Orange Bowl
is merely lending its name to this group to try to make an
outstanding national tournament. What I'm trying to tell
you is that the various members of the committees look to
organized groups to fulfill the function of helping
children. If there are Blacks that are involved in that,
then they are of course welcome to be a part of it.
Mr. Dawkins: Did the Junior Orange Bowl ever stop to think,
sir, that since you are working with you, that if anybody
needed a role model image, is a Black youth and that as
such, being a permanent member of your Orange Bowl
Committee, it would be a role model for a Black or a Latin,
for that matter.
Mr. Admire: Well, we'd like to think that every member is a
role model.
Mr. Dawkins: How could your White role model member be
sensitive to the needs of a Black?
• Mr. Admire: Mr. Commissioner, with all due respect, there
are lots of....
Mr. Dawkins: Yes, by all means, sir.
Mr. Admire: ....Black gymnasts. There were a number that
participated in the tournament last year. There are a
number of coaches, the Gymnastics Assistant Coach at the
University of Florida that is a Black gymnastics coach. We
are a group of about 100 volunteers in a non-profit
organization that just want to do something nice for kids,
make a little money for the community on the side.
Mr. Dawkins: I'm not limiting my remarks, sir, to your
gymnastics program. I'm limiting my remarks to the total
effect that the Orange Bowl Parade and the Junior Orange
Bowl has on the total community. It's a positive effect.
Everything you've done is positive. But yet, everybody in
Liberty City who cannot get to the Orange Bowl or cannot get
to the parade, because hell, they can't even get to the
corner, but if there were some Blacks in there who were
sensitive to this, then they would probably go to the school
board and get some buses or go somewhere, because they are
sensitive to the needs of the area and therefore would make
arrangements. It is not that you are insensitive. It's
just that you don't know. All I'm saying is that if some of
these individuals whom I'm speaking of, were a part of this,
then they could help you to do what I'm saying. That's all.
Thank you.
Mayor Ferre: Let me put it to you another way. Democracy
was born in Greece. The people who dealt with democratic
procedures in Greece said it could only be democratic if it
is participatory. You know, if you're not invited to the
dance, there's no way you can dance. If you don't get in
where the music is, then you can't dance. It's really very
simple. It's not that you don't do a good job and it's not
that your issue isn't important. It is that we live in a
community where the days of the iron arrow hopefully are
past. I was a member of the iron arrow. When I say past, I
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mean we can't live in a community where women are excluded
because they are women or people are excluded because they
happen to be Jews, or people are excluded because they
happen to be Black. I'm not saying that you are
exclusionary. I don't think that there's two people that
sit together in Coral Gables and say let us conspire to make
sure that we don't get any Blacks on this commission. What
I am saying is that we live in a world where lack of
participation in and of and by itself is sufficiently
significant to raise questions. So it -is no longer
necessary to be a participant in the problem, to be openly
and crassly and overt and covertly discriminatory. It is
sufficient that it happens. You can call it
institutionalized discrimination if you wish. You can call
it patterns of discrimination that exist. You can call it
anything you want. What you cannot do is call it
acceptable. You can have one or one hundred Blacks to
participate in your gym classes, in your gym events. You
can have one or ten Black coaches from around the country;
but when you have a committee that constitutes itself as a
civic organization come to a public body, who this morning
passed a unanimous resolution condemning doing business with
American companies that do business with South African
entities or South Africa, because of their apartheid rule,
and when you live in a country where our President takes a
strong exception, rightly so, to Sakarof's being jailed in
the Soviet Union, and where people are cast out or down,
then I think that you have to understand that we need to
deal with something called sensitivity. Sensitivity means
that if you want taxpayers dollars, which is what you are
asking for, whether it be one or $5,000, then I think you
have to realize that it is difficult for a Commission who
this morning passed a resolution asking that the City of
Miami Pension Plan's not invest their money with
corporations that are involved in dealing with apartheid, it
is difficult for you to ask this Commission to vote for
monies to a civic organization, as well -motivated and honest
as it is, that does not de facto have one single Black, and
you said there are Latins. I wish you would tell me which
one of the following are Latins: Robert Sell, Val Macker,
Don Slesnick, Jack Thompson, Jannet Slesnick, Warren Zyler,
Don Vickers, John Admire, David Burkeson, Hank Langston,
Dick Elkers, Anne Peterson, Bill Houssen. I know Roberta
Di'Pietro. I know, I think, half of these people. I don't
know any of them that are Black or Latin.
Mr. Admire: Those are the Boards of Directors. I didn't
suggest that those members of the Board were Latin. There
are Latin members of the committee.
Mayor Ferro: I'm sorry. How large is the Committee?
Mr. Admire: It varies. We're under a hundred.
Mayor Forre: And out of a hundred people, there were just
no Blacks in this town that had any interest in the Junior
Orange Bowl?
Mr. Admire: I don't know that is a fair statement, Mr.
Mayor.
Mayor Ferro: You went out looking for one and you could not
find one that would take an interest? I'm not picking on
you; I mean you, the Orange Bowl.
Mr. Admire: I understand. Since you are suggesting, my
frame of reference, that is what I can tell you. I was
involved in the national debate tournament that we had last
year. I went to Judy Alksan, the coach at Gables High
School, because we try to help the people in Coral Gables or
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reflect the community in Coral Gables. Judy Alkman put on
the tournament that was national in scope. There were many
Black debaters from the State of Florida ani from all
around. There were Black coaches from North Carolina School
of Science that came and participated. The fact that Judy
Alkman put it on and the fact that I didn't reach to North
Carolina to find a Black coach to put it on, is just the way
it happened. It was just a matter of wanting to help people
there.
Mayor Ferre: I might point out to you that we live in a
community, Metropolitan Dade County, where over 60% of this
community is either Black or Latin. You are coming to a
City where well over 80% of this City's population is either
Black or Latin. You are asking us to give $5,000 of the
taxpayers monies to a very worthy organization for a very,
very worthy cause that doesn't have one Black or one Latin
on the board and out of a hundred members, does not have one
single Black. I'm just saying to you that it is a dilemma.
It is a moral predicament, if you will. I hope you
sympathize with our problem. By the way, don't feel that
you are unique. This happens all the time.
Mr. Admire: I had the feeling I wasn't unique.
Mayor Ferre: I wish to God that you were unique. I think
that would be a wonderful statement about this City.
Mr. Admire: But you do understand that this is not a
design. It is not an exclusion.
Mayor Ferre: Of course, neither are most of these things
that occur. mean, I realize that some of these private
clubs do have certain rights. I know it is difficult.
Believe me, I'm in the middle of trying to dislodge one of
those personally.
Mr. Admire: Mr. Mayor, may I ask a question?
Mayor Ferre: But this is not a private club. This is a
community organization that does not in any way exclude
people, and you're asking for public monies. We had a
similar situation come up with the Yacht Club here re.ently.
We dealt with it, then it was corrected. I'm not telling
you that the answer is no. I am saying that I think you
ought to perhaps consider and discuss this. I think it is a
germane subject for an important community organization to
publicly discuss.
Mr. Dawkins: Sir, we went through the same thing with the
Orange Bowl Committee. We had to suggest to them that they
know that there are others in the community other than what
they had on their board. They made some adjustments. I'm
not satisfied with them, but they made a start. When they
come back again before us, if they haven't made some more
advances, I still would not be satisfied with them, but they
are working on the problem.
Mayor Ferro: So what do you suggest?
Mr. Admire: Well, not understanding the politics of the
City, I'm not sure....
Mayor Ferro: Tn13 is not a political matter, believe so.
Mr. Admire: Not I understand, but you said what do I
suggest, and if it can be reviewed perhaps by the City
Manager's office, if there is another route to....
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Mayor Ferre: Of course, I would be happy to... Is that
what you recommend that we....
Mr. Admire: Yes, sir, that is what I would recommend.
Mayor Ferro: I'd be happy to defer this to the City
Manager. I think that's a... I don't know whether you
looked at his color.
(LAUGHTER)
Mr. Admire: He probably looked at the color of my jacket.
Mayor Ferre: I think he may have the same kinds of problems
that some of us have expressed here.
Mr. Carollo: It's not necessarily that, Mr. Mayor,
sometimes it's only skin deep, you know, like an Oreo
cookie.
Mayor Ferre: I think that the issue here is that you need
to deal with the issue. You, the Junior Orange Bowl
Committee, need to deal with the issue. I think it is
germane to 1984 in the United States of America. Then, I
think, beyond that, -I don't mean to be moralizing to you -
but you don't have to have our Knight Center either. I mean
you can have this somewhere else and that might be your
solution. But I would be happy to offer a motion to do
this, but I think that you have to show us that you are...
even it is is token. As Theodore Gibson used to say, "Token
is good enough. That's a beginning." Show us that you care
and we will respond accordingly. This matter then, is
referred to the City Manager.
Mr. Admire: Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: Thank you, sir.
52. APPROVE FY 84-85 BUDGET - MIAMI SPORTS 7 EXHIBITION
AUTHORITY.
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Mayor Ferre: Mr. Plummer, it is my understanding that we do
not have to wait till 5:00 o'clock for item 101, which is
companion to 81.
Mr. Plu mer: From what I understand, their budget is
separate and different. I'll be glad to move it, Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Plummer moves item 101. Dawkins seconds.
Further discussion? Call the roll on 101.
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Ems:
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner
Plummer, who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 84-999
A RESOLUTION APPROVING FISCAL 19844--85
ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGET OF THE MIAMI SPORTS
AND EXHIBITION AUTHORITY; AUTHOF.IZING THE
CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT,
SUBJECT TO THE CITY ATTONNEY'S APPROVAL AS
TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS, INDEMNIFYING
METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY AGAINST ANY
LIABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THEE EXPENDITURE
OF CONVENTION DEVELOPMENT TAX PROCEEDS
DURING THE PENDENCY OF CURRENT LITIGATION,
REQUIRING THE PROCEEDS TO BE PLACED IN A
SEGREGATED ESCROW ACCOUNT BY THE MIAMI
SPORTS AND EXHIBITION AUTHORITY AND NOT BE
SPENT UNTIL THE PENDING LITIGATION HAS BEEN
SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDED OR UNTIL NO
SIGNIFICANT RISK IS CREATED BY SAID
EXPENDITURE; AND ALLOCATING AND DISBURSING
AN AMOUNT FROM THE GENERAL FUND NOT TO
EXCEED $362,181.82 TO COVER SAID FISCAL YEAR
1984-85 ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGET WITH ALL
ADVANCED FUNDS TO BE IMMEDIATELY REFUNDED TO
THE CITY FROM THE CONVENTION DEVELOPMENT TAX
ESCROW ACCOUNT UPON THE SUCCESSFUL
CONCLUSION OF THE PENDING LITIGATION.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here
and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Dawkins, the
resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
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53• POMALIZATION - APPOINT M►NNY MEDINA TO MIAMI SPORTS AND
EXHIBITION AUTHORITY.
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Mayor Ferro: J.L., OXCuse me, is Mr. Medina still here?
This is Sports Authority business. Would you make the
motion to appoint Medina on the Sports Authority?
Mr. Plummer: So move.
Mayor Ferro: Item 82.
Mr. Carollo: Second.
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Mayor Ferre: Carollo seconds. Further discussion on
appointing Medina to the Sports Authority? Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner
Plummer, who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 84-1000
A RESOLUTION APPOINTING AN INDIVIDUAL TO
SERVE AS A MEMBER OF THE MIAMI SPORTS AND
EXHIBITION AUTHORITY.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here
and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Carollo, the
resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Ferre: Are there any other Sports Authority issues?
Mr. Plummer: No.
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54. GRANT REQUEST FOR FUNDING - HISPANIC HERITAGE FESTIVAL
1985 OTI-USA SONG FESTIVAL.
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Mr. Plummer: I move that item 16 be granted, as in the
Past.
Mayor Ferre: Is there a second?
Mr. Dawkins: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? Call the roll.
The following motion was introduced
Commissioner Plummer, who moved its adoption:
MOTION NO. 84-1001
A MOTION GRANTING A REQUEST MADE BY
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE HISPANIC HERITAGE
FESTIVAL FOR FUNDING; FURTHER DIRECTING
THE CITY MANAGER TO ALLOCATE AN AMOUNT
NOT TO EXCEED $25,000 AS A GRANT IN
CONNECTION WITH PROMOTIONAL EXPENSES OF
THE "1985 OTI-U.S.A. SONG FESTIVAL"
WHICH IS TO BE TELEVISED NATIONALLY ON
OCTOBER 6, 1964, FROM MIAMI'S JAI -ALAI,
AS PART OF THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL.
by
Upon being "aonded by Commissioner Dawkins, the motion
was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Comissiontr Miller J. Dawkins
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Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
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I2t lot ==Con: No one appeared in connection with
agenda item Ia.
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55. ALLOCATE $109000 TO FLORIDA AFRICA TRADE DEYBLOPMBDT
COUNCIL.
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Mayor Ferre: We're now on item 19, William S. Stevens, II
of the Florida -Africa Trade Development Council.
Mr. William S. Stevens, III: Good afternoon, Mayor and
Commissioners, this item is listed on the agenda for me to
make remarks. However, I think this item is brought up for
the final resolution. I was before you in July. In July I
was before the Commission. At that time, the Commissioners
and you all voted to approve basically an allocation of
funds for the council for this event. At this time, the
agenda item, while it is indicated that I am here for
personal appearance, but I'm primarily here at this point in
response to the request by the City Manager in which the
resolution presented for your final approval, so that we can
receive an allocation as earlier approved. Of course, I'd
like to update you as to some of the activities that we're
planning next month. Primarily we have tentatively, and of
course with ambassadors you really don't know until the
final week or two whether or not their schedules will
permit, but right now we have eight countries that are
interested in coming down to Miami, the ambassadors, that
is, for this event. We have the Ivory Coast, Zimbabwe,
Ghana, Camaroun, Zaire, Upper Volta, Nigeria, Liberia, and
Sudan, these nine countries, hopefully with all of them
present, will join us next months, along with the Secretary
of State of Florida when we have the annual Florida Consular
Corp meeting as well.
Mr. Dawkins: Mr. Stevens.
Mr. Stevens: Yes.
Mr. Dawkins: You are doing this in cooperation with the
State of Florida, or is the State of Florida a co-sponsor,
or how is that?
Mr. Stevens: Commissioner, I used to serve as the general
counsel for the Secretary of State Firestone and his chief
cabinet advisor. He and I, of course, during that period of
time had discussed the development of Africa as an
alternative market for trade. The Secretary of State's
office is responsible for all of the foreign counsel that
are registered here in the State of Florida. During that
period of time, I think the City of Miami had an effort to
have an African Council established, at that time there were
no African consulates registered with the State of Florida,
therefore, making it very difficult for our business in
import and export trade to do business. To make a 1oA5
story short, we felt that and after I left government, the
Secretary of State was going to have his annual foreign
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council corp meeting. We felt that one of the first things
that needed to be done in order to attract and create trade
with Africa is to have some of these African countries to
establish their own consulates or some sort of
representation here in the City of Miami. Therefore, we,
the Secretary of State's foreign counsel corps meeting,
which is made up of the gentlemen and ladies that we would
like to have Africans to join, we try to bring these two
groups together. Our group is a complete, separate, non-
profit group, but we're joining for this particular purpose.
Mayor Ferre: Sir, can you answer the question that the
Commissioner asked you?
Mr. Dawkins: I'm going to put it to him so he can answer a
little clearer. Is the State of Florida contributing any
money to this affair?
Mr. Stevens: The State of Florida is contributing in -kind
support to this affair.
Mr. Dawkins: No cash money.
Mr. Stevens: No cash money.
Mr. Dawkins: But yet they are going to have all of this and
they are not going to put no cash money. What in -kind
services are they going to contribute?
Mr. Stevens: No, sir, the items that you have listed in the
back-up material, as it relates to the contributions by the
State of Florida, revolves around the date of October 19th,
which is the actual date of what we call the foreign
consular corp meeting. They will be responsible for the
activities and the funding of which is a dinner dance, which
will be held at night, which is substantial in money, which
will entertain the ambassadors. Also during that period of
time, we have tentatively scheduled, the Governor will be
coming in that morning for a breakfast affair and they will
be contributing for that. Also, at luncheon during that
period of time, Dante Fascell will also be tentatively
scheduled to be a speaker during that period of time. These
activities, of course, are all sponsored and funded by the
Secretary of State. They will enhance, of course, our visit
by the ambassadors that we are bringing down for this period
of time.
Mr. Dawkins: In here you say that the Secretary of State is
interested in African trade as well as the City of Miami.
Mr. Stevens: Yes.
Mr. Dawkins: And the Secretary of State of Florida is going
to benefit from this as such as the City of Miami, but yet,
the City of Miami, according to you, has to pick up the
total cost for the accommodation and the travel and the
entertainment of bringing these people here. In ■y opinion,
the State of Florida should share the cost.
Mr. Stevens: dell, I think that the total cost is going to
exceed beyond that.
Mr. Dawkins; Well, where is it going to come from then if
it is going to exceed the 100000?
Mr. Stevens: Well, the State of Florida, as I indicated,
for the activities that we have planned for the ambassadors,
will be putting 1n cash money for that. The Secretary of
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State, of course, is be raising money for that particular
purpose. The activities that we'll use on the 19th and on
the evening of the 16th to entertain those ambassadors will
be funded in total by the State of Florida.
Mr. Dawkins: I have no problems with what you're doing.
The problem I have with it is everybody thinks the City of
Miami should be Santa Clause to everybody else. Now the
State of Florida, with a greater amount of t4x dollars than
the City of Miami, and if they are as ,dedicated to doing
trade with Africa, as they say they are, then Wayne Mixon,
out of the Department of Commerce, should be providing us
with some money. Since the Secretary of State is going to
be the big wheel here, their office should put up some
money. I would feel much better had you come to me and told
me, "Well, I tell you what I want you to do. I want you to
have a hospitality room and pick up the luncheon for these
people and let somebody else bring them over here and pay
their hotel bill." Have you talked this over with Mr. Gary?
Mr. Stevens: Yes, we have.
Mr. Dawkins: Mr. Gary, what's your recommendation on this,
sir?
Mr. Gary: The way I understand this, Commissioner Dawkins,
is that the State of Florida is having a seminar that would
invite a number of ambassadors down to this area. This
gentleman here came to the Mayor's office and they were
brought over to me, which basically is an attempt on their
part to attract during this meeting, this is one conference
and as a sub -conference, they want to take the opportunity
to capitalize on those African ambassadors that are going to
be here, so that we could begin to set up embassies in Miami
that would include Africans.
Mayor Ferre: You mean consular corps.
Mr. Gary: Consular corps, excuse me, consular corps, so we
can begin to set up a relationship with them and our
business people so we can begin to do business in Africa.
Therefore, the Administration recommends approval.
Mr. Stevens: Miami is very important to us.
Mr. Dawkins: Mr. Gary recommends approval. I move it.
Mayor Ferre: Is there a second?
Mr. Plummer: Second.
Mayor Ferro: Further discussion? Mr. Stevens, I'm of
course going to be voting with the Manager's recommendation
for the notion. I wish to advise you that if this comes out
as a State of Florida thing, and the Florida African Council
and the Secretary of State and the Governor and this and
that, and it's all State, and then a little note down at the
bottom that says thank you to the City of Miami for their
help, you are in big trouble.
Mr. Dawkins: Hold it, Mr. Mayor, I want to ask his that the
City of Miami is putting $10,000, so this should say Miaai's
seminar for whatever it is in conjunction with the State of
Florida and the Florida African Trade Development Council in
cooperation. That's the only way I'm going to vote for it.
Mayor Ferro: Is that part of your notion, sir?
Mr. Dawkins: Yes, air.
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Mr. Stevens: We don't have any problems with that.
Mayor Ferre: Next time around, ask the State and the County
to chip in. We're always the ones that end up paying for
these things and we always end up getting the bad reputation
for being so generous when we think we're doing the right
thing. Call the roll.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner
Dawkins, who moved its adoption:
MOTION NO. 84-1002
A MOTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE
CITY MANAGER TO ALLOCATE AN AMOUNT NOT
TO EXCEED $10,000 AS A GRANT TO THE
"FLORIDA AFRICA TRADE DEVELOPMENT
COUNCIL, INC." FOR A FORTHCOMING TRADE
COUNCIL; FURTHER STIPULATING THAT THE
WORD "MIAMI" IS TO BE USED IN THE TITLE
OF THE EVENT.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the
motion was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
4' Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
56. REFER FUNDING RE49E3T FROM PAMELA HERNANDEZ FOR RADIO
READING SERVICE TO THE CITY MANAGER.
Mr. Mayor: Pam Hernandez, so we can do this real quickly, I
think what you are doing is a wonderful service, but
W.I.N.Z. as I... It is W.I.N.Z., isn't it? That is a for
profit corporation. Isn't it? This is non-profit. Now,
the people who hear this service, as I understand it live in
Dade County, Broward County, Monroe County, Collier County.
You are talking about a community of over 3,000,000 people.
The City of Miami has 403,000 citizens. As far as I'm
concerned, I'm perfectly willing to pay our fair share. Our
fair share is 400,000 out of 39000,000 people, so you know,
that's one sixth.
Ms. Pamela Hernandez: I'd like to clarify a few points.
I'm Pamela Hernandez, manager of radio reading service, the
address is 172 N.E. 15th Street. I have a cover letter and
then I also have a grant proposal for everyone. It'll take
about five minutes just to read the cover letter. The radio
reading service is operating in the W.L.R.N. studios, which
is a public radio station. We are not funded and completely
by than. Our primary source of support is a grant that we
receive through the... I'm sorry, it's for $44,277 for this
fiscal year. It's issued by the Florida Department of
Education. That is to cover salaries, which leaves us, if
we have a staff of three people, to produce thirteen and a
half hours of programing daily, three hours on the week.
and. We will and up this year with a deficit of $18,000.
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The City of Miami proper has an estimated 8,000 people who
are blind or print handicapped living within the City
boundaries. We are presently serving only about 500 people.
You have to have a special radio receiver in order to get
our close circuit broadcasting. The primary source of
funding for those receivers has been the Florida Lions.
Their support is diminishing. We're looking for alternate
source of support for the radio receivers. They cost $75.
We ask a subscription rate of $26 less than 30% of our
subscribers are able to give that $26 a year subscription
rate. Are you with me, Mr. Mayor?
Mayor Ferre: Yes, you know I'm with you. I've already
explained it. I'm with you on a fair share basis.
Ms. Hernandez: We receive in -kind services from the Dade
County School Board in the office supplies, studios
equipment, utilities, telephones, etc. that should be
estimated in excess of $20,000. It is the radio reading
service's intent to approach other governments and private
and corporate foundations for support. This program really
is an infant program. It's been broadcasting for thirteen
and a half hours a day only since January of this year. We
need seed money in order to proceed or we can't expand our
services. I would like not to come back to the City in the
future and have the support from Dade County, Broward
County, Monroe County. When we extend our service up into
Palm Beach County, I would like to ask them and not come
back to the City, but we do definitely need seed money this
year. Two people cannot perform this service.
Mayor Ferre: What is the total budget, Pamela?
Ms. Hernandez: If we have the third person, the total
person will be $62,524 for salaries.
Mayor Ferre: How much of that is being put up by
Metropolitan Dade County?
Ms. Hernandez: None, sir.
Mayor Ferre: None?
Ms. Hernandez: But we get in -kind services in excess of
*20,000.
Mayor Ferre: From Metropolitan Dade County?
Ms. Hernandez: From the School Board, none yet from Metro.
Mayor Ferre: I'm not talking about the School Board. I'm
talking about... because we're not the School Board. You
are coming to a city government that represents 400,000
people. I would like to know why you are here. Why don't
you go to Metropolitan Dade County and ask them for the
money?
Ms. Hernandez: It is my intention to go there too. Our
needs run far beyond the $15,000.
Mayor Ferre: Have you been to Broward County? Have you
asked the City of Ft. Lauderdale?
Ms. Hernandez: Not yet, but it is my intention to also go
there.
Mayor Ferre: I certainly have no problems voting for a fair
share of your valuable services in this radio station. I
certainly have no objections to that. I would certainly
vote if somebody wishes to make a motion here, I would be
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happy to vote for a motion where this City would pay a
proportionate share provided, of course, that we're matched
by Broward County and Metropolitan Dade County and Ft.
Lauderdale and Hialeah and the other cities that constitute
part of the hearing audience. I don't see why the City of
Miami should carry the burden for the whole community.
Ms. Hernandez: I don't think you should, sir, but you do
have the highest percentage of blind people -living in this
City because of services rendered in this City; that's why
they live here.
Mayor Ferre: Questions from the Commission to Ms.
Hernandez?
Mr. Plummer: Well, it looks like you are going to get a
part of a cake instead of a cake.
Ms. Hernandez: That's better than no cake at all.
Mr. Plummer: I so move.
Ms. Hernandez: I would like it clarified exactly what you
are talking about.
Mr. Plummer: A proportionate share.
Mayor Ferre: What is the population audience that your
radio station reaches?
Ms. Hernandez: Presently, only 500, sir. We have a
potential audience of 15,000 in Dade County.
Mayor Ferre: I would assume that W.I.N.Z.... You are using
their signal, aren't you?
Ms. Hernandez: W.L.R.N. Public Radio is the transmitter we
are using, yes, sir.
Mayor Ferre: W.L.R.N. signal reaches how far?
Ms. Hernandez: It reaches Broward County. With a new
transmitter to be installed in January, it will be extended
to reach Palm Beach and Monroe.
Mayor Ferre: I think the motion should be, as I understand
it, that the Manager... Do you want to put it in the
Manager's hands to determine what our fair share is?
Mr. Plummer: Fine.
Mayor Ferre: And that it be based on a population basis.
Mr. Carollo: What you're saying, Mr. Mayor, if the other
governments that you mention give their share; if they don't
give their share, we're not giving any.
Mayor Ferre: That's correct. Is that your notion?
Mr. Plummer: That's the way we've done the rest of then.
No. Hernandez: I still feel that we need a clarification,
sir, because the monies that we've requested from you is no
way reflect the total need. That's Just one area of need is
to have a salaried position. Therefore, Mr. Barnes, do you
want to help ne out?
Mr. Paul Barnes: My name is Paul Barnes. I'• • ne"er of
tine Board of W.L.R.N. I understand your position *ad I
think that is an acceptable notion, that it be referred to
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the Manager for us to present the ratio of the City. It so
happens that the beneficiaries of this service will be
concentrated in the City of Miami, but 1 think it's fair for
us to be able to document, which we will do to the City
Manager.
Mayor Ferre: If the Manager wants to come back with a
different resolution or a different recommendation, that's
fine. He has the right to do that. As far as I'm
concerned, the motion is that we pay our fair share,
provided other governments do the same.
Mr. Barnes: When we get those other commitments, we should
come back.
Mayor Ferre: Absolutely, and we'll be there with a check in
hand.
Mr. Barnes: Thank you, Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: Is there a second?
Mr. Carollo: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? Call the roll, please.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner
Plummer, who moved its adoption:
MOTION NO. 84-1003
• A MOTION TO REFER TO THE CITY MANAGER
FOR HIS STUDY AND REVIEW REQUEST MADE BY
PAMELA K. HERNANDEZ FOR A GRANT FOR A
RADIO READING SERVICE; FURTHER DECLARING
THAT THE CITY OF MIAMI WILL CONSIDER
PARTIAL FUNDING OF THIS SERVICE;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT OTHER CITIES OF
METRO DADE COUNTY, AND OF BROWARD COUNTY
WHICH ARE WITHIN LISTENING RANGE OF
W.L.R.N. ALSO CONTRIBUTE A FAIR SHARE.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Carollo, the
motion was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: Mon*.
ABSENT: None.
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Mayor F*rrea We're now on item 21. Item 21 is a resolution
for the first year oost of $86000 sad annual renewal **at of
$800 for Janpack Software System and the Software Clearing
House, for the Department of Computers. Evidently, they are
the only ones that leave this. Is that correct, Mr. Wsnaprl
Mr. Gary: Yes, sir, because it's Burroughs equipment.
Mayor Ferre: You're recommending it? Is there a motion on
item 21? We need four fifths on this.
Mr. Plummer: Move it.
Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves.
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferre:
roll.
Perez seconds.
Is there a second?
Further discussion? Call the
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner
Plummer, who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 84-1004
A RESOLUTION, BY A FOUR -FIFTH (4/5ths)
AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE
CITY COMMISSION AFTER A DULY ADVERTISED
PUBLIC HEARING, RATIFYING THE CITY
MANAGER'S FINDING OF SOLE SOURCE;
WAIVING THE REQUIREMENT FOR COMPETITIVE
SEALED BIDS AND APPROVING THE PURCHASE
OF ONE (1) JAMPACK SOFTWARE SYSTEM AND
LICENSE, ON A CONTRACT BASIS FOR ONE (1)
YEAR, RENEWABLE ANNUALLY, FROM SOFTWARE
CLEARING HOUSE, INC., THE ONLY LICENSED
MARKETING AGENT AND SOLE SUPPLIER, FOR
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTERS AT A TOTAL
PROPOSED FIRST YEAR COST OF $8,000.00
AND $800.00 EACH YEAR THEREAFTER FOR
LICENSE MAINTENANCE FEES; ALLOCATING
FUNDS THEREFOR FROM THE 1983-84
OPERATING BUDGET OF THAT DEPARTMENT;
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO INSTRUCT
THE PURCHASING AGENT TO ISSUE A PURCHASE
ORDER FOR THESE MATERIALS, SUBJECT TO
THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.
(Here follows body of resolution,
omitted here and on file in the Office
of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the
resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
HOES: None.
ABSENT: bone.
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Mayor Ferre. We're on ites 22, which is an emergency item,
417295g2 to establish a now for Southeast... What we re
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doing is lending money to Southeast Overtown/Park West
Development. It is important for the continuation of that
project. The Manager recommends. Is there a motion? All
right, there is no motion on this item. Mr. Manager....
Mr. Dawkins: Move it.
Mayor Ferre: It's been moved by Dawkins.__ Is there a
second? Is there a second?
Mr. Plummer: I'll second it for discussion. Mr. Manager,
22.
INAUDIBLE BACKGROUND COMMENTS NOT ENTERED INTO THE PUBLIC
RECORD.
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, this is merely an accounting
technicality. This item was approved before. This mainly
appropriates the money that was already approved by the City
Commission before.
Mr. Plummer: My immediate question is in lieu of the bond
issue not even going to the ballot, I question spending this
money because as I've said before, I question the validity
of the project without the bond issue.
Mr. Gary: Well, the City Commission accepted the federal
grant from UMPTA which does Phase I right around the Rapid
Transit station. That's approximately $6.8 million that we
have accepted. Even today the court ordered the taking of
that property, which was a major milestone and in order to
effectuate the conditions of that federal contract, you need
to have a staff to do that. Also, there are plans with
regard to the potential exhibition space also in that area,
which will take into consideration Phase II of Overtown Park
West and that also has to be planned and done. Yes, there
are some obstacles in terms of not having obstacles that we
would confront by not having the bond issue approved, but
yet again the total project is not dead Commissioner, and we
need to proceed forward.
Mayor Ferre: Are we ready to vote on this? Call the roll.
Mr. Ralph Ongie: It's an ordinance.
Mayan Ferrt: Read the ordinance. Call the roll.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 9534 ADOPTED DECEMBER 9,
19829 THE EXISTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE, AS AMENDED BY
INCREASING THE APPROPRIATIONS IN THE
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND IN THE A14OUNT
OF O T2,552, FROM FY184 FUND BALANCE AND
93TABLIStHING A NEW PROJECT IN THE
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND ENTITLED "LOAN
FOR SOUTHEAST OVBRTOWN/PARK WE3T
REDEVELOPMENT" ITEM IX. C (11) 12, FOR A
LIKE AMOUNT, TO BE REPAID AT A FUTURE
DATE FROM THE PROCEEDS OF TAX INCREMENT
REVENUE BONDS OR OTHER FINANCIAL
3OURC93: CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION
AND A 3EVERABILITY CLAUSE.
Was introduced by Commissioner Dawkins and seconded by
Commissioner Plummer, for adoption as an emergency measure
and 44aponsing With the requirement of reading "no on two
separate days, which was agreed to by the following vote.
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AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
Whereupon the Commission on motion of Commissioner
Dawkins and seconded by Commissioner Plummer, adopted said
ordinance by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public
record and announced that copies were available to the
members of the City Commission and to the public.
•------------------ -- --
59• LATIN QUARTER STUDY PUBLIC HEARING.
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Mayor Ferre: We are now on item number 3, Mr. Manager, the
Latin Quarter Planning Study for the area generally bounded
by Little Havana.
Mr. Sergio Rodriguez: Item number 3 through 12 reflect the
Latin Quarter Study and is a continuance of the meeting
which we held on July 30th. Item 3 and b relate to
resolutions in relation to the Latin Quarter Planning Study
and design guidelines. Item 5 through 12 are first reading,
on ordinances. Item number 5 relates to the actual
recommendation for regulations amending ordinance 9500 and
item 5 through 10 are the amendments to the zoning atlas,:
basioally applying the proposed zoning requirements to
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Specific areas of the Latic Quarter. Item 11 reflects the
reoommendation for designation of pedestrian streets. Item
12 is the recorendation of a review board that will be ash
part of the amendment to City Code that we are recommending.
31noe we have been making presentations on this on previous
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occasions and several of the people, who are attsudin here
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today, have expressed that they have an interest in taking,
giving their input to you, both for and against this ito
unless you tell se otherwise, I think this sight be the
appropriate time for then to make recoamendations or
`
ooaments on this item.
Mayor Ferro: Does anybody Wish to address the ftal4404 op
this issue? it is the key issue with re ard$... 00 a o"
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the Chair reoognises Mr. Bersello on the Latin Qua
up Willy Serllo: My name is Willy Ber telio,
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goulovard, Miami, Florida. Mr. Mayor,
of the ►issi+", 1's appearing k►ef*re yoy tow
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Chairman of the Latin Quarter Committee, part of the Little
Havana Development Authority. I'll be brief; I have three
basic elements that I'd like to touch upon concerning what's
before you tonight. Number one is that we endorse the
approval of the Latin Quarter special public interest
legislation and all of the design guidelines and the
creation of the Latin Quarter Review Board to monitor the
building within the area in question. Our reasons for doing
so is as follows. Number one, we believe that the
legislation to create the Latin Quarter�District in Little
Havana is essential to preserving as a living monument that
area of Little Havana, which is the central hub of the exile
community of Miami. Number two. we believe that it's
important to improve and upgrade the area so we arrest the
leap frogging and the suburban flow of people from the area
to other parts of Dade County and preserve that area as a
viable living and working place for Hispanics. Number
three, we have shown over the last five years that Calle
Oeho and other parts of Little Havana can in fact be a main
attraction in terms of tourism into our area. The Latin
Quarter District can, as districts in other cities, bring
additional tourist dollars and improve the economic
development opportunities in the area, not only for those
people that live within the quarter but for all of Miami.
B, I would like to touch on a couple of what I consider to
be misconceptions in terms of this ordinance. The fist has
to do with the limitations of the district. Why does it go
from 12th to 17th Avenue and why from 9th just south of 8th
Street to north of Flagler? Having been the original
planner back in 1975 when we were preparing the
comprehensive plan for the City, and I was in charge of the
Little Havana area planning, it became very obvious that a
great number of the community landmarks within Little Havana
are within that area, number one. Number two, the old R-4
zoning district, which was the highest zoning for
residential units in all of Little Havana happen to fall
within that sector. Number three, of all the areas of
Little Havana, this one, in our opinion, was the one that
had the most promise with the least number of problems at
this point in time. If public, and particularly private
dollars were going to be put into any area, we thought it
would be beat to concentrate it in that area which had a
better chance of surviving and being successful. The second
misconception has to do with the Latin Quarter Review Board.
What the intentions are of this type of legislation and
we're trying to create another echelon of bureaucracy,
another echelon of putting the private sector through all
kinds of additional paper -work and approvals that they would
have to go through. We are trying to create a particular
job for a number of people within this area to sit on a
commission and regulate over fellow citizens. Our intent
here is basically this, just like South Miami, just like the
City of Coral Gables, in their own particular way recognize
and cherish certain architectural values in part of their
municipalities and therefore, assign professionals and
technicians to review working drawings and to make
recommendations of the technical plans prior to obtaining a
building permit. If the ordinance that you have before you
is to have any teeth to it, in Little Havana too we deserve
to have the kinds of principles to make sure that the
improvements to the built environment would be done with the
kind of character that would make that area a real living
and working district. It's a volunteer force that we are
recommending, and when you really look at it, all they can
do is recommend. They have no final approval. They're not
the last say so. They basically would be recommending
whether the plans submitted for a building permit should be
approved by the Planning Director who is the last say-so, in
terms of a class C permit. So let me repeat that again,
that Latin Quarter Review Board, which in the ordinance
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calls for five members appointed by the City Commission;
they would be recommending to the Planning Director whether
the plans submitted -we're not talking about a variance and
we're not talking about a special use- we're talking about
working drawings. You know where the drawing is perfectly
done in terms of height elevations, plans, etc., a
recommendation only, an assessment basically providing
advice to the Planning Director. Consequently the power of
that board obviously is of an advisory nature -only. Lastly,
I want to say that in all of our meetings -and we've been
working on this project now for four years in terms of the
actual legislation up to what you have before you- we have
had incredible support from all of the groups that work
within the Little Havana area, the Latin Chamber of
Commerce, the Task Force, and they are all represented here
this afternoon. We have encountered some opposition.
Without a doubt, you try to do anything in Miami, and you
are bound to come up against some opposition. The Amy
Shaeffers_ of Dade County are against the Latin Quarter.
They have their reasons why they are against the Latin
Quarter. The absentee landlords that don't live in this
area, but that own property in Little Havana, are against
the Latin Quarter. But the people that live, the people
that work, and the people that enjoy going to Little Havana,
I would say, for the majority are for this legislation
before you. I encourage you to strongly consider approving
this legislation tonight, so that we can move on with
further business in getting this area revitalized.
Hopefully, the success of this area will spread to other
parts, East Little Havana, and others. But we need a start
up. We need a kicker in there that we can show as an
example of something that can be viable and that works.
Thank you.
APPLAUSE.
Mr. Plummer: Willy, since you are speaking for the
committee, let me ask you a few questions on the statements
that you just made. I'm not an Amy Shaeffer, but I am a
vitally interested, concerned individual who does own
property in that area, which you do not.
Mr. Bermello: That's correct, sir.
Mr. Plummer: You don't live there and you don't own
property there.
Mr. Bermello: I have absolutely no interest.
Mr. Plummer: So you have nothing to be concernad about as
far as value is concerned, values as to community in which
we both agree. It is very easy for someone who has nothing
at stake to make statements such as what you just made. I
understand that. The same things are being said about
Dinner Key. I understand that. You don't live there, you
don't work there, I understand. My first Question to you as
not an individual, but that representing the committee, this
is very similar to a revitalization of a segment of this
community, as is Southeast Overtown. When you speak of
revitalizing an area, without speaking at the same time
where the money is coming from to do it, to me and I think
to most knowledgeable people, is nothing but a pipe dream.
I have only seen one figure attached to this plan. If it's
true, I don't know. I don't know how they came about the
figure. But the figure I saw was approximately $1590009000.
Was that from your committee?
Mr. Bermello: You're talking about Dinner Key?
Mr. Plummer: No, sir, I'm speaking about Latin Quarter.
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Mr. Bermello: I haven't seen any figures.
Mr. Plummer: Sergio, what are the numbers?
Mr. Rodriguez: The figure that you are mentioning is the
one that was mentioned during the bonds issue.
Mr. Plummer: So. in other words, that was the amount of
money dedicated....
Mr. Rodriguez: For the general area, including East Little
Havana.
Mr. Plummer: All right, sir. I knew I had heard the
number. All right, sir. At this present time there are no
dollars dedicated to this plan. None. Now. So, I have to
wonder where the money is going to come from to do That
revitalization as you do in any other given group.
speaks to, I think your "A" portion. To your "B" portion in
relation to the board. The "B" portion specifies that there
will be a five member board. It is my understanding that
there will mb rs who ichsareatives Of architects, notfected area, necessarilythese
even
will be me
residing or working in the area. It would Seems to me
the
people
o live andeown property and work le who are lin the area would
people who 1
have gone say.
Mayor Ferro: Like yourself...
Mr. Plummer: Vo. air.
Mayor Ferro: Like yourself and Demetrio Perez. You both
own property. You both make your living there. Sure. He
is in the affected area, you just come to different
conclusions as to whether this is good or bad.
Mr. Plummer: I accept. I didn't know he was a neighbor. I
thought he was just a colleague.
Mayor Ferro: And as far as your property is concerned the
„ay I undsrstond it from the to priest
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one of these days.
Ur. plower: be has been saying that for a long, time
wishing 14.0no hand and praying in the other and I still agat
the property.
Mr. Carollo: oaco be gets a aillion and a half dollars far
t he Viii. U will donate all of it.
xor wgrro; #9 says your are a good christian.
ato for you to donate that to the church.
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(BACKGROUND COMMENTS OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD)
Mr. Plummer: The third issue... excuse me, getting back to
issue "B". I take exception that that board should be all
architects. I feel that it should be some representatives
of the community, who should well have a say in the matter.
Mayor Ferre: I agree with that. Especially,�undertakers.
Mr. Plummer: No, I don't want an undertaker on there. The
third question that I have about the overall plan and the
thing that bothers me, I think most and this is not because
I'm a land owner, but it bothers me because I wonder if
serious thought was given. I think you know that area well.
I do. I was born there. I was raised there and I'm still
there everyday. There is no where in that given tract of
land in which you can form a focal point without expending
a great amount of dollars. If you were to have considered
in my estimation the area, let's say from 8th Avenue or 12th
Avenue to the River, we have two areas there already owned
by the City. One which we are into to eight million dollars
which today is never going to be open because we will never
get it finished, which is Jose Marti Park. Of a Latin
Quarter what could be more important to a focal point than
Jose Marti Park. The second area is Riverside Park next to
Ada Merritt High School already owned by the City and could
be developed into a focal point for a Latin Quarter. Not a
single place exist in the area you have now designated that
you could assimilate that property without being into
tremendous cost or litigation. 1 would only ask that the
department and I want to put on the record that aergio has
been after me relentlessly to sit down and talk and I do
apologize that 1 have not had the time, but I want it on the
record that that man has gone the extra effort to try. I
want somewhere to understand which most, of the people in my
neighborhood are still asking the question,, what is a
pedestrian mall? Nobody has address that which is
designated in those papers which are sent out. Everybody
that has spoke to me says that Flagler Street is no longer
going to have cars, it's going to be pedestrians. I think
that needs to be explained. I have made my points once
again Madam City Attorney. It is my understanding that if
this plan does approve, it will be to my monetarily benefit.
My zoning is upgraded. I will be better off financially or
a larger donation to the church as it might be said. Am I
in a conflict of interest in voting for this proposal?
Ms. Dougherty: No, Commissioner Plummer. At the present
time you must vote on this particular proposal. On the
other band a new State law comes into effect October 1st on
second reading. I will again review the matter.
Mr. Plummer: Thank you.
Mr. Perez: ... asking the same question, do I have any
conflict of interest.
Ms. Dougherty: No, Commissioner Perez.
Mr. Bersello: Commissioner Plummer, would you like as to go
over some of the issues you raised?
Mr. Carollo: Why don't you give
in writing so the Manager might
on. We understand each other.
Mayor Ferro: About what?
that to Commissioner Perez
not misunderstand it later
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Mr. Carollo: The opinion that the Commissioner asked for
verbally.
Mayor Ferre: All right, further discussion? Anybody else
want to say anything on this? We are ready to vote?
Mr. Carollo: Well, Mr. Mayor, I'm ready to vote, you know,
I'm just sorry that Plummer is always looking at things
down. I guess that's part of his business...
Mayor Ferre: Amesto, this has got nothing to do with strong
mayor now. You want to talk on this?
Mr. Eladio Amesto: Yes.
Mayor Ferre: It has nothing to do with the Republican
Party, President Reagan is not involved in this.
Mr. Amesto: Yes, but as Vice -Chairman of the Planning Board
I would like to make...
Mr. Carollo: You are Vice -Chairman now?
Mr. Armesto: Yes, sir until December 31, 1984. My name is
Eladio Amesto and I am the Vice -Chairman of the City of
Miami Planning Board and when this project reached our board
we had... we turned down the part of the Latin Quarter
Review Board which we thought... the board thought that was
some kind of private, pocket, untouchables board members,
because either you are an architect or you are an engineer
in order to belong to the privilege of five members of a
board that in our thinking should be reflective of the whole
community. In other words, we thought at that time that the
board should be with a membership of equally, similar to the
Zoning Board or the Planning Board of nine members and one
alternate will be ten members. Not a board of five persons
that as Mr. Plummer said is not representative of the
community which they are going to regulate or to make their
input and this is the measures that I want to convey from
the City Planning Board to the Mayor and the Commissioners
of Miami, that we do not agree with a five member
architect/engineer board, because we felt that the
architect/engineer board is not the solution to the problem
of the Latin Quarter, number one, and number two, they do
not reflect the membership of the community. I think that
if you take the person who live in Little Havana you will
not find an architect or an engineer living in said area.
Why? Architects or engineers has to rule the destiny of
that area if they even don't live over there?
Mayor Ferre: I would accept any kind of an amendment where
we would civilianized partially. I think you have to have
professionals, but I agree with your idea that you have to
have undertakers and cemetery lot owners and things like
that.
Mr. Armesto: ♦nd restaurants...
Mayor Ferre: Restaurants.
Mr. Armesto: ...and loan officers and bankers and real
estate salesmen and insurance people too.
Mayor Ferre: That's right. 4k, I accept that.
Mr. Amesto: Republioana and Democrats.
Mayor Jerre: Right. Qk.
U1109UTIF19b: And independents.
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Mayor Ferre: And independents.
Mr. Amesto: And independents.
Mayor Ferre: Ok, Mr. Alvarez.
Mr. Amesto: I understand Mr. Mayor, before I finish, that
they have to compromise last time that they -will accept ---
and I would like to hear from Mr. Sergio Rodriguez, they
will accept the nine members and one alternate membership of
ten people. That was the last I heard from them and i think
if that is the case, they will compromise on that. There is
nothing wrong with the whole thing.
Mayor Ferre: Now, this has got nothing to do with Mary
Collins and all that right?
Mr. Armesto: No. It has only to do with Demetrio Perez, J.
L. Plummer, Maurice Ferre, Miller Dawkins and Joe Carollo
and that's all.
Mayor Ferre: All right. Go A head Sergio.
Mr. Rodriguez: I can see there is a point in the fact that
there might not be a representation from the people from the
area. I do insist though that if you decide to go with a
larger board, let's say ten members, that the majority, like
seven members be professionals and three be residents of the
area.
Mr. Plummer: Why not five and four? Five residents and
four architects.
Mayor Ferre: Fine, that's acceptable too. Five and four is
fine.
Mr. Dawkins: That's better.
Mr. Rodriguez: If you should have nine and one alternate.
That's why I'm saying ten and that's why seven to three.
Mayor Ferre: Fine. Ok. Five and four and the alternate is
up for grabs.
Mr. Raul Alvarez: My name is Raul Alvarez an architect, 710
Richard Road, Key Biscayne. I came in front of this
Commission in 1974 with a concept for a mini park and I at
that time donated my services in the design of the Domino
Mini Park in 197...
Mayor Ferre: We use to thank you for that park. I don't
whether we want to thank you anymore.
Mr.Alvarez: That's why in the concept for the Latin Quarter
that we developed, all of the mini parks are on private
property and controlled by private owners. So, we don't
have anymore headaches on it. In 1975, I worked with the
City of Miami on the beautification of Southwest 8th Street
between 12th and 17th Avenue. The reason why I'■ mentioning
this is to stress the point that I have been for more than
twelve years involved with the Latin Quarter area, Little
Havana area. In 1977 I designed the beautification of
3outhwest Oth Street in conjunction with Dade County between
27th Avenue and I-95. In 1978-79 on a joint grant with the
U.S. Travel Service Dade County and the City of Miami, we
produced the concept for the Latin Quarter that we are
talking about today. I want to stress also that the 8QA
Orant, the two million dollars grant obtained for the
infrastructure sidewalks done on that Latin Quarter area in
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1980 was based on the study here. I would like to say that
this zoning is long overdue and is necessary for the area if
it's not going to become stagnant. I want to thank Sergio
Rodriguez for his enurable time and effort that he has given
us in trying to get this Latin Quarter. But I want to
express my concern and on 1982 Z sent a letter to Mayor
Ferre explaining my serious concern of the way the zoning
was being developed for this area. For the Latin Quarter
area. There was a shift in focus from the small merchant,
small lot existing businesses there into'a very, very large
concept for new buildings. I would .like to say that in
these past twelve years and many of my friends are sitting
here from the Latin Chamber of Commerce and the Little
Havana Development Authority. We have been fighting for a
zoning that is beneficial to the area. I want to say and I
want to be on record that the present zoning has shifted in
focus from the small merchant resident, from the character
of that living culture to something that it could become a
South Miami Beach project. I have tried in several
occasions to discuss and I have talked to Sergio Rodriguez
and members of the staff of the Planning Department, that
the present zoning, specifically Sections 15143 and
151435.2.1 are disregarded completely the concept for a
Latin Quarter as was originally envision. The human scale.
The enter woven of the existing culture with new buildings
into the area will be completely lost if some of the
elements on the guidelines $nd on the basic zoning are not
adjusted or changed. I would like to be on record, because
three of four years from now we might have a lot of
variances coming in from people who own property and they
cannot get rid of the garbage behind the stores and they are
forced into building things that they cannot afford to. I
will be very glad to clarify any of those points, if any of
the Commissioners so want. Thank you.
Mayor Ferre: All right, are there any other public speakers
who wish to be heard? Yes, sir.
Mr. Edwin Rojas: Mr. Mayor, ml name is Edwin Rojas. T'm
the Chairman of the Latin American Advisory Board for the
City of Miami Beach. The first issue I would like to touch
upon is the boundaries of the Latin Quarter. It is the
Position of our board, we do not totally agree with their
boundaries. However, two important facts must be consider.
Number one, no one will ever be one hundred percent
consensus about the boundaries. There will always be
someone who will want the boundaries extended or restricted.
Be it a land owner, an individual, a businessman or a civic
organization. There will always be someone there who would
disagree with the boundaries no matter what. Second, we
feel the Latin Quarter as is must not and should not
infringe on the feelings of the none Latins of our community
and outside of our community and we feel that the Latin
Quarter as is does not do this. What it does is promote a
positive image of a cultural and of an architectural design
which will be known from Miami. A second important thing we
want to discuss here is the tourism. We feel that the Latin
Quarter, if promoted properly can help increase the tourism
of our city. Not only of Miami and...
Mr. Plummer: Excuse me, did I understand you correctly, you
are speaking from Miami Beach?
Mayor Ferro Yea, he is the Latin Advisory Committee of
Miami Beach. He is entitled to speak.
Mr. Rojas: Excuse me, air. Excuse me.
Mr, Plummer: Ok. But you keep referring to our city and 1's
wondering if we are creating something in Miami that you ar•
referring to for your City of Miami Beach.
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Mr. Rojas: I.Ause me, if I may oontin"And I will clarify
your point as soon as I finish. As I was saying we feel
that if marketed properly this can increase the tourism. If
it's marketed according with the other special events which
Miami and the greater beaches have. Example; Carnival
Miami, Grand Prix, Fiesta of the Carnival of Miami Beach,
the All American weekend and so forth. We feel and if it's
marketed properly it can help tourism. It won't solve the
problem, but it can help.
Mayor Ferre: So, you are for it?
Mr. Rojas: Yes, sir.
Mayor Ferre: Ok. You promise not to raise! the bridge?
Mr. Rojas: Excuse me.
Mayor Ferre: You promise not to raise the bridge?
Mr. Rojas: We will try our best.
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60. APPROVE IN PRINCIPLE: LATIN QUARTER PLANNING STUDY
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Mayor Ferre: Ok. All right, now, Mr. Sarbines.
Mr. Luis Sabines: (SPEAKS IN SPANISH).
Mr. Willie Gort: My name is Luis Sabines, Executive Vice -
President of the Latin Chamber of Commerce, second Mayor of
the City of Miami after Demetrio Perez. Mr. Sabines says he
doesn't have any problems with the...
Mr. Plummer: For that one Mr. Carollo, I will ask
translation.
Mayor Ferre: I Will tell you Plummer, you are in trouble,
because anybody that doesn't understand Sabines is in bad...
You don't have to speak Spanish to understand Sabines. You
know exactly what he said.
(BACKGROUND COMMENT OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD)
Mr. Willie Gort: Mayor, Mr. Sabines says that he does not
oppose to there being five, eight members. He would like to
have some compensation, for he agrees with that, but he
pleads with the Commission to please pass and approve this
on the first reading and second reading today. The reason
being, we have been at it for a long time and we have
brought a lot of the residents here three, four times to the
different meetings and be respectfully request that you
approve it. Now, I will speak for myself and I don't need
any translator. My name is Willie sort and I'm with the
2660 Northwest 14th Avenue. My father opened a business in
Southwest Sth Street and 16th Avenue back in... since 1954.
The reason the target area was selected is because it was
determined by this Planning Department from the City of
Miami when we first began this project back in the T0's that
we selected a specific part of the area. The second reason
Is we have received funds to improve the public right-of-
ways within the area and that has already been accomplish
and you have seen it by the brick sidewalks and the
different lamps that are taking place in there. Third, to
answer the question Mr. Plummer, about the investment. We
don't expect the City or anyone else to do an Investment. I
think the City has done quite a bit already for the area.
So has the federal government and the investment would have
to came from the private enterprise now. Thank you.
Mr. Dawkins: Mr. Rodriguez. Mr. Gary, say I ask Mr.
Rodrigues a question. Mr. Rodriguez. Yes, air. I too feel
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that the board should reflect more people in the area.
Now,... and I'm in accord with the five, four. Although,
the tenth one may have to a psychiatrist or a clergyman,
but explain to why if it's five laymen for the lack of a
better word or citizens and four professionals and if those
four professionals cannot convince the five laymen that they
are right. How can they convince the rest of us?
Mr. Rodriguez: Well, actually, the recommendation made by
this department as a compromise was sgven/three. Seven
professionals and three laymen.
Mayor Ferre: Well, we are down to five professionals and
four laymen.
Mr. Rodriguez: Ok.
Mayor Ferre: And the fifth one will have to be both.
Mr. Rodriguez: Ok. Have to be bilingual. So, if the...
the reason is basically, this recommendation for this board
follows boards which have been established in other places
such as Coral Gables. And even our Urban development review
Board is the same way. It's made out of professionals that
are going to be recommending on very specific technical
matters that relate to construction and to architectural
design. In other cases you have boards that relate...
Mayor Ferre: Stop arguing. Answer his question. I mean,
don't argue the issue. The majority of this Commission
wants ---------
Mr. Rodriguez: Right, so are you saying that how can they
convince... the laymen can convince the other? Well, I
guess by the powers of persuasion.
Mr. Dawkins: Ok. Well, the reason I say that... see, I'm
from...
(BACKGROUND COMMENT INAUDIBLE)
Mr. Dawkins: Ok. I'm from Tampa. We got Ibor City but
nobody had the foresight to sit down and plan it in
increments where it would enhance each other and now it has
deteriorated to a point where you got to start all over.
So, some kind of way we have got to get a mix here where we
can plan in increments that each developed area will enhance
the next one. So, that's where I think you need the layman.
Mr. Rodrigues: That is precisely what we are recommending
in starting the Latin Quarter area and then if this is as
successful as we expect it to be, expand the area more and
more.
Mayor Ferro: All right, we ready to vote before somebody
changes his mind around here. All right, it's a nine and
one board. Five professionals, four from the community and
the one has to be flexible, but we have to keep that
relationship on the five/four basis. Are we ready to vote?
(BACKGROUND COMMENTS INAUDIBLE)
Mayor Ferro: No, no five professionals. The majority is
soing to be professional. Five professional, four laymen.
3hat gives you,.. that's close enough. That's what...
Mr. Plummer: Sergio, would you speak to the pedestrian
street* to get it on the record?
Mr. Rodriguez: I'm sorry. The question was exactly, where
are the pedestrian streets?
Mr. Plummer: And what they are.
Mr. Rodriguez: We are talking about the pedestrian street
designate, which is similar to what you have in the Grove.
In this case it will be applied into certain sections of the
Latin Quarter, specifically, 17th Avenue, 121th Avenue, $th
Street, Flagler Street and Flagler Mali. I believe I'm
covering everything. In those areas there are certain uses
that will be allowed in the frontage of the pedestrian
streets up to a certain distance, like fifteen feet in depth
and because of that there will be then the possibilities
also of bonuses in increases in floor area ratio. In
addition to that there will be a requirement like portals or
arcades in those pedestrian street area. But in concept
it's similar to what you have seen in the Grove. In SPI-2 I
believe and SPI-3.
Mr. Dawkins: Ok. I would like to go on the record as
stating now, so that everybody will know where I am later.
You are going to have five professionals and four laymen.
If for any reason there is... the four laymen are against
anything that the five professionals want, I'm not going to
vote for it.
Mr. Plummer: No, wait a minute, you will not have that
opportunity.
Mr. Dawkins: Why?
Mayor Ferre: Yes, you will. You know what will happen,
Plummer, let me tell you what will happen. The moment that
gets going that way, you know what's going to happen? It's
going to come before this Commission. They are going to be
here screaming. He is going to be here and the next thing
you know that thing is going to be gone.
Mr. Plummer: As it stands in the ordinance today, the final
word is the Planning Director.
Mr. Rodriguez: Well, let me explain that.
Mr. Plummer: Is that correct?
Mr. Rodriguez: No, well, I will be... The Director gives
the recommendation on class "C" and that will be the final
action that can be appealed then to the Zoning Board and
then to the Commission.
(BACKGROUND COMMENT INAUDIBLE)
Mayor Ferro: All right, let's go. Let's go. All right,
who makes the notion?
Mr. Perez: I make it.
Mr. Dawkins: I will second it.
Mayor Ferro: All right, Demetrio Perez makes the notion,
seconded by Dawkins as amended, further discussion, call the
roll on the resolution of intent.
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The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner
Perez, who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 84-1005
A RESOLUTION APPROVING, IN PRINCIPLE,
THE LATIN QUARTER PLANNING STUDY DATED
FEBRUARY, 1984, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE
FORM ATTACHED HERETO, FOR THE AREA
GENERALLY BOUNDED BY AND IMMEDIATELY
ADJACENT TO NORTHWEST 1ST STREET,
NORTHWEST/SOUTHWEST 12TH AVENUE,
SOUTHWEST 9TH STREET (AS PROJECTED), AND
NORTHWEST/SOUTHWEST 17TH AVENUE.
(Here follows body of resolution,
omitted here and on file in the Office
of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Dawkins, the
resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
61. APPROVE IN PRINCIPLE: *DESIGN GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS-
LATIN QUARTER DISTRICT*
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Mayor Ferre: Did we approve three or four?
Mr. Rodriguez: Three.
Mayor Ferro: Now, what is four?
Mr. Rodriguez: The four is the design guidelines to bemused
by the board in guiding their decisions. #3 is the planning
study, #4 is the design guidelines.
Mayor Ferro: Ok. Do we need to go into that now?
Mr. Rodriguez: I explain that before in the previous
presentation and I deal with all of the items at the moue
time.
Mayor Ferro: Does anybody wish to speak to Item 4. If not,
is there a motion?
Mr. Peres: Move.
Mayor Ferro: All right, moved by Perez, is there a second?
Mr. Carollo: Second.
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Mayor Ferre: Seconded by Carollo, further discussion, call
the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner
Perez, who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 84-1006
A RESOLUTION APPROVING IN PRINCIPLIt IN
ESSENTIALLY THE FORM ATTACHED HERETO,
THE "DESIGN GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS-
LATIN QUARTER DISTRICT" (FEBRUARY, 1984)
AS THE DESIGN GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS
TO BE USED FOR THE LATIN QUARTER REVIEW
BOARD.
(Here follows body of resolution,
omitted here and on file in the Office
of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Carollo, the
resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
• NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
62. FIRST READING ORDINANCE: ADD NEW SECTION 15140 ENTITLED
SPI-14.1, 14.2 LATIN QUARTER DISTRICTS ETC.
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Mayor Ferre: We are now on Item 5. All right, any
discussion on Item 5.
Mr. Rodriguez: Item #E5 is first reading ordinance creating
the regulation for this area.
Mayor Ferre: All right, is there a motion on Item 5.
Mr. Perez: Move
Mayor Ferre: Moved by Perez, is there a second?
Mr. Carollo: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Seconded by Carollo, is there further
discussion on first reading only? Read the ordinance. Cali
the roll.
QJ1...BOLL CALL;
Mr. Plummer: Putting on the record that I have cleared with
the City Attorney realising this will increase the value of
my property by at least a third. She has ruled that this is
not a conflict of interest. I would be a fool not to vote
«yes".
Nor, Perot: Under the same circumstance, I vote "yss".
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AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE
TEXT OF ORDINANCE NO. 9500, THE ZONING
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA,
BY AMENDING ARTICLE 15 ENTITLED "SPI:
SPECIAL PUBLIC INTEREST DISTRICTS" BY
ADDING A NEW SECTION 15140 ENTITLED
"SPI-149 14.1, 14.2; LATIN' QUARTER
COMMERCIAL - RESIDENTIAL AND RESIDENTIAL
DISTRICTS" AND COLLATERAL SECTIONS 15141
ENTITLED "INTENT", 15142 ENTITLED
"SPECIAL PERMITS", 15143 ENTITLED
"COMMERCIAL - RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
(SPI-14)1" 15144 ENTITLED "COMMERCIAL -
RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS SPI - 14.1" AND
15145 ENTITLED "RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
SPIT - 14.2"; PROVIDING FOR PRINCIPAL
USES AND STRUCTURES, LIMITATIONS ON
OUTDOOR USES, LIMITATIONS ON GROUND
FLOOR FRONTAGE, ACCESSORY USES AND
STRUCTURES, TRANSITIONAL REQUIREMENT
LIMITATIONS, MINIMUM LOT REQUIREMENTS,
FLOOR AREA LIMITATIONS, MINIMUM OPEN -
SPACE REQUIREMENTS, FLOOR AREA RATIO
BONUSES, NO. LUI RATINGS, BUILDING
SPACINGS TRANSFERRABLE DEVELOPMENT
RIGHTS, HEIGHT LIMITATIONS, OFF-STREET
PARKING AND LOADING, AND LIMITATIONS ON
SIGNS; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION
AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
Was introduced by Commissioner Perez and seconded by
Commissioner Carollo and was passed on its first reading by
title by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: done.
The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public
record and announced that copies were available to the
members of the City Commission and to the public.
63. FIR$T READING ORDINANCB: AWWD ZONING ATLAS AS
DESCRIBED FOR CREATION OF LATIN QOARTSR DMRICT.
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Mayor Ferre: We are now on Item 69 is that correct?
Mr. Ongie: Yes, air.
Mayor Ferro: Doe& about wish to address the Commission on
Item 6? No. All right, is there a motion on It** 6?
Commissioner Perez moves, is there a second?
Mr. Plummer:
Southwest 9th
Street.
It's my understanding that this was to go to
Street. This addresses is to Southwest Sth
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Mayor Ferre: dell, let me see if we can get a second.
Perez moves, is there a second?
Mr. Carollo: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Carollo seconds, is there further discussion?
Mr. Plummer: Question. -
Mr. Rodriguez: I'm sorry. Where are you?
Mr. Plummer: The question I have is that this was to go
from Northwest 1st Street to Southwest 9th Street.
Mr. Rodriguez: Right.
Mr. Plummer: This does not address that. This says "an
area generally bounded by Northwest 19t Street to Southwest
8th Street from 12th Avenue to 17th Avenue.
Mr. Rodriguez: I'm sorry. Where are you reading?
Mr. Plummer: At the top of the page. The right hand side.
Mr. Rodriguez: Item #6?
Mr. Plummer: Item #E6, dated July 25, 1984.
Mr. Rodriguez: I am following the description that is on
page 7 of the agenda.
Mr. Plummer: I am reading from what's in front of me.
Mr. Rodriguez: Ok.
Ms. Dougherty: What are you concerned about?
Mr. Plummer: It says to Southwest 8th Street and in fact it
is 9th Street.
Mr. Rodriguez: In the memo from Mr. Perez.
Mr. Plummer: Or at least that's my understanding.
Mr. Rodriguez: In the description that is on the agenda
item, Item #E6 that is...
Mr. Plummer: I understand the ordinance supersedes the
agenda? Is that correct?
No. Dougherty: Yes, absolutely.
Mr. Rodriguez: But the ordinance covers that area.
Mr. Plummer: Not what I have in front of me.
(BACKGROUND COMMENTS OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD)
Mr. Plummer: Well, ask your Question.
Ms. Dougherty: It goes from South and Southwest 8th.
Mr. Rodrigues: 3PI-14 specifically. I thought YOU were
talking about the whole area. I'm sorry. 3kI-14 is the
area that you see in yellow and is the property toeing $tb
Street. 8o, it is right.
Mr. Plummer: Well, then go back and show ee how that
differs with Northwest lot Street. Because the sane thing
applies.
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Mr. Rodriguez: Right and if you look at the map again it
will be the area... SPI-14 covers the area facing West
Flagler. And you have... I refer you to the description
which is on the agenda that shows the ordinance for first
reading, which I think is what was advertised.
Mr. Plummer: I say there is a discrepancy that will be up
to the City Attorney to rule.
Ms. Dougherty: The ordinance will control over the agenda
item.
Mr. Plummer: And what does the ordinance say?
Ms. Dougherty: (AT THIS POINT THE CITY ATTORNEY READS INTO
THE RECORD THE ORDINANCE).
Mr. Plummer: In your opinion Madam Attorney, does that
cover down to Southwest 9th Street?
Mayor Ferre: Are you ready to vote?
Ms. Dougherty: It covers to Southwest 6th and the South
side of Southwest 7th Street from Southwest 12th Avenue to
Southwest 17th Avenue.
Mr. Plummer: That doesn't cover 9th Street.
Mr. Rodriguez: Northwest SPI-14.
Mr. Plummer: The other question I have is speaking... West
Flagler Street and Southwest 1st from Northwest ...Southwest
12th Avenue to Northwest... No, wait a minute. Oh, here it
is. From Northwest 12th Avenue to Northwest 13th Avenue and
Southeast 12th Avenue from approximately Southwest 1st
Street to Southwest 7th Street. Are you dealing with the
area from 13th to 14th on Flagler with the same identical
application as between 12th Avenue and 13th Avenue on
Flagler?
Mr. Rodriguez: Yes, we are.
Mayor Ferro: Are we ready to vote? J. L., are you ready to
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vote? Miller? All right, call the roll.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ATLAS
OF ORDINANCE NO. 9500, THE ZONING
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA,
BY CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION
FROM RG-2/5 GENERAL RESIDENTIAL, CR-1/7,
CR-2/7 AND CR-3/7 COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL
TO SPI-14: COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL
DISTRICT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS: THAT
AREA GENERAL BOUNDED BY AND INCLUDING
PROPERTY FRONTING ON AND IMMEDIATELY
ADJACENT TO WEST FLAGLER STREET AND
SOUTHWEST FIRST STREET FROM
NORTHWEST/SOUTHWEST 12TH AVENUE TO
NORTHWEST/SOUTHWEST 17TH AVENUE (MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN); AND
NORTHWEST FIRST STREET FROM NORTHWEST
12TH AVENUE TO NORTHWEST 13THE AVENUE,
(MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN);
AND SOUTHWEST 12TH AVENUE FROM
APPROXIMATELY SOUTHWEST FIRST STREET TO
SOUTHWEST 7TH STREET INCLUDING THE AREA
TO THE WEST OF SOUTHWEST 12TH AVENUE TO
A LINE APPROXIMATELY 250' WEST OF THE
WEST LINE OF SOUTHWEST 12TH AVENUE (MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN); AND
SOUTHWEST 8TH STREET AND THE SOUTH SIDE
OF SOUTHWEST 7TH STREET FROM SOUTHWEST
12TH AVENUE TO SOUTHWEST 17TH AVENUE
EXCLUDING EXISTING PR ZONING (MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN); AND
SOUTHWEST 17TH AVENUE FROM SOUTHWEST
FIRST STREET TO SOUTHWEST 7TH STREET
INCLUDING THE AREA TO THE EAST OF
SOUTHWEST 17TH AVENUE TO A LINE
APPROXIMATELY 150' EAST OF THE EAST LINE
OF SOUTHWEST 17TH AVENUE AND TO THE WEST
LINE OF SOUTHWEST 17TH AVENUE TO A LINE
APPROXIMATELY 190' WEST OF THE WEST LINE
OF SOUTHWEST 17TH AVENUE (MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HERE IN), PER
PLANS ON FILE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
PLANNING AND ZONING BOARDS
ADMINISTRATION; MAKING FINDINGS; AND BY
MAKING ALL THE NECESSARY CHANGES ON
PAGES NUMBERED 34, 35, 38, AND 39 OF
SAID ZONING ATLAS MADE A PART OF
ORDINANCE NO. 9500* BY REFERENCE AND
DESCRIPTION IN ARTICLE 3, SECTION 300,
THEREOF; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION
AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
Was introduced by Commiaaioner Perez and seconded by
Commissioner Carollo and was passed on its first reading by
title by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Comissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Dometrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferro
NOES: done.
ABSENT: None.
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The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public
record and announced that copies were available to the
members of the City Commission and to the public.
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Mayor Ferre: Take up Item 7, which is an ordinance on first
reading. Are there any members of the public that wish to
address Item #7? Mr. Rodriguez, do you want to make any
statements?
Mr. Rodriguez: No, sir.
Mayor Ferro: All right, is there a motion on Item 7.
Mr. Perez: Move.
Mayor Ferre: Demetrio Perez moves, is there a second?
Mr. Dawkins: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Dawkins seconds, is there further discussion.
J. L. are you all set? Ready to vote? Read the ordinance.
call the roll.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ATLAS
OF ORDINANCE NO 9500, ZONING ORDINANCE
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, BY
CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF
THE AREA GENERALLY BOUNDED BY AND
INCLUDING PROPERTIES FRONTING ON AND
IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO SOUTHWEST 9TH
STREET AND SOUTHWEST 9TH STREET EXTENDED
TO THE EAST FROM APPROXIMATELY SOUTHWEST
12TH AVENUE TO SOUTHWEST 17TH AVENUE,
PER PLAN ON FILE, FROM RG-1/3 GENERAL
RESIDENTIAL TO SPI-14.1 COMMERCIAL -
RESIDENTIAL; MAKING FINDINGS; AND MAKING
ALL THE NECESSARY CHANGES ON PAGES NO.
38 AND 39 OF SAID ZONING ATLAS MADE A
PART OF ORDINANCE NO. 9500 BY REFERENCE
AND DESCRIPTION INN ARTICLE 3, SECTION
3009 THEREOF; CONTAINING A REPEALER
PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
Was introduced by Commissioner Perez and seconded by
Commissioner Dawkins and was passed on its first reading by
title by the following vote.
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Peres, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Joe Carolio
The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public
r*cord and announced that copies were available to the
' members of the City Commission and to the public.
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LATIN QUAITER AS DESCRIED
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Mayor Ferre: Take up Item #E8.
Mr. Perez: Move.
Mayor Ferre: Does anybody in the public wish to be heard on
Item #8 ordinance on first reading? Mr. Rodriguez, you want
to make a statement?
Mr. Rodriguez: No, air.
Mr. Plummer: The only question I have here. We were
informed the other day that the County would be redoing
Southwest 7th Street and 8th Street, which means widening
and planters and things of that nature. How does that, if
anything, affect this?
Mr. Rodriguez: Well, it would affect the right-of-way
specifically and since there have been already a lot of
improvements in the sidewalks through the EDA grant,for
example, on 8th Street. In the coordination of their design
we would like to make sure that they will take care of what
is already been there as an improvement.
Mr. Plummer: Ok.
Mayor Ferre: All right, you ready to go?
ordinance. Call the roll.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ATLAS
OF ORDINANCE NO. 9500, THE ZONING
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA,
BY CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF
THE AREA GENERALLY BOUNDED BY AND
INCLUDING PROPERTIES FRONTING ON AND
IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE NORTH SIDE
OF SOUTHWEST 7TH STREET FROM
APPROXIMATELY 250' WEST OF THE WEST LINE
OF SOUTHWEST 12TH AVENUE TO
APPROXIMATELY 150' EAST OF THE EAST LINE
OF SOUTHWEST 17TH AVENUE (MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN) PER PLAN
ON FILE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING
AND ZONING BOARDS ADMINISTRATION, FROM
RG-2I5 GENERAL RESIDENTIAL TO SPI-14.1:
COMMERCIAL -RESIDENTIAL; MAKING FINDINGS;
AND BY MAKING ALL THE NECESSARY CHANGES
ON PAGE NO. 35 OF SAID ZONING ATLAS MADE
A PART OF ORDINANCE NO. 9500 BY
REFERENCE AND DESCRIPTION IN ARTICLE 3,
SECTION 300 THEREOF; CONTAINING A
REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE.
Read the
Was introduoed by Coma►issioner Peres and seconded by
Cowisaioaer Dawkins and was passed on its first reading by
title by the following vote-
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AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Joe Carollo.
The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public
record and announced that copies were available to the
members of the City Commission and to the public.
66. FIRST READING ORDINANCE: AMEND ZONING ATLAS IN AREAS OF
LATIN QUARTER AS DESCRIBED
Mayor Ferre: We are now on nine. Does anybody in the
public wish to address the Commission on Item #9. If not,
Mr. Rodriguez, do you want to make a statement.
Mr. Rodriguez: No, sir.
Mayor Ferre: Any questions? Is there a motion on nine?
Mr. Perez: Move.
Mayor Ferre: Is there a second?
Mr. Dawkins: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Moved and seconded, read the ordinance.
Mr. Plummer: Excuse me. Hold on. Sergio, you know, we had
a great deal of people down here on 17th Avenue, who I think
Commissioner Carollo, brought down here. These were the
people who were very upset about the redoing of 17 Avenue.
The policy... Joe, you recall... wasn't it you that brought
the people from 17th Avenue down here?
Mr. Carollo: Are you saying for the widening of streets?
Mr. Plummer: Yes.
Mr. Carollo: No, it was you.
Mr. Plummer: Now, I'm questioning where this is to be a so
called pedestrian street. The policy of this Commission is
that that... the policy is that the Commission is opposed to
changing that 17th Avenue. Does this fly in the face of the
present policy of this Commission?
Mr. Rodriguez: I don't know if this will answer your
question, but we are proposing to increase the zoning facing
17th Avenue.
Mr. Plummer: Speaking about the street.
Mr. Rodriguez: The street itself?
Mr. Plummer: Remember they were going to widen 17th Avenue
and they were going to eliminate all the parking.
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Mr. Rodriguez: Right.
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Mr. Plummer: Now does this ordinance speak to that which
the Commission established a policy?
Mr. Rodriguez: The ordinance relates specifically to the
property that is within the private right-of-way.
Mr. Plummer: Are you saying that you don't feel this has
any bearing on it?
Mr. Rodriguez: Not as it relates to the widening of 17th
Avenue which is within the public right-of-way, plus the
taking they already have initiated.
Mr. Plummer: Ok.
Mayor Ferre: Are we ready to vote? Call the roll.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ATLAS
OF ORDINANCE NO. 9500, THE ZONING ATLAS
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, BY
CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF
THE AREA GENERALLY BOUNDED AND INCLUDING
PROPERTIES FRONTING ON AND IMMEDIATELY
ADJACENT TO SOUTHWEST 2ND STREET,
SOUTHWEST 3RD STREET, SOUTHWEST 4TH
STREET, SOUTHWEST 5TH STREET, AND
SOUTHWEST 6TH STREET FROM A LINE
APPROXIMATELY 250' WEST OF THE WEST LINE
APPROXIMATELY 250' WEST OF THE WEST LINE
OF SOUTHWEST 12TH AVENUE TO A LINE
APPROXIMATELY 150' EAST OF THE EAST LINE
OF SOUTHWEST 17TH AVENUE (MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN), PER PLAN
ON FILE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING
AND ZONING BOARDS ADMINISTRATION, FROM
RG-2/5 GENERAL RESIDENTIAL TO SPI-14.2
RESIDENTIAL; MAKING FINDINGS; AND BY
MAKING ALL THE NECESSARY CHANGES ON PAGE
NO. 35 OF SAID ZONING ATLAS MADE A PART
OF ORDINANCE NO. 9500 BY REFERENCE AND
DESCRIPTION IN ARTICLE 3, SECTION 300,
THEREOF; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION
AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
Was introduced by Commissioner Perez and aeoonded by
Commissioner Dawkins and was passed on its first reading by
title by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public
record and announced that copies were available to the
members of the City Commission and to the public.
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L.ATIN QUAMA AS MIRED
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Mayor Ferre: Take up Item #10. Anybody in the audience
which to address the Commission on Item 10? Mr. Rodriguez,
you want to make any.
Mr. Rodriguez: No more comments, sir.
Mayor Ferre: Anybody else? Any questions? All right, is
there a motion?
Mr. Perez: Yes.
Mayor Ferre: Perez moves, Dawkins seconds, further
discussion? Read the ordinance on 10. Call the roll.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ATLAS
OF ORDINANCE NO. 9500, THE ZONING
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA,
BY CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF
THE AREA GENERALLY BOUNDED BY, AND
+ INCLUDING PROPERTIES FRONTING ON AND
IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO, NORTHWEST 1ST
STREET FROM NORTHWEST 17TH AVENUE TO THE
CENTER LINE OF NORTHWEST 13TH AVENUE
(MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN),
PER PLAN ON FILE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
PLANNING AND ZONING BOARDS
ADMINISTRATION, FROM RG-2/4 AND RG-2/5
GENERAL RESIDENTIAL TO SPI-14.2
RESIDENTIAL; AND BY MAKING ALL THE
NECESSARY CHANGES ON PAGE NO. 35 OF SAID
ZONING ATLAS MADE A PART OF ORDINANCE
NO. 9500 BY REFERENCE AND DESCRIPTION IN
ARTICLE 39 SECTION 300, THEREOF;
CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
Was introduced by Commissioner Perez and seconded by
Commissioner Dawkins and was passed on its first reading by
title by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
HOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public
record and announced that copies were available to the
members of the City Commission and to the public.
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VAT IN C0010CTI0N PITH LATIN QUARTER DISTRICT
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Mayor Ferre: Take up 11. Anybody wish to speak on Item 11?
Mr. Rodriguez?
Mr. Rodriguez: No, comment.
Mayor Ferre: Any questions? Is there a motion on 11?
Mr. Perez: Move.
Mayor Ferre: Moved by Perez, is there a second? Dawkins
seconds, further discussion? Read the ordinance. All
right, call the roll.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ATLAS
OF ORDINANCE NO. 9500, THE ZONING
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA,
BY DESIGNATING THE PUBLIC RIGHTS -OF -WAY
OF: WEST FLAGLER STREET, FROM
APPROXIMATELY 150' EAST OF WEST 12TH
AVENUE TO APPROXIMATELY 100' WEST OF
WEST 17TH AVENUE; SOUTHWEST FLAGLER
TERRACE FROM SOUTHWEST 12TH TO 17TH
AVENUES; SOUTHWEST 13TH, 14TH, 15TH AND
16TH AVENUES FROM WEST FLAGLER STREET TO
SOUTHWEST 1ST STREET; SOUTHWEST 1ST
STREET, FROM APPROXIMATELY 150' EAST OF
SOUTHWEST 12TH AVENUE TO APPROXIMATELY
190' WEST OF SOUTHWEST 17TH AVENUE;
SOUTHWEST 8TH STREET, FROM APPROXIMATELY
150' EAST OF SOUTHWEST 12TH AVENUE TO
APPROXIMATELY 160' WEST OF SOUTHWEST
17TH AVENUE; WEST 12TH AVENUE, FROM
APPROXIMATELY150' NORTH OF NORTHWEST 1ST
STREET TO APPROXIMATELY 150' SOUTH OF
SOUTHWEST 8TH STREET; AND WEST 17TH
AVENUE, FROM APPROXIMATELY 150' NORTH OF
WEST FLAGLER STREET TO APPROXIMATELY
100' SOUTH OF SOUTHWEST 8TH STREET, AS
PER PLAN ON FILE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
PLANKING AND ZONING BOARDS
ADMINISTRATION, AS "PEDESTRIAN STREETS";
PROVIDING FOR REQUIREMENTS AND
LIMITATIONS; M KING FINDINGS; AND BY
MAKING ALL THE NECESSARY CHANGES ON
PAGES 34, 35, 38, AND 39 OF SAID ZONING
ATLAS MADE A PAR OF ORDINANCE NO. 9500,
BY REFERENCE AND DESCRIPTION IN ARTICLE
3, SECTION 3009 THEREOF; CONTAINING
REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY
CLAM.
Was introduced by Cossissioner Peres and seconded by
Comissioner Dawkins and was passed on its first read4ag by
title by the following vote-
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AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
FORS: None.
ABSENT: None.
The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public
record and announced that copies were available to the
members of the City Commission and to the public.
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69. FIRST READING ORDINANCE: AMEND CHAPTER 62 OF THE CODE
ESTABLISH LATIN QUARTER REVIEW BOARD
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Mayor Ferre: All right, take up Item 12?
Mr. Carollo: Are we going to expand the Board?
Mayor Ferre: We already have five to four.
Mr. Carollo: Excuse me.
Mayor Ferre: Five to four. It's a nine member board.
Mr. Carollo: Is there going to be an alternate?
Mayor Ferre: Yes, one alternate.
Mr. Carollo: Ok. Are we going to vote upon the members
now?
Mayor Ferre: Are we ready to vote on the members? I don't
think we have that ready yet.
Mr. Carollo: Well, I have a name I would like to bring up,
if I can today.
Mayor Ferre: Fine.
Mr. Carollo: Ok. I would like to bring up... Well, I guess
we have to vote on it first, right? Or should I...
Mr. Plummer: You got to create it.
Mayor Ferre: Yes. I think we have to create it first and
then go ahead and make your appointment.
Mr. Carollo: Well, let's create it and then I will bring up
the name.
Mayor Ferre: Is there a notion on 12?
Mr. Carollo: There is a motion on 12.
Mayor Ferre: Is there a second? Is there further
dleaussion? Does anybody in the chambers wish to address
this issue. Mr. Rodrigues, do you have anything you want to
addf Does anybody wish to speak on Item 12?
Mr. Fluawsr: There is a gentleman up there.
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Mayor Ferre: Yes, sir.
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Mr. Felipe Leon: Felipe Leon, 342 Southwest 12th Avenue. On
the five professionals that will be on the board, they have
to be living in the City of Miami or at least have their
offices in the City of Miami? Not outsiders. If the bord
agree, that's my recommendation to add that. That the
professionals must live in the City of Miami or at least
have their office in the City of Miami. Thank you.
Mr. Plummer: Well, I think... Didn't. I understand that it
was the feeling of this Commission that the four civilians
on that board would be from the area.
Mayor Ferre: Sure. Yes.
Mr. Leon: I'm talking about the professionals.
Mr. Plummer: I understand, but I'm saying that that would
be just as reasonable a request as if this Commission said
that the four civilians shall be from the area, that the
people be at least from the City. The architects be from
the from the City.
Mr. Leon: Yes, from the City.
Mayor Ferre: Well, I think you ought to put it that they
either work or live, because otherwise, you may end up
getting into a lot of problems. You know, there may not be
too many people that live...except in Bay Heights and
Coconut Grove and Bayshore Drive.
Ms. Dougherty: That's what the present ordinance has in it
already.
Mayor Ferre: What?
Ms. Dougherty: The present ordinance has that they will
have their practice or profession and be resident of or the
principle place of business in the City of Miami or have
actively participated in civic affairs of Little Havana.
Mr. Rodriguez: During the last five years.
Mayor Ferre: That's fine. That covers you, Willie. Ok.
Are we ready to vote? Is there a motion? Or it's already
been moved and seconded. I'm sorry. So, read the ordinance
please. All right, call the roll.
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, if I may, very quickly. I just
want to clarify this.
Mayor Ferre: Go ahead.
Mr. Carollo: On Page 3, Item "B", Pronedura for
apoointment. My understanding is that going to include the
procedure for appointment for the additional members or is
that just for the members before they were appointed?
Mayor Ferre: Explain that Mr. Rodriguez.
nr. Rodrigues: I'm sorry, I didn't get the page.
Mayor Ferre: The appointment of the members. The
Commission appoints everybody, right?
Mr. Rodriguez: The Commission appoints.
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Mayor Ferre: Ok. So, what's the question?
Mr. Carollo: This reads, we can't do it until we advertise
for thirty days or whatever... I just don't see the...
Mr. Rodriguez: Right. The procedure is on Page 3 of Item
P12.
Mayor Ferre: Yes. Well, in fairness, doe, we always have
an advertising procedure so that applicants can apply and we
have the full spectrum of who wants to serve before we
select them.
Mr. Plummer: On the initial board?
Mayor Ferre: On the initial board? I don't know.
Mr. Carollo: On the initial board, but not on the
additional, I don't think.
Mayor Ferre: That's fine with me.
Mr. Carollo: Ok. If we can stipulate that in the
ordinance.
Mayor Ferre: Is that a problem with anybody?
right, so stipulated. Are we ready to vote?
Mr. Carollo: So stipulated.
Mayor Ferre: Read the ordinance.
Mr. Ongie: The ordinance is read. Roll call.
POINT THE CITY CLERK CONTINUES ROLL CALL).
Mr. Plummer: As amended "yes".
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 62 OF THE
CODE THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS
AMENDED, ENTITLED "ZONING AND PLANNING"
BY ADDING A NEW ARTICLE VIII TO SAID
CHAPTER 62 ESTABLISHING A LATIN QUARTER
REVIEW BOARD, AND PROVIDING FOR
QEOGRAPHICAL JURISDICTION, MEMBERSHIP,
FUNCTIONS, POWERS AND DUTIES, GENERALLY,
AND PROCEEDINGS; FURTHER, PROVIDING FOR
APPOINTMENT OF A LATIN QUARTER OFFICER
AND APPEALS; CONTAINING A REPEALER
PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
Ok. All
(AT THIS
Was introduced by Commissioner Carollo and seconded by
Commissioner Perez and was passed on its first reading by
title by the following vote-
- AXES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Viae-Mayor Dometrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
HOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
Tbo City Attorney read the ordinance into the public
reoprd and announced that oopies were availabl* to tit#
40**rs of the City Commission and to the public. -
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70. APPOINTMENT OF P213053 TO LATIN QUARTER REVIEW HOARD.
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Mr. Carollo: Ok. Now, Mr. Mayor, I would like to bring up
the name of Francisco (Paco) Lopez Borges as my appointment
to the board.
Mayor Ferre: All right.
Mr. Plummer: We will each have to right?
Mayor Ferre: That's correct. We will each have a
professional and a citizen. We are going to have a problem
with this. You realize what the problem is? That the
alternate... suppose you have a vacancy in the professional
slot, you are not going to be able to move the alternate
into it unless he is a professional. So, we will have to
play it by ear. All right, let the record reflect that
Commissioner Carollo wishes the nomination of Francisco
(Paco) Lopez Borges. Are there any other nomination at this
time? I will have mine subsequent to this meeting. Now, is
there a second to that motion of Commissioner Carollo?
Mr. Plummer: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion, call the roll on the
appointment.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner
Carollo, who moved its adoption:
MOTION NO. 84-1007
A MOTION APPOINTING "FRANCISCO (Paco)
LOPEZ BORGES TO THE "LATIN QUARTER
REVIEW BOARD".
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the
motion was passed and adopted by the following vote.
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOBS: done.
ABSENT: None.
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Mayor Torre; We now are going to take up Item #39, wbiol
Ro;er Carlton has requested. He has to go to some board
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meeting. All right, Mr. Carlton, what are we voting on
here?
Mr. Roger Carlton: Mr. Mayor and members of the Commission,
there are three items in this package. The first one is the
emergency reading of our rate ordinance. It was read on
first reading at the last meeting during the Summer, but due
to the delay over the Summer the rates would not be
effective until October 15th. To make then effective on
October 1st, it has to be read on first and second reading.
The rates are the same as you approved on first.
Mayor Ferre: Ok. All right, Mr. Carlton, we are ready to
vote on.
Mr. Carla Simply to declare it the emergency and to
approve on first. and second reading the rate ordinance for
the Off -Street Parking.
Mayor Ferre: Ok. Is there a motion?
Mr. Carollo: A motion... what number is it, 39?
Mayor Ferre: This is a resolution approving and adopting
the annual budget. Is that what you want?
Mr. Carlton: No, we are doing the rate ordinance first,
sir, then the budget.
Mayor Ferre: Rate ordinance. All , right.
Mr. Carollo: What are the rates?
Mayor Ferre: The rates are reasonable. Answer the
question.
Mr. Carlton: Yes, sir, they are very reasonable.
Mr. Carollo: You know the problem that I have Mr. Mayor, is
that every time I turn around, I have seen parking meters
pop up every where in this City and you know, I frankly have
had enough of it, Roger, and so has the majority of the
people of Miami. We don't need parking meters everywhere.
Frankly, I's of the opinion, Mr. Mayor, that if we can't be
reasonable about these parking meters, then maybe we should
have a look at the whole system and may be do away with
motors in most places, if not all of them altogether. You
know, now... you know... even up 27th Avenue now, straight
down. You are hitting that place too, just everywhere. I
moan, I'm beginning to envision the day soon that we are
even going to have parking asters in front of our homes.
Mayor Ferre: You better go to your meeting.
Mr. Carlton: Commissioner Carollo, one of the things that
was accepted by the Commission in our five year plan was a
now process for installing the meters. We are working with
the neighbor groups. We are taking surveys before they go
in. We are informing the Commission. And in fact, we- are
only picking areas where there is a justification in retail
Commercial types of neighborhoods in order to create a
parking turn over. If we get a massive negative response,
those asters will cot go in and there will be no more major
installation without consultation with the neighborhoods.
*r, Carolla: Well, let me ask you this. between Dixie
highway and Coral Way on Southwest 27th Avenue.
Air. Carlton: Yes, sir.
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Mr. Carollo: Are you telling me the people there want those
meters?
Mr. Carlton: Sir, the survey that is this new process went
out about a week ago. We have gotten ten responses in so
far from over four hundred fifty businesses that were
contacted individually.
Mr. Carollo: Well, you just got eleven from the business
that I own in that area there.
Mr. Carlton: Sir, but I want to say is that all ten favored
the program and their opinions related to how long the meter
time should be, one hour, two , three, five.
Mr. Carollo: If you used logic then, it must tell you that
if only ten favored the program, that means there is some
four hundred twenty-five that don't.
Mr. Carlton: Well, that's not the logic that we understand.
Usually people who are negative are the ones that come out
the strongest, as you see at these hearings.
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, I'm not voting on anything until
there is a curtailment of parking meters in this City.
Mayor Ferre: All right, we have... I think you better go
to your meeting.
Mr. Carlton: Well, sir, there is a Charter responsibility
in terms of rates and budgets. So, I know what you are
saying, but...
Mr. Plummer: You got to have four votes and they are not
here.
Mayor Ferre: Let me tell you how I count, see. I count
three and that's all I know how to count.
Mr. Plummer: You got to have four votes.
Mr. Carlton: Is it possible to revert back to the original
ordinance and do it on second reading?
Mayor Ferre: Talk to Commissioner Carollo.
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Carlton, and I see the only way you are
going to understand is by playing hard ball. You know,
there is no way in the world that you are going to convince
as that whatever service you are taking are giving you a
real feeling of what the public wants. I have had more
complaints in my office against all these meters that are
going up than just about anything that we have dealt with in
the City government since I have been here for five years.
How such of an increase in meters have we had overall in the
City since you have taken over that department?
Mr. Carlton: There has been approximately a twenty fire
percent increase in the number of meters in three years.
Mr. Carollo: Twenty-five percent. Now, how many meters do
we have today?
Mr. Carlton: We have almost ten thousand, air.
Mr. Carollo: We have almost
some twenty-five hundred new
It's outrageous. Outrageous.
ten thousand which means that
meters have been installed.
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Mr. Carlton: Sir, I think the issue is this and I'm not one
to be argumentative, but with twenty-five hundred meters
install that affect well in excess of ten thousand
businesses, ok, that's the facts. The number of complaints
that have been received are not above normal. Nobody is
happy to get a meter, obviously, but the percentage of
complaints is not large.
Mr. Carollo: May be you haven't been getting -the complaints
and the reason you haven't is because wd have been getting
them.
Mr. Carlton: No, sir, we get all of those complaints
forwarded to our office from the Commissioners.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Carlton, I would like to give you the same
advice that I give Roy all the time. I don't get to see you
as often as I see Roy and every time I see Roy, I say Roy,
how are you getting along with Plummer and Roy, says well, I
think just fine. I say well, when was the last time you saw
Plummer. He say well, I saw him a couple of months ago and
I say well, you are not getting along fine with him. Now,
I'm going to tell you the same thing I tell Roy. I know you
got your board and your board is important and that board
serves the constituency, but you know, sooner or later you
have got to come up and get three votes here and unless you
are able to deal with all of the members of this Commission
on a continuing basis, the time comes when you don't get
those three votes. Now, I ...... The difference to what
some people like to imply around here, there really is more
harmony around here than a lot of people realize. Some
times it abs and goes, but some times it... It always come:
back. It's like the tide you know, it's always there and
sooner or later you got to get three votes here. Now, I
think you have been told enough times about the issue... you
know, I don't like to argue with Reverend Anorga and all
those protestant ministers along 8th Street who get angry at
me every time I talk to them about their people getting
upset, because they go to church and get tickets or
whatever, or they get tickets in front of their businesses,
you know, and those are people that I got to deal with, you
know, and sometimes I don't do such a good job dealing with
them, but I got to deal with them and we have to face that
reality. And I guess... you know, you are not an autonomous
board. I know it's good to have meters, but there is a
point where meters create problems.
Mr. Carlton: Mr. Mayor, I totally agree with the need to
explain these issues with the fifth Commissioner. I have
tried at least ten times to make an appointment and have not
been able to get an appointment to explain this program.
Mayor Ferro: Let me tell you something. You want to talk
to Plummer, let as tell you how you do it. You go to the
funeral home when he has a funeral home when he has a
funeral, see, because what happens is that you know, he
wants to got out of there just as badly as everybody else
does and so as soon as he can sneak into his office... He
goes to his office and sits down and then you sit there...
it used to be you sit in a rocking chair. Now, I don't
think he has rocking chairs because he is modernised. Ok.
So, you go and sit with Plummer. And Carollo, I will tell
you where his office is. It's at Coral Way and you usually
can find his there. Demetrio Peres has a school down here
and usually what you do if he doesn't give you an answer in
to or three days and they give you the run around over here,
you go over to his school, you will find his. I guarantee
you, if you take the trouble to go find his in his school...
it's about a five car ride from your office, you will run
into his. And Dawkins, I never heard of anybody ever having
any problems talking to Dawkins.
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Mr. Carlton: I have spoken to four of the five people about
our five year plan in the budget and all...
Mayor Ferre: You got your vote on your five year plan. We
voted for it, didn't we?
Mr. Carollo: Madam City Attorney, would it be in order, if
not, tell me how I can go about it, to make a motion to get
rid of all meters in the City of Miami,' possibly with the
exception of Downtown Miami? And may be even including
Downtown Miami.
Ms. Dougherty: I'm not sure you have jurisdiction to do
that, but I will look into it.
Mr. Carollo: Well, can you get me a legal opinion on what
we need to do to accomplish that?
Ms. Dougherty: I will be happy to.
Mr. Carollo: Even if it means getting rid of this whole
Parking Authority and everything that goes along with it.
Mayor Ferre: I got a feeling you will be hearing from Mr.
Carlton before that comes to a head. We need to do
something now, either continue this so that... What is our
legal posture as of right now.
Ms. Dougherty: You have before you both an emergency
ordinance and an ordinance to be read on first reading, you
can do either one.
Mayor Ferre: Well, what's the will of this Commission? We
can either read it on first reading, defer the matter.
Mr. Carollo: I make a motion that we defer the matter.
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mr. Plummer: Defer it until next week.
Mayor Ferre: There is a motion and a second that these
items dealing with the Off -Street Parking be continued to
the meeting of...
Mr. Plummer: The 20th.
Mayor Ferro: ... the 20th of September. Further discussion,
call the roll. This for the purposes of further
information.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner
Carollo, who moved its adoption:
MOTION NO. 84-1008
A MOTION CONTINUING CONSIDERATION OF A
SECOND READING ORDINANCE 23TABL13MING
RATES AT CBATAIN ON -STREET PARKING
METERS AND CERTAIN OFF-STREET PARKING
LOTS TO THE MEETING PRESENTLY SCHEDULED
FOR SEPTEMBER 20, 19840 FOR PURPOSES OF
FURTHER INFORMATION.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the
motion was passed and adopted by the following vote-
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
Mr. Carollo: Madam City Attorney, do you think you can
possibly have that information for me before we take this
item up again?
Ms. Dougherty: Yes, sir.
72. DRAINAGE PROBLEMS IN SILVER BLUFF AREA
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Mayor Ferre: We are now reverting back to the regular
agenda, except that we promised those who are here for the
budget that we would take up the budget at 5 P.M. this
afternoon. Is there anybody here who was here on the
regular budget of the City of Miami? Are there any citizens
here who came down to follow the proceedings on the budget?
Anybody here who wishes to address the Commission on the
budget. Seeing that there is no interest in the City of
Miami's budget...
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, there was a lady that was here that
I think it might be appropriate for her to come up at this
time that...
Mayor Ferre: Is she here?
Mr. Carollo: It was the lady that spoke to me on the
drainage problem by her house. She would like to show the
Commission some of the pictures of what happens to her
street when it rains and the serious problems that we are
having to see if we could find the funds within our budget
to solve the situation.
Mr. Perez% Yea, Mr. Mayor, I want to leave for the record,
that this lady have come to my office two times and has
placed a lot of Complaints and have not received any
attention. I think that we have to do something with the
Public Mork Department. This is one of hundreds of
complaints that I receive every month in my offioe and we
never get any answers.
Mr. Carollo: The problem is, Commissioner Perez, that since
no one is allowed to give us any information until it Soes
to through the City Mena or, the City Manager rarely gets to
things on time. They sit and collect dust on his desk for
months and that's why he doesn't get back to us.
Mr. Perez: That's right, but did you read in the Herald an
editorial the other day about Sweetwater and the polity for
the employees there? I don't understand how it doesn't
apply in the City of Miami. I think that we have mote kits
of restriction.
Mr. Carollo: hell, it's a double standard. That's why it
doesn't apply to the City of Miami, but things will ahee.
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Mr. Perez: Is the Public Work director here?
Mr. Gary: What street are you talking about?
Mayor Ferre: (SPEAKS IN SPANISH).
Me. Maria Lopez: (SPEAKS IN SPANISH).
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Odio, you want to translate?
Mr. Odio: (TRANSLATES). The problem is that it rains only
for one hour and the street is completely flooded.
Mr. Plummer: Where is it?
Mr. Odio: 24th Avenue and Southwest 24th Terrace.
(BACKGROUND COMMENTS OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD)
Ms. Lopez: (SPEAKS IN SPANISH).
Mr. Odio: Every time it rains a little bit or a lot, I have
to come into my house with boots on, because I cannot get
into it. It's just that bad. And question is what happens
if they have a hurricane?
Mayor Ferre: (SPEAKS IN SPANISH) ... and then I will repeat
it in English.
Ms. Lopez: (IN SPANISH).
Mr. Odio: She say she has been living there for two years,
but that there are neighbors that have been living there for
like the last twenty years and that has happened in spite of
the new sewer system.
Mayor Ferre: (IN SPANISH). I would like now to quickly
translate. The problem with the City of Miami having water
problems is that the U.S. Corp of Engineers put a dam on the
River and on the tributary along Blue Lagoon and as the
consequence of that the hydrostratic pressure of the water
systems in the City of Miami have been elevated. So that
the percolation process when it rains does not assume as
such water as before when there was a free flow along the
River. That was done by the Corps of Engineers at the
petition of the agriculture community in the South Bay area.
As a consequence of that we have had ---we in the City of
Miami--- have had to go spend millions of dollars to create
positive sewage drainage and pump stations. There is no way
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you are going to change that, Howard, because it also deals
with the salinity and what it does in effect is they want a
high pressure system in the subsoil to keep the salt water
intrusion from doming up the river. So, the only way we can
address this issue, Mr. Manager, is for Don Cather to cote
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back specifically with a list of priorities and I will tell
you, he and Walter and I drove around in this Silver Bluff
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area and I'm sorry to say, because I'm affected by it too,
in my area this aide of Dixie Highway, but that ... starting
from Tiger Tail including Bay Heights. All the way into
that portion of Shenandoah and Silver Bluff is a disaster
and I think that's one of the areas that needs very quiek
attention. Yes, Ma'am. You name for the record.
Mr. Maria Lopes: My name
is feria Lopes and I
live
to tb►e
0400 &res t 2411 Southwest
24tb Terrace. We do
understand
the reason for the problem and the basking of
the
water.
our main concern here is
that when we call
the
Police
art t, when we Bali,
the Fir* Department,
they
don't
ire usl aey help we call the Sewer Department and that'
ell use...
Mayor Ferre: How could the Police Department help you when
it rains the water accumulates in your...
Ms. Lopez: Because we want some barricades in your area.
Mayor Ferre: I see.
Ms. Lopez: The people from the rush hour that are leaving
Downtown Miami cannot use Dixie because it's flooded. So,
they come to our street. Our street goes all the way
through. We called the Police Department for some
barricades and they tell us, they don't have the man power
to come outside to our street and put it. So, our houses
get flooded, our rugs get destroyed and our cars get
destroyed. Then we call the Sewer Department and they tell
us it is not their problem. They are not in the City of
Miami. I called this gentleman the last time it rain, last
week, to ask him who could I call to help us. And he
said...
Mayor Ferre: You called what gentleman?
Ms. Lopez: He was in the Sewer Department. His last
name...I think it was Hayes. Mr. Hayes in the Sewer
Department.
Mayor Ferre: Ok.
Ms. Lopez: He told me that he would not get up and cross
his office to get me the phone number because it was not his
business.
Mr. Gary: City of Miami?
Ms. Lopez: The City of Miami. I was given the runabout.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager, would you have Don Gather...
Mr. Plummer: Water and Sewer is not Miami.
Mr. Gary: That's not us, Water and Sewer.
Ms. Lopez: Then we spoke with Mr. Hooks. He was very nice.
He explained to us the problem.
Mayor Ferre: See, Plummer, you and I are the blame for
that. You know why, because when we turned over the dater
and Sewer Department we insist that the name Miami be kept.
Ok. So, most people say it's the Miami Metropolitan Water
and Sewer. They think it's us. See. The fact is that it
isn't us, but they don't... This is the typical citizen.
They don't know.
Ms. Lopez: I understand it is not your department. It's a
technical with the name... something. I don't know what it
is...
Mayor Ferre: It's not your fault, it's everybody's.
No. Lopez: It is not my fault. I don't know who's fault it
is, but every time my street tots flooded, I get the
runabout. And you are not the ones who are spending
thousands of dollars. My ear was a brand new car and it was
moMplstely destroyed after the flood. My insurance wont up.
I oallod **nobody for some help and they tell as "4h, I'm
sorry, I can't help you, it's not my problem".
Mayor Ferre: Well, it is our problem and...
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UNIDENTIFIED: (IN SPANISH).
Mr. Odio: She lives constantly looking out the window to
see when it's going to rain so she can start moving her
cars. She feels like a frog. She just want you to do
something on an emergency basis.
Mayor Ferre: (IN SPANISH).
UNIDENTIFIED: (IN SPANISH)
Mr. Odic: She doesn't vote in her precinct, she votes in
another one, but she knows who she is going to vote against
if she doesn't get the water.
Mayor Ferre: (IN SPANISH).
UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: (IN SPANISH).
Mr. Odio: She says that she lives along with her husband.
Her husband has a heart condition and she had to move all
the furniture out of her house because of the water
conditions in the street.
Mayor Ferre: (IN SPANISH). Mr. Manager, I think these
people have a serious problem and I think we need to
formalize this and I would accept a resolution instructing
the administration to give this area a priority that this
whole Silver Bluff area priority on these... what is a
visible water problem. Does somebody want to make that
motion?
Mr. Carollo: So, move, Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: It's been moved and seconded.
Mr. Carollo: Not only that, but I would like for this
Commission to get a response by at least within the next
thirty drys at the most of what this administration intends
to do and when and if a copy of that response can be sent to
the individuals that came here today, the neighbors from
that neighborhood. If someone can make sure that they give
their names and numbers so a copy can be sent to them.
Mr. Perez: Mr. Mayor, what we have in that picture, that's
incredible and I think that we have to take an action on an
emergency basis and I think that we have to instruct the
City administration to take an action in the next seven
days.
Mayor Ferre: well, they can't build it in seven days.
Mr. Perez: Yes, but they can start to work on that issue.
Mayor Ferre: That requires an engineering firm. That
requires testing for percolation test, you know, it's a very
complicated engineering process. But I think what the
motion ---it's a notion of intent, Mr. Manager --.that the
department be instructed that it it a policy of this
CorissiOn, that this area be given the #I priority in the
City of Miaoi. I mean, by looking at those pictures and
ghat we saw, there is no question about it. Go ahead, Mr.
Manager.
Mr. Mary: Mr. Mayor, first of all we responded to the
residents in terms Of what we plan to do which is the Sumwer
of 85' which is 0 major project. In the interim Mr. Cother
will be digging areas to try to ,get awe co apressi(n ;and
release *no of the pressure from the water. In addition,
they have not with Bade County and Made County is now
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getting ready to build a major drainage system right on 22nd
Avenue, which they have agreed to allow us to flow right
into, which is going to be done in the very, very near
future. So, in a short run we will be providing some relief
in terms of trying to dig under the ground and let some of
the water go out. Secondly, we have a major drain in Silver
Bluff--- storm sewer drainage project, which is scheduled
for 85' which has been funded. In addition to that which is
the third that's going to be done is Dade County's storm
water pumping system which will be on 22nd Avenue. I just
wanted to give you a status report. We will put that in
writing, all of that to you.
Mr. Perez: But what is the immediately solution?
Mr. Plummer: A bucket.
Mr. Cather: To further clarify what Mr. Gary has stated. I
had meetings last week with the County to explore the
possibility of another... an out fall extended from Dixie
Highway to the Bay and they informed me that they are
extending the existing storm drainage on 22nd Avenue North
to the River and we also discussed the possibility and we
are going to go ahead and do this and that is to make the
covered ditches in this area deeper and break through what
we think is an impervious shell and see if we can get the
water to percolate faster in this particular area. We have
been aware of this drainage problem on the last storm.
Mayor Ferre: Yes, but Don, let me tell you, you are not
going to solve this with digging little holes all over the
place for percolation. That helps, but that doesn't solve
the problem. There is only one way you can solve the
problem and that is positive drainage.
Mr. Cather: There is no question about it, you are
absolutely right Mayor, but to build a positive drainage
system we have to... it takes years, you know, and I want to
help these people immediately.
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Mayor Ferre: I realize that, but you... Yes. But I realize
that you can drill all the holes you want and that's still
not going to solve the problem. There 1s only one way you
can solve the problem and that's positive drainage. Now,
fortunately, unlike Flagami, which is under water because it
is under the sea level. This is above the sea level. So,
you haven't got the ability to do positive drainage here a
lot easier than you do anywhere ease.
Mr. Cather: That's correct, but in the meantime, what we
e
plan to do is take the existing covered ditches and make
them deeper and see if we can get them to drain better.
Mayor Ferre: Ok, thank you, sir. There is a motion on the
properly seconded, isthere further discussion? Call the
roll.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner
Carollo, who moved its adoption:
MOTION NO. 84-1009
A MOTION EXPRESSING THE POLICY OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI COMMISSION AND DIRECTING
THE CITY MANAGER TO GIVE IMMEDIATE
ATTENTION TO THE WHOLE AREA OF SILVER
BLUFF IN AN ATTEMPT TO SOLVE THE SEVERE
WATER FLOODING PROBLEMS WHICH PRE39NTLY
EXIST IN THAT AREA.
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Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the
motion was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
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73• DISCUSSION ITEM: PERSONAL APPEARANCE BY 2 PERSONS
REGARDING GARBAGE COLLECTION FEES
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Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, I think that there were some other
people that wanted to speak on the budget.
Mayor Ferre: Oh, I'm sorry. Anybody else wishing to speak
on the budget?
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Gentille, you wanted to speak on the
garbage collection fee?
Mr. John Gentille: I would like to say is that I know that
the City of Miami needs the money and all that, but I have
been living at 81 Northeast 53rd Street for over thirty
years. I'm seventy-seven years old. My name is John
Gentille and my brother and lived there for thirty years.
He left about ten years ago and a seventy-five year old
woman is living next door. It's a converted house. It's
made into a duplex. I have one gas heater. Of course, she
has a stove and I have a stove and all that, but I am paying
now... what is it one... we are paying a hundred dollars a
piece. Now, they are going to raise it to a hundred sixty.
My income is two hundred sixty-one dollars a month and I get
a seventy dollars supplemental check from the government,
because I have been on disability for about twelve years. I
Just come out of the hospital four or five days ago with a
heart condition and I have several operations and I believe
that it's... and I have one can and the sanitation men can
verify this. They always get a kick out of it. I put two
grocery bags in there every Monday and every Thursday and I
say that's costing me a hundred dollars and it's costing the
lady next door a hundred dollars for those two paper bags
and I have a gentleman here who lives next door to me who is
in the same condition as I am.
UNIDENTIFIED: •
Mayor Ferre: We need your name for the record.
Mr. Gary Roscoe: My name is Gary Roscoe. My address 97
Northeast 53rd Street and I live in the lost, forgotten side
of the City of Miami. The trouble we have is the same We
are poor people and we can't afford to pay that kind of a
rate on the garbage and either for the poor attention we
have in our neighborhood.
Mayor Ferre: All right, air. Any questions from the
Cogmi*gton? Is there anybody else who wish** to address the
Cods*ion. All right, are we ready now to go back to the
regular agenda?
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74. EM<RGXNCT ORDINANCE: AMEND 53-161 OF THE CODE Pus FOR
VSE OF MIAMI CONVENTION CENTER AND PARKING GARAGE
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Mayor Ferre: We are on Item 23. This creates a schedule of
fees for the use of the Miami Convention Center Parking
Garage. The change will facilitate the increase of two
hundred eighty-nine thousand in gross revenues for a parking
garage and the increase of a sixty-six thousand in monies
received from the meeting rooms and seminars. This, of
course, is in the Downtown area and it's something that I
assume the administration recommend and Dean you are... Any
questions of the Commission? All right, is there a motion?
Is there a motion on this?
Mr. Carollo: Move.
Mayor Ferre: Moved, is there a second. Further discussion,
read the ordinance. All right, call the roll.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION
53-16L OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, WHICH CREATED A
SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR THE USE OF THE
MIAMI CONVENTION CENTER AND PARKING
GARAGE BY CHANGING THE RATE SCHEDULE FOR
THE USE AND OCCUPANCY OF AND THE
SERVICES FURNISHED OR TO BE FURNISHED IN
CONNECTION WITH THE MIAMI CONVENTION
CENTER AND PARKING GARAGE; CONTAINING A
REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE.
Was introduced by Commissioner Carollo and seconded by
Commissioner Dawkins, for adoption as an emergency measure
and dispensing with the requirement of reading same on two
separate days, which was agreed to by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Whereupon the Commission on motion of Commissioner
Carollo and seconded by Commissioner Dawkins, adopted said
ordinance by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Vice. -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
SAID ORDIJAICS W S D&AJONATED QRDIMAMCENO, 9879.
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The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public
record and announced that copies were available to the
members of the City Commission and to the public.
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75. PROPO32D ORDINANCE CONCBRNING ALLOCATION OF MISS
UNIVER39 FUNDING - DI3CUS38D AND CONTINURD
Mayor Ferre: Take up 24 on emergency. Are we ready to go
on this?
Mr. Carollo: Move.
Mayor Ferre: Moved by Carollo, is there a second? You
can't... Is there a second? All right, well, let's go into
the next one.
Mr. Plummer: Cesar on the record let me ask a question.
Cesar, the article in the paper that I read is that it was
proposed that Miami Beach would be putting up as I recall,
two hundred thousand dollars each.
Mr. Odio: One hundred thousand.
Mayor Ferre: Yes, yes, he is right.
• Mr. Odio: What the V.C.A. passed was fifty thousand each
year.
Mr. Plummer: But what was proposed when they originally
came here with the allocations to the different individuals,
my...
Mayor Ferre: Plummer is right, Cesar.
Mr. Odio: Would have been a hundred fifty thousand each
year.
Mr. Plummer: Ok. Now, let me tell you where my concern is.
That Host Committee is a lot of Miami people including a
friend of all of the Commissioners, Morty Trainer. I don't
want to see those people at the end after it's all said and
done to be on the hook for a lot of dollars because of
people who did not live up to either expectation or
commitments and I guess may be I also fear that it might be
turning to this City and say take them out of trouble. But
the Host Committee as I know do not have any funds other
than what they raised or what they get. Do you have any
concern in that area that this might happen somewhere else
because you know, as I think it was the Mayor who brought
out, the largest commitment is from the State of Florida and
you are not going to get an answer until the legislature
gets in session and that's not until the earliest, May and
this event is in July. I'm only concerned for what
liability might be of the Host Committee. You know, our
liability we know. That's it.
Mr. Odio: Let se explain something Commissioner. I as very
concerned about that. Ted Arison is out of the Country. I
don't know what's going to happen with Miami Beach. I do
know that he personally guarantee one hundred thousand
dollars and so did Monty. Monty guaranteed with a document
that if something happened there was a hundred thousand
dollars of his money that would be used. So,...
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Mr. Plummer: But see, it would be totally unfair of anyone
to expect any individual... Ted Arison who could probably
well afford it, Monty may be, but I think it would be unfair
to even expect of those individuals to be on the hook of the
non -expectations of others.
Mayor Terre: Ok. Well, let's move on to something else.
Mr. Odio: What I can do, Commissioner, I will...Ted Arison
is coming Sunday and I will talk to him and find out what he
plans to do with Miami Beach and I will inform the Manager.
T6. SECOND READING ORDINANCE: AMEND CHAPTER 39 OF THE CODE
PEDDLERS, SMITHS, TOOL GRINDERS, ICE CREAM TFADORS, ETC.
Mayor Ferre: All right, take up Item 44.
Mr. Plummer: Which item, Willie?
Mayor Ferre: 44, peddlers, smiths and tool grinders, ice
cream vendors.
Mr. Plummer: As I recall that was to be at Commissioner
Carollo's request, that that item was to be deferred, wasn't
it, until the incorporation of Coconut Grove?
Mr. Gary: No, no, he agreed that we would come back about
in October with one for Coconut Grove.
Mr. Plummer: It was my understanding that Commissioner
Carollo asked that this ordinance not be passed until such
time as Coconut Grove was incorporated. Now, if that's not
the case, you know...
(BACKGROUND COMMENTS OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD).
Mr. Plummer: We will have to clarify it for himself and I
may misunderstood.
Mr. Rodriguez: I think that when Jack Luft mentioned on the
record that we were working with the Grove, then he said "I
want to make sure that because... if we approve this today,
that you would not delay the Grove forever". And then we
said in October we would come back with the Grove.
Mr. Plummer: Fine.
Mayor Ferre: Is this on first reading?
Mr. Rodriguez: Second reading.
Mayor Ferre: Nellq then is Carollo satisfied? Yes, you
better get Carollo in here so we can... Willie have you
talked to him?
Mr. Rodriguez: Mr. Mayor, the reason why we are saying that
it might be important to pass it now is because the license
that these people will have will expire September 30th
and...
Mr. Plummer: Hey, I'm in favor of the ordinance. Ok. As a
matter of fact, I don't think it goes far enough.
Mayor Ferr*: I'm ready to vote on this.
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146 September 13, I
Mr. Plummer: Let me ask you a question. Does this address
the new concept in Downtown of a thing called a "moving
store"?
Ms. Joyce Meyer: Yes, it does.
Mr. Plummer: Have you seen it?
Ms. Joyce Meyer: Not in Downtown yet.
Mr. Plummer: It's a cart that must be about twenty-two feet
long. It's about three feet wide and when he moves it from
one location to another he runs every pedestrian for three
blocks out of the way. He's got a little decal on the back
like an auto tag that says "Official City of Miami Moving
Store", I believe is the terminology.
Mayor Ferre: All right, here is Commissioner Carollo.
Where did Willie go? Who is explaining this ...
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, as I recollect where we left it off
this morning at was that the Manager would bring the part
that had to do with Coconut Grove back to the Commission at
the next meeting and we would take this up now.
Mayor Ferre: Do you want to take this up at the next
meeting?
Mr. Carollo: No, we could take the Downtown part first and
then have the Manager bring the Coconut Grove section up to
be amended to it.
Mayor Ferre: Does anybody wish to speak on this issue? I
thought you just spoke. Oh, I'm sorry, go ahead. Are you
for or against it?
Mr. Willie Gort: I'm for it. I urge for you to pass it
because of the...that's it.
Mayor Ferre: Thank you. All right, are we ready to vote?
Is there a motion?
Mr. Carollo: There a motion.
Mayor Ferro: Is there a second?
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferro: Read the ordinance. All right, call the roll.
Mr. Plummer: Only for clarification.
Mayor Ferro: Wait a minute, hold it.
Mr. Plummer: At the top of what is my backup, it says a
city wide vending ordinance. It is my understanding that
this is only addressing Downtown.
Mayor Ferro: Weil, as Commissioner Carollo has explained,
we will address Coconut Grove at the next meeting.
Mr. Plummer: I'm concerned about Mr. Mayor, that when we
pot one of these ordinances in before it was thrown out of
court booause it was said that it was not city wide. Its in
favor of this ordinance. I want it. I want it to go
further.
Mgyor Ferro:
on this,
Madam City Attorney would you give us the Igw
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Ms. Dougherty: We have a specific designation in the
ordinance itself that requires or specifies where this
ordinance will apply and it says the central business
district bounded by Northeast 5th Street on the North,
Biscayne Boulevard on the East, Miami River on the South,
Northwest/Southwest 2nd Street on the West.
Mayor Ferre: Ready to vote now. Call the roll.
AN ORDINANCE -
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI, AS AMENDED, BY DELETING
ARTICLE II, ENTITLED "PEDDLERS," OF
CHAPTER 39 - "PEDDLERS, ITINERANT
MANUFACTURES, LOCKSMITHS AND TOOL
GRINDERS, ICE CREAM VENDORS" - IN ITS
ENTIRETY, AND INSERTING, IN LIEU
THEREOF, A NEW ARTICLE II, ENTITLED
"SIDEWALK AND STREET VENDORS"; DELETING
EXISTING ARTICLE V, ENTITLED "ICE CREAM
VENDORS;" PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION,
LOCATION, AND OPERATION OF THE BUSINESS
OF VENDING ON THE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI; ESTABLISHING
RESTRICTED VENDING DISTRICTS; PROVIDING
A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF TERMS
THEREOF; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION
AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of
July 31, 1984, was taken up for its second and final reading
by title and adoption. On motion of Commissioner Carollo,
seconded by Commissioner Perez, the Ordinance was thereupon
given its second and final reading by title and passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public
record and announced that copies were available to the
members of the City Commission and to the public.
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GREA? COCOIMT onyx SICYC4E RACE.
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Mayor Ferre: Take up Item 74. It concerns the Greater
Coconut Grove Bicycle Race which is to take place October
11th closing certain streets to vehicular traffic. Is there
any discussion on this item? Anybody against it? Anybody
want to say anything?
Mr. Joe Avalos: The only reason I bring it up is that one
of my date* is missing. It is also, it .should be 11th thru
the 14tb. 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th and it's my fault. I
vas ambiguous in my paperwork.
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Mayor Ferre: Are we ready to vote on this?
Mr. Plummer: As amended?
Mayor Ferre: That's right.
Mr. Plummer: Move it.
Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves, is there a second?
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferre: It's been seconded, further discussion, call
the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner
Plummer, who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 84-1010
A RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE GREAT
COCONUT GROVE BICYCLE RACE WHICH IS TO
TAKE PLACE OCTOBER 11, 12 AND 140 1984,
CLOSING CERTAIN STREETS TO THROUGH
VEHICULAR TRAFFIC DURING SPECIFIED DATES
AND HOURS, SAID STREET CLOSING SUBJECT
TO ISSUANCE OF PERMITS BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF POLICE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FIRE,
RESCUE, AND INSPECTION SERVICES.
(Here follows body of resolution,
omitted here and on file in the Office
of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the
resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
$, ABSENT: None.
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Mayor Ferro: Take up Item 90. This is to mend the
contract agreement with Little Havana Development Authority
to increase the amount for the tenth year community... so on
and so forth.
Mr. Gary: This is basically a ratification of the action
you took at the last meeting Mr. Mayor.
Mayer Ferre: Move by Commissioner Peres, is there a second?
Mr. Dawkins: Second.
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Mayor Ferre: Seconded by Commissioner Dawkins, is there
further discussion? Does anybody wish to address the
Commission on this issue? Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner
Perez, who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 84-1011
A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE CONTRACT
AGREEMENT WITH THE LITTLE HAVANA
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, INC. (LHDA), IN A
FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, TO
INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS PROVIDED
UNDER THE 10TH YEAR COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FROM $37,750 TO
$509000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF AUGMENTING
THE CONTRACTOR'S OPERATION TO PROVIDE
SPECIFIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
TO THE LATIN QUARTER AREA OF LITTLE
HAVANA.
(Here follows body of resolution,
omitted here and on file in the Office
of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Dawkins, the
resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
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Mayor Ferre: "Before the vote on adopting all items
included in the Consent Agenda is taken (Items 52 - 82), is
there anyone present who is an objector or proponent that
wishes to speak on any item in the Consent Agenda? Hearing
none, vote on adoption of the Consent Agenda? Hearing none,
vote on adoption of the Consent Agenda will now be taken.
(MOTE: ITEMS i540 57, 58, 60, 61, 629 650 67, 80, WERE
PULLED AND ITEMS g59 A 62 WERE WITHDRAWN FROM THE CONSENT
AGENDA).
The following resolutions were introduced by
Commissioner Carollo, seconded by Commissioner Dawkins and
passed and adopted by the following vote-
AYBS: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Ferro A. Ferre
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61 150 September t3, 1944
79.1 ACCEPT COMPLETED WORK: MET CORPORATION, INC. - CITY
OF MIAMI/UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI JAMES L. KNIGHT
INTERNATIONAL CENTER ENTRANCE CANOPY.
RESOLUTION NO. 84-1012
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED WORK OF MET
CONSTRUCTION, INC. AT A TOTAL COST OF $979649.00
FOR CITY OF MIAMI/UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI JAMES L.
KNIGHT INTERNATIONAL CENTER - ENTRANCE CANOPY;
ASSESSING $9,500.00 AS LIQUIDATED DAMAGES FOR 19
DAYS OVERRUN OF CONTRACT TIME; AND AUTHORIZING A
FINAL PAYMENT OF $264.90.
79.2 ACCEPT BID: PARK STRUCTURES OF AMERICA, INC.. C & W
UNLIMITED, D/B/A LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES, INC., FOR
FURNISHING FIVE (5) ITEMS OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT FOR
DORSEY PARK.
RESOLUTION NO. 84-1013
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BIDS OF PARK STRUCTURES
OF AMERICA, INC. AT A COST OF $825.00, HUNTER-
KNEPSHIELD COMPANY AT A COST OF $625.00 AND C A W
UNLIMITED, d/b/a LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES, INC. AT A
COST OF $6,217.00 FOR FURNISHING FIVE (5) ITEMS OF
PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT FOR DORSEY PARK TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION AT A TOTAL COST
OF $7,694.54; ALLOCATING FUNDS THEREFOR FROM THE
7TH YEAR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND; AUTHORIZING
THE CITY MANAGER TO INSTRUCT THE PURCHASING AGENT
TO ISSUE THE PURCHASE ORDERS FOR THIS EQUIPMENT.
79.3 ACCEPT BID: WALDO ELECTRIC, INC. FOR FURNISHING
ONE (1) ELECTRIC METER AND ALL LABOR AND MATERIALS
FOR INSTALLATION AT THE MIAMI CONVENTION CENTER
RESOLUTION NO. 84-1014
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID OF WALDO ELECTRIC,
INC. FOR FURNISHING ON (L) ELECTRIC METER AND ALL
LABOR AND MATERIALS FOR INSTALLATION AT THE MIAMI
CONVENTION CENTER TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE
CONFERENCE CENTER AT A TOTAL PROPOSED COST OF
$6 500.00; ALLOCATING FUNDS THEREFOR FROM THE THE
1960 CITY OF MIAMI CONVENTION CENTER AND PARKING
GARAGE REVENUE BOND FUND; AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO ISSUE A PURCHASE ORDER FOR THESE
MATERIALS.
79.4 ACCEPT BID: ROYAL METALS, INC., FOR FURNISHING AND
INSTALLING RAILINGS AND LADDERS AT THE MIAMI STADIUM
CONCERT STAGE.
RESOLUTION NO. 84-1015
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID OF ROYAL METALS,
INC., FOR FURNISHING AND INSTALLING RAILINGS AND
LADDERS AT THE MIAMI STADIUM CONCERT STAGE FOR
THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING AND VEHICLE MAINTENANCE
AT A TOTAL PROPOSED COST OF $7, 656. 00; ALLOCATING
FUNDS THEREFOR FROM THE THE 1983-84 CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FUNDS; AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO INSTRUCT THE PURCHASING AGENT TO ISSUE
A PURCHASE ORDER FOR THIS EQUIPMENT.
79.5 AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION: CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT THE
PROPOSED DONATION OF A 1920 VINTAGE ANTIQUE FIRE
APPARATUS IN THE APPROXIMATE VALUE OF $7.000.00
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RESOLUTION NO.84-1016
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
ACCEPT THE PROPOSED DONATION OF A 1920 VINTAGE
ANTIQUE FIRE APPARATUS IN THE APPROXIMATE VALUE OF
;7,000 FOR USE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FIRE, RESCUE
AND INSPECTION SERVICES FROM THE CITY OF CORAL
GABLES FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISPLAY AND EDUCATION.
79.6 AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION: DISPENSING OF BEER IN SOFT
CONTAINERS BY THE MIAMI RUNNERS CLUB IN BRICKELL
PARK ON SEPTEMBER 25, 1984 AND IN.MYERS PARK ON
OCTOBER 7, 1984
RESOLUTION NO. 84-1017
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE DISPENSING OF BEER IN
SOFT CONTAINERS, AT NO CHARGE, BY THE MIAMI
RUNNERS CLUB IN BRICKELL PARK ON SEPTEMBER 25,
1984, AND IN MEYERS PARK ON OCTOBER 7, 1984,
SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH ALL COUNTY AND STATE
PERMITS.
79.7 ORDERING RESOLUTION: HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT -PHASE I,
H-4498
RESOLUTION NO. 84-1018
A RESOLUTION ORDERING DOWNTOWN HIGHWAY
IMPROVEMENT -PHASE I, H-4498 AND DESIGNATING THE
PROPERTY AGAINST WHICH SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS SHALL
BE MADE FOR A PORTION OF THE COST THEREOF AS
DOWNTOWN HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT -PHASE I, H-
4498.
79.8 ACCEPT COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION: MARTIN-CHANEY
EQUIPMENT RENTALS, INC., AND UNITED STATES
FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY - AUBURN SANITARY
SEWER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT SR-5475-C
RI
RESOLUTION NO. 84-1019
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO PUBLISH A
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR OBJECTIONS TO THE
ACCEPTANCE BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE COMPLETED
CONSTRUCTION BY MARTIN-CHANEY EQUIPMENT RENTALS,
INC., AND UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY
COMPANY. THE SURETY OF ♦UBURN SANITARY SEWER
IMPROVEMENT IN AUBURN SANITARY SgVER IMPROVEMENT
DISTRICT SR-5475-C (CENTERLINE) ; SAID NOTICE
SHALL BE PUBLISHED IN COMPLIANCE MITH THE
PROVISIONS OF RESOLUTION NO. 64-45, ADOPTED
JANUARY 19, 19841 CONCERNING THE PUBLICATION OF
CITY NOTICES.
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79.9 ACCEPT COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION: RIC-MAN CONSTRUCTION,
INC. - KINLOCH SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
SR-5485-CAS
RESOLUTION NO. 84-1020
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO PUBLISH A
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR OBJECTIONS TO THE
ACCEPTANCE BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF COMPLETED
CONSTRUCTION BY RIC-MAN CONSTRUCTION, INC. OF
KINLOCH SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT (2ND BIDDING)
IN KINLOCH SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT SR-
5485-CAS (CENTERLINE AND SIDELINE SEWERS), BIDS
"A" AND "B" PLUS ADDITIVE BIDS "A" AND "B"; SAID
NOTICE SHALL BE PUBLISHED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF RESOLUTION NO. 84-45, ADOPTED
JANUARY 19, 1984, CONCERNING THE PUBLICATION OF
CITY NOTICES.
79.10 ACCEPT COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION: LANZO CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY - KINLOCH SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
SR-5485-C&S
RESOLUTION NO. 84-1021
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO PUBLISH A
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR OBJECTIONS TO THE
ACCEPTANCE BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE COMPLETED
CONSTRUCTION BY LANZO CONSTRUCTION COMPANY OF
KINLOCH SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT (2ND BIDDING)
IN KINLOCH SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT SR-
5485-CAS (CENTERLINE AND SIDELINE SEWERS), BID "C"
PLUS ADDITIVE BID "Cu. SAID NOTICE SHALL BE
PUBLISHED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
RESOLUTION NO. 84-451 ADOPTED JANUARY 19, 1984,
CONCERNING THE PUBLICATION OF CITY NOTICES.
79.11 ACCEPT COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION: M. VILA AND
ASSOCIATES. INC. - LITTLE RIVER HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT
DISTRICT H-4482
iI
RESOLUTION NO. 84-1022
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO PUBLISH A
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR OBJECTIONS TO THE
ACCEPTANCE BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF 'ENS COMPLETED
CONSTRUCTION BY M. VILA AND ASSOCIATES. INC. OF
LITTLE RIVER HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT IN LITTLE RIVER
HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT H-4482; SAID NOTICE
SHALL BE PUBLISHED IN COMPLIANCE WITH 'PUB
PROVISIONS OF 3930LUTION NO. 84-45t ♦DOPTED
JANUARY 19, 1984, CONCERNING THE PUBLICATION OF
CITY NOTICES.
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79.12 ACCEPT COMPLETED
COMPANY, INC. -
DISTRICT H-4481
11
CONSTRUCTION: RE-GRA CONSTRUCTION
EAST ALLAPATTAH HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT
RESOLUTION NO. 84-1023
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO PUBLISH A
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR OBJECTIONS TO THE
ACCEPTANCE BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE COMPLETED
CONSTRUCTION BY RE-GRA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
OF EAST ALLAPATTAH HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT IN EAST
ALLPATTAH HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT H-4481;
SAID NOTICE SHALL BE PUBLISHED IN COMPLIANCE WITH
THE PROVISIONS OF RESOLUTION NO. 84-459 ADOPTED
JANUARY 19, 1984, CONCERNING THE PUBLICATION OF
CITY NOTICES.
79.13 AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION: DISPENSING OF BEER IN SOFT
CONTAINERS BY CONVENTION SERVICE ASSOCIATES IN PACE
PARK ON SEPTEMBER 25, 1984
RESOLUTION NO. 84-1024
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE DISPENSING OF BEER IN
SOFT CONTAINERS, AT NO CHARGE, BY CONVENTION
SERVICE ASSOCIATES IN PACE PARK ON SEPTEMBER 25,
1984; SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH ALL COUNTY AND
STATE PERMITS.
79.14 AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION: ONE DAY PERMIT TO SELL BEER -
WYNWOOD COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, INC. -
WYNWOOD FESTIVAL AT CLEMENTE PARK ON NOVEMBER 11, 1984
RESOLUTION NO. 84-1025
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A ONE DAY PERMIT TO SELL
BEER FOR THE WYNWOOD COMMUNITY ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, INC. IN CONNECTION WITH THE
WYNWOOD FESTIVAL TO BE HELD AT CLEMENTE PARK ON
NOVEMBER 11, 1984.
79.15 AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION: CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK
EXECUTE ON BEHALF OF CITY OF MIAMI A TRI-PARTY
RAILROAD REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE STATE
OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, FLORIDA EAST
COAST RAILWAY COMPANY AND THE CITY OF MIAMI FOR
CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE RAILROAD GRADE
CROSSING ON N.E. 71 STREET AT N.E. 4TH AVENUE
RESOLUTION NO. 84-1026
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY
CLERK TO EXECUTE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF MIAMI A
TRI-PARTY RAILROAD REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT FURTHER
DESIGNATED AS JOB NO. 87000-6955, PARCEL 1(XNG-N)
BETWEEN THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION, FLORIDA EAST COST RAILWAY COMPANY
AND THE CITY OF MIAMI FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND
MAINTENANCE OF THE RAILROAD GRADE CROSSING ON N.
E. 71 STREET AT N. E. 4 AVENUE.
79.16 FORMALIZING RESOLUTION: ALLOCATE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
$20,000 TO THE LITTLE HAVANA TOURIST AUTHORITY, INC.
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RESOLUTION NO. 84-1027
A RESOLUTION ALLOCATING AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
$20lOOO FROM SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND ACCOUNTS,
CONTINGENT FUND, IN SUPPORT OF CARNIVAL MIAMI;
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN
AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT PREVIOUSLY EXECUTED
BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE LITTLE HAVANA TOURIST
AUTHORITY. INC., IN A FORM ACCEPTANCE TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY.
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79.17 FORMALIZING RESOLUTION: ALLOCATE A SUM NOT TO EXCEED
$2,000 PER MONTH FOR ELEVEN MONTHS IN SUPPORT OF A
REDUCTION IN RENTAL FEES AT THE COCONUT GROVE
EXHIBITION CENTER FOR COCONUT GROVE CARES, INC.
RESOLUTION NO. 84-1028
A RESOLUTION ALLOCATING A SUM NOT TO EXCEED $2,00
PER MONTH FOR ELEVEN MONTHS FROM SPECIAL PROGRAMS
AND ACCOUNTS, CONTINGENT FUND, IN SUPPORT OF A
REDUCTION IN RENTAL FEES AT THE COCONUT GROVE
EXHIBITION CENTER FOR COCONUT GROVE CARES, INC.;
SAID ALLOCATION BEING CONDITIONED UPON SUBSTANTIAL
COMPLIANCE WITH CITY of MIAMI ADMINISTRATIVE
POLICY NO. APM-1-84, DATED JANUARY 24, 1984.
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80. DISCUSSION A CONTINUANCE: PRINTING OF 29000 COPIES OF
MIkMI BUSINESS REPORT
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Mayor Ferre: Yes, on Item 57 we need a four -fifth vote.
So, take up Item 57 separate. Accepting the bid of Graphic
Productions for 2,000 copies of the Miami Business Report
for a total cost of nine thousand dollars. Mr. Manager, are
you recommending this?
Mr. Gary: Yes, sir.
Mr. Plummer: What are they used for?
Mayor Ferre: It's the City message, you know, that we pass
around in the Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Gary: Miami Business Report is a booklet that compiles
all information about Miami that is given to people...
Mr. Plummer: All right, the reason I'm asking Howard. We
passed...
Mayor Ferre: It's giving the bankers and business people
the... it's put out by Barnett Bank and we give them nine
thousand bucks.
Mr. Plummer: We passed here this morning in reference to
that book which you brought... I'm just wondering are we
duplicating.
Mr. Gary: No, one is a factual document that gives detail.
Mayor Ferre: No, no, J. L., that has to do with banking and
business stuff.
Mr. Gary: Right. Detail about employment, availability of
land.
Mr. Plummer: All right.
Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves 57.
Mr. Perez: Mr. Manager, can we get a copy of that one
before it be printed.
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Mr. Gary: No, no, this is done in conjunction with the
business community. They are actually paying for it.
Mayor Ferre: Yes, Barnett sends us copies. You have a copy
from last year. They sent us a whole bunch of copies. It's
a boring... As far as I'm concerned it's a...
Mr. Gary: It's statistical kind of information. I can give
you a copy of the one we had last year. It's -the same thing
that we had last year.
Mayor Ferre: But it says very prominently the City of
Miami.
Mr. Perez: And what kind of participation the City have?
Do we make any kind of contribution or articles.
Mr. Gary: No, it's basically data.
Mayor Ferre: It's statistical information.
Mr. Gary: It's basically statistical data that we give them
that they put in this book.
Mr. Perez: Yes, but about two or three months ago your
office requested some opinion... an statement, for instance,
from each member of the Commission and after we sent the
statement they tell me it was too late or that they didn't
need it. That's ridiculous.
Mayor Ferre: The two that we are pulling is fifty-seven and
fifty-eight,sir. If you walk out look at fifty-eight please
and let the Clerk know if you are voting "yes" on them. Are
we ready to vote on fifty-seven now? Pass it around so
everybody can see it.
Mr. Plummer: I see on the agenda we are accepting seventy-
five hundred from the bank. Is that to cover our nine?
Mr. Gary: No.
Mr. Plummer: It's an addition.
Mr. Gary: No, it's a total cost of sixteen thousand for
that book along with the copies and they seventy-five we pay
nine.
Mr. Plummer: That's putting that book up in the
neighborhood of about four dollars a piece.
Ms. Charlotte Gallogly: Commissioner Plummer, this is the
only business publication on the City of Miami that is used
by investors, investment bankers developers for statistical
purposes and it is something that Barnett and we have
collaborated on for two years now.
Mayor Ferre: Look, I don't frankly care one way or the
other. How much does Barnett put up to do this?
Ms. Gallogly: They will be putting up seventy-five hundred.
We will be putting up nine thousand. Our nine thousand buys
two thousand books. Their seventy-five hundred will buy two
thousand books in Spanish. They are going to be paying for
the... it will be the first time we have ever had
statistical information available.
Mayor Ferre: But Charlotte, you know, if we are paying the
lion share, then I think we ought to get our name bigger in
the, you know... This is a Barnett publication and they put
our little seal on then they put the...
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Me. Gallogly: Oh, no, no. We do all the work behind this.
It is our...
Mayor Ferre: It's our production.
Me. Gallogly: Absolutely, that's all our original data.
Mayor Ferre: Well, then you know, put the Gity of Miami a
little bit more prominently this time. I guess is what
Commissioner Perez is telling you.
Mr. Perez: I would like Mr. Mayor, to postpone for the next
Regular Commission Meeting and that the Economic Development
Office have the courtesy to address to each member of this
Commission to bring... You didn't understand?
Mayor Ferre: I think that's an appropriate request.
Ms. Gallogly: I'm sorry.
Mr. Perez: No, because you say you don't understand. Let
me explain what I'm trying...
Mayor Ferre: In other words, come talk to the members of
the Commission. Would you please.
Mr. Perez: And bring a copy and bring all the information
that will appear in the next book.
Mayor Ferre: I think that's an appropriate request.
Ms. Gallogly: Ok.
Mayor Ferre: All right, so this item is continued.
81. ACCEPT BID: VEHICLES FOR DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING AND
VEHICLE MAINTENANCE
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Mr. Dawkins: Ok, I pulled 54.
Mayor Ferre: 54.
Mr. Dawkins: Mr. Gary or the Madam City Attorney... On
54...
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager.
Mr. Dawkins: Or Mr. Cox. Either one. Is it any reason why
a small business broker, Black or Latin, cannot as a broker
bid on these items?
Mr. Cox: To my knowledge there would be no reason. I can't
speak for the whether or not he would be competitive in that
area, but there would be no reason that I know of...
Mr. Dawkins: Ok. How many Black or Latin automobile
brokers do we have on our mailing list that we mail these
sort of things to?
Mr. Cox: Commissioner, I'm going to have to ask the
purchasing agent to answer that because I don't know the
answer.
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Mr. Dawkins: Well, if they are not getting it, it's
impossible for them to be competitive.
Mr. Art Mullins: Commissioner Dawkins, our specifications
require that the bidder be equipped with a facility to
service and carry out the warranty on the vehicles and this
would be the only thing that would preclude a broker from
bidding.
Mr. Dawkins: If I were a broker and I sold you a new Buick
that had a Buick warranty, you could not take it to any
Buick Dealer to get the warranty work done on it?
Mr. Art Mullins: Legally you can, but it's not convenient.
Mr. Dawkins: I beg your pardon.
Mr. Art Mullins: Legally you can, but it is not convenient.
Mr. Dawkins: Ok. Well, I want it made inconvenient for the
City of Miami to make it convenient for small Latin and
Black minority businesses to get some of this business.
Now, the City can stand that inconvenience. Thank you. I
move 54.
Mr. Cox: Commissioner, let me assure that in the future we
will make every effort to see that these people do get
copies of our specifications.
Mr. Dawkins: Thank you, sir. I move 54.
Mayor Ferre: All right, is there a second,
Mr. Flummer: Second.
Mayor Ferre : Further di s cuss i on , ca'1a the ra i l
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner
Dawkins, who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 84-1029
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BIDS OF BAY
FORD TRUCK SALES, INC. AT A COST OF
$36,180.83, L.A. CHEVROLET, INC. AT A
COST OF $11,026.00, GUS MACHADO
BUICK/GMC AT A COST OF $55,360.00 AND
HOLLYWOOD CHRYSLER-PLYMOUTH AT A COST OF
$8,592.69 FOR FURNISHING A TOTAL OF
EIGHT(8) AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLES, AS
INDICATED BELOW AND ON THE ATTACHED
TABULATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING
AND VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AT A TOTAL
PROPOSED COST OF $11,159.52; ALLOCATING
FUNDS THEREFOR FROM THE 1983-84
OPERATING BUDGET OF THAT DEPARTMENT IN
THE AMOUNT OF $102,566.83, AND OF THE
OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS -
CABLE IN THE AMOUNT OF $8,592.69;
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO INSTRUCT
THE PURCHASING AGENT TO ISSUE THE
PURCHASE ORDERS FOR THIS EQUIPMENT.
(Here follows body of resolution,
omitted here and on file in the Office
of the City Clerk.)
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Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the
resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Joe Carollo
82. ALLOCATED $7249915 FY 1984-85 FEDERAL REVENUE SEARING
FUNDS TO SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES
♦LLOCATE 1112TH FOR EXISTING SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES
INSTRUCT CITY MANAGER TO ADD $2509000 TO AMOUNT
AVAILABLE FOR FY 84-085 SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS
Mayor Ferre: All right, Ms. Spillman, would you bring this
Commission up to date and I think you have a better chance
of having three people listen to you now than...
Ms. Spillman: Ever.
Mayor Ferre: That's right. So, talk quick.
Ms. Spillman: At your July 30th meeting you approve a
policy whereby we would fund social service agencies with
priorities for addressing the needs of the hungry, the sick
and supporting related support services. What we are asking
you to do this evening is not to consider all the FR
agencies at this time, but to fund those: agencies which meet
your priorities for the year and then...
Mayor Ferre: What are those agencies that meet our...
Ms. Spillman: You will find them on the first page of your
resolution. Action Community Center, Allapattah Community
Action, Miami Bridge, Coconut Grove, Family Clinic, First
United Methodist Church, HACAD, Jessca, Little Havana
Activities and Nutrition Center, Miami Jewish Home and
Southwest Social Services.We would
propose to fund these agencies for the entire budget year
and to fund the rest of the existing agencies for one month
and to come back in our October meeting and to discuss with
the Commission, which of those other agencies they want to
continue funding. We do not have enough money to continue
funding all the agencies we have been funding. We would
like to do it this way so that those agencies which have
already gotten the Commission's priority can proceed with
their work and not to have to come back to the Commission.
The other agencies, the one -twelfth would have to come back
in October and they are listed on Page two of the memo -
ASPIRA, Belafonte-Tacolcy, Overtown Day Care, Centro Mater,
Industrial Home for the Blind, Cary Technical Institute,
Saint Albans ana Youth Coop.
Mayor Ferre: All right, I am sure they are here to speak to
us, so we will r,Lw hear tr,e statements to be made, aria I
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think the thing to do is just to take out alphabetically the
way you have it on the list here. The first one is ASPIRA,
Florida, and I will hear now the statement from ASPIRA,
Florida. Name, address and statement. Does anybody need
more than three minutes? You will need more than three
minutes? Okay.
Ms. Victoria Hernandez: My name is Victoria Hernandez. I
am the Executive Director of ASPIRA of Florida. Mr. Mayor,
Commissioners, I thank you for this opportunity to address
this hearing regarding our proposal for youth leadership
development and crime prevention services, and with all due
respect to your priorities for F.R.S. social services
allocations, I would like to read the following statement.
"Although ASPIRA, Florida recognizes the tremendous efforts
that Dade County Public School System is undertaking to
reduce the dropout rate among its student population, it is
imperative to recognize that their resources single handedly
will not succeed. Just as the school system alone is not
to blame for the increasing numbers of failing youths,
especially among our inner-city minority youths, we must
acknowledge that other segments of the community at large
also bear responsibility to its youth population. The fact
that four out of every ten adolescents will not complete a
basic high school education concerns us and the fact that in
the City of Miami, the dropout figure scores as high as 60%
in some cases, seriously angers us to action. The term
"dropping out" moreover not only refers to physically
leaving school, but rather to dropping out of society, and
the sense of failure, frustration and alienation from our
social institutions does not dissipate at the edge of the
school yard. Everyone knows that there is the truth when
they say there is a high coalition between school dropouts
and juvenile delinquency, and with unemployment figures for
inner-city minority youths running in excess of the national
average, the potential explosive situation alarms this
community. We feel that there are too many youth gang
members and more -so, there are literally hundreds of youths
who are only peripheral members of these gangs, that are not
actual offenders, but are potentially so. They are toe
borderline youths. We must confront the problems of these
alienated, unemployed and anti -social youths, by directly
approaching the roots of these problems, by intervening in
the lives of these youngsters before they drop out of school
and out of society. We believe the City Commissioners can
exercise good judgment in considering that just as Langston
Hughes once asked "What happens to a dream deferred?" Maybe
it just sags like a heavy load, or does it explode? We feel
that you can avoid this dream deferred from exploding into a
nightmare for all of us. We cannot wait until these youths
or on food lines, on welfare rolls, seeking free medical
assistance because they have no jobs to pay for it before
the City feels that it can then assist them. We know that
there are high risk minority youths that already in need of
the preventive measures that ASPIRA can provide, and we
request that you seriously consider our program proposal for
F.R.S. and if not, any other funds that ..."
Mayor Ferre: Thank you, I have been requested to read the
following statements into the record. One is to Maurice
Ferre and honorable members of the City of Miami Commission.
"I was here in the afternoon sopport ASPIRA's program, but I
could not stay because I remembered last year my husband was
here for the same reason and it was too difficult for me to
stay. You know already what my late husband Jose Mendez
thought of ASPIRA and now I want you to know that I, and all
of the Wynwood community also support ASPIRA. Sincerely,
Ramona Mendez." As you might remember, it was at the very
same hearing where poor Jose Mendez got so upset that he
ended up having a heart attack and his wife took him to the
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hospital where he subsequently died. I also have a letter
here from Representative John Cosgrove, Florida House of
Representatives. "Dear Mr. Ferre: This to express my full
support to the network of services ASPIRA Florida provides
to disadvantaged youths of the City of Miami. ASPIRA's
committed efforts to instill self-confidence in these
adolescents and to motivate and guide them through the
critical high school years and onto college are to be
commended. In community prespective they. are able to
contribute to addressing the needs of our youths is
instrumental. If we are ever to succeed in ridding our
streets of youth gangs and keeping `our city safe and a
wholesome place to live. I hope to attend and lend my
support to ASPIRA at the budget hearings on September 13th.
If for any reason I cannot appear, I would appreciate your
reading this letter aloud on behalf. Sincerely, John
Cosgrove, State Representative - copy to Victoria Hernandez,
Executive Director for Board of Directors of ASPIRA." I
also received a telephone call and on Monday when I was in
Washington and saw Senator Claude Pepper, he went out of his
way after I had asked him for things that we wanted, to say
he wanted something too, and I said "What is that, Senator",
and he said "I want you to remember ASPIRA when you vote on
Thursday" and I said "Are you writing a letter on this?"
He said that each member of the Commission would receive a
letter formally asking that they support the $74,000 request
of ASPIRA, and that letter has not been received in my
office, but Mr. George Clark told me it would be forthcoming
in the next day, so those are the messages that I have on
the record. Thank you very much and we will be back to ask
you some questions. The next is Belafonte Tacolcy Center.
Mr. Manager, in Belafonte Tacolcy Center, the City of Miami
Commission, at the previous Commission meeting voted to put
together a package, as I recall, of $250,000.
Mr. Gary: $50,000 times three - $150,000.
Mayor Ferre: $50,000 from us, $50,000 form the County and
$50,000 from ...
Mr. Gary: United Way.
Mayor Ferre: ... United Way to kind of get things solved.
Now, will that take care of them, or is that for last year,
and not for this year?
Ms. Spillman: That does not relate to their programatic
activities at all.
Mayor Ferre: What does it relate to?
Mr. Plummer: Getting them out of trouble.
Mr. Gary: Get them out of trouble.
Ms. Spillman: We are not recommending this particular
program, Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: I understand. All right, go ahead.
Mr. John Bennett: My name is John Bennett, Director of
Belafonte Tacolcy Center. The same thing that the lady said
from ASPIRA can apply to us. We are in the Liberty City
area. We have a vocational program that has tried to get
kids from fourteen on up jobs. It is a difficult task to
find kids, fourteen years old jobs, and we also have a
recreation program there, and you know that in the Liberty
City area, there are kids out there. Many kids need places
to play, to keep them off the streets and give them
something to do. This is what we attempting to do at
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Taoolcy. We are not asking $100,000. We are asking for
something like $60tOOO, is that right?
Me. Spillman: Well, let me clarify. There are two
programs - one is the sports ...
Mr. Bennett: Vocational and sports, yet.
Ms. Spillman: The sports is $529000. That _is the one we
are not recommending. The Youth Vocational Program is
approximately $43,000. We are recommending that one.
(INAUDIBLE BACKGROUND COMMENTS NOT ENTERED INTO PUBLIC
RECORD)
Ms. Spillman: There are two programs, Commissioner. One is
the Tacolcy Sports Development Program, which was funded -
they requested $52,000. We are not recommending funding of
that project. They have another program called the Youth
Vocational Program. We are recommending that program for
$43,000, if there is additional money.
Mr. Dawkins: Wait a minute, now. Okay..(INAUDIBLE).(not
using microphone) .they submitted two proposals ...
Ms. Spillman: They currently have two programs operating.
Mr. Dawkins: And they are asking for refunding for two
programs?
Ms. Spillman: Exactly.
Mr. Dawkins: Well, are you recommending refunding of either
of them?
Ms. Spillman: We are not recommending refunding of the
Sports Development Program. We would give a positive
evaluation to the other program, however, there are
insufficient F.R.S. funds to fund all of these projects,
Commissioner.
Mr. Dawkins: Okay, in plain English, they are not getting
any funding?
No. Spillman: If I could review what I ... let as try to
explain what I said earlier. The recommendation you have in
front of you is solely to deal with those agencies which
deal with food, the sick, and related support services, so
the only thing we are asking you to consider tonight are
those agencies. Belafonte does not fall within that
category. They would be considered in October, after the
budget process is finished, okay?
Mayor Ferro: Dena, I forgot to ask you the Administration's
evaluation on the first speaker, ASPIRA of Florida?
Ms. Spillaaa: ASPIRA has improved greatly since last year.
They are doing a very good job. If sufficient funding was
available again, we would recommend them for funding, but we
have a dollar problem?
Mayor Ferro: All right, then the next one is, C. C. S.,
Qvertown day oars. What is C.C.S.?
No. Spillman: Catholic Community Services.
Mayor Ferro: Catholic Community Services? Is this that old
Son Sheppard ...Y That was not the thing that Son Sheppard
bad?
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Ms. Spillman: No, this is the day care program which is
taking place in the old City of Miami Fire Station at loth
and Miami Avenue.
Mayor Ferre: Yes! Was that the thing that Ben Sheppard
started years ago? Right there in the old Fire Station that
was called Culmer and is now Overtown.
Mr. Andre Bonet: Culmer and Overtown and it started with
Ben Sheppard. Mr. Mayor, I am Andre Bonet of C.C.S.
Overtown Day Care Center. Mr. Mayor, -Mr. Commissioners,
certainly I have no intention to make a long speech, because
for the time being, all of our time, all of our energy is
really devoted to provide very positive service to the
children so what they are going through right now we can
avoid that. But, what I want to say, I want to welcome the
determination of the Commission to address the needs of the
hungry. The hungry, we are them everywhere, I can tell you,
right in the City of Miami. By dealing with the children,
and we get to the families and many times going into the
community, going after people who are filling an application
with us who do not have a telephone number and we go to
their apartment. What we found, we found children left by
themselves without food for the day. The parents are
hungry, and hunger is a very bad advisor. What to do when
really you deal with hunger. They have to go, and we then
must tend to blame those parents who leave their children to
go after work, to go after food, but are going to help those
innocent victims, really to solve the problem of hunger for
them. Many times I go to some apartment and I have to help
those children. And we are a priority list to serve the
• community, but when we are faced with those problems, we
look at our liststo remove some children from this tragedy
of hunger, so Mr. Mayor and Mr. Commissioners, I would like
you to give your best attention to our request and to give
us the opportunity to keep serving the children, the future
of our nation. Thank you.
Mayor Ferre: All right, sir, thank you very much. Dena,
what is the recommendation on the Overtown C.C.S.?
Ms. Spillman: It is an excellent program. Again, it is a
day care program. That was not one of your priorities. We
would recommend it if there were sufficient funds. Let me
just tell you that after your priorities, we have $200,000
left and we have existing agencies after that money to the
tune of almost $586,000.
Mayor Ferre: Okay, the next speaker would be C.T.S. -
Centro Hater.
Hs. Miriam Roman: My name is Miriam Ro■an, Administrator of
Centro Hater, located at 418 S. W. 4th Avenue. Centro Mater
provides 300 meals a day to low income children. Health
care and a special opportunity, while the parents are
working or in training. Centro Hater requests $20,000 for
fiscal year 1984, 1985. These funds will be used to
partially pay the cook who prepaares the children daily
seals. The community aide who takes care of these daily
rosters and supervision of the nutrition program, and items
related to food preparation, such as electricity, water,
garbage, etc. Since we are addressing the needs of hungry,
a City of Miami priority, we request the $209000 to be
granted to Centro Hater at this time.
Mayor Ferro: All right, the Administration's recommendation
on this?
No. Spillman: Centro Hater has one of the best child care
programs in the City.
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Mayor Ferre: Thank you. Industrial Home for the Blind?
They were here and I told them to come back at 8:00 P.M..
Those were all of those blind people. would you give us the
Administration's position on that?
Me. Spillman: We would have a positive recommendation
again, with the same caveat.
Mayor Ferre: All right, is there anybody here from Cary
Technical Institute? Yes, air? Step forward, please. Your
name, and you have three minutes to make your statement.
Mr. Al Saligar: My name is Al Saligar, the Project Director
of Computer Technology Program of Cary Technical Institute
and I think at this time we would like to accept the
position of one -twelfth funding until the next session.
Mayor Ferre: All right, we will discuss that in a little
while. Anything else you want to add, sir?
Mr. Saligar: I think not, air.
Mayor Ferre: All right, Mr. Manager, what is the
Administration's position on this?
Ms. Spillman: The program is well run and it is meeting its
goals, except in our monitoring discovered that they are
serving people who do not live within the City of Miami, to
some extent, and that would have to be rectified if we were
to fund them in the future.
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor ...
(INAUDIBLE BACKGROUND COMMENTS)
Mayor Ferre: Yes, anything else?
Mr. Gary: I would like to bring to your attention Mr.
Mayor. Haitian American Community Association of Dade
County, Inc. We had $130,000. Staff has said that the
monies allocated to these agencies deal with addressing the
needs of the hungry, taking care of the sick, and if we
construe that to its fullest, that amount should be reduced
by $46,540.
Mayor Ferre: I'm not too sure that I agree with that.
Mr. Gary: the $130,000 should be reduced by =46,540,
because that money addresses two lawyers and if our memos
are going to consistent, we have to do it that way.
Mr. Dawkins: Yes, but that leaves them with how ouch?
Mr. Cary: With the difference. $46,540 from $130,000.
Ms. Spillman: $831590. That would give us an additional
. . .
Mr. Dawkins: And then we add that to the $260,000 and that
will give us $206,046.
Mr. Gary: So that gives you $247,140 left over. Now, that
is not to say that we don't support those lawyers in the
efforts that they are doing, but in terms of being
consistent with this memo, that is the way it should took.
gl 165 September 13, 1964
Mr. Plummer: The remaining portion would be considered in
October.
Mayor Ferre: We are on the next one now, St. Albans Day
Nursery.. Anybody here from St. Albans?
Mr. Oswald Menhardt: My name is Oswald Menhardt. I am here
to represent St. Albans Day Nursery. Mr. Mayor,
Commissioner, City Manager - once again I want to appeal to
you to reconsider your stand in regards to day care centers.
Remember at the last meeting I tried to express that day
care centers are comprehensive programs. I would like to
remind you that all of the children that we have in the
centers receive three square meals each day, so that we fit
right into your agenda for feeding the hungry, and I think
that the small children, when denied food, is greater than
even the adults, so once again, I want to remind you that
day care centers should fall under your priorities when it
comes to food. Thank you, very much.
Mayor Ferre: All right, air, thank you. Dena?
Ms. Spillman: Same comment. It is a good program.
Mayor Ferre: Good program, all right. Youth Coop.
Mr. Francisco V. Siehes: Mayor Maurice Ferre, my name is
Francisco V. Siches, Executive Director for Youth Coop, 1850
S. W. 8th Street. Mayor Maurice Ferre, Commissioners of the
City of Miami, City Manager, last year we came before this
Commission to request allocation of funds in order to
implement a program to offer counseling to our youths in
the Little Havana area. This year we are coming to you
again, but not to implement the program, but to provide to
continue the program that are providing to the community,
not only to the youths, but also to the parents of these
youths. Since we have funds from S.E.D.C. to provide
training programs and jobs, we are also providing jobs and
training to the parents of these youths. I understand that
the priority and the reasoning to give to these two
priorities is important, however, I want you to realize
that if we solve the problem of employment and we solve the
problem that these young people have today, it would be the
solution probably for the people who are considering these
two priorities that you already established in the City.
One thing that I want to say, that the program does not only
offer the help it does do, but also provides help for those
youngsters that are studying in the universities here in
Miami to develop their skills in the different areas of
social work. An example of that is the Chairman of the
Board of Youth Coop, Mario Hernandez Jumero who is with me
tonight, who ten years ago was a counselor in the agency.
Today he is the Chairman of the Board. I am asking you to
please consider the application that we are requesting from
the City of Miami for the continuation of this program.
Mayor Ferre: All right, thank you. Dena?
Ms. Spillman: Same comment.
Mayor Ferre: No, I have a purpose for this.
No. Spillman: No, it is a positive evaluation.
Mayor Ferre: So, in other words, what you are saying is,
these are all worthy programs with the exception - the only
one you disagree with is the Belafonte Sports ... all
right, I an going to have a comment in a moment . Is there
anybody else that we have not dealt with? Somebody came up
to mac today ... oh here he is, Mr. Via ... and said that he
bad forgotten to make his application. Go aheadi
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Mr. Jose Feito: Mr. Mayor, Mr. Commissioners, my name is
Jose Feito. I as an architect and I represent Professio,
Inc. We provide at the present, medical services to our
patients for needy persons who cannot afford to pay the
services of physicians of private clinics. Professio, Inc.,
and it is located at 27th Avenue and 8th Street.
Mayor Ferre: These are poor people that cannot afford any
kind of ..
Mr. Feito: Absolutely! Our people who are on the
established poverty line and not eligible for benefits from
medical ...
Mayor Ferre: All of you work on gratuitously.
Mr. Feito: Voluntarily, right.
Mayor Ferre: There are all volunteers, and ...
Mr. Feito: We give them medicines ...
Mayor Ferre: What is your annual budget?
Mr. Feito: We have a budget of $49,000.
Mayor Ferre: Does United Way help you?
Mr. Feito: No, not yet.
Mayor Ferre: How much money are you asking from the City of
Miami?
Mr. Feito: We are asking ... last year we received $10,000,
and we will ask this year, if possible, $15,000.
Mayor Ferre: Okay, Dena, have you had an opportunity to
evaluate this program?
Mr. Feito: No, I talked Dena today.
Mayor Ferre: All right, if we haven't evaluated the
program, there is no way that we can deal with it until
there is an evaluation.
Mr. Feito: We are going to fill the application as
presented to her, if possible. Thank you.
Mayor Ferre: Thank you, anybody else?
Ms. Gisella Torres: Mr. Mayor, my name is Gisella Torres
from the Puerto Rican Opportunity Center. Last year the
City of Mimi granted the Puerto Rican Opportunity Center
funding for our year's progra■ whioh was from the Jobs Skill
program. We also did that as a food and shelter program for
their support from the City and United Way. This year the
source of funding for the Jobs Skill is not going to be
available through the City. We are coming before the
Corission and we have submitted a proposal to staff for
food and shelter program, and we would like the Commission
to consider our program for funding.
Mayor Ferre: Did you get any funding from F.R.S last year?
Ms. Torres: No, sir. It was all under the Jobs Hill.
Mayor Ferre: And how such is your application for this
year?
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Mrs. Torres: For W5,O00.
Mayor Ferre: $175,0007
Ms. Torres: Yes, sir.
Mayor Ferre: Has this been evaluated?
Me. Torres: Same level of money as last year:
Me. Spillman: If I may explain what we have done. Any
agency that was not previously funded under F.R.S., any new
agency, would be considered in October among the other
agencies that would be asking for funding.
Mayor Ferre: Thank you.
Ms. Torres: We will be coming before the Commission in
October, then?
Ms. Spillman: That is yet to be determined.
Ms. Torres: Okay.
Mayor Ferre: You can always come before the Commission, of
course. Any body else? All right, Mr. Manager, this is
just one person's opinion and those of you that are
Republicans, don't get upset at me, but I just happen to
feel that way, all right? This is Administration is cutting
the hell out of any funding that affects the disadvantaged,
the poor, the disenfranchised, and those that are sick, old,
and have little help and little hope. Some people have
different feelings about this. I am working as hard as I
can to change this Administration. I am tomorrow catching a
plane and going to Kansas City, would you believe, to
campaign for the Democratic ticket, and I will be going ...
I have volunteered my time 24 hours a day from now to
election day to do whatever I can. You and I both know that
the probability of a Democratic Presidency is very slight,
but I am going to try my best. My little drop is nothing in
a large ocean, but I am trying. In the meantime, there is
no money, and there is going to be less money for these
types of social programs. I would recommend, I think that
the President and the Administration have sent us a message
and the message is that we are going to have to, within
whatever we can afford, to do more at the local level. I
can stand here and give you a big to-do about how
irresponsible that is and that we don't have the money, and
all that kind of stuff, but it is ■y opinion that whether
the state fulfills that fiduciary responsibility - and by
the way, I am talking about the Federal government and the
President. I want to tell you that even though I like Bob
Graham, and I like many people that serve in the State, I
feel the same way about the State. I don't feel the State
of Florida has done anywhere near what a state should do to
deal with social issues. The State of Florida ... everybody
brags - I heard the Secretary of State last night bragging
about the fact that we were sixth in the nation and we were
going to be fourth and that by the year 2000 we would be the
third state, but I want to tell you, in education, we are
forty-eight! In social spending, we are forty-eight, and I
don't find that anything to be particularly proud of.
Mr. Carollo: And those are Democrats that are running the
State goverment, right?
Mayor Ferre: They are ,pesoorats that are running that
State!
Mr. Carollos Just wanted to sake that point!
gi 168 September 13, 1984
Mayor Ferre: Republicans are not the only ones to blame on
this, and I want to point out that I am not any happier with
that portion of the State government than I am with the
national government and I don't care what party people
belong to, I think you know, you have got to let the shoe
fall where it has to fall. And I mean to say that where we
could do something about it, we should try. However, I do
think that that does not give us an excuse, -and I want to
say, Mr. Manager, I am very happy that your administration
was able to find some additional funds after the audit
process. I know those funds are gone. I would hope somehow
that within this budgetary process, we will be able to find
$250,000 to add to this process so as to not fulfill ...
tell me what, sir? I cannot hear you.
Mr. Plummer: $161 garbage fee.
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, can us Republicans have a little
bit of equal opportunity to respond to you Democrats?
Mayor Ferre: I'm going to let you speak in a moment, but
the statement I want to make is this may be a lonely bush,
and that you and me only get one vote, but I want to vote -
there is no law that says that this has to be limited to
Federal Revenue Sharing and we now have ... what is it we
have available?
Ms. Spillman: $925,515,
• Mayor Ferre: Okay, $925,515. Now the total, as I see it,
is $1,224,000. Now, we may not have $1,224,000, but in my
opinion, I think I am going to sleep a lot better and feel a
lot better if we ... I mean, who is going to deny, frankly,
who in his right mind is going to deny Centro Mater? I
can't do it! I can't deny the Industrial Home for The
Blind, St. Alban's Day Care Nursery, Youth Coop, and I don't
know whether it is $200,000 or $250,000, but I think if we
add to the $925,000, $250,000, that gets us ... what?
Mr. Gary: $385,000 more.
Mayor Ferre: We may not get to what we need, Howard, but I
think if we add $250,000 more at least, we can fund most of
these programs. They may have to tighten their belts a
little bit, but frankly I think I would want to distribute
it somehow equally. I am just expressing one person's
opinion here. I will tell you, I know what our theory is.
Our theory is that we have got to feed the hungry and the
sick and that, but that is fine, but then what do you do
with ASPIRA? What do you do with Centro Mater? Yes, air?
Mr. Carollo: Let me try to correct some of the erroneous
rumors that the Democrats are trying to spread. During the
last Democratic Presidency that we had, the same individual
that sat down with Walter Mondale as his Vice -President.
Together they brought you some twenty-two, twenty-three
percent inflation. The Defense of this country was at the
lowest level that it has been in years. Thanks to them we
lost Nicaragua to Communism. We lost Iran. We lost Angola.
We lost Mozambique. And if those same people would have
been in office today, probably all of Central America with
the exception of Mexico would have been Communist, and in a
few more years, they would have been at our door steps. Do
you know the amount of billions (not millions) billions of
dollars that it has taken the present administration to
spend on defense for the protection of this country, which
is their main responsibility, the welfare of all the men,
women and children of this country because of the
irresponsible actions of the former President and Vice-
rl 169 September 13, 1984
President, Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale. The figure is
just unreal. The Democrats would like you to believe that
under the Reagan Administration, they have spent less money
in feeding the poor and the needy. That is not true. In
fact, under the Reagan Administration, they have spent more
money on feeding the poor than then did under the Carter-
Mondale Administrations. What they have tried to do is put
the emphasis where this country needs it, and I say this to
my Democratic colleagues - all the rhetories. that you hear
from the Democrats and just how little service and help you
are getting from the Republican Administration. If you get
the halter Mondale Socialist -Democratic Administration, you
won't have to worry about getting additional funds, because
in four years, it is not going to matter what funds you
have, because you won't have any programs left to run,
because they will bring this country down at its knees. And
the main responsibility that I think a President has is to
protect and defend these United States. Thank you, Mr.
Mayor. Rebuttal from the Democrats?
Mr. Dawkins: Yes, sir, here is one right here.
Mr. Carollo: I'll take them all on.
Mr. Dawkins: If those of us - that is the beautiful thing
about America - you have a right to your opinion, whether it
is right, wrong, or indifferent. You still are entitled to
that, and those of you in America, who will sit and say that
this Administration has fed more poor people and clothed
more poor people and schooled more people than any other
Administration, you have got your head in the sand like an
ostrich, but the beautiful part about it is, when after the
election, with a little luck, Joe Carollo and I will both
still be sitting here, doing what is best for Miami, but in
the meantime, I shall be working like hell to be sure that
every registered Democrat in America must realize that if
you stay home and do not vote, you deserve Ronald Reagan as
your President again. Thank you. Now, to get back to where
we are, Mr. Gary, I too, share the Mayor's ...
Mr. Carollo: I think I have some additional time, Mr.
Mayor.
Mr. Dawkins: Mr. Manager, and the Mayor and my fellow
Commissioners - according to us, we have got $240,000, we
have eight agencies that need assistance. I do not believe
that $34,000 to all of these agencies is going to do
anything, but compound their problems, so as the Mayor says,
none of us sitting here is desirous of seeing anyone suffer.
All of us sitting here realize that the youth is what we
have to work with and if we can teach them to read, write
and computate, we gave them salable skills, and also, if we
can give them something to do after school constructive, we
keep them out of drugs and other mischief, so we are going
to work as hard as we can within the budgetary constraints
that we have to see that we help you meet the needs of the
community.
Mayor Ferre: All right, I think what we need to do then, is
to adopt the first portion and then we need to fund one -
twelfth of the others and then, Mr. Manager, I am going to
make a motion to instruct to add the $150,000 to the budget.
Mr. Gary: (LAUGHTER)
Mayor Ferre: Tonight! Right now. All right, the first
part of the motion, who wants to have the privilege of doing
that? Plummer, that's your baby.
Mr. Plummer: No, go ahead.
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170 September 13, 1984
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Mayor Ferre: Do you want me to move it?
Mr. Plummer: Fine.
Mayor Ferre: All right, go ahead.
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor
Mr. Plummer: It complies with the thing I have been trying,
and I will be happy to move it.
Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves, is there a second?
Mr. Carollo: The motion is to Rio what?
Mayor Ferre: To move the first portion of Item 98.
Mr. Carollo: $724,9157
Ms. Spillman: Mr. Mayor, if I may make a correction, you
have an attached resolution. If we correct the HACAD
number, the total amount on your resolution, it should be
$678,375. We would fund HACAD $83,590, and the rest would
be considered later.
Mr. Plummer: Give me the total again.
Ms. Spillman: $678,375.
Mayor Ferre: Is there a second?
Mr. Carollo: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion on that portion. Call the
roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner
Plummer, who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 84-1030
A RESOLUTION ALLOCATING $677,979 OF FY
1984-85 FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING FUNDS TO
SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES LISTED HEREIN
FOR THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 19 L984
THROUGH SEPTEMBER 109 1985, SUBJECT TO
THE ADOPTION OF THE ANNUAL
APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE FOR FY 1984-85;
FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH THE
AFOREMENTIONED AGENCIES.
(Here follows body of resolution,
omitted here and on file in the Office
of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Carollo, the
resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
gi 171 September 13, 1944
Mayor Ferre: Second portion is for one -twelfth ...
Ms. Spillman: For existing agencies.
Mayor Ferre: The other existing programs.
Mr. Dawkins: To come out of the $200,000 excess?
Mayor Ferre: Yes.
Mr. Carollo: You are saying one -twelfth. We are going to
fund them for one additional month.
Mayor Ferre: That is it.
Mr. Carollo: And then we are going to take it up again?
Mayor Ferre: Yes, sir.
Mr. Carollo: Well, Mr. Mayor, let me say on the record, I
am definitely 100% in favor of allocating the $20,000 that
Centro Mater has requested, the funds that the Belafonte
Tacolcy Center has requested and the Industrial Home for the
Blind.
Mayor Ferre: Okay, we will be dealing with all of that
after one month. In the meantime we are funding them for
one month. So the motion now is for funding them for one -
twelfth.
Mr. Carollo: So moved.
Mayor Ferre: Is there a second?
Mr. Dawkins: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? Call the roll.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner
Carollo, who moved its adoption:
MOTION NO. 84-1031
A MOTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE
CITY MANAGER TO ALLOCATE 1112TH FUNDING
SUFFICIENT TO FUND ALL EXISTING SOCIAL
SERVICE PROGRAMS FOR ONE MORE MONTH,
PENDING ADOPTION OF THE ANNUAL
APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE FOR FY-1984-
1985.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Dawkins, the
motion was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferro
HOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
Mayor Ferro: I vote yes. Now, I will request that someone
on this Commission, and if not, I will sake the notion that
the Manager be instructed to add $250,000 to these funds out
of this budget for the purposes of social programs.
tl 172 September 130 1944
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Mr. Carollo: So moved.
Mayor Ferre: Is there a second?
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion?
(INAUDIBLE BACKGROUND COMMENTS)
Mayor Ferre: We are doing the budget right now. RPajy to
vote on this? This is instructions to you $250,000. Cali
the roll.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner
Carollo, who moved its adoption:
MOTION NO. 84-1032
A MOTION INSTRUCTING THE CITY MANAGER TO
ADD $250,000 TO THE AMOUNT AVAILABLE FOR
THE FUNDING OF FY-184-185 SOCIAL SERVICE
PROGRAMS.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the
motion was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
Mr. Dawkins: Mr. Manager, to Ms. Spillman, through you - I
heard you say that the $50,000 that this City gave to
Tacoley was only one third. Would you explain to me what it
went to them for, and what it is, in writing?
Ms. Spillman: Yes, sir.
Mayor Ferre: All right, Mr. Manager the Certificate of
Compliance with Section 200.065, Section 200.085 and Section
218.63 of the Florida Statutes pursuant to Section 200.068
and 218.23 of Florida Statutes states ... Mr. Plummer, Mr.
Perez, Mr. Dawkins, Mr. Carollo that if we do not vote (1
want you to listen to this now, so you know what you are
doing with the law) for a budget tonight, the City of Miami.
will have failed to timely certify, or failure to comply
with will result in loss of both revenue sharing, and half' -
cent sales tax distribution. If we do not vote on the
budget tonight, we will lose $22,000,000!
Mr. Dawkins: And if we vote on the budget, the same budget
that was last year, that is a budget, isn't it?
Mayor Ferre: Yes, it is. You can vote on that.
At this time, the matter was temporarily deferred.
83. AUTHORIZE PRINTING OF 5,000 COPIES OF *MIAMI - THE
STATE OF THE CITY" 1984.
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Mr. Dawkins: Well, what happened to that suggestion?
Mr. Plummer: Then ran out of paper?
Mrs. Godoy: We must have forgotten, sir. I am sorry.
Mr. Dawkins: I am like the Mayor - I don't want one now,
because I mean, but this is what you should have brought ...
you see, if I tell you something, and you don't do it, then
I am not supposed to support you!
Mrs. Godoy: You are right, sir.
Mr. Dawkins: No, no, I mean, I am not right, it is just
that ...
Mayor Ferre: That is right.
Mr. Carollo: This is the best example of what we are
talking about for some time.
Mrs. Godoy: You will have your ...
Mayor Ferre: Absolutely! All right.
Mr. Carollo: Just what happened now is what I have been
saying for a long time.
Mayor Ferre: Would you add four pages?
Mr. Carollo: No, Mr. Mayor, it is two pages. See, that is
the problem of government.. You want to double the price of
everythinFl It is two pages, because the page doesn't run
in the back. That is all we need.
Mayor Ferre: Two pages, okay. Add two pages and that is
for messages from each member of the Commission.
Mrs. Godoy: Okay, half a page for each?
Mayor Ferre: No, one full page for each.
Mr. Carollo: Now you know why your taxes are always being
doubled!
Mayor Ferre: Okay, you ready to vote on this? Does anybody
want to make the motion?
Mr. Carollo: Vote on what?
Mayor Ferre: On the proposal to spend $9,000 - how much is
it, Howard? Item 65, is there a motion on Item 65? Is
there a motion on 65? I move that this item be removed, and
the City of Miami not have a message this year.
Mr. Plummer: Second the motion.
Mayor Ferre: I so move, because this is .... Hey, nobody
wants to make a positive motion, then we go back to the good
old ways of being negative! That makes Plummer happy!
Let's be negative!
(INAUDIBLE BACKGROUND COMMENTS)
Mayor Ferre: Okay, I accept that, I withdraw my motion.
Let's go.
Mr. Carollo: That $9,000 plus, how many booklets is this
going to include?
10 175 September 13, 1984
Mr. Plummer:
Mr. Carollo:
Mr. Surana:
10, 000?
Mono, who has the figures?
What, figures?
Mr. Gary: We are getting them. We will get Virginia Godoy
back in here.
Mr. Carollo: That is what I have been saying for the last
few years, every time you present a budget - what figures!
Mrs. Godoy: 5,000 copies.
Mr. Carollo: 5,000?
Mrs. Godoy: The reason why we didn't make more is because I
still have a case in my office, and I thought that would be
enough - I am reserving for a conference this month.
Mr. Carollo: There is no way of cutting that? You might
want to cut back the amount, but you would have to have a
book that is going to be the official presentation of the
City of Miami. It is going to present our budget, it is
going to talk about the City, and it should have a message
from the Mayor. I don't care whether we have one or not,
you know let's be fair about it. You can't have five Mayors
of this City and even though Plummer has always wanted to be
Mayor, but hasn't had the guts to run for it; even though he
has always wanted to be a police officer, but will never be
one, just like he will never be Mayor, you know the rest of
us don't have that complex, so 1. think we should, you know,
call it like it is - you can only have one Mayor, therefore,
you should only one message, not. 20,000 messages. If other,
members of the Commission want to include a semi -message, it
should be included, but not at the same level, nor should it.
get the same importance as the Mayor's message.
Mrs. Godoy: Did you review the copy?
Mr. Carollo: I saw the one we had last year.
Mrs. Godoy: Did you see this one? It is different.
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor ...
Mr. Perez: Mr. Mayor, I think that I ...
Mr. Carollo: No, it is important, Mr. Mayor.
Mr. Perez: We can have a solution. For example, I think
that the central message has to be the message of the Mayor,
without any doubts about it. We have a message from the
City manager - maybe we can use two pages that we can divide
in four half pages for each member of the Commission. Any
how, the first message will be the Mayor's.
Mayor Ferre: Make your motion anyway you want it so we can
move along!
Mr. Perez: Okay, to approve to add two pages with the
message of the four members of this Commission.
Mayor Ferre: Is there a second to that motion?
Mr. Carollo: There is a second to the motion for the sake
of moving ahead with it, but this City has to have to have
those booklets printed; otherwise I think we are going to
find ourselves time and time again in a very embarrassing
position.
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The fol►owinq resolution was introduced by Commissioner Perez who
mnved its adoption
RESOLUTION NO. 84-1033
A RESOLUTION RATIFYING, BY A FOUR -FIFTH
(4/5) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF THE CITY
COMMISSION, THE CITY MANAGER'S
ACCEPTANCE ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS OF THE
BID OF H h D GRAPHICS, INC. FOR PRINTING
5,000 COPIES OF "MIAMI - THE STATE OF
THE CITY - 1984" AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED
$13,023, WITH FUNDS THEREFOR ALLOCATED
FROM SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND ACCOUNTS,
CONTINGENT FUND.
(Here follows body of resolution,
omitted here and on file in the Office
of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Carollo, the
resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
84. AD>OPT TENTATIVE MILLAGE R►TB FOR FY 1984-85.
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Mayor Ferre: All right, we are back to the budget.
Mr. Gary: To reiterate from the Administration, whatever
budget you decide, a decision has to be made today, or this
City stands to lose state revenue sharing and the sales tax
money.
Mr. Carollo: How much of an increase are you making in the
budget from last year's?
Mr. Gary: About $16,000,000.
Mr. Carollo: $16,000,000. Percentage wise, what percent is
that?
Mr. Plummer: That has to be modified. That is if you
accept the curbside pickup. If you don't then it is
increased by another four, am I correct? That is assuming
you accept the recommendation of curbside.
Mr. Gary: No, this assumes that there is $160 garbage fee.
Mayor Ferre: That is what he is saying - for curbside. Oh,
I see, it doesn't assume curbside. It assumes the fee.
Mr. Gary: Exactly.
Mr. Perez: Curbside doesn't affect the budget, no? If we
approve curbside ...
Mr. Gary: If you approve curbside, it affects the budget
for the first year, $400,000, and that assumes that
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employees that no longer will be needed will be phased out
through attrition. If you eliminate the employees as
Commissioner Carollo said, through layoffs, the figure could
be higher, about $3,000,000.
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Manager, I am not referring necessarily to
the little guy out there ...
Mr. Gary I know you weren't.
Mr. Carollo: ...that does work. I am referring to a lot of
fat cats and particularly a lot of fat cats that sit up in
that end of the office and other parts.
Mr. Gary: Thank you.
Mr. Carollo: You know, it is the blind leading the blind in
the City Administration.
Mayor Ferre: Go ahead.
Mr. Perez: Mr. Mayor, I have a resolution to propose - the
curbside system.
Mayor Ferre: All right. A resolution approving in
principle the City's institution of residential combined
pickup of garbage and trash as an alternate thing to
increase cost to maintaining backyard collection of garbage.
This is a combined pickup of garbage and trash, but it does
not define what it does.
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, I would like to ask my colleague if
he could hold off on that until the next meeting.
Mayor Ferre: All right, we will discuss than at the next
meeting. All right, what else do we have, Mr. Manager?
Mr. Gary: Well, this City Commission has three
alternatives. You can accept the budget as it it, with the
millage rate. Basically what you are doing is adopting the
tentative millage rate. Or, you can reduce the millage
rate, or you can do nothing and lose money, big money.
Mayor Ferre: We do that and we will lose what
$2290009000?
Mr. Gary Approximately $22,0009000.
Mr. Carollo: If we lose $229000,0009 someone is going to be
out of jobs.
Mr. Perez: We can approve in principle same as ...
Mr. Gary: Besides me being out of a job, the citizens of
Miami will suffer.
Mr. Perez: Can we approve in principle and amend it on the
second reading?
Mr. Gary: No, you can approve. You can't approve it in
principle The State law doesn't allow you to approve in
principle.
Mayor Ferre: Howard, please, I an sorry. The intent of his
Question is, can we approve 1t now and Change it at the
second meeting, that is what he is trying to say.
Mr. Gary: The answer to that is yes.
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Mayor Ferro: 3o in other words, what we are t.rvinw '-) i, i 11
bet past today and then if we do have a final hP:;rinw, a'
which time you can change your vote, or you —an
millage, you can change the budget.
Mr. Carollo: We go through that every year, Mr. May-,r
Mr. Plummer: Right.
Mr. Carollo: Every year. Now, my motion is that. w- ! ,Jrq,,'
the same budget that we have had as this ...
Mayor Ferro: You have got to do the mileage first.
Mr. Carollo: The same millage rate that we have had in this
past fiscal year. In other words, no increase, as t.h-
Manager has suggested in the new millage rate.
Mayor Ferre: What would the millage then be? You have to
increase your debt millage, because you don't have any
choice on that.
Mr. Carollo: Well, on the debt, you have to go with it. I
understand, Mr. Mayor. That was voted upon with some of the
different bonds that we had.
Mr. Gary: 3.6 million.
Mayor Ferre: Mono, he is not talking about debt. He is
,just talking about the regular millage. Ad v a 1Crem:
• millage - what would that be then, 9 point what':
Mr. Gary: .5514
Mayor Ferre: 9.5514. And what is that
Mr. Gary: 9.8571.
Mayor Ferre: 9.8571.
Mr. Carollo: What is the cap that the State has: 1C? wr t
are we going to do next year when we can't go any more:
Mayor Ferre: We go up to 10, thats' it.
Mr. Plummer: Well, but there is a certain roll back figure
that you can't - you just can't go arbitrarily.
Mayor Ferre: Yes, 5%, and that iscertain.
Mr. Gary: No, you can go to 10. In response to your
question, we have a lot of alternatives. The first
alternative is that every year, the assessed value, or the
value of all the properties go up, so even utilizing the
same rate, you jet a little more money. The second is that.
you can look for Other revenue sources. The third thing is
that you can reduce expenditures. The fourth thing you can
do is a ooabination of all three of those above.
Mr. Carollo: Well, Mr. Manager, you are a genius. Then now
come we can't do all of that this year?
Mr. nary: Well$ first of all, I have submittea to you,
based upon what we think is a balanced approach to City
government maintaining its financial health and recognizing
the aeeds of the ofitisens as we view them as the City
Commission has acted during the year, and that is tr,e budget
that you have before you.
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Mto :
Mr . May mak- a m,>n that WC, a t
same millaRe rate.
Mayor Ferre:
It is 9.5514. Befor? I accept. your motion on
that, and I
will i.n a see-- ond - I want to ask a legal
question. If we adopt the budget, at, 9.551U now, can we
increase it subsequently
to 9.8571.
Mr. Carollo:
No.
Mrs. Dougherty: No.
Mr. Carollo:
No, you cannot. You can go down, but, you
can't go up.
Mayor Ferre:
That is the problem with going through
Mr. Plummer:
You are locked in.
Mayor Ferre:
You are locked in, so in other words, this is
it.
Mr. Surana:
Yes.
Mayor Ferre:
Now, we can go down. See, we can do it in
reverse. If
we adopt a 9.8571, we can go down.
Mr. Gary: Exactly.
Mayor Ferre:
Bur if we adopt the 9.5514, we cannot go up
the second time. All right, I will accept your motion now
that the millage
be set at 9.51_�14.
Mr. Carollo:
Are ycu sure about that, Monr�'
Mr. Surana:
Yes.
Mr. Carollo:
You are sure: your calculation is doesn't gc up
somewhere?
Mr. Surana:
I am sure.
Mr. Carollo:
Okay, will you risk your job on that?
Mr. Surana:
Okay.
Mayor Ferre:
Is there a second to the motion?
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferre:
The motion is now seconded that we stay at
9.5514. How
much is the difference between .5514 and .8571?
Mr. Surana:
About 3.5 million dollars, somewhere there.
Mayor Ferre:
The difference is 3.5 million dollars.
Mr. Surana:
Approximately. I will figure the exact amount.
Mayor Ferre:
If we have got 3.5 million and then ...
Mr. Surana:
2.6 million dollars.
Mr. Carollo:
That is about what they probably had tucked
away so that
at the end of the year they could say they had
a surplus and
look good. I think it is acceptable.
Mr. Perez:
Yes, but anyhow, Mr. Mayor, I think that last
year we had
a surplus of $8,000,000, no? Was that the
amount? It
think it was about $8,000,000 and we have
3.5:
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Mr. Caroll i,ot m< tell you what is happioning,
Commissinner Pere7.. What is happening Commissioner PPre7,,
is that. every year .. see, you ran only spend a lunited
amount of t.ime being a Commissioner. You can nnly
comprehend just so much, but: what, these characters are doing
every year, they will hide the budget where you can't, figure
out where it is at, several million dollars, then atend of
the year, they come out saying what. a surplus they ha'l, and
what a great job they did. This is what, is happening every
year.
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, if I can respond.
Mr. Carollo: So I think that by bringing that down to the
level of the motion that I made and you seconded, you knc,w,
we will be fine with that.
Mr. Gary: Running any corporation, whether it is public or
private, there are certain responsible things that you have
to do. Those responsible things that one has to do to
maintain a fiscal health for a city is to demonstrate to
those who have to put financial confidence in their city,
but not only is the city being managed properly from a
service perspective, but we also are being managed properly
from a fiscal perspective. One of the concerns that the
bond market has, is whether or not a city, in the management,
of its fiscal affairs maintains itself in a status that if
an emergency occurs, the City doesn't have to close up
shop - have to go bankrupt., or go out and borrow money on a
short term basis. As a result of that, it is not one whf-re
the Administration lcoks good, it is one wf,ere t1ie citi z4 ns
save money in terms of a bond ratint,; at is one where- the
City commis. ,1Cn als-, look: Fo(`C. 7o 'that en'd, Dist yC-sir
for every four cit i es th iI they were rcdu,�i ng i re bc,1)
ratings which cost then, more money because them the
communJity ha 1C,F- sc)me confidence a n j charged peo;if-
points, this city increased its bond rating. In
bond ratings were failing, again this year, we maintain
so there is a reason why you have to have a fund balance.
It is no - there are no characters in the back that are
saying that we want to look good. It is responsible fiscal
administration is why you do that.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Gary, I think that is fine and I agree
with you and subscribe to the statement that you made.
Unfortunately, or fortunately, anyway you want to look at
it, I think everybody's mind is made up one way or the
other, as I see it, anyway. So, I don't think discussing it
or debating it any further is going to add anything to it
one way or the other, so as far as I am concerned, I am
ready to vote.
Mr. Carollo: There is a motion and a second, 1 call the
question.
Mayor Ferre: There is a motion and a second. The question
has been called.
MOT10N DEFEATED. Motion by Commissioner Carollo
and seconded by Commissioner Perez that millage remain
at 9.5514 was defeated by following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
NOES: Commissioner
Commissioner
Mayor Maurice
Miller J. Dawkins
J. L. Plummer, Jr.
A. Ferre
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h e motion fails.
Mayor Ferre:
All right, keep talkinF,.
Mr. Carollo:
What is the motion that th - y Q . f, 7
—whatever?
Mayor Ferre:
9.8571.
Mr. Carollo:
Can you read that, into the record again Mono?
Mr. Surana:
Yes, sir. 9.8571 for General Operating budg-t;
2.050 for Debt
Service, total of 11-9091.
Mr. Carollo:
And that is going to be how much dollars that.
we pay for each
$1,000 per property are asse5:-�,?d.
Mayor Ferre:
$3,500,000 per mill, right?
Mr. Surana:
No, one mill is about, equal...
Mayor Ferre:
I'm sorry.
Mr. Surana: Per
house or per mill, what is the .......
Mayor Ferre:
IJLw much is onc- rr,111 i:= wri;it he iJIQ
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Mayor Ferre:
is that the averag(- home'; It. mu!7t be, uT-,.
Mr. Surana:
about, $360.
Mayor Ferre:
$360.
Mr. Carollo:
How much is yours - are you paying over tnere
now?
Mayor Ferre:
More than $360.
Mr. Carollo:
How much are you paying over there, Plummer?
Mr. Plummer:
$3,800.
Mr. Carollo:
$3,800.
Mr. Plummer:
That is just for my house . I am paying near
$29,000 as the combined properties of the funeral home.
Mr. Carollo:
Yes, but you are taking money for the dead for
that!
Mr. Plummer:
You get it where you can!
Mr. Carollo:
I make a motion that we approve the budget
that the Manager has presented. Tnat is using the millage
rate that the
Manager has presented.
Mayor Ferre:
There is a motion that we vote for 9.85711 al'i
2.0520. Is
that it? is there a second on trial, motion'; 1
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MOTION F AIL,Etimmt in,ler
se�,ondPl by May-r Fer'r'F t, ado, `. mi ; 1 aRr
and 2.()5"r) was defr=ate1 by the folI-WIrig vet
AYES: Mayor Mauri_c,P A. Ferro
NOES: Commissioner Miller J. Pawkln,=
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrico Perez, 1r.
THEREUPON, THE CITY COMMISSION WENT INTO A BRIEF
RECESS AT 9:08 P.M., reconvening at 9:2s F.M.
with all members of the Commission found to b-
present.
Mayor Ferre: All right, while we are waiting, there are
three of us here, and while we are waiting for the Manager,
I am going to recognize a very prominent citizen of' Coconu!,
Grove, who after he finishes he work at. 5:K - every
Thursday comes by City Hall and sees if anyb:)dy is meeti:;E
here. If anybody is meeting here he is s good eiti<.en. H-
st3y:� and hF i 1 terlS Zi E' l h�xl r rt'?t_' ti' i.i C'' �'t;'•.r,
the budget.
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Mayr Ferre: I thciglit yo,li w,,nt.,:d t� tall" aG ut- t.toc b') F , - '_ '.
Mr. Castillo: You want me to talk about the budget., 1
will. Are you trying to raise my garbage fee? Also, 1 iike
to know, are you going to raise my garbage fee besides the
$60?
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Gary, 1 would like to know what you did
with his proposal of two years ago about taxing porno?
Mr. Castillo: Yes, I still have the article. I made
history on that one!
Mayor Ferre: How much did that cost you:
Mr. Castillo: Been coming here since 1976, more or less.
Mr. Carollo: What was your originai question again?
Mr. Castillo: Which one, sir?
Mr. Carollo: The: one you addressed to Mr. Gary?
Mr. Castillo: I'd like to know why your department, whicr,
you are the head of the Police department, the incident that
happened in the Grange Bowl, why can't the State investigate-
it? ... Since you can fire, including the Chief of Po.iice
and everybody else. if' you want a budget question, I cou.o
ask that too, but I gave you a question.
Mr. Gary: One is eriougn.
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Mayor Ferre: All right, Commissioner.
Mr. Carollo: You brought, an interesting ,jury 7,t. 41 )n up, 9 vary
interesting question! Maybe we �_i .cj an r
The 2 1 s t of September, is l'i t an -1 i d,3t. f r
everyhody7
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millage rate of' General Fund Service.
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a total of 11.9091, which can be reduced at a later dat-.
Mr. Carollo: What the Commission voted down before.
Mr. Gary: He asked me what I recommended.
Mayor Ferre: I voted for that, but I was the only vote,
and
therefore I am in the minority and can't make a motion,
so
you have to get a motion from somebody else on
the
prevailing side. What is the will of this Commission,
one
way or the other?
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, I make a motion again that we adapt
the same millage rate that we had this year.
Mayor Ferre: 9.5514. That motion ...
Mr. Carollo: if that is the correct millage rate as Mon,,-,
stated, if not there should be
Mayor Ferre: The problem is that technically y(_j can't
do
thatJoe, because that motion failed and you were 01*1
trlr
losing side, so you cannot make triat, mollic)n.
Mr. Carollo: Would You like to make it, Mr. May�)I.
Mayer Ferrt: No, I really don't want t., mzmKt- it . I
don't.
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problem tonight. Mr. Manager, am f',, r a 9 F
Absent that think it w ou " J bf' fiscally irresponsible
us to walk away here tonight. w i *1 k1c) -t it a millaEP, s 1
colleagues, all four of them are unw i 11 ing to go to
1 w11.1 vote f o r 9.5514 and 0 2 C) so as n -t t 0 S
$212,000,006 and I am afraic wv-, wili have tc ut IL h, c bQce�
by 3.5 m11144on dollars.
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Mayor Ferre:
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way around it, bu I am willarlF. I tj a to u t i minute or t
am go i rig t Cj make t h e ta C)!, fur that whirr: .r,
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Mr. Dawkins: Mr. Mayor, I need your professional and
longevity.
Mayor Ferre: Yes, sir.
Mr. Dawkins: You said if we do not vote for this budget, we
are being irresponsible. Is that rights
Mayor Ferre: Yes, sir.
Mr. Dawkins: But if you have a manager who fails to be
responsible, what is he being?
Mayor Ferre: I think he is being irresponsible.
Mr. Dawkins: Okay!
Mr. Plummer: Well, excuse me, Mr. Dawkins ...
Mayor Ferre: If he needs three votes, and he knows how to
get the three votes, and this is where we are at - now the
Manager has got to speak his mind, and I think the Manager
is correct, but on the other hand, if the Manager needs the
third vote, then the Manager has got to deal with that.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Dawkins . .
Mr. Gary: If I can respond ...
Mr. Plummer: Let me speak to Ar. Dawkins. Mr. Dawkins, let
me say to you, sir, that is what the Manager said to you.
That is not who makes the final decision.
Mr. Dawkins: I hear you. Okay, call the question.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner
Plummer, who moved its adoption:
MOTION NO. 84-1034
A MOTION ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF
THE CITY MANAGER AND ADOPTING A
TENTATIVE MILLAGE RATE FOR FY-184-185 at
9.8571 OF AD VALOREM TAXES AND A DEBT
SERVICE OF 2.0520, FOR A TOTAL MILLAGE
RATE OF 11.9091.
Upon being seconded by Mayor Ferre, the motion was
passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
ON ROLL CALL:
Mr. Plummer: As the statement that I made previous
that I will wait to fight another day, I will not put
$22,000,000 in jeopardy, I vote "yes".
Mr. Dawkins: With the thought that I am going to fight
to be sure that the garbage fee is not raised, and if
it does, I will not be voting for that, I vote "yes".
Mr. Carollo:
fighters on
"no".
I am glad to see that we have a bunch of
the Commission besides ®yselft I vote
Id 189 Septesber 13, 1944
is 7
Mr. Perez: When I make my vote, I want to clarify that
I don't think that it is an irresponsible vote - I
think it is very clear at this time the responsibility
of the City Administration, because it is too easy to
tell us five minutes in advance that we are going to
lose $22,000,000. It is saying that when we have some
problem with economic development that if we don't
approve today we are going to lose $2,000,000 or
$3,0009000. I think that is a irresponsible_ vote, but
I think it is an answer, and it is a message to the
City Administration that they have to pay attention to
each vote in this Commission, for that reason, I vote
"no".
Mayor Ferre: All right, the motion then passes three
to two.
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85. FIRST READING ORDINANCE: TERRITORIAL LIMITS AND
MILLAGE FOR FT 1984-85.
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Mayor Forre: Ferre: We now need to have an ordinance, is that
right? Mono, what is the next thing we need to do?
Mr. Surana: Yes, air, we need an ordinance ...
Mayor Ferre: Or do we have to adopt the tentative budget?
Mr. Surana: Yes, first you have to adopt the tentative
millage rate.
Mayor Ferre: We have done that. All right now we have to
get an ordinance?
Mr. Surana: Yes, sir.
Mayor Ferre: That is Agenda Item Number 4. J. L., are you
ready to move that on First Reading?
Mr. Plummer: I want to know what Item 4 is.
Mayor Ferre: The territorial limits of the City of Miami
for the purpose of taxation, that is the basis.
Mr. Plu®mer: It does not refer to D.D.A.?
Mayor Ferre: No, no.
Mr. Plummer: I move it.
Mayor Ferre: The D.D.A. comes along a little bit later on.
Mr. Plummer: Then I can go back and change .....
Mayor Ferre: We are on 4, it has nothing to do with the
D.D.A. It delineates - is that correct, Mr. Manager?
Mr. Gary: She has got to read the ordinance. That vote was
supposed to have been an ordinance. She has to read it.
Mrs. Dougherty: (CITY ATTORNEY 3TART3 TO RSAD ORDIVANCE)
Mayor Ferre: Wait a minute! What the Manager is saying is
than that previous vote was an ordinance and we didn't read
it, so therefore we need to go back and read it. What ites
is it, please?
ld
190 Nepth"O#► ,
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Mrs. Dougherty: 4.
Mr. Gary: It is 4.
Mayor Ferro: Would you read the ordinance we previously
voted on? An ordinance defining and designating the
territorial limits. That is the one Plummer moved and I
seconded. would you read it, please?
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE DEFINING AND DESIGNATING
THE TERRITORIAL LIMITS OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAXATION;
FIXING THE MILLAGE AND LEVYING TAXES IN
THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, FOR THE
FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 19 19849
AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1985;
CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
SETTING FORTH THE PERCENTAGE BY WHICH
SAID MILLAGE RATES EXCEEDS THE "ROLL-
BACK" RATE AND THE METHOD OF CALCULATING
THE LATTER RATE.
Was introduced by Commissioner Plummer and seconded by
Mayor Ferre and passed on its first reading by title by the
following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez
ABSENT: None
The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public
record and stated that copies had been furnished to the City
Commission and that copies were available to the public.
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a6. FIRST NUDII1G ORDI5ARC19: APPROPRIATIONS► FOR FT 1984-
t985.
Mayor Ferro: All right, what is next Mono?
Mr. Gary: Now you have to adopt the tentative budget,
Agenda Item 5.
Mayor Ferro: An ordinance making provisions for the fiscal
year, a tentative budget.
Mr. Dawkins: You just told ■e I have to adopt the mills *I
ri ht? Now you are tolling ae I have to adopt the tentat ive
budget or I will be irresponsible and lose $22,000,0007
Mr. Clary: That is correct. You still could change the
budget and the aillage rate.
Mayor Ferro: This is First Reading only. Plumor roves on
First loading.
Mr. Dawkins: I second with the sage stipulation.
14 191 "04 13
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Mayor Ferre: Dawkins second Item 5. Read the ordinance.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR
THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30,
1985; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION;
AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
Was introduced by Commissioner Plummer and seconded by
Commissioner Dawkins and was passed on its first reading by
title by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
ABSENT: None.
ON ROLL CALL:
Mr. Dawkins: I vote "yes" with the same stipulation that
any budget that contains $60 for garbage pickup, I will not
be voting for it.
The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public
record and announced that copies were available to the
members of the City Commission and to the public.
ST. FIRST READING ORDINANCE: DEFINE TERRITORIAL LIMITS OF
D.D.A. AND SET MILLAGE.
Mayor Ferre: We are on 6 - and ordinance defining and
designating the territorial limits of the Downtown
Development Authority district for the City of Miami and
establishing the millage at .1429. Is there a motion on
that?
Mr. Perez: What is the millage on that?
Mayor Ferre: .1429. Okay? All right, Commissioner Perez
moves the millage at .1429. Second by Commissioner Carollo.
Read the ordinance.
Id 192 Septombor 13, 1904
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLEP-
AN ORDINANCE DEFINING AND DESIGNATING
THE TERRITORIAL LIMITS CF' TiiC DOWNTOWN
DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI LOCATED WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL
LIMITS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI FOR THE
PURPOSE OF TAXATION, FIXING THE MILLAGE
AND LEVYING TAXES IN THE DOWNTOWN
DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT LOCATED WITHIN THE
TERRITORIAL LIMITS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING
OCTOBER 1, 1984, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER
30, 1985, FIXING THE MILLAGE AT ONE
THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE
TEN THOUSANDTHS (.1429) MILLS ON THE
DOLLAR OF THE NONEXEMPT ASSESSED VALUE
OF ALL REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY IN
SAID DISTRICT AND PROVIDING THAT THE
SAID MILLAGE AND THE TAXES LEVIED HEREIN
SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO THE FIXING OF
THE MILLAGE AND THE LEVYING OF TAXES
WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL LIMITS OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI, WHICH IS CONTAINED IN THE
GENERAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR THE
AFORESAID FISCAL YEAR AS REQUIRED BY
SECTION 30 OF THE CITY CHARTER;
PROVIDING THAT THE FIXING OF THE MILLAGE
AND LEVYING OF TAXES HEREIN SHALL BE IN
ADDITION TO SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR
IMPROVEMENTS IMPOSED BY THE CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI WITHIN
THE TERRITORIAL LIMITS OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI; PROVIDED THAT THIS ORDINANCE
SHALL NOT BE DEEMED AS REPEALING OR
AMENDING ANY OTHER ORDINANCE FIXING
MILLAGE OF LEVYING TAXES FOR THE FISCAL
YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBE;R 1, 1984 AND
ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1985, BUT SHALL BE
DEEMED SUPPLEMENTAL AND IN ADDITION
HERETO; AND PROVIDING THAT IF ANY
SECTION, CLAUSE OR SUBSECTION SHALL BE
DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL, IT SHALL NOT
AFFECT THE REMAINING PROVISIONS OF THIS
ORDINANCE.
Was introduced by Commissioner Perez and seconded by
Commissioner Carollo and passed on its first reading by
title by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
ABSENT: None
The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public
record and stated that copies had been furnished to the City
Commission and that copies were available to the public.
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68. FIRST RN.ADING ORDINANCB: ♦PPROPRIATIONS FOR D.D.A. FY
1984-1985.
Mayor Ferre: Item 7, an ordinance making appropriations for
the Downtown Development Authority for the fiscal year, and
so on. This is the budget. Is there a motion? This is a
counterpart that goes with the previous motion.
ld 193 September 13, 198
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, for the record, that includes the
monies from General Fund, correct? The total budget
includes the $717,000 from General Fund.
Mayor Ferre: On First Reading, that is correct. Moved by
Commissioner Perez. Seconded by Commissioner Carollo.
Further discussion? Read the ordinance.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR
THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1985; AUTHORIZING
THE DIRECTOR OF THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY TO INVITE OR ADVERTISE FOR
BIDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF ANY MATERIAL,
EQUIPMENT OR SERVICE EMBRACED IN THE
SAID APPROPRIATIONS FOR WHICH FORMAL
BIDDING MAY BE REQUIRED PROVIDING THAT
THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE SUPPLEMENTAL AND
IN ADDITION TO THE ORDINANCE MAKING
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1985 FOR THE
OPERATION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
PROVIDING THAT IF ANY SECTION, CLAUSE OR
SUBSECTION SHALL BE DECLARED
UNCONSTITUTIONAL, IT SHALL NOT AFFECT
THE REMAINING PROVISIONS OF THIN
ORDINANCE.
Was introduced by Commissioner Perez and seconded by
Commissioner Carollo and passed on its first reading by
title by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
ABSENT: None
The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public
record and stated that copies had been furnished to the City
Commission and that copies Were available to the public.
89. PUBLIC READING OF INTENDED CITY USE OF FEDERAL REVENUE
MRING FUNDS IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR FY 1984-1985.
Mayor Ferre: The last thing we have to do is the proposed
allocations of Federal Revenue Sharing.
Mr. Gary: Read it into the record.
Mayor Ferre: All right, this is the allocation of Federal
Revenue Sharing. Police Department, $3,103,553; Fire,
$2,069,036; Sold Waste, $1,724,195; Sub -total $6,896,784;
Daycare, $276,625; Recreation $170,905; Parks Mechanism,
$335,150; Social Services, $1,005,138; African Square Park,
Id
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$1g1,485; Hand i^apped, $45,000 - total $8,9?1,090. Now,
what do we have to do on that?
Mr. Gary: That is all.
Mayor Ferre: Just read it? Doesn't have to have a motion?
Mr. Gary: No.
90. APPOINT HERBERT LEE SIMON TO THE ZOt1ING BOARD.
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Mr. Dawkins: Mr. Mayor, I have an appointment to the Zoning
Board that I want to make - Mr. Herbert Lee Simon.
Mayor Ferre: All right, there is a motion that Mr. Herbert
Simon be appointed to the Zoning Board. There is a second
by Commissioner Plummer. Is there further discussion on
that appointment? Call the roll, please.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner
Dawkins, who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 84- 1035
A RESOLUTION APPOINTING ONE INDIVIDUAL
AS A MEMBER OF THE CITY ZONING BOARD TO
SERVE A TERM EXPIRING DECEMBER 31, 1984.
(Here follows body of resolution,
omitted here and on file in the Office
of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the
resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
NOTE FOR THE RECORD: ITEMS 34 AND 35 WERE PASSED ON FIRST
READING AT THIS POINT, BUT WERE LATER PASSED AS EMERGENCY
ORDINANCES.
91. EMERGENCY ORDINANCE: INCREASE SELF INSURANCE TRUST
FUND FOR LIABILITY CLAIMS RESULTING FROM RECENT
UNFAVORABLE COURT RULINGS.
Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves
seconds. Read the ordinance.
Agenda Item 36. Dawkins
Id 195 September 13, 1!
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AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED-
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AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS
5 AND 6 OF ORDINANCE NO. 9684 ADOPTED
SEPTEMBER 29, 2983, THE ANNUAL
APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR
ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1984, BY INCREASING
REVENUES AND APPROPRIATIONS IN THE -SELF
INSURANCE TRUST FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF
$400,000 FROM FY`83 SELF INSURANCE FUND
BALANCE TO PAY ADDITIONAL LIABILITY
CLAIMS RESULTING FROM RECENT UNFAVORABLE
_ COURT RULINGS AGAINST THE CITY OF MIAMI;
CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
Was introduced by Commissioner Plummer and seconded by
Commissioner Dawkins, for adoption as an emergency measure
and dispensing with the requirement of reading same on two
separate days, which was agreed to by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Whereupon the Commission on motion of Commissioner
Plummer and seconded by Commissioner Dawkins, adopted said
ordinance by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public
record and announced that copies were available to the
members of the City Commission and to the public.
92. EMERGENCY ORDINANCE: AMEND CAPITAL APPROPRIATIONS
ORDINANCE - APPROPRIATIONS FOR DOWNTOWN COMPONENT OF
PEOPLE MOVER.
Mayor Ferro: We are on emergency basis Agenda Item 37.
Plummer moves, Dawkins seconds. Further discussion, read
the ordinance.
(AT THIS POINT, CITY ATTORNEY READS ORDINANCE INTO THE
PUBLIC RECORD)
Mr. Plummer: Wait a minute. I thought our total commitment
to that was only $350,000.
Mr. Gary: This was just on the first page, J. L.
ld 196 Soptomber 13, 1964
Mr. Plummer: I am saying, but our total commitment was
$350,000.
Mr. Gary: No, no. This City Commission voted for a total
appropriation for everything on the downtown people mover
for $9,000,000.
Mayor Ferre: That is right.
Mr. Gary: But we are not going to have to spend $9,000,000.
Mayor Ferre: All right, call the roll.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 95349 ADOPTED DECEMBER 9,
1982, THE EXISTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE, AS AMENDED, BY
CONVERTING AUTHORIZED LOANS MADE FROM
THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND INTO
TRANSFERS FROM SAME; BY TRANSFERRING AN
AMOUNT OF $385,000 FROM TRUST AND AGENCY
FUNDS TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND;
AND BY DECREASING RESOURCES AND PRIOR
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DOWNTOWN
COMPONENT OF METRORAIL (PEOPLE MOVER) TO
THE AMOUNT OF $29566,900 SATISFYING THE
CITY'S FUNDING COMMITMENT FOR THE FIRST
PHASE OF THE PROJECT; CONTAINING A
REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE.
Was introduced by Commissioner Plummer and seconded by
Commissioner Dawkins, for adoption as an emergency measure
and dispensing with the requirement of reading same on two
separate days, which was agreed to by the following vote -
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Whereupon the Commission on motion of Commissioner
Plummer and seconded by Comissioner Dawkins, adopted said
ordinance by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public
record and announced that copies were available to the
members of the City Commission and to the public.
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PORPON OF MtCORDIMG ASSE83MMMT LIEN ACTIVITY FT 1984.
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Mayor Ferre: Take up Agenda Item 38.
Mr. Gary: This is an accounting technique 'to establish a
special fund that needs money.
Mr. Plummer: Move it.
Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves.
Mr. Dawkins: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Dawkins seconds. Further discussion? This is
an emergency - read the ordinance.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF
$2,000,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECORDING
ASSESSMENT LIEN ACTIVITY FOR FY184 AND
EACH ENSUING FISCAL YEAR, REVENUE WILL
BE EQUAL TO THE ESTIMATED CASH
COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENT LIENS AND
TRANSFERRED TO THE GENERAL OBLIGATION
DEBT SERVICE FUND TO PROVIDE AN
ADDITIONAL RESOURCE FOR THE REPAYMENT OF
MATURING PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON
OUTSTANDING GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND
ISSUES APPROVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION;
CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
Was introduced by Commissioner Plummer and seconded by
Commissioner Dawkins, for adoption as an emergency measure
and dispensing with the requirement of reading same on two
separate days, which was agreed to by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: Via* -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Whereupon the Commission on notion of Commissioner
Plummer and seconded by Commissioner Dawkins, adopted said
ordinance by the following vote -
AYES: Comissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
HOBS: None
ABBBNT: Yioe-Mayor Demstrio Perez, Jr.
Us City Attorney r*ad tw ordinance Into the public
rft"d mad announesd that oopiea wsre available to Me
NOW* of the City Commission and to the public.
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94. IMEMOUCT ORDINANCE: INCUASE APPROPRIATIONS TO
2X11E1AL CITT DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICES.
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Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves, Dawkins seconds Agenda Item
Number 34. Read the ordinance on emergency bAsis.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS
1 AND 6 OF ORDINANCE NO. 9684, ADOPTED
SEPTEMBER 29, 1983, THE ANNUAL
APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE FOR THE FISCAL
YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1984, AS
AMENDED BY INCREASING GENERAL FUND
REVENUES/MISCELLANEOUS IN THE AMOUNT OF
$80000009 BY DECREASING FY`84
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FIRE RESCUE AND
INSPECTION SERVICES DEPARTMENT -
$250,000, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT -
$350,000, THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT -
$200,000 AND BY INCREASING THE FY'84
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE COMPUTER
DEPARTMENT - $100,0000 THE CITY CLERK'S
OFFICE - $100,0009 THE PUBLIC WORKS
DEPARTMENT - $100,000, AND SPECIAL
PROGRAMS AND ACCOUNTS - $1,300,000 FOR
THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING FY184 ESTIMATED
OPERATING DEFICITS; CONTAINING A
REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE.
Was introduced by Commissioner Plummer and seconded by
Commissioner Dawkins, for adoption as an emergency measure
and dispensing with the requirement of reading same on two
separate days, which was agreed to by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferro
NOES: Bone.
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Vhereupon the Commission on notion of Commissioner
Plummer and seconded by Commissioner Dawkins, adopted said
ordinance by the following vote -
AYES: Co>missioner
Commissioner
Commissioner
Miller J. Dawkins
Joe Carollo
J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferro
MOQS: None.
A932MT: Vioe-Mayor Deaetrio Perez, Jr.
The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public
record and announced that copies were available to the
membere of the City Commission and to the public.
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95. EMERGENCY ORDINANCEt: CONTINUE FUNDING FOR XEROX 9400
FOR DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING 7 VEHICLE MAINTENANCE.
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Mayor Ferre: Agenda Item Number 35. Plummer moves, Dawkins
seconds. Read the ordinance.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS
4 AND 6 OF ORDINANCE NO. 9684 ADOPTED
SEPTEMBER 299 1983, THE ANNUAL
APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE FOR THE FISCAL
YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1984, BY
APPROPRIATING FROM THE BUILDING AND
VEHICLE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT, HEAVY
EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE DIVISION, FY-83
RETAINED EARNINGS, AN AMOUNT OF $480000;
INCREASING REVENUES IN THE SAME AMOUNT
TO BE APPROPRIATED INTO THE PRINT SHOP
DIVISION TO PROVIDE CONTINUED FUNDING
FOR THE LEASING OF THE XEROX 9400
COPIER; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION
AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
Was introduced by Commissioner Plummer and seconded by
Commissioner Dawkins, for adoption as an emergency measure
and dispensing with the requirement of reading same on two
separate days, which was agreed to by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Whereupon the Commission on notion of Commissioner
Plummer and seconded by Commissioner Dawkins, adopted said
ordinance by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner J. L. Plumer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferro
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor Demetrio Peres, Jr.
The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public
record and announoed that copies were available to the
members of the City Commission and to the public.
Mayor Fsrre: Mr. Manager, through you to Randy, I would
like a breakdown of the special programs and accounts of
$1:300,000 in Item Number 34. I would like a list of the
br akdown on that.
We will give that to you, Mr. Mayor.
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Mr. Gary: Agenda Item Number 25, we need to :have rates for
the flea markets. Right now, Mr. Mayor, they are being
charged $94 per vendor.
Mayor Ferro: And you are going $25 per vendor for vendors
at flea markets?
Mr. Gary: Yes, sir. That is a reasonable rate.
Mayor Ferre: All right, who wants to move that?
Mr. Plummer: Move it.
Mr. Gary: This is for the flea market.
Mayor Ferre: It is going down from i94 to $25 per vendor
for the flea markets, so it makes it more reasonable and you
don't end up with this mess.
Mr. Carollo: Second.
Mayor Ferre: It has been moved and seconded on an emergency
basis.
Mrs. Dougherty: No, this is on First Reading, Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: It says emergency.
Mrs. Dougherty: It cannot be an emergency. It is an
ordinance dealing with occupational licenses, which has to
be read on First and Second reading with notice in between.
Mayor Ferre: First reading. Read the ordinance.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BY AMENDING DIVISION 2
ENTITLED "SCHEDULE OF LICENSE TAXES." OF
ARTICLE II ENTITLED "LICENSES," OF
CHAPTER 31 ENTITLED "LICENSES AND
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS REGULATIONS"; BY
PROVIDING FOR ♦ DEFINITION OF BY
MARKETS AND ESTABLISHING AN OCCUPATIONAL
LICENSE TAX SCHEDULE FOR THEIR
OPERATION; CONTAINING ♦ REPEALER
PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
Was introduoed by Commissioner Plummer and seoonded by
Commissioner Carollo and was passed on its first reading by
title by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Nauriae A. Ferre
NOES: None.
♦33ENT; Via*-Kayor Desetrio Peres, Jr.
ld 201
The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public
record and announced that copies were available to the
members of the City Commission and to the public.
There being no further business to come before the City
Commission, on motion duly lade and seconded, the meeting
was adjourned at 10:05 P.M..
ATTEST: RALPH G. ONGIE
City Clerk
NATTY HIRAI
Assistant City Clerk
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MAURICE A. FERRE
Mayor
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RETRIEVAL
DOCUMENT IDEMIFICATION - I COACTIONp"AND COW NO.
ALLOCATE $6,000, FROM SPECIAL PROGRAMS ACCOUNTS,
FOR THE PURPOSE OF REDUCE THE RENTAL COST OF THE
COCONUT GROVE EXHIBITION CENTER,
AMEND RESOLUTION NO. 84-634, ADOPTED JUNE 14,1984
WHICH ALLOCATED A SUM NOT TO EXCEED $5,200 FROM
SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND ACCOUNTS (QLF), IN SUPPORT
OF THE HOLIDAY FESTIVAL, TO BE HELD DECEMBER 1
AND 2, 1984 IN BAYFRONT PARK AUDITORIUM WITH
PROCCEDS GOING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL
OF MEDICINE,.
APPROVE IN PRINCIPLE THE RESOLUTION OF THF. V. HE-1
i"ISPHERIC CONGRESS OF 1,A` JN C14AMBF.RS OF COMIIFRCY,
AND INDUSTRY, A TOTAL, OF 25 NATIONS F"RON' LA:'IN
AMERICA AND THE CARIFBEIN RFCOIT'll"ND THE RF-STA--
BLI SHMENT OF THE CONCEPT "TRADE FT I R OF THE Th1FRI
CAS". DIRECT CITY CLERK TO SEND COPIFS OF THE
HEREIN RESOLUTION TO CERTAIN DESIGNATED OFFIL:IALS
ALLOCATE AN PMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $5,000,IN SUPPO
OF PRO --BIKE ' 84 THE BIENNAL WORLD CONFERENCE: Or
BICICLE TRANSPORTATION AND RECREATION.
REQUEST THE METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY COMMISSION
THAT IT NOT LEASE OR RENT ANY COUNTY PROPERTY TO
ANY INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP ESPOUSING THE PHILOSOPHY
OF RACISM; IN PARTICULAR, INDIVIDUALS/GROUPS SUC
AS LOIS FARRAHKAN AND THE KLU x*LUY KLAN; POINTIN
OUT THAT THE CITY CITIZENS ARE COUNTY TAXPAYER
AND OPPOSE SAID USE OF COUNTY FACILITIES SUCH AS
CALIB CENTER BY MESSENGERS OF HATE, RACISM, OR
ANTI SEMI`T'ISM.
APPROVE THE PARTICIPATION BY THE CITY OF MIAMI
IN AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH DAD£ COUNTY, THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH AND VILLAGE OF BAL HARBOUR,
DATED AS OF OCTOBER 11 1984,CREATING THE GREATER
MIAMI COMVENTION CONSORTIUM FOR THE PURPOSE OF
ESTABLISH/UNIFIED/COORDINATED EFFORT FOR THE PRO-
MOTION/MARKETING OF CONVENTIONS/CONVENTION SALES.
SETTIN G• FORTH THE POSITION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI
THAT AUTHORITY FOR FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PAX-FREF
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT REVENUE BONDS A.LLOCP.TED
USING FORMULP. OR METHOD SIMILAR TO THAT PROPOSED
BY THE FLORIDF LEAGUE OF CITIES, INC. AND THE DA-)
DE COUNTY LEAGUE OF CITIES,INC.
84-967
84-970
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INSTRUCT CITY ADMINISTRATION TO REVIEW THE DADE
COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY'S EXCER—
CISE OF ITS POWERS IN THE PAST TWO YEARS PURSUANT
TO THE FLORIDAINDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMUNTIFTNANICING
ACT (F.S.159.25-159.43) IN REGARD TO PROJECTS FI-
NANCED THROUGH THE AUTHORITY'S ISSUANCE OF TAX—
EXEMPT INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT REVENUE BONDS.
AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO AMEND THE REQUEST FOR
PROPOSALS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF Ci}LTURAL/PFCREA—
TrTON/ENTERTAIMENT FACILITIES ON CITY— OPINED VATSO
ISLAND OF PROPOSALS FROM NOVEPIBEP 12, 1984 TO
FEBRUARY 28, 1985.
SFTTING FORTP THE POSITION OI- THE CITY Or MIAMI
THAT THY INSTALL.ATION 01" SOUND BARR_IFFS ALONG
MFTRORAI L RIGIIT—OF WAY SHOl'LIl BY I PSFI) ON 7? c� c_
TEM—WIDL CRITYRION OF' THY
DISTURBING EFFECT OY MFTPO R7-IL'!= (1111" P7% "' INC 1d0I1--,F
LEVEL UPON THE RESIDENTS OI' PROPFFTY AI)JACYNT TO
mHF -RACKS OF SAID YSTI;i7.
PUBLISH REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS YOR CONSULTANTS TO
PREPARE A REPORT/STUDY/ANALYSIS ON I CONO117 C 17EA—
SIBILITY OF PRIVATE PICKUP OF TRASH/GARBAGE—ALLC`
CATING $50,000 THEREFOR; WITH CERTAIN STIPULATIO
APPOINTING LAWRENCE O. TURNER AS CHAIRMAN OF THE
MIAMI SPORTS P.ND EXHIBITION AUTHORITY.
SETTING SEPTEMBER 210 1984, AT 11:00 A.M. FOR A
SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION MEETING TO BE CONTINUED
IF NECESSARY, TO BE SET BY THE COMMISSION FOR TH
PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING A LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIO
RELATING TO THE EFFICIENCY/PERFORMPNCE OF THE CI
TY OF MIAMI POLICE DEPARTMENT HANDLING INVESTIGA
TION OF MICHAEL JOHNSON CASE.
CONFIRMING/ORDERING RESOLUTION NO. 84-787 AND AU
THORIZING CITY CLERK TO ADVERTISE FOR SEALED BID
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF CITY WIDE HIGHWAY IMPRO—
VEMENT —PHASE I IN CITY WIDE HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT
DISTRICT —PHASE I, H 4497.
CONFIRM ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NORH
59TH STREET HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT H-4452
AND REMOVE ALL PENDING LIENS FOR THIS IMPROVEMEN
NOT HEREBY CERTIFIED.
APPROVE FISCAL 1984-85 BUDGET OF MIAMI SPORTS
EXHIBITION AUTHORITY — APPROVE AGREEMENT IN—
DEMNIFYING METRO AGAINST EXPENDITURE OF CONVEN—
TION DEVELOPMENT TAX PROCEEDS DURING PENDENCY
OF CURRENT LITIGATION, ETC. (ALLOCA'T'ION,
$362,181.82,TO COVER SAID BUDGET.
R4-986
84-990
84-994
84-995
84-997
84-998
@$ -999
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APPOINTING AN INDIVIDUAL TO SERVE AS A MEMBER OF
MIAMI SPORTS P.Nn EXHIBITION P.UTHORITY
RATIFY CITY MANAGER'S TO FIND A SOLE SOURCE; tAl
VING THE REQUIREMENT FOR COMPETITIVE, SEALED BIDS
AND APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF ONE (1) JAIL?PACK SOFT
WARE SYSTEM AND LICENSE, ON A CONTRACT BASIS FOP.
ONE YEAP. RENEWABLE ANNUALLY, FROM SOFTWARE CLEA-
RING HOUSE INC., ETC. AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO
INSTRUCT THE PURCHASING AGENT TO ISSUE A PURCHAS
ORDER FOR THESE MATERIALS.
APPROVE THE LATIN QUARTER PLANNING STUDY DATED
FEBFUARY. 1984, FOP. THE AREA BOUNDED BY AND IN-
CLUDING PROPERTY FRONTING ON AND IMMF.DIATFLY AD-
JACENT TO NORTHt�'EST 1ST ' STREET NnRTHWFST/�01711-
WEST 12TH AVENUE, S0UTH6.FST 9TH STRFE'T (TES TP(--
JECTED) , AND 17TH 7A7FNUF,.
APPROVE' THE "DESIGN AND `I'ANDARTS-L:A-
TIN QUP RTER DISTRICT" ( YEBRUT TRY , 1 9 R II ) T.S '1' 1F P,1'-
SIGN GUIDELINES AND ST704DARDS TO BE USED FOR 7HE.
LSTIN QUARTES REVIEW HOARD.
CONCERN THE GREAT COCONUT GROVE BICYCLE RACE ,lHIC
IS TO TAKE PLACE OCTOBER 11, 121 AND 14, 19811,
CLOSE CERTAIN STREETS TO THROUGH VEHICULAR TRAFFI
DURING SPECIFIED DATES AND HOURS, ETC.
AMEND THE CONTRACT AGREEMENT WITH THE LITr"LE HA-
VANA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, INC. (LHDA), IN P FO
ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, TO INCREASE THE
AMOUNT FUNDS FROM $37,750. TO $50,000 FOR AUGMEN
TINS CONTRP_CTOR'S OPERATION TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO THE LATIN QUAR-
TER AREA OF LITTLE HAVANA,
ACCEPT THE COMPLFTF.D WORK OF MET CONSTRUCTION,
INC, AT A TOTAL COST OF $971649.00 FOR THE CITY
OF MIAMI/UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI JAMES L. KNIGHT
INTERNATIONAL CENTER - ENTRANCE CANOPY; ASSESSING
$9f500.00 AS LIQUIDATE DAMAGES FOR 19 DAYS OVERFU
OF CONTRACT TIME; AND AUTHORIZE A FINAL PAYMENT
OF $264.99.
ACCEPT THE BIDS OF PARK STRUCTURES OF AIERICA(C
INC. AT A COST OF $825,00, HUNTER.-KNEPSHIELD COM-
PANY AT A COST OF $625%00 AND C & V1 UNLIMITED,
d/b/a/LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES, INC. AT A COST OF
$6,217.00 FOP FURNISHING FIVE ITE14S OF PLAYGROUND
EQUIPMEN" POR DORSEY PARK TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
PARKS AND RECREATION AT A TOTAL COST OF $7,690.54
AUTHORIZE CITY TANAGER TO INSTRUCT THE PURCHASING
AGENT TO ISSUE THE PURCHASE ORDERS,ETC.
84-1000
84-1004
84-1005
f<U-- 1 ()06
R4-1010
84-1011
84-1012
84-1013
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ACCEPT THE BID OF WALDO ELEC"'RIC,INC. FOR FUR-
NISH_ONE ELECTRIC METER AND PLL LABOR AND MATE-
RIALS FOR INSTALLATION AT THE NIANI CONVENTION
CENTER TO THE DEPPRT"4FNT OF THF: CONFERENCE CENTS
AT A TOTAL PROPOSED COST OF $6,500.00; F"'C. AU-
THORIZE CITY MANAGER TO INSTRUCT THE PURCHASING
AGENT TO ISSUE A PURCHASE ORDER,ETC.
ACCEPT THE BID OF ROYAL METALS, INC. FOR FURNISH
INSTALL RAILINGS AND LADDERS AT THE MIAPII S'^ADIC
CONCERT STAGE FOR THE DFPA_RTMENT OF BUILDING/VEH
CLE MAINTENP.NCF. AT A TOTAL COST OF $7 , 656 , 00. ,
ETC. AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO INSTRUCT THE PUP
CHASING AGFNT TO ISSUE A PURCHASE ORDFR,F,TC.
AUTHORIZI' CITY 'IANAGER TO ACCFT'T DON%TION OF A
1920 %71NTAGF AN'r1011IF P110' APPARATUS Its ` lfl.7 TnT'RC>
XIMATF VALUE OF $7,000.00. FOR USE", PY THY DEPAI?`I'
MENT OF FI RF/RFSCUI' %I N:=PI'C7'I ON SL'R\'I CFS YRO M CI`
OF CORAL GABLFS,YTC:.
AUTHORIZE DISPENSING OF FIFER I"I SOFT CCINTAINI`RS,
AT NO CHARGE BY THE MIA.MI RUNNERS CLUB IN BRICKS
PARK SEPTEMBER 25, 1984, AND IN MEYERS PARK, OC-
TOBER 17, 1984,ETC.
ORDERING DOWNTOWN HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT -PHASE I,
H4498 AND DESIGNATING THE PROPERTY AGAINST PIHICH
SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS SHALL BE MADE FOR A. PORTION
OF THE COST THEREOF AS DOWNTOWN HIGHWAY IMPROVE-
MENT DISTRICT -PHASE I, H-4498.
DIRECT CITY CLERK TO PUBLISH A NOTICE OF PUBLIC
HEARING FOR OBJECTIONS BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF
COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION BY MARTIN + CNA.NEY EQUIP-
MENT RENTALS, INC. AND UNITED STATES FIDELITY AN]
GUARANTY COMPANY, THE SURETY OF AUBURN SANITARY
SEWER IMPROVEMENT IN AUBURN SANITARY SEWER IM-
PROVEMENT DISTRICT,ETC.
DIRECT CITY CLERK TO PUBLISH A NOTICE OF PUBLIC
HEARING FOR OBJECTIONS TO THE ACCEPTANCE BY CITY
COMMISSION OF THE COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION BY RIC-
MAN CONSTRUCTION,INC. OF KINLOCH SANITARY SEWER
(2ND BIDDING) IN KINLOCH SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT
SR-5485-C&S, BIDS "A" AND "B" PLUS ADDITIVE BIDS
"A" AND "B", ETC.
CIRECT CITY CLERK TO PUBLISH A NOTICE OF HEARING
FOR OBJECTIONS TO THE ACCEPTANCE BY CITY COMMI,j-
SION OF THE CONSTRUCTION BY LANZO CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY OF KINLOCH SANITARY SEWER (2ND BIDDING)
IN KINLOCH SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT SR-5485-CLS;
BID "C" PLUS ADDITIVE BID "C", ETC.
84-1014
84-1015
84-1016
P4-1017
84-1018
84-1019
84-1020
84-1021
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CIRECT CITY CLERK TO PUBLISH A NOTICE OF HARING
FOR OBJECTIONS ACCEPTANCE BY CITY CO'4MISSION OF
THE COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION BY f1. VILA AND ASSOCI —
TES,INC. OF LITTLE RIVER HIGHWAY IN LITTLE VILA
HIGHWAY DISTRICT H-4482;ETC.
DIRECT CITY CLERK TO PUBLISH A NOTICE OF HEARING
FOR OBJECTIONS ACCEPTANDE BY CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CONSTRUCTION BY RE—GRA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY,
INC. OF EAST PLLAPA.TTAH HIGHWAY IN EAST ALLAPATT
HIGHWAY DISTRICT H-4481; ETC.
AUTHORIZING THE DISPENSING OF BEER IN SOFT CON—
TAINERS, AT NO CHARGE, BY CONVENTION SERVICE ASS
CIATES IN PACE PARK ON SFPTFMBF.R 25, 1984; FTC.
AUTHORIZING A ONE DAY PERMIT TO SFIA EFER FOR
THE WYNW00D COMMUNITY FCONOMIC DFVFILOPMFNT I'T-'.O—
GRAM, INC. IN CONNECTION t^7ITH THY W)Nt"C'1 1) I11'S'I'I—
VAL TO RY HELD AT CIEMENTY PARK ON tdOVF'l3FR. 11,
1984.
AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER.ICITY CLERK TO FXECuli'F. O
BEHALF OF THE CITY OF MIAMI P TRI—PARTY RAILROAD
REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE STFTF OF FLO
RIDA D''PPrT'FNT/TF.Ail P0''TATIO�', FL,ORIDA EAST COP
RAILWAY COMPANY AND THE CITY OF MIAMI FOP. THE
CONSTRUCTION/MAINTENANCE OF THE RAILROAD GRADE
CROSSING ON.N.E.71 STREET AT N.E.4 AVENUE.
ALLOCATE $20,000— SUPPORT CARNAVAL OF MIAMI, AU
THOP.IZE CITY MANAGER/CITY ATTORNEY AMEND AGREE—
MENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND LITTLE HABANA TOURIST
AUTHORITY, INC.
ALLOCATE SUM NOT TO EXCEED $2,000 PER MONTHS,
TO SUPPORT OF REDUCTION IN RETAL FEES AT THE CO—
CONUT GROVE EXHIBITION CENTER FOR COCONUT GROVE
CARES, INC.
ACCEPT BIDS FROM BAY FORD TRUCK SALES, INC. —
($36,180.83) L.A. CHEVROLET, INC. (11,026.00)
GUS MACHADO BUICK/GMC (55,360) FOR EIGHT VEHICLE
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING AND VEHICLE MAIN—
TENANCE.
ALLOCATE $677,979,OF FY 1984-85 FEDERAL REVENUE
FUNDS TO SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES,FROM OCTOBER 10
1984 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 1985, ETC AUTHORIZE
CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH THE
AFOREMENTIONED ?AGENCIES.
IT
84-1022
84-1023
84-1024
84— 1025
84-1026
84-1027
84-1028
84-1029
84-1030
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ALLOCATE $50,622 OF FY'84-85 FEDEPIL REVENUE FUN 84-1031
rE'NDT_NG kDOPTIO*1 PCIILAL AFPROPRIPTIONS ORDINANCE
FOR FY184-85 PREVIOUSLY APPROVE SOCIAL SERVICE
AGENCIES IN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 1/12 OF TOTAL
ALLOCATION TO MAINTAIN AGENCY AT THE FY'83-84 LE
VEL FROM OCTOBER 1f 1984 THROUGH OCTOBER 31, 198
ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED
AGENCIES.
RATIFY BY THE CITY COMMISSION, THE CITY HAMPAGER'. 84-1033
ACCEPTANCE ON AN EMERGENCY BTSIS OF THE BID H &
GRAPHICS, INC. FOR PRINTING 5,000 COPIES OF "F�7IP
MI --THE STPTF OF TIiF, CITY —1984" PT T COST NOT
TO EXCEED $12,023; ETC.
APPOINTING ONE INDIVIDUAL AS Ia 11FPiL3ER OF T11F CIT 80-1035
ZONING BOARD TO ERVY P 'FXPIPING DECEMI3>,R
31, 1984.