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ACCEPT OFFER OF DONATION OF PROPERTY BY CAPITAL BANK
6013 N.Id. 7TH AVENUE FOR POLICE MINI -STATION.
11-83-451
1-3
2
REQUEST FOR FUNDING FOR NEW IIORIZON COP'L NITY 111-JAl, T[
CENTER REFERRED TO CITY MANAGER.
DISCUSSION
4-5
3
PERSONAI. APPEARANCE DAVID KENNEDY RFGARDING NAMING;
OF TENNIS CENTER AT MOORE AND HENDERSON PARKS.
DISCUSSION
5-7
4
EXPRESS CONCERN FOR PROBLEMS IN SAN SALVADOR AS A
RESULT OF 700.000 REFUGEES; ENCOURAGING THE PEOPLE:
OF MIAMI TO SEND CLOTHING AND CONTRIBUTIONS '110 SAN
SALVADOR.
R-83-452
8-9
5
FIRST READING ORDINANCE: PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT
FOR NOVEMBER BALLOT re: RESIDENCY.REQUIREMENTS.
FIRST READING
9-15
6
ALLOCATE $2,500 FOR PUERTO RICO DAY CELEBRATION.
M-83-453
15-16
7
DIRECT CITY CLERK TO SEND TELEGRAMS AND LETTERS TO
PUBLIC SERVICE. COM111ISSION OI3JECTING TO SOUTHERN BELL'S
PROPOSED CHANGES ON LOCAL CALLS.
M-83-454
16-17
8
DISCUSSION ITEM COMMISSIONER CAROLLO re: LISTING OF
CITY OFFICIALS AS AN ADVERTISEMENT IN THE SPANISH
YELLOW PAGES.
DISCUSSION
17-18,
9
ALLOCATE $25,000: MIAMI CARIBBEAN CONFERENCE,
NOVEMBER 29TIl THROUGH DECEMBER 1ST 1983,
SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
R-83-455
18-19
10
APPROVE AND SUPPORT OF DEVELOPMENT OF METRO-MIAMI
ACTION PLAN DURING 1983.
R-83-456
20
11
APPOINT STUART SORG AS SPECIAL. ADVISOR OF THE CITY
COI•MISSION FOR HARBORS, RIVERS AND MARINAS AND
WATERFRONT PROJECTS.
M-83-457
21
12
APPROVE IN PRINCIPLE A PROPOSAL. BY PACE FOR I'IUS1C
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FESTIVAL TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF MIAMI.
?1-83-458
21-25
13
•APPROVE IN PRINCIPLE A REQUEST BY COCONUT GROVE
THEATRE AND BLACK ARTS COUNCIL. FOR FUNDING IN
CONNECTION WITH A PRODUCTION ENTITLED "WHEN HELI.
FREEZES OVER, I'LL SKATE".
M-83-459
25-28
14
PERSONAL APPEARANCE: BERNARD DYER AND ATHALIE RENGE
re: A BLACK NEWSPAPER ENTITLED "BLACK MIAMI WEEKLY";
,
REQUEST FOR ADVERTISING, ETC. REFERRED TO THE CITY
MANAGER.
DISCUSSION
28-30
15
RESOLUTION RENAMING EDISON CENTER PARK THE ATIIALIE
RANGE PARK.
R-83-460
31-32
16
APPOINT MAYOR MAURICE A. FERRE AS A MEMBER OF THE
BISCAYNE BAY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
M-83-461
33
17
EXPRESS GRATITUDE TO MR. MARTIN FINE AND SENATOR
CARRIE MEEK FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN RELATIONS TO THE
DOCUMENTARY STAMP BILL.
M-83-462
34
18
APPOINTMENT OF PERSONS TO LAST LITTLE HAVANA TASK
FORCE.
R-83-463
34-35
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RE-NM1E TENNIS CENTER AT 111ORNINGSIDE PARK.
R-83-464
35-36
20
APPOINT GEORGIE KNOX AS CHAIRMAN OF THE MINORITY
PR,�'IIREHENT COMPLIANCE BOARD.
R-83-465
36-37
21
PERSONAL APPEARANCE: 1,11ICIIAEL MAXWELL, DADE HERITAGIE
TRUST, PRESENTATION OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION AWARD.
DISCUSSION
37
22
PERSONAL APPEARANCE: RICHARD FENDF.L?MAN, re: A
PROPOSED COCONUT GROVE FILM EXPOSTTTON.
DISCUSSION
37-40
23
DISCUSSION TO IMPROVE TIME "SCOFFLAW" BOOTING
PROGRAM.
DISCUSSION
41-42
24
BRIEF DISCUSSION ITEM: FEES CHARGED BY WRECKING,
TOWING SERVICES IN THE. CITY REFERRED TO THE CITY
MANAGER.
DISCUSSION
42
25
DISCUSSION OF HEALTH BENEFIT COSTS FOR RETIREES
REFERRED TO THE CITY MANAGER.
DISCUSSION
42-48
26
SISTER CITY VISIT AS TRADE MISSION TO THE CITY OF
NICE, FRANCE.
%1-83-466
48-53
27
PLAQUES, PROCLA�IAT'IONS, AND SPECIAL. ITEMS.
DISCUSSION
53-54
28
RECEIVE SEALED BIDS FOR LITTLE RIVER HIGHLAY
IMPROVEMENT.
M-83-466.1
54
29
PUBLIC HEARING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GIANT
FOR JOBS PROGRAM; MOTION ALLOCATING SPECIFIC AMOUNTS
TO TARGET AREAS AND APPROVAL OF GRANT PROGRAM FTNAL
STATEMENT TO HUD.
M-83-467
54-75
R-83-468
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
PERSONAL APPEARANCE: REPRESENTATIVES OF UNITED
CEREBRAL PARLSY ASSOCIATION RE: REQUEST FOR CASH
ASSISTANCE REFERRED TO THE CITY MANAGER.
WAIVE REQUIREMENT OF FORMAI. SEALED BIDS FOR RENTAL
FROM BURROUGHS CORPORATION OF THREE MEGA BYTES OF
'COMPUTER MEMORY AND TECHNICAL. ENGINEERING SUPPORT.
EXPRESS GET WELL. WISHES TO .MOLE FRIED, NEWSMAN,
RADIO STATION WKAT.
AUTHORIZE PURCHASE OF COMPUTER STOCK PAPER ON AN
AS NEEDED BASIS.
EMERGENCY ORDINANCE: ESTABLISH NEW SPECIAL REVENUE
FUND ENTITLED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT .LOBS
PROGRAM.
APPROVE SELECTION BY THE TACOLCY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION OF RONALD E. FRAZIER, ARCHITECTURAL. AND
ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR EDISON PLAZA PROJECT.
ALLOCATE $150,000 FOR CONTINUATION OF THE PROGRAM
AT LITTLE HAVANA ACTIVITY CENTER.
EMERGENCY ORDINANCE: AMEND SECTION 35-91, 35-92 AND
35-93 OF THE CODE, ESTABLISH RATES OF CERTAIN ON -
STREET PARKING METERS AND CERTAIN OFF-STREET LOTS,
MUNICIPAL PARKING GARAGES.
M-83-469
IZ-83-470
M-83-471
R-83-472
ORD. 9631
R-83-473
M-83-474
ORD. 9632
75-80
80-82
82
82-83
83-84
84-85
85
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42
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52
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EMERGENCY ORDINANCE: ESTABLISH UNANTICIPATED INTEREST
EARNED AS RESOURCE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND,
GOVERNMENT CENTER PARKING GARAGE.
SECOND READING ORDINANCE: APPROVE. MAINTENANCE AND
OPERATION BUDGET BY OFF-STREET PARKING FOR GUSMAN
CULTURAL CENTER AND OLYMPTA BUILDING.
GRANT REQUEST MADE FOR $0,000 CATHOLIC COMMUNITY
SERVICES, LITTLE HiAVANA OUTREACH OFFTCI:.
APPROVE THE OVERTOdN COMMUNITY CONSUMER FLEA MARKET
PROJECT.
SECOND READING ORDINANCE: APPROVE APPROPRIATIONS FOR
FY 83-84 DEPARTMENT OF OFF-STREET PARKING.
SECOND READING ORDINANCE: ESTABLISH NEW TRUST AND
AGENCY FUND ENTITLED "SU,-IMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM
FOR CHILDREN-1.983".
SECOND READING ORDINANCE: ESTABLISH NEW TRUST AND
AGENCY FUND ENTITLED "SU�SMFR YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM-
1983-CETA VI".
SECOND READING ORDINANCE:: AMENDING SECTION 2-4 7 OI' THE
CODE re: FEES FOR PREPARATION OF COPIES OF RESOLUTIONS
ORDINANCES AND OTHER PUBLIC RECORDS BY THE CITY CLERK'
OFFICE.
SECOND READING ORDINANCE: ESTABLISH NEW TRUST AND
AGENCY FUND ENTITLED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
9TH YEAR.
POLICY STATEMENT OF THE CITY COMMISSION THAT ALL
DEPARTMENTS, OFFICES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE CITY
CHARGE FOR REPRODUCTION OF RECORDS AS REFLECTEC IN
ORDINANCE 9638, EXCLUDING DEPARTMENTS ALREADY HAVING
ESTABLISHED FEE SCHEDULES.
SECOND READING ORDINANCE: INCREASE FEES FOR BOILER
-ELEVATOR INSPECTIONS, PERMITS AND CERTIFICATE FEES
TO COVER INCREASE IN OPERATIONAL COSTS FOR ENFORCEMEN1
OF SOUTH FLORIDA BUILDING CODE.
SECOND READING ORDINANCE: ESTABLISH ALLAPATTAH
INDUSTRIAL AREA STREET IMPROVEMENTS AS A NEW PROJECT.
FIRST READING ORDINANCE: ESTABLISH COMPUTER ASSISTED
DESIGN AND DRAFTING SYSTEM.
FIRST READING ORDINANCE: AMEND SECTION 31-28 OF THE
CODE ADDING REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICATION RENEWAL
PROCEDURES FOR CITY OF MIAMI OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES..
FIRST READING ORDINANCE: AMEND SECTION 18-51.4
OF THE CODE, STOCK REPORTS AND AVAILABLLITY,
PROVIDING FOR AUTHORIZED SALE. OF SURPLUS CITY
PERSONAL EQUIPMENT INCLUDING VEHICLES, ETC
TO ANY MUNICIPALITY OF A FRIENDLY FOREIGN COUNTRY,ETC
A MOTION OF INTENT TO INCLUDE THE CITY OF EL
SALVADOR, SAN SALVADOR AS IF IT WERE A SISTER CITY
TO BE OFFERED SURPLUS CITY OF MIAMI EQUIPMENT.
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ORD. 9634
M-83-475
R-83-476
ORD. 9635
ORD. 9636
ORD. 9637
ORD. 9638
ORD. 9639
M-83-477
ORD. 9640
ORD. 9641
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FIRST READING
FIRST READING
M-83-478
89-90
903
94
95
95-97
97
98
99
100
101-1.02
103
104
105-106
106-107
1 108-109
110
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FIRST READING ORDINANCE.: ESTABLISH NEW TRUST AND
AGENCY FUND ENTITLED "COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNTY
SUPPLEMENT FY 82-83".
FIRST READING ORDINANCE: APPRO�;E MISCELLANEOUS
APPROPRIATIONS FROM 1981 FIRE FIGHTING, FIRE PREVF.NTIO,
AND RESCUE FACILITIES BOND FUND ANTICIPATED BOND SALES
AS LISTED.
FIRST READING ORDINANCE: AMEND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR PURCHASE OF LITTER
CONTAINER AND DU,fPSTERS; ALSO FOR ASSISTANCE IN BLUE
LAGOON PARK DEVELOPMENT.
FIRST READING ORDINANCE: ESTABLISH NEW SPECIAL REVENUE
FUND ENTITLED "PARKS DEVELOPMENT FUND" FOR PURPOSE
OF ACCEPTANCE OF APPROPRIATE PRIVATE DONATIONS FOR
PARK DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
MOTION GOING ON RECORD CONCERNING THE PROPOSED BID
TAX TO ENABLE MIAMI BEACH TO DOUBLE THE SIZE OF THE
CONVENTION CENTER AND FOR THE CITY OF MI-AMI TO BUILD
AN EXHIBITION IIALL AND HOPEFULLY A COLISEUM.
DECLARE CITY CwIMISSION OB.IEC"I'10N TO ADDITIONAL 4 c
GAS TAX.
AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE PROFESSIONAL SERVIC
CONTRACT WITH BRANDT LAURSFN, COMPUTER SPECIALISTS
FOR "SYSTEM SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION AND MANAGEMENT
SERVICES" FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTERS.
AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH
SHEARSON/AMERICAN EXPRESS MANUFACTURERS HANOVER TRUST
COMPANY FOR MANAGEMENT UNDERWRITERS FOR AFFORDABLE
RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ALLOCATE.$670,000 FOR
ACQUISITION OF LAND AND ASSOCIATED EXPENSES IN THE
OVF.RTOWN AREA.
EXTEND EXISTING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH
E.P. IACONIS CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT, FOR REVIEW
AND AUDIT OF CITY OF MIAMI/UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI/DAMES L.
KNIGHT INTERNATIONAL CENTER.
AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT SOUTH
FLORIDA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO SPONSOR
COMiMUNITY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION PROGRA.*1.
AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO INCREASE BUDGET ALLOCATION
TO COCONUT GROVE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR
PURPOSES OF PROVIDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
IN THE COCONUT GROVE TARGET AREA.
GRANT REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING BY REPRESENTAT'IVE•S
OF YOUTH BASEBALL ACADEMIES, INC. SUBJECT TO
STIPULATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN AND APPROVAL BY THE
CITY MANAGER.
PERSONAL APPEARANCE: MR. JERRY CODY, MIAMI DESIGN
PLAZA ASSOCIATION, REQUESTING FUNDING FOR MIAMI
MARKET DAYS; REQUEST REFERRED TO THE CITY MANAGER.
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R-83-480
R-83-481
R-83-482
R-83-483
R-83-484
R-83-485
M-83-486
DISCUSSION
110-111,
11.1-112
112-113
114-115
115-1'21
121-124
124
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128
128-129
129-132
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75.1
75.2
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75.6
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EXECUTE LEASE AGREEMENT DEPARTMENT OF OFF-STREET
PARKING FOR LEASE OF SPACE IN OLYMPIA BUILDING FOR
DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AUDIT.
EXECUTE LEASE AGREEMENT DEPARTMENT OF OFF-STREET
PARKING FOR CERTAIN SPACE OLYMPIA BUILDING FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.
ACCEPT RECO!T%IENDATIONS OF THE SELECTION COMiMJTTEE ,
FOR AN ARCHITECTURAL FIRM FEASIBILITY STUDY
FOR PLAYERS STATE THEATRE PARKING GARAGE.
PERMIT DADE HERITAGE TRUST TO MOVE BROWN RESIDENCE,
LASO KNOWN AS CORAL ROCK HOUSE, TO WATSON ISLAND.
(SEE LABEL 72.1)
ALLOCATE $1,283,644 FOR THE 9TH YEAR COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS TO SOCIAL SERVICE
PROGRAMS AND ONE HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAMM.
DISCUSSION ABOUT LOCATION 01: CORAL ROCK HOUSE
ON WATSON ISLAND. (SEE LABEI. 71 )
AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT
ALLAPATTAH BUSINESS DEVELOP*H:NT AUTHORITY FOR
PURPOSE 017 PROMOTING THE ALLAPATTAH BUSINL•'SS
DISTRICT.
ACCEPT BID: POLICE AUTO EQUIPMENT, AS AMENDED.
DELETING THE LICHT BARS ANT) THE SIRENS; THOSE ITEMS
WILL BE CONSIDERED ON .TUNE 15TH.
CONSENT AGENDA.
REQUEST FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM LAND AND WATER
CONSERVATION FUND PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPMENT OF .LOSE
MARTI RIVERFRONT PARK.
REQUEST FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM FEDERAL LAND AND
WATER CONSERVATION FUND PROGRAM FOR REDEVELOPMENT
OF BAYFRONT PARK.
ACCEPT COMPLETED WORK -MET CONSTRUCTION INC. FOR
ORANGE BOWL -WEST END ZONE BLEACHERS.
ORDER CITY-WIDE SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT-
ALLAPATTAH INDUSTRIAL AREA SR-5497-C
ACCEPT 13 DEEDS OF DEDICATION FOR HIGHWAY PURPOSES.
BID ACCEPTANCE-"MIAMI, NEW WORLD CENTER" BOOKLET -
GRAPHIC PRODUCTIONS COMPANY.
PERSONAL APPEARANCE: REPRESENTATIVES OF EDISON
BUENA VISTA ASSOCIATION REQUEST FOR FUNDING
REFERRED TO THE CITY MANAGER.
FIRST READING ORDINANCE: AMEND SECTION 1550 SP1-5
BRICKELL/MIAMI RIVER RESIDENTIAL. OFFICE DISTRICT
PRINCIPAL USES AND STRUCTURES, ACCESSORY USES,
MINIMUM LOT REQUIREMENTS, FAR, ETC.
1 R-83-487
I R-83-488
1 R-83-489
1 R-83-490
R-83-491
DISCUSSION
1 R-83-492
R-83-493
I R-83-494
R-83-495
R-83-496
R-83-497
R-83-498
R-83-499
DISCUSSION
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1 134
1 135-136
1 136-137
137-138
1 38-1 39
1 139 '
140-145
145
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147
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AUTHORIZE. CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT: HAMER, SILF.R
GEORGE ASSOCIATES FOR PREPARATION OF DEVELOPMENT
OPPORT'UNIT'IES ANALYSIS, SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN PARK BEST
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
DISCUSSION ITEM: VICTOR LOGAN REOUESTING FUNDING FOR
MIAMI SUMMER BOAT SHOW.
PUBLIC HEARING FOR PURPOSE OF CONSIDERATION OF WAIVER
OF REQUIREMENTS OF OBTAINING SEALED COMPETITIVE BIDS
PURCHASE OF BARRIERS, BRLDGES, AND OTHER RELATED
FACILITIES FROM MOTOR -SPORTS, INC.
(*IIAMI GRAND PRIX) .
L•'MERGENCY ORDINANCE: AMEND ORDINANCE 9500, SECTION
3405, STATUS OF BUILDING PERMITS OR CERTIFICATES
017 USE PRIOR TO ADOPTION OR AMENDMENT OF ORDINANCE.
}ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH UNDERWRITERS TO REFINANCE
GOVERNMENT CENTEER PARKING GARAGE REVENUE BONDS SERIES
1981 THROUGH AN ADVANCED REFUNDING BONI) SALE.
ASSESS ADDITIONAL 82 CLERK COSTS AGAINST PERSONS
CONVICTED FOR A VIOLATION OF A STATE STATUTE
OR :MUNICIPAL OR COUNTY ORDINANCE OCURING
WITHIN CITY LIMIT'S.
EXTEND ALL IMPACT AID PROGRAM AGREEMENTS FOR
PROFESSIONAL JOB TRAINING SERVICE.
AUTHORIZE RE-DESTGNA'TION OF CASH DONATION FROM
MRS. RITA JOHNSON WILDER; RECREATIONAL FACILITIES LN
KENNEDY PARK.
ACCEPT BID: ANNUAL PHYSICAL EXAMINATLONS FOR POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
EXECUTE AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT':PUBLIC HEALTH TRUST
OF DADE COUNTY COORDINATION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL.
SERVICES.
AMEND I.EGISLATIVIE SERVICES AGREEMENT: CRAMER, HOFFMAN
AND HABER, P.C.
ACCEPT A GRANT OF'EASEMENT A14D RESTRICTIVE COVENANT
TO RUN WITH THE LAND AT ONE HERALD PI.A7.A
FROM KNIGHT-RIDDER NEWSPAPERS.
AUTHORIZE INCREASE IN TURNKEY CONTRACT, THE CITY OF
MIAMI CENTER ASSOCIATES,INC. FOR CONVENTION CENTER
PARKING GARAGE.
AUTHORIZE AGREEMENT DUANY, PI.AT'ER-ZYBERK AND
PLASENCIA RENOVATQON OF BUILDING A, MANUEL ART'IME
COMMUNITY CENTER.
AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT GRANT $200,000
METRO DADE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIROMENTAL RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT BISCAYNE BAY RESTORATLON AND
ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM.
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DISCUSSION
R-83-501
ORD. 9642
R-83-502
R-83-503
R-83-504
R-83-505
R-83-506
R-83-507
R-83-508
R-83-509
R-83-510
R-83-511
R-83-512
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AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO REQUEST FINANCTAL
ASSISTANCE TO AID AND DEVELOPMENT OF FORT DALLAS PARK
R-83-513
170-171
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C011MIT $300,000 IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FITNDS
FOR MOORE PARK REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
R-83-514
171
95
GRANT REQUEST ^LADE BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE.
ASSOCIATION FOR THE USEFUL AGED, INC. IN THE
AMOUNT OF $3,920.28 FOR ASSTSTANCE.
M-83-515
172
96
FIRST READING ORDINANCE: AUTHORIZE WO ADDTTIONAL
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POSITIONS OF ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY
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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF THE
CITY COK4ISSION OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
On the 9th day of June, 1983, 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 9:15 A.M., by Mayor Maurice Ferre
with the following members of the Commission found to be present:
ALSO PRESENT WERE:
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
Howard V. Gary, City Manager
Jose Garcia -Pedrosa, City Attorney
Ralph G. Ongie, City Clerk
Matty Hirai, Assistant City Clerk
An invocation was delivered by Commissioner Miller Dawkins, who then
led those present in a pledge of allegiance to the flag.
On motion duly made and seconded by the City Commission, the Minutes
for the meeting(s) of April 6, 1983 were approved.
1. ACCEPT OFFER OF DONATION OF PI:OPLRTY 13Y CAPITAL BANK, 6013 ■
N.W. 7 AVE., FOR POLICE MINI -STATION.
Mayor Ferre: Commissioner Perez, pocket items?
Mr. Perez: First, Mr. Mayor, I would like to introduce a resolution in order
to express the gratitude of the City of Miami to the Capital Bank and to
Mr. Abel Holtz. I met with Abel Holts yesterday and he gave me a letter
offering a property on N.W. 7 Avenue and around 61 Street, which he wants to
donate to the City of Miami for the special use of the Miami Police Department.
I think that is an outstanding effort of Capital Bank and Dr. Voltz
and I would like to introduce this resolution in order to express our gratitude.
Mayor Ferre: This is a resolution commending the management of Capital Bank
of Miami for its expression of civic cooperation in demonstrating a willingness
to consider deeding a parcel of improved land at 6013 N.W. 7 Avenue, Miami,
which has the capability of serving as a community based Miami Police Department
Mini -Station; further urging the private sector of the Miami community to
consider actions similar to those of the management of the Capital Bank in
this expression of civic cooperation. Is there a second to that motion?
Mr. Dawkins: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? Mr. Manager, in discussing this, let me
identify the property. Miller, this is the property as you come off 62nd
Street off the expressway. As I understand it, this is the corner piece.
This is one of the corner pieces up there, either next to the place where the
Christian Hospital is being constructed.
Mr. Perez: It is right beside the....
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Mayor Ferre: I think it is the corner piece as you get off the expressway. It
is one of those pieces along 7th, very close to where Tacolcy is doing that
Shell City thing. It is in that general vicinity. It is a beautiful piece
of property and holds ... and the bank wants to donate it. They have a big tax
write off that they get out of this. But I think it would be very important
and I would like to ask you to serve as a committee of one to look at that
property and come back to the Commission with a recommendation as to what we
should do with the property, whether it should be a park, should we put a mini
police station there, should we use it as a social agency office? I understand
it is a first class piece of property.
Mr. Dawkins: O.K., Mr. Mayor, I accept that. I agree with you. It is a valuable
piece of property. We may want to utilize it to its fullest, instead of just....
Mayor Ferre: The question is to identify what the usage of it is. I think you
should talk to Mr. Holtz about that and with Ed Duffy and the other people
in the bank and perhaps come back with a recommendation.
Mr. Dawkins: At the next meeting I will bring back a recommendation. Is that
O.K. with you, Mr. Perez?
Mr. Perez: Yes, I think that the original purpose of this property was an offer
from the Capital Bank to be used as a mini -police station. I requested ... 1 met
with Major Anderson the other day and I requested reports about what he had in
mind. They said they are very interested in placing there a mini station if the
bank furnished the property and if they paid for the phone and also for the
equipment. The bank is in that disposition. Tile Police Department...I requested
an official report from the Police Department and I think that the Manager's office
has that report from the Police Department on this issue. I would like to try to
accelerate this negotiation because Abel Holtz told me that he made this offer a
long time ago but nobody paid attention to that one.
Mayor Ferre: He talked to me on the plane. I sat next to him on an airplane a
week ago and that was the first time he ever told me about it.
Mr. Perez: I think that Mr. Duffy....
Mr. Dawkins: All the Mayor is saying, and I agree with him, is let us look at
the land for the simple reason we may put a police station there and they already
have a parking problem in that area. The merchants are already complaining that
there is no place to park. So when we start talking about putting something there,
all the Mayor is saying is that whatever we are going to put there will enhance
the area and not create another problem.
Mr. Perez: That is why I want to request the report from tiie City Manager for
the next Commission meeting. Don't you have any report on this issue?
Mr. Gary: No, I don't.
Mayor Ferre: That is fine, but since Commissioner Dawkins is involved in that
area, I would like his opinion on it, that is all.
Mr. Plummer: I think you guys would argue with St. Peter if lie told you to
come in.
Mayor Ferre: We would.
Mr. Plummer: You are looking at a gift horse in the mouth. Hear the man,
let's take and accept the property; thank him and then we can go about the
business about what we are going to do with it.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? Mr. Manager.
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, I think that if I read tiie letter correctly, tiie bank
is saying something about giving tiie property for a police store -front. What
I would like to do is ask this City Commission to be patient with me, because
we are now preparing a study.
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Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager, let me interrupt you. I don't want to mix apples
and oranges in this whole thing. Abel Holtz and the bank want to give us a
major piece of property. I told Abel Holtz when I met with him about this
that we would accept it, but we can't put conditions on it. We may want to
put a bulldozer and make a park of it. We may want to make a parking lot out
of it. We may want to use it for social agencies. I don't know what we are
going to use it for. He said fine. He said, "I want you to understand that
we are being generous, but this is a major tax write off, which is very beneficial
to the bank." I said, that is great! If we can help you and you can help us,
that is the way this country functions. So, are we ready to vote on it? I
think the vote is a recognition thanking him for it. That is what we are voting
on.
Mr. Plummer: Well, it is the acceptance recognition and thanking.
Mayor Ferre: That is not the way it is written, but that is something that
will come on in the future.
Mr. Perez: I think that we are commending at this time.
Mayor Ferre: We are commending. All we are saying is thank you. Further
discussion on the thank you? Does anybody want to argue with that one?
Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Perez,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-451
A RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CAPITAL
BANK OF MIAMI AND MR. ABEL HOLTZ FOR THEIR EXPRESSION
OF CIVIC COOPERATION IN DEMONSTRATING A 14ILLINGNESS TO
CONSIDER DEEDING A PARCEL OF OMPROVED LAND AT 6013 N.W.
7TH AVENUE, MIAMI, FLORIDA, WHICH HAS THE CAPABILITY OF
SERVING AS A COMMUNITY BASED MIAMI POLICE DEPARTMENT
MINI -STATION; FURTHER URGING THE PRIVATE SECTOR OF THE
MIAMI COMMUNITY TO CONSIDER ACTIONS SIMILAR TO THOSE OF
THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CAPITAL BANK OF MIAMI IN THIS
EXPRESSION OF CIVIC COOPERATION.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted herein and
on file in the Office of the Clerk).
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Dawkins, the resolution was
passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Joe Carollo
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2. REQUL•'ST FUR FUNDTNG FOR NEW 110RUOIN COMA1'NJ'1Y HE"ALT11 CENTER
REFERRED '10 CITY MANAGER.
Mr. Dawkins: Mr. Mayor, I have one pocket item. We have with us Dr. Evelina
Bestman of the New Horizon Mental Health System. She has a request she would
like to make.
Mayor Ferre: Dr. Bestman.
Dr. Evelina Bestman: Evelina Bestman, 1469 N.W. 36 Street. I'm Executive
Director of New Horizons Community Ptental Health Center. Mr. ;Mayor and
Commissioners, I have come before you today on behalf of our clients, who
are residents of the City of Miami to request $100,000 towards the purchase
of our facility, where we are located. We have been in operation in Miami
since 1974. We've had to move because we have been in the business of renting
property, about four different times during that period. Each time we move
our clients become disoriented in trying to find our where we can be located.
The current facility that we are in now is up for sale. The cost is about
$925,000 covering approximately 25,000 square feet. We are centrally located.
We are locate in the Allapattah community. We are responsible for providing
services to the predominantly Black, Cuban, Haitian, and Puerto Rican communities
within Allapattah, Overtown, Liberty City, Wynwood, and Edison -Little River.
We have, during the last year, had to close nine different clinics throughout
those neiylhho,rhood to move into this central. location. We would not like for
us to be thrown out of this current facility, because there have been changes
that have been made to accomodate our clients. We provide psychological counseling,
psychiatric evaluation for those individuals that have been released from South
Florida State Hospital and Jackson Memorial Hospital. We provide therapy. We
provide housing for the emotionally disturbed children and adults. We have a
youth development project. We provide social services for the elderly, and
we also provide medication monitoring for all those who have a history of
psychiatric illness, so they can be stabilized to remain in the community
without being on the streets and being a danger to themselves and to the
community. We are appealing to you because we are involved in the community
level. Our center has agreed to serve as one of the police complaint centers.
It is conveniently located centrally for our population to reach. We have
transportation services. We are appealing for the $100,000.
Mr. Dawkins: Thank you, Dr. Bestman, do you have offers of helf from anyone
else yet?
Dr. Bestman: Yes, we do have an offer of help from a private corporation,
which has requested that it not be identified in the amount of $150,000.
Mr. Dawkins: O.K., then we will give this to the Administration and then
I will get back to you and let you know whether what we can do or not.
Mayor Ferre: This matter is then referred to the Manager for discussion,
review; and then you will bring it back before the Commission.
Dr. Bestman: Mr. Gary, you promissed me a list that I am still waiting
on.
Mayor Ferre: A list for what, va'am?
Dr. Bestman: Eligible bachelors.
Mayor Ferre: Yes, ma'am.
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3. PERSONAL APPEARANCE UAVII) Ki.NNE.DY REGARDING N;V�11N(; OF TENNIS
CENTER AT MOORE AND HENIDE'RS(iN PARII S.
Mayor Ferre: Mayor Kennedy, the Chair recognizes you this morning. Mayor
Kennedy wanted to be heard this morning and he has one other appointment, so
I told him that as soon as he walked in, we would take his matter up.
Mr. David Kennedy: Mr. Mayor, Honorable Members of the Commission, Mr. Gary,
I came here this morning principally for two things. One, to thank you for —
naming Morningside Park the "Slim" Harbett Tennis Center. I am going to leave
with you an article by Charlie Nobles in his column in the Miami News in which
he praised you for that effort. Also, summer is here and what we need to get
started in the City of Miami is a tennis program, both at :Moore Park and at
Henderson Park. I would suggest that we would try very hard to get Bobby Curtiss,
who did such a tremendous job at Moore Park, to come back and join the City of
Miami program. Also, we need to get a program started at Henderson Park. I
don't know how many of you saw the French Open the other day, but in there was
a little note that Arthur AshU. he was America's greatest player, was touring
in Africa. He saw this young, twelve -year -old boy, who had carved out a tennis
racket our of wood, and was hitting against the wall, and he saw that this boy
had a lot of natural talent. He took him into Paris. His name is __,
that is just one that opened the French Open Tennis Championship. The point I —
want to make is that there are a lot of _ out there if they are
given a chance. We have a lot of Latin children in the Henderson Park area
who would love to be in the free tennis clinics that could be provided by the
City, but there is no tennis clinic and there is no pro. We have literally
hundreds of Black children, who were in a very good program, Kim Sands came
from that program and played at Wimbledon. Today we have no program there to
speak of. So, I am urging you that this summer we could get started on our
tennis program and maybe develop some young _ ourselves.
Mayor Ferre: Thank you very much, Mayor Kennedy. Mr. Manager, though you to
Al, if I may. Al, what kind of a tennis program do we have going now? I'll
tell you what my follow up question is going to be. I'll put this on the
record, I don't mind doing it this way. You may remember that last year at
budget time, Lou Salome wrote a series of pretty nasty articles about how we
let down the kids at Moore Park because we had this great tennis program and
so on. That really, I have to say, was the basis for my insistence that another
half a million dollars be added to the budget for the Recreation Department
sports activities in the inner city. So, I need to know so that we can answer
Lou Salome and the thousands of other Lou Salomes that live in that area where
we stand.
Mr. Gary: Let me respond first, Mr. Mayor. 1 presented to you an operational
study of the Recreation Department, which highlighted some areas where we need
to improve the operation of the department, which we have begun to implement.
The second feature of that was that until we establish a good working infrastructure,
it was not wise to just throw that money after bad money. However, in terms of
the summer program, we have addressed the needs as identified by Mayor Kennedy
in terms of having tennis at those facilities. That was a part of the program
that I provided to you, I guess, about a month ago, which this City Commission
adopted. So we have, at that part, as well as three or four other parks, a
tennis program that will be for the summer. We also, in terms of the long -
run, Mr. Mayor, with the operational improvement study, is that on the next
agenda, we will be identifying a consultant to do a needs assessment for each
area, which will include full time tennis at those parks. So we have intention
of having full time tennis, not just for the summer.
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Mayor Ferre: Howard, I'm not saying this in any way in a critical sense. I
know that things have to be done thoroughly and properly. We voted on that
budget back on September or October. We are now into June. I know these
things have to be done properly because otherwise, as you say, we throw good
money after bad money. On the other hand, we are into the summer now. We need
to basically decide whether or not we want to go into a first class tennis
program. There may be other things that we can do. But I would like to make
a motion instructing the Administration to immediately institute in Moore Park
and Henderson Park, which I think are key parks -one for the Black community
and one for the Hispanic community, a tennis program for the summer. Who are
the people that you said ... what was the name of the man that was at Moore Park
before?
Mayor Kennedy: Bobby Curtiss.
Mayor Ferre: Where is Bobby Curtiss? Is tie on the City payroll now or is he
off?
Mr. Gary: No, he's not. Mr. Mayor, that will be one of the names we will be
considering. We are also considering others. But the tennis program that will
be implemented, which will be starting next week, Mr. Mayor, will be at Moore,
Henderson, Morningside, Shenandoah, Gibson, and Kirk Munroe.
Mayor Ferre: So, in other words, what you are saying is that we are headed
in that direction so we don't need any resolution.
Mr. Gary: That is correct, sir.
Mayor Ferre: O.K.
Mr. Gary: We will be happy to look at this other gentleman that he mentioned.
Mayor Ferre: Can I ask Mr. Howard something on the record? Al, the tennis
program that we had at one time, was it as good as some of these people say
it was? I mean, I don't mean to question Dave Kennedy or Lou Salome, but a
lot of people have a variety of ideas. I'd like yours on the record as to
whether or not the tennis programs... obviously, when Slim was the tennis pro
at Henderson Park, we produced champions, like Doris Hart and Gardner Malloy
and so on. But subsequent to that, has the tennis program in the City of Miami
been ... when it was going, was it good?
Mr. Al Howard: It was, perhaps, one of the best around, Mayor. We had two
people come out of Moore Park and out of Bobby Curtiss's tutelage that went
to Wimbledon. Kim Sands was one; and another young gentleman, I can't recall
his name. But we had a very good program there.
Mayor Ferre: Both American -Blacks?
Mr. Howard: Yes, Blacks that came out of Moore Park. It was a very extensive
program. After Slim left, he had an outstanding program. We continued with the
program at Henderson, which was good, not quite as good as Slims. But when our
budget was cut, our program really depreciated.
Mayor Ferre: Howard, tennis is one of these sports, where, if you put time,
effort, and money into it like Czechoslovakia does, which is a relatively small
country. They produce a lot of champions. Miami began that tradition and then
we slacked off. California had a little bit of it. When you put the effort,
time, and money to do these things you end up having a world -class ... and if
you look at what we spent and what we are going to spend for marine races,
Grand Prix, marathons, all these things, the amount of money to do something
like this is relatively little. In addition to which, you serve a whole
community that otherwise would never have a chance to play tennis. I know
you agree with this, so I'm not lecturing, because I know that this is something
that we are all in agreement with. But I do think that it is important that
we try ... this is the same problem that I always have with boxing. This is a
continuous problem that I have with Elizabeth Virrick. I love her and I want
to help. But you know, I think it is important that we get... if we are going
to do something, let's do it well. Let's do it so we end up having champions,
so that the kids are enthused, so that they believe that they have a chance of
being a champion. If you take a poor kid out of the ghetto and you put an
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Mayor Ferre (CON'T): Arthur Ash, or you expose trim to the Arthur Ashes of
the world, and you know, somebody who cares, somebody who knows what he is
doing, and if we end up getting one or two Black kids out of the ghetto into
Wimbledon, I think that in itself is worth all the money that we are going
to put into it. Now, in addition to that we are serving hundreds and hundreds
of kids who may not make it to Wimbledon, but who will excel in this particular
sport.
Mr. Dawkins: The only thing that I would like to add, Mr. Mayor, is there
was, as you say, a decent program at Moore Park. I still do not understand
why it was cut out. I could understand being curtailed. But I still cannot
understand the elimination of it. Now they way we eliminated it to save money.
Now we are going to end up spending more money to start it again than we would
have spent had we kept it operating! So that is poor planning somewhere along
the line, in my opinion, on somebody's part. So this time, if you are not going
to start it and operate it, don't start it.
Mr. Gary: Well, if I may, in response, first of all, Commissioner, the City
in the last four years has had to reduce approximately 326 people out of the
Recreation Department; that is first of all. Secondly, this City Commission
before last year had a community goal and a policy of improving our Police
Department, which caused further erosion of other municipal services. We
have not completely, at any time, cut out tennis at Moore Park. It was not
at the same level. They were accustomed at having it on a full time basis.
We had to put it on a part time basis, because of budget constraints; so
we have never cut it out. Now, based on the $500,000 that you have given
to us this year, we plan to implement it not only for the summer, but a
full time basis. But I think I would be derelict and it be irresponsible
if I implemented a program where the infrastructure of our Recreation Department
was not capable of handling. So we have to deal with the infrastructure first.
That was the report I have you that everybody bought off on, including Lou
Salome, who agreed you shouldn't throw good money after bad; you need to get
the infrastructure together. However, we are moving forward in terms of the
reorganization first of all. Secondly, we will have a summer program. We
will have a program full time during the year.
Air. Dawkins: The only rebuttal that I have to Mr. Gary is this. The Police
Department was upgraded because the Chamber and other powerful people came
down here and demanded it. Therefore Recreation especially in the ghetto
and Little Havana suffered because we had nobody down here as power brokers
to insure that the same money that you used for police had a rider placed in it by
Mike Friedman from the City of Miami Beach, which said some of those funds
could have been used for deterrent and preventive criminal justice instead
of hiring policemen. So we could have very easily have taken some of that
one cent sales tax money and kept these parks operating. So don't sit over
there and tell me that it could not have been avoided.
Mayor Ferre: Do we need any action?
Mayor Kennedy: No, I just want to say not all of these kids will go to
Wimbledon, maybe two or three.
Mayor Ferre: If one goes, I'll be happy.
Mayor Kennedy: But a lot of them will get college scholarships that they
would never have been able to get. Some of them would just be hackers like
me, but will enjoy the game the rest of their lives. It is something that
they can do and it doesn't cost the City a lot of money and we could put
hundreds of kids in these areas into a worthwhile goal. I appreciate it.
Mr. Dawkins: I will vote for it, Mr. Kennedy, if you promise to teach
Howard Gary the game.
Mayor Ferre: Dave, I know you are a busy man. I appreciate your taking the
time. This means nothing personally to you. You are just doing this for the
community. I certainly appreciate your generosity. Thank you.
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4. EXPRESS CONCERN FOR PROBLEMS IN SAN 5A1.V,1llOR AS A RESULT OF
700,000 REFUGEES; ENCOUIUIGING TIIE PEOPLE OF MI.AM1 TO SEND CLOTHING,
AND C014TRIBUTIONS TO SAN SALVADOR.
Mr. Perez: About the motion on El Salvador, as I explained, Mr. Mayor,
the other day Mr. Alejandro Duarte, the Mayor of El Salvador, was here in
Miami. He tried to meet with other members of this Commission individually,
but lie needed to leave town due to an important message that he received
from his father. I think that lie met with you. Ile expressed that they were
very interested in trying to get an agreement of cooperation between El
Salvador and the municipality of Miami. At this time El Salvador is a sister
city of Hollywood, Florida and they do not qualify, as I understand, for the
sister city program. ,That I have here is a resolution to try to express some
kind of identification and support expressing the concern of the City Commis-
sion over the problem facing the municipal government of San Salvador. That
is the resolution that you told me that Commissioner Carollo wanted to add
something on this direction.
Mayor Ferre: I will recognize you then and we will get into a discussion.
(THE MAYOR READS THE RESOLUTION). Is there a second?
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, I will second it for the purpose of discussion. The
concern that I have with passing; the resolution in the form that it is, and
I think that it is a very fine resolution, is that as you well know, I am sure,
there is a possibility that there are going to be election held in E1 Salvador
shortly. I would hate for us to be acused of siding with any one party of the
ones that are going to be putting themselves up for office in that election,
which might be the case and probably would be the case by us including just
the name that we have here, the name of the son of the former president of
E1 Salvador and a candidate for the next election. Frankly, before Alejandro
Duarte came to the City of Miami, we had the visit of Roberto D'aubisson
which to the best of my recollection, I certainly recall having read in
a lot of tiie media that he brought to the attention of the people of Dade
County and Miami the grave problems that they were having there. For the
sake of not being accused of trying to getting involved in the election
process of the democratic parties that they have there, I would just request
that together with the name that you have here, we would just make the following
change: due to the recent visits in Miami of the Mayor of El Salvador and
also Roberto D'Aubisson, if that would be all right with the maker of the motion.
Mayor Ferre: I would like to recommend one more additional change so that
there is no problem at all. Have the Clerk mail this resolution to the
Mayor and to all heads of all the parties that are running for office.
That way we are not taking sides with Duarte or any side. I%gioever is the
nominee or whoever is the president of the political party will get the copy
of this resolution.
Mr. Perez: That is important and I share 100% what Commissioner Carollo
mentioned. I think that in Section 3, it is specified that we try also
copies to the President of Alvaro Magana, but I think that it is important
that all the parties and specially the Consul of El Salvador also here in
Miami and all the parties interested are completely in agreement.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? Call the roll.
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The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Perez,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-452
A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE CONCERN OF THE CITY
COMMISSION OVER THE PROBLEMS FACING THE MUNICIPAL
GOVERNMENT OF SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR, AS A
RESULT OF THE INFLUX OF 70,000 PERSONS WITHIN
ITS BOUNDARIES AND URGING THE RESIDENTS OF MIAMI
TO SEND CLOTHING AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PEOPLE
OF SAN SALVADOR; FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK
TO SEND A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE PUBLIC
OFFICIALS NAMED HEREIN.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted herein and
on file in the Office of the Clerk).
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Carollo, the resolution was
passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
Mayor Ferre: I would like to say something on the San Salvador situation,
just to let you know. The American Chamber of Commerce of E1 Salvador, which
is a group of American businessmen doing business in El Salvador, invited me
to be the speaker for their annual event on July 8th. July 8th falls on a
Friday. I will be traveling to San Salvador. Since I know that Joe, both
you and Demetrio have been there and have an interest in what is happening,
you are cordially invited to join with me if you would like. Tile Secretary
of State's office called me since they had heard of the invitation, to
encourage me to accept. They will be arranging the full meetings on Saturday
with the President and the different political factors. So, you are welcome
to come and spend the week -end if you want, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in
El Salvador. Of course, that is extensive to you, Miller and J.L.
5. FIRST READING ORDINANCE: PROPOSED CHARTER AIMEND"LENT FOR NOVEI BER
BALLOT re RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS.
Mr. Carollo: I have several pocket items. The first one that I would like
to bring up is a pocket item, if I can get one of my assistants to pass a
copies out to the rest of you. It is a pocket item to have a proposed
Charter Amendment placing the November ballot; the proposed Charter Amendment
would read as follows:
"Residency requirements: all persons serving in the positions
of City Attorney, City Clerk, City Manager, Assistant City
Manager, Department Director, Assistant Department Director
(or its factional equivalent), and all individuals serving in
unclassified positions with an annual salary of $50,000 or
more shall reside within city limits and shall maintain such
residency during their entire tenure of such positions.
(b) All persons serving in the positions set forth in subsection
(a) hereof who do not now reside in the city shall become city
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Mr. Carollo (CON'T): residents within one year from the approval
of this Charter Amendment by the electors.
(c) All persons hereafter appointed to serve in any of the
positions set forth in subsection (a) hereof shall become
city residents not later than one year from the date of such
appointment."
And so on, and so on, what I am asking and is the legal and appropriate
procedure in doing this according to what the City Attorney describes to me
is to place this in the November ballot so that the citizens of Miami can
be the ones to decide if they want their key administrators in the City of
Miami to live in the City of Miami or not. So all that I am asking my colleagues
is not to agree or disagree with it, but to vote with me so that we can place
it on the ballot and let the people of Miami decide this.
Mayor Ferre: I will accept that as a motion and let's see if there is a
second for discussion.
Mr. Dawkins: I'll second it.
Mayor Ferre: Now under discussion, Mr. City Attorney, let me say that I
am favorably inclined towards this motion. This is something that Theodore
Gibson, God rest his soul, Miller Dawkins, and Joe Carollo especially have
been saying; Joe for the last four years, Gibson for a long, long time.
Plummer, you and I used to come up with that every once in a while, but
we haven't been as vocal in recent years. There is a certain amount of
logic that you just can't refute. We always put it off because we say,
"Well, you know that is a hardship. Some poor guy bought a house ten,
fifteen years ago." But you know, maybe it is time to bite the bullet and
get on with it. The `ping is that the taxpayers in the City of Miami are
going to be paying somebody $50,000, or they are getting a nice job, I
think there is a certain logic in asking, and I don't think that it very
much to ask that person live in the City of Miami. Now, Mr. City Attorney,
let me ask you a question with regards to the constitutionality of this.
Are there any constitutional problems that you can think of? I'm sure we
will be challenged and you are going to have to go defend it, so I want to
get you on the record telling me that you researched this and that other
cities do this in America and it is pretty safe constitutional grounds.
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: Mr. Mayor, the law is that there is no constitutional
right to any particular for or type of employement. I think you laid the
proper predicate for this type of legislation and that is that this is not
an arbitrary or capricious requirement that this Commission is imposing upon
employees and public officials, but rather that residents within the City
limits connotes and carries with it certain, for example, acquaintanceship
with city problems and things of that sort, which justify legally and make
permissible this type of restriction. So I am satisfied and I have so
certified by endorsing the ordinance as to form and correctness. I am
satisfied that this can be done.
Mayor Ferre: Questions.
Mr. Dawkins: No, not a question, but I would like to make a comment. That
is that I agree in total with the resolution. The only thing is that I would
have hoped that it would have dropped down to $12,500 instead of $50,000.
I will gladly get out here and campaign for it for the simple reason that
if you do not contribute to the tax base to pay your salary, then you are
robbing those individuals within the City of Miami who do stay here with
the crime, with the slums, and what have you, and don't move to the suburbs.
So I, for one, agree with it. I will get out here and do all I can to
convince people to vote for it.
Mayor Ferre: Miller, there is something else. This is for people under $50,000,
because it says, if you read it carefully, if it had or, then I think there
would be a difference, but it is not. It is and. It says, "Manager, Attorney,
Clerk, Assistant City Managers, Department Director, Assistant Department
Director or its functional equivalent. There are many of those that make
a lot less than....
Mr. Dawkins: And unclassified, right, O.K.
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Mayor Ferre: There are a lot of those guys that make a lot less than....
Mr. Dawkins: I agree with it in total.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, I have to raise a discussion here in the interest
of fairness. First let me state that from this day of approval forward, I
am in full and complete accord. Let's though, discuss for a minute the
retroactive clause, those who are presently serving who have a one year
deadline. I am concerned that an individual has a home, who can't sell
that home in that one-year time frame. Is the City going to compensate =_
him for making it mandatory that he move into the City and give up his
residence? I just seriously question the retroactivity of the proposal
and what is going to be done to off -set any loss that would be brought about
to an individual by making this mandatory.
Mr. Dawkins: I would have agreed with you sometime ago. But I have to
take issue with you in that most of the individuals of whom we are speaking
are the same individuals who are yelling reverse discrimination now. So
when the law came along and said, you should treat me better, you should
allow me to be promoted, you should do this, that is reverse discrimination.
So now, this is a law that is putting the burden in somebody's foot? The
same one that I see as reverse discrimination, etc., etc., I am definitely
against forcing somebody who has already been out, lie should be grandfathered
in. But like I say, you either bite the bullet or you don't. You can't
have your cake and eat it too. You can't use the law to your benefit when
it comes to things like discrimination and etc. and then come back and use
it another way. I mean, I'm with you, but I just have to vote against it.
Mr. Plummer: I.n other words, what you are saying, Miller, is that if this
were to pass and at the end of one year if a man who is under one of these
positions, cannot sell his home; if he wants to retain his job, he has to
buy a home in the City, move in to the City, and continue hopefully to
try and sell or do something with his old place or residence.
Mr. Dawkins: I would hope that they would be able to come and convince us.
Mayor Ferre: See, that is the alternative. Let me give you a reasonable
solution. Miller, listen to this. I think what you are saying...I mean
it can be arbitrary and capricious. 1 think the way this is written is good.
Yes, it is constitutional.
Mr. Plummer: No, I'm speaking about where it was not a prerequisite for
employment.
Mayor Ferre: One thing at a time, listen to the alternative that I would
like to put in here. If the individual at the end of the year feels that
there is a hardship, let him come before the Commission. The Commission
can grant a maximum of no more than a one-year extension. If at the end
of two years he can't sell his house and move into the City....
_ Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, let me say this. I don't want to water this
Charter Amendment change at all. Let me say this. A Charter Amendment
after the people vote for it, stays.
Mayor Ferre: That is right. That is exactly why lie is concerned.
Mr. Carollo: If a person cannot sell a home. I don't think any of these
people have homes are $300,000 or above, where you might have....
Mayor Ferre: You would be surprised!
Mr. Carollo: ....some problems in selling.
Mayor Ferre: I can think of one guy that has a home worth $300,000.
Mr. Carollo: But a year's time is plenty of time for anyone to sell a home.
Especially in times like we have now that the interest rates have gone way
down, where we have a level that has really stimulated the real estate
market and people are buying as much as they were three, four years ago.
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Mr. Carollo (CON'T): The other point is this. Are we the better judges of
whether this should be voted upon or are the people of Miami? If the people
of Miami feel that a year is plenty of time, like some of us feel here, then
I think we should go with the will of the people of Miami. But the bottom
line is this, if we start making all kinds of loop holes, then what you are
going to have is that even though this would be passed, people would still
be living outside the City of Miami three, four years later. Now, you are
absolutely correct, Mr. Mayor, in saying that Fattier Gibson was the one
person that was championing this for many years. Afterwards. Miller and mvself
have been the most vocal on it. But I think one of the best examples that
I can talk about here is the City of Detroit. Mayor Young of Detroit, this
is one of the first steps he took, to finally gain control of the (Ity of
Detroit for the people of Detroit again. What he found out was that all
these key Department Directors and the people in fact that received the
top salaries and had the heaviest hearsay as to what went on in the different
departments in the City of Detroit practically all lived outside of the City
of Detroit. So he put some guidelines that were as firm as these were and
some firmer. Finally, the people of Detroit have a hold of their city again.
Let me say this. I was there this past summer. I met with the Vice Mayor
there, even though Mayor Young was out of town at the time. They have a
heck of a well -run city. I was very impressed. So what we are really saying
by this is that the reason we are really bringing this motion here today is
that if our top administrators in the City of Miami were all required to
live with us, for their wives to go shopping the same places we go shopping,
for their kids to go to school with our kids, I guarantee you that our City
services that we would be getting today would be much, much better than what
we have been getting in the past, because if the people that make the decisions
have to also suffer here in the City, they are going to make sure that whatever
decisions they make are the really, trully the best decisions and the quickest
decisions for the City of Miami. Lastly, Mr. Mayor, I think there is one last
thing that I should bring out. Just like most of us here would find it completely
absurd that the Secretary of State of the United States were allowed to live,
let us say, in Germany and still be the Secretary of State of the United States.
Or the Secretary of labor of the United States would be allowed to live in
the Bahamas and still be the Secretary of Labor. 1 think that it could be
said that it is just as absurd to have Department Directors in a city,
especially a city like Miami down here, that don't live in the city where
they have their jobs and earn their pay.
Mr. Dawkins: Mr. Mayor, I would just like to add that T agree in total,
but I also am realistic in my approach, I hope. That is why I said that
some individuals... but there again, as Commissioner Carollo said, that is
entirely up to the voters. But it is going to he impossible for some
guys who have worked and paid off their homes to sell their homes, which
have no mortgage. These are the things that I said should be grandfathered
in. A guy has a home; he has it paid for. Then he is going to have to
sell it and come in and buy a home and assume a mortgage, perhaps at 18% to
22%. But there again, that is up to those guys up there to come and convince
somebody on this Commission that...this has to happen or the voters ... the
voters are the ones who make the decision. But it is going to create an
imposition on the individual who has to sell his house for what he has paid
for and then come into the City and assume a mortgage.
Mr. Carollo: Miller, 1 think you made a very good observation there that
it is going to be up to these people to try to convince the voters of Miami
on it. I think you are absolutely correct on that. It is something that
you feel strongly about. I feel strongly about it. But the bottom line is,
how strong do the people of Miami feel about it.
Mayor Ferre: Joe, I would like to recommend this. I don't think that we
should grandfather anybody in. I think that is the wrong way to approach
these things. But if you don't grandfather people in, you have to have
a little flexibility. All I am saying is do it your way and say that if
a man comes up and proves hardship, that the Commission on a majority vote,
can extend it for one year. That means that the worst that can happen is
that it takes two years for it to happen. You made a statement that we
do this and three, four years later they will be finding excuses. I'm
not talking about three, four years later. I am talking about one year
and with a Commission vote an additional year, two years maximum. I think
that if you give somebody that much of a hedge, he will find a way to solve
the problem.
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Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, what I would say to do is this. Tntead of making
that an extra year, make it six months extension and have them come back
before the Commission every two months to justify their hardship.
Mayor Ferre: Then it will go for three or four years. [that you are saying
is even softer than what I was talking about. See, what is going to happen
here... let me predict to you what is going to happen here. Somebody is
going to make a motion here that we grandfather in the existing individuals.
I think that is wrong. I think that rather than grandfathering anybody in,
what we ought to do is come through with your thing, make it a little bit
more flexible, but don't make it totally flexible. If you come up with a
two, three month extension on a Commission vote basis, then it will happen
for three, four years.
Mr. Carollo: Let's say this, Mr. Mayor. Let's say ... and this will be just
about what you are saying. Say that if they show hardship beyond the shadow
of a doubt of a reasonable man, the City Attorney maybe can word it a little
better in legal terms, 4/5 Commission can grant an extension, but definitely
by October of 1985, which would be almost that year. It would be about a
month less. They would have to live within the City of Miami and so state
it.
Mayor Ferre: Fine, fine.
Mr. Carollo: What we are talking of is an eleven month extension, maximum.
Mayor Ferre: You are amending your motion to that extent, right?
Mr. Carollo: Yes.
Mayor Ferre: Let's see if we have a second, because there is no use proceding,
unless we have a second. Oh, we already have a second. Do you accept that as
a second, Miller? The answer is yes, so go ahead.
Mr. Plummer: ,fiat was the amendment?
Mayor Ferre: The amendmen.: is that if four -fifths of the Commission votes
that there is a hardship, that then the date can be extended to October 1985.
Mr. Carollo: October 1, 1985.
Mayor Ferre: Eleven months, he does not want to go to twelve months. That's
fine.
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: Do you mean '86 or '85?
Mr. Carollo: '85.
Mayor Ferre: '85, because if it goes one year after the November election,
that is November '84; one year beyond November '84 is '85. So he is right.
That is October 1985.
Mr. Perez: Mr. Mayor, I am in total agreement with the intention of the
motion. I don't have any doubts about this kind of a requirement. The only
thing that I am concerned about is that when the City of Miami contracts all
these people for that position or appoints these people, that it have in
consideration a residency requirement. The only thing that I would like is
to present as an amendment is that the part of the time that it be extended
to three years. I don't think that in one or two years is enough time to
sell a house or to move to the City of Miami. I know a lot of people trying
to sell a property with the construction crisis and with all the problems that
we are having at this time, I don't think that it is easy to sell a property
in one year. I am not in favor of the grandfather clause, but' I think that
if people that were contracted without having in consideration the residency
requirement deserve the opportunity to have three years' time to arrange the
housing condition.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion?
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Mr. Carollo: None, Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: J.L., anything else?
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, as I said, I would be more than happy to vote in
favor of the ordinance if it were from this day forward or if it contained
a provision of compensating those who mandated in the one-year time frame.
I have no problem mandating those department heads as outlined here. But
I do not feel that it is fair that you can mandate this without compensating
the individual for any financial hardship he might suffer. I would hope, if
it is possible, Mr. Mayor, that this would be in fact split in two resolutions.
The first one, the full resolution and then a second one removing for that
second vote the one year thing so that I could vote in favor of and indicate
my position.
Mayor Ferre: Listen, I'll ... you know parliamentary procedures as well as
I do. If you want to make a motion, I will recognize you for any kind of....
Mr. Plummer: I was just asking if this would split into two.
Mayor Ferre: To do that properly, I can't do that. The only one that can
do that is the maker of the motion or by three votes on the Commission. If
you want to make a substitute motion, or the maker of the motion wants to
split it....
,fr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, look, I think this Charter Amendment change is clear
now. If we start dividing it, you could chop it up into 20 pieces and before
you know it the people don't know what the heck they are voting for. It is
very clear and to the point. Let the people decide. What are we afraid of?
Just what are we afraid of? The people are going to be deciding this.
Mayor Ferre: Anything else that you want to say? Further discussion? Call
the roll.
fir. Garcia -Pedrosa: Mr. Mayor, this is an ordinance.
Mayor Ferre: On first reading, so you have to read it, as amended. Then
it will have to come up for second reading at the future Commission meeting,
30 days later, right?
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: Let me read the ordinance, please, sir. I'm going to
change the title a little bit to reflect the amendment, Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion?
Mr. Carollo: Well, it was made clear in the discussion, fine.
Mayor Ferre: Call the roll.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE SETTING FORTH A PRO"OSED CHARTER AMENDMENT, KNOWN
AS "CHARTER AMENDMENT NO.1", AMEIDING THE CITY CHARTER BY ADDING
A NEW SECTION 132, ENTITLED "RESIDENCY REQUIRMILENTS", PROVIDING
FOR MANDATORY RESIDENCY WITHIN TIE CITY FOR PERSONS SERVING IN
SPECIFIED POSITIONS; SUBJECT TO A14 EXTENSION FOR HARDSHIP TO BE
GRANTED BY 4/5 VOTE OF THE CITY COMMISSION TO A PERIOD NOT TO
EXCEED OCTOBER 1, 1985, REPEALING ALL CHARTER SECTION OR PARTS
THEREOF IN CONFLICT; AND CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
Was introduced by Commissioner Carollo, and seconded by Commissioner
Dawkins and passed on its first reading by title by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
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.
ON ROLL CALL:
Mr. Plummer: For the reasons so stated, I vote no.
Mr. Perez: I explained my position, but I vote yes pending for a second reading.
Mr. Dawkins: I vote yes in the hopes that some relief will be given, but
if it is not, it is still entirely up to the voters.
6. ALLOCATE ;2,500 FOR PUERTO RICO DAY CELEBRATION.
Mr. Carollo: I have a couple more quick items. Mr. Mendoza has been sitting
here very patiently. I would like to bring a pocket item requesting that the
City grant $2,500 to Asociacion Civica en Cultura, Eugenio Maria de Hosto, Inc.
If Mr. Mendoza can get up to explain that to the Commission, what the money
will be going for.
Mr. Mendoza: My name is Mr. Mendoza. I live it 179 N.W. 24 St. I would like
to speak in Spanish. COMMENTS IN SPANISH.
Mr. Carollo: Mendoza, can you hold on for a second? Howard, can you get a
translator to translate what he is saying? Where is Plummer at? Is he at
the phone already?
Mr. Cesar Odio (TRANSLATING FOR MR. MENDOZA): '-fr. Mendoza is requesting
$2,500 for a parade tie is going to hold....
Mr. Carollo: Somebody better get Plummer from the phone to stop talking to
some department heads.
Mr. Odio: ....with three queens: the queen from Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo
and Cuba.
Mr. Mendoza: COMMENTS IN SPANISH.
Mr. Odio (TRANSLATING FOR MR. MENDOZA): That parade is going to start at the
private school Robert E. Lee and the school of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Mr. Mendoza: COMMENTS IN SPANISH.
Mr. Odio (TRANSLATING FOR MR. MENDOZA): He is soliciting to pay for the police
$1,008; $900 for music that they will have at the auditorium; $160 for the
City Showmobile.
Mayor Ferre: There is a motion. Is there a second to this?
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferre: This is being sent to the Manager, Mr. Manager, for your review
and approval to make sure that these expenditures are made as tie explained;
in other words, for police, showmobile, and $600 for a band. Further discussion?
Call the roll.
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The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Carollo, who moved
its adoption.
MOTION 83-453
A MOTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER
TO ALLOCATE AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2500 FOR THE
PUERTO RICO DAY CELEBRATION.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the motion was passed and
adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner .Toe Carollo
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ON ROLL CALL
Mr. Dawkins: How quickly do you need this? Yesterday?
Mr. Mendoza: Yes.
Mr. Dawkins: I'm going to vote yes, and Mr. Manager, would you see that you
expedite it?
7. DIRECT CITY CLERK TO SEND TELEGRA:IS AND LETTERS TO PUBLIC SERVICE
COilIiISSION OBJECTING TO SOUTHE.LN' BELL'S PROPOSED CHANGES ON LOCAL
CALLS.
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, I have an additional pocket item. It is a request
to the City Clerk to send a telegram emphasizing the strong position of this
City Commission to the State Commission that oversees the utility companies'
increases like Southern Bells, the Public Service Commission; to also send
a letter stating opposition to each member of that Public Service Commission
along with the Governor of the State and our State Senators from Dade County
in regards to Southern Bell's efforts in trying to implement their new program
for charging for local calls. In other words, you get so many phone calls a
month, after that you have to pay extra. I think that is going to be outrageous,
particularly to our elderly citizens. I think that this Commission should make
a stand known immediately, not only that but instruct their lobbyist in
Tallahassee to do everything possible so that Southern Bell will not get away
with that.
Mayor Ferre: All right, is there a second to that motion?
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? Call the roll.
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The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Carollo, who moved
its adoption.
MOTION 83-454
A MOTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK
TO IMMEDIATELY SEND TELEGRAMS AND FOLLOW-UP LETTERS
TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF
FLORIDA, EACH MEMBER OF THE DADE DELEGATION AND THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE STRONGLY OBJECTING TO SOUTHERN BELL
TELEPHONE COMPANY'S CURRENT PROPOSAL TO MAKE CHANGES
IN THE CHARGES MADE FOR LOCAL CALLS.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the motion was passed and
adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
8. DISCUSSION ITEM COMALSSIONER CAROLLO re LISTING OF CITY OFFICIALS
AS AN ADVERTISEMENT IN THE SPA.IISH YELLOW PAGES.
Mr. Carollo: Last but not least, Mr. Mayor, if I can get the copies passed
out to you all, I very suprisedly was informed that in the Spanish yellow
pages, "Miami en sus Manos", Guia Hispana for the 1983 year, that there is
an ad by the City of Miami in page 21, whereas it has a very nice picture
of you, Mr. Mayor, smiling with the official logo of the City of Miami,
together with all of our City phone numbers. What I'd like to find out is,
Mr. Manager, was this an official ad that the City placed there?
Mr. Gary: No, it wasn't, Commissioner Carollo. A member of the newsmedia
came to me yesterday. It was the first of my knowledge. I had it checked
out. It is not an ad of ours. We did not pay for it. Secondly, it was
represented to me by that newsperson that there was an agency there that is
not even an agency of the City of Miami.
Mr. Carollo: That is correct, Mr. Manager. This is my concern. Out of all
the numbers here of the City of Miami official telephone numbers there is
one telephone number; it is the third number that is listed right under your
office's telephone number, Mr. Manager, "Agencia Cubana". This is a private
corporation that is owned and operated by John Lasseville's firm and his actions
that has no official position whatsoever wita the City of Miami. In fact,
I think we all recall that about a year and a half, two years ago, there
was some discrepancy in the price with Mr. Lasseville's firm and his actions
in trying to convince the County Manager for the County not to pay for certain
service that his company charges for. In other words, for the County not to
give certain service for free. Mr. Manager, I want you to contact immediately
the people that print these vellow naees and demand from them to eet a retraction.
A retraction in the form that they place some ads in the Spanish newspapers,
Diario Las Americas, E1 Mundo, other widely read Spanish newspapers where
they will clarify that this agency has nothing to do with the City of Miami
and to put this man on notice that if lie were to do this again, we would
take whatever appropriate legal action that is allowed to us by law to stop
him from doing this. This, Mr. Manager, is a false ... what is happening here
is that page is being placed here like an official ad of the City of Miami
and very sneakily this agency was snuck in there trying to snooker people
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Mr. Carollo (CON'T): into making them believe that this is an official
agency of the City of Miami. That is false advertisement. I would like
to instruct our City Attorney to study this and to take any and every
appropriate action the City of Miami can take at its disposal right now,
including if the State Attorney would care to look into this and see if
there is anything that falls into their guidelines to look into, I very
much appreciate for the City Attorney to send the State Attorney copies of
this. This is false advertisement in its dirtiest forms. That is all,
IIr. Mayor.
9. ALLOCATE $25,000: MI A.`1I CARIBBEAN CONFERENCE, NOV. 29TH THROUGH
DEC. 1S'r, 1983, SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
Mayor Ferre: I'm sorry that we have taken so long, but I have a whole
series of pocket items and you will have to bear with me now. The first
pocket item that I have is the request for the Sixth Caribbean Conference.
Did Peter Johnson meet or write you a letter? Peter .Johnson is the head
of the Caribbean and Central American Action Committee, which is now being
merged with Council of the Americas. They wrote you letters. He said he
came and tried to visit all of you. Did lie visit with you?
Mr. Perez: He called. We returned the call. He sent a letter about a month
ago. He was supposed to meet with us and he never came. I. think that it is
important that in the next Caribbean Conference that this Commission have some
kind of participation.
Mayor Ferre: The problem is that they are beginning to run out of time.
So they need to decide. Do you want them to come here for the 15th? We
need to do something on this because we're into June and we have to vote
on this. The request is for $25,000. Metro is going to match that and
the State is going to match that. I was hoping, Howard, that we could use
some of those State funds that I hope we still have.
Mr. Carollo: We are talking about whom, Mr. Mayor, excuse me?
Mayor Ferre: For the Sixth Miami Caribbean Conference.
Mr. Carollo: In other words, a conference that we have been having every
year.
Mayor Ferre: That is right.
Mr. Carollo: It is my understanding that finally the individual in charge
of putting this together has seen the light together with certain people in
the State Department and finally, it appears that they are going to be inviting
all the right people and none of our enemies. That being the case, I would
strongly urge that....
Mayor Ferre: You have a condition which we always place on the motion, so
make the motion with that condition on it.
Mr. Carollo: The motion, Mr. Mayor, is that we go ahead and appropriate
the $25,000 as our share of it, with the condition that the people of Miami
voted on in the straw question last year; that is that no representatives
of any communist/Marxists countries come to this conference.
Mayor Ferre: You also have to put a further provision, Joe, to be on the
safe side, that Metropolitan Dade and the State match us.
Mr. Carollo: Certainly.
Mayor Ferre: Is that acceptable, Howard, that they have to match us?
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Mr. Gary: Yes, Mr. Mayor, and I would like to add two other things. Since
Commissioner Carollo is accepting the straw ballot, does that apply to the
curbside also?
Mr. Carollo: We will discuss that at the appropriate time.
Mr. Gary: Also, Mr. Mayor, we would like to put another condition. That is
that as condition to receiving this money, they have to get input from the
City Commission and the City Administration in terms of this event. Because
right now they are saying that they are going to ignore or not include us in
the planning process.
Mayor Ferre: Fine, do you accept that?
,Sr. Carollo: I certainly do.
Mayor Ferre: That is your point.
Mr. Perez: Yes, I would like to add....
Mayor Ferre: This is subject to the approval of the final program by the
Administration and the Commission. That gives you a handle on it. That
forces him to come before us before lie gets final approval, O.K.? Further
discussion? Who seconds? Do you second?
Mr. Perez: Yes.
Mayor Ferre: Perez seconds. Further discussion? Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Carollo,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-455
A RESOLUTION ALLOCATING A SUM NOT TO EXCEED $25,000
FROM SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND ACCOUNTS, CONTINGENT FUND,
TO HELP DEFRAY THE COST OF THE CITY OF MIAMI CARIBBEAN
CONFERENCE TO BE HELD NOVEMBER 29, 1983 THROUGH DECEMBER
1, 1983 AT THE MIAMI CONVENTION CENTER SUBJECT TO THE
STATE OF FLORIDA AND METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY JOINTLY
CONTRIBUTING NO LESS THAN $25,000 TO THIS CONFERENCE;
FURTHER PROVIDING THAT THERE BE NO PARTICIPATION BY ANY
COUNTRY THAT IS OPENLY MARXIST, LENINIST, COMMUNIST AND
ANTI-AMERICAN AS DEFINED BY THE PRESENT UNITED STATES
ADMINISTRATION; FURTHER PROVIDING THAT SAID ALLOCATION
IS SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE CONFERENCE PROGRAM BY
THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY COMMISSION.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted herein and
on file in the Office of the Clerk).
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the resolution was
passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
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10. APPROVE AND SUPPOR'C OF DISVEL0)PM1:NT OI' ;•IL:TR0-ML,V1I ACTIOJ PLAN
DURING 1983.
Mayor Ferre: The next pocket I have is Dick 'icEwen has asked me, has asked
all of us that we approve a resolution. This is a resolution requesting
approval, support, and participation of the development of Metro -Miami
Action Plan. As you know, Steve Clark and Dick McEwen have been chairing
a committee which is involved in dealing with problems in the Black community
in planning. They have passed at the County Commission and have begun to
pass at all City Commissions a resolution, which I shall read into the record.
It is really a very simple motherhood type of a thing. (AT THIS POINT THE
MAYOR READS THE BODY OF THE RESOLUTION 1*0 BE PASSED).
Mr. Carollo: I second the motion, Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: Who moved it? Demetrio moves. Carollo seconds. Further
discussion?
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Perez,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-456
A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING APPROVAL AND SUPPORT OF THE
DEVELOPMENT 017 THE METRO-MIAMI ACTION PLAN DURING
1983; FURTHER RESPECTFULLY URGING THE LEADERSHIP OF
THE BLACK COMMUNITIES OF DADE COUNTY TOGETHER WITH
THE ELECTED AND APPOINTED GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AS
WELL AS ALL INDIVIDUALS AND INTERESTS INVOLVED IN
THE PRIVATE INDUSTRY SECTOR TO COOPERATE WHOLEHEARTEDLY
IN THE INDENTIFICATION OF THE HIGH PRIORITY ISSUES, IN
THE PROPOSAL OF FEASIBLE SOLUTIONS, AND IN THE
NEGOTIATION OF CHANGES WHICH MAY BE NECESSARY TO
ESTABLISH AND ADVANCE THE METRO-M1AMI. ACTION PLAN
INCLUDING CHANGES IN LAW, POLICY, UTILIZATION OF
RESOURCES AND IN THE CUSTOMARY WAYS OF DOING BUSINESS.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted herein and
on file in the Office of the Clerk).
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Carollo, the resolution was
passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
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11 APPOINT STUART SO RG AS SPECIAL ADVISOR OF THE CITY COK,tISSION
FOR [L\RBORS, RIVERS Ai4D 1ARINAS AND WATERFRONT PROJECTS.
Mayor Ferre: Suart Sorg, appointing him as a special advisor to the Mayor
and Commission on harbors, rivers, and marinas. Is there a motion to
appoint Stuart Sorg? J.L., do you want to second that?
Mr. Plummer: So move.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? Call the roll. You pay for your own
cards now.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption.
MOTION 83-457
A MOTION APPOINTING STUART SORG AS SPECIAL ADVISOR
TO THE CITY COMMISSION FOR HARBORS, RIVERS, MARINAS
AND WATERFRONT FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE PROJECTS SUBJECT
TO RESIGNATION FROM THE WATERFRONT BOARD AND INSTRUCTING
THE LAW DEPARTMENT TO PREPARE NECESSARY LEGAL DOCUMENTS
TO FACILITATE A TWELVE MONTH CONTRACT AT AN ANNUAL
COMPENSATION OF ONE DOLLAR.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the motion was passed and
adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
^layor Maurice Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
12. APPROVE IN PRINCIPLE A PROPOSAL BY PACE FOR MUSIC FESTIVAL TO
BE HELD 111 THE CITY OF ttlAMI.
Mayor Ferre: The members of PACE are here. They are requesting $125,000.00
Gulp! for 6th annual Big Orange Festival, special permission of waivers,
and in -kind services. Rod Glaubman and Steve Parsons are both here.
Mr. Plummer: Isn't this nice. We get them in stereo!
Mr. Rod Glaubman:. Mr. Mayor, Members of the Commission, Mr. City Manager,
we are here to request support for the sixth annual Big Orange Festival.
It is a sixteen day music festival that culminates the year-round activity
of the PACE organization. As you know, we do 1,100 concerts a year in
South Florida. This 'festival is our one major event of the year, where
we generate funds for the organization and also additional visibility
for PACE and the South Florida area. This year we are very fortunate
to have the involvement of Mr. George Wein, who is world reknown as a
festival producer. He does* 700 events in the United States, Europe, and
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,lr.(slaubman (CON'T): in the Far East. He will be acting as the Associate
Producer this year and hopefully will help us in road to major national
corporations to sponsor this event. In a recent press conference with
Mr. Wein in Miami at the Hyatt. He commented that the Bicentennial Park
area represents probably one of the best fair sites that he has seen and
that the long-term development of this festival shows great opportunities
both for PACE and the Big Orange Festival and for the City of Miami. With
the addition of the Metro Rail System and the future plans for Bicentennial
Park and Bayfront Park. This site shows great potential for development.
We are asking for your support this year. Steve will outline some of the
specific things that we are asking for.
Mr. Steve Parsons: We ask that the Commission today approve a concept in
principle, our request for a grant of $125,000 plus in -kind support in
special permissions and waivers, which you all see in the proposal that
was submitted to you. In consideration for these items for use of
Bicentennial Park, the special licenses and waivers, we would ask the
Commission to request the City Manager negotiate an agreement with PACE
for an appropriate fee for these waivers and permissions granted to the
organization.
Mayor Ferre: Let me express a personal opinion to both Steve and Rod, and
on the record. I think a festival, whether it is a jazz festival or whatever,
put on by the guy who started and 'put on the Newport Jazz Festival and
sponsored by the company who owns [pool cigarettes -and Howard listens to
their advertisement. What is the name of the company?
Mr. Glaubman: Brown and Williamson Tobacco Co.
Mayor Ferre: Who you told me spent $135,000,000 in advertising a year.
Mr. Glaubman: I was wrong. That is over the last five years in their
campaigns. I checked that.
Mayor Ferre: I was going to say, that sounds like Coors to me.
Mr. Glaubman: It is one of the largest corporate contributions to any
arts project in the world.
Mayor Ferre: I understand. The point is that it is one of the most
successful music festivals in the world and makes beaucoup money. It makes
a lot of money. Now, I don't mind, and this is one man's opinion, putting
up some money to help you guys to this. But if you make money, the way
I think you are going to make money with that festival, I don't think the
taxpayers should be subsidizing something if it makes money. So I will
go along with it on some kind of a premise, Howard. You negotiate a
situation. It's the same kind of a thing I told Dr. Phillip George on
this Players Theatre for this play that they want to have. We'll cover
the shortfall, if you should have a shortfall. We will give you some
seed money. We will commit up to, but if the thing is successful and
you guys make a lot of money and the thing ends up being what I think it
is going to be or what you say it is going to be, I think we have to be
first in and first out. In other words, we get ours first. I don't care
if you put it into a revolving fund and then use it again for the following
year, but it comes back to the treasury of the City of Miami. O.K.?
Mr. Glaubman: Mr. Mayor, my only comment, I agree with you totally, my
only concern is on the down side if this festival has any problem with
rain, it could destroy the entire PACE organization and what the amount
from the City would do, it would guarantee that we don't go under.
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Mayor Ferre: I don't mind what I told Phil and George, we will take the
risk. We'll take the down side. But T don't think we ought to make you
$125,000 grant and then you guys go and have a very successful party. You
make a lot of dough. Then next year you come up and ask for more money.
I'm saying, fine, we will help you. We will guarantee the shortfall. If
there is a downfall and you guys stumble and hurt yourselves, we'll be there
to pick you up, but, if you are successful and the thing goes off the way
you say it is going to go and it is a great money maker and all that, we
want that money back.
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, just for your information, it appears that ... and I
support what they do, particularly over something like the New World
Festival, which I think was a flop. But I also think it is important
that they understand that this is not a bottomless pit. I'd like for
you to know that in 1981 for the Big Orange Festival we gave them $25,000.
We also gave them a fee waiver in 1981 of $1,000. We also gave them for
events in 1981 for $2,000. So, for '81 alone we gave them $28,000. In
1982 you then again gave them another $25,000. In 1982 you gave them
another $2,000 for a total of 1982 of $27,000. This year in 1983 for
the B.B. King concert we also gave them $4,000. It appears that this
thing is blossoming and blossoming and blossoming with no end. Secondly,
I would like to say, Mr. Mayor, that I would recommend that we not say
that we would cover any losses for the mere fact that we don't know what
the loss may be. They could generate....
Mayor Ferre: No, no, with a cap! And by the way, my opinion is this.
All we should vote on today is that we approve in principle the idea of
bringing in this Newport Jazz Festival organizer and the Kool cigarette
people to come and negotiate with you. You come back with a recommendation
as to how you want to this.
Mr. Gary: O.K.
Mayor Ferre: I think all we need to do today is to approve in principle
the concept of having a big music festival in Miami.
Mr. Plummer: So move.
Mayor Ferre: Is there a second?
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager, then therefore, this is a very broad thing.
You have to come back with specifics now. But I think the perameters
are that you negotiate what you think is the best thing for Miami. I
want to tell you now, both Steve and Rod, that this is all predicated on
cooperation on matching basis from another government, namely Metropolitan
Dade County and the private sector. You have to get them in somehow. We
are not going to come up with $100,000 guarantee shortfall or whatever,
and they give you $10,000.
Mr. Plummer: You better delineate now. I.et me tell you what Metro is
doing. You better be aware of this. When you say to people here, and
I'm not picking on PACE in particular, but they fall under that category,
they have to get matching monies from Metro Dade County, you better delineate
what is Metro Dade County, because what Metro Dade County is saying they
gave in particular here PACE $60,000, but in fact Metro Dade County didn't
give them a dime. It came from the TDC. We are going to find ourselves
in a like posture. I have predicted this for years. It is rapidly coming
to this. We are going to have to tell people the same thing. See, they
can`t even apply to Metropolitan Dade County. There is just no waivers,
that's it. You have to go to the TDC. If you want, as I said to these
people, and I'm with them 100%, 27% of that bed tax or better that they
got in that $60,000 grant comes from the residents of the City of Miami.
Mayor Ferre: That's true. Amen!
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Mr. Plummer: I tell you, Mr. Mayor, I brought to your attention last year
the thing that the City of Orlando uses. I think we ought to start giving
serious thought to it. You fund them one year. Then they are on their own.
Mayor Ferre: Let me give you the other side of it: Grand Prix, Spark Plug
Race, the Orange Bowl Marathon, the Orange Bowl Classic, which we lost now,
the Orange Blossom Classic, the Orange Bowl Festivities, Calle Ocho, Kwanza,
Goombay Festival with over 200,000 people, the Arts Festival. Vliat is
that worth, SIN Television with Calle Ocho with 200,000,000 people watching?
How much is that worth to this community? The point I am trying to make
to you is while others are talking or not doing...I don't mean to criticize
Jim Redford ... and planning, all this planning B.S. and all this talk B.S.,
and all this putting it off....
Mr. Plummer: That stands for "better stuff"?
Mayor Ferre: ....all this horsing around and they leave it on and they
don't bite the bullet. I happen to have been brought up in this community
under what I like to call the Mitchell Wolfson School. That is, you just
do it, man!
Mr. Plummer: Last week it was Harris School.
Mayor Ferre: No, it is Mitchell Wolfson School, man, and that means you
bite the bullet. That means if you believe in something, you do it. All
this foolishness of going on and on, and these Doxiadis Plans and all that
stuff is just, you know, that doesn't get you anywhere. All I am saying
is it is time. We are supportive. You work out the deals. You come back
and you remember what J.L. told you.
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, if I may, because this City Commission is very innovative
and progressive and the community realizes that, it seems as though the
community puts pressure in this Commission more than it does on anybody
else. I think it is important when these agencies go to apply, they
do not apply to the TDC. They apply to Metro. We are taking out money
out of General Fund money. They ought to take theirs out of General Fund
money.
Mr. Plummer: There are no provisions in Metro for them even to apply!
Mr. Gary: Get on as a personal item like we do.
Mayor Ferre: You come back.
Mr. Parsons: Mr. Mayor, can I just repeat what the request is before you
vote? We are requesting today that the Commission approve in concept and
in principle a grant of $125,000 plus in -kind support, special permissions,
and waivers, and in consideration for the use of Bicentennial Park as the
site for the culminating affair and special licenses and waivers.
Mr. Gary: That is not the resolution.
Mr. Parsons: We would ask the Commission additionally to request the City
Manager to negotiate an agreement with PACE for the appropriate fee for
these waivers and considerations.
Mr. Plummer: That's what you want, but that ain't what you're getting.
What you are getting is to sit down with the Manager, negotiate it out,
and come back for final approval.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion?
Mr. Plummer: We are in favor in principle. Now how much is principle
and how much is interest is what the Manager is going to decide.
Mayor Ferre: Call the roll.-
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The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption.
MOTION 83-458
A MOTION APPROVING IN PRINCIPLE A PROPOSAL MADE
BY P.A.C.E. FOR A MUSIC FESTIVAL TO BE HELD IN
THE CITY OF MIAMI AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER
TO STUDY THEIR REQUEST FOR FUNDING AND FEE WAIVERS
AND TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION
AT A FUTURE MEETING.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the motion was passed and
adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
13. APPROVE IN PRINCIPLE A REQUEST BY COCONUT GROVE THEATRE AND BLACK
ARTS COUNCIL FOR FUNDING LN CONNECTION WITH A PRODUCTION Ei:TITLED
"WHEN HELL FREEZES OVER, 1'LL SKATE."
Mayor Ferre: I have the Coconut Grove Theatre and Association with the
Black Arts Council, Corky Dozier, Dr. Phillip George, John Sector asking
for $40,000 to cover the cost of having "When Hell Freezes Over, I'll Skate,"
by Vint.-tte Carol Theatre in July; also want the City to buy 3,000 tickets to
distribute to City's culturally and economically disadvantaged, handicaped
people, to provide transportation.
Ms. Corky Dozier: Corky Dozier, my address is 3013 Indiana. Mr. Mayor,
Mr. Commissioners, Mr. Gary, as president of the Florida Arts Council and
Afro-American Affairs, a non-profit organization devoted to the development
of minority arts, we are striving to include the Black arts as an integral
part of the comprehensive plans for community development, to develop direct
linkages to federal, state, and local agencies and to provide a stabilizing
monetary foundation for Black art groups, encouraging quality, professional
Black theatre to be established in the Miami community to foster and develop
a receptive climate, to educate and cultivate the potential Black audience,
realizing that these productions will offer positive values to include race
pride, identification, better communications, entertainment and the "working
artist". In addressing a commitment made at one of the previous City Commission
meetings to Annette Carol, the artistic director of Urban Arts Theatre in New
York, who makes her home in Miami, Florida, and who has conceived and directed
such hits as "Don't Bother me, I can't Cope," which ran for six months at the
Coconut Grove Playhouse in the 70's, and "Your Arms Are too Short to Box with
God," which recently played at the Theatre of Performing Arts in Miami Beach,
and myself who walked along with the council to bring in a record breaking
85% Black audience attendance. An approach was made to the Coconut Grove
Playhouse to produce Miss Carol's recent production, "When Hell Freezes Over,
I'll Skate." This production would be offered to the community from July 14th
to August 14th. In retrospect, the Coconut Grove Playhouse has indeed been
the home for Black Musical Theatre, "Don't Bother me, I can't Cope," "Bubbling
Brown Sugar," "Pearly," as examples. They are seeking year round operation.
We are proposing a joint venture. We, being the Florida Arts Council on
Afro American Affairs, are proposing a joint venture to produce minority
theatre through the summer months. To insure the situation of producing
our first pilot adventure, "When Hell Freezes Over, I'll Skate," to insure
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Ms. Dozier (CON'T): the success, the council has been working diligently
to establish a marketing campaign and ticket range affordable to most in
addressing the disadvantaged of Miami. Transportation has been offered
and obtained from the Community Action Agency in what we are calling an
art shuttle that will go through all the Black communities of Dade County
offering transportation to the Coconut Grove Playhouse. We would like
10,000 free tickets to be distributed to these disadvantaged groups. I
will be addressing very shortly the Dade County Commission as well as addressing
in the near future the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce for a private sector
support.
Mr. John Schechter: Mr. Mayor, Commissioners, and Mr. Gary, I'm John Schechter.
I live at 8541 S.W. 121 Street. Phil George asked me to speak on behalf of the
Board of Trustees, of which I am the immediate past chairman of Coconut Grove
Playhouse. Our board voted about a week ago to go ahead with this production
and it is absorbing a budget of $182,000 to bring this production to the people
of Miami and of bade County. In making that vote, we, ourselves, as board
members, will be fulfilling our commitment to continue raising money in the
community and the private sector, as part of our fund for excellence campaign
which you may be aware of to fund our outreach programs and our new programs
under the leadership of Jose Ferrer. Most important though, with this production,
is really really two things which we have been wanting to do for a long time.
That is, first of all, we have summer theatre. We will keep that Coconut Grove
Playhouse open the entire summer. If the productions are successful, in fact
our contracts can run all the way into September, when we start our regular
season, we will extend the run. Secondly, is to have a Black theatre production.
to start now moving forward meaningfully at making the activities of Coconut
Grove Playhouse available to the entire community. Most important to us,
however, and theatre only succeeds as an art form when everybody in the community
gets to see it, and the majority of the people in the community, of course,
can afford to buy tickets at regular prices. We are running a full week of
previews at approximately half ticket price for people that can't quite afford
the full ticket price; but we must, we must make tickets available to the
disadvantaged people who can't afford to pay anything. To that end, we are
coming to you to support us to the extent of 39000 tickets. That is part of
10,000 tickets which is our. I'm confident that we will reach it. Our board
will see that we will reach it. We would like the City to purchase 3,000
tickets to be given to the disadvantaged people to be administered through
City agencies that are structured to give out the tickets. Thank you.
Ms. Dozier: A percentage of the revenues gained from this venture will be
earmarked for the seeding of Black theatre in Miami. Some of the future
projections are "Soldier's Play" that will be coming in from Negro Theatre
Ensemble as well as other productions that will be done during Black History
Month, at what we are hoping to be a sister theatre involvement with the
Joseph Caleb Center.
Mr. Plummer: O.K., where do we go from here?
Mayor Ferre: Well, let me say what I told your chairperson, Dr. Phillip
George, who I think is one of the best civic leaders that we have in this
community and we are very fortunate to have him in this town. The City
of Miami simply cannot get into subsidy situationszlt infinitum, as much
as we want to support the Grand Prix, the Championship Race, the Calle
Ocho, the theatre, the PACE, and all of these wonderful things, which are
all great. I think the approach we have to take on these things is that
we can be supportive, but we can't do everything. So, J.L., the way I think
we can be supportive is what I told Dr. George. Look, you sit down and
negotiate it with the Manager. As far as I am concerned, one, you have to
get support from Metropolitan Dade County. Two, use us as a shortfall type
of a thing; we will give you some seed money, but we will just cover you for
losses. If what you do doesn't work out and it flops and we are caught, we
will agree to stand for some of the loss. But let me put it to you this
way. I was one of the few lucky guys to have gone over to the Miami Beach
Theatre to see Anette Carol's "My Arms are too Short to Box with God" or
whatever the name of the play was. I want to tell you that was one of the
best theatre presentations I have ever seen. It was good music. It was
great choreography. It was great dancing. It was superlative. It was
just magnificent! The thing that worried me and bothered me the most
about that is I didn't see more than 100 White people in that audience.
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Mayor Ferre (CON'T): 1 only ran into one or two Latins. It was an all
Black audience. I mean that was great theatre period. Now it happens to
be great Black theatre, but it is just great theatre anywhere. I mean that
is the kind of a show that is first class whether it is on Broadway, London,
or anywhere. One of the things that worries me about this community is that
we have great operettas in the Cuban community that Grateli puts on and I
go there and I don't see one Anglo-American, White, whatever people are
called these days. It's 100% Cuban audience. I go to the Black theatre,
which is one of the best things I have ever seen, and I am a theatre goer.
Every time I go to New York, I catch two or three shows. I have literally
in my life time seen hundreds, and hundreds, perhaps a thousand shows,
whether it is in London, New York, or otherwise. I have to tell you that
particular production would qualify among the top ten that I have seen in
my life. Yet it is an all Black operation. I think that is a tragedy in
a community like Miami, where White folk aren't seeing quality theatre and
I don't know for what reason. Therefore, I have two qualifications. One,
that Metro share in this. Two, that it be done in a shortfall kind of a
process. Three, that we somehow do something to make sure that everybody
has access to this.
Ms. Dozier: In retrospect, we have done a number of Black presentations
that have been done in the Black community. This is the reason that we
have gone to the Coconut Grove Playhouse, because it does have a history
of producing for the community at large productions. which also include
Black theatre productions. We also had a situation, which I don't think
many people realize, that the Black's roots, the grass roots, and the
intellectual Black community were there together to see a production. It's
not always that you see the grass root community joining in the intergroup
structure. I think that it is very necessary for that to continue. That
we also extend the theatre, the Black theatre, aesthetic values to general
community at large.
■ Mayor Ferre: That's fine, Corky, but we can't be all things to all people
at all times. There is no way we can come with $40,000 and also buy you
3,000 tickets. I want assurance that there is probability, not a possibility,
a probability that the Manager can come here and tell us that in his opinion,
after he talks to Jose Ferrer and the people who are in the know of these things,
that this thing is going to be able to break even. That the Manager comes
back and lie says, Look, this is a great idea. They have a good budget,
$180,000 is enough, but in my opinion this thing is going to lose. It's
not going to make it. I don't want to get in that kind of a situation.
Ms. Dozier: I really don't think we are going to run into a situation
where we are going to lose. This is the reason that I would probably,
and I'm sure John would agree with me, taking into consideration T.O.P.A.
and the fact that 22,000 people came to see that production. We are only
needing 19,000 people to see our production. I'm sure we are going to
have a success.
Mayor Ferre: I don't know what that means. You explain that to the Manager
and the Manager will come back. All I think we should do is the same thing
we did with PACE, approve it in principle, send it to the Manager. The
Manager comes back with a recommendation to us.
Mr. Plummer: So move.
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Seconded by Commissioner Perez. Further discussion? Call
the roll.
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The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption.
MOTION 83-459
A MOTION APPROVING; IN PRINCIPLE A REQUEST MADE BY
THE COCONUT GROVE THEATRE AND THE BLACK ARTS COUNCIL
FOR FUNDING A REQUEST IN CONNECTION WITH BRINGING A
PRODUCTION TO MIAMI ENTITLED "WHEN HELL FREEZES OVER
I'LL SKATE", SUBJECT TO METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY
SHARING IN THIS EVENT; (2) THAT THIS BE DONE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE SHORTFALL PROCESS; (3) A GUARANTEE
THAT EVERYONE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO SEEING THE PRODUCTION
AND REFERRING THE REQUEST TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR STUDY
AND RECOMMENDATION.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the motion was passed and
adopted by the following vote:
AYES: * Commissioner Joe Carollo *NOTE: Commissioner Carollo, though
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr. absent on roll call, later requested
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr. of the Clerk to be shown as voting
Mayor Maurice Ferre with the motion.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Miller 3. Dawkins
14. PERSOiJ,'AL APPEAIL'1,-X'-: B%IZi:ARD 0YE:t A;.'D AT;iALIE u',;GE re A BLACK
'AdEWSPAPER ENTITLED "LLACE; ;iI1"iI 1;i 1:L1'"; REQUEST FUR ADVi:RTISTIX,,
ETC. REFERRED TO 111- CITY .•?ANAG,1:R.
Mayor Ferre: Bernie Dyer.
Mr. Bernard Dyer: My name is Bernard Dyer. I am editor, publisher, journey
magazine and also more recently, "Black Miami Weekly." We are a Black
newspaper and we are circulated throughout Dade County. We feel as though
there is a strong need in this community for better lines of communication
That is one of the things that we have been trying to make sure happen as an
end result of our being published. I'd like to ask Ms. Range to come up and
speak about some of the things that we have been able to put together so far.
Mrs. Athalie Range: Mr. Mayor, Commissioners, my name is Athalie Range. I
reside at 5727 N.W. 17 Avenue. I have known Bernard Dyer for a number of
years and have known of his great ambitions for the betterment of conditions
in the entire City of Miami and Dade County principally. He, I am aware of
the newspaper, which he has for many years taken as one of his pet projects
to bring to the people.
INAUDIBLE BACKGROUND COMMENTS NOT ENTERED INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD.
Mrs. Range: I have known for a number of years of his desires to bring to
the public an additional Black newspaper that would be of interest to the
entire community, not only the Black community. He asked me to come forward
and I am supposed to give you some of my ideas as to what I think of what
I have seen of his publication. I certainly feel that it is a very fine
publication. I feel that there is certainly space in the City of Miami
and Dade County for numerous news media. We can certainly take our thinking
from the Cuban community,.for an instance. I think there must be 31 publications
in the Cuban community. "We find that our new brothers and sisters from Jamaica
and Haiti are now publishing. There is space for other publications in the
Black community. Consequently, I am certainly in support of whatever he
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Mrs. Range (CON'T): feels is proper in this particular instance. I would
ask of you that you give him fair consideration of what he will be asking
for. I think at this time he can tell you in his own words what he is
seeking from the City of Miami. I certainly hope you will listen with
intent to assist him in whatever his needs are at this time. Thank you.
Mr. Dyer: There are two things that we would like from the City of Miami.
The first is that we get as much of the information about what is happening
that is going to impact on the Black community as is possible, both from
the Commission and from the Administration that runs the City of Miami.
Secondly, we would like to have consideration as far as advertising that
the City from time to time engages in. So, those are the two main things
that we would like to ask that the City give some consideration to.
Mayor Ferre: Questions from the members of the Commission?
Mr. Carollo: Yes, the main request that you are asking for is to be able
to share in some of the advertisements that the City places.
Mr. Dyer: No, the main request is to share some of the information. Advertisement
is second, because whether or not we get one line of advertisement from the
City, we do intend to continue publishing our paper.
Mr. Carollo: So it is a two -fold request that you would like to receive
press releases and news information from the City and to also share with
advertising from the City.
Mr. Dyer: Right.
Mr. Carollo: If I may ask, how long have you been out?
Mr. Dyer: That was our first issue. Today we will he coming out with the
circulation of about 20,000. We are going; to be in 167 locations throughout
Dade County.
Mr. Carollo: Where are your main offices located?
Mr. Dyer: 6025 N.W. 6th Court.
Mr. Carollo: Right in the City of Miami.
Mr. Dyer: Yes.
Mr. Carollo: Let me say this. Your format is very a good format. I am
happy to see some of the people that you have interviewed here such as
Mr. Turner and Mrs. Range and others that you have here. It is a very
good format.
Mr. Dyer: Thank you.
Mr. Carollo: I congratulate you for it.
Mr. Dyer: Thank you. Every week... let me say this. We are not merely a
newspaper. We are also sort of a hybrid of a cross between a newspaper and
a magazine. What we intend to do is to focus on issues, every week a different
issue. The next issue is going to be Black economic survival, with some
information and also some suggestions and things that people ought to know
about how to survive in these tight times that we live in.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Dyer, the City Commission has set up a series of requirements
to be the recepient of advertising. The Manager will have to come back to us
and certify that you meet those requirements. At that point, I certainly have
no objections; and on the contrary, would be a supporter for the City to be
an advertiser, if you meet the requirements as established by the Commission
and certified by the Manager.
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Mr. Carollo: Mr. Manager, can you check with Mr. Dyer as far as the
requirements that we have placed. Can you come back to us as soon as
possible with an answer?
Mayor Ferre: Secondly, with your first request I hope there is no problem.
Mr. Manager, you will instruct the appropriate department to on a continuous
basis fully inform Black Miami Weekly on pertinent City information that is
of interest to the community at large and the Black community in particular.
There is no problem with that. Is there?
Mr. Gary: No, public information.
Mayor Ferre: Now, there is one thing, Mr. Manager, which is not directly
related but ancillary to this, we have a problem in the City of Miami with
advertising. The problem is, and I am not blaming the City Clerk or the
City Attorney or the City Manager's office, but we have different ways that
people advertise. One department does it one way and another department does
it another way. We seem to have a lack of coordination. We get in trouble
once in a while. We got in trouble on this Brickell Avenue extension on proper
advertising. It's not the first time that it's happened, because there is not
a clear cut format. I think you, the Administration, in conjuction with the
City Attorney's office and the City Clerk's office, should get a format and
everybody, including the D.D.A. and Off -Street Parking, and everybody should
follow that format. Let me give you specifics. Sometimes ads are put in the
newspaper without the approval of the City Attorney's office. They end up in
not being in legal form. This month this has happened twice that I know of.
I don't think you need a motion to that, do you? Would your office coordinate
between the City Attorney's office and the City Clerk's and the departments
and the Off -Street Parking and the U.D.A. so that we have one format in which
we... Do we need a motion on Bernie Dyer? Demetrio, are you moving it?
Mr. Perez: Yes, but do we need a motion?
Mr. Carollo: I don't think we do.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager, I don't think we need a motion for Black Miami
Weekly?
Mr. Perez: But I want to add this, Mr. Mayor. It's to recognize the effort
of this group. I think that we have to encourage this kind of publication,
especially in the Black community where we only have two or three newspapers.
I think that it is very important and very healty to try to get a better
understanding in this community between all our community groups, as Mrs.
Athalie Range mentioned here earlier this morning. I am very proud of this
effort and I personally offer all my cooperation and all my personal support.
Mr. Mayor....
Mr. Carollo: Not only that, but I think we have to acknowledge that while
there are many different newspapers in our community, sometimes they hamper
more than they should on the negatives. I see here right in your front page
that while you have something in the past and we have to learn from the past,
otherwise, we cannot improve on our mistakes, you are looking at the future.
I like that. You are looking at the positive.
Mr. Dyer: That is not a drawing. That is actually what is happening. A
lot of times very positive things are going on and we are deluged with all
of the negative news so that positive things like that picture, which actually
took place at one of the what is now going to be one of the Rapid Transit
Stations. The whole place was burned down and now progress is being made
and we are seeing a Rapid Transit Station right on that very same spot.
I think those are the kinds of things that we want to deal with, both
on a local and we also have a national publication, which will be coming
out shortly, which we call Journey Magazine. We intend to show the very
positive side of Miami that doesn't often get any notice.
Mr. Carollo: We congratulate you for that.
Mr. Dyer: Thank you.
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15. RE'SOLUTION RENtVIING EDISoi; CE,4TER PAKK THE ATHALIE RANGE PARE.
Mr. Perez: Mr. Mayor, would you recognize... I was surprised that Mrs.
Range was here. I have a report from the Department of Parks. As you
remember, on May 31st we approved a motion instructing the City Manager's
office to rename Edison Center Park as Athalie Range Park. We have something
which is pending for Commission action in order to make official the renaming
of the Edison Center Park as Athalie Range Park. I would like to move to
the City Commission this recommendation of the Park's Department.
Mr. Carollo: I second that motion.
Mayor Ferre: There is a motion and a second. Further discussion"? (THE
MAYOR READS THE TITLE OF THE RESOLUTION). This has to go to the Memorial
Committee? Doesn't it?
Mr. Plummer: Well, Athalie, I think what you are going to have to do is
to take and have a choice. There are two lots now named after Athalie.
Mayor Ferre: I think that she would rather that one of those not be named
after tier.
Mr. Plummer: Probably not, you know, the condition... both of them.
Mrs. Athalie Range: If I may, sir. This is certainly a surprise to have
it brought to this particular meeting. I can understand Commissionr Perez
with my presence here, making this. I am most appreciative of whatever you
see fit to do, Commissioner Perez. However, I think it is really important
that I have you know, as I said some time ago, that I will serve the City
of Miami to my dying day, whether a park is named in my honor or not. I
feel that keenly about it services in the Citv of Miami has -,one back many,
many years. I did have a feeling regarding the under -expressway parks, which
have been simply devastating not necessarily to my name, but simply to the
community in which the parks have been ill -kept for over a period of years.
The park in the City of Miami did have some slight improvements, but there
is no on -going care. The park in Dade County on 75th Street and 7th Avenue
has been just completely demolished. Dade County keeps some of its refuse
there now, I believe. My only concern was that my name not continued to be
shown on those areas. I still feel, gentlemen of the Commission, that if
the kind of attention would have been given to those under -expressway parks,
that we would have something in the City of Miami to really be proud of.
The under 8th Street over -pass now where the City pond is, it's really
heart breaking to pass through and see what is there under the expressway.
There is a fenced off area where junk cars are placed. It certainly does
nothing for our area in the City of Miami. It was my feeling when I sat
as a Commissioner of the City to have under expressways where there was
no other use cultivated so that children in these depressed areas would
have somewhere to play. Even though the park on llth Terrace is used to
some small extent, I do feel that if areas throughout the depressed sections
principally the Black area of Miami would have been given this kind of treatment,
that we could all have something to be proud of now. I'm not going to detain
you longer. I appreciate your consideration, especially Commissioner Perez',
for having brought this to the attention of the Commission, and whatever is
your pleasure, it will certainly be to my liking. Thank you very much.
Mayor Ferre: I think we have a motion on the floor and a second. It has
to go to the Memorials Cowitt6e and be brought back to us. It has passed
the Memorial Committee. So then it is just a matter of doing it.
Mr. Plummer: We are waiting for their recommendation.
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Mayor Ferre: Their recommendation was positive, so we are ready to vote
on this now.
Mrs. Range: Was there another recommendation? What was it?
Mayor Ferre: No, their recommendation was positive. Is that correct?
Mr. Plummer: I think J.L.'s position is an appropriate one because we are
going to end up having too much confusion, so therefore you are now going
to have a nice, clean park you can be proud of rather than a tot lot under
an expressway.
Mrs. Range: Thank you.
Mayor Ferre: And we will name the other one after J.L. Plummer.
Mr. Plummer: It was all right when I was married to have a tot lot in my
name, but now that I am single....
Mayor Ferre: There is always hope, Plummer. You are an eligible bachelor.
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, part of the Administration's recommendation when naming
Edison Park was to remove the names from other two parks from the City
to reconsider naming it after somebody else.
Mr. Plummer: Yes, name them the Howard Gary Park and then they will get
fixed up.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Perez,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-460
A RESOLUTION RENAMING THE CITY OF MIAMI EDISON CENTER PARK
AT N.W. 62ND STREET AND N.W. 5TH AVENUE, THE "ATHALIE
RANGE PARR" IN RECOGNITION AND IN HONOR OF HER DISTINGUISHED
SERVICES TO THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted herein and
on file in the Office of the Clerk).
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Carollo, the resolution was
passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
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16. APPOINT MAYOR MAURICE A. FERRE AS A Ml-]MBER OI' TIDE BISCAYi;E BAY
MANAGEll E'NT COMMITTEE.
Mayor Ferre: The ?tanager asked me to bring this up as a pocket item,
Biscayne Bay Management Committee. Metropolitan Dade County established
a Biscayne Bay Management Committee as a policy board to oversee the County
programs and ordinances which affect the development, protection, and
regulation of Biscayne Bay. Up until now we have had Bob Lippleman of
North Miami and Joe Gardner of Bay Harbor Islands. Ross Marshner has
asked that the City Commission immediately appoint somebody to this very,
very important committee because the City of. Miami is the most affected
city.
Mr. Plummer: I nominate Maurice Ferre.
Mr. Gary: That's right.
Mr. Plummer: It is a most important committee and as such I feel. the Mayor
should be the designated member.
Mayor Ferre: There is a motion.
Mr. Carollo: I'll second the motion, for the purposes of discussion. I'd
like to hear the qualifications of the i.ndividuals....
Mayor Ferre: Call the roll.
Mr. Plummer: I withdraw the motion.
LAUGHTER.
Mr. Plummer: Let the record reflect that presently J.L. Plummer is the
designee only so that we could secure that position in hopes of the Mayor's
acceptance, so at such time as you notify them the Mayor has accepted and
been designated by this Commission, you also surrender my letter of resignation.
I move, yes.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption.
MOTION 83-461
A MOTION APPOINTING MAYOR MAURICE A FERRE AS A
MEMBER OF THE BISCAYNE BAY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Carollo, the motion was passed and
adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
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17. EXPRESS GRATITUDE TO -IR. ;,ARTLN FINE A,dU S,a.ATOR CARRIE 'IF.EK
FOR THEIR EFFORTS Iid RELATIONS T(? T11E DUCUME1,,'TARY STA,,11) BILL.
Mayor Ferre: I would like to pass a motion asking the City of Miami Commission
to go on record in recognition of both Senator Carrie Meek and *tarty Fine
for the tremendous job they did in securing the Doc Stamp Bill that is
going to permit a tremendous amount of housing to go into this community.
Mr. Plummer: So move.
Mr. Carollo: Second.
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Call the roll.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption.
ItOTION 83-462
A MOTION EXPRESSING GRATITUDE TO MR. MARTIN FINE AND
SENATOR CARRIE MEEK IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR SUCCESSFUL
EFFORTS 1N THE 1983 LEGISLATIVE SESSION LN RELATION TO
THE DOCUMENTARY STAMP BILL.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Carollo, the motion was passed and
adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager, I would like to then request, like we did one
time with the Little Havana Kiwanis Club that you arrange a proper testimonial
luncheon for those two individuals including Barry Kutun and Jack Gordon
and the other leadership that were instrumental so that we could give proper
recognition.
18. APPOINDiENT OF PERSWIS To EAST LITTLE HAVANA TUSK FORCE.
Mayor Ferre: Now we have something from Pedrosa that says June 9th meeting,
East Little Havana Task Force.
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: Mr. Mayor, what it is the Commission at the last meeting
appointed additional individuals to round out the Little Havana Task Force.
Mayor Ferre: So what do you need now?
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: You need to change the date of reporting of their
work product. It would have been due three days ago.
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Mayor Ferre: When do you want it now?
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: I am suggesting, in the way it is drafted, it says the
second City Commission meeting in July, 1983.
Mayor Ferre: Is there a motion?
Mr. Carollo: So move.
Mayor Ferre: Second?
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Carollo,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-463
A RESOLUTION AMENDING SECTION 5 OF RESOLUTION NO.
83-330, ADOPTED APRIL 6, 1983, TO PROVIDE THAT
THE TASK FORCE RECO1MENDATIONS BE PRESENTED TO
THE CITY COMMISSION AT THE SECOND CITY COMMISSION
MEETING IN JULY, 1983.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted herein and
on file in the Office of the Clerk).
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the resolution was
passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
19. RE -INANE TENNIS CENTER AT MORNINIGSIDE PARK.
Mayor Ferre: The last one is a resolution naming the Morningside Park tennis
facilities at N.E. 55 Terrace and Biscayne Bay, the John "Slim" Harbett
Morningside Park Tennis Center. Plummer moves. Perez seconds. Further
discussion? Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-464
A RESOLUTION NAMING THE MORNINGSIDE PARK TENNIS FACILITIES,
AT N.E. 55TH TERRACE AND BISCAYNE BAY, THE "JOHN 'SLIM'
HARBETT MORNINGSIDE PARK TENNIS CENTER."
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted herein and
on file in the Office of the Clerk).
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Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the resolution was
passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
20. APPOINT GEORGE K14OX AS C11AIR14AN OF THE MINORITY PROCUREMENT
C0; iPLL 14CE BOAIU) .
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: Mr. Mayor, I have one other item. It's a resolution
that was passed and distributed June 3rd. You must name a chairperson to
the Minority Procurement Compliance Board. You named the members at the last
meeting, but you did not designate one of the members as chairperson.
Mayor Ferre: Who are they?
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: You are a member, Mr. Mayor. Mr. George Knox, Anita
Cofino, William Chapman, and Barry Kutun.
Mayor Ferre: How about George Knox?
Mr. Carollo: I make a motion that we name George Knox.
Mayor Ferre: Is that acceptable?
Mr. Plummer: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Do you have any problems with that, Howard?
Mr. Gary: No.
Mr. Plummer: Maybe Mr. Knox does.
Mayor Ferre: No, make him chairman.
Mr. Plummer: Fine.
Mayor Ferre: Carollo moves, Plummer seconds. Further discussion on naming
Knox chairperson? Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Carollo,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-465
A RESOLUTION APPOINTING A CHAIRPERSON OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI MINORITY PROCUREMENT COMPLIANCE BOARD.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted herein and
on file in the Office of the Clerk).
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Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the resolution was
passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
21. PERSONAL APPEARANCE: 1-111CH,\El, ',0,XWELL, DADE HERITAGE TRUST,
PRESENTATIO;; OF EISTORIC PRESERVATION AWARD.
Mayor Ferre: Presentation of Historic Preservation Award.
Mr. Michael Maxwell: Good morning, Mr. Mayor, Commissioners, Mr. Gary, how
are you? I'm Michael Maxwell with the Dade Heritage Trust in Miami. Mayor
and Commissioners, the Dade Heritage Trust has assumed leadership in the
Organization of National Historic Preservation Week and its celebration in
Dade County. The trust has also selected a certain number of outstanding
projects and programs worthy of high merit to recognize annually. This year
at the special social event, which closed Historic Preservation Week which
the Mayor attended, and before 300 of Greater Miami's most dedicated preservationists,
thirteen awards were presented. It is my pleasure as chairman of Historic
Preservation Week, 1983, and on behalf of Historic Preservation Week's Steering
Committee and the Dade Heritage Trust, to present to you, Mr. Mayor, the Commissioners,
the City of. Miami, with our greatest thanks this award for developing without
question the finest historic preservation program of any municipality in Dade
County, and among the finest in the State of Florida. I would like to recognize
if I may, members of your board that are here today, Mr. Charles Chase, who is
chairman, Mr. John Clark, and the staff who make all this possible, Ms. Joyce
Meyers, who is a heritage conservation officer and Ms. Sara Eaton, a historic
consultant, to you. It gives me great pleasure to give this to you.
Mayor Ferre: Thank you very much, Mr. Maxwell, to you and Mr. Chase, and to
the members of the board and to Joyce, who we are all very proud of for the
diligent work that she has done along with the other staff of the City of Miami.
Mr. Maxwell: Thank you, Mr. Mayor, we look forward to your continued success
in the future.
Mayor Ferre: Thank you, I look forward to that too.
22. PERSONAL APPEARANCE: RICH-ARD FENDELM.AIN, re A PROPOSED COCONUT
GROVE FILii EXPOSITIO,i.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Feldman, you are here on this film festival thing. Is that
on the agenda today?
Mr. Plummer: No.
Mayor Ferre: I told Nat Chediak that I wouldn't bring this up until lie got
here. Where is he? Is he here? Would you call up Mr. Chediak and tell him
the moment we get him here then we will....
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Mr. Steve Lolls: Excuse me, Mr. Chediak is in Tallahassee at the moment....
Mayor Ferre: Oh, that's right.
Mr. Bolls: ....with the Florida Art's Council.
Mayor Ferre: I stand corrected. You are here representing....
Mr. Bolls: I'm Steve Bolls with the Miami Film Festival.
Mayor Ferre: I'm sorry, Professor Bolls. Mr. Feldman, the Chair will recognzie
you at this time. This is a pocket item that remained undone through my neglect.
Mr. Richard Fendelman: Mr. Mayor, commissioners, City Manager, T'm hero before you
this morning to ask for your support. Richard Fendelman, 3842 Leafy Way. I m
here before you this morning to ask for your support in principle for my proposal
for the Coconut Grove Film Exposition to be held on Memorial Day Week -end, May
25 through 28, 1984. We have before you a five year Plan. The first year to
be a small compact event to be held exclusively in the City of Miami and involve
the entire community. I would like to explain the benefits of my proposal to
the City. Since the demise of the old Mayfair Art Cinema in Biscayne Boulevard,
I was the first person to establish an international art cinema in Miami ten years
ago. During this period I have been able to bring to Miami a wide range of quality
art films and documentaries produced both in this country and internationally.
We have also launched the first Brazilian Film Festival, "Cinema Brazil" and
the first Jamaican Film Festival in the world, a Black film festival now in its
third year. As owner of the Grove Cinema and an expert in film exhibition and
a student of international film festivals, I have designed our event to take
advantage of the one factor that has proven to make most of the lasting international
film festival successful, that is location. A festival that is spread all over
town and has events that are not in walking distance has a real tough time. Coconut
Grove is the perfect location, a natural focal point, with its multiple theatres,
public parks, accessible hotels, restaurants, shops, all in walking distance. Mr.
David Black and Mr. Jose Ferrer, from the Coconut Grove Playhouse support our
festival and have made precious time available in their schedule for our event
of the Coconut Grove Playhouse as the centerpiece for the exhibition. We intend
to feature a tribute to Jose Ferrer, as part of the first year program. We feel
that the film exposition, besides fulfilling the obvious artistic needs of
presenting quality films from around the world, are eventful films to other
important local needs. One is educational and the other is economic. Our
educational objective is to enhance existing professional skills and to stimulate
new employment opportunities in South Florida's expanding film, video, and
recording industries by focusing attention on the artistic, technical, and
business carrier opportunities in these industries through structured educational
seminars. To help us achieve this goal, we have the support and cooperation
of the prestigeous American Film Institute in Washington, D.C., who will present
a series of educational seminars on topics like independent film and video
financing techniques in the business of acting and others. Also, the governor's
Motion Picture and T.V. Advisory Council's on -the -job -training program will
initiate two programs in conjuction with the film exposition. One is the
creation of the film exposition student internship program. The other is the
creation of the summer jobs program for selecting juniors and seniors drawn
from Dade County inner City high schools. We also have a juried competition
for documentaries and student films with the top price being a one-year scholarship
to a Florida film school. We have a $1300 grant from Florida State University
to train an intern during the festival. We have a program for underprivileged
and handicapped children. It is a major intention of our exposition to celebrate
Miami's unique position as an important economic, cultural, and political bridge
between the Americas through the creation of an annual Latin American film and
video showcase. This showcase will lay the groundwork for a Latin American film
market for buyers and sellers to see the latest in Latin American films. This
is a very unique feature that no other festival in the world will be able to
lay claim to. We also intend to stimulate a greatest sense of awareness and
interest in the opportunities and potential for film and video production in
South Florida through bringing in Latin American, North American, and inter-
national film producers, directors, and stars. The potential economic benefit
by bringing these people to the community is supported by the fact that in
1982 a total of $145,000,000 was spent in Florida on film production. Dade
County received over a $50,000,000 share in that revenue. That share can be
greatly increased if we show the film world that we mean business. Besides
those already mentioned, the Coconut Grove Film Exhibition has already received
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Mr. Fendelman (CON'T): the endorsement of the Florida `lotion Picture and
Television Advisory Council, headed by Paul Steinberg, the Florida Motion
Picture and T.C. Bureau, headed by Ben Harris, the Greater Miami Chamber of
Commerce, William Column, the Coconut Grove Chamber of Commerce, the Coconut
Grove Marketing Group, which the other hoteliers and restaurant tours of
the Grove.
Mayor Ferre: Richard, 1 think you may have lost your audience in between.
So, I think the thing to do, is rather than read on, if you want to submit
it into the record, I'd be happy to accept it. 'file point is you want to have
a film festival. Isn't that it?
Mr. Fendelman: I would like your endorsement as the proposal for....
Mayor Ferre: Let me tell you, I met with you yesterday and I met with Nat
Chedfak. Let me tell you where the position... Mr. Manager, my position
yesterday was, number one, we cannot have two film festivals. It's hard
enough getting one off the ground, much less two. Number two, I don't know
anything about film festivals. I don't think anybody else on this Commission
does. We have to proceed cautiously in these things. You were instructed
the last time around to sit down with ;Mr.Chediak and with the University of
Miami department or with the individuals involved and come back with a
recommendation. When you come back with your recommendation, will you also
discuss this with Mr. Feldman?
Mr. Gary: Yes, sir.
Mayor Ferre: I think it is important. Now let me say to you. Mr. Chediak
came here with the support of the University of Miami's department. That
adds to me a certain stamp of approval. It says that this is not only a
commercial venture, but it is also a state of the arts and we are getting
the people who know what this is all about. This is a professor who specializes
in that. Now you have another festival. You get yourselves the University of
Miami or F.I.U. or somebody who has a film department or a communications
department to come here and say that what you want to do is something that
is acceptable to them and that it is going to be standard quality stuff.
I frankly do not have a great appetite to see 300-lbs. tranvestities in
films or the sexual relationships between monsters, or what happens in
the dark of the night and that kind of stuff, you know. That's the kind
of stuff they show in this theatre here in Coconut Grove. Right now, if
you open up the paper of. the Miami Herald today, that is what they are
advertising. I say this with all due respects to you, because I'm not...
If that turns you on, that's fine. I'm not against your having the right
to go see that, but I don't want that as the basis of a film festival.
The other thing, the third qualification, Mr. Manager, is that I don't want
to see the City of Miami putting up money and having this thing
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Mayor Ferre: ... (cont'd)... in films or the sexual relationship between
monsters or what happens in the dark of the night and that kind of stuff,
you know. Well, that's the kind of stuff they show in this theatre here in
Coconut Grove. Right now if you open up the paper of the Miami Herald today
that's what they are advertising. And I say this with all due respects to
you because I'm not... I mean, if that turns you on that's fine and I'm not
against your having the right to go see that, but I don't want that as the
basis of a Film Festival. Now, the other thing and•the third qualification
Mr. Manager is that I don't want to see the City of Miami putting up money.
Ok. And having this thing go to Coral Gables, ok, and Miami Beach. Now,
with all due respects to Mr. Cliediak and Professor, I want you to hear this ---
with all due respects to Mr. Chediak, , the City of Miami is not going to
put up money for Coral Gables to have a Film Festival. Ok. So, it has to
be... as far as I am concerned it has to be at Gusman Hall, at the Knight
Convention, at the City of Miami Knight Convention Center. It has to be
at the Coconut Grove Playhouse. It has to be at places within the City of
Miami. I have got no objections for you to have one or two films in Coral
Gables and one or two films in North Miami or Miami Beach if they put up the
money. If either the private sector or. the City of Coral Gables or Miami
Beach gives you matching funds of some sort, but absent that it's a Miami
Film Festival. Ok. Sure, but quickly because we need to move along.
Dr. Steven Bolls: Really what we have endeavored to do...
Mayor Ferre: Your name and address for the record.
Dr. Bolls: Beg your pardon?
Mayor Ferre: Your name and address for the record.
Dr. Bolls: Oh, I'm sorry. Dr. Steven Bolls, I teach at the University of
Miami and I'm also Director of the Beaumont Cinema and I'm here to represent
the Miami Film Festival, which is a co-sponorship between the University of
Miami and the Cinematheque Theatres. Our formal proposal was presented to
the Commission at the last session and was accepted and endorsed and we are
waiting to meet with the City Manager about it. But I want to make it clear
that it is not a Coral Gables Film Festival, it involves the entire City of
Miami.
Mayor Ferro: Yes, but Coral Gables is not in the City of Miami.
Dr. Bolls: No, but it involves the whole area. We are working with directly
the University of Miami, which is taking the City's name. We have opening and
closing ceremonies...
Mayor Ferro: Doctor, you are not following me. You are,not following me.
Dr. Bolls: Ok, well, let me proceed. We have already arranged to have the
opening and closing ceremonies of the Film Festival to be held at the Knight
Center, that is all secured. We are currently working with the
possibilities of joining with the art center in Downtown Miami for seminars
and events. We already have arranged to use the Dade County Auditorium for
a major event in the middle of the festival and we are initiating funding
processes with other municipalities, Coral Gables, Miami Beach and so forth
Mayor Ferre: Ok.
Dr. Bolls: And Metro -Dade has already given us their endorsement and support.
So, this is hardly an event that excludes the City of Miami, quite the opposite.
Mayor Ferre: No, no, it's not excluding. I said if we are the only sources
of funding it's going to have to be a hundred percent in Miami and if you get
some other sources of funding as you get other sources then in proportion.
Ok.
Dr. Bolls: We are working on all that at the moment.
Mayor Ferre: Fine. Thank you, Doctor. Anything else?
Dr. Bolls: That's it. Thank you.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, thank you, very much.
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23. DISCUSSION TO I'•IPRO)VE Till: "SCOYFLAW" FOOTITT(; i F'0:�FuL•1.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, we are now on Item 41). What's a Scofflaw?
Mr. Gary: Scofflaw.
Mayor Ferre: You got anything to do with that Luis?
(BACKGROUND COMMENT OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD)
Mayor Ferre: Scofflaw, you know what that is?
Mr. Gary: No, he is one.
Mayor Ferre: Roger, you got something do with scofflaw. What is that?
Mr. Roger Carlton: I've got, Mr. Mayor, about ten thousand of them in the
City of Miami. Scofflaw is defined as anybody who has ten or more parking
tickets unpaid and... We submitted to the City Manager for distribution to
the Commission approximately two months ago a proposed piece of legislation
that would have given us more power to put the boot on cars who's owners has
not paid ten or more tickets. This legislation went through the douse of
Representatives and was approved. It did not make it through the Senate this
session, although, it was attached as part of a package of Transportation Bills,
none of which passed and the bottom line is that the tickets that we issue today
within the City of Miami net to the City approximately thirty thousand dollars
a month. The department doesn't get anything. All the money goes, one third
to the County for the courts and two thirds directly to the City. Mr. Mayor,
that amount could easily be doubled and possibly be tripled on a monthly basis
if we were able to increase our enforcement capacity and also...
Mayor Ferre: So, what's the problem Roger?
Mr. Carlton: Well, simply here for your information and we would like for the
City Manager to set up a task force to work with us and the Clerk of the Court
to strengthen these booting procedures.
Mayor Ferro: Mr. Manager, do you have any problems with Denver boots?
Mr. Gary: If they are all leather I have no problem. Mr. Mayor, I have no
problem with it. I probably have some questions about how it's enforced, but
I basically agree with the concept.
Mayor Ferre: What do you need from us Roger?
Mr. Gary: He just wanted to bring it to your attention and really get you to
endorse us moving ahead with this plan.
Mr. Carlton: And also for the next session of the legislature so that we know
we go in with the City's support.
Mayor Ferre: I will tell you I'm all for it personally and I have seen them
work and I think they are effective and it isn't that we are clamping them on
anybody just people who--- as I read the memo five times, you said ten. I read
in here five.
Mr. Carlton: The House amended it to ten.
Mayor Ferre: Oh, I see. Well, I will tell you anybody who has any more than
ten tickets ought to be...
Mr. Gary: And there is some safe guards for citizens in terms of notification
before you act, so...
Mayor Ferre: How do you pronounce this?
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Mr. Gary: Scofflaw.
Mayor Ferre: Do you need a motion?
Mr. Gary: No, sir.
Mayor Ferre: Anybody disapprove of this? Go put them on.
Mr. Plummer: I don't have ten tickets, I don't disapprove. If I get one more
I will be against it.
NOTE FOR THE RECORD: Agenda item "E" was deferred to June 15th.
24. BRIEF DISCUSSION ITEM: E'EES CHARGED BY WRECKIN(_;, TOWING; SL'RVICES
IN THE CITY REFE3RRED TO THE CITY '-1ANAGER.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, can I get back--- and this is not... Mr. Manager,
to you through whatever department getting back to this business about not...
Roger this doesn't affect you. I have received some complaints in my office
and let me tell you what the complaint is and I think it's legitimate. Most
any wrecker service in this community charges twenty-five dollars to tow a car,
yet in some areas where our Police Department are towing cars these wrecker
services are charging sixty, seventy and eighty dollars to a customer. Let
me give you one example, I got a call yesterday a wrecker service under normal
circumstances charges twenty-five dollars to tow a car within the City limits.
A man called me yesterday said that in fact his car was illegally--- he admits
he was wrong when he went to secure his car they charged him seventy-eight
dollars to get it out. Seventy-eight dollars. Now, all I'm saying Mr. Manager,...
(BACKGROUND COP!MENT OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD)
Mr. Plummer: I wish it was, because there you don't get out without paying.
In the funeral business you fly...... you know, pay now fly later. I think
this matter needs to be looked into. I think it's being abused if what is being
portrayed to my office is true, that these people are being called by the City
or in some way they are being allowed to seat their rates whatever they want to
do and I think it's wrong. If they have a fee for towing that should be the
fee and I hope Mr. Mayor... Mr. Manager, I would like a report back next
Wednesday of what you found about this service.
Mr. Gary: Yes, sir.
(BACKGROUND COMMENTS OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD)
25. DISCUSSION OF HEALTH BENEFIT COSTS FOR RETIREES REI'ERRED TO CITY
MANAGER.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, we are now on Item... discussing the health benefits
cost of retirees. Mr. Parks,
Mr. Gary: This is an item for us Mr. Mayor, first and I would like to give our...
Mayor Ferre: Go ahead.
Mr. Gary: I would like Randy Rosencrantz to just give you information which
you requested.
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Mr. Rosencrantz: Some time ago when the issue was raised with the City
Commission you directed the administration not to increase the health benefit
rates as it applied to retirees. The administration has followed that directive
since that point. You inquired also as to the number of retirees that are
required to make cash contributions in order to cover some of the benefit services
that they receive from the City. You should have in front of you a memorandum
from Mr. Gary, which identifies those particular groups and why it is necessary
for them to make a cash contribution.
Mr. Gary: Just summarize it.
Mr. Rosencrantz: Ok. Essentially, there is probably four reasons that people
make cash contributions to cover any shortage they may have in their retirement
check. The first reason is--- and in most cases about fifty-six percent of the
cases, the retiree elects to withdraw his contribution in cash when he retires, thus
the pension that he receives then is quite a bit smaller, because he only
receives a pension on that portion of his retirement annuity that was put into
the fund by the City. He has taken his share of his pension out in cash upon
retirement. That's probably fifty-six percent of the people fall under that
classification. Another reason that some of the pension checks were small is
that the employer upon retirement had elected to allot a significant portion
of the pension to a surviving spouse, which means that he would get less in
his pension check and his surviving spouse then would continue to receive a
pension after his death. That's the second largest reason. The third reason
is the fact that there are a number of retirees that retired prior to 1972
when the pension at that point were rather low.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, Mr. Parks.
Air. Ralph Parks: Yes, my name is Ralph Parks. I'm president of the Retired
Association. These seventy-two people that Mr. Rosencrantz is speaking about
really don't enter into wliv I am here today. Something; that we have none for
a long time and to put it very bluntly the bottom line on those people is their
pension was too small to pay their insurance premium. So they had to pay cash.
That's all it amount too is their total pension check couldn't pay their insurance
premium. Now, what we are askinq is that some kind of help be given to our own
people, retired employees of the City of Miami. When you stop and consider that
over seventy-eight percent of the retirees, the general employees have a pension
of under seven hundred dollars a month.
Mayor Ferre: How many?
Mr. Parks: Over seventy-eight percent. Twenty-four percent are under four
hundred. Thirty-three percent are under two hundred. Now, you hit them last
year a fifty seven percent increase in an insurance premium and a projected
increase this year, this month, next month whenever you so decide, it's going
to be thirty-two percent. It's just practically... it's something that you
can only make a certain number of eggs go certain ways and all we are asking for
is that we sit down and try to work something out so that we are not continually
here asking for help at insurance raising time and at collective bargaining time,
because we really don't have anyone to bargain for us. The Police, the Fire,
the general employees have unions, strong union, we have an association. We
pay three dollars a year. How can we afford an actuary or an attorney to do
whatever is necessary to do to be able to bring facts. All we ask is that
particularly now with the City just being awarded terrific accolades with regard
to their financial situation becoming the trade center of this hemisphere that
let it be known as the City that takes care of its own and in some way give us
some help. The City of Miami Beach pays fifty percent, flat fifty percent of
the insurance premium of its retirees. The City of Hialeah pays all of its
premium on beneficiaries, not dependents, on beneficiaries and we are not asking
that you do either one of those, we are asking that we sit down along with some
of us that know a little about this and have been messing with it for a few
years and along with possibly your actuary, the City has an actuary on retainer
I think. And try to work something out whereby it will be beneficial to all
concerned. I mean... and we hate to do this. I mean, it seems like we are
always here begging. See, the name has changed, but the plea is the same and
that's exactly what it is and the.reason is just the things that I have explained
to you.
Mr. Carollo: Well, I think Mr. Mayor and Commissioner, that what this man is
asking for is extremely just, but it goes beyond that. We have a moral obligation
to those employees that gave us years and years of good service. If it weren't
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for these type of employees that we have had the City of Miami would be no
where near what it is today and I think that we should give every support
that we can to these retirees. You know, it's extremely hard when you are
on a fixed income to have to pay all these additions that are coming year
titter ,ear after vear in wi%,s that they are making, a tremendous jump
and I'm not talking to go and hell or that we have an obligation to people
that may be only had a few years with the City of Miami like the former Mr.
Gunderson, who I understand is still very much alive, but I am talking about
people such as the ones we have here that have given tcn, fifteen, twenty
and more years of good service to the City of Miami. And I as one vote of
this Commission am willing to lay it on the line and do whatever we have to,
to protect these former employees of ours that deserve that from this
Commission in the City of. Miami.
Mr. Parks: May I just give you one, if I may, one example to you, I think
and I see Mr. Dunlop over there he can confirm this, that the present premium
for a retiree or a beneficiary and a dependent is approximately a hundred
sixty-one dollars. Now, you add thirty-two percent to that... I'm talking
about per month now. And that is for whether you are making a thousand dollar
retirement or whether you are getting five hundred, the premium is the same.
Just like these things along with things that Mr. Carollo has mentioned to
be if we could just sit down and go over them and work something out whereby
we don't want everything. We just want a little help and to have a feeling
that may be the City is looking out for its own.
Mr. Carollo: Can we instruct the administration to sit down with Mr. Parks
and whom ever else wants to represent the retirees and to try to work out
a reasonable compromise for our retirees and then to bring them back before
the Commission...
Mr. Gary: Yes, we will be happy to do that and I would just like to bring
to your attention the information we provided to you in terms of the cost
of five hundred fifteen thousand dollars as well as the hundred fifty thousand _
that you granted last year for retirees, but we will be happy to sit down
and see if we can work up a plan that will address the problems of the needy
retirees.
Mr. Carollo: Howard, I am willing to go on the limb and find the money from
wherever we have to... take it from wherever we have to to protect these
people and work out a solution that's fair to them that we would not raise
their insurance premium anymore than "X" percent a year so at least they
have some guarantees from the City of Miami from now on.
Mr. Gary: Let me respond to that if I may, particularly in view of the fact
that he said that we just got our rating increase and I guess our rating
was increased because we are living within our resources and that's one of
the primary reasons our rates are increased and all I have to do in terms of
performing my professional responsibility is let you know how much it cost and
I'm telling you now you have already granted a hundred fifty thousand. If
we continue the way we are now it's five hundred fifteen thousand and if you
buy more guns you have got to buy less butter and we are going to have to
make some choices in terms of reducing some other things and I have no problem
sitting down with them and coming up with a reasonable solution that addresses
a program for the needy only.
Mayor Ferre: That's what I'm for.
Mr. Carollo: I have no problems with what you have presented to us.
Mr. Gary: Can I also add one other thing, Commissioner? And that is that
I would hope that we do not take a position that we establish a minimum
increase for the mere fact that it's hard to predict what impact that's going
to be on the City in the future because we don't know what the economy is
going to be like.
Mayor Ferre: Howard, I will go along with that provided... I got two conditions,
one, that we roll over until you are ready to hit him with let's say one more
time and secondly, that you come back with a reasonable thing. And I will
tell you my concern... I got to tell you this and I got a little bit of a
philosophical problem, but you know, I like to be pragmatic about things.
The philosophical problem is that if a man employee chosed twenty years ago
or ten years ago that he was going to get a cash payment and that he was going
waive his social security and all that, that poor son of a gun made a
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mistake and now he knows it, but there ain't nothing he can do about it now
and he may be living almost in poverty or in poverty. Now, are we going to
say, ok, you made a mistake now live with it sucker, you know, if life were
like that, you know, we wouldn't have the kind of a country that we do. I
think that got to be tempered somehow with a little bit of humanity. Now,
on the other hand I don't want to penalize those that have saved and worked
and were a little bit wiser about it, but if you have some poor woman or
some poor man who are really going through an awful lot of agony, I mean,
we have to have a little bit of humanity somewhere along the line.
Mr. Plummer: Let me ask a question and this is just for information. Mr.
Rosencrantz, most people who retire are covered by Medicare and Medicaid,
that's the average individual.
Mayor Ferre: Some are not.
Mr. Plummer: Some are not, I understand that. Now, are these employees
that we are talking about covered by that which is provided by the Federal
Government?
Mr. Rosencrantz: Yes, sir, Mr. Plummer.
Mr. Plummer: So, then as I understand it part "A" and part "B" is covering
eighty percent?
Mr. Rosencrantz: Approximately eighty percent, sir.
Mr. Plummer: And that from Blue Shield Blue Cross you can get a policy to
cover the additional twenty.
Mr. Dunlap: You can and the health benefits plan of the City has a
Medicare supplement provision in it. It is at a reduced premium. The premium
for Medicare supplement is not the hundred sixty-five that Mr. Parks alluded
to, but for both the husband and wife it's currently approximately forty-nine
dollars a months. It would increase to approximately seventy dollars a month.
Mr. Plummer: Yes, but the point that I'm trying to make is this. Or trying
to find out. Are these people under the City program presently on Medicare
and Medicaid?
Mr. Rosencrantz: Approximately half the retirees are on Medicare and Medicaid.
Mr. Plummer: Well, why aren't the others?
Mr. Rosencrantz: Because they are under sixty-five.
Mr. Plummer: They are under sixty-five?
Mr. Rosencrantz: Yes, sir.
Mr. Plummer: So, in other words they would not qualify?
Mr. Rosencrantz: That's correct.
Mr. Parks: Remember, Mr. Plummer, that fifty-five is the retirement age for
general employees and fifty for Police and Fire. So, you have quite a spread
before you get sixty-five.
Mr. Plummer: But in other words fifty percent... How many people, Ralph,
are we talking about total?
Mr. Parks: We are talking about a total number of fourteen hundred ninety-
two general employees, eight hundred fifty-two Fire and Police.
Mr. Plummer: So, roughly twenty-two hundred.
Mr. Parks: You are talking about twenty-three hundred people.
Mr. Plummer: Twenty-three hundred. So, what you are telling me half of
that twenty-three hundred is under Medicare Medicaid?
Mr. Dunlap: No, sir, not all the retirees are in the health care plan. The
numbers are approximately as follows and it fluctuates a month. About seven
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hundred seventy-five members of the plan or some where there abouts each month
are retired employees under sixty-five. There is another six hundred eighty-eight
depending units associated with those employees, four hundred seventy-three members
of the plan are retired employees over sixty-five who are on the Medicare
supplement portion of the plan. They have a hundred seventy-two associated
employee units. Not all our retirees are in the health care plan.
Mr. Plummer: Alright, I guess really the question I'm asking, when a City
employee does become eligible for Medicare Medicaid, which is how much a
month they pay?
'sir. Dunlap: How much a month they pay in the City plan?
Mr. Plummer: No, no.
Mr. Dunlap: Oh, Medicare Medicaid? I'm sorry I don't know that off the
top of my head.
Mr. Plummer: Well, it's around what? Ten dollars a month? Eight dollars
a month for Medicare Medicaid?
Mr. Parks: Now, it's eleven or twelve.
Mr. Plummer: Ok, eleven. But in other words, am I to understand that when
City employees become eligible that they are in fact transferred over to
that plan because God knows the Federal Government can subsidize this better
than we can.
Mr.Dunlap: That's correct.
Mr. Plummer: So,... well, that's correct. Are they when they reach eligibility
automatically transferred?
Mr.Dunlap:: Yes, sir.
Mr. Plummer: They are. Alright. So, in other words anyone that's over
sixty-five the City is not concerned in the general main portion of that
amount of funding?
Mr. Parks: But they still have to pay a premium of...
Mr. Plummer: Eleven dollars.
Mr. Parks: No, no, no, that's paid to government. The City premium is
forty-nine dollars for a dependent.
Mr. Plummer: Well, why would... well, the question I'm asking Ralph, why
would you still be covered by the City if you are covered by Medicare Medicaid?
Mr. Parks: When you become sixty-five the government automatically bills you
for eleven dollars per month which gives you a Medicare card.
Mr. Plummer: Yes. Right.
Mr. Parks: That you take to your hospitals as you go or whatever you do,
your doctors.
Mr. Plummer: It pays eighty percent.
Mr. Parks: No. Then you have a supplement to pick up what Medicare does
not pay. That supplement is costing the retirees now with the City, I think
it was--- he just mentioned the figure--- forty-nine something for a man and
his wife, seventy dollars it will be with the increase. That's plus the
eleven.
Mr. Plummer: That's the supplemental to carry the other twenty percent?
Mr. Parks: That's right.
Mr. Dawkins: Mr.. Plummer, may I ask a question? Teems, why is it... this
has happened about five times since I have been here. Why is it that these
gentlemen have to continually come here when you negotiate a contract--- not
you, I mean all of you--- and negotiate a contract and is it that we can't
cover them or the law won't allow... no, no, let me talk to Mr. Teems please.
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The law will not allow us to cover them or we don't... what... why is it that
we can't work out something that they could be covered?
Mr. Don Teems: First off, Mr. Dawkins, as far as the employee unions are
concerned the City takes the position and I'm, you know, we can't argue it.
It's true that you don't have the right to bargain for your retirees be they
Sanitation, AFSME, Fire, Police. So,... because they are not in your
bargaining unit anymore. So, PERC says it's got to be in your bargaining.
So, we don't have the right to. Ok. Now, an active employee belonging to
a union has recourse, which we have done. We have grieved the insurance rate _
increases. What's happened here, the history here is that for many, many
years the City, you the Commission and the administration took the position
because Tony Wilcox would come up here and ask you for it and you would do
it, that you are going to help the retirees supplement his retirement benefits,
because it's hurting him a lot more than it is. I can bargain wage increases
to be able to help deferred those things but he can't. So, the Commission
took a positive effort that way. Recently, recently, the administration
took a position that we are not going to do that anymore. That was the
difference of what the administration was saying that they were paying over
what they contractually had to pay when they made the first increase was
that... and that's what I argued up here at the time. You made... no, not
this administration. They didn't do that, but past administrations and
past Commissions had made a distinct effort to help supplement that insurance
rate. Ok. And the way they did that was to fund the system and not raise
the retirees rate. The retiree was using more, naturally, than the active
employee, because he is older and lie needs it more. And they were right
with their actuarial analvsis of who's using and what. What they did with
their first increase was say everybody is going to pay the same across the
board and we are only going to pay what we contractually have to pay. That's
why the rates went up for everybody, including the retiree. Alright, we had
recourse. We challenged that. We said you have got to negotiated with us.
The retirees did not. That's why the retirees have got to come to you. See,
I came and told you that I believed that we needed it, that that was a
negotiable item and we had to negotiate it. The City Attorney then, Mr.
Knox, said no he didn't think so. So, the Commission went with the City
Attorney, which you know, they have to do. So, we responded to that by
filing a grievance which is going to be heard this month by all my employee
groups except retirees. They don't have any place else to go and so they
come to you.
Mr. Dawkins: You know, the only thing I'm asking is I don't see why the
administration don't put the monkey on your back and say let's sit down and
the administration and the union, you know, find a solution to this thing.
I don't know... I mean, that's my problem.
Mr. Teems: Well, an example, Mr. Dawkins, I'm at the table right now under
the insurance article, now I can only speak for Fire at the table, under
the insurance article I have that I want the retirees to be able to go out
with the same percentage, the employer., employee pay that they do when they
retire. Rather than all of the sudden he has to pay a hundred percent of
it. Now, I'm sure that the City administration is going to say I can't
do that because I can't negotiate for retirees. Ok. You know,...
Mr. Dawkins: Ok, thank you. I'm just as confused as I was at the beginning,
but thanks.
Mr. Parks: That's what I mentioned before you came in, sir, that we have no
place to go. We have no contracts and we can't bargain.
Mayor Ferre: Yes, you do you got here to go and I think we have been helping
as much as we possible could, Ralph.
Mr.'Parks: I appreciate it.
Mayor Ferre: I understand that you all are talking to some HMOs.
Mr. Parks: Yes, I wanted to mention that if I may,sir, particularly at this
time. The...
(BACKGROUND COMMENTS OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD)
Mr. Parks: Over a year ago when we started talking... I happen to be on the
Committee representing the AFSME Union and at that time it was clearly spoken
and mentioned and agreed that retirees would be offered the HMOs. We went
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along and the general employees were offered it and I fully understand that
because of getting the general employees done, go ttinq the contract signed,
getting the offering made, setting up the meetings and so on are taking some
time. So, it was all done and finished I think in April the 22nd and then I
started asking about the retirees. I finally got together with the insurance
committee who agreed that the City would offer the three retirees three HMOs
to the retirees, but they would have to get together with the Legal
Department to find out about the contracts. I talked to Mr. Dunlap yesterday
and he told me that he had applied to the Legal Department for a answer on
that and that's where we are. My understanding at this moment is that we
will be allowed to offer the HMOs to the retirees and one of my points was �.
going to be that I think that the retirees should be given the opportunity
of accepting or refusing an HMO the same as the active employees will before
any increase is made.
Mayor Ferre: Fine. Alright, anything else. Mr. Manager, you don't need
any resolutions?
Mr. Gary: No.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, thank you, Ralph, see you in the future.
Mr. Parks: Thank you, very much.
26. SISTER CITY VISIT AS TRADE :!ISSION `I'O THE CITY OF NICE, FRA NCE.
Mayor Ferre: We have the proposed Sister City visit to Nice, France. Mr.
Manager? Mr. Campilli, are you going to tell us about this or Charlotte
or somebody? Item "I".
Mr. Carlos Campilli: Mr. Mayor and Mr. Commissioners, the proposed...
Mayor Ferre: Your name for the record.
Mr. Campilli: Carlos Campilli representing the Department of Economic
Development, Sister Cities Coordinator.
Mr. Plummer: Excuse me, you are who, sir?
Mr. Campilli: Carlos Campilli. I am the Sister City Coordinator for the
City of Miami.
Mr. Plummer: Have I met you before.
Mr. Campilli: No, Sir, I don't think so.
Mr. Plummer: And you are the coordinator for Sister City programs?
Mr. Campilli: Yes, sir.
Mr. Plummer: Do you know where Colombia is?
Mr. Campilli: Yes, sir.
Mr. Plummer: You know the capital?
Mr. Campilli: Yes, sir.
Mr. Plummer: How long have you been so employed, sir?
Mr. Campilli: Since the middle of January.
Mr. Plummer: That's of this year?
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.1r. Campilli: Yes, sir..
Mr. Plummer: That's three months ago. No, that's six months ago. Mr. Gary,
of the City Commission who is the one that's most active in the Sister City
program?
Mr. Gary: The Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: Let the record reflect that the Mayor jumped up a foot on his
chair and rushed to the microphone to confirm that J. L. Plummer is the...
Mr. Gary: Well, then based on that I would assume that Item "I" is yours.
Mr. Plummer: Sir, what is your name again?
Mr. Campilli: Carlos Campilli.
Mr. Plummer: Carlos...
Mr. Campilli: Campilli.
Mr. Plummer: And how do you spell that last name?
Mr. Campilli: C-a-m-p-i-1-1-i.
Mr. Plummer: C-a-m-p-i-1-1-i. And what did you do, sir, prior to serving in
this capacity?
Mr. Campilli: I had my own investments.
Mr. Plummer: Investments.
Mr. Campilli: Yes, I...
Mr. Plummer: Private investments?
Mr. Campilli: Yes, sir.
Mr. Plummer: What background do you have sir, to serve in this capacity? Do
you have a degree?
Mr. Campilli: Yes ,sir.
Mr. Plummer: And that degree is what?
Mr. Campilli: Natural Science and Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Plummer: International?
Mr. Campilli: Foreign commerce was my major. Money and banking was my minor.
Mr. Plummer: How much are you paid a year, sir?
Mr. Campilli: Twenty-four thousand dollars.
Mr. Plummer: And what are your responsibilities?
Mr. Campilli: I am in charge of coordinating the Sister City activities for
the City and also in the protocol division.
Mr. Plummer: And also...
Mr. Campilli: The protocol division.
Mr. Plummer: The protocol division. And we are speaking about a trip to
France?
Mr. Campilli: Yes, sir.
Mr. Plummer: And is this a sponsorship of the Sister City program, sir?
Mr. Campilli: The city of Nice was made Sister City...
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Mayor Ferre: Now, ,you are getting into my area.
Mr. Gary: The answer is "yes".
Mayor Ferre: Now, you are cutting into my area.
Mr. Plummer: Ok. No, I'm just asking a question.
Mr. Campilli: Nice was named a Sister City in December by the Commission, sir.
t1r. Plummer: You are familiar with the Eisenhowcr Programs?
Mr. Campilli: Yes, sir.
(BACKGROUND COMMENT OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD)
Mr. Plummer: No, he isn't. No. He is not obviously. Not obviously. Very
obviously not familiar with the program.
Mayor Ferre: Well, look, let me say it for J. L., if I may chip in. Manager,
you know that J. L. has a very special relationship with Sister Cities. He
really has been the sponsoring guiding force and all this with Colombia. Ok.
Now, I think and I'm not trying to Carlos, put you on the spot, but--- or
Charlotte Gallogly who is your boss--- but I think you got to be careful in
things like this, really, courtesy would have had it that if you came on board
in January by February you should have called on Commissioner Plummer and for
that matter really all the members of the Commission. Now, I know you and you
have talked to me and I have qot no problems with that, but I understand and I
think he has got, you know, a valid reason for his concern.
Mr. Carollo: Well, let me say this, Mr. Mayor, I find it very appalling that I
have to find out that dignitaries from the City of Miami will be going to Paris
from the Miami News.
Mayor Ferre: I find it appalling too. I'm surprised that you weren't notified.
Mr. Carollo: Just what kind of, you know, organization do we have in this. You
know, I read that the Manager is going, a couple of my colleagues, Charlotte
Gallogly, somebody else, but some of the people that should have first known
about it don't know anything about it. We have to read about it in the paper.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Campilli, may be you can answer why the members of the Commission
weren't informed of the on going discussions with the Sister City program. Be fair.
Mr. Gary: We will make sure it happens in the future.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Vicker should be informed, Mr. Alberto Cardenas
and the other people, but certainly I think they are wrong, but there is no
reason for this City Commission not to be informed of everything. That's not
my job.
Mr. Carollo: In fact I'm going to go even further. Just a day or two ago I
get another invitation in my office for the Bahamas for next week about seven
days notice.
Mayor Ferre: ire has got nothing to do with that. Is that right or do you?
Mr. Campilli: Not with the Bahamas, no.
Mayor Ferre: Howard, on that Bahama trip too, I got to tell you I only found
out about it casually last week, first time and I know that discussions have
been going on for a long time. So, you know, I really think it's important
that--- and that has nothing to do with Campilli---, but that Frank Diaz-Pou,
Charlotte Gallogly and the other... and everybody who is working on things I
think we need to have a better communication system on these...
Mr. Carollo: Not only that Mr. Mayor, but if they are... I think the people
that have first priority to go and represent the city are members of this
Commission and then other employees that are more related to that particular
project.
Mayor Ferre: I agree with both of those statements. Alright, where are we now,
Howard?
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Mr. Gary: We are explaining the trip to you.
Mayor Ferre: You want to explain the trip?
Mr. Campilli: Well, the trip will be leaving on next Saturday, a week from
Saturday directed to Nice...
Mayor Ferre: How many people are going to go on this trip as of now?
Mr. Campilli: Sixteen people.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, go ahead.
Mr. Campilli: The meetings will be held in Nice...
Mayor Ferre: Counselor hold on....
Mr. Carollo: Well, how do you know how many people are going when some of us
haven't even been asked or haven't even made up our mind if we are going or not?
Mr. Campilli: So far, sir. So far we have sixteen "yes".
Mr. Gary: Well, I will accept the criticism that we need to have better
communication, but this Commission decided that Nice was going to be a city and
that we were going to Nice. We didn't decide that unilaterally.
Mr. Carollo: But the point being, Howard, is that...
Mayor Ferre: 'Iliat's right. Yes, yes. Now, let me explain the background...
go ahead.
Mr. Gary: And may I say something else too?
Mr. Carollo: Go ahead, please.
Mr. Gary: The policy here and I conveyed that to Commissioner Dawkins, is that
all the City Commissioners on any trade mission that we take automatically are
invited. Now, I will agree...
Mayor Ferre: But if they don't know about it, then how can they make a decision?
Mr. Gary: Ok. Let me finish Mr. Mayor. I will agree, however, that you should
be invited. Now, there seems to be some problem in terms of coordination. The
coordination is... part of the problem is ours, part of the problem is the person
responsible for Sister City program and I will tell you what, I will guarantee
you Commissioner Carollo, we will correct that. You won't have to worry about
in the future whether all this Commission is informed and whether you are invited
and I promise you that.
Mr. Carollo: Your statement is good enough for me. I just want to relate to you
what's been going on. I don't think you are responsible, but I think you should
be made aware of what's been going on so that you will correct it like you said
you will. That's enough for me.
Mr. Gary: I will.
Mayor Ferre: Let me, so we understand and put this straight into the record.
As you know we have concentrated a great deal in our Sister City relationships
in Latin America. Unfortunately, we haven't done very mush else where in Israel
for example, we have a Sister City Beersheba and other than the trip that I took
to Israel, I didn't even get to go to Beersheba. but the point is that we have
done nothing outside of the Caribbean and Latin America. Now, I was the one
who took the initiative with the Mayor of Nice who is a friend of mind and has
been Mayor for seventeen years and who I greatly admire and want to emulate.
When he came to Miami we had a discussion and I said let's establish a Sister
City relationship, he said to me and I said fine. So, I'm the author of this
whole thing. Now, the trip is a eight day trip. I have had nothing to do with
the planning of this other than I have agreed to whatever these fellows want to
do. As you know Regine's is opening in Miami. We are going to have a major
front page cover issue in Paris Vogue. There are a lot of things that are
happening that are positive for the City' of Miami and I think this is a good
trip. Now, you want to tell us the rest of it?
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Mr. Campilli: Yes. We are getting besides the offical reception by the Mayor
of Nice, we are hosted, the whole delegation by the National Council ,
which is the owners of all the... the major businessmen of France so that we can
have an exchange of ideas as to how we can benefit both communities. This is
on the second day. The whole meeting will take up most of the day. On the
third day Mr. Mayor and the delegated Chairmans of the various subcommittees
of Sister Cities will meet with the same counterparts from the French part.
so that we can establish our mutual assistance programs both in educational,
youth programs, civic and business.
Mr. Carollo: Will we be able to meet with the Mayor of Paris?
Mr. Campilli: Yes, sir.
Mayor Ferre: Yes, there is a meeting with the Mayor of Paris. There is a
meeting at City Hall supposedly with the Mayor of Paris. The Mayor of Paris
hardly meets anybody and I understand that the probability is that he will not
be at that meeting, but it's scheduled at City ball with the Mayor of Paris.
Ok, anything else? What do we need now? What's the resolution we need?
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, I will not pursue at this meeting, but it is my
understand that there are certain expenses and I would like to go back into
at the next meeting Mr. Gary, I would like to go back into the funding of
Sister City program.
Mayor Ferre:
In the meantime we do need a resolution I would imagine for
funding
for this trip,
don't we? To make it an official trip?
Mr. Gary: Yes,
sir.
Mayor Ferre:
Ok, do we have a budget, Howard?
Mr. Gary: Well,
everybody in the private sector is paying their own way.
Mayor Ferre:
I realize that.
Mr. Gary: We
don't need a budget. We have money set aside for that.
Mayor Ferre:
We just need approval.
Mr. Gary: We
just need approval to make the trade mission.
Mayor Ferre:
And we also need approval to make it a Sister City, because
I don't
think we have
gone on record on that yet.
Mr. Gary: I
think you have Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Ferre:
Well, let's just do it over again to make sure...
Mr. Gary: Do
it over again.
Mr. Plummer:
Well, what you would in fact be doing, Mr. Mayor, to comply
with
the proper is
that you would be applying to Washington to grant a charter
for
the Sister City
program. That's the proper way to do it.
Mayor Ferre: J. L., with all due respects I don't recognize their jurisdiction
because we have made Sister Cities out of Cali, out of Santiago, Chile, out of
Lima, Peru, out of a city near San Jose, Costa Rica, out of Buenos Aires and we
never ask anybody permission.for anything. Now, it's a Sister City relationship
the way that's a Sister City relationship. If the Eisenhower Board or whatever
it's called wants to approve it fine. If they don't we are Sister Cities anyway.
So, as far as I'm concerned I would just like move that the City of Miami
establish a Sister City relationship by partisan the same way we have done it
with everybody else between the Nice and the City of Miami and I so move.
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Call the roll, Mr. Chairman.
Mr. Plummer: Motion understood? Call the roll.
Mr. Carollo: No.
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Mr. Plummer: No, the motion is not understood. Mr. Carollo.
Mayor Ferre: Just making Nice and Miami Sister Cities.
Mr. Carollo: Ok, that's fine.
Mr. Plummer: Call the roll.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Ferre who moved its
adoption:
MOTION NO. 83- 466
A MOTION ESTABLISHING A BIPARTISAN SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE CITY OF NICE, FRANCE AND THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA,
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO ALLOCATE NECESSARY
FUNDS TO FACILITATE A TRADE MISSION BY CITY OFFICIALS TO SAID CITY.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the motion was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferro
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
Mayor Ferre: Now, I move that the City of Miami... that we authorize the City
Manager to put together and execute the Sister. Citv trip to Nice, France.
THEREUPON THE FOREGOING MOTION was introduced by Mayor Ferro, and
seconded by Commissioner Dawkins, and was passed and adopted by
unanimous vote.
27. PLAQUES, PROCLAMATIONS, AND SPECIAL ITEIMS.
Proclamation
and Plaque:
Presented
Plaque:
No Show
Commendation:
Presented
Proclamation:
Presented
Commendations:
Presented
Proclamation:
Presented
Presentation:
Presented
To U.S. (Monk) Tillman, Fire Fighter with most seniority
in the U. S. = Upon his retirement.
To Alicia Baro = For outstanding contributions to the
community.
To Rev. Constance M. Lang = for her contributions to the
community.
Declaring Charles Lallouz Day = for his efforts in favor
of the Miami Design istrict.
To Jean Whipple and David Harrison = for their efforts in
favor of the Miami Design District.
Declaring May 13 Vocational Rehabilitation Day = presented
to Arnold Cortazzo, Program Supervisor.
Luis Moya, General Manager of Aeroperu.
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28. Ri:CEIVE SI JV,hD BIDS FOR LITTLE RIVTI k HT� �II['iAY T'131PO E1.0 N'T.
This being the date and time advertised for receiving sealed bids
for Little River Highway Improvement, the Mayor announced that the City Commission
was now ready to receive sealed bids:
The fallowing motioi) was introduced by Commissioner Plummer who
moved its adoption:
?MOTION 140. 83-466.1
A MOTION TO RECEIVE, OPEN, READ AND REFER TO
THE CITY MANAGER FOR TABULATION AND REPORT BIDS
AUTHORIZED TO BE RECEIVED THIS DATE FOR: Little River
Highway Improvement.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner the motion was Passed and
adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
BIDS WERE RECEIVED FROM THE FOLLOWING FIRMS:
Ocena Bay, Inc.
Russell, Incorporated
D.M.P. Corporation
Williams Paving Co., Inc.
Redland Construction Co., Inc.
FRE Construction Co., Inc.
Garcia Allen Const. Co. Inc.
Re-Gra Construction
P.N.M. Corp
M. Vila Assoc. Inc.
Rob -El Const. Corp
29. PUBLIC HEARING COMP,IUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FOR JOBS PROGRA1%1;
MOTION ALLOCATING SPECIFIC AMOUNTS TO TARGET AREAS AND APPROVAL
OF GRANT PROGRAM FINAL STATEMENT TO HUD.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager, I think all these people are here on Item 5 and 6.
Mr. Gary: Dena will be here in a minute.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, Dena, tell us like it is.
Ms. Spillman: You asked us at the last Commission meeting to develop a program
for the 2.7 million dollars in community development jobs money and that it was
spread over more than one target area and we have done that. I would like to
point out to you that our application must be in by July 1st and that although
this bill is called.a jobs bill, it is not a CETA program as we knew the CETA
program. It is still governed by the Community Development guidelines and
regulations. We have before you recommendation for all the target areas
except the Downtown area. We felt that the neighborhoods were in more need of
funds in Downtown and the City has also applied for other jobs bill money for
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Bayfront Park, which would benefit the Downtown area. In Model Cities we are
recommending two hundred thousand dollars for multi -family rehabilitation, in
Wynwood some sort of job training program that would result in a physical
project. In other words people would not just be paid to learn something,
they would produce something. In Allapattah we are recommending two hundred
fifty thousand dollars for multi -family housing rehabilitation once again.
Overtown, four hundred thousand dollars for the second mortgage home ownership
program which has been quite successful to date, three hundred seventy-five
thousand dollars for the multi -family rehabilitation program and fifty thousand
dollars as an add on to our existing community development jobs program in
Overtown which is currently under funded. In East Little Havana we are
recommending two hundred fifty thousand dollars for a commercial improvement
program and we would work with the East Little Havana Task Force on this.
Edison Little River we are recommending two hundred fifty thousand dollars
in mult-family housing rehabilitation which will tie in with increased code
enforcement activities that the City will probably undertake. Coconut Grove,
again, at ninety thousand dollars for the second mortgage home ownership program,
two hundred fifty thousand dollars for a city-wide mini urban development action
grant program, which by the way Downtown would be eligible for. So, they are
included in that way. And the rest is administration and contingencies to pay
for any unexpected projects that the City Commission may come up with or cost
overruns.
Mayor Ferre: You mean we do that?
Ms. Spillman: No.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, first questions and only questions please. No comments,
no editorials, we will get to those next. Questions only.
Mr. Dawkins: I have one question, Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: Yes, sir.
Mr. Dawkins: Isn't this money, job money?
Ms. Spillman: Commissioner, it's called "Jobs Money".
_ guide it are community development regulations and it's
What this is is an add on to our community development
discussed we are going to make every effort to make sur
residents from each neighborhood are employed.
However, the rules that
actually a misnomer.
program. As you and I
e the neighborhood
Mr. Dawkins: The only way I'm going to vote for this, I'm going to tell you and
everybody on this Commission. The only way I'm going to vote for this is that
this money go to people to be paid for work. I'm not for rehabilitating homes
that don't belong to us. I'm not for rehabilitating buildings that belong to
somebody else. I don't care who you put to work. But if you are going to
develop a plan that's going to put this money in peoples pockets to buy food
with I'm for it other than that I don't want no part of it.
Mr. Gary: if I may respond. We don't disagree with that philosophy. What we
are saying is that this is one shot money. They call it the jobs program and
that is appropriate, but only in terms of the fact that people employ to
accomplish what Community Development guidelines are, which in terms of physical
development. As an example, if it is decided that housing is to be rehab, that
it's a one shot cost, it's something that's physical that's going to be done,
but that the local residents will be hired to accomplish that. So, that's where
the jobs are created as a result of developing public works or capital oriented
types of projects.
Mr. Dawkins: I agree with you Mr. Gary, but we no longer said than this morning
that we have parks in our areas that we need working on, that we could put
people to work on in the parks. We do not have to put them to work in my opinion
repairing other people's buildings.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, other questions? other questions? If not, comments.
Alright, who has a comment. ,
Mr. Carollo: I have a question. Dena, can you go over again the recommendations
that you are giving please?
Ms. Spillman: I'm sorry, sir, I didn't hear you.
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Air. Carollo: Can you go over the recommendations that you are givinq as
to where the monies should be allocated?
Ms. Spillman: Certainly. Do you have the memo in front- of you? Ok. The
first one was Model Cities and that was two hundred thousand dollars for the
germ city area, which has been part of the `•Iodel Cities plan since we started
for housing rehabilitation. Now, I might add that that's a loan and the funds
will come back to the City to be recycled. It's not a grant. Wynwood, last
week or the week before we discussed the job training program. We will further
define that and I think we would go out for bid and determine who's going to
operate it. In Allapattah once again multi -family housing rehabilitation
two hundred fifty thousand dollars and I think you are aware that there are
some other community ideas on what that money ought to be spent on.
Mr. Carollo: I think we both know that.
Ms. Spillman: What?
Mr. Carollo: I think we both know that.
Ms. Spillman: Overtown, we are continuing the second mortgage program which
we started. We have already built twenty single family homes in Overtown that
have been purchased by residents and we will be building more under this
program. Multi -family rehabilitation also in Overtown for three hundred
seventy-five thousand dollars. I think we all know that's well needed and the
jobs program already exist. It's a Community Development program, but we need
the additional funds for cost of living increases and the County has raised our
rent at the County building and we have to accommodate that. East Little
Havana two hundred fifty thousand for the commercial facade program. This item
could be expanded to other parts of East Little Havana and we would work with
the task force in determining where this should go. We could expand it to
Southwest 8th Street and Northwest 7th Street. Edison Little River two hundred
fifty thousand dollars for housing rehabilitation. This is an incredible
problem in that neighborhood. Coconut Grove, once again the home ownership
program, that has been popular in the neighborhood two hundred fifty thousand
dollars for a city-wide mini urban development action grant program. We would
ask the private sector to work with the CBO and try to come up with projects
that we could match or become involved in.
Mr. Carollo: Ok, Dena, this is exactly a hundred percent what you gave us in
writing and what you told me verbally. So, I'm glad that it hasn't changed that
much from what we discussed from what we have. The concern that I have is is
the following; that one of the instructions that we gave the administration
when we asked you to take this back and then come back to us was that some monies
would be allocated to West Little Havana and you know, that that was very
clear when we asked them to come back to us. And you know when we spoke yesterday
or the day before I made mention of that to you again and I still see that there
is not a single penny going to West Little Havana. In fact West Little Havana
comprises a bigger area probably than East Little Havana and there is quite a
bit of need if not just as must as in East Little Havana.
Mayor Ferre: Well, where is West Little Havana? I don't see West Little Havana.
Mr. Plummer: It's not there, that's what he is saying.
Mr. Carollo: It's not there, that's the whole problem.
Mr. Perez: They have... I met with Dena yesterday and what she has suggested
is only about East Little Havana, but I think that is important what Commissioner
Carollo mentioned to cover the whole Little Havana, not only the East side. Also
about Allapattah, I think that Mr. Urra met with Dena Spillman and I explained
their concern about what they want. And I think Mr. Mayor, that it would great
if Mr. Urra have opportunity to explain what they are requesting.
Mayor Ferre: The problem is that if we start, if we open it up for discussion
we are going to... I'm going to show you something. How many people here want
to speak on this?
Mr. Gary: You want what?
Mayor Ferre: Speakers, speakers. Ok. We have six speakers. Alright, I guess
that isn't too bad. Can you all do it in about three minutes? Anybody have
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problems speaking any longer than that?
(BACKGROUND COMMENT INAUDIBLE)
Mayor Ferre: How did you get into this?
Mr.. Dawkins: Mr. Mayor, I would like before they speak...
Mayor Ferre: Oh, I see, you want to speak for West Little Havana. Ok.
Yes, sir, Commissioner.
Mr. Dawkins: I still want to make the comment again that ever since I have
been sitting on this Commission I have noticed that the administration can find
methods and means of diverting money to where they want. Now, you come up
with a jobs bill. And instead in my opinion of providing jobs we are going to
rehab peoples--- not homes--- peoples apartment buildings who may be absentee
landlords. I don't know what they may not be. So, I want to just go on the
record as saying that here again in my opinion we are taking money that was put
down here to create jobs for people who are unemployed in the total Miami and
rehabilitating buildings that don't belong to private people.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, Morey we will start with you and then with Urra and
then with Blanco and then we will go around. Quickly. Alright, you got three
minutes.
Mr. Orlando Urra: Senora Al Calde, Senora Commissioner, my name is Orlando
Urra. I am the Executive Director of Allapattah Community Accion, Inc. If
it's possible I want to speak in Spanish. My preferable interpreter. (AT
THIS POINT MR. URRA SPEAKS IN SPANISH).
Mr. Odio: (INTERPRETER FOR MR. URRA). Mr. Mayor and members of the City Commission,
over the last four years we have been asking of you the Fire Station #16. Looking
ahead they fear that by this time they would have to be moving from where they
are so that they can service a community like theirs. At this moment they have
two thousand one hundred people from their community registered in this program.
We go and see what these people represent to our community. They will represent
a lot of thousands of people, because the must grateful are not here today who
are the sons and daughters of these people. They know that they have a place
where their parents are being taken cared of and protected from and can spend
the whole day very well and peaceful with them. I want to ask of you that we
have an opportunity at this moment to find a solution to find a place where
we will be able to house a restaurant or a meals provider and that they could
help to build that building. We have asked of you three hundred thousand dollars
to build a center, plus the property that is situated in 22nd Place and North
River Drive. They have also asked what does that have to do with the fire
station. We they haven't talked about the fire station because they didn't
know whether they could get that buildinq or not.
Mayor Ferre: Now, what land is it that we have on River and... 22nd you said?
Mr. Odio: I am only translating.
Mr. Urra: 22 Place, Northwest on North River.
Mr. Odio: It's a park.
Mayor Ferre: It's a park. What?
Mr. Odio: Curtiss Park.
Mr. Urra: Curtiss Park.
Mayor Ferre: Curtiss Park. Yes, that's Curtiss Park.
Mr. Odio: That's on River Drive and 22nd.
Mayor Ferre: Well, that's... Well, they have a baseball field.
Mr. Odio: Yes.
Mr. Plummer: Soccer mostly.
Mr. Odio: And Soccer.
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Mayor Ferre: Yes, yes. Jerry Curtiss Park. How many acres would they need?
Mr. Urra: Twenty thousand square feet.
Mayor Ferre: Twenty thousand square feet is a half an acre, but you have to
have parking also.
Mr. Urra: (CONTINUES IN SPANISH).
Mr. Odio: (CONTINUES TRANSLATING FOR MR. URRA). They also ask of you eighty
thousand dollars for a program to find jobs for people. You know that our
community opened a business section for the City of Miami and at this moment
they are in a very situation. We expect your cooperation without
affecting the other areas, because they don't want to affect other area, they
only want to find solutions.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, Mr. Feldman.
Mr. Morey Feldman: Yes, my name is Morey Feldman and I represent the Allapattah
Business Development Authority Incorporated. Referring to the reason the money
was placed for a job action. I read the paper where it said multi -family
reconstruction or something like that. We in Allapattah do not have multi -family
housing, but we do have a lot of stores closing, a lot of people losing their
jobs and we were asking in the same petition that we be assigned eight thousand
dollars which consisted of thirty thousand dollars for doing a market study and
fifty thousand dollars to continue on with the job program. We feel that we
are now on the right track that we have gotten some of the people to stay on
in Allapattah on the strip, on the commercial and industrial strip and that
with our effort we will be able to find jobs for people that live in Allapattah,
not the people that are brought in from out of Allapattah to work there. This
is why we are asking you to consider their petition together with our petition
which is in the same petition. Thank you.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, the next speaker. Is there another speaker? Does anybody
else want to speak on this? Alright, Ms. Adker.
Ms. Anne Marie Adker: I am Anne Marie Adker, 238 Northwest 8th Street. That's
Overtown. I am here to speak for the whole amount of 2.7 million dollars.
You know, we in Overtown are so tired of a little dab will do you. We need
that 2.7 million dollars in Overtown to substantiate permanent jobs. In Overtown
it's just drastic the things we had. You give us may be a new building and it's
put into an environment that it soon becomes a ghetto type or slum within
months. We need the whole 2.7 million dollars in Overtown and I'm quite sure
the Commission knows why.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, Lillie. Who is next?
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Ms. Lily Mestre: Good afternoon, Mr. Mayor, Commissioners and City Manager.
My name is Lily Mestre, I live at 881 Ocean Drive, Key Biscayne, Florida. I
represent Little Havana Activities Centers. We are here to request $259,000
for jobs for the unemployed and to repair the housing in East Little Havana.
We ask you to please consider our request. We have been in existence for
ten years, and we know the needs of the people and the elderly in the Little
Havana area. Thank you.
Ms. Anne Hardwicke: Good evening - Anne Hardwicke, Dada County Public Schools,
Office of Federal Projects Administration. My purpose of being here this after-
noon is simply to indicate the school_ district's interest in this community and
to indicate to you that we do have the capability of providing emergency jobs
for persons in our community. The school districts nation wide have been
actively involved in securing monies for the emergency jobs field in an effort
to resolve some of their needs. When a hearing was held in Washington, D. C.,
our superintendent, Dr. Bearden testified, which was partly responsible for
the passage of this bill. It was indicated that when this bill was passed,
that school districts will be eligible for funding under this bill. III the
school districts we always have the need to renovate buildings and to prepare
people in order to get them into the mainstream of employment. We would there-
fore appreciate being involved in the development of programs that are being
F:lanned. In fact, I would very much like to work with members of the City
Staff in their development of priorities for bettering this community.
Thank you.
Mr. Yves Savam: My name is Yves Savam, here representing the Haitian Task
Force. I live at 601 N. E. 39th Street. We are located in the Edison -Little
River area and we have learned in that area to be grateful for whatever we
get, so we are not here asking for more than the $250,000. We are however,
concerned that $250,000 for multi -family housing rehabilitation will merely
affect ten apartments which do not belong to the people who live in the commun-
ity and there are no assurances either that the people who will be involved in
fixing those apartments are from the community. We are proposing instead that
this money be put aside as a revolving loan fund. There are a number of projects
that need to be undertaken by private businesses, by business people in the
community and very often these businesses do not qualify for regular loans,
nor do they qualify for loans from Miami Capital. This would be a unique
opportunity to make those funds available to them and we would see many more
jobs created through that process. Thank you very much.
Reverend Stan Matthews: Mr. Mayor and Commissioner, I am the Reverend Stan
Matthews, Executive Director of the Biscayne Wynwood Chamber of Commerce and
we would like to thank you once again for the vote of $275,000 for a job train-
ing program in our area, which will be designed to upgrade properties with
one hundred forty-four crew weeks of work and our staff is a combination of
Haitian, Black, Latin-American and Anglo. We have block by block organization
under way now - some forty blocks that will feed people in so that the poor in
our community will have their expression and their participation. We have com-
bined both Anglo and Latin businesses larges and small through the Wynwood
Economic Development Corporation, which works primarily with the Marcabos
Latinos and the new Biscayne Wynwood Chamber of Commerce. We pledge to you our
full cooperation in making this program work. We are somewhat surprised at
the suggestion that this be put out for bids, which is all right by us, but
we have been working for ninety days to bring together all of the business
community and the residential community behind this project. Thank you very much.
Mr. David Roseman: My name is David Roseman, I am the Executive Director of the
Allapattah Merchants Association. I here representing an association that has
been in existance since 1980 carrying out economic development activities on
N. W. 36th Street. We are making a proposal to be granted $130,000 for the
purpose of ennverrins-an area right now that is adjacent to the Allapattah
rapid transit station into a community bazaar. This project is something that we
have made a proposal to the Office of Community Service Human Resources in
Washington, and we would like to be able to be appropriated matching funds
from the City in order to solidify our petition to Washington. We hope that
you find the proposal something worthy of your support. Thank you very much.
Mr. Wilfredo Gort: Mr. Mayor and members of the Commission, my name is Wil-
fredo Gort, I reside at 2660 N. W. 14th Terrace. I am the Executive Director
of Downtown Miami Business Association. We would like to be respectfully in-
cluded in this request. The reason we do need the ... We have several proposals
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that we think not only would create jobs, but maintain some of the existing jobs
that we have in downtown. It is no secret that downtown Miami is not doing too
good with the economy the way it is in South and Central. America. We have a
lot of trouble. We need to bring the locals back into the area. If not, you
will see many businesses going bankrupt within the next two or three months.
We have several proposals. We would like at least get the opportunity to
present this proposal, and then be looked at and given a chance to be part of
this job bill.
Mayor Ferre: Okay, any other speakers?
Mr. David Alexander: Mr. Mayor, Commissioners, Mr. Manager, my name is David
Alexander. I am the Executive Director of the Coconut Grove Local Development
Corporation. I would like to address this afternoon —first of all, my address
is 3582 Grand Avenue in Coconut Grove. When we first heard of this program, we
were told that we were going to get approximately $290,000, $200,000 of which
was to be in the form of a mini-UDAG grant, and my expression of concern today
is that in the last twenty-four hours, there seems to have been a change of
policy. In fact, this money will be available for city-wide distribution. I
would like to register at this time our official protest because Coconut Grove
is dire need of these funds for our program.
Mr. Gary: Well, Mr. Mayor, I would like to correct the recorJ.
Mayor Ferre: Okay, go ahead.
Mr. Gary: We had a meeting with all of the C.B.O.'s, which he was there and
all of them said they agreed, and that was that we would set up a $250,000
fund. If any of them got any money out of this particular program, they wouldn't
be entitled to the fund and that allocating this fund was adequate enough. Now,
it just so happened that we had $90,000 that we are recommending for Coconut
Grove and there was another $200,000 that was recommended, but because they
had $90,000 here, and Coconut Grove per capita gets more than anybody else,
plus the City Commission said they wanted to spread the money around, that is
why that $200,000 was eliminated. Now, we have given this organization more
money than we have given any other organization other than Overtown. The
$90,000 is here, plus he has opportunity to also participate in a $250,000
C.B.O. area wide project, so think this organization is being well taken care of.
Mayor Ferre: Thank you, sir..
Mr. Alexander: May I kindly respond, Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: No, Mr. Alexander, I would strongly recommend to you that I
wouldn't continue arguing too much more. You look like a wise man to me.
Mr. Alexander: Your point is well taken, sir. Thank you for time.
Mayor Ferre: All right, there is a smart man. All right, anybody else?
West Little Havana.
Mr. Octavo Blanco: Mr. Mayor, I want to thank you and the Commissioners...
Mayor Ferre: Your name and address for the record.
Mr. Blanco: My name - everybody knows Octavo Blanco, 8115 S. W. 16th Street,
Assistant Director, Action Community Center. I want to thank you people for
giving the opportunity to everybody to come down here and discuss what they
most need. Everybody, as it says on here, the monies are equal, but after
Community Development. I believe that we are supposed to do with that money
the best chances that we take. The best place can be used to everyone as
they need. I don't we are supposed to go and arbitrarily create it and force
other communities to do what a few people want. Let them to do with that
money. Just divide the money as close as you can to equal, and please try
to take care of Mr. Plummer's batteries that were stolen last time.
Action Community Center is not asking you for a penny at this time, but I wanted
you to remember that everybody has been assigned some money except Little
Havana West. '
Mayor Ferre: I would like to ask you a question, Mr. Blanco. Have you or
Mr. Plummer come to any agreement on a discount in case you need his services
professionally?
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Mr. Blanco: I just want to sell Lhe 3 uaLLeries LL.) lulu.
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor.
Mr. Plummer: We do a public service for all former Mayors!
Mayor Ferre: Do I get a 10�', discount?
Mr. Plummer: You get bigger than that, baby!
Mayor Ferre: All right, yes sir.
Mr. Gary: If I may, because everybody keeps saying that we leaving out Little
Havana, and that is not the case.
Mr. Plummer: West Havana!
Mr. Gary: There is $250,000 there for East Little Havana.
Mr. Plummer: Right!
Mr. Gary: That is in the target area, and the reason we allocated to East
Little Havana is because of the policy that this City Commission adopted in
terms of addressing the severe, acute problems in East Little Havana. If this
City Commission would like to do something in West Little Havana, all you have
to do is reallocate part of the money from other organizations.
Mr. Plummer: And we will.
Mr -Ray Foxworth: Good afternoon, everyone. My name is Ray Foxworth, and I
would like to extend a welcome to the Mayor of the City of Miami, the Commis-
sioners, the City Manager and everyone that is present. The name of the
organization that I am representing is the Florida Economic Development Corpor-
ation. We have been in existence for over a year now, operating on funds given
to the organization from private sectors. We have applied for funds from the
City of Miami and repeatedly was told that no funds were available. Now, we
have funds available. We would like our share of these funds to represent this
organization in the Buena Vista area. Everywhere has been recognized so far
exept the Buena Vista area, and now we are here to receive our funds, at least
a small amount for operations in that area. I would the consideration of the iiayor
on this request.
Mayor Ferre: Thank you, Mr. Foxworth. Any other speakers? We are about to
wind it up now, so...
Mr. George Daniel: Good afternoon, Gentlemen. My name is George Daniel, I am
the Executive Director of the Haitian -American Chamber of Commerce. The Haitian -
American Chamber of Commerce's main objective is to first commend the Action
of Economic Development and to form a better image of the Haitian community,
which is thankful to Dena Spillman, the Department of Economic Development for
recommending funding of the multi -family application for Little River Edison
an area. This area has been bypassed so many times. We are very thankful for
that! But, since most of the multi -family housing in the area under the
pressure of HUD, are almost completely in need of repair.
As per the survey of the Behavioral Science Research institute, most of Litu
residents lived in over -crowded single family units. They have also been in-
cluded for rehabilitation. I also believe that the highest and best use of
the funding should be targeted to a specific corridor, so that the impact is
visible and measurable. Therefore, we fought for many special improvements
for the part of 54th Street between N. W. 2nd Avenue and N. E. 2nd Avenue and
unlimited housing rehabilitation program in the area of North Miami Avenue and
also to join with the task force a local loan venture program should be used
with the part of the money to help the entrepreneurs in the area. Thank you.
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, just for his information, the reason it is multi -family
here is because we don't have any•multi-family money for Little Haiti, but we
have a single family, which already exists, and that is one of the heaviest
used areas.
Mayor Ferre: All right, now I assume everybody has had his say and now we are
at Commission level. All right, it is open now for questions, comments or
motions, hopefully,
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Mr. Plummer: Well, Mr. Mayor, I think we find ourselves in the same position
that we always find ourselves in and that is about twice the request of the
ainotint of what we have to distribute!
Mayor Ferre: Fall back and punt!
Mr. Plummer: And it is always that way and it is unfortunate. I will of course,
take the position that I have taken many, many times in will continue to take,
and that is, that we will feed the hungry, we will take care of the sick and
we will talk about what is left over, and I think that philosophy will carry
me through.
Mr. Plummer: I understand, Mr. Mayor and taking and giving a man a job is in
fact, feeding the hungry. There is no question about that. The meanest man
in the world, as I have always said, is a man with an empty stomach. I just
have to question, and I guess, you know, I have to be selfish, but I have to
put it on the record, because I have neighbors that I have got to live with,
and I don't see any of those people represented here. Mr. Mayor, as I read
from this list...
Mayor Ferro: I thought they were represented by you!
Mr. Plummer: Well, you keep saying all of my clients can never come and
appear. Yes, for sure! I look here and I see the improvements of the East
Little Havana, and as Joe so well brought out, there is nothing for west of
12th Avenue. When you start talking about street improvements, security,
which is vitally needed. These are the things that I think have to be addressed
and I guess really what I am sa•,inq if I vote for this situation here, how do
I tell my neighbors on Flagler Street, my immediate neighbors "Well, I am sorry,
had you been on the other side of the street light, you would have got security,
and you would have got street improvements, but we live on the west side of
the tracks, so we are not entitled to anything." And I guess somebody is
going to have to tell me how I can address those folks, because if you can't
tell me, I am not voting.
Dr. Albert Quirantes: I have something for you here, Mr. Commissioner. My name
is Albert Quirantes. I am the President of the Small Business Opportunity Center,
which I am representing here now. I submitted a proposal for funding from the
Public Law 98-8, Yorksville. The title is "Commercial - residential block by
block comprehensive revitalization program for Little Havana target area".
That contains part of what Commissioner Plummer was talking about. In this
area we have a need to improve deteriorated areas where there is a concentrated
population of the small and minority enterprises surrounded by low and moderate
income people. There is also a need to create productive work experience for
unemployed persons. There is a need to match fundings through the private and
public sector of merchants. For solution of some of these problems is the
reason for which we submit our proposal. We want to make a block by block
census of the commercial, residential deteriorated areas in order to identify
their needs. This will be accomplished by employing these ten youths who will
be under the direct supervision of our staff that we already have. We feel
also that this will,provide the youth of the area with an opportunity to gain
meaningful employment experience. Also, we want to implement a touch and paint
program in which the starting point will be the most deteriorated blocks. It
is estimated that this program will provide full time employment for at least
twenty-five individuals and will create at least ten part-time jobs. Also, we
can identify with the same money that we are requesting the financial needs of
this residential area. The main objective of our proposal will be to create
temporary, or permanent jobs for at least forty low income individuals in the
Little Havana area. The Little Havana area currently has one of the highest
unemployment rates in the whole City of Miami. At the same time, this will
have the additional benefit of beautifying the decaying business and residential
structures of the area. This will represent a major effort in our part to re-
vitalize this area, so not only residents will feel comfortable living here,
but the businesses and investment environment will be greatly enhanced. Thank
you very much. Lastly, the amount of funds requested by our program will be
$350,000.
Mayor Ferre: $350,000, is that what he said? $350,000 for forty jobs? How
could that be? Dr. Quirantes, I didn't understand something. You said
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$350,000. You also said forty jobs. That can't be!
Dr. Quirantes: Why not?
Mayor Ferre: Forty jobs - $350,000?
Dr. Quirantes: You have to count these $350,000, we are going to pay wages
to the people that work in the project, also the same youth that: is going to
work - some will be part time and some will be full time workers. Also, we
have a staff in our program that we can use to help us in this task. Also,
we are a part of th Latin Chamber of Commerce, and we have qot a lot of
volunteer people that help us in our programs, so probably most of this money
will be for paid people to work, not for the administrative wasting; money
in Pon Productive services.
Mayor Ferre: Now, what is the will of this Commission and let me remind
this Commission - is Plummer around? Let me remind this Commission, I want
you to listen to this now, because this is going to affect us. If we don't
vote on this today, we lose $2,700,000. Let me explain to you why.
Mr. Plummer: Who said we are not qoinq to vote on it?
Mayor Ferre: Well, I am just telling you that we have got to do it now.
Mr. Plummer: We definitely will vote on it.
Mayor Ferre: Is that right, Mr. Manager?
Mr. Gary: Yes, sir.
Mr. Perez: We have to vote on the distribution of the funds.
Mr. Plummer: That is where the name of the game is.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager, Mr. City Attorney - Do we have to decide who gets
the money today? What is it we have to vote on today to be legal?
Ms. Spillman: You have to determine how much money goes to each target area,
and for what, but you don't have to identify the name of the organization
that would do it.
Mayor Ferre: Yes, but I mean, if we say the target area, and we say it for
what, it is going to be very difficult...
Ms. Spillman: Well, then that is the way you have to do it.
Mr. Carollo: Well, you could say it in a general term, can't we, Dena?
Mayor Ferre: We could say West Little Havana, $250,000, East Little Havana,...
Mr. Gary: And the purpose. You have to say what the purpose is.
Ms. Spillman: You could say Little Havana, which is one target area.
Mayor Ferre: I see.
Ms. Spillman: You have to say you are going to either...
Mayor Ferre: Little Havana is a target area.
Ms. Spillman: Right. All - east and west.
Mr. Gary: And you got to say the purpose.
Mr. Dawkins: Mr. Mayor, I will make a motion.
Ms. Spillman: You have the say.the purpose - what the money is for, housing,
jobs, whatever.
Mr. Dawkins: Can I make a motion?
Mayor Ferre: Yes, sir.
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Mr. Dawkins: I'd like to make a motion that since Little Havana and Overtown
has been overlooked so long that the total $2,700,000 be divided equally be-
tween Overtown and Little Havana - I don't care whether it is west, east, or
middle, and that then you decide what you are goinq tn do with it.
Mayor Ferre: Is there a second to that motion? Is theme a second to the
motion? Is there a second?
Mr. Perez: How is the motion? To distribute...
Mayor Ferre: To distribute it 50-50. Half to Overtown and half to Little
Havana. The problem with that is, what do you tell the people of Wynwood,
Allapattah...
Air. Dawkins: Tell them like you have been telling Overtown - you are next.
Mayor Ferre: I haven't been saying that!
Mr. Dawkins: No, no, no. The Federal Government - not you.
Mr. Perez: We already approved $275,000 for Wynwood.
Mr. Dawkins: Hold it. Let me correct something. Not you - the Federal
Government.
Mayor Ferre: Okay.
Mr. Perez: We already approved $275,000 for Wynwood.
Mr. Dawkins: We haven't approved anything for anybody!
Mayor Ferre: Yes, we did! At the last Commission meeting, we approved two
separate...
Mr. Dawkins: I withdraw my motion if we have already approved... well, what are
we doing?
Mayor Ferre: To decide what to do with this hot issue!
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, I think Dena has done basically a good job in what
she presented. The areas I have some problems with, is for instance, Allapattah,
and I told Dena this - I want $300,000 allocated to Allapattah, not $250,000.
With $300,000, they could accomplish a lot of the things that we have discussed
with them. And for the target area of Little Havana, that would include West
and East Little Havana. I really think $250,000 is quite short for an area
that size. Together with Overtown, Little Havana comprises one of the biggest
areas of all the target areas. Little Havana and Overtown are the two largest,
in people and in needs, so I would like to give an additional $100,000 to the
target area of Little Havana. In other words, instead of making it $250,000,
make it $350,000, out of which $200,000 can go to the east and $150,000 to
the west part. I would be willing to go that far, or we could just leave it
up to the Commission the next few minutes to finally just decide where to
place it at.
Mayor Ferre: Commissioner Carollo, could I recommend this - $250,000 and
$150,000, all right, is $400,000.
Mr. Carollo: I am saying $200,000 for the east and $150,000 for the west,
which is $350,000.
Mayor Ferre: Okay - $350,000. I would recommend that you don't designate east
and west, that you just say $350,000 for Little Havana.
Mr. Carollo: You are correct, Mr. Mayor, that would complicate it more.
Mayor Ferre: And I would also recommend, now with regards to the agencies to
be used, I would recommend that we,recommend the Little Havana Activity and
Nutritional Center and the Camacol to be the agencies to deal with the money
in Little Havana. Now, is there a problem with that?
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Mr. Plummer: Well, let me just ask this question. Little Havana Activity
Center - what are you looking for? What was your proposal?
Mayor Ferre: Is is right in front of you.
Mr. Plummer: No, that is different. This is food. This is a different program.
Ms. Spillman: Yes, that is...
Mr. Plummer: Dollars.
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Mayor Ferre: What? $259,000 - you forgot the three zeros. $259,000.
Mr. Gary: To do what?
Mayor Ferre: We don't have $259,000, and we don't have $300,000. We have,
according to Commissioner Carollo, and I think we should increase that like
Carollo says to $350,000, and I am saying these are the two agencies you deal
with.
Mr. Perez: I would like, Mayor to ask - in the Little Havana area, I would
like to pay consideration also to receive recommendations from the Administra-
tion, in refer to a petition of the Inter -American Chamber of Commerce and
the Senior Center of Dade County. I think they have a proposal and they de-
serve the opportunity to be heard on this matter.
Mayor Ferre: Wait, wait. Senator Plummer, what are you doing here? You are
supposed to be up in Tallahassee, voting for us! ..... So what, specifically,
is it that you are recommending?
Mr. Perez: About the area of Little Havana, I would like at this time that
we extend the $350,000 - I would like that the people of the Inter -American
Chamber and the Senior Center of Dade County with the Little Havana Activities
Center and the the Camacol have the opportunity to meet with Dena's department
and they make a formal recommendation, because they have a proposal also, and
I met with Dena yesterday and she told me that she doesn't have any proposals,
but now, we have several proposals on the table and I think that would be
great to have for the next Commission meeting a formal recommendation, and
about Allapattah, I propose that be extended to $300,000, and that we approve
as we approved for Wynwood in the last Commission meeting.
Mr. Gary: They haven't had the second meeting yet.
Mr. Perez: We have already assigned them $250,000, but we have $150,000
contingency. Yes, we have a contingency of $150,000 - $100,000 for Little
Havana, and $50,000 for Allapattah.
Mayor Ferre: All right, are we ready to vote now?
Mr. Carollo: Yes, so that contingency of $150,000, we should use up. So
what we have left - we used $250,000 city-wide, right, Dena?
Mayor Ferre: No! There isn't anything left. If you use $150,000...
Mr. Carollo: That $250,000 city-wide has not been assigned, so that is
what is actually moved around.
Ms. Spillman: Well, if you so desire, it can be, sure.
Mayor Ferre: What he is doing is, see that $250,000 was for the C.B.O.'s, right?
Ms. Spillman: Right.
Mayor Ferre: So, what you are doing is, if you tap into that, there goes your
deal with the C.B.O.'s.
Mr. Perez: But, we have a contingency here of $150,000.
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Mayor Ferre: There is no problem with the contingency, even though I think the
Manager's recommendation is a wise one, which is to hold off $150,000, because
you know we are going to have over -runs and things like that.
Mr. Plummer: All right, what about Little Havana?
Mayor Ferre: Little Havana is now up to $350,000.
Mr. Plummer: Split how?
Mayor Ferre; That is up to the Commission at a later date. We have not ... we
have crossed off the word "east" and it is now Little Havana. It is a target
area like the other target areas.
Mr. Plummer: Well, Mr. Mayor...
Mayor Ferre: Well, tell me what you want, Plummer!
Mr. Plummer: I want to designate. I want to increase it to $400,000, and I
want $150,000 to Little Havana, and $250,000 to Camacol. I think that is fair.
Mayor Ferre: Well, what are you going to do with the Little Havana Activity
Center?
Mr. Plummer: $150,000 to Little Havana Activity Center.
Mayor Ferre: No, no, look...
Mr. Carollo: No, no. Food comes first. Food comes first!
Mr. Plummer: No, no, this is different. That is right. Wait, excuse me, Joe.
They have two requests, am I correct? There are two requests before us from
the Little Havana Activities Center. One is for jobs - the other one is for
food, and I am committed to the food. I will tell you right now. That is
a second one for Community Development, not from this money. What they are
asking here, is for forty jobs. Now, what I am saying is...
Mr. Carollo: Forty jobs for how much?
Mr. Plummer: Well, they said $259,000. Camacol asked for $350,000, and what
I am saying is reduce Camacol to $250,000 and reduce Little Havana to $150,000.
Mr. Carollo: Yes, but, the $259,000 that Little Havana asked for - what was
that for again?
Mr. Plummer: Forty jobs, that is what they said.
Mr. Carollo: Forty jobs.
Mr. Plummer: Yes.
Mr. Perez: Yes, but Commissioner Plummer, we have also a petition from four
organizations that I would like for them to have the opportunity to meet with
the Community Development.
Mr. Perez: Yes, sure, from the Senior Center of Dade County, from Inter -American
Chamber.
Mayor Ferre: Anybody ready to make a motion?
Mr. Perez: I make a motion, Mr. Mayor, first to increase to $300,000, the
Allapattah assignment. Also, to increase Little Havana to $350,000. That is
what Commissioner Carollo proposed. Okay, in reference to Little Havana, that
all the groups, the four groups that I know of that are requesting funds to
have the opportunity to meet with Dena Spillman's department, and they make
an official recommendation for the next Commission meeting, and at that time,
we will decide.
Mayor Ferre: All right, is there a second to the motion?
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Mr. Carollo: If I may, Commissioner Perez, if I can make a substitute motion
on what you are saying. We have already assigned $275,000 to Wynwood. What I
originally stated, and what your original motion was, is S300,000 to Allapattah
Mr. Perez: Okay, $300,000 to Allapattah.
Mr. Carollo: We are talking $350,000 to Little Havana. We don't have the
east anymore - it is just Little Havana, east and west. We have $250,000 for
Edison -Little River. Now, $90,000 to Coconut Grove, and your $250,000, Dena,
for the city-wide. Is that taken, or is that available, part of it available,
or where does it sand?
Mr. Gary: Well, let me explain that to you. This goes for the community based
organizations who will do economic development projects within their area, and
this was the to get agreements with all the C.B.O.'s in terms of those economic
development C.B.O.'s getting a piece of the pie.
Mr. Dawkins: Will that include O.I.C. and Tri-City?
Mr. Gary: These are C.B.O.'s that you all fund and operate.
Mayor Ferre: These are our C.B.O.'s, and if we don't go ahead with that ... you
better speak up, Dena. You are being too quiet around here, you know? You
better explain what this means if we start tapping into the C.B.O.'s. I am
willing to go along with all these changes, but I think that $250,000 for the
C.B.O.'s ought to remain.
Ms. Spillman: For the moment, it is there. If we go ahead the way we are
talking, $100,000 to Little Havana and $50,000 to Allapattah, then the $250,000
remains for the C.B.O.'s.
Mr. Carollo: Can you get by with the $200,000 with the C.B.O.?
Mr. Perez: That $150,000...
Mr. Carollo: $200,000.
Ms. Spillman: We can get by with whatever we have.
Mr. Carollo: Edison -Little River, how much funding have that got in the past,
Dena? They got $250,000.
Ms. Spillman: Edison? I would say they are medium funding, compared to some
target areas like Coconut Grove, which has received a lot of funding, and
Allapattah, and Wynwood, which are relatively low. They are in the middle.
Mr. Carollo: They are in the middle?
Ms. Spillman: Yes.
Mr. Carollo; What I am say is ... basically what you are telling me, is that
the $250,000 that Edison -Little River has got is more or less in the middle to
a little higher in the past. What kind of programs have we been presented in
that area?
Ms. Spillman: The only additional program, and that we only received like yester-
day, was something from the Haitian task force, I believe for a business loan
program, which is really the function of the Miami Capital Development Corpor-
ation. But, the representatives of Edison on the C.D. board voted for this
project.
Mr. Carollo: For what project - the one that you are presented with?
Ms. Spillman: The multi -family housing rehabilitation.
Mr. Carollo: Okay, the multi -family housing. Well, what I would like to do is -
the Little Havana area is such a hughe area next to Overtown. And Overtown has
got $825,000 in it. Little Havana is such a hughe area and even $350,000, we
are shortcutting it. What I would' like to do is take —and I will let Staff
take it ... either $50,000 for the city-wide C.B.O., and leave it at $200,000,
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or $25,000 from there and $25,000 from Edison -Little River. That will. bring it
right in the middle.
Ms. Spillman: So, increase Little Havana to $400,090.
Mr. Carollo: To $400,000. Now, which is the best way of getting that extra
$50,000 that you recommend, Dena?
Ms. Spillman: I think the Manager should answer that question.
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Manager: Well, we are getting down to the wire. Model
City, we have got $200,000 - we are not talking about touching that. Wynwood,
$275,000 - that stays. Allapatt.ah, $300,000 - that stays. Overtown, $825,000;
Coconut Grove - $90,000. The contingency fund has been used up to Little
Havana, which is set at $350,000, so we are talking moving Little Havana from
$350,000 to $400,000, and taking the other $50,000 that we need from the other
two areas that are left, that we haven't mentioned just now, and I am asking
the Manager to recommend the best way of how we can give them $50,000, whether
to take it from one of the two places left or split it or, how?
Mr. Gary: You started dividing - continue!
Mr. Carollo: I am asking for your advice, Mr. Manager.
Mr. Gary: Since you started dividing, you have been doing such a good job, I
will take any recommendation you give me! (LAUGHTER)
Mr. Carollo: No, no. I want. the Manager to give me a recommendation based
on the leverage that we are giving you. Do you think it would be best to
split it in half, $25,000 from each group, or whether to take $50,000 from
either one of them?
Mr. Gary: It doesn't matter.
Mr. Carollo: Well, give me your recommendations, Mr. Manager.
Mr. Gary: Leave it as it is. I think what you can do is ... how much did you
say you need?
Mr. Carollo: $50,000. Both have $250,000 available.
Mr. Gary: You say you need $50,000 only?
Mr. Carollo: Yes, $250,000.
Mr. Gary: Take it from city-wide.
Mr. Carollo: City-wide. Okay, so we will leave that at $200,000. Okay, and
we will be adding an extra $50,000 to Little Havana, making it $400,000.
Mayor Ferre: Yes, but you have got a problem. The problem is what Commissioner
Carollo has presented, okay? You have got Senior Centers and their operation
even though they are not here today. How are you going to deal with that?
Mr. Carollo: Do you think, Mr. Mayor, and that is'why I am asking the Manager,
if that is going to cut into the Senior Centers that much, then... from the
city-wide.
Mr. Gary: What Senior Centers are you talking about?
Mr. Plummer: Why are Senior Centers involved with jobs?
Mayor Ferre: He brought up the subject - we have been talking now about Camacol,
and Little Havana Activity Center. Commissioner Perez brings up the International
Chamber of Commerce and the Senior Centers. I am just repeating what the guy said.
Mr. Gary: You know, we have been talking about amounts.
Mr. Carollo: International Chamber of Coimerce is on vacation in Spain
somewhere, so...What I would like to do, we could argue who gets what afterwards,
but just pin -point how much goes to each area. Once we agree with that, then
we will discuss who gets what of the money.
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Mr. Perez: I think they can meet with these people and then make a recom-
mendation.
Mr. Carollo: So, Howard, you are recommending that that $50,000 comes from
the C.B.O. In other words, leave that to $200,000 from the $250,000.
Mr. Gary: For the record, I recommend what I suggested.
Mr. Carollo: I know that, but in the area of leverage that we are giving you.
Mr. Dawkins: You know what, Mr. Gary, it irritates me for you to sit over
there. Now, you made your your recommendation. If you didn't think the damn
recommendation was good, you shouldn't have made it. And if you made it,
you ought to stick by it. Now, make up your mind what you are going to do
over there.
Mr. Carollo: Miller, Mr. Gary...
Mr. Dawkins: No, no, wait. Let me talk to Mr. Gary!
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Gary has made his decision more than clear. fie recommended
already, but what we are asking him to, within the areas we would like to go
to, what he recommends next.
Mr. Dawkins: But Mr. Carollo, I believe that we are attempting to paint the
Manager into a corner, then when it fouls up, it falls on his shoulders. Let
the Commission sit here and bite the bullet. He gave us his recommendation.
Now, if we don't like it, let's change it.
Mayor Ferre: All right, Mr. Manager.
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, let me tell you something. This is why we pay a
Manager to make decisions of the sort that I am throwing at him, and every
Manager before him and every Manager after him will make decisions of this
sort and I don't think that Mr. Gary feels that he is being boxed into a
corner! He has made it clear - this is his recommendation. What we are doing
is, based on what we want to do, asking him which is the best option of what
we are throwing on his shoulders. Period. Nothing more, nothing less. Mr.
Gary, you feel then that the best area out of the scenario that wt2 are �_Jviut;
you would be to take the extra $50,000, from the city-wide..
Mr. Gary: Correct.
Mr. Carollo: So I am going to make a substitute motion, then. The substitute
motion is, and bear with me - Model Cities, $200,000. Wynwood, which we have
made already in a separate motion, $275,000. Allapattah, $300,000. Overtown,
$825,000. Little Havana, $400,000. Edison -Little River, $250,000.
Mayor Ferre: How much for Little Havana?
Mr. Carollo: $400,000. That is where we got the extra $50,000 from. Edison -
Little River, $250,000. Coconut Grove, $90,000. City-wide, $200,000, and for
the Administration, etcetera, $221,000 and we have no contingency. That is
my substitute motion. If we could go from there and decide...
Mayor Ferre: Is there a second?
Mr. Perez: Yes, second.
Mayor Ferre: All right, now, let's get this one over with and then we can come
back and discuss the other and the rest of it. Is there further discussion on
this? Call the roll.
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The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Carnllo, who moved its
adoption:
MOTION NO. 83-467
A MOTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO ALLOCATE
FUNDS FROM THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND ENTITLED "COMMUNITY DEVELOP-
MENT BLOCK GRANT JOBS PROGRAM" IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $2,761,000
AS FOLLOWS: —
MODEL CLTIES $200,000
WYNWOOD 275,000
ALLAPATTAH 300,000 _
OVERTOWN 825,000
LITTLE HAVANA 4,000,000
EDISON-LITTLE RIVER 250,000
COCONUT GROVE 90,000
CITY WIDE 200,000
ADMINISTRATION 221,000
AND PROVIDING FOR NO CONTINGENCY FUND.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the motion was passed and
adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
Commissioner ,tiller J. Dawkins (*) Note: Though Commissioner Dawkins voted
NOES: "No" originally on roll call, he later
"ice ,in -or .1,1„P1vmmor,.Tr,
changed his vote to "Yes", as shown
hereinbelow in discussion).
ABSENT: None
DISCUSSION ON ROLL CALL:
Mr. Plummer: Excuse me, I am sorry - under discussion, $400,000 in Little
Havana is not designated, is that correct?
Mr. Carollo: No, none of it is designated, except Wynwood that we did last
week.
Mayor Ferre: At this point...
Mr. Carollo: After we vote on this on this, that is when we get into the
designation, J. L. We know what we got for each area, then we start desig-
nating it.
Mr. Plummer: I am going to have to vote "no" even though I am in accord with
every item but one, because I think everyone else has been designated, Wynwood
had the opportunity to designate. Overtown is spelled out clearly. The rest
of them are spelled out clearly and until all of them are spelled out clearly,
I've got to vote "no".
Mr. Dawkins: I am going to vote "no". The reason I am voting "no" is that
I think that jobs, and unless it is explained and spelled out that this money
is for jobs, then I vote no.
Mayor Ferre: I vote "yes" but now we are going to get into the question of
jobs and the other aspects of it.
Mr. Carollo: Exactly - that is what I was trying to do.
(*) Mr. Dawkins: I change my vote to "yes", then.
Mayor Ferre: Wait a minute, you don't know what I am going to say. You don't
know what Carollo is going to s&y. No, wait a moment!
Mr. Carollo: Maurice, he didn't understand what we are doing.
Mayor Ferre: But I don't know whether we are in agreement, because we haven't
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Mr. Dawkins: You had better not, you are violating the Sunshine Law.
Mayor Ferre: All right, now. I think that I don't mind goinq for jobs, okay,
but Miller, I disagree with you on one thing. This thinq that you say that
you want them to go to the parks and cut grass or plant trees, or whatever.
I would much prefer I completely aqree with th Manager that the jobs that we
want should be as much oriented toward leaving some substantive in this
community. I don't want to give a job for a man for six months, and after the
job is over, you don't have any more money, the guy doesn't have a job and
we have not accomplished nothing, so I would like to make a motion that these
monies as allocated be oriented towards jobs, but with the clear understanding,
as has been in the case of Wynwood, that the jobs be oriented toward the
physical plant of this community, and I frankly don't care whether it is houses,
office buildings, city buildings, in parks, or in Overtown, or wherever, but I
don't want to just pay somebody, you know $150 a week for six months or a year,
and then have nothing to show for it.
Mr. Dawkins: Mr. Mayor, let me correct the record, just in case the record
may show that I said "cut grass". I want to correct it. Let the record show
that I did not say "Pay people to qo cut grass". What I said then, I will say
now, and I will mean it tomorrow. Provide jobs in the community that will help
the people. If you are going to repair homes, let it be single family owned
homes, and do not refurbish ten, twelve or fifteen unit apartments that may
have an absentee owner. That is what I meant.
Mayor Ferre: But for example now, in Allapattah, Mr. Manager, I want to ... see,
in Allapattah, they want a dining room, okay? So, as far as I am concerned,
to me, I just want to put this as legislative intent, and stop me, somebody, if
you don't agree with me, on that... if they want a dining room and you can put
all these people to work in rehabilitating and building a dining room, I would
rather have at the end of the $2,700,000, that we end up with a dining room in
Allapattah! That is what I want.
Mr. Dawkins: And that the individuals who work on the dining room are Allapattah
residents, that all.
Mayor Ferre: Fine, then we are in agreement. Mr. Manager, do we need any
further clarification at this point?
Mr. Gary: Yes, you do.
Mayor Ferre: What?
Mr. Gary: You have got to know what each target area is going to do.
Mr. Plummer: That is it. That is what I was waiting for.
Mr. Gary: That is the key.
Mr. Carollo: Well, can we start with Allapattah?
Mayor Ferre: No, no. I would like to recommend something. Mr. City Attorney,
we have been flashing around and changing things in a way that may lead not
only to confusion, but I think we should be more deliberate about this. We
have now voted on the main issue. On the 15th, we can vote again. We extend
this Commission meeting. Mr. Manager, we can extend what we are doing here
today and you have to vote on an emergency basis, or we can do it on the 15th.
I don't mind taking the chance that we are going to need four votes, because
I think we are going to have to come to an agreement and frankly, I wouldn't
want this to be on a three -two vote. I would like for it to be on a five -zero
vote if possible.
Ms. Spillman: May I make a suggestion that might... if we could get from you
just the general description of what we are going to do in each target area,
which we really have except for Little Havana. We don't need the agency names
right now - just the description of the program, then we can talk to the agencies.
Mayor Ferre: You have everything but Little Havana. Describe, Plummer, what
Little Havana is going to do.
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Mr. Plummer: What I said before, Mr. Mayor, was the $250,000 to Camacol.
Mayor Ferre; Sir,that doesn't describe it.
Mr. Plummer: What do you mean, describe it?
Ms. Spillman: Not, the funds, the use of the funds.
Mr. Gary: What is going to be accomplished with the funds.
Mr. Plummer: As outlined in the program.
Mayor Ferre: In which program?
Mr. Plummer: Their program and the Little Havana Activity program.
Ms. Spillman: Job training, housing rehabilitation, and commercial facade.
Mr. Plummer: All of this is all outlined here in those two programs.
Mr. Perez: Yes, but we have another two programs.
Mr. Carollo: The only addition...
Mayor Ferre: No, sir. That is why we are not communicating. You are riot ... I
disagree. I will tell you what. I think we ought to memorialize this in the
form of a motion. It is the intention of this Commission that these monies, all
of these monies be spent on jobs oriented activities in such a way as when it is
finished - the money - there will be a physical presence of something having been
accomplished.
Mr. Plummer.: Tangible results.
Mayor Ferre: I don't care if you fix up the Camacol Building, or fix up five
hundred houses, or fix up West Little Havana facades. I don't care if you
paint benches, or if you improve the Overtown single family houses, as long as
when it is done and over with, you haven't gone and (Lilly, I am sorry, I've
got to disagree with all of this stuff of home security and improved energy
use and all of that) I am not for that! The money Josefina, has to be used
for things that are tangible. When it is finished, you say "That building is
what we painted and this dining room is the one we improved". So, use the
money where you pay people for jobs so that at the end we have something that
remains in the community. You give a man a fish, you satisfy his hunger. You
teach him how to fish, and you give him a job for life, so what I want you to
do is to leave something tangible. Don't just feed somebody. That doesn't
solve a problem. Do you disagree with that?
Mr. Plummer: No, not at all. Don't disagree with that at all.
Mayor Ferre: Okay. Yes, Ma'am?
Ms.A.Marie Adker: This proposal was drawn up by Community Development. Where
is the original proposal that was sent, or taken to get this $G,700,000?
Mayor Ferre: Not $6,700,000.
Mr. Gary: $2,700,000.
Ms. Spillman: We are working on the proposal now.
rrs.ti.marie NaKer: I am sorry - $2,700,000,
Ms. Spillman: There is no proposal. That is what we are deciding now. The
government told us we $2,700,000. Now we have to go back to them and tell them
]low we are going to use it.
rrs.H.Marie Adker: And this will be the proposal that you say?
Ms. Spillman: That is what we are working on right now.
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Ms.Marie Adker: Okay. Maybe I misunderstood, because the last time I heard
about this, it was supposed to come under UDAG grant?
Ms. Spillman: No, this is different..
Ms.,Marie NaKer. Okay.
Ms. Spillman: If you would ... we have enough information on Little Havana now.
Mr. Dawkins: You didn't get any money for the Orange Bowl.
Ms.Marie Adker: Mr. Mayor, you did not mention the Buena -Vista area. I have
been waiting here to see what was going to happen there in that part.
Ms. Spillman: Buena -Vista is part of Edison -Little River. It is not separate
from. It is a neighborhood therein.
Mayor Ferro: It is the target area, right? All right, is there any further
discussion on this item at this point?
Ms. Spillman: If you ... we have enough on Little Havana to describe it
generally.
Mayor Ferre: Yes, Ma'am.
Ms. Spillman: If you make a decision on Allapattah, then I think we can put
together the application.
Mayor Ferre: The Allapattah decision has also been made. The Allapattah
decision...
Ms. Spillman: No, there was no vote.
Mayor Ferre: The Allapattah decision is these people want a dining room, okay?
Ms. Spillman: Right.
Mayor Ferre: So, in the job that you are going to create there in the physical
plan, rather than rehab housing, what they want is that dining room.
Ms. Spillman: Okay, that is fine.
Mayor Ferre: So, now, if you, Dena, the Administration can fix up a fire station,
fine. If the fire station isn't available, then go down there to Curtis Park
and go up to the corner some place and take the twenty thousand feet that they
want and put up some kind of a community building that they can have for their
dining room.
Mr. Carollo: Exactly. That is what we need, Dena and Dena, can you do this?
Can you work hand in hand with Orlando Urra....
Ms. Spillman: Yes.
Mr. Carollo:.... so when you come back the 15th, we could finish a lot quicker.
(INAUDIBLE BACKGROUND COMMENTS NOT PLACED INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD)
Mayor Ferre: All right, clarification, Dena Spillman. There is some question
about bidding. If you bid in Wynwood, Mr. Manager, if they bid in Wynwood -
you bid in Overtown, you bidded everywhere. I don't see what this bidding
thing is all about, but if you are going to bid one place, you bid everywhere.
Now, as far as I understand it, there is no bidding that I know of, is there?
Mr. Gary: We will be asking for a request for a proposal.
Mayor Ferre: Okay, and then we do that for everybody. If we ask for a request
for a proposal for one place, then we do it everywhere and then that satisfies
your problem with all these different groups.
Mr. Perez: Do you think that you will be available tomorrow in order for these
people to meet with you, or somebody in your department?
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Ms. Spillman: Early next week.
Mayor Ferre: All right, let the record reflect - Joe Carollo is here, Demetrio
Perez is here, Miller Dawkins is here, Plummer is here. This is an open process,
okay? You come back with specific recommendations and then we will deal with
that.
Ms. Spillman: Okay, could I ask - we need a resolution just affirming what
you just discussed about Allapattah and Little Havana so we can proceed.
Mayor Ferre: Word it for me, Dena.
:,Is. Spillman: No, just...you could say "Approving the recommendations as
amended by the City Commission". That is fine.
Mayor Ferre: As recommended, with the changes that have gone into the record.
Moved by...
Mr. Carollo: Moved.
Mayor Ferre:.... Carollo, sernnded by....
Mr. Dawkins: Second.
Mayor Ferre:.... Dawkins. Further discussion. Call the roll.
Mr. Plummer: Repeat the motion, please.
Mayor Ferre: The motion is...shc says we need to memorialize this...the motion
is that we are approving this as the record would stipulate in the last hour
and it has been moved and seconded. Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Carollo, who
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-468
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT A GRANT
PROGRAM FINAL STATEMENT TO THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD) REQUESTING FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT
OF $2,761,000 FOR THE CITY'S PROPOSED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
JOBS PROGRAM DURING 1983-84; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER, UPON APPROVAL OF SAID GRANT BY HUD, TO ACCEPT THE
SAME AND NEGOTIATE THE NECESSARY IMPLEMENTING CONTRACTS AND
AGREEMENTS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY CODE.
(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 Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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Mayor Ferre: We will take up Agenda Item Number 24 on personal appearance,
Mr. Joseph Aniello, of the United Cerebral Palsy.
Mr. Joseph Aniello: Thank you. My nave is Joe Aniello and I am Executive
Director of United Cerebral Palsy of Miami and the address of Cerebral Palsy
is 1411 N.W. 14th Avenue and I have come here before you today to make a request
for assistance, and I have a small document that I would like to pass out to you
now if it is okay.
Mr. Plummer: Where are you proposing? Is this yours, here?
Mr. Aniello: Okay, what you have in front of you is an outline of request that
we are making to the City of Miami Commission. Cerebral Palsy has been a member
of the City of Miami, or a resident for its entire existence, over thirty-seven
years, and during this time we have provided medical service, education to the
residents of this area and for the entire County, per se. Currently we serve
over two hundred children and adults each day, 35% of which are residents of
the City of Miami. We also employ over one hundred employees in our organiza-
tion, many of which also are residents in the City boundaries. In my recollec-
tion and from the history, we have come to the City very few times over the
last thirty-five years or so to ask for any assistance, but now we find ourselves
in a position that we need some help, and we find ourselves in a corner. We
can't get out without some additional help from the City itself, the problem
being that last year we started a pilot program for eight real special little
kids, and some of them are in the front row here with their parents. These
children are physically handicapped and they run in a continum from both ends
of the sprectrum of exceptionalities. At one end we have some children that
are severely physically involved all the way to minor physical involvements and
most of the children are in need of some type of. therapy. Also, their intel-
lectual deficits run from above normal to severe. The problem being that these
cildren are not eligible for H.R.S. funds and they also don't fit the three to
five year olds, and they also don't fit conveniently into the public: school
system children like this, when they get into the public schools, will be going
to physically handicapped classes. At the present time classes are scattered
throughout the community for this age children, but there are not enough of
them and their physical and mental and social abilities are not taken into
consideration because of the spread around the entire County of these children.
Therefore, they do not receive, or they are not in line to receive any services,
specialized services, that they really need. You know, I am sure, that the
first five years of life are probably the most important in a child's develop-
ment and provide the greatest opportunity to develop and in the case of our
children, to overcome the handicap that they in fact possess. The Board and
the Staff and the parents of these children are coming to the City with requests
to help us support this program without which we probably are not able to continue
this program. The request as such - we are asking that the City support a por-
tion of this program for the coming year. The request is on the bottom of the
second page that you have and it calls for, and I will give you first what I
am asking for the City and then I am going to tell you what the parents
participation is and cerebral palsy's participation is in this same program.
What we are asking from the City is to support from the coming year a program
for eleven to thirteen of these physically handicapped and involved children.
The positions that we need to fund that we don't have the money to fund are a
teacher, an aide, physical therapist, occupational therapist and a $1,000 its
equipment. That totals $50,422, which we are asking for the City to help us.
Now, that will fund programs for eleven to thirteen kids, severely physically
involved kids for an entire year. This is not the total cost for the program.
The parents themselves were asking to bear the cost of the transportation of
these children to and from the program. With our experience, we transport
close to two hundred kids each day, and adults, and it cost about $130 a
month to transport these. Very few parents can come up with that kind of money
to get their kids back and forth. Cerebral Palsy itself, through its fund
raising activites is going to support the program with supplies, utilities,
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a social worker, the nurse, and program coordinator, parent counseling, and
things of this nature. So, we are asking you for the additional, we are not
relying on the City solely. We are asking you for the additional help to
make this program possible. The project, in my opinion, and the opinion of
these people that are sitting here, is probably one of the most significant
that the City can can consider funds, if you are looking at money where you
are putting it in a place where it is actually qoing to make a difference.
You talked about, right before my appeal that you want to put your money
to work. Okay, if these children do not get support in the years of zero to
five, you are ooing to lose perhaps some very productive individuals in your
society. I asked you to consider this proposal around this request in light
of the reality that if you had a child, if you were a parent of one of these
children, the money that we are asking for, to you, I am sure would be well
worth it, every penny of it. So, that basically is the appeal, but I have
also given you in that packet is what has been accomplished by these children
in last year's program, if you care to look at it by name, and also some
personal background on each of the children, some of their problems and where
they are coming from. Basically, that is the proposal we are asking the City
for help.
Mayor Ferre: All right. Questions?
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, I would like to make a statement. I have been able to
be an observer and a participant from first hand in this program. If I may
say, this is probably one of the few programs that we could sponsor in the City
of Miami that I assure you there would be no waste whatsoever. And yes, we
are able to make a lot of impact and a lot of changes and positive changes in
many things that we put our funds into, but I will assure you, you won't be able
to make as strong an impact in anything that we could vote upon that would come
before this Commission as you would be able to if we allocated these funds to
these children. Well, Mr. Mayor, I would hope that the City Manager can find
the funds for something that is so worthwhile as the lives of these little
children, some of which we have here before us.
Mayor Ferre: Let me ask them some questions so we understand each other. What
is your total budget?
Mr. Aniello: The total budget for this program here
Mayor Ferre: No.
Mr. Aniello: The total budget of the agency?
Mayor Ferre: Yes.
Mr. Aniello: $1,800,000.
Mayor Ferre: How much of that do you get from the United Way?
Mr. Aniello: We are not funded by the United Way.
Mayor Ferre: You don't get anything from United Way?
Mr. Aniello: No, sir.
Mayor Ferre: Do you get any Federal grants at all?
Mr. Aniello: Yes, we are funded by the H.F.S. We are funded from two sources
H.R.S., and our own fund raising activities.
Mayor Ferre: How much do you get from H.R.S.?
Mr. Aniello: Roughly, about $1,200,000 from H.R.S.
Mayor Ferre: And the $600,000 comes from who?
Mr. Aniello: Our national Telethon and our other fund raising events are
mail included events.
Mayor Ferre: Do you get any money at all from Metropolitan Dade County?
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Mr. Aniello: Yes, we qet revenue sharing funds from Dade County.
Mayor Ferre: How much do you act from them?
Mr. Aniello: This last year we got $14,000 from the revenue sharing funds.
Mr. Carollo: If I may say this, Mr. Mayor, this program that we have had in
Dade County, this organization has been residents of the City of Miami for
some thirty-seven years and never have they come before this Commission to
request any funds - never before!
Mayor Ferre: Look, I am trying to get a whole series of questions here, and
I will tell you what. You let me finish and I promise you I will let you
do yours. Let me see if I can get my questions in so I understand what we
are talking about, you know. We all think and work differently. My mind works
this way, so I need to know what we are dealing with. You have got $1,800,000.
You have got $600,000 that you get from your fund raising activities.
Mr. Aniello: Fund raising activities - right.
Mayor Ferre: The $1,200,000 that you get, that comes from H.R.S. - Federal
funds. You get $14,000 from the County. You service Broward County?
Mr. Aniello: No.
Mayor Ferre: You service Monroe County?
Mr.Aniello: No.
Mayor Ferre: This is strictly Dade County.
Mr. Aniello: Yes, sir.
Mayor Ferre: And you have two hundred kids in residence, I mean that are...
Mr. Aniello: Children and adults that come every day. We have a program.
Mayor Ferre: Children and adults that come for treatment.
Mr. Aniello: Therapy, education, that type of therapy.
Mayor Ferre: Now, let me ask you - of the two hundred, how many of them live
in the City of Miami.
Mr. Aniello: Approximately 35% of all our children and adults, taken as a
group, live in the City of Miami.
Mayor Ferre: Okay. Do you get any funding from any other sources, since you
are not a recipient of United Way, other than the cerebral palsy Telethon.
Mr. Aniello: Yes, and whatever fund raising events we do throughout the year,
in addition to the Telethon. It is a lone effort - a lone fund raising effort
in the County and in the City.
Mayor Ferre: Where do the GSA, come from - from Dade County, other than the
City, but not from Fort Lauderdale, or Monroe County?
Mr. Aniello: Right.
Mayor Ferre: I understand now.
Mr. Carollo: The particular program, Mr. Mayor, that we are being asked to
fund, however - I think just about all the kids are residents of the City of
Miami.
Mr. Perez: What kind of educational service are you providing?
Mr. Aniello: In this particular program here - this is not the only pre-school
program we have, but in this particular program, you have thirteen kids in this
program next year, eleven to thirteen, and at any given time, you will have a
teacher, an aide, an ocupational therapist, a physical therapist. That is
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basically it. There is a nurse available. There is a social
etcetera, etc.
Mr. Plummer: Let me just say on the record, there is no one here that knows,
and I concur with Carollo. Let me tell you where the problem is. You know, I
think we have got to understand that. I would dearly love to second Joe
Carollo's motion to give this money today because we know that this money is
well spent. The problem that we the Commission is faced with - you are not
the only agency in this City. Now, you know, how do I say "yes" to you and
"no" to multiple sclerosis, "no" to all the other agencies. The money is Just
running dry! Now, you know, if you can tell me how any one of the five of us
sitting up here can say "yes" to you, but "no" to others ... now, you know, I
want to vote for you. You give me a way to do it!
Mr. Carollo: Let me say this to you, and I will give you your answer. I
don't think there is any agency in town that can come to you the percent of
programs that is going to touch the lives of any of the people they give
service to as much as this program is going to touch the lives of these little
children.
Mr. Plummer: Agreed.
Mr. Carollo: And I will tell you, this is going to make more of an impact in
helping these kids than any other program you could money into. Arid I'll
tell you, I would feel ashamed of this City and this Commission if we have
allocated thousands of dollars for dances, for parties, for all types of
other things and we are not going to fund this small amount that we are being
asked by this agency for these children for the first time in their history of
thirty-seven years in Miami.
Mr. Plummer: Make your motion. Make your motion!
Mr.Carollo: I make the motion that the Manager find some money from wherever
he has to and that we allocate the full amount they requested.
Mayor Ferre: Moved by Carollo. Seconded by Plummer. Further discussion?
Call the roll.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Carollo, who moved
its adoption.
MOTION NO. 83-469
A MOTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO
INVESTIGATE SOURCES OF FUNDING PURSUANT TO A REQUEST MADE
BY UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY FOR FUNDING OF A PROGRAM FOR ELEVEN
TO THIRTEEN CHILDREN AT AN ANNUAL COST OF $50,422.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the motion was passed and
adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
140ES : None
ABSENT: None
ON ROLL CALL:
Mr. Dawkins: I am going to vote "yes", but in voting "yes", I am going to have
to say as I say all the time this is not the way to fly an airplane. we con-
stantly keep dipping in the barrel and I for one feel this is one of the most
humane projects to appear here before us. I am voting "yes", I am voting with
you, but somewhere along the way, somebody is going to come down here and we
are going to tell Howard Gary to find the money and Howard Gary will not be
able to find the money and Howard Gary is going to jail, because the. State of
Florida says that you cannot operate at...
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Mayor Ferro: I vote "yes"!
Mr. Plummer: I vote "yes"! (LAUGHTER) How soon can we expedite that?
Mayor Ferre: In my vote I will also vote "yes", but: I got to tell you there is
no way when the children with Parkinson's disease come here and the multiple
sclerosis people find out that we have done this and they come and ask for their
$50,000, I expect for you all to vote "yes".
Mr. Dawkins: That is right!
Mayor Ferro: And I think they will all be down here!
Mr. Dawkins: Amen!
Mayor Ferre: The word will be out, the newspapers will now have this tomorrow,
and at the next Commission meeting there will be thirty agencies here with
every known disease and problem that is afflicting society and I want to tell
you that I expect for all of you, when these children come here with their
afflictions, I think you will all have to vote "yes". I think that will
happen!
Mr. Dawkins: I know it will! I agree with you entirely.
Mayor Ferre: This is the first time in thirty years that this government in
the City of Miami has involved themselves in usurping the function of United
Way.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, that is done and over with. Thank you sir.
Mr. Aniello: Can I make a comment, please?
Mr. Dawkins: I'd like to ask one question before you make your comment.
Mr. Plummer: Yes, you got your money. You better not comment!
Mr. Dawkins: Why is that Dade County only gives you $14,000?
Mr. Plummer: They are smarter than we are.
Mr. Aniello: I can't answer that question.
Mr. Gary: They are smarter than us. You want to know something? Dade
County's budget can swallow your budget. Dade County's budget is larger than
ours.
Mr. Plummer: Yes, because they get it from us!
Mr. Gary: You know everybody, you know (and this is not knocking the project)
but I think we have got to make sure that Dade County pays its fair share for
the needs of the people in the community and not have them all come here to
get it.
Mayor Ferre: Well, you see, what happens is very simple. Here is what happens.
Somebody will call up Miller Dawkins, or Joe, or Demetrio, or Plummer and you
know, we say "Come on down", and I want to tell you, I have yet to see in this
particular Commission, anybody ever vote "no" on anything. You tell me who we
have turned down. This is a Commission that has been in effect for two years.
We have never voted "no" for anybody!
Mr. Carollo: Yes, we certainly have, Maurice, a lot of. people.
Mayor Ferre: Tell me who?
Mr. Carollo: We can go past the record and there are all kinds of different
groups that we have voted against.
Mayor Ferre: Who? Name one!
Mr. Carollo: All kinds. If we go back and go meeting by meeting, you will
find that there have been a lot. There certainly have been.
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Mayor Ferre: Name one. Name one agency who has come...
Mr. Carollo: What is happening is that now you are taking up my line and I
am taking up yours!
Mayor Ferre: Okay! (LAUGHTER)
Mr. Aniello: Can I suggest how Dade County does it?...in response to your
question, or your concern? Dade County for developing; disability, sets aside
a certain amount each year and they fund it through certain agencies and when
it is gone, it is gone.
Mayor Ferre: So do we.
Mr. Aniello: But, the City of Miami, I don't believe, gives it to developili�uL
of disabilities. They may be to other groups, like...
Mayor Ferre: Let me see if we understand each other. You mean "we" and "they",
right? They - Dade County. We in Miami, we are separate, right. In other
words, Miami is not part of Dade County.
Mr. Aniello: Yes, including Dade County.
Mayor Ferre: Oh, Miami is in Dade County!
Mayor Ferre: So when you get money from Dade County, you are getting money from
the tax payers of the City of Miami.
Mr. Aniello: For sure.
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, you are all out of order. I think we are done with
this meeting, or with this item, shall I say - hopefully done with the meeting.
Mr. Aniello: Thank you.
31. WAIVE REQUIRL,'4 NT 01' FOF:IAL SEALED BIDS FOR RBNTAL FP,0M BURROUGHS
CORP. OF THRICE MEGA BYTES 01' C0%1PUTLR MU-10RY AND TECHNICAL
ENGINEERING SUPPORT.
Mayor Ferre: We are on Agenda Item Number 3, waiving the requirements of formal
sealed bids for a rental of a Burroughs Corporation OF three mega bytes of
computer memory and technical engineering support. Now, the reason we are wait-
ing is because we need... Yes, sir, your name and address, or your position for
the record.
Mr. Samit Roy; Mayor and members of the Commission, I am Samit Roy, Director of
Computers. I have been on the job for five months and one of the things that...
Mr. Gary: .... we needed for Police and Fire for response time.
Mayor Ferre: Go ahead.
Mr. Roy: One of the things that we did was to evaluate the problems with the
computer. We were not getting enough productive work through it for lack of
internal capacity.
Mr. Plummer: I move Item Number 3.
Mayor Ferre: There is a motion on Item Number 3.
Mr. Plummer: I move it.
Mr. Dawkins: Before you move it, I've got some discussion.
Mr. Plummer: I am sorry.
Mayor Ferre: Well, just second it and we will discuss it.
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Mr. Dawkins: I don't know if I even want to discuss it. What is the difference
between Item Number 31 and Item Number 3?
Mr. Roy: Item 3 deals with addition of memory and the engineering support
required to hook all of the pieces of equipment together to make that memory
and computer run. Item 31 deals with the support, but internal programs that
run within the machine so that all of the programs that have been used by
the different departments can interact. One is hardware, physical computer
oriented - the other is software, the language oriented.
Mr. Dawkins: okay, is this all Burroughs equipment?
Mr. Gary: Yes, it is.
Mr. Roy: Item 3, yes it is Burroughs equipment.
Mr. Gary: All the equipment over there is Burroughs that he manages. There
is a deck equipment which is police, but all of the main frames for all of
our municipal systems and fire systems are Burroughs machines, and we have
two of them.
Mr. Dawkins: Second.
Mayor Ferre: We have a motion and a second. Further discussion, call the roll.
Mr. Plummer: Wait, wait.
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: You meed four votes on this, Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: All right, can the Manaqer vote?
Mr. Plummer: What are you talking about, Item 3?
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 63-47u
A RESOLUTION WAIVING THE REQUIREMENT OF
FORMAL SEALED BIDS FOR RENTAL FROM THE
BURROUGHS CORPORATION OF 3 MEGA BYTES OF
COMPUTER MEMORY AND TECHNICAL ENGINEERING
SUPPORT FOR INTERNAL SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE
OF THE CENTRAL PROCESSING UNITS ON A
CONTRACT BASIS FOR 2-1/2 MONTHS AT THE
RATE OF $3,000 PER MONTH AND A FIXED RATE
OF $30,800 FOR THE TECHNICAL ENGINEERING
SUPPORT AT A TOTAL FY'82-83 COST OF
$38#000; WITH A PROVISION TO RENEW THE
COMPUTER MEMORY RENTAL ANNUALLY AT THE
MONTHLY RATE OF $3,000 AT THE OPTION OF
THE CITY MANAGER; ALLOCATING FUNDS
THEREFOR FROM THE FY'82-83 OPERATING
BUDGET OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTERS;
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO INSTRUCT
THE PURCHASING AGENT TO ISSUE THE
PURCHASE ORDER FOR THIS RENTAL AND
TECHNICAL ENGINEERING SUPPORT; FURTHER
PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS SET FORTH IN THE
PREAMBLE OF THIS RESOLUTION BY A
TWO-THIRDS VOTE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE
COMMISSION.
(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 Dawkins, the resolution was passed
and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: Commissioner Joe Carollo
33. EXPRESS (;ET WELL WISIIES TO JOE FRIED, NEWS: -!AN, kADIO STATION WKjAT.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Clerk, I'd like to make a motion that this Commission express
get well greetings to Mr. Joe Fr ed, who for many years covered this Commission
as a reporter from WKAT, who suffered a stroke, Mr. Mayor and I think that we
ought to send to him get well quick wishes from this Commission.
Mayor Ferre: All right, Plummer moves, Dawkins seconds the motion of expression
of "get well" to Joe Fried. Further discussion. Call the roll.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption.
MOT10N NO. 83-471
A MOTION EXPRESSING GET WELL WISHES AND BEST WISHES FOR A
SPEEDY RECOVERY FOR MR. JOE FRIED OF RADIO STATION WKAT.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Dawkins, the motion was passed and
adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo *
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
* NOTE: Commissioner Carollo
though absent on roll call,
later requested of the City
Clerk to be shown as voting
with this motion.
33. AUTHORIZE PURCHASE OF COMPUTER STOCK PAPER ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS.
Mayor Ferre: All right, resolution authorizing the purchase of the computer
stock paper on an "as needed" basis from Arnold Graphic Industries. Is this
a waiver also...?
Mr. Gary: Now, it is not a waiver, and we shouldn't be calling this .a waiver.
What we do is... this is the Suncom system. We have the right to parti-
cipate in state bidded contracts. We can use the State contract which is
usually cheaper for the mere fact that bidders bid on the State contract with
the understanding that they will be dealing in a large volume and what this
is doing is saying we waut to use! State contract.
Mr. Plummer: Move it.
Mayor Ferre: Call the roll.
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The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-472
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF COMPUTER STOCK
PAPER ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS FROM ARNOLD GRAPHIC INDUSTRIES,
INC. UNDER AN EXISTING STATE OF FLORIDA CONTRACT FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTERS AT A TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF
$27,000.00; ALLOCATING FUNDS THEREFORE FROM THE 1982-83
OPERATING BUDGET OF THAT DEPARTMENT; AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER AND THE PURCHASING AGENT TO ISSUE PURCHASE ORDERS
FOR THESE MATERIALS.
(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 Miller J. Dawkins * NOTE: Commissioner Carollo
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr. though absent on roll
Commissioner Joe Carollo * call, later requested
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. of the City Clerk to be
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre shown as voting with
this motion.
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
34 L'•1LR'"EI.CY ORDINANCE: LSTABLISH NEW SFLCIAL M ENUL i't'ND ENTITLED
CO:,i:-iU',,ITY DEVLLOP:•1L'dT BLOCK GRANT JOBS PROC=RA"•;.
Mayor Ferre: Do we need to vote on Agenda Item Number 5?
Mr. Gary: Yes, you are right, because you did decide. That is correct.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion on Item Number 5? Plummer?
Mr.. Plummer: Moved.
Mayor Ferre: Perez seconds. As amended, changed, and so on. On First Reading?
Mr. Gary: No, this is Emergency.
Mayor Ferre: Oh, Emergency. All right, read the ordinance.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED:
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A NEW SPECIAL REVENUE
FUND ENTITLED "COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT JOBS
PROGRAM: AND APPROPRIATING $2,761,000 FOR THE EXECUTION OF
SAID PROGRAM; 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 Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre 1983
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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
*NOTE: Commissioner
Carollo,
though
Commissioner
Demetrio Perez, Jr.
absent on roll
call,
later
Commissioner
Joe Carollo *
requested of
the City
Clerk
Vice -Mayor J.
L. Plummer, Jr.
to be shown
as voting
with
Mayor Maurice
A. Ferre
this motion.
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 9631.
The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and an-
nounced that copies were available to the members of the City Commission
and to the public.
ON ROLL CALL:
Mayor Ferre: For the record4so that there is no confusion - Commissioner
Perez is saying that this doesn't affect anything that was agreed upon pre-
viously and for the record I will say, speaking for the Commission, and unless
somebody stops me, that it does not and this goes according to the previous
agreed upon figures and the usage.
35. APPROVE' SI::LL;CTION BY TILL: TACOLCY LCONO'•lIC DLXELOP:Ii'NT CORP. OI'
RONALD L. FRll'LIEk, ARC1iITECTU1.AL Ai,iD EN(;IIJi::LRING SL .VICES FOR
LDISON PLAZA PROJECT.
Mayor Ferre: Take up Agenda Item Number 4G. Mr. Pitts has a problem he has _
got to get to right away. Mr. Pitts, what is this all about?
Mr. Otis Pitts: Mr. Mayor and members of the Commission, this is in reference
to our contract with the "80" firm of Frazier and Associates regarding the
Pantry Pride Project.
Mayor Ferre: All right, does this have your recommendation and approval?
Mr. Gary: Give me one minute, I can tell you.
Mayor Ferre: You know, Mr. Frazier is back here and he is a good architect,
but this is about the fourth or fifth job that he has done for the City. I
hope that we can also....
Mr. Gary: That is why lie is not screaming about Affirmative Action. I under-
stand. I signed it. I've got to resist!
Mayor Ferre: I hope we can also get some other Black architects.
Mayor Ferre: You have got to spread it around a little bit, Ron. All right, are
we ready to vote, now?
Mr. Gary: Hold it for a second - yes, sir.
Mayor Ferre: All right, who moves this?
Mr. Plummer: Move it.
Mayor Ferre: Demetrio Perez seconds. Further discussion? All right, call
the roll.
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The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-473
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SELECTION BY THE TACOLCY ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (TEDC) COMPETITIVE SELECTION COMMITTEE
OF RONALD E. FRAZIER AND ASSOCIATES TO PROVIDE ARCHITECTURAL AND
ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE EDISON PLAZA PROJECT AND URGING
TEDC TO EXPEDITE A NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT FOR THE SERVICES OF SAID
FIRM.
(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 * NOTE:
Though absent at Roll
call,
Commissioner
Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Carollo
later
Commissioner
Joe Carollo *
requested of the City
Clerk
Vice -Mayor J.
L. Plummer, Jr.
to be shown as voting
with
Mayor Maurice
A. Ferre
this motion.
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
3G. ALLOCATE I'Q+, C(D''TIN1'ATI01" (11' TITE 1'00111 i'FO�;IJii AT 11I117'LL:
hAVA,NIA ACTIVITY
Mr. Plummer: Can I bring up this Little Havana Activity thing now?
Mayor Ferre: What is that?
Mr. Plummer: The funding for food.
Mayor Ferre: Go ahead.
Mr. Plummer: I make a motion that this City Commission authorize expenditures
in the amount of $150,000 for continuation of the food programs for the Little
Havana Activity Center. I so move.
Mr. Perez: Is that going to be a part of the 2.7?
Mr. Plummer: No. This is separate from that. I so move.
Mayor Ferre: There is a motion, second by Perez. Call the roll.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption.
MOTION NO. 83-474
A MOTION ALLOCATING $150,000 FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE FOOD
PROGRAM FOR THE LITTLE HAVANA ACTIVITIES CENTER.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the motion was passed and
adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
* NOTE: Though absent at roll call,
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo * Commissioner Carollo later
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. requested of the City Clerk
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre to be shown as voting with
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NOES: None
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ABSENT: None
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37. E,4EKC;ENCY ORDINANCE- A[•':FNI) SECTIOi: 35-`)] , 35-01 AN-L) 35-93of
Till' CODE, IS`i'ABLISf1 RATE:; OF CFf TAIN' otd-S'I'Pf'ET hARKIhiC; '•1L:TI:R
AND CLRTAIN OFF-STREF;T LOTS,-.1?:74ICTPAJ, F',AP:,TN," .;AP!u;Es.
Mayor Ferre: We are now on Agenda Item Number 6-A. Is there any problem with
that, Roger? Anybody have any problems?
Mr. Plummer: Yes, I expressed them before.
Mayor Ferre: You want to hold this up?
Mr. Plummer: Yes.
Mr. Roger Carlton: Mr. Plummer, this was up for First Reading in the meeting
of two weeks ago, but due to the latest of the hour, it was not approved. The
budget ordinances however, were approved on First Reading and they up for
Second Reading today, so this is to get the two in harmony.
Mr. Plummer: But I am not in accord Roger. I said that to you before. Now,
I am not surprising you, am I?
Mr Carlton: If you are talking about the meters downtown....
Mr. Plummer: Yes.
Mr. Carlton: .... we have met with the Downtown Merchant's Business Association
at the result of your suggestion and we are going to remove certain of the
meters and change some of the hours, and it is really a function now of time.
Mayor Ferre; That could be done.
Mr. Plummer: Roger, all I am concerned about is the movement of traffic.
Mr. Carlton: Yes, sir. That is going to be accomplished. We have had the
meeting.
Mr. Plummer: I withdraw my objections.
Mayor Ferre: All right, Plummer are you ready to move 6-A?
Mr. Plummer: I so move.
Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves 6-A. Carollo, you ready to second it?
Mr. Carollo: Second.
Mayor Ferre: 6-A - this is Roger Carlton on the parking thing.
Mr. Plummer: Roger Carlton relief bill.
Mr. Carollo: Roger - G-A.
Mr. Gary: This is the rate ordinance.
Mr. Carollo: In other words, you want an increase in rates.
Mayor Ferre: Yes.
Mr. Carollo: Does that include the rates in the meters too.. Is that what
you are saying?
Mayor Ferre: Everything.
Mr. Carlton: It is approximately 25% of the meters throughout the City. The
rest will remain what they currently are.
Mr. Carollo: Which meters do not pay - the
ones in downtown Miami, or...?
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Mr. Carlton: Certain meters in the central business district, some in Coconut
Grove and some in the civic center area.
Mr. Carollo: What will they be raised to, Carl?
Mr. Carlton: It depends. The meters downtown will go to 75fi an hour. The
ones in Coconut Grove to 60fi, the same thing in the civic center, which is
substantially below the private rates.
Mr. Carollo: I agree with that. The only thing that I request is that when _
the change is made, it be done in such a way so that people don't have to be =_
running back every hour or two hours to put money in the meter.
Mr. Carlton: So, we have lengthened the number of meters, and you are right,
that is very inconvenient. We have put a change machine out in the civic
center to avoid that problem.
Mayor Ferre: Yes, but I will tell you, on the other hand, also, ours is not
a substitute for long term parking. Off-street parking serves the purpose
of people going in, because I will tell you, one of the thing that concerns
me, are these people that go in and they take up three hours and they come
back in three hours and they put in enough quarters and take up another three
hours, okay? And they are there all day for half of the price for what they
can get into the lot, and they are keeping a guy that really needs that parking
space, you know, and can only afford to pay 50t, or 25�, from gettinq a cheaper
rate.
Mr. Carlton: The solution to that problem is difficult, but can be done.
Mayor Ferre: I know, there is no way you can solve it, but I mean, a guy that
has a job, who is working in an office building, and is abusing the system,
which is happening, and there is nothing you can do about it!
Mr. Carlton: You can chalk the tire and then come back in an hour or two,
whatever the maximum limit on the meter is and that is how you solve that
problem. People will gent that message very quickly and I think it need to
be done and we will. be qlad to do that.
Mayor Ferre: You chalk the tire?
Mr. Carlton: You put a little chalk mark on the tire.
Mayor Ferre: What has that got to do with it? As long as I put my quarter in,
how are you going to give me a ticket, because...?
Mr. Gary: Yes, but the law says something different.
Mr. Carlton: The law says it is two hours maximum parking in that meter.
Mayor Ferre: I've never seen that, you mean it says that right on the meter?
Mr. Gary: On the meter, yes.
Mr. Carollo: Are we going to have the meter maid chalk that?
Mr. Gary: Yes.
Mr. Plummer: No, don't do that.
Mr. Carlton: It is a difficult situation, but if that problem is to be solved,
that is how you do it.
Mayor Ferre: All right, do we have a second on this motion now? Further
discussion on 6-A? Read the ordinance, please.
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AN NANCE ENTITLED:
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 35-91, 35-92
AND 35-93 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS
AMENDED, ESTABLISHING RATES AT CERTAIN ON -STREET PARKING
METERS AND CERTAIN OFF-STREET LOTS; ESTABLISHING RATES
AT MUNICIPAL PARKING GARAGES; FURTHER PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE OF OCTOBER 1, 1983 FOR THE HEREIN RATE
INCREASES; RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING ALL ACTS OF THE
OFF-STREET PARKING BOARD AND ITS DIRECTOR AS TO RATES
HERETOFORE CHARGED; FURTHER PROVIDING THAT THE DIRECTOR
SHALL CAUSE CERTIFIED COPIES TO BE FILED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 503 OF THE TRUST INDENTURE; FURTHER AUTHORIZING
THE OFF-STREET PARKING BOARD TO DEVELOP EXPERIMENTAL
RATE STRUCTURES AND TO INITIATE RATES FOR NEW FACILITIES
DURING THE FISCAL YEAR; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION
AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
Was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, and sucondt.-d by
Commissioner Carollo 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 Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Whereupon the Commission on motion of Commissioner Plummer, and
seconded by Commissioner Carollo, adopted said Ordinance by the following
vote:
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 9632.
The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and an-
nounced that copies were available to the members of the City Commission
and to the public.
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Mayor Ferro: Take up Aqenda Item Number 7.
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, this is the appropriation of interest earned on our
Capital Improvement Fund to do some additions to the parking garage, which
was not an original bond issue. One is we needed some sealant to protect the
floor. We need the cameras for security and you have a list there - it comes
to $G33,900.
Mayor Ferre: Wow! It is inching up on us all the time. Are we qoinq to be
able to qet people into this parking garage?
Mr. Gary: Oh, no doubt. These were things that were riot in the original
construction package. These are things that we have to do, such as the sealant
which protects the concrete from oil spillage.
Mayor Ferre: I want to say something to the Commission and to the record. I
met with Mr. David Paul, who is going to be the new main owner, if you will,
of Dade Savings and Loan. They are going to build the buildinq. Absolutely!
I am convinced that he is. It will be under construction by July. Gebre,
you have been asking me about that for a while. That building is going to be
under construction in July, and I am convinced of it. All right, who wants to
move Item 7?
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Perez moves, is there a second? Is there a second?
Mr. Gary: This is for security cameras...
Mr. Plummer: Oh, yes. Yes!
Mayor Ferre: Plummer seconds. Further discussion? Read the ordinance.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED:
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF
ORDINANCE NO. 9534, ADOPTED DECEMBER 9, 1982,
THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATION
ORDINANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30,
1983; AS AMENDED; BY ESTABLISHING UNANTICIPATED
INTEREST EARNED AS A RESOURCE IN THE CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $633,900 AND
APPROPRIATING THIS AMOUNT TO GOVERNMENT CENTER
PARKING GARAGE FURTHER TRANSFERRING SAID
RESOURCE AND PROJECT FROM THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
FUND TO THE GOVERNMENT CENTER PARKING GARAGE
ENTERPRISE FUND TO INCREASE APPROPRIATIONS FROM
$10,400,000 TO $11,033,900, ITEM XII.B.1.;
CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE.
Was introduced by Commissioner Perez, and secundud Ly
Commissioner Plummer 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 Demetrio•Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
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Whereupon the Commission on motion of Commissioner Icrez,
seconded by Commissioner Plummer, adopted said Ordinance by the following
vote:
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins *Although absent on roll call,
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr. Commissioner Carollo later
Commissioner Joe Carollo* requested of the City Clerk to
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. be shown as voting with this
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre motion.
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 9633.
The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and an-
nounced that copies were available to the members of the City Commission
and to the public.
39. SECOND READING ORDINANCE•': APPROVE ',AINTENANCE AND OPERATION
BUDGET 13Y OFF-STREET PARKiNC; I''OP (�USf•V±N CI'LTURAL CENTER AND
OLYMPIA BUILDING.
Mayor Ferre: Take up Aqenda Item Number 8 - the Olympia Building, operation
and maintenance of the Gusman...
Mr. Plummer: Roger, is this thing breakinq even?
Mayor Ferre: Sure, because he is charging us. He is over charging the City
for the space.
Mr. Carlton: The combined operation of the building and the hall is projected
to lose $7,000 next year and it is the first time it has done that. The pre-
dominant reason is that it has been very difficult for us to find tenants for
the space that was vacated by the Law Department, and a couple of the private
tenants who have left. We have moved some other City departments in, but not
1000 of the vacated space.
Mayor Ferre: You have all of the space that the Law Department gave up, I
thought was supposed to be used by other City departments?
Mr. Gary: No, we took care of that. Economic Development and Public Informa-
tion will go over there from some private space, and they moved in those
spaces. Those spaces are completely occupied.
Mayor Ferre: That is not what he is saying.
Mr. Plummer: Yes, but Howard....
Mr. Gary: Yes, those spaces are occupied.
Mr. Plummer:....are we being realistic, you know? Let's put it on top of
the table. How many times this City Commission gives grants of money for the
rental of Gusman Hall, outright freebies, and how much do we pay as your...
Mayor Ferre: That doesn't come off of his budget!
Mr. Gary: No, he doesn't have to...
Mr. Plummer: No, it is not off his budget, but if weren't supplying it to him,
what I am saying is, realisticly, where are they in a profit and loss statement?
Mr. Gary: Ac, no. Hold it now, the Commission forgets we contribute to him
the fee waiver amount, so he doesn't lose any money.
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Mr. Plummer: Howard, the bottom line is, are we smart to pursue the continued
operation of the Oylmpia Building, or is it becoming...if we were to know the
bottom line, is it in fact, a big pink elephant?
Mr. Gary: Well, first Df all, he can explain it better than I can. The Olympia
Building is a money maker...
Mr. Plummer: Excuse me, I meant both facilities. I am not talking about one or
the other. I don't know... Roger, you send to me, and let's look at it and see
if it is revealing or not, as to the amount of money that is brought in from
private people renting that facility, the amount of money that the City is
extending outright grants for, which you can't give a waiver on, and let's
see a profit and loss statement on the operation of the Olympia Building without
City tenants, and I think you might find that the bottom of that line that
says, we are damn fools to continue operating that.
Mayor Ferre: Operating the office building or the theatre?
Mr. Plummer: Either one, Maurice! I think we need to review the situation to
see where we are.
Mr. Carlton: Commissioner, you are absolutely correct. One of the things that...
Mayor Ferre: Oh, nonsense!
Mr. Carlton. Mr. Mayor, let me respond.
Mayor Ferre: What are you going to do, close it down?
Mr. Carlton: No, not at all.
Mayor Ferre: Mitchell Wolfson will turn around in his grave.
Mr. Plummer: No, Gusman will!
Mr. Carlton: What has happened in the past three months is that this Commission
has approved a redevelopment program for the building, using the new City's
unified development process, and also the historic preservation designation
that you gave it, whereby the office building, just like Bayside, will be made
available for private developers to come in to do approximately $2,000,000 to
$2,500,000 worth of restoration - elevators, air conditioning, and make that
space marketable to higher paying, private sector tenants, so that the concept
and the precess is under way and it will then really be a profit center.
Mr. Plummer: Fine, but I would like to see a breakdown for the past twelve
months on a profit and loss statement.
Mr. Carlton: Sure.
Mr. Dawkins: Mr. Gary, while they are doing that, you prepare for me the num-
ber of places where we are paying higher money, that we could move our own
people into that building and not pay rent. You provide that while they are
doing the other.
Mr. Plummer: No, you can't do that!
Mr. Dawkins: He just said lie has got space.
Mr. Plummer: No, you can't move them in there without paying rent to these
people.
Mayor Ferre: What is Miller is saying is if we are paying rent anyway, and if
you are paying $25 in one place and we can pay $20 here, move them into here.
Mr. Plummer: You are not getting it free, Miller.
Mr. Dawkins: Okay, well, that is one of my things here with this ordinance.
Well, hurry, get to the ordinance, because I have got problems with the ordinance
anyway.
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Mr. Plummer: I agree!
Mr. Carlton: Commissioner, it is called Gusman Olympia Enterprise Fund and is
a separate fund from parking. We simply manacle it on behalf of the City, and
there are no parking monies intermixed with it. The office building today,
even though some of the revenue comes from the City for. City space at about
$10 a foot, which is pretty cheap space, subsidizes the cultural center, which
loses money, but the two together, the office building and the hall next year
are projected to lose on a half million dollar budget about $7,000.
Mr. Dawkins: I don't think that is bad to tierve Lite people from the
City who pay money, pay taxes.
Mr. Plummer: Miller, my point is, that is a $7,000 loan. If the City did
not pay the rent of probably in the neighborhood of $50,000 or $60,000 in
grants that we give people to use it, the loss would be near $70,000 or $80,000.
That is what I am trying to come up with on a realistic picture, and it is very
simple to do.
Mr. Dawkins: Get to the ordinance so I can scratch out five or six ......•
Mr. Plummer: Look, we can't give waivers. They can't give waivers, so we have
to give $4,000 in a grant so that they can pay the rent. I am saying I want to
know what that figure is.
Mr. Dawkins: And then when we get to that figure, we say we will give no more
grants. I am with you 1000. I have no problem with that.
Mr. Plummer: I don't disagree with that! Go away and sin no more!
Mayor Ferre: Is there a motion on Item 8?
Mr. Dawkins: Okay, when you get to the ordinance, I've got a problem with
that.
Mayor Ferre: Are we ready to vote on Item 8, or do you want to hold it or do
you want to move it, or what?
Mr. Dawkins: Move it.
Mayor Ferre: All right, Miller moves and....
Mr. Plummer: I will second.
Mayor Ferre:.... Plummer seconds. Further discussion?
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: Just let the record reflect that no one seeks to speak on
this ordinance, Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: On all these. If anyone wishes to speak, please speak up as they
come up.
THEREUPON, at this point the City Attorney reads the ordinance into the
record.
Mr. Dawkins: In Section 2 of the ordinance, this is another one of these
times when I have some problem with it. It says "The Director of the Department
of Off -Street Parking is hereby authorized to make transfer between the detailed
accounts compromising any amounts appropriated in the budget in order that
available and unrequired balances and such account may be used for other
necessary and proper purposes.". I would like to see that taken out and let
him...
Mr. Gary: Well, you can't ... let me explain it to you, Commissioner. There is
a higher authority than both of us, and that is the law. The Charter permits
him the opportunity to do that. We can't do anything about that.
Mr. Dawkins: Okay, then I can vote "no" then. The Charter allows me to vote
Mr. Gary: Oh, that is right.
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Mr.Carlton: Commissioner, could I explain for one minute what that really means?
It simply says that if...
Mr. Dawkins: If you have qot four line items, and you ... you know, I am not
saying you, and whoever makes up the budget and they stick $100,000 in one
line item, and they don't use it and they decide they want to take it out of
that line item and put in another line item and use it, thatis what you can
do. That is what this says.
Mr. Carlton: That is correct.
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: Where does it say that, Howard?
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? Ready to vote?
Mr. Dawkins: I want to amend Section 2 to add "Subject to Commission approval".
That I can vote for, other than that I would vote "no".
Mr. Carlton: I understand, Commissioner, but there are some line items that
are $500 and I might need $600. It seems rather foolish to come back here for
$100.
Mayor Ferro: Okay, so say for $500.
Mr. Plummer: In excess of $500.
Mr. Dawkins: Okay, in excess of $500.
Mr. Plummer: Fine.
Mayor Ferre: Okay, as amended. Further discussion. All right, now, there is
an amendment. Let the record reflect that Commissioner Dawkins made one in
Section 2 - has added at the end of Section 2, "Subject to Commission approval
over $500". Further discussion? Call the roll.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING EXPENDITURES REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF OFF-STREET PARKING FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF
GUSMAN CULTURAL CENTER AND THE OLYMPIA BUILDING OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING OCTOBER 1, 1983 AND ENDING
SEPTEMBER 30, 1984; AND ALSO APPROVING THE ENUMERATED SOURCES
OF REVENUE FROM SAID OPERATION; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION
AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of May 12, 1983,
it was taken up for its second and final reading by title and adoption.
On motion of Commissioner Dawkins, seconded by Commissioner Plummer,
the ordinance was thereupon given its second and final reading by
title and passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Joe Carollo
SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 9634.
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: Agenda Item Number 25. Yes, Ma'am.
Ms. Mercedes Campano: Mayor, City Commissioners, I am [Mercedes Campano,
Director of the Little Havana Outreach Office, Catholic Community Services.
We are here requesting some f.undinq from the City of Miami. We are an Outreach
Office of Catholic Community Services. We are in the community since 1977 and
we assist old people in need regardless of race, sex, age, religion, or national
origin. we offer information and referral, clients advocacy, counseling, crisis
intervention. We assist clients in translation and interpretation of forms and
documents, filling out questionaires and forms. In 1982, we have served over
3,500 unduplicated clients. We have assisted over 1,000 families in crisis.
We are an Outreach office and we cannot turn away the people that come to us.
Therefore, our offices are always overcrowded. In addition to these kinds of
services, we visit the home -bound elderly in the community, offering the
assistance that they need also from other community agencies. We receive fund-
ing from the Community Development, City of Miami, the United Way and the
Archdiocese. For three years we have not received any increment - any increase
in the funding of the Community Development and unless we get an additional
$6,000 from the City of Miami, we will have to...
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, may I cut this short? I recommend this item.
Mr. Plummer: Move it.
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves, Perez seconds. Further discussion.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption.
MOTION NO. 83-475
A MOTION GRANTING A REQUEST FOR FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $6,000
MADE BY MERCEDES CAMPANO, CATHOLIC COMMU74ITY SERVICES, LITTLE
HAVANA OUTREACH OFFICE.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the motion was passed and
adopted by the following vote:
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
Commissioner Joe Carollo
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Mayor Ferre: Take up Agenda Item Number �4.
Mr. Plummer: City Manager recommends. I move it.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? Is there a second? Somebody second Item
34?
Mr. Dawkins: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who
moved its adoption:
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A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE OVERTOWN COMMUNITY
CONSUMER FLEA MARKET PROJECT AND AUTHORIZING
AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO
AN AGREEMENT WITH THE OVERTOWN ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (OEDC) SETTING FORTH
GUIDELINES AND CONDITIONS FOR THE OPERATION
OF SAID PROJECT; FURTHER, PROVIDING OEDC AN
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FORTY—ONE THOUSAND TWO
HUNDRED NINETY FIVE DOLLARS ($41,295.00) FOR
A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR TO COVER START-UP COSTS
ASSOCIATED WITH SAID PROJECT, WITH FUNDS
THEREFOR ALLOCATED FROM THE SIXTH YEAR
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.
(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 Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: Commissioner Joe Carollo
42. SECOND READING ORDINANCE: APPROVE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FY h3-84
DEPT. OF OFF-STREET PARKING.
Mayor Ferre: Agenda Item Number 9 - October 1, 1983, ending September 30, 1984,
Off -Street Parking to develop experimental rate structures and initiate rates
for new facilities. Roger Carlton. Is there a motion?
Mr. Dawkins: Moved.
Mayor Ferre: Moved by Dawkins. Is there a second?
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Mr. Dawkins: Mr. Manager., you recommend Lhis, don't you? I don't see it on
here.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Gary, do you recommend Item Number 9?
Mr. Gary: No.
Mr. Plummer: You do not?
Mr. Gary: No.
Mr. Dawkins: No? Okay, I take back my motion!
Mr. Plummer: It must be a good one if he doesn't recommend it.
Mr. Gary: I said last time there is one conditon that I want.
Mr. Dawkins? What is it?
Mr. Plummer: Using Ferre's philsophy about the Herald editorial.
Mr. Gary: No, that is, they plan to put !parking facilities in various sections
in neighborhoods for the community, and what I recommended is that so we allow
everybody the opportunity to receive the tax benefit, that they do a plan
identifying where they want it, and go out for R.F.P. to make sure that every-
body who has available land within that area would have opportunity.
Mayor Ferro: Oh, absolutely!
Mr. Carlton: The Off -Street Parking Board discussed that after the last mectinq.
There is no problem with that at all.
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor. _
Mayor Ferro: Yes, sir.
Mr. Cary: I would suggest to this Commission...
Mr. Gary: Number 9, subject to the Manager's concerns, as amended.
Mayor Ferre: All right, let the record reflect that the ordinance on Second
Reading has been amended so that the statement made by the Manager is incor-
porated and there is an open bid process in heighborhoods.
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, I know Roger has quotas. That nr„raet, -oil as
a City Commission, because you have to make the final vote.
Mayor Ferre: I understand. Is there further discussion on it as amended?
All right, it is moved by Dawkins, seconded by Perez. Further discussion?
Call the roll.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENC-
ING OCTOBER 1, 1983 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1984 BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF OFF-STREET PARKING; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE OFF-STREET PARKING
BOARD TO DEVELOP EXPERIMENTAL RATE STRUCTURES AND TO INITIATE RATES
FOR NEW FACILITIES DURING THE FISCAL YEAR; CONTAINING A REPEALER
PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of May 12, 1983,
it was taken up for its second and final reading by title and adoption.
On motion of Commissioner Dawkins, seconded by Commissioner Perez,
the ordinance was thereupon given its second and final reading by
title and passed and adopted by the following vote:
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AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Joe Carollo
SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 9635.
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.
43. SECOND READING ORDINANCE: ESTABLISH NEW TRUST AND AC;ENCY I1;ND
ENTITLED "SI:;•i•iER FOOD SERVICE PROC;KA'4 UOR C11ILDI�EN - 1`� i l .
Mayor Ferre: We are now on Agenda Item Number 10, summer food programs.
Mr. Plummer: Move it.
Mr. Dawkins: I second.
Mayor Ferro: It has been moved and seconded. Further discussion. Read the
ordinance on Item 10.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE NO. 8719, AS
AMENDED BY ESTABLISHING A NEW TRUST AND AGENCY FUND L•'NTIT LED:
"SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN - 1983" AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF SAME IN THE A14OUNT
OF $133,53-2, CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE.
Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of April 6, 1983,
it was taken up for its second and final reading by title and adoption.
On motion of Commissioner Plummer, seconded by Commissioner Dawkins,
the ordinance was thereupon given its second and final reading by
title and passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferro
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Joe Carollc
SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 9636.
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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I:iiTI'1LI�:D "S�''1'11-.h YCq-T'I[ i:'?hl,�"!Y'�f:�IT' F'RO1.4-1L,' - 1CETA VI".
Mayor Ferre: Take up Agenda Item Number 11. Mr. Manager - Summer Youth
Employment Program - CETA VI.
Mr. Gary: Yes, Mr. Mayor, what this does is this allows us to accept the
money from the Federal Government and appropriate it.
Mayor Ferre: All right, Plummer moves, Dawkins seconds. Further discussion?
Mr. Dawkins: Under discussion...
Mr. Plummer: What item - 11?
Mayor Ferre: Summer Youth Employment Program - it is accepting the CETA fur...
Mr. Gary: Eigh hundred five jobs costing $800,000 for the summer. You have
already awarded the contract to Tacolcy Youth Co-op. This appropriates the
money so you can spend it.
Mr. Dawkins: Under discussion, the only thing I want to say is like I told you
before, Mr. Gary, there other agencies out there dealing with employment such
as O.I.C. and Tri-City and when you award some money, please see that they get
some.
Mr. Gary: I've got a couple of broken teeth and I understand what you are saying.
Mr. Dawkins: Thank you, sir.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? Read the ordinance.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE NO. 8719, ADOPTED
OCTOBER 26, 1977, THE SUMMARY GRANT APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE,
AS AMENDED; BY ESTABLISHING A NEW TRUST AND AGENCY FUND
ENTITLED: "SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOHMENT PROGRAM - 1983/CETA VI";
APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF SAID TRUST AND AGENCY
FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $800,000 C014TAINING A REPEALER PROVISION
AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of April 6, 1983,
it was taken up for its second and final reading by title and adoption.
On motion of Commissioner Plummer, seconded by Commissioner Dawkins,
the ordinance was thereupon given its second and final reading by
title and passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Joe Carollo
SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 9637.
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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,I5. SECOND FEIADIN6 ORDTIiANCL:: A'.IL;Nh1'dt' S ECTI1.,-N -47 OF THE COI)I:: rt'
I'I.111S I'Ok I'ld-A'ARATt(41 17)I L.S OF PES( ,', T10'i", I',TAT' CI Q, AI7D
OTHEE F1'l l,IC KECORDS BY THE CT'F1' C'I,FF:Y'S 1-11-110E.
Mr. Plummer: Agenda Item Number 12. Is there a motion?
Mr. Dawkins: Moved.
Mr. Plummer: Moved by Dawkins, seconded by Perez. Any discussion on Item 12?
It is an ordinance - read it. on Second Readinq.
Mayor Ferre: There was a problem with that. Somebody voted against it and
I think it was...
Mr. Plummer: The problem was Janet Cooper. Read ordinance on 12.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2-47 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, WHICH DEALS WITH FEES FOR THE
PREPARATION AND ISSUANCE BY THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE OF COPIES
OF RESOLUTIONS, ORDINANCES, AND OTHER PUBLIC RECORDS, BY
PROVIDING FOR AN INCREASE IN SAID FEES; CONTAINING A REPEALER
PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of March 18, 1983,
it was taken up for its second and final reading by title and adoption.
On motion of Commissioner Dawkins, seconded by Commissioner Perez,
the ordinance was thereupon given its second and final reading by
title and passed and adopted by the following vote:
APES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo *
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
140TE: Although absent on roll
call, Commissioner Carollo
requested of the City Clerk
that he be shown as voting
with this motion.
SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 9638.
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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SLCONL) 11-LlDIN(; L:bTABLISII NI:W TRI'ST AND A�_;ENCy Fi'ND
f::7NI'I`ILED t_:(i:'•i;•ii'iiI'i'Y [-i:``I;L 1F"il:[il' F3i_,UCI: ;khii'I , '_)TE YEAk.
Mayor Ferre: Take up Aqenda Item Number 13, Community Development Block Grant.
Mr. Gary: You have already voted for the program. This is -lust appropriates
the money in the Trust and Agency Fund.
Mr. Plummer: So moved for Second Readinq.
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferre: It has been moved by Plummer, seconded by Perez. Further
discussion?
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: Mr. Mayor, there is one change that has been made and that
is in the title, the words "Repealing all ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith" has been deleted.
Mayor Ferre: Dena, in Allapattah, with the C.B.O.'s and all, I saw David
Rosman. Now, how do we settle this whole thing? Who are we dealing with in
Allapattah? You are taking some of this money from some of these C.B.O.'s,
aren't you?
Mr. Gary: The money from the C.B.O.'s?
Mayor Ferre: Yes.
Mr. Gary: Well, Mr. Mayor, that is another issue that is going to come up and
we think we have a solution to it, but you will be giving them $37,500 and you
have also complied with one of their requests, and that is to set up an UDAG
fund, which is already done. The decision is who is going to get the money
will be made June 15th, Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: June 15th?
Mr. Gary: Yes, sir. The money has already been appropriated.
Mayor Ferre: It has been moved and seconded. Read the ordinance.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION I OF ORDINANCE NO. 8719 ADOPTED
OCTOBER 26, 1977, THE SUMMARY GRANT APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE,
BY ESTABLISHING A NEW TRUST AND AGENCY FUND, ENTITLED COM-
MUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (NINTH YEAR); AND APPRO-
PRIATING $10,003,000 FOR THE EXECUTION OF SAME; AND CON-
TAINING A SEVERABILITY PROVISION.
Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of June 9, 1983,
it was taken up for its second and final reading by title and adoption.
On motion of Commissioner Plummer, 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 Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 9639.
The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and
announced that copies were available to the members of the City Commission np
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47. POLICY STATE'41,NT 01' `I`HE CITY C0.•I :ISSION TIEAT ALL DEFAFT%1L:NTS,
r1I'F'ICI:S, ANI) I` 'NCTIO'.TS (-)I' 'I11F CITY CHAK� :I�: k1:PF:0D VTION (_-)f,
FI:C(?kll5 AS I.1:1'i,I'.C'I`I-a IN 01I'DTN'ANCE I:XCI,i"IJTN(! I?I;F'ISR`I"•iLaJTS
ALII;ADY fTA�ItJESTABLISIiEP I11P S HL*.i1J,FS.
Mr. Carollo: Excuse me, on Aqenda Item Number 12, that we lust approved...
Mayor Ferret Yes, sir.
Mr. Carollo: I would like to say for the record that I would like to add my
vote on that. I have heard some rumors - I would like to confirm those.
Mayor Ferro: Are these from Janet Cooper, or otherwise?
Mr. Carollo: No, no, they are not from Janet Cooper, but what I have heard
was that during Mr. Alonzo's, or Zaldivar, as he calls himself nowadays, his
latest escapade into this three and one-half month series that he worked on,
that there was some $500.00 or so worth of copies that the City of Miami spent
for him, for the Miami Herald, and that nothing was maid for. The reason that...
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: Let's sue them!
Mr. Carollo: Well, I would like for the Manaqer to find out exactly what was
spent, and I would like for the City of Miami to send the Miami Herald a bill
for whatever they charged.
Mr. Plummer: Put them on C.O.D.
Mr. Gary: I will do that, Mr. Carollo.
Mr. Carollo: And I would also like, Howard, for each member of the Commission
to be sent a memorandum as soon as possible, with the exact figure what they
Spent in copies.
Mayor Ferro: Well, I would imagine there is not an abuse of these things.
Mr. Gary: Well, wo have a policy, Mr. Mayor...
Mayor Ferret Well, I mean the Clerk's Office controls all that. What do you
mean, do they just let somebody...
Mr. Gary: No, he is talking about the departments like the Planning Department.
Mr. Carollo: That is correct - Planning Department...
Mr. Gary: Obviously the Clerk controls his, but other departments - other than
the Clerk and the Law Department, we control ours, and we have a fee that we
charge everybody for making certain copies.
Mayor Ferret I would hope the Law Department and the Clerk do the same thing.
Don't you charge?
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: We sure do, Mr. Mayor.
Mr. Carollo: Look, I think what we should do is just make a blanket law that
would affect every City department, because what is happening is, that you have
a lot of people —you know, the people that we had the law intended for, they
really aren't using it, because they are too busy with work, or trying to make
a living, or taking care of the family, so what happens is, other people are
abusing it, and instead of getting one free copy, or two free copies, they are
getting dozens and hundreds of free copies and that is an abuse of the system
and we never intended that to be that way, so what I think we should do is just
make it a blanket policy for all the City departments that when all these out-
siders, especially people that are abusing the guidelines that we have, they
pay for it.
Mayor Ferret All right.
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Mr. Carollo: Can I make a motion to that effect?
Mayor Ferre: Yes, go on. Hurry Up!
Mr. Carollo: I make a motion that we incorporate the motion that was lust
approved on Second Reading on Agenda Item 12 to include all City departments.
Mayor Ferre: All right, I think we had better vote on incorporation of that
into the ordinance itself.
Mr. Plummer: Why don't we just say that Item 12 will be applied uniformly
across the...
Mayor Ferre: Yes, but I would rather take a vote over again. All right, there
is a motion by Carollo and seconded by Plummer that in Item 12, and we are
going to re -read it, we are going to read the ordinance over again and vote on
it again so that this is incorporated in the proper way. So, read the ordi-
nance over again - moved and seconded with that amendment - qo ahAad.
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: Let me make this suggestion rather than do it that way.
That ordinance unfortunately is here on Second Reading. I think what you are
doing when you change it from the Clerk's Office to whole City is a substantial
change. I think you might accomplish the same thing by simply instructing all
departments to follow what is now an ordinance in Item 12.
Mr. Plummer: That is what I said.
Mr. Carollo: Will that be legally binding?
Mr. ongic: Call it the policy for all of the departments.
Mr. Carollo: In other words, what we talking about is a policy statement-.
Mayor Ferre: Right. Commissioner Carollo moves that as a matter of policy
for City of Miami, that this Commission goes on record instructing all depart-
ments - City of Miami Administration, the Clerk's Office and the Legal Deparment,
and the Downtown Development Authority and Off -Street Parking as to this new
policy of the City of Miami and asking them that they comply....
Mr. Carollo: And thr. policy is to chargc, whatever the City Clerk's office
is ctiarging now to outside people in the City of Miami for copies.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion. Moved by Carollo, seconded by Plummer. Call
the roll.
The following motion was intioduced by Commissioner Carollo, who moved
its adoption.
MOTION NO. 83-477
A MOTION DECLARING IT THE POLICY OF THE CITY COMMISSION THAT
ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS, OFFICES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI INCLUDING THE OFF STREET PARKING AUTHORITY AND THE
DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY CHARGE FOR EXTRAORDINARY SER-
VICES IN CONNECTION WITH REPRODUCTION OF RECORDS INCLUDING
THOSE ON MICROFILM AND TAPE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEES AS RE-
FLECTED IN ORDINANCE NO. 9638 PASSED AND ADOPTED JUNE 9,
1983 CONCERNING FEES CHARGED BY THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND
FURTHER EXCEPTING APPLICATION OF THIS ORDINANCE TO THOSE DE-
PARTMENTS AND/OR OFFICES ALREADY HAVING ESTABLISHED FEE
SCHEDULES FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE AFORESAID SERVICES.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the motion was passed and
adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None 1 (�2
ABSENT: None j�J JUN 9 1983
4r3. SECOND ki;ADINt! ORDINATCE: INCRI:AS11 FhES FOP. BO�CLER, L.LFVATOR
INSPECTIONS, PGPNtITS, AND CI:PTI1'ICAT1: FEE'S TO COVEK I*,k:REASE
IN OPL:kATTOTIAL COSTS FOF. SO1'T11 1'1,01:IDA BTILDING
CODL.
Mayor Ferre: We are on Agenda Item Number 14, which fees for the building,
plumbing, electrical, mechanical, to cover the increase in operatinq costs
for the enforcement of the South Florida Building Code.
Mr. Plummer: Move it.
Mr. Carollo: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Carollo seconds. Further discussion. Read the ordinance.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 5 OF ORDINANCE NO. 6145 ADOPTED
MARCH 19, 1958, AS AMENDED, WHICH PROVIDES FEES FOR BUILDING,
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL (INCLUDING BOILER AND
ELEVATOR) INSPECTIONS, PERMIT AND CERTIFICATE FEES, BY IN-
CREASING CERTAIN FEES AND DELETING OR CHANGING OTHER FEES
UNDER SUBSECTION h. MECHANICAL PERMIT FEES: (3) ELEVATORS,
ESCALATORS AND OTHER LIFTING APPARATUS: TO COVER THE IN-
CREASE IN OPERATIONAL COST FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE SOUTH
FLORIDA BUILDING CODE; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of April G, l9b3,
it was taken up for its second and final reading by title and adoption.
On motion of Commissioner Plummer, seconded by Commissioner Carollo,
the ordinance was thereupon given its second and f.irial reading by
title and passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 9640.
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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4'J. SLICOND I-.LAUINII; OFJ)iNANCL: ESTABLISH ALLAi'A'ITAII INDT STFIAL AREA
STPi"I;`f I'11PROVE':1114TS AS A NEW
Mayor Ferre: We are now on Agenda Item Number 15, Allapattah Industrial Area.
Mr. Plummer: Move it.
Mayor Ferre: It has been moved and seconded. Further discussion on Second
Reading?
Mr. Dawkins: Is Mr. Rodriguez here, Mr. Gary?
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Rodriquez.
Mr. Gary: No, but ask your question.
Mr. Dawkins: Is this $50,000 the total amount - that the desiqn, it will be
no more?
Mr. Gary: No, this is just the design amount. There will be a construction
amount, which was...
Mr. Dawkins: No, no. What I am saying is, are we sure that the $50,000 is
the flat "it" for the design phase.
Mr. Gary: That is correct.
Mr. Dawkins: Okay.
Mayor Ferre: All right, further discussion on Item Number 15? All right,
read the ordinance.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCEAMENDING SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE NO. 9534, THE
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR
ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1983; AS AMENDED; BY ESTABLISHING AS
SECTION XIX, THE 1980 HIGHWAY GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND FUND IN
AN AMOUNT OF $50,000 AND APPROPRIATING SAME AMOUNT FROM THE
SALE OF 1980 HIGHWAY BONDS TO ESTABLISH ALLAPATTACH INDUS-
TRIAL AREA STREET IMPROVEMENTS AS A NEW PROJECT; CONTAINING
A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of April 6, 1983,
it was taken up for its second and final reading by title and adoption.
On motion of Commissioner Plummer, 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 Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 9641.
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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FIF:ST M-:ADIN(; (F'I)INANCE:: 1 S'P fflLISf1 CO'1111"7FEF AS SISTEP PESI(;N
A'NI) 1)1-,,A1-TT71 1 Y TE;74.
Mayor Ferre: Aqenda Item Number 16.
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: We have a new distribution on that, Mr. Mayor. The numbers
were transposed.
Mayor Ferre: Again?
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: Where it says $43,100, it should be $99,900 and vice -versa,
where is says $99,900, it should be $43,100.
Mr. Dawkins: I don't have $43,000. Is this 16? I've got $84,000.
Mayor Ferre: That is what he is sayinq is...
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: No, no, a little bit further on down, Commissioner.
Mayor Ferre: That should be $99,000, and where it says $99,900, that should be
$43,000.
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: It is lines 12 and lg.
Mayor Ferre: All right, is there a motion on this?
Mr. Dawkins: Didn't I lust give you some money for some computers, Mr. Gary?
Mayor Ferre: He wants more!
Mr. Gary: No. You have already approved it. It is being purchased. What this
does is, it is just to correct scrivener's error.
Mr. Dawkins: I move it.
Mayor Ferre: All right, Miller Dawkins moves. J. L. Plummer, you want to second
Item 16?
Mr. Plummer: Yes.
Mayor Ferre: Read the ordinance.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE 9534, ADOPTED
DECEMBER 9, 1982, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATION
ORDINANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1983,
BY APPROPRIATING AN AMOUNT OF $84,000 FROM FUND BALANCE TO
ESTABLISH COMPUTER ASSISTED DESIGN AND DRAFTING SYSTEM AS
PROJECT II.C. 9. IN THE 1970 AND 1980 HIGHWAY GENERAL OB-
LIGATION BOND FUND; AND BY APPROPRIATING AN AMOUNT OF
$99,900 FROM FUND BALANCE TO ESTABLISH COMPUTER ASSISTED
DESIGN AND DRAFTING SYSTEM AS PROJECT IV.C.3. IN THE 1975,
1976, AND 1980 SANITARY SEWER GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND FUND;
AND BY APPROPRIATING AN AMOUNT OF $43,100 FROM FUND BALANCE
TO ESTABLISH COMPUTER ASSISTED DESIGN AND DRAFTING SYSTEM
AS PROJECT V.C. 10. IN THE 1970 AND 1978 STORM SEWER
GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND FUND; AND BY CORRECTING CERTAIN
SCRIVENER'S ERRORS OCCURING IN AMENDMENT NO. 1 (ORDINANCE
9588) TO THIS ORDINANCE NO. 9534; CONTAINING A REPEALER
PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
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Was introduced by Commissioner Dawkins and seconded by Commissioner Plummer
and passed on its first r.eadinq by title by thy? following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, 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 members of the public.
51. I'IRST READING ORI)INANCE: A:iEND SECTION 31- ,H 01, TIII: CODE AUDING
REQL'IREMLIJTS FOR APPLICATION kENI WAL PkOCLDI'F:Y.S 1'OR CITY OF
..iIA•iI OCCITATIONAL LICLNSES.
Mayor Ferre: Take up Agenda Item Number 17.
Mr. Plummer: Discussion.
Mayor Ferre: Go ahead. Occupational license - does that include funr-ral homes?
Mr. Plummer: Yes, it sure does. You have got me every way. Let me tell you
how much you got me!
Mayor Ferre: Anyway, we just gave you a little relief today! ... West Little
Havana and all that!
Mr. Plummer: Yes? Well on occupational licenses in the last three years, you
have gone from $35 to $350 in my place of business - 10 times!
Mayor Ferre: Well, what do you want to do?
Mr. Plummer: I want some clarification. Charlotte, you are the one that is...
I am concerned about application procedure, grounds for denial. Now, I thought
we had an understanding...?
Ms. Gallogly: Yes, we did. This agenda item needed to be changed, and it
wasn't, but the understanding that we had is that you asked that this be made
a voluntary....
Mr. Plummer: That's right!
Ms. Gallogly: .... compliance on the part of the business owner and we would agree
with that change.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. City Attorney, how do I make this from a mandated to a
voluntary? Now, Charlotte, excuse me, I have no problem on the original
application for an occupational license that this be mandatory. It is that
repetition year after year after year, that I am objecting to.
Mr. Gallogly: This only has to be completed for the first year. It does re-
quire updates, Mr.. Plummer.
Mr. Plummer: But on a voluntary basis after the first year.
Ms. Gallogly: Yes, on a voluntary basis, right.
Mr. Plummer: With that understanding, I have no objections.
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Mayor Ferre: Is that constitutional?
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: Do you want to change it?
Mr. Plummer: Yes, I want to change it to voluntarily instead of mandatory. It
is not a reason to deny.
Mayor Ferre: Now the question is, is that constitutional? What you are in
effect doing is, grandfathering in those that are already there. I guess the
theory is that those that are there are already paid, is that it?
Mr. Plummer: No, Maurice, let me show you what the problem is, okay? ... and you
know in business today when you start doing reams and reams of book work, of
all of these questions that they are trying to get done and what they couldn't
do on a voluntary basis, they are now trying to mandate; if you don't do what
they want you to do, then they deny your occupational license. What I am saying
is that on the first year, you get it, but don't make a company or a business
continuously year after year after year do reams of paper work.
Mayor Ferre: No problem with that.
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: I don't have any problem with that if you do it the first
time for new licenses and one time for renewals of licenses, but you have got
to treat everybody equal.
Mr. Plummer: Fine! I have no problem with that.
Mayor Ferre: That was my question. We are all set now?
Mr. Plummer: Under those conditions as amended, I move Item 17.
Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves. Dawkins seconds. Further discussion? Read the
ordinance.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 31-28 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, BY ADDING CERTAIN REQUIRE-
MENTS TO THE APPLICATION AND RENEWAL PROCEDURE FOR CITY OF
MIAMI OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION
AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
Was introduced by Commissioner Plummer and seconded by Commissioner Dawkins
and passed on its first reading by title by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, 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 members of the public.
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STUCK RL I-101- I'S Airii) AVATLAi ILI`I'Y, A1'1PE1nl•:T`LI�;ll :TALI'. OF
SL'PFLITS CI`I"i PLI-:.: 0NAL I::,t I1'}il;[i'I' INTCI 'UIiu(� `:I;IIICLI:S, lITC. T"
ANY ,i1,.HTCII`ALTTY OF A VPTENI)T.,Y E'OFI IGN COUNTKY, ETC.
Mayor Ferre: On First Reading, take up Agenda Item Number 19. The Manager
recommends. Is there any discussion on that one?
Mr. Gary: This allows us to sell surplus equipment to any country that is
friendly. That still doesn't preclude the City Commis ion from making a
final decision in terms of voting.
Mr. Plummer: Well, I would like incorporated in there after it has been first
offered to a sister city program for a period of thirty days.
Mayor Ferre: Accepted. As amended, Plummer moves.
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Perez seconds. Further discussion. You got a problem with it?
Mr. Perez: Yes.
Mayor Ferre: You got a problem with San salvador.
Mr. Plummer: No, there is no problem with that.
Mayor Ferre: That is not a sister city.
^9r. Gary: You got a problem with that! You have got to offer it to a sister
city first.
Mr. Plummer: It first has to be offered to a sister city program for 30 days.
If they don't accept it...
Mr. Perez: The reason is when a city that doesn't qualify is a sister city
program, that they be able to buy...
Mr. Plummer: Well, but you see, Demetrio, that is where I tried to make a
clarification this morning. In fact, we only have out of thirteen, two, that
are legitimately with charters.
Mayor Ferre: I resent this legitimate stuff, now what are you...?
Mr. Plummer: Well, you know, you have got Ferre's illegitimate children...
Mayor Ferre: Now, who are you accusing?
Mr. plummer: You see, that is what I tried to say this morning. You have got
a problem there.
Mayor Ferre: Plummer, you should have said that a long time ago, because you
and I both, buddy, have been voting for all these sister cities on and on and on.
Mr. Plummer: That's right!
Mayor Ferre: Lacasa would bring one and the other guy - we ended up with ten
sister cities.
Mr. Plummer: That's right, with the full understanding that those wbo proposed
the city had to be in charge of it.
Mayor Ferre: All right.
Mr. Plummer: In charge of it meant proceeding through the Federal program in
Washington.
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Mayor Ferre: Well, but you know, what happened was that some of those guys
that were very anxious like Lacasa and Reboso are no longer around!
Mr. Carollo: Plummer, talk into the mike - violation of the Sunshine Law.
Mr. Plummer: In reality, Mr.. Carollo, it makes no difference, because to give
you an example, the only two that are chartered - Columbia, they don't want
anymore of the equipment.
Mayor Ferro: Further discussion.
Mr. Carollo: You sent plenty to them the last few years, what more do they
want?
Mr. Plummer: Keep it green.
Mr. Carollo: New tires and everything.
Mayor Ferre: This is or, T i i r P, ,-j:l i . "Ir"} r i i := 1 ..ion. Read the ordinance.
THEREUPON, THE CITY ATTORNEY l t-a(l t hr C r,li;<<3;:ce into the public record.
Mr. Gary: Mr. Plummer, is there thirty days in there anywhere?
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: Mr. Mayor, can I seek clarification for drafting purposes
of the Second Reading? Does this include Mr. Plummer's amendment?
Mayor Ferre: What is Plummer's amendment - occupational license?
Mr. Plummer: No, thirty days.
Mayor Ferre: Yes, of course it includes it. That is the way the motion was
made.
Mr. Carollo: We should include the sister cities Have first crack.
Mayor Ferre: Have first crack at it. Further discussion.
Mr. Plummer: And for Commissioner's Perez' edification, you can have two
sister cities without any question. Yes, sir, I can show you. In Cali they
have Canton, Ohio and City of Miami.
Mr. Perez: I think we can let this for the next...
Mayor Ferre: This is on First Reading. On Second Rrading... and I am going to
vote with you, I will say it in a momr�nt. Call the roll.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 18-51.4 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED "STOCK REPORTS AND
AVAILABILITY", BY PROVIDING FOR THE AUTHORIZED SALE OF SURPLUS
CITY PERSONAL PROPERTY, INCLUDING VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT, TO
ANY MUNICIPALITY OF A FRIENDLY FOREIGN COUNTRY AND PRESCRIBING
CERTAIN PROCEDURES AND CRITERIA FOR SUCH SALE; CONTAINING A
REPEALER PROVISION AN A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
Was introduced by Commissioner Plummer and seconded by Commissioner Perez
and passed on its first reading by title by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, 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 members of the public.
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5 3. A :4UTION OF IP,TENT T(l II1CL I I)E: `I'I1I: cI'CY OI' EL SALVADOR, SAN
SALVADOR AS IF IT WEld" A SISTEP, CTTY TO bl: OF11 1R1A) Si RPL['S
CITY OF MIAIMI
Mayor Ferre: Commissioner Perez moves that the specific case of the City
of San Salvador, E1 Salvador be included as if it were a sister city because
of the relationship that be is being established as a friendly commercial
relationship.
Mr. Plummer: Second the motion.
Mavor Ferre: Moved and seconded. Further discussion? Call the roll.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Perez, who moved
its adoption.
MOTION NO. 83-478
A MOTION DECLEARING THE INTENT OF THE CITY COMMISSION THAT
THE CITY OF SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR BE TREATED IN THE SAME
MANNER AS IF IT WERE A SISTER CITY CONCERNING THE AUTHORISED
SALE OF SURPLUS CITY PERSONAL PROPERTY INCLUDING VEHICLES AND
EQUIPMENT AS CONTAINED IN FIRST READING ORDINANCE AMENDING
SECTION 18-51.4 OF THE CODE PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS DATE.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the motion was passed and
adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: Node
ABSENT: None
54. FIRST READING ORDINANCE:: ESTABLISH NEW TRUST AND AC;ENCY FUND
ENTITLED "COILMUNITY DEVL•'LOF:,iENT COUNTY SUPPLEIdE:NT FY
Mayor Ferre: We are now on Agenda Item Number 20, Community Development
County Supplement.
Mr. Gary: This allows us to accept money whereby in those programs that the
County and the City jointly sponsor financially - this is for accounting pur-
poses. We are going to accept their money and account for it.
Mayor Ferre: Anybody want to move that? All right, you move it?
Mr. Plummer: What?
Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves, Perez seconds Item Number 20. Further discussion?
Read the ordinance.
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AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE NO. 8719 ADOPTED
OCTOBER 26, 1977, THE SUMMARY GRANT APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE,
AS AMENDED, BY ESTABLISHING A NEW TRUST AND AGENCY FUND
ENTITLED: "COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNTY SUPPLEMENT (FY '82-83)";
AND APPROPRIATING $104,834 FOR THE EXECUTION OF SAME; CONTAINING --
A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
Was introduced by Commissioner Plummer and seconded by Commissioner Perez —_
and passed on its first reading by title by the following vote: W
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, 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 members of the public.
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NOTE FOR THE RECORD: Agenda Item Number 21 was withdrawn.
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55. FIRST READING; ORDINANCE: APPROVE MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS
1'k0'•t 19,`31 FIRI. FT,',HTING, FIRE PRLVE'NTION, AND FI SCT'L I'ACILITIES
BOND FUND ANTIC] FATED BOND SALES AS LISTED.
Mayor Ferre: We are on Agenda Item Number 22. This is the amended Section 1
of Ordinance 9534, capital improvement appropriations ordinance on first
Reading.
Mr. Carollo: Moved.
Mayor Ferre: All right, Carollo moves 22, is there a second?
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? Read the ordinance on First Reading.
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AN ORDINANCE 111 !--
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE NO. 9534,
ADOPTED DECEMBER 9, 1982, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING
SEPTEMBER 30, 1983; BY APPROPRIATING FROM THE 1981
FIREFIGHTING, FIRE PREVENTION AND RESCUE FACILITIES
BOND FUND ANTICIPATED BOND SALES AN AMOUNT OF
$195,000 TO ITEM III.B.2. RESCUE SERVI APPARATUS
AND EQUIMMU, AN AMOUNT OF $500, 000 70 ITEM III .B. 3.
FIRE APPARATUS ACQUISITION, REPLACEMENTS AND MODIFICA-
TIONS, AN AMOUNT OF $100,000 TO ITEM III.B.4. HOSE
7UATR8, FIRE PREVENTION VEHICLES, FIRE PUMPS AND OTHER
FIRE EQUIPMENT, AN AMOUNT OF $1,940,000 TO ITEM III.B.5.
CWR= AIDED DISPATCH SYSTEM, AN AMOUNT OF $500,000
TO ITEM XVII.B.1. FIRE GARAGE AND STATION #3 MODIFICA-
TION AND EXPANSION, AN AMOUNT OF $100,000 TO ITEM
XVII.B.2. RENOVATION OF FIRE STATIONS #1, #2, #5, AND
#8 AND MODIFYING SAID PRO<7ELT TO INCLUDE FIRE STATION
#6, AND ESTABLISHING PROTECT XVII.B.3. PR7TECTIVE
BREATHING APPARATUS IN THE AMOUNT OF $300,000, AND
'ISTABLISHING PRU7DCT XVII.B.4. NEW FIRE STATION #10
IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,500,000, AND ESTABLISHING PFn=
XVII.B.5. EXPANSION OF FIRE ALARM OFFICE IN THE AMOUNT
OF $210,000, AND ESTABLISHING PRO,= XVII.B.6. TRAFFIC
LIGHT CONTROL SYSTm IN THE AMOUNT OF $350, 000; C ON-
'rAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
Was introduced by Commissioner Carollo and seconded by Commissioner Perez
and passed on its first reading by title by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferro
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 members of the public.
5G. FIRST READING ORDINANCE: AMEND CAPITAL IMPRO%'E'd1_'N`P APPRCPRIATION
ORDINANCE FOR PURCHASE OF LITTER CONTAINER AND I)["11'STI:F:S; ALSO
FOR ASSISTANCE. IN BL11; LAGOON PARK llL�.'L:LOP:';I:IdT.
Mayor Ferre: Take up Agenda Item Number 23. Anybody have any !problems with
this one? Who moves it, First Readinq?
Mr. Gary: Clean your City! You move it!
Mr. Plummer: Move it!
Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves.
Mr. Dawkins: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Dawkins seconds. Further discussion?
Mr. Plummer: Let me just say a word right quick like. This is for a cleaner
city, as Mr. Gary says. You know, we are very easy to criticize and I guess
it is always easy to criticize. I don't know how many of you wore down for
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Goombay Festival, but I want to tell you, I drove through the Goombay as it
closed, and as the people were walking west on Grand Avenue, it was an un-
believable thing that that Sanitation Department was doing, cleaning up.
Mr. Mayor, as they moved through those streets with their crew, and they had
a large crew, I want to tell you when you looked behind where they had just
come from, you could not have said that there was a festival been held. There
was absolutely no dirt, no mess, and I think it is just as easy to compliment
and I think this Commission should go on record and send to the Sanitation
Department "A Job Well Done" and that we appreciate that kind of work our
employees, and I am sure the community did also.
Mr. Gar`: Can we have him deliver it, also?
Mayor Ferre: With that, read the ordinance.
Mr. Dawkins: The only thing I want to say is, I hope that Staff has gone out
to the residents of the Blue Lagoon area and discussed these dumpsters and
etcetera with them. Dumpsters were put in front of my house in my neighborhood
and around. These dumpsters were put there for experimental purposes and the
people almost knocked my door down, because nobody knew where they came from
and what they were there for. Remember my coming to you? Okay? So I would
suggest that you get in touch with those people to alert them of what these
dumpsters are and be sure they want them in their neighborhood!
Mayor Ferre: All right, read the ordinance.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF
ORDINANCE NO. 9534, THE CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE
FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30,
1983; AS AMENDED; BY APPROPRIATING
AN AMOUNT OF $45,000 FROM 1970
POLLUTION CONTROL AND INCINERATOR
FACILITIES GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND
FUND BALANCE TO ESTABLISH THE PUR—
CHASE OF LITTER CONTAINERS AND
DUMPSTERS AS ITEM I.C.1. IN SAID
FUND; BY INCREASING APPROPRIATIONS
IN AN AMOUNT OF $200,000 RECEIVED
AS A GRANT FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
FLORIDA RECREATION DEVELOPMENT
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR BLUE LAGOON
PARK DEVELOPMENT, ITEM IX.B.(i)10.,
IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND;
CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND
A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
Was introduced by Commissioner Plummer and seconded by Commissioner Dawkins
and passed on its first reading by title by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, 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 members of the public.
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57. F'IPS`1• RF:ADIP'F' OI�INANCF:: ESTTfE3LISf1 NF:14 SP!'.CIAL F:F:�'E[di E F1'N[)
ENTITLED "I'AkKS DI:GI:LOI''lf;iill' I'I'idE)" F(-F'. 1`1*1.110Si: OIL ACCEFTAIXE OF.
Al'i P10111-IA'I1-; PRIVATE l)(-1viATTOf4S FOF F ARI: i PDJEC`I'S.
Mayor Ferre: Who wants to move Agenda Item Number 23-A?
Mr. Carollo: Moved.
Mayor Ferre: Carollo moves, is there a second?
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Perez seconds. Further discussion. Read the ordinance.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A NEW SPECIAL REVENUE FUND ENTITLED
"PARKS DEVELOPMENT FUND" FOR IMPLEMENTATION IN FISCAL YEAR
1982-83 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING AN ACCOUNTING SYSTEM
TO ACCEPT AND APPROPRIATE PRIVATE DONATIONS FOR PARK DEVELOP-
MENT PROJECTS.
Was introduced by Commissioner Carollo and seconded by Commissioner Perez
and passed on its first reading by title by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, 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 members of the public.
ON ROLL CALL:
Mr. Dawkins: Will the City Commission have the final say on how these funds
will be disbursed'?
Mr. Gary: Yes, they will.
Mr. Dawkins: "Yes".
Mr. Plummer: Whoa! Let's don't have an misunderstanding. Mr. Gary, you made an
awful quick "yes" on how the Commission will have a say. It is my understanding
that a certain man who owns a certain hotel is donating money from the private
source with a sole provision that he has complete control over slow those monies
are spent. Am I correct?
Mr. Gary: No.
Mr. Plummer: Thank you, I am glad to hear that and I want to make sure that is
the case.
Mr. Gary: What happens is, when he dedicates money, the owner of that hotel,
he will say to you that he would like to have a park in front of his area. It
is up to you to allocate the money for that purpose and to negotiate a contract
to get the work done.
Mr. Plummer: Have we accepted his money yet?
Mr. Gary: Are you talking about River.parc Hotel?
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Mr. Plummer: Nlo, I am talking about Pavillion Ir. Carollo, what wis
he goin(I to give us - a million dollars, wasn't that what....?
Mr. Gary: No, he has not given us the money yet.
Mr. Plummer: Is that what he promised? E
Mr. Gary: Well, in the first place, he promised that, however, he proffered to you a worthless piece of paper which is not binding. But, he has said that =
he is committed to doing that.
Mr. Plummer: Well, I guess we will have to wait and see how good his commit- _
ments are.
58. :•iOTIOTI ,;OIN ON fi�ECOPD CONCERNIN'; THE I'POPSI1) BED TAXTC) ENABLE
MIA?•11 BEACH TO DOf*BLE THE SIZE OF THE CONVENTION CENTLR AND FOP
`PHI'. CITY OI' :•IIA:•11 TO BUILD AN LXHTBITTOI,' HALL ANI) fil'PI:!'['LLY A
COLISEUM.
Mayor Ferre: All right, Citizen Plummer on personal appearance on the bed tax.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, we read a lot about, in the newspapers, and I don't
know that any member of this Commission has been privileged to know of a pending
piece of legislation that is up before the Legislature in Tallahassee. There
have been many attempts made to derive money for certain local projects. I
think that this Commission needs to go on record one way or the other, since we
have never been asked, we have only been told, as to what the situation in
Tallahassee is, and is occurri.,g. I think that we need to realize that they
are proposing that a 3%, bed tax be applied County -wide. I think we also need
to know that at the present: time, the City of 'Miami contribution to the bed
tax is approximately 37.3`:. The City of Miami's contribution is 35'. If the
legislation, as proffcrt.d in Tallahassee is approved, that money then will be
distributed to two municipalities - the City of Miami and the City of Miami
Beach, not on a 50-50 basis, but on a basis that the City of Miami Beach will
get approximately $6,000,000 a year and the City of ,Miami will get. $3,000,000
a year - twice that amount of the City of Miami! I feel that this is very,
very unfair to the people of the City of Miami. I do not accept and will not
accept the concept that says that if you don't take this, you are not going to
get anything.
Mr. Carollo: What can we do to get something, if we don't accept it?
Mr. Plummer: Now, I think what this Commission can do, is to go on record to
the Florida Legislature that we are in favor of the 3% bed tax. That in fact,
we only favor it on an equal distribution basis. That is a 50-50 split between
the two entities.
Mayor Ferre: We will get nothing that way.
Mr. Plummer: I think we need to remember that the City of Miami Beach has been
parochial for years; that they wouldn't take a dime of their 2% tax and split
with anyone!
Mayor Ferre: So now we are going to be parochial.
Mr. Plummer: No, we are not going to be parochial. I am saying we need to be
even. I can no longer allow them to dictate without even one iota of input
from this City! The second portion I think we need to deal with is on whose
authorization did our lobbyist pursue this matter without a policy decision of
this Commission?
Mayor Ferre: I will make that very clear to you. Eli, you want...
Mr. Carollo: Well, you are paying him one of the salaries that he is making,
because the City...
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Mayor Ferre: Eli, do you want to come here and explain what this is all about
and where we are and whether the hotel industry in Miami is for it or not?
Mr. Eli Feinberg: Eli Feinberg, 50 Biscayne Boulevard, representing a task
force made up of people from the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, the
Greater Miami Hotel Association, a group called the.Downtown Hoteliers, and a
very fragile coalition of Miami Beach Hotel owners, Surfside, Sunny Isles, etc.
Right now, there isn't any bill, any amendment. It is proposed - it is sitting
right now on Jack Gordon's desk in Tallahassee and Bary Kutun's desk in
Tallahassee for the Special Session. Again, this is a very, very fragile
coalition. The downtown hotels are in agreement with what might be perceived
as a unfair split of the bed tax. Again, these are the hotel people taxing
themselves, agreeing to tax themselves. There was a bill proposed where the
City of Miami hotels would tax themselves 3�. This would generate something
like 3.2 million dollars. However, because of single member districts, we...
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Mr. Plummer: Excuse me, how much for the beach?
sir. Eli Feinberg: No, this was a City of Miami....
Mr. Plummer: Oh, I'm sorry.
Mr. Feinberg: But because of single -member districts, we could not get a
concensus. We could not get the sponsor in the House or in the Senate to
move the vote.
Mayor Ferre: They are not chairmen of the Appropriations Committee. That's
the point.
Mr. Feinberg: Unfortunately, under single -member districts, our prime
sponsor in the House, Barry Kutun, who is chairman of the House Tax Committee,
represents both the City of Miami Beach and the City of Miami. The same goes
for Jack Gordon also.
Mayor Ferre: That is very fortunate. Tell the rest of it.
Mr. Feinberg: Gwen Margolis, who chairs the Senate Committee on Finance and
Taxation, has only agreed to a 3% bill county -wide that would also earmark
certain monies for Surfsi.de and Sunny Tsles. So, here we are sitting on a
proposed piece of legislation being supported by a very, very fragile coalition.
Mr. Plummer, I agree with you that the City of Miami's hotels will. be raising
a lot more money than they will be getting for the proposed facilities. But
in order to get any facility, we are going to have to form some kind of coalition,
some type of group effort in order to get any bill passed.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Feinberg, look, here is my problem. We were never asked to
go into the negotiations. We were told. Either you take this bone or you
are not going to get anything. You know, they gave Sunny Isles the right to
negotiate. Sunny Isles says, "We won't join your coalition unless you give
us something."
Mayor Ferre: Plummer, I listened to you; now I want you to listen to me.
Equal time, wait.
Mr. Dawkins: Let me ask one question before you go, Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: Go ahead.
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Mr. Plummer: I'm not finished.
Mr. Dawkins: Did or did not the legislature give the City of Miami Beach
the right to a bed tax?
Mayor Ferre: They did.
Mr. Dawkins: Is the City of Miami Beach going to share that with us?
Mr. Plummer: Hell no!
Mr. Dawkins: So, what the heck!
Mr. Plummer: No more than they share their first two!
Mayor Ferre: Will you listen for a moment. Just listen! I was there
when this happened in the legislature. Louis Wolfson was the autho of it.
It was Murray Dubbin who was the guy that moved it. We did it at the last
minute of session. It happened like grease lightning. Nobody knew what
had happened. We got it through. I helped. I voted for it. In those
days, I said, "How about Miami?" lie said, "We'll do you next." I said,
"Fine." We got Miami Beach through. That was the end of it. We never got
anything else. Now, the reason is that there was a constitutional question
on the issue. So everybody said let's leave it alone because if the thing
is challenged constitutionally; we're in trouble. Now that is all past
history.
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Mayor Ferre (CON'T): J.L., I listened to you. Now I want you to listen to me.
Mr. Plummer: Yes, sir. I've heard the story before.
Mayor Ferre: Yes, but I want to tell you something. We want to build an
exhibition hall. You want to build an exhibition hall.
Mr. Plummer: That's right.
Mayor Ferre: You said at the end of whatever campaign we had that the first
priority and first thing was going to be an exhibition hall. Now I submit to
you that we have no other way of building an exhibition hall. I submit to you
that it is time to once again come down from the clouds and come down from
Mt. Everest, and come down from being gods of Olympus and face the
reality. I know the Miami Herald doesn't like to face the reality that zoning
is a movable feast. I know that people don't like to face the reality that
we just have to bite bullets all the time. The fact is that if you want your
money to build your exhibition hall, you take what you can get. Tile alternative
is zip! Nothing! Zero! Then you can be god -like and sit in Mt. Olympus and
roar. But your roar and my roar and the City's roar is an empty roar. What
I'm saying to you is I didn't make Gwen Margolis. I didn't tell Gwen Margolis
what to do or what not to do. I have been pleading with Gwen Margolis directly
and indirectly and every which way possible. So has Eli and plenty of other
people that have been doing nothing for a week but to work to try to solve this.
This is a fragile coalition. Thank God Steve Moss is away on vacation for another
week! Right? And during this week before he gets back, for God's sake let's
see if we can solve this thing with Steve Moss and Ronnie Fine and the others,
and the hotels, and this and the other, and the people from Sunny Isle and
Miami Beach and Rob Parkins and everybody who's been involved in this...
There have been not one, not Rick Sisser. Rick Sisser is the minor player
out of 50 people that have been doing nothing but working on this all week.
Sydney Levine flying back and forth from Tallahassee, going back, up down,
back, again! Senator McKnight knows what it is all about; he's been there.
You know what it is all about! I want to tell you that it is very simple.
I agree with you. We should be outraged. I'll tell you what. Let's laugh ,
all the way to the bank.
Mr. Plummer: You know, Mr. Mayor, I guess I have to go back to last Thursday
night. As I stood there with pride and listened to you argue loud, strong,
and long as you are very capable of doing when it was in relation to the
gas tax distribution, and you made a very eloquent fight and a good fight.
We lost, but you fought a good battle. I have to question why that same
spirit and fight doesn't prevail now?
Mayor Ferre: I go along with you the way I did with that one, which is let's
go for a 50-50 split, if we can. If we can't, let's accept what we get,
which is exactly what my attitude is on distribution of the gas tax. What
I cannot vote for is on the motion which you have proposed, which is either
we get 50% or we don't take anything. That's like saying, look, you are a
fisherman. Right? And you like to fish. Now you have to fish on the reel
and a shark comes along and takes the tail off. Now you say, "I don't want
that fish. I don't want any part of that fish." You take it off the hook
and you take that beautiful dolphin that's been chipped of on a third and
you say, "I'm not going to eat any of that fish!" Take it off the itnnk and
throw it back on the water.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, I think you are wrong. Because I think that if what
you are saying is that it is going to be zip, I think the certain powers on
the other side of the bay are going to realize they are going to get nothing,
and then maybe they will be agreeable to sit down and talk.
Mayor Ferre: They don't care!
Mr. Plummer: At this point they are not.
Mayor Ferre: They don't care and we do!
Mr. Plummer: What do you mean they don't care?
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Mayor Ferre: They are not as responsible as we are, Plummer. That is why
we get things done.
Mr. Plummer: 'Then if they are not....
Mayor Ferre: You go to Miami and see how alive Miami is. And you go to
Miami Beach and how dead Miami Beach is. Now you think that is casual?
The Miami Herald thinks it is because we granted a lot of zoning variances.
You are damn right! That is why Miami is moving along! Because we have the
courage. We have the guts. We do things and we get things moving, because
we are pragmatic and we are realistic. We have the Knight Center going. We
gave variances to the Miami Herald. We gave variances to Gould. We gave
variances to Southeast. We got everything going. That's why Miami is alive
and moving. That is why Miami Beach is dead on its track.
Mr. Feinberg: Mr. Mayor, we have three major problems. Number one, this
will be a very short session. Number two, the County Commission has gone
on record on a six to zero vote and asked that the Dade Delegation not to
support any bill like this, and to support a bill where the County Commission
has total control. In this bill, the City of Miami is allowed to establish
its own tourist tax authority to actually manage the money. But the real
bottom line is if you and your colleagues walk down Flagler Street or walk
down Collins Avenue or walk along some of the downtown hotels or some of the
stores, they are empty right now. because we don't have the conventions, the
tourists. We are dying downtown, absolutely dying!
Mr. Plummer: But Eli, why should my taxpayers of the City of Miami pay to
subsidize Miami Beach?
Mr. Feinberg: Because a major convention on Miami Beach overflows and it
helps the downtown.
Mr. Dawkins: May 1 ask a question, please? How much are talking about the
City of Miami Beach getting of this new tax?
�tr. Plummer: $6,000,000.
Mr. Dawkins: No, no, percentage.
Mr. Feinberg: Two thirds.
Mr. Dawkins: Two thirds. Now two thirds added on to the 2% that the County...
so they are going to get four percent of the money collected in the City of
Miami, and we are going to get nothing.
Mr. Feinberg: They have gone on record and they said that if this amendment
passes, they will not call special referendum for the extra two cents.
Mr. Plummer: What about the first": And what about the initial two?
Mayor Ferre: Are you going to hold that against them forever?
Mr. Plummer: No, but they are getting $2,500,000.
Mayor Ferre: So what?!! I mean, look, that is like saying, "Look, this
guy eats two steaks a day. I don't want him to eat any more steaks." What
does that have to do with you? If you have a steak on your platter at
night, what do you care if Eli gets three steaks?
Mr. Plummer: Because I'm going away hungry and the other man isn't.
Mayor Ferre: You are not going away hungry, Plummer.
Mr. Plummer: Why in God's name do I have to sit here and be told what I'm
going to get?
Mayor Ferre: What else is new?
Mr. Plummer: Well, if you think that those people over on the beach are
that much smarter than you...
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Mr. Carollo: There is going to be a funeral. Plummer mentioned God.
Mr. Plummer: You are damn right there will be a funeral.
Mayor Ferre: Plummer, look at it this way. Die gracefully. We have a lot
of empty hotels in Miami. Every convention that goes to Miami Beach, those
people stay at the OMNI. Those people stay at the Columbus. Those people
stay at the Dupont Plaza and the Holiday Inn. They stay in Miami hotels.
So what I'm telling you is, as we help Miami Beach double the size of their
convention center as a regional convention center for all of southeast
Florida, Miami gets a benefit in addition to which we will get sufficient
monies out of this to build an exhibition hall. I'll let you in on the secret.
Hopefully, your secret, my secret, hopefully we might have enough money for
the Manager and his man, Rick Horrow, to wiggle out maybe a small 16,000 or
18,000 seat coliseum, where maybe you might be there as the longest man who
served in the City Commission three years from now cutting a ribbon and
being proud to as hell! You are going to be proud of this!
Mr. Plummer: But you see, that is exactly the point I'm trying to make. I
don't want them to have to wiggle out; if we get a fair and equitable, it is
there and we don't have to wiggle. We don't have to dance at the end of the
Miami Beach's fishing pole with the worm dangling in front of us, being told
"You either take what we want to give you, or you get zilch." That's wrong!
Mayor Ferre: Plummer, life ain't fair.
Mr. Feinberg: Mr. Plummer, we tried to have a three cent....
Mr. Plummer: Who is "we"? This Commission never took a stand.
Mr. Feinberg: We, the Downtown Hotel Group and the Chamber of Commerce
tried to have a....
Mr. Plummer: How can you speak for this Commission, fir.. Feinberg?
Mr. Feinberg: ....tried to get a three cent City of Miami hotel tax intro-
duced during this past session. We couldn't get it introduced.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Feinberg, who allowed you to speak for this Commission?
Mr. Feinberg: I did not speak for this Commission.
Mr. Plummer: Who allowed Rick Sisser to speak for this Commission?
Mayor Ferre: Plummer, Plummer, wait! Let's cut through all this. We have
other things to do. I'll give you the gavel and I move you, sir, that this
City of Miami go on record supporting Senator Jack Gordon, Representative
Barry Kutun, and Senator Gwen Margolis in their proposed bill to fortify
the tourist economy by giving us the opportunity to have sufficient monies
to double the size of the Miami Beach Convention Center and build for the
City of Miami an exhibition hall and hopefully a coliseum. I so move.
Mr. Plummer: There is a motion.
Mr. Carollo: Are you seconding the motion now, Commissioner? There is a
motion. There is a second.
Mr. Plummer: Any discussion further? Call the roll.
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The following motion was introduced by Mayor Ferre, who moved
its adoption.
MOTION 83-479
A MOTION GOING ON RECORD SUPPORTING SENATOR JACK
GORDON, REPRESENTATIVE BARRY KUTUN AND SENATOR
GWEN MARGOLIS AND THEIR PROPOSED BILL TO FORTIFY
THE TOURIST ECONOMY BY GIVING THE CITY THE OPPORTUNITY
TO HAVE SUFFICIENT MONIES TO DOUBLE THE SIZE OF THE
MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION CENTER tIOND BUILD FOR THE CITY
OF MIAMI AN EXHIBITION HAIL AND HOPEFULLY A COLOSSEUM.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Carollo, the motion was passed and
adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Mayor Maurice Ferre
NOES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
ABSENT: None.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager, will you instruct Rick Sisser what the official
position of the City Commission is?
Mr. Plummer: I'll see you in Tallahassee.
Mr. Carollo: Not only that, if I may say for the record, Mr. Sisser is also
working for some other people.
Mayor Ferre: I noticed that.
Mr. Carollo: I'm surprised that....
Mayor Ferre: That was in the paper today. Wasn't it?
Air. Carollo: I'm talking about the people that weren't happy today with
Mr. Sisser up in Tallahassee. But never mind. I'm going to go into another
area that is of importance. He is working for you, Plummer.
Mr. Plummer: Very definitely.
Air. Carollo: Here you are attacking Mr. Sisser....
Air. Plummer: When I think he is wrong, you are damn right I will attack him.
Mr. Carollo: I'll tell you. How things change! But what I'd like to bring
up, Mr. Mayor, is another area.
Mr. Plummer: It is my prerogative. I'm paying him.
59. DECLARE CITY COMMISSION OBJECTION TO ADDITIONAL 4q GAS TAX.
Mr. Carollo: But want I'd like to gring up, Mr. Mayor, is another area
of interest to the community, even more so than this particular issue,
I might say. That is the area that the County discussed yesterday and
vote upon on first reading increasing the gasoline sales tax an additional '
4C. I know what the Mayor's position is and I respect that, if they pass
it. But I tell you. I would like to make a motion that this Commission
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Mr. Carollo (CON'T): goes on record in endorsing Commissioner George Valdez'
position that the County does not pass that additional 4c sales tax in
gasoline. We just got hit by the federal government with an additional
5C. The state halved that amount, and now they want to come and hit us
with another 4C. Hey! This is a very unfair tax. The people that it is
going to hurt the most are the people that can least afford it, the little
guy! I think it is outrageous!
Mayor Ferre: There is a motion on the floor. Is there a second?
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mr. Carollo: There is a motion on the floor to instruct the City Manager to
go before the County Commission and to express to the County Commission the
City's position and witty at the next County meeting where....
Mr. Plummer: I don't want to bring up old subjects, but here again, Mr.
Carollo, there are two thoughts that 1 just want to interject. The first
one is, have you seen the formula that they have devised?
Mr. Carollo: Yes, I have seen the formula. I don't like the formula. Let
me say this. I even like it less to pay an additional 4C a gallon in tax
in gasoline.
Mr. Plummer: I'm like you. I don't want to pay the 4C. But Mr. Gary, just
for the record, what is under the unfair formula, as detrimental as it is,
what does it give us to address our roads with in this City on an annual
basis?
INAUDIBLE RESPONSE NOT ENTERED INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD.
Mr. Plummer: See, that's what you have to remember, I think. It is very
important that if we don't have these 4C, then the City is going to have
to come up with the additional amount of monies for the roads which we would
get from this.
Mr. Carollo: No, sir, not necessarily the City. The County would come in....
Mr. Plummer: No, this is guaranteed.
Mr. Carollo: But I tell you this, I think that no matter which way you want
to paint the picture....
Mr. Plummer: I have the interlocal agreement, which has been passed by them
that the City will get how much, Clark? $2,900,000?
Mr. Gary: $2,690,000.
Mr. Plummer: $2,690,000 per year that the City will get, with also in the
interlocal agreement, a guarantee from Metro that two thirds of their money,
of their portion, will be spent in the cities. I'm just putting it on the
record.
Mr. Carollo: J.L., that is fine and dandy, but the point is that we're
going to be getting that money, blood money, from the people that can least
afford it.
Mr. Dawkins: Pardon me, Mr. Carollo, if Broward and Monroe do not pass it,
I'm going to buy my gas in Broward County.
Mr. Carollo: That's right.
Mayor Ferre: It would cost you more to go up there.
Mr. Dawkins: I wouldn't give a damn. I'd still would rather drive that
far.
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Mr. Plummer: The problem, Miller, is that there aren't going to be any roads
there for you to drive up on.
Mr. Dawkins: I don't know, but maybe if there is not a road, I can use an
air -boat.
Mr. Carollo: That's why I always think it is good to get some young blood
in things. You know, these old timers, they think about the same solutions
for things. The only way to solve a problem is to tax the people to death.
Mayor Ferre: Ready to vote? Call the roll. That we go on record with the
County Commissioners saying that we, the City of Miami, are opposed to the
passage of the 4C increase tax. I'll make my statement when I vote. Go
ahead.
MOTION DEFEATED. On motion by Commissioner Carollo
and seconded by Commissioner Perez, the foregoing
motion was defeated by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
NOES: Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
ABSENT: None
ON ROLL CALL:
Mr. Plummer: I have to vote no. I have to remember that we have to maintain
those roads. If we don't get the 2.7 from this money, we are going to have
to get it from the General Fund. I have to vote no. I have to bite the bullet.
Mr. Carollo: Make police officers that give escorts for funerals charge
more. The money goes through roads.
Mayor Ferre: Go ahead, vote please. Let everybody vote.
Mr. Perez: I voted in favor of the motion for purposes of discussion. But
as the Mayor explained, I think the development of this community has to be
pragmatic. I vote no.
Mayor Ferre: The tri-lingual Mayor will once again vote the way tie always
votes. Plummer, I want to tell you that I was this afternoon particularly
proud of you. I really am. You have come a long way from the old blood
transfusion days. That's all right!
Mr. Carollo: Miller, I'll give you my five gallon can, so you can take it
to Broward.
Mayor Ferre: I now will vote against the motion. I'd like to explain that.
I understand that these are difficult times. I understand the popularity
from a voter's standpoint and sincerely from a political point of view,
in the best sense of that word. In the first place, what we think and
don't think doesn't mean very much to Metropolitan Dade County, so all
this is is just an exercise in memorializing something, because they are
not going to pay any attention to whether we vote for it or against it.
In the second place, this is a pragmatic vote. We desperately need these
funds. I tell you, $2,600,000 is a lot money for us to improve our trans-
portation system. Now, I tell you how it pays off. It is hard for people
to understand, but let me tell you how I justify it. If we have good
transportation in Miami, we will have good and increased development.
If we have more development of the right kind, we will have more commercial
properties that will pay ad valorem taxes. The more ad valorem taxes that
the commercial sector pays, the less proportionately will be carried by the
homeowner. So in the long run -and by the long run, I don't mean not too
long of a run; in the next five or ten years- this kind of money into the
infrastructure of this City will have a pay back which is far in excess.
Lastly, I might point out that a very large proportion of the gasoline taxer that
will be allocated to Miami will be paid for by tourists and that in effect,
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Mayor Ferre (CON'T): we will be getting, along with the two thirds expenditure,
if Metro will expend in the cities and our $2,600,000 much, much more than our
fair share in the long run, so I vote no with the motion.
Mr. Dawkins: I would like to have one final say. and say that all that has
been said is beautiful. It's marvelous! It's wonderful! But if these people
whom you want to tax 4C do not have a job with which to buy the gas with which
you wish to be taxed, then you will not have the money with which to repair
the roads that you are talking about repairing.
Mr. Carollo: Mr. City Attorney, I would like you to do some research for me
so that when my phones fall off the hooks during the next few weeks after
the County Commissioners vote for this, I can direct t!le people in what we
people can do to change that vote in the near future. What I would like for
you to do is research what is the legal process that we, the people, can
follow to place down the decision of the County Commissioners to charge
that 4C sales tax. In other words, what is the process that we have to
follow through the laws and guidelines of ;Metro Dade County government to
place an item for a referendum vote.
60. AUTHORIZE CITY Mr1NAGER TO EXECUTE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT
WITH BRANDT LAURSBN, COMPUTER SPECIALISTS FOR "SYSTLm SOFTWARE
CONFIGURATION' AND 11ANAGEMENT SERVICES" FOR T11E DEFT. OF COMPUTERS
Mayor Ferre: We are now oil item 31. This is authorizing the City ?tanager
to execute....
Mr. Plummer: Move it.
Mayor Ferre: It has been moved.
Mr. Dawkins: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Moved and seconded. Further discussion? Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-480
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE
A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH BRANDT LAURSEN,
COMPUTER SPECIALIST, TO PROVIDE "SYSTEMS SOFTWARE
CONFIGURATION AND MANAGEMENT" SERVICES FOR THE DEPART-
MENT OF COMPUTERS AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $35,000,
ALLOCATING FUNDS THEREFOR FROM THE FY'82-83 OPERATING
BUDGET OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTERS.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted herein and
on file in the Office of the 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
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
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61 . AUTHORIZE CITY ^ AJAGER TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH SHEARSON/
AMERICAN EXPRESS MANUFACTURERS HANOVER 1'RUST CO;iPA,;Y FOR MANAGE-
1L':b'I' UiVDEE;WRTTERS FOR AFFORDABLE RE::,:TAI_ HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
I' ROG RA.M .
Mayor Ferre: Next is 32, authorizing the Manager to enter into agreement
with Searson/American Express Manufacturers Hanover Trust. I understand that
Citibank has backed off. Mr. ,tanager, let me tell you on the record. I will
put it on the record. This has nothing to do with you directly. Indirectly
it does because you are the Manager and it has to do with the City. It is
my considered opinion that Shearson/American Express have no previous expe-
rience in doing this kind of a thing. That Citibank does have extensive
experience and is geared up and ready to do this now. It is also my -I won't
say my opinion; but my intuition that this is not saving us any money. But
I wish to say that we have a committee. The committee has deliberated properly.
I think that Shearson/American Express mishandled things. They did not explain
them properly. The committee decision has been reached. You have backed your
committee. I commend you for that. Man, you better crack the whip over those
people to make damn sure that they do what they say they can do, because if
they want to, Mr. Knox, talking about your item, they can do it. But it's not
going to be as easy for them.
Mr. Garv: Don't forget this allows us to negotiate with the first. Then
we go to the second, if we are not successful.
Mayor Ferre: That's why I'm telling you that. They better perform.
Mr. Gary: It's going to be a tight performance on the contract.
^Iayor Ferre: I don't have any questions with Citibank; no question that
we can get a good performance, because they are ready and geared to do it.
But I'm ready to vote on it.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, I'm going to tell you the same thing. I was prepared
to vote for hob�,n and-Co.,the third. I. think it has a lot of merit, Mr. Gary,
when you stop and you think that out of the 21 major projects in the State
of Florida relating -to housing, this company has done 19. That was not by
accident. I know of them because of my experience with the Florida League
of Cities; some of the major projects of this State they have done extremely
successfully. So here again, I think that doubles the demand that you will
have on this American/Express to demand that they perform. I think because
your committee recommended it, it is your responsibility to make damn sure
they perform.
Mayor Ferre: Do we have a motion on this?
Mr. Plummer: No, I'll move it.
Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves. Dawkins seconds. Further discussion? Call
the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-481
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER
INTO AN AGREEMENT, SUBJECT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S
APPROVAL AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS, WITH SHEARSON/
AMERICAN EXPRESS, INC. AND MANUFACTURERS HANOVER
TRUST COMPANY, FOR THEIR COMBINED PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES AS MANAGING UNDERWRITER FOR THE CITY OF
MIAMI AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THEIR PROPOSAL
TRANSMITTED TO THE CITY UNDER THE DATE OF MARCH 13, 1983.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted herein and
on file in the Office of the Clerk). 1983
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Upon being seconded by Commissioner Dawkins, the resolution was
passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
62. AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ALLOCATE $670,000 FOR ACQUISITTON OF
LAND AND ASSOCIATED EXPENSES IN TEE OVERTOWNl AREA.
Mr. Plummer: Agenda 37, I move.
Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves 37.
Mr. Carollo: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Seconded by Carollo. Further discussion? Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-482
A RESOLUTION ALLOCATING AN ADDITIONAL SUM OF $670,000
FROM PROGRAM INCOME AND 6TH AND 7TH YEAR COMLMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS FOR ADDITIONAL EXPENSES
IN THE ADCQUISITION OF LAND IN THE OVERTOWN AREA.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted herein and
on file in the Office of the 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
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
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63. EXTEND EXISTING, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH E.P. IACONI
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT, FOR REVIEW AND AUDIT OF CITY OF
MIAl,tI/UNIVERSITY OF L. K:QI(;11'1' 1,�TERNAT'IONAL CENTER.
;Mayor Fe r re . There is a mot i on and a sccuud Oil 45. Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-483
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXTEND
THE EXISTING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT, SUBJECT
TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S APPROVAL AS TO FORM AND CORRECT-
NESS, WITH E.P. IACONIS, CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT,
FOR SPECIAL COST REVIEW AND AUDITS AS NECESSARY AND AS
DETERMINED BY THE CITY MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI/
UNIVERSITY OF MI:AMI, JAMES L. KNIGHT INTERNATIONAL
CENTER PROJECT; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE
OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS NOT TO EXCEED $45,000 FOR THE
AFORESAID SERVICES FROM THE CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT
ESTABLISHED FROM THE SALE OF CONVENTION CENTER AND
PARKING GARAGE REVENUE BONDS, UNLESS FURTHER EXPRESSLY
AUTHORIZED BY THE CITY COMMISSION.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted herein and
on file in the Office of the 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
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
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64. AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO i:NTER II'TTO AGREEMENT SOUTH FLORIDA
ECONOMIC DL•'VELOPML t'T CORP. TO SPONSOR CO?f.MUNITY FEDER,IL CREDIT
UNION PROGR:1,ki.
Mayor Ferre: Item 52.
Mr. Plummer: Move it.
Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves.
Mr. Dawkins: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Second by Dawkins. Further discussion? Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-454
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER
INTO AN AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORM ATTACHED,
WITH THE SOUTH FLORIDA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
(SFEDC), PROVIDING A LOAN OF M ,000 FROM COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS TO SPONSOR A COMMUNITY
FEDERAL CREDIT UNION PROGRAM WITH THE DADS -MODEL CITIES
COMMUNITY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION IN CONFORMANCE WITH ALL
APPLICABLE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT'S COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted herein and
on file in the Office of the 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
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
65. AUTHORIZE CITY I AIiAGER TO II;CREASE BUDGET ALLOCATION TO COCONUT
GROVE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORP. FOR PURPOSES OF PROVIDING ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IN TI:E COCONUT GROVE 'TARGET AREA.
Mayor Ferre: Take up 53.
Mr. Plummer: Move it.
Mayor Ferre: Moved by Plummer. Is there a second? Dawkins seconds.
Further discussion?
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The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-485
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO INCREASE
THE BUDGET ALLOCATION AMOUNT FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
BLOCK GRANT FUNDS TO THE COCONUT GROVE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION FROM $43,750 TO $52,050 FOR THE PURPOSE OF
PROVIDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IN THE COCONUT
GROVE TARGET AREA; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER
TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING AGREEMENT, SUB-
JECT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S APPROVAL AS TO FORM AND
CORRECTNESS, WITH SUCH AGENCY WITH THE ADDITIONAL
$8,300 THEREFOR BEING PROVIDED FROM 8TH YEAR COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted herein and
on file in the Office of the 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
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
66. GRAliNT REQUEST FOR tU)DITIONAL FUi'DING BY REPRESE N'TATIVES OF YOUTH
BASEBALL ACADE^LIES, INC. SUBJECT TO STIPULATIONS CONTAINED
THEREIN AND APPROVAL. BY THE CITY AANAGER.
Mayor Ferre: Take up 28. There was somebody here who stood up on 28. Go
ahead. Those of you who are here on specific issues, if you will raise your
hands and give the Clerk the numbers, we will take them out of turn and get
you all out of here.
Mr. Juan Pascual: My name is Juan Pascual. My address is 2540 S.W. 92 Court.
Mr. Armando Bucelo regrets that because of a prior commitment he is not able
to attend this afternoon. In the meeting of April 6, 1983 the Commission, by
a motion made by Commissioner Carollo, approved $10,000 for funding for the
second annual City of Miami Youth Baseball World Series. The Commission
approved the $10,000, we requested $20,000, by a motion made by Mr. Carollo
that we come back with a report as to our progress in obtaining additional
funding from a private source.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Pascual, to get to the heart of the issue, why do you need
$20,000 rather than $10,000? Just explain that, because that is what you
are here for. Right?
Mr. Pascual: Right, yes, sir.
Mayor Ferre: I understand that with $10,000 you can't hold the World Series,
or whatever it is called. So explain why. Give the Commission the reason.
Mr. Pascual: The budget that we have worked out for this year is $53,000
for the World Series. We can cut that budget down to -about $43,000. We
can't cut it any further. We have commitments through ticket sales and
private funding for approximately what we feel we can raise, which is
$20,000. The City has approved $10,000. $20,000 and $10,000 is $30,000.
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Mr. Pascual (CON'T): We need at least an additional $10,000 commitment from
the City in order to put on this World Series. That is what it amounts to.
Mr. Carollo: If I may, Mr. Manager, if you recall, one of the topics of
conversation we had the last time was who was going to be handling this for
the City. If I may ask, who will be handling this for the City?
Mr. Gary: I will tell you privately. It's what you want.
Mr. Carollo: Why don't you tell me privately before I vote.
Mr. Gary: No, I'll wait until you vote first.
Mr. Pascual: If I may add one thing. All the money that we will be raising
and all the money that the City will be approving for this, not one single
cent will go to any administrative cost or any salaries. All the money will
go to direct costs of running the World Series.
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, if I may, first of all, the budget that they submitted
was $53,000. At that time, they had a number of frivolous items in there.
$2,600 for miscellaneous. One thing they tell you in professional management,
you never approve anything miscellaneous.
Mayor Ferre: You shouldn't say that.
Mr. Gary: No, you won't see me have anything miscellaneous.
Mayor Ferre: When the budget comes up this year, I'll remember that.
Mr. Gary: Always. Excursions and entertainment of $1,500. We are talking
about baseball now; a banquet, $5,000. In addition....
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager, let's cut through all this.
Mr. Gary: No, let me finish.
Mayor Ferre: I don't mind voting extra money, but no banquet, no entertainment,
and no miscellaneous.
Mr. Gary: Let me finish, Mr. Mayor.
Mr. Pascual: We cut that down from $53,000 to $43,000 eliminating what Mr. Gary
told us to eliminate.
Mr. Gary: Excuse me, let me finish, then you can explain some. When he came
in with the $53,000, he said he only needed $20,000. If you take that $20,000
and we gave him $10,000, and if you substract out those amounts I just called
out, that is an excess of $10,000. Now he is coming back and saying, I have
cut out those things and I still need $10,000. The math is wrong. The math
is wrong.
Mr. Pascual: If I may, by Mr. Gary's request, and we did cut out $10,000 from
the $53,000, making it down to $43,000. The math is not wrong. We were counting
on a major corporation in donating a substantial sum of money for the series.
At this time, this corporation, which I am not able to name now, because we
do not have a firm commitment from them pending the action taken by the City
Commission, they are willing to match a substantial amount of money, if the
City goes ahead with the $20,000. They tell us that if the City goes ahead
with the $20,000, they will cover whatever the balance of our budget will be
after ticket sales.
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, you know the budget is going to be $53,000 or it could
be $103,000. Now what he is telling us is, if we match it...all his budget
is $43,000... if we match it, they are going to give him another match. The
way I add up things, $43,000 and $20,000 is $63,000.
Mr. Pascual: No, sir, that'is not what I said. What I said....
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Mr. Gary: If they are going to match what we give you....
Mr. Pascual: What I said was that they will match a substantial amount of
the money that the City Commission comes up with.
Mr. Carollo: Who is "they"?
Mr. Pascual: It is a corporation that I'd rather not ... it has headquarters
in Miami, in Dade County.
Mr. Gary: All I can say is I have given the facts. I do not recommend this.
I support this program. But I think we ought to be reasonable in how we give
money out in terms of these agencies.
Mayor Ferre: We need to move along. So make your decision. What do you
want to do? Make your motion one way or the other.
Mr. Plummer: Why don't we send it back to the Manager to get the math right.
Mayor Ferre: J.L., we are around the corner for this thing. I think the
way to do this, if I may, is....
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, I will make the motion with the stipulation that if
there are any monies that are left over from the amount that they so described
here, that the City will be reimbursed for whatever they could reimburse for.
Mayor Ferre: Would you also add to that stipulation: no miscellaneous, no
entertainment funds, and no banquet other than those approved by the Manager.
Mr. Carollo: So be it.
Mr.Plummer: How are you going; to differentiate? They are going to raise
$20,000?
Mayor Ferre: Let the ?tanager control it. If lie approves it, then it is O.K.
with me.
Mr. Plummer: But then they take the $20,000 they are planning on raising
and take the money from there for t!le banquet.
Mayor Ferre: No, no, they are not going to do that. They have to get the
Manager's approval on the expenditures of funds. They can only expend monies
other than for the baseball competition Big League or whatever it is called,
Little League. It is the only way they can spend money. Other than that,
they have to go get the Manager's approval.
Mr. Plummer: So in other words, what you are saying is, let the Manager
totally control their budget?
Mayor Ferre: Absolutely!
Mr. Plummer: O.K., that I will agree to.
Mayor Ferre: Are you seconding under those circumstances?
Mr. Plummer: Yes.
Mayor Ferre: Is there further discussion, so we can move along?
Mr. Carollo: And of course, the Manager is going to have someone that will
be assigned to that. That person will be doing most of the work with them.
Mr. Gary: No, this guy doesn't know anything about budget. So he will not
be working on....
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? Call the roll. Ask for Thomas first.
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The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Carollo, who moved
its adoption.
MOTION 83-486
A MOTION GRANTING A REQUEST MADE FOR ADDITIONAL
FUNDING BY REPRESENTATIVES FOR YOUTH BASEBALL
ACADEMIES, INC. FOR THE 1983 LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD
SERIES TO BE CONDUCTED AUGUST 15 THROUGH 22, 1983
SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS: THAT IF THERE
ARE ANY MONIES LEFT OVER THAT THEY BE RETURNED TO
THE CITY AND TILT IN CONNECTION WITH THE ALLOCATION
OF THESE FUNDS, THERE BE NO MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTS,
NO ENTERTAINEMENT OR BANQUETS UNLESS SPECIFICALLY
APPROVED BY THE CITY MANAGER.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the motion was passed and
adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
67. PERSONAL APPEAPUVXE: MR. JERRY CODY, 1,•1IjV'1I DESIGN PLAZA ASSOC. ,
REQUESTIi]G FUNDING FOR MIX-11 L\RKET DAYS; REQUST REFERRED TO
T11E CITY MANAGER.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Jerry Cody, item 30-A. Go ahead, Mr. Cody.
Mr. Jerry Cody: Jerry Cody, 80 N.E. 40th Street, I am the president of
Design Plaza Merchants Association.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Cody, I think you made a tactical error. Not yes, the
answer is no. You better turn that thing around. We are just kidding,
Mr. Cody.
Mr. Cody: I'm here today representing the Miami Design Plaza Association,
which is composed of over 250 design related businesses. We are requesting
today that the City of Miami allocate $75,000 this year in hopes of ... for
the Miami Market Day event. You have allocated money last year for us and
we are very appreciative of that. This year, so that we can continue to
promote the Design District both nationally and internationally as we have
done in the past, we feel through our direct mailings, advertisings, special
events, and publishing of our directory, we have advanced our position in the
International Trade Marts as the leader in the Central, South American, and
Caribbean market and we are rivaling that of the North American market and
of the European market.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Cody, what do you want from the City of Miami?
Mr. Cody: We are requesting that you allocate $75,000 to us. You had
allocated previously monies for this event last year.
Mayor Ferre: Charlotte, you've been working with this organization and
these people, I assume.
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, refer this to staff for review. I can tell you right
now we have them $35,000 last year. Now they are asking for $75,000. I
really don't see a proposal here, other than the letter, which is contrary
to what your policy is.
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Mayor Ferre: sir. Cody, number one, let me say that my personal opinion is
that there is nothing more important to the economic well being of this City,
after international banking and downtown redevelopment and the tourist
industry, which we are sagging in, more important than what you and your
associates have done up there in decorator's row. You have had in the past
and you will continue to have this City's full support. I don't know what
that is going to be, because I think you need to go to staff. I would
recommend to you, please, in the future, before you bring these things to
the Commission, that you really go through the Administration, because
it makes it a lot easier because it is going to happen anyway. What happens
is you just get referred to them.
Mr. Cody: That's fine.
Mayor Ferre: Go to them and then come. Charlotte has been very supportive.
Hasn't she?
Mr. Cody: Yes, she has, very.
Mayor Ferre: And she is very interested. She knows that this is an important
part of her job, so she will come back, I'm sure, with an intelligent recom-
mendation.
Mr. Cody: Fine, thank you.
Mayor Ferre: Do you like the way I worded that one?
Mr. Plummer: Wow!
Mayor Ferre: Hey! I'm learning from you. Do you need a motion to that
effect?
Mr. Gary: No, sir.
68. E,l'CECUTE LEASE AGREEMEi�T DEPT. OF OFF-STREET PARKING FOR LEASE
OF SPACE IN OLYMPIt. BUILDIPIG FOR DEPT. OF ILUERNATL AUDIT.
Mayor Ferre: Take up item 41, Roger Carlton. What is item 41?
Mr. Roger Carlton: Mr. Mayor, all three of these items are leases that
Gusman Cultural Center, the Olympia building, for space that the City has
occupied now for over four months. They have been deferred a couple of
times.
Mayor Ferre: Plummer, do you want to move 41, 42, 43, and 51?
Mr. Carlton: 51 is a separate issue.
Mayor Ferre: Are we ready to move the first three?
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, the gentleman that was here before, can you tell
him that he forgot the most important one of the bunch?
Mayor Ferre: I think you made him a little bit nervous. Take up item 41.
Go ahead, Roger. Is there anything else that you want to tell us about that?
If not, Plummer, are you ready to move it?
Mr. Plummer: Yes.
Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves. Miller seconds. Further discussion?
the roll on 41.
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The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-487
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A
LEASE AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORM ATTACHED
HERETO, WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF OFF-STREET PARKING FOR
THE LEASE OF CERTAIN SPACE ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF THE
OLYMPIA BUILDING, 174 EAST FLAGLER STREET, FOR THE
USE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AUDIT, WITH FUNDS
THEREFOR ALLOCATED FROM BUDGETED FUNDS OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF INTERNAL AUDIT.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted herein and
on file in the Office of the 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
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr..
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NOTE FOR THE RECORD: Agenda item 42 was deferred.
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69. EXECUTE LEASE AGREEMENT DEPT. OF OFF-STREET PARKING FOR CERTAI;+
SPACE OLYMPIA BUILDING FOR THE DEPT. OF MAIIAGEMENT AND BUDGET.
Mayor Ferre: We are now on item 43.
Mr. Plummer: Oh, yes, for Mano and all those other good people, we would
definely move 43.
Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves 43. Dawkins seconds. Further discussion? Call
the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-488
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE
A LEASE AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORM ATTACHED
HERETO, WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF OFF-STREET PARKING FOR
THE LEASE OF CERTAIN SPACE ON THE FIFTH AND NINTH
FLOORS OF THE OLYMPIA BUILDING, 174 EAST FLAGLER STREET,
FOR THE USE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET,
WITH FUNDS THEREFOR ALLOCATED FROM BUDGETED FUNDS OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted herein and
on file in the Office of the Clerk).
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Upon being seconded by Commissioner Dawkins, the resolution was
passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
70. ACCEPT RECOIM-MENDATIONS OF THE SELECTION CO�DIITTEE FOR AN
ARCHITECTUbb%], FTILI FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR P[.AYERS STATE THEATRE
PARKING GARAGE.
Mayor Ferre: Take up 51. Go ahead, Roger, tell us about 51.
Mr. Carlton: The City Commission and the Off -Street Parking Board approximately
three months ago agreed to split the cost, not to exceed $15,000 each, for
a feasibility study for a parking garage or land in which the state has
offered to provide next to the Coconut Grove Playhouse. The selection process
paralleling the Florida Competitive Consultants.
Mayor Ferre: Who was on the committee?
Mr. Carlton: The committee had two people from Players State Theatre Board,
two people from Off -Street Parking, and two people from the City of Miami.
Mayor Ferre: And who is the recommendation?
Mr. Carlton: The recommended order was first the firm of Halcyon with some
other local firms; second was Ferguson, Glasgow; and third Beorema, Bermello,
and so forth.
Mayor Ferre: Howard, do you recommend this? The Manager recommends 51. Is
there a motion?
Mr. Gary: Yes.
Mayor Ferre: Plummer, are you moving this? Is there a second?
Mr. Carollo: Yes, second.
Mayor Ferre: Joe Carollo seconds. Further discussion? Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-489
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE RANK ORDER OF QUALIFIED
ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING FIRMS RECOMMENDED BY A
SELECTION COMMITTEE AND APPROVED BY THE OFF-STREET
PARKING AND THE PLAYERS STATE THEATER BOARDS FOR THE
PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING A FEASIBILITY STUDY IN CONNECTION
WITH A MULTI -USE PARKING FACILITY ADJACENT TO THE
PLAYERS STATE THEATER.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted herein and
on file in the Office of the Clerk).
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Upon being seconded by Commissioner Carollo, the resolution was
passed and adopted by the following vote:
APES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
71. PERMIT DADE HERITAGE TRUST TO MOVE BROI,TLN RESIDENCE, ALSO KNOWN
AS CORAL ROCK HOUSE, TO WATSON ISLAND. (See label 72.1)
Mayor Ferre: The next is Paul Thompson, 55. Mr. Thompson.
Mr. Paul Thompson: Mr. Mayor, Commissioners, Paul Thompson, executive director
of Dade Heritage Trust, 190 S.E. 12 Terrace.
Mayor Ferre: Get right to it quick. Do you want to move the old Coral Rock
House to Watson Island? sir. Manager, do you recommend it?
Mr. Paul Thompson: Yes, sir.
Mayor Ferre: How much is this going to cost?
Mr. Thompson: The move itself is paid for, as agreed to.
Mayor Ferre: Who is going to pay for it?
Mr. Gary: Tibor Hollo.
Mr. Thompson: Mr. Hollo, the owner, has agreed to pay for the move.
Mayor Ferre: Are we all set to go on this then?
Mr. Thompson: There will be certainly some site preparation cost, but very
little in comparison to what you are getting.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? Is there a motion?
Mr. Carollo: Move.
Mayor Ferre: Moved by Carollo. Are you all right, Miller?
Mr. Dawkins: No, but I will second.
Mayor Ferre: Moved and seconded. Further discussion? Call the roll on 55.
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The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Carollo,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-490
A RESOLUTION PERMITTING THE DADE HERITAGE TRUST TO
MOVE THE BROWN RESIDENCE (A/K/A CORAL ROCK HOUSE)
TO WATSON ISLAND AND AGREEING TO CITY OWNERSHIP WHEN
THE MOVE IS COMPLETED.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted herein and
on file in the Office of the 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
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
72. ALLOCATE $1,283,644 9TH YEAR CO\LMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT'
FUNDS TO SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRVNIS AND ONE HISTORIC PRESERVATION
P ROG IL11�1.
Mayor Ferre: Take up 56, which is the Allapattah Business Development Authority,
Morrey Pelsman.
Mr. Morrey Pelsman: My name is Morrey Pelsman. I represent the Allapattah
Business Development Authority. Mr. Mayor, Commissioners....
Mayor Ferre: Morrey, get right to the point.
Mr. Pelsman: In the hope that we can start doing some promotion for the area
prior to our July Ist contract, we had asked for money to put up signs on
the street....
Mayor Ferre: t%liat does that have to do with the allocation of $1,283,000 of
the 9th year C.D. Block Grant?
Mr. Pelsman: 36?
Mayor Ferre: I have a note here that says item 56, Morrey Pelsman.
Ms. Dena Spillman: Social services, lie is talking about Economic Development.
Mr. Gary: He's talking about 36.
Mayor Ferre: Well, he brought up item 56. Mr. Manager, do you recommend
this?
Mr. Gary: 56? Yes, sir.
Mayor Ferre: Does anybody have any problems with this?
Mr. Carollo: Move.
Mayor Ferre: Carollo moves. Who wants to second?
Mr. Dawkins: I'll second it.
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Mayor Ferre: Dawkins seconds. Further discussion? Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Carollo,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-491
A RESOLUTION ALLOCATING $1,283,644 OF NINTH YEAR COM-
MUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS PREVIOUSLY APPRO-
PRIATED BY ORDINANCE NO. 9639, ADOPTED JUNE 9TH, 1983,
TO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAIMS AND ONE
(1) HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM FOR THE PERIOD COM-
MENCING: JULY 1, 1983 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 1984, FURTHER
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS
WITH CERTAIN SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES FOR SAID APPROVED
PROJECTS.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted herein and
on file in the Office of the 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
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
72.1 DISCUSSION ABOUT LOCATION OF CORAL ROCK HOUSE 0111; WATSON ISLAND.
(See label 71)
Mr. Plummer: What happened on 55?
Mayor Ferre: We voted yes.
Mr. Plummer: I'd like a consideration on 55. 1 haven't seen a plan on
where that thing is going.
Mayor Ferre: It is going on Watson Island.
Mr. Plummer: Where?
Mayor Ferre: I'll tell you where. Look at your drawing. It's the marina
house for the new marina that is going to be built there eventually.
Mr. Plummer: Maurice, I'm not trying to be arbitrary. Are we sure that is
not going to be in such a position that is not going to create problems later?
Has that matter been thoroughly explored?
Mr. Gary: I tell you what. Look here, let me read the resolution to you.
Section 1, after NOW, THEREFORE, "The Dade Heritage Trust is hereby
authorized to move the Brown'Residence, also known as Coral
Rock House, to a location on Watson Island that will be deter-
mined by the City."
So before they move that location, we will have specific plans.
Mr. Plummer: O.K., but there's no strings attached other than that?
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Mr. Gary: That is right. You will have an opportunity to move it as you
see fit.
Mr. Plummer: O.K., but if it comes in another three or four years that we
want to demolish it, we can do that?
Mr. Gary: We'll make sure that is in the deed then.
Mr. Plummer: What I am saying is, I don't want... Look, I'm grateful to
make that the marina house. I think it is a great thing. But I. don't want....
Mr. Gary: I agree.
Mr. Plummer: ....one particular little item to be wailing the tail wagging
the dog.
Mr. Gary: I agree.
Mayor Ferre: It's not.
Mr. Plummer: All right.
73. AUTI11ORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT ALLAPATTAH
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FOR PURPOSE OF PRO?TOTING THE
ALLAPATTAH BUSINESS DISTRICT.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Pelsman, I apologize. You wrote 36. It looks like a 56
to me. Mr. Manager, you are recommending 36?
Mr. Gary: Yes.
Mayor Ferre: Is there a motion?
Mr. Dawkins: Move it.
Mayor Ferre: Dawkins moves. Plummer seconds. Further discussion? Call the
roll on 36.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Dawkins,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-492
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE
AN AGREEMENT, SUBJECT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S APPROVAL
AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS, WITH THE ALLAPATTAH BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, INC. (FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE 20TH
STREET MERCHANTS AND INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION) FOR THE
PURPOSE OF PROMOTING THE ALLAPATTAH BUSINESS DISTRICT,
WITH FUNDS THEREFOR ALLOCATED IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED $5,000 FROM SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND ACCOUNTS,
CONTINGENT FUND.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted herein and
on file in the Office of the Clerk).
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the resolution was
passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferro
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
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74. ACCEPT BID: POLICE AUTO EQUIPMENT, AS A,"ILNDED, DELETING THE
LIGHT BARS AIND THE' SIRENS; THOSE ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED ON
.TUNE .15th.
Mayor Ferre: Take up item 69, "fr. Mike Cowan, Public Safety Devices.
Mr. Mike Cowan: Gentlemen, I'm Mike Cowan, Public Safety Devices. I appeared
before you on the meeting of May 12th raising an objection to the award of the
bid on the police automobile equipment. That time I mentioned to you that the
specifications, as put forth by the City, were very specific and very definite.
We, my company, was the lowest bid on the specified material.
Mayor Ferre: All right, Mr. Cox, do you have an answer?
Mr. Ed Cox: I beg your pardon, Mr. Mayor, I didn't hear his comment.
Mayor Ferre: The gentleman is here for the second or third time that I have
seen him here saying that he was the low bidder. lie thinks he ought to be the
recipient of the City's award on item 69.
Mr. Cox: No, sir, the department recommends that the low bidder, which is
not this gentleman, Federal System get the bid. We do not find any substantial
reason to support his position.
Mr. Plummer: Let's look at the bids.
Mayor Ferre: What is the name of your company?
*ir. Cowan: Public Safety Devices.
Mr. Plummer: P.S.D. The first thing I recommend is we get a new photostat
machine. I couldn't read these if I had to. ?like, what you are saying is that
the company that is proposed to be awarded to did not meet the specifications?
Mr. Cowan: That is correct.
Mr. Plummer: And as such should be disqualified. Is that what you are saying?
Mr. Cowan: What I am actually saying is that on the specified material, we
are the lowest bidder. If the City decides to change the configuration....
Mr. Plummer: Then they have to re -bid.
Mr. Cowan: Then a re -bid. At least give me a fair shake. Let me bid on an
alternate.
Mr. Plummer: Well, give me an example on the record of where you say that the
one being recommended did not meet the City's specifications and you did. Give
me one example.
Mr. Cowan: The specifications call for a light bar with two single lights
mounted on the light bar at either end. The low bid was on an enclosed light
bar, which changes the complete configuration.
Mr. Plummer: Cox?
Mr. Cox: Mr. Plummer, that is not the true. We stated on our specifications
very clearly as to the quality of the light bar. We do mention the Federal
Light Bar or equal, which is a very standard procedure in bidding: to identify
the level of quality that we are seeking. We said nothing about whether this
is a raised light bar, or the low level light bar. By the way, the light bar
that I am recommending has been demonstrated,..the Police Department for
approximately four months and approved by the Police Department.
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Mr. Plummer: Eddie, I don't think that is the question. The man is saying
that you put out a very definite set of specs, and that he complied and
the other person did not. Mike, my next question to you has to be, had you
been able to figure on the same as what Federal was bcilig to supply'. 1+*Oud your bid
have been Lower or different?
Mr. Cowan: I'm sorry. Would you repeat that?
Mr. Plummer: In other words, you are saying that Federal did not meet the
specifications.
Mr. Cowan: No, sir, I'm saying that Federal did meet the specifications.
Federal was what was specified. Federal is what we bid. The light bar that
was bid at a lower figure is a completely different configuration from what
the specs say. I would like to quickly, not to belabor the point, the City
has both Building and Vehicle Maintenance and the the department has been
very specific over the last few years in what they wanted. I bring to your
attention the last bid, which was opened in December 1981 and awarded in
early 1982, where in that bid there were some ten bidders. Approximately
six of those ten bidders were on light bars that did not meet specifications
with regard to configuration and they were rejected. I have to use that as
a basis when this bid came up. The bid states to each warning lights on a
light bar, etc., etc., I have a copy of that here, as or equal to Federal
Signal Corporation Beacon Ray Model 1.4. It is very specific in those specifications
that what the City wanted was a light bar with the two lights mounted on either
end. If there had been any indication that the City would have accepted an
alternate on configuration, then I would have bid an alternate bar. I have
no objection whatsoever to making the change in the specification or in a
configuration, if the Commission desires or if the City desires to make that
change, then I feel that I should be given a fair shake and let me bid on an
alternate bar also.
Mr. Dawkins: Commissioner Plummer asked a question that I have not heard the
answer to yet. If you had bid on the type of bar that was accepted, would
your bid perhaps had been lower and therefore you might have got the bid?
Mr. Cowan: Very possible. I also would like to....
Mr. Plummer: Well, it's conjecture because according to these bids here you
go anywhere from a low of $250 up to $782. That was the range of the bid.
I have to immediately question why a company called Mars Signal Light Co.
at $250, who appears to me to be the low bidder was not accepted.
Mr. Cox: They did not meet the specifications, Commissioner.
Mr. Plummer: Then their bid is null and void. Why was it even put in here?
Mr. Cox: Just for tabulation purposes. To show you... it's asterisked and
we state that bid was unacceptable. It didn't meet specifications.
Mr. Plummer: See, I have always had a problem with that. I don't think
you should have to record bids that don't meet specifications, period.
Mr. Cox: We must record them all, Commissioner.
Mayor Ferre: Gentlemen, we have a long way to go tonight. So we need to
vote on this one way or the other. So let's have the motion.
Mr. Cowan: If before you vote I could just make one conclusion.
Mayor Ferre: Very quick!
Mr. Cowan: If the intent of the bidding system and the specification system
of the City of Miami is to bid on what is specified,I am the low bidder and
I think I should be awarded the contract. If the Commission decides to change
this configuration. In other words, you are going to have 30 cars out there
looking different than all the rest. I have no objection to that whatsoever.
I have no objection to the low bidder in this case. 1 have no objection to
their merchandise. I have no objection to their quality. All I say is that
if you want to change, then I feel I should have a chance to bid on an alter-
nate item.
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Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager, do you want to give us your recommendation so we
can vote on this?
Mr. Gary: It's right there.
Mayor Ferre: You stick by your recommendation. Is that it?
Mr. Cox: Yes, sir.
Mayor Ferre: All right, what is the will of this Commission?
Mr. Cox: We are recommending the low bid of the light system that has been
demonstrated to the Police Department for approximately four months and
accepted. Contrary to Mr. Cowan's statement, we did not specify low line
or raised lights.
Mayor Ferre: Is there a motion on item 69?
Mr. Plummer: I move it be deferred.
Mayor Ferre: There is a motion and a second. Further discussion?
Mr. Cary: Hold it, now.
Mr. Cox: Can I say one thing? Mr. Plummer, there are four items on that
bid. If you defer the light bars, you defer the whole thing. I have police
vehicles now that are awaiting this. This was deferred at the last meeting.
Ihave....
Mayor Ferre: I'm sure Plummer does not want to do that. Just defer the
light bars.
Mr. Plummer: Fine.
Mayor Ferre: The motion is that the light bars be taken out of item 69 and
be discussed at the next regular meeting.
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Mr. Plummer: And I would like a complete copy of the specs sent to me, and
I assume the rest of the Commission would like the same.
Mayor Ferre: All right, now do you understand the motion that has been made?
Mr. Ongie: Just removing the light bars but accepting the rest of it.
Mayor Ferre: And otherwise he is approving Item 69 other than the light
bars. Now, is that the motion, Plummer?
Mr. Plummer: Yes.
Mr. Clark: Mr. Cox, would you indicate, is that the 30 roof mounted light
bar packages that cost $14,440.80?
Mr. Cox: Yes, it is, that is the single item being deleted.
Mr. Cowan: If I may, there is a second item in there that goes
in with it and that is the 16 sirens.
Mr. Cox: Our recommendation is only to delete the light bars.
Mayor Ferre: Plummer, you're the maker of the motion, what do you want?
Mr. Plummer: What is the contention in relation to? Just the light bars?
Mr. Cowan: Well, there is a second section in that bid or item
number which contains 16, each unit shall be complete with the following,
siren specifications same as (referring back to item 2) speaker (referring
back to item 2) microphone (back to item 2) and radio adapater cable (back
to 2). So really the two are together.
Mr. Gary: Do you know what I recommend? Because you're causing me some
problems operationally. I've got 17 cars that have been out there two months
that can't be utilized. I would suggest, you know, if that is your position
and the votes are there.....
Mr. Plummer: Excuse me, I'll defer it until next Wednesday.
Mr. Gary: Well, I mean you keep deferring it, I'd rather.....
Mr. Plummer: I'll defer it until next Wednesday.
Mayor Ferre: Plummer, Okay, let's defer it to Wednesday but let's vote on
it on Wednesday, Okay?
Mr. Plummer: If they will furnish me with the material I'll vote on it Wed-
nesday.
Mr. Cox: What is it you need, Commissioner?
Mr. Plummer: I want to see a copy of the specs that were put out to the
bidders and I want to see a copy of the bids that were submitted.
Mr. Cox: I have those with me.
Mr. Plummer: But I'm not going to sit here and study them.
Mr. Cox: Okay.
Mayor Ferre: All right, there is a motion that Item 69 be deferred until
June 15th which is a week from now, Wednesday. All right? And it has been
moved and seconded. Do you .want to say something on this? Name, address,
make your statement quickly.
Mr. Reed Knight: Yes, sir, my name is Reed Knight with Lawmens and Shooters
Supply, we were the winning low bidder and today I came from Ft. Pierce, Florida
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today for this meeting and Mr. Madden from the Smith and Wesson factory
has flown down especially today for this meeting tonight and has incurred
quite a lot of expenses to address this.
Mayor Ferre: What is your problem? We are voting on everything but the
light bars and the siren, that doesn't affect Smith and Wesson.
Mr. Carollo: If I may ask a question, the name of your corporation is
Lawmens' and Shooters Supply, Inc.?
Mr. Knight: Yes, sir.
Mr. Carollo: Do you have any relationship with Lawmen's Inc. of Miami?
Mr. Knight: No, sir.
Mr. Carollo: Thank you.
Mayor Ferre: All right, the motion is to approve everything but the light
bars and the sirens and they are going to be brought back for discussion
on Wednesday the 15th. Is that the motion?
Mr. Plummer: Correct.
Mr. Knight: Those are the things, sir, that we're talking about here.
Mr. Gary: Yes, he's the winning bid.
Mr. Knight: Yes, sir, those are the things that I would like Mr. Madden to
be able to express his opinion so that he doesn't have to fly back down from
Massachusettes.
Mayor Ferre: Fine. Mr. Madden, you're welcome to come express your opinion.
Mr. Knight: Thank you, sir.
Mr. Plummer: Since your company is not in Miami we appreciate your spending
the money here to come down.
Mr. Carollo: Is your company out of Massachusettes or do you have any local
branches?
Mr. Madden: I'm from Atlanta, the regional manager for Law Enforcement Sales
Eastern Region.
Mr. Carollo: You don't have any stores in Dade County or Florida?
Mr. Madden: No, sir, I don't, absolutely not.
Mr. Carollo: Go ahead, sir, excuse me.
Mr. Madden: Okay. This bid came out for a federal visibar. When the bid
came out, we don't have anything that looks like a visibar. That particular
product perse is an item that has been deleted from federal's product line.
We bid a state of the art product. We exceeded or equaled everything in
there light output -wise, product -wise, raw materials, etc. We were low by
several thousand dollars which would save the City of Miami a lot of money.
When it comes down to the final summation, we have a better product that
is used by hundreds of departments across the United States. It is better
than you have right now in the City of Miami. It is a good product, we give
a siren, for example, you only asked for a 58 watt wiren, we provide a 100
watt siren but it still has the 58 watt capability. So what I'm saying is
we have exceeded it immensely. They asked for a 35,000 candle power output,
we're providing 60,000 candle power output. These light bars have been on
test and evaluation for well over a year by the City of Miami with no prob-
lems, and Mr. Cox can verify that. What I'm saying is it is an item basic-
ally that I believe, and I know that Mr. Cox believes, exceeds the product
that is presently on the street that you have right now.
Mr. Plummer: Sir, that is not in contention. No one is saying your product
isn't good. We're saying that the City of Miami, if we put out a set of
specs then we've got to expect bidders to answer that set of specs. The con-
tention here is that that set of specs was not met by what you are proposing.
Now, if we goofed up then the best thing to do is throw it all out and start
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all over again but we're not doing that. What we're doing is we the Commis-
sion want to look at it, see whether or riot the specs were correct and that
your bids were correct and then we'll make a decision. Nobody has said your
product wasn't any good.
Mr. Madden: No, I'm not saying that basically, I'm just saying it exceeds
the specification immensely. We bid a Cadillac when you asked for a Ford
basically.
Mr. Plummer: I understand that, sir.
Mayor Ferre: We need to move along. Are we ready to vote? Call the roll,
please.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-493
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BIDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EQUIPMENT
CO., FOR FURNISHING 16 POLICE VAN PARTITIONS AT A COST OF
$3,424, AND PUBLIC SAFETY DEVICES, INC., FOR FURNISHING 24
SPOTLIGHTS AT A COST OF $451.20, TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILD-
ING AND VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AT A TOTAL COST OF $3,875.20;
ALLOCATING FUNDS THEREFOR FROM THE 1982-83 OPERATING BUDGETS
OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF POLICE AND BUILDING AND VEHICLE MAINTEN-
ANCE; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO INSTRUCT THE PURCHASING
AGENT TO ISSUE PURCHASE ORDERS FOR THIS EQUIPMENT.
(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 Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
75. CONSENT AGENDA
Mr. Carollo: What are these 10,000 32-page booklets?
Mr. Plummer: What are the 32-page booklets, Item 68?
Mr. Gary: That was a booklet we prepared for the Annual Address of the City.
Mr. Carollo: The Annual Address, are you saying by the Commission or by whom?
Mayor Ferre: The Operating Budget, it looks like.
Mr. Carollo: Is that the City-wide budget?
Mr. Gary: Yes. .
Mayor Ferre: I haven't seen that, is this the one?
Mr. Gary: Yes.
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Mayor Ferre: Is this done?
Mr. Plummer: Do we get to give input into that, since we've never seen it?
Mayor Ferre: I've never seen it either. Mr. Manager, who is putting that
together?
Mr. Gary: This was put together by Diaz-Pou, Gallogly and Public Information.
Mayor Ferre: Okay. Are we ready to vote on the Consent Agenda?
Mr. Plummer: What is the final date for corrections to this thing?
Ms. Gallogly: We can still accept them if you'd like to make a correction.
Mr. Plummer: Until when?
Mr. Gary: 8:15 tonight.
Ms. Gallogly: No, seriously, I'm speaking for Frank but I would presume
that we could still take changes, he has been taking changes rather frequently.
Mayor Ferre: Well, I need to tell you that my office has already.....
Mr. Gary: Well, she can't speak for Frank. I'll tell you what, we'll get
that information to you in the morning. Okay?
Mr. Plummer: What information?
Mr. Gary: About when you can make changes.
Mr. Plummer: Okay, because I would like to read it and see if there is any-
thing I disagree with.
Mayor Ferre: Well, we already have some mistakes that have been caught up-
stairs so we'll let you know.
Mr. Plummer: Well, how come you've seen the book and we haven't?
Mr. Gary: No, everybody got the books at the same time.
Mayor Ferre: Before the vote on adopting items included in the Consent
Agenda is taken, is there anyone present who is an objector or proponent
that wishes to speak on any item in the Consent Agenda? Hearing none, the
vote on the adoption of the Consent Agenda, comprised of items 63 - 68
will now be taken. Call the roll.
The following resolutions were introduced by Commissioner Dawkins,
seconded by Commissioner Carollo and were passed and adopted by the follow-
ing vote -
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
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75.1 REQUEST FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM LAND & WATER CONSERVATION FUND
PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPMENT OF JOSE MARTI RIVERFRONT PARK.
RESOLUTION NO. 83-494
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE LAND AND
WATER CONSERVATION FUND PROGRAM FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF JOSE
MARTI RIVERFRONT PARK.
75.2 REQUEST FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM FEDERAL LAND & WATER CONSERVATION
FUND PROGRAM FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF BAYRFONT PARK.
RESOLUTION NO. 83-495
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE FEDERAL
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND PROGRAM FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT
OF BAYFRONT PARK.
75.3 ACCEPT COMPLETED WORK - MET CONSTRUCTION, INC. FOR ORANGE BOWL - WEST
END ZONE BLEACHERS.
RESOLUTION NO. 83-496
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED WORK OF MET CONSTRUCTION,
INC. AT A TOTAL COST OF $40,367 FOR ORANGE BOWL - WEST END
ZONE BLEACHERS; AUTHORIZING AN INCREASE IN THE JUNE 1, 1982
CONTRACT WITH MET CONSTRUCTION, INC. FOR SAID WORK IN THE NET
AMOUNT OF $2,500 AND AUTHORIZING A FINAL PAYMENT OF $6,286.70.
75.4 ORDER CITY-WIDE SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT - ALLAPATTAH INDUSTRIAL
AREA SR-5497-C.
RESOLUTION NO. 83-497
A RESOLUTION ORDERING CITY-WIDE SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT -
ALLAPATTAH INDUSTRIAL AREA SR-5497-C AND DESIGNATING THE
PROPERTY AGAINST WHICH SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS SHALL BE MADE FOR
A PORTION OF THE COST THEREOF AS CITY-WIDE SANITARY SEWER
IMPROVEMENT - ALLAPATTAH INDUSTRIAL AREA SR-5497-C (CENTER-
LINE SEWER).
75.5 ACCEPT 13 DEEDS OF DEDICATION FOR HIGHWAY PURPOSES.
RESOLUTION NO. 83-498
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PROPER OFFICIALS OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI TO ACCEPT THIRTEEN (13) DEEDS OF DEDICATION FOR HIGHWAY
PURPOSES AND APPROVING THE RECORDING OF SAID DEEDS IN THE
PUBLIC RECORDS OF DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA.
75.6 BID ACCEPTANCE - "MIAMI, NEW WORLD CENTER" BOOKLET - GRAPHIC
PRODUCTIONS COMPANY.
RESOLUTION NO. 83-499
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID OF GRAPHIC PRODUCTIONS COMPANY
FOR FURNISHING THE PRINTING OF 10,000 THIRTY-TWO PAGE BOOKLETS,
ENTITLED "MIAMI, NEW WORLD CENTER", TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILD-
ING AND VEHICLE MAINTENANCE - PRINT SHOP DIVISION, AT A TOTAL
COST OF $8,800; ALLOCATING FUNDS THEREFOR FROM THE 1982-83 OP-
ERATING BUDGET OF THAT DEPARTMENT; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER
TO INSTRUCT THE PURCHASING AGENT TO ISSUE A PURCHASE ORDER FOR
THIS SERVICE.
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76. PERSONAL APPEARANCE: REPRESENTATIVES OF EDISON BUENA VISTA
ASSOCIATION REQUEST FOR FUNDING REFERRED TO THE CITY MANAGER.
Mayor Ferre: There is a Mr. Stewart with the Edison Buena Vista Local Develop-
ment Corporation that wishes to be heard. Mr. Stewart?
Mr. Frederick Stewart: Good afternoon. My name is Frederick Stewart, 101
N. W. 47th Terrace. I am connected with the Buena Vista Local Development
Corporation which is newly formed.
Mr. Dawkins: Mr. Stewart, if you will just ask and come back next time you
would get more consideration if you ask us to put you on the agenda for the
next time and then we will not have you sit all day and then we'll hear you
first thing. When is the best time for him, Mr. Gary, the 15th or the next
meeting?
Mr. Gary: We'll put him on the next Regular City Commission Meeting Agenda
but I would like to have Charlotte Gallogly sit down and talk to him right
now about his proposal.
Mr. Dawkins: All right, sir.
Mr. Stewart: Yes, we were scheduled for next week but she asked me to come
in today.
Mr. Dawkins: All right, well then you sit down with her and then we will
hear you next time, sir. The Mayor just took you out of turn because you
said you wanted to be heard.
Mr. Stewart: Okay, thank you.
77. FIRST READING ORIDNANCE: AMEND SECTION 1550 SPI-5 BRICKELL/
MIAMI RIVER RESIDENTIAL OFFICE DISTRICT PRINCIPAL USES AND
STRUCTURES, ACCESSORY USES, MINIMUM LOT REQUIREMENTS, FAR, ETC.
Mayor Ferre: Take up Item 74. Mr. Manager, go ahead.
Mr. Sergio Rodriguez: Good afternoon. I'm recommending that we approve this
item on First Reading as presented to you with the understanding that we are
coming back to you to resolve outstanding items that have been discussed prev-
iously.
Mr. Plummer: Item what. excuse me?
Mayor Ferre: Item 74, a public hearing.
Mr. Plummer: I don't have an item 74.
Mayor Ferre: Yes you do, we all have the supplement.
Mr. Dawkins: All you have is supplementary, sir, yes, you do. Do you see it
there?
Mr. Plummer: When was this delivered?
Mr. Dawkins: The day before yesterday.
Mr. Plummer: No, sir, this was not with mine. Well, go ahead and I'll see
whether I invoke the rule or not.
Mr. Rodriguez: This is the item that we have been working on for some time
now, it is in relation to SPI-5 amendment and that we mentioned some time
ago to you that we were going through the Planning Advisory Board and it was
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separate from the amendment that was presented by Mr. Traurig. Our recom-
mendation is that we approve this on First Reading as presented to you with
the understanding that we are coming back: to you to resolve outstanding
items discusse,:3 in relation to SPI-5 in relation to Floor Area Ratio and
other items.
Mr. Plummer: The only question I'm asking is why isn't this on the Zoning
Agenda instead of a Regular Agenda?
Mayor Ferre: It is a carry-over from the last one.
Mr. Plummer: Yes, but hell, they knew this from the last time and it is on
a supplemental instead of a regular agenda.
It was on our Zoning Agenda, as you recall, we hit 9 O'Clock and we hadn't
finished our day so they rolled it over to here. Is that right?
Mr. Rodriguez: I believe that also we have notified all of the adjacent
property owners and so on already and we have been going through the Planning
Advisory Board and this is the amendment that was supposed to go together
with the July 1st Amendment and it was, as Mayor Ferre mentioned, postponed,
continued.
Mr. Pierce: It is on the Supplemental.
Mayor Ferre: Okay, counselor., do you want to say something?
Mr. Robert H. Traurig: Yes, Mr. Mayor, Robert H. Traurig, 1401 Brickell
Avenue. In view of the fact that it is First Reading and it is late, I
will hold my comments, if you'd like, until Second Reading. There are some
things that I'd like to comment on and there are some inconsistencies....
Mayor Ferre: Well, I wish you'd comment on them now if we need to correct
them, I mean as long as you can do it quickly.
Mr. Traurig: Well, I think as Mr. Rodriguez had indicated, you will next
week hear those items that had been heard and deferred last week and they
may resolve some of the issues and may require some modifications of the
language in this proposal to you. There are some things, for example, which
I think you should address, not necessarily today, but before you finalize
this because the whole subject of the residential on Brickell Avenue is impor-
tant in this proposal. There is language, for example, saying that it is
intended that multi -family occupancy in this area is to be promoted and en-
couraged. Well, that was t}1e subject that you said you would like to re-
address when you meet next week. There are also some questions about what
the floor areas will be and again, that is a subject which is also part of _
what I had proposed. Senator McKnight is here to call your attention to
the fact that the Planning Advisory Board failed to take action to submit
to you that portion of this ordinance that deals with large lot bonuses, so
that too, is the subject that ought to be reconsidered before this matter is
finally voted upon by this Commission.
Mayor Ferre: When will this be addressed, on the 15th?
Mr. Traurig: Mine will be the 15th, and I don't want in any way cause a
deferral of your consideration on First Reading of what is being proposed,
but I merely want to call to your attention the fact that we would like to
make comment and more specificity before this is proposed.
Mayor Ferre: I understand. Sergio, when is the Second reading on this?
Mr. Rodriguez: On this?
Mayor Ferre: Yes.
Mr. Rodriguez: Thirty days.
Mayor Ferre: So it will be in July?
Mr. Rodriguez: Yes, but we thought that we should give the First Reading
today. I would like to get a clarification from Mr. Clark. The Second
Reading on this could be thirty days from now, or could it be next week?
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Mayor Ferre: It could be on the 15th.
Mr. Clark: It can not be on the 15th.
Mr. Rodriquez: Actually, it is not very clear, Mayor Ferres, what we are
supposed to bring on the 15th. I believe that we were going to discuss...
Mayor Ferre: Excuse me! Plummer, I also need to get the date - we need to have
a special Commission meeting on that Brickell Avenue, so, you said you cannot be
here on the 8th?
Mr. Plummer: I will give you an answer tomorrow.
Mayor Ferre: We can't have it tomorrow, because we have to advertise. I mean,
the problem is, you have to comply with the law! We are getting into trouble
on these. That is why we are having this stupid Commission meeting!
Mr. Plummer: (INAUDIBLE, OFF MICROPHONE) the problem is, Maurice, I am going
to try to take some time off. I've got to do it next Wednesday, on the 8th,
which puts it right in the middle of my vacation.
Mayor Ferre: Okay, when do you want to do it? When can we legally do it?
We have a legal problem on this.
Mr. Plummer: Can we do it on the 8th?
Mayor Ferre: I don't know. This is not my doing. I've got nothing to do
with it. Mr. Clerk - Mr. City Attorney?
Mr. Clark: Yes, sir?
Mayor Ferre: Where is Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa?
Mr. Clark: He had to...
Mayor Ferre: Okay, the problem is, this whole hullabaloo about Brickell Avenue,
the 8th, and the Clerk and the thing that we didn't advertise. When can we have
this meeting?
Mr. Clark: We have in response to the July 8th...
Mayor Ferre: Can't! Plummer won't be here. Can we do it July 19th? See, the
problem is, there is a certain cut off date and Metro won't accept it by a cer-
tain...does anybody know the answer?
Mr. Clark: The answer is strictly Metro's Tax Appraiser's office - Tax Assessor's _
office.
Mayor Ferre: The answer, sir. I need answer, not the blame.
Mr. Clark: We don't have the answer.
Mayor Ferre: I need to know when is the last day that we can have your meeting.
Mr. Clark: July 8th was the last day.
Mayor Ferre: July 8th is the last day. Plummer, July 8th is the last day. Can
you make it earlier, so that Plummer can go on vacation before?
Mr. Clark: We have already advertised it for thirty, and we had to advertise
it thirty days before that date. It was advertised yesterday.
Mayor Ferre: Are you telling me that the only day that it can be held is on
the 8th, is that what you are telling me?
Mr. Clark: If it is to be held at all, it must be held on the 8th, because of
the response we got from the Tax Assessor's office.
Mayor Ferre: Well, how about the 15th?
Mr. Clark: That is up to the Tax Assessor. I can't give you that answer.
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Mayor Ferre: Marie, you have been the one that has been following this up. I
don't know what to do on this thing, because, you know, Plummer can't be here
on the 8th.
(INAUDIBLE BACKGROUND COMMENTS NOT PLACED INTO THE PliBLIC RECORD)
Mayor Ferre: All right, maybe we don't need Plummer. Is Joe going to be here?
Mr. Carollo: July 8th? I should be.
Mayor Ferre: Miller, can you be here July 8th?
Mr. Dawkins: No.
Mayor Ferre: Well, then we only have three. We are talking about July.
Mr. Perez: I'll be back after the 18th.
Mayor Ferre: You won't be here at all until the 18th? What do you want me to
do?
Ms. Petit: Well, I don't know - that's the problem.
Mayor Ferre: You have lost, or whoever it is that is losing! All right, are
we ready to move on this on First Reading?
Mr. Traurig: Yes, I just want to clarify as I think Mr. Rodriguez was trying
to do. We are going to be back here on the 15th on First Reading on those
matters that were deferred two wee}cs ago.
Mayor Ferre: That's correct.
Mr. Rodriguez: I believe that the item was continued last time to the 15th.
Mayor Ferre: To the 15th, that is correct. Is there a motion on this on
First Reading?
Mr. Perez: So moved.
Mayor Ferre: All right, Demetrio Perez moves.
Mr. Carollo: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Carollo seconds, on First Reading. Further discussion? Read
the ordinance..
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO.
95009 AS AMENDED, THE ZONING ORDINANCE
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, BY
AMENDING SECTION 1550 ENTITLED "SPI-5:
BRICKELL - MIAMI RIVER RESIDENTIAL -
OFFICE DISTRICT" AND RELATED SECTIONS
1553 ENTITLED "PERMISSIBLE PRINCIPAL
USES AND STRUCTURES", 1554 ENTITLED
"PERMISSIBLE ACCESSORY USES AND STRUC-
TURES", 1556 ENTITLED "MINIMUM LOT RE-
QUIREMENTS; FLOOR AREA LIMITATIONS;
MINIMUM OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS; LIMI-
TATIONS", AND 1558 ENTITLED" OFF-STREET
PARKING AND LOADING", OF ARTICLE 15
ENTITLED "SPI: SPECIAL PUBLIC INTERESTS
DISTRICTS", BY CLARIFYING LANGUAGE
PERTAINING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES,
FLOOR AREA RATIOS, MINIMUM LOT RE-
QUIREMENTS, FLOOR AREA LIMITATIONS,
YARD AREA REQUIREMENTS, SIDEWALK
AREA REQUIREMENTS, AND OFF-STREET
PARKING; AND BY REPEALING ALL ORDI-
NANCES, CODE SECTIONS, OR PARTS THERE-
OF IN CONFLICT; AND CONTAINING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
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Was introduced by Commissioner Perez and seconded Ly Commissioner Carollo
and Passed on its first reading by title by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Mayor Maurice A. Ferro
NOES: None
ABSENT: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, 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 members of the public.
78. AUTHORIZE CONTRACTUAL A�;RLEIIUNT: HAMIL;R, SILER '.EOR(;F ASSOCIATES
FOR PREPARATION 01' DIa'LLUP'c''d:NT OPPOR'ITNITIL:S ANALYSIS, S017THEAST
OVERTOWN PARK WEST C01-1:4114ITY I-1:DLA1.1L0 P"4I:NT DISTRICT.
Mayor Ferre: Take up Agenda Item Number 33. Manager recommends. Demetrio, do
you want to move that?
Mr. Perez: I move.
Mayor Ferre: Perez moves.
Mr. Carollo: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Carollo seconds. Further discussion in Item Number 33? Call the
roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Perez, who
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-500
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CON -
TRACK, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORM ATTACHED, BETWEEN THE CITY
AND HAMMER, SILER, GEORGE ASSOCIATES FOR THE PREPARATION OF
A DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES ANALYSIS FOR THE SOUTHEAST OVER-
TOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, ALLOCATING
FUNDS THEREFORE IN THE AMOUNT OF $40,000 FROM SOUTHEAST
OVERTOWN/PARK WEST 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 Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
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71). DISCIISSTON ITY'd: VIC"Rik' LOG>AN FJVT'F;;TTN'; I't'NTDT_N(: !'OF. '4TA'•II
Sl'[•i'•u:R. BC)AT SHOW.
Mayor Ferre: Take up Agenda Item Number 30. All right, Mr. Logan. I thought
you wanted a full Commission?
Mr. Victor Logan: Thank you Mr. Mayor - I've got what I need, okay? I've
got no problem, okay?
Mayor Ferre: All right.
Mr. Logan: Okay, last year Commissioners, the City was in the process of roof-
ing the Coconut Grove Exhibition Center, and we use it every year for the boat
show aIld there is a significant amount of revenue in the Boat Show. All of a
sudden they decided to pull that area away from us, and didn't let us have it
and then, six weeks before the boat show, they gave it back to us, which was
no time to do anything, and it was a considerable economic loss to the Boat
Show. I was on the Bid Selection committee and this year, although they have a
deadline of August 2nd before they begin to get penalized, I have been in personal
contact with Pete Long of the Public Works Department, who had gotten with the
builder and asked him to substantiate that they in fact could be ready and have
the roof up - it wouldn't be fully finished - but it would be ready for occu-
pancy by June 30th. About two weeks ago or so, we are getting very close to
the show and the recognize the fact that they had done an awful lot of stuff.
So, I went around the Public Works Department...
Mayor Ferre: They haven't even begun construction, have they?
- Mr. Logan: Yes, they have begun construction, yes, sir. In any case, as it
turned out, the Public Works Department did not have a schedule from them as
as the policing agency, and really didn't know what was going right or wrong.
After a lot of investigation we were able to find out that they are not going
to get the steel in for the structure until July 1st, and as a result, the
facility can never be ready for the boat show. What they have now done, they
have taken nine feet of the overhang out. They have torn all the flashing off
of it, and based on the fact that they were going to try to get it ready by
June 30th, for our Boat Show, we sold all thirty thousand feet to seventy-five •
exhibitors, and we just had to take and move every one of those exhibitors, and
some we have lost. Now, we are losing $50,370 worth of revenue and space that
we could have sold if we had had the area. There is no place else we can put
these people. What I am asking the City to do, is to subsidize our $50,300 loss,
by voting to reduce our rent at this year's boat show by $7,500. That is a small
fraction of what our loss is going to be, but there has to be some reason to
the insanity of our losses every year.
Mayor Ferre: That's true!
Mr. Logan: The reason why we use the facility is so it will offer us enough
square, and if we didn't think it had enough square feet, we would have the show
some place else. We have got to have the footage to operate and I need a motion,
please, to allocate a lessening of the rent.
Mr. Carollo: Can you answer that for us, please?
Mr. Odio: Yes, sir. In the first place, Mr.. Logan is deviating from the
truth. I told him point blank that that roof would not be up in time, that the
courtyard area lie should not advertise, that he should not count on the courtyard
area at all. If he wants the City of Miami to help him make some more money,
that is fine with me, but to come here and to lie publicly that he was not. told
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about the courtyard area on time, that hu should riot depend on it, I am fell-
inq that he is not telling the truth.
Mr. Logan: Okay, may I address the Commission, Mr. Carollo? Mr. Carollo, I
challenge the Commission to put Mr. Odio on a lie detector test, because I will
vouch for the fact that he is lying now. He never told me that, Number one, and
Number two, I haven't talked to Mr. Odic) about it.
Mr. Odio: I will take any lie...
Mr. Logan: I was talking to the Public Works Department, who is in charge of
the project and those are the only people that I can talk with.
Mr. Odio: First of all, sir...
Mr. Carollo: You guys care to use my security firm? We will throw a freebie!
Mr. Odio: I will be glad to take that test. Your contract is with the Audi-
torium Division. You were told by the Auditorium Division. I told you, you
knew about it, now...
Mr. Logan: Sir, I was not told that it would not be ready. That is incorrect.
Mr. Odio: I don't know why you have been talking to Pete Lonq, because...
Mr. Logan: Because he is the head of the project!
Mr. Odio: No, the head of the project is the Auditorium Division.
Mr. Logan: No, the Auditorium...let me tell you something - the Auditorium
Division doesn't even know what is going on! Let me tell you something! If I
had not ... which I probably ought to be paid a management consultant fee on this
Job... if I had not pointed out all the fallacies and the problems to the Convention
Center manager, he wouldn't have even had a schedule and the schedule was just
qiven to the Public Works Department by the contractor within the last week!
Mr. Odio: This is the second time you have been here this year askinq us to cover
your losses. _
Mr. Logan: Excuse me, sir, what...
Mr. Odio: You came for the Home Show. We gave you a loan, now you are coming
back again!
Mr. Logan: No, not for the Home Show. No, sir, I don't have anything to do with
the Home Show.
Mr. Gary: The bottom line, Mr. Mayor, and members of the Commission, I am totally
opposed to this, and if Mr. Logan feels that he has been harmed in any way, which
I would say lie has not, Logan can take us to court.
Mayor Ferro: All right. Anythinq else?
Mr. Carollo: I have a question. Is there anything you can show us in writing,
Mr. Logan that would reinforce some of the things you stated to us? Carl you
possibly go through your files and find some verbal communication you have?
Mr. Logan: Okay, I have correspondence, or a copy of a letter here - the only
thing I can say is, the word from the Public Works Department, if you were to
call Pete Long in here; if you were to call L.G.H. Construction and ask them
whether they knew that we needed the facility, and whether they didn't agree with
the fact that they felt it could be ready by June 30th, and they told us they
could have it ready for occupancy by then. They said it wouldn't be finished,
it might not be painted, the roof would be up and what have you, but they would
be ready for occupancy and we would have the roof. If you want to call them in
here and testify, I've got no problem with that. They did not send me anythinq
in writing. I sent them a letter asking them to put it in writinq and they
never forwarded one to me.
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, do you think it would be appropriate for us to do that?
Maxtor Ferre: Do what?
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Mr. Carollo: To get representatives of these firms to come over here, or if not,
send something in writing to that effect.
Mr. Bill Parkes: ... Pete Lon.- from the Department of Public I;'orks never told
him it would be ready in June. The contract was not signed until March, and
then where the plans happened to be revised, there is no way that that would be
ready in June with a six month construction time.
Mr. Logan: Excuse me, sir. Do you know what the construction schedule is?
Mr. ParkEs:I have it in my hand right here.
Mr. Logan: Okay, now, let me ask you a question. When was the contract let
out?
Mr. Parkes: The contract was awarded in...
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, I...
Mr. Logan: Who was this gentlemen? I don't even know who he was, and he
wasn't involved in any of the conversation.
Mr. Parkes: I am the Assistant Director of Public Works.
Mr. Gary: The reason he wasn't involved is that he supo rvises the person who
is involved.
Mr. Logan: What is your name, sir?
Mr. Gary: Hey, look...
Mr. Logan: I am sorry, I don't know who was speaking. He didn't identify
himself!
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Mr. Joel Krieger: Mr. Mayor and members of the Commission, my name is Joel
Krieger. I am president of Advanced Solar Products. My address is 370 South
Dixie Highway, Miami, Florida. I have been involved for the east five years
in the glass tinting and solar industry at that location. On March 21, 1983,
I contracted with Positive Results, Inc. which is doing this summer boat show
in Dinner Key for a booth and the salesman and I contracted at the courtyard.
I have been using that facility for the past four years at different shows
with different other promoters. This is the first time I have done any work
with Positive Results which Mr. Logan is the president of. The salesman at
that time said that the courtyard is air conditioned. I said "Is that the
tent area that has always been?" She said "Yes, it always been the tent
area, but now it is air conditioned". oil the first of May, or the first
week in May, Mr. Logan called my office and I was out at the time and hr_
spoke to my wife and said that the courtyard was not available, but tie can
move me to the mezzanine and I would be lucky to get the space. The next
day I spoke with Mr. Logan and he said his salesman didn't aver say there
was air conditioning and that everyone else moved but, he got very
rude with me, but he said he would return my deposit. On May 19th he
called and said I need to cancel in writing and I wrote the letter stating
that since it wasn't air conditioned, the space he sold me would not be
available. Then on May 27th, he sent me a check with a letter and he sent
me $100 of. the $200 deposit I sent him. I sent him $200 and lie sent me
back only $100, and the reason in letter stating was that the commission
was paid to the salesman, and he had other expenses. I then called to
say that why not pay me my money, and he said it is a contract and any
other exhibitor won't get the money back, and that the space is not avail-
able is due to the promoter's fault. I spoke with two other reputable
promoters that I have done business with, and they stated that if they
would have sold space to me and space was not available, they would return
my deposit in full. As of this time, I don't think that Mr. Logan should
get a penny from the City, because if he did this to me, he must have done
this to a lot of other people and he probably has got his money back already.
Mr. Logan: Mr. Carollo. Commissioner Carollo.
Mr. Carollo: Why not address the rest of the Commission, too.
Mr. Logan: Just as a courtesy to you, okay, and for the rest of
the Commission who is listening. I will just tell you that in his contract,
Number one, it gives the right, in the event of a problem of this kind, to
move him to another location. We did, in fact, offer to move him to an
air conditioned location on the mezzanine, contrary to what he just said,
and in addition to that, it doesn't call for any kind of a refund. We re-
funded half of his deposit. The other half was a full commission that was
paid to his sales person. In addition to that, his sales person never
represented that the job had already been done. She told him that the City
was in the process of doing it, and we expected it to be completed by that
day - just to answer the question.
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, I think the only thing that we could do, at least
the way I see it is if we get something concrete, either in writing, or
from some of the people that were mentioned here, you know, I can't...
Mayor Ferre: You come back on the 15th and bring it in writing, or bring
those people here and we will take it up again.
Mr. Logan: Well, what I would ask the Manager to do, if the Manager
evidently feels that I have circumvented him...
Mr. Gary: I don't take orders from you! I don't take orders from you.
Mr. Logan: No, no, excuse me. I didn't say that, Mr. Gary. I am talk-
ing to you, Mr. Gary. If you don't want to listen, that is okay. I didn't
try to circumvent you on this issue and I simply asking the Commission if
they would like to have the contractor here, and if they would like to have
Mr. Long here, that they would request (I can't request that they be here)
and then we will, you know ... we will say it all.
Mr. Gary: Can we get some important work done?
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Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, can we instruct the Manager to bring these people
and finish it off. We can't just...
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager, there is a request by a member of the Commission
that the contractor and the other people be either contacted and put it in
writing, or bring it before the Commission on the 15th.
Mr. Carollo: Howard, look, what I want to do is make sure that the City
is on completely safe legal standings. If you can go ahead and request of
these people to either come before the Commission, or send something in
writing as to the effect of the events - how they happened - t}1e chain of
events. You know, I think the Commission really needs that to really make
a sound decision, and we also need it for legal reasons.
Mayor Ferre: Very good. The Commission so instructs you.
MO. PU$LIC IIEARIN�; FOR P1;KPOSI` OI�� CONSIDERATION Oi' WAIVE K C)I�
kEQI'IKEMENT OF OBTAINING SEALED C'O'4FETITI%'I; BIDS It'PCIIA4L: OI-
BARI�ILRS, 13F.I1)G4"S, AMU OTHL:R 1,1.'LATED I'A(_'IL.ITIL;S BI�C)'•I :•10`I'OF:-
SFOkTS INC. ('tIAS,l C;kAND 1'I:I}:) .
Mayor Ferre: Now, Mr. Plummer.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, it was yourself who brought up some concerns that
you had about Item 2-A. I think it has instructed the Administration has
gone back and written in the proper safeguards that you expressed in your
concern.
Mayor Ferre: I have read this document. I am satisfied. Mr. Manager, for
Ulf- record, you heard the concerns that I expressed on the record at the
last meeting. Have they been satisfied in this document before us?
;fir. Gary: Mr. Mayor, that is probably the tightest document that you
probably have ever had. I am very comfortable with it.
Mayor Ferre: Is the answer "yes"?
Mr.. Gary: Yes, sir.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. City Attorney, you have heard on the record - you have on
the record my comments at the last time and my request. Are they satis-
fied with this legal document?
Mr. Robert Clark: Yes, sir.
Mayor Ferre: This has the approval as to legal form from the Law Department?
Mr. Clark: Yes, sir.
Mayor Ferre: If anything happens to these people, the City of Miami will
either have a surety bond, a performance bond, or we get our money back.
Mr. Clark: Ycs, sir. Prior to the payment of the purchase.
Mayor Ferre: If they don't perform...I am ready to vote. Who wants to
move this?
Mr. Plummer: I move 2-A.
Mayor Ferre: Is there a second?
Mr. Carollo: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion.
Mr. Plummer: For the record, the representative of Mr. Sanchez of Miami
Motor Sports, would you stand up and state your name for the record that
you have read the document, and you are in agreement.
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Mayor Ferre: Name and address.
Mr. Tony O'Donnell: Mr. Mayor and members of the Commission, my name is
Tony O'Donnell, law offices at 1.401 Brickell Avenue. My client has re-
viewed the terms that the Mayor and others raised at the last meeting and =
is in accord with those that are set forth in this document.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. O'Donnell, in your opinion, as an attorney representing _
your client, I well understand, but into the record, do you feel. that this
document properly re!_,resents the concerns expressed b;,,, myself at the last
Commission meeting, and they covered each and every oile?
Mr. O'Donnell: More than adequately.
Mayor Ferre: Thank you, sir.
Mr. O'Donnell: More than I like!
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? Okay? Call they roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who
moved its adoption:
1:1.:ti(?1,','TI(,N Nil-).
A RESOLUTION WAIVING THE REQUIREMENT FOR
FORMAL SEALED BIDS AND AUTHORIZING, BY AN
AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF NOT LESS THAN 4/5THS
OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION,
THE PURCHASE FROM MIAMI MOTORSPORTS,
INC., ON TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS SET
FORTH IN THE ATTACHED AGREEMENT, OF
RACEWAY BARRIERS, BRIDGES, AND OTHER
RELATED FACILITIES TO BE USED TO PROVIDE
AN ON —GOING CAPABILITY OF THE CITY FOR
THE PROMOTION OF THE MIAMI GRAND PRIX
AND/OR OTHER SIMILAR RACE EVENTS AND FOR
SUCH OTHER USES AS THE CITY MANAGER MAY
DEEM APPROPRIATE; ALLOCATING FUNDS
THEREFOR FROM HIGHWAY BOND FUNDS;
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE
THE ATTACHED AGREEMENT AND TO INSTRUCT
THE PURCHASING AGENT TO ISSUE PURCHASE
ORDERS FOR THIS PURCHASE; FURTHER
PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS SET FORTH IN THE
PREAMBLE OF THIS RESOLUTION.
(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 !gassed
and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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81. F:MF:RGENCY nIJ)INANCE: A..1NIND 01,I). 950), SECTION 34(115, STATUS OF
B1 ILDIN(,' hEKMITS OI: C1�:k`1'IF'ICi'TI-:S Oi, f tii' }'1:Tt�1 Tr, AD(11"PION OP
A:-11-:iJ1)?1i-.r,n' OF C)PI)INANCL.
Mayor Ferre: We have Item Number 72. Is there a mot -.ion on Item Number 72
on an emergency basis? We need four votes.
Mr. Plummer: Moved.
Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves 72. Is there a second?
Mr. Carollo: 72? That is a supplemental.
Mayor Ferro: This is the thing that the Cuban architects and the Latin
builders...
Mr. Plummer: Well, no, Mr. Mayor, in fairness to all builders...
Mayor Ferro: All the builders.
Mr. Plummer: To all builders - this was the provision to where they would have
the 45 to GO day lead time to surrender their plans for the new application of
9500. If in fact the 9500 did not pass in its substantive form,then they
would at least be protected under 6871..
Mayor Ferro: It has been moved and seconded. Is them further discussion?
Read the ordinance, pl(�ase.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED:
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TEXT OF
ORDINANCE N0, 9500, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, BY AMENDING
SECTION 100 ENTITLED "REPEAL OF ORDINANCE NO.
6871, AS AMENDED" OF ARTICLE 1 ENTITLED
"INTRODUCTION", AND SECTION 3405 ENTITLED
"STATUS OF BUILDING PERMITS OR CERTIFICATES
OF USE ISSUED PRIOR TO ADOPTION OR AMENDMENT
OF ORDINANCE", OF ARTICLE 34 ENTITLED
"ADMINISTRATION, ENFORCEMENT, VIOLATION, AND
PENALTIES", BY PROVIDING FOR VIABILITY OF
CERTAIN APPLICATIONS FOR BUILDING PERMITS,
VARIANCES, CONDITIONAL USES AND PUBLIC
HEARINGS UNDER ORDINANCE NO. 6871 SUBSEQUENT
TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SAID ORDINANCE NO.
9500; BY REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES, CODE
SECTIONS, OR PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT; AND
CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
Was introduced by Commissioner i'luuuner, and seconded by
Commissioner Carollo 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 Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
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Whereupon the Commission on motion of Commissioner Plummer, and
seconded by Commissioner Carollo, adopted said Ordinance by the following
vote:
AYES: Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED EMERGENCY ORDINANCE 140. 9642
The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and an-
nounced that copies were available to the members of the City Commission —
and to the public.
8.2. ENTER II4TO NEGOTIATIONS WITIi UNDEFWRI'ITERS TU 1-'11'I'INNXE (;0%T:RN'•1E14T
CENTER PARKING t;A1A(; : I:1:VL:N1;I-1 BONDS SERIES 19"A THR01' ,H Air
ADVANCED 1,d-Xt'NDIN(; BONI ) SA1,F .
Mayor Ferre: Take up Agenda Item Number 57.
Mr. Gary: We can save approximately $1,000,000 by refinancing our garage under
favorable terms whereby in the past when the market was not as good even thoug11
we sold it six, seven points under, at 13°: interest rate:, we think we call do
better than that now.
Mayor Ferre: Is there a motion?
Mr. Carollo: Moved.
Mayor Ferre: Moved by Carollo. Is there a second?
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Second by Perez. Further discussion? Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Carollo, who
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-502
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO
NEGOTIATIONS WITH UNDERWRITERS TO REFINANCE THE GOVERNMENT
CENTER PARKING GARAGE REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 1981, THROUGH
ISSUANCE AND SALE OF ADVANCED REFUNDING BONDS.
(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 Massed
and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
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8'3. ASSESS ADDITIONAL s ' CL 11,J. COSTS A�_;AINST I'EP.SONS CO' VICTED FOR
A l'I0LATION (7T A STATI: STATt"I'I: ()I,*.'•il idIi'IhAI� OK 01Ii)INANCE
OCCUPIN(: WITIHN CITY I,I'41T.c_;.
Mayor Ferro: We may as well do Aqenda Item Number 58. Is there a problem with
Item 58?
Mr. Gary: No, that gives us more money.
Mr. Carollo: Hold on, Mr. Mayor. Let me have a look at this.
Mr. Gary: This applies a $2.00 court cost against every violation of State
Statutes. It allows us to qet our $2.00 like Dade County and the State does.
Mr. Carollo: When you say court costs, you are saying when they actually
go to court.
Mr. Gary: Right.
Mr. Carollo: Not including here when someone gets a parking ticket, or
anything of that sort?
Mr. Gary: No, sir.
,dr. Carollo: That is fair.
Mayor Ferro: All right, Carollo moves, Perez seconds. Further discussion?
Call the roll on 58.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Carollo, who
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-503
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI ASSESSING AN ADDITIONAL
$2.00 AS COURT COSTS AGAINST EVERY PERSON CONVICTED FOR A
VIOLATION OF A STATE STATUTE OR FOR A VIOLATION OF A
MUNICIPAL OR COUNTY ORDINANCE THAT OCCURRED WITHIN THE
CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY TO BE USED FOR CRIMINAL
JUSTICE EDUCATION AND TRAINING AS PROVIDED IN SECTION
943.14, FLORIDA STATUTES; DIRECTING THE CLERK OF THE
CIRCUIT COURT TO CAUSE THE IMPOSITION OF SAID ADDITIONAL
COST AND REMIT SAID FUNDS TO THE CITY.
(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 Cussed
and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
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84. EXTEND ALL I,4I'ACT AID i'c1I:_ I'PO FFSSIOINAL
JOIS TI:AININC= SIB PVTCE.
Mayor Ferre: Take up Agenda Item Number 59.
Mr. Carollo: Moved.
Mayor Ferre: Moved by Carollo - is there a second?
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Second by Perez. Further discussion?
Mr. Carollo: Hold on for a moment, these are impact aid agreements for
professional job training service from July Ist through July 31st. Okay,
just for one last time?
Mr. Gary: That is right.
Mr. Carollo: Okay, that's fine.
Mayor Ferro: Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Carollo, who
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-504
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXTEND ALL
ENTRANT IMPACT AID PROGRAM AGREEMENTS FOR PROFESSIONAL
JOB TRAINING SERVICES FROM JULY 1, 1983 THROUGH JULY 31,
1983 WITH FUNDS NEEDED FOR SAID EXTENSION TO BE TAKEN
FROM THE CITY'S 1983-84 ALLOCATION FOR THIS PROGRAM.
(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 Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: Commissioner Miller. J. Dawkins
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
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�s5. AUTHOPIZE Ri;-DESI,.Tb1TTOTI 01' CASH DONATION FRO:^•1 :-IRS. RITA JOHNSON
WTLDEP; FU'.CW;;Vi'TOiiAL 1 ACTLITTFS III F:F*,;*:1.PY RAi F.
Mayor Ferre: We are on Agenda Item Number 61. This is the City Manager's
recommendation.
Mr. Carollo: Moved.
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferre: All right, it has been moved and seconded. Is this lady,
Mrs. Rita Johnson Wilder local?
Mr. Gary: Yes, she is. Remember, she wanted to put the statue in Margaret
Pace Park and the people didn't want a buildinq over there, remember?
Mayor Fu rre: Oh, I see. Further discussion on 61?
Mr. Carollo: Yes, can we also get some kind of recognition for her and have
it before the City Commission some meeting?
Mr. Gary: No doubt.
Mayor Ferre: Okay. Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Carollo, who
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-505
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE RE -DESIGNATION OF A $45,000.
CASH DONATION PLUS ACCRUED INTEREST, FROM MRS. RITA JOHNSON
WILDER TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN
KENNEDY PARK THUS SATISFYING THE GRANT MATCHING REQUIREMENT
OF THE METRO -DADS DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT BISCAYNE BAY RESTORATION AND ENHANCEMENT
PROGRAM.
(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 Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
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80. ACCEPT BID: ANN1-AL rHYSICAL LX711S F 01 POLICI: ITEPARTIENT.
Mayor Ferre: Thank up Agenda Item Number 62, police physical exams.
Mr. Gary: Yes, we need that, Mr. Mayor, pursuant to the Consent Decree as
well as to determine that all officers are physically sound, we need to have
them do this.
Mr. Carollo: Moved.
Mayor Ferre: Carollo moves. Second by Perez. Further discussion?
Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Carollo, who
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-506
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THL. BID OF CEDARS MEDICAL CENTER, INC.
FOR FURNISHING APPROXIMATELY 914 ANNUAL PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS
ON A CONTRACT BASIS FOR ONE YEAR TO THE DEPARTMENT OF POLICE AT
A TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF $110,000; ALLOCATING FUNDS THEREFOR
FROM THE 1982-83 OPE:RATING BUDGET OF THAT DEPARTMENT; AUTHORIZ-
ING THE CITY MANAGER TO INSTRUCT THE PURCHASING AGENT TO ISSUE
A PURCHASE ORDER FOR THIS SERVICE.
(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 Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
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C01"NTY 0C)01-'DTr,1ATT(_)N OI' F'•'J:k�:;ENCY
Mayor Ferre: Take up Agenda Item Number 35. That is Jackson Memorial
Hospital.
Mr. Carollo: Howard, can you expand this a little more?
Mr. Gary: Yes, When our emergency rescue goes out, it needs to have the
assistance of a doctor to tell them how they should respond to a person who
has a heart attack or stroke, and he gives constant communication between
our E.M.S. and Jackson Memorial Hospital. Then, when they yet there, he has
already read out all of the computerized data. He knows how to treat the
patients quickly.
Mr. Carollo: Okay, so it is actually something that is cgoiny to benefit us.
Mr. Gary: It benefits us and it is very cheap. You know, you can't cFet a
doctor twenty-four hours a day that is guaranteed just to service our
emergency medical service.
Mr. Carollo: I so move.
Mayor Ferre: Is there a second?
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Second by Perez. Further discussion on 35. Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Carollo, who
moved its adoption:
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN
AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING ORIGINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY
OF MIAMI AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH TRUST OF DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA,
WHICH OPERATES JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, FOR THE COORDINATION
OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE RESCUE DIVISION
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI FIRE, RESCUE AND INSPECTION SERVICES
DEPARTMENT, WHICH EXTENDS THIS AGREEMENT FOR A PERIOD OF THE
TWO (2) FISCAL YEARS OF 1983/84 AND 1984/85, SUBSTANTIALLY IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE
ORIGINAL AGREEMENT EXCEPT THAT THE ANNUAL COMPENSATION WHICH
IS CURRENTLY $15,000 WILL BE SUBJECT TO MUTUAL AGREEMENT PRIOR
TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF EACH YEAR, WITH FUNDS THEREFOR TO BE
PROVIDED IN THE FIRE, RESCUE AND INSPECTION SERVICES DEPART-
MENT'S GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET AND SPECIAL REVENUE BUDGET.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and
Oil file in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the resolution was Fussed
and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
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Mayor Ferre: Agenda Item Number 38. I am amazed that Cramer, Hoffman & Haber
will do the work they have done and they will do it for $33,000.
Mr. Gary: It is the same amount. They are just switchinq it from account to
another.
Mayor Ferre: Frankly, I will tell you it is the best deal we have going, even
if they are Republicans!
Mr. Carollo: So moved.
Mr. Gary: No increase in the amount. No increase.
Mayor Ferre: Amazing! Carollo moves. Perez seconds. Further discussion?
Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Carollo, who
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-508
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO AMEND THE LEGIS-
LATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORM ATTACHED,
WITH THE LAW FIRM OF CRAMER, HOFFMAN & HABER, P.C., COUNSELORS
AT LAW, TO EXTEND THE AGREEMENT THROUGH APRIL 22, 1984, AND TO
INCREASE THE BASE COMPENSATION FROM $30,000 TO $33,000 PER
YEAR AND TO DECREASE THE ALLOWANCE FOR OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES
FROM $12,000 TO $9,000 PER YEAR WITH FUNDS HEREBY ALLOCATED
FROM SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND ACCOUNTS.
(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 Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
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THE LAM? AT ONE HKI:AT,I) I TAZA i'F'.il: i KNT';I[T-I•.I DPEP NNW F'APLRS
Mayor Ferre: Agenda Item Number 39.
Mr. Gary: We are taking a covenant to have access to the Knight-Ridder piece
of property so the public can use it. It is a condition, of their variance.
Mayor Ferre: Is there a motion on that? This is a covenant that we required
from them. Now they are giving it to us and we have to accept it. There
is no Mickey Mouse on this or anything?
Mr. Gary: No, sir.
Mayor Ferre: It is a straight covenant, right?
Mr. Gary: That is correct.
Mayor Ferre: All right, is there a motion?
Mr. Perez: Yes.
Mayor Ferre: Perez moves. Joe, you want to second it?
Mr. Carollo: Is this actually protecting the City of Miami?
Mr. Gary: Yes, it gives us rights to utilize our public ... and any citizen to
utilize their land for that walkway.
Mr. Carollo: You guys voted to give them the variance already. Of course, the
Planning Department approved that, as I recall the article. Yeah, either
al -prove it, or they get their tails given to them in the next few articles,
so I guess I have to vote "yes" for this.
Mayor Ferre: All rictht., further discussion? Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Perez, who
moved its adoptiori:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-509
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING FROM KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS, INC. A
GRANT OF EASEMENT AND RESTRICTIVE COVENANT TO RUN WITH THE LAND
AT ONE HERALD PLAZA RELATING TO THE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE
OF A LANDSCAPED WALKWAY AND OTHER PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED AMENITIES
IN CONNECTION WITH THE BAY EASEMENT AT HERALD PARK (121-4)
AND DIRECTING THE PROPER OFFICIALS TO RECORD SAID EASEMENT -
COVENANT IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA.
(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 Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
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W. AUTHORIZE INCkEASI: IN TURNKEY (rNTkAC"I , TI11: CITY OF MIAMI CENTER
ASSOCIATES INC. 1611 CQn1. ITI(Q tANTIT TAkKTIN ':AF&M.
Mayor Ferre: We are now on Agenda Item Number 44. This is the Turnkey
contract between Miami Center Associates for the Convention Center.
Mr. Carollo: So moved.
Mayor Ferre: .Moved by Carollo.
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Second by Perez. Now, who is ,Miami Center Associates, Inc.?
Mr. Gary: That is Worsham, because we had a Turnkey Proicct, and this money
is basically, Mr. Mayor, because we made some modifications for the Metrorail
downtown people mover.
Mayor Ferre: Yes, right. Further discussion? Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Carollo, who
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-510
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN INCREASE IN THE TURNKEY CONTRACT,
BETWEEN THE CITY AND MIAMI CENTER ASSOCIATES, INC., FOR THE
CONVENTION CENTER PARKING GARAGE, IN THE AMOUNT OF $171,740;
SAID FUNDS TO BE PROVIDED FROM THE CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT
ESTABLISHED FROM THE SALE OF CONVENTION CENTER AND PARKING
GARAGE REVENUE BONDS.
(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 massed
and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plut:uner, Jr.
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11,NtVft` JO N ull' F[JLDTN i A, 'iA':1'EL APIT 'I: CE.NTL•P.
Mayor Ferre: Take up Agenda Item Number 47. This is Duany, Plater-Zvberk
and Plasencia. Carollo moves. That is for the Manuel Artime Community
Building. Carollo moves. Perez seconds.
Mr. Carollo: Oh, by the way, how about my {palm tree for... the royal palm
tree?
Mr. Gary: I don't know!
Mayor Ferre: Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Carollo, who
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-511
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREE-
MENT IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORM ATTACHED HERETO, BETWEEN THE
CITY OF MIAMI AND DUANY, PLATER-ZYBERK AND PLASF.NCIA TO PRO-
VIDE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR THE RENOVATION OF BUILDING "A"
OF THE MANUEL ARTIME COMMUNITY CENTER, SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY
OF FUNDS AND THE APPROPRIATION OF SAID FUNDS BY THE CITY COM-
MISSION; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXPEND AN
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $36,000 TO COVER THE COST OF THE SCHEMATIC
DESIGN AND THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PHASES OF SAID AGREEMENT AND
ANY OTHER NECESSARY ANCILLARY SERVICE. CONTRACTS, USING FUNDS
FROM THE 8TH YEAR Co?,IM[1NITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM THAT HAVE BEEN
DESIGNATED FOR SAID PURPOSES.
(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 Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
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Mayor Ferro: Take up Agenda Item Number 48.
Mr. Gary: Accepting the grant to stabilise the shore line at Kennedy Park.
Mayor Ferre: Perez moves, Carollo seconds. Further discussion. Call the
roll on 48.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Perez, who
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-5121
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT A (;RANT IN
THE AMOUNT OF $200,000 FROM THE METRO -DADS DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRON-
MENTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT BISCAYNE BAY RESTORATION AND ENHANCE-
MENT PROGRAM; AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE
A PROJECT AGREEMENT TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted hers 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 Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
93. AUTHORIZE CITY :MANAGER TO RL•:QULS`I' F'INANCIrAL ASSISTANCE TO AID AND
DL'VL•'LOP '1.'NT OF FOF:T DALLAS PAPK.
Mayor Ferre: Take up Agenda Item Number 49.
Mr. Gary: Authorizing me to apply for a grant to fix up Fort Dallas Park.
Mayor Ferre: Carollo moves, Perez seconds. Further discussion? Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Carollo, who
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-513
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS TO REQUEST
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL RESOURCES, RECREATION DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM;
ALLOCATING $198,500 TO MEET THE GRANT MATCHING FUNDS REQUIRE-
MENTS AND AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO
THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES TO AID IN
THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORT DALLAS PARK.
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Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the resolution was Massed
and adopted by the following vote:
AYL;S: Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer
94. COM:IIT $300,000 IN CAI'ITAI, f'l-NDS FOP PAFY,
REDEVELOPMENT NT i'I•:OJF:C'I'.
Mayor Ferre: Take up Agenda Item Number 50. Carollo moves - Moore Park,
right?
Mr. Gary: Yes, applying for a grant.
Mayor Ferre: Okay, Perez seconds. Further discussion? Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Carollo, who
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-514
A RESOLUTION COM1%1ITTING $300,000 IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT 1'ROGRA!,1
FUNDS TO THE MOORE PARK REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT FOR THE SIXTEEN
(16) MONTH PERIOD BEGINNING JUNE 1, 1983 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER
30, 1984, IN ORDER TO MEET THE 30% MATCH REQUIREMENT FOR A
$699,900 GPANT AWARD FROM THE. URBAN PARK AND RECREATION
RECOVERY PROGRAM.
(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 Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
NOTE FOR THE RECORD: Agenda Item Number 54 was withdrawn.
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Mayor Ferre: Agenda Item Number 70, the t'srful Ag,,1. Carollo, isn't that
yours? Los Viejos Utiles.
Mr. Carollo: Mr. ?Mayor, let me explain this to you. if I 1,av�
it here, I ... it is in the Supplemental A(ienda?
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, can we cut through this? ;.iv(' it to him and 1-t
Give him what he wants, $:3,900.
Mayor Ferre: $3,900? All right, Carollo, do you want to move it?
Mr. Carollo: For the record, Mr. Mayor, what they are asking for ire, one
position for a driver to be Laid of salary of $3,50 au hour for four hours
a day for 52 weeks out of the year.
Mayor Ferre: To drive th,=, old man around.
Mr. Carollo: That will be $3,640. The driver has stated here, it i.s -just
doing to be delivering different foods to the elderly. It is not C.,Oillo
to be any physical transportation of people, just. bringirm food to t.hl.
people. There will be $243.88 for F.I.C.A. and $3(,.4i) for the t'nrmjAo,.mcGit_,
for a total il,r.t %..ill br for.. .
Mayor Ferre: Carollo moves. Perez sr.�onds. Further discus:,ion Cell ti��_
roll.
The followlnq motion was intro ducc'd I.,.. Commi. .4ionc r Carollo, whC, m,)���•,:
its adoption.
:MOTION NO. 515
A MOTION GRANTING A REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING MADFBY
THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE USEFUL AGED, INC. IN Till: AMOUNT OF
$3,920.28 TO FUND THE SALARY OF ONE DRIVER.
upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the motion wa:; passed and
adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
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T(-1(.visioii ordiriance X11i for tilt SOIIthL-,ISL O"'cl-town P;Irk l, , 'cst. '111LIV V:t,rt-� 1),)LI1
itit.roduced to yoll two m(etiri(Is a(lo. Th- Ch,irt-.r oiv(-; t-he Cit-v C'('MIrlission
tilt' rio411*1 to 1,!(iit iortal I osit iolls; by I- ordinjricf� and that i :; W1 Iv i t- i
in the form of an orcii
Wait, wilt I miril-It, ll'()W, is that all Withill t-ll(-, 1)ud(T.,'t-7t
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t th()S(2 twi) I
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Mayor Ft.-i-rL. What?
;Mr. (ary: Nx. ".11avor, HIE-y have th(' molle", bec'--luse this 1,jw%1t-*Y IS (10inq t-O lit'
Laid out of Cable T.V. fund and what they art., saying is this is a ttichilicalit-y
they have LO (;0 tilrOLIL111.
Mayor Ferre: All right, who wants to jnc)%,e tjj(.:;t� two ljjwy(,ys for...
Mr. Carollo: So mc)v(-ci.
I•tiyor Purre : Caro I 1c) moves. Two mort, lawvt.-r--,!
AN ORDINANCE LNT1TLE'D-
AN OkDINANC' ALYPHORIZTN(� TW(-) ADDITIONAL 11OS1TjC),1,1F, (-)I.' ASSISTANT
CITY ATTORNE'Y.
Was int-roduct,d by Commissioller Cal-0110 1111d
and 1jasSt"d On itS firSt I-OddilIq by title 1-'2' tilt: 1-()11')WiIJLI %'()tk•:
AYES: Commissioner !)t mf-,t r i,) I , r-sz
Commissioner Joc Cal-0110
Mayor Maurice A. FerrC
NOES Not It
AH.SENT: COMMiSSiCAILII- MilluY J. 1JaWkijjS
Vice -Mayor J. L. FluinmL-r, Jr.
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Attorney re,ici the ordinanc— into the (public record and
t copies were available to the members of the City Commission
rnkcrrs of t.}u, j:uhlic .
Is thero anything lsc- to come before this Commission at this
,:-, t';r'.:i 't ;,u: Ln�sS to Come before the City Commission,
y made and : econ,ied, the mectinq was adjourned at 7:30 P.M.
,Pll (;. ONGIL
y Clerk
'TY HIPAI
istant City Clerk
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ITEM N04
DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION
COMMISSION
RETRIEVALACTION CODE NO.
1
COMMENDING THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CAPITAL BANK OF MIAMI
AND MR. ABEL HOLTZ FOR THEIR EXPRESSION OF CIVIC
COOPERATION - 6013 N.W. 7TH AVENUE, MIAMI.
R-83-451
83-451
2
CONCERN OF THE CITY COMMISSION OVER THE PROBLEMS
FACING THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF SAN SALVADOR,
EL SALVADOR.
R-83-452
83-452
3
ALLOCATING $25,000 TO HELP DEFRAY COST OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI CARIBBEAN CONFERENCE.
R-83-455
83-455
4
EXPRESSING APPROVAL AND SUPPORT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THE METRO MIAMI ACTION PLAN DURING 1983.
R-83-456
83-456
5
RENAMING THE CITY OF MIAMI EDISON CENTER PARK:
THE "ATHALIE RANGE PARK".
R-83-460
83-460
6
AMENDING SECTION 5 OF RESOLUTION NO. 83-330
RE: THE TASK FORCE.
R-83-463
83-463
7
NAMING THE MORNINGSIDE PARK TENNIS FACILITIES AT N.E.
55TH TERRACE AND BISCAYNE BAY, THE "JOHN 'SLIM'
HARBETT MORNINGSIDE PARK TENNIS CENTER".
R-83-464
83-464
8
APPOINTING A CHAIRPERSON OF THE CITY OF MIAMI MINORITY
PROCUREMENT COMPLIANCE BOARD.
R-83-465
83-465
9
GRANT PROGRAM FINAL STATEMENT TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD).
R-83-468
83-468
10
WAIVING THE REQUIREMENT OF FORMAL SEALED BIDS FOR
RENTAL FROM THE COMPUTER BURROUGHS CORPORATION OF 3
MEGA BYTES.
R-83-470
83-470
11
AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF COMPUTER STOCK PAPER
FROM ARNOLD GRAPHIC INDUSTRIES, INC.
R-83-472
83-472
12
SELECTION BY THE TACOLCY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION AND SERVICES FOR THE EDISON PLAZA PROJECT.
R-83-473
83-473
13
APPROVING THE OVERTOWN COMMUNITY CONSUMER FLEA MARKET
PROJECT.
R-83-476
83-476
14
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH BRANDT LAURSEN
COMPUTER SPECIALIST TO PROVIDE "SYSTEM SOFTWARE
CONFIGURATION AND MANAGEMENT" SERVICES.
R-83-480
83-480
15
AGREEMENT WITH SHEARSON/AMERICAN EXPRESS, INC. AND
MANUFACTURERS HANOVER TRUST COMPANY.
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ALLOCATING $670,000 FROM PROGRAM INCOME AND 6TH AND
7TH YEAR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS FOR
OVERTOWN AREA.
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EXTENDING AGREEMENT WITH E.P. IACONIS FOR AUDITS IN THE
JAMES L. KNIGHT INTERNATIONAL CENTER PROJECT.
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AGREEMENT WITH THE SOUTH FLORIDA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
FUNDS
AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO INCREASE THE BUDGET
ALLOCATION AMOUNT FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK
GRANT FUNDS TO THE COCONUT GROVE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION.
EXECUTE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT
OF OFF-STREET PARKING FOR THE LEASE OF CERTAIN SPACE
ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF THE OLYMPIA BUILDING.
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LEASE AGREEMENT WITH DEPARTMENT OF OFF-STREET
PARKING FOR THE LEASE OF CERTAIN SPACE
ON THE FIFTH AND NINTH FLOORS OF THE OLYMPIA BUILDING.II
APPROVING THE RANK ORDER OF QUALIFIED ARCHITECTURAL/
ENGINEERING FIRMS RECOMMENDED BY A SELECTION
COM]RITTEE/THE PLAYERS STATE THEATER BOARDS.
PERMITTING THE DADE HERITAGE TRUST TO MOVE THE BROWN
RESIDENCE A.K.A. CORAL ROCK HOUSE TO WATSON ISLAND.
ALLOCATING $1,283,644 OF NINTH YEAR COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS.
AGREEMENT WITH THE ALLAPATTAH BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY, INC./ALLAPATTAH. MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION.
ACCEPT BIDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EQUIPMENT CO. FOR
FURNISHING POLICE VAN PARTITIONS.
REQUESTING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE LAND AND
WATER CONSERVATION FUND PROGRAM/JOSE MARTI
RIVERFRONT PARK.
REQUESTING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE FEDERAL
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND PROGRAM FOR THE
REDEVELOPMENT OF BAYFRONT PARK.
ACCEPT COMPLETED WORK OF MET CONSTRUCTION, INC FOR
THE ORANGE BOWL.
ORDERING CITY WIDE SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT-
ALLAPATTAH INDUSTRIAL AREA SR-5497-C.
ACCEPTING DEEDS OF DEDICATION FOR HIGHWAY
PURPOSES.
ACCEPTING THE BID OF GRAPHIC PRODUCTIONS COMPANY TO
DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING AND VEHICLE MAINTENANCE.
PRINT SHOP.
CONTRACT WITH HAMMER, SILF,R, GEORGE ASSOCIATES/
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN PARK WEST COMMUNITY.
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WAIVING THE REQUIREMENT FOR FORMAL SEALED BIDS/
MIAMI MOTORSPORTS, INC.
NEGOTIATIONS WITH UNDERWRITERS TO REFINANCE THE
GOVERNMENT CENTER PARKING GARAGE REVENUE BONDS
SERIES 1981
ASSESSING AN ADDITIONAL $2.00 AS COURT COSTS
AGAINST EVERY PERSON CONVICTED FOR A VIOLATION OF
A STATE STATUTE FOR A VIOLATION OF A MUNICIPAL
STATUTE.
EXTENDING ALL ENTRANT IMPACT AID PROGRAM AGREEMENTS
FOR PROFESSIONAL JOB TRAINING SERVICES.
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AUTHORIZING THE RE -DESIGNATION OF A $45,000.00
CASH DONATION FROM MRS. RITA JOHNSON WILDER.
ACCEPT BID OF CEDARS MEDICAL CENTER, INC. FOR ANNUAL
PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS.
AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING ORIGINAL AGREEMENT
WITH PUBLIC HEALTH TRUST OF DADE COUNTY.
AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO AMEND THE LEGISLATIVE
SERVICES AGREEMENT THE LAW FIRM OF CRAMER, HOFFMAN
AND HABER, P.C.
ACCEPTING FROM KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS,INC. A GRANT
OF EASEMENT AND RESTRICTIVE COVENANT TO RUN WITH
THE LAND AT ONE HERALD PLAZA.
AUTHORIZING AN INCREASE IN THE TURNKEY CONTRACT WITH
MIAMI CENTER ASSOCIATES, INC. FOR THE CONVENTION
CENTER.
AGREEMENT WITH DUANY, PLATER, ZYBERK AND PLACENCIA
FOR MANUEL ARTIME COKMUNITY CENTER.
ACCEPTING GRANT $200,000 FROM METRO DADE DEPARTMENT
OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
BISCAYNE BAY.
AUTHORIZING PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR SUBMISSION
OF GRANT APPLICATION TO AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT
OF FORT DALLAS PARK.
$300,000 IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FUNDS
TO THE MOORE PARK REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT .
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