HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 1983-02-10 MinutesCITY OF.MIAMI
MINUTES
OF MEETING HELD ON FEBRUARY 1-0, 1983
(REGULAR)
PREPARED BY THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
CITY HALL
RALPH G. ONGIE
CITY CLERK
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4PPROVE MINUTES OF DECEMBER 9 AND DECEMBER 16, 1982.
DISCUSSION
AUTHORIZE AGREEMENT "SURROUNDING ISLANDS PROJECT" BY
ARTIST, CRISTO.
R-83-73
AUTHORIZE AGREEMENT FOR USE OF COCONUT GROVE EXHI-
BITION CENTER FOR ANNUAL ANTIQUE SHOW, TIME PERIOD
1983-1987.
R-83-74
ACCEPT PLAN FOR 11TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL FOLK
FESTIVAL IN PRINCIPLE AND REFER TO CITY MANAGER.
M-83-75
PREPARED RESOLUTION "CITY UNDER ONE GOD".
M-83-76
APPROVE $1,500 CONTRIBUTION TO CARVER BRANCH Y.M.C.A.
SUBJECT CITY MANAGER'S APPROVAL,.-
M-83-77
DISCUSSION ITEM: REQUEST FOR FEE WAIVER FEBRUARY 28
OF KNIGHT CONVENTION CENTER. REFER TO CITY MANAGER.
DISCUSSION
GRANT REQUEST FOR USE OF WATSON ISLAND AND SHOU11OBIL
FOR BILL -FISH PROMOTIONAL EVENT: INCLUDES THE DIS-
CUSSION OF DINNER KEY LAUCHING RAMP.
M-83-78
REQUEST CITY MANAGER TO COOPERATE WITH COLUMBIAN
CONSULATE FOR POSSIBLE VISIT OF ORCHESTRA TO MIAMI
AREA.
M-83-79
ALLOCATE AN AMOUNT REPRESENTING ONE DAY'S RENTAL OF
THE MIAMI MARINE STADIUM FOR TRAVEL AGENTS' PROMO-
TIONAL EVENT.
M-83-80
CONDOLENCES TO MAYOR MARTIN YELIN, MAYOR OF WEST
MIAMI, ON THE OCCASION OF THE DEATH OF HIS SON.
M-83-81 .
DISCUSSION ITEM: CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF
-COLONEL MITCHELL WOLFSON.
DISCUSSION
INFORMAL DISCUSSION: APPLICATION BY KLU KLUX KLAN
FOR PERMIT.
DISCUSSION
GRANT REQUEST FOR FUNDING IN AN AMOU14T NOT TO EXCEED
$15,000 - GREATER MIAMI OPERA ASSOCIATION.
M-83-82
ACCEPT NOMINATION OF DAVID WEAVER TO BE THE CHAIRMAN
OF THE OFF-STREET PARKING AUTHORITY BASED UPON RECOM-
MENDATION OF THE OFF-STREET PARKING AUTHORITY BOARD.
M-83-83
BRIEF DISCUSSSION ITEM: PROPOSED REVERSAL OF EXISTING
ORDINANCE PROHIBITING PERSONS FROM SERVING MORE '19AN
THREE CONSECUTIVE TERMS OR MORE THAN NINE YEARS IN -.
EITHER PLANNING OR ZONING BOARDS.
DISCUSSION
GRANT REQUEST MADE BY ALLAPATTAH COMMUNITY ACTION
INC. FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING SUBJECT TO APPROVAL AND
REPORT BY THE CITY MANAGER.
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GRANT REQUEST FOR USE OF BAYFRONT PARK AUDITORIUM
R CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL MAY 1ST TO 4TH - METRO -DARE
ILD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
(RANT DEFERRAL OF RENTAL PAYMENT FOR COCONUT GROVE
EXHIBITION CENTER TO MR. VICTOR LOGAN FOR A "WON-
DERFUL WORLD OF BUSINESS EXPO" AND PROVIDING FOR
REPAYMENT OF SAID LOAN.
RATIFY COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT - SANITA-
TION EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION.
FORMALIZING RESOLUTION INTER -LOCAL AGREEMENT
PARK -WEST OVERTOWN.
COMMENDATION AND THANK YOU TO MR. ART TEALE AND
METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY FOR, THEIR EFFORTS CON-
CERNING THE INTER -LOCAL AGREEMENT FOR PARK -WEST
OVERTOWN.
BRIEF DISCUSSION ITEM: GRAND PRIX - REFERRED TO
THE CITY MANAGER.
RECEIVE REPORT BY B00Z ALLEN HAMILTON ON THE DEPART-
MENT OF DATA PROCESSING.
LONG DISCUSSION: MIAMI CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT, INC.
DISCUSSION, PROPOSAL FOR REPRESENTATIVE FOR OFFICE
OF PROFESSIONAL COMPLIANCE TO BE LOCATED IN CULMER
OVERTOWN AND OUTREACH CENTER SELECTION: APPROVE
SELECTION AND USE OF NINE COMMUNITY OUTREACH CENTERS
ACCEPT IN PRINCIPLE RECOMMENDATION OF OFF-STREET
PARKING AUTHORITY FOR REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM GUSMAN
HALL/OLYMPIA BUILDING.
DISCUSSION OF FUTURE APPOINTMENT TO THE LITTLE
HAVANA EAST TASK FORCE. (note. This committee has
not yet been officially created.)
PLAQUES, PROCLAMATI0S AND SPECIAL ITEMS.
APPROVE FUNDING FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE 7TH Y
APPROVE SALE OF RUM PUNCH AS PART OF A FUND RAISING
EFFORT DURING THE COCONUT GROVE ART FESTIVAL.
DISCUSSION AND DEFERRAL OF CONSIDERATION CONCERNING
ADVERTISEMENT OF SEALED BIDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF
GRAND AVENUE SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT H-4483.
CONTINUE PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING UNIFIED DEVELOP-
MENT PROJECT SPECIALTY SHOPPING CENTER KNOWN AS BAY -
SIDE AT MIAMARINA.
WAIVE COMPETITIVE BIDDING FOR SYSTEMATIC MAINTENANCE
EXISTING INTEGRATED PROTECTION SYSTEM POLICE DEPART-
MENT.
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M-83-86
R-83-87
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M-83-89
DISCUSSION
M-83-90
DISCUSSION
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DISCUSSION
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DISCUSSION
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WAIVE COMPETITIVE REQUIREMENTS CONTAINED IN CITY
.CO4E 2-302 AUTHORIZE CITY ATTORNEY TO ENGAGE LEGAL
SERVICES OF TERRY V. PERCY.
PERSONAL APPEARANCE: MR. WILLIAM JOHNSON, CHAIRMAN
OF CAA CULMER/OVERTOWN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. MOTION TO
RECEIVE REPORT ONLY.
SECOND READING ORDINANCE: AMEND ORDINANCE 9332 CABLE
T.V.; ADD PROVISION FOR GRANTING FOR CERTAIN SECURITY .
INTERESTS OF CABLE LICENSEES.
AMEND RESOLUTION 82-1011 WHICH ALLOCATED FEDERAL
REVENUE FUNDS; INCREASE TOTAL ALLOCATION.
APPROVE INVITATION FOR PROPOSALS AFFORDABLE RENTAL
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
AUTHORIZE AGREEMENT WITH INA HEALTH PLAN; INTERNATIONAL
MEDICAL CENTERS HMO; AND SOUTH FLORIDA GROUP HEALTH
INC. PROVIDING ALTERNATIVE GROUP HEALTH BENEFITS.
ALLOCATE AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $47,000 TO DEFRAY COST
OF MIAMI-DADE BLACK BUSINESS INDUSTRIAL DIRECTORY.
AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AGREEMENT WITH LATIN
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (CAMACOL); ESTABLISH COMPUTER BASED
MARKET RESEARCH CENTER.
RESOLUTION ALLOCATING $22,000 TO KIWANIS CLUB OF LITTLE
HAVANA FOR CALLE 8 FESTIVAL INCLUDING WAIVER OF FIRE-
WORKS DISPLAY RESTRICTIONS AND STREET CLOSURE WITH
PEDDLER LICENSE RESTRICTION.
GRANT REQUEST OF LITTLE HAVANA TOURIST AUTHORITY FOR
CARNIVAL INCLUDING FIREWORKS DISPLAY RESTRICTION,
STREET CLOSURE WITH PEDDLER LICENSE RESTRICTION AND
FUNDING NOT TO EXCEED $38,000.
EMERGENCY ORDINANCE: AMEND ORDINANCE 9534, CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR MIAMI SPRINGS
GOLF COURSE APPROPRIATION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF ELECTRIC
GOLF CART STORAGE FACILITY.
EMERGENCY ORDINANCE: AMEND ORDINANCE 9502, ANNUAL
APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE, ENTERPRISE FUND FOR LEASING
OF 65 ELECTRIC GOLF CARTS.
EMERGENCY ORDINANCE: ESTABLISH NEW TRUST AND AGENCY
FUND "MIAMI GRAND PRIX."
FIRST READING ORDINANCE: AMEND SECTION 53-161 OF THE
CODE TO PROVIDE FOR VARIABLE RATES FOR TICKETED EVENTS
AT THE MIAMI CONVENTION CENTER.
FIRST READING ORDINANCE: AMEND ORDINANCE 8719, SUMMARY
GRANT APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE: ESTABLISH NEW TRUST AND
AGENCY FUND "INTERNATIONAL TRADE PROMOTION PROGRAM."
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48 ACCEPT GRANT AWARD FROM FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE PROMOTION PROGRAM.
R-83-106
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49 !AUTHORIZE APPLICATION FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACTION
GRANT FOR MIAMI INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC CLINIC.
R-83-107
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i 50 APPROVE AMENDED OVERTOWN URBAN INITIATIVES PROJECT
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GRANT APPLICATION.
R-83-108
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51 AUTHORIZE AND PRESCRIBE GUIDELINES FOR CITY
MANAGER'S SOLICITATION OF REQUEST DINNER KEY/BAY- .
FRONT AREA MASTER PLAN.
R-83-109
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52 AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO TWO YEAR AGREE
MENT WITH DRUM CORPS INTERNATIONAL INC. FOR USE OF
ORANGE BOWL STADIUM.
R-83-110
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- 53 AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT TO
AGREEMENT MIAMI AND YOUTH INDUSTRIES, INC. FOR
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OPERATION OF AFRICAN SQUARE PARK.
R-83-111
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54 EXPRESS CITY COMMISSION SUPPORT FOR BLACK PUBLIC
- ADMINISTRATORS CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY PUBLIC
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TECHNOLOGY INC. (PTI)
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55 AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AGREEMENT VALLE-
AXELBERD AND ASSOCIATES FOR THE PURPOSE OF CON-
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- DUCTING SEVEN 48-HOUR STRESS CONTROL TRAINING
COURSES.
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56 AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AGREEMENT VALLE-
AXELBERD AND ASSOCIATES, INC FOR THE PURPOSE OF
PROVIDING PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES AS NEEDED DURING
1983.
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ACCEPT BID: DEVELOPMENT OF MASTER TELECOMMUNICA-
57 TION PLAN FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI.
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58 AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXTEND CONTRACT THOMPKINS
AND CO., CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, FOR PRO-
FESSIONAL ACCOUNTING SERVICES.
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• 59 NOMINATE AND APPOINT CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS TO THE
CITY OF MIAMI/UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI JAMES L. KNIGHT
' INTERNATIONAL CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
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60 APPOINTMENT OF PERSONS TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT
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BOARD.
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61 APPROVE DISQUALIFICATION AND REMOVAL OF AN INDIVID-
UAL FROM AFFIRMATIVE ACTION ADVISORY BOARD AND
APPOINT MARIANO CRUZ TO SAID BOARD.
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62 CONSENT AGENDA
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62.1 AUTHORIZE CLAIM SETTLEMENT - HENRY & SHIRLEY GOLD.
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62.2 AUTHORIZE Cld,,IM SETTLEMENT - ETHEL & DAVID MARSHALL.
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62.3 AUTHORIZE CLAIM SETTLEMENT - JOSEFA FERNANDEZ &
STUART ABRAMSON.
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62.4 ACCEPT BIDS OF DEBRA TURF AND INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT
AND HECTOR TURF AND GARDEN FOR GOLF COURSE MAINTE-
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NANCE EQUIPMENT.
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ACCEPT BIDS FROM SEVERAL CAR DEALERSHIPS FOR AUTO-
MOBILES ON ONE YEAR BASIS FOR DEPT. OF BUILDING &
VEHICLE MAINTENANCE.
REJECTING BIDS RECEIVED & AUTHORIZING PURCHASE OF
34 POLICE VEHICLES UNDER A METRO-DADE COUNTY
CONTRACT.
ACCEPT BIDS OF HYDRA -GYM ATHLETICS, NAUTILUS SPORTS/
MEDICAL INDISTRIES, QUINTON INSTRUMENT COMPANY,
UNIVERSAL GYM & YORK FITNESS CENTER FOR PHYSICAL
FITNESS EQUIPMENT FOR DEPARTMENT OF FIRE, RESCUE AND
INSPECTION SERVICES.
ACCEPT BID OF STANDARD EQUIPMENT COMPANY FOR•NIGHT
VISION PHOTOGRAPHIC SYSTEM FOR DEPT. OF POLICE.
APPROVE PROPOSAL OF CANTEEN FOOD & VENDING SERVICE
FOR SNACK VENDING SERVICE IN MUNICIPAL SERVICES
BUILDING.
RESCINDING RESOLUTION ACCEPTING PROPOSAL OF AERIAL
SURVEYS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
ACCEPT GRANT OF EASEMENT FOR BAYFRONT WALK FROM
CHOPIN ASSOCIATES.
ACCEPT GRANT OF EASEMENT FOR RIVERWALK FROM MIAMI
CENTER JOINT VENTURE.
AUTHORIZING MANOR HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT - PHASE III
ACCEPT BID OF FLORIDA MARINE CONSTRUCTION, INC. FOR
DINNER KEY PILE REPLACEMENT.
ACCEPT BID OF LANZO CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR DURHAM
SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT.
ACCEPT COMPLETED WORK OF P.N.M. CORPORATION FOR
ALLAPATTAH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PAVING PROJECT.
ACCEPT COMPLETED WORK OF MIRI CONSTRUCTION, INC. FOR
BUENA VISTA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PAVING PROJECT.
PERSONAL APPEARANCE: STUART SORG re CONVERSION OF
NAVAL RESERVE FACILITY AS AN ARTIST CENTER.
APPROVE REQUEST BY MEMBERS OF HAITIAN HAVE CENTER
INC. FOR HAITIAN/AMERICAN YOUTH RECREATION PROGRAM
SUBJECT TO PROGRESS REPORTS BEING SUBMITTED TO THE
CITY COMMISSION.
APPROVE FUNDING REQUEST BY ASSOCIATION ARTISTIC INC.
FOR HAITIAN FESTIVAL FIRST YEAR.
APPROVE FUNDING REQUEST FOR RE-ENCUENTRO CUBANO, INC.
FOR CUBAN FESTIVAL 7TH YEAR.
APPROVE REIMBURSEMENT TO ONE -ART, INC. FOR DEFICIT
OF RECENTLY HELD DANCE MINI FESTIVAL FOR SCHOOL
CHILDREN SECOND YEAR.
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CIiYtISSIAF MIAh1I, FLORIA4
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GRANT REQUEST BY PARTNERS FOR YOUTH FOR SEMI -PRO
FOOTBALL GAME AT ORANGE BOWL FEBRUARY 19TH.
GRANT REQUEST MADD BY JONI GOODMAN TO APPROVE USE
OF BAYFRONT AUDITORIUM APRIL 19, 1983, GUARDIAN
PROGRAM.
PRESENTATION TO HOWARD V. GARY, CITY MANAGER, BY:
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF BLACK LAW ENFORCEMENT.
APPROVE REQUEST FOR CLOSURE OF STREET: N. W. 7
AVENUE TO N. W. 6 COURT - EDUCATIONAL BAZAAR -
BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
EXECUTE CONTRACT: HAITIAN TASK FORCE NEIGHBOR-
HOOD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
AUTHORIZE LOAN AGREEMENT: DALLAS PARK ASSOCIATES,
LTD. (RIVER PARC HOTEL).
DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED TASK FORCE FOR EAST LITTLE
HAVANA AREA.
VIGOROUSLY PURSUE ANNUAL MEETING OF BOARD OF
GOVERNORS OF THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
(IDB) MARCH 1984.
HOUSING RELOCATION OF 28 MARIEL REFUGEES TO RAFAEL
VILLAVERDE PROJECT -REIMBURSE ALPHA 66 FOR IMPROVE-
MENTS MADE TO EXISTING FACILITY SUBJtCT TO VERIFI-
CATION BY CITY MANAGER.
BRIEF DISCUSSION REGARDING RESOLUTION OF PROBLEMS IN
SOME NEIGHBORHOOD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS.
CONTINUE PUBLIC HEARING re DEVELOPMENT OF WATSON
ISLAND TO MARCH 10, 1983.
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AUTHORIZE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT RICE
ASSOCIATES a0 PROVIDE MIAMI CABLE ACCESS CORPORA-
TION'S INITIAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS WITH CONSULTANT
SERVICES.
ALLOCATE AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $10,000 IN SUPPORT
OF PROPOSED STUDY OF DOUBLE TAXATION IN DADE COUNTY
PRESENTLY BEING CONSIDERED BY THE CITY OF CORAL
GABLES.
SECOND READING ORDINANCE: AMEND ORD. 9530 MINORITY
PROCUREMENT PROGRAM BY ESTABLISHING A TIME FOR TER-
MINATION OF SAID PROGRAM.
SECOND READING ORDINANCE: AMEND SECTIONS 18-51
THROUGH 18-71 OF ARTICLE IV ENTITLED PURCHASING AND
CONTRACTS GENERALLY.
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M-83-141
DISCUSSION
M-83-142
R-83-143
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M-83-146
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DISCUSSION
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FIRST READING ORDINANCE: AMEND SECTIONS 2-237,
t38, 239, 239.1, 239.2 OF THE CODE, ENLARGE MIAMI
AUDIT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO SEVEN MEMBERS.
FIRST READING
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AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AGREEMENT CITY
OF MIAMI DEPARTMENT OF OFF-STREET PARKING FOR
MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF DOWNTOWN GOVERNMENT
CENTER PARKING GARAGE.
R-83-152
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ACCEPT BID: DAVID M. GRIFFITH AND ASSOC. LTD.,
PREPARATION OF CENTRAL SERVICES COST ALLOCATION
PLAN FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI.
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AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO CONTINUE AGREEMENT WITH
JOHNSON & HIGGINS OF FLORIDA, INC. FOR RISK MANAGE-
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MENT INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR THE SELF INSURANCE
FUND.
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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF THE
CITY COMMISSION OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
On the 10th day of February, 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 9:25 A.M. by Mayor Maurice
A. Ferre with the following members of the Commission found to be
present:
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
ABSENT: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Joe Carollo
ALSO PRESENT: Howard V. Gary, City Manager
Jose Garcia -Pedrosa, City Attorney
Ralph G. Ongie, City Clerk
Matty Hirai, Assistant City Clerk
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1.1 APPROVE MINUTES OF DECEIBE_'. 9 AND DECEIMER 16, 1982.
An invocation was delivered by Mayor Maurice Ferre who then
led those present in a pledge of allegiance to the flag.
Mayor Ferre: Good morning ladies and gentlemen, this is a regular
City of Miami Commission Meeting. Let the record reflect that Com-
missioner;Plummer has stated that he must catch a plane this even-
ing which;he cannot postpone and so, therefore, at the latest he
must be out of here by 5:30, hopefully before.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, excuse me that's 4:45 and I want the
record to reflect it is for the purposes of City business. I
will be attending at the request of this Commission the Mid -fainter
Conference of the Florida League of Cities which is for pending
legislation. They are meeting today and tomorrow.
Mayor Ferre: And we will be breaking up at 12 O'Clock for lunch.
At this time we have the minutes before us and these are the
minutes for the Regular City Commission Meeting of December 9th
and the Regular Planning and Zoning Items of December 16th.
Thereupon, the City Commission upon motion of Commissioner
Plummer, seconded by Commissioner Perez, approved the minutes
of the City Commission Meetings of December 9 and December 16, 1982
by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Plummer
Commissioner Perez
Mayor Ferre
ABSENT: Commissioner Dawkins
Commissioner Carollo
NOES: None.
1.2 AUTHORIZE AGREEMENT "SUR.ROUNDI`_?G ISLANDS PPOJECT" BY
ARTIST, CRISTO.
Mayor. Ferre: Now, we have Mr. Joe Flemming who represents Mr.
Cristo. Mr. Flemming, what can we do for you, sir?
Mr. Flemming: When we were before you on July 22nd, you approved
the Cristo "Surrounded Islands Project" and asked us to return at
the time that there was an agreement to indemnify and hold harmless
the City. An agreement has been worked out with the City Attorney's
Office, I believe it has been signed by the Cristos and submitted
to you. Since the time, of course, Cristo has proceeded with the
project, I think you'll be happy to know the project is going well,
to date over a million dollars has been spent in the Florida area
towards the finalization of the project.
Mayor Ferre: What is the final date now, May what?
Mr. Flemming: May 3rd is wnen the installation of the project will
occur.
Mayor Ferre: What item is this on the agenda, Mr. Manager?
Mr. Gary: 30 "B".
Mayor Ferre: Okay, is there anything else you want to add to that,
Mr. Manager?
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Mr. Gary: No, sir, we have the agreement, we have settled with him in
terms of.what is equitable for the City and we recommend it.
Mayor Ferre: Are there any questions from the members of the Commission on
this item? Item 30 "B".
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-73
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO
AN AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORM ATTACHED HERETO,
4ETTING FORTH GUIDELINES AND PROVIDING INDEMNIFICATION
TO THE CITY FOR.OPERATIONS SURROUNDING THE "SURROUNDED
fSLANDS PROJECT" BY THE ARTIST CHRISTO; AND DIRECTING THE
dITY CLERK TO FORWARD A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE
DADE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES MANAGE-
MENT.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer the resolution was
passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Mr. Flemming: Thank you very much and we'll keep you advised of the project.
Mayor Ferre: Good luck to you and we look forward to participating with you.
2. AUTHORIZE AGREEMENT FOR USE OF COCONUT GROVE EXHIBITION CENTER
FOR ANNUAL ANTIQUE SHOW, TIME PERIOD 1983-1987.
Mayor Ferre: We have the Dade Heritage people and Mrs. Mc Intyre.
Mrs. Dolly Mc Intyre: I'm Dolly Mc Intyre with Dade Heritage Trust. We have
been working with the City for some months to develop a contract for use of
the Coconut Grove Exhibition Center for our annual antique show.
Mayor Ferre: Dolly, speak up.
Ms. Mc Intyre: We have been negotiating a lease with the City for the use
of the Exhibition Center for our annual antique show. We do it once a year,
and this is a contract for five years. This is an event that we do to raise
money to support our operations. We pay full freight on it as any commercial
operator would, we get no discounts or benefits from the City as we pay the
full fare. We are simply asking for approval of this contract.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager, does this have your recommendation?
Mr. Gary: Yes, sir, it is Item 47.
Mr. Plummer: Why does the Commission have to approve the contract?
Mr. Gary: Well, you have to approve all leases and contracts and this is a
five year contract and we always bring them before you.
Mr. Plummer: And you're saying that this is not asking for any kind of a
waiver?
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Mr. Gary: No, it is not. Normally, if we do an event, Mr. Mayor and
Commissioners, for one time we normally do that without coming to you.
However, this is a five year lease and it has to be approved by the Com-
mission.
Mr. Plummer: Delighted. With pleasure I move it.
Mrs. Mc Intyre: Mr. Mayor, excuse me. On the agenda it says 1983 through
1984.
Mayor Ferret It says 87 on mine.
Mrs. Mc Intyre: Okay, because the copy that I had had 84 but it is through
87.
Mayor Ferree,: During the month of January for the years 1983 - 1987 inclusive,
that's what;I have before me.
Mr. Gary: That's correct.
Mayor Ferret Further discussion on this item? All right, call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-74
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN
AGREEMENT, SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM ATTACHED, WITH DADE
HERITAGE TRUST, INC. FOR THE USE OF THE COCONUT GROVE
EXHIBITION CENTER FOR PRESENTATION OF AN ANNUAL ANTIQUE
SHOW DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY FOR THE YEARS 1983-1987,
INCLUSIVE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CON-
TAINED IN SAID AGREEMENT.
(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.
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None. _
ABSENT: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Joe Carollo
3. ACCEPT PLAN FOR 11TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL IN
PRINCIPLE AND PXFER TO CITY 11ANAGER.
Mayor Ferret All right, then, we have the Miami Folk Festival.
Ms. Mary Borden: Mr. Mayor and City Commissioners, my name is Mary Borden
and I am the Chairman of the City of Miami's International Folk Festival.
I am here today to request our funding for the City's Eleventh Annual Interna-
tional Folk Festival.
Mayor Ferret Mr. Manager, has the administration looked into this?
Mr. Gary: No, sir.
Mayor Ferret How come it has your stationary? It says City of Miami, Howard
V. Gary, International Folk Festival Proposal.
Mr. Gary: Everybody is using my name in vane.
Mayor Ferret Not everybody.
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Mr. Plummer: Yes, but it's not blasphemy.
Mr. Gary: No, that's the Folks Festival stationary that I assume that they
are utilizing, I don't know, I haven't seen that document. Let me see that,
J. L.
Ms. Borden: Yes, copies were distributed for each.....
Mayor Ferre: It says proposal: The festival is a City recognized festival
and 13 a City of Miami function. (b) The City of Miami International Folk
Festival helps to promote an understanding amongst ethnic groups in Metro-
politan Miami and so on.
Mr. Gary: see what she has done.
Mayor Ferre{4{ They are requesting $35,000 funding, $25,000 in cash and
$10,000 in In -kind. The total request is the same as we have received for
the past few years. It says we are a City function, the committee requests
that this be made a Line 1 item and be included as part of the regular City
budget. The committee asks that the Mayor and Commissioners recommend to
Mr. Gary to make this a part of the City budget, funding to be allocated
into the City of Miami International Folk Festival Account, the executive
director, when named, will be responsible for accounting of the same.
What I recommend that we do is that we approve it in principle and let
the Manager then finalize the whole thing.
Mr. Gary: Can I have a suggestion, Mr. Mayor?
Mayor Ferre: Yes, sir.
Mr. Gary: This is a proposal that went before the Festival Advisory Com-
mittee and I have just been informed that the Festival Advisory Committee
said no. The next step is to have the in-house staff review it and for us
to come back with a recommendation to this Commission.
Mayor Ferre: Okay, I accept that. Can we do that by when? They have to
know, they have to have an answer.
Mr. Gary: The next City Commission Meeting, February 24th.
Mayor Ferre: All right, is that acceptable to you, Mrs. Borden?
Ms. Borden: Gentlemen, the problem is that we'll only have eight weeks to
put together a festival. We ran into the same problem last year and it
was a mammoth job to put together a festival in four weeks and in respect
to the advisory board, when we appeared before them, Mr. Gary, they did not,
as I understand it, refuse it. When we came on the agenda Dr. Lizaso, who
was there at the time, made a point of stating that additional areas of fund-
ing for the festival was being looked into since we are, in fact, a City
festival.
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, would this City Commission agree to approve up to
$32,000 for the City Manager to do the review of this program?
Mayor Ferre: I think that is what I was recommending is, that we accept it
in principle and leave the working out of the details to you.
Mr. Plummer: So move.
Mayor Ferre: All right, it has been moved by Plummer, is there a second?
Seconded by Perez. Now, Mr. Manager, and I say this, Mrs. Borden, with all
due respects to the festival, you know. This thing, we keep putting it off
year after year and then all of a sudden it ends up being a crisis eight
weeks before and we end up doing this time and time and time again. Now, I
wrote a long memorandum, Mr. Manager, to you last year about what I thought
was duplication since in May there is also an International Festival at the
Museum of Science. Somehow I think we need to get our act together so that
we have an impressive and well done international festival and I think it
is important that we let the Ukranes and the Irish and the Polish and the
German Americans and all the other so-called ethnic minorities also have
their day but on the other hand I think it has to be done so that we get the
most bang out of the buck because I don't think that is happening in the last
few years.
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Ms. Borden: Mr. Mayor, if you will recall, at the request of the Mayor and
the City Commission I went to Detroit last year to investigate the Interna-
tional Festivals in that city since it is considered the best in the country
and I did send a report of my findings to the City Commission.
Mayor Ferre: I've never seen that.
Ms. Borden: They were all sent, sir.
Mayor Ferre: Would you send me an extra copy of that?
Ms. Bordeng Yes, in fact, I have one, I'll be glad to give it to you.
Mayor Ferrk: Good. Well, you went to Detroit, just for the record, so we
understandiwhat we're talking about, in Detroit they get over a million
people don't they? I know the Detroit area is a lot larger than the Miami
area but on the other hand we ought to have at least 100,000 people at our
festival.
Ms. Borden: Well yes, sir, but to give you just a very abbreviated version,
the findings as we saw them were that the City itself gets extremely in-
volved. They are committed to their City's festivals and really give it a
lot of backing which means it gets a lot of publicity and everything and
that seems to be the crux of the matter.
Mayor Ferre: When does that festival take place?
Ms. Borden: I was there, in fact, it was the July 4th weekend.
Mayor Ferre: All right. Mr. Manager, I really think that this is important
enough for a member of the Commission, and I think that this is important
enough for a member of the Commission and I think you or somebody on your
staff should really fly up to Detroit this July. It is one of the most im-
portant events in that City and they get a lot of mileage out of it. I'd
be happy to call Coleman Young and arrange for, you know......
EM Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, if you recall.....
Ms. Borden: Excuse me, sorry. Mr. Mayor, in Detroit the one thing we
found was that they have ethnic festivals set up from I think it is March
all the way through or as soon as the cold weather clears and every one
of them are well attended and well run. It isn't just the international.
Mayor Ferre: Well, there is a main event where they get a million people
into that plaza.
Ms. Borden: Well, they have the most tremendous turn outs for all of their
festivals basically because they control it to the point that it is one
ethnic group, as you had mentioned, combine them, they have one ethnic
group per weekend. They very seldom have anything that is any way supported
by the City, does not conflict which means in terms of actually of a calendar
and they try not to run, well, they do not allow more than one ethnic group-
ing at one time which seems to help.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager, I think we just need to focus on this a little
bit better.
Mr. Gary: The reason she went, Mr. Mayor, was at your direction, this Com-
mission's direction that after your visit to Detroit you asked us to send
her or a representative. We sent her, she has4come back with a report. I
have to say that I haven't seen the report either and I will take that into
consideration with regard to the funding.
Mayor Ferre: All right, there is a motion on the floor of approval and
leaving the details in the Manager's hands. Further discussion? Call
the roll.
NOTE: Commissioner Dawkins entered the meeting at 9:30 A.M.
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The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer who moved its
adoption:
MOTION NO. 83-75
A MOTION ACCEPTING IN PRINCIPLE PLAN PROPOSED BY REPRESENTA-
TIVES OF THE CITY OF MIAMI INTERNATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL; FUR-
THUR DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO REVIEW REQUEST MADE FOR
THE 1983 FESTIVAL AND TO MAKE A FUTURE RECOMMENDATION TO THE
CITY COMMISSION.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the motion 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.
Mayor Ferre: Thank you, Ms. Borden.
Ms. Borden: Thank you, Mr. Mayor and Commissioners.
4. PREPA_IDID RESOLUTION "CITY UNDE^. ONE GOD".
Mayor Ferre: We have a resolution here on the "City Under One God" event
and as I understand it the reverends have now chosen March 12th. Nestor?
Well, how come it says March 12th? Oh, that's last year, I see. March 15th
at 9:00 O'Clock and the leadership of this is the most Reverend Mc Carthy,
Archbishop of the Catholic Church, the right Reverend Calvin Scofield, Rabbi
David Orobak and Reverend Thedford Johnson and Reverend Martin Anorga and
the Reverend Max Salvadore. This is the City Under One God ceremony that
we have every year. This is a resolution declaring March 15, 1983 to be a
City Under One God Day in the City of Miami; further providing that a program
entitled "A City Under God" take place at 9:00 O'Clock on said date at Bay -
front Park, directing the Manager to appoint a steering committee of desig-
nated members to work with him in planning and promising this event and fur-
ther directing the Manager to appoint a temporary program committee made up
of design members, prepare a preliminary program for said event and to fur-
ther direct the Manager to appoint an extended program committee on designated
members to prepare the final program of said event. Now, I guess, Nestor,
along with this goes a waiver of the fee and the police and all the other
stuff that goes with it. ..... Well, you've got to put it on the record.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, I move it with pleasure.
Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves, is there a second?
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Perez seconds. Further discussion? Call the roll.
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The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-76
A RESOLUTION DECLARING MARCH 15, 1983 TO BE "A CITY UNDER
GOD DAY" IN THE CITY OF MIAMI; FURTHER PROVIDING THAT A
PROGRAM ENTITLED "A CITY UNDER GOD" TAKE PLACE AT 12 NOON
ON SAID DATE AT BAYFRONT PARK; DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER
TO APPOINT A STEERING COMMITTEE OF DESIGNATED MEMBERS TO
WORK WITH HIM IN PLANNING AND PROMOTING THIS EVENT; FUR-
THER DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO APPOINT A TEMPORARY PRO-
ORAM COMMITTEE MADE UP OF DESIGNATED MEMBERS TO PREPARE A
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM FOR SAID EVENT; AND FURTHER DIRECTING
�HE CITY MANAGER TO APPOINT AN EXTENDED PROGRAM COMMITTEE
bF DESIGNATED MEMBERS TO PREPARE THE FINAL PROGRAM FOR
SAID EVENT.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Joe Carollo.
S. APPROVE $1,500 CONTRIBUTION TO CARVER BRANCH Y.M.C.A. SUBJECT
CITY MANAGER'S APPROVAL.
Mayor Ferre: Ms. Delois Baskin, is Delois Baskin here for the Y.M.C.A,
Carver Branch? Ms. Baskin.
Ms. Delois Baskin: My name is-Delois Baskin, I'm a resident of Dade County.
As before, I come before you to propose that the City of Miami become a mem-
ber of the Carver Branch Y.M.C.A.
Mayor Ferre: All right.
Mr. Plummer: We've done it in the past?
Ms. Baskin: Yes, you have, you did last year.
Mr. Plummer: How much is it?
Ms. Baskin: $1,500.
Mr. Plummer: $1,500?
Mayor Ferre: $1,500. This is a letter that Ms. Baskin wrote. This is YMCA,
Carver Family Branch: "Thank you again for the generous contributions to the
youth of the Carver Branch of the YMCA. Once more you and the City of Miami
have an opportunity to obtain a non -participating membership that helps the
YMCA to subsidize the cost of offering programs. This contribution enables
the YMCA to help the young people of our community to develop their mind,
spirit and body. Due to the increased cost of supporting activities, this
year we are asking that you increase your contribution to $1,500." Last year
we.gave you how much?
Ms. Baskin: $1,000.
llwior Ferre: Mr. Manager, does this meet with your approval or do you want
to look at it before we vote on it?
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Mr. Gary: What I would recommend, because this comes under the heading
of the Recreation Department, let us review their program and see who
they are servicing in terms of the City of Miami residents.
Mayor Ferre: I think what we ought to do then is approve it subject to
your final release.
Mr. Gary: That's good.
Mr. Plummer: So move.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer who moved its
adoption:
MOTION NO. 83-77
A MOTION APPROVING A CASH CONTRIBUTION TO THE CARVER BRANCH
Y.M.C.A. GROUP PURSUANT TO REQUEST MADE BY DELOIS BASK,IN
THIS DATE, SUBJECT TO CITY MANAGER'S APPROVAL.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the motion 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.
6. DISCUSSION ITEti: BEQUEST FOR FEE WAIVER FEBRUARY 28 OF KNIGHT
CONVENTION CENTER. REFER TO CITY MANAGER.
Mayor Ferre: The next one I have is Carolyn Jenkins Jaeger on the Bertha
Abbotts Center, Inc. and she needs a waiver for Miami Convention Center. Is
she here? Is anybody here from the Bertha Abbotts Children's Center? The
letter that I have from Mrs. Jenkins Jaeger reads as follows: On behalf of
the board of trustees of the Bertha Abbotts Childrens' Center, a non-profit
mental health facility for children and youth. I am requesting that the
$1,650 fee for the rental of the hall at the Knight Convention Center on
February 28th be waived. A former Dade County student, Eddie Able, the
Golden Gloves Light Weight Champion will participate in a pro boxing !::nawp-
ionship to benefit our children. Mr. Gus Jacobson who for many year; was
a fight judge and I request that we be allowed to appear before the Coma3_-
sion. Is Mr. Jacobson here or Mrs. Jenkins Jaeger? Mr. Manager, would you
investigate this? You know we get all kinds of requests, and then report
back to us and we'll see what we do with it on the 24th.
Mr. Gary: Yes, sir.
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7. GRANT REQUEST FOR USE OF WATSON ISLAND AND SNOWMOBILE FOR
BILL -FISH PROMOTIONAL EVENT, INCLUDES THE DISCUSSION OF
DINNER KEY LAUNCHING RAMP.
Mayor Ferre: The last thing that I have is the opera and we have Captain Bob
Lewis. J. L.► do you want to do that?
Mr. Plummer: Yes, Mr. Mayor, Captain Bob Lewis is probably one of the best
known char er boat or fishermen in this community. He and his organization
want to put together and ask for the City not of money but help in the spirit
of a platform which could be the Showmobile and the use of Watson Island for
this 3-day;event. As you know, one of the thing that this locale sells is
its sun ana surf, they want to go with international publicity on this 3-day
event, it would entail the use of the Showmobile. The City would build a
weighing station for the bill fish which hopefully will go a thousand pounds
and, Mr. Mayor, I think it is well worth to this City for promotional activit-
ies to have an international event such as this bill fish tournament and I
would so move that the City cooperate with them.
Mayor Ferre: How much is that going to cost us?
Mr. Plummer: It isn't costing us anything, there are no dollars involved.
Mr. Gary says he likes to support those kind.
Mayor Ferre: Captain Lewis, we congratulate you, I think you're going to
get a good vote here.
Mr. Plummer: And remember everybody up at this Commission table up here,
Bob, eats smoked fish and drinks beer.
Mayor Ferre: All right, call the roll on the smoked fish bill.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer who moved its .
adoption:
MOTION NO. 83-78
A MOTION GRANTING A REQUEST MADE BY CAPTAIN BOB LEWIS FOR
CITY COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF A PLATFORM
(CITY'S SHOWMOBILE) AS WELL AS USE OF WATSON ISLAND FOR THE
STAGING OF A 3-DAY EVENT KNOWN AS THE "BILL FISH TOURNAMENT".
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the motion 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.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Manager, before Bob Lewis leaves, could you give me a quick
up -date on the dock and ramp facilities and can we on the March Meeting bring
this thing to the Commission on an agenda?
Mr. Gary: With regard to the Dinner Key launching ramp, there is an item on
the agenda to appropriate money to repair that. We have completed the one
at Monty Trainor's, I have been informed that even though we spent the money
that we are still having some problems over there so that has to be investi-
gated but we completed that project. With regard to the Watson Island, that
will be on the next agenda.
Mr. Plummer: Okay, Bob, if you'll have your people here who are very much
interested in this at the next meeting in March will be March loth. Okay?
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8. REQUEST CITY MANAGER TO COOPERATE WITH COLOMBIAN CONSULATE FOR
POSSIBLE VISIT OF ORCHESTRA TO MIAISI AREA.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, I have received a call from the Colombian Consulate
who is bringing to Miami an orchestra from Colombia.
Mayor Ferre: They can't come through now, as of yesterday I think► but pass
it anyway.
Mr. Plummer: Well, all I was asking was through him that the City cooperate
in making the facility available, they are asking for Gusman Hall, free and,
of course,', you can do what you can do. But, Mr. Mayor, I would make a motion
at this time that the City, a motion to authorize Mr. Gary to do whatever is
necessary to facilitate the performances at Gusman Hall or other facilities
for the Colombian....
Mayor Ferre: It is a folk festival dance and music group.
Mr. Plummer: night.
Mayor Ferre: All right, is there a second?
Mr. Perez: I second.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? All right, call the roll.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer who moved its
adoption:
MOTION NO. 83-79
A MOTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO
COOPERATE WITH THE COLOMBIAN CONSULATE AND DO WHATEVER
IS NECESSARY TO FACILITATE THE PERFORMANCE OF A COLOMBIAN
FOLK FESTIVAL DANCE AND MUSICAL GROUP WHICH IS COMING TO
MIAMI BY MAKING A CITY FACILITY AVAILABLE FOR THEIR PER-
FORMANCE.
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.
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Joe Carollo.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager, I recommend that you have whoever is going to be
handling this to talk directly to Consul Roberto Garcia at the Colombian
Consul, last night, yesterday, the ambassador was in town and I met with
him and Garcia said that they're going to by-pass Miami because their sched-
ule doesn't allow them to stay here and, therefore, they're not going to be
able to perform but I don't think that has been finalized yet.
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9. ALLOCATE AN AMOUNT REPRESENTING ONE DAY'S RENTAL OF THE MIAMI
ZARINE STADIUM FOR T?U1VEL AGENTS' PROMOTIONAL EVENT.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, for the past four years we have waived the rental
of the Marine Stadium for the travel industry, that they, in fact, are allowed
to park their boats there, we have done it for four years and they have that
tour of travel agents which they take down into South Bay, they call it the
Raft Up or ome other thing like that and I would move that we waive it again
this year. I'll give you the particulars on it.
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Mr. Gary: M Mayor, I think what Mr. Plummer is trying to request is that we
make a donation to this organization.
Mr. Plummer: Oh, for sure, that's exactly what I'm suggesting, as we have in
the past. What it is is the waiver of the fee but we're doing it the other
way so it is not a waiver of a fee. There are 30 travel agents involved in
this thing and they take them for a cruise down to the lower keys.
Mayor Ferre: Is there a second? Seconded by Perez. Further discussion?
Call the roll.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer who moved its
adoption:
MOTION NO. 83-80
A MOTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO
ALLOCATE AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO ONE -DAY RENTAL FEE FOR USE
OF THE MIAMI MARINE STADIUM IN CONNECTION WITH FORTHCOMING
TRAVEL AGENTS' EVENT.
'upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the motion 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.
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10. CONDOLENCES TO MAYOR MARTIN YELIN, MAYOR OF WEST MIAMI, ON
THE OCCASION OF THE DEATH OF HIS SON.
Mr. Plummer: I'd like to make a motion, Mr. Mayor, that we express to the
family of Mayor Martin Yelin of West Miami the appropriate condolences on
the loss of his son who passed away on Monday, I would so offer that motion.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer who moved its
adoption:
MOTION NO. 83-81
A MOTION EXPRESSING SINCERE SORROW AND CONDOLENCES OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI COMMISSION AND THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI TO THE FAMILY OF MAYOR MARTIN YELIN, UPON THE UN-
TIMELY DEATH OF HIS SON.
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.
Vice -Mayor J. L..Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Joe Carollo.
11. DISCUSSION ITEM: CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF COLONEL
MITCHELL WOLFSON.
11.1 INFORMAL DISCUSSION: APPLICATION BY KLU KLUX KLAN FOR PERMIT.
Mayor Ferre: We should do this also formally for Mitchell Wolfson. We've
all done it individually but I think as a City we need to go on record.
NOTE: Commissioner Carollo entered the meeting at 9:50 A.M.
;lr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, we have received, I understand, communications from
the United Klu Klux Klan of America requesting that we issue a permit to
them to hold a rendez-vous. I think, Mr. Mayor, we need.....
Mayor Ferro: Does that include cross burning?
Mr. Plummer: I don't know if it includes cross burning or not, they prob-
ably, from what I see, have filed for bankruptcy and I'm trying to get Judge
Al C. Hastings appointed as the referee. I think we should let it be known,
Mr. Mayor, that the City so designates for the KKK Dixie Park for the holding,
Gibson Park, I'm sorry. Gibson Park.
Mayor Ferre: I understand you and the grand lizard talk all the time.
Mr. Plummer: Let me tell you a funny story. When he was here before he
was calling all of the Commission to ask whether or not they would meet
with him so I received a call from a radio station wanting to know had I
received such a call and I said, "No, I guess he was scared because I was
at the funeral home." And they wanted to know if he called would I meet
with him and I said, "It depends on which services he wants".
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12. GRANT P.EQUEST FO! FUNDING IN AN A11OUNT NOT TO EXCEED $15,000 -
GREATER MIAMI OPERA ASSOCIATION.
Mayor Ferre: Now that wn have a full Commission, Mr. Herman, I'll recognze
you.
Mr. Robert erman: Thank you, Mr. Mayor and Commissioners, my name is Robert
Herman, I' the General Manager of the Greater Miami Opera Association. The
Greater Miami Opera has operated within the City of Miami since 1941. Its
Offices are,+ in the City of Miami, it holds all of its rehearsals there, its
main performing facility is there and Miami is the home of the Greater Miami
Opera. Over 60% of its performances, its educational program and so forth
take place within the confines of the City of Miami. In the last ten years
this organization has led the cultural communit, in many areas. I have had
distributed to each of you a copy of our 1981-82 annual report which lists
the various community and special service pcoveRms that we do provide mostly
free to members of the community but I would jus;; like to mention briefly
several of them. We do take a one act opera into the high schools in the entire
Dade County area but visit every single high school in the City of Miami that
has a facility where we can perform each year. We give a number of perform-
ances so that as many of our students as possible will have a chance to see
opera. We take workshops, we take seminars, we take master classes into the
schools that as many young people as possible will be exposed to opera. We
don't expect them all to like it but at least we would like to have them have
the choice of whether they like opera or not. We are starting a resident
artist program and we have with us today one of our major executives in the
opera who has come up through the Miami schools, who was trained here and who
has gone away to gain experience and then come back where he is now one of
the top five people in our organization. That is Willy Waters, he is now
our musical director. We have programs for the handicapped. Every time we
do a dress rehearsal on Sunday we invite anyone confined to a wheel chair to
Dade County Auditorium free of charge to attend. We have a signer who trans-
lates the performance for those who are hearing impaired. We make cassettes
for the talking story book for the blind organization so that those people
will be able to see the performances through someone else's eyes. We have
senior citizens programs, we have led the cultural community in breaking
down the barriers between our various ethnic groups and we have led the cul-
tural community in bringing national publicity to the City of Miami. Our
productions, and we have given more new productions than any other opera
company in the country with the possible exception of the Metropolitan Opera
in the last ten years, our productions are used all over the country today.
We hav a budget of 3.6 million dollars, that budget is supported by less
than 6% of public funds. Our education and special services programs, some
of the items which I have ennumerated cost us $500,000 a year. Until two
years ago we received support from the City of Miami every single year for
these community and public service activities. Then as our services con-
tinue to grow and as the City of Miami Beach increased its annual contri-
bution from $25,000 to $35,000 which is what we have received again this
year the City of Miami year before last decided that we would not receive
funding any longer and we feel that with the services we are providing to
the community a contribution of $15,000 this year would be appropriate.
We finished our 1982 season in the black, the fourth year in a row that we
have ended in the black but only barely in the back because we're seeing
federal, state and county funding for the arts being seriously curtailed.
We need this kind of support from our local government and we would like to
make that request for a grant of $15,000.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Herman, out of courtesy and out of justice to the City,
I don't want the record that we just inadvertently cut out our contribution.
During the same period of time that we cut out our contribution to the
Greater Miami Opera we also, I think gave quite a substantial amount to a
special art festival that you were the director of.
Mr. Herman: That's very true.
Mayor Ferre: And would you just for the record tell us what the amount was
that we gave you?
Mr. Herman: I believe, Mr. Gary correct me if I'm wrong, I believe the fig-
ure was $1750000 towards the new World Fe tival of the Arts.
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Mayor Ferre: So I just want to make sure that it is clearly understood
that we didn't just all of a sudden summarily cut off support for the Greater
Miami Opera, we, in fact, increased it to $175,000 during that period of
time. So we have been certainly responsive.
Mr. Herman: I didn't mean to imply that you hadn't, Mayor Ferre.
Mayor Ferre: Well, I just want to make sure it is clearly understood that
we have always been supportive of the Greater Miami Opera and I only have
one question and then I'll ask the Manager for his report because I notice
that - I don't know whether he wants to let Mr. AL Howard do it or however,
but there is a negative recommendation and then we'll see what questions
the Commission might have. Do you get any money from Dade County?
Mr. Herman We do get $15,000 from Dade County School Systems, we get
nothing frdm Dade County as such.....
Mayor Ferre: That's a different government, I'm talking about Metro.
Mr. Herman: No, nothing from Metro.
Mayor Ferre: Metro doesn't support you in any way.
Mr. Herman: -No, they have stopped all AD Valorem Tax moneys, the only grants
they give to the arts now are from the Tourist Room Tax, we have not applied
under those except for the festival.
Mayor Ferre: Well, but the point is, as you well know, they are collecting
over $4,000,000 from the Tourist Tax.
Mr. Herman: Right, but those are for bringing tourists and our programs
are not intended for tourists, they are intended for the education of our
young people, our senior citizens, our handicapped.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager, what is the recommendation?
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, we have recommended that this not be funded. It is
interesting to note that the gentleman said Dade County did not appropriate
ad valorem dollars for this purpose, maybe Dade County is moving in the right
direction. This is a school function, we think it ought to be borne completely
by the School System and the private sector. It is my opinion that there are
other pressing needs in this City before we start talking about opera in the
school system. I think the School Board should take its rightful place and
fund this 100%.
Mayor Ferre: All right, now questions from the Commission.
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, if I may, since I was the one that requested for
this item to be placed on the agenda, yes, there certainly are a lot of
needs in this City and we'll never have enough dollars no matter how much
money we collect to take care of all those needs. I, however, would think
that the contribution that we're making to this is very small compared to
the benefits that we're going to derive from it. At the same time, I don't
like the idea of pulling the rug over night from a program and an organiza-
tion that's contributing as much as these people are to our community and
our children without giving them any advance notice. What I would be more
inclined to do would be to approve the $15,000 that they are requesting to-
day and try' to put them on notice of whatever position the City feels that
it has to take in the future. Therefore, I am going to make a motion at
this time to approve their request for $15,000.
Mayor Ferre: All right, before I accept the motion, and I will recognize
you, I want to let everybody else to have an opportunity to ask questions
or make statements before we get to the voting. Are there any other ques-
tions? Any other statements? All right, then I recognize that motion. Is
there a second?
Mr. Perez: Yes, I want to second, Mr. Mayor, but I wish to point out first
that many times it has been said that the opera was limited to high income
people but I think that our municipal government has to be concerned that
cultural events be available to everyone. For that reason I second the
motion of Commissioner Carollo and I would like to request that they give
some kind of special attention to the students of the City of Miami in
that purpose but I second that motion.
Mayor Ferre: All right, any other statements under discussion? All right,
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let me, Mr. Herman, in supporting this motion, and Mr. Manager, I think
your concerns are appropriate. I well understand the burden of this
in a way should fall upon the school system. I would like to say, however,
that I would find it inconsistent for us to appropriate as we just did
half an hour ago $35,000 for a Miami Folk Festival that had questionable
success in the last couple of years. And for us to appoint and spend the
many hundreds of thousands of dollars that we do not only in the success-
ful events such as the Coconut Grove or the Kwanza or Goombay Festivals,
Calle Ocho, but a lot of other things that are at best marginal, the Wyn-
wood Festival and Allapattah and Overtown Coming Alive, and I' ve been at
all of them, the turn outs are rather skimpy for the amount of money that
we're spending and yet here is a program that has tremendous proven suc-
cess in an on -going record. Now, the other side of it, Mr. Merman, is
this: These moneys that we're going to spend with you are paid for by the
taxpayers f Miami. Now, I think that the taxpayers of Miami are going to
get a lot lore than $15,000 worth of value of what the Greater Miami Opera
does, however, I have two caveats and one is, I really think that it is to
me, as a citizen of Dade County; totally unacceptable that Metropolitan
Dade County doesn't give you a cent. I think that is regretful, I think
that is shameful, and please forgive me, I put the burden on them not them
because I think as persistent as you have been, you and Mr. Badia, the
President, have been with us calling us and discussing this and urging
us to do this that you have to have the same consistency and persistency
with Metropolitan Dade County because certainly if out of this small City
you're getting $15,000 you ought to get $100,000 out of Metropolitan Dade
County which is the regional government which represents us all and I
really think, I think it is unfortunate that they're not participating
and the second caveat is we are an inner city with all the good and bad
that that means, and that means that the majority of the people that live
here are minorities, to be specific the record shows now that we're up to
62% Latin and 22% black. Okay? That means that almost 85% of this City
is either Spanish speaking or black. Now, in addition to which this is a
poor city which means that these are people that are underpriviledged in
many ways. I really think, last night at a dinner somebody read me the
statistics that unless - statistics show that unless people have an oppor-
tunity to be involved in classical music, opera or otherwise, by the time
they're 18 very very very few people ever make it. Now, if we someday ex-
pect to have an operation here comparable to the Harlem Dance Group or
other of the excellent things that have come out of other ghettos in Amer-
ica, and I think it is important, and I'm very proud that we have a case
in point here of a man who is black who is a director, one of your musical
directors. We need to repeat that success story many many times over. So
I think it is important that we concentrate in letting young people that
are underpriviledged in the City of Miami because with all due respects,
we can't take care of the young people of Opa Locka or some other place
and I would hope that the concentration with our money be within the City
Limits of the City of Miami. Any other statements? Call the roll.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Carollo who moved its
adoption:
MOTION NO. 83-82
A MOTION APPROVING A REQUEST FOR FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF
NOT TO EXCEED $15,000.00 MADE BY THE GREATER MIAMI OPERA
GUILD FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING A YEAR-ROUND PROGRAM FOR
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the motion 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: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
ON ROLL CALL:
Mr. Dawkins: I'm going to vote no, not in principle against the opera and
not against the $15,000 but I'm going to vote no as a protest vote in that
I feel that little black boys and girls out there need more of basic skills
to read how to read, write and computate in order to be able to appreciate
the opera moreso than us taking the opera out there. So I would hope that
as you proceed to take the opera that you also get the School Board to help
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introduce the opera so that they understand what we're taking to them.
Mayor Ferre: All right, thank you very much, Mr. Herman, good luck,
Mr. Badia.
13. ACCEPT NOMINATION OF DAVID WEAVER TO BE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
OFF-STREET PARKING AUTHORITY BASED UPON RECO24MENDATION OF THE
OFF-STREET PARKING AUTHORITY BOARD.
Mayor Ferri: We have Mr. Arnold Rubin who is the acting chairperson of the
Off StreetiParking Authority. Mr. Rubin, you have a report.
Mr. Arnold Rubin: Thank you Mr. Mayor and City Commissioners, I am down here
today to try to fill the shoes of Mitchell Wolfson on the Off -Street Parking
Authority. As you all must realize, this is an almost impossible task to
come up with a name of a person to fill Colonel Wolfson's shoes and do what
he has done for the Parking Authority and for the City of Miami over the years.
Your Parking Authority has considered a number of possible names that were
submitted to us in an attempt to fill Colonel Wolfson's shoes. We looked for
someone who had civic responsibility, who had financial background, understood
the problems connected with furnishing adequate and economical and convenient
parking for the downtown and the outlying areas for the City of Miami. These
were the criteria that we used in coming up with a recommendation for your ap-
proval today. We are submitting to you the name of David Weaver as a replace-
ment on the Off -Street Parking Board to fill Colonel Wolfson's term.
Mayor Ferre: How long is that term for? The unexpired term.
Mr. Rubin: 1984, the end of 84 I believe, Mr. Mayor. Mr. Weaver is a com-
paratively young man and has resided in Miami for six years. His background
is most impressive in the fields we were looking for. He is the co-chairman
of the New World Center Action Committee, he is on the Citizens Board of the
University of Miami, he is City Manager's Gary's Special Assistant on the Bay -
side Project which has to do with the redevelopment of the park. I think that
he is eminently qualified.
Mr. Plummer: I'm sold, I move the name of David Weaver.
Mayor Ferre: Is there a second to the motion?
Mr. Carollo: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Is there further discussion? All right, call the roll.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption:
MOTION NO. 83-83
A MOTION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI COMMISSION ACCEPTING RECOM-
MENDATION MADE BY MR. ARNOLD RUBIN, ACTING CHAIRMAN OF THE
OFF-STREET PARKING AUTHORITY, AND CONCURRING WITH THE
RECOMMENDATION OF MR. DAVID WEAVER TO BE CHAIRMAN OF THE
OFF-STREET PARKING AUTHORITY.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Carollo, 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.
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Mayor Ferre: In voting, Mr. Rubin, let me congratulate you and the board
for the deliberations and the careful consideration of many names. It has
not come out in the discussion, but I want to leave in the record that you
carefully discussed this with several people in the Cuban community, the
Hispanic community and the black community and as a matter of fact, in one
of the votes there was a reflection that there was such considerations in
the process and I think you chose very wisely and I want to commend you,
I want to commend the board for your recommendation and I vote yes with
it. Thank you.
Mr. Rubin: Thank
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Mayor Ferre: Are there other pocket items to come up?
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, the only pocket item that I would like to bring up
is a motion to be considered.... As you know, I fought very hard and lost,
I understand maybe there might be some other consideration, I was opposed,
very much so, Mr. Mayor, to the rule imposed that no member could serve on
the Planning or Zoning Board for more than three terms or more than nine years.
Mr. Carollo: That's correct.
Mr. Plummer: I would like to make a motion at this time for reconsideration
or reversing that rule that says that, in fact - reversing the ordinance or
whatever is necessary. I so move that that rule..... How do I do it, Mr.
City Attorney? You know what I'm trying to say.
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: We've got to draft an ordinance and bring it before you.
Mr. Plummer: Can you do it in a motion form now?
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: You can direct me to draft it.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Plummer, that in my opinion is a very controversial item,
it is going to take a half an hour of discussion...
Mr. Plummer: I understand, excuse me. All I'm doing today is making a motion
to set it in the works.
Mayor Ferro: You can do that on your own, you don't need the concurrence of
this Commission, you propose for the next City Commission, give us five days
notice on it and let us read it and look at what it entails because what, in
effect that does, as I recall, and I'm not saying that Father Gibson was the
wisest of'the wisest, but as I recall that was his motion wasn't it?
Mr. Plummer: I think you're right.
Mayor Ferre: And I think it came up, I forget who it was involved with, I
don't think it was Grace Rockafellar in that particular time.
Mr. Plummer: It was not at the time, no.
Mayor Ferre: But he went into a long tirade as I recall about these people
who keep perpetuating themselves forever in these boards who are not elected.
Mr. Carollo: What's that word you use, Miller, recycling?
Mayor Ferre: Recycling, yes. So I mean this is a controversial thing. I
have no problems, you know, in doing that if somebody submits their name to
the electorate and they're voted on but for an appointed position I think
there has to be some kind of a limitation and I don't mind making it very
generous like ten years or something like that but I think there has to be a
point where we need to get new fages on there.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, I respect your right to have your feelings, I ask
you to respect mind and all I'm asking is that it be put on the agenda as
an ordinance before the next meeting.
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Mr. Carollo: J. L., that's fine but I'll tell you I don't know who this
is going to affect or who it is not going to affect but I'm against that
because all the City boards I think need some new faces every so often.
Mr. Plummer: Joe, I respect your right.
Mayor Ferre: I have no problem putting it, if you, you know, if you want to
bring it up for a vote next time, that's fine. Anything else?
Mr. Plummer: No, sir, I have nothing else.
15. GWT REQUEST MADE BY ALLAPATTAH COMMUNITY ACTION INC. FOR
ADDITIONAL FUNDING SUBJECT TO APPROVAL AND :REPORT BY THE
CITY MANAGER.
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Mr. Perez: Mr. Mayor, first I would like to recognize, if possible, Orlando
Urra who has a proposal.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Urra, please step forward, sir. Urra, excuse me. Just for
the record, we need, Mr. Manager, if you would schedule with the Dade Heritage
Trust people a discussion for a proposed book and I think, Charlie, you were
involved in that originally, I don't know who you want to assign this to, Mr.
Manager, but this comes out of a trip you and I and other Commissioners had
in other countries when you went to Mexico. As you recall, we never have any-
thing to give people about Miami and I have requested the Dade Heritage Trust
to make a recommendation and I think after a year this is what is coming back
together. Could you schedule that, Mr. Manager, with your recommendation?
Mr. Gary: Yes, sir, we'll sit down and talk to them also.
Mayor Ferre: You've submitted your proposal but do it through the Manager.
Would you bring it up in one of the next two or three meetings? All right.
Mr. Orlando Urra (As translated by Mr. Cesar Odio): My name is Orlando Urra,
Director of the Allapattah Community Action, Inc. As you know, we have in
our community a program for aged people for which we offer social services
and meals, 250 aged people come to it. We have two meals, 2,024 people
registered in the area that are in need of services. We have $139,000 from
the City of which $25,000 has been destined for meals. The rest is for
personnel maintenance and to pay -for the rent which is $19,000. The program
only has 4 employees. Four employees that have to care of 250 people a day.
We do not have any vehicles that can be used within our program and they
have a shortage of employees and they cannot serve the people as they should
be served. That is why he is asking you to consider the petition that he
has turned over to you to see if we can find a solution to this problem that
we have.
Mayor Ferre: All right, questions from the Commission?
Mr. Perez: How much are you requesting, 21, 10 or 317
Mr. Urra: 31.
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Mayor Ferre: Let's see if I understand what you are asking me for. This is
what you explained to me. You want to add four senior aides at $150 per month.
Mr. Urra: Yes.
Mayor Ferre: That is $7,200 and insurance, that is $8,000. Now, the program
assistance of $12,000 is so that you can expand your meals program because
you are feeding now over three hundred people?
Mr. Urra: Yes.
Mayor Ferre: And you are servicing, as I remember you telling me two thou-
sand people. There are two thousand people on your register.
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Mr. Urra:t Yes.
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Mayor Ferre: Of which three hundred are getting hot meals every day.
Mr. Urra: Every day.
Mayor Ferre: And the place is too small, and therefore, the $12,000 goes for
a new dining hall, which you are going to get so that you can put some of
those people in the new dining hall. Is that correct? In addition to that,
you need a vehicle. Now, I want to make it very clearly understood, Mr.
Urra, so you and I don't have any problems in the future. Mr. Manager, I
want it very clearly understood, because I am going to be voting, if there
is a motion on this, I am going to be voting with it - I want it very clearly
understood - the vehicle is for the transportation needs of the Allapattah
Community Action Inc. It is not for transporting people. We have a trans-
portation operation going in this community. It is under Action and we
don't want all these rivalry things with people - they are not to be trans-
porting seniors to their dining rooms. It is not their function. Their
function is to feed these people hot meals and not to get involved in com-
petitive operations, so I want to put it very clearly on the record that
if at any time that vehicle is used other than on an emergency basis to be
transporting people, that the vehicle be removed... and it not be a van, but
we are talking about transportation of some sort.
Mr. Carollo: I like to make a motion that the request that Allapattah Com-
munity Action Inc. is making here today be approved.
Mayor Ferre: Is there a second?
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mr. Gary: Under discussion, Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: Go ahead, Mr. Manager.
Mr. Gary: This is not the first time this has come before us. I think we have
discussed this about three or four months ago and it appears that he is trying
to do the same thing now that. we recommended against before. But, be that as
it may, I think it is important that if you decide to approve this, that before
the funds are expended, that we review his program and determine whether what
he has proposed and the amount he has proposed is proper for the carrying out
of these functions, and I would suggest that we do that before any dollars are
given to this organization.
Mayor Ferre: Will the maker of the motion accept that?
Mr. Carollo: No, Mr. Mayor. I have made my motion clear. I have been in
that program many occasions. I know the job they are doing is good. If
there is one agency in this town that is doing a good job and truly going be-
yond and above the call of duty to serve the public, it is this agency.
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, we are not questioning whether they are doing a good job.
Mi. Carollo: Yes, well Howard, let me tell you what my problem is. I don't
care if this is looked as closely as any you have looked at. My problem is
that every time you do this, you spend two, three, four months, and then what
happens to us, like it has happened in other occasions, is that you might
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have a different idea than the majority of this Commission, then you use that
as subterfuge to have your will done and not the Commissioner's will.
Mr. Gary: That is your opinion.
Mr. Carollo: Well, it is certainly my opinion and I am one of the five
people here that gets elected that calls the shots....
Mr. Plummer: Joe, let...
Mr. Carollo:.... whether people in the Administration like it or not.
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Mr. Plummo: Joe, let's see if we can't work out a compromise and what you
say can be+eliminated by putting a seven day time frame on the Manager. He
has got tolook at it within seven days.
Mr. Carollo: I have no problem with putting a reasonable time limitation on
it.
Mayor Ferre: Seven days is unreasonable.
Mr. Carollo: Seven days...
Mr. Plummer: Make it ten days.
Mayor Ferre: Say by the end of the month. You have to give him more than
seven days!
Mr. Carollo: How much time do you need, Howard?
Mr. Gary: It could be before ten days. I would say put two weeks on it;
we will try to do it before two weeks.
Mr. Carollo: Okay, we will put two weeks on it. If you can do it before two
weeks, that will wrap it up.
Mr. Gary: I would say without getting in discussion about exceptions to your
remark - I would say that what we could do, Commissioner Carollo, with regards
to the vehicle, we could do that immediately. With regards to the gasoline,
we could do that immediately. With regards to the maintenance, we can do that
immediately. With regards to the vehicle insurance, we could do that immediate-
ly. With regards to the staffing, we should look at.
Mayor Ferre: I have no problems with that and I have no problems with your
looking to make sure that the dining room that they are going to spend this
money on ends up being adequate space and meets all the heath and State re-
quirements and that it doesn't end up being some kind of problem a year or
two from now. It has got to be legal and proper and all that. I am 100% for
it. We just can't go out and do this without doing the proper research and
the proper documentation on it, but I think that the intent of the Commission
is clear and that is, that I think the hot meal program there - I have per-
sonally been there over the past two or three years and seen that program
grow and I frankly ... I don't mean to create any problems for you on the
record, but I think that you are probably violating the fire code, because
I have seen that dining room look like a sardine can, where people couldn't
even walk inside, and there is just much too many people in that dining room,
so you have got to either cut down.on the program, or we need to give you
more space somehow. Is there further discussion?
Mr. Gary: But this doesn't deal with the dining room space!
Mr. Carollo: No further discussion as long as'it is understood that we have
a two week time limit that we have agreed to.
Mr. Plummer: Only as it relates to the aides; the others immediately.
Mayor Ferre: Well, and also to the $12,000 expenditure. There is a $12,000
request out of the $31,000, Mr. Gary, which has to do with their expanding
their dining room.
Mr. Plummer: Yes, the top item.
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Mayor Ferre: Oh yes, and as I understand it, that goes...
Mr. Gary: That is program assistant according to my sheets.
Mayor Ferre: Yes?
Mr. Gary: That is a person.
Mayor Ferre: Well, is that a person? (AT THIS POINT, Mayor Ferre makes com-
ment in Spanish to Mr. Urra)
Mr. Urra: (TRANSLATION by Cesar Odio) This is included in your
Mayor Ferre; (COMMENTS IN SPANISH)
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Mr. Urra:1 (TRANSLATION by Cesar Odio) It is for one assistant for the direc-
tor of the program.
Mayor Ferre: I stand corrected, Mr. Manager. I have a question I have to
ask Mr. Urra: (COMMENT IN SPANISH)
Mr. Urra: (TRANSLATION by Cesar Odio) It is the idea to expand the restaurant
so that it can seat more people.
Mayor Ferre: The food program?
Mr. Odio: The food program.
Mayor Ferre: (COMMENTS IN SPANISH)
_ Mr. Urra: (TRANSLATION by Cesar Odio) He told Nester that we had to do some-
thing in another location. This has nothing to do with the expansion of the
meal program.
Mayor Ferre: (COMMENTS IN SPANISH)
Mr. Urra: (TRANSLATION by Cesar Odio) for additional money
for that? He is not going to ask for any more money for another...
Mayor Ferre; (COMMENTS IN SPANISH
Mr. Odio: He is going to ask for additional money for the expansion of the
meal program later.
Mayor Ferre: Well, then the answer is "yes".
Mr. Odio: The answer, is "yes".
Mayor Ferre: We better get this clear now. Mr. Manager, I am voting with
this motion as is presented, but I expect for you on the 24th to have a full
report to us just exactly what this hot meals program expansion is all about
and I am perfectly willing at that time to reconsider this if the Administra-
tion feels that we are not getting sufficient value out of the program.
Mr. Gary: I will continue to protect the dollars, Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: You will continue to what?
Mr. Carollo: I will tell you what...
Mayor Ferre: Are you ... Howard, I don't want to get into a confrontational
situation here about your being the protector of the dollars.
Mr. Carollo: What really burns me up is the only time you really want to
seem to protect the dollars that bad is when it comes to some programs in
the Cuban areas. Why don't we just protect the dollars all around and I am
the main one of this Commission that protects the dollars starting for not
taxing people of this City as much as we have to. But, I will tell you, if
you have any problems in taking any of your aides that are up there collect-
ing dust on the shelves and place them for two or three days to get the
answers that you need and we need for this program, I will be more than
happy to volunteer one of my aides for as long as it takes, so that would
solve that problem.
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Mr. Gary: Well, what I was trying to convey to you, Mr. Carollo, is that we
have no problems with this program or any other program. What we would pre-
fer is that we have an opportunity to review it and come back with a report
just as we do on any other program, any other festival, because we want to
make sure that the money you are giving him, which we want to give him, is
being utilized in the best way. Now, I am...
Mayor Ferre: And that is inherent in the motion, Mr. Manager. This is a
motion in principle. As you know, this is not a resolution. It is not
specifically written out. You are being instructed to do thin as a matter
of principle and it is a motion. Obviously you would rather come back with
the speci4ics before it gets done.
Mr. Gary:il And if there is some additional money that is needed to make that
place come up to code in conjunction with additional staff meetings Ve may
have, we will recommend it. We have no problem. It is not that it is a
Cuban organization. We do all organizations this way and we think it is
a good program, as we said before. We have $139,000 that we are giving them
now. We have a program coming up now for the ninth year. In addition to
dealing with this in terms of General Fund money in solving the immediate
problems, we also look at it in terms of including it in our ninth year C.D.
Mayor Ferre: All right sir. Further discussion? Call the roll.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Carollo, who moved
its adoption.
MOTION NO. 83-84
A MOTION APPROVING IN PRINCIPLE REQUEST MADE BY ORLANDO
URRA REPRESENTING ALLAPATTAH COMMUNITY ACTION, INC. AND
REFERRING SAME TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR FULL REVIEW, CERTAIN
ASPECTS OF THE REQUEST; FURTHER REQUESTING THE MANAGER TO
COME BACK BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION WITH A FULL REPORT NO
LATER THAN TWO WEEKS FROM THIS DATE.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, 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
ON ROLL CALL:
Mayor Ferre: "Yes" and I want to say into the record that this is an impor-
tant program in the Allapattah community; that the Manager is not the only
person that is concerned about protecting dollars and more important, the
proper expenditures of monies to service the people of Miami. This is a
motion of intent and we expect a full report by the 24th.
16. GRANT REQUEST FOR USE OF BAYFRONT PARK AUDITORIUM FOR CHILDREN'S
FESTIVAL MAY 1ST TO 4TH - METRO-DADE CHILD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
Mr. Perez: Mr. Mayor, I have a letter from the Child Development Center of
Dade County requesting permission to use the Municipal Auditorium there on
Biscayne and 6th Street for their children's festival to be held on April loth
from 1:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. I would like to request that the City provide the
funds - that the Manager can make the necessary arrangements for that purpose.
.Mayor Ferre: Is there a second?
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Mr. Carollo: Excuse me, what is the motion again? I didn't quite hear it.
Mr. Perez: This is a children's festival that is going to be sponsored by
the Metro -Dade County Child Development Service and it is a festival that
is supposed to make about two thousand children.
Mr. Carollo: Yes, I second the motion.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? Call the roll.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Perez, who moved
its adoption.
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A MOTION GRANTING REQUEST MADE FOR USE OF BAYFRONT PARK
AUDITORIUM ON MAY 1ST THROUGH THE 4TH, IN CONNECTION WITH
"CHILDREN FESTIVAL", SPONSORED BY METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY
CHILD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Carollo, the motion was passed and
adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
ON ROLL CALL:
Mayor Ferre: "Yes". Again, Mr. Manager, this is implicit. It is implicit
in this that since you are the protector of City funds that you will also
go over this to make sure that this is proper and it is worked out effectively.
17. GRANT DEFERRAL OF RENTAL PAYMENT FOR COCONUT GROVE EXHIBITION
CENTER TO MR. VICTOR LOGAN FOR A "WONDERFUL WORLD OF BUSINESS
EXPO" AND PROVIDING FOR REPAYMENT OF SAID LOAN.
Mr. Dawkins: A gentlemen is requesting aid to put on the home show. Go ahead
and state your problem.
Mr. Victor Logan: My name is Victor Logan and what I am here today on is re-
garding the Wonderful World of Business Expo. What we are doing is, we are
requesting a $4,000 promotional grant to assist us in the building up of the
exposition, which is in the best interest of this City of Miami and the busi-
nesses therein. This is an annual exposition which started in September of
1981.
Mayor Ferre: Is this a non-profit operation?
Mr. Logan: It has made no profit for the last two years, sir. No, it has
not.
Mayor Ferre: No, I am not asking you whether you made a profit or not. I
commend you for the quickness of your answer, but that is not what I wanted
to know. Is this a properly registered Florida non-profit operation? This
city is is supposedly not in business of helping private entrepreneurs to
make a profit in this way, even though we do help minorities, but I don't
think you qualify yet.
Mr. Logan: I think what you are doing is, you are really helping the busi-
ness community, not non-profit entities, Mr. Mayor. May I finish with the
proposal and then let you discuss it?
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Mayor Ferre: Go ahead.
Mr. Logan: All right. It is an annual exposition which started in Septem-
ber of 1981 at the Coconut Grove Exhibition Center. This is the second year
of the event. It is scheduled for March 4th to 6th of 1983 - also at the
Exhibition Center. There is a very tight economy out there, Mr. Mayor. There
are a lot of businesses that are scratching to survive. There are many
bankruptcies out there. It is a feeling that the show itself could be a very
great uplift to the businesses. Due to the tight economy, we need these funds
Just for the exposition to reach fruition this year. Although the exposition
has made t}o profit in the first year and stands at a considerable loss again
this year„ we feel in the future that the show would build up and become a
viable entity for the businesses in the City. The amount requested is approx-
imately ot#e-half of the fee due to the City of Miami for the rental of the
Coconut Grove Exhibition Center for the event. In closing, what we would like
to say is the exposition would be more than happy to return to the City any
profits up to the $4,000 being requested out of the profits, if any, for
either the expo in '83 or 184. It is very much something that is needed by
the business community. We are really scratching to grow. Many expositions
have been cancelled as of late and we could have done the same thing because
of the situation and we are striving to make it happen so that it can become
a viable reality with your assistance.
Mr. Carollo: Vic, I have a question.
Mr. Logan: Yes, sir.
Mr. Carollo: How many of these boat shows are there now?
Mr. Logan: No sir, it is not a boat show; it is a business exposition.
Mr. Carollo: It is a business exposition. So you are involved in that too,
right?
Mr. Logan: Yes, sir.
Mr. Carollo: The boat show and this?
Mr. Logan: Yes, sir.
Mr. Carollo: I will tell you what. We are talking straight business here.
I will make you a business proposition.
Mr. Logan: Okay.
Mr. Carollo: I don't mind waiving that fee for the approximately $4,000.
Mr. Logan: It is half of the fee, air.
Mr. Carollo: Half of the fee for $4,000, as long as we are paid. I don't
care if it is in '83, '84, 185, but we are paid - no interest charged. Now,
if you don't make profit in 183, you should make it in 184 or 185, or 186,
but you will make profit, otherwise you are not going to stay in business.
Mr. Logan: Yes, sir.
Mr. Carollo: So what I am saying is, I will be willing to waive the fee as
long as the City is paid out of any profits...
Mr. Logan: Out of any profits of the exposition as long as...
Mr. Carollo: Within five years.
Mr. Logan: You have got it.
Mr. Carollo: Let's place a time limit of five years to repay that money.
We will charge you no interest on that.
Mr. Logan: You have got it.
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Mayor Ferre: Now, let's not be cute on this, Victor. What the Commissioner
said is not what you inserted - out of the profits - he didn't say that! He
said ... his motion, as I understood it was that we are picking up the $4,000,
but you have got to pay it back, not ifs or buts!
Mr. Carollo: Within five years.
Mayor Ferre: You know, whether this...
Mr. Plummer: In effect, it is a loan.
Mr. Logan: What you are saying is, in effect it is a loan. Are you saying
against the exposition, or against what?
Mayor Ferre: No, he didn't say that!
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Mr. Logan: That is what I am asking, sir.
Mayor Ferre: You said that. You inserted that.
Mr. Carollo: I am saying it is a loan to either you or the corporation that
you have that is handling this, whichever the case may be.
Mr. Logan: All right.
Mayor Ferre: You know, I think you have got some legal problems with that.
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: Commissioner Carollo, I think what you want to say is
that you want to defer the collection of the fee, rather than make any
loans, which would present a legal problem.
Mayor Ferre: That is against the law. It is not the purpose of government
to lend money in this way to the private sector.
Mr. Logan: I think the best think I could say in answer to that, Mr. Mayor,
is that there have been a number of entities that have come before the
Commission today for fun and good times...
Mayor Ferre: All of them non-profit.
Mr. Logan: Excuse me, sir... for fun and good times in the community, and I
think the business in the community is the life blood of this community and
I did not notice one of them suggest paying those funds back, so I...
Mayor Ferre: They are non-prol'it. You are a profit making operation. You
make a profit. You are a businessman. You put money in your pocket. These
other operations like the Opera Guild and the Y.M.C.A. and other things are
non-profit entities that are here to give benefits to the community. You
are here to do that, but you are also here to put money in your pocket, ;nd
you are asking us*to public money in your pocket and I don't mind doing it,
you know, under certain provisos, but there have to be certain conditions.
Mr. Carollo: Vic, I am sorry, but I just had a little bird enlighten me as
to the State law. What we have to do in order to make this legal, is we have
to waive the fee in question and I think that the time span of the five years
might be construed by a court as being unreasonable, so what would be reason-
able, Mr. City -Attorney?
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: For an obligation of what was it, $4,000? Two, three
years, maybe.
Mr. Carollo: Three years, and you will be personally liable for paying that
back in four years and I think this ought to be reasonable, Vic. You should
be able to make a profit in at least three years time.
Mr. Logan: All I am saying is, we are hoping to do that. The only question
I was asking is that the Wonderful World of Business be allowed to try to
reach fruition. I am asking you to waive (however you call it) to defer the
fee...
Mr. Carollo: Defer the $4,000 fee.
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Mr. Logan: ... and we are willing to guarantee you that whatever number of
years you want to put on it, whether it is three years, or five years, that
any funds, any profits at all that are made for the Wonderful World of Business
Exposition go to repay that - that is all I am saying.
Mayor Ferre: That is not the motion! You are putting words in...
Mr. Logan: I am not trying to put words in his mouth. I am asking!
Mayor Ferre: Yes, you are. You are putting words in...
Mr. Carol;o: Vic, I will accept that, however, if the profits are not enough
to meet that loan to be repaid, then you will be personally liable to pay the
rest of 4.
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Mayor Ferre: That is different. You can't have your cake and eat it too.
Mr. Logan: Okay, I agree.
Mr. Carollo: You have got three years. You know, if you can't pay back _
$4,000 in four years, they can close shop.
Mr. Logan: I agree.
Mr. Carollo: So be it then. It is a motion.
Mayor Ferre: There is a motion on the floor. Is there a second?
Mr. Dawkins: Second.
Mayo. Ferre: Further discussion. _
Mr. Carollo: Let me clarify it more. The motion is that we are going to
defer the payment of $4,000 for the rental fee and that the corporation -
can you say the name of the corporation you have?
Mr. Logan: The Wonderful World of Business.
Mr. Carollo: Wonderful World of Business will have up to three years to
pay the $4,000 back to the City of Miami out of their profits. If they
fail to have enough profits in three years to meet the payment back to the
City of Miami of $4,000, then Mr. Vic Logan would be personally responsible
for whatever the difference is, or the whole sum of $4,000.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? Call the roll.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Carollo, who moved
its adoption.
MOTION NO. 83-86
A MOTION GRANTING A REQUEST MADE BY VICTOR LOGAN REPRESENT-
ING "THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF BUSINESS EXPO" AND DEFERRING PAY-
MENT BY HIM OF $4,000 REPRESENTING THE RENTAL FEES FOR USE OF
THE COCONUT GROVE EXHIBITION HALL IN CONNECTION WITH SAID
EVENT, WHICH IS TO BE HELD ON MARCH 4-6, 1983; PROVIDED, HOW-
EVER, THAT THIS AMOUNT SHALL BE REPAID TO THE CITY NO LATER
THAN THREE YEARS FROM THIS DATE EITHER FROM PROFITS (IF ANY)
OR, IN THE ABSENCE OF SAME, SAID AMOUNT TO BECOME THE PER-
SONAL LIABILITY OF MR. VICTOR LOGAN.
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
NOES: Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
ABSENT: None
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18. RATIFY COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT - SANITATION EMPLOYEES
ASSOCIATION.
Mr. Dawkins: Mr. Mayor, I would like to take Item Number40a now in that the
Sanitation workers asked me if we could bring it up and hear it now so that
they could sign their contract this afternoon. Mr. Gary, do you have any
problems with bringing Number 40a up now?
Mr. Gary:! No, sir, we don't.
Mayor Ferre: Agenda Item Number 40a. all right.
Mr. Gary: Collective bargaining agreement between the Sanitation Department
and the association.
Mayor Ferre: Go ahead.
Mr. Dean Mielke: Mr. Mayor, on behalf of the Administration, as your chief
negotiator, we have sent you a draft of the summary of this agreement, along
with the approximate cost, etcetera�to concur with the budget people. We
would recommend to you the ratification of this two year agreement.
Mr. Bill Smith: Mr. Mayor and members of the Commission, I am Bill Smith,
Sanitation Employees Association. Our rank and file ratified the agreement.
While it is not what they really figured was best, it is something they
thought they could live with and we recommend that you ratify it.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion to your questions? Now is there a motion?
Mr. Dawkins: Moved.
Mr. Plummer: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Moved by Dawkins, seconded by Plummer. Further discussion
on Item 40a. Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Dawkins, who
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-87
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF
MIAMI AND THE EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION KNOWN AS THE SANITATION
EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, INC. FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1,
1982 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 1984 UPON ITS RATIFICATION AND
SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SUCH AGREEMENT AS
SET FORTH IN THE ATTACHED COPY THEREOF.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and
on file in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the resolution was passed
and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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19. FORMALIZING RESOLUTION INTER -LOCAL AGREEMENT PARK -WEST OVERTOWN.
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: This is the inter -local agreement for Park West/Overtrnm, Mr. -
Mayor. You approved this last October. I met two days ago with the County
Attorney.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager, has Administration had opportunity to look over
the substdnce of this. Are you in agreement with this?
Mr. Gary: Yes, we are.
Mayor Ferre: Okay. Has Mr. Bailey looked at it?
Mr. Gary: Yes, sir.
Mayor Ferre: All right, is there a motion?
Mr. Plummer: So moved.
Mayor Ferre: Is there a second?
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-88
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE IN
SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORM ATTACHED HERETO, THE INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND DADE COUNTY, WHICH WAS
APPROVED FOR EXECUTION BY RESOLUTION NO. 82-840, COVER-
ING THE GRANT OF $6,770,670 BY THE UNITED STATES DEPART-
MENT OF TRANSPORTATION; URBAN MASS TRANSPORTATION AD-
MINISTRATION (UMTA) TO UNDERTAKE THE OVERTOWN URBAN
INITIATIVES REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT NO. PL-03-0064 AS
AMENDED.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and
on file in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the resolution was passed
and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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20. COMMENDATION AND THANK YOU TO MR. ART TEALE AND METROPOLITAN
DADE COUNTY FOR THEIR EFFORTS CONCERNING THE INTER -LOCAL
AGREEMENT FOR PARK -WEST OVERTOWN.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager, let me just comment that I think this kind of
concludes the tremendous amount of work that you, Commissioner Dawkins, I,
and otherfinembers of the Administration have put into our visit to Washing-
ton and I=want to make special note of the fact that we have had tremendous
cooperation from UMTA. It has been bipartisan. I want to specifically state
that this;all began during the Carter Administration, but, it has been con-
cluded under the Reagan Administration. It is unusual, because you know this
Administration has been cutting back on these types of urban funds. We owe a
great deal of gratitude to Art Teale. As I understand it, Art Teale will be
moving along and will not be the director of UMTA much longer. I have written
the President a personal letter, commending him for Art Teale's work and I
sent a copy of that to our new Secretary of Transportation, who I think is an
exceptionally fine public servant, Mrs. Dole. I would like to make a motion
that this Commission again recognize Art Teale and send him a commendation of
gratitude for his tremendous cooperation with the City. I want also in this
to thank Metropolitan Dade County. We didn't get everything we wanted, but I
think we got the majority of what we wanted. We were the initiators of this.
this is our baby and for a while it wasn't coming our way, but I think we suc-
cessfully rescued it and I think we ought to be proud of your efforts and
that of your colleagues. So we need a motion here.
Mr. Plummer: I make the motion.
Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves it. Miller Dawkins seconds. Further discussion?
Call the roll.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption.
MOTION NO. 83-89
A MOTION RECOGNIZING THE EFFORTS OF MR. ARTHUR TEALE AS
WELL AS THE PROPER OFFICIALS OF METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY
AND DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE CITY DEPARTMENT TO FORWARD
AN APPROPRIATE COMMENDATION OF GRATITUDE FOR HIS COOPERA-
TION WITH THE CITY CONCERNING AGREEMENT REACHED IN CON-
NECTION WITH PARK WEST OVERTOWN; FURTHER DIRECTING THE
CITY MANAGER TO WRITE A COVER LETTER AT THE TIME SAME
COMMENDATION IS FORWARDED.
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
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager, since I have already written, I think it would be
appropriate for you as the Manager to write Mr. Teale and send him a copy of
the proclamation and commendation and so forth, and express to him how grate-
ful we are for his efforts.
Mr. Gary: Yes, sir.
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21a. BRIEF DISCUSSION I=: GRAND PRIM -'REFERRED TO THE CITY MANAGER.
Mayor Ferre: We also have this Grand Prix and even though I don't want to get
into a discussion of it, Mr. Manager, just let me say for the record that we
are going to have about seventy or eighty Mayors and other city functionaries
from the 4aribbean and Latin America for a conference that the Inter -American
Chamber of Commerce and the City of Miami are jointly sponsoring as Commissioner
Carollo h4s spent an inordinate amount of time on. I want to make sure that
we are not embarrassed in any way by having those people here during the Grand
Prix and that somehow they are unable to attend, because we have provided the
tickets.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, as your liaison between the Commission and the Grand
Prix. I have already spoken to the people and there seems to be no problem
existing. They would be more than haPDv to provide whatever is necessary. I
have already talked to them about that.
Mayor Ferre: All right. Mr. Manager. we will iust leave it on your shoulders
to make sure that is Properly worked out.
Mr. Gary: We will make sure they are Provided for, regardless of what action
we have to take, okay?
22. RECEIVE REPORT BY BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON ON THE DEPARTMENT OF DATA
PROCESSING.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager, start with Item Number "A".
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, as you will recall, the Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. was asked
to come into the City of Miami approximately a year ago to perform a study of
the computer operations. They have completed Task I which was presented to
the City Commission approximately four months ago, which highlighted some im-
provements that need to be made in the computer operations. I am pleased to
announce that we have completed about 95% of those improvements and we are
now in Task II, which is the subject of Item Number "A". At this time I would
like Mr. Porter Homer representing Booz Allen to give his report.
Mayor Ferre: Go ahead, Mr. Homer.
Mr. Porter Homer. Mr. Mayor and members of the City Commission, when we last:
appeared before you, we presented our assessment of the Computer Department
operations and today we are to present to you a recommended five year data
processing action plan for the future of the City and its computer operations.
A presentation will be made today by Mr. David Matthews who is an associate
of mine in the firm of Booz Allen and Hamilton. He has over ten years of
experience in computer work in both the private and public sector. He has
conducted similar studies to the ones that you will be hearing today for
several public agencies including Oklahoma City; Detroit, Michigan and Fort
Lauderdale. He has also managed several large scale design implementation
projects. He is also an attorney with skills and experience in hardware
contracts, software development contracts and other data processing procure-
ments and related issues. I will ask Mr. Matthews to make this presentation
to you.
Mr. David Matthews: My name is David Matthews of Booz Allen, Mr. Mayor and
Commissioners. I would like to briefly review the past two'reports. As
you recall, Booz Allen contract required us to review both operations and
personnel in the Department of Computers and Communications. That review and
assessment lead to our preparation of the five year automation plan and after
conducting that assessment, we determined a number of issues related to the
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Data Processing Department. Let me run over some of those very quickly.
The City does require substantial automated support to meet its required obli-
gations under the law. Without data processing at this point in time, the City
would need an army of clerks to meet its statutory financial and paper work
requirements. It would need additional support to support the service delivery
functions of both the Police and Fire Departments also. The City at this point
in time though needs a data processing plan to be pro -active rather than re-
active in its management of automation support. Rather than reacting to problems
and emergencies, you need to schedule as you use the automated support.
That long range plan must be responsive to the goals and objectives of the City.
Simply put, that means you don't need to process information that is not nec-
cessary or required by departments. You don't need to produce reports that
nobody reds or uses. What we looked at in developing this five year automation
plan with;the specific information requirements for each of your City depart-
ments, wh4t they actually needed to perform their job. We incorporated these
results i4to our automation plan. Let me again briefly review some of the
conclusions that we reached from our reports. There are several organizational
problems with the data processing report at this point in time in the City.
The organizational staffing of the Department of Computers has really not been
responsive to overall City data processing needs. Your personnel resources are
scattered among the Police Department, the Fire Department and the Department
of Computers. While the Fire Department's staff has been relatively productive
and provided increase technical competence in the data processing area, you are
still suffering from fragmented staff in several interactions. Most of the
information requirements in data processing support that you are receiving now
is in need of some fixes and some repairs and some expansion. You don't need
to enter into a major new expansion of data processing services, but rather you
need to fix what you have at this point in time. We also feel, after reviewing
your operations that the current E.D.P. operations are not really capable of
supporting all of your users of data processing requirements. There are no
standard policies and procedures. The present hardware configurations - the
desk computer and the Burroughs hardware will be inadequate to meet your
coming (both current and future) data processing needs. The short term correc-
tive action that the Manager referred to a moment ago has been implemented.
There are some additional ones that you must implement in the future. You
have already begun by hiring your new data processing manager. He has been on
board since the beginning of January. That was a good first step.
Mayor Ferre: Would you introduce him, Mr. Manager?
Mr. Gary: Yes. Mayor, the new Director of Data Processing, Mr. Samit Roy.
We did a national advertisement for data processing director and this varticc-
lar appointment was from Atlanta. Mr. Roy has had considerable experience in
the computers and he has gotten national attention in terms of police computer
operations as demonstrated by his F.B.I. programming for the missing childrens
issue in Atlanta. This person came to me by way of some direct contact that
the Mayor had with the former Mayor of Atlanta and I am pleased that the Mayor
assisted me in this recruiting effort.
Mayor Ferre: Don't qualify it that way. I had nothing to do with it. In fact,
I have never met the gentlemen. It was just a happy coincidence that the former
mayor of Atlanta called me to strongly recommend, and evidently the recommenda-
tion was an appropriate one. Any other wise cracks you got?
Mr. Gary: No, no. That was not a wise crack. That was meant to be positive.
Mayor Ferre: Is there anything else that you want to tell us? You have met with
the members of the Commission, I assume?
Mr. Matthews: Yes, we have.
Mayor Ferre: You and I have gone over this and we are just repeating. I think
what we need to do is get the Manager's recommendation on this item and then
open it up for questions from the members of the Commission.
Mr. Plummer: Well, Mr. Mayor, I am going to have a lot to say, but I am going
to say...
Mayor Ferre: I know you are, that is why I want to get on to it.
Mr. Plummer: I am going to save you the problems today because this study is
one more piece meal of the slicing of the bologna and the bologna is the fact
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that this thing is not finished. Probably one of the most key, important
parts that ties in in this entire system is the police aspect, which is not
yet complete. I think for this Commission to take any action - of course we
can't; we received this book yesterday...
Mayor Ferre: J. L., before you make the...I see where you are going - before
you do it, give the Manager the courtesy of making a statement into the record.
I will recognize you for your statement...
Mr. Plummer: Oh, I am sorry, I thought...
Mayor Ferre: He hasn't done it yet. Mr. Manager, would you tell us where
you are at, and then I will recognize the members of the Commission for state-
ments.
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Mr. Gary:' First of all, I would like to say that I came to the Commission
about a year ago, realizing that we had considerable problems in our computer
operations and it als demonstrates the fact that we understand our problems
that we do what is necessary to correct them. This is the second phase which
addresses the computer operation in terms of a five year plan in terms of hard-
ware and personnel. There is only one aspect left, and that is the third
phase, which deals with the mobile digital and police software. This partially
deals with it in terms of a machine configuration which will give better proces-
sing time to the police officers in the street.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager, do you recommend this?
Mr. Gary: Yes, I recommend that we accept it in principle.
Mayor Ferre: Do you feel strongly about this, or is this something that we
can put off for another month or five months, or something?
Mr. Gary: No, I don't think we can. I feel very strongly.
Mayor Ferre: Why can't we put it off?
Mr. Gary: The first reason we can't put it off is the fact that we are not
doing adequate programming and we are not providing adequate services to the
Police Department, primarily. Secondly, we have some tremendous problems in
terms of our internal administrative computer operation. That is for Finance,
Public Works and all the other non -sworn personnel departments. Thirdly, I
think it begins to allow us the centralization of the computerized system so
that we can provide better on hand first line service to the police with a
capable backup system for police and fire.
Mayor Ferre: And lastly, you are going to be ... Booz Allen has a report to
finalize in regards to the police and why can't we wait until that is con-
cluded before we go out and approve the expenditure of these substantial
sums of money.
Mr. Gary: Okay. For the mere fact that ... first of all, I am not asking you
to spend substantial sums of money right now. That is why I am saying in
principle, so that we have to come back to you in terms of going out and
purchasing something. But, I think it is important to get this approved in
principle, primarily because the third phase which is the mobile digital,
and the software for the police would be dependent upon approval of this
particular program.
Mayor Ferre: All right, now Mr. Plummer.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, the Manager has typified the one saying that is
very pertinent to computers - garbage in, garbage out and I am happy that
we have approved the sanitation worker's contract, because they are going to
have more garbage than they will know what to do with. If anyone has ever
had the opportunity to look into our so-called computer system in the City
of Miami, it is without a doubt the classic example of organized confusion.
I don't see how we are ever going to straighten this damn mess out until
you address the whole picture. I thought it was quite amusing that the
Manager admitted in his comments that the Booz Allen firm was under a
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ninety -day maximum report that was done a year ago. All I am saying, I beg
this Commission - "Don't make any moves at this time" until you get the entire
picture. You are going to be asked in this report which we received yesterday -
I don't think any member of this Commission has had the opportunity to read
this entire book, much less understand it. To ask us to approve this book
today, even in principle, as we know how things work around City Hall. Once
you approve it in principle, then comes the implementation and says "Well,
you approved it in principle". I think it is a piece -meal fashion. I think
it is the only way we are going to straighten this out is to address it from
the standpoint of knowing the full picture. Mr. Mayor, the one thing this
bock does not address except in a brief glancing blow: do we need or can we
afford the type of sophistication that these computers are going to supposed-
ly avail tPis city to? You know, I can remember the days in this city when
you had an;accident or you had a home break in, or something of that nature,
a policeman came to your house and he wrote a one page report. I don't know
if any of jou recently have had a copy of a report from the Police Department.
Six pages !Iongl Why in God's name we have to know on a house break in whether
or not the whether is rainy, sunshine or clear, unless we are trying to make
better provisions for burglers! It is trash. We can go to our computers in
the Pension Department and we can tell you how many White Anglo males under
twenty-one years of age works for the City, or we can tell you how many Latins
over sixty-three work for the City. We don't need itt We did not have a
computer operation four years ago for the tune of $4,000,000 a year. Mr. Mayor,
all I am saying to you is, I am prepared, when I get a full report, as far as
I am concerned, to handle this in piece meal is further complicating a mess.
A chaos is expensive!
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: Yes, sir.
Mr. Gary: I know you have got to move along. First of all, this report is
intended to clean up a mess. The deck equipment was bought - in my estimation
should not have been bought - bad piece of equipment. That was before I even
came to the City. Secondly, we bought a Burroughs machine that a local audit-
ing firm suggested that we buy, along with a program. The machine was too
small for the program. That was before I got here. In recognizing that the
problem existed, first thing I did was to surface it to the Commission and
say we had a problem and correct it. Now, in terms of the ninety -day report,
I must refresh your memory, Commissioner Plummer. This item has been on the
agenda about two or three times. As a matter of fact, we gave you the report
in draft form, because we have been trying to get a hold of you. These
reports are timely and we want to make sure that every one of the City Com-
missioners who knew was aware of the report.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Gary, excuse me. I appreciate your fine half truths, okay?
But you know, if I am not mistaking, this gentlemen stood up here today and
says "It is still not complete". It is 95%. Did you not make that comment?
Mr. Gary: Yes, but you are confusing the reports, Commissioner. There are
three phases to the report. The first phase, which is a preliminary study
to identify the problem in the existing system is the first phase. This
is the second phase, which is a long term plan. The third phase deals with
the mobile digital as it relates to the computers which is primarily used
by police and will be utilized by the Fire Department.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Gary, we have presently how many computers?...Mr. Matthews?
Mr. Matthews: There is one main - the Burroughs.
Mr. Plummer: No, no. The total amount of computers the city now has. Did
you tell me it was sixteen?
Mr. Matthews: No, I said there eight.
Mr. Plummer: Plus the other two for the identification.
Mr. Matthews: No, that is included in that.
Mr. Plummer: In the eight?
Mr. Matthews: There are six desk computers and there is a dual main branch
configuration.
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Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, let me tell you my bottom line. The one thing that I
understood clearly out of this book - their recommendation is we buy another
computer.
Mayor Ferre: All right, further comments or statements? Mr. Manager, what is
your recommendation?
Mr. Gary: I recommend that the Commissioner approve the report in principle
with the understanding (it doesn't even have to be an understanding) that we
cannot expend any money, because you haven't appropriated any money. Before
we appropriate money, we have to come back before this Commission anyway.
Mayor Ferre: I want to support the Administration and I want to put this
on record'as to how and why I support the Administration. Now look. We
have a raying car. You like racing, okay? ... and the racing car or the rac-
ing boat Isn't working right. So we bring in an outside expert mechanic on
this particular kind of alcohol engine - the name is Booz Allen. Booz Allen
has looked at the engine to see it keeps stopping all the time and they say
that it needs a different setup for sparkplugs and that it needs to have a
larger carburetor and that once we get a larger carburetor, the car is going
to run much better and we it won't konk out in the middle of the race. Now,
I am not a mechanic and neither are you. I don't know anything about how
these things operate. We paid these people a lot of money to come in here
and look and see specifically how to improve that motor. They are recom-
mending that we enlarge the size of the carburetor and change the sparkplugs.
And they are also recommending that we get a better mechanic and that we im-
prove the quality of the drivers that are driving the car. Now, that is our
recommendation to us. I think we ought to do one or two things. One, refute
their recommendations with specific information. Two, accept their recommenda-
tion, or three, fire them if they are not doing the job. For us to substitute
our knowledge in the midst of such a complicated area, I think is suicide.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, excuse me.
Mayor Ferre: I'm finished!
Mr. Plummer: The smart owner of a race boat knows the day when you no longer
bandaid the motor. You replace it. Second of all, I agree with your first
premise, that it should be areas to be refuted. Mr. Mayor, we got this yes-
terday. I don't apologize, because I do have to work for a living, but I
don't think anybody sitting on this Commission has had the opportunity to
read this book and understand it to be in a position to read refute. All I
am saying is accept the report in principle. Accept the report, okay? ... and
then we will discuss it. -
Mayor Ferre: Are you making a motion?
Mr. Plummer: Accepting the report? Yes, sir, I so make the motion.
Mayor Ferre: Is there a second?
Mr. Perez: Yes, I second the motion. Mr. Mayor, I think that it is very
important before we make any decisions on this issue - you mention the car,
you have to be familiar with the car before choosing the mechanic. I think
that it is important that we have the opportunity to have a tour or
something in order to be familiar with the whole system. We received the
visit from the company yesterday for a few minutes, but I don't think that
that is enough to make a decision for almost $500,000.
Mayor Ferre: We aren't making that decision now. The only issue before us
is to acceptance of this report and there is a motion and you seconded it?
Mr. Perez: Sure.
Mayor Ferre: Any further discussion?
Mr. Plummer: Under discussion, may I understand when the final 5% is going
to be forthcoming?
Mr. Gary: I will let you know next week.
Mr. Plummer: Thank you.
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Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? Call the roll.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption.
MOTION NO. 83-90
A MOTION ACCEPTING THE TASK II REPORT SUBMITTED BY BOOZ
ALLEN REGARDING THE DEPARTMENT OF DATA PROCESSING.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez,
adopted b 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 motion was passed and
23. LONG DISCUSSION: MIAMI CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT, INC.
Mayor Ferre: We are now on Item Number "B", which is the review of the Miami
Capital Development Incorporated. Mr. Manager?
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, I would like for Ms. Gallogly and the consultant that
we have hired to study the Miami Capital Development Corporation to give this
report.
Mayor Ferre: Is the consultant here? Where is the consultant?
UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: Mr. Goldstein is here.
Mayor Ferre: All right Mr. Goldstein, why don't you come up here so we can ask
you some questions. I have some questions I am going to be asking you.
Mr. Plummer: May I, Mr. Mayor, ask a question? It is my understanding from
Mr. Del Cerro that in fact, the members of the Board of Directors of Miami
Capital, who serve on a voluntary basis have no compensation - have not had
the opportunity to read this report, to study it, nor were they invited to
be here to speak to the issue. I fully understand my colleague, Commissioner
Dawkin's request. I think is legitimate and should be heard today. I have
a problem with an area that says that people who serve on boards do not have
the opportunity to speak to an issue. As it relates to Overtown, I think that
is perfectly in order to discuss, but I would hope, Mr. Mayor, that the full
text of this report would be discussed at a later meeting at such time as this
Board of Directors who serve voluntarily could have the time to review, dis-
cuss and be here to discuss with this Commission. Because, as it stands right
now, we will be hearing only one side of the story and I would hope that we
would honor Commissioner Dawkin's request to speak as it relates to Overtown,
but defer the remaining portion until that opportunity has been afforded the
Board of Directors.
Mr. Dawkins: Mr. Mayor...
Mayor Ferre: I will recognize you in a second, Miller. I also want to say,
and I support your position here, but I also want to say that I have a series
of questions that I am going to ask into the record and when this does come
up for discussion at the next meeting I would like some answers. Go ahead,
Commissioner Dawkins.
Mr. Dawkins: Mr. Mayor, fellow Commissioners, first thing I want to make
clear is, Dr. Anderson, what I am doing and what I am concerned about has
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nothing to do with you. Long before you came here I had a problem with Capital
Development. I still have that same problem with Capital Development. Bring-
ing you in did not erase it, did not reduce it. If anything, it added to it,
not because of you. Your hands have been tied. You have been unable to funct-
ion as you should have functioned and I want the record to reflect that. So,
I am not in any way attempting to downgrade your efforts, or to tell you that I
am not happy with what you did. I am just very dissatisfied with Miami Capi-
tal and it has nothing to do with you. Now that I have got that in the record,
I asked for December Sth, and this is all I asked for today, that you come
and let me know your goals, objectives and what you had accomplished at Miami
Capital. That is all I asked forl Now, how it got blown out of proportions
and got tc( where it is now, I don't know. But, I still have a problem with
Miami Capital and as long as I sit on this Commission and I think I have a
problem w* h it, I will be doing all I can to correct it.
Mayor Ferre: All right, let's get on now with Charlotte and then we will
recognize you, Mr. Del Cerro. You heard the request of Vice -Mayor Plummer.
Mr. Plummer: Well, that is my request, Mr. Mayor, but I have no problem with
the request of Commissioner Dawkins. I have no problem with that at all.
As a matter of fact, I, like him, would like to know how this thing got blown
out further than what his request was, because obviously, from what I have in
my portfolio, a great deal of time went into that study for Ms. Gallogly to
make her recommendation.
Mayor Ferre: There has been more thar. one study.
Mr. Plummer: Okay, I understand that.
Mayor Ferre: There have been three studies.
Mr. Plummer: But, Mr. Mayor, all I am asking out of a matter of courtesy is
that that report which does have some pretty heavy - not accusations - but
some pretty heavy recommendations, that that Board of Directors who sit vol-
untarily be afforded the opportunity to discuss it.
Mayor Ferre: I would also like to request, while you are on the subject,
a copy of the other two reports and the other two reports - I am talking
about the internal reports and the external reports that were done prior to
this one be given to the chairman and the members of the Board and to the
members of the Commission.
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, obviously_ some comments have been made and it many not
be beneficial at this time to respond to those comments. I think it would
be appropriate on the record to ask Mr. Del Cerro as well as the executive
director if they have access to those reports and were they aware of the re-
quest of Commissioner Dawkins in terms of being here. I think both of them
should respond.
Mayor Ferre: Who are the two?
Mr. Gary: The chairman and the executive director.
Mayor Ferre: Oh, I see.
Mr. Juan Del Cerro: My name is Juan Del Cerro. I am the President and Chair-
man of the Board of Miami Capital Development. I am aware that today the
City Commission was going to discuss Miami Capital Development. The scope, or
the limit to that discussion was not made available to me, so all I can say
is that we will respond to the best of our ability at this time to any ques-
tions you may have. That is all I can say.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Chairman, the Manager asked a specific question. The ques-
tion goes back to Commissioner Dawkin's request. Commissioner Dawkins said
that back in December he asked a series of questions and we are now into early
February and he still has not received answers. Now,...
Mr. Del Cerro: I would like to respond to that. I have been President and
Chairman of the Board of Miami Capital since November of 1981. I, personally
have not been been made aware of any specific or particular questions that
any member of the Commission may have had or may have at this time about Miami
Capital Development.
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Mr. Gary: Can you ask the Executive Director the same question?
Mr. Claude Anderson: My name is Claude Anderson. I am the Executive Director
of Miami Capital and also Miami Citywide, and I have been that director for
approximately five months. Let me ask you a question, Mr. City Manager. I
received a written notice to that effect Tuesday of this week. As you well
know, my Commission meets once a month, they, the committee and I had a verbal
indication from that at the last executive committee meeting which was last
week from Ms. Gallogly.
Mr. Gary: That was the first time you were aware of it and had not seen any
of the reports.
Mr. Anderson: No, I have not...the reports themselves?
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Mr. Gary:i Yes.
Mr. Anderson: Yes, I have received copies of the reports. I received those
about a week and one-half ago. But there was no indications on them that we
were going to be requested to testify or to justify or excuse or accuse my
predecessor or the previous performance of Miami Capital.
Mr. Gary: Okay then.
Mr. Plummer: Question, Mr. Anderson - oh, I am sorry.
Mr. Gary: I think it is important to note to eliminate any kind of cloud, that
they have had access to that information.
Mayor Ferre: To what information, Mr. Manager?
Mr. Gary: To the report.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Goldstein's report?
Mr. Gary: Exactly.
Mr. Anderson: No, no, no.
Mr. Gary: Secondly, I think it is important to note that the information that
exists in the report responds to Commissioner Dawkin's request and not only
have they been informed, but it has been common knowledge, as demonstrated by
all the bugs that have been going around here in terms of what happening on
the report. I have no problems, Mr. Mayor and members of the Commission, if this
Commission decides to allow the Board to sit and meet and discuss this report.
If the City Commission wants us to do that, if the City also wants us to pre-
sent our report today, we will do that.
Mayor Ferre: All right.
Mr. Anderson: Mr. Mayor, may I respond to the last assertion?
Mayor Ferre: Yes, sure.
Mr. Anderson: Mr. City Manager, I must respectfully disagree with you. That
evaluation from the Urban Development Incorporated was not in response to
your assertion which related to Commissioner Dawkins. That study was conducted
prior to that. The first indication that we got that Commissioner Dawkins was
even interested in Miami Capital and related particularly to 0vertown came at
the last Commission meeting. We heard directly there was a discussion at this
Commission meeting. And subsequent to that, at thirty day period since your
last Commission meeting, that report has been circulated... massively circulated
all around the City with all kinds of extractions and distortions and other
enterprises added to it.
Mr. Gary: That is not correct. The report was done in conjunction with con-
cerns that Commisioner Dawkins has raised, just as we do reports when other
Commissioner raise questions or ask for answers. That is why the report was
done.
Mayor Ferre: I don't think we are going to make any headway arguing about
whose Commissioner's report...I mean, let's get to the issue at the time and
then I think we can get to the side issue.
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Mr. Dawkins: Mr. Mayor, I asked for Mr. Anderson to give me an update of his
activities. The board has asked that they be heard. I do not want to be res-
ponsible for my colleagues up here having to go through this twice. So, I
am not interested in hearing the board myself, but I am only one on the Com-
mission. I am not interested in hearing what Ms. Gallogly says. I have that
written down and I can read it. My only concern, and I put this on the agenda
that I wanted a review of Miami Capital. I am only interested in hearing from
Mr. Anderson at this time and if somebody else wants to put it on again and
hear everybody else, that is fine, but that is my opinion. Now, if the rest
of the Commission wants to hear...
Mayor Ferre: I understand, Commissioner. I think out of courtesy to the
chairman,!if he wants to say something, I am not going to deny him the right
of makingtany statement he wants to.
Mr. Perez: Could I clarify something, Mr. Mayor?
Mayor Ferre: Well, I would like to ... I think the chairman has been trying
to say something for a while.
Mr. Perez: But, it is in reference to something that he mentioned, you
know.
Mayor Ferre: All right, go ahead.
Mr. Perez: Mr. Del Cerro mentioned that he never received any questions,
any inquiries from any members of the Commission. I would like to remind
that it is in the record that I have received two or three answer - letters
to questions that I have made. As a member of the board of Miami Capital, I
only have the opportunity to participate, I think in the last year they only
called one or two meetings. Okay, I was there and I made a report to the
other members of the Commission and also I tried to be in contact with Mr.
Del Cerro and with Mr. Anderson. I met about five times this week and I
tried to have all this information in order to clarify the whole issue.
That is why I tried to suggest that we defer this issue for the next Commis-
sion meeting in order that the Board have the opportunity to make an opinion
and that we have better information.
Mayor Ferre: I think there seems to be a unanimous concensus. We are going
to do that in a moment, so make your statement and then Charlotte, you want
to make a statement, or Mr. Manager and then we are going to close the thing.
Go ahead.
Mr. Del Cerro: I will make my --statement very brief and then I will sit down.
Miami Capital Development was created and incorporated back in 1979. I wish
to dispel particularly two myths. Miami Capital Development was not created
or incorporated as a result of the civil disturbances at Overtown, Number one.
Number two, Miami Capital Development is a private, not for profit corporation
that has a contract with the City of Miami and has had a contract with the
City of Miami since 1979. On behalf of the Board, and that has been our po-
sition from the beginning, at any time if any member of the City Commission
has any questions, any input as to the operations or record of Miami Capital
Development, you are more than welcome and I, as president of the corporation,
I more than welcome any questions you may have. Now, as far as these reports
we keep hearing about, I think it is only fair to those of us who serve, as
J. L. Plummer says, on a voluntary basis on the board of Miami Capital ... the
report that City of Miami requested from Mr. Goldstein, which was presented
to me either Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday of last week ... that report has,
I don't think anything to do with what Commissioner Dawkins has requested,
as far as I know. Commissioner Dawkins has not talked to me. He hasn't
asked me anything about Miami Capital. I don't think that report has any-
thing to do with what we are here for today and I would respectfully ask
you to allow us to meet - we are meeting on the 28th of February - to allow
the Board of Directors to meet, to respond to that report and then we will
be more than glad at any time that you request to come here and respa-' --
that report.
Mayor Ferre: All right, air.
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, I don't think it serves any_purpose, unless thi
City Commission decides they are going to discuss this today, for us
any comments.
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Mr. Carollo: I move that we defer the item.
Mayor Ferre: All right, before we get into that, I have some statements and
questions.
Mr. Dawkins: Can I hear Mr. Anderson? Wait a minute! Hold it, Mr. Anderson.
Okay, I put it on the agenda and I asked for Mr. Anderson to come here and
give me a report.
Mayor Ferre: Fine.
Mr. Dawkins: Now, can I hear him?
Mayor Ferre: Of course! Does anybody have any objections to that?
Mr. Anderson: I think the Commissioner has raised a legitimate question
and I would like to respond to your question about Miami Capital in parti-
cular, was doing in Overtown. Let me start with that.
Mr. Dawkins: No, no. I am not concerned about Overtown, okay? All I want
to know is, since you have been here, what have you done, and how you did
it. That is all I want.
Mr. Anderson: Okay, very good. I accept the responsibility for Miami
Capital in September of this year. Immediately upon coming into office, I
took about the first month to familiarize myself with the operation of the
office and immediately set about the business of trying to do two things
initially. First of all, ascertain what was the current status of the loan
portfolio, to find out what were the management procedures in the office,
the quality and competence levels of the staff and also what were the
programatic inititive and by the second month I began to work on a plan of
work. The plan of work was designed along MBO (management by objectives) to
fulfill what I felt to be the major needs in the Miami area for economic
development opportunities, not only for the medium and small sized general
businesses, but particularly for minorities and I bill all of that into a
plan of work and also at the same time I geared up Miami City Wide, because
heretofore one of the major criticisms of Miami Capital was the fact that
it was overly focusing on minorities and that was the whole point of the
UDS study. It was saying that Miami Capital was too narrow in its constit-
uency and what it was doing was overly focusing on minorities and felt that
Miami Capital should give up that - to forsake that, which I have a lot of
concern about. In lieu of that fact, I geared up Miami Citywide, which is
now the official certified 503 agency for the City of Miami with the specific
focus of providing long term fixed asset financing for so!-,7ent on -going
profitable medium sized Anglo businesses in the City of Miami. In addition
to that, I felt that the office needed to be reorganized. We had a straight
line vertical organizational structure, Commissioner Dawkins, which was only
doing simple packaging for minority groups, period at this point in time.
I want to broaden it into three basic components. One component would be
Miami City Wide, which is new certified 503 development company, second is
to retain the economic development component and third, to build a manage-
ment technical component that would be able to counsel, service the exist-
ing loans, monitor to them and at the same time also begin to put out a
newsletter and present seminars that would introduce minorities into new
economic opportunities in heretofore inaccessible high -growth businesses
like warehousing, distributorships in manufacturing, processing, international
trade and telecommunications. After reorganizing that, we submitted a plan
of work to the City of Miami, which was approved by the executive committee
and the Board of Directors and it was also approved by the City of Miami
and that finalized and sealed the contractual relationship between Miami
Capital and with that submission and t'lat plan of work and accompaning budget which
also I had to work out. In addition to that, I found this office had many
management problems and operational problems, somewhat due to the previous
operation, which was operated out of the predecessor of Ms. Gallogly's back
pocket. In addition to that...
Mr. Dawkins: Ms. Gallogly hasn't been there that long.
Mr. Anderson: No, no, it wasn't her - her predecessor and he had operated
pretty heavy-handedly and so there weren't very many in -place management
systems, nor policies in effect. So, I immediately went about the business
of trying to develop some new loan policies, because we never had loan
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policies and the justification for that, from what I heard, was the fact
they were in haste to get the loans out on the street as quickly as possible.
Staff level was pretty low because what happened - it seems like there was
some kind of political move in the City and the top administration was wiped
out from Miami Capital and there has been no administration for three months
prior to my coming there, so at that point in time, we also had to start ad-
vertising to try to find the staff, so if there is any criticism about Miami
Capital staff, that was about the old staff. The staff on board now by and
large came on since August or September and that is an evaluation where it
is concerned about the previous staff and the previous program. In addition
to that,1-found there was no procedure manual or personnel manuals in the
office. Again, I had to take the burden of trying to draft new procedures
manuals a4d new personnel manuals for the office and new program initiatives
there and;so in the last four months what we have tried to do is fully reorgan-
ize the office, get new procedures and management procedures set up, form
new program initiatives, reactivate a new certified development company,
hire new staff and in the course of that time, we filed, in the last five
months that I have been on board - we almost equaled the total amount of
loans that were put out in the previous year and one-half before my coming.
Also, I set about the business of trying to contact all of the major brokers
around here that I can get my hands on to try to set up a program for
franchising and acquisitions, because if one knows anything about business,
I am sure most of you do, that approximately eight out of ten businesses,
particularly minority businesses fail for the lack of access to capital,
management skills and experience. So I want to find a way that I can im-
mediately get the maximum utilization of Miami Capital for assisting the
City of Miami in building a viable competitive minority infrastructure in
this City and so we are trying the route of acquisition of franchises,
so I have been contacting a lot of major franchising operations around the
country to invite them to a program that is scheduled now for March 5th
here at the Hyatt-:egency wherein we are going to have a marketing program
for acquisition and franchising and new economic business opportunities
for minorities. We have been working pretty hard on planning that seminar.
In addition to that, we continue to process most of the loans that are
coming in. Miami Capital currently has approved well over one -hundred
loans. We have to continue to service those loans and in addition, right
off the top of my head, Commssioner Dawkins, that is some of the kinds of
things I have been working on for less than four to five months.
Mr. Dawkins: Thank you, Mr. Anderson. The things that you have outlined
are the things that I have had problems with that agency ever since I have
been here. Now I have about four questions for you. The director of the
Miami Capital board reports to who?
Mr. Anderson: The directors of the board?
Mr. Dawkins: Are responsible to who?
Mr. Anderson; The report to the entity itself. Miami Capital is a corpora-
tion imbued under the constitution of the State of :lorida and they have
certain rights and privileges in that incorporation itself.
Mr. Dawkins: The funding cycle - how does Miami Capital obtain its total
funding?
Mr. Anderson: Are you speaking in reference to the loans or are you speak-
ing in reference to the operating capital?
Mr. Dawkins: Total.
Mr. Anderson: Total budget.
Mr. Dawkins: Total.
Mr. Anderson: At this time, there are four EDA allocated immediately after
the riot in 1980 - Economic Development Administration which is a federal
agency. They allocate approximately 4.6 million dollars to be specifically
spent in the riot affected area primarily with Black businessmen, minorities
and other minorities.
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Mayor Ferre: Is that allocated in the City of Miami?
Mr. Anderson: The EDA funds - no sir. That is strictly a closed contractual
arrangement between the Federal government and Miami Capital.
Mayor Ferre: The City of Miami had nothing to do with that?
Mr. Anderson: No, sir, they don't. Not in the sense that...now, the City
of Miami petitions and solicits the funds, but the contract was cut, right.
Mr. Dawkins: We petition. We petition the funds and then give them to you.
Mr. Anderson: No, no. Initially - immediately after the riots of 1980,
the City of Miami at that time felt a need to have a vehicle that could
properly 4eliver services goods and funds to the minority community because
they found that one of the trigger effects in the Black community was the
lack of access to capital and business opportunities, so the City leadership
in Miami went to Washington and solicited the Federal government for assis-
tance and those funds that were assigned were assigned to Miami Capital.
At that time Miami Capital was an open vehicle that had the capabilities
of delivering those services and those funds to the minority community.
Mayor Ferre: Wait a minute. I was smack in the middle of that, so I know
exactly how that happened. That was a specific request that I (my name is
Maurice Ferre) made to Gene Eidenberg who is Special Assistance to the
President and I went to Washington and when President Carter came down here,
he made a specific statement and that is how those funds were acquired.
Mr. Anderson: Thank you.
Mr. Dawkins: Second funding source?
Mr. Anderson: HUD. Those funds are Community Development Funds that come
from the City of Miami. There was an agreement between the Federal govern-
ment and the City of Miami that our funds of approximately $950,000 of
discretionary funds under Community Development allotment would go to Miami
Capital for being used first of all, for seed money for gearing up of
503 Certified Development Company and the rest to make long term financing
arrangements for small and medium sized businesses in the riot affected
areas.
Mr. Dawkins: The third funding source?
Mr. Anderson: The City of Miami.
Mayor Ferre: Wait a minute - where do those monies come from again?
Mr. Anderson: HUD. They are HUD monies...
Mayor Ferre: Washington?
Mr. Anderson: No, they come from Community Development from the City of
Miami.
Mayor Ferre: City of Miami, okay.
Mr. Dawkins: CD - that is us then. And the other third fund?
Mr. Anderson: The third source would be operating capital as it comes out
of the City of Miami. We have received approximately $217,000 from them
and the fourth one is Dade County for $91,000.
Mr. Dawkins: Okay, now see, that is my problem. You get money from us,
but yet I can't tell your Board of Directors what the hell to do. That
is my problem! I mean, that is my hangup. I want everybody... that is
my hangup! No, no, let me finish with him and then you can come up if
you want to. Let me finish with Mr. Anderson. When I asked Mr. Anderson
who the Board of Directors reported to, he said to nobody. He said you
are an entity within yourselves. Now, is that right or wrong, Mr. Anderson?
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Mr. Anderson: That is the normal structure of a corporation.
Mr. Dawkins: Okay, thank you. That is good. That is all I need. So there-
fore, I can't as a Commissioner...I can go out and solicit funds for you...I
mean not me, I mean the Administration of the City of Miami. We can get these
funds and give them to you and now I can't tell you what to do with them.
That is my problem.
Mr. Anderson: I agree with you, Commissioner; I have no disagreement there,
but the same relationship would agree with the group that did the evaluation
and started on Miami Capital - the City of Miami paid them to bring in cer-
tain kinds;of findings and under no instance could the City of Miami go out
and tell t�em, other than the way it was done, how to change and how to
run the opeeration.
Mr. Dawkins: Has the Miami Capital commissioned any consultants to study
the operation to prove that what you say is true?
Mr. Anderson: At this point in time, we do not have the funds, but I think
that would be an excellent idea.
Mr. Dawkins: Okay.
Mr. Anderson: And not only to study Miami Capital, but also to study the
entire Economic Development.
Mr. Dawkins: Okay, Mr. Anderson I am well pleased with what you told me.
You told me what I wanted to know.
Mr. Anderson: Thank you, sir.
Mr. Dawkins: That is all I need to know. Now, I am disturbed that this
Commission does not have any control over Miami Capital and Downtown Develop-
ment - now that is my personal hangup. That is my hangup, so what I will do,
and that is why I asked you for your report. I am going to forward these
three independent reports that we have to EDA, and to HUD and tell them...
(You can't tell me what to do Jackie, I will do what I want to dol)...okay,
I am going to forward to them and ask them if they too feel like I feel,
that this has not been done according to Hoyle and if they say ... that means
that I will need your report also.
Mr. Anderson: I have one for you that has already been prepared.
Mr. Dawkins: Okay, good. I will send all four of them together to her -
to EDA and tell them I have some problems. Now, if I am in error, they will
tell me - "You are wrong". I have no problems with that. But, as an elected
official sitting here dealing with Federal funds and tax dollars, I just do
not feel that I am doing my duty as an elected official not to find out a
way that I car. have some input into how our tax dollars are to be spent and
is just my personal hangup.
Mr. Anderson: I think there are ways of you having some input soon, and one
way is for an individual like me to try to work a little closer with the
City Manager and with theCommission itself.
Mayor Ferre: Dr. Anderson, I hope that we can find a middle ground here.
I respectfully submit to the chairman and to those of the board, some of the
members are here, and to you, that we recognize that like other entities in
Miami that are ... for example, we help seniors centers - we give them money,
but they are non-profit, independent agents. We understand that you have
legally ... and I want a legal clarification from the City Attorney that you
are an independent entity, okay?...and I want to verify that legally. How-
ever, since the City of Miami was responsible for your birth, if nothing
else, and since I personally, as Mayor was responsible for the $4,500,000
that the White House funneled through, and since you do get $200,000 from
the City of Miami, I think there is, at the very, very least, a fiduciary
responsibility on your part, number one, to keep the Commission informed,
and number two, to also work with the Administration. It is my understand-
ing, Mr. Manager, and I know how very busy you are, that you have not had
the opportunity in the vast few months to personally get involved. I think
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it would be appropriate before we get deeper into this, if you and Mr. Del
Cerro and Dr. Anderson, along with whoever you want as Staff, would personally
meet. After all, we are really looking to you for your input. I have no
problems with coming'to a middle ground solution. I understand where you are
coming from and I don't have any major problems. I would like to work this
thing out in a peaceful, logical, reasonable consequential way. But, that re-
quires your positive input, looking forward and not looking back. Mr. Gold-
stein, I have some questions. I want to ask you questions so I understand...
and then I have got - I don't want answers —yes, sir?
Mr. Anderson: Mr. Mayor, may I make a last comment and then sit down?
Mayor Ferre: Please.
Mr. Anderson: I would like to, as the new executive director, particularly
in responbe to Commissioner Dawkins's concerns to pledge my wholehearted
support for any of the concerns that the any of the Commissioners have, in-
cluding the Mayor, that anything I can do at anytime, I will be available
and I will try as much as possible to give you, to serve as a proper conduit,
a vehicle to Miami Capital for you at any time, and I will be working
energetically, enthusiastically and completely to try to make Miami Capital
the best certified development company in the country. Thank you.
Mr. Plummer: Let me ask a question - let me ask you a quick question. I
heard the comments of my colleague. Predicated on your comments that you
have just made, you have indicated in the five months of your tenure that you
feel that there has been a great deal of turnaround since you are on board
as opposed to prior administration. Do you feel as Commissioner Dawkins
has said that in any way your hands are tied?
Mr. Anderson: No, sir. Not this time. Do you mean as far as within the
corporation itself?
Mr. Plummer: I heard the comments from Commissioner Dawkins who said that
he felt your hands were tied. Now, what you have said here in five months
of glowing reports since you have been on board, they couldn't have been
tied very tight, because you have obviously made a lot of changes.
Mr. Anderson: That is to the thanks of my board and they have been very,
very generous and liberal in giving me a chance to try to turn the corpor-
ation around and outside of the corporation, as I said, I am going to do
the best I can to provide the kind of service you want.
Mr. Plummer: To my colleague Commissioner Dawkins. Millard, yes, we do
not have any great authority, nor do we have over the Off-street Parking
Authority, nor do we have over Gusman Hall, but let me tell you something.
We control their pocketbooks. That is called budget.
Mr. Dawkins: Now, I will disagree, Commissioner Plummer, in that when we
had the budget hearing, the Downtown Development Authority was not in the
budget process. I was not able to argue about there budget as I did with
everybody else's, and they came before this Commission with their own
budget and presented it.
Mr. Plummer: Oh yes, you are right, but you didn't have to vote for it!
You didn't have to vote for it.
Mr. Dawkins: I voted against it.
Mr. Plummer: Okay, what I am saying is, that is our control.
Mr. Dawkins: Okay.
Mayor Ferre: Quickly Juan, because we are running out of time.
Mr. Del Cerro: Let me, before I take any more of your time, Mr. Dawkins -
I thank you for your interest in Miami Capital, however, let me clarify some-
thing. The board of directors, for the record ... and I will give you a copy
of this...
Mr. Dawkins: Okay.
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Mr. Del Cerro: The board of directors of Miami Capital Development is com-
posed of members of the so-called private sector and City of Miami has the
secretary of the corporation, Charlotte Gallogly; Commissioner Perez is a
member of our board; Dena Spillman is a member of our board; Mr. Jim Reid is
a member of our board; (am I missing anybody?) those are the City members of
the board. Those are the people that have input into what Miami Capital
does. Once again, as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Miami Capital,
and as president of the corporation, we are very proud, very happy and
very satisfied with the work done by Dr. Claude Anderson. We look for-
ward to working with you in the future.
Mr. Dawkins: Okay, I have no problems with that. We will do that. We are
going to work together. We are going to solve this, one way or the other.
It will bit solved with your input and with your help.
Mr. Del Cerro: Okay.
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Mr. Dawkins: Because we both have the bottom line, what is best for Miami.
Mr. Del Cerro: That is exactly right, sir. Thank you very much.
Mr. Dawkins: That is the bottom line!
Mayor Ferre: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Yes, sir?
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, before you ask your questions, I would like to make
three short responses. First of all, and I was going to wait until the 28th
to do this, but I think it is important... first of all, there was a comment
made by the Executive Director that there were politics involved in the
changing of the old administration.
Mayor Ferre: No, no. I didn't hear him say that. What he said was the
previous administration.
Mr. Gary: That is what I am saying, the previous. That is what I am address-
ing.
Mayor Ferre: You know, you are talking about...
Mr. Gary: There were no politics involved. The record speaks for itself
in terms of why the old administration had to be changed. That was the old,
economic trade and commerce. Secondly ... as for the record, the record
stands for itself as to why the decision was made. Secondly, I would like
to state that Mr. Juan Del Cerro just mentioned the City members on the board.
It is a big board and under no circumstances do those few members that he
just called give us any contror of that board. The third thing is that the
report that we have speaks for itself. I would ask everybody to read it.
The fourth thing is that we will meet with them.
Mayor Ferre: All right, and I think it is important, Mr. Manager, that you
personally be involved in at least one of those meetings. I am not asking
you to be at every meeting, but somewhere between now and 28th I think you
personally have to put some of your time into it.
Mr. Plummer: No, between now and March 1Oth.
Mr. Carollo: I have one question if I may.
Mayor Ferre: All right Commissioner, go ahead.
Mr. Carollo: Ms. Gallogly - if you may please? Thank you. My question is
that it is my understanding that there have been three reports that have
been made on Miami Capital. Is that correct?,
Ms. Gallogly: There have been two reports - official evaluation reports
and my findings are presented in my memorandum to Howard Gary which you
have in front of you today.
Mr. Carollo: Now, we have only received your personal findings and one
report, is that correct?
Ms. Gallogly: We forwarded all reports - the two reports, but if you do
not have them, we will be happy to provide you with the National Development
Council report, which is the one you are referring to.
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Mr. Carollo: I am missing some reports. What is the total amount that has
been spent in dollars of City funds on the reports that have been made on
Miami Capital?
Ms. Gallogly: $8,000.
Mr. Carollo: $8,000?
Mr. Del Cerro: That is not the correct amount the report... that is not the
amount that was spent on these reports. I think Dr. Anderson can answer that.
Mr. Carollo: Can you clarify that?
Mr. Del Cerro: For your information, just so we can get everything clear,
the National Development Council report, which was presented to us, as Board
of Directqrs of Miami Capital was rejected by the Board of Directors of Miami
Capital by the executive committee on which Mr. Reid and Ms. Gallogly serve.
Further, the contract Miami Capital was saddled with with NDC was subsequently
annulled by the Executive Director with the full authority of the Executive
Committee on which Ms. Gallogly and Mr. Reid serve. So that, the NDC report
is, I think, in my opinion, my humble opinion, is a moot point at this time.
Mr. Plummer: Well, the question is, how many dollars were spent?
Mr. Del Cerro: I don't have those figures, but it is certainly more than
$8,000. I think we gave the NDC about $40,000.
Mayor Ferre: All right, quickly, because we are running out of time now.
Mr. Anderson: The NCD contract was $48,000.
Mayor Ferre: $48,000?
Mr. Anderson: $48,000, and with the primary component in there being an
evaluation...
Mayor Ferre: Is that City funds or is that paid by you?
Mr. Anderson: No, committee funds through us.
Mr. Anderson: Through us.
Mayor Ferre: Okay.
Mr. Anderson: And with the primary...
Mr. Dawkins: No, wait a minute. It can't be City funds through you. If we
gave them to you, then they are your funds.
Mayor Ferre: Right, we gave them. In other words, the taxpayers of the City
of Miami have paid $48,000 for per report.
Mr. Anderson: The contract was terminated by me - the primary ingredient
in that contract, which evaluates Miami Capital. I terminated that after we
had run up $16,000 of it.
Mayor Ferre: All right, now how much of this contract with Mr. Goldstein been?
Ms. Gallogly: $4,000.
Mayor Ferre: $4,000?
Ms. Gallogly: Yes. Let me clarify - on the first report, the amount that we
talk about is that if there had been a one-year contract with National Develop-
ment Council, it would have been $48,000. Miami Capital choose to discontinue
that and they spent a total of $16,000. The $16,000 is not solely for a report.
The report was generated in a one month period. The bill for that service was
$4,000. The balance of those funds were technical assistance provided by the
National Development Council on an on going monthly basis to Miami Capital and
as that contract was originally established, it was simply to do technical
assistance to help package deals and push them through the mill in Washington,
so that $8,000 is the correct amount.
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Mayor Ferre: Okay, further questions?
Mr. Carollo: One additional question then. Does our Economic Development
Department have trained personnel to monitor Miami Capital without having to
go to outside agencies that are brought in and paid for at City expense?
Ms. Gallogly: Yes, we do, and we have never had a work program to monitor
Miami Capital on until we requested that and which was delivered to us in
October and we are now currently monitoring it. The reason that we asked
Mr. Goldstein from Urban Development Services to come to Miami was because
there were the original consultants in 1979 who designed Miami Capital, who
gave it its role and its charge and we wanted to have an individual come
back who pad that knowledge. They have also provided additional services
during thkse intervening years to come back and take a look at some of the
issues yo4 have been talking about - organizational clarifications between
what is the role of the City vis-a-vis the Board vis-a-vis the Executive
Committee; so Mr. Goldstein has in fact done that and that is this report for
your review.
Mr. Carollo: One additional question - the report that you mention that you
made at Miami Capital - did you do that yourself, or did you have personnel
from your department that did the report?
Ms. Gallogly: I wrote that report myself, yes.
Mayor Ferre: Can we have a copy of that - do we have a copy of it?
Ms. Gallogly: Well, it is the memo that I have given you - yes.
Mr. Carollo: Did anyone from your department do any kind of report on Miami
Capital that you are aware of?
Ms. Gallogly: Yes, I had an individual do a preliminary report. It was a
draft. He did not have enough experience at that time. He was brand new on
the staff. I had basically asked him to get some information for me and
basically I used the statistics from Miami Capital that generated my report.
Mr. Carollo: Okay, would you have any problems if the Commission would send
a copy of the original report that that individual made to us?
Ms. Gallogly: The draft? Yes. No problem.
Mr. Carollo: Okay, thank you.
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: Yes, sir.
Mr. Gary: First I thought we were going to get into the details of the report
at another meeting and I think since we are going to get involved in the de-
tails, I think we must respond to certain things so certain things won't be
taken out of perspective. The technical assistance contract was a joint re-
lationship with Miami Capital, NDC and the City. Historically the... (I was
Assistant City Manager at that time)... Federal government, and this was
prior, so people won't get concerned - this was prior to Mr. Claude Anderson
coming on board, but the Federal government has some serious concerns about
the ability of Miami Capital to implement the goals and objectives that we
had told the Federal government that we are going to do. As a result, they
came down and they highlighted certain things that had to be done and one of
the major concerns was the ability of the staff at that time before Claude
Anderson to implement the objectives or carry out the mission of the organiza-
tion. As a result, a contract was entered into to provide technical assistance,
so this was something that was needed, based on the condition cf the operation
at that time and it was something that the Federal government was saying you
should have if you plan to spend our money. Now, in terms of the report it-
self, that was NDC and that money has not been spent. In terms of the other
report, that report was commissioned by me. The third report that you are
alluding to is included in the package that was given to you.
Mayor Ferre: All right, is there anything else to come up at this time?
Mr. Goldstein, I will tell you, out of the 4nterest of saving time and since
obviously we are not going to be getting...
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Mr. Goldstein: May I make one comment? One comment.
Mayor Ferre: Well, what I am going to say, after I finish, I will recognize
you. My office, Mr. Manager, will send these questions in writing so that
we can have the input from... rather than taking up the Commission's time
because some of these may end up being controversial and we will end up spend-
ing an hour or two on this. I will send them in writing. Now, Mr. Goldstein,
go ahead.
Mr. Goldstein: Just one comment. I think the position taken by Commissioner
Dawkins on the confusion in the organizational structure and your comments about
the middlg ground are not necessarily new in this country. Over and over again
in many cities including Philadelphia, Baltimore, St. Paul, so called quasi -public
organizations have been put together and worked very successfully where the city►
supports jith budgetary assistance each year the work of the organization, but
that the organization is essentially a group of private sector people who come
together and work as a quasi -public organization. I think that it is important
that this confusion has not been recognized earlier and clarified for the Com-
mission.
Mayor Ferre: All right Mr. Goldstein, thank you. As I recall, you are from
Philadelphia.
Mr. Goldstein: Washington.
Mayor Ferre: Oh, Washington, right. As I remember, fortunately, we were for-
tunate to get Mr. Bailey from your outfit.
Mr. Goldstein: Correct. He has been my associate for many years.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Bailey was your associate, so you have a long relationship
with the City and the City now has part of of you incorporated within it,
and we are very proud of Mr. Bailey and the work he is doing. I do have some
questions of you, but I am going to save them for the next time we have a
meeting. Is there anything else, Mr. Manager?
Mr. Gary: Have we agreed when this is going to be brought back before the
Commission?
Mayor Ferre: What day is that?
Mr. Gary: We have to agree when it is going to be brought back before the
Commission. _
Mayor Ferre: Do you want to do it on March loth? Any problem with that?
Mr. Gary: That should give them enough time and us enough time.
Mayor Ferre: All right, anything else on this? Now, thank you very much, Mr.
Chairman and thank you Mr. Goldstein and Ms. Gallogly.
24. DISCUSSION, PROPOSAL FOR REPRESENTATIVE FOR OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL
COMPLIANCE TO BE LOCATED IN CULMER OVERTOWN AND OUTREACH CENTER
SELECTION: APPROVE SELECTION AND USE OF NINE COMMUNITY OUTREACH
CENTERS.
Mayor Ferre: Office of Professional Compliance located in Culmer Overtown -
all right, Mr. Manager, make your recommendation.
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, you sent me a copy of a letter from the Director of the
Overtown neighborhood service center in terms of them being an outreach center.
We brought this item to you as relates to the Office of Professional Compliance
sometime before. You sent it back because you wanted us to add more outreach
centers in the Latin community. We have done that. Overtown neighborhood ser-
vice center is one of the original and is part of the one that we are proposing
here to you today and it is also connected with Item "D" and those selection
centers we have which is companion Item Number 48. If you turn to Number 48,
you will see in there the list of outreach centers that we have proposed for
you and you see Number "E" is Culmer Overtown neighborhood service center.
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Mayor Ferre: Okay.
Mr. Gary: So if the Commission thinks these outreach centers are acceptable
to them, it will be appropriate for you to pass the resolution.
Mayor Ferre: This has your recommendation, as you have just stated.
Mr. Gary: Yes, sir.
Mr. Plummer: I move "C".
Mayor Ferre: All right, this is a matter of principle, so then this is a
motion onprinciple.
Mr. Perez- I second.
Mayor Ferre: It has been moved...
Mr. Plummer: Well, Mr. Mayor, it is a companion with Item Number 48, which
does cover "C" and "D".
Mayor Ferre: All right, now are you moving Item Number 48?
Mr. Plummer: I move Item Number 48. That will take care of it.
Mayor Ferre: A resolution approving the selection and use of nine community
outreach centers, as per ordinance number 9127 for the office of professional
compliance, at no cost to the City of Miami via a letter of agreement by which
each center in the City of Miami relative to the same. It has been moved. Is
there a second?
Mr. Plummer: Perez seconded.
Mayor Ferre: Perez seconded. Under discussion - any questions on this?
All right, go ahead.
Ms. Joanne Holzhauser: May I make a comment? Joanne Holzhauser, 4230 Ingram
Highway, Coconut Grove. I was present at the meeting on Monday in Overtown
as a board member of the C.A.A. and I wanted to commend Mr. Ingram, who was
there in his official capacity. I thought that me made a notable, notable
approach to the community. He was very well received by a number of people
and I just want to commend him. I think he is an excellent person.
Mayor Ferre: Any other statements or questions as this point? If not, call
the roll on the motion on Item Number 48.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-91
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SELCTION AND USE OF NINE (9)
COMMUNITY OUTREACH CENTERS AS PER ORDINANCE NO. 9127,
FOR THE OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL COMPLIANCE, AT NO COST
TO THE CITY OF MIAMI VIA A LETTER OA AGREEMENT BE EACH
CENTER AND THE CITY OF MIAMI RELATIVE TO THE SAME.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and
on file in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the resolution was passed
and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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25. ACCEPT IN PRINCIPLE RECOMMENDATION OF OFF-STREET PARKING
AUTHORITY fOR REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAZi GUSMANN HALL/OLYMPIA
BUILDING.
Mayor Ferre: Item "H" - a discussion of Gusman Cultural Center. Go ahead.
Mr. Roger Carlton: Mr. Mayor and members of the Commission, as you are
aware, they Department of Off-street Parking is responsible for the operation
of Gusman:Cultural Center and the Olympia Building. In the past two years
we have been hard pressed to keep those two budgets in balance, because right
now the profits of the Olympia Building are sufficient to keep the deficit of
the Cultural Center combined to zero, or a very small amount; however the need
to modernize the Olympia Building and to enter into a restoration program for
Gusman Cultural Center is great and we feel that unless some action ...
Mayor Ferre: Has your board approved this?
Mr. Carlton: The Gusman Advisory Board and the Off-street Parking Board have
approved this and recommend it.
Mayor Ferre: Where are we getting the $2,500,000 that you are going to need
to modernize it?
Mr. Carlton: What is proposed, Mr. Mayor, is that a process similar to Bay -
side, where the site is declared to be available under the unified development
amendment to the Charter be established and that the private sector did on
envelope of space in the Olympia Building to make the adjustment and they
would provide a minimum guaranteed annual rental, which is equal to the current
profits of the building.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager, does the Administration have a recommendation on
this?
Mr. Gary: No, we have been working together and we support this.
Mayor Ferre: All right, it has been moved in principle by Vice -Mayor Plummer,
seconded by Commissioner Perez: Further discussion in principle? Go ahead.
Mr. Tim Blake: Tim Blake, President of Dade Heritage Trust. We would just
like to point out to you that this is an excellent opportunity in the area
of Historic Preservation to bring in the private sector to help restore a
building and provide a benefit.
Mayor Ferre: Any other statements?
Mr. Plummer: From the proceeds of the antique show.
Mayor Ferre: Call the roll.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption.
MOTION NO. 83-92
A MOTION ACCEPTING IN PRINCIPLE A PROPOSAL MADE BY THE
OFF-STREET PARKING AUTHORITY FOR A REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
OF GUSMAN HALL/OLYMPIA BUILDING.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, 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
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26. DISCUSSION OF FU' APPOINTMENT TO THE LITTLE HAVANA EAST
TASK FORCE. (N,"e: This committee has not yet been officially
created.)
Mr. Tim Blake: Tim Blake, not speaking on behalf of D.H.T., but speaking on
behalf of myself individually, as one of the partners restoring the Warner
Home in East Little Havana, we would urge the Commission to appoint the task
force and we would urge that the City help us in the area, however they can
accomplis}a the goals as set out in the report. We would commend you to do
that and pie would thank you if you would do it.
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Mayor Ferre: We would like a recommendation from your board so that a member
from your board will be part of this. Do have a name?
Mr. Blake: Dolly McIntyre who lives in the City of Miami.
Mayor Ferre: All right, will that be acceptable to you? We haven't gotten
to Item Number "E", but when we get to it - do you have any problems with
that, Commissioner Carollo?
Mr. Carollo: Maurice, the only thing I would like to see is that the organiza-
tions that have worked in Little Havana for years and years, that those should
be the organizations that we look at for the membership of this board.
Mayor Ferre: I have no problems with that. We are specifically talking about
the Dade Heritage Foundation. Do you have any objections to them having repre-
sentation?
Mr. Carollo: I have no objections, but I think the first people we should look
at are the organizations that have been in Little Havana for years and years.
Mr. Perez: I think that maybe we can use them in an advisory capacity.
Mr. Carollo: Yes, in fact, what I would like to recommend and I will bring
this out now - we were talking about eleven members. I would like to appoint
the members in the following way: that each member of the Commission gets to
appoint two members, with the Mayor three members.
Mayor Ferre: Look if nobody else appoints, I would be happy to make one of
my appointees from the Dade Heritage Foundation's recommendation, all right?
Mr. Plummer: Are we going to go into Item "E"?
Mayor Ferre: No, we are going to go to lunch now, because I said we would
break at 12:00 sharp, and it is 12: 00 right now.
Mr. Carollo: Is there any initial objections to my recommendations?
Mayor Ferre: I don't have any problem with that. Do you want to speak to
the subject? Name, address, and make your statement.
Ms. Linda Hamlin: I am Linda Hamlin, Victoria Hospital and we are lo-
cated in the area of that study and we would like to have a representative on
that task force.
Mayor Ferre: The Commission will take that and I think that is a proper re-
quest and I think certainly Victoria Hospital is one of the important insti-
tutions in that area and they would - do you have a name? Were you born
there, Plummer:
Mr. Plummer: I was born there.
Ms. Hamlin: Yes, we employ over six hundred people there.
Mayor Ferre: Ma'am, I am asking you a specific question. Do you have a
recommendation? Does Victoria Hospital have a recommendation?
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Ms. Hamlin: Myself, Linda Hamlin.
Mayor Fevre: All right, what is your name?
Ms. Hamlin: Linda Hamlin.
Mayor Ferre: What is your position at Victoria Hospital?
Ms. Hamlin: Director of Public Relations.
Mayor Ferre: Okay. All right, anybody else? Yes, sir.
Mr. Robert Boyer: Mr. Mayor and Commissioners, my name is Robert Boyer. I
am an attdrney. I have my office at 623 West Flagler Street and two years
ago, in February of 1981, we formed, my office along with several other
neighborhood professionals and businessmen, a non-profit corporation called
the West Flagler Crime Watch Association, because we had been accosted by
people in the streets. We could not operate. People were losing their
businesses, money, and I will try to make this brief.
Mayor Ferre: West Flagler?
Mr. Boyer: West Flagler Crime Watch Association, your Honor. It was a non-
profit corporation incorporated February 4, 1981. It was comprised, origin-
ally, between thirty and forty businesses and professionals located in the
West Flagler area between the river and 12th Avenue.
Mayor Ferre: Do you have a recommendation of a name?
Mr. Boyer: Yes, your Honor. I am serving as president. I would like to
serve on the committee, if possible.
Mayor Ferre: And your name again is...?
Mr. Boyer: Robert Boyer - B-o-y-e-r.
Mayor Ferre: And as I understand it, you work in that particular... your office
is right there?
Mr. Boyer: Yes, your Honor, my office is 623, between 6th and 7th Avenue.
Thank you.
Mr. Carollo: I hope we can find a Cuban or two to place on the board in Little
Havana.
Mr. Blake: Mr. Mayor, from a purely business standpoint, one of the
owners of property in that area that is most acutely affected and has dealt
with the many, many problems since the boatlift, is Mr. Ernest Limmiatis, who
is here today and has been waiting patiently. His property is probably been
most affected by all of the problems in the area. Now, he would be certainly
a key person. I don't know from whatever...
Mayor Ferre: Ernie, do you want to serve on this committee?
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Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, it seems like we are going to discuss this more than...
Mr. Mayor...
Mayor Ferre: Go ahead.
Mr. Plummer: I have a problem with this.
Mayor Ferre: You have a problem with Ernie Limmiatis?
Mr. Plummer: No, I have a problem with this item. You know, it does affect
yours truly and I want to know why it is stopping at 12th Avenue?
Mr. Carollo: Do you want to be on the board, Plummer?
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Mr. Plummer: No, I want the thing to extend to 17th Avenue.
Mayor Ferre: That is fine!
Mr. Plummer: I am tired of nailing my chairs down to the concrete.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Plummer, we are getting into Item Number "E", and...
Mr. Plummer:... and the batteries being stolen out of my hearses.
Mayor Ferre: I agree with you ... and the batteries in your hearses.
Mr. Plummer: And the bodies being taken!
Mayor Fer��►,e: We will be getting into that item after we convene, Mr. Limmiatis
Mr. Boyer; Ms. Hamlin and Ms. McIntyre. This will all be taken into account
and consi4eration when we get to the appointment of the board. I do think
that the majority of the people who are residents, property owners, are Cuban
and Cuban -American and I think we are going to have to take into account -
that doesn't mean that others should not be represented, but I think the com-
mittee must be reflective of the community that lives there.
Mr. Carollo: If I may, I'd like to ask the City Administration one question.
What percentage of that neighborhood is Cuban or Hispanic? 90%.
Mr. Gary: Probably 99%.
Mayor Ferre: 108%1 We are now breaking up for lunch and will see you at 2:00
o'clock. Thank you.
THEREUPON, THE CITY COMISSION WENT INTO A BRIEF
RECESS AT 12:05 P.M., reconvening at 2:20 P.M., with all
members of the Commission found to be present except for:
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner Demetrop Perez, Jr.
27. PLAQUES, PROCLAMATIONS AND SPECIAL ITEMS.
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Commendation: Dr. Irene Pratt - First Black child born in
Miami, for her contributions to the community.
Proclamation: Declaring February as American History Month.
Presented to Mrs. Hilda Dobrzanski and Mrs.
Martha Fabing.
Proclamation: Declaring February 6 to the 12 as Vocational
Education Week. Presented to Mr. Frank Busbey.
Plaque: To Carolyn Payne and Corine Cambridge - on the
occasion of their retirement from the Depart-
ment of Recreation.
Certificate of To Alfonso Alberti - For his dedication and
Appreciation: efforts in the prevention of crime.
Commendation: To the Little Havana Crime Prevention Sub -Council.
Presented to Alfonso Alberti, Chairperson.
Proclamation: Declaring March 17 as Saint Patrick's Day - Presented
to Mr. John Shields.
Resolution: Expressing condolences to the family and friends of
Colonel Mitchell Wolfson.
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23. APPROVE FUNDING FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE 7TH YEAR.
Mayor Ferre: We have some very prominent attorneys and they are also a part of
the St. Patrick's Day committee and they need to get back to their law offices.
Mr. Plummet: What item is it, John? Item Number 10?
Mayor Ferre: All right, go ahead, Mr. Plummer.
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Mr. Plummer: I move it.
Mayor Ferre: Is there a second?
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion on item number 10. Do you want to make a
speech?
Mr. Plummer: No, no. He already made a speech, Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion. Call the roll, please.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-93
A RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE ANNUAL ST. PATRICK'S DAY
PARADE CELEBRATION WHICH IS TO BE HELD MARCH 12-13, 1983,
CLOSING CERTAIN STREETS TO THROUGH VEHICULAR TRAFFIC ON
MARCH 12, 1983 FROM 12:00 NOON TO 4:00 P.M. AND ESTABLISH-
ING A PEDESTRAIN MALL; SAID STREET CLOSING SUBJECT TO
ISSURNACE OF PERMITS BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE
FIRE, RESCUE AND INSPECTION SERVICES DEPARTMENT; FURTHER
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A SUPPORT AGREE-
MENT SETTING FORTH TIE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE CITY
WILL PROVIDE CASH ASSISTANCE NOT TO EXCEED $18,000; FUR-
THER ALLOCATING THE SUM OF $18,000 IN SUPPORT OF SAID
EVENT; FURTHER ESTABLISHING THE AREA PROHIBITED TO RE-
TAIL PEDDLERS DURING THE PERIOD OF THE EVENT; FURTHER
AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF BEER IN BAYFRONT PARK BETWEEN
11:00 A.M. AND 6:00 P.M. ON MARCH 13, 1983 BY REPRESENTA-
TIVES OF THE ST. PATRICK'S DAY COMMITTEE.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and
on file in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the resolution was passed
and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Nice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: Commissioner Joe Carollo
ON ROLL CALL:
Mr. Plummer: As so contained in the ordinance, the amount stipulated, I vote
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Mr. Plummer: I want to tell you, that was a great film you put on. What is
the date of the parade? What number item was that?
Mayor Ferre: Item 10.
Mr. Plummer: No, that was not Number 10, was it? There is an ordinance. Is
there not an ordinance? You don't need an ordinance?
Mayor Ferre: We will come to it and pass it in due time. All right, thank you.
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29. ;APPROVE SALE OF RUM PUNCH AS PART OF A FUND RAISING EFFORT
bURING THE COCONUT GROVE ART FESTIVAL.
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Mr. Dawkins: Members of the Commission, the Coconut Grove Local Development
Corporation has to raise matching funds and they are having fund raising
activities out there to raise these funds and Mr. Hill and they are desirous
of selling a rum punch during the Coconut Grove Art Festival, and according to
him, they are already selling beer, so this would be nothing additional - I
mean, we would not be setting a precedent if we were to allow this. Do you
want to explain it, Mr. Hill?
Mr. Hill: I am on the board of the L.D.C., it is the Local Development Committee
of Coconut Grove and this is one of our fund raising projects - a new project
we are just starting and we feel that it is such a good fund raiser, because
the Coconut Grove J. C.'s raise about $10,000, $15,000 a year selling beer, so
we figure the L.D.C. would put in our tropical fruit drink that has a little
rum in it. It wouldn't hurt anybody or anything else. It is just a good price
to make money.
Mr. Plummer: You have got to understand how Ferre does that!
Mayor Ferre: As long as it is Puerto Rican rum, you got no problems! (LAUGHTER)
Mr. Plummer: It is NOT rum. It is food coloring!
Mr. Hill: Food coloring! Right.
Mayor Ferre: Well, what do you need, a waiver?
Mr. Hill: Yes, sir.
Mr. Plummer: So moved.
Mayor Ferre: J. L., so we don't have problems with this - Mr. Manager, do you
have any problem...
Mr. Plummer: Howard, do you have any problem with food coloring in a tropical
drink?
Mayor Ferre: In the record.
Mr. Gary: Well, for the sake of not being accused of being inconsistent, my
answer is "yes" to serving alcohol.
Mr. Plummer: It is really not.
Mr. Dawkins: It is less than the beer. The beer is 12% alcohol. This has
only got 10%.
Mr. Plummer: I didn't ask - he did.
Mayor Ferre: Okay, but we have to get it into the record, so...
Mr. Plummer: This is a fund raiser?
Mr. Hill: Yes, sir.
ld Mr. Plummer: Nobody is going to get intoxicated? Same controls and safety
regulations? And it is only just a pinch? 5 FEB 10 '1�iw
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Mr. Hill: Just a pinch.
Mayor Ferre: Make sure that it is a weak punch.
Mr. Hill: It is a Puerto Rican punch.
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Mayor Ferre: You just lost a vote. Now you are down to three. Would you
like to try again? Do you want to make any referrences to Cuban Rum or do
you want to hit the Bahamians or something now? How about the Conch? Do
you want to hit the old Florida Rum or something?
Mr. Hill: I'm way ahead of the game. I'm going to stop.
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Mr. Plummer: No, you were ahead of the game.
Mayor Ferre: You are down to three. You have one more to go and you are
out. O.K., Plummer moves.
Mr. Dawkins: I second.
Mayor Ferre: Dawkins seconds. Further discussion? Call the roll.
Mr. Plummer: You shall bring it here and we shall be the trsters.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption.
MOTION 83-94
A MOTION GRANTING A REQUEST MADE BY MR. HILL, REPRESENTING
COCONUT GROVE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO PERMIT THE SALE
OF RUM PUNCH DURING THE UPCOMING COCONUT GROVE ARTS FESTIVAL,
AS A FURTHER FUND RAISING ACTIVITY.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Dawkins, the motion 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 Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Mr. Dawkins: I'd like to ask Mr. Gary a question. What is the difference
between selling a rum in Coconut Grove (a rum punch) and selling beer and
other stuff in Bavfront Park. What is the difference?
Mr. Plummer: Gary goes to Bayfront Park. Gary doesn't go to Coconut Grove.
Mr. Dawkins: O.K., thank you. That is the answer. That's good enough.
Mr. Gary: No, no, if you check the record, I have opposed it all.
Mr. Dawkins: I know that.
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Commissioner Joe Carollo entered meeting at 2:45 P.M.
NOTE FOR THE RECORD: A certificate of appreciation was presented to
Mr. Alfonso Alberti.
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30. DISCUSSION AND DEFERRAL OF CONSIDERATION CONCERNING ADVERTISE2IENT
OF SEALED BIDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF GRAND AVENUE SIDEWALK
IMPROVEMENT H-4483.
Mayor Ferre: We are now on item 1. Item 1 of the public hearing is a
confirmation ordering Resolution 83-31 and authorizing the City Clerk to
advertise for sealed bids for the construction of Grand Avenue sidewalk
improve4ents H-4483 in Grand Avenue. We have a petition here. I see
Mr. Bill, Rolle is here. It says the following:
"We, the undersigned property owners of Grand Avenue, Coconut
Grove, oppose the construction of decorative brick sidewalks
McDonald on 32nd Avenue and Douglas on 37th as outlined in the
project Grand Avenue sidewalk improvement H-4483. We feel that
these funds can be put to much better use such as improving the
living conditions of residents and by assisting in the revitalization
of the buildings along the street."
First, Mr. Manager, from the Administration. Then we will hear the merchants
and the people of Coconut Grove.
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, first of all, in response to the last statement
that these funds be put to better use. These are GO Bonds 80% on every
dollar paid by the City. If we don't utilize it for this purpose, we
definitely can't utilize it for rehabing of buildings because that would
be in violation of the intent of the bonds and be a violation of the law.
Secondly, it is the staff's opinion that the area that is covered
on this particular resolution should be treated the same as we have done
in the downtown Grove area. Lastly, I have been informed that the local
development corporation in that area is in support of this particular
project. I think it is important to know that I understand the intent
of the petition in terms of priorities of the community. Unfortunately,
the utilization of the existing funds that we are talking about here cannot
be utilized for the purposes that they would like for them to be utilized.
We may be able to address the rehabilitation issue. I'm not sure, but I
would have to take that under advisement on the study to determine whether
or not we have funds that can be utilized for those buildings on our existing
programs.
Mayor Ferre: All right, Mr. Rolle.
Mr. Billy Rolle: My name is -Billy Rolle. I reside at 3430 William Avenue,
properties 3610-16-20 Grand Avenue. Our purpose being, when they stopped the
construction in '78 we could have better used it then, even than now because
if the building deteriorates, there will be no need for the sidewalks
for the existing residential people there. I want to ask the question
whether this is for access for something else for Grand east or for the
people that are using them now because the sidewalks are strong. They
are being messed over as is. I mean we put brick in.
Mayor Ferre: Billy, just is it you are opposed to it? Is it because of
the payment of 20%?
Mr. Rolle: To spend $300,000 for something like this —and if we don't
rehabilitate the residents will be gone. I'm wondering what the main
purpose is of putting them 1n now, because we do have strong sidewalks.
The color... I will tell you really what happens to red brick down there.
Number one, in my place we put our trash bins three times a week by the
City of Miami: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. I'm talking about a need and
a purpose for, not just to throw the funds down because... O.K., 75% good
for you, 25% for the property owners. We will only pass this if the
residents and then they will come to you again through some hook or crook
housing or what have you. So, to put them down now... I always ask because
I have been here 33 years, back here really 55 year resident. We stopped
those things in '78. But right now to spend $300,000... I think it can
be used in a better way through administration. If you check what happens
in the sidewalks now: spit, trash, dirt, (pardon me) urination. If we
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Mr. Rolle (CON'T): do all these things in red brick, we have some stiffs
that we don't even need now. Red brick for some areas that are sort of
business, maybe or residential because we have mixed use in the area.
People live there. Garbage bins, like I said, are pulled across there
nine times a week. You will have to keep putting those things back
over and over now. To put them there and say we need to spend the money,
Mr. City Manager, just to spend the money for saying we can live with the
existing sidewalks because they are strong and they just came in about
14 years ago. Nothing is wrong with them. It is just that I don't see
spending $300,000 for this situation (and the residents also).
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Mr. Gard+: I would like to respond.
Mayor Ferre: All right, we have to get to this. We have to take issue
one way or the other because we are way behind schedule. Go ahead.
Mr. Gary: This is like a Catch 22 situation.
Mayor Ferre: I know it is.
Mr. Gary: The City gets accused....
Mayor Ferre: Damned if we do and damned if we don't.
Mr. Gary: Right, we get accused of treating Black neighborhoods worse
than we do Whites; or Whites better than we do Blacks.
Mr. Rolle: You say that when I did not mention color at all.
Mr. Gary: No.
Mayor Ferre: Just to call the breaks.
Mr. Gary: I'm straightforward. That is the fact. We are talking about
Black Grove vs. White Grove. If you recall, Mr. Mayor, there was a plan
that dealt with the facade on the buildings on White Grove and it dealt
with the sidewalks and other improvements. As a result, the City Commission
was concerned that we treat Black Grove the same as we treated White Grove.
As a result, we appropriated money to improve the facade in terms of the
painting of the buildings. As a matter of fact, they had an over run
and need additional monies. We just approved an additional $37,000
just recently.
A part of that plan, which was approved and could have been a different
body than what exists here now. It included also the improvement to the
sidewalk, so it would be consistent with the White Grove. I think it is
important, Mr. Mayor, that we take into consideration the fact that the
concern of the community may be (and I am reading through the lines) that
what is the purpose. Do we have any hidden motives in terms of improving
that area not in the best interest of the people there, but probably the
people in the future. We have no ulterior motives. It is basically to
do the same thing in the Black Grove that is done in the White Grove.
We are talking of using GO Bonds, 80% on every dollar will be paid by
the City, which is in my estimation better than what occured in the
White Grove.
Mr. Rolle: Rebuttal, one situation was a parallel. I can't see this
one because I read in the paper somewhere yesterday where we are going
to spend $4.1 million or $15.some million in an area and we are going
to throw the other area a bone by giving them a chance to work, affording
jobs from the profits. I don't see the parallel there. But that is a
different area.
Mr. Gary: Mr. Rolle.
Mayor Ferre: One answer and one rebuttal.
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Mr. Gary: I think it is important to correct that false immage.
Mr. Rolle: O.K., good.
Mr. Gary: Those $15 million are not funds that we are giving to a private
developer for him to build that hotel. Those funds are being loaned to that
developer. He has to pay us that money back with interest. That interest
will be utilized in our community development program of which that area is
not a part of. This is an innovative program where before the federal
government would keep the money. They would not allow us to invest idle cash.
They are 6ing to allow us to invest idle cash. We get the idle cash back
plus the interest. So that $15 million is not being given to downtown.
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Mr. Rolle v O.K., let me ask this. Can the property owners here borrow out
of that fund to improve their properties, as you are doing over there?
Mr. Gary: Yes, they can, provided they can meet the strict requirements of
that fund. That is there is a demand note that can be due any minute, any
day, any month, any week, and it has to be paid back within a year.
Mr. Rolle: We are talking about Catch-22 again. You mean the property owners
can't do the same thing because they might demand it immediately?
Mr. Gary: No, I'm saying they can if they can meet their requirements, yes,
they can borrow the money.
Mr. Rolle: Can we get copies of that situation so that we can go along with
that?
Mr. Gary: Sure.
Mr. Rolle: Our main reason is we need something else rather than at this
point....
Mayor Ferre: Billy, Billy, I have been here for ten years as a Mayor and
before that almost four years as a Commissioner. I can't think of one time
when this or previous Commissions has ever voted no on one of these issues.
So you are fighting an uphill battle.
Mr. Rolle: That is why we are here.
Mayor Ferre: I know. My advice to you is I know that is not the only
problem. But part of the problem is the cash outlay. I just want to say
that the City of Miami is extremely generous: the way we work and extend
the payments over a long period of time. I hope that we can move along on
this.
Mr. Rolle: I would like to. But I must be satisfied in what I am saying
because of presenting this for the property owners there. If we can have
maybe an injuction so we can sort of study some more so that we might be
able to get together on this situation. Really, to sleep on things of this
nature, red brick ... the thing is for ... we just can't see it.
Mayor Ferre: Out of interest to both time and good will in Coconut Grove
perhaps we can put this off for the March meeting. In the meantime maybe
Mr. Rolle can see the light.
Mr. Rolle: Maybe.
Mr. Plummer: No, maybe he can see the red.
Mr. Rolle: Why?
Mr. Plummer: Brick, that is.
Mayor Ferre: Billy, unless your objections are overcome and we can vote on
it now..
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Mayor Ferre: This item is deferred to the March loth meeting.
THEREUPON, THE CITY COMMISSION, ON MOTION
DULY MADE BY COMMISSIONER PLUMMER AND
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DAWKINS, UNANIMOUSLY
AGREED TO DEFER THE HEREINABOVE ISSUE TO
THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING SCHEDULED FOR
MARCH 10, 1983.
31. CONTINUE PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT
tPROJECT SPECIALTY SHOPPING CENTER MOWN AS BAYSIDE AT
`MIAMARINA.
Mayor Ferre: We are on item 2, to consider the contents of a request for
the unified development project proposal for the specialty shopping center
adjacent to the Miamarina, known as Bayside; and further to authorize the
issuance of the request for proposals, select a certified public accounting
firm to evaluate the proposals and to appoint members of a review committee
to evaluate the proposers' qualifications and the proposed development. All
right, sir, go ahead.
Mr. Jim Reid: Jim Reid, City of Miami, Mr. Mayor, we are here today to
ask for two things. Number one, that the public hearing be continued until
February 24th and that at that time to take up the issuance of the RFP,
the appointment of the review committee, and the appointment of the certified
public accountant. The second thing we are asking is to report to the
Commission with respect to the work that is gone on with Restaurants Assoc.
in negotiating regarding the use for Bayside development.
Basically, the site that we previously talked about to the Commission
is the shaded area around the reflections restaurant. You may recall that
the Restaurants Associates lease in that area gives them the exclusive
control over the sale of food and beverages not only in the restaurant,
but in the entire shaded area. In our negotiations with them we have
concluded that it would make sense to expand the size of the site 120
feet off a 72 inch sanitary force main going through the site along the
boundaries that are shown here in black. This would enable us to have
a portion of Bayside or perhapt all of it, depending on what is proffered
by the developers to be built without restrictions of this exclusivity
lease. We would propose that in this extended area that the site limitations
in terms of the amount of park land to be covered would be limited to
2.6 acres. That is basically about the same size as the area that is
currently being filled, or will be filled, just to the south of the
Miamarina Restaurant. So, we are here today asking for the permission
to expand the site 120 feet off the force main. The impact of that is to
of course, bring the site closer to downtown and to the people mover and
to cut slightly into the amphitheatre that has been designed as part of
the proposed park. We have maintained the view quarter of the amphitheatre
to the government cut. To put this in scale, we have imposed the current
amphitheatre, or the previous amphitheatre in Bayfront Park on this site
just to show you....
Mayor Ferre: All right, look, I think we are ready to vote on this. Jim,
J.L., I want you to give me the courtesy since this is now creating a problem
with Mr. Noguehi with the design of this. You are forcing me to fly up to
have to... because it seems like I'm the guy who is going to have to calm
him down ... that you do all of this pending the trip that I have to take on
Monday. Either you, Jim, or somebody will have to come with me to work
this thing out. I think it can be done. But I don't want to go up there
and have him ask me. First of all, I am not going to lie to him. Secondly,
I don't want the man, Howard, to create a problem. He is emotional in
nature and not realistic (Noguchi). So, what I am saying is I'll take the
day off and I will fly at 8:00 o'clock in the morning and fly back in the
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Mayor Ferre (CON'T): afternoon plane. When I sit down with the man, if he
asks me, "Has this been passed by the Commission?" I want to please be on
a tentative basis to be finalized at the next meeting since you are deferring
the whole thing to the 24th. I have no problems in doing this because I just
don't want to have that breech before we get to the issue. Why have an
emotional breech when there is no need to do that. I think it would make
my negotiations, if you will, with the man a little bit easier.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, I have no problem with that, but let's understand
what item 2 is. It is not the final approval of the plan.
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Mayor Ferre: Of course.
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Mr. Plummer: It is the approval to allow you to come back on it in March
to go further with the RFP
Mayor Ferre: Just want to clarify it into the record because I don't want
Jim going on a false premise. I don't want that to be a problem when it
does not need to be a problem with Noguchi. It's hard enough as it is.
So, you move it. Is there a second?
Mr. Carollo: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? Call the roll.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption.
MOTION 83-95
A MOTION CONTINUING PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A UNIFIED
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, SPECIALTY SHOPPING CENTER ADJACENT
TO MIAMARINA TO BE KNOWN AS "BAYSIDE", STIPULATING THAT
THIS MATTER WILL BE FINALIZED ON FEBRUARY 24.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Carollo, 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.
32. WAIVE COMPETITIVE BIDDING FOR SYSTEMATIC MAINTENANCE EXISTING
INTEGRATED PROTECTION SYSTEM POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Mayor Ferre: We are now on item number 3, which is waiving competitive
bidding for the continuation of systematic maintenance and emergency
services for the existing integrated protection system at the City of
Miami Police Station and facilities and authorizing the Manager to instruct
the Purchasing Agent to issue a purchase order to continue such services to
Wackenhut Electronic Systems Corporation in the amount of $13,200 for one
year and allocating funds thereof from the 1983-83 operating budget of the
Department of Police. Is there any discussion on this?
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Mr. Plummer: I move it.
Mr. Carollo: Move.
Mayor Ferre: Moved.
Mr. Plummer: And seconded. You have no choice.
Mayor Ferre: And seconded. Call the roll on item 3.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer,
who moved its adoption:
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A RESOLUTION WAIVING COMPETITIVE BIDDING FOR THE
CONTINUATION OF SYSTEMATIC MAINTENANCE AND EMERGENCY
SERVICES FOR THE EXISTING INTEGRATED PROTECTION SYSTEM
AT THE CITY OF MIAMI POLICE STATION AND FACILITIES
AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO INSTRUCT THE
PURCHASING AGENT TO ISSUE A PURCHASE ORDER TO CONTINUE
SUCH SERVICE TO WACKENHUT ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS CORPORATION
IN THE AMOUNT OF $13,200 FOR ONE YEAR AND ALLOCATING
FUNDS THEREFOR FROM THE 1982-83 OPERATING BUDGET OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF POLICE.
(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.
33. WAIVE COMPETITIVE REQUIREMENTS CONTAINED IN CITY CODE 2-302
AUTHORIZE CITY ATTORNEY TO ENGAGE LEGAL SERVICES OF TERRY
V. PERCY.
Mayor Ferre: The next item is waiving the requirements and prohibition
contained in City Code Section 2-302; authorizing the City Attorney to
engage the legal services of Terry V. Percy, primarily in connection
with the Miami Convention Center Project, for such periods of time as
needed, in the determination of the City Attorney, at a fixed hourly
rate; allocating monies therefor. Would you briefly, Mr. City Attorney,
give us a two seconds explanation so that we can move along.
Mr. Dawkins: No, I have a point of clarification.
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, if I....
Mayor Ferre: Hold on. Go ahead, Joe.
Mr. Carollo: Thank you. If I may, before ... since actually the one who
is recommending this to the City Manager....
Mayor Ferre: No, City Attorney.
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Mr. Carollo: My understanding is that this is for hiring outside counsel.
Am I correct? If I may ask the City Attorney if he feels that with all
the additional new staff that he has, he can perform this work in-house
without going to outside counsel?
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: Commissioner, from the standpoint of the amount of
the resources available, the answer is yes. The reason for the request
deals not with the availability of the resources, but rather with the
expertise that was developed by this particular lawyer while he was a
Deputy City Attorney in this particular project.
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Mr. Carollo: Do you feel that you have confident enough attorneys at your
disposalthat they can fill whatever gap or expertise is needed to.complete
the legaX work of this project without going to outside counsel?
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: Commissioner, I think at this moment we have the finest
public law office in this community. It's a matter of expertise with
respect to this particular project.
Mr. Carollo: Well, that is how I feel. That is why I am questioning the
fact that we need outside counseling. I think you have done an excellent
job in putting one of the best group of attorneys that any city has in the
state. That is why I am really a little shocked that we need to go get
anybody from the outside, especially at some of the rates that we are talking
about, $90.00 an hour. Is that correct?
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: That was the negotiated rate, yes, sir. That is the
negotiated rate.
Mr. Carollo: As I understand the answer that the City Attorney has given me,
correct me if I am wrong, he has just stated to me that he has able enough
personnel with his staff to be able to handle this without going to outside
counsel.
Mayor Ferre: I am confused at this point, Joe. Is this a request of yours,
Mr. City Attorney, or not?
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: The suggestion came, Mr. Mayor, from the people who
are, of course, involved in it on a day to day basis, who are the personnel
involved with the Convention Center.
Mr. Carollo: Are any of them attorneys? Excuse me, are any of them attorneys?
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: I don't telieve so.
Mayor Ferre: I don't want to put you on the spot, and I am sorry for dole;
this. But it says down here City Attorney recommends.
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: I recommend it, sir.
Mayor Ferre: That is all I wanted to know.
Mr. Carollo: Well, I think what I have done is bring the true feelings
of the City Attorney to the surface. The true feelings of the City
Attorney are what he stated here in plain English for the record. That
his staff right now can handle this. So if his staff could handle this,
and there has been so much talk here today of protecting the people's
monies, well, Jesus, that is what I'm doing right here. I'm protecting
our people's monies. If our staff could do it, why do we have to go
out to someone else and give them $90.00 an hour?
Mayor Ferre: Anyone else want to make a statement? Mr. Manager, do
you want to say anything?
Mr. Gary: No, I won't respond to an innuendo.
Mayor Ferre: Is there anything else on this issue? If not, it is an
item that we have to vote for or against or defer it.
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Mr. Carollo: I make a motion that this item be voted down.
Mayor Ferre: There is a motion against the resolution, item number 4.
Is there a second? Is there a second? Is there a second?
THEREUPON MOTION DIES FOR LACK OF A SECOND.
Mr. Plummer: I well appreciate what Commissioner Carollo is saying and
what he is trying to accomplish. I think it is worthy of consideration,
but here again, let me say to you that I was one who made the motion for
Vince Grimm. The reason that I made that motion was that Mr. Grimm was
with the!Convention Center from day one. He is probably the only man who
knows ali of the ins and the outs. I wanted to see him on board until
the completion. I think the same thing parallels with Mr. Percy. Mr.
Percy was the attorney who basically was assigned to this project. To
go back today and start from scratch with an attorney who has not been
on board, who is not familiar with why things were done and how they were
done, and what was trying to be accomplished, I think would be almost having
to put two attorneys on to do one man's job. I think that is in the long
run.
Mr. Dawkins: Mr. Mayor.
Mr. Plummer: If Mr. Dawkins would move the adoption of item 4.
Mayor Ferre: There is a motion on the floor on item number 4. Is there
a second?
Mr. Dawkins: I second it for discussion.
Mayor Ferre: Go ahead, Mr. Dawkins.
Mr. Dawkins: I too wonder why is it that we were able to hold Mr. Vince
Grimm on and hold him on at $25,000 a year, but when it comes to Mr. Percy
we did not put him on with a contract. We are going to hire him on an
"as needed" basis. Now we have a problem trying to do that! I feel that
Mr. Percy's expertise is needed. As you say, he is aware of the problem.
Therefore, I second the motion.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion?
Mr. Carollo: There certainly is further discussion. Number one, the only
reason there was even some changes made and changes that would benefit the
City in Mr. Grimm's contract is my office brought up the question. Secondly
of all, I never felt right with Mr. Grimm's contract. I felt that it was
pretty much pushed in as a favor, or whatever you want to call it, but
even there I could even accept.a little bit more the argument on behalf
of Mr. Grimm. Even though I will tell you right now, I am ready to make
a motion to void that contract and get out of that contract right now if
need be. But at the same time, the law is the law. What I am seeing
that we are doing here is that because somebody is a friend of somebody
in the Commission or the Administration or whatever, we are getting them
all these sweetheart deals. Hey, I'd like to get $90.00 an hour too.
Or $25,000 a year for ten hours a week or something. This is getting
to be outrageous! It is not enough that we are paying huge, tremendous
salaries that people in this City could never make in the outside world.
But on top of that we are going to be making all kinds of sweetheart deals
where people get all kinds of huge hourly rates or little contracts on
the side. On Vince Grimm... that was the first time that our City Charter
was amended so that someone that would depart from being a full-time City
employee, in fact who worked with the City. I think one very important
key to that is that at least in that case, even though I disagree with it,
at least in that case he was retiring. But in this case, we are talking
about an individual who is not retiring. In fact, left the City to go
into private practice where he feels or at least feels that he is going
to make more money. Well, the City Attorney states to me as clearly as
I could understand that his staff is confident, his staff could handle
this. There is not a single person here who is an attorney, and we are
going to question the words of the City Attorney. Now we are going to
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Mr. Carollo (CON'T): know more about law, and this particular attorney is
so important that we can't do without him in this particular case. If the
majority of this Commission wants to go ahead and throw City funds away in
that fashion, you go ahead. But at least I have made my stand known and
be felt for what it is.
Mayor Ferre: Further statements? Ready to vote? Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-97
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A RESOLUTION WAIVING THE REQUIREMENTS AND PROHIBITION
CONTAINED IN CITY CODE SECTION 2-302; AUTHORIZING THE
CITY ATTORNEY TO ENGAGE THE LEGAL SERVICES OF TERRY V.
PERCY, PRIMARILY IN CONNECTION WITH THE MIAMI CONVENTION
CENTER PROJECT, FOR SUCH PERIODS OF TIME AS NEEDED, IN
THE FIXED HOURLY RATE; ALLOCATING MONIES THEREFOR FROM
PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED 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 Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
ABSENT: None.
ON ROLL CALL:
Mayor Ferre: I am voting yes with the motion, but I want to just place
into the record that I recognize Commissioner Carollo's concern. I think
he is eminently right in many ways. But also we have to take into account
even though we could handle Lt in-house with our own City Attorneys, the
fact is that this is a person -who has special expertise in this particular
area since he handled it. It would cost the taxpayers of the City of Miami
substantially more money by the time we get up the speed in training somebody
from scratch to know what Terry Percy knows. So I think when it is all done
and over with, we will have expended less money by doing it this way than
by doing it by starting with a -new person.
In thi:e case of Vince Grimm, we could just do nothing. I understand
Commissioner Carollo's concern about the expenditure of so much money.
The problem, however, is that Vince Grimm, again, is the man whose
qualifications in on -going projects with the City of Miami is of such
value that absent his services, it would cost us five or six times as
much to end up getting the same amount of service as we are getting from
Vince. The fact is that he has retired. He is gone. There is nothing we
can do about that. He would be an idiot to stay on and be paid almost the
same as he is getting in retirement and have to spend full time here. His
time now is his own and if we want his time we have to pay for it. If we
were to go outside to duplicate what we are getting from Vince from $25,000
or whatever it is, it would cost us substantially more. I nevertheless
recognize the basic premise of your statement, Commissioner Carollo. I
have to say that I think you are right.
Mr. Plummer: The only thing, let me put on the record, that item number
4 (that one which was just passed) the bottom line is that the City
Attorney, according to this did recommend the item.
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Mayor Ferre: That is why I asked him on the record.
34. PERSONAL APPEARANCE: MR. WILLIAM JOHNSON, CHAIRMAN OF CAA CULMER/
OVERTOW►1 ADVISORY C0124ITTEE. MOTION TO RECEIVE REPORT ONLY.
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Mayor Ferre: We also have item number 16. I have a note here from Bill
Oliver thAt says that Colonel Zubkoff has to leave so he asked us to take
this out of turn. Mr. William Johnson, Chairman of the CAA Culmer/Overtown
Advisory Committee, presenting a report on strategies for change in Overtown.
Colonel Harry Zubkoff: Thank you I am Colonel Zubkoff. I am here on the
capacity of Chiarman of the Community Action Agency Administering Board.
Thank you for the consideration. First, if I may, on behalf of the
Commissioner Barbara Carey, I'll just read you this short piece that she
would have spoken to you from. I'll read it and set the stage for our
discussion. It is from Commissioner Carey to the Mayor and Members of
the Commission.
"On behalf of Mayor Clark and Members of the Metro Commission
I am delighted to appear before you as the appointed liaison
for the Metro Commission regarding activities and actions to
correct and improve conditions affecting residents of. Culmer/
Overtown. Subsequent to the disturbance to the disturbance in
Culmer/Overtown, community residents, city and county public
and elected officials have taken positive action to one,
improve communications between community residents and officials
of our criminal justice system, in particular the State Attorney's
office and the Police Department; identify and prioritize activities
programs, and projects designed to improve police relations. Three,
to reduce the Code violations of existing housing units. Four,
to develop a final plan of action to be considered by this
Commission. We ask the full cooperation and involvement of this
Commission, the Administration, and the department heads of this
important effort. Colonel Harry Zubkoff, Chairman of the CAA and
Mr. William Johnson, Chairman of the Culmer/Overtown CAA Advisory
Committee will present an interim report of strategies for change
in Overtown." -
You know that Culmer/Overtown is one of the 16 areas that CAA is so
proud of having in all the communities and we feel that we sit there and
have daily, hourly, and continuous contact with all the neighborhoods. The
word "grass roots" is used a lot. We think it really exists and is the
power, the authority, the credibility. It is all the basic stuff that CAA
likes to think it is. This presentation is to provide the Mayor and the
Commissioners with an interim report on the developments of the Overtown
community from the CAA viewpoint. Subsequent to the disturbance of the
December 28, 1982, and the report will set forth the following. Recommendations
for immediate and long-term activities entitled strategies for change. Two,
a report on the workshops. There have been two sessions on the workshops.
Three, a chronology of our CAA activities as they have occured. Under the
leadership of the Chairman of the Culmer/Overtown Advisory Committee, Mr.
Johnson, I mentioned, Miss Ann Marie Adker, Community Representative of
the CAA Board, and Mrs. Sandra Hall, Youth Representative, a large number
of residents and representatives from many agencies, worked to develop
the strategies for change to impact the Culmer and the Overtown area.
The dialogue which led to comprehensive workshops focused on criminal
justice and police community relations, jobs, employment, economic development,
housing, and youth development. The results of these workshops, as I said,
will be in our strategies for change. The CAA Board members and staff are
specially indebted to the overtown residents and representatives both public
and private agencies for their interest, cooperation, participation and input.
The many years of CAA's involvement in Overtown and working with other agencies
to the poor have proven invaluable in seeking solutions to the age old
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Colonel Zubkdff (CON'T): problems of the disadvantaged Overtown residents.
The CAA Board has conducted bi-monthly meetings in one of the sixteen
low-income neighborhoods including Overtown for the past eight years. We
do this on a rotating basis. The continued outcry by residents in attendance
is the need for better police community relations, building code enforcement,
decent and safe low-cost housing, and jobs for Overtown. These are not
new problems, but we do feel that they require some new responses, some new
approaches, new financial resources and renewed commitment for aggresive
sustained action by both the County and the City elected officials and
Dade County at large. We had a three-hour work -shop at the Overtown area.
We had tremendous attendance. We had representatives from the top level
from thefCounty and City police, City Commissioners, Mayor of Opa-Locka.
We had a:three-hour workshop session there that was extremely productive.
We had representatives there from just about everyone, legal service board
members,`S.L.L.C., S.E.L.C., the PUSH, the Urban League, NAACP, CRB, Miami -
Dade Chamber of Commerce. All of these people served as panelists on the
individual work -shops. I think one of the things that should be very much
noted is the growth of the youth movement. We were very impressed with the
youth movement that came and presented a very professionsal picture of what
had to be done.
Mayor Ferre: In the interest of time.
Colonel Subkoff: I'm going to get to the point. I wish you had allowed
more time for this. I think there are a lot of routine things that have
to be done in the Chamber and so forth.
Mayor Ferre: There are, absolutely. The problem is that we have a very
serious time constraint.
Colonel Subkoff: We all have valuable time. I'm going to have Mr. William
Johnson, who I have introduced before as the Chairman of the Culmer/Overtown
area. He is right on the scene there. He has also been with our CAA Board
for ten years. I think he will give you the specific recommendations that
were an outgrowth from our meetings there in your community and also an
outgrowth of subsequent sessions that have been held there. Mr. Johnson,
you go ahead.
Mayor Ferre: You see, Colonel, the only thing that I would like to remind
you of is we just-- and I don't think we have wasted, because I think it is
never a waste. But you read from the report. We have the report, so you
just read what we already have before us. What I'm telling you is let's
not read any more of the report. Let's get to the issue.
Mr. William Johnson: Mr. Mayor and Honorable Commissioners, in the interest
of time, shall I read these recommendations?
Mayor Ferre: Please! Let's get right to the issue, is what I am saying.
Mr. Johnson: Thank you. The recommendations, as coming from the advisory
committee after having met several times with members of the community are
as follows. An independent citizen review panel. Pursuant to the CAA
assessment of the success of Metro's Independent Review Panel, as reported
by Community Action Agency representative who served on the panel,. the
Community Action Board recommends that the City of Miami take immediate
action to utilize Metro's Independent Review Panel or structure an independent
review panel in a similar manner as Metro's Independent Review Panel. We
realize without going into it fully that you met this morning and you
considered placing a person from the Professional Compliance Office over
in the Culmer/Overtown area. But we don't feel that is sufficient. We
feel that the entire City of Miami needs an independent citizens' review
panel.
Secondly, an Overtown early intervention program. Early detection and
treatment of anti -social behavior is viewed as the best deterrent to criminal
behavior. This approach is being utilized by the Community Action Agency....
Mr. Dawkins: Mr. Johnson, what are you asking for? Money, time, effort,
or what? Say that. That is all I want to hear from you. What do you need?
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Mr. Johnson: We are first asking, Commissioner, that you adopt the
concept of our proposal and we will appear before you at a later time
to ask for funding.
Mr. Dawkins: All you are asking for now is that we approve this in concept?
Mr. Johnson: Yes.
Mr. Dawkins: Move. You are coming back to discuss money and what have you?
Mr. Johnson: Yes.
Mayor Ferre: Now, you are talking about the three recommendations that you
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Mr. Johnson: We have two more recommendations here that I would like to
go into with a little detail, if I may.
Mayor Ferre: Well, we have a motion on the floor. I want to make sure
that I understand. Is the motion with regard to an independent citizens
review panel?
Mr. Dawkins: He said that he wanted us to approve these recommendations
in principle and that they would come back to discuss them. That is what
I was approving.
Mayor Ferre: You are talking about the recommendations that start on page
three and go to page five.
Mr. Dawkins: And go all the way back, all of them. They will come back
and discuss them in depth.
Mayor Ferre: It is the creation of an independent citizens review panel,
the Overtown early intervention program, and the promises in the sunshine.
Mr. Johnson: Not only that but we are also asking, in order to expedite
implementation of this project, we request this Commission to allocate
$150,000 for the first twelve months' funding. I overlooked that, Commissioner.
I apologize for it.
Mr. Dawkins: The only thing for the money you have to subbit it to the
Administration. Then they have to look at it and make a recommendation.
Mr. Johnson: We are going to submit a proposal.
Mr. Dawkins: All I am trying to do is expedite this so that we can put us
on the right track.
Mr. Johnson: Yes.
Mr. Dawkins: After you come back and the Manager makes his recommendations,
then we can discuss.
Mr. Johnson: All right.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager.
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, first of all I would like to say that the efforts of
this group are commendable. However, I must inform the Commission that
the majority of this Commission has established a committee to study the
situation that occured recently in Overtown. Their mission includes, or
is not limited to just the police community relations aspect. It addresses
a number of the problems that they have addressed here. You may wish to
accept this in principle to be given to that committee, so that you will
not be adopting something here that may be in direct contradiction to
a committee that you have established. I would recommend that we can look
at it, but I think that it should go to the Overtown Blue Ribbon Committee
who is also looking at these similar kinds of concerns before we accept it
fully.
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Mayor Ferre: You see, for example, I'm not ready to vote on an independent
citizens review panel. I don't want to preclude other people that are working
on it. I may or may not be in favor of it. But I don't think this is the
time for us to get in the approval. I don't have any problems accepting their
recommendations, in other words, that we receive it. But that does not mean
that we concur or approve at this stage of the game. Can we do that now?
All right, under those conditions we have a motion on the floor. Is there
a second?
Mr. Carollo: Second.
Mr. Plummer: Second, to accept the report.
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Colonel Zubkoff: Could I hear that motion again now, please?
Mr. Plummer: We are accepting the report.
Mayor Ferre: We are just accepting the report, Colonel. We are not saying
that we concur with it or that we agree with it or that we are going to
implement it.
Mr. Johnson: Are you accepting the four recommendations?
Mayor Ferre: No, sir. What we are doing is technically there are different
ways of doing this. You are proffering a recommendation. We are accepting
it. That does not mean that it is implemented or that we are going ahead
with this. It means that we have accepted your recommendation. That is all.
We will get on with the nitty gritty of it as we go on, but we are not doing
that today.
Colonel Zubkoff: What do you see, Mr. Mayor, as the sequence of actions.
If you accept this, will we hear something further from you?
Mayor Ferre: From the Manager. Is there further discussion? Call the
roll on item 16.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Dawkins, who moved
its adoption.
MOTION 83-98
A MOTION ACCEPTING i REPORT ENTITLED "STRATEGIES FOR
CHANGES IN OVERTOWN" SUBMITTED BY MR. WILLIAM JOHNSON,
ON THIS DATE.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, 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.
Mayor Ferre: What it means is that we have accepted the report. The report
is not being implemented at this time until we hear further from the Manager
with his specific recommendations. That is what it means.
Colonel Zubkoff: Mr. Mayor, may I say a few words? Just a couple.
Mayor Ferre: Very quickly, Colonel.
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Colonel Zubkoff: Very quickly, this is my first appearance here in this
behalf where I've been some seven or eight years. I am very disappointed.
You received it in the mail. That would be enough acceptance. The lack
of adequate discussion, the lack of perception that could be gained from
it I deplore. I think on an important thing like this as compared to the
red sidewalks, I think the time and effort given to this is deplorable.
Mayor Ferre: I want to tell you, Colonel, that we will be back on this
item. I think we are a community in a country of due process. The
Manager will report back to us. We have a committee that is functioning
on this. They will report to us. Then we will see you again. Mr. Johnson,
thank yoU, sir.
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35. SECOND READING ORDINANCE: AMEND ORDINANCE 9332 CABLE T.V.;
ADD PROVISION FOR GRA14TING FOR CERTAIN SECnITY INTERESTS
OF CABLE LICENSEES.
Mayor Ferre: We are now on item number 20. It is the next one I have
here that people are on. Item number 20.
Mr. Plummer: Second reading, I move it.
Mayor Ferre: This was previously moved by Commissioner Perez. Plummer
moves. Perez, do you want to second it?
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: This is 20, Mr. Mayor?
Mayor Ferre: Yes.
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: No, Mr. Mayor, we met with Senator Myers as late as
yesterday and have worked up what is a change of format, but not a change
of substance between the first and second reading. What you have in the
packet is the first reading ordinance. Mr. Clark is now giving you what....
Mayor Ferre: Are you now saying that there is no substantive change between
the first ordinance and this substitute ordinance that we are about to
approve? -
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: Yes, sir, that is exactly what I am saying. What we
did in a nut -shell, Mr. Mayor, is instead of incorporating the resolution
by reference, we lifted the text and actually put it in the ordinance which
I think is better craftsmanship. In addition to that, the City Manager
had asked and you had agreed at the last hearing at the last meeting that
the cable companies be required to come back and get his approval before
they commit to further funds or futher loans. We have included that in
there as well for the further protection of the City.
Mayor Ferre: So this takes into account all of the conditions and preoccupations
that the Commission expressed on the record.
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: Yes, sir, it does.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. City Attorney, you are telling us here officially on the
record that this ordinance takes all those things into account.
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: Yes, sir, I am.
Mayor Ferre: All the safeguard provisions that we incorporated originally.
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: That is correct.
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Mayor Ferre: Plummer, do you still want to move this?
Mr. Plummer: Is it still on second reading?
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: This is on second reading, yes.
Mr. Plummer: But I mean with the changes it is not....
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: Not substantive, right.
Mayor Ferre: Vice -Mayor Plummer moves. Perez seconds. Is there further
discussion? Read the ordinance. Just so that the record is clear, you said
that the'Manager would approve. I think the Manager approves some things, but
substantively in Section 1610 page 6, it says, "All subsequent borrowings
by the licensee shall be subject of the City Commission."
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: I stand corrected. Yes, sir, it is you that must approve.
Mayor Ferre: Any further discussion? Call the roll.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 9332, WHICH
CREATED A NONEXCLUSIVE LICENSE FOR A CABLE TELE-
VISION SYSTEM IN THE CITY OF MIAMI, BY ADDING TO
SUCH ORDINANCE, CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF RESOLUTION
NO. 82-1174, PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COM-
MISSION ON DECEMBER 16, 1982, WITH MODIFICATIONS,
WHICH RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED AND APPROVED THE
GRANTING OF CERTAIN SECURITY INTERESTS IN THE
CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEM AND OTHER PROPERTY
INTERESTS OF THE CABLE LICENSEES; PROVIDING
PROCEDURES AND CONDITIONS FOR OBTAINING APPROVAL
OF BORROWING BY THE CABLE LICENSEES.
Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of January 13, 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 Joe Carollo
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Millei-J. Dawkins
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 9567
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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36. AMEND RESOLUTION 82-1011 WHICH ALLOCATED FEDERAL REVENUE
FUNDS INCREASE TOTAL ALLOCATION.
Mayor Ferre: We are on item number 32.
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Mr. Gary:! Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: Yes, sir.
Mr. Gary: Thirty-two basically confirms the previous decision of the City
Commission that I sit down with Action Community Center and work out an
additional budget of $20,000 for vehicle operations.
Mayor Ferre: Which is Action? The County?
Mr. Gary: Action Community Center, that's a....
Mr. Plummer: Move it.
Mr. Carollo: Second.
Mayor Ferre: There is a motion and a second on item 32. Further discussion?
Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-99
A RESOLUTION AMENDING SECTION 1 OF RESOLUTION NO. 82-1101,
ADOPTED NOVEMBER 4, 1982, WHICH ALLOCATED FEDERAL REVENUE
SHARING (F.R.S.) FUNDS FOR APPROVED SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES
FOR THE BALANCE OF FISCAL YEAR 1982-83, BY PROVIDING THAT
THE AMOUNT ALLOCATED THEREIN TO ACTION COMMUNITY CENTER
BE INCREASED BY $20,200 FROM $31,604 TO $51,804 TO BE
TAKEN FROM SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS, SPECIAL PROGRAMS
AND ACCOUNTS, THERE13Y INCREASING THE TOTAL F.R.S.
ALLOCATION BY $20,200 FROM $700,851 TO $721,051.
(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
CowAssioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
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37. APPROVE INVITATION FOR PROPOSALS AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
Mayor Ferre: Take ,up item 34. This is Dena Spillman, approving an
invitation for proposals for affordable rental housing. Ms. Spillman,
do you waht to say something to the Commission on the record?
Ms. Dena �pillman: Just for the record, this is the next step in our schedule..
As soon ah it is approved by you, it will be sent to the Dade County Commissiog
for approval. Then it will be issued publicly for developer response.
Mr. Carollo: Dena, can you go over exactly what we are approving here today?
Ms. Spillman: What you are approving is the document before you, which
is what will be sent to developers. This will be the document that they
respond to in order to qualify for the program. It includes such things
as the credentials of the company, their experience, their financial ability.
We ask them to come up with the rental structure they are proposing, the
design of the project, what it looks like, if it is aesthetically pleasing
or not, their management plan, and the extent of their minority participation.
In all of these items are given points. Then they are ranked according to
how they fare. You are not approving any developers. This is what we would
use to seek developers.
Mr. Carollo: In other words, you are talking about we will be approving here
today the guidelines.
Mayor Ferre: That's it.
Ms. Spillman: Yes.
Mayor Ferre: It is the general guidelines, but they are very specific as to
specific homesites and land and have all kinds of details, for example, as
the project amenities and even goes to the density and the maximum number
of dwelling units. The unit mix, for example, is 22% one bedroom, 65% two
bedroom, 13% three bedroom, the size....
Mr. Carollo: How did you come to the conclusions that you came to here?
Is it strictly from our staff or was there any outside help that was used
in coming to this conclusion?
Ms. Spillman: This was a product of input from our staff, our bond counsel
in New York, our local bond counsel, Dade County, our local City Attorney's
Office. It was just about everybody you can imagine had anything to do with
this.
Mr. Carollo: It was done in such a way so that everybody could have the same
opportunities to participate.
Ms. Spillman: Oh, yes, everyone reviewed this and was given an opportunity
to give their comments, which they did.
Mayor Ferre: In addition to which we are not anywhere near finished. This
now has to go to Metro. I am sure that when it gets to the short strokes
of the thing, there will be further amendments. But this is just the
beginning point. It just gets it started. You have four sites, right?
Ms. Spillman: Yes.
Mayor Ferre: Is someone going to move this?
Mr. Plummer: Move it.
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Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves 34. Is there a second?
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Perez seconds. Further discussion? Are you O.K. on this?
Mr. Carollo: Yes, just for the meantime.
Mayor Ferre: All right, call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer,
who movedfits adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-100
A RESOLUTION APPROVING, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORM
ATTACHED HERETO, THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR
IMPLEMENTING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY METROPOLITAN DADE
COUNTY.
(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.
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
38. AUTHORIZE AGREEMENT WITH INA HEALTH PLAN; INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL
CENTERS HMO; AND SOUTH FLORIDA GROUP HEALTH INC. PROVIDING
ALTERNATIVE GROUP HEALTH BENEFITS.
Mayor Ferre: Take up item 40. This is authorizing the Manager to execute
agreements with INA Health Planning, International Medical Centers HMO,
and South Florida Group Health providing alternative group health benefits
offered under the group health benefits plan. Mr. Manager.
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, the new Federal Health Maintenance Organization Act
requires employers to allow the employees to decide whether or not they
would want to stay in our medical plan or join the HMO. The decision as
to who is going to be utilizing, whether it is utilized or not, is stricktly
in the hands of employees. It is not in the hands of the Administration nor
the City Commission. The long process was followed whereby each HMO was
allowed to present its plan to all of the employee organizations in terms
of the benefits they had to provide. The employee organizations went back
to their membership to decide whether or not they wanted to participate in
that option. If they did not also make the notification if they decided in
the positive, they were to select HMO's to be offered to their representatives.
The police union and the fire union have opted not to accept HMO. The
sanitation employees have voted to accept two HMO's. The American A.F.S.C.M.E.
has voted to accept two HMO's. The non -unionized employees have accepted
two HMO's. This resolution which is prepared is allowing us to accept the
recommendation of the HMO's. We really don't have any choice in the matter
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Mr. Gary (CON'T): but to sit down with the HMO's and to work out any agreements
that have to be worked out to provide those options to the employees. This
will not cost the City any more money than we are normally accustomed to
expending based upon the present employer/employee contributions based on
existing contracts. We have it here for your consideration.
Mr. Plummer: I have some questions. Mr. Gary, you say that the Commission
has nothing to do with the HMO nor does the Administration. First question,
Mr. Gary, I received a call from Mr. Ed Cole, who is with Equitable, who
does our claims for our present health insurance, asking me to find out
what is i� fact the claim with the HMO's.
Mr. Gary:i He would not be doing the claims with the HMO's.
Mr. Plummer: Who will be?
Mr. Gary: The HMO involved.
Mr. Plummer: You are telling me that they handle their own claims.
Mr. Dean Mielke: Yes, sir, Mr. Plummer, what you have really is under the
Federal Act. We have to make this option available to the employees. In
this case two of the unions have elected to opt for that. The HMO we
simply will pay to them the same sum that we paid now for employee coverage.
Basically, what you are talking about is these individuals receiving in fact
a broader insurance coverage at no increase cost to us or to them. They will
handle their own claims. You go to their hospitals. You go to their doctors.
Any billing is handles by them. All we are doing is paying a fee.
Mr. Plummer: What about arbitration on claims that are disallowed?
Mr. Mielke: If you look I am sure that can be the case. They have, as a
matter of fact, and I am just trying to remember on top of my head, they
have a vehicle for disputed claims. All of them offer that service.
Mr. Plummer: I think I would like to know who is the arbitrator. If they
are handling the claims in-house, where a third independent party might have
a different outlook....
Mr. Mielke: I am trying to remember. Bill, do you remember, if there is
a dispute on a bill, how is it resolved?
Mr. Plummer: What happens iL somebody files a claim and they are handling
their own claim service and they disallow the claim. Who arbitrates?
Mr. William Smith: That is handled by the HMO, the employee that is
filing the claim, and the representative bargaining agent that chooses
that HKO. The only way that mould come about is if an employee chooses
the 80-20 split on the HMO.
Mr. Plummer: No, no, you are wrong.
Mr. Smith: Where an employee goes through an HMO doctor and
goes to an HMO hospital, the bill is paid and there is no claim.
Mr. Plummer: You are coming at it the other way. Let me use an example.
The example is there are areas today in medical that are still up in the
air as to whether it is a practical medical problem or a cosmetic problem.
I, as an employee, go and say, "I want this done." They say, "No, no, that
is cosmetics. It is not medical." Yet, on the other side it is said it is
in fact medical. I don't think it is right, Bill, that an HMO shall be the
fox in the hen house and they are going to arbitrate their own claims. I
think that you are going to come out the loser.
Mr. Smith: . . But they don't arbitrate their own claims. They
establish a board for which one of the members sits on. We, in fact,
have control over that situation.
Mr. Plummer: The only other concern, Mr. Mielke, I have. They have been
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Mr. Plummer (CON'T): able to arbitrate or to negotiate what benefits they
want. Do you, as our labor negotiator, are you being in any way placed in
a position ... you said police and fire had turned down the option on an
HMO...is anything contained within this contract with an HMO which is
going to allow the police and fire to come back and say, "Hey, Sanitation
has dental in their HMO, which a lot of the HMO's offer. We want dental
but we don't want an HMO."
Mr. Mielke: You have a three part question. The answer is no.
Mr. Plummer: I'm only asking a simple question. Thank you, sir. No more.
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Mayor Ferre: Mr. Mielke, just for the record, since the Miami Herald chose
to writea series of articles. I think there are four or five and finally
an editorial. I just want to ask you specifically, for the record, so we
understand. Does the City of Miami Commission have anything to do with,
can it in any way influence, or can it determine what HMO or what medical
plan is chosen for the following groups: the police, (or is that part of
the negotiated contract?)
Mr. Mielke: No, I will defer to Donald, but let me just say this. If
there is no mandate, then it is discretionary on the employer. If there
is a mandate, then it requires that the unions involved have the sole
discretion as to whom they are going to pick.
Mayor Ferre: So the unions have the sole discretion as to whom they are
going to pick.
Mr. Gary: In this particular case, your answer is no, you have no decision
based on what happened.
Mayor Ferre: This is for the fire, for the police, for the sanitation?
Mr. Gary: That is correct. They make their own decisions.
Mayor Ferre: The only remaining area are the non -union employees..is that
correct?
Mr. Plummer: No, that is covered under this one.
Mr. Mielke: That is also covered under this onF•.
Mayor Ferre: INAUDIBLE RESPONSE.
Mr. Plummer: This is covering everyone except police and fire.
Mr. Mielke: That is correct. It is strictly optional, whether they get
into it or not.
Mayor Ferre: But the process is that who makes the decision as to whom
they are going to choose?
Mr. Plummer: The police union, the fire union, the sanitation....
Mayor Ferre: How about the non....?
Mr. Plummer: Their representatives.
Mr. Mielke: Their bargaining union representatives.
Mayor Ferre: So, this is coming out of their output....
Mr. Mielke: Absolutely.
Mayor Ferre: ....and it is coming to a conclusion through a process which
they are the ones to determine.
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Mr. Mielke: In numerable meetings and 35 bargaining sessions with Mr.
Smith here.
Mayor Ferre: So the only thing that I want to say on the record at all times
since the beginning of this process my only and exclusive interest has been
that everybody who wanted to participate in this process have total access
and ability to provide a plan. That is all. The process is totally beyond
the control of the Commission. It is certainly beyond the control of one
individual in the Commission, the Mayor or anybody else. I just wanted to
put that into the record.
Mr. Plummer: I move it.
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Mayor Ferre: There is a motion. What item is this?
Mr. Plummer: Item 40.
Mayor Ferre: Is there a second?
Mr. Dawkins: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-101
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE
AGREEMENTS, SUBJECT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S APPROVAL
AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS, WITH INA HEALTH PLAN,
INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CENTERS H140, AND SOUTH FLORIDA
GROUP HEALTH, INC., WHICH PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE GROUP
HE.ILTH BENEFITS TO CITY EMPLOYEES ON THE SAME BASIS
AS CURRENT GROUP HEALTH BENEFITS OFFERED BY THE CITY.
(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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NOTE FOR THE RECORD: Agenda item 49 concerning the Haitian CBO task
force was temporarily deferred at this time.
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39. ALLOCATE AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $47,000 TO DEFRAY COST OF
MIAMI-DADE BLACK BUSINESS INDUSTRIAL DIRECTORY.
Mayor Ferre: We are now or, item 50, Miami -Dade Black Business Industrial
Directory. Mr. Manager.
Mr. Gary; Mr. Mayor, this item addresses the need that currently exists
in this 6ommunity to assist Blacks in participating in economic well-being
of this community. One of the problems that exist is that we have failed
to establish a comprehensive directory, which not only lists the names and
addresses and the types of businesses, but also to identify the capabilities
of those firms and to assist them in bonding and keeping enough information
to provide not only to the City of Miami, Dade County, and to the private
sector a list of competent Black businesses that can participate in economic
well-being.
Mayor Ferre: Where is the money coming from, Mr. Manager?
Mr. Gary: The money is going to be coming from Special Programs and Accounts.
I must add here that this money should be conditioned upon equal -participation
from Dade County, equal participation by the School Board, Miami -Dade Junior
College.
Mayor Ferre: Equal means the same amount.
Mr. Gary: No, based on the percentage factor. Obviously, Dade County would
pay more. That is because they are larger. The School Board should pay more
than us because they are larger. We have to get the form in terms of the
mix because Dade County may utilize less services than we do. Let's put it
this way, Miami Dade may use less services than we do. It is going to be
on a prorated basis based on the size of the business or the corporation.
Mr. Ron Harvey: Most Honorable Mayor, Commissioners, City Manager, and
City Attorney, we, the Miami -Dade Chamber representing 250 Black businesses
in Dade County and the City of Miami, feel the need for this coherent direction
in one Black resource center.
Mayor Ferre: All right, is there a motion?
Mr. Plummer: So move.
Mr. Dawkins: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? We need your name and address for the
record.
Mr. Harvey: I'm Ron Harvey, Executive Vice -President of the Miami -Dade
Chamber of Commerce.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? Call the roll.
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The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-102
A RESOLUTION ALLOCATING AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $47,000
FROM SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND ACCOUNTS, CONTINGENT FUND, FOR
THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING THE COST OF THE MIAMI-DADE
BLACK BUSINESS INDUSTRIAL DIRECTORY TO BE DEVELOPED BY
THE MIAMI-DADE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE; SAID LEVEL OF
FUNDING TO BE CONDITIONED UPON PARTICIPATION BY OTHER
.GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES AND BY PRIVATE AGENCIES IN THE
,COMMUNITY.
(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
40. AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AGREEMENT WITH LATIN CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE (CAMACOL); ESTABLISH COMPUTER BASED MARKET RESEARCH
CENTER.
Mr. Plummer: I move 51.
Mr. Dawkins: Second. -
Mayor Ferre: There is a motion on 51 and a second. Further discussion?
The Manager recommends. Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-103
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE
AN AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORM ATTACHED, WITH
THE LATIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES
(CAMACOL) FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING A COMPUTER -
BASED MARKET RESEARCH CENTER IN THE "PERMANENT SECRETARIAT
OF THE HEMISPHERIC CONGRESS OF LATIN CHAMBERS OF
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY", WITH FUNDS THEREFOR ALLOCATED
FROM SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND ACCOUNTS, CONTINGENT FUND,
IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $22,000.
(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 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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41. RESOLUTION ALLOCATING $22,000 TO KIWANIS CLUB OF LITTLE HAVANA
FOR CALLE 8 FESTIVAL INCLUDING WAIVER OF FIREWORKS DISPLAY
RESTRICTIONS AND STREET CLOSURE WITH PEDDLER LICENSE RESTRICTION.
Mayor Ferre: Item 12. Mr. Paredes.
Mr. Francisco Paredes: My name is Francisco Paredes, President of Kiwanis
Club of Little Havana. Mayor and Commissioner, I am here in front of you
representing the Club of Kiwanis in Little Havana and their Calle 8 project.
We have three requests. First that the fireworks display restriction --that
it be allowed. That noiceless fireworks be allowed to be shot after the
restricted hours. The closing of the street on Sunday, the 6th of March
and on Saturday, the Sth of March for the Calle 8 run. The funding, as
we understand it the Festival Advisory Committee has made a recommendation.
We would like to... We brought a fact sheet. The Festival Advisory Com-
mittee, because of their restrictions in their budget could not adequately
fund our request. We have a member of that committee here that can attest
to that. But we also have some fact sheets from last year's presentation.
We would just like to obtain the same percentage as last year's funding.
Mayor Ferre: Which is what?
Mr. Francisco Paredes: $22,000.
Mr. Plummer: Is this for Calle 8?
Mr. Paredes: This is for Calle 8. Yes, sir.
Mayor Ferre: Is there a motion on item 12?
Mr. Plummer: So move with pleasure.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion?
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: Mr. Mayor, the figures is left blank in the resolution.
You need to insert that in.
Mayor Ferre: $22,000 is what I heard, right?
Mr. Paredes: Yes, sir.
Mayor Ferre: Do you need to read the resolution?
Mr. Gary: No.
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: No, sir.
Mayor Ferre: There is a resolution before us. There is a motion and a
second. Further discussion on item 12? Call the roll.
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The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-104
A RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE SIXTH ANNUAL CALLE OCHO
OPEN HOUSE FESTIVAL WHICH IS TO BE HELD MARCH 4-7, 1983,
CLOSING CERTAIN STREETS TO THROUGH VEHICULAR TRAFFIC
DURING SPECIFIED DATES AND HOURS AND ESTABLISHING A
PEDESTRIAN 11ALL, SAID STREET CLOSING SUBJECT TO ISSUANCE
IOF PERMITS BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE, RESCUE
:AND INSPECTION SERVICES DEPARTMENT; FURTHER AUTHORIZING
-THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A SUPPORT AGREEMENT SETTING
`FORTH THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE CITY WILL PROVIDE
CASH ASSISTANCE NOT TO EXCEED $22,000.00; FURTHER
ALLOCATING SAID SUM IN SUPPORT OF SAID EVENT; FURTHER
ESTABLISHING THE AREA PROHIBITED TO RETAIL PEDDLERS
DURING THE PERIOD OF THE EVENT.
(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
42. GRANT REQUEST OF LITTLE HAVANA TOURIST AUTHORITY FOR CARNIVAL
INCLUDING FIREWORKS DISPLAY RESTRICTION, STREET CLOSURE WITH
PEDDLER LICENSE RESTRICTION AND FUNDING NOT TO EXCEED $38,000.
Mayor Ferre: Now we have Carnaval.
Mr. Leslie Pantin, Jr.: Leslie Pantin, Jr., President of the Little
Havana Tourist Authority. Basically, we are using the same concept.
Mayor Ferre: How much money?
Mr. Plummer: How much?
Mr. Pantin: $38,000 for Carnaval Miami.
Mr. Plummer: Oohhlt
Mr. Pantin: It is the same percentage as last year.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager, does this have your approval?
Mr. Gary: Yes, sir.
Mr. Plummer: Move it.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion on item 13 with the figure of $38,000?
Is there a second?
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Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Second by Perez. Further discussion? Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-105
A RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE SECOND ANNUAL CARNAVAL
MIAMI, WHICH IS TO BE HELD MARCH 13, 1983, CLOSING
r CERTAIN STREETS TO THROUGH VEHICULAR TRAFFIC ON SAID
DATE DURING THE HOURS FROM 12:00 NOON TO 11:00 P.M.
i AND ESTABLISHING A PEDESTRIAN MALL, SAID STREET
CLOSING SUBJECT TO ISSUANCE OF PERMITS BY THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE, RESCUE AND INSPECTION
SERVICES DEPARTMENT; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO EXECUTE A SUPPORT AGREEMENT SETTING FORTH
THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE CITY WILL PROVIDE
CASH ASSISTANCE NOT TO EXCEED $38,000.00; FURTHER
ALLOCATING SAID SUM IN SUPPORT OF SAID EVENT; FURTHER
ESTABLISHING THE AREA PROHIBITED TO RETAIL PEDDLERS
DURING THE PERIOD OF THE EVENT.
(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 Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, we will immediately develop an agreement with them
with all the restrictions that he has agreed to.
43. EMERGENCY ORDINANCE: AMEND ORDINANCE 9534, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR MIAMI SPRING GOLF COURSE APPROPRIA-
TION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF ELECTRIC GOLF CART STORAGE FACILITY.
Mayor Ferre: Your next item is 18.
Mr. Gary: Yes, air.
Mr. Plummer: Move it.
Mayor Ferre: Is there a second?
Mr. Dawkins: Second.
Mayor Ferre: This is electric golf cart storage facility. Moved by Plummer.
Seconded by Dawkins. Further discussion? Read the ordinance on 18. Call
the roll.
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AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF
ORDINANCE NO. 9534, ADOPTED DECEMBER 9, 1982,
THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1983,
AS AMENDED, BY ESTABLISHING XVII, AN ENTERPRISE
FUND FOR THE MIAMI SPRINGS GOLF COURSE APPROPRIATING
$65,000 FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE MIAMI SPRINGS GOLF
COURSE ELECTRIC CART STORAGE FACILITY; CONTAINING
S 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 require-
ment of reading same on two separate days, which was agreed to 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
Whereupon the Commission on motion of Commissioner Plummer and seconded by
Commissioner Dawkins , adopted said Ordinance 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
SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 9568
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:
Mr. Plummer: Woa! You'd better get this cleared up. My agenda says
$75,000. He read $65,000.
Mayor Ferre: So does mine.
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: The ordinance I have says $65,000.
Mr. Plummer: Before you go making a mistake, I would suggest that it be
corrected first.
Mr. Gary: $65,000 is O.R.
Mr. Plummer: $65,000 is the amount? Then let the record reflect that
the agenda is incorrect.
Mayor Ferre: J.L., I don't want to get into an argument with you on these
things, but on these things what rules legally is the ordinance, not the
agenda. The agenda that is read is the legal document that we go by. The
agenda that we have in the packet on the ordinance item and as read said
$65,000.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, I am only trying to take two seconds to avoid
a law suit.
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44. EMERGENCY ORDINANCE: AMEivD ORDINANCE 9502, ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS
ORDINANCE, ENTERPRISE FUND FOR LEASING OF 65 ELECTRIC GOLF CARTS.
Mayor Ferre: We are on 18-a. Plummer, do you want to move that again?
Mr. Plummer: Move it.
Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves. Perez seconds 18-a?
Mr. Perez: Yes.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? Read the ordinance. Call the roll.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 1 AND 6
OF ORDINANCE 9502, ADOPTED SEPTEMBER 23, 1982, THE
ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1983, AS AMENDED, BY INCREASING
THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE ENTERPRISE FUND FOR THE
MIAMI SPRINGS GOLF COURSE $75,000, BY INCREASING THE
ANTICIPATED REVENUES IN THE SAME AMOUNT FROM THE
FY-83 RENTAL REVENUES FROM SAID GOLF CARTS AND A
TENTATIVE FINANCING ARRANGEMENT WITH THE PRO SHOP
CONCESSIONAIRE; FOR THE PURPOSE OF ALLOCATING
$55,000 FOR THE LEASING OF 65 ELECTRIC GOLF CARTS
AND $20,000 FOR THE PURCHASING OF PRO SHOP INVENTORY;
CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE.
Was introduced by Commissioner Plummer and seconded by Commissioner
Perez for adoption as an emergency measure and dispensing with the require-
ment of reading same on two separate days, which was agreed to by the
following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Whereupon the Commission on motion of Commissioner Plummer and seconded by
Commissioner Perez , adopted said Ordinance by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Joe Carollo
SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 9569
The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and an-
nounced that copies were available to the members of the City Commission
and to the public.
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45. EMERGENCY ORDINANCE, ESTABLISH NEW TRUST AND AGENCY FUND "MIAMI
GRAND PRIX."
Mayor Ferre: Take up 19. Plummer moves.
Mr. Plummer: I'm going to move it, but I want to know what it is for.
Mr. Garyi As you know, the City staff is presently putting up certain
barricad$s, fences, bleachers, etc. We have to expend money. What this
does is allow us to expend the funds to a trust fund and bill the Grand
Prix people. But they have to pay us interest.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Gary, let me tell you where my problem is. I want you
to understand. I have been appointed by this Commission as liaison between
the Grand Prix people and the Commission. I am upset and have expressed it
that the City of Miami is billing these people, for example, $57,000 for
police. Mr. Gary, I want to tell you I think this is absolutely crazy.
Mr. Gary: Why do you think it is crazy?
Mr. Plummer: I think it is crazy to have a two-day event $57,000 for
police. You are talking about $40,000 for firemen. I want a justification
forwarded to me.
Mr. Gary: We will give you one.
Mr. Plummer: Demonstrating the need.
Mr. Gary: We will give you one.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? Is there a second to this motion that
Plummer made?
Mr. Dawkins: Yes, second.
Mayor Ferre: Dawkins seconds. Further discussion? Read the ordinance,
please.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A NEW TRUST
AND AGENCY FUND ENTITLED "MIAMI GRAND PRIX" FOR
IMPLEMENTATION IN FISCAL YEAR 1982-83 FOR THE
PURPOSE OF PROVIDING AN ACCOUNTING SYSTEM TO
REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR COSTS INCURRED IN THE
STAGING OF AN AUTO RACE ON FEBRUARY 26-27, 1983
WITHIN THE CITY OF MIAMI; WITH AN APPROPRIATION
THEREFOR OF $140,815 FROM REVENUES TO BE COLLECTED
FROM MIAMI MOTORSPORTS, INC.; 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 require-
ment of reading same on two separate days, which was agreed to 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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Whereupon the Commission on motion of Commissioner Plummer and seconded by
Commissioner Dawkins , adopted said Ordinance 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
SAID ORDIV ANCE WAS DESIGNATED EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 9570
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.
46. FIRST READIX ORDINANCE: AMEND SECTION 53-161 OF THE CODE TO
PROVIDE FOR VARIABLE RATES FOR TICKETED EVENTS AT THE MIAMI
CONVENTION CENTER.
Mayor Ferre: Take up 28. This ordinance provides for variable rates for
ticketing of the Miami Convention Center. Is there a motion?
Mr. Plummer: I'll move it.
Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves. Second?
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Perez seconds. Further discussion on first reading only?
Read the ordinance. Before we vote on this, Mr. Manager, I imagine that
this complies with the legal requirements of the bond indenture.
Mr. Gary: Yes, it does.
Mayor Ferre: Call the roll. `
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 53-161 OF THE CODE
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, BY
PROVIDING FOR VARIABLE RATES FOR TICKETED EVENTS
AT THE MIAMI CONVENTION CENTER; 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:
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.
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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47. FIRST READING ORDINANCE: AMEND ORDINANCE 8719, SU22MY GUI NT
APPROPRIATIOIS ORDINANCE, ESTABLISH AEW TRUST AND AGENCY FUND
"INTERNATIONAL TRADE PROI40TION PROGRAM."
Mayor Ferre: 28-a, an ordinance establishing a new trust and agency fund,
"International Trade Promotion Program", State money.
Mr. Gary! This allows us to to accept the money and put it iii a trust fund.
Mr. Plummer: Oh, yes, v%ry definitely.
Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves item 28-a. Is there a second?
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mr. Dawkins: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? Read the ordinance on first reading.
Call the roll.
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:
"INTERNATIONAL TRADE PROMOTION PROGRAM"; APPROPRIATING
FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF SAID TRUST AND AGENCY FUND
IN THE AMOUNT OF $225,000; CONTAINING A REPEALER
PROVISION AND 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 Joe Carollo
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
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 public.
48. ACCEPT GRANT AWARD FROR FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE FOR
INTERNATIONAL TRADE PROMOTION PROGRAM.
Mr. Dawkins: Move 28-b.
Mr. Plummer: Second.
Mayor Ferre: It has been moved and seconded. Further discussion on 28-b?
Call the roll.
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The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Dawkins,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-106
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT A
GRANT AWARD FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE IN
THE AMOUNT OF $225,000 FOR AN INTERNATIONAL TRADE PROMOTION
PROGRAM AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
EXECUTE THE ATTACHED AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF FLORIDA:
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE: DIVISION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM.
(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 Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
Mayor Ferre: Postscript, Mr. Manager, I want to say into the record being
-the author of this whole thing from the very beginning, that I want to once
again recognize Mr. Barry Kutun's invaluable help. Without he and Senator
Gordon we would not have this money. The Governor has been instrumental.
You know the origin of this money was the Trade Fair of the Americas, which
we have not had for two years. Now we have accepted the money. It is going
into International Trade Promotion Program. I would like a detailed explanation
as to exactly how we are proposing to expend the $225,000 and an update as to
when the monies will be received, when they will be expended, and how they
will be expended.
Mr. Gary: Yes, sir.
Mayor Ferre: When do you think I could have that?
Mr. Gary: I will give it to you in a week or before.
Mayor Ferre: Fine.
49. AUTHORIZE APPLICATION FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACTION GRANT FOR
MIAMI INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC CLINIC.
Mayor Ferre: We are on item number 29, which is a resolution authorizing
the Planning Department to prepare....
Mr. Plummer: No, that is not on our....
Mayor Ferre: It is not on Howard's list, but it is on the list of people
that are here. This is the Miami International Diagnostic Clinic. Mr.
Manager, are you recommending this?
Mr. Gary: Yes, sir.
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Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, I was the one who raised hell about this at the last
meeting. The good doctor was nice enough to come and take his time to explain
to me with his son what this project is all about. I want to tell you I think
it is a fantastic supplement to the area. I wish them well. 1 would like
to move that this matter be approved.
Mayor Ferre: There is a motion on 29. Is there a second?
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Fe6e: Second, now just for the record, all we are doing here, Mr.
Reid, is approving an application on the part of the City of Miami for a
U.D.A.G. 4rant.
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Mr. Gary: Yes, it has to come back to you if it is approved.
Mayor Ferre: O.K., if it is approved by Washington.
Mr. Gary: Yes, sir.
Mayor Ferre: We have a long way to go. Further discussion? Call the roll
on 29.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-107
A RESOLUTION RATIFYING, CONFIRMING AND APPROVING THE
CITY MANAGER'S SUBMISSION OF AN URBAN DEVELOPMENT
ACTION GRANT APPLICATION TO THE UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD)
ON JANUARY 31, 1983 REQUESTING $3,000,000 FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE MIAMI INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC
CLINIC TO BE LOCATED BETWEEN BRICKELL AVENUE AND
MIAMI AVENUE AND 6TH AND 7TH STREETS.
(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
50. APPROVE AMENDED OVERTOWN URBAN INITIATIVES PROJECT GRANT
APPLICATION.
Mayor Ferre: Take up item 30. This is approving the Overtown Urban Initiatives
Project Grant application.
Mr. Gary: Basically, what this does, Mr. Mayor, is allow us to apply for
additional federal funds for the Overtown UMTA site.
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Mr. Plummer: Move it.
Mayor Ferre: Moved by Plummer.
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Second by Perez. Further discussion? Call the roll on item
30.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-108
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE OVERTOWN URBAN ACTIVITIES
INITIATIVES PROJECT GRANT APPLICATION AMENDMENT;
RECOMMENDING THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
SUBMIT THE AMENDED GRANT APPLICATION TO THE U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR FUNDING UNDER SECTION
3 OF THE URBAN MASS TRANSPORTATION ACT OF 1964, AS
AMENDED; FURTHER, AFFIRMING THE INTENTION OF THE
CITY TO PROVIDE EIGHTY FIVE PERCENT (85%) OF THE
REQUIRED ADDITIONAL LOCAL MATCH TO THE GRANT.
(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
51. AUTHORIZE AND PRESCRIBE GUIDELINES FOR CITY MANAGER'S SOLICITA-
TION OF REQUEST DINNER KEY/BAYFRONT AREA MASTER PLAN.
Mayor Ferre: Take up 30-a.
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, what this does is allow us to go out and get an expert
to assist us in developing a master plan for the Dinner Key area.
Mayor Ferre: Are we going to go through the process of selection, professional,
and all this; and you are coming back to us for final approval and the price
tag on it?
Mr. Gary: We have to come back to you, definitely.
Mr. Plummer: Move it.
Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves item 30-a. Is there a second?
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Second by Perez. Under discussion, Mr. Manager, when was the
last time we went through this study? Was it five or eight years ago?
Mr. Gary: 1972.
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Mayor Ferre: 172, so it has been eleven years.
Mr. Gary: It is outdated.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-109
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND PRESCRIBING GUIDELINES FOR
THE CITY MANAGER'S SOLICITATION OF REQUESTS FOR
QUALIFICATIONS (LETTERS OF INTEREST) AND SUBSEQUENT
REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS FROM CONSULTANTS FOR A DINNER
KEY/BAYFRONT AREA MASTER PLAN.
(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.
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
52. AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO TWO YEAR AGREEMENT WITH
DRUM CORPS INTERNATIONAL INC. FOR USE OF ORANGE BOWL STADIUM.
Mr. Plummer: We are now on 41. It is the use of the Orange Bowl by the
Drum and Bugle Corps. Mr. Mayor, I attended in your behalf this press
conference. I think you should know this Drum and Bugle Corps each year
will be bringing approximately 30,000 people to this community. I think
we must pay tribute to Walter Golby who worked very hard to get this
ironed out.
Mayor Ferre: Don't forget Ray Hollander.
Mr. Plummer: Kay Hollander, who did a tremendous job of bringing and landing
this thing here for two years. My only fear --not fear....
Mayor Ferre: Don't forget Kay Hollander and Bill Bunke are going to call
you up and crucify you.
Mr. Plummer: I want to tell you I wish it were for ten years, rather than
two. But if we get them here for two and get sand in their shoes, we get
them back for the rest.
Mayor Ferre: You will get a call from W.I.N.Z. Further discussion on
the motion made by Plummer and seconded by Perez? Further discussion on
41? Call the roll.
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The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-110
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO
A TWO (2) YEAR AGREEMENT, SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM
ATTACHED, WITH DRUM CORPS. INTERNATIONAL, INC. FOR
THE USE OF THE ORANGE BOWL STADIUM IN THE YEARS 1983
AND 1984 FOR THE PURPOSE OF STAGING THE AlMAL WORLD
COMPETITION MARCHING EVENT.
(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.
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
53. AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT MIAMI
AND YOUTH INDUSTRIES, INC. FOR OPERATION OF AFRICAN SQUARE PARK.
Mr. Plummer: 43 is next. I move it.
Mayor Ferre: Item 43 has been moved.
Mr. Perez: 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. 83-111
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE
AN AGREEMENT, SUBJECT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S APPROVAL
AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS, BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI
AND YOUTH INDUSTRIES, INC. FOR THE OPERATION OF
AFRICAN SQUARE PARK, FOR THE TERM FROM JANUARY 1
THROUGH MARCH 31, 1983, WITH FUNDS THEREFOR ALLOCATED
FROM SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND ACCOUNTS IN AN AMOUNT NOT
TO EXCEED $58,809.50.
(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.
Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Vice Mayor J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ON ROLL CALL:
Mr. Dawkins: Oh, that is 43?
Mr. Ralph Ongie: Yes, sir.
Mr. Dawkins: I have problems with deferring that.
Mr. Gary: This is on a month -to -month basis.
Mr. Dawkins: On a month -to -month basis?
Mr. Gary: Yes, we have them on probation.
Mr. Dawkins: On a month -to -month?
Mr. Gary: O.R., I agree. I will go with that. Thank you.
Mayor Ferre: The $58,809 is over what period of time?
Mr. Gary: To March 31st.
Mayor Ferre: To March 31st of this year?
Mr. Gary: Yes, sir. We have been having them on a month -to -month basis
since October.
Mayor Ferre: In other words, if we vote on this (that's why I want to make
sure you understand) because we are now in early February. March 31, 1983
is five weeks from now. So what we in effect are approving is $58,000.
Mr. Gary: They need money to operate it until that time.
Mayor Ferre: But that is not for a month. We are not spending $58,000
per month. It is $58,000 for October. Tell me because I need to know
what we are voting on.
Mr. Cesar Odio: Mr. Mayor, this is for January 1st until March 31st.
Mayor Ferre: So we are talking about January, February, and March.
Mr. Odio: Yes, sir.
Mayor Ferre: And we are spending $58,809 in three months.
Mr. Odio: Yes, sir.
Mayor Ferre: Those monies are being used for what purpose?
Mr. Gary: To manage the African Square Park.
Mr. Odio: Staffing.
Mayor Ferre: Mostly staffing?
Mr. Odio: Yes, sir. They run the whole park.
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Mayor Ferre: Is this under your....?
Mr. Dawkins: They are supposed to run it.
Mr. Odio: Yes, sir. What we have done, we have given them now staff support
from the Department of Recreation.
Mr. Gary: The bottom line, Mr. Mayor, is that have done an evaluation. We
have some serious problems. We have highlighted to them. We put them on
probation. We monitered and will make sure that they comply. If not, we will
be back and recommend that we cancel that operation.
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Mayor Fer;e: Further discussion? Call the roll on item 43.
Mr. Oagie. We did, sir.
54. EXPRESS CITY COMMISSION SUPPORT FOR BLACK PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS
CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY PUBLIC TECHNOLOGY INC. (PTI).
Mr. Plummer: 52, do you recommend it, Mr. Gary?
Mr. Gary: Yes, it probably won't be that much. What happens is they are
bringing in Black public administrators to Broward County and here
Mr. Plummer: Move it.
Mayor Ferre: Wait, wait! We are going to get some of it in Miami?
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Mr. Gary: No, no. The Broward County Administrator and I are hoping that
half of it will be held here and half of it in Broward County.
Mayor Ferre: Is the Broward County Administrator Black?
Mr. Gary: Yes.
Mayor Ferre: And they are paying half of it?
Mr. Gary: Yes, they are paying half of it.
Mayor Ferre: And we are paying half.
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Mr. Gary:! And we are paying half of it.
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Mayor Ferre: Okay. Moved by Plummer. Second?
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion?
Mr. Dawkins: Seconded by...?
Mayor Ferre: Seconded by Perez. It doesn't matter. We all are going to vote
for it. Do you want to second it?
Mr. Dawkins: No, it doesn't matter.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-112
A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE CITY COMMISSION'S SUPPORT OF
THE BLACK PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS' CONFERENCE, SPONSORED BY
PUBLIC TECHNOLOGY, INC. (PTI), TO BE HELD IN SOUTH FLORIDA
ON APRIL 13-15, 1983 AND CO -HOSTED BY THE CITY OF MIAMI
AND BROWARD COUNTY, BY AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
EXPEND FUNDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $10,000 IN SUPPORT
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI'S PARTICIPATION AS A CO -HOST OF
SAID CONFERENCE, AND FURTHER ALLOCATING FUNDS THEREFOR FROM
SPECIAL PROGRAMD AND -ACCOUNTS, CONTINGENT FUND.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk).
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, 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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55. AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AGREEMEIZT VALLE-AXELBERD
AND ASSOCIATES FQR THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING SEVEN 48-HOUR
STRESS CONTROL TRAINING COURSES.
Mayor Ferre: Take up Item Number 53.
Mr. Plummer: Move it.
Mayor Ferre: Moved by Plummer. Who seconded it?
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Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Second by Perez. Call the roll.
Mr. Dawkins: Under discussion, why are we paying $10,000 for City of Miami
and Monroe County? It says the police officers in Dade and Monroe County.
Why are we Paying?
Mr. Plummer: The backup I read. it was only for our police officers.
Mr. Dawkins: Item Number 53.
Mr. Gary: This is only for us - our Police officers. They have an option
to utilize the services, we aren't Paying for it.
Mr. Plummer: This is probably our share of that seminar.
Mr. Gary: Yes, our share.
Mr. Plummer: And by the way, it has already taken place.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion on Item 53. Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-113
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN
AGREEMENT, SUBJECT TO tHE CITY ATTORNEY'S APPROVAL AS TO
FORM AND CORRECTNESS, WITH VALLE-AXELBERD AND ASSOCIATES,
INC. FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING SEVEN 48-HOUR STRESS
CONTROL TRAINING COURSES COMMENCING OCTOBER 12, OFFICERS
IN DADE AND MONROE COUNTIES AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED THE
SUM OF $23,520 WITH FUNDS THEREFOR ALLOCATED FROM POLICE
DEPARTMENT BUDGETED FUNDS.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and
on file in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the resolution was passed
and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner 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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56. AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AGREE`ENT VALLE, AXELBERD
AND ASSOCIATES, INC. FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING PSYCHO-
LOGICAL SERVICES AS NEEDED DURING 1983.
Mayor Ferre: Now that we have voted on Number 53, Mr. Manager. you may recall
that on that Saturday public hearing that we had here. I brought up for
discussion, so that you would be aware of it the idea of bringing back - there
is a committee that has been set up here and it has been functioning for the
last couple of years about psychological help for police officers outside of
the Police:Department. Herb and all of our people - Wally Rodak and
all of the people here have been very, very supportive of this and I asked
for a repobt back. I just want to remind you that this is still very active
on my mind and I would like a report from the Administration within the next
couple of months. It is very complicated and very expensive proposition, but
all of the police unions are strongly for it. What it does, it creates a
psychological program, you know, not testing, but advisory thing for stress
outside of the Police Department in an operation where an officer feels free
that he can go without it being a stigma on his record and all that kind of
stuff. So, would you kind of bring us up to date on that?
Mr. Dawkins: What is the difference between Item Number 53 and 54, Mr.
Manager?
Mr. Plummer: 53 has already taken place in the past. 54 looks to the
future.
Mr. Gary: One deals with psychological testing of officers. The other one
is stress training where we train our officers in stress management.
Mayor Ferre: All right, is there a motion on 54?
Mr. Plummer: Move it.
Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves.
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Perez seconds. Further discussion? Call the roll on 54.
The following resolution %Bias introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-114
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT, SUBJECT TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S APPROVAL AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS, WITH
VALLE, AXELBERD AND ASSOCIATES, INC. FOR THE PURPOSE
OF PROVIDING PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES, AS NEEDED, DURING
1983 TO MEMBERS OF THE MIAMI POLICE DEPARTMENT, AT AN
HOURLY RATE TO $60, SAID CONTRACT NOT TO EXCEED
$36,000, WITH FUNDS THEREFOR ALLOCATED FROM POLICE
DEPARTMENT BUDGETED FUNDS.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and
on file in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the resolution was passed
and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Terre
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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57. ACCEPT BID: DEVELOPMENT OF MASTER TELECOMMUNICATION PLAN FOR THE
CITY OF MIAMI.
Mayor Ferre: Take up Item Number 55.
Mr. Carollo: Moved.
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Mr. Plummer: I will second it, Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: Carollo moves, Plummer seconds. Go ahead.
Mr. Plummer: I want the proviso - where is Mr. Cox? Mr. Cox, I want you to
understand that you and I have an understanding, and that understanding is
first and foremost with this company is going to study whether or not we
even need any change before they study what change we need. You know, I am
not quite sure that this telephone system is so bad as some people want to
believe.
Mayor Ferre: Well, I will tell you, it is real bad.
Mr. Plummer: Well, I am telling you that it is not the best in the world,
and if you would pay your bill, you would get better service.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion on better service? Are you ready to go?
Mr. Plummer: He is the only guy that calls dial -a -prayer and gets put on a
hold button.
Mayor Ferre: Call the roll.
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: Mr. Mayor, the resolution as it exists now has a blank
to be filled in.
Mr. Plummer: We have a thing on it here.
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: Did you get the revised...?
Mayor Ferre: What is the amount?
Mr. Eddie Cox: $35,000 would be the maximum on this one. We are recommending,
if you notice in our recommendation, we selected three as being qualified.
We are recommending Communications Services, Inc.
Mr. Plummer: Is that a local company?
Mr. Cox: Yes, it is.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Carollo, who
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-115
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE PROPOSAL OF COMMUNICATION
SERVICES, INC. TO DEVELOP A MASTER TELECOMMUNICATIONS
PLAN FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI; FURTHER ALLOCATING A MAXIMUM
OF $15,000 - FROM CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FUNDS;
AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREE-
MENT WITH SAID FIRM.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and
on file in the Office of the City Clerk.)
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Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the resolution was passed
and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
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58. AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXTEND CONTRACT THOMPKINS AND CO.,
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, FOR PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTING
SERVICES.
Mr. Plummer: I move Item Number 39.
Mayor Ferre: This extends a contract with the firm of Thompkins and
Company, C.P.A. for professional accounting to obtain independent financial
compliance audits for the City of Miami's C.D. block grant funds. How
much is it - what is the amount of this, Mr. Manager?
Mr. Gary: $20,000.
Mayor Ferre: This is per year?
Mr. Gary: Yes.
Mayor Ferre: For the audit service?
Mr. Gary: For audit services.
Mayor Ferre: This is a Black firm, isn't it?
Mr. Gary: It is.
Mayor Ferre: Where are they ffom?
Mr. Gary: Miami.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? It has been moved by Plummer, seconded
by Dawkins. Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-116
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A
CONTRACT, SUBJECT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S APPROVAL AS TO
FORM AND CORRECTNESS, WITH THE FIRM OF THOMPKINS AND
COMPANY, CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, FOR PROFESSIONAL
ACCOUNTING SERVICES, TO OBTAIN INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL AND
COMPLIANCE AUDITS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI'S COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS; ALLOCATING FUNDS THEREFOR
IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $20,000 FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOP-
MENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS.
(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:
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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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59. 'NOMINATE AND APPOINT CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS TO THE CITY OF MIAMI/
;UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI JAMES L. KNIGHT INTERNATIONAL CENTER
ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
Mayor Ferre: Take up Item Number 57. This is the nomination of individuals
in the City of Miami/University of Miami James L. Knight International Center.
I would like to proffer the name - I think we had Steve Somobend and this comes
out of the...you will remember that Somobend has been very active in our hotel
hosting committee for ASTA. We are going to get him involved in this Miss
Universe pageant, if we ever get to it and the other things...and Guy Sanchez,
who is here and has shown a great deal of interest in being part of that.
Mr. Plummer: I second it.
Mayor Ferre: Are you making the motion for both?
Mr. Plummer: Yes.
Mayor Ferre: Is there a second?
Mr. Perez: I second.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion on Item 577 Call the roll.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption.
MOTION NO. 83-117
A MOTION OF INTENT TO APPOINT MR. STEPHEN SOMOBEND AND MR.
GUY SANCHEZ TO THE CITY OF MIAMI/UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI JAMES
L. KNIGHT INTERNATIONAL CENTER. (Note: Three vacancies
existed, one in Group II and two in Group III. Therefore,
only one remains to be made as of the present time, plus
clarification is needed as to the specific group each
appointee is supposed to belong to).
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, 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
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60, APPOINTMENT OF PERSONS TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD.
Mayor Ferre: On the Code Enforcement board, we have Hugo Ayala and William
Johnson. Now, do we get these nominations? They renominated themselves.
is that it„ Nester? Is that William Johnson, that man that was here before?
Mr. Dawkins: Yes.
Mr. Plummer: I move both names.
Mayor Ferre: All right. It has been moved, is there a second?
Mr. Dawkins: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-118
A RESOLUTION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS TO THE CODE
ENFORCEMENT BOARD TO SERVE TERMS OF OFFICE FOR THREE
YEARS.
(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. Ferry
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
61. APPROVE DISQUALIFICATION AND REMOVAL OF AN INDIVIDUAL FROM
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION ADVISORY BOARD AND APPOINT MARIANO CRUZ TO
SAID BOARD.
Mayor Ferre: Now, on Item Number 59 on the Affirmative Action Board, we
have a recommendation here for Mariano Cruz. Determination for non-attendance
for three members.
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: Mr. Mayor, that has been revised to be only the one
member whose term has not expired.
Mayor Ferre: Who is that?
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: Yvonne Garcia.
Mayor Ferre: So I am recommending Mariano Cruz to replace Yvonne Garcia.
Mr. Plummer: Move it.
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Mr. Dawkins: Second.
Mayor Ferre: It has been moved and seconded, further discussion? Call the
roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-119
!A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE DISQUALIFICATION AND REMOVAL
iOF AN INDIVIDUAL FROM MEMBERSHIP ON THE AFFIRMATIVE
;ACTION ADVISORY BOARD AND APPOINTING AN INDIVIDUAL TO
SAID BOARD TO SERVE THE UNEXPIRED TERM CREATED BY SAID
REMOVAL.
(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
62. CONSENT AGENDA (Items 60 thru 75)
Mayor Ferre: On the Consent Agenda (Items 60 through 75) does any member
of the Commission or is there any member of the public that wishes to speak
to any item 60 through 75 inclusive? These resolutions are self-explanatory
and do not expect or review or discussion. Is there a motion?
Mr. Dawkins: Move it.
Mayor Ferre: All right, Commissioner Dawkins moves, is there a second?
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Second by Commissioner Perez. For the last time, is there any-
one who wishes to speak on any items of the consent agenda? Hearing none,
vote on the adoption of the Consent Agenda will now be taken. Do you wish
to speak on an item? The question is specifically, does anyone wish to speak
on 60 through 75. Hearing none, call the roll.
THEREUPON, the following resolutions were introduced by Commissioner
Dawkins, seconded by Commissioner Perez and passed and adopted by the follow-
ing vote:
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice Mayor J. L. Plummet, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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62.2
62.3
62.4
AUTHORIZE CLAIM SETTLEMENT - HENRY & SHIRLEY GOLD.
RESOLUTION NO. 83-120
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO PAY TO HENRY
GOLD AND SHIRLEY GOLD, HIS WIFE,
THE SUM OF ELEVEN THOUSAND FIVE
HUNDRED DOLLARS ($11,500.00)
WITHOUT THE ADMISSION OF LIABILITY,
IN FULL AND COMPLETE. SETTLEMENT OF
ALL BODILY INJURY, PERSONAL INJURY
PROTECTION LIENS, WORKER'S COM-
PENSATION LIENS, CLAIMS AND DEMANDS
AGAINST THE CITY OF MIAMI, AND UPON
EXECUTION OF A RELEASE RELEASING
THE CITY FROM ALL CLAIMS AND
DEMANDS.
AUTHORIZE CLAIM SETTLEMENT - ETHEL & DAVID MARSHALL.
RESOLUTION NO. 83-121
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
TO PAY TO ETHEL MARSHALL AND DAVID MARSHALL, HER
HUSBAND, WITHOUT THE ADMISSION OF LIABILITY, THE
SUM OF $6,000.00 IN FULL AND COMPLETE SETTLEMENT
OF ALL BODILY INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE CLAIMS
AND DEMANDS AGAINST THE CITY OF MIAMI, AND UPON
EXECUTION OF A RELEASE, RELEASING THE CITY OF
MIAMIFROM ALL CLAIMS AND DEMANDS.
AUTHORIZE CLAIM SETTLEMENT - JOSEFA FERNANDEZ & MART
ABRAMSON.
RESOLUTION NO. 83-121A
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF
FINANCE TO PAY TO JOSEFA FERNANDEZ THE SUM OF
$12,000 AND TO STUART ABRAMSON, HER ATTORNEY,
THE SUM OF $3,000 FOR STATUTORY ATTORNEY FEES
AND COSTS, IN FULL AND COMPLETE SETTLEMENT OF
ALL WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMS OR DEMANDS
AGAINST THE CITY OF MIAMI UPON EXECUTION OF A
RELEASE RELEASING THE CITY OF MIAMI FROM ALL
CLAIMS AND DEMANDS.
ACCEPT BIDS OF DEBRA TURF AND INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT AND HECTOR
TURF AND GARDEN FOR GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT.
RESOLUTION NO. 83-122
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BIDS OF DEBRA
TURF AND INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT AT A COST
OF $8,229.00 AND HECTOR TURF AND GARDEN
AT A COST OF $6,235.00 FOR FURNISHING TWO
(2) ITEMS OF GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE EQUIP-
MENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AT A TOTAL
COST OF $14,464.00; ALLOCATING FUNDS THEREFOR
FROM THE 1982-1983 OPERATING BUDGET OF THE
GOLF COURSE ENTERPRISE FUND; AUTHORIZING
THE CITY MANAGER AND THE PURCHASING AGENT TO
ISSUE PURCHASE ORDERS FOR THIS EQUIPMENT.
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62.5 ACCEPT BIDS FROM SEVERAL CAR DEALERSHIPS FOR AUTOMOBILES
ON ONE YEAR BASIS FOR DEPT. QF BUILDING & VEHICLE MAINTENANCE.
RESOLUTION NO. 83-123
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BIDS FOR FURNISHING LIGHT
AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLES ON A CONTRACT BASIS FOR ONE YEAR
TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING AND VEHICLE MAINTENANCE
AS FOLLOWS: ANTHONY ABRAHAM CHEVROLET FOR ONE (1)
VEHICLE AT A COST OF $8,379.76; COLONIAL PONTIAC, INC.
FOR 21 VEHICLES AT A COST OF $123,417.00; DEEL FORD
MOTORS FOR 10 VEHICLES AT A COST OF $90,807.20; E-Z-
GQ, DIVISION TEXTRON FOR 4 VEHICLES AT A COST OF
$18,216.00; FRIENDLY FORD FOR 3 VEHICLES AT A COST
OF $26,970.00; GUS MACHADO BUICK FOR 2 VEHICLES AT A
COST OF $19,154.66; HOLLYWOOD CHRYSLER-PLYMOUTH FOR
18 VEHICLES AT A COST OF $128,460.00; AND REGENCY
DODGE FOR 31 VEHICLES AT A COST OF $239,314.50; AT A
TOTAL COST OF $654,719.72; ALLOCATING FUNDS THEREFOR
FROM THE PRIOR YEAR RESERVE FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF
$52,165.20, AND FROM THE 1982-1983 OPERATING BUDGETS
OF THE DEPARTMENTS AS FOLLOWS: POLICE - $90p8O7.20,
OFFICE OF `1ARINAS - $6,445.00, AND BUILDING AND VEHICLE
MAINTENANCE - $505,302.32; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER
AND THE PURCHASING AGENT TO ISSUE PURCHASE ORDERS FOR
THIS EQUIPMENT.
62.6 REJECTING BIDS RECEIVED & AUTHORIZING PURCHASE OF 34 POLICE
VEHICLES UNDER A METRO-DADE COUNTY CONTRACT.
RESOLUTION NO. 83-124
A RESOLUTION REJECTING THE BIDS RECEIVED AND
AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF THIRTY-FOUR (34)
POLICE PURSUIT VEHICLES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
BUILDING AND VEHICLE MAINTENANCE FROM MAX
GROSSO CHRYSLER-PLYMOUTH UNDER A METROPOLITAN
DADE COUNTY CONTRACT AT A TOTAL COST OF
$251,999.16; ALLOCATING FUNDS THEREFOR FROM
THE 1982-1983 OPERATING BUDGETS OF THE
DEPARTMENTS OF POLICE IN THE AMOUNT OF
$51,882.18, AND BUILDING AND VEHICLE MAINTE-
NANCE, IN THE AMOUNT OF $200,116.98; AUTHOR-
IZING THE CITY MANAGER AND THE PURCHASING
AGENT TO ISSUE PURCHASE ORDERS FOR THIS
EQUIPMENT.
62.7 ACCEPT BIDS OF HYDRA -GYM ATHLETICS, NAUTILUS SPORTS/
MEDICAL INDUSTRIES, QUINTON INSTRUMENT COMPANY, UNIVERSAL
GYM & YORK FITNESS CENTER FOR PHYSICAL FITNESS EQUIPMENT
FOR DEPARTMENT OF FIRE, RESCUE AND INSPECTION SERVICES.
RESOLUTION NO. 83-125
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BIDS OF HYDRA -
GYM ATHLETICS, INC. AT A COST OF $12,039.00;
NAUTILUS SPORTS/MEDICAL INDUSTRIES AT A COST
OF $48#325.00; QUINTON INSTRUMENT COMPANY
AT A COST OF $6,178.00; UNIVERSAL GYM AT A
COST OF $8,600.00; AND YORK FITNESS CENTER
AT A COST OF $16,015.00; FOR FURNISHING 82
PIECES OF PHYSICAL FITNESS TRAINING EQUIPMENT
TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FIRE, RESCUE AND
INSPECTION SERVICES AT A TOTAL COST OF
$93,157.00; ALLOCATING FUNDS THEREFOR FROM
THE 1981 FIREFIGHTING, FIRE PREVENTION AND
RESCUE FACILITIES BOND FUND; AUTHORIZING THE
CITY MANAGER AND THE PURCHASING AGENT TO ISSUE
PURCHASE ORDERS FOR THIS EQUIPMENT.
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62.8 ACCEPT BID OF STANDARD EQUIPMENT COMPANY FOR NIGHT VISION
PHOTOGRAPHIC SYSTEM FOR DEPT. OF POLICE.
RESOLUTION NO. 83-126
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID OF STANDARD
EQUIPMENT COMPANY FOR FURNISHING ONE (1)
NIGHT VISION PHOTOGRAPHIC SYSTEM TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF POLICE AT A TOTAL COST OF
$6,795.00 ALLOCATING FUNDS THEREFOR FROM THE
PRIOR YEAR RESERVE FUND; AUTHORIZING THE
CITY MANAGER AND THE PURCHASING AGENT TO ISSUE
A PURCHASE ORDER FOR THIS EQUIPMENT.
62.9 APPROVE PROPOSAL OF CANTEEN FOOD & VENDING SERVICE FOR
SNACK VENDING SERVICE IN MUNICIPAL SERVICES BUILDING.
RESOLUTION NO. 83-127
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PROPOSAL OF
CANTEEN FOOD AND VENDING SERVICE (DIVISION
OF CANTEEN CORPORATION) FOR FURNISHING
SNACK VENDING MACHINE SERVICE AT THE
EMPLOYEES' LOUNGE IN THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES
BUILDING; AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER
TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT, SUBSTANTIALLY IN
THE FORM ATTACHED HERETO, WITH SAID FIRM
FOR SAID SERVICE.
62.10 RESCINDING RESOLUTION ACCEPTING PROPOSAL OF AERIAL SURVEYS
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
RESOLUTION NO. 83-128
A RESOLUTION RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 81-616,
WHICH ACCEPTED THE PROPOSAL OF AND AUTHORIZED
THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A C014TRACT WITH
AERIAL SURVEYS INTERNATIONAL, INC., TO PERFORM
AN AERIAL SURVEY OF THE CITY, SAID RECISION
BEING NECESSARY -DUE TO THE CONTRACTOR'S FAILURE
TO TENDER THE REQUIRED PERFORMANCE BOND; FURTHER
REJECTING ALL PROPOSALS RECEIVED FOR SAID SURVEY
PROJECT.
62.11 ACCEPT GRANT OF EASEMENT FOR BAYFRONT WALK FROM CHOPIN
ASSOCIATES.
RESOLUTION NO. 83-129
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING FROM CHOPIN
ASSOCIATES, A FLORIDA GENERAL PART-
NERSHIP, AND MIAMI CENTER LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP, A GRANT OF EASEMENT
FOR BAYFRONT WALK PURPOSES IN RE-
SPONSE TO THE DEVELOPMENT ORDER
ISSUED BY THE CITY OF MIAMI BY
RESOLUTION NO. 79-396 ADOPTED ON
MAY 24, 1979, SAID GRANT OF EASE-
MENT BEING EXECUTED ON JANUARY 21,
1983. THE CITY CLERK SHALL CAUSE
RECORDATION.
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62.12 ACCEPT GRANT OF EASEMENT FOR RIVERWALK FROM MIAMI CENTER JOINT
VENTURE.
RESOLUTION NO. 83-130
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING FROM (MIAMI CENTER
JOINT VENTURE), A FLORIDA JOINT VENTURE,
A GRANT OF EASEMENT FOR THE RIVERWALK FOR
APPROPRIATE PUBLIC PURPOSES EXECUTED
JANUARY 21, 1983 IN RESPONSE TO THE DEVELOP-
MENT ORDER ISSUED BY THE CITY OF MIAMI AS
AUTHORIZED BY RESOLUTION NO. 79-396 ADOPTED
BY CITY COMMISSION ON MAY 24, 1979 AS IT
RELATES TO PHASE II OF THE DEVELOPMENT. THE
CITY CLERK SHALL CAUSE RECORDATION WHEN
APPROPRIATE.
62.13 AUTHORIZING MANOR HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT - PHASE III.
RESOLUTION NO. 83-131
A RESOLUTION ORDERING MANOR HIGHWAY
IMPROVEMENT - PHASE III, AND DESIGNATING
THE PROPERTY AGAINST WHICH SPECIAL
ASSESSMENTS SHALL BE MADE FOR A PORTION
OF THE COST THEREOF AS MANOR HIGHWAY
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT - PHASE III H-4484.
63.14 ACCEPT BID OF FLORIDA MARINE CONSTRUCTION, INC. FOR DINNER
KEY PILE REPLACEMENT.
RESOLUTION NO. 83-132
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID OF FLORIDA
MARINE CONSTRUCTION, INC. IN THE PROPOSED
AMOUNT OF $74,535.00, BASE BID OF THE
PROPOSAL, FOR THE DINNER KEY - PILE
REPLACEMENT; WITH MONIES THEREFOR ALLOCATED
FROM THE ACCOUNT ENTITLED "MAJOR MAINTENANCE -
DINNER KEY MARINA", IN THE AMOUNT OF
$74,535.00 TO COVER THE CONTRACT COST;
ALLOCATING FROM SAID FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF
$9,689.55 TO I:OVER THE COST OF PROJECT
EXPENSE; ALLOCATING FROM SAID FUND THE
AMOUNT OF $1,490.70 TO COVER THE COST OF
SUCH ITEMS AS ADVERTISING, TESTING
LABORATORIES, AND POSTAGE; AND AUTHORIZING
THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH
SAID FIRM
63.15 ACCEPT BID OF LANZO CONSTRUCTION CO. FOR DURHAM SANITARY
SEWER IMPROVEMENT.
RESOLUTION NO. 83-133
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID OF LANZO
CONSTRUCTION CO. IN THE PROPOSED AMOUNT
OF $988,362.90 BASE BID OF THE PROPOSAL
FOR DURHAM SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT
IN DURHAM SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT
DISTRICT SR-5486C (CENTERLINE SEWER);
WITH MONIES THEREFOR ALLOCATED FROM THE
DURHAM SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT
IN THE AMOUNT OF $988,362.90 TO COVER THE
CONTRACT COST; ALLOCATING FROM SAID FUND
THE AMOUNT OF $128,487.10 TO COVER THE
COST OF PROJECT EXPENSE; ALLOCATING FROM
SAID FUND THE AMOUNT OF $19,767 TO COVER
THE COST OF SUCH ITEMS AS ADVERTISING,
TESTING LABORATORIES, AND AUTHORIZING THE
CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH
SAID FIRM
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63.16 ACCEPT COMPLETED WORK OF P.N.M. CORPORATION FOR ALLAPATTAH
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PAVING PROJECT.
RESOLUTION NO. 83-134
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED WORK
OF P.N.M. CORPORATION AT A TOTAL COST OF
$2499712.18 FOR ALLAPATTAH COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT PAVING PROJECT - PHASE IV -
(BID "A" - HIGHWAYS); AND AUTHORIZING A
FINAL PAYMENT OF $31,244.52.
63.17 ACCEPT COMPLETED WORK OF MIRI CONSTRUCTION, INC. FOR BUENA
VISTA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PAVING PROJECT.
RESOLUTION NO. 83-135
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED
WORK OF MIRI CONSTRUCTION, INC. AT
A TOTAL COST OF $344,814.40 FOR BUENA
VISTA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PAVING
PROJECT - PHASE VI; AND AUTHORIZING
A FINAL PAYMENT OF $36,669.25
63. PERSOFAL APPEARANCE: STUART SORG re CONVERSION OF NAVAL
RESERVE FACILITY AS AN ARTIST CENTER.
Mayor Ferre: Take up Item Number 5. All right, go ahead, Stewart.
Mr. Stuart Sorg: Mr. Mayor and members of the City Commission, Mr. Manager,
my name is Stewart Sorg. I am a resident of Coconut Grove. I want to take a
moment bring you up to date on the Naval reserve Center that we talked about
about two years ago for the purpose of converting it to a center for the arts.
I have prepared and given to you a sheet of paper which we are looking at the
possible conversion for dance, music and fine arts. Just after Christmas I
went to Alexandria, as I told the City Commission I would do about a year ago,
and I visited something called the Torpedo Factory, a building on the Potomac
that was given to the City of Alexandria by the Federal government. They
have done the same thing with that particular facility that we want to do
here. They have created stalls for artists, brought in artists and residents.
They paid off a twenty year mortgage in seven years, but what is more impor-
tant, that one facility has brought in to the City of Alexandria more than
forty thousand people every month. Think of that - one art facility brought
in forty thousand people every month. What I am asking you in this little
package that I have given to you...
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Mayor Ferre: Go ahead.
Mr. Sorg: What I am asking you is, not to belabor the point, but I think
we have a magnificent facility that will be a tremendous benefit to the
City in generating visitor traffic. The Navy is moving in about a year
and one-half.
Mayor Ferre: Stuart, you have talked to every member of this Commission. It
is one of the best things that I have seen come out of Coconut Grove in
ten years. Is there anybody here who is not supportive?
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Mr. Sorg: What I want today, if I may, Mr. Mayor, is I would like the City
Commission to let me begin with the Commissioners to form a very strong com-
mittee - Metropolitan Miami type committee, if that is what you would like,
because it will be served by all the various communities. Let me begin to
work with Jose...
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager, do you have any problems with this?
Mr. Gary: Are you talking about the Naval Reserve Center?
Mayor Ferre: Yes, sir. We are talking about the Naval building that Navy
is going tro abandon and we need to think about...
Mr. Gary: iThe purpose of Mr. Sorg coming before you today and we had some
discussions, was to get some idea from this City Commission on the policy
level as to what you think you may want on that site. Give us some directions.
Mr. Sorg: That is what that committee would do.
Mr. Gary: Wait a second.
Mayor Ferre: And I think, Mr. Manager, that this goes back ten years, back
to poor Bob Horowitz, you know, before he died, and it goes back to Grove
House and the poor building that fell down and all the artists and this
whole thing and it goes back to Father Gibson and Lester Pancoast and what
is the name of that other architect - Pauley; I mean we have been on this
thing on and on and on. You have been involved in this whole process.
Ms. Joanne Holzhauser: No sir, not in this. That is why I am here.
Mayor Ferre: Well, in the past you have.
Ms. Holzhauser: Not with this. We have never been asked.
Mayor Ferre: Ma'am, the point is, that it is time for us to get on with
the show of finding a substitute for Grove House and have a center for
artists and so I am 100% on the premise that if the Navy wants to turn
that property loose, we would love to get it for this purpose.
Mr. Gary: Okay, that is the kind of decision we need from the Commission,
or the kind of direction. We need to know what is your interest in terms
of how that building should be utilized.
Mayor Ferre: But you have got to get Dawkins and Carollo and Perez and
J. L. to give you the input. I thought that Sorg had gone out and talked
to everybody and had everybody's concurrence.
Mr. Sorg: I do. We all wanted the center for the arts..
Mr. Gary: No, no.
Mayor Ferre: Well, wait a minute. You can't speak for the rest of the
members of the Commission. Are you all in concurrence with this?
Mr. Sorg: I haven't talked to Commissioner Dawkins, but it has been a year.
Mayor Ferre: Why did you talk to Dawkins?
Mr. Sorg: Well, I haven't talked to anybody. Howard just asked me to put
it on the agenda, which it is back on here.
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, if I may, let me see if I can explain to you what
my thoughts were. Before Mr. Sorg or anybody went out arousing the com-
munity and City Commission gets all the heat, I wanted to come before you
all to get some policy decision from you as to how we ought to proceed.
If you agree that this kind of concept is okay, we want to get a committee
of all of the people who will be affected in the area, discuss it with
them, get their recommendations out there, come back to this Commission
with a recommendation based on that input.
Mayor Ferre: All right, Mr. Manager, can we do this through you?
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Mr. Gary: Yes, sir.
Mayor Ferre: In other words, Stuart - you have already talked to me. You
need to talk to Dawkins. You need to talk to Dawkins. You need to talk to
Carollo. You need to talk to Perez and to J. L.
Mr. Sorg: Well, that is why I held up here for today.
Mayor Ferre: Okay and we also need to get the community involved - people
that are active in Coconut Grove, Black and White...
Mr. Sorg: And Latin.
Mayor Ferre:... and Latin, of course, okay?
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Mr. Carollb: And the Irish, don't forget.
Mayor Ferre: Anything else?
Mr. Sorg: What are we going to do now? Do I get back with Howard?
Mr. Gary: What we would do, Mr. Mayor, is we will get together a committee
that will include all of the representatives of Coconut Grove - let them know
what our ideas are. Get their input and their recommendations, and come
back before this City Commission with those recommendations and also invite
those people.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Sorg, you work through the Manager and you come back with
a recommended committee, and I don't want anybody excluded.
Mr. Sorg: Let me just mention something - just like Merci Masvidal. They
are into things like this. We have got to go beyond the City. How are we
going to do that?
Mayor Ferre: Well, that is fine. I have no objections to getting Mrs.
Masvidal involved.
Mr. Sorg: Or anybody else - Willy Gort, people who are interested in it.
Mayor Ferre: I don't think that the Manager is going to tell you that
Mrs. Masvidal and Mr. Gort is not going to participate.
Mr. Sorg: It can't be just Coconut Grove. It is got to be a geographical
type committee. -
Mayor Ferre: Oh course! Of course, because if you do it just in the Grove,
you are not going to get any Latins because there are not many Latins who
live in the Grove. Are we all set?
Mr. Carollo: I just want to, if I may...
Mr. Sorg: Do we have a motion or something on that? What do we do about it?
Mr. Carollo: If I may, before we start going through all these committees
and all this other stuff that we always do and take six months before we
get anything back, I would like like to suggest that maybe Stuart would sit
down with each of us individually so we could find out what is going on.
You know, I would rather have one person try to explain something to me
than fifty or a hundred - you know, none of them really know what is going
on and they all have a different perception of what they want to do.
Mayor Ferre: Commissioner, I apologize, because frankly, when I met with
Sorg and I met with him two days ago for ten or fifteen minutes, I was under
the impression that Stuart had met and talked with all of you and I apologize
for that misunderstanding. Stuart, I really think you need to talk to each
member of the Commission and explain what you have in mind so that we don't
take up a lot of time here. Joanne, quickly.
Ms. Holzhauser: I am Joanne Holzhauser, 4230 Ingram Highway. About three
years ago (Mr. Plummer is not here right now) but Stuart brought up some of
his plans and he was told then -that it would be nice if all groups in the
neighborhood were involved. I have been hearing for over a year now that
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Mr. Sorg has been discussing with various people about what to put in the
center. I really would prefer that we not have a committee, but Mr. Sorg
was the one to organize everybody and Mr. Sorg is the one to talk to all of
you. I think this is...
Mayor Ferre: Well, who is going to do it? Are you going to do it?
Ms. Holzhauser: I don't want to be the only one, but I am here to tell you
that I have been talking with a group of people who are very interested in
doing something on that site who have not come forward simply because they
didn't know it was at this point.
Mayor Ferre: Look, this is not exclusionary, okay?
Ms. Holzhauser: I am not saying to exclude.
Mayor Ferre: Somebody needs to take the lead on this. Sorg has shown the
initiative and the interest in doing it and I supportive of Stuart Sorg
doing it. Now, the only condition that I have is one, that he gets the
full approval of all the members of the Commission; two, that he works
through and under the Administration; and three, that it not be exclusionary,
and that includes you.
Ms. Holzhauser: I am asking that Mr. Sorg not be the one to form this com-
mittee, nor am I asking that I be the one to form it. I think it should be
someone who is not involved, or not at all. I really think that Mr. Sorg
has been very active in this area without consulting a number of people
who should be involved and I really would prefer that we get someone else -
neither one of us to form the committee.
Mayor Ferre: Look, we will deal with that when we come back and discuss
this. As of right now, at least Sorg has the initiative and he is out there
trying to hustle this whole thing together and as long as the Manager con-
trols it a little bit, and as long as it is non -exclusionary, I am 100%
supportive, okay?
Mr. Gary: It has been tough to control it, too.
Mayor Ferre: Well, you deal with the Manager then, Mr. Sorg, please.
Mr. Gary: No, he is okay, I am just kidding.
Mayor Ferre: And please, don't be exclusionary. Don't exclude Tigertail
Association, or Friends of The Everglades, or anybody else who wants to
participate in it.
Mr. Sorg: Mayor Ferre, let me make just one comment. We have not even
begun a study on this. The Navy has finally decided they are going to be
leaving in about sixteen months. I have had to hold everything in abeyance,
in particularly until I got to Alexandria. This is the first time we will
begin any sort of planning.
Mayor Ferre: Okay, what else have you got, Stuart? Okay you know...
Mr. Sorg: Except the Hydrofoil is going to make a test run tomorrow off of
Miami Beach.
Mayor Ferre: Hope it doesn't sink.
Ms. Holzhauser: May I have a copy of that to present to the Tigertail
Association?
Mayor Ferre: And we will be back - we don't want to exclude anybody. Be-
lieve me, we have got a long way to go before this thing comes to a con-
clusion.
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64. APPROVE REQUEST BY M IBERS OF HAITIAN HAVE CENTER INC.FOR
HAITIAN/APMRICAN YOUTH RECREATION PROGRAM SUBJECT TO PROGRESS
REPORTS BEING SUBMITTED TO THE CITY C011MISSION.
Mayor Ferre: The next item is Item Number 6. I am now calling up items
where people are here on. This is the Haitian Have Center regarding fund-
ing for continuing the Haitian/American Youth Recreation Program. Let's
hear from the Administration first and then we will get your reaction.
Mr. Cesar pdio: We recommended that they not be funded because we feel that
we have enpugh programs in the area and we don't need to fund anybody from
the outside. We have the Department of Recreation and if they are not doing
the job, we should know about it so that we can improve the Department in
that area.
Mayor Ferre: Recreation... or the Department of Recreation?
Mr. Odio: Yes, and we are recommending that they not be funded; that they
come to us if they need any special programs and we will be glad to deliver.
Mayor Ferre: All right.
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, before he begins, we have had considerable problems
when we contract out and allow people to provide services that are tradi-
tionally City services, as demonstrated by African Square Park and we want
to make sure that we provide the services. It is a City mandated function
and that we accomodate the needs of the community within our existing
structure, as opposed to establishing another structure.
Mayor Ferre: All right, go ahead.
Mr. Jacque Despinose: My name is Jacque Despinose. I am the president of
the Haitian/American. We have been here four times since 1981 and always
the same thing - Get together with the City Manager and he will take care of it.
At this particular time it is crucial when you send me before the Parks and
Recreation and I discussed it with Mr. Lizaro. and he sent me down to
Edison Park, where the program has been well received and they said they
would approve a program for $12,500 for a period of four months, and now
they come back and tell me that Parks and Recreation is doing the same
thing. I would like to present this to the Mayor, with all those kids
which have been taking part in any program. I really don't think it makes
sense to make somebody come here four times on the same issue and I think
the answer should be clear "yes" or "no" and I don't frankly find the Re-
creation doing exactly what I am doing. I have the pictures right here to
prove it and I don't nobody to come in outside to say what is going on.
There are the pictures of me with 13 of those kids on 4th Street & 5th Avenue.
The Parks & Recreation wasn't there, Mr. Cesar. That is the way I feel about it.
For the fourth time you tell me that Parks & Recreation are going to have a party
for the kids. Could you -tell me how many Haitians do take part in Parks &
Recreation? I would appreciate consideration, that if you have anything in
particular against me, I think it is about time you make it clear.
Mr. Odio: Our position is a matter of of policy, that if we have a Depart-
ment of Recreation, the Department of Recreation should do so.
Mr. Despinose: How many parks do you have in Calle Ocho, Parks & Recreation area?
Mr. Odio: I didn't understand that, sir. I am sorry.
Mr. Despinose: How many parks - Dominoe you have land on in Calle Ocho.
I think the Parks and Recreation already has those things.
Mr. Odio: We don't have any outside contractors in Calle Ocho, if that is
what you are saying.
Mr. Despinose: What I am asking is that you give me a one shot deal. I
am not begging. These kids do deserve a place where they can
rest themselves. And I think it is about time we have justice and equality
for everybody and I want you to understand it, and I am in this country
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long enough and I think it is about time - I have been pushed around. You
are the one that is behind it and I am not too pleased with it.
Mr. Odio: I am totally responsible for this decision. I told you when you
came to my office the first time that I would not support you and I tell you
right now that I won't support you on this, and I stand by it.
Mr. Despinose: Let me ask you one question. Why did you send me to Dr.
Lizaso when you told me the program had been approved.
Mr. Odio: I did not tell you that the program had been approved. I told
you "no".
Mr. Despinose: Not you! So why did you send me to that Dr. Lizaso in
the first ;place?
Mr. Odio: To see if we could help you develop some programs with your help
that we could deliver to the Haitian kids which is what we are talking
about here and not you.
Mr. Despinose: Do you have any program right now for the Haitian kids?
Mr. Odio: If we don't have it, I want you to tell me so we can deliver.
Mr. Despinose: You know we don't have it. I don't know why you bring
that up.
Mr. Odio: That is why I told you to meet with Dr. Lizaso, so we could
deliver it with your help.
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor...
Mr. Despinose: Dr. Lizaso already told me "We approved the program for
$15,000 for the whole year". The County already has given us exactly what
we request.
Mr. Odio: Dr. Lizaso is not the City Commission and he has no authority
to...
Mr. Despinose: By the same type of thinking, I want to tell you that you
are not the City Manager and the Commissioners. At this time I would like
to have a "yes", or... ... When you ask somebody for help, either you
help or not. You don't have tQ destroy the tree. I can always go someplace
else, but when you destroy it, -let me come in here, this is the same. It is
unfair and unjust.
Mr. Carollo: Excuse me - how much money have you requested for this?
Mr. Despinose: I was requesting $25,000, but they cut it down to $15,000.
I said "Okay, I will take the $3.5,000 so I can get going".
Mr. Carollo: $15,000. How many children are you going to be serving?
Mr. Despinose: We are going to start with seventy kids like you see on
our petition right there - up to one hundred.
Mr. Carollo: You are going to start with seventy? He has seventy already.
Now, out of the $15,000, how much of that money is going to salaries?
Mr. Despinose: They already have a budget on hand. By my head, right now,
when they cut it to $15,000 - seventy.
Mr. Carollo: What percentage of the $15,000 is going for salaries?
Mr. Perez: What kind of...
Mr. Carollo: Hold on, let me get finished with this and while they are
looking for that, how much money are you going to be needing to run this
program for a year?
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Mr. Despinose: For a year we have a full budget this is $67,000.
Mr. Carollo: $67,000? Where is the other monies coming from?
Mr. Despinose: We wrote a letter to the County where Mayor Clark sent us to
"Partners for Youth" thas responsible to give us equipment we needed. Right
now they dont't have additional funds, but if we get something from the City,
then they will try to match the funds, but we have already sent a proposal for
relief up in New York to see if they can help us.
Mr. Carollo: Have you got any more monies committed from anyone else?
Now, the County said if we give you $15,000, they will probably match that?
If they do' that is $30,000. Where will you get the other $37,000 that you
need.
Mr. Despinose: That we will get from different proposals to different private
foundations and fund raising.
Mr. Carollo: How many employees are you planning on having with those
$57,000?
Mr. Despinose: Five.
Mr. Carollo: Five employees. What type of programs are you planning on giving
them?
Mr. Despinose: Okay, what we are trying to do is bring into the building like
arts and crafts and a folkloric troupe and basically Morningside Elementary
School where they support the program 100% under Dr. Marks, the principal.
The kids have problems with their school work and we are trying to get people
to come in the building. The kids will be there from 2:30 P.M. when Grade
Three is released. We can bring them to the Center. It is only a few blocks
away. Somebody can help them with their homework, because many of the
parents cannot.
Mr. Carollo: Okay, I will tell you what I am going to do. I will make a
motion that those $15,000 be given to you.
Mr. Despinose: Thank you.
Mr. Carollo: Based on the fact that you will raise at least $35,000 from
somewhere else. All right?...and what I want from you is a monthly report
sent to each member of the City_Commission on how the program is doing.
Mr. Despinose: I will.
Mr. Carollo: I made a motion based on the facts that I have stated here,
that he has to raise at least another $35,000 from somewhere else, all right?
And what I want from you is a monthly report sent to each member of the City
Commission on how the program is doing. /
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Mr. Despinosa: I will.
Mr. Carollo: All right, I make a motion based on the facts that I have
stated here that he has to raise at least another $35,,^,00 from other areas
and that he will send a monthly progress report to each member of the Com-
mission for the first year.
Mayor Ferre: You're making that in the form of a motion?
Mr. Carollq: Yes, I am.
Mr. Cesar Odio: Can I say something?
Mayor Ferre: In a moment, I've got a motion on the floor now. Let's see if
we've got any discussion on it. Is there a second?
Mr. Perez: I second.
Mayor Ferre: All right, now under discussion.
Mr. Odio: I just want to remind that you are setting a precedent, we were
talking about that when the Terry Percy thing came up......
Mr. Carollo: Yes, but see I lost with Terry Percy and I've learned how
things are done here now. That's the whole point. See, everybody takes
care of who they want to take care of, well, I want to take care of this
man now. It is the most important thing for me, it's not Terry Percy or
not Vince Grimm or not anyone that is going to make all kinds of money
but a lot of young kids, that's where our future lies.
Mr. Odio: I just want to remind you that we have a staff in place and we're
setting a precedent.
Mr. Carollo: Well, it is a good precedent.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager, do you want to say anything?
Mr. Gary: My professional recommendation is it should not be funded, I've
stated all I can say.
Mayor Ferre: Does anybody else want to add anything to it? All right,
are we ready to vote on this? But very quickly.
Mr. B. Juste: Mr. Mayor, my name is Mr. Juste. I am from the
Haitian community and I want to say a few words. So far many sporting
activities within the Haitian community have been supported by the com-
munity itself but our's is a poor community. We have done our work job
well. In my own neighborhood right to me I've got my grandson,
two small Puerto Ricans and a black.....
Mayor Ferre: Watch it, watch it.
Mr. Juste: No, good people those ones. Those Puerto Ricans are good, I
don't know about the rest. But they are fun about soccer. They want to
play soccer on the street, I say that can be dangerous, a car maybe passes
by and one Sunday my grandson called me. He said, Daddy, do you want to
play soccer with me and -asked me to take him to the park. Can you under-
stand 58 years old playing soccer with my grandson? Why? Because there
is no such facility in our community for our multi -ethnic group for the
kids. We've got about six schools within that, community, elementary
schools mostly and kindergarten. The gentleman just said we've got those
facilities, I want him to name one facility in our community.....
Mr. Dawkins: You may be winning but if you keep talking you may ......
Mayor Ferre: You may be losing.
Mr. Dawkins: The best thing for you to do is sit down.
Mr. Juste: vote yes, please.
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Mayor Ferre: Howard, is there A middle ground? I don't want to vote
against the administration.
Mayor Ferre: No, I'm trying to work it out so that there is a middle
ground. Can we refer this to you.....
Mr. Gary: Yes, we ought to develop.....
Mayor Ferre: Some guidelines and all of that?
Mr. Gary: Yes.
Mayor Ferre: All right, we're about to vote. Joe, since you're the maker
of the mot;on, can we also include in this, because I think it has to have
some guidelines so that it is effective and it works in conjunction with
our own Department. So I'm voting with the motion. Okay? But I think
you should'also include in there that this be, obviously somebody has to
have the administrative responsibility for setting up guidelines and making
sure that we're getting value for the money that we're spending in that com-
munity.
Mr. Carollo: Okay, now the only thing I would like to ask is that from
what little I've been able to observe here, I'm not trying to make anybody
in the administration look bad or anything else but there definitely is a
conflict of personalities here and if someone else other than Cesar could
be placed to deal with them I think he can appreciate that and so can they...
Mr. Despinosa: Thank you.
Mr. Carollo: If the Manager could place someone else in there maybe one
of the new Assistant City Managers could deal with that, maybe Manny can,
I don't know, someone else could but I think that.....
Mr. Gary: I'm sure they're big enough people to sit down and work out any
problems.
Mayor Ferre: Yes, I do too, I think that is something that we ought to
leave up to the Manager to come back. This is the will of this Commis-
sion, I'm sure the professional people in the administration realize that
this is the way that this Commission is sitting on policy. I would hope
that the handwriting is very clearly on the wall.
Mr. Carollo: I hope so, let's hope that's the case.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? Call the roll.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Carollo, who moved
its adoption:
MOTION NO. 83-136
A MOTION GRANTING A REQUEST MADE BY MR. JACQUE DESPINOSE,
REPRESENTING "HAITIAN HAVE CENTER, INC." IN CONNECTION WITH
HAITIAN-AMERICAN YOUTH RECREATION PROGRAM, AND DIRECTING
THE CITY MANAGER TO ALLOCATE AN AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED
$15,000.00; FURTHER STIPULATING THAT A MONTHLY PROGRESS
REPORT SHALL BE SUBMITTED BY THIS ORGANIZATION TO THE CITY
COMMISSION, AND FINALLY, STIPULATING THAT THIS GRANT IS
CONDITIONAL UPON HAITIAN HAVE CENTER, INC. RAISING AN ADDI-
TIONAL $35,000 FROM SOURCES OTHER THAN THE CITY OF MIAMI.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the motion was passed
and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT; Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
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ON ROLL CALL:
Mr. Carollo: Yes, and when I vote yes let me say this, that I fully ex-
pect that each member of the Commission is going to get a monthly report
from you as to your progress and what you're doing there and after the
end of that first year, if we see that, in fact, you're doing what you
said you were going to do here and you have a good program then I'll be
the first one to make the motion again for the following year to help
in any way that we can as long as we have the funds. But I just can't
believe how this City, the bureaucrats, the not elected bureaucrats in
the City find ways of spending millions of dollars on all kinds of things
but when it comes to children they always try to hold back and that's
what sold me on your program, that you're going to take care of a lot of
children dat need that.
Mr. Despinmse: Thank you.
Ferret All right, good luck and thank
65. APPROVE FINDING REQUEST BY ASSOCIATION ARTISTIC INC. FOR
HAITIAN FESTIVAL FIRST YEAR.
Mayor Ferret We're now on Item 7. Let me be specific. This is the Assoc-
iation Artistic Inc. regarding funding for the Haitian Festival, first year.
Mr. Juste: Again, my name is Mr. Juste and I have been asked by some members
of that committee to come here and tell you because of some kind of boycotting
in Haiti against the carnival we, the Haitian Catholics here in Miami have
decided not to go ahead with that carnival for the specific time. We hope
the spirit will remain and in due time we will come back here to tell you what
else we have in mind. Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: Thank you.
UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: I would like to make clear that my festival is not a
carnival, in case he was talking about the carnival.
Mr. Ongie: Your name, please.
Ms. Eileen Sylvain: Eileen Sylvain, 12446 S. W. 115 Terrace. This is the
third revised budget that I have presented to the City. The main purpose
of this annual festival is to keep an open door to all the community. We
will like.....
Mayor Ferret Have you discussed this at all with the administration?
Ms. Sylvain: I discussed it with Dr. Lizaso and Mr. Jack Eades.
Mayor Ferret Mr. Manager, do we have a recommendation from Mr. Eades?
Mr. Gary: We're recommending $8,300.
Mayor Ferret Oh, you are recommending this.
Mr. Gary: Yes.
Mayor Ferret All right, is there a motion? Moved by Perez. Joe, this is
Item V, the administration is recommending $8,300. It has been moved by
Perez.
Mr. Carollo: You know, there are the things that I've got to laugh at.
On one hand we don't recommend $15,000 for a program for small children but
we'll recommend $8,300 for a party.
Mr. Gary: There is a very legitimate reason for that and that is this City
Commission established a Festival Advisory Committee. you established the
guidelines, you establish what will be funded; those were not festival dollars
that they were requesting but these are.
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Mayor Ferre: Howard, is this the only Haitian festival?
Mr. Gary: Yes, it is.
Ms. Sylvain: This is the only truly Haitian festival and we would like to
have a two day Haitian festival. We would like to have it as an annual
festival, a Little Haiti Festival. Commissioner Carollo, it is not a party,
it is a cultural festival. It will not be a party.
Mr. Carollo: A cultural festival, Okay.
Ms. Sylvain: Yes, it is not a party.
Mayor Ferre: It is very simple, we have Calle Ocho, we have Goombay and
Kwanza, thfi Haitian community doesn't have any festivals that we fund and
I don't have any problem with it.
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Mr. Carollo: No, I think everybody should give one, the American Indians,
the Eskimos, just bring them all over.
Mayor Ferre: We approved St. Patrick's Day Parade, how much is that?
Mr. Carollo: Hey, I have no problem with it, you know, the only thing
I tried to do was bring out the fact that we're ready to give all kinds of
money for festivals under all kinds of excuses but when it comes to giving
moneys for programs that are going to take care of our children that is
when we start giving excuses out. I want to be able to give money to both
the festivals and the parties and the programs for young children.
Mayor Ferre: Do you want to second this or not?
Mr. Carollo: I'll second it, sure.
Mayor Ferre: All right, there is a motion and a second, further discussion
on Item 7 as recommended by the administration? Call the roll.
Ms. Sylvain: Thank you, and you all are invited.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Perez, who moved
its adoption:
MOTION NO. 83-137
A MOTION APPROVING A REQUEST FOR FUNDING MADE BY THE ASSOC-
IATION ARTISTIC, INC. FOR FIRST YEAR FUNDING OF THE "HAITIAN
FESTIVAL" TO BE HELD APRIL 2 AND 3 /83; FURTHER DIRECTING
THE CITY MANAGER TO ALLOCATE AN AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED
$15,000 FOR SAID EVENT.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Carollo, the motion was passed
and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Ferre: What is the date of this festival?
Ms. Sylvain: Saturday April 2 and Sunday 3rd,'1983.
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66. APPROVE FUNDING REQUEST FOR RE-ENCUENTRO CUBAPIO, I11C. FO::
CUBAN FESTIVAL 7TH YEAR.
Mayor Ferre: Is somebody here on Item 8? This is Re-encuentro Cubano.
Mr. Rolando Amador: My name is Rolando Amador, I'm the chairman of Re-
encuentro Cubano. We have been holding our Re-encuentro Cubano which is
fundamentally a year long activity now for 7 years. We have always had the
cooperation of the City and also, we also are sponsored by other even national
nationwide organizations. For example, the National Endowment for the Arts is
one of oursponsors, it will be our sponsor also this year and we have a his-
tory of suC,.:ess of really bringing a complete gamut of all the activities of
Cuban culture. We go from theater to popular music, Cuban jazz, exhibitions
of art and sculpture, we commission special plays or we have activities for
all ages and I think that by now we are well established in such a way that
even we have been a highly recommended to private industry by the National
Endowment of the Arts. We believe that maybe coming years will have sponsor-
ship from some of the big corporations that will be willing because of our
success in previous years, because of the concept itself that we have been
implementing that we are asking now from the City whatever staff has recom-
mended for us, exactly what the Festival Advisory Committee has recommended
previously and that is all.
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, the Festival Advisory Committee has recommended
$15,000, that this program continue to be funded. We support it, it is in
your package as a recommendation.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Perez, who moved
its adoption:
MOTION NO. 83-138
A MOTION GRANTING A REQUEST FOR FUNDING MADE BY "RE-ENCUENTRO
CUBANO, INC." FOR THE CUBAN FESTIVAL (7TH YEAR); FURTHER DI-
RECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO ALLOCATE AN AMOUNT OF NOT TO EX-
CEED $15,000 FOR SAID EVENT.
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
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mr. Amador: Thank you very much.
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67. APPROVE REIMBURSEMENT TO ONE -ART, INC. FOR DEFICIT OF RECENTLY
HELD DANCE MINI FESTIVAL FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN SECOND YEAR.
Mayor Ferre: The next item is 9, One -Art, Inc. regarding funding of the
Dance Mini Festival for School Children, Second Year.
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, the Festival Advisory Committee has refused this pro-
gram, they recommend $3,500, the staff supports that $3,500.
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Mayor Ferrel: Do you ladies want to speak to that?
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Ms. Rebeccd Kitt: My name is Rebecca Kitt, 6625 S. W. 79th Street. The
Second Annual Children's Ballet Festival which was held in December, we have
already held it but last year we went ahead and did it, we did receive fund-
ing, we did not, we're here seeking reimbursement of $1,800 for the festival
that we've already held.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager, what is the recommendation from the administration?
Ms. Kitt: I don't know what you have there, $3,500?
Mr. Gary: Fine, you know when I can get a deal like that I'll take it.
What a deal.
Mayor Ferre: Do you mean to tell me you're turning down $3,500 and accepting
$1,800 instead?
Ms. Kitt: No, we matched the funds, we raised it on our own.
Mayor Ferre: Look, my recommendation to you is let the Manager..... $1,800
for this year and $1,800 for next year.
Mr. Carollo: Just blame it on the computer.
Mr. Gary: No, the way I understand it is that they came before the Festival
Adivsory Committee for $3,500, they had the event and they only need $1,800
so now she has asked for the reimbursement.
Mayor Ferre: Is that acceptable?
Mr. Gary: Yes, sir.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Carollo, who moved
its adoption:
MOTION NO. 83-139
A MOTION GRANTING A REQUEST MADE BY REPRESENTATIVES OF "ONE
ART, INC." FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF A DEFICIT INCURRED IN CON-
NECTION WITH THE RECENT DANCE "MINI -FESTIVAL FOR HIGH SCHOOL
CHILDREN - 2ND YEAR"; AND INSTRUCTING THE CITY MANAGER TO
ALLOCATE AN AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED $1,800.00 TO COVER THE
AFORESAID DEFICIT.
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
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
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68. GRANT REQUEST BY PARTIM-EIS FOR YOUTH FOR SEMI -PRO FOOTBALL
GAME AT ORANGE BOWL FEBRUARY 19th.
Mayor Ferre: Now, the next one I have is 11 which is Partners for Youth
regarding fee waiver for semi -pro football game at the Orange Bowl. Is the
Partners for Youth.... Is that that County operation?
Mr. Gary: (It is a County operation and we have participated in, this is
primarily to let this.....
Mayor Ferrg: Are you recommending it, Mr. Manager?
Mr. Gary: Yes, we do.
Mayor Ferre: All right..... You have something to say, all right, say it
quick.
Mr. James Barrett: My name is James Barrett from the Miami Football League
and we were here last year under the same circumstances for the Miami Foot-
ball League. We were made promises about different things that were going
to happen at Gibson Park and Williams Park as far as bleachers and refurbish-
ing of those parks and things like that, it never happened. Now, I have
been coming in contact with the City of Miami about this here. On an aver-
age I have 2,500 people every Saturday out there to my ball games and they
have no place to sit, no restraining ropes, no anything. You know, now
Parters of Youth asked the Miami Football League to participate in this
here because we have a track record of doing things like we're supposed to
do and I'm here asking for the waiver of those fees of the Orange Bowl
because we would have used Miami Stadium but they are doing it for the base-
ball season.
Mayor Ferre: Hey, you're just about to get it. Isn't that what the Manager
is recommending?
Mr. Barrett: Yes, but Mr. Al Howard told me that as far as the waiving
of the fees he recommended the waiver of the fees if Partners in Youth
could pay for the clean up and all of this. These people don't have no
moneys, we don't either.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager, where are we? I am getting confused.
Mr. Barrett: Please don't.
Mr. Gary: This is a separate subject.
Mayor Ferre: That's what I thought.
Mr. Gary: Why don't you vote on this one and let's talk about the other
one if we can.
Mr. Carollo: I didn't vote yet. You like football, right?
Mr. Barrett: I like everything wherein my community is concerned.
Mr. Carollo: Are you involved in this?
Mr. Barrett: Yes, for the last 7 years.
Mr. Carollo: The whole football league, right?
Mr. Barrett: No, for whole recreation for the whole of Overtown and all over.
Mr. Carollo: Yes, but who are the people involved in the football league
specifically?
Mr. Barrett: Well, we've got five teams and all of them are in the City of
Miami.
Mr. Carollo: I'm going to vote for this but I only want to ask one thing
of you and your people involving football. I want to see football promoted
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a little more in Miami. The only thing I would like to ask you all, see
if it is possible for you all to be the middle man in setting up a little
football game, preferably tackle if not flag, between the elected officials
from Miami and Dade County and the people of the Miami Herald. Okay?
Mr. Barrett: I would love to do it.
Mr. Carollo: Well► I expect to hear back from you on that.
Mr. Barrett: I will.
Mayor Ferre: I'm going to go into training right now. I start, what time
are those Karate lessons?
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Carollo, who moved
its adoptimn:
MOTION NO. 83-140
A MOTION GRANTING AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO FEE WAIVER INVOLVED IN
RENTAL FEE FOR ORANGE BOWL STADIUM PURSUANT TO REQUEST MADE
BY "PARTNERS FOR YOUTH" IN CONNECTION WITH A SEMI -PRO FOOT-
BALL GAME TO TAKE PLACE ON FEBRUARY 19, 1983; FURTHER DIRECT-
ING THE CITY MANAGER TO ALLOCATE AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO SAID FEE
IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.
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
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Ferre: Now on the other subject, Mr. Manager.
Mr. Gary: Boy, I hate to talk about it. Let us sit down with him and ad-
dress his problems.
Mayor Ferre: Can we do that?
Mr. Barrett: Yes.
Mr. Dawkins: When we address the problem, Mr. Manager, let's think in terms
of perhaps portable bleachers so that, as he said, I'm out there at these
games. We do have a tremendous volume of people but I can not sit up here
and lie to you. If we put some benches out there my brothers and sisters
are going to tear them up. Okay? And ------
Mr. Barrett: Could I make a comment?
Mr. Dawkins: Oh yes. If you think I'm lying I'll put them out there and you
pay for them if they tear them up.
Mr. Barrett: Well, there is no problem with that. Let me explain this, Mr.
Dawkins. The City of Miami offered us bleachers and they gave us aluminum
bleachers, one set of bleachers for each park and they cut those up just like
you said, and sold them. I'm serious. I'm being honest about what it is.
Mr. Dawkins: That's a way of life in the ghetto, we don't have no problems
with that, go ahead.
Mr. Barrett: Now, what my suggestion was to Mr. Al Howard was we have numer-
ous -wooden bleachers sitting all over the City of Miami. Put them out there,
they can't sell wood, we don't get cold enough for a fire place.
Mr. Gary: They stole those too.
Mr. Barrett: No, not the wooden bleachers.
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Mayor Ferre: Look, we're running out of time and the Manager is going to
get together.....
Mr. Dawkins: We'll work it out.
69. GRANT REQUEST MADE BY JONI GOODIJAN TO APPROVE USE OF BAYFRONT
AUDITORIUM APRIL 19, 1983, GUARDIAN PROGRAM.
Mayor FerrA: Joni Goodman, Circuit Coordinator for the Eleventh Judicial
Circuit.
Ms. Joni Goodman: Yes, Joni Goodman regarding the Guardian Progarm. Mr.
Mayor, I'm here today to ask for use of the Bayfront Auditorium. I run a
volunteer program that we are advocates for children in the juvenile court.
We have 130 trained volunteers who act as guardians ad litem for children
who are abused and neglected.
Mayor Ferre: What does ad litem mean?
Ms. Goodman: At law, while the child is in litigation. We work very closely
with the juvenile court and the community. We sponsored last year for the
first time what we call a resource day. This was when all of the community
resources who deal with child abuse and neglect and the Department of Health
and Rehabilitative Services all got together and we had an information shar-
ing session where the.....
Mayor Ferre: How many of these kids live within the boundaries of the City
of Miami?
Ms. Goodman: I'm not sure I can answer that.
Mayor Ferre: Half, a quarter of them? Most of them?
Ms. Goodman: The Eleventh Judicial Circuit covers all of the City of Miami
and Dade County.
Mr. Carollo: Well, I think the thing to do would be that whatever funds we
approve for them.....
Ms. Goodman: Well, let me tell -you what I'm asking for, and I'm not sure
what kind of funding is involved. I think it is just a fee for the auditor-
ium.
Mayor Ferre: How much is involved in that fee?
Mr. Gary: $1,200.
Ms. Goodman: $1,200 for one day in the auditorium? Oh, I'm sorry, that's
not what we were told. We were told that there was only an insurance fee.
Mr. Gary: No, that's if you've got the waiver or a contribution.
Mayor Ferre: She's already after the insurance fee.
Ms. Goodman: I didn't realize this was a problem, it is my misinformation.
Mayor Ferre: Look, Ms. Goodman, we have to follow a procedure around here
because otherwise you know everybody would be coming in. I think you've
got a great program and I like it but I really think you need to go through
procedures. We have to do things by due process around here too.
Ms. Goodman: Okay, let me just tell you that I had written a letter to the
City Manager and I -was told, called last week and told to appear before the
City Commission.
Mr. Gary: She did follow procedures, Mr. Mayor. We have recommended, at
least staff recommended and I approved a contribution but I think the point
you brought out was the same point I had concern, is that this is benefitting
all of Dade County. I would recommend you do one of two things, that we pay
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half and she goes to Dade County and gets half or that we give her the
whole amount and next year she has the Dade County Auditorium.
Mr. Carollo: I think that is fair enough, we'll take the slack this year
and she can go to Dade County for next year There is a motion.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Carollo, who moved
its adoption:
MOTION NO. 83-141
A MOTION GRANTING A REQUEST MADE BY JONI GOODMAN, CIRCUIT
COORDINATOR OF 'rHE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT (FAMILY SER-
VICES DIVISION) FOR USE OF BAYFRONT PARK AUDITORIUM ON
iPRIL 19, 1983 FOR THE "GUARDIAN PROGRAM"; FURTHER DIRECT-
ING THE CITY MANAGER TO ALLOCATE AN AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED
tl,200.00 TO COVER FOR THE USE FEE FOR SAID FACILITY.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the motion was passed
and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Vice-V*iyor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Ms. Goodman: Thank you very much.
70. PRESENTATION TO HOWARD V. GARY, CITY MANAGER, BY: NATIONAL
ORGANIZATION OF BLACK LAW ENFORCEIMENT.
Mayor Ferre: 17, representatives of the National Organization of Black
Enforcement Executives presenting a plaque in recognition of the City Manager's
outstanding service on the community during the recent Overtown.
Mr. James Bryant: Yes, my name -is James Bryant, my address is 13715 Monroe
Street, Miami. And since you said representatives thereof, I would ask the
representatives of NOBLE, the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement
Executives to stand, if they would.
Mayor Ferre: You're all City of Miami employees, huh?
Mr. Bryant: No, not all of them, sir. The purpose was not to show off City
of Miami representatives, the purpose was not to do anything but to come and
applaud the Commission for your wisdom in hiring Mr. Gary and to commend Mr.
Gary for his behavior during the Overtown disturbances. To that end, we have
a letter engraved on a plaque, to which I would like to read, if I may, brief-
ly. And it says, To Mr. Howard Gary, etc., Commendation Action. On December
28, 1982, a civil disturbance erupted in the Overtown section of Miami. You
immediately assumed your role and responsibility as overseer of and interactor
with the Police and the community. Further, you personally and willfully
participated in dialogue with the various concerned groups, the skill and
sensitivity you displayed in the streets, board rooms and Commission Chambers
were laudible and exemplary. We thank you and we salute you. Sincerely,
Sector, 6, Florida Chapter of N.O.B.L.E. And I would like to present this
to Mr. Gary and we appreciate your time for letting us be here.
Mayor Ferre: We'll keep this in mind when we evaluate him on April 6th.
Thank you. Is it April 6th, Manager?
Mr. Gary: 16th. I had nothing to do with that either.
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71. APPROVE REQUEST FOR CLOSURE OF STREET: N.W. 7 AVENUE TO
N.W. 6 COURT - EDUCATIONAL BAZAAR - BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
Mayor Ferre: We're now on 17(a). Go ahead, sir.
Mr. Rasheed: My Name is Rasheed, a member of the American Muslim
Mission, also on the School Board for the Sister Clara Mohammed Education
Department{ I am here requesting to get a street blocked off for a festival,
well, a ba2aar on the 19th of February so that we could have.....
Mayor Ferrel: Mr. Manager, does this have the administration's approval?
Mr. Gary: Yes, this is the second year that we have done this and it has no
traffic problem.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Carollo, who moved
its adoption:
MOTION NO. 83-142
A MOTION GRANTING A REQUEST MADE BY THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
OF THE SISTER CLARA MUHAMMAD KINDERGARTEN FOR CLOSURE OF
N.W. 7TH AVENUE TO N.W. 6TH COURT ON 53RD STREET, ON FEBRUARY
19, 1983, IN CONNECTION WITH THE HOLDING OF AN EVENT DESCRIBED
AS "EDUCATIONAL BAZAAR IN RECOGNITION OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH".
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
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
72. EXECUTE CONTRACT: HAITIAN TASK FORCE IIEIGHBORHOOD ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
Mr. Dawkins: Mr. Mayor, we were in the process I think of approving this.
Mayor Ferre: We approved 49. Oh, I'm sorry, we did not. There was a motion
and then we stopped.
Mr. Dawkins: Right. The reason my hang up was was the same reason that Com-
missioner Carollo erased. I was trying to figure out a method of attracting
or putting money with this in order to have the youth program over there.
Since that has been done I have no problems, I didn't have any problem with
it at first but I just wanted to try to see how to do both things at one time,
so, therefore, I move 49.
Mayor Ferre: Is there a second? It has been seconded. Further discussion?
Mr. Manager, this still has your approval, right?
Mr. Gary: Yes, sir.
Mayor Ferre: Call the roll.
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The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Dawkins, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-143
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CON-
TRACT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORM ATTACHED, WITH THE HAITIAN
TASK FORCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $43,7S0, USING FEDERAL FUNDS
FOR SAID CONTRACT, TO BEGIN IMPLEMENTING A NEIGHBORHOOD
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Carollo, the resolution was passed and
adopted by!the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: May I say something?
Mayor Ferre: Sure.
UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: I am the President of the Haitian Task Force on Item
49 which was just accepted and I wish to indicate at this time that the Task
Force was the brain child of Assistant Manager Cesar Odio and to dispell any
confusion, I wish to say that Mr. Odio has been very supportive of the Haitian
community and we thank him for that, for his support and his inspiration.
Thank you.
Mayor Ferre: Thank you, sir.
73. AUTHORIZE LOAN AGREEf1ENT: DALLAS PARK ASSOCIATES, LTD.
(RIVER PARC HOTEL).
Mayor Ferre: The next item is 34(a). Mr. Manager, do you want to explain
that to us? That is a little bit complicated so you'd better go on record
explaining that.
Mr. Gary: Mr. Mayor, traditionally the federal government has only given
cities counties and states its allocation of federal programs on an as needed
basis. As an example, if they grant us $10,000,000, if we need only $100,000
a month they would only give us $100,000. The philosophy behind that was
that every time they had to, because there was a deficit budget, every time
they had to give us money they had to go out and borrow money in the open
market and they didn't want the money sitting around idly. Well, as a result
of Mr. Jim Reid, Mrs. Dena Spillman and Mrs. Gallogly doing some research,
they found out that in a couple of other cities that the federal government
was allowing a couple of cities to utilize this idle cash for projects on a
demand basis whereby the money would be loaned, it would be paid back with
interest and that the interest would add onto the grants that were originally
approved by the federal government. What we are saying here is that we want
to join in with Dade County who will be assisting in the financing of the
River Parc Hotel whereby the hotel will be on a demand basis, that is as the
money is needed on or before a year they would have to pay us with interest
the money that they have been loaned. This is not a grant, this is not a
utilization of federal dollars on a permanent basis for them to build this
project. The one thing I would like to do on this is that the private sec-
tor is getting a benefit from the public sector and I think that instead
of promises of jobs to the public sector for the public good that River Parc
Hotel should be mandated or required as condition of this loan to give
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minorities jobs - no promises, no "if certain things happen", it is manda-
tory they have to do that. That should be written right into it.
Mr. Dawkins: Mr. Mayor, I will have to tell Mr. Jim Reid again I am never
at ease with his finding money and the people he find the money for. Every
time I look we read, and you people identify certain federal funds with
which to do certain things and you never find minorities to hook up with
this money and I can't understand why is it that when you identify these
funds you also do not have a skills bank or whatever it is in place. You
see, I shouldn't have to sit here every time. We just come up with the,
I don't know, every time I look you're up here with some money and some
grants but it is never with a minority and I have a problem with that.
Mr. Gary: in all due respect to you, Commissioner Dawkins, I think you may
be unfairly accusing Mr. Reid.
Mr. Dawkins: You're right, I take that back, I mean your administration,
you're right. I apologize, Mr. Reid. Mr. Gary, your administration, I've
got a problem with it.
Mr. Gary: I'll accept that.
Mr. Dawkins: Okay, all right, now go ahead.
Mr. Gary: We have I think done, I think this Commission has done some very
innovative things at the recommendation of the administration and with the
complete initiative and support of Mr. Reid as is demonstrated by the Martin
Luther King Grant whereby we did not use C.D. Funds, we used General Fund
moneys, Pantry Pride. Now, I will accept the criticism that we should have
first afforded or informed the public - that includes all segments of this
community, Little Havana, Liberty City and Overtown - of this opportunity
and we should aggressively seek people to capitalize on this opportunity and
we will do so because this is not all of the money that is available.
Mr. Dawkins: I'm glad you said that. You see, my problem is we just read
in the paper yesterday or day before where Little Havana is becoming a slum.
Somebody in Little Havana could have used this money. We also are talking
about developing Overtown. We're also talking about putting a hotel Overtown
but yet instead every time you come to me with these funds you come with that
other sector.
Mr. Gary: If I may, first of all, this City Commission, we brought the float
idea, this is not new, we brought the float idea to this City Commission for
approval that you approved and we explained it to you. Secondly, because of
the stringent requirements of this money in that it is on demand, $1,000,00O,
if you borrow $1,000,0O0 you may have to pay it back tomorrow if it is needed
as opposed to one year. So there are some very stringent requirements and we
will be looking for those people who can fit those requirements wherever they
may be.
Mayor Ferre: But let me.... Because we're talking with federal bucks so
this is serious business. Now, we've got to make sure that these are prop-
erly secured funds and my only concern is to make absolute.... Dade County
is joining us in this?
Mr. Gary: Yes, they are, Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: And we've got to make absolutely certain that these funds are
properly secured.
Mr. Gary: And what I was going to say, Mr. Mayor, I agree with you one
hundred percent. What I was going to say is that you need to approve this
but you need to put me on notice that we've got to make sure that the City
is protected and that the funds are secured.
Mayor Ferre: Well, you know, that's the only way we can vote on this.
We're talking about federal funds. I'll tell you I think that you're quali-
fication that a condition be minority hiring is absolutely essential in this
and I would go along with that. All right, what is the will of this Commis-
sion on 34(a) with those conditions?
Mr. Carollo: Move.
Mr. Perez: I will second, but let me point out something, Mr. Manager. As
you remember, about 6 or 7 months ago we approved in this Commission the
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opportunity of paying about a million dollars for the Latin community, for
the business community in Little Havana and we have not received any response
and now we are very surprised how it is possible to find more than $4,000,000.
Mr. Gary: First of all, I did respond to you, not only did I respond to you
in a memo, I also responded to you in terms of the back up information that
was submitted to us by our lobbyist in Washington, Cramer. We did apply,
we went up there and agressively sought to get the money and we were not suc-
cessful. That program, however, is still different than this one here.
Mayor Ferre: Wait a minute, but that's not acceptable because in the memo-
randum as I showed you from Mr. Cramer, the letter said, and I read it very
carefully, it said it was turned down and it was perceived to be a very poor
application specifically on this item.
Mr. Gary: i... I thought this was because there were other projects. That's
right, it w'ds the I.T.A. Grant, it wasn't this one. This one was because
there were a number of cities applying and we just were beat out.
Mayor Ferre: All right, the second thing that I want to make sure that
Commissioner Perez and others understand is we're not giving anybody 4.2
million dollars.
Mr. Gary: We're not.
Mayor Ferre: These are federal funds that are being loaned on a temporary
basis, for a week, maybe two weeks or three weeks. We're not giving anybody
any money.
Mr. Perez: But when we find the way or how to find this money, but I think
we have the Little Havana Community area is waiting also for some kind of
cash. We have an emergency situation in an area of Little Havana and espec-
ially I think this Commission is supposed to receive an answer about some-
thing that we talked about almost a year ago.
Mr. Gary: I gave you an answer,
continue to try. You know, it is
also suggest to that those people
ation.
I did. I would say though that we will
hard with the Reagan administration but I
utilize Miami Capital Development Corpor-
Mr. Perez: Yes, but Miami Capital at this time has almost a half a million
dollars available but that's not the guidelines we don't know how to handle
that one, that's what we want to discuss more.
Mr. Gary: I didn't vote for Reagan.
Mayor Ferre: All right, can we move along now?
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Carollo, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-144
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND
EXECUTE A LOAN AGREEMENT WITH DALLAS PARK ASSOCIATES, LTD.,
FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING INTERIM FINANCING IN THE AMOUNT
OF $4.2 MILLION OF 8TH YEAR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLACK GRANT
FUNDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF FURNISHINGS, FIXTURES, EQUIPMENT
AND MATERIALS NECESSARY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DELUXE
EXECUTIVE HOTEL TO BE KNOWN AS THE RIVER PARC HOTEL.
(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: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
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74. DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED TASK FORCE FOR EAST LITTLE HAVANA AREA.
Mayor Ferre: The next item is Commissioner Carollo's "E". This is a task
force for Little Havana. Go ahead.
Mr. Perez: I think, Mr. Mayor, we have here Sergio Rodriguez, the new
Planning Director.
Mayor Ferre; Mr. Rodriguez.
Mr. Sergio 39odriguez: Mr. Mayor and members of the Commission, for the record,
my name is Sergio Rodriguez. I am from the Planning Department, the new
Director. I am here before you to talk about the East Little Havana Area by
Resolution M-83-3 of January 6,1983. You recommended that the City administra-
tion look into potentially troubled areas such as the East Little Havana where
there have been some kinds of a new ghetto in the making. You asked us to
come with recommendations on how to deal with the area and basically the recom-
mendation that we have before you is that you create a task force with eleven
members that would come before you in sixty days with recommendations on how
to deal with all the problems from this area. If you have any questions?
Mr. Perez: I think that Commissioner Plummer pointed out something that he
wants to extend the area to 17th Avenue. Do you find conditions to recommend
that?
Mr. Rodriguez: I don't know whether it would be, because the area now has a
negative image and the area that would be included in the recommendation by
Commissioner Plummer would include the Latin Quarter which is an area that
we're trying to develop as a tourist attraction area, I don't know whether
that would have an effect on that other project but I don't have any objections
otherwise.
Mr. Perez: Well, would it be possible that you make a study and you bring
- more recommendation at the time that we create a task force if this Commis-
sion approves?
Mr. Rodriguez: If I may say something now, I believe that if we concentrate
the area up to 12th Avenue you will show a bigger concentration of problems
that might help us in the future for possible funding because we would be
able to find more unemployment aad higher instances of housing violations and
so on. The more you stretch the area the more diluted the problems will be
shown.
Mr. Perez: But the problem that you have for 17th Avenue is the Latin
Quarter.
Mr. Rodriguez: Right.
Mr. Perez: What I suggest to you, if it is possible, you try to contact Com-
missioner Plummer and explain all the plans that you have about the Latin
Quarter because he left this message on the table.
Mr. Rodriguez: Okay, I'd be very glad to do that.
Mr. Perez: Mr. Mayor, what I would like to propose is the creation of the
task force, I think that Commissioner Carollo made a suggestion about the
integration of the task force this morning but personally I want to make
public that I was in the area and I want to recognize the efforts of Jose
Casanova, Margarita Genova and the new Director, Sergio Rodriguez who worked
very hard on this matter. I think that we have an emergency situation there.
We have received a lot of calls and requests from the business community in
that area and I think it is very important and I move today that we create
that task force for the 11 members.
Mr. Carollo: You know what I would like to suggest, that these are the two
main problems that that area has. One of them is a lot of the type of bars
that there are around the area, they are havens for the type of element we
want to get rid of in that neighborhood. We implemented some pretty strict
laws, if I recall, last year to give the authority to our police department
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to implement procedures to close down establishments like this after we
would be able to place on paper enough complaints. I think the vast major-
ity of those bars in that area, we should be able to have enough on them
to start proceedings to close them down. I mean every time I look at the
papers there is a shooting in one of them or another, it is ridiculous.
Go ahead, Howard.
Mr. Gary: You're absolutely correct, that's one of the major problems.
I'm going to tell you the problem we have. We have been going in there
and enforcing it. The only provision that we have in terms of punishment
other than arresting the perpetrators, but in terms of the owner who also
permits this to happen, is to prevent them from opening beyond 2:00 O'Clock.
However, to close them down, the State has.to do it. I think what we have
to do is take the direction of this Commission and encourage the State that
once we start doing so many arrests in those places, they need to start clos-
ing these places down.
Mr. Carollo: We shouldn't have too much problem with the State in doing
that, especially now that the new Director of A.T.F. there is I think pretty
friendly with our people down here so the communication should be better.
The other problem that I see in the area is that that area for quite some
time has been a haven for drug pushers of all levels, large and small. I
mean it is unlike any other area in the Latin community. What I would like
to suggest is that, I don't know, maybe we could establish some kind of
program in that area where we could advertise the new number that we have,
24 hour line for Spanish, advertise that request to the people that any
information they have of narcotics, the trafficking or selling of narcotics
that they call it in anonymously.
Mayor Ferre: Where do we stand, Mr. Manager?
Mr. Rodriguez: May I add something, please? I mentioned to you that maybe
we should include the area all the way to 17th Avenue but reconsidering the
request, there probably wouldn't be any problem if you include the area all the
way to 17th.
Mayor Ferre: Well, I think we ought to just make that a part of it right
now.
Mx. Carollo: Well, no, if you go to 17th Avenue, you know, you're going to
leave a lot of the people on 22nd Avenue. So Imean.....
Mayor Ferre: No, this is East Little Havana.
Mr. Carollo: Well, fine, this is still East Little Havana. I mean if we're
going to include the funeral parlor I'd like to include some of the other
- people I know between 17th and 22nd.
Mr. Gary: Well, how about to 13th Avenue?
Mayor Ferre: Now don't do that, either we do it or we don't. Now do you
want to leave it at 12th?
Mr. Carollo: I think we should leave it at 12th, that's where the main prob-
lem is, at 12th Avenue.
Mr. Perez: Something that Commissioner Carollo mentioned, do you know if
the Police Department is enforcing the rules against vagrancy that we ordered
about 6 or 7 months ago?
Mr. Gary: I'm not a lawyer but I was involved in this and that is the rules
against vagrancy are very liberal now. You just can't go and arrest people
like you could.
Mr. Perez: But it's possible that the Police Department check with the City
Attorney's Office?
Mr. Gary: Well, that is who gave us the directions before.
Mayor Ferre: All right, what is the will of this Commission at this point?
Do we need any action, Mr. Manager?
Mr. Carollo: Howard, how about if you and I just go and start patrolling
there a couple of nights? I mean we cleared up Domino Park pretty good.
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Mr. Gary: You're right about that but I go to Robert's Drugs quite often and
that would be a hard nut to crack.
Mayor Ferre: Is there any action needed now, Mr. Manager?
Mr. Gary: No, basically to accept a plan, I think you all talked about appoint-
ing a committee, I don't know if you want to do that at this time.
Mayor Ferre: We don't need to do that now, but would you come up with your
recommendations and let me just submit once again the following names of
people because I'm going to throw this paper away, just for the record: Dolly
McIntyre, she represents the Dade Heritage Trust Fund, Linda Hamlin, she
represents Victoria Hospital, Robert Voyer, West Flagler Crime Association and
Mr. Ernie Limmiatis and he is a major property owner and has had a laundry in
that area, to and his family for 50 years anyway. Would you recommend, I think
we ought to call the Latin Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Carollo! I think we should call all the Latin organizations that we have
in that area.
Mr. Perez: I want to propose Jose Navarro who is the head of the Senior Centers
who have a center in that area.
Mayor Ferre: You come up with your recommendations and we'll come up with a
list. You all come up with your lists and we're going to do it the way you
recommend it, 2, 2, 2 and 3. I think it ought to be balanced, I would hope
that we have everybody that has an interest in the area but we have to remem-
ber that it is mainly a Hispanic community so it has to be mainly a Hispanic
committee.
Mr. Carollo: The only thing that we might want to do to make sure that there
is a balance, like you said and no jealousies will arrive more than they
usually are, that we only pick one member from each of the organizations that
have been established in the area.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager, you're going to have to get somebody in staff to
talk to all the people and get their recommendations so we don't have a big
donnybrook on this. Anything else on Item "E"? We're now on Item "J". Mr.
Diaz-Pou.
Mr. Perez: Mr. Mayor, let me ask, in order to complete this issue, we are
going to create the committee?
Mayor Ferre: Yes. Do you want to vote on it? I think we need a motion,
don't we then?
Mr. Gary: Yes, sir.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Perez, who moved
its adoption:
MOTION NO. 83-145
A MOTION ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF PROPOSED PLAN FOR THE CREATION
OF A TASK FORCE TO EVALUATE THE EAST LITTLE HAVANA AREA AND
PROPOSING THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS AS NOMINEES FOR FUTURE APPOINT-
MENT TO THE TASK FORCE: (a) DOLLY MCINTYRE (DADE HERITAGE TRUST
FUND; (b) LII A HAMLIN, DIRECTOR, PUBLIC RELATIONS, VICTORIA HOS-
PITAL; (c) ROBERT VQYER ESQ. (SELF -NOMINATED); AND (d) ERNEST
LIMMIATIS.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Carollo, the motion was passed
and adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
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75. VIGOROUSLY PURSUE ANTIUAL 'T-E^I_?G OF BOA:1D OF GOVEM1071S OF -_HE
INTER -A IE_RICAN DEVELOP12:11': BNii, (IDB) :SAP.CH 1984.
Mayor Ferre: We're now on Item "J", Mr. Diaz-Pou. The Inter American
Development Bank which as you know is one of the very main banking insti-
tutions in our hemisphere that deals with both the Caribbean and Latin
America has an annual meeting. One year they meet in Latin America or the
Caribbean and the other year they meet in the United States which I think
the way they call it is a donor or a recipient country. In 1984 it is the
donor's turn and Miami has a good opportunity, we're talking about 4,000
people?
Mr. Diaz-Pou: Yes, as a matter of fact, we would have representatives from
43 countries because the Inter American Development Bank.....
Mayor Ferre: I understand that what we're talking about is a minimum of
4,000 people, they spent $20,000,000 in one week, it is one of the big
plums, if you will, it requires a lot of effort, it is not a guaranteed
thing and we're going to have to work very hard to try to get it. I've
met with Mr. Jose Manuel Casanova, we may have to go to Panama to the DID's
Meeting which is on the 17th?
Mr. Diaz-Pou: It is from the 19 to the 23rd of March.
Mayor Ferre: What exactly does the administration need from us?
Mr. Diaz-Pou: Well, basically we spoke to the Office of the U. S. Executive
Director, Mr. Casanova, this morning and.....
Mayor Ferre: The U. S. Executive Director in the Bank of Inter -American
Development Bank which is in other words Mr. Reagan's appointee that repres-
ents the United States in the bank.
Mr. Diaz-Pou: That's right. The United States controls 34% of the voting
power of the bank. We spoke to his office this morning and they think that
Miami will be able to obtain the site next year. The only problem
was that Uruguay was asking but finally they dropped down their request.
Next week we will have to go to Washington Convention people and somebody
from our Department to discuss with the members of the Secretariat�if we
just want to decide to go out there.
Mayor Ferre: What do you need from the Commission?
Mr. Diaz-Pou: Well, a decision if the Commission is willing to.....
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager, what is your recommendation?
Mr. Gary: I support it.
Mayor Ferre: Is there a motion?
Mr. Dawkins: Move it.
Mayor Ferre: Moved and seconded, further discussion? Let's put a little
vigor in this because I'm sure the press is going to pick it up, that we
vigorously go after the Board of Governors of the Inter -American Development
Bank for their annual meeting to come to Miami in 1984 and we would hope to
get the cooperation of Metropolitan Dade County, Miami Beach and the State
of Florida. Further discussion? Call the roll.
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The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Dawkins, who moved
its adoption:
MOTION NO. 83-146
A MOTION INSTRUCTING THE PROPER OFFICIALS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI
TO VIGOROUSLY PURSUE THE SELECTION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI AS THE
SITE FOR THE "1984 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF
THE INTERAMERICAN DEVELPMENT BANK (IDB); FURTHER URGING THE
COOPERATION OF METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA
IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the motion was passed
and adopted(by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
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76. HOUSING RELOCATION OF 23 t4ARIEL REFUGEES TO RAFAEL VILLAVERDE
PROJECT -REIMBURSE ALPHA 66 FOR INPROVEI. ElITS MADE TO EXISTING
FACILITY SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY CITY t-TANAGER.
Mayor Ferre: Take up Item Number "I", discussion on Alpha 66. For the benefit
of the press, especially the editorial writers of both newspapers and the peo-
ple who keep on insisting in misfocusing this, Alpha 66 is not (N-O-T) the
issue. Toe issue is twenty-eight individuals that have no housing, that are
Mariel refugees and thank God somebody had the humanitarianism to house, even
though nod very well - and that very good series that,the Herald did in itself
on the people that are living in that Alpha 66 - these are hardly people that
you would expect to be hard core bomb throwing revolutionaries. These are,
unfortunately, poor, old, sick people who nobody is taking care of and these
people are housing. Now, for the record, for the fifth time, there is not
one, not one single accusation in the whole history of Alpha 66 that I am
aware of that they have ever been not only accused, but there isn't any impli-
cation that they have been involved in any terrorist acts, and certainly not
in the United States. I think, it is, in my opinion disgraceful for people
to get numbers mixed up and just because there is an Omega 7, to assume that
Alpha 66 - and I think it is an insult to the Cuban community, to Mr. Nazario
Sargen, who has been an upright, forthright and decent individual, highly
respected in this community, for people just to take any Cuban organization
that happens to have a number associated with it and just castigate them be-
cause they happen to have a number like Alpha 66.
Mr. Carollo: I think the biggest insult to the Cuban community is what the
Herald has done - this character they keep here covering City Hall, Mr.
Alonzo, or Zaldivar, as he calls himself since he has been working for the
Herald. I was going through some of the statements made last year before
the Senate Subcommittee on terrorism and there were people who came before
that Senate Subcommittee, including law enforcement personnel and former
T.G.I. spies of Cuba that had turned over to our authorities and they made
sworn statements before that Senate Subcommittee at the U. S. Senate Commit-
tee on Terrorism that accused Antonio Maceo Brigade of having a variety of
T.G.I. within their ranks, which is nothing new. At the same time, it gave
proof that the Antonio Maceo Brigade had been channeling money through to
certain militant radical Black organization in Miami, trying to stir up
trouble within our city. And this same newspaper, the Miami Herald, that
attacked Alpha 66 and tries to_paint them as a bunch of terrorists has the
nerve to employ an individual in their newspaper as a reporter in terms of
covering the City of Miami that was a founding member of the Antonio Maceo
Brigade, who spent several weeks in Cuba as late as 1978, all paid by Fidel
Castro. This same individual then came to the States, traveling to all
universities, saying what a great guy Castro was and what wonders Cuba had!
Not to mention his father that was a former T.G.I. Cuban spy assigned to
Latin America. So, I really find that more insulting than anything they
could have said about Alpha 66. They really have got a lot of nerve.
Mayor Ferre: All right, Mr. Manager, what is your recommendation as to how
we solve this problem?
Ms. Dena Spillman: Mr. Mayor and Commissioners, if you will recall at the
last meeting we discussed the problem with the existing facility in terms
of the number of code violations that existed and the zoning problems and
it was suggested that the main goal was to take care of the refugees.
Mayor Ferre: What do you mean suggested? That was the whole premise from
the very beginning. There was no suggestion about itt That was the man-
date of this Commission. There were no suggestions!
Ms. Spillman: We looked at every organization that normally takes care of
people in situations such as this - Camillus House, Catholic Community
Services, Salvation Army, The Miami Rescue Mission, and none of these or-
ganizations could take the refugees. We talked to the people at the Rafael
Villaverde Activities and Nutrition Center and if you may recall that this
City Commission had already given that organization $91,000, partially to
be used to put together a refugee center. They have done that. They have
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brought this building of theirs up to code. It is located at 600 1N. E. 1st
Avenue. It is currently vacant and we have discussed the refugees with them
and they are willing to take the refugees, however, they need additional
funding in order to do so.
Mr. Carollo: Who, from that organization is going to be responsible for
these refugees?
Ms. Spillman: Commissioner Carollo, as I understand the operation, they
have...
Mr. Carollo: I want names from the...that is part of the Little Havana
Activities Center, right?
Ms. Spillman: Yes, they changed their name.
Mr. Carollo: Yes, but they have got different sub -groups that they have
working at. Who is going to be in charge of this sub -group that is going
to be working with these people?
Ms. Spillman: Lillian Mestre.
Mr. Carollo: Get Lillian Mestre.
Ms. Spillman: And Josefina Cavallo.
Mr. Carollo: Okay, Lilly Mestre and Josefina Cavallo. Now, there is another
individual that works there, or at least in one of their programs - Cesar, do
you know his name?
(INAUDIBLE BACKGROUND COMMENTS NOT PLACED INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD)
Mr. Carollo: That is correct. Is he going to have anything to do with this?
Mr. Odio: I don't know.
Mr. Carollo: Could I have a full report as to what his position is there?
How long he has been working for that Center; who employed him and anything
else you have in the file on him, please.
Mr. Odio: I may have an answer in part. He has been working with them for
about a year and it is the program that they had for artists in the paint
trade and then he also became responsible for New Orleans resettlement pro-
gram that they had, and I don't know what he is doing now.
Mr. Carollo: Is he still working with them?
Mr. Odio: 'I think he is still involved in the New Orleans resettlement
program.
Mr. Carollo: Okay, can you give me whatever information we have as public
record that I, just like anybody else can get a hold of, as to what he is
doing in that program that is getting City funds. If he is not involved in
that program any longer, then what I would like to know is, what he did for
that program.
Mr. Odio: Okay.
Mayor Ferre: And then we will vote on this, or what? Do you want to hold it
up until then?
Mr. Carollo: Well, I don't want to hold up getting help to these people - no.
The main thing is getting help to these people.
Mayor Ferre: Make the motion, Joe.
Mr. Perez: Let me point out something, Mr. Mayor. We already approved some-
thing. We already approved to award the $10,000 to Alpha 66. Now the Adminis-
tration tries to change the idea. Right from the beginning I have this experi-
ence that it was not easy to optain those funds. They had a lot of difficulty
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at the time they requested the funds and now they change the recommendations,
and anyhow, they don't want to give the $10,000 to Alpha 66, but Alpha 66 al-
ready has spent a lot of money in the different remodeling on the building
in accordance with the code. I think the -Administration has a copy of the
hundred violations and they already comply with about fifty or sixty of that.
They paid a lot of money for that and I think we have to reimburse what they
did.
Mayor Ferre: How much money is involved?
Mr. Gary: First of all there were over a hundred violations and they haven't
anything.
Mayor Ferre: Well, Mr. Manager...
Mr. Perez: No, they have almost half of the violations.
Mayor Ferre: Wait a minute...I think it is a matter of good faith. We need
to verify if they have expended any money. I think it is a matter for this
purpose and it has to be proved and I think that has to be certified and
then we will deal with that. I think they are two separate issues. The
main issue here as far as I am concerned has only been not Alpha 66, but
rather the twenty-eight people that are to be housed. I think we ought to
deal with that first, so could we have a motion as to the...
Mr. Perez: We have something else Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: Then we will come up with this other issue.
Mr. Perez: Yes, but we have something else on this issue. They say that
they will be able to offer a lunch or some kind of meals, but now when this
group tried to make contact with the social agency, they said that the
person has to be sixty years old or older in order to qualify for that
assistance. The average age is about thirty or forty years, not sixty.
These people don't qualify for that part of the program and I think that it
is important to clarify the whole thing because we are approving something
that isn't possible to put into practice and these people...
Mayor Ferre: Look, you can do this. First of all, Dena, I think I want to
commend you and the Administration for having found, I think, a very good
solution for the problem. I think you had the challenge and you found the
solution for it, and I commend you for it. Secondly, if we are going to
be feeding these people, we can't get into bureaucratic messes as to whether
they are sixty or sixty-five and all that, so we have got to cut through all
of that. So, I would like for... Commissioner Perez, let's deal first with
the twenty-eight people or whatever they are on housing. Would you make your
motion on that? All right, do you want to move it?
Mr. Perez: Okay, the motion will be to assign these people to... it would
definitely have to be to this program.
Mayor Ferre: To instruct the Manager to work out the details of housing
these Mariel refugees that have been homeless and that have been cared for
by Alpha 66 and put them into the Rafael Villaverde housing area where we
have all of the facilities and where we have spent a tremendous amount of
money and the facilities are available. Okay?
Mr. Gary: Within an appropriation of the amount of $69,650.
Mayor Ferre: We have already spent that!
Mr. Gary: No. This is additional money that is going to be needed.
Mayor Ferre: Are you recommending that at this time?
Mr. Gary: For the twenty-eight, following the direction of the Commission,
yes.
Mayor Ferre: Well, you mean to tell me we are going to spend $69,000?...
the $10,000 has gone into $68,000?
ld 136 FEB 10 1983
Mr. Gary: Well, primarily because when we approved the grant to handle
Haitian and Cuban refugees at that center. When they went in, the inspectors
found a number of violations in that building and they had to correct those
and they had a cost over -run. Now, we are talking about appropriating ap-
proximately of $69,650, $22,000 to deal with that cost over -run to bri 8 Lhe
building up to code. The rest of it is to provide meals and other services
to the refugees in addition to which they will be receiving under the Haitian
Assistance Job Training Program, which is funded from another agency, so the
total amount is $69,650.
Mr. Perez: For a year?
Mr. Gary: $22,000 of that is for the renovations that have occurred, so we
are really talking about.%.
$41,000.
Mr. Gary: $40,000.
Mr. Perez: But that is for the whole year?
Mr. Gary: No.
Ms. Spillman: Until June.
Mr. Gary: June 30th.
Ms. Spillman: At which time Federal money will be available.
Mr. Perez: For four months.
Mr. Gary: They are getting three meals a day, information and referral and
the basic shelter, which had to deal with the supervision as well as the
remodeling.
Mr. Perez: Mr. Mayor, why don't we try to have the people from Alpha 66,
this group, with the Administration and they are responsible to have those
conditions for the $10,000, and they can take twenty-eight people, that we
are here for at the beginning. I don't think that for four months that we
will be able to afford $60,000.
Mr. Gary: Well, they can't service twenty-eight people because they are
in violation of law, because first of all, it is not zoned that way - the
area is not zoned that way, and secondly, the building is over -crowded and
that is a violation. They will be getting citation after citation.
Mayor Ferre: The solution to the problem is such an expensive thing. I
never realized this was going to end up with $68,000. Mr. Manager, you
recommended that we do this in the fashion you are recommending. Now, do
you feel strongly about that?
Mr. Gary: Yes, sir.
Mayor Ferre: Well, I think we have to follow your recommendation, personally
and I think we have to deal also with the Alpha 66 questicn as a separate
item. If these people went ahead and did expend money to clarify all these
violations and we went on record - you didn't go on record, you have nothing
to do with it - we went on record when the Commission established the policy
and they went ahead and spent $1,000 or $2,000 on fixing up the plumbing and
what have you, and they expended it during this period of time and they can
show certification that they did spend the money, I think we need to reim-
burse them for it.
Mr. Gary: Okay, then I would need a resolution or a motion from the City
Commission directing me to receive verification of expenditures that Alpha
66 spent on the building and directing me to reimburse them.
Mayor Ferre: That is a separate item. The item before us now is your recom-
mendation as to how to solve the problem. So, is there a motion to accept
that recommendation?
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137 FEB 10 1983
Mr. Carollo: The motion is that...
Mayor Ferre: That they be housed at the Rafael Villaverde Center with all
the conditions that you put on it and that we expend the $68,000 that it is
going to cost to maintain food and all this other stuff.
hr. Perez: After June 30, what will be the future of these people if we don't
have the other $60,000 for the other six months?
Mayor Ferre: We will have to deal with that then.
Ms. Spilltan: They have guaranteed us that they would be getting Federal
funds on June 30th and they could take care of the refugees. The City will
not have io participate after that date. They can take care of them.
Mayor Ferre: I think it is a happy solution, frankly, to a complicated
problem.
Mr. Carollo: I move it.
Mayor Ferre: I really commend you for coming up with it. There is a motion.
Is there a second?
Mr. Perez: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? Call the roll.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Carollo, who moved
its adoption.
MOTION NO. 83-147
A MOTION INSTRUCTING THE MANAGER TO WORK OUT THE DETAILS OF
HOUSING MARIEL '3EFUGEES WHO ARE HOMELESS AND WHO WERE PRE-
VIOUSLY CARED FOR BY ALPHA 66, AND PLACE THEM INTO THE
RAFAEL VILLAVERDE CENTER WHERE APPROPRIATE FACILITIES ARE
AVAILABLE; FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROPRIATE
THE AMOUNT OF $69,650 TO COVER THE COST OF FOOD AND SHELTER,
ETC. PROVIDED IT IS LEGAL.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the motion was passed and
adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Miller i. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Ferre: Now make your motion on Alpha 66. The motion is that the City
Manager be instructed to work out with Alpha 66 any expenditures to reimburse
them, but they have to show proof certain that they did expend the money for
this building to house these refugees. Is there a second?
Mr. Carollo: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Moved by Perez, seconded by Carollo. Further discussion? Call
the roll.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Perez, who moved
its adoption.
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MOTION NO. 83-148
A MOTION INSTRUCTING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO
RECEIVE PROPER VERIFICATION OF EXPENDITURES MADE BY
ALPHA 66 CONCERNING THE REMODELING OF THE BUILDING
WHICH HOUSED 28 MARIEL REFUGEES AND TO REIMBURSE ALPHA
66 FOR SAID EXPENDITURES UPON VERIFICATION OF SAID
EXPENSES.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Carollo, the motion 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.
76.1 BRIEF DISCUSSION REGARDING RESOLUTION OF PROBLEMS IN SOME
NEIGHBORHOOD ECONOMIC DEVELOPtgNT CORPORATIONS.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager, as I said this morning, and I said all along that
I would be leaving at 5:30, I've got to leave. With regards to the Neighbor-
hood Economic Development Corporations, I understand you've got problems with
two of these Neighborhood Economic Development Corporations.
Mr. Gary: Yes, but I'm not recommending discontinuing them, we had a posi-
tive meeting and I think we had a meeting of the minds and we're going to
sit down with them with me involved personally and set up a.....
Mayor Ferre: Well, the two that are in trouble in the administration's opinion
are Wynwood and Allapattah. I would like to first of all seriously consider
merging Wynwood and Allapattah and secondly look into another agency in Allapat-
tah to be the lead agency. We have had a controversy between two groups, we
also have a third alternative which is the 20th Streets Merchants, the Presi-
dent of which is Isidor Rodriguez and I would like for you to consider that
as an agency and secondly the merger of Wynwood and Allapattah to see if, per-
haps, we can solve these two troubled areas by reinforcing the administration
within.... I'm not saying I'm going to vote that way, I just want you to con-
sider it and come back with a recommendation.
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77. CONTINUE PUBLIC HEARING re DEVELOP11ENT OF WATSON ISL.%14D
TO MARCH 10, 1983.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Dawkins, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-149
4 RESOLUTION DECLARING THAT THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS METHOD TO
6EVELOP CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS ON CITY OWNED LAND IS BY A
OIFIED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER
TO PREPARE A DRAFT REQUEST FOR A UNIFIED DEVELPMENT PROJECT
PROPOSAL; AND SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING MARCH 10, 1983 TO:
TAKE TESTIMONY REGARDING A REQUEST FOR UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT
PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR CULTURAL, RECREATION AND ENTERTAIN-
MENT FACILITIES TO BE LOCATED ON AN APPROXIMATELY 40 ACRE
PARCEL OF CITY OWNED LAND LOCATED ON WATSON ISLAND, AUTHORIZE
THE ISSUANCE OF A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, SELECT A CERTIFIED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM AND APPOINT MEMBERS TO A REVIEW COM-
MITTEE TO EVALUATE PROPOSALS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE
CITY MANAGER AS REQUIRED BY CITY OF MIAMI CHARTER AMENDMENT
PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES APPROVED BY
REFERENDUM, NOVEMBER 2, 1982.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
78. AUTHORIZE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT RICE ASSOCIATES TO
PROVIDE PSIAMI CABLE ACCESS CORPORATION'S 1111TIAL BOARD OF
DIRECTORS WITH CONSULTANT SERVICES.
Ms. Mary Sue Smaller: Mr. Mayor and Commissioners, the consultant is to furn-
ish the report to the MCAC Board February 28th and has agreed to produce the
report but I think it is essential that the money which has already been allo-
cated should be appropriated.
Mayor Ferre: All right, is there a motion on Item 567
Mr. Gary: This is not City money, this is Cable TV money.
Ms. Smaller: That is correct.
Mayor Ferre: Dawkins moves, Perez seconds. Further discussion? Call the
roll on 56.
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The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Dawkins, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-150
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORM
ATTACHED, WITH RICE ASSOCIATES TO PROVIDE THE MIAMI CABLE
ACCESS CORPORATION'S INITIAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS WITH CON-
SULTANT SERVICES REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTICLES OF
INCORPORATION, BY-LAWS, AND A FIDUCIARY AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE CITY OF MIAMI AND THE MIAMI CABLE ACCESS CORPORATION
REQUIRED BY THE MIAMI CABLE LICENSE ORDINANCE #9332, AND
4ROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE ON MATTERS RELATING TO PUBLIC
ACCESS WITH FUNDS THEREFOR ALLOCATED IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED $8,000 FROM CABLE TELEVISION FUNDS PREVIOUSLY AP-
PROPRIATED.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
79. ALLOCATE AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $10,000 IN SUPPORT OF
PROPOSED STUDY OF DOUBLE TAXATION IN DADE COUNTY PRESENTLY
BEING CONSIDERED BY THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Carollo, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-151
A RESOLUTION ALLOCATING FROM THE CONTINGENT FUND, AN AMOUNT
NOT TO EXCEED $10,000 IN SUPPORT OF A PROPOSED STUDY OF
DOUBLE TAXATION IN DADE COUNTY PRESENTLY BEING CONSIDERED
BY THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA; FURTHER AUTHORIZING
THE CITY MANAGER TO MAKE EXPENDITURES OF THE AFORESAID SUM
ON THE BASIS OF THE CITY' PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THE COST OF
SUCH STUDY.
(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
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
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80. SECOND READING ORDINANCE: WSND ORD. 9530 MINORITY
PROCUREMENT PROGRAI! BY ESTABLISHING A TIME FOR =11114ATION
OF SAID PROGRAt7.
Mayor Ferre: Is there anybody here who wishes to speak to item 21? This
has a recommendation of the administration.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
U ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 9530, WHICH ESTAB-
LISHED A MINORITY PROCUREMENT PROGRAM, BY ESTABLISHING
A TIME FOR TERMINATION OF SAID PROGRAM AND PROVIDING
l'OR A YEARLY REVIEW OF THE NEED FOR CONTINUATION THEREOF.
Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of January 13, was
taken up for its second and final reading by title and adoption. On motion of
Commissioner Carollo, 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.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
THE ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 9571.
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.
81. SECOND READING ORDINANCE: AHEND SECTIONS 18-51 THROUGH 18-71
OF ARTICLE IV ENTITLED PURCHASING AND CONTRACTS GENEPALLY.
Mayor Ferre: Is there anybody wishing to speak on Item 21(a) on Second Read-
ing, Purchasing and Contracts Generally?
Mr. Garcia -Pedrosa: This is a Charter Amendment, Mr. Mayor, the implementation
of a Charter Amendment.
THEREUPON THE CITY ATTORNEY READ THE ORDINANCE INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD.
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AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 18-51 THROUGH
18-71 OF ARTICLE IV. ENTITLED "PURCHASING AND
CONTRACTS GENERALLY"; AND SECTIONS 18-76
THROUGH 18-77.6 OF ARTICLE IV.S. ENTITLED
"PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS"; AND
SECTIONS 18-78 THROUGH 18-86 OF ARTICLE V.
ENTITLED "SALE OF REALTY", OF THE CODE OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, BY
REPEALING SAID SECTIONS IN THEIR ENTIRETY AND
SUBSTITUTING THEREFOR NEW CODE SECTIONS 18-SI
THROUGH 18-71 AND 18-76 THROUGH 18-86,
ONTITLED:
ARTICLE IV.
PURCHASING AND CONTRACTS GENERALLY
18-51. PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION.
18-52. CONTRACTING METHODS AND PROCEDURES.
18-53. TYPES OF CONTRACTS.
18-54. QUALIFICATIONS AND DUTIES.
18-55. INSPECTION AND DUTIES.
18-S8. PUBLIC ACCESS AND INFORMATION.
ARTICLE V.
SALE OF REALTY
18-78. METHODS AND PROCEDURES FOR SALES
AND LEASES.
18-79. APPLICABILITY.
18-80. AUTHORITY TO SELL.
18-81. COMMISSION ON SALE.
18-82. EXPENSES OF ABSTRACT OF TITLE.
18-83. PAYMENT TO BE IN CASH - CERTIFIED
CHECK.
18-84. CITY ATTORNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR
CLOSING OF SALE;
CONTAINING A RENUMBERING CLAUSE; A REPEALER
PROVISION; A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of January 13, 1983, was
taken up for its second and final reading by title and adoption. On motion of
Commissioner Dawkins, seconded by Commissioner Carollo, 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
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
THE ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 9572.
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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82. FIRST READING ORDINANCE: AIEND SECTIONS 2-237, 238, 239,
239.1, 239.2 OF THE CODE, ENLARGE 21IAMI AUDIT ADVISORY
COM11ITTEE TO SEVEN MEMBERS.
Mayor Ferre: Take up Item 23. This is the Miami Audit Advisory Committee.
Mr. Manager, does this have your recommendation?
Mr. Gary: Yes, sir.
Mr. Carollfo: Why are we enlarging the committee at this point in time?
Mayor Ferre: Why are we enlarging the committee? Well, we're not, it is
a five member Commission,.isn't it?
Mr. Carollo: We're enlarging it to seven.
Mayor Ferre: Okay, I want to tell you right now that this is a five member
Commission, I don't mind the Manager appointing one person but I'm not going
to certainly go for two. This is on First Reading. You don't care anyway,
why get.... What did you do that for, Randy? I don't understand why you're
putting in two people. You know, stay out of that.
Mr. Rosencrantz: If the Manager doesn't object.
M,r. Gary: I have no objections.
Mayor Ferre: It doesn't mean anything anyway and then everybody gets sus-
picious.
Mr. Carollo: Well I'll tell you, you'd better worry a little more about
what we object to than the Manager or anybody else.
Mayor Ferre: He works for the Manager.
Mr. Gary: No, he works for me.
Mayor Ferre: That's right.
Mr. Carollo: Yes, and everybody works for us.
Mr. Gary: I work for you.
Mr. Carollo: That's correct.
Mayor Ferre: This is on First Reading, we'll deal with that on Second Read-
ing but I'm just going on record right now it is a five member Commission.
Mr. Gary: We can take it out right now, I have no problem with that.
Mayor Ferre: And we can talk about whether, you know, we make it a six mem-
ber Commission at the second hearing.
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144 F
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AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 2/237, 2-238, 2-239
2-239.1 AND SUBSECTION 0) OF SECTION 2/239.2 OF
THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, DEALING WITH THE
MIAMI AUDIT ADVISORY COMMITTEE BY ENLARGING THE
COMMITTEE'S MEMBERSHIP FROM 5 TO 7 MEMBERS BEING
APPOINTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION AND 2 MEMBERS
BEING APPOINTED BY THE CITY MANAGER AND WITH ALL
MEMBERS SERVING AT THE WILL OF THE APPOINTING AUTHOR-
ITY; CHANGING THE ORGANIZATIONAL/OPERATING STRUCTURE
OF SAID COMMITTEE AND SETTING FORTH THE BASIC RESPON-
SIBILITY OF THE COMMITTEE; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVI-
SION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
Was *troduced by Commissioner Dawkins 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
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: 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 public.
ON ROLL CALL:
Mr. Carollo: As amended, yes.
Mayor Ferre: Well, we can deal with the amendment at the next.....
83. AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A-GREEIIE14T CITY OF 111Afil
DEPARTMENT OF OFF-STP.EET PARKING FOR MANAGEMENT IUID OPERATION
OF DOWNTOWN GOVERNMENT CENTER PARKING GARAGE.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Dawkins, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-152
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN
AGREEMENT, SUBJECT TO THE CITY ATTORNEYS APPROVAL AS TO
FORM AND CORRECTNESS, WHICH HAS BEEN NEGOTIATED WITH THE
CITY OF MIAMI DEPARTMENT OF OFF-STREET PARKING FOR MANAGE-
MENT AND OPERATION OF THE DOWNTOWN GOVERNMENT CENTER PARK-
ING GARAGE.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
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84. ACCEPT BID: DAVID M. G_2IFTITH AND ASSOC. LTD., PREPIL-MTION
O: CENTRAL SERVICES COST ALLOCATION PLAN FOR THE CITY OF
MIAPII .
Mayor Ferre: Tell me about 37.
Mr. Gary: 37, Mr. Mayor, is necessary to comply with the federal regulations
that we have to review our method of charging federal grants for cost allo-
cation.
Mayor Ferre: And who is David M. Griffith?
Mr. Gary: This is the person who has submitted a proposal to 6o this and he
has experience to.....
Mayor Ferre: Is the staff recommending this?
Mr. Gary: Oh, yes.
Mayor Ferre: This is coming through who, Randy?
Mr. Gary: Randy and the Finance Director, Mr. Garcia.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Dawkins, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-153
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID OF DAVID M. GRIFFITH AND
ASSOCIATES, LTD. TO PREPARE THE CENTRAL SERVICES COST
ALLOCATION PLAN FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI, IN THE AMOUNT OF
$13,500, WITH FUNDS THEREFORE ALLOCATED FROM THE 1983
OPERATING BUDGET OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE; AUTHORIZ-
ING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTAN-
TIALLY THE FORM ATTACHED HERETO.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote --
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
146 FEB 1-41983
85. AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO CONTINUE AGREEMENT WITH JOHNSON &
HIGGINS OF FLORIDA, INC. FOR RISK MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
SYSTEM FOR THE, SELF INSURANCE FUND.
Mr. Gary: The next item is to keep us, to provide services for us to main-
tain our risk management system which is legally required to comply with
State regulations.
Mayor Ferre: Who is Johnson and Higgins?
Mr. Gary: Johnson & Higgins is the guy who bid the initial risk management
information system.
Mayor Ferre: Where are they from?
Mr. Gary: I don't know where they're from, I can't tell you off hand.
Mr. Rosencrantz: They're from Florida.
Mr. Gary: They're from Florida, we don't know where.
Mayor Ferre: It's not a minority firm though, is it?
Mr. Gary: No.
Mayor Ferre: All right, is there a motion on Item 38?
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Dawkins, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 83-154
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN
AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORM ATTACHED HERETO, WITH
JOHNSON AND HIGGINS OF FLORIDA, INC., WHICH PROVIDES FOR
THE RISK MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR THE SELF-INSUR-
ANCE FUND ADMINISTERED BY THE RISK MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF
THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT; ALLOCATING THE SUM OF $34,805 FROM
THE 1983 SELF-INSURANCE FUND BUDGET TO COVER THE COST OF
SAID SYSTEM.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Perez, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Miller J. Dawkins
Commissioner Demetrio Perez, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION,
THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 6:05 O'Clock P.M.
MAURICE A. FERRE
M A Y O R
ATTEST:
RALPH G. ONGIE
CITY CLERK
MATTY HIRAI
ASSISTANT CITY CLERK
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ITEM NO DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION
MEETING GAT"''
February 10, 1983
COMMISSION
1
AUTHORIZE AGREEMENT "SURROUNDING ISLANDS PROJECT"
BY ARTIST, CRISTO.
R-83-73
83-73
2
AUTHORIZE AGREEMENT FOR USE OF COCONUT GROVE EXHIBITION
CENTER FOR ANNUAL ANTIQUE SHOW, TIME PERIOD 1983/1987.
R-83-74
83-74
3
RATIFY COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT —SANITATION
EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION,
R-83-87
83-87
4
FORMALIZING RESOLUTION; INTER —LOCAL AGREEMENT PARK —
WEST OVERTOWN.
R-83-88
83-88
5
DISCUSSION, PROPOSAL FOR REPRESENTATIVE FOR OFFICE
OF PROFESSIONAL COMPLIANCE TO BE LOCATED IN CULMER
OVERTOWN AND OUTREACH CENTER SELECTION: APPROVE
SELECTION AND USE OF NINE COMLMUNITY OUTREACH
CENTERS.
R-83-91
83-91
6
APPROVE FUNDING FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE 7TIL YEAR.
R-83-93
83-93
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WAIVE COMPETITIVE BIDDING FOR SYSTE?tATIC MAINTENANCE
{
EXISTING INTEGRATED PROTECTION SYSTEM POLICE
a
DEPARTMENT.
R-83-96
83-96
8
14AIVE COMPETITIVE REQUIREMENTS CONTAINED IN CITY CODE
i
2-302 AUTHORIZE CITY ATTORNEY TO ENGAGE LEGAL
jI
SERVICES OF TERRY V. PERCY.
R-83-97
83-97
! 9
AMEND RESOLUTION 82-1011 WHICH ALLOCATED FEDERAL.
REVENUE FUNDS; INCREASE TOTAL ALLOCATION.
R-83-99
83-99
10
APPROVE INVITATION FOR PROPOSALS AFFORDABLE RENTAL.
'
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
R-83-100
83-100
11
AUTHORIZE AGREEMENT WITH INA HEALTH PLAN';
INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CENTERS lu*10; AND SOUTII FLORIDA
GROUP HEALTH INC. PROVIDING ALTERNATIVE GROUP HEALTH
SERVICES.
R-83-1.01
83-101
!- 12
ALLOCATE AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $47,000 TO DCFRAY
"
COST OF MIAMI/DADE BLANCK BUSINESS INDUSTRIAL
r
DIRECTORY.
R-83-102
83-102
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AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECITT17 AGREEMENT WITII
LEt';l
LATIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (CAMACOL);
ESTABLISH COMPUTER BASED MARKET RESEARCH CENTER.
R-83-103
83-103
14
RESOLUTION ALLOCATING $22,000 TO KIWANIS CLUB OF
LITTLE HAVANA FOR CALLS 8 FESTIVAL INCLUDING WAIVER OF
FIRE —WORKS DISPLAY RESTRICTIONS AND STREET CLOSURE
WITH PEDDLER LICENSE RESTRICTION.
R-83-104
83-104
15
GRANT REQUEST OF LITTLE HAVANA TOURIST AUTHORITY
FOR CARNIVAL INCLUDING FIREWORKS DISPLAY RESTRICTION,
STREET CLOSURE WITH PEDDLER LICENSE RESTRICTION AND
FUNDING NOT TO EXCEED $38,000
R-83-105
83-IOS
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16
ACCEPT GRANT AWARD FROM FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE PROMOTION
PROGRAM.
R-83-106
83-106
17
AUTHORIZE APPLICATION FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACTION
GRANT FOR MIAMI INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC CLINIC.
R-83-107
83-107
18
APPROVE AMENDED OVERTOWN URBAN INITIATIVES PROJECT
GRANT APPLICATION.
R-83-108
83-108
19
AUTHORIZE AND PRESCRIBE GUIDELINES FOR CITY
MANAGER'S SOLICITATION OF REQUEST DINNER
KEY/BAYFRONT AREA MASTER PLAN.
R-83-109
83-109
20
AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO TIJO YEAR AGREE-
MENT WITH DRUM CORPS INTERNATIONAL INC. FOR USE OF
ORANGE BOWL STADIUM,
R-83-110
83-110
21
AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT TO
AGREEMENT MIAMI AND YOUTH INDUSTRIES,INC. FOR
OPERATION OF AFRICAN SQUARE PARK.
R-83-1.11.
83-111
22
EXPRESS CITY COMMISSION SUPPORT FOR BLACK PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATORS CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY PUBLIC
TECHNOLOGY INC. (PTI).
R-83-112
83-112
23
AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AGREEMENT
VALLE-AXELBERG AND ASSOCIATES FOR THE PURPOSE OF
CONDUCTING SEVEN 48-HOURS STRESS CONTROL TRAINING
COURSES.
R-83-113
83-113
24
AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AGREEMENT VALLE-
AZELBERG AND ASOCIATES, INC FOR THE PURPOSE OF
PROVIDING PHYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES AS NEEDED DURING
1983.
R-83-114
83-114
25
ACCEPT BID: DEVELOPMENT FO MASTER TELECOMMUNICATTON
PLAN FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI.
R-83-115
83-115
26
AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXTEND CONTRACT
THOMPKINS AND CO., CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS,
FOR, PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTING SERVICES.
R-83-116
83-116
27
APPOINTMENT OF PERSONS TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT
BOARD.
R-83-1.18
83-118
28
APPROVE DISQUALIFICATION AND REMOVAL OF AN
INDIVIDUAL FROM AFFIRMATIVE ACTON ADVISORY BOARD AND
APPOINT MARIANO CRUZ TO SAID BOARD.
R-83-119
83-119
29
AUTHORIZE CLAIM SETTLEMENT - HENRY AND SHIRLEY GOLD.
R-83-120
83-120
30
AUTHORIZE CLAIM SETTLEMENT - ETHEL AND DAVID MARSHALL
R-83-121
83-121
31
AUTHORIZE CLAIM SETTLEMENT, - JOSEFA FERNANDEZ AND
STUART ABRAMSON.
R-83-121A
83-121A
32
ACCEPT BIDS OF DEBRA TURF AND INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT
AND HECTOR TURF AND GARDEN FOR GOLF COURSE
MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT.
R-83-122
83-122
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38
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40
41
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43
44
45
46
47
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49
ACCEPT BIDS FROM SEVERAL CAR DEALERSHIPS FOR
AUTOMOBILES ON ONE YEAR BASIS FOR DEPARTMENT OF
BUILDING AND VEHICLE MAINTENANCE.
REJECTING BIDS RECEIVED AND AUTHORIZING PURCHASE
OF 34 POLICE VEHICLES UNDER A METRO -DADS COUNTY
CONTRACT.
ACCEPT BIDS OF HYDRA GYM ATHLETICS, NAUTILUS SPORTS/
MEDICAL INDUSTRIES, QUINTON INSTRUMENT COMPANY,
UNIVERSAL GYM AND YORK FITNESS CENTER FOR PHYSICAL
FITNESS EQUIPMENT FOR DEPARTMENT OF FIRE, RESCUE AND
INSPECTION SERVICES.
ACCEPT BIT) OF STANDARD EQUIPMENT COMPANY FOR NIGHT
VISION PHOTOGRAPHIC SYSTEM FOR DEPARTMENT OF POLICE.
APPROVE PROPOSAL OF CANTEEN FOOD AND VENDING
SERVICE FOR SNAK VENDING SERVICE IN MUNICIPAL SERVICE
BUILDING
RESCINDING RESOLUTION ACCEPTING PROPOSAL OF AERIAL
SURVEYS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
ACCEPT GRANT OF EASEMENT FOR BAYFRONT WALK FROM
CHOPIN ASSOCIATES.
ACCEPT GRANT OF EASEMENT FOR RIVERWALK FROM MIAMI
CENTER JOINT VENTURE.
AUTHORIZING MANOR HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT -PHASE III
ACCEPT BID OF FLORIDA MARINE CONSTRUCTION,INC. FOR
DINNER KEY PTLE REPLACEMENT.
ACCEPT BID OF LANZO CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR DURHAM
SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT.
ACCEPT COMPLETED WORK OF P.N.M. CORPORATION FOR
ALLAPATTAH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PAVING PROJECT.
ACCEPT COMPLETED WORK OF MIRI CONSTRUCTION INC. FOR
BUENA VISTA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PAVING PROJECT.
EXECUTE CONTRACT:HAITIAN TASK FORCE NEIGHBORHOOD
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
AUTHORIZE LOAN AGREEMENT: DALLAS PARK ASSOCIATES, LTD.
(RIVER PARC HOTEL).
CONTINUE PUBLIC HEARING RE: DEVELOPMENT OF WATSON
ISLAND TO MARCH 10, 1983.
AUTHORIZE PROFESSIONAI. SERVICES AGREEMENT RICE
ASSOCIATES TO PROVIDE MIAMI CABLE ACCESS CORPORATION'
INITIAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS'WITH CONSULTANT SERVICES.
R-83-12- 3
R-83-1.24
R-83-125
R-83-126
R-83-127
R-83-128
R-83-129
R-83=130
R-83-131
R-83-132
R-83-133
R-83-134
R-83-135
R-83-143
R-83-144
R-83-149
R-83-150
83-123
83-124
83-125
83-126
83-127
83-128
83-129
83-130
83-131
83-132
83-133
83-134
83-135
83-143
83-144
83-149
83-150
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50 ALLOCATE AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $10,000
IN SUPPORT OF PROPOSED STUDY OF DOUBLE TAXATION
IN DADE COUNTY PRESENTLY BEING CONSIDERED BY
THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES. I R-83-151 83-151
51 AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AGREEMENT CITY OF
MIAMI DEPARTMENT OF OFF-STREET PARKING FOR
MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF DOWNTO1%TN GOVERNMENT
CENTER PARKING GARAGE. R-83-152 83-152
52 ACCEPT BID: DAVID M. GRIFFITH AND ASSOCIATES, LTD.
PREPARATION OF CENTRAL SERVICES COST ALLOCATION
PLAN FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI, I R-83-153 83-153
53 AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO CONTINUE AGREEMENT WITH
JOHNSON AND HIGGINS OF FLORIDA, INC. FOR RISK
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR THE SELF INSURANCE
FUNDS. I R-83-154 83-154