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CITY OF MIAMI
COMMISSION
MINUTES
OF MEETING HELD ON April 10, 1980
(REGULAR)
PREPARED BY THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
CITY HALL
RALPH G. ONGIE
CITY CLERK
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CIlYICOhMIS�IQNMI LDRIDA
(REGULAR) SLUCT APRII. 10, 198C
BRIEF 1ISCUSSION: CRIME AND RELATED PROBLEMS IN
COCONUT GROVE
REPORT BY CITY ATTORNEY: PROPOSED WIDENING OF BISCAY
BOULEVARD —RESCIND RESOLUTION WHICH IMPOSED TEMPORARY
MORATORIUM
FEASIBILITY STUDY: INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION
IN CONJUNCTION WITH DADE COUNTY —STUDY FGk 'SPORTS
ARENA" IN DOWNTOWN MIA."II
SCHEDULE DATE FOR ;,uc.aShOP ON NEW COMPREHENSIVE ZONI
ORDINANCE FOR `lAY 7, 1980 AT 1:00 P.M.
FIRST AND SECOND READING ORDINANCE: FUND ARCHITECTUR
PHASE OF THE MIAMI FIRE RESCUE TRAI:;ING 'FACILITY
FIRST AND SECOND READING ORDINANCE: INCREASE
APPROPRIATION TO POLICE SECOND DOLLAR TRAINING
TRUST AND AGENCY FUND
FIRST AND SECOND READING ORDINANCE: ESTABLISH NEW
TRUST & AGENCY FUND —COMPREHENSIVE MIAMI—DADE TRAFFIC
SAFETY PLAN
ACCEPT GRANT: STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
COMMUNITY AFFAIRS —INCREASE AVAILABILITY OF SERVICE
TO HANDICAPPED LATIN CITIZENS
DISCUSSION ON AWARD OF BID FOR "OFF—STREET PARKING"
FACILITIES REVENUE BONDS
FIRST AND SECOND READING ORDINANCE: ESTABLISH NEW
TRUST & AGENCY FUND:"HUMAN SERVICES TO HANDICAPPED
LATIN CI-1ZENS"
SECOIN" R1 A];I:� ORDINANCE: INCREASE GENERAL FUND
REVENUES, C1:ARCES FOR SERVICES —PROVIDE THE GOVERNOR
.ENl,RC:Y OFFIC': WIiH INSPECTION REPORTS IN COMPLIANCE
W/ FEDL CAI. ENt:!%GY CODE
AUTHORIZi, REt BIPT OF PROPOSALS; COLLECTING, STORING
AND DISPOSI`;i; OF ABANDONED VEHICLES
REPEAL RESO,.,.TION 60-98 WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY
ESTABLI:ii:b,ii i'i'Bhl;: ::L'.ARINC, DATE, FOR THE: ISSUANCE: OF
DEVELOPMENT ORD!:R FOR "NASE:.R CENTER"
AWAh!, C0%'i'R.'.C,T FOR YROFF.SSTONAL SFRVICF.S: APPRAISAL
OF MANAGE NiENT AGREE:MRNT FOR MIAMARINA & DINNER KEY
MARINAS
TRANSFER PORTION OF BIRD AVENUE (S.W. 40TH STREET)
TO STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
DEFERRAL OF CONSIDERATION OE' AUTHORIZING CITY MANAG;
TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH VARIOUS ENTITIES TO
PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IN AREAS OF ENGLISP.,
TYPING, ETC. TO CITY OF MIAMI CETA TITLES IID AND
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DISCUSSION 1 2
M-60-267 2-4
R-80-268
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ORD. 9087
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ORD. 9089
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DISCUSSION
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ORD. 9090
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R-80-272
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R-80-273
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R-80-274
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VI PARTICIPANTS DEFERRAL 15-16
ITEM NO,
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CIT ,F STION NS
OF MIAMiI, iURIUA
(REGULAR) SLUCT APRIL 10, 1980
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OLuTi&N Noy ph"IE No. —
ESTABLISH DATE OF JUNE 26, 1980 AS DATE OF PUBLIC
HEARING:"DEVELOPMENT ORDER FOR WATSON ISLAND" i R-Sr, -275
AUTHOR INCREASE IN SCOPE OF CONTRACT: ORANGE
BOWL UPPER LEVEL CONCESSION AREAS R-80-276
AWARD BID: ORANGE BOWL REPAIRS -MISCELLANEOUS R-80-277
CONDOLENCES: FAMILY OF MAURICE GUSMAN R-.iG-273
CONSENT AGENDA
ACCEPT COMPLETED WORK: GRAY :ONSTRUCTI3N (MELREESE
GOLF COURSE STARTER'S O:LGE 3RD-BIDDING)
R-80-279
CLOSING CF..Ri'ATN STREETS FOR: "THE OVERTOWN COMIN ALIVE
STREET FESTIVAL"APRIL 19, 1980 (7 am-9pm)
R-80-280
ACCEPT BID: L.G.H. CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION-TACOLCY
CENTER EXPANSION -S1,296.686.00
R-80-281
ACCEPT BID: XTRI COP;STR'CTION,INC. WEST TRAILVIEW
HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT S1,120,296.73
R-80-282
ACCEPT BID: P.J. CONSTRUCTORS,INC. - NORTH 59 STREET
HIGHWAY LNIPROVEMENT H-4452- $4.10,561.23
R-80-283
ACCEPT BID:XEROX CORPORATION -INFORMATION PROCESSING
EQUIPME�77 (POLICE DEPARTMENT) $14,800.00
R-80-284
MISCELLA2\EOUS ITEMS:
1) HIRING OF NEW POLICE OFFICERS;
2) INCREASE IN CRIME STATISTICS;
3) MAYOR'S COMMENTS ON IRRESPONSIBLE PRESS COVERAGE/
EDITORIAL POLICY OF LOCAL NEWSPAPERS RE: CUBAN
REFUCFFS' CRISIS;
4) COKXE:."J POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR HANDLING OF
DEMON ST.,:ATION
DISCUSSION
DISCUSSION AND AWARD OF BID: OFF-STREET PARKING
FACILITY REVENjE BONDS DISCUSSION _
(S(2e R-80-293)_
TRANSFER, RFPI.ACF. CERTAIN CERTIFICATES OF PUBLIC
CONVENIENCE L AiCESSITY (TAXICAB PERMITS)
OBJECTIONS CONFIR?L:TION OF ASSESSMENT ROLL: WEST GRAPE
LAND SANITARY SEWL'R IMPROVEMENT SR-5381-C
OBJECTIONS: CU':'F! "LATTON OF ASSESSMENT ROLL: WEST
GRAPELANT, SAN..iAR7 SEWER TMPRO%E'MENT SR-5387-S
ACCEPT COMPLF.TE.i) WORK BY NEW RIVER CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY FOR N.W. 20'I'1: S`I'REF.T AREA STDFWALK IMPROVEMENT
B-4437-AUTHORIZE PAYMENT JOINTLY TO NFW RIVER
CONSTRUCTION COMPAN:' AND THE SURETY, MORRISSON
ASSURAN ;: COMPANY, INC.
NEGOTIATE CONTRACT: DR. GEORGE J. KORBEL, DR.
CHANDLER DAVIDSON ANNI) DR. CHERLES KOTRELL-STUDY OF
DADE ELECTORAL SYSTEM (SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS)
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R-80-288
R-80-289
R-80-290
R-80-291
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CITY' RSSIa'i MIANiI, 6RIUA
(REGULAR) SLUCT APRIL 10, 1980
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SOLUTION No, PASS No,
DISCUSSION AND DEFERRAL OF CONSIDERATION OF REQUESTS
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THAT NO SIDEWALKS BE BUILT IN SECOFFEE STREET
AREF OF COCONUT GROVE
DISCUSSION
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EMERGENCY ORDINANCE: AMEND ORDINANCE 9060 AUTHORIZING
ISSUANCE OF PARKING FACILITIES REVENUE BONDS
ORD. 9092
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RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR ISSUANCE AND FIXING DETAILS
CONCERNING $8,725,000 PARKING FACILITIES REVENUE
BONDS
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FORMALIZING RESOLUTION: AWARD BID: $8,725,000
PARKING FACILITIES REV-::JE BONDS
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MOTION 3F INTENT: MAKE ALL CITY OF MIAMI FIRE STATION
AVAILABLE TO RECEIVE FOOD, MEDICINE, AND OTHER
RELATIVE ITE.S FOR REFUGEES IN PERUVIAN EMBASSY
IN HAVANA
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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF THE
CITY COMMISSION OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
On the loth day of April, 1980, 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 met:ting was called to order at 1:10 P.M., by Mayor Ferre with the
following mer..:7ers of the Commission found to be present:
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson _
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice Mayor Armando I.acasa
Mayor :Maurice A. Ferre
ALSO PRESENT WERE:
Joseph R. Grassi.:, City Manager
R. L. Fosmoer., Assistant City Manager
GeorG_ . Knox, City Attorney
Ralph G. Ongie, City Clerk
Matty Hirai, Assistant City Clerk
On motion duly made and seconded by the City Commission, the Minutes
for the meetings of the Regular Meeting for January 10, 1980 were
approved.
MAYOR MAURICE A. FERRE'S C011,1MENTS ON THE
UNFORTUNATE PASSING AWAY OF REV. GIBSON'S
SON.
Mayor Ferre: As you may know, Father Gibson's son has passed away, and
he has passed away because of a heart attack at age 36 and so we are going
to go ahead with our meeting anyway because Father Gibson insisted we do
that. But we are going to move very quickly and we are not going to take
anything that is long-winded or controversial. at this time. In other
words, we are just going to deal with those things that cannot wait until
another meet:np,.
MAYOR FERRE UFFEt-Li) A PRAYER IN THE MEMORY OF THLODoKIE GIBSON, JR. AND
ASKED ALL THOSE PRES-ENT TO JOIN HIM IN A MINUTE OF SILLN1 PRAYER FOR THE
ETERNAL :tEPOSE OF T,,E SOUL OF THEODORE GIBSON, JR.
MAYOR FERRE tncn rru.7eeded to lead all those present in a pledge of _-
allegiance to Lhe
:Mayor Ferre: Ladit.s and gentlemen, we are not going to have any prk nta-
tions today and I will read the ones that I have. (Mayor Ferre proceeded
to read into the Public Rc.:.ord a list of all those Presentations which
were scheduled for today's meeting. He then announced that they would all
be presented on the 24th of April meeting and apologized to all those pre-
sent).
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Cr< ;-.ie, we ate going to have a relatively short meeting
and we are only going; Ko pick up those matters that do not require a great
deal of discussion, concr.oversy end so on. Hopefully, we will be out of
here in the next hour or hour and a half. I want to say th,lt Father Gibson
has insisted that this Commission go on and I don't think that I need to
editorialize that certainly speaks for tho caliber of a man who is this
public servant that we are honored to serve with in this City and I think
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that we should just take those issues that cannot be postponed for the
next meeting.
1. BRIFF DISCUSSION: Crime and related probl,.ms in
Coconut (;rove.
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Mayor Ferre: We now have a report from Chiec Harms.
Rev. Gibs• Mr. Mayor, members of t<« Commission. Chief, if you bear with
me I'd li�,e to excuse you all today and let- me explain why. The problem is
more difficult than you could imagine. We have three or four Departmeiiti_
that aid and abet in the chief problem. Give thLm enough time to try to work
it out. Maybe give them 30 days, it will take that much time ... If at that
time they have worked it out, if, ,.t's that. However, 7 wou? 4 `,')_,, that the
Chief and all the other Departments will 'b dill r,. r,:. a,. '_ry to clean that
unusual and God problem that wu hZ;vL'. ..., I want to say to the Com-
mission, this is not to ~:.o iSsue but ail the Department people hav
been diligent and, Mr. Mayor, .one or the few times -and I've beer, in Coconut
Grove for 34 years- thpr ..r- people appear to be having some peace and happy.
I think we are. !.'m not happy yet, okay?
Mayor Ferre: Okay, Chief?
2. Rep: rt b} City PROPOSED lNIDtr:%] OF 3I:;C:1Y:.E
—RtSCI�D Rc:SOLL'TION i:rilCh i�:POSri) Ti:'tPuEU11.'i ?:URA"IvilIi'�f.
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Mayor Ferre: We have the matter of the Gould property and the dev,•1opi:&1-,t
and the discussion that we had before on the 50'. I realize that the City
Attorney has ruled that our action was illegal and I think that he should put
that into the record and then perhaps we can move ahead.
Mr. Lacasa: Do you want to entertain a motion?
Mayor Ferre: Not yet. You and Carollo were against it so I would imagine
You would let somebody else make the motion. All right.
Mr. Knox: Mr. Mayor, members of the Commission. The City Attorney's office
did issue a J. cniaion within the past week with respect to the moratorium
that was declarLi by the City Commission on the. issuance of buildink ;�cr.its
until ti.ere waF ar, :)ppoi',unity to negotiate wit:, those persons rcgardin the
widening o B.• yre Eoulev,:-d and based upon our research the Law Department
concluded tlh.: t:.c: is, --.,rice of building permits had not been stayed by virtue
of the City C,_,%,'.:;sion's action because the City Commission adopter a motion
which, of cour:,,- :s - non-b n,lin version of the City Commission's will or
opinion and does not hive the force and effect so that the Building; De.t)urtment
would not ha., iten :rt,cluded from receiving applications and issuing; build-
ing permits based Leon the action that was taken by the City Commission.
Mayor Ferre: A]' rigit, in the meantime, then, Mr. City Manager or Mr. Grim,
or Mr. Salman, was the building permit issued?
Mr. Grimm: I don't ':now, Mr. Mayor, I'll find out.
Mayor Ferre: Who ...is Mr. Cather back there?
Mr. Grimm: Mr. Salman would know that.
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Mayor Ferre: Gerardo Salman, was the permit issued after the. Law Depart-
ment gave you...?
Mr. Gerardo Salman: No, sir, the plans were rejected because of lack of in-
formation. They are coming today with the necessary information.
Mayor Ferre: All right. Now, Mr. Grassie...
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, may I inquire, 1 have hoari the ruling of the City
Attorney, that that which the Commission da.d t!aF illegal, but yet I find i.n
my desk a memo stating that the permit wouid be issued by April 11. Now,
somebody has got their wires crossed and 1'd like to know who.
Mr. Salo,n: Okay, if the plans as sumittud were subizi_ced ;,�;terday, it might
be th,:t I that time they would have a permit but the new plans have not been
submittec yet. We are waiting for t:.em to he sut,initted with the necessary in-
formation like for the elevators that were missing the sign and seal
of the architects and the engineers that were not filled. _
Mr. Plummer: Are you speaking now of the foundation permit or the building
permit or the foundation permit?
Mr. Salman: Of the foundation permit.
Mr. Plummer: Well, Mr. Salman, I would strongly suggest, sir, since your
Department is in char^ ,,:,,,L you and the Manager get together because obvious-
ly the me -no of ti.! 'Manager either he knows more than you or you know more than
him. BOrlh ,_T it comes to the same bottom line that we are given a memao that
states t:at it will be issued tomorrow, and all I'm asking for is that the Com-
mission be furnished with proper and right information because there is some
discrepancy.
Mr. Salman: Correct. We were hoping to get the plans yesterday, they didn't
arrive. I talked with Mr. Cato yesterday and he told me that he would have
it today and the memo was prepared with the knowledge that the plans would
have come yesterday, but cney didn't come.
Mayor Ferre: All right. Mr. Manager, you received a letter from Mr. Gould
with regards to whether or not he could make available 50 feet, are you ready
to tell the Commission what that letter says.
Mr. Grassie: Yes, I am Mr. Mayor, members of the City Commission. The letter
from Mr. Gould basically responded in this sense. He said that he would have
been happy to discuss the ::uo,asti�>r, of the City Commission a little earlier
He is now in a posture where his financing for the proje-t -the whole $125,000,000-
is dependant on the design that has been of ervd co the financial underwrltc�r5
and aiio the piece of ground tnat i.e'_ nas r prcticntt'd would tic tat. i,rounu1S :or
the praject. So that, at this stage, to ch.inge chat in his estlriation would
probably _evolve something like $25,000,000 worth cf damaeus to him and, of
course, on chit basis, he would have to say that he would not be able to
agree to what tee City was proposing.
Mayor Ferre: Have you discussed the 50 feet with the other property ourners
as requested?
Mr. Grassie: 1 have. I have asked Mac Wolf, of the Southeast National Bank
to have t!.at cc-isidered by his Board. He has had Bill Colson repretsenting
Southeast Natio:.al, contact me this morning. Their response is that, they are
not in a posizicn, at this poiat, to willingly sell the property to the City
so that they wouiu respectfully decline the invitation to sell from the City.
Mayor Ferre- %1, rlgi,t, are. there any further questions of Mr. Grassie or
Mr. Kno ? e,-*`,nit a1,y, we don't have to do anything because whlic we did was
declared to he i.?L<<,;il. On tn,_ other hand, I chink -so that there is no ques-
tion- it would 'e •✓i,:e to rescind our previous motion and, therefore, I think...
who is the maker that mot'_on? It was I? Then I will move that the pre-
vious motion maue a_ the previous Commission Meeting on that piece of proper-
ty be rescinded.
Mr. Lacasa: I hear a motion, do I hear a second?
Mr. Plummer: Second.
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Mr. Lacasa: There is a motion and a second, further discussion, call the
roll.
The following motion was introduced by Mayor Ferre, who moved its
adoption.
MOTION NO. 80-267
A MOTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION RESCINDING MO.80-249 PASSED
AND ADOPTED ON MARCH 31, 1980 IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED
WIDENING OF BISCAYNE BOULEVARD IN THE DUPONT PLAZA/BALL POINT
AREA.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the motion was passed and
adopted br. the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice Mayor Armando Lacasa
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Colson or Mr. Aurell, is there anything that you would like
to state into the record for your respective clients?
Mr. Aurell: Just thank you very much.
Mayor-Ferre: All right.
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3. FZASIBILITY STUDY: International Expoition Center in conjunc-
tion with Dade County - STUDY FOR "SPORTS ARENA" IN DOWNTOWN
MIAMI .
Mayor Ferre: We are now in item C. I've read the memorandum, I'm fully sup-
portive of it. Could we have expressions here and if it's not controversial
maybe we can move on it. Does anybody object to item C?
Mr. Plummer: 'Move it.
Mayor Ferre: Then, it's item 27.1, Plummer moves, Lacasa seconds, further
discussion, call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption: .-
RESOLUTION NO. 80-268
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE FOR
PROFESaIONAL SERVICES WITH DADE COUNTY AND FINCH-HEERY AND
ASSOGLATES TO U:11D.-,RTAKE AN ANALYSIS OF THE FEASIBILITY OF AN
INTERNATION,:', Eai'GSITION CENTER, TRADE MART, SPORTS ARENA AND
PARKINC FACILITY IN DOWNTOWN MIAMI.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk).
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Lacasa, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote:
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AYES., Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice Mayor Armando Lacasa
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
THE CITY COMMISSION ON MOTION DULY MADE BY COMMISSIONER PLUMMER AND
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LACASA PROCEEDED TO DEFER ITEM D ON THE
AGENDA (Discussion of an Actuarial Study of the Impact of a .5% increase
to retireen). -
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THE-CITY COMMISSION ON MOTION DULY MADE BY COMMISSIONER LACASA AND
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CAROLLO, PROCEEDED TO DEFER ITEM E ON TODAY'S
AGENDA (Biscayne Bay Management Guidelines and County -wide Coastal Permit-
ting Process).
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4. SCHEDULE DATE FOR WORKSHOP ON NEW COMPREHENSIVE ZONING
ORDINANCE for May 7, 1980 at 1:00 P.M.
AFTER BRIEF DISCUSSION, THE CITY COMMISSION AGREED ON MAY 7, 1980, at 1:00 P.M.
as the date for the above -captioned Workshop.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, maybe we might be start, if possible, that since we
are going to start at 1:00 o'clock that the Manager try to put some zoning
matters in there because I don't think this will take all day, and utilize
the rest of the afternoon to have zoning to try to alleviate another agenda.
Mayor Ferre: All right, the motion is amended to read that way. Call the
roll.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Lacasa, wh$ moved its
adoption.
MOTION NO. 80-269
A MOTION ESTABLISHING THE DATE OF MAY 7, 1980, AT 1:00 P.M.
AS THE DATE FOR A CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP FOR THE PURPOSE
OF REVIEWING THE NEW COMPREHENSIVE 'ZONING ORDINANCE; FURTHER
STIPULATING THAT PLANNING & ZONING ITEMS PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED
FOR APRIL, 24, 10,80 AND STILL PENDING, SHALL BE TAKEN UP AT THB-
CONCiJSION OF THE SPECIAL WORKSHOP SESSION, ON MAY 7, 1980.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Carollo, t'a motion was passed and
adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice Manor Armando Lacasa
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES. None.
ABSENT: None.
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THE CITY COMMISSION, ON MOTION DULY MADE BY COMMISSIONER PLUMMER AND SECONDED
BY COMMISSIONER CAROLLO PROCEEDED TO DEFER ITEM 10 ON TODAY'S AGENDA (Establish-
ing of General Accounting Renovation Projects, etc.).
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5 FIRST & SECOND READING ORDINANCE:: Fund Architectural
Phase of the MIAMI FIRE RESCUE TRAINING FACILITY.
Mayor Ferre: Item 11, is there any problems with that?
Mr. Plummer: Move it.
Mr. Carokl): Second.
Mayor Ferre: Moved by Plummer, second by Ca.xollo,,further discussion, ,
read the ordinance on first and second reading.
(THE CITY ATTORNEY PROCEEDS TO READ THE ORDINANCE INTO
THE PUBLIC RECORD BY TITLE ONLY)
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE NO. 9019, ADOPTED
NOVEMBER 8, 107i, THE CITY'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIA-
TIONS ORDINANCE, AS AMENDED, BY APPROPRIATING FROM THE 1976
FIRE FIGHTING, FIRE PREVENTION AND RESCUE FACILITIES BOND FUND
AN AMOUNT OF $300,000 TO FUND THE ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING
PHASE OF THE MIAMI FIRE RESCUE TRAINING FACILITY AND FOR NEW
FIRE STATION NO. 4, NU. 9, NO.14, THE FIRE BOAT, ADMINISTRA-
TION BUILDING; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE AND DISPENSING WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF READING THE SAME
ON TWO (2) SEPARATE DAYS BY A VOTE OF NOT LESS THAN FOUR -FIFTHS
OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CO�SMISSION.
Was introduced by Commissioner Plummer and seconded by Commissioner
Carollo , for adoption pursuant to Section 4, Paragraph (f) of the City Charter
dispensing with the requirement of reading same on two separate days by
a vote of not less than four -fifths of the members of the Commission -
AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Commissioner Joe Corollo
Vice Mayor Armando Lacasa
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
Whereupon the Commission on motion of Commissioner Plummer and seconded by
Commissioner Carollo, adopted said ordinance by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice riayor Armando Lacasa
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 9087
The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and
announced that copies were available to the members of the City Com-
mission and copies were available to the public.
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6. FIRST & SECOND READING ORDINANCE: Increase appropriation
to POLICE SECOND DOLLAR TRAIN -LNG Trust & Agency Fund.
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Mayor Ferre: Item 12. Moved by Carollo, second by Plummer, further discussion
read the ordinance.
THE CITY ATTORNEY PROCEEDS TO READ THE ORDINANCE INTO
THE PUBLIC RECORD, BY TITLE ONLY.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE NO.8835 ADOPTED
JULY 27, 1978, WHICH ESTABLISHED A TRUST AND AGENCY FUND
ENTITLED: "POLICE SECOND DOLLAR TRAINING"; BY INCREASING THE
APPROPRIATION FOR SAID FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $62,953, FROM
REVENUE RECEIVED FROM DADE COUNTY FOR FTSC:AL lEkR 1978-79 PUR-
SUANT TO FLORIDA STATUTES, CHAPTER 11'4r-25(5); AND 'H KING
APPROPRIATIONS THEREFRC.: FOR THE PURPOSE OF' PROVIDING LAW
ENFORCEMENT TRAINTNG AND EDUCATION; CONTAINING A REPEALER
PROVISION ANT' A ScVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND DLSPENSING WITH THE
REOUIRF'd NT OF READING SAME ON TWO SEPARATE DAYS BY A VOTE OF
NOT LESS THAN FOUR -FIFTHS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
Was introduced by Commissioner Carollo and seconded by Commissioner
Plummer, for adoption pursuant to Section 4, Paragraph (f) of the City Charter
dispensing with the requirement of reading same on two separate days by
a vote of not less than four -fifths of the members of the Commission -
AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Commissioner Joe Corollo
Vice Mayor Armando Lacasa
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7. FIRST & SECOND READING ORDINANCE: Establish new Trust &
Agency Fund - COMPREHENSIVE MIAMI - DADE TRAFFIC SAFETY
PLAN.
Mayor Ferre: Item 13. Moved by Plummer and second by Carollo, further dis-
cussion, read the ordinance.
THE CITY ATTORNEY PROCEEDS TO READ THE ORDINANCE INTO
THE PUBLIC RECORD, BY TITLE ONLY.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION L OF ORDINANCE NO.8713F >.DOPTED
OCTOBER 26, 1977, THE SUMMARY GRANT APPROPRIA110tiS ORDINANCE,
AS AMENDED, BY ESTABLISHING A NEW TRI;ST AND AGENCY FUND
ENTITLED: "COMPREHENSIVE MIAMI-DADS TRAFFIC SAFETY PLAN";
APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF SAME IN THE FORM OF A
$30,000 GRANT A4nnD FROM THE NATIONAL UIGH14Ay TRAFFIC SAFETY
ADMINISTRATION; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABI-
LITY CLAUSE; AND DISPENSING WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF READING
SAME ON TWO SEPARATE DAYS BY A VOTE OF NOT LESS THAN FOUR -
FIFTHS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
Was introduced by Commissioner Plummer and seconded by Commissioner
Carollo, for adoption pursuant to Section 4, Paragraph (f) of the City Charter
dispensing with the requirement of reading same on two separate days by
a vote of not less than four -fifths of the members of the Commission -
AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Commissioner Joe Corollo
Vice Mayor Armando Lacasa
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
Whereupon the Commission on motion of Commissioner Plummer and seconded by
ow
Commissioner Carollo, adopted said ordinance by the,folling vote:
AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson'
Commmissioner Joe Carollo
Vice Mayor Armando Lacasa
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
SAID ORDINANCE .;AS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 9089
The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and
announced that copies were available to the members of the City Com-
mission and copies were available to the public.
ON ROLL CALL:
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Mr. Plummer: ;'r.: voting "yes" but in the future I'd like to see on the agenda
itself the City's matching grant, which in„this particular case is $3,,600 00.
I think we shoulc have all the information.
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8. ACCEPT GRANT: STATE OF FLORIDA DEPAR M11�i NT O Ct?:^fi'NITY
AFFAIRS - INCREASE AV'ILABILiTY OF SERVICE
TO HANDICAPPED LATIN CITIZENS.
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Mayor Ferre: Pick up 14. Moved by Carollo, second by Lacasa, further
discussion.
Mr. Plu=ier: Under discussion, Mr. Mayor, I just want to raise the point,
this is the first time that I have ever seen a grant of money in this parti-
cular case earmarked for "Latins only". I don't know of any other grant that
has been segmented as this one has and I only was wanting to know, is there
a reason for it? And I, of course, will accept a memo as the reason. I-
don't know of any grants that we have that are given to a one given group -of
people that's not available to all of the citizens.
Mr. Carollo: Commissioner Plummer, I think that is a rightful question and I,
move to defer this.
Mr. Plummer: .No, I -don't want to defer this, not at all Joe, I don't want to
slow it down', I`just merely ask the reason why, that's all
Mayor Ferre: I thi-ak there may be some legal aspects to that and let's get
an answer to it but I don't think we should in any way defer a handicapped...
Mr. Plummer: Oh, no, I want to accept all the State money I can get.
Mr: Grassie: We can respond to that right now, Mr. Mayor, if you'd like. We
can give you a quick answer.
Mr. Al Howard: We've had grants like this before for other handicapped pro-
grams but they felt that we were depriving some areas because we did not know
the need in the Latin areas, and we have been bringing programs in there. The
Department of State Community Development said -please, we want to see what
the needs are and we offer you this grant for this one speci-ic project only.
After this is done the entire program, we want a comprehensive unit for every-
body, but...
Mr. Plummer: I hope,Mr. Howard, you are right but these things have a way of
working themselves. When other people see moneys segmented they want .their
moneys segmented to them, and that's the danger that I see, so I'm just bring-
ing that up on the record. -
Mayor Ferre: Item 14 has now been moved and seconded, call the roll 'on the
Resolution.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Carollo, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 80-270
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT A GRANT AWARD
FROM THL STATE OF FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, FOR
THE STUD`.' OF METHODS TO INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY OF SERVICES TO
HANDICA2PED LATIN CITIZENS; AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE, NECESSARY CONTRACT(S) AND/OR AGREEMENTS
TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM.
(Here follows body o4 resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk).
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Lacasa, the resolution was passed and
adopted`by the following vote:
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AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore: R. Gibson
Commissioner Joe Carolio
Vice Mayor Armando Lacasa
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
8.1 'DISCUSSION ON AWARD OF BID FOR "OFF-STREET PARKING
'.CILITIES REVENUE BONDS.
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Mayor Ferre: We are now on the 2:30 P.M. agenda, the awarding of bid, moved
by Plummer, second by Lacasa....
Mr. Plummer: Wait a minute, no, no, Mr. Mayor. I'm sorry, I will be voting
in the negative.
Mayor Ferre: On the opening of the bids?
Mr. Plummer: Yes, sir.
Mayor Ferre: All right, Mr. Lacasa moves and Mr. Carollo seconds the opening
of the bids.
Mr. Ongie: Mr. Mayor, the bids were opened at 11:00 o'clock this morning,
this item is to award...
Mayor Ferre: This is to award.
Mr. Ongie: They are not here yet.
Mayor Ferre: They are not here?
Mr. Ongie: No, sir, they were scheduled for 12:00.
Mr. Plummer: For the record, it is my understanding that the reason they are
not here is because there were no bids.
Mr. Grassie: Well, the reason they are not here is because they were scheduled
for 2:30 P.M. and it's only 1:30 P.M.
Mayor Ferre: There were no bids?
Mr. Grassie: You are right, there ,were no bids.
Mr. Ongie: There was...
Rev. Gibson: Do you mean to tell me it's that bad?
Mr. Plummer: Sure ir's that bad.
Mayor Ferre: Now, let's make sure people don't misunderstand what we are
saying. It's not that bad because the Off -Street Parking Authority is bad,
or the City of Mi.ac+i. is...
Mr. Plummer: No, the money market.
Mayor Ferre: The money market is what we are referring to, okay.
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APR 1'0 1980
9. FIRST & SECOND READING ORD: Establish new Trust & Agency
Fund:"HUMAN SERVICES TO HANDICAPPED LATIN CITIZENS".
Mayor Ferre: Take up 15.
Mr. Plummer: That's tied with 14, Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: It's been moved by Carollo, second by Lacasa, further dis-
cussion: read the ordinance. -
THE CITY ATTORNEY PROCEEDS TO READ THE ORDINANCE
INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD, BY TITLE ONLY.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE NO.8719, ADOPTED
OCTOBER 26, 1977, THE SUMMARY GRAidT APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE,
BY ESTABLISHING A NEW TRUST AND AGENCY FUND ENTITLED: "HUMAN
SERVICES TO HANDICAPPED LATIN CITIZENS"; AND APPROPRIATING
FUNDS FOR THE i"ERATION OF SAME IN THE AMOUNT OF $9,000,
COMPOSED OF $5,000 TO BE RECEIVED FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA,
.1EPARTMENT OF CO�XUNITY AFFAIRS AND $4,000 FROM CITY OF MIAMI,
MATCHING FUNDS FOR GRANTS; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION
AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND DISPENSING WITH THE REQUIRE-
MENT OF READING SAN*SE ON TWO SEPARATE DAYS BY A VOTE OF NOT
LESS THAN FOUR -FIFTHS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION.
Was introduced by Commissioner Carollo and seconded by Commissioner
Lacasa, for adoption pursuant tc Section 4, Paragraph (f) of the City Charter
dispensing with the requirement of reading same on two separate days by
a vote of not less than four -fifths of the members of the Commission -
A NR 10 1980
10. SECOND READING ORDINANCE: increase General Fund revenues,
charges for services - provide the GOVE116OR'S ENERGY
OFFICE WITH INSPECTION REPORTS in compliance w/ Federal
Energy Code. - —_-- - --
Mayor Ferre: It's been moved by Commissioner Lacasa, seconded by Father
Gibson, further discussion, read the ordinance.
THE CITY ATTORNEY PROCEEDS TO READ THE ORDINANCE
INTO THE PUBLI RECORD, BY TITLE ONLY.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 1 AND 5 OF ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS
ORDINANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1980, AS
AMENDED; BY INCREASING THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE G.NER L FUND,
DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING AND ZONING INSPECTIONS, BY Sz'',000;
11. AUTHORIZE F.ECF.IPT OF PROPOSALS: Collecting, storing
and disposing of ABAXDO.�Lv VEHICLES.
Mayor Ferre: Take up item 1�.. Moved by Gibson, second by Lacasa, further
discussion, call the roll.
The following xcSolution was introduced by Commissioner Gibson, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 80-271
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER'S SOLICITATION
OF COMP9TITIVE BIDS FOR THE REMOVAL, COLLECTION, STORAGE AND DISPOSAL OF ABANDONED VEHIGLF.S AND VESSELS BASED UPON
THE ATTACHED SPECIFICATIONS OR IN SUBSTANTIAL ACCO?DA_\;CE
THEREWITH.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk).
Upon be.izg sc!ccnded by Commissioner Lacasa, th;�.••rnsolution was passe11 d and
adopted by the following vote:
AYES:' Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice Mayor Armando Lacasa
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
12. REPEAL Resolution 80-98 WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED
PUBLIC HEARING DATE for the ISSUANCE OF DEVELOP-
MENT uRDER FOR "NASH"ER CENTER."
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Lacasa, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 80-272
A RESOLUTION REPEALING RESOLUTION NO.80-98, ADOPTED FEBRUARY
1.2, 1980, WHICH HAD ESTABLISHED APRIL 24, 1980 AS THE DATE FOR
A PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING ISSUANCE OF A DEVELOPMENT ORDER FOR LTASHER CENTER, A DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT, LOCATED
AT BRICKELL AVENUE AND S.E. 8TH STREET; FURTHER CANCELLING THE
SAID PUBLIC: HEARING OF APRIL 25, 1980.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk).
Upon being �-econded by Commissioner Plummer, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. NOES: None.
Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Commissioner Joe Carollo ABSENT: None.
Vice Mayor Armando Lacasa
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
13 APR 1,0 1980
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13. Award contract for PROFESSIONAL SERVICES:
Appraisal of MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT FOR MI: MARINA & DINNER KEY
MARINAS.
Mayor Ferre: Item 20, moved by Lacasa, Father Gibson seconds, further
discussion, call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Lacasa, who moved
its adopt :on:
RESOLUTION NO. 80-273 -
A RESOLUTION AWARDING A CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
TO CONDUCT AN APPRAISAL OF THE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS FOR
MIAMARINA AND DINNER KEY MARINA TO REAL ESTATE RESEARCH
CORPORATION, MAI APPRAISAL FIRM.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted herc and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk).
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the resolution was
passed and adopted by the fallowing vote:
AYES: Commissioner (REv.) Theodore R. Gibson
Vice Mayor Armando Lacasa
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.*
ABSENT: None.
ON ROLL CALL:
*Mr. Plummer: I'm voting no, this does not comply with the demands of the
Charter and as such I vote in the negative. This is not an appraisal, this
as the wording says is an appraisal of the management agreement, which is
not the terminology of the Charter change voted on by the public. I vote "NO".
14. Transfer portion of BIRD AVENUE (S.W. 40th St.) TO STATE
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Mayor Ferre: Item 21, Is there a motion?
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, I'll hold my discussion, my question is going to be
at what cost was this property acquired by the City of Miami and as such_what
is the State using to compensate us for that property which they will acquire.
I realize that tii::.y will. be taking over maintenance and improvements but I
see nothing in tlie. backup material stating as to the cost of acquisition, if
any, and what we are being compensated for that property. However you want
to handle it, I want the answer.
Mayor Ferre: All right, would you accept it in writing or do you want it
before you vote?
Mr. Grimm: Well, I'd hate .to bet my life on it but my memory of that, Com-
missioner, is that that whole street was dedicated by plat and there was no
cost to the City for acquisition and there is no compensation by the State
to the City. This is a way of putting some of the burden of the maintenance
of the streets in the City back where it belongs.
.14 APR 1�0 1980
Mr. Plummer: I don't have any problem with I'.:ut, Vinct�, unless the City has
paid thousands of dollars for acquiring the property, if that has been the
case then I think the City is entitled to compensation. I'll vote :or it.
Mr. Grimm: I cant' give you Cite total answer to that right no,,; LUL i'I1 find
out.
Mr. Plummer: You'll do it by a memo. I'll move it, Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves, Lacasa seconds, further discussion, call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adopti)n:
RESOLUTION NO. 80-274
A RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING A PORTION OF BIRD AVENUE (S.W. 40TH
STREET) WITHIN THE CITY OF MIX�l TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE
STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM IN CONFO10 ANCE WITH SECTION 334.29 FLORIDA
STATUTES AND SHOWN ON RIGHT-OF-WAY PLAT TO BE RECORDED IN THE
PUBLIC RECORDS OF DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA; AND AUTHOR IZI::G AND DIRECT-
ING THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY CLERK AND "", CITY ATTORNEY TO
EXECUTE THE PLAT.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of 1:1,e City Clerk) .
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Lacasa, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice Mayor Armando Lacasa
Mayor Maurice. A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
14.1 DEFERRAL OF CONSIDI:iv=.TlOiv of authorizing City Manager to enter '
into agreements with various entities to PROVIDE PROFESSIO!iAL
SERVICES in areas of English, Typing, etc. to CITY OF IMIAMI
CETA TITLES 1ID 6 VI participa t.s.
Mayor Ferre: Lacc:sa moves to defer item 22, is there a second?
Mr. Piummer: Yes, I definitely second it.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion, call the roll.
WN.ERrU20N, on motion duly made and seconded
the i;i cv C:)rlmission deferred the above -captioned
item tc May 7th, 1980, by unanimous vote.
ON ROLL CALL:
Mr. Plummer_: ;•i}• cai.cuiazIons tell me that they are contemplating spending
over $1,000 stuPi.dly and I cannot vote for that in good conscience. I vote
yes for the deferr;.t and we'll discuss it later.
Mayor Ferre: Are these CETA funds,or are they City?
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, I:...
Mayor Ferre: I am not asking about the philosophy, Plummer, I'm asking a
15 APR 1.0 1980
Mayor Ferre: Okay, I understand that we are taxpayers and all that, I agree.
Irwin Christie, Esq.: Is this deferred to May 7th?
Mayor Ferre: Yes. I'll tell you what, if there are some questions so that
we don't have a further deferral later on, if you have some questions that
you want to state into the record...
Mr. Christie: No, no, I have no objections to the deferral, I just want...
Mayor Ferre: Well, I just want to make sure that when we get back on April 24,
I guess, that's our next meeting that we don't end up with a lot of questions
and then bring up another deferral. So I'm saying if there are questions,
put them into the record now so that the Administration can deal with it.
Mr. Plummer: Are you for or against it, Irwin?
Mr. Christie: I am against it only because we are one of the people that
were not picked. I'm on a different relationship.
Mayor Ferre: Commissioner Irwin Christie, we are always honored with your
presence,,sir....
Mr. Christie Thank you, Mr.Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: ....I'm identifying you for the record and. d like to say that
we are even more honored with the presence of other members of your. family.
Mr. Plummer: The lawyer in the family.
Mayor Ferre: The real lawyer in the family., Who is your client?
Mr. Christie: M.T.I. which was not chosen..`.. .
Mayor Ferre: M.T.I. is not even on the list, okay.
THE CITY COMMISSION, ON MOTION DULY MADE BY COMMISSIONER PLUMMER
AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER GIBSON PROCEEDED TO DEFER ITEM 23
ON TODAY'S AGENDA (Approving in principle a rental agreement between
the City and Robert Waddell, Nurseryman, etc.).
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15. Esta„Iish date of JUKE 26, 1980 as date of PUBLIC HEARING: ?
"Development Order for Watson Island". z;
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Mayor Ferre: Is t::ere any controversy amongst us on 24? Plummer moves,
Gibson seconds item 24, further discussion, call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 80-275
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING JUNE 26, 1980 AT A DESIGNATED TIME
AND PLACE AS THE DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING ISSUANCE
OF A DEVELOPMENT ORDER FOR THE WATSON ISLAND DEVELOPMENT, A
(title continued on next page)
16 APR 10 1980
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DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT LOCATED ON WATSON ISLAND
AND BAY MOTTOM IN BISCAYNE BAY.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk).
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice Mayor Armando Lacasa
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: )None.
ABSENT: None.
16. Authorize INCREASE IN SCOPE OF C014TRACT:
ORANGE FOWL UPPER LEVEL CONCESSION AREAS.
Mayor Ferre: Item 25. Does anybody have a problem with that? All right,
Gibson moves, who seconds?
Mr. Plummer: Has Mr. Robbie approved?
Mayor Ferre: Oh, come on.
Mr. Plummer: I was just asking, whatever Joe wants, Joe gets and I don't
want to vote on it unless he has approved it.
Mayor Ferre: Further discussion, call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gibson, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 80-276
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN INCREASE IN THE SCOPE OF THE
CONTIkCT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE SABRE CORPORATION IN AN
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $309000 FOR THE ORANGE BOWL UPPER LEVEL
CONCESSION AREAS; ALLOCATING THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF $30,000
FROM THE ORANGE BOWL ENTERPRISE FUND.
(Hare follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file -
in tht Office of the City Clerk) .
Upon being aecinded by Commissioner Plummer, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. NOES: None.
Cominiss.A'.oner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Cormn;.ssioner Joe Carollo ABSENT: None.
Vise M,, or Armando Lacasa
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
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17. AWARD BID: ORANGE BOWL REPAIRS -
Miscellaneous.
Mayor Ferre: Pick up 26. Gibson moves, Plummer seconds, further discussion,
call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced, by Commissioner Gibson, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 80-277
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID OF THE SABRE CORPORATION IN
THE PROPOSED AMOUNT OF $274,242.00, THE BASE BID OF THE PROPOSAL
FOR 'ORANGE BOWL REPAIRS- MISCELLANEOUS; WITH MONIES THEREFOR
ALLOCATED FROM THE ORANGE BOWL ENTERPRISE FUND IN TNE: ,OtOUNT
OF $274,242.00 TO COVER THE CONTRACT COST; ALLOCATING FROM
SAID FUN; THE AMOUNT OF $30,166.00 TO COVER THE COST OF PROJECT
EXPENSE; ;ALLOCATING FROM SAID FUND THE AMOUNT OF $5,485.00 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, SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk).
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote:
AYES. Commissioner J. L. Plummier, Jr.
Commissioner (Rev.)Theodore R. Gibson
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice Mayor Armando Lacasa
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
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18. CONDOLENCES; Family of MAURICE GUSMAN.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gibson, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 80-278
A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE. DEEPEST SYMPATHY AND SINCEREST
CONDOLENCES OF THE CITY COMMISSION ON BEHALF OF`THE `CITY OF
MIAMI AND ITS CITIZENS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY OF
MAURICE GUSMAN,,ONE OF THIS COMMUNITY'S MOST OUTSTANDING
AND RESPECTED CITIZENS.
(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
�.� APR 1,0 1080
adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer,
Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice Mayor Armando Lacasa
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
Mayor Ferre: Before the votr, on adopt-ag items included in the Consent
Agenda is taken, is there anyane present who is an objector or proponent
that wishes to speak on :iny item in the Consent Agenda? Hearing none, then
is there a motion?
Rev. Gibson: Move.
Mayor Ferre: Moved by Gibson, second by Plummer, further discussion on the
Consent AGenda, items 29 through 34, all the foll.
The following Resolutions were introduced by Commissioner Gibson and
seconded by Commissioner Plummer, and were passed and adopted by the follow-
ing vote:
AYES: Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice Mayor Armando Lacasa
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES:None.
ABSENT: None.
FOLLOWING, ARE THE ABOVE -CITED ITEMS:
19.1 ACCEPT COMPLETED WORK: Gray Construction
(Melreese.Golf Course -Starter's Office,
3rd-Bidding)
RESOLUTION 80-279
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED WORK OF GRAY
CU'STRIICTION AT A TOTAL COST OF $16,009.00 FOR MELREESE'
GOLF COURSE -STARTER'S OFFICE (3RD BIDDING); AND
AU7'F-0F.IZING A FINAL PAYMENT OF $400.23.
19.2 CLOSING CERTAIN STREETS FOR: "The Overtown Comin Alive
Street Festival" -April 19, 1980 (7am-9pm)
RESOLUTION 80-280
A RESOLUTION CLOSING CERTAIN STREETS IN THE OVERTOWN
CONKr I'NI:TY TO TiIROUGH TRAFFIC ON SATURDAY, APRIL 19,
1980, BETWEEN 7:00 P.M. AND 9:00 P.M., IN CONNECTION
WITH THE OVERTOWIN COMIN' ALIVE FESTIVAL, SPONSORED
BY THE CITY OF MIAMT DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOP-
MENT, DEPARTMENT OF LEISURE SERVICES AND THE CULTURAL
over)
19 APR 1,01980
4.
OT,
.
ADVISORY COUNCIL OF OVERTOWN TO EFFECTUATE SAFE
PEDESTRIAN PASSAGE DURING THE CELEBRATION OF THE
OVERTOWN COMIN' ALIVE FESTIVAL; FURTHER ESTABLISHING
TYE AREA PROHIBITED TO RETAIL PEDDLERS DURING THE
AFORESAID CELEBRATION.
19.3 ACCEPT BID: L.G.H. Construction Corporation
Tacolcy Center Expansion
$1,296,686.00
RESOLUTION 80-281
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID OF L.G.H. CONSTRUCTION COR-
PORATION IN THE PROPOSED AMOUNT OF $1,296,686.00, BID ITEMS
1 AND 3 PLUS ADDITIVE ALTERNATE ITEMS 1 THROUGH 5 OF THE
PROPOSAL, FOR TACOLCY CENTER EXPANSION; WITH MONIES THEREFOR_
ALLOCATED FROM THE "PARK AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES G.O.
BOND EXPENDITURES" IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,296,686.00 TO COVER
THE CONTRACT COST; ALLOCATING FROM SAID FUND THE AMOUNT OF _
$110,219.00 TO COVER THE COST OF PROJECT EXPENSE; ALLOCATING
FROM SAID FUND THE AMOUNT OF $12,967.00 TO COVER THE COST OF
SUCH ITEMS AS ADVERTISING, TESTING LAROL_�TORIES, AND POSTAGE;
AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGFR TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH
SAID FIRM.
19.4 ACCEPT RID: Miri Construction, Inc.
West Trailview Highway Improvement
$1,120,296.73
RESOLUTION 80-282
A'RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID OF MIRI CONSTRUCTION, INC. IN
THE AMOUNT OF $1,120,296.73, THE TOTAL, BID OF THE PROPOSAL,
WITH a 1% COMBINATION BID REDUCTION, FOR THE WEST TRAILVIEW
HIGHWAY IMPROVEKENT IN THE WEST TRAILVIEW HIGHWAY IMPROVE-
MENT DISTRICT; WITH MONIES THEREFOR ALLOCATED FROM THE
"HIGHWAY G.O. BOND FUND" AND THE "STORM SEWER G.O. BOND
FUND"; WITH ADDITIONAL :'ONIES ALLOCATED FOR PROJECT AND
_ INCIDENTAL EXPENSES FRO;-; AFORESAID FUNDS; AUTHORIZING THE
CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH SAID FIRM.
ACCEPT BID: P. J. Constructors, Inc.
North 59 Street Highway Improvement H-4452
$410,561.23 _
RESOLUTION 80-283
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID OF P.J. CONSTRUCTORS, INC.
IN THE AMOUNT OF $410,561.23, THE TOTAL BID OF THE PROPOSAL,
WITH A 1% COMBINATION BID REDUCTION, FOR THE NORTH 59 STREET
HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT IN THE NORTH 59 STREET HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT
DISTRICT H-4452; WITH MONIES THEREFOR ALLOCATED FROM THE
"HIGHWAY G.O. BOND FUND" AND THE "STORM SEWER G.O. BOND FUND"
WITH ADDITIONAL MONIES ALLOCATED FOR PROJECT AND INCIDENTAL
EXPENSES FROM AFORESAID FUNDS; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER
TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH SAID FIRM.
19.6 ACCEPT BID: Xerox Corporation
Information Processing Equipment (Police Dept)
$14,800.00
RESOLUTION 80-284
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID OF XEROX CORPORATION FOR
FURNISHING INORMATION PROCESSING EQUIPMENT FOR THE. DEPART-
MENT OF POLICE; AT A TOTAL COST OF $14,800.00 ALLOCATING
FUNDS FROM THE 1979-80 CAPITAL EQUIPMENT PROJECT OF THAT
DEPARTMENT; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND THE PURCHASING
AGENT TO ISSUE THE PURCHASE ORDER FOR THIS EQUIPMENT.
END OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
/A,
20. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS: 1) HIRING of NEW POLICE i>rF_CERS; 2" INCREASE
in CRIME STATISTICS; 3) Mayor's comments on iRRESPONSIii.! PRESS
COVERAGE/EDITORIAL POLICY of local newspapers re CUBAIN REHGEES'
CRISIS; 4) COMMEND POLICE DEPT. FOR HANDLING OF DEMONSTRATION.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, this Commission on the last budget session, in October,
approved an allocation of funds for additional policemen for th-� Department. I
would like ti,is Commission, by memo within the next five days, to be appraised
of what is the present posture of those men on tine streets. I want to make this
Commission aware, as I am aware, that this City is suffering from a tremendous
shortage,lack of sworn officers, and it is my intention after reading this memo
carefully that hopefully at the next meeting, on the 8th, that some definite,
positive action will be taken by this Commission. I will not elaborate at this
time but as far as I'm concerned I want the present posture of those dollars
that were allocated at budget.., what has it been implemented in,and then this
Commission can decide at the next Commission meeting whether it wishes to take
further action.
Mayor Ferre: I would also ,like to expand that charge and ask the Police Chief
to come back and explain to us why crime only went up 6.7% when it went up almost
17% in the rest of Dade County. For the whole County to have been 16.7% , it
means that the average milCt wave been over 20% because we make up one fourth
(1/4th) of this community, so that when the average for all of Dade County is
16.7% that means that those communities outside of the City of Miami crime went
up 20% when ours went up 6.7% and I'd like to know why.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, the simple answer is that those statistics are usually
one year late in compiling.
Mayor Ferre: That's for the year 1979 but we had an even more critical shortage
of police force than what we have now, because since those figures were taken we
have a substantial increase of police force, I mean —relatively speaking.
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Mayor, the only thing I could add to that is that even though
we are lower than the other municipalities, it is still too high for my liking
and I think that. there remains proof. ..that we could see the shortage that we have of
police officers, they should have taken a ride down Biscayne Boulevard and see
the prostitution and the drug peddlers and everything else you have going on there.
Mr. Plummer: You don't have to go to the Boulevard anymore, go to Flagler
Street at night.
Rev. Gibson: But J.L., you know, I know what this business is like. I
would hope that the members of the Commission would take takeout just for the
heck of it, and make the kind of survey that this community is ;just right'. I
think that some of us would get the shock of our .lives. And 'I think"
within the last three weeks I've decided I don't know how in the world I'could
be a policeman, I really think that way, I don't know how they could be a .:
policeman.' I think... I'd like to challenge the Commission. After the three
weeks I'd like to challenge the Commission to take a'ride.
Mr. Plummer: Fathor, I haven't been doing it for the last three weeks,-I!ve
been doing it for the last 10 years.
Rev. ,Gibson: -Yes, J.L. , but I just think all of us should take a ride and
you know what we don't know.
Mr. Plummer: That's right.
Rev. Gibson: And I just think that if we went and took that ride we may all
have a different feeling.
Mr. Plummer: Father, my feeling is simple. Last night in front of Drug ,City at
Flagler and 3 Avenue, a woman from Venezuela, an attempted armed robbery.,It
took 30 minutes for a policeman to come and write the Report and strictly
from a shortage, of manpower, and, you know, that's where it's at in my book.
I don't want to go into it any further right now.
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Rev. Giboon: J.L., one picture is worth a thousand words, man. I, you know,
the last rhree weeks, man, I'm convinced.
Mayor Feria: I'm going to read a statement into the record that I would
like to share about the Cuban situation, and I really want to do it ... I think
I can most dramatically do it by reading into the record portions of two
editorials chat have come out in Washington. I just came back from
Washington and I would just like to read to you two portions of these
editorials. The first one comes out April the 6th which is Tuesday,
in the Washington Post. And I'm going to read portions of four
editorials to contrast the difference between responsible journalism and
editorial policy and the irresponsibility that we have ,,i-..h ou *..ao local
newspaper editorial boards. The Washingtor. Fort con:-_....,. -Is `Dhows,
and this is after everybody agrees that what if, ing in Havana is a
typical case in point of a defunct flii.lure o: a suppressive political system
and economic failure. But it cc. -:eludes as follows: "So much for the
popular appeal of Castroisr ._-.«v ctre or no. Economically Socialist
Cuba is even more colc.,iialiy dcpendcnt on a single export crop than free
Castro Cuba. e.. E7.;vie.t subsidy,not: t}-:e p. rformance of the sv,,tem,keeps
socialism afloat in Havana. In return, Moscow gets a Curibb an outpost
and rents the Cub..:: armv. Such is the substance of the Cab3r, model
that Fidel Castro and his ,admirers hold for atins and
others. Cuba is a police state whose imi,overi�-lna.e.;t :s scarcely concealed
by foreign subsidy and whose as:>ertive national i,,m., in turn, coi-,ceals a
status as a great power pawn. nt a time wi, ::. ,_.r. ,c ::- it Can* r.:; j.ner ica
and the Caribbean has stirre. ire_,:h. awareness c` for
trouble making, It is soberin,T to sec ten Cubans m.:a',,ing the point."
Now, the Washin4tc,n Star concludes their stat.ument as follows: "The new
wave of refugees must be allowed to leave Cu'ia where any chance they might
have had for tolerable lives is dashed by -heir att<_!npt at dc•p.arture.
Peru s:-c uld not be expected to absorb the total influx, and other
countries in the hemisphere should be willing to heir. Some of the
Cubans, presumably, will seek to join the sizeable exile comininity in
the United States and should be given due consideration for entrance.
As for an overall liberation of Cuban emigration availabl(, now only to
a mn estied political prisoners, and a handful of others with close
relatives abroad, we would be surprised if Mr. Castro ever opened the doors.
The outward flow of freer climes would depopulate the island. But Mr. Castro
can ta:.e ctihat comfort there is in the similar fears of much older communist
leaderships. After more than sixty years, the Sc)viet Union's exits are
open only a r_i_.r:`ly guarded crack." The local edit -orals yes'_erday and
today, in the �i.i_rai Herald and the Miami mews respectively, talk about
the inconvenier.ce of tied -up traffic. How they make thc• same basic points
about the faiiurc. o `he so-called Cuban. Revolution. Peru as an example,
and that"tale Peru•ian example should inspirt2 other countries and the
free world to follow s,;it and open their doors to the refugees. Certainly
with assist6nce from t::e United Nations Commission on Refugoes, an
expedient effort to get the refugees out appears likely. The
United States sho-A: offer anv possible assistance that :'c.ru an(, the other
Andean Pact natic,,. w,-Iich Joint,y formulate this, fore 4g1-1 1)olicy might
request. Certainly; the survival of ten thousand uersons crow`0d, into an
embassy compoun3 of two thousald two hundred square yards is a human
rights issac for ell th_2 world's nations". I think that is a fairly
responsible but conservative staLt-ment. But now T must, and I do this
with certain reluct,Ance because it is certainly not our jobs here to function
as critics of newsL,upers even though newspapers certainly function as
critics of elected officials. The last paragraph of the Miami News editorial
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Mayor Ferre (continued): reads as follows: "while the wholesale granting
of permission to leave Cuba last week was a result of the problems being
encountered by Castro's revolution, the effect will be felt locally. It is
likely that at least half of the Cubans who sought asylum over the weekend
will end up in Miami sooner rather than later. Many of them have
relatives or other ties here and would naturally wish to live in South
Florida. And in this sense, too, the dramatic events in Havana provide
the catalyst for a long overdue policy change. Miami and Dade County
have become, by accident of geography, the traditional goal of nearly
every economic and political refugee in the Caribbean basin. And while
the influx of Cubans, Haitians, Puerto Ricans, Jamaicans ant Nicaraguans
has made t�.is -ommunity a pluralistic society and a cultural melange,
the local med_cal, social and educational resources have been severely
strained for some time." Now, I might like to point out to the Miami
NQws editors since their ignorance is unbelievable, that Puerto Rico is
part of the United States. And I think it is shameful in 1980, for an
editorial policy to show its vast ignorance in trying to categorize
Puerto Rico in a category which obviously it is not. The Constit,.:tion of
the United States of America guarantees every American ci_i-en the right
to move wherever he or she wants to. With regard:. ..c, the others. I know
that the circulation of the Miami News has not.<jvne up in the last fifteen
or twenty years, and in fact, in same years it has decreased. But that has
nothing to do with the infliay of six hundred thousand Spanish speaking
people into this community. There are one hundred and forty thousand
people that. aro `_.;day, in this community, working in the export and
foreign commerce business that were not working in that business ten or
fifteen years ago. And that is due to the influx of Cubans and other
refugees, if you will. That's what's made Miami a major center for
international commerce. Because that airport was there ten years ago,
and that port was there ten years ago, and this was not a great international
center of commerce. And the fact that we are today is more than
sufficient proof of the buoyancy and the economic buoyancy that the
Cuban refugees and others that have come to our shores have given to this
community. The fact is, that there is a recession out there, in case
nobody's noticed, outside of the boundaries of this community. But that
recession doesn't seem to stop the flow of money into this community from
hatin America, more houses are being sold, more businesses, there are
more retail sales going on, and if you put a tracer., as Burdines and
Jordan Marsh and the other stores do, that tracer spells Gonzalez and
Perez, and all of the other Spanish people,. Spanish speaking people that
are coming to this community to spend their dollars and their currency
in this community. And I don't see that anybody seems to be complaining
too much about the jobs that that affords to taxi drivers and hotel
people and the eighty thousand people that work around the airport, etc.,
etc., So, I think the fact is that there is much justification
for the entry of these people. I think it is totally irresponsible for
a newspaper like the Miami News to take an editorial policy, completely
not saying one positive word about the acceptance of those people. But
what they do in its place, in its place, is to put in the front page of the newspaper
in a big box, "call and give us your opinion as to whether or nod you
want more Cubans hers or not." And then they put an Orlando number which is
kind of par for the course. They put a number that doesn't even exist in
Miami. Arid of course, they now say that the community speaks out three
to one against mor-, Cubans. Now, I would like to ask you, in 1963,
if you... if the Miami News had had this same type of logic, it would have
then put a big ad, and said; are you in favor of the Civil Rights Acts
-
passing or. not? Are you in favor of•3esegregation? Are you in favor of
open housing? What do you think the people of this community, yes,.white
America, would have said if they :'lad been given the opportunity to call
the newspaper to tell the newspaper whether.or not they were in favor
of open housing? Do ,you think it would have been three to one? Now,
if the Miami News where acting responsibly, I would understand that they
would have a research firm go out and make a research or a poll,
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Mayor Ferre (continued): a scientific poll of public opinion. That, I
wouldn't have been very happy with but I would accept that because that would be
a scientific way of doing it. But to open up the newspaper for hate...
hate emotions —who are the people that call up complaining about anything
when there is an emotional issue? Obviously it's the people tnat feel
affected or feel threatened. This is nothing more than an incitement to
hate. Now this irresponsible journalism in conjunction with an irresponsible
editorial attitude is a sad day indeed in our community. And lastly,
before I leave the subject, on the record, may I say to those that are so
upset, that are so very, very, upset about the attitude of some of us,
about opening our doors to Cuban refugees, that I would like to remind them
about the emotions that they felt when they on television saw, or read
the newsp:pers,or heard on radio,that our hockey team beat the Soviet Union
j.n the Winter Olympics. And that euphoria, that euphoria was based on,
a`game. Now how much more do people feel about a country? I might
remind you as to how people feel about fifty-two men and women that are
captives in the U.S. Embassy *in Tehran. And I might say to you, that if you
feel that way about fifty-two people that have been in jail for one
hundred and fifty-four days, then why do you get upse•� wn�n a half a million'
Cubans are worried about fifteen thousand polit__u-al prisioners that
haven't been in jail for one hundred and fii;.y-four daysr some of those
people have been in jail for twenty years without due process , without
going to court, strictly hey-°u:se they happen to have a different political
philosophy. So if get upset because fifty-two Americans are kept
captive then hy should we get upset when the Cubans get uptight when there
is fifteen thousand captives? knd the truth of the matter is that there
are really ten million captives on an island. And if we were as we were, -
so proud to accept sixty-five thousand Hungarian freedom fighters without
a beep when President Eisenhower gave them amnesty to come in in mass,
and when we accel.ted two hundred and fifty thousand Vietnamese that
didn't have any education, for the most: part, and certainly not in English,
and this country hasn't: sunk wi`h two hundred and fifty thousand
Vietnamese, then I ask you, I think it is absolutely and totallyhyypocritical
that we are going through this gerrymandering in our souls and gnashing
of our teeth when we talk: as if this country is going to sink because
we are going to accept ten thousand Haitians, or ten thousand Cubans
into this community. I submit to you that the tradition and the history,of
this country is much, much greater and much nobler than that. And I`don't
mean to take a partisan side because I'm a good Democrat, and I've got
a Jimmy Carter button right here. And I tell you, I was proud of Ronald
Reagan when he took that kind of a position yesterday. I wasn't too
happy with Bill Brock because I thought he took a posture that was based
on a lie which was that —he made a statement to the press yesterday.that
Carter was recommending the Cuban model., which is of course,. an absurdity'.`
That's never ever happened that I know of. But I think that the responsibility
of this P-Ctriinistration is one that, in my opinion, will be met with
fortitude an(! 1 think with maturity. And I think this Administration will
react. 1•9y only concern is one of time. I know that there are many question s
that need to be solved. I know that there are many difficult legal matters
pending. I trnow that the decision cannot be made unilateral. This is
hemispheric prc)b,-�m. It cannot be made just for Cubans it must be also
made for Haitians. T would like to say, on the record, to those critics
that have rr, c:ritizin- this Commission, specifically Mr. Viera
Gomez and Nu_. r'ar.k:iago Rey who wrote an article in the Miami ... I'm sorry,
in the Diaric, L,�,.- Americas before the Cuban incident in the Peruvian
Embassy in Har<1n a, :r i eicizing this this Commission for its attitudp tnura,rr a *.hese
Haitians. Let mc: gay to them, that if they want this country to be"generous
in considering t„i, arr!val or 'ten thousand refugees into the United States,
then how can wa, find 100i.cal -Lz,,9son to deny those ten thousand Haitians that
same right?. Anci T. t:--ink that they better think over a little bit more
carefully Llr]Oir p, hlic vositiUl';, ana I would hope, their non-public
positions, in th,:ii• -art, because this is not a matter that deals across
one group and eii:4n::tes «nothe.r. And that's precisely the point that I'm
saying to my fellow u' i r:T::;, t},at: this is a country that has been
characterized througi.:-� its history for its generosity. I don't think this
is a time .-ihen people G!7e y;.ving up their lives today in Afghanistan
by the hundreds they are dying, and ail they want is the right to live in
their country freely and we're all upset because the Soviets are invading
Afghanistan and •the Pakistani government, which is the
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Mayor Ferre (continued): neighboring country, is permitting the Afghans
to use Pakistani territory as a marshalling ground for these people to
go back and fight for the freedom of their country. we have: not
permitted the Cubans to do that. The neig1-2-#orirq country of Cuba is the
United States and this country, for the past, ten years, has not only
denied but put in jail anybody who has tried to go back to Cuba to fight.
And it seems to me, that if we do that, which is to deny peopl>>•zhe right
to go back a;d free their country from our territory and at the same
time refuse to accept, refuse to accept their political refugees, then
what kind of an example are we going to give to the Afghanistan freedom
fighters? Wh:.t are you going to say to France, and Germany, and Japan
when you ask for sanctions, when you don't want Germany and France: and
Bggland and Japan to sell their goods and services and products to
boycott Iran because we have fifty people that are held hostage, and yet
we refuse to accept ten thousand political refugees who want nothing
more than to vote with their feet because: they are not able to vote with
their hands. And I frankly think that this community and thhose ct�t
are expressing themselves the way they are, and par.tic,,lnrly a responsible
source like the Miami News, should be ashamed of ':nat kind of an
attitude. It's strictly political., Lney are going by the whims of
what they perceive to be a popular notion. The same type of thing that
they criticize politiciar'_ icr doing, they are doing. They are testing the
winds and then they are following what they think is the consensus. But
they don't do that with the Haitians. Now, I ask you and I ask them to
reconsider. I ask those Cuban critics that we had that criticized
the Haitians, our posture on the Haitians, to reconsider. I would like
to ask the Miami News to reconsider. I would like for them to show
the generosity of spirit that they have on other occasions. I think
they should be as concerned about the plight of those ten thousand people as
they are about the plight of the Haitians. In the same way that we
should be as concerned about Culmcr and Overtowr,, as we are about Little
Havana. And I think that they should apply some of their own medicine
to their owe. ideas. And I would hope that as this thing develops
over the next few days, that this community will search its soul and
will ask itself a hard question. Has Miami benefited with the arrival
of five hundred thousand Cuban refugees, economically, socially,
culturally, and in every sense of the word? "Political fear" ... What
political fear? The Cuban community catside of this City and Hialeah
and Sweetwater hasn't elected one person. Not one, to the Legislature,
the the School Board, the the County Commission, to anything! Political
fear ... fear of what? A threat of what? That is so asinine and absurd
that it's beyond belief that an editorial or a newspaper could conclude
anything of that sort. I would like to, lastly, commend Mr. Alvah Chapman
in, particularfor the enlightened position that he took in that article.`,
I would like tc openly say to Lester Freeman that that's a lot of
- hooey, about that he doesn't care whether the refugees are from Alabama or
Cuba, that we don't need anymore people here. I don't see the Chamber
of Commerce saying we don't want people from Alabama. I've never heard
of that. Aund if that's what he's saying, I'd like to understand whether
or not that's really the posture of the Miami Chamber of Commerce. And
lastly, before. I finish on the record here, I want to say that I would
like to offer a -ha']engc. I would like... since the Greater Miami
Chamber of Commerc:., is so concerned about the Orange Bowl that it -would like
to have a summit., I think perha,.f= this might be' as important as that
Stadium. Ard I would lil:e to see the Chamber of Commerce act
responsibly and call a surjmit of this issue to that the Latin Chamber
of Commerce, and the '�.ack Chamber of Commerce —the Miami Chamber of
Commerce, and th Creater Miami Chamber of Commerce all could sit down
and open up a loq ca'i foi:um of Public opinion for discussion of
responsible leade.rshL'p. I might remind those that are listening and
certainly there is r'o better example than Theodore Gibson, that there are
such things as moral :,s.lrs, and that this country is great, not because
of its physical might, or n because of its armies, powerful as they
may be, and not because of its economic might, great as our economy, may
be, but this is a great country because of its spiritual strength. 'That's
what made America great. Arid sometimes there are such things as moral
postures. when the Civil Rights Act came up if you had put it to a vote,
I guarantee you the majority of this country would have probably voted
it down. I think the same thing is true of suffrage. In 1921, women
couldn't vote. That wasn't popular then but it happened. In 1924,
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Mayor Ferre (continued): Al Smith was denied the Presidency of the
United States. He was denied being the candidate for the Democratic Party.
And the Democratic Party voted, and passed by a vast majority, that
you could not be a Catholic, in thos words, and President of the
United States. And if you want, I'd be happy to read you pages and
pages of photostatic copies of the New York Herald Tribune and Times
in the 1870's and 90's, to tell you what the community thought about
Jews coming in from Poland and Russia. And I'd like to read you the
Boston Globe and let you know what the people of Boston thought about
the Irish and the Italians. No, my friends. This is a country of great
generosity de:;pite those negative moments. And I hope we can rise above
our circumstances.
Mr. Plummer: Father, one moment. Mr. Mayor, all of us including myself,
are always very quick to criticize. I want to tell you by personal
observation, and I think this is one of the few times I can speak for
this Commission, I think that we should send a message to the Miami Police
Department and commend them in the manner in which the.: have conducted
themselves during this situation, since last Sunda. night. By
observation of my own, and from liteidlly dozens of people, we have been
told that the Miami'Police Department has handled themselves admirably,
and that at all times cool haads have prevailed in some very
trying times. We're very quick to criticize, I think we should be just
as quick to let that Department know that his Commission appreciates
cool heads prevailing and handling a difficult situation, at best, in
a mariner befitting; what we think it should be.
Mr. Lacasa: Mr. Mayor, I'd like to join Commissioner Plummer in his
statements concerning the Police Department because I have been a
witness of the cooperation and the sensitivity, and at the same time,
the effectiveness with which the Miami Police has handled this situation.
I think it's a credit to our Police Department that, for over a week now,
we have had the kind of tensions that this community has been living under,
all around the clock, and that not a single incident has occurred, that
order has been established , and that at the same time there is a lot
of goodwill from the Cuban community which has been directly involved
in this, toward the Miami Police.
Mayor Ferre: You know, there's one thing... another thing that -I wanted
to say about this ... this is two sentences. I would hope that perhaps
the Miami News would let some of their writers do the editorials. I'd
like to see Larry Berger's comment on this kind of an attitude. Larry
Berger, for example, who happens to be one of the top three or four
reporters in this community, has written time and time again about
the economic benefits of the international aspects of Miami. And you
know, there hasn't been an economic study made at the University of
Florida or University of Miami, or anybody else that hasn't concluded that
the Cubans in this community are not only carrying the burden of themselves,
but they are paying much more than their fair share of taxes. They
are a net positive asset to the community and have long, long ceased
to ever be a drain cn the coffers of the School Board. And I frankly,
don't know what Pa.7 Ce1as is talking about when he comes out and says
that perhaps people would feel different if we had economic benefit.
I'd like to make this statement into the record and I'd like to see
somebody disprove it. The School System of Metropolitan Dade County
is made up of one third, thirty percent,Hispanic students. I will
absolutely guarantee you that those Hispanic students, and their parents
and their counterparts pay a sui;stantial amount more than thirty percent
of the taxes of t_he school system.
Mr. Carollo: I•ir. Mayor, before we end now, I'd like to say that you're
feeling good about ;_;overnor Reagan's statements. And since the
election is still a few months away and he is not President yet, and the
President is Mr. Carter now, 1 was wondering if you would give us a very
brief statement to get to the bottom line of what the posture was from
our administration in Washington.
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Mayor Ferre: I would commend to you, the statement made by President
Carter for over half an hour yesterday with regards to Cuba and this
problem. And I'd be happy to get you a copy of it and I think you'll
be very proud of your President and the statement that he made. One
of the statements that was quoted in the paper this morning is as follows:
"We see the hunger of the people on that island to
escape. Our hearts go out to the ten thousand
freedom loving Cubans who have entered the gate of
the Peruvian Embassy this week."
In fact, I'll read you the AP's report.
"President Carter warning the discontent
in the Caribbean has created an open
avenue for Cuban adventurism, launched
anew private organization aimed at
meeting the region's developing needs.
Carter said the area is one of
extreme strategic importance to the
United States and the U.S. private
Sector can play a major role in
aiding in the.. ."and' so on.
Then he was talking about the intrusion of outside forces
in the Caribbean, taking note of the signs of widespread discontent
in Cuba, Carter said that it would be a mistake for other countries to
emulate the Cuban model. "vie see the hunger of the people on the island to
escape." And I have read you that statement. Carter added that Cuban
dependence on the Soviet Union has robbed the Cuban people of an
independent foreign policy. He called the Cuban economy bankrupt despite
massive infusions of Soviet aid, E-nd said Cuba is the only country in the
world more dependent on a single major commodity, sugar, than it was
twenty years ago. That's just a very brief summary, but the statement
was really much stronger than this article represents and I'd be
happy to get you a copy of it. I think you'll be proud of your President.
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21. DISCUSSION AND AWARD OF BID: OFF-STREET PARKING FACILITY''
REVENUE BONDS. ,
Mayor Ferre: Col. Wolfson, discussing the possibilities of financing for a
much needed public facility garage in Downtown.
Col. Mitchf_11 Wolfson: Gentlemen of the Commission, I'd like to introduce
several mega`iers of the Off -Street Parking Board who are here today: sir. Maurice
Kaufman and .ts. Smith, Mr. Rubin is on his way. I'd also like to introduce
Howard May, our Parking Consultant, and Ms. Susan Barin, our Bond Attorney,
and Robert trios, Financial Consultant, and Mr. Stanley Broth wit'ri Dean Witter
Reynolds Company.
As you pointed out, Mr. Mayor, the subject of the meeting today is our
proposal to sell what is basically an unpopular bond under unpr.ecedLented market
conditions. Marketing revenue bonds has never been po 11 - amon4; investors.
Government sponsored parking competes with private enterprise. To succeed it
depends unpon the enduring, vitality and prosp,.i.ty of core or central cities
which during the past thirty years have suffered an erosion of some of their
prime commercial business to chi suburbs and in the past six years the fuel
crisis has made investp::: even more reluctant to purchase parking revenue bonds.
Now, we have eight of the top bond people in the United States that told us that
they were going to bid today, this morning, they were Goldman Sacks & Co.,
Kidder, Peabody & Co.; Kirchner Moore & Co.; Merryl Lynch, W"hite Weld, Capital
Marketing Group; L. F. Rothschild, Unterberg & Towbin; Smith -Barney, Harris,
Upham & Co.; John Levine & Co.; and William R. Hough & Co.; with Dean, Witter
Reynolds, Inc., and we received no bids. It was very, very disappointing and
very discouraging.
Mr. Plummer: Colonel, let me ask you a question, if. I may. When you said that
they had indicated they were going to bid, was there any discussion at all. about
a maximum percent? In other words, my question has to be, it would seem to me
that they would bid but the bid would be so high that it would not be acceptable.
Was there any discussion to them about the Charter or the State requirements
and because of that not being able to come under that that they didn't bid? There
has to be a reason that they didn't bid at all.
Col. Wolfson: No, sir, there was no indication that we would not accept or would
not consider any bid at any interests they wanted to charge. As a matter of
fact they were told that we do not come under the State requirement, that we are
restricted to a minimum or maximum bid, so they could have bit if they had wanted
to at any high rate they wanted to, and that was not the main reason they did -
not bid, the main reason they didn't bid, I presume, was on account of the con-
dition of the market and the fact that they were parking revenue bonds and they
feared what might happen with rationing of gasoline, restrictions, and so on
and so forth..
Mr. Plummer: Did you in fact called any of these companies and ask, point blank
the question "why"?
Col. Wolfson: We only heard from one of them that answered that question and
that was Goldman, Sacks & Co., and what the said was that there were two reasons
they wouldn't bid, one was bonds were not rated "A" -as you know, this is a se-
condary issue- and we went up there, we tried to get the bonding companies to
raise our present bones which we think they should have done, to double AA because
they are so secure, and they've been reduced to such an amount and now the policy
is that usually with a secondary issue they put you one below the top, so if
they had raised ours to AA which we went to them and talked to them in private
to get them to do and they were very happy with what we had given them by way of
information but when they came out, the came out with a BBB+ and many people
told us that that was 1:i.iter than we deserved; and, so the second thing why Goldman
Sacks wouldn't bid wab the fact .that we weren't A rated and two, they weren't in-
sured and we couldn't fii-td any company -which we tried with all the companies
that insure bonds- because they don't insure revenue bonds, and we couldn't get
any insurance. We were willing to pay the price for insurance but.... Now, what
happened was that one group that came in, the William R. Hough & Co. and Dean
Witter, said they would negotiate with us on the original terms of the bomi bids
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we sent out with four -what they said wt�re minor changes. That if we could ac-
cept those four minor changes they would give us a bid. We have been negotiating
all day on those four minor changes and we've received approval from our bond
counsel and our bond investment people and both of the attorneys, and those four
items are these: 1) they wanted a serial bond rather than the type of bond which
we had advocated and actually that is in our favor, so naturally we accepted that
because that was very good for us. 2) The second thing they wanted was that
these bonds be done in an amount ....one of the thins we've been concerned with
all along, two things we've been concerned with' one of them I'll come to later -
is the interest rates and the other thing was to not tie ourselves up in a posi-
tion were we couldn't sell bonds in the future as a City group and we needed to
build more gari.ges, so the second thing they wanted was instead of us being able
to call the bonds in eight years, that we would call the bonds not before ten
years. Well., t`iat was a minor thing and we could live with that and we agreed
to that. 33 -Dhe 'third thing that they wanted was that under the provisions -of
our bond issue :hat we put out bids on we did not have to put up the guarantee
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I might say-- of reserves with any new bond issue that we might sell and they
wanted us to put up a guarantee of a reasonable amount and that was satisfa-e-
tory and we agreed to that. Now the fourth thing that they wanted was something
that -as we explained to them- we didn't want to change because of the fact that
we have been criticized unfairly and very unfairly, as the C4-v has too, ,by the
fact that we haven't built more garages and they said that the community said
that we are too conservative and that our bond cove:ca&-e is too high and that's
the reason why we couldn't sell more bonds. A:,d believe, we would sell without
any bond coverage if we could., hive only reason we had to put that in there is
because the bond buyers on that and they wanted to have a bond coverage
of one twenty-five I., one, rather than one ten to one which is what we put on
there. We've fiaally compromised that to one twenty to one, they've agreed.to
iet us go on the basis of one twenty to one and we feel we can live with that.
Mayor Ferre: Colonel, what did we have before? We used to have 150, didn't we?
One point five?
Col. Wolfson: No, no, before we were one twenty to one, but we've also added
another ingredient which helps us, in addition to one twenty to one we'can also
add -which we didn't have before and they've agreed to that- 70% of the income,
,net income, of what we propose that will come from the future garage, so that
will help us a great deal, more than we had before.
Mayor Fer.re: Wait a minute, did you catch that? Seventy percent of the income
of the future garage. You are talking about this one, the one we are going ;to
build now?
Col. Wolfson: Yes, that will be 'thrown into the pot as to show that our coverage
is sufficient for the new bonds
Mayor Ferre In addition to the one point twenty?
Col. Wolfson: !a addition to the one twenty .... no, it will reduce the one
twenty,
Mayor Fer.re:_ I see.
Col. Wolfson: Now, let me tell. what the Board feels and I think you 1,;1iow
most of the meml:ers of. our: Board, they are very sincere in an effort to provide
parking for the Cicy 4:F Miami and our responsibility though is to the'City;pf
Miami and to the Ad ,:i.nistration, and to make sure that we don't do anything that
will hurt the City in :' tri 'Furtire bonding; and of course what we were and are
very concerned with is the rate. Everything else in the program that we have
submitted was Lr; the one bond buyer that we have and then they came
in with the rate is voty unpalatable to me and to the Board, it is very dis-
heartening to us. knc ,ct it is a rate which our bond people told us recently
we'll probably have, LC pay .if we cant to sell parking revenue bond issue. But
here is the bad news, '.:t: d:.du' L want to accept it, we didn't want to make a:
move without coming oc=ure thv_. City Commission telling you what it is, get your.
advice and your consent ::,o +_hat whatever we do will not hurt you in your future
bond sales, which I know you have programmed a number of bond issues that you
propose -like your new garage r.r garages, and your new Convention Hall and so
forth and so on. The bond rate which they propose will average, you know they
start out like 10% for the first year, 11% for the third year, and so on, will
average just under 12%, 11.93% I think is the right figure. Now, we, on the
Board of your Authority were not willing to accept that, were not willing to
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turn it down. We thought we ought to come here, before the City Commission,
and Mr. Grassie, who certainly has been working towards a number of bond issues
and see whether if we did something like that, in that kind of a bond issue, it
would hurt. Now, what we can do, of course, we can just drop everything and wait
six months, or wait a year, we lose our ... you know, we have a bid for the garage...
Mayor Ferre: That's what I was going.to ask you.
Col. Wolfson: ....that expires on the 24th or 25th of this month, if we lose
that and whether the inflation will cost us more six months or a year from now, or
whether the interest rates will be higher six months or a year from now, it will
be something that we'd like for you gentlemen to consider and consult with us.
Mayor Ferre: Colonel, I've got two questions for you, sir. The first one is
this, is them a provision in there that we can buy the contract back in two -or
three or five years, and if there is, what are the penalty factors.
Col. Wolfson: It's ten years, you can't buy them back for ten years. Is_that
right? Correct me if I'm wrong.
Mayor Ferre: There is no way we can average out or do something?
(INAUDIBLE RESPONSE NOT PLACED INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD)
Col. Wolfson: Gentlemen, this is Mr. Robert Riehel, of Wainright-& Ramsey, our
financial consultants.
Mr. Robert Riehel: Good afternoon. The bonds can be refunded and refinanced at
any point in time when interest rates decline to make it worthwhile. It 'is some-
what analogous to refinancing a home mortgage.
Mayor Ferre: As I understand it, sir, perhaps you can on the record clarify for
us. The way that works is, there is a point where it is justified to refinance.
Usually that is when there is a drop of about 1.5 point to 2;points in the interest
rate. Is that the criterion?
Mr. Riehel: Yes, sir, that is a good generalization. In fact, we have done some
computation on it here.
Mayor Ferre: My question specifically to you, sir, is if we pay you -let's say
just for discussion sake- 12%, when the interest gets down and we can finance
this for 10%, once it is a going concern making a revenue when we have a proven
record... if it goes under 10% we could refinance. You make a calculation as to
what that point is would you tell us what that point is?
Mr. Riehel: We've done a calculation here assuming we could refinance at 9.5%
and at 9.5% it would be a dollar saving in about a million nine hundred thousand
dollars, at 9.5%.
Mayor Ferre: Well, let me put it in another way, let's just for argument sake
say that we go ahead with this. Let us say that it takes you a year ... how long
will it take to build this garage? One year. Let's say that next May it is ope-
rational. Let us say then -and I think it is fairly safe to assume that 20%
is not going to remain forever because either this country is going to go�broke
and we are going to go into a very severe recession and then the interest:eates
will go down very, very drastically. So I assume than in two or three years we
will be able to refinance it, we'll be able to get 9.5% or 9% interest rates.
Mr. Plummer: You can do that in bonds?
Mayor Ferre: Yes, sir That is done all the time.
Mr. Plummer: On bonds.
Mayor Ferre: On bonds, on municipal bonds, all the time. There is a whole
part of Wall Street that does nothing but that, that's what they do all the time.
And what you do is you buy back, and you refinance and average to do all kinds
of different things. That's standard operating procedures throughout the country.
And it's nothing new, it's been done for fifty years. Now, the question that
I have of you is how much of•a premium will it cost us to do this for the next
three years, let's say three years. In other words, if we go ahead now and we
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buy, we can buy back...
Col. Wolfson: M,�. Mayor, can I answer that in layman's language?
Mayor Ferre: Inlayman's language. i
Col. Wolfson: Here is the situation as I've been told by the people who are
willing to buy these bonds. First of all, if we want to call the bonds in and
r 0, and all we have pay is
pay th�^.m'of.f at par, we can do so October_1, 199 f
about 2.5% premium. Now, .if we want: to call them one or two years from now $
we have to have a new bond issue and put the money in escrow that bond holders`
will be sure they will get that interest in their bonds paid off in full until
1990.
Mayor Ferre Yes. See, the procedure -if I can just explain
lain to the rest of
The Commiss ;.un and Commissioner Plummer, perhaps Joe, you
There is a tine line between arbitrage and what they are talking about. Basic
ally what it is is that if you go out and sell.$8,500,000 worth of bonds ;for
12% interest, in two and a halt or two years if you 90 Ou
attyouddoell is yousmalcends
for 9%, you go out and you sell the bonds
up the difference. It is a new bond issue, you don't preVay this issue, it is
just another band issue and what you do is you s,el! $8,.500,000 over again and
YOU put..and you average the difference. Isr_ ..t the 'best way to explain it?
zich the bond counsel
Col. Wolfson: Mr. mayor,I i:l;t give you a figure here wi
just gave. me, the debt r.T.�ce from 1983„up to the year 2009, we could, save
$1,554,000 less
tr:<i. on the service `1980.bonds that we refinanced at that time
Mayor Ferre: That's 9.5%.
Col.Wolfson: At 95%.
Mayor Ferre: And then in 1.990, we would just pay off the 1980 series.
Col. Wolfson: That's right.
Mayor Ferre: :And pay a 2.5% premium on it.
Col. tdolfson: On our present bonds, you know we only pay 4.5%-6%. One"other
thing I think is interesting. Lrnti1 1990 the interest, the interest we would
h�� paying, ui� to 1.935 we would be paying 11% 1986 -11.%; 1987 -11%; 19 8811:5%
1989 - 1.1.5%; 1990 -- 11.5%, and then we can call the bonds and adjust a 2.5%.
r Colonel Wolrsi}z�, there is a system that is used by,municipal
Mayor Ferre: -
governments and I've. never quite understood why it's not arbitrage ,but basically,
there is a legal way you do this, and what you do evidently is that you go and
you 411. 'amount at a lower. interest, and then you put that money in
rile same
the Bank ..r:,c �=' l.l. end it out at a higher interest and you make —there is 'a
difference. i_'s tttare. And so what I'm saying is that the bond market comes
back in ar.otl�-= "duple of years. ` What is the penalty that we are going to pay
to start now? 'L like to try.to get a general numerical figure. If we are
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paying a mil._.00 y.o, ;three, five million dollar premium, what is the premium
we are goang'r, r'ay over -let's say- 9.5% by going up to this?
Col. Wolfson: rr. Would save. -I think that's what you are asking- one million',
five hunr`"red ai-d -'ifty four thousand dollars ($1,554,000) if we did that as.
the bonds i.r.teie_-t came down to 9.5%.
(INAUDIBLE5'I c..;.'.:" 'i' E OUTSIDIE OF THE PUBLIC RECORD)
Mayor Ferre: Gkt,y, that's what I'm looking for, the penalty would be less than
$200,OOfl? 'Oka; . �y se
Col. question is this, our contract ;is for how much 'now.
Col. Wolfson: $o,`?-�y000.
Mayor Ferre: I unuc.r.:tw cc,d than construction costs are going up `2% a month now.
ack and
To take a' conservat.�:,,= \ijewpoint, if we waited for the market .to come b
assuming that the markti c --Aidn' L come back for two years, wouldn't it besafe
to assume that this same contract will probably cost us three or four million
dollars more? Would .you say tizar_'s a safe assumption?
Col. Wolfson: Yes, and our consultant tells us that if we would save l% on
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interest it wouldn't help us any.
Mayor Ferre: All right, let's get the consultants on the record because we have
to document this on the record. I want somebody with expertise to answer the
question, if we put this project up for two years, what is your studied opinion
as to how much it would cost to build the same garage two years from now?
Col. Wolfson: Really what you want to know is how much additional interest we
would save?
Mayor Ferre: Yes, how much additional cost by waiting two years?
Mr. Riehel: We find that construction costs have been going up approximately
10% to 12% per year, for the last couple of years so in two years it will be
between 20% and 27�% of additional construction costs unless the market just__com-
pletely changes.
Mayor Ferre: If the market goes down within the next two or three years, we
will in effect be paying a premium if we refinance at 9.5% of $200,000. On the
other hand, the additional expenditure would be a million and a half dollars
in additional costs in construction, tell me where my figures are wrong ... Mr.
Rubin?
(INAUDIBLE COMMENTS NOT PLACED INTO THE PUBLIC RECORRI)
Mayor Ferre: Well, why don't you say that into the record? Mr. Rubin, the
record will not pick up your voice that far.
Mr. Howard May: Howard May, parking consultant. The construction project cost
is just under $6,000,000, being the construction costs and related engineering
fees, etc., so that add up to about $1,200,000 in two years.
Mayor Ferre: $1,200,000 to $1,500,000, now, my question again is....
(INAUDIBLE COMMENTS NOT PLACED INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD)
Mayor Ferre: Please, because this is a very key point as to how we may or may
not vote. If we go at this 11.9% -12%, actually it's 11% that we'll be paying
for the next two to three years- if we can refinance at 9.5% with the method
that is standard operating procedure around the country, the premium that we
will have paid over the two or three years, and we are paying at 11%, will be
you said $200,000? That seems awfully low.
(INAUDIBLE BACKGROUND COMMENTS NOT PLACED INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD)
Mayor Ferre: You have to say that into the microphones, sir, because we are
not picking that up, I want to... this is for the record. Your name for the
record and then repeat that, please.
Mr. Stanley Ross: I'm Stanley Ross, of Dean, Witter, Reynolds, Inc. in Miami.
You asked what the penalty would be at the time of the call
Mayor Ferre: Yes.
Mr. Ross: ..that is, you pay at par, plus 3% of roughly $9,000,000 wortttof
bonds, let's say 3% would be $210,000, so I figure it would be about $175,000
or $180,000 penalty for whatever —some of the bonds would mature, so whatever
bonds are still ouLstanuin; on the 10 year date you pay the par plus the pre-
mium. Now, also what yo%i pay will be the annual interest each year....
Mayor Ferre: Yes, and I think you have to assume that if we are going to 12%
you are paying at 2.5% over 9.5%, and it is assumed that that's a penalty of
sorts, if you wish.
Col. Wolfson: Mr. Mayor, the first few years it's 11%, you remember?
Mayor Ferre: That's what I said, Colonel, 9.5%... I'm sorry, to 11%, you are
right, I stand corrected, 9.5% is a 1.5 point difference, if you multiply that
times $8,500,000, is it $8,'800,000?
Mr. Ross: We have figured it out this way, let's say at $9,000,000, assume
you've got a two point penalty, that's $180,000 a year.
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Mayor Ferre: I'm sorry, because I was listening to him and not to you.
Mr: Moss: I said the difference... assuming it's 2% difference from what you
would consider a reasonable rate of interest. Based on $9,000,000 -which is
toughly what we are talking about- the highest amount would be about $180,000
each year.
Mayor Fer.re: Okay. So that $180,000 is the premium that we are paying and the
.additional :inflation costs in the cost of the building is more than that, and
that's the point that I'm trying to make, so even if we go ahead with this...
Here is where I'm heading for and I want Plummer and Lacasa to hear this, ...
Colonel, ].et me tell you how I feel about this and then this is just one man's
opinion here, okay? We have a need, the need is the garage, we need a garage.
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' Now, the :nar��wt is bad, 12% is very bad, however, we are not stuck with 127.
forever, we ore only stuck with 12% until the market goes down and ;when the
market goc. j,, n to 9.5% we can average, okay? and that's the key. Now, the:
cost of infla;...on in this country -at 20%- and the cost in additional cos`
for constructiin at 15% a year, 10%-15%, and that's very conservative is more
x money than what we are spending by spending an extra point and a half, so -in
my opinion -and this is toy personal opinion- that if you average it out you
are money ahead by proceeding at this time, even at 12%. If we were stuck
forever at 12% 1 would be against it, but I think the fact that we c.n buy at
9.5% when it gets down to that in another year, or two o; ,.i,r:2e... and if it
doesn't, this country is in serious trouble, so w�,. ..on't be the only ones in
this kind of a bind. J.L., what I'm ,ying is t.::s, if we were stuck at 12%
forever I think we couldn't do this, but since we can go back into the market
and average out when the mark;:i goes down, and if the market doesn't go down
corporate America aivi c;,.ies are in serious trouble because this country will
come to a sc.r.eeclv_ah�, halt. Now, 12% in the face of many, many different things
the Governinvait of Puerto Rico- AA bonds are paying 11.5% right now. There are
many, many A bonds at 11. Now, the money we are going to need for the Con-
vention Conference Center, Mr. Grassie, is not affected by this and I'll tell
you why, -because we have insurance, and that's the key to that sale, so we
won't be affected -I don't think- by this. Nou*, the other aspect of this is
they don't have insurance and they don't have an A rating. 12% is not ... 11.96%
is not a bad rate under these circumstances, if we can average out in two or
three years, the premium that we'll be paying is not that much because for the
next few years we'll be at 11%, which is not bad at all. The fact is that an
inflation at 20% and the building costs are going u-� 15% a year, and you mul-
tiply 15% times $6,600,000, that's $1.,200,000. If wait one year, next year
it will cost us $1,200,000 more to put up that building. If we wait two years
it's going to cost us $2,500,000 to put up that building, and therefore that's
a lot more than the premium that we are paying now. And my thoughts, Colonel,
is that we are damn lucky to have a bidder, and that 11% is not that bad under
the circumstar..ces especially when you can buy out.
Mr. Plununer: Maurice, as you know and I. have announced prior to this, I will
vote against, in the negative, and I'm doing that on a philosophy of negotiated
bond i.ssu s, of which I have no problem with, in private industry. We cannot
run this City cae run our private business and because of that unless we
change our Charter-, I would be opposed to the waiving of competitive bidding
we'll never know o'.;.erwise. It was the same way with beer in the Orange Bowl.
We never had. the: to go out for competitive bidding and find out what we
could have gotten, lhat.'s the same thing here. I honestly believe that had you
gone to competitive bidding you would have been faced with the same thing.Wou
are faced today,
Col. Wolfson: By -he, way, w.� did go to competitive bidding, Mr. Plummer. We
had 1-0 people that c-,'Eo red to bid and said they were going to bid and they just
didn't bid
-Mr. Plummer:
It. is Liy understanding as
the request of
Mr. LaBaw that..the`<waiving
of competitive
bi.ddi.•ig was done ry this
Commission.
Col. Wolfson:
Yes, �•ir,<cwe told you we
couldn't get a
bid, he was righC,:.we
didn't get any,
that was the reason why
we tried to go
the other, way but then,
we decided to
go to ccinpet.itive bidding.
Mr. Plummer:
They went to -advertisir.-?
Mr. Carollo: Mr. Manager,. at: this time may I get what i"s..'thefAdministration s
opinion at this ,point? `•
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Mr. Grassie: Yes, sir, it would be our recommendation to the City Commission
that you authorize the acceptance of a bid at 11.93% or less but that you also
instruct both the Parking Authority and the Administration to seek other ways
of improving on that figure and if we can within the next 48 hours or possibly
three days, get a better result through some cooperative arrangement between the
City and the Paking Authority, possibly, or some other method that we can work
out with the underwriters if we come up with a better rate then, of course, we
would recommend to you that we enter into that kind of a modified contract.
Mr.Carollo: Do you feel that we possibly might come up with a better rate.?
Mr. Grassie: I think so, I think that at least it is worth two days work to
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try. And ? think that if you would authorize not more than the rate that is in
front of you but also ask us to try to get a better rate that that would be a
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reasonable process to follow.
Mr. Plummer. Well, let me pursue what I was saying before. It was my under-
p..,
standing that the competitive bidding is normally accepted by the City of which
there is advertising and that was not followed in this particular case so.as we
know competitive bidding, Mitch, it was not even though it did turn somewhat
similar. The disagreement I have with the Mayor, usually in the trend of this
Country when one thing goen down, the other goes down and hopeful:y the interest
will come down and likewise, I'm sure that we will see z� reduction in the cost
of construction come down, there is no question -it my mind that that will
happen. You know, a year ago when T prayed for a recession people thought I
was crazy. I still pray for it Today because I am convinced it is the only
way we will not go into a ft�pisession. Now, Mitch, I'm going to criticize you
for a minute because i've shared with a pride that you and this Off -Street
Parking Auth(�tity have had and we've shared together but still I wonder if not
the real underlying problem here is the pride of keeping your rates ultra-
conservative, so much lower than the rest of the rates of competition in the
Downtown area. As you know, I am the one who went to you some months ago and
said why should your rates be lower than the airport and you brought them up to
that standard. Why should your rates be lower than those of private enterprise?
Private enterprise has to vie for the same money that you ahve to vie for to
build those structures and yet we see their rates, 20%, 30% and 40% higher.. The
difference is that you are providing a need to all of the public where priority
goes to their customers and you are in competition with them. I am petrified
at 12%, I'm even more petrified at renegotiation. I just..Mitch, I have to tell
you, my dear friend, I am not comfortable, I don't think you are comfortable.
Col. Wolfson: No, I'm not comfortable, and I am very happy to hear what you
have to say because we' be back with some raises, parking raises, I hope we
get your vote.
Mr. Plummer: Mitch, you know, I have said all the way along, for example, with
the marinas. There is some warped thinking that says because something is owned
by a municipality that it shall be cheaper than that of private enterprise. I
am a firm believer in the right of free enterprise. I think it is good. Why
should the City facilities which are used be cheaper and in direct competition
and in reality cut-throat to private enterprise. To me, the municipal opera-
tion should only come into play when a need is not being met.
Col. Wolfson: I agree with that a hundred percent, and believe me, we would have
never had any Parting Authority it private enterprise had provided the need.
Mr. Plummer: Well., the reality says that somewhat it lays at the foot of this
Commission, not this one but previous Commissions, who allowed a C-3 zoning in
the Downtown are,: which required no parking whatsoever, and that's why private
enterprise didn't: have to do it and did not do it.
Col. Wolfson: T.L., that's part of the problem, I actually was here when I
helped persuade tlo City Commission of the required parking outside the Down-
town area and thu reason for it was that real estate was so expensive and the
cost of construct -on and the high rates they had to pay, it was almost impos-
sible to make a successful building in ordinary times and provide parking, and
therefore we thoug;it in those days that it was necessary for the City to provide
a parking facility l.ik.. they do streets and sidewalks and tunnels and bridges,
and that's why the City Commission decided to commit the City to go into Lhe
Parking Authority business, but believe me I have no qualm with you raising.
I'd raise to reasonable prices as we can and as we should.
Mayor Ferret Colonel Wolfson, we hvve to now bring this to a head, and I would...
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: You have not put in the record your re
Mayor Ferre (cont'd)commendation and'I
think we need to have your advice.
Col. Wolfson: Mr. Mayor, what the Commissioner has said is a thing that has
want to do anything
worried us basically for one basiou�city that not
City Administration
that would set a precedent that y Y Manager
would have to f.11ow and that would cause them undue -and the citizens of this
City- undue hard'nip and a high rate because we thought perhaps the bond people
would say -well, the City paid it in this instance and why don't they pay it
again :car the new garage?
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Grassie, do you want to react-to.that?
Col. Wolfson: But if you are happy, we are happy. y
Mr. Grassie: I can't say Mr.Mavor, members of thath City Commission,
om ission,thatthe either
ference between
Col. Wolfson or we are happy but I do thin
parking garage that they are proposing to build in terms of its triple B,rating
and the parking garage that the City will build which based,lnhinsuraave a nce
led
A
guarantee from the State Entitlement Fund to different repay circumstances and I don't
rating. We are really talking about very
think that the two cases will be compared.
Mayor Ferre: All right, Col. Wolfson, with that statement having been said,
just for the moment, as,•_,..;. tnat whath teverhat you do will s a premise,nwhatfiscyourerecommendan
ot
Conference Ce:lt-.r, ui:ay, Now,
ton, sir?
Cal. Wolfson: P.11 right, as lonoga�eSthurt
to help City
the Citywhich
not toour
hurt
primary concern because that's Ponsibility,
the City and since there is no problem there, and since I've seen these figures
here which is 11Z we are talking about practically until 1986_..see?-1985 i 11%
1986 - 11; 8i -11it
, 88 is 11.5%, 89 - 11.5%, 89 - 11.5%,
go 11.5drops do�rn to l0% in 91., 10.2% at 92; 10.4 -93; 10.6% in 94; 10.8% at 95; and
ropst� paint...=t 96; so it averabes 11%. through 1996, which is 18 years from
ele.now. and b uLween now az:ci them we certainly ought to be ableto refund these funds
'
if i.n��ere:.t ratc5 go down to 9.5% and if we are all whistling Dixie in interest
rates u,`_ 20i'> t}1ei1 we've got a good deal either way. It doesn't get up until
rate :! i.. c�° re.a} ly until the. year 2,000. So with those circumstances and under
those col --ions; T. think gentlemen that we've got' to go ahead with it if the
City Cocraission is not going to be hurt in their opinion and the City,Manager..
of we paying this rate for the bond issue. As a matter of fact, I didn't dream
it would be ever less than 1.0/ so at 11% ... this'12% is a little bit
really not. what we re talking about today, we are talking about 11%. -
n, Father Gibson has;been'listening to this,discussion
;Mayor Ferre: Col. Wolfso
in the ofi.::e with the loud speakers so he has followed the whole conversation
so at this poi:1t. we are ready to perhaps.....'.
Col. Wolfson: Mayo:., would you permit me to just take one minute to say to
Father Gibson ho1.J:>or:y I am and how regretful I am and to extend to your dear
wife my deepest sympathy for your great 'loss.' As you know, I know,what;yo, are
going through. -
_Mayor Ferre: all ;.fight, now...
Father Gibson: Nr. Mayor, ,members of the Commission, I'd like to move this
' issue.
Mayor Ferre: Father Gibson moves that the offer that you have outlined be ac
cepted. Is there r: sacond?
Mr. t acasa: I secu,�-i.
, is there further discussion?
Mayor Ferree All ri;t�.
Mr. Lacasa: Yes, I feel chat the interest rates are going to go ,out. ;Actually
I: don't believe that they are going to stay 'up all throughout these years.
`Yesterday, a bank which even thought it is a small bank in New York sets the
trend many times in interest rates, reduced ;the rate by a -fourth of a,point
If the City of Miami had monies available, I would suggest that we work to ad-
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vance those monies and then if the bonds in the rorecoming future when the
rates might go down —however, I am informed that that is not the situation
that we do not have those resources available at this time. I believe though
that we have no alternative than to go along with this because the City of
Miami depends to a large extent in the development of Downtown Miami and the
success of the businesses in that particular area. Hardly can we develop Down-
town anymore if we don't have adequate parking facilities and that we know we lack. So,
it is based on that but I intend to cast my vote, but I would like to go on re-
cord because I believe that almost 12% is a very heavy burden which will have to
be shared by the users of those parking spaces through increasing the rates and
maybe also with some cooperation on the part of the merchants of the area who
will directly benefit from the availability of those parking spaces.
Mayor Ferre: Okay, but just so that we have again for the record a clarifica-
tion. We are talking about 11% through 1988, number one; number two, we do have
$8,000,000 ii. the bank, Col. Wolfson, of Interama funds and we have some ad-
ditional funds that we've been kind of saving up and those monies are really
our insurance policy in this City for other projects and you know we are deeply
involved in the Capital expenditures program which probably has never been greater
in the City of Miami and certainly not in any city of Florida. What this City is
doing now is probably greater than what any other has ever done in the history of
this State, so I don't think that we can safely risk using those r„onies because
that's our insurance money for these other projects. I hope we don't have to use
it but I don't think. this is the appropriate way Zo use those funds at this time.
Mr. Plummer: I think also, Mr. Mayor, the limitations that were placed on those
Interama monies would by -nary difficult to divert to the Off -Street Parking
because it was with a complete clear understanding, even though I was opposed
to it that it was for tourist -related activities.
Mayor Ferre: All right, further discussion on this? If not, call the roll
please.
THEREUPON, the above outlined motion to accept the
underwriters' offer was duly passed and adopted on
motion of Commissioner (Rev.) Gibson and seconded
by Vice Mayor Lacasa, by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Vice Mayor Armando Lacasa
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Joe Carollo
ABSENT: None.
(NOTE: THIS MOTION WAS LATER FORMALIZED. PLEASE
SEE RESOLUTION 80-293.)
ON ROLL CALL:
*Mr. Plummer: Based on my prior statements, I have to vote "no".
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*Mr. Carollo: 1 believe that when in the future the rates go down, so must
have the building coats. I think that the burden that will be placed upon�the
City's taxpayers is going to be beyond what we can live with. My vote is -"no".
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*Mayor Ferre: For the reasons explained previously, I vote "yes".
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Mayor Ferre: Colonel, this item is now passed, and I want to thank you and
the Off -Street Parking Authority and your advisors for your diligence, your
patience, your hard work and your advice. I think you've given us good advice
and all these things have a certain amount of risk in them but I think that the
City of Miami can't go too far wrong. I think that is a much needed facility
that will certainly more than pay for itself. I'm sorry that the burden on the
user is going to be a Little bit higher but that's life.
Col. Wolf: Mr. Carollo, no taxpayers' money is ever involved in this, the one
duty we have with this is to the people who park, pay for the parking. We have
never used one dollar of taxpayers' money and we've never asked the City for
one dollar of taxpayers' money.
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Mr. Carollo: Let me say this, sir, excuse me.
Col. Wolfson: No, I just wanted to clarify that.
Mr. Carollo: The people that will be paying the prices there, very high prices,
will be taxpayers -a good portion of them- from our City.
Rev. Gibson: Since I have not said anything, I want to put this into the
record. I believe if you want these things, you have to pay for them. I
believe these things are needed to keep this City abreast and to furnish the
necessities for the people who come here who must go Downtown and use our faci-
lities. There are no free lunches, I think that we have to face that. And the
second thir.g is, Plummer always accuses me of this, and every once in a while the
Mayor does also, I believe if you have committees and boards, if you don't trust
them don't ?,.ave them, and I would venture to say that you all have put as much
time as we"c:)uld and maybe more, and I believe that because you all are business
people and not all of us are here, certainly I'm not, preaching is my thing and
I wonder sometimes how much of that, but the point is the committee has given
us a very thorough and professional analysis and critique of what is, and -inas-
much as I don't like the figure, I doubt that there is anything I could do and
one of the things I learned is you could sit by and do nothing and two years
from today or one year from today, it will be even more ro,>tly because things
apparently are not going down, they are always going up, and I think that if we
are going to move, we ought to move nuw so that we may not be caught later on.
I just thought I better put that on the record because some people might think
that because I was in there I didn't know what was being said, and I thought
you ought to know I kne,.., what was being said.
Col. Wolfson: Mr. Mayor, first of all I want to say thank you, gentlemen, for
the advice and consent that you've given us and I want to show you two things,
that we will continue to operate this Parking Authority as long as our Board is
there and until under the conditions that we are charged with, that our responsi-
bility, that there will be no taxpayer money used; and secondly, just as soon as
interest rates go down and we can make a better deal we will make one, and we
certainly are not going to pay over 1.1% average for the next 18 years, which is
bad, but not as bad as it could have been if we had to pay 12%. We are not pay-
ing 12% except in the later years which we hope we'll pay off this bond issue
because now we have an option of doing that and if it goes higher we could stay
with it. And I want to thank the Manger also for his clarification of the pro-
blem which conerned us that we were not doing anything to hurt the City. And
there are two more things, Mr. Mayor, one I want to ask Mr. Ross, do you have
your check with you? Bring it over, bring the money. Number two, you have to
pass another Resolution to clarify these technical changes. Gentlemen, we have
a check here from the Flagship National Bank, Dean, Witter, Reynolds, for
$176,500.00. These gentlemen mean business. We've got the show on the road,
as we say in show business.
Mayor Ferre: All right, is there a motion to accept that?
Rev. Gibson: I move.
Mr. Lacasa: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Call the roll on the acceptance of that check.
WHEREUPON, ON MOTION duly made by Rev. Gibson and
seconded by Commissioner Lacasa, the Commission
accepted delivery of the check in question, as out-
lined above, by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice Mayor Armando Lacasa
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
ON ROLL CALL: (NOTE: PLEASE SEE'LATER FORMALIZED RES. 80-293)
Col. Wolfson: Carollo, did you accept the check?
Mr. Carollo: Well, it was voted upon already, we might as well make it
unanimous.
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Col. Wolfson: Thank you very much, never turn down money. Now, we want to
have you gentlemen pass a Resolution which makes aminor change in the things
I expressed to you in the original.
Mayor Ferre: Do you have that for us, Colonel?
Col. Wolfson: It will be a few minutes, you go ahead with it and then if you
give us the opportunity to just come back and....
Mayor Ferre: Whenever you are ready, you let us know.
THIS PORTION OF THE DISCUSSION WAS TEMPORARILY DEFERRED UNTIL
LATER ON THIS S:.ME DATE.
22. TRA16FER, REPLACE certain CERTIFICATES OF PUBLIC C014VENIE114CE • -
S NECESSITY (Taxicab permits).
Mayor Ferre: All right, we're now on item nu;„ber four, transferring
and replacing certain certificates of convenience and necessity issued
under provisions of Chapt-4 56 of the City Code. Are there any
objectors to item number four? All right, is there a motion?
Father Gibson: Move.
Mayor Ferre Do you have any problems, officer? Do you recommend it?
Why don't you get on the microphone and give us your name and tell us
your recommendation.
Sgt. John O'Brien: Sgt. John O'Brien, City of Miami Police Department, Taxi
Cab Detail. I'm here today on ... recommending the certificate of convenience
and necessities, the newly transferred ones be approved by this Commission.
Our background investigation by the Police Department has revealed nothing
that would preclude the applicants from having this resolution approved.
Mayor Ferre: All right, is there a motion?
Mr. Carollo: Move.
Mr. Lacasa: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Carollo moves, Mr. Lacasa seconds. Further discussion?
Call the roll
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Carollo, who
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 80-287
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A RESOLUTION TRANSFIRPJ NG AND REPLACING CERTAIN CERTIFICATES -
OF CONVENv ENCE AND NECESSITY ISSUED UNDER THE PROVISIONS
OF CHAPTER 56 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk).
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Lacasa, the resolution was passed
and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Vice -Mayor Armando Lacasa
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
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23. OBJECTIOTIS CONFI'U9,TIOi1 OF ASSBSSI'IFN ROLL: WF,ST G_ AP';LN-]D
SANITARY SE(?I '_2 IP'PROV?' LE?NT SR-.5331-C
Mayor Ferre: Take up item five. A resolution .for objections to confirming
the assessment roll for the West Grapeland Sanitary improvement Centerline.
Are there any opponents here? Anybody wishes to be heard on this item?
Moved by Commissioner Carollo, seconded by Commissioner Lacasa. Further
discussion .)n item five? Call the roll. _
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Carollo, =
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 80-288
A RESOLUTION CONFIR14ING ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR CONSTRUCTION
OF WEST GRAPELAND SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT SR-5387-C
(CENTERLINE SEWER) IN WEST GRAPELAND SANITARY SEWER
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT SR-5387-C (CENTERLINE SEWER); AND
REMOVING ALL, --LADING LIENS FOR THIS IMPROVEMENT NOT
HEREBY CERTIFIED
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk).
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Lacasa, the resolution was passed
and adopted by the following vote:
AYES Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor Armando Lacasa
Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
24. OBjECTIONS: CONFIRMATION OF ASSESSP'IFNT ROLL: WEST GF.FPELKND
SANITARY SF;9ER Ii1yROVFNFN^ SR-5387-S
Mayor Ferre: We're on item six. This is the West Grapeland Sanitary
Sewer Improvement, Sr-5387-S, sideline. Any objectors? Anybody wish to be heard? ?loved by Commissioner Carollo, seconded by Commissioner
Lacasa. Further discussion? Call the roll on six.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Carollo,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 80-289
A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR CONSTRUCTION
OF WEST GRAPELAND SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT SR-5387-S
(SIDfLINe SEWER); IN WEST GRAPELAND SANITARY SEWER
IMPROVEMfEN__ DISTRICT SR-5387-S (SIDELINE SEWER) ; AND
REMOVING P_LL PENDING LIENS FOR THIS IMPROVEMENT NOT
HEREBY CERTIFIED
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk).
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Upon being seconded by Commissioner Lacasa, the resolution was
passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor Armando Lacasa
Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Mayor Maurice A, Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
25. ACCEPT COMPL?:2'F_D WORK BY t\?EFT P.IVE't CONSTaUCMIOTI COPTP".?:TY FOR
N.W. 20TH STREET AREA SIDEUALK Ii?PROVE`�IJ,,N'".-i3-4437-"TPILLORI3E
FINAL P:?Y;2F1117_ JOINTLY TO 'T71 RIVER CONST" UI ^..'T_0'1 COMPANY AND
i:i.t
'.". 1- SurT'...'Y , ` OR_-ISOT`T _'\3Su-'AToCI CwP?,rJy, , T • -C .
Mayor Ferre: Take u>, -gem seven. Accepting the completed work of
New River Construction on 20th Street for six thousand three seveny-four
point thirty six, jointly, New River Construction and the Surety,
Morrison Assurance Company. City Manager recommends. Are there
any objectors? Any discussion? Is there a motion?
Mr. Carollo: Move.
Mayor Ferre: Moved by Commissioner Carollo seconded by Commissioner
Lacasa. Further discussion? Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Carollo,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 80-290
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED WORK PERFORMED
BY NEW RIVER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. AT A TOTAL
COST OF $19,877.54 FOR N.W. 20 STREET AREA SIDEWALK
IMPROVEMENT IN THE N.W. 20 STREET AREA SIDEWALK
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT B-4437; AND AUTHORIZING A FINAL
PAYMENT OF $6.374.36 JOINTLY TO NEW RIVER CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY, INC. AND THE SURETY, MORRISON ASSURANCE
COMPANY, INC.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on
file in the Office of the City Clerk).
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Lacasa, the resolution was
passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Joe Carollo
Vice -Mayor Armando Lacasa
Mayor Maurice A. iFerre
NOES None
ABSENT: Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
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26. NEGOTIATE CONTRACT.* DR. GEORGE J. KORBBL, DR. Ci-::-`__•10LER DAVIDSON
AND DR. CHARLES KO'"RELL-STUDY OF DP_DE ELECTORAL SYSTEM ( SINGLE
NJE-MBBR DISTRIC`T_'S)
1st
27 . DISCUSSION AND DEFE7 PAL OF COINSIDERATION OF r'� OUESTS THAT NO
SIDEWALKS BE BUILT ITT SECOFFEE STREET AP.EA OF COCONUT GROVE
Mayor Ferre: All right, we're now on the personal appearances, and this
is Charlotte Duval, Coconut Grove resident sidewalks on Seacoffee.
Ms. Duval, as yoiu know, we, one of the members of the Commission has had
a very s'eiious loss, and so therefore, we're going to make this very short
so you have five minutes to make your presentation.
Ms. Duval: Thank you. I'm here in behalf of the Tigertail Association._
I live at 1900.Secoffee Street. And in 1952, the City Commission
voted to exempt our area from sidewalks. We were unaware that a change
had been made until recently, when we observed sidewalks had gone in on
a piece of property. So, in inquiring about this, we found that there
was a possibility that the area could be exempt, so we have gotten up
a petition...
Mayor Ferre: Mrs. Duval., to save a lot of time, Mr. Manager, this
Commission has already taken_a position and we passed a resolution that
said that no sidewalks would be built in that general area of Coconut Grove.
Now I understand there's some confusion about that, is that correct?
Mr. Grassie: Well I can't speak to the confusion, Mayor, but I think ;
that what the petitioners, as I understand the issue, what the petitioners
are requesting is that the City allow property owners to file covenants
for sidewalks, and curbs and gutters. Now the only issue before us, -
as I understand, is the difference between that and a sort of a general
exception to sidewalks. The department is afraid that if the
City Commission were to grant a general exemption that that would affect
our programs throughout the City.
Mayor Ferre: I think that's right. Do you understand the difference`'
Ms'. Duval?
Ms. Duval: We have our areas defined in the petition.'
Mayor Ferre: Well, the point nevertheless, is that we.cannot generalize
it because then, I think we would have lawsuits for other areas of the
City that want... the Commission has already taken this position. There
will not be sidewalks built in that area but it has to be done this
way. Is that right?
Mr. Grassier Well, the position of. the Public' Works Department,.'the one
that they are recommending...
Mayor Ferre No,°the position of the City,of Miami, Mr. Manager, as expressed
in a Commission meeting of about three months ago,; and'a,resolution passed;
at that time.
Mr. Grassie That's probably the'meetng that I was not at Mayor. I. can't
respond to that.
Ms. Duval: Well, are the properties that are now being developed expempt?`
Mayor Ferre: Vince, do you recall?.
Mr. Grimm: Yes, sir. And what this department is willing to accept
is convenants postponing the:..deferring the sidewalk construction
at this time:
Mayor Ferre:' That does the same thing. That does the same thing. It's.
Just a legal way of doing it so that we don'.t... .
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Ms. Duval: Then we are exempt?
Mayor Ferre: No ma'am, you are not. it just is not going to happen,
that's all. You're not going to get sidewalks in that part of the City.
We cannot give you a general blanket exemption because if we do that,
we set legal precedent, and then other areas in Miami that do need, and
should have sidewalks will come in and say, we don't want sidewalks either.
Do you understand. ?
Ms. Duval: Well I understand, except there are owners that are now
developing their property and are having to put in sidewalks.
Mayor Ferro: No ma'am, if that's the case, there certainly is a confusion
that this commission is not aware of.
Ms. Duval: There are three pieces of property under construction.`
Mayor Ferrel Okay. Ralph has just clarified this for me. The problem
is that when we made the motion, we only made it for the Tigertail
area.
Mr. Grimm: That's exactly right. Aside from cnat, Mr. Mayor, so we
philosophically understand one another, what this lady is saying in
essence, is that she doesn't want somebody else to have the right to
build sidewalks in from:.,. of their house and that's not the intention.
There may be oLheI- people who are perfectly willing, and who want
sidewalks in Coconut Grove. I don't think this Commission's intention
is to deny those that right, because somebody two or three blocks away
doesn't want them to have them.
Mayor Ferre: Well, that was my intention.
Mr. Grimm: Well it certainly didn't come across that way to me, Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Grimm, let me restate my position. Thatpartof
Coconut Grove has a tradition of winding small little streets, with a
lot of trees and those people like to bicycle around and they don't want
sidewalks . Now, you can't have one house with a sidewalk, and then
three houses without and two houses with a sidewalk, and five houses
without.
Mr. Grimm: That's exactly —Don, if you'll hold up the map, please, I-
think that this will graphically portray that in some of the areas where
we're talking :about, the sidewalks wouldn't even clear around the block
with the addition of one hundred feet or so.
Mayor Ferre: All right, you'd better tell Mrs. Duval. Those of you
that live in the area that want to be in on this, would you come over
this way so we can all be in .it together? Those that are interested
please step forward.
UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: Mayor, can we find out who this gentleman is here...
Mayor Ferre: Vince Grimm has been here=for thirty years...
UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKFR: Well I've lived here for almost fifty and I.don't
know who the man is....:'
Mayor Ferre: He's not a bad guy.
UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: I didn't say he was a bad guy.,.'
Mayor Ferre: But I mean, don't...-
Mr. Grimm: My name is Grimm, I'm .'an. Assistant City Manager, I was
Director of Public Works for twenty-five years.
Mayor Ferre: Go ahead.
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UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: (JNAUDIffi : COMMENTS, SPOKEN AWAY FROM THE
MICROPHONE)
Mayor Ferre: Well, my, this is again, just a p✓rsonal opinion, I think
the, that commercial development going on the corner of 22nd and Secoffee
should be like the one across the street. That does not mean that we
should continue that pattern inside of Secoffee. Okay.
(INAUDIBLE COMMENT FROM THE AUDIENCE)
Mayor Ferre: Do you live there? Are you going to live there?
(INAUDIB1? RESPONSE) `
UNIDENTIrlED SPEAKER: Yes, the owener, the developer, I represent
the owner. But I'd like to introduce as an exhibit a paving and drainage
plan that not only requires sidewalks there, but also curbs and gutters -,-
all kinds of complicated sections...
Mayor Ferre: If you want my opinion, I'm all for it. I thil-0- that's
long overdue in that particular area so you don't have my vote to waive
that for that particular piece of property. T..;d I see your point
Mr. Grimm. Absolutely, I think the paving and drainage should be done
like everybody else in that general area.
UNIDENTIFIED SPEAYLil: Without landscaping?
Mayor Ferre: I would hope it would be landscaped. Wouldn't it be
landscaped?
UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: Would you like to see that paving and drainage
Plan?
Mayor Ferre: Sure.
Ms. Duval: May I say too that his piece of property is an enviornmental
preservation area and he's not allowed to put any concrete on his property
to protect the trees. As a matter of fact, this particular .piece of
property precipatated this entire petiton because we were advised to get
the opinion of everyone else in the neighborhood which we have done.
(INAUDIBLE COMMENT)
UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: Let me explain something. Every time I come down
here I feel like I'm defending my property.
Ms. Duval: We've got a petition here, signed by everybody in the neighborhood.
Mayor Ferre: Well look, this is not the day for us to be discussing this.
We're going to have to hold up on this and so forth, bring it back as a
regular agenda item. We'll discuss it at that time. Would you go to
each member of the Commission and explain the issue and go over it
so that everyboc:v has a full education on it, and then we;ll go back and.
discuss it. All right, here's a motion by Commissioner Lacasa, seconded
by Commissioner- Carollo that nothing be done on this until the 24th.
All right, call the roll.
THEP.EUPON THE FOREGOING MOTION TO DEFER ITEM NO. 8
to the Commission Meeting of April 24, 1980 was
introduced by Commissioner Lacasa, and seconded by
Commisaior.er Carollo, and was passed and adopted by
th fo110 ' t -
e wing
AYES: Vice -Mayor Armando Lacasa
Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
ABSENT: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
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ON THE ROLL CALL:
Mayor Ferre: And Mr. Manager, you are requested to
on this on the agenda of the 24th.
have full discussion
28. VIrRr�z mCY O'RDI*11ANCF: A'17110 ORDI`'AVCE 9060 AU".'PORX"IING ISSUP:,ICF
OF FACILITIES R-.,V^*iU? 30' .DS
Mayor Ferre: Is there anything else to come up before this Commission
at this time?
Mr. Knox: We have an ordinance to read and some resolutions to adopt
relating to the Off -Street Parking Bond Issue, and they're not finished
yet.. They are five or ten minutes away.
Mayor Ferre: We have an ordinance for the Off -Street Parking Authority.
Is -there anything else to come up before the Commission, other than that?
Would you tell them that we're waiting now for them.
AT THIS TIME. THE CITY COMMISSION TOOK A BRIEF RECESS
Mayor Ferre: If Commissioners Gibson and Lacasa would return, I think we
can get this over with in two minutes and we can be gone. All right,
the ordinance reads as follows ... we now have a quorum. Motion by`
Commissioner Lacasa, seconded by Commissioner Carollo.I will read
the ordinance, do you need a resolution first, or the ordinance first,
Mr. Knox?
Mr. Clark: The ordinance first, Mr. Mayor.`
Mayor Ferre: An ordinance amending ordinanceVo.% 9060, passed and
adopted by the Commission of`the City of Miami; Florida, on January
24th, 1980, authorizing the issuance of not exceeding eight million
seven hundred twenty-five thousand dollars for parking facility
revenue bonds, series 1980,,of the City of Miami, Florida, for the
purpose of directing that a portion of the proceeds of said bonds
be depositied with the trustee, to the'credit of the General Reserve
Fund; amending the requirements that shall be met before the additional
bonds may be issued and providing -that a portion of the proceeds of any
additional bonds be paid to fund the balance of the reserve account;
and appointing Florida National Bank of Miami as Trustee; declaring
the ordinance an emergency meausre, and dispensing with the reading of
the ordinance on two separate days by a vote of not less than four -fifths
of the members of the Commission.` All right, further discussion on the
ordinance? Call the roll.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE' AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 9060 PASSED
AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA, ON JANUARY 24, 1980 AUTHORIZING
THE ISSUANCE OF NOT EXCEEDING $8,725,000 PARKING
FACILITIES REVENUE BONDS (SERIES 1980) OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI , FLORIDA, FOR THE PURPOSE. OF DIRECTING
THAT A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS OF SAID BONDS BE
DEPOSITIn WITH THE TRUSTEE TO THE CREDIT OF THE
GENERAL FE SE;fiVr'. FUND; AMENDING THE REQUIREMENTS
THAT SHALL BE F.ET BEFORE ADDITIONAL BONDS MAY BE
ISSUED AND PI�V'IDING TAT A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS
OF ANY ADDITIONAL BONDS BE PAID TO FUND THE; BALANCE
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5 APR i
4 �„80
OF THE RESERVE ACCOUNT; AND APPOINTING FLORIDA
NATIONAL BANK OF MIAMI AS TRUSTEE; DECLARING
THE ORDINANCE AN E,IF'.R(;RNCY M-,ASUkE AND DISPENSING
WITH THE READING OF THE ORDINANCE ON TWO SEPARATE
DAYS BY A VOTE OF' NOT LESS THAN LOUR -FIFTHS OF
THE MEMBERS OF THE C01'.I.1ISSIc_)N
Was introduced by Commissioner Lacasa, and s conded by Commissioner
Caroll, for adoption as an emergency measure and dispensing with the
requirement of reading same on two separate days, which was agreed to by
the following vote:
AYES: Vice -Mayor Armando Lacasa
Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
*Commis5.Loner Joe Carollo -
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Sr.
ABSTAINING: None
Whereupon the Comrniz lion of motion of Commissioner Lacasa, and seconded
by Commissioner Carollo, adopted said Ordinance by the following vote:
AYES: Vice -Mayor Armando Lacasa
Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
ABSTAINING: None
SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 9092
The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and
announced that copies were available to members of the City Commission
and to the public.
ON THE ROLL CALL:
*Mr. Carollo: Even though I'm very leary of this still, for the reasons
that I have already stated, the majority of the Commission has expressed
their feelings fur this, and I don't think that there is any reason
on my part to delay it any longer, which is all that I would accomplish
by voting no, their !fore, I vote yes.
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29. a,^SOLUTION PROVIDPdG FOR ISSU.A^iCD ACID FIXING DETAILS
CONCERNING $8,725,000 PARKING FACILITIES REVENUE BO'?DS
Mayor Ferre: A resolution providing for the issuance of the fixing
certain details concerning eight million, seven -twenty, zero zero,
Parking Facility Revenue Bonds issued in the series 1980, the City
of Miami, Florida authorized by an ordinance, authorizing the issuance
of not exceeding eight million seven hundred and twenty-five thousand
dollars of said bonds, heretofore, adopted for the Comrlission of
the City of Miami, Florida. Is there a motion?
Mr. Lacasa: Move.
Father Gibson: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Moved by Lacasa, seconded by Gibson. Further discussion?
Call the roll.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Lacasa,
who moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 80-292
A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF AND
FIXING CERTAIN DETAILS CONCERNING $8,725,000
PARKING FACILITIES REVENUE BONDS (SERIES 1980) OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZED BY AN
ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF NOT EXCEEDING
$8,725,000 OF SAID BONDS, HERETOFORE ADOPTED BY
THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk).
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the resolution was passed
and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Vice -Mayor Armando Lacasa
Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Commissioner Joe Carollo
Mayor, Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
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30. FORIIALIZING RESOLUTIOM: A`IARD BID: $8,725,000-PARKING
FACILITI.E:S REVENUE BMIDS
31 _MOTIOId OF INTENT: pjklcr, r,LL CITY OF 111:' 11 F I F S^'.F.'''IC_?S AVAIL:�_RL
TO RECEIVE FOOD, MFDICIIIE, XND O'niFR ,EL.A^_'IVE IT. _nS FOR I'FFUGI,T:S
IV PERUVIPIN EIMBASSY IN I-'..AVANA
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Mayor Ferre: Is there anything else to come up before this Commission?
Mr. Carollo: Yes, Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: All right.
Mr. Carollo: I'd like to present a resolution at this time, Don, can
you step up to the microphone, please. Mr. Mayor, members of the
Commission, Don Teems came up to me and he brought up a suggestion that
we talked about, and I think it is a suggestion that i:. Irv, very
well timed at this point. The resolution that I would like to bring out
at this point, and I would like Don to confirm izis stance as President
of the Firefighters Union, it seems that, God willing, we're very close
to reaching a solution in being able to evacuate the ten thousand heros
that we have in the Pp_avian Embassy in Cuba. They will be coming, some
either here, or other Latin American countries. One of the main
needs that they will be needing will be food, and I would like to bring
up a resolution that all the fire stations in Miami be open as centers
that will be taking in these contributions so they can be collected.
Everyone can have a place to bring any donation they would like to,
within the community. And then, at the time when these people are
taken out of Cuba, we could direct these contributions to the proper
authority to distribute them.
mayor Ferre: All right, there's a motion, is there a second?
Mr'.'Lacasa: I second the motion And on discussion, I'd like to ask
you, Don, if you feel that this could be handled without interfering
in ;any way with the;'operation-with the fire station, on an emergency
basis. In other words, the fact that people might be going there, how,
you.'.can handle that to insure that,in an emergency the fire trucks and
everything else could be handled all right.
Mr. Don Teems: Commissioner, I believe it could, but I think you, you'
know, ,the running of the fire station is up to the Fire Chief, I know
we've done it in the past for other things. I can only give you the
support of all the firefighters. That you've got. As far as the
availability of the fire stations, I think Mr. Grassie will fully agree
with me that's up to the Fire Chief. I don't see any..problem with it
but I think he should be consulted before.
Mr. Lacasa: I want to express my appreciation to you Don, and to the
firefighters of this generous offer of cooperation and to Commissioner;_ -
Carollo for his motion. I support the motion based, of`course, on the
Fire Chief saying chat it's safe.
Mr. Carollo: Don, thank you very much for your suggestion and your
willingness to help.
Mayor Ferre: All right, Mr. Grassie,. do you want`to say something.
Mr. Grassie: I'd just like to have a chance to talk with the.,Fire
Chief. I'm sure that it's the sort of thing which with all of.us
would like to cooperate and make possible. I'm trying .to get,him.on
the phone right now, and I'm sure, that if there is any way_
ay that we can`
make this successful, then we will, do so,
Mr. Carollo:Mr. Grassie, I'd just to add that one of the main 'concerns,
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Mr. Carollo (continued): apparently, of people that feel negative
to some of these refugees coming here, is where they are going to be
fed from, who is going to pay the bill? We have plenty, plenty of people
in this community that are willing to put their dollars where their
mouth is. And I think this would facilitate them willing to come forth
with their generosity much easier and faster, and if it's handled in the
professional way that I'm sure it can be handled, it should not
interfer whatsoever, with the day to day operation, and emergency
operations from each individual fire station.
Mayor Fezre: We have a motion and a second. :urther discussion? Call
the roll please.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Carollo, who
moved its adoption:
MOTION NO. 80-294
A MOTION OF INTENT TO MAKE ALL CITY OF MIAMI FIRE STATIONS
AVAILABLE AS COLLECTION CENTERS FOR THE PUkr05E OF
RECEIVING FOOD, MEDICINE AND OTHER Ar,.TICLES TO BE COLLECTED
ON BEHALF OF THE 10,000 CUBANS PRESENTLY AT THE PERUVIAN
EMBASSY IN HAVANA, CUBA
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Lacasa, the motion was passed
CITY OF M)AMI
nnpiiuruir
MEETING DATE:
April 10, 1980
COMMISSION RETRIEVAL
ACTION CODE NO.
INDEX
ITEM N04 DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION
1 COMMISSION AGENDA AND CITY CLERK REPORT
2 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE FOR
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WITH DADE COUNTY AND
FINCH-HEERY AND ASSOCIATES TO UNDER -TAKE AN
ANALYSIS OF THE FEASIBILITY OF AN INTERNATIONAL
EXPOSITION CENTER, TRADE MART, SPORTS ARENA AND
PARKING FACILITY IN DOWNTOWN MIAMI
3 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT A GRANT
AWARD FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF
COMMUNITY AFFAIRS,.
4 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER'S SOLICITATION
OF COMPETITIVE BIDS FOR THE REMOVAL, COLLECTION,
STORA,.E AND DISPOSAL OF ABANDONED VEHICLES AND
VESSELS BASED UPON THE ATTACHED SPECIFICATIONS
OR IN SUBSTANTIAL ACCORDANCE THEREWITH
5 REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 80-98
6 AWARDING A CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
TO CONDUCT AN APPRAISAL OF THE MANAGEMENT
AGREEMENT FOR MIAMARINA AND DINNER KEY MARINA
TO REAL ESTATE RESEARCH CORPORATION, MAI
APPRAISAL FIRM
7 TRANSFERRING A PORTION OF BIRD AVENUE (S.W. 40T
STREET) WITHIN THE CITY OF MIAMI
8 ESTABLISHING JUNE 26, 1980 AT A DESIGNATED TIME
AND PLACE AS THE DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING CON-
CERNING ISSUANCE OF A DEVELOPMENT ORDER FOR THE
WATSON ISLAND DEVELOPMENT.
9 AUTHORIZING AN INCREASE IN THE SCOPE OF THE
CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE SABRE
CORPORATION IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $30,000
FOR THE ORANGE BOWL LEVEL CONCESSION AREAS
10 ACCEPTING THE BID OF THE SABRE CORPORATION IN
THE PROPOSED AMOUNT OF $274,242.00
11 EXPRESSING THE DEEPEST SYMPATHY AND SINCEREST
CONDOLENCES OF THE CITY COMMISSION ON BEHALF
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI AND ITS CITIZENS TO THE
MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY OF MAURICE GUSMAN.
12 ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED WORK OF GRAY CONSTRUC-
TION AT A TOTAL COST OF $16,009.00
13 CLOSING CERTAIN STREETS IN THE OVERTOWN COMMU-
NITY TO THROUGH TRAFFIC ON SATURDAY, APRIL 19,
1980
0032
R-80-268
80-268
R-80-270
80-270
R-80-271
80-271
R-80-272
80-272
R-80-273
80-273
R-80-274
80-174
R-80-275
80-275
R-80-276
80-276
R-80-277
80-277
R-80-278
80-278
R-80-279
80-279
R-80-280
80-280
DOCUfAENTI�NDEX
CONTINUED
TW NO.1 DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION COMMISSI . ON !ETRIEVAL
1
1
1
1
l
go
211
221
23
24�
ACCEPTING THE BID OF L.G.H. CONSTRUCTION
CORPORATION
ACCEPTING THE BID OF MIRI CONSTRUCTION, INC
ACCEPTING THE BID OF P.J. CONSTRUCTORS, INC
ACCEPTING THE BID OF XEROX CORPORATION FOR
FURNISHING INFORMATION PROCESSING EQUIPMENT
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF POLICE
TRANSFERRING AND REPLACING CERTAIN CERTIFI-
CATES OF COVENIENCE AND NECESSITY ISSUED UN-
DER THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 56 OF THE CODE
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI
CONFIRMING ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR CONSTRUCTION
OF WEST GRAPELAND SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT
SR-5387-C
CONFIRMING ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR CONSTRUCTION
OF WEST GRAPFLAND SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT
SR-5387-S
ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED WORK PERFORMED BY
NEW RIVER CONSTRUCTION CO., INC AT A TOTAL
COST OF $19,877.54
TO TAKE EFFECT APRIL 18, 1980 AUTHORIZING THE
CITY ATTORNEY TO ENGAGE THE PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES OF GEORGE J. KORBEL.
PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF AND FIXING
CERTAIN DETAILS CONCERNING $8,825,000 PARKING
FACILITIES REVENUE BONDS (SERIES 1980) OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI
AWARDING $8,725,000 PARKING FACILITIES RE-
VENUE BONDS (SERIES 1980) OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI
R-80-281
R-80-282
R-80-283
R-80-284
R-80-287
R-80-288
R-80-289
R-80-290
R-80-291
R-80-292
R-80-293
80-281
80-282
80-283
80-284
80-287
80-288
80-289
80-290
80-291
80-292
80-293