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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 1979-05-22 MinutesCCTY OF MiAMI COMMIS SION MINUTES OF THE CITY CLERK CITY HALL RALPH G.. ONGIE CITY CLERK 7 APPROVE MINUTES OF JANUARY 17 22, 1979 APPEARANCE OF MIAMI CONFERENCE CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE: SELECTION OF CHAIRMAN' APPOINTMENT OF A NEW MEMBER TO SAME DISCUSSION OF LEASES FOR CITY TO NEGOTIAROPERTY TO YACHT AND TE SAILING CLUBS: AUTHORIZE CITY. LEASE AGREEMENTS AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TOOE ENTER INTO LEASE AGREEMENT WITH CORAL REEF YACHT RECOGNIZE MR. MICHAEL SMYSER AND GOVERNMENT CLASS DISCUSSION OF ST. HUGH SCHOOL DISCUSSION OF PROCEDURES FOR APPOINTING MEMBERS TO ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTESERVICESREEMOR ENT WITH TO NATIONAL URBAN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT R_79_325 CONDUCT CITY N OF MI MI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEMONSTRATION DISCUSSION OF THE RELOCATION E LTHE E BUTLER R BUILDING M_79-326 8 TO FORT DALLAS PARK; INST PROJECT DISCUSSION 9 DISCUSSION OF POLICE CIVILIAN REVIEW COMMITTEE DISCUSSION SCHEDULE CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF JUNE 14, 1979 ION 10 RE• 11 DISCUSSION OF THE FY-1979-1980 BUDGET DISCUSS DISCUSSION OF GUIDELINES FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT R_79_328 12 TARGET AREAS ELECTIONS 3 RATIFY ACTION OF CITY � �� FOR THE ARTS FOIN ACCEPTING R GRANT R 7g_329 1 AWARD FROM NATIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS SERVICES (3RD YEAR) AMEND RESOLUTION 79-93 BY REQUIRING THAT THE MIAMI 14 HEALTH FACILITIES AUTHORITY SHALL REQUIRE A CERTIFICATE OF NEED FOR APPLICATIONS FOR FINANCING R_79_330,. NEW FACILITIES BID ACCEPTANCE: FIRE NSTATION HOSE DRYING TOWERS - MET CONSTRUCTION, I TOWER TO THE R-79-332 6364 16 NATIONAL ONAL REGISTER OF HTION OF ISTOE RICEPLACES NATI 17 TRANSFER FUNDS FROM DOWNTOWN RIVER WALKWAY, DOWNTOWN PEDESTR �D PROPERTTION I ES Y& COMMUNITY TO DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CLE�NCE OF SLUM AND BLIGHT PROJECT "EDCOM" 28-29 29 29-38 38-4, 41-45 45-46 46-61 16 Cif iE§ (REGULAR) MAY 22 1979 SIC, ALLOCATE $14,520 00MMUNITY CENTER, INC." FOR CASH -MATCH CONTRIBUTION TOWARDACQUIRINGFIVE11 ATCH NEW VEHICLES GOOMBAY FESTIVAL: ALLOCATE $6,000 CASH AND $9.000 IN IN-KIND THROUGH TRAFFIC, AUTHORIZE AGREEMENT, TO ETC. 20 RATIFY ACTION OF CITY MANAGER IN SELECTING FIRM OF W1SS, JANNEY, ELSTNER & ASSOCIATES TO DETERMINE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE ORANGE BOWL STADIUM pCT£PT CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: EQUIPMENTART IN LIC SERVPLACES- AWARD ART COMMISSION F FACILITY TO MS. BARBARA NEIJNA AUTHORIZE LONG TERM! AGREEMENT WITH FLORIDA A & M UNIVERSITY -ORANGE BLOSSOM CLASSIC FOOTBALL GAMES 23 AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OI'SCHOOLSAGREEMENTS PROGRAM AND TSG OF DAJ)E COUNTY COMMUNITY AFTER SCHOOL CARE PROGRAM byLz "t PROPOSED AGREEMENT BETWEEN GROVE KEY MARINA, 2� INC. AND EAST COAST MARINE, INC. 25 AMEND' RESOLUTION 78-374 APPROVING FINANCIAL PLANFOR;; 145 SECTION 8 HOUSING UNITS: APPROVE 45 UNITS FOR TOWN PARK 7t t I NANCE OFj tOUlT I ON 26 CONSENT AGENDA 26.1 AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ACCCEPTU$157,153MMER ROM THE E U.S DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE FOR: PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN; AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF REQUIRED R-79-342 AGREEMENTS, ETC. 26.2 AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO APPLY FORG GRANT AND FROMANCE STATE BUREAU OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE FOR FUNDINSOF�TDI EQUIPMENT PROJECT"(•AF.E.PROVIDING FOR CITYCAMATCH, ETC R-79-343 26.3 AUTHORIZE CITY MANGER TO EXECUTE AGREEMENT WITH CHAMPION SPARK -PLUG COMPANY FOR "9TH ANNUAL CHAMPION SPARKPLUG UNLIMITED REGATTA" AT MARINE R_79-344 STADIUM 26.4 AUTHORIZE CITYM�I MANAGER ACONSTRUCCTTIION OF CUTE AGREEMENT FORCE MAI R-79-345 UNIV. OF CITY PROPERTY AT VIRGINIA KEY 26.5 AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AGTRENT AND COVENANT TO RUN WITH THE LANDE KEYES BUILDING CORP. TO CONSTRUCT UTILITY SERVICES THROUGH CITY PROPERTY R-79-334 R-79-335; R-79-336' R-79-337 R-79-338 R-79-339 R-79-340 R-79-341 R-79-346 PAGE N3, 67 68 68-69 69 69 70 70 I1tMNO. REJECT PAGE # 3 tDINANCE OB SOLUTION RO. PAGE NO. 26.6 ,PROVIDING FOR CITY PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAM SPONSORED BY AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, PERMITTING UNLIMITED GOLF AT CITY COURSES FOR SOCIETY GOLF CARD HOLDERS 26.7 RESCINDING RESOLUTION 78-696 WHICH AUTHORIZED EXECUTION OF QUIT CLAIM DEED RELEASING 20-FOOT EASEMENT THROUGH LOTS 12 THROUGH 14 OF "SNUG HARBOR PLAT" 26.8 ACCEPT BID: CENTRAL DRAINAGE PROJECT E-45 GARCIA ALLEN CONSTRUCTION CO. 26.9 ACCEPT BID: SOUTH BAY SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT' SR-5454-C GIANETTY BROTHERS 26.10 ACCEPT BID: MELREESE GOLF COURSE -STARTERS OFFICE REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT CORP. OF AMERICA 26.11 ACCEPT COMPLETED WORK: DOCK AND MARINA CONSTRUCTION, INC. (DINNER KEY MARINA AND MIAMARINA -PILING REPAIRS-1978). 26.12 ACCEPT COMPLETED WORK: MARKS BROTHERS CO. (CULMER C.D. PAVING PROJECT-1977 AND CULMER SANITARY SEWER MODIFICATIONS-1977) 26.13 ACCEPT COMPLETED WORK: DECONCO, INC. (MMPD PRISONER PROCESSING AREA MODIFICATION) 26.14 ACCEPT COMPUTER ROOMTED WORK: ROY L. AIR CO ITIONINGM19 8)S' INC. (MILD 26.15 INCREASE SCOPE OF PNM CORPORATION'S CONTRACT - FOR THE "CUBAN MEMORIAL PLAZA AND MEMORIAL BOULEVARD". 26.16 ACCEPT BID C� A54RMOTORCYCLE RAD OSR (GENERAL ELECTRIC 26.17 ACCEPT BID AND AUTHORIZE PURCHASE ORDER (PITMAN PHOTO, INC.) 26.18 ACCEPT BID AND AUTHORIZE PURCHASE ORDER (ALLIED CHLORINE AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS: APPERSON CHEMICALS, INC. AND BISCAYNE CHEMICAL LABS) -POOL CHEMICALS. 26.19 ACCEPT BID AND AUTHORIZE PURCHASE ORDER (MOTOROLA C 6 E, INC.)-ONE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE MONITOR FOR COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT SERVICING AUTHORIZE ISSUANCE OF WASTE COLLECTION LICENSES • 26.21 URGE FLORIDA STATE LEGISLATURE/DADE DELEGATION TO SUPPORT LEGISLATION MAISGAPPLICATION TAXON PURCHASE MATERIALS IN CITY CONTRACTS PLAQUES, PROCLAMATION AND SPECIAL ITEMS 26.20 27 R-79-348 R-79-349 R-79-350 R-79-351 R-79-352 R-79-353, R-79-354 R-79-355 R-79-356 R-79-357 A-79-358 R-79-359 R-79-360 R-79-361 R-79-362 DISCUSSION 71 71 71 71 72 72 72 72 72 72 73 73 73 73 73 74 74 CI ISSII (REGULAR) MAY 2 Ea= 1979 Imo! ND. SIEJECT PAGE # 4 INANCE Oft SOLUTION PAGE NO. PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF CHARLES BARDAKJI, PRESIDENT MIAMI TAXICAB ASSOC. TO REQUEST EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR INSTALLATION OF DROP SAFES IN TAXICABS; INSTRUCT CITY ATTORNEY TO PROCEED WITH LEGAL PROCEEDINGS TO RETAIN CITY AUTHORITY TO REGULATE THE TAXICAB INDUSTRY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. 29 AMEND SECTION STALLATIONFOF BULLET-RESISTDELETING PLATE OEXEMPTION FROM IN R PARTITION PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF JOSE NAVARRO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SENIOR CENTERS OF DADE COUNTY, INC.; CITY PROVIDE $600 FOR THIS YEAR'S "SENIOR SHOWCASE". PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF JOEL JAFFER TO DISCUSS PR::SERVATION OF HISTORICAL STRUCTURES 32 CORAL REEF YACHT CLUB - AMEND LEASE AGREEMENT BY DELETING LANGUAGE RELATING TO WIDENING OF SO.'iE BAYSHORE DRIVE. 33 ' rLZSCNAL APPEARANCE OF JOEL JAFFER REGARDING TRIMMING OF TREES IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS 34 GOOMBAY FESTIVAL - ALLOCATE FUNDS FOR THIRD ANNUAL FESTIVAL 3) DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED AGREEMENT BETWEEN GROVE KEY MARINA, INC. AND EAST COAST MARINE, INC. 36 ' CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF ITEM 47 - SECTION 8 HOUSING UNITS; REQUEST HUD TO REALOCATE SECTION 8 HOUSING UNITS PREVIOUSLY DELETED FROM CULMER AREA 37 ACCEPT ' CORP. FOR DLELAWARE SANITARY SEWER IITPROVETED WORK -INTER -COUNTY REMENTON SR-5390-C-PUBLIC HEARING 38 ' ACCEPT COMPLETED WORK - CHARLES R. SMITH & SON, INC. AND TRAVELER'S INDEMNITY CO. FOR EAST BRADDOCK SANITARY IMPROVEMENT, AUTHORIZE FINAL PAYMENT 30 l ESTABLISH NEW TRUST i AGENCY FUND "CUBAN MEMORIAL BOULEVARD PLAQUES" AND AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT CONTRIBUTIONS 40 AMEND 8858 BY FUNDING DADE COUNTY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE PROGRAMS - $43,350. 41 AMEND 8858 BY INCREASING. APPROPRIATION FOR SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND ACCOUNTS, CONTRERTIES IBUTION T�ERPRISE FUND FROM RENTAL 42 AMEND 8719 BYESTGNEWDANCTRUST PROGR�IM �S�TN CY FUND "ARTIST -IN -RESIDENCE TEAR)" AND APPROPRIATING $6,375. M-79-363: M-79-364 M-79-365 DISCUSSION M-79-366 M-79-367 DISCUSSION M-79-368 DISCUSSION M-79-369 R-79=370 R-79-371 ORD.6930 ORD.8931 ORD.8932 ORD.8933 78-83 83 84 84-86 86 86-87 87 87-91 91-92 92-93 93 94 I1tJ D. 43 44, 45 46 AMEND 8719, SUMMARY GRANT APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE BY ESTABLISHING NEW TRUST & AGENCY FUND "COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (5TH YEAR) • AMEND 8719, SUMMARY GRANT APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE BY ESTABLISHING NEW TRUST & AGENCY FUND "HEAVY EQUIPMENT EQUIPMENT SERVICE FACILITY" IN THE AMOUNT OF $200,000. AMEND 8716, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE BY APPROPRIATING FROM 1976 FIRE FIGHTING, FIRE PREVENTION & RESCUE FACILITIES BOND FUND $38,100 FOR PURCHASE OF FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT AMEND 8719, SUMMARY GRANT APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE BY ESTABLISHING NEW TRUST & AGENCY FUND "CITY ARTS —NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS SERVICES (3RD YEAR)" AND APPROPRIATING $100,000. AMEND 8858 BY INCREASING APPROPRIATION FOR SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND ACCOUNTS —SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS BY $100,391 TO FUND DADE COUNTY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AND AFTER SCHOOLS CARE PROGRAMS. AMEND 8858 BY INCREASING APPROPRIATION FOR CITIZEN SERVICES DEPT. BY $102,541. AMEND 8858 BY INCREASING APPROPRIATION FOR DEPT. OF TOURISM PROMOTION BY $110,000. ESTABLISH `RENTAL RATES FOR USE OF MIAMI STADIUM ESTABLISH 'PROCEDURES IN CONTRACTING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. AMEND 8858 BY APPROPRIATING $25,000 FROM THE REVOLVING FUND TO FUND COSTS FOR CITY HALL RENOVATIONS RATIFY ACTION OF CITY MANAGER IN ACCEPTING GRANT AWARD OF $11,629. FROM FLORIDA DEPT. OF HEALTH Is REHABILITATIVE SERVICES FOR RECREATION PROGRAMS FOR THE MENTALLY RETARDED. AMEND 8858 BY APPROPRIATING $11,629 TO "RECREATION PROGRAMS FOR THE MENTALLY RETARDED (3RD YEAR)" FROM UNANTICIPATED GRANT FUNDS RECEIVED FROM FLORIDA DEPT. OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES GRANT AWARD —AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT‘ _ FROM U.S. DEPT. OF HEALTH, EDUCATION & WFLFA.RR . $40,500. FOR STAFF TRAINING FOR ADAPTED RECREATION (STAR) AMEND 8719, SUMMARY GRANT APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE BY ESTABLISHING NEW TRUST AND AGENCY FUND "STAFF TRAINING FOR ADAPTED RECREATION (2ND YEAR)" AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS THERETO. FIRST READING 96 101-102 FIRST READING 102-103 103-104 104-106 106-111 111-112 112 FIRST 'READING R-79-372 FIRST READING R-79-373 FIRST READING 112-113 113 CI 1TEM NO. I SSI I' ' IAMI, i ZRIBet (REGULAR) MAY 2 SUBJECT 1979 PAGE ( 6 ORDINANCE REsoLUTIONono. PAGE NO. 57 DEFER APPOINTMENT OF FIVE MEMBERS TO THE MIAMI HEALT FACILITIES AUTHORITY. 53 NT - ROBERT L. SIMMONS'& DYNACOM AGREEMENT AUTHORIZE CORP. FOR CITY OF MIAMI CONVENTION AND VISITORS' GUIDE. 59 APPOINT EIGHT MEMBERS TO THE CITY OF MIAMI" COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN 60 1 APPOINT COMMISSIONERS ROSE GORDON AND (REV.) IiEODORE GIBSON TO SERVE AS THE CITY'S REPRESENTATIV AND ALTERNATE TO THE DADE LEAGUE OF CITIES BOARD. 61 ` AMEND SECTION 1 OF9RESISTDELETING PLATEEtO EXEMPTION FROM INSTALLATION OF BULLET PARTITION IN TAXICABS. 62 1 CONFIRMING RESOLUTION -APPOINT P.W. ANDREWS AS CHAIRPERSON OF THE CITY OF MIAMI/UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI JAMES L. KNIGHT INTERNATIONAL CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONFIRMING RESOLUTION -APPOINT ARMANDO CODINA AS A MEMBER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI/UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI JAME L. KNIGHT INTERNATIONAL CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE 64 CONFIRMING RESOLUTION -RESCHEDULE 1079THE T0 TAKE PLACE COMMISSION MEETING 0 ON'JUNE 4, 1979. 65 I` CONFIRMING RESOLUTION -INSTRUCT CITY ATTORNEY TO PROCEED WITH LEGAL PROCEEDINGS TO RETAIN CITY OF MIAMI AUTHORITY TO REGULATE THE TAXICAB INDUSTRY WITHIN THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA. DISCUSSION ' 114-115 123-124 124-125 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF MIAMI, FLORIDA ummosnmIc ON THE 22ND DAY OF MAY, 1979, THE CITY COMMISSION OF HALL, FLORIDAAN METS AR MEETING FLORIDACE ININ THE REGULARITY SESSION. HALL, 3500 PAN AMERICAN MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT :12MEO'CLOCK A.M. BY MAYOR MAURICE A. FERRE WITH THE FOLLOWING THE COMMISSION FOUND TO BE PRESENT: COMMISSIONER ROSE GORDON COMMISSIONER ARMANDO LACASA COMMISSIONER (REV.) THEODORE GIBSON VICE -MAYOR J. L. PLUMMER, JR. MAYOR MAURICE A. FERRE JOSEPH R. GRASSIE, CITY MANAGER R. L. FOSMOEN, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER GEORGE F. KNOX, CITY ATTORNEY RALPH G. ONGIE, CITY CLERK MATTY HIRAI, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK AN INVOCAENONINAA PLEDGES ROF ALLEGIANCE REVEREND TOITHENFLAG.WHO THEN LED THOSE PREST 1. APPROVE MINUTES OF JAN. 17, MARCH 8 AND MARCH 22, 1979. Mr.. Joel Jaffer appeared and stated that he had some objections sin writing, ethe as presented. Mayor Terre -stated that the Clerk should respond Mr. Jaffer's objections and difthere ws sufficient cause the Commission would bring the matter up for reconsideration. Upon motion of Commissioner Gibson, seconded by Commission Lacasa, the Minutes of January 17, March 8 and March 22, 1979 were approved by a unanimous vote of the City Commission. ERENCE CENTER • 2, COMMITTEE;E SELECTIONF MIAMI COFFCHAIRMAN; APPOINTMENT YOF A COMMITTEE; NEW MEMBER TO SAME. Mayor Terre: The first item is an appearance by the Miami Conference -Center Advisory Committee. Would the members of the Committee please stand up, hose of you that are here? I see Paul Allrright,ho than]ceis here from the you very much for yo�ittee? ='' Mac Wolfe, Mr. Crow, r�d Mr. Manager. presence this morning Mr. Grassie: I believe, Mr. Mayor, that one of the purposes the City Commis- sion wanted to serve was to have an opportunity to discuss with members of the City Commission their progress to date, also to consider the possibility of appointing a chairman for the group and I believe tthatt► tyou o ahave oner positionhat which is still vacant and the City Commi Y a one last appointment. Mayor Terre: A11 right, as I understand it Mr. Paul Andrewsl'as recs ognize atinterim chairman after the resignation of Mr. Arboleya. at this time Mr. Andrews. Paul, it's always good to see you. 01 MAY 2 2 1979 Mr. Paul W. Andrews: I'm really happy to be back. Mr. Mayor and members of the Commission, I was selected to speak for the committee and to advise you as to our status and those actions which we've taken to date. We have had four meetings, we've come to know one another during those four meetings and we have I think made substantial progress in understanding the scope of the project. The committee has many documents to work with, there was the agree- ment between the University and the City which they have become thoroughly acquainted with, the two agreements with the developer, Miami Center Associates and through these documents and the briefings by Mr. Connolly we have an under- standing now of the total scope of the project. We are now in a position we feel where we can begin to look at the specifics of the total project and where it's appropriate advise the Commission, the City Manager, the University and the developer. We would be particularly interested in becoming involved in specific problems that the administration or the University or developer might have with the project. I think an example of that involvement might be best served in understanding that there is a discussion which is under way with reference to the furnishings that the City will provide the University. That discussion is going on between the University and the administration. We don't propose to become involved in that other than thoroughly understanding what the discussions are about. We feel that the administration and the University will resolve that problem. If they do not resolve it then the committee will be in a position to sit down with both the University and the administration, become thoroughly acquainted with the details and assist in giving advice as to how best to solve the problem, advise the Commission if necessary as to the outcome of that but I'm sure that the administration will do that adequately. Perhaps of greatest concern to the committee at this time is its real roll and function. You received a letter from Mr. Stuart Patton which summarizes some of the interest of the committee in having the resolution which you adopted charging the committee with certain responsibilities further clarified and maybe becoming a little more specific as to the Committee's responsibilities. For example, there is embodied in the resolution a phrase to the fact that the Committee has a responsibility for looking into all matters relating to the facility. While i understand the intent of the Commission, it's probably not practical for this Committee which will spend two to four hours a month, and we hope to meet monthly and we have been, and more often if necessary, to look into every matter. There might be a misunderstanding there and some of the Committee members are fearful that you and those involved directly in the pro- ject and the public may look upon the committee as a complte watchdog for the project and, of course, that's not possible. The better roll for this advis- ory committee is to stay abreast of the project, to review it, to look into whatever matters it feels are necessary to look into but not to be directly charged with that responsibility - if I'm getting across to you that particular point. Mayor Ferre: Thank you very much, Mr. Andrews, and I'd like to invite any of the other members that may want to address the Commission at this time if they wish to. Otherwise, then I'll open it up for questions from members of the Commission. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, I was the one, as you will recall, who requested that this matter be brought be brought before the Commission and moreso at the time was my concern of a member who had been appointed to that Committee who re- signed with a pretty stinging letter of the reason for his resignation. And I thought that that matter contained sufficient criticism that the matter should be resolved before this Commission. Mr. Andrews, it is my understanding that you presently are serving as Chairman and I would ask you if you would to please give this Commission the assurances that the matters contained in that letter have been looked into and have been corrected. That is, of course, the letter of Mr. Arboleya who not only was appointed by this Commission but who was ap- pointed Chairman at the time by this Commission. I just don't think that you can let a matter of a man's resignation with very biting comments go by the board without resolving the matter and that's why I asked that it be brought to this Commission so that it could be resolved one way or another here today. Mr. Andrews: The Committee did look into that and we're completely satisfied that the explanations that were received from Mr. Connolly, and perhaps Mr. Connolly should tell the Commission of the events that took place, and I think it related around a series of telephone calls more than anything else... Mr. Plummer: Or the lack of. Mr. Andrews: Or lack of response to telephone calls at a time when Mr. Connolly was very much involved in a particular matter relating to the Center that was quite urgent. 02 MAY 2 2 1979 Mr. pitmen I'm more concerned, Mr. Andrews, with the feelings of the Com- mittee that the problem is corrected. Mr. Andrews: When you say there's a problem that was corrected, I isunderstandinq perhaps buton't not a think there really was a problem, there was a m problem and the Committee is completely satisfied and has complete confidence in Mr. Connolly and looks to him, he has not failed once to give a complete and clear answer to many of the complicated questions that were brought up by the Committee. These are very intelligent people who are well-known in the community for their business acumen and they can get right at the root of a problem and Mr. Connolly has been very responsive and very clear in his an- swers to all of us and I think the Committee as a whole is getting a very good grasp of the project. Mx. Plummer: So as the Chairman of the Committee it is your opinion that at this time there are no problems that are existing between the Committee and the administration? Mr. Andrews: None whatsoever. Mt. Plummer: And you feel very comfortable withthe vehicle that is presently oeing used is adequate to do the job and to get the job accomplished? Mr. Andrews: Oh, yes, sir. us. Plume::: All right, that's what I wanted to hear. Rev. Gibson: Let me raise it another way. I know what you said and I know what you are purporting that the Committee agrees upon. If the problem was there when Mr. Arboleya was Chairperson, have you asked Mr. ARboleya what his problem was? Mr. Plummer: Well, I think he saw a letter didn't you? Did you see Arboleya's letter? Rev. Gibscn: You know, Rev. Gibson; Did the Committee talk with him? Mr. Andrews: No, sir. Rev. Gibson: Look, you know I deal with people. I'm not trying to prolong or impune what the Committee says. I want to make sure that the next Chair- person doesn't have the same problem. Did you all ask Mr. Arboleya - it's only fair since you represent us - did you ask him? Mr. Andrews: No, we did not. Mr. Arboleya had taken the action and the con- sensus of feeling of the Committee was that we should not pursue what his reasons were for terminating his services with the Advisory Committee. We felt that the Commission might choose to do that rather than the Committee. Mayor Ferre: And I did. d Mr. Andrews: The Commission was ussthe to go to vehiclethat �tand tirypointed to ascertainnwhyehe1left think it was appropriate the Committee. Mr. Plummer: Did you see his letter? Mr. Andrews: Yes. Mr. Plummer: Well, his criticism was contained in the letter and that's what I was addressing myself to. Mayor Ferre: I personally called him up and asked him to come visit with me about it and we had a nice visit. As far as I'm concerned the matter is cleared up, personally. IM O 2 2 1979 03 Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, the only thing I wanted was you know at this Commis- sion level so no one could ever at a later date come back and say, "You had somebody who was complaining, you never listened to the man, if you had only listened to him maybe he was right." Okay? Now, as far as I'm concerned the matter has been brought to the table, it has been dealt with and the problem has been resolved as it is explained by the committee and that's all I'm really looking for. Rev. Gibson: Mr. Mayor, I'm not going to prolong this thing but I want to make sure everybody hears what I'm saying, I want it in the record. I would have felt much better and I would have been more at ease if Mr. Arboleya was either questioned so as to have both sides of this,you know. I heard what you said I didn't hear what Arboleya said. And let me tell you, I happen to know in the process of writing and English was my minor - i don't act like it. You don't always convey in writing what the real problem is nor the true spirit is. I understand it. I wish the man had, you know, I'm ready to deal with it. Go ahead. mr."Andrews: One more matter, Mr. Mayor. With your permission or consent of the Commission we would like to meet with Mr. Grassie or his representative to go over the resolution that you've adopted to see if some adjustments can 'De made and resubmit the resolution to you. Mayor Ferre: I think that's not only reasonable I think it is essential that you do that. I would like to point out, Paul, that in Stewart Patton's let- ter cf May 15th in Item #2, well first of all I'm very happy to see that he recommends you very strongly to be the chairman and i certainly subscribe to that; #2 I notice that in Item #2 he keeps talking about authority. He says, "In review of the resolution authorizing the authority committee it limits very drastically the function of this authority." Well, I think that if you look at the title and you look at this thing it says the Miami Conference Center Advisory Committee - advisory. Now, I realize that there is a differ- ence between an advisory committee and an authority and I think the Commis- sion is well aware of that and that what we were doing is delegating some responsibility and authority but not abdicating. In other words this is not the Off -Street Parking Authority where we give up this Commission's right. Now that does not mean that we're not going to pay attention to you just like 1 think if you deliberate properly and duly and you bring up some of these important issues I think that it is your responsibility to come back to the Commission. But I think the final decision on the essential things has got to be vested on the elected body. Mr. Andrews: Yes, sir, and, in fact, I don't think I know that Mr. Patton knows that well, I think it was just an inadvertent choice of word here that he used because we have had at least three discussions as to what our responsi- bilities are and a clarification as to advisory in the term advisory committee. We have no authority, we can't make any final decisions, we can't act, we cannot direct anyone to do anything and we've discussed this so that each mem ber of the committee understands that. Mayor Ferre: Well, he refers to it as an authority and it's not an authority. I know. f Mr. Andrews: he ma Mayor Ferre: You know y be words. perhaps, he got confused in his choice o Mx. Andrews: I think it was just the choice of the word, Mr. Mayor. Mayor Ferre: Thank you. Are there further questions or statements? If no is there a motion for the appointment of a chairman? Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, I once again as I did previously and was unsuccessful would like to nominate Mr. Paul Andrews to serve as Chairman for this coming year of the authority. The, preceding motion introduced by Commissioner Plummer and seconded by Coal- missioner Gordon was passed and adopted by a unanimous vote. SAID MOTION WAS DESIGNATED MOTION NO. 79-320. SEE LATER RESOLUTION 79-377.' *MAY 2 2 tall Mayor Ferro: Now, with regards to the appointment of the vacancy, that was Raboso's appointment, mine was Mac Wolfe who happens to be here and so, there- fore, Mr. Lacasa, would you please nominate somebody. Mr. Lacasa: I would like to place in nomination the name of Armando Codina. Armando Codina is a very successful businessman who is extremely interested in the development of the City of Miami as an international trade center and the development of downtown. He has the time and he is more than willing to serve and he is highly qualified. Mayor Ferre: Mr. Codina, I might remind you, is the fellow that was the sub- ject of a very positive article in the Miami Herald about a year ago about the success of the Cuban exile when he had sold a computer company that he had for quite a substantial amount of money. At the present time he serves as the chairman of the recently born Non -Group Latin Committee which is functioning or will be functioning with the so-called Anglo and black counter parts that is presently being formed and working with Bill Rubin and John Mc Mullen and all those other people in that chamber. The preceding motion introduced by Commissioner Lacasa and seconded by Commissioner Plummer was passed and adopted by a unanimous vote. SAID MOTION WAS DESIGNATED MOTION 79-321. SEE LATER RESOLUTION 79-37B. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, to conclude this, Mr. Grassie, it would be my hope and I think, as / rarely do, / think the Commission hopes that this committee at all times be fully informed and consulted with as you would this Commission, that they have all documents, all information and that just any amount of material that is supplied to us would be supplied to them and any request for additional materials, that I think this Commission is putting a lot of faith in this committee and the only way they can function properly is to have all the facts. It would be my hope that the administration would furnish to them likewise anything that they might request in the way of facts or figures or information that it also be furnished to this Commission so we can be appraised of what each other are doing for the betterment of the project. Mr. Grassie: Mr. Mayor, Jim Connolly has asked me whether the City Commission would have an interest in having Mr. Hilliary Candella speak briefly to the model since you had asked that it be here, if you would feel that that would help you by way of information? Mayor Ferre: All right, Mr. Candella, why don't you bring us up to date as to what if any changes have occured and where are we and where are we going. Mr. H. Candella: Well, I guess what we should bring the Commission up to date is that the drawings for the Convention Center will be finished at the end of this month, we'll be going out for bids on June 4th. We have actually shorten- ed the timetable in order to try to hit the construction industry market as soon as possible and we are expecting construction bids in the middle of July. As you know, construction is now going on in terms of the foundation and the steel structure for the building will be also starting pretty soon to come out of the ground. Mayor Ferre: Well, I've been personally involved on several occasions in the last five months with you and with Mr. Worsham and Connolly and the Manager on this project and I just want to attest to the wonderful cooperation that I think you and your firm have given and the tremendous amount of work and overtime work that's going on to get these working drawings out by June 1st. I don't think there is probably another architectural firm in all of Florida that could have cranked out this work like you have and I think it means a lot of money to the City and I thank you for your diligence. Is there anything else on Item A, Mr. Manager? Mr. Grassie: No, sir. rt InY 2 net ON OF EASES FOR CITY TO YACHT 3. SAILING ICLUBS; LAUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO AND TO NEGOTIATE LEASE AGREEMENTS. Mayor Ferre: We're now on Item B. Mr. Grassie: I would like to ask the Finance Director, Jim Gunderson to give a general introduction of the question and also to point out briefly to you the information that he has supplied on each of the five yacht club leases that the City deals with. Mr. J. E. Gunderson: Members of the Commission, the information you requested on the yacht and sailing clubs is presented to you in this status report. There are five clubs are covered, one of the clubs, Coral Reef Yacht Club hake submitted a negotiated settlement and it is before you on today's agenda. remaining four represent those that are under negotiation at the present time. Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Gunderson, may I ask you a question, it's for information before we begin the full discussion so we can put the whole thing in the right perspective? The Coral Reef Yacht Club and the Biscayne Bay Yacht Club sit on privately owned land, is that correct? Mr. Gunderson: Yes. Mrs. Gordon: Do they pay any taxesof any sort? Mr. Gunderson: Yes. Mrs. Gordon: Can you tell taxes that they pay? Mr. Gunderson: I can give it to you from the top of my head which is a rounded kind of figure. The Coral Reef pays approximately $40,000 and Biscayne I be- lieve pays around $44,000. That's a rounded figure and I'd have to go back and check the records and make certain. Mrs. Gordon: That's all right, you can make the correct figures later, serve the purpose right now. Mr. Gunderson: The information that has been provided you indicates the back- grounds for each of the leases and the current status of those leases. In each of the cases we are currently under negotiation to arrive at a new tease. Most of these have now expired a long time ago and two of them more recently but they're all under consideration at the present time. Each of them has separate problems and each of them is being treated as a separate entity al- though they have concurrent similarities. You'll notice on the last two pages we provided the user rates and dues and membership and the terms of each of those leases which indicates that most of the membership at the present time are non-residents of the City coming out anywhere from 100 to 300 miles away and some of them outside the state. All the rates and everything ndare seset forth there. If you have a definitive question I'll be happy to Mayor Ferre: Would you repeat that statement about 300 miles, Mr. Gunderson? Mr. Gunderson: Well, some of the clubs have different rules as to what con- stitutes a non-resident. Where those things have occured we have tried to note them, a non-resident which is somebody who is not a resident of the City of Miami may also be ean ou'llut-of-star. For note that they haveoutof/in the case state people. Coconut Grove Sailing Y Mayor Ferre: I think that what is before us presently is one of these rather than all five. We should address ourselves first to that one and then if the Commission wants to discuss the others that's... The one that's before us is Coral Reef, right? Mr. Plummer: But that's a scheduled item on the agends. us, furnish us that information? What are th Mayor Ferre: Will you explain again why that's the only before us and why not all of them? C6 MAY 22 1071 rt Mr. Graasie: Well really that is the only one for which negotiations have been completed, Mr. Mayor. What you asked the last time when we brought Coral Reef to your agenda was that we put this in context of the other agreements that the City had in process. So what we're trying to do now is to give you the background that you requested with regard to membership and fee structure and also to give you a status report on each one of the five leases. But the only one that is really finished that is ready for your action is item 46 on your agenda and that is Coral Reef. Mayor Ferre: I see. Mrs. Gordon: We're not limited in our discussion this morning. Mayor Ferre: No, I was just saying that I think since that's the only one really before us that we ought to decide on that one one way or the other and teen if you want, of course, you can bring up any subject you want in this •.natter. 5o if it is all right with all of you I will recommend that we take. LP 46. :Irs. Gordon: 1 would suggest, Mr. Mayor, that we do this in a comprehensive fashion and that we discuss the issue because at this point on the agenda that is what we're here for - to discuss the issue. Mayor Ferre: Go right ahead, I accept that. Commission want to say anything on item B? G rlcr. Yes, I do. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, let me ask: Is there a representative here of the yacht club on Watson Island? You're representing the yacht club? Miami Yacht Club. Is there a representative here from the Outboard Club? vru're representing the Outboard Club. Is there someone here from Coconut Glove Sail.ng Club? All right. And the other one in question is Biscayne. Al). right, sir. So let me ask you, have you see - to the four of you, the representatives - have you seen this report? You've all seen this report? Okay. ErCWA1 me? (INAUDIBLE COMMENTS FROM AUDIENCE) Well, there's two re- ports, sir, one is called "Status Report" which is dated May 4th in a memo to t•,i ssi.e t' •-tir' erson then there is a second paper which is called a position statement, fc:. structure. Mayor Ferre: Well, that's coming from the Miami Yacht Club. Mr. -Plummer: Well, I'm just asking that we're all talking from the same basis, as everyone seen the same documents that I've seen. .ayor Ferre: And then there's a third one which comes from Richard Taylor which deals with the Miami Outboard Club. M11:. Plummer: Well, it would be my hope that all of these people have all of the documents that the Commission has so we can talk from you know an intelli- gent standpoint, I don't want to bring something up that they don't know any- thing about because it all dovetails. Mayor Ferre: Mr. Plummer, is there anything else? Pir. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, no, I will wait. Mrs. Gordon wants to speak and then I'd like to hear from the yacht clubs or from the clubs themselves and then I'll reserve my comments until then. Mayor Ferre: All right, Mrs. Gordon? Mrs. Gordon: I would like to address myself to the principle behind the dis russion that lies before us at this point. The principle is that three of i:i.es: five properties are in the ownership of the public, they're public prop- erty entirely. I note from the report the overwhelming percentage of members are not residents of the City of Miami and the small number that are, we're not exactly sure how many of those persons are in the low income bracket. I wonder if any of them are because I'm doubtful if anyone in the low income bracket can have the pleasure of owning a boat of any size even a canoe. I feel very strong about the fact that with the very tight fiscal condition of this City even though we are very respectful of the caliber of persons who are members of these clubs,that we can no longer afford to be so generous as to give away almost a quarter of a million dollars in a two year period if, in fact, each non-resident member paid a minimum fee of $100 a year. I would expect that we would look at this with a impartial view and that we would say rt 07 MAY 22t to these persons who are in charge of these clubs that much as we like the many charitable things that you're doing we fully expect that if your non- resident members contributed $100 per per year to the City for the use of these facilities,that you would still continue with your charitable work. I know many organizations in this community that are not receiving benefits from the City by way of rent reduction are doing a great amount of charitable work without any compensation of any sort whatsoever and since you people who are the membership of these fine organizations are the kind of people who are in- volved with your community you would continue to do so. Therefore, Mr. Mayor, T. would ask that this Commission go on record right now requesting that all non-resident members, to the officials of these organizations, that all non- resident members pay a rental fee of $100 per year to the club in turn to be turned over to the City. Mayor Ferre: All right let me express my person opinion on this. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, I: think you're out of order, there is a motion on the floor. Mayor Ferre: Well that was not a motion. Mrs. Gordon: It's a motion, Mr. Mayor. Mr. Plummer: I` understood it to be a motion. Mayor' Ferre: Oh, I didn't hear that. I'm sorry. All right, is there a 'sec end? Is there a second? Rev. Gibson: Let me second the motion for discussion because to speak Lni I don't just want it to die. the Mayor wanted Mayor Terre: I think there is a difference between the Coral Reef Yacht Club and the Biscayne Bay Yacht Club and the other three, the Coconut Grove Sailing Club, the Miami Outboard and the Miami Yacht. The difference, of course, is that two they own the upland property and they do pay taxes in excess of forty thousanr]'nc1iar.s each a year. In addition.... Gordcr.• I wasn't including them if you thought I was, Mr. Mayor. Mayor Ferre: Yes, let me finish and then I'll recognize you as long as you want. The other clubs on the other hand use property that belongs to the City of Miami. Now what the Coral Reef and the Biscayne Yacht Clubs use are the baybottom properties which we got from the state some years ago and for that there is a question as to how much we should be paid and I think it 's a valid question and my positon when I met with them is that I told them that the time had come now when since they wanted to expand some of the boating facilities that they had that they ought to really pay a higher amount since what you're talking about in these clubs are clubs that have a $1,000 initiation fee and that have yearly dues of $500. Obviously you're not dealing with anybody but people who can afford to pay that kind of money and obviously these are people that are, middle class up and, therefore, I thought it is only fair. Now the recommendation that's before us 3.n Item 46 is the conclusion of the negotia- tions that have come from the Manager. I think the Manager is recommending them and now the question that's before the Commission (1) is whether or not we give these people that right and (2) whether or not what they're offering is acceptable to the Commission. Now, with regards to the other clubs, I think the other clubs are somewhat different. I recognize the fact that the percentage of residents of the City of Miami, and let's put it on the record, and the Coconut Grove Sailing Club is 26% and in the Miami Yacht it's 10% and in the Miami Outboard it's 14%. Now in that case I completely subscribe to the theory that Mrs. Gordon has expounded on here which is non -City users of that should pay an additional fee. Now I recognize that the off -setting argu- rent on that is that many of the people that are using that club may not live in Miami but two-thirds of them may be working in Miami. I recognize that as people who work they are contributors to the tax rolls indirectly and I think that's a valid point. Nevertheless, I think that all of us in municipal govern- ment throughout the United States increasingly have the fiscal pressures that are coming upon us and the problem that people in the outlying areas are the beneficiaries of the cities' facilities without really paying their fair share. So, therefore, the question is the determination of what a fair share is. If, in fact, you're using the land that if you own that land you'd be paying taxes of 20 or $30,000. Now the other argument there is if you're using City land MAY 22 gm 08 and if you are going to pay that much how many people are we excluding from the usage of the club that would otherwise not have the availability of boat- ing? Because the fact is that if you want, I'm talking about a person of mod- est income who wants to boat or enjoy the bay in this community, you can't do it at a private yacht club because these fees are pretty standard in a private yacht club. If you go to the public sector to any one of these marinas like the Merrill Stevens Marina or like Grove Key Marina or the marinas on the river to house a boat the amount of money that you spend is much more than what you would get out of the Miami Yacht Club, the Outboard and the Coconut Grove Yacht Club and, therefore, what that means is that we are giving people - I would as- sume of nodest means - this is the best deal in town to be able to boat. Now, so there is a strong argument there. 1 think the counter weight on it is that our responsibility as the City really is to the people who live within the City of Miami and so I think we have to weigh these things out and come out with a happy medium. You see, you can get into the argument, take somebody from Hia- leah let's say that lives in Hialeah but works in Miami can say, "Well, in effect what you're doing is you're taking away from me the right to enjoy the boating .facilities of this community because if, in fact, what you're saying is you've lotto pay twice as much or ten times more that I would then have to go all the way down to the south part of the county before I can get a county marina and what you're doing is penalizing Hialeah for not being on the water." And I under- stand that argument, I think there is a valid point on that. In conclusion, I would say that we have to charge more for the non-residents. Now the question as to how such more is something that I think should be subject to discussion because I don't think we want to make this so restrictive that we're, in fact, excluding people of modest means the ability to boat outside of these three yacht clubs. Now, the fact is if you look at the Miami Yacht Club the member- ship for dockage is $24 to $50 a month and the dues are $150 one time and $68 a year. If you look at the Miami Outboard, the dues are $150 initiation and $96 a year. And the Coconut Grove has an intiation fee of $150 and the annual mmbership of $125 a year. If you look at the mooring rates and the storage rates of all three of these clubs they're lower than anybody else in this town. Nobody has mooring and storage rates like that. The question again comes back as to who is able to boat and who are we excluding when we raise the fee and at what point is a reasonable raise. In other words, I am totally for the premise which we've used in our golf and other parks of charging the non-residents more than we charge the residents. It's an established policy of the City and I think something that we should be doing in these three particular clubs. Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Mayor, may I offer some more information which may help the Commission come to the conclusion that we should pass this motion? And that is that $100 a year which I am suggesting be the fee for non-residents in addition to what they're paying now breaks down to about $8.25 per month and 270 per day, less than a pack of cigarettes. I would respectfully also say that if, in fact, there should be a hardship case in that classification of non-residents which truly warrants special consideration then in that case I would assume that the clubs would set up a special committee to deal with waivers for those persons truly unable to pay the minor 27C per day. Mayor Ferre: All right, we have members of these different clubs here that may want to say, and I welcome ary of you to make your comments at this point. Mr. Don Manson: My name is Don Manson. I'm this year's Commodore at. the Miami Yacht Club. I'd like to comment on this, I'm trying to get all my thoughts in order to Mrs. Gordon's motion. I think I'll take it working backwards from what the Mayor just said. You've established this procedure in the golf courses, the tennis courses and things, those facilities actually cost, they consume, they're not generators. The yacht clubs generate revenues for the City of Miami. The Miami Yacht Club as an example, our membership according to those papers is 90% non-resident. They bring their money to Miami, they spend their money here in Miami. The Miami -Nassau Race last year generated more than $1,000,000 of out- of-pocket expenses in the City of Miami. Those men are all non-residents, they are not necessarily members of the yacht club but they brought in here. Mrs. Gordon's comment about hardship cases, Miami Yacht Club dues were payable last April 1st, they were $68 a year, we have 31 members that are being dropped at the end of 45 days, a net period of 60 days, net period of time for inability to pay their dues. We pay the dues in half year installments. That's $35 peo- ple were not able to come up with. We take the approach again, over 10% of our members work in the City or live in the City of Miami, 90% of them are support- ing these activities that the Miami Yacht Club sponsors. Our publicity is hard to determine how much money we spend or generate in nationwide, worldwide press publicity but that money again is generated by 90% of the members who do not live in the City of Miami. 09 MAY 22-NM Mrs. Gordon: You're not disagreeing with the theory that I have that that can afford to pay should pay are you? Mr. Manson: I'm saying, I'm not quite I'm trying to say here.... those sure how to handle it, Mrs. Gordon. Mrs. Gordon: I had no prior discussion with you or anyone else relative to the suggestion I put on the table. Mr. Manson: You're suggesting an amount of money here that exceeds the total annual dues for everyone at the club. The whole purpose of our club is to make boating available to the working man, to the person of modest means. You indi- cated earlier... Okay, I'll give you one example which you indicated earlier About the people that use the yacht clubs, the average value of the boat at the Miami Yacht Club costs less than an automobile. Our average boat is an 18 foot non-polluting sailboat and which costs less than a car. We don't have... Well, I won't go any further with that. Did that answer your question, Mrs. Gordon? Mrs. Gordon: No. Mayor Ferre: Let me ask you this: Suppose the people that are non-residents of the city of Miamiwould pay twice their annual dues, in other words instead, of 68 they would pay 136, the extra money coming to the City of Miami. Mr. Manson: What was the question though? Mayor Ferre: I mean we may be just splitting hairs, I don't know. Mrs. Gordon: I think so, Mr. Mayor, I think we are because like we're breaking down on a per diem basis or on a monthly basis, it's really very minor amounts of money for those who can afford to pay and if, in fact, there is a hardship as I suggested those should be dealt with on an individual basis not as a group basis but as an individual basis and in every group there are some that are the true hardships. Mayor Ferre: And I think perhaps if this thing passes what we ought to do is you ought to come to us - I don't want to embarrass those people - but I think you ought to come and try to work out if there are some hardship cases of peo- ple that just cannot afford to pay that that I'm sure we would be reasonable in accepting that. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, let me, i was going to wait but I guess now I'd better jump in because I want each one of these people that are representing the clubs to speak to the issue that Mrs. Gordon is bringing up and you have addressed, is in my estimation only one facet and that is the issue of resident - non-resi- dent. Now, to me there are other issues that are important. For example, and I'll use you since you're at the podium, you volunteered to be first. I'm con- cerned, and this will apply to each one of the clubs: (1) Do you have a closed membership? Mr. Manson: We do not, our membership is open, it has always been open, a public club. Mr. Plummer: In other words my concern is do the people right to apply and become a member of the club? Mr. Manson: All people can apply and become members. restrictions and membership is completely open. Mrs. Gordon: How long does it take from the date of application and what is your maximum enrollment permissable? Mr. Manson: We do not have a maximum enrollment at all, there is no cap, we have never capped the enrollment. The actual date would have to do, you file your application, your application is heard, you're introduced to the members and your application is heard by the Board of Governors and then you're accepted the following month. In the past ten years we've only had one person turned down for membership and that was a woman who put down here occupation on the form as prostitute. Mrs. Gordon: What was that? I thought you said that. Mr. Plumper: Here comes Margo Saint James. 10 Mr. Manson: That was obviously impossible for the Board of GoVernors to ap- prove that kind of membership. Two months later, as you know, onraaCitynd oo months ance our membership rolls were opened the month of July every y later.... Mrs. Gordon: Just for one month? Are you open only for one month for membership? Mr. Manson: That's for non -sponsorship,, we're open year round. If somebody, wants to come Mrs. Gordon: Why do you have to have a sponsorship? and join the club why do they have to be sponsored? Mr. Manson: They don't. Mrs. Gordon: This is a public facility, sir, without any sponsor all year round? Mayor Ferre: I think he Mrs. Gordon: Mayor Ferre: answered they don't. I know, but why? They don't have to be sponsored, ii that correct? be sponsored, no. Mr. Manson: They do not have to Mrb. Gordon: Oh, I thought he said he did. Mayor Ferre: Well that's why I was trying to correct the misunderstanding. M. Manson: Let me correct that. Actually wesponsor orm s a rson, if theyas ap- ply to the club the club will furnish asponsor a host, as an introducer. Mrs. Gordon: All year round? Mr. Manson: Except for the month of July because theth City rdinancwe just peyte fic ally says you can't do that in July so in the that.... why can't I or anybodY go`up there Mrs. Gordon: Why, why would have we an ordinance that would prohibit a member from applying for membership in the month of July? Mr. Plummer: It's the other way around, Rose. Mrs. Gordon: Okay, will you clarify it. Specifically what are the me:,ts for application for membership? Mr. Manson: Approximately one month, it has to do with the meetingdates taf the Board of Governors, it has to approve the membership application the person is introduced to the general members, the following month the per- son is given their credentials and becomes a member. Mayor Ferre: You don't care if we open it up to year round do have any objections to that? Mr. Manson: It has no Mrs. Gordon: Why does of the City of Miami? a public facility? bearing on our club. the Board of Governors have to say Okay to a taxpayer Why do they have to be screened to become a member at time ele- Mr. Plummer: They don't want prostitutes. Mrs. Gordon: Oh come on, J. L., there may be asloott of things, I'm not uphold- ing'any particular profession but there may be heatrs oro whatever.oudnYouwn even worse than that like for instance some drug pus know? Mr. Manson: You're askingb*svic*11Ye e why state owe even have aeaaers3ip licensecto flan or membership procedure,r operate the club with. That requires a membership, a private also iquorvlicenanse requires that you have a closed or a limited membership. tax exemption tax free status that also lrequiresthat Thoseu hhalve e a ltheimited i mem- bership rather than being wide open public. 4 u NAY 2 2 197I rt reasons we maintain a membership. Also the third thing is a plain dignity of life by having an organization that people belong to rather than be someone stand next to you on a launching ramp, at least the person is in the same boat with you so to speak. Mr. Plummer: May I continue? And let me just really put you on the spot, and I was hoping to do Hutch or his counterpart. In your estimation speaking for the club, other clubs have expressed to me that they feel that they should be paying more than the dollar a year as revenue to the City. What is the feeling of your club? Mr. Manson: Our lease, we started five years ago trying to negotiate a lease and we are still trying to negotiate a lease. All these factors.... Mx. `Plummar: At a dollar a year or at a fee higher? Mr. Manson: This is what negotiation is about. of our continued existence of the Yacht Club. will negotiate any aspect? Mr. Plummer: Okay, so in other words you do not have a closed members hip, 'you: do not have a lock -out number, you have no objection to having year round open membership applications and youare willing to negotiate above the dollar a year. Mr. Manson: Exactly. Mr. Plummer: Okay, well that's what I wanted to get because it's more to me than just a single issue of resident/non-resident because the one thing that I have always feared, and I fared it with the golf courses, is that are we go- ing to be forcing upon the City people who use outside of the City of Miami facilities the same reciprocal agreement that they might be forced upon by go- ing somewhere else and I don't think that's what we're trying to encourage. I look at this as revenue but moreso my basis is that City property be available to City residents and what you're telling me is there is no prohibition against such. Mr. Manson: Right. Our c?.ub is a public club, it's open four days a week. Of those two days are week -ends. You do not have to be a member to participate in the club sailing programs, the club sponsorship does not even require a mem- bership. What is going to happen in passage of an ordinance requiring a $100 surcharge to a non-resident member, people are going to drop their membership but continue to participate and it is going to lower the overall membership of the club until you finally end up with a core of City of Miami residents in order to subsidize you're going to have to raise their dues up to the point where the club no longer becomes a public club and moves towards being a pri- vate club. Mrs. Gordon: I'm terribly sorry, but I don't know your name, would you tell me your name, please? Mr. Manson: Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Manson, I appreciate the position you're placed in today, I really do I believe what I've offered as a motion is a principle motion, what`I feel is fair and equitable. You had no knowledge of this prior to com- ing here this morning, is that correct? Mr. Manson: That's true. Mrs. Gordon: I believe that when you bring this motion if it passes to your board of directors and together with the recommendations of opening the member- ship and other possible amendments to your rules of procedure that you will take this entire idea, this package of ideas to your board and come back to us with an agreement or an alternative which may be reasonable. Okay? And I be- lieve we should get on with the motion, Mr. Mayor and I call for the roll. Mr. Plummer: Well, I wanted to hear, Rose, and asked for, I yielded the floor only to have you speak but I want to hear from the other three that are invol- ved. Mrs. Gordon: Excuse me for just one second. At the first meeting that I brought this matter to the table and said that it's time to change our proced- ures in what we expect from these groups I also said that I expected these groups to come to us with a proposition but the two replies that we have 12 rt MAY 2 2 iffi received, neither one of them offered anything. Therefore, I took it upon my- self to offer the motion to the table this morning to set for them some param- eters of what they could begin considering. I believe that's what they really wanted is for us to start the ball rolling. Mayor Ferre: All right. Sir, your name. Mr. John Brennan: My name is John Brennan. I'm the Vice -Commodore of the Coco- nut Grove Sailing Club and I live up the street here on Swanson Avenue. I have to admit, Rose, it was a shocker, no question about that because we wersort elllook of by default, we didn't know exactly what was going to happe n. at the Coconut Grove Sailing Club's list, we've got 32 non-resident members and I would guess we would lose 30 of those as a starter if the $100, and I do think that the point that Rose brings up is rather valid. Of the 530 members I'm afraid as Don pointed out so ably, each year we lose probably 60 members just due to attrition, people have decided that boating is not their game and they want out. It is a type of program that the Coconut Grove Sailing Club has worked very diligently at to make us be able to call ourselves a working man's club as Don's club also is. We have a very large number of small boats out there and we work hard at keeping the little fellow in a position where he can keep a boat. I'm quite sure that this would put a serious burden on them. We haven't made any separation in county and city residents. Mayor Ferre: Let me get something straight, you said 52 non-residents.. Mr. Brennan: 32, we'd lose 30 of them I'm very Mayor Ferre: No, see, when Mrs. Gordon and I tnktwhat t peopCommio thssion isot talk- ing about by non-residents, what we're talking side the City of Miami. In that case what, you're talking about is over 450. Mr. Brennan: Well, I would like to start with the people who are considered non-residents, we'd lose them completely. Then we get into the 430. Mayor Ferre: If by non-resident you mean people that live in or something like that.. Mr. Brennan: Or Nevada. Mayor Ferre: I think that's a different category of people that come in, but people who live in Dade County and live outside the City Limits, that's the main thrust I think of this. If you're talking about somebody who lives in New York and comes down for the season or swr or at rrwhat e atnhaveiyoutand d you're only talking about 20 or 30 people like that that are 300 miles or more that's a different category I think. I think what you're talking about are Dade County people within the Dade-Broward County area that are using, and I would imagine 99% of them are within Dade County, that are using the facility but do not reside in the City of Miami. So you're not talking about 32 you're talking about 450 people. Mr. Brennan: You're correct. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Brennan: Mr. Plummer: Mr. Brennan: while ago. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Brennan: Mr. Plummer: Mr. Brennan: Mr. Plummer: Let me ask you, sax, do you have a closed membership? Certainly not. In other words you have no number ca, We have a 700 number cap I', believe that the City put on quite a And what is your membership? 530. Do you accept applications from everyone? Yes. Now many in the last five years have been turned down? Mr. Brennan: I can think of one that was turned down and I can't remember the reason and I would like to have Mrs. Gordon listen up on this one. I signed this application, this is one of the reasons that we have a board.... Mr. Plummer: Maybe that's the reason he got turned down. 13 MAY 22 111 Mr. Brennan: Yes. It's of a magnitude of $50 as opposed to $120. Mr. Plummer: And do you representing your club feel that they are now in a. position of wanting to pay more than $1 a year to get a contract? Mr. Brennan: We would like to have a lease, and I've got to put myself in Don's position, I don't represent the entire board at the moment. We would have to present it to the board. The fact that the City needs additional funds is understandable seeing as how I pay taxes from up the hill here, how much it would take to satisfy the City and still not make this a rich man's club I don't know, I really don't. I feel that some of the members would pay additional fees but I do know we'd lose a lot of them that are good sailors now. Mrs. Gordon: Those that you think might be lost because you really feel they have a hardship, they would be covered, that was my suggestion. I recognize there are some but I believe there are very very few as compared to the total overall numbers who are receiving unneeded benefits. Mr. Brennan: If you have such a plan I'm tickled to death to go along with some- thing like that. Mrs. Gordon: A11 right, that was in the motion. Mr. Brennan: To administer such a thing would be rather Mrs. Gordon: Well, I would expect that if someone wished to resign you would determine their particular reason. If it was economic hardship that you would then figure that that was the determining factor. You wouldn't go out and ask each person to give you a financial- statement and I'm sure you wouldn't simply install the new fee structure and if you received some request to resign you would then determine if it was economic. Mr. Brennan: Anything else? Mayor Ferre: No, thank you. We'll now hear from the gentleman for the third club, the Outboard Club. Mr. Harry Hamelink: Harry Hamelink, Miami Outboard Club Commodore now. Commis- sioners, I have to go along with our brother club down the street from us on Watson Island had said. We also are in a bad position by going out and asking for more moneys. Basically we are a working man's club. It is very easy to come up with a price of $100 here, $30 there and you bring it back to the membership. We just turned over about 38 members this year that couldn't pay their dues. We had people who had to pull their boats out, couldn't pay $10 for the yard, $25 for a wet slip, and we have no size. Some of our fortunate members who have fin- ally made out good have bought a bigger boat but I'm going to tell you we're more to the minus side than we are to the plus. We don't have to tell you of the position we are, we're a powerboat club and this is the only time I feel a little jealous of our members up the street on Watson Island because at the rate things are going we're all going to get rid of our motors. But all I can say is that I have to go along with the yacht club and the position that we're in and I concur with them 100t. What we ask is to look back.... Mr. Plummer: The same question of you, sir. Do you have a closed number on.mem- bership? Mr. Hamelink: At the present time we do, J. L Mr. Plummer: And what is it? Mr. Hamelink: We're capped off right now at 370. Mr. Plummer: And how many members do you have? Mr. Hamelink: We have 370. Mr. Plummer: Which then would not allow any new memberships at the present time. Mr. Hamelink: At the present time, correct. Mr. Plummer: Do you have a problem with changing that? a MR rt 14 MAY 2 2 197i e,• Mx. Plummer. But do you make a difference in your fee structure between dent and a non-resident.Mr Manson: Not in the context that.you're using non-r si Man_ esident to mean an out - de the City of Miami Lim;.ts. Is that what you're a ng? Mr. Plummer: Well, who do you charge an additional Mr. Manson:.We do not now. :Our definition o who lives more than,100 miles from Miami. Mr. Plummier: d : as such,' does he, pay an additional. He'pays�$25 a Year total, period. Mr. Manson: Mayor Ferre: He pays less. Mr. Manson: He pays less, right. Mr. Brennan: Hey, you can't tell. But this gentleman appeared to me, and he did appear as a gentleman, we shook hands and had a few beers and he did very well. He applied for membership and between tt.Yhi=es me e - and our's is bouttaa►e three month hearing, it gets heard at really apparently the got that he applied and the time that we finally turned him down onto drugs. Now he claims that his doctor prescribed suggestions as to variousvandmade a dozen phone calls a week to the club offering sundry things of how we should run affairs. Someoewere a little shakyst to isaya theleast. He bought a 32 foot sailboat, and it to the end of the dock at w to run a sailboat, not the vaguest. He broughtoffit without tying it up. Now if the the Sailing Club and he promptly steppedand this is all good Commissioner thinks we ought to accept people like that then City tries lto it's reallyaboutthetwaterfront on a egulawe want the rbbasisout andjust thatthe 's really what the run them off screen- ing is fo:. Mr. Plummer: Do you make a difference in your dues between a City and a non- resident?, Brennan: No,we do not. Plummer: Your dues are the. same whether they're a resident or not? Brennan: Yes, sir. Mr. ur. Mr. Plurr2r' Al]. right. I'd like to back up to the gentleman before from the i yacht clvb , Don, do you have a difference in your dues between a resident and yacht the cost? Mr. Manscn: The club defines non-resident as a geographical person living in p 7 York or somewhere supporting the club or in the Bahamas or someplace. a resit surcharge for? a non-resident member' is someone ,or Ferre: I think that's part of his reasoning because somebody that lives May to use the club. 100 miles away or more is not going Mr. Manson: These people join to support the club. Their $25, they might come down here for a couple of years, their $25 s them onre the nmailingt list of the club activities and they're counted asmember. they're only able to use theut club when the visit forrhereaand r ttherehis a maximum - time they can use the club wit applying Mr. Plummer: Back to the Coconut Grove Sailing Club, do you have a difference in your fee structure? Mr. . Brennan: Yes, sir, non-resident members who live out of the State of Flor- ida pay less than our's do. Mr. Plummer: Same as.... nnan: No, they pay less than the regular members OztunIfityyou u luseive met of the state, for the very ere reason that you don't have pP facilities. Mr. Plummer: They pay less. 15 ■ rt Mr. Hamelink: (Con'td) The reason that we've capped off at 370 is, I've been reading all the articles about all the acres we've got, / wish we had 9.4, we have just about 3. And at any given time to keep our members happy and do any kind of duties that we can do for the City if anyone was to come down or they all come down with their trailers and their boats we couldn't even get in the gate. Actually we're over our amount when we figure our spots for trailable boats. When they put the boat in they use our hoist and all they have to park the trail- ers and if we don't have the room how do you explain to a member that you've taken his money, that he has to get off the property? This is one of our big reasons. Mr. Plummer: Do you charge an additional fee for people who do not reside in the City or the County? Do you have a surcharge on your membership fee? Mr. Hamelink: We have a non-resident as the rest of the clubs do of $25. This 4gain„.you must be a member at one time to be a non-resident. We don't just :ta%e anybody, or say if I was to move out of the City of Miami, out of Dade County, I would be entitled to pay $25 as a non-resident, an outsider off the:: street to come in to pay $25 no, that's rejected. Mr. Plummer: Do you feel that the $1 a year is a thing of the past and that your club would be willing to pay additional revenue to the City for a negotiated con- tract? Mr. Hamelink: In all fairness I cannot talk for all the members of the club other than myself, I have to bring it back to the board. Mayor Ferre: All right, any further questions of this gentleman? Mrs. Gordon: I just want to point out or ask you rather since you have a cap of 370 members and 86% of them are non-residents, wouldn't it seem like a good idea to invite more Miami residents? Because what I'm suggesting is the fee be charged to the non-residents so, therefore, I mean what you're concerned about loss of membership would be easily replaced I am certain by those people who are willing to live in the City of Miami and support the City of Miami. We are about bring- ing people back to the City. This is the idea that we are striving for. We want more people to feel it's better to live in the City of Miami than it is to live in the suburbs - for many reasons it is. Mr. Hamelink: I'm not going to get into the point of residence, / was fortunate to live in the City myself at one time with my family and unfortunately, when I lived with my aunt, it just got too big for the family and we shopped around and ae couldn't buy a place in the City of Miami. So I don't feel like we should be penalized because we all have our heart and soul in the City that I moved into what you call Dade County and be excommunicated. I don't understand that. We have been here, we love the City of Miami. I'm sorry.... It's something that no matter what we do with the club, we're just 100% for the City. Like I say, I can go on there, and I believe you all have received it and I don't want to go through all the things that we've done, we went back quite a few years with new members, and we were glad to see Paul Andrews was here. When we tried to get our lease then, and the moneys that are being spent, we're just overtaxing ourselves right out of the picture because anything we do when we step into our boats for Boystown, Big Brothers, Bacardi Races, anything that we're doing for the City, ane. this is where it's all going, is dollars and dollars that I would say have to come for the working man. We can't subsidize anything anymore, we just can't do it. Mr. Plummer: Let me just hit on that, and I was just telling Armando. Whether you're aware of it or not, more years that I would like to remember 1-was a mem- ber of your club. Mr. Hamelink: I'm well aware of it. Mr. Plummer: Okay, and my dad goes back with Harry Santana to 1933 in the member- ship of the Outboard Club. And as I was just telling Armando, when I was a mem- ber of the club there were no availability of storage spaces wet or dry. Now, this has been a boon to your club, you've got additional revenues and I just feel personally that the City should be entitled to more revenues. That was the ques- tion of my dollar. You know I will vote against Rose's motion and only because I believe in the principle in which she is espousing that City residents sup- port, non -City residents who don't support through their taxes should pay an 16 MAY 2 2 1979 rt additional benefit. I don't agree with the dollar figure. I think the administration has done a very good job with the Coral Reef negotiations and if Rose's motion does not pass I would be in favor of making a motion to send it back to the administration keeping in mind the Commission I think is pretty well unanimous in feeling that non-residents who do not through their taxes pay for facilities should have an additional burden to pay and, and you've got a problem here, let's put it on top of the table, City residents shall have a preference to membership. Okay? I feel very strongly about that. But I feel that this is only one segment. You know you have come up with addi- tional revenues in storage. Coconut Grove Sailing Club has moorings. You know this is additional revenue and I think that the City should participate in that additional revenue and I think it should be as a total package. I think we should address the membership - the resident/non-resident - revenue to the City, all of these factors in my estimation have to be taken into consideration. Mayor Ferre: All right, Father Gibson. Rev. Gibson: Sir, I had to smile when you were talking. About five years ago I bought a building permit and all of the people on the Commission with me at that time, all of them were amazed. And J. L. Plummer, you remember you said, "Father, where you building?" Do you remember that? I said, "Oh, I'm building right there on Franklin. I don't plan to go out of the City." Do you under- stand? All right. So I want to make sure you understand it. Now, what I do, I need to say for the benefit of everybody, I paid about a thousand dollars in taxes this year because I built on Franklin Avenue. My brothers who moved in the County were blessed. What I'm saying is I'm paying two taxes, you're paying one and I'm subsidizing you. So you could understand why we are now investigating vigorously. Do you understand? Beautiful. Mr. Plummer: Father, the reason for my surprise with you on Franklin Avenue was that you moved next to a cemetery not that you stayed in the City. Mrs. Gordon: His neighbors don't disturb him at all. Mayor Ferre: We have two other clubs, would there representatives now come up before the microphone here? Coral Reef and Biscayne, either one. Yes, sir, is there anything you want to tell the Commission? Mr. John Davis: My name is John Davis and I am the past Commodore of Coral Reef. We have been negotiating in good faith with the City now for almost three years. I think we have come up with what we consider a fair return to the City in presenting a lease that according to the City's own figures gives them back 16% return on the appraised value of the bottom land. And I'd just like to say that it's not been easy, it's not been easy to change the minds of some of the members but we have one very important factor that we have to fight for and that in certain ways is very helpful to the City. We are asking for this lease in order to provide our members with 29 more slips. In effect, we'll take the pressure off many of the shortage of slips in the Coconut Grove area, at Dinner Key and many of the other areas around the City. We expect to have to pay something close to a quarter million dollars to build those slips and we're willing to do it along with the rent that we'll pay on what we would consider a fair appraised value of the bottom land. Mrs. Gordon:. I'd like to comment and commend the Coral Reef Yacht Club for taking a very positive approach and I would also like to point out that they're paying $40,000 approximately in taxes per year which is revenue to the City and they're still willing to recognize the fact they're going to have benefits from the use of the bay bottom lands and I will point out again the bay bottom land at that point would be of very little use in general without the upland use. That makes the difference. So again, I commend you for being reasonable and recognizing the value in working cooperatively with the administration in devel- oping a fee structure. Mr. Davis: I thank you, Mrs. Gordon. Mayor Ferre: In other words, Rose, your position then is that the yacht clubs that own the upland are different from the other three. Mrs. Gordon: Yes, they're private enterprise, sir. I respect the private enterprise to use their property and they pay taxes. Mayor Ferre: Mayor Ferre: So in other words your motion does not speak to these No, of course, not. I see, just for clarification purposes. 1.! MAY 2 2 1979 the club is closed off at about 800 members, Andabout how many Close But to that, anyone Anyone Al]. can about can app apply. right. Mr. Barnes. Rev. Gibson: Mr. Mayor, I wonder if I could offer a substitute motton? Mayor Ferre: Father, I'll recognize you for that purpose but let's give the Biscayne Yacht Club the right to address the Commission very briefly and then '11 recognize you. Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Mayor, prior to any substitute being introduced, would like my motion repeated for my own edification. Mayor Ferre: Very good. All right, Mr. Barnes. Mr. Plummer: Well Mr. Mayor, please, I would like to be in the interest of fairness across the board and ask this gentleman who addressed the same prob- lems that I have asked of the others. Do you have a closed membership, is your membership open to the public. Mayor Ferre: It's a private club on private land. Mr. Davis: We've been asked this question many times especially in regard to black members or Cuban members or Jewish members and we don't ask the question. we accept a member on the basis of what he is and what his true interest in boating is. We have never turned down a black member, we have several Jewish members and Cuban members. We don't ask them to wear a placket in front of them when they are, if they fit into the club we're happy to have them. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Davis: Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. The question is, sir, do you have a closed number. Oh, Plummer:_ Davis: Plummer: Davis: Plummer: Mayor Ferre: Mr. Paul Barnes: My name is Paul Barnes speaking for Biscayne Bay Yacht Club. First of all, the matter set forth by Coral Reef or primarily the next item on the agenda, that is their lease. First, as to the private clubs, the three private clubs are not in the same position that we are. I just want to say that we strongly commend these public clubs and we think they have a definite place in the community and they should be encouraged as much as possible and that any unreasonable restriction on them we think would be a disservice to the City of Miami. As to our personal situation versus Coral Reef, it is quite different. As Mrs. Gordon said, our taxes are substantial, in our case it happens to amount to $150 per member per year merely for the City and the County taxes. We at this time don't want 25 slips or 29 or any additional slips so, therefore, we are not in the position of demanding and asking for the lease that Coral Reef has been asking for for these several years. Also, I know that as far as the legal matter basically I would defer to your good attorney, however, the legal position of Coral Reef and Biscayne Bay is some- what different in the fact that we were on the water and we had docks there before the City acquired title to their property and when the City acquired title to the property the Senate Bill authorizing the State to give title to property specifically provided that this deed shall not impair any riparian rights of any owners of the upland. And at the time that the first lease mat- ter came before the I.I. Board of the State they took the position that it was not necessary and this was not meant to restrict any upland owner from going out onto navigable waters. That's a fine point that is not before the Com- mission, of course, but we're in a different position from Coral Reef in sev- eral ways. And the third way is we happen to have the highest percentage of Miami residents, that is some 43%. So as far as we're concerned we support the position of the three public clubs very strongly and we think they are most necessary to the continuation of the endeavours of the City of Miami and also we are distinguished in several ways from Coral Reef. Mr. Plummer: The question is the same to you, sir, with an additional ques- tion. Do you have a closed number of membership? members do you have? 780. Y. 18 MAY 2 2 1979 o Mr. Barnes: Frankly, I don't know, at the present time it is not filled, there are vacancies. Mayor Ferre: They've got 266 members. Mr. Plummer: Can anyone apply, sir? Mx. Barnes: One has to be sponsored. Mr. Plummer: Let me ask you a question. ence to riparian rights, now do you have Mr. Barnes: Yes, we do. Tor. Plummer: And do those docks exist on City deeded !r. Barnes: "r Pluuma Mr. Barnes: A dollar a year. Mr. Plummer: All right. Now there's a lot to the water which I'm sure everybody would City owned property. You're not saying are eluded-frrm paying more revenue? 1 I understand your comments docks? Mx. BarT,e::: ` Yes, ,I think we may be. white situation. Mr. Plummer: Maybe not to you. revenue for that? of difference between your access fight for, and having docks on you that you feel that you're ex - Now I don't know, that's not a black and Mr. Barre s : The Florida cases on it there are only two in nature, and they're�� I may d wharfs and docks onto "the navigable water and if y quoteBoar, "in regard to the first matter in regard to the yacht clubs and the City, the trustees is=ve heretofore taken the position that the owner of upland abutting a rd• • - water has the right by law to build a dock or wharf outward from his upland. This was not intended to deprive the owner of the riparian land of his right to build a wharf extending outward from the shore." As to whether that stops at where the water is deep enough to go or it goes onto that, that's a grey matter in my opinion, not black and white. But we dis- tinguish ourselves from Coral Reef in the fact that we were in posession be - ore the City had the deed. '.r. Plummier: How may spaces do you have there, sir, approximate? or a the II not very clear. However, basically an upland owner has the right to build Mr. Barnes: Mr Plummer: provision in Mr. Barnes: about 20 are Minutes. Mayor Ferre: tions of Mr. I think about 60. And how many of those extend the Charter? I think about leased within All right Barnes? say 45. And, of the 45 h would say all except the space that was referred to in these I.I. Board - Mr. Barnes: Mr Mayor, may I take one more shot at this, please? Mayor Ferre: Yes, sir. Mr. Barnes: I. feel the issue, Mrs. Gordon, is so crucial to the existence or ;:he continued existence of a 52-year old club I've got to take one more try at it. I want to make very sure that the Commission understands exactly what the clubs, particularly the Miami Yacht Club brings back to the City each year. We can't pay in large amounts of dollars, we make our contribution in -kind to the City of Miami. In 1947, the same year the City Commission moved to this building Miami Yacht Club moved to Watson Island with a bulldozer and began clearing the ground there. Two years later it came under the City of. Miami's jurisdiction. From that period of time since then the club built with private capital raised by its members the physical plantn the that e0 years xists ere club There now. replacement value right now is about $900,000, been there that's a $30,000 a year contribution of sorts. That property rt 19 MAY 2 2 1979 belongs to and the facilities belong to the City of Miami now under the terms of our lease. In terms of money generated each year our membership, the non- resident and the resident memberships sponsor events that bring in an actual dollar spent in the City of Miami, out-of-pocket dollars from out of the County, out of the City of over a million and a half dollars. This is income to the City of Miami local merchants. These are boats attracted in, last year there were four events that drew people from around the world. This year there will be another four events, world wide championships. People come from all over the world for these things and they bring their money here and they leave it here. Secondly is the promotional benefit, we received a letter this morning from Lew Price, Director of Tourism, he doesn't put a dollar amount on it but the Miami -Nassau Race alone is the third most watched race in the yachting world and the publicity is in world-wide press on these things and these events we sponsor. These are the kinds of things that we do for the City of Miami. I'm not going to get into a long list of the charitable things, the V.A. Hos- pital and all the other things, I think a lot of you are aware of those. I want this taken into consideration though when you come to moves like this that:m?.y jeopardize the existence of the club. Mayor Ferre: All right, thank you. Mr. Fannatto. Mx. Ernie Fannatto: Mr. Mayor, I'd just like to say a few words. Ernie Fan netto is my name, and I'm President of the Taxpayer's League, Miami and Dade County. Rose Gordon, I want to commend you for trying to generate more money for the taxpayers of the City of Miami. And Mayor Ferre, I heard what you said e.:6 smear point is well taken. But I also want you folks to take into ccnsida.&.`.ou that these clubs generate millions of dollars here in Dade County to our businessmen. And let me tell you, the name of the game here in Dade County is tourists. Without tourists we're bankrupt and with the gasoline sit- uation, if we don't get it and tourists don't come here the federal government ;:m't go.n; to get the money, Tallahassee isn't going to get the money and Miami is going to be a loser because it's not coming back to the City of Miami. I want this very clear that I think that $100, Rose, as much as you're trying to do what you're trying to do for the City will get us less money than charg- ing 1e5ti. I don't want to see the out of town, I want to see the local people get a break. I've always said I'm in favor of Dade County jobs for Dade County voters ara Taxpayers or City of Miami jobs for City of Miami. But I also want a feeling where a tourist comes here that he's not being gouged. and I've seen it in the gulf courses. That's my business. I've been a professional golfer for 341 years. I was with the best club in the world, Pine Valley Golf Club as assistant, I worked for Alec Findley who built 50 golf courses throughout the country so I do know golf. You're losing thousands and thousands of dol- lars in the City of Miami because you're trying to gouge out of town tourists and they only come here for a few months. Do you think they want to pay the full membership when they only come here for a month? No. So what happens? Your golf courses are empty, you don't have enough money to generate the money so the taxpayers have got to make up the difference. Well, the same thing is going to happen when you try to gouge out of town members that only come here for three or four weeks or a month and want to be a member to these clubs. You must remember you've got to do what's best that's going to generate the most money for the taxpayers even though it could be far less than what you say although I commend you for what you're doing for your effort, Mrs. Gordon. I think it's a little off base and I want to say that these people do pay $40,000 a year in taxes and it's a sport and Dade County needs sport events that attract tourists. And again I'm going to say that we need tourists, let's try to give them respect, let's try to generate some money for our City but do it in a fair manner. Thank you. Mayor Ferre: All right, is there anybody else now that wants to say anything? If not, we have a motion on the floor which I'm going to ask the Clerk to read back and then Father Gibson wants to offer a substitute motion. Gordon: I would like to hear my motion, Mr. Mayor. Ms. Hirai: It's a motion requesting of the Coconut Grove Sailing Club, the Miami Outboard Club and the Miami Yacht Club that all non-resident members be requested to pay a rental fee of $100 per year to be paid to the club so that the club in turn will turn such fees to the City witn a proviso that if any one individual membership should prove to be a true hardship case that the annual fees be waived with a suggestion that this perhaps be done through an internal committee set up within the club for the specific purpose of deter- mining the possible existence of such a hardship. rt 20 Mrs. Gordon: I will amend my own motion to read as follows: That the Manager be instructed to negotiate a reasonable rental with the three clubs mentioned based on an annual fee to non-residents. I would terminate it at that point and permit the Manager to go into consultation with those three clubs and come up with what will be an acceptable arrangement for this Commission. Mayor Ferre: All right, we have a substitute motion, an amended motion. You remove the motion and make another motion. Now, is there a second to that motion? Rev. Gibson: I don't mind seconding it. Mayor Ferre: All right, there is a motion and a second, under discussion, does anybody want Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, if Rose I guess makes one more motion she'll get to the point where I can vote for it. Mr. Mayor, I much prefer to send the mat- ter back to the Manager. I think he has done an excellent job in the Coral Reef and leave him with the freedom of negotiating a lease with full knowledge that the Commission wants a distinction and preference given to City residents, not only availability but possible surcharge because I think it's not just that issue that we're addressing. We're addressing that issue, we're address- ing the rental of the property issue, it is a multi -fold thing which was done in the Coral Reef negotiations. Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Plummer, I thoroughly agree with you in that we should allow the flexibility, I think enough conversation has taken place here this morning' and enough feelings as to what we personally think should take place has been given so that the Manager will be directed into the path that we hope he will come back with a reasonable suggestion. So I will, therefore, just have to exclude that portion which relates itself to the non-residents, allowing the Manager to come back to us with his proposal. Mr. Plummer: Now I can vote for it. Mayor Would you now read the motion, please? say? Ms. Hirai: A motion that the Manager rental with the three clubs....' Mrs. Gordon: And that would be the Miami Yacht and the Coconut Grove Sailing Club. Ferre: What does the motion be instructed to negotiate a reasonable` Ms. Hirai: Yes. .... giving him the freedom come back to the Commission and report...'. Mrs. Gordon:. Mr. Grassie? Club, the Miami Outboard Club to negotiatea reasonable contract, I would say come back to us within Do you need more time? 30 days. that enough time,: ommissioner, and ask them whether Mr. Grassie: I have to look at the clubs, C we're going to be able to meet. Mrs. Gordon: All right, it's not part ofthe know that we don't want this to procrastinate as soon as possible. Mr. Grassie: I'm sure that we'll be able to bring at least one or two back. to you in that period of time. Mayor Ferre: All right, we have a motion and a second now and I think every- body seems to be in agreement. To the motion, let me express on the record my opinion. To charge these three clubs $100 a member would cost those three clubs $130,000. In my opinion that is unconscionable, what it would do is wipe them out and I think that the service Mr. Plummer: That's not the motion. Mayor Ferre: I realize that but I'm just expressing my opinion, if I may, everybody else has expressed their opinion, I've got a right to say my bit And my feeling is that I think that there should be a distinction between residency and non -residency and I'm just expressing into the record that I completely disagree with $100. I think that that would completely wipe out all three of beetween tthosee clubs dthreejust clubsxpressing $130,000 andtas an what thatinion. would do is talking about MAY 2 2 1!7! 21 motion but.I would like you to for monthsand months and months, iuiiim III iiiuiiiuuIIuI•iuUIII1 ■ that would preclude people of modest means from using the water facilities available in this community and if you say then let them eat cake, you know let them go buy property and let them develop private property then the answer to that is where. Where is there private property within the City of Miami or the shoreline that's reasonable that people can have access to on a reason- able basis? I think what we get out of the boating and the marine community is an atmosphere that attracts millions and millions of dollars from all over the world and all over this country to make Miami a great boating community. I think to put the total burden on these people is not only unfair I think it is unconscionable and I think that we have to be very careful that we don't go around killing all of the gooses that lay golden eggs around here and that's just my personal opinion. Now I do think that we have to come back with a reasonable distinction between non-residents and residents requirement. Any- body else? Mr. Plummer: Once that motion is completed I wish to make another motion. Mr. Grassie Just a point of information. Do we assume that the direction of the City Commission as regards Biscayne Bay Yacht Club... Mr. Plummer: That's; my next motion. Mayor Ferre: o, this has nothing to do with Biscayne., Mrs. Gordon: This -only included three that are presently located on public`, land. The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Gordon its adoption: MOTION NO. 79-322 A MOTION INSTRUCTING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE A REASON- ABLE RENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE COCONUT GROVE SAILING CLUB, THE MIAMI OUTBOARD CLUB AND THE MIAMI YACHT CLUB GIVING HIM TOTAL FLEXIBILITY TO NEGOTIATE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND FURTHER DIRECTING HIM TO COME BACK TO THE CITY COMMISSION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH HIS RECOMMENDATIONS. Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the motion was passed an adopted by the following vote - AYES: Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice -Mayor J. L. Plumper, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre who moved' NOES: Mayor Ferre: All right, Mr. Plummer. Mr. Plummer: I make a motion that the Manager be instructed to enter into an agreement with the, or negotiate an agreement with the Biscayne Yacht Club for their use of City owned bay bottom lands. The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer who moved. its adoption: MOTION NO. 79-323 A MOTION INSTRUCTING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AN AGREE- MENT WITH BISCAYNE BAY YACHT CLUB FOR THE USE OF CITY -OWNED BAY BOTTOM LAND. Upon being seconded by Commissioner Lacasa, the motion was passed an adopted by the following vote - AYES: Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. Mr. Plummer It's called the elimination of grey. rt MAY 2 2 1979 • r 'Sri *q"4' 4. AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO LEASE AGREEMENT WITH CORAL REEF YACHT CLUB. Mr. Plummer: I have one question. Mr. Manager, does the negotiated contract- / think I know the answer but I want it on the record - when the people from Coral Reef came to see me I said there's only one problem that I have. Is the flexibility for future expansion of those docks so worded into this contract? Because I would like personally each one of these clubs but since we're only dealing with Coral Reef right now, you know if you look around this City as the Mayor has just said, there's just not enough places for boats. Is there t`& flexibility in this present contract before us that if Coral Reef can't and the others in the future expand their docks is that flexibility there? I can't want by this contract to prohibit them from expanding their docks because I hope and desire that they will. Mr. Grassie: The flexibility is in the agreement, Commissioner, but it would require action, it would require that the proposed expansion come back to the City Commission. 'It would be a relatively simple matter to do that. The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 79-324 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO THE ATTACHED LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE CORAL REEF' YACHT CLUB FOR CERTAIN DESCRIBED CITY -OWNED PROPERTY FOR A PERIOD OF 15 YEARS FROM MAY 22, 1979 THROUGH MAY 21, 1994. (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 adopted by the following vote- 7.YES NOES: None. Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre 5. RECOGNIZE MR. MICHAEL SMYSER AND GOVERNMENT CLASS OF ST. HUGH SCHOOL. Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Mayor, may I ask if we could introduce some young people who are here today? Mayor Ferre: Please. ire. Gordon: The young people who are here today are members of the 5th Grade Civics Class of St. Hugh School and I believe that they are here with their; teacher, Mr. Michael Smyser. Is Mr. Smyser in the room? Mr. Smyser, would you come to the microphone? I would like to ask you if you would like to intro- duce your students to us as a group and if you would ask, if you would like, to have one of them address us for a few moments. Mr. Michael Smyser: Part of our program at St. Hugh School is we have a very extensive governmental program, it's been written up in several of the news- papers in Dade County. The lower grades that I have are into the local govern- ment mostly like the City of Miami. The upper grades are with the Metro and 23 rt 1 like yourself, Commissioner Gordon, came yesterday to the class, they've re- ceived about 9 to 12 weeks of very extensive training in government class - work, the branches of government, all three levels of the government, they have net a lot of the legislative candidates last fall, they met some of the legislators. Some of the students have met Secretary of State George Fire- stone, this kind of thing. We've worked on the entire Constitution from the 5th Grade up. They've had to memorize the amendments, completely understand the process of government. Now we're coming as school is wrapping up in two weeks, we're going through and knowing why we have a free country, what it means and most of all, the importance of voting, which is something young peo- ple are not doing. We need to erase the apathy and by having them become in- volved in the political process of understanding government and who you are that our moms and dads and some of us have voted for you people up there and that's very important because in 20 years, maybe in 15 years you may not be there, some of them might and that's very important. Mayor Ferre: We hope so. Mrs. Gordon:. You are the government teacher in charge of all government classes at St. Hugh. Yes. Mr. Smyser: Mrs. Gordon: Would you ask your students if they'd like to stand and if they'd like to say a word or two? Mt. Mayor, would you have any objections? Mayor Ferre: Of course, go ahead. and I hope you enjoy the day. Welcome to the City of Miami Commission Mr. Plummer: Do all of you agree that Mr. Smyser is a good teacher? Class: Yes. Mr. Plummer: They're smart. Mr. Smyser: They know I'm not easy. We're a living laboratorytoday aren't we, Michael? Mrs., Gordon: Rev. Gibson: Mr. Mayor, let's make sure they understand. I'm your neighbor, they're not. I'm right across the street from you. Mayor Ferre: All right, thank you. Mr. Smyser: Thank you very much for having us, thank you, Mr. Mayor. Mrs. Gordon: Thank you all for coining here today and we invite you back again. MAY 2 2 1979 L.f , ...) 6 ..' _ 6. DISCUSSION OF PROCEDURES FOR APPOINTING MEMBERS TO ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Mayor Ferre: We're now on Item C which is the discussion on the procedure for appointing members to the Advisory Council on Economic Development. Mr. Grassie: Mr. Mayor and members of the City Commission, I'd like to ask Julio Castano who is our Director of the Office of Trade and Commerce Develop- ment to remind us of the purposes that we wanted to serve with this advisory council and to speak briefly to the question of nominating members. Mayor Ferre: Mr. Castano. Mr. Julio Castano: Mr. Mayor, Commissioners, my name is Julio Castano. On February 22, 1979 the Commission passed unanimously an Advisory Council on Trade and Commerce, Economic Development Council. This Council serves various purposes. Aside from the technical need that we have to have a council to satisfy our grants from the EDA people in the Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of Commerce we are going to use this Council as an entry point the private sector and also for the private sector to have an entry point to the government. More importantly, we are going to use this Council as.a lever- age to take our funds which are quite limited and get money from the private sector to do promotion, to do attraction of industry and assist small businesses to expand and remain in the City of Miami. We have suggested to you a list, we have submitted to you a list of names which was offered to us from several of the chambers and private/public institutions and we suggest to you that each Commissioner selects a number of these people, and they are broken down in your list sectorially to include academia. The membership will be 15, the members will select their own chairman and if each Commissioner selects three members and perhaps one or two as back ups in case one of the members does not want to participate I think we can get on with it. I think it is of extreme importance to us to have this Committee working very soon so I leave it there. Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Mayor, it is going to be a little difficult to be able to get the selected number from each category if we vote in the normal fashion we usually do of blind voting because we may have six from one category and See onef from another. Perhaps we should take a voice vote and go page by page, any Commissioner wants to select someone from Academia and someone from Banking and Finance, someone from Economic Development, Labor and so on until we get to the end of the list and see if we use up our three that way. Mayor Ferre: I have no objections to that procedure. Now, Mr. Castano, you said something that bothered me. You said that you wanted us to select one extra person in each category in case the people we choose don't want to serve. Are you telling us that you have not talked to these people? Mr. Castano: Yes we have. Mayor Ferre: And they are all willing to serve? Mr. Castano: Yes, sir, but in come cases they don't after they're selected and.... Mrs. Gordon: They what? Mr. Castano: After you select far of business or.... Mrs. Gordon: Something may have happened that's a possibility. Mr. Castano: That's right. them and they're appointed for reasons of trans - in the interim, you're saying,, an Mr. Lacasa: Mr. Castano, for instance, in the list concerning the media what was the criteria to make this list? Have all the major people involved in the media been contacted, for instance, have the people from WQBA, Channel 23 been contacted? 26 rt MAY 2 2 1979 Mr. Castano: Yes, Commissioner, every major radio station, TV station, news- paper or magazines in the area were sent a letter on the Manager's signature requesting that they provide us with names of people that they feel should serve in this particular board. Most of them did answer and I think they're reflected here. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, let me just for the record, I considered this at the time and I have already gone forward and selected which I thought was going to be each Commissioner nominating three. I have letters of commitment from the three people who I have chosen and I want to tell you that as far as I'm concerned I am sticking on those three people and these names are not included in this portfolio, I did not know that was going to be done and as far as I'm concerned I will at any time you're ready proffer those three names. Mayor Ferre: Well, why don't you do that now so we can add them. Mrs. Gordon: If you're going to do that you're opening up Pandora's Box be- cause I personally would have additional names also but they're not here.... Mr. But you're free to do that,; Rose. Mrs. Gordon: Let's send itback and then we can submit names that we might want to proffer and that's it. Mr. Castano: The only reason we did this is to give you a starting point o problemsnames. We have no with you selecting your own names. Mrs. Gordon: All right, then I suggest we just take this poses at this time and submit additional names. Mayor Ferre: Who came up with these Mr. Castano: The private sector, sir. for `informationpur- Mayor Ferre: I don't know,. who, who is the private sector, does he have a name? Mr. Castano: All right, we contacted all of the chambers of commerce, the major employers in Dade County, the newspaper --d ... media people, _ utilities. universities. Mayor Ferre: All right,.. now I'll tell you,I think the sense here is going to be that we're not going, to vote on this today we're going to expand. I'm going to accept the names from Commissioner Plummer, if he would proffer them.. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, my three nominations to the board will be Mx. Kantor, President of Tropic Togs.... Mrs.., Gordon: He's in here, .J.`L. Mr. Mr Mr. n there? lave>you read the list over? Mayor Ferre: All right, w Mr. Plummer: Mr. Kantor is the first one, second is Mr. Homer Marlowe, an attorney.... Mayor Ferre: Now he would.... Excuse me, Kneed to see, would he fit into the three at large? He's not Academia, Banking, Economic Development.... Mr. Plummer: He would be professional, it's one of the criteria. Mayor Ferre: Professional services, all right. Wait a minute please, Ihave to write them down. You want to put the name of ? Mr. Plummer: Homer Marlowe. And the third nomination I will make Luis Albert Rincon, the head of Avianca for South Florida. Mayor Ferre: That would be industry? Oh, I'm sorry, transportation. see transportation as a category, where is transportation? 26 rt MAY 2 2 1979 Mr. Castano: We have it under industry. Mr. Plummer: ... He is the area Manager for Avianca Airlines and I do have, Mr. Mayor, which I will give to this gentleman letters of commitment from all three including resumes of their background. Mayor Ferre: A11 right, the other thing I would like to do is I would like to go over this list and I would like for you to identify Mrs. Gordon: J. L., want to find out.... Mayor Ferre: But I soon as I finish my who was your first one? Excuse me, Mayor. t mean why don't you let me finish and I'll recognize you as sentence? ;ors. Gordon: All right, finish. Who was the first one? Mayor Ferree Would you after we answer Mrs. Gordon's question identify who are the blacks, who are the Latins and who are the women in this group rou sont?.hat we'll know who they are? Mrs. Gordon? Mrs. Gordon do you have a quest Mrs. Gordon: Nc, J. L. just told me. Mayor Ferree All right, now would you go over and tell us who the women are and who the the blacks are and whothe Latins are in this group? Mr. Castano: Well Mr. Mayor, I don't have that breakdown. Mayor Eerie: Well let's go one by one. THEREUPON THE CITY COMMISSION REVIEWED THE LIST OF NOMINEES TO DETERMINE''' EXTENT OF MINORITY REPRESENTATION. Mayor Ferri.: So in resumee, we have three owomen n tharat tI anhcr count. 1fwomen? tTohat's not the case would you advise the Comma cap, the women are Dr. Mira Wilkins, Catherine Fahringer, and oh I'm sorry, Duane Kujawais a male. Right? I only have two women. Is that correct? Mr. CastaIAo: That's correct.. Mayor Ferro: The:e are only two women. Now the blacks thatgI see are. That Edward Duffie, Alga Hope, James Burke, Ronald Frazier and Sonny what, five? Five. And Latins, you've got plenty. We've got over ten. Well, I would recommend, Mr. Castano, that you add some more women to the list and I would recommend that you add some more blacks to the list. Mr. Castano: Mx. Mayor, we have a list, the administration filed a list for our own resources. Now we can give you that list and that's a lot more com- plete list. This is the list of these people I've told you about, the private sector, the chambers and so on offered to us. We'll be more than happy to pro- vide you with the list that we provided. Mayor Ferre: That's fine. Well, I think what the Commission is telling you is add some more blacks and add some more women to the list and, of course, we'll do the same. So I guess we'll take this up in the June meeting, is that correct? Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, I'd just like to bring to the point in one of my nomi- nations was Mr. Rincon. I think his company has done exactly what you're try- ing to encourage. They have just recently announced that they will be moving their headquarters from New York to City of Miami and will be increasing their staff here by 150 people and I think stihsat aamatirliyofhat thatou're situation g do serve to encourage and I felt very very important oa this board. Mr. Castano: That's correct. Mayor Ferre: I agree. MAY 2 2 1979 rt 7. AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AGREEMENT WITH NATIONAL URBAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES CORPORATION TO CONDUCT CITY OF MIAMI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEMONSTRA- TION PROJECT. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Castano, I wanted to ask you some questions on Item 44 which is also in your bailiwick. I am concerned, I read the back-up material on the selection of a new company and I really would like to know, I guess, why the company who was originally chosen at $30,000 suddenly finds itself in a posi- tion, won't even answer the phone calls, something obviously went wrong, more - so than what you put in the back-up material and now we're being forced into a position of hiring a company at 50% more money at $45,000. That bothers me. ?'r. Castano: No; the contract, Mr. Commissioner, was always $45,000. The grant that we are receiving from CSA, the Community Service Administration for $30,000 and our match is $15,000. That remains the same both for the first company and the second company. Now the selection procedure that the Commission passed was 1, 2, 3 in that rank. If the one could not work out a deal with us or an agree- ment with us then we would move on to the second. Why the company has not an- swered our phone calls, I think they're.in the process of being bought by another interest group and they just have not answered our calls. As a matter of fact, we have gone to the federal government to try to get them to get interested in this particular negotiation and they have been also as unsuccessful as we have. We have tried going to Washington to see them, we have not been received up there, they have some internal problems which I don't know what they are but... Mr. Plummer: Have yo'l written a letter to these people? Mr. Castano: Many letters. Plummer: And the letters are unanswered. Castano: Totally unanswered, right. Mr. Plummer: Just for the future, I would like you to write one more letter asking for the reasons of their not participating, return receipt requested to keep in the file that they did not choose to answer. Mr. Plummer: All right, sir, because the way I read it was we're being forced to take another company at a higher price. Now you're telling me that's not. >' the case - fine, that's great. But you know why in the hell did they bid in, the first place? Mr. Casten: I don't know. Mr. Commissioner, we do have a problem in that and I'd like to express that concern I have. We have a time period for our grant. If we don't begin work on this grant very soon we'll lose it. Mr. Plummer: raised in my Mr. Castano: in the White business and Mr. Plummer: Mr. Castano: Mr. Plummer: he can leave Oh, in no way am I trying to impede you, the question that was mind is a company who you know wanted it and now doesn't. Why? Well, I think it is frankly the owner, his brother used to, work House and he's gotten out of that and he wants to get out of the I think that's the problem. Okay, fine, but let's just get it recorded. Yes, sir. Mr. Mayor, -I will move Item 44 if you want and not be worried about his item. MAY 2 2 1979 The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 79-325 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT WITH NATIONAL URBAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES CORPORATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING A CITY OF MIAMI COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Commissioner Lacasa, the resolution adopted by the following vote AYES NOES: None. Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre ABSENT: Commissioner Rose Gordon. • . DISCUSSION OF THE RELOCATION OF THE BUTLER BUILDING TO FORT DALLAS PARK; INSTITUTE RESTORATION PROJECT. Mayor Ferre: We're now on Item D which is the Butler Building. Mr. brassie. Mr. Grassier Mr. Mayor and members of the City Commission, I'd like Chuck Alden who is the Chief of the Design Section for the Parks Department to intro- duce the subject for you. Mayor Ferre: All right, Mr. Alden. Yes, turn it around, put it over in that corner so` that Mrs. Gordon and other.... Okay. Mr. Chuck Alden: Mr. Mayor and members of the Commission, Mr. grassie, my name is Chuck Alden. I'm the Supervisor of the Design Division of the Parks Depart- ment. We have been asked by the City Manager's Office to make an evaluation of the historic Butler Building to determine whether or not it would be appro- priate to accomodate that building on the proposed Fort Dallas site. The draw- ing which you see across the room from me is an illustrative sketch, an illus- tration of where %e as a design division would propose to place that building and the sketch intends to show how the building might be accomodated on the site, how the incidental site development might occur and what it's relation- ship with the proposed riverwalk might be. There are here today various mem- bers of the historic community as well as representation from the Downtown Development Authority, all of whom have a point of view regarding the validity of this proposal whether or not the building is sufficiently historic in nat- ure to warrant this attention and whether or not it is appropriate that this building should be accomodated on the particular site that we have contemplated. Mr. Plummer: My bigger concern is that I asked the question and the answer was negative, has anyone done a study that the building can be moved? Mr. Alden: I believe that Mr. John Baldwin has done some preliminary investi- gation of that nature with a firm which is typically involved in the movement of older houses, the impression that we have in writing from the company is that yes, the building is structurally sound and it can be moved. Mr. Plummer: The second question is how much and where are the dollars coming from? Mr. Alden: The estimate that we have from Russell Building & Movers indicates that approximately $15,000 would be sufficient to move the building including the cost that would be associated with temporary down time of utilities in order to move the building on the public streets to get it to that location. So we're talking approximately $15,000 to relocate the structure. rt 29 MAY 22,1979 (- Mr. Plummer: And where is the money coming from? Mr. Alden: I don't know that Mr. Baldwin has identified the source of funding for the move. Mr. Baldwin is shaking his head no, the source of funding has not been identified at this time Mr. Plumper: And future maintenance once it is moved? Mr. Alden: That has not as part of our study been contemplated would be such cost incurred by the City. Mr. John Baldwin: Yes, money has been identified for the relocation, it will come out of the.... Mayor Ferrer Your name for the record. Mr. Baldwin: Yes, I'm John Baldwin, Grants Administrator for the City of Miami. Yes, there is $15,000 available out of the 1.6 million the Commission did appro- priate for the parking ramp for the Convention Center. Mr. Plummer: And maintenance once it is moved? Mr. Baldwin: We are looking at possibilities for keeping the building in use economically, make it economically feasible, there has been a suggestion of a sandwich shop or other possible uses. Mr. Plummer: That's desecration! Mr. Grassie: Let me comment on that, Commissioner. We have been talking with a non-profit organization in town about the possibility of using it as an of- fice location for them and in that case the organization would be entirely re- sponsible for the cost of maintaining the building and I would anticipate that that would be the direction that we will go. Mrs. Gordon: I read in the back-up, correct me if I'm wrong, that the site that this building stands on presentlyis probably more valuable historically than the building itself, am I correct? Mr. Alden: Excuse me? Mrs. Gordon: The building ar.d the site are in the consideration for historical value. Mr. Baldwin: Yes. Mrs. Gordon: And that the site, the land is considered more valuable historic- ally than the building. I've read this back-up material to that extent that when I read this I got the feeling that the prime consideration would be to remain in its present location. Mr. Baldwin: Yes, that is correct, that is what the historic community, however, the Commission did decide that it could not remain there because the space was needed for the parking ramp and the parking garage for the Convention Center. So them we made a determination as best to save the building if we did want to save the building and that Fort Dallas Park would be the best location for the building. Mrs. Gordon: Are there any persons here who wish to speak on this, Mr. Mayor? Yes. Dolly, why don't you come up and tell us what historic...? name and address for the record. Mayor Ferre: We need your Mrs. Dolly Mac Intyre: I'm Dolly Mac Intyre, 1835 S. Bayshore Drive. Basic- ally this plan before you represents a compromise between what the historical groups would most prefer and what seems to be possible. • is most preferred and what seems to Mayor Ferre: A compromise between what be possible. Mrs. Mac Intyre: Right. Mrs. Gordon: They're trying to face reality head on. Mr. Plummer: They must be talking dollars. I hope you know what my comments were because if you'll recall I think the compromise that was worked out with 30 rt MAY 2 2 1979 the old Jackson Home that one of the associations was infbecomect, it involwould ed, it was going to be operated as a historic place poand that, utilized in a manner befitting aet tallyic openlue checkdandathate my concernia- bility to the City would no here. You know just regular maintenance on one of these places regardless of what Sears paint commercials say is a problem and I.... Mrs. Mac Intyre: You raise a valid question. Mayor Ferre: A11 right, let me see if we have this... Well, maybe the thing to do is I'll express my opinion on this and then we'll see what everybody ossible. I'm not thrilled else wants to do. I want to save the building ifprestore to it's original with the quality of the building, it is a, if y iurm it is a simple wood structure without any columns in front, without any- thing that I would qualify as embellishing it, it is by itself very historical •anti very ugly. Now the question is that we're going to put a very historical l ite ch •:yly building in the midst of aneven more important endaupswith aig es location of Fort Dallas and j doing is to save Goldberg, that we end up trying to improve and what weendup ;;uildL.:�g and ruin that park. Now I am personally strongly Mr. Plummer: This side of the table doesn't agree with your statement of his- torical aac ugly. Mayor Ferre: Well let me finish. Mr.ace torassie, have thesphilharmonicis one lhousedao noInt think that that is an appropriate p the firs* o:' ce it is a simple wood building and the air conditioning uiandhall tie other troblems that are going to run with it, they're movegi it thrui it his•oric value of it. So I think that if we're going ought to be the way it was in it's original form and if it's used for tourist services or as an information center or as a sandwich shop oc.ulu pref,tr that than to have this thing as apersonally wfordanyrather s tcivic, seeic, that's an off -the -top -of -my -head opinion. I building in some other location because that property was not part of the Flagler property as I understand it, the historical value, I think the ethpeark, aso ica site know more o important tthan thee or J. L. buildingtitselfoned whichtis about 50 or his- torical si �.e is more imp f0 yeas c°. Lev. Gibsc.i: Sir, has anybody talked with the people who are going to be ad- jacent tc these people? Mr. Alden: Reverend Gibson, at this time, as I'm you t it'w,s ato the west, ce t'ta left on that drawing presently there is nowell ha c' land. I believe that the Downtown Development Authority y ven see from taaked with some of the adjacent land owners. However, as you ..het drawing the only immediate neighbor is the Bauder College.... Rev. Gibson: I didn't ask you about the DowntownhDeve elopment ent Authoritroperty y, I asked you whether or not you talked with any of Mr. Alden: No, we have not, sir. Well you know, I would. think now I love Miami, are you from Rev. Gibson: Miami? Mr. Alden: Rev.' Gibson: years ago so o, sir, I'm not. Okay, so that you and all the other people, I was con ern here 6 4 there's no question about my love. Okay? I am like the Mayor. Is it a frame building? Yes, sir, a wood frame structure. Mr. Alden: v.'Gibson: Are you sure the termites are out? that it is sound structurally. Mr. Alden: We have been advised preliminary yes Rev.. Gibson: Let me say why I'm saying all of this. that I moved in in November and.t'ain't no wood there And you know what? Mrs. Gordon: You Mayor Ferre: ve got termites. Don't tell me you've got termites. 31 I am in a brand new house other than in the roof. MAY 2 2 1979 rt Rev. Gibson: And look, before I moved in I brought the company in and had the company to do the works. Am I clear? Look, I'm not opposed, I know how the people are about historical monuments and I want to go along with it but you know I just want to warn you $15,000 and then - I think we ought to really.... Mayor Ferre: I think there are two points that have come out of this discus- sion so far. One is we ought to make sure that it is structurally and termite wise and all of that, you know, in good condition to move which I think is very simple to verify. And the second thing, I think Father Gibson is com- pletely right that the property owners next door should be addressed and I think out of courtesy to them. Now again, I want to repeat on the record that I have no objections, no major objections to this building going on this loca- tion - I don't think it is the best place but I have no major objections to it. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, let me put this in the record. Father says he's a native: Miamian, well so am I but my people go back when these homes were the thing and that's Key West. You know you can drive through Key West which has a tre.aendous restoration type of project and you can see homes that are a lot older than this made out of Dade County Pine which is the only thing that a termite will turn and run from. My funeral home on Flagler Street is 54 year old. Mayor FerrelLet's make it a.historic site. Mr. Plummer: ....some glass doors a couple of years ago, a man came in there and tried to drill with a regular electric drill for those doors, it just burned them up and 54 years later the sap still runs out of them. And you look at some of those houses in Key West today and you would say that anything over. a 20 mile an hour breeze that those houses would be in danger, well let me tp11 you they're not. And the reason they're not is they're made of wood and give. The problem of the houses that you've got here, Father, you've got a risrid structure that ain't going to give and you're going to find it down the street three or four blocks where those others will be there when the big blow is over. So I want to tell you to not worry if that place is made of Dade County Pine don't worry about termites. :Savor All right. Mx. Alden: Mr.. Mayor, if I may, I think that the termites are a reality of life -that -we live with here and I think that whenever we contemplate historic buildings they're typically going to be wood frame structures in many instances so I think that just comes with the territory if you will. I think one of the ladies wants to make a statement, if you Mr. Alden: Yes, this is Alice White and she is a member of the Villagers and I think that she does have some comments regarding the historic significance of the building. Ms. Alice White: I'd like to answer any questions that I can concerning this building but I have to say first that Father Gibson was born here 64 years ago, the Butler Building was born here 80 years ago and is going strong.; Mayor Ferre: You're not implying anything by that are you? Ms. White: Not at all. Mayor Ferre: Because Father Gibson is going strong too. Ms. White: Well, we've got 20 years on him. s not made'out of Dade County Pine. Mayor Ferre: He's made out of stronger stuff than that. Ms. White: He gives too. I really feel that this building is most signific- ant, I think the site, of course, is very important but the fact that Henry Flagler had this building built at this particular time for a particular reason is very important. The site which is proposed, the Fort Dallas Park site is within visual site of the original place where the building was built and I think it is, therefore, appropriate. Henry Flagler did not own this partic- ular park site, it was specifically left for Julia Tuttle for a good reason, it was her home site. Forty years ago the original buildings were moved and 32 rt MAY 2 2 1979 I don't see that moving the Butler Building to a place like Lummus Park is going to make that right, that original move right. Mayor Ferre: Well, nobody's proposing that now that I know of. Ms. White: Good. This is the perfect place, question the building. Mayor Ferrel Did you say perfect? Ms. White: Dallas Park. Mayor Ferret Ms. White: As i,ar as Ican see right now it is the perfect place. I would like to have it stay where it was, where it is now but that's not possible. next choice is the Dallas Park. Ms. White: Dallas Park, people would enjoy it, I. cent. I think it is the a bit of relief from the Mrs, .Gordon: and I think that it would be beautifully used, I think think being right,:, on the river walk would be magnifi- sort of placewhere people would walk through and get modern metropolis. What use would you suggest that it be put to? Ms. White: I think that that has to come from the Ciy.Iticould tea snack think place, it could be the site of music, tourist information. we should propose a use. Mayor Ferre: Would you mind if we improved' it a little bit? ters on it and paint them? Ms. White: Yes, I would mind because was as possible. Could we put shut - want it to be as much as it originally and 'bushes around Mayor Ferre: Well would you mind if we put a lot of trees. it? Ms. White: I would love trEes and bushes around it, not that we had too many when it was built originally, in fact, that's one of the reasons we had to have these buildings. Mayor Ferre: Well it wasn't a park when we had it originally either and it is going to be a park now, I just hope you don't mind if we have a lot of trees , and bushes around it. Ms. White: Oh, that's the whole idea, I think that would be great. Mrs. Gordon: Personally, I would hate to see it used in a high commercial use like a snack place because that is going to deteriorate the property's value from the historical point of view in my opinion. I would like to see it used in a more passive use than that. Ms. White: Of course, but we would like it tobe self-sustaining, we want it to pay for itself and we have to find a use for it that will do that. Mrs. Gordon: Even if it were a mini -historical museum. Ms. White: That is a very difficult sort of use, Mayor Ferre: It's too small for that. difficult to put into place. Mrs. Gordon: Difficult to put into such a small structure? Ms. White: Well yes, that and the fact that people ing sort ofplaceuld alk through and would be better.: that would be that, an information dispensing Mrs. Gordon: Together with, possibly together with. I don't know. Mayor Ferre: Rose, I might remind you of San Antonio which you've mentioned on several occasions. There are a lot of historic buildings that do commerc- ial use and I think what they do is they facilitate people who walk up and down to river to go in and get a Coke and a sandwich or something like that. So I'm II 1111111111111111111111111111111111 1 ■ 33 rt MAY 2 2 1979 not for it but I'm not against that kind of use. I think we ought to be flexible. Mrs. Gordon: It needs to be discussed at greater length. Mr. Plummer: 2 agree. Mr. Ivan Rodriguez: I'd like to say something very briefly. My name is Ivan Rodriguez, I'm with Dade County Historic Survey. In answer to your question, I think a very important point to keep in mind as far as historic preservation is concerned today is that all buildings do not necessarily have to be museums, old buildings do not.... Mrs. Gordon: I'm sorry, I can't hear you and I want to hear every word you're saying. Mr. Rodriguez: 2'm saying that old buildings do not necessarily have to be museums or they do not have to necessarily maintain their original functions precisely. One of the major points of historic preservation today is to be able to recycle old buildings, to put them to new uses and there is nothing wrong or immoral with having a building which once served as a worker's cot- tage serve sandwich shops because it was a modest building to begin with in terms of structure and in terms of function, in terms of aesthetics and that's all it's ever going to be. There's no point in glorifying something that never was glorious. Mrs. Gordon: I'm not closing the door on anything, I've got an open mind on the subject. Mrs. Lorraine Dunn Gliston: I have been very interested in historic preserva- tion, I'm Lorraine Dunn Gliston. In this particular case I also teach at Bauder Fashion College and wu have over 600 students and this lot is directly in front of that school, it is the black and white building that you see outlined there, and if you put a sandwich shop in there I guarantee you how sweet and lovely our students are that you are going to have the most littered block in town. Mrs. Gordon: Littered? That's what I was afraid of, Lorraine, that was one of the things that was thinking about, I wasn't thinking about it coming from the school particularly but just in general that it would cause a litter problem. Mayor Ferre: Well, you know there are all kinds of sides to that, Lorraine, look. What are the parks that people love to go to? New York Central Park, or London the great parks in Europe, those parks are full of people. Now this is smack in the middle of downtown Miami. Now to say that we're going to have a pastoral park here, it's unreal, it's not going to be a pastoral park, we don't want it to be a pastoral park, that's what we have all that bayfront area for, most of it anyway. What this is, this small little green area on the river smack in the midale of a high intensity development area, I'm glad we have that green space and I think it ought to have the type of accomodations where people will feel safe and comfortable in it. (INAUDIBLE COMMENTS FROM UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER IN THE AUDIENCE) It's going to happen anyway, you don't think that with that park surrounded by a convention center, Bauder College and the high intensity development on the other side that that park isn't go- ing to be full of people having lunch, listening to music, we're going to have all kinds of activities in that park. That place I predict to you will be as highly used as is Pace Park in New York, that's the kind of place that's going to be. Ms. White: Precisely. I have one other thing to say, you talk about our lit- tle ugly building, this is what we have in Miami, that's what makes this his- torical. We didn't start out with a mediterranean villa here, that came later. We started with little ugly buildings which beat tents and that's what people lived in before. Mayor Ferre: Well, I was just hoping that we could beat, if you beat tents before maybe we could beat a straight whitewashed ugly building but I under- stand your point and we'll leave it just the way it was in all of its magnifi- cent ugliness and we'll put a lot of trees around it. White: Utility, not ugliness. Okay. Thank you very much. 34 MAY 2 2 f979' rt Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, on this same light, I think the City maybe, Mr. Grassie, I just returned from Jacksonville and not only Jacksonville, you and I when we traveled to New Orleans. Mr. Mayor and Mr. Grassie, I think there are funds available for a restoration project, especially I'm thinking of Coconut Grove. where there are a number of these old structures. i know that right now Jack- sonville is doing a fantastic job of these old homes in restoration projects. I'm not talking about Dena, and I see her ears perking up, of the Great Neigh- borhoods. I think there is a separate funds available and I think that this City if we can should immediately proceed to try and instigate one of those programs here together - use the people you have here, the historical, the Village, the people - and get a project. In Jacksonville when I drive around, these projects are at night even lit as show places, even people are living there and one project in particular that I was taken to see as pride of what we're doing by the City is an old what I would call Key West home that has been completely restored to it's original concept and Mr. Grassie, I would love to see you come back before this Commission and immediately instigate a program as Jacksonville, what you and I saw in New Orleans, what Georgetown has just done in Washington and let's see if we can't get that pride and the f.ieral funds and do something for this community which I think would be a tremendous asset for this town. Ms. Mac Intyre: We have files and files and file cabinets full of all kinds of material on just these programs and I speak as Dade Heritage Trust with this hat at the moment, but all of us here represent the interest of historic preservation from various groups and we would work with you anyway we possibly .an because we support this completely. Mr. Plummer: Well, what I'm saying is why don't you make that available to the ntaff and between the two of you you can come back and hopefully this'Com mission can instigate such a program with local pride of restoring these places and I for one would love to see it as long as you leave my funeral home ca Flag?er Street alone. Mrs. Mac Intyre: There are a lot of tax breaks, J. L., it's a lot o benefit for you now. Mr. Plummer: I know that. Mayor Ferre: J. L., I think that the City of Miami has not been just sitting', down doing nothing and your statement might apply if we had done nothing. 1 think Dolly is well aware of the activities of the City of Miami in behalf of historical preservation. One that I can site as a magnificent preservation :oject was Dr. Jackson's Office. Now, that we can do more, of course, we -an do more and I think, Ivan, you work for the County don't you? And the :ounty is not totally disinterested in this project either. So I think there 4.artainly has been enough work and communications, now there could be more and perhaps that's really what we really ought to come back with is a report as to what we're not doing and where the funds are that we can go after the way Jacksonville, Key West and New Orleans does. Yes, do you want to say some- thing? Your name for the record. Mr. Dick Fosmoen: Dick Fosmoen. A couple of comments on financing for historic preservation just to try and get the record clear. Across the country most of the historic preservation projects that are underway are C.D. funded, they're either low interest loans, long term loans, things like that but it's coming out of CD money. That was one of the programs that was poured into Community Development Block Grant. The second real financing tool that's available is through IRS and tax write-offs for improvements to historic structures. The only caviat is that that property must be listed on the national register. We singly can't unilaterally and arbitrarily decide that a structure has his- toric or architectural significance and assume that there are going to be tax breaks for the property owner in re-habbing it but it has to be listed on the register and I think that is where this City has to work very closely with :sir. Rodriguez in getting an area designated as a historic district, then there are same real tax advantages. Mr. Plummer: Dick, that's all well and good.... Mrs. Gordon: Which district - excuse me ently looking at as a district? Mr. Fosmoen: There's one area in the Grove that's Mrs. Gordon: I kind of thought you; would be adapt for that purpose. rt 35 MAY 2 2 1979 ? That's Mr. Plummer: Dick, let me tell you what I think is lacking. Okay? community pride. That is the thing that I don't see. Now, we have C.D. money, we have monies allocated for this but I think you find the spirit as I did in Jacksonville of community pride, that they want to proceed and they want to make these places - and I want to tell you something, when I was driving around Jacksonville these people were pointing this out with pride, "Look what we've done" and that's what you've got to instill here. You've got to make it known to the people these funds are available, low-income or whatever - not low-income but low interest rates for this money for restoration. But more importantly, I think you've got to create a desire for the people to do such. Mr. Mayor, if it's in order to make a motion that this Commission is very desirous of starting a restoration project for the City and ask the administration to come back as soon as possible with a proposed plan that it would encompass and en- courage this for our City to generate the self -pride, I would make a motion at this time. Mrs. Gordon: Clarify what you mean by a restoration project because from the standpoint of restoration itself they're already involved in a number of areas in the City under the target areas of the Great Neighborhoods Program. I think you need to delineate a historic preservation area that would make it clear as to what you have in mind. Mr. Plummer: Well Rose, I really would not like to limit. All right? I would like to say, as exists in Jacksonville, Key West, New Orleans and George town, that they be able to come back - they have all of this research material - and let them come back. Mrs. Gordon: Yes, but you're still addressing yourself to the historical as- pect of the thing, if you are then let's make the motion, you make the motion include what you really mean. Mr. Plummer: Rose, I mean that it would be similar to these other cities as it exists there. Mrs. Gordon: I'll second your motion if your intent, if you wish to call it that.... Mr. Plummer: I'm not trying to limit them let them come back with a proposal for. this Commission. Mayor Ferre: All right, Mrs. Gordon: i'll second it only because I believe Mr. Plummer's intent is to designate a historical preservation area and concentrate a redevelopment pro- gram within that area to highlight it similar to what is being done in other cities or communities. Mr. Plummer: Rose, I accept that and without any question in my mind, you know Coconut Grove is the history of our pioneers and that's where it should be - well, Lemon City - Okay, I'm not trying to limit you. All right, that's what I'm saying, if you want to start a project in the Grove and a project up in Lemon City or a project in Fort Dallas fine. Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? Mr. Rodriguez: If I may, I'd like to make another point. The Dade County Historic Survey has conducted a thorough survey of historic sites in the down- town area, we have identified over 800 of those sites. The report has-been made available to the City of Miami Planning Department, the Parks Department, Building and Zoning Department and we actually identify not only historic sites but actually potential historic districts, whether we're talking about national register historic districts or whether we're talking about local historic con- servation yigoodchead start and again, ouridentified resources are entirely availablink you e to have a very 9 anyone who wants them. s there a second to the motion? Mayor Ferre: Thank you. Further discussison? Call the roll, please. MAY 2 2 1919 rt The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer who moved its adoption: MOTION NO. 79-326 A MOTION INDICATING THE CITY COMMISSION'S EXTREME INTEREST IN HAVING THE ADMINISTRATION START A HISTORICAL PRESERVATION - RESTORATION PROJECT FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI SUCH AS EXISTS IN CITIES LIKE JACKSONVILLE, KEY WEST, NEW ORLEANS AND GEORGE- TOWN WHICH WOULD HOPEFULLY GENERATE SELF -PRIDE IN THIS CITY; FURTHER DESIGNATING A HISTORICAL PRESERVATION AREA AND CON- CENTRATING A REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM WITHIN THAT AREA SUCH AS IT EXISTS IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED CITIES; AND FURTHER REQUEST- ING THE ADMINISTRATION TO COME BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH ITS PROPOSED PLAN FOR COMMISSION CONSIDERATION. Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gordon, the motion was, passed adopted by the following vote - AYES: Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre You haven't finished the Butler project have you? Mayor Ferre: Well, I think the way the Butler Building was left was that the administration was to talk to the surrounding property owners and would verify its structural moveability before we conclude. I think the concensus of this Commission is to conclude in that direction if those two things have been done.. Mrs. Mac Intyre: Okay, could I just make kind of a wrap-up comment here if I may? The historic interest groups would like to, of course, encourage this move to the park, one of the reasons we don't want to see this become a prob- lem of holding up the project that is going on there. The problems of who is going to operate it, what it is going to be used for and so on needs to be worked out, there's no question about it. But while this is being worked out we don't want the building itself to be demolished because it is holding up something. Now the other thing I did want to mention to the City, my under- standing that a City can no longer apply for certain federal grants for munici- pally owned property for historic preservation, so in the considerations of this project I would like to suggest that you consider that the building be owned by someone other than the City be it a non-profit organization or a prof- it organization so that grants can be applied for for that building. That's something that has come through recently. And if the City were to own the building they could not apply for grants from the federal government for it. Mayor Ferre: Dick, did you hear that? Is that right? Mrs. Mac Intyre: If the City leases,. gives the building to somebody else, leases them the park property for a dollar a year as we're doing with the Wag- ner situation then you see the owner can then apply for a federal grant. Mayor Ferree If the City owns we can't apply, if somebody else owns you can apply, that's the law, is that right? Mrs. Mac Intyre: As I understand it that's correct. Mayor Ferre: If that's the law I think you have a very valid point. Yes, sir. Mr. George Varki: George Varki from the Downtown Development Authority, I'm Director of Urban Design and Planning for the Authority. I'd just like to in- troduce this for the record, the Downtown Development Authority is not opposed to the preservation of that building, the Downtown Development Authority is, however, opposed to it going on that particular site. We have done extensive research on the matter, we have talked with some of the property owners already. I feel that members of the Commission should take the opportunity to read some of the material that we prepared, I have come with several years of historic preservation involvement before coming to the Authority so I feel that what we have put together does reflect the historical preservation needs of the building itself. I would like the Commission to take the opportunity to read our material and.... 37 MAY 2 2 1919 rt Mayor Ferre: Where is the material? Mr. Varki: We have transmitted it to the City but we will transmit it to you all as well because.... Mayor Ferre: Mr. Varki, let me remind you, I don't want to create any problems with you, but you made a pretty strong statement here, you said the Downtown Development Authority is and then you---- Now I don't think that's been taken up before the Downtown Development Authority so I think what you meant to say is that the staff of the Downtown Development Authority without previously taking it to the Downtown Development Authority is here speaking to the City of Miami Commission. Mr. Varki: That's correct. Mayor Ferree That's a very different statement. Mr. Varki: That's correct, that's correction on that. I think there are sev- eral issues surrounding the building itself, it is a Flagler Building, the site was never owned by Flagler, we personally feel at the staff level that alternate sites are available in downtown. It is unfortunate that only two or three sites were looked at in the original deliberations which finally cul- minated in the presentation that we have today which locates it on that partic- ular site. I thank you for the opportunity. Mayor Ferre: Well why don't you send that information on to us and I'm sure that you've talked to the members of the Historic Society and with members of the City's staff, we'll be taking this up. Now Mr. Manager, when we take this up again after you've done what Mr. Plummer and Father Gibson requested would you make sure that Dolly Mac Intyre and everybody else is advised that it is coming before the Commission when it comes up again? And I would hope that that would be at the June Meeting. Thank you, ladies, for your patience and being here. 9. DISCUSSION OF POLICE CIVILIAN REVIEW COMMITTEE. Mayor Ferre: We're now on Item E. Mr. Grassie, we're on Item E. Mr. Grassie: This item is on the agenda at the request of members of the City Commission, Mr. Mayor. You have a brief, well not so brief report from Chief Harms. You know that the whole community had been anticipating the possibility of a report from the Criminal Justice Council. They had thought that they would have their report and recommendations completed and evaluated by now, as it turns out they have been able to get their printed material out as of about 5:00 O'Clock last night but.... Mayor Ferre: We'd like to have a copy of that, Mr. Grassie. Mr. Grassie: Yes, as soon as we get it from them we will distribute copies to the entire City Commission. We anticipate that they will probably have an evaluation by the council within the next week or so and I presume will come to some conclusion. Mr. Plummer: June 4th. Mayor Ferre: The accompanying letter that the Chief sent to us from Bob Harden which was a letter, I guess a copy of a letter to Larry Bloom in the Miami - Herald is a pretty strong letter and it has a tremendous amount of substance with regards to, even though the main purpose of it is I think the Miami Herald and the way they approach things. I think the secondary aspect of it which is important to us here is the portion that deals with the Police Civilian Review Board. There is also a memorandum from Ken Harms who basically says that he's taken a position in the past and that he basically hasn't changed his opinion and that means that he's opposed to a Civilian Review Board. Mr. Plummer: Read the first page of your total thing. In that Chief Harms indicates that he has taken a position but wishes to wait until this report is presented at which time he is willing to re-evaluate his position. That's... rt 38 MAY 2 2 1979 Mayor Ferre: But J. L., I think the point is this, the report has just come in, it's over 300 pages and it got in at 5:00 yesterday, obviously we haven't had the time to read it. And I agree with you that we ought to read it before we come to any conclusions. I would imagine that if on the 5th day of April, 1979 if Chief Harms says that he is opposed to a Civilian Review Board and if the report basically concludes against Civil Review Boards which according to the paper is what it concludes, I would doubt very much if Chief Kenneth Harms is going to change his posture. Mr. Plummer: Oh, I agree. Mayor Ferre: Okay, so for the record so that we understand what this is all about I just want to identify it. A year and a half ago when Chief Harms be- came Police Chief I told him that I was interested in two things. One was the whole approach of how we review the Police Department's function internally. The second area was how the Police Department functions with regards to neigh- borhoods and the people of the neighborhoods. A year went by and I had not i,eard from Chief Harms so I reminded him of it about February or March I think which was his anniversary. Another month or two went by and again nothing had occured and so, therefore, I wrote a memorandum to the City Manager and reminded him that . had recommended for pursual a year and a half, maybe two years ago that we study what the City of Chicago is dong in their police department Now, I'd like to outline that briefly. In Chicago they have a committee which is civilian, it is not made up, it is not composed of sworn officers and the head of thtit department is also a civilian and reports directly to the police chief so it is not a citizens' reviee board. it is a civilian board but not a citizens' review board. The people that make up that committee in the City of Chicago are for the most part young attorneys who have graduated from local universities. And what they do, and I think right now the last time I looked at it it h;.d a staff of about 60 members. Of course, Chicago is a very large city. I requested from Chicago, and the Manager has gotten, a copy of how that functions e::actly. Now we have an on -going controversy in this City which af- fects the Cocnty, it also ev'ntually will impact upon the City. I think we have a responsibility to also look at the ramifications within the City of Miami Police Department. Now I am personally opposed to an outside civilian review hoer! reporting outside of the Police Department because as Bob Harden points his letter in almost every city where that has been instituted it has nit functioned. In the City of New York where the people were given the opportunity to vote on a Civilian Review Board it was voted down two to one. However, I 6.3 not think that any peer group can police itself. I don't think that lawyers can be a legal review board, I don't think that doctors can be the ones that survey themselves and I don't think that the police are any different. I think that a review board system similar to the one used in the City of Chicago would be very very progressive and it would answer 90% of the questions that are being brought out in this community and that is a civilian board that functions under the Police Chief. Now, the question then is, well how about the grass root participation and the grass root participation in Chicago comes from an additional, from two boards. Once it goes beyond the Civilian Review Board and up to the Chief the police organizations have a sys- tem in which if they disagree with the conclusion they then come up with a recommencation and there is also an advisory board out in the community which if they disagree with the recommendation on an advisory basis also comes up with a recommendation. The final decision then would be made by the head of the administration which in this case would be the City Manager. But there would be both a professional inside overview and there would be a non -profes- sion citizens' participation on an advisory basis if they disagree with the conclusion. Now that in a very very quick and rough sense is the system that functions in Chicago and that I think is the most effective way because we have to do something and I would like to recommend, Mr. Manager, that this matter be brought back to the Commission if not in June certainly by the July meeting with a full recommendation from the Police Chief and I don't mean a 're page kind of a memorandum that we're waiting for something or that kind of stuff, I think it ought to be an indepth analysis and I just want to say that this one vote on this Commission is not for leaving the status quo. I think we have to come up with something that is a little bit more that answers the questions that are being asked by all of the newspapers and by all of the community and I think this is not a witch hunt, we are not out to make the Police Department up tight but I think we've got to address the issue and I think we've got to address it forcefully and quickly. Rev. Gibson: Mr. Mayor, I want to raise something in connection with that very same matter. I had hoped that this matter was going to be addressed and then I discovered that it was to be withdrawn. But when the Chief comes to rt 39 MAY 2 2 1979 make that report, Mr. Grassie, I want the Chief to address two dates: 2/15/79 and the address is 5660, 56508 N.E. 2 Avenue; (2) 4/15/79, address is 1 N.W. 62nd Street. Now I get the impression - I may be wrong - that you know some- body is playing some games. I don't blame you, you're the Manager, you're not the Chief. I don't blame the Chief, the Chief is the Chief but I want a report, I want the Chief to tell me what happened and to tell me what remedies are going to be ensued because I want to say to this Commission when calls are made in the black area for policemen there are no answers. I want to make sure so you know where I'm coming from. I want to make sure that the entire City of Miami is policed. Now if you're scared I'm sorry. If you're brave thank God for you. Okay? I pray for both sides. But if you charged with the re- sponsibility to carry out the laws then I expect you to carry them out and if you can't carry them out you ought to tell me why. I had to tell a group about two Saturdays ago, I said, "Let me tell you what you don't know about this City and this County and this State." I said, "You know we do believe in Martial law." That's right, and if you can't do it locally man, the federal govern- ment will send a crew of people down here in a minute and take it over. You were present when I said it, Pat, you remember that. Okay, I want those two jn:.dents addressed and i want you to deal with this business of a Civilian Review Board in one report and you know have two three sheets, make that eight, the Civilian Review Board and (B) would be these two items because that will let me know whether the Chief is telling me he doesn't want it based on facts or based on feeling. Okay? Beautiful. Mayor Ferre: Well, I've been sitting back for a year and a half on this and I':a not sitting back on it any more and you're on notice right now that in June with or without the Chief, with or without a report we're going to change the system, at least I'm going to vote to change the system. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, let ire just put on the record, as you know, I sit as e. representative elected from this Commission on the Criminal Justice Board. I was handed this packet sometime late yesterday afternoon with instructions that this matter will be discussed on June 4th at 1:00 O'clock at the Omni Hotel, Bahama Ballroom. I find it most unfortunate that I had left my office yesterday afternoon and first read about the report, as a member of the Council not as a member of this Commission, in the newspapers today. Mayor Ferre: Well, that happens all the time any way. Mr. Plummer: Well, but the problem is that this is the staff's report. It is my understanding that the Metro Commission as well I'm sure this Commission is looking for the evaluation of that 21 member committee and recommendations rrom them and it is just not being reflected that way as I read it that this croup which is a select group of people have not even had the time to evaluate this report and like : say, you can see all of these documents that are here. Mayor Ferre: Mr. Grassie, would you get copies of that for all members of he Commission? Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, it is my understanding that everyone has been forwarded copies. Mayor Ferre: All right. And would you also inform us as to when these meet- ings are, June 4th or whatever it is so that we can all attend and, J. L., as I read the newspaper this morning it basically said that there were three alter- natives that they recommended, one is an ombudsman approach, another one is a civilian type of a system which functions within the department which is the Chicago Police Department's system and there was a third alternative which they, and I think we ought to address all of them and get their recommendations before we finalize. Mr. Plummer: Well, Mr. Mayor, I can't answer that, I don't know what is in this report. I received it yesretday afternoon at the close of the day. I would appreciate as being your representative to the Council that you furnish to me that I may in turn furnish to them any and all information you have about the Chicago plan which could be different than what is here. Mayor Ferre: I'll turn that all over, I'll tell you how far back this goes, I got that from Mayor Dailey himself who sent me all this information and I turned it over to the City administration two years ago and now they can't find it. About six months ago I asked them to write again and get an extra copy and I think you've gotten that in the meantime haven't you, Mr. Grassie? MAY 2 2 1979 MM Ml rt 0,111 Mr. Grassier Mr. Mayor, the participation of the City of Miami's representa- tives on that Council I think was instrumental in not only getting material from Chicago but actually the Council has asked people from Chicago to come down here and discuss their plan with us. Now that happens at a technical ate derstand committee t lebackground andound of has beeneavailable andhasbeenin that but I in incorporated into the re- port that backgroun that you have in front of you. Mayor Ferre: Well, it's taken two years to get this far but it's still not too late to do it. Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Mayor, I also represent the City on that Council and will..., attempt to be at the next meeting which I believe is scheduled for next Tues- day. Mr. Plummer: June 4th. Mrs. Gordon: June 4th, Okay, I don't have my book with me having the correct date but I will be there representing as well as J. L. I believe that Mr. Reboso was a member on that Council, you may want to appoint a third member because that was the intent. Mr.Plummer: No, Rose, when Reboso retired he was the sole delegate. We asked for more representation and we then had two members instead of one and I don't think he was reappointed, you and I were appointed, there is not a third mem- ber of this Commission, just two. Mrs. Gordon: I thought there were supposed to be three, Okay. Mayor Ferre: All right, anything else on this subject? Then we're on item.... 10. RESCHEDULE CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF JUNE 14, 1979. Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Mayor, may I just ask if you and the Commission would con- sider a change of the date of the June 14th Meeting to some other time? I'll be out of town from the 12th.... Mr. Grassie: I wonder if it would be possible, Mr. Mayor, to have a very short meeting of the City Commission with not more than two or three items. Mayor Ferre: As long as they are not controversial and as along as you let everybody know at least two or three days ahead of time and if anybody has. any objections to it I'm assuming that you are talking about routine matters... Mr. Grassie: Well, the difficulty is that one of the questions that we are talking about in order to qualify for the UDAG grant application, which is $5,000,000 you know, that is not...cannot really be considered a routine matter, it's a question of the agreement on the Conference Center. Mayor Ferre: Well, all right, let me ask you this, when will you have the written document that you want us to adopt?.. Mr. Grassie: Mayor Ferre: Mr. Grassie: Mayor Ferre: • Mrs. Gordon: Mayor Ferre: The 6th. :On the 6th'day of June. It will be available. All right, Mrs. Gordon, is going to behere on the 7th... I'll be here all that week, any day that week. Now, the question is... Rev. Gibson: I won't be here. Mayor Ferre: Father Gibson and Lacasa will not be here, see? They will be of the City completely. So, how can we handle it? There is no way. Mr. Grassie: Well, the only thing that I can suggest is if we could make sure that we got the document to Commissioner Lacasa, wherever he was, and if had an opportunity to express a veto to you as the Mayor, if he had some objection then we could bring it to a 4-member City Commission. Mayor Ferre: Three -member, because Gibson is going too. Mr. Grassie: Oh.. Mr. Lacasa: Why couldn't we do the same thing on the 14th schedule meeting? Mayor Ferre: Because Mrs. Gordon. can't make` on the Mr. Lacasa: But;it's.only one. versus two that will scheduled for the 14th. Mayor Ferre: I have no objections. Mr. Lacasa: I, am accommodating my schedule the 14th and 28th, so :I... Mr. Grassie: Mayor, I think you have a Mayor Ferre: I have a problem on the l 13th but Mrs. Gordon won't be available. - Mrs. Gordon: If you want to make it on the 12th, on the evening of the 12th all right? Mr. Plummer: I don't have that problems, my clients don't make appointments. Mrs. Gordon: Make it on the morning of the 12th, make it a short agenda. Mayor Ferre: Rose, I've got a problem, I'm sorry, but on the 12th I have to Chair the Energy Panel, the U.S. Conference of Mayor's Meeting in pittsburgh. out • which was the originally 14th, so we are... be out, and this was originally to the fact that we are going to have problem on the 1.4th,'don 't you 4thtoo, so I would be available on the I'll try to change and leave Mrs. Gordon: And you'll be out the rest of that wee then. Mayor Ferre: Well, I, can come back on the afternoon o the 12th but you... mh UAY 22 1M. t Mr. Plummer: When you are finished Chairing that meeting you might not be back. at all: Mrs. Gordon: Yes. Mayor Ferre: Well, that's obviouslY a hot issue and... Mayor Ferre Yes, you might not get back on time, you really can't plan.: Gan "we do it at 7:00 o'clock on the 12th,=7:00 P.M.? But Mrs. Gordon has to leave. I'll be on a plane, I've got to leavethat night. i 3 st to haves <- Mr. Grassie Ylvor Ferre: Mrs. Gordon: Plummer: Where are you going Rose, we might alljo n you u :let tins aboard a plane. rs. Gordon: Panama City. Mayor Ferre: Well, suppose...how about the 7th and the 8th, who's missing? '_s rising. The 5th, who is missing? Rev. Gibson: I am. Ferre: Mr. Plummer: idav�or Ferre. ::rs. Gordon: available."-` uh, you are leaving on the 4th. The whole week of the 4th Lacasa is missing.`, Ando•is"Gibson.. Who is going to be here on the 1st of June? Well, Gibson •is leaving on the night of the 4th, r:r. Plummer: But Lacasa won't be here. `r,•:or Ter:, u'= 11, but look, there is noway we can get a full Commission s:. I think the way to do it is, can you accelerate, this to the 4th? Mr. lummer : - Since I can make any may +..June _ will -send- ou all a full report. is e Mr. Grassier We can try, the one thing that we can't accelerate the the; receiving of )ids on the steel for the Conference Center, that happens on MP or Ferre: You see, the problem is that the biddscome nwlthe 6tgto and do there I uothing we can do about that. Now, what mpf don't think that's a controversial item, as long as whoever is the low bid on the steel... that' Gibson leaves 'the day Mrs. Gordon: The bid is not going to be because low bid is low bid. Mayor Ferre: So why don't we just... Mrs. Gordon: Do our business on the 4th. Mayor Perm' do our business on the 4th, and then on the 6th whoever is here will call a one -item Commission Meeting to award to the low bidder, whoever he is. Mrs. Gordon Sure. Mayor Ferre: Well, what are you shaking your head about? ( ,AUDIBLE STATEMENT MADE OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLIC RECORD) Mr. Plummer: Oh, no. Mayor Ferre: You've got three members of the Commissionhere on the is... Mr. Grassier All right, possibly, if the City Commission is willing to:autho- rize the Manager to award the steel bid to the low bidder, we can do that... mh 43 MAY 2 2 1l7k Mrs. Gordon:. That's all right, yes, we can do that. Mayor Ferre Is that legal? Mr. Grassie: It is legal and has been done. Mayor Ferre: -A11 right, so then what we are saying is that we'll havea Com mission meeting on the 4th of June, is that correct? Mr. Grassie: And we will try to get the UDAG material ready for you for the 4th, we'll have ashort meeting. :r. GRassie: Okay, 11:00 o'clock? Mayor Ferre: All right, are we all agreed that :we'11 have a semi -Commission Meeting meeting- on the 4th? Plummer: What is this '.'semi" business? Mayor Ferre: Re';. Gibson Mayor Ferre: Pay. Gibson: Ailyor.Ferre; Mr. Lacasa "Semi" means that Gibson has to catch an airplane. I'll bethere... But what time does your plane leave at night? 9:00:or.so. A11-right and what time: are you leaving? All be here on the 4th.' ;.::;cr Ferre: All right, so we don't have any problems, within reason don't want a Commission Meeting until 10:00 o'clock at night. Mr. Grassie: No, no, we are scheduling a meeting which will start at end presumat,ly will end very shortly. :c'.. Gibsca. „:y can't it start at 9:00? Mr. Grassie: Commissioner Gordon asked for 11:00 o'clock. Mrs. Gordon: Well, I'll make it a 10:00 so that we Justice Meeting in the afternoon. Mr. Grassie: All right, so we are changed to 10:00.o'clock, ` then, 10:00:o'lcock..: now,; w 11:00 Mayor Ferre: All right, it will be from 10:00 to....what.time,i Justice meeting? Mrs. Gordon:1:00'o'clock that ought to be enough for a short agenda. Mayor Ferre: All right, 10:00 to 1:00on the 4th. Now, Mr. Grassie, theother date the 28this all right, is it? Nobody has a problem with that? Mr. Grassie: Mayor Ferre: We ' don't, I'm asking the Commission. Nobody has a problem with the 28th.. 44 MAY 22 197i Mayor Ferre: Mr. Plummer: Rev. Gibson: Mayor Ferre All right, how about the July meeting that Plummer is talking about? Mr. Mayor, if possible, I would like to... How,much time do you need on the fourth? From 11:00 to 3:00. Mr. Plummer: Na Mayor Ferre: Mr. Plummer: Mr. Grassie: Mrs. you don' need that long. No,ne, from 10:00 to 1:00. ou don't need that long. You need an hour. It'll just be an hour or an hour and a half. Gordon: Make Mr. Grassie: Mayor Ferre: Mr. Plummer: from the 26th appreciate if Okay. it 10:00 to 12:00, give us two hours. All right, Mr. Mayor, of July be possible. Plummer, back to you, July... I would just like if,possible that an alternate date, considered. and move it up _to the 19th, is what 'Iwou1d Mrs. Gordon: J. L., I don't have any way to check Mr. Plummer: OkEy, Rose, it doesn't have to be decided, be considered and we'll do it at the next meeting. Mayor Ferre: You Mr. Plummer: Mc to set it today, don't want to set the date. Mayor, you are talking about over two months off, I'm not going I'm just asking that consideration be given.. Mrs. Gordon: Wait a minute,J.L., I'll call her and I'll see if the phone. THIS DISCUSSION WAS MOMENTARILY DEFERRED. ust asking, that it 11. Discussion of the FY-1979-1980 BUDGET. Mr. Plummer: I can get'her on Let me ask an unpopular ugestion, Mr. Grassie, budget. Mr. Grassie: Yes, sir. Mr. Plummer: When is the actual document going to be presented to this Com- mission? What I have read and what I have heard we are going to be going through some very tiring and long, broad days, which in my estimation could conceivably change the history of no meetings in August to meetings in no you contemplate with l ichand1 have no disagreement as long as I know in advance. ing to this Commission a completed document. I think Charter calls for it around the l5th of July. Mr. Grassie: We have anticipated, Commissioner, handing you a document the first week of August, giving you three weeks then to read it... Mayor Ferre: It better be before that because there are members mission who will not be in Miami the full month of August. Mr. Grassie: And then we had anticipated that you would startyour meetings. the 1st of September. Mr. Plummer: Yes, but you see? Then, you are going to throw us Mayor Ferre: The same old bind. 45 MAY 2 2 /94r9 lab Mr. Plummer: Yes. I would appreciate, as one -and only speaking for one- that we have that document by the middle of July, becuase we just might just have to start those meetings in August to comply. Mayor Ferre: Mr. Plummer, there are people on this Commission here the month of August. Why don't we start hearings.... Mr. Plummer: I understand that. us the document. I am Mayor Ferre: Well, I agree with that,I think that we ought first week of August but on the last week of July. Mr. Plummer: Fine. Mayor Ferre: So that we have it before month of August. that will not be the Commission goes on recess for the Mr. Grassier Let me talk to the budget people and see if we can push their schedule back so that we can get you a document sooner than anticipated. Mayor Ferre: Which, by the way, is standard operating procedure for the City of Miami, that I know of, we've always gotten the document the last week of July before we go on the August break, so it's nothing new. And I'm sure the staff is well aware of the fact that that's what we've always done in the past. All right anything else? Mrs. Gordon: Excuse me, Mr. Mayor, but we didn't call the roll for the change o date for the June meeting. I so move, was there a second?,`I don't know. Mayor Ferre: Plummer seconds, call the roll. WHEREJPON the above -cited motion, duly introduced by Commissioner Gordon and seconded by Commissioner Plummer was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. ABSENT: None. NOTE: This motion was later formalized into Resolution.79-379. 12. DISCUSSION OF GUIDELINES FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPIfEAT TARGET AREAS ELECTIONS. Mayor Ferre: All right, Dena, go ahead. Ms. Dena Spillman: Okay, you have received guidelines that we are proposing to use in the election process and there were two issues that we felt needed to be clarified before we could proceed. I'd like to clarify one thing in the guide- lines before we go on. In several places you see the words "electors" or "registered voters", and that refers to people who are electors or registered voters in the C.D. election, not registered voters in Dade County. Rev. Gibson: And where is that now? Ms. Spillman: In several places in the guidelines you see the word "elector" or "registered voter"; that refers to people who are registered voters in the C.D. election, not in Dade County for purposes of general elections, okay?, that. was just a question that was raised one Ind likewanted talkclarify you about iewo thesCoconut came to my attention, the first MAY 2 2 in 46 Ms. Spillman: Helen, do you want,to resp from the Community Action Agency Grove target area. The residents of that neighborhood have come to us and re- quested that they'd be allowed to continue with the joint community actioona agency C.D. process which they have been conducting for four years. Board, it's the samesystem, it's just in coordination with C.A.A. We are re- commending that they'd d be allowed to continue that same process and their elec- tion would be held in June, as scheduled. Mayor Ferre: Yes. And, as I recall, the C.A.A. system is that they elect a 15-person Board and then Board selects... M,. Spillman: I believe they elect 10 members and they select... 'c:ayor Ferre: Nine? . Spillman: They elect nine and then the Board itself picks;6. r'a� ti Ferre: Six additional? Ms. Spillman: Right. Mayor Ferre: So the total Board... (BACKGROUND STATEMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE, OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLIC RECORD) ,. and to that? This is Helen Bentley, Mayor Ferre: Ms. Bentley, would you explain to us how it functions? *ts Helen Bentley: My name is Helen Bentley, I'm the Citizens PPaartiicipation teonBand Services coordinator for`Dade County Community Action Agency. 1979, n that was adopted by the Board of County Commissioners on January 9, a 15-member Committee is elected by those eligible voters in a target area. Mayor Ferre: And there are no appointed members? Ms. Bentley: No appointed members, they are elected. Mayor Ferre: And how is the President,..elected or selected? The President o the Coconut Grove area. . Bentley: By the 15-member Committee. P' yor Ferre: ' The members of the Board elect. .ls. Bentley:--' The members of the Committee, as we refer to them. Mayor Ferre: Ms. Spillman: Mayor Ferre: Ms. Spillman: g. Mr. Plummer: Let-mo ask, ust �willr abefregisteredland qualified you votersain the On page4, all persons nominated target area. Mayor Terre: She just explained that. I'see. They have requested that... I have no objections to, that.: ...and I don't think that we should impose a new system on them". Nr. Plummer: Oh, did you? As. Spillman: Mr. Plummer: It's qualified for C.D. Ms. Spillman: Yes, right. We can add that in. It's registered for C.D. pur- poses as defined in these guidelines. Mr. Plummer: Dena, let me tell you. I've read over these documents, and I'm into tell you sIowans to,tellsee, you something, thealot of bureaucracy cost of conducting those built into this thing. I want y elections is ridiculous. I want to tell you that in my estimation, if you can't 47 MAY 2 2 10'?' �R. do it for less money than it's proposed in this document, it would well be in our favor to hire an eI get i pressioncy expert on aaseI lookgovere athisthing that just in fact put this thing off. Now, g this document within itself to prepare would probably be prohibitive, but when I look over the cost involved I see nothing but a champagne election on a beer rove- estimation, that you take from C.D. for improve- ments and everydollar,. in my ments to put towards this election is a waste of dollars. Now, I don't know but when I see people crawling over people I kind of have a problem with all of this high-priced help that I'm seeing put forth in this document. And I tell you, in my estimation, it is completely out of the question. Ms. Spillman: Can I....? Mr. Plummer: Excuse me,let me tell you,tevelast tgmin life emis comparablewand measurable. It is>my understanding t had a City election the cost was some'$66,000, is that correct? Ms. Hirai: Close to it Mr. Plummer: Okay, that's for an entire City. You are talking about a target area type of an election not as sophisticated for $65,000. Onetht ousand dolet tell laryou, less. Now, to me, I dont know what we are creating work for, b you are taking dollars away from development,we needtonhave the elections,I'm oosed to •weineed a opposed to the election,I think that revamping. Mayor Ferre: Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die. Mr. Plummer: Yes, but Mr. Mayor, do we go toknheaviens how?the Do so eogo in of aniauto mobile or;do` we ..go on a Rolls Royce? You into the poor house in a Cadillac Limousine. Mayor Ferre: What's your alternate? Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, :I didn't develop this as proposed. Now, you know, I think somebody whu is making this proposal needs to go back and to understand budget restraints. And when you take, and you look... Mayor Ferre: I'll tell you where it's at, and where it's at is that the county is going to do the election for us. Mr. Plummer: Well, you know, that's all well and good if the county...No, that's not well and good if the county pays for it because it is still tax dollars. Now, you know, when you start talking about know y�I,ve wantoto tell you whatto have a othisddocument at $22,000 or $21,000 salary, you has done for me and you are going to hear about it in the future. I want to know about all these regional directors... Ms. Spillman: Can I explain tat? Mr. Plummer: Yes, you can when I'm finished. You know, at $22,000 andall of these other employees, you know, maybe what I'm reading isn't so far wrong, but I speak to this today. I'm finished. Mayor Ferre: All right, Dena, explain to us. Ms. Apillman:. I just want to explain the situation to you. We currently do not have staff on board to run any kind of election. We ehe havedtoCuse he_seriices of the Dade County Community Action Agency as well Department so that we can get the proper election equipment. The proposal that The yo u e useesaretto the Communityity by Act onthe Community Agencyy Action Citycof Miami salaries that you salaries. We...that is the proposal, I don't see that we have an option in that we cannot conduct the elections ourselves. Mr. Plummer: Why? Mr. Lacasa: Dena. Ms. Spillman: We don't have staff.` Gordon: Dena... nth 48 Mr. Lacaaa Dena, do you mean tosay that this budget is the result of the': Community Action Agency charge to the City of Miami for conducting' the elec tion? Ms. Spillman: Mr. Lacasa:. us. That is correct. Before they were conducting this election and they have never charged es, they have. e have? All throughout all of these 'years they have charged Ms. Spillman: Y Mr. Lacasa: Th y the City of Miami.. Ms. Spillman: We have paid over the years varying amounts of money for vices of the Community ActionAgency in City C.D. target areas. Mr. Lacasa: For how much? the ser- Me. Spillman: The year before last for the whole year includingthe election we paid them $50,000. Mr. Lacasa: $50,000. was $7,0,000. Ms. Spillman: Plus $20,000 for communications, so .it actually this budget is in line with what it has cost before? Mr. Lacasa: Ms. Spillman: Let mesay thisis a one time fee. We are gearing ourselves up so that in the next year and future we will not have to hire anybody to do this. We'll be able to do it ourselves. We are always going to have to pay the Elec- tions Department, always, because we don't have that capability. Mrs. Gordon: The dollars for thesecharges come from the community development funds. Ms. Spillman this sort of Mrs. Gordon: monies. Ms. Spillman: Mrs, Gordon: That's correct. They are eligible expenses and HUD encourages citizens participation. That's right, they are not the ad valorem taxes, orgeneral fund Right. I understand,, I just No, no,_Community Development Block Grant funds." wanted the records to reflect that. simple. Thu Mayor Ferre: Well, I think that the position is very guidelines require an electoral process. Mrs. Gordon:' And they are paying for it Mayor Ferre: And they are, paying for it out of the... C.D. Federal Ms. Spillman: Our C.D. Block Grant. Mayor Terre: Out of Federal funds, them. Mrs.,Gordon: They give it to us to pay it. Mayor Ferre: And it's - very simple do you want a democratic electoral process in the community or do you want to appoint people? we pay for it but I mean it comes from Mrs. Gordon: No. Mayor Ferre: No. And I don't think we can do anything but to go to an elec- toral process, there is no question tit. thinktthiselse issthere to importaat.taThelk aFederal Where did Plummer go? J.L. your point, guidelines for C.D. require an election. We get a lot of C.D. funds... Ms. Spillman: Can I?...I want to... mh 49 MAY 2 2 WI Mayor Ferre: And, excuse me, if I may just a minute. Now, the C.D. themselves pay for the election. Mr. Plummer: That doesn't Mayor Ferre: That doesn't make it right it just makes the Federal government calling the tune. Instead of money they are telling us what to do with it. Mr. Plummer: No, no, no. Mr. Mayor, I concur that the Feds say -you've got to hold an election, fine, I agree with that. Where I find it hard to digest is that we put on an entire City election for $66,000, we are talking about a segment type of an election and it's going to cost a thousand less! Mr. Lacasa: It's a different type of a situation. Let me explain to you why. The reason is that in the regular election we have the people already registered. The question here is that we have to register,every time there is an election, we have to register in each individual area we have to register the people and this procedure goes on for days as you might see... Mayor Ferre: Weeks, we expanded it to three weeks. Mr. Lacasa:..as you might see from the schedule. So, of course, it has to be a very costly election because you have to have eight different registration pro- cedures plus the election. Mayor Ferre: And verification as to where those people, live or don't.. Mr. Plummer: Dena, how many people you have standpoint of community development? presently on staff justfrom a'-Cl.ty Ms. Spillman: Community Development staff I have 12. and we running housing programs as well as community development. Mayor Ferre: Wait a minute, if we are going to stop the whole C.D.. and the whole development procedure to use those 12 people on an election, you know, that's worth a lot more than $60,000. Ms. Spillman: I'd like to expand what Commissioner Lacasa said. In a normal election you have people who are already registered to vote and they go vote. In this, we have a 3-week registration period where we have to have people on duty all day long, and at night, and on Saturdays as was requested. We've got to pay these people. We've got to have special nomination meetings, this all requires staff and I think this is one of the reasons for the difference in the cost that you see because inot like don'tnp�those salarieselection. andAnd that's8n:t quibble about the salaries because we Mr. Plummer: Okay. That's where we are falling apart. You are talking abo, le. in my estimation, about using $81.90-a-day people, instead of $40.00-a-day people. Now, you know, I want to tell you, somebody better start listening to the Mana- ger talking about a 12 million dollar deficit. Fine, it's not City money. Who in the hell pays the tax dollars of the Federal government, I do, there is no different color to that money. Look, I'm in favor of the election, you've got people here, you've got CETA people here that are not being utilized, use them, use them. Mayor Ferre: All right, my personal opinion is thatI think you are absolutely right in theory. Unfortunately, at this juncture, we really can't do it. Mrs. Gordon: I don't think it makes too heck of a lot of difference whether you are paying the Federal government's money through CETA or you are paying the Federal government's money through C.D. You are paying the Federal government's money, in either case, whether you...you know, if you can get qualified person- nel at alesser amount CETA.money, Theyfine, are both the Federal dollars.whether you use whether C.D. or you use Ms. Spillman: The issue is that we are paying CAA for this, and we can't tell them to reduce peoples' salaries, they are offering us a service, this is how much it costs, the next year we will not need their services, that's all I can tell you. are responsible for Mayor Ferre: Is there anything else that we need to discuss on this? that I'd like some clarification on Mrs. Gordon: Yes, there is an issue here 50 MAY 22 19W Mayor Ferre: Wait, wait a minute, Ernie, Mrs. Gordon has the floor now. Mrs. Gordon: The issue is F under your guidelines. Ms. Spillman: What page, Commissioner? Mrs. Gordon: Page three. It relates to operators of non-profit organizations, not funded by community developments funds and located in a trget rea getw8 eaushall be eligible voters and/or candidates. I want to know why, you just exclude community development funds and all Federal monies. Ms. Spillman: Well, I had recommended in the memo...this is an addition that was not in the Resolution that you passed. In the memo we suggested that the regt.lations be modified to allow non-profit agencies to participate. On re- consideration, if we exclude everybody who receives City monies in terms of Federal Revenue Sharing, CETA, C.D., we won't need this requirement in here ,1ocauae there won't be any non-profit people. Mrs. Gordon: Then why do you need it anyway? Ms. Spillman: Well, I'm getting to think that we don't need it. Gordon: I don't think you need it at all. Ms. Spillman: *'-�: or Farm : this went, w- But that's for you to tell me, what you want. as I :recall the ;way Mrs. Gordon: There is a conflict there, Maurice. PJay::,c Ferre: Well, let me finish, we said that we would have people that lived in the community. We also said that we would have people who run businesses. Mrs. -Gordon:' Yes, Mayor Ferree '�:ia, what you are saying here notthatjusttshould be private businessesdbut to say '=peciple anal run all kinds of businesses government L•usi.uesses too. Let me take a specific case in point, Emilio Lopez, all right? Now,,he,is involved with an agency, the Puerto Rican Clinic or what- ever it's called, he runs a business, and he says -I'm entitled since I participate in the,busi.ness to„be involved in this and I am not going to vote to deny him that right. Mr. Plummer:`Wouldn't the wording "businesses for profit" take care of it? Ms. Spillman: No, because he runs a non-profit. Mr. Plummer: I'm'saying that if you put would cover it. Ms. Spillman: The issue is do we want non-profit directors or not in this process, that's the issue. Mrs. Gordon: The only issue that I see with the possibility of conflict is that on the one hand -I'm not saying non-profit that's funded by the county or non- profit that operates directly with the Federal government, but if the City of Miami is not a conduit for funds that removes the conflict... So we could say "Community Development City Federal Revenue Ms. Spillman: Sharing, .•• Mrs. Gordon: Do you see, Maurice? Any City funding. Ms. Spillman:....CETA...City-CETA funding. Mrs. Gordon: Do you see why, Maurice? Mayor Ferre: Yes, all right, I get your point funding, is that what you are saying? Mrs. Gordon: Yes. 51 mh MAY 2 2 Mg Ms Spillman: Well, if you want to expand it that would have to include - City Federal Revenue Sharing, City CETA funding... ;Mayor Ferre: Well, but you see, if you do that, you are going to`be eliminating an awful lot of people who participate in this community a lot, I mean, you know, Jackie, for example... Ms. Spillman: Jackie would not be. eligible. Mayor Ferre: No, not Jackie be eligible. Airs. Gordon: Well, they wouldn't anyway because it is only the key person in. the operation. Mc. Spillman: Can I...? The suggestion that we .came up with is sort of a com- promise that Directors of Social Service Agencies who do not receive Community D2,,-.0opment funds can serve but they cannot vote on issues which would affect inuirectly or directly their funding... Mrs. Gordon: That's the point. The point is.... M. Spillman: ...they would not be allowed to vote on those issues. Mrs. Gordon: Yes, the point is that there could be a conflict because there could be some -I'm not saying there would be but there could be- manipulation within the allocation, you know, and I don't believe that we want to permit anybody to have the opportunity to manipulate funds for one reason or another. Mr. Lacasa: Dena, here when you say that "operators of non-profit organize- bons" those are eligible, who is the operator, only the Director? Ms. Spillman: -Only the Director. 14x. Lacasat That means that all of the they are not eligible.... rs..Spillman: Armando eligible. Mr. Lacasa: ....Well, I'm opposed to this whole thing. 1 s. Spillman: Armando, excuse me, Commissioner Lacasa, last time we had this r.eting we went through about two hours on that subject and the Commission de ided that workers would not be eligible to vote, and that was very clear. Mrs. Gordon: Not be eligible. Mr. Plummer: Only the owner -operator. Ms. Spillman: Right. other people that work in the community we've already decided last time that workers aren' Mayor Ferre: Well, I personally do not see any distinction between somebody who operates in the private sector or operates in the public sector. Ms. Spillman: A11 right, then the proposal as it is written is that "direc- tors or non-profit agencies who do not receive community development funds are eligible and they shall not vote on those items which can be considered a direct or indirect conflict of interest" in other words, on a matter that might involve them getting funding, which is only fair. Mayor Ferre: I'll tell you, I.. . "operators of non-profit organizations not -funded by C.D. funds and located in a target area shall be eligible voters acid/oz candidates", is that the point? As. Spillman:. Mayor Ferre: Mr. Right. 1, for one, accept that. Now, what are we waiting for? Mayor Ferre: I don't know, what's the will of this Commission?. Mrs. Gordon: Is it clear on theconflict that would be covered? Ms. Spillman: We say in our definitions that an operator of a private/non-profit mh 52 MAY 22 1 agency located within and serving a target area but whose personnel or agency is not supported by community development block grant funds shall be eligible to vote except in those items involving social service funding which may be considered a conflict of interest. Mrs. Gordon: Okay, all right. Mayor Ferre: All right Mrs. Gordon: I move. Mayor Ferre: All right, is there 'a all right, Ernie go ahead. Mr. Ernie Fannoto: The only thing that I'd like to bring out is this here. Let's be careful as to how we spend the money. This City and County have been critized for spending too much money, and Plummer is 100% right when he says -paying $81 per person, well that's ridiculous, it's much higher than anybody gets. Mrs. Gordon: Excuse me just a minute, Ernie, Mr. Mayor, I don't wish to make a motion where I have -not heard.the public's input -- I' going • - remove my motion right now. Mayor Ferre: All right, 'we'11 hear from Ernie then we'll hear from everybody. Mr. Fannoto: In other words, $81 is so far out of line that a person should get for working. You take other elections in this county, how much do they get? Only half as much, but yet you want to pay them...in other words, you want to make yourselves subject to criticism before you start, and you are going to be critized, $81, whether it's Federal money, county, or state, you have to have a little consideration for taxpayers' dollars. And you are in enough trouble right now, you've seen the_ unfavorable publicity in the county audit. And I'm going to recommend this here. Mr. Lacasa: Ernie, but let me see if I get you acquainted with the issue. Mr. Fannoto: My point is that they are much money, far more than any officials Mr. Lacasa: I agree. paying $81a day to work, it's far. too, in any kind of elections the City gets. Mr. Fannoto: And I think it's out of base, you just want to be open for criti- cism and you are going to be critized. Now, I'll say this here, I don't think that even after the people are elected, there is one thing that I would like to see done and that is that the City officials should appoint the County Manager to turn around and hire an outside auditor to check the amount of money that is spent and the amount of jobs that are created to see that taxpayers are getting a fair share. , We don't want a reoccurrence al what just took place, and that should be if you want to clear the air and show the public that you mean business and I'm sure you do, and I don't think that the City Commissioners sitting up here had anything to do with what happened with this here, audit the county, but still you are charged that money now, it's about time that you clear the air and put a safeguard and know how much was spent, how was it spent, how many jobs are created and how much they were paid and whether the jobs were necessary. And another thing is I think they can have an election by every district,if they want to nominate themselves for office can vote, nominate themselves and then at the end, I think that everybody can vote for all the candidates and elect them that way rather than spending $70,000. Mayor Ferre: All right, thank you Mr. Fannoto. A11 right, Pat Keller. Ms. Pat Keller: Good afternoon, I'm Pat Keller, President of the Allapattah Community Association. I share Mr. Fannoto's concerns that all this elaborate election is just plain ridiculous. I've expressed that. I won't go into it further. When we first started out with C.D. it was announced that elections would be held and the mobs and the swarms came to the meeting and we nominated a spokesman and that was the end of it. Believe you me, when we get through with this election, there is going to be over $1,000,000 spent. At any rate, I did not receive one of these guidelines, I don't know of anybody else here who received it and I don't like the idea of sitting here, listening to a discussion on this and not having on hand what is being discussed. I requested one from the Clerk and she didn't have one either. Do I understand that you must live in the area in order to vote in C.D., is that correct? Is this the new ruling? You must live in the area. 53 if AV 2 2 tin mh Mrs. Gordon: Or work.` Ms. Spillman: No not work. Live, own property. Mrs. Gordon: Own a business. Ms. Keller: Live, own property, own a business in the area. Now, I would take issue with Dena, I did manage to grab one of the new rulings there and Dena has suggested that people who are operators of non-profit agencies be allowed to be on the Board of Directors. I am going to have to take exception to that. I've seen far too many operators of agencies that manipulate and maneuver we, the residents, and they always have plenty of time and you and I, the residents, have to work all day, and they have plenty of time to go around and manipulate and maneuver on yours and my tax money, and then they go home at night and then they say this to us, who live in the area. So, I'm going to have to take issue with Dena. The thing that concerns me this afternoon is the fact that we were also told about this long registration period, that!s another ridiculous session that we go through in C.D., in cash you've got'-God's knows- how many thousands of dollars which is ridiculous. At present, non -citizens are allowed to vote in C.D., yet non -citizens, and rightly so, are not allowed to vote in regular elections. If a non -citizen doesn't care enough to be a citizen then he should not tell us how to spend our money. Allapattah is a perfect example of what happens when non -citizens and/or non-residents are allowed to vote. In Allapattah we have lost control of our political destiny. The long time residents and citi- zens are completely alienated. I'm personally fearful of the consequences of this alienation (STATEMENT FROM THE PUBLIC, OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLIC RECORD) Ms. Keller: How would I remedy the situation. I would have only residents of the C.D. target area and citizens, would be given the privilege of voting in C.D. This could be a money saver also as I just pointed out. There would be no need for special registration for C.D. When a person registers to vote in regular elections, he would then be eligible to vote in C.D. Incidently, Mrs. tussie Harris, the President of H.U.D. Tenants' Council, is in support of my proposition In no other country of the world, that I know of, would allow non -citizens to vote to tell citizens how they should spend their governmental monies. Thank you very much for listening to me. Mrs. Gordon: I would like to get an expression at least from the Commissioners who may differ with our philosophy, what would be the key points in holding to allow non -citizens to vote. Somebody tell me, Lacasa please. Mayor Ferre: Wait, wait, wait a minute. Before you answer that, the Federal governments, which explains what the law is, because that is what guides.... Ms. Spillman: We, in fact, we checked this moraing.on-this with Washington HUD. There is no regulation against having non -citizens participate. I talked to somebody up there and they said there is no prohibition against it. We are supposed to deal with low income people in the City, that is our concern, whether they be citizens or non-citizens,.I think, is a local decision. Mrs. Gordon: That's not the point, I just want to hear the philosophy of this. Mr. Lacasa: All right, let's talk philosophy about it now. The question here is that people that live in the area who do not have citizenship still contribute and pay taxes, those taxes are the ones that are coming back to the community through the Community Development funds. But this is not all. In most of the cases in our particular community the question of citizenship has become one of technicality. Many people that live in this community do not enjoy the privilege of being citizens at this point are not citizens because they do have to wait for a certain period of time in accordance with Immigration and Naturalization procedures but their intention to become citizens is there and they contribute to the welfare of the community, they do pay taxes, they share the same responsi- bilities that the citizens have and consequently they should have a say in the the way that these monies and their community are going to be developed. Mrs. Gordon: Okay. I appreciate that, I really wanted to hear your point of view. Also I would like for somebody to speak to the philosophy or the reason- ing of retaining the non -profits who receive community development only and not any other City funds, or re-routed City funds, or whatever. Mr. Laccasa: To that particular issue, I personnaly am opposed, to this change mh 54 MAY 2 2 tgi in the existing procedures as I have stated before, I do intend to vote against, I did vote against, I wasthe and toonly mthesioner that concept that isdagainst it, being developeddat still am opposed to the change this point so I have no... Mrs. Gordon: No, really, I'm more particularly iaddressing iigrthe peoc issue did,that's before us as it relates to non-profit voting. non -profits vote, Dena, or didn't they vote? Ms. Spillman: ,In the old rules, now let's clarify, the old rules... Mrs. Gordon: Yes, let's know what was and what is. Spillman: ...last year's rules by Dade County, person who worked in the „eghborhuod could vote, which meant anybody, directors and non-profit'agen ries, workers,...; Garian: Or the owners, the operators... Ms. Spillman:` ...people who worked in factories, etc. Gordon: Okay. Ms. Spillman: Under the resolution that you passed on the 30th.. Jr,: We eliminated the workers.` M. Spillman: Right, and we did not make any provision for 'non - This is an attempt to deal with that problem. ' Lacasa's point is in the old . Gc:rdon. Okay, I see. So in other words, Mr. set of rules anybody, everybody -worker, owner, resident, non-resident, anyone was eligible, is that the difference? (LAcKc 0tn COMMENTS MADE OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLIC RECORD) µis Cord Ynu mean, they were going contrcl tn.:. transient traffic now? Mr. Plummer: Spend another $66,000. Ms. Spillman: Under the guidelines workers are not permitted euld alleviate a lot of that problem. r.ACKGROUNB COMMENTS MADE OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLIC RECORD) rom one Mrs. Gordon: Which makes it easier to check timestwouldsnotgtakein fplace asarapidly tD another and possibly voting two or three or as frequently... Ms. Spillman: As easily. Mrs. Gordon: ...or as easily. that Mayor Ferre: Rose, to your last question There nonare atlotype ofprpeoplegrams, that func- are tion in the whole series of programs that in the community all day. They know that community, they work with it, they service it, they deal with it. I don't think that you preclude those people from the opportunity to have a voice. That doesn't mean that they are going to be elected, because they are going to have to qualify, see? So I think �ykthosee people have got to have an opportunity to express their opinion.would be ar not talking about more than 15 or 20 people, I think, how many people Included in that? Mrs. Gordon: How many agencies would be in that area? Mayor Ferre: 15, 20? from one°district to another. Ms. Spillman That would be a maximum. Mrs. Gordon: Over the whole City? Mayor Terre: Sure' 55 o vote, profit agencies. How would' !22H 111111111111111111111111111111 III ■ mh Ms. Spillman: Yes. •Mayor Ferre: These are the Directors of those... Ms. Spillman They also..'.a lot of agencies -" be disqualified. Mayor Ferre: ear Yes and those that are disqualified are disqualified, and those , . that are not disqualified have to;go.through an electoral process. If the people of that community don't want theui, they are not going to vote for him. Ms. Spillman:Plus they can't voteon issues which are social service funding issues,which would ".directly affect them. :,avor Ferre:: Well, I mean, you've got all the safeguards and you are not talking about that many people. What else have we got? Yes, sir. Mr. John Williams: I want to answer....my name is John Williams, from Allapattah., and that's the outfit that's the least informed. You say that a person can vote but he pays taxes. Well, I want you to know that I'm 45 years old, I fought in the war, and I just starting voting two years ago. You see, so what hap:.ened to the tax money I've been paying? You see, this is what they want in Allapattah, people that just come here on a visa for two or three months, or a student's visa, or whatever,then they can come and tell me -hey, I can't d . a str*et built in my area, and this is what Ms. Pat Keller has been trying ;et over .o you all this time. You see, I'm proud of this little card now, and as long as I have this little card, then I can put you in or take you out but if I can vote without this card, you know, that's crooked, that's thievery, w you t'-y, you see? If the people can't vote in a regular election they Y.uldn't bt able to vote in C.D. or anything else in the American government, do you agree with that? Mr. Lacasa: No, sir, I do not agree with that. I feel quite frankly that when the Federal government and the new concepts and the new philosophy that we have in this country is precisely that of to expand the participation of P,00le in 1.1 •tr own government, and in this particular case, in most of the situations wnat we are facing, as I said before, is a matter of a technicality, especially for a minority that for so long has been deprived of so many rights and the opportunity to participate I feel, quite frankly, a little bit surprised that you raise this type of an issue because I think that wf: should do is to expand the participation, a community, a nation gets its strength from the motivation of the people that live in that community to participate and to be e part of the whole thing and this is precisely the philosophy that orients and guides the new Federal regulations specifically in the C.D. situation whereby as Ms. Spillman explained before, the Federal government provides for the partici- pation of those who do not have citizenship. I feel that one thing is the laws .f the land and the election of the public officials, that is one kind of elec- tion, and that is restricted to citizens, and that is the reason why you have that card, and I have mine, and those who are not citizens of this country don't have one, but this is a different type of a situation. Mayor Ferre: Let me add a little bit to that, let me give you some history. At the turn of the century in these United States, people could vote for Presi- dent of the United States who were not citizens of the United States. Do you know why that was changed? Because a group of Polish Jews, because a group of Italians and a group of Blacks, started to move into Arizona and California, and the people in California objected to these foreigners coming in and having a right to say in their government. And so therefore, nationally, it was brought to a head and the voting requirements of this country were changed, about the turn of the century. Now, there was a time, Father Gibson, and I, and Rose, at the NAACP meeting the other night, heard a discussion when there was something called the poll tax, and if you could muster up the poll tax and pay the money they would say -I want to ask you a constitutional question, would you describe the 14th Amendment to me? You can't? You don't know the 14th Amendment? Well, you are not qualified to vote because you really are not a good American. You don't know... Mr. Williams: I know that, that's why it took me so long to be able to vote. Mayor Ferre: Well, if you only voted two years ago I might differ with you that... Mr. Williams: But since I own it, I think, you know, that's the American way, it was $1.25 in my State, in Mississippi. 56 MAY 2 2 1171 Mayor Ferre: There was no poll tax two years ago. Mrs. Gordon: Maurice, i believe that the point he is making goes beyond the registered voter, what he really means is "the citizen" and you know, not every citizen is registered to vote. Isn't that the point? Mt. Williams: Right. Mrs. Gordon: He has been a citizen probably all of his life. Mr. Williams: I was speaking of the Allapattah area. Now, we've got some cases were people in Allapattah don't even know what they are voting for. They've only gone for a couple of months to go to school, and somebody goes around and recruits them and says -hey, let's go to a C.D. meeting. I went to.a �.D.• meet- ing a couple of months ago and I was the only American there, and then a guy came in later and then there were 2 Americans there. You see? This is only in Allapattah. I don't know what happened in Culmer, or Liberty City, or whatever, you see. .Vow, I'm the only one from Allapattah other than Pattie Keller that I see here, you see. Mayor Ferre: The question is that if the Federal government says -we want poor people in the community to be involved., ... Mr. Williams: But this is not happening in Allapattah. Mayor Ferre: ...are you going to exclude people on citizenship?, because if you do that, then you are going to have neighborhoods where if you have 10,000 people living there, it may be that only 3,000 of them are citizens. Now, that goes back to a fellow by the name of Hamilton who was opposed to Tom Jefferson who wanted to have an open society. I just don't think that you are going to be able in this day and age to come up with anything that excludes taxpayers' and people that are participant in the community from participating in a com- munity -type program. Ms. Jackie Bell: Mr. Mayor and fellow Commissioners, I'm Jackie Bell,'and I totally disagree that people who are not citizens of this community...of America, not be allowed their constitutional rights. We are in America, we recognize we have Haitians that are not..that do not have their citizenship, we have Spanish people that do not have their citizenship and Father Gibson led me away from home when I was 15 to be able to get that voter's registration card, and I was an American citizen and my parents were American citizens and we could not participate but we do have that card and I think that the people that are here have contributed to our society and I just think that that is a very bad thing to do, because I was Black and I was born in America and I could not vote or could not get a voter's registration card, that was horrible. And if we are saying to the people that are here now because they are waiting for their citi- zenship papers that they can't participate in our democracy, why did they come here? I think that everybody that lives here has a right to participate. I understand the fact that my organization, yes, it is a non-profit organization, we do receive community development funds, and I totally agree that if we are going to vote we would be in conflict because we would be voting for our project I think we should be allowed to vote as long as it is not for what we are working with. The Mayor, I've been here many times and there were contracts that came up and the Mayor did not vote on a project that would give dollars to his company. I think that that is totally in conflict. I don't think that we should be punished to the point that we cannot vote on other issues, but I think that when their voting rights come that whoever the Chair person is state who can vote and who cannot. That you should be honest enough. I know New Washington Heights is there, I should not vote on it, but I think that we should deal with this thing as a community betterment. However the best service for that should be. We should look at it in that context, as a community. Thank you. Mr. Lacasa: I want to thank you for your remarks, Jackie. Mayor Ferre: Any other speakers? Ms. Lottie Heines: I'm Lottie Heines from Washington Heights, Mr. Cash and I. We had a task force meeting that was held on Monday, May 21, 1979, to discuss the guidelines, the following recommendations from Washington Heights Community Development Task Force, as I pass it out to you. We want, as same, open forum improving the present system, Chair person, Vice Chair person, Secretary. Reason: the community feels that the open forum would provide more citizen participation and citizen input. Alternative: the group decided there must be a 15-member Board. The Board will hold open forums•to solicit community input, and our re- commendations and the recommendations to be taken into consideration. Voting mh •MAY 2 2 19W on all recommendations, resolutions and so forth, be done before all open meetings. Mr. Charles Cash: I'm Charles Cash, I came down from the Task Force of Culmer. Now, in our last Task Force meeting, honorable Mayor and Commissioners, seems as though the community itself, the community input is what we are interested in, and they are interested in what we have on the Agenda as of now, what we are doing now. They said that we must have a 15-member Board, we've got to have the community itself to make recommendations to them. We don't want them to make recommendations to us. Mayor Ferre: Well, now, Dena, is there any problem with this? Ms. Spillman: In the guidelines it states that all Board meetings will be held in an open manner... Mayor Ferrer Haveyou told this lady?...What was her name? Ms. Spillman: I don't..`. (INAUDIBLE COMMENT FROM THE AUDIENCE MADE OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLIC RECORD) Mayor Ferre: I;know saying. Ms. Spillman: The guidelines state that all Board meetings must be held at an open forum, that any one must be recognized and at be heard these meetings, it's a public meeting, they'll be advertised as such, no Board meeting can be held secretly, we have Sunshine lays here so... Mayor Ferre: Okay. All right? Mr. Cash: Just the people in the community itself, Mayor Ferre: -Yes, of course. but I wart to make sure she understands what you are n Culmer. Lottie Heiues: Yes, but, you do understand what the. Washington Heights wants?..Okay. Mayor Ferre: Yes, it's right here. Lottie Heines: All right, but alternatively, you know... (BACKGROUND. STATEMENT FROM THE AUDIENCE NOT PUT ON THE PUBLIC RECORD); Mayor Ferre: Let's nct get into a discussion. Lottie Reines: I only...that's our recommendation. community - Mr. Cash: The Task Force wants, right here, an open forum, yes. Mayor Ferre: Yes, but we all agree with that, I' don't; think it's any problem. Dena, do we have any further problems?...All right. Anybody else who wants to talk? Mrs. Gordon: I have a question...Dena...do you want to speak Lorraine? Go ahead, I'll wait. atiently. First of all, with Ms. Lorraine Gliston: Yes, I,ve been waiting p reference to Plummer's projectiles at salary level, I'm with him. There are pro- grams -and I'm not going to name them because all you have to do is look around you- where 90% of the program allocation, of the program funding, is salaries. What filters down to the people? Any business economically understands lthat inyou cannot pay more than 50% of your income on wages or you are bankrupt. that point is well made. I also would like to talk about staff attending meetings and participating in them as citizens. Now, they are either going to be staff or, they are going to be citizens, this wishi-washY(?) business of jumping the fence, strahe fence linbackhomeand otingfasmatresident isdwhating we haveeyou work and been through thenand then runninging we are sick of it. Mayor Ferre: Can't do that. Ms. Gliston: You have to stipulate that, sir. mh 58 MAY 2 2 107n Mayor Ferre: It is stipulated. Haven't you read this? It's stipulated in there the only people... Me. otistod : Fine, because you know, we had staff that actually hauled their employees to elections, and we don't want that anymore. Mayor Ferre: ...that's why we are having tod,..whoise reasonag to haveetire spending all this money is to verify thatperson right to vote, either lives in that area, owns property in that area, runs a business in that arrea. And if he or she can't prove that, then they don't NA. Gliston : Fine, the rest of my sentence was going to be that if you own property in more than one aowner or you areif you eaimultiplen one epropertya and uowner another, if you are a property you are going to have to stipulate which area you are going to.... Lorraine, this thing stipulates that you can only vote iri one Mayor Ferre: C.D. election. Ms. Gliston : I, understand this but how are running around the other way? are you going to be caught if ven Mayor Ferre: I would imagine jus�`ifikih tenYOuBgTI amegis,tetedye voterssign aa little piece of 'Paper that says: I certify, b].a, bla..." Mrs. is An affidavit' .. I understand. Mayor Ferre: ...You• know,. and there is somebody there "perjury". that uttakes your affidavit. and notarizes it and if you are lying that is called perj y .. Gordon: Gliston Ms. Gliston I understand. Now,` can I change ,the subject mir.'ite?,; becauseI've to, run, I've been here for hours. Mayor Ferre:, Only if you are talking to this subject because. here are a lot o other people then we've got on with the voting. for one-hal wanted one sentence:to say something good for a iayor Ferre: Good, now I'll make an exception for you. change.. . G 1 i s t on As a member of the Board of Directors of Little River Commerce Association, I want to thank you for your support in the work that we have been doing. I want to thank you for your participation in the Festival and give you our Newsletter that has some nice pictures out here. Thank you. Good, thank you. Ernie Fannoto, quickly because we haveto have Mayor Ferre: lunch. Mr. Ernie Fannoto: Mayor, the reason...I want to ask this young lady herea ques- tion, she seems to be the head of hiring new people. How many people voted in the last election? Ms. Spillman: Helen? ...Or Betty Lou? Can you give us some indication of how many people voted in the City target area election last year? I know that there were five thousand alone in Little Havana. UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: In the Allapattah.... Ms. Spillman: No, the whole City. UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: Approximately 12,000 plus. Ms. Spillman: 12,000. Mr. Fannoto How many resident voters do we have in Mr. Plummer: 121,000. 11AI 2 2 124 e-, Mr. Fannoto: 121,000. Well, that's all that I would like to say, that that's not a reflection of a democratic right to spend this much money of the taxpayers' money. But I would like to point out a little something. I met a young lady here who is a committee woman in Culmer, and two years ago they voted for the community relations election and, and had approximately 8,000 people in that district, and 62 people voted, so, to spend this much money I think is the most...12,000 voting is the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen to spend this much money and I agree with Plummer one hundred percent. Mayor Ferre: All right, further discussion, all right Mrs. Gordon. Mrs. Gordon: Question, Dena, can you tell me, we are on our fifth funding year, right? Ms. Spillman: In June, we'll be starting our fifth year. Mrs. Gordon: From the very inception, we started the structure that has been in effect until now, is that correct? Ms. Spillman: Yes, we joined with Dade County under their system. Mrs. Gordon: What I'm trying to find out is how many times have we been changing the structure of the election process. I want to know just how much bouncing around there has been. Ms. Spillman: There has been very minor changes up until this point. Mrs. Gordon: But there hasn't been an ongoing process of change. Ms. Spi13.man: lio. There were some options presented to communities that were minor but this is the first... • Mrs. Gordon: The first major change. Ms. Spillman: ...right. And it's because the City is getting more money and the county is getting less money and we are taking a more active role. Mrs. Gordon: And that's why you are doing this. Okay. Mayor Ferre: Okay. Now, what's the will of this Commission? Ms. Spillman: I would just like to point one thing out to you. You ask that these elections be conducted in 10 weeks. We've worked very hard on that, we can't do it in exactly 10 weeks but that's the schedule and I think it will be adhered to. Mayor Ferre: I congratulate you, I think it's pretty good. That's pretty good. What's the will of this Commission? Are we going to accept this or reject it or what? Well, nobody else will move, I'll move it as presented to us today. Rev. Gibson: Mayor Ferre: Mr. Plummer: Second. Plummer, you are running the meeting. Further discussion, call the roll. The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner (Mayor)Ferre, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 79-328 A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ATTACHEED GUIDELINES FOR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN THE COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PROCESS IN THE CITY'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TARGET AREAS AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO DISTRIBUTE AND DISSEMINATE THESE GUIDELINES. (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: Mayor Maurice Ferre Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Commissioner Rose Gordon* Commissioner Armando Lacasa Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.** None. ON ROLL CALL: *Mrs. Gordon: I have some problems with the cross-checking and other facets of the policing of this election, but I also know I'm not going to have everything perfect. I also recognize that the Allapattah area has unique problems and I would like to consider that their area perhaps be given some special considera- tion, is that possible Dena? Ms. Spillman: Well, if you are asking for my opinion, my opinion is that once we start that we are going to have eight different systems. That's my opinion. And I think that the people in Allapattah can vote just like anybody else can vote, it's a fair system. Mrs. Gordon: All right, I'll vote yes. **Mr. Plummer: I'm all in favor of the election. I have a lot ofproblems, with the way it's being presented and the cost factor. I have to vote "no". The motion passes 3 to 2. Mrs. Gordon: J.L., your vote' was not predicated on the structurethere,' your vote is predicated on the expense of holding the election, is that correct? Mayor Ferre: That's what h said. Mr. Plummer: Rose, my vote stands on its own. Rose, I said before and I'll say again.. I have problems in the, way that the election is being proposed as well as with its cost. Mayor Ferre: Can we be here in 45 minutes? Mr. Plummer: To.an hour Mayor Ferre: All right, let's make it an hour, make it 2:15 P.M. ABSENT: :15 P.M., Armando, let' WHEREUPON the City Commission went into Lunch Recess at 1:20 P.M. reconvening at 2:30 P.M., with the following' members of the City Commission found to be present: Commissioner (Rev.) Gibson Commissioner Armando Lacasa Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre Commissioner Rose Gordon 13. RATIFY ACTION OF CITY MANAGER IN ACCEPTING GRANT AWARD FROM NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD - ARTS SERVICES (3RD YEAR). Mr. Plummer: Can we proceed, or not? Mr. to reconsider any item in which... you make the statement that you are Mr. Plummer: All right, Mr. Lacasa, we are going to start with item 29, full cognizant of the fact that if anyone appears after 3:15 and wishes reconsidera- tion of a decision taken, it can be done such. Item 29 is a resolution in rela- tion to the Neighborhoods' Art Service, 3rd Year, moved by Lacasa, seconded by 104 2 2 t941% sa. Gibson, roll. is there anyone wishing to discuss item 29? Hearing none, call the The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Lacasa, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 79-329 A RESOLUTION APPROVING, RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING THE ACTION OF THE CITY MANAGER IN ACCEPTING A GRANT AWARD FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS FOR A PROGRAM ENTITLED NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS SERVICES (3RD YEAR), FURTHER APPROVING, RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING ANY PREVIOUS ACTION AND AUTHORIZING ANY FUTURE ACTION BY THE CITY MANAGER IN EXECUTING THE NECESSARY CONTRACT(S) AND/OR AGREEMENTS TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk). Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Commissioner Rose Gordon* Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Gibson NOES: None. ABSENT: Mayor Maurice A. Ferre the resolution was *NOTE: Commissioner Gordon, even though absent on roll call, asked of the Clerk to be shown as voting "yes" on this item. 14. AMEND RESOLUTIOiv 79-93 BY REQUIRING THAT THE MIAMI HEALTH FACILITIES AUTHORITY SHALL REQUIRE A CERTIFICATE OF NEED FOR APPLICATIONS FOR FINANCING NEW FACILITIES. Mr. Plummer: Item 30, relating to the establishment of the Miami Health Facilities Authority. Anybody wishing to speak on item 30, seeing none, moved by Gibson, seconded by Mr. Lacasa, call the roll. The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gibson, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 79-330 A RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 79-93, ADOPTED FEBRUARY 22, 1979, ENTITLED "A RESOLUTION FINDING AND DECLARING A NEED FOR A HEALTH FACILITIES AUTHORITY WITHIN THE CITY OF MIAMI, AND ESTABLISH- ING SUCH AN AUTHORITY AS A PUBLIC INSTRUMENTALITY UNDER THE PROVI- SIONS OF CHAPTER 74-323, LAWS OF FLORIDA, TO BE KNOWN AS THE 'CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, HEALTH FACILITIES AUTHORITY'; FURTHER PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF FIVE PERSONS WHO MUST BE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY TO SERVE STAGGERED TERMS ON SUCH AUTHORITY", BY ADDING A SECTION 4 THERETO AT THE END THEREOF, SETTING FORTH REQUIREMENTS UPON THE SAID AUTHORITY PRIOR TO ITS ACTING UPON APPLICATIONS FOR THE ISSUANCE OF (a) BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDS TO PAY ALL OR ANY PART OF THE COST OF ANY PROJECT AND (b) PROJECT REFUNDING BONDS. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk). Upon being seconded by Commissioner Lacasa passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner Rose Gordon* Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. NOES: None. ABSENT: Mayor Maurice A. Ferre *NOTE: Commissioner Gordon, though absent on roll call, asked of the Clerk to be shown as voting "yes" on this item. cz Mr. Plummer: We'll skip 32, 33, 34. 15. BID ACCEPTANCE: FIRE STATION HOSE DRYING TOWERS - MET Construction, Inc. Mr. Plummer: Item 35. Anyone wishing to discuss item 35? Moved by Gibson, seconded by Lacasa, call the roll. The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gibson, who moved' i:s adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 79-331 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID OF MET CONSTRUCTIONS, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $21,449, THE ALTERNATE BASE BID 2 PLUS ITEM 6 OF THE PROPOSAL, FOR HOSE DRYING TOWERS (2ND BIDDING); WITH MONIES THEREFOR ALLOCATED FROM TFE 'PYRE FIGHTING, FIRE PREVENTION, AND RESCUE FACILITIES G. 0. BOND FUN^": WITH ADDITIONAL MONIES ALLOCATED FOR PROJECT AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES FROM AOFRESAID FUND; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH SAID FIRM. (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 reseed and adapted by the following vote: Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Commi_ssioner Armando Lacasa Rose Gordon* Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. NOES: None. ABSENT: Mayor Maurice A. Ferre *NOTE: Commissioner Rose Gordon, though absent on roll call, asked of the Clerk to be shown as voting "yes" on this item. 16. SUPPORT NOMINATION OF THE FREEDOM TOWER TO THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES. Mr. Plummer: Item 36, the Freedom Tower, declaring it a historic place. Anyone wishing to discuss item 36. Moved by Lacasa, seconded by Gibson, no further discussion, call the roll on 36. The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Lacasa, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 79-332 A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE NOMINATION OF THE FREEDOM TOWER TO THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND REQUESTING THE CITY MANAGER TO ASSIST CONCERNED CITIZENS TO PRESERVE THIS HISTORIC LANDMARK. (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: M AY 2 2 11011 VOTE on Res. 79-332 (cont'd): NOES: ABSENT: Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Commissioner Rose Gordon* Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.' None. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre *NOTE:'Commissioner Gordon, though absent on roll call, re Quested of the Clerk to be shown as voting "yes" on this item. 17. Transfer FUNDS FROM DOWNTOWN RIVER WALKWAY, DOWNTOWN PEDES- TRIANIZATION STUDY & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACQUIRED PROPERTIES TO DOWNTOWN "EDCOM" CLEARANCE OF SLUM AND BLIGHT PROJECT. Mr. Plummer: Item 37. Transferring the funds of the Downtown River Walkway, anyone wishing to discuss 37? Moved by Gibson, seconded by Lacasa, any further ;discussion? Call the roll. The following resolution was its adoption: introduced, by Commissioner Gibson, who moved RESOLUTION NO. 79-333 A RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING FUNDS FROM THE DOWNTOWN RIVER WALKWAY, DOWNTOWN PEDESTRIANIZATION STUDY, AND AVAILABLE PROJECT INCOME FROM cQMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACQUIRED PROPERTIES TO THE DOWNTOWN EDCO 1M.Y CLEARANCE OF SLUM AND BLIGHT PROJECT TO MEET ONE-HALF OF A PROJECTED $745,000 COST OVERRUN, WITH DADE COUNTY MEETING THE OTHER ONE-HALF OF SAID OVERRUN. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk). Upon being seconded by Commissioner Lacasa, r;.Lssed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner Rose Gordon* Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. NOES: None. ABSENT: Mayor Maurice A. Ferre *NOTE: Commissioner Gordon, though absent on roll call, asked of the Clerk to be shown as voting 'yes" on this item. 18. ALLOCATE $14,520 TO "ACTION COMMUNITY CENTER, INC." FOR - CASH -MATCH CONTRIBUTION TOWARD ACQUIRING FIVE NEW VEHICLES. Mr. Plummer: Item 38. Anyone wishing to discuss item 38? 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. 79-334 ALLOCATING THE SUM OF $14,520.00 FOR PAYMENT TO 64 MAY 22 vas THE SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY, "ACTION COMMUNITY CENTER, INC., "FOR USE BY SAID AGENCY AS ITS CASH -MATCH CONTRIBUTION TOWARD THE COST OF ITS ACQUIRING FIVE (5) NEW PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLES TO BE UTILIZED IN AN AGENCY PROJECT WHICH IS BEING FUNDED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $58,080.00; FURTHER ACCEPTING THE DONATION TO THE CITY OF MIAMI OF CERTAIN VEHICLES NOW OWNED AND OPERATED BY SAID AGENCY WHICH VEHICLES WILL BECOME AVAILABLE UPON THE ACQUISITION OF THE AFORE- SAID NEW VEHICLES BY THE AGENCY. (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 Armando Lacasa Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Commissioner Rose Gordon* Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. NOES: None. ABSENT: Mayor Maurice A. Ferre Gibson/*NOTE: Commissioner Gordon, though absent on roll call, requested that the Clerk show her as voting "yes" on this item. 19. GOOMBAY FESTIVAL: ALLOCATE $6,000 cash and $9,000 in IN -KIND SERVICES; CLOSE CERTAIN STREETS TO THROUGH TRAFFIC, AUTHORIZE AGREEMENT, ETC. Mr. Plummer: Item 39, funds for the Goombay Festival, the 3rd annual. Anyone wishing to discuss item 39? Moved by Gibson, seconded by Lacasa. Any further discussion, call the roll on 39. The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gibson its adoption: RESOLUTION NO.`79-335 A RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE THIRD ANNUAL GOOMBAY FESTIVAL, WHICH IS TO BE HELD ON JUNE 9 AND 10, 1979; CLOSING CERTAIN STREETS TO THROUGH TRAFFIC ON THOSE DATES DURING SPECIFIED HOURS AND ESTABLISHING A PEDESTRIAN MALL; SAID STREET CLOSING SUBJECT TO ISSUANCE OF PERMITS BY THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS; WAIVING ONE-HALF OF THE RENTAL FEE FOR THE SMALL AND LARGE CITY SHOWMOBILES, SUBJECT TO PAYMENT BY "MIAMI/ BAHAMAS GOOMBAY FESTIVAL IN COCONUT GROVE, INC.", THE SPONSOR OF SAID FESTIVAL, OF ALL RELATED COSTS; ALLOCATING $154 FROM SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND ACCOUNTS, QUALITY OF LIFE PROGRAM - FEE WAIVERS, TO COVER THE COST OF THE WAIVER OF ONE-HALF THE RENTAL FEE FOR SAID SHOWMOBILES; AND PROVIDING A GRANT OF CASH ASSISTANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $6,000 TO "MIAMI/ BAHAMAS GOOMBAY FESTIVAL IN COCONUT GROVE, INC." SAID FUNDS TO BE AL- LOCATED FROM SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND ACCOUNTS, QUALITY OF LIFE PROGRAM - COMMUNITY FESTIVALS; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE REQUIRED SUPPORT AGREEMENT SETTING FORTH THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE CITY WILL PROVIDE THE CASH ASSISTANCE GRANT AND UP TO $9,000 IN IN -KIND SERVICES; AND ESTABLISHING THE AREA PROHIBITED TO RETAIL PEDDLERS DURING THE FESTIVAL PERIOD. (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 (Rev.) Theodore R. Commissioner Rose Gordon* Commissioner Armando Lacasa Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. NOES: None. ABSENT: Mayor Maurice A. Ferre Gibson *NOTE: Commissioner Gordon, though absent on roll call, requested of the Clerk to be shown voting "yes" on this item. 20. RATIFY ACTION OF CITY MANAGER IN SELECTING FIRM OF WISS, JANNEY, ELSTNER & ASSOCIATES TO DETERMINE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE ORANGE BOWL STADIUM. Mr. Plummer: Item 40. Anyone wishing to discuss item 40, hearing none, moved by Gibson, seconded by Lacasa, call the roll. The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gibson its adoptions` RESOLUTION NO. 79-336 A RESOLUTION APPROVING, CONFIRMING, AND RATIFYING THE ACTION OF THE CITY MANAGER IN THE SELECTION OF THE FIRM OF WISS, JANNEY, ELSTNER AND ASSOCIATES, INC. FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE ORANGE BOWL STADIUM; FURTHER DIRECTING THAT THE CITY MANAGER PREPARE A CONTRACT FOR APPROVAL BY THE CITY COMMISSION PRIOR TO EXECUTION THEREOF FOR A FEE NOT TO EXCEED $25,000 AND THAT THE FEE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO PAYMENT FROM RETAINED EARNINGS OR THE DADE COUNTY 2% RESORT TAX; FURTHER LISTING IN RANK ORDER TWO ADDITIONAL FIRMS WITH WHOM THE CITY MANAGER IS AUTHORIZED TO NEGOTIATE IN THE EVENT HE IS UNABLE TO NEGOTIATE A SATISFACTORY CONTRACT WITH THE ABOVE -NAMED FIRM. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk). Upon being seconded by Commissioner Lacasa passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner Rose Gordon* Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. NOES: None. ABSENT: Mayor Maurice A. Ferre C PACES - 21. ACCARTEPT CITY COMMISSION FOR ,HEAVY S PEQUIPMENT SERVICE ORT: ART IN IFACILAWARD ITY TO MS. BARBARA NEIJNA. Mr. Plummer: Item 41. Anyone wishing to discuss item 41? Hearing none, call the roll. Moved by Lacasa, seconded by Gibson. The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Lacasa, who moved its adoptions RESOLUTION NO. 79-337 A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT DATED MAY 15, 1979, WHEREIN HE PROPOSES TO SELECT BARBARA NEIJNA TO BE COM- MISSIONED AS THE CITY'S ARTIST TO CREATE A SCULPTURE FOR THE CITY'S NEW HEAVY EQUIPMENT SERVICE FACILITY PROJECT AT NORTHWEST 20TH STREET AND 14TH AVENUE, WITH THE FEE FOR SAID COMMISSION NOT TO EXCEED $30,000 FROM PROJECT CONSTRUCTION FUNDS, AND WITH $3,000 ALSO FROM SAID PROJECT CONSTRUCTION FUNDS RESERVED FOR 66 CONTINGENCIES. (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 Armando Lacasa Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Commissioner Rose Gordon* Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. NOES: None. ABSENT: Mayor Maurice A. Ferre Gibson *NOTE: Commissioner Gordon,, though absent on roll call, requested of the Clerk to be shown as voting "yes" on this ite. 24. AUTHORIZE LONG TERII AGREEMENT WITH FLORIDA A & M UNIVERSITY ORANGE BLOSSOM CLASSIC FOOTBALL GAMES. Mr. Plummer: Item 42. Anyone wishing to discuss item 42? Moved by Gibson, seconded by Lacasa, call the roll. The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gibson its adoption RESOLUTION NO. 79-338 A R':,OLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A LONG- .t^? LREEMENT WITH FLORIDA A & M UNIVERSITY FOR THE USE OF THE prr,JJL BOWL STADIUM FOR THE PURPOSE OF PLAYING THE ANNUAL ORANGE LLCSSOM CLASSIC FOOTBALL GAME BY SAID UNIVERSITY FOR A ONE-YEAR PERIOD, WITH THREE ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR OPTIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS SET FORTH IN THE ATTACHED AGREEMENT. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk). Ripon being seconded by Commissioner Lacasa, passed and adopted by the following vote: Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner Rose Gordon* Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. NOES: None. ABSENT: Mayor Maurice A. Ferre AYES: Gibson *NOTE: Commissioner Gordon, though absent on roll call, requested -of the Clerk to be shown as voting "yes" on this item. (MAYOR FERRE ENTERS THE MEETING AT 2: 23 P.M.) Y ycr Ferre: Ladies and gentlemen, we are waiting ifor ,one ne memlblerhofen themakCtheommissipriors should be here any moment. The moment she arr.atat ons, and I promise thatif inthe eanext twoMory athree mies nutes o she u doesn't show up, we will make the presentations '4 ;-fi 23. Authorize EXECUTION OF TWO AGREEMENTS FOR FUNDING OF DADE COUNTY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS PROGRAM AND ITS AFTER SCHOOL CARE PROGRAM. 0.' _'r. Plummer: Item 43. Authorize City Manager to execute 2 agreements for the Community School Program and the After School Program.. This carries it to September 30, 1979. Moved by Gibson, seconded by Lacasa. Any discussion? Fearing none, call the roll. The following resolution was introduced Pdnp .ior: by Commissioner Gibson, who moved RESOLUTION NO. 79-339 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE ATTACHED AGREEMENTS WITH THE DADE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD FOR FUNDING THE CONTINUATION OF THE DADE COUNTY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS PROGRAM AND ITS AFTER SCHOOL CARE PROGRAM THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 1979, SUBJECT TO ItiL AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS TO BE E SOURCES OTHER TIHANED ADFROM VALOREMITAX ANTICIPATED MISCELLANEOUS REVENUES, (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk). Upon being seconded by Commissioner Lacasa Passed andadopted by the following vote: AYES: NOES: Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Commissioner Armando Lacasa C ._::sioner Rose Gordon* May^r Maurice A. Ferre Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. None. R. Gibson *NOTE: Commissioner Gordon, though absent on roll call, requested of the. Clerk to be shown as voting "yes" on this item. 24. APPROVE PROPOSED AGREEMENT BETWEEN GROVE KEY MARINA, INC. AND EAS COAST MARINE, INC. Mr. Plummer: Item 45. Agreement between Grove Key Marina and Eastcoast Marine. Recommended by the Manager. Anyone netwisr ingctosdiscuss item l eme45? Moved by Lacasa, seconded by Gibson, any The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Lacasa, who moved. its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 79-340 A RESOLUTION CLARIFYING THE DEFINITION OF "GROSS SALES"; AS USED IN THE LEASE AGREEMENT DATED PARIL 1, 1976, BETWEEN GROVE KEY MARINA, INC. AND THE CITY; AND APPROVING A SUBLEASE BETWEEN GROVE KEY T�ERMSAAND CONDITIONS AND TOFCOAST THE pTTACHEDINA, INC. EASE AGREEMENT. WITH TH (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 S8 uAY " ? 1979 NOES: and adopted by the following vote: Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Commissioner Rose Gordon* *NOTE: Commissioner Gordon, though Mayor Maurice A. Ferre absent on roll call, asked of the Clerk Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr./to be shown as voting "yes" on this item. • None. :..•;':•s74_ :;6,"$'�i�';ilcf,'�F?}t�i?CT• 7'"`i►�"}p A�'`�rc" 25. AMEND RESOLUTION 78-374 APPROVING FINANCIAL PLAN FOR 145 SECTION 8 HOUSING UNITS; APPROVE 45 UNITS FOR TOWN PARK. ., i•41- .e sick. p�-:c'-af'.: ` -s f. _?�.i�:_t„rni�rs�`-1: 0.-4 ve}k Mr. Plummer: Item 47. Anyone wishing to discuss item No. 47? Hearing none, moved by Gibson, seconded by Lacasa, call the roll. The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gibson, its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 79-341 A RESOLUTION FURTHER AMENDING SECTIONS 1 AND 2 OF RESOLUTION N0.78-374 ADOPTED MAY 31, 1978 WHICH ORIGINALLY APPROVED THE FINANCIAL PLANS FOR 400 SECTION 8 HOUSING UNITS FOR HOUSEHOLDS OF LOW AND MODERATE INCOME LOCATED IN WYNDWOOD, TOWNPARK, CULMER, MEDICA. CENTER LITTLE HAVANA AND COCONUT GROVE AND WHICH HAD BEEN AMENDED BY RESOLUTION NO. 79-212, ADOPTED MARCH 22, 1979, REDUCING THE NUMBER OF UNITS TO 325 UNITS IN FIVE PROJECTS WITH THE HEREIN RESOLUTION FURTHEit REDUCING THE NUMBER OF UNITS TO 225 UNITE IN FOUR PROJECTS: WYNDWOOD, TOWNPARK, LITTLE HAVANA AND COCONUT GROVE SUB- JECT TO THE CITY OF MIAMI HAVING INPUT AND PARTICIPATION AS TO THE USE OF FUNDS, DESIGNATION OF TRUSTEE, ETC.: SUCH APPROVAL BEING CONSISTENT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN DADE COUNTY AND THE CITY OF MIAMI DATED JULY 19, 1976, FOR FINANCING HOUSING IN THE CITY OF MIAMI. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk) . Upon being seconded by Commissioner Lacasa passed and adopted by the following vote: Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner Rose Gordon* the resolution was *NOTE: Commissioner Gordon, though absent on roll call, requested of the Clerk to be voting "yes" on this issue. Mr. Plummer: Item 48 is withdrawn. We'll skip over 49 until Rose comes back. The rest, Mr. Mayor, unless you want to go back...we did everything on page 6, we started with 29. 26. CONSENT AGENDA. Mr. Plummer: On the Consent Agenda, items 50 through 71, except for 69 which has MAY 2 2 19TE withdrawn. "Before the vote on adopting all items included in the Consent Agenda is taken (Items 50 through 71, less ssn o69,whibjector h or proponent with- drawn), is there anyone present who that wishes to speak on fnthetConsthe Consent Agendaent willgnowabe takeHearing none, vote on adoption The fallowing resolutions were inced by and adopted the followi gsioner (Rev. ) ivote- seconded by Commissioner Lacasa, and passed Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner Rose Gordon* *NOTE: Commissioner Gordon Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. though absent on roll call, Mayor Maurice A. Ferre requested of the Clerk to be shown as voting "yes" on these items. AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT $157,153 FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR: "SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN; AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF REQUIRED AGREEMENTS,etc.' RESOLUTION 79-342 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT $157,153 FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR A?SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGE( TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY AGREEMENT(S) FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO APPLY FOR GRANT FROM STATE BUREAU OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE PLANNING AND ASSISTANCE "STRATEGIC ANTI -FENCING EQUIPMENT P (S.A.F.E.);punigG FR CAT S CASH -MATCH, etc. RESOLUTION 79-343 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE BUREAU OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE PLANNING AND ASSISTANCE, DIVISION OF STATE PLANNING, DEPARTMENT OF AD- MINISTRATION, STATE OF FLORIDA, FOR FUNDING OF THE STRATEGIC ANTI -FENCING EQUIPMENT (S.A.F.E.) PROJECT TO INCREASE THE CLEARANCE RATES OF BURGLARIES AND INCREASE THE ARREST AND PROSECUTION OF FENCING OPERATORS PROVIDING FOR AN APPROPRIA- TION OF $4,084 AS THE CITY'S CASH MATCHING FUND FROM THE SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND ACCOUNTS OF THE 1978-1979 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET; AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT THE GRANT AND EX CUTEITHE PTONECESSG�TAGREEMENTS TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM UP AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AGREEMENT WITH CHAMPION SPARK - PLUG COMPANY FOR "9TH ANNUAL CHAMPION SPARKPLUG UNLIMITED REGATTA" AT MARINE STADIUM. RESOLUTION 79-344 A RESOLUTION AUTHORICHZ�IOG NSPARKPLUITY MANAGER G COMPANY EXECUTE THE AN AGREEMENT WITH LION SPARKPLUG UNLIMITED STAGING OF THE NINTH ANNUAL REGATTA AT MIAMI MARINE STADIUM ON JUNE 8, 9, AND 10, 1979, IN SUBSTANTIAL CONFORMANCENCAWID AGREEMENT. ANDCON- DITIONS AS SET FORTH IN OR AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AGREEMENT WITH UNIV. OF MIAMI FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A 3-INCH FORCE MAIN ON CITY PROPERTY` AT VIRGINIA KEY. RESOLUTION 79-345 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER • I1111II1IIIIIIUIIIUIIIIII '70 *AY INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIV. OF MIAMI TO PERMIT THE. CONSTRUCTION,CITYO ITEF MIAMCIROPERTYAT VIRGIND IA KEY. THREE-INCH FORCE MAINON AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AGREEMENT AND COVENANT TO RUN WITH THE LAND PERMITTING KEYES BUILDING CORP. TO CONSTRUCT UTILITY SERVICES gTHROUGH0CITY-Y PROPERTY. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND RECORD THE AGREEMEgUILDINT AND6 CORp.VENANTTO RUN WITH T0 CONSTRUCT THE LAND PERMITTING KEYES UTILITY SERVICES THROUGH CITY PROPERTY ADJACENT TO LOT 6 BLOCK 1 OF DEWITT SUBDIVISION IN EXCHANGE FOR LAND- SCAPING AND PERPETUAL MAINTENANCE OF SAID CITY PROPERTY. PROVIDING FOR CISOCIETY, PERMITTING PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAM UNLIMITEDSPONSORED AT CITY AMERICAN CANCER COURSES FOR SOCIETY GOLF CARD HOLDERS. RESOLUTION 79-347 A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY'S PARTICI- PATION IN THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY GOLF CARD PROGRAM BY ALLOWING UNLIMITED GOLF, DURING THE SUMMER SEASON AT CITY GOLF COURSES, FOR AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY GOLF CARD HOLDERS ON THE SAME TERMS AS THE "SPECIAL GOLF PACKAGE" TERMS AS DESCRIBED HEREIN. RESCINDING RESOLUTION 78-696 WHICH AUTHORIZED EXECUTION OF QUIT CLAIM DEED RELEASING 20-FOOT EASEMENT THROUGH LOTS 12 THROUGH 14 OF "SNUG HARBOR PLAT".RESOLUTION 79-348 A RESOLUTION RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 78-696; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE QUIT -CLAIM DEED RELEASING A 20-FOOT EASEMENT THROUGH LOTS 12, 13 AND 14 OF SNUG HARBOR (91-79); AND ACCEPTING A NEW 20-FOOT PERMANENT EASEMENT THROUGH LOTS 12, 13 AND 14 OF SNUG HARBOR (91-79). CENTRAL DRAINAGE PROJECT E-45. Garcia Allen Construction Co. RESOLUTION 79-349 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID OF GARCIA ALLEN CONSTRUC- TION COMPANY, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $154,723, THE ALTERNATE BASE BID OF THE PROPOSAL, FOR CENTRAL DRAINAGE PROJECT E-45; WITH MONIES THEREFOR ALLOCATED FROM THE "STORM SEWER G.O. BOND FUND"; WITH ADDITIONAL MONIES ALLOCATED AUTHORIZING THEAND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES FROM AFORESAID FUND; THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH SAID FIRM. SOUTH BAY SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT SR-5454-C Giannetti Brothers RESOLUTION 79-350 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID OF GIANNETTI BROTHERS IN THE AMOUNT OF $733,310, THE TOTAL BID OF THE PROPOSAL, FOR SOUTH BAY SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT SR-5454-C (centerline) IN THE SOUTH BAY SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT SR-5454-C (centerline); WITH MONIES THEREFOR ALLOCATED FROM THE "SANITARY SEWER G.O. BOND FUND"; WITH ADDITIONAL MONIES ALLOCATED FOR AUTHORT AND - ISING CITYCIDENTAL MMANAGER TO EXECUTENSES ERAMCONTRACTID WITH SAID FIRM. MELREESE GOLF COURSE - STARTERS OFFICE Real Estate Management 6 Development Corp. o America. '71 VA, o21971 RESOLUTION 79-351 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID OF REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF AMERICA, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $11,137, THE BASE BID OF THE PROPOSAL, FOR MELREESE GOLF COURSE- STARTERS OFFICE (2ND BIDDING); WITH MONIES THEREFOR ALLOCATED FROM THE "MELREESE GOLF COURSE ENTERPRISE FUND"; WITH ADDITIONAL MONIES ALLOCATED FOR PROJECT AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES FROM AFORESAID FUND; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH SAID FIRM. 26.11 ACCEPT COMPLETED WORK: Dock and Marina Construction,; Inc. (Dinner Key Marina and Miamarina-Piling Repairs- 1978). RESOLUTION 79-352 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED WORK PERFORMED BY DOCK AND MARINE CONSTRUCTION, INC. AND MAX HENRY LARSON, INDIVIDUALLY, AT A TOTAL COST OF $101,456.12 FOR THE DINNER KEY MARINA AND MIAMARINA- PILING REPAIRS 1978 (2ND BIDDING); AMD AUTHORIZING A FINAL PAYMENT OF $10,145.61. 26.12 ACCEPT COMPLETED WORK: Marks Brothers Co. (Culmer C.D. Paving Project - 1977 and Culmer Sanitary Sewer Modifications - 1977) RESOLUTION 79-353 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED WORK PERFORMED BY MARKS BROTHERS COMPANY AT A TOTAL COST OF $364,867.49 FOR THE CULMER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PAVING PROJECT- 1977 AND CULMER SANITARY SEWER MODIFICATIONS - 1977 AND CULMER SANITARY SEWER MODIFICATIONS- 1977; AND AUTHORIZING A FINAL PAYMENT OF $49,524.57. 26.13 ACCEPT COMPLETED WORK: DECONCO, INC. (MMPD Prisoner Processing Area Modification) RESOLUTION 79-354 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED WORK OF DECONCO, INC. FOR THE MMPD 1/- PRISONER PROCESSING AREA MODIFICATIONS AT A TOTAL COST OF $9,668.97; AUTHORIZING AN INCREASE IN THE;. SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT IN THE NET AMOUNT OF $618.97; AND AUTHORIZING A FINAL PAYMENT OF $1,523.97. 26.14 ACCEPT COMPLETED WORK: ROY L. MALPHUS, INC. (MMPD: COMPUTER ROOM AIR CONDITIONING- 1978) RESOLUTION 79-355 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED WORK OF ROY L. MALPHUS, INC. FOR THE MMPD- COMPUTER,ROOM AIR CONDITIONING-1978 AT A TOTAL COST OF $13,746; AUTHORIZING AN INCREASE IN THE CONTRACT IN THE NET AMOUNT OF $1,346; ALLOCATING THE AD- DITIONAL AMOUNT OF $1,346 FROM THE ACCOUNT ENTITLED "FIRE FIGHTING AND RESCUE FACILITIES BOND FUND"; AND AUTHORIZING A FINAL PAYMENT OF $2,595. 26.15 INCREASE SCOPE OF PNM CORPORATION'S CONTRACT - for the "Cuban Memorial Plaza and Memorial Boulevard". RESOLUTION 79-356 A RESOLUTION INCREASING THE SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT OF P.N.M. CORPORATION IN THE NET AMOUNT OF $9,500 FOR THE CUBAN MEMORIAL PLAZA AND MEMORIAL BOULEVARD; ALLOCATING THE AD- DITIONAL AMOUNT OF $9,500 FROM THE ACCOUNT ENTITLED "2ND 72 MAY 2 2 12711 YEAR FEDERAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUND". 26.16 ACCEPT ETD AND AUTHORIZE PURCHASE ORDER (General Electric Company) -54 Motorcycle Radios. RESOLUTION 79-357 26.17 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID OF GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. FOR FURNISHING 54 MOTORCYCLE RADIOS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING 6 VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AT A TOTAL COST OF $88,020.00; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE 1978-1979 OPERATING BUDGET; AUTHOR- IZING THE CITY MANAGER AND THE PURCHASING AGENT TO ISSUE THE PURCHASE ORDER FOR THIS EQUIPMENT. ACCEPT BID AND Inc.) AUTHORIZE PURCHASE ORDER (Pitman Photo, RESOLUTION 79-358 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID OF PITMAN PHOTO, INC. FOR FURNISHING PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES AND ACCESSORIES, AS REQUIRED, ON A CITY-WIDE CONTRACT BASIS FOR ONE YEAR FROM DATE OF AWARD FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI; PROPOSED AT A COST OF $111,757.85; USING FUNDS FROM CURRENT OPERATING BUDGETS OF THE USER DEPARTMENTS, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND THE PURCHASING AGENT TO ISSUE THE PURCHASE ORDERS FOR THESE MATERIALS, SUBJECT TO THE AVAIL- ABILITY OF FUNDS. 26.18 ACCEPT BID AND AUTHORIZE PURCHASE ORDER (Allied Chlorine and Chemical Products; Apperson Chemicals, Inc. and Biscayne Chemical Labs) - Pool Chemicals. RESOLUTION 79-359 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE FOLLOWING BIDS FOR FURNISHING POOL CHEMI- CALS REQUIRED ON A CONTRACT BASIS FOR ONE YEAR FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF LEISURE SERVICES; BID OF ALLIED CHLORINE AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS, INC. AT A COST OF $9,656.25; BID OF APPERSON CHEMICALS, INC. AT A COST OF $6,300.00; BID OF BISCAYNE CHEMICAL LABS AT A COST OF $2,232.00; AT A TOTAL COST OF $18,188.25; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE 1978-1979 OPERATING BUDGET; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND THE PURCHASING AGENT TO ISSUE THE PURCHASE ORDER FOR THESE MATERIALS. 26.19 ACCEPT BID AND AUTHORIZE PURCHASE ORDER (Motorola C & E, Inc.) - One Communications Service Monitor, for Com- munications Equipment Servicing. RESOLUTION 79-360 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID OF MOTOROLA C 6 E, INC. FOR FURNISHING ONE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE MONITOR FOR THE DEPART- MENT OF BUILDING AND VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AT A TOTAL COST OF $7,146.00; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE 1978-1979 DEPARTMENTAL OPERATING BUDGET; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND THE PURCHASING AGENT TO ISSUE THE PURCHASE ORDER FOR THIS EQUIPMENT. 26.20 AUTHORIZE ISSUANCE OF WASTE COLLECTION LICENSES. RESOLUTION 79-361 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF WASTE COLLECTION LICENSES TO ALONSO BROTHERS TRASH SERVICE; JAMES SHEFFIELD; LA FE TRASH & WASTE SERVICE; MILLO TRASH SERVICE; AND UNITED SANITATION SERVICE, PERMITTING THEM TO COMMENCE DOING BUSINESS UPON FULL COMPLIANCE WITH CHAPTER 20 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA. 73 MAY 2 2 1971f 26.21 URGE FLORIDA STATE LEGISLATURE/DADE DELEGATION TO SUPPORT LEGISLATION REPEALING APPLICATION OF SALES TAX ON PURCHASE OF MATERIALS USED IN CITY CONTRACTS. RESOLUTION 79-362 A RESOLUTION STRONGLY URGING THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE TO ADOPT THE PROVISIONS OF EITHER CSHB 703, 1081 AND 1126 OR SENATE BILL 1078 SINCE BOTH SUCH BILLS WOULD REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS PAY THE STATE 4% SALES TAX ON MATERIALS USED IN PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS AND FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO FORWARD COPIES.. OF THE HEREIN RESOLUTION TO PROPER STATE OFFICIALS. Lacasa: We didn't do 69? Mr. Plummer: 69 was withdrawn. Mr. Mayor, I guess the only thing you can do is proceed with the presentations or go into the personal presentations, everthing else is done. Mayor Ferre: Well, I think we've made people wait long enough and it's now almost 2:40 P.M., so let's make the presentations that we have. • 27. PLAQUES, PROCLAMATIONS AND SPECIAL ITEMS. 1. Presentation of a Plaque and a Commendation to Mrs. Olden James, Mrs. James is the widow of Mr. Olden James who was a loyal and dedicated employee of the City of Miami for over 54 years. Resolution designating that portion of Flagler Street, lying between N.W. First Avenue on the West and N.W. Miami Court on the East, as Jerusalem Street far one day only, Thursday, May 24, 1979, in observance of the world- wide celebration of the 1979 reunification of Jerusalem, Israel. Mr. Donald Lefton, a member of the American Zionist Federation, to accept Resolution. Presentation of a Proclamation designating May 25, 1979 as "Jerusalem Day" to rabbi Dov Bidnick, of the Hineni Temple. Presentation of a Proclamation designating June 1, through 10, 1979, as "Miami Power Squadron and Safe Boating Period" to Mr. Ed Bretz, Executive Officer, Miami Power Squadron. Presentation of a Proclamation designating the week beginning Sunday, May 20, 1979, as "Home Health Week" to Mr. Perry Goldberg, Executive Director, Home Health Services of Dade County, Inc., Ms. Elaine Rubin, Executive Director, Total Care Home Health Agencies, Inc., and Mr. Alan Spector, President, American Home Health Care, Inc. Presentation of a Commendation and writer who has contributed munity. to Enrique Angel De Rensis, Argentine poet greatly to the cultural welfare of our cm- Presentation:of Certificates of and --worked on the. St. Patrick's Appreciation to persons who were involved Day Parade. Presentation of a Certificate of Appreciation to Mrs. Lela Goumeneis. Presentation of a Commendation to Rosa Maria Armesto, for her academic ac complishments and; her civic activities in our community. '74 WAY 2 2 1I 28. PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF CHARLES BARDAKJI, PRESIDENT MIAMI TASICAB ASSOC. TO REQUEST EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR INSTALLATION OF DROP SAFES IN TAXICABS; INSTRUCT CITY ATTORNEY TO PROCEED WITH LEGAL PROCEEDINGS TO RETAIN CITY AUTHORITY TO REGULATE THE TAXICAB INDUSTRY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. l4iyor Ferre: Mr. Bardakji, Greater Miami Taxicab Association, go ahead, sir. Mr. Charles Bardakji: My name is Charles Bardakji, President of the Miami Taxi- cab Association and I'm here representing most of the taxicabs in the City of manual.. I would like to beg your indulgence in giving us a waiver of time to implement the drop safe ordinance which is due to go into affect June lst. r,r. Plummer: Mr. Bardakji, when you approached me about this subject you said that you were going to bring a letter or something from the company who indi- cated that they could not have the drop safes in that number ready by that date. Do you have such a letter? Mr. Bar p!.j : Yes, I gave one letter to the City Manager and I have another letter here from the.... Mr. Are you in receipt of same? Mr. Bardakji: This is another letter from the safe company that I think we're going to do the business with because they have a better safe for less money_ and it's produced here locally in Florida. We are prepared to take orders for these safes in amounts up to 500 units. Our production facilities are located in Orlando and we require 90 to 120 days to produce this quantity of safes. Because this is a special purpose safe with an undetermined market we will not start production until wn see bonified orders with deposits. Now that's why I wanted to speak to you. I realize we dragged our feet on this and our speci- fic reason is to get this County business out of the way. As of today Dade County even though they think, I mean we think that the legislation that they have introduced in Tallahassee will never come out of committee they still plan to implement the new County ordinance for the take over October lst. Mr. Plummer: How can they do such? It's illegal. Mr. Bardakji: Well, they plan to do it, they think it's legal and the opinion cf their County Attorney is that it is legal. Now, we have filed a class action suit in Circuit Court, I think you're all aware of it, and this case comes up May 29th, a week from today at 10:00 O'Clock. We would all like before we put up our money to try to get this settled and I think we will know more next week, a week from today and maybe the judge will tell Dade County then to lay hands off. And I would like your indulgence to at least wait until this court case comes up and we'll know more about it. Mr. Gunther Frentz: My name is Gunther Frentz, President of the Diamond Cab Driver's Association. Since the last time we appeared before you on these two issues another cab driver has been shot and killed. This particular ordinance, the safe ordinance was passed almost three months ago. Until this very date not one cab has bothered to install one safe. As of last Thursday we called up every safe manufacturer and supplier in Dade County, as of last Thursday not one owner has even bothered to order the first safe. The only thing they .a"t was one owner who requested a letter from two safe companies saying that it would take 90 or more days to supply the safes. Every safe company that we contacted stated that it would take approximately 4 to 6 weeks to supply all 431 safes. But we're saying that it's been almost 90 days, there is no excuse for this kind of a delay. On May 3rd the Taxi Detail called an owners' sleeting and told them again what the laws were, that they would have to com- ply and that if not by June 1st the taxicabs who were not in compliance would be taken off the road. Even after this meeting not oneowner went out and ordered the first safe yet. The general concensus and opinion of the owners has been very simply, there is no criminal penalty involved in this ordinance, the only thing they can do is take our cabs off the road and if we all don't comply what are they going to do, take us all off the road? We're saying how rt 75 MAY 2 2 1171 many more people have to get killed? They're just flaunting this ordinance. Thank you. Mr. Bardakji: I'd like to answer that. He said there was only one owner, we appointed Willie Williams, President of Society Cab as our representative to investigate this. He is the one owner but he is representing most of the City of Miami taxicabs. Mr. Frentz: Last week was the first time he called. Mr. Bardakji: Right. Also, I would like to know, this gentleman here said he represents the Diamond Cab Drivers' Association, I want one question ans- wered. How many people does he represent? Mr.;Frentz: We have an active membership of 217 presently and we're not only a Diamond Cab, we're Yellow Cab, at Magic City, at Florida Cab and several other cab companies. We have some representatives from almost every cab com- pany in Dade County. Rev. Gibson: Mr. Mayor, I think everybody knows how I feel about this ordin- ance and about the safety of the people. I said before and I'm going to say :gain if we safe one life all of it would be worth the money that you spent. Now I could go along with my friend over here if he had brought me a letter saying that they have ordered these machines. I would not hesitate, but to tell me to wait until June - Rose, wait a minute because I need some support from all the rest of us - for him to tell me to wait until June I have to bits of doubt in mind. (1) You're waiting until the legislature is out of session hoping you're going to get by. (2) When we pass an ordinance and we specify the date I believe unless you have extenuating circumstances you ought to car- ry out the law and I just don't see where we can afford to be playing with the :ives of people. My business is much like Plummer's, I conduct the service and Plummer commits the body - I don't enjoy committing anybody, none. I don't enjoy conducting any service and I've learned that when I go out to the cemetery and I say, "Let us depart in peace" everybody who is standing out there over that loved one who wanted to get in the grave before beats"me out of the cemetery. I recommend that this Commission notify everybody involved that they must proceed post haste to conform with the ordinance. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Bardakji, the impression that you gave me when you called, maybe it was a wrong impression, was that you had the safes and you were ordering the safes. Mr. Bardakji: No, we were going to.... Mr. Plummer: And you told me they could not be delivered for a period of 60 o 90 days. I told you to bring an order form with you or a conformation with you. Now that's a little bit different than what I'm hearing today. Mayor Ferre: Is there anything else to come up on this? Mr. Plummer: Well yes, Mr. Mayor, you've got to bring something up And something up is June 1st is next week. Mayor Ferre: That's right that stands. Rev. Gibson: That's right. and I think what Father Gibson Mayor Ferre: Now unless I hear different I hear two people that have -that same opinion and I'm the third. Mrs. Gordon: I'm agreeing with Father Gibson, I cannot really find any reason whatsoever, it was ironic that just a few days after we took the last position that there was another person that lost his life. You know, we even said ironic- ally at that meeting that we were discussing, "Hey, look, let's move this quick- ly because of how many lives we may be able to save by rapid action." Mayor Ferre: All right, is there anything else on Item 6? Sgt. Campbell: Excuse me, Mr. Mayor, maybe I can help you out. The powers that we have in my office which we call a deficiency which we issue the cabs when we find a cab itself in violation, under the deficiency I can issue up to two weeks or three weeks to have the deficiency corrected. So if the ordinance is in effect June 1 and the cab does not meet the standards deficiency rt 76 u► IN 2 2 1t6 can be issued and the driver be given two weeks, three weeks, whatever time we set to meet that before we pull the permit. Rev. Gibson: Carry out the law my brother, carry Sgt. Campbell: You know we do have that power so the time can be get it. Rev. Gibson: A11 right. Now, Mr. Mayor, I want to speak on the taxi. Rose, I want you all to hear this. I believe that the City of Miami ought to act- ively participate in suing to retain our rights under the law to issue taxi licenses. Let me tell you something. Plummer, I see you my brother, I went to the Dade League and the Dade League didn't want to touch it. I'm glad Rose wasn't able to go. They didn't want to touch it. The other thing is let me tell you something, I went to law school again, Mr. Mayor, for one day. The scan who has filed the suit - what's his name? - Friedman, he filed a suit and he is in court to recover damages. Armando, you're a lawyer. The judge may well not want to side with him because the judge may not want him to recover damage. Do you follow me? If we went into court we're going into court say- ing that we have the authority to issue licenses and that you are taking that authority from us. Friedman isn't asking for that. We are under one severe danger there and I want to offer a motion that the Commission forthwith in- struct - not ask - instruct the legal department to proceed post haste to go to court and ask that we be permitted to retain our authority to issue these licenses. Mayor Ferre: All right, there is a motion, is there a second? Mr. Mayor Ferre: All right, further discussion on that emotion? Mr. Plummer: Well, let me just ask this question. It was my understanding Clark, come here, don't back up - even Stewart Simon said that without a change in the legislature that Metro could not place this law into effect This law presently states that the Cities have local jurisdiction. Now is there something other hidden that I don't know about? Mr. Clark Merrill: The County's position is that they don't need the law. Okay? But it's going to end up in the court if you don't have the law. If they don't get what they're asking the legislature for then they still think that they can pass the ordinance legitimately. We have some doubts about that, the Attorney's Office has some doubts about it and it appears to be in violation of the existing state statute but they claim some superior .... Rev. Gibson: Home Rule. Mr. Merrill: Under the Home Rule, the Constitution, they're making sessments that we're not making. Mr. Plummer: So what you're really asking, Father, is for the courts to come in and to clarify the matter. Rev. Gibson: No, no, no! I'm asking that the court sustain the law. The law says unless we give up that right they cannot take it from us unless we the City give it up. And what we're doing is we're fooling around letting Fried- man bell the cat for us and what's going to happen is Friedman is going to be knocked out of court and not get a doggone thing and we'll be a victim. You know, I'm very clear. Mr. Merrill: Father, Gibson, if I may just explain this, that they're saying that the law doesn't apply to them, we're saying that the law applies to them. Okay? But they're saying that if they can get this law changed it improves their status in the court. All right, so eventually it's going to come to a lawsuit Rev. Gibson: I don't want any eventually, Mr. Merrill, I want everybody to know as of now, this very hour that the City of Miami is in court. Now all those other little cities don't care. You'll see from your budget, Mr. Grassie, you got 90 some odd thousand dollars that you have coming in as a result of issuing these licenses. You mean to tell me we're going to lose it when we don't have to? I call for the question. Mr. Plummer: Fine, they sure fight like hell in Tallahassee to get a rule changed if they don't need it. SAY 22 1974 rt 77 The preceding motion introduced sioner Lacasa was passed and adopted AYES: Mr. Plummer, Rev. Gibson, Mr. NOES: Mrs. Gordon. by Rev. Gibson and seconded by Commis by the following vote- Lacasa and Mayor Ferre. SAID MOTION WAS DESIGNATED MOTION NO. 79-363. Mr. Plummer: Unanimous. Rev. Gibson: No, Rose did not. Mr. Plummer: Oh, Rose voted against it? Mrs. Gordon: I didn't want to go to court. SEE LATER RESOLUTION79 3eo.: Rev. Gibson: How else are you going to retain your equity? I'm not trying to sell you, honey, because you know more law than I do. I just want to make sure that the record reflects that four of us voted to go to court, one did not. 29. AMEND SECTION 1 OF ORD. 8919 BY DELETING EXEMPTION FROM INSTALLATION OF BULLET -RESISTANT PLATE OR PARTITION. Mr. Plummer: taining which Mayor Ferre: move that. Mr. Mayor, can you hold up a minute? There is another item per - is clarification on the bullet proof shields. All right, that's Item #15. Father Gibson I think wanted to Rev. Gibson: Yes, sir. Mr. Plummer: Well wait a minute, Father, you know I don't want to hood -wink you, this is a clearing up of what was said before. It was fully your intent. which was included in the motion and mine that anyone who owned and operated their own.... Rev. Gibson: Meaning he's the driver. Mr. Plummer: Rev. Gibson: vide, that for That's right, own and operated, could be But if he's going, to put a car on the street he's going to ?rc- the driver. Mayor Ferre: That's right. Mr. Plummer: If anyone else drivers it. Mrs. Gordon: Yes, but wait a minute,you ive date, is that correct? Mr. Plummer: I don't think it is. This clarifies that now. 've got a postponement of the effect Mayor Ferre: The effective date is August lst. Mrs. Gordon: It says postponing the effective date. ive date now? Sgt. Campbell: Commissioner, the original date on the ordinance was June 29th, how that date got in there I have no idea. Mrs. Gordon: June 29th, you don't know? Sgt. Campbell: That's what the old one had on with the Law Department. Mr. Plummer: Well wait a minute now, because;I talked to-- put it on the record. I talked to Mr. Clark and asked him and to clarify thismatter relating to owner -operator. MAY 22 f?S rt 78 Sgt. Campbell: All right, that's 'what you had put in the amendment.` Mr. Plummer: All right, just put on the record what you just told me, why the date was changed. Mr. Robert Clark: The City Commission's attention is directed to the fact that when the amendment was brought on the floor for us to draft we had to at that time extend the time accordingly so from April 30th, and we're now May 22nd, what we did was extend one month the enforcement time so that we would be in a better position to defend the City's action as giving the owners enough time to get these bullet proof shields. Mrs. Gordon: Yes, but.... In other words, Rose, there was a month's delay to clear, this Mr. Plummer: and a month' Mr. s . Gordon: 'ti14.3 dslayl Mr. Plummer: Mrs . Gordon: s delay to install them. Yes, but correct me if I'm wrong, I'll change installation of all shields, correct? Mr. P1unner: .r. Mrs. Correct. Or only those owners who drive? Well now, I can't answer that. It would be for all the provisions, of the ordinance. Gordon:' Well I'm not going to vote for that. my.mind. But Mr. Plummer:Can you do all the rest of the ordinance with the exclusion of ow-ier, .Terator, is, that possible? Mr. Clark: The owner -operators will not have this ordinance applied to them but for everyone else the ordinance provisions will apply. the provisions of :Le ordinance are I believe it's August 1st if I'm notmistaken. •.U-;, Go'. • Yes, but wait a minute. You know it's the enforcement that counts and it you delay the installation.... Mr. Plummer: Sgt. Campbell, what was the original thing, what did it carry as an installation date? gt. Cami.oell: The original date on the ordinance was June 29th. That was:. .hen we originally passed the ordinance but the amendment that you had put on it, Commissioner, was put in wrong. Mr. Plummer: That is correct. Sgt. Campbell: And that is why we have killed basically two or three weeks and moved the date back to get the original ordinance change that you had put in to go into affect so it was put back to August 1 so people would know what. to ordinance requires and who would have to buy it. Mr. Plummer: I'll be truthful with you, I don't necessarily see why that por- tion of it has to be changed in a date. Now to clarify this language which in effect exempts the owner -operator is one thing. All right? Now I don't see where it has to be another month for those who do not or who are not waived. Mrs. Gordon: It has nothing to do with that, I agree. Well, I see Mr. Clark's point but I don't necessarily agree with in other words, let me ask you this: Can't we pass the wording vehicle." and strike the wording "...and postponing the effective installation of equipment until August 1, 1979"? Mr. Flummer: it, Sob. So "... said bate for the Mr. Clark: You're referring now the the body of the ordinance, when you say "Section4 of Ordinance 8919 as more particularly described above is hereby amended to read as follows:" Now that's where you're taking issue with the postponement of the effective date. Mr. Plummer: Eliminate that portion. 79 rt gri .2 2 671) Mr. Clark: What date do you want? Mrs.'Gordon: The original date. Mr. Clark: The, original date, if I'm not mistaken, and the Clerk can bear me` out on this that`. was What, Sergeant, May 29th? Sgt. Campbell:' June 29th. Mrs. Gordon: That's over a' th Mr. Plummer: Whatever it is, Okay? relating to owned and operated. Fine, you've said that four times and it's very clear. Mayor Ferre: Mr. Pl Mayor anon All I'm doing is clarifying that point un4nez:' Well obviously' somebody isn't understanding it. Ferre: All right,, now with that clarification will you move it? Mr. Plummer:.; I move it, yes. Mayor Ferre All right. Yes, sir. nr. Kemydtta: Kemyatta, President of the United Cab Drivers Assoc- iation. The Cab Drivers' association opposes any changes in the present ordin- ance. The reason for this, about a third of the drivers are annual lessees,. they have night drivers and these night drivers are being exposed to the dan- ger of being killed as the last time that we're here. Li.. Plummer: No, sir. Mr. Kemyatta: The'understanriing I, have of the ordinance it will because it's stating that ii I- own my own car and driveit that means I don't have to put the shield, that's the understanding I have. :day cr 'cr. - that's not the way it is. Mr. Plummer: Owned and operated. Mr. Kemyatta: Well, that mean I'm owning and I'm operating it, what about the second shift? If somebody else operates ityou've got to put the shield' in... Mayor Ferre Mr. Kemyatta: If someone else is operating it. or Ferre: Yes, sir. May Mr. Plummer:. Mrs. Gordon: If` someone else operates it they've got to put it in. If there is a night driver then the shield has to go in. Sgt. Campbell: Yes, if you have a relief driver other than yourself or any- body gets in it then you have to have a shield in that. Mr. Octavio Blanco: Let me clarify one point because I live with all of this. J. J., what happened in Diamond Cab is they do lease these cars to the -drivers and they sign a contract with the company that they are the owner -operators, even the company doesn't pay any internal revenue, any pick up for those drivers. So practically they are the owners of those cars. M:. Plummer: Okay, then let's clarify it by putting owner -driver, owner and driver. Mrs. Gordon: I thought it said that in there. Mayor Ferre: All right, is there further 'discussion as clarified? Mr. Plummer: Wait a minute, Mr. Clark wants to also explain something. Yes, sir. Mr. Clark: I think - sergeant, you'll have to bear me out - you're speaking now when you say owner, and Sergeant Campbell will confirm this, you're not rt 80 mkt 22i speaking about the owner of the vehicle you're speaking about the owner of a permit. There is a whole layer of rights that you Commissioners are not aware of with regard to the Taxicab Industry. There is a certificate holder, there is a permit holder and there is a man that actually drives the cab and out there on the streets. Mr. Plummer: I'm well aware of it. Mr. Clark: Now when you talk about owner you're not talking .about the owner' of the vehicle. As long as you understand that then you can proceed. Sgt. Campbell: The ordinance the way it's written now, a taxicab driven ex elusively by a chauffeur who has legal equitable title to said vehicle, he.is the owner of said title. Mr. Plummer: That's right. Mrs. Gordon: We71 that protects everyone else, Mr. Plummer: That's right. Sgt. Campbell: Only that man that's driving that title in his name, not a corporation name but his minute he puts a relief driver.... Mayor Ferre: Further discussion as amended? Mrs. Gordon: Do you all follow this? Sgt. Campbell:. Mr. Plummer:; that correct? car that actually has the name would be exempt. The Read the ordinance, please. What's: the date going to be on this? The 29th. Mr. Kemyatta: Many o to be impossible.... Mr. Plummer: Mayor Ferre: Mr. Frentz: Could'I say one thing, please? Mayor Ferre: Go ahead. the annual lessees have night drivers and that's going. Then they've got to have the shield, n that case there has to be a shield. Mr. Frentz: I'd just again like to address myself to the intent of the owners which is probably a couple of days before August lst they're going:to";come before you again asking for an extension. Mayor Ferre:. Not August 1st, June 29th. Mr. Frentz: June 29th. If they don't get that they will go the thing up in court. Mayor Ferre: We can't prevent that. Mr. Frentz: Okay, I'm telling you there is no intent of anybody to install a safe, a shield or anything else. Mr. Plummer: You've heard what the sergeant is going to do. Mr. Frentz: Okay, but wait a second. The way this thing reads now, originally the owner of a certificate, the owner of the permit of the cab was supposed to be excluded. Now we've got it down to the owner of a vehicle. You're go- ing to have situations where owners are going to put the vehicle in their drivers' names, .you are going to have situations where companies are going to make the drivers buy the vehicles at so much a day, this is only going to cloud the issue further, this is only going to make this thing harder to enforce. There is no way that this thing will do anything except cloud the issue and make it harder to enforce. The last driver who got killed here, Charlie Rubin - all, happened to be an owner, happened to be against this thing and was arguing against it. He got killed. You know maybe it would have been better if it were against his wishes and he'd had that shield and he'd been alive today. But we're saying that the intent is just to cloud this issue to make more and rt 81 MAY 2 2 1971 more loop, holes, and this ordinance the way it is now stated is going to create more loop holes than, it's going to cover. Rev. Gibson: Mr. Mayor, I want to change• my mind. I want everybody - owner,. the man who owns the car, the man who owns the permit, everybody, I want every body. Mayor Ferre:. In other words there are no exceptions now. Rev. Gibson: No exceptions. Mr. Bardakji: Father Gibson, may I answer that, please? In my association we have 49 cabs. We have approximately 40 men who own their own cabs. They can't afford another car. They use that car at night as a family car. They don't want the shield. It's his life, it's his car, it's his life. REv. Gibson: My brother, if I happen to expose one single person to such a hazard in his life and then mourn as a member of this Commission I'd rather not expose that person and I'd rather not mourn. I say to everybody I preach for a living. And you know what happens? The Bishop says that this is what's necessary. He says, "You either do it or--" and I do it because I don't want to go through the "or". Okay? All right. Mr. Joel Jaffer: Father Gibson, by enacting this ordinance you are taking re- sponsibility for these peoples' lives whether you think you're protecting them or not. If you just leave them alone and forget about the ordinance all to- gether then you could wash your hands and say, "I don't have anything to do with their lives." Rev. Gibson: I don't want to wash my hands, that's not why you elected me. You elected me to look after the best interests of the people and any time fail to do that I am not fulfilling my obligation. Mr. Plummer: Well, Father, as we had a disagreement before we still have a disagreement. I think a man who operates an independent business can have too. much regulation. I have no qualms nor did I before with those people who are subject, not the owner, to perpetual danger that that should be. Those people who own and operate their own cabs know the risks their taking who don't want to put the shield in their car, I think under our independent system should have that right. I still feel that way, I still offer the motion not to post- pone but to clarify the ordinance in relation to owner -operator. Now I make that in the form of a motion as - it's already. Rev. Gibson: But J. L., when you hear what the people in the industry tell us you know I get disturbed that when the men who are doing it daily, when they know the language and they know the loop hole and they tell you and we still want to condone the guy getting that loop hole, the man just told you - and stand up here, Mister, you stand up there - say again what you told us that made me change my mind. Mr. Bardakji: And let me answer him, Father Gibson, let me answer him point by point. Rev. Gibson: All right. And Mr. Clark, since you are the legal arm here Oh, I'm sorry - I want you all to deal with this matter now, you hear what is being said, you have to defend us in court. And you know, I get very very pro- voked when other people to court and make us look like a bunch of idiots. Okay?, All right, I want you to answer based on what he says. Mr. Frantz: Really the intent is pretty clear on just how they handled the safe issue - they just did not comply. Mr. Bardakji: Talk about the shields. Mr. Frentz: All right. The shields, the way it reads now excluding anybody who has legal or equitable title to said vehicle - just the vehicle - he is not the permit holder, the certificate holder, just has an equitable title, I assume doesn't even mean the vehicle is in his name necessarily. Is that correct? Equitable title could be you're buying the vehicle, it's not even in your name. There is no way of enforcing that kind of thing (1), (2) owners can turn around and say to their driver, if they had a single driver, if you want to stay employed for me you will have to have the vehicle in your name and for a few dollars go to the Motor Vehicle Department and switch the title rt 82 MAY 2 2 1971 over into that driver's name. Also Mayor Ferre: All right, now in the interest of time Father Gibson.- now we have a problem here because you were the original maker of the motion, if you don't,: agree, Father Gibson has withdrawn his second because of that so you don't have a second. Rev. Gibson: That's right. My motion is that everybody put inthe shields., Mayor Ferre: All right, with that amendment and leaving the same time which is June 29th Mrs. Gordon seconds Father Gibson's motion. Is there further discussion on that motion? Call the roll. No, you have to read it, it's an ordinance. Mr. Alvarez: Well, we couldn't read it as it stands right now, what we'll do is after you pass the motion we'll type real quick a new ordinance andinanne, you'll take a vote and, of course, it will have to be an emergency you will need 4/5th of the Commission vote. Mayor Ferre: Either that or you get 2/3rds depending on what happens, I mean or you get 3/5ths and then you'll have to read it the second time and then it, won't be June 29th. All right? On the motion, call the roll. The preceding motion introduced by Rev. Gibson and seconded by Commis- sioner Gordon was passed and adopted by the following vote- NaES: Mr. Lacasa, Mrs. Gordon, Rev. Gibson and Mayor Ferre. NOES: Mr. Plummer. SAID MOTION WAS DESIGNATED MOTION NO. 79-364. SEE LATER ORDINANCE NO. 8937. Sgt. Campbell: Mr. Mayor, just for clarification, sir. We've gone back to the original way it was stated, any taxi which is exclusively driven by the owner thereof under a certificate? Mayor Ferre: Yes, sir. Sgt. Campbell: You said, "owner shall be exempt from the requirements. set forth and all provisions...", the other ordinance before this change, it covered what.... Mayor Ferre: So we don't need a new ordinance Sgt. Campbell: ... Commissioner Gibson had said. Mr. Plummer: Yes, you're going to need a new ordinance, Maurice, because the other one was passed. 30. PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF JOSE NAVARRO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SENIOR CENTERS OF DADE COUNTY, INC.; CITY PROVIDE $600 FOR THIS YEAR'S "SENIOR SHOWCASE''. Mr. Jose Navarro, Executive Director of the Senior Centers of Dade County, Inc. appeared and requested $600 to fund a deficit for this year's "Senior Showcase". The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Gordon who moved its adoption: MOTION NO. 79-365 A MOTION DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO PROVIDE FUNDS NOT TO EXCEED $600.00 TO THE SENIOR CENTERS OF DADE COUNTY FOR THIS YEAR'S "SENIOR SHOWCASE". Upon being seconded by Commissioner Lacasa, the motion was paaied and,.; adopted by the following vote - AYES: Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. 83 MAY 2 2 1270 NO rt •. a*Jtry.. 4 -.P '•ali . 31. PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF JOEL JAFFER TO DISCUSS PRESERVA- TION OF HISTORICAL STRUCTURES. Mr. Joel Jaffer appeared and requested protection of older homes from being torn down and the destruction of trees. See Item 33 for continuation. 32. CORAL DELETING LANGUAGE CLUBF YACHT LANGUAGERELAMEND RELATING TO WIDENING ROFMBYENT SOUTH BAYSHORE DRIVE. Mr. Joel Jaffer: I'd like to bring up Item 46, I'm sorry I wasn't here when it was passed before at 3:15. Mayor Ferre: Go ahead. Mr. Jaffer: The main concern of people when you all brought up the leasing agreements with yacht clubs was that they would be expanded and that they would be expanded with private moneys and this lease controverts all of that concern that was brought in here late at night and those nights and it also has given the City the right to widen Bayshore Drive in that area with no basis whatsoever. The City Commission has expressed.... Mrs. Gordon: Which one are you talking about? Mr. Jaffer: The Coral Reef Yacht Club lease. Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Mayor, Mr. Jaffer is bringing to the surface an had set aside to discuss because we took this out of order... Jaffer: You already have. Mrs. Gordon: Yes, I know, but it was done without us having opportunity to pull the thing out of our agenda so we could look at our own notes. In regard to that, I had done this when I studied my agenda, on page three, I had cir- cled this for discussion and from now on when anything is pulled out of order I'm going to be absolutely vehemently opposed to it unless we're told ahead of time that it's going to be discussed out of order. Now in this item the widen- ing of Bayshore Drive becomes an issue of acceptance and I am not for an accept- ance of the widening of Bayshore Drive and never have been. So the item was passed this morning and I'm opposed to the inclusion of the widening as a part of the condition for accepting the rental. I'm for the rental but I'm not for the acceptance of the dedication for widening purposes. Mr. Jaffer: I'd also like to bring it to your attention then that the rental is also for more bay bottom than they have had previously and then intend to expand these piers. We had this place jam packed late at night with people who didn't want to expand the piers also.... Mrs. Gordon: What did you say? I didn't hear you on that. Mr. Jaffer: They want to expand the marina facilities as well besides Drive. Mrs. Gordon: the widening taken in the My objection is not to the marina expansion, my; objection is of Bayshore Drive because it's contrary to the :policy we have past. Mr. Jaffer: Absolutely. Mayor Ferre: rt Mr. Manager? I'm going to ask Mr. Grimm to comment on this, Mr. Mayor. MAY 22 im Mr. Vince Grimm: Mr. Mayor and members of the Commission, I believe that the interpretation of that dedication is just that, it is a legal requirement of the City that any dedication be accepted by the City Commission. Now the ad- ministration is well aware that this Commission has gone on record not once but three times against any further widening of Bayshore Drive. So we don't propose to do that. I should also remind you that in order for us to widen it we would have to create a highway district, that would require that we come before the Commission, you would have to take bids and that would require that we come before this Commission. So all we're doing is taking the dedication as a condition of the.... Mrs. Gordon: But Vince, when this goes into the public record, at some future point in time - maybe none of us will be here and this will be looked at as an agreement or a change of policy on street widening. I believe that this should be amended at this time and that if we accept the dedication that we remove from this resolution that portion that says, "... right-of-way for widen- ing of South Bayshore Drive"and just go into the part that says for a future bicycle path is not going to be contrary to anybody's interest. Okay? Mr. Jaffer: And just to clarify what Mr. Grimm said, the so-called require- ments to which he was referring is a Department of Public Works judgement as to the needs of the 'City in asking for a dedication, there is no requirement that the City accept this dedication and the Department of Public Works should listen to the Commission and what they've said repeatedly that they don't need this Bayshore Drive widened. Also in terms of public hearings for setting up highway districts, Mr. Grimm has a very good record of hiding and removing these highway districts from the public view. Mayor Ferre: I think what Mrs. Gordon is recommending makes a lot of sense. In other words what she's saying is just leave the bicycle path.... Mrs. Gordon: Just take out those few words "... a right-of-way for widening of South Bayshore Drive...", remove that totally from the resolution. Mayor Ferre: You see, you would put, "South Bayshore. Drive as a right -of then cross out "for widening of South Bayshore Drive" and it would read, a right-of-way for a future bicycle path." Mrs. Gordon: Yes, that would be perfectly all right. Mr. Jaffer: And maybe with a certain width of the bikepath maybe? Mrs. Gordon: Well, you can ments and this and that. Mr. Jaffer: Well they already have that there, way as' always use some landscaping andstreet improve - it'svery pretty Mayor Ferre: What's the objection to that, Mr. Grassie? Mr. Grimm: No objection, Mr. Mayor. Mrs. Gordon: I'll move the amendment. Mayor Ferre: Okay, then Mrs. Gordon moves and Father Gibson seconds that on page 3 of Item 46 entitled Lease Agreement with the Coral Reef Yacht Club, on the third page 5th paragraph, 3rd line the words "for widening of South Bayshore Drive and right-of-way" be stricken and, therefore, it will read, "As additional consideration Lessee shall convey to Lessor the westerly 18' of its property adjoining South Bayshore Drive as a right-of-way for a future bicycle path along South Bayshore Drive." Further discussion? Mr. Plummer: I'm assuming, Mr. Mayor, and I have no objections to that, but I would assume the administration will so notify the club that that change has taken place. Mrs. Gordon: It doesn't affect them. Mayor. Ferre: They don't care. Mr. Plummer: I know they don't and I don'tbut when you change after it was approved.... Mayor Ferre: I agree. MAY 2 2 1974 rt Mrs. Gordons The Clerk advises me that the proper the item and then pass it in proper form. A11 right, Mrs. Gordon moves that item 46 The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Gordon its adoption: MOTION NO. 79-366 A MOTION AMENDING PREVIOUSLY PASSED RESOLUTION NO. 79-324 IN CONNECTION WITH THE CORAL REEF YACHT CLUB LEASE AGREEMENT AND BRINGING THIS MATTER BACK FOR RECONSIDERATION; AND AMENDING THE LEASE AGREEMENT BY DELETING FROM PAGE 3, LINES 25 AND 26 THE WORDS "FOR WIDENING OF SOUTH BAYSHORE DRIVE AND RIGHT-OF-WAY". Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the motion was passed an adopted by the following vote AYES: Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre Mayor Ferre: Now on Item 46 Mrs. Gordon moves, Father Gibson it be passed with the exception as I previously read. The preceding motion introduced by Commissioner Gordon and Commissioner Gibson was passed and adopted unanimously. SAID MOTION WAS DESIGNATED MOTION 79-367. SEE RESOLUTION NO. 79-324 AND THE ATTACHED LEASE AGREEMENT AS AMENDED. • 33. PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF JOEL JAFFER REGARDING TRIMMING OF TREES IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS Mr. Joel Jaffer appeared and objected to the Department of Public Works' policy of trimming trees to a height of 16 feet on residential streets. Commissioner Plummer stated that the Fire Chief had said that such trimming was necessary to facilitate the movement of fire trucks through the neighborhoods. Mr. Jaffer requested that the Commission take steps to reduce the height to which trees were trimmed and the Commission requested a letter from the Fire Chief explaining why it was necessary to trim the trees to this height for informa- tion before taking any action. 34. GOOMBAY FESTIVAL - ALLOCATE FUNDS FOR THIRD ANNUAL FESTIVAL. ection to the City's Mr. for the Third Annual Gnd Mr. oGoombayle Festival. Aftared in er considerable sup- portdiscussion the following motion was introduced: The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Gibson who moved its adoption: MOTION NO. 79-368 A MOTION AMENDING PREVIOUSLY PASSED RESOLUTION NO. 79-335 IN CONNECTION WITH THE GOOMBAY FESTIVAL AND BRINGING THIS MATTER SACK FOR RECONSIDERATION; AND FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY MAN- AGER TO PROVIDE FUNDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $15,000 ($6,000 IN CASH AND UP TO $9,000 IN IN -KIND SERVICES) TO THE THIRD ANNUAL GOOMBAY FESTIVAL. ILWI 2 2 10'/O AV Upon being seconded by Commiof ssioner City CGordon ithe motion was passed and adopted by a unanimous dote 35. DISCUS5ION OFPROPOSED COASTAGREEMENT MARINEBETWEEN GROVE KEY MARINA, INC. AND EAST re- Mrs. Gordon: There's another before Item treturned.up eallier wantthat needs the recordsotOreflect discussed. Number 45 cameup the recommendation of the staff which was on the second page of their memorandum and I read it because I agree that dividedthe equallyhbetween theit's City staff•'s position that the revenue should be Grove Key Marina as is the case in the sublease between Grove Key and The Ship's Store instead of receiving 10.3% of the revenues that Grove Key Marina ,.-elves as et present. The City would receive 50% of the revenues that Grove Key Marina receives. Since sdeliveredsserviceand lIcthinkit lthe staff oisawise n occupancy and not for a personally in saying that we should be entitled to a 50-50 on that. Mayor Ferrc: What did we vote on? Mr. Grass3e: That's what you voted on. h.r.s Gorden. Mayor Ferre: Kr. Lacesa: Mrs. Gordon:; .3%? No, 50%. We voted on 50%. You did vote on the 50? Well let me see it then, Item 45. Mx. Grassier The staff recommendation is what you voted on, in theagreement and is included d in the negotiations. Mrs. Gordol. that itWas g Mx. Plumper: Mrs. Gordon: yes on it. Mayor Ferre: • that was included All right, let me make certain because it was my understanding oing to be a continuation of the 10.3. No. It's not? It's 50-50 on it? Then I'm in accord and I'll vote Yes, show us all voting yes on it. 36. CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF ITEM 47 - SECTION 8 HOUSING UNITS; REQUEST HUD DELETEDREALLOCATE CULMERSECTION AREA8 HOUSING UNITS PREVIOUSLY Mayor Ferre: Is there anything else? Mrs. Gordon: Yes, the last one is Number 47 which I understand Mel Adams was going to be here? He's not going to be here? Ms. spillman: I thought you had already gone through this so he's not going to be here but I can try to answer your question. personal records regarding this item be- cause - I'll tell you the facts that I'm very Hrs. Gordon: I checked back into my P disturbed about, the exclusion:. of the Calmer area project when that was reduced from the original 400 units proposed development it was excluded on the March 22nd, is that correct? Ms. Spillman: I believe it was April 22nd but there was Mrs. Gordon: No, it was in March. Ms. Spillman: It was 75 units on 5th Street.. MAY 2 2 197i rt Mrs. Gordon: Yes, it was excluded in March. Now, what bothers me is that we then approved 145 units and now we're removing a hundred units. Why? Isn't the 75 units in Culmer added back into the package so that at least the units could be, therefore, developed ev lopedrinrana areain whiche Ccyin my opinion needs units much more desperately Y Ms. spillman: Okay, the way this has been explained to me by the Dade County Dept. of Housing and Urban Development is that the 100 units we're repealing today are in the Medical Center area, they're for the handicapped and they will be coming before you in the future for funding. They are projects speci- fic, in other words the projects that were proposed by Little HUD are not turn- ing out to be financially feasible individually speaking, it's not 400 units Mr. Adams in mass, the Calmer project itself cannot stand housingunder fundsSection for8the 75 Calmer has informed me that he will be using public approving are also in Calmer, those units. The 45 Towne Park units that you're app 9 are in the northwestern portion of Culmer in the old NDP area, there's a vacant site. t:rs. Gordon: But the difference with developing public housing units in Cul- mer defeats the purpose of upgrading that area and I believe that's a very poor choice. I believe that the best choice would have been to develop thbeese Section 8 units in Culmer and I want the records to reflect my thinking ause I feel very strongly about the fact that this area M AY 2 2 1272 Mrs. Gordon: ... any other area in this City. Ms. Spillman: Ok, the way this has been explained to me by the Dade County Department of Housing and Urban Development is that the hundred units we are repealing today are in the Medical Center area, they are for the handicapped and they will be coming before you in the future for funding. They are not... They are projects specific. In other words, the projects that were proposed by Little HUD are not turning out to be financially feasible, individually speaking. It's not four hundred units .., yes, in mass. The Culmer Project itself cannot stand under Section 8. Mr. Adams has informed me that he will be using Public Housing Funds for the seventy—five Culmer units. The forty-five Town Park units that you are approving are also in Culmer. Those are in the Northwestern portion of Culmer in the old in the N.D.P. area there is a vacant site. Mrs. Gordon: But the difference with developing public housing units in Culmer defeats the purpose of upgrading that area. And I believe that's a very poor choice. I believe that the best choice would have been to develop these Section 8 units in Culmer and I want the records to reflect my thinking because I feel very strongly about the fact that this area has to be brought back to life with the kind of assistance that comes about from the use of Section 8 which is subsidized housing and which mingles those he can pay with those who cannot pay so that they blend into an area which is not distinguishable as being a low cost public housing development. Ms. Spillman: If I... theoretically that's how Section 8 is supposed to work, but I don't think there is one instance in the United States where a Section 8 project has been economically integrated. However, Section 8 does pay more taxes to the City than public housing does as you have pointed out on previous occasions. I might suggest to you that perhaps at the next Commission Meeting you ask Mr. Adams to come here and make a presentation to you on the status of the housing bond issue and explain why these things are occurring. (BACKGROUND COMMENT OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD) Ms. Spillman: Meeting. Mrs. Gordon: No, I don't want a report. I want to do something about it, I want to act on it. I want to set a policy. I want to move that we ask Dade County HUD to reallocate some Section 8 housing into the Culmer area and I so move. Ms. Spillman: Alright, can I make... there is another suggestion that I can make to you. They own land in that particular area which it's not required by law that they build on that land. They can offer it for sale to private developers who sometimes can get Section 8 allocations from Jacksonville easier than HUD can because of the way the allocations are made. And I think that it might be wise if you don't include in your recommendation that they consider offering land for sale for the development of section 8. Mrs. Gordon: I'm not going to do that, I'm just going to say what I want happen and let them figure out the best way to do it, ok? Ms. Spillman: Fine. Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Plummer: a report to you, it doesn to be at a Commission' Mrs. Gordon:: There is a motion asking Housing and Urban Development to restore the units that weredeleted, from the housing allocation to the Culmer area, Mayor Ferre: I' have soma potential good news for you. I have been in Washington on three different... Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Mayor, why don't'you ask for a second? and then you can make a discussion. Is there a second on Rev. Gibson: Oh, I will second it so she can get.,. Mayor Ferre: There is a second. Mrs. Gordon: Now, it's on the floor MAY 2 2'' 1271 Mayor Terre; I have been up to Washington with Mel Adams and with Marty fine and with other people on three different Occasions and I think that we will sometime. in the summer get an additional allocation of Section 8 funds, We are carefully recording all of that because I think it will be a major break- through for the City and for the Community if we were able to get that, We are hoping, its a very difficult thing, but it looks at this point without any firm commitments, it looks very promising. You don't get these things by passing resolutions. Mrs. Gordon: No, sir, but you certainly can state your policy of the areas of the community that you feel have been neglected and the areas the community that you wish to have a more... a fairer allocation than they are getting and that is the motion and that's all it is, is to tell HUD to come on back and put some money back into this area. If they get an extra allocation from Washington then they will have no problems whatsoever in doing that. Mayor Ferre: Yes, but the resolution in itself has more drum beating that goes into another file which absolutely means nothing. But the way to do these things is to effectively work with the people in Washington who make and Atlanta who make these decisions. And I think... I would recommend that when you take this motion and after you mail it to the bureaucrats in Washington where it will be properly filed and answered by a Clerk which is fine. I'm going to vote with the motion. I would recommend that we also continually follow-up in our respective speers... Mrs. Gordon; I'm talking to local, I'm not talking to Washington., Mayor Terre: (BACKGROUND Mayor Ferre: I know Rose, but the money has COMMENT OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD) Ms. Spillman: What? The money come Mrs. Gordon;: They Mayor Ferre: from... o come from.. have the allocation, I'm not talking to.. o,no, no,no. Mrs. Gordon: Then when they, get their;:allocation they Will -know- what our thinking is and they will know where we want them to put it. Mayor Ferre: Fine. Ms.,Spillman: No I. think, as.I tried to explain the problem is not in the allocation, it's .in the financial` feasibility of that particular; project Mayor Ferre: n't bother me with the facts. Don't bother me with the facts. Mrs. Gordon: 1 don't`' agree. Ms. Spillman: Well, I'm sorry. Well, we will write the letter. Mayor Ferre: Call the roll. The following adoption. motion was introduced by Commissioner Gordon MOTION NO. 79-369 who moved its A MOTION DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO REQUEST THAT DADE COUNTY HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT REALLOCATE THE SECTION 8 HOUSING UNITS THAT WERE DELETED FROM THE HOUSING ALLOCATION FOR THE CULMER AREA. Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. gl. 90 MA'S 2 2 01 Mayor Terre: Alright, what else have you got? Mr. Plummer: Three, four, nineteen thru fourteen, fifteen thru eighteen, nineteen... Mr. Gordon: Mr. Mayor, are you suggesting that we should individually take trips with the Director of HUD as you do and with a few others? And that each of us should conduct our own individual conductingbusinesses Cityfsthe businessiin aour own private ways. I don't believe in private way. 1/4 t:ayor Ferre: I would recommend Mrs. Gordon, that every time you take a trip vhich you do... you know, you go to New York or Chicago or Washington and you d,^al withh people that are involved in housing. Now, you talk to Senator Pichard Stone, Congressman Fascell and Claude Pepper and I think it's .important that all of us on this Commission besides passing resolutions that become more paper for more files, that we become activist in doing things rather u..a talking about doing things. Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Mayor, I beg to differ with you when you talk about activist doin„ things. The real activist and really doing things and not spelling out a lot of words is myself. Through the Board of realtors for the neighborhood renovationprogramsand other programs are actively involved in restoring the community and not talking about ,•1ayor Ferrer, You mean the same people that voted against our bond issue... that recommended against our bond issue? Mrs. Gordon: The same people that are out there painting and fixing up an :assisting reaple in the community to be able to renovate their properties, sir, Mayor Ferre. Fine. Well, I'm sure that therewill be a time where all that can be judged. Further discussion. Mr. Giebre, just got three more articles. Well, he was looking a little bit bored and I thought may be we J1, a little bit of action. Mr. Plummer: :•4:vor ye .1 : w uld give. i, '• ORK - INTER -COUNTY N FOR 37. DELAWARE SANITARY WSEWER IMPROVEMENT SR-5390-CT- PUBLIC CORP. ACCEPT COMPLETED UBLICHEARING. 1.7 r f . ,. •, , Mayor Ferre: Alright, we are now on Item #13. Public hearing at 2:30, anybody here who wishes to speak to Item #3? Is there anybody here? what's the will of this Commission on Item #3? Mr. Plummer: Mayor Ferre: Mr. Lacasa: Mayor Ferre: Move it. Moved by Plummer, second by... is there Alright, The following resolution was introduced by Vice -Mayor Plummer its adoption:' RESOLUTION NO. 79-370 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED WORK PERFORMED BY INTERCOUNTY CONSTRUCTION CORP, AT A TOTAL COST OF $1,698,785.63 FOR THE DELAWARE SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT SR-5390-C IN THE DELAWARE SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT SR-5390-C; AND AUTHORIZING A FINAL PAYMENT OF $136,750.45. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here in the Office of the City Clerk). Upon being seconded by Commissioner Lacasa, the resolution was andadopted by, the following vote: AYES: Commissioner Rose Gordon 'Commissioner Armando Lacasa Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. Gibson 38. ACCEPT COMPLETED WORK - CHARLES R. SMITH & SON, INC. AND TRAVELER"S INDEMNITY CO. FOR EAST BRADDOCK SANITARY IMPROVEMENT, AUTHORIZE FINAL PAYMENT. f.. Mayor Ferre: Item #4, is there anybody here who wishes to speak at this public :searing on Item #4? Is there a motion? Anybody want to move 4? Mr. Lacasa: Move. Mayor,Fecre: Alright, moved by Lacasa, is there a second? Is there a second on Item 4i4? Rev. Gibson: Second.. Mayor Ferre: Seconded by Gibson, further discussion, call the The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner. its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 79-371 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED WORK PERFORMED BY CHARLES F. SMITH AND SON, INC. AND THE TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY AT A TOTAL COST OF $970,772.98; ASSESSING $11,460.00 AS LIQUIDATED DAMAGES FOR OVERRUN OF CONTRACT TIME; AND AUTHORIZING A FINAL PAYMENT OF $83,021.32 FOR EAST BRADDOCK SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT SR-5410-C (centerline sewer) IN EAST BRADDOCK SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT SR-5410-C (centerline sewer). who moved; (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here in the Office of the City Clerk). Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Lacasa, Rev. Gibson, Mayor Ferre. NOES: Mr. Plummer. ABSENT: None. on file gl. 92 .IMAY 2 2 1!7e ON ROLL CALL: Mayor Ferre: Do you want to explain your "no" vote Plummer? Mr. Plummer: For the record Mr. Mayor, this represents a settlement off of a specified contract. In effect the City lishtaking d gtsix xrthousandfudolllars shlesand ss than it should and I feel the City s dollars. Mayor Ferre: Ok. IAL ARD 39. ESTABLISH LAQ ES"HAND AUTHORIZE CITRUST & rTYYMANAGER TOAACCEPTRCONTRI CONTRIBUTIONS. Mayor Ferre: We are now oa 9, an ordinance authorizing the Manager to accept private contributions... Mr. Lacasa: What about #5? Mayor Ferre: 1i5, Mr. Jerome Bain is not here. We have asked for him all afternoon and he has shown up. Alright, weare now on time #i9, authorizing the Manager to accept private contributions for Cuban Memorial. Moved `by.Ferre and Mr. Plummer: Move it. Lacasa. Mayor Ferre: Mr. Mr. Plummer:` Lacasa: Mayor, Ferre: AN wait .a_,minute... No, !noved by who? Ferre and Lacasa, this is second reading. It was moved by you and secondedby me. Oh, I see, ok. Read the ordinance. Alright I'm sorry. call the roll. ORDINANCE ENTITLED - AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT EITHER PERSONALLY OR THROUGH HIS DESIGNEE PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MONEY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PURCHASING COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUES AND RELATED ITEMS FOR THE CUBAN MEMORIAL PLAZA AND MEMORIAL BOULEVARD PROJECT; AND FURTHER ESTABLISHING A NEW TRUST AND AGENCY FUND ENTITLED: "CUBAN MEMORIAL BOULEVARD PLAQUES," FOR THE DEPOSIT OF PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PURCHASING PLAQUES AND RELATED ITEMS FOR SAID PROJECT; FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO ARRANGE FOR INSTALLATION OF SUCH PLAQUES AND RELATED ITEMS WITH CITY FORCES; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of April 19, 1979, it was taken up for its second and final reading by title and adoption. On motion of Mayor Ferre, seconded by Commissioner Lacasa, the ordinance was thereupon given its second and final reading by title and passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.' Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: '! None. SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORD. NO. 8930. The City attorney read the ordinancentohthee public f cordthe andity Commission announced that copies were available to and to teh public. gi. 93 M AY 2 2 197! a 40. AMEND 8858 BY FUNDING DADE COUNTY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE PROGRAMS - $43,350. Mayor Ferre: Lacasa move 10. Mr. Plummer: Second it. Mayor Ferre: Alright, further discussion, read the ordinance. Call the roll. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 1 AND 6 OF ORDINANCE NO. 8858,: ADOPTED SEPTEMBER 28, 1978, THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1979, AS AMENDED, BY INCREASING THE APPROPRIATION FOR SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND ACCOUNTS, SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS, IN AN AMOUNT OF $45,350; AND BY INCREASING ANTICIPATED REVENUES, SOURCES OTHER THAN AD VALOREM TAX, IN THE SAME AMOUNT: FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING DADE COUNTY - COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AND DADE COUNTY - AFTER SCHOOL CARE; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION. AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of April 19, 1979. it was taken up for its second and final reading by title and adoption. On motion of Commissioner Lacasa, seconded by Vice -Mayor Plummer, the ordinance was thereupon given its second and final reading by title and passed.and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 8931 The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced that copies were available to the members of the City Commission and to the public. 41. AMEND 8858 BY INCREASING APPROPRIATION FOR SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND ACCOUNTS, CONTRIBUTION TO ENTERPRISE FUND FROM RENTAL PROPERTIES BY $258,602. Mayor Ferre: Mr. Plummer: Mayor Ferre: the roll. gl. Alright, on Item 11, Plummer do you want to move that? - Yes, sir. Lacasa seconds, further discussion, read the ordinance. Call MAY 2 2 1970 AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 1 AND 6 OF ORDINANCE NO. 8858, ADOPTED SEPTEMBER 28, 1978, THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1979, AS AMENDED, BY INCREASING THE APPROPRIATION FOR SPECIAL PRO- GRAMS AND ACCOUNTS, CONTRIBUTION TO ENTERPRISE FUND, FROM RENTAL PROPERTIES, IN AN AMOUNT OF $258,602; BY INCREASING ANTICIPATED REVENUES, SOURCES OTHER THAN AD VALOREM TAX, BY THE SAME AMOUNT, THEREBY ELIMINATING RENTAL PROPERTIES FROM THE ENTERPRISE FUND REVENUES; AND BY INCREASING ANTICIPATED REVENUES, ENTERPRISE FUND, CONTRIBUTION FROM GENERAL FUND, IN THE SAME AMOUNT; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of April 19, 1979, it was taken up for its second and final reading by title and adoption. 0. ration of Vice -Mayor Plummer, seconded by Commissioner Lacasa, the ordinance was thereupon given its second and final reading by title and passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 8932 The City Attorney read o Cherdinance members oftothe City Commission and toe public record and ntheced that copies were available t public. 42. 9DANCEBY SPROGIRAMI(5TH YEAR)" AND APPROPRNG NEW TRUST 6 AGENCY IATING"ARTIST-IN- RESIDENCE AMEND - /.:yor Ferre: Alright, Mrs. Gordon, do you want to move 12? Mrs. Gordon: Yes. Mayor Ferre: Father Gibson do you want to second it? 'Yes.° Alright, read the ordinance. Call the roll. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE NO. 8719 ADOPTED OCTOBER 26, 1977, THE SUMMARY GRANT APPROPRIA- TIONS ORDINANCE, AS AMENDED, BY ESTABLISHING A NEW TRUST AND AGENCY FUND ENTITLED:�PROPRIATING�FUNDSNCE FOR DANCE PROGRAM (5TH YEAR)", THE OPERATION OF SAME IN THE AMOUNT OF $6,375; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of April 19, 1979, it was taken up for its second and final reading by title and adoption. On motion of Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the ordinance was thereupon given its second and final reading by title and passed and adopteu by the following vote: MAY 22:'19 Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner Armando Lscasa Coemissioner'(Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer', Jr. Mayor`Maurice A. Ferre SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO.8933 The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced that copies were available to the members of the City Commission and to the public. FIRST READING. 43. AMEND 8719, SUMMARY GRANT APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE BY ESTABLISHING NEW TRUST & AGENCY FUND "COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (5TH YEAR)". • Mayor Ferre: On Item 13, let the record reflect that rather than $2,726,000 the amount is... Bob how much, $10,000,000? $10,726,000. Who wants to move? Mr. Plummer: Move it. Mayor Ferre: Moved by Plummer, is there a second? Rev. Gibson: Second. Mayor Ferre: Seconded by Gibson, Alright, call the roll. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED- AN ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE NO. 8719 ADOPTED OCTOBER 26, 1977, THE SUMMARY GRANT APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE, BY ESTABLISHING A NEW TRUST AND AGENCY FUND ENTITLED "COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (FIFTH YEAR)"; AND APPROPRIATING $10,726,000 FOR THE EXECUTION OF SAME, CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. Was introduced by Vice -Mayor Plummer and seconded by Commissioner Gibson and passed on its first reading by title by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. discussion, read the ordinance. The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public -record -an announced that copies were available to the members of, the City Commission and to the public. g %AAI22 44. AMEND 8719, SUMMARY GRANT APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE BY ESTABLISHING NEW TRUST 6 AGENCY FUND "HEAVY EQUIPMENT SERVICE FACILITY" IN THE AMOUNT OF $200,000. • Mayor Ferre: Alright, on Item 14, which is an Emergency Ordinance for the heavy equipment service... Mr. Grassie: Excuse tie, Mr. Mayor, just for your information there is a typographical error on your agenda. W. Plummer: We so note it, from 2 Mayor Ferre: I have already clarified that. Mr. Plummer:Don't worry about it, the difference we gave to the Goombay. Alright, with 14, is there... who wants Mr. Plummer: Move it. Mayor Ferre: Moved by Plummer Lacasa: Second. Mayor Ferre: Seconded by Lacasa, further discussion on an Emergency Ordinance, read the ordinance. Call the roll. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED - AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE NO. 8719, ADOPTED OCTOBER 26, 1977, THE SUMMARY GRANT APPRO- PRIATIONS ORDINANCE; BY INCREASING THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE TRUST AND AGENCY FUND ENTITLED: "HEAVY EQUIPMENT SERVICE FACILITY" IN THE AMOUNT OF $200,000 FROM THE REVOLVING FUND WITHIN THE GENERAL OBLIGATION CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS; CONTAINING A REPEALER AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND DISPENSING WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF READING OF SAME ON TWO SEPARATE DAYS BY A VOTE OF NOT LESS THAN FOUR - FIFTHS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. Was introduced by Vice -Mayor Plummer and seconded by Commissioner Lacasa for adoption as an emergency measure and dispensing with the requirement of reading same on two separate days, which was agreed to by the following vote AYES: Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. Whereupon the Commission on motion of Vice -Mayor Plummer and seconded by Commissioner Lacasa, adopted said Ordinance by the following vote; AYES: Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None, SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 8934 The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced that copies were available to the members of the City Commission and to the public. 97 gl. Mayor Ferre: Now, on Item 15 and has the Law Department had an opportunity to retype the Emergency Ordinance, 15? Mr Clerk? UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: Not, yet. Mayor Ferre: Not, yet. We will come back to 15. 45. AMEND 8716, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE BY APPROPRIATING FROM 1976 FIRE FIGHTING, FIRE PREVENTION & RESCUE FACILITIES BOND FUND $38,100 FOR PURCHASE IF FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT. Mayor Ferre: We are now then on Item 016 which is a first and seconding reading. Mrs. Gordon: Move. Mayor Ferre: Mrs. Gordon moves, is there... Mr. Plummer: Second i Mayor Ferre:Plummer seconds, further discussion, the City Manager recommends, read the ordinance. Alright, call the roll. Mr. Plummer: For the record Mr. Mayor, I think the objection contained in the backup material should be noted. It has been considered and still the award is agreed upon as the City Manager recommends. Mayor Ferre: Alright, call the roll. ORDINANCE ENTITLED - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE NO. 8616, ADOPTED OCTOBER 26, 1977, THE CITY'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE, AS AMENDED, BY APPROPRIATING FROM THE 1976 FIRE FIGHTING, FIRE PREVENTION AND RESCUE FACILITIES BOND FUND AN AMOUNT OF $38,100 TO FUND THE HOSE TOWERS, FIRE PREVENTION VEHICLES, FIRE PUMPS AND OTHER FIRE EQUIPMENT; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND DISPENSING WITH THE REQUIRE- MENT OF READING THE SAME ON TWO (2) SEPARATE DAYS BY A VOTE OF NOT LESS THAN FOUR -FIFTHS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. Was introduced by Commissioner Gordon and seconded by Vice -Mayor Plumper 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 Rose Gordon Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. Whereupon the Commission on motion of Commissioner Gordon and Vice -Mayor Plummer, adopted said ordinance by the following vote AYES: Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 8935 The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced that copies were available to the members of the City Commission and copies were available to the public. 98 a gl. MAY 2 2 1971 Mayor Ferre: Alright, as I understand it 17... why was 17 withdrawn Mr. Manager? Mr. Manager: The Budget Department has found ou dstbaot ist enotanecessary through internal transfers take care of their fiscal problem, Mr. Mayor. 46. AMFND 8719, SUMMARY GRANT APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE BY ESTABLISHING NEW TRUST & AGENCY FUND "CITY ARTS -NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS SERVICES (3RD YEAR)' AND APPROPRIATING $100,000. r-" wilyor Ferre: Alright, we are on Item #18, an Ordinance First and Second nd Reading Amending the Summary Grant Appropriations Ordinance, CTByin Arts aname: Neighborhood Arts Services, appropriating $100,000 for the op 4;0,000 from the NEA Grant and $50,000 from the City's Cash Match. Moved by Plummer,... hr.. Lacasa: Second. Mayor Ferre: ... second by Lacasa, further, discussion, read the ordi once • ? Alright, how do we get` this grant Joe? Is this something that we applied Grassier Yes, we have applied it and received it for two years now�`an2 this willbe the third time that we would be eligible for it. Mayor Ferre: Is that what we are using on all these neighborhoods with.. t areta Ross is functioning with? Mr. Grassie` Yes. Well,...End Desasso gives out deals with a lot of these grants. Mrs. G:,rdoa: Which number are you on now? Mayor Ferre: Alright, we are 18, NEA Grant. Ets. Gordon: :lay I ask a question, if I can. I want to ask you why 17 was withdrawn, I'm not, you know, against the withdrawal I just wonder why. Mayor Ferre: The Manager explained that and his explanation was that it can be done administratively. So they are doing it administratively rather than there is no need for the Commission we viteisndistributeda tIsnthat•right? same amount of money, it's just they Mr. Grassier That is correct, sir. Just as a footnotejustMayor y considered membean rs of the City Commission. The three items that youa Consent area Extension of Commissioner Plummer's initiative in adoptingo saoConn your business one r outonetitem yoWhat uare willseeng morerofis thistonpting your future agendas. routine items and y Mrs. Gordon: Ok, that's why you with draw it? Ok. Mayor Ferre: We are on Item 18 now and it's been moved and seconded, further discussion on Item 18? It's been read. UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: I read the Ve1di�hece Mr. funds,MtherS100,000 in the bodytitle of the package contained a draft. However, ordinance $50,000 are coming from theNational Endowment at for theAArts anda$50,0 and $50,000 for the fiscal year of 1979,Special sh match for Federal Grants. Mayor Ferre: Ok, well, you read the ordinance right? Call the roll. gi MAY 22 ¶ 7$ AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED- AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE NO, 8719 ADOPTED OCTOBER 26, 1977, THE SUMMARY GRANT APPROPRIA- TIONS ORDINANCE, AS AMENDED, BY ESTABLISHING A NEW TRUST AND AGENCY FUND ENTITLED; "CITY ARTS -NEIGHBOR- HOOD ARTS SERVICES (3RD YEAR)", AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF SAME IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000 CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND SEVE- RABILITY CLAUSE; AND DISPENSING WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF READING THE SAME ON TWO SEPARATE DAYS BY A VOTE OF NOT LESS THAN FOUR -FIFTHS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. Was introduced by Vice -Mayor Plummer and seconded by Commissioner Lacasa 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 Rose Gordon Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre Whereupon the, Commission on motion of Vice -Mayor Plummer and seconded by; Commissioner Lacasa, adopted said ordinance by the following vote - AYES: Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. SAID'ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 8936 The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record that copies were available to the members of the`Ci.ty Commission available to the public. ?. 3yor Ferre: With my congratulation for receiving another grant and announced and copies were 47. AMEND 8858 BY INCREASING APPROPRIATION FOR SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND ACCOUNTS - SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS BY $100,391 TO FUND DADE COUNTY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE PROGRAMS. Mayor Ferre: Item 19? Mrs. Gordon: 1119 I will move. Mayor Ferre: Mrs. Gordon moves Item 19, is there a second? Plummer: This is what we agreed upon? Mayor Ferre: Mr. Plummer seconds. Mr.:Grassie; That is correct Mr. Plummer:- Alright. Mayor FerreAlright, read the Plummer: ordinance on first reading. Have we got the deed to the property yet. V AY 2 2 We gl 100 Mr. Grassie: We have the deed to the property at Latin Riverfront Parki We have not completed the arrangements with the State Highway Department for their share, but we do not anticipate any difficulty, Mr. Plummer: Fine. Mayor Ferre: Read the ordinance. Call the roll. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 1 AND 6 OF ORDINANCE NO. 8858, ADOPTED SEPTEMBER 28, 1978, THE ANNUAL APPROPRIA- TIONS ORDINANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1979, AS AMENDED; BY INCREASING THE APPROPRIATION FOR SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND ACCOUNTS, SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS, IN AN AMOUNT OF $100,391; AND BY INCREASING ANTICIPATED REVENUES, SOURCES OTHER THAN AD VALOREM TAX, IN THE SAME AMOUNT; FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING DADE COUNTY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FISCAL YEAR; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERA- BILITY CLAUSE. Was introduced by Commissioner Gordon and seconded by Vice -Mayor Plummer and passed on its first reading by title by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and ' announced that copies were available to the members of the City Commission and to the public. 48. AMEND 8858 BY INCREASING APPROPRIATION FOR CITIZEN SERVICES DEPT. BY $102,541. Mayor Ferre: Mr. Plummer: Take up 20. Move it. Mayor Ferre: Moved by Plummer. Seconded hY Lacaaa, further discussion, read the ordinance. Mr. Lacasa: Call the roll Mr. Plummer: Mayor Ferre: Mr. Plummer: an amount of Now, that's not what is on my agenda. Wait, wait, wait. No, wait a minute now let's get it correct, that my agenda shows a hundred two thousand five forty-one. What's the correct figure? Mayor Ferre: The correct figure is as in the ordinance and see what it is, is the amount is $104,021 and then it's by... that's done by decreasing the appropriation by $24,021, ok? And number two, it increases the appropriations for Special Programs and Accounts contributing to debt service in an amount of $198,750 and increases the anticipated revenue sources other than ad valorem in an amount of $278,750. And I think Mr. Plummer's objection is very valid and that is that the full title... Mr. Homan, where are you? Bob? The full title is not reflected on the main sheet and I think it should because it's a lot more than just a hundred forty, it's hundred two thousand. Ok, call the roll. NAY 2 2 uln •101 gi AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 1,2, AND 6 OF ORDINANCE NO, 8858, ADOPTED SEPTEMBER 28, 1978, THE ANNUAL APPROPRI-. ATIONS ORDINANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1979, AS AMENDED, BY INCREASING THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE GENERAL FUND, CITIZEN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, IN AN AMOUNT OF $104,021; BY DECREASING THE APPROPRIATION FOR SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND ACCOUNTS, CONTRIBUTION TO ENTERPRISE FUNDS BY $24,021; AND BY DECREASING THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS, COMMUNITY CENTER, IN THE AMOUNT OF $104,021; BY DELETING THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND, UTILITY SERVICE TAXES (SECTION 2); INCREASING THE APPROPRIATION FOR SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND ACCOUNTS, CONTRIBUTION TO DEBT SERVICE IN AN AMOUNT OF $198,750; BY INCREASING ANTICI- PATED REVENUES, SOURCES OTHER THAN AD VALOREM TAX, IN AN AMOUNT OF $278,750; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. Was introduced by Vice -Mayor Plummer and seconded by Commissioner Lacasa and passed on its first reading by title by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner Armando Lacasa 'Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced that copies were available to the members of the City Commission and to the public. 49. AMEND 8858 BY INCREASING APPROPRIATION FOR DEPT. OF TOURISM PROMOTION BY $110,000. Mayor Ferre: The next one? Mr. Plummer: I move 2]. with pleasure. Mr. Lacasa: Second. .Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves, Lacasa seconds, read the ordinance. Call the roll. AN ORDINANCE'' ENTITLED - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 1 AND 6 ORDINANCE NO. 8858, ADOPTED SEPTEMBER 28, 1978, THE ANNUAL APPROPRIA- TIONS ORDINANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1979, AS AMENDED, BY INCREASING THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TOURIST PROMOTION, IN AN AMOUNT OF $110,000; INCREASING ANTICIPATED REVENUES, SOURCES OTHER THAN AD VALOREM TAX, BY THE SAME AMOUNT, FOR THE MIAMI-METRO PUB- LICITY AND TOURISM CONTRACT; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVI- SION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. Was introduced by Vice -Mayor Plummer and seconded by Commissioner Lacasa and passed on its first reading by title by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced that copies were available to the members of the City Commission and to the public, 50. ESTABLISH RENTAL RATES FOR USE OF MIAMI BASEBALL STADIUM. fayor Ferre: Alright, we are now on Item 022, establishing a... P iunnae r : Move it. Mayor Ferre: Alright, this;has been moved by M t..ev. Gibson.: Second. Mayor Ferre: Seconded by Piumt�,e r. : Mayor Ferre: .:Plummer, - Father Gibson, further discussion Now I got to ask a question." Oh, come on. Mr. Plume": It is, you can't va2Y. Ti•a.'s usury. Mr. Grass That' "usury.' s there a second? read the ordinance. charge two percent a month. That's 2 The Gasoline companies do The car companies do. Mr. P1urm=r But youare not a finance right or wr^rg? percent company , they are sacred cows. Am I Mr. Grassier You are wrong Commissioner,. (NOTUSING THE MIKE).;. Mr. Plummer_: Because finance companies come under a special provision of the legislature. Subject to it being legal I still move it, but I think its' i'legal. I don't think you can charge that kind of interest. (ACKGROUND COMMENT OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD) Mr. Plummer: What? (BACKGROUND•COMMENT OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD still usury. Mr. Plummer: I 's (BACKGROUND COMMENTS OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD) Mr. Plummer: I still say you are wrong. Ok, hey, if I'm wrong fine, I move, it, but I_still 'think that you have gotten... that it's too much Call' the roll.' t. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED - AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE CITY'S TAX UPON ADMISSIONS TO THE MIAMI BASEBALL STADIUM; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS HEREIN, FURTHER ESTABLISHING AND LEVYING A CITY TAX UPON EACH ADMISSION TO THE STADIUM OF 10% OF THE GROSS PRICE OF EACH ADMISSION TICKET SOLD BY THE SPONSOR OF THE STADIUM EVENT LESS ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCALLY IMPOSED TAX PAYABLE FROM SUCH ADMISSION PRICE; FURTHER ESTABLISHING THE SPONSOR'S MINIMUM PRICE FOR ADMISSION AS THE GROSS PRICE FOR ANY COMPLIMENTARY TICKET OR PASS; FURTHER REQUIRING EACH SPONSOR TO PROVIDE REASONABLE ACCESS TO RECORDS OF 103 TICKET SALES AND REQUIRING THE FINAL ACCOUNTING AND PAYMENT TO THE CITY OF ALL SUMS DUE HERE- UNDER AS SOON AFTER EACH EVENT AS REASONABLY POSSIBLE; FURTHER IMPOSING A PENALTY OF 2% PER MONTH ON ALL SUMS UNPAID AFTER DEMAND THEREFOR AND REQUIRING THAT THE HEREIN TAX AND ALL SUMS PAID TO THE CITY HEREUNDER BE DEPOSITED DAILY IN THE FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS OF THE STADIUM; FURTHER ESTABLISHING CERTAIN MINIMUM GUARANTEED RENTAL AMOUNTS FOR USE OF VARIOUS PARTS OF THE STADIUM IN INSTANCES WHERE EITHER NO ADMISSION CHARGE IS BEING ASSESSED FOR A PARTICULAR EVENT, OR THE ADMISSION TAX REALIZED BY THE CITY FOR A PARTICULAR EVENT IS LESS THAN THE MINIMUM GURANTEED RENTAL AMOUNT; FURTHER ESTABLISHING STADARDS FOR THE ISSUANCE OF COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS TO EVENTS; ALSO RESERVING UNTO THE CITY COMMISSION THE RIGHT TO LSTABLISH AND FIX SPECIAL CHARGES, TERMS AND CONDI- TIONS PERTAINING TO THE USE OF THE STADIUM; AND REQUIRING EVERY SPONSOR TO PAY THE CITY'S COST OF OPERATING THE STADIUM FOR THE PARTICULAR EVENT; FURTHER ESTABLISHING THAT THE NUMBER OF SECURITY AND CROWD CONTROL PERSONNEL USED AT EVENTS BE SUBJECT TO PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS AUTHORIZED DESIGNEE; FURTHER REQUIRING THE SPONSOR TO OBTAIN CERTAIN AMOUNTS OF PUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR BODILY INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE CITY BE INCLUDED AS A NAMED TNSURER IN SAID INSURANCE POLICY AND ALSO CONTAINING HOLD HARMLESS PROVISION; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES UP PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY PROVISION. Was introduced by Vice -Plummer and seconded by Commissioner Gibson '. and passed on its first reading by title by the following vote: AYES: Comissioner Rose Gordon �,i««issioner Armando Lacasa Cc'r'issioner (Rev.) Theodore R., Gibson Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. :Major Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced that copies were available to the members of the City Commission and to the public. 51. ESTABLISH PROCEDURES IN CONTRACTING FOR CEP.TAI21 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. Mayor Ferre: Alright, Father Gibson Item 23 was an Item that you had an interest along with all of us so, do you want to ask any questions that? M. Plummer: Which one? Mayor Ferre: 23. Rev. Gibson: 23. Mr. Mayor, I have read the ordinance and I'm not so sure that we have solved the problem. The only thing that this ordinance does for us is the ordinance.., if we do not want to let a professional Committee recommend to the Manager in the order of their priority, we then have to become the professional Committee. Isn't that right? gl. 104 Mayor Ferre: That's right. By law. Rev. Gibson: And all I'm saying, look, I do not wish to argue the point, but I want to put all this Commission on guard in the public. There is a inherent danger in this ordinance the way it is. There was an inherent danger before, but since I was the elected official and not the Manager and not the professional Committee, I think that if there were any goodies to be spread around I want to have the right to spread the goodies and not the professional Committee and not the Manager. Now, let me explain so that nobody goes away from here under any misapprehension. If you get a professional Committee it is just as easy for the professional Committee to influence... one or two to influence the others and that could be professionally correct to say I think this company ought to be #'1, this company ought to be #2,or,you need to keep in mind or and you need to keep in mind that when they bring that recommendation back to you the way this ordinance is written, you have no choice but to rubber stamp what the Committee has recommended. And that's exactly what you will be doing. Now, I want to put everybody on guard and I'm going to go with this ordinance because you know, you say this is the law. But the first time, the first time I get any feeling and the first time I smell the rat I'm going to be... I'm going to ask to be the professional Committee. Now, it seems to me that we should have had a... the law should not have excluded us. In other words, I would have felt far more comfortable if there were fifteen or fifteen establishments capable. The professional Committee say to us "here are three capable firms or companies" and let me worry about ranking them. You tell me I can't do that. I'll tell you this one day Tallahassee is going to learn that they don't have all the sense up there, that some of us locally have some sense too. And I am simply warning the Commission. I want you to know I'm afraid, I'm scared, ok. Mayor Ferre: Alright, any other statements on 23, if not, is there a motion? Mrs. Gordon:Just a question.. These selection Committee meetings: will, of course, be open meetings, taped meetings, minutes kept and so forth? Mayor Mrs. Gordon: discussion. es have to be. But we appoint the Coinmittees. I know that they are, I'm just' putting it out on the table for Mayor Ferre: :If you will look at Mrs. page I know it's in there. Mayor Ferre: ... Section 4, Subsection A you will see;"the` Commission shall appointti ` a: Certificaon Conittee consisting -of no less than three members all of ,whom shall:be professionals in the field of endeavor or practice involved" that's what we are doing. Rev. Gibson: Mr. Mayor, let me say this. Again, I'm not opposing it. I'm a Clergyman and you know they told me when I went to the seminary that the Holy Ghost presides, that means that you can... if you listen to the spirit you could do no wrong. I want to tell you all I'm sixty- rhifour earsf age, 1 have been in the ministry some thirty-six years, approaching thirty-seven, find out that the Holy Ghost doesn't always... no, let me put it this way, that I don't always listen to the Holy Ghost. Mrs. Gordon: You don't? Rev. Gibson: No, sometimes I want the Holy Ghost to listen to me and that's what I'm saying about that professional Committee. And I don't want you to think that they are going to always be impartial and professional, that's the thing I'm trying to bring out. Mr. Plummer: Is that the same thing Father as when Ferre calls dial -a -prayer -and gets a busy signal? Rev. Gibson; Yes. Mayor Ferre; Who moves this ordinance? Mr. Plummer: I` move itin compliance with the State law. Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves it, who seconds? Who seconds it? Who can second this motion so we can vote on it? Mr. Lacasa: Second. Mr. Plummer: I want it known MritMas`o�o �keousyin compliancemoving with the85tate` as advised by the City Attorney law. I don't like it. Mayor Ferre: Further discussion, read the ordinance on. Item 23, Alright, call the roll. ORDINANCE ENTITLED - AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES IN CONTRACTING - FOR CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES BY THE CITY; ESTABLISHING COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATIONS FOR FIRMS OR INDIVIDUALS PROVIDING SUCH PROFESSIONAL SERVICES; AND PROVIDING FOR THE INCORPORATION OF SAID PROCEDURES WITHIN THE CITY CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS 16-17 THEREOF; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. Was introduced by Vice -Mayor Plummer and seconded by. Commissioner Lacasa and passed on its first reading by title by the following vote ` AYES: Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson; Vice -Mayor J. 1. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. d The CityAcopywereread availableordinance theinto memberspublic therecord Commission announced that copies pies and to the public. • 52. AMEND 8858 BY APPROPRIATING $25,000 FROM THE REVOLVING FUND TO FUND COSTS !OR CITY HALL RENOVATIONS. Mayor Ferre: Alright, we are now on Item 24, first reading. Who moves that? The Manager recommends. Mrs. Gordon: I have some questions on that. Mayor Ferre: Alright, Mrs. Gordon. Mrs. Gordon: You know, I get awfully disgusted with some of the things that go on here in City Hall. And one of the things that indicates my disgust is this list of renovations and alterations which was furnished to me Nymbou one, your staff Mr. Grassie which is so full of errors that it's ludicrous. for instance reads on the second page of 3, $731.38, Commissioner Rose Gordon's Office louvered drapes and carpet 5744.46. These louvered drapes eenotcarpetsms were put in Commissioner Reboso's Office at the same date t a relating to his office were done. I called this to the attention of your staff, but your staff insisted that they are going to do what they damn please regardless of what's right, you know. What's right is immaterial to what they want to do. Another thing which is again ludicrous is the item on the first ae of three, thitem at anebottom item forof methe page and when this ed 8/31/77. This Commission moved gem again was charged t out of that office by your vote... Mayor Ferre: What office? gl. 106 *MAY 2 2:1979` Mrs. Gordon: Upstairs office, the one that you now are occupying or somebody else. or Ferret I'm occupying? T have been in the same office for six years. Mrs. Gordon: Ok..The staff upstairs has taken over whether it's the Manager or your own staff or whoever, I don't know because I haven't been upstairs in months and don't care to go. Mayor Ferre: Glad to hear that. At this time. (COMMENTS OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD) Mrs. Gordon: I just want to tell you... let me finish because I want to tell you that this item which is charged to me in my account, so to speak which I. would have enjoyed using at the time was,I was evicted from that office by your Rev. Come one Rose. Mrs. Gordon: It's true. What do you think?, because it's true. I was evicted from that office in November exactly two months thereafter and I refuse to. accept a charge to my account in ;that amount.` Then I refer you to... I love to *o;:ke you guys laugh. Mayor Ferre: You do that well.. Mrs. Gordon: I know. To the item which again, you know, they always say that you know, figures don't lie, but... No. (COMMENT'OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD) Mre. Cordon: Ok, on this third page of three where we are talking about your office:Commissioner Lacasa, you know, property maintenance for almost six thousand do11ats certainly bears a breakdown. What kind of property maintenance cost six thousand dollars and besides it did not include the carpet or the installation o a picture window or the air conditioning, so I want a breakdown and I would defer this' item until I have honest and complete and accurate information. Thank you So move to defer. P: :or Ferre: We have deferred this item several times and I want to say that I' going to vote against anymore deferral because all we are doing is playing .nes as usual around here. Pars. Gordon: Ok, I will vote against it, but I would stillrequire correct and... honest and correct information supplied to me onevery item that's on that list that was given to me. Mayor Ferre: Fine, you can vote with that stipulation that, it be verified in writing and if you want an accountant and somebody else to come in here and go step at a time, that's alright with me too. But there is a motion now that this item be deferred, is there a second? Mr. Alfonso: Mr. Mayor, may I be recognized? Mayor Ferre: In a moment Mr. Alfonso. to say something on this? Mx. Alfonso: Yes, sir. My name is Jack Alfonso, my office is on 3501 Southwest 8t! Street. I am a resident of the City of Miami and a citizen and I vote and 7' . a taxpayer. I am concerned the way this breakdown shows more than fifty-five t :Lsand dollars in remodeling in the City Manager's area. I think this is... they are not facing reality and I'm going to quote Mr. J. L. Plummer's phrase a few minutes ago "someone has understand budgetrestraint and this moment that everybody is trying to tighten their belt spend thirteen thousand dollars on a conference room, thirteen thousand dollars on the corridors, all the amount INAUDIBLE was fifty-five thousand dollars. . It's improper and it's outrageous and I complain about it and I resent it. Several times I said that in my humble opinion is immoral, I want the City to see a (INAUDIBLE) in the moment that we are paying almost a dollar. I said it's improper Is there a second? Alright, do you want 'PAY 2 2 1979 a gl 107 and I.am concerned because I have no plans to move from the City that my family stays here. Mra. Gordon: And I would congratulate you on your observance because in my opinion the figures that are put on this sheet are underestimated figures and not accurate figures, but figures that have been placed here for whatever reason$they seem to be conveniently placed here. I also call your attention to the two items relating to the Labor Relations Office. One, on 7/31/78 for four thousand dollars and one on 3/26/79 for five thousand six hundred forty- seven dollars for the same offices remodeling. I can't understand why there is such short range planning in the Administration's Departments that they apparently are remodeling and then within a very short time deciding that's not the right place, let's remodel again. And that's exactly what happened upstairs in the front office that I occupied for a short period of tineehand d which is now has twice been changed in a very short period of time. is a tremendous waste of money here in City Hall on things that do not meet the peoples eye. And I will tell you something, I'm getting a little bit fed up with that kind of thing. Mayor Ferre: So I have heard. Mr. Alfonso: Thank you, Gordon.- And furthermore to finish Mr. Mayor, no one is going to silence me because I care about this City. I voted for each and everyone of you except Mr. Lacasa. I voted for Rose, I hadhope in her when I voted for her. I helped Commissioner Gibson. I helped you MY. Mayor, you don believe it, I helped you too. Mayor Ferre: Of course, I believe Mr. Alfonso: And I helped Mr. Plummer, except Lacasa because he never has given, me the opportunity in which I will. But you have to face reality and this is going out of hand and at least I think this will be... INAUDIBLE.., tell you the truth, the way I see it, I hope that has accomplished something today. Mayor Ferre: Alright, thank you. Now, we are on Item #124, there was a motion to defer it and there was no second. Now, I will move this item myself for the record and in moving it state that this includes expenditures in the year 76, 77 78 and so far and 79. t Mrs. Gordon:What does? Mrs. Gordon: No but the $25,000 item doesn't. Mayor Ferre: ... is... let me finish Rose and then you can criticize a1. you want. I recognize the completed special jobs in City Hall in the memorandum for the year 76, 77, 78 and what we are now voting upon is the $25,000 for the year 79 as outlined in page 3 of page 3 of the memorandum date May 17th. And even though there is some questions as to the expenditures that have been risen here for the year 78 which we are not voting on and for the year 77 which we are not voting on, I think that the Commissioners involved are certainly entitled to further verification of the expenditures. And I completely agree that thirty-five hundred dollars for a glass door is a sizable amount of money, but that's something that we are not voting upon today and what we are voting upon as you pointed out is only the year 79. And I so move, this is a large City, if you compare the amount of money that we spend in renovations, it is minimal in comparison to Metro Dade County and the monies that they have to expend in proportion. Now, I'm not saying that we can't save more money, I am saying that some of these things are absolutely necessary. We operate here in some of the staff offices in tight quarters. We continually have meetings where there are not enough rooms to hold meetings in and the City business requires an office, when I don't think that for a hundred million dollar budget City that the amount of monies that have been expended as I see them and I'm not saying that they are accurate, of four thousand in the year 76, sixty-one thousand in the year 77, seventy-three thousand in the year 78 and twenty-five thousand so far this year is exorbitant amount of money. Mrs. Gordon: May I call your attention to the fact, Mr. Mayor that each us... Mayor Ferre: Alright, there is a motion on the floor, Mr. Plummer: Seconded by Gordon. Mayor Ferre: Obviously,.., and there may not be a second Mrs. Gordon. Mr. Plummer: Is there a second. Mr. Lacasa I second the Mrs. Gordon: Ok. Mr. Plummer: Under discussion. Mrs. Gordon: Under discussion. facts, ok, that's not criticism. Mr. Plummer: No, no, the Mayor said you that's... Mrs. Gordon: Yes, but the facts are not to be critical, the facts are to point out the truth and the truth is tha• each of us as Commissioners have within our budget a sum of $25,00 for office maintenance, replacement equipm ent wise and otherwise. Now, I fail tounderstand why ymit needs to be again itemized into the $25,000 because I don't already in the budget: with the exception of Lacasa has used his $ + Mr. Lacasa: Well, I wasn't going to start... Mr. Plummer: Your name for the record? (BACKGROUND COMMENTS OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD) ' going to start picking on this because I think that it Mr. Lacasa. I wasn t g g is very immature and petty, but I am compelled to make a couple of remarks now. April 30th when this item first came for discussionoCommissionerwasGordon picked on my so-called quote on quote "picture Is that including windex? Mayor Ferre: Mr. Plummer: Mr. Lacasa:. Excuse me :criticism by,Rose. Yes, not criticism by attention drawn to the That's a bay window. Picture window. for. criticism, Mr. Plummer: No, bay window. know, a little Mr. Lacasa: Bay window and I was, youle bit appalled by it and I felt quite relieved seeing then when I got this information from the wi window costed fourteen hundred er, that in 1979 with inflation and all, my dollars why Commissioner Gordon ordered in 1977 a window that costed thirty-four hundred dollars. Mrs. Gordon: I didn't order the window Mr. Lacasa. Mr. Lacasa: So quite frankly... to your recollection who... Mr. Plummer: Who is Mr. Green? Mayor Ferre: Mr. Lacasa: Who did order that... Mrs. Gordon: Rose Gordon never order the window, Rose Gordon tried to cancel that order. e. Grimm: My membory about specifically who I may have talked to in 1977 regarding the window that's now in .the office occupied by Mr. Boman is may be ue, but I can assure you that whoever ordered that window at that a va 8 well,: it is my under. Mr. Grimm, according 109 1 time ocuppied that office I didn't do it. (BACKGROUND COMMENTS OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD) Mr, Lacasa: The' thing here is this, now being serious about this. I want to clarify this question of my officer When I was appointed back in January the office that I was supposedto get was ,the Office that Commissioner eboSQ►oWeVer used to have upstairs and which did not require any type the office was.remodeled. .. Mrs. Gordon: By who's... the Commissioner. Mr. Lacasa: ....for whatever the reason, h don't question that Mrs. Gordon I don't question that because I feel that if it was done and actually they have made two offices out of one and I feel that, that's functional up there. So I haveabsolutely no problems with that remodeling. The problems was that I was without an office and I was accommodated down here in an office that did not have air conditioning (BACKGROUND.COMMENT OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD) Mr. Lacasa: I think that, that's part of it. So this job was done and it was done because I: needed an office Rose, I really needed an office. (BACKGROUND COMMENT OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD). Mayor Ferre: Mrs. Gordon makes a motion get on, come on... Mr. Plummer: Is anybody going to talk about the Country Club of the Manager upstairs? Mayor Ferre: We can spend all day playing with this one. Now, let's move along, we all want to' go. Mrs. Gordon: No, it's... Yes, it's necessary to clear the records on the issue Mr. Lacasa, with regard to your so called cheap priced window that all of the costs relating to it were not put into the fourteen hundred dollars, but that most of it is into fifty-eight hundred dollars and that's what I'm saying that is an unrealistic report that was given to us. Ok? Next with. regard to the window upstairs, I didn't order it. When I heard it was ordered, I asked Mr. Grimm to cancel it. He says "I can't cancel it". And therefore it went in period. (BACKGROUND COMMENT OFF THE PUBLIC) Mr. Plummer: Anybody else want to talk about` the.. Father you will lead us in prayer.: Call the roll. Mayor Ferre: Call the that,that's not so. Alright, let's Rev. Gibson: Nobody would even listen right now. Mayor Ferre: Is this one, of these cases when we are`tellin� rather the other way around? Rev..., Gibson: That's right,.we are telling the Holy. Ghost', minute','I'm not ready for you". Mayor Ferre:` Alright, call the roll. You ought to hear the next Was introduc passed on its first reading by title by the following ed by Mayoryerl AYES: Rev. Gibson. Mr. Lacasa, Vice -Mayor Plummer and 14ayor Ferre. NOES : Mrs. Gordon. itBSENT: ABSTAINING: None. tynteectioor--- . -3. RATIFY ACTION OF CITY rANAGER IN ACCEPTING GRANT AWARD OF $1,629 FROM FLORIDDEPT. OF HEALTH & REHABILITATIVE SERVICES !OR 10.7.(AEATION PROGRAMS FOR THE MENTALLY RETARDED. Mayor Ferre: Mr. Plummer: Mrs. Gor60n: Mayor Ferte: Mrs. Gordon: Mayor Terre: the Manager of Health & The Manager to a Rehab s Nov, we are Item #25... How come Rose didn't get I did vote. She voted I voted Alright, we ccept the ervice recommends. Rev. Gibson: Move. to vote? are on Item #25 which is grant award for $119629 for recreation Program AltORDINANCEENTITLED- •, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 3 AND 6 OF ORDINANCE NO. 8858, ADOPTED SEPTEMBER 28, 1978, THE ANNUAL APPROPRIA- TIONS ORDINANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1979, AS AMENDED; BY APPROPRIATING AN AMOUNT OF $25,000 FROM THE REVOLVING FUND IN THE GENERAL OBLIGATION CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS; AND BY INCREASING THE APPROPRIATION FOR INTRAGOVERNMENTAL SERVICE FUNDS, PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, IN THE SAME AMOUNT; TO FUND MATERIAL AND LABOR COSTS FOR CONTINUING CITY HALL RENOVATIONS; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. • e and seconded by Commissioner Lacasa and, • ratifying the action of from the Florida Department for the mentally retarted. Moved by Gibson, seconded by Lacasa, further discussion, call who moved The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gibson, its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 79-372 A RESOLUTION RATIFYING THE ACTIONS TAXEN BY THE _ CITY MANAGER IN ACCEPTING A GRANT AWARD FROM, THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES FOR RECREATION PROGRAMS FOR THE MENTALLY RETARDED AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY ADDITIONAL CONTRACT(S) AND/OR AGREE- HENT(S) TO FURTHER IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM, AUTHOR' ZING A NECESSARY OUTLAY OF REIMBURSABLE FUNDS NOT TO EXCEED $11,629.00 FROM BUDGETED FUNDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LEISURE SERVICES. (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 an d adopted by the following vote: 111 .IA AI 2 2 1STI MN gl AYES: NOES: None. Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre ,a...�:.1.y•..: ECREATION 54. AMEND 8858 BY APPROPRIATING $11,629TO0 ,tnANTICIPATEDPROGRAMS FUPIDS THE MENTALLY RETARDED (3RD YEAR)"� RECEIVED FROM FLORIDA DEPT. OF HEALTH AND REPABILITATIVE SERVICES. r, .. . ;• . , Mayor Ferte: Father Gibson moves 26. Rev. Gibson: Yes. Mayor Ferre: Lacasa seconds it, read the ordinance. Alright, it' moved and seeonded, further discussion, call the roll. A ORDINANCE ENTITLED - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE NO. 8719 ADOPTED OCTOBER 26, 1977, THE SUMMARY GRANT APPROPRATIONS ORDINANCE, AS AMENDED, BY ESTABLISHING A NEW TRUST AND AGENCY FUND ENTITLED: "RECREATION PROGRAMS FOR THE MEN- TALLY RETARDED (3RD YEAR)", AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF SAME IN THE AMOUNT OF $11,629; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. Was introduced by Commissioner Gibson and seconded by CommissionerLacasa and passed on its first reacting by title by the following vote: PEES: Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. to the ic and The City Acopiesyweredthe availablentoce thenmemberspofltherecord CityCommission announced that p and to the public. OM U. S. DEPT. 55. OFHEALTH, EDUCATION I&ETO CITY MANAGER WELFARE $40,500FORCEPT PSTAFFTRAINING FOR ADAPTED RECREATION (STAR). Mayor Ferre: Mrs. Gordon moves 27, Father Gibson seconds. STAR? Marie, don't we know anybody by that name? STAR? This is STAR who is called Staff Training for Adapted Recreation. Ok, call the roll on STAR. The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner GQZdon1 who moved its adoption: Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson adopted by the following vote: NOES: None. RESOLUTION NO, 79-373 A GRANT AUROMTHEZING THE CITY MANAGER TO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, COEDUCATION PT A GRANT AWARD FROM AND WELFARE, FOR STAFF TRAINING FOR ADAPTED RECREATION (2ND YEAR) AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING O TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARYCONTRACT(S)AND/OR AGREEMENT(S) IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk). the resolution was passed and Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre 56. AMEND 8719, SUMMARY GRANT APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE BY ESTABLISHING NEW TRUST AND AGENCY FUND "STAFF TRAINING FOR ADAPTED RECREATIOV (2ND YEAR)" AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS THERETO. Mayor Ferre: Item 28, first reading. Rev. Gibson: Move. Mayor Ferre: Father Gibson moves. Mr. Lacasa: Second. Mayor Ferre: Seconded by Lacasa, further discussion, read the Alright, call the roll. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF 0RDINANCE NO.8719, 8719RIANS ADOPTED OCTOBER 26, 1977, THE SUMMARY GRANT FUNDORDINANCE, BY ESTABLISHING A STRUSTAPTED AND NRECRAGENCYEATION FUND ENTITLED: "STAFF TRAINING FOR AD YEAR)" IN THE AMOUNT OF $66,735; AND APPROPRIATING THERETO A GRANT AWARD OF $40,500 WITH TCASH A REPAEALER PROVISION FOR THE OPERATION OF SAME; CONTAINING AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. Was introduced by Commissioner Gibson and seconded gyvo Commissioner Lacasa and passed on its first reading by title by theAYES: Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummier, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced the copies were available to the members of the City Commission and to the public. gl 57. DEFER APPOINTMENT OF FIVE MEMBERS TO THE MIAMI HEALTH FACILITIES AUTHORITY. Mayor Ferre: Alright, we are now on Item 32 which is the,.. Mr. Plummer: 31. Mayor Ferre: I'm sorry, 31 appointing five residents to the City of Miami to serve on the Miami Health Facilities Authority Board. Now, I got a letter from Mr. Verdeja and I answered it and sent all of you copies and basically what I said in that was that I thought that we should... Rose, you better.,. I know you are going to be interested in this and I'm not going to repeat this. So I would appreciate if you would get off the phone and listen. We are on Item 31. And this has to do with the Florida Health Facilities Authority and I know you are interested in it. Now, I made a commitment to Mr. Verdeja that we would get their recommendations... Mrs. Gordon: There are here in the stack of things we've got. Mayor Ferre: ... and the recommendations came on a April 12th letter. Now, there is a further memorandum based on those recommendations that I wish to read into the record from Donald Rosenburg who represents Cedars, Victoria and Mercy Hospitals. And on behalf of these hospitals he wanted you to know that since the Health Systems Agency has been given the right to review any proposal as per Commission Item #30 on today's agenda, they believe that the five member board should be all independent parties. In other words, they should not be members of the Board or members of Committees of the Health System Agency. They want it to be a truly independent operation. Mr. Rosenburg regrets not being able to be here this afternoon, but he has just arrived from out of town and couldn't cancel the previously made appointment. So I'm reading this into the record. Mrs. Gordon: Ok. I would like to point out the fact that some of these people have had Committee assignments in the past. However, there is not one person of those that you have who are presently board members. They do have experience, all of these people with the need for the delivery of quality care and the need for quality facilities. So any one of those persons would serve admirably and would have no conflict with making decisions that would be for the good of the hospitals involved. Mayor Ferre: Alright, there further recommendations are Mr. William Goldrich, just for the record, who is with Touche Ross and therefore as I understand it the Health Systems Agency has recommended four people and they are James L. Davis who I think is a well-known gentleman in this community, Maria Hernandez who is also well-known and Juan Jose Tarajano who... I'm afraid I don't know him, but I... Mr. Plummer: Mrs. Gordon: Mayor Ferre: Mr. Plummer: Those are additional ones. Goldrich is an additional... Goldrich is an additional. There is a longer list in the front. Mayor Ferre: Yes, yes, yes, but that doesn't come from the Health Systems Agency. The nominating Committee of the Health Systems Agency of South Florida submits the following names for consideration and they submit three. Then on the 20th there is another letter that said they added Bill Goldrich to that, ok. Mr. Plummer: Right. Mayor Ferre: Now, in the meantime I just want to point out that Donald Rosenburg recommendations are Carlos Garcia, CPA and you have the rest of them. Arthur Patton, Alva chapman, Mrs. Douglass Erickson, Irwin Corrack,__ Ernest Hewett, Dr. Charles Beber, J. Kislak, David Stuessen, Sloan McCrea, Alvin Cassel, David Doheny, Martin Fine, Charles Gottlieb and Morris Bloug, M.D. So gi 114 TM**WI. So, what is the will of the Commission? Mrs. Gordon; I,would like to make a statement,%, excuse met Father, I just want to say that any person thates on any of these lists are of outstanding quality and certainly could not be faulted if they were appointed, I'm certain that the agency would have no problem with them, Rev. Gibson: Mr. Chairman? Mayor. Ferre: Alright, yes,, Father Gibson? Rev. Gibson: I am going to bring to the attention of this Committee Idon want... this Commission, I don't want you appointing these Commissions and Authorities now and don't put some Black people on them. Mayor Ferre: There is no Black that I can see. af.. Gibson: None at all. I want to make sure everybody understands that. We ain't going to live through that no more, just that simple. So if it means we must postpone until you get some there just like they fine those qualified... Mayor Ferre: It seems to me that this is such an... it seems to me that this is sucn;an important issue that we should postpone it and instruct the Manager number one, to send Mr. Rosenburg's list to the Mental... I mean, to the eHealth ^,vste.ir ,,A;7P.,cy. And furthermore, we would like the names of... there arer..oueh H4..nanics and not enough Blacks. There are three Hispanics, no Blacks and two women. So I really think that three Hispanics, two women and no Blacks is certainly not acceptable. Mrs. Gord...t I would suggest that we proceed to try to get someone by.. 1u we can do it on Thursday. "1 yor` Ferre: Mr. Gra::sie : .aG j 0►: -L E 1 : �.. . Alright, Mr. Manager would you..., We will get some further nominations for you Mr. Mayor. may That means You got tomorrow to work, on it. Mrs. Gordon., Well, I. don't see that .there ti`is any great big problem because yo.1 can m_ke a couple of phone calls. - Mryor Ferre: That's right. We need to have ,d sons more Latins, ok. Grassier Yes, ies, by Thursday.: sir, some more Blacks, some more. women Mayor Ferre: Alright, we are now on Item... so that is postponed until Thursday. Mrs. Gordon moves, Father Gibson seconds, call the roll. THEREUPON THE FOREGOING MOTION TO DEFER ITEM NO. 31 to the next Commission Meeting was introduced by Commissioner Gordon and seconded by Commissioner Gibson and was passed and adopted by unanimous vote. FURTHER DISCUSSION: Mr. Plummer: What's that on? Mayor Ferre: Postponement of 31 until Thursday until we get more names: Mr. Plummer: Fine. M3yr;r Ferre: And if you have any recommendations please call the Manager an :emit them, but make sure please, that the Health Systems Agency has the ,,.pertunity to go over the names. Rev. Gibson: Right. 58. AUTHORIZE AGREEMENT ROBERT L. SIMMONS & DYNACOM CORP. FOR CITY OF MIAMI CONVENTION AND VISITORS' GUIDE. Mayor Ferre: Alright, now we are on Item 32 which authorizes the Manager to execute an agreement with Robert Simmons and Dynacom Corporation for the production of a City of Miami Convention and Visitors' Guide, Alright, the Manager recommends, is there a motion? Rev. Gibson: Mr. Mayor, I'm going to move this simply because I feel very strongly: that Miami ought ito have something of it's own that's first class and first rate. Now, I just don't think we have to go along with other'people just to be: going' along. I think we ought to have some that we call ours. Mayor Forte: Mr. Plummer: to vote for "First of all Rev. Gibson:. :Well, Father let me interject into the record, I will be glad this, but it must be subject to these questions being answered. ,how long has this company been in"business? Iwant to know that Mr. Plummer:, .t V. Gibson: Mr. Plummer: Revv. Cibson:: es, well, that's alright. ow many other guides have they published? Beautiful, alright. Who are the principals of the company? Fine. .•.r. Plwaut.I: I want to know themethods o Is it a prccs.re situation or not? Rev. 'Gibson: Fine. want to know that. selling. Do they sell over a phone? Mr. Plummer: I want to know in the contract the publisher agrees to pay 10% of gross sales of the guide, ok, that's gross. Nothing is deducted from that, from the gross sales. They are going to be using a letter from the City on City Stationary to tell people that they are selling for the City and I would want this Commission to see a copy of that letter before it goes out. Mayor Ferre: Well, J. L., I agree with all of that, but I think that what Father is saying and I agree with him too, is that you know, you are going to get ten thousand copies that are going to be sent to the travel agents and the tourist and what have you and I think that frankly, for ten thousand dollars that's not a bad deal. Mr. Plummer: No, it is no dollars. Mayor Ferre: What? Mr. Plummer: It's -not costing: us dollars. Rev. Gibson: It doesn't cost us... Mr Plummer: That's the problem. Ferre; Oh, I see. They"are paying for the whole thing? I also want to know, that this is an only Mayor Mr.:Plummer; Ok. That's right. the City of Miami guide, ok, Rev. Gibson: Yes. Mayor Ferre: Yes,. Rev. Gibson: Well, that's why I said I want something of our own,; ;WO 2 gi 116 Mayor Terre: Well, if it's not costing us anything what's the big deal? Mr. Plummer: Alright, ism also concerned,.. Rev. Gibson: No, but he is concerned that they don't that's what he is saying. Mayor Terre: In our name? Rev. Gibson: Yes. Mayor Terre: Ok. see... Mr. Plummer: Ok, I'm also concerned as part of this contract it .sys that this thing is in effect through December of September98when t fh1y7in effect are delivering. all... by this contract all copies on Mr. Grassier Yes, that's two years. Mr. Plummer: Well, but are they going to publish another one. Mr. Grassier Yes. Mr. Plummer: It doesn't say that A�d there isn here. tnothingdoesn't insay thisthat contracthere, talking there will be a second addition a:kin't" about that. And if there is a second guide, do the first 'rules apply? don't s know these answers and theshowed me are e undergnothat I must have rmal circumstancesnsbutsthese">are a beautiful book that you the questions I want answers to. Rev. Gibson: Do you want to wait until Thursday? Mr. Grassier .1. L., what was the third question? Mr. Plummer: Igot them Rev. Gibson: Do you want Mr. Plummer: No, Father... Well, it's subject to these Rev. Gibson: Alright, my motion carrys with the subject to those questions that MrPlummer raised. Mr. Plummer: And I willsecond the motion. 1' all in favor`of it. I just want to make sure that it's all good for the City. Mr. Jaffer: I would like to say for the record, I this has been really completed yet. questions being answered. premature none of Mr. Plummer: You know, my tracks are not looked at until something goes wrong. When everything is going right and everybody is making plenty of money you never pick up a contract. Mayor Terre: Alright Rev. Gibson: Yes, I made Mr. Plummer: Yes, Father made it Mayor Ferre: 32, I'm sorry, The following resolution was introduced its adoption: and I seconded. 32 Mr. Mayor. Further discussion, call the roll. RESOLUTION NO. 79-374 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ESE AN AGREEMENT WITH ROBERT L. SIMMONS AND DYNACOM CORPORATION FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A CITY OF MIAMI CONVENTION AND VISITORS GUIDE, (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk) . '1l7 Upon being seconded by Vice -Mayor Hummer? the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote; NOES; None. • • • Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner (Rev,) Theodore Re Gibson Vice -Mayor J. L, Plummer, Jr, Mayor Maurice A. yerre 59. APPOINT EIGHT MEMBERS TO THE CITY OF M4IAMI COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN. Mayor Ferre: On 33, is there a motion? Mrs. Gordon: Move. Mr. Plummer:As proffered? Did you move Rose? I second. Mayor Ferre: Further discussion? This list I assume Mr. Manager the "Committee itself? Mrs. Gordon: Yes, it did, as far as I know. Grassie: That is correct Mr. Mayor. Mr. Mayor;Ferre: Now, and that Committee is self-perpetuating that recommend their own,members. Mr. Grassie: Well, gal understand the history of the Committee this took place before I was here. They establish themselves and then sort recognition from the City Commission and because of that they have a history of self -perpetuation. Mayor Ferre: Ok, further discussion, call the roll. Mr. Plummer: 'What happen to your nominee of George Depontis? Mayor Ferrel I don't remember. Did I nominate George Depontis? I thought George Depontis was on, wasn't he? Isn't George Depontis on? Ms. Diana Campoamor: Hello, I''m Diana Campoamor, I'm with the Commission. The original resolution that we made it also included another woman who is not included on this resolution, her name is Francina Culmer and I would like to add her name to this. Mrs. Gordon: I move to include her into the group. Francina Culmer? Ms. Diana Campoamor: Francine Culmer. Mr. Plummer: Well, I agree, but I would like to know more. Mayor Ferre: Diana let me ask you how many members of the Committee do you have now? What's the total membership? Ms. Diana Campoamor: Twenty. Mayor Ferre: Will this bring it up Ms. Diana Campoamor: This will br• ing to what? it up to twenty. Mayor.Fevre:. Oh,,I see, ok. And I assume that, of Blacks and Latins and all that? that has a fair distribution Ms. Diana Campoamor: Yes Mrs. Gordon: It has a very well balanced.,, Ms. Diana Campoamor: Yes. it's a very pluralistic both racial and ethnical in terms of age and in terms of expertise and background. That's one of the criteria that we utilize in selecting people for you to appoint. Rev. Gibson: Are you telling me that Francine Culmer ought to be in this number? Mayor Terre: Yes she... Ms. Diana Campoamor: Yes I am, rev. Gibson: That would be one M,. Diana Campoamor:`What? Rev. Gibson: she is a bright young Black woman two, three, four... One, two, three, four, and that will be five. Ms. Diana, Campoamor:,No, you have before you Culmer you would have eight. Mayor Ferre: Yes. Rev. Gibson: My sheet has... Mayor Terre:I ev. Gibson: 0 Mayo: Ferre: Rev. Gibson: t's.eight now. h, yes. h, I' m sorry.; seven names Alright,; that satisfys me. There was twelve and this brings` Francina Culme Alright addina':Franci.na up to twenty. vs. r•iens Campoamor• Yes,, because we had some vacancies, Mayor Ferre: Ok. Further discussion, call the roll. The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gordon, tsadoption: o. RESOLUTION NO. 79-375 A RESOLUTION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS TO THE CITY OF MIAMI COAMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN. (Here thefollows 0ffice ofy odythe Cityresolution, Clerk).omitted who moved here and an file Upon, being seconded by Vice -Mayor Plummer, the resolution was adopted by the following vote: AYES: :TOES None. passed and Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Terre liP: 2 127a iiiIUI T 111ii� 60. APPOINT COMMISSIONERS ROSE GORDON AND (REV.) THEODORE GIBSON TO SERVE AS THE CITY'S REPRESENTATIVE AND ALTERNATE TO THE DADE LEAGUE OF CITIES BOARD. Mayor Ferre: Alright, we are now on Item #34. Mr. Plummer: I nominate Rose Gordon and Father Gibson as the alternate. Mayor Ferre: Alright, there is a motion, is there a second? Mr. Lacasa: Second. Mayor Ferre: Are you sure? Call the roll. The followingresolution was introduced by Vice -Mayor Plummer, who moved its adoption:: RESOLUTION NO. 79-376 'A:RESOLUTION APPOINTING AND DESIGNATING THE CITY'S REPRESENTATIVE TO SERVE ON THE BOARD. OF DIRECTORS OF THE DADE COUNTY LEAGUE OF CITIES, INC. FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR FROM JUNE, 1979 TO JUNE, 1980 AND ALSO APPOINTING AND DESIGNATING AN ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE TO ATTEND THE AFORESAID BOARD MEETINGS WHEN THE'SAID REPRESENTATIVE IS UNABLE TO ATTEND THE SAME. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here in the Office of the City Clerk). Upon being seconded by Commissioner Lacasa, the resolution was passed and adopted bythe',following vote: Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre AYES: NOES: ` None. Mayor Ferre: Mr. Grassie: Mr. Plummer: We are now on Item 48. That has been withdrawn Mr. Mayor. 48 and 49 has been withdrawn. Mayor Ferre: What? Mr. Grassie: That has been withdrawn. Mayor Ferre: 49? and Gibson on file Mr. 'Plummer: Withdrawn. Mayor Ferre: Is there anything else... Oht we have Item 15, We have.., Mrs. Gordon: One thing, Mr. Grassie I am asking you as the Manager now officially on the record to have the Property Maintenance Department furnish me with the breakdown of these items that are so listed on this sheet in a lump sum. (BACKGROUND COMMENT OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD) MAY22WO gl 120 Mrs. Gordon: The sheet relating to Item #24 to be more specific so that you may know what I's talking about. Mayor Ferre: Ok,.•• Mrs. Gordon: Ok, do I have your agreement on that Mr. Grassie Mayor Terre: Mr. Grassie? Mt. Plummer: Rose? Mr. Grassie: Certainly we will provi in our records. e you any record that we have that Mrs. Gordon: If you are able to evaluate an item with a six centitem on it, I am positive that you must have complete records to furnish me that would bring about that answer. Mayor Ferre: I agree with that. Mrs. Gordon: Ok? y 61. AMEND SECTION 1 OF ORD. 8919 BY DELETING EXEMPTION FF.0:1 INSTALLATION OF BULLET -RESISTANT PLATE OR PARTITION IN TAXICABS. Mayor Ferre: Now, we are Item 15, Amending Section 1 of Ordinance No. 8919, adopted April 19, 1979 entitled... Father Gibson moves, Rose Gordon seconds and it read as follows...(THE MAYOR READ THE ORDINANCE INTO THE RECORD). Further discussion, call the roll on the ordinance. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED - AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE NO. 8919, ADOPTED APRIL 19, 1979, ENTITLED: " AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 56-30 OF THE CODE OF THE CITYA RI MI,TLODA, AS AMENDED, BY REQUIRING INSTALLATION OF A BULLET -RESISTANT PLATE OR PARTITION ISOLATING THE DRIVER FROM THE REAR SEAT PASSENGER AREA IN ALL TAXICABS WHICH OPERATE UNDER A CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY THE CITY; FURTHER SPECIFYING THE DETAILS CONCERNING CONSTRUCTION OF THE PARTITION OR PLATE; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE." BY DELETING FROM SAID SECTION 1 THE PROVISIONS THEREOF THAT PROPOSED AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 56-30 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, WHICH PROVIDED FOR AN EXERTION FROM THE BULLET -RESISTANT PLATE OR PARTITION INSTALLATION REQUIREMENT; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Was introduced by Commissioner Gibson and seconded Commissioner Gordon, for adoption as an emergency measure and dispensingwith the requirement of reading same on two separate days, which was agreed to by the following vote: AYES: Mrs. Gordon, Rev. Gibson, Mr. Lacasa and Mayor Ferre. NOES: Vice -Mayor Plummer. ABSENT: None. ABSTAINING: None. al Whereupon the Commission on motion of Commissioner Gibson and seconded by Commissioner Gordon, adopted said Ordinance by the following vote: AYES: Mrs. Gordon, Rev. Gibson, Mr. Lacasa and Mayor Ferre. NOES: Vice -Mayor Plummer. ABSENT: None. ABSTAINING: None. SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 8937 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 ROLL CALL: Mr. Plummer: Predicated upon the report of the Police Department that the things are ineffective and not allowing the independent owners, I will vote "no". 62. CONFIRMING RESOLUTION1 - APPOINT P. W. ANDREWS AS CHAIRPERSON OF THE CITY OF MIAMI/UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI JAMES L. KNIGHT INTER- NATIONAL CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE. Mayor Ferre: Now, a resolution appointing Paul W. Andrews as Chairperson of the City of Miami/University of Miami James L. Knight International Center Advisory Committee. Moved by Plummer, seconded by... Mrs. Gordon: Second. Mayor Ferre:. Mr. Jaffer: ... Rose, -.further discussion this the man Mr. Plummer: No Mayor Ferre: Why? call the roll. who used to be the CityAttorne; Are you voting against Paul Andrews? • Mr. Plummer: No, ,.`.I. was answering the new: City. Manager. (BACKGROUND COMMENTS; OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD) The. following resolution was; introduced: by Vice-MayorPlummer, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 79-377 A RESOLUTION APPOINTING P. W. ANDREWS AS CHAIRPERSON OF THE CITY OF MIAMI/UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI JAMES L. KNIGHT INTERNATIONAL CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk). Upon b.ing,seconded by Commissioner Gordon, the resolution was passed adopted by e following vote: AYES: NOES: gl None. Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre and Gibson ' '-t5 -P4 .,1 1.4 •`=-,�4"e�' •.k. :.ei s :.1 K�.i f° �. � ;� � r.s3y.Y7[. n *' : . 63. CONFIRMING F MIIAMI/UtIVERN - SITYIOF MMI JA)ESCODINA L. KNIGHT TES F NATIONAL CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 4L • Mayor Ferre: Alright, now we have the resolution appointing Armando Codina... Mr. Lacasa: Move. Moved by Commissioner Lacasa, is there a second? Second. Mayor Ferre: Rev. Gibson: Mdyor Ferre: Seconded by Theodore Gibson, further discussion,... Mrs. Gordon: Mayor Ferre: Univers tY of Mrs. Mayor Ferre: Whatwas that resolution? Appointing Armando Codina as a:member of the City of Miami/ Miami 'James L. Knight International Center Advisory Committee. Oh, ok, fine. Alright, Further discussion The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Lacasa, its adoptions RESOLUTION NO. 79-378 A RESOLUTION APPOINTING ARMANDO CODINA AS A MEMBER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI/UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI JAMFS L. KNIGHT INTERNATIONAL CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO FILL THE UNEXPIRED TERM Or CARLOS ARBOLEYA AND TO SERVE UNTIL .ANUARY 17, 1980. (Here follows body•of resolution, omitted here an in the Office of the City Clerk). Upon being Seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the adopted by the following vote: AYES: NOES: None. Commissioner Rose Gordon' Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre o moved. 64. CONFIRNG MEETING OF �ELH10N - 14, 1979RT0 TARELE THE REGULKR PLACE ON JUKE 4ITY 1979�ISS202� • Mayor Ferre: A resolution rescheduling the Regular City Commission Meeting of June 14th to June 4th. Rev. Gibson: love. Mayor Ferre: loved by Father Gibson,. UN '2 2 On sl Mrs. Gordon: Second. Mayor Ferre: ... seconded by Rose Gordon, further discussion, call the roll. The following resolution was introduced'by Commissioner Gibson, who moved its adoption:` RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION RESCHEDULING THE REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF JUNE 14, 1979, TO TAKE PLACE ON JUNE 4, 1979 AT 10:00 A.M. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk). Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gordon adopted by the following vote: NOES: None. the resolution was passed' and Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre 65. CONFIRMING RESOLUTION - INSTRUCT CITY ATTORNEY TO PROCEED WITH LEGAL PROCEEi�GS TO RTAIN CITY OF USTRY WITHIN THE CITYMOFMI MIAPIIHORITY TO FLORIDA.REGULATE THE TAXICAB Mayor Ferre: A resolution instructing the with legal proceedings requesting that the authority to regulate the Taxicab Industry by... r.ev. Mayor Rev.: City Attorney to proceed immediately City of Miami retain it's within the City of Miami. Moved Gibson: Moved. Ferre: ....Gibson, seconded by Plummer as I recall. Gibson: Mr. Mayor, I want to make... Mayor Ferre: No, no -by Lacasa. Rev. Gibson: Mr. Mayor, I want to make sure that ,this wording isn't le a misunderstood.` Isaid ant"'legal mistakenthat identt tysiniwhat Iumtsaying. I want to come;,' Ldon_t w you to enter a suit in the name of the City of Miami, effective immediately„ no Goombay Festival? Mayor Ferre: Rev.Gibson: In other, words, You doggone righ Mayor Ferre: :'Alright, further discussion, call the roll. 1118 2.2 ISM The following resolution Man Introduced by Commissioner.Cibson, vho roved its adoption; RESOLUTION I1Q 79^380 A RESOLUTION INSTRUCTING THE CITY TO ES ING TO PTHATROCEED Tim IMMEDIATELY WITH LEGAL PROCEEDINGSE CITY OF MIAMI RETAIN ITS AUTHORITY CIROF TO REGULATAMI,ORIH TAXICAB INDUSTRY WITHIN DA. (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 lose Gordon Commissioner Armando Lacasa Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice -Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Terre Mayor Terre Is there anything else to come up before this Commission Meeting? If not ladies and gentlemen..• ADJOURNMENT - scion There being no further business to come before adjthe Cityned Coat 5 mmii5 P.M. on motion duly made and seconded, the meeting wasMAURICE A. VERHE !Mayor ATTEST: �yR G. k GIE le MATTY.,IIRAI Assistant City Clerk ltZZws DOCUMENT MEETING DATE: ITEM NO 1 2 INDE DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION COMMISSION AGENDA AND CITY CLERK REPORT AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TONENTTHERCINTOTYATHE ATTACHED LEASE AGREEMENT THE CORAL REEF YACHT AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANERATOOEXECUTE NAL UREAA CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT WITH DE- VELOPMENT SERVICES CORPORATION 4 APPROVING THE ATTACHED GUIDELINES FORCITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN THE COMMUNITY MENT PROCESS IN THE CITY'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TARGET AREA. 5 APPROVING, RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING THE AC- TION OF THE CITY MANAGER INOAACCEPTING NT FOR AHGRARTS AWARD FROM THE NATIONAL EIGHBORHOOD ARTS FOR A PROGRAM ENTITLED N SERVICES (3RD YEAR). 6 AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 79-93, ADOPTED FEBRUARY 22, 1979, ENTITLED "A RESOLUTION FINDING AND DECLARING A NEED FOR A HEALTH FACILITIES AUTHORITY WITHIN THE CITY OF FIIAMI. T 7 ACCEPTING THE BID OF1 4ME49 CONSTALTERNATERUCTION, INC. IN THE AMOUNT: OF $2 BID 2 PLUS ITEM 6 OF THE PROPOSAL, FOR HOSE DRYING TOWERS. g SUPPORTING THE NOMINATION OF THE REEDOM TOWER TO THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF PLACESASSIST CONCERNEDCITIZENSTO PRESERVETHE CITY R TO GTHIS HISTORIC LANDMARK 9 TRANSFERRING FUNDS FROM THE DOWNTOWN RIVER WALKWAY, DOWNTOWN PEDESTRIANIZATION STUDY, AND AVAILABLE PROJECT INCOME FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTOMI/ACLUIRED LEARANCEROFESLUMSAND BLIGHT DOWN- TOWN ED _ PROJECT 10 ALLOCATING THE SUM OF $14,520.00 FOTIRNPAYMMNTI T TO THE SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY, TY CENTER, INC. 11 CONCERNING THE THIRD ANNUAL GO9 ONBAYOFESTIVAL WHICH IS TO BE HELD ON, 1979, CLOSING CERTAIN STREETS TO THROUGH TRAFFIC ON THOSE DATES DURING SPECIFIED HOURS May 22, 1979 COMMISSION RETRIEVAL ACTION CODE N0, 0066 R-79-324 79-324 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 cu MENT1N DEX ONTINUED APPROVING, CONFIRMING, AND RATIFYING THE ACTION OF THE CITY MANAGER IN THE SELECTION OF THE FIRM OF WISS, JANNEY, ELSTNER AND ASSOCIATES, INC, FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMIN- ING THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE ORANGE R=:7,9-336 79-336 BOWL STADIUM APPROVING THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT DATED MAY 15, 1979, WHEREIN HE PROPOSED TO SELECT BARBARA NEIJNA TO BE COMMISSIONED AS THE R-79-337 CITY'S ARTIST AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A LONG-TERM AGREEMENT WITH O�NGEDBOWL STADIUM UNIVER- SITY FOR THE USE OF TH FOR THE PURPOSE OF PLAYING THE ANNUAL ORANGE R-79-338 7 BLOSSOM CLASSIC FOOTBALL GAME AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE ATTACHED AGREEMENTS WITH THE DADE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD FOR FUNDING THE CONTINUATION OF R-79-339 THE DADE COUNTY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS PROGRAM CLARIFYING THE DEFINITION EOF" DOSS SALES" AS USED IN THE LEASE AGREN L 1, 1976, BETWEEN GROVE KEY MARINA, INC AND R-79-340 THE CITY AMENDING SECTIONS 1 AND 978FWHICHRESOLUTION ORIGINALLY 78-374 ADOPTED MAY 31, 1 APPROVED THE FINANCIAL PLANS FOR 400 SECTION 8 HOUSING UNITS FOR HOUSEHOLDS OF LOW AND MODERATE INCOME LOCATED IN W NWOOD,T AND RK, _ CULMER, MEDICAL CENTER, R- 7 9 341 COCONUT GROVE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT $157,153 FROM THE U.S. DEPARSERVICEENT OF PROGRAM FOR AGRICUL- TURE FOR A SUMMER FOOD R-79-342 7 CHILDREN AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER ERETO SUOF BMIT MINAL GRANT APPLICATION TO THE JUSTICE PLANNING AND ASSISTANCE, DIVISION OF STATE PLANNING, DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION, STATE OF FLORIDA FOR THE FUNDING OF THE R_79.-343 STRATEGIC ANTI -FENCING EQUIPMENT PROJECT. AUTHORIZING THE CITY NSPARK PLUGEXECUTE COMPANY AGREEMENT WITH CHAMPION SPARKAMPION PR THE PLUGSTUING OF THE NINTH REGATTA ATNMIAMI UAL HMARINE UNLIMITEDR-79-344 79-344 STADIUM AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI TO PERMIT THE CON5TMFORCENANCE MAIN ONCITYAND OPERATION OF A THREE-INCHR-79-34579-345 OF MIAMI PROPERTY AT VIRGINIA KEY 79-337 9-338 79-33.9 79-340 79-341. 9-342 9-343 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 UMENTIeNDEX CONTINUED AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND RECORD THE AGREEMENT AND COVENANT TO RUN WIT THE LAND PERMITTING KEYES BUILDING CORP. TO CONSTPERTYRUCT ADJACENTITY TO LOTV6CES THROUGH OF CITY DEWITT EWITT SUBDIVISION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY'S PARTICI- PATION IN THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY GOLF CARD PROGRAM BY ALLOWING UNLIMITED GOLF, DURING THE SUMMER SEASON AT CITY GOLF COURSE FOR AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY GOLF CARD HOLDER RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 78-696 ACCEPTING THE BID OF GARCIA ALLEN CONSTRUC- TION COMPANY, INC. ACCEPTING THE BID OF GIANNETTI BROTHERS IN THEAOFR SOUTHOBAYTHE TOTAL BID OF SANITARY SEWER E PROPOSAL, FO IM- PROVEMENT SR-5454-C ACCEPTING THE BID OF REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OFAMERICA, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $11,137. ACCEPTING THE COMPLETEPERFORMED D BY DOCK AND MARINE CONSTRUCTION, MARINE CONSTRUCTION, INC ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED pWORK PERFORMED L COST BY MARKS BROTHERS COMPANY OF $364,867.49 ACCEPTING. THE COMPLETED WORK OF DECONCO, INC. ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED WORK OF ROY L. MALPHUS, INC. INCREASING THE SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT OF P.N. M. CORPORATION ACCEPTING THE BID OF GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. FOR FURNISHING 54 M flORCYCLERRADR THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING & VEHICLE MAINTENANCE ACCEI'ILNG THE BID OF PITMAN PHOTO, INC ACCEPTING THE�UIRID ON CONTRACT BASIS� L C13EMLCALS AS NE YEAR FOR THE DEPARIMENT OF LEISURE SEgVICES. ACCEPTING THE BID OF MYIOROLA CGE, INC. FOR FURNISHECONECOMINICISDEPART/1 OF BUILDDINGOA SERVICE MAINTMONITO�NAAN R THE NCE LICENSES TO AALONSO BROTHERS HERS WASTE COLLECTION R-79-350 9-34.6 9-347 79-348 79-349 79-350 79-351 79-352 9-353 79-354 9-335 79-356 79-359 9-360 79-361 MEM NO. 38 39 40 41 42 43 45 46 47 u ' ENT(14 DEX ONTINUED DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION 49 STRONGLY URGING THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE 1126TO T THE PROVISIONS OF EITHER CSHB 703, OR SENATE BILL 1078 SINCE BOTH SUCH BILLS )U P REPEAL THE REQUIREME THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THE STATE 4% SALE TAX ON MATERIALS USED IN PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED WORK PERFORMED BY INTERCOUNI'Y CONSTRUCTION CORP. AT A TOTAL COST OF $1,698,785,63 ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED WORK PERFORMED BY CHARLES F. SMITH AND SON, INC AND THE TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY AT A TOTAL COST OF $970,772.98 RATIFYING THE ACTIONS TAKEN BYE E CITY MANAGER IN FLORIDA �AR'Il�NT ACCEPTING A GRANT AWARD FROM OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES FOR RECREATION PROGRAMS FOR THE MENTALLY RETARDED AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGERt TO ACCEPT EALTH PTEDUAGRANT AWARD FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TION AND WELFARE. AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH ROBERT L. SIMM3NS AND DYNACOM CORPORATION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS� THE CITY OF MIAML COMMISSION ON THE STATUS APPOINTING AND DESIGNATING THEEC� OF REPRE, SHE EE ATIVE TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF DIRE COUNTY LEAGUE OF CITIES, INC. SPppI:1TING P . W . ANDREWS AS CHAIRPERSON OF THE CITY OF MIAMI/UNIVERSITY OF MIAI`�AMPS L , KNIGHT INTER - NATION, CENTER ADVISORY COMIITIEE APPOINTING ARMANDO CODINA AS A MEMBER OF THE CITY OF NITAZH./ UNIVERSITYRADVISORy�C0�1ITI'EE TO KNIGHT TfINTER- NATIONAL EXPIRED TERM OF CARLOS ARBOLEYA RESCHEDULING THE REGULAR CITY OCOMISN JUNE I4 N19MEETING OF JUNE 14, 1979, TO TAKE 79 INSTRUCTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PROCEED IMMEDIATELY WITH LEGAL PROCEEDINGS REQUESTING THAT TIE CITY OF MTAMI RETAIN ITS AUTHORITY TO REGULATE THE TAXI- CAB INDUSTRY WITHIN THE CITY OF MIAMI R:79-362 R 79-370 R-79-371 R 79-372 II 79-362 9-370 9-371 9-372 79-373 R-79-373 R-79-374 79-374 R-79-375 79-375 R-79-376 R-79-377 R-79-378 R-79-379 R-79-380 9-376 79.377. 9-378 79-379 9'-380