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Meeting Minutes
Thursday, July 28, 2011
12:00 PM
or thereafter
Miami City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FI.
Midtown Community Redevelopment Agency
Francis Suarez, Chairman
Wifredo (Willy) Gort, Vice Chairman
Marc David Sarnoff, Commissioner
Frank Carollo, Commissioner
Richard P. Dunn II, Commissioner
CRA OFFICE ADDRESS:
49 NW 5th ST, SUITE 100, Miami, FL 33128
Phone: (305) 679-6800, Fax: (305) 679-6835
Midtown Community Redevelopment Agency
Meeting Minutes July 28, 2011
CRA RESOLUTION
1.
11-00682
Present: Vice Chair Gort, Commissioner Carollo, Commissioner Dunn II, Commissioner Sarnoff
and Chair Suarez
On the 28th day of July 2011, the Board of Commissioners of the Midtown Community
Redevelopment Agency of the City of Miami met in regular session at Miami City Hall, 3500 Pan
Amerian Drive, Miami, Florida. The meeting was called to order by Chair Suarez at 11:21 p.m.
and was adjourned at 11:21 p.m.
ALSO PRESENT:
Pieter Bockweg, Executive Director, CRA
Veronica Xiques, Assistant General Counsel, CRA
Todd Hannon, Assistant Clerk of the Board
MCRA RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE MIDTOWN
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("CRA"), WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE CRA'S PROPOSED GENERAL
OPERATING BUDGETAND TAX INCREMENT FUND BUDGET FOR THE
FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING OCTOBER 1, 2011 AND ENDING
SEPTEMBER 30, 2012; DIRECTING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO
TRANSMITA COPY OF EACH BUDGET TO THE CITY OF MIAMI AND
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY.
File # 11-00682 07-28-2011 Cover Memo.pdf
File # 11-00682 07-28-2011 Backup.pdf
File # 11-00682 07-28-2011 Legislation.pdf
File # 11-00682 07-28-2011 Signed Legislation.pdf
Motion by Commissioner Carollo, seconded by Commissioner Dunn II, that this matter be
ADOPTED PASSED by the following vote.
Votes: Aye: Vice Chair Gort, Commissioner Carollo, Commissioner Sarnoff, Commissioner Dunn II and
Chair Suarez
MCRA-R-11-0006
Chair Suarez: Mr. Executive Director, I think the -- I'd like to start the discussion by saying that
I think the CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) -- Midtown CRAss a model for --
compensation model for the way that 1 think it should be done; you know, no car allowance --
Pieter Bockweg (Executive Director, Community Redevelopment Agency): I strongly disagree.
Chair Suarez: -- no salaries, you know.
Commissioner Sarnoff: You know, you are one tough director.
Chair Suarez: I'm sure that if you were to compare this with all the other CRAs in the world, we
would compare favorably. We're probably the best one, actually. In any event --
Commissioner Carollo: I make a motion to approve the Midtown CRA budget.
Chair Suarez: There's been a motion by Commissioner Carollo. Is there a second?
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Meeting Minutes July 28, 2011
ADJOURNMENT
Commissioner Sarnoff No. Nobody second it.
Commissioner Dunn: Second.
Chair Suarez: Second by Commissioner Dunn. All those in favor, signdy by saying aye."
The Commissioners (Collectively): Aye.
Commissioner Carollo: Motion to adjourn.
Chair Suarez: I got some pull here. I got some pull.
Commissioner Sarnoff Man, you're just a brown noser. I want to get Carollo to approve one of
my CRAs.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:21 p.m.
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