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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 2024-06-18 MinutesCity of Miami City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.com Meeting Minutes Tuesday, June 18, 2024 9:00 AM Special Meeting City Hall City Commission Francis X. Suarez, Mayor Christine King, Chair, District Five Joe Carollo, Vice Chair, District Three Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner, District One Damian Pardo, Commissioner, District Two Manolo Reyes, Commissioner, District Four Arthur Noriega, V, City Manager George K. Wysong III, City Attorney Todd B. Hannon, City Clerk City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 9:00 AM INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Present: Chairwoman King, Vice Chair Carollo, Commissioner Gabela, and Commissioner Pardo Absent: Commissioner Reyes On the 18th day of June 2024, the City Commission of the City of Miami, Florida, met at its regular meeting place in City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida, in special session. The Commission Meeting was called to order by Chairwoman King at 9:17 a.m., and adjourned at 11:48 a.fn. Note for the Record: Vice Chair Carollo entered the Commission chambers at 9:50 a.m. ALSO PRESENT: Arthur Noriega, V, City Manager George K. Wysong III, City Attorney Todd B. Hannon, City Clerk Chair King: We start every meeting in prayer. Introduce yourself and your church. George Sands: Good morning. My name is Archbishop George W. Sands and I'm with St. Peter's African Orthodox Cathedral here in Miami, Florida. If we could bow our heads in prayer for a moment. Invocation delivered. Chair King: Thank you. Commissioner Pardo, would you lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance? Pledge of Allegiance delivered. Chair King: Thank you. City of Miami Page 1 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 PR - PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS PR.1 PROTOCOL ITEM 16262 Honoree Presenter Protocol Item Farm Share Mayor and Commissioners Check Presentation and Key to the City Code Compliance Appreciation Week Mayor and Commissioners Proclamation FitCity Challenge Participants Mayor and Commissioners Salute Candya Vichot-Bello Mayor and Commissioners Proclamation Alicia S. Romain Mayor and Commissioners Proclamation RESULT: PRESENTED 1) Mayor Suarez and Commissioners presented a Check donation and the Key to the City to Farm Share. Farm Share is a Florida nonprofit food bank doing the most to meet the everyday needs of hungry Floridians by making sure no person goes hungry and no food goes to waste. They conduct food distributions and serve as a pantry to many families and people in need. Elected Officials paused in their deliberations to recognize the organization and volunteers to continuously serve the community and raise the quality of life in the City of Miami. 2) Mayor Suarez and Commissioners presented a Proclamation to celebrate Code Compliance Week and to express appreciation for the dedication and outstanding service provided by employees who work at the Code Compliance Department in the City of Miami. Florida Association of Code Enforcement (FACE) has declared the first week of June to be set aside by local government to honor and recognize their Code C'ompliance personnel throughout the State. Code Compliance Inspectors in the City of Miami contribute towards the safety, health and welfare of the residents and visitors to our community through the enforcement of property maintenance, building, zoning, environmental, nuisance and other codes and ordinances. Elected Officials paused in their deliberations of governance to hereby designate the week of June 10 - 14, 2024, as "Code Compliance Appreciation Week" in the City of Miami. 3) Mayor Suarez and Commissioners presented a Proclamation to recognize the participants of the City of Miami FitCity Challenge. The City of Miami is committed to promoting the health and well-being of its employees, recognizing that a healthy workforce is vital to the overall productivity and spirit of the community and in the spirit of this commitment, Chairwoman Christine King in collaboration with City of Miami administration and employees, through extraordinary dedication and effort, successfully created and launched the first FitCity Challenge, an initiative designed to encourage physical and mental fitness, healthy living, and camaraderie among city employees. Many employees demonstrated exceptional organizational skills and a passion for wellness, managed to conceive, plan, and execute this comprehensive City of Miami Page 2 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 fitness program within an impressive. four -week period. The FitCity Challenge has fostered a sense of community and teamwork among city employees and has also significantly raised awareness about the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Elected Officials paused in their deliberations to recognize the achievements of its FitCity participants and thanked the employees for elevating the quality of life in the City of Miami. 4) Mayor Suarez and Commissioners saluted Candya Vichot-Bello, for the remarkable milestone of 30 years of service in the City of Miami. Mrs. Vichot-Bello started her dedicated career with the City of Miami in September 1997 starting as a Fire Communications Operator, proudly following the legacy of her mother, Aida Vichot, who served the City of Miami as a Fire Communications Operator for 18 commendable years. Mrs. Vichot-Bello was promoted to Fire Emergency Dispatch Supervisor in January 2002, and further advanced to the position of Fire Communications Center Supervisor in September 2008, demonstrating outstanding leadership and dedication to the safety and well-being of the community. She achieved significant academic success, earning a Bachelor's degree in Public Administration, a Master's degree in Human Resource Administration, and a Master's degree in Disaster Management, all from Florida International University. In September 2018, she extended her expertise to the Coral Way NET Office as a NET Administrator, where she effectively served the community. for two years, and returning to the Fire -Rescue division in November 2020 as a Special Projects Coordinator. During the critical peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mrs. Vichot-Bello played a vital role in establishing testing and vaccination sites for employees and community members, including initiating mobile vaccinations for seniors, thereby contributing significantly to public health and safety. In September 2021, she was promoted to Emergency Management Coordinator, where she has been instrumental in the development and growth of the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). Mrs. Vichot-Bello's personal life is equally inspiring, as she is married to Manny Bello, a distinguished K9 Trainer for the Miami Police Department who has served the City for over 27 years, and together they share a fulfilling life with their beloved K9, Jedi, showcasing a strong family unit dedicated to public service. Elected Officials paused in their deliberations to recognize Ms. Vichot-Bello's achievements and dedication to the City of Miami. 5) Mayor Suarez and Commissioners saluted Alicia S. Romain for the remarkable milestone of 30 years of service in the City of Miami. Ms. Romain has held numerous positions within the Miami Police Department, including Typist Clerk II, Property Specialist, Typist Clerk HI, Supervisor in the Administration Division, Supervisor in the Metro Justice Building, Administrative Assistant for the City of Miami Fire Payroll Unit, Commander of the Health Services Unit, and Administrative Aide in the Personnel Unit, showcasing her versatility and commitment to service. Since August 2014, Ms. Romain has served with distinction as the Coordinator for the Recruitment and Selection Unit, overseeing critical tasks such as coordinating backgrounds for hire and serving as the Liaison for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE). She earned a bachelor's degree in Public Administration from Barry University in December 2011 and a Master's Degree in Professional Studies in Executive Management from St. Thomas University in May 2013, as well as serving as a Notary Public. Ms. Romain has not only contributed significantly to the professional growth of the Miami Police Department but has also dedicated time to volunteer with local organizations, pursue personal hobbies such as traveling and creating Distinctively Design Balloon and Party Decor, and most importantly, cherish time spent with her family, particularly their two sons who bring them immense pride and joy. Elected Officials paused in their deliberations to recognize Ms. Romain's achievements and dedication to the City ofMiami. Chair King: -- for the City of Miami. Today is June -- what's today? -- 19? City of Miami Page 3 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 ORDER OF THE DAY Unidentified Speaker: 19. Chair King: June 18th. Mayor Suarez: (INAUDIBLE) not supposed to be on a Tuesday so -- Chair King: Right, it's not supposed to he on a Tuesday, special meeting. Welcome, glad to have all of you today. Presentations made. Chair King: I believe this concludes the proclamation portion of our meeting and we are going to get started. Chair King: Mr. City Attorney, would you read your statement for the record, please? George Wysong (City Attorney): Yes, Madam Chair. Thank you. George Wysong, City Attorney. Detailed information about the processes, order of business, rules of procedure. and scheduling or rescheduling of City Commission meetings can be found in Chapter 2, Article 2 of the City Code, a copy of which is available online at www.municode.com. Any person who is a lobbyist pursuant to Chapter 2, Article 6 of the City Code must register with the City Clerk and comply with related City requirements for lobbyists before appearing before the City Commission. A person may not lobby a City official, board member, or staff member until registering. A copy of the code section about lobbyists is available in the City Clerk's Office or online at www.municode.com. 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Parties for any Planning and Zoning items, including any applicant, appellant, appellee, City staff, and any person recognised by the decision -making body as a qualified intervener, as well as the applicant's representatives and any experts testifying on behalf of the applicant, appellant, or appellee may be physically present at City Hall to be sworn in by oath or affirmation by the City Clerk. The members of the City Commission shall disclose any ex parte communications to remove the presumption of prejudice pursuant to Florida Statute 286.0115 and Section 7.1.4.5 of the Miami 21 Zoning Ordinance. The order of presentation shall be as set forth in Miami 21 and in the City Code. Staff will briefly present each item to be heard. The applicant will present its application or request to the City Commission. If the applicant agrees with the staff recommendation, the City Commission may proceed to its deliberation and decision. The applicant may also waive the right to an evidentiary hearing on the record. For appeals, the appellant will present its appeal to the City Commission, followed by the appellee. Staff will be allowed to make any recommendations they may have. Please silence all cell phones and other noise -making devices. This meeting can be viewed live on Miami TV, the City's Facebook page, the City's Twitter page, the City's YouTube channel, and Comcast Channel 77. Broadcast will also have closed captioning. Thank you, Madam Chair. Chair King: Thank you, Mr. City Attorney. Mr. City Clerk, will you please read your statement for the record? Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): Thank you, Chair. The procedures for individuals who will be providing testimony to be sworn in for Planning and Zoning items and any quasi-judicial items on today's' City Commission agenda will be as follows: The members of City staff or any other individuals required to be sworn in who are currently present in the City Hall will be sworn in by me, the City Clerk, immediately after I finish explaining these procedures. Those individuals who are appearing remotely may be sworn in now or at any time prior to the individual providing testimony for Planning and Zoning items and/or quasi-judicial items. Commissioners, are you comfortable with all the notice provisions set forth in these uniform rules and procedures we have established for this meeting? And then Chair, may --? Chair King: Yes. Mr. Hannon: Thank you, Chair. And Chair, may I administer the oath for the one Planning and Zoning item on today's agenda? Chair King: Yes, please. City of Miami Page 5 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 Mr. Hannon: Thank you, Chair. Good morning ladies and gentlemen, if you will he speaking on item -- agenda item PZ.1, agenda item PZ.1, may 1 please have you stand and raise your right hand? I do not see anyone that will be speaking on PZ.1 so we will proceed with the rest of the meeting. Chair King: Thank you, Mr. City Clerk. At this time, Mr. City Manager, do you have any items that will be deferred or withdrawn from this agenda? Arthur Noriega (City Manager): Good morning, Madam Chair, Commissioners, Mr. City Attorney, Mr. City Clerk. At this time the Administration would like to defer and/or withdraw the following items: CA.4, to be deferred to July Ilth; RE.5, to be deferred to July 11 th; RE.6, to be deferred to July 11 th; SR.1, to be deferred to September the 12th; FR.1, to be indefinitely deferred; FR.3, to be deferred to July 11 th; and BC.5, to be deferred to June 27th. Vice Chair Carollo: (INAUDIBLE). Mr. Noriega: The last one was BC.5, one of the boards, board appointments. Chair King: To when? Mr. Noriega: The next meeting, June 27th. Chair King: Mr. Vice Chair, do you have any items that you would like to withdraw or defer from this agenda? Vice Chair Carollo: There might be one (INAUDIBLE). Commissioner Gabela: I got -- Vice Chair Carollo: Go ahead. Commissioner Gabela: No, no -- Chair King: Commissioner Gabela? Commissioner Gabela: -- you go ahead. Sorry, I didn't -- Chair King: He said he'll tell us later. Commissioner Gabela: Alright, so BC.5, on behalf of Manolo, that he's not here. I'm going to ask for that to be deferred. Chair King: Right. The Manager just said that. Commissioner Gabela: Oh, I'm sorry. Chair King: Okay. Commissioner Gabela: Okay. Chair King: Commissioner Pardo? Commissioner Pardo: I have none. Chair King: You have none. Okay. May I have a motion to set the agenda? City of Miami Page 6 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 Commissioner Gabela: There's --I 'in sorry. Chair King: Go ahead. Commissioner Gabela: There's one more thing. I was wondering if we can put the CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency), the Omni CRA, to extend the Omni CRA. I was wondering if we can defer that to the next meeting. Commissioner Pardo: No, it's kind of important for us. Commissioner Gabela: You want to get it done? Commissioner Pardo: Yes. Commissioner Gabela: Okay. That was -- Vice Chair Carollo: What was that? Commissioner Pardo: The acceptance of the CRA. Chair King: Of the CR -- Omni CRA. Commissioner Gabela wanted to defer it, but it's time sensitive. Commissioner Gabela: Only because -- because Manolo wasn't here. But that's fine. Chair King: Okay. Those things are very time sensitive -- Commissioner Pardo: That's why. Chair King: -- and time wounds all deals and this deal has been lingering for many, many years. Commissioner Pardo: 2020. Chair King: So we need to move with that. So if I may have a motion to set the agenda. Commissioner Pardo: I'll make the motion. Commissioner Gabela: Second. Chair King: A second. All in, favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Agenda is set. City of Miami Page 7 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 AM - APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE FOLLOWING MEETINGS: AM.1 City Commission - City Commission Meeting — April 11, 2024 9:00 AM MOTION TO: Approve RESULT: APPROVED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Chair King: If I may have a motion to approve the City Commission meeting minutes for April 11 th. Commissioner Gabela: Motion. Vice Chair Carollo: Motion to approve. Chair King: I have a motion and a second. All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ALL ITEM(S) 16263 DISCUSSION ITEM Office of the City PUBLIC COMMENTS SUBMITTED ONLINE BY MEMBERS OF THE Clerk PUBLIC FOR THE JUNE 18, 2024 SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION MEETING. RESULT: PRESENTED Chair King: And at this time I will open the floor for public comments. Anyone wishing to speak on behalf of any item that is on our agenda, please state your name, address, and the item for which you are speaking on. Good morning. Kristen Browde: Good morning, Madam Chairwoman. Kristen Browde, 888 Biscayne Boulevard, speaking on behalf of the Downtown Neighborhood Association, asking you to do the city of Miami and the Downtown neighborhood a favor, but most of all to do yourself a favor, because you can stop us coming down here to talk to you all the time about the complaints we have about Bayfront Park. And Commissioner Gabela has made a very sensible suggestion that you review who it is who is in charge of the park. Commissioner Carollo, this is not personal to you, but we've been down here in the past year talking about LED (Light Emitting Diode) billboards, talking about trees corning down that are illegally taken down, talking about gyms that are put up improperly, talking about things being paved over, talking about noise. We can stop that by having the person in charge of the park, in charge of the trust that runs the park be the commissioner who is responsive to the people in the neighborhood. And that is not the commissioner from outside, that is the commissioner whose district the park is in. And that is Damian Pardo of District 2, and whoever his successor may be from years to come. The park is a wonderful City of Miami Page 8 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 resource for this city. It's really the gateway for people who come into Downtown Miami. We love it. It is our front yard, and we're asking you to do the right thing by listening to what Commissioner Gabela has said and what he has recognized, and what Commissioner Pardo has done, and to be responsive to the neighborhood, not just to outside interests, whose primary interest seems to be to squeeze every dime they can out of it at the expense of those of us who live there. I know that this happens to be a meeting where there aren 't so many of us here, but I want you to understand that this is of critical importance to our neighborhood, and we urge you to act on Commissioner Gabela's suggestion. And thank you. Chair King: Thank you for coming. Good morning, Elvis. How are we today? Elvis Cruz: We are very well. Thank you, Chairwoman. Elvis Cruz, 631 Northeast 57th Street. I'm here on CA.7, which is a Morningside Park summer camp. Always a good thing. Unfortunately, we have a very flooded playing field in Morningside Park. And let's talk about that. Here is what happened back in 2012. The City built a walkway across the drainage ditch and caused this flooding. And I know Commissioner Pardo is quite familiar with this, but I want others to be aware of it in the administration. That's what causes the water to back up. Big problem. And so we've been asking for a fix for 12 years. The City recently did a similar fix on 7th Avenue. It's very simple, some concrete, some PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride) pipe, not a big job. The funding to fix this was approved on May 25th, 2023, over a year ago. And nothing has been fixed yet. So please, make this happen. There's an additional problem. For the first time ever, in the heavy rains we had earlier this week, the water level was above the walkway. And I investigated; it's because the mangroves have clogged the drainage culvert that leads to the bay. So here it is on the other side where it goes out. There's two feet of clearance, so that's very badly clogged and the mangroves need to be removed in order to do that. Here's an overhead view. This circle shows where that culvert is that's clogged by the mangroves. And mangroves were previously removed and unclogged from the inlet to the basin. So yes, it is possible to remove mangroves. Permission was given by DERM (Department of Environmental Resources Management) to Capital Improvements to unclog by removing the mangroves. So please, let's get this fixed. Thank you. Chair King: Thank you. Good morning. Ingrid Duasso: Good morning, Ingrid Duasso. I live in District 4, 2151 Southwest 24th Terrace. I'm going to give my dad my time. Jose Duasso: Thank you, Ingrid. Good morning, my name is Jose Duasso, 2151 Southwest 24th Terrace. First and foremost, I want to thank God that he has brought me here today, I believe. Good morning. I'm here to speak on PH.3, 4, and then a comment on RE.1, E.2 [sic]. I'm here to speak as a resident of District 4 about a situation between FPL (Florida Power & Light), the City of Miami Building and Zoning Department, and on behalf of 104 homes. Before 2016, I thought it was normal to live in the city of Miami and have 15 power outages a year. In 2016, FPL decided to go underground to start a project that ultimately got shelved. In October of 2023, the area in District 4 experienced a power outage that lasted 13 hours, where countless crew members had to work on a lateral line of 104 homes to turn the power back on. With 17 power outages since then, frustration is at its peak. I decided to start a grassroots movement, which has now become a coalition involving more -- many' professionals from all walks of life. Since October of 2023, 104 homes have left them in the dark on the status and expected timeline for completion of this 2016 FPL project. Our neighborhood coalition decided to get PSC (Public Service Commission) involved. And FPL workers Janet Blanco and Arturo Perez, were in charge of above and underground, came to the scene. After more than a dozen phone calls and emails, the underground department, FPL, went into full action to resolve this problem. All City of Miami Page 9 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 104 homes signed their waivers, and FPL engineers submitted their plans to the City, which resulted in the pulling of seven permits. Every permit calls for a quarter mile. It's two and a half miles of line, and it goes from 22nd Avenue to 16th Avenue. Can you imagine the zigzag that's in there? They seem like promising progress. The community, however, almost OW year later has passed -- passed, and ground has yet to be broken on the project. I'm here to transmit the coalition's sense of urgency as it relates to the 2016 FPL project. This is what I suggest, please, all critical infrastructure permits need to be in an expedited system that I have dubbed Fast Pass. The policy that we are pleading for commissions to write should reflect on these permits because they directly affect the citizens of Miami, and specifically the District 4 community. Although there seem to be liaisons on both sides, they are discretionary positions. The Commission's policy should lay out a mandated timeline for the City and FPL. I am a problem solver. 1 plan to bring my business acumen to the city of Miami that greatly needs it. I have lived in the District for 34 years and I have two thriving businesses within the district. Now, on the Fire Department, I would like to recognize what an outstanding job our City of Miami Fire Department did when called on the three -alarm fire. These were fragile residents. We did not lose one life. I want to congratulate the Fire Department for the collective bargaining agreement, as well as I was once a fellow Teamster. For over three decades, I have been on the front lines taking care of our most vulnerable citizens, the elderly. And I've had a lot of experience working with the City of Miami Fire Department. They are truly the most loving and giving individuals that I've come across on a monthly basis for over 30 years of service. Thank you, and again, I want to go back. We should have a system that if a utility, a critical infrastructure company wants to do something in the city, they must be on fast pass. They must be expedited. They should not wait in line with everyone else for their permits to be processed. So I urge you greatly on this. Thank you, Commissioners. Thank you. Chair King: Thank you. Good morning. Nicole Desiderio: Good morning. Nicole Desiderio, 900 Biscayne Bay. I'm speaking on item DI.5. I have a little that I mentor with Big Brothers Big Sisters. She's considered to be underprivileged and lives in a low-income area. I first took her to Ferre Park back when she was seven years old. She's now 15. There is a picture of her at the park. When I told her about the gym and other amenities being installed in the park, she said to me, "Why? Who is doing that? It is such a beautiful park. Why are they putting that there? Every park I already go to around me in my neighborhood already has those amenities. Nicole, when I come visit you, I want to see something different, something nicer. " At 15 years old, even she sees the potential that this park has. This park simply deserves better. The Trust currently has $20 million sitting in an account, earmarked for capital improvements for this park. Do you know what can be done with $20 million? When you have that amount of money, you don't throw away $300,000 of it to plop an unwanted gym in the middle of the park. What you do is you hire a professional park planner to design the entire park so that every element is cohesive, and then you implement that master plan, a master plan that is in fact already in existence with full construction documents that has already been paid for by the taxpayers. Sadly, none of this was accomplished in the last six years during the current chairman's control. The latest version of the park's true master plan was a $10 million construction project. There are plenty enough funds for that, and I'm sure more could easily be donated with the right person in charge. With the right leadership, this rare waterfront park could be spectacular. There's no reason why this park shouldn 't rival the most famous parks in the world. We need someone in charge who sees the potential of this space, otherwise it will just become another mediocre park. For all these reasons and more, I ask you to remove Joe Carollo from his position as chairman of the Bayfront Park Trust and replace him with someone who truly cares, whether that be Commissioner Gabela, Commissioner Pardo, Commissioner Reyes, really at this point, just anyone but Joe. City of Miami Page 10 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 Chair King: Thank you. Good morning. Alexander Cardenas: Good morning, Madam Chair, fellow commissioners, Mr. City Attorney, Mr. Manager. My name is Alexander Cardenas, President for the Miami Association of Firefighters Local 587, located at 2980 Northwest South River Drive. I'm here to speak on behalf of RE.1 and RE.2. Before you, you will have the opportunity to, in my hope, support a contract that's been -- one that's been negotiated for well over two years now in our efforts to try to address the needs of recruitment and retention. And to be very frank, these contracts, what's in these documents, especially Article 1, which defines what this document represents, pales in comparison and does nothing to give it the justice that it's due like the three -alarm fire that we had in downtown on Monday. If you want to get a depiction of what these documents represent, that's your best imagery. To show you the firefighters, lieutenants, captains, and chief fire officers that represent the City of Miami Fire Rescue Department The brave men and women that give it their all, day in and day out, to put it all on the line to fight fire, save lives, and protect property, and do so in a selfless manner. It gives me the greatest honor and privilege to negotiate on behalf of these individuals. And for two years, negotiating for individuals that are highly skilled, phenomenally willed, dedicated individuals, it is truly a blessing to be in this position before you today and presenting you with these contracts. I believe that in our best efforts we've accomplished these goals of recruitment and retention. I ask humbly for your support and 1 also want to take this opportunity to thank all of you, the elected officials, and your staff for your support and your efforts, as well as that of our City Manager Art Noriega and our CFO (Chief Financial Officer) Larry Spring. We've negotiated in a very respectful manner. We've negotiated in good faith and I'm truly happy and privileged to be before you. I hope I can count on your support. Chair King: Thank you. Michael Feuling: Good morning. Chair King: Good morning. Mr. Feuling: My name is Michael Feuling. I live at 900 Biscayne Boulevard, and I am here speaking on D1.5 [sic]. I am here to present the petition started by the Downtown Neighborhood Alliance asking for the removal of Joe Carollo as chairman of the Bayfront Park Trust. We have often heard Commissioner Carollo claim from the dais that it is only, and I quote, "A handful of elitists, losers, and racists who want him removed." The petition that I am presenting today has over 1,075 signatures with approximately 90 percent of the signers' city of Miami residents. We believe Commissioner Carollo's leadership has not been in the best interest of the community In fact, his entire tenure as trust chairman demonstrates' a clear trend of decision - making that prioritizes his personal interests over the well-being of shared public spaces. We would like Commissioner Carollo removed immediately and replaced with a commissioner who has the best interests of the residents and will work together, together with the community to make the park in the image that it was intended to be. Thank you. Chair King: Thank you. Brenda Betancourt: Good morning. Brenda Betancourt, 1436 Southwest 6th Street. I hope that you guys are dry and thank you for all the ones that helped for those who were stuck in the water, and I really appreciate it. Just keep in mind that we all residents are here when we have a problem, and we expect for you to kind of listen to us. Many of us live in Little Havana, but in Allapattah, I know that we have a lot of cars, in Brickell as well. Please, Commissioners, try to see how you guys can do the City of Miami Page 11 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 drainage problem to be fixed. I remember that we, as voters, vote for those bonds a couple of years hack for us to fix the flooding problems. Many of you, 1 think, were not here when that happened, but we're still asking the same questions. Where is the money goes and where it's working, it's not working, it is in a process? What's going on with the money that we as voters approved for you as a representative to fix our drainage problem? And it's very sad that we do not trust just the way they say it is being used the right way because we don 't see the progress. I just want to please keep that in mind that we need to see what you guys are actually doing with the money of the city of Miami residents. We pay taxes and I'm one of those who live, work, in the city of Miami. So 1 pay taxes more than once, as an owner of the property, as a business owner, as a person who actually drives in the city of Miami. So please, I want you guys to keep that in mind because so many need help. Thank you. Chair King: Thank you. Seeing no one else for public comment, the public comment period is now closed. MV - MAYORAL VETO(ES) There were no mayoral vetoes associated with legislation that is subject to veto by the Mayor. END OF MAYORAL VETO(ES) City of Miami Page 12 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 CA.1 16003 Department of Police CA - CONSENT AGENDA The following item(s) was Adopted on the Consent Agenda MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE COMBINED VOLUNTARY COOPERATION AND OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI AND THE TOWN OF MEDLEY AND THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH TO RECEIVE AND EXTEND MUTUAL AID IN THE FORM OF LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES AND RESOURCES TO ENSURE PUBLIC SAFETY AND ABILITY TO ADEQUATELY RESPOND TO INTENSIVE SITUATIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NATURAL AND MAN-MADE DISASTERS OR EMERGENCIES AS DEFINED IN PART 1, CHAPTER 23, FLORIDA STATUTES, THE "FLORIDA MUTUAL AID ACT." ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0214 This matter was ADOPTED on the Consent Agenda. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number CA.1, please see "End of Consent Agenda." City of Miami Page 13 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 CA.2 16051 Department of Police RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, ACCEPTING THE BID RECEIVED ON MARCH 8, 2024, PURSUANT TO INVITATION FOR BIDS ("IFB") NO. 1760386 FOR INDOOR FIREARMS RANGE DECONTAMINATION, DISPOSAL, AND MAINTENANCE, ON A QUARTERLY BASIS AND ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS, FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") POLICE COLLEGE INDOOR FIREARMS RANGE, FROM THE SOLE RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, DECON ENVIRONMENTAL & ENGINEERING, INC., A FLORIDA PROFIT CORPORATION ("DECON"), FOR AN INITIAL TERM OF THREE (3) YEARS, WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR ONE (1) ADDITIONAL THREE (3) YEAR PERIOD; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GENERAL FUND ACCOUNT NO. 00001.191508.534000.0000.00000, SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS AND BUDGETARY APPROVAL AT THE TIME OF NEED; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, AND EXTENSIONS, SUBJECT TO ALL ALLOCATIONS, APPROPRIATIONS, PRIOR BUDGETARY APPROVALS, COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), INCLUDING THE CITY'S PROCUREMENT ORDINANCE, ANTI -DEFICIENCY ACT, AND FINANCIAL INTEGRITY PRINCIPLES, ALL AS SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 18 OF THE CITY CODE, IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS, AS MAY BE DEEMED NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0215 This matter was ADOPTED on the Consent Agenda. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number CA.2, please see "End of Consent Agenda." CA.3 RESOLUTION 15986 Department of Resilience and Public Works A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), ACCEPTING FIVE (5) RIGHT-OF-WAY DEEDS OF DEDICATION ("DEEDS") AS DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED, FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY PURPOSES; APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE RECORDATION OF THE DEEDS IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA; FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO RETAIN A COPY OF THE DEEDS. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0216 This matter was ADOPTED on the Consent Agenda. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number CA.3, please see "End of Consent Agenda." City of Miami Page 14 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 CA.4 RESOLUTION - Item Pulled from Conseil' 16009 Department of Resilience and Public Works CA.5 16066 Office of the City Attorney A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN OFF -SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, WITH THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ("FDOT"), FOR IMPROVEMENTS ON STATE ROAD 9 / NORTHWEST 27 AVENUE FROM NORTHWEST 17 STREET TO NORTHWEST 20 STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA, FOR GENERAL ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS CORRIDOR, INCLUDING IMPROVEMENTS ON ROADS NOT ON THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM. MOTION TO: Defer RESULT: DEFERRED MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Christine King, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: Item CA.4 was deferred to the July 11, 2024, City Commission Meeting. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number CA.4, please see "Order of the Day." RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO PAY FRANCISCO L. LOPEZ PEREZ, WITHOUT ADMISSION OF LIABILITY, THE TOTAL SUM OF $175,000.00 IN FULL AND COMPLETE SETTLEMENT OF ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AND DEMANDS, INCLUDING ALL CLAIMS FOR ATTORNEYS' FEES, AGAINST THE CITY OF MIAMI AND ITS OFFICERS, AGENTS, AND EMPLOYEES (COLLECTIVELY, "CITY") IN THE CASE STYLED FRANCISCO L. LOPEZ PEREZ VS. CITY OF MIAMI, ET AL., PENDING IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, CASE NO.: 23-7804 CA 27, UPON THE EXECUTION OF A GENERAL RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS AND DEMANDS BROUGHT FOR NEGLIGENCE PENDING IN STATE COURT AND A DISMISSAL OF THE CITY WITH PREJUDICE; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM ACCOUNT NO. 50001.301001.545013.0000.00000. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0217 This matter was ADOPTED on the Consent Agenda. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number CA.5, please see "End of Consent Agenda." City of Miami Page 15 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 CA.6 16178 Department of Finance RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER FOR THE EXCHANGE OF GIS INFORMATION FOR PROPERTIES CURRENTLY IDENTIFIED AS PROPERTIES EXEMPT FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATUTES. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0218 This matter was ADOPTED on the Consent Agenda. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number CA.6, please see "End of Consent Agenda." CA.7 RESOLUTION 16185 Department of Parks and Recreation A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FORTY NINE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED NINETY NINE DOLLARS ($49,999.00), IN THE FORM OF A SUBGRANT ("GRANT"), FROM FLORIDA INTRODUCES PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND NUTRITION TO YOUTH INCORPORATED ("FLIPANY") FOR A SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM AT MORNINGSIDE PARK TO BE HELD OVER EIGHT WEEKS BETWEEN JUNE 2024 AND AUGUST 2024 ("PROGRAM"); ESTABLISHING A NEW SPECIAL REVENUE PROJECT TITLED "FLIPANY GRANT FOR SUMMER CAMP AT MORNINGSIDE PARK 2024 PROGRAM," TO ACCEPT THE GRANT; APPROPRIATING THE GRANT FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FORTY NINE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED NINETY NINE DOLLARS ($49,999.00); FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH FLIPANY, INCLUDING ANY AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY AMENDMENTS, EXTENSIONS, AND MODIFICATIONS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, TO IMPLEMENT THE ACCEPTANCE OF AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE GRANT FOR SAID PURPOSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0219 This matter was ADOPTED on the Consent Agenda. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number CA.7, please see "Public Comment for all Item(s)" and "End of Consent Agenda." City of Miami Page 16 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 END OF CONSENT AGENDA Chair King: Gentlemen, for our Consent Agenda items, is there any item that you would like to pull for discussion? CA.1, 2, 3, 5, 6, or 7? Any item you'd like to pull? Commissioner Gabela: I'm good. Chair King: May I have a motion? Commissioner Gabela: Motion. Vice Chair Carollo: Motion for approval. Commissioner Gabela: Second. Chair King: 1 have a motion and a second to approve CA.1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7. All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Motion carries unanimously'. Vice Chair Carollo: Madam Chair? Madam Chair? Chair King: Yes, sir? Vice Chair Carollo: Because I do want to finish early today, I'll be a punching bag for today only. Chair King: Okay. Yeah. We don't have to attend every party we're invited to. Vice Chair Carollo: Now. Not necessarily later. Chair King: Okay. Vice Chair Carollo: But now. Chair King: Okay. City of Miami Page 17 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 PH - PUBLIC HEARINGS PH.1 RESOLUTION 15966 Department of Housing and Community Development A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") LOCAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE PLAN ("LHAP"), ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ("FY") 2022-2025, TO MODIFY THE HOME BUYER FINANCING PROGRAM AND HOMEOWNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, RESPECTIVELY, TO ALLOW FOR HOME PURCHASES FROM A COMMUNITY LAND TRUST ("CLT") AND TO ALLOW FOR CLT DEVELOPMENTS THAT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS UNDER SECTION 193.018, FLORIDA STATUTES, FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT THE CHANGES IN THE PLAN FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY THE FLORIDA HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION ("FHFC"); AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR SAID PURPOSE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0220 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Chair King: For the public hearing items, PHI, 2, 3, 4, are there any items that you would like to pull for discussion? And keep in mind that PH.2 is a four -fifths item and requires all of our votes because Commissioner Reyes is not here. Commissioner Gabela: Yeah, that's -- that's mine, in my area. It's for affordable housing. Chair King: Okay. So are there any items any of you would like to pull for discussion? Commissioner Gabela: I'm ready. Chair King: Vice Chair? Vice Chair Carollo: On PH.2, Commissioner Gabela, -- Commissioner Gabela: Yes, sir. Vice Chair Carollo: -- this is for sale? Commissioner Gabela: Yes, we're selling it to -- for the lottery to have two affordable homes for the area. They're townhouses. Vice Chair Carollo: How many are there? Commissioner Gabela: Two. City of Miami Page 18 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 Vice Chair Carollo: Two. 1 wish we had more. That's good. 1 think that's what we should he looking to do more, is to encourage and try to help affordable housing homeownership. Commissioner Gabela: I agree. Vice Chair Carollo: Okay. Chair King: Do I have a motion? Vice Chair Carollo: Move. Chair King: I have a motion and a second. Commissioner Gabela: Second. Commissioner Pardo: Second. Chair King: All in favor of PH.1, 2, 3, and 4? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Motion carries unanimously. Commissioner Gabela: Thank you, Commissioners. Chair King: Thank you. Commissioner Pardo: Thank you. City of Miami Page 19 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 PH.2 RESOLUTION 15949 Department of Housing and Community Development A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), BY A FOUR -FIFTHS (4/5THS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, AFTER AN ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING, PURSUANT TO SECTION 29-B(A) OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, AND SECTION 18-72(B) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, AUTHORIZING THE SALE, WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING RESTRICTIONS AND AUTOMATIC REVERTER PROVISIONS, OF THE PROPERTIES APPROXIMATELY LOCATED AT 2115 NORTHWEST 18 STREET AND 1924 NORTHWEST 26 STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED, TO QUALIFIED APPLICANTS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI'S AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, THE HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM, AND NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION PROGRAM, (COLLECTIVELY "PROGRAMS"), AS MAY BE AMENDED, AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR SAID PURPOSE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0221 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number PH.2, please see Item Number PH.1. City of Miami Page 20 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 PH.3 RESOLUTION 16126 Commissioners and Mayor A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), PURSUANT TO SECTION 29-B(C) OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A GRANT OF EASEMENT ("EASEMENT"), IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, TO THE FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, A FLORIDA PROFIT CORPORATION, FOR A PERPETUAL, NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT OF A PORTION OF CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2975 OAK AVENUE, MIAMI, FL 33133, COMMONLY KNOWN AS FIRE STATION NO. 8, MIAMI, FLORIDA (FOLIO NO. 01-4121-016-0750) ("PROPERTY"), CONTAINING A TOTAL SIZE OF APPROXIMATELY THREE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN (317) SQUARE FEET, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED ("EASEMENT AREA"), FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC UTILITY FACILITIES, INCLUDING CABLES, CONDUITS, APPURTENANT EQUIPMENT, AND APPURTENANT ABOVE GROUND EQUIPMENT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE EASEMENT, WITH THE RIGHT TO RECONSTRUCT, IMPROVE, AND REMOVE ALL OR ANY OF THE FACILITIES WITHIN SAID EASEMENT AREA LOCATED AT THE PROPERTY. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0222 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number PH.3, please see "Public Comment for all Item(s)" and Item Number PH.1. City of Miami Page 21 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 PH.4 RESOLUTION 16084 Commissioners and Mayor A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), PURSUANT TO SECTION 29-B(C) OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A GRANT OF EASEMENT ("EASEMENT"), IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, TO THE FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, A FLORIDA PROFIT CORPORATION, FOR A PERPETUAL, NON- EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT OF A PORTION OF CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2000 SOUTHWEST 24 STREET (FOLIO NO. 01-4115-012-3240), MIAMI, FLORIDA ("PROPERTY"), CONTAINING A TOTAL SIZE OF APPROXIMATELY ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO (1,572) SQUARE FEET ("EASEMENT AREA"), AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A", ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC UTILITY FACILITIES, INCLUDING CABLES, CONDUITS, APPURTENANT EQUIPMENT, AND APPURTENANT ABOVE GROUND EQUIPMENT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE EASEMENT, WITH THE RIGHT TO RECONSTRUCT, IMPROVE, AND REMOVE ALL OR ANY OF THE FACILITIES WITHIN SAID EASEMENT AREA LOCATED AT THE PROPERTY. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0223 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number PH.4, please see "Public Comment for all Item(s)" and Item Number PF7.1. END OF PUBLIC HEARINGS City of Miami Page 22 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 RE - RESOLUTIONS RE.1 RESOLUTION 16095 Department of Human Resources A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), RATIFYING THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT, BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI AND THE EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION KNOWN AS THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS, LOCAL 587, FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2022 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2023. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0224 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For additional minutes referencing Item Number RE.1, please see "Public Comment for allltem(s)." Chair King: For the Resolution items, RE.1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15, of any of those items, would my colleagues like to pull? Commissioner Gabela: Sorry, could you say -- 1, 2? Chair King: Hold on. Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): My apologies, Chair. I just didn't hear RE.7 on the list. Chair King: RE.7. I didn't say that? Okay. RE.7. Commissioner Gabela: So, can repeat -- can -- Chair King: So, are there any of the RE (Resolution) items -- Commissioner Gabela: Right. Chair King: -- that you would like to pull for discussion? Commissioner Gabela: But which are the ones that you mentioned that you want to pass now? Chair King: RE.1, 2, -- Commissioner Gabela: Okay. Chair King: -- 3, 4, which requires a four.fifths vote, -- Commissioner Gabela: Right. Chair King: -- RE.7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15. City of Miami Page 23 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 Commissioner Gabela: Okay, give me a minute here. Chair King: Okay, take your time. Mr. Hannon: And Chair, just for the record, RE.8 needs to be amended pursuant to a substitution memo distributed on April 9th, 2024. Chair King: Thank you. Commissioner Gabela: Yeah, I'd like to pull RE.10. Chair King: Okay. Anyone else? Commissioner Gabela: That's all for me. Vice Chair Carollo: If -- if I can, you're pulling 10. Commissioner Gabela: RE.10, the Omni. Vice Chair Carollo: That's fine. I understand. I just have a question since it's the only place we can discuss. For the future, Commissioner, have you given any thought into a CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) into Allapattah? Commissioner Gabela: We have, Commissioner, but the problem is that by the time it's -- it's funded, it's many, many light years into the future. And this is the whole problem. Vice Chair Carollo: Okay. Commissioner Gabela: And that's why I want to talk on RE.10 with all due respect. Chair King: So are there any other items that you would like to discuss? Vice Chair Carollo: Not in the REs. Chair King: Okay, so may I have a motion to pass RE.1, 2, 3, 4, which requires four - fifths vote, RE.7, 8 as amended, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15. Commissioner Gabela: Motion. Vice Chair Carollo: Move. Commissioner Gabela: Second. Chair King: I have a motion and a second. All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Items passes unanimously. City of Miami Page 24 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 RE.2 RESOLUTION 16149 Department of Human Resources A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), RATIFYING THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT, BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI AND THE EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION KNOWN AS THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS, LOCAL 587, FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2023 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2026. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0225 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number RE.2, please see "Public Comment for all Item(s) " and Item Number RE.1. RE.3 RESOLUTION 15992 Department of Innovation and Technology A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT, ALLOCATE AND APPROPRIATE GRANTS FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA'S DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CYBERSECURITY GRANT PROGRAM FOR CYBERSECURITY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES AND COMMODITIES, WITH NO REQUIRED CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") MATCH, FOR THE VALUE OF THE SERVICES, LICENSES, OR COMMODITIES TO BE DETERMINED, IN THE EVENT OF AN AWARD; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A GRANT AGREEMENT, INCLUDING ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, AND EXTENSIONS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR THE ACCEPTANCE AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE GRANTS AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THEREOF AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0226 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number RE.3, please see Item Number RE.1. City of Miami Page 25 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 RE.4 RESOLUTION 16093 Department of Real Estate and Asset Management; Office of Capital Improvements A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), BY A FOUR -FIFTHS (4/5THS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, RETROACTIVELY RATIFYING, CONFIRMING, AND APPROVING THE CITY MANAGER'S EMERGENCY FINDINGS, ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED AS EXHIBIT "A," THAT IT IS MOST ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") TO WAIVE THE COMPETITIVE SEALED BIDDING REQUIREMENTS, PURSUANT TO SECTION 18-90 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), AND RETROACTIVELY APPROVING THE SELECTION OF VARIOUS PROVIDERS FOR THE PROVISION OF VARIOUS ARCHITECTURAL, ENGINEERING, AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES NECESSARY FOR BUILDING RECERTIFICATION, STABILIZATION, HEALTH AND HUMAN SAFETY ITEMS, AND THE MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS FOR THE OLYMPIA THEATER AND APARTMENTS ("OLYMPIA THEATER"), ON BEHALF OF THE CITY'S DEPARTMENT OF REAL ESTATE AND ASSET MANAGEMENT ("DREAM") AND THE OFFICE OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ("OCI"); AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, AND EXTENSIONS, SUBJECT TO ALL ALLOCATIONS, APPROPRIATIONS, PRIOR BUDGETARY APPROVALS, COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CODE, INCLUDING THE CITY'S PROCUREMENT ORDINANCE, ANTI -DEFICIENCY ACT, AND FINANCIAL INTEGRITY PRINCIPLES, ALL AS SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 18 OF THE CITY CODE, IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS, AS MAY BE DEEMED NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0227 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number RE.4, please see Item Number RE.1. City of Miami Page 26 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 RE.5 RESOLUTION 15948 Office of Management and Budget A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), APPROVING, AUTHORIZING, AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO UNDERTAKE THIS AMENDMENT IN ORDER TO ADD TO AND TO REVISE CAPITAL PROJECTS IN THE CITY OF MIAMI'S ("CITY") FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024 MULTI- YEAR CAPITAL PLAN ADOPTED ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2023, PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. R-23-0376 ("ADOPTED CAPITAL PLAN"), AS SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED, AND TO RE - APPROPRIATE, DE -APPROPRIATE, AND APPROPRIATE FUNDING FOR THE ADDED PROJECTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH EXHIBIT "A", ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING CERTAIN NECESSARY ACTIONS BY THE CITY MANAGER AND DESIGNATED CITY OFFICIALS AND DEPARTMENTS IN ORDER TO UPDATE THE RELEVANT FINANCIAL CONTROLS AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH FOR ONGOING CAPITAL PROJECTS, PROJECT CLOSE-OUTS, AND FOR GRANTS AND OTHER FUNDING SOURCES IN PROGRESS IN CONNECTION HEREWITH; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Defer RESULT: DEFERRED MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Christine King, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: Item RE.5 was deferred to the July 11, 2024, City Commission Meeting. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number RE.5, please see "Order of the Day." City of Miami Page 27 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 RE.6 RESOLUTION 15674 Office of Management and Budget A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENTS, AMENDING APPROPRIATIONS RELATING TO THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR ADOPTED OPERATING BUDGET PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. R-23-0448 ADOPTED ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2023, AS AMENDED, THE FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN, THE STRATEGIC PLAN, AND THE MULTI- YEAR CAPITAL PLAN PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. R-23- 0376 ADOPTED ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2023, AS AMENDED (COLLECTIVELY, THE "BUDGET"), AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO MAKE ANY NECESSARY CHANGES TO ADJUST, AMEND, ALLOCATE, AND APPROPRIATE THE BUDGET, AND ANY PART THEREOF, REGARDING CITY OF MIAMI SERVICES AND RESOURCES AS NECESSARY AND LEGALLY ALLOWED; RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING CERTAIN NECESSARY ACTIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER AND DESIGNATED OFFICIALS AND DEPARTMENTS TO UPDATE THE RELEVANT FINANCIAL CONTROLS, PROJECT CLOSE-OUTS, ACCOUNTING ENTRIES, AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH AND FOR GRANTS AND OTHER FUNDING SOURCES IN PROGRESS AND FOR NECESSARY RELATED DOCUMENT NEGOTIATIONS AND EXECUTIONS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY; PROVIDING FOR APPLICABLE EFFECTIVE DATES. MOTION TO: Defer RESULT: DEFERRED MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Christine King, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: Item RE.6 was deferred to the July 11, 2024, City Commission Meeting. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number RE.6, please see "Order of the Day." City of Miami Page 28 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 RE.7 RESOLUTION 16008 Office of Capital Improvements A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, AUTHORIZING AN INCREASE IN CONTRACT CAPACITY BY AN AMOUNT OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($500,000.00), THEREBY INCREASING CURRENT CONTRACT CAPACITY FROM AN AMOUN" OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($500,000.00) TO AN AMOUNT OF ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000.00) FOR THE PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL WORK CONCERNING REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS ("RFQ") NO. 19-20-012 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENTS ("AGREEMENTS") FOR MISCELLANEOUS ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC., CHEROKEE ENTERPRISES, INC., GANNETT FLEMING, INC., GHD SERVICES INC., LANGAN ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, LLC, RES FLORIDA CONSULTING, LLC D/B/A E SCIENCES, AND STEARNS, CONRAD AND SCHMIDT, CONSULTING ENGINEERS, INC. D/B/A SCS ENGINEERS, RFQ NO. 19-20-020 AGREEMENTS FOR MISCELLANEOUS MARINE AND COASTAL ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH COASTAL SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC., CUMMINS CEDERBERG, INC., GHD SERVICES INC., HDR ENGINEERING, INC., MOFFATT & NICHOL, INC. AND TETRA TECH, INC., AND RFQ NO. 20-21-011 AGREEMENTS FOR MISCELLANEOUS ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH A.D.A. ENGINEERING, INC., BCC ENGINEERING, LLC, CALVIN, GIORDANO & ASSOCIATES, INC., CES CONSULTANTS, INC., CHA CONSULTING, INC., CHEN MOORE AND ASSOCIATES, INC., EAC CONSULTING, INC., EXP U.S. SERVICES, INC., GANNETT FLEMING, INC., HBC ENGINEERING COMPANY, HDR ENGINEERING, INC., JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP INC., KEITH AND ASSOCIATES, INC., MARLIN ENGINEERING, INC., METRIC ENGINEERING INC., NOVA CONSULTING, INC., R.J. BEHAR& COMPANY, INC., STANTEC CONSULTING SERVICES INC., WGI, INC., AND WSP USA INC., ALL REGISTERED TO CONDUCT BUSINESS IN FLORIDA (COLLECTIVELY THE "CONSULTANTS"); ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENTAL BUDGETS, SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS AND BUDGETARY APPROVAL AT THE TIME OF NEED; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING ANY CONTRACT CAPACITY INCREASES, AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, AND EXTENSIONS AND/OR REPLACEMENT CONTRACTS, SUBJECT TO ALL ALLOCATIONS, APPROPRIATIONS, PRIOR BUDGETARY APPROVALS, IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), INCLUDING THE CITY OF MIAMI PROCUREMENT ORDINANCE, ANTI -DEFICIENCY ACT, AND FINANCIAL INTEGRITY PRINCIPLES, ALL AS SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 18 OF THE CITY CODE, IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THI CITY ATTORNEY, AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS, AS MAY BE DEEMED NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE. City of Miami Page 29 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0228 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number RE.7, please see Item Number RE.1. RE.8 RESOLUTION 15706 Department of Resilience and Public Works A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. R-20-0296, ADOPTED SEPTEMBER 24, 2020; FURTHER, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGENCY AGREEMENT EXECUTED ON JULY 21, 2015 BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ("COUNTY"), IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, WHICH ALLOWS THE CITY TO PERFORM CERTAIN ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC ENGINEERING FUNCTIONS WITHIN LOCAL MUNICIPAL STREETS MAINTAINED BY THE CITY, AND ALLOWS THE CITY TO INSTALL CERTAIN TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES WITH A DESIGN PRE -APPROVED BY THE COUNTY WITHOUT REQUIRING PRIOR COUNTY APPROVAL, INCLUDING TRAFFIC CIRCLES, SPEED HUMPS, HISTORIC WAYFINDING SIGNS, RAISED INTERSECTIONS, SPEED TABLES, SPEED CUSHIONS AND CHICANES, AS DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0229 MOTION TO: Adopt with Modification(s) RESULT: ADOPTED WITH MODIFICATION(S) MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number RE.8, please see Item Number RE.1. City of Miami Page 30 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 RE.9 RESOLUTION 16012 Department of Resilience and Public Works A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A MAINTENANCE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT ("MMOA") BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ("DEPARTMENT") FOR BEAUTIFICATION IMPROVEMENTS ON STATE ROAD 5/BISCAYNE BOULEVARD FROM NE 29 STREET TO NE 30 STREET. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0230 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number RE.9, please see Item Number RE.1. City of Miami Page 31 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 RE.10 16168 Commissioners and Mayor RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE RATIFICATION OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE 1996 INTERLOCAL AUTHORIZING COOPERATION AGREEMENT ("SECOND AMENDMENT ILA"), ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED HEREIN AS EXHIBIT "A" BETWEEN MIAMI- DADE COUNTY ("COUNTY"), THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY"), AND THE OMNI REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("OMNI CRA") IN ORDER TO EXTEND THE LIFE OF THE OMNI CRA TO 2047; THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE THE SECOND AMENDMENT ILA, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, AND TAKE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY ACTIONS CONSISTENT WITH THIS RESOLUTION; FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO WORK WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OMNI CRA TO ENSURE A COPY OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT ILA IS TRANSMITTED TO THE COUNTY FOR REVIEW, APPROVAL, AND ACCEPTANCE; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Defer RESULT: DEFERRED MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: Item RE.10 was deferred to the July 25, 2024, City Commission Meeting. Note for the Record: For additional minutes referencing Item Number RE.10, please see Item Number RE.1. Chair King: And now RE.10, Commissioner Gabela, for discussion. Commissioner Gabela: Yes, ma'am. Shall I start or -- yeah. Okay, so let me start by saying that the problem that I have extending this to 2047 without an extension in the boundaries to -- to the CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) is a couple items that I -- I want to bring to your attention, Commissioners. One of them is there was a study done by my predecessor that I'm sure you all are aware of, if not I've got a copy that can be made available, of moving the line from the existing Omni CRA, westward bound, and I'm sure you know a little bit about it, Commissioner Pardo. You know, on the one hand, I'd like to do what you guys do for your areas. You know, my area, I have true blight, especially on 7th Ave, that 7th Avenue corridor. We have all the homeless situation going on. You know, they bus them from Miami Beach, from TGK (Turner Guilford Knight). At the end of the day, we're the ones that foot the bill. They say that because all the hub, you know, the medical center and the jail and everything revolves around that area, it's a hub, it's a magnet for this kind of situation that we have going on. This is also one of the reasons why I would like to, with the help of you commissioners, extend the Omni CRA westward bound, and of course the lines are negotiable, you know. So, there's a heavy consequence to -- to be paid there. You know, we're bearing the brunt of the problem. My district is bearing the brunt of the problem on that 7th Avenue corridor. You know, I know there 's homeless, not only City of Miami Page 32 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 there, but that's a majority of where, you know, the problem lies in that 7th Avenue corridor close to Camillus House. And, you know, we go there, we move them, the HEAT (Homeless Empowerment and Assistance Team) does the job, the policemen does the job, we're wasting resources and they come back and it's an ongoing situation, and this is one. The other -- the other thought that I'd like to bring to the forefront here is, you know, I remember when I was a kid back in the 70s and 80s and 90s, that you could make the argument that a lot of -- a lot of the areas in the Omni area were blighted, you know, a lot of stuff to he done, but today, you know, I think this is a different scenario. It's a different map. This is not the case anymore, even though I know some will argue that the federal guidelines argue as is still in some areas, but 1 would argue that the majority of this area, now it's prime real estate, and therefore blight has gone away. Not all of the area, but the majority of the area. You know, and I would just like for you guys to consider, you know, like 1 said, I would like to do things for my area, you know, that you guys do for your area. And this is where I'm coming from. I believe that my area, my constituents can tremendously, you know, we can do a lot of things that we can't do now, and -- and like Commissioner Carollo rightly asked, you know, creating one. Yes, you can create one, but by the time it's funded, Carollo, it will be 9, 10 years, 11 years, 12 years, you know, and this is the reason why. You know, in the meetings, somebody said we can float a bond. Well, that's not possible. You know, that's not doable. In actual fact, it's a fallacy. You know, so I would urge you to please consider my situation, okay, that -- my district situation, my constituents, the problem that I have on 7th Ave, okay, with all of the consequences, we are absorbing those consequences. They cost money to fix those consequences. And this is what 1 would argue to move the line. You also have the medical center that can use some of the CRA funds. And, again, Commissioner -- Commissioners, you know, this is open to interpretation where we can negotiate on the boundaries. Thank you. Chair King: Thank you. Mr. Vice Chair. Vice Chair Carollo: Thank you, Chair. Commissioner, I've heard what you've said and I understand, first of all, the need that you have in your district. Secondly of all, I've heard what you've said, that if we go for a new CRA, how many years it might take. What I would suggest that we look at is the following: There are commitments that cannot be broken for whatever is left in the CRA period, seven more years or less or whatever it is. Commissioner Gabela: It's 2030, isn't it? It expires in 2030. Vice Chair Carollo: But -- Commissioner Gabela: 2030. Vice Chair Carollo: -- beyond that, for the new period, that's what we're talking about here, I think we should look at the CRA boundaries and take out some of the areas that are closer to Biscayne that really are not blighted anymore and extend that more into District 1 in the Allapattah area where it truly meets the requirement of a CRA. So, I would be in favor of that going into the juture, but taking out areas that we have now, in the present CRA, that are no longer blighted. The job was done when this CRA was founded and extend it more into your district where the need is there. What we need to do, I think, before we take any actual vote in that, is to have the Administration, and to do it quickly, not to be one of those things that goes for six months or a year, that they could do a quick analysis of whatever new areas we're going to take, how much money is that going to take from the general fund, and then figure out how much we'll be gaining from any areas that we'll be putting back in so that, you know, we could have a realistical [sic] view on the general fund, which that, we have an obligation to do. But I'm in agreement with what you 're saying. City of Miami Page 33 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 Chair King: Commissioner Pardo? Commissioner Pardo: Thank you. First of all, I'd like to say, Commissioner Gabela, 1 totally understand in the areas that you 're discussing. I believe a CRA would be a very good vehicle. I think what's important for you to understand is when this broader extension was first introduced by Alex Diaz de la Portilla, it was considered a very broad overreach to the existing CRA and it was not welcomed at all. So we are not in favor of extending the boundaries. We are in favor of providing all kinds of assistance, expert knowledge in getting the CRA up and running for Allapattah. I do not believe it will take eight years. I believe within two to three years there will be significant funding. There are all kinds of resources, including loans, that can help establish it. But the answer is not to accept the previous extension that was poorly conceived from the very beginning. I'd like to address the issue about blight. Yes, it is an area of blight. I mean, this is the thing, when you're the district commissioner for the area, you understand the area. You 're getting the problems from the area. Whether it's a renovation of Mount Olivette Missionary Baptist Church, or whether it's the flooding on Northeast 15th that's horrific, and the lack of infrastructure, it is very much an area of blight, and I take issue with commissioners that don 't service this area weighing in and saying things that are contrary to that. It is vital that we pass this acceptance. Mind you, this is an acceptance. This has already been discussed, approved. It's a very long process. In 2020, it was approved by the County Commission. It came back to the CRA. It was approved by the CRA. It is now before us as an acceptance that's necessary for us to be able to fund projects like the School Board project, which is corning our way, and we don 't have the capacity without this acceptance. So 1 would beg you to, once again, respect the area commissioner, respect the office that has the greatest amount of technical expertise and knowledge in the area and to please defer to District 2 and allow us to continue the jobs we're doing because, Commissioner Carollo, you mentioned affordable housing. These are projects that we're very much on top of including with the School Board project. We have some amazing projects in line and over -- when we do the CRA board meeting, you'll hear about some more of them, and this would impede our progress. So please, continue this progress and allow us to continue in this direction and vote in favor of the acceptance. Chair King: I agree with Commissioner Pardo because, like I said before and I've said all the time, time wounds all deals, and the State is moving away from CRAs. They're not granting additional CRAs now. They're changing the legislation to make it even harder for us to address slum and blight in our community. I do understand Commissioner Gabela. I support Allapattah. I believe that Allapattah should have a CRA because of we share the most -- the poorest districts in the city of Miami. And if there was a path forward to extend the line, a reasonable path forward to extend the line, I'd be the first to support that and co-sponsor it, but I believe it would be a mistake to hold up approving the extension for the Omni CRA at this time when you take into totality the temperature of CRAs within the state of Florida. Commissioner Gabela: Can I interject? Chair King: Absolutely. Commissioner Gabela: So, with all due respect to Commissioner -- by the way, Commissioner King, the study that was done was also done in your area, extending from 441 north, and you have part of your area. Chair King: To include Little Haiti. I'm familiar with it. It wasn't a -- it wasn't a great plan. City of Miami Page 34 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 Commissioner Gabela: Right. But look, with all due respect, I'll be voting no for this. With all due respect, 1 do believe that Commissioner Carollo is right when he says that maybe, and this is a good thought, the areas that are not within the area of the CRA, he's arguing that the areas that are not needed, that are not in blight anymore, be taken out to make room for other areas. That's a good proposition. I think that's pragmatic. I think that's doable. I don 't see what the problem is with that, but for me, with all due respect, I'll be voting no on this. Commissioner Pardo: The -- I'll just mention what the problem is, the problem is the length of time to do any of that. We already have projects in motion that are critical, including the School Board project. We don 't want to delay those projects. Commissioner Gabela: I understand that, but you know what, I've got a critical problem on Northwest 7th Avenue, like I said, and I need -- you know, I need to get a result just like -- and I understand, but I guess we 're all fighting here for our districts, but with all due respect, Commissioner, I've got a big problem on 7th Avenue, you know what I mean? And you know, every time I sit down on a briefing on Wednesday before we have our Thursday meeting, okay, I once again ask about the homeless situation, what are we doing about it, what are we going to do about it, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And really, you know, it's a problem, and nobody has -- there's no quick fix. You know that, I know that, we all know this. But nevertheless, this is the problem, you know, and 1 cannot, you know, in good faith, representing nay district, you know, agree and I understand, but with all due respect, I have to vote no on this because, I mean, somebody's got to come to the table and -- and look at what's going on on 7th Ave and say, hey, you know, yes, it's beautiful that, you know, everybody wants to support me, but, you know, at the end of the day, it's like you said, this needs to be passed because you need stuff for your area, I need stuff for my area. And this is where I'm at with all due respect. Commissioner Pardo: What I'm trying to suggest, Commissioner Gabela, is that there are many ways to tackle the problems you're discussing and we're on board with you. We will help and do whatever is necessary. We recognize it 's a very big problem. We want to be as supportive as we possibly can. But that need and those issues don 't need to stop what's been happening here for four years. Commissioner Gabela: No, but -- no, but -- no, but if I agree with this -- Commissioner Pardo: It's process. Commissioner Gabela: -- this is a negotiating process in the sense that if I give into this, you know, I'm -- I'm -- you know, I'm -- I'm sorry, you know You know I like to help everybody, you know, and -- and I'd like to help you, hut this can't fly with me because I have to find a negotiation here where people will understand that we have a problem on 7th Ave, and that corridor, with the health district and all that district, and we need funds, and we don't need them in 10 years, we need them now. And -- and, you know, this is the reality of the situation. I rest my case. Chair King: Thank you. Commissioner? Vice Chair Carollo: Commissioner Gabela, and please do not misunderstand what I'm going to say now. I mean this in a good way, in what you 're doing. For years, years, whether I've been an elected official or not, I've seen elected officials come and go in Allapattah. They change. And you know what doesn't change? It's the condition of those streets, the condition of the people who live there. I think what you're trying to do early on is to break that mold and not to be here for four years or eight years, and when you leave the same thing happens. Everything stays the same, or in some cases in the past worse. So, I think you deserve some attention to this City of Miami Page 35 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 because what you're trying to do, I think, has merit. Can it he accomplished or not? For many ways, 1 don't know. Nobody knows. But I think we should look at it closer. Now, having said that, next tinge we discuss this, 1'd like to get a map of the Omni CRA district, because with all due respect to Commissioner Pardo, you might be the commissioner there, and he certainly has my respect in that, but I also served that district for many years when I was a citywide commissioner, and I spent more time as a citywide commissioner representing all of Miami that elected me, than being a district commissioner. And I also spent more time as mayor that was citywide than as a district commissioner. And there are areas in the Omni CRA that I like to have pictures of them and then bring pictures of Commissioner Gabela's district in Allapattah and let's see ifyou're right or1'm right, if those areas in your district that 1 don't know anything about your district, as you stated, really need the monies from a CRA. You have very well-to-do areas now in your district that do not necessarily, in the future CRA, need to be there. While he has areas, we as a city, and that's how we should look at it, if I can quote Commissioner Reyes, who 's not here today, but we have a responsibility to look at things as a whole, not just in the district, he has tremendous areas there that are in need. So, you know, I don't want to, for me to say something, for you to say something, let's bring the pictures and see if indeed you have in every part of the Omni District, Omni CRA District, all this blight that you 're saying that I haven't seen, because I have seen that area as well as I've seen District 1, and they're not the same at all. Commissioner Pardo: Madam Chair, what I'd like to say is that this shouldn't be pitting the interests of one district against another district. Vice Chair Carollo: It's not -- Commissioner Pardo: Excuse me, much less when we're at th'final stages of a four- year process that will be -- that will do tremendous good for the Omni CRA district. You can sit and argue about little maps and little buildings, but at the end, all you're really doing is stalling a very important piece of legislation that will benefit the city of Miami, and the district, and affordable housing only for this horse trade. That should never happen. There is no reason that this should not proceed forward and that we should not fund these projects in the Omni CRA. And there is no reason that Commissioner Gabela can't have all of our support to cure the very problems that he's bringing forward, which I commend you, Commissioner Gabela, because they are big problems and I commend you for tackling them. But this isn't a binary situation. These two things can happen, and it shouldn't be used as political, you know, bartering at all. Commissioner Gabela: Can I -- Chair King: I -- I agree with you, Commissioner Pardo, and I am taking the temperature of my colleagues and I'd like to perhaps offer to defer this and have staff give us a comprehensive report on extending the boundaries, give our Vice Chair the opportunity to get the information that he has requested, because I don 't want to see this item fail. Commissioner Pardo: Agreed. Chair King: So may I have a motion to --? Commissioner Gabela: Motion. Chair King: I have a motion to defer. Do I have a second? Commissioner Pardo: Second. City of Miami Page 36 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 Vice Chair Carollo: Second. Final -- Chair King: Okay. Vice Chair Carollo: -- final word, please. Chair King: One final word? Vice Chair Carollo: Yeah. I keep hearing from District 2 affordable housing. The housing that we have been providing in the Omni CRA has been workforce housing. That's the housing, Jrothe most part, that we have been providing there now, and the ones that you're talking about with the School Board. The School Board deals are workforce housing. I'm not saying that we don't need it, that it's bad. On the contrary, we also need that. But in District 1, just like in District 3, in Little Havana, what is needed is affordable housing, even more so. Commissioner Pardo: Madam Chair, just to clarify, we are doing affordable housing, Commissioner Carollo, it's inaccurate, and I'd like to indefinitely defer the item. Chair King: I was thinking that we would defer the item until the last meeting in July. And that way, staff would have gotten an opportunity to bring forward the information and we could get it done in July. Commissioner Pardo: Okay. Chair King: Last -- Commissioner Pardo: If it becomes a further issue, then -- Chair King: Okay. So, do I have a motion to defer the item to the last meeting in July? Commissioner Gabela: Motion. Vice Chair Carollo: Second. Chair King: I have a motion and a second. All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): And that'll be July 25th. City of Miami Page 37 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 RE.11 16134 Commissioners and Mayor RE.12 16169 Commissioners and Mayor RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION ISSUING A FIREWORKS DISPLAY WAIVER PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 19/SECTION 7 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, TITLED "FIRE PROTECTION/MANUFACTURE, SALE, TIME OF DISPLAY AND DISCHARGE OF FIREWORKS," TO ALLOW FOR A FIREWORKS DISPLAY FOLLOWING THE MIAMI MARLINS BASEBALL GAME TO BE HELD ON JULY 3, 2024 AT LOAN DEPOT PARK IN MIAMI, FLORIDA. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0231 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number RE.11, please see Item Number RE.1. RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDS FROM THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF MIAMI ("MIAMI DDA") IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($400,000.00) ("FUNDS") TO UNDERWRITE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PURCHASE, INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE, AND ALL RELATED COSTS OF CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION ("CCTV") SECURITY CAMERAS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE MIAMI DDA, AT LOCATIONS GENERALLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT, INCLUDING AMENDMENTS, EXTENSIONS, AND ANY OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR SAID PURPOSE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0232 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number RE.12, please see Item Number RE.1. City of Miami Page 38 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 RE.13 16180 Commissioners and Mayor RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT, BUDGET, ALLOCATE, AND APPROPRIATE FUNDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("SEOPW CRA") IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000.00) ("GRANT FUNDS") FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FOOTBALL FIELD TURF AT THEODORE GIBSON PARK LOCATED AT 350 NW 12TH STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA 33136 ("PURPOSE"); FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A GRANT AGREEMENT, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, WITH SEOPW CRA FOR SAID PURPOSE; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, AMENDMENTS, EXTENSIONS, RENEWALS, AND MODIFICATIONS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR SAID PURPOSE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0233 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED BUT RECONSIDERED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes City of Miami Page 39 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 RE.13 16180 Commissioners and Mayor RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT, BUDGET, ALLOCATE, AND APPROPRIATE FUNDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("SEOPW CRA") IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000.00) ("GRANT FUNDS") FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FOOTBALL FIELD TURF AT THEODORE GIBSON PARK LOCATED AT 350 NW 12TH STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA 33136 ("PURPOSE"); FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A GRANT AGREEMENT, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, WITH SEOPW CRA FOR SAID PURPOSE; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, AMENDMENTS, EXTENSIONS, RENEWALS, AND MODIFICATIONS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR SAID PURPOSE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0233 MOTION TO: Reconsider RESULT: RECONSIDERED MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes City of Miami Page 40 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 RE.13 16180 Commissioners and Mayor RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT, BUDGET, ALLOCATE, AND APPROPRIATE FUNDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("SEOPW CRA") IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000.00) ("GRANT FUNDS") FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FOOTBALL FIELD TURF AT THEODORE GIBSON PARK LOCATED AT 350 NW 12TH STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA 33136 ("PURPOSE"); FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A GRANT AGREEMENT, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, WITH SEOPW CRA FOR SAID PURPOSE; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, AMENDMENTS, EXTENSIONS, RENEWALS, AND MODIFICATIONS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR SAID PURPOSE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0233 MOTION TO: Adopt with Modification(s) RESULT: ADOPTED WITH MODIFICATION(S) MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For additional minutes referencing Item Number RE.13, please see Item Number RE.1. Chair King: Let's move along. I understand that we need to revisit RE.13. May I have a motion to revisit RE.13? Commissioner Gabela: RE.13? Chair King: RE.13, yes. It is -- George Wysong (City Attorney): The acceptance -- Chair King: It's accepting, funds for Theodore Gibson Park. Commissioner Pardo: I'll make the motion. Chair King: I believe we forgot to say something. Commissioner Gabela: Second. Chair King: I have a motion and a second. Mr. City Attorney, you have a -- Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): And my apologies, Chair, the motion and second is unanimous? Chair King: Yes. City of Miami Page 41 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 RE.14 16181 Commissioners and Mayor Mr. Hannon: Okay. Mr. Wysong: Okay, the modification to RE.13 would be the acceptance of an additional $200, 000 for the development of a Code Enforcement office at the park. Chair King: Thank you. May I have a motion to --? Vice Chair Carollo: Move. Chair King: 1 have a mo -- Commissioner Gabela: Second. Chair King: All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Thank you. Mr. Hannon: As amended. Chair King: As amended. RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), APPROVING THE COMPENSATION AND EMOLUMENTS FOR CITY ATTORNEY GEORGE K. WYSONG III. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0234 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number RE.14, please see Item Number RE.1. City of Miami Page 42 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 RE.15 16186 Commissioners and Mayor RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT, BUDGET, ALLOCATE, AND APPROPRIATE FUNDS FROM THE OMNI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("OMNI CRA") IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWO MILLION ONE HUNDRED TWELVE THOUSAND 00/100 DOLLARS ($2,112,000.00) TO UNDERWRITE THE COST FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TRAFFIC CIRCLE AT NORTH BAYSHORE DRIVE BETWEEN NORTHEAST 15TH STREET AND NORTHEAST 17TH TERRACE INCLUDING ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS, DRAINAGE, PAVEMENT MARKINGS AND SIGNAGE ("PURPOSE") AS PART OF OFFICE OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT NO. 40- B203614 ("PROJECT"); FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A GRANT AGREEMENT, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, WITH THE OMNI CRA FOR SAID PURPOSE; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, AMENDMENTS, EXTENSIONS, RENEWALS, AND MODIFICATIONS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR SAID PURPOSE; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0235 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number RE.15, please see Item Number RE.1. END OF RESOLUTIONS City of Miami Page 43 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 SR - SECOND READING ORDINANCES SR.1 ORDINANCE Second Reading 15353 Commissioners and Mayor AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER 23 / ARTICLE I SECTION 23-6 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, ("CITY CODE") TITLED "TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS AND DENSITY FOR HISTORIC RESOURCES," TO ALLOW HEIGHT INCREASE FOR PROJECTS PROVIDING A PUBLIC BENEFIT BY A PUBLIC AGENCY, TO THE MIAMI MODERN (MIMO)/BISCAYNE BOULEVARD HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMUNITY; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE MOTION TO: Defer RESULT: DEFERRED MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Christine King, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: Item SR.1 was deferred to the September 12, 2024, City Commission Meeting. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number SR.1, please see "Order of the Day." City of Miami Page 44 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 SR.2 ORDINANCE Second Reading 15923 Commissioners and Mayor AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER 38/ARTICLE I OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, TITLED "PARKS AND RECREATION/IN GENERAL," BY CREATING SECTION 38-37, TITLED "NAMING OF EAST SHENANDOAH PARK" TO PROVIDE FOR THE NAMING OF THE PARCEL OF LAND CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 7,692 SQUARE FEET LOCATED AT 1320 SOUTHWEST 21ST STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA, AND OTHER CONTIGUOUS PARCELS THAT MAY BE ADDED IN THE FUTURE AS "EAST SHENANDOAH PARK"; FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO TAKE ANY AND ALL ACTIONS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE NAMING OF THE PARK; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: 14289 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Chair King: Mr. City Attorney, would you please for the record? read the Second Reading item title George Wysong (City Attorney): Yes, Madam Chair. Second Reading item. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Chair King: Thank you. Do I have a motion? Vice Chair Carollo: Motion. Chair King: I have a second. Commissioner Gabela: I'm sorry, I've been distracted. Second. Chair King: I have a motion and a second. Commissioner Gabela: What -- what are --? Chair King: SR.2. Commissioner Gabela: SR.2, sorry. Chair King: Yes. The naming of East Shenandoah Park. Commissioner Gabela: Yes, yes, yes. Chair King: All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. City of Miami Page 45 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 Chair King: Motion carries unanimously. END OF SECOND READING ORDINANCES City of Miami Page 46 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 FR - FIRST READING ORDINANCES FR.1 ORDINANCE First Reading 15956 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING Wynwood CHAPTER 62/ARTICLE XIV/SECTION 62-645 OF THE CODE OF Business THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, TITLED Improvement "PLANNING AND ZONING/PUBLIC BENEFITS TRUST District Board FUND/ESTABLISHED," TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRANSFER OF NRD-1 PUBLIC BENEFITS TRUST FUNDS COLLECTED BY THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") FINANCE DEPARTMENT ("FINANCE") TO A QUALIFIED PUBLIC DEPOSITORY HELD BY THE WYNWOOD BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ("BID"), ALLOWING FOR THE INVESTMENT OF NRD-1 PUBLIC BENEFITS TRUST FUNDS COLLECTED PURSUANT TO THE CITY'S INVESTMENT POLICY AND SECTION 218.415, FLORIDA STATUTES, PROVIDING FOR THREE (3) YEAR TERMS FOR NRD-1 PUBLIC BENEFITS TRUST FUND COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AND CLARIFYING THAT THIRTY- FIVE PERCENT (35%) OF TOTAL NRD-1 PUBLIC BENEFITS TRUST FUNDS COLLECTED SHALL BE ALLOCATED TOWARDS AFFORDABLE/WORKFORCE HOUSING; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Indefinitely Defer RESULT: INDEFINITELY DEFERRED MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Christine King, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number FR.1, please see "Order of the Day." City of Miami Page 47 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 FR.2 ORDINANCE First Reading 16136 Commissioners and Mayor AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER 2/ARTICLE IV/DIVISION 2/SECTION 2-211 TITLED, "ADMINISTRATION/DEPARTMENTS/PLANNING, BUILDING, AND ZONING DEPARTMENT/DENIAL OR REVOCATION OF CERTIFICATE OF USE," TO CONFORM SECTION 2-211 TO THE MOTION APPROVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION AND TO REMOVE LANGUAGE RELATED TO REPEAT OFFENDERS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Pass on First Reading RESULT: PASSED ON FIRST READING MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Chair King: Mr. City Attorney, would you please read into the record --? Commissioner Gabela: Can 1, can 1--? Chair King: Absolutely. Commissioner Gabela: Can you indulge me for one minute? 1 have to step out at some point because Mr. Diaz de la Portilla, the gentleman that I ran against in 20 -- last year is still trying to take me out of this chair as we speak and somebody out there is serving me. And I just want to, you know, just let you guys know I might have to go out there -- Chair King: Well, the City Attorney -- Commissioner Gabela: -- and get -- Chair King: -- has to read the titles of the first reading items so you can step away and come back. Commissioner Gabela: Yeah. Chair King: Okay. Mr. City Attorney, would you please read for the record the titles of the first reading items? George Wysong (City Attorney): Yes ma'am. FR.2. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: FR.4. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: FR.5. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: That's it. City of Miami Page 48 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 Chair King: Do 1 have a motion for the FR (First Reading) items? Commissioner Gabela: Is there any discussion on anything? Chair King: Mr. City -- hold on a second. Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): Thank you, Mr. Manager. Thank you, Chair. FR.4, Mayor Suarez, Chair King, and Commissioner Reyes will be co -sponsoring FR.4. Commissioner Gabela: Can 1 speak on FR.4 when -- Madam Chair, when you --? Chair King: Are there any items that you would like to pull for discussion? Commissioner Pardo: I'd like to co-sponsor FR.4 as well. Chair King: Mr. City Clerk, please show Commissioner Pardo as a co-sponsor for FR.4 as well? (COMMENTS MADE OFF THE RECORD) Commissioner Pardo: Through the Chair? I'm not sure. Commissioner Gabela: You're a sponsor, he says. Commissioner Pardo: Oh, I'm already a sponsor? Chair King: Oh, you -- yeah. Mr. Wysong: Yeah, you were already -- Chair King: You 're the initial sponsor. Mr. Wysong: You were already -- Commissioner Pardo: Thank you. Chair King: You're the initial sponsor. Commissioner Pardo: I knew it sounded familiar. Chair King: Okay. So, Commissioner Gabela, you would like to discuss FR.4? Commissioner Gabela: Yeah, okay so -- yeah, so the only thing I wanted to discuss to let you know, Commissioner Pardo and the rest of you Commissioners, is the only thing that in our office we were discussing, we were also discussing with -- with the staff whether the only thing we're worried about, and I think it's a good thing, but the only thing we're worried about, okay, number one, the load that this might put on that department, okay, of getting this 10 year certification. You know, that's what we were worried about, I believe. And I don't know if you guys thought about it or not. Commissioner Pardo: That 1 know -- Commissioner Gabela: I'm just saying. Commissioner Pardo: -- that I know of has been fully supported by staff City of Miami Page 49 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 Commissioner Gabela: Yeah, it has. Commissioner Pardo: And really, the -- this is all coming from Brickell City Centre. There was probably like seven or eight wells that were not being tended to, that were not being maintained. The Brickell area was flooding like crazy. We were able to determine that those wells had not been maintained. People forgot that maintenance was part of their responsibility. So this program is here to make sure that privately owned, especially drainage, areas like that are maintained appropriately. Commissioner Gabela: Yeah, the only thing -- the other concern was that some of these guys and some of these buildings have cemented over part of the property. Commissioner Pardo: They need to fix it. Commissioner Gabela: Yes, we might have problems along that line. So 1 just want to put it on the record before -- be careful -- Commissioner Pardo: Thank you. Commissioner Gabela: -- what you wish for. Just want to make sure that our staff is not going to be overwhelmed. That's all, but I'm ready to vote if you guys are. Chair King: I see that staff wants to make one short comment. Please. Patricia Arias: Patricia Arias, Senior Assistant City Attorney. There is a change with regards to Section 20-12, which is the variances and appeals. Mr. Wysong: This is FR.4. Ms. Arias: Sorry, this is FR.4. We had a Section J that we need to combine with Section C. So we are -- what we're doing is we're removing C and adding it to J And I'd like to go ahead and read it into the record. So it would be designated historic buildings. A variance is authorized to be issued for repair, improvement, or rehabilitation of a historic building that is determined eligible for the exception of the flood -resistant construction requirements of the Florida Building Code. Existing building, Chapter 12, historic buildings, upon a determination that the proposed repair, improvement, or rehabilitation will not preclude the building's continued designation as a historic building and the variance is the minimum necessary to preserve the historic character and design of the building. If the proposed work precludes the building's continued designation as a historic building, a variance shall not be granted and the building and any repair, improvement and rehabilitation shall be subject to the requirements of the Florida Building Code. This change is being made because the FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) consultant has advised that there was two contradicting paragraphs within here, so therefore we removed Section C to make it Section J and now we have no J. And then there's one other minor change in that Section 20-3(b), we inadvertently omitted several words. I'm going to read the entire thing as it should read so that it is clear. 20-3(b) is, the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to off-street parking facilities constructed underground and other similar types of low-grade areas within a building which are not lowest floor and certain -- neither electrical nor mechanical equipment. All such facilities constructed below grade shall be designed and constructed and contain essential equipment if necessary to prevent infiltration and accumulation of water or to provide for immediate and continuous elimination of water. A Florida registered engineer or architect shall submit and a flood data and a flood proofing certificate to assure that the design complies with all guidelines of subsection 20-5(b) herein. So those are the two corrections to the proposed legislation as printed. Chair King: Thank you. Are we ready to vote? City of Miami Page 50 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 Unidentified Speaker: Yes. Chair King: Do I have a motion? (COMMENTS MADE OFF THE RECORD) Commissioner Gabela: Second. Chair King: And a second? Commissioner Gabela: Second. Chair King: I have a motion and a second for FR.2, 4, and 5. All in favor? As amended, all in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Motion carries unanimously. Mr. Hannon: And again, just for the record, FR.4 as amended. Chair King: As amended. FR.3 ORDINANCE First Reading 16177 Commissioners and Mayor AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER 40/ARTICLE IV/DIVISION 4 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, TITLED "PERSONNEL/PENSION AND RETIREMENT PLAN/CITY OF MIAMI ELECTED OFFICERS RETIREMENT TRUST;" MORE PARTICULARLY BY AMENDING SECTION 40-291, TITLED "DEFINITIONS", AND SECTION 40-296, TITLED "APPLICABLE BENEFITS"; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Defer RESULT: DEFERRED MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Christine King, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: Item FR.3 was deferred to the July 11, 2024, City Commission Meeting. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number FR.3, please see "Order of the Day." City of Miami Page 51 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 FR.4 ORDINANCE First Reading 16167 Commissioners and Mayor AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER 20 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), TITLED "FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION," PROVIDING RE -CERTIFICATION OF EXISTING DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, AND PROVIDING STANDARDS FOR DEVELOPMENT IN SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREAS AND NON SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREAS AS NEWLY DEFINED; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Pass on First Reading with Modification(s) RESULT: PASSED ON FIRST READING WITH MODIFICATION(S) MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number FR.4, please see Item Number FR.2. FR.5 ORDINANCE First Reading 16183 Commissioners and Mayor AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER 37 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CODE"), TITLED "OFFENSES -MISCELLANEOUS;" MORE PARTICULARLY BY AMENDING SECTION 37-16 OF THE CODE PROHIBITING ENCAMPMENTS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY; PROVIDING FOR AN ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS AND PROCEDURE FOR ENFORCEMENT; REPEALING A PREREQUISITE FOR ENFORCEMENT PROVIDED IN ORDINANCE NO. 14032; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Pass on First Reading RESULT: PASSED ON FIRST READING MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number FR.5, please see Item Number FR.2. END OF FIRST READING ORDINANCES City of Miami Page 52 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 AC - ATTORNEY -CLIENT SESSION City, of Miami Page 53 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 AC.1 16146 Office of the City Attorney ATTORNEY -CLIENT SESSION UNDER THE PARAMETERS OF SECTION 286.011(8), FLORIDA STATUTES, A PRIVATE ATTORNEY -CLIENT SESSION WILL BE CONDUCTED AT THE JUNE 13, 2024, MIAMI CITY COMMISSION MEETING. THE PERSON CHAIRING THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING WILL ANNOUNCE THE COMMENCEMENT OF AN ATTORNEY -CLIENT SESSION, CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC, FOR PURPOSES OF DISCUSSING THE PENDING LITIGATION IN THE MATTERS OF ROBERT GUSMAN, BRUCE GUSMAN AND JACKIE GUSMAN THAYER AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEES OF THE REAL PROPERTY OF MAURICE GUSMAN CULTURAL CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, INC., A DISSOLVED FLORIDA NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION, V. CITY OF MIAMI, CASE NO. 22- 23242 CA 01, PENDING IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND MAURICE GUSMAN CULTURAL CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, INC. A DISSOLVED FLORIDA NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION, V. CITY OF MIAMI, CASE NO. 3D23-1842, PENDING IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, THIRD DISTRICT, TO WHICH THE CITY IS PRESENTLY A PARTY. THE SUBJECT OF THE MEETING WILL BE CONFINED TO SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS OR STRATEGY SESSIONS RELATED TO LITIGATION EXPENDITURES. THIS PRIVATE MEETING WILL BEGIN AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00 A.M. (OR AS SOON THEREAFTER AS THE COMMISSIONERS' SCHEDULES PERMIT) AND CONCLUDE APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR LATER. THE SESSION WILL BE ATTENDED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION, WHICH INCLUDE CHAIRWOMAN CHRISTINE KING, VICE-CHAIRMAN JOE CAROLLO, COMMISSIONERS MIGUEL ANGEL GABELA, DAMIAN PARDO, AND MANOLO REYES; THE CITY MANAGER, ARTHUR NORIEGA, V; THE CITY ATTORNEY, GEORGE K. WYSONG III; CHIEF DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY JOHN A. GRECO; DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY KEVIN R. JONES, AND ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEYS ERIC J. EVES, AND MARGUERITE C. SNYDER. A CERTIFIED COURT REPORTER WILL BE PRESENT TO ENSURE THAT THE SESSION IS FULLY TRANSCRIBED AND THE TRANSCRIPT WILL BE MADE PUBLIC UPON THE CONCLUSION OF THE ABOVE -CITED, ONGOING LITIGATION. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE ATTORNEY -CLIENT SESSION, THE REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING WILL BE REOPENED AND THE PERSON PRESIDING OVER THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING WILL ANNOUNCE THE TERMINATION OF THE ATTORNEY -CLIENT SESSION. MOTION TO: Withdraw RESULT: WITHDRAWN MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Christine King, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): Chair, my apologies. Can I have a motion to withdraw AC.1? City of Miami Page 54 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 BC.1 8938 Office of the City Clerk Commissioner Gabela: Motion. Chair King: Second. All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: AC.1 has been withdrawn. Mr. Hannon: Thank you. George Wysong (City Attorney): Thank you. END OF ATTORNEY -CLIENT SESSION BC - BOARDS AND COMMITTEES RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP LOAN PROGRAM TASK FORCE FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES: RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN NOMINATED BY: Commissioner Miguel Angel Gabela Commissioner Damian Pardo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Manolo Reyes Commissioner Christine King City of Miami Page 55 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 BC.2 14754 Office of the City Clerk RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT COUNCIL FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES: RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN NOMINATED BY: Mayor Francis Suarez Mayor Francis Suarez Commissioner Miguel Angel Gabela Commissioner Damian Pardo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Manolo Reyes Commissioner Christine King City of Miami Page 56 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 BC.3 6672 Office of the City Clerk BC.4 15894 Office of the City Clerk RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE AUDIT ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES: RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN NOMINATED BY: Commissioner Miguel Angel Gabela Commissioner Damian Pardo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Manolo Reyes Commissioner Christine King RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE BAYFRONT PARK MANAGEMENT TRUST FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES: RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN NOMINATED BY: Commissioner Manolo Reyes Commissioner Christine King City of Miami Page 57 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 BC.5 16057 Office of the City Clerk BC.5 16057 Office of the City Clerk RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES: MOTION TO: Defer RESULT: DEFERRED BUT RECONSIDERED MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Christine King, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes NOMINATED BY: Commission -At -Large Commission -At -Large Commission -At -Large RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES: MOTION TO: Reconsider RESULT: RECONSIDERED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes NOMINATED BY: Commission -At -Large Commission -At -Large Commission -At -Large City of Miami Page 58 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 BC.5 16057 Office of the City Clerk RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES: MOTION TO: Withdraw RESULT: WITHDRAWN MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes NOMINATED BY: Commission -At -Large Commission -At -Large Commission -At -Large Note for the Record: For additional minutes referencing Item Number BC.5, please see "Order of the Day." Chair King: Mr. City Clerk, would you please -- Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): Thank you, Chair. Chair King: -- move forward with the boards and committees? Mr. Hannon: Yes, if I may start with BC.5. Earlier today, BC.5 was deferred to June 27th, but the agenda for the June 27th meeting has already gone to print. So, if I could have a motion to reconsider BC.5, then we'll withdraw BC.5 and then I will bring a pocket item for the Civil Service Board appointments at the June 27th meeting. Chair King: Absolutely. May I have a motion? Vice Chair Carollo: Move. Chair King: Second? Commissioner Gabela: Second. Chair King: All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Motion carries. Mr. Hannon: And that was to reconsider. Now if I could have a motion to withdraw. City of Miami Page 59 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 BC.6 15417 Office of the City Clerk Vice Chair Carollo: (INAUDIBLE). Chair King: I have a motion. Commissioner Pardo: Second. Chair King: All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Motion carries unanimously. Mr. Hannon: Thank you, Chair. RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE CLIMATE RESILIENCE COMMITTEE FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES: RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN NOMINATED BY: Commissioner Damian Pardo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Manolo Reyes Commission -At -Large City of Miami Page 60 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 BC.7 6958 Office of the City Clerk BC.8 15791 Office of the City Clerk RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE CODE COMPLIANCE TASK FORCE FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES: RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN NOMINATED BY: Commissioner Miguel Angel Gabela Commissioner Damian Pardo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Manolo Reyes Commissioner Christine King RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING A CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL AS A MEMBER OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD FOR A TERM AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEE: NOMINATED BY: Gustavo Chacon Commission -At -Large ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0236 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): BC.8, Code Enforcement Board. Commissioner Gabela would like to appoint Gustavo Chacon -- Commissioner Gabela: Yes. Mr. Hannon: -- to an at -large seat. City of Miami Page 61 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 BC.9 15122 Office of the City Clerk Chair King: Do 1 have a motion? Commissioner Gabela: Motion. Chair King: Second? Commissioner Pardo: Second. Chair King: All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING A CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR A TERM AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEE: NOMINATED BY: RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN Commission -At -Large City of Miami Page 62 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 BC.10 14041 Office of the City Clerk RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN AND QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES: RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN NOMINATED BY: Mayor Francis Suarez Commissioner Miguel Angel Gabela Commissioner Damian Pardo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Manolo Reyes Commissioner Christine King Commission -At -Large Commission -At -Large City of Miami Page 63 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 BC.11 15420 Office of the City Clerk RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS BOARD FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES: RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN NOMINATED BY: Mayor Francis Suarez Mayor Francis Suarez Mayor Francis Suarez Commissioner Miguel Angel Gabela Commissioner Damian Pardo Commissioner Damian Pardo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Manolo Reyes Commissioner Manolo Reyes Commissioner Christine King City of Miami Page 64 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 BC.12 16052 Office of the City Clerk RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ADVISORY BOARD FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES: RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN NOMINATED BY: Commissioner Miguel Angel Gabela Commissioner Miguel Angel Gabela Commissioner Damian Pardo Commissioner Damian Pardo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Manolo Reyes Commissioner Manolo Reyes Commissioner Christine King Commissioner Christine King IAFF FOP AFSCME 1907 City of Miami Page 65 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 BC.13 15097 Office of the City Clerk RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES: RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN NOMINATED BY: Mayor Francis Suarez Commissioner Miguel Angel Gabela Commissioner Damian Pardo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Manolo Reyes Commissioner Christine King City of Miami Page 66 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 BC.14 16109 Office of the City Clerk RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL EMPLOYEES' AND SANITATION EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT TRUST FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES: NOMINATED BY: Luis Fernandez (AFSCME Local 871) Clarence Graves (AFSCME Local 871) ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0237 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Commission -At -Large Commission -At -Large Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): BC.14, General Employees' and Sanitation Employees' Retirement Trust, AFSCME 871 is seeking confirmation for the reappointment of Luis Fernandez and Clarence Graves. Vice Chair Carollo: Move. Commissioner Gabela: Second. Chair King: All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Motion carries unanimously. City of Miami Page 67 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 BC.15 7963 Office of the City Clerk BC.16 16058 Office of the City Clerk RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE HEALTH FACILITIES AUTHORITY BOARD FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES: RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN NOMINATED BY: Commissioner Miguel Angel Gabela Commissioner Damian Pardo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Manolo Reyes Commissioner Christine King RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE HISTORIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION BOARD FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES/CATEGORIES: NOMINATED BY: Najeeb Campbell Commissioner Miguel Angel Gabela (Citizen — Category 7) Robert (Bob) Powers Commissioner Christine King (Citizen — Category 7) ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0238 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): BC.16, Historic and Environmental Preservation Board. Commissioner Gabela would like to appoint Najeeb Campbell and Chair King would like to reappoint Robert `Bob" Powers. City of Miami Page 68 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 BC.17 16055 Office of the City Clerk Commissioner Gabela: Motion. Vice Chair Carollo: Move. Chair King: All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Motion carries unanimously. RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, QUEER ("LGBTQ") ADVISORY BOARD FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES: RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN NOMINATED BY: Mayor Francis Suarez Commissioner Joe Carollo Commission -At -Large City of Miami Page 69 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 BC.18 15421 Office of the City Clerk RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE MAYOR'S COUNCIL ON GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES: RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN NOMINATED BY: Mayor Francis Suarez Mayor Francis Suarez Mayor Francis Suarez Mayor Francis Suarez Mayor Francis Suarez Mayor Francis Suarez Mayor Francis Suarez Commissioner Damian Pardo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Manolo Reyes Commissioner Christine King Commission -At -Large City of Miami Page 70 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 BC.19 15795 Office of the City Clerk RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE MIAMI FOREVER BOND PROGRAM CITIZENS' OVERSIGHT BOARD FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES: RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN NOMINATED BY: Mayor Francis Suarez Commissioner Miguel Angel Gabela Commissioner Damian Pardo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Christine King City of Miami Page 71 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 BC.20 9270 Office of the City Clerk RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE MIAMI TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES: RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN NOMINATED BY: Mayor Francis Suarez Mayor Francis Suarez Mayor Francis Suarez Commissioner Miguel Angel Gabela Commissioner Damian Pardo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Manolo Reyes Commissioner Christine King Commission -At -Large Commission -At -Large Commission -At -Large City of Miami Page 72 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 BC.21 15422 Office of the City Clerk RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES: RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN NOMINATED BY: Mayor Francis Suarez Mayor Francis Suarez Commissioner Miguel Angel Gabela Commissioner Damian Pardo Commissioner Damian Pardo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Manolo Reyes Commissioner Manolo Reyes Commissioner Christine King Commissioner Christine King City of Miami Page 73 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 BC.22 3693 Office of the City Clerk BC.23 15796 Office of the City Clerk RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE STARS OF CALLE OCHO WALK OF FAME COMMITTEE FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES: RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN NOMINATED BY: Mayor Francis Suarez Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commission -At -Large Commission -At -Large Commission -At -Large RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING A CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL AS A MEMBER OF THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD (UDRB) FOR A TERM AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEE: NOMINATED BY: Francisco Perez-Azua Commissioner Christine King ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0239 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): Urban Development Review Board, BC.23 Chairwoman King would like to appoint Francisco Perez-Azua. Vice Chair Carollo: Move. City of Miami Page 74 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 BC.24 16056 Office of the City Clerk Commissioner Gabela: Second. Chair King: All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Motion carries unanimously. Mr. Hannon: That concludes the boards and committees. Thank. you, Chair. Chair King: Thank you, Mr. City Clerk. RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING A CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL AS A MEMBER OF THE VIRGINIA KEY ADVISORY BOARD FOR A TERM AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEE: NOMINATED BY: RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN END OF BOARDS AND COMMITTEES Mayor Francis Suarez City of Miami Page 75 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 DI - DISCUSSION ITEMS DI.1 DISCUSSION ITEM 15971 Department of Parks and Recreation A DISCUSSION TO UPDATE THE CITY COMMISSION AND THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT'S PROGRESS IN CREATING CLEANER, MORE SUSTAINABLE WATERFRONT PARKS. THIS UPDATE WILL HIGHLIGHT THE STEPS TAKEN TO IMPLEMENT THE LEAVE NO TRACE POLICY AND ITS IMPACT. RESULT: DISCUSSED Note for the Record: For additional minutes referencing Item Number DL1, please see "Public Comment for allItem(s)." Chair King: At this time, we have discussion item number one, Leave No Trace Policy implementation update. Mr. Parks Director, how are you this morning? Christopher Evans (Director, Parks and Recreation): Good morning. Good morning. I'm well. How are you? Chair King: Good, thank you. Mr. Evans: All right. Good morning. Good morning, Commissioners. Good morning, Mr. City Attorney, Mr. Manager. Today I wanted to just briefly provide an update on the Leave No Trace Policy and highlight the steps we've taken to implement it, its impact on the community and the environment. Just as a little background on the timeline, in 1987, the National Park Service, the Forest Service and Land Management created a Leave No Trace for Land Ethics pamphlet. It 's evolved into the Leave No Trace principles and the policy is crucial for preserving Biscayne Bay and its ecological health. The No -- Leave No Trace principles, we are focusing on the disposing of waste properly and being considerate of others. Just a timeline of the policy. In November, we received a directive to draft the policy and it ended up being unanimously approved, thank you again, in March of -- March 14th and implemented into policy on April 8th. We announced that the Leave No Trace Policy was going to take effect on May 18th. Unfortunately, the day before the policy was going to in effect, we received notification from Miami -Dade County that they would no longer be servicing the Morningside Island, Osprey Island, and Pace Picnic Island. I know I mentioned the last time I made a presentation there would be no budget impact, but we know that we have to continue to keep the islands clean as we implement this policy, so we have amended our own contract that we take care of south of the Port of Miami for those islands, and the vendor is going to an additional service day at Pace Picnic Island. Overview of the island, we do have 11 islands that are owned by the City of Miami that are in the Parks Department's assets. We have 21 City of Miami parks that border Biscayne Bay and 46 City of Miami parks with a waterfront edge. We started a public awareness campaign, and it's been critical to raising awareness on the efforts. We have items such as a boat, as you see here on this image here, going up and down Biscayne Bay in Dade County and Broward with our Leave No Trace messaging. We've been featured several times on the popular Don't Trash Our Treasure series from Emmy Award winning journalist Louis Aguirre from our local ABC affiliate. Also wanted to thank our Communications Department who's been crucial for amplifying our messaging. So on the digital billboards around the city, a lot of the Leave No Trace marketing has been there. You '11 see not only the boat, but City of Miami Page 76 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 the images there on the bottom right are on all the, about 150 of digital boards that are existing around the city, and then also our digital efforts with Comcast and the different companies that we service. All of these things were free of charge. A lot of the companies are definitely welcoming of spreading the message of Leave No Trace, so we've been appreciative of that. But before we implemented the policy, we had several infrastructure improvements. We removed the trash cans, installed cans. Definitely wanted to make sure I gave a shout out to Marine Patrol. They've been critical in this effort. Lieutenant Tamarin and his staff, they've been instrumental on cleaning the islands as well prior to, you know, implementation. We wanted to make sure we had a clean slate. The group, the Marine Patrol, cleared about a thousand pounds of garbage from our islands before we implemented the policy. So they've been definitely helpful. We had the Leave No Trace launch day on May 18th. I want to thank Mayor Suarez, Commissioner Pardo, Chairwoman King, and definitely all of the commissioners and your office for helping us amplify the message of when we were starting the policy. So May l8th, we went out to the islands. We did an educational opportunity with some of the boters and those that were engaging in the islands. Also had a lot of our community groups that have been, you know, pushing for this policy for years come out and assist us. We cleaned up Morningside Island and Pace Island (UNINTELLIGIBLE). It was beautiful. A lot of the people that were there, they understood Leave No Trace and what we were trying to do. Two days after we began the policy, we had an opportunity with the Parks Department and the Department of Resilience and Sustainability. We both presented at the Biscayne Bay Marine Health Summit on May 20th at Jungle Island. There was about 500, you know, city, county, .state employees, those from the science community and the business community, just to talk through how we can improve Biscayne Bay. Leave No Trace was a very popular topic. It came up with the county mayor's speech. It came up with the workshop that we did. I'm going to be adding to the public record all of the comments that we received. We -- myself and Sonia from Office of Resilience and Sustainability, we got a lot of comments on things that we could do better and also things that they were proud of that we were taking the bold steps to initiate the Leave No Trace Policy. Impact and results. So we had nine of our 11 islands, I'll say they're great. Everybody understands how to go to the islands, how to clean up after themselves, how to make sure they respect the environment. And -- but we do have two islands that are known for partying and we had drastic -- we had to take drastic measures to try, to address all of the things that are going on we want to correct. So we did close the Spoil Islands about a week later, on May 24th, we closed four of the Spoil Islands, Willis Island, Pace Picnic Island, Morningside Island, Osprey. Most of the issues that we have have honestly been at Pace Picnic Island and at Willis Island located near Virginia Key. But we decided to close the other islands that were close by as we understand just like I was probably in college if they shut down the party at one location we're just going to go to another one. So we decided to close the Morningside and Osprey to give the bay a break. We've had an opportunity to have a Marine Patrol and our park rangers take a more critical role in enforcing the closure with the anticipation that when we open the islands again, we're going to continue to have a strong presence and make sure we're telling all the folks at the islands that we need to make sure that they clean the islands and respect them or we can close them again. So enforcement measures that we're taking while the island is closed, you'll see a picture of how we have been closing the islands on the left there. We've been barricading it off.' There's do not enter signs. We are updating all of the signage that is on the islands currently. That's a lot, it's really wordy, but we're deciding when we upgrade the signage that we're going with more of the images that'll show exactly, exactly, you know, the rules not to break. So we're going to be updating all the signage. We're doing that now in anticipation that we're going to open them. We've been working with Police and Code Enforcement to discuss the best practices to enforce the rules on the islands and working with our partner agencies so that when we open, we can have an educational campaign there on the islands talking through Leave No Trace. We've also applied, or this week we're going to be applying for a City of Miami Page 77 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 FIND (Florida Inland Navigation District) grant for additional debris service management days when we reopen the islands on the ones that are key to -- that rules are often broken on, on Pace Picnic Island and Willis Island. A long-term plan is to explore creating a swim zone around the islands with buoys, so boaters we can welcome them back to the island, but we won't have them anchoring on the shoreline. Those that want to come on the island can walk through the water to get to the islands, enjoy, and then leave after they're done taking their trash with them. So we anticipate announcing next week when we will reopen the islands. We want to make sure they're open ahead of the July 4th holiday. I know that's another key holiday for those that like to get out on the water, so that's our plan to provide an update then. And 1 am available for any questions that you may have on our strategies. Chair King: Any questions, gentlemen? Commissioner Pardo: So if I understand it, it's basically closing them off, great education campaign, reopening them, try to reinforce with better application of rules, et cetera, and then kind of play it by ear, see how it goes. We may have to close them again. Mr. Evans: Right, I'm hopeful, I'm hopeful. We're going to work, our park rangers, we're going to work with Police and Code. We're going to have a strong presence on the days that we reopen. We're going to make sure we're working with our news and our Communications Department. We're really going to just tell everybody, like, these are the behaviors that we expect, these are, you know, to keep the island clean, and then we'll have to reassess and make sure, you know, if we're going to keep them open. If people can't, you know, play by the rules, then we'll have to close them again. Commissioner Pardo: Great job. I know folks in my district and in the city in general were very much enthused by our application -- Mr. Evans: Yes. Commissioner Pardo: -- of that policy. Mr. Evans: Yes, sir. Arthur Noriega (City Manager): Yeah, Chris, I know you touched on it, but you might want to also emphasize beyond our own internal resources, we've also aligned with some volunteer groups that are going to help us with the enforcement and education too. So we're bringing in partners too that are going to assist as well. So the load doesn't entirely -- Mr. Evans: Absolutely. Mr. Noriega: -- rely on us. Mr. Evans: Absolutely. I did miss out on the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. We've been working since -- we've talked about, you know, these strategies and we hosted a community meeting. They 've been active. So they have a group of staff that are, you know, enforcing rules on a lot of the islands throughout Biscayne Bay. So we're going to partner with them. When we open, they're going to come out on the islands, we're going to hand out the disposable Leave No Trace bags, we're going to talk to people in English and Spanish, so we are going to engage with those groups. And then we're going to invite all the community as well. So there are community groups, I know at Morningside, and at Legion, and folks that are super engaged on this, so we're going to want to bring them together for like another day on the bay. City of Miami Page 78 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 Commissioner Pardo: Excellent. Chair King: I'd be concerned about 4th of July. You're going to have more than the normal attendance at these islands. Fourth of July is going to open it up to, not necessarily residents of the city of Miami, but people visiting Miami for the holiday. I don 't know if it's a good idea to open the islands for the 4th of July because it is going to have an overwhelming amount of visitors because it's a holiday, because people are going to be renting boats and having parties, and will you have the capacity to address the increase in attendance on the bay for that holiday? Mr. Evans: Right. We have a commitment with police and having a zero tolerance policy towards littering and some of the illegal behavior that we have, so we want to come out in force when there are folks on the islands to make sure they know what we're doing. Chair King: So that's -- I wouldn't -- I wouldn't want to have people arrested on the 4th of July because they're having a good time and they're not aware of our Leave No Trace Policy. They're not necessarily from here. I'd like to see a balance with keeping our environment safe and clean and, you know, not having any destruction, as well as not arresting people for having a good time. So I would consider just a thought that maybe we don't open the islands for the 4th of July, just maybe, and the enforcement, because people get boisterous, people do things during holidays that you did when you were in college and I'm truing to be tactful in my words, but again, you know, hanging out on the island having a party celebrating the 4th of July will lead to more Arthur Noriega (City Manager): Madam Chair -- Chair King: -- is what I'm saying. Mr. Noriega: -- in spite of the fact you just called Chris out for his behavior in college Chair King: He started it. Mr. Noriega: I guess. We will absolutely take that into consideration and I, you know, after hearing you sort of make the case for that, I think it might probably be a good idea to defer to reopening the following weekend after July 4th. You make a compelling argument, so we'll definitely take that into consideration. Chair King: Thank you. And thank you. You're doing a fantastic job. And may I get one of those hats? Mr. Evans: I saw you had the hat on during the thing. Somebody got you? Chair King: I do have a hat, but at the Fit City Challenge, I met a young man on the SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) team, and he wanted one, and I said I would get itfor him. Mr. Evans: All right. Chair King: So if you could get it for me, please. Commissioner Pardo: They're great, actually. Mr. Evans: All right. City of Miami Page 79 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 DI.2 15907 City Manager's Office Chair King: They are. Mr. Evans: On the microphone and everything. You got me. All right. 1 got you. Chair King: Thank you so much. Mr. Evans: Alright, you're welcome. DISCUSSION ITEM A DISCUSSION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION REGARDING ANNUAL BOARD REPORTS. RESULT: DISCUSSED Chair King: We are now at DI.2, annual board reports. Does anyone --? Arthur Noriega (City Manager): So, Madam Chair, there is no representative from VKAB (Virginia Key Advisory Board) again. They have submitted their report already at this point. We 've moved on from this item a number of times. It might be fine to just bring it to a head and take into consideration the report that was submitted and just move on, if you 're okay with that. Chair King: I have the report. My colleagues, are you okay with that? Commissioner Gabela: Yep. Chair King: Accepting the report? (COMMENTS MADE OFF THE RECORD) Chair King: The written report for the Virginia Key -- Mr. Noriega: Virginia Key Advisory Board. Chair King: -- Advisory Board. Okay. City of Miami Page 80 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 DI.3 DISCUSSION ITEM 16129 Commissioners and Mayor A DISCUSSION ITEM REGARDING THE HALF PENNY TAX WITHHELD BY MIAMI DADE COUNTY IN AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT BEING WITHHELD OF $57 MILLION. MOTION TO: Defer RESULT: DEFERRED MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: Item DL3 was deferred to the July 25, 2024, City Commission Meeting. Chair King: DI.3, half penny tax being withheld by Miami -Dade County. Is anyone here to speak on that item? Commissioner Gabela: Weren 't the -- didn 't somebody ask to defer that or something? Chair King: DI.3? No. Commissioner Gabela: Didn't you -- Art, didn't you ask to defer that? Arthur Noriega (City Manager): I mean, we discussed the deferral on it, so it's probably a good idea that we do, just because I wanted a little more time. We just missed it on the deferral list. You 're right. Commissioner Gabela: Okay, so -- Chair King: Do I have a motion to defer it? Commissioner Gabela: Motion. Chair King: I have a motion and a second to defer it to the last meeting in July? Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): July 25th. Chair King: July 25th. All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Motion carries unanimously. City of Miami Page 81 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 DI.4 DISCUSSION ITEM 15582 Commissioners and Mayor A DISCUSSION ITEM REGARDING PAYMENTS OF LEGAL FEES FOR DIAZ DE LA PORTILLA. RESULT: DISCUSSED Chair King: D1.4. Commissioner Gabela: DI.4 is me, you know, with the Portilla, you know, and you guys know the way I feel about this, you know, but last time I didn't get any support, so I will continue, you know, deferring to, I don't know, this legal battle is over between him and I, you know. But I keep stressing again, you know, I want to present to you something, Wysong, in the next meeting that we have, I want to present an item that basically, when you guys in your office are going to go get legal counsel, we at least have three different entities vying for that legal representation of outside -- when we outsource our legal counsel. George Wysong (City Attorney): Sort of like a bid process? Commissioner Gabela: Yeah. Mr. Wysong: The only thing -- the only thing I don 't like about that is a lot of times these complaints come in. There's a short time to retain counsel, to file an answer and prosecute the case. So the retaining or the engagement of attorneys is specifically excluded from the Procurement Code for that reason, because it just doesn't work to - Commissioner Gabela: Okay. Mr. Wysong: -- try and apply bidding standards to something like the -- engaging counsel. Commissioner Gabela: So forget it. Okay, so I hear you. What about the part that maybe two viable, you know, competitors of the same --? Mr. Wysong: Well, once again -- Commissioner Gabela: Would that entail also time, you know? Mr. Wysong.: I'm sorry, I didn't fully catch that. Commissioner Gabela: Giving two choices -- giving two choices for legal representation, you know, of one firm to the other. Will that also hamper the time constraints that you just made the case for? Mr. Wysong: Because what ultimately' happens, though, is like let's say some -- there's two different scenarios. There's Scenario One where we go for conflict counsel because, you know, there's an issue between the defendant and the City and it's at some point the the defendant, the represented person, could be a commissioner, could be a City employee, needs to be comfortable with that lawyer. So they -- ultimately, we will seek counsel fir them, try and get a good deal for them as far as the representational amounts that they're willing to charge. Vice Chair Carollo: Chair? City of Miami Page 82 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 Mr. Wysong: And, you know, but -- and 1 guess ultimately you could say -- well, anyway -- Commissioner Gabela: No, I heard you. I heard you. How about at least that we be notified when you are obtaining. Mr. Wysong: We can certainly do that. Commissioner Gabela: Outsource. Mr. Wysong: Certainly do that, yes. Chair King: Vice Chair. Mr. Wysong: We could do five day memos or something like that if you prefer. Vice Chair Carollo: Commissioner, may I suggest that for legal reasons, whatever questions you have or ideas with the City Attorney, you do that personally with him. And I'm only bringing this up for legal reasons. Commissioner Gabela: Alright. Commissioner Pardo: Madam Chair? Chair King: Commissioner. Commissioner Pardo: I do have a question. Art, I mean City Manager, sorry. The issue of legal fees, I mean I think bottom line, the main issue here is at what point should the City stop paying fees when a commissioner's behavior or situation has gone further than the normal course of duty and created litigation? I think that's really the question. I'm not sure the best way it could be handled. Maybe there could be a recommendation from your office, but you know, is it looked at as an employee benefit that ends at a certain point, or is it looked at as a, you know, standard procedure that we use in the City of Miami? Regardless of which way it 's being looked at, I think it is important. I think we should address it and I think when there 's an overreach by a commissioner they should be on their own and I think that's what Commissioner Gabela, you know, has been trying to -- to state here, you know, on the record. Arthur Noriega (City Manager): So what I'll -- what I'll -- what I'll do is a sort of a cause of action as a result of that inquiry. I'll sit with the City Attorney. We'll kind of come play through some scenarios in terms of what we may or may not do and then come back with a recommendation to the Commission in terms of a future policy related to that. Chair King: If I may -- Mr. Noriega: Yes. Chair King: -- if I may, I don't believe we should tinker with this too much. If a commissioner is being sued in their capacity as an elected official, there should be no hindrance to obtaining legal representation and I just want to make that clear. If a commissioner- in the course of their duty as an elected official is sued, there should be no impediment to obtaining legal counsel. Commissioner Gabela: And I agree except for when you engage in activity that is beyond your scope, that is not within your commissionership or your role to do and -- City of Miami Page 83 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 Chair King: But 1 don't believe that the City Attorney's Office or the City of Miami, and let's get some clarification, is representing any elected official that acted outside of their scope and is being sued for such. We would not be represented if we were accused of a crime, a criminal crime, correct? Mr. Wysong: That is correct. Chair King: Okay, so they will not be representing us if we acted outside of our scope as elected officials. If we're accused of a crime, if we, you know, if we've done anything, like if we killed somebody -- Commissioner Gabela: Right. Chair King: -- the City of Miami is not going to represent us, you know, those kinds of things. But I want to make it clear that I would not support any legislation that would take away representation of us because -- Commissioner Gabela: No, no. Chair King: -- anyone can sue you fbr anything in the course of your -- 10 people can sue you today because we live in a litigious society and that would have a chilling effect on elected officials coming to serve. And it's also -- it's also a guarantee that we get from the state, correct? Mr. Wysong: Yes, Chapter 111 of the Florida Statute. Chair King: Right, it's not just the City of Miami elected officials, it's elected officials. Commissioner Gabela: Right, but -- Chair King: Okay. Commissioner Gabela: -- if I may, and I understand what you're saying, what I'm saying is, for example, in the case of former Commissioner Portilla, where it is alleged that he went out, you know, in other words, the charges that he's facing and on a separate matter, the Melwani incident with the marina, you know, where clearly if it is proven that in fact they were seeking this, then that's a criminal activity. You know, and now -- and the argument is okay, but you know, you don't know that until, you know, it goes in front of a -- Mr. Wysong.• Right, exactly. Commissioner Gabela: And I understand that. But here's what we're doing. So we're paying out money. And let's pretend that at the end of the day, Portilla is guilty. Then that money, we're not going to recuperate. On the other hand, if Portilla is innocent, then, you know, the money's we can, you know, we can reimburse them. But this idea that we keep paying and paying and paying for people getting in trouble. And I'm specifically speaking about Mr. Portilla. Okay, specifically speaking about Mr. Portilla and nobody else. Okay, this is a problem. Okay, and I know what you're saying legally, you know, but the residents ask me all the time, hey, how can this be, how can this happen? How could the guy even run? Okay, how come the people don't -- you know, how many times did I have to explain to (UNINTELLIGIBLE), you know, you're innocent until proven guilty, we have due process, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. But this is a concern that the voter has, that the taxpayer, you know, is .footing the bill City of Miami Page 84 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 for this kind of scenarios going on in the city of Miami and it doesn't look good for us. That's all I'm saying. 1 also understand your point. Chair King: Right, correct, but what we need to do is -- it's not specific to a commissioner. PutXfor the commissioner. No name attached to it. Commissioner Gabela: No, no, no. Let's -- Chair King: Right. Commissioner Gabela: For actions. Actions taken that are -- yes. Chair King: So no name attached to it. It's just X, the variable. Commissioner Gabela: The variable, yes. Chair King: And the scenario that attaches to that. Because while each complaint is different, you don't know what someone will come and accuse you of or you of or you of. Commissioner Gabela: Yes. Chair King: And to have to front that cost because we are elected officials, that would be burdensome and I'm telling you that anyone can come up and my friend David who likes to sue the City and does and can, it will encourage meritless lawsuits. And although they may be meritless, they still have to be defended. And as the only practitioner here, I'm probably the only one that could maybe do that at no cost, because I could represent myself, which is not a good idea. But I'm saying others don't have the wherewithal, the means to address. And there's some in other municipalities, at least one, I think he was the city attorney, he was sued like ten times. He was sued ten times because they didn't like him. And you just have to protect yourselffrom those instances. Mr. Wysong: And Madam Chair, I just wanted to add that whenever a complaint comes in, we review the complaint and with an eye towards whether or not the actions were within the course and scope, whether they're colorable under law, and et cetera. So we will not defend or offer the defense if they are beyond the pale, so to speak. But, you know, sometimes there will be judgment calls, and I encourage you to bring a motion to question our decision to represent somebody up front. As the law stands, both the Chapter 1I1 of the Florida Statutes as well as common law under the Supreme Court of Florida, if you prevail in those cases, you're entitled to your attorney's fees. However and as Commissioner Gabela is saying, if you, however, lose, then it's up to us to seek those reimbursements. Commissioner Gabela: No, not us, the taxpayer. Mr. Wysong: Right. Commissioner Gabela: The taxpayer, all of us, the taxpayer. And here's the other thing, one more thing, and I'm going to close on this. The other thing is some people have a track record of things. The gentleman in question has a track record, okay, of things, okay? And I'll leave it at that, and I heard you. I'm done. Commissioner Pardo: I think it's a good opportunity to take the Chairwoman's comments and some of the issues as far as putting out a reimbursement and create that policy so that both everyone on the dais and the community understands exactly what the rules are. City of Miami Page 85 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 Mr. Noriega: Understood. Chair King: Thank you. DI.5 DISCUSSION ITEM 16164 Commissioners and Mayor A DISCUSSION ITEM REGARDING THE POSITION OF CHAIRMAN OF THE BAYFRONT PARK MANAGEMENT TRUST. RESULT: DISCUSSED Note for the Record: For additional minutes referencing Item Number DL5, please see "Public Comment for all Item(s). " Chair King: And at this time we will take up DI.5. I believe Commissioner Gabela, you put that item for discussion? Commissioner Gabela: Yeah. Okay, so we have here DI.5, Commissioner Carollo, which is chairman of the Bayfront Trust, and I got here what in December, January this year, and I'm hearing what's going on, the people talk, I'm hearing this, I'm hearing that. Commissioner Reyes, which is not here today, said that he was going to initiate a forensic investigation of the books. Am I right? And that was back in January. And then I asked, how much is that going to cost, you know? And I think it was -- it's in the tune of somewhere about 50 grand, I think was what Larry, or somebody said to me, or Wysong, it was going to be about 50 grand once we get -- remember that Larry, the conversation we had? Larry Spring: Through the Chair, Larry Spring, Chief Financial Officer. Context, that's the audit pool that we are putting together to do audits of all the agencies. Depending on the scope, that price could be from 50 to I'd probably say up to $200, 000 for each audit -- Commissioner Gabela: Right. Mr. Spring: -- depending on the scope. Commissioner Gabela: So here's where I'm going with this. Nothing personal toward you, Commissioner Carollo, because I'm hearing things, you know, from both sides, okay. And I don't go to that park often, to be honest with you. I went this weekend to the Frost. Vice Chair Carollo: You should, you should. You should see it. Commissioner Gabela: No, I did go this weekend. I got a glimpse of it, and you know, what's going there. It looks like a pretty park. So here's what I'm going to say. In light -- what I'm trying to make sense here is, you know, this investigation, I think this is not going to happen probably until next year because at the rate that we're going, right, this is supposed to be in January, you know, and, you know, I heard you say because he asked you the other day, Manolo did, yeah. Mr. Spring: Yeah, so the selection committee is convening on Thursday. Commissioner Gabela: Right. City of Miami Page 86 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 Mr. Spring: It's -- so it's a pool, so it's just verifying qualifications. The City Commission, you already took action to allow the Manager to then approve the pool. So Friday we'll have the pool and then we'll be able to start assigning audits. Commissioner Gabela: All right. So by the time -- so let me ask you, by the time this all is said and done and these people start, what are we looking at, September, October? I mean, give or take? Mr. Spring: It depends on the scope. So I've met with some of you individually and I asked, what do you, you know, what do you want to look at. I've heard everything from everything to, well, whatever is there. So our approach, or at least my recommendation, is to take the most recent financial audit that was completed by each of these agencies, go to the management letter comments, which are the sightings of any deficiencies and internal controls, things that they've kind of seen, and have them do a deeper dive in those areas as a starting point. And then it will go from there. Commissioner Gabela: But usually, by the way, for the record, I never, since I don 't know what's going on there or not going on, I never said look at this because I wouldn 't be able -- Mr. Spring: Right, it's -- right. Commissioner Gabela: 1 mean, I wasn't one of the ones that, you know, because I don't know what I'm looking for. Mr. Spring: Right. Commissioner Gabela: You know, now, Manolo seems to be, you know, if he calls it, and if he calls for something like this, because there's something going on or you expect something's going on. My point is, my point is this, okay, you know, we address the issue. I don't want to spend more money on these, you know, forensic things that at the end of the day, you know, I don't know what's going on with the other -- Commissioner Carollo. With all due respect, I'm not trying here to, you know, for a witch hunt. I'm not going to do that, you know. But I just think, okay, that maybe a new commissioner is, excuse me, a new Bayfront person is warranted to save these $50,000 or $200,000 in the time and all the, you know, the speak backwards and forwards. I'm just, I'm tired, you know, I'm one of these guys, I'm pragmatic. I don't like these deals. Let's study the study on the study on the study and then in 10 years' time we'll find out where the hell we're going, if we're going this way or that way and meanwhile we're spending money, we're spending time and nothing gets done, you know. So -- and so I leave it to you, to you, Commissioner Carollo, King and you know, enlighten me, let me know how you guys feel because this is what I'm thinking of saving -- this is not -- from my part, this is not a witch hunt on my part to get Carollo out. I can state that on the record. It really is not, okay, but like I always said, when it comes to this, you know, I'm going to be professional, you know. And maybe you are warranted to stay, maybe you're not, I don't know. But you people let me know. This is -- my problem is continuing to spend the taxpayer money, you know, to the tune of $200,000. And you said, Larry, by the way, I think if I remember or not, didn't you say that most of the time when an audit has been done and then you do another one, they're going to -- you know, it's going to be most of the time the same thing? Mr. Spring: Yeah, from -- and I've shared this on the record with everybody, and you know, we're implementing what was directed. But all of these agencies have had recent financial audits, all of which were given, you know, the highest audit finding, or highest audit report finding, which were all clean audits. So it's going to be very interesting, and I'm someone that holds a CPA (Certified Public Accountant) license. City of Miami Page 87 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 I'm not going to go behind another audit firm who just determined that based on their detailed review of -- Commissioner Gabela: Right. Mr. Spring: -- internal control structure and everything, that everything is fairly presented and, you know, falls within, you know, the confines of GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) and GASB (Governinental Accounting Standards Board). Commissioner Gabela: So it's got to be something out of the ordinary that pops up, you know, that the ones that come after are going to make a different opinion because we know what's going on. Mr. Spring: It would be extreme. Commissioner Gabela: It would be extreme. So I think this is a waste of money, me personally. I think this is a waste of money, you know, because of whatl've seen. Now in January, I didn't know anything. I came in as a commissioner, and I said, okay, forensic -- you know, but nothing's happened. You know, a year later, $200,000 may be spent. And I just want to, you know, I don't want to spend that money. I want to see the way you guys feel. And again, if maybe a change is needed, then we should do the change. You know, you gentlemen, you're also my colleagues. Chair King: So I'd like -- Commissioner Pardo: Madam Chair? Chair King: I'd like to offer that when the item came up to do these forensic audits, I was not in favor of them because all of us have audits. At the time, our CFO (Chief Financial Officer) said, this is tax season, we're already in the middle of audits, it's going to take time to hire, la, la, la. I was never in favor of it. And again, we're in June, six months later, and as the CFO said, we will not be able to get anybody before X date. It's going to be costly. We already have audits. And our colleague isn't here to discuss his rationale, because this was Commissioner Reyes item issue. And I would like to continue the discussion when he is here -- Commissioner Gabela: Okay, fair enough. Chair King: -- because we don't have him here -- Commissioner Pardo: Agreed. Chair King: -- to add to the discussion. Commissioner Gabela: Okay, so let's defer the item then? Chair King: Well, we don't have to defer. Would you like to --? Vice Chair Carollo: Can I --? Yes, ifI could add -- Chair King: Vice Chair? Vice Chair Carollo: -- if I could add something. Look, all of us are elected for a certain time. That's why we have term limits so that new, fresh ideas can come in. The -- I don't think audits have anything to do with chairmen because you could find minor things in any of the agencies we have, and that certainly doesn't fall on any of City of Miami Page 88 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 our chairmen that we have in the commission. We have executive directors there; we have board of directors. But the bottom line is that the question that 1 'm seeing is on how long should people be in boards and when should we have changes. And in my case, I believe I have about 17 months left, when this item will officially come back to the Commission will be in the first meeting, I believe, in January, when we usually make the renaming of chairs. Having said that, I strongly believe that in boards, and particularly a board like this, any outgoing commissioner that is chairing that board, in my case I will be term limited out in November of next year, should step down at that time so that whomever the commissioner that is going to replace him as chair comes in, they could be around for that time so that if they need to go to that former chair for any information, any consultations, et cetera, that chairman would be around to help. Because in the Trust, there are certain things that are done throughout the year that's for the whole city and requires the institutional knowledge to help. So I think I'm being clear in what I'm saying, Commissioner Gabela and colleagues, that you get three people or you've gotten a handful of people that have their own agenda by making statements that many are not accurate at all, that they give you a petition where you have scores of people that live in other cities, in other states, or in other parts of Florida, or in foreign cities in other countries, and you've got scores of other people that live in unincorporated Dade, you know, any one of us could put one of those Org petitions, and I guarantee you could put anything down. We could even put down, you know, do you like the hairdo that Commissioner Pardo has? And they're going to hit it, they're going to be liking it. Well, he doesn't have any hair. You're going to say, well, how can they say that? But that 's how it is. You've got people that will click anything on, and this is what's happened there. We recently showed, and we could have shown a lot more, but we showed about 40 of our city residents that expressed themselves on our parks there, our regional parks. We showed a lot of what had been accomplished there. You can 't please everybody. We all know that. And I'm never going to please a small group of people that want, in particular, Ferre Park for themselves. The other side, which frankly those would be the people, ironically, that should be complaining the most, the buildings that live across from Bayfront Park, because they're the ones that get the brunt of the noise, of the activities, their park being closed throughout the year, and you don't hear those complaints from them, as you do from a very, small group from the other side. So having said that, Commissioner, I think I've expressed myself as clear as I can. I think there should be a new chairman when we bring this up again in the first meeting of January for the reasons that I've stated. It's good government that whoever has the institutional knowledge stays on for that last 11 months so that whoever comes in into a new position can have the ability or possibility if they need it, if they want it, to go back to that institutional knowledge that a colleague had before and use it in many of the things that we have to do in those regional parks in different events. For instance, we have a major event now on July 4th. I know all of us most likely have smaller events in each of our districts for the 4th of July, but the main city event is held in Bayfront Park, which you all are all invited to it, and we will send you the invitation. And we're finishing it with the official United States Navy band that will be singing there. So, anyway, I think I've expressed myself enough in that. Commissioner Pardo: Chairwoman? Chair King: Commissioner Pardo? Commissioner Pardo: I also support the deferral. I support it corning back as soon as possible. I know that the words regional park are used by Commissioner Carollo. Vice Chair Carollo: That's what they are. Commissioner Pardo: I would -- I disagree with you, sir. I completely disagree with you because there is a neighborhood there, there is a vertical community there, and City of Miami Page 89 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 they consider it their neighborhood park and we have to share those perspectives. I also will tell you that as our office, District 2 office, and as commissioner, there practically isn't a day that goes by where this topic doesn't come up. Whether it's with our rapid response teams that are servicing the area, whether it's our constituent that's hearing it, or whether it's me at forums hearing it time and time again. This isn't a handful of people. Dismissing the petition as nothing, and kind of making it seem like this is a non -issue is really not right for the residents of the district. They have been speaking up since I entered office and they are still speaking up. And even while we don't have lots of people here in chambers, they're still coming and talking about it. So it's very disrespectful to our residents and the taxpayers and folks, the people downtown pay extra taxes, to not be heard. So I'd like it heard as soon as possible. Commissioner Gabela: Madani -- Chair King: We can -- we don't have to defer it, we just leave it on the agenda? Commissioner Pardo: Perfect. Chair King: Correct? We don 't have to take any action on the discussion items? Commissioner Gabela: Can 1 -- (COMMENTS MADE OFF THE RECORD) Chair King: Yeah, we can show it as discussed and bring it back and we will do that. I understand -- Commissioner Gabela, I'm sorry, did you want to say something else? Commissioner Gabela: Yeah, before we close, so my objective here is, and I agree with Commissioner Pardo and I heard what -- I agree with him on the principle that, look, let's not spend the $200,000, let's make a decision here, you know, and if the decision is for next meeting, the next commission meeting, the next one, put up a new chairman, then let's do that. If the decision is made, let's wait until January so he finishes his thing, that he volunteered to step down, let's do that. But what I want to get is results. Let's not spend the stupid money that I call because we've been at this for six or seven months. Okay, nothing's going to happen. We're going to waste $200,000. I don't think there's a need. And if there is such a need, let's then take a vote, change the chairmanship if that's a problem. If the body's not in agreement with that, then let's do January like Commissioner Carollo is volunteering to step down, but by all means let's avoid, you know, this thing with the $200,000 where it's not going to get us anywhere, it's going to be taxpayer money wasted, okay, and I think we can do better. And I would like to also put an end to this one way or the other. The next commission meeting, either let's have a vote up or down, yes, we have a new chairman and who, or no, we don't, we wait until January and put this to bed. That's' what I say. Thank you. Chair King: Thank you. Vice Chair Carollo: So, yeah, that's fine, but all we have to do then is bring a handful of people and complain about anyone being chair and as long as we can muscle up the votes here, that's how we're going to be running things? Commissioner Gabela: No, no, by the way, I'd like to add one more thing. I kind of -- I'll tell you this thing, in Freedom Park, when Freedom Park is built, I understand that the MRC (Miami Riverside Center) building, there's going to be a new building, and I understand that we commissioners will be housed there as new offices whenever City of Miami Page 90 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 that happens, 2026/2027. Now here's the question, that's in my district, but is that a regional park? Vice Chair Carollo: Yes. Commissioner Gabela: You consider it a regional park? Vice Chair Carollo: Yes. Commissioner Gabela: I, to my detriment, might also consider it a regional park, but the point is that. The point is how do you --? Commissioner Pardo: Just like domino park. Commissioner Gabela: Yes. But we will be -- Commissioner Pardo: They're all regional parks. Commissioner Gabela: You're coming over, I'm coming over, Chairwoman King is coming over, Carollo, I don't know if you're coming over because you end in 20 -- next year. Vice Chair Carollo: Yeah, 1 won't be coming over. Commissioner Gabela: You might not make it. Vice Chair Carollo: No, I will not. I definitely will not. Commissioner Gabela: But the point is, is it a regional park? That's the question. Is it not a regional park? We're all going to be there. Chair King: I don 't think one excludes the other. Commissioner Pardo: I don't either. Chair King: I believe that the Bayfront Park is a regional park because it is visited by people from outside. Commissioner Gabela: I tend to agree with you. Commissioner Pardo: Just like Domino Park. Chair King: Right, also -- Commissioner Pardo: Just like many other parks. Chair King: It is also a community park for the residents that live there, but to say -- Commissioner Pardo: Who pay the taxes. Chair King: -- to say that Bayfront Park is not a regional park would be a fallacy. It is a regional park. Commissioner Pardo: It has an element of being regional in that other people and tourists come through it -- Chair King: Absolutely. City of Miami Page 91 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 Commissioner Pardo: -- but they're not the people that see it every day, they're not the folks walking the dog, and they're not the ones paying the taxes. Chair King: I agree. So we have agreed we're going to have this discussion again when our colleague is hack. Commissioner Gabela: Yep. DI.6 DISCUSSION ITEM 16179 Commissioners and Mayor A DISCUSSION REGARDING THE LACK OF PROTECTION OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY FROM COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS INTRUSION. MOTION TO: Indefinitely Defer RESULT: INDEFINITELY DEFERRED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Chair King: We have one last discussion item. It is protection of residential property. Vice Chair Carollo: We will indefinitely defer this for now. Chair King: Do I have a motion to indefinitely defer? Commissioner Gabela: There is a motion. Vice Chair Carollo: Second. Chair King: I have a motion and a second. All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Motion carries unanimously. And at this time, ladies and gentlemen, we shall conclude the City of Miami Commission meeting for June 18th, 2024. Thank you. Thank you. Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): Madam Chair, if you can just give me a moment -- George Wysong (City Attorney): Madam Chair, we have a future -- Mr. Hannon: -- so we can flip the tape for the Omni CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) meeting. Chair King: And at this time, we're going to have the -- Mr. Wysong: Wait, wait, wait. Chair King: What? Mr. Wysong: We have a future legislative item we just need to put on the record because we're going to bring it to the next meeting so -- City of Miami Page 92 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 Chair King: Okay. I thought you just had to put that on the agenda. We didn't have to say anything about it. Mr. Wysong: Alright, okay. Chair King: You don 't have to say anything about it. Mr. Wysong: Alright, if you don 't want to -- okay. Chair King: No, 1'in -- that's the -- Mr. Wysong: Okay. Chair King: Okay. We're flipping the tape so we can now have the Omni CRA meeting. END OF DISCUSSION ITEMS City of Miami Page 93 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 PART B: PZ - PLANNING AND ZONING ITEM(S) PZ.1 ORDINANCE Second Reading 15993 Commissioners and Mayor - PZ AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("MIAMI 21 CODE"), SPECIFICALLY BY AMENDING ARTICLE 6 OF THE MIAMI 21 CODE, TITLED "SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS," TO EXTEND THE SUNSET PROVISION FOR ONE (1) ADDITIONAL YEAR TO ALLOW EDUCATIONAL USES BY RIGHT IN T6 TRANSECT ZONE IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE NO. 14188; DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO PLACE A DISCUSSION ITEM ON A CITY COMMISSION AGENDA TO REVIEW THE ORDINANCE NINE (9) MONTHS AFTER ADOPTION; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: 14290 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Chair King: Gentlemen, would you mind if we take up the one PZ (Planning and Zoning) item and get that out of the way? Commissioner Pardo: No. Chair King: Mr. City Clerk -- Mr. City Attorney, would you please read in the title for the record of PZ.1? George Wysong (City Attorney): PZ.1. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Chair King: Thank you, Mr. City Attorney. My colleagues, would any of you like to discuss PZ. 1? May I have a motion for PZ.1? Commissioner Gabela: Motion. Vice Chair Carollo: Move. Chair King: I have a motion and a second. All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Motion carries unanimously. END OF PLANNING AND ZONING ITEM(S) City of Miami Page 94 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 FL.1 16092 City Manager's Office FL - FUTURE LEGISLATION ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. R-24-0148, ADOPTED ON APRIL 25, 2024, AMENDING CHAPTER 40/ARTICLE IV/DIVISION 2 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, TITLED "PERSONNEL/PENSION AND RETIREMENT PLAN/CITY OF MIAMI FIREFIGHTERS' AND POLICE OFFICERS' RETIREMENT TRUST," MORE PARTICULARLY BY AMENDING SECTION 40- 191, TITLED "DEFINITIONS," TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF EARNABLE COMPENSATION TO CLARIFY CHANGES FOR POLICE OFFICERS BASED ON THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, WALTER E. HEADLEY, JR., MIAMI LODGE NO. 20. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT FOR OCTOBER 1,2023, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2026; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN END OF FUTURE LEGISLATION City of Miami Page 95 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 NA.1 16260 City Commission NA - NON -AGENDA ITEM(S) DISCUSSION ITEM DISCUSSION BY COMMISSIONER PARDO REGARDING JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY AND CITY EVENTS. RESULT: DISCUSSED Commissioner Pardo: Madam Chair? Chair King: Yes? Commissioner Pardo: There is one thing I wanted to acknowledge, and that is the Juneteenth federal holiday tomorrow. Chair King: Yes. Commissioner Pardo: And basically, you know, the fact that two years after slavery had legally ended, it was finally practically ended. And the federal holiday tomorrow, there are two events in the city. One is the Beach Bash in Virginia Key. I think that's from like 11:00 to 4:00, and the other one is Juneteenth Jubilee -- Chair King: Yes. Commissioner Pardo: -- which I believe is on the 19th from 11:00 a.m. -- Chair King: Yes. Commissioner Pardo: -- to 2:00p.m. Chair King: And for anyone who would like to participate in any of our Juneteenth celebrations, you can find the information on our social media calendars. There 's going to be big celebrations all over the city. Thank you, Commissioner Pardo. City of Miami Page 96 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 NA.2 ATTORNEY -CLIENT SESSION 16261 UNDER THE PARAMETERS OF SECTION 286.011(8), FLORIDA Office of the City STATUTES, A PRIVATE ATTORNEY -CLIENT SESSION WILL BE Clerk CONDUCTED AT THE JULY 11, 2024, MIAMI CITY COMMISSION MEETING. THE PERSON CHAIRING THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING WILL ANNOUNCE THE COMMENCEMENT OF AN ATTORNEY -CLIENT SESSION, CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC, FOR PURPOSES OF DISCUSSING THE PENDING LITIGATION IN THE MATTERS OF ROBERT GUSMAN, BRUCE GUSMAN AND JACKIE GUSMAN THAYER AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEES OF THE REAL PROPERTY OF MAURICE GUSMAN CULTURAL CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, INC., A DISSOLVED FLORIDA NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION, V. CITY OF MIAMI, CASE NO. 22- 23242 CA 01, PENDING IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND MAURICE GUSMAN CULTURAL CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, INC. A DISSOLVED FLORIDA NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION, V. CITY OF MIAMI, CASE NO. 3D23-1842, PENDING IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, THIRD DISTRICT, TO WHICH THE CITY IS PRESENTLY A PARTY. THE SUBJECT OF THE MEETING WILL BE CONFINED TO SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS OR STRATEGY SESSIONS RELATED TO LITIGATION EXPENDITURES. THIS PRIVATE MEETING WILL BEGIN AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00 A.M. (OR AS SOON THEREAFTER AS THE COMMISSIONERS' SCHEDULES PERMIT) AND CONCLUDE APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR LATER. THE SESSION WILL BE ATTENDED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION, WHICH INCLUDE CHAIRWOMAN CHRISTINE KING, VICE-CHAIRMAN JOE CAROLLO, COMMISSIONERS MIGUEL ANGEL GABELA, DAMIAN PARDO, AND MANOLO REYES; THE CITY MANAGER, ARTHUR NORIEGA, V; THE CITY ATTORNEY, GEORGE K. WYSONG III; CHIEF DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY JOHN A. GRECO; DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY KEVIN R. JONES, AND ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEYS ERIC J. EVES, AND MARGUERITE C. SNYDER. A CERTIFIED COURT REPORTER WILL BE PRESENT TO ENSURE THAT THE SESSION IS FULLY TRANSCRIBED AND THE TRANSCRIPT WILL BE MADE PUBLIC UPON THE CONCLUSION OF THE ABOVE - CITED, ONGOING LITIGATION. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE ATTORNEY -CLIENT SESSION, THE REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING WILL BE REOPENED AND THE PERSON PRESIDING OVER THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING WILL ANNOUNCE THE TERMINATION OF THE ATTORNEY -CLIENT SESSION. RESULT: DISCUSSED Chair King: Mr. City Attorney, would you like to address CA.1 ? George Wysong (City Attorney): Or AC.1, ves, Madam Chair. Chair King: AC.1. See that dyslexia comes up. You see that? Just -- yes, AC.1. City of Miami Page 97 Printed on 07/30/2024 City Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2024 ADJOURNMENT Mr. Wysong: It happens to the hest of us. I know you all will be disappointed, but we would like to roll the attorney -client session from today to the next meeting. And I have to read the script for the next meeting so bear with me. Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): So, my apologies, Chair, for the interruption. Mr. City Attorney, I believe the agenda for June 27th has already gone to print, so I'm not sure if you're trying to have the attorney -client session, for June 27th or maybe July llth? Mr. Wysong: July 11 th. Mr. Hannon: Understood. Mr. Wysong: Thank you. Madam Chair and members of the Commission, pursuant to the provisions of Section 286.011(8), Florida Statutes, I'm requesting that at the City Commission meeting of July 11 th, 2024, an attorney -client session closed to the public be held for purposes of discussing the pending litigation in the matters of Robert Gusman, Bruce Gusman, and Jackie Gusman Thayer as successor trustees of real property of Maurice Gusman Cultural Center for the Performing Arts, Inc., a dissolved Florida not -for -profit corporation versus City of Miami, Case Number 22- 23242 CA 01, pending in the Circuit Court of the II th Judicial Circuit in and for Miami -Dade County, Florida, and Maurice Gusman Cultural Center for the Performing Arts, Inc., a dissolved Florida not -for -profit corporation versus City of Miami, Case Number 3D23-1842, pending in the District Court of Appeals of the State of Florida Third District to which the City is presently a party. The subject of the meeting will be confined to settlement negotiations or strategy sessions related to litigation expenditures. This private meeting will begin at approximately 10 a.m. or as soon thereafter as the Commissioners' schedules permit and conclude approximately one hour later. The session will be attended by the members of the City Commission, which include Chairwoman Christine King, Vice Chairman Joe Carollo, Commissioners Miguel Angel Gabela, Manolo Reyes and Damian Pardo, the City Manager, Arthur Noriega V, myself, City Attorney George Wysong, Chief Deputy City Attorney John A. Greco, Deputy City Attorney Kevin R. Jones and Assistant City Attorneys Eric J. Eves and Marguerite C. Snyder. A certified court reporter will be present to ensure that this session is fully transcribed and the transcript will be made public upon the conclusion of the litigation. At the conclusion of the attorney -client session, the regular commission meeting will be reopened and the person chairing the commission meeting will announce the termination of the attorney -client session. Thank you, Madam Chair. Chair King: Thank you. The meeting adjourned at 11:48 a.m. City of Miami Page 98 Printed on 07/30/2024