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Meeting Agenda
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
9:00 AM
Special Meeting
City Hall
City Commission
Francis X. Suarez, Mayor
Christine King, Chair, District Five
Joe Carollo, Vice Chair, District Three
Alex Diaz de la Portilla, Commissioner, District One
Ken Russell, Commissioner, District Two
Manolo Reyes, Commissioner, District Four
Arthur Noriega, V, City Manager
Victoria Mendez, City Attorney
Todd B. Hannon, City Clerk
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9:00 AM INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Present: Chairwoman King, Vice Chair Carollo, Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla,
Commissioner Russell and Commissioner Reyes
On the 31st day of May, 2022, 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. Chairwoman King opened the meeting at 9:11 a.m. for presentations and
proclamations only. Upon conclusion of presentations and proclamations, Chairwoman
King officially called the meeting to order at 9:38 a.m., and adjourned at 10:44 a.m.
Note for the Record: Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla entered the Commission chambers at
9:46 a.m., and Vice Chair Carollo entered the Commission chambers at 10:05 a.m.
ALSO PRESENT:
Arthur Noriega, V, City Manager
Victoria Mendez, City Attorney
Todd B. Hannon, City Clerk
Chair King: At this time, we are going to have a moment of prayer. And we are honored today
to have Pastor Raymond Carvil come up and do the invocation for us at this time. He comes to
us from the Living Word Baptist Church and he is also a former City of Miami employee who
has returned to give us blessings for this morning. Thank you.
Invocation delivered.
Chair King: Thank you so much. Thank you. Commissioner, would you say the Pledge of
Allegiance for us?
Commissioner Reyes: Gladly.
Pledge of Allegiance delivered.
Chair King: Thank you. You all may be seated.
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PR - PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS
PR.1
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PROTOCOL ITEM
Honoree
Presenter
Protocol Item
Miguel Paredes
Mayor Suarez
Certificate of Merit
City of Miami Fire Rescue Division of
Emergency Management
Mayor Suarez
Certificate of Merit
Fernando Casamayor
Mayor Suarez
Certificate of Merit
RESULT:
PRESENTED
1) Mayor Suarez and Commissioners presented a Certificate of Merit to recognize Mr.
Miguel Paredes. Mr. Paredes is a City of Miami Fire Fighter who has been with the
City of Miami Fire Department since December of 1992. Fire Fighter Paredes
earned the respect and appreciation of his peers and will forever be regarded as a
highly skilled professional, having offered his expertise in service of the City of
Miami, including providing instruction for over 29 years and to over 7,500 residents,
customers, and City of Miami employees in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
and automated external defibrillator (AED) certification, as well as the Emergency
Bleeding Control training. Elected Officials paused in their deliberations to pay
special tribute to Fire Fighter Miguel Paredes in his retirement after over 29 years
of service.
2) Mayor Suarez and Commissioners presented a Certificate of Merit to recognize the
service and action of the City of Miami Emergency Management team. The Division
of Emergency Management faced great challenges in managing the COVID-19
pandemic in our community. The Finance Section of the Division of Emergency
Management not only rose to the occasion but excelled in the process. The City of
Miami has become the Gold Standard of how submissions for Public Assistance
Grant cost recovery should be conducted. FEMA is now using our City's
submissions as a template to instruct other jurisdictions, and States, nationwide on
how proper submissions for reimbursement should appear. To date, the City has
submitted financial I10 projects for review related to COVID. In comparison, this is
10 times what the cities of New York and Los Angeles submitted. The result is much
higher reimbursements but 10 times the work. To date, the City has submitted 110
projects to FEMA totaling $49,798,471.55. The most admirable statistic is that the
City did not hire a vendor to accomplish this. This was completely done utilizing our
civilians, non -sworn personnel in Emergency Management and reservist program,
mostly firefighters trained to complete an additional task outside of their usual scope
of work. Elected Officials paused in their deliberations to recognize and salute the
City of Miami Emergency Management team and its Fire Fighters for their
invaluable service and commitment to elevate the quality, of life in the City of Miami.
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ORDER OF THE DAY
3) Mayor Suarez and Commissioners presented a Certificate of Merit to Mr. Fernando
Casamayor in recognition of his dedication and excellent service to the City of
Miami. Mr. Casamayor was the Assistant City Manager and Chief Financial officer
for the City of Miami for more than eight (8) years. Prior to joining the City of
Miami, he was employed by Miami -Dade County Tax Collector's Office for more
than 9 years. Mr. Casamayor is a true professional who was well -regarded and
respected by his peers and leaders. Elected Officials paused in their deliberations to
recognize and wish Mr. Casamayor farewell in his new endeavors and thanked him
for his service and professionalism in elevating the quality of service in the City of
Miami.
Chair King: (INAUDIBLE) Tuesday. We are going to get started with our protocol
items.
Presentations made.
Chair King: At this time, I'm going to call the special City Commission meeting for
May 31st, 2022 to order. Today's special meeting has been called for the purpose of
considering and taking any and all actions related to the agenda items associated
with the May 26, 2022 Miami City Commission meeting agenda as authorized by
applicable laws and rules and regulations. The procedures for the public comment
will be explained by the City Attorney. The members of the Commission appearing
for this meeting thus far are myself Christine King, Chairwoman, Commissioner
Ken Russell, and Commissioner Manolo Reyes. Madam City Attorney, would you
please provide us with the procedures for the public comment?
Victoria Mendez (City Attorney): Thank you, Madam Chair. 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 the related City requirements. 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. Any person making a
presentation, formal request or petition to the City Commission concerning real
property must make the disclosures required by the City Code in writing. A copy of
the City Code section is available in the office of the City Clerk or online at
www.municode.com. The City of Miami requires anyone requesting action by the
City Commission must disclose before the hearing any consideration provided or
committed to anyone for agreement to support or withhold objection to the requested
action pursuant to City Code Section 2-8. Any documents offered to the City
Commission that have not been provided seven days before the meeting as part of the
agenda materials will be entered into the record at the City Commission's discretion.
In accordance with Section 2-330 and (g) of the City Code, the agenda material for
each item on the agenda is available during business hours at the City Clerk's Office
and online at www.miamigov.com. Any person may be heard by the City Commission
through the Chair for not more than two minutes on any proposition before the City
Commission, unless modified by the Chair. Public comment will begin at
approximately 9:45 and remain open until public comment is closed by the Chair.
Members of the public wishing to address the body may do so by submitting written
comments via the online comment form. Please visit
www.miamigov.com/meetinginstructions for detailed instructions on how to provide
public comment using the online public comment.form. The comments submitted
through the comment form have been and will be distributed to the elected officials
and City Administration through the day so the elected officials may consider the
comments prior to taking any action. Additionally, the online comment form will
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remain open during the meeting to accept comments and distribute to the elected
officials up until the Chair closes public comment. Public comment may also be
provided live at City Hall located at 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida,
subject to any and all City rules as they may he amended. If a proposition is being
continued or rescheduled, the opportunity to be heard may be at such a later date
before the City Commission takes action on such a proposition. When addressing the
City Commission, the member of the public must first state their name, their address,
and what item will be spoken about. Any person with a disability requiring
assistance, auxiliary aids and services for this meeting may notify the City Clerk. The
City has provided different public comment methods to indicate, among other things,
the public's support, opposition, or neutrality on items and topics to be discussed at
the City Commission meeting in compliance with Section 286.0114 (4)(c) Florida
Statutes. The public has given the opportunity to provide public comment during the
meeting and within reasonable proximity and time before the meeting. Please note
Commissioners have been briefed by City staff and the City Attorney on items on the
agenda today. Anyone wishing a verbatim record of the item considered at this
meeting may request it at the Office of Communications or view it online at
www.miamigov.com. 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. The broadcast will also have closed captioning. Thank von.
Chair King: Thank you, Madam City Attorney. Mr. Manager, are there any items
that the Administration would like to continue, defer, or withdraw or indefinitely
defer?
Arthur Noriega (City Manager): Good morning, Madam Chairwoman,
Commissioners, Madam City Attorney, and Mr. City Clerk. At this time, the
Administration would like to defer and/or withdraw the following items. RE.1, to be
indefinitely deferred; RE.2, to be withdrawn; FR.2, to be indefinitely deferred; and
DI.1, to also be indefinitely deferred. The Chair of the Code Enforcement Task Force
is still unavailable. And that concludes the items. I'll say it one more time. RE.1, to
be indefinitely deferred.
Commissioner Reyes: RE.2.
Mr. Noriega: RE.2, to be withdrawn. FR.2, to be indefinitely deferred. And DI.1, to
be indefinitely deferred.
Chair King: Good morning. Do you need us to repeat that for you?
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: I heard part of it. I didn't like the first part that I
heard so --
Chair King: I know you need to understand the construct.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Can we do it again?
Chair King: Did you hear me?
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Good morning.
Chair King: I said, I know you need to understand the construct.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: The construct of the debate, yes, or the context.
Chair King: Yes. Mr. Manager, can you go through it one more time, please?
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Mr. Noriega: RE.1, to be indefinitely deferred.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Okay.
Mr. Noriega: RE.2, to be withdrawn. FR.2, to be indefinitely deferred. And DI.1, to
be indefinitely deferred.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: And Madam Chair, if I may, what's FR.2? Can
you be more specific?
Mr. Noriega: It was an item sponsored by Commissioner Carollo with regards to
some regulations as it relates to the waterfront guidelines --
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Okay.
Mr. Noriega: -- design.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: And that's withdrawn or is that deferred?
Mr. Noriega: We're indefinitely -- he's requested that it be indefinitely deferred.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Okay. Okay, ma'am. Thank you.
Chair King: Mr. Manager --
Mr. Noriega: Yes.
Chair King: -- I would like to co-sponsor CA.8 and RE.5.
Commissioner Russell: Madam Chair?
Chair King: Yes.
Commissioner Russell: Thank you. Just a question for the Manager. The RE.1
indefinite deferral, will that slow down any of our project -- progress on the Marine
Stadium?
Mr. Noriega: No. The reason for the deferral is there were some -- the request made
by the Commission to come back with some financial analysis, it's not actually
finished yet, so before we bring this up for approval, we want to make sure that that
analysis is presented to the Commission. It shouldn't be a whole lot longer before
that's ready, so we don't anticipate too significant a delay.
Commissioner Reyes: Yeah, that's a good question, I was thinking about that. I
would also like, Madam Chair --
Chair King: Please.
Commissioner Reyes: -- please, through the Chair, I also would like to co-sponsor
RE.5. Remember, I was the one that presented the resolution to re-establish it, so I'm
going to support it all the way.
Chair King: Did you get that, Todd? Commissioner Reyes --
Commissioner Reyes: Todd, you have that?
Chair King: -- wants to co-sponsor RE.5 as well.
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Commissioner Reyes: Are you having a hard time hearing me?
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: And put me down for that too, Madam Chair,
also.
Commissioner Reyes: Did you bring your hearing aids?
(COMMENTS MADE OFF THE RECORD)
Commissioner Reyes: Okay, 1 would like to co-sponsor. (UNINTELLIGIBLE) she got
it.
Chair King: And Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla would also like to co-
sponsor.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Also.
Commissioner Reyes: Okay.
Chair King: Anything else? Mr. City Clerk, do you have any announcements to
make?
Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): No, ma'am. Is there a motion for the order of the day?
Chair King: May 1 have a motion?
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: So moved. So moved.
Chair King: Second. All in favor?
The Commission (Collectively): Aye.
[Later...]
Chair King: Vice Chair, welcome. How are you?
Vice Chair Carollo: Good.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Good morning.
Chair King: Good to see you.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Good morning, Commissioner.
Vice Chair Carollo: Thank you. Good morning. I'm just wondering, why were we
listening to an item --
Chair King: That's not on the agenda.
Vice Chair Carollo: -- that's been indefinite --?
Chair King: Well, as advised by the City Clerk, they could speak on the item today,
but then they won't be able to speak on the item when it comes back.
Vice Chair Carollo: Well, if it comes back when it's indefinite, that means unless the
person that has put it on the agenda wants it back, it's the only way that it'll come
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hack. But when it's indefinite deferred, basically we're taking it out of the agenda for
Chair King: At least six months.
Vice Chair Carollo: Right.
Chair King: It's going to be out at least six months, yes.
Vice Chair Carollo: Okay.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: But we can -- but we can bring it back whenever
the Commissioner wants.
Chair King: Whenever you want. Within the six months.
Vice Chair Carollo: Yeah, but let me --
Chair King: But not -- it doesn't have to come back before six months.
Vice Chair Carollo: Let me tell you why this has been indefinitely deferred. I heard
that there's a guy named Billy --
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Cohen.
Vice Chair Carollo: Cohen? Yes, Cohen, that's just a name -- that is working on a
new mangrove. It's a medical marijuana mangrove. So, I'm waiting for him to get
that done to see if that's what we want to plant out there since we've approved
medical marijuana in Miami. No, no, I'm teasing, guys. I'm teasing. I'm teasing. The
reason that I'm deferring this is not because I've got a dozen people to come in. I
could give you all kinds of reports from scientists, from universities, from all over the
world. It's basically, and they have their own reports, basically what my concern
was, which is the Miami River, which we don't even know if mangrove can end up
growing there. My concerns have been taken care of where we're going to have
living seawalls in front of our parks. And living seawalls provide many of the things
that we heard up here, but it's not going to block views. Plus, it's a small little area,
even of mangroves. In the overall picture, you need a lot more for it to make any
significant difference. So, having said that, I just wonder where a lot of the people
here were when so many things were being approved in Miami without putting
mangroves in front of them. And it's only when it comes to our parks that the people
that can't afford to buy a fancy, expensive condominium by the bay, whether they're
from Allapattah, Overtown, Little Haiti, Liberty City, Little Havana. And the only
places they could get to see the bay in Miami, since they can't afford to buy a condo
in those buildings, is our parks. Why were parks the only places that we wanted to
block the view, and why are our parks the only place that we're going to save the
planet? And by the way, the lady that was putting her hand up, the Florida, and
when you said Miami, it's really Florida around. It's not the third largest in coral
reefs. It's the fifth largest. So, it's indefinite defer, and I don't intend to bring it back
because my concerns have been taken care of in reference to the new seawall at Jose
Marti Park and the Miami River.
Chair King: Okay.
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PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ALL ITEM(S)
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Office of the City
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DISCUSSION ITEM
PUBLIC COMMENTS SUBMITTED ONLINE BY MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC FOR THE MAY 31, 2022 SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION
MEETING.
RESULT: PRESENTED
Chair King: At this time, we will take all public comments for items related to this
agenda, you may stand up. Good morning, sir. Go ahead.
Brett Bibeau: Good morning, Honorable City Commission. Brett Bibeau, managing
director of the Miami River Commission, with offices located at 1407 Northwest 7th
Street. Pardon me. Happy to provide the Miami River Commission's advisory
recommendation regarding RE.6. During the Miami River Commission's January
3rd, 2022 public meeting, Iris Escarra from Greenberg Traurig, Jim McDonnell from
Cube 3, Barry Miller of Savino Miller Design, Alex Mantecon and Guillermo Alvarez
from MV Real Estate presented plans, a letter of intent, and a covenant stating they
will comply with the public riverwalk code requirements contained within Miami 21
Waterfront Standards Section 3.11, Appendix B, and the Baywalk Rivenvalk Design
Standards and Guidelines. And the comp plan required working river disclosure. The
presenter stated the project will activate the public riverwalk, which will connect in
all directions as required by code. The project features the Dream luxury hotel, two
restaurants, Garcia's Seafood Fish Market, an event space, nightclub, and managed
dockage with a dockmaster. Please see the attached presented letter of intent and
voluntary restrictive covenant for more details. In addition, the project will make
enhancements to the connecting existing public riverwalk beneath Brickell Bridge,
such as improved lighting. The public riverwalk will have four entry points for
bicycles and pedestrians. The Miami River Commission did not consider and is not
providing an advisory recommendation related to the City's financial considerations
regarding this item. The Miami River Commission unanimously recommended
approval of the presented Riverside Wharf I appreciate your time and support for the
Miami River District.
Chair King: Thank you. Good morning.
Ellery Lennon: Hi, Commissioners. My name is Ellery Lennon. My address is 7962
Camino Circle, Miami, 33143. I'm here to tell you why you should vote no on
Ordinance 11938, which is FR.2 today, and instead support the planting and
protection of mangroves in Miami.
Chair King: Well, that is not before us today. Mr. City Clerk?
Mr. Hannon: No, ma'am, but if the speaker is maybe not able to make it at a future
meeting, this would be an opportunity for them --
Chair King: Okay.
Mr. Hannon: -- to provide public comment.
Ms. Lennon: Right.
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Chair King: Okay.
Ms. Lennon: Thank you. I'm a PhD candidate in the University of Miami's Biology
Department, and I research mangrove fish assemblages. Mangroves provide many
valuable ecosystem functions and services that benefit us beyond storm surge
protection. Mangroves absorb and dissipate wind and wave energy, which protects
coastal lands and properties from storms. Their roots also stabilize sediment,
preventing shoreline erosion. Mangroves absorb nutrients and pollutants. They also
encourage the sediments to settle out of the water column, effectively cleaning and
purifying coastal waters, and then they send that clear low nutrient water out to the
reefs. Our coral reefs need mangroves to filter the water for them. Additionally,
through photosynthesis, mangroves sequester atmospheric carbon dioxide as blue
carbon. Mangroves also generate productivity and diversity which provides us with
raw materials and food. By providing habitat, food, refuge from predators, and
nursery grounds for fish, mangroves support high fish diversity and abundances.
Mangroves also maintain fisheries which is a billion dollar industry in Florida.
Florida is the fishing capital of the world. Recreational saltwater fishing brings in
$9.2 billion per year and supports over 88,000 jobs. Florida's commercial fishing
generates 3.2 billion in income and supports over 76,000 jobs per FWC (Florida Fish
and Wildlife Conservation Commission). With --
Chair King: Thank you. Thank you. Good morning.
Samantha Morejon: Sorry.
Chair King: You can bend it.
Ms. Morejon: Oh, sorry, pardon my height. Good morning, everyone. My name is
Samantha Morejon. I reside at 12010 Southwest 105th Terrace, and I am also here to
speak on FR.2.
Chair King: Hold on one second. Hold on one second. Todd, I want to get some
clarity because there was an organization that was here for a Commission meeting
and their item was also deferred and we told them that they could speak at the
meeting but then they wouldn't get to speak when it appeared on the agenda again. Is
that true?
Mr. Hannon: Yes, ma'am.
Chair King: Okay, so I want to make it clear that if you speak now you won 't be able
to speak when it comes back before this Commission to give you the choice of whether
you'd like to continue to speak now or if you'd like to hold it and come back when the
item is properly before us.
Ms. Morejon: I would like to continue to speak if that's alright.
Chair King: Go right ahead.
Ms. Morejon: Thank you. I urge you not to pass this ordinance to establish certain
requirements for City park and recreation waterfront improvements. To begin with,
there are a multitude of economic, social, and environmental benefits provided by
mangroves, including carbon sequestration. The proposed ordinance directly conflicts
with the City of Miami's current greenhouse gas reduction plan, which aims to be
carbon neutral by 2050. It would then propel Miami backwards on its goal.
Mangroves support our fisheries, our fishing economy, and protect our vulnerable
city from the impacts of storms and hurricanes. The alternative protection for our
coastlines is extremely impalatable, a 30-foot high seawall that the Army Corps
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recently proposed for dealing with storm surge. In reference to the issue of mangroves
blocking one's view of the watershed, the City can get mangrove trimming permits to
preserve viewing corridors, per the 1996 Mangrove Trimming and Preservation Act,
which can allow for mangrove trimming alterations such that the health of the tree
and habitat can be preserved while providing people the view of the adjacent
waterway. Additionally, we should look towards our coastal engineers and
consultants for their recommendations on the best shoreline protection strategies.
Please support the community efforts that have been underway for decades to restore
these valuable trees that bring so many benefits to our community. Thank you.
Chair King: Thank you. Anyone else here for public comment? Go ahead. Good
morning.
Erica Cartaya: Hi, good morning. 1 just want to be clear. If1 speak today, I won't be
able to speak then the next time all of the Commissioners are here. Is that correct?
Chair King: If it's on FR.2.
Ms. Cartava: FR.2.
Chair King.: Yes.
Ms. Cartaya: Yes. Okay. I'll just speak today. It's fine. 1 'm already here so.
Chair King: Okay.
Ms. Cartaya: Although I will be at the next one. Alright, so good morning, everyone.
My name is Erica Jasmine Cartaya. I reside at 310 Northeast 78th Street, Miami,
Florida, 33138. I am a conservation sciences student who was born and raised in
Miami, and I'm speaking on my own behalf Thank you for having me today. This for
me is not a debate. It's a moment to educate those who don't understand the
important benefits of having mangrove trees along the coast of Florida. The benefits
include absorbing storm surge impacts during tropical storms and hurricanes,
reducing the inevitable impacts of sea level rise, maintains biodiversity by providing a
suitable habitat for several different species, helps maintain Florida's coastline by
preventing erosion, and the list goes on. I encourage you to do your own research
about these benefits and of sea level rise projections for Miami. Voting for this ban
would mean regressing what we collectively already know while sacrificing all the
ecosystem services the mangrove trees provide simply for a better view of the water.
That is not a wise trade-off I vote no against this absurd bill to ban growing
mangrove trees in Miami, and you should too. We need mangrove trees now more
than ever. Thank you.
Chair King: Thank you. Good morning.
Laura Munoz: Good morning. Thank you, everyone, so much. I'm also here to speak
on the mangrove ordinance. I will not be able -- likely to be here as I'll be traveling.
My name is Laura Munoz and to me this is something that I really feel inside of my
soul. I've spent so much time in front of mangroves looking at all the little baby
animals, you know, the mothers, the little chickens, the little birds, not chickens, birds,
and they're breeding and I remember looking at the mother birds and the baby birds
and thinking about this earth, this mother of ours. We say we respect mothers, but this
mother, this earth that sustains us, that gives us life every day, this really to me,
they're lungs. These mangroves are lungs that are allowing us to exist in this city. And
I know that a big question is housing and I am everyday listening to communities and
to them talking about housing and that they don't have places to live but they're also
asking for green spaces because if we have houses but they're flooding but we have
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houses and there's no water then it really doesn't matter if we're full of housing
because there's going to be no earth and 1 really, really front the bottom of my heart
ask each of you Commissioners, ask our mayor and the folks, Reyes, Carollo,
everyone, please work with us. Miami can be a green city, like we can be a green city
that doesn 't have to just be great, but we can bring forth so much that truly honors
our nature, our earth, and ourselves. We don't have to make foul choices between
housing and greenery, between mangroves and people. That is not something that we
have to do, and I pray we can do that. Thank you.
Chair King: Thank you. Good morning.
Albert Gomez: Before 1 speak, I have a question to the ruling that was just brought up
about not being able to speak on another ordinance. If the ordinance is changed in
any way, am I able to speak on the ordinance once that ordinance is changed?
Chair King: Mr. City Clerk?
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Of course.
Mr. Hannon: I believe the statute gives you one opportunity to speak. I don 't think the
statute -- I think it's silent when it comes to if the legislation changes. I believe it's a
one-shot deal.
Mr. Gomez: A one-shot deal, as in, so if the ordinance changes, I can 't speak again. I
can, C-A-N, can speak again.
Mr. Hannon: No, I would say that you get an opportunity to speak once.
Mr. Gomez: One time. Even if the ordinance --
Mr. Hannon: Now, when it comes back on second reading, you'll get an opportunity
to speak on it then. So, I would probably look at it that way. If it changes in between
first and second reading, you do have an opportunity to speak on the item when it
comes back for second reading.
Mr. Gomez: Okay. Okay. And one last question before I speak. Is there -- just because
I don't know -- is there an opportunity for the Commissioners to request for a
withdrawal of an ordinance or does it have to come from the sponsor?
Mr. Hannon: No, it's the will of the body.
Mr. Gomez: The will of the body. Okay, so the will of the body could request for a
withdrawal of this ordinance at any time.
Mr. Hannon: Yes, sir.
Mr. Gomez: Okay, just verifying. Okay, my name is Albert Gomez. I reside at 3566
Vista Court. Today I am representing myself I am in real estate and concrete
manufacturing. I do concrete technology manufacturing. I'm working on several
research projects with FIU (Florida International University) on devising new
concrete technologies that recruit biology, that prevent scalding and fluoride
penetration that extend the life of concrete. We're also using different 3D printing
technologies to enable molds for mangrove planters integrated into in an interlocking
fashion into greenways and the seawalls so that we can have hybridized seawalls that
enable mangroves to grow with them. I have Cuban parents that aren't necessarily
the most green, folks. My reality, not a characterization, it's my reality. And the fact of
the matter is my mom has overcut mangroves before, and I've had to plant mangroves
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on her behalf. So, effectively, I know the story of (FOREIGN LANGUAGE). It's taking
away my view. 1 get it. But the reality is the Florida Bar, the state, the federal
government have all determined that the value that the mangroves bring versus a
seawall, far, or any reason to remove them, far exceeds that justification. So, I just
want to stick to that point and say that the economy means something to zne, it means
something to be able to sell more concrete, but there is not a value that can justify
this. I hope you guys have the will to request for a withdrawal. This really doesn 't
work.
Commissioner Reyes: May I ask you a question?
Mr. Gomez: Sure.
Commissioner Reyes: You made a statement that you have Cuban parents, that they
are not green.
Mr. Gomez: Yeah, they --
Commissioner Reyes: I mean, you making hasty generalizations that Cubans, we
don 't care --
Mr. Gomez: You know, it's my reality.
Commissioner Reyes: -- about environment.
Mr. Gomez: No, it's znv reality.
Commissioner Reyes: Okay.
Mr. Gomez: It's my reality. I live it every day.
Commissioner Reyes: Well, that's your reality, but it doesn't have to be -- I mean,
when you say Cuban parents, it means (UNINTELLIGIBLE).
Mr. Gomez: Well --
Commissioner Reyes: You are painting everybody with the same brush.
Mr. Gomez.: They view --
Commissioner Reyes: No, I just wanted to know if you thought about that, you see.
Mr. Gomez: No, I wanted to give you the argument. They use the argument of that
(FOREIGN LANGUAGE), we are here, we've been through so much, and now they're
going to take away our view after that.
Commissioner Reyes: Sir --
Mr. Gomez: They've actually used their Cuban experience as a reason.
Chair King: Okay, okay.
Commissioner Reyes: Sir, that argument is used by many people that are not Cuban.
Mr. Gomez: I mean, prove me wrong, Manolo.
Chair King: Commissioner.
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Commissioner Reyes: Thank you.
Mr. Gomez: Prove me wrong, Manolo. Prove me wrong.
Chair King: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Commissioner.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: (FOREIGN LANGUAGE), yeah.
Chair King: Anyone else for public comment? Please. Good morning.
Rachel Silverstein: Yes. Good morning. Thank you for the opportunity to speak. I'm
Rachel Silverstein. I'm the executive director and waterkeeper of local non-profit
Miami Waterkeeper. I wholeheartedly agree with everyone's comments about the
benefits of mangroves to this community. I won 't repeat them here, but I do want to
bring up something for the Commission to consider as part of this ordinance should it
come back, and that is some of the legal hurdles that this presents for the City,
especially in terms of waterfront development. So, there are several laws on the books
that protect mangroves, but also that require alternatives and especially
environmental alternatives to be considered when you're getting a permit for
waterfront development. And those include being able to consider green alternatives
like mangroves. So, if those are not an option, it's going to really tie the City's hands
when trying to get permits for waterfront development, and that's a big issue for the
City. Another issue is if the City ever has to do mitigation, for example, for mangroves
and you need to replant mangroves, you 're going to have very limited opportunities to
do so because parks are one of the last places that we have to actually plant
mangroves. So, I really want to urge the Commission to consider all of the legal
ramifications and all of the laws in place to both protect and promote mangroves and
how it might affect City's waterfront development, of course, in addition to all the
benefits that mangroves provide for the community that have already been mentioned.
So, thank you for your consideration, and I appreciate this has been deferred. And
we've already sent, you know, letters from FIU, UM (University of Miami) has sent
letters, Miami Waterkeeper, and a lot of other organizations have sent letters. There 's
been scientific letters, there's been lots of information provided to you already, so
please let us know if you have any questions about that. We're happy to discuss or
provide any additional information needed. Thank you.
Chair King: Thank you. Good morning.
Carolina Florez: Hi, good morning. My name is Carolina. I'm representing myself
and I reside on 625 Southwest 9th Street, Miami, Florida, 33130. Also talking about
FR.2 and I do urge the Commission to have the will to hold. That was a great question
by the last gentleman about regarding whether the sponsor had to be the person to
retract the bill. I think it would be best for this not to be deferred but actually to be
withheld. And I'd like to bring up a different point. I work in tourism and hospitality
and tourism and hospitality is a really big engine of our economy, especially in
Miami -Dade. About 60 percent of our revenue is generated directly or indirectly
through hospitality and tourism. And the reason that people come here, the reason
that they love coming to Miami so much, not only do we have the third largest coral
reef system in the United -- I mean, in the world here in Florida, but our nature and
our water and the wildlife that we have is very important and they love to see it. You
don't understand how excited tourists get when they see a dolphin and a manatee and
a stingray. It's really something that they very much enjoy and they come here and
they spend their money, go on sailboat tours. And if we don 't have that nature and we
don't have that marine life, we won't exactly be able to have tourists come here. So,
where will a majority of our people in our economy be able to work? So, this is very
important, not just for the fishing industry, not just, for the environment, those are all
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equally important, but also as well as tourism and hospitality. I feel like that might be
a little bit overlooked. So, 1 do want you to keep that in mind because this is a big -- it
generates a lot of revenue and we need mangroves in order to protect our marine life
for these fish to nest and nurse and for our soil to not be eroded. So, thank you
Commission. I hope you guys make the right choice.
Chair King: Thank you. Good morning.
Dave Doebler: Hi, good morning, everybody. My name's Dave Doebler. I am with the
Biscayne Bay Marine Health Coalition. 1 live at 800 West Avenue in Miami Beach.
I'm not a resident of the City of Miami, but 1 do a lot of work here doing cleanups of
trash and litter from the shorelines. Last Wednesday, we held the Biscayne Bay
Marine Health Summit. This was our third one. The City of Miami was a very
generous sponsor and supporter of our event, so thank you very much for helping us
put on such an event where we discussed the still critically dire situation within
Biscayne Bay, mainly caused due to nutrient load and pollution coming from storm
drain systems, from septic tanks, and just all the trash that's coming from people
littering and the islands. At the end of the event, we wanted to highlight some success
stories and wins, and we saw a presentation of the new living shoreline at Jose Marti
Park. It's gorgeous. It's beautiful. It gives an opportunity for people to reconnect with
nature and to see what natural Miami used to be like. And so this ordinance to
basically ban mangroves from city parks is really, you know, not a very popular -- it
was not very popular when it was discussed at the summit. Why? Because Miami is
the majority seawalls, right? That's dead shoreline. And so now this proposal is going
to eliminate any opportunity for living shorelines and instead basically create more
dead shorelines. So, I ask Chairman Carollo, sorry, to withdraw FR.2, please. Thank
you, Vice Chairman. Thank you.
Chair King: Thank you. Anyone else? Good morning.
David Carson: Good morning. Thank you all for being here. Thank you for allowing
us to speak publicly. Thank you to all of my mangrove colleagues over here. I would
guess you can guess what I'm here to speak about today. My name is David Carson. I
live at 844 Jefferson Ave. I'm a sea -level rise scientist from the Netherlands. I also
have a great affinity for this city. My brother lives here. My nephew was born here. I
moved back here to marry my wife. This city means everything to me, even though I'm
not necessarily from here. And I would like it if I can come back to this city in the
future when I'm your age. My nephew can spend time here in the future --
Commissioner Reyes: Your age.
Mr. Carson: -- when he's your age. You know how it is. Unless we're actively
planting many, many more of these, there is not going to be a Miami to come back to.
They're like a million strong fingers that are holding the ground in place. They also
trap the sediment and cause the ground to rise. There are so many things that are
factually incorrect about this ordinance. But I want you to ask -- I want to ask you to
think more than about the facts, about the science, but to think about your families
and to think about those of us who want to keep living here, who want to keep coming
back here with our families, with our future families, please withdraw this. It is
completely, inappropriate and the opposite of what adaptation looks like for our city.
We can be a marvelous city, a marvelous city, and in many ways we are. I moved back
here for a reason, but we have a chance to do it again and we can plant a hell of a lot
more of these.
Chair King: Thank you.
Mr. Carson: Thank you.
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Chair King: Thank you. Anyone else here for public comment?
Elvis Cruz: Good morning, Commissioners. Elvis Cruz, 631 Northeast 57th Street.
I'm not going to talk to any one specific item, but rather to the entire order of the day.
Please be advised there are many citizens who wanted to come here today to speak,
but they heard in advance that some items were going to be deferred, and therefore,
they did not come. Please keep that in mind as you digest everything you've heard
here today. Thank you.
Chair King: Thank you. Is there anyone else here for public comment? Seeing none,
the public comment period is now closed.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Madam Chair?
Chair King: Commissioner Reyes.
Commissioner Reyes: Yes, I want to recognize that we have a program in the Law
Department which is -- I mean, it's quite helpful for future attorneys. And I want to
recognize all the Law Department interns that they are sitting on the first row. Could
you please stand up? Those are the future attorneys. Take a good look at them.
Applause.
Commissioner Reyes: Good job. Thank you, Vicky. You're doing a hell of a good job.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Madam Chair?
Vice Chair Carollo: That sounds like an endorsement.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Yeah, right.
Commissioner Reyes: Yes, I will endorse it. Yes.
AM - APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE FOLLOWING MEETINGS:
MV - MAYORAL VETO(ES)
NO MAYORAL VETOES
There were no mayoral vetoes associated with legislation that is subject to veto by the Mayor.
Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): Chair, did you want to hear -- just a discussion item. It
doesn't require any action.
Chair King: No, we read it.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: No, we don't want to hear it.
Mr. Hannon: Okay, and then, for the record, there are no mayoral vetoes.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: We want to have lunch.
Chair King: Commission adjourned.
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Commissioner Russell: Well done.
Commissioner Reyes: Well done.
END OF MAYORAL VETO(ES)
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CA - CONSENT AGENDA
The following item(s) was Adopted on the Consent Agenda
MOTION TO: Adopt
RESULT: ADOPTED
MOVER: Alex Diaz de la Portilla, Commissioner
SECONDER: Manolo Reyes, Commissioner
AYES: King, Carollo, Russell, Diaz de la Portilla, Reyes
CA.1 RESOLUTION
11823
Department of Real
Estate and Asset
Management
CA.2
11846
Department of
Finance
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH
ATTACHMENT(S), AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT ("AGREEMENT") WITH
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY THROUGH MIAMI-DADE WATER AND
SEWER DEPARTMENT ("WASD"), IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO
THE CITY ATTORNEY, TO RECONSTRUCT THE PARKING AREA
ON THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED
AT 1901 NORTHWEST 24 AVENUE, MIAMI, FLORIDA, FOLIO
NUMBER 01-3134-000-0330 ("PROPERTY"), IN THE MANNER
DEPICTED IN THE PAVEMENT MARKING AND SIGNAGE PLAN
(COLLECTIVELY THE "WORK"), ATTACHED TO THE
AGREEMENT, TO BE COMPLETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL
REGULATIONS APPLICABLE, AS EVIDENCED BY A
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION OR ITS EQUIVALENT ISSUED
BY THE CITY AND ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY,
WITHIN TWELVE (12) MONTHS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
THE AGREEMENT.
ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-22-0181
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."
RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING
THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") FINANCE DIRECTOR, OR HIS/HER
DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE, AS THE CITY'S
REPRESENTATIVE TO THE SUNSHINE STATE GOVERNMENTAL
FINANCING COMMISSION; PROVIDING CERTAIN OTHER
MATTERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-22-0182
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."
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CA.3
11829
Department of Fire -
Rescue
CA.4
11832
Department of Fire -
Rescue
RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, PURSUANT
TO SECTION 18-82(A) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, CLASSIFYING ONE (1) FORD F350,
MODEL YEAR 2009, UNIT NUMBER UL1002, VEHICLE
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 1FTWW3DR2AEA08818, AS
CATEGORY "A" SURPLUS STOCK; DONATING SAID VEHICLE TO
FANNING SPRINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT UPON EXECUTION OF
THE APPROPRIATE RELEASE DOCUMENTS.
ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-22-0183
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."
RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION PURSUANT
TO SECTION 18-82(A) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, CLASSIFYING ONE (1) PIERCE DASH
FIRE ENGINE, MODEL YEAR 1999, UNIT NUMBER P0063,
VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 4P1CT02SOYA000063, AS
CATEGORY "A" SURPLUS STOCK; DONATING SAID VEHICLE TO
THE GOVERNMENT OF GRAND TURK UPON EXECUTION OF
THE APPROPRIATE RELEASE DOCUMENTS.
ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-22-0184
This matter was ADOPTED on the Consent Agenda.
Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number CA.4, please see "End
of Consent Agenda."
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CA.5
11942
Department of
Police
RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE FOUR (4)
TRANSFERS OF BUDGETED MIAMI POLICE DEPARTMENT
("MPD") GENERAL FUND DOLLARS FROM MINOR OBJECT
CODE 552100 "PUBLIC SAFETY SUPPLIES" TO MINOR OBJECT
CODE 664000 "MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT" TO BE UTILIZED
TO PURCHASE TWO (2) CAMERAS AND RELATED
ACCESSORIES TO BE INSTALLED NEAR THE MIAMI-DADE
COUNTY JAIL TO PROVIDE VISIBILITY TO THE MPD'S REAL
TIME CRIME CENTER, A COMPUTER PROCESSOR WITH THE
ABILITY TO DISPLAY VARIOUS FEEDS FOR THE
COMMUNICATIONS SECTION, NEW OFFICE FURNITURE TO
FURNISH THE OFFICES OF MPD'S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AND HOMELAND SECURITY AND MPD'S SHIELD
DETAIL, AND AUDIO AND VIDEO RECORDING DEVICES WHICH
WILL PROVIDE ENHANCED SURVEILLANCE FOR THE
INTERNAL AFFAIRS SECTION, AS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
RESOLUTION NO. R-21-0402 ADOPTED SEPTEMBER 23, 2021,
AND RESOLUTION NO. R-21-0408 ADOPTED OCTOBER 1, 2021;
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO MAKE ANY NECESSARY
CHANGES TO ADJUST, AMEND, AND APPROPRIATE THE
FISCAL YEAR 2021-2022 OPERATING BUDGET, FIVE-YEAR
FINANCIAL PLAN, STRATEGIC PLAN, AND MULTI -YEAR
CAPITAL PLAN REGARDING CITY OF MIAMI SERVICES AND
RESOURCES AS NECESSARY, LEGALLY ALLOWED, AND
APPLICABLE; FURTHER RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND
CONFIRMING CERTAIN NECESSARY ACTIONS OF THE CITY
MANAGER AND DESIGNATED CITY DEPARTMENTS TO UPDATE
THE RELEVANT FINANCIAL CONTROLS, PROJECT CLOSE-
OUTS, ACCOUNTING ENTRIES, AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS;
PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-22-0185
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."
CA.6 RESOLUTION
11857
Department of
Resilience and
Public Works
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH
ATTACHMENT(S), ACCEPTING ONE (1) RIGHT-OF-WAY DEED
OF DEDICATION AS DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A", ATTACHED
AND INCORPORATED ("DEED"), FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY
PURPOSES; APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE
RECORDATION OF THE DEED IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA; FURTHER DIRECTING THE
CITY CLERK TO RETAIN A COPY OF THE DEED.
ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-22-0186
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."
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CA.7 RESOLUTION
11834
Department of
Resilience and
Public Works
CA.8
11818
Department of
Police
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 FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION FOR IMPROVEMENTS ON STATE ROAD
9A/INTERSTATE 95 SOUTHBOUND OFF RAMPS TO
SOUTHWEST 25TH ROAD, A PORTION OF WHICH INCLUDES
WORK ON SOUTHWEST 25TH ROAD THAT IS NOT ON THE
STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM.
ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-22-0187
This matter was ADOPTED on the Consent Agenda.
Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number CA.7, please see "End
of Consent Agenda."
RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, PURSUANT
TO SECTION 18-82(A) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), CLASSIFYING THE
ATTACHED LIST OF MEMORABILIA AS CATEGORY "A" STOCK
SURPLUS; AUTHORIZING THE DONATION OF SAID
MEMORABILIA TO THE MIAMI POLICE BENEVOLENT
ASSOCIATION, INC., A FLORIDA NOT FOR PROFIT
CORPORATION ("MPBA") FOR DISPLAY IN THEIR MUSEUM;
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND
EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS, 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-22-0188
This matter was ADOPTED on the Consent Agenda.
Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number CA.8, please see
"Order of the Day" and "End of Consent Agenda."
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CA.9 RESOLUTION - Item Pulled from Consenr
11817
Department of
Procurement
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, ACCEPTING
THE BIDS RECEIVED ON FEBRUARY 7, 2022, PURSUANT TO
INVITATION FOR BID ("IFB") NO. 1380386 FOR THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF A LANDSCAPE SERVICES CONTRACTOR
POOL ("POOL") TO PROVIDE LANDSCAPING SERVICES IN
MULTIPLE CATEGORIES, COMPRISED OF THE FOLLOWING
RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDERS: GRECO
INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, A FLORIDA PROFIT
CORPORATION ("GRECO"), PROJECT XEROFITUS, L.L.C., A
FLORIDA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ("XEROFITUS"), COCO
TREE SERVICE CORP., A FLORIDA PROFIT CORPORATION
("COCO TREE"), SFM SERVICES, INC., A FLORIDA PROFIT
CORPORATION ("SFM"), VISUALSCAPE, INC., A FLORIDA
PROFIT CORPORATION ("VISUALSCAPE"), SFL PROPERTY
MAINTENANCE CORP., A FLORIDA PROFIT CORPORATION
("SFL"), FLORIDA LAWN SERVICE, INC., A FLORIDA PROFIT
CORPORATION ("FLORIDA LAWN"), AND LAWN KEEPERS OF
SOUTH FLORIDA, INC., A FLORIDA PROFIT CORPORATION
("LAWN KEEPERS"), ON AN AS -NEEDED BASIS, FOR AN INITIAL
TERM OF TWO (2) YEARS, WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR
THREE (3) ADDITIONAL TWO-YEAR (2) PERIODS; ALLOCATING
FUNDS FROM THE VARIOUS SOURCES OF FUNDS FROM THE
USER DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES, SUBJECT TO THE
AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS AND BUDGETARY APPROVAL AT THE
TIME OF NEED; AUTHORIZING THE ADDITION OF QUALIFIED
FIRMS FOR INCLUSION IN THE POOL, AS MAY BE DEEMED IN
THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY OF MIAMI; AUTHORIZING
THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND
ALL DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS,
RENEWALS, AND EXTENSIONS, SUBJECT TO ALL
ALLOCATIONS, APPROPRIATIONS, AND PRIOR BUDGETARY
APPROVALS, 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
THE CITY ATTORNEY, AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL
APPLICABLE LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS, AS MAY BE
DEEMED NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE.
ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-22-0190
MOTION TO: Adopt
RESULT: ADOPTED
MOVER: Alex Diaz de la Portilla, Commissioner
SECONDER: Manolo Reyes, Commissioner
AYES: King, Carollo, Russell, Diaz de la Portilla, Reyes
Chair King: And now Commissioner?
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: CA.9.
Chair King: CA.9.
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Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Mr. Manager or Annie, probably, right? At the end
of the day, you 're the boss, the kind of boss, right? Tell me about --
Annie Perez (Director, Procurement): Good morning.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: -- the pool that we're accepting. Good morning.
Tell me about the pool that we 're accepting. And is --
Ms. Perez: Okay.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Okay, just walk me through it very briefly.
Ms. Perez: Sure. Good morning, Annie Perez --
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Thank you.
Ms. Perez: -- Director of Procurement. So, we had a lot of little contracts for different
landscaping projects, for Public Works, et cetera. So, what we decided to do was to
consolidate a lot of those contracts and make a pool. We also created -- we were able
to create an opportunity for small businesses to be able to participate in the pool
through the alleyways. We worked closely with Public Works on that. It's an open
pool, so we can add vendors at any time. As a matter of fact, the vendors that were
deemed non -responsive, we're going to allow them to cure once, you know, this is
hopefully approved.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: So, I think, Madam Chair, the ones that were
deemed not responsive, are they're still allowed to be responsive, for lack of a better -
-?
Ms. Perez: Once it's approved here, yes.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Okay.
Ms. Perez: We already prepared letters on what they need to cure --
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Okay.
Ms. Perez: -- so that they can become responsive.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: I just want to make --
Ms. Perez: Because we want to make sure we include everybody, as many firms as we
can.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Okay, how many firms are you including now?
Ms. Perez: Give me a second. Right now, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Eight firms. How many were deemed non-
responsive?
Ms. Perez: I want to say like five or six.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Okay. I'm good.
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Commissioner Reyes: Mr. -- Madam Chair, 1 cannot say that I'm very happy with the
landscape and maintenance that we have. I mean, 1 cannot say that I'm happy, but
always been asking for more color and everything is green in Miami. But 1 was
wondering if every district, you see, we can have -- I mean, select among the -- with
the pool -- within the pool, select -- do a, I would say, a competition or whatever so
we can select the landscapers that -- I mean, to tend our landscape. Because if you go
around the City of Miami, and particularly on the circles, you see you go around the
circles and I don't know if other Commissioners are happy, but I'm not, the way that
it been maintained. And most of the trees that -- I mean, take Coral Way, for example,
1 have to ask and ask and ask. 1 say, listen, get some flowers in there so it looks a little
bit prettier. And I haven't got -- I mean, I got a little bit, but I -- and everybody knows
that I have been asking for better landscape, that you go to any part of the world, you
go to any part of the world, that you're driving on the streets and you see how well
maintained, how flowery it is, how happy everybody -- the area looks because of the
landscape. Our landscape, in my opinion, it is not the appropriate landscape for a city
as Miami, you see.
Ms. Perez: Commissioner, I will get together with Public Works and make sure that if
there 's -- I suppose that you have had these conversations with the Administration.
Commissioner Reyes: Yes, I have.
Ms. Perez: Okay.
Commissioner Reyes: And Juvenal is right here and he knows that I am always
beating on --
Ms. Perez: So --
Commissioner Reyes: -- I mean, asking and asking and asking and asking all the time,
all the time, because believe me, I travel a little while. I mean, I travel a lot, and there
are other commissioners here that travel more than I have, and wherever you go to
any other country, you see beautifid landscape, you see.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Been traveling my whole life.
Juvenal Santana: Good morning, Commissioners. Juvenal Santana, Director of
Public Works. We've been given a task to work with the Planning Department, with
the Depart -- with the Office of Environmental Resources, with Capital Improvement,
with the Parks Department, to put together basically a policy that includes the plant
selections and we have heard the need to incorporate more than just evergreen trees,
so we understand.
Commissioner Reyes: Okay.
Chair King: Commissioner, have you seen MLK (Martin Luther King) Boulevard?
Commissioner Reyes: Excuse me?
Chair King: Have you seen MLK Boulevard, Northwest 62nd Street?
Commissioner Reyes: Yes.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Beautiful.
Chair King: They have done an excellent job. It's colorful.
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Commissioner Reyes: Yes, but that's MLK.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Well, Cuban Memorial -- Cuban Memorial
Parkway, in Commissioner Carollo 's district, has also -- they've done a really good
job.
Commissioner Reyes: Well, I'm talking about --
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: I think so.
Commissioner Reyes: -- certain areas around nay district, and particularly, the circles
and some parks too, some parks. And 1 have been arguing about the use of native
flower trees that they don't require that much maintenance, and 1 mean, we can
incorporate them.
Chair King: Zero scape.
Vice Chair Carollo: Yeah, that's where --
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Even in deserts, even with deserts, they can do all
kinds of creative stuff --
Vice Chair Carollo: Yeah.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: -- these days, right?
Vice Chair Carollo: Yeah. This is where I was heading to, ifI may, Chair.
Chair King: Please.
Commissioner Reyes: Okay.
Vice Chair Carollo: There are many native plants and some that are not necessarily
native, but they could withstand our heat, that have beautiful flowers that attract
butterflies, hummingbirds, and are pretty to look at. And they don't grow huge where
it blocks your view also. So, if we could, you know, be given some of those in each of
our districts so that before you go and plant, we could choose what would we would
prefer to put out there. And I don't know how we buy them, if we have our own
nursery, if we go down south to get them, but it just seems to me that it would be --
behoove us to have more of the native plants that have flowers in the green spaces
where we plant.
Mr. Santana: Very good.
Commissioner Reyes: Okay.
Mr. Santana: Understood.
Commissioner Reyes: Thank you, Juvenal. And you know that I'm very persistent.
Mr. Santana: No problem. That's what we're here for.
Chair King: Thank you.
Commissioner Reyes: Thank you. You're doing a good job.
Mr. Santana: Thank you, sir.
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CA.10
11956
Office of the City
Attorney
Chair King: Do 1 have a motion for CA.9?
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Yes, so moved.
Chair King: Second?
Commissioner Reyes: Second.
Chair King: All in favor?
The Commission (Collectively): Aye.
Chair King: Motion carries unanimously.
RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH
ATTACHMENT(S), AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A PROPOSED SETTLEMENT
AGREEMENT, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY, A DRAFT OF WHICH IS ATTACHED AND
INCORPORATED AS EXHIBIT "A," AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO REFER THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT, A DRAFT OF WHICH IS ATTACHED AND
INCORPORATED AS EXHIBIT "B," TO THE PLANNING AND
ZONING BOARD FOR REVIEW AND REFERRAL TO THE CITY
COMMISSION FOR FINAL REVIEW, CONSIDERATION, AND
APPROVAL AS REQUIRED BY THE CODE OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, AND FLORIDA STATUTES, IN
FULL SETTLEMENT OF ANY AND ALL CLAIMS ALLEGED
AGAINST THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") IN THE CASE OF THE
MOST REVERED THOMAS G. WENSKI, AS ARCHBISHOP OF
THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI, V CITY OF MIAMI, AND MIAMI-
DADE COUNTY, AS INTERVENOR PENDING BEFORE THE
CIRCUIT COURT OF THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND
FOR MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, WITHOUT ADMISSION OF
LIABILITY, UPON EXECUTING A RELEASE, SETTLEMENT, HOLD
HARMLESS, AND INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT OF THE
CITY, ITS PRESENT AND FORMER OFFICERS, AGENTS, AND
EMPLOYEES FROM ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AND DEMANDS
ARISING IN AND FROM ALLEGED VIOLATION OF CHAPTER 70,
FLORIDA STATUTES, EACH PARTY TO BEAR THEIR OWN
COSTS AND FEES; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY
DOCUMENTS, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY, TO EFFECTUATE THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.
ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-22-0189
This matter was ADOPTED on the Consent Agenda.
Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number CA.10, please see "End
of Consent Agenda."
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END OF CONSENT AGENDA
Chair King: Commissioner?
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Madam Chair, I want to pull CA.9, just for further
clarification from the Manager's Office, and then 1 would like to move all the CA
(Consent Agenda) items, other than CA.9.
Commissioner Reyes: 1 second.
[Later...]
Chair King: Are there any other Commissioners that would like to pull any of the CA
items?
Commissioner Reyes: Nope, not me.
Chair King: No? May I have a motion?
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: So moved.
Vice Chair Carollo: Moved.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: I already moved it.
Commissioner Reyes: Second.
Chair King: Second. So, all in favor?
The Commission (Collectively): Aye.
Chair King: The CA.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 10 have passed.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Yes.
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RE - RESOLUTIONS
RE.1 RESOLUTION
11528
Office of
Management and
Budget
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH
ATTACHMENT(S), DECLARING THE OFFICIAL INTENT OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA ("CITY") TO ISSUE TAX-EXEMPT AND
TAXABLE SPECIAL OBLIGATION BONDS IN THE EXPECTED
TOTAL MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SIXTY-ONE MILLION,
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($61,200,000.00) IN
ORDER TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, REIMBURSE ITSELF
FROM THE PROCEEDS OF SUCH SPECIAL OBLIGATION BONDS
FOR FUNDS ADVANCED BY THE CITY FOR CERTAIN
EXPENSES INCURRED WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTS AT THE MIAMI MARINE STADIUM
AND THE ASSOCIATED WELCOME CENTER AND MUSEUM
COMPLEX; ESTABLISHING CERTAIN RELATED DEFINITIONS OF
TERMS; AND AUTHORIZING CERTAIN FURTHER AND
INCIDENTAL ACTIONS BY THE CITY MANAGER, IN
CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND BOND
COUNSEL, AND SUCH OTHER APPROPRIATE OFFICERS,
EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS OF THE CITY, AS THE CITY
MANAGER DEEMS NECESSARY, ALL AS REQUIRED FOR
PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 103 AND 141-150 OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED; FURTHER
AUTHORIZING RELATED AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY'S MULTI-
YEAR CAPITAL PLAN PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED SEPTEMBER 13,
2021, AS SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED.
MOTION TO: Indefinitely Defer
RESULT: INDEFINITELY DEFERRED
MOVER: Alex Diaz de la Portilla, Commissioner
SECONDER: Christine King, Commissioner
AYES: King, Russell, Diaz de la Portilla, Reyes
ABSENT: Carollo
Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number RE.1, please see
"Order of the Day."
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RE.2 RESOLUTION
11865
Department of
Police &
Department of Fire -
Rescue
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH
ATTACHMENT(S), AUTHORIZING THE PROCUREMENT OF A
CLOUD BASED COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH ("CAD") SYSTEM
FROM INTERGRAPH CORPORATION D/B/A HEXAGON SAFETY
AND INFRASTRUCTURE ("HEXAGON"), FOR USE IN THE CITY
OF MIAMI ("CITY"), PURSUANT TO SECTION 18-111 OF THE
CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED,
UTILIZING THE COMPETITIVELY SOLICITED AND EXISTING LEE
COUNTY, FLORIDA, REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS ("RFP")
CONTRACT NO. RFP 180081, EFFECTIVE THROUGH FEBRUARY
10, 2024, SUBJECT TO ANY RENEWALS, EXTENSIONS AND/OR
REPLACEMENT CONTRACTS BY LEE COUNTY, FLORIDA;
ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES OF FUNDS
FROM THE END USER CITY DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES,
SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS AND BUDGETARY
APPROVAL AT THE TIME OF NEED; AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT TO
MASTER TERMS AND CONDITIONS, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE
ATTACHED FORM; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL OTHER
DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS,
EXTENSIONS, AND MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGREEMENT, IN A
FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, AND IN
COMPLIANCE WITH ACCEPTABLE REGULATIONS, AS MAY BE
NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE.
MOTION TO: Withdraw
RESULT: WITHDRAWN
MOVER: Alex Diaz de Ia Portilla, Commissioner
SECONDER: Christine King, Commissioner
AYES: King, Russell, Diaz de Ia Portilla, Reyes
ABSENT: Carollo
Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number RE.2, please see
"Order of the Day."
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RE.3
11932
Department of Fire -
Rescue
RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION PURSUANT
TO SECTION 18-112 OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA CODE OF
ORDINANCES, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), AUTHORIZING THE
CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT ("AGREEMENT"), IN A FORM
ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, BETWEEN THE CITY
OF MIAMI ("CITY") AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH TRUST OF MIAMI-
DADE COUNTY ("TRUST"), FOR THE PROVISION OF HEALTH
CARE SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH THE OCCUPATIONAL
AND WELLNESS CENTER AVAILABLE TO ALL SWORN AND
NON -SWORN MEMBERS OF THE CITY'S DEPARTMENT OF
FIRE -RESCUE ("DEPARTMENT") FOR A PERIOD OF THREE (3)
YEARS, WITH THE OPTION TO EXTEND FOR AN ADDITIONAL
TWO (2) YEAR PERIOD IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
$700,000.00 ANNUALLY; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER, SUBJECT TO CONSULTATION WITH THE
DEPARTMENT, TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY FUTURE
AMENDMENTS, EXTENSIONS, AND/OR SUPPLEMENTS TO THE
AGREEMENT, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY AND SUBJECT TO ALLOCATIONS,
APPROPRIATIONS, AND BUDGETARY APPROVAL AT THE TIME
OF NEED; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE PROCUREMENT OF
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, PURSUANT TO SECTION 18-111 OF THE
CITY CODE, UTILIZING THE COMPETITIVELY SOLICITED AND
EXISTING JACKSON MEMORIAL CONTRACT NO. 10-5140
EFFECTIVE THROUGH MAY 31, 2023, SUBJECT TO ANY
AMENDMENTS, EXTENSIONS, OR REPLACEMENT CONTRACTS,
IN THE AMOUNT OF $505,581.14, PLUS A TEN PERCENT (10%)
CONTINGENCY AMOUNT OF $50,558.11 FOR A TOTAL NOT TO
EXCEED AMOUNT OF $556,139.25; FURTHER AUTHORIZING
THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND
ALL DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS,
AND EXTENSIONS, ALL IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY, NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE SAID
PROCUREMENT; ALLOCATING FUNDS AS REQUIRED FROM
GENERAL FUND, ACCOUNT NOS.
00001.184010.531000.0000.00000,
00001.184010.531020.0000.00000 , AND
00001.181000.664000.0000.00000, AND THE DEPARTMENT'S
PROJECT NOS. 40-B70184-1426 AND 40-B70106A-1426 FOR
SAID PURPOSES; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-22-0191
MOTION TO: Adopt with Modification(s)
RESULT: ADOPTED WITH MODIFICATION(S)
MOVER: Alex Diaz de Ia Portilla, Commissioner
SECONDER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner
AYES: King, Carollo, Russell, Diaz de Ia Portilla, Reyes
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Madam Chair, I'd like to move RE.2.
Chair King: No, that --
Commissioner Russell: Withdrawn.
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Chair King: -- RE.2 was --
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, 1'rn sorry, I'm
sorry.
Chair King: Okay.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: RE.3, RE.4, and RE.5.
Vice Chair Carollo: Okay.
Chair King: You don't want to move RE.6?
Commissioner Reyes: Second.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Not -- well, I think --
Chair King: You want --
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: -- that's obviously --
Arthur Noriega (City Manager): Madam Chair?
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: -- there's going to be some conversation of RE.6. I
just want to get the things that are not -- we're not going to have a conversation
about, right?
Chair King: Yes.
Mr. Noriega: Madam Chair, we have an amendment to RE.3. Do you want to --?
Chair King: There's an amendment to RE.3?
Mr. Noriega: Yes.
Annie Perez: Yes, good morning again. Annie Perez, Director of Procurement. The
way that RE.3 was written, it contemplated us piggybacking off of a contract that
Jackson has for the medical equipment. What we found out was that -- we found out
last week that we're not allowed to piggyback because we're not considered a public
health agency. So, we will be bringing forth an emergency ratification item for the
equipment in the very near future.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: So, we can't move it.
Chair King: So, this -- so you're --
Ms. Perez: Everything is good except there's language in the reso (resolution) that
Fire drafted that says that the Manager -- the equipment was included --
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Right.
Ms. Perez: -- and it's not.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: So, you want to eliminate that language?
Ms. Perez: Yes.
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Chair King: Just that the equipment --
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Okay.
Chair King: -- is not included.
Ms. Perez: Yes.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: As amended then.
Chair King: And everything else can go.
Ms. Perez: Okay, yes.
Chair King: Okay.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Okay.
Ms. Perez: Thank you.
Chair King: So, we have --
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: So, RE.3 as amended.
Chair King: RE.3, as amendment, 4 and 5.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Yes, ma'am.
Chair King: Do I have a second?
Vice Chair Carollo: Second.
Chair King: All in favor?
The Commission (Collectively): Aye.
Chair King: RE.3, 4, and 5 pass unanimously.
Commissioner Russell: Madam Chair? I
Chair King: Yes.
Commissioner Russell: Just a comment on the Goombay Festival as it -- oh, we will
have another Commission meeting before then, but I'd like to make sure all City
Commission offices are very familiar and welcome and invited and it's going to be a
great citywide event and I really thank you all for your support.
Chair King: Okay.
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RE.4 RESOLUTION
11886
Office of Capital
Improvements
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH
ATTACHMENT(S), AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE
JOB ORDER CONTRACTING ("JOC") FOR HORIZONTAL AND
VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AGREEMENTS
("AGREEMENTS") WITH THE FOLLOWING CONTRACTORS:
HARBOUR CONSTRUCTION, INC., J.R.T. CONSTRUCTION CO.,
UNITECH BUILDERS CORP., METRO EXPRESS, INC., DAVID
MANCINI & SONS, INC., H & J ASPHALT, INC., FLORIDA
ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENT CORP., LEE
CONSTRUCTION GROUP, INC., TEAM CONTRACTING, INC.,
JOHNSON-LAUX CONSTRUCTION, LLC, AND BDI
CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, ALL FLORIDA REGISTERED
COMPANIES (COLLECTIVELY THE "CONTRACTORS"), FOR THE
PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL WORK UNDER THE
AGREEMENTS, AND PROVIDING FOR AN INCREASE TO THE
EXISTING CONTRACT CAPACITY BY A NOT -TO -EXCEED
AMOUNT OF TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($2,500,000.00) PER EACH OF THE AGREEMENTS,
THEREBY INCREASING THE CAPACITY OF EACH OF THE
AGREEMENTS FROM A NOT -TO -EXCEED TOTAL AMOUNT OF
TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
($2,500,000.00) UP TO A NOT -TO -EXCEED TOTAL AMOUNT OF
FIVE MILLION DOLLARS ($5,000,000.00); ALLOCATING FUNDS
FROM THE APPROPRIATE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") OFFICE OF
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ("OCI") PROJECTS AND
DEPARTMENTAL BUDGETS, SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY
OF FUNDS AND BUDGETARY APPROVAL AT THE TIME OF
NEED; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE AGREEMENTS, IN A FORM
ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR SAID PURPOSE;
FURTHER 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-22-0192
MOTION TO: Adopt
RESULT: ADOPTED
MOVER: Alex Diaz de Ia Portilla, Commissioner
SECONDER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner
AYES: King, Carollo, Russell, Diaz de Ia Portilla, Reyes
Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number RE.4, please see Item
Number RE.3.
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RE.5 RESOLUTION
11981
Commissioners
and Mayor
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION WAIVING
THE CITY OF MIAMI POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE -RESCUE
DEPARTMENT, SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT, AND PARKS AND
RECREATION DEPARTMENT COSTS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 19-9 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA,
AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), TITLED "SPECIAL OFF -DUTY
FIRE -RESCUE SERVICES", SECTION 54-6.3(C)(18) OF THE CITY
CODE, ENTITLED "CRITERIA FOR ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL
EVENTS PERMIT", SECTION 54-6.3(B)(15), TITLED
"APPLICATION", AND SECTION 38-74 OF THE CITY CODE,
ENTITLED "SAME - ACTIVITIES FOR WHICH A PERMIT IS
REQUIRED", FOR THE GOOMBAY FESTIVAL TO BE HELD ON
JUNE 11 AND 12, 2022 AT ELIZABETH VIRRICK PARK, 3225
PLAZA STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA.
ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-22-0193
MOTION TO: Adopt
RESULT: ADOPTED
MOVER: Alex Diaz de Ia Portilla, Commissioner
SECONDER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner
AYES: King, Carollo, Russell, Diaz de Ia Portilla, Reyes
Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number RE.5, please see
"Order of the Day" and "Item Number RE.3.
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RE.6 RESOLUTION
11985
Commissioners
and Mayor
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH
ATTACHMENT(S), APPROVING, SETTING FORTH AND
SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORATE A PROPOSED AMENDMENT
TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS
AMENDED ("CHARTER"), KNOWN AS CHARTER AMENDMENT
NO. _; AMENDING SECTION 29-B OF THE CHARTER, TITLED
"CITY -OWNED PROPERTY SALE OR LEASE -GENERALLY", TO
AUTHORIZE THE CITY COMMISSION BY A FOUR -FIFTHS
(4/5THS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, TO WAIVE COMPETITIVE
BIDDING AND EXECUTE AN AMENDED AND RESTATED LEASE
WITH RIVERSIDE WHARF, LLC, TO EXTEND THE CURRENT
LEASE TERM BY FIFTY (50) YEARS, INCREASING BASE RENT
BY 50 PERCENT OR FAIR MARKET VALUE, IF GREATER,
INCREASING PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN THE PROPERTY FROM
$7,000,000 TO $30,000,000, AND REQUIRING THAT THE TENANT
CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT CONSISTENT WITH ZONING AND
RESILIENCY REQUIREMENTS, AND CONSTRUCT A NEW
SEAWALL AND PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE RIVERWALK, WITH
RESTRICTIONS, REVERSIONS, AND RETENTION BY THE CITY
OF ALL OTHER RIGHTS NOT OTHERWISE CONTEMPLATED
UNDER THE EXISTING LEASE AND AMENDMENTS THERETO;
CALLING FOR A REFERENDUM SPECIAL ELECTION AND
PROVIDING THAT THE CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. _ WILL BE
SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORATE AT THE REFERENDUM
SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD CONCURRENTLY WITH THE
PRIMARY ELECTION ON AUGUST 23, 2022; DESIGNATING AND
APPOINTING THE CITY CLERK AS THE OFFICIAL
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY COMMISSION WITH RESPECT
TO THE USE OF VOTER REGISTRATION BOOKS AND
RECORDS; FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO CAUSE
A CERTIFIED COPY OF THE HEREIN RESOLUTION TO BE
DELIVERED TO THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS OF MIAMI-
DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, NOT LESS THAN FORTY-FIVE (45)
DAYS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF SUCH SPECIAL ELECTION;
PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THIS
RESOLUTION.
ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-22-0180
MOTION TO: Adopt with Modification(s)
RESULT: ADOPTED WITH MODIFICATION(S)
MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner
SECONDER: Alex Diaz de Ia Portilla, Commissioner
AYES: King, Carollo, Russell, Diaz de Ia Portilla, Reyes
Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number RE.6, please see
"Public Comments for all Item(s)."
Chair King: And I believe there's an amendment to RE.6 as well.
Commissioner Reyes: I think it's a covenant, right?
Vice Chair Carollo: I -- I don't know.
Chair King: Madam -- I was advised -- Madam City Attorney?
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Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): Yes. 1 guess before a motion is made on page 1, it
simply just needs to read Charter Amendment Number 1. And also needs to reflect
Resolution Number 22-0180.
Chair King: Is anyone from staff here that can speak on this item?
Jacqueline Lorenzo: Good morning, Commissioners. Jacqueline Lorenzo, with the
Department of Real Estate and Asset Management. At the last meeting, we had a
directive to bring a ballot question for an extension of the lease for Riverside Wharf.
That's right next to the MRC (Miami Riverside Center) on the river. The ballot
question would authorize the Manager to extend the lease for 50 years, increase the
investment from 7 million to 50 million, require the tenant to install a new seawall
and riverwalk, and increase the rent by 50 percent.
Chair King: Commissioner Carollo -- Commissioner DLP (Diaz de la Portilla).
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: On? I mean, I'm sorry, I was reading something
else related to this item.
Vice Chair Carollo: RE (Resolution) --
Chair King: RE. 6.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: On RE.6. So, what did you say? I'm sorry, can you
repeat it?
Ms. Lorenzo: Sure. So, the ballot question would authorize an extension of the lease,
essentially 50 years in addition to the already prior 50 year term. A $7 million
investment would increase into a $50 million investment.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: From 7 to?
Ms. Lorenzo: 50.
Commissioner Reyes: 50.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: 50, okay.
Ms. Lorenzo: There would be an --
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Over the 50 years?
Ms. Lorenzo: Just the investment of the development that they 're going to be
implementing on the site.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Okay.
Ms. Lorenzo: There's going to be a new seawall, a new riverwalk, and rent will
increase by 50 percent.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: 5-0.
Ms. Lorenzo: 5-0, yes.
Vice Chair Carollo: Which will make it -- at the bottom line, the rent will be what?
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Ms. Lorenzo: Approximately 330,000. We did obtain preliminary appraisals that
came in lower than that amount.
Vice Chair Carollo: Okay.
Ms. Lorenzo: So, this is above fair market value.
Vice Chair Carollo: Alright.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: And those preliminary appraisals, what were they,
and when did you obtain them?
Ms. Lorenzo: Sure, so the first one was 230,000 a year. And the second --
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: How much?
Ms. Lorenzo: 230.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Okay.
Ms. Lorenzo: And the second one was 290,000.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: When?
Ms. Lorenzo: I'm sorry?
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: When did you get those appraisals?
Ms. Lorenzo: When?
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Yeah, when?
Ms. Lorenzo: Just recently --
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Okay.
Ms. Lorenzo: -- this week.
Vice Chair Carollo: Okay. And they're willing to give again how much?
Ms. Lorenzo: 330,000 approximately.
Vice Chair Carollo: Okay. What is the cutoff, if we have anything there, on -- is this
just flat rent? We're not making any profits on any of the retail they have or anything
else?
Ms. Lorenzo: No, there's also percentage rent.
Vice Chair Carollo: Okay, that's where I'm heading to.
Unidentified Speaker: 3.
Ms. Lorenzo: It's 3 percent, right.
Vice Chair Carollo: 3 percent?
Ms. Lorenzo: Oh, no, I'm sorry. I'm sorry, hold on.
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Vice Chair Carollo: That's low.
Ms. Lorenzo: 15 percent, right. 15 percent of gross revenues. The 3 percent is the
increase annually.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: The rent increase is 3 percent.
Ms. Lorenzo: Of the base rent.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: So, the 15 percent -- if I may, Madam Chair -- the
15, to follow up on Commissioner Carollo, the 15 is on gross revenues or gross retail
sales?
Ms. Lorenzo: Gross revenues.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Okay. Limited to what?
Ms. Lorenzo: It includes any revenues generated on the site. So, if they operate
anything on the site themselves, then that would be triggered. And if they have a
tenant, then those revenues would be triggered as well.
Vice Chair Carollo: Okay.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: And it's 50 -- 5-0 -- 50 years?
Ms. Lorenzo: For an additional 50 years.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: An additional -- so, they already have 40.
Ms. Lorenzo: They already have 50 from what was authorized.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Well, they can. They -- right.
Ms. Lorenzo: And then --
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Thev have 40. How many do you have left? Yeah, I
think she's a little bit off on the number.
Javier Avino: For the record, Javier Avino, with law offices at 1450 Brickell Avenue,
Bilzin Sumberg, on behalf of the lessee. I'm joined by Iris Escarra, from Greenberg
Traurig, as well as Alex Mantecon from ME To answer your question, we have a 25-
year lease term remaining with two extensions of 10 years. So, that is --
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: 45 to 50.
Mr. Avino: -- 45 years. And so, this would be 50 years on top of that.
Vice Chair Carollo: How many acres is the whole site --
Mr. Avino: How many acres?
Vice Chair Carollo: -- that you're getting from us in the City?
Iris Escarra: 0.73,
Mr. Avino: 0.73.
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Vice Chair Carollo: How much?
Mr. Avino: 0.73.
Commissioner Reyes: Not even an acre.
Vice Chair Carollo: Okay.
Mr. Avino: Yeah.
Commissioner Reyes: It's not even an acre.
Mr. Avino: And to clay* a point from Commissioner Carollo before, the base rent is
increasing, but as you indicated, our expectation is that the rent would be higher than
that once you factor in gross revenues.
Vice Chair Carollo: Sure. And how much commercial space are you going to have
there in retail?
Mr. AviFio: Total commercial space?
Vice Chair Carollo: Square feet?
Unidentified Speaker: Well, right now (INAUDIBLE) about 80 -- 70 -- 80,000 square
feet.
Mr. Avino: About 80,000 square feet.
Vice Chair Carollo: Okay, last question that I have, there's a little, small piece of
property, almost insignificant, that's at the tip. Are you including that with the City
property and the other properties in your build -out?
Mr. Avino: No.
Vice Chair Carollo: It don't natter to me, I'm just asking.
Mr. Avino: No, it wasn't part of the RFP (Request for Proposals).
Vice Chair Carollo: Okay. Alright.
Chair King: May I have a motion?
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Well, no. Let me just -- the hotel. Tell me a little bit
about the hotel.
Mr. Avino: The hotel is actually located on the private property that's adjacent to the
City property. So, the City property will consist of food and beverage outlets
exclusively.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: But it's part of the complex that you're building.
Mr. Avino: It is. They'll be connected through bridges.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Is it about -- it's about 20,000 square feet,
something like that, in that range?
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Mr. Avino: Total number of hotel rooms is 165.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: No, on the City property? The City property?
Mr. Avino: I'm sorry?
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: The City?
Mr. Avino: No, the City property is .73 acres. Yeah, the City property is --
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Yeah.
Mr. Avino: -- three quarters of an acre.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Three quarters of an acre. And how many, units in
the hotel?
Ms. Escarra: 165.
Mr. Avino: 165.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: How many stories?
Mr. Avino: It's eight stories.
Ms. Escarra: Eight stories, the hotel; five stories (INAUDIBLE).
Vice Chair Carollo: The other side has how many acres?
Mr. Avino: The private side is a little higher than that. It's --
Unidentified Speaker: Almost an acre.
Mr. Avino: -- ahnost an acre.
Vice Chair Carollo: Okay.
Commissioner Reyes: Very small.
Mr. Avino: I mean they're fairly --
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Condensed and you're going vertical basically.
Commissioner Reyes: Yeah.
Mr. Avino: Correct.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: (INAUDIBLE) as much vertical as you can.
Mr. Avino: Correct.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: And that little property that Commissioner Carollo
referred to, that's not included in any of this?
Mr. Avino: It is not.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: There's no partnership at all involved there?
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Mr. Avino: No.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: No? Okay.
Vice Chair Carollo: Okay.
Commissioner Reyes: Yeah.
Chair King: May 1 have a motion?
Commissioner Reyes: Move.
Vice Chair Carollo: Motion.
Chair King: Second.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: I'll second it.
Chair King: All in favor?
The Commission (Collectively): Aye.
Mr. Hannon: And Chair, just for the record, there 's one whereas clause on page 2
that needs to be amended. Whereas, pursuant to Resolution R-22-0108 adopted on
March ]oth, 2022, the City Attorney was directed to draft the ballot language
contained herein. Thank you, Chair.
Mr. Avino: Iris just reminded me --
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: I didn't understand a word he said. Can you do it
again?
Mr. Avino: One clarification for the record. Ms. Lorenzo mentioned that the
investment is from 7 to 50. It's from 7 to 30 million, which is what's in the legislation.
That's the minimum investment increase. All the other numbers that Ms. Lorenzo
indicated are correct. I just want to clam that for the record.
Chair King: Thank you. Todd.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: So, from 7 to 30, from 7 to 50, a big difference,
right?
Mr. Avino: Right. Hence why we wanted the clarification on the --
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: What's $20 million between friends, right?
Mr. Avino: Even though the legislation says the 30, we wanted the clarification for the
purposes of the record.
Chair King: Thank you. Todd, could you please read that again a little bit more
slowly?
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Yeah, and then I want --
Mr. Hannon: Yes, ma'am.
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Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: --1 want additional questions.
Mr. Hannon: On page 2 of the resolution, there is a whereas clause that needs to be
amended. Whereas, pursuant to Resolution R-22-0108, adopted on March 10, 2022,
the City Attorney was directed to draft the ballot language contained herein.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: I got it.
Chair King: And you have one more question?
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: One more question, which is, remember we had a
little bit of a debate whether this property was going to be in your district, Madam
Chair, or my district, right? That's what we're doing. Obviously, it's an important
part of what the City of Miami is doing and redevelopment of the river, in particular, I
think it's very important that we move forward. The concern that 1 have is community
benefits. Are there any community benefits attached to this particular project in mind?
What are you thinking in terms of parking, in terms of beautification, landscaping?
Chair King: Have you met me?
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: What?
Chair King: Have you met me?
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Yes.
Chair King: Do you think there will not be --?
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: I'm fully aware. I mean, you know what? It's a
check and balance here.
Chair King: I see.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: I'm just -- I'm keeping you honest.
Chair King: Okay.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: I want to know. I want to know.
Chair King: I don't think, Commissioner --
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: I want to know what you're doing.
Chair King: -- there's not a project corning through my district --
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Ronald Reagan, Ronald Raegan --
Chair King: -- that will not have a community benefit.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: By the way, we have Ronald Reagan Park now in
Allapattah. You know that, right? So -- yeah. So, he used to say, trust but verify.
Chair King: That is true.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Trust but verify.
Vice Chair Carollo: Where?
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Chair King: I loved his story.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Ronald Reagan Park, next to the PBA (Police
Benevolent Association). We named it with the (UNINTELLIGIBLE) of Commissioner
Russell, shocking. He said, one for the Gipper. We named -- we have Ronald W.
Reagan Park. It was pretty cool, I think.
Chair King: Go ahead.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Go ahead. Tell me the community benefits.
Ms. Escarra: Good after -- good morning, everyone. We actually have a series of
community benefits, and actually this project requires City Commission approval. So,
the project in and of itself with the details will be coming before this board --
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: I know, I know.
Ms. Escarra: -- hopefully in the next month or two, depending on how we do on
scheduling. But we 're hoping to come before you and explain all those community
benefits. Just to rattle them off, just so you have some --
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Yes.
Ms. Escarra: -- on the record, but we will be going over that in detail. We have
improvements to the seawall, we have resiliency. The road in front of us, after the 1st
Avenue Bridge was done -- the 1st Street Bridge was done, we ended up having to
raise that street even further and work with Public Works.
Vice Chair Carollo: I'm sorry, I'm sorry, the seawall. How many mangroves are you
putting in the improvements?
Ms. Escarra: I am not familiar with that particular question, Commissioner. I'd have
to come back to you with that response. But we are doing a whole series of programs
that we will be bringing before you at that time.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Well, the community benefits are important
because even though it's in Commissioner King's district, it's a block away from
where my district begins now. It's across the river from where Commissioner
Carollo's district is. So, in essence, the whole area needs to be beautified. And the
community benefits are going to matter to this entire Commission. There are issues,
like for example, you know, soccer stadium, Hyatt and other big issues that matter to
the entire city --
Ms. Escarra: Right.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: -- irrespective of what district they happen to be in.
This particular area, it's close proximity to the district I represent, it's across from
where Commissioner Carollo represents, so the development is important fir jobs and
for the area and beautification of the area. But the surrounding areas are not in great
condition, as you well know, Mr. Mantecon, right? So, you know very well that you
need to spend some dollars, some community dollars, some community benefits given
from you over there to benefit the rest of the surrounding areas, not only your
particular development. So, I want there to be a serious commitment in terms of
community benefits and a specific commitment when it comes back before us as to
what those community benefits are. So, you may be very demanding, but I'mright
behind you --
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Ms. Escarra: Will do.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: -- in terms of being demanding.
Ms. Escarra: Will do.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: That's very important.
Ms. Escarra: And well make sure that before we come back with the project, we'll
make sure we sit down with everyone.
Chair King: Thank you.
Ms. Escarra: Thank you.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Thank you.
Chair King: Are we ready to vote?
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Yes, ma'am.
Chair King: All in favor?
The Commission (Collectively): Aye.
Mr. Avino: Thank: you very much.
Chair King: Item passes unanimously.
Mr. Avino: Thank you.
Ms. Escarra: Thank you.
Mr. Hannon: As amended.
Chair King: As amended.
Commissioner Reyes: As amended.
END OF RESOLUTIONS
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FR - FIRST READING ORDINANCES
FR.1 ORDINANCE First Reading
11429
Department of
Human Services
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING
CHAPTER 2/ARTICLE XI/DIVISION 2/SECTION 2-887 OF THE
CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY
CODE"), TITLED "ADMINISTRATION/BOARDS, COMMITTEES,
COMMISSIONS/STANDARDS FOR CREATION AND REVIEW OF
BOARDS GENERALLY/QUORUM REQUIREMENTS;
EXCEPTIONS," MORE PARTICULARLY BY INCLUDING THE
MIAMI ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT COUNCIL ("MAEC") ON THE
LIST IN SECTION 2-887(B) OF CITY BOARDS SUBJECT TO
QUORUM REQUIREMENTS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN
THE CITY CODE; FURTHER AMENDING CHAPTER 2/ARTICLE
XI/DIVISION 10/SECTION 2-1141 OF THE CITY CODE TITLED
"ADMINISTRATION/BOARDS, COMMITTEES,
COMMISSIONS/CITY OF MIAMI ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
COUNCIL/PURPOSE, POWERS AND DUTIES," MORE
PARTICULARLY BY ADDING TO SECTION 2-1141(4) THE
AUTHORITY TO EXPEND FUNDS IN FURTHERANCE THEREOF
AND DELETING FROM SECTION 2-1141(7) THE 501(C)(3)
CORPORATION PROVISION AND PROVIDING AUTHORITY FOR
THE SOLICITATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF FINANCIAL AND
NON -FINANCIAL SUPPORT; FURTHER AMENDING SECTION 2-
1143 OF THE CITY CODE TITLED "MEETINGS; QUORUM AND
VOTING; ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS; PARLIAMENTARY
AUTHORITY; RULES OF PROCEDURE; MINUTES; ASSIGNMENT
OF STAFF; LEGAL COUNSEL; AND NOTICES AND FILING OF
RECORDS," MORE PARTICULARLY BY AMENDING THE MAEC'S
QUORUM AND VOTING REQUIREMENTS DETAILED IN SECTION
2-1143(B); FURTHER CREATING A NEW SECTION 2-1144 OF
THE CITY CODE FOR THE MAEC TITLED "BUDGET AND
FINANCE"; ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND
ACCOUNT LINE TITLED "CITY OF MIAMI ARTS AND
ENTERTAINMENT COUNCIL"; AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER AND THE NECESSARY CITY DEPARTMENTS TO
CREATE THE NECESSARY BUDGETING AND ACCOUNTING
STRUCTURES TO ACCOUNT FOR THE MAEC'S FUNDS IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE GENERALLY ACCEPTED
ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES; FURTHER DELETING OBSOLETE
REFERENCES; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
MOTION TO: Pass on First Reading
RESULT: PASSED ON FIRST READING
MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner
SECONDER: Alex Diaz de Ia Portilla, Commissioner
AYES: King, Carollo, Russell, Diaz de Ia Portilla, Reyes
Chair King: We are now on FR.1.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Can we move the entire agenda in one fell swoop
or we can 't do that?
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Commissioner Reyes: Yes.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: So, we don't have lunch.
Chair King: Ah, that would be fine with me.
Commissioner Reyes: Fine with me too.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: So move, so move.
Chair King: Mr. City Clerk, can we take up the rest of the items, FR.1 ?
Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): This is the last item that requires any action.
Chair King: Right, that's the last item.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Yes, that's right. We did the other ones.
Chair King: Do you need to read it? It needs to be read into the code?
Victoria Mendez (City Attorney): Yes.
Chair King: Madam City Attorney.
Ms. Mendez: Thank you, Chair.
The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney.
Chair King: May I have a motion?
Vice Chair Carollo: Move.
Commissioner Reyes: Second.
Chair King: Any discussion on this item? Second? All in favor?
The Commission (Collectively): Aye.
Chair King: Motion carries unanimously.
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FR.2 ORDINANCE First Reading
11938
Commissioners
and Mayor
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING
CHAPTER 38 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA,
AS AMENDED, TITLED "PARKS AND RECREATION," MORE
PARTICULARLY BY ADDING ARTICLE VIII, TITLED "CITY PARK
AND RECREATION WATERFRONT IMPROVEMENTS," TO
ESTABLISH REQUIREMENTS FOR CITY PARK AND
RECREATION WATERFRONT IMPROVEMENTS; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE
DATE.
MOTION TO: Indefinitely Defer
RESULT: INDEFINITELY DEFERRED
MOVER: Alex Diaz de la Portilla, Commissioner
SECONDER: Christine King, Commissioner
AYES: King, Russell, Diaz de la Portilla, Reyes
ABSENT: Carollo
FR.2 ORDINANCE First Reading
11938
Commissioners
and Mayor
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING
CHAPTER 38 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA,
AS AMENDED, TITLED "PARKS AND RECREATION," MORE
PARTICULARLY BY ADDING ARTICLE VIII, TITLED "CITY PARK
AND RECREATION WATERFRONT IMPROVEMENTS," TO
ESTABLISH REQUIREMENTS FOR CITY PARK AND
RECREATION WATERFRONT IMPROVEMENTS; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE
DATE.
MOTION TO: Reconsider
RESULT: RECONSIDERED
MOVER: Alex Diaz de la Portilla, Commissioner
SECONDER: Manolo Reyes, Commissioner
AYES: King, Carollo, Russell, Diaz de la Portilla, Reyes
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FR.2 ORDINANCE First Reading
11938
Commissioners
and Mayor
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING
CHAPTER 38 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA,
AS AMENDED, TITLED "PARKS AND RECREATION," MORE
PARTICULARLY BY ADDING ARTICLE VIII, TITLED "CITY PARK
AND RECREATION WATERFRONT IMPROVEMENTS," TO
ESTABLISH REQUIREMENTS FOR CITY PARK AND
RECREATION WATERFRONT IMPROVEMENTS; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE
DATE.
MOTION TO: Withdraw
RESULT: WITHDRAWN
MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner
SECONDER: Ken Russell, Commissioner
AYES: King, Carollo, Russell, Diaz de la Portilla, Reyes
Note for the Record: For additional minutes referencing Item Number FR.2, please
see "Order of the Day" and "Public Comments for all Item(s)."
Commissioner Russell: Madam Chair?
Chair King: Yes.
Commissioner Russell: A question for Commissioner Carollo. 1 think I heard you say
earlier that the mangrove item, your concerns have been addressed.
Vice Chair Carollo: Yes.
Commissioner Russell.• We had deferred the item before you came in. Are you open to
withdrawing it instead of the deferral so that it doesn 't come back?
Vice Chair Carollo: Yeah, I have no problem doing it. What we had asked for was
indefinite defer and then we were going to tell the Manager not to bring it back, but
I'm fine with a withdrawal.
Commissioner Russell: Would that need a reconsideration, Mr. Clerk?
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: I'll move to reconsider.
Vice Chair Carollo: Okay.
Commissioner Russell: So, seconded.
Commissioner Reyes: I second.
Chair King: So, may I have a motion?
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: I move to withdraw the item.
Commissioner Russell: No, that was a reconsideration.
Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): No.
Vice Chair Carollo: No, no, no.
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Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: We already passed the reconsideration, right?
Commissioner Russell: No.
Vice Chair Carollo: Did we pass it?
Commissioner Reyes: No.
Commissioner Russell: Todd.
Commissioner Reyes: No, we haven't voted on the reconsideration.
Mr. Hannon: So, there's been a motion by Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla,
seconded by Commissioner Reves to reconsider Item FR.2.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Alright, so we move that.
Mr. Hannon: No?
Commissioner Reyes: Beg your pardon?
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Yes.
Mr. Hannon: Were you seconding Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla's motion --
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: For reconsideration, Todd.
Mr. Hannon: -- to reconsider FR.2?
Commissioner Reyes: Yes, I was, I was --
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Yes, for reconsideration.
Commissioner Reyes: -- but we haven't voted on it.
Mr. Hannon: Correct.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Let's vote on it.
Commissioner Reyes: That's what I'm saying.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: And then I move to --
Commissioner Reyes: I'm saving we haven 't voted.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: -- to withdraw.
Mr. Hannon: Correct.
Commissioner Reyes: Now we vote on it, and now we move to withdraw.
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: Yes.
Mr. Hannon: So, yes --
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: I got ahead of myself, I'm sorry.
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Mr. Hannon: -- we need to vote on the reconsideration.
Chair King: Okay.
The Commission (Collectively): Aye.
Chair King: All in favor?
The Commission (Collectively): Aye.
Vice Chair Carollo: Now, I'll make a motion --
Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla: I'll move the --
Vice Chair Carollo: -- for withdrawal.
Commissioner Russell: And second.
Commissioner Reyes: Second.
Chair King: All in favor?
The Commission (Collectively): Aye.
Chair King: The item has been withdrawn.
Commissioner Reyes: That's it.
Chair King: Thank you, gentlemen. And that will conclude our special Commission
meeting for May 31 st. Thank you, gentlemen.
END OF FIRST READING ORDINANCES
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BU.1
11480
Office of
Management and
Budget
BU - BUDGET
BUDGET DISCUSSION ITEM
MONTHLY REPORT
I. SECTION 2-497 OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES
(RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIRECTOR OF MANAGEMENT AND
BUDGET)
II. SECTION 18-502 (CITY'S ANTI -DEFICIENCY ACT)
III. SECTION 18-542 (FINANCIAL INTEGRITY PRINCIPLES)
RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN
END OF BUDGET
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DI - DISCUSSION ITEM
DI.1 DISCUSSION ITEM
11463
Code Compliance
Task Force
A PRESENTATION OF THE CODE COMPLIANCE TASK FORCE
RECOMMENDATIONS REPORT TO CITY COMMISSION.
MOTION TO: Indefinitely Defer
RESULT: INDEFINITELY DEFERRED
MOVER: Alex Diaz de la Portilla, Commissioner
SECONDER: Christine King, Commissioner
AYES: King, Russell, Diaz de la Portilla, Reyes
ABSENT: Carollo
Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number DI.1, please see "Order
of the Day."
END OF DISCUSSION ITEM
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FL - FUTURE LEGISLATION
FL.1
11824
Department of
Planning
ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING
ARTICLE 4 "STANDARDS AND TABLES" OF ORDINANCE NO.
13114 ("MIAMI 21 CODE"), AS AMENDED, MORE SPECIFICALLY
BY AMENDING ARTICLE 4, TABLE 12, TITLED "DESIGN REVIEW
CRITERIA", TO AMEND THE CRITERIA FOR THE REVIEW OF
ENTITLEMENTS APPLIED FOR UNDER THE MIAMI 21 CODE;
CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
rRESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN
END OF FUTURE LEGISLATION
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NA.1
12060
City Commission
ADJOURNMENT
NA - NON -AGENDA ITEM(S)
DIRECTIVE
DIRECTION FROM COMMISSIONER RUSSELL TO THE CITY
MANAGER TO CREATE A MANGROVE MANAGEMENT PLAN IN
CONJUNCTION WITH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL
RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (DERM) WITH A FOCUS ON A
POLICY FOR MANGROVE MAINTENANCE.
rRESULT: DISCUSSED
Chair King: Is there any other Commissioner --? Commissioner Russell?
Commissioner Russell: Yes, Madam Chair. Thank you. And I think we probably all
agree. I'd like to proffer a direction to the Manager to come up with a mangrove
management plan in conjunction with DERM (Department of Environmental
Resources Management). I know that we have mangrove trimming permits in some of
our parks, but not all. But there is no active maintenance. There is no set Parks
Department policy around mangrove maintenance. And 1 think that might actually be
a good idea that would help us not look at mangroves as a negative or something to
eliminate, but rather something that we can live with and manage. And I think there 's
a way to do so and still protect views, but yet protect our resilience as well. Thank
you, Madam Chair.
The meeting adjourned at 10:44 a.m.
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