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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExhibit 1APPENDIX A PROOF OF PUBLICATION 4A I MONDAY. AUGUST 20. 2012 • M ami4>rald.Com I THE MIAMI HERALD STAY AHEAD WiTH THE MIAMI HERALD AND OUR PARTNERS .{Tr) Topical Clavits,1 p.m: FWrt±ai Awls fatale Sal 5 T.ayenen- �R� dents Rang. only on 913 Fre-WLRN U.S. SUPREME COURT �.w News,11 pin, Little write kei o' Ng'pi'o;tnic" Get can rate you 7Kw Cynthia Demos .rankles the Irroaot 0' lies to health Convicted soldier seeks civilian appeal rights C A U.S. soldier serving a 40-year sentence in the executions of tour bound Iraqi detainees is pushing to have the same appeal rights as civilians. BY MICHAEL DOYLE M:patray WWI Sett. WASHINGTON — A military coin convicted Ar- my Mast. Sgt. John E Hal- ley of murder in wartime. Unfortunately for the de- frocked combat infantry- man military law keeps him from appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court. However. again all odds, the native of Decatur. Texas. is going where others have failed and Congress has hesitated R•presentiog himself from his Fort Leavemvon/ prison cell, Halley has asked the high court to grant soldiers the same appeal rights as eiviliaus DIMINISHED RIGHTS "I've been in the military for 20 years and endured any hardships," Harley said responding m a tepon- er's.mailed questions con- veyed through a friend "1 accepted that as pan of the ca.-ter 1 had chosen What you dons know and are nev- . told is char your rights are less than every other citizen in this country has" Airborne- and Ranger qualified, the 44-year-old Halley is presently a busted private held in the US. Dis- ciplinary Barrack at the Ar- my' facility in Fansas. He's seeing a 40-year sentence after he was convicted in 2009 arployiog a role in the kil.ngs of four bound and blindfolded Iraqi detainers Haley's men with the 1st Battalion 18ih Infantry- Reg- imen:. had seized the Iraqis after a firefight in March 2007. Rather than release them, prosecutors said — buttressed by the confes- sions of two US. soldiers — the Americans executed the detainees with pistol shots to their heads and shoved thew bodies into a canal Halley denies it. and the bodies were never recov- ered. Has guilt or innocence, though isn't relevant to the Supreme Court. His chal- lenge is to the Uniform Code ofilliury Justice The code says a court- martial case cannot be ped tioned to the Supreme Court ilthe top military ap- peals court previously dr dined to hen- it. And it has Last January, without comment. the US Con of Appeals for the Armed Forces denied his petition after the Army Court o. Criminal Appeals. a lower court, upheld Haley's coo- vietion the previous year. Unless the Supreme Court changes the rules, that would end Haley's quest The question for the Ste ptmne Cant will be %drib er thermlimry testrimionvi- olates cons tutional guar- antees of equal protection "For Pete's sake. to not even be able to ask the Su- preme Court for review" said Eugene R. Fidell who teaches military law at Yale Law School "This is unfor- tunate and wrong -minded." 'UP TO CONGRESS' But Fidell. formerly the president of the nonprofit National Institute of Mill - my Justice, added that the Supreme Court itself seems unlikely to rewrite the mili- tary ter! code Tear maybe left up to Congress, where lawmakers led by Rep. Su- san Davis, D-Calif. have tried unsuccessfully t0 change the rules "It's a cont- pellirk argument that is not going to get anywhere ex- cept in Congress.' Fidell said. Hatley's case "dead on arrival' in the Sit- prem. Court, be said The Psorogrm and its con- gressional allies have previ- ously warned that allowing more Supreme Court ap- peals would imto pose o ma- boudens.and Davis'legis- lation Iaas been stalled for several years MARLINS I CITY OF M3F.N1! Leases in works for ballpark parking garages, city says • PLANS, FROM ratio Stuart Aguirre, a com- mercial real estate broker and chairman of the Miami River Commission "The neighborhood is not goii>n to attract a Ruth's Chris Steak House' Others contend the enter- tainment district idea was created merely to sell the public on the parking garag- es, which were financed with a S100 million bond issue "It's never going to hap- pen," said Yvonne Bayona, Little Havana activist. "They just wanted to loch in their deal for theparking ga- rages and have the taxpayers foot the bill" Despite the criticism, Carollo is pushing forward He blames la s0t`jn real estate market for stalling the leasing process. "Plus, we expected the Marlins to be doing alo:bet- ter going into the playoffs," he added of the last -place team The garages' leasing agent Mindy McElroy of the Te-ranota firm declined to be interviewed. Terranova is branding the project 'The Shops at Marlins Park" The four stadium parting garages make money in mu ltiple 1 aFust, thehe team pays Mi- ami about 510 per parking ' spot for every home game, most of which goes to pay- ing down the debt Trans of the garages also have room for retail. Leasing the space, city commissioners reasoned, would raise revenue for city coffers while simulcaneous- ly injecting life and cash bun lime Havana Most of the retail spaces front North- west Seven. Street Corolla who represents the neighborhood, took ownership of the proj ec c He envisioned a disci. dedi- cated to drinking and dining where fans could hang out before and after the games. He aim predicted the res- taurants would draw a lunchtime crowd from near- by Jackson Memorial Hos- pital and downtown Miami "Part of the reason we pushed for the trolley sys- tem to go Ho the lo1lJorU) is that u any given time there are 50.000 people in the health district and at the courthouse," Carotin said. "Those people don't have a place to ea," The goal was to have some of the businesses up and rutting by the start of bas.11 season in April STOREFRONT: A cigar shop this year at First Ease Ga. That never happend. Al one point, Miamiursu turned down a permarket and a pharmacy that were interested in the space, Say- ing they didn't fit into the plan "The plan wastorealh' fo- cus the 1evdto7 on more res- taurzn and entertainment venues," said Art Noriega, CMiami BO of the Parking Authority, which manages the garages "We want to make it more 0f an enter- taimng 1 area than a grove - :}'sore area" . Critics panned the deci- 5ion, saying the casb- amtra,Mua; 1Ala nu- - 100 Fires — is to open rage.1502 NW Fourth 5t. strapped city should have made x deal with any busi- ness that was interested. Later. lime Fresh Me0- ran Grill signed a tener of intent to leme space in the garage. But the restaurant chain backed of in May af- t. being purchased by Ru- by Thesday-. Noriega said Noriega said the dance with potential tenants came to a halt once the season bra "Mons of hem welted to have a full season of base- ball," he said. "Baseball is sort of the baseline for them to build their business." Notice is given that the City Commission 0f the :rty of Miami will condhxt a publc hearing to consider Imposing Solid Wane special assessments for the pw,s,m of Solid waste services within the Coy of Miami for the F,sal Year mrnmenong October 1.2012 and ending September 30.2013. The Meanly will be hsla a'.5:05 pm on Seplembe: 13.2012. in the City Commupon Chambers of City Halt 3500 Pan American Drive. Miami. Fiona., for the purpose o: receiving public ammen: on the proposed assessments. All a7ected property owners have a nght to appear at the hearog and to file written oblecunns with the City Commission vnthin 20 days of this notice.. 1 a person prides m appeal any de0sron made by the City Commissioners with respect to any matter mrtslrlered at the heanng such person will need a record tithe proceedings and may need to ensure that verbatim record n made including the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be made In accordance with the A 0.0121s with O'sabihues Act persons needling a sprul asommodauon or an nterpreter to participate n Nrs proceeding should corrtaet the C ty Clerk at (305) 250 5361 at least seven days prior to the date o`the hearing The assessment for fah parcel cif property will be based upon each parsers classification and the total number of billing uds attributed to that parcel. The total estimated Solid Wane Assessed Costs to be assessed and collected for the Fiscal Year cornmenong October 1. 2015. s 526.391.760. The following table reflects the proposed Solid Waste assessment schedule: Copies of the Solid Waste Assessment Ordnance. Initial Assessment Resolution and the preliminary assessment roll are available for inspection at the Office of the City Clerk of Miami. Florida 3500 Pan American Drive. Mam: Florida. Unless, proper sups are initiated ,n a court of competent Jurisdiction to secure relief within 20 days from the date of City Commission action at the above heanng (including the meth d of apportionmenc the rateof as and the imposition ` issuestents), such action shallsbe he final edjudicanon of the presented The assessments will be collected on the same bill as ad valorem taxes. Failure to pay the assessment will resuit in either the commencement of foreclosure proceedings or cause a lax certificate o bissued against the property which may result ,n a loss of title. H you have any quesnens, please .neat: the :ay of Mann at (305) 416-1570, Monday through Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. PRSCIL7A ',THOMPSON. CMC CITY CLERK CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA (al S500J So Miami has not made v money this baseball season Carollo and orb. city of- ficials believe that will soon thane The first lessee, a cigar shop called 100 Fires, is scheduled to open this Year on the ground floor of the First Bee Garage,1502 NW Forth St The windows dis- play the name of the sore, but the inside remain empty. In addition Noriega said Miami is in final lease n79o- tiarions with the Subway sandwich chair_ Conversa- tions also continue with Lime The city is pinning its hopes on The Tilted Silt, which is eyeing a corner spot in the Home Plate taTheThe Critic -Chemed chain has more than 30 locations, including one in Phoenix across from the U.S. Air- ways Center basketball enema Its shtick buxom female servers in tiny Lila and tar- tan bra tops Tone. Miami's public fa- cilities director, said other potential tenants were wait- ing to see who would beck first to sign. "This is an anchor tenant a lot of people would be ca- nted about, he said is that we are goring to, se a minimum. have five or six tenants leased and ocrapid by the start of the lea base- ball season' in April. Jose Casanova Jr., a for- mer city plant: who ape- cichzes in Little Havana ad- mitted the plan may be a rough sell in a sagging econom . :4t the preront time, going m be difficult,'i'ne said `The stadium is rela- tively isolated it's not mn- netted to =mm.tda] activ- ity in Link Havana" But he believes an enter- raiaunent district could be successfulw "La the last foe years, es- pecially on Cage Otho be- tvxcn1hhandl7thavenues, we've seen higher -income clientele coming into the area than we have before," be said. "If they do the right thin with promotions and incentives, aproject like this could be ate -active? For now, the storefronts remain empty'. Aguirre believes the ga- rages will end up attracting an urgent care oiioic or an immigration attorney be - use there is a market for those services in the neightomdoo "The whole thing was done badly,- he said. "But now that it's done he's fig- ure out how to make it Said Noriega: "Our hope work" VENTURA 305=503 0 RAI-GA$1ES 305 728 13. 4 O.. Ke ie 5 a5j o` drS 4'R 74;Di(ces�Tlatp Iuout f(ortdo7 INAN TA WWW.FFG LLC.COM aLaeammowitsasarrwiti hi I.aaamtri 1 866 924 7936 APPENDIX B FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO NON -AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT ROLL CERTIFICATE TO NON -AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT ROLL I CERTIFY that, I am the City Manager of the City of Miami, Florida (the "City"); as such I have satisfied myself that all property included or includable on the non -ad valorem assessment roll for solid waste services (the "Non -Ad Valorem Assessment Roll") for the City is properly assessed so far as I have been able to ascertain; and that all required extensions on the above described roll to show the non -ad valorem assessments attributable to the property listed therein have been made pursuant to law. I FURTHER CERTIFY that, in accordance with the Uniform Assessment Collection Act, this certificate and the herein described Non -Ad Valorem Assessment Roll will be delivered to the Miami -Dade County Tax Collector on or before September 15, 2012. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have subscribed this certificate and directed the same to be delivered to the Miami -Dade County Tax Collector and made part of the above -described Non -Ad Valorem Assessment Roll this day of September , 2012. CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA By: Johnny Martinez, P.E. City Manager