The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink AboutCC 2024-02-08 AdvertisementMcClatchy The Beautort Gazette The Belleville News -Democrat Bellingham I Jerald Centre Daily Iimes Sim Herald Idaho Statesman Bradenton T Ierald the Charlotte Observer The State Ledger-Enytuirer Dui -limn I The Herald -Sum Fort Worth Star -Telegram The Fresno Bee Ilte Island Parket The Kansas City Star Lexington IJerald-Leader The Telegraph - \lacon Merced Stm-Star Miami Herald El Nuevo Herald AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION The Modesto Bee Ile Sun News - Myrtle Beach Raleigh News ei Observer Rork Hill The Herald The Sacramento Bee San Luis Obispo Tribune Tacoma • The News Iribune Tri-City Herald The %Vicltita Eagle The Olympian Account # Order Number Identification Order PO Amount Cols Depth 33010 513147 Miami Herald 41147 -10 Day Ad - Second Reading ordinance 41147 -10 Day Ad - Secon 53,154.03 3 10.18 in Attention: Maricarmen Lopez CITY OF MIAMI CITY CLERK 3500 PAN AMERICAN DRIVE CITY OF MIAMI - CLERK'S OFFICE MIAMI, FL 33133 mclopez@miamigov.com Copy of ad content is on the next page PUBLISHED DAILY MIAMI-DADE-FLORIDA STATE OF FLORIDA COUNTY OF MIAMI-DADE Before the undersigned authority personally appeared: Stefani Beard, who on oath says that he/she is CUSTODIAN OF RECORDS of The Miami Herald, a daily newspaper published at Miami in Miami -Dade County. Florida; that the attached copy of the advertisement that was published was published in sad newspaper in the issue(s) of: Publication: Miami Herald 1 insertion(s) published on: 01/29/24 Affiant further says that the said Miami Herald is a newspaper published at Miami, in the said Miami -Dade County, Florida and that the said newspaper has heretofore been continuously published in said Dade County. Florida each day and has been entered a second class mail matter at the post office in Miami, in said Miami -Dade County, Florida. for a period of one year next preceding the first publication of the attached copy of advertisement: and affiant further says that he/she has neither paid or promised any person, firm or corporation any discount. rebate, commission or refund for the purpose of securing this advertisement for publication in the said newspaper(s). Sworn to and subscribed before me this 30th day of January in the year of 2024 S p 4)41,i,e, FloAate,r Notary Public in and for the state of Texas, residing in Dallas County ''* STEPHANIE HATCHER Extra charge for lost or duplicate affidavits. Legal document please do not destroy) CITY OF MIAMI. FLORIDA NOTICE OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE(S) Notice b heeeby given that the City Comaleioo of the Qty of b11ad. Ploalda. nm aQoirla the ftinwfn6 r demote(.) n0 nod end fin.l maim at Ibonday. Pehroo74102t ocentockag t 9e00 A.M. la du Qty C; wdrm Csaabrn located et 3500 Pan Amedom Drtae. Pled& 93133: ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE OP 711E MIAMI CITY COMM1SMON AMENDING C HAFT i C11P THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI. FLORIDA. AS AMENDED ("CITY CODT Timm 71LCOHOtiC 3BVERAC;11; AND MAME 36 OF T88 CITY CODE, TTTLED ?IOW TO PROVIDE POR Q7T COM3OMICBd AUTHORITY TO WAIVE CER'A[N RESTRICTIONS; CO/MINIM A SEVERA3B.TPr CIAU406 PROVIDING POR AN IMMEDIATE EPPECTIVE DATE Said papasd acdtnm(a) maf 1* IIIips ad by fir public at fb. Ohs if di. City clerk 3300 Pon Amaaicao Orton /dsm4 IgeaiM 33133. Montlq 1Rldm aniodbg hoiden► between the bats of 6 sm. end 5 pass, or union a tanti it mLeam five drys before the tits of Its Camati..lau Meeting. Ail hinemeal perm= ate imttrd to appear a the m.rth sod onyb ems w hli rays* to the Paopotx ardamce(e). Should soy moon desize to sepal toy declaim of the City C000mitflon with respect to say master to be considered at tith martmg. that p®n dal art flat a mantra regard titer geoomdko>r nuda Sttsbdt' at tertteeoy sod evidence over .ddch soy q .uI miry be bare (7..266.0105). Parsimony Mad cli7 Code Section 2-33(o), wig:newt t aceedd6d Cry Cammdaim meeting 1r ®called as la oat lord duo to a lick of ■ quorum err other s®etgtocg a tpeds) City C omnimioa mead g tsgl be wirieenstlwlly aefiedtied for the 2ltesdq iremsediattly fallowing the =died meeting. In the rood of are after mad drounaherantbs special otbe6 world be held m hairier y 13, 2026, at 9:00 am. in the City Ctamlaion ehsehas located at Miami CRT IAA 3500 Pm Amadeu s Mtge. Miami. FL 33193. All of the shied wok ken. from dolt ct.odleG meeting shall ameadicaTy ha schschlal u d epode item at ihs *paid Qty Coandstim meeting, The City Oak shaft notify the *Air of the special meeting that It to take dace by plating. notice of the special Qty Cocsmiueioc math* at the eatraant dClty Hall ,end the CiNa na da .dmtaharetbo haling, piadag a nods on the Otee wdsite, and, If foible, porn an ad fn a newspaper of general ciao ism base the *pedal meeting on the tiun tk dy foliosttog'header 'ben ahs0 be no additional notice by palliicstioo maned for in cacti srhedded wade Dent that Is -real fn 1be epdd City Comml.tno mating its aootadsooa nth*, Amid:see nano Dlaabtlafes Act of 1994 pones tmsdiog special scoommodstiooa to partloipste h this i ct dies any coma the O1ma d dhr City Clad d (305) l -1361 (Vake) m ham risen firs (.7) bps daps ptia m tit. pmnaeiln4 TTY rum tiny sl eta 71I (Ira c& Belay $ervis) can later than be (5) besiege' days Oar to the proaeedthj TWA It. Haman City Qork Ad Na 11147 MOND* RAM If MN l SA 7,000 women traveled to Florida for abortions in 2023. Key court rulings could soon end those journeys aT ult....T IMM. o.esas rsr,s(1 oan".snw In 2023, mom than 7,000 women traveled to Florida from another state to end their pregnancies. They came from hun- dreds of miles, originating from Texas, Georgia, Mississippi, even Central America and the Carib- bean. This war the closest place they could legally get an abortion, given that the majority of the South banned the procedure after the US. Supreme Court ruled in lone 2022 that abortion laws should be left up to the states. In coal, one out of 10 of Florida's 78,250 recorded abortions last year done on an out-of-state resident, according to Honda Agency Inc Ilealth Care Administration data released in earl' January. The number of total abor- tions shrank by about 4,000 compared with 2022 but out-of-state residents getting the pro- cedure increased by more than 400. As the Florida Supreme Court contemplates the constitutionality of the state's ennead,/ active 15-week ban,a pending 6-week ban. and a pro- posed constitutional amendment to enshrine abortion acceu In the rate's constitution, these numbers all a reminder that the future of abortion in Florida could affect the entire Southeast. "A 6-week ban in Flor- ida would definitely' change the entire ecosys- tem of this work we do, said Christine Montero, a coordinator for Access Reproductive Care-Ssxnth- east, which helps with funding and logistics for Southeast navel for wo- men seeking abortions. The state Supreme Coat is expected to issue a ruling, though it's un- known when, that will determine whether Flor- ida's constitution current- ty allures for the state's current IS -week limit and, by extension. the 6-week limit passed signed last year by Gov. Rom DcSan- ta that will only take effect if the 15-week ban is upheld. Both laws hate limited exceptions Inc rape, in. the mother's life and fatal fetal abnornrahties, though medical profes- sionals have previously told the Orlando Sentinel that the law does not use clinical terms and is dim - cult to interpret. Six weeks of gestation is two weeks after a preg- nant peron mister their first period. and, com- bined with Florida's cur- rent requirement of two in -person abortion clinic visits at least 24 hours apart, reproductive ad- vocates and medical ex- perts argue that a 6-week ban would amount to an all-out ban for many. Meanwhile. a proposed constitutional amendment thin would protest abor- tion rights in Florida re- cently gat enough signa- tures to qualify Inc the 2024 balloLdnugh anti- abortion advocates are challenging it. The Sus prone Court must sign elf on the language for the amendment to appear on the ballet in the fall. The sort has set a Feb. 7 hearing to consider the wording. Advocates on both sides of the issue am watching with anticipation. "Honda's a trendset- ter," said Orlando -area lawyer John Stemberger, a Laura Goodhue. the vice president for pubic policy for Planned Parenthood Centers said duringa vs,t in the West Palm Beach center on June 24, 2022. that the Supreme Court ruling on abortion was a punch in the gut. leading anti -abortion voice in the ante. "... We need to do mom to pro- tect the unborn in Florida and cecate a culture of life that's consistent with the region that we're in," There's another side of the coin, too. Became Florida is an abortion destination, Floridians, faced with increased de- mand, dwindling staff and long wait times, aren't always able to get op - point is before the state's IS -week cutoff and are increasingly traveling our of .state as well. "In addition to increas- ing our capacity and ap- pointment availability at our health renters, our compassionate and skilled patient navigators have helped Floridians who have needed abortion access after IS weeks navigate out of their home NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC CITY OF MIAMi, FLORiD. PLEASE ALL 'FAKE NOTICE 'f ILCr a meeting of the ( its of Miami Commission has been scheduled for Thursday. February 8, 2024. at the City of Miami City DAL 3500 Pan American Drive. Miami. Florida 33133..A private attorney-ellenl session will he conducted under the parameters of 112811.01118), F.S. The person chairing [he City Commission meeting will announce the commencement of an attorney -client session, closed to the public, for purposes of discussing the pending litigation in the matters of GR.4C'E. Mc.: Engage Aliaati, Inc; South Dude Brunch of the NAACP; Miami -lade Branch of the NAACP; Clarice Cooper; Jared Johnson: lanells Valdes; and Alexandra Contreras tax Ciq' of Miami. Case No. 1:22-(V-24066-KMM, pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, City of .Miami a: GRACE. Inc.; Engage Miami, Inc; South Dude Branch of Me NAACP: Miami -Dade Branch of the NAACP: Clarice Cooper; Jared Johnson; Yanelis Valdes; and Alexandra Contreras, Case Na 23-12172, pending In the United Slates Court of Appeals for the Elesenlh Circuit, and American Civil 1. Mallet, Union of Florida, Inc. tax. City of Miami, Case No. 2023-023038-(A-01. currently pending in the Circuit Court of the Flesenth Judicial Circuit in and for Miami -Dade Counts', Florida, to which the City Is present!)a party. The subject of the meeting will be confined to settlement negotiations or strategy sessions related to litigation expenditures. This private meeting will begin at approximately 10:00 a.m. for as soon thereafter as the Commissioners schedules permit) and conclude approximate' one hour later. The session will be attended by the members of the City Commission, which include Chair Christine King, Vice -Chairman Joe ('arollo, Commissioners Miguel Angel Gatela, Damian Pardo. and ManoIo Reyes: the City Manager, Arthur Noriega. V. the City Attorney, %ictoria Dlendcz: Chief Depute- City Attorney John A. Greco: Deputy City Attorneys George K. Wy song and Kes in R. Jones: Outside Counsel Christopher N. Johnson and George T. Levesque. A certified court reporter siRl be present to ensure that the session is fully transcribed. and the transcript will be made public upon the conclusion of the chose -cited, ongoing litigation. At the conclusion of the oil urnry-client session. the regular City Commission meeting will be reopened and the person chairing the City Commission meeting will announce the termination of the attorney -client session. state for care. If the 6- week abortion ban is im- plemented, their roles will become even more vital," said Robyn Schkkler, chief medical olbcer of Planed Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida, in an emailed statement. The Brigid Alliance, a natlons' network assisting people who need to travel Inc abortion. helped about 195 Florida women and girls to travel from Florida to get abortion care an 2023 to states that allow abortions later in plea - The average total cost per person was about 53,000, and the average Floridian traveled more than 1,800 miles round trip, said Serra Sipped, interim executive director. "People having to travel north to places where they can get the cam. that is just so costly and (has) so many hurdles, especially (for) people in rural areas, people who have never left their states before, have never left their con - Unities, have never been on a plane before," Sipped said. Abortion funds say they are mostly able to meet demand but are still feel- ing the strain. In 2023, Access Repro- ductive Care -Southeast received a total of 32,398 calls to its health line and supported more than 3,000 patknta across the Southeast with abortion assistance totaling mom than 51.3 million. The network closed Wednesday for the rest of the month because it ran out of funds. "That's not something that happens often but it is something that is hap- pening. And it's some- thing that 1 foresee hap- pening mom because there is such high de- mand," Montero said. In states with reduced abortion access, amid increasingly high OBGYN clinic wait times and funds stretched thin, other obstacles are popping( up that make traveling for care mom complicated and expensive. Some pregnant penpk will gu to pregnancy clin- ics that fifer free medical services lake pregnancy tests, ultrasound, and counseling. The centers lack regulatory oversight and have been reported to spread misinformation in n attempt to discourage abortion, according to The American College of Ob- stetricians and Gynecol- ogists. "They're seemingly an accessible resource for folks to get information about pregnancy, but we have found that they cloud up people's experi- ences, and maybe provide disinformation to get folks confused," Montero said. Sipple and Montero said Brigid Alliance and Access Reproductive Care -South - cast have had multiple clients who received in- correct information from crisis pregnancy center about how long they've been pregnant, traveled to another state, then 'cal- ked they wen farther along than the stare al- lowed and were no longer within as knits, forcing them to travel again. "It's just .so di.-uprive and a horrible way to treat people. It's just inhumane and so disrespectful," Sipped raid. Stemberger praised the pregnancy centers and the rer urcrr they provided. He called incidences of disinformation "isolated Incidents, if at all." "It's ironic and rich that the abortion industry would be accusing these women of trying to do this," he said. "These pregnancy' centers are just trying to provide another option." In addition to counsel- ing against abortion, these cenen offer classes on pregnancy and parenting, where they' provide some ptegna y and baby sup- pler such as diapers or used hairy clothes. The nonprofit Florida Pr lino y Cam Network manages such clinics in Florida. The network secured a $29.4 million contract with the Florida Deportment of Health in October, according to records obtained by Re- veal at The Center for Investigative Reporting. CITY OF MIAMI FLORIDA NOTICE OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE(S) \ar:c is hereby given that the City Commission of the (:icy of Slian r. Florda. will consider the following ordinancF,al on second and final reading on 'Thursday. February 8, 2024. commencing at 9,00 A.M.. in the City Commission Clambers located at 3500 Pan American Drive. Aliami, Florida 33133i ORDINANCE AN ORDINANC.E OP THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER 4 OP THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI. FLORIDA. AS AMENDED I"CITY CY/DE"). TITLED "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES? AND CHAPTER 36 OF THE CITY C.(1DE. TITLED "NOISE' TO PROVIDE FOR CJTY (XFMbIISSk1N ALTHORITY TO WAIVE CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS: CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE: PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. Said proposed ordinance(s) may be aupected by the public at the Office of the Lily Clerk, 3 00 Pan American Drive Match, Honda 33133. Monday through Friday. exckalisrg Irolida.s. benseen the hours of 8 any and 5 p.m.. or hnp-llmianniB.tg1Naonn five days'xfore the date of the Commission Mooting. MI interested prisons are invited to appear at die meeti ga4 maybe heard with respe:t to the proposed ordinarwMsl. Siw:id any person desire w appeal any decision of the City Commiwiuir with rested to any matter to be considered at this meeting. that person Mall ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is shade including all teatimvny and evidence upon which any appeal maybe (based (F5. 206.0105). Pursuant to .Miami City Code Section 2-33(o), whenever a scheduled City Commission meeting a cancelled or is not held due to a lack of a quorum or ether emergency, a special City Commission meeting will be automatically scheduled for the Tuesday immediately following the cancelled meeting. In the event of orre of the aforementioned circumstances, the special meeting would be held m February 13, 2024, a 9.00 a.m. in the City Commission chambers located at Miami City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, FF. 33133. All of the scheduled agenda items from that cancelled meeting shall automatically be scheduled as an agenda item at the special Crty Commits'. meeting. The City Clerk shall notify the public of the special meeting that is to take place by plating a notice of the special City Commission meeting at the entrance of City Hall and the Cdty't main administrative building. placing a notice on the City's helnite. and if feaaiNe, placing an ad in a newspaper of general :notation before the special meeting m the immediately hollowing Trecday. There shall he n additinnal nntl. a h,. publication required kw any such scheduled agenda item that it mewed to the special City Commission meting. 1n accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1910. person: nettling special accommodations to participate in this proceeding nnay Uart,Y* the 011ice or the City Clerk at .3051 250 5361 : Vice i no lake than five 131 business Jays prior lr to proceeding. 1TY users may ia0 via 711 (Florida Relay Service) no later than live IS) business days prior to the proceeding. 'l odd R. Hannon City Clerk Ad No. 41149 Todd B. Hannon City Clerk MN*. 41147 McClatchy The Beaufort Gazette The Belleville News Democrat Bellingham I herald Centre Daily Times Sum Herald Idaho Statesman Bradenton I Jerald The Charlotte Observer The State Ledger -Enquirer Durham ! The Herald -Sim Fort Worth Star -Telegram The Fresno Bee the Island Packet The Kansas City Star Lexington Ilerald-Leader The Telegraph - Macon Nferced Sun -Star MLanu Herald El Nuevo Herald AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION The Modesto Bee The Sun News - Myrtle Beach Raleigh News & Observer Rock Hill The Herald The Sacramento Bee San Luis Obispo Tribune Iacoma the News Tribune Tt i-City Herald The Wicluta Eagle the Olympian Account # Order Number Identification Order PO Amount Cols Depth 33010 514500 Miami Herald 41149 - Attomey-Client Session - Grace Inc - 0 41149 - Attomey-Client S $3.154.03 3 10.18 in Attention: MariCarmen Lopez CITY OF MIAMI CITY CLERK 3500 PAN AMERICAN DRIVE CITY OF MIAMI - CLERK'S OFFICE MIAMI, FL 33133 mclopez@miamigov.com Copy of ad content is on the next page PUBLISHED DAILY MIAMI-DADE-FLORIDA STATE OF FLORIDA COUNTY OF MIAMI-DADE Before the undersigned authority personally appeared: Stefani Beard, who on oath says that he/she is CUSTODIAN OF RECORDS of The Miami Herald. a daily newspaper published at Miami in Miami -Dade County. Florida; that the attached copy of the advertisement that was published was published in said newspaper in the issue(s) of: Publication: Miami Herald 1 insertion(s) published on: 01/29/24 Affiant further says that the said Miami Herald is a newspaper published at Miami. in the said Miami -Dade County, Florida and that the said newspaper has heretofore been continuously published in said Dade County, Florida each day and has been entered a second class mail matter at the post office in Miami, in said Miami -Dade County. Florida, for a period of one year next preceding the first publication of the attached copy of advertisement: and affiant further says that he/she has neither paid or promised any person, firm or corporation any discount. rebate, commission or refund for the purpose of securing this advertisement for publication in the said newspaper(s). Sworn to and subscribed before me this 30th day of January in the year of 2024 HaltrAte-r Notary Public in and for the state of Texas, residing in Dallas County STEPHANIE HATCHER My Notary ID # 133534406 Expires January 14, 2026 Extra charge for lost or duplicate affidavits. Legal document please do not destroy! NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA PLEASE ALL TAKE 10101'C6 THAT a noedhg of the City ofh laaoi Costunieatno has been sehedaled for Thursday. February 8, 2024, at the City of Misted City Bil, MO Pa. Arneaicas Dire, Mani, Florida 33133. A private attorney -dent sneaks wtl be conducted under Sae pomanders of 32 011(N), F.B. The perms eiaairing the City Cosnaakdms aesthtg wJl sanssnee the con_noemrmt id an attorney-eierat .eab0, dosed to the public, for purposes of di ram the rig litigation ihi the molten of SCE, hoc.; DIMSM hsaSa.aDolt linsrcr4aedge NAACP M l bah Avoid. of the NAACP; adios Cooper; Asa JeARI Moodie' Wits: end Akaoaa,dr. Coss>r+arw ens. at, of Mimi, Case No. 1:22-rCV-21066-187401, peep is the United Stites DMMrkt Court for the Southern District of Florida, Qttr of Mad it COMMIlia; Snow Ali s i, LaG Soma &tieJima% edge MAIM 3flsasi,Da de Smith the NAACPP, an der Cooper/ Jared Mummy Moodie' i Poi Akaasa+hae Ceasar, r , Coss No. 23-12472, pending to the Utdted Stites Court of Appeal" for the Erman& Circuit, end A,web os CM Lboe'elas, Miser of FZo hle y Else. ea. City of Mhvad Cue No. -11, cutrntly panting is the Circuit Coast of thb Kleventh Judicial circuit to sad ihr 38.m1-DrBe County, Florida, to whkk the City i, preuend y • party. The subject f the sesettsg will be spied to settleaent stg.lhtians or rtrrte® srsain= Meted to litigation espendltarto. T bi► Privy awing wil begin at sq3proshnsitaly AN a.a. (or as soon theaea ltur r the Coso.dsa losers'schedules pewit) and ansdsde apprmdaaatab toe liner latex The .edea wil be attended by the miernbece oldie City Counokalo., winch facials Cik Chehalis Kim Vies-Cheiraan Zoe Carol* Cone thelonerr Miguel Angel Gabeh, Dandle Perdet, and Manske Roles; the CIO Manage; Arth r Nodelpt, V, tts City Attorney, Victoria Mesdec; Chief Deputy City Attorney Join A. Onuses Deporty Q4 Attorneys Gerrge K. Wyeo . and Keehn R. Jonas; Outside Conned ChrUbpier N. Johnson and George T. Levesque, A certified court reporter will be potent to ansarye that the swims is folly ten.n,crihoal,, and the traneertpt nil be made psbtic ipso the conciadno of the above dtad, o.B sag tdsm. Al the onsehlahni of the trias.ey-dint session, the replier City Cosuothdos aoetiag wit be reopened mad tho pawn chair* the City Conrmn meting will a.sonsce file tesaindYn of the a -tarn eat anion p�Of n Todd B. Human City Cleft Ad No. 41149 SIDON AIIaartlm Maio ION D ss 7,000 women traveled to Florida for abortions in 2023. Key court rulings could soon end those journeys aT t yaalank ATManMAn Oda vans. oauvw N 2023, more than 7,000 women traveled to Florida from another sate to end their pregnancies. Tbey came from hun- dreds a miles, originating from Texas, Georgia, Missasippi, even Central America and the Carib- bean. This was the notes? place they could legally get an abortion, given that the majority of the South banned the procedure after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in lune 2022 that abnnian laws should be left up to the sates. N total, one out o 10 of Honda's 78,250 recorded abortions last year was done on an out-of-state resident, according to Florida Agency for health Care Adminatnlion data released in early January. The number of total abor- tions shrank by about 4,000 compared with 2022 but out-of-state residents getting the pro- cedure increased by more than 400. As the Florida Supreme Court contemplates the constitutionality of the state's currently active 15-week ban, a pending 6-week ban, and a pro- posed constitutional amendment to enshrine abortion access in the state's constitution, these numbers are a reminder that the future of abortion in Florida 'sold affect the entire Southeast. "A 6-week ban in Flor- ida would definitely change the entire emsy,- tem of this work we do," said Christine Montero, a wntinator for Access Reproductive Care :South- east, which helps with funding and logistics for Southeast travel for wo- men seeking abortions. The state Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling, (hough it's un- known when, that will determine whether Floe. ida's constitution current- ly allows for the state's current 15-week limit and, by extension, the 6-week limit passed signed Last year by Gov. Ron DeSan- tis that will only take effect if the 15-week ban is upheld. Bah laws have limited exceptions for ram, in- cest, the mother's life and fatal fetal abnormalities, though medical profes- sionals have previously told the Orlando Sentinel that the law dews not use clinical terms and is diffi- cult to interpret. Six weeks of gestation is Iwo weeks after a Reg- nant person misses their first period. and, com- bined with Florida's cur- rent requirement of two in -person abortion clinic visits at least 24 hours apart, reproductive ad- vocates and medical ex- perts argue that a 6-week ban would amount to an all -taut ban for many. Meanwhile, a proposed constitutional amendment that would protect abor- tion rights in Florida re- cently got enough signa- tures to qualify for the 2024 ballol,tNnlgh anti- abortion advocates arc challenging it. The Su- preme Court must sign of on the language for the amendment to appear on the ballot in the fall. The cant has seta Feb. 7 hearing to consider the wading. Advmcates on bah sides of the issue are watching with anticipation. "Honda's a trendset- ter," said Orlando -area lawyer John Strobe ger, a Laura Goodhue. the vice president for public policy for Planned Parenthood Centers send during a von in the West Palm Beach center on tune 24. 2022. that the Supreme Court ruling 00 almrtion was a punch in the gut. leading anti -abortion voice in the state. "... We need to do more to pro- tect the unicorn In Florida and create a culture of life tbat's consistent with the region that we're in: Theme's another side of the can, too. Because Florida is an abortion destination, Floridians, faced with increased de- mand, dwindling staff and long wait times, aren't always ahlc to get ap- pointments before the state's 15-week cutoff and are increasingly traveling out of sate as well. "1n addinon to increas- ing our capacity and ap- pointment availability at our health centers, our compassionate and skilled patient navigators have helped Floridians who have needed abortion access after 15 weeks navigate out of their home NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC ('ITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA PLEASE AL1. I AKF:.NO I it I. 1 H.\I a meeting of the (ity of \siaml Commission has been scheduled for Thursday. February B, 2024, at the City of Miami City Haa, 340 Pao American Drive, Miami. Florida 33133. A private attoney-client session will be conducted under the parameters of 11206.0III8), F.S. 'Ile person chairing the City Commission meeting will announce the commencement of an attorney -client session, closed to the public, for purposes of discussing the pending litigation in the matters of GRACE, Inc.; Engage Afiami, lne; Sand, Dade Branch of the NAACP; .Miami -Dade Branch of the NAACP; Claris.' Cooper; Jared Johnson; lanelh• Valdes; and .4levandra Contreras vs. City of Miami. Cage No. 1:22-('V-24066-KMM, pending In the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, fib. of Aflame F: GRACE. Inc.; Engage Miami, Inc; South Dade Branch of the NAACP; Mlaati-Dade Branch of the NAACP: Clarice Cooper; Jared Johnson: VaneB& Valdes; and Alexandra Contreras, Case No. 23-12472, pending In the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and American Civil Liberties, Union of Florida, beet es. City of .Miami. Cue No. 202.3-023030-CA-01. currently pending in the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for Miami -Dade County. Florida. to which the City is prvscndy a party. The subject of the meeting will be confined to settlement negotiations or strategy sessions related to litigation expenditures. This private meeting will begin at approximately 10:110 a.m. (or as soon thereafter as the Commissioners' schedules permit) and conclude approximately one hour later. The session will be attended by the members of the City Commission, which include Chair Christine King, Vice -Chairman Joe Corolla. Commissioner Miguel Angel Gabela, Damian Pardo. and Manolo Reyes: the City Manager, Arthur Noriega. N. the City Attorney. S1c*oda Mendez: Chief Deputy City Attorney John A. Greco: Deputy City Attorneys George K. Wysang and Key in R. Jones: Outside Counsel Christopher N. Johnson and George T. Levesque. A certified court reporter will be present to ensure that the session is fully transcribed, and the transcript will be made public upon the conclusion of the chose -deed, ongoing litigation. At the conclusion of the attorney -client session. the regular City Commission meeting will be reopened and the person chairing the City Commission meeting will announce the termination of the attorney -client session. Todd B. Hannon City Clerk Ad No. 41149 state for cam. If the 6- week abortion ban is im- plemented. their roles wig become even more vital," said Robyn Schickler, chief medical officer of Manned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida, in an cmaded statement. The Brigid Alliance, a national network assisting people who need to travel for abortion, helped about 195 Florida women and girls to travel from Honda to get abortion care hi 2023 to slates that allow abortions later in preg- nancy. The average total cost per person was about S3,000, and the average Floridian traveled more than 1,800 miles round trip, said Sera Sipped, interim executive director. "People having to travel north to places where they an get the care, that is and so costly (has) so many hurdles, esomially (for) people in rural areas, people who have never left their sates before, have never kit their com- munities, have never been on a plane before," Sippel said. Abortion (ands say they are mostly able to meet demand but art still feel- ing the strain. In 2023, Access Repro- ductive Care -Southeast received a total of 32,398 calls to its health line and supported more than 3,000 patients across the Southeast with abortion assistance totaling more than 51.3 nn0wn. The network cloud Wednesday for the rest of the month because it ran out of funds. "Thais not something that happens often but it Is something that a hap- pening. And it's some- thing that 1 foresee hap- pening mom because there is such high de- mand," Montero said. In atom with reduced abortion access, amid increasinglyOMAN high OYN clinic wait times and funds stretched thin, other obstacles are popping up that make traveling for acare nd expensmplicaled pensive. Sane pregnant people will go to pregnancy coo - its that offer free medical services like pregnancy testa- ultrasounds, and counseling. The centers lack regulatory oversight and have been reported to spread misinformation N an attempt to discourage abortion, according to The American College of Ob- stetricians and Gynecol- ogists. "They're seemingly an accessible resource for folks to get information about pregnancy. but we have Sound that they cloud up people's experi- ences, and maybe provide disinformation to get folks confused," Montero said. Sipple and Montero said Brigid Alliance and Access Reproductive Care -South- east have had multiple clients who received in- correct information from a pregnancy center about how long they've been pregnant, traveled to another sate, then real- ised they' were farther along than the state al- lowed and were no longer within its Emits, forcing Mein in travel again. "It's just so disruptive and a horrible way to treat people. It's just inhumane and so distespectful," Sippel said. Sternberger praised the pregnancy centers and the es they provided. 11esalled incidences of disinformation "isolated Incidents, if at all." "It's ironic and rich that the abortion industry would be act -using these women of trying to do this," he said. "There pregnancy centers are just trying 10 provide another option." In addition to counsel- ing against abortion, these rotes offer classes on pregnancy and parenting, where they provide some ',regnamy and baby sup- plies such as diaper or used hairy clothes. the nonprofit Florida Pregnancy Care Network manages such clinic. in Forida. The network secured a S29.4 million contract with the Florida Department of Health in (ctober, according to reeds obtained by Re- veal at The Center for Investigative Reporting. CITY OF MIAMI. FLORIDA NOTICE OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE(S) Notice u hereby given that the City Commission of the City of Miami. F:orida. will consider rite following ordinance's' on second and final reading an Thurday. February 8.2024, commencing at 9,00 A.M., in the City Commission Clambers located at 3500 Pan American Drive. Miami. Florida 33133, ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CJTY COMMISSION AMENDING f}iAPTER 4 OP THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI. FLORIDA. AS AMENDED I -CITY CODE'). TITLED 'ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES." AND CHAPTER 36 OF THE CITY CODE TITLED "NOISE' TO PROVIDE FOR f2TY 1X1Mk11CSION AUTHORITY TO WAIVE CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS: CONTAINING A SEVERABILFI'Y CL\USE: PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE Said proposed ordinance(s) may be inspected by the public at the OHbu o1 the City Clerk, 3y00 Pan American Drive Mann. Florida 3,133 Monday through Friday, rnch:dirg holidays. benaem the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.. or httpJMiandl.igm2.can tise days before the date of the Commission Meeting. All Interested person are invited to appear at the meeting and may be heard wits 1n4'ect to the proposed ordinancAsl. Shou:d any person dealte to appeal any decision of the (8y Cmmiwiom wild respect to any matter to be cornideted at shin meeting. that person dull ensure theta verbatim record of the proceedings to nude including all textinwny and evidence upon which any appeal may he based (E5. 286.0105). Pursuant to Miami City Code Section 7.33(o). whenever a scheduled City Commission mating a cancelled or is not held due to a lack of a quorum m- other emergency, a special City Commission meeting will be automatically scheduled for the Tuesday immediately following the cancelled meeting. In the event of one of the aforementioned circumstances, the Special meeting would be held on February 13, 2024, at 9,00 a.m. in the City Commission chambers located at Miami City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, kfiami, FI. 33133. All of the scheduled agenda Items from that cancelled mating shall automatically be scheduled as an agenda item at the special City Commission meeting. The City Clerk shall notify the public of the spemal meeting that is to lake pace by placing a notice of the special City Commtsswn meeting at the entrance of City Hall and the CBy's main administrance building, placing a notice on the City's ya4.site, and, R Feasible, placing an ad in a newspaper ni general oncolation before the special mating on the immediately fnllnwtng Tuesday. Three dull he no additional nnsscr by puNiration remitted 6br any ouch scheduled agenda itm that is moved to the special City Ganmicsinn meeting. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act u1 199a, person, mewling special accommodations to participate in this proceeding luny C0117x1 mar Office of the City Clerk at '.3051 250.5361 :Voice coo later than Eve (51 business Jays poor to the proceeding. ITY users may call via 711 (Florida Relay Service) no Lvlu than live I5) busuwa days prior to the proceeding. Todd R Hannon City Clerk M No. 1111'7